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RPGs in the NFL: How One Team Has Embraced Dungeons and Dragons

In Tuesday's Daily Cover Story, Sports Illustrated's Alex Prewitt writes about one of the unique ways some NFL players try to unwind.

RPGs ... or role-playing games for those not in the gaming know. For Myles Garrett, Johnny Stanton and a few of their Cleveland Brown teammates, the RPG of choice is the classic Dungeons and Dragons.

The group first formed in September 2020 at Stanton’s behest; as the only one with any prior D&D experience, he served as "DM" or "dungeon master" and helped everyone choose characters. The usual game scene is gathering around a table in Garrett’s house to roll dice and role-play while Stanton serves up a fantasy saga of puzzles to solve, people to save and bloodthirsty baddies to slay.