Even if Taylor Kitsch hadn’t starred as dreamboat running back Tim Riggins in the critically-acclaimed television show Friday Night Lights, standing on the Redskins' sideline during pregame warmups Sunday at FedExField still would have heightened his athletic instincts.
“Being right on the field gets your blood pumping man. I love this,” said Kitsch, whose real expertise is hockey. “I literally want to pad up, even though I’d last maybe a quarter of a play.”
Standing beside actor Josh Brolin to promote their latest movie “Only The Brave,” the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite crew of firefighters who battled the Yarnell Hill Fire in 2013, Kitsch had no trouble relating to the fraternal aspects of football.