The Beast Running Back (RB). From mixed martial arts to football, from an obscure rookie to a superstar sweeping the league, from an outsider who knew nothing to a terrifying beast... He left numerous legends on this field and became a myth that changed the sport, yet at the beginning of the story, the creator of all these legends claimed innocently, Football, what’s that? I’m truly not a football prodigy, really.
The ESPN studio was as silent as the grave, while on the TV, the fiery red flames seemed to escape the confines of the screen and gush forth, unreasonably dragging the studio's occupants into the tempest.
Four years ago, it was the same Arrowhead Stadium, against the same Oakland Raiders, when Kansas City Chiefs fans released a thunderous wave of support, shattering the World Record created by the home crowd of the Seattle Seahawks and making history.
Everyone in the ESPN studio at this moment had witnessed that match live, but compared to today's spectacle, it was but a minor prelude.
Before their eyes, it was more than just noise; they could deeply sense the strength and spirit firmly twisted into one from the bottom up, inside out—the unified cheers transforming into spreading magma, burning intensely.
"Fly!"
"Fly!"
In this moment, fans and players, team and city, seemed to truly merge into one, united in facing their divisional arch-rival and bursting with high morale.