Turns out I *do* have viewing plans on Sunday. Hoping to see a lot of that orange bracelet...
The flash of color comes quickly, a bright sliver that reveals itself when Ezekiel Elliott emphatically signals he has picked up a first down for the Dallas Cowboys, an orange bracelet worn just above his gloved right hand.
The simple token has found a home on the star running back’s wrist, worn over the course of his breakout rookie season as a tribute to a young fan in Massachusetts, of all places, who has been confronting a cancer diagnosis. It came into Elliott’s possession courtesy of a 14-year-old girl who contacted the former Ohio State standout, looking for anything to boost the spirits of her 16-year-old brother as he faced surgery for the osteosarcoma that brought his own football playing days to an end.