A rookie-year memory of Steve Gleason and the Superdome’s ‘Who Dat’ chant

JJ Watt recalled standing on the Superdome sideline as a rookie when Steve Gleason walked out, five years after his blocked punt and shortly after announcing his ALS diagnosis. Watt said Gleason raised and lowered his fist, and the ‘Who Dat’ chant that followed was the loudest he’d heard a stadium in his young career. To Watt, it felt like New Orleans coming together over something bigger than football.