Published March 7, 2019 on Sports Illustrated
INDIANAPOLIS—Piano music plays softly at the dimly lit St. Elmo Steak House late Sunday afternoon. Pat Shurmur pulls out his chair and takes his seat at a table in the corner of the old-school restaurant, near the front windows. The Giants head coach made his reservation for 4 p.m., the earliest seating on Sunday, because he’s just finished with a long day of on-field defensive end and linebacker workouts at Lucas Oil Stadium and has to squeeze in St. Elmo’s famous shrimp cocktail before his team will meet with players starting at 6 p.m.
“How you doing boy?” he says to his dinner companion, who was waiting for him when he arrived.