It was a gray, rainy day in Landover, Md. as we walked around talking to tailgaters before the Commanders’ Monday Night Football matchup against the Chicago Bears, and the mood — jovial and sunny — did not match the weather at all.
A few weeks later, we headed to Minneapolis, Minn. to check out the tailgate scene at US Bank Stadium before the Baltimore Ravens faced off against the Vikings. Once again, despite frigid temperatures and flurries that sometimes shifted to full-on snow, the mood was the opposite of the weather: Warm and welcoming.
We spent time with tailgaters in each spot, played some SB Nation Live In-5 trivia, asked them
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