This Super Bowl has a superhero — and it’s not Saquon Barkley or Patrick Mahomes | Izenberg
There were others: Thornton was the local glue once the timetable was set. Goodell was the go-to guy who rode herd on Thornton’s army, and Benson, who reluctantly came around. But Paul Tagliabue was the mastermind. He dealt with FEMA. He dealt with the governor. He dealt with the other owners and he dealt with Benson.