After Justin Reid arrives at the Caesars Superdome for this Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers, he will go through the normal pro football player checklist.

He will get into his New Orleans Saints gear, take the field and go through his warmup routine. He’ll head back to the locker room and take one final spin through his mental warmup, watching film of his opponent and walking through the game plan in his mind.

And then, before he walks through the tunnel for team introductions, he will shut all that off, pull out his cell phone and play a game of chess.

“It takes my mind off of the game so that I can relax and not get too hyped up before the game,” Reid said. “And then when it's time to go outside, I can just lock right back in and play the game.”

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