Inside The Grid

BRAND knocked back the tiny fish eggs with his agent, David Falk, and Brackett, who grew up in New Jersey, partook, reluctantly, of his father's wild game. "My dad used to hunt," he says. "He'd fry things with the food, and he always had the liver going. I was never a fan." But why did the goalie swallow the fly? "I had a bet when I was younger to eat one, and I took it down," Ellis says. "It was a little crunchy, but you get through it."