That was definitely the most disappointing free agent day for me in my youth. Despite him being a Falcon, Deion was my favorite player (yeah I know, I know).
It was amazing to me that we were even in consideration by him. I even recall him watching a game at the Dome in a suite during the recruitment, and we even had the best monetary offer on the table by far. I thought for sure we had him.
I remember that breaking news cut-in on TV like it was yesterday; I was devastated. haha