Aaron Hernandez used to hear the cheers inside Gillette Stadium.
He’ll likely hear them again, from a much different vantage point.
The former Patriots tight end was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, and will be sent to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution-Cedar Junction in Walpole, Mass., which is around a mile away from the place he used to play.
Based on Hernandez’s reaction today (or lack thereof), it’s hard to tell how it would impact him behind prison walls.
But it does create a stark visual of how far he’s fallen, and how fast.