"In my experience, speed beats size almost every time.  Sure, they take up more space, but it also means they aren't agile enough to keep balance.  If you drag the block in the wrong direction and let it go, it will put them off balance and unable to regain footing quickly enough to block properly.  That means one of two things, either paths to the backfield, or lots of holding calls.  We know their weaknesses, and this is one of them.  We just need to properly exploit it."

Lindsey nodded. She didn't know any of that about how Babs was hired. It kind of made sense that Tracy might feel slighted if she was supposed to be in the loop, but that wasn't Babs' fault. But also, Lou was actually the hiring manager. It was his call. And it was interesting how Babs wasn't at all apologetic about it. She shouldn't be, but a lot of women would feel a bit embarrassed, and even self-conscious about having all this trouble swirl around her. But from Babs' cocky finger wave, she was feeling some empowerment.

The description of Zeke Aston raised Lindsey's eyebrows in surprise. "Wow. That's... interesting. It sounds like I might not have to chase him down. He'll probably come to me. I mean, just on the Big King Burger angle alone we have that connection. But also there's Linda. It sounds like we're orbiting the same planets in a way. If I do run into him, it sounds like we'll have a lot to talk about. And a lot of those guys are playboys. I'm expecting that. But who knows. Maybe it's the girls leaving him."

When Prince went by, Lindsey smiled at him, giving him a finger wave. He looked awkward. After he went on to the LB table, Lindsey turned back to Babs. "I feel bad. Prince and I had such a good time last night, but today I've been keeping him at arms length. I'm just really scared because these guys don't seem to understand dating. I feel like they're expecting that just because we had an evening together, we have some exclusive relationship. I let that happen with Adam. And then again with Wade. I'm not doing it again. That kind of relationship can happen after we've been dating a while and I feel like I'm ready. Now I have Wade and Prince trying to be my one and only. I'll talk to them after practice about what I want. If they don't want to play it that way, then they can find someone else who wants what they want."

"And we've been gagging poor Prince. I spent the night in Ben's old dorm, but came in with Adam. Since last night at the party we've been playing up the 'you can have both' thing. Now Prince half believes Sage and I slept with Adam. It's eating him up, but I'm not inclined to tell him that it's all just kidding. He should be able to figure it out. I'd say that even if I had done something with Adam, he should be able to accept that because we almost literally just met, but I can understand why he'd be upset. I did turn down staying with him last night. I also told him ahead of time I'd be in Ben's dorm, but I guess all the innuendo is getting to him"

 Babs nodded about    Zeke,well? whether  he hunts you down or now, you know he'll be in the building

another  bite  or two.yeah?  Don't know   Prince or  wade  that good,  Hal  taped the  LBs , most of the time, They are good  guys in the locker  room.  As  far  as  what you  want?  That's  what you want?  Me?  I'd Like a  guy who would be steady , Stalls is fun..we'll see   after the season, how often he cames  back to New jack..and why?  she  shrugs,whatever..right?

she chuckled  about the Gag...its  funny , right.  I mean? Adam  would never  do  two...he'd have to be drunk? if he was drunk, he wouldn't be Adam. But  prince  might  think its possible , and that just feeds  it? he can't  deny it,'cause he  figures  it could be possible?

 itshard to tell about guys  , right?  They say the  same thing about us..

"Yeah. I'm not saying I don't like the idea of a steady guy, it's just to do that I have to trust him. I can't know if I trust him until we've been dating a while. I'm not going to just go steady again after one date. And I'm not going to blow Prince off for Wade after the way Wade pushed me aside."

"Yeah I know" Lindsey shrugged. She did know what Adam would or wouldn't do. She knew Adam very well, so no one was telling her anything new about him. "But it's not just what Adam would do. It's what I would do. Would I team up with Sage on Adam? Maybe. But that's not really the question. The question is whether I'd spend a nice evening with Prince, then leave him hot and bothered just to go jump into bed with someone else. He doesn't know me well enough to be sure that I wouldn't do that. And that's exactly why I'm not jumping into anything. So, yes, exactly."

"So, you know, you're position is pretty assured, but you're relationship with the other trainers is going to be difficult. Are you going to try and mend that with some of them at least?"

--------->>>>>>> From Meetings

 Heather walked into the Den, smiled at everyone and went up and got a burger fries and a salad. Heather then sat down with Megan, and replied," Wow yeah I bet you ladies are training hard it is the Super Bowl everyone will be watching. Coach is going to run us tough this weekend and then we will be ready for Next Sunday."

 Heather began eating as she waited for Megan to respond.
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After the meetings, Wade went with his teammates to the Den for lunch. To be honest, after sitting on his ass all morning, he was ready to get out to practice and exert himself. He ate but didn't get anything that would weigh him down.

"I have to tell you," He said to the table, "this waiting is getting old. I wish the game was this weekend."

  Branch looked over  at Wade.yeah?  I mean?  why take all this time?

 Prince  spoke up, a bit quietly,well?  first they have that clown show  for the Pro Bowl, and  the pro Bolw game is a joke..but? everyone who isn't in the superbpowl , gets to see thier  Fav players  around the league  act like dickhead..but  hey? they get paid for it, and so does the league....

He took a bite of  chicken finger  and Gravythat extra  week gives  teams  a chance top get healthy , and the networks  can shine that apple

"Well yeah, and there's nothing we can do about it, but I'm ready to get going." The need to build it up in the press was understandable, but that didn't make the waiting any easier. "But I guess since we have the time, we might has well use it to become stronger than ever."

    Payne   said  , for the  Backers to hear, course lots of people could hear... Its good to be strong...its  better to be smart. Sims   has already started the super Bowl, He's  got Bomb out there, goign head to head  with thier  'mouth'.. Sims has  us trapping all over thier Idenity.. The were the  'bad assed  Saints',  Champions of the NFC... But  we're the dragons, Lords  of the AFC, andsoon to be ruler of the NFL. Aint  no oner talkign about,  what the Saints  can do to stop us,  But everyone is  talking  about the point spread.... our jobs  are easy for us to understand... we stop them  from scoring   points...our Offesne  keeps scoring points... and the  team that has the most points, is the winner..Its  getting  intense  now.. wait until media  day, and that  kickoff party? That's when the bombs go off.

 Cruz  Grins..well... i'm all for  stoping them from score, but i want to light them up... they keepign talkign all big  and bad...

 Sal smirked,I want to   ge rotating to the flat when a back catches  a swing pass.. see if  i can do to them what has  happne to Mik and  Bobm, , see if i can land them on thier drink tables

  Prince adds...Drink tables  are no good.. that's between the  40s, in the  team-coaches  B0ox.. you want them  flying into the camera Guys, inside thier won 20

 Megan  gave a nod as she  ate. Amy  said   that Coaches  is using his  'fuoll contact'  Sunday and Monday.. Tusday is a travel day, and wedensday is only meetings  until 4;00..then its   Media  day at the stadium, and that  runs  right into the Kickoff Party, the eams , some bad,  Rich fans on the field, algn with the media  and   the stadium fuoll of  normal folks who  bough ticks  to see us party  and  get interviwed  by some MCee  guy..Thursday is when it gets  real... no media at the  practi8ces, except  for the  NFL Presses and the  teams own 'home town' folks

  Babs's  burger  was almost done, she  still had 3/4 of her shake.I sorta know where i stand.. Tracy  'hand picked' people won't be too nice to me.. the  'home grown ' ones might side  with me a little. But here is the main thing.. I was like a free agent..right? No one wanted me, and the Dragons gave me a chance....I..knew i was good, some one had to see it.. Lou did...Adam did, Mik did  and more and more Guys came around...Hel? I'll tape the whole team myself  if  they want me took, and I'll do it in less time they  the whole rest of them can do it together.. The way i see it right now... THEY..have to keep up with me.. i'm betting , with Lou backing  me, some of those  trainers  will lean more to me then Tracy...Tracy's  Buddies  she  hired   will  try  to stay loyal to her..

 The real proof, will be  when the FAs  start coming in for workouts, , there's a few 'pro days' they'll have at our house  too, before the draft... that will be after   our  guys  go through the   contract thing.. by that time, I'll know if i'm still here, or not.

 I guess  we won't see you around much, once the  Movie machine is cranked up
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  Adam, Mik and Mindy talked  with  Machins , Stalls   and ben Nearby. some of the others  were scattered around.  Dragonettes  sitting with  some player who were by themselves

  Adam's  phone  kept  buzzing  he would looked. out of  10 buzzes  he would ..maybe..answer one.

"I don't actually know what my schedule is going to be like. I mean, other than my modeling trips. I imagine I'll be pretty busy, but that depends on what roles I get. I'll be around though. The question is how much. So far all my film credits, either from appearances or commercials haven't really taken all that much time. From what Sage has told me, it usually doesn't go that smoothly, so we'll see."

"But really, you too, right? The camps are in May, and the combines in March, but I don't imagine you'll be taping ankles much until preseason."

In reply to heather (msg # 441):

 Heather smiled and replied," Yeah he said he will work us this weekend like it was a game so we will be ready for it. Yeah we head out Tuesday get to Miami that will be a long flight." Heather giggled as she ate some more than added," Wednesday will suck all those weird reporters asking weird stupid shit. Yeah I cant wait till Thursday Megan."

  that's where i will see where i stand, for next seaosn. Sims  will use  some of his own players   for th FA  tryouts  and Draft invites... Our guys wi need taped..maybe the FAs , unless they bring  their own

 we'll be  setting up for the rookie Minicamp.. then the OTas ..then mandatroies .. bleeds right into camp.

 Megan giggles , its like  some kind or torture.. all the years  this town waited for the superbowl, when they were  lucky to win  a couple games..now..undefeated and a week and a couple days, and it seems like  forever to get there now.

"Right, but those are just events. What will you do in between? Do you just get paid vacation?"

   Babs  shook he r head  quickly as she  chewed her last bite,.well  we  have to set everything up  for the Olympics, this will be  the main  Venue  for   Track.. the  Jumps  and  throwing  will  be  in the   baseball filed ,when they don't have  games, .  Tracy  signed us  up to help with  athletes   taping and   stuff , so we'll all get an extra payday  with all that going on..all the Boating stuff is  going   on in Miami...Rowing   will be in Tampa  Bay..  swimming in  going to  be  at New Jack University Gymnastics  at  FSU. Diving at UF/// cycling, they  built  a  Drome near Tallahassee...  Marathon  and Bike races will be  be along the    coast  that will start and  end  at New jack.. Archery   will be  at New Jack U,,,shooting too , i think

 she  sips from her shake  and Looks  at Lindsey,Its Sad, Adam won't run... not only could ge  get even for being screwed over..but he would  be  Running  in..HIS..stadium?  how special is that?

 she sighed, anyway?  I am going to  be one Busy chickee  with  all that stuff, front he end of the  Su0erbowl, until the  start of  summer  camp..the   Olympics  will over  Lap. Coach Sims  is already complaining that  we'll have  to go 'day to day'  for  out  practices, we might  be spending  most to the  summer  at New Jack U.

"Oh!" Lindsey looked surprised. "So, you have a very busy spring and summer ahead. That's good. I'll try to make time to be around for the team events. My modeling schedule seems to miss all the bog dates. I might even be able to go to Indianapolis at the end of the month for the combines. I'll know more when I see the shooting schedule from Paulo. And you can bet Carlton will come up with some BKB commercials to associate with the studio productions. Who knows, maybe I can recruit Zeke Aston." She grinned, waggling her eyebrows. "Then you can get his autograph in person. But be careful. I hear he's quite the playboy."

Babs  Giggled   as  she  finished a Sip of Milk Shake. that would  be awesome, but guys like him don't cruise around looking  for  chicks like me...You and   Sage  have  links  to Adam, the Dragons  and BKB.. I just tape people's ankles  and stuff.

 she looked around and said in a small Voice..At OTAs, there was this  Big guy?..Otis..something..anyway, he was here for a cup of   coffee....i was taping his  legs.. calf  muscle stuff, but all he had on was a towel, and he was making  fun of me for  being squimish .. I told him , it was against the rules  for  him not to , at least have his  compression shorts on...he told me...' you want it   covered?   Cover it yourself!"

So ..  I made this  big circular disc... and  slapped  on him..covering  everything..all the hair included... I..um..might  have...put   Tiger Balm right in the  Middle of it..I never heard a big man's  voice  squeal that ligh... he yelled for me to get it off,  I just starting  taping the next guy and said..'you want it off, Un cover it  yourself"...

deeper  sip....took hiom 20 minutes to get the  stuff off, he  had to cut alot of hair, and lost  some,,,um...skin..no to mention the Tiger  Balm reaction.. Eva  had  to take care of  him and they sent him to Amota  Med... Eva , Lou and tracy  asked  me  why it happened.. i told them, I said  i mixed up the lanacane   with the tiger Balm...didn't matter, they cut  him in the morning.

"That's nonsense." Lindsey disagreed. "Men like attractive women, regardless of their job or status. Putting aside one night stands and flings, a billionaire will marry a waitress if she has the qualities he wants. The more successful they are, the more that's true. Don't underestimate yourself."

As Babs told her Otis story, Lindsey was drawn in by the outrageousness. The audacity of Otis had he drawing her head back in surprise. When she relayed how he challenged her to cover him up, Lindsey's face scrunched in squeamishness too. But when Babs told how she 'covered' him, both her hands shot up over her mouth as she squealed a laugh.

"Oh my God!" She kept her mouth covered through the rest of the story, shocked and amused at the same time. "I had no idea you had such a feisty streak. Wow." She was impressed, considering now meek Babs tended to come off most of the time. "I guess people should be more careful about messing with you. You're a Dragon. That's for sure."

"Anyway, don't be surprised if you're training the other trainers soon on how to properly tape. I expect some changes coming over the off season."

  Babs  gave a shrug. we'll see  what happens. I'm good right now, my pay is a big higher then it was in June. I'm pretty sure  i'll be here for the new  season.

The  doors  open  from the VIP room, the Coaches  were headed  down to the Locker  room.10 Minutes , Dragons!... finish up, its   time to go to work!

  Babs said, Time  for me to get work.. see you later, Thanks  for  letting me  sit  with you ...

......

Adam packed up his  things  , stood   and  Nodded to the others, and they  followed  the  group, Babs  caught up to Adam  and was  grinning talking to him.

Mindy moved over the Lindsey, some of the other players, and Most of the trainers , hadn't  moved  yet.wow?  Babs   has it bad..huh? She's a good  Kid though.

When the coaches came out, Babs took her cue and joined the players on their way to the locker room. It didn't go unnoticed by Lindsey that it was Adam she ran up to join. Once they were out, Mindy swung over and made the same observation. "Yeah. I guess we all did, including you, Miss Mindy. But Adam did speak up for her in the meeting and go to bat for her against Tracy. But still, yeah. She has it bad."

"Okay, so are you ready to head out to the stands? We can talk about the NFL awards."

To Sidelines

Harley was sitting with the other receivers when the coaches ordered everyone to practice. She cleaned up her mess, then hurried down to the locker rooms.

To Practice via Locker room

Bronko was looking forward to working out on the field.  "Time to strut our stuff, eh?"


---->> Locker Room ---->> Practice