The other backers  sat up and Listened, they had  a  weir  grin, like...watching a car  wreck .

 Prince  snorted.well?   I'm lookig  at it like this?  Itried out  for  'Team Lindsey' now the coach has  to   figure out if  i made the team... I mean...  I....didn't  mess any plays  up yet...

Cruz  and  Sal Chuckled.. branch was lost. wondering  if Lindsey has  an arena  team she  bought , or something..

 Payne  growled a  bit..I'm tellin' you all this.. right now... you're both  rookies..doesn't matter Wade got  drafted... you're both dragons..that means  , how yiu got here, don't matter.. But Me..Worth, Sloan and Miles..suffered a long time here.. and if you dumbassess  go off the tracks because of a girl?... I'll tell Sims to leave you home, when  we leave here  next week..don't know  who stirred this crap up..but it stops now..we don't need distractions like that!

 Adam looked to the VIP  doors.... I wait  for coach to come   through.. can't start the meeting without him, and i hate those  chairs in the Big Room.. i am not goig to break  tradition , by going in early..don't need any bad  luck

 Prince  and wade  are talking. theirbuddies are grinning.

----->>>>>> From Townhouses

 Heather and Megan parked and they went in Heather gave Megan a kiss and the headed to the den Megan had to head to practice.

 Heather walked into the Den, she got a black coffee, took a seat, got out her laptop and looked over film.

Lindsey looked over at the LB table. "Yeah, I don't know if I should be scared or not." She broke off a piece of donut and ate it. "Damn these are so good. I forget how good they are." Then her eyes lit up. "Shit!"

Jumping up, Lindsey hurried into the service area. She cursed herself for not thinking of it before, blaming it on her being so distracted. Grabbing a tray, she bought coffees for Mik and Adam just the way they always liked it, and donuts for each of them. When she got back to the table, she set the tray in the center.

"Sorry guys. I should have thought of that before. Adam, you're always thinking about others, I wanted to return the favor."

 Mik and Adam   looked  surprised...awww..Linds?  that's   nice..But you know  that's not needed.


 Mik nodded  his thanks  and took a going sip, wincing at the heat, but smiling after,

 Adam took a  smaller, smarter sip and nodded, giving Linds a pat on the back..perfect!

 Machins and Stalls  sat  down... Stalls wasn't in a good  mood.

 Anything new on there, Bomb?

 The Backers  are  almost like a chorus  line.. they all drop back together when its  zone. if one Blitz, the backers break down into man...also..  if  the right outside backer  is  blitzing, the   take their first step with their  right  foot... they do it the other  way if the  Left backer is coming
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"That's interesting. So how do you use that information? Will we see that in the practice today?"

  Adam  gave a  shrug as he bit into the new  donut.well? I bring it up in the meeting, we'll see if the   Coaches picked it up...or Duke?..whatever  way,  we look at it, the coaches  will come up  with an audible  to warn us, and the  revisers  and   take advantage?.. they   drop  back.. the wide  up   crossed    or curl nder them, We could  run a Draw off that?... if they Blitz, we  go 9-9-9s   and  find out if their LBs  are fast enough to get to  Duke , before  he hits us, or  drops it off  to a back?

 That's just off the top of  my head. I'm sure Duke   or Coach might devise  some other thngs.

Lindsey nodded. "I understand that there are ways to use this information, but doesn't the team need to practice that? Or will it just be calling known plays in response to things Duke or the coaches see?"

 Adam  looks towards the VIP  doors, the Coaches  and Yuto were coming out.

 First  you find it.....then you see how important it is, to use against them, or for yourslef...then you come  up with  'how"... The Defense keeps thier  Rotaing  Zones goign, but  blitz off  of it,  or  switch off into combo zones and man?  For  Us.. we look to exploit what hole they have, because no matter  who you are, whatever you  do to stop something,  You leave something esle opens.

Machins  grins,except us... we  run the Triple 9s .., there isn't a team in the league   who can cover   Ben, and any two of us that are out there... if they do? then the bags  get to be Heroes.

 ...........

Sims  came past   Nodding to Adam...Time to see what we   found this time...

Adam packed up his stuff. He looked  at Stalls Somethin  wrong , Stalls ?

 tracy broke the trainers into  Teams.. tracy is   on  the  outside team, which means she doesn't get to come in and Tape..

 Ok...that's  not  going to Fly... I bring it  up in the Meeting....   he gathered   his bag and Backpack.  and  followed the Line   of players, who folowed the Coaches.

...............

 Prince finished  his  food and drink , when the Coaches  came, he stood, got in line  , heading to the meeting room.



to meetings>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Bronko made his way to the meetings with the rest.

---->> Meetings

When Sims came out of VIP, Lindsey knew it was time for the meetings. She got up and went by the Linebacker table, waving to the table as a whole. "Hey guys. Um, Prince, Wade, I need to talk to you guys, separately. Maybe after practice? I don't want to distract you from anything before that."

However they answered, she went on to the meeting room.

To Meetings

  Prince  Nods  at her, he has a slight ,embarrassed smile  after the  put on , he went through ( he thinks its a put on?).. sure?  when   we get  dome with the end  Mile,  meet  me on the track and tell me where you want to talk.

( slight Flex)

(flex)

Wade nodded, looking up at Prince. He expected as much, and was even glad that Prince was so candid about it. It would have been nice if he had backed off, but If he was Prince, he wouldn't have. But then Payne spoke up, warning them against a list of things he had already said out loud he wasn't going to do. He shrugged. It didn't change anything. Prince was his team mate. The Superbowl was his primary mission. Competing for Lindsey would be a later thing. She was going out of town, and then they were all going to Miami. He doubted any of this would even gain traction.

A moment later, The coaches came out, signalling the exodus to the meeting rooms. Lindsey left ahead of everyone, but went by the LB table to ask for moments of time from both him and Prince. Prince Was quick to agree. Wade also nodded. "Sure. I'll catch you after the practice. You can talk to Prince first."

To Meetings--->

(end flex)

Ben scampered in, cast a longing look at the food arrayed on the counters, and continued on to the meetings.

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<  from meetings

 the players  came in, adan claimed a  window table, though his back was to the window. he set up  his  laptop once more..addign things they talked  about in the   'total offense"  meeting.

 Adam with  Mik  grabbed food, Adam with his  Pasta bowl  and   bowl of  fruit, along with a large   Cola.

 he sat down. players were buzzing about the  meetings, and some of the things that were found.

Ben came in rather slowly. The level of animosity the coaches were advocated quite turned his stomach. He got himself a chicken caesar salad, went over to the window table, and sat picking at it.

    Players  were chatting. some were laughing, some  were growling..  There were aspects  about the Saints that had everyone, moved one  way or   another.

 Adam began to eat  as he   looked at the  Film, he wasn't   finding much, maybe he 'minded it all out"..   Jenny and   Jill  Stopped  by the Tavle.. Jill smiled.Hey, Adam? Is there goign to be a watch Party for the   Awards show. tomorrow night?.. You dragons should be  gettign , more of the Lions..er...Dragons  share!

 I dunno?   You have to ask  someone else...  The Twin Houses    are ok for a game people can travel from   townhouse  to townhouse?.. we are having the  Emmie  thinh here  on Sunday..I dunno?

From Gym

After an exhausting workout, Lindsey entered the Den in need of some more energy. Though she wasn't feeling particularly hungry, she knew she would crash without eating something of substance. So make it easy, she selected a chicken salad sandwich with a bag of chips and an unsweetened ice tea. She also opted for a slice of apple pie for desert. After paying for her food, she found an empty table and set up. Babs wasn't in the Den yet, but when she finally arrived, she would have a friendly place to sit

 Player   were almost all in line or seated  now.

 Sweated up dragonettes  came in for  drinks  and a  small lunch  after   workouts and swimming, they would have to  practice their  routines  , while the team practiced.

 Megan sat down, but   heather  with  a bowl of Veggie soup and some rolls  with a tall glass of ice tea.I don't know  how hard   the  practice will be for us, But i am tired from just the weight room

..........

 Tracy . came in  with    Sims, Babs  and Lou.. Babs  was tryign to hide  a Giggle.. Lou looked stern, Sims  looked....displeased. BRONK!... You are a Bastard!

 Adam  nodded as he reached for his soda.....This, is true...

 you can't keep your  damn nose out of   anything!

Long Sip...This  is  also true...

 Tracy slammed  a hand  down on the   table.who the  hell do you think  you are...dictating  what I can do  with ,,MY..people!

 Adam's  Fork    fell out of his bowl and hit his  Keyboard..his eyes  when as wide  as if he got cheap shooted. he  grabbed  napkins   to clean it off..You  idiot!... that lap top  is worth more to the team then i am... he wiped  and   got sauce  out...Babs...any of them.. They aren't ..YOUR  people.. They are Lou's  People... low  us part of   Coach Sim's people... and all of us  are Yuto's people!  I don't know where your head's  at.. But you have  the best trainer in the league.. right there...and that's  just no me... you asked the guys,  You..you have been there your self when she  tapes  our  ankles  or  , spats   out cleats...

 Tracy was redfaced...she lookd at Lou , who shook his head.. Sims  was still displeased. She  turned to Babs,you got  what you want.. i hope you're  happy...  she moves off to the Table  with the other trainers.

 Sims looked at  Adam,hell of a hill you picked, may as well have been San Jaun Hill...  he walked Off.. Lou leaned over.You did good Kid, this will all wash itself out  by Draft day  he moved  off .

 Eve  stopped by , she looked at him coldly,do you have some  kind of Complex.. was it that important  to  have  Babs  be taping   for the next two weeks?

 Don't know  about the others?.. but its Important to me... i blow out  an ankle, because some trainer is jealous  of a  new kid
 in the building?.. That's not my problem...

 you talk big..but what happens if a FA  or  Rookie  comes in here and takes  your  job...

 Adam shook his head,Then its on me...right?... some one  can play better, hit  harder and  take the hits, they deserve to be  here Amotas?  Sims?  They  don't owe me a damned thing... They gave me , my chances..and here i am... Lou gave Babs her chance, and here she is...why you wouldn't  want the best Tape person on the  line, doesn't make any sense.

 Babs  has to work with all those others.. how do you think that will go now...

 Adam Looked at Babs who are a firm lipped smile.she's  from the North east.... Jersey Girl.. she'll handle it, hell ? she was carrying  most of them anyway...

  Babs  seemed like she got  taller.. Eve  gave  a head shake  and  went to the trainers  table.

 Babs  smiled with a bit of Moist eyes...Thank you Adam.... she  touched his hand  and   scurried over to  Lindsey. Sitting  down she  waved   for a Big King Bomb Burger  and a  shake, OMG..... he   got  me back into doing training things again..  Wayne  has to do the tables  and stuff...he didn't have  to  stick his neck out ...but now i get to do, what i do best!

the  server brought  Babs  food over, she  gave her  the money and  5 dollars  for a tip.

she looked at  Lindsey  and  bit into her burger. Sooooo..LA  tomorrow.. Lots  of   guys ..and i guess girls, looking for fun!!! she  looked round  and lowered her voice..There's a guy... he plays  Bacon  Bean on Star Hunters.. i started  watching it a few weeks ago,,, he  this  hardnosed   bounty Hunter, who  does  all kinds of  good deeds  while killing aliens  and  stuff....  The Actor Name  is Zeke Aston.. I know you can't get autographs, that would make you look goofy,  But if you see him there? maybe  sneak a pic for me? Watch out   though , Entertainment show  says he loves his ladies..
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Meetings ---->>

Bronko got some lunch and sat near the windows.  He heard all the conversations around him, but he wasn't involved, so he kept to himself.

Lindsey looked up when Tracy went off on Adam. It was hard not to hear what was going on, but Lindsey was absolutely perplexed at what Eve's problem was. Babs was good at taping ankles. The guys liked how she did it, so why was the senior trainer so bent on keeping her in a box. Was it jealousy, or something else? It was pretty well known that Tracy didn't like Adam. Adam liked Babs. So, maybe this was less about Babs and more about Adam. It was hard to say, but the net result was the same. In the end though, what this all should have been about was doing whatever was good for the tea. If the guys preferred that Babs tape their ankles, then there should have been no further discussion. It was shocking how self centered Tracy was being. It was even more of a surprise that Eve chimed in on Tracy's side. She was usually the level headed one. Still, despite all the gnashing teeth, Adam got his way, as he should have, and Babs would be the official taper. Once it was settled, the Jersey girl bounced over to Lindsey's table and took a seat.

"Hi Babs. Yeah. I have no idea why it was even controversial. If the players want you, then that should be the end of it. No further discussion. Tracy's acting like it's all about her. The Superbowl is less than two weeks away. It should be about the players. Period. And it's not like what Adam was asking for was even slightly unreasonable. Tracy should be ashamed of herself. That goes double for Eve."

Lindsey waited for Babs to get settled with her burger, then lit up as the conversation turned to the Emmys.

"Ya. LA tomorrow. Believe it or not, I'm actually kind of nervous about it. There's going to be a lot of star power there, and so many influencers. They'll be looking for fun, but Sage said they'd be looking for connections also. Just being there will be fun. Anything else will be extra."

"Star Hunters? I don't think I've heard of that one. Did they really name the character Bacon Bean? That's hilarious. And memorable, I guess too. It doesn't sound like the name for a tough guy bounty hunter, but I guess that's part of what makes him interesting." Lindsey took out her phone and looked him up. "Oh, yeah, he looks like a bounty hunter, Cute too. If I see him I'll get a picture for you. Yeah, it might be a litle goofy to ask for autographs, but maybe not. Stars are also fans of each other. I'll see what I can do. What makes you think he'll be there? Was he nominated for an Emmy?"

  Babs  finished a couple bites, and  asked the first of the questions  first.from what i undestand, tracy  went to school to be an athy;letic  trainer, she also wanted to go into sports medicine?.. Eve has been helping her there, but  there is only so much time... and the classes are hard,  so? tracy will either have to wait until she's in her 40's...or she'll have to   quit here, and try to be a doc?  or..quit trying to be a Doc.

sip of  shake.I found out  from Wayne, that  half of  those trainers  went to school with  Tracy at UCLA...the others  she  picked from the
  schools in FLA... I....am  an 'extra'.  When Mom and me came down here, i tried to get some college  jobs, but i could only get jobs  that they wouldn't pay me..and we needed the Money. So, out of desperation, I came to The Lair  to  work ..someplace?.. but i took a  wrong   turn.. Adam was coming out  of the lockers, he looked tired, and beat up, but he had a  kind smile.. I asked Him  where i would  find out  who is  Hiring.  He Pointed to Lou , who was stacking   boxes of tape with a couple helpers.

 she  Grinned....Lou asked  me  what kind of job i was looking for?. I told him i was a trainer, but only had  a little experience.. he  punched the flaps open on a  Box, , pulled out two rolls  and   showed me   a trainers  belt. I  buckled  it on,  and he  got the  two helpers
 to  take their shoes  and socks off...he pointed at one , saying  'regular'..the  second ' High ankle sprain '  he held up a stop watch,  and said 'go'..i hand  both  guys   taped  in less then 2 Minutes.. he looked at the high ankle sprain and said, 'what's this on the inside of his  Ankle ", I shrugged, and said ' you didn't  say   anterior  or  exterior, since he's smaller so I  figured  anterior  since  , lighter   guys  get it there alot..

  Lou   went in his  office  and  Came out  with for   cokes, and we all sat there  and talked.. the  guys  were having  fun  jumping up and  down  with there  tape on... Yuto  came in a few minutes Later, Lou said  what  happened, Yuto  checked out the   tape jobs, and  Lou's  watch , he opened his Lap top  and had me  sign an E-contract... :: bang::  I'm a dragon..sorta... I worked the rest of the day with them.. That's when i met tracy...she wasn't happy..AT  ALL.. Lou  pointed at Yuto, Yuto smiled ..and  ::Poof:: , my boss  was my  'not friend'.. But its  worth it  to be here...I get paid  great, and  I'm going to be at the superbowl! I could tell you  About Adam..Mik too..but not  as much... Adam  went through alot, ebcasue they knew he played  for  Sims  and was friends   with the  Amotas....her eyes  got  galssy for a second..all my years around sports. I have never seen a guy work so hard,  and get beat up, so badly, Miles and Slaon picked him off the ground, so many times, but  a second later , he was right back in the lines doing  drills with  split lips, or a black  eye, and god, the Bruises, when he was in the  hot  tub and  ice tub.....but every Cut? he was still there.. Payne   was one of his  supporters   aftra  they jacked each other up...lots of stories... but it  don't matter...

she looked at the  trainers  Table  and tracy   glared at her, and  Babs  finger waved, and went back to her burger.


 then to  the Emmys Zeke is the  Main Character of a weekly TV show.. the  season ender  was last week.. they'll have their  3rd season  in starting in september...., they are  up for a few of the  emmy's.. Best  Actor, best show-sci-f, best special effects..Writers... she  waved her hand..Lots  of stuff..Ulla  Dark, she plays  Vista, she  the  bad  guy who has it in for Bacon. Its  funny..He turned  down Captain Lighting because he didn't want to work with Linda...Then? according to   Entertainment show, he was turned down to  be the  spokesman for
 Big Kings  Bacon burger. According to  the  news guys, Mr Cross said they had their  spokesman, and they didn't want to tie into  any shows
 or Movies just yet. He's supposed to be a playboy, but he's nice  about it, according to the   papers, the  Girls come  and go...  she giggles at that.

 Kane  sat down  by Bronko... Hey Bronko? what do you think  of  the  Saints  line..they are Big, but they ain't fast? . the  table next to them  the backers  were  sitting down, Cruz, Sal  and  Branch settled in,  Payne was  standing  with Duke talking about something.

  Prince    walked  by Lindsey and   Babs, he  gave her  an awkward  smile   as he moved to the LB  table.

"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"