“The Buffalo Billy Goats Gruff saunter out to the pitch after the pre-game "pep-talk" (re: weekly threatening with bar-b-que) but as the majority of the team leaves the locker room, Donte Whitner holds back the rookies... Brian Brohm, Steve "A Tisker A" Tasker, Leodis McKelvin and Uconn star Marcus 'Makes it Look Easy' Easley...

Donte: Okay you four... here's the scoop. I don't know if you've noticed, but Aaron has gone off the deep end. His time is coming to an end sooner than we think... and one of you is going to take his place. I don't know who... but one of you is going to have to if we're to make a run at reclaiming our championship from the grubby sweaty hands of those damned NFC dorfiges...

[Donte spits in the stall where the toilet seat is a picture of Sheriff Gonnagetcha, then he continues...]

Donte: And I'm not going to be around much longer either... I've started being targeted as much as Aaron lately. So you four are going to have to find your niche, is what I'm really saying. Brian... you've been here the longest and done the least - save that touchdown vs. Baltimore. That should've woken you up, so now ask yourself: Do you want to be a scorer or a scrapper? Marcus... I know you were a star in college, and folks have told me that you need to be a blitzer, but son - this ain't college ball. This is the NBFL - things move much faster here. I'm not gonna send you blitzing like a goon without some experience. So you're working special teams until you can prove to me that you're not gonna screw up. Watch Aaron... he may be crazy, but he can teach you some stuff... Steve - Leodis... just try to survive this season. You guys have the benefit but also the cushion that a solid line in front of you brings. You're not gonna face the fire that our offensive line will face game after game... which means your chance of surviving is that much better.

... go out there and show me what you can do.


The rookies sense a calm support and reassuring warmth from Donte that they'd never get from Coach.. unless he was warming up the grill. Brian Brohm starts to think about what the coach might do to him is he were to have dropped that pass against Baltimore... and then and there decides to learn how to effectively kick folks while they're down. For on the pitch assistance and to possibly protect himself from Coach at some later date...
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