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The Las Vegas Saints are brand new We don’t have any team traditions or team heroes froether, let alone playing together I need to dig deep and find ways for us to become a cohesive unit

Skydiving Hell Go big or go hoht?

A couple of hours later, Pike grins at ine of the plane roaring in the background

“See you on the other side, boys!” he calls out, waving as his instructor triple checks the equipether

When the two of them jurins, shrugs and offers to go next

My sto with a mixture of nervousness and excite airplane, but also because I’ives our tea not just for ourselves, but for each other

We’re playing around 500, winning and losing about the saames But the fire isn’t there As captain, it’s my job to create that fire

“Ready?” my instructor Randy asks me

I give hiood look at the brown, rocky landscape below Randy gives e

The air hitssensation, and it feels like my stomach drops out of my body But then…a euphoric sensation hits as I realize this is as close as I’ll ever get to flying I put my arms out and take in the soft blue sky

I savor every second, already knowing I want to do this again so, and once I’uys make their jumps

“That was fucking incredible!” Grady yells as he reaches the ground

This may or may not help us play better as a teaood time

Later that evening, bronzed by a day in the sun and full from dinner and drinks with my teammates, I sit down on the side of the pool in the backyard of my house and call Gia

“Aren’t you old-fashioned?” she says in answer “With a phone call instead of a text”

“Yeah, I’ reat detail?”

She laughs “Oh, God, please don’t”

“I said when you ask I’d never provide an unsolicited description of my junk”