Maverick POV
“Keep your heads in the game! These motherfuckers didn’t come to play football. They came for blood.”
The roars of our supporters threatened to drown out my voice, but my players got the message. After Gage was stretchered off, River, the reserve wide receiver, replaced him.
He’s f****d. He’s too small and scrawny. These guys are going to devour him.
“Yes, captain,” the battle cry rang out.
“Get Storm the ball. Protect the wide receiver and don’t get hurt,” I ordered.
The Serpents scored two since they took out Gage, but we were still in the lead.
“Ready to end this, captain?” A Serpent's player barked out a laugh.
“That was a s**t move and you know it.”
The final quarter of the game was upon us. These guys thought they could wear us out with their crushing tackles a
