Off the Bench

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Austin Taylor, once an undrafted free agent and a third-string quarterback, was never supposed to be the starting QB for the Tampa Bay Bucs. Except now, he is. Dani Marshall, the Bucs' data analyst whiz, is all in-betting her career, and even her car, on Austin's success. The real challenge? Keeping her heart out of the game. Austin When the achingly gorgeous Dani Marshall shows up in my tiny Ohio town to sign me to the Bucs, I can't say no. I expect to ride the bench in obscurity for my entire NFL career. What I don't expect is to become the starting QB in my first month-or to end up as a viral GIF, tripping over my cleats. Dani's betting on me, but I'm starting to think her faith might be misplaced. The closer we get, the more her walls stay mile-high-even as I'm being pulled to her as surely as the moon pulls the tides. Dani Research shows that