In the New Orleans Second Line locker room anything goes apparently. Rookie Franklin Townsend found this out the hard way when he became the victim of veteran DTs Joseph Askins and Godfrey King. During film review on Wednesday night of the first week of training camp Townsend fell asleep--a pretty normal occurrence after another grueling day out in the Louisiana sun--and Askins and King decided to take advantage of the opportunity, with a little help from coach. At the conclusion of the film session and with the coach's approval, they stealthily slipped out of the dark room and left Townsend there snoring away by himself. All the while they were plastic-wrapping his car. Now this might not seem like a huge deal, after all at training camp the players have little use for their cars as they're mostly restricted to staying on location and have everything they need provided for them, but this was a long con. In the Louisiana heat that plastic wrap melted onto the brand new Audi Townsend had just purchased with his rookie signing bonus, and when camp ended there was a grand spectacle with lots of laughter in the parking lot. Asked about the incident later by the media, Townsend noted that that was the last time he'd fall asleep in a film session.
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