Brian Baker to J.R. Thomas.
Touchdown Tri-Cities.
It was one of the most prolific scoring combinations in the arenafootball2 league, and one that carried the expansion Fever to the playoffs last season.
What the Fever wouldn't do to have that duo back as the team is in a midst of an 0-4 start?
Heck, right now Tri-Cities would settle for anyone to get the ball to Thomas, who was an all-af2 receiver last season, racking up more than 1,800 yards and 38 touchdowns.
Fever coach Cedric Walker may have found the next closest thing this week, signing veteran quarterback Josh Kellett, who led Rio Grande Valley to a 15-1 regular season record last season.
But as the Fever searched the globe this week for new quarterbacks, including a phone call to former Tri-Cities quarterback Collin Drafts, Baker is living in his apartment in Atlanta, with no intentions of returning to football.
The former Fever quarterback has closed that chapter in his life after suffering a career-ending leg injury last season.
He has a regular job now and is enjoying the grind of working a 40-hour-a-week job as much as the next guy.
Baker hasn't paid much attention to what is going on with his former team.
He was flattered people in the Tri-Cities still remember him and that the Fever could use him right now.
"I enjoyed it, but it's time to move on," Baker said. "It was fun while it lasted."
Baker was 6-foot-5, 250 pounds of reason in the huddle last season for a Fever team filled with headstrong receivers.
In 15 games, he threw for 4,032 yards and 92 touchdowns and was named to the second-team all-af2 unit.
The former four-year starter at Austin Peay State University was on pace to break several season passing records and possibly earn a big payday in the Arena Football League.
But everything ended on a second-quarter pass play in Everett on July 21.
Baker was undercut after throwing the ball downfield and his leg snapped.
He broke his tibia and suffered severe ligament damage in his left leg.
It was the same leg he broke in his final college game and spent two years rehabbing to get back into football.
"(The game) can cut you down in a hurry," Baker said.
After nearly a year of surgeries and rehab, Baker says he can't even do a simple squat.
Even if he could play and the opportunity were out there, Baker said he has had enough football.
He said at this point, coaching is not even an option for him.
"I'm done with football. It's been a hard road for me," Baker said.
Baker is spending his time now working for a tree company, driving dump trucks and cutting limbs.
It's a job that he had in the offseason during his four years in the arena game. Now it's his full-time job.
"I've got to make money to live," Baker said. "Besides, it's kind of nice not having somebody yell at you all the time telling you you did something wrong."
-- The Fever was assigned lineman John Fields (6-4, 270) on Thursday. Fields played one game for Tri-Cities last season and recorded a sack. Tri-Cities was also assigned fullback Mingo Brown (6-2, 210) and backup quarterback Brandon Peterson.
-- Fullback/linebacker Joe Johnsonbaugh (6-0, 270) was also assigned to the Fever, coming over in the trade with Peoria.
-- Quarterback John Pierce was placed on injured reserve Thursday with an injured vertabrae. He is expected to miss four-to-six weeks.
-- Linebacker John Cousins was reassigned after playing just one game.