On leg one, ex-NFL cheerleaders Jaime & Cara were every bit the strong independent team that they claimed to be going into "The Amazing Race 14." They simply didn't turn out to be the fastest team just yet though, dropping to from a first tier plane ride to a seventh place finish.
Jaime & Cara were one of two teams from that early flight to not make it to the Church of San Antonio in time for a 7:15 a.m. departure sign up. Worse, they waited at a nearby station for a taxi instead of finding the taxis behind the church (emulating the earlier Christie & Jodi mistake), allowing the lower tier teams to catch up to them.
From that point, the ex-cheerers were competing to avoid losing further ground which to their credit, they succeeded. The pair emulated the Steve & Linda cheese sliding technique combined with their own physicality to make a 7th place leg finish.
While team chemistry is not an issue, Jaime & Cara just seemed a little slower than the other teams at key times on just getting from point A to point B. It isn't clear from the editing why that is (other than the taxi wait) or if it will be a continuing pattern. This is another team that we'll have to watch more of to read them well.
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