Week 18 Summary: Thankfully all the excitement this week was on the football field (and then on the TV Sunday night – I hope no one missed that Colts game)
We still had a lot of fun. I really wish Brian could have made it though. Brian was the QB King of the 5 on 5 games. Great play calls and a nifty misdirection H-back play were his forte.
On to the game:
Red: Cain, Matt, Mike, Louis, Adam
Yellow: Ray, Donnie, Casey, Erik
Yellow
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Erik to Ray - incomplete. Batted down at the line of scrimmage by Matt.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Erik to Donnie - incomplete. Matt blitzes and Erik throws across his body into the ground near Donnie.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Erik to Ray - incomplete. Thrown into the ground.
4-15 from the 10: Punt
Red
1-20 from the 30: Pass by Cain to Mike for 13 yards - stopped by Ray. Little 3 yard slant route with some YAC.
2-7 from the 32: 3 man blitz by Casey, Donnie and Adam (which left one receiver uncovered). Casey caused a fumble by Cain good for a 5 yard loss.
3-12 from the 37: Pass by Cain to Mike - incomplete. Long fly route with Donnie and Ray on the coverage.
4-12 from the 37: Punt
Yellow
1-20 from the 5: Pass by Erik to Donnie for 10 yards - stopped by Louis. Little dump off pass Donnie who fights out of Adam's grasp and gets some YAC.
2-10 from the 15: Pass by Erik to Casey for 10 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-25 from the 25: Pass by Erik to Ray for 15 yards - stopped by Cain. Ray make a nice leaping catch to bring in a high throw on a 15 yard out route.
2-10 from the 35: Pass by Erik to Casey for 12 yards - stopped by Louis. 10 yard slant in route.
1-Goal from the 23: Wounded Duck thrown into the endzone to Ray but picked by Cain in the right corner of the endzone. He runs diagonally to the 25 and then runs diagonally towards the other 25 getting to the 26 yard line before begin stopped by Erik.
Red
1-1 from the 26: Long pass by Cain to Louis in the endzone - TD. 1-0, Red
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Ray to Casey for 2 yards - stopped by Mike.
2-13 from the 12: Ball thrown low and behind Erik. Louis makes a nice pick at about mid-shin level and runs it back a couple yards before Ray makes the stop.
Red
1-15 from the 10: Adam and Casey blitz but Matt runs a nice 10 yard cross from the TE slot and is tracking the direction Cain is rolling so its an easy TD by Matt. 2-0, Red
Yellow
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Ray to Donnie - incomplete. Overthrown 10 yard cross.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Ray to Casey - incomplete. Mike probably should have had the interception on this one. He definitely did a good job defensing the pass.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Ray to Donnie - incomplete. Long throw of about 40 yards but Donnie ran more of a fly and the ball was thrown more like a deep seam.
4-15 from the 10: Punt
Red
1-20 from the 30: Run by Cain for -15 yards - stopped by Casey. The primary receiver slipped making his cut and Casey was there right when Cain was pulling it down and looking for another receiver.
2-10 from the 15: Pass by Cain to Mike - incomplete. Ball thrown a little short on a fly route. Donnie couldn't come up with the interception but he did prevent Mike from making the catch.
3-10 from the 15: Pass by Cain to Mike - incomplete. Ball was a little underthrown and under drier conditions, its likely Ray would have picked it but he did at least prevent Mike from getting it.
4-10 from the 15: Punt
Yellow
1-8 from the 17: Pass by Ray to Erik for 18 yards - stopped by Louis. Very nice throw - low and outside where only Erik could get it.
1-15 from the 35: Pass by Ray to Casey - incomplete. Good throw on an 8 yard out route - dropped.
2-15 from the 35: Hellava throw by Ray to Donnie who made a diving catch right on the goal line for a TD. 2-1, Red.
Red
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Louis for 16 yards - stopped by Erik.
1-24 from the 26: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. Erik had very nice tight coverage on a fly route so neither he nor Louis came down with the ball.
2-24 from the 26: Pass by Cain to Mike - incomplete. Overthrown.
3-24 from the 26: Hook and Ladder play gone awry. The initial throw by Cain is complete to Matt for about 13 yards. At this point things go bad. Ray and Adam recognize the play and are standing about 5 yards behind Matt. Rather than go hard after Matt, they close they the coverge tighter waiting for the pitch. Meanwhile, Louis is coming across with Erik tight on him. Matt makes the pitch and Erik slaps it down. So the play is good for a net of 10 yards.
4-14 from the 36: Punt
Yellow
1-20 from the 5: Pass by Erik to Ray - incomplete. Play looked like it might have been a hook and ladder run from a WR Twins set but they wouldn't admit to it. Ray ran from the outside in for a quick pass and Casey was running an out right under him. If Ray had caught the ball Casey would have been in a perfect position for the pitch.
2-20 from the 5: Pass by Erik to Donnie for 12 yards - stopped by Adam. Very nice throw. Adam should have come over the top to try to tip or take it.
3-8 from the 17: Pass by Erik to Donnie - incomplete. Donnie ran an out just past the cone but the ball was thrown too low and he couldn't come up with it despite diving.
4-8 from the 17: Punt
Red
1-2 from the 23: 2 man blitz and Cain throws it away.
2-2 from the 23: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Fly route underthrown.
3-2 from the 23: Unknown.
4-2 from the 23: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Adam ran a 2 yard drag route and Cain tried to pitch the ball forward and it slipped and fell short behind the line of scrimmage.
Yellow
1-Goal from the 23: Cain intercepted the ball at the goal line and runs it back about 23 yards. He then pitches it to Louis who runs it down to the 3 yard line where Erik made the stop.
Red
1-Goal from the 3: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Blown play. Adam comes out of the backfield uncovered when they blitz. Adam calls for the ball but it is thrown out the back of the endzone.
2-Goal from the 3: Pass by Cain to Adam for 3 yards - stopped by . Cain throws while falling down. Adam takes it in for the short TD. 3-1, Red
Yellow
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Erik to Ray for 50 yards - stopped by Louis. 10 Yard cross and Ray gets a ton of YAC.
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Erik to Donnie - incomplete. Ball thrown wide and high.
2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Erik to Casey for 11 yards - stopped by Mike.
3-Goal from the 4: TD Pass by Erik to Ray. 3-2, Red
Red
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. Blitz by Casey. Cain throws low to Louis on a 10 yard out.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Adam for 16 yards - stopped by Matt Day. Blown play. Adam comes out of the backfield to the left. Cain rolls left throws very low and just shy of the first down. Adam makes the catch from his knees and pops across the first down marker just before Matt grabs him and starts spinning him down.
1-24 from the 26: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. 10 yard cross thrown a little behind.
2-24 from the 26: Pass by Cain to Adam for 13 yards - stopped by Matt Day. Blown play. Adam comes out of the backfield and catches the ball for 13.
3-11 from the 36: Pass by Cain to Louis for 23 yards - stopped by Ray. Casey blitzes, Adam blocks, Cain rolls left and throws to Louis. Louis makes one guy miss and picks up some nice yards.
1-Goal from the 13: Pass by Cain to Mike - incomplete. Rushed 2 and Cain makes tough throw that would have been a very tough catch.
2-Goal from the 13: Run by Adam for 0 yards - stopped by Donnie. The only running play of the day. Delayed pitch to Adam on the left who was fighting through Matt and Casey with help from Cain when Donnie comes flying in from the other side of the field to make the flag. Cain is incredulous wondering where he came from. Adam points out that he told them in the huddle that it had to be a fast play or else Donnie would get there from the back side.
3-Goal from the 13: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. Blown play. Louis got open at the back of the endzone but the ball was just a bit long and he couldn't make the catch.
4-Goal from the 13: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. Drop by Louis (his description).
Yellow
1-12 from the 13: Pass by Erik to Donnie for 9 yards - stopped by Adam. Slant route from the slot.
2-3 from the 22: Pass by Erik to Donnie - incomplete. Adam got the barest tip of a finger on the ball and either it made a difference in the ball's tradjectory or Donnie just dropped it (not clear which it was)
3-3 from the 22: Pass by Erik to Donnie for 5 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-23 from the 27: Pass by Erik to Casey for 12 yards - stopped by Louis.
2-11 from the 36: Pass by Erik to Donnie - incomplete. Twins left. Outside receiver runs parallel to the line of scrimmage behind Casey who took one step forward, turned left, set his feet, put his hands up and picked Adam. But it wouldn't have matterd because the little forward pitch was dropped.
3-11 from the 36: Pass by Erik to Casey - incomplete. Casey was on a 11 yard crossing route when Matt gets in front of him to slap the ball down.
4-11 from the 36: Punt
Red
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Matt Day - incomplete. 10 yard WR cross pattern - dropped by Matt (again his discription - gotta love the honesty in this game).
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Adam for 15 yards - stopped by the sideline. Blown play. Adam floats out the backfield to the left and then cuts right on a deep slant. Cain throws the ball behind Adam who brings it in one handed and tip-toes just past the cone for a first down and calls it perhaps the best catch he's ever made (shortlived though).
1-25 from the 25: Pass by Cain to Adam for 18 yards - stopped by Louis. 2 man blitz. Adam again floats left and cuts right. Cain again throws behind but also a bit low but Adam makes what is now definitely the catch of his career - bringing it in one handed from behind again and running downfield backwards and spinning - makes Ray miss, stiff-arms Erik and again dances away backwards - then uses a block by Matt to get up the field for a 18 yard gain before finally giving himself up when Louis grabbed ahold of him and was bringing to the turf. Yes, I'm proud of that play and I think I should be. Don't worry, I get humble here in a minute.
2-7 from the 32: Pass by Cain to Matt Day for 15 yards - stopped by Erik.
1-Goal from the 17: Pass by Cain to Matt Day - incomplete. Ball thrown into the endzone and on a day with a dry ball, Donnie would have picked it.
2-Goal from the 17: Casey chased Cain all over and finally Cain stepped over the line of scrimmage which we called a 0 yard sack.
3-Goal from the 17: Pass by Cain to Away - incomplete. Defense brought 3 but had one peal off to cover Adam out of the backfield and Cain threw it away.
4-Goal from the 17: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Ball overthrown to Matt in the front of the endzone but perfectly thrown for Adam in the back of the endzone. Adam dropped it (see, humbleness returns).
Yellow
1-8 from the 17: Pass by Erik to Ray - incomplete. WR cross at the 1st down cone.
2-8 from the 17: End around to Donnie was supposed to be thrown back to Erik the but exchange was fumbled so it was a 6 yard loss.
3-14 from the 11: Pass by Erik to Donnie - incomplete. Pass defensed by Adam.
4-14 from the 11: Punt
Red
1-19 from the 31: Flea flicker to Louis and back to Cain. Casey made a 6 yard sack.
2-25 from the 25: Pass by Cain to Mike - incomplete. 12 Yard out route thrown short incomplete.
3-25 from the 25: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. Underthrown
4-25 from the 25: Punt
Yellow
1-7 from the 18: Pass by Ray to Erik for 10 yards - stopped by Louis.
1-22 from the 28: Pass by Ray to Casey - incomplete. Little crossing route pass dropped.
2-22 from the 28: Pass by Ray to Casey - incomplete. Ball thrown a little wide and Matt makes a play for the ball but can't come up with it.
3-22 from the 28: Pass by Ray to Erik for 16 yards - stopped by the sideline.
4-6 from the 31: Pass by Ray to Unknown - incomplete. Missed the details on this one.
Red
1-6 from the 31: Pass by Cain to Unknown for yards - stopped by . Ball was intercepted by Casey and in the confusion, Donnie and Adam blocked each other.
1-9 from the 34: Pass by Ray to Unknown - incomplete. Didn't get the details
2-9 from the 34: Pass by Ray to Donnie - incomplete. Thrown a little wide
3-9 from the 34: Pass by Ray to Donnie - incomplete. Twins left. Outside receiver runs parallel to the line of scrimmage behind Casey who took one step forward, turned left, set his feet, put his hands up and picked Adam. But it wouldn't have mattered because the little forward pitch was dropped.
4-9 from the 34: Pass by Ray to Unknown - incomplete. Very good coverage results in a desperation thrown.
Red
1-16 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Broken play. Ball underthrown to Adam who has to reach over Donnie to prevent the pick.
2-16 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. 10 Yard cross thrown a bit low but dropped.
3-16 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. 2 Man blitz. Cain dumps it off to Adam coming out of the backfield. Makes Ray miss and then makes Erik miss. Then Erik grabs Adam and Adam drags him down the field down to the 10.
1-Goal from the 10: Casey blitzed and Adam screwed up the block not knowing where Cain was so Casey was able to force a fumble for an 8 yard loss.
2-Goal from the 18: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Good coverage by secondary allows defense to bring two. Adam breaks off and goes in the opposite direction that Cain did so that Cain's throw can't reach him.
3-Goal from the 18: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. Adam came in motion on set to the left WR spot. WR Cross with Louis and Adam - Louis going out underneath. Pass to back of the endzone.
4-Goal from the 18: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Z route to Adam underthrown.
Yellow
1-7 from the 18: Pass by Ray to Donnie - incomplete. Out and up route to Donnie overthrown.
2-7 from the 18: Pass by Ray to Erik - incomplete. Overthrown way down the field under pressure from a blitz.
3-7 from the 18: Pass by Ray to Donnie - incomplete. Ball thrown high on a slant.
4-7 from the 18: Pass by Ray to Erik for 11 yards - stopped by Louis. Underneath route.
1-21 from the 29: Pass by Ray to Donnie - incomplete. Broken play with a nice gain
1-Goal from the 24: Pass by Ray to Erik - incomplete. Another broken play. Thrown on a little underneath dump but the defenders were in the wrong positions and Erik is able to make a couple of nice moves to score. 3-3 Tie.
I should note that this last series was played in hurry-up fashion because Cain needed to leave so we ended without an even number of series.
MVP: If I had caught that second TD in the back of the endzone, I would have been tempted to give it to me this week. Between those career catches I had, the number of yards and the way I got them, I was thought I had a very nice game. But, I can’t look past that drop – especially since I got my hands on it.
Of course, even it that catch, I would have only been tempted because Casey had a monster day rushing the passer. I credited him with 5 sacks because it was his pressure that caused Cain to fumble twice and step across the line once. Plus, Casey had a pick and nice run back (despite no help from Adam and Donnie who blocked each other instead of guys on the other team). So Casey gets the award this week.
Week 19 Preview: I’m a little concerned we may be looking for a new field for a while. We were playing on the freshman field when the Lacrosse coach asked us to play on one of the regular fields. So we ended up tearing up 2 fields (I can only imagine how bad the fields would have looked if we’d gotten 14-16 guys like we should have had). Hopefully no one will say anything because I LOVE playing at McNeil. 3 fields plus bathrooms make it the best location we’ve had in 13 years and we’ve played at 7 different locations over the years.
Link of the Week: http://www.tophundredvideos.com/video/Animator-vs-Animation
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