Week 24 Game Summary - Why oh why do we have weather that allows the temperature go from low 60s one week to low 80s the next? I hate the heat. I hereby christen this the week of the drop. I counted 13 drops between both sides. Cain paid the biggest price since Red had the bulk of them.

Yellow - Nick, Tom, Mike, Chi, Chenault, & Casey

Red - Cain, Adam, Josh, Matt Day, Bedeeh, & Jimmy

Yellow 1
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Pump-N-Go to Mike who had a nice route but the ball was overthrown.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Nick was scrambling for a while and finally found Mike on a deep cross but the ball was dropped.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Tom - incomplete. Deep throw that Cain and Tom go up for and neither comes down with it.
4-15 from the 10: Punt.

Red 1
1-20 from the 30: Pass by Cain to Josh for 6 yards - stopped by Mike.
2-14 from the 36: Pass by Cain to Josh - incomplete. Long throw down the right sideline, possibly a tad underthrown.
3-14 from the 36: Pass by Cain to Josh - incomplete.
4-14 from the 36: Punt.

Yellow 2
1-14 from the 11: Pass by Nick to Chenault for 10 yards - stopped by Matt. Little drag route.
2-4 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Mike for 12 yards - stopped by Cain & Jimmy.
1-17 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Mike for 31 yards - stopped by Cain.

1-Goal from the 11: Throw from Nick to Chi in the endzone but a bit high and Cain, who is covering Mike, picks it.

Red 2
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Bedeeh - incomplete. Cain makes a nice throw on the run rolling right.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Thrown out of bounds.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Adam for 25 yards - stopped by Casey.

1-15 from the 35: Run by Adam for -4 yards - stopped by Chi.
2-19 from the 31: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Easy ball dropped coming across the middle all alone.
3-19 from the 31: Pass by Cain to Matt - incomplete. Thrown long.
4-19 from the 31: Punt.

Yellow 3
1-7 from the 18: Run by Nick for yards - stopped by -5. Chenault calls a flag guard on his own teammate as Nick makes contact with Bedeeh's hand while dancing around trying to get away.
2-7 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Tom - incomplete. Tom runs a fly and looks inside for the ball which was a little outside.
3-7 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Casey for 36 yards - stopped by Jimmy. Deep throw to Casey who had to make a big adjustment for the ball. Jimmy forces a fumble to end the play.

1-Goal from the 21: Pass by Nick to Tom for 17 yards - stopped by Matt.
2-Goal from the 4: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Ball purposely thrown a bit behind Casey on a cross in the endzone because Jimmy had good coverage and it was more likely that Casey could get it that way.
3-Goal from the 4: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete.
4-Goal from the 4: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Turnover on downs.

Red 3
1-21 from the 4: Pass by Cain to Matt - incomplete.
2-21 from the 4: Pass by Cain to Josh for 10 yards - stopped by Mike.
3-11 from the 14: Pass by Cain to - incomplete.
4-11 from the 14: Punt.

Yellow 4
1-19 from the 31: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete.
2-19 from the 31: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Josh jumped up at the line to knock this down.
3-19 from the 31: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Ball is replayed as Adam hit Mike's chin going for the ball on a deep throw to Mike.
3-19 from the 31: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Dropped.
4-19 from the 31: Punt.

Red 4
1-11 from the 14: Pass by Cain to Unknown for 6 yards - stopped by Unknown.
2-5 from the 20: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Casey gets Cain's arm on the throw to defense the pass.
3-5 from the 20: Pass by Cain to Unknown - incomplete.
4-5 from the 20: Punt.

Yellow 5
1-4 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Tom - incomplete. Another jump ball between Tom and Cain.
2-4 from the 21: Run by Chi for 1 yards - stopped by Adam. Chi comes in motion on set and takes the pitch as get gets past the line.
3-3 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Tom - incomplete. Tom dove but the ball was thrown too far outside wide.
4-3 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Tom for 9 yards - stopped by Cain.

1-19 from the 31: Pass by Nick to Tom for 20 yards - stopped by Cain. Nick scrambles all day and with Chenault screaming "thrown it, throw it" launches a beauty.
1-Goal from the 24: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. This was a drop.
2-Goal from the 24: Nick to Tom in the endzone for 24 yards and a TD. 1-0, Yellow.

Red 5
1-15 from the 10: Cain hits Josh on a 10 yard cross. Josh turns it up field and with a little change in direction downfields, scores. 1-1, Tie.

Yellow 6
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Another sad drop on a deep ball.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Chenault for 8 yards - stopped by Adam.
3-7 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Defensed by Adam.
4-7 from the 18: Punt.

Red 6
1-3 from the 22: Cain threw to Matt who basically hands the ball to Tom for the pick. Matt does get the stop. If Chenault had been a step faster, he would have had a sack and prevented the turnover. I'm calling this a drop on Matt.

Yellow 7
1-3 from the 28: Pass by Tom to Nick - incomplete. Bubble screen set with Tom in the V. Tom steps back on hike and gets a backwards pass. Nick goes out for the pass and Tom throws it to Nick but its overthrown.
2-3 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Tom for 11 yards - stopped by Adam. Nice completion for the first down.

1-Goal from the 17: Nice throw by Nick to Chenault just outside the front of the endzone and then 1 step for the TD. 2-1, Yellow.

Red 7
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Josh for 13 yards - stopped by Tom. Nice stop by Tom who had to grab one to Josh and hold him to get a flag.
2-2 from the 23: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. 2 Drops for Adam.
3-2 from the 23: Pass by Cain to Josh for 6 yards - stopped by Nick.

1-21 from the 29: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Adam's 3rd drop on a 6 yard cross
2-21 from the 29: Run by Cain for -18 yards - stopped by Chenault. Huge sack.
3-39 from the 11: Pass by Cain to Josh for 22 yards - stopped by Chi.
4-17 from the 33: Punt.

Yellow 8
1-18 from the 7: Pass by Nick to Chi - incomplete.
2-18 from the 7: Nick overthrowns to Unknown and Jimmy picks it and follows nice blocks by Adam and Cain in for the TD. 2-2, tie.

Yellow 9
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Thrown a bit wide.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Cain blitzes off his man, Casey so Nick throws to Casey but Josh stepped back off the line and made the throw much harder.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Chi - incomplete.
4-15 from the 10: Punt.

Red 9
1-25 from the 25: Pass by Cain to Bedeeh for 10 yards - stopped by Tom.
2-15 from the 35: Pass by Cain to Adam for 40 yards and the TD. Route was a 10 yard post from left to right. About 17 yards in the air and the rest YAC. 3-2, Red.

Yellow 10
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Deep throw but Mike was playing the in and the ball was thrown a bit out.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Tom for 30 yards - stopped by Cain.

1-10 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Mike found himself essentially uncovered for a few seconds but the ball was a little behind his route.
2-10 from the 35: Run by Nick for -12 yards - stopped by Bedeeh. Big sack
3-22 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Tom for 37 yards - stopped by Adam. Big throw to Tom. Adam comes in from the Safety on the stop.

1-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Another rough drop. Apparently Yellow is trying to even things out by dropping as many as a Team as Adam has by himself.
2-Goal from the 10: Nick was able to stay alive and hit Casey in the endzone for the TD. 3-3, Tie

Red 10
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Bedeeh - incomplete. Finally someone else on Red dropped one. : )
2-15 from the 10: Chi got a sack but the play was redone because the route was to Josh who was interfered with past 5 yards.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Bedeeh - incomplete.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Josh - incomplete. Ball was thrown long.
4-15 from the 10: Punt.

Yellow 11
1-15 from the 35: Long throw by Nick to Chenault for 40 yards and the TD. What made this a more impresive play was that Adam nearly defensed it by smacking the ball at it was being caught but Chenault moved it and I missed the ball when I reached in. Really good job. 4-3, Yellow.

Red 11
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Ridiculous. Simple WR screen for a 4th drop.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Okay, this was behind and would have required a 1 handed catch but after all the other drops, I'm calling this a 5th drop on Adam.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Unknown - incomplete. Ball was thrown out of bounds.
4-15 from the 10: Punt.

Yellow 12
1-20 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Tom for 10 yards - stopped by Cain.
2-10 from the 35: Run by Nick for -7 yards - stopped by Bedeeh.
3-17 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Chi - incomplete.
4-17 from the 33: Punt.

Red 12
1-20 from the 5: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Finally an incompletion that's not a drop. This was just a bad throw.
2-20 from the 5: Pass by Cain to Adam for 18 yards - stopped by Nick. Adam may not have caught many but at least they counted. Stiff-arm and spins causes 3 misses but Nick was able to get the flag.
3-2 from the 23: Pass by Cain to Bedeeh - incomplete.
4-2 from the 23: Pass by Cain to Jimmy for 1 yard. Jimmy pitches back to Cain coming around the left side. Cain dives for the 1st down and Chi makes the flag for a 2 yard loss. Turnover on downs.

Yellow 13
1-Goal from the 21: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Defensed by Adam.
2-Goal from the 21: Run by Nick for -2 yards - stopped by Cain. Flag guard sack.
3-Goal from the 23: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Another drop.
4-Goal from the 23: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Defensed by Adam. Turnover on downs.

Red 13
1-2 from the 23: Run by Cain for -5 yards - stopped by Chenault. 5 yard sack.
2-7 from the 18: Pass by Cain to Josh - incomplete.
3-7 from the 18: Pass by Cain to Jimmy for 16 yards - stopped by Chi.

1-16 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Matt - incomplete.
2-16 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Josh - incomplete. Thrown out of bounds.
3-16 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Josh - incomplete. Thrown short.
4-16 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Jimmy for 41 yards - stopped by . Cain throws to Jimmy for 41 yards and the tying TD. Jimmy had to fight for the ball. 4-4, Final.

Stats

	Passing
Players	Comp	Attempts	%	Yards	Passing TD	INTs	Sacked	Yards Lost
Nick	17	44	38.64%	322	4	2	4	-21
Tom	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0
Cain	14	39	35.90%	279	3	1	2	-23

	Receiving / Rushing
Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs
Nick	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom	8	12	158	1	0	0	0
Mike	2	10	43	0	0	0	0
Chi	1	4	0	0	1	1	0
Chenault	4	7	75	2	0	0	0
Casey	2	10	46	1	0	0	0
Cain	0	0	0	0	1	-3	0
Adam	3	11	83	1	1	-4	0
Matt	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	6	12	122	1	0	0	0
Bedeeh	1	5	10	0	0	0	0
Jimmy	3	3	58	1	0	0	0

	Defense
Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks	Sack Yards	Def TDs
Nick	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mike	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chi	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
Chenault	2	0	0	0	2	-23	0
Casey	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cain	6	1	1	0	1	-2	0
Adam	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Matt	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bedeeh	2	0	0	0	3	-19	0
Jimmy	1	1	1	0	0	0	1

I normally don't track drops but this game had so many that I felt I owed it to Nick and Cain. Nick would have had a 50% completion rate which is the benchmark I've set for a great QB game in our game.

Cain, however, would have had far better stats. He could have gone 22 of 39 with a 56.41% completion rate. While I didn't record how far down the field the drops were, but I can saw that one of mine had me free and clear running through all the traffic going the other way and it likely would have been good for 40 yards and a TD. I think its safe to assume that those 9 completions would have been worth 80 yards or more.

Louis doesn't believe there should be an MVP in a tie game but there were several very nice performances beside Nick's and Cain's I would like to highlight.

On Yellow, Tom had a very nice debut with 8 receptions on 12 targets for 158 yards and a TD. He also had TD that Matt handed to him. Yellow also had Chenault's 4 reception on 7 targets for 75 yards and 2 TDs coupled with 2 sacks worth -23 yards.

Red, was also blessed with some nice performances. Josh had 6 on 12 targets for 122 yards and a TD. Jimmy was 3 on 3 for 58 yards and a TD. Plus on defense he had a pass defensed and a Pick-6 Interception (with a little help) for another TD. In addition to a good day at QB, Cain had 6 flags (including one sack), 1 pass defensed, and an INT. For Adam, it was all about the game that could have been. 83 yards on 3 receptions (and one run for a loss) with a TD were some nice stats as was the 4 flags and 4 passes defensed (including the one to Chenault at the end of the game that would have allowed Yellow to win). But 5 drops!!!! I need a QB to come out early this week and throw me some balls.

Week 25 - Looking for Cain to use a sticky ball and maybe cooler weather. Saturday is supposed to only have a high of 72.

Link of the week - http://catmas.com/images/2006/12/i-have-you-now.jpg