Week 31 Game Summary - Much better than last week when I had to beg players to show up, although it was a bit disappointing that we didn't get all of our RSVPers out. We did find some new players this week. In a way, it kind of reminds me of how I met Brian years ago. This game started about 13 years ago by me and some friends of mine (none of who play any more) and in the beginning, it was a small game. 4 on 4 was a good game. 5 on 5 was great. Then one day after a game, Brian showed up with some friends of his to play their own game. So my friend Marc and I stuck around to play with them. The next week, we combined games. and the game has been going strong ever since. Every year we lose a few players but the key is that we also find new ones.

This week, several guys showed up around 11:00 after playing in a flag league game. They fit right in and hopefully will continue to come out.

Red: Adam, Cain, Rich, Sean, Chris Sulak, Jimmy, Jesse, Paul, Scott, and ?
Yellow: Tom, Leo, Chenault, Kuzi, Casey, Brian, Mark, Mike, David, Danny

Game starts 7 on 7 - 7, 2 man line with 3 eligibles for a couple plays while Kuzi warms up.

Red 1
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Paul - incomplete. Overthrown.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Paul for 5 yards - stopped by Tom.
3-10 from the 15: Pass by Cain to Sean - incomplete. Off his fingertips.
4-10 from the 15: Punt.

Kuzi is ready to play and game goes to 8 on 8 with a 3 man line and 4 eligibles.

Yellow 1
1-25 from the 25: Pass by Tom to Kuzi for 22 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-3 from the 28: Pass by Tom to Leo picked by a leaping Cain. Chenault touches Cain down after the pick.

Red 2
1-13 from the 12: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Underneath slants by Jesse and Adam nearly resulted in a head on colision.
2-13 from the 12: Pass by Cain to Jimmy for 18 yards - stopped by Mike. Jimmy was nearly gone but he lost a flag and Mike was able to get the touch.

1-20 from the 30: Pass by Cain to Jesse - incomplete. Ball a little overthrown on a go route.
2-20 from the 30: Pass by Cain to Jimmy for 45 yards - stopped by . This time it counts. Pass by Cain to Jimmy on a 10 yard out. Jimmy breaks a tackle and takes it in with an escort.

1-0, Red.

Yellow 2
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Tom to Mike for 13 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-2 from the 23: Pass by Tom to Mark for 16 yards - stopped by Jesse.

1-11 from the 36: Pass by Tom to Mark - incomplete. Ball a little out of reach.
2-11 from the 36: Pass by Tom to Leo for 6 yards - stopped by Paul.
3-5 from the 30: Run by Leo for -3 yards - stopped by Cain. Leo comes in motion on set and gets the pitch and Cain makes a blind grab for a flag.
4-8 from the 33: Pass by Tom to Mark - incomplete. Chris hits the ball as its being thrown and gets credit for the defensed pass.

Red 3
1-17 from the 33: Run by Cain for -8 yards - stopped by Mark. Mark picks up where he left off a couple weeks ago with another sack.
2-25 from the 25: Pass by Cain to Paul - incomplete. Cain throws under serious pressure and overthrows Paul deep.
3-25 from the 25: Pass by Cain to Jesse - incomplete. Ball a little behind.
4-25 from the 25: Punt.

Yellow 3
1-10 from the 15: Pass by Leo to Chenault - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-10 from the 15: Pass by Leo to Tom - incomplete. Drop.
3-10 from the 15: Pass by Leo to Tom, picked by Paul in a very nice diving catch and Tom gets credit for the stop due contact on the ground.

Red 4
1-Goal from the 24: Pass by Cain to Paul for 24 yards and the TD.

2-0, Red.

Kuzi pulled his hamstring or groin early and finally realizes he needs to leave the game. Game drops to 7 on 7 again and Red has to sit one.

Yellow 4
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Mark - incomplete. Ball out of bounds.
2-15 from the 10: Run by Leo for -2 yards - stopped by Cain. Cain gets a sack.
3-17 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Unknown - incomplete.
4-17 from the 8: Punt.

Red 5
1-23 from the 27: Pass by Cain to Paul for 15 yards - stopped by Tom.
2-8 from the 33: Pass by Cain to Rich - incomplete. Drop.
3-8 from the 33: Run by Paul for 4 yards - stopped by Mark. Run left.
4-4 from the 29: Pass by Cain to Paul - incomplete. Pretty good throw to Paul who was double covered very tightly.

Yellow 5
1-21 from the 29: Pass by Leo to Chenault - incomplete. Drop.
2-21 from the 29: Pass by Leo to Chenault for 3 yards - stopped by Rich.
3-18 from the 32: Pass by Leo to Chenault picked by Rich. Rich threads his way through traffic for a nice run back before Leo gets the stop.

Red 6
1-Goal from the 23: Pass by Cain to Jimmy for 15 yards - stopped by Tom.
2-Goal from the 8: Pass by Cain to Chris for 8 yards and the TD.

3-0, Red.

Yellow 6
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Tom to Mark who takes it 65 yards for the TD.

3-1, Red.

Red 7
1-15 from the 10: Run by Jesse for -5 yards - stopped by Fumbled pitch.
2-20 from the 5: Pass by Cain to Paul - incomplete. Ball overthrown.
3-20 from the 5: Pass by Cain to Paul - incomplete. Mike defenses the pass.

OOOPS a Rare 3 down series

Yellow 7
1-10 from the 35: Pass by Tom to Leo for -5 yards - stopped by Paul. Trips Right with Leo in the center. Leo drops back and gets the screen but Paul had been lined up as an extra defender to blitz untouched so he was able to adjust his angle and get Leo for a 5 yard loss.
2-15 from the 35: Pass by Tom to Chenault - incomplete. Overthrown.
3-15 from the 35: Pass by Tom to Leo - incomplete. Defensed by Adam.
4-15 from the 35: Pass by Tom to Leo - incomplete. Defensed by Adam again.

Red 8
1-10 from the 35: Pass by Cain to Paul - incomplete.
2-10 from the 35: Pass by Cain to Jimmy for 35 and the TD. Tight throw to Jimmy was was being very well defended. Jimmy catches the ball dispite Brian having his hand in the play and breaks a tackle to score - this time without an escort.

4-1, Red.

Yellow 8
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Tom to Mike for 7 yards - stopped by Paul.
2-8 from the 17: Pass by Tom to Brian - incomplete. Jesse makes a great play. Brian had gotten a step on his cross and Jesse had to make up some ground to come in and slap the ball away with both hands.
3-8 from the 17: Pass by Tom to Mark for yards - stopped by . Defensed by Jimmy.
4-8 from the 17: Pass by Tom to Mark for 9 yards - stopped by Jimmy.

1-24 from the 26: Pass by Tom to Brian - incomplete. Defensed by Adam.
2-24 from the 26: Run by Mark for 4 yards - stopped by Adam.
3-20 from the 30: Pass by Tom to Mark - incomplete. Tom was really more getting rid of the ball under pressure than trying to make a real throw.
4-20 from the 30: Pass by Tom to Mike - incomplete. Ball a bit high but probably still catchable.
Leo has to leave so Jesse moves over to Yellow.

Red 9
1-5 from the 30: Run by Adam for 1 yards - stopped by Mike. Adam comes in motion and takes the pitch but can't find a hole and is forced out by Mike.
2-4 from the 29: Pass by Cain to Chris for 26 yards - stopped by Tom.

1-Goal from the 3: Run by Sean for 3 yards - stopped by . 3 Yard run by Sean for the TD. Nasty TE set with Sean making it more nasty by taking off his shirt.

5-1, Red.

Chenault, Brian, and Mark all have to leave. So game goes to 5 on 5 with an all-time QB (Cain). Sean goes over to Yellow to even up the teams.

Yellow 9
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Tom - incomplete.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Tom - incomplete. Deep ball with Paul in very tight coverage. Ball a little long.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Mike for 41 yards - stopped by Adam.

1-Goal from the 24: Pass by Cain to Casey for 9 yards - stopped by Adam. Jimmy blitzes and Adam takes his man. Casey runs forward and turns around making a good target for a nice throw by Cain.
2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Cain to Tom for 15 and the TD.

5-2, Red.

Red 10
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Rich - incomplete. Ball outside.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Paul for 3. Paul pitches outside to Adam coming off the line and Adam takes it 62 yards for the score.

6-2, Red.

Yellow 10
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Jesse - incomplete. Quick slant out of a Trips formation but ball was a little too quick. Jesse wasn't expecting it right there.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Jesse - incomplete. Broken play. The ball was a little long.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Sean - incomplete. Drop.
4-15 from the 10: Punt.

Red 11
1-20 from the 30: Pass by Cain to Chris for 9 yards - stopped by Mike.
2-11 from the 36: Pass by Cain to Rich for 3 yards - stopped by Mike.
3-8 from the 33: Pass by Cain to Paul for 33 and the TD.

7-2, Red.

Yellow 11
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Tom for 10 yards - stopped by Paul.
2-5 from the 20: Pass by Cain to Sean - incomplete.
3-5 from the 20: Pass by Cain to Casey for 28 yards - stopped by Adam.

1-2 from the 27: Run by Cain for -10 yards - stopped by Jimmy. Impressive sack with Jimmy being the only rusher and there being a two-man line.
2-12 from the 37: Pass by Cain to Tom for 37 and the score. This was a very nice play by Tom. Tom was looking for the ball outside on a go pattern and had to twist his head and arms inside to make the catch in stride - very, very difficult.

7-3, Red.

Sean has to leave so Jimmy rejoins Red and the teams are even at 5 on 5. One man line with three eligibles.

Red 12
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete.
2-15 from the 10: Run by Paul for 8 yards - stopped by Tom. Rich comes in motion on set and gets the pitch. He hands off back to Paul on a Reverse.
3-7 from the 18: Pass by Cain to Adam for 15 yards - stopped by Casey.

Two new walk-on players join the game: Scott on Red and David on Yellow. They are part of a group of ultimately 4 guys who join the game.

1-17 from the 33: Pass by Cain to Adam on a 10 yard cross and Adam takes it the rest of the way for the TD.

8-3, Red.

Yellow 12
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Tom to Jesse for 10 yards - stopped by Paul.
2-5 from the 20: Pass by Tom to Casey for 13 yards - stopped by Rich. Rich forces Casey out of bounds.

1-17 from the 33: Pass by Tom to Casey - incomplete. Ball out of bounds.
2-17 from the 33: Run by Tom for -5 yards - stopped by Cain.
3-22 from the 28: Pass by Tom to Jesse - incomplete. Ball tipped by Jesse, tipped by Paul, and then tipped again by Mike who came in trying to make the catch.
4-22 from the 28: Pass by Tom to Casey - incomplete. Pass defensed by Adam.

At this point Mike leaves and Danny (another walk-on) joins Yellow.

Red 13
1-3 from the 28: Pass by Cain to Scott - incomplete. Ball a little behind.
2-3 from the 28: Pass by Cain to Chris - incomplete. Chris can't quite bring it in in bounds.
3-3 from the 28: Pass by Cain to Chris for 12 yards - stopped by Tom.

1-Goal from the 16: Pass by Cain to Rich - incomplete. Ball hits Rich in the kidneys in the endzone.
2-Goal from the 16: Pass by Cain to Chris - incomplete. Ball outside and Chris was looking inside for it.
3-Goal from the 16: Pass by Cain to Chris - incomplete. Ball defensed by Tom. Nearly picked.
4-Goal from the 16: Run by Chris for 16 and the TD. In 13 years of playing this game I have never seen a play like this. Formation is Trips Left. Chris starts at the left TE and on hike chips Casey to force him into the middle of the two linemen. The two WRs on the left just run immediate slants to the right to clear out defenders. Chris continues to the right after chipping Casey but when he gets to the right side of the line, he curls around into the backfield and takes a handoff behind Cain. With Cain lead blocking Chris runs up the left sideline and scores after basically throwing Cain into a defender not unlike that scene in School Ties where Brenden Fraiser throws Matt Damon into the guy who needed blocking.

9-3, Red.

Chris sits out and another walk-on joins - I didn't get his name recorded.

Yellow 13
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Tom to Jimmy - incomplete. Tom was really more getting rid of the ball under pressure.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Tom to Jimmy - incomplete. Cain hits the ball as its thrown.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Tom to Jimmy for 38 yards - stopped by Scott.

1-2 from the 27: Pass by Tom to Casey - incomplete. Ball long.
2-2 from the 27: Pass by Tom to Casey - incomplete.
3-2 from the 27: Pass by Tom to Jimmy for 8 yards - stopped by Scott.

1-Goal from the 19: Pass by Tom to David - incomplete. Caught but out of the back of the endzone.
2-Goal from the 19: Pass by Tom to Jimmy - incomplete. Ball defensed by Adam.
3-Goal from the 19: Pass by Tom to Casey for 6 yards - stopped by Rich.
4-Goal from the 13: Pass by Tom to Casey for 13 and the TD.

9-4, Final Score.

Game Stats

Passing

Players	Comp	Attempts	%	Yards	Passing TD	INTs	Sacked	Yards Lost
Cain	22	46	47.83%	448	8	0	2	-18
Tom	15	34	44.12%	221	2	1	1	-5
Leo	2	8	25.00%	3	0	2	1	-2

Receiving/Rushing

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined
Cain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam	2	4	57	1	2	63	1	120
Jesse	1	6	10	0	1	-5	0	5
Rich	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	3
Sean	0	3	0	0	1	3	1	3
Paul	5	11	80	2	2	12	0	92
Chris	4	7	55	1	1	16	1	71
Jimmy	6	9	159	2	0	0	0	159
Scott	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom	3	7	62	2	0	0	0	62
Leo	2	5	1	0	1	-3	0	-2
Chenault	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	3
Kuzi	1	1	22	0	0	0	0	22
Casey	5	9	69	1	0	0	0	69
Brian	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark	4	8	90	1	1	4	0	94
Mike	3	4	61	0	0	0	0	61
David	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Danny	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Defense

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks	Sack Yards	Def TDs
Cain	3	1	1	0	2	-7	0
Adam	6	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rich	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Sean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
Chris	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy	2	1	0	0	1	-10	0
Scott	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom	7	1	0	0	0	0	0
Leo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chenault	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kuzi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark	2	0	0	0	1	-8	0
Mike	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
David	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Danny	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Outstanding Performances - Lets start with Tom with a 44.12% completion percentage, 221 yards and 2 TDs. Add another 62 yards and 2 TDs as a WR and 7 flags and defensed pass on defense and you have an outstanding performance. Mark had 94 combined yards and a TD as well as 2 flags with one being a sack. Mike's 61 yards, 4 flags and a pass defensed were also noteworthy.

Paul had 92 combined yards and 2 TDs as well as 5 sacks and a pick. Jimmy's 159 combined yards were the game high. He also had more receptions than anyone at 6 and got 2 TDs. His defensive effort included 2 flags (one a sack) and a defensed pass. Chris' 71 combined yards, 2 TDs and defensed pass were also rather nice. Adam put tried to make a case for MVP with 120 combined yards, 2 TDs and 6 flags and 5 defensed passes (5 is a record - the safety spot is definitely agreeing with him) - however neither his play nor Jimmy's were sufficient to win the award this week (though they would have been shoe-ins in other weeks).

This week's MVP can only go to one player - Cain. Cain had a 47.83% completion percentage and 448 yards and 8 TDs between both teams. Cain also had 3 flags (2 of which were sacks), a pick, and a defensed pass. Very, very nice. While it helped to play all time QB for 3 series, if you back out his numbers on Yellow, he still had 6 TDs, 318 yards, and a 47.22% completion rate for Red.

Week 32 Game Preview - 3 Games left. Lets enjoy them.

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