My thanks to Biscuits, Casey, Chenault, Cluin, Day, Hill, Jimmy, Mark, Nick, Ortega, and Treadway for their timely arrivals.
Little thing about game times, this year we've had great timeliness. While not everyone is there and ready to play by 9:00 each week, we still get enough there that the first huddle has started at 9:10 every week. This is night and day compared to last year where a 9:20 start time was "good."
Having said that, when it's 90+ degrees for most of the game, it would be nice to stop the game at some time close to noon - 12:35 being rather a bit long it that heat. Nevertheless, it was a really good game. I think everyone who was there will attest to that - particularly when the score was 3-0 at one point and then the final score ended up at 5-4 and not due to luck or crappy play by defenses.
R Adam, Andy, Day, Ethan, Hill, Jimmy, Nick, Ortega
Y Biscuits, Canadian, Casey, Chenault, Cluin, Leo, Mark, Treadaway
Game starts 7 on 7 - 3 man line and 3 eligibles.
Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Jimmy intercepted by Canadian - stopped by Day.
Yellow Drive #1
1-Goal from the 9: Pass by Leo to Treadaway - incomplete. Ball a little wide.
2-Goal from the 9: Pass by Leo to Canadian - incomplete. Hill and Adam in tight coverage.
3-Goal from the 9: Run by Leo for 9 yards and the TD. Not quite sure how they played this. Probably pitch and back.
1 - 0, Yellow.
Red Drive #2
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Ortega - dropped.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Jimmy - incomplete. Treadaway fell into Jimmy and called for pass interference. Replay 2nd down.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Hill - incomplete. Nick was under good pressure - made a move to make one guy miss and then threw as the other got there.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Hill for 16 yards - stopped by Canadian.
1-16 from the 24: Sack of Nick by Mark for -7 yards.
2-3 from the 17: Pass by Nick to Day - incomplete.
3-3 from the 17: Pass by Nick to Ortega intercepted by Canadian - stopped by Adam. Ball was short.
Yellow Drive #2
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Leo to Mark - incomplete. On set, Mark comes in motion and Leo flips it forward at Mark's knees.
2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Leo to Chenault - incomplete.
3-Goal from the 15: Pass by Leo to Chenault defensed by Hill - incomplete. Nearly picked.
4-Goal from the 15: Pass by Leo to Chenault for 15 yards and the TD.
2 - 0, Yellow.
Red Drive #3
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Adam defensed by Leo - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Andy for 8 yards - stopped by Chenault.
3-4 from the 16: Pass by Nick to Adam - incomplete.
4-4 from the 16: Punt.
Yellow Drive #3
1-1 from the 19: Pass by Leo to Treadaway for 22 yards - stopped by Adam. Treadaway makes someone miss big because this was a little 1 yard in pattern.
1-19 from the 39: Pass by Leo to Biscuits for 34 yards - stopped by Hill. Apparently the secondary decided to focus on the other receivers given how open Biscuits was.
1-Goal from the 5: Sack of Leo by Nick for -9 yards.
2-Goal from the 14: Run by Canadian for 3 yards - stopped by Adam. Pitch to Treadaway, reverse to Canadian.
3-Goal from the 11: Pass by Leo to Biscuits defensed by Day - incomplete.
4-Goal from the 11: Pass by Leo to Canadian - incomplete. Leo rolled to his right nearly all the way to the sideline and threw back across the field to the other sideline and the ball was still WIDE. That's some arm. Turnover on downs.
Ethan shows up and so the game expands to 8 on 8 - 3 man line and 4 eligibles.
Red Drive #4
1-9 from the 11: Pass by Nick to Ethan for 11 yards - stopped by Mark.
1-18 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Jimmy - incomplete.
2-18 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Ethan for 15 yards - stopped by Leo.
3-3 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Ethan - incomplete.
4-3 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Ortega - dropped. Turnover on downs.
Yellow Drive #4
1-17 from the 37: Run by Cluin for 14 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-3 from the 23: Pass by Leo to Casey - incomplete. Overthrown.
3-3 from the 23: Run by Mark for 5 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Leo to Casey for 4 yards - stopped by Day. Leo throws on the run.
2-Goal from the 14: Pass by Leo to Mark - incomplete. Ball low.
3-Goal from the 14: Pass by Leo to Chenault - incomplete. Ball wide.
4-Goal from the 14: Sack of Leo by Andy for -13 yards. Turnover on downs after the sack.
Red Drive #5
1-13 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Day for 10 yards - stopped by Treadaway.
2-3 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Ethan for 1 yards - stopped by Canadian.
3-2 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Ethan for 30 yards - stopped by Leo.
1-Goal from the 12: Pass by Nick to Adam intercepted by Treadaway - stopped by Adam.
Yellow Drive #5
1-18 from the 2: Pass by Leo to Canadian for 23 yards - stopped by Adam. Hill stands Canadian up and Adam comes in to get the flag.
1-15 from the 25: Pass by Leo to Casey for 7 yards - stopped by Day.
2-8 from the 32: Pass by Leo to Treadaway for 10 yards - stopped by Nick.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Leo to Canadian - incomplete.
2-18 from the 38: Pass by Leo to Treadaway for -2 yards - stopped by Hill.
3-20 from the 40: Pass by Leo to Casey - dropped.
4-20 from the 40: Punt.
Red Drive #6
1-15 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Ethan for 0 yards. Pitched to Jimmy who gets stopped by Canadian 2 yards behind the line.
2-17 from the 3: Pass by Nick to Unknown intercepted by Canadian who took it in for the TD. The ball was basically straight to Canadian.
3 - 0, Yellow.
Red Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Hill for 14 yards - stopped by Canadian.
1-18 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Jimmy for 3 yards - stopped by Mark. Jimmy makes some spins and jukes to work hard for his 3 yards.
2-15 from the 25: Pass by Nick to Ethan for 15 yards - stopped by Mark.
1-20 from the 40: Pass by Nick to Ethan - incomplete. Nick was throwing off his back foot falling away under pressure.
2-20 from the 40: Pass by Nick to Jimmy for 40 yards and the TD.
3 - 1, Yellow.
Yellow Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Biscuits for 15 yards - stopped by Adam. Ball was thrown to Chenault but tipped and caught by Biscuits.
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Leo to Mark - incomplete. Deep ball overthrown.
2-17 from the 23: Pass by Leo to Canadian for 1 yards - stopped by Hill.
3-16 from the 24: Pass by Leo to Mark for 13 yards - stopped by Adam.
4-3 from the 37: Pass by Leo to Canadian - incomplete. QB-Receiver miscommunication.
Red Drive #8
1-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to no one, it was thrown away - incomplete.
2-17 from the 37: Sack of Nick by Cluin for -5 yards.
3-22 from the 38: Missed whatever happened on this play. I think it was a completion of some kind because if it wasn't then Red would have been going for it on 4th and 22 from the 38 which would have been stupid.
4-22 from the 38: Pass by Nick to no one, it was thrown away defensed by Treadaway - incomplete.
Yellow Drive #8
1-2 from the 38: Pass by Leo to Casey. Casey pitches back to Leo who runs 6 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-16 from the 36: Pass by Leo to Treadaway - incomplete. Ball slipped and sailed long.
2-16 from the 36: Pass by Leo to Treadaway intercepted by Nick - stopped by Cluin. Ball underthrown and Nick makes a nice leaping catch falling backwards. Keeping his feet, Nick is able to make a nice runback on the pick.
Red Drive #9
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Jimmy for 21 yards - stopped by Canadian. Jimmy makes a couple guys miss.
1-16 from the 36: Run by Jimmy for 21 yards - stopped by Treadaway. Jimmy's belt falls off and he is touched down a few steps later.
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Adam - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Adam defensed by Cluin - incomplete. Cluin tips the ball as its being thrown.
3-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Ortega - incomplete. Ball underthrown.
4-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Ethan - incomplete. Turnover on downs.
Yellow Drive #9
1-5 from the 15: Pass by Leo to Chenault for 3 yards - stopped by Hill.
2-2 from the 18: Misscommunication between QB and RB. Leo pitches to Mark but Mark was apparently expecting play action and never looks for the pitch. Result of play is a loss of 6 yards where the ball hits the ground.
3-8 from the 12: Pass by Leo to Biscuits for 68 yards and the TD. A sad day for Matt Day who is beat on a fly pattern by Biscuits.
4 - 1, Yellow.
Red Drive #10
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Adam for 7 yards - stopped by Canadian. Ball comes out low and Adam has to slide headfirst and keep hands under the ball to get a catch. This would be a good play for instant replay.
2-5 from the 15: Pass by Nick to Adam defensed by Casey - incomplete. Tipped by Casey at the line.
3-5 from the 15: Pass by Nick to Andy - dropped.
4-5 from the 15: Pass by Nick to Andy for 11 yards - stopped by Leo.
1-14 from the 26: Pass by Nick to Day for 15 yards - stopped by Canadian. Day makes a couple of spin moves to pick up some nice yards.
1-19 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Adam defensed by Canadian - incomplete.
2-19 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Unknown for 7 yards - stopped by Mark.
3-12 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Adam for 32 yards and the TD. Nice throw on a fly pattern.
4 - 2, Yellow.
Yellow Drive #10
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Mark to Casey for 3 yards - stopped by Hill.
2-9 from the 11: Pass by Mark to Chenault - incomplete.
3-9 from the 11: Pass by Mark to Casey defensed by Hill - incomplete. Hill defenses a shuffle pass - don't see that much.
4-9 from the 11: Pass by Mark to Chenault for 14 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-15 from the 25: Pass by Mark to Chenault for yards - stopped by .
2-15 from the 25: Pass by Mark to Casey for 5 yards - stopped by Adam. If Adam hadn't gotten the flag, Hill would have gotten the pick/strip because it was simultaneous possession and he got the ball free just after the flag was pulled.
3-10 from the 30: Pass by Mark to Treadaway - incomplete. Overthrown.
4-10 from the 30: Pass by Mark to Casey - incomplete. Overthrown. Turnover on downs.
Red Drive #11
1-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Hill for 14 yards - stopped by Biscuits.
1-Goal from the 16: Pass by Nick to Hill - incomplete. Good pressure. Ball thrown out of the back of the endzone.
2-Goal from the 16: Run by Jimmy for 9 yards - stopped by Casey.
3-Goal from the 7: Pass by Nick to Jimmy - incomplete. Jimmy ran 5 yards past the back of the endzone thinking he was running along the back line and Nick threw a perfect pass that obviously didn't count.
4-Goal from the 7: Pass by Nick to Jimmy for 7 yards and the TD.
4 - 3, Yellow.
Yellow Drive #11
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Cluin for 3 yards - stopped by Ortega. Flag guard.
2-9 from the 11: Run by Leo for -1 yards - stopped by Ethan. Pitch to Chenault, pitch back to Leo.
3-10 from the 10: Run by Leo for 1 yards - stopped by Ethan. Pitch to Chenault, pitch back to Leo.
4-9 from the 11: Punt.
Red Drive #12
1-16 from the 24: Pass by Nick to Adam defensed by Canadian - incomplete. 10 yard out.
2-16 from the 24: Pass by Nick to Jimmy - incomplete.
3-16 from the 24: Sack of Nick by Cluin for 0 yards.
4-16 from the 24: Pass by Nick to Day for 33 yards - stopped by Mark.
1-3 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Ethan for 23 yards and the TD. Leo calls a hold on his rush. The TD is negated and the down is replayed.
1-3 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Day - incomplete.
2-3 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Ethan for 8 yards - stopped by Treadaway.
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Adam - dropped. Biscuits didn't hit the ball but he did get a hand in the sightline.
2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Jimmy for 15 yards and the TD.
4 - 4, Tie.
Yellow Drive #12
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Canadian - incomplete. Ball short and low.
2-12 from the 8: Run by Mark for 4 yards - stopped by Jimmy. Mark's Play: Mark lines up at right TE. Leo fakes the pitch to the RB going right and pitches to Mark going the other way.
3-8 from the 12: Run by Treadaway for 18 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-10 from the 30: Pass by Leo to Treadaway - incomplete.
2-10 from the 30: Pass by Leo to Canadian for 11 yards - stopped by Hill.
1-19 from the 39: Pass by Leo to Mark - incomplete. Fade route. Ball just a hair out of reach.
2-19 from the 39: Pass by Leo to Treadaway - incomplete.
3-19 from the 39: Pass by Leo to Casey for 14 yards - stopped by Day.
4-5 from the 25: Pass by Leo to Canadian for 24 yards - stopped by Adam. Another play that a camera would have been helpful on. Adam chases Canadian and gets the flag at the goal line. Lines would have also helped.
1-Goal from the 1: Run by Mark for -1 yards - stopped by Ethan.
2-Goal from the 2: Pass by Leo to Canadian for 2 yards and the TD.
5 - 4, Yellow.
Red Drive #13
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Hill defensed by Biscuits - incomplete. Nice play by Biscuits
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Jimmy for 15 yards - stopped by Canadian. Very nice catch after the tip.
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Ethan - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-17 from the 23: Run by Nick for 0 yards - stopped by . Nick runs past the line of scrimmage and it’s a loss of down.
3-17 from the 23: Sack of Nick by Mark for -10 yards.
4-27 from the 13: Pass by Nick to Jimmy for 52 yards - stopped by Leo.
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to no one, it was thrown away - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Jimmy defensed by Biscuits - incomplete.
3-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Ethan defensed by Treadaway - incomplete.
4-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Jimmy defensed by Biscuits - incomplete. That's the game.
Final Score: 5 - 4, Yellow.
Passing Stats:
| Players | Comp | Drops | Attempts | % | Yards | Passing TD | INTs | Sacked | Yards Lost |
| Nick | 26 | 4 | 63 | 41.27% | 400 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -22 |
| Leo | 19 | 1 | 41 | 46.34% | 267 | 3 | 1 | 2 | -22 |
| Mark | 3 | 0 | 8 | 37.50% | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
400 yards passing? That may one of the biggest passing days we've had since we started tracking stats. The completion percentages we're pretty good though not great (50% completion rate is the threshold for "great" in our game).
Receiving/Rushing Stats:
| Players | Recpts | Targets | Yards | Rec TDs | Rushes | Yards | Rush TDs | Combined |
| Adam | 2 | 11 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Andy | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Day | 3 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Ethan | 7 | 12 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Hill | 3 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Jimmy | 8 | 13 | 153 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 181 |
| Nick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ortega | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Biscuits | 3 | 4 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| Canadian | 5 | 10 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 64 |
| Casey | 6 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Chenault | 3 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Cluin | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Leo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| Mark | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| Treadaway | 3 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 48 |
| Unknown | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
We start off with several nice performances: Day with 58 yards. Canadian with 64 yards and a TD, and Ethan with 80 yards. Then we move to two outstanding performances: Biscuits with 117 yards and a TD and Jimmy with 181 yards and 3 TDs. Jimmy also had the most catches (8) and 3 rushes.
Defensive Stats:
| Players | Flags | Pass Def | INTs | Strips | Sacks | Sack Yards | Safeties | Def TDs |
| Adam | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -13 | 0 | 0 |
| Day | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hill | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -9 | 0 | 0 |
| Ortega | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Biscuits | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canadian | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Casey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chenault | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cluin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -17 | 0 | 0 |
| Treadaway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quite a few nice defensive games this week. Biscuits had 3 defensed passes including 2 during the last possession that prevented Red from tying it up. These plays (along with a defensed pass by Treadaway) preserved the victory for Yellow. Speaking of Treadaway, he had 3 flags, 2 defensed passes, and a pick. Mark had 7 flags and sacks as usual: 2 for 17 yards in losses. A nice performance by Cluin with 3 flags, a defensed pass and 2 sacks. But Yellow's best defensive performance was probably Canadian's with 9 flags, 2 defensed passes, 3 PICKS with one returned for a TD.
Red had a couple nice defensive performances with Hill getting 6 flags and 2 defensed passes. Nick got a couple flags, a defensed pass, a pick (on a great effort), and a sack. Adam had 13 flags which is pretty good considering he played safety or linebacker for most of the game and didn't get many of those flags in direct coverage.
MVP: I have been debating the MVP award this week for the last two days. Some weeks its tough to pick an MVP because there weren't any super-standout performances. This week, however, there are three performances that could win any week. The biggest problem is that they all happened this one week.
The nominees are:
1) Biscuits who had a breakout performance on both offense and defense.;
2) Canadian who continued the excellent play he started the season with two weeks ago (though he didn't continue his timeliness); and
3) Jimmy who simply had an amazing offensive performance.
Now, here are a couple things to remember. MVP is supposed to be the single best performance of the week. Preferably it would involve strong games on defense and offense (Biscuits and and Canadian both had strong games in that regard). Usually, the MVP goes to a player on the winning team, as well.
However, you have to remember the origins of the MVP award in our game. Several years ago, a guy named Alex came out and had a game for the ages. I wasn't keeping stats like I am now but he had something like 3 picks and 5 sacks (or 5 picks and 3 sacks - I can't remember which) some of the picks were returned for TDs and he had big offensive yards and TDs too. Basically, Alex simply took over the game and was unstoppable.
When I look at the stats from this week's game, there was one player who's performance rose to something close to that level. 181 yards and 3 TDs is amazing. While Ethan's arrival helped Red settled down, Jimmy's play is what brought Red into a tie and turned a blowout into a very tight game.
Without Jimmy's play, Red would likely have been blown out. This is not to take anything away from Biscuits or Canadian who I applaud for their terrific games.
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