Week 19 Game Summary

Players
Red - Biscuits, David, Jesse, Mark, Matta, Mike, and Street,
Yellow - Adam, Chenault, Crash, Day, Josh, Leo, Nick, and Rick

Game starts 5 on 6 with an extra defender until more people show up. The game eventually jumps to 7 on 7.

Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Biscuits - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Biscuits for 7 yards - stopped by Day.
3-5 from the 15: Pass by Street to Biscuits defensed by Nick - incomplete. Ball nearly picked.
4-5 from the 15: Punt.

Yellow Drive #1
1-20 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Day - incomplete. Crash shows up so the game goes up to 6 on 6.
2-20 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Rick - incomplete. Good pressure by David.
3-20 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Josh defensed by Mark - incomplete.
4-20 from the 20: Punt.

Red Drive #2
1-20 from the 20: Pass by Street to Biscuits - incomplete.
2-20 from the 20: Pass by Street to David - dropped. Ball was a bit underthrown by David got two hands on it.
3-20 from the 20: Pass by Street to Jesse for 5 yards. Jesse pitches back to Mike who runs 0 more yards - stopped by Adam.
4-5 from the 35: Pass by Street to Biscuits - incomplete. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #2
1-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Rick for 3 yards - stopped by Street.
2-12 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Rick for 21 yards - stopped by Street.
1-Goal from the 11: Pass by Nick to Crash - dropped.
2-Goal from the 11: Pass by Nick to Adam - dropped. Adam got hammered in the endzone but should have caught the ball.
3-Goal from the 11: Pass by Nick to Rick for 5 yards - stopped by Street.
4-Goal from the 6: Pass by Nick to Rick - incomplete. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #3
1-14 from the 6: Pass by Street to Mark for 7 yards - stopped by Day. Rick tipped the ball but Mark caught it anyway.
2-7 from the 13: Pass by Street to David for 9 yards - stopped by Nick. Good pressure but Street gets it off. David bobbles the catch but ultimately secures the ball.
1-18 from the 22: Pass by Street to Mark for 19 yards - stopped by Rick. Mark got a nice stiff-arm on the play.
1-19 from the 39: Pass by Street to Mark intercepted by Rick - stopped by going out of bounds.

Yellow Drive #3
1-9 from the 31: Pass by Nick to Leo for 49 yards and the TD. Street touches the ball but doesn't alter its flight enough to prevent Leo from catching it.

1 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #4
1-12 from the 8: Sack of Street by Josh in the endzone for a Safety. 1.5 - 0, Yellow.

1.5 - 0, Yellow.

Yellow Drive #4
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Leo for 4 yards - stopped by Jesse.
2-8 from the 12: Pass by Nick to Crash - dropped.
3-8 from the 12: Pass by Nick to Leo - incomplete. Nick insists on going for it even though his team had the lead and was playing from deep, deep in their territory. Its lucky that there are no casinos in Austin because Nick's penchant for big chances would bankrupt his family if there were money involved : )
4-8 from the 12: Pass by Nick to Crash defensed by Street - incomplete. Turnover on downs. Matta joins and the game moves to 7 on 7.

Red Drive #5
1-Goal from the 12: Run by Biscuits for 5 yards - stopped by Rick. Biscuits actually had the ball stripped out of his hands but he grabbed it back and kept driving his legs for nice little gain.
2-Goal from the 7: Run by Biscuits for 4 yards - stopped by Rick. Run up the middle.
3-Goal from the 3: Pass by Street to Biscuits for 3 yards and the TD.

1.5 - 1, Yellow.

Yellow Drive #5
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Rick - incomplete. Ball was high and Jesse dropped an interception.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Day - incomplete.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Rick - incomplete. Ball wide.
4-12 from the 8: Punt.

Red Drive #6
1-3 from the 37: Pass by Mark to Jesse for 43 yards and the TD. Street throws back to Mark who throws long for Jesse.

2 - 1.5, Red.

Yellow Drive #6
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Rick for 10 yards - stopped by Street.
2-2 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Josh for 62 yards and the TD. Quick slant-kind of play but Josh makes two guys miss and he's able to take it in for the TD.

2.5 - 2, Yellow.

Red Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Mike intercepted by Rick - stopped by Mark.

Yellow Drive #7
1-Goal from the 13: Run by Rick for 7 yards - stopped by Unknown. Run right on a Draw play.
2-Goal from the 6: Pass by Rick to Day - incomplete.
3-Goal from the 6: Pass by Nick to Rick - incomplete. Desperation pass under pressure.
4-Goal from the 6: Pass by Nick to Day for 6 yards and the TD.

3.5 - 2, Yellow.

Red Drive #8
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Mark for 41 yards - stopped by Leo.
1-11 from the 31: Pass by Street to Jesse defensed by Adam - incomplete.
2-11 from the 31: Pass by Street to Jesse for 31 yards and the TD.

3.5 - 3, Yellow.

Yellow Drive #8
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Leo - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Leo for 25 yards - stopped by Street.
1-7 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Josh - incomplete. Great pressure again and this was pretty much just throwing the ball away.
2-7 from the 33: Run by Leo for -7 yards - stopped by Street.
3-14 from the 26: Pass by Nick to no one, it was thrown away - incomplete.
4-14 from the 26: Punt.

Red Drive #9
1-11 from the 9: Pass by Street to Biscuits defensed by Day - incomplete.
2-11 from the 9: Pass by Street to David for 71 yards and the TD. David gets a nice stiff-arm on Day near the end of the run to get the score.

4 - 3.5, Red.

Yellow Drive #9
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Rick - incomplete. Ball high.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Rick for 13 yards - stopped by Jesse.
1-19 from the 21: Sack of Nick by Matta for -4 yards.
2-23 from the 17: Pass by Nick to Rick for 10 yards - stopped by Jesse.
3-13 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Rick for 14 yards - stopped by Jesse.
1-19 from the 39: Run by Rick for 2 yards - stopped by David.
2-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Adam - incomplete. Ball just a bit long on a fade route.
3-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Adam defensed by Street - incomplete.
4-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Rick defensed by Mark - incomplete. Mark got Nick's hand as the ball was being thrown.

Red Drive #10
1-3 from the 37: Pass by Street to Matta for 7 yards - stopped by Day.
1-16 from the 36: Run by Mark for 5 yards - stopped by Leo. Mark ran over one guy before being stopped.
2-11 from the 31: Pass by Street to Jesse - incomplete.
3-11 from the 31: Pass by Street to Jesse for 27 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-Goal from the 4: Pass by Street to Jesse - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 4: Pass by Street to Mark - dropped. Mark was uncovered and lost a lot of sleep as a result of this play.
3-Goal from the 4: Run by Matta for -3 yards - stopped by Chenault.
4-Goal from the 7: Pass by Street to Mark for 5 yards - stopped by Crash. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #10
1-18 from the 2: Pass by Nick to Leo for 1 yards - stopped by Jesse. Shuffle pass
2-17 from the 3: Pass by Nick to Josh for 9 yards - stopped by Mike.
3-8 from the 12: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Ball wide.
4-8 from the 12: Punt.

Red Drive #11
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Street to Mike for 39 yards - stopped by Crash.
1-Goal from the 13: Run by David for -2 yards - stopped by Chenault.
2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Street to Biscuits - incomplete. Ball underthrown.
3-Goal from the 15: Pass by Street to David - incomplete. Good pressure caused Street to throw the ball wide.
4-Goal from the 15: Pass by Street to Unknown intercepted by Leo - stopped by Jesse.

Yellow Drive #11
1-8 from the 12: Pass by Nick to Adam for 20 yards - stopped by Biscuits. Biscuits made a diving flag grab that saved a TD.
1-8 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Adam for 10 yards - stopped by Jesse.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Adam defensed by Jesse - incomplete.
2-18 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Adam for 2 yards - stopped by Jesse. Shuffle pass.
3-16 from the 36: Pass by Nick to Adam for 15 yards - stopped by Jesse.
4-1 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Adam - incomplete. Overthrown.

Red Drive #12
1-19 from the 21: Pass by Street to Mark defensed by Crash - incomplete. Overthrown.
2-19 from the 21: Pass by Street to Mark defensed by Nick - incomplete. Should have been picked.
3-19 from the 21: Sack of Street by Nick for -6 yards.
4-24 from the 15: Punt.

Yellow Drive #12
1-15 from the 25: Pass by Nick to Chenault for 6 yards. Chenault pitches the ball to Leo who takes it 12 yards more yards - stopped by Biscuits. Once again, Biscuits makes a very nice flag to save a TD.
1-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Leo for 7 yards - stopped by Mark.
2-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Josh for 30 yards and the TD.

That's game. 4.5 - 4, Yellow.

Passing Stats

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Street	14	2	32	43.75%	271	3	3	1	-6	66.4
Mark	1	0	1	100.00%	43	1	0	0	0	158.3
Nick	21	3	45	46.67%	322	4	0	1	-4	105.9
Rick	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	39.58

Nick had the better game this week with 322 yards and 4 TDs with no interceptions. Take away the 3 drops and he'd have had better than 50% completions.

Receiving/Rushing Stats

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined	Blocks	1st Downs
Biscuits	2	8	10	1	2	9	0	19	0	0
David	2	4	80	1	1	-2	0	78	0	1
Jesse	4	7	106	2	0	0	0	106	0	1
Mike	1	2	39	0	1	10	0	49	0	1
Street	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matta	1	1	7	0	1	-3	0	4	0	1
Mark	4	8	72	0	1	5	0	77	0	2
Adam	4	9	47	0	0	0	0	47	0	2
Chenault	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
Crash	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Day	1	4	6	1	0	0	0	6	0	0
Josh	3	5	101	2	0	0	0	101	0	0
Leo	5	7	86	1	2	5	0	91	0	2
Nick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick	7	14	76	0	2	9	0	85	0	3
Unknown	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Jesse and Josh were out leaders with 2 TDs and over 100 yards each - Jesse also had a 1st down on one of his 4 catches. Leo had 91 yards, a TD and 2 first downs (after spending the morning quite sick before coming out to play). Rick had 85 yards with 3 first downs. David had 78 yards with a TD and a 1st down.

Defensive Stats

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks	Sack Yards	Safeties	Def TDs
Biscuits	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Street	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matta	1	0	0	0	1	-4	0	0
Mark	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chenault	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crash	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Day	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Leo	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nick	1	2	0	0	1	-6	0	0
Rick	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Unknown	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rick had 2 picks. Josh had a safety. Nick had 2 defensed passes and a sack. Jesse had 9 flags and Tom had 6 flags plus 2 defensed passes.

MVP:
Alright, I'm using my new Fantasy Points system to help me evaluate players for MVP status. This week the top players using that system were Jesse, Josh, and Nick. Now, Jesse is on the losing team and his performance was not light years beyond everyone else (he tied Josh) so he gets a nod for MVP of the losing team. That leaves Nick and Josh. According to the points, Josh wins by one point which is good because it means I don't have to use "going for it on 4th and 8 from the 12 yard line" as the reason to decide in Josh's favor this week though I would have been willing to since it led to a Turnover on Downs and a Red TD which could have decided the game.

On another subject . . .

After last week's game, Mark and I exchanged a couple emails about the number of players we had and how LaVance's fit into the game given his mix of size, strength, speed, and skill. This was a continuation of a discussion we had a couple weeks ago when LaVance first came out to play.

Mark talked to LaVance about it and I got this email from LaVance in response. In fairness to him and our players, I wanted to share it and my response:

From: LaVance_Randle_III
To: AustinFlagFootball; Mark_Neubauer
Cc: LaVance_Randle_III@Dell.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:08:06 PM
Subject: FW: football

Adam/Mark,

First let me say thanks for the opportunity to exercise with you and your guys. Being new to the Austin Area, it is nice finding a group of guys dedicated to providing a competitive and organized sport to people who are looking to have fun and stay in shape. I was rather impressed with Adams attention to detail, organization of friends and the time dedicated to the play by play review.

Gentleman – I do not understand nor appreciate the comments made below. I approached the opportunity to partake in this “Gentleman’s Game” with regards to both teams’ safety. I have never heard so many complaints about a person’s ability to compete and effort to make plays. I really just wanted to share the attached clip and thank you both again for the opportunity to exercise on Saturdays. I hope that whoever received the email below does not follow your lead in running away from competition.

Have a wonderful week and thanks again for the opportunity.

Colorado head coach Dan Hawkins recently had this to say during one of his press conferences….

LaVance Randle III

My Response:
I'd like to clarify a few things. Forgive the length but I want to lay this all out and I'm posting this on the Blog because I want to be open about this discussion. BTW - sorry about getting your name misspelled. I'll get around to fixing it.

Mark is right that I've been running this game for a while - I'm just starting my 15th year doing it and I do dedicate a lot of time to trying to make it fun for everyone, especially me. For most people, the game is 3 hours on Saturday morning and 10 minutes reading the blog later that week. Not for me. I live and breath this stuff - next to my wife, job, and health, there is nothing I love more than this game.

For me, this game is 4 hours of my time on Saturdays since I have to get there nearly an hour early to set up and warm up, 3 hours of transcribing the game, and 5-6 hours a week working out trying to stay in shape to play with guys 10-15 years younger than me (hell, I spent 2 hours just responding to your email). The only reason our game is not played 52 weeks a year is that I can't play in that much heat and at 40, I need an offseason. The night before the first game of the season, I can't sleep.

I've always tried to control attendance to get 14-16 players each week (which makes for the best games) and work to make sure that we minimally get 12 and try to avoid getting more than 18. 9 on 9 is as big a game as we can make work and still have some offense. Playing with 1 sub per team is annoying but not too bad. Playing with more is a mess because the offense rarely gets into rhythm with guys constantly shuffling in and out of the game. That's why I didn't play last week.

Understand, I have not missed a game in 3 years, possibly more. None due to injury, vacation, familial obligations. I tore a ligament off my thumb last April (literally off it) and played another 6 weeks or so prior to getting it casted so I wouldn't miss a game and I played the final game of the season in a cast (85 yards, 2 TDs, and a pick : )

So I still can't believe that I didn't play last week because of the clusterfuck of 24 players and that's why when I sent out the Evite this week I emphasized the importance of people responding early so I can prevent that from happening again.

I am committed to trying to keep this game great for the players in it. I'm the last player from the original generation. There are only 1 or 2 players from the second generation. Most of the players we have now have been playing for less than 4 years and are essentially 4th, 5th, and 6th generation players.

As you can imagine, the game has changed over the 15 years. As we get new players, ideas evolve and skill-levels change. When we first started, we played with a "Mississippi Rush" because the games were never bigger than 5 on 5. We had to really carefully balance our teams to keep games fair.

As the game grew and the players got better, the difference between the best players and the worst shrank. That meant that the team composition was less important as long as we had a decent QB on each team. When we got to playing line games each week, team setting got easier because the pressure on the QB meant that plays were over before faster players could just totally blow out their coverage. The underlying goal was always to keep the game competitive but it got easier to do.

Now this brings us to you. Most of the guys playing now played in HS but few played in college - those that did were playing in very small schools and/or backups. Many players such as myself, never played any organized football. I'm not sure of your background by my understanding is that you played linebacker at University of North Texas, right? You're listed in this 1998 Signing list from College Sports TV: http://interact.cstv.com/recruiting/archive/98football_bwc_signings.cfm (you're 6'5" and 285?!?!).

However you got your experience, it shows and shows big. After the first game, we talked a lot about it. Robert is good also but people didn't feel overwhelmed trying to block him on every play. We threw two guys at you the whole game and you went through us without so much as a shrug. Sure we didn't always get the biggest bodies on you but in that game, your team had most of the size so we did what we could. Also, great rushers always have an advantage over the offensive line because they rush every single down while offensive linemen only play every other series on the line at the most and often the players get mixed up or rotated so the line is always trying to learn to work together. We don't make anyone play offensive line only because while it can be fun, its less fun than playing receiver.

Lest you think we're afraid of competition, I assure you we're not. I'm sure not. I love to play against the best players on our field. Most of the players are taller, weigh more and are 10 or more years younger but as soon as the weather gets cool, my endurance goes up and I can play with anyone. I look to cover the fastest guys when I'm in coverage and I always want the best rusher on when I'm on the line - I may be 5'8" and 150lb but I'm one of the better linemen when I get a straight up match.

That's why I tried to take you myself when we first played. When I realized I couldn't handle you, I enlisted help and that didn't work either. See the problem wasn't just your size, weight and strength, its your skill. Josh is close to your size and weight. He may not be as strong but he's plenty strong. Him, I can handle one on one because he doesn't have your skill. I'm not down on Josh here, he's a great player who I love having out there but you're in another league.

The only way I could block you would be to throw myself at your knees and hope that you didn't accidentally break my ribs - on that point, I want to be sure you know that I do not think that you would ever try to hurt anybody or play dirty. So I don't know that complaints you may have heard about people getting or worried about getting hurt but the only way that would happen is by accident. Having said that, with the size and strength differential, getting injuries seem slightly more likely given the basic disparity between your size/strength/weight and that of the players trying to block you (not just me).

So after that first game I talked to Mark and expressed concerns about it. Last week, he suggested that perhaps if you were matched up against Robert that might make it more reasonable so I said sure, lets give it a try - I had no problem with you personally, my concerns were all about preserving a competitive game. So I watched this last week and you were in the backfield as fast as I've ever seen on half the plays. I figured that it must be that they weren't doubling you up because both teams had a lot of size so finding size to block you with shouldn't have been a problem. But apparently you were being doubled a lot by bigger, stronger guys like Mark and Robert and still making chaos. The only reason it wasn't more disruptive was because Tom was very mobile and with so many linemen, it was possible to block people into each other (like in front of you). If we got into a normal sized game with a 3 man line, you'd be able to get good pressure on the QB without another rusher joining you.

I don't want you to "hold back" yet I can't figure out how to keep you from unbalancing the game. I've kept this running for 15 years and I'd like to play another 5 or so before handing it over to someone else (I want to be the Jerry Rice of flag football : ). The reason that it's kept going is because while it evolves over time, we find ways to keep it true to the type of game its supposed to be: competitive but organized, methodical, no sandlot bullshit. No "go out and get open". We generally don't let the QB run (unless its a really big game) because we don't want to play "Michael Vick-ball."

My goal every week is for people to have fun and my hope is that each player has one moment in the game when they do something really cool, something that all the players, even those on the other team - even the one who he made the play against, says "great job." That's why the balance is so important to me, because it keeps the game competitive and fun.

Game starts 9 on 9 - 4 man line and 4 eligibles and 3 substitutions - what crap.

Red: Chenault, Chris, Day, Drew, Ethan, Game Crasher Red, Jesse, Mark, Robert, Steven, Street, and Treadaway

Yellow: Barry, Burleson, Game Crasher Yellow, Josh, Kuzi, Levonce, Martin, Matta, Mike, Nick, Tim, and Washington


Yellow Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Run by Nick for 1 yards - stopped by Chris.
2-11 from the 9: Pass by Nick to Martin for 9 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
3-2 from the 18: Run by Nick for 14 yards - stopped by Treadaway.
1-8 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Burleson - incomplete. Possible miscommunication. Nick threw a fly and Burleson posted in about 20 yards down field (after the ball had been thrown).
2-8 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Burleson for 7 yards - stopped by Jesse.
3-1 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Josh defensed by Street - incomplete. Great play by Street. He starts out to the QB's right. QB on hike rolls left hard. Street is pursuing from the snap. Just as Nick is throwing the ball, Street reaches in and slaps the ball away.
4-1 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Josh for 19 yards - stopped by Chris. Josh was completely uncovered.
1-2 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Burleson - incomplete. Ball is long but Burleson was open on a slant from right to left and the ball was thrown towards the left corner of the endzone. Burleson had a step on coverage and was inside where his body would block the defender out of the play.
2-2 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Josh intercepted by Street - stopped by Mike.

Red Drive #1
1-7 from the 13: Pass by Street to Mark - incomplete. Ball overthrown.
2-7 from the 13: Pass by Street to Jesse for 12 yards - stopped by Kuzi.
1-15 from the 25: Pass by Street to Treadaway for 5 yards - stopped by Barry.
2-10 from the 30: Run by Street for 21 yards - stopped by Matta. QB Keeper, nice blocking.
1-9 from the 29: Pass by Street to Jesse - incomplete. Ball behind Jesse, should have been picked by Kuzi since the ball hit him in the hands.
2-9 from the 29: Run by Mark for -2 yards - stopped by Josh. Jesse comes in motion on Set and takes the pitch. Jesse hands back to Mark going the other way. Josh blew up a block to make the flag. Great play.
3-11 from the 31: Run by Street for 18 yards - stopped by Martin. Play looked like it was supposed to be a pass play but Street ended up keeping it and making one guy miss prior to getting stopped.
1-Goal from the 13: Sack of Street by Josh for -10 yards. Play was supposed to be an out to Treadaway but he fell down and Street pulled the ball down before throwing it.
2-Goal from the 23: Pass by Street to Chris for 8 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
3-Goal from the 15: Pass by Street to Mark - incomplete.
4-Goal from the 15: Pass by Street to Jesse for 15 yards and the TD. Jesse runs and "in-out Z". It appears that Jesse's cover guy blitzed and Jesse was able to get the Safety who picked him up turned around with the Z route.

1 - 0, Red.

Yellow Drive #2
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Kuzi intercepted by Street - stopped by Kuzi. Kuzi forced the ball free to stop Tom. There was some controversy here. Teams were divided on the play and asked my opinion. I said that I saw a catch + a football move which makes it a pick.

Red Drive #2
1-12 from the 32: Pass by Street to Steven - incomplete. Ball just out of reach.
2-12 from the 32: Pass by Street to Drew for 32 yards and the TD. Nice play by Street - he fakes a QB run and then pulls up to throw the ball. Drew's coverman missed the flag which allowed Drew to take it in for the TD. 2 - 0, Red.

Yellow Drive #3
1-12 from the 8: Run by Nick for 12 yards - stopped by Street. - Key block by Barry.
1-20 from the 20: Pass by Nick to for 7 yards - stopped by Day. Nick made 2 guys miss in the backfield.
2-13 from the 27: Run by Burleson for -6 yards - stopped by Chenault. Flag guard.
3-19 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Washington defensed by Drew - incomplete.
4-19 from the 21: Punt.

Red Drive #3
1-1 from the 19: Run by Chris for 5 yards - stopped by Washington.
1-16 from the 24: Pass by Street to Chenault - incomplete. Ball out of bounds.
2-16 from the 24: Pass by Street to no one, it was thrown away - incomplete. Very good pressure.
3-16 from the 24: Pass by Street to Mark for 9 yards - stopped by Burleson.
4-7 from the 33: Punt.

Yellow Drive #4
1-15 from the 5: Flea flicker - Handoff to Burleson who pitches back to Nick but the pitch is short and the ball lands dead in the endzone for a safety. I can sypathize having been involved in a similar play last year.

2.5 - 0, Red.

Red Drive #4
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Drew defensed by Nick - incomplete. Nick tipped it up and tipped it twice more trying to bring it in but the first tip sent the ball a little behind him and he was never able to get more than one hand on the ball and that only at his fingertips.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Drew - incomplete.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Drew - incomplete. Ball short.
4-12 from the 8: Punt.

Yellow Drive #5
1-13 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Levonce defensed by Day - incomplete.
2-13 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Martin for 12 yards - stopped by Jesse. Martin makes his coverman miss and Jesse comes in for the flag.
3-1 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Martin defensed by Jesse - incomplete.
4-1 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Martin for 18 yards - stopped by Treadaway. Martin was essentially uncovered.
1-3 from the 23: Run by Nick for 6 yards - stopped by Street.
1-Goal from the 17: Pass by Nick to Martin - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 17: Pass by Nick to no one, it was thrown away for yards - stopped by . Good pressure.
3-Goal from the 17: Pass by Nick to Game Crasher Yellow for 6 yards - stopped by Street.
4-Goal from the 11: Pass by Nick to Burleson - incomplete. Ball wide. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #5
1-9 from the 11: Pass by Street to Game Crasher Red - incomplete.
2-9 from the 11: Pass by Street to Drew for 26 yards - stopped by Kuzi.
1-3 from the 37: Pass by Street to Jesse - incomplete. Street throws a decent pass under pressure but the ball was low and Jesse can't bring it in.
2-3 from the 37: Pass by Street to Ethan for 6 yards - stopped by Barry.
1-17 from the 37: Pass by Street to Drew for 19 yards - stopped by Kuzi. Street bought tons of time before making this throw.
1-Goal from the 18: Run by Street for 2 yards - stopped by Barry. Ran the Option and Street kept the ball.
2-Goal from the 16: Pass by Street to Jesse - dropped.
3-Goal from the 16: Pass by Street to Jesse for 13 yards - stopped by Game Crasher Yellow.
4-Goal from the 3: Pass by Street to Ethan - incomplete. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #6
1-17 from the 3: Run by Nick for 4 yards - stopped by Game Crasher Red. Option play with Nick keeping. - Key block by Levonce.
2-13 from the 7: Pass by Nick to Josh for 6 yards - stopped by Jesse.
3-7 from the 13: Pass by Nick to Burleson defensed by Ethan - incomplete. Nick actually fell over on the snap but stands up and makes a decent throw. Ethan makes a great play on the ball but probably should have picked it.
4-7 from the 13: Pass by Nick to Burleson defensed by Ethan - incomplete. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #6
1-Goal from the 13: Pass by Street to Mark for 6 yards - stopped by Burleson.
2-Goal from the 7: Run by Street for 3 yards - stopped by Burleson.
3-Goal from the 4: Pass by Street to Mark for 4 yards and the TD. 3.5 - 0, Red.

Yellow Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Martin - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-12 from the 8: Run by Burleson for 34 yards - stopped by Jesse. Flag guard on Steven should have been called.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Burleson to Kuzi - incomplete. Ball out of bounds.
2-18 from the 38: Pass by Burleson to Martin - dropped. It was a sliding attempt but he got under it with both hands and should have caught it.
3-18 from the 38: Run by Burleson for 20 yards - stopped by .
1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Burleson to Kuzi for 8 yards - stopped by Street.
2-Goal from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Washington - incomplete. Nice play-action fake but there was no protection so when Burleson turned around, he had a defender in his face. He launched the ball blindly out of bounds but there was a receiver in the area.
3-Goal from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Tim for 10 yards and the TD.

3.5 - 1, Red.

Red Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Run by Jesse for 0 yards - stopped by Barry. Jesse comes in motion and takes the forward pitch.
2-12 from the 8: Run by Street for 20 yards - stopped by Washington. There was other good blocking but it was Steven's that doubled the yardage on the play. - Key block by Steven.
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Street to Robert - incomplete. Street evades first two rushers, slides right and throws what is nearly a jump ball into about 4 guys. Washington nearly picked it but was out of bounds.
2-12 from the 28: Pass by Street to Steven for 16 yards - stopped by Barry. Steven makes the first guy miss.
1-16 from the 36: Pass by Street to Jesse - incomplete. Street evades pressure but throws high.
2-16 from the 36: Pass by Street to Steven for 14 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
3-2 from the 22: Pass by Street to Jesse for 4 yards - stopped by Washington.
1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Street to Jesse - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 18: Pass by Street to Steven for 6 yards - stopped by Martin.
3-Goal from the 12: Run by Street for 5 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
4-Goal from the 7: Pass by Street to Steven - incomplete. Ball wide on an out pattern. Steven had a good route and was open.

Yellow Drive #8
1-13 from the 7: Pass by Burleson to Tim defensed by Drew - incomplete. Levonce prevents the pick by decking Drew.
2-13 from the 7: Pass by Burleson to Nick for 18 yards - stopped by Treadaway.
1-15 from the 25: Sack of Burleson by Robert for -8 yards.
2-23 from the 17: Pass by Burleson to Josh - incomplete. Ball wide.
3-3 from the 17: Pass by Burleson to Game Crasher Yellow - dropped.
4-3 from the 17: Pass by Burleson to Nick defensed by Street - incomplete.

Red Drive #8
1-Goal from the 17: Pass by Street to Treadaway for 13 yards - stopped by Game Crasher Yellow. Treadaway was basically uncovered because of miscommunication at the defensive set up.
2-Goal from the 4: Pass by Street to Mark for 4 yards and the TD. Mark makes a very nice backward leaping/arching catch of a high ball.

4.5 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #9
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Burleson - incomplete. Possible miscommunication with Nick throwing the outside shoulder on a fly and Burleson looking inside.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Martin - dropped.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Game Crasher Yellow intercepted by Street - stopped by Martin. A bunch of guys leave and the game drops to 8 on 8 - 3 man line with 4 eligibles.

Red Drive #9
1-1 from the 21: Pass by Street to Jesse - incomplete.
2-1 from the 21: Sack of Street by Game Crasher Yellow for -6 yards.
3-7 from the 27: Pass by Street to Jesse - incomplete. Ball goes throught 2 defenders' hands before falling incomplete.
4-7 from the 27: Pass by Street to Chenault - incomplete. Ball short. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #10
1-13 from the 27: Pass by Burleson to Matta - incomplete. Ethan misses the sack but the throw is high.
2-13 from the 27: Pass by Burleson to Nick - incomplete. Ball high
3-13 from the 27: Pass by Burleson to Game Crasher Yellow for 20 yards - stopped by Mark.
1-13 from the 33: Pass by Burleson to Matta intercepted by Mark - stopped by Washington.

Red Drive #11
1-18 from the 38: Run by Treadaway for 6 yards - stopped by Martin. Handoff to Mark who reverses to Treadaway.
2-12 from the 32: Pass by Mark to Treadaway - incomplete. Pitch to Mark who throws short and in between three defenders.
3-12 from the 32: Run by Ethan for 32 yards and the TD. Lots of missed tackles as Ethan basically just ran straight with defenders on either side of him.

That's game: 5.5 - 1, Red.

Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Nick	9	1	24	37.50%	84	0	3	0	0	8.333
Burleson	4	2	16	25.00%	56	1	1	1	-8	36.45
Street	18	1	40	45.00%	212	4	0	2	-16	95
Mark	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	39.58

Street had a great game - particularly when you consider that QBs in this game were throwing to 11 different guys and 4 on each team were new or had only played once before. Add to that the fact that with 12 players on filling 8 non-QB slots, the QBs were constantly having a different mix of players on the field AND the fact that the teams were not color-coordinated and you should be impressed with his performance. I am.

Rushing/Receiving Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined	Blocks	1st Downs
Chenault	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris	1	1	8	0	1	5	0	13	0	1
Day	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew	3	6	77	1	0	0	0	77	0	2
Ethan	1	2	6	0	1	32	1	38	0	1
Game Crasher Red	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse	4	11	44	1	1	0	0	44	0	2
Mark	4	6	23	2	1	-2	0	21	0	0
Robert	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steven	3	5	36	0	0	0	0	36	1	1
Street	0	0	0	0	6	69	0	69	0	3
Treadaway	2	3	18	0	1	6	0	24	0	0
Barry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Burleson	1	7	7	0	3	48	0	55	0	2
Game Crasher Yellow	2	4	26	0	0	0	0	26	0	1
Josh	2	5	25	0	0	0	0	25	0	1
Kuzi	1	3	8	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
Levonce	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Martin	3	8	39	0	0	0	0	39	0	1
Matta	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick	1	3	18	0	5	37	0	55	0	4
Tim	1	2	10	1	0	0	0	10	0	0
Washington	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Giant games with too many players tend to mean that no one has a dominant game as a receiver or at least they don't have the kind of numbers that we're used to. Drew led with 77 yards on 3 catches with a TD and 2 first downs. The next three leading yard gainers were all QBs getting yards on scrambles amd runs: Street with 69 and Nick & Burleson with 55 each (which included a reception of 3 and 7 yards respectively). Mark may not have had the yards but he got 2 TDs with his 21 yards. Jesse and Ethan each had a TD.

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks	Sack Yards	Safeties	Def TDs
Chenault	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Day	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethan	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Game Crasher Red	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Robert	1	0	0	0	1	-8	0	0
Steven	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Street	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Treadaway	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barry	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burleson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Game Crasher Yellow	3	0	0	0	1	-6	0	0
Josh	2	0	0	0	1	-10	0	0
Kuzi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Levonce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Martin	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matta	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Washington	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Big games usually are defensive struggles and this game had its share of big defensive plays. Drew, Ethan and Street each had 2 defensed passes and Street had 3 picks on top of that. Day, Jesse, and Nick each had a defensed pass as well. Rober, Gate Crasher Yellow and Josh each had sacks and Mark had a pick. Barry was leading tackler with 5 and Jesse, Martin, Street, Kuzi, and Washington each had 4 flags.

MVP:
While I have decided to create a Fantasy Flag Football points system for the game, I don't need it this week. Mark had a very nice game for so many players with a pick and 2 TDs but the prize goes to Street who had huge days on both defense and offense.