Week Game Summary:

First "normal-sized" game this year at 7 on 7.

This was the first game we decided to let the QB run 1 per set of downs. I leave it to others to debate. I will say this, in the game, I didn't think it made a big difference and it was fun to run the Option a couple times. Having said that, Nick and Burleson ran for a total of 130 yards on 11 carries with Nick taking off 8 times and Burleson running 3 times - they weren't bad decisions and I don't know about Burleson but only a few of Nick's runs were "called" and one of those was the option with Kuzi. Also worth mentioning is that 2/3rds of Burleson's rushing yardage came on one play when 3 Red players missed him and I had was down field 40 yards playing safety to double the deep receiver.

R - Adam, Chenault, Curtis, Julian, Kuzi, Nick, & Ray
Y - Burleson, Capo, Casey, Chris, Day, Jermaine, & Jesse

Game started at 8:48 due to late arrivals.

Yellow Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Jermaine - intercepted by Kuzi - stopped by Day.

Red Drive #1
1-Goal from the 7: Nick throws the ball away. QB pressure by Day and Casey.
2-Goal from the 7: Pass by Nick to Adam - incomplete. Ball into the wall.
3-Goal from the 7: Pass by Nick to Curtis - 7 yard gain and the TD. 1 - 0, Red.

Yellow Drive #2
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Jermaine - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Casey - intercepted by Ray - stopped by Jermaine.

Red Drive #2
1-Goal from the 9: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 9: Run by Chenault for -1 yards - stopped by .
3-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Julian - incomplete. QB-Receiver miscommunication.
4-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Julian - defensed by Jermaine. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #3
1-10 from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Chris - 17 yard gain - stopped by Kuzi.
1-13 from the 27: Pass by Burleson to Jesse - intercepted by Kuzi - stopped by Jesse.

Red Drive #3
1-Goal from the 10: Run by Nick for 10 yards and the TD. 2 - 0, Red.

Yellow Drive #4
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Chris - incomplete. Ball low.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Chris - 30 yard gain - stopped by Ray. Ray misses the flag initially but reaches up from the ground to get it on a second effort.
1-2 from the 38: Pass by Burleson to Chris - incomplete. Tight coverage by Curtis.
2-2 from the 38: Pass by Burleson to Jesse - defensed by Julian and intercepted by Chenault - stopped by Jermaine.

Red Drive #4
1-8 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. QB pressure by Chris. Ball long.
2-8 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Adam - 21 yard gain - stopped by Burleson.
1-Goal from the 7: Run by Nick for 5 yards - stopped by Jermaine.
2-Goal from the 2: Pass by Nick to Julian - incomplete. Ball wide.
3-Goal from the 2: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete.
4-Goal from the 2: Pass by Nick to Adam - dropped. Joke.

Yellow Drive #5
1-18 from the 2: Pass by Burleson to Capo - defensed by Julian and intercepted by Nick who takes it in for the TD. Julian tipped the ball up as it was thrown and Nick picks the ball and sticks the landing just insided the line. 3 - 0, Red.

Yellow Drive #6
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Casey - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Run by Burleson for 41 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-11 from the 31: Pass by Burleson to Casey - incomplete. QB pressure by Nick.
2-11 from the 31: Pass by Burleson to Casey - 13 yard gain - stopped by Kuzi.
1-Goal from the 18: Run by Jermaine for 8 yards - stopped by Ray.
2-Goal from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Jermaine - incomplete.
3-Goal from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Jermaine - dropped.
4-Goal from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Capo - incomplete.

Red Drive #6
1-10 from the 10: Run by Kuzi for 9 yards - stopped by Day. A little Miami Single Wing action.
2-1 from the 19: Pass by Kuzi to Nick - incomplete.
3-1 from the 19: Pass by Nick to Ray - intercepted by Jesse - stopped by Ray. Ray prevents a big return by grabbing Jesse's foot.

Yellow Drive #7
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Burleson to Jesse - incomplete. Ball high.
2-17 from the 23: Pass by Burleson to Jesse - 6 yard gain - stopped by Ray.
3-11 from the 29: Pass by Burleson to Chris - dropped.
4-11 from the 29: Punt by Burleson for 14 yards.

Red Drive #7
1-3 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Adam - 6 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
1-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Adam - intercepted by Jesse - stopped by Curtis. Ball short.

Yellow Drive #8
1-7 from the 33: Pass by Burleson to Jermaine - incomplete.
2-7 from the 33: Pass by Burleson to Casey - defensed by Curtis.
3-7 from the 33: Pass by Burleson to Casey - incomplete.
4-7 from the 33: Pass by Burleson to Capo - dropped.

Red Drive #8
1-13 from the 33: Run by Nick for 6 yards. Nick pitches to Kuzi for another 5 yards - stopped by Jesse. Red runs the wishbone.
2-Goal from the 13: Run by Kuzi for 0 yards - stopped by Jermaine.
3-Goal from the 13: Pass by Nick to Curtis - intercepted by Chris - stopped by Curtis. Chris picks it in the endzone.

Yellow Drive #9
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Jesse - incomplete. QB pressure by Nick. Ball low.
2-12 from the 8: Run by Jesse - stopped for loss by Julian. Loss of 5 yards.
3-17 from the 3: Burleson - sacked by Ray for a safety. Loss of 3 yards. 3.5 - 0, Red.

Red Drive #9
1-12 from the 8: Nick throws the ball away.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Adam - incomplete.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Chenault - defensed by Capo. QB pressure by Day.
4-12 from the 8: Punt by Nick for 20 yards received by Jesse.

Yellow Drive #10
1-8 from the 28: Run by Burleson for 10 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Burleson to Jermaine - incomplete. Ball low.
2-Goal from the 18: Pass by Burleson to Casey - incomplete. Ball out of the back of the endzone.
3-Goal from the 18: Pass by Burleson to Jermaine - defensed by Nick.
4-Goal from the 18: Pass by Burleson to Casey - 0 yard gain and the TD. Casey catches the ball at the 2 and no one goes for his flag so he hops in. 3.5 - 1, Red.

Red Drive #10
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Curtis - 14 yard gain - stopped by Capo.
1-18 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Kuzi - 22 yard gain - stopped by Jesse. Kuzi made a really nice off balance jump to catch the ball. If he hadn't lost his flag before the catch, it would have been a TD.
1-16 from the 36: Nick throws the ball away. QB pressure by Chris.
2-16 from the 36: Pass by Nick to Ray - defensed by Burleson.
3-16 from the 36: Run by Nick for 16 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-Goal from the 20: Pass by Nick to Curtis - 13 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
2-Goal from the 7: Pass by Nick to Ray - defensed by Jesse. QB pressure by Chris.
3-Goal from the 7: Pass by Nick to Ray - 7 yard gain and the TD. 4.5 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #11
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Day - 10 yard gain - stopped by Curtis.
2-2 from the 18: Pass by Burleson to Jesse - defensed by Curtis.
3-2 from the 18: Pass by Burleson to Jesse - incomplete.
4-2 from the 18: Pass by Burleson to Jesse - defensed by Nick. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #11
1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Nick to Julian - incomplete. Ball long and wide.
2-Goal from the 18: Run by Nick for 17 yards - stopped by Burleson.
3-Goal from the 1: Pass by Nick to Julian - dropped.
4-Goal from the 1: Pass by Nick to Chenault - 0 yard gain - stopped by Capo. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #12
1-19 from the 1: Pass by Burleson to Jermaine - 2 yard gain - stopped by Ray.
2-17 from the 3: Pass by Burleson to Jesse - defensed by Adam. Adam got the ball on the rush.
3-17 from the 3: Burleson - sacked by Kuzi. Loss of 2 yards.
4-19 from the 1: Punt by Burleson for 26 yards.

Red Drive #12
1-7 from the 27: Run by Nick for 12 yards - stopped by Capo.
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Ray - incomplete. Ball overthrown.
2-Goal from the 15: Run by Nick for 0 yards - stopped by throwing past the line of scrimmage.
3-Goal from the 15: Nick - sacked by Jesse. Loss of 6 yards.
4-Goal from the 21: Pass by Nick to Ray - 0 yard gain and the TD. Ray catches the ball on the ground and tips it to himself. 5.5 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #13
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Chris - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Day - incomplete. QB pressure by Kuzi.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Chris - 30 yard gain - stopped by Adam.
1-2 from the 38: Pass by Burleson to Capo - incomplete.
2-2 from the 38: Burleson - sacked by Kuzi. Loss of 2 yards.
3-4 from the 36: Pass by Burleson to Chris - incomplete.
4-4 from the 36: Run by Burleson for 11 yards - stopped by Curtis.
1-13 from the 33: Pass by Burleson to Capo - 28 yard gain - stopped by Kuzi.
1-Goal from the 5: Pass by Burleson to Day - 5 yard gain and the TD. 5.5 - 2, Red.

Red Drive #13
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Chenault - 5 yard gain - stopped by Jermaine.
2-7 from the 13: Pass by Nick to Adam - defensed by Jesse.
3-7 from the 13: Run by Nick for 2 yards - stopped by Chris.
4-5 from the 15: Pass by Nick to Julian - 6 yard gain - stopped by Capo.
1-19 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Adam - dropped. Ball may be have been underthrown but there was no excuse for not catching this.
2-19 from the 21: Nick - sacked by Day. Loss of 4 yards.
3-23 from the 17: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Overthrown.
4-3 from the 17: Nick - sacked by Casey. Loss of 4 yards.

Yellow Drive #14
1-Goal from the 13: Burleson - sacked by Kuzi. Loss of 10 yards.
2-Goal from the 23: Pass by Burleson to Jermaine - 1 yard gain - stopped by Curtis.
3-Goal from the 22: Pass by Burleson to Casey - intercepted by Nick - stopped by Casey. QB Pressure by Adam. That's game. 5.5 - 2 Red.


Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Nick	11	3	38	28.95%	87	3	3	3	-14	33.00
Burleson	11	3	47	23.40%	125	2	6	4	-17	14.18

This was a bad day for passing. Neither QB had 30% completions. Even if you discount the 3 drops that each QB had to endure, the rates were low. We had 22 total completions and 9 picks in the game.

Receiving/Rushing Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined	Blocks	1st Downs
Adam	2	8	27	0	0	0	0	27	0	2
Chenault	2	7	5	0	1	-1	0	4	0	0
Curtis	3	4	34	1	0	0	0	34	0	1
Julian	1	6	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	1
Kuzi	1	1	22	0	3	23	0	45	0	1
Nick	0	1	0	0	8	68	1	68	0	2
Ray	2	6	7	2	0	0	0	7	0	0
Burleson	0	0	0	0	3	62	0	62	0	3
Capo	1	5	28	0	0	0	0	28	0	1
Casey	2	9	13	1	0	0	0	13	0	1
Chris	3	8	77	0	0	0	0	77	0	3
Day	2	3	15	1	0	0	0	15	0	0
Jermaine	2	9	3	0	1	8	0	11	0	0
Jesse	1	9	6	0	1	-5	0	1	0	0

Curtis was Mr Sure Hands today with 3 catches on 4 targets with a TD. Ray only had 2 catches and only 7 yards but they were both TDs so it's hard to scoff at that. Our yardage leader was Chris with 77 yards.

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks/ Stops for Loss	Pressures	Safeties	Def TDs
Adam	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Chenault	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Curtis	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Julian	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Kuzi	6	0	2	0	3	1	0	0
Nick	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	1
Ray	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
Burleson	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Capo	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casey	2	0	0	0	1	0.5	0	0
Chris	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
Day	3	0	0	0	1	1.5	0	0
Jermaine	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0

Lot of defense today. 3 players had 2 picks each: Nick, Jesse, and Kuzi. Nick and Jesse each had 2 defensed passes as well as did Curtis and Julian. Our sack leader for the day was Kuzi with 3 though Ray had a safety. Some of the problems that QBs had surely was pressure because there were a total of 7 sacks and 10 QB pressures. Chris was the pressure leader with 4.

Special Teams Stats:

Players	Punts	Punt Yards	Punts Fielded
Nick	1	20	0
Burleson	2	40	0
Jesse	0	0	1

Today was not really a great punting day with 20 yard average punts.

Awards:
Nick wins MVP - he scored by passing, running, and catching a ball that was deflected up in the endzone. I don't remember that ever happening before. Nick also had other big defensive plays.

Jesse is our defensive player of the game with 2 picks, 2 passes defensed, and a sack. Kuzi was in the running for defensive player of the game with all his 2 picks, 3 sacks/stops for losses, and 1 QB pressure. However, Jesse was on time while Kuzi wasn't. There are two types of late:
1) late but we still start on time so the result is just that the player has less opportunity to play and make plays; and
2) late when we don't start on time and so everyone either loses out.
The second is more grievous. Love playing with ya Kuzi and love the new gloves but Academy is open Fridays until 9. : )

Our offensive player of the game was a bit harder to decide because of the paucity of offense. We had less than 250 yards of passing this week and less than 400 yards overall. Some of that was because Red started first and goal from inside of the 20 four times but still, it was not exactly an monster display of offense. I'm going to give it to Ray who had the 1st 2 TD game of the year.

Week 3 Game Summary:

Game is 9 on 9 from the beginning. Timeliness of attendees has been very good this year with 19 of 20 players this week being considered timely.

R - Adam, Casey, Curtis, Day, Ethan, Jesse, Leo, Louis, Mark, & Street
Y - Barry, Canadian, Chenault, Chris, Josh, Kuzi, Matta, Nick, Ray, & Ron

Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Adam - incomplete. Ball short.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Adam - intercepted by Ray - stopped by Adam. Ball behind.

Yellow Drive #1
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Kuzi - incomplete. Ball overthrown.
2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Chris - 11 yard gain - stopped by Unknown.
3-Goal from the 4: Nick - sacked by Mark. Loss of 10 yards.
4-Goal from the 14: Nick - sacked by Adam. Loss of 9 yards.

Red Drive #2
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Street to Mark - incomplete.
2-17 from the 23: Pass by Street to Louis - defensed by Ron.
3-17 from the 23: Pass by Street to Leo - defensed by Ron. Ron couldn't get both feet down in bounds.
4-17 from the 23: Punt by Mark for 30 yards.

Yellow Drive #2
1-13 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete. Ball overthrown.
2-13 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Josh - 29 yard gain - stopped by Louis.
1-4 from the 24: Nick - sacked by Street. Loss of 6 yards.
2-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Canadian - 30 yard gain and the TD. 1 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #3
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Curtis - 14 yard gain - stopped by Canadian. Curtis would have likely had more but he'd lost a flag before the reception so Canadian only had to touch him to stop the play.
1-18 from the 22: Run by Street for 30 yards - stopped by Canadian.
1-8 from the 28: Pass by Street to Louis - incomplete. Play-action pass a bit out of Louis' reach.
2-8 from the 28: Pass by Street to Casey - 2 yard gain - stopped by .
3-6 from the 26: Pass by Street to Curtis - incomplete.
4-6 from the 26: Pass by Street to Jesse - dropped.

Yellow Drive #3
1-14 from the 26: Pass by Nick to Kuzi - incomplete.
2-14 from the 26: Run by Nick for 2 yards - stopped by throwing past the line of scrimmage.
3-12 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Kuzi - defensed by Jesse. Very nice throw on a deep route but Jesse was there and both he and Kuzi got hands on the ball.
4-12 from the 28: Punt by Nick for 39 yards.

Red Drive #4
1-7 from the 13: Run by Street for 7 yards - stopped by Ron and Ray.
1-20 from the 20: Pass by Street to Adam - defensed by Barry.
2-20 from the 20: Pass by Street to Mark - incomplete. QB pressure by Nick. Ball low and wide.
3-20 from the 20: Pass by Street to Adam - incomplete.
4-20 from the 20: Punt by Mark for 32 yards received by Ron.

Yellow Drive #4
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Matta - 5 yard gain - stopped by Louis.
2-7 from the 33: Run by Nick for 9 yards - stopped by Street.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Canadian - 4 yard gain - stopped by Louis.
2-14 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Chris - intercepted by Street - stopped by Chris.

Red Drive #5
1-15 from the 5: Pass by Street to Jesse - defensed by Ron. Should have been pick-sixed.
2-15 from the 5: Pass by Street to Casey - 5 yard gain - stopped by Barry.
3-10 from the 10: Pass by Street to Jesse - defensed by Ron.
4-10 from the 10: Punt by Mark for 32 yards received by Kuzi.

Yellow Drive #5
1-2 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Ron - intercepted by Street who takes it in for the TD. 1 - 1, Tie.

Yellow Drive #6
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Ray - 10 yard gain - stopped by Curtis.
2-2 from the 18: Nick - sacked by Ethan. Loss of 13 yards.
3-15 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Ron - incomplete.
4-15 from the 5: Punt by Nick for 32 yards.

Red Drive #7
1-17 from the 37: Pass by Leo to Day - defensed by Kuzi.
2-17 from the 37: Pass by Leo to Louis - 37 yard gain and the TD. 2 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Chris - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Chris - 20 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Chris - 17 yard gain - stopped by Mark. Mark makes a diving, TD-saving flag because there was no one between Chris and the endzone.
1-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Kuzi - incomplete.
2-15 from the 35: Run by Nick for 10 yards - stopped by Ethan and Adam.
3-5 from the 25: Pass by Nick to Canadian - defensed by Leo.
4-5 from the 25: Pass by Nick to unknown - incomplete.

Red Drive #8
1-15 from the 25: Pass by Leo to Ethan - incomplete.
2-15 from the 25: Pass by Leo to Street - 7 yard gain - stopped by Kuzi.
3-8 from the 32: Pass by Leo to Street - 9 yard gain - stopped by Kuzi.
1-19 from the 39: Run by Leo for 7 yards - stopped by Nick.
2-12 from the 32: Pass by Leo to Casey - incomplete. Ball out of bounds.
3-12 from the 32: Pass by Leo to Curtis - 20 yard gain - stopped by Canadian.
1-Goal from the 12: Pass by Leo to Ethan - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 12: Pass by Leo to Street - 12 yard gain and the TD. Good coverage but nice throw and catch. 3 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #8
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Ray - 14 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
1-18 from the 22: Nick throws the ball away. QB pressure by Adam.
2-18 from the 22: Run by Nick for 4 yards - stopped by Curtis.
3-14 from the 26: Pass by Nick to Ray - 16 yard gain - stopped by Street.
1-18 from the 38: Run by Nick for 13 yards - stopped by Casey.
2-5 from the 25: Pass by Nick to Josh - incomplete. QB pressure by Casey and Mark.
3-5 from the 25: Pass by Nick to Josh - incomplete.
4-5 from the 25: Pass by Nick to Josh - incomplete.

Red Drive #9
1-15 from the 25: Pass by Leo to Jesse - 28 yard gain - stopped by Ray.
1-7 from the 27: Leo - sacked by Josh. Loss of 12 yards.
2-19 from the 39: Pass by Leo to unknown - incomplete.
3-19 from the 39: Pass by Leo to unknown - incomplete.
4-19 from the 39: Punt by Mark for 28 yards.

Yellow Drive #9
1-7 from the 13: Pass by Nick to Canadian - intercepted by Jesse - stopped by Canadian.

Red Drive #10
1-8 from the 32: Pass by Leo to Casey - incomplete. QB pressure by Matta.
2-8 from the 32: Pass by Leo to Ethan - 29 yard gain - stopped by Nick.
1-Goal from the 19: Pass by Leo to Day - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 19: Pass by Leo to Curtis - incomplete. Unable to get his feet in.
3-Goal from the 19: Pass by Leo to Curtis - intercepted by Nick - stopped by Louis.

Yellow Drive #10
1-19 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Chris - defensed by Mark.
2-19 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Ron - incomplete.
3-19 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Chris - incomplete. Ball long.
4-19 from the 21: Punt by Nick for 27 yards received by Street.

Red Drive #11
1-8 from the 32: Run by Leo for 7 yards - stopped by Ray.
2-1 from the 39: Pass by Leo to Mark - 7 yard gain - stopped by Kuzi. Mark slips.
1-14 from the 34: Pass by Leo to Jesse - defensed by Ray. Ray should have picked this.
2-14 from the 34: Pass by Leo to Jesse - intercepted by Kuzi - stopped by Jesse.
3-5 from the 35: Run by for 0 yards - stopped by .

Yellow Drive #11
1-5 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Josh - 4 yard gain - stopped by Street.
2-1 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Josh - 9 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
1-12 from the 32: Nick - sacked by Day. Loss of 16 yards.
2-28 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Chenault for 0 yards. Chenault pitches back to Chris who is stopped for a 2 loss yard by Adam and Ethan.
3-30 from the 30: Nick - sacked by Ethan and Mark. Loss of 4 yards.
4-36 from the 34: Punt by Nick for 22 yards.

Red Drive #12
1-16 from the 24: Pass by Leo to Curtis - defensed by Canadian.
2-16 from the 24: Leo - sacked by Kuzi. Loss of 23 yards.
3-39 from the 1: Pass by Leo to unknown - incomplete.
4-39 from the 1: Punt by Mark for 34 yards.

Yellow Drive #12
1-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Canadian - 5 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
2-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Kuzi - 13 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
1-Goal from the 17: Pass by Nick to Canadian - defensed by Mark and intercepted by Ethan - stopped by Ron. Mark tipped it while rushing and Ethan came up with the pick.

Red Drive #13
1-1 from the 19: Leo - sacked by Canadian. Loss of 9 yards.
2-10 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Jesse - 70 yard gain and the TD. 4 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #13
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Chenault for 5 yards. Chenault pitches back to Chris who is stopped by adam after a 15 yard gain.
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Ray - 29 yard gain - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-3 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Barry - defensed by Mark.
2-3 from the 23: Run by Nick for 1 yards - stopped by Adam.
3-2 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Ray - incomplete.
4-2 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Chris - 15 yard gain - stopped by Curtis.
1-Goal from the 7: Pass by Nick to Barry - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 7: Pass by Nick to Barry - 7 yard gain and the TD. That's game. 4 - 2, Red.

Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Street	3	1	16	18.75%	21	0	1	0	0	13.54
Leo	9	0	26	34.62%	175	3	2	3	-44	65.38
Nick	19	0	49	38.78%	193	2	4	6	-50	30.40

Receiving/Rushing Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined	Blocks	1st Downs
Adam	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casey	2	4	7	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
Curtis	2	6	34	0	0	0	0	34	0	2
Day	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethan	1	3	29	0	0	0	0	29	0	1
Jesse	2	7	98	1	0	0	0	98	0	1
Leo	0	1	0	0	2	14	0	14	0	0
Louis	1	3	37	1	0	0	0	37	0	0
Mark	1	3	7	0	0	0	0	7	0	1
Street	3	3	28	1	2	37	0	65	0	3
Barry	1	3	7	1	0	0	0	7	0	0
Canadian	3	7	39	1	0	0	0	39	0	0
Chenault	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Chris	4	8	63	0	2	13	0	76	0	4
Josh	3	6	42	0	0	0	0	42	0	2
Kuzi	1	5	13	0	0	0	0	13	0	1
Matta	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Nick	0	0	0	0	6	39	0	39	0	1
Ray	4	5	69	0	0	0	0	69	0	3
Ron	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unknown	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks/ Stops for Loss	Pressures	Safeties	Def TDs
Adam	5	0	0	0	1.5	1	0	0
Casey	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
Curtis	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Day	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ethan	2.5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Jesse	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Leo	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louis	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark	2.5	3	0	0	1.5	0.5	0	0
Street	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	1
Barry	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canadian	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Chenault	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Kuzi	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Matta	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Nick	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Ray	2.5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron	1.5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unknown	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Special Teams:

Players	Punts	Punt Yards	Punts Fielded
Mark	5	156	0
Street	0	0	1
Kuzi	0	0	1
Nick	4	120	0
Ron	0	0	1

Week 3 Awards - This week was relatively easy. Street ceded the QB slot but ultimately came up with 65 yards on receiving/rushing and a TD. Then on defense he had 2 picks (including one that he took back for a TD) and a sack. Street is MVP.

Offensive Player of the Game was a little tougher. Jesse led in yards and had a TD but he only had 2 receptions and one of them went 70 yards. Meanwhile Chris had 4 receptions (tied with Ray for the most) plus he had 2 rushes on Cuba Libres and accounted for 4 first downs.

Finally, on defense we had 4 great performances. Ron had 4 defensed passes. Kuzi had a pick, a defensed pass, and a sack. Ethan had a pick and 2 sacks Other nice defensive performances were had by Ray and Jess who each had a pick and a defensed pass. But our Defensive Player of the Game was Mark with 3 defensed passes (one of which turned into an INT by Ethan), 1.5 sacks and half a pressure - all but one of these plays contributed to stifling drives (i.e. there was only one drive by Yellow where Mark made a big play where the Yellow still scored).

Week 1 Awards:

Since we did not have the Offensive and Defensive Players of the game awards at the time I transcribed the game from week 1, I'm going to start by posting those awards. As I mentioned at the time, the

MVP (as previously reported) - Kuzi.

Offensive Player of the Game - Cain who had led the game in passing despite 5 sacks/stops for loss worth -25 yards and who added in another 45 yards running/receiving. He threw for a TD and had no picks. His early running caused the Red defense to have to shift it's rushing tactics by putting an extra rusher in on nearly every down (though, he probably wishes he hadn't caused the Red defense to change tactics : )

Defensive Player of the Game - Adam who had 4 flags and 3 of them were for losses. He also had a pick and a QB pressure and a pass defensed by hitting the QB's arm.

Week 2 Awards:

MVP - This goes to Mark. The two contenders were Mark and Street. While Street did more on offense than Mark he didn't have as big an impact on defense. Mark was the leading receiver and thus essentially 2nd most productive offensive player in the game. While he didn't have gaudy defensive stats, he was part of strong defensive line and finally, his 47 yard punt was the longest of the year and pinned the other team on the 5 where only a very heads-up play by Nick to get rid of the ball while wrapped up saved a safety by Red.

Offensive Player of the Game - The first easy decision: Street. Street had the highest completion percentage and lead with 190 yards of passing. He threw for 2 and ran another TD.

Defensive Player of the Game - We had a number of very strong defensive performances. Canadian had 2 picks and 2 defensed passes. Barry had 3 defensed passes and a half QB pressure. Adam had 2 pressures and 2 sacks. Chenault had 2 sacks and a half QB pressure. All that makes this rather tough.

Now, someone recently suggested to me that I take a look at the plays themselves and consider their impact on the game. By that count, Chenault's 2 sacks were very big. The first on 3rd and 9 led to 4th and 23 and a punt - at that time the game was 1-0, Yellow. The QB pressure came on the last drive of the game and the 2nd sack actually ended the game and sealed the victory for Red. Neither Adam's nor Barry's big plays had a serious impact on the final of the game. However, Canadian's are a different matter.

While Canadian's first defensed pass had no impact (Red scored on the drive) Canadian's 1st pick gave yellow a short field and led to the first score of the game. His second defensed pass caused a turnover on downs and his second pick was in the endzone. These plays were on successive drives and helped keep Yellow in the game even though it was already 4-1, Red. Take away his plays and Yellow would have likely been buried much earlier in the game. Take away Chenault's plays on what turned out to be the last drive and perhaps Yellow scores, even if they did, Red still would have had the lead.

Given that both players had very impactful big plays and but that Canadian had more of them (3 drive enders), Canadian wins it this week.

Weekly Awards:

After consideration of input, here is what I've come up with:

1) There will be three awards each week: MVP, Offensive Player of the Game, and Defensive Player of the Game.

2) The three awards will not always go to players on the winning team though it could happen - after all, the winning team sometimes wins because they have multiple great performances.

3) If am having difficulty deciding on award winners, I will seek input from people who were at the game and who I judge capable of being impartial - I did this last year when I needed feedback and it helped. FYI - if you've ever called me say 5 times in a week to lobby to get yourself named MVP, don't expect a call from me asking for an impartial opinion.

4) The winner of the MVP will almost never, ever get one of the other two awards. The only way I could see it happening is if he played so much better than literally anyone else in the game. So it probably never will happen but I want to be on record as saying that it could, possibly, maybe, happen (on the vernal equinox) - so basically if Jeremy comes out and the rest of us suck that week : )

5) Punting will generally be considered "defensive" in nature because it is intended to help set your defense up. Receiving punts will be considered "offensive" in nature because it provides an advantage in positioning the offense.

6) As I've mentioned in the past, I prefer the MVP to be given to a player who does well in more than just one phase of the game and now that we have 2 other awards, that focus on the main phases of the game, its important to try to make the MVP award go to someone who has a broad impact. Having said that, there will be times when super performance on one side of the ball makes such a difference in the game that it deserves MVP.

More thoughts on MVP:

There have been a few comments on selecting the MVP and so I thought I'd respond to them and elevate the conversation to it's own thread.

I brought up the question about crediting play calling because I'm concerned about recognizing the the value-add that doesn't show up in stats. I certainly don't want to try giving credit for play calling on a per play basis. Generally the play calling is left up to the QB or Chenault (that's my experience anyway). Having said that, I certainly agree with the points raised bout about lots of people having input into plays. When Chenault is not on my team, I probably call my own route 70% of the time - the QB draws up routes for the other receivers and then I look at them and suggest a route that will complement (or at least not interfere) with them.

When you watch football, some of the greatest praise offered is that a player "elevates the play of those around him". Lots of players in our group have that effect at various times. Plays on Nick's team tend to have more yards per catch because he throws deep more (though that shows up in the stats). Mark's absorbing a double team so another lineman can get pressure or Chenault's drawing up good plays are other examples.

Here are some ideas to consider:

1) If there is no really big standout performance - don't give the award that week.

2) If I don't see a standout, let players decide via survey.

3) Have each team select a captain for the week who will assist me with MVP selection. The captain would ideally be someone who was there for the full game (another reason to be timely). This would also be helpful because though I have won the MVP award a couple times, I'm always harder on myself than other players because I don't want to take the risk of being biased.

I do like the idea of adding an offensive and defensive player of the week but if MVP is this big a pain in the ass in big games (which are all we're going to have for until Thanksgiving if history is any guide), adding 2 more awards may just add to the work.


I could survive for 1 minute, 6 seconds chained to a bunk bed with a velociraptor

Week 2 Game Summary CORRECTED:

So much for the hurricane and my handwringing. After Ike made a hard right after hitting the coast, we ended up with no rain and the wind was not even the worst we've played in. Certainly some balls sailed a bit but we've had games where you had to aim the ball 2-3 times the normal distance you'd lead a receiver because the cross wind would take it move it as far laterally as you threw it longitudinally.

We had another large game where we played 9 on 9 with substitutions - great turnout. Game started 7 on 7 for 1 series each because we only had 15 timely players and its only fair to play an even number of series at a given size game because 7 on 7 is very different than 9 on 9.

R - Adam, Casey, Chenault, Leo, Louis, Mark, Paul, Ray, Rick, & Street
Y - Barry, Cain, Canadian, Chris, Curtis, Day, Jesse, Josh, Mike, & Nick

Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Paul - incomplete. Ball low.
2-12 from the 8: Run by Mark for 1 yards - stopped by Josh.
3-11 from the 9: Pass by Street to Adam - 13 yard gain - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-18 from the 22: Street - sacked by Josh. Loss of 4 yards.
2-22 from the 18: Pass by Street to Paul - 9 yard gain - stopped by Barry.
3-13 from the 27: Pass by Street to Paul - 25 yard gain - stopped by Mike.
1-8 from the 28: Pass by Street to Mark - dropped.
2-8 from the 28: Run by Mark - stopped for loss by Curtis. Loss of 1 yards.
3-9 from the 29: Pass by Street to Mark - incomplete.
4-9 from the 29: Pass by Street to Adam - 8 yard gain - stopped by going out of bounds. Adam caught the out right at th 21 and couldn't stay in bounds to get the 1st.

Yellow Drive #1
1-19 from the 21: Pass by Cain to Curtis - incomplete.
2-19 from the 21: Pass by Cain to Canadian - incomplete. Ball high.
3-19 from the 21: Pass by Cain to Canadian - intercepted by Paul - stopped by Canadian.

Red Drive #2
1-3 from the 17: Pass by Street to Leo - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-3 from the 17: Pass by Street to Leo - intercepted by Canadian - stopped by Casey.

Yellow Drive #2
1-Goal from the 16: Nick - sacked by Adam. Loss of 3 yards.
2-Goal from the 19: Pass by Nick to Josh - 19 yard gain and the TD. 1 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #3
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Casey - incomplete. QB pressure by Cain. Ball high.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Leo - defensed by Nick. QB pressure by Josh. QB pressure by Josh.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Leo - dropped.
4-12 from the 8: Punt by Rick for 30 yards.

Yellow Drive #3
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Cain - 9 yard gain - stopped by Rick.
2-9 from the 29: Pass by Nick to Barry - incomplete. Ball high.
3-9 from the 29: Nick - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 14 yards.
4-23 from the 37: Punt by Nick for 24 yards received by Paul.

Red Drive #4
1-1 from the 19: Pass by Street to Paul - incomplete. Red now has the wind and the 1st pass with it sails.
2-1 from the 19: Pass by Street to Mark - 14 yard gain - stopped by Nick.
1-7 from the 33: Pass by Street to Rick - 12 yard gain - stopped by Barry.
1-15 from the 35: Pass by Street to Mark - incomplete. Fly pattern and the wind takes the ball wide and long.
2-15 from the 35: Pass by Street to Mark - 12 yard gain - stopped by Canadian and Mike.
3-3 from the 23: Pass by Street to Mark - 15 yard gain - stopped by Barry.
1-Goal from the 8: Pass by Street to Rick - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 8: Pass by Street to Mark - 8 yard gain and the TD. 1 - 1, Tie.

Yellow Drive #4
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Jesse - incomplete. QB pressure by Leo.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Day - intercepted by Ray - stopped by Josh.

Red Drive #5
1-Goal from the 8: Pass by Street to Ray - defensed by Canadian.
2-Goal from the 8: Pass by Street to Casey - incomplete. Ball wide.
3-Goal from the 8: Run by Leo for 3 yards - stopped by Jesse. End around. Chenault blocks Jesse into Leo.
4-Goal from the 5: Run by Street for 5 yards and the TD. Street had lots of time and finally decides to run it in. 2 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #5
1-12 from the 8: Run by Nick for 2 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-10 from the 10: Nick - sacked by Mark. Loss of 8 yards.
3-18 from the 2: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete.
4-18 from the 2: Punt by Nick for 20 yards.

Red Drive #6
1-2 from the 22: Pass by Street to Rick - 9 yard gain - stopped by Nick. Beautiful one-handed grab by Rick.
1-Goal from the 13: Pass by Street to Louis - 13 yard gain and the TD. 3 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #6
1-12 from the 8: Nick throws the ball away. QB pressure by Casey.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Chris - 7 yard gain - stopped by Paul.
3-5 from the 15: Pass by Nick to Cain - dropped.
4-5 from the 15: Pass by Nick to Josh - defensed by Street.

Red Drive #7
1-Goal from the 15: Run by Leo for 15 yards and the TD. Hand off to Chenault going right. Pitchback to Leo going left. Tons of blocking by the line and others. 4 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Curtis - 10 yard gain - stopped by Louis.
2-2 from the 18: Run by Nick for 15 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-7 from the 33: Run by Nick for 7 yards - stopped by Street.
1-20 from the 40: Run by Nick for -13 yards - stopped by Louis.
2-7 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Curtis - intercepted by Ray - stopped by Nick.

Red Drive #8
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Street to Ray - 29 yard gain - stopped by Canadian.
1-Goal from the 9: Pass by Street to Mark - 5 yard gain - stopped by Nick. Nick gets this flag reaching up from the ground.
2-Goal from the 4: Pass by Street to Rick - defensed by Jesse.
3-Goal from the 4: Pass by Street to Mark - incomplete. QB pressure by Mike.
4-Goal from the 4: Pass by Street to Ray - intercepted by Canadian - stopped by touchback.

Yellow Drive #8
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Cain - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Cain - defensed by Mark.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Cain - incomplete.
4-12 from the 8: Punt by Nick for 39 yards received by Paul.

Red Drive #9
1-7 from the 33: Pass by Street to Chenault - 0 yard gain - stopped by Chris.
2-7 from the 33: Pass by Street to Chenault - 17 yard gain - stopped by Curtis. Ball was actually thrown to Casey but he tipped it up.
1-10 from the 30: Pass by Street to Adam - defensed by Barry.
2-10 from the 30: Street throws the ball away.
3-10 from the 30: Pass by Street to Adam - defensed by Barry.
4-10 from the 30: Pass by Street to Leo - defensed by Canadian.

Yellow Drive #9
1-10 from the 30: Run by Cain for 7 yards - stopped by Rick.
2-3 from the 37: Pass by Cain to Josh - dropped.
3-3 from the 37: Run by Cain for 4 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-19 from the 39: Pass by Cain to Josh - 22 yard gain - stopped by Ray.
1-Goal from the 17: Pass by Cain to Josh - 2 yard gain - stopped by Leo.
2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Cain to Nick - incomplete. Ball low.
3-Goal from the 15: Cain - sacked by Adam. Loss of 8 yards.
4-Goal from the 23: Pass by Cain to Jesse - defensed by Leo.

Red Drive #10
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Street to Ray - -1 yard gain - stopped for loss by Day.
2-18 from the 22: Pass by Street to Paul - defensed by Jesse. Nearly Pick-Sixed.
3-18 from the 22: Pass by Street to Ray - 6 yard gain - stopped by Canadian.
4-12 from the 28: Punt by Mark for 47 yards.

Yellow Drive #10
1-15 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Curtis - incomplete. QB pressure by Adam.
2-15 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Day - 4 yard gain - stopped by Street.
3-11 from the 9: Pass by Nick to Chris - defensed by Louis.
4-11 from the 9: Pass by Nick to Canadian - 14 yard gain - stopped by Paul.
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Chris - 18 yard gain - stopped by Street.
1-19 from the 39: Nick throws the ball away. QB pressure by Adam.
2-19 from the 39: Run by Nick for 8 yards - stopped by Ray. Great pressure by the defensive line but 3 of them miss Nick's flag as he evades the rush and decides to pull it down and run.
3-11 from the 31: Pass by Nick to Curtis - 30 yard gain - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-Goal from the 1: Run by Nick for 0 yards - stopped by Mark.
2-Goal from the 1: Pass by Nick to Curtis - 1 yard gain and the TD. 4 - 2, Red.

Red Drive #11
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Adam - defensed by Barry.
2-12 from the 8: Run by Street for 4 yards - stopped by Barry.
3-8 from the 12: Pass by Street to Adam - incomplete. QB pressure by Barry and Curtis. Ball high.
4-8 from the 12: Punt by Leo for 24 yards.

Yellow Drive #11
1-16 from the 36: Pass by Nick to Barry - incomplete.
2-16 from the 36: Nick throws the ball away. QB pressure by Casey and Chenault.
3-16 from the 36: Pass by Nick to Cain - incomplete. Ball high.
4-16 from the 36: Nick - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 12 yards. That's game. 4 - 2, Red.

Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Street	17	2	41	41.46%	190	2	2	1	-4	51.88
Cain	2	1	9	22.22%	16	0	1	1	-8	0.00
Nick	9	1	30	30.00%	75	2	2	4	-37	34.03

Street was the clear passing leader today leading in yards and completion percentage.

Receiving/Rushing Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined	Blocks	1st Downs
Adam	2	6	21	0	0	0	0	21	0	1
Casey	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chenault	2	2	17	0	0	0	0	17	0	1
Leo	0	5	0	0	2	18	1	18	0	0
Louis	1	1	13	1	0	0	0	13	0	0
Mark	5	9	54	1	2	0	0	54	0	2
Paul	2	5	34	0	0	0	0	34	0	1
Ray	3	5	34	0	0	0	0	34	0	1
Rick	2	4	21	0	0	0	0	21	0	2
Street	0	0	0	0	2	9	1	9	0	0
Barry	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cain	1	6	9	0	2	11	0	20	0	1
Canadian	1	4	14	0	0	0	0	14	0	1
Chris	2	3	25	0	0	0	0	25	0	1
Curtis	3	6	41	1	0	0	0	41	0	1
Day	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Jesse	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	3	5	43	1	0	0	0	43	0	1
Mike	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick	0	1	0	0	6	45	0	45	0	2

Mark was the yardage leader with 54 (you can tell it was a big game with a lot of wind, huh?). Chenault had the sure-hands award with 2 grabs on 2 targets (well, really 1 target since he also caught a pass Casey popped up.

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks/ Stops for Loss	Pressures	Safeties	Def TDs
Adam	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Casey	1	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0
Chenault	2	0	0	0	2	0.5	0	0
Leo	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Louis	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Paul	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rick	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Street	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barry	4	3	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
Cain	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Canadian	3.5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curtis	2	0	0	0	1	0.5	0	0
Day	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jesse	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike	1.5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Nick	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Our defensive leaders were Canadian with 2 picks and 2 defensed passes, Ray with 2 picks, and Barry with 3 defensed passes. As a unit, however, Red's defensive front 4 were stellar scoring 5 sacks/stops for losses and 5 QB pressures. Couple that with 3 picks (Paul also had 1) and 4 defensed passes and you have a very strong performance. Yellow's defense also put up numbers with 3 sacks/stops for losses, 4 QB Pressures, 2 picks and 8 defensed passes.

Special Teams Stats:

Players	Punts	Punt Yards	Punts Fielded
Leo	1	24	0
Mark	1	47	0
Paul	0	0	2
Rick	1	30	0
Nick	3	83	0

Punting is becoming a more interesting part of the game. We had 6 in this game (3 by each team) for a total of 184 yards (averaging just under 31 yards per punt).

MVP: This is ultra hard this week. Big games usually are harder because there are more players per square yard of field which typically leads to fewer opportunities for a player to stand out - particularly when a QB can run and there are 4 receivers and 4 lineman. I often struggle to select the award winner but much more in these large games. Ultimately, I may have to start doing offensive and defensive players of the game and then an MVP. For MVP, I typically try to pick a player who had a big impact on both offense and defense. Sometimes, I give it to a player with an unballanced performance if it is dominating and a difference-maker in the game. I'm going to hold off on the award this week in order to seek comments in the Blog about the process and see if they will help me this week.

Here is one of the problems I have that I'd like feedback on - how to weigh offensive/defensive coordinator contributions fairly. I have no doubt that Chenaut's play calling has made a difference in week 1 and week 2. Indeed, I try to play on his team because he makes me a better player (anyone remember me rushing the QB before late last spring?). At the same time, I only know about his contributions because I was on his team and see them first hand. How do I credit that kind of valuable input on the other team when I can't see it?

The other player I'm considering for the award this week, is Mark who had a nice game on both offense and defense. However, I hesitate a bit here. Mark had one monster drive where he got almost every ball and made great plays. However, I know the impact he has on defense because, I personally often benefit from hit. He's a much more feared rusher than I am for good reason (fast and much stronger) and so people have to dedicate more resources to him. Having said that, it's hard for me to observe his impact sometimes if I'm not rushing with him. How often am I missing a similar impact by another player on the other team?

I take this seriously and would appreciate your comments and help.