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.