Teams

Little history: when we started this game, we had to really carefully divide players up. What we did was pair them off and then divide the pairs between the teams. This was really necessary in the beginning when we were playing 5 on 5 mostly without a line (what Chenault calls "fast/skinny man ball") so if you had all the speed or hands or whatever on one side, it wouldn't work.

After the game evolved to our current game which has a good sized line, we didn't seem to need to pick teams. Part of this was because the line was a great equalizer (it didn't matter if one team had all the fast guys because they couldn't defend their QB) and part was because the level of talent got much better and there wasn't as great a disparity between the players. Plus, the line game allows for more specialized roles so faster guys can play corner and bigger guys can rush and everyone can really make a difference in the game.

Having said that, experience over the last month or two has shown that we need go back to taking more care in the way we divide teams up to make sure they are competitive. Speed and skill are obvious issues but there are two others we need to consider experience in our game and reasonably regular attendance.

This is a team game and being the a crazy athlete with experience in other games who has never played in this one doesn't mean that you can come in and do well here in your first game or possibly even for a couple weeks (unless you're Jeremy). It takes time to get used to the way we play and for your teammates to get used to playing with you. Even players who have played for years in our game can have a bit of trouble getting back into it the first game or two after a long absence because of rust or because of subtle shifts in the way we play.

In any case, one of the things about this game is that we're all supposed to be in it to have fun. Yes winning is more fun than losing but the best games are those that are close until the end. No one walked away from the game in Week 12 with a bad taste in their mouths because it was evenly matched and produced a high level of play right until the end. But weeks 11 and 10 had the teams were not terribly fair - week 10 only had one of our main QBs but it would have been possible to make reasonably competitive teams.

As Commissioner, it's my responsibility to try to keep this game fun and fair. I won't always succeed but I can do better than we have in the past month.

While I don't like picking teams, I can live with it if people think that's the best way to handle it. However, 2 of the 3 games mentioned that did not have particularly fair teams were games in which we picked teams. Picking may be a good starting place but in the end, we need to take a look and decide whether we need to swap a player or two out to make it work better.

We can pick teams, we can grab belts, or we can pair off players for balance and then divide them up but the last step needs to be to take a objective look and see if we need to make a last step swap.

Obviously some people like playing with certain other guys out there (I'm one of them). However, if we lock into two relatively steady teams (or one steady team and one made up of whoever else comes out), we're likely to fall into an us/them thing. Then the "gentleman's" aspect of the game will suffer and people will start to quit. If we really want set teams, why not play in a traditional flag league? At least there, at the end of the game, you really don't care if the team likes you.

I'd welcome your thoughts are welcome though I'd rather not rehash these games and how "well, we offered to change" or "well, they could have had the Sulak when he came late" or whatever.

Week 13 Game Summary:

Red - Adam, Cain, Chenault, Jesse, Josh, Paul, Street, & Treadaway
Yellow - Andre, Biscuits, Carlos, Leo, Mike, Nick, Ray, RSud, & Talbot

See the other post about these teams.

Game is 8 on 8.

Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Paul - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Street - incomplete.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Paul - incomplete. Ball long.
4-12 from the 8: Punt by Cain for 64 yards. Shanked ball goes out at the 30.

Yellow Drive #1
1-10 from the 30: Run by Nick for 22 yards - stopped by Treadaway.
1-Goal from the 8: Pass by Nick to Andre - incomplete. Ball just a bit high.
2-Goal from the 8: Pass by Nick to Leo - 3 yard gain - stopped by Paul.
3-Goal from the 5: Run by Nick for 5 yards and the TD. 1 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #2
1-12 from the 8: Run by Cain for 11 yards - stopped by Mike.
2-1 from the 19: Pass by Cain to Josh - 6 yard gain - stopped by Mike.
1-15 from the 25: Pass by Cain to Jesse - 55 yard gain and the TD. Cain scrambles under pressure and Jesse comes open down field when the play breaks down. 1 - 1, Tie.

Yellow Drive #2
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Ray - 13 yard gain - stopped by Street.
1-19 from the 21: Pass by Nick to RSud - 0 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
2-19 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Ray - incomplete. Overthrown.
3-19 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Ray - 21 yard gain - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Leo - incomplete. Leo cut off his route.
2-18 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Ray - defensed by Jesse.
3-18 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Leo - incomplete. Ball long.
4-18 from the 38: Punt by Nick for 23 yards received by Paul.

Red Drive #3
1-1 from the 19: Pass by Cain to Chenault - 8 yard gain - stopped by Carlos.
1-13 from the 27: Pass by Cain to Paul - 53 yard gain and the TD. TD again comes on a broken play where Cain had to scramble. 2 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #3
1-12 from the 8: Run by Nick for 9 yards - stopped by Cain.
2-3 from the 17: Pass by Nick to Mike - dropped.
3-3 from the 17: Nick - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 10 yards.
4-13 from the 7: Punt by Nick for 66 yards received by Cain.

Red Drive #4
1-18 from the 38: Run by Cain for 1 yards - stopped by Ray.
2-17 from the 37: Pass by Cain to Jesse - 22 yard gain - stopped by Ray.
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Cain to Treadaway - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-Goal from the 15: Run by Adam for 4 yards - stopped by Leo.
3-Goal from the 11: Cain - sacked by Talbot. Loss of 7 yards.
4-Goal from the 18: Pass by Cain to Adam - 0 yard gain - stopped by . Ball wide.

Yellow Drive #4
1-2 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Leo - 44 yard gain - stopped by Street.
1-Goal from the 18: Run by Nick for 3 yards - stopped by Paul.
2-Goal from the 15: Nick throws the ball away. QB pressure by Cain and Chenault.
3-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Ray - defensed by Treadaway.
4-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Ray - defensed by Jesse.

Red Drive #5
1-5 from the 15: Run by Paul for 5 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-20 from the 20: Run by Jesse for 8 yards - stopped by Leo.
2-12 from the 28: Pass by Cain to Jesse - 24 yard gain - stopped by Leo.
1-8 from the 28: Run by Cain for 13 yards - stopped by Nick.
1-Goal from the 15: Run by Street - stopped for loss by Talbot. Loss of 5 yards.
2-Goal from the 20: Pass by Cain to Paul - 9 yard gain - stopped by Leo.
3-Goal from the 11: Pass by Cain to Street - 11 yard gain and the TD. 3 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #5
1-12 from the 8: Run by Nick for 11 yards - stopped by Paul.
2-1 from the 19: Pass by Nick to Leo - 2 yard gain - stopped by Street.
1-19 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Leo - incomplete.
2-19 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Leo - defensed by Street.
3-19 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Mike - 17 yard gain - stopped by Adam.
4-2 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Carlos - defensed by Jesse. Jesse blitzed and grabbed Nick's arm as he was throwing the ball.

Red Drive #6
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Cain to Treadaway - 7 yard gain - stopped by Mike and Leo.
2-11 from the 31: Pass by Cain to Josh - 0 yard gain - stopped by . Overthrown.
3-11 from the 31: Cain - sacked by Mike. Loss of 12 yards.
4-23 from the 37: Punt by Cain for 31 yards received by Leo.

Yellow Drive #6
1-8 from the 12: Run by Nick for 36 yards - stopped by Cain.
1-12 from the 32: Run by Nick for 17 yards - stopped by Chenault.
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Ray - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Leo - 15 yard gain and the TD. 3 - 2, Red.

Red Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Run by Cain for 3 yards - stopped by Mike.
2-9 from the 11: Pass by Cain to Jesse - 12 yard gain - stopped by Leo.
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Cain to Josh - 57 yard gain and the TD. Nice catch and run with a couple missed flags to help. 4 - 2, Red.

Yellow Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Nick - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 7 yards.
2-19 from the 1: Pass by Nick to Ray - defensed by Paul.
3-19 from the 1: Pass by Nick to Ray - 17 yard gain - stopped by Street.
4-2 from the 18: Run by Nick for 7 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-15 from the 25: Run by Nick for 1 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-14 from the 26: Pass by Nick to Andre - incomplete. Andre dives for it but the ball was low and wide.
3-14 from the 26: Pass by Nick to Ray - incomplete.
4-14 from the 26: Pass by Nick to Carlos - intercepted by Jesse - stopped by Carlos. After this play, it was suggested that we should add some kind "intelligence" grade to stats and awards. Needless to say this should have been defensed only.

Red Drive #8
1-3 from the 17: Pass by Cain to Paul - 10 yard gain - stopped by Ray. Great catch considering Ray leveled him after the catch.
1-13 from the 27: Pass by Cain to Street - 14 yard gain - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-19 from the 39: Pass by Cain to Chenault - 10 yard gain - stopped by Andre.
2-9 from the 29: Run by Cain for 11 yards - stopped by Mike.
1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Cain to Adam - 18 yard gain and the TD. 5 - 2, Red.

Yellow Drive #8
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Leo - incomplete. QB pressure by Adam.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Leo - 11 yard gain - stopped by Street.
3-1 from the 19: Pass by Nick to Ray - 6 yard gain - stopped by Street.
1-15 from the 25: Pass by Nick to Ray - defensed by Josh. Josh got the ball on the rush.
1-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Ray - 0 yard gain - stopped by Street.
2-17 from the 37: Run by Nick for 8 yards - stopped by Chenault.
3-9 from the 29: Pass by Nick to Ray - incomplete. Ray makes a diving/falling attempt at the ball.
4-9 from the 29: Pass by Nick to Leo - intercepted by Paul - stopped by Mike. QB pressure by Adam.

Red Drive #9
1-3 from the 17: Pass by Cain to Jesse - 63 yard gain and the TD. Jesse had 2 defenders in his face to bump him at the line and Safety playing behind them. He basically slid out and then up behind the Safety. 6 - 2, Red.

Yellow Drive #9
1-12 from the 8: Run by Nick for 8 yards - stopped by Paul.
2-4 from the 16: Pass by Nick to Andre - dropped.
3-4 from the 16: Pass by Nick to Leo - 28 yard gain - stopped by Treadaway.
1-16 from the 36: Run by Nick for 6 yards - stopped by Chenault.
2-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Leo - intercepted by Street - stopped by Leo. Caught in the endzone for a touchback.

Red Drive #10
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Adam - 4 yard gain - stopped by Mike. Screen.
2-8 from the 12: Run by Street for 27 yards - stopped by Andre. Key block by Paul. Reverse. Paul had position inside of Street all the way up the sideline.
1-1 from the 39: Pass by Cain to Josh - 20 yard gain - stopped by Mike.
1-1 from the 21: Cain - sacked by Talbot and Nick. Loss of 6 yards. Intentional grounding.
2-7 from the 27: Cain - sacked by Carlos. Loss of 4 yards.
3-11 from the 31: Pass by Cain to Adam - defensed by Andre.
4-11 from the 31: Pass by Cain to Adam - 23 yard gain - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-Goal from the 8: Pass by Cain to Adam - 8 yard gain and the TD. 7 - 2, Red.

Yellow Drive #10
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Leo - 9 yard gain - stopped by Paul.
2-3 from the 17: Nick - sacked by Cain. Loss of 7 yards.
3-10 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Talbot - defensed by Adam.
4-10 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Ray - 28 yard gain - stopped by Adam.
1-2 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Leo - 16 yard gain - stopped by Treadaway. 0 Yard throw with a ton of YAC.
1-6 from the 26: Run by Nick for 13 yards - stopped by Jesse.
1-Goal from the 13: Pass by Nick to Leo - 6 yard gain - stopped by Paul.
2-Goal from the 7: Pass by Nick to Talbot - 7 yard gain and the TD. 7 - 3, Red.

Red Drive #11
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Paul - 72 yard gain and the TD. Some kind of big breakdown in the coverage because Paul open behind the defense. 8 - 3, Red.

Yellow Drive #11
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Carlos - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Carlos - 8 yard gain - stopped by Street.
3-4 from the 16: Nick - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 5 yards.
4-9 from the 11: Pass by Nick to Andre - defensed by Paul. That's game: 8 - 3, Red.

Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Nick	19	2	49	38.78%	222	2	3	4	-29	41.37
Cain	23	0	32	71.88%	477	8	0	4	-29	153.65

Cain had a 153.65 passer rating. I think that's the max rating possible (or pretty damn close).

Receiving/Rushing Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined	Blocks	1st Downs
Adam	5	6	53	2	1	4	0	57	0	1
Cain	0	0	0	0	5	39	0	39	0	2
Chenault	2	2	18	0	0	0	0	18	0	1
Jesse	5	5	176	2	1	8	0	184	0	3
Josh	4	4	83	1	0	0	0	83	0	2
Paul	4	6	144	2	1	5	0	149	1	2
Street	2	3	25	1	2	22	0	47	0	2
Treadaway	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
Andre	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Biscuits	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos	1	4	8	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
Leo	9	16	134	1	0	0	0	134	0	4
Mike	1	2	17	0	0	0	0	17	0	0
Nick	0	0	0	0	13	146	1	146	0	5
Ray	6	15	85	0	0	0	0	85	0	5
RSud	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Talbot	1	2	7	1	0	0	0	7	0	0

3 players had over 100 yards. Jesse led again with 184 yards on 5 catches (off 5 targets) and a run which resulted in 2 TDs and 3 1st downs - so basically 5 of the 6 times he touched the ball, the result was a TD or 1st down. Next was Nick who had 146 yards for a TD and 5 first downs on 13 QB rushes. Then we had Paul with 149 coming from 4 catches and a rush which resulted in 2 TDs and 2 first downs. Finally we had Leo with 134 yards, a TD, and 4 first downs on 9 receptions.

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks/ Stops for Loss	Pressures	Safeties	Def TDs
Adam	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Cain	3	0	0	0	1	0.5	0	0
Chenault	6	0	0	0	3	0.5	0	0
Jesse	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Street	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Treadaway	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Biscuits	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Leo	6.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike	8.5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Nick	1.5	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Ray	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RSud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Talbot	2.5	0	0	0	2.5	0	0	0

Jesse had 3 defensed passes and an ill-advised pick. Chenault had 3 sacks and a half QB pressure to go with 6 flags. Paul had 2 dfensed passes and a pick. Talbot debuted with 2.5 sacks. Mike was the day's flag leader with 8.5 including a sack. Street was next with 8 flags and a pick and a defensed pass.

Special Teams Stats:

Players	Punts	Punt Yards	Punts Fielded
Cain	2	95	1
Paul	0	0	1
Leo	0	0	1
Nick	2	89	0

Awards:
MVP - normally the award goes to a player who had a big game on both offense and defense but Cain's QB performance this week can't be ignored.

Offensive Player of the Week is Jesse for all the reasons noted above.

Defensive Player of the Week was a little harder to choose because there were a number of strong defensive performances this week. However, I have always said that the game often comes down to which team can protect its QB and pressure the other QB. By that standard, Chenault wins the award this week.

Week Game Summary 12:

Game runs 6 on 6 for the whole game.

Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Cain - 12 yard gain - stopped by Street.
1-20 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Carlos - incomplete. Ball long.
2-20 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Canadian - defensed by Jesse. Not a classic defensed pass but his coverage clearly broke it up.
3-20 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Cain - incomplete. Ball overthrown.
4-20 from the 20: Punt by Leo for 35 yards.

Yellow Drive #1
1-15 from the 25: Pass by Street to Adam - incomplete. Ball a bit behind but otherwise a drop.
2-15 from the 25: Pass by Street to Josh - incomplete. Ball long.
3-15 from the 25: Street - sacked by Carlos. Loss of 2 yards.
4-13 from the 27: Punt by Street for 16 yards received by Cain.

Red Drive #2
1-3 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Leo - defensed by Jesse.
2-3 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Leo - 8 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
1-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Leo - dropped.
2-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Cain - incomplete.
3-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Matta - defensed by Adam.
4-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Cain - 35 yard gain and the TD. 1 - 0, Red.

Yellow Drive #2
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Jesse - 3 yard gain - stopped by Carlos.
2-9 from the 11: Pass by Street to Josh - incomplete. Street threw a nice ball on the outside shoulder but Josh was looking inside.
3-9 from the 11: Pass by Street to Jesse - 69 yard gain and the TD. Jesse was uncovered somehow. 1 - 1, Tie.

Red Drive #3
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Leo - 15 yard gain - stopped by Barry.
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Canadian - 20 yard gain - stopped by Street.
1-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Canadian - 10 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
2-7 from the 27: Nick - sacked by BigA. Loss of 7 yards.
3-14 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Canadian - intercepted by Street - stopped by Matta. Probably play of the game. Street fades back from the Safety position and makes a one-handed scoop of the ball down near the 10.

Yellow Drive #3
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Street to Adam - dropped. No excuse.
2-12 from the 28: Street - sacked by Matta. Loss of 5 yards.
3-17 from the 23: Pass by Street to Barry - 57 yard gain and the TD. 2 - 1, Yellow.

Red Drive #4
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Matta - incomplete. Ball high.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Canadian - 2 yard gain - stopped by Jesse. Set up as a screen but Jesse got behind the blockers and came in from the side.
3-10 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Cain - 13 yard gain - stopped by Adam and Street.
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Cain - 11 yard gain - stopped by Street.
2-6 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Canadian - dropped. Maybe one of you christians can help me out - isn't this one of the signs of the apocalypse?
3-6 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Cain - incomplete.
4-6 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Cain - intercepted by Jesse - stopped by Cain.

Yellow Drive #4
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Street to Chenault who pitches back to Jesse after a 6 yard gain. Jesse gets back to the pitch spot where he is stopped by Matta.
2-12 from the 32: Street - sacked by Carlos. Loss of 10 yards.
3-22 from the 38: Pass by Street to Josh - incomplete. Too many receivers (and thus defenders) in the area.
4-22 from the 38: Punt by Street for 30 yards.

Red Drive #5
1-8 from the 12: Pass by Nick to Cain for 4 yards. Cain pitches to Canadian who gets 16 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-8 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Leo. Leo pictches back to Matta who fumbles the pitch. 0 yard gain on the play.
2-8 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Leo - 6 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
3-2 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Leo - 36 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
1-Goal from the 6: Pass by Nick to Cain - defensed by BigA. BigA got Nick's hand as the ball was being thrown.
2-Goal from the 6: Nick - sacked by BigA. Loss of 7 yards.
3-Goal from the 13: Pass by Nick to Cain - 13 yard gain and the TD. Cain makes a nice diving catch just inside the endzone. 2 - 2, Tie.

Yellow Drive #5
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Josh - 18 yard gain - stopped by Carlos.
1-14 from the 26: Pass by Street to Josh - incomplete. QB pressure by Leo and Matta.
2-14 from the 26: Pass by Street to Barry - 8 yard gain - stopped by going out of bounds.
3-6 from the 34: Run by Adam for 8 yards - stopped by Canadian. Key block by Barry. Standard receiver in motion handoff. Barry made it work by blocking his man inside and sealing the corner.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Street to Adam - 37 yard gain - stopped by Canadian. Little slant route with nice YAC.
1-Goal from the 1: Pass by Street to Josh - 1 yard gain and the TD. Play action pass. 3 - 2, Yellow.

Red Drive #6
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Canadian - 39 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
1-13 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Leo - incomplete. Ball long.
2-13 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Leo - intercepted by Adam - stopped by Cain.

Yellow Drive #6
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Street to BigA - dropped.
2-12 from the 28: Pass by Street to Chenault - incomplete.
3-12 from the 28: Pass by Street to Jesse - 49 yard gain - stopped by Canadian. Little 15 yard route. Jesse starts staggering backwards after the catch but regains his balance losing 7 yards. He then manages to get by the defender and get a huge gain.
1-Goal from the 3: Street - sacked by Cain. Loss of 12 yards.
2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Street to Chenault - 3 yard gain - stopped by Carlos.
3-Goal from the 12: Pass by Street to Adam - defensed by Canadian. Would have been a pick under college rules.
4-Goal from the 12: Pass by Street to Adam - intercepted by Canadian - stopped by Adam. Basically the same play and same throw but better outcome for Red. Canadian picked it in the endzone but stepped out when Nick came in to try to block Adam out of the play.

Red Drive #7
1-19 from the 1: Pass by Nick to Canadian - 79 yard gain and the TD. Longest play from scrimmage possible on our 80 yard field. 3 - 3, Tie.

Yellow Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Barry - incomplete. Barry got free on a fly route but Street overthrew him.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Jesse - 24 yard gain - stopped by Canadian.
1-8 from the 32: Run by Jesse - stopped for loss by Carlos. Loss of 1 yards. Hand off to Barry coming from the left TE position. Ball reversed to Jesse.
2-9 from the 31: Pass by Street to Barry - intercepted by Leo - stopped by Barry. Ball low and Leo cuts under to get it.

Red Drive #8
1-20 from the 40: Pass by Nick to Canadian - 29 yard gain - stopped by Adam.
1-Goal from the 11: Pass by Nick to Carlos - 6 yard gain - stopped by Street and Barry.
2-Goal from the 5: Pass by Nick to Canadian - 5 yard gain and the TD. 4 - 3, Red.

Yellow Drive #8
1-12 from the 8: Street - sacked by Matta. Loss of 6 yards.
2-18 from the 2: Pass by Street to Adam - 28 yard gain - stopped by Leo.
1-10 from the 30: Pass by Street to Adam - incomplete. Ball low.
2-10 from the 30: Pass by Street to Adam - 12 yard gain - stopped by Leo.
1-18 from the 38: Street throws the ball away. QB pressure by Matta and Canadian.
2-18 from the 38: Pass by Street to Adam - 12 yard gain - stopped by Leo.
3-6 from the 26: Pass by Street to Barry - incomplete.
4-6 from the 26: Pass by Street to Barry - incomplete.

Red Drive #9
1-14 from the 26: Pass by Nick to Leo - 6 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
2-8 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Cain - 10 yard gain - stopped by Adam.
1-18 from the 38: Nick - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 10 yards.
2-28 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Carlos - 9 yard gain - stopped by Street.
3-19 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Cain - incomplete.
4-19 from the 39: Punt by Nick for 33 yards received by Barry.

Yellow Drive #9
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Chenault - 21 yard gain - stopped by Cain.
1-11 from the 29: Pass by Street to Josh - 1 yard gain - stopped by Cain.
2-10 from the 30: Pass by Street to Jesse - 50 yard gain and the TD. Jesse had a 10 yard stop route but he then made 2 guys miss and took it in. 4 - 4, Tie.

Red Drive #10
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete. Overthrown.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete. Ball low.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete.
4-12 from the 8: Punt by Nick for 26 yards received by Barry.

Yellow Drive #10
1-14 from the 34: Pass by Street to Josh - 23 yard gain - stopped by Cain.
1-Goal from the 11: Pass by Street to Josh - 11 yard gain and the TD. 5 - 4, Yellow.

Red Drive #11
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Leo - 1 yard gain - stopped by Barry.
2-11 from the 9: Pass by Nick to Leo - defensed by Barry.
3-11 from the 9: Pass by Nick to Cain - incomplete. QB pressure by Chenault. Ball low.
4-11 from the 9: Pass by Nick to Cain - 13 yard gain - stopped by Street.
1-18 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Leo - dropped.
2-18 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Cain - incomplete. Ball overthrown.
3-18 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Canadian - 25 yard gain - stopped by Jesse. This was like the 3rd catch today by Canadian where Jesse had a hand on the ball at the catch.
1-13 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete. Ball high.
2-13 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Leo - incomplete. Ball behind.
3-13 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Leo - 17 yard gain - stopped by Adam.
1-Goal from the 16: Pass by Nick to Cain - defensed by Adam.
2-Goal from the 16: Pass by Nick to Leo for 5 yards. Leo pitches back to Canadian who gets 3 more yards - stopped by Chenault.

3-Goal from the 8: Nick - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 5 yards.
4-Goal from the 13: Run by Nick for 0 yards - stopped by throwing past the line of scrimmage.

Yellow Drive #11
1-7 from the 13: Pass by Street to Adam - defensed by Cain. Cain got the ball on the rush.
2-7 from the 13: Pass by Street to Jesse - 67 yard gain and the TD. Key block by Adam.

That's Game. 6 - 4, Yellow.

Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Nick	27	3	57	47.37%	400	4	3	4	-29	72.26
Street	20	2	42	47.62%	467	6	2	5	-31	107.84

HUGE days the QBs each of whom had 400 yards or more. Completion rates were also very good 47.x% each.

Receiving/Rushing Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined	Blocks	1st Downs
Cain	8	17	111	2	0	0	0	111	0	4
Canadian	8	15	209	2	2	19	0	228	0	5
Carlos	2	3	15	0	0	0	0	15	0	0
Leo	9	16	94	0	0	0	0	94	0	4
Matta	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nick	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Adam	4	10	89	0	1	8	0	97	1	4
Barry	2	6	65	1	0	0	0	65	1	0
BigA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chenault	3	4	28	0	0	0	0	28	0	1
Jesse	6	6	262	3	2	1	0	263	0	2
Josh	5	9	54	2	0	0	0	54	0	2
Street	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Two difference receivers had more than 200 yards and a third had over 100. Jesse led all receivers with 6 catches on 6 targets along with 2 "ladder pitches" for a total of 263 yards, 3 TDs, and 2 first downs. Canadian was next with 8 catches and 2 ladder pitches for 228 yards, 2 TDs, and another 5 first downs. Then Cain had 8 catches for 111 yards, 2 TDs, and 4 1st downs. Leo and Adam each had 90+ yards, Barry had 65 yards and a TD, and Josh was the last multi-TD receiver with 54 yards and 2 TDs.

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks/ Stops for Loss	Pressures	Safeties	Def TDs
Cain	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Canadian	4	1	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Carlos	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Leo	3	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Matta	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Nick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam	5.5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Barry	3.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
BigA	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Chenault	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Jesse	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Street	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Defensive Leaders with Jesse and Adam with 2 passes defensed and a pick each. But there were a number of other strong defensive performances. Chenault and Matta each had 2 sacks and QB pressure. BigA had 2 sacks and a defensed pass. Canadian had a pick, a defensed pass, and half a pressure. Leo had a pick and a half a pressure and one of his blitzes caused Cain to get a sack (Cain also had a defensed pass). Carlos had 6 flags which included 3 sacks/stops for loss. Very nice.

Special Teams Stats:

Players	Punts	Punt Yards	Punts Fielded
Cain	0	0	1
Leo	1	35	0
Nick	2	59	0
Barry	0	0	2
Street	2	46	0

Awards:

MVP - Jesse, what a performance.

Offensive Player of the Game - Canadian.

Defensive Player of the Game - Adam.

Week 11 Game Summary:

Let me start by apologizing profusely to Yellow as I was without question the cause of their loss. Everyone screws up a play here or there but I was involved (negatively) in both of Red's scores and failed to make the tying catch twice for Yellow (dropping one and not going for another one that I thought might be to Canadian). At the end of the year, if this one loss is the difference in some awards, I'm probably going to have to ignore it.

BTW Cain, I'm not a bad sport. I don't like to lose but I'm okay with it and can enjoy games that my team doesn't win. I was pissed off after the game because I lost my team the game based on numerous mistakes and thus couldn't say "good game" after I do that - no offense.

Game starts 7 on 7 but goes to 8 on 8 after each team has 2 series.

R - Cain, Capo, Chris, Jesse, Kuzi, Matta, Mike, Paul, & Treadaway
Y - Adam, Barry, Canadian, Carlos, Chenault, Day, Josh, & Nick

Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Chris - defensed by Josh. Josh should have pick-sixed it on the rush.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Chris - incomplete. Ball short.
3-12 from the 8: Run by Cain for 72 yards and the TD. Adam missed the flag instead of going for the force out along the sideline. 1 - 0, Red.

Yellow Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Run by Nick for 2 yards - stopped by Capo.
2-10 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Adam - dropped.
3-10 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Josh - 12 yard gain - stopped by Cain.
1-18 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Josh - 3 yard gain - stopped by Josh.
2-15 from the 25: Run by Nick for 5 yards - stopped by Capo.
3-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Barry - incomplete.
4-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Adam - intercepted by Kuzi - stopped by Adam. Ball hung up in the wind. At least this was as good as a punt for Yellow.

Red Drive #2
1-18 from the 22: Pass by Cain to Treadaway - incomplete. Ball long.
2-18 from the 22: Pass by Cain to Treadaway - 31 yard gain - stopped by Adam. Ball was thrown to Kuzi but thrown long. Barry tipped it up and Treadaway catches the ball below his knees.
1-7 from the 27: Pass by Cain to Kuzi - 4 yard gain - stopped by Canadian.
2-3 from the 23: Cain - sacked by Adam. Loss of 10 yards.
3-13 from the 33: Pass by Cain to Chris - incomplete.
4-13 from the 33: Pass by Cain to Kuzi - incomplete. Ball just a bit high (fingertips) and he can't hang onto it.

Yellow Drive #2
1-7 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete.
2-7 from the 33: Run by Nick for 9 yards - stopped by Treadaway.
1-18 from the 38: Run by Nick for 1 yards - stopped by Chris.
2-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Carlos - defensed by Mike. Very dangerous throw - across the field and across his body. Should have been picked.
3-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete.
4-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Turnover on downs. Game jumps up to 8 on 8.

Red Drive #3
1-3 from the 37: Pass by Cain to Chris - dropped.
2-3 from the 37: Run by Cain for 14 yards - stopped by Barry.
1-9 from the 29: Pass by Cain to Chris - 10 yard gain - stopped by Adam.
1-Goal from the 19: Cain - sacked by Josh. Loss of 6 yards.
2-Goal from the 25: Pass by Cain to Chris - incomplete.
3-Goal from the 25: Pass by Cain to Jesse - incomplete.
4-Goal from the 25: Pass by Cain to Jesse - incomplete.

Yellow Drive #3
1-15 from the 25: Pass by Nick to Chenault - 17 yard gain - stopped by Kuzi.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Canadian - dropped.
2-18 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Josh - 28 yard gain - stopped by Kuzi.
1-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Ball behind.
2-Goal from the 10: Run by Nick for 7 yards - stopped by Kuzi.
3-Goal from the 3: Pass by Nick to Canadian - defensed by Cain.
4-Goal from the 3: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete. Triple coverage.

Red Drive #4
1-17 from the 3: Pass by Cain to Jesse - 7 yard gain - stopped by Barry.
2-10 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Treadaway - incomplete. Ball behind.
3-10 from the 10: Run by Cain for 16 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-14 from the 26: Pass by Cain to Chris - 9 yard gain - stopped by Barry.
2-5 from the 35: Cain - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 1 yards.
3-6 from the 34: Run by Cain for 13 yards - stopped by Josh.
1-13 from the 33: Pass by Cain to Kuzi - defensed by Adam. Adam slipped on Kuzi's deep post cut but was able to make up some ground and hit Kuzi's arm as the ball got to his hands.
2-13 from the 33: Pass by Cain to Matta - incomplete.
3-13 from the 33: Pass by Cain to Chris - incomplete. Ball wide.
4-13 from the 33: Pass by Cain to Chris - defensed by Canadian. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #4
1-7 from the 33: Run by Nick for 8 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-19 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Barry - 6 yard gain - stopped by Mike.
2-13 from the 33: Run by Nick for 6 yards - stopped by Capo.
3-7 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Day - dropped.
4-7 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Day - 12 yard gain - stopped by Kuzi. Kuzi tried to break up the pass but Day made a great play on the ball.
1-Goal from the 15: Run by Nick for 3 yards - stopped by Capo.
2-Goal from the 12: Pass by Nick to Barry - 12 yard gain and the TD. 1 - 1, Tie.

Red Drive #5
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Jesse - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Jesse - dropped.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Jesse - 26 yard gain - stopped by Canadian.
1-6 from the 34: Run by Cain for 5 yards - stopped by Day. Paul comes in for Kuzi after this play.
2-1 from the 39: Pass by Cain to Jesse - dropped.
3-1 from the 39: Pass by Cain to Jesse - 0 yard gain - stopped by Carlos.
4-1 from the 39: Pass by Cain to Capo - defensed by Josh. Josh moves parallel to the line of scrimmage and engulfs the ball. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #5
1-19 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Miscommunication on the route.
2-19 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Josh - incomplete. Ball long.
3-19 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Canadian - 21 yard gain - stopped by Jesse. Beautiful throw.
1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 18: Run by Nick for 16 yards - stopped by Jesse.
3-Goal from the 2: Run by Chenault - stopped for loss by Capo. Loss of 1 yards.
4-Goal from the 3: Pass by Nick to Josh - incomplete. Ball high. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #6
1-17 from the 3: Pass by Cain to Paul - incomplete.
2-17 from the 3: Pass by Cain to Chris - 22 yard gain - stopped by Barry. Little dump-off with a lot of YAC.
1-15 from the 25: Pass by Cain to Paul - incomplete.
2-15 from the 25: Run by Cain for 2 yards - stopped by Chenault.
3-13 from the 27: Pass by Cain to Chris - incomplete. Paul and Chris collide going for the ball.
4-13 from the 27: Pass by Cain to Paul - 36 yard gain - stopped by Adam.
1-Goal from the 17: Pass by Cain to Chris - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 17: Run by Cain for 16 yards - stopped by Chenault.
3-Goal from the 1: Pass by Cain to Paul - 1 yard gain and the TD. Adam was lined up on Paul and got caught up in a quick cross by Chris. 2 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #6
1-12 from the 8: Run by Nick for 2 yards - stopped by throwing past the line of scrimmage. Not that it mattered since Adam dropped the "non-pass".
2-10 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Canadian - 7 yard gain - stopped by Chris.
3-3 from the 17: Pass by Nick to Adam - incomplete. Adam was called out on a catch.
4-3 from the 17: Pass by Nick to Adam - 11 yard gain - stopped by Capo.
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete.
2-12 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Carlos - 12 yard gain - stopped by Treadaway.
1-20 from the 40: Run by Nick for 23 yards - stopped by Paul. Key block by Adam.
1-Goal from the 17: Run by Nick for 5 yards - stopped by Mike.
2-Goal from the 12: Pass by Nick to Adam - dropped. In the endzone.
3-Goal from the 12: Pass by Nick to Unknown - incomplete. Adam was standing 2 yards from the back of the endzone. Canadian was running along the back of the endzone. Each either thought that the ball was to the other player or that the other player had a better chance to catch it so neither went for it.
4-Goal from the 12: Pass by Nick to Canadian - intercepted by Jesse - stopped by Canadian. That's Game. 2 - 1, Red.

Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Nick	11	4	32	34.38%	141	1	2	0	0	33.46
Cain	10	3	35	28.57%	129	1	0	3	-17	51.96

Passing was a bit better this week but there were 7 drops between the two teams.

Receiving/Rushing Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined	Blocks	1st Downs
Cain	0	0	0	0	7	138	1	138	0	3
Capo	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris	3	12	41	0	0	0	0	41	0	2
Jesse	3	8	33	0	0	0	0	33	0	1
Kuzi	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Matta	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul	2	4	37	1	0	0	0	37	0	1
Treadaway	1	3	31	0	0	0	0	31	0	1
Adam	1	5	11	0	0	0	0	11	1	1
Barry	2	3	18	1	0	0	0	18	0	0
Canadian	2	9	28	0	0	0	0	28	0	1
Carlos	1	2	12	0	0	0	0	12	0	1
Chenault	1	5	17	0	1	-1	0	16	0	1
Day	1	2	12	0	0	0	0	12	0	1
Josh	3	5	43	0	0	0	0	43	0	2
Nick	0	0	0	0	12	87	0	87	0	3

Cain had 138 yards of rushing a TD, and 3 first downs on 7 rushes. Nick had 87 yards for 3 first downs on 12 carries. Rare week where we had no other player hitting even 50 yards of offense.

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks/ Stops for Loss	Pressures	Safeties	Def TDs
Cain	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Capo	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Chris	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kuzi	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Treadaway	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Barry	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canadian	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chenault	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Day	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Nick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Josh had 2 defensed passes and a sack.

Special Teams Stats:

No punts! That's a first for this season.

Awards:

MVP - Cain. I prefer to give the award to a player who had a strong game on both offense and defense but there's no denying Cain's play was big for Red. Dishonorable mention goes to Adam for letting Cain score once and not at least making him work on his TD to Paul.

Offensive Player of the Game - Nick.

Defensive Player of the Game - Josh.