Week 22 Game Summary:

Sad day when we only get 14 on Super Bowl weekend. Sadder still when we have 2 players have game ending injuries less than an hour into the game and we're stuck with a dinky 6 on 6 game. Having said that, but for the injuries it was one of the better games we've had this season:

1) No arguing - seriously, I don't think we had a single raised voice and we only called a few penalties (I only actually remember one PI and one flag guard and Anthony not only admitted it, he thought that it was legal).

2) A new QB option was found - Anthony had a great debut for a player who did not have real QB experience prior to playing in our game. While it's true he had 2 huge rushes, after 50 minutes he was not able to run anymore because the game dropped to 6 on 6 and he still came out with a over 40% completions and only one pick.

3) The game was tight and the team that was not expected to win was ahead most of the game. No offense to Anthony but when you have Street going against a rookie, you tend to think the rookie's team will have trouble - even more so when you consider that the 2 most experienced play callers (Street and Chenault) were on the same team.

I'm really sorry I wasn't able to finish the game, I was feeling really good and had a nice start on defense before the injury - plus standing on the sideline recording plays is really boring.

On to the play-by-play and stats:

R - Chenault, Day, Jesse, Josh, RChin, Street, & Treadaway
Y - Adam, Anthony, Barry, Carlos, Mario, Matta, & Ray

Game was 7 on 7 for about 50 minutes and then dropped to 6 on 6 when RChin and then Adam were injured.

Yellow Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Anthony to Carlos - 7 yard gain - stopped by RChin.
2-5 from the 15: Pass by Anthony to Mario - defensed by RChin. RChin nearly had a pick-six on this one.
3-5 from the 15: Run by Anthony for 65 yards and the TD. Key block by Adam. 1 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Josh - incomplete. QB pressure by Adam.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Josh - 5 yard gain - stopped by Barry.
3-7 from the 13: Pass by Street to Josh - 17 yard gain - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-10 from the 30: Street - sacked by Adam. Loss of 14 yards.
2-4 from the 16: Run by Street for 12 yards - stopped by Barry.
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Street to RChin - defensed by Anthony.
2-12 from the 28: Pass by Street to Josh - 52 yard gain and the TD. 1 - 1, Tie.

Yellow Drive #2
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Anthony to Matta - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Anthony - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 5 yards.
3-17 from the 3: Pass by Anthony to Ray - 19 yard gain - stopped by RChin.
1-18 from the 22: Pass by Anthony to Ray - 3 yard gain - stopped by RChin.
2-15 from the 25: Pass by Anthony to Ray - -1 yard gain - stopped by RChin.
3-16 from the 24: Pass by Anthony to Barry - incomplete. Ball long on a fly pattern.
4-16 from the 24: Punt by Anthony for 40 yards received by RChin.

Red Drive #2
1-4 from the 16: Pass by Street to Day - dropped.
2-4 from the 16: Pass by Street to Jesse - 24 yard gain - stopped by Mario.
1-20 from the 40: Pass by Street to Chenault - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-20 from the 40: Pass by Street to Jesse - incomplete. Ball wide.
3-20 from the 40: Street - sacked by Adam. Loss of 10 yards.
4-30 from the 30: Pass by Street to Jesse - intercepted by Ray - stopped by Jesse. Essentially a negative 25 yard play but a nice catch.

Yellow Drive #3
1-15 from the 25: Pass by Anthony to Mario - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-15 from the 25: Run by Anthony for 22 yards - stopped by Street.
1-13 from the 33: Pass by Anthony to Adam - incomplete. Ball came out wrong.
2-13 from the 33: Pass by Anthony to Carlos - incomplete. Ball wide and short.
3-13 from the 33: Pass by Anthony to Carlos - incomplete.
4-13 from the 33: Anthony - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 9 yards.

Red Drive #3
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Street to Josh - intercepted by Anthony - stopped by Jesse. Ball was behind Josh and tipped up when he reached back for it.

Yellow Drive #4
1-6 from the 26: Pass by Anthony to Ray - 21 yard gain - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-Goal from the 5: Pass by Anthony to Ray - 5 yard gain and the TD. RChin was injured on this series and the next series was 6 on 6. 2 - 1, Yellow.

Red Drive #4
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Jesse - dropped.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Treadaway - 9 yard gain - stopped by Anthony.
3-3 from the 17: Pass by Street to Jesse - 30 yard gain - stopped by Barry.
1-13 from the 33: Pass by Street to Jesse - intercepted by Anthony who takes it in for the TD. Adam hurt his foot blocking on the return. 3 - 1, Yellow.

For those who are interested, here is what Adam's foot looked like at 10:30 Saturday night after the injury and playing kickball (don't laugh, I caught everything that was anywhere near me - we should get a football made of "kickball" material - and I "kicked" .750 and scored twice despite barely being able to run):


Red Drive #5
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Treadaway - incomplete. Ball long. Adam tried playing safety on this play but couldn't run and so was out for the game.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Chenault - incomplete. Ball long.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Treadaway - 10 yard gain - stopped by Barry.
4-2 from the 18: Pass by Street to Josh - defensed by Anthony.

Yellow Drive #6
1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Anthony to Street - incomplete. Ball low.
2-Goal from the 18: Pass by Anthony to Carlos - intercepted by Day - stopped by Carlos. Ball hung up on a fade route. Carlos was by Day but Day was easily able to go up and get it.

Red Drive #6
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Day - 14 yard gain - stopped by Mario and Barry.
1-18 from the 22: Pass by Street to Day - 0 yard gain - stopped by . QB pressure by Matta. Ball low and wide.
2-18 from the 22: Street - sacked by Carlos. Loss of 10 yards.
3-8 from the 12: Pass by Street to Josh - 24 yard gain - stopped by Barry. Beautiful throw over Josh's shoulder.
1-4 from the 36: Pass by Street to Jesse - 7 yard gain - stopped by Ray.
1-17 from the 37: Pass by Street to Josh - defensed by Anthony.
2-17 from the 37: Street - sacked by Carlos. Loss of 6 yards.
3-23 from the 37: Pass by Street to Jesse - 22 yard gain - stopped by Ray.
4-1 from the 21: Pass by Street to Jesse - incomplete. Ball high.

Yellow Drive #7
1-19 from the 21: Backward pass by Anthony to Ray. Anthony takes off and Ray throws to him going deep but the ball came right out of the sun so Anthony couldn't adjust for it - incomplete
2-19 from the 21: Pass by Anthony to Ray - 0 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
3-19 from the 21: Anthony - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 5 yards.
4-14 from the 26: Punt by Anthony for 2 yards.

Red Drive #7
1-8 from the 28: Pass by Street to Treadaway - incomplete. Ball behind him.
2-8 from the 28: Pass by Street to Day - 16 yard gain - stopped by Anthony.
1-Goal from the 12: Pass by Street to Chenault - defensed by Mario. Mario got it on the rush.
2-Goal from the 12: Pass by Street to Day - intercepted by Anthony Ball floated.

Yellow Drive #8
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Ray to Carlos - defensed by Day. Ray had all day but couldn't find an open receiver - nice work by the secondary.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Ray to Anthony - defensed by Street.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Ray to Carlos - defensed by Treadaway. Treadaway tipped the ball on the rush.
4-12 from the 8: Punt by Ray for 41 yards.

Red Drive #8
1-9 from the 31: Pass by Street to Josh - 9 yard gain - stopped by Anthony. Option formation.
1-20 from the 40: Run by Jesse for 0 yards - stopped by Ray.
2-20 from the 40: Pass by Street to Chenault - incomplete. QB pressure by Carlos. Ball high.
3-20 from the 40: Pass by Street to Josh - defensed by Anthony.
4-20 from the 40: Pass by Street to Jesse - 21 yard gain - stopped by Ray. 1st and 20, 2nd and 20, 3rd and 20, 4th and 20 and the 21 yard gain.
1-Goal from the 19: Pass by Street to Jesse - 5 yard gain - stopped by Carlos.
2-Goal from the 14: Pass by Street to Jesse - defensed by Anthony. Anthony and Jesse both went for the ball but had there not been a colision, it would have probably been a 4th pick for Anthony.
3-Goal from the 14: Pass by Street to Josh - defensed by Anthony.
4-Goal from the 14: Pass by Street to Chenault - incomplete. Ball wide.

Yellow Drive #9
1-6 from the 14: Backward pass by Anthony to Ray but incomplete so it results in a loss of 5 yards.
2-11 from the 9: Pass by Anthony to Ray - incomplete.
3-11 from the 9: Pass by Anthony to Barry - 7 yard gain - stopped by Street.
4-4 from the 16: Pass by Anthony to Matta - 31 yard gain - stopped by Street and Jesse. Matta was alone after a cross.
1-13 from the 33: Pass by Anthony to Barry - incomplete. Ball wide and short.
2-13 from the 33: Anthony - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 12 yards. Anthony actually threw the ball away to try to avoid the sack but was smack in the middle of the pocket (even with our little 2 man line) so is registered as a sack.
3-25 from the 35: Pass by Anthony to Barry - 18 yard gain - stopped by Street.
4-7 from the 27: Pass by Anthony to Barry - 15 yard gain - stopped by Street.
1-Goal from the 12: Pass by Anthony to Matta - defensed by Josh. Josh got it on the rush.
2-Goal from the 12: Pass by Anthony to Matta - dropped.
3-Goal from the 12: Anthony - sacked by Treadaway. Loss of 6 yards.
4-Goal from the 18: Pass by Anthony to Ray - defensed by Jesse.

Red Drive #9
1-2 from the 18: Street - sacked by Carlos. Loss of 5 yards.
2-7 from the 13: Pass by Street to Jesse - 8 yard gain - stopped by Anthony.
1-19 from the 21: Pass by Street to Treadaway - 6 yard gain - stopped by Anthony.
2-13 from the 27: Street - sacked by Carlos. Loss of 6 yards.
3-19 from the 21: Pass by Street to Treadaway - incomplete.
4-19 from the 21: Pass by Street to Day - 21 yard gain - stopped by Anthony. Beautiful flag route and catch with 2 steps to spare.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Street to Day - 22 yard gain - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-Goal from the 16: Pass by Street to Day - defensed by Mario. Saved a TD.
2-Goal from the 16: Pass by Street to Day - 16 yard gain and the TD. Day got real hot, real fast. 3 - 2, Yellow.

Yellow Drive #10
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Ray to Anthony - 4 yard gain - stopped by Street.
2-8 from the 12: Pass by Ray to Anthony - intercepted by Street - stopped by Anthony. Ball was short on a deep route.

Red Drive #10
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Street to Chenault - intercepted by Ray - stopped by Chenault. QB pressure by Carlos.

Yellow Drive #11
1-6 from the 34: Pass by Anthony to Carlos - 4 yard gain - stopped by Day.
2-2 from the 38: Pass by Anthony to Mario - 6 yard gain - stopped by Day.
1-16 from the 36: Pass by Anthony to Carlos - 4 yard gain - stopped by Treadaway.
2-12 from the 32: Pass by Anthony to Carlos - 19 yard gain - stopped by Street.
1-Goal from the 13: Pass by Anthony to Carlos - defensed by Treadaway. Tipped on the rush.
2-Goal from the 13: Pass by Anthony to Mario - defensed by Josh.
3-Goal from the 13: Pass by Anthony to Ray - incomplete. QB pressure by Treadaway and Chenault.
4-Goal from the 13: Pass by Anthony to Mario - defensed by Day.

Red Drive #11
1-7 from the 13: Pass by Street to Jesse - 32 yard gain - stopped by Anthony.
1-15 from the 35: Pass by Street to Day - incomplete.
2-15 from the 35: Pass by Street to Jesse - incomplete. Ball short.
3-15 from the 35: Pass by Street to Day - 23 yard gain - stopped by Mario.
1-Goal from the 12: Pass by Street to Jesse - incomplete. Ball wide and low.
2-Goal from the 12: Pass by Street to Treadaway - 12 yard gain and the TD. We go to overtime tied 3 - 3. Unfortunately, Ray has to leave so Adam comes in to play full time offensive line for both teams with Chenault temporarily playing defense for yellow when Adam is on the line for Red. 3 - 3, Tie.

Red Drive #12
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Street to Day - 15 yard gain and the TD. 4 - 3, Red.

Yellow Drive #12
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Anthony to Barry - 9 yard gain - stopped by Day and Street.
2-Goal from the 6: Pass by Anthony to Barry - 2 yard gain - stopped by Street.
3-Goal from the 4: Anthony throws the ball away. QB pressure by Josh and Chenault.
4-Goal from the 4: Pass by Anthony to Matta - incomplete.

That's game. 4 - 3, Red.

Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Anthony	18	1	44	40.91%	142	1	1	5	-27	47.73
Ray	1	0	6	16.67%	4	0	1	0	0	0.00
Street	25	2	59	42.37%	369	4	5	6	-51	50.74

Nice debut for the rookie: nearly 41% completion percentage and only 1 pick. He was sacked 5 times but only for 27 yards and far more often than not, he was able to use his legs to avoid pressure and make a throw. That may not have come through in the play-by-play but there were many plays where there was pressure and he always looked for a receiver. His two runs were actually called plays.

Receiving/Rushing Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined	Blocks	1st Downs
Chenault	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Day	8	12	127	2	0	0	0	127	0	5
Jesse	8	16	149	0	1	0	0	149	0	6
Josh	5	11	107	1	0	0	0	107	0	3
RChin	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Street	0	1	0	0	1	12	0	12	0	1
Treadaway	4	7	37	1	0	0	0	37	0	0
Adam	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Anthony	1	4	4	0	2	87	1	91	0	1
Barry	5	7	51	0	0	0	0	51	0	1
Carlos	4	10	34	0	0	0	0	34	0	1
Mario	1	5	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	1
Matta	1	5	31	0	0	0	0	31	0	1
Ray	7	11	47	1	0	0	0	47	0	2

3 Receivers with over 100 yards in a game. Jesse led with 149 yards on 8 catches which resulted in 6 first downs. Day was next with 127 yards on 8 catches for 2 TDs and 5 first downs. Then we had Josh with 107 yards on 5 catches good for a TD and 3 first downs. That's a lot of offense for 3 receivers in a game on the same team.

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Passes Defensed	INTs	Strips	Sacks/ Stops for Loss	Pressures	Safeties	Def TDs
Chenault	5	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
Day	3.5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse	3.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	0	2	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
RChin	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Street	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Treadaway	2	2	0	0	1	0.5	0	0
Adam	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Anthony	8	6	3	0	0	0	0	1
Barry	5.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos	6	0	0	0	4	2	0	0
Mario	2.5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matta	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ray	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Anthony had the biggest day on defense with 3 picks (one a pick-six) and six other defensed passes. He also had 8 flags. I normally don't mention flags for the secondary because usually they are by people who gave up the catch. But from the sideline I saw that about 4 of his flags were on receivers he was not covering. Carlos and Chenault also had huge days with 4 sacks each and Chenault getting an additional pressure and Carlso getting 2. But many other players had big days. Day hada pick and 2 defensed passes. Josh, Mario, and Treadaway each defensed 2 passes. Street had a pick and a defensed pass. Ray had 2 picks. Even the wounded players were making plays before their injuries: RChin had a defensed pass and Adam had 2 sacks and a QB pressure (in 50 minutes! Imagine what they might have done in 3 hours).

Special Teams Stats:

Players	Punts	Punt Yards	Punts Fielded
Anthony	2	42	0
RChin	0	0	1
Ray	1	41	0

Awards:
As you can tell from my glowing commentary, I think there were a lot of players who had really outstanding play that is deserving of recognition. That makes this week's awards much harder than usual. Sometimes during a game you get a sense of who is going to win the awards. Up until the end of this one, I was pretty sure I knew what the awards would be. With Yellow leading for most of the game, I figured it would be Anthony for MVP, Day for Offensive Player of the Game, and Carlos for Defensive Player of the Game.

When I got home the stats more or less backed that up except for one major problem: most people in this group think that the MVP should come from the winning team and I have been criticized in the past for picking an MVP from the losing team even when it was obvious that the player I chose had the dominant performance of the game on either team and the winning team had no standout player. And lets be honest, Anthony had a very good day on offense and was dominant on defense.

My other chief candidate for MVP this week after reviewing the stats was Day who really had a smoking day on offense making numerous clutch catches and also had a very nice day on defense and was on the winning team. Day has always been a solid player who is very valuable to his team but this week was really a breakout.

So, I'm going to take the chickenshit way out and award the MVP to both Anthony and Day. If they had had these performances in different games than each other (and had Anthony been on the winning team in the game) they each would have almost certainly won an MVP that week. Further, this game was tied at the end and then Yellow's leading receiver had to leave and was replaced by a cripple and only then, did they lose. They might have lost even if Ray had been available but subbing crippled Adam for even a tired Ray is not a great deal (not that I think there was ANY other way to have fairly done it) but had Adam not been able to play offensive line, the game would have ended in a tie.

So that leaves Offensive and Defensive Players of the Game. Jesse and Josh were the remaining contenders for Offensive Player of the Game abut I'm going to give the award to Josh who earned 18.2 fantasy points compared to 17.9 for Jesse. I built a fantasy point generator into my stats tool to help me with these types of decisions so I'm using it now. Carlos gets the Defensive Player of the Week award edging out Chenault based on an extra flag and extra QB pressure.