Week 2 Game Summary:

R - Adam, Canadian, Chenault, Jimmy, Josh, Leo, Matta, & Ricky
Y - Andre, Biscuits, Charles, Curtis, Day, Jesse, Mark, Street, & Zieser

Game was 8 on 8.

Yellow Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Day - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Andre - defensed by Jimmy.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Day - 13 yard gain - stopped by Ricky.
1-19 from the 21: Pass by Street to Mark - 7 yard gain - stopped by going out of bounds. Very nice throw to the outside shoulder out in front where only the receiver could get it.
2-12 from the 28: Pass by Street to Andre - intercepted by Canadian - stopped by Biscuits. Key Drive-Ending Play. TD saving flag

Red Drive #1
1-Goal from the 8: Pass by Leo to Canadian - 8 yard gain and the TD. Canadian gets his TD anyway. 1 - 0, Red.

Yellow Drive #2
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Curtis - dropped.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Charles - 13 yard gain - stopped by Canadian.
1-19 from the 21: Pass by Street to Jesse - defensed by Leo. Nice throw but Leo closes ground on Jesse's wheel route and sticks his hand in to knock it down.
2-19 from the 21: Pass by Street to Charles - incomplete. Ball behind.
3-19 from the 21: Run by Street for 21 yards - stopped by Jimmy.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Street to Jesse - 7 yard gain - stopped by Adam.
2-11 from the 31: Pass by Street to Curtis - 26 yard gain - stopped by Adam.
1-Goal from the 5: Pass by Street to Biscuits - 5 yard gain and the TD. Nice touch on the fade route to the back of the endzone. 1 - 1, Tie.

Red Drive #2
1-12 from the 8: Run by Leo for 6 yards - stopped by Street.
2-6 from the 14: Pass by Leo to Jimmy - 8 yard gain - stopped by Andre.
1-18 from the 22: Pass by Leo to Adam - dropped. Ball was short but Adam got back to it and should have had it.
2-18 from the 22: Run by Leo for 58 yards and the TD. Key block by Adam. Broken play and Leo gets away. Once it was clear that it was a run Adam started blocking Andre while Leo was about 30 yards away. 2 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #3
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Andre - incomplete. Ball wide on a cross.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Charles - incomplete.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Mark - 11 yard gain - stopped by Leo.
4-1 from the 19: Run by Street for 3 yards - stopped by Matta.
1-18 from the 22: Pass by Street to Zieser - 58 yard gain and the TD. Key block by Charles. Little 10-15 yard out or comeback but someone missed the flag early and Charles escorted Zieser down the field - staying between Canadian and Zieser. That's what you do on a big play, you get into position to help your teammate. 2 - 2, Tie.

Red Drive #3
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Ricky - defensed by Curtis.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Canadian - 46 yard gain - stopped by Charles. Great diving catch way down the field.
1-6 from the 26: Run by Leo for 4 yards - stopped by Street.
2-2 from the 22: Pass by Leo to Josh - defensed by Charles.
3-2 from the 22: Pass by Leo to Chenault - defensed by Curtis.
4-2 from the 22: Pass by Leo to Josh - 22 yard gain and the TD. 3 - 2, Red.

Yellow Drive #4
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Biscuits - 48 yard gain - stopped by Adam.
1-4 from the 24: Pass by Street to Curtis - 9 yard gain - stopped by Jimmy.
1-Goal from the 15: Run by Street for 10 yards - stopped by Ricky.
2-Goal from the 5: Pass by Street to Curtis - 5 yard gain and the TD. 3 - 3, Tie.

Red Drive #4
1-12 from the 8: Leo - sacked by Biscuits. Loss of 4 yards.
2-16 from the 4: Pass by Leo to Jimmy - incomplete. Ball wide on an out.
3-16 from the 4: Pass by Leo to Canadian - intercepted by Street - stopped by Adam. Key Drive-Ending Play.

Yellow Drive #5
1-Goal from the 8: Pass by Street to Mark - 8 yard gain and the TD. 4 - 3, Yellow.

Red Drive #5
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Chenault - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Run by Leo for 8 yards - stopped by Andre.
3-4 from the 16: Pass by Leo to Jimmy - 4 yard gain - stopped by Charles.
1-20 from the 20: Pass by Leo to Jimmy - 39 yard gain - stopped by Street.
1-1 from the 21: Leo - sacked by Mark. Loss of 11 yards.
2-12 from the 32: Leo - sacked by Biscuits. Loss of 1 yards. This was a run and Biscuits took a great angle to get Leo out on the edge.
3-13 from the 33: Pass by Leo to Josh - intercepted by Street - stopped by Chenault. Key Drive-Ending Play.

Yellow Drive #6
1-13 from the 27: Pass by Street to Andre - defensed by Canadian.
2-13 from the 27: Pass by Street to Andre - 9 yard gain - stopped by Canadian.
3-4 from the 36: Run by Street for 6 yards - stopped by Canadian.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Street to Zieser - 38 yard gain and the TD. Ricky has been hobbled by an ankle and is sent home by Canadian. Zieser switches to Red. 5 - 3, Yellow.

Red Drive #6
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Canadian - 9 yard gain - stopped by Street. Quick slant.
2-3 from the 17: Pass by Leo to Chenault - incomplete.
3-3 from the 17: Run by Leo for 7 yards - stopped by Curtis.
1-16 from the 24: Pass by Leo to Adam - 41 yard gain - stopped by Street.
1-Goal from the 15: Run by Leo for 15 yards and the TD. 5 - 4, Yellow.

Yellow Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Run by Street for -3 yards - sacked by Chenault.
2-15 from the 5: Pass by Street to Mark - 33 yard gain - stopped by Zieser.
1-2 from the 38: Pass by Street to Jesse - incomplete. Ball low with Leo in good coverage.
2-2 from the 38: Run by Charles for 1 yards - stopped by Adam.
3-1 from the 39: Pass by Street to Jesse - incomplete. Ball short.
4-1 from the 39: Pass by Street to Mark - 2 yard gain - stopped by Jimmy.
1-19 from the 39: Pass by Street to Day - 0 yard gain - stopped by Canadian. Canadian was going for the ball when Day and Adam crashed into him also going for the ball.
2-19 from the 39: Street - sacked by Matta. Loss of 5 yards.
3-24 from the 36: Pass by Street to Jesse - 18 yard gain - stopped by Jimmy.
4-6 from the 26: Pass by Street to Jesse - 26 yard gain and the TD. 6 - 4, Yellow.

Red Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Run by Leo for 7 yards - stopped by Curtis.
2-5 from the 15: Pass by Leo to Zieser - incomplete. Ball wide.
3-5 from the 15: Pass by Leo to Canadian - 8 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Leo to Josh - 25 yard gain - stopped by Street. Josh broke a tackle on a 10 yard out.
1-12 from the 32: Pass by Leo to Canadian - defensed by Jesse.
2-12 from the 32: Run by Leo for 17 yards - stopped by Street.
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Leo to Josh - defensed by Curtis.
2-Goal from the 15: Run by Leo for 15 yards and the TD. Key block by Matta. Matta went up the field from the center position to take on Jesse. Leo made two nice hip-moves to make Street and Biscuits miss flags. 6 - 5, Yellow.

Yellow Drive #8
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Andre - defensed by Canadian. Canadian came flying in making a huge play on the ball and would have been in for the TD before anyone could have reacted.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Day - incomplete. Ball high and Canadian tried to get the pick diving back from further downfield where he was covering a different man.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Curtis - incomplete.
4-12 from the 8: Punt by Mark for 46 yards. Beaut of a punt.

Red Drive #8
1-14 from the 26: Pass by Leo to Adam - 54 yard gain and the TD. Deep banana route, way behind the safety. 6 - 6, Tie.

Yellow Drive #9
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Biscuits - 10 yard gain - stopped by Jimmy.
2-2 from the 18: Run by Street for 10 yards - stopped by Canadian.
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Street to Charles - 9 yard gain - stopped by Adam.
2-3 from the 37: Pass by Street to Jesse - intercepted by Canadian - stopped by Charles. Key Drive-Ending Play.

Red Drive #9
1-2 from the 38: Pass by Leo to Zieser - incomplete.
2-2 from the 38: Run by Leo for 7 yards - stopped by Andre.
1-15 from the 35: Pass by Leo to Josh - intercepted by Biscuits who takes it in for the TD. Key Drive-Ending Play. 7 - 6, Yellow.

Red Drive #10
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Matta - incomplete. Ball short.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Chenault - defensed by Jesse. Ball must have come out wrong because it was going right to Jesse in the middle of the field. Curtis, however, was playing the ball and didn't see that his own man was about to pick it. Neither came up with it.
3-12 from the 8: Leo - sacked by fumbling the ball for a safety. Loss of 8 yards. Leo just dropped the ball in the endzone. That's game, 7.5 - 6, Yellow.


Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
R	11	1	31	35.48%	240	3	3	4	-24	56.59
Y	21	1	37	56.76%	347	6	2	2	-8	105.52
Leo	11	1	31	35.48%	240	3	3	4	-24	56.59
Street	21	1	37	56.76%	350	6	2	1	-5	105.86

Decent games by both QBs but a 56.76 completion rate and 105.86 QB rating is really steller.

Running Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined	Yards Per Carry	Blocks	1st Downs
R	11	31	264	3	10	144	3	408	19.4286	2	10
Y	21	37	355	6	6	51	0	406	15.037	1	11
Adam	2	3	95	1	0	0	0	95	47.5	1	1
Canadian	4	6	71	1	0	0	0	71	17.75	0	2
Chenault	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Jimmy	3	4	51	0	0	0	0	51	17	0	3
Josh	2	6	47	1	0	0	0	47	23.5	0	1
Leo	0	0	0	0	10	144	3	144	14.4	0	3
Matta	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0
Ricky	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Andre	1	6	9	0	0	0	0	9	9	0	0
Biscuits	3	3	63	1	0	0	0	63	21	0	1
Charles	2	4	22	0	1	1	0	23	7.66667	1	1
Curtis	3	5	40	1	0	0	0	40	13.3333	0	2
Day	2	4	13	0	0	0	0	13	6.5	0	1
Jesse	3	7	51	1	0	0	0	51	17	0	0
Mark	5	5	61	1	0	0	0	61	12.2	0	2
Street	0	0	0	0	5	50	0	50	10	0	4
Zieser	2	4	96	2	0	0	0	96	48	0	0

Second week in a row that Leo led in running with 144 yards and 3 rushing TDs on 10 carries. Zieser was next with 96 and 2 TDs followed by Adam with 95 yards and a TD. Biscuits was 3 of 3 for 63 yards and a TD.

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Passes Defensed	INTs	Strips	Sacks/ Stops for Loss	Sacked Yards	Pressures	Safeties	Key Drive Ending Plays	Def TDs
R	25	4	2	0	2	-8	0	0	2	0
Y	21	6	3	0	4	-24	0	1	3	1
Adam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canadian	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Chenault	2	0	0	0	1	-3	0	0	0	0
Jimmy	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leo	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matta	2	0	0	0	1	-5	0	0	0	0
Ricky	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Biscuits	3	0	1	0	2	-5	0	0	1	1
Charles	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curtis	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Day	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark	1	0	0	0	1	-11	0	0	0	0
Street	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Zieser	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Canadian had a big day with 2 picks and 2 defensed passes. Street also had 2 picks and Curtis had 3 defensed passes. Biscults had a pick-six (first of the year) plus 2 sacks on Leo (not easy given one of them was on a run).

Special Teams Stats:

Players	Punts	Punt Yards	Punts Fielded
Mark	1	46	0

Awards:

MVP - Street. Offensive Player of the Game - Leo. Defensive Player of the Game - Biscuits.

Season 15 Week 1 Game Summary:

Game was 9 on 9.

R - Adam, BB, Biscuits, Cain, Canadian, Carlos, Charles, Day, Ricky, Treadaway, & Zieser
Y - Andre, Burleson, Chenault, Gary, Jesse, Josh, Leo, Mark, Matta, Nick, & Paul

Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Run by Cain for 1 yards - stopped by Burleson.
2-11 from the 9: Pass by Cain to Treadaway - defensed by Burleson.
3-11 from the 9: Cain - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 7 yards.
4-18 from the 2: Punt by Cain for 35 yards.

Yellow Drive #1
1-17 from the 37: Run by Nick for 3 yards - stopped by Biscuits.
2-14 from the 34: Nick - sacked by Ricky. Loss of 3 yards.
3-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Burleson - 20 yard gain - stopped by Treadaway.
1-Goal from the 17: Pass by Nick to Mark - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 17: Run by Nick for 7 yards - stopped by Biscuits.
3-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Burleson - defensed by Ricky.
4-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Gary - defensed by BB.

Red Drive #2
1-10 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Zieser - 14 yard gain - stopped by Nick.
1-16 from the 24: Pass by Cain to Carlos - dropped.
2-16 from the 24: Cain - sacked by Matta. Loss of 4 yards.
3-20 from the 20: Run by Cain for 24 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-16 from the 36: Pass by Cain to Canadian - intercepted by Burleson - stopped by Canadian.

Yellow Drive #2
1-16 from the 24: Run by Paul for 1 yards - stopped by Ricky. Very nice misdirection run but Ricky saved what would have been a huge play.
2-15 from the 25: Pass by Nick to Jesse - 5 yard gain - stopped by Carlos.
3-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Paul - 16 yard gain - stopped by Canadian.
1-14 from the 34: Run by Nick for 18 yards - stopped by Zieser. Adam missed Nick at the 32 and then again at the 25.
1-Goal from the 16: Pass by Nick to Chenault - defensed by Treadaway.
2-Goal from the 16: Pass by Nick to Josh - defensed by Day. Very nice play by Day.
3-Goal from the 16: Run by Nick for 6 yards - stopped by Zieser.
4-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Josh - 10 yard gain and the TD. 1 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #3
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Treadaway - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Biscuits - incomplete.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Adam - dropped.
4-12 from the 8: Punt by Cain for 38 yards.

Yellow Drive #3
1-6 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Gary - incomplete.
2-6 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Mark - incomplete.
3-6 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Leo - 11 yard gain - stopped by Zieser. Adam again missed the flag.
1-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Leo - defensed by Adam.
2-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Burleson - defensed by Zieser.
3-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Gary - 20 yard gain - stopped by BB.
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Leo - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Mark - incomplete. Ball long.
3-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Leo - defensed by Canadian.
4-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Mark - incomplete. Ball behind.

Red Drive #4
1-5 from the 15: Pass by Cain to BB - dropped.
2-5 from the 15: Pass by Cain to Zieser - incomplete. Ball long.
3-5 from the 15: Pass by Cain to Canadian - intercepted by Nick - stopped by Canadian.

Yellow Drive #4
1-Goal from the 17: Pass by Nick to Paul - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-Goal from the 17: Nick throws the ball away. QB pressure by Cain.
3-Goal from the 17: Pass by Nick to Paul - incomplete. Supposed to be a Cuba back to Leo.
4-Goal from the 17: Pass by Nick to Paul - defensed by Treadaway.

Red Drive #5
1-3 from the 17: Pass by Cain to Treadaway - incomplete.
2-3 from the 17: Pass by Cain to Biscuits - 44 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
1-Goal from the 19: Cain - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 7 yards.
2-Goal from the 26: Cain throws the ball away. QB pressure by Mark.
3-6 from the 26: Cain - sacked by Mark. Loss of 4 yards.
4-10 from the 30: Punt by Cain for 22 yards received by Leo.

Yellow Drive #5
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Leo - 9 yard gain - stopped by BB.
2-3 from the 17: Run by Nick for 20 yards - stopped by Treadaway.
1-3 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Burleson - intercepted by Zieser - stopped by Paul.

Red Drive #6
1-Goal from the 10: Pass by Cain to Canadian - 9 yard gain - stopped by Paul.
2-Goal from the 1: Pass by Cain to Zieser - defensed by Matta. Ball slipped.
3-Goal from the 1: Pass by Cain to Canadian - incomplete.
4-Goal from the 1: Pass by Cain to Canadian - incomplete.

Yellow Drive #6
1-19 from the 1: Pass by Nick to Leo - dropped.
2-19 from the 1: Pass by Nick to Paul - 22 yard gain - stopped by Canadian.
1-17 from the 23: Run by Leo for 11 yards - stopped by Zieser.
2-6 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Burleson - 13 yard gain - stopped by Treadaway.
1-13 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Leo - incomplete. Leo looked inside on a seam route and Nick threw to the outside.
2-13 from the 33: Nick - sacked by Zieser. Loss of 3 yards.
3-16 from the 36: Pass by Nick to Paul - 14 yard gain - stopped by Canadian.
4-2 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Jesse - intercepted by BB - stopped by Jesse.

Red Drive #7
1-1 from the 19: Run by Charles for 23 yards - stopped by Jesse. Charles came across on set and showed his blazing speed around the edge.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Cain to Ricky - 3 yard gain - stopped by Andre.
2-15 from the 35: Run by Cain for 5 yards - stopped by Chenault.
3-10 from the 30: Pass by Cain to Biscuits - incomplete.
4-10 from the 30: Cain - sacked by Chenault. Loss of 9 yards.

Yellow Drive #7
1-1 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Josh - 41 yard gain and the TD. 2 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #8
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Carlos - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Canadian - 7 yard gain - stopped by Paul.
3-5 from the 15: Pass by Cain to Treadaway - defensed by Paul.
4-5 from the 15: Punt by Cain for 35 yards.

Yellow Drive #8
1-10 from the 30: Run by Leo for 12 yards - stopped by BB. Pitch to Chenault running one way with a reverse to Leo.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Ball a bit high and behind.
2-18 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Leo - 4 yard gain - stopped by BB.
3-14 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Leo for 3 yards. Leo pitches to Paul who takes it 10 yards - stopped by Zieser who forced a fumble.
4-1 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Matta - defensed by Canadian.

Red Drive #9
1-19 from the 21: Run by Adam for 8 yards - stopped by Burleson. Option pitch from Cain.
2-11 from the 29: Pass by Cain to Zieser - 10 yard gain - stopped by Jesse.
3-1 from the 39: Pass by Cain to Biscuits - intercepted by Jesse - stopped by Adam.

Yellow Drive #9
1-18 from the 38: Nick - sacked by BB. Loss of 4 yards.
2-22 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Mark - 16 yard gain - stopped by Treadaway. Key block by Jesse.
3-6 from the 26: Run by Nick for 2 yards - stopped by Cain.
4-4 from the 24: Pass by Nick to Mark - 6 yard gain - stopped by Canadian.
1-Goal from the 18: Run by Burleson - stopped for loss by Cain. Loss of 6 yards.
2-Goal from the 24: Pass by Nick to Burleson - incomplete.
3-Goal from the 24: Pass by Nick to Jesse - 1 yard gain - stopped by BB.
4-Goal from the 23: Nick - sacked by Ricky. Loss of 9 yards.

Red Drive #10
1-8 from the 32: Run by Charles for 1 yards - stopped by Paul.
2-7 from the 33: Pass by Cain to Treadaway - 11 yard gain - stopped by Andre.
1-16 from the 36: Run by Canadian - stopped for loss by Matta. Loss of 5 yards.
2-21 from the 39: Run by Cain for 9 yards - stopped by Mark.
3-12 from the 32: MISSED THIS PLAY BUT IT WAS LIKELY AN INCOMPLETE PASS OR A SACK.
4-12 from the 32: Punt by Cain for 8 yards. Canadian and Cain now leave the game leaving Red down one primary quarterback/strong rusher and a top receiver/corner.

Yellow Drive #10
1-16 from the 24: Run by Gary for 1 yards - stopped by Biscuits.
2-15 from the 25: Pass by Nick to Leo - 2 yard gain - stopped by Zieser. Zieser forces another fumble.
3-13 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Gary - 25 yard gain - stopped by BB.
1-8 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Paul - incomplete. Ball long.
2-8 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Paul - 2 yard gain - stopped by BB.
3-6 from the 26: Pass by Nick to Leo - 23 yard gain - stopped by Adam.
1-Goal from the 3: Nick - sacked by Carlos. Loss of 1 yards. Called run for Nick.
2-Goal from the 4: Pass by Nick to Leo - 4 yard gain and the TD. 3 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #11
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Zieser to Ricky - incomplete. Ball high.
2-12 from the 8: Zieser fumbled the ball for a 3 yard loss.
3-15 from the 5: Zieser fumbled the ball for a 3 yard loss again it appears.
4-18 from the 2: Punt by Treadaway for 33 yards received by Gary.

Yellow Drive #11
1-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Jesse - 2 yard gain - stopped by Zieser.
2-13 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Paul for a 5 yard gain. Paul pitches to Leo who takes it 19 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-Goal from the 9: Pass by Nick to Mark - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 9: Run by Nick for 7 yards - stopped by BB.
3-Goal from the 2: Run by Mark for 2 yards and the TD. Patented TE misdirection run. Day is hurt and Chenault fills in on Red temporarily. 4 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #12
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Biscuits to Unknown - 2 yard gain - stopped by Matta.
2-10 from the 10: Pass by Biscuits to Charles - incomplete.
3-10 from the 10: Pass by Biscuits to Adam - defensed by Burleson. Ball behind. Day was back in on Red for this play and Chenault back to Yellow.
4-10 from the 10: Pass by Biscuits to Charles - incomplete. Carlos is out and Mark takes his place on Red.

Yellow Drive #12
1-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Leo - defensed by Adam. Biscuits and Mark both leave but Carlos is back and now Josh joins Red.
2-Goal from the 10: NO RECORDING FOR THIS PLAY BUT IT WAS LIKELY AN INCOMPLETE PASS GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED ON PLAYS BEFORE AND AFTER IT
3-Goal from the 10: Nick - sacked by Day. Loss of 5 yards.
4-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Leo - defensed by Adam.

Red Drive #13
1-5 from the 15: Run by BB for 9 yards - stopped by Jesse.
1-16 from the 24: COULDN'T MAKE OUT ANYTHING FROM THE RECORDING ON THIS FILE.
2-16 from the 24: Pass by Zieser to Carlos - 15 yard gain - stopped by Matta.
3-1 from the 39: Pass by Zieser to Carlos for 3 yards. Carlos pitched to Charles who takes it in for the TD. 4 - 1, Yellow.

Yellow Drive #13
1-12 from the 8: Run by Nick for 3 yards - stopped by BB.
2-9 from the 11: COULDN'T MAKE OUT ANYTHING FROM THE RECORDING ON THIS FILE.
3-9 from the 11: Pass by Nick to Jesse - defensed by Treadaway.
4-9 from the 11: Punt by Leo for 33 yards received by Zieser.

Red Drive #14
1-4 from the 36: Pass by Zieser to Unknown - 13 yard gain - stopped by Unknown. Could't make out any of the details of this play other than where it ended.
1-11 from the 31: Pass by Zieser to Adam - incomplete. Ball short.
2-11 from the 31: Run by Zieser for 15 yards - stopped by Jesse.
1-Goal from the 16: Pass by Zieser to Adam - intercepted by Nick - stopped by fumbling the ball. Ball behind. Nick was wrapped up and tried to pitch it to Jesse but it hit the ground.

That's game. 4 - 1, Yellow.


Stats News:
I'm introducing team stats (first two lines in each table), Yards per Carry, and Sack Yards and "Key Drive-Ending Plays" to the stats this year. I'm also greatly reducing use of the "QB Pressure" because I couldn't apply it evenly. My plan is to only use it where the ball was basically thrown away or there was intentional grounding.

A word about "Key Drive-Ending Plays", while the name seems simple, it's actually pretty complicated. A pick is always counted. A sack, stop for loss, or defensed pass counts for as a Key Drive Ending Play if it comes on 4th down OR it comes on 3rd down AND the offense punts on 4th down. I'm also looking at pressures but since I don't expect to use that stat as much, it will likely have less play in the new stat.

Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
R	13	3	42	30.95%	94	0	4	5	-31	0.79
Y	23	1	58	39.66%	249	3	2	6	-25	55.89
Cain	7	3	30	23.33%	67	0	3	5	-31	0.00
Biscuits	1	0	4	25.00%	2	0	0	0	0	39.58
Zieser	5	0	8	62.50%	25	0	1	0	0	27.60
Nick	23	1	58	39.66%	249	3	2	6	-25	55.89

Kudos to Nick for managing to throw nearly 40% of his passes in that rain.

Running Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined	Yards Per Carry	Blocks	1st Downs
R	13	42	125	0	11	128	1	253	10.5417	0	9
Y	23	58	274	3	16	116	1	390	10	1	13
Adam	0	4	0	0	1	8	0	8	8	0	0
BB	0	1	0	0	1	9	0	9	9	0	1
Biscuits	1	4	44	0	0	0	0	44	44	0	1
Cain	0	0	0	0	4	39	0	39	9.75	0	1
Canadian	2	6	16	0	1	-5	0	11	3.66667	0	0
Carlos	2	4	18	0	0	0	0	18	9	0	1
Charles	0	2	0	0	3	62	1	62	20.6667	0	1
Day	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Ricky	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Treadaway	1	5	11	0	0	0	0	11	11	0	1
Zieser	2	4	24	0	1	15	0	39	13	0	2
Andre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Burleson	2	6	33	0	1	-6	0	27	9	0	2
Chenault	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Gary	2	4	45	0	1	1	0	46	15.3333	0	2
Jesse	3	5	8	0	0	0	0	8	2.66667	1	0
Josh	2	3	51	2	0	0	0	51	25.5	0	0
Leo	7	14	56	1	3	42	0	98	9.8	0	4
Mark	2	7	22	0	1	2	1	24	8	0	1
Matta	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Nick	0	0	0	0	8	66	0	66	8.25	0	2
Paul	5	9	59	0	2	11	0	70	10	0	2

Leo nearly had 100 yards which is amazing in a game with 22 people and in the rain. He was followed by Paul, Nick and Charles in combined yardage totals. Josh was TD leader with 2 and was also leader in Yards Per Carry.

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Passes Defensed	INTs	Strips	Sacks/ Stops for Loss	Sacked Yards	Pressures	Safeties	Key Drive Ending Plays	Def TDs
R	41	12	2	0	6	-25	1	0	7	0
Y	31	4	4	0	5	-31	1	0	5	0
Adam	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
BB	10	1	1	0	1	-4	0	0	2	0
Biscuits	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cain	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Canadian	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Carlos	2	0	0	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0
Charles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Day	1	1	0	0	1	-5	0	0	0	0
Ricky	3	1	0	0	2	-12	0	0	1	0
Treadaway	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Zieser	8	1	1	0	1	-3	0	0	1	0
Andre	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burleson	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Chenault	4	0	0	0	3	-23	0	0	1	0
Gary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Josh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark	2	0	0	0	1	-4	1	0	0	0
Matta	4	1	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0	0
Nick	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Paul	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Red may not have won but 12 defensed passes, 2 picks and 6 sacks/stops for loss is a nice defensive effort. Chenault was leading lineman with 3 sacks for 23 yards (for being a Key Drive-Ending Play) and Matta and Ricky each had 2 sacks as well. After the game Matta said he thought he had 4 sacks but I didn't get them recorded so he might have gotten screwed by the weather. Leaders in the secondary were Nic with 2 picks, Burleson with 2 defensed passes and a pick, Adam and Treadway had 3 defensed passes, Canadian had 2 defensed passes and BB and Zieser had the Hat Trick of a pick a defensed pass, and a sack.

Special Teams:

Players	Punts	Punt Yards	Punts Fielded
Red	6	171	1
Yellow	1	33	2
Cain	5	138	0
Treadaway	1	33	0
Zieser	0	0	1
Gary	0	0	1
Leo	1	33	1

Awards:
Nick wins MVP. Leo is Offensive Player of the Game. Having finished the stats-system modifications I was working on, I can now say that Chenault was Defensive Player of the Game.

Season 15 Practice #2
After a great practice last week with 12 guys, this week was rather more disappointing. Only 8 showed up: Mark, Chenault, Treadaway, Jesse, Carlos, Leo, and Day. Rather than running drills, we basically ran a 4 on 4 scrimmage Leo QB'ing most of the time and Mark taking a series or two (one of which included a terrific in stride 40 yard throw to Treadaway).

I'm wondering if we should put the people who came out and practiced at least once on the same team as a reward for the first game >:)

Real games start on the 12th. Note the start time at 8:45. That means teams being picked at 8:45 and the game starting by 8:50. We are sure to have lots of guys the first part of the season so if you're not there on time, you will have to wait to sub in. My suggestion is get there by 8:30 and warm up.

Season 15 Practice #1: 8/29/09

Great turnout at practice today: Cain, Nick, Leo, Jesse, Mark, Carlos, Ricky, Gary, Andre, Biscuits, Matta, Day, and Mark's brother-in-law. A word on this last attendee. He is not joining the game. He's a cyclist who just moved to town and hasn't found a riding group yet. So we are not opening the roster yet.

We also got some good stuff done. Simple 4 on 4 to start with followed by some 4 on 4 with minor line play. We also did a good receiver drill that Mark found but perhaps the most valuable parts were the route and line drills.

Nick pointed out that the 2 most basic cut routes we run are the slant and the out but there is little consistency in the way the routes are actually run. Some people may run one or the other pretty good but many people have never been shown the mechanics of how to plan your cut, explode out of the cut and snap your head around with hands up immediately. So we set up two sets of cones and had everyone run crisp 2 yard slants and 10 yard outs with Nick and Cain serving as coaches to critique routes - they did it really well. Then we had 2 QBs throwing to receivers running those same routes with a corner backpeddling and not knowing whether it was a slant or out so the receiver could run the corner back before making the cut. Great drills and I think lots of people got something out of it.

After this, we ran a good line drill with players taking turns one at a time rushing the QB and then defending the QB. We set up a box that was about 3 yards wide by 5 yards deep and put the QB at the back of the box. The rusher had to touch the QB within 3 seconds and the O-lineman had to keep the defender off for 3 seconds. This was probably the BEST drill we ran and the one with the most value. First, it gave us time to really coach players to play O-line where people could watch and critique. Second, it put more pressure on the lineman to perform. It was one-on-one and everyone was watching. I saw people working hard at it. The only suggestion I have for next time is that I think we should have people like Mark and Matta do most of the rushing because they are who people really need to defend against. I also think that after we do some one-on-one drills like this, we should change it to 3 on 3 drills becasue that is the most common line we have in our games. We should still the QB lined up but not running and counting 3 seconds to see if the line can protect. This will help line practice communicating and we can make suggestions on technique for protection vs. different types of rushes. The one-on-one rush was pretty much center vs defensive tackle. Obviously we need to work on offensive tackle vs defensive ends too and a 3 on 3 drill will do that.

I would also suggest that for the real season, instead of having people standing around before the game just throwing the ball around, we run at least the one-on-one drill some as a warmup and to help players continue to improve. When people can watch and coach the lineman has a better chance to improve. During the real game, the only person who can help the offensive lineman is the defensive lineman (because the other members of the offense are busy blocking their own guys or running routes/looking to throw) and it's not really fair to expect the defense to coach the offense during the game other than maybe a newbie at the beginning of the game or if the score is really lopsided (which we don't want to happen anyway).

Big thanks to Mark, Nick, and Cain for stepping up with some great ideas today and thanks to everyone else for their attendance and great participation and coaching. Everyone was trying to help others get better as well as themselves. And thanks to the weather gods for keeping the temperature so low all morning and providing a nice breeze.

See you next week.

Season 15

This is the start of the 15th full year of this flag football game. It is not the same game that it was when it was formed but that's a good thing. While it has always been a good game due to the attitudes of the players and the type of game we've tried to make, the actual quality of the game play has gone through the roof, particularly in the past 4-5 years. The larger games, the incorporation of meaningful line play, the addition new players who bring new experience, ideas, and skills to the game.

Here's what we're looking at for the new year. We will be running practices on the 29th and 5th at 8:30 in Paterson Park - (off Airport, just East of 35). For those of you who attended practice last year, you know that they can be fun. There are several goals for practices:

1) Get people used to running in cleats again - you know how sore your normally are when you first start playing? Well practicing for 90 minutes for a couple weeks will help reduce that initial soreness you'll feel after the first few games.

2) Get QBs used to hitting receivers running real routes. While some of the QBs may have thrown the ball around some this summer, I'm sure that they'll appreciate the chance to practice without the rush in their face for a couple weeks.

3) Let people knock some rust off. Even if many routes are on 3/4 speed, it's good to get some get used to cutting, covering, and catching again.

I would also really like to see some offensive line work for players who need it. Biscuits says he has some things he learned in HS football that could help people how to better play line and I think our games will be much more fun for everyone if we improve offensive line play - there have been lots of debates about whether the defensive line rules need to be modified this summer but for now, I want to focus on improving line play.

Most people may not enjoy offensive line but if you want the QB to have time to get you the ball when you're in a route, you're depending on the other guys to buy the QB that time and you should work hard to try to do the same when it's your turn on the line. It's part of the social contract of the game.

Obviously practices, like games, are not mandatory but they do help and they are fun, particularly when we do our version of the 7 on 7 passing drills (4 on 4). We rotate guys in and out of positions to keep them fresh and keep the tempo up. We want to squeeze in as much passing as we can in 60-90 minutes without killing ourselves so ideally we get 12 guys or so out there.

After our 2 practice weeks are out of the way, we start Season 15 games at 8:30 at McNeil. Our season starts with early games for several reasons:

1) It's hotter out so starting earlier helps

2) College football is on and there are often early games that people want to see so starting at 8:30 allows us to play until 11-11:30 and still people home early enough to jump in the game without missing anything if they were smart enough to DVR it and then skip commercials.

After temperatures start to get more, we'll move the game back to our normal 9:00.

In addition to looking for improved offensive line play this year, I'm hoping we see better participation. While last year was great in terms of game sizes (we only had two games with less than 12), we had to get a lot of new players who did not stick it out to keep our numbers up. We certainly found some great new players who should be regulars this fall (BB, Gary, Charles, and others) but I'm really hoping that this year we'll have less turnover. Bringing in new guys who are going to stick it out is great but it sucks to play with someone who seems like a good fit and blows us off for the most part after that.

By my count we have about 25 guys who are likely to attend at least half the games this year. We never seem to have trouble with attendance early in the year (other than sometimes having too many people show up) because people are really excited to be playing again and seeing it on TV helps inspire people to play as well. However, I'm sure we will be eventually looking for some more regulars this year. As we look for them, here are some things I'd suggest we consider:

1) Guys who, if they are still into hitting the town and the bars, will still get up to the field on time the next morning;

2) Guys who are should be able to play offensive line (don't mean huge, just means of average size and willing to do it); and

3) Friends of people in the game. While I found a couple great new players last year via Craigslist, bringing in friends helps new guys fit in faster and extends their connection to the game.

Of course, I'm sure that we won't have problems to start the season and it will be some weeks before we're looking to add players (once we see who moved away or had other conflicts arise) but keep people in mind.

Look forward to seeing you at practice or games this fall.

What I did on my Summer Vacation

Big changes this year. Normally, my off-season has consisted primarily of riding my bike once or twice a weekend. This year, I had planned on doing just that and had even picked up a new carbon fiber bike to enjoy but things didn't quite work out.

Chris and Chenault had been talking to be about trying basketball all spring and I had considered it but had never really gotten around to it. Saturday football usually wiped me out pretty good and I work out on Sunday mornings during football season so by the time that was all done, the last thing I had was motivation to go out on Sunday afternoon to play basketball, particularly when playing in the afternoons in late April or May meant playing in much hotter temperatures than is my preference.

I'm really glad that I didn't go out and play with them this spring but I'm even more glad that I did go out to play this summer. I was horrible at basketball for my first several weeks and had I tried playing in the spring, I would have never stuck with it. But without football to focus on as my primary activity, when I started playing in June, I was able to keep playing and get passable. I say passable because even though I am still only good for 4 points per day (as in, over the course of 5-6 games), my defense got good enough that I felt I was able to contribute (thought probably not enough to make up for my poor offense as of yet). During my last games yesterday, I found myself getting much more comfortable with the whole court while on defense - able to slide over and stick a hand in on a drive by another man's player - little things to try to do more than just mindlessly follow my man around the court.

In any case, I'm thrilled to have found another sport so that when that day finally arrives that I can't play football anymore, I'll still have a competitive sport that is a hell of a lot of fun and that I can continue to learn and hopefully get better at.

And then I'm hoping that there are some benefits to playing basketball during the summer. I am famously heat intolerant - in fact, my football season pretty much normally doesn't begin until week 6 or so when it starts to cool down a bit. I'm hoping that playing basketball in 90+ degree heat for 3+ hours on Saturdays and cycling on Sundays will give me a better heat acclimation than just cycling has in the past.

I'll find out soon because football season is upon us.