Week 31 Game Summary:

R - Barry, Canadian, Day, Jesse, Josh, Nick, & Rick
Y - Adam, Chenault, Chris, JG, Leo, & Street

Game is 6 on 6.

Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Rick for 15 yards - stopped by JG.
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Rick for 4 yards. Rick pitches back to Canadian who takes it another 3 yards - stopped by JG.
2-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Barry for 7 yards - stopped by Chris.
3-3 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete. Ball wide.
4-3 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Rick for 10 yards - stopped by Street.
1-13 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Barry - incomplete. Ball long and wide.
2-13 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Canadian for 13 yards - stopped by Street.
1-Goal from the 20: Pass by Nick to Rick for 13 yards - stopped by Chenault.
2-Goal from the 7: Pass by Nick to Canadian defensed by Leo - incomplete. Ball a little behind.
3-Goal from the 7: Pass by Nick to Rick for 7 yards and the TD. 1 - 0, Red.

Yellow Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Street to Leo for 13 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-19 from the 21: Pass by Street to Leo defensed by Canadian - incomplete.
2-19 from the 21: Run by Leo for 7 yards - stopped by Josh.
3-12 from the 28: Pass by Street to Unknown - incomplete.
4-12 from the 28: Punt.

Red Drive #2
1-13 from the 7: Pass by Nick to Canadian for 5 yards - stopped by Leo.
2-8 from the 12: Pass by Nick to Jesse for 2 yards - stopped by JG.
3-6 from the 14: Pass by Nick to Canadian intercepted by Adam and the TD. Nick was throwning a really slick ball because it was heavier and less affected by the wind. Unfortunately, that slickness probably was why Canadian let this ball slip through his hands on a 5 yard cross and it landed in Adam's hands. 1 - 1, Tie.

Red Drive #3
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Jesse - incomplete. Ball long on a fly.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Day for 10 yards - stopped by Street. Day makes this catch on his knees bobbling the ball with Street in contact.
3-2 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Josh for 14 yards - stopped by Chris.
1-8 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Josh for 12 yards - stopped by JG.
1-16 from the 36: Sack of Nick by Chenault for -6 yards.
2-22 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Jesse for 10 yards - stopped by Adam.
3-12 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Day - incomplete. Ball long.
4-12 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Jesse - incomplete. Jesse catches the ball at the back of the endzone but can't get two feet in. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #3
1-8 from the 32: Pass by Street to Adam defensed by Barry - incomplete. Adam turns defender to prevent the pick.
2-8 from the 32: Pass by Street to Leo for 1 yards - stopped by Canadian.
3-7 from the 33: Pass by Street to Leo - incomplete. Broken play. Ball wide.
4-7 from the 33: Pass by Street to JG for 9 yards - stopped by Jesse.
1-18 from the 38: Run by Leo for -3 yards - stopped by Josh.
2-21 from the 41: Pass by Street to Leo for 15 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
3-6 from the 26: Pass by Street to JG - incomplete. Ball low.
4-6 from the 26: Pass by Street to Adam for 24 yards - stopped by Jesse. Broken play.
1-Goal from the 2: Pass by Street to Adam intercepted by Jesse - stopped by going out of bounds. Broken play. Jesse was actually defending another player on the play but the ball was low enough that he could jump up for it.

Red Drive #4
1-20 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Canadian defensed by JG - incomplete. Should have been picked.
2-20 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Rick for 17 yards - stopped by Street.
3-3 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Canadian for 13 yards - stopped by Leo.
1-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete.
2-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Barry - incomplete. Ball was thrown back across the field, short and wide.
3-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Rick defensed by Adam - incomplete. Chenault tipped the ball as it was thrown which prevented a PI call on Adam. Adam cut under Rick to play the ball but Rick believed the contact was interference.
4-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Rick defensed by Street - incomplete. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #4
1-10 from the 30: Run by Chris for 5 yards - stopped by Barry. Barry apparently broke his hand on this play because Chris ran him over.
2-5 from the 35: Pass by Street to Adam defensed by Jesse - incomplete. Jesse should have picked it but Adam pulled his hands appart as he was catching the ball.
3-5 from the 35: Pass by Street to Chris for 31 yards - stopped by Rick. Chris popped the ball up and then caught his own tip.
1-Goal from the 14: Run by Chris for 2 yards - stopped by Canadian. Reverse.
2-Goal from the 12: Pass by Street to Adam - incomplete. Adam and Jesse got tangled up and Adam tripped reaching for the ball.
3-Goal from the 12: Pass by Street to Adam intercepted by Jesse - stopped by Adam. That's 2 red zone picks by Jesse both of which prevented almost certain TDs.

Red Drive #5
1-15 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Day for 10 yards - stopped by JG.
2-5 from the 15: Pass by Nick to Day for 16 yards - stopped by JG.
1-9 from the 31: Pass by Nick to Rick for 10 yards - stopped by Chris.
1-19 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Day defensed by Leo - incomplete.
2-19 from the 39: Pass by Nick to Rick for 26 yards - stopped by Street. Great throw and catch.
1-Goal from the 13: Pass by Nick to Josh defensed by Chris - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 13: Pass by Nick to Rick - dropped.
3-Goal from the 13: Pass by Nick to Rick - incomplete. Rick got one foot in but the heel of his second foot was on the line - did I mention we had painted sidelines again?
4-Goal from the 13: Sack of Nick by Chenault for -8 yards.

Yellow Drive #5
1-19 from the 21: Pass by Street to Leo defensed by Jesse - incomplete.
2-19 from the 21: Pass by Street to Adam - dropped. Ball high on the sideline but Adam should have caught it.
3-19 from the 21: Pass by Street to Chenault - dropped. Chenault stayed in to block and Adam and Leo too all the defenders deep. Then Chenault leaked out uncovered.
4-19 from the 21: Punt.

Red Drive #6
1-1 from the 19: Pass by Nick to Canadian - dropped. Drag route underneath.
2-1 from the 19: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete. Ball behind.
3-1 from the 19: Pass by Nick to Day defensed by Adam - incomplete.
4-1 from the 19: Pass by Nick to Day for 4 yards - stopped by Chris. Chris stripped the ball.
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Canadian for 33 yards - stopped by Leo. Canadian ended up uncovered on a broken play.
1-4 from the 24: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-4 from the 24: Pass by Nick to Jesse for 24 yards and the TD. Jesse basically bobbled this ball for 5 yards before making the catch. 2 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #6
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Unknown intercepted by Day - stopped by Chenault. This appeared to literally be thrown to Day who had dropped back into coverage rather than blitzing as he had been all game.

Red Drive #7
1-Goal from the 13: Backward Pass by Nick to Rick for 0 yards - Adam immediately rushes Rick missing the flag but forcing Rick to throw the ball away to avoid the sack - heads-up play by Rick.
2-Goal from the 13: Pass by Nick to Rick - incomplete. Overthrown.
3-Goal from the 13: Sack of Nick by Leo for 0 yards.
4-Goal from the 13: Pass by Nick to Canadian for 13 yards and the TD. Deep cross route with bracketing coverage in front and behind but Nick puts the ball in perfectly wide where Canadian was pretty much the only one who could hope to get it. 3-1 Red.

Yellow Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Run by Leo for 28 yards - stopped by Nick. Flea flicker run. Play is a Pass/Run option with Chenault calling whether to run or not based on his read after the pitchback. - Key block by Adam.
1-4 from the 36: Pass by Leo to Chris defensed by Nick - incomplete.
2-4 from the 36: Pass by Leo to Chris for 11 yards - stopped by Rick.
1-13 from the 33: Pass by Leo to Chenault for 23 yards - stopped by Canadian. Defense brings 3 on the rush but the play was a quick hit to Chenault anyway so Leo was able to put it right over the blitzer's hands.
1-Goal from the 10: Pass by Leo to Adam - dropped. Broken play. Leo heaves it practically from sideline to sideline. Canadian jumps for the ball but misses. Unfortnately, with Jesse having picked 2 in front of Adam and nearly picked 2 more, Adam stopped thinking like a receiver when Canadian jumped the ball.
2-Goal from the 10: Pass by Leo to Chris for 4 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
3-Goal from the 6: Pass by Leo to Street intercepted by Jesse - stopped by Adam. That's three TD-stealing picks Jesse's had today.

Red Drive #8
1-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Day defensed by JG - incomplete. Ball too far inside on a fly route.
2-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Rick - incomplete. Ball wide.
3-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Rick for 11 yards - stopped by Adam.
4-4 from the 24: Pass by Nick to Rick defensed by Adam - incomplete. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #8
1-16 from the 24: Pass by Leo to Chenault for 7 yards. Chenault pitches it to Chris who takes up 25 yards - stopped by Canadian.
1-4 from the 24: Run by JG for 22 yards - stopped by Jesse. Nice run essentially up the middle. JG makes it through the first level and then gets to show some moves.
1-Goal from the 2: Run by Leo for 2 yards and the TD. Another flea flicker run but this one was a called run all the way. 3 - 2, Red.

Red Drive #9
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Jesse for 18 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-14 from the 26: Pass by Nick to Canadian for 48 yards - stopped by Adam. Simply a beautifully thrown ball on a fly route. Adam was lucky to get the stop given that Canadian had a step and Adam had hurt his calf.
1-Goal from the 6: Pass by Nick to Josh for 6 yards and the TD. Uncovered from hike which is crazy considering he's such a good receiver. 4 - 2, Red.

Yellow Drive #9
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Chris for 20 yards - stopped by Canadian. Very nice throw.
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Leo to Street for 14 yards - stopped by Canadian.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Leo to Chris for 11 yards - stopped by Canadian.
2-7 from the 27: Pass by Leo to Street for 9 yards - stopped by Canadian.
1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Leo to Adam for 18 yards and the TD. Jesse made a dive for the ball but Adam finally won one. 4 - 3, Red.

Red Drive #10
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Canadian defensed by Adam - incomplete.
4-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Canadian for 10 yards - stopped by JG.
5-2 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Canadian for 9 yards - stopped by Chenault.
1-13 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Canadian for yards - Ball long, incomplete.
2-13 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Jesse for 21 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-12 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Day for 16 yards - stopped by Chris.
1-Goal from the 16: Pass by Nick to Canadian for 16 yards and the TD. JG tipped the ball but it went up and Canadian was able to catch it. 5 - 3, Red.

Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Nick	34	2	62	54.84%	443	5	1	3	-14	97.72
Rick	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	39.58
Leo	9	1	13	69.23%	117	1	2	0	0	83.33
Street	6	2	18	33.33%	93	0	2	0	0	11.81

Nick had the biggest day with 443 yards and 5 TDs with only 1 pick but Leo's 69% completion rating was quite good and would have been better had he not thrown the pick to Day (the one to Jesse was not a good throw but at least it was thrown to Street who was on his team).

Receiving/Rushing Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined	Blocks	1st Downs
Adam	2	9	42	1	0	0	0	42	1	1
Chenault	2	3	30	0	0	0	0	30	0	1
Chris	5	6	77	0	3	32	0	109	0	4
JG	1	2	9	0	1	22	0	31	0	2
Leo	3	6	29	0	4	34	1	63	0	2
Street	2	3	23	0	0	0	0	23	0	2
Barry	1	3	7	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
Canadian	10	19	160	2	1	3	0	163	0	5
Day	5	9	56	0	0	0	0	56	0	3
Jesse	5	7	75	1	0	0	0	75	0	2
Josh	3	4	32	1	0	0	0	32	0	2
Nick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick	10	17	113	1	0	0	0	113	0	4

Canadian lead receivers with 163 yards and 2 TDs. Rick had 113 and a TD. Chris led yellow with 109 yards. Jesse had had 75 yards and a TD as well.

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks	Sack Yards	Safeties	Def TDs
Adam	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
Chenault	5	0	0	0	2	-14	0	0
Chris	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
JG	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leo	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Street	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barry	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canadian	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Day	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Adam actually led in defensive fantasy points with a Pick-Six and 4 defensed passes but Jesse's plays were bigger. He has 2 defensed passes and 3 picks - each of which likely saved a TD. Leo also had a big day with a pick, a sack, and 2 defensed basses. Nice debut by JG with 2 defensed passes as well. Chenault had 2 nice sacks one that dropped put yellow at 2-22 and the other that forced a turnover on downs.

MVP: In terms of numbers, there were a lot of worthy performances but the first test of an MVP is being a difference maker. There were three clearly worthy players this week:

1) Canadian had a huge game on offense and didn't do badly on defense.

2) Nick had a really terrific day at QB with huge yards, great completion percentages and his only pick was essentially a drop by Canadian. He didn't have big day on defense but did have a defensed pass.

3) Jesse had a massive game on defense and a strong game on offense.

If you saw the blog when initially posted, you'd know that I made a mistake and didn't code a TD correctly. That increased Nick and Canadian's stats and thus forced me to relook at the MVP award for the week. Nick had a great day as QB but I still think it was Jesse's picks that turned this game and its not like he didn't have a good game outside of those plays. In addition, had Jesse not made those picks, Adam would like likely had a 4 TD game and been MVP for Red had Red won. Jesse gets the honors two weeks in a row.

Week 30 Game Summary

This was a disappointing week - not so much the game which was relatively fun given the circumstances but because we only had enough players for 4 on 4.

Teams were a little odd. We actually started 5 on 4 with an all-time QB for a couple series and then dropped to 4 on 4 when Alex HS left. Leo ended up leaving around 11 as well but fortunately Ben had just shown up so he subbed in for Leo. The final teams were basically:

Y - Barry, Ben, Day, Leo, & Nick
R - Adam, Alex HS, Chenault, Jesse, & Matta

Yellow Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Barry - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Nick for 72 yards and the TD. Nick gets behind the defender on a fly route and Leo lays it up nicely. 1 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Jesse for 72 yards and the TD. Jesse catches the ball at the line of scrimmage, and crosses the field under the defense. Adam and Barry miss flags (though Barry was closer) and Jesse cuts back diagonally across the field again to the endzone with Adam in chase on too hot a day. 1 - 1, Tie.
1-12 from the 8: Run by for yards - stopped by .

Yellow Drive #2
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Chenault to Day - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Chenault to Nick for 25 yards - stopped by Jesse. Nick makes a diving catch and gets up untouched to run, couple missed flags and it’s a 25 yard gain.
1-7 from the 33: Pass by Chenault to Barry defensed by Leo - incomplete.
2-7 from the 33: Run by Nick for 8 yards - stopped by Matta. Sweep left.
1-19 from the 39: Pass by Chenault to Barry intercepted by Jesse - stopped by Barry.

Red Drive #2
1-5 from the 15: Pass by Chenault to Leo defensed by Adam - incomplete. Should have been picked.
2-5 from the 15: Pass by Chenault to Leo for 3 yards - stopped by Adam.
3-2 from the 18: Run by Leo for 3 yards - stopped by going out of bounds. Leo comes across on set and takes the hand off.
1-19 from the 21: Pass by Chenault to Leo for 3 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-16 from the 24: Sack of Chenault by Day for -4 yards.
3-20 from the 20: Pass by Chenault to Matta for 16 yards - stopped by Barry.
4-4 from the 36: Pass by Chenault to Matta for 17 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-7 from the 27: Pass by Chenault to Matta - incomplete. Ball out of bounds.
2-7 from the 27: Sack of Chenault by Day for -2 yards.
3-9 from the 29: Pass by Chenault to Alex HS - incomplete. Pretty much thrown away short.
4-9 from the 29: Pass by Chenault to Matta for 29 yards and the TD. Alex HS leaves and Adam goes from Yellow to Red where the teams pretty much lock down at 4 on 4 for the rest of the game. 2 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #3
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Nick - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Barry for 14 yards - stopped by Jesse.
1-18 from the 22: Pass by Leo to Day - incomplete. Day wasn't looking for the ball.
2-18 from the 22: Pass by Leo to Barry intercepted by Jesse and the TD. - Key block by Adam. 3 - 1, Red.

Yellow Drive #4
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Barry - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Day defensed by Adam - incomplete.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Barry for 20 yards - stopped by Jesse.
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Leo to Nick - incomplete. Another fly route with a nice throw and catch. 3 - 2, Red.

Red Drive #4
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Chenault to Jesse for 13 yards - stopped by Nick. Ugly throw and catch.
1-19 from the 21: Run by Adam for 3 yards - stopped by Leo. Bad run by Adam.
2-16 from the 24: Run by Adam for 6 yards - stopped by Nick.
3-10 from the 30: Pass by Chenault to Matta for 50 yards and the TD. 4 - 2, Red.

Yellow Drive #5
1-12 from the 8: Run by Nick for 2 yards - stopped by Chenault.
2-10 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Barry for 16 yards - stopped by Adam. Flea flicker with Nick back to Leo.
1-14 from the 26: Pass by Leo to Day for 8 yards - stopped by Jesse.
2-6 from the 34: Pass by Leo to Nick for 12 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-14 from the 34: Pass by Leo to Barry intercepted by Jesse - stopped by Day. Matta defensed the pass which resulted in Jesse getting the pick.

Red Drive #5
1-19 from the 21: Pass by Chenault to Adam for 20 yards - stopped by Leo.
1-19 from the 39: Pass by Chenault to Matta defensed by Day - incomplete. Day blitzed and tipped the ball.
2-19 from the 39: Run by Chenault for 0 yards - stopped by stepping over the line of scrimmage. Day forced Chenault up past the line of scrimmage.
3-19 from the 39: Pass by Chenault to Jesse for 3 yards - stopped by Barry.
4-16 from the 36: Pass by Chenault to Adam - incomplete. Ball wide. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #6
1-4 from the 36: Pass by Leo to Barry for 6 yards - stopped by Chenault.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Leo to Day for 4 yards - stopped by Adam. Flag guard by Matt.
2-14 from the 34: Pass by Leo to Nick - incomplete.
3-14 from the 34: Pass by Leo to Barry for 12 yards - stopped by Adam.
4-2 from the 22: Pass by Leo to Day for 22 yards and the TD. It was a good throw to the inside and deep where only Day could get it but Adam made a good play and grabbed Day's arm as he was catching the ball but Day made the catch one handed despite the contact. Hellava great play. 4 - 3, Red.

Red Drive #6
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Chenault to Jesse - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Chenault to Matta for 6 yards - stopped by Nick.
3-6 from the 14: Run by Jesse for 3 yards - stopped by Leo.
4-3 from the 17: Run by Chenault for 7 yards - stopped by Barry. Flea flicker and Chenault runs it.
1-16 from the 24: Pass by Jesse to Adam for 32 yards - stopped by Leo. Pitch to Jesse who Throws a very nice ball to Adam. Leo makes a nice flag as Adam cut back the other way opposite of Leo's momentum just as Leo was getting close to try to make him miss.
1-4 from the 24: Run by Jesse for 2 yards - stopped by Barry.
2-2 from the 22: Pass by Chenault to Adam for 7 yards - stopped by Barry. Screen.
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Chenault to Adam for 15 yards and the TD. 5 - 3, Red.

Yellow Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Barry - incomplete. Deep route. Ball wide.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Barry for 15 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Leo to Nick - incomplete. Ball short.
2-17 from the 23: Pass by Leo to Nick - incomplete.
3-11 from the 29: Pass by Leo to Barry for 51 yards and the TD. Leo leaves and Ben comes in for him. 5 - 4, Red.

Red Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Chenault to Matta - incomplete. Bad throw.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Chenault to Jesse for 24 yards - stopped by going out of bounds. Should have been a touchdown but ruled that he stepped out when he had all no pressure and no contact.
1-8 from the 32: Pass by Chenault to Matta for 6 yards - stopped by Nick.
2-2 from the 38: Run by Jesse for 9 yards - stopped by Day. Day made a hellava flag on this saving a lot more yardage.
1-13 from the 33: Pass by Chenault to Matta defensed by Nick - incomplete.
2-13 from the 33: Run by Adam for 6 yards - stopped by .
3-7 from the 27: Pass by Chenault to Matta defensed by Nick - incomplete.
4-7 from the 27: Pass by Chenault to Jesse for 11 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-Goal from the 16: Pass by Chenault to Jesse - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 16: Pass by Chenault to Jesse for 16 yards and the TD. Broken play. 6 - 4, Red.

Yellow Drive #8
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Barry for 10 yards - stopped by Matta.
2-2 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Ben intercepted by Jesse - stopped by Nick. Jesse was on Ben tight and Nick threw a deep ball. Both jumped for it but Jesse had gotten in perfectly and tipped the ball to himself.
Red Drive #8
1-Goal from the 20: Pass by Chenault to Matta - incomplete. Flag guard.
2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Chenault to Matta - incomplete.
3-Goal from the 10: Pass by Chenault to Adam - incomplete. 7 - 4, Red.

Yellow Drive #9
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Day for 13 yards. Day pitches back 3 yards to Nick. While Nick is securing the ball, Matta comes in and forces a fumble. Net 10 yard gain on the play.
2-2 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Ben for 7 yards - stopped by Jesse.
1-15 from the 25: Pass by Nick to Day for 27 yards - stopped by Matta.
1-8 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Barry - incomplete. Overthrown.
2-8 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Ben defensed by Jesse - incomplete. Nearly a repeat of the prior play between Ben and Jesse. Same part of the field, same route (but shorter), same coverage, same throw, same tip by Jesse but this time, Ben pulls Jesse down and prevents the pick. Heads up play by Ben.
3-8 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Day - incomplete. Overthrown.
4-8 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Ben for 9 yards - stopped by Jesse.
1-Goal from the 19: Sack of Nick by Chenault for -13 yards.
2-Goal from the 32: Pass by Nick to Barry - incomplete. Ball a little wide.
3-Goal from the 32: Pass by Nick to Ben defensed by Jesse - incomplete.
4-Goal from the 32: Pass by Nick to Day for 30 yards - stopped by Matta. Chenault chases Nick across the field twice before the ball if finally heaved down to the 2 yard line where Matta got the flag immediately. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #9
1-Goal from the 2: Pass by Chenault to Adam defensed by Barry - incomplete. Good play by Barry. Adam was isolated on the left and had gotten outside the defense. Had Barry not prevented the catch by cutting in, there would have been a ton of YAC. Its even more important because of what happens next . . .
2-Goal from the 2: Pass by Chenault to no one, it was thrown away intercepted by Nick and the TD. Chenault had been flushed right but rather than throw out of bounds, he threw back blindly to the middle of the field and, worse, threw it up high to get it over Day's tall arms in his face and it hung in the air for a long time making it easy for Nick to pick the ball at about the 5 and run it in. 7 - 5, Red.

Red Drive #10
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Chenault to Adam - dropped. Ball a little behind but should have been caught.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Chenault to Adam - incomplete. Way overthrown.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Chenault to Adam for 7 yards - stopped by Barry.
4-5 from the 15: Punt. 1st punt of the game.

Yellow Drive #11
1-20 from the 20: Sack of Ben by Adam for -1 yards.
2-21 from the 19: Pass by Ben to Day - incomplete. Ball way wide and long.
3-21 from the 19: Pass by Nick to Barry - incomplete. Overthrown.
4-21 from the 19: Pass by Nick to Ben - incomplete. That's game. 7-5, Red

Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Chenault	19	1	40	47.50%	281	5	2	2	-6	89.69
Jesse	1	0	1	100.00%	32	0	0	0	0	118.75
Nick	6	0	15	40.00%	96	0	1	1	-13	34.31
Leo	14	0	25	56.00%	376	5	2	0	0	107.08
Ben	0	0	2	0.00%	0	0	0	1	-1	39.58

Lot of QBs this week with 4 players lining up at QB (plus Jesse throwing on a half-back option). Leo had the best passing day with 376 yards, 5 TDs vs 2 picks with 56% completion rate. However, one really should not discount Chenault who improved upon the prior week's showing with a 47.5% completion rating and 5 TDs as well.

Receiving/Rushing Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined	Blocks	1st Downs
Barry	8	18	144	1	0	0	0	144	0	5
Ben	2	6	16	0	0	0	0	16	0	2
Day	6	11	104	1	0	0	0	104	0	1
Leo	2	3	6	0	1	3	0	9	0	1
Nick	4	8	161	2	3	7	0	168	0	3
Adam	6	10	91	2	3	15	0	106	1	3
Alex HS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chenault	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	7	0	1
Jesse	6	8	139	2	3	14	0	153	0	4
Matta	6	13	124	2	0	0	0	124	0	1

Our yards leader for the game Nick with 168. He wasn't the only player to end the day with triple digit yardage numbers but its worth remembering that without a line, everyone was a receiver on every play. So you should almost drop all the receiving/rushing numbers in half to compare them to a normal game. Having said that, Jesse had 153 yards (should have been another 47 yards on that one play where he was ruled to have stepped out), Barry had 144, Matta had 124, Adam had 106, and Day had 104. We had 4 players with 2 TDs, Nick, Adam, Jesse, and Matta. Jesse was Mr. Dependable with 6 catches of 8 targets and 3 rushes (4 plays resulting in 1st Downs and 2 resulting in TDs).

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks	Sack Yards	Safeties	Def TDs
Barry	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Day	4	1	0	0	2	-6	0	0
Leo	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
Adam	9	2	0	0	1	-1	0	0
Alex HS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chenault	3	0	0	0	1	-13	0	0
Jesse	7	2	4	0	0	0	0	1
Matta	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Two players, Nick and Jesse, had Pick-Sixes. Nick and Jesse both had 2 defensed passes but Jesse had 4 total picks. Day had 2 sacks. Adam had a sack and 2 defensed passes. Matta, Barry, Day, and Leo each had a defensed pass.

MVP - I feel a little badly here because Chenault played a very good game but honestly the race for MVP between Nick and Jesse. While it was close, Jesse had more fantasy points and was on the winning team and was a big reason for why his team won. His defense was outstanding and he made some terrific plays on offense like his first TD which was 72 yards, all YAC, and required about 110 yards of actual running.

Week 29 Game Summary

Let no one ever say that the Team without a traditional QB can't win. This game proved that if you play good D and hang around to the end, you can win it.


R - Adam, Alex HS, Chenault, Chris, David, Louis, Matta, & Paul
Y - Ben, Day, Eddie, Jesse, Kuzi, Mike, & Nick

A note on "Alex HS": about 2 hours into the game, David had to leave and some ROTC kid who plays for McNeil was begging us to be allowed to play. This poor kid ended up never getting a ball despite regaining us with his experience as a RB and WR. Chenault had him at TE to block and release on 5 yard curls when he wasn't on the line. On the last play of the game, he told him, "okay, if we don't score here, the next ball is going to you" and of course, Red scored.

Game is 7 on 7.

Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Run by Paul for 7 yards - stopped by Day. Fake run right with Adam. Wide pitch back left to Paul.
2-5 from the 15: Pass by Chenault to Paul for 20 yards - stopped by Ben. - Key block by Adam.
1-5 from the 35: Run by Adam for 27 yards - stopped by Day.
1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Chenault to Paul for 18 yards and the TD.

1 - 0, Red.

Yellow Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Jesse for 5 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-7 from the 13: Pass by Nick to Ben - incomplete. Ball a little long. Ben dove for it and was only barely able to make contact with his fingertips.
3-7 from the 13: Pass by Nick to Jesse - incomplete. Wide.
4-7 from the 13: Punt.

Red Drive #2
1-18 from the 22: Pass by Chenault to Chris - incomplete. Ball way wide.
2-18 from the 22: Pass by Chenault to Matta - incomplete. Ball wide.
3-18 from the 22: Sack of Chenault by Day for -1 yards.
4-19 from the 21: Punt.

Yellow Drive #2
1-1 from the 19: Pass by Nick to Day - incomplete. Great pressure and the ball is basically thrown blind.
2-1 from the 19: Pass by Nick to Kuzi for 1 yards - stopped by Chenault.
1-20 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Day - dropped.
2-20 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Ball was perhaps catchable but it was low.
3-20 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Kuzi for 13 yards - stopped by Adam.
4-7 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Kuzi for 10 yards - stopped by Louis.
1-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Kuzi defensed by Paul - incomplete. Ball was a little behind. Kuzi bobbled it and Paul knocked it down as Kuzi was trying to gain control.
2-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Day - incomplete. Ball wide.
3-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Kuzi for 19 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Nick to Day for 8 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Day - incomplete. Ball high and behind.
3-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Mike defensed by Chris - incomplete. Chris got a piece of it as it was thrown.
4-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Kuzi - incomplete. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #3
1-10 from the 10: Run by Adam for 25 yards - stopped by Kuzi. Play was supposed to be a fake but Chenualt must have liked what he saw and handed it off. Adam got luck that Day missed the initial flag at the line of scrimmage.
1-5 from the 35: Sack of Chenault by Ben for -5 yards. Chenault's belt fell off and Ben touched him.
2-10 from the 30: Pass by Chenault to Adam defensed by Jesse - incomplete. Nearly picked by Jesse. Adam has to turn defender to prevent the pick.
3-10 from the 30: Pass by Chenault to Adam - incomplete.
4-10 from the 30: Punt.

Yellow Drive #3
1-10 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Ben - incomplete. Overthrown.
2-10 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Ben for 7 yards - stopped by Louis.
3-3 from the 17: Pass by Nick to Jesse for 39 yards - stopped by Louis.
1-4 from the 24: Pass by Nick to Unknown intercepted by Paul - stopped by Nick. This was really thrown directly to Paul. Nick, realizing his mistake continued running as the ball was thrown to go up and make the tackle.

Red Drive #4
1-8 from the 12: Pass by Chenault to Louis - incomplete. Ball long.
2-8 from the 12: Pass by Chenault to Matta for 1 yards - stopped by Kuzi.
3-7 from the 13: Pass by Chenault to Chris intercepted by Kuzi - stopped by Louis. Chenault threw a jump ball into 5+ players. Chris gets both hands on it but Jesse rips it out before the catch is made. Jesse gets credit for a defensed pass and Kuzi gets the pick.

Yellow Drive #4
1-12 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Kuzi for 8 yards - stopped by Paul. Mike changed his route and the ball was long as a result.
2-4 from the 24: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Ball short.
3-4 from the 24: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete.
4-4 from the 24: Pass by Nick to Kuzi for 24 yards and the TD.

1 - 1, Tie.

Red Drive #5
1-12 from the 8: Run by Paul for -2 yards - stopped by Day.
2-14 from the 6: Pass by Chenault to Paul - incomplete. Ball behind and Kuzi should have picked it.
3-14 from the 6: Pass by Chenault to no one, it was thrown away - incomplete.
4-14 from the 6: Punt.

Yellow Drive #5
1-Goal from the 4: Pass by Nick to Ben - incomplete. Ben had stepped out and came back in.
2-Goal from the 4: Pass by Nick to Jesse for 4 yards and the TD. 2 - 1, Yellow.

Red Drive #6
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Chenault to Chris - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-12 from the 8: Run by Chenault for -6 yards - stopped by fumbling the ball. Chenault basically tripped and threw the ball down.
3-18 from the 2: Pass by Chenault to Matta for 20 yards - stopped by Kuzi.
1-18 from the 22: Run by Louis for -2 yards - stopped by Ben.
2-20 from the 20: Pass by Chenault to Louis - incomplete. Overthrown.
3-20 from the 20: Sack of Chenault by Ben for -5 yards.
4-25 from the 15: Punt.

Yellow Drive #6
1-20 from the 20: Pass by Ben to Kuzi - incomplete.
2-20 from the 20: Pass by Ben to Kuzi intercepted by Chenault - stopped by Mike.

Red Drive #7
1-9 from the 29: Pass by Chris to Paul - incomplete. Overthrown by about 15 yards.
2-9 from the 29: Pass by Chris to Adam for 11 yards - stopped by Jesse.
1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Chris to Paul defensed by Kuzi - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 18: Run by Paul for 18 yards and the TD.

2 - 2, Tie.

Yellow Drive #7
1-12 from the 8: Run by Nick for 0 yards - stopped by Adam. Adam forced Nick past the line of scrimmage.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Jesse - incomplete. Ball behind.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Ben for 27 yards - stopped by Louis.
1-5 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Jesse - incomplete.
2-5 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Eddie for 11 yards - stopped by Chris.
1-14 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Eddie for 15 yards - stopped by David.
1-Goal from the 19: Pass by Nick to Ben - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 19: Pass by Nick to Ben for 19 yards and the TD.

3 - 2, Yellow.

Red Drive #8
1-12 from the 8: Run by Paul for 11 yards - stopped by Kuzi.
2-1 from the 19: Pass by Chris to Adam defensed by Jesse - incomplete. Nearly picked by Jesse. Adam has to turn defender to prevent the pick, again.
3-1 from the 19: Pass by Chris to Adam - incomplete. Ball short.
4-1 from the 19: Run by Matta for -1 yards - stopped by Ben. Turnover on downs.
5-2 from the 18: Run by for yards - stopped by .

Yellow Drive #8
1-Goal from the 18: Sack of Nick by Matta for -4 yards. Flea-flicker.
2-Goal from the 22: Pass by Nick to Kuzi for 4 yards - stopped by Louis.
3-Goal from the 18: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Flea-flicker. Ball long.
4-Goal from the 18: Sack of Nick by Matta for -6 yards. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #9
1-16 from the 24: Sack of Chenault by Day for -10 yards.
2-26 from the 14: Pass by Chenault to Chris - dropped.
3-6 from the 14: Pass by Chenault to Paul for 45 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
1-1 from the 21: Run by Chris for 19 yards - stopped by Kuzi.
1-Goal from the 2: Run by Chris for 2 yards and the TD. Gut run up the middle.

3 - 3, Tie.

Yellow Drive #9
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Ben - incomplete. Ball wide on a kind of fly route.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Jesse for 32 yards - stopped by Chenault. Jesse catches the ball on a little cross but makes 2 nice stiff-arms to free himself for a ton of YAC.
1-20 from the 40: Pass by Nick to Jesse - dropped.
2-20 from the 40: Pass by Nick to Eddie defensed by Adam - incomplete.
3-20 from the 40: Sack of Nick by Matta for -13 yards.
4-33 from the 27: Punt.

Red Drive #10
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Chenault to Louis defensed by Jesse - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Chenault to Matta for 25 yards - stopped by Ben.
1-7 from the 33: Pass by Chenault to Adam for 13 yards - stopped by Ben. Little 2 yard dumpoff to Adam and Ben makes a diving flag down field, likely preventing a TD.
1-14 from the 34: Pass by Chenault to Louis for 5 yards - stopped by Kuzi.
2-9 from the 29: Run by Adam for -2 yards - stopped by fumbling the ball. Adam fumbled a reverse.
3-11 from the 31: Pass by Chenault to no one, it was thrown away - incomplete.
4-11 from the 31: Pass by Chenault to Adam intercepted by Nick - stopped by Adam.

Yellow Drive #10
1-2 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Mike defensed by Louis - incomplete. Louis had a great break on this ball and slammed it out with 2 hands.
2-2 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Kuzi for 9 yards - stopped by Paul.
1-13 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Mike for 30 yards - stopped by fumbling the ball. Mike catches the ball and is running up field with a nearly 3 yard lead on Louis and an unimpeded path to the endzone. Unfortunately, while trying to better secure the ball, he somehow loses it.
1-3 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete.
2-3 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Kuzi for 18 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-Goal from the 5: Sack of Nick by Chris for -12 yards. Flea-flicker but there is great pressure.
2-Goal from the 17: Pass by Nick to Kuzi for 6 yards - stopped by Paul.
3-Goal from the 11: Pass by Nick to Day - incomplete. Ball overthrown.
4-Goal from the 11: Sack of Nick by Chenault for -2 yards. Turnover on downs. We go to overtime.

Yellow Drive #11
1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Jesse intercepted by Paul - stopped by Jesse.

Red Drive #11
1-Goal from the 15: Run by Paul for 15 yards and the TD. Interesting play. Nasty TE set with the first TE moving in motion right. The 2nd TE comes on hike and gets the ball with the 1st TE getting the lead block. - Key block by Chris.

That's game: 4 - 3, Red.

Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Chenault	8	1	26	30.77%	147	1	2	4	-21	32.05
Chris	1	0	5	20.00%	11	0	0	0	0	39.58
Nick	22	2	53	41.51%	346	3	2	5	-37	67.02
Ben	0	0	2	0.00%	0	0	1	0	0	0.00

Well Red had nothing to write home about with only 158 yards in the air but with only 2 picks and QB who tends to work only half the field on a give play, Red did all right. Nicks put up 346 yards and 3 TDs with 41.51% completions which is another solid performance particularly considering he was under a lot of pressure (sacked 5 times). Still, I know he dreamt about those 2 picks, particularly the 1st one.

Receiving/Rushing stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined	Blocks	1st Downs
Adam	2	7	24	0	3	50	0	74	1	4
Alex HS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chenault	0	0	0	0	1	-6	0	-6	0	0
Chris	0	4	0	0	2	21	1	21	1	1
David	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louis	1	4	5	0	1	-2	0	3	0	0
Matta	3	4	46	0	1	-1	0	45	0	2
Paul	3	6	83	1	5	49	2	132	0	2
Ben	4	9	90	1	0	0	0	90	0	2
Day	1	6	8	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
Eddie	2	3	26	0	0	0	0	26	0	2
Jesse	4	9	80	1	0	0	0	80	0	2
Kuzi	10	14	112	1	0	0	0	112	0	5
Mike	1	8	30	0	0	0	0	30	0	1
Nick	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Two weeks in a row, Paul led in yards and TDs with 132 yards and 3 TDs (2 rushing). Next was Kuzi who won Nick's "Mr. Dependable" award with 10 catches on 14 targets for 112 yards, 5 first downs and a TD. Other strong performances were turned in by Ben with 90 yards and 1 TD and Jesse with 80 yards and a TD.

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks	Sack Yards	Safeties	Def TDs
Adam	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex HS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chenault	3	0	1	0	1	-2	0	0
Chris	2	1	0	0	1	-12	0	0
David	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Louis	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matta	3	0	0	0	3	-23	0	0
Paul	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ben	7	0	0	0	2	-10	0	0
Day	5	0	0	0	2	-11	0	0
Eddie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kuzi	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

This week's defensive leader was Paul with 2 INTs and a defensed pass. Jesse had a big day with 4 defensed passes. Kuzi had a pick, a defensed pass and 6 flags. Matta had 3 sacks. Ben and Day each had 4 sacks. Chenault had a pick and a sack.

MVP: This was easy. Paul led on both offensive and defensive stats and had 3 of Red's 4 scores and is thus MVP this week again - two in a row.

Of note is that Ben had a nice debut and made quite an impact for a first game. He and Day made a very good pass rushing team (4 sacks and several stops for losses on running plays).