Let me start by saying for the first time since 2014 I have missed a week of games. A 9-year streak down the drain because Air Canada sucks and kept us out on the runway for 3 hours with no AC in the plane before canceling the flight and making me a day late coming back. I want to thank everyone who took extra games refereeing and scorekeeping to cover for me not being there.
This week Jon has gone in and defined each penalty in the rulebook and this will be useful for everyone, so you should go in and take a look at them so you understand what is a penalty and what isn’t.
The NFL kicked off this week and after 1 week everyone still has a chance to make the playoffs. Wait, let me correct that, everyone but the Cowboys. I know you all think it might be too early for that, but Dak is gone for 6-8 weeks at least, so they are done.
Saquon looked good for the Giants, now all they need is for Jones to figure out how to hold on to the ball (37 fumbles in 38 games) won’t get it done.
The Dolphins won even with this throw from Tua (https://twitter.com/i/status/1569013698726879232 [twitter.com]). Don’t Worry, at least he tried, unlike the second round pick from North Dakota State Christian Watson who had a for sure TD for the Packers on their opening drive and just let the ball fall through his hands. That was the bubble gum Rodgers was talking about in practice, too many drops from the young receivers.
Just so Jon doesn’t feel bad that I didn’t mention anything about college football, I have 2 quick thinks to say. Notre Dame under coach Marcus Freeman is 0-3 and that has never happened before for a ND coach. Texas A&M who had the number 1 recruit class in the country just lost to Appalachian State 17-14. Not sure if anyone else heard this or not, but it could make Yann a happy person. Johnny Football wants to go back and save the school, not sure how he would do that or even if they want him back, but let’s not forget he did win the Heisman and from what I remember he did most of it himself (ed’s note: *cough* Mike Evans *cough*).
Week 4 Recap
Division 1
Outlaws vs Gros Coqs (58-64)
Man would I have loved to see this offensive game. A few things that pop out at me are 122 points scored which meant no defense whatsoever was played and Vince catching 13 balls and not getting at least 1 TD when everyone else on the team did. Both Steve and Dom threw for over 370 yards, that has to be a record. The last thing that I wish I had seen was the reaction from Steve knowing he led the offense to 58 points and the defense let them down by allowing Gros Coqs to use up the last 5 plus minutes of clock to score on the last play of the game.
Centurions vs A-Team (24-50)
Centurions weren’t able to field a team this week and let Jon know so he was able to throw a team together so A-Team doesn’t lose a game and waste a week of the season. From what I was hearing A-Team was looking good in this one, with no pressure they were able to go out play relaxed and carefree.
Outlaws vs Iron Wolves (46-33)
Outlaws looked like they do most games dominating offense and a defense that can coast by because of it. Iron Wolves were missing players this week, but were still able to put up 33 points. Kris filled in for Jon which makes the defense have to stay in their zones longer since Kris will buy time and throw back across his body if he sees something open. Smuda broke 100 yards in this game and Marvin almost scored on half his catches this week (3TDs on 7 catches). Willie couldn’t get a measly extra yard to get him into triple digits in yards.
Division 2
Red Raiders vs Nice TDs (50-44)
This game looks closer than it was as the Nice TDs scored with less than a minute left when the game was already over. Mike was nearly perfect this weekend going 29 of 33 on the day. Dilan and Andrew both scored 3 TDs and Jerome was only able to score twice but those were his only catches of the day. Marvin had a big game offensively scoring 4 times, but seemed to disappear on defense unless Red Raiders were avoiding him.
Thunder Buddies vs Marvels (48-47) OT
I’m sure both Willie and Terry will talk about this on the Podcast, but from what I know is Steve needed to drive down and score to tie the game with only a few minutes left in the game. He did it but with 30 seconds left, but wasn’t able to get the convert that would have won it for them. Max had a few chances to win the game in the 30 seconds that were left but couldn’t. In OT Marvels started with the ball and failed on their attempt. Steve found Jafar on Thunder Buddies attempt which if I know Steve was a hook right before the goal line where all Jaf had to do was catch it and he would be in for the win.
Tannantes vs Jagerbomb (24-28)
Tannantes seemed to jump out to a big lead at half or at least what seemed like a big lead (12 points). In the second half Jagerbomb woke up and decided to try something a little different from the first half and it seemed to work. The last few minutes of this game seemed to confuse me a little. Jagerbomb went up 2 points with 6:29 left in the game. They started the drive with a 6-yard gain before 3 straight incompletes, why did they not punt on fourth down with plenty of time left. Simon then took 2 plays and 40 seconds off the clock throwing a quick pass to Louis then an interception. Now with the ball and 3 minutes left on their 5-yard line Vincent threw 4 incomplete passes and turned the ball over on downs. Simon was able to capitalize this time and made the 2point convert to make it a 10-point game. Tannantes scored on a 45-yard TD to Vincent, but Jagerbombs didn’t care as the game was over at this point.
Divisions 3
Panaches vs Iron Wolves (33-13)
Not sure why Jon wasn’t under center this week, but Kris was there to fill in and he had a rough day, throwing 4 picks. For the first half Iron Wolves held their own, but when the second half began that’s when it started to go downhill. They were only 6 players, and it was hot out so they weren’t able to keep up with Panaches who were 7 players and able to sub off to get water and stay fresh. The big key to this game was Felix and the way he used his legs to run and buy time to find an easy throw. If it wasn’t for the 3 early picks from Iron Wolves and if they could’ve stopped the run, they might have won this game or at least had a lead at some point.
RawSauce vs Bines (24-27)
In this game both teams were missing lots of players that are at the top of their rosters. For me this just shows that even when Bines aren’t a complete team, they can still compete in this division and it also shows me that RawSauce needs to figure out how to get their team playing better to start a season. A few years ago, RawSAuce was a team to be feared and now it seems like they are just there going through the motions. Both QBs struggled in this game putting up similar numbers 3 TDs and 2 picks, the difference was that David was able to convert on 3 converts, which was the difference in the score. With just under three minutes left RawSauce scored, but failed on the convert and needed to get as stop to have any chance. David took his time to get two first downs and end the game.
Division 4
Phoenix vs Airborne (22-8)
This game really could have gone either way, both teams were playing with their back up QB and both teams had a sub, so it wasn’t as if this game was really played between the two teams. I will say that I am glad I did arrange for Phoenix to have a sub to bring them up to 7 players because we did have a player with a family emergency and wasn’t able to make it out and that would have left us with 5 players. Both Greg and Khalil gave the opposing QB fits all day long as both registered 4 sacks and forced numerous bad throws leading to a combined 6 picks. Defense was the name of this game and after the rushers Benoit stepped up with 3 picks keeping his team close for most of the game.
Mustard Tigers vs Revenants (15-20)
I only heard a few things about this game and one of them is huge if true. Marvin is stepping down at QB, and this allows Willie to fill in, not sure if it’s true, but if it is that’s huge. Both Willie and Marvin have completely different styles of play Marvin wants the big plays and runs where Willie will take the short underneath stuff all day long and drive the field. The only other thing I know is Tyler was on Will like he owed him money for something. Both defenses played decently, Mustard Tigers had 4 sacks and Revenants had 3 picks. It was more the lack of consistency on offense that limited the score. There were big drops and missed throws that resulted in punts and turnovers on downs in this game.
Cyclones vs Bines Low Fat (26-54)
This game was over by half time. Bines Low Fat were missing a bunch of their better players and David who is their D3 QB filled in this week and look great even without top receivers there for him. Yann started off well by throwing 3 TDs to start the game, but only 2 of them were to his team. Bines Low Fat defense was all over the place picking off 4 passes and getting 3 sacks and this wasn’t even their top tier defense playing this week. Jayden caught 2 balls for 45 yards, and both were TDs but after that not much was happening on offense for Cyclones. David was unstoppable for Bines going 15 of 17 for 281 yards and 7 TDs.
Division 5
Sour Peeps vs TD Hunters (6-13)
The recap is pretty simple. TD Hunters' defense was able to limit Sour Peeps to only 2 first downs and 1 TD. On offense, TD Hunters got into the red zone 4 times, but they only scored twice. At the end of the game, with 2 minutes left and a 13-6 advantage, they decided to call time outs to have time to get another TD instead of letting the time run and aim for the first down. That could have cost them the game because Sour Peeps was in the red zone at the last play. Unfortunately for them, they got stopped again as Jocelyn was aiming for Paul and TD Hunters got their third victory of the season.
Phoenix vs Heisenberg (20-6)
Nick was making his QB debut this week for Phoenix and he played an almost perfect game. He was able to lead drives, had a few big plays, and was even able to make a few nice runs from what I was told. In only his second game with the team, Brandon stepped up on both sides of the ball to get 2 TDs and 70 yards on offense and picking 2 passes off on defense. Khalil was a beast at rusher again amassing 4 sacks. As for Heisenberg, Jorge was the only player to make an impact in the game as he caught 4 passes for 75 yards and the team’s only TD.
Fighting Armadillos vs The Lesniaks (39-12)
The Armadillos are a very good team and showed this week that they aren’t to be messed with. Lesniak had lots of trouble this week as he was only able to find the endzone twice while throwing 4 picks. First half they got down by two scores and the second half he was just trying to bring the game back quickly which made the game get farther away from them. PO looked good this week throwing 5 TDs to 5 different receivers and no picks. Zack had a good day getting 2 TDs for The Lesniaks, but both were on big plays and his only catches of the day. Armadillos might be the team to beat at least right now and for The Lesniaks, Mike needs to work the field and not try to show off that big arm he has on every play.
That is all I’m doing for recaps this week. Just to let you all know I can’t cover every game or see every game that is being played but if you send me a message on Messenger, I have no issues adding a few notes into my article about what happened in that game, but you need to get it to me by Monday morning or it might be too late. Thanks for reading and looking forward to getting back out there this week.
Players of the Week
There were a lot of players who could have made my list this week, but I was only able to choose one like always. What needs to happen is some players in D2 need to start stepping up their game and I’m not talking about the players who play in D1. Right now, D2 is hard to make my picks since most of the players are playing in D1 as well. I might have to change up my rule or the way I’m making my picks if some of you don’t step up. Without wasting any more time, here are this week’s winners.
Division 1
Offense- Dom Lefort was 44 of 59 for 370 yards, 9 TDs, 2 1point converts, 1 2point convert, threw 1 pick. Dom also ran 10 times for 52 yards and a TD.
Defense- Etienne Maille-Daviau made 3 tackles and had 2 picks.
Division 2
Offense- Michael Roy was 29 of 33 for 249 yards, 7 TDs, 2 1point converts, threw 1 pick and ran 2 times for 17 yards.
Defense- Tyler Znoj made 3 tackles and 2 were sacks.
Division 3
Offense- Mike Jasenovic had 11 catches for 63 yards and 2 TDs.
Defense- Jeremy Trudel made 1 tackle, 2 picks and ran 1 back for 6 points.
Division 4
Offense- William Tremblay-Lacombe hauled in 6 passes for 92 yards, 3 TDS and 2 2point converts.
Defense- Benoit Maynard made 3 tackles and had 3 picks.
Division 5
Offense- Sebastien Lucas Alzate caught 4 passes for 104 yards and 3 TDs.
Defense- Brandon Armenti made 4 tackles and had 2 picks.
There you have it, your next ten players who made my list. We are only 4 weeks down and that means there are 7 more weeks of games to go until I pick my ultimate winner. That leaves you plenty of time to get your name in the draw, but that means you need to ball out and show me and everyone in your division that you’re not to be overlooked.
Congratulations to everyone who made the list. If you didn’t, well, try harder and maybe next time.
