The weekend turned out to be warmer than I expected it to be and it was a great day for football. For the first time in a long while I didn’t have Brossard to go to on Sunday and by 3 pm I was exhausted and ready for a nap.
Has anyone been following the Women’s World Cup. I caught a bit of the action and was able to see the US finally lose to Sweden and their hopes for a 3peat (ed’s note: ugh) out the door. There was the Hall of Fame game on Thursday night which saw the JETS lose to the Browns of all teams. With that game kicking off the preseason you can expect to see more games for the next few weeks (ed’s note: yeah, that is how it works…).
The better news is College starts in 19 days, so Jon I need all my games at 9 am so I have time to get home and watch the games live and not have to watch the Pac12 that is left with 4 teams next season. What a joke the Pac12 is. It used to be lots of offense and no defense. Now these teams are going to join the Big12 and the Big10 for the TV revenue.
Recap Playoffs
Division 1
Trollers vs Iron Wolves (50-33)
Demario does it again folks, joins a team plays most of the season and the goes MIA for the playoffs and this time it hurt. With him not there Willie gets moved from WR to QB and its a down grade at both spots. Vinnie was a stud and picked apart the Wolves defense like a hot knife through butter. To me the difference maker was Max rushing. He had 4 sacks and I think on one drive pushed them back from the 1-yard line all the way to the 18 creating a turnover on downs. Trollers move on and the 1 seed gets an extra week off.
Outlaws vs Gros Coqs (51-34)
The Outlaws defense smothered the Gros Coqs offense and it started with Tyler. Tyler only had 1 sack, but kept the pressure on Dom most of the day forcing 4 picks. Dom also showed Tyler a few moves as he was able to scramble for 55 yards and 2 TDs on 7 runs. Steve led the Outlaws offense to a 30-14 halftime lead and just need to hold on in the second half. Marvin played like a star with 9 catches 155 yards and 3 TDs. This is the type of game Marvin needs to have more often, but he always does it when the game counts.
Division 2
Pocket Rockets vs Thunder Buddies (47-48)
This was a very offensive game; the only defense was a pick by Willie for Thunder Buddies and 2 sacks for Khalil on Pocket Rockets. Both teams scored on every drive minus the pick and it came down right to the end where Pocket Rockets had a chance to tie it, but failed on the convert.
Nice TDs vs Master Chiefs (26-20)
Either both QBs really suck or the defenses were that great. Between Owie throwing 6 picks and Kris throwing 3, making 9 in total, you have to wonder. Haney had 3 picks to go along with his 2 TDs. Late in the game up 6, Nice TDs needed to play defense and not allow a score to tie it up. With Master chiefs driving Andrew picked the ball off with 1 minute left and of course ran his mouth and took a penalty. All Kris had to do was get a first down and the game was over.
Thunder Buddies vs Idaho Udapimp (21-26)
This game right down to the wire. Brady lead Idaho on a drive to take the lead with 1:30 left. Steve being Mr. Clutch had plenty of time to march down for a chance to win it. Thunder Buddies were on the 3 yard line before Simon took a penalty for Rusher interference pushing them back to the 7. With time for 2 plays and being so close you felt Steve was taking his team to the finals. The Idaho defense had other plans as Eric knocked a ball down and on the last play Marvin did the same thing to end the game.
Nice TDs vs Jagerbomb (12-36)
This wasn’t much of a game. Nice TDs were dead from the game before being only 6 will do that to you. Kevin killed it for Jagerbomb and no one on Nice TDs could keep up with him while running deep most of the game.
Division 3
Iron Wolves vs Average Joes (34-35) OT
This was a nail bitter and turned out better than anyone expected it to be. Somehow Jason wasn’t able to pull away and get a big lead like he is used to, guess the 3 picks he threw didn’t help. Average Joes scored and made it an 8 point game with 5 seconds left, its over at this point right. Jason said he had time and a shot and with 2 completions to Lesniak and Alex and they were only a 2 point convert from going to OT. Jason looks off the defense and finds Alex for the 2. In OT both teams got their first convert missed a few then Jason got a 1 putting all the pressure on Iron Wolves to get theirs or go home and they will be going home after the failed attempt.
Pocket Rockets vs Red Cats (28-27)
This game looked to be over with Red Cats holding a 27-0 lead and 1 play to go in the half. Ali was able to jump an out route and pick the ball off and in the process of returning it was held and with it being last man back 6 points were awarded, they made the convert and suddenly it was 27-8 with Pocket Rockets getting the ball to start the second half. First half PO sucked, and Avery was rolling that switched in the second half with PO relying on Willie to move the chains. It wasn’t just the QBs who flipped how they were playing it was also their defenses.
Mustard Tiger vs Raw Sauce (19-20)
This one just like the other D3 games came right down to the end. With under a minute left, Ludovic tied it at 19 with a TD pass to Yvan and took the lead on a convert to Nathaniel. Now with a 20-19 lead they needed their defense to step up and get a stop. Brian has a few very good players, and he is smart and should at least have a shot at getting the win. First play was incomplete and what’s worse is they waste 39 seconds off the clock for no yards then followed that up with a 13-yard gain and used a timeout. The last 2 plays were Brian getting a 5-yard checkdown to Victor then a sack. He had time for 2 plays should have taken a shot at the endzone or at least get halfway then chuck it up.
RawSauce vs Average Joes (34-40)
Round 1 was a wake up call for Jason and he knew he got lucky and wasn’t going to let that happen again this time. Joes were in control the entire way; they were never threatened. RawSauce score on the last play and got the 2point convert, but at that point Joes didn’t care they were moving onto the finals.
Pocket Rockets vs Double Dippers (16-32)
PO started out slow in this game and you can’t do that when you’re playing the top team in the division. What killed it for Pocket Rockets was the 5 picks they threw, with most of them coming early. This game was over by half with Double Dippers being up 24-0, then they started with a score in the second half to make the lead insurmountable. PO got 2 TDs late, but it was already over at that point.
Division 4
Cyclones vs Villains (29-36)
I wont lie, no one saw this coming, Cyclones were expected to lose by double digits at least. I can tell you that this game could have been very different if Nick had picked off 3 passes instead of just 1. On Villains opening drive Nick had a chance to pick the ball, but it fell incomplete, and Villains scored on that drive. Midway through the second half with the score 22-14 Villains, Nick was in position to pick off another pass, but misplayed the ball and that went for a 45-yard TD. Nick wasn’t the only one who screwed up in this game as Alex twice gave up safeties, first on a intentional grounding penalty and the second one was on the last drive where he slipped in the endzone sealing the game in favor of Villains.
Bouchers vs Sooners 45 (26-32)
I know very little from this game, but what I know was that Bouchers had a chance after giving up a TD to try and win it. Bouchers started the drive with an incomplete pass followed by a 20 yard completion to Xavier. With the ball at mid field Lukas has more than enough arm to get the ball to the endzone and he also had plenty of time left. On his very next throw Jose picked it off and ended the game.
Bines Low Fat vs Udaho Idapimp (18-20)
Bines jumped up 12 and were looking good, but slowly David crept back into it making the score 12-7 at half. Second half rolled around and Udaho kept marching the ball and wound up with a 20 to 12 lead with just under 8 minutes left. JF used 5 minutes of clock and scored, now needing a 2 point convert to tie missed on his throw. This meant that Udaho needed a few first downs to seal the win, but also meant that Bines were going to be aggressive, which they were. David was able to hit 2 short throws and on third down he took off for a big gain getting a first down and wrapping up the game.
Iron Wolves vs Super Friends (50-32)
Jason played lights out throwing 7 TDs to 0 picks. After the game Oliver came up and mentioned that Alex Novi who is their best overall player wasn’t there and it showed. He also said that they didn’t have it today, when you score 32 and lose it’s a bad day. Iron Wolves played as a team with everyone contributing.
Division 5
Titans vs Sour Peeps (7-36)
It took Jocelyn a little while to get going, but once he did he threw 5 TDs and 0 picks. I told Robert that he would have to avoid throwing the ball near Lambert, but he didn’t listen and Lambert picked him off once and returned it for a TD. Flavie was a machine on defense racking up 11 tackles and the thing is she didn’t miss any, so there was no YAC.
Tropic Thunder vs Bear Hood (13-39)
This was not a game where you want to try someone new at QB. Connor didn’t look good and made some poor choices. I mean, how do you throw 4 picks to 1 player? Simon did what he has all season and thrown to the open player and this game it was everyone with 5 of his receivers catching TDs. Quentin caught as many balls (4) from his QB as he did from Tropic Thunders.
Phoenix vs Improbables (15-27)
This game was really 2 halves. First half Phoenix was in complete control, well after Matt had his pick 6 to open the game. After that Phoenix scored on their next 2 drives and looked to be in the driver’s seat. In the first half Improbables didn’t get a first down. Second half comes and Phoenix looked like a different team. They were missing tackles all over the place, out of position and couldn’t move the ball. Improbables on the other hand made some adjustments and they all worked. They opened the second half marching down on 4 or 5 plays to score then followed that up with Matt running for a 45-yard TD, then JP put the final nail in the coffin when he scored with under 12 minutes left.
My Ball Zach Ertz vs Mimosa Crew (30-12)
After this one was over Curren mentioned to me that he stunk in the game that he was missing throws and was taking too much time to make his reads, but the blame shouldn’t be put all on him. I was also able to speak to Luca who wanted to know why I picked against them. Luca played great at least using his arm throwing 5 TDs and no picks. If he took Terry’s advice about running that didn’t work out for him as he ran 12 times for 17 yards and was sacked 4 times by Ilias.
That’s all I have for recaps. I wrote a bit on every game because I’m not sure what Terry and Willie will talk about on this week’s Podcast.
Studs & Duds
At this point of the year you had to do something pretty amazing to make my list of just didn’t show up. Here are my picks for this week.
Studs
Division 1
- Max Rosenfeld with 2 catches 17 yards, but made 6 tackles on defense with 4 of them being sacks.
Division 2
- Felix Fontaine-Larouche Made 2 catches for 15 yards. He also made 6 tackles and had 2 picks on defense.
Division 3
- Geoffroy Vigneault in 2 games he made 7 catches for 65 yards, 3 TDs, 2 1point converts. On defense he made 8 tackles, had 2 pick and returned 1 for a TD.
Division 4
- Cooper Guay hauled in 6 passes for 49 yards, 3 TDs and 1 2point convert. Cooper also made 4 tackles on defense.
Division 5
- Luca Manolache was 22 of 30 for 139 yards and 5 TDs, he also ran 12 times for 17 yards.
Duds
Division 1
- Demario for flaking and not notifying your team.
Division 2
- Owie throwing 6 picks.
Division 3
- PO for his slow starts and his combined 9 picks in 2 games.
Division 4
- Alexandre Szalipszki for getting sacked 4 times and giving up 2 safeties.
Division 5
- Connor Martin for throwing 4 picks to 1 player.
This is who I came up with this week. Hope you enjoyed.
