Word From The Mouth: It's Raining Forfeits!
Hello everyone, last week was a big waste of time for everyone in this division. You had the Trollers show up with two guys, probably their best two guys in my opinion, and the Gros Coqs showing up with half the team. Jon should have canceled the whole week instead of wasting two teams time but that’s up to him (Ed’s note: yeah, tell me before Thursday…). I did let him know at 3:15 on Thursday afternoon that the Trollers were not going to be able to field a team and that we were going to forfeit and he said it wasn’t enough time (Ed’s note: he was right). This week the league has started a new thing in the ways of a podcast and yes this was the first time doing it. We will be trying to do one each week and they will become better the more we do. If you have any feedback, you all know where to find me.
I was going to talk about this week’s games but how do you talk about a game where one QB (Ben) played for both teams and the final score was 47-61? It was a game that was already over even before it started. The other game ended up being 66-19 for the Outlaws. That’s the recap of last week two block buster games that were both flops. I will say one thing about the Trollers games is that Raph should be lucky there was a squirrel that ran onto the field. Getting burnt by my 13 year old son on a fly route, he might not have caught it but he did have you in the trail position.
Game Preview: Troller vs Gros Coqs (GOTW)
I really don’t like writing about my own team since I might give some things away. But when you look at the other games how can I pick one of them? This is a rematch of last seasons semifinals where the Trollers stopped Les Gros Coqs chances at going undefeated. I’m sure that it will be another good game between the two, but I think that the Gros Coqs want revenge. Will they be able to do it? If so they will need their full roster.
QB - This one is rather difficult when you look at the stats. Dom has played two games and Max has only played one. Both guys have a similar skill set. Dom can, but doesn’t, run around everyone and you always need to keep an eye on him. His biggest problem in the past has been scrambling around and throwing off his back foot, He doesn’t do it as much anymore, but from time to time he still does and those are when defenses need to capitalize. Max on the other hand has a great hip twist that makes almost everyone miss once. He has gotten better at spreading the ball all over the field, so there has been an improvement on that. His biggest flaw is depending on Ben and Josh too often, but he has made strides to get away from that. I still have to give the advantage to Gros Coqs cause Dom is the MVP.
WR - This one is not that difficult of a choice for me to make. You have Gros Coqs who have a great bunch of receivers who can and will make plays all over the place. My biggest knock on them is that a few are short and sometimes Dom throws a little high. But every one of them need to be guarded and you need to converge and make the tackle right away, don’t allow them to run wild. For the Trollers you have Ben, Josh and everyone else. Andre played great last week with a different QB, but will Max get him the ball? Should the Trollers start incorporating Andre into the mix I think no team will be able to stop them. I will give the advantage to the Trollers but not by a lot and only if Max includes Andre in the offensive game plan.
Defense - Both teams this season have sucked and given up a ton of points. Last season Tommy was the biggest difference maker on defense rushing and this season I think he’s lost at sea because he hasn’t put up the numbers that I was expecting to see. The Trollers on the other hand play a more bend don’t break style and get turnovers in the red zone, but that hasn’t happened so far this season. For the Trollers to get back on track Andre will need to get after the QB more consistently. Overall both teams have sucked so far this season, but since I have to give an advantage I’ll give it to the Trollers since they always have a good game plan for the Gros Coqs.
Predictions
Last week was a joke so I’m not going to talk about how it went teams not showing up with their full rosters makes it hard for me to pick the winners.
Deep Threats vs Outlaws Outlaws
Revoluction vs Outlaws Outlaws
Trollers vs Gros Coqs NA
Power Ranking
This is the easiest section I’ll have to do.
#1- Outlaws (3-0)
#2- Gros Coqs (2-1)
#3- Revolucion (2-2)
If this is going to change one of the other two teams need to win a game first.
Studs & Duds
This is another easy section to fill out. I can go with a player, but would you be proud being this weeks stud playing against an undermanned team? So, I am going to say that this week’s Studs are the Outlaws and the Revolucion for coming out with their full rosters and playing a meaningless game.
This weeks Duds are all the guy for the Trollers and Gros Coqs that didn’t show up. You guys all suck.
Moving forward, teams are going to have doubleheaders and they need to show up. It’s not fair for a team to show up and play games like they did this weekend. I know that with only 5 teams in the division it isn’t too hard to make it in, but teams pay to play and a lot of the guys have kids they can be spending time with. This better stop happening and teams need to stop running the score up. Those damn Outlaws pieces of garbage putting up 66 points on half a team (Ed’s note: there was a lot of language moderation in the last couple of sentences). I hope it happens to you guys next time you play them. Thank you for reading and remember be safe and have fun.