Word From The Mouth: Viva La Revolucion!

Word From The Mouth: Viva La Revolucion!

Kevin Kousaie

Hello and welcome to another fun filled article from none other than me, The Mouth. So far I’ve only had a few comments from people about how it’s not cool with me always picking on them or how they expected me to be meaner with my opinions. I could be harsher with what I’m saying but I choose not to be. The league we play in is a fun and friendly league that is trying to attract new players for upcoming seasons. So this is why I haven’t been more direct with my statements. I can be an a** while I’m out on the field, but the truth of the matter is I’m a nice guy that just likes to f*ck with people (Ed’s note: 50% true). Growing up I was taught football is 90% mental and I’m the king at it. Just remember I can get in your head anytime I want and you will never get in mine (Ed’s note: this is for the best).

 

Last weekend I didn’t get to see any Division 1 game other than my game against the Outlaws. I was going to talk about that game, but then chose to go another way and talk about the Revolucions two games in a quick recap.

 

Recap: Revolucion vs Deep Threat

 

Yes these two teams did play over the weekend if that is what you want to call it. I want to say 62 points scored by one team good job at that but don’t be a loser and run the score up you guys won by 37 points. This was a game most people figured you guys would win, but I don’t think anyone thought by this many points. Ben had a great game throwing 8 TDs and no picks. Everyone contributed with at least one score each. Both teams need to find some way to stop the other team cause both of their defenses suck. There is no way around it; you win by 37 and can only manage 4 sacks and 2 picks. A good defense would have gotten at least double that as you are forcing them to throw it up deep almost every play. Come on Revolucion, get your act together and learn how to play defense.

 

Recap: Revolucion vs Gros Coqs

 

This game was all offense, I would have liked to see if the teams even went out to play defense. Between the two QBs they threw 15 TDs and 3 picks, what a day for those two guys. Revolucion had two guys go over 100 yards receiving, one guy go over 50 yards which is great, but like I was saying no one played defense on Saturday. Gros Coqs had a little more diversity with their receivers with three guys going over 70 yards and two more over 40 yards. Both teams put up great numbers, but what would have happened if a team decides to play defense against them? There is no way you can put up this many points every week. This one was surprising that Gros Coqs only won by 12 points, and they scored on the last play of the game to put them up by that score.

 

Preview: OutLaws vs Gros Coqs (GOTW)

 

He we are with another great match up between two power house teams. You have youth and athleticism vs age and wisdom. Who will win this one?

 

QB - In this one we have Dom who has become a very good passer over the last few seasons but is still the only real threat to take off and run 45 yards whenever he chose to. He has a great cast of player around him and they seem to make almost every catch. Steve on the other hand is no threat to run (Ed’s note: malarky! I model my running style after him and 60% of the time it works every time!) though he will if he has to, but if he runs 45 yards on you in one play just give up. He has always been a good passer who relies on accuracy and getting the ball out of his hand quickly. If I was starting a team I’m not sure who I’d go with but after last weeks performances I have to give the advantage to Outlaws because they played a better defense than the Gros Coqs did.

 

WR - Outlaws have three guys with over 100 yards, but their main target and best receiver is Smuda. You can slow him down but to shut him out completely I don’t see that happening. For the Gros Coqs they also have three guys over 100 yards and all of them average over 18 yards a catch. After each team’s top three guys, Gros Coqs I feel have a way stronger supporting cast around them and for that reason I am giving the advantage to Gros Coqs.

 

Defense - After last week I’m not sure if Gros Coqs have a defense at all. They gave up 48 points to Revolucion. You have guys like Tommy who was by far the best rusher in the league last season only having one sack so far this season. You have Boris who wants to be defensive player of the year to go along with the other guys I figured they would be more dominate. Outlaws on the other hand have managed to get five sacks total from two different guys and also have eight picks. They are very good tacklers who rarely miss. I am giving the advantage to the Outlaws because of points against and so far they have played some and I can’t say the same about Gros Coqs.

 

Predictions

 

It’s prediction time and I’m doing great this season. I’m still at 100% but it isn’t too hard since I only have to pick two games a week. This week I only need to pick one since there are only two division one games this week.

 

Outlaws vs Gros Coqs                         Gros Coqs

Trollers vs Revolucion                          NA (Ed’s note: Trollers)

 

Power Rankings

 

Will I make any changes to my top three or will I leave it the same. Two of the three teams won and another lost. 

#1- Gros Coqs (2-0)

#2- Outlaws (2-0)

#3- Trollers (0-1)

 

I know the Trollers lost and Revolucion won, but we all know they played a weaker team that they beat and will need to beat a good team before I can put them in my top three.

 

Studs & Duds

 

This week I had a few choices. I was going to go with someone from Revolucion but since they played two games and in my mind ran up the score I couldn’t go with one of them. I have decided to go with Remy from the Outlaws. This guy went out there and played phenomenal. He only had four catches but they went for 73 yards and one score. I didn’t pick Remy because of his offensive numbers though. The man straight up did everything for them on defense. He had ten tackles, two sacks, and he even managed a pick. Now those are some pretty solid numbers that are very deserving of being this weeks stud.

 

The dud this week I wasn’t really sure who to give it to. I was going to give it to Stu again since he had one catch for 9 yards and zero tackles but I couldn’t do that to him. I decided to go with the guy calling the defense for the Revolucion and that would be none other than John Morris. I put him here cause his defense gave up 85 points in two games and only managed 3 picks and couldn’t stop anyone. Yes they won a game but they couldn’t get turnovers in a game they won by 37. This is why John is this week’s dud.

 

That brings me to the end of this weeks article, I hope you liked it. This week there will only be two division one games so please check the schedule to make sure you are playing. Also in case you didn’t notice, the Aces will be setting up a concession stand over by the bleachers where you will be able to purchase water, Gatorade, Chips, Chocolates and not sure what else but all the money goes towards helping cover the cost of football for the kids. So please show your support and help the kids out. Thank you and see most of you suckers on Saturday.

Word From The Mouth: Studs and Duds!

Word From The Mouth: Studs and Duds!

Kevin Kousaie

Another season is underway and I’ve had a few people talk to me about a few things. For example why haven’t I mentioned them or why do I always pick on them. While it’s very simple to answer these types of questions, I try to write about only the games that I see so I have a firsthand view of what really transpired and who played well. I also don’t like always talking about the same players cause how many times can I say that this person was the best player on the field? You need to show me something worthwhile or I might not talk about it. As for talking trash about someone, well its fun, I can, and how else am I going to keep winning the smack talk award. This is football if you can’t handle the trash talking I’ll bring you some pom poms and you can be the leagues one and only cheerleader.

 

Game Recap: Revolucion vs Gros Coqs

 

This game wasn’t close. Yes, it did end in a 16 point win for Les Gros Coqs, but I felt that in the second half that they were just playing around. I will say that adding Ben Lawlor will really help La Revolucion out. He likes to go long a lot and he has the arm strength to do it and it also helps that he has guys like JC and Ted who can go up and get the ball. He just needs to learn when to take his shots down field. That was his problem in last fall’s finals and it looks to be the same at the start of this season. Once Raph comes back their offense will have a third speedster on the roster. Or at least in his old delusional mind he is a speedster (only a step behind Josh) (Ed’s note: still about 20 steps ahead of you, though we can’t be sure of the exact number since someone keeps chickening out…). I want to say that the kids even losing a guy or two still look very strong and should compete for the title again this season. The offense look great and it’s nice to see Bresse who I think is one of the top five players in the division get involved. On defense they managed four picks, but no sacks. Tommy will need to do better than that if he plans on leading the league again and possibly winning defensive player of the year which I think he should have gotten last season (Ed’s note: Agreed. No offense, Ben!). Now this brings me to another point people want me to talk about them and then they show up late. You need to show up on time and play and not drop a pick or a reception, you know who I am talking about. How you planning on winning defensive player of the year like that. My favorite play from this game wasn’t a huge play, but it did make someone look a little foolish. It was a run by Tommy where he put a move on Gabe so hard that he was on the ground, it was great. Revolucion will need to figure out how to play defense if they want to make it to the playoffs, I will say this every week until they figure it out.

 

Game of the Week: Revolucion vs Deep Threats

 

This one is a game of who can go deep more often (Ed’s note: and more accurately), my bet would be on Deep Threats. I think Ben knows how to work the field a little bit better, but you never know. I also think this game can be a turnover nightmare since both teams tend to just chuck it up. To whoever is reffing and scorekeeping, it might be a long one. So now I figured I’ll break it down by position and tell you what I think.

 

QB - So this one isn’t too tricky for me. You have JC and you have Ben. JC could be a very good QB at times, but he still doesn’t realize that he needs to work the whole field short and deep. Do that for a full game and see where you end up. You will cut down on the of picks you throw plus you will control the clock. Ben on the other hand knows what to do and where to go with the ball. He is by far the more experienced of the two and it will come to show it this game. I am give the advantage to Revolucion in this department.

 

WR - So, here you have two teams with two totally different strategies. You have Deep Threats who force a lot of balls towards Jon who is a great deep ball guy and will out jump most guys to get it, but after that they are lacking another guy or two. Who will make plays consistently when targeted? Once someone steps up it will take some coverage away from Jon and make it easier on JC to hit him on deep balls. Revolucion has an abundance of guys who are able to get the ball and make plays. You have JC who was last seasons WR of the year, but you also have Ted, David, Gabe, and how could you forget a guy like Raph. This is a very experienced bunch who can and will get the job done more often than not. I have to go with Revolucion in this category because they have more than one guy who can step up.

 

Defense - So I have said this in the past and I’ll say it again: your offense will only get you so far and you need to get a stop or two to win. Both of these teams seem to have weak defenses. Revolucion are all over the place trying to double rush and trying to shift all over the place but they don’t have the right guys to do it. My suggestion is play one or two defenses and master them so everyone knows what they are doing and where they need to be first before trying all of that other stuff. Now for Deep Threats they are a little younger and can get to where they need to be a little faster so it helps them out. With Jon playing the deep safety he covers a lot of ground Francis and Stu normally eat up guys going short and across the field. But again don’t try and do more than you guys are capable of. I’m not really sure who actually has the better defense but after watching Revolucion last week being all over the place I have to give the advantage to Deep Threats.

 

Predictions

 

This is the fun part where I get to show off my superior knowledge of the teams and get to see how right I am at picking the winners. So far this season I’m at 100%, doubt I’ll keep it like that all season but it be great if I did.

 

Revolucion vs Deep Threats                    Revolucion  

Gros Coqs vs Revolucion                        Gros Coqs

Outlaws vs Trollers                                  NA (Ed’s note: Trollers)

 

Power Rankings

 

I know that only one week has been played, but it wasn’t too hard to figure it out. So here we are with the power rankings.

 

#1- Gros Coqs (1-0)

#2- Outlaws (1-0)

#3- Trollers (0-0)

 

So that is how the rankings will start but will they finish this way. We will know that in nine more weeks.

 

Stud and Dud

 

This is a new section where I will be naming a player who played great and had the numbers to back it up. You can do it on offense, on defense or even on both but you need to ball out. I will also be naming a dud this is someone who I feel underperformed and didn’t show up to play. So this is totally up to you and if you don’t like it since you were the dud play better and maybe it won’t happen again, but you never know.

 

Stud of the week goes to Bresse who had a very solid game with 3 catches for 55 yards 2 TDs and two 1 point converts to go along with 2 tackles and 1 pick. I had a few other guys in consideration for stud of the week, but I had to go with Bresse this week better luck next week everyone else.

 

Dud of the week goes to Stu. Yes he made 2 tackles, but after I wrote about you and your tackling abilities and you only get 2 it’s a little disappointing. Sorry Stu, you’re the dud this week.

 

That is it for this week but we still have a long way to go. I hope that everyone gets a chance to make it onto the Stud of the week. I was nice this week but moving forward I’m going to be talking more smack about you if you end up as the dud. I was really hoping the dud was going to be Francis, but he played well. Too bad, maybe next week. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed.

Word From The Mouth: Now In New Fall Flavour!

Word From The Mouth: Now In New Fall Flavour!

Kevin Kousaie

Here we are at the start of another season, and let me start by saying congratulations to the Holy Trollers for winning their second straight title. There are a few questions that we need to find the answers to. Can the Trollers become the first 3 time champs and become the first real dynasty in the MFL? Can Les Gros Coqs go undefeated again this season, but this time finish it off with a title? How much of an impact is Smuda going to have with the Outlaws?

 

From what I'm hearing but it’s not set in stone yet, but it’s possible that only 4 out of 6 teams will make the playoffs. If that is the case barring some sort of major injury who is going to be the fourth team to make it in? My bet would be on Revolucion making it in, but Deep Threats came on strong at the end of last season and there is no way OG Panthers are going to be that bad again this season. I won’t talk about the one and only preseason game from last week since it was the Outlaws vs three members of the Gros Coqs.

 

(Ed’s note: The OG Panthers are unfortunately out for the fall season, so it will be 4 of 5 making the playoffs this year)

 

So lets get to answering those questions I asked before. Yes, the Trollers are the first real dynasty the MFL has ever had. They have been around from the beginning, they have 4 titles, and these guys have played together for years now. Trollers might not have the most skill from top to bottom (Ed’s note: they have the most skill from top to one away from the bottom), but they do play together very well and know what it takes to win close games. Will they win it all this season? I want to say yes but some people will think I’m being cocky, heck if you want to be the champ you got to beat the champ when it counts and no one has been able to do that in years, so why not make us three time champs. Yes, this is before a game has been played but I know what the Trollers are capable of.

 

Gros Coqs chances of going undefeated. They did it last season and they have a really strong roster that is more that capable of doing it again. The question is will they want to knowing what happened last season? This season it will be harder to get to 10-0 as the division got way stronger since there are fewer teams and all the teams are going to compete to win. The thing is how they will come back this season after a real tight loss at the end of last year. There are only two ways to handle it: come out and prove that last year wasn’t a fluke or that they weren’t really that good last season and they played a few weaker teams. Best of luck guys and lets see how you guys play this season.

 

Smuda to the Outlaws. This is the biggest move of the off season. I will give it to Steve, he is always looking to upgrade his team and bring in new players. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. Steve should know that it will take time for them to gel as a unit. Yes Smuda is a great player and the Outlaws are a team that competes every year, but will it be enough to bring them a second title. Has Steve finally found his replacement for Shyanne? Only playing the season will answer these questions, but I’d bet that I’m pretty accurate with what I’m saying here.

 

As for who the fourth team to make the playoffs will be, my money would be on Revolucion. During the one week off season it looks as if they found a new QB and another solid player. It looks as if Ben, last falls MVP, throwing the ball around and there is a possibility that David who played a few seasons ago with them is back. I don’t think they have any problems on offense, I think their struggles will be on the defensive side of the ball. They are a bit older, slower, and take too long to make adjustments. Their offense will mask some of those because they should be able to score so all their games might be shootouts. Lets hope so those are fun games to watch. Deep Threats need to make sure that Jon is there all season if they want to have any chance. Jon is hands down there best player by far. JC has made strides at becoming a better QB, but still takes too many shots deep and he needs to keep the ball away from Francis the guy with the worst hands in the league by far.

 

 

Predictions

 

This sections is the only part that really matters to some people they want to see if I have them winning. So lets start off the season by giving you all what you want.

 

Outlaws vs Deep Threats                         Outlaws

Revolucion vs Gros Coqs                         Coqs 

 

That’s is it for this week and I want to let you all know that we are glad you are all back and it should make for a fun and exciting season. I’m going to add a new section onto my article next week and some of you will like it and I can guarantee some of you won’t. I want to say that this year make sure your shirts or pinnies are tucked and your flag belt is visible at all times we are going to be cracking down on this and also the only person the refs want to here talking to them is the team captain. So lets go out there have fun and be safe. See you all on Saturday.

Word From The Mouth: Word From The Finals

Word From The Mouth: Word From The Finals

Kevin Kousaie

So where should I start or how should I go about writing this since it will be my conclusion to the season? I was thinking about only writing about the championship team and how they got there or just write about the weekend as a whole. I will say that the semifinals games were a lot more exciting than the finals were. I understand that teams are missing players, but come on guys, it’s the playoffs. You play all season for this then can’t make the playoffs? All you have done was hurt your teams chances at winning.

 

Outlaws vs Krakens

 

I will say this to start that both teams were missing guys and not guys you can easily replace. I mean Outlaws got a text at 10:15 saying their rusher was sick and wasn’t going to be able to make it. Mathieu you got to suck it up and play. It’s called having a pair and not letting your team down. For the Krakens you had one of the Mathieus missing along with nice guy Silvio who was unable to make it back from his new home city in SF. All 3 of those guys could have and probably would have made a difference. This was still a very close game from what I heard from the players after the game. Going into the game I felt that the Krakens were a stronger team, but not by a lot until you pencil in the missing guys and when Steve has to be the guy rushing. I figured that Rob was going to have a field day on their defense. Krakens were able to score on their first possession and then force a turnover on a pick by Francisco to jump out to an early 12 to nothing lead, but then the Outlaws got it together and started playing. On the last play of the half the Outlaws managed to score and make it an 8 point game since they were going to be starting with the ball in the second half that was huge. In the second half both teams were scoring at will, but with 1:45 left in the game Outlaws scored and it was now a 1 point game, but they were unable to get the convert. They still had a chance to get the ball back and win though. They forced a punt and had the ball with 29 seconds left. Steve on first down wasn’t able to connect with anyone and then on second down while trying to gain some field position threw a pick and that was all she wrote on the Outlaws season. Krakens move on with a 1 point victory.

 

Trollers vs Gros Coqs

 

This was one of the most exciting games that I have been a part of in the MFL, if not the most exciting game ever for the league. I’m not going to lie, going into this game I was very confident that the Trollers were going to walk away with the win. I know Les Gros Coqs were undefeated and they beat us twice but those other times they beat us we weren’t a full team. The Trollers were able to play some great defense early on in the game and managed to jump out to a 12 point lead, though that didn’t last for too long as the deficit started to get them to play better. Early in the game Andre was having his way with Dom amassing 5 sacks on the day, then Dom decided to start running and that is when this really became a game. Now going in at half time the score was tied at 12 and Les Gros Coqs were starting with it in the second half and had gotten some momentum. 

 

That momentum didn’t last as the Trollers forced a turnover on downs and then proceeded to score and get the convert and go up 7. We stopped them again and went down and scored to go up 25-12 with just under 10 minutes left. Now all we needed to do was not allow any big plays and the game should be ours. F*cken Dom has to go and throw a 44 yard bomb to Bresse to keep it interesting. He didn’t score but Vince did on the next play. Trollers couldn’t score and put the game away but we did manage to waste almost 5 minutes of clock which was ok but not great. Coqs start to move the ball and bring it real close to endzone where Ben makes a beautiful interception on our 2 yard line with 43 seconds left, now we now that the game is over and we are going to the finals. You should never count your chickens before they hatch. Tommy comes up with a safety to give them the ball back down by 4. Under 15 seconds and Dom throws up a pray and somehow with 3 Trollers around Boris is able to catch it and get into the end zone. 12 seconds left we knew it was over for us but we had time for 3 plays and were going to give it a shot. We cut field in half on first play and Josh caught the ball on the 1 yard line and got in on what was the last play of the game. It was a nail bitter right up to the end. I definitely don’t want to go through that again. 

 

Final: Trollers vs Krakens

 

I felt that going into the finals that the Trollers had expelled all their energy and luck against Les Gros Coqs and thought that we were going to come out flat. I will tell you this that no one on the Trollers felt like there was any chance in losing to the Krakens on Saturday. It wasn’t being over confident, but knowing what we were able to exploit. Trollers very rarely huddle up, but right after the first play Max came up to me and said if they leave this defensive match up on me then we were going to take advantage all day long. After each team had one possession I had it in my head that this is going to be a tight game and converts were going to be big, that never came to. This game was a real mismatch, I would have much rather have played the Krakens with their full squad, yes we all want to win but I would like for some drama for the game to be a little closer. Truth of the matter was the Trollers couldn’t stop Smuda all day, but no one else stepped up their game so it was just about not allowing one guy beat us. It also helped that Ben was able to get 3 picks. How I thought going into the game about the Trollers being drained it was more like the Krakens came out strong on first possession, but had nothing after that. I’m not sure of what to write about this game as it wasn’t really a game and both of the semifinal games were much more exciting and way better games. Going into next season teams will be looking to knock us off, but I say bring it we’re ready and waiting.

 

I want to thank everyone who played, refereed, score kept, or even came out to watch this season without you guys there is no MFL. I hope to see everyone in the fall, but I know that isn’t going to happen as we always lose a few teams for fall season. Remember any team can win any week except Raph’s team winning a title, that will never happen. In case you’re keeping score its 4-0 for Kevin. Just messing with you Raph you’re always competitive even with a weaker roster, though you got a few guys now you just need a few more and a guy to throw them the ball. That’s is it for my writing in Division 1 this season.

Word From The Mouth: Championship Saturday Edition

Word From The Mouth: Championship Saturday Edition

Kevin Kousaie

So we are here the final week of the season. At the beginning of the season I could have bet money that it would have come down to these four teams. I could choose to talk about what happened in last week’s games, but really none of the games were that close and who wants to talk about the past when we can talk about the upcoming finals. Plus I have to get back to whooping ass in Madden 19 (ed’s note: back on PC! Now about bringing NCAA back…). Lets jump right into this weeks games.

 

Game Previews

 

Outlaws vs Krakens

 

This is the third meeting between these two teams they split those games with a 1 point differential for the Krakens. That was in the season and now that we are in playoffs anything can happen. Both teams are strong, you have to be to get this far, but it will come down to QB play. The guy who can stay calm and keep his cool and not turn the ball over should walk away with the win.

 

QB - The Krakens have Rob and he might be the oldest QB in the league, but the guy has put up great numbers and doesn’t show his age. Rob is one of the more competitive guys who plays the position. Yes all QBs want to win, but Rob shows it. He can be very emotional at times and that is the only area for concern with me. He makes all the right throws and takes what the defense gives him. To make that change you need to get after him quickly and take that first read away. Outlaws have Steve who I have played with for a few seasons now in FPF, I could be a real a** and tell you exactly what he wants to do and who to watch out for, but I want it to be a competitive game. Steve has been in the league since the LCL days. I have seen him succeed and choke at different times. Steve has always put his guys where they have a chance to win. Steve might not have the strongest arm in the league, but he knows how to throw guys open and design plays that will work to get guys open. I love Steve and all but I have to give Rob the advantage here.

 

WR - Outlaws have a bunch of solid guys who can all make plays. The guy with the least catches on the team is Vince with 19, but he missed 3 games. I think that Vince is a very hard guy to guard since he is really fast and can make a guy or two miss. I’ve seen him take a 2 yard pass and run right by the entire defense and score. Outlaws have a lot of guys but they don’t really have a go to guy, it’s more like when they get chance they make things happen. Krakens to me have the best group in the league. I talked about this group at the beginning of the season. How can you stop all the weapons they have? You got Smuda, Silvio, Carmelo, and Francisco. Those would be the four guys that you really need to pay attention to since they get most of the balls. The only way to stop them is hope that someone drops a pass or they run a wrong route or Rob throws a bad pass, cause if they are all on their games it is a long day for the defense. I have to go and give the advantage to the Krakens but it is was closer than you’d think. I would take either group and be happy with it and not complain (ed’s note: I literally cannot imagine a scenario where Kevin would not complain. I don’t mean just in football either. I mean in any scenario in anything).

 

Defense - Krakens defense isn’t like their offense. Yes they have a few guys who can make plays, but they didn’t do it this season. If you take Carmelo off the field then you really just have guys out there that play it safe and give up the catch and make the tackle rather than try to get the pick. They lack a solid pass rush so QBs have time to get to their second and third reads. Outlaws on the other hand have a very good rusher in Mathieu and can cover on the back end. The thing with these guys is that since Mathieu gets good pressure they know the ball is coming out fast and can cover short and jump balls. If you can eliminate the pressure then they are forced to cover longer and you can expose the few weak spots that they have. I am giving the advantage to the Outlaws on the defensive side of the ball. 

 

As for the winner of this game I want to go with the Outlaws but I know that Steve has a hard time with the Krakens. I think Steve will have trouble with them again this weekend but I think he will pull it off. Give me the Outlaws.

 

 

Trollers vs Gros Coqs

 

This is also the third meeting between the two teams, but really this is actually going to be the first meeting where the Trollers have a full team. They were missing a QB the first time and two WRs the second time. This time will be a much tougher game if Les Gros Coqs want to win and stay undefeated (ed’s note: Kevin, do you feel there’s a chance that they don’t want that?).

 

QB - We have two guys here who can both beat you with their arm and legs, but it will come down to who plays the smarter game and doesn’t force the ball. Dom from Gros Coqs had a great season, the guy accounted for 58 TDs with 54 in the air and 4 on the ground. In my opinion Dom is a top QB and if I was to start a team from scratch I think he’d be my number 1 pick. In the past he used to run circles around everyone, but he has gotten away from that and has become a better thrower which makes him even more dangerous since he can still run like there is no tomorrow. Trollers have Max and he is a competitor and wants to win every game. He can make every throw necessary to win, if you need a 40 bomb at the end of the game he can launch it to give you a chance. He has great hip movement and makes a lot of guys miss on first attempt. If Max could get a better feeling on reading defenses I think he would be unstoppable. I have to give the advantage to Dom and Les Gros Coqs.

 

WR - Trollers have two guys in Ben and Josh. Yes, they have other guys but they will need to be given the chance to get the ball. Ben can and will beat you deep all day long. Josh will take a short pass and make a few guys miss and beat you that way. Gros Coqs have so many guys that can beat you and they are all young, fast, and very athletic. The question becomes who is who is going to be the guy this week. You might be able to stop one or two of those guys, but they have about four guys in Vince, Alexandre, Etienne and Charles but lets not forget about Julien and Thomas. Everyone of these guys can and will beat you if you let them. I have to give the advantage to Les Gros Coqs.

 

Defense - Trollers have always been about playing defense and have always been tough to score against and this season wasn’t any different. They were right up there in picks and have a solid rusher in Andre. Ben led the league in picks so that helps us out, but he isn’t the only guy and everyone has the capability to pick a ball off here or there. Gros Coqs have the best rusher in the league and probably the defensive player of the year in Thomas (ed’s note: he was my vote for DPotY by 1.6 km). Thomas gets after the QB so fast and is relentless that the guys on the back end know it’s coming out real fast and don’t real need to worry about the deep ball. Each and every player on the Gros Coqs can and do make plays on defense. I hate to do this but I have to give the advantage to Les Gros Coqs and you guys can thank Thomas for getting the edge in this category. 

 

I won’t be picking a winner in this game (ed’s note: Coqs), but I will tell you that is will be a close game and converts are going to make all the difference.

 

So, this is the last from the mouth for 2 weeks. I want to wish all 4 teams good luck in the semifinals. With the top 4 teams in we might actually have a good finals for the first time in a long time. Everyone that has been eliminated, there is always next season. I’ll see you all on Saturday. Thank you for reading all season long. This was my first time writing for the league so if any of you have any pointers that would be great.

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