2018 Opening Week Discussion

[Matt]

Well we sold out to stop the run and it worked. Unfortunately Burger ate us.

Ya, i noticed that you guys were just hell bent on stopping the run. I think Burger took those looks and decided to pass out of them. He didn't miss a pass all game!!!

It was sort of frustrating at first seeing Jamison get bottled up, but when we started calling pass plays for 10-15yds per clip I got happy.

GG. Wilkins played well and you've got a lot to look forward to. now go ahead and beat all your other opponents

[BOSS]

Good opening win at home against the Shrek crew. Running game sucked ass but thats all i have to complain about.

LB Horse Kollars with 1 sack, 5 hurries, 5 knockdowns. Guy is a beast!

[Hoosier]

Whew, we forgo history and decide to beat up on Anchorage. Nice.

I like this team.

GG Anchorge.

[Jave]

What a butt ugly game, BUT a win. Couldn't be happier with my defense, COMPLETELY shutting down their run game:

Reno	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Steve Mireles	9	27	3.00	9	0	0
Darnell Castillo	8	23	2.88	6	0	0

When you can hold a great running like Castillo to 8 rushes for 23 yards, your going to win. Credit Doyle and Wingfield for DOMINATING the defensive LOS, forcing Reno to the air...sorta:

Reno	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jerry Patterson	23	11	108	4/23	1	21	2	39.7

Once again, my best defensive performance in years holding Patterson to a 39.7 quarterback rating.

It was also the day of the rookies:

Oakland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR David Thomason	5	9	85	17.00	29	30	0
WR Winston Stuart	5	6	55	11.00	17	17	1

Oakland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Zach Borders	1	0	0.00	0
CB Derek Torres	1	8	8.00	0

In a backup role Stuart comes on strong with a 5/6 catch performance for the games only TD, his first, and CB Torres picks off Patterson for his first career interception.

Sometimes ya have to lean on your defense and today was one of those days. We couldn't punch it in with Wilson despite his great day running and remembering last years snuff of the season awards Burgess kicks 5 field goals to prove he is one the leagues best kickers coming through in the clutch.

[Matt]

woah big swing in this week's power rankigns

[Matt]

RNK	TEAM	ROSTER	OFF	DEF	REC	WINPCT	OPPREC	OPPPCT	PWR RTG	LAST RNK	RTG CHG
1	Newark Bulldogs	79.5	82.7	171.8	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	93.81	7	14.31
2	Los Angeles Matadors	84.3	99.3	87.8	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	88.31	1	4.01
3	Cleveland Clawz	77.2	118.8	80.4	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	86.72	12	9.52
4	Georgia Generals	78	101.7	96.9	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	86.29	10	8.29
5	Murfreesboro Mules	80.9	84.4	95.9	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	84.74	6	3.84
6	Oakland Assassins	74.8	81.9	119.5	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	83.87	16	9.07
7	Lawrence Phantoms	82.1	99.3	62	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	83.57	4	1.47
8	Montreal Firebirds	82.7	68.1	97.8	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	83.04	2	0.34
9	Tulsa TigerHawks	73.6	90.4	104.7	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	82.76	20	9.16
10	Pennsylvania Lions	76.2	93.5	87.1	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	82.45	14	6.25
11	Houston Renegades	77.6	64.3	117.7	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	82.08	11	4.48
12	Madison Demons	71	94.1	99.3	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	81.22	24	10.22
13	Fresno Warthogs	81.1	89.8	58.1	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	80.67	5	-0.43
14	Chicago Crusaders	74.3	80	93.1	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	79.67	18	5.37
15	Norfolk Vipers	79.1	94.9	51.1	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	79.5	8	0.4
16	Portland Seals	82.5	85	55.3	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	79.34	3	-3.16
17	Salt Lake City Stallions	69.1	83.7	103	1-0-0	1	0-1-0	0	78.7	28	9.6
18	West Virginia Beasts	76.4	96.7	52.4	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	77.56	13	1.16
19	Vermont Mountaineers	73.1	82.4	52.5	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	73.07	21	-0.03
20	Hartford Whalers	78.6	53.1	63.5	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	72.38	9	-6.22
21	Iowa City Snipe Hunters	76	52.8	72.7	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	72.08	15	-3.92
22	Wichita Outlaws	74.1	62.4	44.8	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	68.93	19	-5.17
23	Vancouver Killer Whales	74.6	49	59.1	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	68.72	17	-5.88
24	Texas Trojans	71	60.5	58.1	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	68.61	25	-2.39
25	Anchorage Lynx	72	60.1	49.9	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	68.01	23	-3.99
26	St. Louis Cardinals	67.2	46.3	78.6	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	66.56	30	-0.64
27	Reno Wolfpack	70.9	43.9	61.5	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	65.99	26	-4.91
28	Orlando Pirates	72.1	37.9	59.8	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	65.33	22	-6.77
29	Lansing Ogres	68.8	50.4	56.3	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	65.23	29	-3.57
30	Little Rock Toads	69.1	51.9	48.8	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	64.67	27	-4.43
31	Louisiana Voodoo	65.8	54.4	58.9	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	64.59	32	-1.21
32	Dakota Spirit	66.3	56.7	53.3	0-1-0	0	1-0-0	1	64.56	31	-1.74

[ukpatfan]

Just caught our game.....the Clawz certainly beat us up but we are a young rebuilding team so no surprise to be fair.

Danny Oullette did ok for his debut, but he did throw a pick, and we put him on his back 4 times

I thought 16 of 23 for 297yds, 2 TD and a pick wasn't a bad debut for 'Dogs'.
A QB rating of 123.0 in your first pro start, playing catch up football was pretty darn good.

Slightly better than Perkins debut back in the day.

[W0LF3MAN813]

My team decided not to wake up till the third quarter, we had a chance to get back in it when it was 17-13 but we couldn't make the most out of the the two turnovers we forced in the 2nd half. The mules did though haha GG Mules

[Jave]

Hey Vito:

Jave you might want to check the stat line on my rookie RB -- you diss'd him but I think he's going to give you some serious problems this season

Week 3:

Shawn Bradford

13

96

7.38

Week 2:

Shawn Bradford

9

51

5.67

I'm not drafting 'bars' anymore -- the combine approach landed me a lot of good players this draft

Salt Lake City	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Shawn Bradford	6	5	0.83	7	0	0

Yea.....Bradford really knocked that outta the ballpark:dancing:

[SteveBsFan]

woah big swing in this week's power rankigns

Game of the week for us this week. And it's my 2nd week in a row I get to play one of Suicane's 12 teams. If I got to play all 12 in a row I'd win the division... zing!

[W0LF3MAN813]

Game of the week for us this week. And it's my 2nd week in a row I get to play one of Suicane's 12 teams. If I got to play all 12 in a row I'd win the division... zing!

ah that was cold haha

[Matt]

assuming that Suicane doesn't choose for his team to win that specific game.
One thing that I will bet on in this game is that Burger will throw an incompletion.

[jeffrey]

Well it was a good game. Portland spotted the Warthogs 24-0 lead by the early second, but game was tied at 27 with 9 mins left. Fresno reached midfield and started to crumble under the pressure turning 1&10 into a 4&23 at their own 34, but rookie P Emmons boomed one OOB at the Seals 7 to flip the field. Portland got a FD but Fresno forced a punt that was FC at Fresnos 42 with 4 mins left in the tie game. After a couple of quick FDs the Warthogs were at the Seal 26, but a hold foiled the drive setting Oksenberg up for the game winning 43 yarder. Prestbye grabbed a Caro desperiation heave and the Warthogs were able to gind a FD out to please the sparse home crowd.

GG, man. Those two early fumbles killed us; that and our total inability to stop the run. I build my teams to stop the pass, but that doesn't work when you start the game down 24-0...

You get a leg up in the west. Losing division games makes me queasy.

[Suicane]

Game of the week for us this week. And it's my 2nd week in a row I get to play one of Suicane's 12 teams. If I got to play all 12 in a row I'd win the division... zing!

I will cornhole your face next time we play. Cornhole it.

[dthompso8]

My team decided not to wake up till the third quarter, we had a chance to get back in it when it was 17-13 but we couldn't make the most out of the the two turnovers we forced in the 2nd half. The mules did though haha GG Mules

GG Voodoo I always hate week 1 so happy to come away with a win... was worried for a while in the 2nd half with those turnovers..