2021 Week #5 Discussion

[Vic Carucci]

IFL GAMEDAY: 2021 Week 5

GAME RESULTS
BOX		Chicago Crusaders	26-17	Houston Renegades		LOG
BOX		Dakota Spirit	10-27	Vancouver Killer Whales		LOG
BOX		Fresno Warthogs	27-19	Iowa City Snipe Hunters		LOG
BOX		Georgia Generals	24-17	Vermont Mountaineers		LOG
BOX		Hartford Whalers	10-22	St. Louis Cardinals		LOG
BOX		Lawrence Phantoms	31-26	Texas Trojans		LOG
BOX		Little Rock Toads	23-22	Newark Bulldogs		LOG
BOX		Louisiana Voodoo	17-42	West Virginia Beasts		LOG
BOX		Montreal Firebirds	28-21	Cleveland Clawz		LOG
BOX		Norfolk Vipers	22-16	Murfreesboro Mules		LOG
BOX		Oakland Assassins	10-17	Madison Demons		LOG
BOX		Reno Wolfpack	10-14	Pennsylvania Lions		LOG
BOX		Tulsa TigerHawks	23-17	Orlando Pirates		LOG
BOX		Wichita Outlaws	20-3	Los Angeles Matadors		LOG

TOP PERFORMERS
OFF POTW		FL Hunter "Whiskey" Stills (LRK)	6 catches, 162yds, 1TD.
DEF POTW		RCB Bert Puppe (STL)	1int, 5pd, 2 ctc, 47 psply, 113.0 pdpct, 2tk, 1a.
OFF ROTW		FL Ellis Thomason (LOU)	7 catches, 146yds, 0TD.
DEF ROTW		RCB Shane "Gator" Matthews (LRK)	1int, 2pd, 5 ctc, 45 psply, 89.4 pdpct, 4tk, 0a.
ST POTW		LCB Doug Davis (IWC)	0-0-0TD pr. 5-188-1TD kr, 0tk.

INJURIES OF NOTE
	DT Damon Ellard (NFK)	89/89	Strained Elbow Tendon	6 wks

[DakotaGeorge]

dont think the final score reflected at all how the game actually went.

[SteveBsFan]

GG Chicago. Smoked us. I suck.

[DDT]

Wow. Turned it over 5 times at the champs and won. Defense was awesome. Despite the TO's, short fields and missing it's best player they would not allow Newark into the endzone. Good game, Matt

[sidewinder66]

GG Kobeck,

once again we got dominated this season and were unable to really compete. Although we had a chance to tie the game towards the end, I don't feel like we ever really had a chance.


*panicmode*

I'd like to hear some input from you guys in this league. Right now I can't really see what I'm doing wrong. Of course, I don't have a top notch QB, but when looking at DeWit's bars I really like how they look and I think he should play better than he is playing now. Also I try to limit his passes in the gameplan, something that doesn't really takes effect on gameday. Also what's up with all the drops, sacks and hurries. My WR's are average, and my o-line isn't really bad.
Defense can't seem to stop anyone although I have some decent players.

Maybe one of you has some insight in what I could do better. I'd certainly be interested to know.

Edit: I know I risk sounding like a whiner, but come on, I need to figure this one out.

*/panicmode*

[tarcone]

DH sighting: 25 carries for 177 yards and 1 TD.

Sanford is playing horrible. 17/31 for 114 yards, 1 TD and 1 interception. Ugly.

Gg Pirates.

[Argot]

Holy Cow! We almost beat the Lions!!! Then they march down the field in 4 plays and beat us in the last minute...ugh....

[r00k]

Simply a "nail biter" as I watched a very hard fought game against the undefeated Murfreesboro Mules that finally went into an overtime period.

Vipers receive the kickoff and drive for the winning TD and it feels pretty great to get a win against a good team once again. I was wondering WTF was happening with my team before this game.

GG, David ... you have one hell of a team and you should do very well this season. This game could have gone either way.

Ellard goes down for a few weeks and that is a big blow to the defensive scheme ... he starts the rehab with an off week for the Vipers this week.

[Matt]

Wow. Turned it over 5 times at the champs and won. Defense was awesome. Despite the TO's, short fields and missing it's best player they would not allow Newark into the endzone. Good game, Matt

can't believe we lost this game. we played brutal on offense. kicking short FG's doesn't work.
There's no way we should lose this game at home. i'm pessst. gonna have to sit down and re-evaluate my offensive gameplan. obviously something isn't working today.

GG

[Suicane]

Outside of 1 drive our defense played lights out again. Caro continues to not make mistakes which is turning out to be all the difference. Still can't run worth a damn.

[JesterBlaze]

GG TimG, it looked as though you were gonna be in position for a final TD drive to steal the W. Glad to get out of this one with a victory.

Phantoms are playing well considering we're losing a good/great player per week to injury thus far.

[DDT]

can't believe we lost this game. we played brutal on offense. kicking short FG's doesn't work.
There's no way we should lose this game at home. i'm pessst. gonna have to sit down and re-evaluate my offensive gameplan. obviously something isn't working today.

GG

Change your offense if you like but I think I just got very lucky or you got very unlucky.

[dthompso8]

Simply a "nail biter" as I watched a very hard fought game against the undefeated Murfreesboro Mules that finally went into an overtime period.

Vipers receive the kickoff and drive for the winning TD and it feels pretty great to get a win against a good team once again. I was wondering WTF was happening with my team before this game.

GG, David ... you have one hell of a team and you should do very well this season. This game could have gone either way.

GG Rook, heck of a game... disappointing to lose in OT, but we did win one earlier in the season so can't complain...

You have a good team and your DL seemed to cause my OL all sorts of issues with sacks and penalties. Hope Ellard is back for you soon he is a monster and I want him to do the same to others as he did to us... :-)

[Hoosier]

i'm beginning to hate this snake bitten team...

[Matt]

Change your offense if you like but I think I just got very lucky or you got very unlucky.

there's 2 trends i'm seeing with my team this year.
1. we aren't scoring TDs
2. we are giving up a lot of yards late in games.

these 2 things are just not good.