Week 2 Discussion

[irabowman]

GG Scortch You guys just stuffed the ball down our throats in first half and we could do nothing about it. I am lousey at game planning lol.

[Guest]

gg Foos.

Spoiler

Brian Douglas ripped us apart and some big gains on the ground contributed to this loss. It would have looked worse if it wasn't for the punt return but you guys deserved it with the yardage and TOP. Proper beat down. Well played.

[Cory]

To be honest I was pretty impressed, Ira. My ability to run the ball was really just a math problem. My O-line is the best unit on my team and your D-line is probably your weakest. I was worried about how we'd be able to stop your run game. Luckily, we were able to stay out ahead for most of the game which forced you to rely on the passing game. When you did run you gained over 5 and a half yards per attempt. When the game started and you jumped ahead early I got nervous thinking that my D-line was going to be in for a long game. With how the game played out I don't know how you could have planned any better.

This was a weird game in that both QBs played horribly. No matter what we did we just couldn't get it going enough to put the game away, and Las Vegas was able to hang with us until the final minute of the game. The defense came up with big in the second half, including one series that ended with Las Vegas staring down 4th and goal from the 38. If we hadn't stiffened up like that, we'd have been toast as our offense went to sleep after halftime.

Conner Cannida came up huge with another multi-interception game, and through two games has matched his INT total from 2038 when he was selected to the All-League 2nd team. I spent the second half of last year trying to set up my defensive gameplan to put him in the best possible position to be successful, and so far it seems to be working. Let's see if he can keep it up.

[Aston]

gg, Engelbert. This was another close game, but a better showing from the offense -- powered by the ground game. We look fairly dual-threat, which is good. Neither looks that strong, which is bad. However, hopefully we'll be able to land at least one of the two punches on most teams.

My QB's disinclination to throw to his WRs was maddening last year, but fun. This year, I don't think we're likely to see the same yardage after the RB's dropoff. So now it's just maddening! We have nice WRs, man. Use 'em!

Made a mistake as I forgot to crank up my injury setting to 80+, and one of my CBs didn't get any defensive snaps as a result (he's 'doubtful'). Can't do that this week, but it was a heck of a job by the rest of the crew to stop Syron & co. Utah has some powerful pieces in the pass game.

[Guest]

When we were down by 24 starting the second quarter I had essentially chalked this one up as a loss.. But then Ashton West happened. He finished with 28 carries for 237 yards and a score and we somehow wrangled a win out of that horrible start. Credit to our defense for not just mailing it in after the offense dug them into that ditch to begin with. We recovered from the severe first quarter fumble-itis and ended up with one hell of a comeback.

GG Port City, that was a wild one.

[Guest]

GG Portland

Spoiler

We got off to a rough start with turnovers, remind me of last week, and we went down early 7-0. Then we ran up a huge lead which we held until the 4th quarter when Portland staged a comeback and scared the bejesus out of us. We were having trouble running down the clock since Herndon was injured and the AI was handing off the ball to my FB 66% of the time.

Brian Douglas had a marvelous game and if he can keep it up and these nagging little injuries don't compromise my team too much maybe we can sneak into the playoffs this year.

[macroguru20]

GG Motor City

Spoiler

The safety at the start shocked me, but I was pleased, then you roared back. My defensive pressure helped me win this one.

Looks like my next game I get to play Aston....Oh joy!

[IrishGuy65]

GG Strickzilla.

You crushed our running game, we couldn't get anything going. But Sage was 19 for 25 for 329 yards and 3 TDs. On defense, stopping the run is our thing, and we were successful doing that. We tried to pressure White, but we couldn't get a sack on him. We got some pressure, which was good enough. At the end of the 3rd quarter, it looked like we took White out, and we were able to get a couple of sacks on the backup.

One thing that concerns me is two missed extra points by our kicker. Didn't see any bad snap or bad hold message, so our kicker needs to get better quickly.

[Delandis]

Do players hold out for the entire season?

[Guest]

GG Los Alamos. BKL 38 LAS 13.

1.1 QB #bORNrEADy Bunting gets his first win with an impressive performance (141 QBR).

#bORNrEADy out partying celebrating the first win in vegas..

[Gauss]

Kalispel with less than 100 yd offense this week, and AI-signedc QB McMaster had a QBR of 0.0 Honest.

So would anyone object if I start rookie QBs after that performance?

[Cory]

Kalispel with less than 100 yd offense this week, and AI-signedc QB McMaster had a QBR of 0.0 Honest.

So would anyone object if I start rookie QBs after that performance?

I went to check out your QB situation and saw that you picked up Scottie Tuell. This has to be my favorite pickup of the season, as his career is now a palindrome. He was drafted by Kalispel, got picked up in free agency by Denver, traded to Memphis, traded back to Denver, and finally picked up in free agency by Kalispel. KAL, FA, DEN, trade, MEM, trade, DEN, FA, KAL. It's the kind of thing they'd make a 30 for 30 about.

[Guest]

and the heartbreak keeps going for the Defenders
that's 2 drama losses in a row
either our coaching sucks or our players are big time chockers

[Guest]

#bORNrEADy out partying celebrating the first win in vegas..

LMAO. This is one of the funnier posts that I have ever seen.

[FrozenFlame]

Do players hold out for the entire season?

I guess it depends on the player .. SS Bravo held out the offseason and preseason .. and rejected like two offers I sent him. As soon as preseason ended he stopped holding out.. lol

This guy just wanted to skip out on offseason workouts and the preseason in the most dramatic way possible. Bravo Bravo.