fuck the sim fuck the sim fuck the sim.
Alright, now that that's out of my system, time to get into one of the greatest weeks in terms of running back production in league history. Seriously, if that's somehow not a true statement then the depths of the early league history are pretty interesting and a hell of a lot weirder than I thought they already were.
Sarasota Sailfish at Yellowknife Wraiths:
Sailfish Rushers:
Raphtalia Chan: 8/19
Running Back: 5/10
Wraiths Rushers:
Acura Skyline: 7/15
Jameson Vermillion: 3/8
Colby Jack: 0/1
Not a bad game of running, even from the low TPE 2nd string Back. Only 3.3 yards per carry can work out if it comes at the right time. Meanwhile, Chan was generally effective up until the very end of the game. Unfortunately that matters when it causes your offense to stall and the other team comes back. The running game of the sailfish was generally OK, though. I would like to point something interesting out: when the defense got a pre-snap penalty and would have given the yardage for a first down, it gave the ability for teams to generally do jack and get first downs. One of Vermillion's successes and one of Running Back's successes came from such a situation, where to not get a success would have meant losing like 5 yards.
Skyline's stats are somewhat misleading, more so than some of the other big names you're going to see today. Skyline had 111 yards on 15 carries for 7.4 yards per carry. However, 63 of those yards came from one long run. Take that off and you're down to 3.4 yards per carry. Granted, this wasn't a terrible day for him outside that one run, this isn't a case like last week where minus a run some people were in the 2 yard per carry range. He was decent, not spectacular. Vermillion continued to be decently effective in a secondary role, and Colby Jack's one run looked much more like a sack than a run. I would like to congratulate Skyline, though, for having at best the 3rd best running game of the day, even without looking at efficiency.
Chicago Butchers at Philidelphia Liberty
Butchers Rushers:
Baby Yoda: 13/20
Julio Tirtawidjaja: 2/5
Zed Keppler: 0/1
Liberty Rushers:
Darrell Williams: 1/10
Sam Torenson: 3/7
Baby Yoda set a record with 280 rushing yards. Also, he had 29 receiving yards. The Butchers in general had an amazing running day, with 3 of their very very few unsuccessful runs coming from the end of the game where they ran 3 times to help run out the clock. I would like to mention a couple things about Yoda specifically. It's somewhat important to mention that 2 of his successful runs were a gain of 1 on 2nd and 2, and a short gain on 2nd and 1 leading to 3rd and inches. As for yards per carry, Yoda had 2 massive early runs of 67 and 60 within the first 6 minutes of game time. You take out those 2 runs, and his yards per carry falls from 14 to 8.5. Yeah. Take out his 2 largest boom runs and he still had 8.5 yards per carry. What the actual hell. Tirtawidjaja suffers a bit more from the same treatment, with his long 20 yard touchdown run accounting for all but 7 of his yards. His other 4 runs had a 1.75 yards per carry. Kinda yikes.
We had some EXTREMELY high profile running backs play amazingly this week. We also had a couple play absolutely terribly. Granted, Williams made that up a bit by catching one pass behind the defense and taking it for a 51 yard touchdown, but as far as running is concerned, Williams has GOT to be disappointed. We were SO CLOSE to seeing a running back get a lot of carries and no successes. You see that one success? It came from a 1 yard rush on 3rd and Goal from the 1. When I said I wanted to see sub 1 yards per carry from people, I did NOT expect it to come from a guy with over 1000 TPE. But there we are, 9 yards on 10 carries. 0.9 yards per carry. From Darrell Williams. As far as Sam Torenson goes, his rushing is very buoyed by a single 36 yard scamper. Remove that and he falls to 3.5 yards per carry. Still, he was effective enough to keep the chains moving when he got the chance.
Colorado Yeti at Berlin Fire Salamanders:
Yeti Rushers:
Richard Gilbert: 5/12
Anders Christiansen: 1/2
Salamanders Rushers:
Joseph Petrongolo: 3/12
Terry Yaki: 0/8
This was really not a very good running game at all, from either team. At least until the 4th. At that time, Gilbert got a few late successes to make his success rate look better than it had been for the vast majority of the game. In general, Gilbert was extremely feast or famine, with almost half of his yards coming on his 2 touchdown runs. His 5 successes went for 17 yards, 18 yards, 10 yards, 9 yards, and a 16 yard rush at the end of the game. His other 7 runs garnered him 2 total yards. Anders Christiansen, for his part, had a 0 yard run and a 6 yard run for a perfect 50% success rate.
Really, Salamanders? This might be the worst rushing out of anyone all season, I wouldn't be surprised. Especially considering the relative strength of these players. Joseph Petrongolo was the running back of the year last season. This game he was absolutely terrible. Don't let that 25% success rate fool you, he was even worse than that. When one of your 3 successes is an 8 yard rush on 1st down, and then you completely wipe that out with a 3 yard loss on 2nd down, I don't think that you're doing all that great. Petrongolo's only other 2 successes came late in the 3rd, on back to back runs to get a first down. 21 yards on 12 runs for 1.8 yards per carry, not as bad as Darrell Williams but pretty darn close. Now, as for Terry Yaki...well I kind of wish someone else was the first to get 0 successes. It would have been a LOT funnier if it was someone with over 1000 TPE or a rising star. As is, there's not much to say about it. Yaki was rarely ever close to having a successful run. His longest run was 2 yards. He ended up with NEGATIVE YARDS on the day. Suffice to say this wasn't exactly a day to remember for him. No WONDER the Salamanders only scored 3 points on the day.
San Jose Sabercats at Baltimore Hawks:
Sabercats Rushers:
Jamar Lackson: 6/13
Rando Cardrissian: 6/8
Monty Jack: 0/1
Hawks Rushers:
Mai Fukushu: 8/17
Matthias Hanyadi: 2/5
Chika Fujiwara: 0/1
On one end, we have Monty Jack, who had a single 10 yard run which he promptly fumbled on. On the other end, we have one of the greatest rush days in the entire history of the ISFL. Jamar Lackson was not all that great until the 2nd half, when he broke off a number of successful runs in a row, getting his lone touchdown, and from there stayed above 50% success rate all the way until the end of the game runs brought him below that. Cardrissian...well...about the only thing I can say negative about him is that he didn't give you a first down every single time he touched the ball, just most of the time. His yards per carry is carried a bit by his 2 60+ yard touchdown runs, and if you take those off he has a 12.3 yard per carry average. Yeah. As is he went for over 25 yards per carry and I suggest to anyone playing the hawks to just run the ball. Seriously, just run, you lose nothing if they're going to give up 300 yards per game on the ground at over 14 yards per carry. Amazingly, Tychondrius Hood wasn't the best player on the Sabercats on a day where he was 13 or so yards off from setting a record for receiving yards and caught 3 touchdowns. Well, he might have been anyways, but it's close. FUCKING 25 YARDS PER CARRY?
I would like to give my congratulations to Mai Fukushu, or Jamar Lackson, for being the 3rd best running back this game by getting over 7.5 yards per carry, at least 1 touchdown, and over 100 yards. I personally put Jamar lower, but seriously the fact that one of them is the 3rd best is ridiculous. Fukushu put up a valiant effort this game, and barely falls under 4 yards per carry if you take away her best run on the day. She was a key part in this team being in the game for most of the first half and even taking a lead into the 2nd quarter. Now if only Baltimore's D could stop the average redditor from either getting behind the defense for an easy touchdown, or from rolling forward for 5 yards per carry. Hanyadi, meanwhile, didn't get many chances, and only got success on a 4 yard rush on 1st and 10, and a 3 yard touchdown catch later. It is clear at this point who the #1 RB in the backfield is, but Hanyadi's still got some moves left. I'd also like to point out that generally, running the ball has been almost completely driven out of the Quarterback's arsenal in this new simulation.
New York Silverbacks at Orange County Otters:
Silverbacks Rushers:
Captain Rogers: 5/16
Ashley Owens: 1/6
Otters Rushers:
Ace Savage: 4/15
I feel like this success rate is a bit flattering to Rogers. It includes a 2 yard rush on 2nd and 4 to bring it to 3rd and 2, and a 1st down carry on the inch line to clean up after a returned fumble. Not the worst day of rushing by any stretch, but still not good, although maybe not quite as bad as the 1.7 yards per carry on the statline. Then again, when your already terrible yards per carry falls to 1.2 after removing a single 8 yard rush, then maybe it is as bad as I think it is. Owens, meanwhile, was also pretty shabby with just a 2 yard per carry average. Their only success was a 4 yard run on 1st and 10.
Ace Savage actually performed OK today, well, not good, but OK considering he's the lowest TPE RB who takes significant amounts of carries by some ways. He had a nasty fumble which directly led to a Silverback touchdown, but such is life. Besides that, he actually kept the chains moving multiple times during the game, and had the best yards per carry of any player on the field at 2.3. Good job, Ace! Other than that, not much to say about this game, good by Ace Savage's standards, not good overall, Orange County is really loving the fact that they're getting Jeffrey Phillips for next week's slate of games.
Honolulu Hahalua at New Orleans Second Line:
Hahalua Rushers:
Nicolas Ayers: 9/21
Cobra Kai: 3/10
Second Line Rushers:
Mike Rotchburns: 1/13
Mr Forty Two: 2/8
Forrest Gump: 2/3
Ayers was nowhere near as awful as he was last game. Not great, but not awful. With a greater than 50% success rate up until the final few rushes of the game, he helped keep the chains moving some of the time. When the NOLA secondary appeared to be made of tissue paper and swiss cheese, that was more than good enough to win this game. As for Cobra Kai, he was generally unimpressive, with mover than half of his yards coming from a single run and a 3.8 yards per carry isn't all that great even with that run. Without it, it falls to 2 yards per carry. He did do some nice work in the passing game, though.
What the hell was this running attack. No wonder this team's offense only scored twice against a team that gave up almost 30 points to the Liberty last week. Rotchburns' only successful rush came midway through the 3rd, on a 9 yard run on 1st and 10. With that rush, he had 1.8 yards per carry. Without it he had 1.25 yards per carry. I'm not sure which number is worse. Mr Forty Two was generally better, although still not good, but he did score an important 2 point conversion to give the Second Line life in the second half, even if they couldn't solve the Hahalua defense again afterwards. His 15 yard run also set up the Second Line for an easy Field Goal early in the game. Also without that 15 yard run, his yards per carry are even worse than his compatriot, with 0.8 yards per carry. This is slightly unfair, though, considering that doesn't include his 2 point conversion attempts which gained 3 yards on 2 plays, so he'd be at least over a yard per carry. Forrest Gump, meanwhile, when put in was able to tough out some important first downs, even if they ended up being squandered. He got a clutch first down on 4th and 3 to help get that field goal on the same drive where Mr Forty Two got his 15 yard run.
Arizona Outlaws at Austin Copperheads:
Outlaws Rushers:
Tatsu Nakamura: 11/22
Gunner Thorbjornsson: 0/2
Copperheads Rushers:
Zoe Watts: 3/15
Jim the Vampire: 2/3
I fucking hate the sim. How the hell did we lose this game. Anyways, Tatsu Nakamura did the vast majority of his damage early in the game, with 5 of his 11 successful runs coming in the first 7 minutes of the first quarter. 2 of his other successes were a 1 yard run on 2nd and inches, and a 1 yard run on 2nd and 1 to bring up a 3rd and inches. This game was a huge falloff in the second half for him in general. Thorbjornsson only got 2 rushes and wasn't successful on either of them. In fact, he only had 1 yard combined.
How the actual fuck did we lose this game. Zoe Watts continued to run absolutely nowhere, that 3/15 is too flattering considering those were a 2 yard run on 3rd and 1, a 5 yard run on 1st and 10, and a 1 yard run on the 1, all on the same drive. 2 of those are the epitome of getting you 2 yards when you need 2. The entire rest of the game, Watts was the epitome of giving you 2 yards when you needed at least 3. 1.2 yards per carry. FUCKING 1.2 YARDS PER CARRY, and even THAT is flattering her considering she also ran for no gain on a 2 point conversion that isn't counted for her in the statbook. Well, Jim the Vampire giving some clutch carries is probably part of it, his 2 successes were a 1 yard touchdown run and a 19 yard carry to bring the ball to the 1.
Alright, before I get into the wrap up, I need to rant a bit. What the hell was that last night? When a CB with less than 75 speed is matched up 1 on 1 with one of the best receivers in the game, him getting repeatedly burned makes sense. When a poor defense runs into a good running back, them beating them hard makes sense. But I need to speak out for 2 separate teams here: OCO and AZ. Each of us let players behind us on D multiple times, let them catch passes, and then get many YAC yards, burning great secondaries for big gains that don't seem deserved. We have the 2 best safety combos in the league! The fact that we got repeatedly burned just doesn't make sense, and felt like it happened too regularly to be really accurate to life. Hell, I think we burned AUS for less long catches than they did for us, and their best safety is worse than our 2nd best safety. We also out-cornerback them, for that matter. Ugh, it really smarts, especially when this same thing happens 2 weeks in a row.
Alright, time to wrap this up. Goodfortunecoffee gave me a great idea, to tally up all the successful runs over the course of the season.
100% Suleiman Ramza 1/1 (+1) OCO
66.6% Jim the Vampire 2/3 (+1) AUS
66.6% Forrest Gump 2/3 (+1) NOLA
52.9% Gunner Thorbjornsson 9/17 (+1) ARI
50% Tatsu Nakmura 22/44 (0) ARI
50% Rando Cardrissian 12/24 (0) SJS
50% Running Back 5/10 (0) SAR
50% Mike Boss Jr 1/2 (0) SAR
46.8% Baby Yoda 22/47 (-3) CHI
42.9% Jamar Lackson 9/21 (-3) SJS
42.9% Matthias Hanyadi 3/7 (-1) BAL
40% Acura Skyline 12/30 (-6) YKW
40% Jameson Vermillion 8/20 (-4) YKW
38.9% Mai Fukushu 14/36 (-8) BAL
38.1% Cobra Kai 8/21 (-5) HON
35.7% Raphtalia Chan 15/42 (-12) SAR
35.1% Captain Rogers 13/37 (-11) NYS
33.3% Joseph Petrongolo 9/27 (-9) BER
31% Richard Gilbert 9/29 (-11) COL
30.4% Sam Torenson 7/23 (-9) PHI
30% Mr. Forty Two 6/20 (-8) NOLA
29.4% Terry Yaki 5/17 (-7) BER
28.6% Julio Tirtawidjaja 2/7 (-2) CHI
28% Darrel Williams 7/25 (-11) PHI
26.1% Mike Rotchburns 6/23 (-11) NOLA
25.6% Nicholas Ayers 11/43 (-21) HON
25% Ashley Owens 3/12 (-6) NYS
25% Anders Christiansen 1/4 (-2) COL
20.7% Ace Savage 6/29 (-17) OCO
20% Zoe Watts 5/25 (-15) AUS
0% Buster Bawls 0/1 (-1) NYS
0% Luke Skywalker 0/1 (-1) HON
0% Sigismund Sternenstaub 0/1 (-1) SAR
0% Zed Keppler 0/2 (-2) CHI
0% Fuzzy Dotson 0/2 (-2) PHI
0% Chika Fujiwara 0/1 (-1) BAL
0% Monty Jack 0/1 (-1) SJS
0% Colby Jack 0/1 (-1) YKW
seriously though Watts what the hell happened to you.
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Alright, now that that's out of my system, time to get into one of the greatest weeks in terms of running back production in league history. Seriously, if that's somehow not a true statement then the depths of the early league history are pretty interesting and a hell of a lot weirder than I thought they already were.
Sarasota Sailfish at Yellowknife Wraiths:
Sailfish Rushers:
Raphtalia Chan: 8/19
Running Back: 5/10
Wraiths Rushers:
Acura Skyline: 7/15
Jameson Vermillion: 3/8
Colby Jack: 0/1
Not a bad game of running, even from the low TPE 2nd string Back. Only 3.3 yards per carry can work out if it comes at the right time. Meanwhile, Chan was generally effective up until the very end of the game. Unfortunately that matters when it causes your offense to stall and the other team comes back. The running game of the sailfish was generally OK, though. I would like to point something interesting out: when the defense got a pre-snap penalty and would have given the yardage for a first down, it gave the ability for teams to generally do jack and get first downs. One of Vermillion's successes and one of Running Back's successes came from such a situation, where to not get a success would have meant losing like 5 yards.
Skyline's stats are somewhat misleading, more so than some of the other big names you're going to see today. Skyline had 111 yards on 15 carries for 7.4 yards per carry. However, 63 of those yards came from one long run. Take that off and you're down to 3.4 yards per carry. Granted, this wasn't a terrible day for him outside that one run, this isn't a case like last week where minus a run some people were in the 2 yard per carry range. He was decent, not spectacular. Vermillion continued to be decently effective in a secondary role, and Colby Jack's one run looked much more like a sack than a run. I would like to congratulate Skyline, though, for having at best the 3rd best running game of the day, even without looking at efficiency.
Chicago Butchers at Philidelphia Liberty
Butchers Rushers:
Baby Yoda: 13/20
Julio Tirtawidjaja: 2/5
Zed Keppler: 0/1
Liberty Rushers:
Darrell Williams: 1/10
Sam Torenson: 3/7
Baby Yoda set a record with 280 rushing yards. Also, he had 29 receiving yards. The Butchers in general had an amazing running day, with 3 of their very very few unsuccessful runs coming from the end of the game where they ran 3 times to help run out the clock. I would like to mention a couple things about Yoda specifically. It's somewhat important to mention that 2 of his successful runs were a gain of 1 on 2nd and 2, and a short gain on 2nd and 1 leading to 3rd and inches. As for yards per carry, Yoda had 2 massive early runs of 67 and 60 within the first 6 minutes of game time. You take out those 2 runs, and his yards per carry falls from 14 to 8.5. Yeah. Take out his 2 largest boom runs and he still had 8.5 yards per carry. What the actual hell. Tirtawidjaja suffers a bit more from the same treatment, with his long 20 yard touchdown run accounting for all but 7 of his yards. His other 4 runs had a 1.75 yards per carry. Kinda yikes.
We had some EXTREMELY high profile running backs play amazingly this week. We also had a couple play absolutely terribly. Granted, Williams made that up a bit by catching one pass behind the defense and taking it for a 51 yard touchdown, but as far as running is concerned, Williams has GOT to be disappointed. We were SO CLOSE to seeing a running back get a lot of carries and no successes. You see that one success? It came from a 1 yard rush on 3rd and Goal from the 1. When I said I wanted to see sub 1 yards per carry from people, I did NOT expect it to come from a guy with over 1000 TPE. But there we are, 9 yards on 10 carries. 0.9 yards per carry. From Darrell Williams. As far as Sam Torenson goes, his rushing is very buoyed by a single 36 yard scamper. Remove that and he falls to 3.5 yards per carry. Still, he was effective enough to keep the chains moving when he got the chance.
Colorado Yeti at Berlin Fire Salamanders:
Yeti Rushers:
Richard Gilbert: 5/12
Anders Christiansen: 1/2
Salamanders Rushers:
Joseph Petrongolo: 3/12
Terry Yaki: 0/8
This was really not a very good running game at all, from either team. At least until the 4th. At that time, Gilbert got a few late successes to make his success rate look better than it had been for the vast majority of the game. In general, Gilbert was extremely feast or famine, with almost half of his yards coming on his 2 touchdown runs. His 5 successes went for 17 yards, 18 yards, 10 yards, 9 yards, and a 16 yard rush at the end of the game. His other 7 runs garnered him 2 total yards. Anders Christiansen, for his part, had a 0 yard run and a 6 yard run for a perfect 50% success rate.
Really, Salamanders? This might be the worst rushing out of anyone all season, I wouldn't be surprised. Especially considering the relative strength of these players. Joseph Petrongolo was the running back of the year last season. This game he was absolutely terrible. Don't let that 25% success rate fool you, he was even worse than that. When one of your 3 successes is an 8 yard rush on 1st down, and then you completely wipe that out with a 3 yard loss on 2nd down, I don't think that you're doing all that great. Petrongolo's only other 2 successes came late in the 3rd, on back to back runs to get a first down. 21 yards on 12 runs for 1.8 yards per carry, not as bad as Darrell Williams but pretty darn close. Now, as for Terry Yaki...well I kind of wish someone else was the first to get 0 successes. It would have been a LOT funnier if it was someone with over 1000 TPE or a rising star. As is, there's not much to say about it. Yaki was rarely ever close to having a successful run. His longest run was 2 yards. He ended up with NEGATIVE YARDS on the day. Suffice to say this wasn't exactly a day to remember for him. No WONDER the Salamanders only scored 3 points on the day.
San Jose Sabercats at Baltimore Hawks:
Sabercats Rushers:
Jamar Lackson: 6/13
Rando Cardrissian: 6/8
Monty Jack: 0/1
Hawks Rushers:
Mai Fukushu: 8/17
Matthias Hanyadi: 2/5
Chika Fujiwara: 0/1
On one end, we have Monty Jack, who had a single 10 yard run which he promptly fumbled on. On the other end, we have one of the greatest rush days in the entire history of the ISFL. Jamar Lackson was not all that great until the 2nd half, when he broke off a number of successful runs in a row, getting his lone touchdown, and from there stayed above 50% success rate all the way until the end of the game runs brought him below that. Cardrissian...well...about the only thing I can say negative about him is that he didn't give you a first down every single time he touched the ball, just most of the time. His yards per carry is carried a bit by his 2 60+ yard touchdown runs, and if you take those off he has a 12.3 yard per carry average. Yeah. As is he went for over 25 yards per carry and I suggest to anyone playing the hawks to just run the ball. Seriously, just run, you lose nothing if they're going to give up 300 yards per game on the ground at over 14 yards per carry. Amazingly, Tychondrius Hood wasn't the best player on the Sabercats on a day where he was 13 or so yards off from setting a record for receiving yards and caught 3 touchdowns. Well, he might have been anyways, but it's close. FUCKING 25 YARDS PER CARRY?
I would like to give my congratulations to Mai Fukushu, or Jamar Lackson, for being the 3rd best running back this game by getting over 7.5 yards per carry, at least 1 touchdown, and over 100 yards. I personally put Jamar lower, but seriously the fact that one of them is the 3rd best is ridiculous. Fukushu put up a valiant effort this game, and barely falls under 4 yards per carry if you take away her best run on the day. She was a key part in this team being in the game for most of the first half and even taking a lead into the 2nd quarter. Now if only Baltimore's D could stop the average redditor from either getting behind the defense for an easy touchdown, or from rolling forward for 5 yards per carry. Hanyadi, meanwhile, didn't get many chances, and only got success on a 4 yard rush on 1st and 10, and a 3 yard touchdown catch later. It is clear at this point who the #1 RB in the backfield is, but Hanyadi's still got some moves left. I'd also like to point out that generally, running the ball has been almost completely driven out of the Quarterback's arsenal in this new simulation.
New York Silverbacks at Orange County Otters:
Silverbacks Rushers:
Captain Rogers: 5/16
Ashley Owens: 1/6
Otters Rushers:
Ace Savage: 4/15
I feel like this success rate is a bit flattering to Rogers. It includes a 2 yard rush on 2nd and 4 to bring it to 3rd and 2, and a 1st down carry on the inch line to clean up after a returned fumble. Not the worst day of rushing by any stretch, but still not good, although maybe not quite as bad as the 1.7 yards per carry on the statline. Then again, when your already terrible yards per carry falls to 1.2 after removing a single 8 yard rush, then maybe it is as bad as I think it is. Owens, meanwhile, was also pretty shabby with just a 2 yard per carry average. Their only success was a 4 yard run on 1st and 10.
Ace Savage actually performed OK today, well, not good, but OK considering he's the lowest TPE RB who takes significant amounts of carries by some ways. He had a nasty fumble which directly led to a Silverback touchdown, but such is life. Besides that, he actually kept the chains moving multiple times during the game, and had the best yards per carry of any player on the field at 2.3. Good job, Ace! Other than that, not much to say about this game, good by Ace Savage's standards, not good overall, Orange County is really loving the fact that they're getting Jeffrey Phillips for next week's slate of games.
Honolulu Hahalua at New Orleans Second Line:
Hahalua Rushers:
Nicolas Ayers: 9/21
Cobra Kai: 3/10
Second Line Rushers:
Mike Rotchburns: 1/13
Mr Forty Two: 2/8
Forrest Gump: 2/3
Ayers was nowhere near as awful as he was last game. Not great, but not awful. With a greater than 50% success rate up until the final few rushes of the game, he helped keep the chains moving some of the time. When the NOLA secondary appeared to be made of tissue paper and swiss cheese, that was more than good enough to win this game. As for Cobra Kai, he was generally unimpressive, with mover than half of his yards coming from a single run and a 3.8 yards per carry isn't all that great even with that run. Without it, it falls to 2 yards per carry. He did do some nice work in the passing game, though.
What the hell was this running attack. No wonder this team's offense only scored twice against a team that gave up almost 30 points to the Liberty last week. Rotchburns' only successful rush came midway through the 3rd, on a 9 yard run on 1st and 10. With that rush, he had 1.8 yards per carry. Without it he had 1.25 yards per carry. I'm not sure which number is worse. Mr Forty Two was generally better, although still not good, but he did score an important 2 point conversion to give the Second Line life in the second half, even if they couldn't solve the Hahalua defense again afterwards. His 15 yard run also set up the Second Line for an easy Field Goal early in the game. Also without that 15 yard run, his yards per carry are even worse than his compatriot, with 0.8 yards per carry. This is slightly unfair, though, considering that doesn't include his 2 point conversion attempts which gained 3 yards on 2 plays, so he'd be at least over a yard per carry. Forrest Gump, meanwhile, when put in was able to tough out some important first downs, even if they ended up being squandered. He got a clutch first down on 4th and 3 to help get that field goal on the same drive where Mr Forty Two got his 15 yard run.
Arizona Outlaws at Austin Copperheads:
Outlaws Rushers:
Tatsu Nakamura: 11/22
Gunner Thorbjornsson: 0/2
Copperheads Rushers:
Zoe Watts: 3/15
Jim the Vampire: 2/3
I fucking hate the sim. How the hell did we lose this game. Anyways, Tatsu Nakamura did the vast majority of his damage early in the game, with 5 of his 11 successful runs coming in the first 7 minutes of the first quarter. 2 of his other successes were a 1 yard run on 2nd and inches, and a 1 yard run on 2nd and 1 to bring up a 3rd and inches. This game was a huge falloff in the second half for him in general. Thorbjornsson only got 2 rushes and wasn't successful on either of them. In fact, he only had 1 yard combined.
How the actual fuck did we lose this game. Zoe Watts continued to run absolutely nowhere, that 3/15 is too flattering considering those were a 2 yard run on 3rd and 1, a 5 yard run on 1st and 10, and a 1 yard run on the 1, all on the same drive. 2 of those are the epitome of getting you 2 yards when you need 2. The entire rest of the game, Watts was the epitome of giving you 2 yards when you needed at least 3. 1.2 yards per carry. FUCKING 1.2 YARDS PER CARRY, and even THAT is flattering her considering she also ran for no gain on a 2 point conversion that isn't counted for her in the statbook. Well, Jim the Vampire giving some clutch carries is probably part of it, his 2 successes were a 1 yard touchdown run and a 19 yard carry to bring the ball to the 1.
Alright, before I get into the wrap up, I need to rant a bit. What the hell was that last night? When a CB with less than 75 speed is matched up 1 on 1 with one of the best receivers in the game, him getting repeatedly burned makes sense. When a poor defense runs into a good running back, them beating them hard makes sense. But I need to speak out for 2 separate teams here: OCO and AZ. Each of us let players behind us on D multiple times, let them catch passes, and then get many YAC yards, burning great secondaries for big gains that don't seem deserved. We have the 2 best safety combos in the league! The fact that we got repeatedly burned just doesn't make sense, and felt like it happened too regularly to be really accurate to life. Hell, I think we burned AUS for less long catches than they did for us, and their best safety is worse than our 2nd best safety. We also out-cornerback them, for that matter. Ugh, it really smarts, especially when this same thing happens 2 weeks in a row.
Alright, time to wrap this up. Goodfortunecoffee gave me a great idea, to tally up all the successful runs over the course of the season.
100% Suleiman Ramza 1/1 (+1) OCO
66.6% Jim the Vampire 2/3 (+1) AUS
66.6% Forrest Gump 2/3 (+1) NOLA
52.9% Gunner Thorbjornsson 9/17 (+1) ARI
50% Tatsu Nakmura 22/44 (0) ARI
50% Rando Cardrissian 12/24 (0) SJS
50% Running Back 5/10 (0) SAR
50% Mike Boss Jr 1/2 (0) SAR
46.8% Baby Yoda 22/47 (-3) CHI
42.9% Jamar Lackson 9/21 (-3) SJS
42.9% Matthias Hanyadi 3/7 (-1) BAL
40% Acura Skyline 12/30 (-6) YKW
40% Jameson Vermillion 8/20 (-4) YKW
38.9% Mai Fukushu 14/36 (-8) BAL
38.1% Cobra Kai 8/21 (-5) HON
35.7% Raphtalia Chan 15/42 (-12) SAR
35.1% Captain Rogers 13/37 (-11) NYS
33.3% Joseph Petrongolo 9/27 (-9) BER
31% Richard Gilbert 9/29 (-11) COL
30.4% Sam Torenson 7/23 (-9) PHI
30% Mr. Forty Two 6/20 (-8) NOLA
29.4% Terry Yaki 5/17 (-7) BER
28.6% Julio Tirtawidjaja 2/7 (-2) CHI
28% Darrel Williams 7/25 (-11) PHI
26.1% Mike Rotchburns 6/23 (-11) NOLA
25.6% Nicholas Ayers 11/43 (-21) HON
25% Ashley Owens 3/12 (-6) NYS
25% Anders Christiansen 1/4 (-2) COL
20.7% Ace Savage 6/29 (-17) OCO
20% Zoe Watts 5/25 (-15) AUS
0% Buster Bawls 0/1 (-1) NYS
0% Luke Skywalker 0/1 (-1) HON
0% Sigismund Sternenstaub 0/1 (-1) SAR
0% Zed Keppler 0/2 (-2) CHI
0% Fuzzy Dotson 0/2 (-2) PHI
0% Chika Fujiwara 0/1 (-1) BAL
0% Monty Jack 0/1 (-1) SJS
0% Colby Jack 0/1 (-1) YKW
seriously though Watts what the hell happened to you.
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