The Pythons were rolling coming into the final two weeks of the season... and they kept rolling. First, they took on a KC team that under performed all season long, and then headed to Tijuana to take on the hottest team in the DSFL. Both games had their moments, but Portland walked away with two more win and ended the season at 11-3, the best season in DSFL history. The Portland Pythons also gave up the least amount of points and had the second best point differential. Those of you that recall, I started writing these reviews because Portland had such terrible point differentials in the standing to start the season, but we still had a good record. I wrote these articles to prove that the point differentials seen early in the season were anomalies, and not the full story. Stats like time of possession, 3rd down efficiency, and discipline have been better indicators to team success rather than the scoreboard. And for the past season, Portland has put up great time of possession differentials, maintained good 3rd down efficiency, and is a relatively disciplined team. This resulted in the 1--3 record, and the point differential eventually climbed out of the basement to be second best to SA. And with that, on to the game reviews.
Week 13 - vs KCC
Early in the season, the Bly Jr. vs Wachter match up was supposed to be the highlight of the week. This far deep in the season, with POR locked into 1st, and KCC grasping at straws to sneak into 2nd in the East, both teams have other things to do than to focus on the Bly Jr. vs Wachter match up. Now during the sim, we only see completions and from what I watched (either from good game planning, or part of the sim logic) Bly Jr. and Wachter were rarely matched up to begin with. Now there were two big trends I noticed while watching. Both teams had very good 3rd down efficiency, POR 7/15 and KC 6/15, but POR put together longer drives and used those 3rd downs to their advantage to put together scores. KCC had a first down here and there but didn't put together many huge drives. Side note, KCC did have the ball on the POR 19 with 47 seconds left and went 4 and out to end the game. Could have been a much different outcome. The other factor I noticed in the game stats is the amount of penalties that KC took. In the game earlier in the season, KC took 8 penalties for 67 yards while POR took 3 penalties for 35. This game, took 10 penalties for 92 yards while POR took 3 for 25 yards. KC handed us almost a full length of field for free. KC played a great game, just too many mistakes. Verdict: Sim gods got it right.
Week 14 - @TIJ
I cannot believe we won. TIJ was smoking hot heading into week 14 being 7-1 in their last 8. On the road, POR had their work cut out for them. But surprise surprise, POR came to play. We had a +5 possession time differential and a crazy 58.3% 3rd down efficiency. That was the type of game POR needed to cool off the Luchadores. While the passing game performed well, with Wachter finally managing to get some TD catches, it was the run game that kept the ball in our hands. To repeat myself from last week, the POR run game has been disrespected all season. These last 4 weeks have proven to the league the POR is not a pass only team. We are an offensive powerhouse. Combined, the RB Goose and Turner had 143 yards and 2 TDs. Very impressive for a "one-dimensional" offense. On the other side of the ball, Spinelli torched us for 93 yards and 2 TDs, but the pass defence was pretty good for the Pythons. Brown was held to 41% completion percentage and 112 yards for the game. A pretty successful game for the Pythons all around. Verdict: Sim gods got it right
Thanks for reading all season. Can't wait for the next.
GRADED
Week 13 - vs KCC
Early in the season, the Bly Jr. vs Wachter match up was supposed to be the highlight of the week. This far deep in the season, with POR locked into 1st, and KCC grasping at straws to sneak into 2nd in the East, both teams have other things to do than to focus on the Bly Jr. vs Wachter match up. Now during the sim, we only see completions and from what I watched (either from good game planning, or part of the sim logic) Bly Jr. and Wachter were rarely matched up to begin with. Now there were two big trends I noticed while watching. Both teams had very good 3rd down efficiency, POR 7/15 and KC 6/15, but POR put together longer drives and used those 3rd downs to their advantage to put together scores. KCC had a first down here and there but didn't put together many huge drives. Side note, KCC did have the ball on the POR 19 with 47 seconds left and went 4 and out to end the game. Could have been a much different outcome. The other factor I noticed in the game stats is the amount of penalties that KC took. In the game earlier in the season, KC took 8 penalties for 67 yards while POR took 3 penalties for 35. This game, took 10 penalties for 92 yards while POR took 3 for 25 yards. KC handed us almost a full length of field for free. KC played a great game, just too many mistakes. Verdict: Sim gods got it right.
Week 14 - @TIJ
I cannot believe we won. TIJ was smoking hot heading into week 14 being 7-1 in their last 8. On the road, POR had their work cut out for them. But surprise surprise, POR came to play. We had a +5 possession time differential and a crazy 58.3% 3rd down efficiency. That was the type of game POR needed to cool off the Luchadores. While the passing game performed well, with Wachter finally managing to get some TD catches, it was the run game that kept the ball in our hands. To repeat myself from last week, the POR run game has been disrespected all season. These last 4 weeks have proven to the league the POR is not a pass only team. We are an offensive powerhouse. Combined, the RB Goose and Turner had 143 yards and 2 TDs. Very impressive for a "one-dimensional" offense. On the other side of the ball, Spinelli torched us for 93 yards and 2 TDs, but the pass defence was pretty good for the Pythons. Brown was held to 41% completion percentage and 112 yards for the game. A pretty successful game for the Pythons all around. Verdict: Sim gods got it right
Thanks for reading all season. Can't wait for the next.
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697 words. Ready for grading
GRADED
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