(S40) PT #2 - Play of the Week

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[Jumbo]

Well obviously for me as a rookie, my favorite play so far was my first sack. Game 1, we are at home vs Kansas City, the defending champions. So nerves are high. We had to play a high level of defense in the 2nd half. In the 4th quarter, the play call comes in and its a blitz package. They have me lined up outside left side. Ball is snapped and its just open field in front of me. Clean shot on the QB, Mayhem. 1st sack is now in the books. It was amazing to get my first and especially do it in my first game. That was my favorite personal play. As for a team, my favorite team play came in the same game. It was our opening series of the season. We had a 1 yard run then an incompletion. So on 3rd and 9, Willier Miller throws like a 10 yard fade to Don Tollibeo who turns on the jets and takes it to the house for a 79 yard touchdown. What a way to start the season. 

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[Bubba]

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[Attopax]

Melvin Harris doesn't really pay attention to plays. He should. He knows he should, but he doesn't. The main reason for this is a complete and utter lack of interest. You see, during defensive plays, he is on the sideline eating, throwing up gang signs, talking trash to nearby fans, and otherwise living his best life. When he is on the field, he doesn't really pay attention to the play that happens because he is too focused on bullying the man in front of him. He plays football as a form of anger management. And while he wants to be the best for the glory of being the best and the street credit of being the best, he already knows he is the best at what really matters -- running the streets. But, be that as it may, he knows that he needs money to fund his extravagant lifestyle, so he *does* in fact care. Therefore, for the sake of appropriately answering the question, his favorite play is any play where he puts a man on his bottom and embarrasses him publicly.

[Gordon Bombay]

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[Michiganonymous]

"Hey Sailfish fans, welcome back to Franky Fish's Film Room, the weekly Youtube show from the Sarasota Sailfish where we break down some game tape with one of our favorite Sailfish players! And this week we've got veteran free safety Spike Daniels with us to go over his great game in Week 1 against the defending champion Yellowknife Wraiths! Thanks for joining us Spike!"

"Thanks Franky, nice to be back on the show."

"Well the final result against the Wraiths sure wasn't what we were all hoping for in Week 1, but you did get the game off to a great start with this 20-yard interception return for Sarasota's first touchdown of Season 40! Talk us through how this play developed."

"So this was one of the plays where everything just goes right. We were trying to bait the quarterback into making a mistake and it worked out absolutely perfectly. Unit is pretty inexperienced, so right off we were trying to confuse him with some pretty odd looks. You can see in the play we set up like we're in Zone coverage, but when the ball is snapped we kind of collapse in and we're actually playing Man. So right away no one on defense is quite where he's expecting us to be, and you can see how it makes him sort of hesitate. Yellowknife actually has a pretty solid play design here, they run these shallow crossers but the whole thing is actually designed to get Brot open in space for probably a big gain. And their line got great protection too, we just managed to get him thinking that split second too long to where he thinks he has to force the play. Like I said, we played Man coverage, but we gave a Zone look, so even though technically it's Man, I'm not actually matched up on anyone. My job is just to figure out where the ball is going, and make a play on it if I can. So when the play didn't develop the way he expected based on the pre-snap, we got him to hesitate just that split second, long enough for me to figure out where he wants to go with the ball and just jump the route. And since the play was going right and I was going left, I ended up with nobody between me and the endzone. 6 points! I love it when I can make a play but it took great execution from the whole team to make that come together. Those hybrid coverages are tricky, if even one person makes a mistake you're going to give up a big play. And this time we did it perfectly."

"Thanks so much for those insights, Spike! For more content like this, make sure you're subscribed to the official YouTube channel of the Sarasota Sailfish! Until next time, just keep swimming!"

[Void_DCXI]

There’s been a ton of crazy plays so far in the ISFL season, so it’s hard to narrow it down to just one. One of the best plays from this season was the game winning touchdown in week 7 between the Otters and the Second Line. Down by 3 with just 13 seconds to go, Quarterback Kaguya Shinomiya unleashed a bomb to Teenie Hodges for a 43 yard touchdown that would win the game for the Otters. Also in week 7, Adrian St. Christmas threw a 50 yard touchdown pass to Lalu Muhammad Zohri to help the Outlaws outlast the Hawks 31-21. I think both of these plays however, fail to compare to the game winning touchdown that the Colorado Yeti scored over the Berlin Fire Salamanders. Tied 31-31 at the end of regulation, overtime was needed to decide the fate of this one. Though Berlin won the coin toss and got the ball to start, they were unable to mount a drive and quickly punted to Colorado. Then, quarterback Live Laughlove threw a 77 yard touchdown pass to running back Ceti Pyxis that won Colorado the game! The sheer significance of this play makes it the clear play of the week in my eyes.

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