1.Playoff Predictions, Reviews:
Well the games tonight should be interesting, though Portland is the clear favorite over Kansas City. While Kansas City does have a solid offense with Orien Drake leading the way, Portland should easily win this game as they are a more balanced team. With Jay Cue, reigning MVP, and his top two targets of Jake Dropson and Sean O'Leary, the Coyotes shouldn't be able to keep up with our scoring. Especially considering we have a really solid defense as well, led by yours truly, Kacey Dream. With Willie B. Hardagain holding down the middle of the field and our solid secondary, we should handle KC 34-21.
On the flip side of things, the other game should be much more interesting. San Antonio is actually pretty closely matched with Tijuana, as they were the only team to hand Tijuana a loss this season. Even though it's an away game for them, I think San Antonio actually has a good shot at coming away with a win here, mostly off the back of their stud running game with Ruff Ruff and Mathias Hanyadi leading the way. If they can control the tempo of the game and run it down Tijuana's throat I anticipate a close and hard fought victory for San Antonio, with their offense dominating Tijuana, 24-21
4.Head to Head Matchups
I would like to highlight the matchup tonight between myself, Kacey Dream and Rayne Gordon, Kansas City's stud rookie wide receiver. I want to show why this isn't even going to BE a matchup, it's actually a mismatch in every way. I have enough speed to stick all over him, I'm stronger, faster and smarter. In the 4 games we've played against each other this season I've had 19 tackles, 4 pass deflections and an interception. Meanwhile he has had 16 receptions for 204 yards. So I've averaged just under 5 tackles per game to go with a pass deflection per game while he is averaging 4 catches for 51 yards per game. And this isn't even taking into consideration the fact that teams have thrown away from me more and more as the season has gone on. My first game against Kansas City I had 7 tackles 2 pass deflections and the interception. Even if I don't put up big numbers tonight I'll shut down whoever I am covering, which will probably be Rayne Gordon. Since one of their touchdowns against use was from a punt return, the Coyotes are only averaging 13.25 points per game against our defense. My ability to shut down their number one wide receiver is a big part of that and it's why we should once again be considered heavy favorites to win this game.
3.All about the QBs
Continuing the theme of the mismatch and covering our game tonight, I want to talk about the match-up between our quarterback, the reigning DSFL Most Valuable Player Jay Cue and Kansas City's quarterback Brock Phoenix. Now this is not shade against Brock by any means, he did put up the least impressive stats of any of the DSFL quarterbacks but his season was very comparable to that of the rest of the DSFL. Except for Jay Cue. With 22, Jay had 10 more touchdown passes than Brock's 12, hell, he had 9 more touchdown passes than the second place quarterback! He tied his own record for most DSFL TDs in a single season. He was second in yards with 2811, which was about 500 more than Brock who was sitting at 2384. On top of that, Jay had the highest passer rating in the league with 92 while Brock was sitting at 74, almost 20 points lower. Even looking past the statistics, Jay has more experience and a better arsenal of weapons at his disposal in stud wide receivers Jake Dropson and Sean O'Leary. Once again, no disrespect intended at all, but Jay Cue has a distinct advantage over Brock Phoenix, yet another reason we should be heavily favored to win our game tonight. Kansas City has had a fine season but unfortunately for them it ends tonight.
6. Our Time
This is our year, the year we finally take the Ultimini trophy home with us. I may not have been here last year when we suffered the tragic defeat against Tijuana in the championship, but I have felt the pain and regret it has left in the hearts of my teammates and I aim to change that this year. I know we have struggled to beat Tijuana thus far this year but we have played them extremely close every game, even on their home turf. And to top that off, we have gotten better and better as this season has gone on, with 3 of the very best rookies of the Season 19 class, me Kacey Dream, Sean O'Leary and Willie B Hardagain. I've already touched on how big of a difference I can make in a game and I fully expect to take their top wide receiver Jordan McCann III out of the picture. Meanwhile Sean will put the heat on Tijuana's second cornerback Zach Bailey, who he easily outclasses. With Jay Cue dishing out the balls between O'Leary and Dropson, we should be able to put the heat on their defense. The pressure will be on our defense to contain them, but we should be up to the challenge. And that's even if Tijuana manages to get past San Antonio, who already beat them once this year! Either way, I think the chances of us bringing that trophy home are pretty freaking good.
Well the games tonight should be interesting, though Portland is the clear favorite over Kansas City. While Kansas City does have a solid offense with Orien Drake leading the way, Portland should easily win this game as they are a more balanced team. With Jay Cue, reigning MVP, and his top two targets of Jake Dropson and Sean O'Leary, the Coyotes shouldn't be able to keep up with our scoring. Especially considering we have a really solid defense as well, led by yours truly, Kacey Dream. With Willie B. Hardagain holding down the middle of the field and our solid secondary, we should handle KC 34-21.
On the flip side of things, the other game should be much more interesting. San Antonio is actually pretty closely matched with Tijuana, as they were the only team to hand Tijuana a loss this season. Even though it's an away game for them, I think San Antonio actually has a good shot at coming away with a win here, mostly off the back of their stud running game with Ruff Ruff and Mathias Hanyadi leading the way. If they can control the tempo of the game and run it down Tijuana's throat I anticipate a close and hard fought victory for San Antonio, with their offense dominating Tijuana, 24-21
4.Head to Head Matchups
I would like to highlight the matchup tonight between myself, Kacey Dream and Rayne Gordon, Kansas City's stud rookie wide receiver. I want to show why this isn't even going to BE a matchup, it's actually a mismatch in every way. I have enough speed to stick all over him, I'm stronger, faster and smarter. In the 4 games we've played against each other this season I've had 19 tackles, 4 pass deflections and an interception. Meanwhile he has had 16 receptions for 204 yards. So I've averaged just under 5 tackles per game to go with a pass deflection per game while he is averaging 4 catches for 51 yards per game. And this isn't even taking into consideration the fact that teams have thrown away from me more and more as the season has gone on. My first game against Kansas City I had 7 tackles 2 pass deflections and the interception. Even if I don't put up big numbers tonight I'll shut down whoever I am covering, which will probably be Rayne Gordon. Since one of their touchdowns against use was from a punt return, the Coyotes are only averaging 13.25 points per game against our defense. My ability to shut down their number one wide receiver is a big part of that and it's why we should once again be considered heavy favorites to win this game.
3.All about the QBs
Continuing the theme of the mismatch and covering our game tonight, I want to talk about the match-up between our quarterback, the reigning DSFL Most Valuable Player Jay Cue and Kansas City's quarterback Brock Phoenix. Now this is not shade against Brock by any means, he did put up the least impressive stats of any of the DSFL quarterbacks but his season was very comparable to that of the rest of the DSFL. Except for Jay Cue. With 22, Jay had 10 more touchdown passes than Brock's 12, hell, he had 9 more touchdown passes than the second place quarterback! He tied his own record for most DSFL TDs in a single season. He was second in yards with 2811, which was about 500 more than Brock who was sitting at 2384. On top of that, Jay had the highest passer rating in the league with 92 while Brock was sitting at 74, almost 20 points lower. Even looking past the statistics, Jay has more experience and a better arsenal of weapons at his disposal in stud wide receivers Jake Dropson and Sean O'Leary. Once again, no disrespect intended at all, but Jay Cue has a distinct advantage over Brock Phoenix, yet another reason we should be heavily favored to win our game tonight. Kansas City has had a fine season but unfortunately for them it ends tonight.
6. Our Time
This is our year, the year we finally take the Ultimini trophy home with us. I may not have been here last year when we suffered the tragic defeat against Tijuana in the championship, but I have felt the pain and regret it has left in the hearts of my teammates and I aim to change that this year. I know we have struggled to beat Tijuana thus far this year but we have played them extremely close every game, even on their home turf. And to top that off, we have gotten better and better as this season has gone on, with 3 of the very best rookies of the Season 19 class, me Kacey Dream, Sean O'Leary and Willie B Hardagain. I've already touched on how big of a difference I can make in a game and I fully expect to take their top wide receiver Jordan McCann III out of the picture. Meanwhile Sean will put the heat on Tijuana's second cornerback Zach Bailey, who he easily outclasses. With Jay Cue dishing out the balls between O'Leary and Dropson, we should be able to put the heat on their defense. The pressure will be on our defense to contain them, but we should be up to the challenge. And that's even if Tijuana manages to get past San Antonio, who already beat them once this year! Either way, I think the chances of us bringing that trophy home are pretty freaking good.