16) My favorite game this season was the Week 5 matchup of the Kansas City Coyotes playing at the Norfolk Seawolves. It was my favorite game of the season despite it being a loss for my Coyotes because it was an old time, defensively focused game that you just don’t see that often anymore, with the Seawolves coming up victorious 10-3. LeBong Simwell had probably his best game of the season, registering 5 tackles, 1 for a loss, and forcing and recovering a fumble. While only one of those tackles was for a loss, every other tackle was only for a short gain – a dominant performance for the second year D-Tackle. The fumble recovery came 5 minutes into the 3rd quarter, it was still a 0-0 game at that point but the Seawolves were driving and inside KCC territory. Ramza had a good series, including a 25 yard rush and couple of completions before Skrills ran for an 11 yard gainer. The Seawolves were on the KCC 36 yard line and again went back to Skrills, and LeBong shed two blockers before absolutely blowing Skrills up and knocking the ball loose. LeBong fell on the ball, a huge play for KCC. Ultimately, it was the special teams unit that let the Coyotes down as a late 4th quarter punt return by Vaughne resulted in a 71 yard TD return. The Defense really showed up to play that game, only allowing 3 points (Special teams is a different unit after all) which is why it was my favorite game.
24) The playoffs MVP in the DSFL should absolutely be Terry Yaki of the Ultimini winning London Royals. The Royals were able to win the Ultimini through their two headed monster running back tandem. While their QB, Cortez, did enough to win games he wasn’t exactly stellar in the semi-finals or the finals. In the semi-final game against the Seawolves, Cortez passed for only 130 yards, going 15/27 (55% completion percentage), averaging only 4.8 yards per attempt. He had a nice 3 yard touchdown pass in the 4th quarter, but also threw a costly interception. Terry Yaki on the other hand made the most of his 18 carries, rushing for 99 yards for an average of 5.5 carries. He was much more efficient than Danny King, who only averaged 4.4 yards on his 24 attempts. In the Ultimini, Yaki was again the star rushing for 122 yards on only 15 attempts. He averaged 8.1 and really opened the game up for the Royals in the second quarter with an explosive 52 yard run for a TD. Cortez had a better outing under center in the Ultimini, completing 21 passes on 41 attempts for 170 yards and one TD (which was effectively garbage time at this point), but also had a costly turnover. With mediocre QB play, it was really Yaki who was the star of the playoffs.
24) The playoffs MVP in the DSFL should absolutely be Terry Yaki of the Ultimini winning London Royals. The Royals were able to win the Ultimini through their two headed monster running back tandem. While their QB, Cortez, did enough to win games he wasn’t exactly stellar in the semi-finals or the finals. In the semi-final game against the Seawolves, Cortez passed for only 130 yards, going 15/27 (55% completion percentage), averaging only 4.8 yards per attempt. He had a nice 3 yard touchdown pass in the 4th quarter, but also threw a costly interception. Terry Yaki on the other hand made the most of his 18 carries, rushing for 99 yards for an average of 5.5 carries. He was much more efficient than Danny King, who only averaged 4.4 yards on his 24 attempts. In the Ultimini, Yaki was again the star rushing for 122 yards on only 15 attempts. He averaged 8.1 and really opened the game up for the Royals in the second quarter with an explosive 52 yard run for a TD. Cortez had a better outing under center in the Ultimini, completing 21 passes on 41 attempts for 170 yards and one TD (which was effectively garbage time at this point), but also had a costly turnover. With mediocre QB play, it was really Yaki who was the star of the playoffs.
LeBong's first ISFL Sack