Quote:Written option: We’ve had a crazy week of games! And because of this, we’ve had some crazy plays or sequence of plays. For this PT, describe your favorite play(s) of the season so far. What about it made it your favorite? Shoot, what’s your least favorite play(s)? Describe literally anything about it (even in a POV sense)!
There was a play in week 6 of the season between the New York Silverbacks and the New Orleans Secondline that involved Matthew Mara that is probably his highlight of the season so far. It's a close game with the score 14 - 10 closing out the first half of the game with the Silverbacks in the close lead. New York saw themselves in a 3rd and 10 at a pivotal moment in their season where things could go horribly with the team coming off a 4 game losing streak. Quarterback Savage dropped back and found a wide open Matthew Mara for a beautiful 47 yard touchdown giving the Silverbacks a healthy 11 point lead going into the half. A game in-which they managed to win and put a stop to the brutal 4 game skid.
The play might not go down as the best of the season but it was an important one for Mara and his team at this stage of the season. Hope is fading but there is still a chance.
The opposing team has the ball on their own 20-yard line. It's late in the game, and we are down by four points. I know that if I can make a big play, I might be able to turn the game around.
The quarterback drops back to pass, and I see the ball coming my way. I jump up and make an incredible one-handed interception, tipping the ball to myself as I come down with it. I start running towards the end zone, but I am quickly surrounded by three opposing players.
Just when it looks like I am about to get tackled, I do something crazy. I leap over all three players, landing on my feet and taking off down the field. The crowd goes wild as I sprint the remaining 60 yards for the game-winning touchdown.
My teammates lift me up on their shoulders, and I'm then interviewed by the press after the game. Everyone wants to know how I managed to make such an incredible play, and I simply shrug my shoulders and say, "I don't know, I just saw the ball and went for it."
My favorite plat of the season so far was watching Caleb Hayden and Friedman team up to sack opposing quarterback Wendell Sailor. The game hasn’t been going our way since the half and we needed a big play for morale, when suddenly the start aligned. Bayley makes a strong push that puss the defensive line in a tizzy and Lenny starts his rush, swinging out their fullback to pick him up. But who does that leave rushing the gaps but Hayden and Friedman. I can’t remember who was awarded the sack but both converged like freight trains on Mr Sailor that sent him reeling. I’d like to think my coverage had something to do with his holding the ball a few seconds too long but who knows. It just all came together at the right time and highlighted what we’ve been trying to accomplish as a unit all season long. That’s the best part of playing with this group, we’re all in it together at the end of the day.
Donovan Winters of the Portland Pythons, a struggling Developmental Simulation Football League team, has 11 favorite plays this season. They are his 11 touchdown passes.
Donovan Started the season strong with three touchdown passes against the Minnesota Grey Ducks. The first was a one yard toss to Wide Receiver Emile Charles, the second was a 76 yard bomb to Malcom Grimes, and the third was a nine yard slant to Emile Charles again.
Donovan had one touchdown against the Kansas City Coyotes, a 15 yard seam to Malcom Grimes. The rest of that game did not actually happen and Donovan does not want to talk about it.
Against the Bondi Beach Buccaneers, Donovan threw an impressive five touchdowns. He started with 22 and one yard passes to Malcom Grimes, who was emerging as his favorite target. Emile Charles has emerged as a premier deep threat in the league, catching a 58 yard deep ball from Donovan to score. Not to be outdone, Malcom Grimes caught a deep pass from Donovan as well, before he added a one yard TD to Jilk Nutler.
Our next opponent is Arizona and we are diagramming a play that will take advantage of their tendency to play press coverage in the middle third of the field with a single high safety. Arizona tends to play more with their base 4-3 personnel than most teams so that they can stay stout against the run. This play is called for a press man look out of a single high safety read, preferably against the base defense. A six man protection package keeps the qb clean (the FB needs to be reading both ends as well as keeping an eye on the Star linebacker), while the two wideouts run similar deep post routes to the field side (WRs should be aligned on the boundary side for this). The Z man's route is intended to take the free safety across the field and vacate the boundary seam. X should have a leverage advantage as the corner is on an island and cannot allow him to get outside. X breaks in behind the Z post route and should have a relatively easy seam throw for about 25 yards, with a chance for a broken tackle and a long touchdown. The running back runs a safety valve underneath, and the tight end balances the formation by running a 15 yard out.