Game 4, L, 20 - 6

Wake up call. We have been coasting since the first week, playing teams we are clearly better than. We lost 20-6 yesterday, though the score does not show how close the game was. We trailed 14-6 for most of the 2nd half. The Ballers were a good team with great team speed. They controlled the line of scrimmage and thus the outcome of the game.

One of the glaring things on defense was that we gave up a couple of big plays where we let the same receiver get behind us. Eliminate those 2 plays and we played pretty solid defense. I don't think I should be playing Free Safety. I don't have the right mindset for it. Their QB was very shifty and had a good arm.

Scott A had a nice interception in the 1st half despite playing with a sprained thumb. Tim threw a nice DP ball downfield which really is what jumpstarted our offense. Tim will be back at starting QB this week I think. Travis is getting married and has a couple of weeks of obligations with that. Travis threw a nice long TD pass to Marcus in the back of the end zone.

Tim and Scott both playing QB will hopefully be able to mix up the calls and force the defense to make adjustments. I think their defense got a little comfortable and we didn't force them to make adjustments. Several routes were open but Travis didn't have enough time to see the open receivers.

Perhaps if we put in an extra lineman to use as a "tied end/tackle" type of player, we can have an extra blocker if needed, and still have him as a receiver option to use over the middle or wherever the QB wants him to go. When our QB's have time, regardless of who is playing the position, they can pick apart defenses. We have seen them do this against the other teams.

I know everyone is doing their best, I hope doing something like this will shore up our line so we can better control the line of scrimmage. Keep your heads up guys, the season is not over and hopefully we will get another chance against them in the playoffs.

Next week we play Last Call again. We beat them 6 - 0 the first week. Our defense was solid against them, we just needed to punch it in the end zone when we get it close like we did 3 different times that game.

Last Call will be playing at 8am against the Lions and then against us at 9am. It will be interesting to see how well they respond to playing 2 games in a row. The last weekend of the season we play Fly or Die the hour after they play Thunder. How did we get so lucky?

10/13, 9 AM VS. Last Call