This past weekend had to be the best weather so far this season. It was warm, but not extremely hot. We had clouds, but no rain and we also had a breeze. Being at the field all day from 7:30 am it was nice.
At this point of the season we shouldn’t have to keep telling people what field is where. Let me say this one last time: Field 1 is where the bleachers are, field 2 is beside it still on the football field, field 3 is on the baseball field and, if you haven’t figured it out, field 4 is running horizontally to the field near the end zone.
Now that you know where the fields are located let’s go over a few thinks you need to know. We do not want anyone in-between any of the fields. If you have people that want to watch the games, they must be on the sideline of field 1, 3 or 4, for field 2 they must be behind the end zone and this goes for players as well.
Here is another thing people need to know: smoking is not allowed anywhere on the grass area. If you want to smoke go to the concrete and smoke away.
Week 6 Recap
Division 1
Henchmen vs Bitter Boys (58-6)
I saw this game if you want to call it a game. Henchmen showed up with a full roster of nine players and completely dominated from start to finish. I will point out that when Henchmen are winning, Andrew doesn’t shut up and the rest of the team is all smiles. I’ll let the rest get covered by Will and Terry since Will played in this game and Terry was reffing with me.
Henchmen vs Moretti Crime Family (20-27)
This game started ugly for Henchmen going down two scores at half. It almost seemed as if they used all their energy in their first game. Second half was a different story as Henchmen started to get it close and Andrew became vocal. Andrew almost single handedly made Henchmen win the game. Defensively, Henchmen couldn’t stop the flood plays all game long and you could tell it was eating away at Kris. He even told everyone what was coming and Henchmen just sat there and watched it happen play after play. Henchmen tied it up with over 5 minutes left in the game, but after doing that Crime family marched the field and sealed the game.
Division 2
Joey’s Haters vs Lean Mean Machines (26-20)
Never in a million years would I have predicted this score. All I have been hearing is Lean Mean Machines are a weak team and there is no way they can compete with the top teams, but it looks like they just proved everyone wrong. I was very impressed by Lean Mean Machines. Their QB Michael was solid and has a good arm and, yes, he threw a few picks, but he also made a few great throws. Haters relied on Haney and Max to do all the work on offense for them. The one thing I did notice about Haters is their rusher is super tall, but not very mobile. The question mark play of the day has to be when the rusher is chasing the QB from behind with his arms up in the air like he was going to deflect the pass. I understand that Haters might have been missing a few players and Haney tweaked his groin, but as a top team you should have walked all over them. Does Francis make that much of a difference? (ed’s note: if Kevin can make that big a difference to the Trollers, I have no doubt that Francis makes that big a difference for the Haters)
OG Panthers vs KOLB (8-45)
OG started out great going up 8-0 early in the game and I was hoping that they would keep it up. That didn’t happen and it all went downhill from about the fifteen minute mark in the first half. When you see such a one-sided game like this, the first thing that pops into your head are turnovers, but that wasn’t the case here. OG only had two. It was a lot of drops and bad balls all game long. KOLB looked like they did a few seasons ago in Brossard and everything seemed to be working out for them. KOLB played better than I have ever seen them play. By the end of the game you can see that OG was demoralized and just wanted the game to end. OG need to keep plugging away and right the ship, it’s not too late yet.
Division 3
Average Joes vs Deep Threats (12-36)
Jason shows up thinking he is Broadway Joe and not an average Joe with the glasses on trying to look good. Deion Sanders says if you look good, you feel good, if you feel good, you play good. That wasn’t the case this week. Jason was so predictable that Svetna was calling the plays out loud as to where the ball was going. I think it was two or three times he baited Jason to throw him a pick. I don’t know how a team would even throw anywhere near Svetna. I’m not sure this has happened before in MFL, but Svetna caught more passes from Jason then a player on his own team. It would have been five if Edwards didn’t go up and make a sick catch in the middle of the field right in front of Svetna. This week it was the Svetna Show and it was fun to watch.
Black Knights vs Old School (21-48)
Black Knights were missing a few players to say the least and you could tell that their defense wasn’t used to playing with each other. I was joking with Leon and Rich during their game that Leon should stick around and watch me throw so he could learn a thing or two. I then told him if he was going to do that than they are in trouble. Leon is a very good QB and just needs the team to run proper routes and to catch the ball when it is thrown to them. Defensively, they have lots of work that needs to be done. Dahic went out and looked like he did a few season ago when Old School won the title. He didn’t run much, but he forced the line and made the defense choose between him running and him passing and, judging from the stats, they made the wrong choice. Dahic was almost perfect on offense and managed to get 3 picks on defense as well.
Division 4
AirBorne vs Cereal Killers (0-29)
What do I say about a game that was one-sided right from the start? Guillaume is having a really tough season. No matter how hard he tries, he just can’t maintain success. To me, Airborne needs to find that one stud player to help them compete with the rest of the division. I still haven’t gotten to see a full game of Cereal Killers yet, but I can see them all the way from the other field in those bright pink shirts. I want to see Samer use more than just Julian and stop going deep. The lowest average catch yards from Cereal Killers is 9.3 yards a catch. I know they are fast and athletic, but Cereal killers have also played the easy part of their schedule and face at least four good teams in the next six weeks. I want to see them become a complete team and challenge for a playoff spot if not for the title.
Sneaky Snakes vs Flamboyant Flamingos (0-52)
It seems as if week in and week out Flamingos are destroying a team and making it look easy. They might be the best Team in the division, but everyone is playing for fun and is it fun to be blowing every team out? Don’t you want to be challenged? I know that it’s not fun for the team get blown out like this or knowing that they have no chance to win even before the games starts. Last season, Sneaky Snakes had Andrew at QB and this season they have Dave and the drop off is huge. If Sneaky Snakes had a better QB then this would have been a closer game. I’m sick and tired of teams blowing out weaker opponents! Just move up to the next division and if you’re blowing teams out in division 1, then they need to get better, but in division 4 it’s not cool. (ed’s note: the Flamingos started in D5, so they already moved up!)
Division 5
Los Pollitos vs Gold Rush (26-36)
This was a game of nonstop turnovers with a total of 10. Yes, you read that correctly, but here is the shocker: Johnathan Clarke had 5 of them. With all those picks I am surprised to see this many point being scored. I know Gold Rush is winning, but if Travis wants to be taken seriously as a QB he better start throwing it more and running less. Los Pollitos keep improving every week and that is a good thing. To me Samuel might be the best player in the division, but you need to leave him in one position and stop shifting him around if you want to find success.
Spin Doctors vs Mimosa Crew (34-24)
Mimosa Crew were without one of their better players and were still able to keep the game close. Raph has too much experience not to be able to pick them apart. Spin Doctors have a good one two punch on offense with Meliza and Steve, but after that the drop off is huge. On defense, Benjamin had a huge day with 3 sacks. The turnovers this week killed Mimosa Crew, when you give a team a short field you will lose more often than not. I’ll say that if Omar was there it would have been a closer game and might have gone the other way.
That’s it for my recaps. I know I missed a few games, and Terry and Will should cover most of them, but it’s hard to pick and choose which games we will all be talking about each week. Since Terry, Will, and myself are all refs and players we try to get the games we were involved in, but this week was hard since we reffed each other’s games or were playing. I personally prefer to not talk about my games since I might see it one-sidedly.
Top Performance of the Week
This week we had so many people balling out that I almost considered making it two players for offense and defense. I then realized that I might have to put a certain and former D1 player up here except now he is in D4. This person will now be banned from winning the award for the next two weeks and I will poke fun at his expense until he is out of the dog house. Don’t ask why you can’t be player of the week, you have to ball out and show me something in the top division you play. You must be on the winning team or teams if you played a double header, I don’t big up guys who lose, it’s just not my style.
Division 1
Offense
After looking over the stats this person might not of had the best numbers, but he came up big when he needed to. This week I’m giving the nod to Danny Aylward. He had 8 catches for 64 yards, 2 TDs, a 1point convert as well as a 2point convert and I can’t tell you how many big fourth down conversions.
Defense
I had to pick between two brothers for this one. One had 2 picks and the other only had 1, but I looked over the stats and getting a pick on the last play in a two score game does nothing for your case. That’s why I went with Alex Pilon. Alex had 2 tackles and 1 pick which he took back for 6 points.
Division 2
Offense
I went with a player that help his team get their first win of the season and that was Eliott from Long Chefs. Eliott had 4 catches for 84 yards and 2 TDs.
Defense
I went back and forth on who I was going to go with for this spot, but I kept seeing a name pop off the stat sheet and know very little about this player. I feel that Tameem Riman will become a player other teams start to watch out for. Tameem made 1 tackle, but had 2 picks in this game.
Division 3
Offense
After all my calculations were completed I came up with Aleksander Blostien from Deep Threats. This season Alex has really picked it up. He grabbed 9 balls for 84 yards and 3 TDs.
Defense
There were so many players that would have won it this week, but you all played in higher divisions. This week’s winner plays only in this division and more than deserves to win. Mathieu Laforest had 3 tackles for 3 sacks. Rushing is hard, but to get numbers like this Mathieu makes it look easy.
Division 4
Offense
A lot of big plays from this week’s WR, but none did it better than Julian Kris from Cereal Killers. Julian had 4 catches for 110 yards 1 TD and 2 1point converts.
Defense
I really don’t like give this to a player that is on a team that completed obliterated their opponent. This week I didn’t have much of a choice. Alex Morin from Flamingos balled the Fruity Pebbles out with 1 tackle, 3 picks and 1 he took to the house for 6 points.
Division 5
Offense
I think this is the second time I’m giving this award to Raph from Spin Doctors. Raph completed 16 of 32 passes for 160 yards, 4 TDs and 4 1point converts.
Defense
I mention this guy in a recap of his game and this should be an obvious choice, but in case you didn’t know this week award goes to Johnathan Clarke. Jon had 1 tackle and 5 picks. Yes that is correct 5 picks in a game some players need all season for numbers like that.
There are my picks for this week’s top performers. You might not agree with them, and you might feel you should be up here, but you need to show me why I should. Next week try harder and show me why you should make my list. Oh, and remember you all can’t be a boss and ball out like D4 Player of the Century, Marvin Steinberg.
