2019 TFL - WEEK 9 - GAME OF THE WEEK

Dunedin 24, Sin City 27 For the fourth week in a row the Godfathers matchup enters “Game of the Week” consideration. The Spartans came to the Sin Bin and gave the Godfathers their all and probably should have walked away with a win. The game witnessed 6 lead changes attesting to how back and forth this game was. Brian drew first blood on a scrappy 78-yard drive that netted 7 first downs and culminated in a Sammy Watkins touchdown. The Godfathers came right back with an impressive 12 play, 75-yard drive that would tie the game. The teams would enter the half deadlocked at 14 and neither side ready to take the upper hand. On the opening drive of the second half, the Godfathers would stall at Dunedin’s 32-yard line. Randy Bullock has been snake bit this season with attempts from this range due to the variable FG adjustment. True to form the wind picked up right as the ball was placed and changed what was a slam dunk FG into the third miss of the season from that range.  Coach Mark was seen slamming his Microsoft Surface on the turf and if you read his lips it looked like he was saying, “This is some Chicago kicker #$#%@% #$%$%#$ #$$%%!” Brian showed no mercy towards the Godfather’s misfortune and would capitalize on the failed attempt and convert it into 3 points of his own, retaking the lead 17-14.  The Godfathers would tie up the game at 17 after failing to convert inside Dunedin’s 10-yard line. In response to the FG the Spartans drove 9 plays, 75 yards and assumed a commanding 7-point lead with 9:18 left in the game, Dunedin 24-17. Former Dunedin Spartan, Ben Roethlisberger’s determination could be seen on his face. The revenge narrative had been written by all the talking heads of the sports world.  He calmly drove 72 yards over 8 plays to tie the game at 24 on the ensuing possession. Both teams would end up with another attempt to break the deadlock before the fourth quarter closed, but neither could produce points to prevent overtime. The Sin Bin was deafening after the Godfather’s won the coin toss and received the ball to start overtime. Unfortunately, two offside penalties would stall the Godfather drive before it began, and they were forced to punt. It was Aaron Rogers turn to stroll on the field, starting at the Spartan 26 he only needed 52 yards to put J.K Scott in a position to win the game. Aaron took deep shots early in the drive with the Godfather’s focused on the run but twice Rodgers missed his mark. A great endrun call by Coach Fullem kept the drive alive on a 3rd and 10. Then the Godfather’s front line broke through on the ensuing 3rd and 9. The pass rush lead to a rare errant throw by the Spartan quarterback and Jalen Ramsey picked it off and returned it to Dunedin’s 45 yard line. A key fourth down conversion by the Godfathers at the Spartans 37-yard line would lead to a Randy Bullock 40 yard field goal. The fans rushed the field, Big Ben went over and shook Coach Brian’s hand feeling vindicated for being passed up for Aaron Rodgers in the trade that shipped him to Sin City. This was another great match-up, I’ve had some competitive games this year and this ranks up there with the best of them. Brian called an amazing game. I’m sure he would have like the outcome to go the other way and was really one die roll away from changing the outcome. The biggest downer of the night was Strat was buggy all night and had frequent crashes. It didn’t matter who hosted, whether we rebooted or not, despite that we both had fun playing the game. Just wish Strat could dial in their code.
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2018 Dunedin	7	7	3	7	0	24
2018 Sin City	7	7	0	10	3	27

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Team	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	5:42	2018 Dunedin	S.Watkins 11 yd. pass from A.Rodgers (H.Butker kick)	7-0 UTI
1	0:00	2018 Sin City	B.Powell 1 yd. run (R.Bullock kick)	7-7 SIN
2	8:24	2018 Sin City	T.Eifert 3 yd. pass from B.Roethlisberger (R.Bullock kick)	14-7 SIN
2	1:45	2018 Dunedin	S.Diggs 7 yd. pass from A.Rodgers (H.Butker kick)	14-14 SIN
3	2:06	2018 Dunedin	H.Butker 45 yd. field goal	17-14 UTI
4	13:12	2018 Sin City	R.Bullock 32 yd. field goal	17-17 SIN
4	9:18	2018 Dunedin	S.Watkins 26 yd. pass from A.Rodgers (H.Butker kick)	24-17 UTI
4	5:24	2018 Sin City	A.Kamara 1 yd. run (R.Bullock kick)	24-24 SIN
5	4:00	2018 Sin City	R.Bullock 40 yd. field goal	27-24 SIN

Other Highlights
Qtr	Clock	Team	Event	Player	Yards
2	12:36	2018 Sin City	Fumble	Bilal Powell
2	9:36	2018 Sin City	Pass	Allen Robinson	43
2	7:30	2018 Dunedin	QBSack	Demarcus Lawrence	-6
3	12:18	2018 Sin City	Missed Field Goal	Randy Bullock	49
3	7:12	2018 Dunedin	Run	Chris Carson	36
4	14:42	2018 Sin City	QBSack	Khalil Mack	-9
4	14:06	2018 Sin City	QBSack	Rashaan Evans	-7
4	12:36	2018 Dunedin	QBSack	K.J. Wright	-7
5	6:06	2018 Sin City	Intercept	Jalen Ramsey	12

Team Statistics
	2018 Dunedin	2018 Sin City
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	11-15-1-27	6-20-0-26
Third Down Efficiency	8-16-50%	3-11-27%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-1-100%	1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	17-21-81%	24-28-86%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	379-80-4.7	443-63-7.0
Total Net Yards Rushing	161	75
Total Rushes	34	19
Average Per Rush	4.7	3.9
Passes Completed/Attempted	23/44 (52.3%)	32/42 (76.2%)
Net Yards Passing	218	368
Avg Yards Per Pass	5.3	9.1
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/13	2/16
Punts/Average	5/44.4	5/51.2
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/-1	1/11
Kickoffs/Returns	3/63	2/48
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	1/12
Penalties/Yards	6/46	6/52
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/0	2/1
Time of Possession	36 mins 49 secs	29 mins 11 secs
Average Drive Start	UTI 24	SIN 27

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2018 Dunedin
Aaron Rodgers	44	23	231	52.3	5.3	3	6.8	1	2.3	26	2/13	80.8
2018 Sin City
Ben Roethlisberger	41	31	370	75.6	9.0	1	2.4	0	0	43	2/16	110.8
Marcus Mariota	1	1	14	100.0	14.0	0	0	0	0	14	0/0	118.8

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2018 Dunedin
Chris Carson	23	120	5.2	36	0	0	0/0
Sony Michel	8	17	2.1	7	0	0	0/0
Aaron Rodgers	3	24	8.0	15	0	0	0/0
2018 Sin City
Bilal Powell	9	34	3.8	15	1	0	2/1
Alvin Kamara	9	42	4.7	15	1	0	0/0
Marcus Mariota	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2018 Dunedin
Sammy Watkins	8	107	13.4	26	2	0
Stefon Diggs	5	34	6.8	15	1	0
Gerald Everett	4	29	7.3	12	0	0
Chris Carson	3	21	7.0	14	0	0
Calvin Ridley	2	28	14.0	15	0	0
Jack Doyle	1	12	12.0	12	0	0
2018 Sin City
Tyler Eifert	8	85	10.6	15	1	0
Alvin Kamara	7	60	8.6	20	0	0
Robert Woods	6	63	10.5	29	0	0
Alshon Jeffery	3	33	11.0	14	0	0
Bilal Powell	3	45	15.0	21	0	0
Allen Robinson	3	83	27.7	43	0	0
James Washington	1	3	3.0	3	0	0
Virgil Green	1	12	12.0	12	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2018 Dunedin
Harrison Butker	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	1/1	100
2018 Sin City
Randy Bullock	0/0	0/0	1/1	1/2	0/0	2/3	66.7

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2018 Dunedin
J.K. Scott	5	44.4	38.2	1	2	54	0
2018 Sin City
Trevor Daniel	5	51.2	47.4	1	2	57	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2018 Dunedin
Zach Pascal	3	63	21.0	28	0
2018 Sin City
Richie James	2	48	24.0	25	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2018 Dunedin
Justin Hardy	1	2	-1	-1.0	-1	0
2018 Sin City
Alvin Kamara	1	2	11	11.0	11	0
Richie James	0	1	0		0	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2018 Dunedin
Steven Nelson	9	0	0
Rashaan Evans	7	1	0
Sean Davis	7	0	0
Tracy Walker	6	0	0
Casey Hayward	6	0	0
Todd Davis	4	0	0
Khalil Mack	3	1	1
Daron Payne	2	0	0
Reggie Gilbert	2	0	0
Reggie Ragland	2	0	0
Markus Golden	2	0	0
Tramaine Brock	0	0	1
2018 Sin City
Jalen Ramsey	10	0	0
Glover Quin	7	0	0
Kyle Fuller	7	0	0
Sean Lee	5	0	0
K.J. Wright	4	1	0
DeForest Buckner	4	0	0
Deion Jones	4	0	0
Demarcus Lawrence	4	1	0
Jason Pierre-Paul	4	0	0
A'Shawn Robinson	3	0	0
Tyrann Mathieu	3	0	0
Jarran Reed	1	0	0
Bilal Powell	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2018 Dunedin
2018 Sin City
Jalen Ramsey	1	12	12.0	12	0