Sunday, November 27, 2016

Recap: Turkey Bowl - Hyde Park 11-26-16

Team Jonah:
Jonah, Brandon, Silas, Vee, Anthony, Robbie

Team Frank:
Frank, Vince, Drew, David, George

Touchdown Plays:
Team Jonah:
Touchdown #1: Long bomb to Bobbie in man coverage
Touchdown #2:
Touchdown #5: On a blitz, we failed to align our defense properly and Jonah lofted an easy pass to Vee for the touchdown.

Team Frank:
Touchdown #1: Off of play action/fake screen, dave, from center, ran an out, and B. Best overplayed the out, leaving David with the up route. The pass looked a little long, but David was able to run under it and waltz in for the touchdown.

Touchdown #2: Drew lined up as the HB, vince split left, George split right. I walked up to Vince to pretend to discuss with him, and as I was walking back to the backfield, we snapped the ball and I took off down the middle of the field. Drew threw a good pass and we scored.

Touchdown #3: Anthony was subbed in on our side. I tossed him a pitch to the left, and Anthony made a great move inside, and then Vince came back and had a good block to seal the lane for Anthony. Anthony was able to fight off Vee's attempt to pull his flag and it ended up being a 50 yd TD run.

Touchdown #4: George on a go route into the back of the endzone.

Interceptions:
Team Jonah:
INT#1: in the red zone, George was split left, and ran a comeback to the sideline. I threw the ball high and inside, and it glance off of his hands and Vee was able to intercept it.

Team Frank:
INT#1: Near the red zone, Jonah lofted a pass that went right to Dave.

Friday, November 25, 2016

Recap: Turkey Bowl - Winnetka 11-24-16

4 teams, 2 games, and then switch matchups
Team Mike:
Mike, Derrick, Dylan, Alan, Matt, Tim, H

Team Frank:
Frank, Jim, Phil, Darius, Dave, Omar, Scotty

Team House (Lars)
Lars, Steve, Jason, Patrick, Lar's cousin, Sam, Kile

Team Jim
Jim, Pete, Tom, Rishaan, and a bunch of other guys we don't know well.

Game 1:
Team Mike v. Team Lars

Team Frank v. Team Jim
Touchdown Plays:
Team Jim:
Touchdown #1: On the first play of the game, I threw an INT return for TD. That was the only TD Team Jim would score.

Team Frank:
Touchdown #1: Darius from split wide right, on a Z-in-Z-out route, Rishan slipped and fell and Darius walked in for the score.
Touchdown #2: Under duress, I tried to throw to Davey in the middle, but luckily, Darius came from right to left to grab the ball and score.

Missed opportunities:
On third and goal, form about 20 yards away, Darius mistimed his jump and the ball glanced off is hands.
On fourth and goal form about 25 yards away, Darius ran a post corner route and the ball skipped off his hands because he says I threw the ball to far into the flat, and without enough depth (he was running deeper to the corner, instead of just breaking it off after juking the defender to the inside.


Game 2:
Team Mike v. Team Frank
Touchdown plays:
Team Frank:
Touchdown #1: Darius running to the back of the endzone from the slot, and Jim running a quick out to the right, Davey found a seam running to the right, and I hit him with a shovel pass after eluding the rush.

Team Mike:
Touchdown #1: In man coverage, Scotty rushing Mike, but was juked, and Mike found Dylan in the back left corner of the endzone with Omar in coverage.
Touchdown #2: In man coverage, I was lined up over center, but worried about the mismatch with Davey on Matt. So I was leaning to the right (where Matt was lined up). Mike came back to Dylan on an inside route underneath Omar.

Interceptions:
Team Frank:
INT #1: Mike had Derrick run an out and up from the left slot (our right), but underthrew it and I caught it in the endzone.
Team Mike:
INT #1: on fourth and 1, Darius ran an out-and-up route against Dylan and broke free, but because I had pumped to Darius on the out, my shoulders were already opened-up, and when I reloaded to throw to Darius, I did not get the ball around my body far enough, and the ball was thrown too far into the middle where it was intercepted by Cooper.

Monday, November 21, 2016

Recap: Sunday Football - Winnetka 11-20-16

Team Mike:
Mike, Danny, Rishan, Patrick, Brian, Andy, Scotty, Pilot Dave, Cooper

Team Frank:
Frank, Jonah, H, Bill, Craig, Alan, Sam, Jason, Davey

Touchdown Plays:
Team Mike:
Touchdown #1: In cover 2, Scotty was able to get free down the middle on a long pass for a TD (maybe 30/40 yard pass).
Touchdown #2: (while I was sitting), in the redzone, Rishan ran a corner route to the back left for a wide open touchdown.

Our drives stalled in the red zone a few times, and we could not match up with the speed of Danny and Rishan.

Near misses:
On first play of the game, nearly intercepted the pass, thrown right at me, except I was interfered with by Patrick.
In man coverage, Mike sent Danny on a deep fade route from the seam, but I let him go and read the pass to the middle of the field, and knocked the pass away (but should have caught it)
In zone coverage, with Cooper split wide right (our left), and Rishan or Danny to my right, I showed hard coverage to the right, but after the snap, raced back to the middle anticipating a throw to cooper because of the coverage mismatch (might have been agains Alan or Bill, or H). Again, the ball slipped through my hands.
In the red zone, with Team Mike at the doorstep of the endzone, he fired a pass into the middle for patrick that went through everyones hands and hit me in the chest as I was playing for the deflection.

Monday, November 14, 2016

Recap: Sunday Football - Winnetka 11-13-16

Team Mike:
Mike, Danny, Kile, Omar, Brian K, Ed (wore sleeveless shirt), Andy (reggie white jersey), Patrick, Tim, Pilot Dave

Team Frank:
Frank, Darius, H, Steve, Scott, Craig, Warren, Jason, Sagar, Alan,

Touchdown Plays:
Team Mike:
Touchdown #1: Team Frank in man coverage from about the 15 yard line, Andy beat Warren on a slant/post route because Warren simply does not have the foot speed to keep up with Andy.
Touchdown #2: (Warren rushing), in zone coverage, Mike found Pat on a outside route from about the 15 yards away.

Team Frank:
Touchdown #1: Darius running a slant route from the left. He stopped his route in the slot as drawn up, so me under duress and continued his route. I threw sidearm, behind the rusher for the touchdown. We were about 5 yards away.
Touchdown #2: Darius running a out route short of the end zone, Steve running a flag route to the back cone. Team Mike in zone coverage, with Brian playing the shallow right (our left) and Dave covering the back pylon. Darius got past Brian and I saw the opening and Darius caught the ball in the end zone.
Touchdown #3: H running a flag-post route from the left slot, with Sagar running a wheel route to the left. Omar came on the rush, but missed the tag. Scotty in man coverage on H overran his coverage allowing H to break back to the ball in the middle of the end zone (we were about 15 yards from the end zone).

Missed opportunities:
Team Frank: we must have been in the red zone four or five times without scoring. Our very first drive ended at about the 10 yard line, but the pressure did not allow me to get the ball off and fell short of Darius in the end zone. Two other drives ended from about the 15 yard line. Those two drives I tried to go to steve, but both throws were not on the mark and had no chance of getting to Steve to even make a play. On one of the throws to steve (where he was running back of the end zone from the left slot), H ran a out form the right end, Sagar was running a deep out to the back of the end zone. I read man coverage and perceived H and Sagar to be covered. But it turns out it was a zone, and the man in front of Sagar let him go.

On a short fourth down play, bill ran a comeback just over the 1st down line. But he didn't get enough depth on the route, allowing Brian to sit on his route and break up the pass.

On a third and long, Bill and Jason were to run deep routes (Jason fly, Bill post) with Sagar running an out route underneath the action. Sagar was able to draw the up man, (there were only two men in the zone on that side of the field), but Bill ran a flag route, and Jason adjusted to Bill by running a post route, and both guys ended up in front of the defender, effectively taking themselves out of the play.

Interceptions:
Team Mike: The play was designed to have Jason run up the left seam at the safety, with H running a fly route and Scott running up the right seam. Scott popped open, but the throw was a bit too far inside and Kile picked it off easily.

Team Frank:
Interception #1: In the red zone, andy or Ed or Tim was unable to corral the pass, and the defection hit me in the left hand and I was able to grab it.
Interception #2: While running a 3-2-1 defense, Mike tried to hit Dave or Andy over the left seam (their right), I saw the play and was able to intercept and return the ball past the 1st down marker.
Interception #3: another tipped ball that fell into my hands around mid field.

Strategy and Observations:
On offense: Team Mike was running a zone for most of the game, even when I would line up one receiver to the left, and four to the right. The zone was very weak on the right side because we had the overload (four receivers vs. three defenders)

On defense: Because of the lack of overall team speed on both teams, we were able to run a 3-2-1 zone concept with three defenders covering the shallow routes, two intermediate defenders taking away the seam routes and deep out/flag routes, and one deep safety to help on all deep plays. With myself at the top of the 3-2-1, Team Mike rarely completed anything beyond 15 yards (sole exception a really well thrown ball to Pat up the seam. But that may have been in the 4-2).

Monday, November 7, 2016

Recap: Flag Football Tournament - Winnetka - 11-5-16

Seven teams, single elimination format. Team Lin received first round bye.

Team Lin:
Frank, Jonah, David Greenfield, Tony, Brian Tait, Cooper, Aaron, Keith, Stu

Team Averill:
Mike, H, Darius, Kile, Steve, Derek, Dylan, Brian Kirkpatrick, Chris.

Other teams:
Jim, Pete, Rashan's team (wore red)

The Panthers (blue camouflage)
Quarterback was not very accurate, nor mobile. Was easily rattled by pressure. The Panthers played in river trails against Brian and Tony, and lost twice to them, only winning the 3rd meeting because Brian and Tony's team only had 4 guys show up.

Green Team (defeated Jim and Pete's team, and Team Averill)
Quarterback had decent arm strength, but would check down immediately to the center or other lineman if rushed by two defenders. Short asian guy was assigned to rush most plays. The girl on their team was fairly tall (maybe 5'9?) but not quick enough to stay with any active male.

Team Red (Jim and Pete's team)
Jim plays quarterback for this group. His arm strength is below average and accuracy is also below average. I would rate his decision making below average as well. His ability to play quarterback does not strike fear into any defense. Pete and Rashan have speed and quickness.

Team Lin v. Panthers (Game #1, 2:00pm, West Field)
Our team started with the ball after winning the coin toss, and we promptly moved it down the field for a touchdown (I think to Dave or Jonah). The flood routes with the WR, FL and RT worked very well, with the RT coming open time and time again. Quick releases to the center were also very effective. On defense, our defense shut them down with a four and out. The quarterback would look to check down immediately once pressured, and his check down options did not run well with the ball.

We scored a second touchdown quickly thereafter and also converted the extra point (to David). We intercepted the Panthers, but our drive stalled in the red zone. (too many attempts to get into the end zone and not enough blocking) On the ensuing drive, the Panthers were able to drive all the way down the field for a score. The big plays were primarily because of missed flag pulls. The QB would throw a short pass under duress to an open receiver underneath, and he would get five to six extra yards before our team converged to pull the flag.

In the second half, we intercepted the Panthers again, but on 4th and 1, Cooper ran a square out from LT, and never turned around for the ball. He read Tony or Brian coming on a slant route and tried to give the receiver the right of way. We forced another INT or turnover on downs and steadily marched down the field. We scored on a play to Keith, where he ran almost the exact same route as Cooper. The Panthers had switched to man defense at this point, and the matchup heavily favored Keith (they put a slow guy on him). The Panthers were able to come down and score again; once more, because of poor flag pulling allowing them to gain yards after the catch. They scored a touchdown, and our ensuing drive stalled. But we forced a four and out, and knelt out the rest of the game. In the second half, we began to rush two rushers (Aaron and Jonah) which put a tremendous amount of pressure on their QB and did not give him time to find any check downs.

Team Lin v. Team Green (Game #2, 3:00pm, East Field)
Team Green chose to defer. We opted for the ball. Our first drive moved quickly down the field. Per scouting report from Team Averill, the Green Team ran a 7-person zone, and rarely rushed. We came out of the gate with plays that included routes for all 6 people, but Team Green was rushing one, so we dialed it back and kept in some blockers. The flood routes still worked, as they Team Green played sort of a deep cover three, with a deep under three (and usually rushed the small asian guy). The comebacks and quick hitters in the seam were available almost all day long.

We scored on our first drive and second drive. David catching the second TD and rumbling into the end zone.

Green threw a deep bomb on the right against Keith, which got them into the red zone and eventually scoring on a little slant-out route in front of Cooper. At the end of the half, with Green driving again, all the way to the one yard line, Stu picked off a pass in the end zone with about 2 seconds to play.

In the second half, Green stalled, and we drove down and scored; Jonah juking three or four defenders on his way to the end zone. On the ensuing drive, Green threw a short pass to the center who got into a tussle with Brian. He was assessed a 10 yard penalty and tempers started to flare. But Brian stepped in front of a check down pass intended for the center and returned it for a touchdown, effectively ending the game.

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Recap: Sunday Football - Winnetka 10-30-16

Team Mike v. Team Frank

Team Mike:
Mike, Kile, Steve, Al, Craig, Derek, Dylan, Chris, Brian, Dave (zubazz)

Team Frank:
Frank, Jonah, Cooper, Keith, Pete, Dave, Davey, Scotty, Rashaun, Alan, Sam

Touchdown Plays
touchdown #1
touchdown #2 - inside route to Kile (up the middle)
touchdown #3 - Post route to steve (from right to left)
touchdown #4 - square out left to derek 
touchdown #5 - Corner route to front right pylon to steve
touchdown #6 - Slant by Derek from left to right
touchdown #7


Team Frank:
touchdown #1
touchdown #2 - rashaun ran a go route, faith a sure out left, sam/scott a shallow route in the middle/left, alan on a go from center, jonah with a deep out route, and cooper on a shallow route to the right. defense in man coverage, Alan beat craig for the touchdown 
touchdown #3: pete from split right, jonah from slot right. Pete runs to back cone and breaks back to the rear pylon. Jonah delays, then runs a square out underneath Pete's route. Touchdown to Jonah.
touchdown #4: Jonah runs same route as Pete on previous touchdown. Dave runs comeback for the touchdown (from slot right)