Hartford Grizzlies: Rebuilding and Loving It! An Imperial Football League Dynasty

[Warhammer]

Reading the propaganda that Fresno has been putting out, got me off my duff and forced me to do something I have always wanted to do, an FOF dynasty. Having two teams to choose from, I opted to go with the Grizzlies for two reasons. First, I have run the team longer, so more of the decisions that have been made have been mine. Second, I have a longer time frame to get the updates posted before the next game. That makes it much easier for me to handle.

Without further ado, I present to you, your Hartford Grizzlies!

[Warhammer]

I took over the team in 2003, after their second game. I chose this team because they had a 2-0 record at the time, and they were the Grizzlies. Being from Memphis, I thought that would help me keep their name straight.

After looking at the roster, I realized that I had a pretty good squad, we had a VG young QB, we had a solid RB and TE, and a good OL. Defensively, we had studs at RDE and RDT, we were solid at the other DL spots, we had a stud MLB rated 72/72 who was only in his 5th year, and we had a great secondary with Mac Breland rated 68/68 at CB, Charles Reddick at 72/72 at FS, and Roy Brown at SS at 68/68. Our other starting CB was a CB mentor rated in the 40s.

The problem was we had an old roster. Most of our players were in their 7th or 8th year. The plus side was that we were pretty close to fully developed, the bad part was we really didn't have all that many players that rated VG. Much of our strength was in our depth, which was not a terrible thing, but we were overrated as a squad because of it. Our roster strength this year was 100.

After looking at the roster, I noticed something, our VG 60/60 QB was injured and was out for the rest of the year with a ruptured tricep! Enter Harry Moss, a rookie rated 18/36. He at least had bars everywhere, and could throw a deep ball moderately well. But, for the first game I decided to let things ride and see where they would take me.


2003 Grizzlies Schedule
Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather
Week 1 MURFREESBORO MULES W, 31-21 73,900 Rain, 87
Week 2 at Norfolk Vipers W, 10-7 75,800 Rain, 67
Week 3 BOSTON DRAGONS W, 28-20 73,900 Sunny, 60
Week 4 OPEN
Week 5 at Orlando Pirates L, 12-23 79,400 Stormy, 87
Week 6 at St. Louis Cardinals W, 10-7 67,400 Sunny, 55
Week 7 WEST VIRGINIA BEASTS W, 17-13 73,900 Rain, 62
Week 8 at Anchorage Lynx W, 14-13 61,300 Sunny, 34
Week 9 HOUSTON RENEGADES W, 21-7 73,900 Sunny, 68
Week 10 at Louisiana VooDoo L, 12-27 67,500 Sunny, 53
Week 11 WICHITA OUTLAWS L, 6-10 73,900 Sunny, 31
Week 12 LAWRENCE PHANTOMS L, 10-12 73,900 Sunny, 42
Week 13 at Newark Bulldogs L, 18-33 65,400 Sunny, 39
Week 14 at West Virginia Beasts L, 7-12 67,500 Sunny, 57
Week 15 VERMONT MOUNTAINEERS W, 23-8 73,900 Rain, 47
Week 16 at Boston Dragons W, 17-14 70,200 Sunny, 27
Week 17 NORFOLK VIPERS W, 27-10 73,900 Sunny, 20

W. Card at St. Louis Cardinals L, 3-16 67,400 Sunny, 31


There were two key games in this year. The Orlando game taught me that I needed to start game planning as we really should have beaten them, we did have a better team than they did at that time. The other key game was against Anchorage. At the time, the Lynx were a high flying team led by Theron Galicia. We were playing at their place and needed to figure out a way to stop them. I devised a game plan that focused on shortening the game. We would run the ball against them, and use long drives to eat up the clock. Our defense would play mainly M2M coverage and we would blitz the daylights out of them. We did, and we managed to end Galicia's career in Anchorage that day. We escaped with the win, but ruined Anchorage's season as they never regained their early form. However, the game taught me how important game planning was.

With the rookie QB, we played the games pretty close to the vest, and although we did not score tons of points, even the games we lost were competitive. But, I began to see that we needed a couple of things. First, we needed a better receiving corps, my best receiver was a 48/54 that wasn't going to be getting better due to his age. My next best receiver was a 46/46 guy. My two best players on offense were my FB William Dostie a 78/78 stud, and my TE Sala who was a 55/55 guy. Both of these guys were relatively young, so I went conservative. We would run using Julian Schwartz between the tackles, and then keep the defense off balance with a short passing game.

We did pretty well, Harry Moss threw for just over 2000 yards with 15 TDs and 10 INTs, but with a completion rate of over 60%. We made the playoffs but lost in a strange game at St. Louis, where we pretty much outplayed St. Louis everywhere except on the scoreboard where we lost 17-3.


AC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Cleveland 10 6 0 .625 266 220 8-4 3-3
Montreal 7 9 0 .437 200 244 6-6 4-2
Iowa City 7 9 0 .437 329 274 5-7 3-3
Wichita 6 10 0 .375 261 285 5-7 2-4

AC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
St. Louis 9 7 0 .562 266 224 5-7 5-1
Louisiana 9 7 0 .562 238 249 6-6 3-3
Murfreesboro 7 9 0 .437 255 305 4-8 2-4
Houston 4 12 0 .250 192 329 2-10 2-4

AC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
West Virginia 12 4 0 .750 325 190 8-4 2-4
Hartford 10 6 0 .625 263 237 9-3 5-1
Norfolk 8 8 0 .500 224 227 6-6 3-3
Boston 7 9 0 .437 260 258 4-8 2-4

AC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Portland 10 6 0 .625 334 273 9-3 4-2
Anchorage 8 8 0 .500 268 269 7-5 3-3
Albuquerque 8 8 0 .500 272 282 7-5 3-3
Fresno 7 9 0 .437 212 255 5-7 2-4

NC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Madison 12 4 0 .750 334 272 9-3 5-1
Lansing 10 6 0 .625 307 304 7-5 4-2
Dakota 10 6 0 .625 334 296 6-6 2-4
Pittsburgh 4 12 0 .250 283 388 3-9 1-5

NC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Columbia 9 7 0 .562 393 308 8-4 4-2
Tulsa 9 7 0 .562 240 250 7-5 3-3
Texas 7 9 0 .437 243 268 7-5 3-3
Little Rock 4 12 0 .250 247 316 3-9 2-4

NC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Orlando 10 6 0 .625 308 244 7-5 3-3
Newark 7 9 0 .437 256 251 5-7 3-3
Lawrence 7 9 0 .437 260 269 6-6 4-2
Vermont 5 11 0 .312 283 352 5-7 2-4

NC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Reno 11 5 0 .687 342 253 7-5 4-2
Salt Lake City 10 6 0 .625 299 324 8-4 4-2
Vancouver 10 6 0 .625 323 257 6-6 3-3
Oakland 2 14 0 .125 195 339 2-10 1-5

[Warhammer]

Going into the 2004 season I felt pretty good about our chances. We had a good running team, our starting QB was coming back, and we brought in some help at positions of need. First round pick RT Ryan Hartman was going to move to RT, while my starting RT was going to move to guard where I had little depth. I had originally targeted QB Reuben "Picante" Sante with my first round pick. Unfortunately, the Boston Dragons unexpectedly drafted him with the pick before mine. I scrambled, and was able to get a high second round pick where I nabbed Jerome Mueller. This was turned out to be the most important pick of the year. Later in the second round, I landed OJ Boyer who would backup my all world MLB Tony Martin. He would also help on special teams. In the 3rd round I landed Dave Billings, a FL who was not extraordinary, but he would be a solid player with good hands and would be an excellent 3rd WR. Then in the 7th round I took Randall Williamson a LDT who had a great combine who immediately began to move on up in the eyes of my scout.


2004 Grizzlies Schedule
Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather
Week 1 at West Virginia Beasts L, 7-24 67,200 Rain, 54
Week 2 SALT LAKE CITY STALLIONS L, 3-28 73,600 Sunny, 80
Week 3 ANCHORAGE LYNX W, 17-10 73,600 Sunny, 77
Week 4 at Cleveland Clawz L, 17-20 58,000 Rain, 45
Week 5 BOSTON DRAGONS T, 17-17 73,600 Sunny, 38
Week 6 at Iowa City Snipe Hunters W, 13-10 67,700 Sunny, 66
Week 7 MONTREAL FIREBIRDS W, 23-20 73,600 Sunny, 73
Week 8 OPEN
Week 9 WEST VIRGINIA BEASTS W, 20-17 73,600 Sunny, 63
Week 10 WICHITA OUTLAWS W, 14-6 73,600 Sunny, 39
Week 11 at Norfolk Vipers L, 7-22 72,300 Sunny, 40
Week 12 at Oakland Assassins W, 30-27 44,300 Rain, 49
Week 13 at Louisiana VooDoo L, 6-20 66,200 Rain, 59
Week 14 VANCOUVER KILLER WHALES W, 16-10 73,600 Sunny, 25
Week 15 NORFOLK VIPERS W, 15-13 73,600 Sunny, 19
Week 16 at Reno Wolfpack W, 23-16 58,800 Sunny, 25
Week 17 at Boston Dragons W, 16-13 64,500 Sunny, 23

W. Card at St. Louis Cardinals W, 21-9 64,800 Rain, 51
Division at West Virginia Beasts W, 20-17 67,200 Rain, 51
League at Anchorage Lynx L, 13-20 63,100 Sunny, 21


We started off very shaky. Scott Nelson our QB was erratic, and would make you pull your hair out. Our defense was exposed as soft against the pass. Something needed to be done. After the SLC game, I changed our defensive coverage and moved to a mostly zone and M2M defense. It paid dividends against Anchorage, who we beat again. Then in Cleveland disaster struck again. We were getting pummelled, as Cleveland was the one team that could out smashmouth us. Scott Nelson went down in the 3rd quarter. That turned out to be the key play for us in the season. 2nd round rookie quarterback Jerome Mueller stepped in under center, and led us to a TD, that closed the gap. After a defensive stop, we got the ball back with about 3 minutes left. We drive down to the Cleveland 3 yard line. The score is 13-10, Cleveland is up. We hand the ball to sure handed Julian Schwab (I called him Schwartz before, it was Schwab), and he fumbles! The Clawz run the ball back 97 yards for a TD, to go up 20-10. Yet, Mueller wasn't done, he led the team back downfield for another TD!

With Nelson out and the undefeated Boston Dragons coming to town, I changed my offense entirely, and again went conservative. The result was a surprising 17-17 tie of the the Boston Dragons! We then ran off 4 straight wins to bring our record to 5-3-1, just past the halfway point of the season! One of those was a tight game against our division rival West Virginia, who we beat 20-17. We lost two of our next three games, to move to 6-5-1, with 4 games to go. It was a three way race for the division between West Virginia, Boston, and Hartford. To make matters worse, our schedule was not forgiving, we faced a tough Vancouver team, and an underachieving Norfolk team who had already beat us once. Then we would hit the road to take on Reno and Boston in a game that could decide the division crown!

To make matters worse, MLB Tony Martin went down with a busted knee, and RB Julian Schwab was out for the season with ligament damage in his knee, an injury that would eventually end his career. Our stud lockdown cornerback Mac Breland, who had just signed a big contract, was out with a compound leg fracture. Things looked bleak. However, the team came up big. We won three games in a row going into a showdown with Boston, in Boston for the final game.

West Virginia was at 10-5 and leading the division, Boston and Hartford were both tied at 9-5-1. West Virginia was playing Norfolk whom they always had fits with. Any of the three teams could win the division, Boston and Hartford both needed wins and a WVA loss, and WVA just needed a win. With the offense sputtering, and the season appearing to be lost in the 4th quarter. Jerome Mueller led the offense down the field. First, to score a FG, to close the gap with the Dragons. Then, he led another drive for a final TD and the game! The Grizzlies looked up at the scoreboard, and it appeared that division would be theirs as the Vipers were leading the Beasts of West Virginia. Then, Gerald Sanders led West Virginia on a TD drive as time ran out to win the division for the Beasts.

Stunned by the sudden comeback, and moving from a possible #1 seed in the conference to the #5 seed, the Grizzlies responded. They went on the road to St. Louis and defeated the Cardinals handily in revenge for their defeat the previous year. That brought on a rubber match with West Virginia in West Virginia for the right to move on to the AC Conference Finals. In a tough game, Jerome Mueller was again triumphant as he led the Grizzlies to a stunning 20-17 win over the vastly more talented Beasts.

However, no one knows who did it, but foul play was definitely involved. Some point their fingers at the scouts of the Anchorage Lynx in their effort to gain revenge against the Grizzlies for ruining their season the year before in ending Theron Galicia's career. Some point their fingers at irate Beast fans, who unable to advance in the playoffs for a second straight year took out their frustrations on the rival Grizzlies. What is known, is that 7 starters and a total of 11 Grizzly players came down with a mysterious food bourne virus that knocked them out of the Championship game. The entire backfield, except for Jerome Mueller and William Dostie came down with the illness. Half of the starting defense did as well. Even with this handicap, the Grizzlies still played hard, but fell to the Anchorage Lynx, who went on the the Imperial Bowl, only to be defeated by the Madison Demons.


2004 Regular Season Standings

AC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Wichita 10 6 0 .625 307 309 8-4 4-2
Cleveland 9 7 0 .562 288 282 6-6 3-3
Montreal 7 9 0 .437 282 267 5-7 3-3
Iowa City 5 11 0 .312 263 321 4-8 2-4

AC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
St. Louis 9 7 0 .562 330 275 6-6 4-2
Louisiana 9 7 0 .562 299 276 7-5 4-2
Murfreesboro 6 10 0 .375 271 324 4-8 3-3
Houston 5 11 0 .312 321 351 3-9 1-5

AC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
West Virginia 11 5 0 .687 313 237 8-4 4-2
Hartford 10 5 1 .656 244 273 7-4-1 3-2-1
Boston 9 6 1 .593 305 314 6-5-1 2-3-1
Norfolk 7 9 0 .437 277 260 6-6 2-4

AC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Anchorage 10 5 1 .656 283 250 7-4-1 3-2-1
Albuquerque 10 6 0 .625 290 272 7-5 4-2
Portland 7 8 1 .468 243 288 5-6-1 0-5-1
Fresno 5 11 0 .312 215 328 5-7 4-2

NC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Madison 11 5 0 .687 296 234 8-4 4-2
Pittsburgh 7 9 0 .437 234 290 6-6 3-3
Dakota 6 10 0 .375 258 292 4-8 3-3
Lansing 4 12 0 .250 279 367 3-9 2-4

NC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Columbia 11 5 0 .687 316 200 8-4 4-2
Little Rock 9 7 0 .562 307 280 8-4 5-1
Tulsa 8 8 0 .500 299 235 5-7 2-4
Texas 4 12 0 .250 235 290 3-9 1-5

NC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Orlando 10 6 0 .625 323 263 7-5 4-2
Vermont 9 7 0 .562 352 249 8-4 3-3
Newark 8 8 0 .500 268 274 7-5 3-3
Lawrence 8 8 0 .500 289 305 5-7 2-4

NC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Salt Lake City 9 7 0 .562 378 341 6-6 3-3
Reno 8 8 0 .500 306 302 7-5 3-3
Vancouver 7 9 0 .437 279 351 6-6 3-3
Oakland 6 10 0 .375 283 333 5-7 3-3

[sovereignstar]

booooooo

I hear Grizzlies players shave their legs.

[kingfc22]

Go Dragons! ;)

[Warhammer]

booooooo

I hear Grizzlies players shave their legs.

Naw, we just knock the dookie out of people.

That said, I need to come up with a new uniform...

[Warhammer]

Go Dragons! ;)

You walked into a nice setup with Boston. They've got the talent to compete for a playoff spot this year. Next year, with good off season moves, they might be one of the favorites in the division.

That said, I'd like to see someone play as well with the worst talent in the league right now!

[Coolclint]

The league has a Murfreesboro team? Awesome. :)

[Warhammer]

Does anyone know how to bring in the charts without all the formatting going away?

[sovereignstar]

Does anyone know how to bring in the charts without all the formatting going away?

What charts? Sorry, I just woke up. Try using the code tags for whatever you're doing.

[Warhammer]

Going into the 2005 off-season I had some decisions to make. For two straight years, we had a playoff team that was arguably the best or second best in the conference playing with rookie QBs!

Jerome Mueller's stat line from 2004:
219 of 337 for a completion percentage of 64.9% for 1944 yards at 5.76 per attempt throwing 10 TDs against only 2 INTs for a QB rating of 87.6. More importantly his record in his starts was 9-2-1.

Just underneath Mueller for first on the lifetime completion percentage was our 2003 QB, Harry Moss. His numbers:
243 of 403 for 60.2% for 2325 at 5.76 yards per attempt throwing 15 TDs against 10 INTs for a QB rating of 78.3. Moss' record in his starts was 8-6.

I felt that we would be set with Mueller for at least another year. He did exactly what we asked of him, and he did it better than Moss had. Only 2 INTs really helped our defense out, as that clamped down after our first two games. Scott Nelson was tradeable since he was too mistake prone for us, and never seemed to play up to his ratings. We shipped him off to Newark for a 2nd round draft pick.

We had several holes that loomed large after our injuries from the previous year. First, at RB we had no starting caliber backs. Wallace Marcano was a capable runner, but he was in his 8th year and was best used as a backup. At LB, we needed to add another body, preferably a good one since Martin had still not recovered from his injury and we did not know if his ratings would take a hit. In 5 starts in 2004, he had 38 tackles and 17 assists! For those keeping track, that is 7 tackles and 3 assists per game. He also had 3 passes defensed, which is good for a starting LB. At CB we were in big trouble, Mitchell Green was entering his 13th season and was beginning to slip. The good news was he was a mentor. Mac Breland was back, but his ratings had taken a beating. He was still outstanding at BnR, but we were not a BnR team. At safety, we needed help because Charles Reddick was slipping and was entering his 14th year, and Roy Brown, although not slipping, was getting up there in age as well.

However, this was still the team that nearly made the Imperial Bowl the year before. I decided to stick with the team as is, and just add some draft picks.

[Warhammer]

Our picks were in the 28th slot for all the rounds. In the first round, Stanley Jamison fell to us. This was a bit of a surprise since he was the second best RB on the board, but his combine was average, and some of his bars left something to be desired. However, there were two things that stuck out to me. First, he had a maxed bar for endurance and 3rd down running. Avoid fumbles was at 96 as well. So this was a guy that could handle the load, and when we needed something in a 3rd down situation he would be the guy, plus, he wouldn't fumble. Additionally, he was a good receiver out of the backfield which would fit in well with my offensive philosophy.

In the second round, we originally did not have a draft pick. However, sending Scott Nelson to Newark netted us the 17th pick in the round. We picked a very solid MLB out of Penn State, Danny Scott. I figured that if he panned out, he would start at MLB, and if Tony Martin came back with full ratings, we would have enough quality backers to either trade him, or move to a 3-4.

For my next pick, I followed a philosophy of mine. If possible, always pick up a QB in the draft. If he booms, the pick will be worth it. If he doesn't work, you have a cheap roster filler. In the third round, I moved up seven spots to 21st to pick up a promising QB out of Texas. His max potential was 54, but he had very good combine scores across the board. I figured that he was worth the pick because he would max out at roughly the same level as Jerome Mueller. Plus, Mueller's potential had slid the previous year, and I wanted some insurance.

My other picks were minor for the most part. Except in the 7th round, I picked up Howie Lucas at 7.28 and he was a mild boom. Instead of roster filler, he might get some playing time at DE.

After the draft, I about had a heart attack. Mueller's numbers slid again. Rufus Swett, a 14 year DE had a precipitous ratings drop, going from high 60s to low 50s. WR Maxwell Roush's ratings also took a hit. Charles Reddick's ratings slid to the point where he was only good at zone defense. Then, Stanley Jamison's bars showed he would only be an average runner, however he would be a big threat out of the backfield. To make matters worse, the entire OL, except for my center and RTs took small hits. My gamble had failed.

However, there was some good news. I had wisely spent two drafts upgrading my LB corps and my WR corps. I might not have any game breakers at either position, but we weren't going to lose a lot, and with luck might even improve at each position. I had a better QB position than I had, with both Mueller and Hickman good young QBs. At RB, I at least had someone that could chew up some yards and handle the load. The DL had not completely fallen apart, but was going to need overhauling in the near future. The secondary was a mess.

[Warhammer]

Front Office Football 2004
2005 Regular Season Standings

AC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Iowa City 12 4 0 .750 281 219 8-4 4-2
Montreal 8 8 0 .500 270 240 6-6 3-3
Cleveland 6 10 0 .375 288 323 6-6 3-3
Wichita 6 10 0 .375 274 328 4-8 2-4

AC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
St. Louis 11 5 0 .687 304 264 10-2 5-1
Louisiana 11 5 0 .687 291 257 9-3 4-2
Houston 3 13 0 .187 223 328 2-10 2-4
Murfreesboro 3 13 0 .187 229 348 3-9 1-5

AC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Norfolk 13 3 0 .812 388 208 11-1 5-1
West Virginia 10 6 0 .625 362 289 9-3 4-2
Hartford 6 10 0 .375 218 277 5-7 1-5
Boston 5 11 0 .312 221 287 4-8 2-4

AC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Portland 9 7 0 .562 279 287 8-4 4-2
Anchorage 6 10 0 .375 233 298 4-8 3-3
Fresno 4 12 0 .250 205 291 4-8 3-3
Albuquerque 3 13 0 .187 247 317 3-9 2-4

NC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Pittsburgh 9 7 0 .562 321 313 7-5 3-3
Madison 8 8 0 .500 357 333 6-6 3-3
Dakota 7 8 1 .468 261 275 5-6-1 3-3
Lansing 7 9 0 .437 309 367 5-7 3-3

NC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Little Rock 12 4 0 .750 411 285 9-3 5-1
Columbia 11 5 0 .687 368 286 8-4 5-1
Tulsa 8 8 0 .500 337 369 4-8 2-4
Texas 3 12 1 .218 320 463 2-9-1 0-6

NC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Orlando 11 5 0 .687 325 340 8-4 4-2
Vermont 10 6 0 .625 359 300 8-4 4-2
Newark 10 6 0 .625 312 268 6-6 2-4
Lawrence 10 6 0 .625 313 289 6-6 2-4

NC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Reno 10 6 0 .625 352 297 6-6 5-1
Salt Lake City 10 6 0 .625 384 266 7-5 2-4
Vancouver 7 9 0 .437 375 343 5-7 4-2
Oakland 6 10 0 .375 352 414 3-9 1-5


Hartford Grizzlies 2005 Regular Season Schedule

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather
Week 1 at Norfolk Vipers L, 3-28 69,400 Sunny, 63
Week 2 at Little Rock Toads L, 0-27 55,600 Sunny, 95
Week 3 at Cleveland Clawz L, 13-20 60,500 Rain, 46
Week 4 BOSTON DRAGONS W, 9-3 74,800 Sunny, 56
Week 5 at Anchorage Lynx W, 24-0 63,300 Sunny, 53
Week 6 FRESNO CHAOS W, 10-3 74,800 Sunny, 76
Week 7 OPEN
Week 8 PORTLAND SEALS W, 23-13 74,800 Sunny, 42
Week 9 at Albuquerque Matadors W, 21-17 50,100 Sunny, 55
Week 10 at West Virginia Beasts L, 3-17 67,800 Sunny, 46
Week 11 NORFOLK VIPERS L, 13-16 74,800 Rain, 46
Week 12 TULSA COWS L, 16-23 74,800 Sunny, 57
Week 13 LOUISIANA VOODOO L, 19-20 74,800 Rain, 42
Week 14 TEXAS HELL RIDERS W, 34-7 74,800 Sunny, 25
Week 15 at Boston Dragons L, 13-17 69,300 Rain, 38
Week 16 at Columbia Fire L, 7-38 65,200 Sunny, 68
Week 17 WEST VIRGINIA BEASTS L, 10-28 74,800 Sunny, 19

Home Games in ALL CAPS

Season Tickets Sold: 74,800
Stadium Capacity: 74,900

We had our normal start of the year swoon. We start out 0-3, but then move to 5-3 at mid-season. We appear as though we are off to our late season run, and just as in the previous year, our starting QB goes down. This time it is Jerome Mueller who goes down with ACL damage. We move Jim Hickman to starter and real off two wins. We lose four in a row, a couple of them were heartbreakers, so we don't panic yet. Then, we right the ship in an impressive performance against Texas. But, we lose 3 straight to finish 6-10.

The frustrating part of this season is that we were unable to run, pass, or play defense. We used smoke and mirrors during our winning streak, even had to resort to a 101 yard kickoff return for a TD to beat Albuquerque. Changes need to be made. Our defense was exposed as having no pass defense at all during our losing streak at the end of the year.

Most frustrating was our inability to defeat our division foes, we go 1-5 in the division, and that is a big reason why we are stuck with a draft pick in the top 10 of the draft for the first time.

[Warhammer]

We entered the 2006 off-season with a number of questions and answers. First, Tony Martin had returned in the middle of the 2005 season, and that corresponded with our late season swoon. However, he was still one of the top MLBs in the game (72/72). At QB, we have two proven players, Jim Hickman actually played very well in his first season, and played well enough to be considered a starter in 2006. In 10 games, he threw for over 2000 yards, which is very good for the Grizzlies QB. He completed 61.4% of his passes, and threw for 10 TDs and 12 INTs. The problem was the INTs were killers. He was a step up from Mueller, who only threw for over 100 yards in 3 of his starts! However, we had no plans to move Mueller since he had a proven track record from the previous year. He was also 3-3 in his starts in 2005.

The secondary was a mess. We needed to find adequate players, but also players who could defend against the run, as we had very little run defense in 2006. Even though Martin had returned from his knee injury at full strength, we needed additional depth and players at LB. We had drafted well in the previous two seasons, acquiring OJ Boyer in the third round of the 2004 draft, and Danny Scott in the second round of the 2005 draft. Both were promising young ILBs who should start for a long time. We needed additional OLBs, since Clyde Athey was an average player, and Jonathan Leong was a pass rush specialist. On the D-Line, we needed to get younger as Rufus Swett was only going to get older, and my other two starters were getting up in years. In the secondary, Charles Reddick retired so I needed help at FS.

The flip side, we would actually be drafting fairly high in the first round of the draft. I had a middle of the second round pick due to my dealing Scott Nelson in 2005. My plans were to pick up a good WR in the draft in the first round, and then get a solid LB or DB in the second round of the draft.

The draft list came out, and it was dreadful. The top WR was rated at a 61 potential and had a low endurance. Not exactly the type of guy I wanted to see. At D-Line there was one standout, and a couple of other solid players. At QB, there were a ton of options, but no one that I really saw as an upgrade to Jim Hickman (whose ratings inched up in the off-season). There was a stud CB prospect, but after that, not any great 1st round players. At RB, there were a couple of intriguing prospects, but I did not want to spend two 1st round picks in a row on RBs. On the O-Line, there was one great prospect, but no other sure-fire top of the first round players. At OLB however, there were three good prospects.

The first was Lenny Olson. He had a great upside, but his bars and his workouts put me off a bit. The second was Derrick Goodwin, he had a great current, a very good potential, but again, his combine put me off a bit. The intriguing one to me was Courtney Cleeland, he was third in potential, but had a good current, and an incredible combine. Plus, his bars in Run Defense, Pass Rush Technique and Strength were the best of the bunch. So I figured, I would take a chance on him, even though he had a high volatility. I picked him, and he had a minor boom as he increased 6 points in potential after the draft!

In the second and third rounds, we shored up the RB and S positions by drafting Martin Baker, who had running skills that mirrored Stanley Jamison, and Dwight Jones who has potential to be a solid safety. In a surprise move, we shipped off Jerome Mueller to the Pittsburgh Power in exchange for their second round pick. We picked up a promising young QB with that pick, Deron Markel, a 29/61 prospect with solid combine numbers. He will be a solid QB to backup Jim Hickman, or use as trade bait later. With our second third round pick we pick up Chuck Knight who is a solid backup CB, however given our current situation, he will start for us. We also pick up some help for the front line with Jerome Sales manning the front line for us now, with James Brockaway mentoring him. Our later round picks are basically nothing, so we move on.

Other roster notes, Jim Hickman's potential has inched up a bit to 58. He looks like he is going to mature into a solid, if not very good QB. Our secondary is going to be a mess, but it should be better than in 2005. Our front seven should be solid, and we should have a decent running game. Our passing attack should be somewhat improved with the acquisition of Neal Khan, a deep ball threat.

[Warhammer]

Front Office Football 2004
Hartford Grizzlies 2006 Regular Season Schedule

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather
Week 1 at Boston Dragons W, 27-17 62,700 Rain, 55
Week 2 MADISON DEMONS W, 31-17 72,100 Sunny, 86
Week 3 at Fresno Chaos L, 10-16 62,600 Rain, 81
Week 4 at West Virginia Beasts L, 7-10 67,800 Rain, 70
Week 5 at St. Louis Cardinals L, 16-20 70,700 Sunny, 61
Week 6 LOUISIANA VOODOO W, 20-13 72,100 Sunny, 61
Week 7 BOSTON DRAGONS L, 14-17 72,100 Rain, 56
Week 8 HOUSTON RENEGADES L, 13-23 72,100 Rain, 47
Week 9 OPEN
Week 10 at Murfreesboro Mules L, 9-35 55,300 Sunny, 59
Week 11 at Norfolk Vipers L, 6-17 73,700 Sunny, 62
Week 12 at Pittsburgh Power W, 24-15 60,200 Sunny, 68
Week 13 CLEVELAND CLAWZ W, 30-22 72,100 Sunny, 32
Week 14 LANSING OGRES L, 17-20 72,100 Sunny, 44
Week 15 WEST VIRGINIA BEASTS W, 19-14 72,100 Sunny, 20
Week 16 at Dakota Spirit L, 17-21 61,400 Sunny, 5
Week 17 NORFOLK VIPERS W, 25-20 72,100 Rain, 37

Home Games in ALL CAPS

Season Tickets Sold: 72,300
Stadium Capacity: 74,900

Front Office Football 2004
2006 Regular Season Standings

AC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Cleveland 10 6 0 .625 317 272 9-3 6-0
Montreal 10 6 0 .625 290 228 7-5 3-3
Iowa City 4 12 0 .250 298 388 4-8 2-4
Wichita 4 12 0 .250 233 368 3-9 1-5

AC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Louisiana 9 7 0 .562 251 265 8-4 5-1
St. Louis 9 7 0 .562 244 267 6-6 3-3
Houston 6 10 0 .375 276 301 5-7 3-3
Murfreesboro 3 13 0 .187 233 348 3-9 1-5

AC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Norfolk 11 5 0 .687 389 243 8-4 4-2
West Virginia 10 6 0 .625 310 213 7-5 4-2
Hartford 7 9 0 .437 285 297 5-7 3-3
Boston 4 12 0 .250 228 362 3-9 1-5

AC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Albuquerque 12 4 0 .750 365 232 11-1 5-1
Anchorage 12 4 0 .750 384 290 9-3 3-3
Fresno 8 8 0 .500 324 305 5-7 3-3
Portland 5 11 0 .312 245 341 3-9 1-5

NC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Pittsburgh 9 7 0 .562 320 295 8-4 5-1
Dakota 8 8 0 .500 277 242 6-6 2-4
Lansing 7 9 0 .437 321 315 5-7 3-3
Madison 6 10 0 .375 284 346 4-8 2-4

NC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Little Rock 12 4 0 .750 316 196 9-3 4-2
Columbia 11 5 0 .687 324 247 7-5 3-3
Tulsa 8 8 0 .500 345 339 7-5 4-2
Texas 7 9 0 .437 315 326 4-8 1-5

NC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Vermont 11 5 0 .687 356 282 9-3 5-1
Newark 9 7 0 .562 261 330 6-6 4-2
Lawrence 8 8 0 .500 352 301 5-7 2-4
Orlando 5 11 0 .312 287 357 2-10 1-5

NC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Oakland 11 5 0 .687 395 354 8-4 5-1
Salt Lake City 9 7 0 .562 400 391 7-5 3-3
Reno 6 10 0 .375 267 371 6-6 3-3
Vancouver 5 11 0 .312 289 369 3-9 1-5

Front Office Football 2004
2006 Summary for Hartford Grizzlies

Record: 7-9
Winning Pct.: .437

Hartford Grizzlies Team Rank
Rushes 564 7
Rushing Yards 2146 12
Yards Per Carry 3.80 27 (T)
Pass Attempts 444 27
Completions 261 27
Passing Yards 2757 26
Yards Per Attempt 6.20 27
3rd Down Conversions 45.9 4
Points Per Game 17.8 21
Turnovers 26 27
Turnover Margin 0 16 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 475 11
Rushing Yards 1738 3
Yards Per Carry 3.65 2 (T)
Pass Attempts 464 8
Completions 282 16
Passing Yards 3191 10
Yards Per Attempt 6.87 15
3rd Down Conversions 43.6 21 (T)
Points Per Game 18.5 14
Turnovers 26 4 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 27 at BOS 17
2 31 MAD 17
3 10 at FRE 16
4 7 at WVA 10
5 16 at STL 20
6 20 LOU 13
7 14 BOS 17
8 13 HOU 23
10 9 at MUR 35
11 6 at NFK 17
12 24 at PIT 15
13 30 CLE 22
14 17 LAN 20
15 19 WVA 14
16 17 at DAK 21
17 25 NFK 20

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
10 Hickman QB 434 254 2671 6.15 11 18
**Team --- 444 261 2757 6.20 12 19

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
49 Jamison RB 331 1315 3.97 10
39 Barker RB 101 305 3.01 2
25 Dostie FB 82 329 4.01 0
10 Hickman QB 39 170 4.35 2
**Team --- 564 2146 3.80 14

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
84 Sala TE 95 63 642 10.1 221 2
25 Dostie FB 88 53 427 8.0 238 1
80 Billings WR 62 39 537 13.7 94 2
81 Khan WR 64 37 443 11.9 122 1
89 Roush WR 63 25 340 13.6 47 4
49 Jamison RB 22 17 93 5.4 62 0
**Team --- 442 261 2757 10.5 843 12

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
26 Brown S 84 36 1.0 0 6 7
50 Boyer ILB 74 19 1.0 1 0 0
96 Cleeland OLB 72 20 9.5 4 0 9
20 Seifert CB 71 18 0.0 1 3 11
98 Tan DT 66 24 8.0 17 0 1
54 Martin ILB 52 24 0.0 1 3 3
53 Leong OLB 47 19 4.0 9 1 3
97 Scott ILB 43 13 1.0 1 0 4
46 Evangelista S 42 12 0.0 0 2 4
79 Rick DE 40 13 1.0 6 0 0
32 Lister CB 38 13 0.0 1 2 7
91 Leibowitz ILB 32 7 1.0 0 0 0
27 Green CB 22 4 0.5 0 0 0
78 Williamson DE 22 13 6.5 4 0 0
36 Jones S 22 6 0.0 0 0 1
48 Knight CB 17 4 1.0 0 0 2
**Team --- 843 263 40.0 53 17 54

[Warhammer]

The 2006 season was a roller coaster ride. We opened the season with a 2-0 record, but against below average competition. Our game against Madison appeared to be a watershed game as we compiled our highest yardage total (417), allowed the fewest yards rushing (28), and our highest sack total (10).

Unfortunately, we lost a heartbreaker against Fresno, as we had a TD called back in the last two minutes on a penalty, on the next play we threw an INT to effectively end the game. In the next game, we had held our arch-rival West Virginia to under 200 yards for the game. Then, 16 year vet Gerald Sanders led the Beasts on a 80 yard drive in under 2 minutes to score a last second TD to send the Grizzlies to defeat.

We then went into a downward spiral that turned into a 3-7 record. It appeared our season was going to be a disaster. Our last six games were against playoff contenders. However, the team pulled together to defeat the Power and the Clawz (the eventual NC and AC North Champions). Then, we went up 17-0 against the Ogres before a 4th quarter collapse cost us the game. We followed that with avenging our earlier loss to West Virginia. We lost a close game to Dakota which ended with us driving to the Dakota 40 as time ran out. Then, we defeated the eventual IFL champion Norfolk Vipers in a final showdown. So we went 4-2 down the stretch against teams with a cumulative record of 55-41. Oddly enough, we lost to the two non-playoff teams.

So the season ended on a high note. We garnered two end of the season awards, 1st Team All-IFL tackle Wesley Flemming and Defensive Rookie of the Year Courtney Cleeland. Other important developments included Jim Hickman developing into a quality starter at QB. Stanley Jamison averaged 4.41 YPC down our closing stretch which is good for any back. Stanley Jamison set a club record for rushing TDs, Jim Hickman set team records for passing yardage and completions, and Courtney Cleeland set a team record for sacks (9.5). All three of these players are completing their first or second season in the league.

[Warhammer]

2007 dawned with hope for Grizzly nation. We only suffered one retirement as Mitchell Green our CB mentor retired. While we were sad to see him go, his skills had eroded to the point where his only reason for being on the team was to mentor young CBs.

After our last 6 games of the 2006 season, we had reason to feel optimistic. We had been in every game. If we had a few breaks go our way, we could have gone 10-6 and been in the playoffs (assuming we would have won the Fresno, West Virginia, Dakota, and Lansing games, all of which we could have conceivably won). Still, at 7-9 we have the 12th pick in the draft and have few glaring holes.

Here is an overview of our situation at the beginning of the 2007 season.

QB - We have our best situation at QB since the league started. Jim Hickman continues to improve his potential, he is now a 49/60 that has steadily improved since he was drafted in the third round of the 2005 draft. Backing him up is 2nd year man Deron Markel who is a 36/62 player (his ratings have increased marginally since last year). We will again give the nod to Hickman who has better bars in reading defenses, sensing the rush, timing, scrambling, avoiding fumbles, and avoiding interceptions. He also has excellent accuracy, the only quibbles I have is that he is only fair at short, medium, deep, and 3rd down passing (45, 43, 43, 39 future respectively). Our third string guy is going to be cut, to make room for another QB prospect.

RB - We have our best RB situation since the middle of the 2005 campaign. We have Stanley Jamison who finally hit his stride running at the end of last season, and is a huge threat as a receiver out of the backfield. Backing him up is Martin Baker who is very similar to Jamison. Baker lacks the receiving threat that Jamison is out of the backfield. Ryan Royse is a 4th year man who will probably be cut if we can find another back in FA or the draft.

FB - Arguably our strongest position. We have William Dostie who has been one of the top FBs in the IFL for the past three seasons. He has averaged 4.05 YPC over the history of the league, and he has caught at least 51 passes each season. Anthony Gaudette is a quality back up for Dostie. He has also been a steady blocker converting over 40% of his KRO the last two years.

TE - We enter the season with only one player under contract. Fletcher Sala is the Grizzly leader in career receptions. In each of the last two seasons he has caught over 60 passes for over 600 yards. He has also been a solid blocker.

WR - We have never had top notch talent at WR. This is one of our top priorities this off-season. Returning we have Neal Khan, Dave Billings, Maxwell Roush, and Vernon Watkins. Watkins is at best a career backup. Dave Billings excelled last year as a 3rd WR (leading the team's WRs in receptions). Neal Khan is the deep ball threat, but was blanketed by the other team's DBs last year. Roush was once a productive player, but he has steadily declined in each of the last few years, and is entering his 12th campaign.

Offensive Line - Another strength of the team, the offensive line is solid. Wesley Flemming has been a 1st team All IFL tackle three of the last four seasons. Kyle Hartman is a former 1st round pick that has developed into a solid, but unspectacular RT. We have a hole at LG, as James Brockway's contract has expired, but in his 14th season, I do not know if he should have his contract extended. At RG, Stephen Suarez has been a solid run blocker who converted 34.5% of his KRO last year. Anchoring the line in the middle is Tracy Damian who is one of the better centers in the league. He has posted a respectable 30.4% career KRO conversion rate. He is entering his 6th season. We have depth at center, but lack depth at the other positions.

Defensive Line - On the left side of the line, Andy Rick has been burying opposing runners for four seasons. His skills have been eroding, but he is still an excellent (84/87) run defender. At NT, Bryce Tan is a two time 1st team All-IFL NT. He is the IFL's career leader in sacks for a DT. On the right side of the line, Randall Williamson is a restricted FA who will be resigned. He has shown improvement in potential every year since he was originally drafted in the 7th round of the 2004 draft. He posted 6.5 sacks in the 2006 campaign splitting time with former starter Rufus Swett who will not be retained. There is little depth here aside from some young low round draft picks.

Linebackers - This is our strongest position on the defense, and probably our best position on the team. In each of the last three seasons, we have drafted a linebacker who has started at least one season. The best player here was the IFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2006, SLB Courtney Cleeland. In his first season, he posted 72 tackles, 20 assists, 9.5 sacks, 1 blocked pass, 4 hurries, and 9 passes defensed. At SILB, we have Tony Martin a stud (72/72) who is entering his 8th season. He was a beast last season where his tackle percentage was 17.9%! At WILB, we have 3rd year man Danny Scott who is a solid all around player. At WLB, Jonathan Leong has finally found a home as a dedicated pass rusher. He posted an impressive 2006 season with 47 tackles, 19 assists, 4 sacks, 3 blocked passes, 9 hurries, 1 INT, 1 TD. We have quality depth in OJ Boyer who posted 72 tackles in 2006, and Clyde Athey who added 2 sacks in 2006.

Secondary - This is a position in shambles this year. While we are in a better situation overall than this time last year, we are looking for a starter at CB and FS. However, our two starters are solid defenders. Roy Brown was a 1st Team All-IFL safety in 2005 and was robbed in 2006. He has posted three straight seasons of at least 6 INTs. Larry Seifert was a solid defender in 2006 with 3 INTs. He is an excellent zone coverage (91/91) CB, and can hold up well against the run. If we can find starters at FS and CB, we will actually have some pretty good depth, but the question is will we be able to find those players?

Looking at each of these positions, this is my list of priorities for the off-season:

1) WR - If we can add a top notch WR, I expect that our offense will finally be able to take flight. We have a quality RB, TE, FB, and solid depth at WR. We just need that top WR to take the pressure off the other WRs on the team.
2) CB - We need a starting quality CB badly. If we can get a guy that is solid at multiple coverage schemes great, if not I would be happy with a "system" guy.
3) FS - See comments above
4) LG - Ideally we find a stud here so that we can run anywhere behind the left half of our line. There are plenty of quality guards in FA, so I think we will get our wish.
5) DE/DT help - We are set at our starters, but depth would be appreciated.

[Warhammer]

After FA stage 1, we filled three of our top four needs.

RG Lowell Stubblefield, a 61/61 RG 6 year vet, signed a 4 year deal at roughly $2.5-3 million per year. I am going to see whether Stubblefield or Suarez plays better on the left side of the line, but in either case, our left side of our offensive line is going to be a beast.

SS Steve Frausto signed a 3 year $4.5 million deal. He immediately steps in as the starter and the captain of the secondary. He is a wonderful fit for us both on the field and off, as he is developing affinities with several of our DBs. On the field he is a good run defender and is great in zone coverage which will be our primary scheme this year.

WR Ed Gaylor came over in a trade from Tulsa. Ed is a former first round draft pick, he is currently 44/52, but has excellent route running skills and is a good third down receiver. This is exactly what we were looking for. We gave up a 4th round draft pick this year, and a 2nd rounder next year. His current cap number is $1.78 million, but we are attempting to negotiate a contract extention that will keep him here for at least three more years with a maximum cap number of $2.75 to $3 million in the last year.

We are still pursuing a couple of DBs and another S in FA. However, the initial ventures in the FA and trade markets have accomplished two things. First, we have gotten younger on the OL and in the WR corps. Second, we have filled significant holes for the next three years at least. If we can swing one or two more trades and make a FA deal or two, we will be sitting pretty. As it stands right now, we have two major contracts that expire next year with close to $30 million in free cap space to resign those players and add 7 or 8 other players to fill roster spots.

[Warhammer]

Unfortunately Gary Montiel decided that Dakota would be a better place to play then in Hartford. This is a bit of a blow to us. I was hoping that Montiel would sign with us, and give us more depth in the secondary. We still have one more CB that we are targeting, but that will need to wait until tomorrow at the least.

We restructured several contracts. MLB Tony Martin's contract was extended to a three year deal at a range of $1.08 to $1.75 million. P Bernie Reid, RT Ryan Hartman, and WR Ed Gaylor also signed restructured deals. In the case of Ed Gaylor, we are getting him for just over $2 million per year for the next four years!

This gives us a very good cap number for the next couple of years. We are getting younger, and we have locked up our core players for the next few years.

We also brokered a surprise deal today. Houston sent 33/70 RT Overton to us for 36/62 QB Deron Markel and a fifth round draft pick next year. This gives us two young, intelligent, capable tackles that have less than 5 years experience on the line. The future of our OL appears to be Damian, Stubblefield, Overton, and Hartman. We just need to find a young LG/RG and we're set for the foreseeable future.

We also are trying to work another trade out, but this one may not be as easy. There is a significant cap number that needs to be dealt with, and I am not sure if we will be able to work that trade out.

[Hoya1]

looking good Warhammer

[Warhammer]

looking good Warhammer

Thanks, its good to see that someone is reading this!

[Warhammer]

We just brokered another deal. Again, we are dealing picks for WRs. We pick up Gary Ferreira from the Albuquerque Matadors along with pick 2.9 in the upcoming draft for our pick 1.12. This is a good deal for both teams. Albuquerque is clearing nearly $6 million in cap room, while we get another good route running WR for our revamped WR corps.

To make room, we are cutting the following players:

G Augustin Cimino
LB Richard Patton
S Burt Mc Williams

Additionally, it is rumored that Ferreira is seeking to renegotiate his contract for $1.5 million for this year. We will still have plenty of room to sign other players to keep filling holes.

[Warhammer]

The big prize SS Eric Brito is still not signing with anyone. We managed to get Ferreira's cap number down to manageable levels and signed CB Curtis LeClair. He's nothing super special, but he is a good zone coverage guy. I want to stockpile several of them and see how they perform during the season.

I plan on taking CBs Seifert, Lister, and Knight with me into the season. I need two more guys back there. What I love to do, is play zone between the 20s and then move to a BnR coverage inside the red zone, but Seifert (who is clearly my best CB) is not that great at BnR. I can double team to his side, but I might need to scrap this plan as there are not many dual Zone/BnR guys out there.

[Warhammer]

Eric Brito decided to stay with Dakota, but he still signed for a big wad of cash. This is not the end of the world for us, but it would have been nice had we signed him. He played well in all sorts of coverages, so we could have switched things up quite a bit down the road if we needed to.

We also lost out on Edward Latham. He was a guy that I decided to put a late bid on after I traded Markel. He was a solid mid 40s QB that would have been an ideal backup to Hickman this year.

Our big signing over the last few days was Hector Smith. He was brought on to bring Charles Overton along and backup Flemming at LT. We probably overpaid for him, but the impact a mentor can have on an O-Line guy is big.

The other interesting tidbit, West Virginia has officially gone into rebuilding mode. This is HUGE for us. That takes away the biggest threat in the division behind Norfolk. However, Boston is making some moves that could be troublesome for us as well. But, given what we have done and what they have done, I think we have improved the most in our division this year.

Other good news around the AC, Fresno has been making huge moves all off-season. This bodes well for us as that means more competition for Albuquerque and Anchorage. If they are busy beating each other up, hopefully, they won't be able to compete for the Wild Card. As of right now, I think the two teams that have improved the most this off-season in our conference is Fresno and us. Hopefully, that will carry over to the field.

[Warhammer]

Not much happened on the FA front. We made an offer to our 14 year vet LG James Brockway. I hope he signs, if only for his mentor status as we have G Jerome Sales who is entering his second year. He should become a solid backup G with some help.

In the draft, I had targeted a few needs:

1) TE - This draft was rich with TEs, so I figured I should be able to get a good TE to backup Sala and eventually replace him.
2) QB - With the trade of Deron Markel, I needed a new backup QB.
3) CB - There was plenty of good young talent at CB, I figure I can get someone who can help in the draft.
4) S - Even though I upgraded the S corp, Roy Brown is in his 14th year and Bertram Richardson is not far behind.
5) DE - Even though the DT pickings are slim, we can get younger at DE with several promising young DE prospects.

The original plan was to take Jorge Donnalley or Irv Molnar with my pick at 2.9. Then, I would take which ever QB of the top 3 which were still available. Jorge Donnalley and Molnar were both taken at the end of the first round. No worries, there were two safeties I could pick up who could make an immediate impact. No such luck though, both prospects were picked up in the first few picks of the second round. Then, I figured I could take DE Bennie Garner who had a great combine, good skills, and a high volatility. Unfortunately, Murphreesboro picked him at 2.5. So we took our top rated DE on the board at 2.9, Nolan Fisk. He is a bit of a risk, as he does not grade out at absolute top of any category, but he is top 10 in all but agility, where he is in the top 20% of the position. He has a high volatility, so that could hurt us a bit, but his bars back up his ratings, except for play diagnosis. Since he has a Solecismic score of 30, we might get a decent boom from this.

With our pick at 2.12 we agonized for a good 45 minutes when our pick came up. There was a 33/66 TE that I considered taking there, but it was obvious that I needed to replace Deron Markel at this point. Fortunately, no QBs had been picked yet. We had the pick of the litter.

There were two QBs that we had our eye on. Both were in the top 7 in all categories except for agility. One was rated 21/58 with the best dash and strength in the class, and fifth best solecismic score. The other was rated 24/50 with the third best dash, second best strength, and the third best solecismic score. They had the same agility which was in the bottom quarter of the class. The first QB had a lower volatility, which the second had a volatility of 99. Which to choose, both had good reasons to choose each. In the end, I opted to choose Lincoln Norton. He was the safe bet, and that is what we need in our backup QB. Additionally, his bars are very similar to Jim Hickman's so we will not need to make many adjustments when he comes into the game.

[kingfc22]

Nice pick with Norton. If I didn't have bigger needs I would have picked him with 2.2.

[Warhammer]

The funny thing is, if you would have told me that I would have been able to draft him at 2.12, I would have been ecstatic. But, the way everything has gone, I was a bit gun shy.

[Warhammer]

The first round was fairly interesting. Here are some of the highlights:

1) RB Scott Fortune the top rated player on the board goes to Murphreesboro with the top pick. This was a solid pick for them, and will take some of the pressure off of last year's #1 overall pick QB Otis Peterson.

2) DE Raymond Webb goes to the Boston Dragons. This is actually a very ominous pick. Webb is a 38/81 stud that would have been my pick at the top. He gives Boston two good book ends on his D-Line. What makes this worse is we get to see Mr. Webb twice every year. Boston's defense is going to be scary good next season.

3) We nade a good decision trading our 1.12 to Albuquerque for Ferreira. The top 3 WRs were off the board by that time, and none of the remaining guys on the board that we were looking at were worth the pick.

4) West Virginia took WR Carlton Weaver with their first round pick. This was a bit of a head scratcher to me. There were plenty of other options open to them, especially considering all the holes they currently have. I would have taken a good young OL or DL guy and allowed him to develop while I got other guys. They don't have a good enough QB to worry about finding targets for.

5) Boston made another stellar pick at 1.30. While I do question why they picked RB Tony Moriarty, he was excellent an excellent value at this point in the draft. Moriarty is a 40/60 RB with some upside. I was going to take him if he slipped to 2.9. This allows Boston to explore trade options for Tory Wigfall. I might need to try and swing a deal for Wigfall, he is not a bad back at all, he's just been misused I believe.

6) Norfolk picked up a solid young offensive guard at the end of the round. Dusty Stewart has good potential, but he will take some time to develop. That is good news for us. If Norfolk is going to have a weakness entering next season it is the offensive line.

7) At 1.14 West Virginia picked Nick Kersey who I think is going to be the best back out of a pretty good RB class. This could wind up being the steal of the draft, but it all depends on whether Kersey hangs on to the ball or not.

8) The steal of the draft will probably be pick 1.20 though. Salt Lake City drafted 33/67 WLB Victor Barber. This guy can play outside on a 3-4 or 4-3 scheme and is great in coverage. He might stay at WLB, but he might move over to SLB. The guy could also play inside as well. He is a can't miss prospect and should be the IFL's Rookie Defensive Player of the Year.

The second round was a had some interesting picks as well.

1) FS Kris Benton was picked by Murphreesboro one step ahead of FS Quinn Surdyk. Benton is the superior athletic prospect (not by much though), but he is going to take some time to develop and will be fooled quite a bit by a crafty offense (poor play diagnosis). Surdyk is a little more raw, but he is a quick learner. Unfortunately, he goes to Boston, who has plenty of talent in their secondary now.

2) Murphreesboro righted the ship shortly thereafter at 2.5. They picked up DE Bennie Garner, who is should be a big surprise this year. After TEs Donnalley and Molnar, RB Moriarty, FS Surdyk all got picked, I was hoping to snag Garner. It wasn't meant to be.

3) At 2.12 we take the first QB in the draft. Lincoln Norton is the safe QB pick here. There were a couple of higher volatility guys I was looking at, but given my QB situtation I wanted to take the player that was going to be a solid backup guy. If Norton improves at all, he could compete for the starting job down the road, but that was not my priority here. We need a capable player in case Hickman goes down. A 21/58 guy with potential upside here is a steal in my opinion.

4) At 2.19 Fresno makes an excellent pickup in getting J.R. Bias here. He is an 18/61 OG that should be a solid player once he develops.

5) St. Louis than makes what I consider to be a blunder. They take Cornelius Hutton, a guy who looks good, but has plenty of question marks at QB. I think they were hoping for lightning in a bottle, I think they got a load of crap.

6) At 2.19, Little Rock makes an excellent pickup in Devin Bell. This guy is another solid OLB, after him the talent in the OLB pool takes a nose dive. This guy also has the potential to improve making him a steal here. He is an excellent WLB for a 4-3 scheme in that he is stout against the run, but a little lacking in the pass rush department (relatively, this guy is still pretty good there).

7) My pick for the "Gotta Watch What This Guy Does Award" is WR Will Blackman. This guy is a high volatility guy picked by Pittsburgh at 2.21. I thought this guy was a better fit in the 3rd round, but I understand why Pittsburgh took him here. He could be a huge star, but I always worry about WRs that have a 7.20 agility and high volatility.

[Warhammer]

Since we are halfway through the draft and the Early FA Signing period I thought I would conduct Hartford's Mid-Off-Season Report.

We entered into this off-season with two units in need of a major influx of talent. Those were our receiving corps and our secondary. We got busy right away making moves that brought WRs Ed Gaylor and Gary Ferreira to the team. Both of these players were signed to restructured deals that will keep both players in Hartford for the prime of their careers.

In the secondary we brought in SS Steve Frausto who immediately became the secondary leader and formed some strong bonds with several of his teammates back there. We also brought on Steve LeClair (?) who will serve as a nickel or dime back. It appears that we will be unable to improve the second CB position, but we should still be a better team with the maturation of CB Chuck Knight and FS Dwight Jones back there.

The offensive line was not a top priority for us, but we knew that we were going to do some retooling up there in the near future. That future is now, with the acquisition of RT Charles Overton and RG Lowell Stubblefield. Ryan Hartman had been a bit of a disappointment at RT since we drafted him with our first draft pick (post dispersal draft), but he is an ideal back up or spot starter with good run and pass blocking techniques and solid blocking strength. RT Charles Overton will be a nice upgrade over Hartman in both the running and passing game. To facilitate his maturation this year, we brought in Hector Smith to mentor him. The signing of Stubblefield is huge. Yes, we still need to bring in a young starting quality OG in the next year or two to replace Suarez, but it is no longer the top priority on the line. Jerome Sales is an adequate backup for the next few years, so we should be able to upgrade the position using a first round pick either next year, or the year after. Regardless, the offensive line is once again one of the top offensive lines in the IFL.

The quarterback situation is not as rosy as it was going into the off-season. We still have Jim Hickman running the show, but we traded Deron Markel. This is not a show stopper for us, since Markel would only see action if Hickman is hurt, but you always question trading 60+ potential QBs regardless of their position on the depth chart. However, we are pleased with Lincoln Norton in the second round of the draft. My only question is whether TJ McIver was the better pick. Both were very close in terms of initial talent and combine scores. I opted to go the safe route in hopes of acquiring a low risk backup quarterback that has a lot in common with Hickman. We got that, but I will question this decision for the time being until we see how McIver pans out. I hoped to get McIver in the 5th round possibly, but it was not to be.

The tight end position was strengthed considerably with the pick up of Tito Hernandez. He should be a solid contributor and eventual successor to Fletcher Sala. Hernandez will allow us to run a 2TE set in most formations. Hopefully, Hickman will fully grasp the single-back 2TE set so we can use that as a base formation along with the Pro Set 2TE set. His development will enable us to pass or run with equal effectiveness from each set.

Nolan Fisk was an important draft pick. Not only do we get front line help, but Fisk is an every down player at DE. He will be moved to RDE where his pass rushing skills will shine, and Williamson will be moved to LDE to backup Andy Rick and also be used in pass rushing situations. Fisk also alleviates a headache I have been worrying about for a while, if Rick retires before I expect him to. Now we have our next starter already in place. There is only one more position on the line that we need to get our starter for the next generation, NT.

I believe we have successfully turned over the roster for this squad. There are still some older contributors that need to be replaced, but we are no longer in the dire straits we were in just one short year ago. There are three starters that are getting close to the end of their careers that will leave a void, SS Roy Brown, DT Bryce Tan, and LT Wesley Flemming. In the case of Brown, Frausto will move to SS and Dwight Jones will start at FS in the short term. For Flemming, we will use Hartman (who has experience at both RT and LT) in the LT slot until a replacement can be drafted. In the case of Tan, we will have to look to the draft.

We now have a good mix of youth and experience on the team. We are no longer drafting for positions of need, but more to build depth and to acquire future starters. We have done this without breaking the bank for next year. With 46 players signed, and only two starters without contracts for next year, we are projected to be $24 million under next year's salary cap. Not only have we rebuilt, but we're ready to make more major strides next off-season.

[Warhammer]

I am going to keep this brief, as I am working on a position by position breakdown along with a more indepth draft review once the draft is completed.

In round 3, we picked up Tito Hernandez. He is good enough to immediately step into our #2 TE slot, provided he does not bust.

In the 5th round, we picked up LDT Riddick Chrebet. I have high hopes for him, and will move him to NT to backup Bryce Tan.

In the 6th round, we took a risk on Dusty Forland. If this pays off, we have our LT of the future. If he is a bust, we'll cut his ass!

[Warhammer]

This is cross-posted from the IFL forums, but I am using my own work!

This is a combination of past performance and expected performance in the coming year. All opinions are my own, and are open to debate.

QB

1. Harold Lozier is the best QB in the league right now and has an IFL Championship Ring to prove it. He is also the best QB in the AC East hands down.

2. Jim Hickman is the surprise #2 QB on this list. He surpasses both Mulcahy and Sante. Unlike Hickman is a bit more consistent than Sante, and does not take as many sacks. He has also scored some TDs with his feet with two in the past year. Many of the TDs this past year was due to more of the offense leaning on him, and not having the top flight receivers that could get open consistently. The result was more INTs.

3. Reuben Sante is the #3 QB in the AC East. He has the tools, but is this the year he puts it all together? He has had quality targets in his WRs, but he has been unable to get the job done. This year he should take another stride forward, if he doesn't it will be a long year in Boston.

4. Jared Mulcahy brings up the end of the list. He will never be confused with the "Colonel," but he is a heady QB who will not lose many games for you. Unfortunately, he does not have the same tools that he had in Columbia so do not be surprised if there is a drop in his QB rating this year.

RB

1. Quick, name which RB ran for the most yards in the AC East last year! If you said Stanley Jamison, you're correct! He's back, and he has a revamped OL in front of him. Expect big things from Stanley this year. Over the last six games of last season, Jamison rushed for 649 yards on 147 carries, good for a 4.41 YPA, and 6 TDs. With defenses expected to respect Hartford's WRs, Jamison should find new lanes to run in.

2. Norfolk's William Brown is the next guy on the list. He slipped a bit in 2006, finishing just shy of 1000 yards. However, don't be fooled, he is still one of the primary cogs in the Norfolk attack as he added 431 yards receiving to his rushing totals. He is the complete package and if you decide to stop the "Finger," you'll get the shaft as Brown shoves it down your throat.

3. Boston's two headed beast could be the next coming of the Byner and Mack attack, or it could be a disaster. However, there is talent here with Tory Wigfall as the battering ram and Tony Moriarty picking his holes behind his OL. The downfall of this attack is going to be the offensive line. Although Boston has two bookends, they have nowhere to run inside.

4. With the departure of Abraham Spangler, West Virginia lost the franchise's leading rusher. Nicky Kersey appears to be primed to step into the starter's role, but yards will be hard to come by. Expect opponent's to stack the line and dare Mulcahy to beat them.

OL

1. This may be a bit of a surprise. Hartford's OL gets the nod here as the best line in the East, narrowly beating out the Vipers' line. First, the line gave up 13 fewer sacks than the Vipers' line did. Additionally, the line opened up more holes in the running game than Norfolk's did. It might be comraderie that has put the Grizzlies line over the top, the guys genuinely like each other, and if one player gives up a play, they feel like they all did.

2. On paper, Norfolk has the best line in the division. However, the results have not been up to what you would expect. Still, if this line can put everything together, it can be the dominant line in the division.

3. Boston's line is nothing to sneeze at, but it is also nothing to fear either. However, they do seem to get more out of their abilities than Norfolk's line, but you get the feeling watching these guys that they are playing as well as they can. Some parts of the line are aging and one has to wonder when their performance will begin tailing off.

4. West Virginia's line is not the proud unit of year's past that formed the battle line that the "Colonel" orchestrated his gridiron magic behind. However, they are attempting to infuse youth into the aging unit by drafting several young interior linemen. This may help this unit out in the long run, but this will be a long year for them.

TE

1. Jerald Harden is easily the best TE in the division. The guy can do everything. However, though he is a capable blocker, given that Brown likes to pound it between the tackles, he does nto get the opportunities to help out in the running game as Lee does for the Beasts. He has led the Vipers in receiving each of the last two years.

2. "Lighthorse" Henry Lee has been one of the best dual threats at the position since the league was founded. He has sure hands, but can also open holes in the running game.

3. Closely behind Lee in terms of performance is Fletcher Sala. Sala has led the Grizzlies in receiving each of the past two years. He is also a capable blocker when Jamison goes to the outside.

4. Weldon Brownell is a capable player, but Sante rarely looks for him. He only caught 24 passes last year. However, he is a capable blocker in the running game.

WR

1. We're going with the proven unit here. Norfolk's WR corps has accomplished more than the more talented Boston crew the past few years. However, they do not have the best talent in the division. If Sante gets his act together, Boston's receivers might take the top spot.

2. Hartford made some major moves in the off-season. Gary Ferreira caught 51 passes last year for the Matadors, as their third option. Ed Gaylor has caught 153 passes the last two seasons, and immediately moves into the #2 WR position. Provided Hickman can get the ball to these guys, they will make plays. Hartford also has the best depth in the division as they go five deep.

3. Boston has the best top 3 WRs on paper, but it they need to turn their potential into production. However, the bigger culprits in their lack of productivity is the OL and Sante. If they can turn those positions around, expect these guys to shine.

4. Weaver and Simpson might be a dynamic duo in years to come, don't expect it this year. Simpson is still at the top of his game, but will the ball get in range for him to do something with it?

Defensive Line

1. If the rumors out of camp are to be believed, Boston's line is going to be tops in the division. With the acquisition of Raymond Webb, the line was immediately improved. When Fritz Gaddas was picked up, he was expected to play in limited duty. However, the news out of camp is that he has been the best player on the defensive side of the ball. For someone to steal headlines from Ames, he must be special.

2. West Virginia returns a very unheralded, but very effective line. They return 3 players to the front line that had at least 40 tackles and 3 sacks. Very efficient and productive if you ask us.

3. Hartford's Bryce Tan might get all the headlines, but this line gets production across the board. Andy Rick had 40 tackles last year, and just keeps getting the job done. Randall Williamson turned in 22 tackles and 6.5 sacks last season in splitting time with Rufus Swett.

4. There is talent here for Norfolk, but not when compared to the rest of the division. Robbie Devore is on the downside of his career, but Karl Austin appears primed to take his place late this year, or early next season.

LB

1. In what was the toughest position to rate, Boston's LB corps takes first, edging out Norfolk's unit. They got 211 tackles out of their ILBs , and their OLBs posted respectable stats as well.

2. Norfolk's LBs take second in a close race. Their production out of their ILBs is nothing less than extraordinary. They got 194 tackles out of the ILBs last year, and they weren't too shabby against the pass either.

3. Hartford's unit goes 6 deep, and those players posted 320 tackles. As this unit improves, expect them to inch up this list, but the productivity of their defensive line hurts their numbers a bit.

4. West Virginia lacks the depth of the top three teams in the division. However, Noah is still one of the top ILBs in the league.

DBs

1. Based on past performance West Virginia's secondary appears to be the best in the division, however this appears to be by default.

2. Boston has the potential to be the best in the division, but they have a hole at the second safety position. If Quinn Surdyk is ready to step into the role, this team could easily have the best unit in the division.

3. Norfolk's unit is respectable, but they lack complementary skills across the board. They are susceptable to the big play as seen in last year's IFL Bowl.

4. Hartford retooled the secondary in the off-season. Seifert is a good cover man, but the #2 CB position still needs to be filled. Roy Brown seems to be slipping, but Steve Frauso fills the #2 safety position, and should move into Brown's SS position next season.

[Warhammer]

This week, the Tulsa Cows came to town to face the Hartford Grizzlies in the exhibition opener for both squads. Tulsa was playing mainly backups, whereas the Grizzlies are using starters at several areas.

I made the decision to use my starters for a number of reasons:

1) With all the changes made, I want to develop as much cohesion as possible before the season. The primary areas are the OL, WR, and secondary.

2) I want to develop my young talent, again the primary areas here are the OL, DL, and secondary.

3) On offense, I want to see how successful I am opening up our game plan. The full plan has not been implemented yet, but the key areas have been.

Front Office Football 2004
Box Score: Tulsa at Hartford
Hartford, CT.

Exhibition Week 2, 2007

Attendance: 72,400 (74,900).


Weather: 58 degrees, fair.

1Q: 13:14 HAR - Ryan Royse 9 run.
1Q: 13:14 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
1Q: 08:10 TUL - Danny Alexander 20 field goal.
2Q: 11:37 TUL - Danny Alexander 42 field goal.
2Q: 03:36 HAR - Alonzo Booher 26 field goal.
2Q: 00:37 TUL - Danny Alexander 26 field goal.
3Q: 05:05 HAR - Ryan Royse 2 run.
3Q: 05:05 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
3Q: 00:52 HAR - Fletcher Sala 9 pass from Lincoln Norton.
3Q: 00:52 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
4Q: 13:36 HAR - Alonzo Booher 43 field goal.
4Q: 05:37 HAR - Alonzo Booher 46 field goal.
4Q: 00:38 TUL - Donovan Kipp 10 pass from Quinn Harden.
4Q: 00:38 TUL - Danny Alexander extra point.

Game MVP: HAR 84 Fletcher Sala

Tulsa 3 6 0 7 - 16
Hartford 7 3 14 6 - 30

Team Statistics TUL HAR

First Downs 17 22

Total Rushes 20 35
Rushing Yards 69 192
Yards Per Carry 3.4 5.4
Pass Attempts 37 28
Completions 19 17
Passing Yards 263 170
Yards Per Attempt 7.1 6.0
Sacked 3 2
Yards Lost 18 9
Interceptions 2 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/0

Total Plays 60 65
Total Yards 314 353
Yards Per Play 5.2 5.4

3rd Down Plays 6/14 5/12
Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.0 9.7
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 6 6
Penalty Yards 46 35

Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 34
Time Of Possession 24:56 35:04

Tulsa Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
2 Thornburg 7 25 3.5 9 0
40 Thompson 4 11 2.7 6 0
32 Kwan 2 9 4.5 6 0
31 Heath 2 7 3.5 4 0
9 Harden 2 4 2.0 3 0
81 Houston 2 12 6.0 15 0
84 Bronson 1 1 1.0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
9 Harden 37 19 263 7.1 34 1 2 3

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
81 Houston 6 94 15.6 3 22 0
80 McCoy 4 82 20.5 16 34 0 
87 Kipp 4 55 13.7 6 25 1
84 Bronson 2 19 9.5 0 14 0
2 Thornburg 1 8 8.0 0 8 0
86 Luong 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0
31 Heath 1 6 6.0 4 6 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
84 Bronson 1 -3 -3.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
84 Bronson 2 56 28.0 0
31 Heath 2 47 23.5 0
80 McCoy 1 36 36.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
15 Clements 4 164 41.0 50 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
18 Alexander 3 4 42 1 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
51 Augustus 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Webb 5 4 0.0 0 0 0
98 Robertson 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
93 Ash 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
78 Lofton 4 1 2.0 0 0 0
57 Washington 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
48 Sena 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Smith 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
92 Ellison 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
34 Duclos 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
21 Panariello 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
59 Foley 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
87 Kipp 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
23 Reinert 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
96 Currin 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
70 Street 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
25 Fitzgerald 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
2 Thornburg 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
31 Heath 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
81 Houston 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
27 Castaneda 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
58 Poston 0 0 0 0 0 1
74 Jinks 0 0 0 0 1 2
76 Stroud 0 0 0 0 1 0
78 Lofton 0 1 0 0 0 0
68 Wagner 0 0 0 0 1 0
92 Ellison 0 1 0 0 0 0
60 Summers 0 0 0 0 1 0

Hartford Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
30 Royse 11 54 4.9 11 2
39 Barker 7 72 10.2 57 0
49 Jamison 6 21 3.5 7 0
18 Norton 5 21 4.2 12 0
21 Gaudette 2 0 0.0 3 0
10 Hickman 2 15 7.5 9 0
86 Gaylor 1 2 2.0 2 0
80 Billings 1 7 7.0 7 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
10 Hickman 16 9 81 5.0 14 0 0 0
18 Norton 12 8 89 7.4 16 1 0 2

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
84 Sala 8 84 10.5 38 16 1
86 Gaylor 4 38 9.5 7 15 0
81 Khan 1 8 8.0 3 8 0
30 Royse 1 9 9.0 0 9 0
80 Billings 1 11 11.0 0 11 0
88 Watkins 1 13 13.0 1 13 0
83 Hernandez 1 7 7.0 0 7 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
33 Pitman 1 9 9.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
32 Lister 1 22 22.0 0
33 Pitman 1 25 25.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Reid 4 174 43.5 55 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
11 Booher 3 3 46 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
97 Scott 6 0 0.5 1 18 0
31 Leclair 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
59 Athey 4 2 0.5 0 0 0
35 Richardson 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
24 Drain 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
53 Leong 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
33 Pitman 2 3 0.0 0 0 0
79 Rick 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
50 Boyer 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Cleeland 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
85 Barnhart 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
73 Chrebet 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Irwin 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
78 Williamson 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
36 Jones 1 0 0.0 1 5 0
93 Fisk 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
84 Sala 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Leibowitz 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
32 Lister 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Hueffed 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
48 Knight 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Barker 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Frausto 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
39 Barker 1 0 1 0 0 0
60 Overton 0 0 0 0 0 1
52 Damian 0 0 0 0 2 1
71 Stubblefield 0 0 0 0 2 0
70 Suarez 0 0 0 0 2 0
68 Smith 0 0 0 0 1 0
85 Barnhart 0 0 0 0 1 0
62 Hartman 0 0 0 0 1 0
88 Watkins 0 0 1 0 0 0
69 Forland 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 Norton 1 0 0 0 0 0

Tulsa Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:14 5:04 OWN 20 9 77 Field Goal
1 5:26 0:29 OWN 26 3 0 Punt
1 2:17 5:40 OWN 20 12 55 Field Goal
2 3:36 2:59 OWN 35 9 56 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:51 OWN 28 3 -4 Punt
3 11:54 3:02 OWN 15 6 17 Punt
3 5:05 0:08 OWN 20 1 0 Interception
3 0:52 1:04 OWN 26 2 7 Interception
4 13:36 3:22 OWN 44 7 23 Missed FG
4 5:37 1:46 OWN 41 3 5 Punt
4 1:51 1:13 OWN 42 5 58 Touchdown

Hartford Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:46 OWN 20 3 80 Touchdown
1 8:10 2:44 OWN 27 3 7 Punt
1 4:57 2:40 OWN 37 6 8 Punt
2 11:37 8:01 OWN 20 15 71 Field Goal
2 0:37 0:37 OWN 8 1 9 Half
3 13:09 1:15 OWN 38 3 1 Punt
3 8:52 3:47 OWN 38 9 62 Touchdown
3 4:57 4:05 OPP 48 10 48 Touchdown
4 14:48 1:12 OPP 29 3 3 Field Goal
4 10:14 4:37 OWN 40 7 31 Field Goal 
4 3:51 2:00 OWN 4 5 18 Punt
4 0:38 0:38 OPP 42 1 -1 Game

Tulsa Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
4 1 3

Hartford Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
4 3 1

Tulsa Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 5 24 4.8
Middle 13 29 2.2
Right 2 16 8.0
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
76 Stroud 1 6 19
60 Summers 1 3 18
74 Jinks 1 2 20
68 Wagner 1 2 2
58 Poston 0 2 16
62 Everhart 0 1 19
86 Luong 0 0 20
64 Bannon 0 1 2
67 Helman 0 1 1
56 Broadwater 0 0 3
44 Rao 0 0 1

Tulsa Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 2 1 6 3.0
Short (0-8 Yds) 8 4 17 2.1
Medium (9-18 Yds) 16 9 104 6.5
Long (19+ Yds) 11 5 136 12.3

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
9 Harden 37 19 4 3 4 1 4 2

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
81 Houston 12 6 1 94 34
87 Kipp 7 4 0 55 30
80 McCoy 6 4 0 82 10
84 Bronson 4 2 1 19 33
82 Fretwell 3 0 0 0 7
86 Luong 3 1 1 -1 33
2 Thornburg 1 1 0 8 20
31 Heath 1 1 0 6 15

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
58 Poston 1 38
76 Stroud 0 37
74 Jinks 2 35
62 Everhart 0 33
60 Summers 0 33
64 Bannon 0 10
68 Wagner 0 7
67 Helman 0 5
56 Broadwater 0 2

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
78 Lofton 2.0 0 1 24
93 Ash 0.0 0 1 28
92 Ellison 0.0 0 1 28
54 Smith 0.0 0 0 27
98 Robertson 0.0 0 0 27
35 Webb 0.0 0 0 21
48 Sena 0.0 0 0 21
25 Fitzgerald 0.0 0 0 21
59 Foley 0.0 0 0 21
23 Reinert 0.0 0 0 20
51 Augustus 0.0 0 0 19
57 Washington 0.0 0 0 18
34 Duclos 0.0 0 0 13
27 Castaneda 0.0 0 0 13
21 Panariello 0.0 0 0 11
94 Mitchell 0.0 0 0 8
96 Currin 0.0 0 0 5
70 Street 0.0 0 0 5

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
21 Panariello 3 1 0 11
51 Augustus 3 0 0 19
35 Webb 2 1 0 21
48 Sena 2 0 0 21
34 Duclos 2 0 0 13
54 Smith 1 0 0 27
98 Robertson 1 0 0 27
78 Lofton 1 0 0 24
96 Currin 1 0 0 5
70 Street 1 0 0 5
93 Ash 0 0 0 28
92 Ellison 0 0 0 28
25 Fitzgerald 0 0 0 21
59 Foley 0 0 0 21
23 Reinert 0 0 0 20
57 Washington 0 0 0 18
27 Castaneda 0 0 0 13
94 Mitchell 0 0 0 8

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
51 Augustus 6 0 23 19
35 Webb 5 4 25 21
98 Robertson 5 1 30 27
93 Ash 5 1 27 28
78 Lofton 4 1 28 24
57 Washington 4 1 23 18
48 Sena 4 0 22 21
54 Smith 3 2 31 27
92 Ellison 3 1 33 28
59 Foley 2 1 25 21
34 Duclos 2 1 15 13
21 Panariello 2 1 14 11
23 Reinert 1 2 22 20
25 Fitzgerald 1 0 23 21
70 Street 1 0 13 5
96 Currin 1 0 3 5
27 Castaneda 0 1 18 13
94 Mitchell 0 0 9 8
50 Frampton 0 0 1 0

Hartford Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 15 70 4.6
Middle 10 40 4.0
Right 9 83 9.2
None 1 -1 -1.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
71 Stubblefield 2 6 33
52 Damian 2 6 30
70 Suarez 2 6 26
68 Smith 1 2 24
85 Barnhart 1 3 14
62 Hartman 1 3 13
69 Forland 1 3 11
83 Hernandez 0 1 14
60 Overton 0 0 21
77 Sales 0 1 10
21 Gaudette 0 0 19
84 Sala 0 0 18
74 Brockway 0 0 7

Hartford Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 2 2 28 14.0
Short (0-8 Yds) 12 10 78 6.5
Medium (9-18 Yds) 11 5 64 5.8
Long (19+ Yds) 3 0 0 0.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
10 Hickman 16 9 1 3 0 0 3 0
18 Norton 12 8 2 0 2 0 0 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
84 Sala 10 8 1 84 16
86 Gaylor 7 4 0 38 22
80 Billings 3 1 0 11 26
81 Khan 2 1 1 8 7
88 Watkins 2 1 1 13 9
83 Hernandez 2 1 0 7 9
30 Royse 1 1 0 9 16
39 Barker 1 0 0 0 14

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
52 Damian 1 28
71 Stubblefield 0 26
68 Smith 0 20
70 Suarez 0 18
60 Overton 1 17
21 Gaudette 0 16
77 Sales 0 16
69 Forland 0 15
74 Brockway 0 6
62 Hartman 0 6

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
53 Leong 1.0 0 0 15
41 Irwin 1.0 0 0 12
59 Athey 0.5 0 1 27
97 Scott 0.5 0 0 33
78 Williamson 0.0 1 1 20
93 Fisk 0.0 0 1 35
31 Leclair 0.0 0 0 33
32 Lister 0.0 0 0 31
73 Chrebet 0.0 0 0 30
35 Richardson 0.0 0 0 27
50 Boyer 0.0 0 0 23
48 Knight 0.0 0 0 23
36 Jones 0.0 0 0 23
79 Rick 0.0 0 0 21
24 Drain 0.0 0 0 21
91 Leibowitz 0.0 0 1 9
33 Pitman 0.0 0 0 18
96 Cleeland 0.0 0 0 14
43 Frausto 0.0 0 0 11
99 Lucas 0.0 0 0 7
76 Hueffed 0.0 0 0 7

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
31 Leclair 6 1 0 33
35 Richardson 3 1 0 27
97 Scott 2 0 1 33
59 Athey 2 0 0 27
33 Pitman 2 0 0 18
36 Jones 1 0 1 23
32 Lister 1 0 0 31
79 Rick 1 0 0 21
24 Drain 1 0 0 21
48 Knight 0 1 0 23
91 Leibowitz 0 1 0 9
93 Fisk 0 0 0 35
73 Chrebet 0 0 0 30
50 Boyer 0 0 0 23
78 Williamson 0 0 0 20
53 Leong 0 0 0 15
96 Cleeland 0 0 0 14
41 Irwin 0 0 0 12
43 Frausto 0 0 0 11
99 Lucas 0 0 0 7
76 Hueffed 0 0 0 7

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
31 Leclair 6 1 15 33
97 Scott 6 0 17 33
59 Athey 4 2 17 27
35 Richardson 4 1 17 27
24 Drain 3 2 11 21
33 Pitman 2 3 11 18
79 Rick 2 2 12 21
50 Boyer 2 1 17 23
96 Cleeland 2 1 5 14
73 Chrebet 2 0 17 30
53 Leong 2 0 15 15
93 Fisk 1 1 14 35
78 Williamson 1 1 8 20
32 Lister 1 0 7 31
36 Jones 1 0 9 23
48 Knight 1 0 7 23
41 Irwin 1 0 4 12
91 Leibowitz 1 0 4 9
76 Hueffed 1 0 3 7
43 Frausto 0 1 4 11
99 Lucas 0 0 6 7

This was an impressive game for us. We scored in three plays on our first possesion. We held our opponent to only 9 points until we had a 21 point lead in the 4th quarter. Hickman's numbers may not have been so impressive, but add those 3 drops to his completion total and he was 12 of 16. I will take that any day.

The RBs had a stellar day averaging over 4 YPC. The defense played well. All in all a good day for us. However, we did get pretty nicked up, but those players were placed on the inactive list and no one is any worse than a 2 week injury.

[Warhammer]

This week we lost out on a veteran FS that had been released by Louisiana. Ronald Dukes was an experienced player that was stellar at zone defense. We put in a minimum offer, but Tulsa got him for that.

We finished implementing the offense, however we went heavier on 1st down passing than we would normally. The reason for this is I want to see how we perform with our top offensive players in a pass heavy offense.

For running situations, I have instituted a heavy 2 TE attack. First, Fletcher Sala is a solid TE, but he is aging. Tito Hernandez is a good, albeit young, TE who we need to develop. With both on the field at the same time, we can develop Hernandez while maximizing the use of Sala while we have him.

The 2 TE sets are used through the slight passing situations. I intend to run the offense with %s between 45-55% for normal situations. By retaining the 2TE sets in the slight passing situations, I keep the defenses off balance by making short passes to the TE. Since Hernandez and Sala are excellent receivers, this should help us quite a bit with favorable matchups against LBs, who are normally weak in coverage.

In the passing situations, we morph from a Pro-set team to a single back team with a strong flavor of the strong formation. Unfortunately, none of our QBs are proficient in a 4 or 5 WR set yet, but we'll get there next year.

[Warhammer]

It was only a pre-season game, but the first half against Lawrence was impressive. We got out to a big lead, only to lose 17-16. Still, our first stringers outplayed Lawrence's first stringers which was what I was concerned about. Even better, Jim Hickman was 6 of 8 for an average of over 7 YPA! For the Grizzlies, that is something to write home about. The WR corps played especially well, and the running game was solid again with Jamison averaging right at 4.0 YPC.

I'll post the game log later today.

[Warhammer]

So I lied, no logs or anything, been busy.

A brief recap of the rest of the exhibition schedule. We played Little Rock at their house and won 16-0. We then played Vermont at our place and lost 29-20. They played an awful lot of their starters it appears and we held up rather well, they have an incredible offense and the fact that we lost by only 9 points considering we were playing without most of our top dogs on defense is encouraging.

The first part of our league preview came out last night. Our draft grade was a D+. Here is the quick low down:

DE Nolan Fisk looks like a good pick, who also fills a need. Other then that the next best pick is probably 7th round CB Pitman, who isn't bad for such a low pick. QB Norton seems like a stretch, especially when Griz starter Hickman was a 3rd rounder and Norton probably will not be as good. TE Hernandez could be a starter in a couple years.

I disagree with this assessment. True, Norton seems like a stretch, but he was the best QB on the board at 2.12, and arguably the surest QB of the bunch. Hickman was a draft gem, that I can't be expected to get every year. Backup QB is a crucial position on the team, and I needed someone I could win with. Tito Hernandez is going to play quite a bit this year. I needed someone to use as my #2 TE in 2TE sets and he is the man. He is not a great blocker, but he is extremely good in the passing game, so I can run a dual threat offense out of 2TE formations. That makes the team unpredictable, which we badly need to be. Pitman is going to be our #4 DB, but should move into the starting position provided he develops at the rate he has this off-season. I may even move him to the #3 slot. Finally, Riddick Chrebet and Dusty Forland both showed signs of improving their potential and shore up weaknesses from past years. Riddick Chrebet is a solid backup at NT, and becomes the top backup who will see some playing time immediately. Dusty Forland is a project, but he is another player that was a down the road need. He has progressed a bit, and with some seasoning will be a solid backup LT. If he booms in a few years, it will mesh perfectly with Wesley Flemming riding off into the sunset. Basically, I was happy with what we picked up since we picked up starters where we needed to (DE, TE) and added depth where we needed to (QB, DB, NT).

I was also disappointed to see that we were picked #17 in the power rankings. I was a bit surprised to see this, but we were also the #2 team in the league in deviation. I am curious to see who high we were slotted and how low our lowest was as I think we should be around #10-12. Still, we were picked for second in the division, and #8 in the conference (again, I think we should be #6 in the conference this year).

Our first game is against our arch-rival West Virginia. They are a shell of their former selves, so we will be sure to pile it on while we can. Still, their defense appears to be pretty stout, but we can hopefully pick them apart in the secondary. Their offense will be pretty anemic, so we should be able to win this game 23-10.

[Warhammer]

Front Office Football 2004
Box Score: Hartford at Lawrence
Lawrence, NH.

Exhibition Week 3, 2007

Attendance: 70,000 (80,100).


Weather: 67 degrees, fair.

1Q: 11:38 HAR - Vernon Watkins 4 pass from Jim Hickman.
1Q: 11:38 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
1Q: 05:04 LAW - Abraham Perry 32 field goal.
2Q: 12:10 HAR - Alonzo Booher 24 field goal.
3Q: 03:10 HAR - Alonzo Booher 53 field goal.
4Q: 13:22 HAR - Alonzo Booher 26 field goal.
4Q: 11:47 LAW - Tanner Burris 70 fumble return.
4Q: 11:47 LAW - Abraham Perry extra point.
4Q: 01:24 LAW - Howie Kirk 1 pass from Scotty Clark.
4Q: 01:24 LAW - Abraham Perry extra point.

Game MVP: LAW 85 James Caylor

Hartford 7 3 3 3 - 16
Lawrence 3 0 0 14 - 17

Team Statistics HAR LAW

First Downs 19 15

Total Rushes 34 23
Rushing Yards 110 76
Yards Per Carry 3.2 3.3
Pass Attempts 33 31
Completions 22 17
Passing Yards 198 166
Yards Per Attempt 6.0 5.3
Sacked 2 0
Yards Lost 19 0
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1

Total Plays 69 54
Total Yards 289 242
Yards Per Play 4.1 4.4

3rd Down Plays 6/17 5/12
Avg. YTG on 3rd 7.2 7.8
4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0

Penalties 5 7
Penalty Yards 35 47

Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 23
Time Of Possession 35:20 24:40

Hartford Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
21 Gaudette 19 39 2.0 5 0
30 Royse 8 35 4.3 9 0
49 Jamison 3 26 8.6 18 0
39 Barker 2 2 1.0 1 0
18 Norton 2 8 4.0 7 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
18 Norton 25 16 122 4.8 19 0 0 2
10 Hickman 8 6 76 9.5 35 1 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
87 Ferreira 7 83 11.8 6 35 0
89 Roush 4 36 9.0 11 12 0
88 Watkins 3 14 4.6 0 8 1
84 Sala 2 28 14.0 5 19 0
86 Gaylor 2 11 5.5 0 9 0
49 Jamison 1 8 8.0 1 8 0
39 Barker 1 5 5.0 2 5 0
83 Hernandez 1 10 10.0 0 10 0
24 Drain 1 3 3.0 0 3 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
89 Roush 1 3 3.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
89 Roush 2 34 17.0 0
32 Lister 1 25 25.0 0
33 Pitman 1 14 14.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Reid 5 207 41.4 51 5

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
11 Booher 3 4 53 1 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
97 Scott 5 5 0.0 0 0 0
36 Jones 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 Drain 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
53 Leong 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
50 Boyer 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Cleeland 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Richardson 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
93 Fisk 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Irwin 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Pitman 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
59 Athey 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
32 Lister 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
78 Williamson 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
91 Leibowitz 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
30 Royse 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Hueffed 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
48 Knight 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Burns 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
83 Hernandez 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
77 Sales 0 0 0 0 1 1
75 Flemming 0 0 0 0 3 1
70 Suarez 0 0 0 0 3 0
71 Stubblefield 0 0 0 0 2 0
35 Richardson 0 0 1 0 0 0
97 Scott 0 1 0 0 0 0
41 Irwin 0 1 0 0 0 0

Hartford Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:22 OWN 33 7 67 Touchdown
1 5:04 3:18 OWN 37 4 16 Punt
1 0:37 3:27 OPP 38 8 31 Field Goal
2 7:32 3:05 OWN 20 5 27 Punt
2 3:05 2:45 OWN 27 8 29 Punt
3 13:38 3:29 OWN 37 7 24 Missed FG
3 8:43 5:33 OWN 20 12 44 Field Goal
3 2:06 1:26 OPP 48 3 7 Punt
3 0:30 2:08 OPP 17 4 8 Field Goal
4 11:47 5:57 OWN 16 8 16 Punt
4 1:24 0:53 OWN 11 4 5 Downs

Lawrence Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:38 6:34 OWN 18 12 67 Field Goal
1 1:46 1:09 OWN 12 3 -1 Punt
2 12:10 4:38 OWN 20 9 42 Punt
2 4:27 1:22 OWN 14 3 7 Punt
2 0:20 0:20 OWN 2 1 11 Half
3 15:00 1:22 OWN 20 3 4 Punt
3 10:09 1:26 OWN 46 4 11 Punt
3 3:10 1:04 OWN 19 3 0 Punt
3 0:40 0:10 OWN 1 1 16 Fumble
4 13:22 1:35 OWN 27 2 73 Touchdown
4 5:50 4:26 OWN 24 11 76 Touchdown
4 0:31 0:31 OPP 16 2 -11 Game

Hartford Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
3 1 2

Lawrence Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
2 1 1

Hartford Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 11 50 4.5
Middle 11 19 1.7
Right 12 41 3.4
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
70 Suarez 3 8 25
75 Flemming 3 4 18
71 Stubblefield 2 3 21
77 Sales 1 4 22
52 Damian 0 5 23
69 Forland 0 3 20
60 Overton 0 2 26
21 Gaudette 0 1 27
84 Sala 0 1 16
68 Smith 0 1 10
85 Barnhart 0 0 13
83 Hernandez 0 0 8
57 Higdon 0 0 3
74 Brockway 0 0 2

Hartford Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 1 1 10 10.0
Short (0-8 Yds) 18 12 64 3.5
Medium (9-18 Yds) 11 8 89 8.0
Long (19+ Yds) 3 1 35 11.6

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
18 Norton 25 16 0 3 3 0 3 0
10 Hickman 8 6 0 0 2 0 0 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
87 Ferreira 11 7 1 83 27
86 Gaylor 6 2 2 11 26
89 Roush 5 4 0 36 20
84 Sala 3 2 0 28 18
88 Watkins 3 3 0 14 7
49 Jamison 2 1 0 8 4
39 Barker 1 1 0 5 10
83 Hernandez 1 1 0 10 9
24 Drain 1 1 0 3 24

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
21 Gaudette 0 30
71 Stubblefield 0 26
60 Overton 0 26
77 Sales 1 23
52 Damian 0 22
70 Suarez 0 21
69 Forland 0 21
75 Flemming 1 19
68 Smith 0 13
74 Brockway 0 3
57 Higdon 0 1

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
59 Athey 0.0 1 0 14
97 Scott 0.0 0 1 28
33 Pitman 0.0 0 1 26
76 Hueffed 0.0 0 1 21
78 Williamson 0.0 0 0 27
32 Lister 0.0 0 0 25
93 Fisk 0.0 0 0 24
24 Drain 0.0 0 0 24
50 Boyer 0.0 0 0 22
96 Cleeland 0.0 0 0 22
35 Richardson 0.0 0 0 21
48 Knight 0.0 0 0 18
53 Leong 0.0 0 0 17
36 Jones 0.0 0 0 17
41 Irwin 0.0 0 0 13
92 Burns 0.0 0 0 10
94 Schulz 0.0 0 0 7
91 Leibowitz 0.0 0 0 5
99 Lucas 0.0 0 0 4

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
24 Drain 3 0 0 24
96 Cleeland 3 0 0 22
50 Boyer 2 0 0 22
35 Richardson 2 0 0 21
36 Jones 2 0 0 17
32 Lister 1 1 0 25
33 Pitman 1 0 0 26
48 Knight 1 0 0 18
41 Irwin 1 0 0 13
91 Leibowitz 1 0 0 5
59 Athey 0 1 0 14
97 Scott 0 0 0 28
78 Williamson 0 0 0 27
93 Fisk 0 0 0 24
76 Hueffed 0 0 0 21
53 Leong 0 0 0 17
92 Burns 0 0 0 10
94 Schulz 0 0 0 7
99 Lucas 0 0 0 4

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
97 Scott 5 5 20 28
24 Drain 5 0 19 24
36 Jones 5 0 9 17
96 Cleeland 3 0 19 22
50 Boyer 3 0 17 22
53 Leong 3 0 13 17
35 Richardson 2 1 21 21
93 Fisk 2 0 20 24
33 Pitman 2 0 18 26
41 Irwin 2 0 10 13
32 Lister 1 1 19 25
78 Williamson 1 1 16 27
59 Athey 1 1 6 14
76 Hueffed 1 0 17 21
48 Knight 1 0 10 18
92 Burns 1 0 6 10
91 Leibowitz 1 0 4 5
99 Lucas 0 0 7 4
94 Schulz 0 0 3 7



This game was a pleasant surprise for a number of reasons:

1. Our run and pass blocking was very good against a very good DL.
2. Our RBs looked good, although I am still trying to figure out why our FB got 19 carries.
3. Our defense performed well and forced two fumbles.
4. The offense did not have a 4 and out until midway in the 3rd quarter.
5. We dominated the time of possession and were winning when we started putting in our backups.
6. The defense allowed no TDs until the 4th quarter, and one of those was on a broken play.

We do have two areas of concern. Our pass defense was a bit anemic, but I only had one starter playing in the secondary. On offense, we need to be more productive in the red zone.

I need to tweak the offense a bit, but this was an impressive performance for us.

[Warhammer]

Front Office Football 2004
Box Score: Hartford at Little Rock
Little Rock, AR.

Exhibition Week 4, 2007

Attendance: 60,600 (65,700).


Weather: 86 degrees, stormy.

2Q: 14:21 HAR - Alonzo Booher 51 field goal.
2Q: 10:59 HAR - Alonzo Booher 21 field goal.
2Q: 00:11 HAR - Alonzo Booher 20 field goal.
3Q: 11:04 HAR - O.J. Boyer 23 interception return.
3Q: 11:04 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.

Game MVP: HAR 36 Dwight Jones

Hartford 0 9 7 0 - 16
Little Rock 0 0 0 0 - 0

Team Statistics HAR LRK

First Downs 16 17

Total Rushes 29 31
Rushing Yards 66 151
Yards Per Carry 2.2 4.8
Pass Attempts 32 34
Completions 20 14
Passing Yards 158 142
Yards Per Attempt 4.9 4.1
Sacked 2 3
Yards Lost 9 16
Interceptions 1 3
Fumbles/Lost 4/0 1/1

Total Plays 63 68
Total Yards 215 277
Yards Per Play 3.4 4.0

3rd Down Plays 5/16 5/16
Avg. YTG on 3rd 7.8 10.5
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/1

Penalties 5 10
Penalty Yards 45 65

Avg. Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 20
Time Of Possession 29:29 30:31

Hartford Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
39 Barker 12 25 2.0 10 0
49 Jamison 8 21 2.6 5 0
30 Royse 7 16 2.2 6 0
21 Gaudette 1 0 0.0 0 0
18 Norton 1 4 4.0 4 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
10 Hickman 16 10 118 7.3 21 0 1 2
18 Norton 16 10 40 2.5 12 0 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
89 Roush 6 57 9.5 5 21 0
84 Sala 3 29 9.6 2 18 0
83 Hernandez 3 20 6.6 8 13 0
88 Watkins 2 29 14.5 5 17 0
81 Khan 1 12 12.0 0 12 0
30 Royse 1 1 1.0 0 1 0
86 Gaylor 1 7 7.0 1 7 0
49 Jamison 1 1 1.0 0 1 0
97 Scott 1 1 1.0 0 1 0
39 Barker 1 1 1.0 0 1 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 48 Knight 4 5 1.2 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
32 Lister 1 30 30.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Reid 8 311 38.8 56 3

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
11 Booher 3 4 51 1 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
96 Cleeland 5 0 1.0 0 0 0
50 Boyer 5 0 0.0 1 23 1
78 Williamson 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
48 Knight 4 0 0.0 1 0 0
24 Drain 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Jones 3 2 1.0 1 10 0
76 Hueffed 3 1 0.5 0 0 0
35 Richardson 3 5 0.0 0 0 0
97 Scott 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
32 Lister 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
91 Leibowitz 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
93 Fisk 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Irwin 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Pitman 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
59 Athey 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
10 Hickman 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Schulz 0 1 0.5 0 0 0
53 Leong 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
10 Hickman 1 0 1 0 0 0
60 Overton 0 0 0 0 2 0
48 Knight 2 0 0 0 0 0
39 Barker 1 0 1 0 0 0
70 Suarez 0 0 0 0 0 1
71 Stubblefield 0 0 0 0 0 1
57 Higdon 0 0 0 0 1 0
59 Athey 0 0 1 0 0 0
32 Lister 0 0 1 0 0 0
97 Scott 0 1 0 0 0 0
33 Pitman 0 0 1 0 0 0

Little Rock Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
29 Gagne 15 72 4.8 20 0
24 McKelvey 9 43 4.7 17 0
8 Peabody 5 22 4.4 11 0
13 Lucas 1 14 14.0 14 0
30 Archer 1 0 0.0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
8 Peabody 18 8 78 4.3 20 0 2 2
13 Lucas 16 6 64 4.0 18 0 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
83 Hathcock 5 48 9.6 1 20 0
18 Schwartz 3 26 8.6 0 14 0
85 Snyder 2 22 11.0 0 13 0
29 Gagne 2 21 10.5 1 11 0
84 Kozhin 1 18 18.0 0 18 0
30 Archer 1 7 7.0 0 7 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
83 Hathcock 1 16 16.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
2 McDermott 6 228 38.0 45 3

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
14 Lynch 0 1 0 0 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
38 Flaherty 9 1 0.0 0 0 0
98 Bell 7 3 1.0 0 0 0
31 Love 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Trout 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
42 Thamilarasan 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
99 Champion 3 0 0.5 0 0 0
94 Bonilla 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
33 Rochester 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
75 Thornberry 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
20 Ellison 2 3 0.0 0 0 0
28 McKnight 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
51 Cronin 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Rickert 1 0 0.0 1 0 0
52 Weintraub 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
85 Snyder 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Harrison 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 McDougal 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
74 Quiroz 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
63 Mueller 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
97 Gulbrandsen 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
13 Lucas 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
55 Weinberg 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Keith 0 2 0.5 0 0 0
59 Frisch 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
55 Weinberg 0 1 0 0 2 0
63 Mueller 0 0 0 0 1 1
74 Quiroz 0 1 0 0 2 0
36 Harrison 0 0 0 0 0 1
79 Nadeau 0 0 0 0 0 1
58 Venegas 0 0 0 0 1 0
77 Freels 0 0 0 0 1 0
99 Champion 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 Peabody 1 0 0 0 0 0
42 Thamilarasan 0 1 0 0 0 0

Hartford Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:12 1:22 50 3 -4 Punt
1 8:11 2:08 OPP 49 4 13 Interception
1 4:50 1:45 OWN 49 3 -1 Punt
1 0:35 1:14 OPP 41 3 7 Field Goal
2 12:40 1:41 OPP 23 4 19 Field Goal
2 6:26 2:36 OWN 6 5 34 Punt
2 2:51 2:40 OWN 38 10 59 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:55 OWN 29 7 21 Punt
3 5:57 3:32 OWN 41 7 31 Missed FG
3 0:05 2:47 OWN 9 6 19 Punt
4 9:56 1:33 OWN 17 3 0 Punt
4 4:47 4:37 OWN 20 8 22 Punt

Little Rock Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:48 OWN 15 6 35 Fumble
1 9:50 1:39 OWN 10 3 4 Punt
1 6:03 1:13 OWN 20 5 -9 Punt
1 3:05 2:30 OWN 23 7 18 Downs
2 14:21 1:41 OWN 15 3 5 Interception
2 10:59 4:33 OWN 20 7 39 Punt
2 3:50 0:59 OWN 23 3 4 Punt
2 0:11 0:11 OWN 20 1 -1 Half
3 12:05 1:01 OWN 11 3 7 Interception
3 11:04 5:07 OWN 20 10 46 Missed FG
3 2:25 2:20 OWN 35 4 13 Punt
4 12:18 2:22 OWN 42 5 6 Punt
4 8:23 3:36 OWN 27 11 60 Interception
4 0:10 0:10 OWN 2 1 0 Game

Hartford Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
2 0 2

Little Rock Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
1 0 0

Hartford Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 11 18 1.6
Middle 9 17 1.8
Right 9 31 3.4
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
60 Overton 2 2 21
57 Higdon 1 2 11
52 Damian 0 6 20
77 Sales 0 4 26
62 Hartman 0 4 15
71 Stubblefield 0 4 14
70 Suarez 0 3 16
69 Forland 0 2 21
21 Gaudette 0 1 20
84 Sala 0 0 16
85 Barnhart 0 0 13
83 Hernandez 0 0 8
68 Smith 0 0 1

Hartford Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 5 5 4 0.8
Short (0-8 Yds) 12 7 37 3.0
Medium (9-18 Yds) 14 8 117 8.3
Long (19+ Yds) 1 0 0 0.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
10 Hickman 16 10 0 1 3 0 1 1
18 Norton 16 10 2 0 1 0 3 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
89 Roush 7 6 0 57 29
86 Gaylor 5 1 1 7 19
83 Hernandez 5 3 0 20 20
81 Khan 3 1 0 12 12
84 Sala 3 3 0 29 13
88 Watkins 3 2 0 29 14
49 Jamison 2 1 0 1 9
39 Barker 2 1 0 1 24
30 Royse 1 1 0 1 5
97 Scott 1 1 0 1 30

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
52 Damian 0 31
69 Forland 0 27
71 Stubblefield 1 26
60 Overton 0 23
70 Suarez 1 22
21 Gaudette 0 19
77 Sales 0 17
62 Hartman 0 15
57 Higdon 0 6
68 Smith 0 3

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
96 Cleeland 1.0 1 0 33
36 Jones 1.0 0 0 16
76 Hueffed 0.5 0 0 27
94 Schulz 0.5 0 0 9
78 Williamson 0.0 1 2 29
93 Fisk 0.0 1 2 28
32 Lister 0.0 0 1 33
33 Pitman 0.0 0 0 34
24 Drain 0.0 0 0 34
97 Scott 0.0 0 0 30
35 Richardson 0.0 0 0 25
50 Boyer 0.0 0 0 23
48 Knight 0.0 0 0 21
53 Leong 0.0 0 1 10
41 Irwin 0.0 0 0 20
59 Athey 0.0 0 0 10
92 Burns 0.0 0 0 10 91 Leibowitz 0.0 0 0 9
99 Lucas 0.0 0 0 8

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
24 Drain 3 2 0 34
96 Cleeland 2 0 0 33
48 Knight 2 0 1 21
93 Fisk 2 0 0 28
35 Richardson 1 2 0 25
33 Pitman 1 0 0 34
36 Jones 1 0 1 16
41 Irwin 1 0 0 20
91 Leibowitz 1 0 0 9
32 Lister 0 0 0 33
50 Boyer 0 0 1 23
97 Scott 0 0 0 30
78 Williamson 0 0 0 29
76 Hueffed 0 0 0 27
59 Athey 0 0 0 10
53 Leong 0 0 0 10
92 Burns 0 0 0 10
94 Schulz 0 0 0 9
99 Lucas 0 0 0 8

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
96 Cleeland 5 0 28 33
50 Boyer 5 0 24 23
78 Williamson 4 2 26 29
24 Drain 4 0 24 34
48 Knight 4 0 19 21
35 Richardson 3 5 21 25
97 Scott 3 3 25 30
36 Jones 3 2 15 16
32 Lister 3 1 25 33
76 Hueffed 3 1 28 27
93 Fisk 3 0 29 28
91 Leibowitz 3 0 7 9
41 Irwin 2 0 11 20
33 Pitman 1 1 30 34
59 Athey 1 0 6 10
53 Leong 0 1 13 10
94 Schulz 0 1 2 9
99 Lucas 0 0 5 8
92 Burns 0 0 3 10

Little Rock Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 6 49 8.1
Middle 19 88 4.6
Right 5 15 3.0
None 1 -1 -1.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
55 Weinberg 2 4 24
74 Quiroz 2 3 24
58 Venegas 1 4 12
77 Freels 1 2 14
63 Mueller 1 1 22
69 Herndon 0 5 31
68 Perkins 0 3 18
36 Harrison 0 2 17
29 Gagne 0 1 25
85 Snyder 0 1 11
79 Nadeau 0 1 10
40 Fields 0 0 18

Little Rock Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 3 1 2 0.6
Short (0-8 Yds) 7 3 19 2.7
Medium (9-18 Yds) 21 9 101 4.8
Long (19+ Yds) 3 1 20 6.6

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
8 Peabody 18 8 0 1 2 2 3 2 13 Lucas 16 6 2 1 2 1 3 1

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
83 Hathcock 12 5 0 48 29
18 Schwartz 8 3 0 26 32
85 Snyder 3 2 0 22 11
84 Kozhin 3 1 0 18 8
40 Fields 2 0 1 0 22
29 Gagne 2 2 0 21 29
36 Harrison 1 0 1 0 17
89 Gerhardt 1 0 0 0 4
88 Sanford 1 0 0 0 16
30 Archer 1 1 0 7 7

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
74 Quiroz 0 31
63 Mueller 1 31
69 Herndon 0 30
29 Gagne 0 29
68 Perkins 0 24
55 Weinberg 0 24
58 Venegas 0 21
77 Freels 0 20
36 Harrison 1 17
79 Nadeau 1 4

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
98 Bell 1.0 0 0 29
99 Champion 0.5 0 1 21
76 Keith 0.5 0 1 19
90 Trout 0.0 0 0 31
38 Flaherty 0.0 0 0 29
44 Rickert 0.0 0 0 29
31 Love 0.0 0 0 24
75 Thornberry 0.0 0 1 13
42 Thamilarasan 0.0 0 0 22
33 Rochester 0.0 0 0 20
20 Ellison 0.0 0 0 20
57 Clayton 0.0 0 0 17
28 McKnight 0.0 0 0 17
91 McDougal 0.0 0 0 15
51 Cronin 0.0 0 0 15
72 Lemos 0.0 0 0 14
97 Gulbrandsen 0.0 0 0 12
59 Frisch 0.0 0 1 1
94 Bonilla 0.0 0 0 10
26 Connell 0.0 0 0 7
73 Limbeck 0.0 0 0 5
52 Weintraub 0.0 0 0 4

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
38 Flaherty 4 0 0 29
90 Trout 3 0 0 31
98 Bell 2 1 0 29
31 Love 2 0 0 24
42 Thamilarasan 2 0 0 22
33 Rochester 2 0 0 20
20 Ellison 2 0 0 20
44 Rickert 1 1 1 29
28 McKnight 1 0 0 17
52 Weintraub 1 0 0 4
57 Clayton 0 1 0 17
94 Bonilla 0 1 0 10
99 Champion 0 0 0 21
76 Keith 0 0 0 19
91 McDougal 0 0 0 15
51 Cronin 0 0 0 15
72 Lemos 0 0 0 14
75 Thornberry 0 0 0 13
97 Gulbrandsen 0 0 0 12
26 Connell 0 0 0 7
73 Limbeck 0 0 0 5
59 Frisch 0 0 0 1

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
38 Flaherty 9 1 21 29
98 Bell 7 3 22 29 90 Trout 5 0 28 31
31 Love 5 0 20 24
42 Thamilarasan 4 1 18 22
94 Bonilla 3 3 20 10
33 Rochester 3 2 18 20
99 Champion 3 0 18 21
75 Thornberry 3 0 11 13
20 Ellison 2 3 16 20
28 McKnight 2 1 12 17
51 Cronin 2 0 17 15
52 Weintraub 1 1 4 4
44 Rickert 1 0 25 29
91 McDougal 1 0 9 15
97 Gulbrandsen 1 0 11 12
76 Keith 0 2 12 19
59 Frisch 0 1 2 1
57 Clayton 0 0 12 17
72 Lemos 0 0 12 14
73 Limbeck 0 0 8 5
26 Connell 0 0 4 7

This game was a bit of a let down. The offense just didn't click. Check that, the OL didn't click. Now, there were a few reasons for this. First, I did not have my starting LT play at all in the game. However, Charles Overton did relatively well, he had 2 KROs and had 2 KRBs. The defense stepped up on pass coverage, but that could have been due to the quality of the QBs that were playing for Little Rock.

Good things coming out of this game:
1. The defense played extremely well, gave up too many rushing yards, but I didn't have my big guy at NT, SILB, or my good run d corners playing.
2. The completion % for both QBs was good. Hickman had a great day, except for the pick.

Bad things from this game:
1. Again, need to work on red zone offense. I didn't address it prior to this game and it shows.
2. The running game was awfully flat. Hopefully, nothing happens to Flemming this year, or we're screwed running the ball since Jamison sucks pounding it between the tackles.

[Warhammer]

Front Office Football 2004
Box Score: Vermont at Hartford
Hartford, CT.

Exhibition Week 5, 2007

Attendance: 72,400 (74,900).


Weather: 65 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:57 HAR - Ryan Royse 21 run.
1Q: 08:57 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
1Q: 02:27 VER - Joshua Huff 45 field goal.
2Q: 12:44 VER - Joshua Huff 46 field goal.
2Q: 08:35 HAR - Ed Gaylor 12 pass from Jim Hickman.
2Q: 08:35 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
2Q: 05:34 VER - Sammie Flannery 5 pass from Lorenzo Gladden.
2Q: 05:34 VER - Joshua Huff extra point.
2Q: 00:05 VER - Joshua Huff 36 field goal.
3Q: 05:58 HAR - Alonzo Booher 45 field goal.
3Q: 03:02 HAR - Alonzo Booher 54 field goal.
4Q: 14:11 VER - Joshua Huff 48 field goal.
4Q: 07:12 VER - Joshua Huff 27 field goal.
4Q: 01:32 VER - Sammie Flannery 1 run.
4Q: 01:32 VER - Joshua Huff extra point.

Game MVP: VER 7 Joshua Huff

Vermont 3 13 0 13 - 29
Hartford 7 7 6 0 - 20

Team Statistics VER HAR

First Downs 18 18

Total Rushes 27 36
Rushing Yards 102 220
Yards Per Carry 3.7 6.1
Pass Attempts 28 24
Completions 19 9
Passing Yards 250 96
Yards Per Attempt 8.9 4.0
Sacked 0 2
Yards Lost 0 14
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1

Total Plays 55 62
Total Yards 352 302
Yards Per Play 6.4 4.8

3rd Down Plays 3/8 9/15
Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.1 6.6
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/1

Penalties 6 2
Penalty Yards 40 10

Avg. Drive Start OWN 42 OWN 24
Time Of Possession 29:50 30:10

Vermont Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
33 Flannery 18 80 4.4 15 1
41 Sonnier 5 12 2.4 6 0
21 Morris 3 12 4.0 6 0
5 Gladden 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
5 Gladden 28 19 250 8.9 36 1 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
80 Andrews 6 83 13.8 5 19 0
84 McDonald 5 52 10.4 2 17 0
69 Logan 4 54 13.5 11 23 0
81 Duarte 1 13 13.0 0 13 0
47 Kayser 1 36 36.0 12 36 0
41 Sonnier 1 7 7.0 0 7 0
33 Flannery 1 5 5.0 0 5 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
41 Sonnier 2 84 42.0 0
31 Dawkins 2 48 24.0 0
81 Duarte 1 24 24.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
10 Wright 1 45 45.0 45 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
7 Huff 5 5 48 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
22 Gattis 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
74 Coney 5 1 1.0 0 0 0
30 Wisdom 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 McGary 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
38 Higdon 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
53 Knox 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
51 Summers 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 Mackowski 3 0 0.5 0 0 0
92 Waldon 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
32 Randle El 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
26 Theriault 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
50 Floyd 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Blubaum 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
31 Dawkins 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
78 Powers 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
21 Morris 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Braswell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
47 Kayser 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Sonnier 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Allen 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
80 Andrews 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
97 Dawson 0 1 0.5 0 0 0
93 Henry 0 2 0.0 0 0 0
94 Heinrich 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
58 Traynor 0 0 0 0 3 0
67 Scheffler 0 0 0 0 2 0
70 Turner 0 0 0 0 2 0
56 Jones 0 0 0 0 1 0
69 Logan 0 0 0 0 1 0
80 Andrews 1 0 0 0 0 0
66 Jalbert 0 0 0 0 1 0
84 McDonald 0 0 1 0 0 0
99 Mackowski 0 1 0 0 0 0
97 Dawson 0 0 1 0 0 0
60 Robertson 0 0 0 0 1 0

Hartford Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
39 Barker 16 109 6.8 27 0
30 Royse 8 48 6.0 21 1
49 Jamison 4 20 5.0 11 0
18 Norton 4 12 3.0 6 0
10 Hickman 3 29 9.6 14 0
86 Gaylor 1 2 2.0 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
10 Hickman 15 8 93 6.2 18 1 0 0
18 Norton 9 1 3 0.3 3 0 0 2

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
89 Roush 3 28 9.3 4 10 0
86 Gaylor 3 31 10.3 5 16 1
81 Khan 1 18 18.0 0 18 0
88 Watkins 1 11 11.0 4 11 0
83 Hernandez 1 8 8.0 0 8 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Knight 1 -2 -2.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
81 Khan 5 60 12.0 0
32 Lister 1 21 21.0 0
33 Pitman 1 19 19.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Reid 2 81 40.5 46 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
11 Booher 2 3 54 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
32 Lister 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
33 Pitman 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Richardson 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
97 Scott 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 Drain 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
59 Athey 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
50 Boyer 3 4 0.0 0 0 0
96 Cleeland 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
41 Irwin 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
53 Leong 2 0 0.0 1 8 0
36 Jones 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
93 Fisk 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
91 Leibowitz 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
48 Knight 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Burns 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Hueffed 0 2 0.0 0 0 0
99 Lucas 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
70 Suarez 0 0 0 0 4 1
71 Stubblefield 0 0 0 0 2 1
52 Damian 0 0 0 0 2 0
60 Overton 0 0 0 0 2 0
68 Smith 0 0 0 0 1 0
74 Brockway 0 0 0 0 1 0
32 Lister 0 1 0 0 0 0
62 Hartman 0 0 0 0 1 0
69 Forland 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 Norton 1 0 0 0 0 0

Vermont Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:57 6:30 OWN 26 11 46 Field Goal
1 1:16 3:32 OWN 36 7 35 Field Goal
2 8:35 3:01 OPP 35 5 35 Touchdown
2 0:48 0:43 OWN 37 3 44 Field Goal
3 15:00 3:52 OWN 25 5 17 Punt
3 5:58 1:15 OWN 25 2 3 Interception
3 3:02 3:51 OWN 34 6 35 Field Goal
4 9:50 2:38 OPP 42 5 32 Field Goal
4 4:51 3:19 OWN 28 10 72 Touchdown
4 0:46 0:46 OPP 12 1 -2 Game

Hartford Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:03 OWN 12 12 88 Touchdown
1 2:27 1:11 OWN 20 3 9 Punt
2 12:44 4:09 OWN 39 9 61 Touchdown
2 5:34 4:46 OWN 19 11 51 Missed FG
3 11:08 5:10 OWN 11 10 61 Field Goal
3 4:43 1:41 OPP 34 3 -3 Field Goal
4 14:11 4:21 OWN 12 7 30 Fumble
4 7:12 2:21 OWN 21 3 5 Punt
4 1:32 0:46 OWN 17 4 -5 Downs

Vermont Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
4 2 2

Hartford Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
1 1 0
Vermont Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 4 31 7.7
Middle 15 41 2.7
Right 7 32 4.5
None 1 -2 -2.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
58 Traynor 3 5 22
67 Scheffler 2 5 19
70 Turner 2 2 14
66 Jalbert 1 5 23
69 Logan 1 2 21
60 Robertson 1 1 26
56 Jones 1 3 5
77 Daniels 0 1 8
73 Doucet 0 1 7
47 Kayser 0 1 5
28 Ross 0 0 13
79 Allen 0 0 11
85 Mackenzie 0 0 8
6 Nordland 0 0 2

Vermont Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 2 1 8 4.0
Short (0-8 Yds) 8 5 30 3.7
Medium (9-18 Yds) 12 10 134 11.1
Long (19+ Yds) 6 3 78 13.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
5 Gladden 28 19 1 2 3 0 2 1

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
80 Andrews 10 6 1 83 24
69 Logan 6 4 0 54 21
84 McDonald 6 5 1 52 24
81 Duarte 2 1 0 13 9
85 Mackenzie 1 0 0 0 7
47 Kayser 1 1 0 36 6
41 Sonnier 1 1 0 7 7
33 Flannery 1 1 0 5 16

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
60 Robertson 0 26
58 Traynor 0 24
66 Jalbert 0 22
67 Scheffler 0 21
28 Ross 0 17
70 Turner 0 15
79 Allen 0 11
77 Daniels 0 9
73 Doucet 0 9
47 Kayser 0 6
56 Jones 0 3

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
74 Coney 1.0 1 1 21
99 Mackowski 0.5 0 0 20
97 Dawson 0.5 0 0 5
96 Blubaum 0.0 0 1 17
38 Higdon 0.0 0 1 15
92 Waldon 0.0 0 0 22
22 Gattis 0.0 0 0 22
31 Dawkins 0.0 0 0 22
26 Theriault 0.0 0 0 20
51 Summers 0.0 0 0 19
30 Wisdom 0.0 0 0 17
32 Randle El 0.0 0 0 14
43 Braswell 0.0 0 0 13
53 Knox 0.0 0 0 13
95 McGary 0.0 0 0 11
93 Henry 0.0 0 0 10
94 Heinrich 0.0 0 0 9
50 Floyd 0.0 0 0 6
98 Lageman 0.0 0 0 6
78 Powers 0.0 0 0 4

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
22 Gattis 2 2 0 22
30 Wisdom 2 1 0 17
26 Theriault 1 2 0 20
53 Knox 1 1 0 13
51 Summers 1 0 0 19
32 Randle El 1 0 0 14
95 McGary 1 0 0 11
38 Higdon 0 2 0 15
92 Waldon 0 0 0 22
31 Dawkins 0 0 0 22
74 Coney 0 0 0 21
99 Mackowski 0 0 0 20
96 Blubaum 0 0 0 17
43 Braswell 0 0 0 13
93 Henry 0 0 0 10
94 Heinrich 0 0 0 9
50 Floyd 0 0 0 6
98 Lageman 0 0 0 6
97 Dawson 0 0 0 5
78 Powers 0 0 0 4

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
22 Gattis 6 2 30 22
74 Coney 5 1 26 21
30 Wisdom 5 0 21 17
95 McGary 4 3 19 11
38 Higdon 4 2 22 15
53 Knox 4 1 25 13
51 Summers 4 0 29 19
92 Waldon 3 1 24 22
32 Randle El 3 1 22 14
99 Mackowski 3 0 27 20
26 Theriault 2 1 23 20
50 Floyd 2 0 7 6
31 Dawkins 1 2 27 22
96 Blubaum 1 2 30 17
78 Powers 1 1 12 4
43 Braswell 1 0 18 13
93 Henry 0 2 9 10
94 Heinrich 0 1 6 9
97 Dawson 0 1 10 5
98 Lageman 0 0 9 6

Hartford Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 11 57 5.1
Middle 15 113 7.5
Right 10 50 5.0
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
70 Suarez 4 6 20
52 Damian 2 5 24
60 Overton 2 4 30
71 Stubblefield 2 4 29
69 Forland 1 3 29
74 Brockway 1 2 5
62 Hartman 1 1 12
68 Smith 1 1 11
77 Sales 0 2 22
83 Hernandez 0 1 21
21 Gaudette 0 0 20
84 Sala 0 0 12
85 Barnhart 0 0 12

Hartford Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 1 0 0 0.0
Short (0-8 Yds) 7 6 50 7.1
Medium (9-18 Yds) 12 3 46 3.8
Long (19+ Yds) 4 0 0 0.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
10 Hickman 15 8 1 0 4 1 1 0
18 Norton 9 1 1 1 4 0 2 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
86 Gaylor 10 3 1 31 22
89 Roush 6 3 0 28 24
81 Khan 2 1 0 18 5
88 Watkins 2 1 0 11 13
83 Hernandez 2 1 0 8 10
84 Sala 1 0 0 0 6
49 Jamison 1 0 0 0 5

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
71 Stubblefield 1 20
52 Damian 0 20
60 Overton 0 20
70 Suarez 1 18
69 Forland 0 17
77 Sales 0 15
62 Hartman 0 12
21 Gaudette 0 11
68 Smith 0 7
74 Brockway 0 1

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
78 Williamson 0.0 0 2 26
33 Pitman 0.0 0 0 26
97 Scott 0.0 0 0 25
32 Lister 0.0 0 0 24
24 Drain 0.0 0 0 24
35 Richardson 0.0 0 0 23
76 Hueffed 0.0 0 0 22
96 Cleeland 0.0 0 0 22
93 Fisk 0.0 0 0 19
50 Boyer 0.0 0 0 17
53 Leong 0.0 0 0 14
36 Jones 0.0 0 0 13
41 Irwin 0.0 0 0 13
48 Knight 0.0 0 0 12
94 Schulz 0.0 0 0 9
59 Athey 0.0 0 0 8
92 Burns 0.0 0 0 6
91 Leibowitz 0.0 0 0 3
99 Lucas 0.0 0 0 2

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
33 Pitman 4 1 0 26
24 Drain 4 0 0 24
32 Lister 3 0 0 24
96 Cleeland 2 0 0 22
48 Knight 1 1 0 12
97 Scott 1 0 0 25
53 Leong 1 0 1 14
35 Richardson 1 0 0 23
50 Boyer 1 0 0 17
41 Irwin 1 0 0 13
36 Jones 0 1 0 13
78 Williamson 0 0 0 26
76 Hueffed 0 0 0 22
93 Fisk 0 0 0 19
94 Schulz 0 0 0 9
59 Athey 0 0 0 8
92 Burns 0 0 0 6
91 Leibowitz 0 0 0 3
99 Lucas 0 0 0 2

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
32 Lister 6 1 24 24
33 Pitman 6 0 26 26
97 Scott 5 0 23 25
24 Drain 5 0 21 24
35 Richardson 5 0 15 23
59 Athey 4 0 9 8
50 Boyer 3 4 22 17
96 Cleeland 3 3 26 22
41 Irwin 3 1 12 13
53 Leong 2 0 13 14
36 Jones 1 2 9 13
93 Fisk 1 1 20 19
48 Knight 1 0 11 12
92 Burns 1 0 3 6
91 Leibowitz 1 0 5 3
76 Hueffed 0 2 24 22
99 Lucas 0 1 10 2
78 Williamson 0 0 17 26
94 Schulz 0 0 7 9

It was unfortunate that we lost, but we played extremely well this game. Again, we did not play LT Flemming, but we also did not play WR Billings or Ferreira (both of whom sat last game as well). We played against Vermont's top corners who shut down much of our passing game, especially once Norton came into the game.

Good Things:
1. We faced the #2 pre-season team in the league and went toe to toe against them.
2. Our running game was incredible, even without Flemming in the lineup.
3. Hickman looked good again.
4. All of the RBs looked impressive, not just one or two.
5. The run defense looked pretty good.
6. Were leading up until Hickman went down.

Bad Things:
1. Too many drives stalled out.
2. Our pass defense was poor, against a backup QB!
3. Norton looked terrible.
4. No pass rush whatsoever.

[Warhammer]

Our primary concern heading into this season was upgrading the passing game. After 4 pre-season games, it appears that this is a success, especially in the games in which Ferreira plays. Turnovers were cut down, while TD production was up (for us anyway!).

The revamped OL played extremely well, except against Little Rock. With Flemming and Hartman on the field more during the regular season, this will be a feared unit in the league. Our running game should be one of the top 5 or 6 in the league.

All told, offensively we should be a much better unit than we were in the past. We should finish in the top half of the league in total yardage for the first time in team history. The key will be limiting turnovers. If we can do that, we should be able to compete for the division crown. If we don't, hello 8-8.

Defensively, not much has changed from last year. Schultz played well, but was not stellar in starting at RDE. The LB corps was solid as usual, and Boyer had a very good pre-season. He will start the season on the bench backing up WILB Danny Scott and MLB/SILB Tony Martin. The front seven should remain solid as NT Bryce Tan returns to duty this week after being inactive during the pre-season.

The secondary looked like we had a bunch of rookies and 2nd year guys playing back there. The good news is that is exactly who was playing back there. We should see a great increase in effectiveness when CB Larry Seifert (rated 91/91 in zone) and FS Steve Frausto (rated 100/100 zone) hit the field. The other good sign is that most of the passes were going over the middle against FS Myron Drain who was a rookie FA signing. That should stop with Frausto manning the area.

The big problem with the defense last year was the pass defense, where we were middle of the road. This year, we should be much improved. We are much more stout down the center of the field with Frausto taking over most of the reps from 2nd year man Dwight Jones, and the Scott Pitman/Chuck Knight platoon is an upgrade over the Lister who played RCB for much of last year. Also, we are much more flexible with our personnel this year. We can play a heavy zone defense, with FS Frausto, LCB Seifert, SS Brown, and RCB Knight, or we can play a zone/bump and run mix with FS Frausto, SS Brown, LCB Pitman/Lister, and RCB Knight. This way we can keep teams from focusing on any one area to attack us through the air.

If this team stays healthy, and if we can have a net positive in the turnover battles, we will finish 10-6.

[Warhammer]

Anyone reading this? Anything you want to see? Comments? Questions?

Bueller? Bueller?

[Hoya1]

looks good. I'm still reading

[Warhammer]

looks good. I'm still reading

At least someone is. Wait a minute, don't we play you next week? Avert your eyes! :D

[Warhammer]

West Virginia our arch-rival in our division. The first two years in the league, they barred the door to us winning two division titles. But, we got the last laugh as we advanced in the playoffs, while they didn't.

They started rebuilding this year. They shipped off Grizzly nemesis Gerald "Colonel" Sanders to Columbia. In exchange, they have Jared Mulcahey who is a fraction of what Sanders was. While their offense has taken steps back at QB, WR, and OL, they actually upgraded at RB by drafting Nicky Kersey and Joel Duffy.

On defense, they are pretty stout. Their front seven is stout, but I think we can overwhelm them with our OL. Their seconary is another story. They are pretty good back there. They've got excellent safeties, but their corners skills do not match well, so any coverage they run, we should be able to get one guy open.

Unfortunately, there is rain in the forecast. Our plan on defense is to limit their running game. Our defense was one of the tops against the run last year, we hope to make a statement and prove that again this year. We will take our chances of Jared Mulcahey beating us.

On offense, I originally wanted to try and beat them through the air. However, with rain in the forecast, I am going to do what we've become known for the last four years.... Smashmouth football. On first down, we're going to run, on second down we'll mix it up a bit, but lean more towards running. On third down, we'll go to the air with a controlled passing game, but not quite as short as we went last year. We should be able to wear these guys down over time, and the more we grind it out, the more our superior talent up front make itself felt.

[Warhammer]

Front Office Football 2004
Box Score: West Virginia at Hartford
Hartford, CT.

Week 1, 2007

Attendance: 73,000 (74,900).


Weather: 53 degrees, rain.

2Q: 12:54 WVA - Jamie Dorris 45 field goal.
2Q: 03:31 HAR - Ryan Royse 2 run.
2Q: 03:31 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
2Q: 01:04 HAR - Alonzo Booher 49 field goal.
3Q: 07:34 HAR - Stanley Jamison 3 pass from Jim Hickman.
3Q: 07:34 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
4Q: 14:49 HAR - Alonzo Booher 46 field goal.
4Q: 00:40 HAR - Alonzo Booher 28 field goal.

Game MVP: HAR 11 Alonzo Booher

West Virginia 0 3 0 0 - 3
Hartford 0 10 7 6 - 23

Team Statistics WVA HAR

First Downs 9 21

Total Rushes 34 46
Rushing Yards 113 184
Yards Per Carry 3.3 4.0
Pass Attempts 14 24
Completions 6 14
Passing Yards 84 128
Yards Per Attempt 6.0 5.3
Sacked 0 1
Yards Lost 0 8
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/1

Total Plays 48 71
Total Yards 197 304
Yards Per Play 4.1 4.2

3rd Down Plays 4/12 11/17
Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.0 6.1
4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0

Penalties 2 7
Penalty Yards 10 45

Avg. Drive Start OWN 17 OWN 39
Time Of Possession 22:33 37:27

West Virginia Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
24 Kersey 17 58 3.4 13 0
29 Duffy 15 54 3.6 11 0
83 Simpson 1 3 3.0 3 0
43 Reyes 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
18 Mulcahy 13 6 84 6.4 36 0 1 0
15 Evers 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
88 Lee 1 11 11.0 0 11 0
87 Barley 1 36 36.0 0 36 0
83 Simpson 1 8 8.0 1 8 0
43 Reyes 1 9 9.0 2 9 0
29 Duffy 1 11 11.0 4 11 0
89 Gardner 1 9 9.0 3 9 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
87 Barley 3 -10 -3.3 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
89 Gardner 1 18 18.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
15 Evers 6 224 37.3 46 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
9 Dorris 1 1 45 0 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
92 Ramsey 9 2 0.0 0 0 0
71 Parker 8 4 0.0 0 0 0
78 Cole 5 1 1.0 0 0 0
26 Shoop 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
46 Adams 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
37 Roberson 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
97 Noah 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
27 Kauffman 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
99 Hudson 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
74 Cotten 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
95 Chelius 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
49 Forrest 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
56 Gandy 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
21 Lopes 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
18 Mulcahy 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Duffy 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Wells 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Moffatt 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Weatherspoon 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Harden 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Reilly 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
56 Gandy 0 0 0 0 2 0
99 Hudson 0 1 1 0 0 0
71 Parker 0 1 0 0 0 0
66 Azzolini 0 0 0 0 1 0
29 Duffy 1 0 0 0 0 0
62 Ballard 0 0 0 0 1 0

Hartford Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
49 Jamison 28 120 4.2 16 0
30 Royse 15 47 3.1 9 1
25 Dostie 3 17 5.6 9 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
10 Hickman 24 14 128 5.3 18 1 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
87 Ferreira 4 45 11.2 6 18 0
84 Sala 3 21 7.0 7 9 0
30 Royse 2 14 7.0 8 9 0
81 Khan 1 15 15.0 2 15 0
89 Roush 1 7 7.0 0 7 0
25 Dostie 1 7 7.0 7 7 0
86 Gaylor 1 16 16.0 6 16 0
49 Jamison 1 3 3.0 0 3 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
89 Roush 1 2 2.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
89 Roush 1 20 20.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Reid 3 138 46.0 57 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
11 Booher 3 3 49 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
97 Scott 7 3 0.0 0 0 0
98 Tan 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
26 Brown 5 2 0.0 1 0 0
54 Martin 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
43 Frausto 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
96 Cleeland 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
48 Knight 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
20 Seifert 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Rick 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Pitman 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
78 Williamson 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
50 Boyer 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
71 Stubblefield 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
53 Leong 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Barker 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
93 Fisk 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
83 Hernandez 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
32 Lister 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
36 Jones 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
71 Stubblefield 0 0 0 0 3 1
75 Flemming 0 0 0 0 3 0
62 Hartman 0 0 0 0 3 0
70 Suarez 0 0 0 0 2 0
52 Damian 0 0 0 0 2 0
84 Sala 0 0 0 0 1 0
54 Martin 0 1 0 0 0 0
25 Dostie 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 Royse 1 0 0 0 0 0
49 Jamison 1 0 0 0 0 0
93 Fisk 0 0 1 0 0 0

West Virginia Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:18 1:48 OWN 11 3 7 Punt
1 7:26 2:30 OWN 8 5 20 Punt
1 1:06 3:12 OWN 36 8 36 Field Goal
2 9:42 1:42 OWN 2 3 5 Punt
2 3:31 1:38 OWN 20 4 16 Fumble
2 1:04 0:28 OWN 20 3 3 Punt
3 15:00 2:15 OWN 25 4 9 Downs
3 7:34 2:47 OWN 20 5 18 Punt
4 14:49 5:42 OWN 13 10 47 Punt
4 0:40 0:40 OWN 20 3 36 Interception

Hartford Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:42 OWN 20 5 18 Punt
1 11:30 4:04 OWN 36 6 23 Punt
1 4:56 3:50 OWN 30 8 34 Fumble
2 12:54 3:12 OWN 24 5 10 Punt
2 8:00 4:29 OPP 44 8 44 Touchdown
2 1:53 0:49 OPP 21 3 -11 Field Goal
2 0:36 0:36 OWN 36 2 13 Half
3 12:45 5:11 OPP 34 9 34 Touchdown
3 4:47 4:58 OWN 32 9 39 Field Goal
4 9:07 8:27 OWN 14 16 75 Field Goal

West Virginia Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
0 0 0

Hartford Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
3 2 1

West Virginia Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 13 30 2.3
Middle 16 69 4.3
Right 5 14 2.8
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
56 Gandy 2 7 34
62 Ballard 1 5 34
66 Azzolini 1 5 28
73 Gallego 0 4 34
88 Lee 0 4 31
72 Kemnitzer 0 4 28
43 Reyes 0 2 21
70 Lambert 0 1 6
61 Lindsay 0 1 6
84 Clinton 0 1 3
81 Parliman 0 0 5

West Virginia Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 0 0 0 0.0
Short (0-8 Yds) 7 4 37 5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds) 3 1 11 3.6
Long (19+ Yds) 4 1 36 9.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
18 Mulcahy 13 6 1 1 2 0 2 1
15 Evers 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
87 Barley 4 1 1 36 6
29 Duffy 3 1 0 11 10
83 Simpson 2 1 0 8 8
43 Reyes 2 1 0 9 10
88 Lee 1 1 0 11 9
89 Gardner 1 1 0 9 5
84 Clinton 1 0 0 0 2

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
56 Gandy 0 13
73 Gallego 0 12
62 Ballard 0 11
43 Reyes 0 10
66 Azzolini 0 10
72 Kemnitzer 0 7
61 Lindsay 0 6
70 Lambert 0 4
53 Chisholm 0 4
79 Hancock 0 3
36 Boulware 0 1

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
78 Cole 1.0 0 0 20
99 Hudson 0.0 0 1 23
71 Parker 0.0 0 1 22
74 Cotten 0.0 0 0 25
37 Roberson 0.0 0 1 14
26 Shoop 0.0 0 0 22
49 Forrest 0.0 0 0 20
97 Noah 0.0 0 0 18
27 Kauffman 0.0 0 0 18
92 Ramsey 0.0 0 0 18
46 Adams 0.0 0 0 18
35 Moffatt 0.0 0 0 13
95 Chelius 0.0 0 0 11
23 Kelly 0.0 0 0 7
91 Harden 0.0 0 0 7
54 Wells 0.0 0 0 7
21 Lopes 0.0 0 0 5
76 Levine 0.0 0 0 3
90 Weatherspoon 0.0 0 0 3
96 Reilly 0.0 0 0 2

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
26 Shoop 4 0 0 22
27 Kauffman 2 0 0 18
46 Adams 2 0 0 18
92 Ramsey 1 1 0 18
99 Hudson 1 0 0 23
37 Roberson 1 0 0 14
35 Moffatt 1 0 0 13
54 Wells 1 0 0 7
90 Weatherspoon 1 0 0 3
95 Chelius 0 1 0 11
74 Cotten 0 0 0 25
71 Parker 0 0 0 22
49 Forrest 0 0 0 20
78 Cole 0 0 0 20
97 Noah 0 0 0 18
23 Kelly 0 0 0 7
91 Harden 0 0 0 7
21 Lopes 0 0 0 5
76 Levine 0 0 0 3
96 Reilly 0 0 0 2

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
92 Ramsey 9 2 40 18
71 Parker 8 4 42 22
26 Shoop 5 2 42 22
46 Adams 5 2 33 18
78 Cole 5 1 37 20
37 Roberson 5 1 26 14
97 Noah 4 3 36 18
27 Kauffman 4 2 32 18
99 Hudson 4 1 44 23
74 Cotten 3 3 46 25
95 Chelius 3 1 35 11
49 Forrest 1 0 34 20
35 Moffatt 1 0 13 13
21 Lopes 1 0 8 5
54 Wells 1 0 5 7
90 Weatherspoon 1 0 3 3
91 Harden 0 1 11 7
96 Reilly 0 1 1 2
23 Kelly 0 0 14 7
76 Levine 0 0 4 3

Hartford Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 17 76 4.4
Middle 15 52 3.4
Right 14 56 4.0
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
75 Flemming 3 12 45
71 Stubblefield 3 7 44
62 Hartman 3 4 40
52 Damian 2 9 44
70 Suarez 2 8 43
84 Sala 1 3 33
25 Dostie 0 1 37
85 Barnhart 0 2 9
83 Hernandez 0 0 27
60 Overton 0 0 7
74 Brockway 0 0 6
68 Smith 0 0 1

Hartford Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 1 1 5 5.0
Short (0-8 Yds) 12 9 64 5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds) 9 4 59 6.5
Long (19+ Yds) 2 0 0 0.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
10 Hickman 24 14 1 2 2 0 3 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
87 Ferreira 6 4 0 45 20
84 Sala 4 3 1 21 19
81 Khan 3 1 0 15 10
86 Gaylor 3 1 0 16 14
89 Roush 2 1 0 7 9
30 Royse 2 2 0 14 11
83 Hernandez 2 0 1 0 8
25 Dostie 1 1 0 7 18
49 Jamison 1 1 0 3 13

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
71 Stubblefield 1 25
75 Flemming 0 23
70 Suarez 0 23
52 Damian 0 23
62 Hartman 0 20
25 Dostie 0 18
60 Overton 0 6
74 Brockway 0 4
68 Smith 0 1

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
93 Fisk 0.0 0 1 12
96 Cleeland 0.0 0 1 11
26 Brown 0.0 0 0 14
59 Athey 0.0 0 1 3
98 Tan 0.0 0 0 12
20 Seifert 0.0 0 0 12
97 Scott 0.0 0 0 11
43 Frausto 0.0 0 0 10
32 Lister 0.0 0 0 8
78 Williamson 0.0 0 0 8
48 Knight 0.0 0 0 8
53 Leong 0.0 0 0 7
33 Pitman 0.0 0 0 7
54 Martin 0.0 0 0 6
79 Rick 0.0 0 0 6
36 Jones 0.0 0 0 6
35 Richardson 0.0 0 0 4
50 Boyer 0.0 0 0 4
99 Lucas 0.0 0 0 2
73 Chrebet 0.0 0 0 2

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
43 Frausto 2 0 0 10
20 Seifert 1 1 0 12
98 Tan 1 0 0 12
97 Scott 1 0 0 11
96 Cleeland 1 0 0 11
48 Knight 0 1 0 8
26 Brown 0 0 1 14
93 Fisk 0 0 0 12
32 Lister 0 0 0 8
78 Williamson 0 0 0 8
53 Leong 0 0 0 7
33 Pitman 0 0 0 7
54 Martin 0 0 0 6
79 Rick 0 0 0 6
36 Jones 0 0 0 6
35 Richardson 0 0 0 4
50 Boyer 0 0 0 4
59 Athey 0 0 0 3
99 Lucas 0 0 0 2
73 Chrebet 0 0 0 2

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
97 Scott 7 3 34 11
98 Tan 6 0 34 12
26 Brown 5 2 34 14
54 Martin 5 1 20 6
43 Frausto 4 2 26 10
96 Cleeland 2 2 34 11
48 Knight 2 1 21 8
20 Seifert 2 0 34 12
79 Rick 2 0 14 6
33 Pitman 2 0 6 7
78 Williamson 1 2 20 8
50 Boyer 1 1 11 4
93 Fisk 1 0 34 12
53 Leong 1 0 23 7
32 Lister 0 1 20 8
36 Jones 0 1 8 6
35 Richardson 0 0 1 4
59 Athey 0 0 0 3
99 Lucas 0 0 0 2
73 Chrebet 0 0 0 2

I was wrong in my prediction, we won 23-3 rather than 23-10. I won't complain. The game plan worked wonderfully! Stanley Jamison should have been player of the game with 120 on 28 carries. His long was only 16 yards, but I actually like that because it means that he was steady. That enabled us to dominate time of possession. I screwed up and had Royse as my #2 back instead of Martin Baker. Barker's skills are better than Royse's but I didn't put him on the depth chart. All three of my backs have excellent speed to the outside, but Baker and Jamison have better overall running skills than Royse. For those keeping track, we focus on running outside of our tackles since we have two very good players there and it complements our RBs.

The OL was incredible today. Anytime we get 14 KRBs out of the boys up front, we're going to win. It was even better since Charles Overton sat out most of this game with a sprained neck. With him coming back at full strength next week, we'll be in even better shape up front. Hartman played well though converting 75% of his KROs. Its good to know that we have a backup RT of Hartman's caliber.

Another good sign for us is that 50% of our receptions went to our WRs. Our YPC to the WRs was a respectable 11.85. Hickman only had one bad throw, we had two blocked at the line, and then two dropped.

Finally, I was a bit concerned that our 3rd down conversion rate might suffer a bit this year, but 11/17 on 3rd downs is exceptional. That means we're playing well. I'd like to cut down on the number of 3rd down situations over all, but when we're running the ball as much as we did today, we're going to see a fair amount of 3rd downs.

The defense played extremely well. We held Kersey and Duffy to under 3.7 YPC! Plus, we forced two turnovers. We only turned the ball over once, so we won that battle. The other good news for us, 16 defensive players made at least one tackle! We always play good team defense which limits our post-season awards, but leads to good results on the field. As expected, our secondary was much improved. WVA QBs were 6 of 14 for 84 yards and an INT. Two passes were defensed. Finally, each reception went to a different player, so we didn't have any one person that killed us. The only problem that I see, is that our defense did not register a sack, and we only got 3 hurries on Mulcahey. He is very good at sensing the rush and scrambling, so it might not be a huge problem.

[kingfc22]

Good start for Hartford.

I get a ticked off Vermont team next week. JOY

[Warhammer]

Good start for Hartford.

I get a ticked off Vermont team next week. JOY

That will be a good game. I have to admit, I'm not shedding any tears if you drop to 0-2. That said, we're going to have our hands full with Newark. That is going to be an interesting game, we appear to be down in every area, but I think we can exploit some things.

[Hoya1]

That will be a good game. I have to admit, I'm not shedding any tears if you drop to 0-2. That said, we're going to have our hands full with Newark. That is going to be an interesting game, we appear to be down in every area, but I think we can exploit some things.
I must admit, I'm looking forward to our matchup. I'll just hang out and listen, maybe you'll give some pointers about what you're planning on doing next week.
We've only ever played eachother once, back in 2003. Newark won at home 33-18.

[Warhammer]

I was looking at your team the other day, and you are absolutely stacked! I was trying to find a weakness, and my scout said, "You're screwed!" That, and I tend to have problems with teams that can out smashmouth us, and you guys can do that to us.

Plus, I have learned a lot about the game since then. Should be a good matchup, some of the areas where I am graded as inferior, it is not as bad as it looks, QB and DL are two areas where you are graded higher, but things are closer than they appear. I like my OL better, but you have one beast, where as my talent is a bit more spread out.

[Hoya1]

I wouldn't say that we are stacked. My OL is pretty much just average, moreso because I'm weak at RG, and my C is more geared to a passing offense. This past offseason I brought in Marasco to insure guys cannot double Robey and so that it would open up the running lanes.
I hope to make the playoffs this year, and I'm hoping that Vermont falters enough to let us in. The only way I see us making the playoffs is by winning our division and/or winning 11 games. I've got my fingers crossed

[Warhammer]

I wouldn't say that we are stacked. My OL is pretty much just average, moreso because I'm weak at RG, and my C is more geared to a passing offense. This past offseason I brought in Marasco to insure guys cannot double Robey and so that it would open up the running lanes.
I hope to make the playoffs this year, and I'm hoping that Vermont falters enough to let us in. The only way I see us making the playoffs is by winning our division and/or winning 11 games. I've got my fingers crossed

Your OL is above average, but the in game comparison is misleading because much of that is in Kao. Anything more than a 75 on the player rating is overkill. Don't get me wrong, I would love to have him, but the difference between a 75 and a 94 is much less than a 56 and a 75.

Still, I gotta hold off because I am going to say more about your team tonight!

[Warhammer]

This weekend's game is going to be a battle of undefeated teams. Newark comes into Hartford after beating a very good Lawrence Phantoms team at home last week. Even though it is only week 2, this is a big game for both teams. Newark finds themselves a game up on division favorite Vermont, who faces a tough Boston team. The Grizzlies have a chance to go two games up on Boston in the division, and need to win to keep up with Norfolk who is playing a winnable game at Orlando this week.

How do the teams stack up?

QUARTERBACK - Both QBs in this game have played for Hartford, Scott Nelson was the Grizzlies starter in 2003 and 2004 prior to being shipped off to Newark for a second round draft pick in 2005. Nelson's record in Hartford was not very impressive, even when he was on the field. After two games in 2003, Nelson was injured and missed the rest of the regular season. In 2004, he played mediocre football before being injured and watching Jerome Mueller lead the Grizzlies on their magical run. Once he got to Newark, he got healthier, but has never been very successful in the passing game. Last year was the first year in which he threw for over 2000 yards!

Jim Hickman does not have the measurables that Nelson has, but we feel that he plays better than Nelson does, even though he has not quite fully developed. He has thrown for more yards that Scott Nelson has in his best season in each of the last two seasons. He knows just as many formations as Nelson, and he is rated very highly in accuracy and timing, two areas where Nelson is lacking and I judge to be very important in rating a QB.

ADVANTAGE: GRIZZLIES

RUNNING BACK - Alan Crespo is the best running back the Imperial Football League has ever seen, enough said.

Stanley Jamison has finally come into his own during the last 8 games of his career. He is now averaging over 4 YPC consistently, but he is not in Crespo's league.

ADVANTAGE: BULLDOGS

FULLBACK - Both FBs in Newark's offense are afterthoughts. The offense begins with Crespo's legs and ends with Nelson's arm. Jasper and Arnold basically make sure that neither of the big dogs gets hurt by protecting Nelson in the passing game, and opening holes for Crespo in the running game.

William Dostie is one of the three most productive FBs in IFL history. He averages over 4 yards per carry for his career, nearly 250 yards per year on the ground. In the passing game, put him down for 53 catches and 375 yards per year. Combine his two worst seasons, and he surpasses the productivity of both Newark FBs for their entire careers COMBINED.

ADVANTAGE: GRIZZLIES

WIDE RECEIVERS - Newark's WRs are a highly touted, but are diversions to open up the running lanes for Crespo. Robey is good for 50 catches a year, and Walker is good for 20-25 per year. The wild card this year is Marasco. He is one of the best WRs in the league and is new to Newark. It has yet to be seen if he will have any impact on the Bulldogs offense.

Hartford's WR corps saw drastic changes this offseason. Two new players were brought in and were made immediate starters. Ed Gaylor caught 94 passes for Tulsa two years ago, and Gary Ferreira caught 51 last year as the 3rd option for Albuquerque. There is definitely talent here, but it is not at the same level as what Newark has (although it is deeper).

ADVANTAGE: BULLDOGS

TIGHT ENDS: OJ Peltier is one of the top young tight ends in the league. However, he only caught 21 passes last year. Will this year see an increase in the youngster's production?

Fletcher Sala is in his 9th season, and he has been one of the most productive TEs in the league. He has caught over 60 passes each of the last two years, and has never caught fewer than 45 passes in a season. He may not have the same talent as Peltier, but his production is far greater.

ADVANTAGE: GRIZZLIES

OFFENSIVE LINE: Newark has a solid, if not unspectacular interior OL, with two studs anchoring each end of the line. Irwin Kao is a beast at LT, and has earned 1st team All-Pro honors each of the last two years. Fabian Villa is at RT and has earned 2nd team All-Pro honors once.

The Grizzlies feature one of the most productive offensive lines in the game. It all starts with 3 time 1st team All-Pro tackle Wesley Flemming. He has been one of the most consistent and dominant LTs since the league began. Just inside of him, Stephen Suarez has been a productive guard for the Grizzlies since the beginning. He averages 30 KRBs per year. Tracy Damian anchors the middle of the line. Although he does not get too many opportunities, he makes the most of them, and is solid in pass protection. Lowell Stubblefield is the newcomer, and he is on pace for 48 KRBs this year. While we do not expect him to maintain this pace, he should finish with more than 35 KRBs this year. Finally, Charles Overton anchors the right side of the line and has been productive in the pre-season with the team.

While Newark has the stud RB, Hartford has the better line. Expect the running games to be a wash this week.

ADVANTAGE: GRIZZLIES


DEFENSIVE LINE: Newark has a solid defensive line with no real stars. Each player on their line had 5 sacks, and they are solid in run defense, with Pruitt, Brown, and Fowler combining for around 130 tackles last year.

Last year's Grizzlies line of Williamson, Rick, and Tan came close to Newark's numbers, but now Williamson is backing up Nolan Fisk. Tan is one of the best DTs in the league. Rick is good against the run, but a liability in the pass rush. Fisk has potential, but he is raw.

ADVANTAGE: BULLDOGS

LINEBACKERS: Newark has a very solid lineup of starters at LB. However, if any one of these guys go down, the drop off to their backups is steep. This group could get worn out as the game progresses.

Hartford has turned a once weak group of LBs to the strength of the defense. The big question here is Courtney Cleeland's health. How much will he play? The Grizzlies still have the better linebacking corps even with Cleeland out, as Boyer will step into SILB, and Martin will move to SLB.

ADVANTAGE: GRIZZLIES

SECONDARY: The Bulldogs are deep and talented at CB. They go four deep here, and each of these guys can play. At safety they have plenty of talent with their starters, but their backups are a little lacking.

The Grizzlies have improved their secondary, but this is not up to the level of Newark's. The safeties are slightly better than Newark's, but the difference in talent level at CB is astonishing. Newark's backups would start for the Grizzlies.

ADVANTAGE: BULLDOGS

This is going to be a close game. Whoever has the fewest turnovers is going to win. I'll go with the hometeam to win, Hartford 23-17.

[Hoya1]

Pretty good assessment of both teams here. I'm hoping to move the ball against your defense in this one. I'm hoping for a little Scott Nelson magic in this game. He gets the opportunity to step in and play his original team for the first time in his career. I think he's going to be the wildcard in this game. If he can pull off a 65% passing completion rate, we'll be really rolling. I'd like to get Marasco the ball a little bit, and see what he can do.
Sometimes I feel that my interior offensive line doesn't get their due respect. Though the talent level may not be there, the numbers they put up are pretty damn good.
One reason I tried to get some talent at corner, is because I want to try and play from ahead. I know it sounds dumb, but I feel like if I can get ahead my CB's should hold my lead.
My LB's are a little weak, as is my DL. No true stars at any of these positions, except DT Darryl Brown who seems to put up nice pass rush #'s on a consistent basis.
I'm really excited about our game as I've said before. It should be a great test for both teams.

BUT

I think we'll pull this one out.

[Hoya1]

Another interesting point in this game is that both Crespo and Jamison were from the great RB class of 2005. I know I've always looked back at these 2 and Bucky Beaver and tracked their progress. It's nice to look at these guys as they progress.

This is another great side story for our game.

[Warhammer]

Pretty good assessment of both teams here. I'm hoping to move the ball against your defense in this one. I'm hoping for a little Scott Nelson magic in this game. He gets the opportunity to step in and play his original team for the first time in his career. I think he's going to be the wildcard in this game. If he can pull off a 65% passing completion rate, we'll be really rolling. I'd like to get Marasco the ball a little bit, and see what he can do.
Sometimes I feel that my interior offensive line doesn't get their due respect. Though the talent level may not be there, the numbers they put up are pretty damn good.
One reason I tried to get some talent at corner, is because I want to try and play from ahead. I know it sounds dumb, but I feel like if I can get ahead my CB's should hold my lead.
My LB's are a little weak, as is my DL. No true stars at any of these positions, except DT Darryl Brown who seems to put up nice pass rush #'s on a consistent basis.
I'm really excited about our game as I've said before. It should be a great test for both teams.

BUT

I think we'll pull this one out.

Your DL surprised me a bit. You have average ratings across the board, but you get good production out of each of those guys. I agree with you that the key will be which QB plays better this game. Nelson is not a bad QB, he just doesn't win games for you, he didn't for me either. Hickman has won some games for me, which is why I feel he gets the nod at QB and why I think we'll pull this one out. Also, we're playing at home, if we were playing at your place, I think you guys take this one.

Regarding the RBs, I agree with you, it will be an interesting game. Crespo is easily the best back out of the class (best back in the IFL for that matter), and Beaver is second. Jamison is going to have an interesting career though, if I can continue to game plan well for him, he should have a good career, plus he is a pretty good receiver out of the backfield, I just need to make sure his number is called enough.

[Hoya1]

Nelson is not a bad QB, he just doesn't win games for you, he didn't for me either.

Scott Nelson has a career winning % of 60%.

[Warhammer]

Scott Nelson has a career winning % of 60%.

What I said came out wrong, he has a high winning %, but he is not the reason you win the games.

[Hoya1]

I misread what you said.
Nelson has won some games for us, but it is usually a big second half or something. I think he has the talent to do that, I'm just not convinced that either you or I have figured out how to use him properly.
That being said, he had a strong finish to last year's season despite not getting a lot of passing attempts.

[Warhammer]

Since Newark is such a good team on the ground, and I don't really fear Scott Nelson, I decided to ramp up our run defense on first and second down. In third down situations, we should be able to defend against their passing game. Since Cleeland is questionable with a knee injury, I took him off the depth chart, and moved Tony Martin to SLB. He is replaced at SILB by Boyer who could start for most teams in the league.

On offense, I moved our first down passing to 40%, and upped the second down running %. This should make for some 3rd and short situations where we excel. My prediction is a 23-16 win, but that can go either way.

[Hoya1]

Since Newark is such a good team on the ground, and I don't really fear Scott Nelson, I decided to ramp up our run defense on first and second down. In third down situations, we should be able to defend against their passing game. Since Cleeland is questionable with a knee injury, I took him off the depth chart, and moved Tony Martin to SLB. He is replaced at SILB by Boyer who could start for most teams in the league.

On offense, I moved our first down passing to 40%, and upped the second down running %. This should make for some 3rd and short situations where we excel. My prediction is a 23-16 win, but that can go either way.
Our plan was to run, run, run. Nelson should have some passing downs and I thought he should be able to get into the Hartford secondary for some nice gains. I switched up my defense from a 3-4 to a 4-3 to try and throw a curveball. I think it worked a little bit. I thought we did a decent job running, but we did too many runs to the outside of the tackles and ended up losing yards. Penalties really hurt us, and both defenses really played stellar games. I feel fortunate to pull this one out on the road, but I do feel like we deserved to win this game.

Good game.

[Hoya1]

oh, and my OL really didn't play all that well. I really need to expect more from them.

[Warhammer]

Our plan was to run, run, run. Nelson should have some passing downs and I thought he should be able to get into the Hartford secondary for some nice gains. I switched up my defense from a 3-4 to a 4-3 to try and throw a curveball. I think it worked a little bit. I thought we did a decent job running, but we did too many runs to the outside of the tackles and ended up losing yards. Penalties really hurt us, and both defenses really played stellar games. I feel fortunate to pull this one out on the road, but I do feel like we deserved to win this game.

Good game.

Actually, I think my curveball helped/hurt more. I wasn't afraid of Nelson beating us in the passing game, so I loaded up against the run. That appeared to work. The 3-4/4-3 thing didn't phase me that much, I really feel like we should have won this game. Hickman throws the INT that is returned for the TD. We get back into the game, and then a guy who doesn't/shouldn't fumble the ball turns it over on your 39 yard line. We get the ball back, drive down to the 14, and we run out of time.

I didn't want to go deep that often, but we threw it downfield 7 times, which was approximately 20% of the time. Actually more when you consider spiking the ball, etc.

What I'm not sure about is I changed up our offense a bit, and ran more on 2-10, and 3rd and long than I normally do, and passed a bit more on 1-10 situations. I think that if I went with even more shorter passes we win this game. I made the decision to go with an intermediate passing game, because I was unsure whether BnR was better against long passes or short passes, now I can conclusively say it is better against the deep ball.

You played a good game, I'm just bitching because we were so close to winning this. Still, I really thought in my heart we were going to lose, I just hate losing the heartbreakers...

[Hoya1]

I pretty much used exclusivley BNR coverage in normal situations as I've always thought that worked well against short passes, which you usually do. I think your 3rd down running worked well actually. I seem to recall a couple of key long 3rd down conversions in the running game.
I really thought Nelson played great. I may even try and let him throw a bit more as the season progresses. He completed 70% of his passes and he's averaging a decent, though not spectacular 6.7 ypa.
I think we both deserved to win this game, and that's why it would but a little gut wrenching to be on the other end of the stick. I know I feel pretty lucky/happy about leaving Hartford with a win.
I need to figure out what I changed to have Crespo's YPC go down the toilet. I'm thinking it has something to do with me running him to the outside a little too much.

Good game. Hopefully we can meet again, in Imperial Bowl 4.

[Warhammer]

Don't forget, Hartford historically has a pretty dang good run defense.

The one nugget I am taking from this game is that bump and run defense is for the long ball! Take a look at the 2 QBs you've played, both are good with the deep ball. My WRs are fairly good with the deep ball, yet we were 1 of 7 going downfield. Lawrence was 0 for 6 going downfield on you. Both of us had much better luck going for shorter passes. I also seem to recall a game in another league where the player used BnR exlusively, and I passed all over him surprisingly.

My theory is that BnR is for downfield passing.

[Warhammer]

Box Score: Newark at Hartford
Hartford, CT.

Week 2, 2007

Attendance: 73,000 (74,900).


Weather: 60 degrees, fair.

1Q: 07:18 NWK - Landon Marshall 35 interception return.
1Q: 07:18 NWK - Don Croft extra point.
2Q: 06:27 NWK - Colin Blain 30 run.
2Q: 06:27 NWK - Don Croft extra point.
3Q: 08:49 HAR - Gary Ferreira 35 pass from Jim Hickman.
3Q: 08:49 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
4Q: 14:54 HAR - Alonzo Booher 31 field goal.

Game MVP: NWK 56 Landon Marshall

Newark 7 7 0 0 - 14
Hartford 0 0 7 3 - 10

Team Statistics NWK HAR

First Downs 15 15

Total Rushes 46 28
Rushing Yards 177 156
Yards Per Carry 3.8 5.5
Pass Attempts 20 36
Completions 14 15
Passing Yards 139 175
Yards Per Attempt 6.9 4.8
Sacked 1 0
Yards Lost 6 0
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1

Total Plays 67 64
Total Yards 310 331
Yards Per Play 4.6 5.1

3rd Down Plays 10/19 5/16
Avg. YTG on 3rd 7.3 8.3
4th Down Plays 0/0 1/1

Penalties 7 3
Penalty Yards 52 25

Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 28
Time Of Possession 34:46 25:14

Newark Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
23 Crespo 35 119 3.4 14 0
40 Blain 8 44 5.5 30 1
2 Nelson 3 14 4.6 5 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
2 Nelson 20 14 139 6.9 17 0 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
87 Marasco 4 44 11.0 11 16 0
23 Crespo 4 22 5.5 21 11 0
88 Peltier 3 34 11.3 16 17 0
85 Walker 2 24 12.0 5 16 0
82 Robey 1 15 15.0 0 15 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
85 Walker 2 13 6.5 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
12 Laliberte 9 356 39.5 47 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
10 Croft 0 0 0 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
56 Marshall 9 1 0.0 1 35 1
53 Roland 7 2 0.0 0 0 0
39 Petrie 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
42 Sims 4 2 0.0 1 24 0
45 Jaynes 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
90 Pruitt 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
93 Brown 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
38 Boyd 2 3 0.0 0 0 0
41 Delisle 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Gaylor 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Brown 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
55 Sanborn 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
40 Blain 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Grafton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
70 Fowler 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
47 Stai 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
74 Singleton 0 0 0 0 2 1
62 Villa 0 0 0 0 3 0
67 Currie 0 0 0 0 2 0
61 Runkle 0 0 0 0 2 0
55 Sanborn 0 0 1 0 0 0
64 Kao 0 0 0 0 1 0
42 Sims 0 1 0 0 0 0

Hartford Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
49 Jamison 13 82 6.3 50 0
39 Barker 11 52 4.7 15 0
10 Hickman 3 22 7.3 11 0
87 Ferreira 1 0 0.0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
10 Hickman 36 15 175 4.8 35 1 2 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
84 Sala 5 52 10.4 14 14 0
87 Ferreira 3 50 16.6 3 35 1
86 Gaylor 3 32 10.6 1 13 0
81 Khan 1 15 15.0 2 15 0
25 Dostie 1 4 4.0 3 4 0
80 Billings 1 19 19.0 4 19 0
49 Jamison 1 3 3.0 0 3 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
87 Ferreira 3 82 27.3 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Reid 6 277 46.1 56 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
11 Booher 1 1 31 1 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
50 Boyer 8 4 0.0 0 0 0
97 Scott 6 7 0.0 0 0 0
32 Lister 6 4 0.0 0 0 0
53 Leong 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
54 Martin 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
98 Tan 5 1 1.0 0 0 0
26 Brown 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
48 Knight 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
20 Seifert 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
93 Fisk 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
43 Frausto 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
59 Athey 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Pitman 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Rick 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
35 Richardson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
84 Sala 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
87 Ferreira 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Leibowitz 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Jones 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
78 Williamson 0 2 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
75 Flemming 0 0 0 0 2 0
84 Sala 0 0 0 0 1 0
71 Stubblefield 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 Dostie 0 0 0 0 1 0
52 Damian 0 0 0 0 1 0
49 Jamison 1 0 0 0 0 0
60 Overton 0 0 0 0 1 0

Newark Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:15 4:13 OWN 23 7 35 Punt
1 5:04 5:58 OWN 20 11 38 Punt
2 12:30 6:03 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
2 2:58 1:31 OWN 7 3 2 Punt
2 0:42 0:42 OWN 41 4 21 Half
3 15:00 1:57 OWN 20 3 9 Punt
3 8:49 3:58 OWN 20 8 31 Punt
3 3:55 1:10 OWN 48 3 9 Punt
4 14:54 4:05 OWN 20 9 28 Punt
4 7:59 3:11 OWN 4 5 23 Punt
4 2:44 0:42 OWN 38 3 -3 Punt

Hartford Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:45 OWN 34 3 0 Punt
1 9:02 1:44 OWN 20 5 10 Interception
1 7:18 2:14 OWN 42 3 9 Punt
2 14:06 1:36 OWN 20 4 19 Punt
2 6:27 3:29 OWN 38 6 13 Punt
2 1:27 0:45 OWN 44 3 5 Interception
3 13:03 4:14 OWN 24 9 76 Touchdown
3 4:51 0:56 OWN 6 3 8 Punt
3 2:45 2:51 OWN 20 7 66 Field Goal
4 10:49 2:50 OWN 18 6 22 Punt
4 4:48 2:04 OWN 41 5 21 Fumble
4 2:02 2:02 OWN 29 10 57 Game

Newark Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
0 0 0

Hartford Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
2 0 1

Newark Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 18 78 4.3
Middle 20 73 3.6
Right 8 26 3.2
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
62 Villa 3 6 46
61 Runkle 2 9 46
74 Singleton 2 9 46
67 Currie 2 6 40
64 Kao 1 8 46
88 Peltier 0 1 42
31 Arnold 0 3 21
48 Jasper 0 1 17
80 Macomber 0 0 10
75 Marsh 0 0 6
86 Adams 0 0 5

Newark Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave 
Front Office Football 2004
Screen 6 5 31 5.1
Short (0-8 Yds) 6 4 30 5.0
Medium (9-18 Yds) 7 5 78 11.1
Long (19+ Yds) 1 0 0 0.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
2 Nelson 20 14 0 0 3 1 2 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
87 Marasco 5 4 0 44 20
23 Crespo 4 4 0 22 18
82 Robey 3 1 0 15 18
88 Peltier 3 3 0 34 21
31 Arnold 2 0 0 0 10
85 Walker 2 2 0 24 8
48 Jasper 1 0 0 0 4

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
64 Kao 0 21
62 Villa 0 21
61 Runkle 0 21
74 Singleton 1 21
67 Currie 0 18
31 Arnold 0 10
48 Jasper 0 4
75 Marsh 0 3

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
90 Pruitt 0.0 1 0 36
93 Brown 0.0 0 3 36
38 Boyd 0.0 0 1 36
70 Fowler 0.0 0 1 36
56 Marshall 0.0 0 0 36
42 Sims 0.0 0 0 36
45 Jaynes 0.0 0 0 36
36 Brown 0.0 0 0 34
98 Gaylor 0.0 0 0 32
53 Roland 0.0 0 0 25
55 Sanborn 0.0 0 0 18
39 Petrie 0.0 0 0 18
47 Stai 0.0 0 0 12
76 Williams 0.0 0 0 4
41 Delisle 0.0 0 0 1

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
45 Jaynes 4 2 0 36
56 Marshall 3 2 1 36
39 Petrie 2 0 0 18
53 Roland 1 1 0 25
55 Sanborn 1 1 0 18
42 Sims 1 0 1 36
93 Brown 1 0 0 36
98 Gaylor 1 0 0 32
41 Delisle 1 0 0 1
36 Brown 0 1 0 34
90 Pruitt 0 0 0 36
38 Boyd 0 0 0 36
70 Fowler 0 0 0 36
47 Stai 0 0 0 12
76 Williams 0 0 0 4

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
56 Marshall 9 1 28 36
53 Roland 7 2 26 25
39 Petrie 5 0 9 18
42 Sims 4 2 28 36
45 Jaynes 4 2 28 36
90 Pruitt 3 2 28 36
93 Brown 3 2 28 36
38 Boyd 2 3 28 36
98 Gaylor 2 0 24 32
41 Delisle 2 0 0 1
36 Brown 1 2 28 34
55 Sanborn 1 0 18 18
54 Grafton 1 0 1 0
70 Fowler 0 1 28 36
47 Stai 0 1 2 12
76 Williams 0 0 4 4

Hartford Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 7 36 5.1
Middle 14 42 3.0
Right 7 78 11.1
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
75 Flemming 2 4 28
52 Damian 1 7 28
71 Stubblefield 1 5 28
60 Overton 1 3 27
84 Sala 1 2 22
25 Dostie 1 2 19
70 Suarez 0 2 26
83 Hernandez 0 0 11
85 Barnhart 0 0 3
74 Brockway 0 0 2
62 Hartman 0 0 2

Hartford Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 3 2 13 4.3
Short (0-8 Yds) 10 6 43 4.3
Medium (9-18 Yds) 14 6 84 6.0
Long (19+ Yds) 7 1 35 5.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
10 Hickman 36 15 3 1 7 1 5 2

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
84 Sala 9 5 0 52 26
86 Gaylor 7 3 0 32 15
87 Ferreira 5 3 0 50 24
25 Dostie 4 1 1 4 25
49 Jamison 3 1 0 3 23
81 Khan 2 1 0 15 17
80 Billings 2 1 0 19 20
85 Barnhart 1 0 0 0 2
83 Hernandez 1 0 0 0 12

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
71 Stubblefield 0 36
75 Flemming 0 36
52 Damian 0 36
60 Overton 0 35
70 Suarez 0 31
25 Dostie 0 25
74 Brockway 0 5
62 Hartman 0 3

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
98 Tan 1.0 1 1 21
78 Williamson 0.0 0 1 16
26 Brown 0.0 0 0 21
93 Fisk 0.0 0 0 21
54 Martin 0.0 0 0 18
50 Boyer 0.0 0 0 18
43 Frausto 0.0 0 0 17
32 Lister 0.0 0 0 17
20 Seifert 0.0 0 0 16
97 Scott 0.0 0 0 16
48 Knight 0.0 0 0 13
53 Leong 0.0 0 0 10
33 Pitman 0.0 0 0 6
91 Leibowitz 0.0 0 0 5
79 Rick 0.0 0 0 5
36 Jones 0.0 0 0 5
35 Richardson 0.0 0 0 3
59 Athey 0.0 0 0 3

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
32 Lister 4 0 0 17
54 Martin 2 0 0 18
43 Frausto 1 2 0 17
48 Knight 1 1 0 13
26 Brown 1 0 0 21
50 Boyer 1 0 0 18
20 Seifert 1 0 0 16
91 Leibowitz 1 0 0 5
35 Richardson 1 0 0 3
59 Athey 1 0 0 3
98 Tan 0 0 0 21
93 Fisk 0 0 0 21
78 Williamson 0 0 0 16
97 Scott 0 0 0 16
53 Leong 0 0 0 10
33 Pitman 0 0 0 6
79 Rick 0 0 0 5
36 Jones 0 0 0 5

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
50 Boyer 8 4 41 18
97 Scott 6 7 42 16
32 Lister 6 4 24 17
54 Martin 6 1 36 18
53 Leong 6 1 36 10
98 Tan 5 1 46 21
26 Brown 5 1 46 21
48 Knight 4 0 29 13
20 Seifert 3 2 40 16
93 Fisk 2 2 45 21
43 Frausto 2 0 38 17
33 Pitman 2 0 11 6
59 Athey 2 0 10 3
79 Rick 1 1 20 5
36 Jones 1 0 8 5
91 Leibowitz 1 0 4 5
35 Richardson 1 0 3 3
78 Williamson 0 2 26 16
99 Lucas 0 0 1 0

This game was a heartbreaker. You'll get two different views from each of the coaching staffs from this game, but this game was as close as expected. The one thing that stood out was that regardless of my mistake in the game plan, we still win this game if Hickman's INT is not returned for a TD. Still, we lost the turnover battle 3-0, yet we still lost by only 4 points. I guess I will take that.

Each of the turnovers were critical as well, which made them hurt that much worse. The first turnover was returned for a TD. Hickman's second TD killed a potential FG drive late in the first half (which would have had HUGE consequences in the end game). The last turnover was a fumble on Newark's 38 that killed our first late game drive. Still, Hickman showed a lot of moxie and drove us down to the Newark 14 before time ran out.

What killed us was that I forgot by upping my first down passing, we would be throwing a lot more passes. That meant more long passes which I meant to avoid. Even though I turned down the % of deep passes, the fact that we were running so many more passes meant that we were going to throw just as many deep passes.

I made a last mintue decision to hold Courtney Cleeland out of this game. It did not hurt the defense that much in the running game, but I believe it really hurt us in pass defense. Without the pass rush coming from the strong side, I don't think anyone was able to get much pressure on Nelson. But, I decided that playing a questionable Cleeland was a risk I did not want to take.

[Warhammer]

This week we face a deceptive Houston team. They have quite a bit of talent on both sides of the ball, but they have traditionally been an underachieving team. However, last year Houston beat us by 10 points, and they only got better during the off-season. To make this game even more interesting, our former backup QB Deron Markel is now the starting QB for Houston.

Houston features a dominant RB in Wilford Timmerman, three TEs that would start for most teams in the league, a quality OL, and an extremely good defense. This will be another stern test. To make things even more important for us, this is a conference game, and Houston is a team that I believe has a good chance at nabbing the WC.

This team is very similar to Newark, our week 2 opponent. The differences are that Houston is a little weaker all around, so we should be able to pull this one out. Very little is going to change in our approach on defense. However, on offense, we are going back to our bread and butter, give the ball to Stanley Jamison on first down. I am keeping the passing game the same as last week, we're just not going to go to the air as much.

My prediction is a 20-10 win to move to 2-1 on the season.

[Warhammer]

Box Score: Houston at Hartford
Hartford, CT.

Week 3, 2007

Attendance: 73,000 (74,900).


Weather: 47 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:36 HAR - Alonzo Booher 52 field goal.
2Q: 11:00 HAR - Alonzo Booher 30 field goal.
2Q: 01:10 HOU - Bryant Beckner 25 pass from Deron Markel.
2Q: 01:10 HOU - Hugh Whiting extra point.
4Q: 14:42 HOU - Wilford Timmerman 3 run.
4Q: 14:42 HOU - Hugh Whiting extra point.
4Q: 08:28 HAR - Dave Billings 3 pass from Jim Hickman.
4Q: 08:28 HAR - Martin Barker run for conversion.
4Q: 00:00 HAR - Alonzo Booher 37 field goal.

Game MVP: HAR 10 Jim Hickman

Houston 0 7 0 7 - 14
Hartford 3 3 0 11 - 17

Team Statistics HOU HAR

First Downs 19 17

Total Rushes 40 35
Rushing Yards 184 189
Yards Per Carry 4.6 5.4
Pass Attempts 18 26
Completions 9 16
Passing Yards 102 117
Yards Per Attempt 5.6 4.5
Sacked 2 0
Yards Lost 13 0
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0

Total Plays 60 61
Total Yards 273 306
Yards Per Play 4.5 5.0

3rd Down Plays 6/12 6/13
Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.1 6.0
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 5 10
Penalty Yards 30 81

Avg. Drive Start OWN 19 OWN 36
Time Of Possession 29:48 30:12

Houston Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
44 Timmerman 30 131 4.3 24 1
32 Buckner 7 31 4.4 11 0
6 Markel 3 22 7.3 10 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Markel 18 9 102 5.6 25 1 1 2

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
44 Timmerman 2 13 6.5 13 10 0
85 Wolf 2 16 8.0 13 13 0
88 Buhlmann 2 19 9.5 0 12 0
82 Beckner 2 38 19.0 3 25 1
81 Munguia 1 16 16.0 15 16 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
84 Kinder 1 4 4.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
82 Beckner 2 25 12.5 0 
Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
2 Rael 5 204 40.8 53 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
1 Whiting 0 1 0 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
55 Young 11 1 0.0 0 0 0
37 Rose 9 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Ash 7 2 0.0 0 0 0
58 Black 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
38 Paul 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
53 McArthur 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
20 Rhodes 3 2 0.0 1 10 0
41 Goodman 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
90 Taliaferro 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
22 Sack 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
57 Rinker 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
48 Flannery 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
97 Fox 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
83 Silverman 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Timmerman 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
82 Beckner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
93 Pierce 0 2 0.0 0 0 0
23 Moreau 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
75 Kaye 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
68 Grant 0 0 0 0 1 2
69 Rapp 0 0 0 0 6 0
62 Mahler 0 0 0 0 2 0
72 Legg 0 0 0 0 2 0
90 Taliaferro 0 1 0 0 0 0
76 Ellsworth 0 0 0 0 1 0
86 Crane 0 0 0 0 1 0

Hartford Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
39 Barker 18 73 4.0 15 0
49 Jamison 16 103 6.4 45 0
10 Hickman 1 13 13.0 13 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
10 Hickman 26 16 117 4.5 14 1 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
25 Dostie 5 32 6.4 18 12 0
87 Ferreira 4 37 9.2 4 14 0
84 Sala 3 24 8.0 3 14 0
80 Billings 2 16 8.0 3 13 1
49 Jamison 2 8 4.0 6 5 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
89 Roush 1 10 10.0 0
33 Pitman 1 -5 -5.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
87 Ferreira 3 71 23.6 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Reid 5 198 39.6 58 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
11 Booher 3 3 52 0 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
53 Leong 10 2 0.0 1 0 0
79 Rick 7 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Cleeland 5 1 1.0 0 0 0
98 Tan 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
97 Scott 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
54 Martin 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
78 Williamson 3 0 1.0 0 0 0
93 Fisk 2 4 0.0 0 0 0
26 Brown 2 3 0.0 0 0 0 50 Boyer 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
36 Jones 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
43 Frausto 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
87 Ferreira 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
32 Lister 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
30 Royse 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
49 Jamison 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
48 Knight 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
75 Flemming 0 0 0 0 4 0
70 Suarez 0 0 0 0 3 0
60 Overton 0 0 0 0 3 0
71 Stubblefield 0 0 0 0 2 0
74 Brockway 0 0 0 0 2 0
49 Jamison 1 0 1 0 0 0
25 Dostie 0 0 0 0 1 0

Houston Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:16 2:07 OWN 7 3 -2 Punt
1 8:36 6:15 OWN 20 12 47 Missed FG
2 11:00 2:14 OWN 12 3 8 Punt
2 5:19 4:09 OWN 16 9 84 Touchdown
2 0:15 0:15 OWN 28 1 0 Half
3 15:00 3:15 OWN 14 5 23 Interception
3 9:41 3:33 OWN 35 6 12 Punt
3 3:39 3:57 OWN 24 10 76 Touchdown
4 8:28 4:11 OWN 20 8 26 Punt
4 2:02 0:31 OWN 20 3 0 Punt

Hartford Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:44 OWN 40 6 12 Punt
1 10:09 1:33 OPP 41 3 6 Field Goal
1 2:21 6:21 OWN 40 10 47 Field Goal
2 8:46 3:27 OWN 36 5 22 Punt
2 1:10 0:55 OWN 29 4 13 Punt
3 11:45 2:04 OWN 46 4 25 Interception
3 6:08 2:29 OWN 20 6 17 Punt
4 14:42 6:14 OWN 30 11 70 Touchdown
4 4:17 2:15 OWN 23 5 19 Punt
4 1:31 1:31 OWN 45 7 35 Field Goal

Houston Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
1 1 0

Hartford Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
2 1 1

Houston Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 13 75 5.7
Middle 21 78 3.7
Right 6 31 5.1
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
69 Rapp 6 13 40
62 Mahler 2 7 40
72 Legg 2 6 40
68 Grant 1 5 40
76 Ellsworth 1 4 40
86 Crane 1 1 12
81 Munguia 0 1 37
39 Spraggins 0 1 28
89 Donnalley 0 0 3

Houston Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 4 3 39 9.7
Short (0-8 Yds) 6 3 13 2.1
Medium (9-18 Yds) 4 2 25 6.2 Long (19+ Yds) 4 1 25 6.2

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
6 Markel 18 9 4 1 0 0 3 1

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
82 Beckner 7 2 1 38 20
44 Timmerman 3 2 0 13 13
81 Munguia 2 1 0 16 16
85 Wolf 2 2 0 16 12
88 Buhlmann 2 2 0 19 4
39 Spraggins 1 0 0 0 14
83 Silverman 1 0 0 0 9

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
62 Mahler 0 20
72 Legg 0 20
69 Rapp 0 20
76 Ellsworth 0 20
68 Grant 2 20
39 Spraggins 0 14

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
53 McArthur 0.0 0 1 20
90 Taliaferro 0.0 0 0 26
20 Rhodes 0.0 0 0 26
37 Rose 0.0 0 0 26
79 Ash 0.0 0 0 26
93 Pierce 0.0 0 0 26
55 Young 0.0 0 0 25
38 Paul 0.0 0 0 24
58 Black 0.0 0 0 22
75 Kaye 0.0 0 0 21
41 Goodman 0.0 0 0 18
22 Sack 0.0 0 0 11
23 Moreau 0.0 0 0 5
97 Fox 0.0 0 0 5
48 Flannery 0.0 0 0 2
57 Rinker 0.0 0 0 1
29 Klekamp 0.0 0 0 1
95 Cohens 0.0 0 0 1

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
55 Young 5 0 0 25
37 Rose 3 3 0 26
20 Rhodes 3 1 1 26
53 McArthur 2 0 0 20
58 Black 1 2 0 22
79 Ash 1 0 0 26
41 Goodman 1 0 0 18
22 Sack 0 1 0 11
90 Taliaferro 0 0 0 26
93 Pierce 0 0 0 26
38 Paul 0 0 0 24
75 Kaye 0 0 0 21
23 Moreau 0 0 0 5
97 Fox 0 0 0 5
48 Flannery 0 0 0 2
57 Rinker 0 0 0 1
29 Klekamp 0 0 0 1
95 Cohens 0 0 0 1

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
55 Young 11 1 35 25
37 Rose 9 0 35 26
79 Ash 7 2 35 26
58 Black 4 2 34 22
38 Paul 4 2 30 24
53 McArthur 4 1 28 20
20 Rhodes 3 2 35 26
41 Goodman 3 1 27 18
90 Taliaferro 2 2 35 26
22 Sack 2 0 9 11
57 Rinker 2 0 0 1
97 Fox 1 1 8 5
48 Flannery 1 1 5 2
93 Pierce 0 2 35 26 75 Kaye 0 1 27 21
23 Moreau 0 1 6 5
95 Cohens 0 0 1 1
29 Klekamp 0 0 0 1

Hartford Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 10 39 3.9
Middle 14 53 3.7
Right 11 97 8.8
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
75 Flemming 4 8 35
70 Suarez 3 8 34
60 Overton 3 7 34
71 Stubblefield 2 5 35
74 Brockway 2 4 23
25 Dostie 1 1 23
83 Hernandez 0 1 25
84 Sala 0 0 23
52 Damian 0 1 13
85 Barnhart 0 0 6
62 Hartman 0 0 1

Hartford Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 6 5 24 4.0
Short (0-8 Yds) 11 6 28 2.5
Medium (9-18 Yds) 7 5 65 9.2
Long (19+ Yds) 2 0 0 0.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
10 Hickman 26 16 0 0 7 0 1 1

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
87 Ferreira 7 4 0 37 18
25 Dostie 6 5 0 32 20
84 Sala 4 3 0 24 16
49 Jamison 3 2 0 8 18
80 Billings 2 2 0 16 16
81 Khan 1 0 0 0 9
85 Barnhart 1 0 0 0 1
39 Barker 1 0 0 0 8
83 Hernandez 1 0 0 0 7

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
71 Stubblefield 0 26
75 Flemming 0 26
60 Overton 0 26
70 Suarez 0 25
25 Dostie 0 20
52 Damian 0 15
74 Brockway 0 12
62 Hartman 0 1

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
96 Cleeland 1.0 0 2 20
78 Williamson 1.0 0 0 17
98 Tan 0.0 0 1 20
26 Brown 0.0 0 0 20
93 Fisk 0.0 0 0 20
33 Pitman 0.0 0 0 19
97 Scott 0.0 0 0 18
54 Martin 0.0 0 0 17
48 Knight 0.0 0 0 15
36 Jones 0.0 0 0 15
53 Leong 0.0 0 0 13
32 Lister 0.0 0 0 10
43 Frausto 0.0 0 0 5
50 Boyer 0.0 0 0 5
31 Leclair 0.0 0 0 3
79 Rick 0.0 0 0 3

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay 53 Leong 2 0 1 13
96 Cleeland 2 0 0 20
98 Tan 1 0 0 20
54 Martin 1 0 0 17
78 Williamson 1 0 0 17
48 Knight 1 0 0 15
32 Lister 1 0 0 10
26 Brown 0 0 0 20
93 Fisk 0 0 0 20
33 Pitman 0 0 0 19
97 Scott 0 0 0 18
36 Jones 0 0 0 15
43 Frausto 0 0 0 5
50 Boyer 0 0 0 5
31 Leclair 0 0 0 3
79 Rick 0 0 0 3

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
53 Leong 10 2 32 13
79 Rick 7 0 27 3
98 Tan 5 1 40 20
96 Cleeland 5 1 40 20
97 Scott 4 3 36 18
54 Martin 4 2 33 17
78 Williamson 3 0 13 17
93 Fisk 2 4 40 20
26 Brown 2 3 40 20
36 Jones 2 1 21 15
50 Boyer 2 1 9 5
43 Frausto 2 0 19 5
48 Knight 1 0 29 15
32 Lister 1 0 19 10
33 Pitman 0 0 39 19
31 Leclair 0 0 2 3
35 Richardson 0 0 1 0

This was a tougher game than I thought it would be. First, our penalties kept several drives going for Houston. Second, we got gashed a few times in run defense. Plus, our interception killed a potential scoring drive.

Our offense was very consistent again. Our passing game could have been a bit more dynamic, but I decided to play it closer to the vest than last week, and it showed. Once Houston's DBs got banged up we really began to shine in the passing game as we had very few incompletions in the second half. The running game was very good once again.

On defense, we were solid once again. This was surprising considering the players we had out in the secondary. There were some lapses in the run defense, but as banged up we are on this side of the ball that is to be expected.

A win is a win, and I'll take this and run.

[Warhammer]

Here is our current injury situation:

C Tracy Damian is out for 10 weeks with a high ankle sprain.
SLB Courtney Cleeland is questionable for 3 weeks with a sprained knee (he tweaked it this week).
SS Steve Frausto is questionable for 6 weeks with a broken toe (?).
LCB Larry Seifert is out for 2 weeks with a calf strain.
WR Gary Ferreira is probable for 3 weeks with a broken hand.

The injury at center is not severe as I have a highly capable backup, but the other injuries will see significant drops in talent when the backups go in (except at WR, where it is a moderate drop).

[Warhammer]

2007 Regular Season Standings

AC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Cleveland 2 1 0 .667 61 50 2-0 1-0
Iowa City 2 1 0 .667 51 44 2-0 1-0
Montreal 2 1 0 .667 47 50 1-1 0-1
Wichita 0 3 0 .000 42 71 0-2 0-1

AC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Murfreesboro 2 1 0 .667 58 44 2-0 1-0
St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 39 50 1-1 1-0
Louisiana 1 2 0 .333 43 62 0-2 0-1
Houston 1 2 0 .333 45 54 0-2 0-1

AC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Norfolk 3 0 0 1.000 79 50 2-0 1-0
Hartford 2 1 0 .667 50 31 2-0 1-0
Boston 1 2 0 .333 44 82 1-1 0-1
West Virginia 0 3 0 .000 23 71 0-2 0-1

AC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Anchorage 3 0 0 1.000 63 43 2-0 1-0
Albuquerque 2 1 0 .667 77 62 1-1 1-0
Fresno 0 3 0 .000 26 74 0-2 0-1
Portland 0 3 0 .000 54 61 0-2 0-1

NC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Madison 3 0 0 1.000 81 41 2-0 1-0
Dakota 2 1 0 .667 26 26 1-1 1-0
Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 52 49 1-1 0-1
Lansing 0 3 0 .000 54 84 0-2 0-1

NC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Texas 2 1 0 .667 82 74 1-1 1-0
Tulsa 1 2 0 .333 43 70 1-1 1-0
Columbia 1 2 0 .333 39 37 1-1 0-1
Little Rock 1 2 0 .333 58 78 0-2 0-1

NC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Orlando 2 1 0 .667 60 34 2-0 1-0
Newark 2 1 0 .667 64 56 1-1 1-0
Vermont 2 1 0 .667 71 26 1-1 0-1
Lawrence 2 1 0 .667 74 34 1-1 0-1

NC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Reno 3 0 0 1.000 78 59 2-0 1-0
Oakland 2 1 0 .667 65 44 1-1 1-0
Salt Lake City 2 1 0 .667 71 71 1-1 0-1
Vancouver 0 3 0 .000 23 61 0-2 0-1

A few interesting happenings from around the league:

Murphreesboro is leading the AC South. They have the talent, but have been unable to put it all together. Is this the year they take the next step?

Fresno and Portland have both started the season 0-3. This bodes well for us as we have two games on both of these teams in the WC race.

Madison is 3-0 and leading in the NC North. This was a team that most picked in the lower third of the league. After 3 games, they have yet to lose and have a 1 game lead in the division.

Both favorities in the NC South, Columbia and Little Rock, are looking up at a surprising Texas team who are a very impressive 2-1.

Reno leads the NC West with a 3-0 record.


I am happy with where we are this week. I am disappointed that we aren't 3-0, but we could easily be 1-2 right now as well. Still, there are several encouraging trends so far this season. First, we have outgained each of our opponents. Second, our defensive effort has been solid even with several key contributors missing some time. Third, we have increased production out of the WR position.

There are some concerns though. We have not been getting a lot of pressue on the QB after three games as we only have three sacks on the year. We are banged up right now and are headed on the road for three games. The next two are especially big, Cleveland and Boston. If we can split these two games, we are in great shape. If we get swept, we are in trouble. If we had to choose, I would prefer the win over Boston, but given our schedule, I'll take either. If we can hit our bye week with a 4-2 record, I'll consider it a win.

[Stevebsfan]

You managed to take out 3/4 of my starting secondary in one game, one for 42 weeks :(

That was a brutal game, but a good one. I like the blog you have going on.

[Warhammer]

You managed to take out 3/4 of my starting secondary in one game, one for 42 weeks :(

That was a brutal game, but a good one. I like the blog you have going on.

Thanks for the comment!

Sorry about the secondary, that's why were're replacing the turf. I just can't figure out why the natural turf is such a bad surface.

[Warhammer]

I am combining the game and the planning post for this week since I did not have enough time to really formulate a good game plan like I normally do.

First off, there are some games that leave me feeling like I never want to play this game again, because I am left scratching my head about why some things happen. This was one of those games.

Second, most of the time I prefer to be blown out, but it is one thing to get blown out by a team that vastly outclasses you, and another when the team is closer to your own talent level.

OK, I got that off my chest. On to the rest of the story!

My first critical decision for this game was to move Courtney Cleeland to the inactive list. I am not going to screw around with a sprained knee and risk a CEI to our best player on the defense. I opted in favor of what I did against Newark, move Tony Martin to SLB and move OJ Boyer to starting SILB. Second, the bigger decision was to move Steve Frausto to the backup position at FS. Both of these moves were made to protect those players from additional injuries. Meanwhile, at CB Larry Seifert was out again with a strained calf muscle.

Given our injuries, I decided that it was probably best to juggle the starting lineups a bit. Leroy Lister would move up to Larry Seifert's spot with 7th round pick Scott Pitman moving up to nickle back duty. I decided to mix my coverage scheme up a bit, moving from the heavy zone coverage scheme to a bump and run scheme. This would better suit our starting CBs and FS current strengths vs. their potential strengths (which are better in zone).

On offense, I decided to mix things up slightly. I changed the passing zones back to where I had them before the Houston game, figuring that I could get one or two deep balls against the Cleveland secondary since their corners were considerably less able than those we had faced the previous two weeks. I altered the run/pass %s slightly in 2nd and 3+ situations. Mainly to bump up my passing numbers a bit. The result was disasterous.

The game was brutal. We were down 9-0 before our offense took a snap! Cleveland started the game at their 15 yard line and took all of 8 plays to score! They completed passes of 35 and 23 yards on the drive. One was against my 2 Deep Zone and the other was against Bump and Run coverage. The only bright spot was they missed the extra point.

We take the ensuing kickoff to our 41 yard line where we put the ball on the turf and they recover. We allow them a 13 yard drive before forcing them to kick a 45 yard FG. We go 3 and out, after giving the ball to our FB on 3rd and 9 for a run inside. This isn't the only play call that leaves me scratching my head...

They drive down to our 39 yard line before they are forced to punt away. After a touchback, we drive down to the Cleveland 11 and face a 3rd and 4 situation. We convert, but there is a flag, offensive holding. That effectively ends the threat, and we are forced to kick a 37 yard FG to close the gap to 9-3.

That was as close as we got. We had a drive stopped on a 3rd and 1 at their 47, another drive stalled at their 47 after we had a 1st down (3 pass plays were defensed, hurried, defensed), another drive ended at their 12 when Jamison fumbled for the second time this year, yet another 1st down at their 35 where we saw things go blocked pass, hurried pass, defended pass. To add insult to injury we were nicked up a bit during the game. I neglected the other 3rd and 1 play where we got stoned on our half of the field.

We averaged over 6 yards per carry on the ground. Granted, things were a bit erratic there, 3 yard gain, 2 yard gain, 11 yard gain, etc. Yet, the passing game absolutely boggled my mind. Newark's and Houston's pass defenses were vastly superior to Cleveland's yet, we were 7 of 26 against Cleveland! The pass offense was set to 15% of passes were to be 19+ yards (in all situations), yet we went deep 9 times, completing none of those passes. We have WRs that can compete with Cleveland's corners, but yet we throw to the TE who is up against their good safeties. Our CBs give up 13passes to the Cleveland WRs. Granted, they were good, but they were no better than Newark's WR corps. We have a 8% run on 3rd and long situations for both offense and defense, yet on both sides of the ball we're opting for run multiple times in those situations. Not only that, but the running game is balanced against any side of the line, yet the running breakdown was 13/12/2 for left, middle, and right respectively.

It was a frustrating game. What I don't understand is whether or not we need to make changes anywhere. Was this a case of us getting "diced", or was it just a matter of going up against a good game plan? Here is the game log:

Box Score: Hartford at Cleveland
Cleveland, OH.

Week 4, 2007

Attendance: 64,000 (65,500).


Weather: 75 degrees, fair.

1Q: 11:14 CLE - Brice Groff 9 pass from Bart Alexander.
1Q: 11:14 CLE - James Davis extra point failed.
1Q: 09:06 CLE - James Davis 45 field goal.
1Q: 00:10 HAR - Alonzo Booher 37 field goal.
2Q: 09:13 CLE - Daniel Williams 5 pass from Bart Alexander.
2Q: 09:13 CLE - James Davis extra point.
2Q: 01:51 CLE - Larry Deason 1 run.
2Q: 01:51 CLE - James Davis extra point failed.
4Q: 14:48 CLE - James Davis 46 field goal.
4Q: 09:48 HAR - Alonzo Booher 52 field goal.

Game MVP: CLE 13 Bart Alexander

Hartford 3 0 0 3 - 6
Cleveland 9 13 0 3 - 25

Team Statistics HAR CLE

First Downs 13 25

Total Rushes 27 35
Rushing Yards 173 124
Yards Per Carry 6.4 3.5
Pass Attempts 26 40
Completions 7 24
Passing Yards 84 286
Yards Per Attempt 3.2 7.1
Sacked 1 2
Yards Lost 4 11
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 0/0

Total Plays 54 77
Total Yards 253 399
Yards Per Play 4.6 5.1

3rd Down Plays 4/13 7/16
Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.6 7.2
4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0

Penalties 5 5
Penalty Yards 52 30

Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 23
Time Of Possession 23:58 36:02

Hartford Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
49 Jamison 12 82 6.8 28 0
39 Barker 8 48 6.0 14 0
25 Dostie 4 19 4.7 9 0
81 Khan 1 1 1.0 1 0
10 Hickman 1 16 16.0 16 0
18 Norton 1 7 7.0 7 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
10 Hickman 23 7 84 3.6 27 0 0 1
18 Norton 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
25 Dostie 3 42 14.0 33 27 0
84 Sala 2 17 8.5 5 10 0
89 Roush 1 13 13.0 4 13 0
86 Gaylor 1 12 12.0 3 12 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 89 Roush 1 -3 -3.0 0
33 Pitman 1 -9 -9.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
87 Ferreira 2 48 24.0 0
89 Roush 1 25 25.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Reid 6 249 41.5 52 3

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
11 Booher 2 2 52 0 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
97 Scott 7 4 0.0 0 0 0
50 Boyer 7 3 0.0 0 0 0
54 Martin 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
98 Tan 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
32 Lister 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
26 Brown 4 5 0.0 0 0 0
79 Rick 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
36 Jones 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
53 Leong 3 0 1.0 0 0 0
78 Williamson 2 1 1.0 0 0 0
48 Knight 2 4 0.0 0 0 0
31 Leclair 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
93 Fisk 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Pitman 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
59 Athey 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
75 Flemming 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Frausto 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
25 Dostie 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Leibowitz 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
70 Suarez 0 0 0 0 1 1
75 Flemming 0 0 0 0 5 0
57 Higdon 0 0 0 0 2 0
89 Roush 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 Dostie 0 0 0 0 1 0
49 Jamison 1 0 0 0 0 0

Cleveland Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
36 Deason 22 90 4.0 16 1
13 Alexander 6 21 3.5 5 0
48 Burnett 4 6 1.5 7 0
45 Trail 2 7 3.5 5 0
89 Groff 1 0 0.0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
13 Alexander 40 24 286 7.1 35 2 0 2

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
89 Groff 7 99 14.1 14 25 1
45 Trail 5 34 6.8 5 12 0
82 Dutton 3 53 17.6 1 35 0
86 Sutton 2 30 15.0 0 22 0
84 Williams 2 27 13.5 4 22 1
46 Jackson 2 13 6.5 3 10 0
85 Maier 2 15 7.5 5 8 0
83 Bentley 1 15 15.0 3 15 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
89 Groff 1 3 3.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
84 Williams 1 17 17.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
16 Shepherd 5 196 39.2 54 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Davis 2 2 46 1 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 93 Gregorio 9 1 0.0 0 0 0
35 Davis 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
50 Vance 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
28 Fountaine 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
92 Menefee 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
94 Manning 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Meadows 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Cook 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
73 Pettaway 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
21 Pfeffer 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
29 Whitener 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
46 Jackson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
57 Arriola 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
42 Weber 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
81 Marek 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Attaway 0 2 0.0 0 0 0
90 Glenn 0 2 0.0 0 0 0
76 Mix 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
33 Mitchell 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
38 Benson 0 0 0 0 0 1
64 Eliason 0 0 0 0 4 1
57 Arriola 0 0 0 0 3 0
60 Lasley 0 0 0 0 2 0
35 Davis 0 1 1 0 0 0
51 Hulsey 0 0 1 0 0 0
53 Evans 0 0 0 0 1 0
63 Arrowood 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 Fountaine 0 1 0 0 0 0

Hartford Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:06 1:15 OWN 20 3 4 Punt
1 5:03 4:53 OWN 20 8 60 Field Goal
2 9:13 1:45 OWN 38 3 9 Punt
2 1:51 1:19 OWN 20 4 33 Punt
3 15:00 5:33 OWN 30 10 63 Fumble
3 5:28 1:12 OWN 20 3 3 Punt
4 14:48 1:59 OWN 20 5 27 Punt
4 12:00 2:12 OPP 48 6 13 Field Goal
4 8:21 2:38 OWN 14 5 22 Punt
4 2:10 1:38 OWN 37 7 19 Downs

Cleveland Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:46 OWN 15 7 85 Touchdown
1 11:06 2:00 OPP 41 4 13 Field Goal
1 7:51 2:48 OWN 27 7 34 Punt
1 0:10 5:57 OWN 20 13 80 Touchdown
2 7:28 5:37 OWN 8 11 92 Touchdown
2 0:32 0:32 OWN 10 3 2 Half
3 9:27 3:59 OWN 7 8 58 Punt
3 4:16 4:28 OWN 40 9 31 Field Goal
4 12:49 0:49 OWN 8 3 0 Punt
4 9:48 1:27 OWN 20 3 3 Punt
4 5:43 3:33 OWN 23 6 9 Punt
4 0:32 0:32 OWN 44 3 6 Game

Hartford Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
2 0 1

Cleveland Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
3 3 0

Hartford Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 13 59 4.5
Middle 12 99 8.2
Right 2 15 7.5
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
75 Flemming 5 6 27 
Front Office Football 2004
57 Higdon 2 5 27
70 Suarez 1 4 25
25 Dostie 1 2 21
71 Stubblefield 0 6 27
60 Overton 0 1 22
84 Sala 0 0 19
68 Smith 0 1 2
83 Hernandez 0 0 10
62 Hartman 0 0 5
85 Barnhart 0 0 2

Hartford Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 4 2 15 3.7
Short (0-8 Yds) 5 2 17 3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds) 8 3 52 6.5
Long (19+ Yds) 9 0 0 0.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
10 Hickman 23 7 0 1 8 2 5 0
18 Norton 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
84 Sala 10 2 0 17 20
89 Roush 5 1 2 13 12
25 Dostie 5 3 0 42 19
86 Gaylor 2 1 0 12 10
87 Ferreira 1 0 0 0 16
80 Billings 1 0 1 0 4
39 Barker 1 0 0 0 9
83 Hernandez 1 0 0 0 13

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
75 Flemming 0 27
70 Suarez 1 27
57 Higdon 0 25
71 Stubblefield 0 24
25 Dostie 0 19
60 Overton 0 18
62 Hartman 0 9
68 Smith 0 5

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
78 Williamson 1.0 0 0 24
53 Leong 1.0 0 0 20
93 Fisk 0.0 2 0 41
98 Tan 0.0 1 1 41
26 Brown 0.0 0 0 42
54 Martin 0.0 0 0 37
97 Scott 0.0 0 0 37
32 Lister 0.0 0 0 36
50 Boyer 0.0 0 0 35
36 Jones 0.0 0 0 32
33 Pitman 0.0 0 0 29
48 Knight 0.0 0 0 27
79 Rick 0.0 0 0 18
31 Leclair 0.0 0 0 15
43 Frausto 0.0 0 0 9
35 Richardson 0.0 0 0 7
59 Athey 0.0 0 0 6
91 Leibowitz 0.0 0 0 5
99 Lucas 0.0 0 0 1
73 Chrebet 0.0 0 0 1

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
32 Lister 4 1 0 36
97 Scott 4 0 0 37
48 Knight 3 1 0 27
26 Brown 3 0 0 42
36 Jones 3 0 0 32
93 Fisk 2 0 0 41
54 Martin 2 0 0 37
50 Boyer 1 1 0 35
33 Pitman 1 0 0 29
31 Leclair 1 0 0 15
43 Frausto 0 1 0 9 98 Tan 0 0 0 41
78 Williamson 0 0 0 24
53 Leong 0 0 0 20
79 Rick 0 0 0 18
35 Richardson 0 0 0 7
59 Athey 0 0 0 6
91 Leibowitz 0 0 0 5
99 Lucas 0 0 0 1
73 Chrebet 0 0 0 1

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
97 Scott 7 4 33 37
50 Boyer 7 3 30 35
54 Martin 6 2 30 37
98 Tan 5 0 32 41
32 Lister 5 0 32 36
26 Brown 4 5 35 42
79 Rick 4 3 25 18
36 Jones 4 2 21 32
53 Leong 3 0 27 20
48 Knight 2 4 21 27
78 Williamson 2 1 10 24
93 Fisk 2 0 32 41
33 Pitman 2 0 19 29
31 Leclair 2 0 9 15
59 Athey 1 1 6 6
43 Frausto 1 0 11 9
91 Leibowitz 0 1 5 5
35 Richardson 0 0 3 7
99 Lucas 0 0 3 1
73 Chrebet 0 0 3 1

Cleveland Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 5 26 5.2
Middle 18 60 3.3
Right 11 39 3.5
None 1 -1 -1.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
64 Eliason 4 8 35
57 Arriola 3 7 33
60 Lasley 2 5 33
63 Arrowood 1 2 32
53 Evans 1 1 2
66 Hoff 0 3 34
45 Trail 0 2 24
82 Dutton 0 0 28
70 Rosa 0 1 3
86 Sutton 0 0 11
38 Benson 0 0 6
65 Schulz 0 0 3

Cleveland Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 5 2 9 1.8
Short (0-8 Yds) 18 10 62 3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds) 9 6 66 7.3
Long (19+ Yds) 8 6 149 18.6

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
13 Alexander 40 24 4 4 4 3 1 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
89 Groff 13 7 2 99 31
45 Trail 7 5 1 34 26
82 Dutton 5 3 0 53 35
85 Maier 4 2 0 15 20
86 Sutton 3 2 1 30 8
84 Williams 3 2 0 27 35
46 Jackson 3 2 0 13 11
81 Marek 1 0 0 0 2
83 Bentley 1 1 0 15 8

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay 66 Hoff 0 42
63 Arrowood 0 42
64 Eliason 1 42
57 Arriola 0 42
60 Lasley 0 41
45 Trail 0 26
38 Benson 1 3
70 Rosa 0 1

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
73 Pettaway 1.0 1 1 16
92 Menefee 0.0 1 0 17
79 Cook 0.0 0 1 22
75 Arnold 0.0 0 2 9
33 Mitchell 0.0 0 0 27
43 Attaway 0.0 0 0 27
35 Davis 0.0 0 0 24
76 Mix 0.0 0 1 13
93 Gregorio 0.0 0 0 22
96 Meadows 0.0 0 1 11
28 Fountaine 0.0 0 0 21
21 Pfeffer 0.0 0 0 19
50 Vance 0.0 0 0 16
29 Whitener 0.0 0 0 11
42 Weber 0.0 0 0 11
95 Benson 0.0 0 0 10
94 Manning 0.0 0 0 10
90 Glenn 0.0 0 0 9
54 Holmes 0.0 0 0 2

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
50 Vance 2 0 0 16
93 Gregorio 1 1 0 22
21 Pfeffer 1 1 0 19
29 Whitener 1 1 0 11
35 Davis 1 0 0 24
96 Meadows 1 0 0 11
33 Mitchell 0 2 0 27
43 Attaway 0 2 0 27
90 Glenn 0 1 0 9
79 Cook 0 0 0 22
28 Fountaine 0 0 0 21
92 Menefee 0 0 0 17
73 Pettaway 0 0 0 16
76 Mix 0 0 0 13
42 Weber 0 0 0 11
95 Benson 0 0 0 10
94 Manning 0 0 0 10
75 Arnold 0 0 0 9
54 Holmes 0 0 0 2

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
93 Gregorio 9 1 25 22
35 Davis 7 1 24 24
50 Vance 4 2 23 16
28 Fountaine 4 1 22 21
92 Menefee 3 3 14 17
94 Manning 2 1 13 10
79 Cook 2 0 21 22
96 Meadows 2 0 13 11
21 Pfeffer 1 1 12 19
73 Pettaway 1 0 14 16
42 Weber 1 0 7 11
29 Whitener 1 0 6 11
43 Attaway 0 2 27 27
90 Glenn 0 2 14 9
33 Mitchell 0 1 27 27
76 Mix 0 1 11 13
95 Benson 0 0 15 10
75 Arnold 0 0 7 9
99 Heilman 0 0 2 0
54 Holmes 0 0 0 2

[Warhammer]

Here is the first of our key games this season. Not only is Boston a division rival, they are also a potential road block to a WC birth. This game is in Boston. Fortunately for us, Reuben Sante was recently traded to Newark. This means that Boston has no real threat at QB.

Boston is a strong defensive team, with a stout front seven, and a highly rated secondary. However, that secondary has been underperformed this year. The question is whether or not I want to exploit that weakness.

On defense, I am going to stack the box and force them to beat us through the air. We are a bit beat up everywhere, but I am going to start Larry Seifert at CB even though he is still one week away from being full strength. This is a game I need to win, I don't want to be tied with Boston at 2-3 with them having won a game against us. Cleeland will remain on the sideline. He has two weeks left before being back to full strength. I don't want to jeopardize his health for the rest of the season. The other injuries on defense are minor nicks and bruises.

Offensively, I am going to go back to what got us to 2-0. We're going to pound the ball and then look to throw on third down. However, any 3rd and short situation means we're giving the rock to Jamison. We're averaging over 5 YPC as a team no sense in trying to get fancy when we don't need to.

The key for us is to get to our bye week at 3-3. If we can do that, we will have a good year, if we limp in at 2-4, we're going to be in trouble. This is a very winnable game as the strength of Boston's offense is banged up. Their stud LT is out of this game, and we will attempt to exploit that. Plus, since they are one dimensional, they are playing to our strength on defense, run defense where we are one of the leaders in YPC.

My prediction: HAR 24 - BOS 10

[kingfc22]

I went into the game with the same exact gameplan as far as percentages go in order for me to get a read on how Burdette would perform. The loss of LT Laird was obviously going to hurt, but I was finally able to get T Jewel Hershey some playing time. On defense I loaded up against the run, but my secondary let me down again. I'm not sure what I need to do to get them to play better, but until I do I am doomed to lose.


Here is my recap of the game.
Week 5 vs. Hartford (2-2)
Record: 1-3, 3rd AC East

As the crowd entered the stadium for Sunday's AC East division battle their was a buzz that hasn't been in Boston for awhile. Many fans were still wearing their Sante jerseys, but they seemed to be non-committal on their feelings of the move that was made during the week.

Reuben Sante had been traded to the Newark Bulldogs in return for a 2nd Rd. pick and QB J.B. Fogarty. Coach Sammy Harvey had been quiet all week on who would take over the reigns of the Boston offense. Eventually, Jerald Burdette was given the starting nod, his first of his career, and he played well.

The game started off with Hartford winning the toss and electing to receive and 2 plays later they were inside the Boston 10 yd. line. Jim Hickman was able to connect on a 48 yd. pass and the Boston secondary looked shaky again. It only took two plays for Hartford to get the ball in the endzone afterwards and it was 7-0.

Burdette came out firing. He completed 5 passes on the opening drive and led the Dragons to the Hartford 28, but Carter Garland continued to struggle as he missed the 45 yd. FG.

Hickman led the Grizzlies down the field again and he capped the drive off with a 3 yd. TD pass to rookie Tito Hernandez. It was Tito's first career TD reception.

Normally this would have been when Sante gets the ball and tries to force passes and INT's happen. However, the newly appointed starting QB Jerald Burdette responded to adversity much better than Sante ever had. Down 14-0, Burdette led another drive into Hartford territory and this time Garland was able to connect on the FG attempt.

The teams traded 3 and outs and Hartford was able to add a FG late in the 2nd quarter to take a 17-3 lead into the half.

On our first possession of the 3rd quarter, our favorite coach Sammy Harvey made another bone head mistake. We had the ball 3rd and 1 at our 44 yd. line and we ran Wigfall into the line for no gain. Instead of punting and trying to gain some field position advantage, Harvey decided to run the exact same play and we were stuffed. Lucky for us, Dallas Perrone forced a fumble and we got the ball right back.

We went 3 and out again and Booher added another FG for the Grizzlies. 20-3.

We regained possession late in the 3rd and Burdette led a 48 yd. drive for a score as Brian Christie hauled in the 21 yd. pass. 20-10.

With 2:25 left in the game, Booher finally missed a FG and it set us up with pretty good field position. We took full advantage and we marched 62 yds. in only 4 plays. Moriarty had a big 25 yd. run and Burdette connected with Josh Sullivan on a 28 yd. TD pass. 20-17.

With 1:41 to go and 3 timeouts left we had two choices. Kick it deep and hope for a three and out. Or we could onside kick. We elected to onside kick, but we were unsuccessful. The defense came up huge and did not allow a first down. However, Booher calmly stepped up and nailed a 51 yd. FG to stick a dagger in the hearts of the Dragon fans in attendence. 23-17.

Instead of having 55 seconds to try and go 30 yds. to attempt a tying FG, Burdette would now have to go 73 yds. in 37 seconds to win it with a TD. A miracle didn't happen and we lost a close one against a division rival.

Burdtte might have changed some of those Sante loving holdouts minds about whether or not the team made a good move.

Notes:
On offense we finally had a proficient passing attack that lasted an entire game. Our running gmae was held in check however. On defense we slowed down the Hartford running game, but our secondary continues to get abused. Also we committed 10 more penaties and we need to get that under control.


Key Dragons:
QB Burdette - 20/31, 245 yds, 2 TD's, 0 INT
RB Wigfall - 16 carries for 54 yds.
WR Christie - 7 REC for 91 yds, 1 TD
LB Valley - 9 TCK, 1 sack

Rookie Dragons:
DE Webb - 3 TKL, 1 AST
RB Moriarty - 6 carries for 32 yds.

Injury Report:
No new injuries

[Warhammer]

Thanks for the post kingfc22, now I don't need to do one! :D The one thing that I need to post here is that our offensive line is now in shambles. Three of our starters on the OL are now out a minimum of 8 weeks. This takes what was once a strength and turns it into a bit of a push. LT Wesley Flemming is out 8 weeks with a high ankle sprain, and RG Lowell Stubblefield is out for 8 weeks with a serious injury a pulled quad muscle. Hopefully, that will not impact his rating at all. C Damian is still out from last week's injury.

This means we are going to have some problems with running the ball, so I am going to have to reevaluate the game plan.

[Warhammer]

I will be posting additional information on this later today/tomorrow, so those reading this, don't dispair!

[Warhammer]

Week 6, we travelled to Iowa City to take on one of the most talented teams in the league. Given out patchwork offensive line, I sought to get through this game with as few injuries as possible, and try not to make it too ugly.

The result wasn't pretty for either team, except IWC must have been happy with the score.

Week 6, 2007

Attendance: 71,000 (73,200).


Weather: 53 degrees, fair.

1Q: 14:47 IWC - Aubrey Beamer 8 run.
1Q: 14:47 IWC - Sherwood Hack extra point.
1Q: 02:39 IWC - Aubrey Beamer 5 run.
1Q: 02:39 IWC - Sherwood Hack extra point.
2Q: 00:19 IWC - Sherwood Hack 44 field goal.
3Q: 10:53 IWC - Sherwood Hack 46 field goal.
4Q: 11:58 HAR - Alonzo Booher 41 field goal.
4Q: 01:10 IWC - Sherwood Hack 38 field goal.

Game MVP: IWC 53 David Day

Hartford 0 0 0 3 - 3
Iowa City 14 3 3 3 - 23

Team Statistics HAR IWC

First Downs 12 11

Total Rushes 31 39
Rushing Yards 112 113
Yards Per Carry 3.6 2.8
Pass Attempts 28 20
Completions 10 15
Passing Yards 85 147
Yards Per Attempt 3.0 7.3
Sacked 2 1
Yards Lost 14 10
Interceptions 2 0
Fumbles/Lost 4/2 0/0

Total Plays 61 60
Total Yards 183 250
Yards Per Play 3.0 4.1

3rd Down Plays 2/13 4/16
Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.9 7.5
4th Down Plays 1/2 0/0

Penalties 4 5
Penalty Yards 35 35

Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 44
Time Of Possession 27:04 32:56

Hartford Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
49 Jamison 12 44 3.6 11 0
39 Barker 8 18 2.2 9 0
25 Dostie 5 23 4.6 7 0
10 Hickman 5 25 5.0 12 0
30 Royse 1 2 2.0 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
10 Hickman 28 10 85 3.0 16 0 2 2

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
84 Sala 2 25 12.5 0 16 0
87 Ferreira 2 21 10.5 2 11 0
81 Khan 1 9 9.0 4 9 0
43 Frausto 1 1 1.0 0 1 0
86 Gaylor 1 4 4.0 3 4 0
80 Billings 1 9 9.0 5 9 0
49 Jamison 1 3 3.0 2 3 0
83 Hernandez 1 13 13.0 0 13 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
33 Pitman 1 2 2.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
87 Ferreira 2 44 22.0 0
81 Khan 1 15 15.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Reid 7 293 41.8 56 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
11 Booher 1 1 41 0 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
50 Boyer 15 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Leibowitz 9 3 0.0 0 0 0
98 Tan 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
54 Martin 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
79 Rick 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
48 Knight 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
26 Brown 2 4 0.0 0 0 0
20 Seifert 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
53 Leong 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
93 Fisk 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
43 Frausto 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
25 Dostie 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
78 Williamson 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Pitman 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Jones 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
59 Athey 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
32 Lister 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
30 Royse 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
49 Jamison 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Richardson 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
73 Chrebet 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
77 Sales 0 0 0 0 0 1
74 Brockway 0 0 0 0 3 1
57 Higdon 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Hickman 1 0 1 0 0 0
49 Jamison 2 0 0 0 0 0
60 Overton 0 0 0 0 2 0
81 Khan 1 0 0 0 0 0
68 Smith 0 0 1 0 0 0
84 Sala 0 0 0 0 1 0
62 Hartman 0 0 0 0 1 0

Iowa City Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
42 Beamer 30 64 2.1 9 2
32 Harvin 8 42 5.2 29 0
6 Mathews 1 7 7.0 7 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Mathews 20 15 147 7.3 16 0 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
82 Stoll 4 48 12.0 22 16 0
36 Saucedo 3 21 7.0 11 9 0
83 Nelson 3 28 9.3 2 11 0
81 Groth 2 18 9.0 10 10 0
89 Harris 2 28 14.0 0 16 0
42 Beamer 1 4 4.0 2 4 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
89 Harris 2 15 7.5 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
22 Cagle 1 30 30.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Gordon 9 362 40.2 54 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
3 Hack 3 3 46 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
53 Day 6 0 1.0 1 18 0
90 Pedigo 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
54 Hassler 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
70 Gaden 4 3 0.5 0 0 0
37 Hovis 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Swift 3 2 0.5 0 0 0
91 Bloedorn 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
46 Jordan 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
49 Trigg 2 1 0.0 1 15 0
22 Cagle 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
24 Ochs 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
97 Escalera 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
57 Hanley 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
71 Conners 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
81 Groth 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Reeves 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
74 Berard 0 2 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
72 Price 0 0 0 0 1 1
79 Downer 0 0 0 0 3 0
60 Woolard 0 0 0 0 3 0
54 Hassler 0 2 0 0 0 0
97 Escalera 0 0 1 0 0 0
59 Baker 0 0 0 0 1 0
36 Saucedo 0 0 1 0 0 0
70 Gaden 0 1 0 0 0 0
94 Reeves 0 1 0 0 0 0

Hartford Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:47 1:09 OWN 27 3 3 Punt
1 9:12 1:46 OWN 8 3 7 Punt
1 5:27 0:55 OWN 20 2 -12 Interception
1 2:39 3:05 OWN 32 7 15 Fumble
2 13:08 2:05 OWN 20 3 1 Punt
2 8:51 3:36 OWN 15 5 25 Punt
2 0:19 0:19 OWN 20 1 -1 Half
3 10:53 1:33 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
3 7:30 3:02 OWN 20 6 19 Punt
3 2:19 5:21 OWN 31 10 45 Field Goal
4 9:25 1:12 OWN 36 3 12 Interception
4 5:55 1:43 OWN 20 5 14 Punt
4 2:19 0:38 OWN 27 4 2 Downs
4 1:10 1:10 OWN 20 6 28 Game

Iowa City Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:53 0:06 OPP 8 1 8 Touchdown
1 13:38 4:26 OWN 15 8 31 Punt
1 7:26 1:59 OWN 49 3 6 Punt
1 4:32 1:53 OPP 24 4 24 Touchdown
2 14:34 1:26 OPP 47 3 7 Punt
2 11:03 2:12 OWN 34 3 8 Punt
2 5:15 4:56 OWN 20 12 53 Field Goal
3 15:00 4:07 OWN 28 6 43 Field Goal
3 9:20 1:50 OWN 38 3 8 Punt
3 4:28 2:09 OWN 29 3 4 Punt
4 11:58 2:33 OWN 20 5 17 Punt
4 8:13 2:18 OPP 42 3 5 Punt
4 4:12 1:53 OWN 38 3 3 Punt
4 1:41 0:31 OPP 29 3 8 Field Goal

Hartford Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
0 0 0

Iowa City Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
1 1 0

Hartford Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 7 23 3.2
Middle 15 41 2.7
Right 8 49 6.1
None 1 -1 -1.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
74 Brockway 3 6 27
57 Higdon 2 4 25
60 Overton 2 3 27
62 Hartman 1 3 8
84 Sala 1 1 24
70 Suarez 0 4 30
68 Smith 0 2 31
77 Sales 0 3 6
25 Dostie 0 1 25
83 Hernandez 0 0 17
85 Barnhart 0 0 4
69 Forland 0 0 1

Hartford Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 3 3 8 2.6
Short (0-8 Yds) 8 4 37 4.6
Medium (9-18 Yds) 7 3 40 5.7
Long (19+ Yds) 10 0 0 0.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
10 Hickman 28 10 2 0 4 2 8 2

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
87 Ferreira 6 2 0 21 20
80 Billings 6 1 0 9 10
84 Sala 5 2 0 25 17
81 Khan 3 1 0 9 11
86 Gaylor 3 1 0 4 14
83 Hernandez 2 1 0 13 17
43 Frausto 1 1 0 1 22
89 Roush 1 0 0 0 2
49 Jamison 1 1 0 3 8

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
68 Smith 0 27
74 Brockway 1 25
70 Suarez 0 25
25 Dostie 0 23
57 Higdon 0 22
60 Overton 0 21
62 Hartman 0 12
77 Sales 1 12
69 Forland 0 6

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
36 Jones 1.0 0 0 6
93 Fisk 0.0 0 1 18
43 Frausto 0.0 0 0 22
98 Tan 0.0 0 0 21
26 Brown 0.0 0 0 19
50 Boyer 0.0 0 0 19
91 Leibowitz 0.0 0 0 18
20 Seifert 0.0 0 0 18
54 Martin 0.0 0 0 18
78 Williamson 0.0 0 0 17
33 Pitman 0.0 0 0 16
48 Knight 0.0 0 0 13
53 Leong 0.0 0 0 10
32 Lister 0.0 0 0 6
59 Athey 0.0 0 0 4
79 Rick 0.0 0 0 4
35 Richardson 0.0 0 0 3
99 Lucas 0.0 0 0 3
97 Scott 0.0 0 0 3

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
50 Boyer 3 0 0 19
91 Leibowitz 2 1 0 18
33 Pitman 2 0 0 16
48 Knight 2 0 0 13
53 Leong 1 1 0 10
43 Frausto 1 0 0 22
26 Brown 1 0 0 19
20 Seifert 1 0 0 18
54 Martin 1 0 0 18
59 Athey 1 0 0 4
98 Tan 0 0 0 21
93 Fisk 0 0 0 18
78 Williamson 0 0 0 17
32 Lister 0 0 0 6
36 Jones 0 0 0 6
79 Rick 0 0 0 4
35 Richardson 0 0 0 3
99 Lucas 0 0 0 3
97 Scott 0 0 0 3

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
50 Boyer 15 0 37 19
91 Leibowitz 9 3 31 18
98 Tan 4 3 37 21
54 Martin 4 2 34 18
48 Knight 3 0 25 13
79 Rick 3 0 23 4
26 Brown 2 4 39 19
20 Seifert 2 2 31 18
93 Fisk 2 1 37 18
53 Leong 2 1 28 10
43 Frausto 2 0 30 22
33 Pitman 2 0 22 16
78 Williamson 2 0 16 17
32 Lister 1 0 10 6
36 Jones 1 0 10 6
59 Athey 1 0 6 4
35 Richardson 0 1 3 3
73 Chrebet 0 1 2 0
97 Scott 0 0 8 3
99 Lucas 0 0 2 3

Iowa City Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 10 52 5.2
Middle 21 37 1.7
Right 8 24 3.0
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
60 Woolard 3 10 39
79 Downer 3 10 37
59 Baker 1 9 38
72 Price 1 3 39
68 Kissinger 0 3 39
82 Stoll 0 1 36
36 Saucedo 0 1 32
30 Ward 0 1 1
86 Broussard 0 0 7
67 Madison 0 0 2
58 Hollenbaugh 0 0 1

Iowa City Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 4 3 22 5.5
Short (0-8 Yds) 10 8 70 7.0
Medium (9-18 Yds) 6 4 55 9.1
Long (19+ Yds) 0 0 0 0.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
6 Mathews 20 15 0 2 2 0 1 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
36 Saucedo 4 3 1 21 13
82 Stoll 4 4 0 48 15
83 Nelson 4 3 1 28 17
42 Beamer 2 1 0 4 10
81 Groth 2 2 0 18 4
89 Harris 2 2 0 28 16
84 Meadows 1 0 0 0 8
80 Morton 1 0 0 0 17

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
68 Kissinger 0 21
60 Woolard 0 21
72 Price 1 20
79 Downer 0 19
59 Baker 0 19
36 Saucedo 0 13
58 Hollenbaugh 0 2
67 Madison 0 2
30 Ward 0 1
61 Prior 0 1

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
53 Day 1.0 0 0 12
70 Gaden 0.5 0 2 28
96 Swift 0.5 0 2 26
46 Jordan 0.0 1 1 30
74 Berard 0.0 1 0 16
49 Trigg 0.0 0 0 30
37 Hovis 0.0 0 0 30
97 Escalera 0.0 0 1 16
71 Conners 0.0 0 1 15
91 Bloedorn 0.0 0 1 15
22 Cagle 0.0 0 0 23
54 Hassler 0.0 0 0 23
27 Uecker 0.0 0 0 22
24 Ochs 0.0 0 0 14
90 Pedigo 0.0 0 0 13
50 Pressley 0.0 0 0 7
57 Hanley 0.0 0 0 6
93 Masters 0.0 0 0 4

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
90 Pedigo 2 1 0 13
57 Hanley 2 0 0 6
24 Ochs 1 2 0 14
46 Jordan 1 0 0 30
37 Hovis 1 0 0 30
22 Cagle 1 0 0 23
53 Day 1 0 1 12
97 Escalera 1 0 0 16
54 Hassler 0 1 0 23
49 Trigg 0 0 1 30
70 Gaden 0 0 0 28
96 Swift 0 0 0 26
27 Uecker 0 0 0 22
74 Berard 0 0 0 16
71 Conners 0 0 0 15
91 Bloedorn 0 0 0 15
50 Pressley 0 0 0 7
93 Masters 0 0 0 4

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
53 Day 6 0 18 12
90 Pedigo 5 2 20 13
54 Hassler 5 0 30 23
70 Gaden 4 3 30 28
37 Hovis 4 1 31 30
96 Swift 3 2 30 26
91 Bloedorn 3 2 21 15
46 Jordan 3 0 31 30
49 Trigg 2 1 31 30
22 Cagle 2 1 24 23
97 Escalera 2 1 15 16
24 Ochs 2 1 9 14
57 Hanley 2 0 7 6
71 Conners 1 1 10 15
94 Reeves 1 0 0 0
74 Berard 0 2 17 16
27 Uecker 0 0 15 22
50 Pressley 0 0 1 7
93 Masters 0 0 1 4

[Warhammer]

After the debacle in Iowa City, I changed this up a bit, especially since I felt that I could exploit Montreal's corners a bit. I also needed a win badly as we were slipping out of the Wild Card race, and we are down a tie-breaker to Cleveland, so we needed a big win at home.

Box Score: Montreal at Hartford
Hartford, CT.

Week 7, 2007

Attendance: 73,000 (74,900).


Weather: 63 degrees, rain.

1Q: 06:12 HAR - Fletcher Sala 22 pass from Jim Hickman.
1Q: 06:12 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
1Q: 00:55 MNT - Antoine Driskell 6 pass from Lyman Shropshire.
1Q: 00:55 MNT - Albert Costa extra point.
2Q: 12:19 HAR - Ed Gaylor 8 pass from Jim Hickman.
2Q: 12:19 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
2Q: 03:39 MNT - Albert Costa 25 field goal.
2Q: 00:51 MNT - Albert Costa 54 field goal.
3Q: 09:43 HAR - Gary Ferreira 7 pass from Jim Hickman.
3Q: 09:43 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
3Q: 04:30 MNT - Jonathan Russell 22 pass from Lyman Shropshire.
3Q: 04:30 MNT - Carlos Borders run for conversion.
4Q: 14:05 HAR - Martin Barker 4 run.
4Q: 14:05 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.

Game MVP: HAR 10 Jim Hickman

Montreal 7 6 8 0 - 21
Hartford 7 7 7 7 - 28

Team Statistics MNT HAR

First Downs 17 21

Total Rushes 24 31
Rushing Yards 81 127
Yards Per Carry 3.3 4.0
Pass Attempts 38 30
Completions 24 17
Passing Yards 235 207
Yards Per Attempt 6.1 6.9
Sacked 0 0
Yards Lost 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1

Total Plays 62 61
Total Yards 316 334
Yards Per Play 5.0 5.4

3rd Down Plays 7/16 7/13
Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.0 6.7
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 11 6
Penalty Yards 61 36

Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 33
Time Of Possession 30:03 29:57

Montreal Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
30 Borders 19 68 3.5 14 0
37 Dillon 3 7 2.3 3 0
40 Bradford 2 6 3.0 4 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
16 Shropshire 38 24 235 6.1 24 2 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
67 Russell 6 101 16.8 9 24 1
42 Lash 4 18 4.5 9 7 0
88 Martin 4 40 10.0 2 16 0
87 Talley 4 19 4.7 16 7 0
82 Driskell 3 26 8.6 11 11 1
84 Dole 3 31 10.3 3 17 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
80 Rivers 2 14 7.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
24 Etienne 1 20 20.0 0
88 Martin 1 18 18.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
12 Johnston 7 294 42.0 51 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
6 Costa 2 2 54 1 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
36 Robinette 8 1 0.0 0 0 0
33 Govan 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
95 Poynter 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
23 Cortez 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
20 Eggleston 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
56 Holmquist 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
93 Keeler 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
75 Tye 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
76 Burse 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
92 Bost 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Wiggins 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
42 Lash 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
70 Lor 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
80 Rivers 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Tanner 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
24 Etienne 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
51 Marshall 0 0 0 0 2 0
70 Lor 0 0 0 0 2 0
67 Russell 0 0 1 0 0 0
60 Ingram 0 0 0 0 1 0
57 Finch 0 0 1 0 0 0
63 Hudson 0 0 0 0 1 0
37 Dillon 1 0 0 0 0 0
92 Bost 0 1 0 0 0 0

Hartford Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
49 Jamison 15 65 4.3 11 0
39 Barker 8 22 2.7 7 1
25 Dostie 4 24 6.0 17 0
10 Hickman 3 12 4.0 7 0
87 Ferreira 1 4 4.0 4 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
10 Hickman 30 17 207 6.9 33 3 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
84 Sala 4 54 13.5 34 22 1
25 Dostie 4 26 6.5 21 10 0
81 Khan 2 52 26.0 6 33 0
87 Ferreira 2 16 8.0 1 9 1
86 Gaylor 2 21 10.5 3 13 1
62 Hartman 2 25 12.5 11 14 0
80 Billings 1 13 13.0 2 13 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
89 Roush 1 5 5.0 0
33 Pitman 1 16 16.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
87 Ferreira 2 58 29.0 0
89 Roush 2 25 12.5 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Reid 5 228 45.6 52 4

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
11 Booher 0 0 0 4 4
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
26 Brown 7 2 0.0 0 0 0
98 Tan 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Martin 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Cleeland 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
20 Seifert 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
48 Knight 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
43 Frausto 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
53 Leong 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
50 Boyer 2 5 0.0 0 0 0
79 Rick 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
93 Fisk 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
78 Williamson 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Richardson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
84 Sala 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Leibowitz 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
25 Dostie 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 Lucas 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Pitman 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
32 Lister 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
57 Higdon 0 0 0 0 3 0
70 Suarez 0 0 0 0 3 0
84 Sala 0 0 0 0 1 0
74 Brockway 0 0 0 0 1 0
53 Leong 0 1 0 0 0 0
25 Dostie 0 0 0 0 1 0
49 Jamison 1 0 0 0 0 0

Montreal Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:39 0:31 OWN 10 3 0 Punt
1 10:30 1:50 OWN 17 3 5 Punt
1 6:12 3:13 OWN 20 6 22 Punt
1 2:36 1:41 OPP 17 4 17 Touchdown
2 12:19 8:40 OWN 20 17 72 Field Goal
2 1:50 0:59 OWN 47 4 16 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:00 OWN 6 3 6 Punt
3 9:43 5:13 OWN 26 10 74 Touchdown
3 2:35 1:15 OWN 3 3 3 Punt
4 14:05 1:55 OWN 23 3 6 Punt
4 8:19 2:58 OWN 3 6 59 Punt

Hartford Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:21 OWN 20 6 22 Punt
1 12:08 1:38 OWN 46 3 4 Punt
1 8:40 2:28 OWN 41 5 59 Touchdown
1 2:59 0:23 OWN 12 1 5 Fumble
1 0:55 3:36 OWN 37 6 63 Touchdown
2 3:39 1:49 OWN 16 3 0 Punt
2 0:51 0:51 OWN 22 1 2 Half
3 13:00 3:17 OWN 42 7 58 Touchdown
3 4:30 1:55 OWN 37 3 8 Punt
3 1:20 2:15 OPP 40 7 40 Touchdown
4 12:10 3:51 OWN 43 6 10 Punt
4 5:21 5:21 OWN 20 13 52 Game

Montreal Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
2 1 1

Hartford Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
3 3 0

Montreal Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 6 27 4.5
Middle 16 44 2.7
Right 2 10 5.0
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
70 Lor 2 9 24
51 Marshall 2 5 24
60 Ingram 1 3 21
63 Hudson 1 1 24
65 Johnson 0 4 20
42 Lash 0 1 19
87 Talley 0 0 21
79 Simmons 0 1 3
37 Dillon 0 0 5
64 Stuart 0 0 4
83 Yeh 0 0 2

Montreal Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 9 7 32 3.5
Short (0-8 Yds) 11 9 63 5.7
Medium (9-18 Yds) 12 5 70 5.8
Long (19+ Yds) 6 3 70 11.6

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
16 Shropshire 38 24 0 0 5 1 8 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
67 Russell 11 6 0 101 27
88 Martin 8 4 0 40 31
42 Lash 5 4 0 18 24
82 Driskell 5 3 0 26 21
84 Dole 4 3 0 31 9
87 Talley 4 4 0 19 36
37 Dillon 1 0 0 0 9

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
51 Marshall 0 38
70 Lor 0 38
63 Hudson 0 38
65 Johnson 0 35
60 Ingram 0 28
42 Lash 0 24
79 Simmons 0 10
37 Dillon 0 9
64 Stuart 0 3

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
92 Bost 0.0 1 2 30
75 Tye 0.0 0 3 25
76 Burse 0.0 0 2 29
93 Keeler 0.0 0 1 28
33 Govan 0.0 0 0 30
36 Robinette 0.0 0 0 30
57 Finch 0.0 0 0 30
23 Cortez 0.0 0 0 30
95 Poynter 0.0 0 0 28
20 Eggleston 0.0 0 0 27
56 Holmquist 0.0 0 0 24
29 Wiggins 0.0 0 0 8
90 Emanuel 0.0 0 0 5
98 Tanner 0.0 0 0 2
55 Bessette 0.0 0 0 2
24 Etienne 0.0 0 0 1
78 Dixon 0.0 0 0 1

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
23 Cortez 5 0 0 30
33 Govan 3 0 0 30
20 Eggleston 3 0 0 27
36 Robinette 2 0 0 30
57 Finch 1 0 0 30
76 Burse 1 0 0 29
95 Poynter 1 0 0 28
56 Holmquist 1 0 0 24
29 Wiggins 0 1 0 8
92 Bost 0 0 0 30
93 Keeler 0 0 0 28
75 Tye 0 0 0 25
90 Emanuel 0 0 0 5
98 Tanner 0 0 0 2
55 Bessette 0 0 0 2
24 Etienne 0 0 0 1
78 Dixon 0 0 0 1

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
36 Robinette 8 1 31 30
33 Govan 6 2 31 30
95 Poynter 6 2 31 28
23 Cortez 6 1 31 30
20 Eggleston 5 2 24 27
56 Holmquist 5 0 26 24
93 Keeler 3 3 30 28
75 Tye 2 2 28 25
76 Burse 2 1 31 29
92 Bost 2 0 31 30
29 Wiggins 1 1 11 8
98 Tanner 0 1 2 2
24 Etienne 0 1 2 1
57 Finch 0 0 29 30
90 Emanuel 0 0 3 5
55 Bessette 0 0 0 2
78 Dixon 0 0 0 1

Hartford Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 4 13 3.2
Middle 12 81 6.7
Right 14 35 2.5
None 1 -2 -2.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
57 Higdon 3 10 31
70 Suarez 3 7 31
74 Brockway 1 2 29
84 Sala 1 2 25
25 Dostie 1 1 26
62 Hartman 0 4 29
60 Overton 0 1 30
69 Forland 0 1 8
83 Hernandez 0 0 13
85 Barnhart 0 0 3
77 Sales 0 0 2
68 Smith 0 0 1

Hartford Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 3 3 34 11.3
Short (0-8 Yds) 11 9 84 7.6
Medium (9-18 Yds) 9 4 56 6.2
Long (19+ Yds) 7 1 33 4.7

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
10 Hickman 30 17 0 2 1 1 8 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
87 Ferreira 7 2 1 16 17
86 Gaylor 6 2 1 21 21
84 Sala 5 4 0 54 22
25 Dostie 4 4 0 26 19
81 Khan 3 2 0 52 11
80 Billings 3 1 0 13 16
62 Hartman 2 2 0 25 27

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
57 Higdon 0 30
70 Suarez 0 30
74 Brockway 0 29
62 Hartman 0 27
60 Overton 0 27
25 Dostie 0 19
69 Forland 0 14
68 Smith 0 3
77 Sales 0 1

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
93 Fisk 0.0 1 1 36
98 Tan 0.0 0 1 38
96 Cleeland 0.0 0 1 38
79 Rick 0.0 0 3 17
43 Frausto 0.0 0 1 31
26 Brown 0.0 0 0 38
50 Boyer 0.0 0 0 36
20 Seifert 0.0 0 0 34
78 Williamson 0.0 0 1 21
54 Martin 0.0 0 0 29
48 Knight 0.0 0 0 29
33 Pitman 0.0 0 0 24
53 Leong 0.0 0 0 17
32 Lister 0.0 0 0 10
91 Leibowitz 0.0 0 0 9
36 Jones 0.0 0 0 7
35 Richardson 0.0 0 0 2
99 Lucas 0.0 0 0 2

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
26 Brown 7 1 0 38
20 Seifert 4 1 0 34
48 Knight 4 0 0 29
96 Cleeland 2 1 0 38
43 Frausto 2 0 0 31
79 Rick 2 0 0 17
50 Boyer 1 1 0 36
54 Martin 1 0 0 29
78 Williamson 1 0 0 21
33 Pitman 0 1 0 24
98 Tan 0 0 0 38
93 Fisk 0 0 0 36
53 Leong 0 0 0 17
32 Lister 0 0 0 10
91 Leibowitz 0 0 0 9
36 Jones 0 0 0 7
35 Richardson 0 0 0 2
99 Lucas 0 0 0 2

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
26 Brown 7 2 24 38
98 Tan 6 0 24 38
96 Cleeland 5 1 24 38
54 Martin 5 1 21 29
20 Seifert 4 2 23 34
48 Knight 3 2 17 29
43 Frausto 3 1 22 31
53 Leong 3 1 15 17
50 Boyer 2 5 21 36
93 Fisk 2 2 23 36
79 Rick 2 2 14 17
78 Williamson 2 0 10 21
33 Pitman 1 0 17 24
91 Leibowitz 1 0 3 9
99 Lucas 1 0 1 2
35 Richardson 1 0 0 2
32 Lister 0 1 3 10
36 Jones 0 0 2 7

Hickman posted possibly his best game to date in his career. He throws 3 TDs and no INTs. We are respectable on the ground, averaging 4 yards per carry. The one problem was our defense, but much of that had to do with not knowing what to do to stop the Montreal offense, as there were a number of players on that side of the ball that scared me a bit, and I was unsure of who would get the nod at QB. Still, a win is a win, and I will take this one to the house.

Next week is our bye week, time to heal up and prepare for the last half of the season.

[Warhammer]

It's week 9, and we travel to our hated rivals, the West Virginia Beasts. The game plan this week is simple, kick them in the teeth. Seriously, we plan to shut down Nicky Kersey, their only player on offense who really scares me, and I decide to take to the air and try to air it out on them, however, this plays to the strength of their defense right now. Still, they don't have enough firepower on offense to hang with us, so we should be in good shape.

Box Score: Hartford at West Virginia
West Virginia, WV.

Week 9, 2007

Attendance: 64,800 (68,000).


Weather: 68 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:27 HAR - Alonzo Booher 45 field goal.
1Q: 00:46 HAR - Alonzo Booher 47 field goal.
2Q: 03:49 HAR - Ed Gaylor 4 pass from Jim Hickman.
2Q: 03:49 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
2Q: 02:26 HAR - Alonzo Booher 34 field goal.
2Q: 00:00 WVA - Jamie Dorris 36 field goal.
3Q: 02:01 HAR - Ed Gaylor 8 pass from Jim Hickman.
3Q: 02:01 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
4Q: 02:40 HAR - Alonzo Booher 32 field goal.
4Q: 01:23 HAR - Maxwell Roush 2 pass from Jim Hickman.
4Q: 01:23 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.

Game MVP: HAR 10 Jim Hickman

Hartford 6 10 7 10 - 33
West Virginia 0 3 0 0 - 3

Team Statistics HAR WVA

First Downs 22 11

Total Rushes 39 19
Rushing Yards 152 74
Yards Per Carry 3.8 3.8
Pass Attempts 35 33
Completions 18 16
Passing Yards 186 124
Yards Per Attempt 5.3 3.7
Sacked 1 2
Yards Lost 4 11
Interceptions 1 2
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1

Total Plays 75 54
Total Yards 334 187
Yards Per Play 4.4 3.4

3rd Down Plays 6/17 1/11
Avg. YTG on 3rd 4.5 8.3
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/1

Penalties 5 6
Penalty Yards 50 36

Avg. Drive Start OWN 46 OWN 17
Time Of Possession 36:59 23:01

Hartford Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
49 Jamison 21 65 3.0 7 0
39 Barker 13 50 3.8 10 0
25 Dostie 3 15 5.0 8 0
10 Hickman 2 22 11.0 11 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
10 Hickman 35 18 186 5.3 37 3 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
86 Gaylor 7 97 13.8 10 37 2
84 Sala 5 40 8.0 8 13 0
25 Dostie 2 16 8.0 15 9 0
87 Ferreira 1 13 13.0 2 13 0
43 Frausto 1 7 7.0 0 7 0
89 Roush 1 2 2.0 0 2 1
39 Barker 1 11 11.0 11 11 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
89 Roush 2 15 7.5 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
87 Ferreira 1 23 23.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Reid 7 278 39.7 52 3

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
11 Booher 4 4 47 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
54 Martin 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
26 Brown 5 1 0.0 1 0 0
98 Tan 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
43 Frausto 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
48 Knight 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
93 Fisk 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Pitman 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
20 Seifert 2 0 1.0 1 1 0
53 Leong 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
50 Boyer 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
79 Rick 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
91 Leibowitz 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
32 Lister 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
36 Jones 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
35 Richardson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
84 Sala 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
59 Athey 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
10 Hickman 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
57 Higdon 0 0 0 0 2 1
74 Brockway 0 0 0 0 3 0
70 Suarez 0 0 0 0 3 0
35 Richardson 0 1 0 0 0 0
59 Athey 0 0 1 0 0 0
25 Dostie 0 0 0 0 1 0
62 Hartman 0 0 0 0 1 0
60 Overton 0 0 0 0 1 0

West Virginia Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
24 Kersey 11 44 4.0 14 0
29 Duffy 4 13 3.2 10 0
25 Henke 3 20 6.6 8 0
43 Reyes 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
11 Falcon 31 15 117 3.7 19 0 2 2
7 Del Greco 2 1 7 3.5 7 0 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
43 Reyes 6 23 3.8 6 9 0
24 Kersey 3 12 4.0 12 5 0
82 Weaver 2 27 13.5 5 16 0
83 Simpson 1 11 11.0 3 11 0
29 Duffy 1 10 10.0 14 10 0
89 Gardner 1 19 19.0 6 19 0
36 Boulware 1 7 7.0 5 7 0
84 Clinton 1 15 15.0 13 15 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
89 Gardner 1 -8 -8.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
89 Gardner 4 78 19.5 0
87 Barley 1 17 17.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
15 Evers 9 341 37.8 45 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
9 Dorris 1 1 36 0 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
49 Forrest 8 2 0.0 0 0 0
51 Newman 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
74 Cotten 5 1 1.0 0 0 0
95 Chelius 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
37 Roberson 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
27 Kauffman 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Ramsey 3 5 0.0 0 0 0
71 Parker 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
78 Cole 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
26 Shoop 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
99 Hudson 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
58 Kidman 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
46 Adams 2 0 0.0 1 0 0
96 Reilly 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
52 Browning 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
87 Barley 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Reyes 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
23 Kelly 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Duffy 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Levine 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
82 Weaver 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
21 Lopes 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
67 Dawson 0 0 0 0 0 1
56 Gandy 0 0 0 0 3 1
79 Hancock 0 0 0 0 2 0
70 Lambert 0 0 0 0 1 0
43 Reyes 0 0 0 0 1 0
73 Gallego 0 0 0 0 1 0
89 Gardner 1 0 0 0 0 0
81 Parliman 0 0 0 0 1 0

Hartford Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:37 4:10 OWN 34 11 38 Field Goal
1 5:17 1:52 OWN 32 4 24 Punt
1 2:01 1:15 OPP 37 3 7 Field Goal
2 13:22 3:50 OWN 13 8 23 Punt
2 8:24 4:35 OPP 46 10 46 Touchdown
2 3:40 1:14 OPP 32 4 15 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:13 OWN 31 4 21 Punt
3 9:48 2:14 OWN 31 3 5 Punt
3 6:30 1:26 OWN 34 3 9 Punt
3 4:06 2:05 OWN 30 5 70 Touchdown
4 14:02 5:03 OWN 8 9 53 Punt
4 8:11 1:14 OPP 17 3 7 Interception
4 6:49 4:09 OPP 30 6 15 Field Goal
4 1:39 0:16 OPP 1 2 1 Touchdown

West Virginia Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:23 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 8:27 3:10 OWN 20 5 16 Punt
1 3:25 1:24 OWN 2 3 1 Punt
1 0:46 2:24 OWN 22 4 23 Punt
2 9:32 1:08 OWN 4 3 2 Punt
2 2:26 2:26 OWN 18 7 63 Field Goal
3 12:47 2:59 OWN 20 5 18 Punt
3 7:34 1:04 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 5:04 0:58 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 2:01 2:59 OWN 20 8 28 Punt
4 8:59 0:48 OWN 8 2 9 Interception
4 6:57 0:08 OWN 20 1 0 Interception
4 2:40 1:01 OWN 12 4 -11 Downs
4 1:23 1:23 OWN 20 3 45 Game

Hartford Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
6 3 2

West Virginia Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
1 0 1

Hartford Rushing Breakdown
Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 12 41 3.4
Middle 16 75 4.6
Right 11 36 3.2
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
70 Suarez 3 10 38
74 Brockway 3 5 35
57 Higdon 2 10 39
60 Overton 1 4 33
62 Hartman 1 2 36
25 Dostie 1 2 24
84 Sala 0 1 35
69 Forland 0 2 3
77 Sales 0 1 5
83 Hernandez 0 0 15
68 Smith 0 0 6
85 Barnhart 0 0 4

Hartford Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 7 5 39 5.5
Short (0-8 Yds) 16 8 50 3.1
Medium (9-18 Yds) 8 4 60 7.5
Long (19+ Yds) 4 1 37 9.2

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
10 Hickman 35 18 0 3 5 0 8 1

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
86 Gaylor 12 7 0 97 23
84 Sala 6 5 1 40 31
25 Dostie 5 2 1 16 21
87 Ferreira 3 1 0 13 24
81 Khan 2 0 0 0 9
43 Frausto 2 1 1 7 36
80 Billings 2 0 0 0 12
89 Roush 1 1 0 2 2
49 Jamison 1 0 0 0 18
39 Barker 1 1 0 11 12

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
62 Hartman 0 35
57 Higdon 1 34
70 Suarez 0 34
74 Brockway 0 33
60 Overton 0 32
25 Dostie 0 21
68 Smith 0 6
77 Sales 0 5
69 Forland 0 1

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
20 Seifert 1.0 0 0 29
32 Lister 1.0 0 1 14
59 Athey 0.0 0 1 34
98 Tan 0.0 0 1 31
93 Fisk 0.0 0 1 30
43 Frausto 0.0 0 0 36
26 Brown 0.0 0 0 35
48 Knight 0.0 0 0 26
78 Williamson 0.0 0 0 25
50 Boyer 0.0 0 0 23
33 Pitman 0.0 0 0 23
54 Martin 0.0 0 0 21
53 Leong 0.0 0 0 20
36 Jones 0.0 0 0 14
91 Leibowitz 0.0 0 0 12
79 Rick 0.0 0 0 10
35 Richardson 0.0 0 0 7
99 Lucas 0.0 0 0 5
76 Hueffed 0.0 0 0 4
96 Cleeland 0.0 0 0 1

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
33 Pitman 3 1 0 23
43 Frausto 2 1 0 36
48 Knight 2 1 0 26
26 Brown 2 0 1 35
50 Boyer 2 0 0 23
53 Leong 2 0 0 20
54 Martin 1 1 0 21
59 Athey 1 0 0 34
93 Fisk 1 0 0 30
32 Lister 0 1 0 14
20 Seifert 0 0 1 29
98 Tan 0 0 0 31
78 Williamson 0 0 0 25
36 Jones 0 0 0 14
91 Leibowitz 0 0 0 12
79 Rick 0 0 0 10
35 Richardson 0 0 0 7
99 Lucas 0 0 0 5
76 Hueffed 0 0 0 4
96 Cleeland 0 0 0 1

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
54 Martin 7 1 17 21
26 Brown 5 1 19 35
98 Tan 4 2 19 31
43 Frausto 3 2 29 36
93 Fisk 3 0 19 30
48 Knight 3 0 13 26
33 Pitman 3 0 12 23
50 Boyer 2 2 14 23
53 Leong 2 2 12 20
79 Rick 2 1 16 10
20 Seifert 2 0 15 29
91 Leibowitz 2 0 2 12
36 Jones 1 1 3 14
59 Athey 1 0 16 34
32 Lister 1 0 7 14
35 Richardson 1 0 3 7
78 Williamson 0 0 3 25
99 Lucas 0 0 0 5
76 Hueffed 0 0 0 4
96 Cleeland 0 0 3 1

West Virginia Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 8 45 5.6
Middle 8 23 2.8
Right 3 6 2.0
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
56 Gandy 3 7 19
79 Hancock 2 4 19
73 Gallego 1 4 18
70 Lambert 1 2 19
43 Reyes 1 1 14
81 Parliman 1 1 13
72 Kemnitzer 0 0 18
84 Clinton 0 0 5
36 Boulware 0 0 3
57 Horn 0 0 1
67 Dawson 0 0 1

West Virginia Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 9 7 41 4.5
Short (0-8 Yds) 12 5 26 2.1
Medium (9-18 Yds) 11 4 57 5.1
Long (19+ Yds) 1 0 0 0.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
11 Falcon 31 15 3 2 5 0 4 2
7 Del Greco 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
43 Reyes 7 6 0 23 19
83 Simpson 6 1 0 11 25
82 Weaver 6 2 1 27 24
24 Kersey 4 3 0 12 8
89 Gardner 3 1 0 19 25
87 Barley 2 0 0 0 16
29 Duffy 2 1 1 10 20
36 Boulware 1 1 0 7 2
81 Parliman 1 0 0 0 19
84 Clinton 1 1 0 15 14

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
56 Gandy 1 33
79 Hancock 0 31
70 Lambert 0 30
73 Gallego 0 30
72 Kemnitzer 0 30
43 Reyes 0 19
66 Azzolini 0 5
57 Horn 0 5
67 Dawson 1 5
61 Lindsay 0 4
53 Chisholm 0 2
36 Boulware 0 2

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
74 Cotten 1.0 0 0 10
78 Cole 0.0 0 4 31
92 Ramsey 0.0 0 2 34
99 Hudson 0.0 0 1 34
49 Forrest 0.0 0 0 34
26 Shoop 0.0 0 0 30
95 Chelius 0.0 0 0 27
27 Kauffman 0.0 0 0 26
71 Parker 0.0 0 0 26
46 Adams 0.0 0 0 26
51 Newman 0.0 0 0 25
58 Kidman 0.0 0 0 23
37 Roberson 0.0 0 0 21
76 Levine 0.0 0 1 7
52 Browning 0.0 0 0 14
34 Natale 0.0 0 0 10
23 Kelly 0.0 0 0 9
21 Lopes 0.0 0 0 6
54 Wells 0.0 0 0 2
96 Reilly 0.0 0 0 1

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
49 Forrest 5 1 0 34
27 Kauffman 3 0 0 26
95 Chelius 2 1 0 27
26 Shoop 1 1 0 30
46 Adams 1 0 1 26
92 Ramsey 1 0 0 34
37 Roberson 1 0 0 21
52 Browning 1 0 0 14
76 Levine 1 0 0 7
21 Lopes 1 0 0 6
54 Wells 1 0 0 2
78 Cole 0 1 0 31
51 Newman 0 1 0 25
99 Hudson 0 0 0 34
71 Parker 0 0 0 26
58 Kidman 0 0 0 23
74 Cotten 0 0 0 10
34 Natale 0 0 0 10
23 Kelly 0 0 0 9
96 Reilly 0 0 0 1

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
49 Forrest 8 2 38 34
51 Newman 6 1 29 25
74 Cotten 5 1 12 10
95 Chelius 4 3 30 27
27 Kauffman 4 0 31 26
37 Roberson 4 0 15 21
92 Ramsey 3 5 37 34
71 Parker 3 2 27 26
99 Hudson 3 1 39 34
26 Shoop 3 1 36 30
58 Kidman 3 1 38 23
78 Cole 3 1 29 31
46 Adams 2 0 28 26
96 Reilly 2 0 2 1
52 Browning 1 1 8 14
23 Kelly 1 0 10 9
76 Levine 1 0 10 7
21 Lopes 0 1 4 6
34 Natale 0 0 4 10
54 Wells 0 0 2 2

This game feels really good. We hit them in the mouth, and sweep the season series, I don't think either team has done this before, but I need to go back and check on that, as I think they might have swept us in 2005. Still, none of the season series have been as lopsided as this year's affairs. The total score for this season's matchups is 56-6!

The downside is that neither Hickman, nor the running game looked that good. Hickman did account for three scores, but he was not very efficient, and the running game didn't help him out at all. Still, our defense held up their end of the deal, and this was a division road win, so no complaints.

The bad news, Courtney Cleeland, our second year defensive wonder, is out for 55 weeks with a torn patellar tendon. This is a major blow, and could impact us the rest of the year. Still, we have some depth in the LB corps still, so it looks like Martin will shift to SLB, Boyer will start at SILB, and Liebowitz will start at WILB next week.

[Warhammer]

I have to admit it, this 2-6 Wichita squad scares me. They feature Winston Scott at QB, a second year player who is turning into a solid QB. Their running back is another solid performer. Each of these players were players that I would have selected had they fallen to me in their draft.

On defense, they are solid, but they seem to have a weakness on the left side of their DL. I decide that I will focus on that weakness and shove the ball down their throat. Let's see if Overton was worth the price we paid for him. We will not throw the ball as much since Wichita has a pretty good secondary.

Box Score: Wichita at Hartford
Hartford, CT.

Week 10, 2007

Attendance: 73,000 (74,900).


Weather: 62 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:58 HAR - Alonzo Booher 23 field goal.
1Q: 05:58 WIC - Tyler Conners 7 pass from Winston Scott.
1Q: 05:58 WIC - Bobby Daft extra point.
2Q: 11:11 WIC - Duane Rau 3 pass from Winston Scott.
2Q: 11:11 WIC - Bobby Daft extra point.
2Q: 08:37 HAR - Alonzo Booher 43 field goal.
2Q: 00:16 WIC - Bobby Daft 19 field goal.
3Q: 14:47 HAR - Gary Ferreira 12 pass from Jim Hickman.
3Q: 14:47 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
4Q: 13:56 HAR - Martin Barker 27 run.
4Q: 13:56 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
4Q: 10:19 HAR - Stanley Jamison 13 run.
4Q: 10:19 HAR - Alonzo Booher extra point.
4Q: 05:56 WIC - Bobby Daft 21 field goal.

Game MVP: HAR 50 O.J. Boyer

Wichita 7 10 0 3 - 20
Hartford 3 3 7 14 - 27

Team Statistics WIC HAR

First Downs 21 17

Total Rushes 42 39
Rushing Yards 196 226
Yards Per Carry 4.6 5.7
Pass Attempts 25 19
Completions 15 9
Passing Yards 177 125
Yards Per Attempt 7.0 6.5
Sacked 1 0
Yards Lost 6 0
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 1/0

Total Plays 68 58
Total Yards 367 351
Yards Per Play 5.3 6.0

3rd Down Plays 7/14 5/11
Avg. YTG on 3rd 9.4 5.0
4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0

Penalties 6 3
Penalty Yards 41 29

Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 34
Time Of Possession 30:17 29:43

Wichita Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
30 LeGrande 22 101 4.5 29 0
40 Rau 16 77 4.8 15 0
42 Ackerman 2 13 6.5 8 0
83 Liedtke 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0
15 Scott 1 6 6.0 6 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
15 Scott 25 15 177 7.0 35 2 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
85 Conners 5 72 14.4 3 35 1
40 Rau 3 23 7.6 6 17 1
83 Liedtke 3 46 15.3 16 20 0
9 Hutson 2 19 9.5 2 10 0
87 Diep 1 4 4.0 2 4 0
80 Markel 1 13 13.0 2 13 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
85 Conners 1 1 1.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
44 Rowe 3 65 21.6 0
83 Liedtke 1 22 22.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
13 Blades 5 195 39.0 48 3

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
17 Daft 2 2 21 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
98 Tran 8 2 0.0 0 0 0
34 Ortego 6 1 0.0 1 27 0
92 Tyrrell 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
50 Martin 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
47 Williams 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
78 Ruth 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
22 Gerhardt 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Neighbors 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
55 Giddens 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
9 Hutson 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Rowe 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
74 Basile 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
76 Clinton 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
73 Ressler 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Cantrell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
97 Bland 0 0 0.0 1 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
66 Riggle 0 0 0 0 2 0
52 Scott 0 0 0 0 0 1
61 Silas 0 0 0 0 5 0
73 Ressler 0 0 0 0 4 0
40 Rau 1 0 0 0 1 0
56 Vanderpool 0 0 0 0 1 0
47 Williams 0 1 0 0 0 0
30 LeGrande 1 0 0 0 0 0
75 Crump 0 0 0 0 1 0

Hartford Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
49 Jamison 20 101 5.0 19 1
39 Barker 15 111 7.4 32 1
10 Hickman 3 11 3.6 7 0
25 Dostie 1 3 3.0 3 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
10 Hickman 19 9 125 6.5 43 1 2 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
86 Gaylor 2 28 14.0 3 16 0
80 Billings 2 57 28.5 6 43 0
81 Khan 1 8 8.0 1 8 0
84 Sala 1 7 7.0 7 7 0
87 Ferreira 1 12 12.0 0 12 1
25 Dostie 1 2 2.0 0 2 0
83 Hernandez 1 11 11.0 2 11 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
89 Roush 2 49 24.5 0
87 Ferreira 1 33 33.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Reid 4 146 36.5 46 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
11 Booher 2 2 43 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
50 Boyer 16 3 0.0 0 0 0
54 Martin 8 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Leibowitz 6 4 0.0 0 0 0
26 Brown 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
20 Seifert 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Frausto 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
98 Tan 3 3 0.5 0 0 0
93 Fisk 3 2 0.5 0 0 0
32 Lister 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
48 Knight 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
74 Brockway 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
59 Athey 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
80 Billings 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Cucina 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 Lucas 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
60 Overton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Jones 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Pitman 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Rick 0 4 0.0 0 0 0
53 Leong 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
78 Williamson 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
70 Suarez 0 0 0 0 5 0
74 Brockway 0 0 1 0 3 0
57 Higdon 0 0 0 0 3 0
25 Dostie 0 0 0 0 3 0
50 Boyer 0 2 0 0 0 0
68 Smith 0 0 0 0 1 0
84 Sala 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 Seifert 0 0 1 0 0 0
39 Barker 1 0 0 0 0 0
93 Fisk 0 0 1 0 0 0
83 Hernandez 0 0 0 0 1 0

Wichita Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:58 2:10 OWN 20 4 30 Punt
1 7:49 1:51 OPP 30 5 30 Touchdown
1 4:08 7:57 OWN 28 16 72 Touchdown
2 8:37 3:12 OWN 20 6 14 Punt
2 3:13 1:27 OWN 24 3 5 Punt
2 1:16 1:00 OPP 28 4 26 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:06 OWN 20 1 0 Fumble
3 14:47 2:44 OWN 24 4 34 Punt
3 9:20 4:45 OWN 10 10 50 Punt
4 13:56 1:23 OWN 24 2 8 Fumble
4 10:19 4:23 OWN 22 10 74 Field Goal
4 2:09 0:36 OWN 23 4 9 Downs

Hartford Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:02 OWN 20 10 74 Field Goal
1 8:48 0:59 OWN 13 2 4 Interception
1 5:58 1:50 OWN 33 3 5 Punt
2 11:11 2:34 OWN 20 5 54 Field Goal
2 5:25 2:12 OWN 18 4 22 Punt
2 1:46 0:30 OWN 34 2 2 Interception
2 0:16 0:16 OWN 36 1 7 Half
3 14:54 0:07 OPP 12 1 12 Touchdown
3 12:03 2:43 OWN 9 5 27 Punt
3 4:35 5:39 OWN 20 12 80 Touchdown
4 12:33 2:14 OPP 32 4 32 Touchdown
4 5:56 3:47 OWN 23 6 25 Punt
4 1:33 1:33 OPP 32 4 13 Game

Wichita Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
4 2 2

Hartford Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
3 1 1

Wichita Rushing Breakdown
Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 14 58 4.1
Middle 17 108 6.3
Right 11 30 2.7
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
61 Silas 5 10 42
73 Ressler 4 10 42
66 Riggle 2 6 42
56 Vanderpool 1 6 36
75 Crump 1 3 42
40 Rau 1 2 35
87 Diep 0 2 37
42 Ackerman 0 1 15
52 Scott 0 1 6
4 Molnar 0 0 11
86 Beyer 0 0 1

Wichita Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 0 0 0 0.0
Short (0-8 Yds) 10 7 41 4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds) 9 7 101 11.2
Long (19+ Yds) 6 1 35 5.8

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
15 Scott 25 15 2 1 5 1 1 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
83 Liedtke 7 3 0 46 13
9 Hutson 6 2 0 19 19
85 Conners 5 5 0 72 19
40 Rau 3 3 0 23 22
87 Diep 3 1 1 4 18
80 Markel 1 1 0 13 8

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
61 Silas 0 26
73 Ressler 0 26
66 Riggle 0 26
75 Crump 0 26
56 Vanderpool 0 24
40 Rau 0 22
42 Ackerman 0 13
52 Scott 1 2

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
92 Tyrrell 0.0 1 0 19
78 Ruth 0.0 0 2 19
98 Tran 0.0 0 1 19
76 Clinton 0.0 0 1 10
47 Williams 0.0 0 0 19
34 Ortego 0.0 0 0 19
74 Basile 0.0 0 0 19
50 Martin 0.0 0 0 17
45 Neighbors 0.0 0 0 16
44 Rowe 0.0 0 0 16
23 Davidson 0.0 0 0 11
55 Giddens 0.0 0 0 10
72 Cantrell 0.0 0 0 9
22 Gerhardt 0.0 0 0 5
97 Bland 0.0 0 0 1

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
50 Martin 3 0 0 17
45 Neighbors 2 0 0 16
47 Williams 1 1 0 19
98 Tran 1 1 0 19
55 Giddens 1 0 0 10
22 Gerhardt 1 0 0 5
34 Ortego 0 0 1 19
78 Ruth 0 0 0 19
74 Basile 0 0 0 19
92 Tyrrell 0 0 0 19
44 Rowe 0 0 0 16
23 Davidson 0 0 0 11
97 Bland 0 0 1 1
76 Clinton 0 0 0 10
72 Cantrell 0 0 0 9

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
98 Tran 8 2 39 19
34 Ortego 6 1 39 19
92 Tyrrell 5 1 39 19
50 Martin 5 1 38 17
47 Williams 4 3 39 19
78 Ruth 4 0 39 19
22 Gerhardt 3 1 5 5
45 Neighbors 3 0 32 16
55 Giddens 3 0 30 10
74 Basile 1 1 39 19
44 Rowe 1 1 31 16
76 Clinton 1 1 13 10
72 Cantrell 1 0 26 9
23 Davidson 0 0 17 11
97 Bland 0 0 3 1

Hartford Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 13 77 5.9
Middle 13 55 4.2
Right 12 95 7.9
None 1 -1 -1.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
70 Suarez 5 10 39
57 Higdon 3 7 39
74 Brockway 3 6 31
25 Dostie 3 5 28
84 Sala 1 3 32
83 Hernandez 1 1 19
68 Smith 1 1 4
60 Overton 0 2 35
62 Hartman 0 1 38
77 Sales 0 0 8
69 Forland 0 0 7
85 Barnhart 0 0 4

Hartford Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 5 2 9 1.8
Short (0-8 Yds) 6 2 19 3.1
Medium (9-18 Yds) 7 4 54 7.7
Long (19+ Yds) 1 1 43 43.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
10 Hickman 19 9 1 0 2 1 4 2

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
87 Ferreira 4 1 0 12 12
80 Billings 4 2 0 57 9
25 Dostie 3 1 0 2 9
83 Hernandez 3 1 0 11 7
84 Sala 2 1 0 7 14
86 Gaylor 2 2 0 28 9
81 Khan 1 1 0 8 9

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
57 Higdon 0 19
70 Suarez 0 19
62 Hartman 0 19
60 Overton 0 17
74 Brockway 0 14
25 Dostie 0 9
69 Forland 0 8
77 Sales 0 5
68 Smith 0 2

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
93 Fisk 0.5 1 0 26
98 Tan 0.5 0 0 26
26 Brown 0.0 0 0 26
54 Martin 0.0 0 0 23
78 Williamson 0.0 0 1 13
50 Boyer 0.0 0 0 23
20 Seifert 0.0 0 0 21
43 Frausto 0.0 0 0 20
91 Leibowitz 0.0 0 0 19
53 Leong 0.0 0 0 19
48 Knight 0.0 0 0 19
33 Pitman 0.0 0 0 14
79 Rick 0.0 0 0 13
59 Athey 0.0 0 0 6
32 Lister 0.0 0 0 6
36 Jones 0.0 0 0 6
94 Cucina 0.0 0 0 4
35 Richardson 0.0 0 0 2

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
54 Martin 3 1 0 23
50 Boyer 3 0 0 23
26 Brown 2 0 0 26
20 Seifert 2 0 0 21
91 Leibowitz 2 0 0 19
43 Frausto 1 2 0 20
33 Pitman 1 0 0 14
32 Lister 1 0 0 6
48 Knight 0 2 0 19
98 Tan 0 0 0 26
93 Fisk 0 0 0 26
53 Leong 0 0 0 19
79 Rick 0 0 0 13
78 Williamson 0 0 0 13
59 Athey 0 0 0 6
36 Jones 0 0 0 6
94 Cucina 0 0 0 4
35 Richardson 0 0 0 2

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
50 Boyer 16 3 36 23
54 Martin 8 0 36 23
91 Leibowitz 6 4 36 19
26 Brown 6 2 42 26
20 Seifert 6 0 40 21
43 Frausto 4 2 36 20
98 Tan 3 3 42 26
93 Fisk 3 2 39 26
32 Lister 2 0 11 6
48 Knight 1 1 29 19
33 Pitman 1 0 24 14
36 Jones 1 0 6 6
59 Athey 1 0 5 6
94 Cucina 1 0 7 4
99 Lucas 1 0 3 0
79 Rick 0 4 20 13
53 Leong 0 1 26 19
78 Williamson 0 1 22 13
35 Richardson 0 0 2 2

It wasn't pretty, but we'll take the win. 10 of their points came off of turnovers, but 14 of our points came on turnovers. Hickman didn't have a great game, but that is what I expected. The running game was incredible, as we had two rushers with over 100 yards. Oddly enough, we had more success going deep in the passing game than we did on the short stuff. The game plan worked to perfection as we gashed the left side of the WIC DL for 7.9 YPC!

OJ Boyer had a monster game for us, posting 16 tackles, 3 assists, and 2 forced fumbles. He was the man for us today. This wraps up the easy part of the schedule, next week Norfolk is up. If we lose that game, we can forget about the division. If we can eek out a win, we can seriously think about stealing it from them.

[Warhammer]

Hartford Grizzlies 2007 Regular Season Schedule

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather
Week 1 WEST VIRGINIA BEASTS W, 23-3 73,000 Rain, 53
Week 2 NEWARK BULLDOGS L, 10-14 73,000 Sunny, 60
Week 3 HOUSTON RENEGADES W, 17-14 73,000 Sunny, 47
Week 4 at Cleveland Clawz L, 6-25 64,000 Sunny, 75
Week 5 at Boston Dragons W, 23-17 63,400 Rain, 59
Week 6 at Iowa City Snipe Hunters L, 3-23 71,000 Sunny, 53
Week 7 MONTREAL FIREBIRDS W, 28-21 73,000 Rain, 63
Week 8 OPEN
Week 9 at West Virginia Beasts W, 33-3 64,800 Sunny, 68
Week 10 WICHITA OUTLAWS W, 27-20 73,000 Sunny, 62
Week 11 NORFOLK VIPERS
Week 12 at Vermont Mountaineers
Week 13 at Fresno Chaos
Week 14 ORLANDO PIRATES
Week 15 at Norfolk Vipers
Week 16 at Lawrence Phantoms
Week 17 BOSTON DRAGONS

Home Games in ALL CAPS

Season Tickets Sold: 72,600
Stadium Capacity: 74,900

Our upcoming games are going to be huge. We are currently sitting at 6-3, and are tied with the fifth best record in the conference. Unfortunately, we are tied with Cleveland who owns the WC tiebreaker against us. We have two probably losses in Norfolk (as much as I hate to admit it). Fresno and Boston should be wins. That leaves Lawrence, Orlando, and Vermont as games that are going to be up in the air. Out of these games, the only game we have a good chance of winning is Orlando.

That will put us at 9-7 on the season, but on the outside of the playoff picture. I would love to have the Newark game back, but that is ancient history. We need to focus on stealing one of the games against Norfolk, if we can manage that, I think we sneak into the playoffs. One thing we have working for us, our OL will be at full strength heading into our game with Orlando.

[MrBigglesworth]

Hey, I didn't even know you had this going!

You've had a fairly easy schedule so far, let's see if you can keep up the winning in the second half here!

[Warhammer]

Coming into the season, it didn't look like an easy schedule, Boston, Houston, IWC, Newark, and Cleveland all had better talent than us. Plus, Montreal has equal talent. It looked to be a tough road. I think we have played well, especially considering our injuries, we have been banged up in the secondary, and our offensive line is 3/5 backups right now, but we have managed. We also lost our best defensive player for the season last game, but he had been out early in the season as well.

I think we have a good team, but we are not the class of the AC, that honor belongs to IWC, Norfolk, Albuquerque, and Anchorage. You need to remember, we are still rebuilding here, and will be for the next two years probably. However, we should make a major push next year, we have plenty of cap space, and very few essential players we need to resign.

Bottom line: Anything 8-8 or better is a success for this team. Our goal is to reach the playoffs.