The Hot Little Hands (yes, that's a team, not the name of an R & B song from the '70s) outmuscled the scrappy Commas on Sunday, despite the obvious improvement of Oxford's offensive attack. By improvement, I mean we actually have a play. Just one play. Baby steps, people.
Thanks to a couple of clock-eating drives and a timely takeaway, the Commas kept it close in the first half. The "fullback" option frustrated the other team, even after they figured out what we were doing. But the Hands' QB proved to be a real problem, as he was able to run at will right through Oxford's defense. With their unbelievably fast receivers, the Hands had too much firepower. Meanwhile, the Commas, despite some big receptions by Ben, Ebin, and Brian, could not capitalize in the endzone. A sure TD catch for Justin was jarred away in what could have been a pass interference call. Sam's nifty touchdown catch was too little, too late. From then on, the Commas were pressing for quick scores, and the Hands were ready. Please don't look at the final score if you want to focus on the positives: Hands 38, Commas 6.
While the Type-A Hands' players went home and stressed over a missed tackle or a dropped pass, the Commas went out and partied as if it were not a school night. The women of the team (Ash, Dayne, Ninell, and Elyse), who played almost the entire game and who could now run the fullback play in their sleep, were treated to drinks for their valor. Just one round, though. It's the economy.
Here's what we learned:
We can complete short passes until we run out of first downs.
We can play good defense (when we know who we're covering).
We can't go deep yet, but we're working on it.
We need to come up with some red zone plays.
To that end, all members of Comma Nation (Commanists?) are invited to submit plays for the perusal of the whole team. Only plays that score touchdowns are welcome. Brian, please don't submit any that involve stupid distractions, like when a receiver barks like a dog. It's been done.
Finally, please invite your friends to support us, and to take photos and videos. Otherwise, we'll end up with "highlights" like this:
By the way, Brian has now been suspended indefinitely for calling me an asshole.
2 comments:
Red zone play: as Matt observed, the Hot Little Hands just threw thew ball up in the end zone and hoped someone from their team would catch it. That could work for us if tall people like Ben and Ebin are in the game. Just mark a position in the end zone and throw it high.
Going deep: doesn't this come down to communication between the receiver and the quarterback? Ideally we're all running hard on each play. But maybe our receivers can let the QB know when they're going to REALLY run hard. If you're a receiver, and you think you can beat the person defending you in a sprint, make sure the QB knows you're going to be open deep.
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