Week 3’s recap, awards, rants and a look at what Week 4 as in stores.

Football.

After 3 weeks of FlagPlus Football this season, I must admit I’ve seen my fair share of amazing plays. I’ve also seen my fair share of complaints. Most of you know me as I stand by the sidelines barely commenting/scorekeeping games, but I see a lot.

We all can agree or disagree with certain calls, but at the end of the day, it’s a recreational sport for which none of us earn a living; let’s not take this outside. We all work tomorrow. We all have a life outside of FPF that IS more important than FPF. Let’s all remember this.

Also, quick add, referees are human. They miss/blow calls. It happens. I’m the first to complain, but take a step back and apologize for your behavior if you feel like it was out of line. It does go a long way.

There’s only so much we can control; let’s stay within the realm of what we have a control upon as we take the field and leave the rest to others.

If your game is decided by a referee’s call, you didn’t do your job properly; improve your game so that nobody, not even referees can strip you of Ws.

Let’s get started,

 

Week 3

It’s been 3 weeks and I’ve seen some serious football so far. I’m really proud of covering DC as so many upsets already occurred and are yet to occur. Some of my top 10 teams preseason are currently winless (including mine, I know, you don’t have to say it EVERYTIME. Gosh) and some are currently undefeated that I barely expected to finish .500 (I see you, No Name).

FPF is fantastic for the amount of upsets and unforeseen action it beholds. Keep it coming, I love it.

 

Thoughts of the Week

• The internet is home for some weird and twisted stuff, yet, most of it comes from straight up actual facts. I just learnt that there’s a burger joint in Vegas called Heart Attack Grill. It serves a monstruous octuple bypass burger that would put others to shame. If you’re 350 pounds or heavier, you get to eat it for free AND the establishment is owned by a doctor. So not only do they ENCOURAGE you to be fat and eat poorly, but if you fail, they spank you for being bad at it.
• Like many of you, I enjoy a good 18-holer. As I’m drinking my coffee, I came across this story and I must admit, would’ve shat myself if it happened to me: Read it HERE. Yes, that’s a 15-feet alligator chilling on a golf course. DEAR GOD.
• Listen, Kyle, I’m getting really fed up of writing about you. Would you please stop getting so many goddamn interceptions and pick-six’s? Sincerely, FPF.
• Rich Humes is human after all. His defense isn’t though.
• So many tight games that closed out on the final play this week. I love it.
• TOPSZN’ woes aren’t going anywhere, huh.
• Two different teams dropped 50 burgers this week. Both were helped by outside forces too (Coyotes got a pick-six on the very last play of the game in garbage time, Honey Badgers started the game 12-0 as LBB was late)
• My heart still hasn’t recovered from watching Banshee’s series finale a few weeks ago. What a great show.
• Losing to teammates stings. It’s also what makes FPF so great, ironically.
• Listening to the new Billy Talent single has me feeling like a teenager again.
• A tie, really? C’mon…!
• Writing this article outdoors make it feel much more ‘summer’y’. I love it.
• Too many people throw random shit in fires. Plastics/cardboard/etc doesn’t smell oh-so-good when burnt. Please, avoid being THAT douche.
• Why does every camping feel like it’s owned and used by Quebecers on welfare ONLY?
• Previous statement was made a few years ago, but I felt it was of time as camping season is beginning.
• Brent Callender do something. I’ve been trying to give you a shout but you’ve been boring in Div C.
• Justin Blanchard keeps taking shots at me in his article; it is all good bud, losing to me must sting.
• Eagle aka Bird is back busting our balls. God did I enjoy myself in his absence… At least we can professional level work instead of random Chapman’ism.
• This week’s schedule turned out with sooo many good games. I’m excited to see how it’ll all turn out.

 

Players of the Week

• Kyle Lebofsky (Broccasion): Even if I wanted to avoid naming him, he did get 2 pick-six’s…!
• Vincent Lauzon (MVE): He was the aerial offense for MVE this week and crushed his opponents almost single-handedly. Well done, Lauzon.
• Maxime Giroux (Top Sauce): 2 TDs, over 100 yards receiving and an interception will get you noticed most of the time. This is one of those times.
• Eddy Lee (The Commission): 2 offensive TDs and a pick for six is always an impressive stat line.

 

Recaps

• Coyotes came out balling real early as Feder connected with Mike Nols on their first offensive play for 6 and never looked back. Although Warhawks hung in there and battled it out, Coyotes looked like they were never really threatened by their adversary on Sunday PM. Sammy Feder is having another wonderful season and his offense is as prolific as it could get; with 5 different receivers getting TDs (all but his snapper), we can see that chemistry has benefits. On the last play of the game, Laurent Ladouceur tried to toss it back to Fred Mallette for laughs and giggles and got picked off, for six, by Coyotes’ rusher Dylan Weiss to add to the numbers. Luckily, the game was already over and Warhawks took it well as they headed to the locker room/bench to put the game behind them.
• Eskimo Brothers were without the services of Shawn Steen on Sunday night and their defense really showed flaws all across the board. Starting with their inability to cover Vincent Lauzon was one, but their weak pass-rush was the other as Côté scrambled, ran and even got 2 TDs with his legs. In a game that I expected to be the other way around, MVE drove hard and fast in the first half to gain a lead they’d never let go of. With Lauzon being the main reason for their offensive success, let’s not disregard the good plays made from their defense and how poorly Stachowski looked for 44 minutes (which is a rare sight nowadays). Kudos to MVE to battling it out cleanly; expect Eskimo Brothers to bounce back with Steen next week.
• I found myself fending off teammates on Sunday night when Brunch Buddies played La Sauce and it was a serious tale of two halves. In the first, FPF Jr sensation Juwan Edghill looked like the main man catching TDs like it was effortless against tight coverage and everything was going my way as my offense faced very little resistance. La Sauce’s snapper, Antonin Desgent, was absent for the game and the backup wasn’t as accurate as Cory Kennedy suffered a bad snap for a safety early and dug himself in a tough hole to fight out of. Completing only 7 of his passes, no one would imagine Brunch Buddies’ defense to look THIS badly and finish the night with only 2 tackles to allow La Sauce to put up 31 points (as they nudged 1 extra point; which would suffice in the end). With one final play, I looked off and fired a pass to Justin Blanchard in the back of the endzone just to watch in despair as Francois Raymond dove forward and got a finger on the ball; just enough to twitch it out of Blanchard’s hands for an incomplete pass sealing La Sauce’s first W of the season.

 

Power Rankings

1. Coyotes (3-0-0). Another amazing offensive performance for Coyotes keeps them at the top of the mountain.   
2. No Fly Zone (3-0-0). This week’s contest showed that NFZ is human. Undefeated and the game wasn’t close, but human. They fall to 2nd simply because Coyotes are still 1st.
3. Honey Badgers (3-0-0): Last week’s offensive display was impressive to watch. McKernan is playing amazing football.
4. Stockton Slap (3-0-0): They like to keep it close and finish strong, Stockton Slap is a serious contender.
5. Broccasion (2-1-0): Back to back sensational defensive outputs have them climbing the ranks. Well done, Bros.
6. No Name (3-0-0): Defense shuts out the opposition as No Name remains undefeated and climbs the ranks.
7. 69ers (2-0-1): 69ers remain undefeated and climb in this week’s rankings.
8. Top Sauce (2-1-0): After a shaky start to the season, Top Sauce finally found themselves in last week’s matchup and are now featured in my rankings.
9. Eskimo Brothers (2-1-0): A tough loss without one of their best player isn’t too worrisome, but you can’t let another slip oh so easily.  
10. Varennes (2-1-0): Have they figured Varennes out or simply a fluke? Time will tell.

 

FlagPlus Fantasy Football

After a good performance, Justin Blanchard takes away my mantle and becomes our new reigning champion. Defeating me 130.13 to my 127.93 was no easy task, but I guess he picks his players better than I do somehow.

Here’s the breakdown of last week’s results:

 

	Simon	Points Scored	Justin	Points Scored
QB	Sammy Feder (Coyotes)	39.73	Rich Humes (Backyard Bullies)	16.33
Snapper	Yoni Lehrer (Keyport Lock)	12.6	Alexandre Provencher-Rivest (Gotham Knights)	16
WR	Steve Sanner  (No Fly Zone)	3.6	Josh Feder (Coyotes)	27.6
WR	Dilan Daoust (Honey Badgers)	22	Jonathan Grizzley (No Name)	13.6
WR	Corey Oliver (Eskimo Brothers)	2.4	Anthony Addona (Show me Your TDs)	12.4
WR	Laurent Ladouceur (Warhawks)	6.6	Justin McLean (Top Sauce)	21.2
Rusher	Simon Laporte (No Name)	22.5	Mathieu Cauchon (Former Tomahawk)	0
Defense	Top Sauce	18.5	The Commission	23
Total		127.93		130.13

Last week’s MVP: Sammy Feder

Overall, his receiver corps wrecked mine and took the W late due to Commission’s performance on defense.

This week’s challenger is Mathieu Domon. Some of you might know him by now; he was a French writer for FPF for a while, he QBs for Les Affreux in Division D and he’s been around FPF since Spring 2009 (yes, it’s been that long)

Let’s remind everyone of the simple rules we follow weekly:

• Cannot draft someone from your own team
• Cannot draft the same player twice (Gives an edge to Challenger)
• Winner stays. Loser’s out.
• Challenger picks first.

Here’s the scoring format we’ll be using this season:

Quarterbacks

• 1 point per 15 yards passing
• 3 points per passing TD
• 1 point per 5 yards rushing
• 5 points per rushing TD
• – 2 points per interception
• – 1 point per sack

Receivers

• 1 point per 5 yards
• 5 points per TD

Rusher

• 7.5 points per sack

Defense

• 1 point per 3 tackles
• 1 point per 2 PD’s
• 2 points per sack
• 3 points per INT
• 5 points per pick-six
• 10 points for allowing 10 points or less
• 8 points for allowing 11-20 points
• 6 points for allowing 21-30 points
• 4 points for allowing 31-40 points
• 2 points for allowing 41-50 po ints
• 1 point for allowing 51 + point

** Key note: If any given player wants to be part of the Fantasy Duel in the upcoming week, we need new challengers. Send me a message (FB, Twitter, email) and I’ll set you up. You don’t need to be media/well known. As long as you love FPF / Division C and will spend about 25-30 minutes of your time to draft your team, we’ve got a deal.

This week’s teams:

 

	Justin	Mathieu
QB
Snapper
WR
WR
WR
WR
Rusher
Defense

 

Previews

• Show me Your TDs vs Eskimo Brothers: This game as amazing written all over it and I’ll be around to witness how it all goes down. On one side, you’ve got the high octane offense of Stachowski’s Oliver/Steen/Ruffner facing off Bellavance/Addona/Lubin’s as DBs. On the other side, we’ve got, well, the exact opposite. Both QBs can put up monstruous numbers and have the playmakers to do so. If both teams are on Sunday night, we’re set to have, probably, one of the best games of the season as both teams try to bounce back from last week’s shameful endeavor. I’m eager to see how hungry each player shows up and who’ll have the biggest impact as I expect both #1s to hit brick walls and see their usual production plummet in favor of some other #2 or #3s due to aggressive coverage.
• Warhawks vs Jagerbomb: Warhawks have been putting up numbers, but their defense can’t seem to create the turnovers Mallette requires to win football games. Either Mallette requires one too many, his defense is swiss cheese or guys need to start showing up more steadily because Laurent Ladouceur shouldn’t be snapping. Either way, Warhawks are too good to be sitting at 0-3. Jagerbomb have been competing regardless of Duchesne’ injury (kudos to them for finding a replacement) and I don’t expect them to go down easy even if Duchesne isn’t the one feeding Lavoie-Patry, Daloze or Cardichon. I expect both teams to breach the 30 points marker and the game to come down to the wire. Both teams can make it happen, but I can see Ladouceur being a matchup nightmare for Jagerbomb to handle.
• MVE vs Broccasion: MVE got their first win last week against a defense that couldn’t stop a nose-bleed and Vincent Lauzon made himself known as a serious playmaker to many after being one of the only bright light on his offense. This time around, MVE faces the defense that, not only creates the most turnovers, but also generates the most points by itself and turns games around. Broccasion have been on a roll ever since Lebofsky had 3 picksixs in 2 games (people NEED to stop going his way with the football) and Cerantola does the rest. I take nothing away from their offense, but defense has been ON FIRE recently and needs to earn the spotlight. Unless Côté can learn to play much more conservative and break the rush every now and then to make his legs relevant, I feel like Broccasion will pull away slowly from start to finish. Do not underestimate MVE, but the game will be in Côté hands; without turnovers, they could earn .500 by the end of the night.

 

Picks of the week

Due to a tie, I finish with a 9/12 performance, which is still pretty good. My season tallies up to 19/24 (which is remarkable if you ask me). I basically predict the future.

Here’s this week’s picks :

TOPSZN vs Coyotes: Coyotes

Evolution vs La Sauce: La Sauce

Show me Your TDs vs Eskimo Brothers : Eskimo Brothers

Warhawks vs Jagerbomb: Warhawks

MVE vs Broccasion : Broccasion

No Name vs Brunch Buddies: —-

Top Sauce vs Keyport Lock: Top Sauce

Les Blues Branleurs vs No Big Deal: No Big Deal

The Commission vs Gotham Knights: Gotham Knights

Stockton Slap vs 69ers: Stockton Slap

Varennes vs Honey Badgers : Honey Badgers

BearSkins vs No Fly Zone : No Fly Zone

Former Tomahawk vs Killa Beez : Former Tomahawk

 

That sums it for this week’s article. It’s always a pleasure to write and hear back from you guys. After all, the content is meant 99% for you. I keep a percent for me; ranting here and there is fun after all. You can always reach me via twitter @DagenaisFPF or via email ([email protected]). I’ll be at Lachine every Sunday night scorekeeping/playing and at the new Stade on Mondays so you can stop by and chat. Don’t hesitate. The music is a nice addition to the podcasts, but STOP EXISTING Eagle. Gosh.