The Div 4 Playoffs, Round 1, Fight! – FlagPlus Football League

A little 90’s throwback for us all before I dive into the playoff matchups. If you didn’t know, FPF is the hardest of all leagues to win a championship, that it’s like going through the Mortal Kombat gauntlet. Drop the teams that weren’t good enough to advance, and we’re left with the best the division has to offer. Nothing is better than playoff football, and FPF’s road to the finals is no exception. Seriously, it’s tough to get far in the FPF playoffs, and there can only be 1 winner. But in losing, the challenge is what keeps us coming back for more every year. And if you are lucky enough to have won a championship, I can’t imagine that you want anything more than to go for the repeat.

Before I continue though, some of you may be a little confused as to why your team is marked in green to mean you’re in the playoffs, yet you have no playoff game scheduled. In the event of a 3-way tie, like there was between Spera’s Cougars, Centaures and Les Blues Branleurs. They all finished the season at 3-7, but the divisional records were not calculated correctly. Thank your local hero, Eagle at Master Control for calculating it on the side and determining (double-checked by yours truly) for the true divisional record. That said, even if you are a team in the red, like LBB, you actually made the playoffs! So double-check your schedule justtt to make sure you don’t have a playoff game this upcoming week.

So it’s time to get those gameday playoff jitters and Push Start to get Round 1 going, but before the games begin, comes the article with the playoff previews. So god damnit, let’s get to it!!

Div 4B – Monday May 9th – The Battle at Laval

So here we go Div 4. All the games for division 4 (both 4A and 4B) will take place on the night of Monday May 9th at the outdoor Laval fields. All 4B games will be played on Field 2, while all 4A games will be played on Field 1. The first games kick off at 7pm, so let’s begin with the 4B matchups with the keys to victory for each team and a paragraph about the matchup.

Team Ethnik vs. Mofos – Monday May 9th, 7pm, Laval Outdoors Field 2

Overarching story:

This one is a battle of FPF veterans vs. the youthful exuberance of Mofos. This is true about the teams in general, but highlighted at the Quarterback position. A lot of us know that Benoit Lawlor likes his deep balls, and while he has the speedy receivers to connect on it (the likes of Marc-André Parenteau and William Bissonnette come to mind), he will likely have to settle for the short/underneath game. Those 2 receivers can definitely play that game, along with David De Andrade and snapper Simon Dufort.

As for Mofos, Tiemoko Sanogo is an athlete who started the FPF season HOT, with 10 touchdowns and 0 INTs in his first 2 games. In the 8 remaining games though, he threw 25 TDs to 20 INTs, which is not great, in fact, it’s not very good. You can tell the high-risk/high-reward game he plays with his throws, and may be too reliant on the deep ball for success. The good thing? He posted those 10 TDs against sub-par defenses: Hot Sauce Sports and… TEAM ETHNIK

Previous Matchup: Team Ethnik 25 – 32 Mofos (Week 2)

In that game, the Mofos took Team Ethnik by surprise with their ability to score quickly on the deep ball. On both sides, the game was full of 15, 18, 22, and 27 yard completions. Only Lawlor had methodical drives with 3, 6, 7, and 9 yard completions. Sanogo will have to be careful with his deep shots, as Ethnik now know his abilities, and will need to be patient, drive the short game, and be accurate when he does take his shots deep.

Keys to Victory:

Team Ethnik will win if:

Lawlor can connect with Will Bissonnette. When those 2 are feeling it, no one can stop them.
David De Andrade can replicate his 7 receptions for 77 yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT from their previous matchup.
The Ethnik defense shuts down the deep ball. Force Mofos to be patient and make it a 26-24 game. The closer this game nears its ending in a close game, I would hope that Ethnik has learned from this season in terms of game management.

Mofos will win if:

Sanogo uses the fact that Ethnik’s defense will be covering deep to his advantage. Take a few shots deep early, come back mostly to the short/intermediate game, while taking the occasional deep shot. Overall, it should be 75% short/intermediate and 25% deep
The Mofos defense can force a minimum of 2 INTs or 4 total turnovers (Ex: 1 INT + 3 turnover on downs).
Use the running game to keep the Ethnik defense guessing in terms of what to stop.

Prediction: Team Ethnik will come away with a 28-24 victory in a tight playoff game to kickstart the Div 4B playoffs.

Les Verges Folles vs. Los Locos – Monday May 9th, 8pm, Laval Outdoors Field 2

Overarching story:

This is similar to the Ethnik vs. Mofos matchup, in that Les Verges Folles come in with way more FPF experience than Los Locos. That said, Los Locos had a pretty decent season for mostly new FPF players to start playing in Div 4. The experience however, of guys like Carl Bernola and Nassim Ouadhi, and then not to mention the talent level of Guillaume Beland, would be a tough out for any experienced FPF team. While Ouadhi‘s numbers aren’t stellar, with 29 TDs to the high 18 INTs, they are better than Thomas Soto‘s 23-to-20 TD-to-INT ratio. Funny enough, both QBs have given up 15 sacks, but neither team has a dedicated or elite rusher to factor in too much in this game. In fact, more than getting sacks, a good rusher in this game will have to take away the running ability from the opposing Quarterback. Both QBs rushed for over 300 yards and 4 TDs on the ground, so containment will be the key task for both rushers.

Previous Matchup: Les Verges Folles 13 – 12 Los Locos (Week 5)

For all the experience I claimed for LVF has, they sure didn’t show it when these 2 teams met back on Sunday March 20th in Hebert. Nassim Ouadhi had an awful game, throwing for less than 100 yards, 1 TD and 5 INTs. His rushing TD, plus the extra point convert to Carl Bernola especially, was the difference in this game. William Denis was the force majeur for Los Locos on D, as he picked off Ouadhi 3 times, while Paul Maksoud had the other 2, which must have had the LVF QB frustrated. The flipside of this, is that Soto couldn’t capitalize more on the 5 turnovers his defense provided him. He would only end up scoring 2 TDs for 89 yards, while throwing 3 of his own INTs. Neither offense was at their best, and both teams must be happy they have a second shot to prove they are better than their last matchup.

Keys to Victory:

Les Verges Folles will win if:

Nassim Ouadhi mixes in the basic play calling to set up the more complex play calls to confuse the Locos D.
Guillaume Beland can turn his 3 PDs and 1 INT from the previous game into 1 PD and 3 INTs.
They limit Soto from running, and instead force him to throw on the run or from 12 yards behind the line of scrimmage (off his backfoot would be better)

Los Locos will win if:

Soto can mix the run, deep ball, and short game effectively.
They force Ouadhi to make mistakes. Another 5 INT night on defense would be ideal.
Arnaud Trudel is more involved than 1 reception for 4 yards (as he had in the regular season game). The guy is the X factor for Los Locos.

Prediction: I can’t see Ouadhi struggling the way he did last time they met. 26-18 playoff win for Les Verges Folles.

Honey Martin vs. Arouch – Monday May 9th, 9pm, Laval Outdoors Field 2

Overarching story:

Both teams had a bit of an up-and-down season, but ultimately, they had pretty decent season for both teams first crack at Division 4. Both teams have played around 5 seasons now, so I would say both teams have about the same level of FPF experience. Both quarterbacks have averaged 3 TDs per game, and both threw 1 less interception than games played. Both teams had their best receiver put up 350 yards and 10 TDs. Where there’s a bit of disparity is that Honey Martin was able to have 4 receivers reach the 200-yard receiving mark to Arouch’s 2. HM also had more INTs on defense, 15 balls picked off to Arouch’s 9, while both teams had roughly the same number of sacks (14 for HM, 12 for Arouch). All that said, their regular season matchup saw Arouch beat out HM on Sunday April 10th

Previous Matchup: Arouch 21 – 13 Honey Martin (Week 8)

The previous matchup was not too long ago, but both teams had missing pieces. Arouch were without Eric Lalonde, while Honey Martin was without yours truly. The game was a defensive battle that Arouch won, but having a different QB come in to play changes this playoff preview considerably. It appears that Raphael Major is more of a running QB, as he almost had as many rushing yards (65) than passing yards (68) in the game, and had more rushing TDs (2) than passing TDs (1). In fact, Lalonde in his 7 games played, only rushed 4 times for 45 yards, so it’s a completely different gameplan that Honey Martin needs to prepare for.

Keys to Victory:

Honey Martin will win if:

David Roaldi plays with a clear mind and is firing on all cylinders.
James Langshaw plays like the best player on the field. A 3 “big stat” game: 2TD, 1 INT or 1 TD, 2 INTs.
Kareem Anthony Chilcott can disrupt Eric Lalonde in the pocket.

Arouch will win if:

Eric Lalonde does not deviate from his game.
Étienne Bruno-Blain can produce another 3 sack performance against David Roaldi.
Bastien Phaneuf-Thibault has a big game offensively as the X factor for Arouch.

Prediction: It’s definitely a very close matchup as I’ve outlined, but I won’t be giving a prediction. Let me know who you think will win in the FB comments!

Golden Eagles vs. Voodoo – Monday May 9th, 10pm, Laval Outdoors Field 2

Overarching story:

An intriguing question going into this matchup is whether Golden Eagles messed up their Quarterback situation. Both Sara Parker and Felix Goulet didn’t get the minimum required games to play in the playoffs, but from the FPF insider info I’ve gotten, it appears that Vincent Hamel and his 3 games played, were injured, and so the games can be transferred to either. If I had to predict which of the 2 QBs would be playing, I’d say the Golden Eagles would be going with Goulet. He is the ideal Quarterback for this team with players like Kevin Lubin, Alex David and Zachary Nelson on offense.

For Voodoo, after suffering a 5-game losing streak, they are going into the playoffs with 2 consecutive wins, and come with 400-yard, 10-TD receiver Patrick St-Amand as their WR1 and their DB1 with the pile of 43 tackles, 7 INTs (team lead) and 6 PDs. The guy is all over the field and that will have to be no different in the playoff matchup. As for the QB position, Frank Kaye had an interesting season. Some very good 5 TD/1INT games, but also mixed in with a few questionable 3 TD/2 INT games. Lucky for him, one of his 5 TD/1 INT games was against these Golden Eagles in the last game of the regular season. So let’s review how that matchup went down.

Previous Matchup: Voodoo 36 – 12 Golden Eagles (Week 11)

Kind of a hard game to put full stock in this game, as this game was last played Sunday where there was some major scheduling confusion, and Golden Eagles seem to have been caught rushing to the game late. So let’s try and pull apart the game. Let’s remove the 6 points award to Voodoo to start the game, Voodoo 30-12 Golden Eagles.

Okay, so let’s take away the points that Voodoo scored when Kevin Lubin wasn’t on the field playing D, so I’m spotting Golden Eagles a 6-0 lead before Lubin started playing. So the game was much closer, an 18-6 game that, once Goulet arrived, had 2 drives and went 4-and-out, as well as a TD on the last drive, for an 18-12 “true” result. Obviously, I’m taking away points from Voodoo that they actually scored, but I think that 18-12 is more of a realistic playoff outcome and representation of the game than the actual score of 36-12. That means that I anticipate a much closer game than what happened last week, but can see both teams putting up 3 or 4 TDs, for more of a 26-20 score line.

Keys to Victory:

Voodoo will win if:

Frank Kaye is feeling hot; mixing the short, intermediate and deep balls to keep the Golden Eagles defense guessing and on their back heels.
Patrick St-Amand has a 75+ yards, 3 TD performance.
Voodoo can get to an early 2-score lead, forcing deep shots from Golden Eagles for Jean-Felix Daloze and Pat St-Amand, the twin towers on Defense to force 3+ turnovers.

Golden Eagles will win if:

They can bait Frank Kaye with different looks on D to confuse Kaye‘s pre-snap reads.
The trio of Lubin, David and Nelson each have a minimum of 30 yards and 1 TD each.
They use their younger athleticism to get to a spot on the field faster than Voodoo will because of their knowledge.

Prediction: This will be a great game, and I believe it will come down to the last possession. But I’m giving the edge to Golden Eagles 25-20 Voodoo, scoring on the last 5 plays of the game.

4A – Round 1 Playoff Previews

So here we go Div 4. All the games for division 4 (both 4A and 4B) will take place on the night of Monday May 9th at the outdoor Laval fields. All 4B games will be played on Field 2, while all 4A games will be played on Field 1. The first games kick off at 7pm, so let’s continue with the 4A matchups with the keys to victory for each team and a paragraph about the matchup.

Blackouts vs. Big Fun – Monday May 9th, 7pm, Laval Outdoors Field 1

Overarching story:

Big Fun is coming off a thrilling last game of the regular season to punch their ticket into the post-season, scoring on the 3rd-to-last play against the Backyard Bullies. But it’s time to put that past them and look forward to their next opponent: The scary Blackouts squad led by Adam Sinagra. The counterpart at QB is Evan Ely Nolet, who, despite struggling through the mid-part of the their schedule in March (12 TDs and 7 INTs in 4 games), he has excelled in the month of April, putting up 18 TDs and 3 INTs in the final 4 games. The final games were arguably against the toughest defenses, so it’s not like he was beating up on the basement teams.

The aforementioned Sinagra had himself quite the season. With the exception of 1 bad game (4 TD/5 INT against KGP Ra), Sinagra killed it in Div 4A, putting up no less than 4 TDs and no more than 1 INT in the other 9 games he played. Those are crazy numbers that were helped out his monster receivers in Ryan Vanslet (733 yards, 21 TDs) and Anthony Mungiovi (466 yards, 17 TDs), and by himself, leading the team with 6 INTs to give himself the ball back on offense. Look for those 3 to be major factors if the Blackouts are going to win.

Previous Matchup: Blackouts 41 – 8 Big Fun (Week 1)

Ohhhhhh boy, a blowout victory for Blackouts when they last played… BUT, they played in Week 1 of the regular season on Saturday Feb. 19th, which feels like a lifetime ago. Like I outlined, Nolet has significantly improved as the season went along. Since then, Nolet has gotten the grasp of how to use his offensive weapons and has adapted to the speed of Division 4. When they last played, Nolet had the bashful 1 TD, 1 INT performance, completing 40% of his passes. Sinagra had the opposite night, where 5 of his 9 completions went for Touchdowns. In that game, it was Mungiovi with multiple 17 and 18 yard receptions that simply bled the Big Fun defense, that when they started covering him, were gut punched by Vanslet with his 19 yard and 29 yard TDs.

Keys to Victory:

Blackouts will win if:

Sinagra continues his strong regular-season play, mixing up the deep targets between Vanslet, Mungiovi, and even Julien Lachance. Another 5 TD, 1 INT is his average and if this is his minimum, that should be enough for the win.
They get into Nolet‘s head and remind him of the Week 1 matchup with a couple of INTs and a pick 6 for the Blackouts defense.
Vanslet blankets Rico Tulino and/or Doug McKernan

Big Fun will win if:

Nolet protects the ball and doesn’t throw any interceptions.
Zackary Alberts-Gill has to have a huge game as rusher and not get frustrated/tired when Sinagra fires the ball out of his hands in under 2 seconds.
Nolet can take advantage of the deeper receiver matchups. Depth receivers like Zackary Alberts-Gill and Kenny Boutilier will need to play prominent roles if the top receivers are shut down.

Prediction: I think Big Fun have more confidence now than at the end of the game against Blackouts in Week 1, and while the game will be closer, I think Blackouts are a cut above. Blackouts 39-29 Big Fun

Bruins vs. Small Giants – Monday May 9th, 8pm, Laval Outdoors Field 1

Overarching story:

Both teams are coming in with winning streaks, and in many ways, this is probably the toughest and most evenly matched game in the Div 4A Divisional Round. Bruins are coming in on a 3-game winning streak, while Small Giants are entering having won their last 2 games. You’d think that slightly favors the Bruins for whatever reason you’d like to think, but I would argue that Small Giants are going in with more confidence. Both teams’ last game of the regular season were on the opposite spectrum. Small Giants came away with a 1 point victory over the very strong 7-2 Blackouts team, where Justin Lerner went score for score again Adam Sinagra, while the Bruins struggled to get past the 1-8 Nomads team.

Both QBs are not natural Quarterbacks, but both have excelled in their flag football careers, and I honestly think it’s a wash at QB. If you then break it down to the WRs, it is also incredibly close to decide who has the edge. Both teams have 5 impact receivers. If I had to categorize between Star/Elite receivers, and just below that, very good receivers, I would have to give the edge to the Bruins. I’d say Rocco Christiano, Jocelyn Calixte and Zach Zwirn fall in the Star/Elite receiver category, where only Theo Bekelis falls into that category for Small Giants. That said, the depth goes to Small Giants, with Daron Migdesyan, Greg Kritselas, John Madimenos and Nick Madimenos as incredibly reliable receivers that can absolutely move the chains. On the other side, Mathieu Ouimet and Alexandre St-Arnaud are the same kind of reliable for Gab Wiseman‘s Bruins. Defensively, both teams are pretty solid and don’t give much to opposing offenses, and once again, the key turnover ratio is very close between the 2 teams. Bruins picked off opposing QBs 14 teams all year to Small Giants 17, so the slight edge goes to SG there, while Wiseman picked up 7 sacks to The Wrangler’s 5. Like I said, this game will be incredibly close, and the parity in the season stats show that.

Previous Matchup: Small Giants 31-19 Bruins (Week 3)

Their previous matchup was way back in Week 3, and while Luis Begin did suit up for the Bruins, they were without Rocco Christiano AND Zach Zwirn. Begin can replace one of them as he did, but without the other, it leaves a huge hole on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball. There’s that addition to look forward to for the Bruins, and if there was one takeaway from the regular-season matchup, it’s that they need to protect the football. Twice, the Bruins could not convert on 4th down and the Small Giants capitalized by scoring off those turnovers. In fact, the Small Giants forced 3 turnovers: 1 INT, and 2 stops on 4th down and made the Bruins pay, by scoring 19 points off those turnovers. The Bruins only forced 1 turnover and scored 6 points off that turnover. So that will be critical if the Bruins want to win this game and move on to Round 2.

Keys to Victory:

Bruins will win if:

They turn the ball over less than the Small Giants.
They can contain Theo Bekelis and Daron Migdesyan to under 20 yards each.
Gab Wiseman can get passed The Wrangler to mix up the passing and running game to keep the Small Giants defense guessing.

Small Giants will if:

Lerner spreads the ball amongst all 5 key receivers, so the Bruins can’t focus on taking away 1 or 2 guys.
Daron Migdesyan can prevent Wiseman from getting out of the pocket and extending plays/running.
Theo Bekelis goes beast mode and gets over 80 yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT.

Prediction: Damn, this one is going to come down to converts. Even there, both teams are evenly matched, but give me the Bruins coming up with 1 more point than the Small Giants. Bruins 39-38 Small Giants.

The Stoics vs. Centaures – Monday May 9th, 9pm, Laval Outdoors Field 1

Overarching story:

Overall, Stoics had a better season than Centaures, and no, that’s not just lazy standings and record-analysis. Centaure’s 3 wins came against 2 non-playoffs teams in Spera’s Cougars (in Week 1) and against Nomads (in Week 2). Their other win came against Takeover, a 26-25 victory in Week 8. Now, that said, and I wrote about it a lot during the season, but Centaures had to be involved in the most “close” games, if close were defined by games decided by 3 points or less. They had 6 games decided by 3 points or less, including 4 in a row that were decided by 1 point or less. They went 1-5 in those 6 close games.

While Centaures struggled in those close games, Stoics didn’t participate in many games decided by 3 points or less, but did have many games end in 1 possessions, 8 in fact. They finished those games with a 5-3 record. The difference here is that Stoics were able to make 1 or 2 plays more than Centaures that usually make or break a game.

The two teams play a bit of a different style of play, particularly on offense. The Stoics are more about spreading the ball; they finished the season with two 300-yard receivers, and three 200-yard receivers. Centaures are a bit more reliant on their top receiver, Rory Semerjian, who was only 1 of 7 receivers in the division to put up a 500+ yard season

Previous Matchup: The Stoics 30 – 29 Centaures (Week 7)

These guys played each other back on April 4th, and it was a bit of a turnover fest. One interception was greeted with another, as if the teams were playing hot potato (Do kids still play that?🤔). Stoics seemed to have been controlling most of that game, but the uncharacteristic 3 interceptions thrown by Chris Rivest brought Centaures back in the game, and even gave them a chance to go ahead in the final 5 plays of the game, as Centaures scored a TD, but couldn’t convert on the 2-point conversion for the win.

In that game, Centaures already were playing football without snapper Chris Brockwell. At first I believed they could simply transfer his games through the IR rule over to Mike Collard who snapped for them for 3 games, but in reading the new IR Rule, from what I understood, Centaures will not be able to replace Chris with anyone, since they have 6 players that are playoff eligible. So this will definitely be interesting to see who snaps for them. Again, I do not have official confirmation about this, but that is my understanding of the new IR rule.

Keys to Victory:

The Stoics will win if:

Chris Rivest protects the ball and throws a minimum of 2 INTs.
Denzel “The Glitch” Eadie-Lowe can get into Jordan Rossie‘s face and cause havoc: Throws off a back foot, 7-11 yard sacks, etc.
Rory Semerjian is contained. A 30 yard, 1 TD performance significantly increases their chances of winning.

Centaures will win if:

Jason Rossie can get the ball released early and let his receivers do the work.
The depth (but still talented) receivers of Riley Pincombe, Hugo Allamanno and Tyler Stewart will need to be involved if The Stoics focus their attention on Rory Semerjian.
Riley Pincombe and Rory Semerjian can bait and jump balls sent their way, as they did in their previous matchup.

Prediction: Okay, so this matchup is also a very close one, like their regular season matchup. I’m gonna take The Stoics in this one to move on to Round 2, beating Centaures 34-28.

Takeover vs. Les Blues Branleurs – Monday May 9th, 10pm, Laval Outdoors Field 1

Overarching story:

Takeover are stumbling into the playoffs with their ass backwards, having lost their last 3 games, albeit 2 of which were in close fashion. They lost to both Centaures and Hurley & Sons by 1 point, got whipped by TOPSZN and finished the season with a disappointing 4-6 record. But, they can put that all aside as the playoffs is the proverbial Tabula Rasa, a blank slate. If we do look at their season though, as a template for the playoffs, I am not worried about the offense. The offense can drive the field and put up points. What worries me is the defense, allowing an average of 34 points a game in the regular season. The lack of a rusher on the team is allowing opposing quarterbacks to buy time, which makes it really hard to defend and chase receivers around the field. Will Power actually had the most sacks on the team (2), but he’s the kind of guy you want covering the deeps with his ball-hawk abilities and not rushing the quarterback.

LBB on the other hand, are coming in hot to save their season, with back-to-back wins and 3 wins in their last 5 games, and made the playoffs in the most unlikely of circumstances. They don’t have the 500 yard receiver that Takeover have, but are more of a spread-attack with the likes of Jeremie L’Allier, Olivier Pilotto, Guillaume Hamelin and Olivier Laberge. All 4 had over 230 yards, and Laberge cracked the 350 receiving mark.

Previous Matchup: None

No previous matchup between the two teams, so they don’t have this season to look back and gameplan with, so let’s analyze the key position for all playoff matchups, the QB position.

For Takeover, Ian Einheiber had a season with highs and lows. When he’s high, he’s throwing 5-6 TDs, with 1 or 0 INTs and around 190 yards. When he’s low, he’s throwing around 2 TDs and 3-4 INTs for about 120 yards. He had 4 of these so called “high” games and 3 of the “low” games, and 1 average/decent game. So a lot hinges on what kind of game Einheiber brings to table on Monday night. To be fair, those 3 low games were against stingy defenses, the likes of TOPSZN and Bruins. LBB can break on balls, but are more a defense that resembles those which Einheiber had success against.

For Les Blues Branleurs, Minh Ton-That was consistently average, mixed in with some poor performances (1-2 games) and then some cleaner games. What stands out from his stat sheet is that he consistently threw 2 INTs or more. What is worrisome, is that Ton-That never threw more than 4 TDs all season, whereas his counterpart did so 4 times. That being the case, he relied on his defense to give him possessions back by picking off opposing quarterbacks. The defense did so 14 times this season to mitigate the 18 INTs he threw.

Keys to Victory:

Takeover will win if:

Ian Einheiber isn’t stressed out and has one of those “top” performances. 5 TDs is likely enough to win it for them.
The Takeover can cause a total of 4 turnovers (whether INTs or turnover on downs).
The Takeover offense is flexible, and adapts to LBB if they start picking up on their plays.

Les Blues Branleurs will win if:

Minh Ton-That can limit the INTs to under 2 and put up a minimum of 4 TDs.
The LBB defense picks up on what Vincent Benjamin does best, plays it tight, and forces Einheiber to make his 2nd and 3rd reads.
Guillaume Hamelin puts pressure on Einheiber. Combined with the tight defense, LBB needs to turn the PDs into INTs (7 and 5 PDs from Phung and Laberge in the regular season).

Prediction: I can see Takeover’s offense rolling, so much so, that LBB won’t be able to keep up. Gimme Takeover to move on to Round 2. Takeover 38 – 26 LBB.

Epilogue

Well, that does it for the playoff preview in Round 1! Goodluck to everyone on Monday night in Laval, I will be keeping a close eye on the games! Feel free to reach out to me on socials @iggymanz or Ignacio Valdes-Manzanedo on FB messenger if you’ve got more feedback on the playoffs and how your team did.

Want more FPF? Here’s Moe, Peeze and Eagle with their takes on the playoff matchups and their predictions on CTA!