CFFL Week 3

 Three out of four undefeated teams prevailed.  Dragons, as predicted defeated the Crew.  Chislers won a close one against Warbirds.  Legion survive the Juggs.  But the Sinistars lost to the Killers.   So then there were three.  

Next week the Chislers take on the Bees, so looks like Chislers make it to 4-0.  Dragons will battle the Animals which will be close.  I see an Animal win here.  Legion take on the Cocktails and I will go with Legion to remain undefeated. 

Last weeks action:

Dragons 45  Wrecking Crew 23 - The Dragons came out firing and wouldn't stop as Lamar Jackson scored 12 points and "No Start" Mostert seemed to score every time he touched to ball! He would score 4 times!  Three on the ground and one through the air.  While the Crew got two TDs from Parham "Rum Ham" they couldn't get their 10 point connection going between Geno and Lockett.

Jackson ran in two TDs for the Dragons

Animals 38  Bees 27 - Animals bounce back from their OT loss to the Crew and easily beat the Bees 38-27.  Davante Adams got two TDs late on Sunday Night that certainly helped.  They tend to pick up players and not start them, and then they score.  This week they were able to get hot waiver pick up Jerome Ford but kept him on the bench.  He scored 12 points.  Last week he had Kyren Williams and Gus Edwards, who were picked up early through waivers.  Stayed on bench and combined for 18 points. Who will Animals pick up this week and not start?

Adams scores twice for Animals

Chislers 25  Warbirds 24 - The Chislers hung on against the Warbirds and had to sweat out the Monday Night Games.  They had a 25-14 lead plus Chase and Puka "Tuukka" Nacua but the Warbirds had Hurts.  With the dreaded TD scrum play, Hurts could easily get multiple TDs.  He did run one in and throw another to pull the Warbirds to within 1, but that is all he would get.  Good thing for the Chislers since neither Chase or Nacua scored.  And another good thing, Warbirds didn't start "A-train" Achane who had 24 points!

"Peak at my butthole, peak at my butthole"

Ferrets 32  Titans 17 - The Ferrets cruised to an easy victory against the Titans.  They were led by Jared Goff, who actually ran one in.  As long as Taylor Swift starts attending Chief games, Kelce should score, maybe more ways than one!  Titans QB situation bad (Zach Wilson and Bryce Young)

Taylor Swift might be a regular at Ferret games

Killers 36  Sinistars 7 - Killers surprised the Sinistars kind of like how the Cardinals surprised the Cowboys, and handed them their first loss of the season.  Back in the lineup was Kirk Cousins and he responded with 12 big points.  Bills D for the Killers almost had a 12 point day, but Washington kicked a meaningless FG at end of game to take the shutout off the board.

Cousins was back for the Killers

Crush 37  Cocktails 32 - Even with 16 points from Tua and two more scores from Kenneth Walker, the Cocktails couldn't get the win against the Crush.  Conner would score again for the Crush and getting 16 points from Defense and Kickers helps (Sanders - 10 and Saints with 6)

Conner has scored each of the past two weeks

Legion 32  Juggernauts 28 - The Juggernauts, after getting TDs from bother their RBs (McCaffrey and Moss) couldn't hang on during the Monday Night game.  The Legion had Eagle kicker Jake Elliott.  Down 28-21 they needed just 8 points for the win.  Elliott kicked 11 points making all three FGs and XPs.  

Elliott won the game for the Legion

Whales 34  Krauts 29 - In another Monday Night comeback, the Krauts were handed their third loss and remain winless.  Leading the Whales 29-28 the Whales needed only a 2 point conversion from Mike Evans to win.  How about a TD instead?  Mike Evans would score on a 1 yard TD reception giving the Whales the victory!  Mahomes got back on track throwing for three TDs in the win as well.

Evans scores game winning TD for the Whales

Player of the Week:  Raheem Mostert, RB, Dragons - 24 points

CFFL Week 2

 After 2 weeks there are only 4 teams with no loss.  One in each division, leading their respective divisions.  Chislers, Dragons, Sinistars and Legion.  Will they continue to roll in Week 3?  Chislers take on the Warbirds, so probably.  Dragons play the Crew, so likely the way the Crew season has been going.  Sinistars battle the Killers, so again likely, specially if the Killers continue to make poor lineup decisions.  The Legion are big favorites versus the Juggs, but this is one I like the underdog. 

But wait...what happened last week?...

Wrecking Crew 33  Animals 25 (OT) - Crew managed to hang on against the Animals to get their first win.  They took the lead late in the first half with 2 10 point connections from Smith to Lockett.  The Animals would tie the game with a Brock Purdy TD run.  Purdy would then throw to Samuel as he ran for a TD and it looked like the Animals had the lead, but it was actually a lateral so no Purdy points.  Animals couldn't get CeeDee in the end zone.  The game would go into OT where C.J. Stroud would win the game for the Crew with 2 TD passes.  

Lockett scores his second TD for Crew

Chislers 48  Ferrets 40 - The highest scoring game of the week was in the North between the Chislers and Ferrets.  Chislers won this on a great lineup and waiver wire pick up of Josh Reynolds.  He was signed Sunday only 50 minutes before kick off, started and scored 2 times, countering 2 of Ferrets QB Goff's TD passes.  Playing in the North is nasty.

Reynolds makes immediate impact for Chiz

Dragons 28  Killer Bees 24 - The Dragons defeat their bitter rival Bees behind 8 points from Lamar Jackson despite Dragons owner disgust over his QB throughout the game.  A big difference maker in the game was the Dragons' 40 yard INT return by their defense (Seahawks).  Without that, they lose. 

Lamar throws two TD passes for Dragons
"What you want from me?"

Warbirds 37  Titans 22 - Warbirds came out fast and finished fast against the Titans.  Early in the game (Thursday) the Warbirds got what they've been expecting out of QB Hurts with 16 points!  This included two dreaded 1 yard scrum rush TDs.  And then finished the Titans off with 2 defensive TDs to end the game (Steelers on MNF).  Warbirds will have to rely even more on Hurts as Chubb was lost for the season with a nasty knee injury.

Watt scores 2nd TD for Warbird D

Cocktails 38  Juggernauts 28 - In Week one it was the Tua show for the Cocktails in their loss.  This year they turned to the ground game getting 18 points from their backfield.  Derrick "King" Henry had a TD and Kenneth Walker had two!  Strong running game for sure.  Daniel Jones had 14 points on the bench, but do you think he will ever get the start over Tua?  Nah...

Walker scores while Juggernaut Fan staying classy

Sinistars 39  Krauts 17-  Suddenly the Krauts are 0-2, getting hammered by the Sinistars.  This will happen when all you get is points from your QB and Kicker (Allen and Butker).  The Sinistars got points from all over the place.  Tee "Mrs Sue" Higgins led the way with 12, but they got TDs from Montgomery, DeVonta Smith, and Mark Andrews.  

Higgins hauls in 2 scores for Sinistars

Legion 32  Crush 22 - The Legion continue to roll beating the Crush easily.  Two 10 point connections by Herbert to Allen will do that.  "Mother" Tucker had 9 points for the Legion as well.  Poor QB play might be the downfall of the Crush this year with Jimmy G and  Baby Hands.

Allen and Herbert connect twice for Legion

Whales 33  Killers 19 - The Whales bounced back from giving up 63 points to the Legion the week before, but they can thank owner of the Killers for overthinking the room.  The Whales were led by 12 points from Barkley but he left game with a bad ankle injury.  The Killers would have won the game had they not benched both Kirk Cousins and T.J. Hockenson.  They combined for 26 points on the bench Thursday night!  DOH!!!

Barkley dives in for the score!

Player of the Week:  Jalen Hurts, QB, Warbirds - 16 points

Fly Warbirds Fly...

CFFL Week 1

 Week 1 in the books.  Some low scoring games as we begin the season.  But then again some teams had no problem putting up points, like the Legion and their 63 points!  

Prior to the opening of the season the CFFL selected this year's CFFL Hall of Fame Class of 2023.  Only one person was elected to the Hall and it was Tom Brady in his first year of eligibility.  He comes into the Hall with 649 TD passes, 8 season of 30+ TD passes with 50 in 2007.  He joins the following Hall of Famers:

2014 (Inaugural Class) - Brett Favre, Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice, Ladanian Tomlinson.

2015 - Dan Marino, Randy Moss

2016 - Peyton Manning, Marshal Faulk

2017 - Warren Moon, Terrell Owens

2018 - Marvin Harrison, Cris Carter

2019 - Barry Sanders, Shaun Alexander

2020 - None

2021 - Drew Brees, Philip Rivers

2022 - None

2023 - Tom Brady

Brady celebrates his induction 

Ferrets 32  Wrecking Crew 22 - In a listless performance by the Crew, the Ferrets had little problem putting them away.  Neither team lit it up.  Ferrets did get TDs from Akers and Sutton, plus a punt return for TD to end the game.  Crew had a lot of goose eggs on the board and could be a long year.

Akers scored once for Ferrets 

Chislers 22  Animals 9 - With zeros from Burrow and Chase, it sure seemed like the Animals were in prime position to win the game.  They had Prescott, Lamb Sunday night and Gabe "I want to be called Gabe!" Davis on Monday.  Well none of them scored and the Animals managed only 9 points in the loss.  Chisler luck.  And Chisler luck ruled with them finding another diamond in the rough in Puka "a Tuukka" Nacua.

"Tuukka" Nacua for the Chislers!

Killer Bees 15  Warbirds 14 - Bees squeak by the Warbirds by one point.  Not a lot of action in this game.  As with other games, this was more about who didn't score than who did.  Warbirds got no points from Chubb and only 4 from Hurts.  Watson did score 12 points for the Bees.  He will be looking forward to his massages later...

Watson gets his happy ending in Week 1

Dragons 15  Titans 7 - In another low scoring affair, the Dragons beat their brother the Titans with 15 points from their kicker.  Dragons had no other player score!  Titans were dealt a big blow when Rodgers went out with a torn achilles on the 4th play.  

Just a brutal, sad scene...

Sinistars 34  Cocktails 22 - The Sinistars looked pretty good easily beating the Cocktails.  They got 8 from Lawrence and then 6 each from their running backs Ekeler and Montgomery.  The Cocktails only points came from their QB and kicker.  Tua was impressive however, and might be putting up big points this year.  

Lawrence leads the Sinistars to victory!

Juggernauts 40  Krauts 30 - Juggernauts got the best of their divisional rival Krauts thanks to 12 points from Tyler Allgeier "Radio".  Krauts had Bijan "Mustered" Robinson but he only scored 6.  The only TD pass Kraut QB Allen threw went to Juggs' WR Diggs.  These two teams had all kinds of counters.  Juggs had Fields and Krauts had DJ Moore "Bookkeeping"  

Allgeier scores twice for the Juggs

Killers 31  Crush 27 - In a tight one, the Killers managed to outlast the Crush 31-27.  Tyreek Hill had two huge TD catches to put the game away for the Killers.  He caught a long bomb of 35 yards and then an amazing 4 yard catch in the corner of the end zone, where the ball seemed to pass through the body of the defender.  

The cheetah flew into the end zone for Killers 

Legion 63  Whales 14 - The Legion spoiled the Whales home opener and Championship banner presentation by laying 63 points on them.  It seemed like every time we turned around the Legion was scoring Sunday night.  It all started with a blocked FG for a TD followed by an INT return for a TD.  Pollard had 2 TDs and their Cowboy D shut out the Giants for another 6 points for good measure.  Ouch.

Legion D Cowboys scored 18 points!