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• Roly’s Questions to be Answered After Day 1 at the S15 Prospect Bowl
  
• Spin’s Who to Watch on the Wolfpack, Blackbirds, and Owls
  
• Shady’s Day 1 Game Takeaways

• Taffy and Bigby each impressed on the ground, while power RB prospects Kermit Stronglegs (Southwest) and Ben Bortboy (Pacific) only saw a handful of carries each. It will be interesting to see how the team distributes touches moving forward in an effort to highlight each prospect. Also notable: Stronglegs had three pancakes and zero sacks allowed in pass protection, the best numbers of any non-OL players.
  
• Landers put up the strongest performance of any QB in the first week, but refused to take credit for the win. “The thing about the SW Foxes is that everybody eats. I told you all we’d show out. Now here we are showing out. Don’t sleep on us,” Landers said in his postgame interview. His skillset and attitude are sure to turn heads in the leadup to the DSFL draft.
  
• Despite their down performance in this game, the Owl defense will be one to watch in the coming weeks as they boast six players identified as players to watch in our Draft Primer (DE Memphis Wilkerson, DT Bruce Waynner, Gabagool, CB Neon Demon, Trolamalu, and S Logan Uchicha). "The Legion of Hoot had a tough showing today against the Foxes. Landers and Taffy are great players,” Berry said postgame. “Just got to regroup come out stronger next week against the Cobras."
  
• Leaf Jr. put up just one yard on a single carry despite declaring for the draft as a mobile QB with excellent speed. He played smart, safe football through the air, but DSFL GMs are surely hoping to see if his rushing ability can translate to the big leagues and provide another dimension to their offense.

• The decision to feature Tebow over Longshaw despite the latter’s higher arm strength, accuracy, and intelligence was a strange one. Tebow is considerably more athletic, but wasn’t able to show off his rushing skill with one carry for zero yards. Expect the Midwest coaches to give Longshaw the start next week.
  
• Our Draft Primer picked Armstrong as the leader of this year’s DSFL QB class, but he certainly didn’t show it today. He’s still the most well-known commodity in the group, but he’ll need to step up on the field in the coming weeks.
  
• Varga contributed just 10 yards on one catch as a WR, but the explosiveness he showed on his 84-yard kick return has to turn some heads. Can that speed and elusiveness translate to offensive production?
  
• Tobias Chase’s standout defensive performance solidified his status as one of the premier ballhawks in this class, but he also answered questions about his speed and athleticism with his 34-yard interception return and a 56-yard kickoff return. He’s one of the big winners from this week.
  
• The Cobras repeatedly shot themselves in the foot with undisciplined play, committing 10 penalties for 87 yards. They managed to draw two calls for too many men on the field on the same drive - while they were on offense! Can the coaching staff get them to clean up their play without causing players to become too hesitant on the field?

• It was great of the Atlantic coaches to give Lange and Hendrix roughly equal snaps, but constantly rotating them out within drives didn’t allow either to build much momentum. Look for Lange to see more playing time next week after compiling over twice as many yards and no turnovers on roughly the same number of attempts as Hendrix. Still, he acknowledged that he expects more from himself in the coming weeks: “It felt really good to get out there and play. Throughout the process I’ve just been antsy and excited to get on the field and show what I’ve been developing in the offseason. I didn’t exactly do my best, but I have a lot of room to grow. I think I got the first game jitters out.”
  
• Without his long touchdown run, Gump averaged just 3.4 yards per carry - but it’s impossible to overlook a 53 yard play. “I would like to thank my coach, he believed in me early and committed to getting me the ball in open space. The whole team played great and I'm thrilled we got the first win,” he said in his postgame interview. “That 53 yard TD showed what people can expect from Forrest Gump.”
  
• Speaking of Apollo Lange, for the third game in a row we saw a mobile quarterback fail to rush more than once (although he led all QBs with five yards on the ground). At some point we have to wonder if it’s possible to succeed as a dual-threat or if these players will need to adjust to a more pocket-oriented approach.
  
• He’s not typically considered a receiving back, but Atlantic backup RB Trey Moffat caught three balls for 51 yards. Let’s see if he can continue to evolve into an all-around offensive weapon or if this game was a fluke.
  
• There’s a lot of talent in the Blackbirds back seven, and linebackers Marquees Acho, Rock Hardshaft, and Johnny Slothface are all capable of playing at a higher level than they showed today. With more practice time to build chemistry, this defense could become a force in the Prospect Bowl.
  
• With six pancakes and no sacks allowed, Brave Ulysses is the clear frontrunner among this offensive line class after Week 1. As we expected in our Draft Primer, his brute strength looks to be serving him well.

• Roly’s Day 2 Game Takeaways
  
• Spin’s Who to Watch on the Grizzlies, Foxes and Cobras

• Despite RSJ3’s sole touchdown, the lead back for the Wolfpack in this game was clearly Farley Hank who had similar attempts to RSJ3, but Hank averaged 4.6 yards to his 2.5 YPC.
  
• Allen Josh feasted in one of the best defensive performances in the Prospect Bowl’s opening days. He was all over the field and causing headaches for the Blackbirds on almost every play. Josh ended the game with 12 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 pass deflection, and 1 sack. Josh was named a leader in NFY’s Draft Primer, and he’s playing up to expectations.
  
• Apollo Lange finally got to showcase his signature mobility on the field today and it was either electric if you watched the match, or just good if you only caught the boxscore. From being in the stands, the speed Lange built up with several sweeping run plays caused more than one fan to catch their breath. He only ran three times, but managed a tidy 20 yards including one rush for 9. He needs to continue to work on his arm, however, since he only went 6/13 in the pocket and threw a costly pick.
  
• Speaking of the Atlantic airgame, Carlomagno Rey seemed to be all over the field in this one. He was the only receiver to break 100 yards, finishing with 110, and it wasn’t close. Rey was named as a wideout to watch in NFY’s Draft Primer and boy we couldn’t take our eyes off him in this one.
  
• Some Atlantic defensive players of note: Walt Green had a good day as a safety, picking up his first pick of the tournament, 1 pass deflection, and adding 8 tackles. Rock Hardshaft worked over the opposing offensive line pretty well, notching another sack and TFL on his belt. And Quentin Sinclair also picked up a pick and a pass deflection. The defense on Atlantic is scary good - now they just need to figure out how to get into the endzone.

• What a prospect bowl for Ohio State alumni Terry Taffy. The “Candy Man” dominated the game once again, putting up 2 more touchdowns for a Bowl-leading 4 TDs. The next highest by a non-QB? 1 TD held by 7 different players. Not to mention he 121 yards on 21 attempts, including 3 receptions for 17 yards. (Plus a kick return for 33 yards). What a dynamic offensive prospect Taffy is showcasing in the Prospect Bowl.
  
• Really tough game for our Watch For QB prospect Gimmy Jaroppolo who went 8/33 for 68 yards total and 3 picks, with 1 touchdown as well. Our Draft Primer noted that Jaroppolo had all the arm strength you want in a DSFL QB, but had to work on his accuracy game. Yesterday’s match up proved that point in spades.
  
• Of course, the other QB didn’t play perfectly either. Brock Landers did put up an impressive 212 yards, averaging 9.6 on 22/44 completions, but also threw 2 picks. Not perfect, but more than enough to get the Foxes the win. One of our Prospect Bowl Questions was which QB could manage play the best, and so far there’s no clear leader but Landers has been the least worst..
  
• One thing that stuck out watching the action live: Mister Big Chest is very difficult to bring down post-catch. MBC averaged 12.1 YPC on 8 receptions, and did a lot of that work juking and jiving, or just bullying, his corner. The Fox wideouts were very efficient, with Andre Thornton also averaged 12 YPC on 5 receptions. Fun players to watch.
  
• The Grizzlie offense may have died after the first quarter, but Dorfus Jimbo did his part. Jimbo was all over the field, showing off his speed and lateral quickness. His 2 catches combined for 32 yards, including a TD, and he made the most of his 3 carries with 13 yards. For a stagnant offense, that’s commendable swiss-army knife utility.
  
• Other Grizzlie offensive notes: really strong game for Forrest Gump who was pounding the ground game after the airgame died. He did a very respectable job, carrying 31 times for 123 yards and averaging 4 YPC over the course of the game. Another note, I’d like to see Jaroppolo throw a bit more to A.E. - who only had one catch for 9 yards. A.E. was our Stand Out prospect, so some more volume might give interesting results.
  
• A dynamic defensive game by linebacker Justin Tyme on the Foxes with 12 tackles, 1 sack and 2 pass deflections.
  
• The other big defensive game was by Troy Bryant who picked up the first pick six of the tournament (along with 2 pass deflections and a tackle). Nice work by the CB out of Miami.

• Checks notes … D’Angelo Thompson had a good game. That’s about it. Well, no that’s not fair, there’s some interesting takeaways from this matchup.
  
• Ryan Leaf Jr. looked pretty good out there. I mean 20/35 for 145 yards isn’t great but it was better than his competitor’s Franklin Armstrong’s 10/32 for 112 yards. And he had a very nice rushing play where he recognized a gap and broke loose for 19 yards. Let’s see more of that flair.
  
• And as much as that last note was a shot at Armstrong, I also didn’t hate his game. He might have only connected on 10 of 32, but when he connected it was for distance. He hit the open man, and although he might’ve been trying to make too much happen, 0 picks and 11.3 average yards is a big improvement on Day 1.
  
• Tyler Janes, the speed back from UNC who declared too late to be included in our Draft Primer, looked good out there as well for the Cobras. 164 yards on 26 attempts is great, and the 29 yard rush when he broke free in the 4th quarter was dynamic as hell
  
• The Owl secondary was on fire today, with Neon Demon and Andrew Solomon combining for 7 pass deflections. We noted the Speed Demon was a prospect who stood out, but Solomon has been keeping up with his blazing fast fellow corner and the two have caused opposing QBs hell after 2 days of the tournament.

• Shady’s Day 3 Game Takeaways
  
• Roly’s Answers After Day 3

• After disappointing showings in the first two games, the Blackbird passing offense finally clicked under the two-QB system. Lange and Hendrix each threw for over 100 yards and Hendrix tossed the first two Atlantic passing touchdowns of the tournament while Lange showcased his speed to avoid pressure, only taking a single sack in the game.
  
• Carlomagno Rey once again led the receiving corps with 85 yards on seven receptions and looks to be one of the most promising WRs in the class. While no other single receiver stood out, the quarterbacks did a good job distributing the ball to six targets throughout the game.
  
• Franklin Armstrong has had one of the rougher times so far in the Bowl, but managed to right the ship with a 235-yard passing performance for the Cobras with a respectable 64.5% completion rate (up from 33% over the first two games).
  
• Max Vaz continued to put up good-not-great rushing numbers on solid efficiency with 18 totes for 89 yards, while Blackbirds FB/WR Trey Moffat chipped in nicely with 41 yards on five total touches.
  
• The Blackbird rush defense continued to tighten down after allowing a huge game to Forrest Gump in Week 1, holding Tyler Janes to his first sub-100 yard rushing game. Some of that can be contributed to the increased focus on the pass as East tried to throw themselves back into the game, as he still averaged a hearty 5.3 yards per carry.
  
• The Atlantic back seven continued to make plays, even if they did let up some yards along the way. Linebackers Marquees Acho racked up eight tackles, two sacks, a forced fumble, and a pass deflection, while Rock Hardshaft finished (heh) with seven stops, a tackle for loss, and a pair of sacks. Cornerback Xerxes Ridley had a pick and a PD to go along with four tackles, while safety Quentin Sinclair forced one fumble and recovered two more. The defense might have bent, but it refused to break.
  
• While the Cobras had a tough time stopping the Blackbird offense, a couple players did have nice games. LB Thad Castle had eight tackles and a sack, and safety D’Angelo Thompson picked off a pass, broke up a pass, and made six stops.

• Landers continued to put up yards with his third straight 200-yard game while correcting some of his accuracy issues from Week 2. His coaches aren’t afraid to put the ball in his hands and let him make plays, and so far it’s working out well.
  
• John Tebow played pretty well with 103 yards on just ten completions, but his offense couldn’t keep the chains moving enough for him to really make an impact. Jay Longshaw was once again limited to a handful of snaps under center and has to be itching to see if he can spark some life into a pedestrian Wolfpack offense.
  
• The one-two punch of Farley Hank and Ronald St. James III disappointed with just 87 yards on 23 carries. Neither showed much to separate from the other on the ground, although Hank did score the lone Midwest receiving touchdown.
  
• Terry “Candyman” Taffy had another huge game, steamrolling the Wolfpack for 136 yards and his fifth rushing touchdown on 25 carries. Utility back Kermit Stronglegs once again made his presence felt on limited attempts, delivering 59 total yards and holding up in pass protection.
  
• MBC had himself another big game, reeling in 10 balls for 101 yards. He looks like a reliable receiver who can contribute downfield as well as in the short and intermediate passing game. Fellow Southwest WR Andre Thornton once again displayed remarkable consistency, posting five catches for 59 yards after back-to-back five-catch, 60-yard games.
  
• Josh Allen has been one of the most impressive defender prospects so far, and he continued to power the Midwest defense with 10 tackles and three pass deflections. Besides a Jameis Harrison interception and a nice 10 tackle, 2 PD game from CB Tobias Chase, there weren’t many other performances of note on the defensive side of the ball for the Midwest.
  
• Despite the impressive defensive play overall by the Foxes, none of the individual prospects had eye-popping statlines. LB Buddha Lebowski led the team with eight tackles, while DE Lo Mein contributed a sack and a TFL along with four tackles. The Foxes didn’t generate any turnovers, which really demonstrates how suffocating the unit was in this game.

• Ryan Leaf Jr. didn’t have his most impressive game through the air, but managed to avoid pressure with his feet and rush for a 7-yard score to end the game. He continues to demonstrate that his mobility can be an asset in the right scheme.
  
• I hate to keep piling on Gimmy Jaroppolo, but he still looks lost out there. His 18/31 for 177 yards were promising, but he delivered his third straight multi-interception game and didn’t find the end zone at all.
  
• Forrest Gump just kept running and didn’t slow down, finishing with 147 yards on 29 carries. Perhaps more notably, he finally showed some skill in the passing game, catching four balls for 31 yards after failing to record a catch in the first two matches.
  
• Ahri Espeeyeeseetee rebounded from a poor Week 2 showing with 90 yards for the Griz, while Dashawn Jackson tallied 70 yards for the Owls. Both are the sole WR prospects on their team, and they showed it this week.
  
• The Big Salami (LB Tony Gabagool) flew around the field for a whopping 15 tackles and 2 passes defended, LB Mo Berry recorded a sack and two tackles for loss, and Richard D’Attoria V notched two sacks from his safety position, but CB Andrew Solomon was the big star of the day with two interceptions, including one he returned 19 yards to give the Owls the first TD of the day.
  
• Central LB Guy Nikko and S Martavius Mack combined for 24 tackles. LB Quenton Bode had two sacks. Defensive linemen Nick Snider and Khalil Sack had a sack each. CB Taters Johnson deflected two passes and picked off one. The Grizzlies certainly didn’t lose this game because of a lack of defensive effort.

• Shady’s Day 4 Game Takeaways
  
• Spin’s DSFL Draft Risers and Fallers from Prospect Bowl Gameplay

• Lea Jr. looked excellent this game. Despite taking five sacks behind a typically shaky offensive line, he completed 25 of his 31 pass attempts for 233 yards with a score and a pick. He didn’t rack up yardage on the ground, but there are rumblings around the league that the Pacific coaches, impressed by what they saw in this game, intend to open up the playbook to give Leaf more opportunities to play the game his way.
  
• TJ Hendrix and Lange both passed for exactly 100 yards with no scores and an interception each on the day. The QB rotation has to be frustrating both players at this point and preventing either from getting into a groove. The Atlantic staff reportedly intends to tweak the playbook to take advantage of Lange’s dual-threat capabilities since the aerial attack isn’t quite getting it done.
  
• Both teams’ running backs performed admirably in this game. Bigby averaged fewer than four yards per carry, but took two totes to the house and reached the century mark for the third time. Max Vaz once again finished with fewer than 100 yards but showed great efficiency. It’s surprising that the team hasn’t opted to increase his role in the offense yet.
  
• Carlomagno Rey showed no signs of slowing down with 110 yards on six receptions. His 372 yards in the Bowl lead all receivers by a healthy margin; now, if only he could find the end zone.
  
• Ben Bortboy continued to flash his varied skillset in a flex role for the Owls, finishing second on the team (behind the excellent-as-always Dashawn Jackson) with 56 yards on five catches.
  
• Rock Hardshaft did his best to will the Blackbirds to victory with eight tackles, one tackle for loss, and a sack resulting in a safety with the game tied. His fellow linebackers Johnny Slothface and Lightsout Lewis had six tackles and a sack each.
  
• Tons of players chipped in big plays for the Owls: LB Tony Gabagool and S Jack Rambo had one sack each, LB Mo Berry had a tackle for loss, a sack, and two pass deflections, CB Neon Demon forced a fumble, CB Andrew Solomon had three PDs, D’Attoria had a sack and a PD to go along with his game-saving INT, lineman Memphis Wilkerson had two sacks, and S Proy Trolamalu had a pick of his own. Wow, that was a lot, but there was no way I could leave any of them out.

• John Tebow continued to play decent, if uninspiring football while Jay Longshaw failed to make a case for himself with an interception on one of his five pass attempts. That said, I hear that the staff plans to increase his reps in the coming weeks; perhaps the new wrinkle can take some pressure off of the running game.
  
• Poor, poor Gimmy. He’s now thrown multiple picks in every game, and this was his third three-interception game. I don’t know what the team can do to get him on the right track, but right now he’s wasting very solid play at the offensive skill positions.
  
• Forrest Gump was once again a workhorse, carrying the ball 32 times for 127 yards. He’s leading all RBs in yardage, but isn’t showing incredible efficiency and hasn’t scored since his long Week 1 scamper.
  
• The Wolfpack seem to have a good thing going with their two-headed running back attack. Ronald St. James III was the star on the ground this week with 83 yards on 16 carries, but Farley Hank had 54 receiving yards to go along with 36 rushing and had a touchdown in each department.
  
• Once again, it was the Ahri Espeeyeeseetee show out wide. His 110 yards put him just ahead of Mister Big Chest for second in receiving yardage.
  
• Grizzlies DE Khalil Sack lived up to his name with three sacks, a tackle for loss, and four tackles. Safety Martavius Mack picked a ball off, batted down one pass, and racked up seven tackles while LB Guy Nikko had a sack and seven tackles of his own.
  
• The 3-3-5 defense is giving the Wolfpack front seven plenty to do, as linemen Nero Alexander and Bill Inohi combined for four tackles and three tackles for loss. Linebackers Josh Allen, Jameis Harrison, and Lawalin Tae’orr combined for 29 stops, four sacks, three pass deflections, and an interception (Harrison). All things considered, though, Chase’s pick-six was the defensive highlight of the game.

• Our praise of Landers has always come with a bit of an asterisk because he hasn’t necessarily set the world on fire, just played better than the other quarterbacks. The wheels completely came off in this game, as he completed just 41% of his passes and threw four interceptions to zero touchdowns. I honestly don’t know what to take away from his performance.
  
• Despite the turnovers, Landers still had a respectable 145 yards. Surprisingly, only 25 of them went to top wideout Mister Big Chest, while Andre Thornton put up ANOTHER six catch, 60 yard game. Seriously, it’s getting spooky at this point. If there are any DSFL GMs out there looking to get exactly 60 yards out of a WR every single game, I guess you have your man.
  
• Terry Taffy wasn’t bad in this game, but for some reason the coaching staff kept letting Landers rip it instead of feeding the Candyman, so despite his 5.5 yards per carry, he was limited to fewer than 100 yards for the first time in the Bowl.
  
• Ok, it’s probably time to talk about the Cobras. Franklin Armstrong wasn’t great, with a 44% completion rate and two picks, but at least he found the end zone twice.
  
• Tyler Janes somehow seems to be flying under the radar with all the great running back play in the Prospect Bowl so far, but he had another stellar game with 139 yards on the ground.
  
• The Cobra defensive stats are insane, so I’m going to do the same thing I did above and just list them all for you:
  • LB CrayCray Lewis: six tackles, one TFL, two sacks, one forced fumble, three PD
    
  • S Shaquilll Williams VII: six tackles, one PD, 41-yard pick-six
    
  • CB Emondov Emoji: five tackles, one PD, 25-yard pick-six
    
  • S Lamont McKinnie: four tackles, one PD, 50-yard pick-six
    
  • LB Thad Castle: five tackles, two sacks
    
  • LB JoJo Burr-Kirven: three tackles, one sack, one PD, one interception
• The Fox defensive ends, Lo Mein and Mick Moekr, each only had one sack apiece, but they each went for safeties. That would have been huge in any normal game.
  
• I’ve managed to avoid typing out his name so far, but it’s finally time to face my fears and recognize Southwest safety Troy Humuhumunukunukuapua’a. His 23-yard pick-six brought the game to within one score before things continued to spiral out of control.

• Shady’s Positional Battle Breakdown
  
• Roly’s Prospect Bowl Takeaways

• [li]Offense is hard when you’re just getting started: a key theme of the S15 Prospect Bowl was the stagnant, often misfiring offensive sq