Well it's been a streaky season so far in Sarasota. We're not having the start we hoped for, that's certain, so we're trying to get back on the right track and I think heading in the right direction. We're certainly playing well enough. Mike Boss Jr. is 2nd in passing yards and 4th in completions, with just 3 INTs on the year. Jackson Kingston leads the league in catches and sits 3rd in receiving yards. I have to come up with a rad nickname for our running back tandem of Huntsman and J'Vathon, because they've both been awesome. Even the offensive line is on top of their game, led by Stumpy Jones, of course. Sarasota's 2nd in the league in team pancakes, and even Mike Boss Jr. gets in on it; he's one of just two QBs to record a pancake this season!
Starting the season with three straight losses was rough, and honestly a little baffling. Chalk some of it up to plain old bad luck. I think the two most recent games are a better indicator of where this teams expects to finish the season; we just finished off two 20-point wins over two pretty good teams in Chicago and Berlin. Keep this up and that rough 0-3 start will be a distant memory by Week 16! As a defensive player I think I speak for all of us when I say that we need to step it up. The offense is chugging along, even though we got some bad bounces those first three weeks. It's on us to answer the call when the offense is struggling. Two defensive TDs on the season already is great to see, but we've been basically league average in most other statistical categories. If the offense keeps doing their thing and we as a defense can improve just a little bit we should see big things from the Sailfish the rest of this season!
As for Spike Daniels, he's doing pretty well for a rookie! Had a strong start with a strip tackle and an interception in the first two games, but it's been a little quiet since then. That's OK though! The important thing is keeping the rookie mistakes to a minimum, and so far so good there. Working as Cuco Clemente's apprentice has been a great experience and Spike's made some huge improvements to his game already thanks to that mentorship. Speaking of improving your game, it's time for practice. The work continues!
Starting the season with three straight losses was rough, and honestly a little baffling. Chalk some of it up to plain old bad luck. I think the two most recent games are a better indicator of where this teams expects to finish the season; we just finished off two 20-point wins over two pretty good teams in Chicago and Berlin. Keep this up and that rough 0-3 start will be a distant memory by Week 16! As a defensive player I think I speak for all of us when I say that we need to step it up. The offense is chugging along, even though we got some bad bounces those first three weeks. It's on us to answer the call when the offense is struggling. Two defensive TDs on the season already is great to see, but we've been basically league average in most other statistical categories. If the offense keeps doing their thing and we as a defense can improve just a little bit we should see big things from the Sailfish the rest of this season!
As for Spike Daniels, he's doing pretty well for a rookie! Had a strong start with a strip tackle and an interception in the first two games, but it's been a little quiet since then. That's OK though! The important thing is keeping the rookie mistakes to a minimum, and so far so good there. Working as Cuco Clemente's apprentice has been a great experience and Spike's made some huge improvements to his game already thanks to that mentorship. Speaking of improving your game, it's time for practice. The work continues!
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