Raven defense played nevermore, nevermore.
The Suds lost to the Rrrrs in Game One of the season, 110-100. There were several disappointing performances in the opener, but none were worse than the Ravens defense and special teams getting shut out by the Colts offense and special teams.
"This is not what I expected from the Ravens," said Old Cleat, head coach and general manager of the Suds. "We selected them as the first defense taken, and we expected consistent scoring with a few brilliant games thrown in."
Going into the game, the Suds knew they would have their hands full trying to match up with LaDainian Tomlinson, and that didn't happen. But the Suds had enough balanced scoring to off-set LT. And, in fact, LaMont Jordan of the Raiders garnered 16 points to LT's 14, really helping the Rrrrs and hurting the Suds.
"We felt good about Randy Moss's 34 points on Thursday night," Old Cleat said, "but Torry Holt just about matched that with 29. So we didn't get an advantage there. And we were proud of Ben Troupe, who stepped in for a suspended Antonio Gates and picked up 15 points.
"But the Rrrrs had the Bills defense get them 16 points, and the Ravens defense got us zippo, and that was the difference in the game."
Below is the box score:
Rrrrs
B. Favre QB 201 PaYd, -1 RuYd, 2 PaInt, -1 RuReYd, 200 PaRuYd 4
L. Tomlinson RB 72 RuYd, 72 RuReYd, 72 PaRuYd, RuTD (2) 14
L. Jordan RB 70 RuYd, 110 RuReYd, 70 PaRuYd, 40 ReYd, 5 Recpt 16
T. Holt WR 125 RuReYd, 125 ReYd, 10 Recpt 29
A. Bryant WR 65 RuReYd, 65 ReYd, 5 Recpt 11
R. Williams WR 13 RuReYd, 13 ReYd, 2 Recpt 3
A. Crumpler TE 54 RuReYd, 54 ReYd, 4 Recpt 11
M. Vanderjagt K 3 XP, FG (20) 6
D. Bills DST 7 PA, 5 SACK, 120 YDS, 2 DFR, 3 Int, 38 TK 16
Total 110
Suds
D. McNabb QB 257 PaYd, PaInt, 257 PaRuYd, PaTD (9) 15
F. Taylor RB 76 RuYd, 90 RuReYd, 76 PaRuYd, 14 ReYd, 2 Recpt 10
R. Brown RB 57 RuYd, 61 RuReYd, 57 PaRuYd, 4 ReYd, Recpt 6
M. Muhammad WR 59 RuReYd, 59 ReYd, 6 Recpt 11
R. Moss WR ReTD (73), 130 RuReYd, 130 ReYd, 5 Recpt 34
B. Edwards WR 16 RuReYd, 16 ReYd, 2 Recpt 3
B. Troupe TE ReTD (1), 28 RuReYd, 28 ReYd, 4 Recpt 15
A. Vinatieri K 3 XP, FG (26) 6
D. Ravens DST 24 PA, 340 YDS, 50 TK 0
Total 100
And here are the reserves for the teams:
Rrrrs
A. Smith QB 0
D. Carr QB 70 PaYd, 40 RuYd, 3 PaInt, 40 RuReYd, 110 PaRuYd, RuTD (1) 7
J. Bettis RB 0
L. Toefield RB 4 RuYd, 4 RuReYd, 4 PaRuYd 0
L. Suggs RB 0
T. Calico WR 2 RuReYd, 2 ReYd, 2 Recpt 2
K. Colbert WR 11 RuReYd, 11 ReYd, 2 Recpt 3
D. Jolley TE 18 RuReYd, 18 ReYd, 2 Recpt 4
J. Wilkins K XP, 4 FG (30,41,33,41) 15
D. Buccaneers DST 13 PA, 3 SACK, 248 YDS, 2 DFR, 3 Int, 50 TK 11
Total 42
Suds
K. Warner QB 264 PaYd, 11 RuYd, PaInt, 11 RuReYd, 275 PaRuYd, PaTD (1) 16
K. Boller QB 141 PaYd, 2 RuYd, PaInt, 2 RuReYd, 143 PaRuYd 3
M. Shipp RB 10 RuYd, 15 RuReYd, 10 PaRuYd, 5 ReYd, 2 Recpt 3
G. Jones RB 10 RuReYd, 10 ReYd, Recpt 2
B. Jacobs RB 39 RuYd, 39 RuReYd, 39 PaRuYd, RuTD (5) 10
L. Evans WR -10 RuYd, 58 RuReYd, -10 PaRuYd, 68 ReYd, 3 Recpt 9
M. Jenkins WR 80 RuReYd, 80 ReYd, 3 Recpt 11
A. Gates TE 0
M. Nugent K XP 1
D. Seahawks DST 26 PA, 3 SACK, 362 YDS, 61 TK 3
Total 58
Prolate Spheroid Notes: The Suds have already announced two lineup changes. Tight end Antonio Gates is starting for Ben Troupe, who had a nice game in game one but who is a team player and understands that the object is to win the Erin Bowl. Also, Braylon Edwards will not start for the Suds until he starts for the Browns, and, apparently, he doesn't start for the Browns. So, Old Cleat has put Lee Evans of the Bills in as the third wideout for next week's game against We Bad. We Bad scored 157 points in week one, led by Steve Smith's 35 points, Deion Branch's 25 points, and Deuce McAllister's 22 points. The Suds will need to buckle the old chinstraps a little tighter this week. And, as always, Go SUDS!
thankyouverymuch,
Old Cleat
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