[MIJB#19]

General Manager Notes: One minor injury
That's pretty much all we could hope for.

No, it's actually too early to start cheering, because you never know what happens to our players over the bye week, viral infections, depressions, substance abuse withdrawal, impaired vision and other out of the blue injuries can still pop up.

We lost the last regular season game 27-10 in Bordeaux. The defense was horrendous, there's simply no excuse for what they did (1 sack, 2 hurried passes, 6.15 yards per carry allowed, 428 total yards allowed). It's terrifying, because I can't believe Brady, Hitchcock and Richardson make such a great difference for that unit, those three were the only ones left off the field. The offense wasn't up to par either. With Francisco Farley under center, we threw for 151 yards, with rookie Rickey Lyle catching 7 passes for 67 yards, George Stuckey 3 for 29 yards and Clarence Gore only 3 for 23 yards. Gore still finished second in receiving yards amongst rookies and first in receiving touchdowns. The offensive line with left tackle Nathan Hadinger and right guard Andre Watson in action allowed 3 sacks and let our starting running back Francisco Patter run for 21 yards on 9 carries. Change of pace rookie Trey Beyer gained 43 yards on 8 carries.

Division standings:
1. Maassluis 10-5-1
2. Paris 9-6-1
3. Gothenburg 6-9-1
4. Bordeaux 6-10

Indeed, Paris joins us into the playoffs, while defending #1 seed Gothenburg misses the playoffs, as did last season's #2 seed San Antonio. The playoffs field in the AOC:
Paris (9-6-1) at Houston (9-7)
Orlando (11-5) at North Plainfield (6-10)

If Paris wins, they will visit Tucker (14-2) in the divisional round, if Houston wins, they will come and visit us. Where Orlando or North Plainfield will go, depends on that #3 vs #6 matchup. Yup, we have a worse record than the #5 seed. More incredibly, the #4 seed won only 6 games.