Back to the Drawing Board

In week 8 the Predators once again fell victim to the Gunners. On both sides of the ball the Gunners played well. They made quick flag pulls on the Predators and their quick striking offensive plays were working at full strength. The attitude was good for the Predators going into the game and they felt they had a game plan to compete. But it obviously wasn't good enough and the lack of execution hurt them. The final score was 0-35.

The Predators will now go back to the drawing board and see if they can get it going again next week against the Highlanders (1-6). The Highlanders have struggled this season but have lost 3 of their 7 games by less than one score. Their one win came when they beat down the Falcons 33-8. At this point in the season with two games to go the Predators are in fifth place at 3-5. They are one spot out of the playoffs behind the 4-4 Green Footballs. After the Predators play the Highlanders they will finish with the Bumslingers, who are 5-3 and beat the Predators 27-6 a few weeks ago. The Green Footballs last two games are against Team Ice (5-2), who just lost to the Bumslingers and their QB was nowhere to be found, and the Salvidors (3-5), who are the only other team still eligible to make the playoffs. The Green Footballs beat the Salvidors 33-25 in week six. But just because a team beats another team one time doesn't mean it will happen again, just ask the Predators. The Salvidors play the Gunners for their ninth game, so you can pretty much count them out of the playoffs. They also lost to the Gunners 35-0 their first go around.

But what if all three teams end up with the same record you ask? Well I will tell you. The tie breaker always goes to head-to-head match ups. But the Predators are 1-1 against the Green Footballs you ask? Well, let me clear that up too. If both teams are tied head-to-head then the tie breaker goes to point differential for the entire season. Currently the Predators (-63) are 14 points behind the Green Footballs (-49). Both teams do not have an easy road the final two games. The Predators most likely need to win both of their final games to give themselves a chance. The Green Footballs need to finish 1-1 in their final two and play poorly to give the Predators the chance to sneak past them.

The Predators now need help to get into the playoffs. They knew a win over the Green Footballs would put them on cruise control going into the playoffs and a loss would back them into a corner. And what makes it worse is management got wind that the ringer QB (last falls championship runner-up QB) the Green Footballs got to play called off work to come play against them because the Green Footballs Captain (#24) knew they couldn't beat the Predators without him and the league may not see that QB again the rest of the way. It goes to show you this is not real football, anything can happen, ringers could show at any time and the Predators always need to be ready. A few weeks ago the Green Footballs called on a couple other quarterbacks, who played on championship teams (Ticknors), to come and play for one game to get wins, and they did. Management also got wind that the Gunners were not really good buddies or family, like the Predators, before playing together. They were built to dominate the league, and that they do. So don't hang your heads Predators.