Weekend Rundown
Week 4
We have reached the mid season point, where teams are starting to find their identity and get themselves ready for the quickly approaching playoffs. There were 3 games this past weekend, at our Lachine location, involving the CFL division’s Giants and Bills and NCAA’s Bucs, Browns, Broncos & Bengals, with the latter teams playing in the late window.We saw a nail bitter game between the 49ers & the packers. Let’s recap game 1 between the Giants & Bills.
Going into this game the Bills were looking for their 2nd win of the season. Whereas the Giants were just looking to keep pace in doing the same… Bills quarterback Izzy Ullah completed 75% of his passes on the day going 9 for 12 for 84 yards and 2 touchdowns one of which went to Ricardo DiZazzo who had 4 catches on 5 targets for 46 yards and a touchdown on the day. The Giants also had a big name player going to work in, Tristan Neil, who had 5 grabs for 70 yards and 2 touchdowns with one being the game winner to bring the Giants record to 2-2 on the year while the Bills need to regroup after falling to 1-3. I have no doubt they’ll (Bills) be able to do just that with a strong core of talent with the likes of Jailen Chopra (2 catches 16 yards and a touchdown), Mateo Vergara (3 catches for 27 yards and a interception) and of course the aforementioned, Izzy Ullah leading the way. Better days are ahead for the Bills.
Final Giants 21 Bills 20
The Bucs and Browns squared off in the mid day primer and the Browns came to play as they managed to put up three scores in the first half with little to no resistance. Both teams were looking to add a W in the win column but that’s why the games are played, someone has to win and someone has to lose… the Browns most definitely came to take care of work. Quarterback James Lavinskas was on top of his game connecting with receiver Sarah Bruneau in the flats, where she turned it upfield for a huge touchdown to put her team on the board first. They (Browns) followed up with a 2pt conversion attempt and cashed in. The Bucs were up next looking to put up some points of their own. They started off with a short run to the sideline and followed it up with an unfortunate pick six as the Browns took a 13-0 lead (the second convert attempt was unsuccessful). After the Bucs were turned over on downs, on their 2nd drive,the Browns put up another score this time on the ground by way of Holden Ghandey bringing their lead advantage by 3 scores. The Bucs did their best to keep pace, but they just couldn’t find a way to sustain drives and manufacture points until quarterback Carmelo Montano was able to rip off a 20 yard run for a huge touchdown just before the half and the last of the points scored for the remainder of the game.
Final Browns 20 Bucs 6
Are the mighty 49ers starting to show cracks in their armour? After a fairly close game with the Bills last week, we expected the Amani hosang led team to play disciplined football and control the momentum of the game with ease- The Packers however had other plans. What looked to be a lopsided game on paper was nothing short of a good old fashion grinder. Defensively they made it difficult for the the 49ers to move the ball. Hendrix Gourgeon displayed his talents on defense by keeping star receiver Madden Labege in check and finished the day with 2 clutch interceptions. The Packers entered the second half with a two score lead with the help of their go to receiver Shelby Gaba who did his best impression of 2021 Davantae Adams. Was it finally happening? Was this the moment that the charismatic Coach Richard put the entire league on notice? Well we definitely believed it.. in fact I think the entire building believed it.......except Felix Lalande.. just when packers QB Macbeth was going to put the game away with a routine pass to the flats to his trusted centre Kyliam it ended up going the other way for 6 in the hands of Mr Showtime. The following drive Coach Jean turned his defense up a notch returning another interception to house! They say what separates a championship team from the rest is that when times are difficult they always find a way to WIN and that is what the 9ers did, with 3 plays left James Dorzin found Amani Ho Sang for a 40 yard score and ran in the 2 point conversion for the WIN!
Final 49ers 27 Packers 26