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Now about the game - the Riders defence and the Stamps defence played well, but both offences were mediocre at best. The Riders pulled off the one big play which won them the game, and to their credit they spent the whole game setting up that play with the short passing game until the Stamps D started playing up on the receivers and then got burned.

This game the Stamps really involved Reynolds from the start, which was good, but the passing game really lacked variety. Probably 80% of the attempts were at receivers around 10-12 yards downfield, and mostly out near the sidelines. Burris didn't stretch the defence, didn't set up the screen passes, didn't do much of anything other than hand it off and fire passes at guys standing still on the sidelines and no threat to take it deep downfield. I have to question Cortez's play calling - he took advantage of the run game made available by the Riders, but the pass game was very weak against a Riders defence that is not very good and could have been beaten with a different emphasis on moving the ball deeper, especially considering Burris sometimes had all day back there.

I also thought the Stamps looked complacent, as if they just had to show up to beat the Riders. Hufnagel better do something about that attitude, as it seems that execution is lackadaisical on offence and the defence can only do so much.