LasVegasDragons

LAS VEGAS IMPRESSIVE IN FIRST EVER WIN

Team               Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   OT      FINAL
Seahawks            3    0    3    0    0          6
Dragons             7    7    7    3    0         24

Game Statistics:                 Seahawks    Dragons
First Downs                            21         15
Third Down Conversions                  5          5
Third Downs                            12          9
Third Down Percentage               41.7%      55.6%
Forth Down Conversions                  0          0
Fourth Downs                            1          0
Fourth Down Percentage               0.0%       0.0%
Two Pt Conversions Made                 0          0
Two Pt Conversions Attempted            0          0
Two Pt Conversion Percentage         0.0%       0.0%
Offense Redzone Num                     4          2
Offense Redzone TDs                     0          1
Offense Redzone FGs                     2          1
Offense Redzone Percentage          50.0%     100.0%
Rushing Attempts                       11         26
Rushing Yards                          46        132
Rushing Average                       4.2        5.1
Rushing TDs                             0          0
Passing Yards                         303        183
Passing Completions                    34         15
Passing Attempts                       54         23
Completion Percentage               63.0%      65.2%
Passing Average                       5.6        8.0
Passing TDs                             0          3
Offensive Pass Interceptions            3          1
TOTAL OFFENSE                         349        315
Defensive Pass Interceptions            1          3
Punt Return Yards                       0          0
Kick Return Yards                      74         62
Punts                                   2          3
Punt Avg                             35.0       43.3
Fumbles                                 2          2
Fumbles Lost                            1          1
Penalties                               0          1
Penalty Yds                             0          4
Turnovers                               4          2
TIME OF POSSESSION                  14:55      13:05

PASSING           CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Trevor Dunn        15   23  202   65   8.7    2    3    1   57  114.5

RUSHING               ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Ronnie Brown           21  107   5.0   16    0    1
Shannon Fuller          4   22   5.5    8    0    0
Ben Utecht              1    3   3.0    3    0    0

RECEIVING             REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
Anthony Holt            5   77  15.3   41    1    2    2
Derek Hagan             1   57  57.0   57    1    0   34
Ben Utecht              4   31   7.7   14    1    0   25
Randy McMichael         2   16   8.0   12    0    0    0
Chris Chambers          2   15   7.5   14    0    0    0
Ronnie Brown            1    6   6.0    6    0    0   12

KICKING               FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT
Olindo Mare             1    1  100      0       3    3   100  
Donnie Jones            0    0    0      0       0    0    0   

PUNTING               ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Donnie Jones            3  130  43.3   53      0    1          0

KICK RETURNS          ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Phillip Buchanon        3   62  20.6    0   23

PUNT RETURNS          ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Phillip Buchanon        0    0   0.0    0    0

DEFENSE               TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG
Torrance Sexton        10    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0          
Zach Thomas             8    0    1    0    1    2    0    0    0   0.0         
Jason Taylor            5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0
Renaldo Hill            4    0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0   0.0
Will Allen              4    0    0    0    0    0    0    1   -2  -2.0
Jon Taylor              4    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    3   3.0
Joe Garrett             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0
Jeno James              2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0
Phillip Buchanon        2    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0
Travis Daniels          2    0    0    0    0    0    0    1   37  37.0
Albert Haynesworth      1    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0
Marquis Cooper          1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0
Torrance Wooden         1    0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0   0.0
Kevin Carter            1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0
Channing Crowder        1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0
Yeremiah Bell           1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0
Ahmad Carroll           1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0
Keith Adams             1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0
Vonnie Holliday         1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0
Robert McCune           1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Jeff Faine                           7             0
Vernon Carey                         6             0
Ben Utecht                           6             0
D'Vontrey Black                      5             1
Shane Harris                         5             0
Jeno James                           4             0
Torrance Wooden                      3             1
Randy McMichael                      3             0

MADDEN NFL WEEK 1 2008

      Las Vegas, NV - The Dome was sold out, the new coach was on the sidelines and hardly one LV Dragon fan could be found.  With tourism at a fever pitch, most attendants were tourists, gamblers and Seattle fans. Never the less the game went on.

Things did not start out very strong as Dunn was sacked twice and he almost threw an interception on 3rd and 24.  Martz held his composure, punted the ball and then had a quick talk with his starter Dunn. That was the last of the poor play by Dunn and the offensive line for the remainder of the game.

The Seahawks had little to no trouble moving the ball inbetween the 20's racking up 350 yards of offense, but could not seal the deal all day. Hasselback was on target all day except in the redzone where he completed 2 passes on 7 attempts and threw 2 interceptions.  Super star alexander had a hard time running the ball as he only had 22 yards by halftime and ended with 47.  The dink and dunk philosphy of the Seahawks led to alot of recpetions but little to no YAC. This resulted in long sustained drives but failure to get in teh endzone.

Ronnie Brown had a good day running the ball. Martz promised a balanced attack on offense and that is what we got, 26 rushes and 23 passes. Utecht was involved early, most likely to calm the young QB down. The first TD pass of the Dragons franchise was caught by Utecht as well.  Holt had a terrible first half, getting no receptions with 5 targets and had 2 drops.  Martz went right to him in the second half as Chambers was doubled, and Holt responded with a very good second half including a spectacular TD grab in the endzone.

STARS OF THE GAME: Dunn was outstanding almost all game, moving the chains, throwing a pretty deep ball and managing the game at the end.  Holt rebounded nicely, after a poor first half... that shows maturity. Sexton had 10 tackles, the Seahawks dink and dunk approach didn't work because of Sextons great tackling skills.  Daniels and Taylors endzone interceptiosn really sealed the game up for the Dragons.

NOTES: Randy McMichael tore up his shoulder in the 3rd quarter. Doctors say 6 weeks or more before he can play again. Rookie Harris will take over. No plans on bringing in another TE with Utecht on board to fill in on 3 TE sets.

NEXT UP: The New England Patriots (0-1-0) Lost to JAX last week 31-23.