Week 2 Match-Up: Oklahoma Noodlers

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The Los Angeles Bruins will travel to that shit hole called Oklahoma to take on the Noodlers in Week 2 of the first VFL2 season.


" Another week, another awesome defense " remarked Coach Young while sitting in front of the big-screen analyzing game film. " Lynch, Malloy, Taylor, Urlacher, Randle, Kennedy, Green " he continued, " They are built like an All-Pro team. " 


That didn't stop the Noodlers from losing in week one by a slim margin. While the defense is more than likely the best in the league, their offense like the Bruins defense is a work in progress. 


The Bruins moved some of their offense talent this week by sending highly-touted backup QB Kerry Collins to division foe, Greenville for a 3rd Rd pick and G Goff. 


" The deal needed to be done, " insisted GM Brouillette, " While Collins is only 27 and a great piece for us going forward, we needed help on the O-Line and it's always nice to have picks. " He continued, " The draft is looking to be solid and having many holes and McNabb at QB we jumped at this chance. "


The team really looked to want the 84's guard Waters, but GM Bosma made sure the Bruins front office knew he was not going anywhere anytime soon.


It's not a mystery when breaking down this game it's going to be offense vs defense, and the Noodlers offense in the early going has allowed more points than their defense.


Offense vs Defense... Whatcha like?! A contrast in styles. Which shall prevail.


Given the Noodlers at home, they get the nod this week from us.

Our prediction:

over

14-13

Week #1 Recap: Not quite there yet...

So the Bruins walked into Greenville, and walked out as fast as they could. The Bruins were down 23-17 heading into the fourth, but the 84's held the ball for ten minutes or so spanning over the two periods and capitalized it with Touchdown (TD pass by Hasselback, who was later knocked out of the game and will miss a few weeks). Coach Young has been said to have quite a bit of material for the team to go over, but won't go into detail about what as he's seemingly focused on next week, given it was just the first week of the season.

Team Leaders vs Greenville
QB-McNabb: 21/30, 260yds, 2Tds 1Int
RB-Watters: 15Att, 58yds
WR-McCarrdell: 6catches, 93yds

 

A look at the Bruins injury situation is as follows after week 1: 

Injuries
Player	Pos	Injury	Duration
Taylor, B.	FS	Jammed Toe	Probable
Whigham, L.	SS	Pulled Hamstring	Probable
McNeil, R.	CB	Sprained Wrist	Probable
Madison, S.	FS	Bruised Jaw	Questionable
Thigpen, Y.	WR	Fractured Cheekbone	Questionable
Watters, R.	RB	Blurred Vision	Out (1-2 weeks)

After all it was just the first week, but going forward the Bruins must play better if they wish to compete.

Week 1 Match-Up: Greenville 84's

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The Los Angeles Bruins will travel to Grennville to take on the 84's in the first set of games ever to take place in the VFL2. While the Bruins stayed close in week one of the pre-season, and got routed in game two (where it should be noted they sat starters) the 84's crushed their week two opponent, and while it is just the pre-season, Bruins GM Mike Brouillette, along with head coach Steve Young took notice.


" Pryce, Abraham, Porter, Sharper, Barber not to mention tons of other good starting defenders " mentioned Coach Young after being asked about the 84's defense, " And while their offense isn't the best in the league, their filled with youth at all the right places and have the best left-tackle in the league in Orlando Pace."


Coach Young just smiled, " It's going to be a challenge for sure, but as the saying goes,... 'Any Given Sunday.' "


The Bruins however have some great players of their own. 24 year old QB, Donovan McNabb out of Syracuse has a huge arm, and is 1A or 1B when it comes down to the best QB in the league. 


The backs for the Bruins feature veteran Ricky Watters running and catching the ball out of the backfield with McCarrdell and Shannon Sharpe as his two other legit options in the passing game. 


Sure footed Jason Hanson and Shane Lechler will help the Bruins excel in special teams but it's going to come down to " X's and O's " insisted Coach Young who will coach in his first ever professional regular-season game this upcoming Sunday. 


" The defense is a work in progress, " admitted Bruins GM Mike Brouillette, " While we feel we have defensive stars in Young and Madison - not to mention superstar Harrison at SS, the team still has much to do on that side of the ball. "


While GM Brouillette (who also owns the Los Angeles Bruins in the BSA, formerly VBL6) has been known to be one to lower expectations to and take the pressure of his team and place it firmly on himself, he insists this is not the case, " I went all in to buy a franchise within the VFL2. " he pressed, " This is a very good team, and we should at least finish the season with a record of .500 or better. "


Strong words.


The season starts in a day, or two, or even three depending on when your reading this but the first season here in the VFL2 should be a fun learning experience for all franchises involved.

Our prediction:

 over

24-14