| Off | Def | Total | Score |
|---|
| Away | The Blitz | 159 | 79 | 238 | 36 | | Home | Rock N Rollers | 162 | 87 | 249 | 42 |
| Rock N Rollers |
The Blitz |
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| I | Brad Johnson QB MIN | 0 |
| I | Tarvaris Jackson QB MIN | 0 |
| S | Gus Frerotte QB LAR | 0 |
| S | Marc Bulger QB LAR | 33 |
| S | Ryan Fitzpatrick QB LAR | 0 |
| I | Brooks Bollinger QB MIN | 0 |
| S | Andre Gurode OC/OG DAL | 3 |
| I | Jake Grove OC LV | 0 |
| I | Justin Hartwig OC CAR | 0 |
| S | Will Shields OG KC | 2 |
| S | Vince Manuwai OG JAC | 11 |
| I | Eric Steinbach OG CIN | 0 |
| I | Kevin Shaffer OT CLE | 0 |
| S | Jon Jansen OT WAS | 1 |
| S | Jonas Jennings OT SF | 7 |
| I | Roman Oben OT LAC | 0 |
| B | Michael Robinson RB SF | 1 |
| B | Cedric Houston RB NYJ | 0 |
| B | Stephen Davis RB LAR | 1 |
| B | Ryan Moats RB PHI | 0 |
| S | Larry Johnson RB KC | 26 |
| S | Steven Jackson RB LAR | 19 |
| B | Travis Wilson WR CLE | 0 |
| S | Joe Jurevicius WR CLE | 7 |
| B | Bobby Wade WR TEN | 0 |
| S | Marvin Harrison WR IND | 13 |
| B | Demetrius Williams WR BAL | 0 |
| I | Chad Johnson WR CIN | 0 |
| I | Roddy White WR ATL | 0 |
| S | Kevin Curtis WR LAR | 13 |
| I | Jason Elam K DEN | 0 |
| S | Robbie Gould K CHI | 19 |
| S | Chicago OST CHI | 2 |
| S | Bertrand Berry DE ARI | 2 |
| I | Patrick Kerney DE ATL | 0 |
| I | Reggie Hayward DE ??? | 0 |
| B | Robaire Smith DT TEN | 3 |
| S | Kevin Williams DT MIN | 8 |
| I | Rod Coleman DT ATL | 0 |
| S | Corey Williams DT GB | 4 |
| S | Vonnie Holliday DE MIA | 4 |
| B | Gary Stills OLB BAL | 1 |
| B | Coy Wire S BUF | 1 |
| I | Morlon Greenwood OLB HOU | 0 |
| S | Cato June OLB IND | 11 |
| B | Al Wilson MLB DEN | 9 |
| B | Stephen Tulloch MLB TEN | 0 |
| S | Mike Peterson MLB JAC | 4 |
| S | Reggie Torbor OLB NYG | 1 |
| S | Charles Tillman CB CHI | 5 |
| B | Gary Baxter CB CLE | 0 |
| S | Drayton Florence CB LAC | 9 |
| I | Lewis Sanders CB HOU | 0 |
| B | Andre' Goodman CB MIA | 1 |
| I | Mike Green S SEA | 0 |
| S | Adam Archuleta S WAS | 10 |
| S | Brodney Pool S CLE | 9 |
| I | Jimmy Williams CB ATL | 0 |
| B | Tony Parrish S DAL | 3 |
| I | Jordan Babineaux S SEA | 0 |
| I | Michael Koenen P ATL | 0 |
| S | Todd Sauerbrun P NE | 0 |
| S | Tennessee DST TEN | 2 |
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| I | Steve McNair QB BAL | 0 |
| I | Shaun King QB ??? | 0 |
| I | Kyle Boller QB BAL | 0 |
| S | Peyton Manning QB IND | 25 |
| S | Jim Sorgi QB IND | 0 |
| I | Jamaal Jackson OC PHI | 0 |
| S | Dan Koppen OC NE | 3 |
| I | Matt Lehr OG ATL | 0 |
| I | Adam Timmerman OG LAR | 0 |
| S | Kyle Kosier OG DAL | 3 |
| S | Logan Mankins OG/OT NE | 3 |
| S | Ryan Tucker OT CLE | 5 |
| I | Orlando Pace OT LAR | 0 |
| S | Tony Pashos OT BAL | 5 |
| I | Nick Kaczur OT NE | 0 |
| I | Ryan Lilja OG IND | 0 |
| B | Mike Alstott FB TB | 5 |
| B | Mike Sellers FB WAS | 1 |
| B | Lousaka Polite FB DAL | 2 |
| B | Thomas Tapeh FB PHI | 2 |
| S | Jason McKie FB CHI | 9 |
| I | Greg Jones FB ??? | 0 |
| S | Deuce McAllister RB NO | 22 |
| B | Maurice Jones-Drew RB JAC | 5 |
| S | Willie Parker RB PIT | 20 |
| I | Samkon Gado RB HOU | 0 |
| B | Michael Pittman RB TB | 2 |
| B | Josh Reed WR BUF | 0 |
| S | Bryan Fletcher TE IND | 8 |
| B | Anthony Fasano TE DAL | 2 |
| S | Todd Heap TE BAL | 11 |
| B | Jermaine Wiggins TE MIN | 4 |
| I | Ben Utecht TE IND | 0 |
| I | Matt Stover K BAL | 0 |
| S | Nate Kaeding K LAC | 12 |
| S | Arizona OST ARI | 10 |
| I | Mario Williams DE HOU | 0 |
| I | Justin Smith DE CIN | 0 |
| S | Terdell Sands NT LV | 4 |
| S | Darrion Scott DE MIN | 7 |
| S | Ty Warren DE NE | 4 |
| B | Willie McGinest OLB CLE | 3 |
| B | Boss Bailey OLB DET | 7 |
| S | Jonathan Vilma ILB NYJ | 4 |
| B | Osi Umenyiora DE NYG | 4 |
| S | Akin Ayodele ILB DAL | 4 |
| B | Brandon Chillar OLB LAR | 3 |
| S | Derrick Johnson OLB KC | 7 |
| S | Quentin Jammer CB LAC | 7 |
| S | Chris McAlister CB BAL | 8 |
| S | Nathan Vasher CB CHI | 1 |
| I | Madieu Williams S CIN | 0 |
| I | Kevin Kaesviharn S CIN | 0 |
| S | Nick Ferguson S DEN | 5 |
| B | Eugene Wilson S NE | 0 |
| S | Donovin Darius S JAC | 4 |
| I | Bob Sanders S IND | 0 |
| S | Chris Gardocki P PIT | 7 |
| I | Brian Moorman P BUF | 0 |
| S | New England DST NE | 0 |
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| Game Summary (Larry Smith, NetFL Press)
The football gods smiled down upon the RNR franchise this weekend. A wounded team was provided the perfect elixir, TB, at an opportune time.
Because, if it had been anyone else but the offensively challenged TB, every RNR player would be changing their ring tones to Taps this morning. Luckily, RNR ran into an opponent with much less margin for error than themselves, or they'd no doubt be nursing the losing column with yet another embarrassing loss.
One big reason that RNR can exhale today is that TB was talent-deficient enough to lose control of a game they had a chance to win. They looked so incompetent as they ordered the meat grinder during the game and ate my sister's homework - metaphorically speaking.
The score of 42-36 in front of a jeering and hostile crowd for RNR was aided by a ferocious defense, but even larger was the help provided by a reeling opponent that constantly pushed the wrong personnel buttons. No wonder the incompetent TB have been such a welcome sight in opposing stadiums for so long. RNR sure caught them on the right day.
It's doubtful that the RNR defenders could have corralled a grandmother strolling across the field with the same ease as they did the TB quarterback. "Instead of him looking down the field, he was looking to see who was coming," said Kevin Williams with 8 points on defense, a huge smile on his face. "Let's just say he got rattled a little bit."
Still, RNR might not have escaped without a goto player to energize the offense - TB's very own Logan Mankins. He was relentlessly victimized, continuously torched play after play before the TB coaching staff mercifully pulled him, as he performed like a spasmodic violinist.
"Picking on Logan Mankins was a part of the game plan," Larry Johnson with 26 points on offense said. "We should have been doing it more in the first half of the game."
How true. When a NetFL team needs a pick-me-up, they can usually count on TB to deliver. RNR leads the all-time series 11-5 against TB. RNR has a 6-6 regular season record. TB has a 9-3 regular season record (1-1 in this year's playoffs).
Though the game was already decided on the field, apparently neither team was done. Randy whined, "Thinking about them forces me to draw parallels between them and the Bulgarians." He was quick to add, "Erm, the Byzantine Empire had to deal with those clods... made themselves quite a nuisance 'til Basil crushed 'em and cut their eyes out - well, he left a couple of 'em with one eye so's they could guide the others home. I can't help but think that motivations such as that would help their cause." In response, the TB coach waxed poetic, stating, "Nah, I don't have anything against them. They're kinda like little bunnies or maybe pop warner rejects.... kinda cute and all, but pretty impotent when it comes to football." |
