O-LIne vs. D-Line Touch Football

On Monday night, we reconvened to watch film and run, as per our usual day-after-game routine. It is never an intense practice, as our bodies always need a day to recover from the game, and we usually just do a stretch-run. This week however, the O-Line had the audacity to challenge the D-Line to a game of touch football. Now, to put this into perspective for anyone who isn't close to our team, this is a big deal for our O-Line. They play touch football, it seems as often as possible, while the rest of the team is in special teams meetings. Though it doesn't exist in tangible form, they practically have a touch football playbook that they recall from memory.

Regardless, we as a D-Line were still confident in our ability to win, especially since some of our bigger guys sat out to nurse their aching bodies. This created match-up nightmares for the O-Line all over the field, as their bulk was no match for our speed. Still, the O-Line managed to post the first score of the game, on a go-route no less, on a beautifully thrown ball to Christian Matte, who reeled in an over-the-shoulder catch for the touchdown. Needless to say, this took us by surprise, and we stepped up our game from that point on. Despite questionable quarterbacking from JP Binette and Sasha Palatnikov, our D-Line managed to move the ball up the field with ease and put up points. Will Miller and myself proved to be legitimate deep threats, while Nate Agadzi was a menace on the defensive side of the ball. The O-Line made a late push to make it respectable, but the D-Line prevailed with a 5 scores to 3 victory. Will there be a rematch? With the egos on our team- most definitely.