Turnovers hurting the Talons last week: Allner first thought the ball would be batted down easily. Then he saw Devoe and Talons defender Fred Shaw jostling for position. "(Devoe) did a good job of getting a body on (Shaw) and almost blocking him out like a low-post player in basketball," Allner said. Allner said the last play didn't beat the Talons as much as three turnovers did. Tulsa missed out on points when McBroom fumbled at the Kansas City 10 just before halftime.
On the botched fumble recovery: On first down from the Talons 9, defensive end Colin Bryant slapped the ball out of Raterink's hand. Nekos Brown tried to scoop it on the run, but the ball skittered to a Command player. Should Brown simply have tried to fall on the ball? "You can't really fault him because it's in the heat of the moment," nose guard Reggie Paramoure said. When the play was over, Kansas City had the ball and four-tenths of a second remained - way too much time for a Talons team that lost consecutive games on untimed downs after the clock had run out at Arizona and Jacksonville last year.
Allgood's status for this week: Head coach Mitch Allner said he would give veteran quarterback Justin Allgood his first playing time since Allgood rejoined the team last week. But whether Allgood will start ahead of rookie quarterback Matt Bassuener is likely to be a game-time decision.
Tulsa least penalized team in the league: "Tulsa is a world by itself when it comes to penalties. The Talons, just like last season, are by far the least penalized team in the league. Tulsa averages 5.8 penalties per game while the next closest team averages 7.8 penalties. Looking at the Talons' 13 regular season home games since joining the AFL, the numbers are shocking compared to the rest of the league. In those games, Tulsa has yet to be called for more than nine penalties and had more penalties than its opponents had in just two games. Seven opponents had more than ten penalties in games, while just three had five or fewer flags. Tulsa has had seven home games with four or fewer flags."
Football Gameplan's preview for today.
Great league story on Talon's public service.
The ending Saturday made the top 5 observations from the week: "5. Fans in Tulsa saw a classic AFL ending Saturday. On the last play of the game, Kansas City scored on a 16-yard desperation pass from JJ Raterink to Bradly Chavez. That has to be deflating to the Talons, who came into the game 4-2 in their last six games. With four turnovers and six other stops, it wasn’t a pretty game. But in the end, the Command made the play when it counted."
Great article on NFL players transitioning to arenaball.
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