Talons at Jacksonville - Quick Reaction

At the half: Talons 26 Jacksonville 28

The loss of secondary starters is apparent. We have given up some easy TDs but are still are still in it. The front line are starting to get some pressure and left Garcia hobbling at the end of the half.

Even more poor is our kicking game. Continuing from mosses last week we have missed another 2 pats.

The offense has been strugling. Gave up our first sack of the season on the first play from scrimage. On multiple occasions we have been saved by penalties.

The Talons need to improve on both sides of the ball if we want to continue to compete.

Post Game Update: Well that just happened... again. To be fair I will admit that Jacksonville looked like the better team the whole night. However, we hung in there. We did a great job at causing some turnovers, but we never took advantage of them. Simply turned it back over.

We didn't make the mistake of scoring too quick at the end this week. However, it was still enough time for Jacksonville to make a good kick return and a couple of passes and score.

The only thing is, how was the last play in regulation pass interference? Seriously, go watch it on NiftyTV... We didn't do anything to deserve that call. However, once again we have an untimed play where we make a defensive mistake to loose the game. Well played hard loss. After the Thunder game and now this I'm just gonna try to forget this weekend.

Talons at Arizona Quick Reaction

The Tulsa Talons fell to 2-1 after a last second loss to the Arizona Rattlers.

The Talons started off shakey on offense with QB Justin Allgood almost throwing 2 INTs before finally scoring. Shortly thereafter the Rattlers drove down the field and scored, leading to a rumble between Talons and Rattlers players. The final outcome was that Talons Defensive Back B.J. Barre was ejected from the game. Neither team was able to stop the other for the remainder of the game.

While the Talons Defensive Line came up big in the game with three sacks, leading to a total of seven on the year, it was not enough. The Talons forced three fumbles, all of which took good Arizona bounces and were recovered by the Rattlers.

With less than thirty seconds the Talons took the lead in the game, 76-71. The Rattles made a couple of short passes and with little time left it looked like the game was over when the Talons recorded their third sack. However, there were flags on the field. It appears that one of the Talons had facemasked on the sack, giving the Rattlers one final play from scrimage. With that one play the Rattlers made a short ten yard pass, broke a tackle, and ran the additional 15 yards to score and win the game.

It was a hard fought loss for the Talons. Who knows how the game would have ended if B.J. Barre had not been ejected. The real weakness of the Talons showed in the game, which was the defensive secondary. While they did record one INT, that was the only stop they made in the entire game. Every time Tulsa needed a stop the secondary gave up a large play. If the Talons want to really challenge in the league they will need to play stronger in the secondary.