Byrne looks sharp all day
Topic: Joe Byrne
Ogdensburg, NJ-- Ferdinand Magellan member, Joe Byrne looked ready for the season to begin in Tuesday's exhibition games. Even without teammates Tyler Wenz and Ryan Egan in attendance yesterday, Byrne excelled as a sub for the La Policia, the British Gentlemen, and the Blue Baracudas. In three games yesterday, Byrne was 29 for 43 (67.4 Completion %), with 7 TD Passes and added a Touchdown Run as well. He only had 1 INT in 43 Pass Atttempts. Byrne even caught 8 balls on the day, 4 for Touchdowns from Bobby Lang in the first game of the day. On defense, Byrne picked off a pass, and added a sack as well. In the final game of the day, Byrne recovered an onside kick and returned it for a Touchdown.

Another notable performance was from Nick Sabatello, of F-9, who played in 4 of the 5 games yesterday. Sabatello caught 19 passes, 2nd most on the day, only behind Frank Elmuccio with 23. He had a TD Reception as well. On defense, he filled basically every stat cateogry there was throughout the day, with 1 Interception, 1 Sack, and he recovered a fumble. He even completed a TD Pass and threw 1 INT as well in his final game of the day.

Blue Baracudas WR Tommy Babcock looked quicker than ever in yesterdays game against F9. Babcock had 14 Receptions on the day, along with 5 Touchdown Receptions. He burned corners all day with Rocky Tironi throwing to him, as well as Joe Byrne in the later game. He could cause some real damage when Gilbert Tussey shows up, throwing 50 yard bombs to Babcock. I don't think there is a cornerback in the league that can stay with Babcock for an entire game.

La Policia rookie, Kenny Martinez impressed many with his play in 3 games. He caught 13 balls on the day, along with 2 Touchdown recetptions and even ran for a big touchdown right before halftime in the F-9 game, when he was subbing for Adam Bowlby. In that game, he was a ridiculous 21 for 29 (72.4 Completion %) with 3 TD Passes.

My early season Defensive Player of the Year pick came through yesterday, proving why I made that prediction. CB Travis Wenz, of the British Gentlemen, had 4 Interceptions yesterday in 2 games, returning 2 for Touchdowns.

Important Note: British Gentlemen QB, Adam Bowlby , did not show up yesterday because he went to the ZOO with his grandparents. That's pretty embarassing and you don't deserve to not get mentioned on the site and get made fun of for that. Don't let it happen again Adam.