Monday Morning Waffles: Preseason Week 3

Welcome back to Monday Morning Waffles.  We finally had Week 3 of the WAFL Preseason.  Let's see how things went around the league as some teams have some weighty decisions to make about quarterbacks including one defensive performance that even left me baffled.

CLE @ STI:  Stirling was able to beat Clevelend 37-27 thanks in part to some clutch work from safety Tony Romano.  Jason Timbers threw for 423 yards in the loss and Joey Russo led all receivers with 125 all purpose yards.  Oddly enough Paul Young outran his teammate Dimitri Kruschev with 101 yards.  Seems like Timbers is the right man in Cleveland after all but where's Patrick Vance?

MIN @ BOS:  Minnesota continued to impress with a 27-0 dismantling of the Boston Maulers.  Nothing seemed to go right for Boston as Jordan Smithers played poorly and Bam Bam Thunderman was held without a TD.  AJ Blaylock and Ahmad Price continue to impress us here on the Monday Morning Waffles staff.

LA @ STL:  I will give the Hornets credit,  they hanged on pretty well but Jed Jones got the best of them again.  The only thing I will take from this is that Mitchell Harrison seems poised to become the Hornets starting QB but we'll see what owner/GM Daley Holder thinks about this.  Until Los Angeles is exposed, they're a potential World Bowl darling.

PHI @ OSA:  Philadelphia looked good and had a commanding lead going into halftime but then Conner Pyatt happened.  Conner Pyatt was a double threat with 226 passing yards and 125 rushing yards.  He is truly becoming one of the best quarterbacks in the WAFL.  Looking forward to those Osaka/Los Angeles games that's for sure.

DUB @ QCC: Dublin showed signs of life but in the end, the Corsairs prevailed.  It doesn't help neither quarterback looked better than Rob Johnson out there but in the end, a win is a win even if it doesn't count.  I credit Corsair linebacker John Curry with the game ball for his 16 tackles, with 11 being a solo effort.  Corsairs owner Erik Barkley seems to be upset with his receiving core following a lackluster performance.

CIN @ LVD:   The Walsh Bowl ended the week and it was wacky.  The Sony Sunday Night Football Crew was puzzled by the air mail offenses and lack of composure by Joe Sloan.  Sloan threw 6 interceptions, might be a WAFL single game record but luckily it doesn't count.  This was Las Vegas' first look at Matt Saracen who showed skills at times.  Game ball has to go to Vegas corner Sam Doss who picked off two errant fumbles for touchdown scores.  Teams put the Vegas defense on watch.

This concludes Monday Morning Waffles, interested to see what Week 4 brings this Sunday.  My Ace Report talking about the 2013 Preview magazine and Week 4 picks will be up on Thursday.