Originally posted by FriskyMonkey
WESTERN CONFERENCE
(4) New York Warriors vs. (5) Boston Massacre
Another game barely played a week ago, New York came out strong and kept scoring when they met during the regular season, although overall a very competative game the Warriors just couldn't put it in the endzone even though there was only a 3.5 yard difference in their offense and no fumbles lost or thrown int's even though Boston went to the air almost 2x as often as the Warriors. This one is a very very tough call, but I'm going to go with the Warriors because 2 of their 4 losses were decided by less than 4 points, and the other 2 were against the Monkeys and Rockstars
i think this is probobly the toughest first round matchup game. Probobly the most evenly matched. I am going to pretend that i am not a member of the boston massacre for a second:
Okay, so the New York Warriors are well underated. they seem pretty solid when looking at their players and power rankings. They have a pretty tight nit defense and an offense that has very few weak points. They only have 5 losses this season. Two of them, as have been mentioned, are against the #1 and the #3 team in the league. They fell apart against the Atlantic City Atomic Gods, a 5-11 team currently in 11th place. They lost by 4 points. They also lost to the bristol bullets, the 9th place team, this time by only 2 points. Their 5th loss i will mention is against the #3 team the nighthawks. Satisticall, this team could be 13-3 right now.
The Boston Massacre. Typically known as the "best and worst team" in the league. They have an extremely explosive offense that can score almost at will. This team has a Receiving squad almost unmatched by any in the league, and the QB has a BQ rating of 81. At 4th best passing in the league they can dish the ball like no other. Their running game is lead by jason Leblanc, one of the best HB in the league. 9th in rushing yrds and 2nd in rushing TDs, he is a beast. The backup juan caples is also just good enough to be one of the better backups in the league. This team has either scored 20+ points and blew out the other team, or they have gotten destroyed. Its a hit or miss with the massacre.
The Massacre also have the 7th worst defense in the entire league. Thats 7/32. How can you possibly be fifth in your conferance with a defense as horrible as that? Its not like they lack the talent, they just lack organization. they can't figure out who the starters are much less stop a team in the red zone. Many games have had to be won by a last second TD pass because the defese gave up a TD the play b4.
However the New York Warriors don't have many weaknesses. they are a little above the middle of their league in every category. They play well every game they play, and it shows. The only worry for the warriors is that they do not have any explosive offensive players. their QB is sitting at a rating of 75, and their HB only averages 50 some yrds a game. Their recievers are decent, and their O-line is fine, but certainly not spectacular.
If you look at the matchup bars, it seems like its a clear choice for the winner, boston has higher rushing passing, and recieving. But if you examine the teams closely you can see its not that easy.
The favored team is certainly the Warriors based on the season game with the Massacre (W 30-16, warriors) and common opponents. But keep in mind that their common opponents played the massacre early in the season,and the warriors later. The onlt worry for the Warriors is that Boston will come out strong in the 1rst and 2nd quarter and score a few quick TD's b4 their explosive starters get tired. If the Warriors can hold out for the first half and don't let Boston score a TD, they will proobly win.
If the Warriors can manage to contain the massacres key players, then in the second half, when the massacre's lower level defense (lower stamina) starts to get worn out, I think the Warriors can win.
I am going to go with a warriors win 24-3
MAN THAT WAS HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!! i want to root for my team but i don't think we have much of a chance. I still stand by what i said though, this will be a VERY exciting game.
but sadly, i think we are going to lose old buddy 
