Colorado Crush game notes
May 9, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Colorado Crush News Release
QUICK FACTS:
Colorado Crush (6-4) at Nashville Kats (4-6)
Date: May 11, 2007
Kickoff: 6:00 p.m. MT
Site: Gaylord Entertainment Center (15,711)
Television: CET, Mountain West Sports Network, CSS
(Matt Stewart: play-by-play, Chuck Oliver: analyst, Willy Daunic: sidelines)
Radio: AM 760 (Mark Johnson: play-by-play, Andy Lindahl: analyst)
Coaches: Mike Dailey, Colorado (105-68, 11th Yr)
Pat Sperduto, Nashville (50-42-1, 6th Yr)
Officials: Referee: Bill Athan
Umpire: Rick Nelson
Head Linesman: Tim Podraza
Line Judge: Tom Symonette
Back Judge: Joe Duncan
Series Record: Colorado leads the all-time series 4-1
Colorado 42, @ Nashville 35 (3/12/05)
@ Colorado 52, Nashville 49 (5/13/05)
Colorado 36, @ Nashville 58 (2/18/06)
@ Colorado 77, Nashville 47 (4/1/06)
@ Colorado 55, Nashville 48 (4/1/07)
THE GAME:
The Colorado Crush have their shortest turnaround in team history between games as they travel to Nashville to play the Kats on Friday, May 11 at 6:00 p.m. MT. Playing their second game in just five days following a Monday night contest at Chicago, the Crush will be concluding a three-game divisional road swing against Nashville. Earlier this season, Colorado defeated Nashville 55-48 at Pepsi Center in a dramatic fourth quarter comeback.
Colorado had their season-high three-game winning streak snapped by the Rush Monday night 48-59. In the lost the Crush committed two costly turnovers that could not be overcome. Turnovers for the Crush this season have been a strong indicator on the team's success in the wins and losses column. In Colorado's six wins on the season the club has as a +7 turnover margin compared to a -9 turnover margin in their four losses.
The Colorado-Nashville match-up will also feature three players that were honored as AFL Players of the Month for April. Crush DB Rashad Floyd and K Jason Ball won ADT Defensive Player of the Month and Kicker of the Month respectively, while Kats QB Jeff Smoker was awarded the League's Rookie of the Month.
The Nashville Kats will be looking to get back to their winning ways after dropping two straight road games to Dallas and Grand Rapids. This marks the third time this season the Kats have had a two-game losing skid, but each time they have rebounded with a win.
On both sides of the ball for the Kats this season, they have found some League leading playmakers. Nashville FB Dan Alexander is putting together on the best rushing season in AFL history. He currently leads the League with 28 rushing touchdowns (already a new AFL record) and has 99 carries for 209 yards. On the defensive side of the ball, former Crush and present Kats DB Ahmad Hawkins leads the League with 10 interceptions.
PRACTICE SCHEDULE:
Wed, May 9- 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Practice at Mile High Racing
Thurs, May 10- Travel to Nashville
Fri, May 11- Crush vs. Nashville Kats
6:00 p.m. at Gaylord Center
Sat, May 12- Travel to Denver
Sun, May 13- Players Day Off
Mon, May 14- 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Practice at Pepsi Center
THE SCHEDULE:
COLORADO CRUSH (6-4)
Date OPPONENT RESULT SCORE
Mar. 4 GRAND RAPIDS L 42-44
Mar. 10 KANSAS CITY W 44-40
Mar. 16 ARIZONA W 56-54
Mar. 22 @ Philadelphia L 47-71
Apr. 1 NASHVILLE W 55-48
Apr. 6 @ San Jose L 44-72
Apr. 15 @ New York W 49-48
Apr. 20 LAS VEGAS W 63-53
Apr. 27 @ Kansas City W 45-42
May 7 @ Chicago L 48-59
May 11 @ Nashville
May 18 COLUMBUS
May 26 @ Grand Rapids
June 4 @ Utah
June 18 CHICAGO
June 25 DALLAS
CRUSH NEXT WEEK:
The Crush return home after almost a month on the road with three consecutive away contests to host the Columbus Destroyers on Friday, May 18th at 7:00 p.m. The all-time series between the Crush and Destroyers is tied 1-1 as both games have been played at Pepsi Center. Last season Columbus pounded Colorado for a 65-21 victory on March 25th.
STATISTICS:
A look at how Colorado and Nashville match-up based on 2007 regular season statistics:
Statistical COLORADO NASHVILLE
Category Rank Stat Rank Stat
Scoring Offense 16th 49.3 7th 55.5
Scoring Defense 9th 53.1 15th 57.6
Total Offense (yds/g) 14th 277.9 9th 300.5
Total Defense (yds/g) 10th 295.1 4th 282.9
Pass Offense 11th 272.9 9th 278.8
Pass Defense 11th 274.9 4th 264.2
Rushing Offense 19th 5.0 10th 21.7
Rushing Defense 11th 20.2 10th 18.7
Passer Rating 14th 104.4 12th 107.6
Def. Passer Rating 8th 110.8 12th 113.7
Kickoff Returns (y/rtn) 15th 15.6 12th 17.0
MFG Returns 1st 3-78 8th 3-48
Turnover Margin 11th -2 9th 0
Interceptions By 6th 12-106 3rd 15-134
Field Goals 10th 10-19 19th 2-8
PATs 12th 57-66 8th 65-74
First Downs 10th 192 4th 217
3rd Down Conversion 19th 25-61 10th 29-60
4th Down Conversion 14th 7-15 4th 13-19
Penalties (yds/g) 6th 39.1 19th 62.0
Sacks By 13th 9-35 10th 9-32
Sacks Against 6th 5-19 10th 9-57
Time of Possession 15th 28:53 3rd 31:50
Red Zone Offense 11th 36-44 9th 43-52
Red Zone Defense 10th 49-59 17th 48-53
CONNECTIONS:
Crush kicker Jason Ball played in three games for the Kats during the 2006 season going 4-for-6 on field goals and 10-of-14 on PAT attempts before being placed on IR ... Colorado DB Chris Angel played in three games with Nashville in 2006 ... Crush DB Tony Scott was a member of the Kats in 2005 ... Colorado QB Coach Chris Boden held the same position with Nashville in 2006 ... Crush WR Alonzo Nix played in 11 games for the Kats over the 2006 and 2007 seasons ... Nashville DB Ahmad Hawkins was one of the original members of the Crush having played in 64 games with Colorado from 2003-2006 ... Kats defensive lineman Hugh Hunter played three seasons with the Crush and is fourth on the team's all-time sack list.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Feb 26, 2007- Placed on Recallable DB Jason Harmon. Released WR/DB Willis Marshall and WR/LB Andy McCullough.
Feb, 27, 2007- Signed to the Practice Squad WR Chauncey Stovall.
Feb. 28, 2007- Recalled from Waivers DB Jason Harmon. Re-Signed OL/DL Kyle Moore-Brown and FB/LB Saul Patu. Placed on Recallable Waivers DL Quinn Dorsey.
March 2, 2007- Signed FB/LB Robert Thomas. Recalled from Waivers DL Quinn Dorsey. Placed on Injured Reserve DL Quinn Dorsey and DB Jason Harmon.
March 15- Signed DB Chris Angel. Placed DB Tony Scott on Injured Reserve.
March 27- Waived from Practice Squad WR Chauncey Stovall.
March 31, 2007- Activated from Injured Reserve DL Quinn Dorsey and DB Jason Harmon. Placed on Injured Reserve DB Delvin Hughley.
April 18, 2007- Signed DL Joe Massey. Placed on Injured Reserve FB/LB John Peaua and WR Willie Quinnie. Signed to the Practice Squad WR Chauncey Stovall.
April 19, 2007- Activated from Injured Reserve DB Tony Scott.
April 23, 2007- Signed from Practice Squad- Nashville WR Alonzo Nix. Released DB Tony Scott.
April 24, 2007- Signed to the Practice Squad DB Tony Scott.
April 30, 2007- Waived DL Joe Massey.
THE CRUSH THIS SEASON ARE:
O H R
Overall Record 6-4 4-1 2-3
Overtime Games 0-0 0-0 0-0
Score first 5-4 3-1 2-3
Opponent scores first 1-0 1-0 0-0
Score 40+ points 6-4 4-1 2-3
Score less than 40 points 0-0 0-0 0-0
Games decided by 10+ pts 1-3 1-0 0-3
Games decided by 7 pts or less 5-1 3-1 2-0
Games decided by 3 pts or less 3-1 1-1 2-0
Lead at halftime 4-1 2-1 2-0
Trail at halftime 2-2 2-0 0-2
Are tied at halftime 0-1 0-0 0-1
Lead after 3rd quarter 4-0 2-0 2-0
Trail after 3rd quarter 1-4 1-1 0-3
Are tied after 3rd quarter 1-0 1-0 0-0
Lead time of possession 2-1 0-0 2-1
Trail time of possession 4-3 4-1 0-2
Positive turnover margin 4-0 2-0 2-0
Negative turnover margin 1-4 1-1 0-3
Even turnover margin 1-0 1-0 0-0
More total yards offense 2-2 1-1 1-1
Less total yards offense 4-2 3-0 1-2
On Thursday 0-1 0-0 0-1
On Fridays 3-1 2-0 1-1
On Saturdays 1-0 1-0 0-0
On Sundays 2-1 1-1 1-0
On Monday 0-1 0-0 0-1
vs. American Conference 5-1 4-1 1-0
vs. Central Division 3-2 2-1 1-1
vs. Western Division 2-1 2-0 0-1
vs. National Conference 1-1 0-0 1-1
vs. Eastern Division 1-1 0-0 1-1
vs. Southern Division 0-0 0-0 0-0
Wearing blue jerseys 2-1 2-1 0-0
Wearing white jerseys 2-3 0-0 2-3
Wearing orange jerseys 2-0 2-0 0-0
HEAD COACHES:
MIKE DAILIEY, Colorado (105-68, 11th Year): Mike Dailey enters his fourth season in Colorado and 11th as head coach in the AFL, after becoming the Crush's second head coach on June 26, 2003. Dailey joined the Crush following 13 seasons in the Albany/Indiana Firebirds organization, including the final seven as head coach.
One of the most successful and well-respected coaches in AFL history, Dailey's teams have compiled an overall record of 105-68 record, a winning percentage of 60.7. His teams have also made eight postseason appearances and he has won five division titles and two championships. Following the Crush's 44-40 victory over Kansas City on March 10, 2007, Dailey became only the fourth head coach in AFL history to surpass the 100 win mark. He currently stands as the league fourth all-time winningest coach.
In his first season in Colorado, Dailey helped guide the Crush to the largest turnaround in AFL history, inheriting a 2-14 team and leading them to an 11-5 record in 2004. In 1999, Dailey led the Albany Firebirds to their only ArenaBowl championship and was named AFL Coach of the Year. Before being named head coach of the Firebirds in 1997, Dailey served as an assistant in Albany for five seasons.
Dailey began his AFL coaching career with the Washington Commandos where he served as offensive/defensive line coach in 1990. He joined the Firebirds organization in the same capacity in 1991.
Prior to the AFL, Dailey worked as an assistant coach at Towson State University and was the offensive coordinator at Montgomery College-Rockville (Md.). Dailey got his start in coaching in 1981 as a 22-year-old assistant at Georgetown Prep High School in Rockville, Md. The move to coaching followed a semi-pro football career in the Washington D.C. area.
All-Time Winningest AFL Coaches
Including Postseason
Rank Name-Team Wins
1. Tim Marcum- Tampa Bay 184
2. Danny White- Utah 152
3. Mike Hohensee- Chicago 114
4. Mike Dailey- Colorado 105
5. Darren Arbet- San Jose 99
6. Perry Moss- not active 86
7. Jay Gruden- Orlando 81
PAT SPERDUTO, Nashville (50-42-1, 6th Year): In 2006, Pat Sperduto guided his feisty Kats to the postseason
behind strong defense and sound offensive production. The
Kats are on the right path in 2007, looking to build off this
season's strong defense, solid running attack, last season's
playoff run and take his team back to the ArenaBowl, a place the Kats visited in 2000 and 2001.
Sperduto is the owner of ArenaBowl hardware himself having captured three championships- two as a player and one as a coach. Under Sperduto's tutelage, his teams have ranked in the top 10 in scoring offense, scoring defense, and rushing defense each year he has been head coach of the Kats. Sperduto's coaching has garnered several players recognition from the AFL, most notably, James Baron being named Lineman of the Year (2001) and AFL Defensive Player of the Year (1999), AFL First-Team performers Jarrick Hillery (2001) and James Baron (2001) Ironman of the Year Darryl Hammond (1999) and Support Staff of the Year (2005).
Sperduto was at the helm of the original Kats team from
1999-2001, and joined the coaching and scouting staff of the NFL's Tennessee Titans after the Kats franchise was sold and moved to Atlanta in 2001. In 2004, he was given the responsibility to oversee the startup process of a new AFL team to be placed in Nashville, and in 2005 he returned to the sidelines as head coach and director of football operations for the new Nashville Kats.
LAST TIME THESE TEAMS MET:
DENVER (4/1/07)- Robert Thomas' one-yard rushing touchdown with six seconds remaining in the game lifted the Colorado Crush (3-2) to a 55-48 victory over the Nashville Kats (2-3) Sunday afternoon. Colorado closed the game scoring 21 straight points sparked by two huge defense plays in the game's final minute.
With 48 seconds left in the contest and Nashville looking to extend a 48-41 lead, Thomas- the contest's Ironman of the Game- blocked a 30-yard field goal attempt. Four plays later Crush QB John Dutton found Willie Quinnie on a 13-yard touchdown pass to knot the score at 48 all with 32 seconds left on the clock. On the Kats first play of their ensuing possession, Colorado DB Chris Angel hauled in his second interception of the day and returned it to the Nashville one-yard line setting up Thomas' go ahead run.
Colorado controlled most of the first half and led 24-14 with 50 seconds left in the second quarter before Nashville turned the game's momentum completely around. With 27 ticks remaining, Kats FB Dan Alexander rushed in for a nine-yard score cutting the Crush lead to just three points. The Nashville defense then forced a fumble on the Crush's next play setting the stage for a Jeff Smoker to Cornelius Bonner nine-yard touchdown strike and the Kats first lead at 28-24 as the half ended.
Both teams traded scores through the third and majority of the fourth quarters as Nashville hung onto their lead until the game's final dramatics.
CRUSH LAST WEEK:
ROSEMONT, IL (5/7/07) - Two second half turnovers proved to be the difference as the Colorado Crush (6-4) fell to the Chicago Rush (8-1) 48-59 on Monday night. In victory, the Rush captured their team-record eighth straight win and took a two and a half game lead over the Crush in the Central Division.
In a battle of two of the League's top offensive players, Colorado WR Damian Harrell set a new career high with six receiving touchdowns on 10 receptions for 161 yards. Harrell's counterpart, Chicago's Bobby Sippio was named the contest's Offensive Player of the Game finishing with a game-high 15 catches for 159 yards and five scores.
The Crush came out and executed their game plan to perfection in the first quarter taking an early 13-0 lead on touchdown strikes to Harrell and WR Brad Pyatt. It marked the first time all season that the Rush were held scoreless in a quarter.
Both team traded scores throughout the second period as Harrell would add three more touchdowns and Sippio found the endzone twice for Chicago before the break. Colorado held onto a 33-28 advantage at the half despite a missed 49-yard field ball by the Crush's Jason Ball.
Chicago took their first lead of the game on their opening possession of the second half when Sippio hauled in a 19-yard pass from QB Matt D'Orazio. The game's turning point would come later in the quarter when on second down and 22 yards to go Rush DB Dennison Robinson intercepted a John Dutton pass. Chicago would ultimately score the game's next 21 straight points following another Crush turnover, this time inside the five-yardline, on a fumble.
Colorado would trim the lead to eight points at 48-56 with 4:36 left in the contest but Chicago was able to run the clock down and add a final 16-yard field goal by Dan Franz to seal the win.
THINGS TO WATCH:
YOUNG BLOOD:
The Colorado Crush took the field in Week 1 with four rookies on their active roster. Not since head coach Mike Dailey's arrival to Colorado in 2004 has he had that many first-year players on his Crush active roster to begin a season.
The Crush currently have five rookies on their active roster with four of those players starting.
LOCAL TIES:
This season the Crush have found a lot of good-young talent right in their back yard. Here is a list of players that have Colorado ties:
- DL QUINN DORSEY attended Manual High School in Denver.
- FB/LB ANTHONY DUNN attended Centauri High School in Manassa, CO and later played at the University of Northern Colorado.
- OL BRETT HUYSER played his collegiate football at the Air Force Academy.
- WR BRAD PYATT has played football at all three levels of his career in Colorado (Arvada West High School, Northern Colorado and the Crush).
BUILDING A WINNING TRADITION:
The Crush are the winningest team in the AFL regular season since head coach Mike Dailey's arrival, having tied for the league's best record in 2004 (11-5) and finishing with the American Conference's top seed in 2005 (10-6) and 2006 (11-5).
Team '04 '05 '06 '07 Total
Colorado 11 10 11 6 38
Dallas 6 8 13 9 36
San Jose 11 9 10 6 36
Chicago 11 9 7 8 35
Georgia 7 11 8 9 35
Orlando 10 10 10 5 35
New York 9 10 10 2 31
HIGH FIVE:
For his career, WR Damian Harrell has racked up 12 games in which he has hauled in five touchdown receptions. Below is the AFL's all-time career 5-TD game list and the active players with 5-TD career games.
AFL's all-time career 5-TD games
21 Eddie Brown (not active)
20 Barry Wagner (not active)
14 Chris Jackson (GA)
12 Damian Harrell (Col)
AFL's active players career 5-TD games
14 Chris Jackson (GA)
12 Damian Harrell (Col)
9 Siaha Burley (Utah)
8 Marcus Nash (Dal)
7 Mike Horacek (NY)
6 Kevin Swayne (NY)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH:
After finishing their inaugural season 0-8 at home, the Crush are now 25-6 under Mike Dailey (2-1 in the postseason) at Pepsi Center. Two of the six losses consist of a field goal in overtime (42-45) vs. Indiana in 2004 and a 51-48 Chicago win in 2005 on a field goal with three seconds remaining.
LET'S MAKE IT THREE:
Last season, Colorado was the only team to repeat as a division champion. This year, they'll look to become the first team since the New York Dragons (2003-2005) to repeat as divisional champions in three consecutive seasons.
2005 2006
Central Division Colorado Colorado
Western Division Los Angeles San Jose
Southern Division Georgia Orlando
Eastern Division New York Dallas
HE KEEPS GOING & GOING & GOING....:
A true AFL Ironman, Kyle Moore-Brown is in his 13th season in the league and has never missed a game. ArenaBowl XIX marked his AFL record 176th consecutive start. The first 139 all came with the Firebirds organization before he signed with the Crush prior to the 2004 season. Kyle's career milestone of 200 came against the New York Dragons on April 15, 2007.
AFL Record for Consecutive Games
Player (current team) Reg. Season Playoffs Total
Kyle Moore-Brown (Col) 184 19 203
WHAT A RUSH:
Through nine weeks of the 2007 season, FB/LB Robert Thomas has made a huge impact in the Crush's ground attack.
Thomas is currently tied with Willis Marshall for the Crush single-season rushing touchdown record with seven. Thomas is also tied with John Peaua for fifth all-time in Colorado career rushing scores.
CRUSH SINGLE-SEASON RUSHING TD RECORD
Willis Marshall (2006) 7
Robert Thomas (2007) 7
CRUSH CAREER RUSHING TD RECORD
Willis Marshall (2004-2006) 19
John Dutton (2003-present) 9
Rich Young (2004-2006) 9
Saul Patu (2003-present) 8
John Peaua (2004-present) 7
Robert Thomas (2007) 7
A BROKEN RECORD:
WR Damian Harrell has caught a touchdown pass in an AFL record 75 straight regular season games, including all 72 games as a member of the Crush. That streak is also the longest active streak of consecutive games scoring a TD. He broke the record for consecutive games with a receiving touchdown on 4/3/05 in the win over Las Vegas and set the mark consecutive games with a TD on 3/4/07 vs. Grand Rapids. Harrell's streak began with the Toronto Phantoms vs. Carolina on 7/4/02.
AFL Consecutive Games with a TD Reception
Year (Week)
Player (team) Stk began Stk ended # Games
Damian Harrell (Tor/Col) 2002 (Wk 12) --- 75
Eddie Brown (Albany) 1997 (Wk 3) 2000 (Wk 1) 41
Chris Jackson (Georgia) 2005 (Wk 2) --- 36
Eddie Brown (Albany) 1994 (Wk 1) 1996 (Wk 14) 33
AFL Consecutive Games Scoring a Touchdown
Year (Week)
Player (team) Stk began Stk ended # Games
Damian Harrell (Tor/Col) 2002 (Wk 12) --- 75
Eddie Brown (Alb/Ind) 1997 (Wk 3) 2002 (Wk 3) 65
Chris Jackson (LA) 2000 (Wk 1) 2003 (Wk 14) 47
Barry Wagner (Orlando) 1992 (Wk 10) 1996 (Wk 11) 43
Chris Jackson (Georgia) 2005 (Wk 2) --- 36
Eddie Brown (Albany) 1994 (Wk 1) 1996 (Wk 14) 33
AFL Consecutive Games Scoring a Touchdown (Active)
Year (Week)
Player (team) Stk began Stk ended # Games
Damian Harrell (Tor/Col) 2002 (Wk 12) --- 75
Chris Jackson (LA/GR/Geo) 2005 (Wk 2) --- 36
STEEL CURTAIN:
After allowing 14 sacks in 2003 (12 on Dutton), the Crush pass protection has been stellar under head coach Mike Dailey.
The team allowed just four sacks in 2004, and none after Week 6. In 2005, Colorado allowed just six sacks, while holding 10 opponents sackless on the year.
Since 2004, the Crush have allowed just 21 sacks in their last 48 regular season games (total of 2,319 plays).
IT'S NOT OVER TILL IT'S OVER:
Since head coach Mike Dailey has arrived in Colorado in 2004, the Crush have claimed victory in the final minute of the game in seven contests.
2004
- vs. Las Vegas (2/6)- QB John Dutton tosses two touchdown passes to WR Damian Harrell in the final 12 seconds to give Colorado a stunning 43-42 victory.
- at Detroit (5/23)- QB John Dutton found WR/DB Willis Marshall for a 10-yard touchdown pass with one second on the clock as the Crush won 45-42.
2005
- vs. Nashville (5/13)- K Clay Rush splits the uprights on a 31-yard field goal as time expires to give Colorado a 52-49 win.
- vs. Georgia (6/12)- K Clay Rush connects on a 20-yard field goal as time expires to give the Crush a 56-48 victory in ArenaBowl XIX.
2006
- vs. Chicago (1/29)- QB John Dutton hits WR Damian Harrell for a touchdown with one second remaining as the Crush go on to win 65-56.
- at Georgia (2/5)- QB John Dutton finds WR Damian Harrell for a 13-yard touchdown with 45 seconds left to lift Colorado to a 61-59 victory.
2007
- vs. Nashville (4/1)- Down by seven points (41-48) with 50 seconds left, Crush FB/LB Robert Thomas blocks a Kats 30-yard field goal attempt as Colorado scores four plays later to tie the game 48-48. Then Crush DB Chris Angel intercepts a Nashville pass with 32 seconds left and returns it to the Kats one-yard line. Thomas rushes in with six seconds remaining to lift Colorado to a 55-48 victory.
AMONG THE BEST:
Here is a break-down on where some of the Crush players rank in the AFL in various categories this season:
PLAYER CATEGORY AFL RANK
DB- Chris Angel
Interceptions T-5th
Tackles 15th
K- Jason Ball
PATs made T-8th
PATs attempts 8th
Field Goals T-1st
Field Goal % 8th
Scoring (Kickers) T-3rd
QB- John Dutton
Completions 5th
Attempts 2nd
Passing TDs 6th
Passing Yards 6th
Interceptions T-2nd
Total Offense 6th
DB- Rashad Floyd
Tackles 1st
MFG Return Avg. 4th
Interceptions T-8th
DB- Jason Harmon
Kickoff Return Avg. 5th
WR- Damian Harrell
Receiving TDs 4th
Receptions 6th
Scoring 4th
MOVING UP THE CHARTS:
Crush WR Damian Harrell entered this season third all-time in career 100-yard receiving games with 52.
AFL ALL-TIME 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES
PLAYER TEAM GAMES
Eddie Brown Albany/Indiana 59
Damian Harrell Colorado 55
Barry Wagner San Jose 55
Chris Jackson Georgia 54
Mike Horacek New York 42
Calvin Schexnayder Arizona 40
TACKLING MACHINE:
DB Rashad Floyd is on pace to yet again break the AFL single-season record for tackles, a mark he has set in each of the last three seasons. Floyd currently leads the AFL with 104.5 tackles this season
AFL Record - Most Tackle in a Season
Player Team Year Total Gms Avg.
Rashad Floyd Colorado 2006 136.5 16 8.53
Damon Mason Orl/GRR 2005 133.5* 17 7.85
Rashad Floyd Colorado 2005 129.5 15 8.63
Rashad Floyd Colorado 2004 122.0 16 7.63
Cornelius Coe Indiana 2001 121.5 14 8.68
* After being released by Orlando at the midway of the point of the season, Mason joined Grand Rapids for the team's final nine games. Mason missed both teams' bye week, therefore, he played in 17 games. Typically, regular season statistics are based on a 16-game season.
AND THE AWARD GOES TO:
This season Crush players have etched their names up and down the AFL's weekly awards.
AFL ADT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE MONTH
APRIL DB Rashad Floyd
AFL KICKER OF THE MONTH
APRIL K Jason Ball
AFL IRONMAN OF THE WEEK
WEEK 3 FB/LB Robert Thomas
WEEK 5 FB/LB Robert Thomas
AFL ADT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
WEEK 7 DB Chris Angel
WEEK 8 DB Rashad Floyd
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