Sandman: No One Play Wonder

Sandman's most gratifying moment Saturday may not have been earning the title of co champion, and picking up a share of the Gametime Philly Throwback Tournament winnings. It very well may have been avenging the Mega Bowl Championship loss to Young Gunz when the two of them met in the final 8. For it was after that loss that labeled The Sandman as a one play gimmick player. But Sandman showed Saturday that his game, while simple, is not as simple as running one play all the time. His 38-28 convincing win over Young Gunz raised the Sandman's stock, placing him back at the top of the pack with the top contenders for Nationals. Davey, as he is sometimes known made the critical adjustments vs. Young Gunz that enabled him to run his offense effectively. Defensively, he held the Gunz potent offense to 21 points through 4 quarters before Gunz scored late to make it a 38-28 final.

Davey aka Sandman, was impressive in wins over DaUntouchable, Young Gunz, and The Ref

Sandman's critical adjustment was flipping his potent shotgun 4 wide to provide better protection from the side Gunz was bringing the heat. That simple but key adjustment gave Davey the extra time he needed to scramble with Steve Young to take advantage of Gunz one on one coverage. While Gunz stick control is probably noted right now as the best in the nation, Davey is not far behind. His stick with Steve Young was the crucial key allowing him to mix his crossing routes and corners effectively.

Sandman's most recent two performances also makes him one of the ballers to beat come Nationals. The Mega Bowl runner up stated in his his post game interview that he did suffer from an acute case of tunnel vision during his Mega Bowl game vs. Young Gunz. However, he went on to state that he felt mentally he didn't play his best game, and was not focused do to factors away from the game itself.

"I do have a philosophy that says if you can't stop something, I'm going to keep running it until you prove you can," Davey stated after his win over Gunz. "But that was not the case here. I had to change up my game to beat a great player like Gunz."

Sandman found himself changing teams throughout the tourney. First arriving with the 98 Vikings, but switching to the 98 98ers because of the taller secondary. Davey stated the Viking DB's were getting creamed in his round robin games, thus he knew he had to make a change. The Niners were just right to match up with the rest of the field. With solid corners and safeties in place, Sandman was able to tee off on Gunz and apply the pressure while still exploding on offense.

Hopefully for the community, this is the first of many big battles between these two young, but very talented ballers.