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A former Rattlers backup quarterback returned to footprint Center to give the Rattlers their first home loss of the season since May 20, 2018.
TJ Edwards rushed for a 1-yard run with 4 seconds to play, then hit Phillip Barnett for the two-point play to give the Frisco Fighters a 48-45 victory over 8,982 enthusiasts saturday night.
Before that, in a third-chance game, the Rattlers surrounded Edwards along the forums in a game that would have fallen short on the first try, before sweeping the forums.
The Rattlers won a penalty for this, giving the Fighters a first check out with seven seconds to play, winning 45-40.
“We take them to a fourth check out at the end of the game and give them a stupid penalty,” coach Kevin Guy said. “He gave them a first check out to run all the time out of time. If they had scored well there, we would have had time to come back and score.
“But that downtime we had to use earlier in the fourth in attack charged us. Just the stupid penalty at the end of the game, when they gave us in combination and said, ‘Don’t take a penalty. They score, they score, “however, they don’t dedicate a penalty. “
The Rattlers (7-2) only let playtime run out, forcing a timeout, but missed tackles on defense that led to big plays through Edwards and ball-bearer Justin Rankin.
When asked about what he was most dissatisfied with, the shot or the lack of balance, Guy replied, “All of the above. “
“There’s definitely nothing to be satisfied with,” Guy said. “In the first half, each and every time I looked up, someone mendacious on the ground. We communicate about it all the time, we don’t lie on the ground.
“When you’re on the field, it means you can be knocked down. It’s not who we are. We are a dominant football team. We will be a dominant football team. I will make all the adjustments I want to make sure we are a dominant football team. “
The Fighters (7-2) avenged a 49-35 loss to the Rattlers at home on April 30.
This time, they had Edwards as quarterback, placing him in the fourth moment after the Rattlers scored 3 consecutive touchdowns and took a 21-7 lead.
Edwards replaced the game. He rushed for 56 yards and 3 touchdowns and scored 127 and two touchdowns, completing only six of the nine.
Edwards Replaced Drew Powell last season with the Rattlers.
At one point, after hitting Jerminic Smith for a 41-yard landing with 5:51 to play to give the Fighters a 40-38 lead, their first lead since the opening minutes, Edwards yelled at Guy that he made a yellow flag go off. brave
The penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct delayed the extra point, but Bryce Crawford, who missed a beaten placement control in the first half, turned it into a two-point game.
“Mentally weak,” said the deep Dillion Winfrey. I can’t handle the pressure.
“We didn’t do anything in defence. And the interception (I had) was lucky. They underestimated the guy. If they had directed it, it was a touchdown. They were already beating our buttocks. They stopped in defense and ran down the throat. “in attack
“It starts with me. I was crushed, I gave up touchdowns. I mean, shoot, everyone has noticed, it’s embarrassing. “
Guy asked about the balance. It was the moment in two weeks that the Rattlers had lost, believing they had inflicted themselves. They lost in Tucson for the first time two weeks ago by losing more than 70 points.
“We don’t have much confidence,” Guy said. Every time the game gets tough, we crack and melt.
“We are not mentally strong at all. We have emotional guys who can’t express their feelings when the game is coming. “
Powell, who hit 17 of 30 for 19 five yards and a landing and ran for 40 yards and 3 landings in nine runs, had no time to do anything with the ball after receiving the ball in his five with 4 seconds to play.
Frisco had his receiver covered and Powell could simply get rid of the ball for a record.
Subsequently, Powell was angered by the fact that some of the Fighters players trampled on the Rattlers logo to celebrate.
Powell had with his players.
“When they beat us, it’s like winning the Super Bowl,” Powell said. “We have to worry about ourselves, how we’re going to raise our standards.
“When they face us, they will play their most productive game. If we don’t play our most productive game, we will fight and lose. “
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This article was originally published in Arizona Republic: Rattlers lose their first regular season home game since 2018 in a collapse