Veterans Memorial (Brownsville, TX) previews home GENERAL Coach: David Cantu League: 5A Region IV District 32 Playoff Division: 5A Playoff Division Rank: #174 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 2 Returning Defensive Starters: 4 2016 JV Record: 7-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Gustavo Vasquez 5'10" 215 Senior QB 4.8 Manny Yanez 6'1" 255 Senior DE 5.1 Abel Martinez 5'9" 180 Senior RB 4.6 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: QB/RB Experience, Play-Making Ability, DE Team Weaknesses: Line Inexperience RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 5.9 2016 National Rank: #6029 2016 State Rank: #623 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2 2017 Starting Power Rating: 1.4 2017 National Rank: #7000 2017 State Rank: #719 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 6.9 Dynasty National Rank: #5963 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 5.5 Dynasty Record: 40-20 (24-13 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 8-3 2016 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (tied for 1st) 2016 Points For Average: 27.9 2016 Points Against Average: 18.2 2016 Differential: +9.7 2016 Wins: #3500 Edcouch-Elsa (Edcouch) (50-20), #6359 Lopez (Brownsville) (21-7), #7219 Edinburg North (Edinburg) (17-14), #10303 Pace [James] (Brownsville) (42-14), #10515 Donna (39-7), #11167 Rivera (Brownsville) (35-16), #11205 Donna North (Donna) (42-15), #13103 Porter [Gladys] (Brownsville) (23-9) 2016 Losses: #2728 Vela [Robert] (Edinburg) (35-10), #4656 Mercedes (28-14), #4802 Veterans Memorial (Mission) (35-14) 2016 Opponents W-L: 53-68 Recent League Championships: 2016 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 9/1 at Edinburg North (Edinburg), 9/9 Rivera (Brownsville), 9/15 Vela [Robert] (Edinburg), 9/30 Pace [James] (Brownsville), 10/6 at Mercedes, 10/12 Edcouch-Elsa (Edcouch), 10/21 at Lopez (Brownsville), 10/27 Porter [Gladys] (Brownsville), 11/2 at Donna North (Donna), 11/11 Donna Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Vela [Robert] (Edinburg) (29.3), Mercedes (20.8), Edcouch-Elsa (Edcouch) (11.4) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Donna North (Donna) (-23.8), Porter [Gladys] (Brownsville) (-22.6), Rivera (Brownsville) (-21.7) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.8 (0.9 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -2.2 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.6 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #811 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8146 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4 2017 Projected League Finish: 4th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |