By Justin Janssen
Relf suffers concussion
Safety Robert Relf suffered a concussion early in the Boulder Creek game. Relf collided with teammate Jake Faust. Faust looked poised for an interception on the play, but Relf crashed into his teammate.
Relf's father was on the sideline with him and his helmet was taken away from him. Relf did not return to the game, a primary reason why Brophy's top receivers were playing on defense as well.
Players lining up both ways
WR/S Matt Auran, WR/DB Fred Gammage, WR/DB/PR/KR Devon Allen, and LB/TE Andrew Curtis have been playing both sides of the ball, more so in the last game.
Obviously, Molander is not too confident in the back-up safties, otherwise they would be playing more.
In Allen's case, he is playing on all three facets of the game - offense, defense, and special teams.
Pass rush lacking
After 27 sacks in the 2010 season, two games into 2011, Brophy still has not recorded a sack, according to maxpreps.com.
The team clearly misses Charlie Beck and Danny Riggs, who graduated in the spring. Beck set a Brophy single-season sack record with 14 in 2010. Riggs is a large force that can plug holes on running lanes.
Andrew Curtis has been a monster so far at linebacker with 26 tackles in two games, but he also has two first-year starters alongside him in Jack Stamets and Zach Zemer.
Grayer explodes, could start even when Dennard gets back
According to team sources, runningback Marche Dennard was cleared by doctors to play in the Boulder Creek, but Dennard didn't get into the game.
Tailback D'Amani Grayer burst onto the scene with 139 yards (on 18 carries) and scored three touchdowns.
Grayer has 217 yards on the season and is averaging 8.7 yards per carry, so Grayer could very well end up stealing the starting gig.
