The Pittsburgh Power are still looking for answers in the 2012 season after getting blown out 63-40 by the milwaukee Mustangs on Thursday night.The Power (1-2) were hoping that quarterback Bill Stull had developed more chemistry with his wide receivers in between their last game against the Philadelphia Soul and last night's game. That wasn't the case.
The offense stalled on their opening drive and had to settle for a field goal from rookie Collin Wagner. The next two drives ended in turnovers. Milwaukee scored on all three of their opening drives and the score was 20-3 before many Power fans could blink.
Stull finished his day in the third quarter after completing only 13 of his 31 passes for 181 yards, 1 TD, and two turnovers (1 interception, one fumble). He was also sacked 3 times. He was continually harassed by the Mustangs defense and many of his passes missed wide open receivers. Several times alone he failed to find 6'6" receiver Lonnell DeWalt. It's pretty hard to miss a target that big.
Andrico Hines entered the game to replace an injured Stull, but his first pass was returned for a touchdown by Marcus Everett. Everett, the week 3 AFL JLS-Ironman, likely laid claim to the week 4 Defensive Player of the Week award in the AFL. He finished the day with 2 interceptions and a fumble recovery.
The Power offense did get a little bit going late in the game but not until the game was well out of reach. Lonnell DeWalt finished with 7 catches for 97 yards and 2 touchdowns, and P.J. Berry crossed the century mark with 104 yards on 8 catches. Tyre Young also provided a few highlight runs with 6 carries for 41 yards and 2 TD's.
Pittsburgh will look to get back to .500 at home next week against the Iowa Barnstormers.
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