News Alert! News Alert! The Montreal Machine are worst in the league, on Offense and Defense, and it is time to start all the rookies as the season is over.

"How about we digest the facts, and re-look at everything", said GM Harwood. I'm not sure if this story was written in the "Sun", the "Deutsche Welle" or the "Sporting News", but I imagine each reporter has his opinion... asinine as it may or may not be.

The story is the Montreal Machine are 1-2. 1-0 at home and 0-2 on the road. The two road losses were by 5 and by 2. Let's please not panic yet.

Digging deaper, the Machine are 8th in rushing (T-5th in rush average), while being 4th in rush defense (T-3rd in rush average). Montreal is 11th in passing, however 1st in pass defense. Montreal is 1st in points for (by far) with 89 (+15 over 2nd place SA) and 6th in points against (9 more than 1st place Amsterdam).

Simply put, we are not panicing yet. 12-2 last year, and we have already matched our losses for last year, but 12-2 also didn't win us a Championship now did it?

Montreal looks to rebound at home and even things out, as well as silence the critics of the 'lost season', as they host 1-2 Birmingham.

The Machine will give K Jose Cortez two more game at starting kicker this week and next so he can possibly break the scoring record at home (unfortunatley the game doesn't allow for relief duty at K2). Kenny Stucker has already been announced as the week kicker @ Rhein to get some playing time. Cortez will assume the K1 role in week 7.

Due to the extra throws in week 3 in a passing battle vs. Mexico, Danny Weurffel is now 2nd to last in completion percentage at 58.2%, a career low. Management has QB Troy Smith working out with the 1st team this week, even thought the career leader in yards and TD's is still listed as the week 4 starter. At 135-70 as a starter, Weurffel is eyeing 140 wins to pass the all-time wins mark, set by Albert Higgs in another league. Not worried about personal records, but Montreal media is watching for Wuerffel's week four passing numbers, as he is 235 yards short of 50,000 career pasing yards. Wuerffel already is 1st all-time in attempts, completions, yards, and TD's.

Other Notes :
- K Jose Cortez passed David Akers in FG Attempts all-time with 425. With two less season's in the FWL than Akers, Jose Cortez is 7points away from becoming the league's all-time scorer.

JOSE CORTEZ CAREER
Year	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	LNG	PTS	TAK
2003- MON	24	24	100.0	24	34	70.6	49	96	2
2004- MON	23	27	85.2	27	36	75.0	50	104	2
2005- MON	27	29	93.1	28	36	77.8	51	111	1
2006- MON	23	31	74.2	20	33	60.6	50	83	4
2007- MON	25	27	92.6	10	19	52.6	48	55	0
2008- MON	27	28	96.4	21	31	67.7	50	90	0
2009- MON	38	38	100.0	15	23	65.2	51	83	6
2010- MON	27	27	100.0	24	29	82.8	46	99	1
2011- MON	27	27	100.0	23	24	95.8	51	96	1
2012- MON	27	27	100.0	24	30	80.0	50	99	3
2013- MON	25	26	96.2	25	32	78.1	49	100	2
2014- MON	29	29	100.0	21	29	72.4	48	92	0
2015- MON	29	29	100.0	17	24	70.8	50	80	3
2016- MON	27	27	100.0	25	35	71.4	51	102	0
2017- MON	8	8	100.0	7	10	70.0	48	29	3
Cortez	386	404	95.5	311	425	73.2	51	1319	28
Akers	424	437	97.0	300	424	70.8	51	1324	-

- DE Isaac Hilton still looks like the steal in a trade in 2016 when Montreal sent LB Andre' Sommersal to RDU for Hilton and a 5th round pick. Since joining Montreal in 17 games, Hilton has totaled 42 tackles and 20 sacks, while totalling 10 tackles and 4.0 sacks for Austria and Raleigh-Durham over a four year span. Sommersal had 24 tackles and 3.0 sacks in 2016, and has 7 tackles in 2017.DE Isaac Hilton is 2nd in the FWL this season with 6.0 sacks this season.

ISAAC HILTON CAREER
Year	GM	Tack	Sacks	FR	Sfty	Int	Yds	Avg	TD
2011- AUS	14	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2012- AUS	14	4	3.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2013- AUS	14	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2014- RDU	14	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2015- RDU	14	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2016- MON	14	34	14.0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2017- MON	3	8	6.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
Career	87	52	24.0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0