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Honors
Jarrell Paterson, 2010 PDFL MVP
Jarrell Paterson, 2010 PDFL Co-Rookie of
the Year
Ammar Othman, 2010 PDFL Defensive
MVP
Larry Fowler, 2010 PDFL Lineman of the
Year
Marcus Reed, 2010 PDFL RB of the
Year
Brandon Erving, 2010 PDFL Community Player
of the Year
All-League
Tony Grout, C - 2010 All-PDFL
Robert Simpson, G - 2010
All-PDFL
Manase Hopoi, DE - 2010 All-PDFL
Samson Vee, G - 2010 All-PDFL
Darryl Palaita, DT - 2010
All-PDFL
Larry Fowler, T - 2010 All-PDFL
Ryan Dowell, DT - 2010 All-PDFL
Paul Stevens, LB - 2010 All-PDFL
Josh Tuani, LB - 2010 All-PDFL
Jarrell Patterson, WR - 2010
All-PDFL
JT Leggin, CB - 2010 All-PDFL
Ammar Othman, SS - 2010 All-PDFL
Marcus Reed, RB - 2010 All-PDFL
Mory Keita, CB - 2010 All-PDFL
Nathan Proctor, FB - 2010
All-PDFL
Elijah Davis, DE - 2010 All-PDFL
Brandon Claxton, G - 2010
All-PDFL
Haden Gienger, LB - 2010
All-PDFL
Galuefa Salu, T - 2010 All-PDFL
Nick Caraballo, TE - 2010
All-PDFL
Duane Bowen, CB - 2010 All-PDFL
Kenny Jackson Jr., QB - 2010
All-PDFL
Chris Kintz, PK - 2010 All-PDFL
Bernard Blosser, WR - 2010 Hon
Men
Mario Haily - 2010 Hon Men
DeSean Quinn - 2010 Hon Men
Adam Cruz - 2010 Hon Men
Keandre Magee - 2010 Hon Men
Javon Quinn - 2010 Hon Men
Tay Proctor Mills - 2010 Hon Men
Nate Hale - 2010 Hon Men
Corn Winesberry - 2010 Hon
Men
Adam Kruse QB - 2009 1st team
All-PDFL
All-America
Formed by Theo Hall (former Head Coach of the Tacoma
Invaders in 2008).
Billed as a "pro" team in Tacoma, the
Cobras started recruiting players from all over the
region promising paydays with the Cobras and the Next
Level Football League.
By the time the season was slated to kick
off in May, it was evident the owners weren't biting on
the hype and the Cobras along with the Blitz and Oregon
Thunderbolts decided to tone it down and form the
Professional Developmental Football League. This
semi-pro league was going to play out the 2009 since and
THEN be a "pro" league in 2010.
The Cobras looked like another semi
pro team on June 27, 2009 when they opened their
inaugural season with a lack luster loss to the
Thunderbolts 12-10, but rallied to win their remaining 6
games and a 3rd chance at beating the Blitz for the PDFL
title. They did so at home 36-31 for their 3rd
victory over the Blitz and the PDFL Championship.
The Cobras took on the area Tacoma teams
and destroyed the remnants of the depleted Bengals
83-7 and Hall's former team in the Invaders 60-0. A scheduled game with
Snohomish was called off by the Vikings over Cobra
players being paid to play and making the team a pro
team.
The PDFL teams offered up little challenge
except for the Cobras road trip to Boise with only 20
players. The game proved costly as the Cobras
starting QB was injured and a perfect season was wiped
away. But, nothing was left on the schedule to
present a challenge and the Cobras won the PDFL again
over the Bellingham Blitz. Half of the roster was
awarded "All-League" status.
A 10-game schedule was announced in January
2011 which included road trips to Boise and Salt Lake
City but the California games were canceled and replaced
with WWFA teams Renton and Portland, Bellingham left the
PDFL for the WWFA and the PDFL season opener was
canceled when the Crush couldn't make it, thus beginning
a trickle away of players to other area teams like the
South King Colts and Kitsap Bears when it appeared the
PDFL was destined to be a 2-team league. The
collapse of the Cobras season began in early June with
the forfeiture of a game by Umatilla. At that
point players scattered to PFL teams as playoffs
approached. The home-home return game with Boise
was retagged as the PDFL Bowl III championship game, a
full month earlier than planned. The game was a
laugher with the boyish Buccaneers being dominated
40-7.
Even with GM Theo Hall stepping down and
most of the players leaving for other teams, Keith Jones
announced via message board games with an All-Star team
in Tacoma and a January trip to California to play the
LaBelle League Champion. Neither games were
actually played and a 10-game schedule was promised with
season tickets selling for $90.00 via the team
website.
With the PDFL being a one-team league after
the Buccaneers left for the RMFL, the Cobras played an
independent schedule
A reported 92-0 win over the Bengals
was actually a forfeit since the Cobras did not supply
officials for their home game.
A scheduled game with the Bakersfield
Police team failed to come off, so the next game was
against the Bellingham Bulldogs. The Cobras ran
out to a lead, but the Bulldogs roared back narrowly
losing by a TD.
The Cobras were dominated in Eugene by
the Pacifica Islanders 32-0 going into a month-long
layoff. That proved to be the final game of the
season as all other games were canceled.
Undeterred, the Cobras put out another
schedule in November of 2012 boasting games with teams
from Utah and New Mexico. However a good portion
of the Cobras coaching staff and players were reportedly
out going instead to the more stable PFL and the South
King Colts. News articles in the Tacoma News
Tribune named three different head coaches prior to the
June 8 game with Utah (McCleskey Ellis, Kellogg).
Even sporting 5-year NFL veteran Mike Bell at running
back, 2-year European QB from Western New England
University Justin Walz, and former Oakland Raiders
rookie mini-camp attendee Andre Hardy Jr. on offense,
the PDFL did not have stability and opponents to
showcase their wares.
Suspicions were correct as the PDFL
degraded into a 2-team league with the Portland Boltz
being declared "champions" following a June 15 victory
over the Cobras, the franchise final game.
The Cobras did manage to attract some
of the top players from semi-pro clubs around the Puget
Sound, but the promised pay-days and regional "next
level" competition never quite materialized. |
