BDL 2017 Week 1: Gotham GashSlayers @ Seoul Dragons

[DingoLadd]

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[DingoLadd]

Gotham Lineup

QB - Matthew Stafford

RB - Derrick Henry

WR - Demaryius Thomas

WR - Jarvis Landry

WR - Breshad Perriman

TE - Tyler Eifert

LT - Jake Matthews

LG - Matt Slauson

C - Maurkice Pouncey

RG - Shaq Mason

RT - Mitchell Schwartz

 

WR - Chris Conley

OL - AJ Cann

OL - Andrus Peat

QB - Carson Wentz

 

DE - J.J Watt

NT - Bennie Logan

DT/DE - Muhammad Wilkerson

DE/OLB - Ziggy Ansah (Q)

SLB - Bernardrick McKinney

MLB - Navorro Bowman

WLB - Reuben Foster

CB - Josh Norman

CB - Xavier Rhodes

FS - Eric Reid

SS -  Kam Chancellor

 

EDGE - Leonard Floyd

CB - Xavien Howard

CB - Demaryius Randall

S - Justin Simmons

DL - Austin Johnson

LB - Mason Foster

Seoul Lineup:

QB Matt Ryan

RB Jay Ajayi

WR AJ Green

WR TY Hilton

TE Jason Witten

TE Travis Kelce

LT Donald Penn

LG Rodger Saffold

C Alex Mack

RG Laurent Duverney-Tardiff

RT Ryan Schraeder

 

Bench RB Isaiah Crowell

Bench RB Charles SIms

Bench FB Patrick DiMarco

Bench WR Sammy Watkins

Bench WR Tyrell Williams

Bench TE Gerald Everett

Bench OL Ronnie Stanley

Bench OL Matt Paradis

 

LE Jason Pierre-Paul

DT Gerald McCoy

DT Geno Atkins

RE Melvin Ingram

LB Jordan Hicks

LB Ryan Shazier

CB Darius Slay

CB Byron Maxwell

CB Robert Alford

FS Kurt Coleman

SS Mike Adams

 

Bench Edge Derek Barnett

Bench Edge Robert Ayers

Bench Int Allen Bailey

Bench Int Stacy McGee

Bench LB Devon Kennard

Bench CB Darius Butler

Bench CB LaDarius Gunter

Bench S Barry Church

 

[DingoLadd]

 

Gotham Writeup

OFFENSE

Gotham comes out in our familiar 3 WR/1TE/1RB set with the aim of quick strike scoring.  Matt Stafford will have full control over the offense and look to take advantage of a subpar back 7, picking on single coverage of our receivers.  We will particularly look to Jarvis Landry out of the slot, Tyler Eifert running intermediate routes and Demarius Thomas on the outside.

We will work away from Seoul’s strength in their pass rushing front 4 and work off play action often.  Derrick Henry will stay in on most passing plays as extra protection, but we will also have Eifert chip often on their DEs before running routes.  I would expect Stafford to approach 40 pass attempts in this game, with plenty of attempts down field to Thomas and Perriman, looking to torch the likes of Slay of Alford.

Henry will likely have about 20 touches in this game and should find success with the defense spread out.  If heavy boxes are detected with a safety up close, Stafford will audible out to deep outs or streaks on the outside and look for a homerun to our outside receivers.

 

DEFENSE - Single High 34 Hybrid

There is no weakness on this defense.  We will pressure Ryan relentlessly in this contest and force him into mistakes.  With Watt and Wilkerson rushing from the interior and Ansah and Floyd rushing on the outside, passing downs will unlikely to convert first downs.  

Our defense matches up extremely well with Seoul’s weapons and we will have Josh Norman on AJ Green with help over the top from Eric Reid.  Kam Chacellor will be lined up over Kelce at the LOS, with Xavier Rhodes on Watkins.  Against 3 wide sets, Randall comes in to cover TY Hilton, and against 4 wide sets, Xavien Howard comes in to cover their WR4.  As varied as Seoul’s weapon are, we have an answer to any potential offensive sets they can scheme.

Our run defense is ridiculous, with our front 4 as strong as it gets against the run and our LBs more than stout.  In short yardage, Bowman and McKinney will blitz gaps and stuff Ajayi, who I don’t see having much of an impact here.  Jay’s stats are impressive from his rookie year, but he basically is hit or miss.  He’s going to miss here

 

Seoul Writeup:

Offense

 

This is an exciting matchup between one of the best defenses in BDL against one of the best offenses. Gotham offers a serious challenge for our offensive line, depending on how healthy Watt is. What we will try to do then is to run the ball and throw short passes to our receivers.

Patrick DiMarco will come in for 25%-30% of the snaps, maybe more if we have a lead to protect to lead the way to our RBs. Jay Ajayi gets 60% of the snaps, Crowell 30% and Charles Sims will be our RB on passing downs. With their powerful style of running; Ajayi and Crowell can tire out Gotham defensive front and holes will open up at some point.

Gotham weakness on defense (and it’s a relative weakness to be honest) is the middle of the field. We think we can throw there to Kelce, Witten and Sims when he’s on the field. We will also target Green and Hilton on slant and dig routes.

Outside, we think AJ Green can beat Norman since he dominated him IRL last year, and we won’t be afraid to target him. Hilton and Watkins will be a little less involved at first but we figure Gotham will have some point bring Chancellor in the box. That’s when we will attack downfield to Green, Hilton, Watkins and Kelce, with a RB staying in pass protection.

 

Defense

 

Gotham offense is much more underwhelming than their defense and we think we have the advantage here. Our first job will be to stop the run and we will have Adams playing in the box to help that. Derrick Henry is a good running back but he shares the workload with another player IRL when he is the only active RB on Gotham roster this week. We think he will get tired at some point, putting more pressure on Stafford/Wentz and the rest of the offense to score.

Gotham best weapon is Eifert and we will use the best cover LB in the NFL in Hicks to shut him down. Robert Alford, highly motivated after not being extended by Gotham, will stay with Landry, whether it’s outside or in the slot. Thomas will be shut down by Darius Slay, leaving Maxwell with Perriman, Darboh or Conley, which he should be able to take care of. Mike Adams gets the RB

With good individual coverage, we think we can get creative in our blitzing. Ryan Shazier will either blitz or compensate a blitz 80% of the time, with the other 20% where he will drop in middle coverage. Kurt Coleman will either stay in deep coverage or cover on top of Eifert .

Gotham has some good offensive tackles and we will rotate heavily our edge rushers to keep them fresh and give those tackles trouble. But their guards are terrible, they may have to start AJ Cann there, and we think our inside DL rotation, with Atkins, McCoy, Bailey (who had a sack this week) and McGee can disrupt Stafford or Wentz pocket.

[pheltzbahr]

How about that Matt Stafford, huh?  

[TedLavie]

On 10 septembre 2017 at 1:54 PM, DingoLadd said:

 

Gotham Writeup

 I would expect Stafford to approach 40 pass attempts in this game, with plenty of attempts down field to Thomas and Perriman, looking to torch the likes of Slay of Alford.

 

 

Good old Pheltz, living like it's 2011

Also, Perriman and his 500 career yards shouldn't be on the bench of any BDL team, let alone start

[DingoLadd]

I'm going to go with Seoul simply because it's a close game and Stafford can't exactly throw 50+ times like he would in this game and not expect the defense to adjust to it. Gotham has no RBs to rotate with Henry who would struggle to find running lanes against a dominant front seven. 14-23 Seoul.

[Jlash]

Gotham is so thin offensively. Hopefully DeMarco Murray goes down so Henry can be a featured back here, it would help a lot i think.

[WFLukic]

Gotham being so thin is the gamebreaker in what is a nice matchup. A better 3rd option at WR over Perriman and I think there's a very good chance they could've troubled a suspect back 7 on the Seoul side. Ultimately the team with the better weapons wins out in what should be a pretty fun shootout. 

Seoul 34 - Gotham 24

[Whicker]

I agree with the others here. Literally one running back and one tight end isn't going to net you many victories in my book. Vote Seoul.

[bcb1213]

Seoul with the curious decision to put maxwell on perriman instead of Landry leaves Gotham a shot on offense as I think Landry can own Alford

 

On the flip side, Sammy looked good this week for Seoul and if he keeps it up can provide the last part to an awesome offense.,  Seoul is gonna need better guard play in the long run because they both struggled mightily this weekbut Hilton sholuld be able to have a big day against Randall with an actual competent NFL QB.

Both teams are gonna have a lot of trouble scoring, but I'm gonna take the home team in a struggle

Seoul 16-13

[Ragnarok]

I think this will be very close for much of the game, but once Henry gets gassed, Gotham will become too one dimensional and that will be just enough for Seoul to get the win.  Watt also being essentially ineffective doesn't help.

[Xmad]

Gotham can pass and have Henry flop for 2-4 yards every running play. But Henry is gonna get tired pretty quickly and Seoul should be able to limit Stafford for the most part.

[PR]

With Gotham relying on a balanced attack and there only being one  only running back on roster, I don't see Henry actually having the endurance to last through the game thus putting more pressure on Stafford to perform at a ultimate level. Vote goes to Seoul.

[Taylor091]

Gotham 27 – 17 Seoul

77F, Light rain, no wind.

Scoring Summary;

1st Quarter

SEO 1:36 TD Sammy Watkins 7 yd. pass from Ryan (XP kick) 0-7

2nd Quarter

GOT 10:01 TD Jarvis Landry 12 yd. pass from Stafford (XP kick) 7-7

SEO 4:24 TD Isaiah Crowell 21 yd. run (XP kick) 7-14

SEO 1:45 FG FG 43 yds. 10-14

POR 0:00 FG FG 33 yds. 10-17

3rd Quarter

GOT 3:41 FG FG 26 yds. 13-17

GOT 2:05 TD Jarvis Landry 3 yd. pass from Stafford (XP kick) 20-17

4th Quarter

GOT 11:48 TD Chris Conley 18 yd. pass from Stafford (XP kick) 27-17

 

Key Stat Leaders;

Passing:

GOT: Matthew Stafford – 22/31, 290yds, 3TDs, 0Ints

SEO: Matt Ryan – 14/23, 175yds, 1TD, 1Int

Rushing:

GOT: Derrick Henry – 26 car, 69yds

GOT: Jarvis Landry – 1car, 2yds

SEO: Isiah Crowell – 17 car, 77yds, 1TD

SEO: Jay Ajayi – 16car, 54yds

Receiving:

GOT: Jarvis Landry – 7 recs, 84yds, 2TDs

GOT: Demaryius Thomas – 4 recs, 62yds

SEO: TY Hilton – 4 recs, 81yds

SEO: AJ Green – 5 recs, 58yds

[DingoLadd]

8 hours ago, Jlash said:

Gotham is so thin offensively. Hopefully DeMarco Murray goes down so Henry can be a featured back here, it would help a lot i think.