Ragnarok Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 BDL 2020 Week 5 Match: Antarctica Katabatic Beasts @ Lancaster Werewolves Away Owner: @Pickle Rick Home Owner: @rackcs Vote for who you think would win the game. Rules:One vote per person, duplicate accounts will be banned and action taken against those attempting to rig the results. One vote per team involved in the match. Co-owners may vote in every match up except their own. For members, who have been following along, and wish to vote. Please join the conversation and maybe give a reason you voted as you did. This will alleviate any suspicions of unusual voting and will promote discussion. Note: Players that have a (D) next to their name indicate that they are doubtful or unlikely to play. Players with (Q) are game-time decisions. Good luck to you both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnarok Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 Antarctica Katabatic Beasts Offensive Starters: QB - Lamar Jackson RB1 - Todd Gurley WR1 - Stefon Diggs WR2 - Ceedee Lamb WR3 - Tre'quan Smith TE1 - Jimmy Graham LT - Cam Robinson LG - Tyler Biadasz C - Ryan Kelly RG - JR Sweezy RT - Tytus Howard Offensive Bench: RB2 - Cam Akers RB3 - Rex Burkhead OG3 - Germain Ifedi OT3 - DJ Fluker TE2 - Cole Kmet WR4 - Van Jefferson WR6 - Auden Tate QB2 - Tua Tagovailoa _________________ Defensive Starters: DE - JPP DT - DeForest Buckner DT - Jaleel Johnson DE - Frank Clark SOLB - Myles Jack MLB - Roquan Smith WOLB - Demario Davis CB1 - Joe Haden CB2 - Marshon Lattimore FS - Anthony Harris SS - Nasir Adderley Defensive Bench: Slot CB3 - Jeff Okudah Dime CB4 - Charvarius Ward DE - Josh Sweat LB/DE - Harold Landry DT3 - Timmy Jernigan DT4 - Jordan Elliott DT5 - B.J. Hill Motivation: Another tough loss last week gotta get back to the grind. Personnel Changes: we are promoting Ceedee Lamb to WR2 and Tre'quan Smith to WR3. Newly acquired Tytus Howard gets the start at RT and Tyler Biadasz is being promoted to LG. We also return Lattimore and Akers to the lineup and roster. Offensive Formations: we are going to being in various formations this week, evenly distributed between Pistol Spread (3 WR, 1TE), Pistol Light (4 WR), Pistol Heavy (2 WR, 2 TE), Pistol Back (2 WR, 1 TE, 2 RB), and Pistol Diamond (2 WR, 1RB, 2TE/upbacks flanking the QB) Tempo: This week we will be running a much faster tempo offense. We will look to snap the ball quickly early in the game and then later, shift to fake counts to set up audibles based on presnap reads. Playcalling Distribution: 40% run 20% pass 20% playaction pass 10% option run 10% RPO Running distribution: 20% Outside 30% Inside 50% Read Option and Option Outside runs: not many runs designed solely to the outside this week as we will look to stay away from Bosa and Watts, except for the read options and options. Inside runs: we plan upping our inside runs this week. Running out of the Pistol Heavy formation (2 WR, 2 TE), Pistol Back formation (2 WR, 1 TE, 2 RB) and Pistol Diamond (2WR, 2TE/upbacks, 1 RB). We are going to attack their interior D by utilizing extra blockers from the upbacks and getting our oline into the 2nd and 3rd levels. Read option/Option: we will be running a good bit of option and read option plays, as well as allowing LJ to check into and out of them. If the setup is there LJ will be relied upon to use his legs and eyes to attack the opponents DE's and exploit them to the fullest. Watts and Bosa are aggressive and we will exploit that by using LJ and his legs and decision making here. Passing: Since a lot of people didn't read this section, lets try it again. We will utilize our Pistol Spread formation and focus on short crossing routes and slants to get the ball out of LJ hands quickly. We will also get LJ on the move to help him utilize his legs to create separation from the Lancaster pass rush. LJ won't be sitting still and won't be holding the ball long in the pocket. Ceedee Lamb/Tre'quan Smith/Van Jefferson thrive with this passing style of quick throws allowing them to use their speed and skills to get yards after the catch and exploit the undermanned DB's from Lancaster. Diggs will be utilized on the double moves for the deep ball that he loves to go for, catch, and score with. Playaction and RPO's: we will be using these to catch Lancaster crowding the box and cheating up to help stop Gurley/Akers/LJ. Diggs/Lamb/Smith are ready to burn Lancaster when they load up and jump in to stop Gurley and LJ. We will also use our slot receiver to sprinkle in the RPO's as the linebackers start to cheat more and more to help try and stop the run game. Defense Base Formation: 4-3 defense, switching to Dime and Nickel in passing downs and dependent upon ingame situations. We will also use more 4-4 sets on running downs and short yardage plays. Formation usage: 4-3: 35% Nickel: 35% Dime: 15% 4-4: 15% Defensive Base coverages: Man: 50% Cover 3 - 20% Quarters- 20% Tampa 2 - 10% Playstyle: this week we will be upping our man D to 50% as we have Lattimore back and their WR core is struggling with Evans injured again and playing hobbled. Run defense. We will be sticking to our 4-3 D and using our 4-4 run stopping D to stuff them at the line with our LB's taking over the game. Runs blitzes will be far fewer this week as we like out D to win their 1 on 1 matchups to stuff the run. Passing Defense: with an increase in man D will come more blitzing to put pressure on their QB who can struggle a lot vs pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnarok Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 Lancaster Werewolves QB: Matthew Stafford RB1: Alvin Kamara WR1: Mike Evans WR2: Emmanuel Sanders WR3: Diontae Johnson TE: George Kittle LT: Taylor Lewan (Q) LG: Quenton Nelson😄 Frank Ragnow RG: Gabe Jackson RT: Lane Johnson RB2: Miles Sanders RB3: Ronald Jones II WR4: A.J. Green WR5: Willie Snead V TE2: Jonnu Smith TE3: Logan Thomas OL: Riley Reiff OL: Connor McGovern DE: Joey Bosa (Q) DT: Javon Kinlaw DT: Jarran Reed DE: T.J. Watt LB: Bobby Wagner LB: Fred Warner CB: Jalen Ramsey CB: Jaire Alexander SCB: Brian Poole FS: Eddie Jackson SS: Jonathan Abram INT: Linval Joseph EDGE: Clelin Ferrell EDGE: Trent Murphy LB: Mykal Walker CB: Kevin King CB: Malcolm Butler S: Vonn Bell S: Taylor Rapp Lancaster Offensive Strategy: We want this week to be the Alvin Kamara show. We’re going to run him hard and use him plenty in the passing game as well. We feel that this DL is susceptible against the run so we want to attack them there. We’re going to be giving Kamara opportunities to run north-south and east-west so he can use his ability to make guys miss. This will also help us set up the play action to help us for when we pass against this good secondary. The Passing Strategy: We want to feature two players in the passing game this week: Kamara and Kittle. Obviously this doesn’t mean we won’t target anyone else but we feel that by focusing on these two, we can get favorable mismatches as it’ll be tough for them to cover both effectively. We imagine Myles Jack will be covering one of Kamara or Kittle and whichever one he’s not covering is the one we want to go after a bit more as we think Antarctica lacks the defenders needed to cover both effectively. If Kittle is single covered, even if it’s against Jack, we want to take some shots to him as well. These two players are our mismatch options and we want to use them this week. Kamara will be going out for screens plenty so he can get blockers in front of him and operate in space. These screens and the play action we use elsewhere (hopefully effective due to our heavy run plan) should slow down Antarctica’s effective pass rushers and get Antarctica’s defenders second guessing themselves enough to provide some much needed space against some good CBs. Finally, if Lattimore is out again and Okudah gets the start we want to take some shots specifically at him. The Running Strategy: We want to go run heavy in this one and we think we’re equipped to do it with some real maulers on the OL, particularly at OG. Whether we run inside or outside we’re going to have our guards pulling a lot to get extra blockers in front of Kamara. Kamara can make a guy miss on any play so the more defenders engaged by blockers in front of Kamara, the less guys he’ll have to go up against. We want a nice mix of inside and outside runs. We’re going to go especially run heavy early on to help establish the run and make our play action passes more effective later on. Lancaster Defensive Strategy: We know that Antarctica likes to run the pistol and we know they like to run play option. We also know that the best way to beat Lamar is to keep him in the pocket and to be able to get pressure on him without blitzing so you can force him into tougher plays to beat coverage. We’re going to mostly rush four the whole game and have them play contain to keep Lamar in the pocket as much as possible. The Pass Defense Strategy: Joey Bosa might not play this week, in which case he’ll be replaced by Clelin Ferrell. That’s fine though because we want to get our pressure from the interior this week and collapse the pocket. Our EDGE guys will be playing contain and ready to stop Lamar when he gets pushed out to the edges. We anticipate being able to get good pressure up the middle against a fairly weak iOL. As for coverage assignments, Jalen Ramsey will cover Stefon Diggs, Jaire Alexander will cover CeeDee Lamb and Brian Poole will cover Tre’quan Smith. Eddie Jackson will be playing a deep zone in case any guys get beat. Abram will be playing a shallow zone over the middle of the field. Wagner and Warner will take turns either covering the RB out of the backfield or spying Jackson. Occasionally Abram will take over one of their roles allowing the LB to blitz, but we don’t plan on blitzing often this game. The Run Defense Strategy: Our main worry is the RPO with Jackson. Gurley is a shell of his former self so we’re going to be more focused on Lamar’s running ability. By having someone specifically spying both the RB and the QB, it’ll give our DL the ability to react and on an RPO play and not worry if they get it wrong as they know they have backup. Our plan to play contain and get pressure up the middle will help as well since we’ll be collapsing running lanes and having our EDGE guys ready to stamp out any improvisation to the outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 You gave me a chance this week @rackcs, Evans playing hobbled and Diontae I think only played 1 snap before leaving injured. Go for the throat team!!! 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoundrel Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Well Antarctica’s line looks improved since that week 1 game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilantZombie Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, Counselor said: Well Antarctica’s line looks improved since that week 1 game. Yeah It took a while but i think that oline is finally coming to fruition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 10 hours ago, Counselor said: Well Antarctica’s line looks improved since that week 1 game. 9 hours ago, wwhickok said: Yeah It took a while but i think that oline is finally coming to fruition #TrustTheProcess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilantZombie Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I like both teams here. I think they match up well. What I think ultimately pays off here is the improvements that Antartica has made on their Oline. I feel like finally Jackson can do what he does and because of the inconsistencies of the WR corps for Lancaster right now I feel that, in a close, defensive battle, Anartica will ultimately make a couple more plays. Antartica 17-14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlash Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Going through the passing section that pickle doesn't think we read, where exactly are Lancaster's DB's 'undermanned'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilantZombie Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 44 minutes ago, Jlash said: Going through the passing section that pickle doesn't think we read, where exactly are Lancaster's DB's 'undermanned'? Yeah I read this last night when I was tired and honestly... they're nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PR Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 On 10/12/2020 at 9:02 AM, Pickle Rick said: You gave me a chance this week @rackcs, Evans playing hobbled and Diontae I think only played 1 snap before leaving injured. Go for the throat team!!! 🤣 Dinontae had a concussion before... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 4 hours ago, Jlash said: Going through the passing section that pickle doesn't think we read, where exactly are Lancaster's DB's 'undermanned'? Thought Ramsey was suspended for the game bc of the brawl lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlash Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Pickle Rick said: Thought Ramsey was suspended for the game bc of the brawl lol. You notice I read your passing section though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoundrel Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I’m going Lancaster. I think their defense and especially their outside rush are a problem for the Antarctica tackles and while the Antarctica oline is improved they are facing one of the top 2 pass rushes in BDL. Close game 28-24. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcb1213 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Fun facts that makes this a game silly for me. Gonna have to come back Lancaster forgot to cover Jimmy Graham and assigned everyone something else to do Antartica forgot they started Jimmy Graham 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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