BDL 2020 Week 12 - Berlin Blitzkrieg @ Hungary Hippos

[rackcs]

BDL 2020 Week 12

Match: Berlin Blitzkrieg @ Hungary Hippos

Away Owner: @Ragnarok

Home Owner: @PR

 

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[rackcs]

Berlin Blitzkrieg

QB - Aaron Rodgers
RB - Aaron Jones
WR - Robert Woods
WR - Christian Kirk
WR - Brandon Aiyuk
TE - Hunter Henry
LT - Kolton Miller
LG - Solomon Kindley
C - Trey Hopkins
RG - Alex Cappa
RT - Tristan Wirfs

RB - Tevin Coleman
RB - Anthony McFarland
WR - MVS
WR - Marquise Brown
TE - Jordan Akins
OL - Martinas Rankin
OL - Taylor Moton
OL - Dan Feeney

DE - Za’Darius Smith
DT - Quinnen Williams
NT - Derrick Brown
DE - DeMarcus Lawrence
LB - Tremaine Edmunds
LB - Rashaan Evans
CB - Rock Ya-Sin
CB - Kendall Fuller
CB - Byron Murphy
S - Antoine Winfield Jr
S - Juan Thornhill

DE - Deatrich Wise
DE - Trey Hendrickson
DL - Zach Sieler
DT - Kingsley Keke
LB - Kyzir White
CB - Jeff Gladney
CB - Lamarcus Joyner
S - Tarvarius Moore

Hungary Hippos

QB - Andy Dalton
RB - Raheem Mostert
WR - DK Metcalf
WR - Adam Thielen
TE - TJ Hockenson
TE - Jordan Reed
LT - Eric Fisher
LG - Ali Marpet
C - Austin Reiter
RG - Graham Glasgow
RT - Demar Dotson

QB - PJ Walker
RB - James Robinson
RB - Darrell Henderson
WR - Darius Slayton
WR - Andy Isabella
TE - Greg Olsen
OL - Connor McGovern
OL - Donovan Smith

DE - Emmanuel Ogbah
DT - Doug Costin
DT - Jonathan Allen
DE - Mario Addison
LB - Josey Jewell
LB - Shaq Thompson
CB - Shaquill Griffin
CB - Casey Hayward Jr.
NCB - Emmanuel Moseley
FS - Budda Baker
SS - Harrison Smith

DE - Everson Griffen
DE - Taco Charlton
DT - Tim Settle
LB - Eric Wilson
LB - Dre Greenlaw
CB - Amani Oruwariye
CB - Dre Kirkpatrick
S - Chuck Clark

Edited December 7, 2020 by rackcs

[rackcs]

Berlin Blitzkrieg

Offense

Overview - Use jet motion, attack the DEs, and see if the CBs are healthy.

OL - Hopkins steps in for Linsley.

3 WR - 60% - As per usual, we will rotate Kirk, Woods, and Aiyuk in and out of the slot throughout the game.  One of those three will typically come in a jet sweep motion(either from the slot or an outside WR) and may or may not take a hand off or push pass if we are in shotgun. 

Off the jet sweep motion, we will run our stretch run play as we think we have an advantage on the edges.  We believe that our jet sweep motion going one way and stretch run going back the other way will stress their defense horizontally.  In the pass game, we will use some screens and quick flares to the RBs to further stress the defensive front.

We are going to have our WRs and Henry run lots of rubs, slants, outs, and crossers as those are man coverage beaters and they will allow Rodgers to find gaps in any zone coverage we may see.  Both Heyward and Moseley have been banged up all week and may not play, so we really want to test them out.

Henry is going to be split out only around 1/3rd of the time as we want him in-line more to help seal the edge for our jet sweep or stretch play.  When he splits out, he will 1. get another defender out of the box  2. force a LB or S to cover him in space and 3.  serve as a blocker for WR screens.  We are going to take some shots to Henry further down field and he will have an option route.  If Cover 2, Henry will break to the middle of the field.  If single high safety, Henry will break outside.

We will also incorporate a number of rollouts, typically to the TE side, on plays when Henry lines up in-line so that he can help seal the DE to his side before releasing into a route so Rodgers can get outside the pocket and potentially pick up cheap yards with his legs. 

We will also take some deep shots, usually off double moves following playaction, once their CBs start to press up more and more.  We think their CBs can be susceptible to a double move as they have been banged up, so that’s how we will get our chunk plays.  We will typically keep Jones in to help block the interior while Henry will release as a check down option.

4 WR - 25% - Hollywood or MVS comes in for Henry to force Hungary to put a 4th CB on the field.  We will continue to incorporate pre-snap motion against a spread out defense and to allow for a free release.  We want to attack the secondary with every type of route in a backyard football style but we will have a couple WRs running underneath routes at all times. 

We will use trips to one side with Aiyuk, Woods, and Kirk bunched up about half the time.  We will use them for screens as well as have them release into standard pass routes.  There will be crossing/rubbing action out of trips to allow for free releases and to hopefully force a DB to go around the rub action.

Hollywood/MVS will be on the other side and if there’s no safety over the top, we will take shots to them down the field.

5 WR - 15% - Hollywood and MVS will be outside with Aiyuk, Woods, and Kirk inside.  We will move the inside 3 guys across the formation or even into the backfield to force the defense to show their hand.  The inside 3 guys will underneath routes while the two outside guys push down the field.  Rodgers will have free rein to run around and play backyard football. 

 

Defense

Overview - We are going to load up the box, double Metcalf, and force Wentz to beat us.

DL - Just line up and get after it.  On passing downs, Hendrickson will come in for Brown for added pass rush.

Nickel - Rock has Metcalf, Byron has Slayton, and Kendall has Thielen in man coverage.  Thornhill is going to sit over top of Metcalf and bracket him with Rock.  Tremaine has Hockenson and Winfield will play up in the box and has the RB. 

Rashaan is going to serve a number of roles in the pass game, but we want him to focus on the run game so Wentz has nothing to lean on.  In the pass game(in order of frequency), he will help bracket the TE, sit in a middle zone, or blitz up the middle. 

We will also use Cover-3 around 1/3rd of the time as it will look about the same presnap.  Our CBs would follow any pre-snap motion, then drop into a zone.

4 WR - Joyner comes in for Rashaan and takes the 4th WR.  Winfield would play up in the box and have the RB in man coverage.

Tremaine basically take over Rashaan’s role in 3 WR sets, focusing on the run game.  In the pass game, he will either sit in a middle zone to take away slants and crossers or come on a delayed blitz.

Thornhill will serve the same role as in 3 WR sets.

We will incorporate more Cover-2 zone here with Winfield dropping back to a deep half after the snap. 

TRIPS - If they go with trips to a side, Rock takes the outside WR, Byron takes middle, and Winfield takes the inside WR as they release.  We think those three can blow up any WR screens or pick routes.

Joyner would play in the box and have the RB in man coverage. Tremaine would play the same role.

Kendall would have man coverage on the far side.

Thornhill will sit deep shaded to the trips side. 

BASE - 

2 TE - Hendrickson comes in for Rock and plays DE while Z stands up.  Z will be rushing Wentz, but we will move him around the formation so he can rush from different spots.  Tremaine will have Hockenson while Rashaan takes the other TE.  Winfield will again play up in the box and have the RB in man coverage.

Byron and Kendall play sides and Thornhill sits deep to Metcalf’s side.

2 RB - If they go with two RBs, Tarvarius comes in for Rock and plays OLB.  Kendall, Byron, and Thornhill do the same thing.  Tremaine would have the TE in man.

Winfield would have the RB that releases to one side while Tarvarius would have the RB that releases to the other side.  That way they don’t have to cross the formation.  Rashaan would be responsible for everything between the tackles and sit in a middle zone in the run game. 

As none of their RBs serve as lead blockers, we think the additional speed Tarvarius brings would be more beneficial here.

Hungary Hippos

 

Offense: 

The primary offensive formations we will be featuring this week are 2 WR-2TE, 3WR-1TE, 1 WR-3 RBS-1 TE; 1 WR-2RBs-2TE.

This week we will be utilizing the spread offense. Our main goal is to get Berlin’s linebackers out in space (if they play man) and to put them into better position when playing the zone. When in 2WR-2TE we will look to play the safety this week. TJ will be running a seam route, while DK and Thielen also run verticals.We want to split the coverage utilizing this, making it difficult on the safeties on which man to cover on each play as two are speed threats and Hockenson is becoming a matchup nightmare for opposing defenses. We will look DK’s way quite frequently if the safety drifts off of him. This leaves Reed in the short and intermediate route options. We will also be featuring some Notre Dame Box, the T formation and the Flexbone to throw some different formational looks at Berlin’s defense that isn’t used to seeing these antiquated play schemes in the modern era. 

If the box empties using the spread, we will also look to gain some yards on the ground with Mostert and Robinson. Look for runs up the middle heavily out of the spread, and more of a balance of out and in when utilizing other formations.  

 

Defense:

4-3 versus 2 wide
4-2-5 versus 3 wide
4-1-6 versus 4 wide

This week after watching the replay of the ICR vs. Berlin game, we are going to focus on the defense that stopped Berlin in its tracks, the Robber-Man-Under.

Baker and Smith will alternate between being the upman and the deepman as to not tip Rodgers pre-snap. We will also feature some Cover 1 with either Baker or Smith taking over the linebacker assignment in order to let Jewell blitz. We will use some Cover 2 and Cover 3 Zone as my corners excel out of the zone.

Coverage assignments: In 4-3: Jewell and Shaq take the TE while Wilson has the RB. On Nickel situations, Wilson comes off for Ryan, and Jewell and Shaq will alternate RB/TE coverage when not blitzing. CBs won’t have a set coverage assignment. Only Woods has proved to be a consistent threat yet again this year.

We will also look to clog up the running lanes up the middle with rotation of Allen, Settle and Costin throughout the game. We don’t want Jones getting big chunks inside.

[Ragnarok]

Emmanuel Moseley is inactive.

[VigilantZombie]

For me, Berlins offense is just too good in this matchup.

24-14 Berlin. 

[Jlash]

4 years ago Phillip Walker asked people to stop calling him PJ and no one respects that mans decision.

[Jlash]

I have a couple questions @PR

Is Adam Thielen really the type of guy you'd consider "a speed threat"? To me he kills defenses with how technical he is. He's not slow, but I wouldn't send him on verticals calling him a speed guy. Does that make sense?

What's a "Notre Dame Box"?.

[PR]

8 hours ago, Jlash said:

I have a couple questions @PR

Is Adam Thielen really the type of guy you'd consider "a speed threat"? To me he kills defenses with how technical he is. He's not slow, but I wouldn't send him on verticals calling him a speed guy. Does that make sense?

What's a "Notre Dame Box"?.

A Notredame Box is a 3 RB, 2 TE variation of the Single-Wing. Lambeau used it quite frequently when facing Rockne in the 20's.

Here is a general description of how the formation worked.

 

The Notre Dame Box differed from the traditional single-wing formation in that the line was balanced and the halfback who normally played the "wing" in the single-wing was brought in more tightly, with the option of shifting out to the wing. These two changes made the backs' formation resemble a square (hence "box") and made the formation less predictable, allowing offenses to run more easily to the "weak" side. Additionally, the halfback became a more viable runner than in the single-wing and the quarterback, normally just a blocking back in the single-wing, could become a passer since the center could snap the ball directly to him. The Notre Dame Box relied on a great deal of deception, caused by backs shifting frequently, rather than the pure power of the single-wing.

 

As for the Thielen, he is a phenomenal route runner, and he often catch defenses out of position to get some great open field looks behind the defense. Thielen does have a faster 40 time than both Fuller and Murphy, running in 4.4 while Fuller and Murphy are both 4.5 defenders. Only marginally faster, but I feel he has the edge against this coverage.

Edited December 9, 2020 by PR

[bcb1213]

9 hours ago, Jlash said:

What's a "Notre Dame Box"?.

Where they kept Manti teos gf

[bcb1213]

I think running tecmo bowl three verticals is always fun but prob not what Dalton does best.  Berlin 

[Blue]

I'm just here so I don't get fined.

[Jlash]

Went with Berlin. I like the creativity on offense for Hungary, but defensively I don't think they can slow Berlin down. 

[MD4L]

I’ll take Berlin in a one score game. I can see Dalton keeping things close with that skill group but I trust Rodgers, Jones, and the Berlin defense to force FGs in the redzone.

[pheltzbahr]

This is a lot closer than I thought it would be.  I feel like Hungary is just short a difference maker front 7 player to slow down Berlin enough to keep up.

[RuskieTitan]

46 minutes ago, pheltzbahr said:

This is a lot closer than I thought it would be.  I feel like Hungary is just short a difference maker front 7 player to slow down Berlin enough to keep up.

I am in agreement with the first sentence, but I think Hungary needs a little more on offense as well. Berlin pulls away in the second half.