SirA1 Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 (edited) BDL 2021 Week 2 Match: Camden Hood Rats @ Raleigh Firebirds Away Owner: @Jlash Home Owner: @EaglesPeteC 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 Edited September 23, 2021 by SirA1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirA1 Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 (edited) Camden Hood Rats QB- Baker Mayfield RB- Austin Ekeler WR- AJ Brown WR- Cooper Kupp WR- Terrace Marshall Jr TE- Rob Gronkowski LT- Isaiah Wynn LG- Nate Davis C- JC Tretter RG- Kevin Zeitler RT- Orlando Brown Jr _________________________ RB- Damien Harris WR- KJ Hamler WR- Quintez Cephus TE- Zach Ertz OL- Cody Whitehair OL- Taylor Lewan OL- Ben Cleveland QB- Justin Fields DE- Josh Allen DT- DJ Reader DT- Poona Ford DE- Montez Sweat LB- Darius Leonard LB- Keanu Neal CB- Denzel Ward CB- L'Jarius Sneed S- Justin Simmons S- Justin Reid S- Eric Rowe ____________________ DE- Yannick Ngakoue DE- Ryan Kerrigan DE- Carl Granderson DT- Maliek Collins DT- Osa Odighizuwa LB- Josh Uche CB- Asante Samuel Jr CB- Greedy Williams Raleigh Firebirds Offense QB- Kyler Murray RB/Offensive Weapon- Christian McCaffrey WR- Davante Adams WR/Slot- Robert Woods WR- Mike Williams TE- Mark Andrews LT- Laremy Tunsil LG- Issac Seumalo C- Mitch Morse RG- Andrew Norwell RT- Jordan Mailata 2nd RB- David Montgomery 4th WR- Nelson Agholor 5th WR- Marquez Callaway 3rd RB- JD McKissic 2nd TE/FB- Jack Doyle 3rd TE- Will Dissly Swing T- Jawaan Taylor Swing G/C- Bradley Bozeman Defense DE- Von Miller DT- Michael Pierce DT- Sebastian Joseph Day DE- Dee Ford LB- Blake Martinez LB- Jayon Brown (Q) S/LB- Landon Collins CB- Chris Harris Jr Inactive CB- Troy Hill (Q) FS- Julian Blackmon (Q) SS- Marcus Maye Rotational DE- Tyus Bowser Rotational DE- Bud Dupree (Q) 3rd DT- BJ Hill 3rd LB- Eric Wilson 3rd CB- Tre Flowers (Hill moves into the slot) 4th CB- Avonte Maddox 3rd S- Mike Edwards Backup LB/S- Jaquiski Tartt Edited September 19, 2021 by SirA1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirA1 Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 Camden Hood Rats Offense Week 1 we took a loss to the reigning champs and this week we go to the red hot Raleigh Firebirds to try and right the ship. They've had a resurgence this year, mostly because they decided to show up, but we think we can scheme a win today if we focus on some key areas. Spread Raleigh out- We think Raleigh's strength is in their defensive line, and we feel we have a distinct advantage in our WR corps vs their DB's. So we're going a lot of 3 and 4 WR looks today to force Raleigh into their reserves on the back end. We'll target AJ Brown a lot today and move him all over the formation and use rubs and crossing routes to get him the ball clean and let him work. Expect lots of trips formations to force the Raleigh DB's to work through traffic. Ekeler will be our lead back today due to his receiving ability, and that should also give us a mismatch on whoever is forced to cover him out of the backfield. Expect a few screens and draws to combat the opponents pass rush. Attack the middle of the field- With our spread look today, this should open the middle of the field for our TE's and backs to find some success. Expect some seem routes from Gronk/Ertz with the defense chasing a 3 WR look around the field. Especially in the red zone we feel like we can do some damage with this group. Run game to set up the PA- While we're spreading the field out, we'll still maintain a good pass/run balance. Mayfield plays best this way, so expect Ekeler/Harris to still stay involved on the ground. If we get to the second level we can find some room to run since they can't keep an extra defender in the box today. This allows us to still successfully utilize play action passes to our receivers, and we think this can lead to some big plays. Fields package- With having an explosive player like Fields on the roster, we need to utilize him somehow. Expect 5-10 plays where he comes in and runs RPO style plays. We think we can set up some easy throws out of this look and give Raleigh a taste of their own medicine. This will be utilized out of mostly 2 TE sets to give Fields easy quick throws to take advantage of. Defense (Cover 1 Robber base) Raleigh has a new found explosiveness on offense with McCaffrey back and the addition of Kyler. We think we actually have the personnel to match up really well with what they do best, and these keys will be the focus of our defensive plan. Cover 1 base- Our favorite coverage shell, and it works here today. Raleigh's best players lend to an RPO style offense, and with a cover 1 we get to have a free defender to come down into the box and help defend that RPO and get into quick passing lanes. Like last week, we'll rotate between Simmons and Reid as to who is the single high safety and who is the robber so Kyler doesn't know until the ball is snapped and someone rolls down. We'll have Eric Rowe matched up on the TE today, something he's done well at since his move back to safety. In 3 WR sets, Neal will come off the field in favor of another DB and Rowe maintains the TE responsibility. We'll mix some cover 3 looks as well, but cover 1 is our primary today. Even if they stray away from the RPO look, Cover 1 is still our most effective coverage versus a team like this. Here is how the cover 1 looks:Still utilize the blitz- With Kyler being dangerous and having some weapons on the outside, we don't want him getting comfortable. Our ends can generate some heat without anything exotic, but we can't be vanilla. So Uche and Neal will rotate at that other LB spot and they'll be asked to blitz from time to time. We won't get crazy with it to avoid getting burnt on an RPO, but we need to give Kyler something else to think about back there. Expect line stunts and shifts to be utilized today too. Bottle McCaffrey out of the backfield- Our run defense is strong at the POA, but McCaffrey can kill you in the passing game. With our cover 1 shell, it leaves a LB responsible for the RB, but we also have that free defender to play with. We can use that extra defender, who is already coming down to defend the run/rpo, as a help player for the LB in these cases. This way we're basically sending that extra player who is in the box anyway to help and limit any damage McCaffrey can do out of the backfield. Raleigh Firebirds Week 2 Offensive Gameplan The confidence of the Firebirds offense is sky high after being the unit that lead the team to their first win in franchise history. They are hungry to keep it going and continue to shock the league. Base 11 personnel. Heavy play action more pass heavy to start the game. Lots of no huddle to keep them in bad matchups With the success of our offense, last week we expect Camden to come prepared to stop the run and to defend read option and slow down McCaffrey, Kyler and Montgomery in the run game. But looking at Camden’s personnel, we see 2 things. They have strong run defenders in Reader and Ford but who offer little in the pass rush game and that while their CB group of Denzel Ward, L’Jarius Snead and Asante Samuel Jr are all nice players, that they all are on the vertically challenged side. We think coming out with 3 WR’s and a play action run game will give us nice 1 on 1 matchups with our larger receivers against their smaller CB’s. Adams 6’1 vs Ward 5’11 Mike Williams 6’4 vs Sneed 6’0 Robert Woods 6’0 vs Asante Samuel 5’10. We anticipate Camden coming out with a heavy run defense formation to start the game. and then we would start out by running a couple play action passes and then going no huddle. Then essentially going 5 wide by splitting Mark Andrews and Christian McCaffrey out as WR’s and attacking. Combine that with the anticipation that they are leaving a spy on Kyler and someone is getting open and getting open fast. We think we can move the ball nicely with this curve ball. We think our offensive line is an underrated strength of our team. The 5 starters we put out there allowed a combined 0 sacks in weeks 1. We feel confident in our ability to hold up against Camden’s D-line. Once we shock Camden with the pass heavy approach, they will be forced to adjust and running lanes will start to open up for both Kyler, McCaffrey and Montgomery. Coming back to our 21 personnel can also be done easily by subbing Williams or Woods with Montgomery. We think that the outside run game will be the most successful this week. Yannick and Josh Allen are not great run defenders so we can target them on outside stretch plays. With a stretch play and the threat of a read option we think that will pull the spy the opposite way toward Kyler giving McCaffrey and Montgomery even more room to run. We think the safeties are the strength of the Camden defense and with the stretch game and the quick passes, we think that will neutralize their impact on the game. In general, the Raleigh Firebirds will just have too many weapons for Camden to consistently slow down. DEFENSE 4-2-5 base with 3 safeties. Base cover 2 and cover 4. Prevent big plays. Bend but don’t break. Run Defense: Raleigh will start Sebastian Joseph Day and Michael Peirce in this matchup to help slow down the running game of Camden. SJD and Peirce will soak up the interior O-line of Camden and leave Jayon Brown and Blake Martinez to make tons of tackles and keep the run game in check. The interior triangle we post is a pretty strong match against and inside runner like Damien Harris Landon Collins will play LB/S in this game to help slow down the run and also be able to keep a DB on Ekeler in the passing game. Pass Defense: Our defensive line had a strong week 1 pass rushing. 2 Sacks each for starters Von Miller and Michael Pierce, 2 sacks for 3rd DT BJ Hill and well as a sack from Dee Ford. We think this group can continue to get pressure this week and win one on one matchups in the passing game. We will sport a heavy rotation getting BJ Hill in on passing downs and rotating in Tyus Bowser and Bud Dupree in to keep the defensive line ready to attack most of the game. In the passing game, we would play almost exclusively zone coverage both cover 2 and cover 4. Our CB’s took a beating in the injury department last week and the CB’s we have I think would excel in zone vs man. We see Camden’s receiving corp being one that would excel underneath vs over the top with AJ Brown, Cooper Kupp, Gronk and Ertz. We think allowing them short completions and rallying and tackling will keep them having to go long distances in lots of plays to score. We are going to make Camden earn their yards and above all else prevent ourselves from getting beat over the top. Our defense is very confident that the offense will score quickly and that will force Baker to try to catch up and force some balls. In general, our defense will be built to compliment our offense. Our defense has enough smart, tough crafty veterans that will play disciplined defense and make Camden earn every yard. We think our offense will get an early lead and that will play right into the hands of our defensive gameplan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlash Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Chris Harris Jr out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesPeteC Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 54 minutes ago, Jlash said: Chris Harris Jr out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlash Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Just now, EaglesPeteC said: I think he just wanted to enjoy the beautiful weather. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Tough breaks for Raleigh at cornerback, as I think they have the offense to keep up in a shootout otherwise. I think Camden gets more stops with a slightly better defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilantZombie Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Unfortunately Raleigh just doesn't have the CB depth to keep up with Camden in this game. 31-21 Camden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlash Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 14 minutes ago, wwhickok said: Unfortunately Raleigh just doesn't have the CB depth to keep up with Camden in this game. 31-21 Camden You voted for Raleigh, homie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilantZombie Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, Jlash said: You voted for Raleigh, homie. Really? My bad. I'm tired. BUT my vote should.be counted for you. That was my intention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlash Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, wwhickok said: Really? My bad. I'm tired. BUT my vote should.be counted for you. That was my intention. It's ok, I just did the same thing in another matchup 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesPeteC Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Glad I can count on your support @wwhickok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilantZombie Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, EaglesPeteC said: Glad I can count on your support @wwhickok Lol You're team isn't bad you just have had some terrible luck with Injuries lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoundrel Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Camden dices up the Raleigh corners. Camden’s cover 1 does enough to help get the win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirA1 Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 I like the Firebirds roster hopefully their secondary will settle down soon. Have to go Camden this week. 28-17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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