Whicker Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 BDL 2021 Week 4 Match: Raleigh Firebirds @ Anchorage Trappers Away Owner: @EaglesPeteC Home Owner: @Scoundrel 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...
Whicker Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) Offense QB- Kyler Murray RB- David Montgomery WR- Davante Adams WR- Mike Williams WR- Robert Woods TE- Mark Andrews LT- Laremy Tunsil LG- Oli Udoh C- Bradley Bozeman RG- Andrew Norwell RT- Jawaan Taylor QB- Kirk Cousins 2nd RB- Chuba Hubbard 4th WR- Nelson Agholor 3rd RB- JD McKissic 2nd TE- Will Dissly Backup C/T- Patrick Mekari Swing G/C- Mitch Morse Defense OLB- Von Miller DE- Sebastian Joseph Day DT- Michael Pierce DE- BJ Hill OLB- Tyus Bowser LB- Jayon Brown CB- Anthony Averett CB- Chris Harris Jr *INACTIVE* Slot CB- Avonte Maddox FS- Mike Edwards SS- Julian Blackmon Rotational OLB- Dee Ford Rotational DL- Davon Godchaux 2nd LB- Blake Martinez S/LB 1- Landon Collins S/LB 2- Jaquiski Tartt CB- Mike Hilton (starter if CHJ is out) CB- Tre Flowers (start is Averett is out) 3rd S/Reserve CB- Damontae Kazee QB- Joe Burrow RB- Jonathan Taylor X- Ja’Marr Chase Z- Marvin Jones Jr Slot- Henry Ruggs TE- Kyle Pitts LT- Jedrick Wills Jr LG- Joe Thuney C- David Andrews RG- Cesar Ruiz RT- Rob Havenstein Bench RB- Tony Pollard RB- Darrell Henderson Jr WR- Bryan Edwards WR- DeVonta Smith TE- Tyler Higbee FB- Vita Vea OL- DJ Humphries OL- Jonah Jackson Base Defense RE- Azeez Ojulari NT- Vita Vea UT- Leonard Williams LE- Romeo Okwara ILB- Kenneth Murray ILB- Micah Parsons CB- Jaylon Johnson CB- Patrick Surtain Nickel- Kristian Fulton FS- Kam Curl SS- Budda Baker Bench Edge- Sam Hubbard Edge- Alton Robinson IDL- Jonathan Hankins IDL- Ed Oliver LB- Cole Holcomb LB- Jaylon Smith S/CB- CJ Gardner Johnson CB- Deommodore Lenoir Edited October 5, 2021 by Whicker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whicker Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 Week 3 Offensive Gameplan Looking at Anchorage, we see that they have a lot of resources in their secondary and up front and roster very few LB’s. With our offensive weapons, we think going 3 wide and Mark Andrews and keep them in nickel and then run the ball out of that formation will give Raleigh the biggest edge. We think that starting the outside run with some read option thrown in will be the best way to start the attack on Anchorage. We plan on isolating Kenneth Murray in run defense and really forcing him to make decisions and get him out of position. Although we are missing Christian McCaffrey for this game, David Montgomery is still a very strong runner and cannot be discounted. The threat of Kyler’s running will also open up lanes for Montgomery to be effective. We also will highlight short play action plays to Mark Andrews to continue to attack Kenneth Murray. This game plan will force Budda Baker in the box to help support the run and then that will open up the passing game advantages on the outside. The specific matchup to attack would be Darious Williams. We love the match up with him with against Mike Williams or Davante Adams. Both of those players will just be too much for Williams to handle. If Patrick Surtain moves from a hybrid safety role to lining up against one of them on the outside, one still advantage us with 2 very talented veteran WR’s vs a rookie OR Mark Andrews down the seam at the SS position becomes a great matchup for us. Even without CMC, the weaponry in both the pass and the run game will put Anchorage in constant conflict. Although not the biggest names Bradley Bozeman and Oli Udoh are having very strong seasons on the interior, Jawaan Taylor is playing nicely at RT for Jacksonville, so despite a few offensive line injuries, Raleigh feels they can match up with an OK Anchorage front. The real threat for Anchorage comes from the DT’s rather than the EDGE defenders. We think the outside runs vs inside runs will give us the advantage there and then slow the pass rush down from the edge. David Montgomery can help with pass pro in the play action game to help us make sure we get those could extra seconds to hit those play action passes. Kyler may have to escape and make some plays outside the pocket with the rush coming from the middle, but luckily, he is pretty ok at that. We think some roll outs on boot action will help get Kyler away from interior pass rush and play into our WR vs CB advantages on the outside. DEFENSE Base 3-4. Zone blitz attacking style defense. Run Defense: Anchorage is going to have to outscore the Raleigh Firebirds. While Jonathan Taylor is an effective chain movers, we don’t see him as someone that needs special attention. We believe our interior DL trio of SJD, Michael Pierce, BJ Hill along with Jayon Brown can keep the running game from being a major factor. Pass Defense: Joe Burrow is still on his way back from the knee injury, so the plan is to blitz and attack him and make him move. We won’t let Burrow get comfortable in the pocket. We will be back in the 3-4 zone blitz scheme which we think can confuse Burrow and prevent him from having time to hit big plays down the field. We anticipate Anchorage trying to use multiple pass catchers and spread us out. The plan would be to continue to attack that look and if they are going to pass they will have to do it quickly. Anchorage WR’s are more adept at the big play rather than big RAC gains and getting open quickly, so we think an aggressive style will lead to sacks, mistakes or at worst long drives In week 1 in the real NFL, Avonte Maddox was matched up with Kyle Pitts for most of the game and held him to 4 for 31. We like that match up. When Pitts is off the field, bringing in Landon Collins to play the safety/LB role to help with the run and short passing game as well as being another blitzer will help slow Anchorage down. Once again zone on the back end is our best bet, and keeping our safeties high to prevent big plays. We want to keep everything in front of us and force Anchorage to stay patient and we think that with the success of our offense will make Burrow try and force some throws and create turnovers. Overview: We are 1-1-1 and are looking to build off of last weeks win and keep the momentum going against a good Raleigh team. Offense: We will feature our base 3 wide and mix in 4 and 2 TE sets Bryan Edwards will be our 4th WR in 4 wide and will line up outside with Jones Jr moving into the slot Edwards has been a contested catch monster this season and we will look to him when we need some key conversions Higbee is our 2nd TE in 12 Personnel We will use motions with Henry Ruggs to get him in advantageous positions to use his speed in space underneath to attack openings in zone or just burn whichever corner is tasked with keeping up with him in man Ruggs will also attack the middle of the defense deep from the slot position often Pitts will spend his 3 Wide reps in line and chip on Von Miller slowing him down and then releasing as a clutch option for Burrow In 2 Tight Higbee will be the Miller chipper and Pitts will have route first focus Chase and Jones will run a wide array of routes against a patchwork secondary We will utilize the chemistry between Burrow and Chase to our advantage. Burrow has a 147.8 QBR when targeting Chase Chase will also get plenty of opportunities to take the top off the defense just like Ruggs except on the outside We will run both Chase and Ruggs deep on some plays opposite each other in the formation after Ruggs is motioned over to the opposite slot forcing single high coverage to choose between them or testing the range of two deep coverage working the sidelines while opening up everything underneath We will also mix in some switch patterns when the two are aligned on the same side If we are seeing heavy zone we will flood their zone concepts allowing Burrow to pick apart their defense targeting best matchups We will use Jones veteran route running savvy to work zones and get easy separation against man Taylor is our lead back once again and Pollard and Henderson will get a healthy share of the workload to give us a three headed monster and keep our backs fresh. We believe Pollard could be a starting back on many teams Zone running game, and we will incorporate some traps and counters to take advantage of the aggression of the Raleigh Edge rushers. We will use our RB to attack the flats and short zones, however we will use them as pass protectors or chippers before route release if we start to experience heavy blitzing as well as in 4 wide sets keying on Von Miller We will introduce some Vita Vea usage at FB this week on the goaline and take out Pitts from the 2 Tight when we do Defense: Nickel against 3 wide. 2-4-5 against 4 wide. 4-3 against 12 personnel and 2 RB/2 Wide formations. If 2 RB/3 Wide we will play our Nickel. Rotate our dline just enough to keep our starters fresh Against 4 or 5 Wide, Parsons will line up as LE with Okwara at RE. Budda moves to the enforcer position. Surtain moves to Star. Fulton moves outside to pair with Jaylon Johnson and CJ Gardner Johnson plays the nickel Against 2 TE or 2 RB Fulton is out, Baker at SS, Surtain outside and Cole Holcomb plays SLB to form a traditional 4-3 If Murray can’t go this week Holcomb replaces him as starting ILB and Jaylon Smith will play SLB in the 4-3 Parsons will often be sent on various blitzes from all over the front on clear passing downs out of the Nickel and 4-3 Play disciplined gap control football aware of the RPOs We will not play with a spy on Kyler so that on options and fakes he can’t unnecessarily pull us out of our gap responsibility We will play different zone coverages, so we have our players able to identify scrambling by Kyler. As we will have a flat defender on each side and a middle zone player in all zone coverages breaking the field in thirds to be able to come up and limit Kyler’s scrambling Again we will often have Parsons blitzing after Kyler, hunting him down anyway We will have our ends outside contain to bottle up outside run plays and push everything back inside as well to limit those outside rush opportunities. We have some great young talent at corner and all three starters are playing tremendous football right now. Raleigh has great weapons in the passing game but we like our matchups in zone coverage against them especially with the pressure we are able to generate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesPeteC Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Raleigh by a thousand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoundrel Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 12 minutes ago, EaglesPeteC said: Raleigh by a thousand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 This game comes down to defense imo and Raleigh will get more stops here. Raleigh by 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 I don't think Raleigh has anywhere close to the pass defense to hang around here. Murray is on fire to start the season but this is another one of the league's worst offensive lines and Anchorage has the talent to get after him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoundrel Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Blue said: I don't think Raleigh has anywhere close to the pass defense to hang around here. Murray is on fire to start the season but this is another one of the league's worst offensive lines and Anchorage has the talent to get after him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesPeteC Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Pickle Rick said: This game comes down to defense imo and Raleigh will get more stops here. Raleigh by 4 I knew I liked you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesPeteC Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 45 minutes ago, Blue said: I don't think Raleigh has anywhere close to the pass defense to hang around here. Murray is on fire to start the season but this is another one of the league's worst offensive lines and Anchorage has the talent to get after him. Judging by your Morgan Moses and Jordan Mailata opinions this must mean I have one of the league's best offensive lines..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 26 minutes ago, EaglesPeteC said: Judging by your Morgan Moses and Jordan Mailata opinions this must mean I have one of the league's best offensive lines..... Judging by how the voting has gone, I don't think anyone is looking at my line as the pinnacle of success either, bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilantZombie Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Offensively I see this as a shootout, defensively, Anchorage is just better. Especially in pass defense. I think despite a 15th ranked QB looking like a Top 10 ranked QB, it's not enough because Joe Burrow and company will dominate the Raleigh secondary here and that high end interior line of Anchorage will get to Murray often. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlash Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Chris Harris didn't play again this week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesPeteC Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jlash said: Chris Harris didn't play again this week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoundrel Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, Jlash said: Chris Harris didn't play again this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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