BDL 2022 Week 6 - Cuba Smugglers @ Berlin Blitzkrieg

[Blue]

Berlin's defense was incredible this week up front, and I have to believe that translates here against Brady, who has not been playing at an especially high level this season even when his weapons are healthy (only one multi-touchdown game, when he was trailing by double-digits all game). Cuba certainly has great weapons, but I don't think Brady gets the protection he needs to take advantage of the cornerback group. I think Berlin gets their first second win here.

Edited October 19, 2022 by Blue

[bcb1213]

Cuba's plan on focusing on stopping Q Williams definitely is a plus this week seeing what he did, albeit against some lackluster guards.  I think both teams have the right idea offensively and while it's hard to play a ton of zone against veteran QB, I don't think either of these Corner groups can hold up against the opposition.  This is essentially a fun game that goes to the home team

 

Berlin 27-24

[Pickle Rick]

Berlin, Brady playing too much like a 50 year old lately to do much with that gameplan 

[Jlash]

On 10/16/2022 at 1:11 PM, RedGold said:

We’ll have a time when Berlin aims to prepare accordingly and in those plays we’ll put some shadow responsibility

@MD4L I'm doing my best to understand what this means but I feel like I'm having a stroke reading this over and over. 

Sorry for the questions two days in a row but I read everyones game plans in pieces.

[MD4L]

3 minutes ago, Jlash said:

@MD4L I'm doing my best to understand what this means but I feel like I'm having a stroke reading this over and over. 

Sorry for the questions two days in a row but I read everyones game plans in pieces.

When Berlin sees us commit to playing man coverage, we will counter whatever they do by having the Aiyuk-Moore, Wilson-Griffin, London-Douglas matchups instead of sides. 

[Jlash]

I actually do think Cuba will have a little more time than Brady has IRL to get the ball to his playmakers today.  I think he's got an advantage in that phase of the game, and I think his defensive line is being overlooked in the contest as well.

[rackcs]

I think this is going to be a bit of an ugly game with both QBs having their struggles against the opposing defenses. At the end of the day though I do trust Brady to make that play when needed more often than not and I think he makes the difference in a close one.

[RuskieTitan]

Cuba

[Scoundrel]

This was the toughest match of the week for me. I think there were some questionable decisions by Cuba. I liked the use of Jefferson and Williams stacked on the same side with Jefferson in the slot. I don’t know if I read this correctly as actually avoiding Stokes? If so not sure why with Jefferson. I think Matt Ryan has a great week and that keeps this close with Berlins game planning. But one great week is one great week. Berlin when they get whatever top rookie next year or whoever they get or if Malik develops I think they can do more with the actual game plan. This was a good gameplan and the middle of their defense would create some problems. I liked the play action use for Ryan I just don’t see the execution as enough to beat Cuba this week.