BDL 2023 Week 7: Rome Eternals @ Greenland Polar Bears

[MD4L]

BDL 2023 Week 7

Match:  Rome Eternals @ Greenland Polar Bears

Away Owner:  @bcb1213

Home Owner:  @Pickle Rick

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[MD4L]

ROME

QB Justin Herbert

RB D’Andre Swift 

WR Keenan Allen

WR Jaylen Waddle 

WR Amari Cooper 

TE Luke Musgrave 

LT Tyron Smith 

LG O'Cyrus Torrence 

C Ethan Pocic 

RG Chris Lindstrom

RT Rob Havenstein

 

RB Alvin Kamara 

TE Dalton Kincaid 

RB Jerome Ford 

TE Cade Otton 

WR Robert Woods 

WR Jonathan Mingo

OG  Laken Tomlinson 

OT Bernhard Raimann 

 

Edge Jaelan Phillips 

NT Andrew Billings 

UT Denico Autry 

Edge Shaq Barrett 

LB Foye Oluokon 

LB Nick Bolton 

CB Marlon Humphrey 

CB.Jamel Dean 

CB Da'ron Bland 

S  Grant Delpit 

S Andre Cisco 

 

Edge George Karlaftis 

Edge Bryce Huff 

INT Dalvin Tomlinson 

INT Quinton Jefferson

LB Jordan Hicks 

CB Michael Carter II

CB Patrick Peterson 

DB Kyle Hamilton


GREENLAND

QB: Tua Tagovailoa 

RB1: Saquon Barkley 

 

WR1: Stefon Diggs

WR2: Ceedee Lamb 

WR3: Chris Godwin 

TE1: Cole Kmet 

 

LT: Rashawn Slater 

LG: Trey Smith 

😄 Tyler Biadasz 

RG: Aaron Banks 

RT: Christian Darrisaw 

 

Bench

RB2: Cam Akers

WR4: Christian Watson

WR5: Van Jefferson

WR6: Odell Beckham Jr 

QB2: Kenny Pickett 

Backup OLine: Spencer Brown

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LE: Deforest Buckner 

NT: Jordan Elliott 

RE: Bryan Bresee

 

SOLB1: Joey Bosa

ILB1: Roquan Smith 

ILB2: TJ Edwards

WOLB1: Harold Landry

 

CB1: Marshon Lattimore 

CB2: Riq Woolen 

 

SS1: Justin Simmons

FS1: Jordan Poyer

 

Backup

DL1: Gervon Dexter Sr. 

OLB3: Travon Walker 

CB3: Joey Porter Jr. 

CB4: Emmanuel Forbes 

LB4: Jack Campbell 

LB5: Drew Sanders

S3: Quandre Diggs

S4: Jamal Adams

Edited October 22, 2023 by MD4L

[MD4L]

ROME

Offense
Formations /Approach 

Formations /Approach 

This week, again, we want to pound the rock up the middle again behind our line against a hobbled lb group and limited size DL group.  We will use three wr as a base but will also be incorporate some  twin TE looks, 4 wr looks as well as some jumbo three TE looks   We also want to incorporate some two RB one TE, two wr looks to attack the lb 

Up Front /the running game

Greenland brings in a solid outside rush with a good duo of edges  The DT spot is a dumpster fire however so we plan on being able to bulldoze inside behind our road grading interior and let either of the guards take on that second Tyron has been his usual dependable self when in the lineup We'll have a chip ready to help Havenstein if we feel he needs it.   We are going to run a lot inside today but we'll also run some counters off of it to get an advantage over an over pursuant defense. Putting Kamara, out of two RB looks, in motion out should lighten the box or allow for a quick RPO hit to him outside if we can get Ivan pace on him whose an edge rusher .  We also have no problem going into heavy formations and running right up the gut with Otton leading the way for Swift.   As an added running game wrinkle, we have a couple QB draws out of empty sets ready against a zone heavy defense with retreating LB.   We are going to use all types of runs here, zones, power os, dives, and off tackles. We trust the offensive line and Swift and Kamara to get some nice gains for us.   We are going to run more out of the pistol than normal to get Herbert out of taking the snap directly under center 

The passing game 

This week our offense is going to run through a lot of play action with some roll outs added in to get Herbert on the move.  We want to stretch the field with Waddle off of these looks as well as hit Allen on chain moving patterns underneath.  Musgrave will be a large part of the passing scheme as well as the RB. Musgrave serves as a dependable security blanket if everything breaks down.   

We as always will have our zone buster flood plays and rb screens. The two TE looks also allow for opposite seams routes to put a deep middle safety in peril 

In longer downs we have dependable vets Cooper and Woods who know how to get to the sticks and beat their coverage in either man or zone   In four wide we plan to attack Emmanuel Forbes every chance we get as he's been a human turnstile at corner 

The QB 

Justin Herbert has been outstanding this year and we are going to lean on him this week to make the right reads.  We obviously have a way better line than he has in real life life and when given time this year, his rocket arm has been deadly 

 

Defense 

Greenland loves its quick hitting routes so we are using a bunch of press coverage this week with a cover one robber look behind it. When we zone we are gonna cover two and take out the short and intermediate parts of the field    Expect a 70-30 zone to man look this week.  If Greenland decides to stick with Akers, that will prob remain. We will play a bit more man with Saquon as it gets us and extra safety in the box in Delpit 

Up front 

Autry and Karlaftis get short yardage down work at edge with Tomlinson playing inside.   Jefferson comes on for billings in obvious passing downs.  Van grinkel serves as depth at edge 

Back 7 

Humphrey gets Diggs while Dean Godwin Bland gets Lamb  Bolton has the TE while Foye gets the RB.  Hicks gets any TE two coming on for Bland.  In the cover one, Cisco is high with Delpit underneath.  We occasionally will put Hamilton in for Bland in a big nickel look for his blitzing capabilities without losing much in zone looks. Hamilton three safety nickel will always be zone so we won't overuse it.   

GREENLAND

Offensive Formations: 5 wide (4WR, 1 TE) 50%, 3 WR/1RB/1TE 40%, 5 wide (5 WR) 10% 

 

Offensive Tempo: Slow as possible 

Designed Playcall Distribution: 50% pass, 40% run, 10% screens and quick outs

Plan: we want to spread out wide, stacked outside the numbers on both sides of the line of scrimmage.  This will allow quick passes, outs and slants coming back to the middle to work great in man coverage.  While if in zone we have the numbers on the overloaded side and can find the gaps.  Plenty of motion and quick out passes will complement the running game.

Slow mesh run style this week with Akers.  We also want to run Watson in more end arounds, WR screens, and touch passes 

First series of the game: we want to establish the pass and the middle of the field 

 

Defense Base Formation: 3-4 zone run blitz

Run Defense:  We feel that this game could ultimately be decided by how well they can run the ball.  We will be loading the box heavy on run downs.  We want our lineman to push upfield as much as possible to disrupt plays in the backfield and trust our LB core to clean up things at the line of scrimmage.  We will be slanting heavily into the strong side and trying to shoot the gaps when we do and get up field to blow plays up in the back field.

Pass defense: we want to blanket the field by using a heavy amount of zone blitzing.  We will switch into various zone coverages out of our 3-4 base to try and keep the pressure on whoever they run at QB and make him 1) uncomfortable in the pocket and 2) not know who is blitzing or where and what type of zone we are running. We feel that his brain will be more focused on not getting popped that he will miss identify zone schemes and we can get some turnovers.  This will also take away the deep ball and big plays from his stars and force things underneath and right into the teeth of our zone 

Within our zone looks we want to bring a decent amount of blitzes from all over the field and to keep their QB uncomfortable in the pocket 

Defensive rotation and formations notes:  we have DT, edge, LB, and DB depth to rotate in and keep everyone well rested.  Walker will be all over the field trying to cause havoc and look to utilize his big play abilities in the backfield.  As for formations, even though our base and dominant formation will be 3-4 we do want to sprinkle in some 4-3 and Nickle formations when possible on more clear passing downs 

Edited October 22, 2023 by MD4L

[Scoundrel]

Have to go Rome. Not mentioning Barkley in the plan but having him in the lineup speaks to the most recycling of the same plan. Empty set 50% of the game is going to result in a skewed time of possession in Rome’s favor. The plan again talks about Walker’s big play ability but I haven’t seen what that is much this season as he barely won a pass rush rep against a backup T against the Saints while his partner in Josh Allen draws heavier attention… that is concerning. A lot of talent here in Greenland but the tank is clearly on so Rome walks away with this one to remain undefeated. 

[Whicker]

Rome is one of the top teams in BDL for a reason and they continue to show that this week 

[RuskieTitan]

Rome is able to win with their defense prepared against Greenland.

[Ragnarok]

I think if I had a more comprehensive idea of how Greenland was going to attack the Rome defense, which is starting to get banged up, I might go them. 

I also think Greenland should look at personnel tweaks.  Flip their OL(swap LT and RT/LG and RG), use a nickel base, reassess front 7, etc.

I'm wanting for more info