Written option: With 7 weeks of games down, what sort of improvements/adjustments could your team be making in order to win across the rest of the stretch, or additionally what has been going right and what can you do to keep it going?
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As for what has gone right for my team, it is no secret right now that despite our underwhelming numbers on defense TPE wise, we’re actually one of the top teams defensively. It is apparently down to our defensive scheming, although I do not have access to that classified information and even if I had it I wouldn’t tell you. As for what has gone wrong… it starts with O and ends with ffense and I am not talking about Overtheffense. Everything has gone wrong offensively, as the passing game is atrocious, we do not currently have a reliable running game, the Oline gives out sacks like candy on Halloween, and overall our scheming is poor to say the least. We are still hoping the talent will eventually come through, but as of right now, the best we can do is change most if not everything about our offense while hoping the defence keeps bailing out the team with more amazing performances
With the first seven seasons of the season completed, Joey Battle and the Dallas Bird Dogs need to go back to the basics and play good unselfish solid defense.
THe team used defense to be the backbone of the team last season and even with a lot of changes, the team is slowly getting to where they were last year. The big hole this year has been on the line back spots with many graduating to the pro league. On ofense, the team needs to leverage more of the short passing game with our veteran receivers and rookie QB along with using our two-headed monster of RBs. The team will be looking to focus on the key strengths of the team rather than weaknesses as they prepare for the last stretch of the season and playoffs. Dallas is eager to show that their defense is still the toughest in the league and that they should not be easily messed with.
As we know, it hasn't been a great time for the Orange County Otters so far this season. Right now we are just 3-7 on the season 3 games back of the playoffs, with not much hope for the playoffs at this point in the season. Both the offense and the defense has had many struggles on the year. The defense is allowing too many points right now, at 27.1 points per game. Some improvement points for the defense are generating pressure since we only have 22 sacks on the season (2nd last in the league) and forcing turnovers since we only have 3 interceptions on the year tied for 12th in the league. On offense the biggest thing we need to work on is probably is running the ball more effectively, right now we have the 9th rated rush offense this year, while being incredibly pass heavy. If the offense had a bit more balance, we likely would be more effective with sustaining drives and our own defense more rest and not putting as much pressure on them each game. Regardless, let's get a good run going and finish the season strong!
Did you know that most dogs are colorblind? It's true! This is also true for the Colorado Yeti's most beloved dog and QB, Wolfie McDummy Jr. Sadly, this means he is exceptionally prone to throwing interceptions. In fact, despite our offense mostly improving across the board this season, McDummy Jr. has managed to throw 17 interceptions through 10 games, putting him on pace for 27 interceptions, which would be the most in the DDSPF21 era. A few players have thrown 26 in a season. It's not all on McDummy's shoulders, though! The Yeti, as a team, have as few as 7 turnovers all season, with a streak of about 6 games with 0 turnovers. It's been a real bummer to watch because I really have no clue how we're supposed to improve at winning the turnover battle. Our offense has been reasonably productive in getting yards, and our defense in particular has been keeping teams to very few yards, so hopefully the turnover luck will turn around next season. Overall, I'll try to look on the bright side and be optimistic that an anomaly of a down year will help us get a good draft pick in a draft I'm very excited about.
With 7 weeks down from a selfish perspective I would like to see the Yellowknife Wraiths give the ball to Money Tolliver more. The RB is starting to come to his own in the league and has shown that he is capable of taking on a larger bulk of the carries. Despite these thoughts, I do think the team is fine just the way we are, the reality of the state of the team is that we are not really contenders and instead a team looking to do a quick retool of sorts. The Wraiths have an aging player at the QB position and a backup RB in Akinfenwa who is starting to really show his age. The defense is very young with the departure of Tuba's former player they have a strong core of really young players. I think the time is starting to come around where the team can start to rely on Tolliver to carry them through this retool.
Now that we are over halfway through season 44, there's a bit of improvement with the Second Line in terms of a couple places. The biggest thing that's improved is that we have at least the foundation of a decent passing game. Our rookie QB, Speedings, is taking control of the offense and is steadily improving each and every game. Sure, he may have an ok ypa, but it's steadily increasing along with his completion percentage each game. The main factors that can be attributed to that are the emergence of playmakers on offense, namely, Kyle Crane, Hank Mardukas, and Thomas P. These young playmakers are carrying the offense along with Speedings and are growing as a unit together throughout the season. Currently, it doesn't look particularly efficient right now, but you can see the progression week by week as we manage to keep games close, especially against the Outlaws recently. Only a matter of time until we pop as a team fully!