The Baltimore Hawks have jumped out to first place in the NSFC after the first 5 weeks. Similar to last season, the Hawks seem to be one of the top teams in a relatively weak conference. The strength for the Hawks has once again been their run defense. Allowing only 50 yards per game (25 yards better than the second place Orange County Otters), teams facing the Hawks are forced into a one dimensional attack.
This feels all to familiar to last season when Baltimore started out strong put sputtered down the stretch and lost their first playoff game. The schedule for the Hawks is even fitting into this narrative. 5 of their first 7 games are at home while 4 of their last 5 are on the road. In order to make this year different, the Hawks will need to work on putting the ball in the end zone. Too often drives are coming up short and the Hawks are settling for a field goal. On the season, Baltimore has 13 touchdowns to 16 field goals with half of those field goals coming from under 30 yards. Leaving a lot of points on the board won't cut it when the Hawks face some of their tougher competition in the games ahead and into the playoffs.
This feels all to familiar to last season when Baltimore started out strong put sputtered down the stretch and lost their first playoff game. The schedule for the Hawks is even fitting into this narrative. 5 of their first 7 games are at home while 4 of their last 5 are on the road. In order to make this year different, the Hawks will need to work on putting the ball in the end zone. Too often drives are coming up short and the Hawks are settling for a field goal. On the season, Baltimore has 13 touchdowns to 16 field goals with half of those field goals coming from under 30 yards. Leaving a lot of points on the board won't cut it when the Hawks face some of their tougher competition in the games ahead and into the playoffs.
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