Austin Copperheads Review
So with ISFL S27 approaching and myself joining the team this year its time to analyse the Austin Copperheads and see how they performed over the season. Im going to analyse the statistics of the rushing, receiving, defending and offensive line work, this should help us see holes within the team and where some stand out performances have been.
Offence
So lets look at the rushing attack the Austin Copperheads put together. 3 players had substantial carries over the season, Quarterback Cole, along with Running Backs Watts and Jones.
The Team put up:
So if we look at player contributions:
We can see the no1 rusher in the side is Watts with 1138 yards. This was 2nd in the league behind Skyline from the Yellowknife Wraiths, as a team we ranked 4th (/14) in yards This is certainly an area to improve on for the Copperheads as they rushed for 14 TDs which ranked 11th(/14) in the league and is half the number of the 1st ranked side. This shows that the side may struggle to convert some of the short yardage in the redzone, or that the team may prefer to pass in these situations. Below we can see how each of the rushers contributed as a percentage of the teams contributions.
Player contributions:
2 of the Copperheads had over 1000 yards this season Jeeta and Videl-San, and interestingly in 3rd is the running back leader Watts who added 860 receiving yards to her 1138 rushing yards, coming an agonisingly 2 yards short of a 2000 yard season from scrimmage. Jeeta ranks 13th in the league in yardage, with Videl-San ranking 17th, and both ranked inside the top 10 for TDs. Sadly the total of 3845 yards is only enough for 10th (/14), and the number of TDs (28) is enough for 4th (/14) best.
There was a good spread of receptions to the top 5 receivers in the side with Vequain ranking 5th in receptions with 38 over the season, averaging just over 2 a game, but this works out to a 13% share of the ball. The top 2 receivers though did get the lionshare of the receiving TDs and this would suggest a reliance on them when in the redzone. This was reflected when we looked at the lack of rushing TDs compared to other sides.
With a good receiver corps. The QB is going to need good protection, and that is delivered as the side ranked tied for 2nd (/14) in sacks allowed with just 12 in the season this is despite the team not dealing out too many Pancakes (352) that ranked 14th and bottom of the league.
As we can see here Mckenzie was responsible for 50% of the sides sacks allowed this season with 6 coming through him, that ranked tied 4th in the league. Though at the same time he did deliver the most Pancakes in the side, though these were lower than many in the league.
So lets look at the Quarterbacks performance this season.
Cole ranked 10th in the league in yards, but was 4th in TDs, this continues the trend of a rushing attack that delivers the yardage but an eye for the receivers when in the redzone. A QB Rating of 89.9 is 3rd highest in the league. With Cole being on his way out at the copperheads he is being replaced by the Bondi Beach buccaneers Quarterback J. Daytona. Daytona was the DSFL yardage leader with 2686 yards and recorded 12 TDs to 15 INTs with a completion percentage of 55.7% in his final season. He does however have 44 TDs to 25 INTs over his 3 seasons in the DSFL. Austin will hope he can really help the side improve but he will have big shoes to fill as Cole had a very solid season.
Defence
So now lets look at the most important side of the ball Defence:
So the team this year ranked 12th in tackles for loss and 6th in sacks, these are both areas that the side is going to need to improve upon to get better defensive performances next season. One side the team worked well on this year is the league high 16 interceptions by the team this year. Though this didn’t lead to a single defensive touchdown, 1 of 3 teams in the league to get zero. The team also ranked 2nd bottom in forced fumbles. These statistics show a side that could do with improving along the defensive line in the coming season. Owen Isaac will be introduced into this unit at DT after winning DE of the Year in the DSFL last season. Hopefully this will help the side push on. So if we look at the stand out individuals on the defensive side:
We can see that 4 players, Mendoza, Alexander-Arnold, Bowie and Porter had 3+ interceptions on the season with Bowie leading with 5, this is enough to tie for 2nd in the league. With 4 players in the top 25 making this one of the better units in the league. Porter led the side with 12 Sacks, which is also enough to be the league leader, with the 2 DEs Egghands and Claxton each recording 9 sacks, this helped the side to 5th in the league sack counts. And adding the DSFL S25 sack leader and 2nd in TFLs to the front 4 should help the side improve upon these stats. With no safeties or TDs for the defence this is something the side could look to improve upon and make sure they are positioned to help out the offence with some points.
We will see how the coming season shapes up and if the side can improve upon these stats in the new season.
So with ISFL S27 approaching and myself joining the team this year its time to analyse the Austin Copperheads and see how they performed over the season. Im going to analyse the statistics of the rushing, receiving, defending and offensive line work, this should help us see holes within the team and where some stand out performances have been.
Offence
So lets look at the rushing attack the Austin Copperheads put together. 3 players had substantial carries over the season, Quarterback Cole, along with Running Backs Watts and Jones.
The Team put up:
G Att Yards Avg Lg TD
Austin Copperheads 16 564 2170 3.8 21 14
So if we look at player contributions:
Position G Att Yards Avg Lg TD
Watts ©, Z. RB 16 286 1138 4 17 10
Jones, K. RB 16 246 899 3.7 13 4
Cole, E. QB 16 22 85 3.9 21 0
We can see the no1 rusher in the side is Watts with 1138 yards. This was 2nd in the league behind Skyline from the Yellowknife Wraiths, as a team we ranked 4th (/14) in yards This is certainly an area to improve on for the Copperheads as they rushed for 14 TDs which ranked 11th(/14) in the league and is half the number of the 1st ranked side. This shows that the side may struggle to convert some of the short yardage in the redzone, or that the team may prefer to pass in these situations. Below we can see how each of the rushers contributed as a percentage of the teams contributions.
Position Att (% of team) Yards (% of team) TD (% of team)
Watts ©, Z. RB 51% 52% 71%
Jones, K. RB 44% 41% 29%
Cole, E. QB 4% 4% 0%
Kitchens, S. RB 2% 2% 0%
So if we now look at some of the receiving stats for the team: G No Yards Avg Lg TD
Austin Copperheads 16 292 3845 13.2 58 28
Player contributions:
Pos G No Yards Avg Lg TD
Jeeta, E. WR 16 70 1152 16.5 48 10
Videl-San, N. WR 16 68 1078 15.9 58 9
Watts ©, Z. RB 16 67 860 12.8 51 4
Vequain ®, F. WR 16 38 369 9.7 44 2
Jones, K. RB 16 43 326 7.6 30 3
2 of the Copperheads had over 1000 yards this season Jeeta and Videl-San, and interestingly in 3rd is the running back leader Watts who added 860 receiving yards to her 1138 rushing yards, coming an agonisingly 2 yards short of a 2000 yard season from scrimmage. Jeeta ranks 13th in the league in yardage, with Videl-San ranking 17th, and both ranked inside the top 10 for TDs. Sadly the total of 3845 yards is only enough for 10th (/14), and the number of TDs (28) is enough for 4th (/14) best.
Pos No Yards TD
Jeeta, E. WR 24% 30% 36%
Videl-San, N. WR 23% 28% 32%
Watts ©, Z. RB 23% 22% 14%
Vequain ®, F. WR 13% 10% 7%
Jones, K. RB 15% 8% 11%
There was a good spread of receptions to the top 5 receivers in the side with Vequain ranking 5th in receptions with 38 over the season, averaging just over 2 a game, but this works out to a 13% share of the ball. The top 2 receivers though did get the lionshare of the receiving TDs and this would suggest a reliance on them when in the redzone. This was reflected when we looked at the lack of rushing TDs compared to other sides.
With a good receiver corps. The QB is going to need good protection, and that is delivered as the side ranked tied for 2nd (/14) in sacks allowed with just 12 in the season this is despite the team not dealing out too many Pancakes (352) that ranked 14th and bottom of the league.
Pos G Pancakes Sacks Allowed
McKenzie ®, S. T 16 77 6
Quigley ®, C. T 16 73 1
Saurus, B. G 16 66 1
Saurus, S. G 16 51 0
Saurus, A. C 16 46 1
Jones, K. RB 16 23 2
Watts ©, Z. RB 16 15 1
Pos Pancakes Sacks
McKenzie ®, S. T 22% 50%
Quigley ®, C. T 21% 8%
Saurus, B. G 19% 8%
Saurus, S. G 14% 0%
Saurus, A. C 13% 8%
Jones, K. RB 7% 17%
Watts ©, Z. RB 4% 8%
As we can see here Mckenzie was responsible for 50% of the sides sacks allowed this season with 6 coming through him, that ranked tied 4th in the league. Though at the same time he did deliver the most Pancakes in the side, though these were lower than many in the league.
So lets look at the Quarterbacks performance this season.
Pos G Comp Att Yards Pct Lg TD Int Rating
Cole, E. QB 16 292 509 3845 57.4 58 28 12 89.9
Cole ranked 10th in the league in yards, but was 4th in TDs, this continues the trend of a rushing attack that delivers the yardage but an eye for the receivers when in the redzone. A QB Rating of 89.9 is 3rd highest in the league. With Cole being on his way out at the copperheads he is being replaced by the Bondi Beach buccaneers Quarterback J. Daytona. Daytona was the DSFL yardage leader with 2686 yards and recorded 12 TDs to 15 INTs with a completion percentage of 55.7% in his final season. He does however have 44 TDs to 25 INTs over his 3 seasons in the DSFL. Austin will hope he can really help the side improve but he will have big shoes to fill as Cole had a very solid season.
Defence
So now lets look at the most important side of the ball Defence:
G Tck TFL FF/FR Sck Int PD Sfty TD Blk P/XP/FG
Austin Copperheads 16 785 28 4/5 48 16 75 0 0 1/0/0
So the team this year ranked 12th in tackles for loss and 6th in sacks, these are both areas that the side is going to need to improve upon to get better defensive performances next season. One side the team worked well on this year is the league high 16 interceptions by the team this year. Though this didn’t lead to a single defensive touchdown, 1 of 3 teams in the league to get zero. The team also ranked 2nd bottom in forced fumbles. These statistics show a side that could do with improving along the defensive line in the coming season. Owen Isaac will be introduced into this unit at DT after winning DE of the Year in the DSFL last season. Hopefully this will help the side push on. So if we look at the stand out individuals on the defensive side:
Pos G Tck TFL FF/FR Sck Int PD
Mendoza, C. CB 16 113 3 0/0 1 3 19
Crooks, L. CB 16 62 0 0/0 0 1 12
Alexander-Arnold ®, B. CB 16 55 0 0/0 0 3 17
Egghands © DE 16 50 9 2/1 5 0 0
Claxton, S. DE 16 37 9 0/0 7 0 0
Keiki-Kane, M. DT 16 41 0 0/0 5 0 0
Montain, T. DT 16 31 2 0/0 2 0 0
MacGregor, G. FS 16 76 0 0/0 4 1 1
Bowie, M. FS 16 73 0 0/0 7 5 6
Thomaslacher, B. LB 16 132 3 1/1 4 0 2
Porter, G. LB 16 105 2 1/0 12 3 18
Edmond, H. LB 16 9 0 0/0 1 0 0
We can see that 4 players, Mendoza, Alexander-Arnold, Bowie and Porter had 3+ interceptions on the season with Bowie leading with 5, this is enough to tie for 2nd in the league. With 4 players in the top 25 making this one of the better units in the league. Porter led the side with 12 Sacks, which is also enough to be the league leader, with the 2 DEs Egghands and Claxton each recording 9 sacks, this helped the side to 5th in the league sack counts. And adding the DSFL S25 sack leader and 2nd in TFLs to the front 4 should help the side improve upon these stats. With no safeties or TDs for the defence this is something the side could look to improve upon and make sure they are positioned to help out the offence with some points.
We will see how the coming season shapes up and if the side can improve upon these stats in the new season.