(S19) - PT2 - Back to Reality

[ven_knight]

The first game of the season gave good hopes for the Outlaws chances, because it was a great performance against a division rival. That really made me think the team was poised for another great run and another opportunity to be on the Ultimus game. But after that hot result, things have unfolded the other way around with 4 losses in a row, which puts Arizona out of the playoffs at this moment. What has been really disappointing in this losing streak is the offensive performance. Lately, QB Reese has been throwing more passes to defensive backs than to his wide receivers, in fact he leads the league with 14 picks. At this point in his career, I’m convinced that Reese should be doing a bit better with ball security and quickly finding his receivers, of which I find Oles and Donut to be a great pair who can be trust in tough situations. But offense is not entirely to blame for the bad performances, defense has it share too. Here is where I talk about my player; CB Lucas Knight had a great game in week 1 with 5 tackles and 2 interceptions and since then he hasn't contributed as much as I would think he should. Another group that has been underperforming is the defensive line, which ranks in the bottom three of the league for sacks and had some trouble giving up big plays to running backs, like in the game against New Orleans. There's still time to catch up and what the team needs is to remain united, as well as hope for finding a good mix for game planning.

[AW13]

PBE PT AW13

[Sermokala]

Fabricio Baldari went into the second year of his career as hungry as he was in the first year, or at least that's what he told himself. He "was impossible to reach during the offseason" as he "spent his time in the wilderness traveling around". All this ment was that he was rusty coming into the first few games and his performance showed. His first game people were wondering if he was benched after all the drama due to how invisible he was on the field. Olines had been watching his tape and realized his TFL heavy game needed him to be able to break away from his blocker easily or he would be irrelevant, So they put two blockers on him and he became irrelevant. He saw that he was getting two blockers and simply set up further to the edge, But then they simply chipped him and ran in the wide open hole. A player who had thought himself the coming trench king found himself being taken behind the shed for a conversation with the boss. Baldari represents a very important role in the team, the tackles for the loss he provides puts serious pressure on the enemy offense to test the hawks incredible secondary. If Baldari continues to be a run liability and a pass nonfactor the Baltimore hawks must either fundamentally change their defense or part ways with him. From the future star of the defense to an asset to move for no benifit in one week.