Battlehawks Week 4 ReKAWp

SHOW NOTES

AJ McCarron

  • 20/27, 214 yards, 2 TDs, 1 Int

    • 1st half

      • 10/15, 99 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

    • 2nd half 

      • 10/12, 115 yards, 1 TD

        • Only 2 incompletions were PBUs

          • Second one was under pressure on an unblocked bootleg

  • Percentages:

    • 42% of yards and 34% of completions in Q4

  • Issues

    • Late throw

      • 1st drive, 3rd and 10, 10 play drive

        • Late to H. Butler

          • could‘ve got the 1st, 5 yard pass

    • Throws to Proehl

      • Underthrow?

        • 1st drive

          • Scramble drill

            • Proehl ran a funky route

      • Overthrow

        • Under pressure

          • No ass on the ball

        • Proehl is pretty well open

    • Weird read

      • Incomplete to Butler

        • Double coverage

        • Bobbled and dropped

  • Kudos

    • Run block

      • 1st drive

        • Hill 15 yard run

          • Hill bounced back

    • Understanding the offense

      • Constant comms with Line

      • Questioning lack of aggression

    • Intermediate to deep balls are great.

      • Right at the RZ

        • $

    • Great ball to Butler for TD

      • Threw a big man ball



Wide Receivers


  • Hakeem Butler

    • 5/6 for 52, Long 25, 1 TD

      • TD

        • DB’s head was at Butler's shoulder

          • Sonned him

      • No Call OPI

        • Q3, 3rd and 7, catch for 11

      • Screen


  • Darrius Shepherd

    • 8/8 for 91, Long 27, 1 TD

    • TD

      • 1-on-1

        • Burned his guy to get a zip code

    • Kick Return

      • Fighting hard for yards

    • Block for B. Hill TD

      • Took out a corner


  • Austin Proehl

    • 4/6 for 26, long 11

    • Scramble drill

      • Could’ve been a TD

    • Squirrely

      • Fast feet after catch

        • 6 yards in like 1 second

        • Explains some of his concentration drops

      • Jet Sweep for 10 yards in Q4

        • Get him in space

    • Ball security

      • 3 yard route

        • Ball hanging out


  • Jake Sutherland

    • Great route on a 1pt conv.

    • I am once again, asking for more TE throws


  • Steven Mitchell

    • 2/4 for 39, long 20

      • Sneaky good game

        • Open deep early, but great D

      • Found good spots on crossers

      • Stayed with AJ on Bootleg


Running backs


  • Brian Hill

    • Rushing 

      • 18 carries for 89 yards, Long 27, 1 TD

      • AVERAGING 4.9 Yards

    • Receiving

      • 1/2 for 6 yards

    • Bell rung on 1st drive

    • No answer

      • A lot of tackles backward

    • Lots of extra yardage

      • 2pt conv.


  • Mateo Durant

    • Rushing

      • 5 carries for 13 yards

    • Couple of hard runs to start off Shepherd scoring drive


  • Kareem Walker

    • 3 carries for 12 yards

      • Q4 before T.o.D

        • Got to 3rd and 1


  • Big differences between RB1 and RB2



Offensive Line


  • Alternating Good and Bad

  • No sacks

    • No longer the most sacked QB

  • 110 rushing yards

  • Lots of room to improve

    • End of Q1

      • 3rd and 2, Rush for -4 yards

        • B-B, Alexander double team a guy

          • Leaving DE unblocked

            • He didn’t make the play

        • Panasiuk goes to second level

        • Magwood and Gonzalez

          • Both whiff. 

            • Controllers turned off

  • Dallas Warmack came in

    • I want to say he’s better at LG,

      • Alexander is worse at LG

  • Q3 3rd and 11

    • Bootleg right

    • B-B got dominated

      • Most important block in the field

      • Flailing his arms like an idiot

  • Magwood and Gonzalez 

    • Great block on B. Hill TD


Offense as a Whole


  • Only 3 points off 4 turn overs

    • You can call it 3 turnovers

  • Great to see this kind of game

    • ToP

    • Able to hold on to leads

      • Running game is great for that

        • I didn’t have faith in O Line

  • Play Calling

    • Play Actions

      • Very effective

        • Mitchell Very open on first drive

        • Shepherd with 18 yards

          • LB shifted towards middle

            • Wide Open

    • Proehl is space

    • Butler Screen was a weird call

    • After T.O.

      • take shots

    • After AJ T.O

      • Have him throw again

        • Not a head case, but you still want that.

    • Runs on 1st downs?

      • Weird to say bc it worked

    • More TEs

  • 3rd down effeciency

    • 2/8 on the day

    • 15/45 on the season



Defensive Line


  • Thank god for these guys

    • Pressure was very effective

      • They started the pressure early

      • Then they kept on with pressure about halfway through

      • Then they ended the game with a lot of pressure


  • Elorm Lumor

    • No sacks

    • 2 or 3 hits on the Sloter

      • Presensce spooked him


  • Travis Feeney

    • Quiet last couple of weeks

    • 10 tackles this season

      • 2 TFL

      • Another Sack Fumble

        • Drive that looked to be good

          • Down 24-11

            • We’ve seen that comeback


  • Set up a big day for LBs


Linebackers


  • Willie Harvey

    • Open great open field tackle

      • One of the better tackles of the day

        • 4Q drive

  • Tre Watson

    • INT

      • Worst INT of the day

        • Tipped at the line

        • Tipped by receiver

  • Silas Kelly

    • INT

      • Second Best INT of the day

        • Throw away ball

          • Mahomes-esque


  • Lots of hits on the Sloter

    • I counted 4

      • Definitely affected him

      • Made him throw late in the pocket

      • Generally innacurate


Defensive backs


  • Got a lot of help from receivers

    • At least 4 drops in 1st half

      • All 10+ yards

  • Aggressive DBs

    • Good and bad

      • 4 near Interceptions

      • 3 interceptions

      • Sal Canella (TE)

        • 6 receptions

          • Seemed like every one was a 1st or got within 2 of sticks

      • 3 receivers with over average of 10 yards/catch

        • Vander Esch (2/5)

        • Vaughns (4/6)

        • Arconado (3/6) 


  • Hamilton

    • Breat PBU on a deep Vander Esch


  • Meador

    • INT

      • Best INT

        • 20 yard return

        • Sitting and waiting

          • Tells a alot about the defensive scheme

  • Lavert Hill

    • Needs to be more physical

      • Vander Esch 41 yard reception on scoring drive

      • Contested Catch

  • Hampton Exposed on Strip sack drive

    • Ball caught OB

      • Would’ve been in RZ

  • Love to see the prevent defense work

    • Great coverage on Silas Kelly interception


Defense as a whole


  • A lot of the same pass defense issues as last week

    • Last week Lucky Jackson was able to rip the corners to pieces

    • 3 guys were able to do it this week

  • Kep Sal Canella in check

    • Most TE receptions in the league

      • Kept him to 6.7 yards

  • Stopped the run

    • Probably went into the game with that plan

  • Great pressure

    • Reason for bad passes

  • Kept Sloter in check on his feet

    • 1 11 yard run

  • In need of a change for CB mindset


Ka KAW of the Week

  • Darius Shepherd

    • 8/8, average of 11.4 ypc, 1 TD


Uh UH of the Week

  • Bushell-Beatty

    • Back up LT did better than starting RT