Brainerd @ Rhea

[Tynerfan99]

Congrats to Brainerd on a big win. It does not ease the pain of our lose to them, but still very impressive. I cant wait for the Brainerd > Red Bank game.

[oledog81]

No dog in this race but my god. Out coached, out played and fumbles. Cant do that. If you cant hold on to the ball, find someone who can. Passing game looked worse than first game. 3 man front needs to go. Coaches made no adjustments to contain the guys. Have more to say but rather not. Hope the guys get ready for next week. Maybe they can come back after this and win.

[Rhea Co.]

No dog in this race but my god. Out coached, out played and fumbles. Cant do that. If you cant hold on to the ball, find someone who can. Passing game looked worse than first game. 3 man front needs to go. Coaches made no adjustments to contain the guys. Have more to say but rather not. Hope the guys get ready for next week. Maybe they can come back after this and win.

 

 

I agree with some of that but defensive sceme is good. Brainerd said that it was payback time before the game and they provided that. Last night Brainerd just figured out how to avoid the blitz. They would delay the hand off and as soon as the linebackers came through on the blitz the 2 great running backs would go right through were the linebacker was. I stated it earlier in the week they need to contain and we just didn't have the speed to match brainerd and contain them. We didn't tackle well at all and Brainerd's players were so good at breaking tackles it was almost unbelievable. They also took advantage of the size difference between Harris 6'3 and Hackler 5'6. Speed simply won over last night. Brainerd maybe the fastest team per position than any team in the state. They by far have the best receiving group in chattanooga. The fumbles killed us the first 3 fumbles brainerd turned into 22 points. Chris and Julian both had bad nights thanks in a large part to Brainerds lighting fast and physical defense. Swafford did have a bad night but that was the first time all year that they tried to throw the ball down field and not the short and middle routes that Rhea normally runs. Brainerd is for real the wins over Cleveland, Tyner, and now us, are legit. Watch out Red Bank and anybody else that will see Brainerd. They are loaded and not afraid to use every player on that 39 man roster. They maybe better than Maryville right now. But Brainerd has to stop committing so many penalities they had 17 fouls for 135 yards last night.

 

I know there is alot of mad and frustrated players in Rhea County right now. Hopefully that translates into more intensity on the pratice field and the game next week. Because they lacked intensity last night. I will say even though the score didn't reflect it Rhea still had 400 yards in offense so they can move the ball they just couldn't finish the drives and not fumble. Now that that is off my mind time to focus on a really good McMinn who runs the same style offense as Brainerd but they are no were near as fast as Brainerd.