accomplishing the first-ever shutout in the UFL\u2019s three-year existence 16-0<\/a>.<\/p>\nBecht has been lauding the team\u2019s defensive coordinator Donnie Abraham since the team broke camp, and it appears rightfully so. Led by Keshawn Banks and his four sacks, Orlando is allowing just 13 points per game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you have the ability to go play fast, you can think less and just can fly around, especially as a defensive front,\u201d Banks said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got some guys who intellectually have some high IQs when it comes to football, so they know when they can play fast \u2026 we definitely got some smart guys for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Abrahams, Bucs fans will remember, played nine seasons in the NFL, including six in Tampa.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe all know how hard it is, with the scoring and the different ways to score in our league, to shut a team out,\u201d Becht said. \u201cI can\u2019t be more happier for Donnie. He deserves all the praise. He deserves to have his week to shine. He\u2019s just a great communicator, and it\u2019s awesome to see.\u201d<\/p>\n
But then there is the offense. The Storm managed just two touchdowns last week. Becht hasn\u2019t spoken about urgency in the offense, and quarterback Jack Plummer has been impressive, passing for nearly 220 yards per game and completing 69% of his passes, with 7 TD passes.<\/p>\n
The running game, however, has only produced two touchdowns in four games, and leading rusher Jashaun Corbin is averaging just 52 yards per game.<\/p>\n
\u201cFolks know we want (to run the ball), and we have a plethora of backs to do that. We have to do it,\u201d Becht said. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna run the football, but the great part about it is that we\u2019re gonna pass it too, and we\u2019re pretty damn good at that, as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we are gonna run the football.\u201d<\/p>\n
Becht is inviting fans to come out and enjoy a Saturday filled with Orlando sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter four weeks and being on top of the UFL, I really hope people will give us a try. There\u2019s no reason why we can\u2019t get 15-20,000 fans at a game. Why not?\u201d Becht said. \u201c(After the Magic game at 1 p.m.), just walk on down the street, go grab a ticket and go have some fun for the rest of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n
In honor of the team\u2019s 4-0 record, this week the Storm is offering 40% off tickets and $4 beers between 6-7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Injury news<\/p>\n
DT Willie Yarbary (biceps) has been placed on IR. His roster spot will be filled by DT Amani Bledsoe, who was acquired in a trade with Birmingham this past weekend.<\/p>\n
Chris Hays can be found on X.com @OS_ChrisHays<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After four weeks of the UFL season, the Orlando Storm sit all alone in first place and head…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140,76046,110],"class_list":{"0":"post-244841","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-orlando","9":"tag-orlando-headlines","10":"tag-orlando-news","11":"tag-social-sports","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}