{"id":264845,"date":"2026-05-09T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264845\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:00:08","slug":"orlando-storm-look-to-get-back-on-winning-track-at-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264845\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Storm look to get back on winning track at Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Orlando Storm (4-2) started out the season winning their first four games and were talking about going undefeated and thinking about the UFL playoffs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/05\/03\/turnovers-mistakes-prove-costly-as-orlando-storm-lose-second-straight-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Then they lost two straight games.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now the Storm are talking about getting things turned around and getting back on that positive path, but it\u2019s not all gloom and doom in the Storm locker room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to get back out there. The people on the outside might thing the sky is falling, but I see a much different outlook for our team with where we are and what we are doing,\u201d Storm coach Anthony Becht said this week. \u201cI have experienced two straight losses before. Last year (with St. Louis) we won six straight after that, so I think we\u2019re in the right mindset and we\u2019re excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/05\/03\/turnovers-mistakes-prove-costly-as-orlando-storm-lose-second-straight-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Turnovers, mistakes prove costly as Orlando Storm lose second straight game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Orlando is at Houston on Sunday and the Storm aren\u2019t reeling in desperation. They are certainly feeling concerned after two straight losses, games in which they let their opponents open with leads of 25-0 and 14-0.<\/p>\n<p>Becht remains positive. He isn\u2019t circling the wagons just yet. He has confidence in his football team. On Sunday against Birmingham, the Storm got another good passing performance from quarterback Jack Plummer, but three turnovers spoiled the day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Orlando Storm coach Anthony Becht will be looking for his team to bounce back from two straight losses on Sunday at Houston. (Chris Hays\/Orlando Sentinel)\" width=\"2469\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/anthony-becht4_32557a.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"15086178\" \/>Orlando Storm coach Anthony Becht will be looking for his team to bounce back from two straight losses on Sunday at Houston. (Chris Hays\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really feel good about what we were doing, offensively, on the field. We had three turnovers that, quite frankly, wrecked our opportunity,\u201d Storm coach Anthony Becht said. \u201cWe understand why we didn\u2019t score in the red zone twice because of those fumbles. I really thing they are random acts of God.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo of my best players fumbled the snaps. There\u2019s nothing really to coach there. I believe we get six points, worst case, if those two things don\u2019t happen. But it does cause you to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So the ship isn\u2019t sinking and Becht doesn\u2019t feel concerned about a need to plug holes. Plummer is coming off his best passing game of the season with 324 yards and two touchdowns and the defense only gave up six points after spotting Birmingham a 14-0 lead, so Becht is looking to build on the positive.<\/p>\n<p>Plummer is still completing 66% of his passes and he has thrown just one interception in six games, 187 pass attempts. Plummer just looking to keep things moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust don\u2019t panic. We\u2019re fine. We\u2019re playing well. We just gotta eliminate the bad plays,\u201d Plummer said. \u201cWe just gotta sustain the course and keep going about our process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Overcoming those mistakes will be the key.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe real thing is to look at the positives. You can beat yourself up about the turnovers and that does have to be fixed and addressed, but we did a lot of really good things so let\u2019s keep doing that,\u201d Plummer said. \u201cYou walk out of that game (vs. Birmingham) where it feels kind of weird because we were able to move the ball really well, but we fumbled the ball three times.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/05\/04\/pictures-birmingham-stallions-vs-orlando-storm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pictures: Birmingham Stallions vs. Orlando Storm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the game of football. If you lose the turnover battle, especially by 3, you\u2019re looking at a loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the playoff discussion, Orlando still believes it is in the conversation, but it\u2019s time to start showing it on the field again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re, if not the best, one of the best teams in the league, but we have to go out there and show it every week,\u201d Becht said. \u201cThere is no reason why this team in not a playoff-caliber, championship team. But, ultimately, \u2026 you gotta go do it and take it. I expect this team to bounce back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re teetering on being a really great team or being a real, like, this is kinda what we are and every week it\u2019s gonna be the same thing. We\u2019re gonna look really good but then we\u2019re gonna shoot ourselves in the foot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Orlando has four games left and\u00a0 is on the road for two straight games \u2014 at Houston and at Dallas \u2014 and then back home against D.C. on May 22. The Storm finishes on the road in a back-to-back at D.C. to end the season.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Hays can be found on X.com <a href=\"http:\/\/x.com\/os_chrishays\" rel=\"nofollow\">@OS_ChrisHays<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Orlando Storm (4-2) started out the season winning their first four games and were talking about going&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140,76046,110],"class_list":["post-264845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-social-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264845","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=264845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}