How Do You Stop Bunnell's Offense?

The simple answer: You don't. You can only hope to slow it down.

Yesterday is the second time I got to see the Bulldogs this season. Third if you count the scrimmage against Trumbull. And to be honest, I think their offense is the toughest in the state to stop right now.

Yes, yesterday Newtown stopped Bunnell on a goal-line stand, and on Bunnell's first possession of the game. But no one is consistently keeping the Bulldogs out of the end zone.

Michael Easley and Mark Harrison are big, physical bookends, and you can't double cover both. If you do, QB Chris Sloat is going to take off and run, or hand the ball to Mario Guerrero or Oliver Aurelia and have them smash the ball up the middle. And of course, if you stack eight in the box to stop the run, you leave Sloat's weapons wide open.

Maybe it won't look as easy when Bunnell plays for the SWC championship, or Stratford, or in the Class L playoffs ...