Turnovers, mistakes prove costly as Orlando Storm lose second straight game
Jack Plummer had his best passing game of the season and the Orlando Storm had every opportunity to take control of their game against the Birmingham Stallions at Inter&Co Stadium on Sunday night. But they didn’t. Mistakes spelled doom for the Storm.
Orlando turned the ball over three times — twice inside the red zone — and there were also untimely penalties and numerous missed tackles as Orlando lost for the second straight game 20-14. Orlando had an opportunity to make things interesting with 3:03 remaining and facing a 4th-and-2 situation at their own 48-yard line. Coach Anthony Becht, however, made the decision to punt the ball and hope his defense could hold and give the offense one more shot.
Birmingham, led by former Orlando quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, made enough plays to run out the clock and the Storm never got another chance. “I put my trust in the defense,” Becht said. “I wanted to see if my defense could hold true.
We punted, we had three timeouts left. … I don’t second-guess that move. We just needed to get a stop … we weren’t able to do that.
” The Storm also spotted a team a two-touchdown lead to open the game — Birmingham led 14-0 — for the second straight week, and again, they did not have enough to recover. “There is something about our team right now … that we’re not living up to the expectations that we need to be,” Becht said. “We’ve got a lot of good players, a lot of talented guys in that locker room, but right now we’re all taking turns with these mistakes.
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