Bull’s-eye squarely on Orlando Storm as UFL’s lone remaining unbeaten team

TL;DR

The Orlando Storm are the only unbeaten team in the UFL, currently holding a 4-0 record. Head coach Anthony Becht emphasizes the team's hard work and the challenges of maintaining focus as the hunted.

Key points

Orlando Storm is 4-0 in the UFL season
Anthony Becht is the head coach
The team is the only unbeaten team in the league
Players' hard work is key to their success
Challenges include maintaining focus and motivation

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After four weeks of the UFL season, the Orlando Storm sit all alone in first place and head coach Anthony Becht knows that his team has become the hunted a 4-0.

“We’re sitting on top of the league at 4-0, and we’re very appreciative of that,” Becht said. “It’s all because of the hard work of the players and they’re belief in buying in and executing in the biggest moments.

“Now, being the only team that is 4-0, the target becomes bigger … Can you stay in phase? Can you stay locked-in, and can you stay hungry for more?”

The Storm will put their unblemished record on the line Saturday when they return home to Inter&Co Stadium for a 7 p.m. date with the St. Louis Battlehawks (2-2). Becht came to Orlando after coaching for two seasons in St. Louis, and he knows the team will be gunning for him and the Storm.

“It means a lot to everybody in the building, and we want to continue to ride the Storm, for lack of a better word,” Becht said. “So we’re excited about our upcoming game. We’re playing against St. Louis, and we all know it’s where I’ve been and where I’ve coached.

“It’s my first time ever coaching against these guys, and I want it to be loud.”

Orlando Storm remain unbeaten with UFL’s first-ever shutout at Birmingham

The Storm are coming off an impressive defensive performance in their last victory over Birmingham, when they put up marks that may stand in team annals for a while. They allowed just 166 yards of total offense and only 36 yards on the ground in accomplishing the first-ever shutout in the UFL’s three-year existence 16-0.

Becht has been lauding the team’s 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.

“When you have the ability to go play fast, you can think less and just can fly around, especially as a defensive front,” Banks said. “We’ve got some guys who intellectually have some high IQs when it comes to football, so they know when they can play fast … we definitely got some smart guys for sure.”