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10 Man Ride: Archers Win Lottery

By Joe Keegan | February 11, 2021
PLL Analyst CLEAR! The ride is on. The Entry Draft lottery results are in. Here’s the order: Cannons LC Archers LC Redwoods LC Waterdogs LC Chrome LC Atlas LC Whipsnakes LC Chaos LC Don’t let the Whipsnakes’ dynasty-in-the-making fool you; every club is in the championship chase. Chaos was one quarter away. Redwoods were one…
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10 Man Ride: Let the Offseason Begin

By Joe Keegan | February 4, 2021
PLL Analyst CLEAR! The ride is on. The 2021 Drafts & Player Movement period has been outlined. Some key dates: February 9th: Waiver Wire and Trade Window Open February 28th: Protected Rosters Due March 11th: Cannons LC Expansion Draft March 25th: Entry Draft April 6th: College Draft For details on the college draft order, protected…
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10 Man Ride: Who Wants to Go Fast?

By Joe Keegan | January 28, 2021
PLL Analyst CLEAR! The ride is on. Games are won and lost in transition in the PLL. The 52-second shot clock and 100-yard field have led to some shifts in scheme over the past two years. Let’s look at 10 methods of creating (or preventing) transition that are trending in PLL right now. 1. Defensemen…
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10 Man Ride: #PLLTop50 Thoughts

By Joe Keegan | December 17, 2020
PLL Analyst CLEAR! The ride is on.  Huge news in the lacrosse world yesterday: The PLL announced a merger with MLL. PLL will expand to include the Boston Cannons as the league’s eighth team, under the rebranded name Cannons LC. The roster will be entirely selected through an Expansion Draft in 2021.  We have an…
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10 Man Ride: We Wrote a Book

By Joe Keegan | November 19, 2020
By PLL Analyst When the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, the PLL was forced to pivot. Instead of a second tour-based, summer-long season, plans were outlined for an isolated, three-week tournament. But big questions remained: How could everyone be in one place for an extended period of time? Could you make testing frequent…
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10 Man Ride: Where (and How) to Initiate Offense

By Joe Keegan | September 29, 2020
By PLL Analyst CLEAR! The ride is on. We’re discussing where offenses should initiate from, how offenses should initiate, some Celtics-Heat correlations to lacrosse, and more. Let’s go! 1. Where should offenses initiate from? At PLL Stats, we split all six-on-six initiations into four zones: up top, the righty wing, the lefty wing, and X….
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10 Man Ride: Run Outs, Play Action, and Wall Passes

By Joe Keegan | September 17, 2020
By PLL Analyst CLEAR! The ride is on. We’re talking about the All-Film Team, Ryder’s favorite film tapes, watching Mikey Diggs watching film – basically, a lot of film. Let’s go! 1. All-Film Team The second annual edition of the All-Film Team is live – comprised of 5,000+ words, 28 film clips, and quotes from…
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2020 All-Film Team

By Joe Keegan | September 15, 2020
By PLL Analyst Welcome to the second annual edition of the All-Film Team. A refresher if you missed the 2019 edition: These are players whose games you don’t fully appreciate until a second or third viewing of the game. They scrap. They set seals and cut hard. They might not fill up the box score…
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10 Man Ride: The Fullbacks of Lacrosse

By Joe Keegan | September 10, 2020
By PLL Analyst CLEAR! The ride is on. It’s football season. Today we’re reminiscing with some PLL players’ glory days clips, discussing “the fullbacks of lacrosse,” and more. Let’s go! 1. Football is back The NFL returns tonight at 8:20PM ET as the Kansas City Chiefs host the Houston Texans. I’ll be rooting for Bill…
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10 Man Ride: What if…?

By Joe Keegan | September 3, 2020
By PLL Analyst CLEAR! The ride is on. We’re covering your “what if?” suggestions, some NBA playoff correlations to our sport, an amazing Zed Williams feature, and a 2022 World Games update. Let’s go! 1. Crease Collapse of the Week  This is chess on a lacrosse field. Matt McMahon fills toward Matt Gaudet, so that…
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