Eric Williams
NFL reporter
He St. Louis Battlehawks have a job to do.
Chief coach Anthony Becht said at the beginning of the year that he believed the Battlehawks built a list that could win 2025 UFL Championship game, which takes place on June 14 in front of their team’s fans in St. Louis.
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If the playoffs started today, Howver, the Battlehawks would be lost and they would be looking from home.
“We have a great game next week against a divisional opponent,” said Becht. “And I only ask everyone to bring a friend.”
The contest that Becht refers is the opening game of week 6, with the Battlehawks organizing the Arlington renegades At a XFL conference so important on Friday night (8 pm et in Fox and the Fox Sports application). It is a crucial confrontation, with both teams sitting in 3-2 in the season and fighting for second place in the playoffs in the division.
The Renegades won the previous head of head of the head of this year, a 30-15 victory in Arlington in week 4.
Otherwise, the Memphis Showboats (1-4) trip to face the Houston Roughnecks (2-3) On Saturday (noon et).
Closing the week, the Michigan Panthers (3-2) Organize the DC defenders (4-1) in Ford Field on Sunday (noon et), followed by the San Antonio Brahmas (1-4) Travel to face the Birmingham stallions (3-2) in Protective Stadium (4 pm et in Fox and the Fox Sports application).
Here is a closer look to five things to observe in week 6:
1. renegades CB Ajene Harris Lead the League in interceptions
One of the main reasons for Arlington’s continuous success in Defense this season is Harris’s acute game.
The product of the USC and the Los Angeles native have just obtained the honors of the Player of the week of the UFL week for the second consecutive week, ending with two selections and six tacle combined in a defeat for the late game against the defenders last week.
For five weeks, Harris leads the league in interceptions (three), pass ruptures (11) and forced loose balls (two).
“It’s continuous with great plays,” said Chief coach Bob Stops about Harris. “And he plays multiple positions … so he understands all positions. He is really a brilliant player, in addition to being a skilled player.”
2. RB Wes Hills Return to UFL with showbats
Memphis, one of the best spring football runners, brought Hills back to prop up the depth of the team in the corridor.
Williams finished with 277 yards by land and five touchdowns in eight panthers games in 2024. The previous year, Hills led the Legacy Usfl in hurrying with 679 yards and 10 touchdowns while playing for the current Memphis Noel Mazzone offensive coordinator as part of the now deceased organization of Breakers New Orleans.
The showBoats also activated the Daewood Davis receiver. An All-UFL selection in 2024 that ended with 41 receptions for 446 reception yards and five touchdowns, Davis signed with the NFL Carolina Panthers after the 2024 season of the UFL, but was released due to an injury.
The renegades also executed an exchange this week, sending the Jackson supporter to the Brahmas for the defensive wing Ikenna Oneechukwu.
3. Start QB work in San Antonio at play
Kellen Mouth could be holding a clipboard for the Brahmas when they travel to Birmingham this weekend.
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“I believe in the three quarters we have,” said Pardee. “I think everyone is very talented. Everyone has unique skills, so I feel very safe in the players we have in that room, but that will be some that we evaluate this week in practice.”
In five openings, the mouth has completed 56.8% of its passes for 597 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Guarantean ended 6 of 15 for 29 yards in its first action of the season last week.
4. Roughnecks Organize ShowBoats in Revancha
Houston defeated Memphis by a point, 18-17, on the road in the first victory of the season 3: the team of the season at the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. This week, the showbats receive an opportunity for revenge when they travel to face the Roughnecks in Houston.
Starting for the first time this season, Memphis QB Dresser won the offensive honors of the week for week 5, completing 17 or its 29 passes for 235 yards and a touchdown in a 24-20 extra time victory over Birmingham.
Winn has the opportunity to see if you can play efficient football for a second consecutive week against a Houston defense that keeps opponents at 14.3 points per game approximately three weeks, and the Roughneck is winning two of those.
On the other hand, Houston’s QB Jalan McClendon continues to play solid football. Since he assumed the holder of the team, he has completed 70% of his passes for 407 yards, without touchdowns and two interceptions. McClendon has also run for 34 yards and a score.
5. WR Panthers Samson Nacua Suspended a game for altercation with fan
The UFL announced this week that it delivered a suspension of a game without pay Nacua after an anti-food video that shows that it hit a Battlehawks fan in an altercation after the road game of week 5 of the Panthers in St. Louis.
Nacua, who agreed to participate in the community service, will miss the game outside this weekend against the defenders.
Nacua is the older brother of the Los Angeles Rams, Puka Nacua. His other brother, Kai Nacua, plays in the UFL as security for Michigan.
Eric D. Williams has reported on the NFL for more than a decade, covering the Los Angeles Rams for Sports Illustrated, the Los Angeles Chargers for ESPN and the Seattle Seahawks for the Tacoma News Tribune. Follow it in @Reric_d_williams.
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