Paint Branch (Burtonsville, MD)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Panthers Colors: Maroon/Gold Coach: Mike Nesmith League: Montgomery County 4A - East Playoff Division: 4A Playoff Division Rank: #22 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2010 JV Record: 4-5 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS David Smith 6'1" 225 Senior QB 5.00 William Smith 6'1" 275 Senior C/DT 5.40 Bene't Willis 5'8" 175 Senior RB/LB 4.50 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: QB, OL Size Team Weaknesses: WR, Secondary RATINGS 2010 Final Power Rating: 11.5 2010 National Rank: #5076 2010 State Rank: #77 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3 2011 Starting Power Rating: 10.7 2011 National Rank: #4864 2011 State Rank: #77 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 16.3 Dynasty National Rank: #3399 2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 4.3 Dynasty Record: 33-19 (18-10 in league) HISTORICAL 2010 Overall Record: 6-4 2010 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd) 2010 Points For Average: 29.4 2010 Points Against Average: 20.3 2010 Differential: +9.1 2010 Wins: #5904 Clarksburg (27-20), #8116 Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring) (25-20), #8564 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (40-14), #9208 Wootton [Thomas S.] (Rockville) (48-24), #10998 Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (35-7), #12623 Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (34-7) 2010 Losses: #1528 Gaithersburg (20-15), #1706 Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (35-19), #5037 Springbrook (Silver Spring) (34-33), #6671 Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda) (22-18) 2010 Opponents W-L: 49-57 Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 1 Streak List: 9/2/11 Rockville (39-6) SCHEDULE 2011 Schedule: 9/2 at Rockville, 9/9 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville), 9/17 Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg), 9/23 at Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring), 9/30 at Springbrook (Silver Spring), 10/6 Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda), 10/14 at Einstein [Albert] (Kensington), 10/20 Sherwood (Sandy Spring), 10/28 Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring), 11/4 at Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda) Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (25.7), Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (22.5), Springbrook (Silver Spring) (12.9) Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (-14.2), Einstein [Albert] (Kensington) (-3.8), Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring) (-0.2) 2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.2 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.9 2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.7 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #92 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5954 2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3 2011 Projected League Finish: 4th 2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% Opener: 9/2 at Rockville [projection: 34-26 win]