Kirtland isn’t fancy. They basically line up in a modified 8 man line and sweep right, sweep left, trap right, trap left. Only throw when they need to or on second and short figuring you won’t stop them on third down. Their backs are quick, one was on the smaller side, but very shifty and at times you lose him behind guys and he pops out or cuts back.
The other back was more of a physical runner and had decent speed. They just line up and say try and stop us and eventually wear you down.
I would be tempted as a D coordinator to stack the box and blitz linebackers trying to disrupt things. Even bring my corners up occasionally to blitz them. Obviously you have to be careful, but I would threaten them to throw. You have to have the horses to do this. Offensively I think you could throw short on them because they play off your WR’s quite a bit. Take what they give you and then hit them long if they cheat up on the short routes.
Overall I was impressed with the Hornets. They are very good at what they do and don’t beat themselves with mistakes and turnovers. I would like to see how they would adjust to a team shutting down their run. Tall order, but it would be interesting.