(02-28-2020, 08:04 AM)Memento Mori Wrote:Enjoyed the read. One of the S22 rookies myself so I don't know all the ins-and-outs of how the sim works, forgive me if I say something dumb.

Is it possible that 20 per team is too little, and the NSFL should be trying to shift to a reality where it's not the case that you have roughly 6/11/1 players on offense, defense and special teams? Could some of the problems be solved by making the bot OL worse players, meaning that if you create an offensive lineman you have a clear pathway to starting in the NSFL sooner than any other position to a) encourage people to create OL b) compensate for it being less 'fun' and c) encourage teams to roster more players?

I'm also surprised to learn that more teams aren't carrying more skill position players, as this would increase the number of defenders that teams need. Why aren't teams rostering 5 WRs so that they can play empty, 5 WR sets and force the defense to play a dime package with 4 CBs? And some extra blocking TEs to play heavy sets and force the defense to stock up on LBs/run-stuffing strong safeties to counter this?

I get that in a sim league people are always going to want to aim higher than a situational role as a third down back etc. but I think there's ways to make the sim more interesting while accommodating more players, which seems like killing two birds with stone.

(02-28-2020, 12:24 PM)Memento Mori Wrote:Will group my replies to @Duilio05 and @37thchamber together.

Do you think there's potential for a small-scale version of what I suggested under the current league structure, or are there teams already using some of these concepts?

Could see a style of teambuilding like Baltimore or Tennessee in the NFL being successful - if everyone in the NSFL is playing nickel as their base defense, why not attract all the best run blockers to your team and play 2 TEs on every down?

The rest of the league then has to get bigger, or roster an extra LB to sub in for a DB in certain matchups. When the league gets heavier and base defense gets used more, someone starts playing spread offense with a back and 4 receivers. The league can either shift back the other way or start acquiring specialist players so they can adapt depending on matchup, etc.

These are pretty macro concepts and I'm aware the DDSPF game has some limitations, but it ties into expansion of the league. More teams is going to lead to more diversity in terms of roster building and ideas, and the more teams there are the more you can benefit from doing something different to the rest of the league.

(02-28-2020, 01:27 PM)RainDelay Wrote:I’m a little confused... why would the teams draft in S22 but not exist in S22? Why would players sit out a season?

(02-28-2020, 01:47 PM)SabaDonutMan Wrote:They send down the players who they draft. This gives them more time to plan, trade, etc...

(02-28-2020, 05:34 AM)AdamS Wrote:Expansion was decided on. We as a league would go from 8 to 10 teams. GMs were announced a month later on April 14th. One of them won an Ultimus. The other defends a state government who tried to steal a private business via passing illegal law giving it to themselves while also using state police to try to force the owners of said business to remain in the state before the blatantly illegible law was even passed. And his response will be that the team was able to get moving trucks there tog et them out really quickly and how shady that is.

(02-28-2020, 02:37 PM)Jiggly_333 Wrote:

I don't understand what this is about.