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(S11) - PT 2 - Breakout Player - 37thchamber - 10-27-2018

Let's talk about the Applehort Line. You know, the measure that says if your starting quarterback is better than Ryan Applehort, they're franchise quarterback material, but otherwise, you should probably upgrade as soon as possible. Where am I going with this, you might ask? Well, Applehort's gradual improvements may have gone unnoticed in his time at Colorado -- for a multitude of reasons, it must be said -- but the man who has gone from finishing literally last in every meaningful measure of a quarterback's performance in his debut season, to helming the reigning champion (and arguably league's best) offense might not be the best measuring stick these days.

Yes, I'm saying Ryan Applehort is going to truly break out this season. Take a look at his supporting cast: an elite running back in Owen Taylor to help keep defences honest and open up the pass; superb blocking from a strong offensive line and the criminally underrated Declan Harp at tight end/full back; and a host of reliable weapons including a top five wide receiver, a top two tight end, and arguably the best young receiver in the league. If Applehort doesn't end this season as a top two quarterback, someone fucked up, frankly.


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(S11) - PT 2 - Breakout Player - ztevans - 10-27-2018

Chad Pennington has been off to an impressive hot start in Season 11 for the Yellowknife Wraiths. Already one of the top tacklers in the league, Pennington has rounded out his defensive game to be a true threat in every phase of the defense, and the stats through four games reflect that.

Everybody knows about Pennington’s ability to tackle at the second level of the defense. He was third in tackles last season (121), and surprisingly wasn’t even the leading tackler on Yellowknife. Some new blood, such as Arizona rookie Alexander Selich, has moved Pennington down the tackle leaderboard, but he remains second at Yellowknife with 26 tackles in four games.

However, other areas of Pennington’s defense have vastly improved. Pennington is tied for the league league with five sacks, as he’s putting more pressure on quarterbacks. Pennington is also tied for fifth in the NSFL with seven passes defended, representing improved play as a coverage linebacker.

That well-rounded defense was pivotal for Yellowknife in their first win of the season, a 41-31 win over the New Orleans Second Line. Snapping a two-game skid to open the season against the defending ASFC champions, Pennington had seven tackles, a sack, and two passes deflected.



(S11) - PT 2 - Breakout Player - maxcrazy - 10-27-2018

Steven Moore is going to be the jump to stardom. He is starting his second season in Mexico with Lucha and is continually updating and getting himself better as he works towards heading back north to the Desert and working with the Outlaws. He makes sure not to miss any training and works with his coaches. He has shown a lot of promise and skill and he hopes to capitalize on it and become even better as he finishes his stent in DSFL. He already shows a tremendous amount of promise and is easily one of the best Tight Ends in the DSFL and he hopes when he finally arrives in the bigs. Steven Moore is really pushing people to see why he deserves to be here and wants the General Managers who passed on regret passing on him. That's why Steven Moore will make a huge push into stardom, because he has a ton to prove and he's working his butt off to prove to everyone, and especially the haters that he will be a Hall Of Famer one day. He'll be a star sooner then most people think, and he can't wait for the day it happens finally.


(S11) - PT 2 - Breakout Player - LGMForever - 10-27-2018

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(S11) - PT 2 - Breakout Player - Tinkler - 10-27-2018

Antonio Summer is the player to watch this season in the NSFL and will have a huge rookie campaign. The young running back is being called the next Owen Taylor all around the league, and is quickly becoming one of the most successful duel receiving and running threats the league has seen in a long time. His ability to be a solid catcher while also being incredibly fast is what is getting him a lot of recognition so far this season, and he's already sitting at the top of the charts for receiving yards of all positions, let alone at running back where he is currently blowing Owen Taylor out of the water. The young stud got has start with the MUCC Wings before moving on to the Portland Pythons where he had an incredible rookie campaign as a primary speed back before notifiying his NSFL GM that he wanted to integrate catching a lot more into his game. Since then Summer has been named the number one offensive rookie this season and will look to try and break records at both passing yards and receiving yards during his career, truly naming him as one of the best player to ever pick up a football.


(S11) - PT 2 - Breakout Player - CDub2 - 10-27-2018

Well, probably for the 6th straight season, I'm expecting Cameron Taylor to be a breakout player. Now to be fair, in S8, Cameron was very good. He was 2nd or 3rd in the league for sacks, had a couple picks, had a defensive touchdown, it was all looking up as Taylor was entering his prime. Sadly, S5, S6, S7, S9, and S10 were all pretty bad. One pick here and there, 4 or 5 tackles per game, it's all pretty disappointing (to be honest, I thought having a 1000 TPE player would have been much more dominant stat wise). Look at the other safeties in the league, they are forcing fumbles, getting sacks, picking the ball off about 4 or 5 times per season, and overall making a much larger impact. These other safeties are at about 400-800 TPE. Cameron has surpassed 1000 TPE for a while now, and he's probably one of the least impactful safety statistically. Now you could argue that he's so good that QBs don't throw his way, which may be true, but there should still be some stats accumulated when Taylor is that much better than the rest of the league. Last season, Cameron barely met his milestones. That's embarrassing.

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(S11) - PT 2 - Breakout Player - Moosecop - 10-27-2018

Completely unbiased opinions incoming, I swear. If you had asked me this last season, I'd have picked my teammate, wide receiver Viggo Squanch, and I would have been right because he went on to win last season's Breakout Player award. But this season I'm going to go with another receiving threat from Arizona: Balthazar Crindy. This guy has been a middle to bottom of the pack tight end in terms of receiving so far his entire career since being drafted in Season 8 but he's finally managed to put it all together in a perfect storm of breakout-ness. In his rookie year he wasn't talented enough for veteran QB Bronko to carry him, and the past 2 years he's been stuck with the incredibly promising but still young Kevin Fitzpatrick. This year he's managed to develop the skills needed to be a great receiving tight end while having a vastly improved offense around him altogether and a quarterback that might be ready to make the jump to show what he can really do. With Crindy finally developing the combination of hands, speed, strength, and quickness that strikes fear into the hearts of any linebacker or safety that needs to man cover him, don't be surprised to see this guy get some votes for Tight End of the Year when the season is all said and done.


(S11) - PT 2 - Breakout Player - manicmav36 - 10-27-2018

Vinny Valentine. Remember that name. A late 2nd round pick back in the S9 draft, the NSFL as a whole seemed to be sleeping on the young man, but not the Hawks. Taking him with the 15th pick overall, the Hawks front office was dumbfounded that Valentine was still available and immediately knew they hit stuck gold. Valentine was allowed an extra year to develop for the S9 season, and he showed tremendous growth. Fast forward to season 10, and Valentine was finally given his shot. They hype during training camp was real. Article after article was hitting the local paper talking about Valentine’s soon to be breakout season. Unfortunately for him, he was buried deep in the depth charts behind perennial pro bowler Trey Willie, a sneaky good #2 in Budda Browning, standout TE Verso L’Alto, and his versatile backup, Declan Harp. In what was surely a disappointing season for Valentine, he finished the year with just 11 receptions for 114 yards and no touchdowns. Season 11 will see a drastic change for Valentine however, as the Hawks front office was so confident in his abilities, they traded away Browning, clearing the #2 spot, opposite of Willie, for Valentine. The Hawks expect a huge season for someone they hope develops into a star receiver like his teammate Willie. Valentine will not disappoint them.


(S11) - PT 2 - Breakout Player - Saliva^ - 10-28-2018

Imagine even trying to predict the breakout player. Well, I'll try. Ryan Applehort, that's who. I mean, this won't be the most obvious choice knowing that we probably have more relevant candidates. And he had a good last season in Colorado. But we knew he has a room for improvement when he joined Baltimore. And that's exactly what is happening. Last season, he had a 36/14 TD:INT with average 86.6 rating. Looks nice, but he's about to do even better in this season. Currently, he has a 9/1 TD:INT and he's the only QB with the average rating being more than 100 (101.9). His longest pass this season was 44 yard long and while it isn't spectacular, but who even cares about that stat anyways. So yeah, Applehort is my choice. It would be a surprise if he won't post better stats than last season. After all, he's playing for a stacked Baltimore team which is definitely better than last season's Colorado. Which is more impressive, is that he's a S7 player so he didn't even hit his peak yet. Soon he will never become the breakout player of the year...simply because he will be at the top until he takes a regression.


(S11) - PT 2 - Breakout Player - kckolbe - 10-28-2018

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