03-06-2020, 10:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-06-2020, 10:06 AM by yonggarius.)
The DSFL draft for season 21 was a very unusual draft, with two expansion teams- Dallas Birddogs and London Royals- and especially a very large rookie class consisting of 271 people. This unique circumstance gave all DSFL GMs a very hard time, but gave the two expansion teams a golden opportunity to build their teams in an instant. In this two-part article series, I will be analyzing the draft choices of Dallas Birddogs with both positional and individual point of view.
First, I'll start with analysis of the draft class in whole, devided by positions. Below is a ‘depth chart' of Dallas Birddogs, consisting of all the players drafted in season 21’s DSFL draft.
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*players are listed according to draft order
*numbers beside player name indicates the pick they were drafted
Quarterbacks
? Monteray Jack- 1
? Haha Mango-panda-74
Runningbacks
? White goodman-16
? Kichwa Jones-58
? Aaron Feels-154
? Patrick Holdings-241
Wide Receivers
? William Lim-46
? Mike Lee-81
? Desean Hill-171
? Scott Scott-209
Tight Ends
? Jeffery phillips-33
? Tristan Hex-133
? Zee Rechs-161
? Henry Sigurdsson-179
? Regan Meynell-266
Offensive Line
N/A
Kicker/Punter
? Bobby Boomski-125
Defensive Tackle
? Deshun Jones-26
? Joe Montania-141
? Big Edd-155
? David Banner-202
Defensive End
? James Cho-49
? Danielle Hunter-113
? Danshawn Jenkins-129
? Gabriel Graves-145
? Landon Moore-186
Linebackers
? Stanislaw Koniecpolski-22
? Johnney McCartney-138
? Tom Thorne-163
? Hiram Abiff-177
? Samuel Miller-225
? Leo Browning-250
Cornerbacks
? Xaq Schiaparelli-65
? JR Maverick-106
? Colt Mendoza-147
? Ricky Cricket-170
? Malcom Jenkins-187
Safties
? Eric Barlow-42
? Hamish MacAndrew-90
? Jordan Davis-122
? Abbas Muhammad-149
? Montgomery Burns-218
? Pierre Voodoo-234
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That's the full list, with 43 draftees in total. The first notable thing is that this draft class is exceptionally large, as this draft had grand total of 271 picks and therefore an average team's draft class is consisted of roughly 34 draft picks. This is because The Birddogs are an expansion team, and therefore have no senddowns or other players in the roster bar Gimmy Jaropolo who was acquired through trade in draft day. So naturally Birddogs were in a dire need of position depth and selected as many players as they can, as can be seen with two of their trades in draft night, one with Pythons receiving 6 low round picks and Gimmy Jaropolo, and the other with Coyotes receiving 4 low round picks for next years fifth round pick.
Another notable point is lack of offensive linemen in the draft class. This can be explained by several reasons. First, offensive line in this league is usually filled with bots, and the GM can buy relatively better bots with money. So, offensive line can be a lower priority position for expansion teams like the Birddogs, where there is need for literally every position. Second, offensive linemen tend to have low depth in every draft class. This was true in this draft, and all the active offensive linemen prospects were long gone by the time Birddogs were in a leisure to seek one. Birddogs, needing active people in their locker room, had to select other position with active prospects instead of offensive linemen.
Other than offensive line, the Birddogs addressed needs in other positions adequately, drafting with depth in every position. They especially used the picks in later rounds wisely, drafting prospects from large variety of positions instead of just drafting from position groups that had many prospect remaining until then(like quarterbacks). One notable thing here is how they drafted cornerbacks. While many teams went on a frenzy and drafted DB after DB in higher rounds, the Birddogs only drafted a few safties and refrained from drafting any cornerbacks, using their picks in higher rounds in other needy positions such as linebackers, wide receivers, and tight ends. And they drafted corners in mid to late rounds both for starters and depths. This might be because Birddogs GMs decided that safties were more important than cornerbacks in building secondary defence, and chose not to fully join the dedensive back drafting frenzy.
In summary, the Dallas Birddogs handled their draft very economically, filling all bar one of their need of every position while accumulating enough depth for every position to last the upcoming season. This is the result of proficiency of both GMs and having the luck of facing a large and depthful draft class before their inaugural season.
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First, I'll start with analysis of the draft class in whole, devided by positions. Below is a ‘depth chart' of Dallas Birddogs, consisting of all the players drafted in season 21’s DSFL draft.
----?-------------------------------
*players are listed according to draft order
*numbers beside player name indicates the pick they were drafted
Quarterbacks
? Monteray Jack- 1
? Haha Mango-panda-74
Runningbacks
? White goodman-16
? Kichwa Jones-58
? Aaron Feels-154
? Patrick Holdings-241
Wide Receivers
? William Lim-46
? Mike Lee-81
? Desean Hill-171
? Scott Scott-209
Tight Ends
? Jeffery phillips-33
? Tristan Hex-133
? Zee Rechs-161
? Henry Sigurdsson-179
? Regan Meynell-266
Offensive Line
N/A
Kicker/Punter
? Bobby Boomski-125
Defensive Tackle
? Deshun Jones-26
? Joe Montania-141
? Big Edd-155
? David Banner-202
Defensive End
? James Cho-49
? Danielle Hunter-113
? Danshawn Jenkins-129
? Gabriel Graves-145
? Landon Moore-186
Linebackers
? Stanislaw Koniecpolski-22
? Johnney McCartney-138
? Tom Thorne-163
? Hiram Abiff-177
? Samuel Miller-225
? Leo Browning-250
Cornerbacks
? Xaq Schiaparelli-65
? JR Maverick-106
? Colt Mendoza-147
? Ricky Cricket-170
? Malcom Jenkins-187
Safties
? Eric Barlow-42
? Hamish MacAndrew-90
? Jordan Davis-122
? Abbas Muhammad-149
? Montgomery Burns-218
? Pierre Voodoo-234
---------?-----------------------------------
That's the full list, with 43 draftees in total. The first notable thing is that this draft class is exceptionally large, as this draft had grand total of 271 picks and therefore an average team's draft class is consisted of roughly 34 draft picks. This is because The Birddogs are an expansion team, and therefore have no senddowns or other players in the roster bar Gimmy Jaropolo who was acquired through trade in draft day. So naturally Birddogs were in a dire need of position depth and selected as many players as they can, as can be seen with two of their trades in draft night, one with Pythons receiving 6 low round picks and Gimmy Jaropolo, and the other with Coyotes receiving 4 low round picks for next years fifth round pick.
Another notable point is lack of offensive linemen in the draft class. This can be explained by several reasons. First, offensive line in this league is usually filled with bots, and the GM can buy relatively better bots with money. So, offensive line can be a lower priority position for expansion teams like the Birddogs, where there is need for literally every position. Second, offensive linemen tend to have low depth in every draft class. This was true in this draft, and all the active offensive linemen prospects were long gone by the time Birddogs were in a leisure to seek one. Birddogs, needing active people in their locker room, had to select other position with active prospects instead of offensive linemen.
Other than offensive line, the Birddogs addressed needs in other positions adequately, drafting with depth in every position. They especially used the picks in later rounds wisely, drafting prospects from large variety of positions instead of just drafting from position groups that had many prospect remaining until then(like quarterbacks). One notable thing here is how they drafted cornerbacks. While many teams went on a frenzy and drafted DB after DB in higher rounds, the Birddogs only drafted a few safties and refrained from drafting any cornerbacks, using their picks in higher rounds in other needy positions such as linebackers, wide receivers, and tight ends. And they drafted corners in mid to late rounds both for starters and depths. This might be because Birddogs GMs decided that safties were more important than cornerbacks in building secondary defence, and chose not to fully join the dedensive back drafting frenzy.
In summary, the Dallas Birddogs handled their draft very economically, filling all bar one of their need of every position while accumulating enough depth for every position to last the upcoming season. This is the result of proficiency of both GMs and having the luck of facing a large and depthful draft class before their inaugural season.
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