(S24) - PT 3 - Midseason Mania

[SwankyPants31]

At this point in the season, the person who should be in the forefront of the awards committee’s minds for the DSFL awards is Bronko Mills of the Tijuana Luchadores. At the time of writing this, Tijuana has the number two ranked rushing yards in terms of yardage, however both running backs take up the number one and two individual yardage stats out of the entire league. Of the two, Bronko Mills is currently in the lead with 667 yards, 14 yards more than his teammate and exactly 30 yards more than the next best rusher. While large rushing volume in the DSFL usually means high usage and poor efficiency, this has not been true this season with Mills. Despite leading in yards, Mills is actually only 8th in number of carries. He currently leads all running backs in yards per carry at 6.1, with the only person higher than him being a rushing quarterback using the 79 speed cheese build. In addition to that as well, Mills is currently leading all DSFL running backs in pancakes with 9, making him a huge asset in all facets of the offense. And to top everything off? Mills is a rookie. I would be very surprised if the season awards didn’t include multiple awards for Bronko Mills this season, including Offensive Rookie of the Year, Running Back of the Year, and possibly even Offensive Player of the Year or Most Valuable Player.

[Naosu]

PBE PT

[frazzle14]

In a rollercoaster of a season so far for my team the Kansas City Coyotes, a few people have performed really well. But possibly none more so than my fellow rookie, offensive lineman Clay Stallworth.

So far Clay has been a beast in the trenches. He already has the single game record for pancakes for both the coyotes and the DSFL league as a whole with thirteen against the royals in week seven. Through seven games he has forty three pancakes, which is eleven more than any other player. He’s on pace to smash the current single season record of sixty seven pancakes, which was set nineteen seasons ago, by nearly twenty. He has also not allowed a single sack through seven games. To put it simply this man is like Andre the giant, an immovable object.

 At this point in the season he is the clear front runner for offensive linemen of the year. In my opinion he could also be in contention for the offensive performance of the year, it may not be a flashy skill position performance with over a 100 yards and a few touchdowns but are you going to get a more impressive performance than thirteen pancakes in a single game? I would argue no.

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[gucci]

I think Nicholas Ayers should be the recipient of the offensive of rookie of the year award this season. He has been nothing short of incredible and looks on pace to put up nearly 1200 rushing yards and 500 receiving yards this season. I don’t think it’s realistic to consider him a running back of the year candidate, but I believe he’s a pro bowler as a rookie and the most dangerous offensive rookie by far, considering he accumulated these stats splitting time with a higher TPE RB.

The committee has worked well so far for Honolulu, as they have one of the better rushing attacks in the ISFL this season. Ayres has been a pleasant surprise that Honolulu was hoping could be a contributor this year, but he’s turned into much more. Opposing defenses are having a very difficult time stopping Ayers speed from both the slot and from out of the backfield. Look for him to grow into a dangerous kick returner in the future as well, as he should surpass KKM in this regard, and I’d expect we see their roles begin to swap as their careers continue. KKM will become more of a receiving threat and Ayers will win rushing titles. This offense is poised to be dominant in a few seasons once their young weapons become veterans.

[Rise of Smitty]

The London Royals have struggled to say the least. They headed into this season with a ton of hype and expectations but have fallen flat with a 3-4 record. Luckily for them that still qualifies them as tied for first place with two other teams at the mid way point. While the Royals may not be performing up to expectation they do have a couple of defenders that are squarely in the Defensive Player of the Year Award race. The first of those is linebacker Juan Domine. Domine is an elite level prospect and he is playing at an elite level on the field having a tie for the league lead in sacks with 6. To go along with that is a respectable 52 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, and an impressive 5 pass deflections. He is showing capable of not only playing at the line of scrimmage and rushing the passer but also dropping back and covering tight ends at a high level. Look for Domine to be a strong contender the rest of the way. The next guy would be fellow linebacker and elite prospect in Busch Light. Light is right on his tail in the sacks department with 5 which is good for second place. He has also racked up more tackles with 60 but only one tackle of loss. He does have a pass deflection and fumble recovery to his name as well. While Dominate has a slight edge on Light it is not out of reach and a strong push could have Light leap frogging Domine as well as the rest of hte league in the Defensive Player of the Year Award.

[Air Crou]

Awards you say. I want to touch on Mathias Hanyadi a bit first. He leads the league in rushing yards, with 960 after 10 games. He only has 5 TDs, but the Rushing TDs leader, Jamar Lackson, has 300 less yards. Even Toriki, who has a better average, by .4 yds/carry, is 200 yards short of the Yellowknife Wraiths #1 Running Back. On top of that, Hanyadi has 184 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown as well. His only competition for the "Running Back of the Year" awards would be Austin Copperheads' Mako Mendonca, who, in his last season, has 354 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown to complement his 684 rushing yards and 6 rushing touchdowns. The RBOTY will play hard between those two. Lackson's high TD numbers may put him in the race, but I highly doubt it. Colorado Yeti's RB Ashley Owens could also have a strong case for RBOTY. He has 595 rushing yards with 5 rushing TDs, and 338 receiving yards with 2 receiving TDs. Toriki could also make a case, but it's weak by the fact that she shares touches with Forrest Gump, effectively splitting touches with him. On top of that, any among Hanyadi, Mendonca, and Owens could even have a bid for the Most Valuable Player or the Offensive Player of the Year awards.

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[JBLAZE_THE_BOSS]

Looking over the Tijuana Luchadores, there are a couple of standouts that could be considered in the running for some positional awards. As usual, the most important thing here is QBotY and the Luchadores have themselves a contender. Now that we are only halfway through the season, we can see that Mike Boss Jr. is clearly trending upward. While he may not have the most touchdown passes but does have the most interceptions, don't let that dissuade you from supporting him as the best QB in the entire DSFL. While Boss surely isn't the best at the moment, he has room to grow for the rest of this season and his team is sitting atop the standings at the midway point. Boss Jr. is sitting 3rd in the league in passing yards (1305) and is tied for 4th in TD (8). It's not out of the realm of possibility for him to get hot and go on a streak and improve some of those core statistics. He will have to cut down on the interceptions to really give himself an opportunity for the title, but he is surely in contention as things currently sit. He has been an effective game manager for the Mexican wrestlers, outside of the interceptions. Otherwise, he's had a solid competition percentage nearing 55, and his QBR isn't the worst, either. Boss Jr. is adjusting on the fly to his first consistent starting snaps since college. (240 words)

[RDBSouthPaw]

While the season is already halfway over, and with patterns starting to be established by players around the league, its fun to take a moment and look at the surprising, or not so surprising stars that have shown up. With my recent trade to Portland, I had not gotten much of a chance to know everyone yet. However, there is one individual that has been standing out to me even before the first snap was played this season. Chuck Roth (zeagle1) has made quite the name for himself in this first half of the season. He currently sits at 27 pancakes and only 1 sack allowed. This currently keeps him tied for 4th when it comes to the other OL in the league. However, even though he is not putting up record breaking numbers, his efficiency has been his biggest strength. With Portland not being given much thought for the coming season, the team has really stepped up and put in some great results and who has been in the middle of those results? Thats right Chuck Roth. In the most recent win against Dallas Roth contributed 7 pancakes, which led the team. In the win against KC, Roth also led the team in Pancakes. He is a player that is continuing to grow and improve and I have a feeling the numbers he puts up in the last half of the season will have his names floating around come award time!

[timeconsumer]

If I have to pick a user on my team for who is frontrunner right now for a big award this season I'd have to say that Utterstruzen is playing like DBoY and possibly even DPoY. He is doing really well in all facets of the game. He has 8 PDs which is second place in the league and 2 INTs which is first place (tied). Normally that'd be enough for a safety to be considered a lockdown kinda dude but this guy has way more than just that to offer everyone. He's also forced a fumble, that's cool. But that's not what we're talking about. No it's that he has two tackles for a loss. That's it? Nope. He has a sack as well. A ssafety that has a sack, two tackles for a loss, 8 pass deflections, and two interceptions, and one forced fumble. What else could you want from this guy in only 7 games? I have your answer for you. A safety. No not the position, he scored a safety. This man has scored 2 points and gotten the ball back for his team at the sstrong safety position, one that guys dont normally excel in in the DSFL. Yeah I think we have ourselves a winner here as Utterstruzen looks to lock up DBoY at his current pace and is a strong contendor for DPoY. I'd love to see him hit 15+ PDs, 5 INTs, 5 sacks, and maybe a TD by the end of the season as a way to really stand out on the stat sheet and land those awards.

[ckroyal92]

You wanna talk awards? That's an easy one because there are a number of guys on my squad in San Jose that I firmly believe have legitimate chances to bring home some hardware, other than the Ultimus Trophy of course. We'll start with our Offensive Performance of the Year candidate, Jamar Lackson. Despite the team losing what can only be described as a flukish sort of shootout with Hahalua of Honolulu, Lackson found the endzone quite often. So much so, in fact, that he's lucky the groundskeeper didn't charge him rent. The 2nd year running back hit paydirt not 3, not 4, but FIVE times! Do you believe that, 5 times?! The first 4 came on the ground, while the last came through the air with just a minute left in the game to bring the Cardiac Cats within field goal, but unfortunately they couldn't quite complete the comeback. Now, will the awards committee take points off because we lost the game? That's definitely a possibility, but I really hope not. It's not as if any of these touchdowns came in any sort of "garbage time" situation. The first 2 each put us in the lead in the first half & the final 3 all brought us within a single score of tying the game. Also, I know I'm already past my word count, but I would be remiss if I didn't mention our Defensive Performance of the Year candidate, Philip Stein, for his 3 interception game against Baltimore. Somehow the rookie safety managed to pick off Hawks QB Chika Fujiwara 3 times, not only in the same game, but in a span of 3:18, one of which was a pick 6. If he doesn't win the award, the committee should be disbanded.

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