Looking ay my performance spo far this season, dissapointment might be a strong emotion to feel. Coming in as one of the top rated rookie running backs in the league, I feel i have vastly underperformed my potential. Im not even mad about it, but need an excuse to tap into the sweet nectar that is the 2x media for christmas. So im going to look at my performances thus far in the season, and just determine what has gone right and what has gone wrong in my rookie year.
Starting off in the preseason as a team we finished 1-3, not good. But it is the preseason so who really cares. Anyways the first week of the preseason happened to be our only win of the entire season so far, a 9-6 fight against Tijuana. I had one helluva game with 116 yards on 24 carries for a 4.8 average. The interesting thing about this game is my longest run was only 13 yards. I was pretty consistent with solid chunk gains all game long, though i failed to reach the end zone.
Week 2 of the preseason saw us obliterated by portland 33-9. I had a pretty awful game, 17 carries for 62 yards and 3.6 yards per carry. Yet again i failed to score. Thisbweek though i added a 3 yard reception.
Week 3 of the preseason was another blowout where we were on the losing end of a 28-7 stomp against london. I had a decent enough game, with 92 yards on 24 carries, and another 3.8 ypc performance. I finally hit paydirt though with my first touchdown of the preseason. I also added 2 receptions for 12 yards in this one.
The final week of the preseason was pretty heartbreaking. A close loss @ Norfolk 24-20. I finished with 30 carries on the day and 118 yards. Not awful but another performance below 4 ypc, this time at 3.9 average. I failed to score in this one, but stellar QB play finally shined and led the team on the day. All in all i was dissapointed with my preseason performance after i came in with such high hopes for myself. I dont know if maybe we are just too one dimensional on offense and teams were stacking up on us, or if i was not running good enough, or the line was creating big enough holes. But we clearly had trouble as I was tackled behind the line a total of 14 times. The only game i wasnt tackled in the backfield this preseason was game 1 against Tijuana which was also my best game. Im going to keep this little fact in mind moving forward.
Week one against dallas we lost a nail biter 26-24. Another game where i was tackled 3 times for loss, but all said i had 105 yards on 26 carries. 4 yards per carry isnt great but its also not awful. I also scored on a 3 yard run in the 2nd quarter. In the return game i only had 1 kick return for 25 yards, again, not great but not horrible either. This is on of those games where any moment could have flipped momentum, unfortunately we couldnt pull through, but all things considered im happy with this one.
Week two was yep, you guessed it, another tough loss. Our offense couldnt do anything at all, resulting in a meager 3 points in our 16-3 loss to Norfolk. I was decent enough in this one, 24 carries for 94 yards which ended up being 4 yards per carry. I did have a long run of 14 yards so that wasnt bad, but I have yet to really break big. The Norfolk defense stopped me behind the line 4 times in this one, which could be a reason why my ypc and yardage was lower than week one. In the return game I brought 2 kicks back for 56 yards and a long of 29 yards. Not a bad day returning kicks by any means. Again, not super pumped about this one but it wasnt a bad game, overall im pretty indifferent about this performance.
Week 3 we fell to portland 23-9 in a what ended up being a pretty a tough game offensively and defensively. I took 28 carries in this one, for 116 yards. Not bad but still rising that 4 yards per carry mark at 4.1 this time. My longest run of the day was 21 yard dash which is my longest run so far on the season. I returned 3 kicks in this one for 64 yards and a long of 26. Not a bad day but not really very impressive either. Still need some improvement in a lot of areas in order to see better play on the field. A solid outing in week 3 but not good enough to secure one of those elusive wins.
Week four was one of my more solid outings despite the 24-10 loss to Tijuana. I went 94 yards on 20 carries for 4.7 yards per carry. My longest run of the day was only 10 yards, and i was tackled for loss 3 times on the day, all three by O. Isaac. With under 5 minutes left in the 4th quarter I was given a carry at the one yard line to score our only touchdown on the day. I also caught 2 passes on the day for 20 yards, my best recieving stat line of the season up to this point. I also tallied 3 pancakes on the day, my only pancakes so far of the season, and allowed no sacks, continuing my streak of no sacks allowed on the season. This game was also my worst day returning the ball so far, returning 2 kicks for 25 yards and a long of 14 yards. This was in my opinion my best game yet, i didnt have the largest statline, but i had a hand in every area of the game. Really happy with this one and hope to see more games of this caliber.
Week 5 was a really crushing game for us. Going to overtime on the road but falling to the Buccaneers 26-20. I had a decent game, on 27 carries i ran for 109 yards. Not a great day total, and i couldnt find the endzone, but it was not a bad performance. I also returned 4 kicks for 52 yards, and a long of 33. This is a tough one to be really happy with as myself, but it could have been much worse. Overall as a team we gave a monster effort and put together a good performance.
Week 6 we faced another tough loss, this time to Minnesota in a 20-10 battle. I took 21 carries in this one for 84 yards and a touchdown. I also had a single catch for 2 yards. The big break for me in this game was in kick returns. I had 3 returns for 103 yards. With a long of 64 yards. My best return yet although ive still yet to return a kick for a touchdown. I did add another pancake to my resume today, improving to 4 on the season, and continuing my streak of good blocks when im called to pass block.
Week 7 was probably worst game to this point of the season. I did manage to score a touchdown, but I only got 78 yards on 21 carries which was a measly 3.7 yards per carry. The Royals also had 8 tackles for loss which was a big factor in our low rush yardage and efficiency. This game was also tough in the return game as i only brought one kick out for 14 yards. All together my worst performance yet and one i wish i could get back.
Week 8 was another heartbreaking loss and a horrible performance on my end. I dont know if it was playcalling or just that runs were unsuccesful, but I only got 10 carries, and took them for my seasons lowest yard total, 38 yards. The weird part is that i also had 2 touchdowns. I was getting the ball in short yardage situations and pounding the rock for 3 or 4 yards but noo more than that really as my longest run was only 9 yards. This game, despite scoring 2 touchdowns will probably go down as the worst game of my career. The return game was slow for me again, as i only took 5 kicks out for 30 total yards and a long return of 11. I just dont really know what to say about this game other than oof. I hope the new sim is kinder to me after this one i need some good luck to stockpile since im clearly not using it.
Week 9 was another anomaly of play call as I had only 8 carries this time. The hard thing for me to grasp is the yards per carry being 5.4. My best of the season. I think a string of bad games resulted in me losing carries to set my head right, but 43 yards on 8 carries is not bad, although my longest run was only 8 yards. If i had more carries in this one who knows i may have broken big for a good run or a Td, but I did manage to catch my only pass and take it 5 yards for a touchdown. My first career recieving touchdown. I also notched a pancake this game, making it 5 on the season with no sacks allowed. I dont pass block often, but it seems when i do I manage to make some good blocks. The return game was slow, 2 returns for 28 yards and a long of 15 yards. This is definitely a low point in my young career and im hoping to get out of this slump next week. Maybe the christmas break will have allowed to get my head on right and focused so i can run the ball better and lead us to a win.
All things considered i think im playing fine at this point, despite a few bad games. Through the course of the season I have become more active on discord, which is suprising considering we are winless and the team doesnt have much hope for the remainder of this year. Ive kept my head up thus far and havent let the bad luck push me away from the league, in fact im looking even more forward to the future and what it may bring. No matter what it cant be worse than 10 carries for 38 yards and 2 tds. That statline baffles me still. The funniest part is, when i was a waiver in Minnesota last season i had a similar statline of 10 carries for 22 yards and 2 Tds. Maybe im destined for low yards and lots of Tds. I wouldnt even be mad actually. Could that be a sign that im meant to be a power back? Probably not lol. But I hope you guys enjoyed this, it was just a quick little write up to try and get that sweet 2x bonus so i can get paid. And hopefully if i write another one of these for the rest of the season itll have a win in it and maybe some better statlines. Only time will tell. Merry Christmas everyone and stay classy.
Starting off in the preseason as a team we finished 1-3, not good. But it is the preseason so who really cares. Anyways the first week of the preseason happened to be our only win of the entire season so far, a 9-6 fight against Tijuana. I had one helluva game with 116 yards on 24 carries for a 4.8 average. The interesting thing about this game is my longest run was only 13 yards. I was pretty consistent with solid chunk gains all game long, though i failed to reach the end zone.
Week 2 of the preseason saw us obliterated by portland 33-9. I had a pretty awful game, 17 carries for 62 yards and 3.6 yards per carry. Yet again i failed to score. Thisbweek though i added a 3 yard reception.
Week 3 of the preseason was another blowout where we were on the losing end of a 28-7 stomp against london. I had a decent enough game, with 92 yards on 24 carries, and another 3.8 ypc performance. I finally hit paydirt though with my first touchdown of the preseason. I also added 2 receptions for 12 yards in this one.
The final week of the preseason was pretty heartbreaking. A close loss @ Norfolk 24-20. I finished with 30 carries on the day and 118 yards. Not awful but another performance below 4 ypc, this time at 3.9 average. I failed to score in this one, but stellar QB play finally shined and led the team on the day. All in all i was dissapointed with my preseason performance after i came in with such high hopes for myself. I dont know if maybe we are just too one dimensional on offense and teams were stacking up on us, or if i was not running good enough, or the line was creating big enough holes. But we clearly had trouble as I was tackled behind the line a total of 14 times. The only game i wasnt tackled in the backfield this preseason was game 1 against Tijuana which was also my best game. Im going to keep this little fact in mind moving forward.
Week one against dallas we lost a nail biter 26-24. Another game where i was tackled 3 times for loss, but all said i had 105 yards on 26 carries. 4 yards per carry isnt great but its also not awful. I also scored on a 3 yard run in the 2nd quarter. In the return game i only had 1 kick return for 25 yards, again, not great but not horrible either. This is on of those games where any moment could have flipped momentum, unfortunately we couldnt pull through, but all things considered im happy with this one.
Week two was yep, you guessed it, another tough loss. Our offense couldnt do anything at all, resulting in a meager 3 points in our 16-3 loss to Norfolk. I was decent enough in this one, 24 carries for 94 yards which ended up being 4 yards per carry. I did have a long run of 14 yards so that wasnt bad, but I have yet to really break big. The Norfolk defense stopped me behind the line 4 times in this one, which could be a reason why my ypc and yardage was lower than week one. In the return game I brought 2 kicks back for 56 yards and a long of 29 yards. Not a bad day returning kicks by any means. Again, not super pumped about this one but it wasnt a bad game, overall im pretty indifferent about this performance.
Week 3 we fell to portland 23-9 in a what ended up being a pretty a tough game offensively and defensively. I took 28 carries in this one, for 116 yards. Not bad but still rising that 4 yards per carry mark at 4.1 this time. My longest run of the day was 21 yard dash which is my longest run so far on the season. I returned 3 kicks in this one for 64 yards and a long of 26. Not a bad day but not really very impressive either. Still need some improvement in a lot of areas in order to see better play on the field. A solid outing in week 3 but not good enough to secure one of those elusive wins.
Week four was one of my more solid outings despite the 24-10 loss to Tijuana. I went 94 yards on 20 carries for 4.7 yards per carry. My longest run of the day was only 10 yards, and i was tackled for loss 3 times on the day, all three by O. Isaac. With under 5 minutes left in the 4th quarter I was given a carry at the one yard line to score our only touchdown on the day. I also caught 2 passes on the day for 20 yards, my best recieving stat line of the season up to this point. I also tallied 3 pancakes on the day, my only pancakes so far of the season, and allowed no sacks, continuing my streak of no sacks allowed on the season. This game was also my worst day returning the ball so far, returning 2 kicks for 25 yards and a long of 14 yards. This was in my opinion my best game yet, i didnt have the largest statline, but i had a hand in every area of the game. Really happy with this one and hope to see more games of this caliber.
Week 5 was a really crushing game for us. Going to overtime on the road but falling to the Buccaneers 26-20. I had a decent game, on 27 carries i ran for 109 yards. Not a great day total, and i couldnt find the endzone, but it was not a bad performance. I also returned 4 kicks for 52 yards, and a long of 33. This is a tough one to be really happy with as myself, but it could have been much worse. Overall as a team we gave a monster effort and put together a good performance.
Week 6 we faced another tough loss, this time to Minnesota in a 20-10 battle. I took 21 carries in this one for 84 yards and a touchdown. I also had a single catch for 2 yards. The big break for me in this game was in kick returns. I had 3 returns for 103 yards. With a long of 64 yards. My best return yet although ive still yet to return a kick for a touchdown. I did add another pancake to my resume today, improving to 4 on the season, and continuing my streak of good blocks when im called to pass block.
Week 7 was probably worst game to this point of the season. I did manage to score a touchdown, but I only got 78 yards on 21 carries which was a measly 3.7 yards per carry. The Royals also had 8 tackles for loss which was a big factor in our low rush yardage and efficiency. This game was also tough in the return game as i only brought one kick out for 14 yards. All together my worst performance yet and one i wish i could get back.
Week 8 was another heartbreaking loss and a horrible performance on my end. I dont know if it was playcalling or just that runs were unsuccesful, but I only got 10 carries, and took them for my seasons lowest yard total, 38 yards. The weird part is that i also had 2 touchdowns. I was getting the ball in short yardage situations and pounding the rock for 3 or 4 yards but noo more than that really as my longest run was only 9 yards. This game, despite scoring 2 touchdowns will probably go down as the worst game of my career. The return game was slow for me again, as i only took 5 kicks out for 30 total yards and a long return of 11. I just dont really know what to say about this game other than oof. I hope the new sim is kinder to me after this one i need some good luck to stockpile since im clearly not using it.
Week 9 was another anomaly of play call as I had only 8 carries this time. The hard thing for me to grasp is the yards per carry being 5.4. My best of the season. I think a string of bad games resulted in me losing carries to set my head right, but 43 yards on 8 carries is not bad, although my longest run was only 8 yards. If i had more carries in this one who knows i may have broken big for a good run or a Td, but I did manage to catch my only pass and take it 5 yards for a touchdown. My first career recieving touchdown. I also notched a pancake this game, making it 5 on the season with no sacks allowed. I dont pass block often, but it seems when i do I manage to make some good blocks. The return game was slow, 2 returns for 28 yards and a long of 15 yards. This is definitely a low point in my young career and im hoping to get out of this slump next week. Maybe the christmas break will have allowed to get my head on right and focused so i can run the ball better and lead us to a win.
All things considered i think im playing fine at this point, despite a few bad games. Through the course of the season I have become more active on discord, which is suprising considering we are winless and the team doesnt have much hope for the remainder of this year. Ive kept my head up thus far and havent let the bad luck push me away from the league, in fact im looking even more forward to the future and what it may bring. No matter what it cant be worse than 10 carries for 38 yards and 2 tds. That statline baffles me still. The funniest part is, when i was a waiver in Minnesota last season i had a similar statline of 10 carries for 22 yards and 2 Tds. Maybe im destined for low yards and lots of Tds. I wouldnt even be mad actually. Could that be a sign that im meant to be a power back? Probably not lol. But I hope you guys enjoyed this, it was just a quick little write up to try and get that sweet 2x bonus so i can get paid. And hopefully if i write another one of these for the rest of the season itll have a win in it and maybe some better statlines. Only time will tell. Merry Christmas everyone and stay classy.
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