10-13-2017, 08:25 AM
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Welcome to the Season Two NSFL in Review series! There will be 8 parts to this, one for each team in record/elimination order. I and an assortment of other writers will be looking at the good things, the bad things, and the future of each team.
So far in this season’s series:
1. S2 Las Vegas Legion: The Good, Bad and Future
Next up are the Colorado Yeti, who finished 4th place in the National Simulation Football Conference this season, which did not allow them to qualify for the playoffs.
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Colorado Yeti
3-11
Fourth in NSFC
The Good
Having spent the majority of last season making fun of their horrible trades and cursing them for threatening my plan of Legion winlessness, I can see why I did that. Looking for things to praise them on was a lot tougher.
Number One: There IS a plan to get better. Over the next two years, the Yeti have four first round picks to help with the rebuild process, not to mention absolute shitload of late round picks. They are reportedly working with Noble for him to change positions, hopefully to offensive line. They also aren’t in any cap troubles, leaving an upcoming free agency (which looks significant) as a means to get noticeably better.
Number Two: There are some good players to look forward to. While the Yeti did lose a lot of talent up front, some more is developing to replace it. Nicolas Pierno is improving rapidly, and should double his passer rating in Season Four. Brice Boggs is having to fight some blockers and is having an underwhelming rookie season, but as his speed increases his sacks and tackles will as well. Antonio Sandoval is pretty low on pancakes, but being the second-best rookie in sacks allowed with that lack of support around him is actually pretty impressive.
Number Three: Boss Tweed. Yeah, this was my number 3 last year, but this year he’s been even more important. Without Logan Noble to keep the safeties away, Tweed has still thrived, and is the most efficient starting RB in the league, just like last year. This year, though, he was the rushing leader. Fantasy-wise he may not have been much of a steal given his lack of touchdowns, but he has been all the offense can hope for in Season Three and will likely have an even bigger workload in Season Four as his stamina improves.
The Bad
Unfortunately for the once-proud Yeti, there is still a lot of bad to write about.
Number One: Point Differential. The Yeti may have bitched about deserving the playoffs based on PD in Season Two, but by that same logic, this team was worse than their record this year. After 5 games, this team was outscored 144-26. And by the way, those weren’t all losses. That was including one of their wins. The Yeti were the second team to be shut out in a regular season game (SJS was first), and the very next week they became the third. Compare that to the Legion, who lost all of their first five games and finished outscored only 129-70. At least the Legion made the games worth watching. They damn near won a couple of those. Last season, I said “they’re not the Legion” as kind of a dick way of saying, yeah, things are bad, but they could be a lot worse. The Yeti are now the first team that doesn’t apply to. The Yeti are not the Legion, but I’m not sure that’s a good thing.
Number Two: Pierno’s performance. Now, to be fair to Pierno, he wasn’t asking or expecting to be put in this situation, but holy crap has he been bad. He has less than half the yards and barely a fourth of the touchdowns of the best QB, but set an interception record that I don’t think will ever be beaten. Some of this isn’t his fault…a lot of it, really. Going to a team with one of the worst WR groups and one of the worst O lines on top of being a rookie QB is almost as bad as it gets. But for all the talk of his low attribute scores, there is one that deserves mention: speed. To say that Pierno is one of the fastest QBs in the league should be a given. He is, after all, one of only two mobile quarterbacks. However, despite his very low TPE (which, by the way, is not increasing as quickly as it had been), did you know that Pierno is the FASTEST QB in the league? San Jose mobile QB Ethan Hunt has a speed of 70. Nicolas Pierno, who has 100 TPE less than Hunt, has a speed of 76. I would respect the guy a LOT more if his speed were 75. Let me explain. When Pierno got sent down to the DSFL, he clearly decided to have fun against weaker opponents, putting all his TPE into speed through the remaining offseason and pre-season. In the DSFL, which was intended as a place for rookies to experiment, learn and have fun until moving up, I can’t say anything negative about his decision. Hell, I thought it was beautiful and looked forward to seeing him fly by the slow defenses he would be up against. However, when he got called up, and would have to be competing at a higher level, his first move was to once again increase his speed. Had he put those five points into intelligence, arm, and/or accuracy, all of which stayed below 70 for the majority of the season, he’d be looking at a passer rating about 10 points higher.
Number Three: Lack of a system for Pierno to thrive in. By TPE, Pierno has the second-worst O line in the league (LVL is still the lowest) and the worst WR corps in the league. Of that group of 8, only two are any kind of active. Jaquan Young appeared to stop updating after being called up from the DSFL (Head Office take note of that, by the way) where he went from promising #1 WR to #3 on a team that almost never passes. Also, looking at Young, his attributes are wrong and need to be lowered (he apparently thought cleats raised the attribute by 4 as opposed to granting 4 TPE). Kendrick Hendrix, who was arguably the best receiver in Season Three, went inactive. That leaves Damien West, who has earned about 50 TPE per season, as the team’s MOST ACTIVE receiver. While that is great news for the DSFL Kansas City Coyotes, who will likely be getting Young back in the forseeable future, it is horrible news for the Yeti. In addition, the O line consists of Antonio Sandoval and a bunch of inactives. Hey, @Bzerkap, we found a more depressing O line for a left tackle to be on! Really, could even Mike Boss look good on this team?
The Future
#TrusttheProcess #WhatIStheProcess? Back in mid-September, I wrote an article about the huge number of Yeti trades and what they meant, as well as totaled up what they got out of them. The short answer was a shit ton of draft picks. The longer answer was, and still is, a lot less clear. Early indications have this class as a LOT weaker than Season Three’s, and that’s saying quite a bit. If the draft class doesn’t significantly improve, though, this is VERY bad news for the Yeti, as SIX of the Yeti’s S4 and S5 combined picks are in the fifth round. I don’t even think there WILL be a fifth round at the moment, much less anything other than 50 TPE inactives. They have an above average number of picks in the first three rounds, though, so maybe they’ll be able to find plenty of promising talent to build around who may stay with the team. Probably the best thing going for Colorado’s next batch of players is that they won’t have to see their team get worse.
So far in this season’s series:
1. S2 Las Vegas Legion: The Good, Bad and Future
Next up are the Colorado Yeti, who finished 4th place in the National Simulation Football Conference this season, which did not allow them to qualify for the playoffs.
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Colorado Yeti 3-11
Fourth in NSFC
The Good
Having spent the majority of last season making fun of their horrible trades and cursing them for threatening my plan of Legion winlessness, I can see why I did that. Looking for things to praise them on was a lot tougher.
Number One: There IS a plan to get better. Over the next two years, the Yeti have four first round picks to help with the rebuild process, not to mention absolute shitload of late round picks. They are reportedly working with Noble for him to change positions, hopefully to offensive line. They also aren’t in any cap troubles, leaving an upcoming free agency (which looks significant) as a means to get noticeably better.
Number Two: There are some good players to look forward to. While the Yeti did lose a lot of talent up front, some more is developing to replace it. Nicolas Pierno is improving rapidly, and should double his passer rating in Season Four. Brice Boggs is having to fight some blockers and is having an underwhelming rookie season, but as his speed increases his sacks and tackles will as well. Antonio Sandoval is pretty low on pancakes, but being the second-best rookie in sacks allowed with that lack of support around him is actually pretty impressive.
Number Three: Boss Tweed. Yeah, this was my number 3 last year, but this year he’s been even more important. Without Logan Noble to keep the safeties away, Tweed has still thrived, and is the most efficient starting RB in the league, just like last year. This year, though, he was the rushing leader. Fantasy-wise he may not have been much of a steal given his lack of touchdowns, but he has been all the offense can hope for in Season Three and will likely have an even bigger workload in Season Four as his stamina improves.
The Bad
Unfortunately for the once-proud Yeti, there is still a lot of bad to write about.
Number One: Point Differential. The Yeti may have bitched about deserving the playoffs based on PD in Season Two, but by that same logic, this team was worse than their record this year. After 5 games, this team was outscored 144-26. And by the way, those weren’t all losses. That was including one of their wins. The Yeti were the second team to be shut out in a regular season game (SJS was first), and the very next week they became the third. Compare that to the Legion, who lost all of their first five games and finished outscored only 129-70. At least the Legion made the games worth watching. They damn near won a couple of those. Last season, I said “they’re not the Legion” as kind of a dick way of saying, yeah, things are bad, but they could be a lot worse. The Yeti are now the first team that doesn’t apply to. The Yeti are not the Legion, but I’m not sure that’s a good thing.
Number Two: Pierno’s performance. Now, to be fair to Pierno, he wasn’t asking or expecting to be put in this situation, but holy crap has he been bad. He has less than half the yards and barely a fourth of the touchdowns of the best QB, but set an interception record that I don’t think will ever be beaten. Some of this isn’t his fault…a lot of it, really. Going to a team with one of the worst WR groups and one of the worst O lines on top of being a rookie QB is almost as bad as it gets. But for all the talk of his low attribute scores, there is one that deserves mention: speed. To say that Pierno is one of the fastest QBs in the league should be a given. He is, after all, one of only two mobile quarterbacks. However, despite his very low TPE (which, by the way, is not increasing as quickly as it had been), did you know that Pierno is the FASTEST QB in the league? San Jose mobile QB Ethan Hunt has a speed of 70. Nicolas Pierno, who has 100 TPE less than Hunt, has a speed of 76. I would respect the guy a LOT more if his speed were 75. Let me explain. When Pierno got sent down to the DSFL, he clearly decided to have fun against weaker opponents, putting all his TPE into speed through the remaining offseason and pre-season. In the DSFL, which was intended as a place for rookies to experiment, learn and have fun until moving up, I can’t say anything negative about his decision. Hell, I thought it was beautiful and looked forward to seeing him fly by the slow defenses he would be up against. However, when he got called up, and would have to be competing at a higher level, his first move was to once again increase his speed. Had he put those five points into intelligence, arm, and/or accuracy, all of which stayed below 70 for the majority of the season, he’d be looking at a passer rating about 10 points higher.
Number Three: Lack of a system for Pierno to thrive in. By TPE, Pierno has the second-worst O line in the league (LVL is still the lowest) and the worst WR corps in the league. Of that group of 8, only two are any kind of active. Jaquan Young appeared to stop updating after being called up from the DSFL (Head Office take note of that, by the way) where he went from promising #1 WR to #3 on a team that almost never passes. Also, looking at Young, his attributes are wrong and need to be lowered (he apparently thought cleats raised the attribute by 4 as opposed to granting 4 TPE). Kendrick Hendrix, who was arguably the best receiver in Season Three, went inactive. That leaves Damien West, who has earned about 50 TPE per season, as the team’s MOST ACTIVE receiver. While that is great news for the DSFL Kansas City Coyotes, who will likely be getting Young back in the forseeable future, it is horrible news for the Yeti. In addition, the O line consists of Antonio Sandoval and a bunch of inactives. Hey, @Bzerkap, we found a more depressing O line for a left tackle to be on! Really, could even Mike Boss look good on this team?
The Future
#TrusttheProcess #WhatIStheProcess? Back in mid-September, I wrote an article about the huge number of Yeti trades and what they meant, as well as totaled up what they got out of them. The short answer was a shit ton of draft picks. The longer answer was, and still is, a lot less clear. Early indications have this class as a LOT weaker than Season Three’s, and that’s saying quite a bit. If the draft class doesn’t significantly improve, though, this is VERY bad news for the Yeti, as SIX of the Yeti’s S4 and S5 combined picks are in the fifth round. I don’t even think there WILL be a fifth round at the moment, much less anything other than 50 TPE inactives. They have an above average number of picks in the first three rounds, though, so maybe they’ll be able to find plenty of promising talent to build around who may stay with the team. Probably the best thing going for Colorado’s next batch of players is that they won’t have to see their team get worse.
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