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New Talent: Write about which S9 trade will or did have the biggest impact in the playoffs.
This is a tough one because we had two big impact trades come up near the end. But considering how things turned out I'd have to say that the winner of the Ultimus, the Hawks, had the biggest impact of all with the trade for Bush. NOLA's trade for Crush was just as impactful, but they lost and we don't talk about losers. So let's break this down. WR talent in DDSPF is a big, big deal. If you have an elite QB and two elite WRs that's pretty good. But adding in a third elite WR is what changes a great team into a dominant one. This game just likes to spread the ball around so you want lots of good options out there at WR. Baltimore scored a great WR in Carter Bush for a great low price in order to lock down a big chance at the Ultimus this season, when it looked like their window was closing quick. When it comes to NOLA, they got the better receiver in Crush, but I think the damage had already been done when they dropped the game to OCO and lost HFA in the playoffs. Had only one team been able to trade for a WR I think whichever got it would have won Week 14 and taken HFA and the season.
That Magic Moment: Pick one moment from a playoff game and describe what made it so amazing to watch.
I'm picking this moment because I must be a masochist or something, but I'm picking Orange County's final drive in the conference championship against NOLA. They were down by one score, a bad punt and a good return meant they had their ball close to midfield at their own 42. A 1 yard run and a very strange choice to spike the ball put them at 3rd and 9 with 2:30 to go. Next play they dial up a pass but an unnecessary roughness by Jayce Tuck gave them a free 1st down and 15 yards to the NOLA 42. A quick pass to Garden for 6 yards, timeout. 2nd and 4, 1:38 left. A great pass to J King for 15 yards, timeout. 1st and 10 with 1:18 left on the 21. This is where it got ugly. DT Godfrey King gets penetration past the guard and into the backfield, Showbiz takes a drive killing sack for 6 yards, clock is running, they call their final timeout. 2nd and 16 on the 27 with 0:49 left, another pass to King. He catches it. He's running. He slows down as is caught by the linebacker O'sullivan who has the angle on him after only 18 yards. Time runs out for OCO as the game ends on the 9 yard line. NOLA wins.
Hate the player or the game: Tell us which team made the playoffs and shouldn't have, or which team didn't and should have?
Clearly the Liberty were snubbed this season and should have been in the playoffs over just about any other team that made it. These guys broke the rushing yards record, how could they not be in the playoffs? Everybody knows that you win football by establishing the run, and stopping the run. Well Philly was fantastic at both, I think. It's clear that the NSFL rules committee is conspiring against elite rushing teams like the Liberty to change the league to a passing league. This is a travesty and an insult to the great sport of simulation football, likely engineered by the Orange County Otters. Everybody knows about the Otters' dirty tricks, like bamboozling the Yeti out of a third round pick through a 12 week long multi scheme. They are doing the exact same thing to prevent the Liberty who run the greatest smashmouth football scheme that the sport has ever seen from getting to assert their dominance in the Ultimus. But fret not, they shall rise up and overcome this shadow HO hellbent on keeping them down. S11 the Liberty will rush their way to 3000 yards, 14-0, and a Championship. Nobody will be able to stop them. Nobody will want to stop them. The sport is returning to its roots on the back of Marquise Brown.
New Talent: Write about which S9 trade will or did have the biggest impact in the playoffs.
This is a tough one because we had two big impact trades come up near the end. But considering how things turned out I'd have to say that the winner of the Ultimus, the Hawks, had the biggest impact of all with the trade for Bush. NOLA's trade for Crush was just as impactful, but they lost and we don't talk about losers. So let's break this down. WR talent in DDSPF is a big, big deal. If you have an elite QB and two elite WRs that's pretty good. But adding in a third elite WR is what changes a great team into a dominant one. This game just likes to spread the ball around so you want lots of good options out there at WR. Baltimore scored a great WR in Carter Bush for a great low price in order to lock down a big chance at the Ultimus this season, when it looked like their window was closing quick. When it comes to NOLA, they got the better receiver in Crush, but I think the damage had already been done when they dropped the game to OCO and lost HFA in the playoffs. Had only one team been able to trade for a WR I think whichever got it would have won Week 14 and taken HFA and the season.
That Magic Moment: Pick one moment from a playoff game and describe what made it so amazing to watch.
I'm picking this moment because I must be a masochist or something, but I'm picking Orange County's final drive in the conference championship against NOLA. They were down by one score, a bad punt and a good return meant they had their ball close to midfield at their own 42. A 1 yard run and a very strange choice to spike the ball put them at 3rd and 9 with 2:30 to go. Next play they dial up a pass but an unnecessary roughness by Jayce Tuck gave them a free 1st down and 15 yards to the NOLA 42. A quick pass to Garden for 6 yards, timeout. 2nd and 4, 1:38 left. A great pass to J King for 15 yards, timeout. 1st and 10 with 1:18 left on the 21. This is where it got ugly. DT Godfrey King gets penetration past the guard and into the backfield, Showbiz takes a drive killing sack for 6 yards, clock is running, they call their final timeout. 2nd and 16 on the 27 with 0:49 left, another pass to King. He catches it. He's running. He slows down as is caught by the linebacker O'sullivan who has the angle on him after only 18 yards. Time runs out for OCO as the game ends on the 9 yard line. NOLA wins.
Hate the player or the game: Tell us which team made the playoffs and shouldn't have, or which team didn't and should have?
Clearly the Liberty were snubbed this season and should have been in the playoffs over just about any other team that made it. These guys broke the rushing yards record, how could they not be in the playoffs? Everybody knows that you win football by establishing the run, and stopping the run. Well Philly was fantastic at both, I think. It's clear that the NSFL rules committee is conspiring against elite rushing teams like the Liberty to change the league to a passing league. This is a travesty and an insult to the great sport of simulation football, likely engineered by the Orange County Otters. Everybody knows about the Otters' dirty tricks, like bamboozling the Yeti out of a third round pick through a 12 week long multi scheme. They are doing the exact same thing to prevent the Liberty who run the greatest smashmouth football scheme that the sport has ever seen from getting to assert their dominance in the Ultimus. But fret not, they shall rise up and overcome this shadow HO hellbent on keeping them down. S11 the Liberty will rush their way to 3000 yards, 14-0, and a Championship. Nobody will be able to stop them. Nobody will want to stop them. The sport is returning to its roots on the back of Marquise Brown.
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Hank Winchester (S25 - Current) - Scrub
Angus Winchester (S1-S12) - 4x Ultimus Champ - #2 Career Sacks - Hall of Fame
Cooter Bigsby (S14-S23) - S23 Ultimus Champ - #4 Career Yards - #4 Career TDs - 2x MVP - Hall of Fame
