1. PBE
2. IT IS OUR TIME THIS (NEXT) YEAR
This is a tough one. Because I don't necessarily think that the Wraiths are going to be in the finals next year. We will be better, yes, but in the finals? That's a little ambitious. I think this core is 2 years away from competing. And that's tough to watch because Cameron Taylor only has one or two more seasons in his career left. Well at least while he's still relatively effective. Its disappointing to never be able to compete again probably, but the journey Cameron Taylor has been on with this one of a kind organization has been great. He doesn't want to play a second of football for anyone else right now. As for the future, the offense might finally be the strength of this team. If Applehort can survive for a bit while all our running backs and wide receivers progress, this offense will be nasty in two years. The defence will be okay next year and the year after that with the corpses of Dermot and Taylor still sticking around. We need a litle LB help and secondary to replace Taylor and the defence will be fine. Not to mention, I heard a CDub2 recreate is coming soon after Taylor's retirement.
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3. SPOTLIGHT ON THE YOUTH
Marc Spector of the Orange County Otters is looking like a fine football specimen. He came out of the DSFL as a speedster corner back, but has nicely progressed into a shutdown corner for the defending Ultimus champs. The S11 stud of the draft was luckily snagged up by the Otters late, but is now one of their highest TPE secondary players. And CBs are such a huge part of the defence in this sim. And it shows. In the Ultimus finals, Spector managed to collect 4 tackles to go along with his forced fumble and a recovered fumble. Pretty much just as good as a pick. So somewhere along the line of shutting down Baltimore's wide outs, he created a turnover. That pretty incredible for a player that has only been in the league for 2 seasons. Looking ahead, it's not like the secondary is getting worse for Orange County. The Otters have a ton of <3 year pro secondary players coming up so that D is only getting better. And that's the scary part. Orange County Otters are not getting worse after winning the Ultimus, they might even be getting better. But everyone else is getting worse for the most part.
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4. ENEMIES HAPPEN
Well, writing this now, it seems pointless to pick this player but I hope Mason Brown, the linebacker for the Orange County Otters does poorly in this year's playoffs. Now there are a few Orange County Otters that I could choose from, like Danny Grithead or Tegan Atwell. Danny Grithead is easy. Everyone hates Trautner. Jokes, I love Trautner. He's the best and I hope he enjoys it there. Tegan Atwell is a past Yellowknife player and was cast off in the offseason two years ago by the Otters and we took her in with a huge contract. You would think that would count for something but she immediately split back to OCO at the first chance. But Mason Brown is the issue here. There's a rising pandemic in free agency in this league. Players declaring as free agents in order to scout other teams and get the inside scoop for their GMs only to return to their original team on a minimum deal. This is not free agency. This is collusion and bad faith. Happened with Mason Brown two years ago and has just happened again this offseason with the likes of Achilles Hondo and Fyodorovich. I get the reasoning, and I'm not guilt free as Cameron Taylor has had pretty low contract demands, but at least I don't pretend to be a free agent just for intel.
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2. IT IS OUR TIME THIS (NEXT) YEAR
This is a tough one. Because I don't necessarily think that the Wraiths are going to be in the finals next year. We will be better, yes, but in the finals? That's a little ambitious. I think this core is 2 years away from competing. And that's tough to watch because Cameron Taylor only has one or two more seasons in his career left. Well at least while he's still relatively effective. Its disappointing to never be able to compete again probably, but the journey Cameron Taylor has been on with this one of a kind organization has been great. He doesn't want to play a second of football for anyone else right now. As for the future, the offense might finally be the strength of this team. If Applehort can survive for a bit while all our running backs and wide receivers progress, this offense will be nasty in two years. The defence will be okay next year and the year after that with the corpses of Dermot and Taylor still sticking around. We need a litle LB help and secondary to replace Taylor and the defence will be fine. Not to mention, I heard a CDub2 recreate is coming soon after Taylor's retirement.
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3. SPOTLIGHT ON THE YOUTH
Marc Spector of the Orange County Otters is looking like a fine football specimen. He came out of the DSFL as a speedster corner back, but has nicely progressed into a shutdown corner for the defending Ultimus champs. The S11 stud of the draft was luckily snagged up by the Otters late, but is now one of their highest TPE secondary players. And CBs are such a huge part of the defence in this sim. And it shows. In the Ultimus finals, Spector managed to collect 4 tackles to go along with his forced fumble and a recovered fumble. Pretty much just as good as a pick. So somewhere along the line of shutting down Baltimore's wide outs, he created a turnover. That pretty incredible for a player that has only been in the league for 2 seasons. Looking ahead, it's not like the secondary is getting worse for Orange County. The Otters have a ton of <3 year pro secondary players coming up so that D is only getting better. And that's the scary part. Orange County Otters are not getting worse after winning the Ultimus, they might even be getting better. But everyone else is getting worse for the most part.
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4. ENEMIES HAPPEN
Well, writing this now, it seems pointless to pick this player but I hope Mason Brown, the linebacker for the Orange County Otters does poorly in this year's playoffs. Now there are a few Orange County Otters that I could choose from, like Danny Grithead or Tegan Atwell. Danny Grithead is easy. Everyone hates Trautner. Jokes, I love Trautner. He's the best and I hope he enjoys it there. Tegan Atwell is a past Yellowknife player and was cast off in the offseason two years ago by the Otters and we took her in with a huge contract. You would think that would count for something but she immediately split back to OCO at the first chance. But Mason Brown is the issue here. There's a rising pandemic in free agency in this league. Players declaring as free agents in order to scout other teams and get the inside scoop for their GMs only to return to their original team on a minimum deal. This is not free agency. This is collusion and bad faith. Happened with Mason Brown two years ago and has just happened again this offseason with the likes of Achilles Hondo and Fyodorovich. I get the reasoning, and I'm not guilt free as Cameron Taylor has had pretty low contract demands, but at least I don't pretend to be a free agent just for intel.
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