8) Strategies
The Wraiths need to improve on defense in order to win the championship. We had a fantastic offense last season but the defense really held us back. Our secondary is very young and needs more time to develop especially for the guys on the outside. Luckily with all of our defensive backs staying active and enjoying the league we have taken some pretty big strides in that department and are looking to really bring the pain to everyone soon. The offense is going like clockwork and is actually only going to get better as we don't have anyone on offense regressing right now. All the wide receiver depth, our QB, our awesome young RB Marshall, Canton we're all just leaps and bounds better than we were last season and you can expect that offense to put up some seriously gaudy stats. While most players won't have crazy high stats in everything what you will see is that the offense as a whole and maybe one or two top guys will have super high stats. Hell it's possible Cooter could get 5000 yards. But we do need one or two more pieces on defense to really put it all together and make it a win.
10) Rivalries
The Chicago Butchers are overrated. Yeah there I said it. They talked a really big game this season but if you really looked at what they did, they weren't as good as their record indicated. The Butchers were great for an expansion team but they had a lot of lucky wins that did not really indicate their true performance. Sure their players will say silly things like "well we didn't get to run up scores on bad teams" or whatever but if you really run the numbers you will see that the offense struggled to place high in standings because the offense just isnt all that great. They didn't underperform they performed like they should on offense. The defense on the other hand did overperform and the Butchers really struck me as something closer to a 9-4 team. The issue with a season like the one that just ended is that when you have two teams that can't win a single game against anyone else you end up with bloated standings that don't really make all that much sense. We really need Austin and Colorado to start winning again because I think that will do a lot to set some standings right and force teams to really grind out each and every win for the playoffs. Either
way I think the Wraiths are a lock for the top NSFC team next season.
16) Unsung Hero
The Unsung hero of the playoffs was definitely journeyman running back Seer Zephyrous. Although his stat sheet didn't pop out at every game when you look at how he did averaged across all three playoff games Seer definitely did an amazing job. He's been around the league for a long time and originally started out as a fullback. Eventually he shed some weight and found he was actually pretty damn fast. They worked on his hands a little bit to keep him involved in the passing game and Seer turned out to be a great running back that maybe won't make the HOF but has been involved in lots of championships. During these playoffs he was the lead back most of the time and proved he had a nose for the endzone as he scored 5 touchdowns over three games. His worst performance came in the wildcard game where he failed to secure 100 yards but in the next two games he exceeded 100 scrimmage yards both times. Then in the big game he really brought the pain to the Liberty as he went 116 yards on 24 carries for one score and had 2 receptions for 23 yards. While people will look at Murphy and see him as the hero, I see guys like Zephyrous who stick out to me.
20) Let’s get Wild!(card)
The Wraiths got downright robbed this season. They were the best team in the NSFC and like everyone else in this bamboozle of a playoff they got an unlucky break. The Wraiths had the best offense in the league and they had only one player on offense above 1000 TPE. That's how well the team was meshing. The trick was having all that depth to allow Cooter to really spread the ball around and keep the opponents from shutting down just one top threat. The defense still needed work but they were head and shoulders better than Philadelphia this season and had about an 80% chance to win that wild card game and just lost thanks to some good ol fashioned sim fuckery. I'm not saying the Liberty were a bad team or anything, but they didn't have the kind of offensive firepower that the Wraiths had. However in the end firepower or not the Wraiths strugggled to stop the Liberty on defense and weren't able to bring home the win. Cooter played great throwing 2 TDs and 0 INTs and was 21/32. His yards per attempt were great and the whole offense did a good job. We needed to get to the quarterback more and generate more pressure I think.
The Wraiths need to improve on defense in order to win the championship. We had a fantastic offense last season but the defense really held us back. Our secondary is very young and needs more time to develop especially for the guys on the outside. Luckily with all of our defensive backs staying active and enjoying the league we have taken some pretty big strides in that department and are looking to really bring the pain to everyone soon. The offense is going like clockwork and is actually only going to get better as we don't have anyone on offense regressing right now. All the wide receiver depth, our QB, our awesome young RB Marshall, Canton we're all just leaps and bounds better than we were last season and you can expect that offense to put up some seriously gaudy stats. While most players won't have crazy high stats in everything what you will see is that the offense as a whole and maybe one or two top guys will have super high stats. Hell it's possible Cooter could get 5000 yards. But we do need one or two more pieces on defense to really put it all together and make it a win.
10) Rivalries
The Chicago Butchers are overrated. Yeah there I said it. They talked a really big game this season but if you really looked at what they did, they weren't as good as their record indicated. The Butchers were great for an expansion team but they had a lot of lucky wins that did not really indicate their true performance. Sure their players will say silly things like "well we didn't get to run up scores on bad teams" or whatever but if you really run the numbers you will see that the offense struggled to place high in standings because the offense just isnt all that great. They didn't underperform they performed like they should on offense. The defense on the other hand did overperform and the Butchers really struck me as something closer to a 9-4 team. The issue with a season like the one that just ended is that when you have two teams that can't win a single game against anyone else you end up with bloated standings that don't really make all that much sense. We really need Austin and Colorado to start winning again because I think that will do a lot to set some standings right and force teams to really grind out each and every win for the playoffs. Either
way I think the Wraiths are a lock for the top NSFC team next season.
16) Unsung Hero
The Unsung hero of the playoffs was definitely journeyman running back Seer Zephyrous. Although his stat sheet didn't pop out at every game when you look at how he did averaged across all three playoff games Seer definitely did an amazing job. He's been around the league for a long time and originally started out as a fullback. Eventually he shed some weight and found he was actually pretty damn fast. They worked on his hands a little bit to keep him involved in the passing game and Seer turned out to be a great running back that maybe won't make the HOF but has been involved in lots of championships. During these playoffs he was the lead back most of the time and proved he had a nose for the endzone as he scored 5 touchdowns over three games. His worst performance came in the wildcard game where he failed to secure 100 yards but in the next two games he exceeded 100 scrimmage yards both times. Then in the big game he really brought the pain to the Liberty as he went 116 yards on 24 carries for one score and had 2 receptions for 23 yards. While people will look at Murphy and see him as the hero, I see guys like Zephyrous who stick out to me.
20) Let’s get Wild!(card)
The Wraiths got downright robbed this season. They were the best team in the NSFC and like everyone else in this bamboozle of a playoff they got an unlucky break. The Wraiths had the best offense in the league and they had only one player on offense above 1000 TPE. That's how well the team was meshing. The trick was having all that depth to allow Cooter to really spread the ball around and keep the opponents from shutting down just one top threat. The defense still needed work but they were head and shoulders better than Philadelphia this season and had about an 80% chance to win that wild card game and just lost thanks to some good ol fashioned sim fuckery. I'm not saying the Liberty were a bad team or anything, but they didn't have the kind of offensive firepower that the Wraiths had. However in the end firepower or not the Wraiths strugggled to stop the Liberty on defense and weren't able to bring home the win. Cooter played great throwing 2 TDs and 0 INTs and was 21/32. His yards per attempt were great and the whole offense did a good job. We needed to get to the quarterback more and generate more pressure I think.
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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
