Jed Podolak here, I just joined the Tijuana Luchadores and I am an RB so defense is not my strong suit, but I have been studying up on my teammates on the other side of the ball and think it looks like a strong unit.
There are really no areas of the D-corps that are completely barren, though there are definitely spots we could use some upgrades with players who work as hard as our leaders to improve themselves.
Let’s start with the down linemen. It’s great to see that we have users at ever position and do not necessarily have to start a bot. Jacob Rowan is the real rock of the group and it’s nice to have a 166 TPE DT in the middle of that line. Hakuna Matata may have the least training, but I don’t think we will have to worry when he’s on the field.
The LB corps is anchored by Junior Lopez who is also clearly the captain of the entire defense. He’s currently at 206 TPE – he’s fast, makes the stick on tackles, works the weights to good effect and is nimble on his feet. Relative newcomer Mack Arianlacher is already at 94 TPE and shows promise to be as steady second to Lopez.
And we round things out with the D-backs. This may be our overall strongest group. We have a corps of 4 safetys and cornerbacks who all have at least 100 TPE. Going to be hard to shred that kind of coverage as there is no one weakest link to pick on.
So, this is just a first glance at the Luchadores defense, but given that I don’t see any particular glaring weaknesses, I’m going to go out on a limb and say they’ll be at least one of the top 3 Ds in the DSFL. We’ll see how accurate my assessment is when we start our season tonight!
There are really no areas of the D-corps that are completely barren, though there are definitely spots we could use some upgrades with players who work as hard as our leaders to improve themselves.
Let’s start with the down linemen. It’s great to see that we have users at ever position and do not necessarily have to start a bot. Jacob Rowan is the real rock of the group and it’s nice to have a 166 TPE DT in the middle of that line. Hakuna Matata may have the least training, but I don’t think we will have to worry when he’s on the field.
The LB corps is anchored by Junior Lopez who is also clearly the captain of the entire defense. He’s currently at 206 TPE – he’s fast, makes the stick on tackles, works the weights to good effect and is nimble on his feet. Relative newcomer Mack Arianlacher is already at 94 TPE and shows promise to be as steady second to Lopez.
And we round things out with the D-backs. This may be our overall strongest group. We have a corps of 4 safetys and cornerbacks who all have at least 100 TPE. Going to be hard to shred that kind of coverage as there is no one weakest link to pick on.
So, this is just a first glance at the Luchadores defense, but given that I don’t see any particular glaring weaknesses, I’m going to go out on a limb and say they’ll be at least one of the top 3 Ds in the DSFL. We’ll see how accurate my assessment is when we start our season tonight!