7) Penalty Box: Football is now adding a penalty box! Which of your teammates would find themselves in it most often, and for what reasons?
I don’t think Bjorn Ironside is a dirty player in any way. He’s aggressive and violent, sure, but football is an aggressive and violent game. He’s stated multiple times that he just wants to hit hard, and within the context of football that’s perfectly acceptable. However, there are times when his play crosses the line into unsafe, even dangerous territory. He has a history of such play: two unnecessary roughness and one unsportsmanlike conduct calls with the Flint Sun Tropics, and seven unnecessary roughness and four unsportsmanlike conduct calls with the Norfolk Seawolves of the DSFL. In his first season in the NSFL, he managed to keep things under control, but doing so limited his performance on the field, and New Orleans finished with a poor 5-8 record. This season, he was given the freedom to play more physically (so to speak), and although he was called twice for unnecessary roughness and once for unsportsmanlike conduct this over the course of the season, New Orleans fared much better as a team. The league has finally realized what Bjorn has known all along: in order for him to be the best player he can be, and in order for his team to be successful, Bjorn has to be allowed to play his particular brand of football. And, if that means having to suffer the occasional penalty flag on account of his behavior, then so be it.
8) Scouting Report: Write a scouting report for one of the incoming draftees in either the NSFL or DSFL.
As a linebacker myself, I’m always curious about linebacker prospects. So I decided to scout Galf Wilf, the second overall pick in the S19 DSFL draft. The speed rusher for Portland had a tremendous season: his 144 tackles was good for second in the league, but it was his ability to create turnovers that really made him shine. He forced four fumbles and recovered three, helping his Pythons to an 8-6 record and a playoff appearance. In that playoff game against Minnesota, Wilf recorded 12 tackles, but unfortunately the Pythons fell to the Grey Ducks. Wilf has 172 TPE at the time of this writing, with a 21 TPE update waiting to be approved. 172 TPE is good for 8th most in his draft class, and Wilf has the most TPE of any linebacker in S20; in fact, he has almost 20 more TPE than the next highest earning linebacker. In his recent updates, he’s been focusing heavily on Endurance and Speed, both of which are critically important for his position (and for pretty much every position in the league). He could benefit from spending one more season in the DSFL, but as things stand now he could easily find a starting position with one of the more LB-needy teams. I’m probably a little biased, but I would expect Wilf to go in the first or second round. If he’s still on the board going into the third round, I think he’ll end up being one of the biggest steals of the draft.
9) Brotherly Love: We always talk about what teams and players are our rivals. This season, give me what team or player you have a soft spot for.
Mo Berry and I go back a long way, to even before our early days in the league. Berry and I both played linebacker at Nebraska, so we got to know each other well during our time there. It was during that time that we both decided to go to the NSFL, and we each helped each other to get there. Sadly, we weren’t on the same Prospect Bowl team, but we were reunited in the DSFL as members of the San Antonio Marshals. There, Berry and I--along with the other members of the Fab V--put together one of the most dominant seasons the DSFL has ever seen, and although we were unable to win it all that year, it was one of the best experiences of my career. He and I ended up as rivals in the NSFL: he went to Colorado, while I found a home in New Orleans. And whenever our teams play, I don’t treat him any differently than I would any other player on any other team. But despite that, Mo Berry remains one of my favorite players in the league. He works as hard as anyone, and much of Colorado’s successes can be attributed to him. Regardless of what happens with our teams and our individual careers, I’ll always consider him a friend (and a worthy opponent).
16) Dynasty: Convince us that your team will be the next NSFL or DSFL dynasty.
Out of all the teams in the league, New Orleans is the one most poised to become the NSFL’s next big dynasty. We have one of the most active rosters in the league, if not the single most active one. More activity means two things: better players and a deeper roster. Because everybody on our team works hard, we can field a team that’s just plain better than a lot of other teams, and it means that the guys on the bench are just as capable as the ones in the starting lineup. But there’s more to being a dynasty than simply having a talented roster. New Orleans’ roster is also one of the youngest in the NSFL: as of this writing, the vast majority of our team is S15 or newer, with only six players falling outside that window. That means that the Second Line squad that made the conference championships this season is only going to get better. We had several coin-flip games that didn’t go our way this season, and if they had, we could have ended up with home field advantage throughout the playoffs. And, given that we beat eventual champions Orange County at home, it’s not a stretch to imagine that we could have beaten them in the playoffs at home as well. Next season, when our team has improved significantly and built on an already impressive performance, we’re much more likely to go into the playoffs with that crucial home field advantage, and we’ll be even tougher to beat. After that, once we’ve proved that we’re the real deal, it will be much easier to draw talented rookies and seasoned vets, meaning we can add pieces and cement our status as a true dynasty.
I don’t think Bjorn Ironside is a dirty player in any way. He’s aggressive and violent, sure, but football is an aggressive and violent game. He’s stated multiple times that he just wants to hit hard, and within the context of football that’s perfectly acceptable. However, there are times when his play crosses the line into unsafe, even dangerous territory. He has a history of such play: two unnecessary roughness and one unsportsmanlike conduct calls with the Flint Sun Tropics, and seven unnecessary roughness and four unsportsmanlike conduct calls with the Norfolk Seawolves of the DSFL. In his first season in the NSFL, he managed to keep things under control, but doing so limited his performance on the field, and New Orleans finished with a poor 5-8 record. This season, he was given the freedom to play more physically (so to speak), and although he was called twice for unnecessary roughness and once for unsportsmanlike conduct this over the course of the season, New Orleans fared much better as a team. The league has finally realized what Bjorn has known all along: in order for him to be the best player he can be, and in order for his team to be successful, Bjorn has to be allowed to play his particular brand of football. And, if that means having to suffer the occasional penalty flag on account of his behavior, then so be it.
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235 words8) Scouting Report: Write a scouting report for one of the incoming draftees in either the NSFL or DSFL.
As a linebacker myself, I’m always curious about linebacker prospects. So I decided to scout Galf Wilf, the second overall pick in the S19 DSFL draft. The speed rusher for Portland had a tremendous season: his 144 tackles was good for second in the league, but it was his ability to create turnovers that really made him shine. He forced four fumbles and recovered three, helping his Pythons to an 8-6 record and a playoff appearance. In that playoff game against Minnesota, Wilf recorded 12 tackles, but unfortunately the Pythons fell to the Grey Ducks. Wilf has 172 TPE at the time of this writing, with a 21 TPE update waiting to be approved. 172 TPE is good for 8th most in his draft class, and Wilf has the most TPE of any linebacker in S20; in fact, he has almost 20 more TPE than the next highest earning linebacker. In his recent updates, he’s been focusing heavily on Endurance and Speed, both of which are critically important for his position (and for pretty much every position in the league). He could benefit from spending one more season in the DSFL, but as things stand now he could easily find a starting position with one of the more LB-needy teams. I’m probably a little biased, but I would expect Wilf to go in the first or second round. If he’s still on the board going into the third round, I think he’ll end up being one of the biggest steals of the draft.
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253 words, and yes I realize he'll be a GM pick.9) Brotherly Love: We always talk about what teams and players are our rivals. This season, give me what team or player you have a soft spot for.
Mo Berry and I go back a long way, to even before our early days in the league. Berry and I both played linebacker at Nebraska, so we got to know each other well during our time there. It was during that time that we both decided to go to the NSFL, and we each helped each other to get there. Sadly, we weren’t on the same Prospect Bowl team, but we were reunited in the DSFL as members of the San Antonio Marshals. There, Berry and I--along with the other members of the Fab V--put together one of the most dominant seasons the DSFL has ever seen, and although we were unable to win it all that year, it was one of the best experiences of my career. He and I ended up as rivals in the NSFL: he went to Colorado, while I found a home in New Orleans. And whenever our teams play, I don’t treat him any differently than I would any other player on any other team. But despite that, Mo Berry remains one of my favorite players in the league. He works as hard as anyone, and much of Colorado’s successes can be attributed to him. Regardless of what happens with our teams and our individual careers, I’ll always consider him a friend (and a worthy opponent).
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223 words16) Dynasty: Convince us that your team will be the next NSFL or DSFL dynasty.
Out of all the teams in the league, New Orleans is the one most poised to become the NSFL’s next big dynasty. We have one of the most active rosters in the league, if not the single most active one. More activity means two things: better players and a deeper roster. Because everybody on our team works hard, we can field a team that’s just plain better than a lot of other teams, and it means that the guys on the bench are just as capable as the ones in the starting lineup. But there’s more to being a dynasty than simply having a talented roster. New Orleans’ roster is also one of the youngest in the NSFL: as of this writing, the vast majority of our team is S15 or newer, with only six players falling outside that window. That means that the Second Line squad that made the conference championships this season is only going to get better. We had several coin-flip games that didn’t go our way this season, and if they had, we could have ended up with home field advantage throughout the playoffs. And, given that we beat eventual champions Orange County at home, it’s not a stretch to imagine that we could have beaten them in the playoffs at home as well. Next season, when our team has improved significantly and built on an already impressive performance, we’re much more likely to go into the playoffs with that crucial home field advantage, and we’ll be even tougher to beat. After that, once we’ve proved that we’re the real deal, it will be much easier to draw talented rookies and seasoned vets, meaning we can add pieces and cement our status as a true dynasty.
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