5) Armchair GM
Written: What moves could your team make to improve for the next year, be it in free agency, keeping players, the draft, etc. (Please be careful to avoid tampering.)
Graphic: Show us a step by step plan for future improvement.
For the Pythons, with how poorly the team performed this year, there is no choice to go but up. The defense is going to get better with stat improvements, Logan Noble Jr is going to take a leap forward after a great rookie year...and frankly our QB situation can't be worse. But with all of this well wishing improvements can still be made. If I was given the driver's seat and asked to make improvements as a GM, the first thing I would do is decide to move on from our QB and get a brand new face for the offense with a first round pick QB. Next, I would probably spend the rest of the draft on weapons for the offense and making improvements to the Offensive Line. Free Agents would only be used for the defensive side of the ball since I generally believe they were a strong unit that was shredded with how much time they spent on the field. Aside from Noble Jr, the offense was just too bad for us not to make it the primary focus in the offseason. Now, all of this can be overridden depending on how the NSFL turns out and how many people we lose to the draft/Free Agency.
7) Next Year
Written: If your team didn’t win the title this year, why do you believe they can win the next year (or the year after that)?
Graphics: Create a graphic showing the improvements your team could make to win in the future.
To piggy back off of the previous writing prompt, the Pythons can win next year because we simply can't be any worse than we were this year. We have new management that actually care about the locker room and want to make the moves to have us succeed, the offense should be able to become more run oriented to focus around our star running back, and with the offense making strides to get out of last place the defense should have more recovery time to show off the stars that we have on that side of the ball. We had arguably the two best defensive players in the league, with both of them being rookies, and leader in tackles in the league. But due to the fact our offense was so bad, the defense got shredded despite how good it was. Now, will we better in playoff shape next year? Probably not. Teams like this years Super Bowl 49ers are incredibly rare and I doubt that the Pythons could achieve that feat. Give this team two or three years, though, and they will not only be ready to hit the playoffs, but threaten to have the best in the league...as long as NSFL draft doesn't hit us hard or Free Agency doesn't screw us.
8) Scouting Report
Written: Write a scouting report for one of the incoming draftees in either the NSFL or DSFL.
Graphics: Create a graphic showing their stats or attributes.
For the Season 21 NSFL Draft, Defensive Tackle Jaune Arc is a can't miss prospect. Coming out of a decent year with the Pythons, Arc is poised to land on a team that want a disruptive interior lineman and eventual All-Star. While his stats are not eye popping, in-fact they can be described as mediocre, his presence is felt along the battle trenches. The Pythons did not give him the best of development, having him on a team where the defense got shredded on a weekly basis, but his raw natural talent is truly spectacular. His goal is to be drafted as high as possible, with his dreams have him being taken in the first round, past experience dictates that a team will make a steal with him in the lower rounds. Being a defensive lineman, he has stiff competition, from his fellow rookies that are looking to make a name for themselves to DSFL players who have been biding their time in the lower league to get stronger. With draft boards currently being created by GMs across the league, it would not be a shock to Jaune Arc appearing on many boards as one of the top defensive prospects coming into the draft.
6) Expansion
Written: There have been a lot of new players entering the league recently. If you were in charge of a new expansion team for the NSFL or DSFL, how would you go about it?
Graphics: Create a design for your new team.
I feel as if these answers I am giving for the writing prompts are linked together to give similar answers, as if to make the task easier...oh well. If I was given the ability to create an expansion team, I would create a team in the DSFL, focus my first draft on building a running offense and then look for my other offensive and defensive pieces in Free Agency or trades. I want to create a running offense because not only is it one of the easiest to create, albeit with some exceptions, but it is a way to dominate the pace of the game. Defensive players are aplenty in the DSFL and should be easy to acquire. For the location and team name, I want to venture far up North, specifically the most northern state in the continental US, and I would create the Augusta Anglers. Being the capital of Maine, Augusta would be the best place to house the team and a name like Angler brings a uniqueness that the team needs. I am honestly vamping at this point, mostly just hoping that I reach the character limit and get my extra TPE needed. Anyway, I shall end by saying...I love the NSFL.
Written: What moves could your team make to improve for the next year, be it in free agency, keeping players, the draft, etc. (Please be careful to avoid tampering.)
Graphic: Show us a step by step plan for future improvement.
For the Pythons, with how poorly the team performed this year, there is no choice to go but up. The defense is going to get better with stat improvements, Logan Noble Jr is going to take a leap forward after a great rookie year...and frankly our QB situation can't be worse. But with all of this well wishing improvements can still be made. If I was given the driver's seat and asked to make improvements as a GM, the first thing I would do is decide to move on from our QB and get a brand new face for the offense with a first round pick QB. Next, I would probably spend the rest of the draft on weapons for the offense and making improvements to the Offensive Line. Free Agents would only be used for the defensive side of the ball since I generally believe they were a strong unit that was shredded with how much time they spent on the field. Aside from Noble Jr, the offense was just too bad for us not to make it the primary focus in the offseason. Now, all of this can be overridden depending on how the NSFL turns out and how many people we lose to the draft/Free Agency.
7) Next Year
Written: If your team didn’t win the title this year, why do you believe they can win the next year (or the year after that)?
Graphics: Create a graphic showing the improvements your team could make to win in the future.
To piggy back off of the previous writing prompt, the Pythons can win next year because we simply can't be any worse than we were this year. We have new management that actually care about the locker room and want to make the moves to have us succeed, the offense should be able to become more run oriented to focus around our star running back, and with the offense making strides to get out of last place the defense should have more recovery time to show off the stars that we have on that side of the ball. We had arguably the two best defensive players in the league, with both of them being rookies, and leader in tackles in the league. But due to the fact our offense was so bad, the defense got shredded despite how good it was. Now, will we better in playoff shape next year? Probably not. Teams like this years Super Bowl 49ers are incredibly rare and I doubt that the Pythons could achieve that feat. Give this team two or three years, though, and they will not only be ready to hit the playoffs, but threaten to have the best in the league...as long as NSFL draft doesn't hit us hard or Free Agency doesn't screw us.
8) Scouting Report
Written: Write a scouting report for one of the incoming draftees in either the NSFL or DSFL.
Graphics: Create a graphic showing their stats or attributes.
For the Season 21 NSFL Draft, Defensive Tackle Jaune Arc is a can't miss prospect. Coming out of a decent year with the Pythons, Arc is poised to land on a team that want a disruptive interior lineman and eventual All-Star. While his stats are not eye popping, in-fact they can be described as mediocre, his presence is felt along the battle trenches. The Pythons did not give him the best of development, having him on a team where the defense got shredded on a weekly basis, but his raw natural talent is truly spectacular. His goal is to be drafted as high as possible, with his dreams have him being taken in the first round, past experience dictates that a team will make a steal with him in the lower rounds. Being a defensive lineman, he has stiff competition, from his fellow rookies that are looking to make a name for themselves to DSFL players who have been biding their time in the lower league to get stronger. With draft boards currently being created by GMs across the league, it would not be a shock to Jaune Arc appearing on many boards as one of the top defensive prospects coming into the draft.
6) Expansion
Written: There have been a lot of new players entering the league recently. If you were in charge of a new expansion team for the NSFL or DSFL, how would you go about it?
Graphics: Create a design for your new team.
I feel as if these answers I am giving for the writing prompts are linked together to give similar answers, as if to make the task easier...oh well. If I was given the ability to create an expansion team, I would create a team in the DSFL, focus my first draft on building a running offense and then look for my other offensive and defensive pieces in Free Agency or trades. I want to create a running offense because not only is it one of the easiest to create, albeit with some exceptions, but it is a way to dominate the pace of the game. Defensive players are aplenty in the DSFL and should be easy to acquire. For the location and team name, I want to venture far up North, specifically the most northern state in the continental US, and I would create the Augusta Anglers. Being the capital of Maine, Augusta would be the best place to house the team and a name like Angler brings a uniqueness that the team needs. I am honestly vamping at this point, mostly just hoping that I reach the character limit and get my extra TPE needed. Anyway, I shall end by saying...I love the NSFL.
