(S22) - PT1 - Runnin’ Down a Dream

[IsaStarcrossed]

This is almost too easy for me. Through his career, Bjørn Ironside has been spectacularly average. First overall pick in the DSFL draft, first overall pick in the NSFL draft. All of this hype and all of this promise to be one of the best defensive linemen in NSFL history and outside of one outlier season, his career so far has been a bust as he heads into his final season. That said, he has been the ultimate team player. He has never complained, he has never given up, he has continued to push and proven himself to be a pivotal role player for a Second Line team who just won the Ultimus. What I wish for him now is that he continue his legacy as a team player. He'll never go down as a superstar, he will never make the hall of fame. He can sacrifice himself and his own statistics to help a teammate achieve their goals though. For that reason I hope that Ironside finds a way to force double teams. I hope he finds a way to bring the defense to focus on him in the trenches so one of his teammates can explode instead. In specific, there are two rookies now on this defensive line and they'll be bracketing Ironside, one on each side of him. My hope is that he helps propel one of the two to either defensive lineman of the year or rookie of the year. Perhaps he can go out as one of the best team players of all time, the kind of guy who always propels his team to be better.