05-25-2020, 02:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-25-2020, 03:17 PM by QuirkyTurtle.)
Tier 2 - 6) It’s always important to look forward to the future. Examine your team, and in 400 words or more, talk about how they can improve themselves to get a stab at trophy contention next year. Are you loaded with draft capital for the next draft? Do you have plenty of cap space to sign free agents? Go through the roster and note the different strengths and weaknesses, and how you think those will change over the next few seasons. How should your team adapt?
The Austin Copperheads squad for Season 22 is elite. No two ways about it. We hold the best offence in the league in terms of TPE, leading the charge with our two glorious GM players QB Easton Cole and RB Mako Mendonca who both sit at over 1300 TPE. Not to mention on the defensive side, we have Dermot Lavelle Jr who is a top the league in TPE at over 1450. Them and a whole bunch of strong users make this team an Ultimus contender and that has been on full display this season. Looking to the future, there are some concerns that need to be addressed. Firstly, our elite receiver option in Rod Tidwell enters his second year of regression and will likely only have one more season, or two at a stretch, at full effectiveness before deciding to hit the retirement button. This leaves S18 Net Gaines to take up the WR1 position and S22 Eddie Jeeta can move up to WR2. Austin will need to look for that high earning WR in this year’s draft to pair up with Jeeta for the future. Another important thing to keep in mind is Star QB Easton Cole will be entering his regression years and luckily with his high TPE count, he’ll be able to thwart off regression for a few more seasons but it should be in their agenda to seek out his eventual replacement. Sadly, same goes for RB Mako Mendonca. His season 22 counterpart in Ryan Leaf Jr will be retiring after the season, and Mako enters his first season of regression. Fortunately, Austin grabbed a steal of a pick in S22 RB Kichwa Jones who is earning tremendously and will learn behind Mendonca until his time to take over the position arrives. Defensive concerns are not as concerning other than to just bolster up that defensive line. We will be losing DE Kuusela to retirement and DT Riles McTackle is looking like a bit of a bust as he is inactive and no signs of returning. Id expect Austin to target Defensive line very early in the S23 draft. Likely with their first picks in Round 2 seeing as Austin currently don’t hold a 1st round selection. Cap Space is never really an issue as most players are comfortable in their bank account to take minimum contracts and not to mention that Austin never draft that many players. They take the best players they can in first 4 round and sell off the rest for something extra if they can, so we are not in the situation that Arizona could be facing very soon. Overall, I feel this team is exceptionally well managed and will remain contenders for playoffs without skipping a beat. Especially for the next few seasons.
Tier 2 - 8) This task is exclusive to non-recreate rookies of the S22 class and later. In 400 words or more, how has your experience been in the league? Who have you met that has made your time here more fun, friendly, and exciting? Have you been satisfied with your player’s early start? What was it like being drafted for the first time? Do you have any comments or suggestions for the entire league that you think should be implemented?
My experience in this league so far has been so enjoyable. I love the silly antics that the discord chat gets into sometimes, and the drama that appears within the league is not only super fun to witness but also adds to the somewhat realism and overall kind of seriousness that you hope to see when joining a league like this. On top of that, HO does such a fantastic job of keeping the league organised and running smoothly with hundreds of users every day and it’s really incredible and they really need more recognition for their efforts. Beyond that, I have made some wonderful friends through my time in the KC locker room and Austin locker room, as well as friendly rivalries. Most will know who they are but there are too many to list, it would feel a bit cheaty to just list them all.
I am actually happy with the start my player has made. I was a few votes off making WROTY in my rookie season in the DSFL which was fun, and on top of that I went to a really great organisation in the NSFL being the Austin Copperheads. It was a very late decision to call me up to play in the big leagues right away which rubbed the KC crowd the wrong way a little as it was long thought Id be sent down to help the coyotes for a second season. Alas, that’s just the ay it goes sometimes, but even as pretty much the 5th option of receivers on this overloaded Austin Offence, I still managed 3 TDs, even with a low yardage count which was expected anyway. Moving forward I’m really excited to keep earning and eventually become the WR1 for this team and prove their decision to select was a slam dunk. Speaking of my draft selection, that was great fun also. As my class was hella deep, it was tough to guess where I’d fall, especially in a loaded WR class. But I feel blessed to have been the 1st WR taken on the board, even in the mid-3rd round, and Austin traded up to do so. Which I believe to be an exceptional trade with Honolulu. Austin would give a 7th rounder that year that they had no intention of using anyway, and a S23 1st and 2nd for the S22 3rd and their S23 2nd. Now some call this a steep price but its actually not. Not to toot my own horn but in most other drafts, I’m likely a 1st rounder as am a max earner and top of the position. So that’s an even swap for giving up the S23 1st. Then we swapped 2nds which gained us a bunch of spots for a measly 7th. Superb trade in my eyes and my plan to be elite is only gonna show people just how good a trade it truly was.
The Austin Copperheads squad for Season 22 is elite. No two ways about it. We hold the best offence in the league in terms of TPE, leading the charge with our two glorious GM players QB Easton Cole and RB Mako Mendonca who both sit at over 1300 TPE. Not to mention on the defensive side, we have Dermot Lavelle Jr who is a top the league in TPE at over 1450. Them and a whole bunch of strong users make this team an Ultimus contender and that has been on full display this season. Looking to the future, there are some concerns that need to be addressed. Firstly, our elite receiver option in Rod Tidwell enters his second year of regression and will likely only have one more season, or two at a stretch, at full effectiveness before deciding to hit the retirement button. This leaves S18 Net Gaines to take up the WR1 position and S22 Eddie Jeeta can move up to WR2. Austin will need to look for that high earning WR in this year’s draft to pair up with Jeeta for the future. Another important thing to keep in mind is Star QB Easton Cole will be entering his regression years and luckily with his high TPE count, he’ll be able to thwart off regression for a few more seasons but it should be in their agenda to seek out his eventual replacement. Sadly, same goes for RB Mako Mendonca. His season 22 counterpart in Ryan Leaf Jr will be retiring after the season, and Mako enters his first season of regression. Fortunately, Austin grabbed a steal of a pick in S22 RB Kichwa Jones who is earning tremendously and will learn behind Mendonca until his time to take over the position arrives. Defensive concerns are not as concerning other than to just bolster up that defensive line. We will be losing DE Kuusela to retirement and DT Riles McTackle is looking like a bit of a bust as he is inactive and no signs of returning. Id expect Austin to target Defensive line very early in the S23 draft. Likely with their first picks in Round 2 seeing as Austin currently don’t hold a 1st round selection. Cap Space is never really an issue as most players are comfortable in their bank account to take minimum contracts and not to mention that Austin never draft that many players. They take the best players they can in first 4 round and sell off the rest for something extra if they can, so we are not in the situation that Arizona could be facing very soon. Overall, I feel this team is exceptionally well managed and will remain contenders for playoffs without skipping a beat. Especially for the next few seasons.
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My experience in this league so far has been so enjoyable. I love the silly antics that the discord chat gets into sometimes, and the drama that appears within the league is not only super fun to witness but also adds to the somewhat realism and overall kind of seriousness that you hope to see when joining a league like this. On top of that, HO does such a fantastic job of keeping the league organised and running smoothly with hundreds of users every day and it’s really incredible and they really need more recognition for their efforts. Beyond that, I have made some wonderful friends through my time in the KC locker room and Austin locker room, as well as friendly rivalries. Most will know who they are but there are too many to list, it would feel a bit cheaty to just list them all.
I am actually happy with the start my player has made. I was a few votes off making WROTY in my rookie season in the DSFL which was fun, and on top of that I went to a really great organisation in the NSFL being the Austin Copperheads. It was a very late decision to call me up to play in the big leagues right away which rubbed the KC crowd the wrong way a little as it was long thought Id be sent down to help the coyotes for a second season. Alas, that’s just the ay it goes sometimes, but even as pretty much the 5th option of receivers on this overloaded Austin Offence, I still managed 3 TDs, even with a low yardage count which was expected anyway. Moving forward I’m really excited to keep earning and eventually become the WR1 for this team and prove their decision to select was a slam dunk. Speaking of my draft selection, that was great fun also. As my class was hella deep, it was tough to guess where I’d fall, especially in a loaded WR class. But I feel blessed to have been the 1st WR taken on the board, even in the mid-3rd round, and Austin traded up to do so. Which I believe to be an exceptional trade with Honolulu. Austin would give a 7th rounder that year that they had no intention of using anyway, and a S23 1st and 2nd for the S22 3rd and their S23 2nd. Now some call this a steep price but its actually not. Not to toot my own horn but in most other drafts, I’m likely a 1st rounder as am a max earner and top of the position. So that’s an even swap for giving up the S23 1st. Then we swapped 2nds which gained us a bunch of spots for a measly 7th. Superb trade in my eyes and my plan to be elite is only gonna show people just how good a trade it truly was.
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