10) Create an argument for your own player, or for someone else on your team, as to why they should be nominated for awards. Lay out their stats or compare them to other contenders. Make a convincing argument. Written option available for 200 words or more.
Austin McCormick absolutely deserves to be nominated for tight end of the year. He is 9th overall in the league for receiving yards this season as a tight end. The only players ahead of him are all primary receivers. He had over 900 receiving yards! The next tight end down on the list for receiving yards is Phillips from OCO who also had an impressive year with 822 yards. He had 68 receptions, which is only 3 behind the top receiver in the league and good for 3rd best. Again Phillips was the 2nd best tight end with 66 receptions. That's tied for the most by a non wide receiver with a few running backs. This is where he sets himself apart from Phillips the most as Phillips only had 3 touchdowns. Not only do I believe McCormick should be nominated for tight end of the year, he should absolutely win that award. If you had a chance to read through the NOLA game balls I wrote for this season you'll see McCormick's name come up frequently. He was often a pivotal part of our wins and a big reason we were able to make it to the playoffs again this season. This man deserves an award for all the hard work he has put in.
14) Make a scouting report for any of the NSFL or DSFL draftees. Show their stats, abilities, TPE, highlights, or dead relatives. I’m joking about that last one, please don’t put dead relatives on the scouting report. Written option available for 200 words or more.
Juan Domine is very new to the league, but in his short time in the DSFL as a member of the Kansas City Coyotes has already shown he will make an impact on the defensive end and is definitely worth a look early in the draft. He was picked up by the Coyotes near the end of their season and got to play in their final two games. He was a part of the Coyotes upset win against the Luchadores as he made an immediate impact with 6 tackles in his first game. He followed that up with a nice 5 tackles performance on the road against the Birddogs and also had a tackle for loss as well. He made short work in taking the necessary steps to complete his rookie tasks and create his Wiki so that he would have as much TPE as possible. With 84 TPE as of this writing he currently has the 7th most of any player in the S24 class, which is good enough for 3rd most defensively. As important as linebackers are to stopping the run I could see him go as high as the top half of the first round in the DSFL draft, and looking to the future a bit if he continues to earn at the same pace he has been he could easily be a first round pick in the S24 NSFL draft.
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 New Orleans Second Line finished in 3rd place in what I think is the much more competitive conference in the ASFC and lost a close game in the Wildcard round to the Austin Copperheads to finish their season. This was all while starting six rookies on the team. The defense had quite a few major losses between retirement and expansion losses and we definitely didn't have as good of a defense as we did in Season 21 when we ended up winning the Ultimus, but I think one of the biggest things we can do as a team is stay active and continue to gain that precious TPE across the board so we continue to get even better. We are a relatively young team with not many players regressing yet, and we are also a very active team with hardly any inactive players on the roster. 13 of the 19 players on the roster are season 18 or younger, which means we have a few seasons of prime performance from the bulk of the roster coming up. The defensive line looks to be one of our biggest areas of need and hopefully we can find a good free agent to help bolster the line this offseason. Offensively we have a strong offensive line, the backfield is set with Gump and Toriki making up the best running back duo in the league and Francisco will continue to perform at QB until we are ready to bring our future QB Johnny Slothface up. We have two good tight ends in Austin McCormick and Rainier Wolfcastle. With Bona'beri Jones retiring Ed Barker is our only wide receiver on the roster, but with how we play we only really need one good receiver. We've got some potential from the recent draft class that stayed down in the DSFL this season that might be able to come up next season and contribute at wide receiver, but for the most part I think our offense is in good shape. The defense is similarly in good shape and as long as all our young defensive pieces stick around and continue to get better we won't have any issues there. As long as we continue to add good active players every draft and do our best not to lose the talent we have, which we've done a pretty good job of doing I think we are in great shape for the future. Don't be surprised to see the Second Line competing for another Ultimus in a season or two. Of course this all could have to get reconfigured if we have another expansion which would really put us in a hard situation.
Austin McCormick absolutely deserves to be nominated for tight end of the year. He is 9th overall in the league for receiving yards this season as a tight end. The only players ahead of him are all primary receivers. He had over 900 receiving yards! The next tight end down on the list for receiving yards is Phillips from OCO who also had an impressive year with 822 yards. He had 68 receptions, which is only 3 behind the top receiver in the league and good for 3rd best. Again Phillips was the 2nd best tight end with 66 receptions. That's tied for the most by a non wide receiver with a few running backs. This is where he sets himself apart from Phillips the most as Phillips only had 3 touchdowns. Not only do I believe McCormick should be nominated for tight end of the year, he should absolutely win that award. If you had a chance to read through the NOLA game balls I wrote for this season you'll see McCormick's name come up frequently. He was often a pivotal part of our wins and a big reason we were able to make it to the playoffs again this season. This man deserves an award for all the hard work he has put in.
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Juan Domine is very new to the league, but in his short time in the DSFL as a member of the Kansas City Coyotes has already shown he will make an impact on the defensive end and is definitely worth a look early in the draft. He was picked up by the Coyotes near the end of their season and got to play in their final two games. He was a part of the Coyotes upset win against the Luchadores as he made an immediate impact with 6 tackles in his first game. He followed that up with a nice 5 tackles performance on the road against the Birddogs and also had a tackle for loss as well. He made short work in taking the necessary steps to complete his rookie tasks and create his Wiki so that he would have as much TPE as possible. With 84 TPE as of this writing he currently has the 7th most of any player in the S24 class, which is good enough for 3rd most defensively. As important as linebackers are to stopping the run I could see him go as high as the top half of the first round in the DSFL draft, and looking to the future a bit if he continues to earn at the same pace he has been he could easily be a first round pick in the S24 NSFL draft.
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234 words6) 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 New Orleans Second Line finished in 3rd place in what I think is the much more competitive conference in the ASFC and lost a close game in the Wildcard round to the Austin Copperheads to finish their season. This was all while starting six rookies on the team. The defense had quite a few major losses between retirement and expansion losses and we definitely didn't have as good of a defense as we did in Season 21 when we ended up winning the Ultimus, but I think one of the biggest things we can do as a team is stay active and continue to gain that precious TPE across the board so we continue to get even better. We are a relatively young team with not many players regressing yet, and we are also a very active team with hardly any inactive players on the roster. 13 of the 19 players on the roster are season 18 or younger, which means we have a few seasons of prime performance from the bulk of the roster coming up. The defensive line looks to be one of our biggest areas of need and hopefully we can find a good free agent to help bolster the line this offseason. Offensively we have a strong offensive line, the backfield is set with Gump and Toriki making up the best running back duo in the league and Francisco will continue to perform at QB until we are ready to bring our future QB Johnny Slothface up. We have two good tight ends in Austin McCormick and Rainier Wolfcastle. With Bona'beri Jones retiring Ed Barker is our only wide receiver on the roster, but with how we play we only really need one good receiver. We've got some potential from the recent draft class that stayed down in the DSFL this season that might be able to come up next season and contribute at wide receiver, but for the most part I think our offense is in good shape. The defense is similarly in good shape and as long as all our young defensive pieces stick around and continue to get better we won't have any issues there. As long as we continue to add good active players every draft and do our best not to lose the talent we have, which we've done a pretty good job of doing I think we are in great shape for the future. Don't be surprised to see the Second Line competing for another Ultimus in a season or two. Of course this all could have to get reconfigured if we have another expansion which would really put us in a hard situation.
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[OPTION]Height: 6'1"
[OPTION]Weight: 195 lbs.
[OPTION]Birthplace: Raleigh, NC
[OPTION]Number: 22
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[OPTION]Career Stats
[OPTION]G || Tck || TFL || FF/FR || Sck || Int || PD || TD
[OPTION]141 || 597 || 1 || 5/1 || 6 || 30 || 163 || 3
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[OPTION]Awards
[OPTION]S26 Defensive Player of the Year, S26 CB of the Year,
[OPTION]S23 Defensive Breakout Player, S23 Defensive Performance
[OPTION]Pro Bowls: S22, S26
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