Task 8
As a season 24 rookie, it’s been really interesting to see how things work differently here. I have been in the PBE for almost a year now, so I had a pretty good idea of how entering a sim league works. The first day is always chaotic and a bit confusing, especially for someone that wants to max earn and do really well. I do not think there is a really easy way to cut that confusion down, so that is not a complaint, it is just a truth about creating in a sim league you have not been in before. For me, it was really easy to find answers to any question or anything because I just asked in the general for the main discord server. Funnily enough, there was one guy who was helping me out here that I helped out the day prior in the PBE main chat. That was pretty great. The needing to be approved for posting and such was a bit confusing, but I definitely get why that is necessary. Getting picked up by Norfolk was really fun and helped give me a good idea of how this will all work. It is weird now, getting ready for the DSFL draft, because I really have no clue what will happen. In the PBE, if you get picked up on waivers you stay there, so minors team switching only ever happens if there is a trade. It is therefore really confusing for me to be like scouted by dsfl teams. It has been ok though, I knew that defense is considered pretty valuable and being a safety that is promising to be as active as possible sort of puts me pretty high in terms of team interest. I have sort of decided that whatever ends up happening I am fine with. I have also been super happy with how Quentin Button performed in his first five games and the last five games of the Norfolk season. I ended up with something like 7 tackles and 2 sacks which is pretty great considering I had a 74 speed for 4 of those 5 games. The last game, the playoff one, I brought it up to 81 and I’m roughly planning on 90 for the start of next season, so I should really rack up some stats. It is also a bit confusing stats wise because I have a really good understanding of baseball stats and how to operate the PBE index but I am super confused about how to operate the DSFL index and the how to figure out how well Button did. That should come with time, though and, if I am being honest, I don’t necessarily do sim leagues to see my player do well, I do them to have fun with my team. So I’ll figure it out, but it is also not the biggest deal.
Task 5
So obviously I have not been in this league long, so I really do not know much about the awards. Instead, I would like to try and take a stab at this from a different angle. I want to look at all the players at my, Quentin Button’s, position, safety. The other problem that I find coming my way while looking at this prompt is that I really do not know much about football stats, especially because these all seem like counting stats which, in baseball, is on the no go side of things. But I am gonna try and take a swing at it anyway. Starting with the FS position, it seems like Hexagon for Tijuana leads the way. He had the most tackles with 103, and the most interceptions with 5. He also had 6 passes defended, which is tied for third for FSs. I know, however, that this is not the perfect way to compare players because some safeties probably moved from FS to SS or vice versa. So I feel a bit iffy about separating them, but since the game separates them I will pretend like there is an award for both. For SSs, the decision becomes a lot harder. There definitely is not a clear cut winner like Hexagon at this position. I am going to throw some names out there and look at why they deserve to be in the conversation about who the best SS of the season was before coming to a conclusion about the winner. Vettel, for the Minnesota Grey Ducks, definitely seems to be in the running. He led the position in tackles with 74 and picked up 5 sacks along the way. Similarly, Bob Bob for the London Royals had a great season as well. He picked up 73 tackles and led the league in interceptions with 3 and safeties with 1. I will mention it is a bit disappointing there was only one safety caused safety this season, that is super lame. I think next on the list of possible candidates should be Lanier for Myrtle Beach. He only picked up 56 tackles, but managed to grab 16 passes defended, which is pretty impressive. On the same topic, Griddle for Portland led the league in passes defended with 18 (!). That’s not just at the safety position, by the way, that is the whole league. And, finally, Valdyr for Tijuana seems like a fine candidate, coming up with 67 tackles and 4 sacks. I think, ultimately, the award for best player at the SS position should go to Bob Bob. The safety safety is just too perfect to ignore. It should be mentioned that, since I only used counting stats, only players that played all 14 games of the season got considered. Quentin Button, for example, grabbed 7 tackles and 2 sacks in only 4 games. Give me a full season of that and I think I’ll be the best safety by far.
As a season 24 rookie, it’s been really interesting to see how things work differently here. I have been in the PBE for almost a year now, so I had a pretty good idea of how entering a sim league works. The first day is always chaotic and a bit confusing, especially for someone that wants to max earn and do really well. I do not think there is a really easy way to cut that confusion down, so that is not a complaint, it is just a truth about creating in a sim league you have not been in before. For me, it was really easy to find answers to any question or anything because I just asked in the general for the main discord server. Funnily enough, there was one guy who was helping me out here that I helped out the day prior in the PBE main chat. That was pretty great. The needing to be approved for posting and such was a bit confusing, but I definitely get why that is necessary. Getting picked up by Norfolk was really fun and helped give me a good idea of how this will all work. It is weird now, getting ready for the DSFL draft, because I really have no clue what will happen. In the PBE, if you get picked up on waivers you stay there, so minors team switching only ever happens if there is a trade. It is therefore really confusing for me to be like scouted by dsfl teams. It has been ok though, I knew that defense is considered pretty valuable and being a safety that is promising to be as active as possible sort of puts me pretty high in terms of team interest. I have sort of decided that whatever ends up happening I am fine with. I have also been super happy with how Quentin Button performed in his first five games and the last five games of the Norfolk season. I ended up with something like 7 tackles and 2 sacks which is pretty great considering I had a 74 speed for 4 of those 5 games. The last game, the playoff one, I brought it up to 81 and I’m roughly planning on 90 for the start of next season, so I should really rack up some stats. It is also a bit confusing stats wise because I have a really good understanding of baseball stats and how to operate the PBE index but I am super confused about how to operate the DSFL index and the how to figure out how well Button did. That should come with time, though and, if I am being honest, I don’t necessarily do sim leagues to see my player do well, I do them to have fun with my team. So I’ll figure it out, but it is also not the biggest deal.
Task 5
So obviously I have not been in this league long, so I really do not know much about the awards. Instead, I would like to try and take a stab at this from a different angle. I want to look at all the players at my, Quentin Button’s, position, safety. The other problem that I find coming my way while looking at this prompt is that I really do not know much about football stats, especially because these all seem like counting stats which, in baseball, is on the no go side of things. But I am gonna try and take a swing at it anyway. Starting with the FS position, it seems like Hexagon for Tijuana leads the way. He had the most tackles with 103, and the most interceptions with 5. He also had 6 passes defended, which is tied for third for FSs. I know, however, that this is not the perfect way to compare players because some safeties probably moved from FS to SS or vice versa. So I feel a bit iffy about separating them, but since the game separates them I will pretend like there is an award for both. For SSs, the decision becomes a lot harder. There definitely is not a clear cut winner like Hexagon at this position. I am going to throw some names out there and look at why they deserve to be in the conversation about who the best SS of the season was before coming to a conclusion about the winner. Vettel, for the Minnesota Grey Ducks, definitely seems to be in the running. He led the position in tackles with 74 and picked up 5 sacks along the way. Similarly, Bob Bob for the London Royals had a great season as well. He picked up 73 tackles and led the league in interceptions with 3 and safeties with 1. I will mention it is a bit disappointing there was only one safety caused safety this season, that is super lame. I think next on the list of possible candidates should be Lanier for Myrtle Beach. He only picked up 56 tackles, but managed to grab 16 passes defended, which is pretty impressive. On the same topic, Griddle for Portland led the league in passes defended with 18 (!). That’s not just at the safety position, by the way, that is the whole league. And, finally, Valdyr for Tijuana seems like a fine candidate, coming up with 67 tackles and 4 sacks. I think, ultimately, the award for best player at the SS position should go to Bob Bob. The safety safety is just too perfect to ignore. It should be mentioned that, since I only used counting stats, only players that played all 14 games of the season got considered. Quentin Button, for example, grabbed 7 tackles and 2 sacks in only 4 games. Give me a full season of that and I think I’ll be the best safety by far.
