7) Tier 2 - 438 Words
So far, the career of Tree Gelbman has been a pretty mixed bag when you look at everything. A late round draft pick that came out nowhere to have a dominant rookie season in the DSFL is nothing to shake a stick at. Coming 2nd in Tight End of the Year voting (albeit losing to an inactive) that same rookie season is also pretty impressive. The issue was that when you ride that high that early in your career you’re bound to regress, and regress she did. A sophomore season that was a direct downgrade in all stats across the board due to a shift in playbook and the addition of a stacked wide receiver group hurt her stats. A third season would be a bounce back year in terms of numbers but the issues of the team would overshadow the season that Tree had in Kansas City.
The expectations I’ve set for myself have been altered a few times along my brief journey so far in the world of simulation football. Beginning with my rookie season, my goal was to just make the playoffs and maybe receive a nomination for tight end of the year here and there and I’d be happy. The problem with these shortsighted goals is that achieving them doesn’t really leave you with much. After one season Tree finished 2nd in Tight End of the Year and made the playoffs, so where does that leave you? So you raise the bar; Tree wanted to win the Ultimini and win Tight End of the Year awards, but then this creates an issue when you can’t win either award and it leaves you hungering for more. To answer if I’m matching any expectations, I’d say yes and no. I’ve accomplished minor goals here and there, like getting drafted in a respectable position to the NSFL and earning at a decent rate, but Tree isn’t that household name yet that I want. I want Tree to pop into peoples minds when they think of the all-time greats at the tight end position.
So what does the future hold? It holds a lot of uncertainty going forward, but Tree is looking to take on that uncertainty head on. It was a slow start for the career so Tree will likely have to have several seasons of amazing growth to put up numbers that could even get her considered for the Hall of Fame years down the line. With the encouragement and newfound motivation that comes with actually playing in the NSFL now I can guarantee we’ll be seeing her in the Hall of Fame one day.
10) Tier 3 - 241 Words
I have a feeling that Tree should have received a more serious consideration in terms of the Tight End of the Year voting for this previous DSFL season. While Tree did not have a season that would warrant winning the award, as Arrabiata on London clearly deserves that award, I still feel that she should be nominated for it based on the stat line that she managed to put up despite the situation that Kansas City was stuck in. Tree managed to finish with 423 receiving yards which was the 4th most in the DSFL among tight ends but managed to accomplish it despite the Kansas City offense undergoing a major overhaul and having to work with a rookie quarterback still developing his talents while first, second and third place already had quarterbacks who were as good as they could possibly be in the DSFL level. Tree also carried a much more important role in the struggling Kansas City offense, she was the safety valve for Covington to dump off to whenever they needed that short gain for a first down, and to me the Tight End of the Year shouldn’t be based entirely on stats, but rather how those stats helped the team. Kansas City might not have had a great season, but without Gelbman the season might have gone even worse and that is why I think she should receive some serious consideration for Tight End of the Year.
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So far, the career of Tree Gelbman has been a pretty mixed bag when you look at everything. A late round draft pick that came out nowhere to have a dominant rookie season in the DSFL is nothing to shake a stick at. Coming 2nd in Tight End of the Year voting (albeit losing to an inactive) that same rookie season is also pretty impressive. The issue was that when you ride that high that early in your career you’re bound to regress, and regress she did. A sophomore season that was a direct downgrade in all stats across the board due to a shift in playbook and the addition of a stacked wide receiver group hurt her stats. A third season would be a bounce back year in terms of numbers but the issues of the team would overshadow the season that Tree had in Kansas City.
The expectations I’ve set for myself have been altered a few times along my brief journey so far in the world of simulation football. Beginning with my rookie season, my goal was to just make the playoffs and maybe receive a nomination for tight end of the year here and there and I’d be happy. The problem with these shortsighted goals is that achieving them doesn’t really leave you with much. After one season Tree finished 2nd in Tight End of the Year and made the playoffs, so where does that leave you? So you raise the bar; Tree wanted to win the Ultimini and win Tight End of the Year awards, but then this creates an issue when you can’t win either award and it leaves you hungering for more. To answer if I’m matching any expectations, I’d say yes and no. I’ve accomplished minor goals here and there, like getting drafted in a respectable position to the NSFL and earning at a decent rate, but Tree isn’t that household name yet that I want. I want Tree to pop into peoples minds when they think of the all-time greats at the tight end position.
So what does the future hold? It holds a lot of uncertainty going forward, but Tree is looking to take on that uncertainty head on. It was a slow start for the career so Tree will likely have to have several seasons of amazing growth to put up numbers that could even get her considered for the Hall of Fame years down the line. With the encouragement and newfound motivation that comes with actually playing in the NSFL now I can guarantee we’ll be seeing her in the Hall of Fame one day.
10) Tier 3 - 241 Words
I have a feeling that Tree should have received a more serious consideration in terms of the Tight End of the Year voting for this previous DSFL season. While Tree did not have a season that would warrant winning the award, as Arrabiata on London clearly deserves that award, I still feel that she should be nominated for it based on the stat line that she managed to put up despite the situation that Kansas City was stuck in. Tree managed to finish with 423 receiving yards which was the 4th most in the DSFL among tight ends but managed to accomplish it despite the Kansas City offense undergoing a major overhaul and having to work with a rookie quarterback still developing his talents while first, second and third place already had quarterbacks who were as good as they could possibly be in the DSFL level. Tree also carried a much more important role in the struggling Kansas City offense, she was the safety valve for Covington to dump off to whenever they needed that short gain for a first down, and to me the Tight End of the Year shouldn’t be based entirely on stats, but rather how those stats helped the team. Kansas City might not have had a great season, but without Gelbman the season might have gone even worse and that is why I think she should receive some serious consideration for Tight End of the Year.
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