tier 1, task 3
One thing that was always interesting to me is drafts, regardless of the league. In particular, a chance of being drafted low because of me generally being too quiet to raise my draft stock or sometimes pulling out some ridiculous demands to teams to raise red flags on my player.
And that's where this league stands out for me and this is one of the reasons why I'm still here. Perhaps GM's already finished drafting players for an upcoming S23 draft, but for now this is the only big league where I had more than one player, yet no one was drafted inside TOP 20. Honestly, I'm finding this kinda fun. It's also a weird feeling to be drafted in somewhere next to last round, but it also means that I can easily try to make another steal. So let's take a look at all my players and their draft positions.
Clee Hardrool: 76th OV in the S1 draft. Ok, we need to take into the account that this was the first ever draft and there were far more famous steals, like Boss Tweed at 99th OV. And also secondary defensemans were generally drafted somewhere in mid-draft. I still would like to think I made a decent player while not being drafted too high and certainly a better one than the first overall there, amirite. One personal award, one championship, solid stats in his prime. I think having an alias here certainly helps me to fly under the radar and the S1 draft was the case.
Kulture Fulture: 28th OV in S10 DSFL draft, 24th OV in S11 NSFL draft. Here comes my finest creation so far. To be fair, low draft position was perfectly understandable. Kulture was a kicker and when it comes kicker vs some quarterback we all know who will be picked first. So Tijuana picked Fulture in the next to last round. I guess they didn't believe I could make something happen here, but I did and we won the championship. Next thing I see is Philly taking him in rather somewhere mid draft. Can I consider him as a steal despite him being a strong contender for a HoF? Maybe yes, maybe not: he was the first kicker picked there. But then, the draft itself wasn't that deep so I'll pretend he was picked low and I exceeded expectations once again.
Quanter Skrills: 70th OV in S22 DSFL draft. My newest creation. Yes, I made a spectacular kicker and created Skrills immediately after retiring Fulture. But that doesn't stops me from being slept on. To be fair, I wasn't entirely active during whole Kulture's career and even had more than one month off. So I get where teams were coming from. I could imagine that teams just didn't believe in me. And you know what, 740 posts in three years plus very fringe activity in discord...weird stuff, isn't it? Anyways, I had a smile on my face when I realized he went so low because I can start another quest on having another huge steal. So far I think I've done a fine job on making Norfolk's running game relevant.
So I have the next stop: S23 NSFL draft. Another interesting story for me with equally interesting question: another low draft pick? I think I've ''done everything in my powers'' to make it happen. Not much TPE, running back isn't the main positional need for most of NSFL teams (I believe) and once again, almost non-existent activity on boards and discord. Honestly, I have a certain feeling that Skrills will be picked somewhere in mid draft (like 35-45) by a team I already had a rich history with. One way or another, this event will be an intriguing one for me and I hope Quanter wasn't picked too high so I have some motivation to make yet another steal.
Another interesting thing surrounding low draft positions is HoF itself. I believe outside 99th OV by Boss Tweed and S1 draft itself the lowest draft pick who made it into the hall was Darren Smallwood. He was picked 53th OV in the following draft. The idea of beating this feat and being picked even lower and then making into the hall in is really intriguing for me. Although I know it might be too hard. First of all, I need to whore out TPE. So I need a lot of money for that. I need to be in the right place and right time for that too, like it happened with Kulture Fulture. And also, I need to actually be picked lower than 53th overall. But hey, if not with Skrills, I can just continue with other player someday.
All in all, I have a good history in sim leagues when it comes to being slept on picked very low. But I have a feeling only this league can make me happy since for one reason or another my players are constantly being taken in mid to late rounds. And I hope Skrills was also taken low so one day I can brag about yet another steal that I created.
One thing that was always interesting to me is drafts, regardless of the league. In particular, a chance of being drafted low because of me generally being too quiet to raise my draft stock or sometimes pulling out some ridiculous demands to teams to raise red flags on my player.
And that's where this league stands out for me and this is one of the reasons why I'm still here. Perhaps GM's already finished drafting players for an upcoming S23 draft, but for now this is the only big league where I had more than one player, yet no one was drafted inside TOP 20. Honestly, I'm finding this kinda fun. It's also a weird feeling to be drafted in somewhere next to last round, but it also means that I can easily try to make another steal. So let's take a look at all my players and their draft positions.
Clee Hardrool: 76th OV in the S1 draft. Ok, we need to take into the account that this was the first ever draft and there were far more famous steals, like Boss Tweed at 99th OV. And also secondary defensemans were generally drafted somewhere in mid-draft. I still would like to think I made a decent player while not being drafted too high and certainly a better one than the first overall there, amirite. One personal award, one championship, solid stats in his prime. I think having an alias here certainly helps me to fly under the radar and the S1 draft was the case.
Kulture Fulture: 28th OV in S10 DSFL draft, 24th OV in S11 NSFL draft. Here comes my finest creation so far. To be fair, low draft position was perfectly understandable. Kulture was a kicker and when it comes kicker vs some quarterback we all know who will be picked first. So Tijuana picked Fulture in the next to last round. I guess they didn't believe I could make something happen here, but I did and we won the championship. Next thing I see is Philly taking him in rather somewhere mid draft. Can I consider him as a steal despite him being a strong contender for a HoF? Maybe yes, maybe not: he was the first kicker picked there. But then, the draft itself wasn't that deep so I'll pretend he was picked low and I exceeded expectations once again.
Quanter Skrills: 70th OV in S22 DSFL draft. My newest creation. Yes, I made a spectacular kicker and created Skrills immediately after retiring Fulture. But that doesn't stops me from being slept on. To be fair, I wasn't entirely active during whole Kulture's career and even had more than one month off. So I get where teams were coming from. I could imagine that teams just didn't believe in me. And you know what, 740 posts in three years plus very fringe activity in discord...weird stuff, isn't it? Anyways, I had a smile on my face when I realized he went so low because I can start another quest on having another huge steal. So far I think I've done a fine job on making Norfolk's running game relevant.
So I have the next stop: S23 NSFL draft. Another interesting story for me with equally interesting question: another low draft pick? I think I've ''done everything in my powers'' to make it happen. Not much TPE, running back isn't the main positional need for most of NSFL teams (I believe) and once again, almost non-existent activity on boards and discord. Honestly, I have a certain feeling that Skrills will be picked somewhere in mid draft (like 35-45) by a team I already had a rich history with. One way or another, this event will be an intriguing one for me and I hope Quanter wasn't picked too high so I have some motivation to make yet another steal.
Another interesting thing surrounding low draft positions is HoF itself. I believe outside 99th OV by Boss Tweed and S1 draft itself the lowest draft pick who made it into the hall was Darren Smallwood. He was picked 53th OV in the following draft. The idea of beating this feat and being picked even lower and then making into the hall in is really intriguing for me. Although I know it might be too hard. First of all, I need to whore out TPE. So I need a lot of money for that. I need to be in the right place and right time for that too, like it happened with Kulture Fulture. And also, I need to actually be picked lower than 53th overall. But hey, if not with Skrills, I can just continue with other player someday.
All in all, I have a good history in sim leagues when it comes to being slept on picked very low. But I have a feeling only this league can make me happy since for one reason or another my players are constantly being taken in mid to late rounds. And I hope Skrills was also taken low so one day I can brag about yet another steal that I created.
