(S23) - PT1 - With a Little Help From My Friends

[Memento Mori]

The Philadelphia Liberty are a young team, which gives us plenty of hope and reasons to believe that we'll improve on the 6 wins we achieved in S22. On the offensive side of the ball, we called up two players who spent last season in the DSFL: Offensive lineman Simon Tremblay and tight end Donatello Arrabiata. Our quarterback, Brock Phoenix, is one of the younger starting quarterbacks in the league and another offseason of development will have served him well. While our RB1 and WR1 Sam Torenson and Nacho Varga regressed, they are still among the best in the league at their respective positions and the supporting cast - running back Fuzzy Dotson, receivers Randy Vuxta and Flash Panda as well as tight end Avon Blocksdale Jr. - all improved. But where I really expect the team to take off is on defence. We had a league-average defence by points allowed in S22, but were great at forcing takeaways. Our 13 fumbles forced, 10 fumbles recovered and 11 interceptions ranked 1st, 1st and 3rd in the NSFL, which becomes even more impressive when you consider that we started five true rookies. I expect my fellow S22 rookies Tristan Gronlie, Spike Suzuki, Matt Cross and Wesley Eriksen to have a huge impact on an individual level, and together with S23 rookies Tycker Om and Eugene Smoothie help to catapult the Liberty defence to among the league's best as we bid to make the playoffs in S23 - which would be the first time since S16 that Philadelphia has competed in the postseason.

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