My NSFL draft in season 22 was not even that long ago, but yet I still remember it like it was yesterday. Being in the EU, it meant I had to stay up late for a 1am start. But let's rewind a little. Before the draft my player Derred de Ville had a good season and I would like to think that did enough in the community to get positively noticed.
As a result, I got a lot of scouting requests and had some really great conversations with a few teams that stood out particularly: Philly, Baltimore and NOLA. I had the longest conversation with then Philly GM TubbyTim and we went quite in depth on many league and player related topics.
So fast forward back to the night of the draft and I was hoping to be drafted in the first round, and was thinking that it would be likely to be with one of the two first round picks that Philly had. But, it turned out that they had other plans and I continued to fall, and suddenly NOLA and Baltimore or maybe even OCO looked like likely destinations. In the end Baltimore scooped me up at 9th overall, to be the new cornerstone LB on the defense. I was and still am pretty excited about that draft destination. It's a team loaded with young talent at the most important positions and should have some success in the coming seasons, backed by a great front office and war room.
Overall, the draft and hearing one's name called is definitely among my favourite league experiences so far, and a very memorable one at that.
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As a result, I got a lot of scouting requests and had some really great conversations with a few teams that stood out particularly: Philly, Baltimore and NOLA. I had the longest conversation with then Philly GM TubbyTim and we went quite in depth on many league and player related topics.
So fast forward back to the night of the draft and I was hoping to be drafted in the first round, and was thinking that it would be likely to be with one of the two first round picks that Philly had. But, it turned out that they had other plans and I continued to fall, and suddenly NOLA and Baltimore or maybe even OCO looked like likely destinations. In the end Baltimore scooped me up at 9th overall, to be the new cornerstone LB on the defense. I was and still am pretty excited about that draft destination. It's a team loaded with young talent at the most important positions and should have some success in the coming seasons, backed by a great front office and war room.
Overall, the draft and hearing one's name called is definitely among my favourite league experiences so far, and a very memorable one at that.
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