12) This task is exclusive to non-recreate rookies of the S23 class and later. In 400 words or more, how has your experience been in the league? Who have you met that has made your time here more fun, friendly, and exciting? Have you been satisfied with your player’s early start? What was it like being drafted for the first time? Do you have any comments or suggestions for the entire league that you think should be implemented?
My experience off the field, especially in discord, has been great! I have always had someone to talk to in whichever locker room is active at the time, and my scouting experience has been a great meeting tool both for the DSFL and the NSFl/ISFL. On the field it’s been a bit of a different story in terms of my team as a whole. I am a member of the Portland Pythons who ended the year with a league-worst 5-9 record, with one stretch of wins in the middle of the season winning 3 straight and 4 out of 5, and picking up one final win in week 14 vs the Coyotes. That stretch was fun but the rest of the year was extremely frustrating. I guess I learned what people say when they say that the sim sucks. Personally though my player played at CB from about week 4 on and he absolutely excelled. He finished with a statline of 62 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 4 INT’s, and 22 PD’s. I had 4 goals entering the year: Reach 90 speed, cause 2 Interceptions, make the playoffs, and make the pro bowl. I don’t yet know if I’ve hit the pro bowl, but I’ve hit both other personal goals for my player. The process leading up to the draft itself was also quite fun, in the interest of stepping back for a moment. It's a little different from scouting for the ISFL, since they have the information of a season to really know who they want to take. But the DSFL pre-draft was a little trickier, since even I didn’t know what I was doing at the time, and I’d joined a little later than most of the people in my class. I just knew I had one main goal, and I’d told all the people who messaged me to scout the same thing, that I wanted to make the HOF and win at least one championship along the way. I also told them that I expected to be a max earner, though I believe I missed a weekly training session at the very beginning of the season. On draft day itself I had absolutely no Idea where I was going to go, I had just a little hope that I had convinced someone that I would be worth a high pick. I went higher than I could have ever hoped, to the Pythons at 10. I was shocked to go in the top 10, and certainly hope to have a repeat of being top 10 in a week at the ISFL draft.
13) Create an argument for your own player, or for someone else on your team, as to why they should be nominated for awards. Lay out their stats or compare them to other contenders. Make a convincing case.
Joel Drake should be up for both DBOTY and should get a spot in the DSFL pro bowl this upcoming awards season. The award nominations go to the top 5 DB’s of the past season and Drake deserves to at least be among them. His main competition? There are 3 names that should also get nominated: Rashad Hilliard of the Minnesota Grey Ducks, Lesean Paris Crooks of the Londan Royals, and Bane Ka’ana’ana of the Tijiuana Luchadores. Drake’s statline matches up to all of them in one way or the other, with his main selling point being his second-best 22 pass deflections, and 4 Interceptions. Drake outshines all of the other nominees with his PD’s and his 4 Interceptions tie him with Crooks and Ka’ana’ana. The main competition for Drake I believe to be Hilliard with his crazy 7 INT’s on the year, but Drake outclasses him the most with 22 PD’s compared to Hilliards 14, and Drake has 62 tackles to Hilliards 55. Drake also is only one of two in the group with a forced fumble, along with Ka’ana’ana. Overall I think that though Drake doesn’t have the most INT’s or PD’s in the league, his overall balance among the top DB's in the league in terms of every stat that matters should earn him more votes than any other candidate this year.
25) Select any player who was drafted in the back half of a DSFL or ISFL draft. Show how that player has outperformed their draft position, or how they will soon do so. You cannot write about your own player.
I would like to take this time to shower praise on a player purely for their on the field prowess, regardless of their TPE earning off the field. Mr Irrelevant in the S23 DSFL draft, Timothy Martins III was taken with the 62nd and final pick of the S23 draft by the Minnesota Grey Ducks, and has gone on to have a season undeserving of such a low pick. With 178 carries for 795 yards averaging 4.5 YPC with 6 touchdowns, Martins III has been nothing short of a great 2nd back behind Keppler and a boon for a Grey Ducks running game that ranks 3rd in the entire league. That all being said, I’m not sure if Martins III is going to go much higher in a week at the ISFL draft, since most teams are looking for improvement off the field with TPE earning, and Martins hasn’t earned any more than 7 extra TPE from weekly training and a single activity check back in late June. He will undoubtedly be the last RB taken but his season stats have definitely been better than some of the other late backs taken, and definitely been better than expected from Mr Irrelevant. He will most likely go at least a few picks higher however, so he won’t have quite so low expectations in the seasons to come.
My experience off the field, especially in discord, has been great! I have always had someone to talk to in whichever locker room is active at the time, and my scouting experience has been a great meeting tool both for the DSFL and the NSFl/ISFL. On the field it’s been a bit of a different story in terms of my team as a whole. I am a member of the Portland Pythons who ended the year with a league-worst 5-9 record, with one stretch of wins in the middle of the season winning 3 straight and 4 out of 5, and picking up one final win in week 14 vs the Coyotes. That stretch was fun but the rest of the year was extremely frustrating. I guess I learned what people say when they say that the sim sucks. Personally though my player played at CB from about week 4 on and he absolutely excelled. He finished with a statline of 62 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 4 INT’s, and 22 PD’s. I had 4 goals entering the year: Reach 90 speed, cause 2 Interceptions, make the playoffs, and make the pro bowl. I don’t yet know if I’ve hit the pro bowl, but I’ve hit both other personal goals for my player. The process leading up to the draft itself was also quite fun, in the interest of stepping back for a moment. It's a little different from scouting for the ISFL, since they have the information of a season to really know who they want to take. But the DSFL pre-draft was a little trickier, since even I didn’t know what I was doing at the time, and I’d joined a little later than most of the people in my class. I just knew I had one main goal, and I’d told all the people who messaged me to scout the same thing, that I wanted to make the HOF and win at least one championship along the way. I also told them that I expected to be a max earner, though I believe I missed a weekly training session at the very beginning of the season. On draft day itself I had absolutely no Idea where I was going to go, I had just a little hope that I had convinced someone that I would be worth a high pick. I went higher than I could have ever hoped, to the Pythons at 10. I was shocked to go in the top 10, and certainly hope to have a repeat of being top 10 in a week at the ISFL draft.
13) Create an argument for your own player, or for someone else on your team, as to why they should be nominated for awards. Lay out their stats or compare them to other contenders. Make a convincing case.
Joel Drake should be up for both DBOTY and should get a spot in the DSFL pro bowl this upcoming awards season. The award nominations go to the top 5 DB’s of the past season and Drake deserves to at least be among them. His main competition? There are 3 names that should also get nominated: Rashad Hilliard of the Minnesota Grey Ducks, Lesean Paris Crooks of the Londan Royals, and Bane Ka’ana’ana of the Tijiuana Luchadores. Drake’s statline matches up to all of them in one way or the other, with his main selling point being his second-best 22 pass deflections, and 4 Interceptions. Drake outshines all of the other nominees with his PD’s and his 4 Interceptions tie him with Crooks and Ka’ana’ana. The main competition for Drake I believe to be Hilliard with his crazy 7 INT’s on the year, but Drake outclasses him the most with 22 PD’s compared to Hilliards 14, and Drake has 62 tackles to Hilliards 55. Drake also is only one of two in the group with a forced fumble, along with Ka’ana’ana. Overall I think that though Drake doesn’t have the most INT’s or PD’s in the league, his overall balance among the top DB's in the league in terms of every stat that matters should earn him more votes than any other candidate this year.
25) Select any player who was drafted in the back half of a DSFL or ISFL draft. Show how that player has outperformed their draft position, or how they will soon do so. You cannot write about your own player.
I would like to take this time to shower praise on a player purely for their on the field prowess, regardless of their TPE earning off the field. Mr Irrelevant in the S23 DSFL draft, Timothy Martins III was taken with the 62nd and final pick of the S23 draft by the Minnesota Grey Ducks, and has gone on to have a season undeserving of such a low pick. With 178 carries for 795 yards averaging 4.5 YPC with 6 touchdowns, Martins III has been nothing short of a great 2nd back behind Keppler and a boon for a Grey Ducks running game that ranks 3rd in the entire league. That all being said, I’m not sure if Martins III is going to go much higher in a week at the ISFL draft, since most teams are looking for improvement off the field with TPE earning, and Martins hasn’t earned any more than 7 extra TPE from weekly training and a single activity check back in late June. He will undoubtedly be the last RB taken but his season stats have definitely been better than some of the other late backs taken, and definitely been better than expected from Mr Irrelevant. He will most likely go at least a few picks higher however, so he won’t have quite so low expectations in the seasons to come.
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