I think it is safe to say out of every team in the league currently, the Philadelphia Liberty have probably lost the most stock value out of any ISFL team. They had a bright outlook on the season, with Brock Phoenix just starting to hit his peak, and a receiving corps on the rise in Flash Panda and Randy Vuxta, they looked poised to take the NSFC by storm offensively. Sadly, for as strong as their offense looked their defense has not quite been up to the task. Firstly, their linebacking group took an unexpected hit in the offseason with the surprise departure of Warren Stephens to Colorado, leaving the group without a star SLB to anchor things. Philly’s secondary looks to be a strength for them moving forward after a very successful S22 draft focusing on that area. Unfortunately those players are still a season away from really maxing out their effectiveness, and that has proven to hamper the Liberty through the air. Perhaps the biggest of area of need for the team is on the defensive line, where they don’t currently boast a player over 400 TPE. In a run heavy league, it’s easy to see how this could cause problems for the up and coming Liberty. Suffice to say their stock is falling currently in the league, but there’s a chance for it to improve in the coming weeks.
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