(S24) - PT 3 - Midseason Mania

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Ah yes, awards. I would say awards has been a sore topic for me, which is weird considering I've made the Pro Bowl every year. It all started in the DSFL in my rookie season. I led the league in ints and I thought I had DBotY locked down. Unfortunately, the people voting thought it better to vote a safety with 2 ints over me, just because he had some sacks. Like it's not that hard to get those stats a safety compared to a cornerback but whatever. This was before they split DBotY into CbotY and SotY, so I was really unlucky. My rookie year in the ISFL, I got 4 ints, 12 PDs and 2 TDs. Those 2 TDs was a lot, and I thought that would count for some of my missing PDs and ints, but apparently not. I still made the pro bowl but I was robbed of DRotY that year. Ugarth the Dissector won it, which was really dumb because he's literally just a LB with sacks, and he did nothing special. 2 defensive touchdowns is so much more impressive, but hey, voters will vote. I also think there was a bit of bias at the time because the awards voting also happened to go on at the same time I was being punished for tampering? That's a story for another time. Anyways, I've had some poor experiences with awards, so I'm not expecting much in the future, but this season I'm doing ok, I would say. 3 ints through 8 games is pretty good. I've set myself up in good position, but the only problem is that the competition is stiff . Jim Waters has like 15 PDs and 4 ints, which is completely ridiculous. He's averaging double the amount of PDs I average, and he's like 80 less TPE than me. Doesn't make sense at all. And of course, Dermot decided he wants to be good, and somehow he has 5 ints through 8 games already. He's probably going to win CBotY, unless he just completely stutters, which is what happened to me last season and I was really mad. The last 5 games of last season I only got 2 PDs. Nothing else except for some tackles. Hopefully this 2nd half of the season will fare better for me. At this point, all I'm vying for is a pro bowl spot.