Tier 2 - Task 7
Zoe Watts - OPOY - @Kyamprac
If there's anyone on the Dallas Birddogs roster that deserves true award recognition, look no further than the current face of the franchise, Zoe Watts.
Leading the DSFL in rushing yards (1303), rushing touchdowns (10) and sitting at 4.9 yards per carry (fourth among runningbacks with over 200 carries), Watts was the clear cut offensive weapon in the DSFL this season. Now, I can hear the cries, "LoL but Dallas are trash" and here's where I say, this is an individual award recognising exceptional effort and its correlation to wins. So sit down, shut up, and lets look at how Watts contributed to Dallas' six wins, and their three game winning streak to close the season.
In Dallas' six victories, Watts amassed 623 yards on the ground on 129 carries, which puts her right around her average yards per carry (4.8 as opposed to 4.9), which accounts for near 48% of Watts total yardage on the ground this season. In practical terms, this means Watts carried the ball an average of 21.5 times per win and 16.8 times per loss. This in turn translates into an average of 103.8 yards per games when the Birddogs won, and only 85 yards per game in the remaining games, also known as losses. See the correlation? You get Watts the ball, good things happen.
Let's take a look at how this presence on the ground translated into favourable situations for the Birddogs and how that in turn produced some big Ws in Dallas.
Watts saved her best perfromance on the season for last, with a whopping 129 yards on 19 carries, and finding the endzone twice against Portland to close out the year. I don't need to elaborate too much in order for you to see the impact Watts made here. Though did I mention she has serious wheels? Gliding for a smooth 62 yarder against Portland helped end the year on a high.
Next, we have Dallas versus Minnesota. Watts took 21 carries for 120 yards, which included a chain moving 15 yard run. B, Murphy also logged a strong game on the ground, and this led to Dallas controlling the clock and pace of the game on the way to a W.
Another big performance from Watts versus the Luchadores, racking up 123 yards on on 25 carries, again, controlling the tempo of the game and time of possession, allowing the Birddogs to manage their talented, but young defence's time on the field.
At the start of the Dallas three game win streak to close the season, the Birddogs took a huge win on the road off the back of some tough running by Watts, 20 carries for 91 yards, which may not seem hugely impressive, but given that lead to a whopping 40-20 time of possession split, its clear to see Watts impact on the game, continually moving the chains and keeping Minnesota's offence off their home field.
Tier 2 - Task 13
I've loved my first season in the ISFL, and being part of the Dallas locker room has made the experience even sweeter. Not only is it exceptionally fun developing your player and checking in to see how they do every week, or watching the games when I get the rare chance (as a UK member of the league), I've met some really friendly people who've been equal parts informative, helpful and most importantly, funny. Big shout outs to Steg, Amidships, Kyamprac, Gucci, Inverted, R0tz, Rev and last, but definitely not least Zayn.
Lionel Rumper (S25) has had some start to his ISFL career. Entering the league fresh out of college, looking to impose his will as a box safety with limited coverage abilities, Rumper quickly had to change his game. Dallas asked him to play free safety, and model his game to suit, and although there were growing pains, Rumper ended the season with a respectable line of 57 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 interceptions, 4 passes defended and even a safety. Even posting a much improved 4.28s 40 yard time (seriously that's ridiculous) when compared to his collegiate 4.6s 40 yard slog, showing that the Dallas strength and conditioning team are up there with the best of them. Winning three "best in show" awards at Dallas has been a huge personal highlight, but the best of the season was really in enjoying the wins with the locker room and blowing up twitter weekly come win or loss as a club. I think Dallas definitely wins DSFL twitter.
Being drafted was a really fun experience. LancedJack, Nutbar and I all watched the draft the following day on discord which was so good, building up the hype, taking guesses at who was going where and eventually losing our shit when one of us (or AskedMadden), or people we met in the prospect bowl got drafted. Having Dallas trade up to grab Rumper the downhill thumper was unreal, absolutely huge buzz when the pick was announced after the trade, made the experience even more memorable, especially knowing it was the same landing spot as Madden, and eventually Nutbar too.
In terms of feedback for the league itself, I've really enjoyed how well organised and run it's seemed as someone totally new to all this. It's not been too difficult to manage either as someone who definitely isn't the most tech savvy in the world. Once I got the swing of the forums and how to navigate them I htink I've done a pretty decent job of earning TPE and cash in order to get the best experience I can in the league. I'm never likely to be a top earner given everything else I have on the go on life but I think I've found a good balance that's been very rewarding so far.
5/5 would recommend
Zoe Watts - OPOY - @Kyamprac
If there's anyone on the Dallas Birddogs roster that deserves true award recognition, look no further than the current face of the franchise, Zoe Watts.
Leading the DSFL in rushing yards (1303), rushing touchdowns (10) and sitting at 4.9 yards per carry (fourth among runningbacks with over 200 carries), Watts was the clear cut offensive weapon in the DSFL this season. Now, I can hear the cries, "LoL but Dallas are trash" and here's where I say, this is an individual award recognising exceptional effort and its correlation to wins. So sit down, shut up, and lets look at how Watts contributed to Dallas' six wins, and their three game winning streak to close the season.
In Dallas' six victories, Watts amassed 623 yards on the ground on 129 carries, which puts her right around her average yards per carry (4.8 as opposed to 4.9), which accounts for near 48% of Watts total yardage on the ground this season. In practical terms, this means Watts carried the ball an average of 21.5 times per win and 16.8 times per loss. This in turn translates into an average of 103.8 yards per games when the Birddogs won, and only 85 yards per game in the remaining games, also known as losses. See the correlation? You get Watts the ball, good things happen.
Let's take a look at how this presence on the ground translated into favourable situations for the Birddogs and how that in turn produced some big Ws in Dallas.
Watts saved her best perfromance on the season for last, with a whopping 129 yards on 19 carries, and finding the endzone twice against Portland to close out the year. I don't need to elaborate too much in order for you to see the impact Watts made here. Though did I mention she has serious wheels? Gliding for a smooth 62 yarder against Portland helped end the year on a high.
Next, we have Dallas versus Minnesota. Watts took 21 carries for 120 yards, which included a chain moving 15 yard run. B, Murphy also logged a strong game on the ground, and this led to Dallas controlling the clock and pace of the game on the way to a W.
Another big performance from Watts versus the Luchadores, racking up 123 yards on on 25 carries, again, controlling the tempo of the game and time of possession, allowing the Birddogs to manage their talented, but young defence's time on the field.
At the start of the Dallas three game win streak to close the season, the Birddogs took a huge win on the road off the back of some tough running by Watts, 20 carries for 91 yards, which may not seem hugely impressive, but given that lead to a whopping 40-20 time of possession split, its clear to see Watts impact on the game, continually moving the chains and keeping Minnesota's offence off their home field.
Tier 2 - Task 13
I've loved my first season in the ISFL, and being part of the Dallas locker room has made the experience even sweeter. Not only is it exceptionally fun developing your player and checking in to see how they do every week, or watching the games when I get the rare chance (as a UK member of the league), I've met some really friendly people who've been equal parts informative, helpful and most importantly, funny. Big shout outs to Steg, Amidships, Kyamprac, Gucci, Inverted, R0tz, Rev and last, but definitely not least Zayn.
Lionel Rumper (S25) has had some start to his ISFL career. Entering the league fresh out of college, looking to impose his will as a box safety with limited coverage abilities, Rumper quickly had to change his game. Dallas asked him to play free safety, and model his game to suit, and although there were growing pains, Rumper ended the season with a respectable line of 57 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 interceptions, 4 passes defended and even a safety. Even posting a much improved 4.28s 40 yard time (seriously that's ridiculous) when compared to his collegiate 4.6s 40 yard slog, showing that the Dallas strength and conditioning team are up there with the best of them. Winning three "best in show" awards at Dallas has been a huge personal highlight, but the best of the season was really in enjoying the wins with the locker room and blowing up twitter weekly come win or loss as a club. I think Dallas definitely wins DSFL twitter.
Being drafted was a really fun experience. LancedJack, Nutbar and I all watched the draft the following day on discord which was so good, building up the hype, taking guesses at who was going where and eventually losing our shit when one of us (or AskedMadden), or people we met in the prospect bowl got drafted. Having Dallas trade up to grab Rumper the downhill thumper was unreal, absolutely huge buzz when the pick was announced after the trade, made the experience even more memorable, especially knowing it was the same landing spot as Madden, and eventually Nutbar too.
In terms of feedback for the league itself, I've really enjoyed how well organised and run it's seemed as someone totally new to all this. It's not been too difficult to manage either as someone who definitely isn't the most tech savvy in the world. Once I got the swing of the forums and how to navigate them I htink I've done a pretty decent job of earning TPE and cash in order to get the best experience I can in the league. I'm never likely to be a top earner given everything else I have on the go on life but I think I've found a good balance that's been very rewarding so far.
5/5 would recommend
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