The San Jose Sabercats are going to have the dubious honor of being one of the few teams in league history to go from winning an Ultimus one season to winning less than five games the next. How do I know this? The TEEPS man, the TEEPS.
San Jose was probably the biggest surprise of Season 24, somehow stringing together enough wins and tiebreakers to pull together the number one seed in the ASFC and the lovely home field advantage that comes with it. Once in the playoffs, they used that home field power to help push them past very tough matchups in both Arizona and Orange County. Then, in the Ultimus, they shocked the world by defeating the heavily favored Yeti.
Season 25, however, will not be kind to them.
Now, heading into Season 25, San Jose sports a underwhelming 12,205 total TPE as a team coming into Season 25, which puts them at the 8th highest in the league. I know that the common saying is, "defense wins championships" and I know that SJS is really hoping that's the case. They have 7560 TPE invested on the defensive side of the ball, which is the sixth highest in the league. That's good, right?
WRONG
San Jose is the second-most imbalanced team in terms of talent. They have nearly 62% of their total TPE invested on defense. Only Orange County has a higher discrepancy between offense and defense. Sure, San Jose is built to hold teams to under 20 points per game, but that doesn't help much if your offense is only built to score 15. On average, the San Jose offense will be sporting a unit that gives up 2,667 TPE to their opposing defense. Now I know what you're going to say, "but, that means their defense must be better than the offense they face.
WRONG AGAIN
On average, the Sabercats defense is 1634 TPE better than the opposing offenses they'll be trying to slow down. The ONLY thing that will be in SJS's favor is that the ASFC teams overall field weaker offenses, 5688 TPE on average to the NSFC's 6161 TPE.
So, in closing, if you're looking for a team to go back to back, you might want to look elsewhere.
San Jose was probably the biggest surprise of Season 24, somehow stringing together enough wins and tiebreakers to pull together the number one seed in the ASFC and the lovely home field advantage that comes with it. Once in the playoffs, they used that home field power to help push them past very tough matchups in both Arizona and Orange County. Then, in the Ultimus, they shocked the world by defeating the heavily favored Yeti.
Season 25, however, will not be kind to them.
Now, heading into Season 25, San Jose sports a underwhelming 12,205 total TPE as a team coming into Season 25, which puts them at the 8th highest in the league. I know that the common saying is, "defense wins championships" and I know that SJS is really hoping that's the case. They have 7560 TPE invested on the defensive side of the ball, which is the sixth highest in the league. That's good, right?
WRONG
San Jose is the second-most imbalanced team in terms of talent. They have nearly 62% of their total TPE invested on defense. Only Orange County has a higher discrepancy between offense and defense. Sure, San Jose is built to hold teams to under 20 points per game, but that doesn't help much if your offense is only built to score 15. On average, the San Jose offense will be sporting a unit that gives up 2,667 TPE to their opposing defense. Now I know what you're going to say, "but, that means their defense must be better than the offense they face.
WRONG AGAIN
On average, the Sabercats defense is 1634 TPE better than the opposing offenses they'll be trying to slow down. The ONLY thing that will be in SJS's favor is that the ASFC teams overall field weaker offenses, 5688 TPE on average to the NSFC's 6161 TPE.
So, in closing, if you're looking for a team to go back to back, you might want to look elsewhere.
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