Tier 2, Task 7
The Sarasota Sailfish find themselves on the hot track in the playoffs with a possible Ultimus in view based on their current string of wins that have all been quite impressive. Many predict that they could end up on the banner as Ultimus champions but the drive to the playoffs started long before the end of the season like other teams. For how Sarasota got to the playoffs, we have to go back to week seven against the Baltimore Hawks that had been still seen as a team that would clock in another disappointing season. Things seemed to be looking that way for the Hawks sitting at 3-3 but the Sailfish were not playing up to their level at the beginning of the season either. With only two wins in the first six weeks, Sarasota would have to start the winning quick or they would find themselves competing for a top draft pick. In Week 7, the Hawks came in and demolished the Sailfish. The 40-21 score was the last straw for the Sailfish trying out what they had been doing in the first half of the season, and the team came together with a common goal in mind, just win. The rest of the schedule was not easy and showed many rematches against teams that had beaten the luckless Sailfish prior, but somehow the Sarasota dreamers managed to burn through the rest of their schedule without a single loss. They came close on many occasions and two huge games of theirs were in the last three weeks against the Butchers, Wraiths, and Hawks. A loss to one of them would shake up the NSFC playoffs and a loss to two of them would cause even more chaos and put Sarasota in a spot where they would have to battle for third. On the back of their MVP caliber quarterback, Dexter Banks, and their clutch defense, Sarasota did not have to worry about a single mistake as they won all of their final games and kept themselves in second place in the NSFC. The foundation of the S25 Sarasota team comes from the top at Dexter Banks II who played his absolute best through the nine game win streak and leads the league in passing yards, passing touchdowns, and passer rating. There wasn’t a thing that he missed in the final half of the season as he led the Sailfish to the playoffs and put himself as a clear cut MVP in his final season.
Tier 2, Task 8
The distinction between Offensive Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player can be a little hard to pick out sometimes but thankfully this season, it won’t be. While most have Banks as MVP, that leaves the Offensive Player of the Year wide open to a few positions and one person that should definitely win the award without a single bit of debate. That would be the phenomenal rookie wide receiver Doug Howlett. While he has impressed the Hawks, he also has baffled teams that played against him as he scorched practically every team that tried to come up with a plan to stop him. The rookie speed receiver was a sight to behold by all of those on the field as he carved up defenses for an average of 103 receiving yards a game and almost a guaranteed touchdown a game. His passing yards not only led the league, but were enough to shatter the former Hawks record by sixty yards in a season! Speaking of record breaking, Howlett broke three rookie receiving records in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns in a season all in one as a Hawks receiver along with joining the all-time greats in his rookie season. While most receivers have to wait for a max earning season, Howlett managed to join two spots on the all-time season records for receivers on his first try with joining the top ten receptions and top ten receiving yards list. At 102 receptions, Howlett is the new 10th spot in the rankings, taking over for the legendary DiMirio from Philadelphia. On the receiving yards list, Howlett gets even higher as the new fourth spot all-time and replacing New Orleans’ Fyodorovich. While these numbers guarantee rookie of the year, I feel that they also help Howlett’s case for Offensive Player of the Year and even can put him in contention for MVP based on how dominant this season was for him. There is a lot of growing that Howlett can still do since this is his talent level as a rookie, and it would not be unheard of to see him once again competing for the best of the best when it comes to the offensive awards. This season goes to show just how much the Baltimore air raid worked with players like Doug Howlett catching passes and taking them to the house over and over again. Howlett definitely deserves to be the Offensive Player of the Year.
The Sarasota Sailfish find themselves on the hot track in the playoffs with a possible Ultimus in view based on their current string of wins that have all been quite impressive. Many predict that they could end up on the banner as Ultimus champions but the drive to the playoffs started long before the end of the season like other teams. For how Sarasota got to the playoffs, we have to go back to week seven against the Baltimore Hawks that had been still seen as a team that would clock in another disappointing season. Things seemed to be looking that way for the Hawks sitting at 3-3 but the Sailfish were not playing up to their level at the beginning of the season either. With only two wins in the first six weeks, Sarasota would have to start the winning quick or they would find themselves competing for a top draft pick. In Week 7, the Hawks came in and demolished the Sailfish. The 40-21 score was the last straw for the Sailfish trying out what they had been doing in the first half of the season, and the team came together with a common goal in mind, just win. The rest of the schedule was not easy and showed many rematches against teams that had beaten the luckless Sailfish prior, but somehow the Sarasota dreamers managed to burn through the rest of their schedule without a single loss. They came close on many occasions and two huge games of theirs were in the last three weeks against the Butchers, Wraiths, and Hawks. A loss to one of them would shake up the NSFC playoffs and a loss to two of them would cause even more chaos and put Sarasota in a spot where they would have to battle for third. On the back of their MVP caliber quarterback, Dexter Banks, and their clutch defense, Sarasota did not have to worry about a single mistake as they won all of their final games and kept themselves in second place in the NSFC. The foundation of the S25 Sarasota team comes from the top at Dexter Banks II who played his absolute best through the nine game win streak and leads the league in passing yards, passing touchdowns, and passer rating. There wasn’t a thing that he missed in the final half of the season as he led the Sailfish to the playoffs and put himself as a clear cut MVP in his final season.
Tier 2, Task 8
The distinction between Offensive Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player can be a little hard to pick out sometimes but thankfully this season, it won’t be. While most have Banks as MVP, that leaves the Offensive Player of the Year wide open to a few positions and one person that should definitely win the award without a single bit of debate. That would be the phenomenal rookie wide receiver Doug Howlett. While he has impressed the Hawks, he also has baffled teams that played against him as he scorched practically every team that tried to come up with a plan to stop him. The rookie speed receiver was a sight to behold by all of those on the field as he carved up defenses for an average of 103 receiving yards a game and almost a guaranteed touchdown a game. His passing yards not only led the league, but were enough to shatter the former Hawks record by sixty yards in a season! Speaking of record breaking, Howlett broke three rookie receiving records in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns in a season all in one as a Hawks receiver along with joining the all-time greats in his rookie season. While most receivers have to wait for a max earning season, Howlett managed to join two spots on the all-time season records for receivers on his first try with joining the top ten receptions and top ten receiving yards list. At 102 receptions, Howlett is the new 10th spot in the rankings, taking over for the legendary DiMirio from Philadelphia. On the receiving yards list, Howlett gets even higher as the new fourth spot all-time and replacing New Orleans’ Fyodorovich. While these numbers guarantee rookie of the year, I feel that they also help Howlett’s case for Offensive Player of the Year and even can put him in contention for MVP based on how dominant this season was for him. There is a lot of growing that Howlett can still do since this is his talent level as a rookie, and it would not be unheard of to see him once again competing for the best of the best when it comes to the offensive awards. This season goes to show just how much the Baltimore air raid worked with players like Doug Howlett catching passes and taking them to the house over and over again. Howlett definitely deserves to be the Offensive Player of the Year.
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