Okaaay 400 words about some more ISFL stuff. Let's see I've already covered some of my favorite moments in league history with different Ultimus and PT tasks in the past. I wonder what to talk about here. I kinda feel like grandpa sharing odd stories about the war or the great depression when I do this.
Today I'm going to tell you the story behind one of the greatest shifts in team power and makeup we had ever seen. And how I caused it. Today we are talking about how I killed the offensive line.
Some people might not know this but I was the first offensive lineman in the ISFL. Ever. I was the first person to create as offensive lineman and during those early days was widely considered one of the best offensive linemen. There were lots of other really good ones too though, so don't get caught up on that part. But the problem with the offensive linemen during those early days is that there were not a lot of them. Meanwhile on the other side of the ball there were a ton of Dlineman. And much like DLine today it doesn't take a whole lot to scale up quickly and become really good, really fast.
On the flipside offensive line had the opposite problem and they did not scale up as quickly, even for the active linemen. But the bigger issue was the number. Most teams had maybe 1 active lineman, sometimes 2. Almost nobody had 3 active and high earning OL. It got so bad by about season 3 that it wasn't unusual to see 12 sacks in a single game, by one team. Holy shit did it suck.
So I proposed a solution. Offensive line was broken and we needed a fix. A few ideas were out there but the idea that stuck the most was just to get rid of offensive line entirely, let teams use cap space to buy OL bots, and let tthe linemen move to different positions. What happened after that was one of the biggest shifts in TPE the league had ever seen. Suddenly a team like OCO with 2 high active OL moved their guys to defense and essentially were able to increase their defensive TPE by a massive % without their OL taking a hit in the process. Other teams that had struggles with QB activity were able to move their top earner to QB like Baltimore or Yellowknife did.
In the case of a team like OCO because they already had the QB and weren't replacing one this shift to defense allowed them to dominate for several seasons while the teams like YKW and BAL were really gearing up fast, Philly also. Some of these teams had a lot of bad luck and should have won more than once in their window but the result was still the same. The murder of the OL was able to shift the balance of power in the league.
Today I'm going to tell you the story behind one of the greatest shifts in team power and makeup we had ever seen. And how I caused it. Today we are talking about how I killed the offensive line.
Some people might not know this but I was the first offensive lineman in the ISFL. Ever. I was the first person to create as offensive lineman and during those early days was widely considered one of the best offensive linemen. There were lots of other really good ones too though, so don't get caught up on that part. But the problem with the offensive linemen during those early days is that there were not a lot of them. Meanwhile on the other side of the ball there were a ton of Dlineman. And much like DLine today it doesn't take a whole lot to scale up quickly and become really good, really fast.
On the flipside offensive line had the opposite problem and they did not scale up as quickly, even for the active linemen. But the bigger issue was the number. Most teams had maybe 1 active lineman, sometimes 2. Almost nobody had 3 active and high earning OL. It got so bad by about season 3 that it wasn't unusual to see 12 sacks in a single game, by one team. Holy shit did it suck.
So I proposed a solution. Offensive line was broken and we needed a fix. A few ideas were out there but the idea that stuck the most was just to get rid of offensive line entirely, let teams use cap space to buy OL bots, and let tthe linemen move to different positions. What happened after that was one of the biggest shifts in TPE the league had ever seen. Suddenly a team like OCO with 2 high active OL moved their guys to defense and essentially were able to increase their defensive TPE by a massive % without their OL taking a hit in the process. Other teams that had struggles with QB activity were able to move their top earner to QB like Baltimore or Yellowknife did.
In the case of a team like OCO because they already had the QB and weren't replacing one this shift to defense allowed them to dominate for several seasons while the teams like YKW and BAL were really gearing up fast, Philly also. Some of these teams had a lot of bad luck and should have won more than once in their window but the result was still the same. The murder of the OL was able to shift the balance of power in the league.
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Cooter Bigsby (S14-S23) - S23 Ultimus Champ - #4 Career Yards - #4 Career TDs - 2x MVP - Hall of Fame
