(S28) PT 3 - What If?

[mithrandir]

The S24 ISFL Draft did not get off to a good start for the New Orleans Second Line. What if had gone differently? Going into the draft, New Orleans planned on a defense-heavy draft to begin replacing aging players such as Xavien Howard, Brave Ulysses, and Ben Tu’inukuafe. The previous season, they had only had eleven defensive players on their roster, including only two linebackers. They ended up selecting a safety and a linebacker with their first and second round selections. It just so happened that safety Maverick Bowie and linebacker Adam Schell were in this draft, two of my closest friends and players I had drafted to the Tijuana Luchadores. Unfortunately, Bowie (user @Tonzy) went at pick five overall to Baltimore, and we instead drafted safety Quentin Button from the Norfolk Seawolves with the seventh overall pick. Button ended up going IA before being cut and signed by Berlin. He currently sits at 410 TPE, whereas Bowie has 1125 TPE and is one of the best users in the league. In the second round, NOLA passed on linebacker Adam Schell, user @Cincyfan96 (my best friend in real life) and selected linebacker Busch Light instead at pick 17 overall. Busch Light has been inactive for three months and sits at 705 TPE, whereas Schell is quietly up to 1089 TPE. Thankfully, NOLA snagged a couple steals later in the draft in Azarius Ranger and LeBong Simwell. But if we had managed to draft both Bowie and Schell as well, not only would I have been able to be on a team with two of my close friends, but perhaps their additional 1095 TPE over Button and Light could have contributed in our two Ultimus losses the last two seasons which saw our defense get torched. With Bowie and Schell added to what was an already dominant defense in S26, we might have steamrolled the Wraiths and Sailfish in consecutive years and created a bit of a dynasty.