Tell us about your draft class. Is there anything that makes it special in comparison to other classes? Where did your fellow draftees land, how are they doing? Did anyone turn out to be an unexpected steal of that draft based on what you know today? Do you think anyone in your draft class will become a hall of famer? If you’re new to the league, how do you think your class will do? Where do you think people will get drafted to? (10TPE, 800 words)
I believe I wrote about this prompt last season and I may as well write on it this season as well. By now several members of my class (S28) have spent some time with their new ISFL teams. The vast majority are getting ready to start their careers in the ISFL this next season. Despite each member of the class being at the very beginning of their careers, there are already some standouts and draft steals, as well as some that are looking dangerously close to bust (hopefully they come back).
Before looking at TPE and on field stats I thought it’d be fun to look at how the bank balances are looking for the members of the class, and especially the true rookies. I haven’t done a media on this so why not here. There was a time in S27 where the bank balances of the richest two members, Infinite and BigRed, exceeded the total balance of every other member of the class combined. Approx 1 billion vs ~700 million for everyone else. Nowadays it’s not so close as Infinite and BigRed are still around 1 billion and the rest of the class is sitting on approx. 1.7 billion. While I’m not keeping track of historical bank data (ok that kinda sounds like it could be a cool viz tho) Some earners here appear to be Dude_Man (52mil) and Shrub (69mil), both of who are true rookies. Many other true rookies are sitting on around 25-40 mil right now in preparation for equipment buys. Perhaps there are some big recreate earners as well but that's tougher for me to tell. Bex, Infinite, BigRed, etc are all still rich.
Now let’s talk a little about TPE (my favorite). From my estimations it looks like we’ll have around 20 players from S28 hitting 500 TPE at the start of next season. I know S22 numbers kinda jade a lot of people but that seems pretty high to me. At this moment the 31st pick of the draft, Saleem Spence, retains the top spot for TPE for the second season in a row. Glenn Smart has been making moves, getting up to the number 2 spot. Definitely proving they were worth the trade up for Arizona in the draft. Following them we have Stumpy Jones still going strong at number 3, the rich two from Baltimore at 4 and 6, two BBB players at 5 and 7. J00 and I have had a mini-rivalry going on with me taking the lead by a single TPE last season. This season we are dead tied at 430, along with former OL rival Cade Williams. Troy Abed has been proving deserving of their first round spot as they sit just outside the top 10 in TPE. The story of Shrub remains one of my favorites. From initially an inactive Tight End who ghosted scouts to top 15 TPE and fighting for the title of top LB. Andrew Warthol and Prof. Godfrey Gravity have fallen behind somewhat in earning, but still remain in strong positions. Should they come back to regular earning they will certainly still be well worth their first round picks.
By numbers alone the biggest draft steals are Saleem Spence, Jacob Raske, Brandon Prince, Stumpy Jones, Dexter Zaylren, and Henny Tingzpahcbol. Going off what I know about users I would also throw Bender Rodriguez, Tim Soulja, Dude_Man, and Lonnie Jackson in there. There’s still a ton of time for any player in the class to be a draft steal or bust. CCTyrant (who just retired) exemplified this pretty well after being essentially inactive for, I believe, the first two seasons of their career.
Predicting hall of famers at this point is excessively difficult, but it doesn’t hurt to try anyway. First prediction has to be Busch Goose. They have an extra season of stats on them, and pretty good ones at that. They’ve made it very clear that they will be stat+trophy chasing so I’d expect them to end up in favourable situations for most of their career. They could very well be RB1 from now until they retire. All this plus infinite is an old pro that knows how to make a build and knows how to earn. Beyond that it’s really tough to even make a prediction. Perhaps Stumpy Jones with the extra season up in a traditionally bot dominated position will be able to string together some hall of fame stats. I’m not sure if they allowed any sacks this season, which could end up working against them in the long run.
Finally lets take a look at which DSFL teams have developed best in respect to this specific class. Of course a disclaimer first: with only a few players per team there is a lot of luck and other factors out of the teams and GM’s control. That being said, average TPE per player from each team is as follows:
Minnesota Grey Ducks
299
Tijuana Luchadores
298
London Royals
289
Portland Pythons
260
Kansas City Coyotes
258
Dallas Birddogs
249
Bondi Beach Buccaneers
237
Norfolk SeaWolves
190
I’m of course proud to see Minnesota up there at the top with a class lead by several true rookes. Only 1 TPE behind is the perennial powerhouse/cult of Tijuana. While it’s often a destination for alumn, this particular class was led by Dude_man and j00 who have both been killin it. Not far behind are the current Ultimini champs London, followed by Portland who were one of the strongest teams in the league. Norfolk had a bit of a bummer season, which was followed up by an equally disappointing one this season. The nature of the DSFL is rapid changes though so hopefully they'll have better fortunes soon. Even the S28 class could have a quick turnaround still.
Word Count = way too many. Woops
I believe I wrote about this prompt last season and I may as well write on it this season as well. By now several members of my class (S28) have spent some time with their new ISFL teams. The vast majority are getting ready to start their careers in the ISFL this next season. Despite each member of the class being at the very beginning of their careers, there are already some standouts and draft steals, as well as some that are looking dangerously close to bust (hopefully they come back).
Before looking at TPE and on field stats I thought it’d be fun to look at how the bank balances are looking for the members of the class, and especially the true rookies. I haven’t done a media on this so why not here. There was a time in S27 where the bank balances of the richest two members, Infinite and BigRed, exceeded the total balance of every other member of the class combined. Approx 1 billion vs ~700 million for everyone else. Nowadays it’s not so close as Infinite and BigRed are still around 1 billion and the rest of the class is sitting on approx. 1.7 billion. While I’m not keeping track of historical bank data (ok that kinda sounds like it could be a cool viz tho) Some earners here appear to be Dude_Man (52mil) and Shrub (69mil), both of who are true rookies. Many other true rookies are sitting on around 25-40 mil right now in preparation for equipment buys. Perhaps there are some big recreate earners as well but that's tougher for me to tell. Bex, Infinite, BigRed, etc are all still rich.
Now let’s talk a little about TPE (my favorite). From my estimations it looks like we’ll have around 20 players from S28 hitting 500 TPE at the start of next season. I know S22 numbers kinda jade a lot of people but that seems pretty high to me. At this moment the 31st pick of the draft, Saleem Spence, retains the top spot for TPE for the second season in a row. Glenn Smart has been making moves, getting up to the number 2 spot. Definitely proving they were worth the trade up for Arizona in the draft. Following them we have Stumpy Jones still going strong at number 3, the rich two from Baltimore at 4 and 6, two BBB players at 5 and 7. J00 and I have had a mini-rivalry going on with me taking the lead by a single TPE last season. This season we are dead tied at 430, along with former OL rival Cade Williams. Troy Abed has been proving deserving of their first round spot as they sit just outside the top 10 in TPE. The story of Shrub remains one of my favorites. From initially an inactive Tight End who ghosted scouts to top 15 TPE and fighting for the title of top LB. Andrew Warthol and Prof. Godfrey Gravity have fallen behind somewhat in earning, but still remain in strong positions. Should they come back to regular earning they will certainly still be well worth their first round picks.
By numbers alone the biggest draft steals are Saleem Spence, Jacob Raske, Brandon Prince, Stumpy Jones, Dexter Zaylren, and Henny Tingzpahcbol. Going off what I know about users I would also throw Bender Rodriguez, Tim Soulja, Dude_Man, and Lonnie Jackson in there. There’s still a ton of time for any player in the class to be a draft steal or bust. CCTyrant (who just retired) exemplified this pretty well after being essentially inactive for, I believe, the first two seasons of their career.
Predicting hall of famers at this point is excessively difficult, but it doesn’t hurt to try anyway. First prediction has to be Busch Goose. They have an extra season of stats on them, and pretty good ones at that. They’ve made it very clear that they will be stat+trophy chasing so I’d expect them to end up in favourable situations for most of their career. They could very well be RB1 from now until they retire. All this plus infinite is an old pro that knows how to make a build and knows how to earn. Beyond that it’s really tough to even make a prediction. Perhaps Stumpy Jones with the extra season up in a traditionally bot dominated position will be able to string together some hall of fame stats. I’m not sure if they allowed any sacks this season, which could end up working against them in the long run.
Finally lets take a look at which DSFL teams have developed best in respect to this specific class. Of course a disclaimer first: with only a few players per team there is a lot of luck and other factors out of the teams and GM’s control. That being said, average TPE per player from each team is as follows:
Minnesota Grey Ducks
299
Tijuana Luchadores
298
London Royals
289
Portland Pythons
260
Kansas City Coyotes
258
Dallas Birddogs
249
Bondi Beach Buccaneers
237
Norfolk SeaWolves
190
I’m of course proud to see Minnesota up there at the top with a class lead by several true rookes. Only 1 TPE behind is the perennial powerhouse/cult of Tijuana. While it’s often a destination for alumn, this particular class was led by Dude_man and j00 who have both been killin it. Not far behind are the current Ultimini champs London, followed by Portland who were one of the strongest teams in the league. Norfolk had a bit of a bummer season, which was followed up by an equally disappointing one this season. The nature of the DSFL is rapid changes though so hopefully they'll have better fortunes soon. Even the S28 class could have a quick turnaround still.
Word Count = way too many. Woops
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