Offensive Comparison: Compare one offensive player from each team in a series. Can be completed at any point Clifford Rove and Scrub Kyubee. One an established veteran of the league, the other a complete rookie. Both players willed their teams into the playoffs, by beating out both the unlucky Wraiths and the lackluster Yeti. Kyubee finished the season 289/482, 3518 yards, 20 touchdowns, 15 interceptions and a 83.4 quarterback rating. Rove finished the year out with 286/514, 3461 yards, 20 touchdowns and 24 interceptions with a 70 qb rating. Nobody is debating who had the better season, that much is clear. But Kyubee definitely had more offensive weapons and a stout offensive line to aid him this year as opposed to Rove who spent most of his time outside of the pocket and on the run. The newly founded Philadelphia Liberty find themselves in the playoffs in only their second season in existence whereas the Hawks find them selves in their second consecutive playoff bout. Last year after beating the Wraiths, they were embarrassed in the Ultimus cup showdown against the Arizona Outlaws. When these two come head to head in the NSFC Glacies Trophy, who will come out on top? Will the Hawks reach the Ultimus for the second year in a row? Can the Liberty stage an upset?
Defensive Comparison: Compare one defensive player from each team in a series. Can be completed at any point Tyler Oles and Antoine Delacour. Both easily the top 2 corner backs in the league will come to blows this Monday night when the Philadelphia Liberty face off against the Baltimore Hawks. Both players will obviously not face off against each other seeing how both of them take defensive snaps except of course for the occasional special teams skirmish. Regarding how the season went for both of these fine athletes, both players have had solid standout seasons. Oles finished with 59 tackles, 7 interceptions, 12 pass deflections and 1 defensive touchdown whereas Delacour finished with an impressive 67 tackles, 6 interceptions and 24 pass deflections. Delacour is headed into his 4th season this off season while Oles will be reaching his 3rd. As it stands Delacour no doubt has to upper hand in this matchup but Oles does have a little youth on his side. Regardless when we are talking about right now you would be making a choice between current ability and future potential by looking at both of these two players It will be interesting to see as these players progress in their careers, just who exactly will perform at the grandest stage of them all, the Ultimus final.
Bottom Half: Write about why two of the four teams were not able to make the playoffs. Can be completed at any point Why did the Yellowknife Wraiths not reach the playoffs? Simple they're just professionally paid choke artists. Supposedly one of the "top teams" in the league, if you take a look at the team stats, the Wraiths have the 2nd best offense in the league and the 3rd best defense in the league. Tell me how does a team with supposedly this much talent not even get out of their conference? Taking a gander at how the Wraiths performed this year outside of the statsheet. They lost to the Hawks away by four points, no big deal there really, a close away loss is pretty much all you can hope for on the road. They then lost to the Sabercats away by yes, you guessed it a single point. Okay that's bad luck right two games in a row decided by a single score? After smashing the Otters at home they went to Vegas and narrowly bet the pathetic Legion by 6 points. Again away team fixture you might be forgiven for that. They lost by 13 points to the Legion away, okay away form is very dicey for them, you'll beat them at home right? The Yeti were dispatched at home by two touchdowns followed by the Hawks by 8 points. Here we go. A tough loss to the Outlaws at home by debatable-y their closest rival. What followed next is what nightmares are made of, they lost to the Colorado Yeti at home. The single result of this game alone has put me off my appetite to even attempt to write the rest of this PT.
Playoff Series MVP: Choose an MVP for one of the playoff series and write about why you chose them. Must be completed after the playoff series you write about We all know that the Outlaws are reaching the Ultimus finals so I'm not even going to beat around the bush. Regardless of whoever they face in the finals whether it be the Hawks or the Liberty, Bronko will come out on top and be the Ultimus MVP. Bronko by the stats had an all out impressive year, he was 289/495 , 3650 yards , 25 touchdowns and 8 interceptions with a 91.6 quarterback rating. Impressive that despite him not needing to throw for all that many yards due to the powerhouse Reginald Mackworthy at running back, Bronko was never gunshy or scared of a risk. Even with a 3:1 TD/INT ratio, Bronko not only steered this offense, he was their offense. Of course it's not all on Bronko, he does have some top notch wide receivers in the ever present Dustin Evans and the developing C.A. Chess. Bronko will likely throw for atleast 3 touchdowns in the Ultimus game, that's if they don't have the backup unit out to salt the rest of the game away. Could we see a return to the QB spot for Asipi? Who knows, Asipi is after all the second best quarterback on the Arizona Outlaws roster.
Hate the player or the game: Tell us which team made the playoffs and shouldn't have, or which team didn't and should have? (Can be completed at any point) Obviously I'm going to argue that the Yellowknife Wraiths deserved to reach the playoffs. The sim and frankly everything else screwed them. Whether it was a boneheaded decision by Mat Akselsen to attempt to recruit an in contract Darren Smallwood back to the team with a lucrative contract and possible future staff role which resulted in his two game suspension for the season or it was dumb results such as losing away games by a single score and losing home games embarrassingly to both San Jose and the fucking Yeti. The Wraiths truly did get screwed this year in a season, although how hard they try will never be forgotten. An absolute failure which all of front office have to take flak for and surely this means Akselsen is in the hot seat regarding next years results. A failure to hit the playoffs for a consecutive year could surely mean Akselsen will be fired and new management will make it's way in. Akselsen does have the backing of the players and is thoroughly liked throughout the locker room and within staff circles so this will be an interesting story to watch for the future. Only time will tell if he's the man to lead this team to glory.
Defensive Comparison: Compare one defensive player from each team in a series. Can be completed at any point Tyler Oles and Antoine Delacour. Both easily the top 2 corner backs in the league will come to blows this Monday night when the Philadelphia Liberty face off against the Baltimore Hawks. Both players will obviously not face off against each other seeing how both of them take defensive snaps except of course for the occasional special teams skirmish. Regarding how the season went for both of these fine athletes, both players have had solid standout seasons. Oles finished with 59 tackles, 7 interceptions, 12 pass deflections and 1 defensive touchdown whereas Delacour finished with an impressive 67 tackles, 6 interceptions and 24 pass deflections. Delacour is headed into his 4th season this off season while Oles will be reaching his 3rd. As it stands Delacour no doubt has to upper hand in this matchup but Oles does have a little youth on his side. Regardless when we are talking about right now you would be making a choice between current ability and future potential by looking at both of these two players It will be interesting to see as these players progress in their careers, just who exactly will perform at the grandest stage of them all, the Ultimus final.
Bottom Half: Write about why two of the four teams were not able to make the playoffs. Can be completed at any point Why did the Yellowknife Wraiths not reach the playoffs? Simple they're just professionally paid choke artists. Supposedly one of the "top teams" in the league, if you take a look at the team stats, the Wraiths have the 2nd best offense in the league and the 3rd best defense in the league. Tell me how does a team with supposedly this much talent not even get out of their conference? Taking a gander at how the Wraiths performed this year outside of the statsheet. They lost to the Hawks away by four points, no big deal there really, a close away loss is pretty much all you can hope for on the road. They then lost to the Sabercats away by yes, you guessed it a single point. Okay that's bad luck right two games in a row decided by a single score? After smashing the Otters at home they went to Vegas and narrowly bet the pathetic Legion by 6 points. Again away team fixture you might be forgiven for that. They lost by 13 points to the Legion away, okay away form is very dicey for them, you'll beat them at home right? The Yeti were dispatched at home by two touchdowns followed by the Hawks by 8 points. Here we go. A tough loss to the Outlaws at home by debatable-y their closest rival. What followed next is what nightmares are made of, they lost to the Colorado Yeti at home. The single result of this game alone has put me off my appetite to even attempt to write the rest of this PT.
Playoff Series MVP: Choose an MVP for one of the playoff series and write about why you chose them. Must be completed after the playoff series you write about We all know that the Outlaws are reaching the Ultimus finals so I'm not even going to beat around the bush. Regardless of whoever they face in the finals whether it be the Hawks or the Liberty, Bronko will come out on top and be the Ultimus MVP. Bronko by the stats had an all out impressive year, he was 289/495 , 3650 yards , 25 touchdowns and 8 interceptions with a 91.6 quarterback rating. Impressive that despite him not needing to throw for all that many yards due to the powerhouse Reginald Mackworthy at running back, Bronko was never gunshy or scared of a risk. Even with a 3:1 TD/INT ratio, Bronko not only steered this offense, he was their offense. Of course it's not all on Bronko, he does have some top notch wide receivers in the ever present Dustin Evans and the developing C.A. Chess. Bronko will likely throw for atleast 3 touchdowns in the Ultimus game, that's if they don't have the backup unit out to salt the rest of the game away. Could we see a return to the QB spot for Asipi? Who knows, Asipi is after all the second best quarterback on the Arizona Outlaws roster.
Hate the player or the game: Tell us which team made the playoffs and shouldn't have, or which team didn't and should have? (Can be completed at any point) Obviously I'm going to argue that the Yellowknife Wraiths deserved to reach the playoffs. The sim and frankly everything else screwed them. Whether it was a boneheaded decision by Mat Akselsen to attempt to recruit an in contract Darren Smallwood back to the team with a lucrative contract and possible future staff role which resulted in his two game suspension for the season or it was dumb results such as losing away games by a single score and losing home games embarrassingly to both San Jose and the fucking Yeti. The Wraiths truly did get screwed this year in a season, although how hard they try will never be forgotten. An absolute failure which all of front office have to take flak for and surely this means Akselsen is in the hot seat regarding next years results. A failure to hit the playoffs for a consecutive year could surely mean Akselsen will be fired and new management will make it's way in. Akselsen does have the backing of the players and is thoroughly liked throughout the locker room and within staff circles so this will be an interesting story to watch for the future. Only time will tell if he's the man to lead this team to glory.
