10-19-2017, 11:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-23-2017, 01:27 AM by jaskins811.)
Offensive Comparison:
In the S3 Championship game, the Arizona Outlaws return to compete for their third straight Ultimus trophy. It is a rematch of last year's game, which was against the Baltimore Hawks.
On the offensive side of the ball, the Outlaw's were lead by King Bronko, their quarterback, the entire season. He led them to 3650 yards with 25 passing touchdowns and only 8 interceptions. He had the best TD-INT ratio in the league, and his security of the football is one of the major reasons why the Outlaws performed so well in the regular season. If he can continue this trend in the championship, he should be able to secure his team the win.
For the Hawks, they were lead all season by their quarterback, Scrub Kyubee. He threw for 3518 yards and 20 touchdowns while throwing 15 interceptions. These numbers are not nearly as good as Bronko's, and he will need to outperform his regular season performance if he wishes to being the city of Baltimore their first Ultimus.
During the regular season, neither quarterback was able to get anything going on the ground with their feet, so it will be expected that this trend of staying in the pocket will continue. It will be a great matchup of quarterbacking talent in the championship!
Bottom Half:
In the NSFC, the Baltimore Hawks and Philadelphia Liberty both made the playoffs this season, a great achievement for both teams. Unfortunately, however, this means two teams from the NSFC were not as lucky. Both the Yellowknife Wraiths and Colorado Yeti were not able to make the playoffs, upsetting fans of both squads. Before the preseason, both teams were looking like playoff hopefuls, and both teams had experience in the playoffs before. Unfortunately, the worst scenario possible happened for the Yeti as team captain and leader, QB Logan Noble was suspended from the league for an entire year after a corruption scandal involving the front office of his team was uncovered. This was a huge blow to the Yeti fanbase, and even after a trade for promising rookie Nicholas Pierno, most Yeti had already conceded the season as a lost cause.
The Wraiths, however, had different expectations going into the season. After making the playoffs two seasons in a row, and accumulating the second most TPE of all teams in the league, a possible Ultimus run was looking like the ultimate goal for the Wraiths. After multiple down to the wire games, including a home loss to the San Jose Saber Cats in overtime, it looked like the Wraiths were not going to be able to repeat a playoff visit. This was very disappointing to the Yellowknife management, and the owners better hope it will not impact the ticket sales for next season.
Hate the player or the game:
One team that did not make the playoffs that deserved to go was the Yellowknife Wraiths. Yellowknife has such a good team and they completely deserved to go to the playoffs. They just got really unlucky throughout the season because of randomness. After having one of the top offenses last season, they had their best offensive weapon, tight end Ricky Maddox switch to defense end to help strengthen their defensive front and be a much stronger unit. This was great for their defense as they became a top unit in the league. Unfortunately, their offense feel somewhat behind due to this switch which hurt their offensive numbers. Rookie tight end Joseph Askins stepped in this season to try to replace Maddox, but the shoes to fill were enormous and it is hard to fit them in someone's rookie season. Although Askins is a likely pro bowl candidate, he did not do a good enough job replacing Maddox on the offense. Overall, the Wraiths could have had a better record if their offense stayed at the same level as the offense from season two, but unfortunately they took a step back which is the main reason the team did not make another playoff appearance.
Playoff Review:
The season 3 playoffs have finally come to an end and it is now time to look back at it and see what happened. Going into it, I think everybody besides Arizona fans wanted the Outlaws to finally be knocked out for once as they have won 2 championships already, and going into the third season playoffs rolling, it looked like no one would be able to stop them. Going into their first game against the Otters, they started rolling and were not stopped. The game finished 27-7 and the Otters never even had a chance. King Bronko had a great game, throwing for over 300 yards and posting a 90.2 passer rating, helping lead the Outlaws to victory. The Otters struggled to get the run game going, having only 34 yards rushing on 10 attempts, which did not help their team out when they needed it.
Over in the NSFC, The Baltimore Hawks absolutely dismantled the Philadelphia Liberty, beating them 34-3. Hawks QB Scrub Kyubee had a great game, throwing 4 TD passes and over 350 yards for a 109.4 passer rating. On the Liberty, their punting unit had a field day, averaging 50 yards a punt on 10 attempts. That was about the only bright spot on the day for the team.
In the championship game, to everyone's dismay, the Outlaws won once again, embarrassing the Hawks 49-12. It was not a good day for Baltimore or the rest of the league as they had to watch the Outlaws win their third straight Ultimus.
That Magic Moment:
The best moment in the playoffs for the Philadelphia Liberty came in the second quarter of the NSFC championship game. Still down only 13-0, getting points on the board would possibly help the morale of the Liberty and possibly give them momentum to come back in the game. After driving down the field, there were 10 minutes and 17 seconds left in the clock in the second quarter. Kicker Stephen Harris got up off the bench to go try to score his first (and eventually only) points of the postseason for his team. He ran onto the field with determination in his eyes. The ball was on the 23 yard line, and he needed to nail a 40 yard field goal to put his team on the board. He lined up behind the ball with his entire mind focused on the ball and the uprights. He slowly backed up and prepared himself to kick his first field goal ever in the playoffs of the NSFL. He ran towards the ball after it was snapped and it bounced off of his foot. the ball sailed downfield, right down the middle, with at least another 10 yards to spare. He celebrated as he left the field and his team seemed to have been rejuvenated at this point. Unfortunately, this energy did not help the team as on the ensuing kickoff trey Willie returned the kick for a touchdown, but for a moment, the Liberty players and fans thought they had a chance at coming back.
In the S3 Championship game, the Arizona Outlaws return to compete for their third straight Ultimus trophy. It is a rematch of last year's game, which was against the Baltimore Hawks.
On the offensive side of the ball, the Outlaw's were lead by King Bronko, their quarterback, the entire season. He led them to 3650 yards with 25 passing touchdowns and only 8 interceptions. He had the best TD-INT ratio in the league, and his security of the football is one of the major reasons why the Outlaws performed so well in the regular season. If he can continue this trend in the championship, he should be able to secure his team the win.
For the Hawks, they were lead all season by their quarterback, Scrub Kyubee. He threw for 3518 yards and 20 touchdowns while throwing 15 interceptions. These numbers are not nearly as good as Bronko's, and he will need to outperform his regular season performance if he wishes to being the city of Baltimore their first Ultimus.
During the regular season, neither quarterback was able to get anything going on the ground with their feet, so it will be expected that this trend of staying in the pocket will continue. It will be a great matchup of quarterbacking talent in the championship!
Bottom Half:
In the NSFC, the Baltimore Hawks and Philadelphia Liberty both made the playoffs this season, a great achievement for both teams. Unfortunately, however, this means two teams from the NSFC were not as lucky. Both the Yellowknife Wraiths and Colorado Yeti were not able to make the playoffs, upsetting fans of both squads. Before the preseason, both teams were looking like playoff hopefuls, and both teams had experience in the playoffs before. Unfortunately, the worst scenario possible happened for the Yeti as team captain and leader, QB Logan Noble was suspended from the league for an entire year after a corruption scandal involving the front office of his team was uncovered. This was a huge blow to the Yeti fanbase, and even after a trade for promising rookie Nicholas Pierno, most Yeti had already conceded the season as a lost cause.
The Wraiths, however, had different expectations going into the season. After making the playoffs two seasons in a row, and accumulating the second most TPE of all teams in the league, a possible Ultimus run was looking like the ultimate goal for the Wraiths. After multiple down to the wire games, including a home loss to the San Jose Saber Cats in overtime, it looked like the Wraiths were not going to be able to repeat a playoff visit. This was very disappointing to the Yellowknife management, and the owners better hope it will not impact the ticket sales for next season.
Hate the player or the game:
One team that did not make the playoffs that deserved to go was the Yellowknife Wraiths. Yellowknife has such a good team and they completely deserved to go to the playoffs. They just got really unlucky throughout the season because of randomness. After having one of the top offenses last season, they had their best offensive weapon, tight end Ricky Maddox switch to defense end to help strengthen their defensive front and be a much stronger unit. This was great for their defense as they became a top unit in the league. Unfortunately, their offense feel somewhat behind due to this switch which hurt their offensive numbers. Rookie tight end Joseph Askins stepped in this season to try to replace Maddox, but the shoes to fill were enormous and it is hard to fit them in someone's rookie season. Although Askins is a likely pro bowl candidate, he did not do a good enough job replacing Maddox on the offense. Overall, the Wraiths could have had a better record if their offense stayed at the same level as the offense from season two, but unfortunately they took a step back which is the main reason the team did not make another playoff appearance.
Playoff Review:
The season 3 playoffs have finally come to an end and it is now time to look back at it and see what happened. Going into it, I think everybody besides Arizona fans wanted the Outlaws to finally be knocked out for once as they have won 2 championships already, and going into the third season playoffs rolling, it looked like no one would be able to stop them. Going into their first game against the Otters, they started rolling and were not stopped. The game finished 27-7 and the Otters never even had a chance. King Bronko had a great game, throwing for over 300 yards and posting a 90.2 passer rating, helping lead the Outlaws to victory. The Otters struggled to get the run game going, having only 34 yards rushing on 10 attempts, which did not help their team out when they needed it.
Over in the NSFC, The Baltimore Hawks absolutely dismantled the Philadelphia Liberty, beating them 34-3. Hawks QB Scrub Kyubee had a great game, throwing 4 TD passes and over 350 yards for a 109.4 passer rating. On the Liberty, their punting unit had a field day, averaging 50 yards a punt on 10 attempts. That was about the only bright spot on the day for the team.
In the championship game, to everyone's dismay, the Outlaws won once again, embarrassing the Hawks 49-12. It was not a good day for Baltimore or the rest of the league as they had to watch the Outlaws win their third straight Ultimus.
That Magic Moment:
The best moment in the playoffs for the Philadelphia Liberty came in the second quarter of the NSFC championship game. Still down only 13-0, getting points on the board would possibly help the morale of the Liberty and possibly give them momentum to come back in the game. After driving down the field, there were 10 minutes and 17 seconds left in the clock in the second quarter. Kicker Stephen Harris got up off the bench to go try to score his first (and eventually only) points of the postseason for his team. He ran onto the field with determination in his eyes. The ball was on the 23 yard line, and he needed to nail a 40 yard field goal to put his team on the board. He lined up behind the ball with his entire mind focused on the ball and the uprights. He slowly backed up and prepared himself to kick his first field goal ever in the playoffs of the NSFL. He ran towards the ball after it was snapped and it bounced off of his foot. the ball sailed downfield, right down the middle, with at least another 10 yards to spare. He celebrated as he left the field and his team seemed to have been rejuvenated at this point. Unfortunately, this energy did not help the team as on the ensuing kickoff trey Willie returned the kick for a touchdown, but for a moment, the Liberty players and fans thought they had a chance at coming back.
[div align=center]![[Image: Murphy_sig.jpg]](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/499607101006413834/519407576643928074/Murphy_sig.jpg)
[div align=center]
[div align=center]
[img src='http://i.imgur.com/kqSwRA0.jpg' alt='' title='Hosted by imgur.com' /][img src='http://i.imgur.com/qzjjwhf.jpg' alt='' title='Hosted by imgur.com' /]
[div align=center]
[div align=center]
[img src='http://i.imgur.com/kqSwRA0.jpg' alt='' title='Hosted by imgur.com' /][img src='http://i.imgur.com/qzjjwhf.jpg' alt='' title='Hosted by imgur.com' /]
