(S25) - PT 1 - Opening Statements

[AL_GRINGO]

PBE Welfare

[JuOSu]

PBE PT

[majesiu]

PBE

[DrunkenTeddy]

SHL PT

[LB3737]

This season I personally believe that the Portland Pythons will win the Ultimini, and I have a series of reasons that will show why my prediction will be a fact at the end of the season. My first reason is the strength of the defense, which I think will be able to carry the offense through any scoring slumps, which I also doubt will happen but you never know. This solid D consists of second year plays such as defensive end Etrigan Slayer and defensive tackle Chuck Roth, who, if you read my recent piece of media you will know also doubles up as an excellent special teamer, and managed to record an 88 yard returning touchdown during this years preseason. Aswell as this pair the defense also has rookies Moe Skeeter, who was selected at the 21st position in this years draft, and linebacker Ty Tyson who recorded 3 sacks and 9 tackles in a preseason game recently. Another reason I have for my faith in Portland is their recent win over the London Royals during the preseason, who won the championship last season, instantly making the Pythons the best team in the league, as everyone knows what happens in preseason can be taken as gospel.

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[Roezam]

Jay Cue will be the number 1 quarterback for fantasy this year. This isn’t exactly a shocking take but it is true. Cue has the most TPE amongst all quarterbacks at 1241. However, high TPE quarterbacks don’t always finish as top fantasy options for 1 reason. Speed. The most important thing for a quarterback in fantasy is rushing ability. Look at real life and see who’s drafted in the early rounds; Lamar Jackson, Mahomes, Wilson, Watson, etc. What do all these people have in common? They run the ball. Cue’s capped 90 speed puts him over the top of most other quarterbacks. But let us not forget that he is still a capped quarterback with great passing ability as well. Last year he finished 4th in passing yards but was only 73 behind second place. Those 73 yards are basically negligible as quarterbacks 2 - 6 were all within 250 yard of each other. One thing that makes him stand out in the passing game is the sheer volume of throws. He was one of 3 quarterbacks that had over 600 attempts on the year last year. On the ground he was second in rushing yards and had the most rushing touchdowns which shows that he is proficient on the ground. The arm talent combined with the rushing ability gives Jay Cue a clear shot at the QB1 in fantasy.

[Jimi64]

I believe there needs to be some pretty major changes made in the league economy. I think that the current amount of money needed for equipment and training is fine when you keep in mind players that have difficulty earning money, but I think there are some issues with the current logic of contracts, for example. It feels extremely strange to me that I should take a pay cut because I was called up to a more prestigious league. Currently the DSFL salary is 6 million. I only spent a year in the DSFL and I was very excited to move up to the ISFL, but I signed a contract for a third of what I was making in the DSFL, and that was just disappointing. I understand that I don't have to sign for lower and can negotiate for more, but there is definitely pressure to take as little as you can. You want your team to have enough room to sign better players, but it'd still be nice if you could also sign a contract that's at least somewhat valuable along the way. I don’t have a great need for money like others do, but the logical nature of receiving that much less when moving to the ISFL is strange to me. I should be excited to sign a professional contract, like players are in real life. Players in real life don’t take a pay cut to go to a better league, because in the higher tier league their services are valued more because the stakes of competition are that much higher. It’s not that I don’t understand why this practice occurs in our league, but I am saying it’s poor design that I am less excited to get paid by my ISFL team than my DSFL team. Heck, even after you’re drafted, if you’re not called up you still get 4 million covered by the DSFL. That’s assuredly more than any called up rookie would be making when they’re actually contributing at the professional level. There needs to be restructuring in this area, because this practice simply doesn’t make sense, and it takes a modicum of enjoyment out of what should be one of the most exciting times for players.

[bjbren17]

PBE PT

[Birdman]

SHL Affiliation - LordBirdman

[s4ndr0p]

I am going to be really selfish and narcistic with this one but I truly believe that this year is the year Sandro Ryeu is going to make the pro bowl for the first time in his career. Ryeu never got the honors to make the pro bowl or an award, but I am confident that this year the time has come up since his production, through week 1 and 2 shows a lot of promise. He also showed a lot of improvement over the course of the last season. His tackle totals continued to increase over his first 3 years in the league, going from 28 to 34 to 54. It was a huge jump from 34 to 54 which shows a lot of promise. A huge factor in the evaluation of defensive ends is their sack totals, which did not impress the last years. Ryeu recorded 1-3-6 sacks, so he has yet to put up a double digit sack total. But Ryeu did double his sack totals from year 2 to year 3, so he might actually finally be ready to be an elite defensive end in this league.
Well that's great and all, but what did he do this year? Through the first two weeks Ryeu recorded 10 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 tackle for loss, 1 forced fumble and 2 sacks. If he would continue this production Ryeu would end his season with 80tackles, 16sacks and 8 TFLs. This would be great numbers and maybe even enough for an award. I am very confident that Ryeu's ~800 TPE could finally get the work done to destroy (mostly 720TPE) Offensive Line Bots.
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