(S19) - PT2 - Back to Reality

[Huskies311]

(S19) - PT2 - Back to Reality

Complete the weekly Point Task to earn 3 TPE! All written responses must be at least 200 words. All graphic responses must show at least some effort. Do not claim this TPE until it has been graded and posted to the S19 claim thread. Also, if you try to build your word count by being super repetitive and rambling on, you will not get full credit.

This task is due next Sunday, December 15th, at 11:59 EST. Have fun and get writing!

Written Option: Once the season starts, sky-high optimism very usually comes back to reality. Write about a disappointment from the first week of games. It can be a play, a loss, or your a poor statistical performance.

(Even if your team is doing well, you can still talk about a disappointing performance, practice, locker room incident etc. Get creative!)

Or

Graphic Option: Make a graphic showcasing a disappointing play, score-line, or statistical performance.


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[flyeaglesfly29]

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[Starboy]

After the cloud nine feeling of S18 where Armor King posted such impressive numbers for a “young player”, it seemed that things were going in the right direction. Nobody was really calling for him being snubbed off top lists outside of his teammates, but to go from a bottom tier tight end in his first two season and only as “Mr. Check-Down” to end up in the top three of pure tight ends, it was a huge change. Things were expected to continue once the ink had settled on his new contract during S18 and it seemed like the future was bright.

Then S19 started…and things did not step forward for the armored jaguar tight end. Instead it seems that they have gone right back into the check down area and have only been aided by a boost in strength for a bit more push in the middle of the field. Comparing game for game from last season to this only further depresses just how deflating this season has been. Sure, things have been rising slowly game by game for Armor King but posting a depressing fourteen receiving yards off two catches in his first outing was not the way things were supposed to go.

[Revolution5]

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[ddrector]

The New Orleans Second Line locker room was riding high after bringing in a huge draft class as well as a top of the line free agent in Toriki. We had many parties and celebrations and we thought that maybe this would be the year for NOLA to break through in the ASFC for the first time in a while, but then we had to go to Orange County in week 1. A daunting task for any team, but we didn't let that bring us down. This was a new year and we were gonna take the Otters down on their home turf. Well it didn't go exactly as planned. We did take the lead in the middle of the 3rd quarter, but the Otters were able to strike back and scored 13 unanswered points to finish the game. It was definitely disappointing to be riding so high from an amazing offseason and then lose the opening game of the season. Especially since a big part of it fell on the defense. We gave up 26 points and basically half of that happened in the 4th quarter. We can't let that happen so late in the game. Our offense gave us a lead with 22 minutes left in the game and we blew it. It was a very humbling experience. I just hope we don't let the offense down again.

[ValorX77]

The Chicago Butchers were getting a ton of hype surrounding The arrivals of Sweet James-Jones, Sean O’Leary, and The elite veteran defensive lineman, Ryan Leaf Jr. Expectations were high for this team, mixed with talent, of the old boomers to the young rookies, the team was projected to finish in the middle of the pack, but, things were not looking up for Chicago in the regular season.. The season began with an in conference loss to the hawks by a single touchdown, well, a defensive touchdown by the hawks to be exact, and it was also a pick-six, an agonizing blow to the season.
Week 2 looked up for Chicago as they visited Leaf’s former team, the Wraiths, in which the defense blew a small lead to the Comeback Cooter Bigsby, that game, the defense was gassed for many yards with an elite offense despite Cooter throwing for 3 interceptions that game. The third game was a horrific loss to the currently undefeated Colorado Yeti, by means of the run game getting stopped in brutal rush hour traffic, and McDummy playing in his non McPickSix form of himself, gashing the Chicago secondary for many yards as Rose Jenkins couldn’t get it going that game.
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[JKortesi81]

3 games into the S19 season, and the only real thing Easton Cole can feel is disbelief. The Copperheads sit at 0-3, fresh off the heels of another season that showed lots of improvement. Despite all of Austin feeling like this was the year they made another step forward, it’s been almost anything but. Cole’s first pass of the season was intercepted and 6 plays later Colorado would have a 7-0 lead. Despite leading Austin to scores on the next two drives to take the lead, Cole would later be safetied by old friend Mo Berry. Cole would then throw another interception that would lead to the game winning score in the fourth quarter for Colorado. In Game two, Easton would have two interceptions in New Orleans territory in the first half that would cause the Copperheads to be down 14-3 at one point, instead of potentially being up 17-7. Coming into the week’s final game against Orange County, Cole made it a point to be smarter with the ball. However, on the game’s second play he threw yet ANOTHER interception, and on the next play Franklin Armstrong would score on a 16 yard scamper. Despite playing well enough to regain the lead in this game too, the second half would once again prove awful for Austin, and they lost their third straight. Cole is lamenting those very early picks that pretty much immediately put his team behind in the first and third games of the season. Add in those two picks in the opposition’s territory (including one in the red zone) in game two, and it results in an 0-3 hole with a very shaken Easton Cole. (278)

[br0_0ker]

The season started out well for the Baltimore Hawks, putting on a defensive clinic against the Butchers and smashing the Outlaws after their 62-0 rout of my former team, the SaberCats. Personally, my stats were sufficient, as the only stat that really matters is the W column. And yet, a feeling of disappointment lingers after our undefeated start, and it comes after our week 3 tangle with rivals from Yellowknife. We had the win, locked up, boxed up, and tied up neatly with a little bow, until the final 6 seconds of the game happened. Six seconds is all it takes to go from a feeling of elation to feeling like the worst piece of garbage on Earth. In those six seconds, we watched as our undefeated start, divisional lead, and win against a rival were all dashed, as Bigsby hit Swift for the go-ahead touchdown leaving no time remaining on the clock. As an offensive player, there was nothing I could do, and with no time left on the clock, I could not even attempt to bring back victory from the jaws of defeat. What can be done to erase this disappointment from the forefront of my mind? As a great man once said, just win baby. See you in week 10, Yellowknife.

[Saliva^]

You would think that being seven-time kicker of the year and three-time punter of the year makes Kulture Fulture the happiest man in the world right now. Not to mention his multiple pro-bowl induction. It appears that his ego makes him want more. More KoTY, more PoTY, more, more and more. This is what Kulture isn't feeling right now. After three games it's being certain that Chicago isn't going to do very much at offense. Hence the chances for the eight kicker award are very slim at this moment. The team is just not giving much chances for that. More than that, he already managed to miss a field goal. For the first time since S17. What a shame. This might actually be a death blow to his chances. But you would think that this means more punts? More inside-20's? The fourth punter award? Seems like hell nah either. He is actually being decent at it, his punts are 48+ yards average. Yet, no inside twenty's which makes this number absolutely irrelevant.

By looking at his current stats, it's being clear that we might see the end of an era. Kulture might not win any award since I don't even know when. So far, this season is being shit for him, for sure.

[IsaStarcrossed]

The start of the season stung a little for me. Every season you come in with high expectations of yourself and your team. You're here to compete, that is what it is all about. NOLA is a team that has been on the rise. Mix great drafts and a lot of development and it was easy to expect NOLA to come out firing on all cylinders. Our first game was against a conference rival and the team who almost certainly is destined to lock the first seed in the ASFC in the Otters. I didn't dare dream that we would go on the road and beat them, but the game ended up being much closer than I expected and certainly gave me false hope. The first three quarters were a struggle in which the teams went back and forth. It was a tight affair in which the third quarter had NOLA up on the road 16-12. For the first time I allowed myself to dream. If we could beat OCO on the road in our first game of the season, the sky was the limit. Unfortunately, an abysmal fourth quarter saw OCO take control and never look back as they won 26 to 16. As quick as my dreams flared, they were squashed. It was a crushing feeling and a massive disappointment. All of those hopes and dreams gone in a single moment. Still, after getting to reflect on it and seeing how close it was, hope began to stir again and now I'm apprehensively waiting to see what will happen when the Otters come to NOLA.