Now, full disclosure, I am part of the Pythons war room, so I'm fully aware I might be biased. Scratch that, will be biased. Will be massively biased and think that my team's draft is the best even if it's not the best.
That being said, I'm not going to judge people based on the picks, I am instead going to go over reasons why people were drafted where they were. Or why I think they were drafted where they were. Basically, the DSFL draft video, but without a time limit per pick and perhaps a bit more laughing at places.
Pick 1: KCC selects Luke Quick, user BigRed.
First thing to point at to all the newbies, the user is as important, if not more important, than the TPE and the player. Especially in the DSFL, where a user who has a storied history is often held up over everyone else. Kansas City needs, well, a lot of people, but they only have one Wide Receiver on the roster, and Luke Quick comes from a user who had a storied career as Nate Swift...OK, Red, I'm not sure if I love or hate your naming sense. But in all seriousness, KCC had their pick, minus a few people who we'll talk about later, and choosing Red was never going to be a bad pick.
Pick 2: TIJ selects Ishe Reallyinvisible, user Jpach.
oh wow who could have guessed this was going to happen. the most surprising pick of the draft right here. i have no idea what could have possessed tijuana to pick this guy here. OK, Sarcasm Text over. Jpach is a user who has ties to the Tijuana Luchadores already, and he almost certainly created as a QB in part to replace his new DSFL team's need for a QB. Jpach also happens to have had a pretty decently long career, retiring recently with Literally Just A Hexagon on NOLA.
Pick 3: MINN selects Anton Bruckner, user Gragg9.
I'm of two minds about this pick. On one hand, Gragg is a great user, who has hit the ground running with gaining TPE and writing in order to max earn. They already have over 100 TPE with only tier 1 equipment, and could easily hit the 250 cap if they predict well and finish up the equipment buying. On the other hand, they're an Offensive Lineman, one who doesn't appear to be switching. Of all the positions in the DSFL to max earn, OLine is one of the least valuable, and Minnesota has notable holes on their roster, in particular I think they only have one Cornerback who's actually active and eligible to play this season. I definitely agree that picking a QB now would have been bad though, considering there were more QBs created this class than teams who needed them and some teams had specific QBs they were going to be picking up. And if Gragg was to change positions, then I have absolutely no complaints whatsoever about this pick.
Pick 4: DAL selects Chunt the Badger, user UltimateYeehaw
There is a piece of scuttlebutt going around that would explain why this pick happened perfectly, but even if that scuttlebutt isn't true, this pick still makes sense. Chunt the Badger has been extremely active, and already has a whopping 170 TPE before the first update has even happened. Add that to the fact that Dallas has a QB rostered but no wide receivers, this might be their most pressing need that they began to fill out immediately. I don't know UltimateYeehaw, but people have done very skeezy things to gain high or even moderate TPE players, and Badger at this point is VERY high.
Pick 5: NOR selects Raeni Clarke, user Bex
This is riiiiiiiiight up there with Jpach for "no duh" picks for all those in the know. Norfolk and Bex have a pretty good relationship, last I checked she's a proud #norfolkbestfolk person, and Bex has one of the best pedigrees possible for a person with only a single player under their belt at this point. At this point she already has 147 TPE, and to top it all off, Norfolk really needed someone to take over for Emi Rune, preferably someone who would actually earn.
Pick 6: LON selects Glenn Smart, user Pib
Full disclosure, I was the guy who scouted the Defensive Linemen in this draft class, and Pib was one of my two favorite picks out of that group. Well, minus someone who will come up later. Pib currently sits at 132 TPE, and London needs two Defensive Ends. Well, they could use one, but in practice they need two. And Pib already has about 450 messages in London's discord, has been an extremely pleasant person to be around, and to top it all off, has a Union Jack as their profile picture in discord, so they're a perfect fit for London.
Pick 7: POR selects Xavier Walls, user Titans MVP
Portland had a specific draft strategy that might have unfortunately left some people who wanted to join us out in the cold. Specifically, there was a group of 4 real life friends to join this draft and not only were they earning pre draft, but they were nice people to be around, were willing to position change if necessary, and would hopefully help keep each other's interest in the league. Titansfan, as his discord name is, was willing to change to Defensive End, which Portland needs, has 146 TPE already, and would be a valuable member of our new Superfriends group.
Pick 8: BBB selects Dexter Zaylren, user Laser
The BBBucs first pick was a replacement for their quarterback, who has now been taken up to the ISFL by Austin. Laser is one of the most storied GMs in the league, has ties to the BBBucs locker room through Orange County, has 160 TPE, and just helped out a bunch of people in war rooms by making the Mode for draft prediction TPE a hell of a lot higher than it would have been. I do wonder if the BBBucs will keep him at QB for the long term, but as is, he's staying as a QB and is ready to do some damage.
Pick 9: KCC selects Dexter Hall, user Firstfray
Firstfray, while a new user, has already done some statistical analysis on the Prospect Bowl games, although I think only 2 of those would have come out by his draft time, has 154 TPE, and also goes to a team who only has 1 linebacker. Who I believe is also inactive. Even if he isn't, KCC will need more than one linebacker. Speaking of, his statistical analysis was very interesting, even if the Prospect Bowl games are generally unimportant. Let's go Frist! -Glims
Pick 10: TIJ selects Juno Hu, user JOO
Tijuana has less holes than you'd think for a team that was last in their conference. Still, they do need a second Cornerback, and Juno Hu is already at 149 TPE, has already started doing a number of media articles, and appears to be on the track towards capping in their first season. I don't know much else about them, but they do have a Rams player as their render, and thus I am obligated to be on board with this pick.
Pick 11: MINN selects Andrew Warthol, user Skorch
Yeah, this is the other guy who I considered a top 2 defensive lineman prospect. Minnesota has one other Defensive End on its roster, who is currently under 100 TPE, so this filled a need there. Skorch also is a very nice person to be around, who we in Portland will dearly miss and are disappointed we weren't able to draft. As for Minnesota, although Skorch is a later create and thus has "only" 125 TPE, if he was as great a prospect to you guys as he seemed to me and the rest of the Portland War Room, you guys got a steal getting him in the middle of the second.
Pick 12: DAL selects Bayley Cowabunga, user Jkortesi
Dallas needed multiple wide receivers entering the new season, and so I can't blame them going WR, WR for their first two picks, it's not like there were that many top tier wideout prospects left. As for other considerations, as far as users go, Jkortesi just finished a long and storied career as Easton Cole, QB for the Austin Copperheads, and brings to the table his reputation as a very good guy. No problems whatsoever with this pick.
Pick 13: NOR selects Kelvin Harris, user Astrophy
At 129 TPE with only tier 4 equipment, Astrophy more than makes muster in terms of TPE, and has already started getting into the rhythm of things such as doing season predictions, although he unfortunately missed Ultimus Week. Still, Norfolk desperately needed more than just Sparky Sparky Boom Man in the secondary, and Astrophy has already started to hit the ground running. They might have been able to pick up a safety later, though, there were a number of good ones in this draft.
Pick 14: LON selects Manhattan Project, user Modern Duke
Modern Duke may have my favorite player names ever. He just retired Louisiana Purchase, and now we go for Manhattan Project out of the US Military Academy. However, I must admit that I don't think he was a very good prospect, as he never returned my team's requests to interview him. Joking aside, Duke was one of the people to CREATE London, everyone assumed he'd go there, and it shows how crafty London can be by them not taking him first round and picking him up on the second pass. And they needed a second DE anyways.
Pick 15: POR selects Remus Roman, user Vaelynn
The second of the Superfriends! Remus Roman happens to be brothers, and I believe twins, with fellow Superfriend Romulus Roman, and with all the other people with Roman names from the backstory he came up with I think they like Rome. Remus was our choice for the second highest quality of the Superfriends, and is now a 146 TPE RB2 for the Pythons. In the War Room, I can tell you we were very happy to get our second SuperFriend without any others going off the board, and now we were going for 3.
Pick 16: BBB selects Mongo, user MachineEarnedRuns
A veteran of other sim leagues, I believe the PBE specifically for MER, this was another of the top Defensive Lineman prospects I had the pleasure of conversing with. The thing he brought most to the table is his prolific Graphic output, and he already has quite a big bank at this point. With 154 TPE, Mongo will be a big help for a team in the BBBucs with almost all of its talent siphoned out by promotion to the ISFL or by aging out. They didn't have anyone on the front seven when the draft started, so working on that after filling their QB position was probably a top priority.
Pick 17: KCC selects Prof. Godfrey Gravity, user z0rem.
Speaking of very nice Defensive Line prospects, z0rem was a nice prospect once you got past the annoyance of having to conduct the interviews on the forum. He might have been my number 3 behind Pib and Skorch, he was certainly close to that. At this point, he has a massive 172 TPE with a possibility of 5 more from going to tier 6 equipment from tier 5 equipment. My guess as to why he fell to pick 17 has to do with his insistence on joining a discord only after he was picked by a team, and more importantly the amount of recreates in the draft. Over a third of the picks up to this point were recreates, including half of the first round. In a nonreddit draft class or one with less high profile recreates, he'd be an easy first round pick.
Pick 18: TIJ selects Romulus Roman, user Amulos
Tijuana breaks Portland's Superfriends streak by taking Amulos here at the start of the 3rd. With 145 TPE, this Safety should immediately make the Tijuana secondary something to be feared. As for the user, well, he's part of the superfriends, who each impressed us with their own commitment and thus a good portion of the rest of Portland's draft was lamenting this pick. Well, when we weren't being tremendously impressed with ourselves with our own picks.
Pick 19: MIN selects Bruce Bane, user Jhatty
If there was one position that had been decimated by callups for Minnesota, it was Linebacker. 2 of their linebackers who had been capped for what felt like 6 seasons combined between the two of them were each called up. Jhatty is a user who has done a number of graphic pieces already, and has a profile picture that to be frank creeps me out. Besides that, he currently has 85 tpe, not counting the Tier 6 equipment he's either close to or can already afford, although he missed Ultimus Week and the draft prediction unfortunately. If Jhatty's a good enough user, then this is a fine use of a 3rd round pick with about 115 TPE assuming he eventually buys tier 6 equipment. If not...then this could be a bit of a bust.
Pick 20: DAL selects Erik Gaare, user Maupassant
Maupassant probably didn't expect to go to Dallas, considering they were one of 3 teams who didn't need a QB going into the draft. He immediately got moved to RB to replace the recently promoted Cobra Kai, and brings 113 TPE to the table, has done a couple bits of media already, and showed a lot of humility in his own QB ratings. Pretty decent pick, especially considering Maupassant was willing to switch immediately.
Pick 21: NOR selects Archie Griffin, user Archinity
Oh boy, this is a bust in the making and it probably wasn't Norfolk's fault. On the 16th, they drafted Arch. He was going to replace Lazlo Forty Two, who just got promoted. Archie is now their only RB on the roster. On the 19th, he did his last post. So he hasn't posted on the forum yet as a Seawolf, since the announcement was on the 20th. Arch was extremely active in the ISFL discord. On the 19th, he made his last comment there. Suffice to say there was an incident on the 19th that probably ended his interest in the league, which sucks because at the beginning, a sportswriter for the Browns seems like a great pickup, especially in the 3rd round. At this point though? This looks like a waste of a third rounder with only 83 TPE and a strong possibility that it doesn't go any higher.
Pick 22: LON selects C. J. Sonjack, user Ace
Ace is...kind of an interesting pick to talk about. On one hand, he's a recreate who first joined the league all the way back in season 6. That's over 3 years ago at this point. On the other hand, he's had two slower earning players since then and has been out of the league for a while before joining up with Season 28. He currently has 104 TPE, which is close to the only Cornerback on the roster who isn't a rookie(who's been inactive since late November so I'm not sure if they're inactive or not) and either way, Cornerback was still a position of need. London has a very active and welcoming locker room, so if they're banking on their locker room to keep Ace around, then I can't say it's a poor gamble. Although, if it works, they only got 3rd round pick quality in terms of TPE out of the gamble...
Pick 23: POR selects Gritt Gurdur, user Miller
And the last of the Superfriends is drafted! With 139 TPE, Miller hasn't really missed anything since creation...unless you count getting only 6 TPE from the Mock Draft. Miller's changed to Defensive End, lining up across fellow Superfriend Titansfan, and has been very active on discord since he was drafted. We're very glad to have him on the team filling out the defense.
Pick 24: BBB selects Don Bradman, user Hurles
Hurles currently has 67 TPE, is a new create that hasn't posted since the 8th, and has only done one post for any sort of media. At least he fills a position of need if he comes back. I can't blame the BBBucs GMs getting blinded by national icons such as Bradman, he's possibly the greatest sportsman of all time. As far as I know, the only possible argument against him is that he played Cricket.
Pick 25: KCC selects Troy Abed, user Noanic
Noanic is a user who currently has 101 TPE and hasn't bought any equipment yet. As a QB to replace the now retired Matt Peterson, KCC hopes they can give them stability at the position for a long time to come. While he hasn't done a ton of media yet, it's easy enough to max earn in this league if you find something to write about...I say coming up on 3000 words in this piece.
Pick 26: TIJ selects Lux Opal, user Quail
Currently Quail has 95 TPE, and will fit the second Safety role for Tijuana very well, especially if they get enough money to pay for equipment. Quail hasn't done a ton of media yet, but they do seem very on top of the ball in terms of garnering TPE, and while that's not everything in this league, it does certainly help a lot.
Pick 27: MIN selects Tim Soulja, user Darkspeed
Before I touch on Soulja as a prospect, I must say that I very much enjoy the render of Maskless Meta Knight Kirby and REALLY wonder what his draft card's going to look like, assuming he goes anywhere but Yellowknife. Besides the excellent render choice, Darkspeed hasn't done a ton of media so far, but he already has 103 TPE, and could end up being a MONSTROUS steal for the Ducks in the 4th round if he's able to buy Equipment this season. He also fills their last spot on the secondary as their second safety, although their cornerbacks could be replaced by more active people. He also was active on the forums literally at the time of writing, so I'd call that a good sign.
Pick 28: DAL selects Cole Maxwell, user Alcott
Of the 3 safeties we've seen drafted in a row, I feel like their quality might go in reverse order. At the very least, Maxwell is definitely the best of this bunch. He already has gotten 148 TPE and enough money to buy tier 6 equipment. He's made a number of posts already, and looks to be doing great so far in terms of activity and gaining TPE. I must say that Darkspeed does have the better render, though.
Pick 29: NOR selects Amy Wong, user Pazuzu
Pazuzu is a long time user, making the recently retired Bender B Rodriguez (who will actually show up later in this draft class for maximum irony) who really only has one knock against him at the time of writing. He only has 87 TPE right now, although he hasn't bought any equipment and can afford Tier 6 equipment. He can go straight to 117 TPE if he buys it. As for positional need, Norfolk only has the two cornerbacks they drafted this class on the roster, he definitely fills a necessary role there.
Pick 30: LON selects Red Arrow Jr, user Red Arrow
London had a strategy this draft, it appeared. Draft recreates who had a less than successful career once and try to coax them back into the league. Red Arrow specifically has 112 TPE, without any equipment bought so far, and will come in and fill the spot of Charlemagne Cortez, Ultimini and hopefully soon Ultimus winning QB. London's strategy is very feast or famine, and I'll never bet on London to have a Famine in their draft.
Pick 31: POR selects Stumpy Jones, user Football is cool
This pick fulfilled two separate goals simultaneously. For one, the only real position the Pythons needed at this point in the draft, considering all of the planned position changes, was Oline. At least, it was the one we needed the most of. As an added bonus, Stumpy Jones is the personal friend of Faelex, AKA Evan Jones, a Python war room member. To be frank, Stumpy at this point is one of the highest TPE people in the draft, with a massive 161 TPE. Getting this guy in the 4th round was a massive steal. And yet not the biggest steal in the draft for the pythons, in my opinion.
Pick 32: BBB selects Chathackrius Smith IV, user RockiesFan
Rockiesfan was one of those guys who Portland really wanted to have, but we unfortunately didn't have picks for everyone. BBB got a really good user who I hope is as good a presence in your locker room as he was in ours. Unfortunately, currently his TPE's a bit lower due to missing the Mock draft and Ultimus Week. It's at 84 currently, but I more than expect it to climb up as he makes more cash and stays invested in the league.
Pick 33: KCC selects Siege Cameron, user CJMccarly
This looks like it could be a bit of an issue. He hasn't gotten on since the 20th, he last posted on the 15th, and he only has 57 TPE. I hope that KCC can get him back into the league, but as is this looks like a starting CB for them that will have only 57 TPE. I guess it's better than a starting CB with only 50 TPE, but man what a waste.
Pick 34: POR selects Saleem Spence, user StadiumGambler
I don't know how this guy fell this far. He's extremely prolific with media, he already has 41 million in the bank, and has a monstrous 169 TPE to go along with it. Somehow we were able to fill one of our last needs, a second wide receiver, with one of the best prospects of the entire class down in the 5th round. My best guess is that this guy got lost in the shuffle with all the other incredible wide receiver prospects out there, but Portland will gladly take it and StadiumGambler, who has been a delight in the locker room since then.
Pick 35: MIN selects Daniel O'leary, user Mango
I know Mango most well for being very active on discord, and for having a buff Wooper for his profile picture on discord. He was a very high quality Defensive Tackle prospect and was in my opinion second behind z0rem in that category. He'll join Skorch and probably be an instant plus on the defensive line, especially if he completes some media. At this point he has 81 TPE but is actually still online at the time of writing, which in my opinion is always a good sign. Also, at this point if you just get a guy who will cap in the DSFL you're probably pretty happy.
Pick 36: DAL selects Beefcake Johnson, user Ilmari
Meanwhile, Ilmari has shot completely past Mango in the TPE department. At this point, Ilmari has 110 TPE (if I'm counting correctly) and has already completed all parts of the rookie tasks, along with pretty much anything else you could ask for in a prospect, especially midway through the 5th round. If he gets equipment, he'll be a huge steal at this point in the draft. I do wonder if they should switch Ilmari to Defensive End, though. Right now there are 2 DEs on Dallas, one of whom is inactive currently but still usable this season. If he's changed positions, then I missed it, sorry.
Pick 37: NOR selects Sam the Onion Man, user Duilio
Is this a Holes reference? I think this is a Holes reference. Duilio is a long time user who I believe is currently part of the Casino team? He also was a former Baltimore GM and could likely be a force to be reckoned with. Right now, Duilio has 157 TPE and gives the Seawolves quite a nasty receiving core if everything works out.
Pick 38: LON selects Makoa Mahi'ai, user King Jellyfish
King Jellyfish would fill a need for London whether he stayed at Oline, or if he did what he is in the process of doing, changed to Tight End. With exactly 100 TPE right now, Jellyfish will help round out a group of London receivers with 2 capped players already, although he will probably not have an optimal build with 17 TPE left hanging in Run Blocking that most likely would be better in Strength or something else. Although maybe the new sim is better and that 17 in run blocking will actually be great.
Pick 39: POR selects Phillip Weaver, user W19eaver
What happens when you can't pick an Olineman and then move them to tight end? You make the next best thing, by picking a tight end outright. Right now, Weaver has 91 TPE, but is staying active and as a blocking tight end will fill a niche that Meme Maestro cannot. He unfortunately missed out on doing Ultimus Week, but at this point we're kind of running out of people who both did Ultimus Week and are not recreates who probably only want to stick around for one season. (note, this is foreshadowing)
Pick 40: BBB selects Brandon Prince, user Void
The BBBucs have a number of needs, but at this point, getting a solid earner is more what matters over anything else. Void may not fully be that, with only 78 TPE at the time of writing, but if they manage to keep him around you can easily turn that around. That being said, if he stays inactive, they'd probably want that TPE somewhere else other than at RB3, but if they had a promise from him to change positions I can't fault them for that, he was even active on the 20th, the day the draft went public.
Pick 41: KCC selects Busch Goose, user Infinite
If there is a most legendary user, Infinite's a good a choice as any. He has the highest bank account in the league by a pretty significant margin, he joined back in 2017, and he won an mvp with his most recent player, Wolfie McDummy. So, the question is, why'd he fall all the way to the 6th round? Well, he wanted to go up to the ISFL right after his first year. He wanted to play Running Back, a position that a number of teams didn't really have a roster spot for. Really, it's a testament to how good he is as a user and person that he wasn't drafted even later with demands like that. Suffice to say, Busch Goose's current 156 TPE will serve KCC well...for one season. Full disclosure, I wanted to see if we could get Infinite to go as the Mr Irrelevant pick, because it would be very, very funny, and considering the hilarious media piece he wrote in response to not going in the first 3 rounds, I even more wish I could peer into the alternate reality where that happened. Also, do we say reach in response to a Mr Irrelevant pick?
Pick 42: TIJ selects Cade Williams, user Dude man
Is this a reference to the Williams Wall of the early 2000s? If so, nice. Dude Man is here at a position everyone needs more of, except for San Jose, but apparently Chicago will have more than 5 on its roster so that's fine. Joining one capped member of the Oline is a guy who's already amassed 152 TPE, and appears to be intensely earning money. 152 TPE at this point in the draft is quite impressive, although ironically still lower than the guy right before him due to it being Infinite.
Pick 43: MIN selects Bender Rodriguez, user Shrub
Here's the second coming of Bender! Shrub has 98 TPE and will be a backup to Bobby Tarantino for Minnesota. Unless of course they decide to change one of their positions. I haven't interacted with Shrub much but I must applaud the use of his render. The one thing slightly holding him back is that he hasn't done anything to earn money so far, so it's unlikely that he gets to buy tier 6 equipment unless something changes.
Pick 44: DAL selects Mark Higgens, user Marklol
Of all the teams to select a QB this draft, I did not expect Dallas to be one of them. I definitely did not expect them to draft 2 QBs. Still, they got him to switch to a position they definitely need in Linebacker, with only one on the roster before the draft, and he's at least active enough to have done that switch. On the down side, he only has 74 TPE, which is less than a couple of other likely inactives. If he stays in, he might be able to shore up a dangerously weak Dallas Linebacker core.
Pick 45: NOR selects Rudy Gray, user Magnet
I don't know where to go with this guy. On one hand, he has Taylor Lewan as a render, and Lewan is an asshole. On more serious hands, he was decently active in the locker rooms and had a nice conversation with our scout in charge of Olinemen, but he also only has 52 TPE, and missed out entirely on the Mock Draft and Ultimus Week. BUT, unlike other people with extremely low amounts of TPE, he was at least on the forum literally today, and also did the trivia. I'm inclined to say bad pick just because there are people who are nowhere near as herky jerky with them being a complete inactive or just someone who missed out on most of the easy TPE.
Pick 46: MIN selects Jacob Raske, user CLG Rampage
CLG Rampage is one of the last legendary users who recreated for this draft, and I believe most of the things I said about Infinite apply to him as well. Not quite as legendary of a user, not quite as high TPE right now, with "only" 131, and if he's going to stay down for only one season, then that more than explains the half a round difference between them. On the other hand, if he was going to stick around for a few seasons I'm really wondering why he fell this far. Only difference is that while Infinite's former player was an MVP winning QB and he's now going to be a RB, CLG's former player was an MVP winning RB and now he's going to be a QB.
Pick 47: POR selects Tay Heenie, user Hummus God
Hummus God is a big boy for the trenches and is there to be a big boy, no more no less. I'm very happy we were able to get him back from inactivity, and now he has 81 TPE to play with. Getting an active Olineman this late, especially after a much lower TPE olineman just went, is a real nice break.
Pick 48: BBB selects Henny Tingzpahcbol, user soryantyler
I think this is the noise Kevin Garnett made when he won the NBA Finals? Besides that, BBB definitely needs someone on the other side of HeHateMe PickSix, and Ting can definitely be that...if tyler makes an update page. He has something like 80 TPE if my quick math is accurate, but I can't be sure because he doesn't have an update page and I'm doing that math from his posts.
Pick 49: LON selects Spencer Fields, user Cooldad
I don't think this was a very good pick. Sure, it's late rounds now, but London traded up to get this guy, who at this very moment has 61 TPE. None of it is linked on his update page, he hasn't posted since the 13th and hasn't been on the forums since the 15th, and London DOES need another Safety to go alongside Caven McRae. This was a waste of a pick.
Pick 50: TIJ selects Gyles Marrett, user Funny Man Luke
Keep Marrett away from any helmets, he has a distinct tendency to get hit in the head with them. Luke has amassed 67 TPE, plus a mock draft that he hasn't claimed yet but did, and was on the forums just yesterday...or does it count as two days ago now? It's getting really late over here...Either way, a 67 TPE defensive end is a good improvement over the nothing that Tijuana had at that position before.
Pick 51: MIN selects Tom Adamo, user Roastfuego
Roastfuego is a recreate who has been inactive since the 12th of January and only has 57 TPE.
Pick 52: DAL selects Luke Watterson, user EzraYeet
This is more like it! Watterson has 77 TPE, was last on the forums today, and will be the 3rd linebacker that Dallas has on the roster. I'm going to go a lot quicker now because I need sleep and it's 10:42 my time as I write this.
Pick 53: NOR selects Holton Hillburn, user Hillsteady
Holton was last seen on the 15th, last posted on the 8th, and never made an update page.
Pick 54: KCC selects Logan Steele, user bub
Bub was last active 2 hours ago, has made an update page...but has 52 TPE and only has made one activity check.
Pick 55: POR selects Alexandr Vasilev, user aimbotalex
Alex has 101 TPE, switched over to Wide Receiver for the Pythons' 3rd wide receiver, and was last active yesterday.
Pick 56: BBB selects Latavius Jackson, user Slick
Latavius was last active yesterday and has done a decent amount of things, including training camp and his free training...but so far he has not made an update page.
Pick 57: KCC selects Bjorn Borg, user Ayso
Ayso currently has 65 TPE, but was last online on the 10th. His last post was on the 8th.
Pick 58: TIJ selects Lonnie Jackson, user Exilate
FINALLY, someone else I can call active concretely, Exilate currently has 93 TPE and was last active 8 hours ago at the time of writing. Just 12 picks left...
Pick 59: MIN selects Lawrence McCoy, user Forthefight
McCoy has 52 TPE, was last on the forums on the 21st, but last posted on the 13th.
Pick 60: DAL selects Dallas Dole, user Dallypole
Dallypole has 72 TPE currently and was last on the forums 9 hours ago, I assume he was passed over by other teams because he played kicker
Pick 61: NOR selects Mr Poop, user Toadstyle
An Olineman who was last active on the 9th, but at least has 57 TPE at Oline. Better than nothing.
Pick 62: LON selects Willie Miller, user Sebster
Sebster was last active yesterday and has 79 TPE. Great CB pickup with literally 8 more picks to go.
Pick 63: POR selects Kenzie Cupz, user Sippycupz
Sippycupz is now an Olineman with 101 TPE, great pickup, was on 9 hours ago
Pick 64: BBB selects Jake Hayes, user Hayes
Hayes was last active on the 8th and has 57 TPE
Pick 65: KCC selects Ivo Marriot, user Pavlov's Bell
Marriot was last active on the 14th and has 57 TPE
Pick 66: TIJ selects Rob Banks, user Veganrolemodel
Vegan was last active on the 8th and has 57 TPE
Pick 67: LON selects Gerald Grenouille, user Toadally Froggie
Froggie was last active on the 7th and has 50 TPE, never made an update page, and never even posted after creating the player.
Pick 68: DAL selects Anubis J Williams II, user Miamust
Same exact thing as Froggie, except for doing other posts and technically having 52 if they ever made an update page.
Pick 69: NOR selects Kris Kreig, user Cixhris
Same exact thing, except last active on the 6th, and would have 57 TPE if they made an update page.
Pick 70: LON selects Alastor Hazbin, user Peterson
Peterson has 104 TPE and was last active 5 hours ago.
We're done. Why didn't I do this when I got times 2 for media?
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That being said, I'm not going to judge people based on the picks, I am instead going to go over reasons why people were drafted where they were. Or why I think they were drafted where they were. Basically, the DSFL draft video, but without a time limit per pick and perhaps a bit more laughing at places.
Pick 1: KCC selects Luke Quick, user BigRed.
First thing to point at to all the newbies, the user is as important, if not more important, than the TPE and the player. Especially in the DSFL, where a user who has a storied history is often held up over everyone else. Kansas City needs, well, a lot of people, but they only have one Wide Receiver on the roster, and Luke Quick comes from a user who had a storied career as Nate Swift...OK, Red, I'm not sure if I love or hate your naming sense. But in all seriousness, KCC had their pick, minus a few people who we'll talk about later, and choosing Red was never going to be a bad pick.
Pick 2: TIJ selects Ishe Reallyinvisible, user Jpach.
oh wow who could have guessed this was going to happen. the most surprising pick of the draft right here. i have no idea what could have possessed tijuana to pick this guy here. OK, Sarcasm Text over. Jpach is a user who has ties to the Tijuana Luchadores already, and he almost certainly created as a QB in part to replace his new DSFL team's need for a QB. Jpach also happens to have had a pretty decently long career, retiring recently with Literally Just A Hexagon on NOLA.
Pick 3: MINN selects Anton Bruckner, user Gragg9.
I'm of two minds about this pick. On one hand, Gragg is a great user, who has hit the ground running with gaining TPE and writing in order to max earn. They already have over 100 TPE with only tier 1 equipment, and could easily hit the 250 cap if they predict well and finish up the equipment buying. On the other hand, they're an Offensive Lineman, one who doesn't appear to be switching. Of all the positions in the DSFL to max earn, OLine is one of the least valuable, and Minnesota has notable holes on their roster, in particular I think they only have one Cornerback who's actually active and eligible to play this season. I definitely agree that picking a QB now would have been bad though, considering there were more QBs created this class than teams who needed them and some teams had specific QBs they were going to be picking up. And if Gragg was to change positions, then I have absolutely no complaints whatsoever about this pick.
Pick 4: DAL selects Chunt the Badger, user UltimateYeehaw
There is a piece of scuttlebutt going around that would explain why this pick happened perfectly, but even if that scuttlebutt isn't true, this pick still makes sense. Chunt the Badger has been extremely active, and already has a whopping 170 TPE before the first update has even happened. Add that to the fact that Dallas has a QB rostered but no wide receivers, this might be their most pressing need that they began to fill out immediately. I don't know UltimateYeehaw, but people have done very skeezy things to gain high or even moderate TPE players, and Badger at this point is VERY high.
Pick 5: NOR selects Raeni Clarke, user Bex
This is riiiiiiiiight up there with Jpach for "no duh" picks for all those in the know. Norfolk and Bex have a pretty good relationship, last I checked she's a proud #norfolkbestfolk person, and Bex has one of the best pedigrees possible for a person with only a single player under their belt at this point. At this point she already has 147 TPE, and to top it all off, Norfolk really needed someone to take over for Emi Rune, preferably someone who would actually earn.
Pick 6: LON selects Glenn Smart, user Pib
Full disclosure, I was the guy who scouted the Defensive Linemen in this draft class, and Pib was one of my two favorite picks out of that group. Well, minus someone who will come up later. Pib currently sits at 132 TPE, and London needs two Defensive Ends. Well, they could use one, but in practice they need two. And Pib already has about 450 messages in London's discord, has been an extremely pleasant person to be around, and to top it all off, has a Union Jack as their profile picture in discord, so they're a perfect fit for London.
Pick 7: POR selects Xavier Walls, user Titans MVP
Portland had a specific draft strategy that might have unfortunately left some people who wanted to join us out in the cold. Specifically, there was a group of 4 real life friends to join this draft and not only were they earning pre draft, but they were nice people to be around, were willing to position change if necessary, and would hopefully help keep each other's interest in the league. Titansfan, as his discord name is, was willing to change to Defensive End, which Portland needs, has 146 TPE already, and would be a valuable member of our new Superfriends group.
Pick 8: BBB selects Dexter Zaylren, user Laser
The BBBucs first pick was a replacement for their quarterback, who has now been taken up to the ISFL by Austin. Laser is one of the most storied GMs in the league, has ties to the BBBucs locker room through Orange County, has 160 TPE, and just helped out a bunch of people in war rooms by making the Mode for draft prediction TPE a hell of a lot higher than it would have been. I do wonder if the BBBucs will keep him at QB for the long term, but as is, he's staying as a QB and is ready to do some damage.
Pick 9: KCC selects Dexter Hall, user Firstfray
Firstfray, while a new user, has already done some statistical analysis on the Prospect Bowl games, although I think only 2 of those would have come out by his draft time, has 154 TPE, and also goes to a team who only has 1 linebacker. Who I believe is also inactive. Even if he isn't, KCC will need more than one linebacker. Speaking of, his statistical analysis was very interesting, even if the Prospect Bowl games are generally unimportant. Let's go Frist! -Glims
Pick 10: TIJ selects Juno Hu, user JOO
Tijuana has less holes than you'd think for a team that was last in their conference. Still, they do need a second Cornerback, and Juno Hu is already at 149 TPE, has already started doing a number of media articles, and appears to be on the track towards capping in their first season. I don't know much else about them, but they do have a Rams player as their render, and thus I am obligated to be on board with this pick.
Pick 11: MINN selects Andrew Warthol, user Skorch
Yeah, this is the other guy who I considered a top 2 defensive lineman prospect. Minnesota has one other Defensive End on its roster, who is currently under 100 TPE, so this filled a need there. Skorch also is a very nice person to be around, who we in Portland will dearly miss and are disappointed we weren't able to draft. As for Minnesota, although Skorch is a later create and thus has "only" 125 TPE, if he was as great a prospect to you guys as he seemed to me and the rest of the Portland War Room, you guys got a steal getting him in the middle of the second.
Pick 12: DAL selects Bayley Cowabunga, user Jkortesi
Dallas needed multiple wide receivers entering the new season, and so I can't blame them going WR, WR for their first two picks, it's not like there were that many top tier wideout prospects left. As for other considerations, as far as users go, Jkortesi just finished a long and storied career as Easton Cole, QB for the Austin Copperheads, and brings to the table his reputation as a very good guy. No problems whatsoever with this pick.
Pick 13: NOR selects Kelvin Harris, user Astrophy
At 129 TPE with only tier 4 equipment, Astrophy more than makes muster in terms of TPE, and has already started getting into the rhythm of things such as doing season predictions, although he unfortunately missed Ultimus Week. Still, Norfolk desperately needed more than just Sparky Sparky Boom Man in the secondary, and Astrophy has already started to hit the ground running. They might have been able to pick up a safety later, though, there were a number of good ones in this draft.
Pick 14: LON selects Manhattan Project, user Modern Duke
Modern Duke may have my favorite player names ever. He just retired Louisiana Purchase, and now we go for Manhattan Project out of the US Military Academy. However, I must admit that I don't think he was a very good prospect, as he never returned my team's requests to interview him. Joking aside, Duke was one of the people to CREATE London, everyone assumed he'd go there, and it shows how crafty London can be by them not taking him first round and picking him up on the second pass. And they needed a second DE anyways.
Pick 15: POR selects Remus Roman, user Vaelynn
The second of the Superfriends! Remus Roman happens to be brothers, and I believe twins, with fellow Superfriend Romulus Roman, and with all the other people with Roman names from the backstory he came up with I think they like Rome. Remus was our choice for the second highest quality of the Superfriends, and is now a 146 TPE RB2 for the Pythons. In the War Room, I can tell you we were very happy to get our second SuperFriend without any others going off the board, and now we were going for 3.
Pick 16: BBB selects Mongo, user MachineEarnedRuns
A veteran of other sim leagues, I believe the PBE specifically for MER, this was another of the top Defensive Lineman prospects I had the pleasure of conversing with. The thing he brought most to the table is his prolific Graphic output, and he already has quite a big bank at this point. With 154 TPE, Mongo will be a big help for a team in the BBBucs with almost all of its talent siphoned out by promotion to the ISFL or by aging out. They didn't have anyone on the front seven when the draft started, so working on that after filling their QB position was probably a top priority.
Pick 17: KCC selects Prof. Godfrey Gravity, user z0rem.
Speaking of very nice Defensive Line prospects, z0rem was a nice prospect once you got past the annoyance of having to conduct the interviews on the forum. He might have been my number 3 behind Pib and Skorch, he was certainly close to that. At this point, he has a massive 172 TPE with a possibility of 5 more from going to tier 6 equipment from tier 5 equipment. My guess as to why he fell to pick 17 has to do with his insistence on joining a discord only after he was picked by a team, and more importantly the amount of recreates in the draft. Over a third of the picks up to this point were recreates, including half of the first round. In a nonreddit draft class or one with less high profile recreates, he'd be an easy first round pick.
Pick 18: TIJ selects Romulus Roman, user Amulos
Tijuana breaks Portland's Superfriends streak by taking Amulos here at the start of the 3rd. With 145 TPE, this Safety should immediately make the Tijuana secondary something to be feared. As for the user, well, he's part of the superfriends, who each impressed us with their own commitment and thus a good portion of the rest of Portland's draft was lamenting this pick. Well, when we weren't being tremendously impressed with ourselves with our own picks.
Pick 19: MIN selects Bruce Bane, user Jhatty
If there was one position that had been decimated by callups for Minnesota, it was Linebacker. 2 of their linebackers who had been capped for what felt like 6 seasons combined between the two of them were each called up. Jhatty is a user who has done a number of graphic pieces already, and has a profile picture that to be frank creeps me out. Besides that, he currently has 85 tpe, not counting the Tier 6 equipment he's either close to or can already afford, although he missed Ultimus Week and the draft prediction unfortunately. If Jhatty's a good enough user, then this is a fine use of a 3rd round pick with about 115 TPE assuming he eventually buys tier 6 equipment. If not...then this could be a bit of a bust.
Pick 20: DAL selects Erik Gaare, user Maupassant
Maupassant probably didn't expect to go to Dallas, considering they were one of 3 teams who didn't need a QB going into the draft. He immediately got moved to RB to replace the recently promoted Cobra Kai, and brings 113 TPE to the table, has done a couple bits of media already, and showed a lot of humility in his own QB ratings. Pretty decent pick, especially considering Maupassant was willing to switch immediately.
Pick 21: NOR selects Archie Griffin, user Archinity
Oh boy, this is a bust in the making and it probably wasn't Norfolk's fault. On the 16th, they drafted Arch. He was going to replace Lazlo Forty Two, who just got promoted. Archie is now their only RB on the roster. On the 19th, he did his last post. So he hasn't posted on the forum yet as a Seawolf, since the announcement was on the 20th. Arch was extremely active in the ISFL discord. On the 19th, he made his last comment there. Suffice to say there was an incident on the 19th that probably ended his interest in the league, which sucks because at the beginning, a sportswriter for the Browns seems like a great pickup, especially in the 3rd round. At this point though? This looks like a waste of a third rounder with only 83 TPE and a strong possibility that it doesn't go any higher.
Pick 22: LON selects C. J. Sonjack, user Ace
Ace is...kind of an interesting pick to talk about. On one hand, he's a recreate who first joined the league all the way back in season 6. That's over 3 years ago at this point. On the other hand, he's had two slower earning players since then and has been out of the league for a while before joining up with Season 28. He currently has 104 TPE, which is close to the only Cornerback on the roster who isn't a rookie(who's been inactive since late November so I'm not sure if they're inactive or not) and either way, Cornerback was still a position of need. London has a very active and welcoming locker room, so if they're banking on their locker room to keep Ace around, then I can't say it's a poor gamble. Although, if it works, they only got 3rd round pick quality in terms of TPE out of the gamble...
Pick 23: POR selects Gritt Gurdur, user Miller
And the last of the Superfriends is drafted! With 139 TPE, Miller hasn't really missed anything since creation...unless you count getting only 6 TPE from the Mock Draft. Miller's changed to Defensive End, lining up across fellow Superfriend Titansfan, and has been very active on discord since he was drafted. We're very glad to have him on the team filling out the defense.
Pick 24: BBB selects Don Bradman, user Hurles
Hurles currently has 67 TPE, is a new create that hasn't posted since the 8th, and has only done one post for any sort of media. At least he fills a position of need if he comes back. I can't blame the BBBucs GMs getting blinded by national icons such as Bradman, he's possibly the greatest sportsman of all time. As far as I know, the only possible argument against him is that he played Cricket.
Pick 25: KCC selects Troy Abed, user Noanic
Noanic is a user who currently has 101 TPE and hasn't bought any equipment yet. As a QB to replace the now retired Matt Peterson, KCC hopes they can give them stability at the position for a long time to come. While he hasn't done a ton of media yet, it's easy enough to max earn in this league if you find something to write about...I say coming up on 3000 words in this piece.
Pick 26: TIJ selects Lux Opal, user Quail
Currently Quail has 95 TPE, and will fit the second Safety role for Tijuana very well, especially if they get enough money to pay for equipment. Quail hasn't done a ton of media yet, but they do seem very on top of the ball in terms of garnering TPE, and while that's not everything in this league, it does certainly help a lot.
Pick 27: MIN selects Tim Soulja, user Darkspeed
Before I touch on Soulja as a prospect, I must say that I very much enjoy the render of Maskless Meta Knight Kirby and REALLY wonder what his draft card's going to look like, assuming he goes anywhere but Yellowknife. Besides the excellent render choice, Darkspeed hasn't done a ton of media so far, but he already has 103 TPE, and could end up being a MONSTROUS steal for the Ducks in the 4th round if he's able to buy Equipment this season. He also fills their last spot on the secondary as their second safety, although their cornerbacks could be replaced by more active people. He also was active on the forums literally at the time of writing, so I'd call that a good sign.
Pick 28: DAL selects Cole Maxwell, user Alcott
Of the 3 safeties we've seen drafted in a row, I feel like their quality might go in reverse order. At the very least, Maxwell is definitely the best of this bunch. He already has gotten 148 TPE and enough money to buy tier 6 equipment. He's made a number of posts already, and looks to be doing great so far in terms of activity and gaining TPE. I must say that Darkspeed does have the better render, though.
Pick 29: NOR selects Amy Wong, user Pazuzu
Pazuzu is a long time user, making the recently retired Bender B Rodriguez (who will actually show up later in this draft class for maximum irony) who really only has one knock against him at the time of writing. He only has 87 TPE right now, although he hasn't bought any equipment and can afford Tier 6 equipment. He can go straight to 117 TPE if he buys it. As for positional need, Norfolk only has the two cornerbacks they drafted this class on the roster, he definitely fills a necessary role there.
Pick 30: LON selects Red Arrow Jr, user Red Arrow
London had a strategy this draft, it appeared. Draft recreates who had a less than successful career once and try to coax them back into the league. Red Arrow specifically has 112 TPE, without any equipment bought so far, and will come in and fill the spot of Charlemagne Cortez, Ultimini and hopefully soon Ultimus winning QB. London's strategy is very feast or famine, and I'll never bet on London to have a Famine in their draft.
Pick 31: POR selects Stumpy Jones, user Football is cool
This pick fulfilled two separate goals simultaneously. For one, the only real position the Pythons needed at this point in the draft, considering all of the planned position changes, was Oline. At least, it was the one we needed the most of. As an added bonus, Stumpy Jones is the personal friend of Faelex, AKA Evan Jones, a Python war room member. To be frank, Stumpy at this point is one of the highest TPE people in the draft, with a massive 161 TPE. Getting this guy in the 4th round was a massive steal. And yet not the biggest steal in the draft for the pythons, in my opinion.
Pick 32: BBB selects Chathackrius Smith IV, user RockiesFan
Rockiesfan was one of those guys who Portland really wanted to have, but we unfortunately didn't have picks for everyone. BBB got a really good user who I hope is as good a presence in your locker room as he was in ours. Unfortunately, currently his TPE's a bit lower due to missing the Mock draft and Ultimus Week. It's at 84 currently, but I more than expect it to climb up as he makes more cash and stays invested in the league.
Pick 33: KCC selects Siege Cameron, user CJMccarly
This looks like it could be a bit of an issue. He hasn't gotten on since the 20th, he last posted on the 15th, and he only has 57 TPE. I hope that KCC can get him back into the league, but as is this looks like a starting CB for them that will have only 57 TPE. I guess it's better than a starting CB with only 50 TPE, but man what a waste.
Pick 34: POR selects Saleem Spence, user StadiumGambler
I don't know how this guy fell this far. He's extremely prolific with media, he already has 41 million in the bank, and has a monstrous 169 TPE to go along with it. Somehow we were able to fill one of our last needs, a second wide receiver, with one of the best prospects of the entire class down in the 5th round. My best guess is that this guy got lost in the shuffle with all the other incredible wide receiver prospects out there, but Portland will gladly take it and StadiumGambler, who has been a delight in the locker room since then.
Pick 35: MIN selects Daniel O'leary, user Mango
I know Mango most well for being very active on discord, and for having a buff Wooper for his profile picture on discord. He was a very high quality Defensive Tackle prospect and was in my opinion second behind z0rem in that category. He'll join Skorch and probably be an instant plus on the defensive line, especially if he completes some media. At this point he has 81 TPE but is actually still online at the time of writing, which in my opinion is always a good sign. Also, at this point if you just get a guy who will cap in the DSFL you're probably pretty happy.
Pick 36: DAL selects Beefcake Johnson, user Ilmari
Meanwhile, Ilmari has shot completely past Mango in the TPE department. At this point, Ilmari has 110 TPE (if I'm counting correctly) and has already completed all parts of the rookie tasks, along with pretty much anything else you could ask for in a prospect, especially midway through the 5th round. If he gets equipment, he'll be a huge steal at this point in the draft. I do wonder if they should switch Ilmari to Defensive End, though. Right now there are 2 DEs on Dallas, one of whom is inactive currently but still usable this season. If he's changed positions, then I missed it, sorry.
Pick 37: NOR selects Sam the Onion Man, user Duilio
Is this a Holes reference? I think this is a Holes reference. Duilio is a long time user who I believe is currently part of the Casino team? He also was a former Baltimore GM and could likely be a force to be reckoned with. Right now, Duilio has 157 TPE and gives the Seawolves quite a nasty receiving core if everything works out.
Pick 38: LON selects Makoa Mahi'ai, user King Jellyfish
King Jellyfish would fill a need for London whether he stayed at Oline, or if he did what he is in the process of doing, changed to Tight End. With exactly 100 TPE right now, Jellyfish will help round out a group of London receivers with 2 capped players already, although he will probably not have an optimal build with 17 TPE left hanging in Run Blocking that most likely would be better in Strength or something else. Although maybe the new sim is better and that 17 in run blocking will actually be great.
Pick 39: POR selects Phillip Weaver, user W19eaver
What happens when you can't pick an Olineman and then move them to tight end? You make the next best thing, by picking a tight end outright. Right now, Weaver has 91 TPE, but is staying active and as a blocking tight end will fill a niche that Meme Maestro cannot. He unfortunately missed out on doing Ultimus Week, but at this point we're kind of running out of people who both did Ultimus Week and are not recreates who probably only want to stick around for one season. (note, this is foreshadowing)
Pick 40: BBB selects Brandon Prince, user Void
The BBBucs have a number of needs, but at this point, getting a solid earner is more what matters over anything else. Void may not fully be that, with only 78 TPE at the time of writing, but if they manage to keep him around you can easily turn that around. That being said, if he stays inactive, they'd probably want that TPE somewhere else other than at RB3, but if they had a promise from him to change positions I can't fault them for that, he was even active on the 20th, the day the draft went public.
Pick 41: KCC selects Busch Goose, user Infinite
If there is a most legendary user, Infinite's a good a choice as any. He has the highest bank account in the league by a pretty significant margin, he joined back in 2017, and he won an mvp with his most recent player, Wolfie McDummy. So, the question is, why'd he fall all the way to the 6th round? Well, he wanted to go up to the ISFL right after his first year. He wanted to play Running Back, a position that a number of teams didn't really have a roster spot for. Really, it's a testament to how good he is as a user and person that he wasn't drafted even later with demands like that. Suffice to say, Busch Goose's current 156 TPE will serve KCC well...for one season. Full disclosure, I wanted to see if we could get Infinite to go as the Mr Irrelevant pick, because it would be very, very funny, and considering the hilarious media piece he wrote in response to not going in the first 3 rounds, I even more wish I could peer into the alternate reality where that happened. Also, do we say reach in response to a Mr Irrelevant pick?
Pick 42: TIJ selects Cade Williams, user Dude man
Is this a reference to the Williams Wall of the early 2000s? If so, nice. Dude Man is here at a position everyone needs more of, except for San Jose, but apparently Chicago will have more than 5 on its roster so that's fine. Joining one capped member of the Oline is a guy who's already amassed 152 TPE, and appears to be intensely earning money. 152 TPE at this point in the draft is quite impressive, although ironically still lower than the guy right before him due to it being Infinite.
Pick 43: MIN selects Bender Rodriguez, user Shrub
Here's the second coming of Bender! Shrub has 98 TPE and will be a backup to Bobby Tarantino for Minnesota. Unless of course they decide to change one of their positions. I haven't interacted with Shrub much but I must applaud the use of his render. The one thing slightly holding him back is that he hasn't done anything to earn money so far, so it's unlikely that he gets to buy tier 6 equipment unless something changes.
Pick 44: DAL selects Mark Higgens, user Marklol
Of all the teams to select a QB this draft, I did not expect Dallas to be one of them. I definitely did not expect them to draft 2 QBs. Still, they got him to switch to a position they definitely need in Linebacker, with only one on the roster before the draft, and he's at least active enough to have done that switch. On the down side, he only has 74 TPE, which is less than a couple of other likely inactives. If he stays in, he might be able to shore up a dangerously weak Dallas Linebacker core.
Pick 45: NOR selects Rudy Gray, user Magnet
I don't know where to go with this guy. On one hand, he has Taylor Lewan as a render, and Lewan is an asshole. On more serious hands, he was decently active in the locker rooms and had a nice conversation with our scout in charge of Olinemen, but he also only has 52 TPE, and missed out entirely on the Mock Draft and Ultimus Week. BUT, unlike other people with extremely low amounts of TPE, he was at least on the forum literally today, and also did the trivia. I'm inclined to say bad pick just because there are people who are nowhere near as herky jerky with them being a complete inactive or just someone who missed out on most of the easy TPE.
Pick 46: MIN selects Jacob Raske, user CLG Rampage
CLG Rampage is one of the last legendary users who recreated for this draft, and I believe most of the things I said about Infinite apply to him as well. Not quite as legendary of a user, not quite as high TPE right now, with "only" 131, and if he's going to stay down for only one season, then that more than explains the half a round difference between them. On the other hand, if he was going to stick around for a few seasons I'm really wondering why he fell this far. Only difference is that while Infinite's former player was an MVP winning QB and he's now going to be a RB, CLG's former player was an MVP winning RB and now he's going to be a QB.
Pick 47: POR selects Tay Heenie, user Hummus God
Hummus God is a big boy for the trenches and is there to be a big boy, no more no less. I'm very happy we were able to get him back from inactivity, and now he has 81 TPE to play with. Getting an active Olineman this late, especially after a much lower TPE olineman just went, is a real nice break.
Pick 48: BBB selects Henny Tingzpahcbol, user soryantyler
I think this is the noise Kevin Garnett made when he won the NBA Finals? Besides that, BBB definitely needs someone on the other side of HeHateMe PickSix, and Ting can definitely be that...if tyler makes an update page. He has something like 80 TPE if my quick math is accurate, but I can't be sure because he doesn't have an update page and I'm doing that math from his posts.
Pick 49: LON selects Spencer Fields, user Cooldad
I don't think this was a very good pick. Sure, it's late rounds now, but London traded up to get this guy, who at this very moment has 61 TPE. None of it is linked on his update page, he hasn't posted since the 13th and hasn't been on the forums since the 15th, and London DOES need another Safety to go alongside Caven McRae. This was a waste of a pick.
Pick 50: TIJ selects Gyles Marrett, user Funny Man Luke
Keep Marrett away from any helmets, he has a distinct tendency to get hit in the head with them. Luke has amassed 67 TPE, plus a mock draft that he hasn't claimed yet but did, and was on the forums just yesterday...or does it count as two days ago now? It's getting really late over here...Either way, a 67 TPE defensive end is a good improvement over the nothing that Tijuana had at that position before.
Pick 51: MIN selects Tom Adamo, user Roastfuego
Roastfuego is a recreate who has been inactive since the 12th of January and only has 57 TPE.
Pick 52: DAL selects Luke Watterson, user EzraYeet
This is more like it! Watterson has 77 TPE, was last on the forums today, and will be the 3rd linebacker that Dallas has on the roster. I'm going to go a lot quicker now because I need sleep and it's 10:42 my time as I write this.
Pick 53: NOR selects Holton Hillburn, user Hillsteady
Holton was last seen on the 15th, last posted on the 8th, and never made an update page.
Pick 54: KCC selects Logan Steele, user bub
Bub was last active 2 hours ago, has made an update page...but has 52 TPE and only has made one activity check.
Pick 55: POR selects Alexandr Vasilev, user aimbotalex
Alex has 101 TPE, switched over to Wide Receiver for the Pythons' 3rd wide receiver, and was last active yesterday.
Pick 56: BBB selects Latavius Jackson, user Slick
Latavius was last active yesterday and has done a decent amount of things, including training camp and his free training...but so far he has not made an update page.
Pick 57: KCC selects Bjorn Borg, user Ayso
Ayso currently has 65 TPE, but was last online on the 10th. His last post was on the 8th.
Pick 58: TIJ selects Lonnie Jackson, user Exilate
FINALLY, someone else I can call active concretely, Exilate currently has 93 TPE and was last active 8 hours ago at the time of writing. Just 12 picks left...
Pick 59: MIN selects Lawrence McCoy, user Forthefight
McCoy has 52 TPE, was last on the forums on the 21st, but last posted on the 13th.
Pick 60: DAL selects Dallas Dole, user Dallypole
Dallypole has 72 TPE currently and was last on the forums 9 hours ago, I assume he was passed over by other teams because he played kicker
Pick 61: NOR selects Mr Poop, user Toadstyle
An Olineman who was last active on the 9th, but at least has 57 TPE at Oline. Better than nothing.
Pick 62: LON selects Willie Miller, user Sebster
Sebster was last active yesterday and has 79 TPE. Great CB pickup with literally 8 more picks to go.
Pick 63: POR selects Kenzie Cupz, user Sippycupz
Sippycupz is now an Olineman with 101 TPE, great pickup, was on 9 hours ago
Pick 64: BBB selects Jake Hayes, user Hayes
Hayes was last active on the 8th and has 57 TPE
Pick 65: KCC selects Ivo Marriot, user Pavlov's Bell
Marriot was last active on the 14th and has 57 TPE
Pick 66: TIJ selects Rob Banks, user Veganrolemodel
Vegan was last active on the 8th and has 57 TPE
Pick 67: LON selects Gerald Grenouille, user Toadally Froggie
Froggie was last active on the 7th and has 50 TPE, never made an update page, and never even posted after creating the player.
Pick 68: DAL selects Anubis J Williams II, user Miamust
Same exact thing as Froggie, except for doing other posts and technically having 52 if they ever made an update page.
Pick 69: NOR selects Kris Kreig, user Cixhris
Same exact thing, except last active on the 6th, and would have 57 TPE if they made an update page.
Pick 70: LON selects Alastor Hazbin, user Peterson
Peterson has 104 TPE and was last active 5 hours ago.
We're done. Why didn't I do this when I got times 2 for media?
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