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*The Season 30 SFWG All-Pro Teams - qWest - 08-30-2021

Congratulations to the season 30 Sim Football Writers Guild All-Pro Team!

QUARTERBACK

1st team: Charlemagne Cortez (Unanimous selection) ARI
Key stats: 8.57 ANY/A (1st), 113.1 QBR, 4.1 TD/I (2nd)
2nd team: Colby Jack and Ben Slothlisberger (Tie) YKW and NOLA
Key stats: 42 pass TDs (1st), 100.8 QBR (2nd) for Jack; 6.91 ANY/A (2nd), 8.0 TD/I (1st) for Slothlisberger

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When I wrote about this position last season, I marveled at Colby Jack’s amazing 7.70 ANY/A in S29, which earned him unanimous first team honors and the league MVP last season. That 7.70 mark well outpaced a brilliant S28 from Cortez and it seems like Cortez wasn’t happy with being one-upped, as he came back with a vengeance in S30, posting an off-the-charts 8.57 ANY/A. This season from Cortez was historically dominant all around the board, as he put up the 6th most passing TDs in ISFL history while also playing ridiculously efficiently and smashing Armstrong’s previous season record for passer rating by almost 4 points.

It was incredibly difficult to pick between the next best couple QB performances this season, as both Colby Jack and Ben Slothlisberger stood head and shoulders above the rest of the league, so in the end we just didn’t. The vote was perfectly split between these two and they both made the roster. Jack stayed fairly efficient despite throwing just one pick fewer than the league leader, thanks in large part to his ability to find receivers in the endzone. 42 TDs leads the league and places at 4th in the all-time leaderboards. Slothlisberger didn’t immediately jump off the page in the volume categories, but his ability to take care of the ball was unparalleled, as he turned the ball over on only 0.78% of his plays. Hitting a 8.0 TD/I rate is insane and is not a mark I expect to see matched any time soon.

RUNNING BACK

1st team: Jamar Lackson SJS
Key Stats: 5.31 YPC (1st), 1189 rushing yds (3rd), 1813 scrimmage yds (3rd), 5 rushes of 40+ yds (t-1st)
1st team flex: Tatsu Nakamura ARI
Key Stats: 21 total TDs (1st), 1691 scrimmage yds (5th), 69.77% catch percentage (2nd)
2nd team: Deadly Memes ARI
Key Stats: 5.26 YPC (2nd), 33.47% scrimmage FD% (3rd), 5.65% Explosive Play % (5th), 70.89% catch percentage
2nd team flex: Zoe Watts AUS
Key Stats: 1,404 rushing yards (2nd), 4.79 YPC (5th), 8 rushes of 20+ yds (1st)

Running back was the most competitive position this year in our All-Pro voting. Running backs earned both offensive flex positions as many voters felt that the running backs outperformed wide receivers this season. Even still, the debate was vigorous and some players who had excellent seasons were left off the team. These four backs, though, earned the All-Pro elections with excellence all-around. Jamar Lackson had an incredibly efficient season on the ground, running for 5.31 yards per carry on his way to a top three finish in rushing and scrimmage yards. He had 64 fewer carries than Danny King Jr. but still finished with three more yards than King. Tatsu Nakamura led all players with 21 touchdowns from scrimmage, scoring fourteen on the ground and seven through the air. Though he split carries with Deadly Memes, he was able to be efficient and productive as a dual-threat running back and finished fifth in total yards from scrimmage. Speaking of Memes, Nakamura’s running mate snagged a second-team nod thanks to his extreme efficiency even compared to the first-teamers. He led all nominees in first down percentage, catch percentage, and explosive play percentage, and finished second in yards per carry. In other words, every time Deadly Memes touched the ball, good things happened. His slightly lesser volume of yards and touchdowns is the only criticism that kept him off the first team. Finally, Zoe Watts rounds out the group with a second team offensive flex selection. The volume-efficiency pendulum swings slightly towards volume for Watts. Her 4.79 YPC is impressive, moreso when you notice her 1404 rushing yards and 8 runs of 40+ yards, which show that she is one of the best pure runners in the league. Her lack of production as a receiver compared to other top backs is the main criticism of Watts’s resume, but her impressive season as a rusher is enough to keep her on the All-Pro team.

WIDE RECEIVER

1st team: Kai Sakura (Unanimous selection) YKW
Key stats: 1,948 receiving yards (1st all-time), 1 drop (t-2nd), 15 TDs (1st), 10.15 yards per target (3rd), 10 receptions over 40 yards (1st)
1st team: Darren Pama ARI
Key stats: 17.83 yards per reception (1st), 11.19 yards per target (1st), 14 TDs (t-2nd)
2nd team: Videl-San AUS
Key stats: 10.22 yards per target (2nd), 15.52 yards per reception (5th), 1645 yards (3rd), 13 TDs (4th)
2nd team: Lalo Salamanca HON
Key stats: 127 receptions (3rd), 81.41% catch rate (1st), zero drops (1st)

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Kai Sakura had one of the best receiving seasons in league history. He finished with the most yards and tied for fifth most touchdowns in a season ever, and he suffered only one dropped pass on the whole season! He also had the most big plays, was third in yds/target, and committed zero penalties on the season. His unanimous selection was well-deserved. He is joined on the first team by premiere deep threat Darren Pama. Like his running back teammates, Pama was hyper-efficient on the season, leading the league in yds/reception and yds/target. His volume numbers were impressive as well, with 1444 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns. On the second team, Videl-San joined Pama and Sakura at the top of the yards/target leaderboard, and was top five in yds, touchdowns, and average, the three most important stats for a receiver. Lalo Salamanca is perhaps a surprise selection to most, as his pure volume stats are not elite. However, given the SFWG’s love of efficiency, we were blown away by Salamanca’s stat lines. He was third in the league in receptions, and yet still had the best catch rate in the league by a wide margin, catching over 80% of passes thrown his way, and he avoided dropping a single pass. If Pama is the premiere deep threat in the league, Salamanca is proof that there is a place in the league for elite possession receivers.

TIGHT END

1st team: Zack DiNozzo OCO
Key stats: 46 Pancakes, 72.32 catch rate (highest among qualified TEs)
2nd team: Borgo San Lorenzo PHI
Key stats: 1038 yards (highest among TEs), 8 TDs (highest among TEs)

This is one of those cases where we need to look at the 2nd teamer first: Borgo San Lorenzo led Tight Ends in yardage and touchdowns almost from wire to wire, beating out our first teamer by 207 yards (and he was 2nd by a ways, too) and by 3 touchdowns. So what held him back? He didn’t play as a true tight end for a lot of his snaps, and when he was asked to do the job of getting into the trenches, he faltered. Borgo San Lorenzo racked up more penalty yards than any other Tight End in the league and was in the bottom 3rd in pancakes as well. Still, his strong receiving performance was enough to get him the 2nd team spot. DiNozzo was not a perfect candidate himself, with the most penalties among TEs in the ISFL, but he had very few peers among his level of pancake production and sacks allowed, and none of those peers were anywhere close to his level of receiving production, where he had the highest catch rate among players targeted more than 25 times, and the 2nd most yards among TEs in the entire league.

FULLBACK

First Team: Ben Alexander-Arnold AUS
Key Stats: 57 Pancakes (highest among FBs)
Second Team: Buster Bawlls NYS
Key Stats: 47 Pancakes, 0 sacks allowed

The stat that put Alexander-Arnold over the top for the panel was him leading fullbacks in pancakes by a full 10. That, plus having half of Bawlls’ penalties, was enough to make up for his 2 sacks allowed in the minds of enough voters to get the top spot. What put Bawlls over the rest of the pack was, again, pancakes, having 10 more than the 3rd place spot, with 0 sacks allowed, and also being the most heavily utilized in the passing game. This made up for him having the second most penalties among all fullbacks this season.

OFFENSIVE TACKLE
1st team: Adam Mellott (Unanimous selection) NOLA
Key Stats: 126 pancakes (6th), 0 sacks allowed (T-1st), 5 penalty yards (T-2nd)
1st team: Stumpy Jones (Unanimous selection) SAR
Key Stats: 129 pancakes (4th), 0 sacks allowed (T-1st)
2nd team: Alexander Franklin PHI
Key Stats: 130 pancakes (T-2nd), 0 sacks allowed (T-1st)
2nd team: Matt Krause BER
Key Stats: 113 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed (T-1st), 0 penalties (1st)

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While a significant number of penalties and sacks allowed plagued the top ranks of this position, we still ended up with four All-Pro tackles that popped off this season. Mellott and Jones were slam-dunk unanimous picks this season, with both players doing a spectacular job of protecting their QBs’ blind sides. Ranking right up at the top of the pancake leaderboard with no sacks allowed, both of these players should be very proud of their performance and of this achievement.
If Franklin could’ve cleaned up just a couple of mental errors (or maybe by bribing a couple of referees instead) he could have easily taken at least a few votes away from Stumpy Jones. His excellent blocking performance is just lightly shadowed by some sticky fingers leading to a league leading number of penalties. Matt Krause, on the other hand, was the picture-perfect role model for every tackle in the league. The only starting tackle this season without a single penalty, while also preventing any rushers from making it through for a sack, Krause had to be on our list somewhere. At 9th place in pancakes, Krause may not have measured up to the top tackles in that category, but he still has an excellent season and a second team nod to be proud of.

OFFENSIVE GUARD

1st team: Marlon Alexander (Unanimous selection) NYS
Key Stats: 81 pancakes, 1 sack allowed, 1 penalty, 10 penalty yards
1st team: Brent Silva ARI
Key Stats: 102 pancakes. 1 sack allowed, 6 penalties, 50 penalty yards
2nd team: Felix Archstone AUS
Key Stats: 68 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed, 1 penalty, 10 penalty yards
2nd team: Harley Fank NYS
Key Stats: 75 pancakes, 1 sack allowed, 5 penalties, 32 penalty yards

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Guards as a whole were a pretty closely-clustered group this season. None of our nominees were without their faults, but each of them brought something good to the table. Our one unanimous selection from the Guard position, Marlon Alexander, posted nearly a clean season with only 1 sack allowed and 1 penalty committed all year, and still finished second among all qualifying Guards in pancakes. Our other selection for the first team, Arizona’s Brent Silva, was a little behind Alexander in the mental game, committing 6 penalties, but made up for it by flattening opposing defenders to the tune of 102 pancakes - the only interior lineman to post triple digits in the stat in Season 30.
On the second team we had Austin’s Archstone, who may have given up 2 sacks on the season, but like Alexander kept the negative plays to a minimum by committing only one penalty all season. Opposite Archstone, Harly Fank had very impressive pancake numbers, but also committed 5 penalties on the season, which kept him from the first team.

CENTER

1st team: Bob Bob SAR
Key Stats: 82 pancakes (1st), 0 sacks allowed (T-1st)
2nd team: Manhattan Project COL
Key Stats: 0 penalties (1st), 0 sacks allowed (T-1st)

The center position this season was certainly tighter than the vote might make it seem. We had a clear consensus early on that Bob and Project were the top two centers over the course of the season. Manhattan Project had an amazing season in one of the most pass happy offenses in the league. Staying perfectly clean, with no penalties and no sacks allowed, under that volume and pressure is extremely impressive. Ultimately, that still wasn’t enough to bridge over a 19 pancake gap that stood between Project and our first team All-Pro center for this season: Bob Bob. Bob played in a similarly pass focused offense and kept Boss Jr.’s jersey as clean as he could, with no sacks allowed. His leading pancake numbers certainly helped his team forgive his two penalties on the season as he goes into our books as the best center this year.

DEFENSIVE INTERIOR
1st team: Daymond Brooks CHI
Key stats: 61 Tackles 1st among DIs, 5 TFL 4th among DIs, 5 sacks 3rd among DIs, 2FF Tied 1st among DIs 2FRs 1st among DIs
1st team: Honky-Tonk Haywood PHI
Key stats: 2 FF tied 1st among DIs, 1 safety, the only one among all DIs, 7TFL 3rd among DIs 2nd best tackle rate among DIs, 0 penalties, 4 sacks
2nd team: David Ramczyk BAL
Key stats: 12 TFL 1st among DIs, 3rd best tackle rate
2nd team: Pete “Plop” Miller ARI
Key stats: 10 TFL 2nd among DIs, 3 Sacks, 0 penalties

The first team in this case is interesting as what sets them apart from our second team selection is their versatility. Brooks and Haywood both brought pass rushing ability along with the ability to stop the run with a combination of both TFLs and sacks. Haywood’s safety is the only among the group and causing turnovers is always a way to get ahead of the competition, that coupled with 2FFs all helped but when looking at what set him ahead of Plop or Ramczyk it was the clean season of tackle rate and 0 penalties. Brooks was the most well rounded while getting a lot of action totalling 61 tackles, 10 more than our other all-pro selections, with a great ability to stuff the run and get to the passer. Brooks earned his spot. Ramczyk’s insane 12 tackles for loss on the season coupled with a 3rd best tackle rate boosted his case. Defensive interior is not the most premium position and while sacks are valued we do not want to discredit a true nose tackle, the same case was made with Plop Miller who had similar production to Ramczyk with two additional sacks compared to TFLs.

EDGE RUSHER

1st team: Brach Thomaslacher (Unanimous selection) AUS
Key stats: 110 tackles, 57.89% catch rate, 97.35% tackle rate, 23 sacks (most since S7)
1st team: Juan Domine CHI
Key stats: 96 tackles, 15 sacks, 8 TFL, 5 FF, 4 FR, 3 INT
2nd team: AJ Lucas BAL
Key stats: 104 tackles, 13 sacks, 61.39% catch rate, 6 FF, 3 INT, 1 DTD
2nd team: L’Gazzy Burfict ARI
Key stats: 95 tackles, 15 sacks, 61.26% catch rate, 1 Safety

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One constant every season since the inception of the All-Pro Team has been the overall strength and depth of the Edge Rusher position group. This season, however, we had the pleasure of witnessing possibly one of the best seasons for a pass rusher in league history. Thomaslacher’s 23 sacks are the most we’ve seen in a single season since Angus Winchester posted a 23 sack season all the way back in Season 7. Thomalacher was not just a pass rusher, however, and showed off his pass defense skills by allowing under 58% completion on passes in his direction, on a respectable 114 targets.
Our other first team selection of this group, Juan Domine, showed he’s no slouch at getting to the Quarterback, racking up 15 sacks, tied for third-most in the league. He also sniffed out running plays with the best of them this season, totalling 8 tackles for loss, second-most among LBs. While Domine might not have been as dominant in pass coverage as the others on this list, he was opportunistic, hauling in 3 interceptions, tied for most among LBs.
Showcasing the overall depth of the Edge Rusher spot this season, both players on our second team could have strong cases made to be featured on the first team. AJ Lucas was a force at every level of the defense this season, getting to the Quarterback 13 times, allowing just barely 61% of passes his way to be completed, forcing 6 fumbles (T-1st), snagging 3 interceptions, and even scoring a defensive touchdown.
L’Gazzy Burfict was much more of the mold of a traditional pass rusher this season, evidenced by his 15 sacks. However, just like Lucas and Thomaslacher, Burfict showed he was not one-dimensional, and provided very strong help in pass defense, allowing only 68 passes to be completed over 111 attempts thrown his way.

LINEBACKER

1st team: Big Slammu YKW
Key stats: 115 tackles 3rd among LBs, 97.46% tackle rate 1st among LBs, 3 INT 1st among LBs, 12 PDs 3rd among LBs, 12 sacks T-3rd among LBs, 1 Safety
1st team: Rusty Rucker COL
Key stats: 126 tackles 1st among LBs, 6 TFL T-3rd among LBs, 10 Sacks 4th among LBs, 6FF T-1st among LBs, 16 PDs 1st among LBs
2nd team: Michael Witheblock SAR
Key stats: 59.68% catch rate 2nd among LBs, 13 sacks 2nd among LBs, 11 PDs 4th among LBs
2nd team: Ernest Lover SAR
Key stats: 111 tackles T-4th among LBs, 6FF T-1st among LBs, 3FR 1st among LBs 13 PDs T-2nd among LBs

Before we get into the interesting part with the second team, the first team must be praised. Recently traded LB Big Slammu had a home-run season with the Wraiths and was solid in every category, leading in tackle rate with a high volume is huge for the linebacker role but having the sacks, interceptions and PDs in addition to a position low three missed tackles made a very strong case for first team. Speaking of volume, the Colorado lad Rusty Rucker leading the league in tackles and his position in PDs showed he was not just lurking around the line of scrimmage to gobble opposing running backs up. Along with a league high six forced fumbles and a double digit sack season put him a step above his competition elected to the second team. Lover and Rucker had very similar statlines, thus earning her spot, Rucker edging her out in just a few statistics, tackles, TFLs, PDs being the primary ones. However the most interesting player on the team must be Witheblock. We knew there’s Gotta Be Somebody to fill out the team and that Someday we’d find that Rockstar. We had to ask If Everyone Cared and concluded yes. Witheblock played a majority of his snaps for Sarasota at the nickelback position, lining up there 56% of the time, due to the nature and history of the position it is used as a flex position and is used in conjunction with their next most played position thus having Witheblock at LB and not CB. Despite this Witheblock played the position well and was arguably the best NB in the entire league with amazing coverage despite playing against WRs, posting a LB positional low of 59.68%, for reference the best CB this season among nominees was at 57%. He was able to get sacks while playing out of position and show that despite being labeled as a linebacker, Witheblock is a defensive player and one of the best on the field.

CORNERBACK

1st team: Rickie Vaughne (Unanimous selection) SJS
Key stats: 8 interceptions, 3 TDs, 0 penalties, 45.2% Adjusted Pass Defense Rate (all 1st)
1st team: CJ Sonjack PHI
Key stats: 39 passes defensed (T-1st), 0.27 PDs/target (1st), PD on 80% of incompletions in coverage (1st)
1st team flex: NationalSimulation FootballLeague COL
Key Stats: 59.2% catch rate allowed (6th among CBs), 0 missed tackles, 39.0% Adjusted Pass Defense Rate (3rd)
2nd team: Daniel Foster YKW
Key stats: 4 interceptions (T-6th among CBs), 4 forced fumbles 2nd among CBs, 2 fumbles recovered (T-1st among CBs), 2 sacks (4th among CBs)
2nd team: Maverick Bowie AUS
Key stats: 7 interceptions (2nd), 38.9% Adjusted Pass Defense Rate (2nd), 71.1% catch rate allowed (6th worst among CBs)
2nd team flex: Swantavius Jones BER
Key stats: 33 passes defensed (6th), 62.9% catch rate allowed (9th among CBs), 104 tackles (5th among CBs), +4 support tackles (2nd among CBs)

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Cornerback was a very deep position this season, with many defensive players making a case for their consideration on the all-pro teams. This high level of play saw both the first and second teams’ defensive back flex positions filled by cornerbacks. At the top of all of these great players stood alone San Jose’s Rickie Vaughne, who had a season for the ages with 8 interceptions and 3 defensive touchdowns. Vaughne was highly disruptive on pass attempts headed in his direction, and had no real weakness to his game with an above average catch rate allowed as well. Joining him as a first team cornerback is 2nd year standout C.J. Sonjack, who proved that his highly efficient play last season on limited snaps was no fluke as he followed it with a similarly impressive performance this year, tying for most PDs among all CBs with impressive rate statistics as well. He proved that turnovers are a big part of his game as well, finishing with 5 interceptions and 2 touchdowns as well. Rounding out the first team CB contingent as the defensive back flex player is converted safety NSFL, who despite recording “only” 4 interceptions on the season managed to rank 3rd in adjusted pass defense rate thanks to a sub-60% catch rate allowed and a high number of pass defenses.
While Dan Foster was a close cut from the first team, he established himself with strong enough play to earn the top spot on the second team. While there were other cornerbacks who may have recorded better coverage statistics, Foster’s solid coverage was complemented by a fantastic ability to make plays after catches, knocking 4 balls loose after the catch and recovering 2 of them for his own team. Maverick Bowie joins him on the 2nd team thanks to great ball hawking play, his 7 interceptions falling just one short of matching Vaughne. However, a very high catch rate allowed belied a risky playstyle that hindered his chances at contending for the first team. Among a crowded field of potential contenders for the 2nd team flex spot, Swantavius Jones secured it with well rounded play and no real weakness in his game. He had strong coverage stats with a solid 63% catch rate allowed and 33 PDs, had over 95% tackle success rate and was one of only 2 CBs to record more tackles than catches allowed in coverage, and converted 2 of his 3 interceptions on the season into defensive scores.

SAFETY

1st team: Steven Wadham (Unanimous selection) NOLA
Key stats: 98 tackles (1st), 9 sacks (T-1st), 3 TFLs (T-1st)
1st team: Wesley Eriksen ARI
Key stats: 5 INTs (1st), 5 sacks (T-4th), 62.67% catch%
2nd team: Cuco Clemente SAR
Key stats: 3 sacks, 3 INTs, 3 FFs (T-2nd), 78 tackles (2nd)
2nd team: Eugene Smoothie OCO
Key stats: 4 INTs (T-2nd), 135 INT return yards (1st), 72 tackles (4th)

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A true, elite strong safety can change the flow of the game. With the ability to match up against against physical receivers and TEs while also providing elite run coverage equivalent with any linebacker, a good strong safety sets the tone. Wadham absolutely set the tone for NOLA and for the league. With 98 tackles on the season, 20 more than the next highest performance, Wadham was a force on every play. He also tied the lead for the league in both sacks and TFLs, showing off another dimension of his game.
Making the decision on who to recognize after Wadham was extremely difficult, with only a sliver separating Eriksen and Smoothie as our next best vote-getters. Eriksen was the leader in INTs among safeties, with a great nose for getting to the ball and making a big play. He was in the top echelon of safeties in pass coverage outside of just taking the ball away himself, with great sack and catch% numbers. Smoothie may have had one fewer interceptions than Eriksen, but he was always a threat to score when he took the ball away, leading the league in return yards off of those picks by a sizeable margin. Clemente cooled down from his amazing year last season, but he still proved that he can be a top-tier safety, improving his skills this year as a tackler. He didn’t reach Wadham’s heights in that category, but his 78 tackles were good for 2nd best, an he did a great job of taking possession away from the opponent with 3 INTs and 3 FFs.

KICKER

1st team: Sam Sidekick CHI
Key stats: 90.48% FG% (1st in league), 17 FG 40+ (most), 15.31 PAR, 4 game-winning FGs
2nd team: Cade York ARI
Key stats: 88.89% FG% (T-2nd), 67/67 XP (most in league history)

Sidekick and York both had very good seasons, if not in completely different ways. Sidekick not only led the league in FG%, but he did so not by just hitting chip shots over and over. 20 of his 42 attempts were made from long distances (40 or more yards out) where he converted a very strong 85% of his kicks. Sidekick also showed a flair for the dramatic this season, as four of the Butchers’ six wins were off of kicks he made in the last five minutes of the game, including a 36 yard attempt with one minute to go on the road in Colorado.
York, the burgeoning star in the desert, was not called on to finish drives for the Outlaws much this season, as his 27 attempted kicks were the third least in the league in Season 30. Arizona, however, did not let him spend a lot of time sitting on the sidelines, as York attempted and made a now league record 67 extra points this season, shattering the previous record of 62 set all the way back in Season 9 by Iyah Blewitt.

PUNTER:

1st team: Jake Fencick (Unanimous selection) :libert:
Key Stats: 48.38 punt avg, 48.84% inside 20
2nd team: Jacob Small SAR
Key Stats: 48.94 punt avg, 40.74% inside 20

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Fencick was far and away the best punter this season. While he was slightly off the mark in terms of punt average compared to Small, our 2nd teamer, his ability to pin other teams inside the 20, a stat even more important with the broken touchbacks in the sim, Fencick ended up a unanimous selection for the team. Small led the entire league in average distance, and that impressive lead in yardage was enough to buoy his mediocre rate of punts inside the 20 to the second team spot. That everyone besides Fencik with a good inside the 20 rate had a terrible average also helped tremendously.

RETURNER:

1st team: Andrew Witten NOLA
Key Stats: 30.5 yards per kickoff return, 1 kickoff return TD, 3.1 total EPA from punt returns, 12.5 yards per punt return
2nd team: Kai Sakura YKW
Key Stats: 31.4 yards per kickoff return, 41 yard long kickoff return, 255 punt return yards

In terms of the total value added by their kickoff and punt returns, these two players stood clearly head and shoulders above the rest of the field this season. CB Andrew Witten received the first-team nod due to a combination of his always-important kickoff return touchdown, as well as the extreme efficiency with which he returned punts. On only 11 punt returns, he recorded over 12 yards per return on average and wound up adding a league-best 3 expected points to his team’s drives through this gain in field position. Sakura, meanwhile, took a place on the 2nd team unit despite recording no return touchdowns of any type. In a way, his league-best 31.4 yard kickoff return average is even more impressive considering a long of only 42 yards, indicating incredible consistency at setting his team up with beneficial field position. While his total return EPA on the season was tops in the league, the volume of returns he had with which to accumulate it led to Witten narrowly edging him out for the majority of the first-team vote.

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SFWG All-Pro First Team
QB: Charlemagne Cortez* ARI
RB: Jamar Lackson SJS
FB: Ben Alexander-Arnold AUS
WR: Kai Sakura* YKW
WR: Darren Pama ARI
TE: Zack DiNozzo OCO
OFlex: Tatsu Nakamura ARI
OT: Adam Mellott* NOLA
OT: Stumpy Jones* SAR
OG: Marlon Alexander* NYS
OG: Brent Silva ARI
C: Bob Bob SAR
DI: Daymond Brooks CHI
DI: Honky-Tonk Haywood PHI
EDGE: Brach Thomaslacher* AUS
EDGE: Juan Domine CHI
LB: Big Slammu YKW
LB: Rusty Rucker COL
CB: Rickie Vaughne* SJS
CB: CJ Sonjack PHI
S: Steven Wadham* NOLA
S: Wesley Eriksen ARI
DBFlex: NationalSimulation FootballLeague COL
K: Sam Sidekick CHI
P: Jake Fencik* PHI
Returner: Andrew Witten NOLA

SFWG All-Pro Second Team
QB: Colby Jack YKW, Ben Slothlisberger NOLA
RB: Deadly Memes ARI
FB: Buster Bawlls NYS
WR: Videl-San AUS
WR: Lalo Salamanca HON
TE: Borgo San Lorenzo PHI
OFlex: Zoe Watts AUS
OT: Alexander Franklin PHI
OT: Matt Krause BER
OG: Felix Archstone AUS
OG: Harley Fank NYS
C: Manhattan Project COL
DI: David Ramczyk BAL
DI: Pete “Plop” Miller ARI
EDGE: AJ Lucas BAL
EDGE: L’Gazzy Burfict ARI
LB: Michael Witheblock SAR
LB: Ernest Lover SAR
CB: Daniel Foster YKW
CB: Maverick Bowie AUS
S: Cuco Clemente SAR
S: Eugene Smoothie OCO
DBFlex: Swantavius Jones BER
K: Cade York ARI
P: Jacob Small SAR
Returner: Kai Sakura YKW
* = Unanimous selection

Other Players Receiving Votes:
RB Cobra Kai HON ; FB Kichwa Jones NOLA ; WR Taro Raimon ARI ; TE Zee Rechs YKW ; TE Ragnar Krashwagen ARI ; OT Julio Jones ARI ; OG Maiteers Rico-Shea OCO ; DI Hank Steel BER ; EDGE Leonard Taylor YKW ; LB Jack Banks NYS ; CB Albert Ruschmann COL ; CB Peter Patterson SAR ; S Romulus Roman PHI ; S Derek Wildstar BER ; K Jacob Small SAR ; P Blago Kokot YKW

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Summary by team:
ARI (9): 3 1st team, 6 2nd team
AUS (6): 2 1st team, 4 2nd team
SAR (6): 2 1st team, 4 2nd team
PHI (5): 3 1st team, 2 2nd team
YKW (5): 2 1st team, 3 2nd team
NOLA (4): 3 1st team, 1 2nd team
CHI (3): 3 1st team, 0 2nd team
COL (3): 1 1st team, 2 2nd team
NYS (3): 1 1st team, 2 2nd team
SJS (2): 2 1st team, 0 2nd team
OCO (2): 1 1st team, 1 2nd team
BAL (2): 0 1st team, 2 2nd team
BER (2): 0 1st team, 2 2nd team
HON (1): 0 1st team, 1 2nd team

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Hey y’all! Thank you for reading through this season’s All-Pro team announcement! A huge thank you goes out, as always, to the whole team that participated in discussion throughout the season to help us get to this point. This season was absolutely stacked with amazing performances around the ISFL. We had a lot of tough decisions between all of the elite performances this season, leading to really close calls in a lot of positions. However, there were also a ridiculous number of dominant players on the field in the ISFL, as we saw a record-destroying NINE players go home with Unanimous 1st Team All-Pro honors. These players are the elite of the elite and deserve special recognition for their play this season.

In order to increase transparency in line with the ISFL awards voters, we’ve also chosen this season to provide the individual ballot results, should you wish to see how each of our eight voters this season made our decision. While I ask that you maintain respect and decorum in doing so, you are welcome to reach out to the voters about their individual ballots. This link should allow you to see the spreadsheet with all of the individual ballots.

As always, the Simulation Football Writer’s Guild is open to bringing new members into the guild. Here is a post I made this last season about who we are and what you should do if you want to join the team.

Congratulations again to all of the S30 All-Pro players. See you again next season!

-qWest
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RE: The Season 30 SFWG All-Pro Teams - Pat - 08-30-2021

This was such a fun season to work on this project for. So many deserving players, and a lot of really stand out seasons.

Thanks to everyone in the SFWG!

RE: The Season 30 SFWG All-Pro Teams - slate - 08-30-2021

I also received votes! And they weren't my own! Peak of my career right here.

RE: The Season 30 SFWG All-Pro Teams - Tayjay - 08-30-2021

Defensive Ends unite in the blatant disrespect for our position group. No longer will we stand for this. The only position group without strict positional eligibility in regards to players being chosen for this award. Blasphemy

RE: The Season 30 SFWG All-Pro Teams - Cody - 08-30-2021

Love to see those Bell Boys in there!

RE: The Season 30 SFWG All-Pro Teams - siddhus - 08-30-2021

Where is Kai at? Smh.

RE: The Season 30 SFWG All-Pro Teams - qWest - 08-30-2021

(08-30-2021, 04:57 PM)Tayjay Wrote: Defensive Ends unite in the blatant disrespect for our position group. No longer will we stand for this. The only position group without strict positional eligibility in regards to players being chosen for this award. Blasphemy
Linebackers and DTs are also affected by the decision to make the DI/EDGE/LB split. It's certainly not a perfect system, but neither is sorting players purely by their DT/DE/LB designation. If you'd like some more information on how designations are decided, Swanty is the primary source for that and I hope can answer any questions you have.

We are still considering and trying to give some deference to those EDGE players that spend most or all of their time lined up with a hand in the dirt. We hope that our system, imperfect as it is, will help when considered in addition to the league pro bowl and awards system will give a more full picture of all of the amazing performances around the league. Leonard Taylor had an excellent year and would likely have my vote for best DE this season!

RE: The Season 30 SFWG All-Pro Teams - qWest - 08-30-2021

(08-30-2021, 05:47 PM)siddhus Wrote: Where is Kai at? Smh.
The running back position was the source for a lot of discussion and thought this season. We had a lot of respect for so many different running backs that performed at the top of their game this season, as shown by the fact that both offensive flex spots on the teams were occupied by RBs for the first time. Kai fell just short on a tiebreaker with Watts in this one. As someone that voted for Watts over Kai, I would say that Kai's lower efficiency was my main concern, especially when he was the source of so many long plays for the Hahalua. Watts just edged him out in my ballot because of her YPC, FD%, aand other indicators of her ability, especially as a pure runner. It was a very close and difficult decision to make.

RE: The Season 30 SFWG All-Pro Teams - Crodyman - 08-30-2021

One day I'll make the team :cryjordan:

RE: The Season 30 SFWG All-Pro Teams - Tayjay - 08-30-2021

(08-30-2021, 05:49 PM)qWest Wrote:
(08-30-2021, 04:57 PM)Tayjay Wrote: Defensive Ends unite in the blatant disrespect for our position group. No longer will we stand for this. The only position group without strict positional eligibility in regards to players being chosen for this award. Blasphemy
Linebackers and DTs are also affected by the decision to make the DI/EDGE/LB split. It's certainly not a perfect system, but neither is sorting players purely by their DT/DE/LB designation. If you'd like some more information on how designations are decided, Swanty is the primary source for that and I hope can answer any questions you have.

We are still considering and trying to give some deference to those EDGE players that spend most or all of their time lined up with a hand in the dirt. We hope that our system, imperfect as it is, will help when considered in addition to the league pro bowl and awards system will give a more full picture of all of the amazing performances around the league. Leonard Taylor had an excellent year and would likely have my vote for best DE this season!

I by no means am looking to make it a big deal. I’m just more curious as to what separates edge rusher LB from normal LB. I’m interested in pass rushing % of pass rushing plays versus IRL guys like Watt or Miller or something. Just a thought but I appreciate the reply!