10-28-2021, 04:27 PM
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Christs Through 3 Seasons
This past season was the 3rd season in the ISFL career for Honolulu quarterback Joliet Christ Jr. and boy did it end in a special way culminating in an Ultimus title for the young, upstart team frorm Hawaii. Many will remember that this is not the first Ultimus trophy to ever be won by a member of the Christ household as Joliet's father, Joliet Christ Sr. or just known as Joliet L. Christ or JLC in his playing days also had won an Ultimus. Both players are on extremely similar paths so far in the ISFL even being separated by a number of seasons and yes, I realize that it is weird to have Christ Jr. in the ISFL just like 10 seasons after his son but we will just say the senior Christ started his career later on in his life and the junior Christ started later on. What I want to look at today in this brief media article is how close of a comparison we can have to both Joliet Christ and his son Joliet Christ Jr. in terms of career trajectory and what to expect moving forward potentially. Obviously the two sim worlds are much different and the eras are completely different but we can see how the numbers compare and what has been done by each and what not!
Year 1
Joliet L. Christ Sr.
Drafted in Season 10, Joliet L. Christ was a Sabercat for life and did not start his career until Season 11 in the then NSFL with San Jose. It was a rough introduction into the ISFL for young Christ as his first season was easily the worst of his professional career that would soon take off to greater heights. On the season, Christ Sr. threw just 10 touchdowns to his league leading 19 interceptions, tied with fellow rookie Adriana Falconi but she threw 17 touchdowns in comparison. Christ finished with a completion percentage of 57.1%, threw for 2851 yards and finished with a passer rating of just 65 to go along with those 10 touchdowns and 19 picks thrown. The team was super young as well and would soon grow around Christ but like the young QB, the team had tremendous growing pains they just needed to get over. On the season, the Sabercats finished with the worst overall record in the NSFL at a putrid 1-13 record, a full 3 games worse than next worst team Yellowknife over in the NSFC and a full 5 games worse than ASFC rival Arizona. The team would not quit however and put in work still even as they struggled but it was a season to forget for Christ and the gang as they just looked like a bunch of rookies out there.
Joliet Christ Jr.
Junior's introduction to the ISFL was a bit different than his fathers as there were more teams around and generally, it was a lot harder for a young QB to break into the league right away, especially getting as little reps in the DSFL like Christ Sr. did. The young Christ Jr. was drafted by Honolulu in Season 27 and instead of making a debut the next season in Season 28, it was not until Season 29 that we saw the first season of Christ Jr. suit up in the now ISFL for a team that did not even exist back during his father's playing days. Joliet Christ Jr. was more of a prized prospect compared to his father despite him being drafted much later on, but that is just the nature of the QB position these days and teams can wait to grab their guy. Christ Jr. was a winner from a bigger school in Iowa St. and a DSFL winning quarterback winning a Ultimini title in Dallas which was the first for the Birddogs in their time in the DSFL. Christ Jr. is certainly considered more of the pocket passer and possesses a bigger arm and frame than his father which has led to some lofty expectations. Things were slightly better for the younger Christ in his first season though boy, was he beat up. While we don't have the full numbers for how many sacks his father took in year one, Joliet Christ Jr. took a league leading, whopping 71 sacks in his rookie seasons. The good thing is, he kept getting up at least for the Hahalua. He struggled early on with mobility and getting the ball out of his hands which helped lead to that sack total. Now, the ISFL is a much different game these days and the passing games are on full display nowadays which helped for sure but Christ Jr. severely outplayed his father in their rookie seasons. Christ Jr. finished with 18 touchdown passes to 13 interceptions and finished with a completion percentage of 62%, 4,181 passing yards and a QB rating of 83.9. It was not the best season for a young QB but compared to Joliet Sr. it was night and day! As for the teams go, the Hahalua did not fare much better despite the better play by Christ Jr. THe Hahalua finished 3-13 and were tied for last in the ISFL with Baltimore which, when you are tied with Baltimore, it can't be great! Again, in a similar situation, the team was super young and still growing, especially on offense so the team was fighting, working out, getting better and closer, but it was going to take some time.
Year 2
Joliet L. Christ Sr.
Year 1 and Year 2 were definitely night and day differences for the San Jose Sabercats and Joliet Christ, now in his sophomore season. Not only were there major improvements in the game of Christ but the Sabercats were actually looking very good on the field as well. Coming off a rough rookie season, Christ worked hard in the offseason and came out in Season 12 looking like a brand new quarterback and his stats took a major leap forward. In Season 12, year 2, Christ upped his total touchdown count to 24 and lessened his interception total to 13 so up 14 on the TDs and down 6 on the INTs, pretty impressive. What was interesting however is that Christ was still definitely not an accurate quarterback per say, completing an even smaller percentage of his passes at just 55.9% of his passes but again, this era was tougher on passing and the leader in the whole NSFL only had a completion rate of 62.1% which is where Christ Jr. was at in his rookie season of the new age ISFL. Christ also finished with a higher yards total of 3,212 yards which was up from his rookie season and his QB rating shot up to 84.6 which at the time was actually 2nd in the entire NSFL that year behind only hall of famer Childish Gambino. As for the team, the San Jose Sabercats went from a 1-13 team and a first overall pick to a 10-4 playoff team and though Christ’s play was much improved, it was largely due to San Jose’s number one ranked defense! The Sabercats would go to Orange County to play the Otters and lost in the playoffs 35-10 where Christ struggled going 14/30 with only 147 passing yards, 0 touchdowns, and one interception. It was a rough introduction to the playoffs for Christ Sr. Things were looking up for a team that was still young and now had a stellar defense and a growing offense with a motivated young QB.
Joliet Christ Jr.
Now, statistically, the same thing pretty much happened with Christ Jr. as well in that year 2 was where he started to really shine as a potential threat in the ISFL. The young Christ started living up to his family name and legacy with the performance he was able to put together in Season 30. The biggest change in Christ Jr.’s game was certainly the ability to read the defense quicker and deliver the ball to his intended target sooner. He cut his sack totals from 71 to 40 on the season which was a huge key to Honolulu being able to move the ball. Christ Jr. also had a huge bump in almost every one of his passing stats. On the season he threw 29 touchdown passes to just 14 interceptions, threw for 4,679 yards, completed 69.6% of his passes (first in the ISFL), and had a passer rating of 94.2 on the season. He had 11 more TD passes, 1 more interception but almost 100 more pass attempts, and grew in almost every one of his rate stats significantly. However, the rest of Honolulu were still very young and while the team did improve, it was not in the same level as Christ Sr.’s Sabercats squad. Honolulu finished at 6-10 on the season, gaining 3 wins from the previous year but started looking like a team with a lot of potential.
Year 3
Joliet L. Christ Sr.
Year 3 was another improvement from Joliet L. Christ and the Sabercats as a whole which coming off a 10-4 season was quite impressive. This season was likely the start of Christ’s potential as more than just a really good QB and you could see potential hall of fame potential in Joliet. On the season, Christ Sr. threw for 3,341 yards and a completion percentage of 59.5% which was second in the ISFL. He also finished the season with 27 touchdowns to just 12 interceptions and had a passer rating of 93.4 which was tops in the entire ISFL. For his play that season, he actually was named MVP on the season, though tied with a couple other players but I believe rules make it so he would be the first in line for the award if I recall correctly because you couldn’t win MVP and offensive player of the year in the same season. He went from 10 touchdowns and 19 interceptions to MVP in just a couple of seasons. With the Sabercats still sporting the league’s top defense and now having an MVP type QB along with that, the team finished a dominant 12-2 on the season and took the top spot in the ISFL’s regular season. Unfortunately for San Jose, they suffered from a lack of playoff success yet again and hosting 9-5 Orange County, lost to them 21-31. Christ was improved from the previous season throwing for 259 yards and one score to one interception but it was not enough for San Jose. We won’t talk about season 4 here but San Jose getting this playoff experience helped at least because the Season 14 Sabercats would go on to win the Season 14 Ultimus.
Joliet Christ Jr.
Things were way different for Joliet Christ Jr. and the Honolulu Hahalua in Season 31 in the ISFL and it was different in a lot of good ways. Statistically, one could say Christ Jr. regressed slightly as he got sacked 14 extra times and was sacked a total of 54 times compared to 40 last season. He also threw 3 less touchdowns and the same amount of interceptions and about 50 less passing yards. Essentially, it was almost the same season as Season 2 but many expected more after the huge jump from years 1 to 2 but he just stayed about the same. His rates, his percentages, his totals were all extremely close to his Season 30 stats so in a way that was good because his team getting better around him, helped his solid but not great numbers go a lot further. Now, team wise, that is where we saw a huge jump. Honolulu added yet another 3 wins to their total going frorm 3 to 6 to 9 in Christ Jr.’s young career so far and 9 was good enough for a 3rd seed in the ASFC playoffs and they would get a date in Arizona against the Outlaws. Honolulu beat the Outlaws on the road, then beat the one seed Copperheads also on the road, and then went on to beat the Colorado Yeti in the Ultimus game. Not only did Honolulu improve, but they were Ultimus champions and Christ Jr. beat Christ Sr. by one season in a race to the game’s top prize! According to his father’s career, there is still a lot left to come and a ton of potential!
Stats
Joliet L. Christ Sr.
776/1350 (57.48%), 9404 Yards, 61 TD, 44 INT, TD Rate 4.52%, INT Rate 3.26%, TD/INT 1.39, YPA 6.97, QB rating 80.5
Joliet Christ Jr.
1322/1977 (66.9%), 13,484 Yards, 73 TD, 41 INT, TD Rate 3.7%, INT Rate 2.1%, TD/INT 1.78, YPA 6.82, QB Rating 89.9%
This past season was the 3rd season in the ISFL career for Honolulu quarterback Joliet Christ Jr. and boy did it end in a special way culminating in an Ultimus title for the young, upstart team frorm Hawaii. Many will remember that this is not the first Ultimus trophy to ever be won by a member of the Christ household as Joliet's father, Joliet Christ Sr. or just known as Joliet L. Christ or JLC in his playing days also had won an Ultimus. Both players are on extremely similar paths so far in the ISFL even being separated by a number of seasons and yes, I realize that it is weird to have Christ Jr. in the ISFL just like 10 seasons after his son but we will just say the senior Christ started his career later on in his life and the junior Christ started later on. What I want to look at today in this brief media article is how close of a comparison we can have to both Joliet Christ and his son Joliet Christ Jr. in terms of career trajectory and what to expect moving forward potentially. Obviously the two sim worlds are much different and the eras are completely different but we can see how the numbers compare and what has been done by each and what not!
Year 1
Joliet L. Christ Sr.
Drafted in Season 10, Joliet L. Christ was a Sabercat for life and did not start his career until Season 11 in the then NSFL with San Jose. It was a rough introduction into the ISFL for young Christ as his first season was easily the worst of his professional career that would soon take off to greater heights. On the season, Christ Sr. threw just 10 touchdowns to his league leading 19 interceptions, tied with fellow rookie Adriana Falconi but she threw 17 touchdowns in comparison. Christ finished with a completion percentage of 57.1%, threw for 2851 yards and finished with a passer rating of just 65 to go along with those 10 touchdowns and 19 picks thrown. The team was super young as well and would soon grow around Christ but like the young QB, the team had tremendous growing pains they just needed to get over. On the season, the Sabercats finished with the worst overall record in the NSFL at a putrid 1-13 record, a full 3 games worse than next worst team Yellowknife over in the NSFC and a full 5 games worse than ASFC rival Arizona. The team would not quit however and put in work still even as they struggled but it was a season to forget for Christ and the gang as they just looked like a bunch of rookies out there.
Joliet Christ Jr.
Junior's introduction to the ISFL was a bit different than his fathers as there were more teams around and generally, it was a lot harder for a young QB to break into the league right away, especially getting as little reps in the DSFL like Christ Sr. did. The young Christ Jr. was drafted by Honolulu in Season 27 and instead of making a debut the next season in Season 28, it was not until Season 29 that we saw the first season of Christ Jr. suit up in the now ISFL for a team that did not even exist back during his father's playing days. Joliet Christ Jr. was more of a prized prospect compared to his father despite him being drafted much later on, but that is just the nature of the QB position these days and teams can wait to grab their guy. Christ Jr. was a winner from a bigger school in Iowa St. and a DSFL winning quarterback winning a Ultimini title in Dallas which was the first for the Birddogs in their time in the DSFL. Christ Jr. is certainly considered more of the pocket passer and possesses a bigger arm and frame than his father which has led to some lofty expectations. Things were slightly better for the younger Christ in his first season though boy, was he beat up. While we don't have the full numbers for how many sacks his father took in year one, Joliet Christ Jr. took a league leading, whopping 71 sacks in his rookie seasons. The good thing is, he kept getting up at least for the Hahalua. He struggled early on with mobility and getting the ball out of his hands which helped lead to that sack total. Now, the ISFL is a much different game these days and the passing games are on full display nowadays which helped for sure but Christ Jr. severely outplayed his father in their rookie seasons. Christ Jr. finished with 18 touchdown passes to 13 interceptions and finished with a completion percentage of 62%, 4,181 passing yards and a QB rating of 83.9. It was not the best season for a young QB but compared to Joliet Sr. it was night and day! As for the teams go, the Hahalua did not fare much better despite the better play by Christ Jr. THe Hahalua finished 3-13 and were tied for last in the ISFL with Baltimore which, when you are tied with Baltimore, it can't be great! Again, in a similar situation, the team was super young and still growing, especially on offense so the team was fighting, working out, getting better and closer, but it was going to take some time.
Year 2
Joliet L. Christ Sr.
Year 1 and Year 2 were definitely night and day differences for the San Jose Sabercats and Joliet Christ, now in his sophomore season. Not only were there major improvements in the game of Christ but the Sabercats were actually looking very good on the field as well. Coming off a rough rookie season, Christ worked hard in the offseason and came out in Season 12 looking like a brand new quarterback and his stats took a major leap forward. In Season 12, year 2, Christ upped his total touchdown count to 24 and lessened his interception total to 13 so up 14 on the TDs and down 6 on the INTs, pretty impressive. What was interesting however is that Christ was still definitely not an accurate quarterback per say, completing an even smaller percentage of his passes at just 55.9% of his passes but again, this era was tougher on passing and the leader in the whole NSFL only had a completion rate of 62.1% which is where Christ Jr. was at in his rookie season of the new age ISFL. Christ also finished with a higher yards total of 3,212 yards which was up from his rookie season and his QB rating shot up to 84.6 which at the time was actually 2nd in the entire NSFL that year behind only hall of famer Childish Gambino. As for the team, the San Jose Sabercats went from a 1-13 team and a first overall pick to a 10-4 playoff team and though Christ’s play was much improved, it was largely due to San Jose’s number one ranked defense! The Sabercats would go to Orange County to play the Otters and lost in the playoffs 35-10 where Christ struggled going 14/30 with only 147 passing yards, 0 touchdowns, and one interception. It was a rough introduction to the playoffs for Christ Sr. Things were looking up for a team that was still young and now had a stellar defense and a growing offense with a motivated young QB.
Joliet Christ Jr.
Now, statistically, the same thing pretty much happened with Christ Jr. as well in that year 2 was where he started to really shine as a potential threat in the ISFL. The young Christ started living up to his family name and legacy with the performance he was able to put together in Season 30. The biggest change in Christ Jr.’s game was certainly the ability to read the defense quicker and deliver the ball to his intended target sooner. He cut his sack totals from 71 to 40 on the season which was a huge key to Honolulu being able to move the ball. Christ Jr. also had a huge bump in almost every one of his passing stats. On the season he threw 29 touchdown passes to just 14 interceptions, threw for 4,679 yards, completed 69.6% of his passes (first in the ISFL), and had a passer rating of 94.2 on the season. He had 11 more TD passes, 1 more interception but almost 100 more pass attempts, and grew in almost every one of his rate stats significantly. However, the rest of Honolulu were still very young and while the team did improve, it was not in the same level as Christ Sr.’s Sabercats squad. Honolulu finished at 6-10 on the season, gaining 3 wins from the previous year but started looking like a team with a lot of potential.
Year 3
Joliet L. Christ Sr.
Year 3 was another improvement from Joliet L. Christ and the Sabercats as a whole which coming off a 10-4 season was quite impressive. This season was likely the start of Christ’s potential as more than just a really good QB and you could see potential hall of fame potential in Joliet. On the season, Christ Sr. threw for 3,341 yards and a completion percentage of 59.5% which was second in the ISFL. He also finished the season with 27 touchdowns to just 12 interceptions and had a passer rating of 93.4 which was tops in the entire ISFL. For his play that season, he actually was named MVP on the season, though tied with a couple other players but I believe rules make it so he would be the first in line for the award if I recall correctly because you couldn’t win MVP and offensive player of the year in the same season. He went from 10 touchdowns and 19 interceptions to MVP in just a couple of seasons. With the Sabercats still sporting the league’s top defense and now having an MVP type QB along with that, the team finished a dominant 12-2 on the season and took the top spot in the ISFL’s regular season. Unfortunately for San Jose, they suffered from a lack of playoff success yet again and hosting 9-5 Orange County, lost to them 21-31. Christ was improved from the previous season throwing for 259 yards and one score to one interception but it was not enough for San Jose. We won’t talk about season 4 here but San Jose getting this playoff experience helped at least because the Season 14 Sabercats would go on to win the Season 14 Ultimus.
Joliet Christ Jr.
Things were way different for Joliet Christ Jr. and the Honolulu Hahalua in Season 31 in the ISFL and it was different in a lot of good ways. Statistically, one could say Christ Jr. regressed slightly as he got sacked 14 extra times and was sacked a total of 54 times compared to 40 last season. He also threw 3 less touchdowns and the same amount of interceptions and about 50 less passing yards. Essentially, it was almost the same season as Season 2 but many expected more after the huge jump from years 1 to 2 but he just stayed about the same. His rates, his percentages, his totals were all extremely close to his Season 30 stats so in a way that was good because his team getting better around him, helped his solid but not great numbers go a lot further. Now, team wise, that is where we saw a huge jump. Honolulu added yet another 3 wins to their total going frorm 3 to 6 to 9 in Christ Jr.’s young career so far and 9 was good enough for a 3rd seed in the ASFC playoffs and they would get a date in Arizona against the Outlaws. Honolulu beat the Outlaws on the road, then beat the one seed Copperheads also on the road, and then went on to beat the Colorado Yeti in the Ultimus game. Not only did Honolulu improve, but they were Ultimus champions and Christ Jr. beat Christ Sr. by one season in a race to the game’s top prize! According to his father’s career, there is still a lot left to come and a ton of potential!
Stats
Joliet L. Christ Sr.
776/1350 (57.48%), 9404 Yards, 61 TD, 44 INT, TD Rate 4.52%, INT Rate 3.26%, TD/INT 1.39, YPA 6.97, QB rating 80.5
Joliet Christ Jr.
1322/1977 (66.9%), 13,484 Yards, 73 TD, 41 INT, TD Rate 3.7%, INT Rate 2.1%, TD/INT 1.78, YPA 6.82, QB Rating 89.9%
Former players:
QB Joliet Christ Jr. (HON/BER) (1x Ultimus Champ)
WR Deondre Thomas-Fox (SJS) (2x Ultimus Champ)
QB Joliet L. Christ (SJS) (Hall of Fame) (1x Ultimus Champ)