Hello everyone. With this article, I would like to sum up my agent’s, Sandro Ryeu, interesting first DSFL-season. Sandro Ryeu is a very explosive and versatile 220TPE defensive end out of Heidelberg University (Ohio). He stands at 6’2” with 279lbs. He did not get a lot of playing time in college and split snaps as defensive end and linebacker. The second continued in the DSFL as well. Many scouts reported that Ryeu has an elite speed which allows him to make tackles outside of the tackle box very frequently.
Ryeu got picked #34 by the London Royals and played his whole season with the Royals. He is a max earner with quite some media money to his bank account.
I am going to break down Ryeu’s performances week-by-week with some added insights my agent gave me.
Week 1:
Dallas Birddogs @ London Royals - 7-34
Stats: 1 Tackle I 1TFL
Ryeu did not have an impressive start to the season. He stopped the rushing Dallas’ QB Monterey Jack behind the line for a loss of 1 yard. Somehow this was not counted as a Sack. Ryeu ended up with 1 TFL.
Week 2:
London Royals @ Tijuana Luchadores - 40-7
Stats: 4 Tackle I 2TFL
After a good start to the season the Royals get swiped by the Luchadores. Steady performance by Ryeu raising his TFL-totals to 3. Defensive Ends usually do not get the most flashy statlines but 2TFLs are a nice number to have behind your name. For his standout performance, Ryeu went home with a Royal Crown (The Gameball) from the Royal lockerroom.
Week 3:
Norfolk Seawolves @ London Royals - 28-17
Stats: 2 Tackles I 1TFL I 1 Sack I 1 Forced Fumble
Ryeu did not finish many games in his week 3 performance but used his speed to make both of his tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Ryeu recorded his first strip-sack for -9 yards in this game.
Week 4:
London Royals @ Myrtle Beach Bucaneers - 14-27
Stats: 2 Tackles I 2TFL
Ryeu stopped Dax Frost cold two times.
Week 5:
London Royals @ Kansas City Coyotes - 16-34
Stats: 3 Tackles I 2TFL
Ryeu continued to make tackles in the opponents’ backfield.
Week 6:
Norfolk Seawolves @ London Royals - 21-27[OT]
Stats: 6 Tackles I 4TFL
In an overtime thriller, Ryeu’s tackle numbers started to rise. The Royals finally got their second win of the season and Ryeu was pretty happy about his performance, as he told some reporters after the game. Ryeu did his part in a very strong performing Week 6 Royals defense. At this point, Ryeu led the league in Tackles for Loss.
Week 7:
Portland Pythons @ London Royals - 27-10
Stats: 4 Tackles
The first match Ryeu did not get a single tackle for loss in the season. Anyway, he finished 4 plays for the Pythons.
Week 8:
London Royals @ Dallas Birddogs - 27-10
Stats: 11 Tackles
Before the Week 8 matchup, Ryeu received a call. “The Duke of Modern”, one of the Royals’ GMs, was on the other end. Both modern_duke and Ryeu were not satisfied with the performance of the team and were willing to try everything they can to reach the teams’ full potential. As a result, Ryeu was asked to split snaps between defensive end and linebacker, just like he did in college.
Week 8 was the first Game Ryeu played both defensive end and linebacker. The stats showed some promised as 11 Tackles is a pretty good performance, even more impressive when you consider he only played half of the game as a linebacker. Ryeu was asked if he would consider continuing to play as a linebacker for the next few games. Ryeu agreed to that.
Week 9:
Tijuana Luchadores @ London Royals - 21-24
Stats: 18 Tackles
This is the week a full Wembley stadium was able to watch the Ryeu-show. Ryeu put up a clinic in his first game as a linebacker. Ryeu was ready right from the start and tackled ball carriers left and right. There was just no chance to get away from him. 18 Tackles were the most tackles both for the S21 DSFL-Season (leaguewide) and in the London Royals franchise history.
Ryeu both won a Royal Crown for his performance and won the DSFL “Defensive Player of the Week”-Award.
If the picture does not load, HERE
Week 10:
London Royals @ Norfolk Seawolves - 20-14
Stats: 9 Tackles I 2 forced Fumbles I 2 Fumbles recovered
Another week, another dominant performance. Ryeu continued to show his talent at the linebacker spot in back-to-back wins for the London Royals. He tied both the DSFL most forced fumbles in a game and DSFL fumbles recovered all-time records.
If the picture ALSO does not load, HERE
Week 11:
Myrtle Beach Bucaneers @ London Royals - 17-22
Stats: 11 Tackles I 1 Sack
Another double-digit tackle performance while also showing his defensive end pass-rush skills. Although the Front seven of the London Royals had a great performance (notably, Derred De Ville tieing Ryeu’s most tackles in a game season record with 18 tackles) the Royals’ were unable to snatch a victory.
Week 12:
Kansas City Coyotes @ London Royals - 20-10
Stats: 5 Tackles
Derred de Ville flat out outperformed Ryeu. Ryeu got some leftovers in this one.
Week 13:
Minnesota Grey Ducks @ London Royals - 10-27
Stats: 8 Tackles I 1 Sack
With the season basically already being over the Royals only played for the fans. Ryeu flashed his pass-rushing skills in this one as well, recording another sack.
Week 14:
London Royals @ Portland Pythons - 7-24
Stats: 8 Tackles I 2 Sacks
Very similar performance to the game before that. With a season already over, Ryeu showed the scouts his pass rush moves and recorded 3 sacks in the last two games while also being a solid tackler.
So let’s look at how he did during the course of the whole season:
14 Games; 92 Tackles; 12 Tackles for Loss; 3/2 FF/FR; 5 Sacks; 2 Pass Deflections
Obviously, Ryeu played as a defensive end-linebacker-hybrid. That is why his tackle numbers are extremely high for a defensive end and his TFL numbers are very high for a linebacker.
Since Ryeu switched positions at the midway point of the season, let us look at how his season would have been on both positions if he played these positions for the whole season.
As a defensive end, Ryeu’s statline looked as follows:
7 Games; 28 Tackles; 12 Tackles for Loss; 1FF/0FR; 1 Sack
if you would multiply this by two (to add the second half of the season) while taking the averages, his season would have looked like this:
14 Games; 56 Tackles; 24 Tackles for Loss; 2FF/0FR; 2 Sacks
A case for his tackling skills:
If Ryeu would have played a whole season as a defensive end, he would have had the second highest amount of tackles in a season (right behind Noble Jr. with 57 Tackles)
A case for his tackling behind the line:
He would have had 24 Tackles for Loss (as I already mentioned, Ryeu led the league with 12TFLs before switching to the Linebacker-spot) which also would have been tied for the second spot (right after Otle with 25 Tackles for Loss).
And he would also: have been tied for the most FF, but I do not really want to count that since you can not really expect to continue your average
As a Linebacker, Ryeu’s statline looked as follows:
7 Games; 65 Tackles; 2FF/2FR; 4 Sacks; 2 Pass Deflections
if you would also multiply this by two (to add the second half of the season) while taking the averages, his season would have looked like this:
14 Games; 130 Tackles; 4FF/4FR; 8 Sacks; 4 Pass Deflections
A case for his Tackling:
With 130 Tackles Ryeu would have been the 6th best tackler in the league.
A case for his Hit Power:
He would have forced the second most fumbles in the league (If he would have kept up his pace of course)
A case for his Pass Rush:
He would have not only been the third-best among linebackers (after teammate Derred De Ville and Bayley Jr.) he would also have been the fifth-best pass rusher in the league.
I really believe Sandro Ryeu was able to leave some impact on both positions as a very efficient run stopper on the defensive end position and also a hybrid-linebacker with good tackling skills and an elite pass-rush ability.
Let us all see what the future holds for Ryeu. He admitted that he would be willing to change his position depending on team needs. Let us see if there will be a clever defensive genius that will be able to use both of Ryeu’s advantages for its max potential.
Ryeu got picked #34 by the London Royals and played his whole season with the Royals. He is a max earner with quite some media money to his bank account.
I am going to break down Ryeu’s performances week-by-week with some added insights my agent gave me.
Week 1:
Dallas Birddogs @ London Royals - 7-34
Stats: 1 Tackle I 1TFL
Ryeu did not have an impressive start to the season. He stopped the rushing Dallas’ QB Monterey Jack behind the line for a loss of 1 yard. Somehow this was not counted as a Sack. Ryeu ended up with 1 TFL.
Week 2:
London Royals @ Tijuana Luchadores - 40-7
Stats: 4 Tackle I 2TFL
After a good start to the season the Royals get swiped by the Luchadores. Steady performance by Ryeu raising his TFL-totals to 3. Defensive Ends usually do not get the most flashy statlines but 2TFLs are a nice number to have behind your name. For his standout performance, Ryeu went home with a Royal Crown (The Gameball) from the Royal lockerroom.
Week 3:
Norfolk Seawolves @ London Royals - 28-17
Stats: 2 Tackles I 1TFL I 1 Sack I 1 Forced Fumble
Ryeu did not finish many games in his week 3 performance but used his speed to make both of his tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Ryeu recorded his first strip-sack for -9 yards in this game.
Week 4:
London Royals @ Myrtle Beach Bucaneers - 14-27
Stats: 2 Tackles I 2TFL
Ryeu stopped Dax Frost cold two times.
Week 5:
London Royals @ Kansas City Coyotes - 16-34
Stats: 3 Tackles I 2TFL
Ryeu continued to make tackles in the opponents’ backfield.
Week 6:
Norfolk Seawolves @ London Royals - 21-27[OT]
Stats: 6 Tackles I 4TFL
In an overtime thriller, Ryeu’s tackle numbers started to rise. The Royals finally got their second win of the season and Ryeu was pretty happy about his performance, as he told some reporters after the game. Ryeu did his part in a very strong performing Week 6 Royals defense. At this point, Ryeu led the league in Tackles for Loss.
Week 7:
Portland Pythons @ London Royals - 27-10
Stats: 4 Tackles
The first match Ryeu did not get a single tackle for loss in the season. Anyway, he finished 4 plays for the Pythons.
Week 8:
London Royals @ Dallas Birddogs - 27-10
Stats: 11 Tackles
Before the Week 8 matchup, Ryeu received a call. “The Duke of Modern”, one of the Royals’ GMs, was on the other end. Both modern_duke and Ryeu were not satisfied with the performance of the team and were willing to try everything they can to reach the teams’ full potential. As a result, Ryeu was asked to split snaps between defensive end and linebacker, just like he did in college.
Week 8 was the first Game Ryeu played both defensive end and linebacker. The stats showed some promised as 11 Tackles is a pretty good performance, even more impressive when you consider he only played half of the game as a linebacker. Ryeu was asked if he would consider continuing to play as a linebacker for the next few games. Ryeu agreed to that.
Week 9:
Tijuana Luchadores @ London Royals - 21-24
Stats: 18 Tackles
This is the week a full Wembley stadium was able to watch the Ryeu-show. Ryeu put up a clinic in his first game as a linebacker. Ryeu was ready right from the start and tackled ball carriers left and right. There was just no chance to get away from him. 18 Tackles were the most tackles both for the S21 DSFL-Season (leaguewide) and in the London Royals franchise history.
Ryeu both won a Royal Crown for his performance and won the DSFL “Defensive Player of the Week”-Award.
If the picture does not load, HERE
Week 10:
London Royals @ Norfolk Seawolves - 20-14
Stats: 9 Tackles I 2 forced Fumbles I 2 Fumbles recovered
Another week, another dominant performance. Ryeu continued to show his talent at the linebacker spot in back-to-back wins for the London Royals. He tied both the DSFL most forced fumbles in a game and DSFL fumbles recovered all-time records.
If the picture ALSO does not load, HERE
Week 11:
Myrtle Beach Bucaneers @ London Royals - 17-22
Stats: 11 Tackles I 1 Sack
Another double-digit tackle performance while also showing his defensive end pass-rush skills. Although the Front seven of the London Royals had a great performance (notably, Derred De Ville tieing Ryeu’s most tackles in a game season record with 18 tackles) the Royals’ were unable to snatch a victory.
Week 12:
Kansas City Coyotes @ London Royals - 20-10
Stats: 5 Tackles
Derred de Ville flat out outperformed Ryeu. Ryeu got some leftovers in this one.
Week 13:
Minnesota Grey Ducks @ London Royals - 10-27
Stats: 8 Tackles I 1 Sack
With the season basically already being over the Royals only played for the fans. Ryeu flashed his pass-rushing skills in this one as well, recording another sack.
Week 14:
London Royals @ Portland Pythons - 7-24
Stats: 8 Tackles I 2 Sacks
Very similar performance to the game before that. With a season already over, Ryeu showed the scouts his pass rush moves and recorded 3 sacks in the last two games while also being a solid tackler.
So let’s look at how he did during the course of the whole season:
14 Games; 92 Tackles; 12 Tackles for Loss; 3/2 FF/FR; 5 Sacks; 2 Pass Deflections
Obviously, Ryeu played as a defensive end-linebacker-hybrid. That is why his tackle numbers are extremely high for a defensive end and his TFL numbers are very high for a linebacker.
Since Ryeu switched positions at the midway point of the season, let us look at how his season would have been on both positions if he played these positions for the whole season.
As a defensive end, Ryeu’s statline looked as follows:
7 Games; 28 Tackles; 12 Tackles for Loss; 1FF/0FR; 1 Sack
if you would multiply this by two (to add the second half of the season) while taking the averages, his season would have looked like this:
14 Games; 56 Tackles; 24 Tackles for Loss; 2FF/0FR; 2 Sacks
A case for his tackling skills:
If Ryeu would have played a whole season as a defensive end, he would have had the second highest amount of tackles in a season (right behind Noble Jr. with 57 Tackles)
A case for his tackling behind the line:
He would have had 24 Tackles for Loss (as I already mentioned, Ryeu led the league with 12TFLs before switching to the Linebacker-spot) which also would have been tied for the second spot (right after Otle with 25 Tackles for Loss).
And he would also: have been tied for the most FF, but I do not really want to count that since you can not really expect to continue your average
As a Linebacker, Ryeu’s statline looked as follows:
7 Games; 65 Tackles; 2FF/2FR; 4 Sacks; 2 Pass Deflections
if you would also multiply this by two (to add the second half of the season) while taking the averages, his season would have looked like this:
14 Games; 130 Tackles; 4FF/4FR; 8 Sacks; 4 Pass Deflections
A case for his Tackling:
With 130 Tackles Ryeu would have been the 6th best tackler in the league.
A case for his Hit Power:
He would have forced the second most fumbles in the league (If he would have kept up his pace of course)
A case for his Pass Rush:
He would have not only been the third-best among linebackers (after teammate Derred De Ville and Bayley Jr.) he would also have been the fifth-best pass rusher in the league.
I really believe Sandro Ryeu was able to leave some impact on both positions as a very efficient run stopper on the defensive end position and also a hybrid-linebacker with good tackling skills and an elite pass-rush ability.
Let us all see what the future holds for Ryeu. He admitted that he would be willing to change his position depending on team needs. Let us see if there will be a clever defensive genius that will be able to use both of Ryeu’s advantages for its max potential.
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1532, I guess this is eligible for the 1.5 bonus