Today you are getting a breakdown of the season 25 Tijuana Luchadores(going to try and do only active players) and which NFL team the position groups match up with the best. Some of them you may not agree with, but as usual that does not matter to me.
Starting with the Quarter Back. Mister Mike Boss Jr.
I kind of feel bad for this comparison, but most of it is accurate for the stats side of it. There is one big difference between the two quarter backs, and that is win percentage.
Best NFL comparison, Baker Mayfield 2019 Cleveland Browns.
Mike Boss Jr, 234 completions on 428 attempts for a 54.7 percent completions with sixteen touchdowns and sixteen interceptions with a QB rating of 69.5.
Baker Mayfield, 317 completions on 534 attempts for a 59.4 completion percentage with twenty two touchdowns and twenty one picks with a QB rating of 78.3.
Now I know, Baker is not great and could not find a way to win enough games with a record of six and ten, while Mike Boss went ten and four in his games. Boss also managed a little lower QB rating than Baker, but completion percentages and touchdown to interceptions ratio is very similar. Overall, I think Boss is a better version of Mayfield going forwards who knows how to win. You could argue he is similar to Jameis Winston as well, but my understanding is there is already a quarter back in the ISFL who has that comparison, so I figured better go with someone else for this. One difference between the two is the offensive line, Boss does have a better line to stand behind and sling those balls. Also both have a solid two headed rushing attack to lean on in games.
Running Backs. Crowbar Theeks and Bronko Mills
I am aware Theeks is basically inactive at this point, but for the sake of the comparison I am going to keep him in this one.
Best NFL back field comparison, San Francisco 49ers, Raheem Mostert and Matt Brieda.
Crowbar Theeks, 238 attempts for 1094 yards for an average of 4.6 a carry. Long of 18 yards but nine touchdowns.
Bronko Mills, 239 carries for 1204 yards for an average of 5.1 per carry. With a long of 88 yards and four touchdowns. (Rookie)
Raheem Mostert, 137 carries for 772 yard with an average of 5.6 per carry. A long of 41 yards and eight touchdowns.
Matt Brieda, 123 carries for 623 yards with an average of 5.1 per carry. A long of 83 yards and one touchdown.
Now, obviously the comparison isn't exact. But both teams use a running back by committee approach. Both teams have backs who are good at multiple things. Each one has a guy with more touchdowns and a lower longest rush, while the other back has a 80plus yard run and less touchdowns. Honestly San Fran has another back not far below Brieda who contributed as well and vultured quite a few touchdowns. Either way, both teams have an elite level running back group that absolutely torched opposing teams game after game.
Wide Recievers. Doug Howlett, Friedrech Vaquain, Mark Walker
I am only doing the trio that was here for most of the season and considering most wide receiver corps are advertised as three.
2019 Las Angeles Rams (I am using this comparison because all three of these guys played last season, even though I think the better comparison is the 2020 Cowboys Receivers)
Robert Woods, Cooper Kupp, Brandin Cooks
Doug Howlett 76 catches for 1002 yards for an average 13.2 yards a catch. With a long of 28 yards and seven touchdowns.
Cooper Kupp 94 catches for 1161 yards for an average of 12.4 yards a catch. With a long of 66 yards and ten touchdowns.
Friedrech Vaquian 55 catches for 681 yards for an average of 12.4 yards a catch. With a long of 28 yards and five touchdowns. (Early in the year He was much closer to Howlett)
Robert Woods 90 catches for 1134 yards for an average of 12.6 yards a catch. With a long of 48 yards and two touchdowns.
Mark Walker 29 catches for 345 yards for an average of 11.9 yards a catch. With a long of 29 yards and three touchdowns. (Rookie)
Brandin Cooks 42 catches for 583 yards for an average of 13.9 yards a catch. With a long of 57 yards and two touchdowns.
It's hard to find an exact comparable based on stats alone. Stat wise, having two comparable top threats they are similar. Howlett ended up with more touchdowns the Vequain even though early in the season they were neck and neck at one point in usage. Howlett pulled away over the course of the final five or six games. Walker being a rookie, he was limited in usage early on, but comparable in his stats to Cooks. I really think these three more closely resemble the current Cowboys three receivers with Howlett being Cooper, Vequain being Gallup and Walker matching up as the rookie Lamb.
Tight End. Tom Teboat
This one is hard as he is the only active tight end on the team. Our starter for most of the season is basically inactive. So our mid season pickup gets the nod here.
Dallas Cowboys 2020, Dalton Schultz (took over because of injury) He has not played much as our tight end has not either.
Tom Teboat Four catches for twenty two yards for an average of 5.5 yards a catch with a long of nine yards.
Dalton Schultz One catch for eleven yards for an average of eleven yards with a long of eleven yards.
Not much to say other than Tom is a rookie and will do well next season.
Offensive Linemen. Icebox Riposte, Adam Mellott
With only two active offensive linemen, the trick is to find a team with two guys who match up well with these two beasts. And maybe the rest of the guys are nothing special.
New Orleans Saints Ryan Ramczyk, Terron Armstead (Both of these guys are listed as top ten tackles)
Icebox Riposte He had 51 pancakes and allowed only three sacks throughout the entire season.
Ryan Ramczyk When Bridgewater took over for Brees in five games he allowed only 22 pressures and zero sacks.
Adam Mellott He had 48 pancakes and one sack allowed as a rookie.
Terron Armstead Gave up one sack on 622 snaps during the 2019 season.
Two solid tackles on the Luchadores and two solid tackles for the Saints. Hard to find the best comparison out there, but I think these guys are comparable, both are top ten in their position, neither group of guys really give up many sacks or pressures.
Defensive Linemen. Tex Wrecks, Vance Slattery, Owen Isaac, Timmy Dimbi
Solid group of linemen who tore it up all season long. Hard to find a true comparison in the NFL, but I think I got one.
San Francisco 49ers. Arik Armstead, Nick Bosa, DeForest Buckner, Dee Ford
Tex Wrecks 48 tackles with seventeen for loss. He also added four sacks in
Arik Armstead 32 tackles with ten sacks and two forced fumbles and two pass deflections
Vance Slattery 35 tackles with four for loss and three sacks with one forced fumble
Nick Bosa 32 tackles with nine sacks and one interception plus one forced fumble
Timmy Dimbi Eleven tackles with one going for a loss and two sacks
Deforest Buckner 35 tackles and 7.5 sacks and two forced fumbles
Owen Isaac 31 tackles with six for a loss and one sack added
Dee Ford Ten tackles with 6.5 sacks and two forced fumbles
Hard to show exactly a match in numbers, but the talent is there for sure. Nobody wanted to line up across from either group of guys. Both groups were very good at getting past opposing offensive lines and getting in the backfield. Whether that was for tackles for loss or sacks, or pressure on the quarter back causing picks, or even creating fumbles. All in all, monster defensive line groups.
Line Backers. Adam Schell, Terry Tate
Only two real active line backers at this point. So I will focus only on them.
Arizona Cardinals Chandler Jones, Jordan Hicks Both amazingly talented line backers constantly getting to the quarter back and creating plays to save the game
Adam Schell 123 tackles with twelve for a loss. Also three forced fumbles and two recoveries, nine sacks and eight pass disruptions (A monster)
Chandler Jones 41 tackles with nineteen sacks, five pass disruptions and eight forced fumbles and two recoveries
Terry Tate 74 tackles with three for a loss, with eight sacks, one forced fumble and one recovery. One interception and seven pass deflections.
Jordan Hicks 92 tackles and 1.5 sacks, three picks and two forced fumbles and one recovery with six pass deflects.
Defensive Backs Maverick Bowie, Rich Triplet, NationalSimulation FootballLeague, Ben Alexander-Arnold, Mason Gillion
Hell of a defensive back group right here. Wanted to separate them out, but let's do it as a unit for fun.
New England Patriots. Stephon Gilmore, Jason McCourty, Jonathan Jones, Devon McCourty, Patrick Chung
I can not highlight how good these groups are. I will just spew some numbers at you and let you put it together how you want. 74, 66, 48, 38 and 37 tackles for one team's defensive backs. 46, 44, 39, 38 and 31 tackles for the other team. One group had six sacks total(more of coverage beasts) the other had a total of zero sacks. One unit had nine combined interceptions, the other group had seventeen picks as a unit. One had thirty two pass disruptions and the other one had 45 total pass disrupts. Both groups are top of their league in overall ability and performance. Damned good group of guys. Glad I never had to play against either group.
Starting with the Quarter Back. Mister Mike Boss Jr.
I kind of feel bad for this comparison, but most of it is accurate for the stats side of it. There is one big difference between the two quarter backs, and that is win percentage.
Best NFL comparison, Baker Mayfield 2019 Cleveland Browns.
Mike Boss Jr, 234 completions on 428 attempts for a 54.7 percent completions with sixteen touchdowns and sixteen interceptions with a QB rating of 69.5.
Baker Mayfield, 317 completions on 534 attempts for a 59.4 completion percentage with twenty two touchdowns and twenty one picks with a QB rating of 78.3.
Now I know, Baker is not great and could not find a way to win enough games with a record of six and ten, while Mike Boss went ten and four in his games. Boss also managed a little lower QB rating than Baker, but completion percentages and touchdown to interceptions ratio is very similar. Overall, I think Boss is a better version of Mayfield going forwards who knows how to win. You could argue he is similar to Jameis Winston as well, but my understanding is there is already a quarter back in the ISFL who has that comparison, so I figured better go with someone else for this. One difference between the two is the offensive line, Boss does have a better line to stand behind and sling those balls. Also both have a solid two headed rushing attack to lean on in games.
Running Backs. Crowbar Theeks and Bronko Mills
I am aware Theeks is basically inactive at this point, but for the sake of the comparison I am going to keep him in this one.
Best NFL back field comparison, San Francisco 49ers, Raheem Mostert and Matt Brieda.
Crowbar Theeks, 238 attempts for 1094 yards for an average of 4.6 a carry. Long of 18 yards but nine touchdowns.
Bronko Mills, 239 carries for 1204 yards for an average of 5.1 per carry. With a long of 88 yards and four touchdowns. (Rookie)
Raheem Mostert, 137 carries for 772 yard with an average of 5.6 per carry. A long of 41 yards and eight touchdowns.
Matt Brieda, 123 carries for 623 yards with an average of 5.1 per carry. A long of 83 yards and one touchdown.
Now, obviously the comparison isn't exact. But both teams use a running back by committee approach. Both teams have backs who are good at multiple things. Each one has a guy with more touchdowns and a lower longest rush, while the other back has a 80plus yard run and less touchdowns. Honestly San Fran has another back not far below Brieda who contributed as well and vultured quite a few touchdowns. Either way, both teams have an elite level running back group that absolutely torched opposing teams game after game.
Wide Recievers. Doug Howlett, Friedrech Vaquain, Mark Walker
I am only doing the trio that was here for most of the season and considering most wide receiver corps are advertised as three.
2019 Las Angeles Rams (I am using this comparison because all three of these guys played last season, even though I think the better comparison is the 2020 Cowboys Receivers)
Robert Woods, Cooper Kupp, Brandin Cooks
Doug Howlett 76 catches for 1002 yards for an average 13.2 yards a catch. With a long of 28 yards and seven touchdowns.
Cooper Kupp 94 catches for 1161 yards for an average of 12.4 yards a catch. With a long of 66 yards and ten touchdowns.
Friedrech Vaquian 55 catches for 681 yards for an average of 12.4 yards a catch. With a long of 28 yards and five touchdowns. (Early in the year He was much closer to Howlett)
Robert Woods 90 catches for 1134 yards for an average of 12.6 yards a catch. With a long of 48 yards and two touchdowns.
Mark Walker 29 catches for 345 yards for an average of 11.9 yards a catch. With a long of 29 yards and three touchdowns. (Rookie)
Brandin Cooks 42 catches for 583 yards for an average of 13.9 yards a catch. With a long of 57 yards and two touchdowns.
It's hard to find an exact comparable based on stats alone. Stat wise, having two comparable top threats they are similar. Howlett ended up with more touchdowns the Vequain even though early in the season they were neck and neck at one point in usage. Howlett pulled away over the course of the final five or six games. Walker being a rookie, he was limited in usage early on, but comparable in his stats to Cooks. I really think these three more closely resemble the current Cowboys three receivers with Howlett being Cooper, Vequain being Gallup and Walker matching up as the rookie Lamb.
Tight End. Tom Teboat
This one is hard as he is the only active tight end on the team. Our starter for most of the season is basically inactive. So our mid season pickup gets the nod here.
Dallas Cowboys 2020, Dalton Schultz (took over because of injury) He has not played much as our tight end has not either.
Tom Teboat Four catches for twenty two yards for an average of 5.5 yards a catch with a long of nine yards.
Dalton Schultz One catch for eleven yards for an average of eleven yards with a long of eleven yards.
Not much to say other than Tom is a rookie and will do well next season.
Offensive Linemen. Icebox Riposte, Adam Mellott
With only two active offensive linemen, the trick is to find a team with two guys who match up well with these two beasts. And maybe the rest of the guys are nothing special.
New Orleans Saints Ryan Ramczyk, Terron Armstead (Both of these guys are listed as top ten tackles)
Icebox Riposte He had 51 pancakes and allowed only three sacks throughout the entire season.
Ryan Ramczyk When Bridgewater took over for Brees in five games he allowed only 22 pressures and zero sacks.
Adam Mellott He had 48 pancakes and one sack allowed as a rookie.
Terron Armstead Gave up one sack on 622 snaps during the 2019 season.
Two solid tackles on the Luchadores and two solid tackles for the Saints. Hard to find the best comparison out there, but I think these guys are comparable, both are top ten in their position, neither group of guys really give up many sacks or pressures.
Defensive Linemen. Tex Wrecks, Vance Slattery, Owen Isaac, Timmy Dimbi
Solid group of linemen who tore it up all season long. Hard to find a true comparison in the NFL, but I think I got one.
San Francisco 49ers. Arik Armstead, Nick Bosa, DeForest Buckner, Dee Ford
Tex Wrecks 48 tackles with seventeen for loss. He also added four sacks in
Arik Armstead 32 tackles with ten sacks and two forced fumbles and two pass deflections
Vance Slattery 35 tackles with four for loss and three sacks with one forced fumble
Nick Bosa 32 tackles with nine sacks and one interception plus one forced fumble
Timmy Dimbi Eleven tackles with one going for a loss and two sacks
Deforest Buckner 35 tackles and 7.5 sacks and two forced fumbles
Owen Isaac 31 tackles with six for a loss and one sack added
Dee Ford Ten tackles with 6.5 sacks and two forced fumbles
Hard to show exactly a match in numbers, but the talent is there for sure. Nobody wanted to line up across from either group of guys. Both groups were very good at getting past opposing offensive lines and getting in the backfield. Whether that was for tackles for loss or sacks, or pressure on the quarter back causing picks, or even creating fumbles. All in all, monster defensive line groups.
Line Backers. Adam Schell, Terry Tate
Only two real active line backers at this point. So I will focus only on them.
Arizona Cardinals Chandler Jones, Jordan Hicks Both amazingly talented line backers constantly getting to the quarter back and creating plays to save the game
Adam Schell 123 tackles with twelve for a loss. Also three forced fumbles and two recoveries, nine sacks and eight pass disruptions (A monster)
Chandler Jones 41 tackles with nineteen sacks, five pass disruptions and eight forced fumbles and two recoveries
Terry Tate 74 tackles with three for a loss, with eight sacks, one forced fumble and one recovery. One interception and seven pass deflections.
Jordan Hicks 92 tackles and 1.5 sacks, three picks and two forced fumbles and one recovery with six pass deflects.
Defensive Backs Maverick Bowie, Rich Triplet, NationalSimulation FootballLeague, Ben Alexander-Arnold, Mason Gillion
Hell of a defensive back group right here. Wanted to separate them out, but let's do it as a unit for fun.
New England Patriots. Stephon Gilmore, Jason McCourty, Jonathan Jones, Devon McCourty, Patrick Chung
I can not highlight how good these groups are. I will just spew some numbers at you and let you put it together how you want. 74, 66, 48, 38 and 37 tackles for one team's defensive backs. 46, 44, 39, 38 and 31 tackles for the other team. One group had six sacks total(more of coverage beasts) the other had a total of zero sacks. One unit had nine combined interceptions, the other group had seventeen picks as a unit. One had thirty two pass disruptions and the other one had 45 total pass disrupts. Both groups are top of their league in overall ability and performance. Damned good group of guys. Glad I never had to play against either group.