05-31-2024, 10:46 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-03-2024, 09:14 PM by wetwilleh. Edited 1 time in total.)
A bad day. A dark day. All things eventually regress to the mean I suppose.
As a side note before we get into the Week 6 results, the Woof Line has a brief announcement to make. To better provide sportsbook analysis to our valued readers, we will be dropping coverage of DSFL sportsbooks going forward. Due to the volatile nature of our esteemed development league, we think our readers would be better served by us focusing on the infinitely more analyzable ISFL. We still wholly recommend participating in all DSFL sportsbooks. Thank you for your understanding.
Tuna TurnDaBallOva - QB -
Tuna played quite well in Colorado, but the team really just didn’t require him to throw too much. 21/33 for 232 yards and 3 TDs is nothing to shake a stick at, but the pure yardage we needed wasn’t there. Doesn’t help that Berlin was in the driver’s seat from the get-go so they were comfortable spreading the ball around and letting their run game kill the clock.
Kyle Crane - RB -
The only reason Crane hit his line was his 52 yard TD run towards the end of the first quarter. If HON contains that one rush, he has a respectable 80 yard day and we take it to the bank. Alas. This was a tough one to watch for fans of Honolulu, as NOLA felt unstoppable and the Hahalua couldn’t get anything going.
Jordan Bamford - WR -
Bamford disappoints again, classic. Shane Turnbull was Winters’s favorite target on the night with an astounding 19 targets, which he was able to convert into 10/72/2. Aguilera and Bamford both managed 6 receptions, but Aguilera was much more efficient with his, resulting in 127 yards to Bamford’s 51.
DJ Maclean - LB -
Maclean was looking pretty slow out there against the Copperheads, getting a season-low 6 tackles. It doesn’t help that Austin wasn’t particularly interested in running the ball, either. Duilio’s Beard grabbed most of the tackles across the middle while DE Alex Armstrong got them at the line.
Cheecago Boucher - LB -
Our first and only hit on the season was Wraiths LB Cheecago Boucher who, as predicted, was able to feast. Boucher ended the night with a team-high 14 tackles and 2 sacks. Unfortunately his standout performance couldn’t stop Chicago when they flipped the switch in the 4th and scored 28 unanswered points, but we take wins where we can get them.
Orange County Otters -
An uncharacteristically strong showing for Baltimore’s defense holds the Otters to only 14 points and they weren’t ever close to getting any more. OCO wasn’t able to run an offensive play past midfield until the start of the fourth quarter, and that drive took so long that they left themselves with barely any time to make another attempt. Downright suffocating defense from Baltimore hands Orange County, and the Woof Line, an L.
Cape Town Crash / Sarasota Sailfish - /
It felt like a toss-up going in and sometimes the toss-ups do not go your way. We had hoped that the home field advantage would help Sarasota but the Crash apparently couldn’t have cared less. Nakiri Ayame and Hercules Henry dominated the day on the ground with 185 combined rushing yards compared to the Sailfish's meagre 38. We did have a shot at this one as the game was tied going into the fourth quarter, but the Crash came alive and scored 17 unanswered to win in dominant fashion.
It’s important in sports and gambling to have the memory of a goldfish and in that spirit, let’s delusionally confidently stride into Week 7.
María Teresa de la Rosa - WR -
De la Rosa is in an interesting position because she is on the best offense in the league, but that comes with the caveat that so much of that offense is run through their astounding RB duo of Anakin Skywalker and Reginald Shrubbery. Shrubbery is even their current leading receiver. With such a potent ground game and a matchup against a less-than-stellar Sarasota team, we would expect Baltimore to jump out early and let Skywalker and Shrubbery do their thing. It doesn’t help that she’s only hit this line twice this season, and one of those was with only 70 yards. We’re somewhat comfortable with the Under here.
Money Tolliver - RB -
This line is much too high for us to have any confidence in taking the over, even if Berlin has been underwhelming against the run so far this season. Tolliver is averaging only 80 yards per game so far and we’d argue that is heavily inflated by his huge showing in Week 3 in Colorado, where he put up a wild 183 yards on 23 carries. In no other game has he even come particularly close to 100 yards, so we trust the numbers. Under.
Crasher Wake - LB -
In a pretty wild coincidence, Wake has yet to get a single sack in any game so far. He either finishes with zero or two. Feels a bit silly to buy into it, but we actually think he will keep the streak going against Chicago. Chicago is one of the worst OL in the league when it comes to giving up sacks, and QB Painted Penguin is getting brought down on average three times per game. Seems perfectly reasonable that a stud LB like Wake would be able to snag a pair here, so what the hell, Over.
Perry Passiveman - LB -
NOLA has given up plenty of tackles to opposing linebackers, likely due to their potent offense turning to the run game late in their matchups, and Passiveman has shown to be an effective tackler across the middle. The Silverbacks will likely fall into the same hole that most of NOLA’s opponents do and Passiveman will be there to mop up their attempts to burn clock. This one is fairly gameplan dependant, but we’ll take the Over.
Dru Freduci - WR -
The Crash take on the Yeti at home, and we can’t see any reason why Freduci shouldn’t be able to notch five catches. Yeti are easily the worst defense in the league and likely to sell out to stop Cape Town’s prolific running game, so even the bare minimum of dink-and-dunks across the middle should go Freduci’s way pretty effectively. Freduci’s averaging 4 catches per game so the line isn’t quite disrespectful, but it's pretty hard to turn down such a juicy one. Over.
Lloyd Bannings - QB -
This matchup has the makings of a divisional shootout, or at bare minimum a game in which Orange County is going to need Bannings to really sling the ball. So far Bannings has been successful against teams with poor secondaries (shocker, we know) and surprisingly Arizona’s is rated the worst in the league. We can’t help but feel resigned to the fact that the Outlaws will come away with the win, but we’re thinking they’ll have to do it in spite of a strong game from Bannings. Over.
Blacksmith Andre - CB -
Andre has been having a great season so far when it comes to PDs, several games seeing him finish with four or five. This week looks to be another such game as San Jose hosts the Hahalua. The Honolulu passing game has been a bit suspect this year, the team relying instead on their top-3 run game to get things done. Last week saw NOLA CB Ezra Azazel notch 5 PDs against HON WR and league darling Brad Woof, who appears to be having a slow start to S48. This matchup is pretty likely to go the same way as that one, so we’re looking for Andre to post solid numbers. Three should be doable against HON, so we’re going for the Over.
That’s your scoop for today, but you'd be crazy to take advice from a dog, right?
As a side note before we get into the Week 6 results, the Woof Line has a brief announcement to make. To better provide sportsbook analysis to our valued readers, we will be dropping coverage of DSFL sportsbooks going forward. Due to the volatile nature of our esteemed development league, we think our readers would be better served by us focusing on the infinitely more analyzable ISFL. We still wholly recommend participating in all DSFL sportsbooks. Thank you for your understanding.
Tuna TurnDaBallOva - QB -
Tuna played quite well in Colorado, but the team really just didn’t require him to throw too much. 21/33 for 232 yards and 3 TDs is nothing to shake a stick at, but the pure yardage we needed wasn’t there. Doesn’t help that Berlin was in the driver’s seat from the get-go so they were comfortable spreading the ball around and letting their run game kill the clock.
Kyle Crane - RB -
The only reason Crane hit his line was his 52 yard TD run towards the end of the first quarter. If HON contains that one rush, he has a respectable 80 yard day and we take it to the bank. Alas. This was a tough one to watch for fans of Honolulu, as NOLA felt unstoppable and the Hahalua couldn’t get anything going.
Jordan Bamford - WR -
Bamford disappoints again, classic. Shane Turnbull was Winters’s favorite target on the night with an astounding 19 targets, which he was able to convert into 10/72/2. Aguilera and Bamford both managed 6 receptions, but Aguilera was much more efficient with his, resulting in 127 yards to Bamford’s 51.
DJ Maclean - LB -
Maclean was looking pretty slow out there against the Copperheads, getting a season-low 6 tackles. It doesn’t help that Austin wasn’t particularly interested in running the ball, either. Duilio’s Beard grabbed most of the tackles across the middle while DE Alex Armstrong got them at the line.
Cheecago Boucher - LB -
Our first and only hit on the season was Wraiths LB Cheecago Boucher who, as predicted, was able to feast. Boucher ended the night with a team-high 14 tackles and 2 sacks. Unfortunately his standout performance couldn’t stop Chicago when they flipped the switch in the 4th and scored 28 unanswered points, but we take wins where we can get them.
Orange County Otters -
An uncharacteristically strong showing for Baltimore’s defense holds the Otters to only 14 points and they weren’t ever close to getting any more. OCO wasn’t able to run an offensive play past midfield until the start of the fourth quarter, and that drive took so long that they left themselves with barely any time to make another attempt. Downright suffocating defense from Baltimore hands Orange County, and the Woof Line, an L.
Cape Town Crash / Sarasota Sailfish - /
It felt like a toss-up going in and sometimes the toss-ups do not go your way. We had hoped that the home field advantage would help Sarasota but the Crash apparently couldn’t have cared less. Nakiri Ayame and Hercules Henry dominated the day on the ground with 185 combined rushing yards compared to the Sailfish's meagre 38. We did have a shot at this one as the game was tied going into the fourth quarter, but the Crash came alive and scored 17 unanswered to win in dominant fashion.
It’s important in sports and gambling to have the memory of a goldfish and in that spirit, let’s delusionally confidently stride into Week 7.
María Teresa de la Rosa - WR -
De la Rosa is in an interesting position because she is on the best offense in the league, but that comes with the caveat that so much of that offense is run through their astounding RB duo of Anakin Skywalker and Reginald Shrubbery. Shrubbery is even their current leading receiver. With such a potent ground game and a matchup against a less-than-stellar Sarasota team, we would expect Baltimore to jump out early and let Skywalker and Shrubbery do their thing. It doesn’t help that she’s only hit this line twice this season, and one of those was with only 70 yards. We’re somewhat comfortable with the Under here.
Money Tolliver - RB -
This line is much too high for us to have any confidence in taking the over, even if Berlin has been underwhelming against the run so far this season. Tolliver is averaging only 80 yards per game so far and we’d argue that is heavily inflated by his huge showing in Week 3 in Colorado, where he put up a wild 183 yards on 23 carries. In no other game has he even come particularly close to 100 yards, so we trust the numbers. Under.
Crasher Wake - LB -
In a pretty wild coincidence, Wake has yet to get a single sack in any game so far. He either finishes with zero or two. Feels a bit silly to buy into it, but we actually think he will keep the streak going against Chicago. Chicago is one of the worst OL in the league when it comes to giving up sacks, and QB Painted Penguin is getting brought down on average three times per game. Seems perfectly reasonable that a stud LB like Wake would be able to snag a pair here, so what the hell, Over.
Perry Passiveman - LB -
NOLA has given up plenty of tackles to opposing linebackers, likely due to their potent offense turning to the run game late in their matchups, and Passiveman has shown to be an effective tackler across the middle. The Silverbacks will likely fall into the same hole that most of NOLA’s opponents do and Passiveman will be there to mop up their attempts to burn clock. This one is fairly gameplan dependant, but we’ll take the Over.
Dru Freduci - WR -
The Crash take on the Yeti at home, and we can’t see any reason why Freduci shouldn’t be able to notch five catches. Yeti are easily the worst defense in the league and likely to sell out to stop Cape Town’s prolific running game, so even the bare minimum of dink-and-dunks across the middle should go Freduci’s way pretty effectively. Freduci’s averaging 4 catches per game so the line isn’t quite disrespectful, but it's pretty hard to turn down such a juicy one. Over.
Lloyd Bannings - QB -
This matchup has the makings of a divisional shootout, or at bare minimum a game in which Orange County is going to need Bannings to really sling the ball. So far Bannings has been successful against teams with poor secondaries (shocker, we know) and surprisingly Arizona’s is rated the worst in the league. We can’t help but feel resigned to the fact that the Outlaws will come away with the win, but we’re thinking they’ll have to do it in spite of a strong game from Bannings. Over.
Blacksmith Andre - CB -
Andre has been having a great season so far when it comes to PDs, several games seeing him finish with four or five. This week looks to be another such game as San Jose hosts the Hahalua. The Honolulu passing game has been a bit suspect this year, the team relying instead on their top-3 run game to get things done. Last week saw NOLA CB Ezra Azazel notch 5 PDs against HON WR and league darling Brad Woof, who appears to be having a slow start to S48. This matchup is pretty likely to go the same way as that one, so we’re looking for Andre to post solid numbers. Three should be doable against HON, so we’re going for the Over.
That’s your scoop for today, but you'd be crazy to take advice from a dog, right?