The Kansas City Coyotes had a stellar draft this year, headed by TPE-earned leader, DT Phat Boi. The Coyotes had 4 picks in the top 21, following up the Boi selection with WR Eddie Jeeta, CB Chester Sweets, and RB Kevin Fakon. While those 4 are the the most likely candidates to make the most noise in their rookie campaigns, I'd like to shine the light on one of the most underrated picks of the draft, #53 overall pick, WR Michael Witheblock. He's another international player on the Coyotes squad, coming from the University of Hagenberg (Austria). He has already drawn attention in the league for his sweet name, blazing speed, and sticky hands. Where he really stands out, however, is in the locker room. He's been a standout presence for his teammates and is keeping up the energy for the Coyotes. In an odd twist, when creating, Witheblock had originally intended for his name to be "Whiteblock". After much public feedback, primarily from the KCC locker room, and personal deliberation, he officially changed his name to the smooth, smooth "Witheblock". Oh, and the guy has almost at 150 TPE! As the #53 pick! Even our very own Eddie Jeeta, the first offenseive non-QB taken in this year's draft, is only 10 TPE ahead of him (No disrespect Turtle, you know you're my guy). Jeeta and Witheblock, along with fellow rookie WR Tan Johnson, returning TE Tree Gelbman, and recent free agent pick up WR Jamie Watson make up the Coyotes receiving corps, AKA the #YeetSquad. These guys are going to make some plays and challenge even the best of these new-age, highly-talented defensive backfields.
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Chester Sweets, CB/S #2 San Jose Sabercats
"Its a Sweets life, baby. @ChesterSweets
The Austin Copperheads came into this offseason as NSFL Champions. While some may have assumed they'd be coasting through the offseason mantaining the same team to win back back championships, the truth is they had holes to fill. They had two aging veterans on their team that they needed to replace; corner back Xerxes Ridley and linebacker Sandip Bakshi. Lucky for the Copperheads, they had enough forsight to take care of Ridley's replacement last draft when they selected Victor Moreno. With Bakshi, though, they knew they needed to target a young and talented player to slot into his role this season. With the 11th overall pick, the Copperheads selected Holden Summers. He had a successful season as a Grey Duck where he and the Minnesota team went on to win the Ultimini. The Copperheads are hoping he can help duplicate a season like that for them.
The Copperheads also drafted defensive lineman Riles McTackle at 10th overall to build up their defensive line. McTackle is a man of few words but he is committed to the sport. He and Holden Summers actually know each other from a golf league and the Copperhead management hope that their relationship will help the locker room be more active. Looking to the future, the Copperheads also drafted Tree Gelbman, a tight end destined for the DSFL for another season where she plays for the Kansas City Coyotes.
The Copperheads want to win again and they have the team makeup to do it. By using what worked great last season and filling holes left with aging veterans, Austin hopes to be lifting another Ultimus very soon.
03-13-2020, 04:09 PM (This post was last modified: 03-13-2020, 04:10 PM by nunccoepi.)
ok, well the first new face in Colorado would logically be their first draft pick and guess what, that's me. Since the rules didn't say that I couldn't write about myself, that's what I'm going for. Why will I make a difference in the Yeti's search for a championship? Well, Immanuel Blackstone is a defensive End who just finished a defensive lineman of the year winning season with the Tijuana Luchadores. So, for this PT I thought that it would be fun to compare Blackstone's stats from last season with what the defensive lineman of the year did in the NSFL. The current title holder is none other than another Colorado defensive lineman, Bubba Thumper. Thumper put up some good numbers, but in my opinion they pale in comparison to what Blackstone did:
Tackles: Blackstone blows him away with 71 tackles to his 44
TFLs: Thumper only had 1 in comparison to Blackstone's 22.
FF/FR: Thumper had absolutely none. Blackstone had 2 FF and 1 FR.
Sacks: Thumper had 12 and Blackstone was not far behind with 9.
Safeties: Thumper led the league with 2 and Blackstone led the league with 1.
I know that Thumper played DT and not DE, but if you compare Blackstone's numbers to the top Defensive Ends (probably Idlewyld), Blackstone still comes out on top even more convincingly. The point is, Blackstone is a top talent and if he comes away with anything like what he did last season then the Yeti defensive line could be real scary.
Even though I currently play for them, I can unbiasedly say that we had a great haul in the draft. We pulled tons of players with relatively high TPE in the early rounds, and even got a couple of late-round steals and active filler picks. It is true that we are an expansion franchise and don't have any send-downs, but that's not something that I see as a problem at all for us. It'll only be a chip on our shoulder that we'll use as motivation as we chase an Ultimini in our first season. As for our draft picks, I'd say they're incredible. We took Colby Jack with the second overall pick, and given his activity, amount of TPE, and status as a recreate, I think that he's a great pick for where we took him at. Our second pick in the draft was Derred de Ville, and considering all of the work that he's done after the draft on the wiki, and importing some of the teams into Madden, I think he's a steal, even if he was chosen in the first round. Another notable pick of ours was Eldrick Avery, a CB with 150 TPE that we chose with the #59 overall pick!!! To me, it's just insane that he fell that far. Either way though, with these guys, along with the rest of our draft picks, I think that we'll be able to put our team on the map this season. Just you wait and see.
During the latest DSFL Season 21, the Kansas City Coyotes in round seven found themselves a future star in the form of wide receiver Michael Witheblock a prospect from Austria, a nation people don’t normally associate with football.
In the shape of the large Austrian, the Kansas City Coyotes has found themselves a great aerial threat with the receiver being extremely agile and with fantastic hands, he is highly unlikely to drop any balls which come towards him during a game.
Another way in which he finds himself as a major threat to any opposition defence which will face against him is his blistering pace meaning any cornerback will struggle to keep up with him and with his having worked out on his endurance during the offseason and during the preseason he is unlikely to tire and will outlast the majority of teams defences as well.
Another wide receiver which was picked up by the Coyotes is Tan Johnson from Alabama who is yet another agile speedster added into the ranks of the team who’s pace and juking movements will leave defences in his wake, give the Coyote’s quarterback core a great selection of targets to aim their throw of the ball at.
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Unfortunately, our team is incredibly young and I am going to be realistic in saying that we almost definitely will not be winning the Ultimus at the end of this season. However, the past few draft classes that have been put together have put us on track to compete for a title as early as next season, I think when some of these guys make the leap from the developmental league to the top flight in S22. We added future superstar defensive back, Desmond Scarlett, late last season to help Galf Wilf lead this defense into the next generation. Our S21 draft class, even without a first round pick, is looking very strong, in my opinion. Plop Miller is already getting his feet wet this season as a true rookie on defense and he will be joined by fellow S21 draft mates Jaune Arc, Jackmerius Tacktheritrix, and Trevor Mouseman on the defensive side of the ball next season. The offense is already young and being led by stud quarterback Jay Cue and we will be adding another weapon or 2 with Baby Yoda and potentially George O'Donnell. So while the team isn't ready to compete right now, the next season or 2 should be the start of an incredibly competitive chunk of season for the Arizona Outlaws.
The Philadelphia Liberty began their season by calling me up immediately after the draft. That is the reason we will be better this season. Sure, Warren Stephens is a decent safety turned linebacker and it’s likely he won’t be that bad. He probably won’t be great either on account of the fact that he is a rookie on defense, but he certainly won’t be bad. So why am I saying that calling up a rookie linebacker is the reason the Liberty will be better this season? Warren brings the power of rum with him. Whether spiced rum, other rum, clear rum, brown rum, rum in a fancy glass bottle, or rum in a crappy plastic bottle that may or may not be Malibu, Warren loves rum. And who doesn’t love the guy that is always handing out free drinks? Warren will be that guy. He’s going to basically be running a fully stocked minibar offering dozens of unique and carefully crafted rum drinks that will bring the team closer together than ever before. That newly enhanced team unity, combined with the new talent through the draft and callups, will vault the Liberty into the Ultimus, where it will win before launching a historic celebration of CoGM Tubby Tim’s birthday.