07-29-2020, 12:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-29-2020, 12:33 AM by FlashSpider-man.)
Hello everyone. Today, I am here to talk about some of the prospects. You see, I was curious as to where each position chose to prioritize. Now I have most of them all listed in a google spreadsheet(link in a short bit) that can be very useful(I imagine it allows for fast big boards. It even has a row on the left for ranking). Before I begin, I am also going to be making random observations about random players. If anything comes off as offensive, please forgive me. If I critique your build, it isn't cause it is bad. I wouldn't know if it was bad or good tbh. I'm just making conversation and putting in my opinion. If I offend anyone, I apologize. Please talk to me so I don't do it again. Also, I don't know that much about football so sometimes I will say dumb things or ask questions. Anyone willing to help clarify things would be appreciated. Finally, I have made this document over several days as I have been pretty busy. There is a good chance I missed some players and messed up on their stats. If so, just let me know and if I have the time I will fix it. Overall, just take it lightly. This is meant for a bit of fun. Like a good beer, please enjoy responsibly. Now, with this lengthy preamble done, let us get into it.
The spreadsheet
Edit: Just saw Ztarwarz ratings as I was halfway though this. They will be way, way better than mine. I'm gonna finish anyways and post this as I put effort into it though it isn't nearly as good. Sorry. Spreadsheet is all that really matters though. Also, keep in mind I've only read the CB part of it currently so I don't know most of these opinions.
QB
First, let us look at QB. There were 5 QBs here. 4 of them upgraded intelligence and accuracy. These were the stats the most people upgraded. But Owen Holloway brought out the weird build. His upgrades? 22 speed. That was it. The only other QB to upgrade speed was Trent Blackburn who only uped it by 2. But these 24 made it the second upgraded stat among QBs, only behind the 29 in accuracy. Keep in mind there were 3 Pocket Passers, 1 Mobile QB, and 1 Game Manager. The mobile qb didn't upgrade his speed. At least one qb upgraded agility, arm, intelligence, accuracy, speed, and endurance. Of these the least upgraded was a tie between endurance and agility with a grand total of 5 upgrade points each. All of these were done by Pocket Passer Bill Brasky.
RB
4 running backs. Every one of them were speed backs. Speed was the only one they all upgraded. Despite this, it was only upgraded 2 points more than agility, which only had two people upgrading. Shoutouts to King Tut for being the fastest guy in the class. Really impressive for a dead guy. Meanwhile, Jameson Vermillion represents the closest thing to a utility back in such a speed heavy group. Best hands and pass block ability makes a player who can add a lot to a pass heavy offense. Of all upgraded statistics here, it was intelligence that was upgraded the least.
WR
6 route runners, 4 possesion receivers, 2 speed receivers, and 1 red zone threat. Upgrade points wise, speed ran away(pun intended. sorry). Only Noah Akerele and Dakota Grossman didn't upgrade speed. Grossman is easily the slowest wr in the class with 60 speed. He is the strongest wr though. He is also the only one who upgraded run blocking. I wonder, in a draft with this much speed, will him being different increase his stock. Alexander Johnson was the fastest person in the class. TJ Evans upgraded speed the most, with 16 upgrades. Actually, besides Grossman, every single wr has 70-80 speed. Why not be a speed receiver if you are going to put that much into speed? Is it for the long term? Do you plan on changing your playstyle halfway though your career?
OL
A good mix of all archetypes but, unsurprisingly, it was run blockers with the least players at 2. At 5, athletic linemen are the most plentiful. Yet run blocking, with 106 upgrades, was upgraded about 30 times more than pass blocking? These were easily the stats with the most upgrades too. 8 people had even run blocking and pass blocking. 3 had higher run blocking than pass blocking. Only 4 had more pass blocking than run blocking. There are a lot of well rounded OL in this draft. Smitty McGhee upgraded tackling by 5. What, does he expect to be on a team that fumbles a lot? Conner Quigley upgraded hands. Maybe if there are trick plays in this game, he could do some and maybe catch something? Idk. Fast shout out to Ananda Adyan. While making this, I caught a mistake made in ratings and the person was nice about it. Hopefully I didn't bother them too much.
DE
9 power rushers, 5 balanced, 1 speed rusher. You know what is disappointing to me? While the most agile, the speed rusher was not the fastest DE. Actually, the speed rusher was tied as the lowest speed in the entire class. Why? I don't understand it. Jake Sackson was the fastest player. why be balanced and not a speed rusher though? Speed was the most upgraded stat here, in a class filled with power rushers. Power rushers, you are all balanced. Change my mind. Saximus Daddy was the only one to upgrade hands. Don't know if that will do much for him. Maybe he can jump and make a pick(J.J. Watt did that in a playoff game once, right? Or am I remembering wrongly?). Hank Sakner is the strongest player here. Thank you for being a power rusher Hank. My sanity appreciates you.
DT
6 interior rushers, 2 run stuffers, 1 nose tackler. Guess what the most upgraded stat was for DT, a position that differs from DE in how Speed is less important than power, strength, and size. That is right, speed. Why? Can someone explain please. I don't know much about football. Hunter Mantis is fastest player here with 63 speed. That is fast enough to be a DE at any archetype but speed rusher. Actually, just over half the DT class is fast enough to do this. BVDH(a name I don't feel like typing, here are initials) is the fastest one here. Honky-Tonk Haywood had a speed matching his strength. Shoutouts to Angelo Cerilli and Sheed Thebaw for the hands upgrades. 20 and 10 respectively. Do hands actually do anything for a DT? Also, if you want a freak of nature who can probably play anywhere on the line, J.J.J. Shabadoo is your guy. Only DT with 70+ strength and 60+ speed.
Is there ever gonna be a change to have Edge and Interior instead of DE and DT. That is more accurate to the modern NFL, correct?
LB
Pretty good mix here outside of run stopper only having 1 player and pass coverage only having 2. Sorry 4-3 teams. Speed is once again the most upgraded stat. I mean, Glib McGlib is faster than me. A linebacker. That doesn't bring me joy. I imagine stats wise he is like an Isaiah Simmons, he can play LB or DB but doesn't fit perfectly in either. It will be interesting to see what is done with him. Shout out to Jeff Haraldson who upgraded run blocking by 3. Probably the weirdest one on all of these. Don't know why it was done. I'd be good with being on his team, though. Might help interception returns. Also, shout outs to Rusty Rucker for the awesome name. Probably my second or third favorite name here. Big fan of Frosty. Is Rusty related?
CB
Ah. Here we go. I am a CB. Just over half the class is man to man, which doesn't make me happy as I was one of them. Despite everything I have been saying, I was tied as the strongest CB. This goes against what I've been saying this entire time. Blame discord, not me. Then again, they know better anyway so I have no doubt it will turn out well(at least I hope). Curtis Blackshear is the fastest player here. Curtis, I am coming for you. I am the second fastest. I intend to outrun him in the long run but we will see. So I just saw ztarwarz' rankings. Get this, apparently 5 endurance and 1 speed is enough to seperate the #1 ranked corner and the #6 ranked corner. Thank you for telling me this. I will be upgrading endurance soon. And hands most likely also. I feel dismissed in this ranking but it is good criticism for telling me where to get better so thanks.
S
Good variety in bases. Teddy Utterstruzen is gonna be a beast at tackling. he will probably stop many touchdowns with great open field tackling. Who knows though. Tayshawn Crunk is the fastest player here. Speed is most upgraded. Big surprise there. Also, shout out to NationalSimulation FootballLeague for easily the best name in the whole class, probably in the whole league.
K/P
There is two players. They have literally the exact same stats. Did one copy the other? Idk.
Overall, speed was the most upgraded easily. I don't even need to do math for that. Is it really the most important stat all around?
Well, hope you enjoyed. I know this is a mess. Feedback appreciated so I can do better next time. Thanks to those who read. I'm exhausted so good night all. Gonna claim all my rookie tasks tomorrow . Have a good day or night. How about a good week? Bye.
The spreadsheet
Edit: Just saw Ztarwarz ratings as I was halfway though this. They will be way, way better than mine. I'm gonna finish anyways and post this as I put effort into it though it isn't nearly as good. Sorry. Spreadsheet is all that really matters though. Also, keep in mind I've only read the CB part of it currently so I don't know most of these opinions.
QB
First, let us look at QB. There were 5 QBs here. 4 of them upgraded intelligence and accuracy. These were the stats the most people upgraded. But Owen Holloway brought out the weird build. His upgrades? 22 speed. That was it. The only other QB to upgrade speed was Trent Blackburn who only uped it by 2. But these 24 made it the second upgraded stat among QBs, only behind the 29 in accuracy. Keep in mind there were 3 Pocket Passers, 1 Mobile QB, and 1 Game Manager. The mobile qb didn't upgrade his speed. At least one qb upgraded agility, arm, intelligence, accuracy, speed, and endurance. Of these the least upgraded was a tie between endurance and agility with a grand total of 5 upgrade points each. All of these were done by Pocket Passer Bill Brasky.
RB
4 running backs. Every one of them were speed backs. Speed was the only one they all upgraded. Despite this, it was only upgraded 2 points more than agility, which only had two people upgrading. Shoutouts to King Tut for being the fastest guy in the class. Really impressive for a dead guy. Meanwhile, Jameson Vermillion represents the closest thing to a utility back in such a speed heavy group. Best hands and pass block ability makes a player who can add a lot to a pass heavy offense. Of all upgraded statistics here, it was intelligence that was upgraded the least.
WR
6 route runners, 4 possesion receivers, 2 speed receivers, and 1 red zone threat. Upgrade points wise, speed ran away(pun intended. sorry). Only Noah Akerele and Dakota Grossman didn't upgrade speed. Grossman is easily the slowest wr in the class with 60 speed. He is the strongest wr though. He is also the only one who upgraded run blocking. I wonder, in a draft with this much speed, will him being different increase his stock. Alexander Johnson was the fastest person in the class. TJ Evans upgraded speed the most, with 16 upgrades. Actually, besides Grossman, every single wr has 70-80 speed. Why not be a speed receiver if you are going to put that much into speed? Is it for the long term? Do you plan on changing your playstyle halfway though your career?
OL
A good mix of all archetypes but, unsurprisingly, it was run blockers with the least players at 2. At 5, athletic linemen are the most plentiful. Yet run blocking, with 106 upgrades, was upgraded about 30 times more than pass blocking? These were easily the stats with the most upgrades too. 8 people had even run blocking and pass blocking. 3 had higher run blocking than pass blocking. Only 4 had more pass blocking than run blocking. There are a lot of well rounded OL in this draft. Smitty McGhee upgraded tackling by 5. What, does he expect to be on a team that fumbles a lot? Conner Quigley upgraded hands. Maybe if there are trick plays in this game, he could do some and maybe catch something? Idk. Fast shout out to Ananda Adyan. While making this, I caught a mistake made in ratings and the person was nice about it. Hopefully I didn't bother them too much.
DE
9 power rushers, 5 balanced, 1 speed rusher. You know what is disappointing to me? While the most agile, the speed rusher was not the fastest DE. Actually, the speed rusher was tied as the lowest speed in the entire class. Why? I don't understand it. Jake Sackson was the fastest player. why be balanced and not a speed rusher though? Speed was the most upgraded stat here, in a class filled with power rushers. Power rushers, you are all balanced. Change my mind. Saximus Daddy was the only one to upgrade hands. Don't know if that will do much for him. Maybe he can jump and make a pick(J.J. Watt did that in a playoff game once, right? Or am I remembering wrongly?). Hank Sakner is the strongest player here. Thank you for being a power rusher Hank. My sanity appreciates you.
DT
6 interior rushers, 2 run stuffers, 1 nose tackler. Guess what the most upgraded stat was for DT, a position that differs from DE in how Speed is less important than power, strength, and size. That is right, speed. Why? Can someone explain please. I don't know much about football. Hunter Mantis is fastest player here with 63 speed. That is fast enough to be a DE at any archetype but speed rusher. Actually, just over half the DT class is fast enough to do this. BVDH(a name I don't feel like typing, here are initials) is the fastest one here. Honky-Tonk Haywood had a speed matching his strength. Shoutouts to Angelo Cerilli and Sheed Thebaw for the hands upgrades. 20 and 10 respectively. Do hands actually do anything for a DT? Also, if you want a freak of nature who can probably play anywhere on the line, J.J.J. Shabadoo is your guy. Only DT with 70+ strength and 60+ speed.
Is there ever gonna be a change to have Edge and Interior instead of DE and DT. That is more accurate to the modern NFL, correct?
LB
Pretty good mix here outside of run stopper only having 1 player and pass coverage only having 2. Sorry 4-3 teams. Speed is once again the most upgraded stat. I mean, Glib McGlib is faster than me. A linebacker. That doesn't bring me joy. I imagine stats wise he is like an Isaiah Simmons, he can play LB or DB but doesn't fit perfectly in either. It will be interesting to see what is done with him. Shout out to Jeff Haraldson who upgraded run blocking by 3. Probably the weirdest one on all of these. Don't know why it was done. I'd be good with being on his team, though. Might help interception returns. Also, shout outs to Rusty Rucker for the awesome name. Probably my second or third favorite name here. Big fan of Frosty. Is Rusty related?
CB
Ah. Here we go. I am a CB. Just over half the class is man to man, which doesn't make me happy as I was one of them. Despite everything I have been saying, I was tied as the strongest CB. This goes against what I've been saying this entire time. Blame discord, not me. Then again, they know better anyway so I have no doubt it will turn out well(at least I hope). Curtis Blackshear is the fastest player here. Curtis, I am coming for you. I am the second fastest. I intend to outrun him in the long run but we will see. So I just saw ztarwarz' rankings. Get this, apparently 5 endurance and 1 speed is enough to seperate the #1 ranked corner and the #6 ranked corner. Thank you for telling me this. I will be upgrading endurance soon. And hands most likely also. I feel dismissed in this ranking but it is good criticism for telling me where to get better so thanks.
S
Good variety in bases. Teddy Utterstruzen is gonna be a beast at tackling. he will probably stop many touchdowns with great open field tackling. Who knows though. Tayshawn Crunk is the fastest player here. Speed is most upgraded. Big surprise there. Also, shout out to NationalSimulation FootballLeague for easily the best name in the whole class, probably in the whole league.
K/P
There is two players. They have literally the exact same stats. Did one copy the other? Idk.
Overall, speed was the most upgraded easily. I don't even need to do math for that. Is it really the most important stat all around?
Well, hope you enjoyed. I know this is a mess. Feedback appreciated so I can do better next time. Thanks to those who read. I'm exhausted so good night all. Gonna claim all my rookie tasks tomorrow . Have a good day or night. How about a good week? Bye.