(S25) - PT 5 - Playoffs? You Kidding Me?

[TheDude83]

The Portland Python’s season has been one of both highs and lows, that right now gives them an extremely narrow and unlikely path to the playoffs. However, the Pythons have something to hold their heads up about if they even win one more game, and that’s the fact that they achieved a .500 season compared to their losing season last year. This gain may be modest, but it shows signs of a team progressing forward, especially in a conference that could possibly have every team with a winning record, or .500 records at the least. What kept the Pythons in the season as much as they were was their defense. At the time of this writing, the Pythons defense is first in the league in both yards per game and rush yards allowed in the DSFL, while also being third in the league for points per game. Portland’s offense has also given them a great performance so far in the season where they finish in the top half of the league in points scored per game, overall yards per game, rushing yards, and passing yards per game. With both sides of the ball being competent, a lot of their luck has just not been good luck which has led to the razor thin edge that could nudge them into the playoffs. During the offseason they could afford to shore up both their offensive and defensive units to try to be more dominate next season.

[overdoo]

SHL Affiliate

PT #4 because I showed PT #5 for last PT, so just to show I did PT #4 for last week affiliate.

The current PT #5 that I have done.

[Swanty]

The Berlin Fire Salamanders have had an interesting first season. Probably as most predicted, they are going to finish last in the NSFC. But there have been more than a few bright spots!

QB Kaepercolin only converted to QB in this last offseason, so has come in with a massive disadvantage. As a result, Berlin ranks last in points scored and last in passing yards by a big margin. Some of this was by design, with Berlin having the lowest pass/run ratio in the league. But the fact remains, that Kaepercolin will be looking to improve significantly in the offseason. And I've got a sneaky suspicion that when he does, Berlin will be a much better passing team next season. Berlin's spread of star receivers and tight ends are likely to benefit as a result.

On the other side of the coin, the running game has been one of the highlights of Berlin's season. The dual headed beast that is Petrongolo and King has amassed the 2nd highest run yardage in the league, just behind Arizona. Petrongolo ranks 5th overall for all-purpose yards. Despite the ground game dominance, the pair haven't seen the endzone as often as they like, but they're both young and Berlin fans can expect this pair to be a cornerstone of the franchise for years to come.

The Berlin defense has been a mixed bag this year. They've been above average in tackles and lead the league in tackles for loss, thanks largely to defensive line juggernauts Steel and VonPebbles. Sacks, turnovers and passes defensed have eluded them somewhat, so that will be something to address in the offseason.

Star kicker Karmichael Hunt has been huge for Berlin this year. He's not missed a field goal kick all season (one of two to achieve that feat) and ranks 4th for punt distance average. The Fire Salamanders are set there for a long time to come.

[KamiCommie]

Well, the regular season for season 25 is soon coming to an end on Friday.  Unfortunately, the Yellowknife Wraiths have already been eliminated from the playoffs.  This means no extra games for us, no celebrations, just a longer offseason for us to figure out what went wrong and what we need to differently.  The Wraiths of Yellowknife have failed to make it to the postseason in back to back years since they won it all in season 23 and are definitely looking to right the ship.  Some would say it is growing pains with all the new players getting their feet under them after the wave of retirements following season 23.  But the statistics show that the offence is just mediocre and that their defense is one of the worst in the league.  Now for areas of improvement.  Let us start with the obvious, shall we?  Both Yellowknife's rushing offence and passing defense rank dead last in not only their conference, but last in the league as well.  If you want to have any success in this league, you need to be able to grind it out on the ground with the football when you've got the lead and you need to keep the other team from making big plays through the air.  Look for Yellowknife to make some moves on both sides of the ball this offseason.

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[TropicaliaCC]

The Sarasota Sailfish are the ISFL’s hottest team to date. Riding an 8 game winning streak going into the final regular season game of the year, the Sailfish have secured the number 2 seed in the NSFC. During the eight game streak, they have defeated playoff locks and contenders including: Arizona, Philly, Colorado, and Chicago. In fact, the streak was necessary for the team because of the weak 2-5 start to the season. Week 16 will be a meaningless game for the fish for playoff positioning unless San Jose were to outscore them by 90 points, so we could see some meme strats. To this point, Sarasota has been an explosive passing offense and the defense has been above average. This is to be expected given the array of Pro Bowl skill position players that possible league MVP Dexter Banks has had at his disposal. I think the key to Sarasota’s win streak has been their ability to take care of the ball on offense and not turn it over. If Banks and the rest of the crew can continue this trend they can compete with anybody. I expect them to win their home wildcard game and once again be road underdogs at Colorado. It was a close game last year in the conference championship and I believe Sarasota has narrowed the talent gap, so they have a solid chance to win the NSFC. If that happens, I expect them to be favored against anybody not name Orange County.

[majesiu]

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[ddrector]

This has been a really rough season for the New Orleans Second Line. Somehow we have one of the strongest rosters in the league and yet we find ourselves out of the playoff race completely and looking at a top 5 draft pick instead. We have the fourth most Training Points Earned (TPE) in the league and yet we have one of the worst records. Maybe our strategies that we are submitting for the sim are not very good? Maybe we haven't done enough testing to find a strategy that would be effective. Maybe our TPE is not in the most important places? It is really hard to say what the problem is, but it is extremely frustrating to see we have built a very strong roster and yet we are missing the playoffs. I know that road teams are generally underdogs with this sim, but we haven't won a single road game all season. We are currently 0-7 on the road with one road game remaining. The sim is awful and it needs to be updated. Why are we still on a sim that is over 4 years old now? Surely the newer versions of the sim don't have the issues that we have with this sim, like the 79 speed QB thing.

[BenDover]

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[Mooty99]

Austin's seasons is wrapping up without a playoff place which while disappointing it it not unexpected. The race in the the ASFC is always a close one a a serious of close away loses through the season really did us in, how not to worry. We are currently on a down swing with a young team and an old QB, next season the QB will get worse but the rest of the team will get better so we are not worried, we have players coming up from the DSFL next season at DB, DL and OL who will be able to make instant impacts which is always great news. As far as holes go the only 2 places of any issue are LB and OL, both due to aging players but I am confident that the draft and FA should help with those. The future is going to sure look bright is Austin so I for one am very excited about that prospect. Next season we will be in the mix again but our poor QB will keep us down. However, watch out for us in S27, a fresh new QB will be coming into a team that will be peaking, mark it down in your calendars because we are going on a run from then.


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[CementHands]

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