In terms of DSFL impact, realistic weather would certainly put a damper on things for quarterbacks that already struggle due to the TPE cap limiting their effectiveness at times. While it'd certainly be interesting to see, quarterbacks playing in rainy or snowy conditions would seriously limited the passing game, making smashmouth running games even more crucial to their success. Rookie quarterbacks in particular would put up laughably poor statlines as they continued to earn TPE. In terms of team building, things would get very interesting. Teams in the north division would likely adapt to this newer brand of football, fully embracing the importance of a rushing offense and the big-bodied defense needed to stop their rivals. And while we don't quite see the same situation playing out in the NFL to this extent, the worse the quarterbacks are the more the weather will effect them - something that's notably been characterized with the Big 10's penchant for hard-nosed football, partially as a result of these weather-imposed restrictions on quarterbacks that are inferior to their professional counterparts.
If realistic weather was a thing, I think the Philadelphia Liberty would be poised for a much better season. Since we are a run heavy team, almost any realistic weather conditions would be a benefit to us. In the rain, we would be able to run the ball and not have to worry about throwing even with a mobile quarterback. In the snow, we would basically turn into the Patriots but with a running quarterback. Who would not want that? With heavy gust of winds, it would only make our running backs run even faster and really make the ball sail even further to the endzone on throws. If anything, I would like to propose real weather conditions. There is absolutely no bias in this request so please do not look into anything I just wrote. The Chicago Butchers would probably suffer since they are so good at throwing but not too much because they can run too!
Everyone knows the best football is played in the elements. The driving rain and wind making the game both ridiculously epic and utterly unplayable. Once the weather kicks off and passing becomes a distant memory pounding the rock becomes the focus. If you’ve got the big offensive linemen and a bruising running back you control the flow of the game. Unfortunately for the Kansas City Coyotes they are a team built for the exact opposite of inclement weather with the passing game being the only way of gaining yardage, and the worst run game in the league. In this alternate universe where games are delayed due to lighting and winds reach a modest 20+ miles per hour we see a new star running back emerge in Jair Pharoah. See, in our sim Pharoah is a talented back who earns more than enough TPE to be amongst the best backs in the league, but unfortunately he runs behind a line built to pass block in an offense where running is a rarity. But give him some maulers up front and 15 or more carries a game and you’ve got a lock for the DSFLs RBoty.
I think the addition of unpredictable weather would be really interesting to how teams game plan from week to week. Imagine a team that has an all out aerial attack but no run game and they end up playing a game in a downpour with terrible traction and their receivers can’t get open because of the slop and they have no ability to run the ball. More than like this team is going to lose or at best have a hard time winning the game. Maybe there is a team that doesn’t have a great offense but has a kicker that can kick the ball a mile but unfortunately come game time there are borderline hurricane force winds. Sure the kicker can kick it sixty yards but too bad now the ball is landing 15 yards outside of the uprights. I think changing weather would make games more exciting in the long run and would make a team do more to have a more balanced team.
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Playing in a city like New York, I think the weather would be a major factor in the outcome of our games, and therefore the season. While things might be relatively normal in the Fall, it's really Winter that you have to worry about in the Northeast. We're talking freezing temperatures, wind swirling and gusting every which way, and of course ice and snow. Playing on a slippery, wet, cold field would definitely impact games. Teams would have to change their gameplans, for one. Perhaps teams that relied on a run heavy attack would be able to withstand the weather better than a pass happy offense. And then there is the conditioning of the players themselves. Those who are used to colder environments would have an innate advantage over those who typically play in more temperate areas. But the biggest difference of all is that, due to the poor traction on the field from the snow, Dax Dangerfield would finally have an excuse for being burned so badly by opposing wide receivers.
I mean on this planet you don't have that big a difference in weather, I have been to planets where the snow is made of obsidian or another where the rain in acid and will melt the flesh from your bones so a bit of H20 in various ways really isn't that big a deal as you all make it but for this interview I guess I will play along. First I imagine that no one will want to play at Yellowknife which they might consider a plus for them except I bet none of there players would want to either, move the team or face an exodus would be my guess to what would happen. As for other teams thry will be fine, I bet QBs and WR would really start having to prepare for playing in the elements but other than that I can't see it being a big deal
Prompt Wrote:In the ISFL, all games are played out in an environment where the weather is always perfect for game day. But what if teams needed to start dealing with the rain, wind, heat, or snow? For this PT, write about what sort of impact you think more realistic weather would have on the outcome of the season so far, if any. Assuming for the sake of making things more extreme that all domes were also converted to be outdoor stadiums, I think two change I'd expect to are are for games played in hot weather to have players tire out faster and then for the highest passing teams have to lean more on a running game (or at least have worse completion percentages) when dealing bad weather. The impact of exhaustion/heat is really hard to guess the impact of - I'd assume that the home teams would be more used to it conceptually but in ISFL terms I don't know if/how that would be reflected. Maybe teams in hot areas would have their players prioritize endurance more? But that would be outside the sim itself, so I don't know. As for passing, the four teams with the most passing attempts as of the end of week 12 are Austin, Sarasota, New York, and Colorado. Austin and Sarasota could have heat problems but in the fall (I'm assuming the schedule looks basically like the NFL's) they don't tend to have extreme rain from what I've seen. New York could definitely have some rain or even snow and their QB already has the second-lowest completion percentage (plus most interceptions) so if anything it's odd that they haven't already tried to do more running (especially with McTurtle averaging 5 yards/attempt). Colorado's weather is much more random - I feel like it's just as likely to have a 90 degree day in November as it is to see snow in September - but the Yeti top rusher doesn't look as good so I'd guess they'd be trying to stick with their game plan. It's possible they'd be getting some advantage in home games due to the altitude effect, but as with hot weather I don't know how the sim would actually account for that. I think the missing piece of information here is "what was the weather for the various games" - given actual changes we could predict the impact on specific games, but it's hard to guess how records would be impacted without knowing which games had extreme weather. Draft Steal (retired S35 CB) - Profile/Update | Wiki Troen Egghands (retired S22 DE) - Profile | Update | Wiki Code: Written option: In the ISFL, all games are played out in an environment where the weather is always perfect for game day. But what if teams needed to start dealing with the rain, wind, heat, or snow? For this PT, write about what sort of impact you think more realistic weather would have on the outcome of the season so far, if any. Let's be real one of the biggest offenders of 'if weather in the sim was real' it would be Yellowknife. At worst Yellowknife has 4 months of going into freezing temps. At best it has a summer high of 25C in July, before falling way back down again. If we follow basic NFL scheduling the season starts in September and goes on until just around the end of the year. With the playoffs being played in January with the finals in february. Folloing that schedule we an see that Yellowknife has a high of around 55ish F in September, with a low of 41F. Going into the latter end of the season you will be playing in freezing tempratures guaranteed. September and October also are some of the wettest months in Yellowknife, so you are getting rained on or worse, snow and hailed on. Enjoy playoff games in Yellowknife in -12F. It is a crazy warzone of elements out there and any team is lucky to get off that pitch alive. [171 words] |
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