(S37) PT 5 - Thinking Ahead

[moonlight]

Big Slammu is nearing his final offseason as an ISFL player. He hasn't decided what he wants to do just yet. He's played a lot of football and the offseason training camps and recovery process is getting more and more gruelling. Thankfully, this is Slammu's last one in preparation for his last season in the ISFL. One more season before he can kick his feet back and truly relax after this long and successful Hall of Fame career. While the offseason was primarily training and Street Shark shootings, Slammu thinks he'll leave reality TV for a while just to eek out as much as he can from his football career. But his brothers have been suspicious if this will be not only be his last rodeo for football, but for reality TV as well. Street Shark has been another huge part of Slammu's fame and glory off the football field, but rumours are swirling that retirement for Big Slammu truly means retirement. 

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[RDBSouthPaw]

PBE Affiliate

*Note my username is just SouthPaw in this league

[Tayjay]

PBE affiliate

[abh89]

In the blink of an eye, another ISFL season has come and gone. The Sailfish players are still mostly focused on the task at hand and are game planning and preparing themselves for the playoffs. That said, it would be silly to think that they don’t also have some much needed off time in the back of their mind. Harley Andrews is certainly one of those looking forward to his off-season plans. Andrews usually takes a couple of weeks during the offseason to head up north a bit to take a break from the Sarasota heat and spend some quality time with the family in their mountain cabin and disconnecting from their busy day to day life. Andrews feels this time each offseason is a key for him to reset and recharge for the next season. Once Andrews returns, he also likes to do various team building activities with his fellow defensive lineman and even the linebackers and defensive backs too.

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[Moosecop]

PBE PT

[MobiausGrander]

Since we have another season about to end and enter another great season of playoffs, it's time to think about what activities that us players are about to partake in this offseason. For me (assuming that NOLA manages to finally get their fourth ring), I would be helping to set up the parade through New Orleans with the team and the city and then have a grand old time in the beginning of the offseason celebrating our hard earned victory! In the off-chance that we unfortunately fall short, I would go into the offseason regardless with extra training in order to push myself to become the best defensive tackle in the league and to help NOLA break through next season. In addition, regardless of what happens, I'm going to travel to Miami and have a 2 week vacation stay and relax and unwind in my hometown while engaging in fishing, boating, and enjoying some South Florida cuisine that I have not enjoyed in years!

[iStegosauruz]

PBE Welfare

[shadyshoelace]

The offseason is always a tough time for Dante King. Football is his favorite thing in the world and he lives and breathes the game, but even he knows that it's not healthy to continue obsessing over the sport when the season is not in swing, so he tries his best to take a break and put his mind somewhere else. Of course he continues to hone his craft and be around the game by spending time in the weight room and coaching youth football camps, but he also likes to take the opportunity to travel and see parts of the world that his busy schedule prevents him from seeing regularly. While the ISFL offers a chance to visit international and domestic destinations each week, players rarely have enough time to take advantage of the new surroundings. This offseason, Dante has a plan to take a trip to Europe, starting with Italy - one of his favorite cultures. What other trips are in store in the future? Only time will tell.

[Nathan]

During the offseason Nathan Meagher will take a short break to rest and relax after the season before due to the physical toll of a football season as a defensive lineman.  After a three to four weeks of this, Nathan will begin training and studying for the upcoming season.  Since unless DeWalt pulls some massive rabbit out of his ass Nathan will be the best defensive lineman on the roster which means double teams and being keyed out in pass and run blocking.  In order to retain Berlin's top defense from Season 37, Nathan will need to keep his disruptive abilities in the interior line, especially in run defense.  Even when the offense calls a toss play Nathan will need to break blocks and stop any formation of a possible cutback lane and eat up blockers for the other defensive linemen and linebackers to clean up the play.  On passing downs he will need to collapse the pocket to put pressure on opposing quarterbacks and either get the sack or free up other linemen/linebackers to get the sack

[mithrandir]

In the offseason, New Orleans Second Line quarterback Elessar Jones will celebrate his first playoff berth in the ISFL. Hopefully he has a few playoff wins to celebrate, as well. He will go on vacation with his wife and three children, to the beautiful nation of New Zealand. He is an avid hiker and adventurer, and his family will appreciate the natural beauty that is there to be found in New Zealand. Of course, one reason Elessar wants to visit New Zealand is clear. Elessar is named after a character from the Lord of the Rings, and Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy was filmed primarily in New Zealand. He and his family will visit the area that the Shire was filmed in, and perhaps even will walk the long trail to Orodruin (or Mt Doom), getting a small taste of what Frodo must have experienced in his long and grueling journey to Mordor.