9) Rivalries
Write about another team and why they are overrated and why you want them to lose.
The Portland Pythons may be the most overrated team in the history of the NFL. It’s actually kind of embarrassing for the rest of the league that Portland has been able to put together a season like they have with their roster. It’s a collection of some of the least talented fast people I’ve ever seen. Don’t get me wrong, they have a few good players. Franklin Armstrong, Gekyume Stokely, and Leighton Lee are all impressive guys. Other than that you have a team of track athletes trying to play football.
Exhibit A: Ahri and Brock Landers lit that secondary up in the playoffs and the linebackers had to bail them out with goal line stands and pick sixes. The offense did absolutely nothing against Norfolk either. An uncharacteristically bad showing from Armstrong after the SeaWolves started getting after him and taking away his top receiver. The running game has never been impressive.
I want to see these guys lose so bad. They aren’t good and don’t deserve their success. I’d love to see Rod Tidwell bless them with some of the kwan in the Ultmini, or for Forrest Gump to turn in another performance like his last game against San Antonio. Go Tijuana.
10) Trades
Written: Talk about a player who was traded this past offseason or was a free agent signing and how they will affect the Ultimus or Ultimini, or how they helped their new team in making the playoffs or cost their old team.
When the Kansas City Coyotes took the polarizing QB prospect Ryan Leaf Jr. in the third round, they believed that they were getting a QB who could lead their team into the future. They weren’t prepared for the locker room drama that this kid would cause. He immediately antagonized the incumbent starter, Rose Jenkins. Who didn’t back down either. Then Leaf proceeded to contribute very little as a QB in the beginning of the season for an awful KC team that was an Ultmini runner up just a season ago. Things couldn’t get any worse. Then Leaf showed up and demanded a trade.
He was practically given away to the Norfolk SeaWolves for a conditional 4th round pick. This deal also came with additional demands. He’d have to step down as a QB and switch to defensive tackle. This was probably the best decision Leaf ever made as a football player. About 35 pizzas and 250 cans of PBR later Ryan Leaf Jr. was a bona fide DT. So begun the Leaf redemption story. He ended up dominating down the stretch and will likely find himself in the pro bowl as a DT in his rookie season. In the playoffs against archrivals Portland, he delivered a punishing hit on Python’s QB Franklin Marshall as he scrambled for the end zone, forcing a key fumble inside his own 5 yard line.
An impressive late season effort has given this young man’s career new life going forward (should he keep his head on his shoulders).
11) Sit-down with a star
Written: Interview a player from a team that is not your own that is in the playoffs. You must ask them four questions and at least three must relate to the league in some way. YOU MUST POST THE QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS FOR CREDIT.
Interview with San Antonio's Walt Green @Duilio05
1. How do you think you and your Marshals teammates dealt with the pressure of being the clear Ultmini favorites?
Apparently not very well. Can’t speak for all of my teammates, but I know I had never felt so nervous before the start of a game. I don't know what happened. Despite how nervous I was, we all came out of that locker room excited energetic and determined to prove we deserved this. Then the game started and nothing was really going right, and then suddenly Gump has a 96 yard TD run. Despite the effort we gave rest of the game, I think we lost on that play.
2. You put up pretty insane stats early in the season that started to fade towards the end of the year. Do you attribute that to just setting the bar too high early in the season, other teams learning not to throw against your defense, or something else?
Oh yeah, I definitely set a high bar at the start of the season. If you're not trying to make the bar as high as possible, then why are you out on that field? I definitely attribute the fade in stats to opponents adjusting their game plan. As I stopped getting turnovers, Vander Jones started getting turnovers. Then when teams started adjusting for both of us you see Bode and Berry getting a few interceptions. That is what a team is about though. Just one guy stepping up and saying this is where the bar is and can the rest of his teammates step up to make that bar even higher.
3. 89 is quite an unusual number for a safety. Can you tell us a bit about why you chose that number and if it has a special meaning to you?
Ah yeah it is the age my grandpa died. Even to the end he still supported me and attended every single high school and college game I had. It was my 2nd year at Boise State that he passed away. Even though I was redshirted that first year, he would still fly to all of our away games. So I wear 89 to remember him.
4. Just about every team in the NSFL could use some help in their secondaries and will be looking for a future star player like you. What would you like to say to those teams to let them know why they should take over some of the other star DBs in this draft class?
I want to be apart of a high energy defense. So I'm looking for a GM that plans to draft defense heavy the first few rounds. It'd be awesome to play along side other high energy players like Bode, Nero, Berry, or D'Attoria.
12) Sit-down with a fan:
Written: Answer questions for an interview from a player that is not your own. You must answer at least four questions and at least three must relate to the league in some way. Link to the interviewers PT to receive credit. NOTE: THEY MUST POST THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR YOU TO GET CREDIT.
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Write about another team and why they are overrated and why you want them to lose.
The Portland Pythons may be the most overrated team in the history of the NFL. It’s actually kind of embarrassing for the rest of the league that Portland has been able to put together a season like they have with their roster. It’s a collection of some of the least talented fast people I’ve ever seen. Don’t get me wrong, they have a few good players. Franklin Armstrong, Gekyume Stokely, and Leighton Lee are all impressive guys. Other than that you have a team of track athletes trying to play football.
Exhibit A: Ahri and Brock Landers lit that secondary up in the playoffs and the linebackers had to bail them out with goal line stands and pick sixes. The offense did absolutely nothing against Norfolk either. An uncharacteristically bad showing from Armstrong after the SeaWolves started getting after him and taking away his top receiver. The running game has never been impressive.
I want to see these guys lose so bad. They aren’t good and don’t deserve their success. I’d love to see Rod Tidwell bless them with some of the kwan in the Ultmini, or for Forrest Gump to turn in another performance like his last game against San Antonio. Go Tijuana.
10) Trades
Written: Talk about a player who was traded this past offseason or was a free agent signing and how they will affect the Ultimus or Ultimini, or how they helped their new team in making the playoffs or cost their old team.
When the Kansas City Coyotes took the polarizing QB prospect Ryan Leaf Jr. in the third round, they believed that they were getting a QB who could lead their team into the future. They weren’t prepared for the locker room drama that this kid would cause. He immediately antagonized the incumbent starter, Rose Jenkins. Who didn’t back down either. Then Leaf proceeded to contribute very little as a QB in the beginning of the season for an awful KC team that was an Ultmini runner up just a season ago. Things couldn’t get any worse. Then Leaf showed up and demanded a trade.
He was practically given away to the Norfolk SeaWolves for a conditional 4th round pick. This deal also came with additional demands. He’d have to step down as a QB and switch to defensive tackle. This was probably the best decision Leaf ever made as a football player. About 35 pizzas and 250 cans of PBR later Ryan Leaf Jr. was a bona fide DT. So begun the Leaf redemption story. He ended up dominating down the stretch and will likely find himself in the pro bowl as a DT in his rookie season. In the playoffs against archrivals Portland, he delivered a punishing hit on Python’s QB Franklin Marshall as he scrambled for the end zone, forcing a key fumble inside his own 5 yard line.
An impressive late season effort has given this young man’s career new life going forward (should he keep his head on his shoulders).
11) Sit-down with a star
Written: Interview a player from a team that is not your own that is in the playoffs. You must ask them four questions and at least three must relate to the league in some way. YOU MUST POST THE QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS FOR CREDIT.
Interview with San Antonio's Walt Green @Duilio05
1. How do you think you and your Marshals teammates dealt with the pressure of being the clear Ultmini favorites?
Apparently not very well. Can’t speak for all of my teammates, but I know I had never felt so nervous before the start of a game. I don't know what happened. Despite how nervous I was, we all came out of that locker room excited energetic and determined to prove we deserved this. Then the game started and nothing was really going right, and then suddenly Gump has a 96 yard TD run. Despite the effort we gave rest of the game, I think we lost on that play.
2. You put up pretty insane stats early in the season that started to fade towards the end of the year. Do you attribute that to just setting the bar too high early in the season, other teams learning not to throw against your defense, or something else?
Oh yeah, I definitely set a high bar at the start of the season. If you're not trying to make the bar as high as possible, then why are you out on that field? I definitely attribute the fade in stats to opponents adjusting their game plan. As I stopped getting turnovers, Vander Jones started getting turnovers. Then when teams started adjusting for both of us you see Bode and Berry getting a few interceptions. That is what a team is about though. Just one guy stepping up and saying this is where the bar is and can the rest of his teammates step up to make that bar even higher.
3. 89 is quite an unusual number for a safety. Can you tell us a bit about why you chose that number and if it has a special meaning to you?
Ah yeah it is the age my grandpa died. Even to the end he still supported me and attended every single high school and college game I had. It was my 2nd year at Boise State that he passed away. Even though I was redshirted that first year, he would still fly to all of our away games. So I wear 89 to remember him.
4. Just about every team in the NSFL could use some help in their secondaries and will be looking for a future star player like you. What would you like to say to those teams to let them know why they should take over some of the other star DBs in this draft class?
I want to be apart of a high energy defense. So I'm looking for a GM that plans to draft defense heavy the first few rounds. It'd be awesome to play along side other high energy players like Bode, Nero, Berry, or D'Attoria.
12) Sit-down with a fan:
Written: Answer questions for an interview from a player that is not your own. You must answer at least four questions and at least three must relate to the league in some way. Link to the interviewers PT to receive credit. NOTE: THEY MUST POST THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR YOU TO GET CREDIT.
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