5) Spotlight on Youth (S15 edition)
The player that I would like to put a spotlight on is Lucas Knight who is already the top cornerback on the Arizona Outlaws' roster despite being a season 15 rookie.
One of the reasons that I am focusing on Knight is due to how amazing dominant he was in the ASFC Championship game. Arizona were facing the top offensive team in the Orange County Otters and were considered to be heavy underdogs. Orange County have a terrific offensive triplet team in quarterback Showbiz and his 2 wide receivers Sunnycursed and Valentine (I should know considering that Showbiz and Valentine have REALLY helped my fantasy team this year).
The Arizona defense led largely by Knight managed to hold the offensive behemoth that is Orange County to just a field goal. Knight played out his skin in this match he got an important interception of Showbiz in the 3rd quarter, had 2 pass break ups and recorded a massive 13 tackles (the most in the match). Considering the veteran players he was facing (with each of the Orange County Triplets having a combined TPE of over 3000) this was an amazing result.
If Knight is able to continue this amazing play against the exceptional veterans Von Matt and Falconi of the Philadelphia Liberty then he will put his team in a great position to lift the Ultimus on Friday night. (WC 229)
7) Next year
Now this year was certainly not the year for one of the league's newest teams in the Austin Copperheads, but us in the locker room were very much aware of this fact. We lost all 13 matches but there is a glimmer of hope, the lose again the Colorado Yeti's in week 11 meant that we cemented our place at the bottom and gained the number 1 overall draft pick.
Our GMs did a great job wheeling and dealing picks last year meaning that we picked up 4 very good active players in Cole, Mendonca, Lason and Lavell. When you consider that we have the 1st, 8th, 11th, 21st and 25th pick this year as well we will continue to massively improve our very young and active team.
With all this in mind we will improve next year, but probably not enough to win the Ultimus, it will be season 18 that you will need to watch out for the Austin Copperheads. By this point our offensive and defense will be fast on their way to becoming superstars, and it is not just season 18 that you will have to watch for us, from that point on with our very young team we will be looking to dominate at least the next 5 seasons.
So while people this year have joked about the winless Copperheads, let them joke, the aging teams will wither and struggle and we will, like a snake you might say! (WC 244)
8) Strategies
As I have already discussed when looking at the Copperheads next year we are playing the long game. We have a very young team, that hurt us this year but it means that we are only going to get stronger. As a team we have nearly the most active players, our oldest active player is Dick Wizardry who is a season 12 player and the rest of active players from season 14 to 16 and a boat load of draft picks to play with this season to boot. The Copperheads are playing the long game and it is all going to plan so far.
As far as strategies the most important thing for us to fill in the holes in our defense. This is already helped with Dick Wizardry set to move to defensive tackle next season however we still have the need for more players. Currently we have 1 active defensive tackle, defensive end, linebacker, safety and cornerback so our first job will be to double this bringing in another player to pair with our existing ones at each of these positions (lucky for us this years draft class in deep and defensive!) Other than defence a second running back in the offensive to complement Mendonca and the team will be set for years to come. (WC 217)
20) Let’s get Wild!(card)
My prediction to win it all was the Yellowknife Wraiths however their season has not been in any way as dominant as impact and then they went and lost to the Philadelphia Liberty. I then put my backing to the Chicago Butchers who stormed into the off season on top and undefeated at home, until they were roundly beaten by Philadelphia as well. With both these results in mind and that U predicted Philadelphia to come 4th in their group at the start of the season I can only now back Philadelphia to keep defining my predictions and win it all at the Ultimus tonight.
Philadelphia has a number of aging but talented players so their window for getting that sparkly Ultimus ring is closing rapidly, tight end Branigan is retiring at the end of the season and the lethal pair of Von Matt and Falconi have only got one or 2 more seasons left before they too will end up heading for the door. These 3 offensive players along with Jones, Varga and Hank mean that Philadelphia has a nice looking offense that should be able to vary their players enough to keep the Arizona defence guess about what is coming next. Philadelphia also has a really mean looking secondary with Garrent, D'Attoria and Emoji who should be able to keep the Arizona passing game in check. (WC 228)
The player that I would like to put a spotlight on is Lucas Knight who is already the top cornerback on the Arizona Outlaws' roster despite being a season 15 rookie.
One of the reasons that I am focusing on Knight is due to how amazing dominant he was in the ASFC Championship game. Arizona were facing the top offensive team in the Orange County Otters and were considered to be heavy underdogs. Orange County have a terrific offensive triplet team in quarterback Showbiz and his 2 wide receivers Sunnycursed and Valentine (I should know considering that Showbiz and Valentine have REALLY helped my fantasy team this year).
The Arizona defense led largely by Knight managed to hold the offensive behemoth that is Orange County to just a field goal. Knight played out his skin in this match he got an important interception of Showbiz in the 3rd quarter, had 2 pass break ups and recorded a massive 13 tackles (the most in the match). Considering the veteran players he was facing (with each of the Orange County Triplets having a combined TPE of over 3000) this was an amazing result.
If Knight is able to continue this amazing play against the exceptional veterans Von Matt and Falconi of the Philadelphia Liberty then he will put his team in a great position to lift the Ultimus on Friday night. (WC 229)
7) Next year
Now this year was certainly not the year for one of the league's newest teams in the Austin Copperheads, but us in the locker room were very much aware of this fact. We lost all 13 matches but there is a glimmer of hope, the lose again the Colorado Yeti's in week 11 meant that we cemented our place at the bottom and gained the number 1 overall draft pick.
Our GMs did a great job wheeling and dealing picks last year meaning that we picked up 4 very good active players in Cole, Mendonca, Lason and Lavell. When you consider that we have the 1st, 8th, 11th, 21st and 25th pick this year as well we will continue to massively improve our very young and active team.
With all this in mind we will improve next year, but probably not enough to win the Ultimus, it will be season 18 that you will need to watch out for the Austin Copperheads. By this point our offensive and defense will be fast on their way to becoming superstars, and it is not just season 18 that you will have to watch for us, from that point on with our very young team we will be looking to dominate at least the next 5 seasons.
So while people this year have joked about the winless Copperheads, let them joke, the aging teams will wither and struggle and we will, like a snake you might say! (WC 244)
8) Strategies
As I have already discussed when looking at the Copperheads next year we are playing the long game. We have a very young team, that hurt us this year but it means that we are only going to get stronger. As a team we have nearly the most active players, our oldest active player is Dick Wizardry who is a season 12 player and the rest of active players from season 14 to 16 and a boat load of draft picks to play with this season to boot. The Copperheads are playing the long game and it is all going to plan so far.
As far as strategies the most important thing for us to fill in the holes in our defense. This is already helped with Dick Wizardry set to move to defensive tackle next season however we still have the need for more players. Currently we have 1 active defensive tackle, defensive end, linebacker, safety and cornerback so our first job will be to double this bringing in another player to pair with our existing ones at each of these positions (lucky for us this years draft class in deep and defensive!) Other than defence a second running back in the offensive to complement Mendonca and the team will be set for years to come. (WC 217)
20) Let’s get Wild!(card)
My prediction to win it all was the Yellowknife Wraiths however their season has not been in any way as dominant as impact and then they went and lost to the Philadelphia Liberty. I then put my backing to the Chicago Butchers who stormed into the off season on top and undefeated at home, until they were roundly beaten by Philadelphia as well. With both these results in mind and that U predicted Philadelphia to come 4th in their group at the start of the season I can only now back Philadelphia to keep defining my predictions and win it all at the Ultimus tonight.
Philadelphia has a number of aging but talented players so their window for getting that sparkly Ultimus ring is closing rapidly, tight end Branigan is retiring at the end of the season and the lethal pair of Von Matt and Falconi have only got one or 2 more seasons left before they too will end up heading for the door. These 3 offensive players along with Jones, Varga and Hank mean that Philadelphia has a nice looking offense that should be able to vary their players enough to keep the Arizona defence guess about what is coming next. Philadelphia also has a really mean looking secondary with Garrent, D'Attoria and Emoji who should be able to keep the Arizona passing game in check. (WC 228)