Bubba Thumper's entire career arc, prior to reaching the DSFL, centered around one critical statistic: tackles for loss. Since entering the DSFL, however, the same numbers he put up in high school and college have been difficult to come by, and he does not have a single tackle for loss in his NSFL career to date (this is, of course, largely because Mo Berry does all the heavy lifting for the Yeti, but we'll ignore that for the most part). Given a relative lack of success up to this point, the career mark for tackles for loss seems like a stretch for Thumper (although to inevitably be the career leader in tackles for loss among DTs would be rad), but the single season mark (again, at least among DTs) feels achievable, and that is where Thumper devotes most of his work. It is key for a run stuffer to put running backs to bed in the backfield, and to have numbers to support your ability to do your job is important. So, Thumper is grinding away, slowly increasing his strength so that he might find himself more capable of pushing through offensive linemen, finding his way into the backfield, and ending running plays before they even truly start. Although winning games and hopefully championships will always be goal one, this is quietly goal two.
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