12-31-2019, 05:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-02-2020, 10:50 AM by Jay_Doctor.)
1) Playoff Predictions, Reviews:
The Ultimini coming up should be a great game. All four teams heading into the playoffs were close, with home field certainly proving to be a huge boost. With Tijuana hosting Minnesota, I see the championship going the same way. Including the Conference Final, the Luchadores are 8-0 at home this season. On the flip side, Minnesota is 3-4 on the road this year. As for the head-to-head matchups, Tijuana won 26-9 and 24-3. All things point to a Tijuana victory.
The sim can be a goofy thing at times, though, which is why we play the game. I think there are two main factors that will decide the game. The first is the ability to establish the run game. Both teams have relied heavily on their running game this season. Minnesota is first in the league at 211.9 yards per game, where as Tijuana is second at 204.5. If either team is able to grab an early lead and force the opposition to pass more, that could be a significant advantage. The second factor that will decide the game is turnovers. This is where Tijuana pulls ahead from Minnesota. Tijuana has 14 FF, 17 FR and 15 Int. Minnesota has 6 FF, 6 FR and 6 Int (spooky). As long as Tijuana doesn’t give up a lot of turnovers in their half of the field, they cruise.
Final score: Tijuana wins 24-10.
4) Resim!
Normally I’m pretty much all about taking what you get. But sometimes, you just want to crawl into a hole and scream. I have found that my player has had a lot of success early in his career in the return game. Mason seems to do pretty well on kick returns, but it seems so up in the air on which returner will be the one returning on any given kick. I also find it hard to get as excited about kicks because it almost always means your team just gave up points. What I really get excited about is punt returns. Beautiful, evil, vile, negative return yardage punt returns.
I had an amazing start to the season, posting 280 punt return yards in just 4 games. The Tijuana record for punt return yards in a season is 386 yards. I am well on the way to completely smashing my team’s record. I also looked up the record for the DSFL and that was at 470 yards. I could set some insane records. As you are probably guessing based on the fact this is supposed to be the resim topic, things didn’t quite work out so well.
The punt returns slowed down significantly. I had a couple games where I was getting negative return yards. There were also a couple games where I also didn’t get hardly any returns period. I started to give up on the DSFL record, knowing that was a pipe dream. I still had my eyes on the team record, though.. I had a string of a couple good games late in the season and I was right back in it. In the second last game of the season, I actually surpassed the record! I had 387 punt return yards, 1 more yard than the record with just one game to go. On the final game, I only got to return one punt. I lost 5 yards on the return and thus lost my record. The only thing that kept me slightly sane is that when it happened live, I didn’t know that I had actually gotten the record.
If there was ever a time I wanted to resim a game, it would be week 14 against the worst team in the league. The team that took my name out of the books.
9) Brotherly Love
Even though they are the other non-bot team in the SFC and I should hate them, I actually really like the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers. To add to the fact I should dislike them, the were the team that lead to my OG Coyotes becoming a bot. I just can’t find it in myself to hate them. I give them and especially Hall Monitor a ton of credit for what he did. Turning the Solar Bears (which were really dope by the way) into a highly successful DSFL team in just 2 seasons is impressive. From what I have heard, they have a really active and fun locker room environment. Cory and Frost are also great guys to learn from. I imagine if we had lost a home game or especially the Conference championship against them, I might not feel the same way as I do right now. Being a safety, I also look out for other secondary players to root for (safety gang). I’m slightly sad because the Buccaneers will most likely not the same secondary come next season. Kacey Dream will most likely be called up next season. Warren Stephens will get drafted, but will probably stay next season. That Frost, LaVert and Suave who enter the DSFL draft. The odds that they all get drafted by Myrtle Beach are somewhat low.
16) Dynasty
This might be the easiest sell I'll ever have to make. New Orleans was a game away from clinching the top seed in the ASFC, behind the historic Orange County Otters. This was the first time NOLA had made the playoffs in recent seasons, but I can guarantee you it won't be the last. Moving forward, NOLA has the largest amount of actives on any team. They also have a young team overall, with only a couple players in regression. The only way that The Second Line doesn't become a dynasty is if there was an implosion from within. If you are secretly hoping that will happen, I can firmly tell you it won't. The locker room is as close knit of a locker room as I have experienced so far in this league. Everyone gets along really well and we have genuinely good people. That's not to say that other teams don't have that, but rather the LR is something that won't be a downfall.
So we know that the team is full of active players and they aren't regressing, but how talented is said team? The following pieces are franchise players: quarterback, 2 running backs, 2 Tackles, a tight end, 2 receivers, 2 corners, 2 linebackers, 2 defensive tackles, 1 defensive end, 2 safeties and a kicker. What does that leave? New Orleans could use another receiver and a defensive end. That's pretty much it. To add to all this, New Orleans' season 19 draft class hands down is going to be the best. All 5 picks are still active. In what was a smaller class to begin with, that is huge.
The Ultimini coming up should be a great game. All four teams heading into the playoffs were close, with home field certainly proving to be a huge boost. With Tijuana hosting Minnesota, I see the championship going the same way. Including the Conference Final, the Luchadores are 8-0 at home this season. On the flip side, Minnesota is 3-4 on the road this year. As for the head-to-head matchups, Tijuana won 26-9 and 24-3. All things point to a Tijuana victory.
The sim can be a goofy thing at times, though, which is why we play the game. I think there are two main factors that will decide the game. The first is the ability to establish the run game. Both teams have relied heavily on their running game this season. Minnesota is first in the league at 211.9 yards per game, where as Tijuana is second at 204.5. If either team is able to grab an early lead and force the opposition to pass more, that could be a significant advantage. The second factor that will decide the game is turnovers. This is where Tijuana pulls ahead from Minnesota. Tijuana has 14 FF, 17 FR and 15 Int. Minnesota has 6 FF, 6 FR and 6 Int (spooky). As long as Tijuana doesn’t give up a lot of turnovers in their half of the field, they cruise.
Final score: Tijuana wins 24-10.
4) Resim!
Normally I’m pretty much all about taking what you get. But sometimes, you just want to crawl into a hole and scream. I have found that my player has had a lot of success early in his career in the return game. Mason seems to do pretty well on kick returns, but it seems so up in the air on which returner will be the one returning on any given kick. I also find it hard to get as excited about kicks because it almost always means your team just gave up points. What I really get excited about is punt returns. Beautiful, evil, vile, negative return yardage punt returns.
I had an amazing start to the season, posting 280 punt return yards in just 4 games. The Tijuana record for punt return yards in a season is 386 yards. I am well on the way to completely smashing my team’s record. I also looked up the record for the DSFL and that was at 470 yards. I could set some insane records. As you are probably guessing based on the fact this is supposed to be the resim topic, things didn’t quite work out so well.
The punt returns slowed down significantly. I had a couple games where I was getting negative return yards. There were also a couple games where I also didn’t get hardly any returns period. I started to give up on the DSFL record, knowing that was a pipe dream. I still had my eyes on the team record, though.. I had a string of a couple good games late in the season and I was right back in it. In the second last game of the season, I actually surpassed the record! I had 387 punt return yards, 1 more yard than the record with just one game to go. On the final game, I only got to return one punt. I lost 5 yards on the return and thus lost my record. The only thing that kept me slightly sane is that when it happened live, I didn’t know that I had actually gotten the record.
If there was ever a time I wanted to resim a game, it would be week 14 against the worst team in the league. The team that took my name out of the books.
9) Brotherly Love
Even though they are the other non-bot team in the SFC and I should hate them, I actually really like the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers. To add to the fact I should dislike them, the were the team that lead to my OG Coyotes becoming a bot. I just can’t find it in myself to hate them. I give them and especially Hall Monitor a ton of credit for what he did. Turning the Solar Bears (which were really dope by the way) into a highly successful DSFL team in just 2 seasons is impressive. From what I have heard, they have a really active and fun locker room environment. Cory and Frost are also great guys to learn from. I imagine if we had lost a home game or especially the Conference championship against them, I might not feel the same way as I do right now. Being a safety, I also look out for other secondary players to root for (safety gang). I’m slightly sad because the Buccaneers will most likely not the same secondary come next season. Kacey Dream will most likely be called up next season. Warren Stephens will get drafted, but will probably stay next season. That Frost, LaVert and Suave who enter the DSFL draft. The odds that they all get drafted by Myrtle Beach are somewhat low.
16) Dynasty
This might be the easiest sell I'll ever have to make. New Orleans was a game away from clinching the top seed in the ASFC, behind the historic Orange County Otters. This was the first time NOLA had made the playoffs in recent seasons, but I can guarantee you it won't be the last. Moving forward, NOLA has the largest amount of actives on any team. They also have a young team overall, with only a couple players in regression. The only way that The Second Line doesn't become a dynasty is if there was an implosion from within. If you are secretly hoping that will happen, I can firmly tell you it won't. The locker room is as close knit of a locker room as I have experienced so far in this league. Everyone gets along really well and we have genuinely good people. That's not to say that other teams don't have that, but rather the LR is something that won't be a downfall.
So we know that the team is full of active players and they aren't regressing, but how talented is said team? The following pieces are franchise players: quarterback, 2 running backs, 2 Tackles, a tight end, 2 receivers, 2 corners, 2 linebackers, 2 defensive tackles, 1 defensive end, 2 safeties and a kicker. What does that leave? New Orleans could use another receiver and a defensive end. That's pretty much it. To add to all this, New Orleans' season 19 draft class hands down is going to be the best. All 5 picks are still active. In what was a smaller class to begin with, that is huge.