Blackstone certainly takes his accomplishments very seriously, and of course that starts with setting goals for himself. For starters, he has seen now what he can accomplish at the NSFL level he isn't looking back. Although some will say that trying to improve on a defensive rookie of the year performance is a fools errand, Blackstone doesn't see it that way. he knows that he needs to set the bar high so that he doesn't give in to complacency. Furthermore, if he isn't setting the bar as high as possible then he will always fall short of what he can acommplish. So what does that mean for this season? That means that he is expecting at least 28 tackles, 12 TFLs, 7 sacks, and 1 safety. He would also certainly like to fill in other areas that he didn't touch on the stat sheet such as forced fumbles and fumble recoveries. Also, now that he has the first game of the season behind him he has also been encouraged to fill out one new area of the stat sheet: a blocked punt. And this is all the more special because it occurred against a good friend, Dougie Smalls. As a team, Blackstone recognizes that anything less than an Ultimus win would be an underperformance. It should be a good season.
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