7) Awards season is a big part of the offseason festivities. Take the stand, in 400 words or more, for one or more players that are not your own, and argue why they should receive awards glory. They can be your teammates or anyone in the league. How did their stats and on the field contribution contribute to their case this year?
I haven’t seen much chatter on this one, but I personally think Danny King should be the DSFL MVP. I’m basing this off the old school mantra of the name of the award, Most “Valuable” Player, key word being valuable. Arguments can be made that he’s not the best player in the league, but that’s not the name of the award. I hate the “best player on the best team” bias that often comes when discussing MVPs. I’m going to do a deep dive into his stats and prove why Danny King should not only be nominated for league MVP, but should also win it. First off, let’s look at the stats, because that’s what everyone will point to. Danny currently sits 3rd in the league in rushing yards at 1138. Theeks leads the league with 1505, and Keppler is a distance 2nd with 1178. Now, simply based on this one metric, Theeks looks like the runaway winner. However, when you take into account carriers, it’s a much different story. Theeks has 100 more carries than King, and Keppler has 45 more carries. King actually leads the league in yards per carry (when considering a minimum of 150 carries) at 5.2, Theeks is 6th at 4.7, and Keppler is 10th. What’s even more impressive is that King is tied for Theeks with the most rushing TDs in the league at 11, again with 100 less carries. Keppler is down at 5th overall with 9 TDs. This is your typical quality vs quantity argument and I believe the league’s Most Valuable Player should be quality over quantity. Now based off these three categories, I believe it’s between Theeks and King, so let’s dig a bit deeper in their comparison. London uses running back by committee, while Tijuana uses one lead back. London’s backup, Jacoby Batista, accrued 206 carries, 942 yards, and 10 TDs. Tijuana’s backup accrued 52 carries, 240 yards, and 1 TD. What can we take from this? Well, if King were to about half of Batista’s carries in a more single back style offense, his numbers would blow Theeks away. We’ll set the bar at 319 carriers since that’s the baseline Theeks provided and it leads the league. What would Danny’s numbers look like? I’m glad you asked. With 319 carries, Danny King would’ve had a video game numbers. His yards would go up nearly 50% putting him well above Theeks at 1658 yards. His TDs would go up to 16 as he was averaging just under a touchdown every 20 carries. When you even out the carries, it’s not even close. Also throw in the fact that King has put the team on his back during their winning streak to reach the playoffs, and not only are his stats the best, but he’s also the most important to his team. In their last three games, King has gone for 345 yards and 5 TDs. He’s been their entire offense. Without him, they lose a couple of lose and likely miss the playoffs. For me, it’s an easy call. #CrownTheKing.
8) It’s always important to look forward to the future. Examine your team, and in 400 words or more, talk about how they can improve themselves to get a stab at trophy contention next year. Are you loaded with draft capital for the next draft? Do you have plenty of cap space to sign free agents? Go through the roster and note the different strengths and weaknesses, and how you think those will change over the next few seasons. How should your team adapt?
It's been a whirlwind of a season for the London Royals. After starting 1-5, they’ve finished strong and have a chance to clinch HFA tonight with a win over Myrtle Beach and a Kansas City lose to Portland. Even finishing .500 after their horrific start is an accomplishment. I think this is a testament to the rookies they added in the S24 draft class. The majority of the draft class has been consistent in updating their players, which would partially explain why the turnaround started to occur. Once the users got significantly better than the bots, things started to turn. The other contributing factor was the additions of some of these S24 rookies to the Royal’s War Room. Fellow rookies, Busch Light, Harrison Andrews, Juan Domine, and myself (Gunner Thorbjornsson) all joined the War Room after some big brain foresight by Sylphreni. We had great teachers and mentors, which allowed us to learn quick and become simming machines. It may be the youthful energy of the quartet, but we’ve put together a hotkey script that allowed us to do well over 10,000 sims per game. The faith showed in us by the senior War Room members may have looked misplaced at the start, but their decision is paying off. The more menial task of simming has allowed the senior members to focus more on the scouting of next season. We all know at this point it will be an r/nfl class, so it’s all hands on deck. I believe this will help shape our future over at the Royals for the better. But what does this future look like? Well, there are going to be some huge blows to the secondary and the passing offense immediately. The main focus should in replacing safeties Greedy Sly and Bob Bob, who both went in the first round of the NSFL draft last year. Let’s not exclude the star CB tandem in Lesean Paris Crooks and Mikel van Perkins. All four starting secondary players could be gone. Maybe with a little luck, one or two stay down. This would give time to groom their replacements so it’s not trial by fire. Undoubtedly, this massive area of strength this year, will be a weakness next year. But it’s quite the opposite for the linebacker and defensive line. In what was a weakness at the start of the season, it will now be a strength next season. Both Busch Light and Juan Domine should be back, the latter being front runner for LBotY. Harrison Andrews will also return with some of his fellow d-lineman. The shouldn’t hurt too much from the loss of Colby Jack as his replacement Charlemagne Cortez was drafted last year and should be capped by the start of next season. However, RB and WR are up in the air. #CrownTheKing, could potentially be gone, but Batista could be back. The Royals have had success with the running back by committee approach, so they’ll look to fill that gap and avoid a massive drop when both King and Batista are gone. London drafted two young studs in WR and they’ll be back at the start of the year, but Royal’s legend Sue Cash Jr will likely head for the bright light. They’ll need to look at filling this position as well. With this being a r/nfl draft class, there should be plenty of opportunities to fill these holes, but it will take a massive effort from the War Room guys and I absolutely look forward to being a part of it.
I haven’t seen much chatter on this one, but I personally think Danny King should be the DSFL MVP. I’m basing this off the old school mantra of the name of the award, Most “Valuable” Player, key word being valuable. Arguments can be made that he’s not the best player in the league, but that’s not the name of the award. I hate the “best player on the best team” bias that often comes when discussing MVPs. I’m going to do a deep dive into his stats and prove why Danny King should not only be nominated for league MVP, but should also win it. First off, let’s look at the stats, because that’s what everyone will point to. Danny currently sits 3rd in the league in rushing yards at 1138. Theeks leads the league with 1505, and Keppler is a distance 2nd with 1178. Now, simply based on this one metric, Theeks looks like the runaway winner. However, when you take into account carriers, it’s a much different story. Theeks has 100 more carries than King, and Keppler has 45 more carries. King actually leads the league in yards per carry (when considering a minimum of 150 carries) at 5.2, Theeks is 6th at 4.7, and Keppler is 10th. What’s even more impressive is that King is tied for Theeks with the most rushing TDs in the league at 11, again with 100 less carries. Keppler is down at 5th overall with 9 TDs. This is your typical quality vs quantity argument and I believe the league’s Most Valuable Player should be quality over quantity. Now based off these three categories, I believe it’s between Theeks and King, so let’s dig a bit deeper in their comparison. London uses running back by committee, while Tijuana uses one lead back. London’s backup, Jacoby Batista, accrued 206 carries, 942 yards, and 10 TDs. Tijuana’s backup accrued 52 carries, 240 yards, and 1 TD. What can we take from this? Well, if King were to about half of Batista’s carries in a more single back style offense, his numbers would blow Theeks away. We’ll set the bar at 319 carriers since that’s the baseline Theeks provided and it leads the league. What would Danny’s numbers look like? I’m glad you asked. With 319 carries, Danny King would’ve had a video game numbers. His yards would go up nearly 50% putting him well above Theeks at 1658 yards. His TDs would go up to 16 as he was averaging just under a touchdown every 20 carries. When you even out the carries, it’s not even close. Also throw in the fact that King has put the team on his back during their winning streak to reach the playoffs, and not only are his stats the best, but he’s also the most important to his team. In their last three games, King has gone for 345 yards and 5 TDs. He’s been their entire offense. Without him, they lose a couple of lose and likely miss the playoffs. For me, it’s an easy call. #CrownTheKing.
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8) It’s always important to look forward to the future. Examine your team, and in 400 words or more, talk about how they can improve themselves to get a stab at trophy contention next year. Are you loaded with draft capital for the next draft? Do you have plenty of cap space to sign free agents? Go through the roster and note the different strengths and weaknesses, and how you think those will change over the next few seasons. How should your team adapt?
It's been a whirlwind of a season for the London Royals. After starting 1-5, they’ve finished strong and have a chance to clinch HFA tonight with a win over Myrtle Beach and a Kansas City lose to Portland. Even finishing .500 after their horrific start is an accomplishment. I think this is a testament to the rookies they added in the S24 draft class. The majority of the draft class has been consistent in updating their players, which would partially explain why the turnaround started to occur. Once the users got significantly better than the bots, things started to turn. The other contributing factor was the additions of some of these S24 rookies to the Royal’s War Room. Fellow rookies, Busch Light, Harrison Andrews, Juan Domine, and myself (Gunner Thorbjornsson) all joined the War Room after some big brain foresight by Sylphreni. We had great teachers and mentors, which allowed us to learn quick and become simming machines. It may be the youthful energy of the quartet, but we’ve put together a hotkey script that allowed us to do well over 10,000 sims per game. The faith showed in us by the senior War Room members may have looked misplaced at the start, but their decision is paying off. The more menial task of simming has allowed the senior members to focus more on the scouting of next season. We all know at this point it will be an r/nfl class, so it’s all hands on deck. I believe this will help shape our future over at the Royals for the better. But what does this future look like? Well, there are going to be some huge blows to the secondary and the passing offense immediately. The main focus should in replacing safeties Greedy Sly and Bob Bob, who both went in the first round of the NSFL draft last year. Let’s not exclude the star CB tandem in Lesean Paris Crooks and Mikel van Perkins. All four starting secondary players could be gone. Maybe with a little luck, one or two stay down. This would give time to groom their replacements so it’s not trial by fire. Undoubtedly, this massive area of strength this year, will be a weakness next year. But it’s quite the opposite for the linebacker and defensive line. In what was a weakness at the start of the season, it will now be a strength next season. Both Busch Light and Juan Domine should be back, the latter being front runner for LBotY. Harrison Andrews will also return with some of his fellow d-lineman. The shouldn’t hurt too much from the loss of Colby Jack as his replacement Charlemagne Cortez was drafted last year and should be capped by the start of next season. However, RB and WR are up in the air. #CrownTheKing, could potentially be gone, but Batista could be back. The Royals have had success with the running back by committee approach, so they’ll look to fill that gap and avoid a massive drop when both King and Batista are gone. London drafted two young studs in WR and they’ll be back at the start of the year, but Royal’s legend Sue Cash Jr will likely head for the bright light. They’ll need to look at filling this position as well. With this being a r/nfl draft class, there should be plenty of opportunities to fill these holes, but it will take a massive effort from the War Room guys and I absolutely look forward to being a part of it.
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