Short Form Tasks
6) The playoffs have finally arrived. Choose one playoff team that is not your own from either league and recount how they got here in 400 words or more. What challenges and hurdles did they face in the regular season? Did they cruise into home field advantage or have to fight off contenders for the wild card? Are they led by MVP players on offense, or is a stifling defense the engine to their success? Don’t be afraid to go deep.
I will try to describe how New Orleans managed to get into the playoffs despite allowing more points than actually scoring. This and the fact, that they are still number 2 in their conference was pretty astounding to my eye.
First off i looked at the team stats. It immediately stood out to me that they were first in tackles by quite a big margin. However, this is not really a positive thing to me as i shows, that the defense had troubles to stop the opponent from going down the field. And my assumption was not far off, as they allowed the second most yards over the course of the season. The inability to stop the opposing offense was a glaring weakness for the Second Line. To be honest i was surprised to see them beeing that weak. i have to admit, that i didn't follow their season in detail so i wasn't expecting that from a playoff team. While they couldn't stop anybody i have to pay respect to their potential for creating big plays on defense. With 28 turnovers on the year they led the league in taking the ball away. This performance at creating turnoves was the reason why they were able to secure some of their closest wins. The most outstanding players on the NOLA defense were Mason Blaylock and D. Rector. They combined for an impressive 11 turnovers in total.
Another fact that is not to be overlooked is that out of their 9 wins seven games were decided by seven or less points. In the games they lost only 3 times they lost in one score games. So I would say that when they lost, they lost by a pretty big margin. So we could assume they got a bit lucky here and there.
On offense the team performed above average. They finished siyth in yards and fifth in points so they were good, but not great. Their passing attack ranks seventh in the league, which was a bit of a disappointment for a team with high aspirations as NOLA have. E. Barker just managed to get over 1000 yards and got to the endzone 6 times. Their rushing game was just a little bit better. They rushed for over 2000 yards but were not really efficient in doing so as they scored only 14 touchdowns.
If they are not able to get into playoff shape in time, i only see a small chance to make a run at the title. I still see them winning in the wildcard game as they have homefield advantage there but i fear that the otters are too strong to beat on the road.
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?
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My player is with the Honolulu Hahalua playing linebacker for the expansion franchise in their second year. The team is still in building mode as the most players on the team are still very young at this point. There a bunch of holes in the roster but if we would be able to fill them with the right players we can rise to a competitive play off team within a few seasons. The most glaring weakness right off the bat would be the position of the quarterback. Ravens player "Corvo Havran" maybe has played his last season and is about to retire soon. He will leave a big hole on the roster. The next quarterback stepping into these huge footsteps will be Luke Skywalker. Right now he was playing his last season with the Norfolk Seawolves. If he remains to be the quarterback is pretty much up to him, as he is not what is considered a max earner. He will have to improve his earning rate to be able to keep up with the other quarterbacks in the ISFL. Another position that has to be adressed in the near future would be the defensive line. We are pretty poorly set at defensive tackle with two players who are not regularly updating. They are sitting at 343 and 305 TPE, which simply is not enough to create a consistent pass rush and also will be lacking in terms of stuffing the run game. If we can't land a top player in free agency we will definitely have to look in the upcoming draft. Also at cornerback there is a need for antoher player as Victor Moreno went inactive.
On the other hand let's look at the positive aspects of the roster. There is still a season without regression for the top receiver Jed Podolak. His peers William Alexander and Jacoby Clay are good earners, especially Clay. At running back we also can look into a bright future. Gucci has already overtaken Ruff Ruff in terms of TPE and I expect him to be featured more heavily going forward.When Podolak finally reaches regression Clay will be ready to eventually take over from him. Defensive End also is a position where we can expect to improve drastically in the next 2 season. Logan Noble Jr is a decent earner and still 2 years away from regression. Finally at linebacker the two young players Jack Banks and Heinrich Kackpoo seek to become the successor to Mack Arianlacher. Jack Banks is earning well and was playing his second seson in the ISFL. Kackpoo is in his rookie year and among the top earners of his draft class. If we can get the important picks right, there is a real chance to take on the established teams of the ISFL.
6) The playoffs have finally arrived. Choose one playoff team that is not your own from either league and recount how they got here in 400 words or more. What challenges and hurdles did they face in the regular season? Did they cruise into home field advantage or have to fight off contenders for the wild card? Are they led by MVP players on offense, or is a stifling defense the engine to their success? Don’t be afraid to go deep.
I will try to describe how New Orleans managed to get into the playoffs despite allowing more points than actually scoring. This and the fact, that they are still number 2 in their conference was pretty astounding to my eye.
First off i looked at the team stats. It immediately stood out to me that they were first in tackles by quite a big margin. However, this is not really a positive thing to me as i shows, that the defense had troubles to stop the opponent from going down the field. And my assumption was not far off, as they allowed the second most yards over the course of the season. The inability to stop the opposing offense was a glaring weakness for the Second Line. To be honest i was surprised to see them beeing that weak. i have to admit, that i didn't follow their season in detail so i wasn't expecting that from a playoff team. While they couldn't stop anybody i have to pay respect to their potential for creating big plays on defense. With 28 turnovers on the year they led the league in taking the ball away. This performance at creating turnoves was the reason why they were able to secure some of their closest wins. The most outstanding players on the NOLA defense were Mason Blaylock and D. Rector. They combined for an impressive 11 turnovers in total.
Another fact that is not to be overlooked is that out of their 9 wins seven games were decided by seven or less points. In the games they lost only 3 times they lost in one score games. So I would say that when they lost, they lost by a pretty big margin. So we could assume they got a bit lucky here and there.
On offense the team performed above average. They finished siyth in yards and fifth in points so they were good, but not great. Their passing attack ranks seventh in the league, which was a bit of a disappointment for a team with high aspirations as NOLA have. E. Barker just managed to get over 1000 yards and got to the endzone 6 times. Their rushing game was just a little bit better. They rushed for over 2000 yards but were not really efficient in doing so as they scored only 14 touchdowns.
If they are not able to get into playoff shape in time, i only see a small chance to make a run at the title. I still see them winning in the wildcard game as they have homefield advantage there but i fear that the otters are too strong to beat on the road.
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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?
611
My player is with the Honolulu Hahalua playing linebacker for the expansion franchise in their second year. The team is still in building mode as the most players on the team are still very young at this point. There a bunch of holes in the roster but if we would be able to fill them with the right players we can rise to a competitive play off team within a few seasons. The most glaring weakness right off the bat would be the position of the quarterback. Ravens player "Corvo Havran" maybe has played his last season and is about to retire soon. He will leave a big hole on the roster. The next quarterback stepping into these huge footsteps will be Luke Skywalker. Right now he was playing his last season with the Norfolk Seawolves. If he remains to be the quarterback is pretty much up to him, as he is not what is considered a max earner. He will have to improve his earning rate to be able to keep up with the other quarterbacks in the ISFL. Another position that has to be adressed in the near future would be the defensive line. We are pretty poorly set at defensive tackle with two players who are not regularly updating. They are sitting at 343 and 305 TPE, which simply is not enough to create a consistent pass rush and also will be lacking in terms of stuffing the run game. If we can't land a top player in free agency we will definitely have to look in the upcoming draft. Also at cornerback there is a need for antoher player as Victor Moreno went inactive.
On the other hand let's look at the positive aspects of the roster. There is still a season without regression for the top receiver Jed Podolak. His peers William Alexander and Jacoby Clay are good earners, especially Clay. At running back we also can look into a bright future. Gucci has already overtaken Ruff Ruff in terms of TPE and I expect him to be featured more heavily going forward.When Podolak finally reaches regression Clay will be ready to eventually take over from him. Defensive End also is a position where we can expect to improve drastically in the next 2 season. Logan Noble Jr is a decent earner and still 2 years away from regression. Finally at linebacker the two young players Jack Banks and Heinrich Kackpoo seek to become the successor to Mack Arianlacher. Jack Banks is earning well and was playing his second seson in the ISFL. Kackpoo is in his rookie year and among the top earners of his draft class. If we can get the important picks right, there is a real chance to take on the established teams of the ISFL.
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