9) Pick any position, and determine who in your view is the greatest player to ever suit up at that position. Why do you view them as the GOAT? What achievements, records, accolades, or statistics do they hold? How do they stack up against the other legends in their position, and why does your chosen candidate come out on top?
So one of the issues I have with these tasks is I am brand spanking new to this league and haven't really been able to know who is who and who is great in this league. Nearly all of these tasks have to do with kind of knowing about this league to begin with - so I hope you don't judge what I write here instead harshly because I am going to write about what I do know - and that is the NFL. Hopefully next season I have more knowledge to be able to write about this league.
Reggie White is quite arguably the best defensive end to ever play the game in my opinion. He was the sack leader when he retired only to get beat out by Bruce Smith by 2 total sacks even though Smith had 3 extra years in the league over White. Reggie was called the Ministry of Defense for a reason - he perfected and basically created most of the moves we see defensive ends use today. He was dominant and I just don't see another defensive end coming in the league to be as dominant as he was in his 15 seasons. He went to the pro bowl 13 times. He won defensive player of the year twice. He was on the first team all 80s team and also the first team all 90s team. He was on 75th anniversary all time NFL team and also the same in the 100th anniversary - he'll continue to be the same at the 150 and 200, too.
People talk about JJ Watt being great, but he doesn't hold a candle to Reggie White. The thing that Reggie had was durability and consistency through all of his seasons. He has the record in the NFL with consecutive seasons with 10+ sacks with 9 consecutive seasons. If you include his USFL days he shatters the career sack record in professional football. There were only a couple seasons he didn't play in all 16 regular season games each season and his lowest games played was 12 - where he still recorded 21 sacks that season (his most in a season ironically enough). Needless to say, you'd be crazy if you weren't to call Reggie White the GOAT.
Even though I created Goat Tank as a defensive tackle, all I could think about was Reggie White and how awesome he was - and I'm not even an Eagles or Packers fan. He was just incredible to watch when he played.
12) This task is exclusive to non-recreate rookies of the S23 class and later. In 400 words or more, how has your experience been in the league? Who have you met that has made your time here more fun, friendly, and exciting? Have you been satisfied with your player’s early start? What was it like being drafted for the first time? Do you have any comments or suggestions for the entire league that you think should be implemented?
I've only been in this league for a couple weeks now. This is my 2nd sim style game I have participated in as the first one I joined was back in February with PBE which I have enjoyed immensely. I've been kind of lucky to know several people already because of the PBE connection, but I do have to admit that right now it's a little tough to fill like I really fit in at the moment. It could be because I was a trade deadline create which was on purpose because I wanted to be a max earner in the league, but also became weird because I got put on a team I'll apparently only be on for a couple weeks before I go and get drafted by a new team.
PBE recently made a switch to the same format of drafting this league does where your pro ball team won't draft you until the following season, but I guess that is cool because it means my regression season isn't until season 25, right? So that's not too bad, but I'm finding it pretty rough right now to really find a niche in the league.
As a defensive tackle, it's also kind of weird because your stats really aren't all that great, but it's fun to fill a niche that teams definitely need and I plan on being the best defensive tackle in the league. I think my next player will definitely end up being something more on the sexy stats side though for sure.
I think I still have to wait a couple weeks for the draft and I really have no idea where I will even end up. I kind of wish I had jumped in closer to the draft because my excitement level right now is definitely "meh". I'm mostly curious to what ISFL team I will go to but it looks like that is another full season away before that even happens. I am excited to see where I end up in the DSFL though and if I will somehow end up on the same team I am on right now.
I think the biggest surprise so far is when I joined PBE I was getting tons of messages from people kind of just scouting me out. I think I had about 10 total people reach out to me - and it was a little overwhelming. I kind of expected the same here, but so far have had only ONE team reach out to ask questions, and well, that seems a little strange and low. Maybe it's because the offseason hasn't really started yet.
Either way, there are a lot of things I do like about this league. I think the wiki is interesting. I'm glad it changed it's name. I'm glad it's getting rid of this jclink crappiness. I enjoy watching discord even though I haven't been super involved in there yet. It's definitely something to get me past what the crappy year of 2020 is and I hope to meet a lot more new friends like I did over in PBE.
So one of the issues I have with these tasks is I am brand spanking new to this league and haven't really been able to know who is who and who is great in this league. Nearly all of these tasks have to do with kind of knowing about this league to begin with - so I hope you don't judge what I write here instead harshly because I am going to write about what I do know - and that is the NFL. Hopefully next season I have more knowledge to be able to write about this league.
Reggie White is quite arguably the best defensive end to ever play the game in my opinion. He was the sack leader when he retired only to get beat out by Bruce Smith by 2 total sacks even though Smith had 3 extra years in the league over White. Reggie was called the Ministry of Defense for a reason - he perfected and basically created most of the moves we see defensive ends use today. He was dominant and I just don't see another defensive end coming in the league to be as dominant as he was in his 15 seasons. He went to the pro bowl 13 times. He won defensive player of the year twice. He was on the first team all 80s team and also the first team all 90s team. He was on 75th anniversary all time NFL team and also the same in the 100th anniversary - he'll continue to be the same at the 150 and 200, too.
People talk about JJ Watt being great, but he doesn't hold a candle to Reggie White. The thing that Reggie had was durability and consistency through all of his seasons. He has the record in the NFL with consecutive seasons with 10+ sacks with 9 consecutive seasons. If you include his USFL days he shatters the career sack record in professional football. There were only a couple seasons he didn't play in all 16 regular season games each season and his lowest games played was 12 - where he still recorded 21 sacks that season (his most in a season ironically enough). Needless to say, you'd be crazy if you weren't to call Reggie White the GOAT.
Even though I created Goat Tank as a defensive tackle, all I could think about was Reggie White and how awesome he was - and I'm not even an Eagles or Packers fan. He was just incredible to watch when he played.
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12) This task is exclusive to non-recreate rookies of the S23 class and later. In 400 words or more, how has your experience been in the league? Who have you met that has made your time here more fun, friendly, and exciting? Have you been satisfied with your player’s early start? What was it like being drafted for the first time? Do you have any comments or suggestions for the entire league that you think should be implemented?
I've only been in this league for a couple weeks now. This is my 2nd sim style game I have participated in as the first one I joined was back in February with PBE which I have enjoyed immensely. I've been kind of lucky to know several people already because of the PBE connection, but I do have to admit that right now it's a little tough to fill like I really fit in at the moment. It could be because I was a trade deadline create which was on purpose because I wanted to be a max earner in the league, but also became weird because I got put on a team I'll apparently only be on for a couple weeks before I go and get drafted by a new team.
PBE recently made a switch to the same format of drafting this league does where your pro ball team won't draft you until the following season, but I guess that is cool because it means my regression season isn't until season 25, right? So that's not too bad, but I'm finding it pretty rough right now to really find a niche in the league.
As a defensive tackle, it's also kind of weird because your stats really aren't all that great, but it's fun to fill a niche that teams definitely need and I plan on being the best defensive tackle in the league. I think my next player will definitely end up being something more on the sexy stats side though for sure.
I think I still have to wait a couple weeks for the draft and I really have no idea where I will even end up. I kind of wish I had jumped in closer to the draft because my excitement level right now is definitely "meh". I'm mostly curious to what ISFL team I will go to but it looks like that is another full season away before that even happens. I am excited to see where I end up in the DSFL though and if I will somehow end up on the same team I am on right now.
I think the biggest surprise so far is when I joined PBE I was getting tons of messages from people kind of just scouting me out. I think I had about 10 total people reach out to me - and it was a little overwhelming. I kind of expected the same here, but so far have had only ONE team reach out to ask questions, and well, that seems a little strange and low. Maybe it's because the offseason hasn't really started yet.
Either way, there are a lot of things I do like about this league. I think the wiki is interesting. I'm glad it changed it's name. I'm glad it's getting rid of this jclink crappiness. I enjoy watching discord even though I haven't been super involved in there yet. It's definitely something to get me past what the crappy year of 2020 is and I hope to meet a lot more new friends like I did over in PBE.
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