8. If we take a critical look at the Yellowknife wraiths this year as a whole you may have to ask what is there to change? Considering the fact that they won the ultimus bowl last season what could they do to hopefully repeat this same success the following season? Well for one I do believe the quarterback Cooter Bigsby is very close to retiring. So of course replacing the soul of the team would be very much important and we have the replacement with one the Jack brothers in the DSFL currently training to enter the ISFL soon enough. Then we can look at our offensive line which is pretty much non-existent except for Forty-Two so adding more depth in that position would help immensely in my opinion. Another position that the team is lacking is an actual tight end as we do not have a single human to address that spot. Having a tight end that can pass catch and block helps add much more variety to the scheme of the team. Our wide receiver core is actually pretty solid and has deep depth. Unfortunately one of the captains of the team Nate Swift has been whisked away to San Jose and will be missed in the locker room. Our running back position seems to be in a excellent position but it never hurts to always have more backs in training since you never know with injuries, especially with such a run heavy team. Now we switch to the defensive side of the team. We can start with the safety position. With one safety in regression and ready to retire it would make sense to replenish the spot in the upcoming draft. We have another safety that is an up and comer and will hopefully be able to replace our oldest safety in time. Our defensive backs are in a good position but having more for depth is never a bad thing. The linebacker core could always use some help especially with ones that we can draft and train since our linebackers will be okay for a few more years. The Yellowknifes could also use two true defensive tackles as we are currently using a defensive end as a tackle and our other main tackle is hitting regression and will soon be in the position to retire soon enough and getting depth for that position would help immensely. Overall I feel that the Wraiths in a really good position overall compared to other teams but there are always a few tweaks here and there that they could do to improve overall.
21. I would like to compare the Yellowknife wraiths to the Austin copperheads. Both teams are very similar believe it or not. The only difference is that Yellowknife boasts a stronger defense, whereas the copperheads have the stronger offense. This becomes quite clear when you compare the quarterbacks. Cooter Bigsby for one is in regression while Easton Cole is still in his prime. The wide receiver situation though is very interesting. The Yellowknife wraiths have much more depth but the average TP floats at around 500 TPE while the copperheads only have three wide receivers but there average TP comes to around 700. Copperheads have a Tight end whereas the wraiths don’t even have one. The running back situation is also very similar both have one elite star running back and then have a second back that is still in the works but still able to contribute significantly. Now when we look at the defense where the wraiths are the strongest it is clear. The front seven of the wraiths average TPE boasts around 800 while the front seven of the copperheads falls around a rough 500 TPE. This is a huge blaring difference and the biggest reason just falls on the fact that the front four of the copperheads are still very young and new to the league. At the end of the day the Wraiths took the trophy home and it goes to show that Defense always wins.
22. If the ISFL and DSFL adopted the pro-bowls skill challenges well I for one would agree with that. It would be a fun and festive way to have fans enjoy and have more interaction with the players. For one I think adding more variations to the skill games like other sports would be an interesting idea. To see how many potential all-stars there are on the pro-bowl teams. Things like 3 on 3 basketball or soccer would make it so much fun in my opinion. Other skill tests could be borrowed from the NFL combine. Basically redo the combine except with the elite players and see if they improve or see if father time had has its effect on the player’s stats. I believe if ultimate Frisbee was played the wide receivers and cornerbacks hand down would probably come away with it. Wide receivers like Donut, Gaines, Gordon, Lim and Quinn would easily take the cake on this sport along with Shileds, Marston, and Lattimer. Dodgeball now I truly believe would be a toss up. But I can see wide receivers again coming out on top since they have such good hands and should be able to catch all the balls that are thrown to them rather then trying to dodge them. Of course I believe the NSFC would come out on top if challenged by the ASFC because I just have that bias.
21. I would like to compare the Yellowknife wraiths to the Austin copperheads. Both teams are very similar believe it or not. The only difference is that Yellowknife boasts a stronger defense, whereas the copperheads have the stronger offense. This becomes quite clear when you compare the quarterbacks. Cooter Bigsby for one is in regression while Easton Cole is still in his prime. The wide receiver situation though is very interesting. The Yellowknife wraiths have much more depth but the average TP floats at around 500 TPE while the copperheads only have three wide receivers but there average TP comes to around 700. Copperheads have a Tight end whereas the wraiths don’t even have one. The running back situation is also very similar both have one elite star running back and then have a second back that is still in the works but still able to contribute significantly. Now when we look at the defense where the wraiths are the strongest it is clear. The front seven of the wraiths average TPE boasts around 800 while the front seven of the copperheads falls around a rough 500 TPE. This is a huge blaring difference and the biggest reason just falls on the fact that the front four of the copperheads are still very young and new to the league. At the end of the day the Wraiths took the trophy home and it goes to show that Defense always wins.
22. If the ISFL and DSFL adopted the pro-bowls skill challenges well I for one would agree with that. It would be a fun and festive way to have fans enjoy and have more interaction with the players. For one I think adding more variations to the skill games like other sports would be an interesting idea. To see how many potential all-stars there are on the pro-bowl teams. Things like 3 on 3 basketball or soccer would make it so much fun in my opinion. Other skill tests could be borrowed from the NFL combine. Basically redo the combine except with the elite players and see if they improve or see if father time had has its effect on the player’s stats. I believe if ultimate Frisbee was played the wide receivers and cornerbacks hand down would probably come away with it. Wide receivers like Donut, Gaines, Gordon, Lim and Quinn would easily take the cake on this sport along with Shileds, Marston, and Lattimer. Dodgeball now I truly believe would be a toss up. But I can see wide receivers again coming out on top since they have such good hands and should be able to catch all the balls that are thrown to them rather then trying to dodge them. Of course I believe the NSFC would come out on top if challenged by the ASFC because I just have that bias.