Task 8 (406 Words)
There’s a phrase that always echoes throughout cities of teams that have been eliminated from the playoffs, “There’s always next year.” This unfortunately has been the motto of the Chicago Butchers these past few seasons, football has not been kind to the Windy City. But for once, the phrase “there’s always next year” carries some actual weight with it. The biggest weakness for the Butchers these past few years will become their greatest strength: youth. The Butchers have a ton of players that are super young and still have plenty of room to grow. One look at the roster page and most every name has either S21, 22, or 23 next to the name. With regression not due to hit for several more seasons the Butchers core is poised to expand rapidly and become a threat. The youth movement comes as a result of something the team also desperately needed, stable management. It goes without saying Chicago was in an awful state in regards to their leadership before Bayley and Muford took over and helped change the image of the team drastically. No longer is Chicago that team that everyone wants to avoid, rather it’s becoming the place to be. The team has drive and direction and that is appealing to the free agent market, which ties into my next reason the Butchers will be great. The team has drawn several free agents to the team to help boost spots that were on the weaker side: names like Tyler Oles Jr. on the defensive side of the ball and the most recent addition of Baby Yoda on the offensive side. Free agency is like playing a game of dominoes, once the first one falls it sets off a chain that keeps falling. I’m expecting Chicago to be in the running for several bigger name free agents come these next few seasons. And the last reason I think Chicago will be poised to have a serious breakout season is that they hold the #1 draft pick slot and there’s countless options that they can do with it. Draft picks in this league are incredibly valuable, and the draft class features a ton of options that can become a cornerstone of the Chicago Butchers franchise for seasons upon seasons to come. The Windy City is slowly on the right track to becoming a football powerhouse, and there should be a new slogan for them this year “Chop on.”
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Task 22 (234 Words)
If the ISFL had a Pro Bowl I’d say that the best game to implement would be a relay race, mostly because it would be the best way to showcase the wide spread of talent across the league, notably the unsung stars of the show on the Offensive Line. You can showcase those who are insanely strong, those incredibly fleet of foot, and those with the best hands in the business. Another one I’d want to implement would love to see is Ultimate Frisbee, mostly because it’s the best game to ever exist and seeing some of the big stars of the league showcasing their talents in multiple sports is always amazing. Imagine the sight of Chika Fujiwara just absolutely launching the frisbee the entire length of the field super fast while Sean O’Leary and Saba Donut are jumping over each other to try and snag these frisbees. It would truly be a sight to behold. As for which division would win these games? It would obviously be the NSFC, we’ve got the Ultimus winner in our division and star players on every single team on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball, it would be a completely wipe. Adding games to the Pro Bowl would definitely make it a lot more worthwhile to watch, and it would give the fans a much added bonus to enjoy after the regular season ends.
There’s a phrase that always echoes throughout cities of teams that have been eliminated from the playoffs, “There’s always next year.” This unfortunately has been the motto of the Chicago Butchers these past few seasons, football has not been kind to the Windy City. But for once, the phrase “there’s always next year” carries some actual weight with it. The biggest weakness for the Butchers these past few years will become their greatest strength: youth. The Butchers have a ton of players that are super young and still have plenty of room to grow. One look at the roster page and most every name has either S21, 22, or 23 next to the name. With regression not due to hit for several more seasons the Butchers core is poised to expand rapidly and become a threat. The youth movement comes as a result of something the team also desperately needed, stable management. It goes without saying Chicago was in an awful state in regards to their leadership before Bayley and Muford took over and helped change the image of the team drastically. No longer is Chicago that team that everyone wants to avoid, rather it’s becoming the place to be. The team has drive and direction and that is appealing to the free agent market, which ties into my next reason the Butchers will be great. The team has drawn several free agents to the team to help boost spots that were on the weaker side: names like Tyler Oles Jr. on the defensive side of the ball and the most recent addition of Baby Yoda on the offensive side. Free agency is like playing a game of dominoes, once the first one falls it sets off a chain that keeps falling. I’m expecting Chicago to be in the running for several bigger name free agents come these next few seasons. And the last reason I think Chicago will be poised to have a serious breakout season is that they hold the #1 draft pick slot and there’s countless options that they can do with it. Draft picks in this league are incredibly valuable, and the draft class features a ton of options that can become a cornerstone of the Chicago Butchers franchise for seasons upon seasons to come. The Windy City is slowly on the right track to becoming a football powerhouse, and there should be a new slogan for them this year “Chop on.”
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Task 22 (234 Words)
If the ISFL had a Pro Bowl I’d say that the best game to implement would be a relay race, mostly because it would be the best way to showcase the wide spread of talent across the league, notably the unsung stars of the show on the Offensive Line. You can showcase those who are insanely strong, those incredibly fleet of foot, and those with the best hands in the business. Another one I’d want to implement would love to see is Ultimate Frisbee, mostly because it’s the best game to ever exist and seeing some of the big stars of the league showcasing their talents in multiple sports is always amazing. Imagine the sight of Chika Fujiwara just absolutely launching the frisbee the entire length of the field super fast while Sean O’Leary and Saba Donut are jumping over each other to try and snag these frisbees. It would truly be a sight to behold. As for which division would win these games? It would obviously be the NSFC, we’ve got the Ultimus winner in our division and star players on every single team on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball, it would be a completely wipe. Adding games to the Pro Bowl would definitely make it a lot more worthwhile to watch, and it would give the fans a much added bonus to enjoy after the regular season ends.
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