TIER III
PT Championship Week
No disrespect to Ramza, he was certainly the best QB. But I feel Alejandro Chainbreaker had a more impressive year and meant more to his team. Norfolk had a stacked team. They had Dre Matthews, who won WR of the year. Running the ball, they also had two running backs at or near 1,000 yards rushing. Chainbreaker anchored the Minnesota Grey Ducks defense AS A ROOKIE and was a contender for MVP in a big year for offensive players. I feel every DSFL season has QBs and RBs that you can just plug and play in awards season. There's always a QB who has middling stats that is better than the rest. Every season's best RB has over 1,000 yards and touchdown numbers in double digits. To see a defender have the year that Chainbreaker did is special. Again, no disrespect to Ramza, he was extremely efficient. But he also split reps with Luke Skywalker, who is a damn good quarterback himself. Even with splitting QB reps, Norfolk also had a nasty run game. It just feels cheap to me to throw the MVP every single season to the best quarterback or best running back. Just look at the numbers for the two Norfolk QBs. They're almost interchangeable. Skywalker had 100 fewer passing yards, one less TD, and two more picks and threw two fewer passes. Skywalker didn't even make the QB of the year ballot. Again, an incredible year for Ramza, but Chainbreaker was a straight monster.
TIER II
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Once again, I am going to tell the story of the S22 Minnesota Grey Ducks. This is perhaps, the greatest Grey Ducks team ever. They didn't win the Ultimini but they deserve to be remembered. They cruised to the first seed in the S22 DSFL Playoffs and ended up losing a close game in the first round. When you look at that team, it was stacked. Tychondrius Hood won Offensive Rookie of the Year and Wide Receiver of the Year. Placing third in the WROTY race was his teammate Daymond Brooks. Julio Jones won his first of two-straight Offensive Lineman of the Year Awards. Lamar Jackson would win offensive rookie of the year the next year in the ISFL. Sim SnowBow would win DSFL MVP in S22. Buck Thornton won his second Defensive Back of the Year Award and Defensive Player of the Year in S22. Dex Kennedy was all over awards season in S22. The year after, Tyron Shields would be an ISFL Pro Bowler and was also a finalist for ISFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in S23. Phiip Stein would be in the Kicker of the Year conversation, CLG Rampage and DeWalt took home GM of the year. The team represented half of the NFC Pro Bowl team. They had everything but the Ultimini. Oh, did I mention that team also included Mario Von Pebbles, Ray-Ray Jackson, and Matt Krause? That was a team of destiny, but destiny can be quite cruel. Off the field, the S22 Grey Ducks changed DSFL culture for better or worse. Minnesota became a place opposing teams wanted to play in because of how fun the environment was. Call them infamous or notorious if you have to, but the S22 Grey Ducks deserved better. They deserve to be remembered even if they are untitled. I just remember feeling so empty when all of these Grey Ducks were nominated for awards because it felt like they had the best team that year. Several Grey Ducks were nominated for major awards. I'm pretty sure I'm missing a ton, but that's just how stacked Minnesota was in S22. It's hard to say how they would have fared if they made it past the first round because Tijuana is so dominant every year, but since they didn't I'll just pretend they would have smoked the Luchadores. With most of the team dispersed across the ISFL, it feels like I'll never see a team quite like that Ducks team again. I really feel like it was a missed opportunity.
PT Championship Week
Quote:17) Choose any award from the past 22 offseasons that you think should’ve gone to a different contender. Why was your chosen candidate’s season superior to the actual winner?
No disrespect to Ramza, he was certainly the best QB. But I feel Alejandro Chainbreaker had a more impressive year and meant more to his team. Norfolk had a stacked team. They had Dre Matthews, who won WR of the year. Running the ball, they also had two running backs at or near 1,000 yards rushing. Chainbreaker anchored the Minnesota Grey Ducks defense AS A ROOKIE and was a contender for MVP in a big year for offensive players. I feel every DSFL season has QBs and RBs that you can just plug and play in awards season. There's always a QB who has middling stats that is better than the rest. Every season's best RB has over 1,000 yards and touchdown numbers in double digits. To see a defender have the year that Chainbreaker did is special. Again, no disrespect to Ramza, he was extremely efficient. But he also split reps with Luke Skywalker, who is a damn good quarterback himself. Even with splitting QB reps, Norfolk also had a nasty run game. It just feels cheap to me to throw the MVP every single season to the best quarterback or best running back. Just look at the numbers for the two Norfolk QBs. They're almost interchangeable. Skywalker had 100 fewer passing yards, one less TD, and two more picks and threw two fewer passes. Skywalker didn't even make the QB of the year ballot. Again, an incredible year for Ramza, but Chainbreaker was a straight monster.
TIER II
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Quote:10) History is not always kind to the losers. Tell the story of a team who you view as an all-time great but who did not win the title game. Why was that team so dominant? What were the major focal points of their offense and defense, and who were the star players? What makes them so special? What was the reason that they ultimately fell short of immortal greatness?
Once again, I am going to tell the story of the S22 Minnesota Grey Ducks. This is perhaps, the greatest Grey Ducks team ever. They didn't win the Ultimini but they deserve to be remembered. They cruised to the first seed in the S22 DSFL Playoffs and ended up losing a close game in the first round. When you look at that team, it was stacked. Tychondrius Hood won Offensive Rookie of the Year and Wide Receiver of the Year. Placing third in the WROTY race was his teammate Daymond Brooks. Julio Jones won his first of two-straight Offensive Lineman of the Year Awards. Lamar Jackson would win offensive rookie of the year the next year in the ISFL. Sim SnowBow would win DSFL MVP in S22. Buck Thornton won his second Defensive Back of the Year Award and Defensive Player of the Year in S22. Dex Kennedy was all over awards season in S22. The year after, Tyron Shields would be an ISFL Pro Bowler and was also a finalist for ISFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in S23. Phiip Stein would be in the Kicker of the Year conversation, CLG Rampage and DeWalt took home GM of the year. The team represented half of the NFC Pro Bowl team. They had everything but the Ultimini. Oh, did I mention that team also included Mario Von Pebbles, Ray-Ray Jackson, and Matt Krause? That was a team of destiny, but destiny can be quite cruel. Off the field, the S22 Grey Ducks changed DSFL culture for better or worse. Minnesota became a place opposing teams wanted to play in because of how fun the environment was. Call them infamous or notorious if you have to, but the S22 Grey Ducks deserved better. They deserve to be remembered even if they are untitled. I just remember feeling so empty when all of these Grey Ducks were nominated for awards because it felt like they had the best team that year. Several Grey Ducks were nominated for major awards. I'm pretty sure I'm missing a ton, but that's just how stacked Minnesota was in S22. It's hard to say how they would have fared if they made it past the first round because Tijuana is so dominant every year, but since they didn't I'll just pretend they would have smoked the Luchadores. With most of the team dispersed across the ISFL, it feels like I'll never see a team quite like that Ducks team again. I really feel like it was a missed opportunity.