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?
In Brock Phoenix, the Liberty have a top 5 TPE QB in him and it sounds like prior to the season, he had especially focused on his passing accuracy, wanting to be a better game manager as we had other weapons on the team and not necessarily needing him to be the main guy, airing everything out and leading the team that way. While one hand, we were tied for 2nd least interceptions this season, the completion percentage was just in the middle of the pack. I think overall, Phoenix did really well for himself in having 23 touchdowns through the air. He'll continue to be an important piece of being a steady and dependable force on the offense. There are a couple guys like Sim Snowbow and Suleiman Ramza who could potentially be great options in the future.
When it comes to running the ball, Sam Torensen will continue to be one of the top running backs, again in that top 5 category. To be able to have both of the key skill positions with some of our best players, albeit Torensen starting to regress, means that the Liberty are in a great position offensively for the next couple seasons. Last season we were 3rd in rushing yards and 2nd in overall attempts so while we leaned on our strengths, it panned out for the most part. There wasn't much in the way of any big runs but at the end of the day it had produced like we had expected it to. With Fuzzy Dotson being a fantastic backup option, there's quite a bit to like with being able to run the ball over and over again with the Liberty next season. No issues that need to be addressed here.
Defensively, I think this is going to be one of the places that this team will grow to stand out more and more. There's already a lot of praise and rightfully so being heaped on the likes of Matt Cross, Brandon Booker. There's still a couple other guys like Tycker Om and Eugene Smoothie who are very clearly rising to the top, plus Spike Suzuki who broke outlast season. The secondary in particular with Cross, Booker, Smoothie and Erikson means that they've at least got 4 of the 5 secondary spots covered with young active players. There's going to be a need still for one more piece potentially but the more concerning spot is the loss of Warren Stephens to FA. I expect one of the rookies we're drafted recently to be a great step in and if anything, continues to add to the fact that the best seasons for this defense are ahead of them.
(WC 418)
19) Make a scouting report for any of the ISFL or DSFL draftees. Show their stats, abilities, TPE, highlights, or anti-Semitic Instagram posts. I’m joking about that last one, please don’t bring up bigotry.
With the big and meteoric appearance of the NationalSimulation FootballLeague, there has been no other prospect that has received as much as attention as this young man. As a 6'1", 215lb Safety from San Diego State University, he comes into the league with a lot of promise with nearly professional level speed and agility. If anything, this center field style safety is a true athlete in all sense of the word. His strength and tackling ability are above average and could still be improved on. There looks to be even some potential in his ability to catch the ball, bringing some scouts to believe that he could potentially line up on the other side of the ball as a wide receiver. It may be due to the great guidance and long term relationship with Rod Tidwell that NSFL is so familiar in the physical one-on-one duels against receivers. The greatest area of concern is his ability to read the game at a high speed and at the professional level. Given a season in the DSFL, it's likely that his ability to process offenses and respond appropriately while taking advantage of his speed will become a huge asset to any DSFL and eventually, ISFL team to draft him. At the same time, there will be some concerns about his popularity with and potential marketability as teams have already labeled him with a potential red flag for unknown reasons.
(WC 238)
22) Imagine that the league’s Pro Bowl included a skills competition similar to the NFL. What sorts of games could you see being implemented? Which players do you think would perform the best in ultimate frisbee, dodgeball, or other games? Which conference would come out on top?
One of the games that I would like to see, perhaps maybe not to the teams' wanting to if injuries were ever a thing, would be a game of Red Rover. Each conference would line up with their best and strongest players against each other, playing the typical "Red Rover" call out in an attempt to hold the line against other athletes looking to break the chain of people down. There could definitely be some strategy involved, for example players with more speed than strength, using that ability to break through any points that haven't appropriate set up for that aggression. For the stronger players, no doubt they would want to test their might against other players and being able to rush head on and take on one or two players would be quite the demonstration of strength. There would also be some level of tactics involved. For example you would have to consider whether you would line up with a strong and weak pairing for players or whether you would want to line match against the other conference's side. I might be inclined to say that the NSFC with the elite running back group of Apollo Reed, Sam Torensen, Mathias Hanyadi would be a terrifying trio to try and stop.
(WC 211)
In Brock Phoenix, the Liberty have a top 5 TPE QB in him and it sounds like prior to the season, he had especially focused on his passing accuracy, wanting to be a better game manager as we had other weapons on the team and not necessarily needing him to be the main guy, airing everything out and leading the team that way. While one hand, we were tied for 2nd least interceptions this season, the completion percentage was just in the middle of the pack. I think overall, Phoenix did really well for himself in having 23 touchdowns through the air. He'll continue to be an important piece of being a steady and dependable force on the offense. There are a couple guys like Sim Snowbow and Suleiman Ramza who could potentially be great options in the future.
When it comes to running the ball, Sam Torensen will continue to be one of the top running backs, again in that top 5 category. To be able to have both of the key skill positions with some of our best players, albeit Torensen starting to regress, means that the Liberty are in a great position offensively for the next couple seasons. Last season we were 3rd in rushing yards and 2nd in overall attempts so while we leaned on our strengths, it panned out for the most part. There wasn't much in the way of any big runs but at the end of the day it had produced like we had expected it to. With Fuzzy Dotson being a fantastic backup option, there's quite a bit to like with being able to run the ball over and over again with the Liberty next season. No issues that need to be addressed here.
Defensively, I think this is going to be one of the places that this team will grow to stand out more and more. There's already a lot of praise and rightfully so being heaped on the likes of Matt Cross, Brandon Booker. There's still a couple other guys like Tycker Om and Eugene Smoothie who are very clearly rising to the top, plus Spike Suzuki who broke outlast season. The secondary in particular with Cross, Booker, Smoothie and Erikson means that they've at least got 4 of the 5 secondary spots covered with young active players. There's going to be a need still for one more piece potentially but the more concerning spot is the loss of Warren Stephens to FA. I expect one of the rookies we're drafted recently to be a great step in and if anything, continues to add to the fact that the best seasons for this defense are ahead of them.
(WC 418)
19) Make a scouting report for any of the ISFL or DSFL draftees. Show their stats, abilities, TPE, highlights, or anti-Semitic Instagram posts. I’m joking about that last one, please don’t bring up bigotry.
With the big and meteoric appearance of the NationalSimulation FootballLeague, there has been no other prospect that has received as much as attention as this young man. As a 6'1", 215lb Safety from San Diego State University, he comes into the league with a lot of promise with nearly professional level speed and agility. If anything, this center field style safety is a true athlete in all sense of the word. His strength and tackling ability are above average and could still be improved on. There looks to be even some potential in his ability to catch the ball, bringing some scouts to believe that he could potentially line up on the other side of the ball as a wide receiver. It may be due to the great guidance and long term relationship with Rod Tidwell that NSFL is so familiar in the physical one-on-one duels against receivers. The greatest area of concern is his ability to read the game at a high speed and at the professional level. Given a season in the DSFL, it's likely that his ability to process offenses and respond appropriately while taking advantage of his speed will become a huge asset to any DSFL and eventually, ISFL team to draft him. At the same time, there will be some concerns about his popularity with and potential marketability as teams have already labeled him with a potential red flag for unknown reasons.
(WC 238)
22) Imagine that the league’s Pro Bowl included a skills competition similar to the NFL. What sorts of games could you see being implemented? Which players do you think would perform the best in ultimate frisbee, dodgeball, or other games? Which conference would come out on top?
One of the games that I would like to see, perhaps maybe not to the teams' wanting to if injuries were ever a thing, would be a game of Red Rover. Each conference would line up with their best and strongest players against each other, playing the typical "Red Rover" call out in an attempt to hold the line against other athletes looking to break the chain of people down. There could definitely be some strategy involved, for example players with more speed than strength, using that ability to break through any points that haven't appropriate set up for that aggression. For the stronger players, no doubt they would want to test their might against other players and being able to rush head on and take on one or two players would be quite the demonstration of strength. There would also be some level of tactics involved. For example you would have to consider whether you would line up with a strong and weak pairing for players or whether you would want to line match against the other conference's side. I might be inclined to say that the NSFC with the elite running back group of Apollo Reed, Sam Torensen, Mathias Hanyadi would be a terrifying trio to try and stop.
(WC 211)