It’s definitely been night and day then comparing what my player did in the DSFL preseason as compared to his tangible impact, at least statistically, in the regular season thus far. I know that, with a defensive lineman build, I’m not going to be seeing heavy numbers from game to game, but the prospect bowl/preseason gave me some higher expectations even despite that. Honky-Tonk Haywood came away with something like 8 tackles and a sack in one prospect bowl game. I was ecstatic while watching the stream. Even while his impact lessened during the preseason, I was still seeing multiple tackles. Good enough.
Finally, as the season began in earnest, I started to look around on team rosters and take in the level of players I was up against. It finally hit me that my guy just wasn’t that good…yet. Even as Haywood totaled a sack early in the season, the realization that I was largely outclassed at the line begged me to reevaluate my expectations. And now here we sit, 7 games into the season, with my player averaging 2.5 tackles per game with one sack total and no other statistical impact. I now know what’s important is learning to understand the league and growing my player, and that the stats will come later down the line.
While it’s a bit discouraging, I’m going to continue grinding TPE knowing that, come next season, Honky-Tonk Haywood will be in a position to take advantage of the new players like me now, who think they’re hot ish with their clever made up name and 50 initial TPE to spend. They’ll be in a rude awakening from the big boy in S25.
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Finally, as the season began in earnest, I started to look around on team rosters and take in the level of players I was up against. It finally hit me that my guy just wasn’t that good…yet. Even as Haywood totaled a sack early in the season, the realization that I was largely outclassed at the line begged me to reevaluate my expectations. And now here we sit, 7 games into the season, with my player averaging 2.5 tackles per game with one sack total and no other statistical impact. I now know what’s important is learning to understand the league and growing my player, and that the stats will come later down the line.
While it’s a bit discouraging, I’m going to continue grinding TPE knowing that, come next season, Honky-Tonk Haywood will be in a position to take advantage of the new players like me now, who think they’re hot ish with their clever made up name and 50 initial TPE to spend. They’ll be in a rude awakening from the big boy in S25.
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