09-20-2020, 01:50 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-20-2020, 02:56 AM by yonggarius.)
8) Coming off of a hearbreaking loss in Ultimus bowl 24 against the San Jose Sabercats, The Colorado Yeti is in a crossroad right now. Their franchise quarterback Wolfie McDummy is nearing the end of his career, and is repeatedly being hit with the unforgiving blows of regression. And while both their offense and defense are loaded with big name talents, many of them are also about to enter regression. And on top of them, the Yeti lost their star defensive tackle Bubba Thumper to expansion, and will lose another player at expansion draft. The Yeti will need to make some changes in their roster in order to prolong their championship window beyond the era of Wolfie McDummy.
Currently, Yeti roster screams 'contender'. The offense, featuring veterans wolfie McDummy, Ashley Owens and numerous young options such as William Lim, Richard Gilbert, Jackson Kingston and Leeroy Jenkins along many others, is now entering their prime years as a unit. And the defense, which has the balance between veterans like Tony Gabagool, Pete Parker and Lousiana Purchase and new blood like Rotticus Scott, Greedy Sly and Adélie de Pengu, is still a formidable unit despite the loss of Yeti GOAT Mo Berry.
Entering a tumultuous expansion offseason, the Yeti roster is about to undergo some change. Linebackers Warren Stephens, Tony Gabagool and runningback Thubba Bumper announced retirements while a lot of S18 players enter regression. To deal with that problem, the Yeti called up rookies Melvin Murder- Moose and Joel Drake, while moving in swiftly at the free agent market and signing former Hawks runningback Darrel Williams. Murder- Moose and Drake will fill the gaps in the defense, while Williams will act as an upgrade to now- retired Thubba Bumper. Entering the draft, the Yeti's primary goal should be to find some more defensive line help. Especially, they will need a good defensive tackle to fill in the big hole left by Bubba Thumper. And since this class- while being a decent size reddit class- is not particularly thick in defensive line depthx the Yeti will have to snipe one using one of their high picks. Also, the Yeti's other focuses should be wide receiverx since Jackson Kingston, one of Yeti's formidable receiver trio, is projected to be lost in expansion draft. Fortunately, this class is deep in good earning wide receivers, so it shouldn't be that hard to find one in mid roundsx especially since receivers tend to fall on drafts. When they get some help in those positions in the draft, and maybe sign some more players in free agency, the Yeti should be in a good position to contend for many seasons to come. (445)
12) This new expansion, featuring two new teams New York Silverbacks and Berlin Fire Salamanders, couldn't have come at a better time. The situation at DSFL is worse than situations in S22, when the league was forced to go through an unprecedented expansion due to a massive recruiting class. Now, the DSFL is totally clogged up mostly because of S22 and later players got sent down since there were no roster spots in the ISFL to accomodate them. This had lead to some problems, such as users being disheartened due to being 'DSFL lifers'. Expansion at this state will immensely help to alleviate the problems in the DSFL by providing more roster spots and more rooms for younger and lower TPE players. I personally think there will be more opportunities dor younger players than expansions of past, since targeting young players seems to be the trend for expansions nowadays, after the successes Sarasota Sailfish and Honolulu Hahalua- the last set of expansion teams- had after they followed this approach.
For both the Silverbacks and the Fire Salamanders, the first step towards building a good new franchise will be to have a good expansion draft. Before the drafts began, the Silverbacks have GM players DT Bubba Thumper and CB Duckburg Quackstack, While the Fore Salamanders got WRs Nick Kaepercolin and Asher Quinn as their GM players. Also, the Silverbacks acquired quarterback Sam Howitzer via a trade with the Yellowknife Wraiths, so they relieved themselves of the burden of having to find a franchise quarterbacks. So with this foundation, the two teams will need to take a fairly different approach. The Silverbacks will focus on getting best available young talent since they got cornerstones in both sides of the ball, while the Fire Salamanders might look for some veteran 'anchor' players in both sides of the ball to get the team going in their first season while looking for a quarterback (if there is a good one available) since all they got is two wide receivers.
After that, both teams are most likely to trade down in the draft. This is because they will need to accumulate as much active players as possible. Their drafts will be also more focused on the users than the players. As a new team, the Silverbacks and the Fire Salamanders will need good users to form the backbone of their team, especially people with special skills like simming or scouting. Users with strong locker room presence will also not go unnoticed, as both expansion teams will need those kinds of users desparately in order to build a good team culture from scratch.
(435)
Currently, Yeti roster screams 'contender'. The offense, featuring veterans wolfie McDummy, Ashley Owens and numerous young options such as William Lim, Richard Gilbert, Jackson Kingston and Leeroy Jenkins along many others, is now entering their prime years as a unit. And the defense, which has the balance between veterans like Tony Gabagool, Pete Parker and Lousiana Purchase and new blood like Rotticus Scott, Greedy Sly and Adélie de Pengu, is still a formidable unit despite the loss of Yeti GOAT Mo Berry.
Entering a tumultuous expansion offseason, the Yeti roster is about to undergo some change. Linebackers Warren Stephens, Tony Gabagool and runningback Thubba Bumper announced retirements while a lot of S18 players enter regression. To deal with that problem, the Yeti called up rookies Melvin Murder- Moose and Joel Drake, while moving in swiftly at the free agent market and signing former Hawks runningback Darrel Williams. Murder- Moose and Drake will fill the gaps in the defense, while Williams will act as an upgrade to now- retired Thubba Bumper. Entering the draft, the Yeti's primary goal should be to find some more defensive line help. Especially, they will need a good defensive tackle to fill in the big hole left by Bubba Thumper. And since this class- while being a decent size reddit class- is not particularly thick in defensive line depthx the Yeti will have to snipe one using one of their high picks. Also, the Yeti's other focuses should be wide receiverx since Jackson Kingston, one of Yeti's formidable receiver trio, is projected to be lost in expansion draft. Fortunately, this class is deep in good earning wide receivers, so it shouldn't be that hard to find one in mid roundsx especially since receivers tend to fall on drafts. When they get some help in those positions in the draft, and maybe sign some more players in free agency, the Yeti should be in a good position to contend for many seasons to come. (445)
12) This new expansion, featuring two new teams New York Silverbacks and Berlin Fire Salamanders, couldn't have come at a better time. The situation at DSFL is worse than situations in S22, when the league was forced to go through an unprecedented expansion due to a massive recruiting class. Now, the DSFL is totally clogged up mostly because of S22 and later players got sent down since there were no roster spots in the ISFL to accomodate them. This had lead to some problems, such as users being disheartened due to being 'DSFL lifers'. Expansion at this state will immensely help to alleviate the problems in the DSFL by providing more roster spots and more rooms for younger and lower TPE players. I personally think there will be more opportunities dor younger players than expansions of past, since targeting young players seems to be the trend for expansions nowadays, after the successes Sarasota Sailfish and Honolulu Hahalua- the last set of expansion teams- had after they followed this approach.
For both the Silverbacks and the Fire Salamanders, the first step towards building a good new franchise will be to have a good expansion draft. Before the drafts began, the Silverbacks have GM players DT Bubba Thumper and CB Duckburg Quackstack, While the Fore Salamanders got WRs Nick Kaepercolin and Asher Quinn as their GM players. Also, the Silverbacks acquired quarterback Sam Howitzer via a trade with the Yellowknife Wraiths, so they relieved themselves of the burden of having to find a franchise quarterbacks. So with this foundation, the two teams will need to take a fairly different approach. The Silverbacks will focus on getting best available young talent since they got cornerstones in both sides of the ball, while the Fire Salamanders might look for some veteran 'anchor' players in both sides of the ball to get the team going in their first season while looking for a quarterback (if there is a good one available) since all they got is two wide receivers.
After that, both teams are most likely to trade down in the draft. This is because they will need to accumulate as much active players as possible. Their drafts will be also more focused on the users than the players. As a new team, the Silverbacks and the Fire Salamanders will need good users to form the backbone of their team, especially people with special skills like simming or scouting. Users with strong locker room presence will also not go unnoticed, as both expansion teams will need those kinds of users desparately in order to build a good team culture from scratch.
(435)