9) 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?
The New Orleans Second Line are looking toward the future after sustaining a disappointing down season. One of the glaring weaknesses of the Second Line is the wide receiver position. Brock Bodenhamer is developing at a decent pace. He won’t stand out among the greats of the league but will hold his own for the Second Line. Additionally, the Second Line have Adam Spencer who is developing well at wider receiver. The development of these two players will in part determine how likely the Second Line are in trophy contention. Some teams may take the tanking approach to win in the future, but I do not see that as the case in New Orleans. The Second Line are going to improve this off-season through drafting, free agency, and a tenacious training camp where the team will arrive in the pre-season at peak physical shape. Other positions where the Second Line are making strides. There are several defensive ends Season 24 or younger. These promising prospects will lead the Second Line in the future. As some of the older players regress in the capabilities, the new young players will breath life into the Second Line with youthful energy. Smart drafting will be the key to the health of the team and its efforts to win the trophy. Luckily, the Second Line have a great war room with scouting down to a science at this point. Finding talent deep in the draft is the name of the game, and these players are ready to draft those stars of the future. Looking at team stats from the last season, the Second Line were about middle of the pack with passing. Despite attempts being up, yards were down. As mentioned, the improvement of the wide receivers will make a big difference for the Second Line. This will help as the Second Line had the second lowest passing rating. The Second Lines offensive line stats are promising as they are above average. The Second Line will hope to keep that going forward as they push for another championship. The longest field goal the Second Line had was 47 yards, just 2 yards more than the lowest, and 10 yards fewer than the longest. The Second Line would like to see the kicker’s leg able to squeak out a few more yards and increase their range for field goals. These are the little things the Second Line are looking at going into the upcoming off-season. Championships are won in the early stages of the off-season as it usually dictates how the season is going to go.
13) Take a step back and predict what the league will look like three seasons from now. Who do you predict will be the dominant teams? Which young players do you think will have morphed into superstars? Will the league have expanded again in the next three seasons, and where would these new franchises be? Don’t be afraid to be creative, but don’t be entirely outlandish either.
While it is true that the New Orleans Second Line have hit a bit of a snag this season, when we are looking three seasons out from now, I can see them as one of the dominant teams of the league. They will be in the top echelon with the likes of Colorado Yeti, Sarasota Sailfish, and the Orange County Otters. It’s difficult to predict how the rest of the landscape will shake out, but it is clear that the Second Line are on that trajectory based on player development, drafting, and potential free agent moves. There’s been a lot of discussions and planning behind the scenes about implementing a gameplan to get the Second Line back on top. The plan is 9 steps, and while I can’t divulge the entire plan, I will reveal part of a step. Step 5 – Part 3: Maintain the Secondary. By maintaining the secondary, the Second Line will make it difficult for quarterbacks on every team. Passing will be down, defense will be up. One of the up and coming stars of the league is Medicinal Toblerone. Medicinal Toblerone has the potential to be one of the franchise stars for the Second Line, and superstars in the league. Three seasons from now, expect Medicinal Toblerone to be one of the best defensive ends. If the Second Line are on the up and up, then which team is trending downward? It’s difficult to say, but the Second Line must knock someone off the mountaintop. Looking at the ASFC, we have Austin Copperheads, Honolulu Hahalua, San Jose SaberCats, Arizona Outlaws, and Orange County Otters, ahead of the Second Line. Of these teams, I will say Honolulu will be on the downward team based solely off their balanced 8-8 schedule where they split their 8 wins evenly at home and on the road. It appears that the Honolulu Hahalua do not even benefit from home field advantage, the only other team with going 4-4 at home were the New York Silverbacks, where they picked up all four of their wins at home. Without a homefield advantage, we can probably expect another 4-4 performance at home. This hurts them a little bit, and without moving closer to the mainland in the next three seasons, I do not see how the situation improves. Honolulu will routinely be at a greater disadvantage than most other teams. Thus, over the next three seasons, I expect New Orleans will move into a the spot of a dominant team sitting at the top of the ASFC.
The New Orleans Second Line are looking toward the future after sustaining a disappointing down season. One of the glaring weaknesses of the Second Line is the wide receiver position. Brock Bodenhamer is developing at a decent pace. He won’t stand out among the greats of the league but will hold his own for the Second Line. Additionally, the Second Line have Adam Spencer who is developing well at wider receiver. The development of these two players will in part determine how likely the Second Line are in trophy contention. Some teams may take the tanking approach to win in the future, but I do not see that as the case in New Orleans. The Second Line are going to improve this off-season through drafting, free agency, and a tenacious training camp where the team will arrive in the pre-season at peak physical shape. Other positions where the Second Line are making strides. There are several defensive ends Season 24 or younger. These promising prospects will lead the Second Line in the future. As some of the older players regress in the capabilities, the new young players will breath life into the Second Line with youthful energy. Smart drafting will be the key to the health of the team and its efforts to win the trophy. Luckily, the Second Line have a great war room with scouting down to a science at this point. Finding talent deep in the draft is the name of the game, and these players are ready to draft those stars of the future. Looking at team stats from the last season, the Second Line were about middle of the pack with passing. Despite attempts being up, yards were down. As mentioned, the improvement of the wide receivers will make a big difference for the Second Line. This will help as the Second Line had the second lowest passing rating. The Second Lines offensive line stats are promising as they are above average. The Second Line will hope to keep that going forward as they push for another championship. The longest field goal the Second Line had was 47 yards, just 2 yards more than the lowest, and 10 yards fewer than the longest. The Second Line would like to see the kicker’s leg able to squeak out a few more yards and increase their range for field goals. These are the little things the Second Line are looking at going into the upcoming off-season. Championships are won in the early stages of the off-season as it usually dictates how the season is going to go.
13) Take a step back and predict what the league will look like three seasons from now. Who do you predict will be the dominant teams? Which young players do you think will have morphed into superstars? Will the league have expanded again in the next three seasons, and where would these new franchises be? Don’t be afraid to be creative, but don’t be entirely outlandish either.
While it is true that the New Orleans Second Line have hit a bit of a snag this season, when we are looking three seasons out from now, I can see them as one of the dominant teams of the league. They will be in the top echelon with the likes of Colorado Yeti, Sarasota Sailfish, and the Orange County Otters. It’s difficult to predict how the rest of the landscape will shake out, but it is clear that the Second Line are on that trajectory based on player development, drafting, and potential free agent moves. There’s been a lot of discussions and planning behind the scenes about implementing a gameplan to get the Second Line back on top. The plan is 9 steps, and while I can’t divulge the entire plan, I will reveal part of a step. Step 5 – Part 3: Maintain the Secondary. By maintaining the secondary, the Second Line will make it difficult for quarterbacks on every team. Passing will be down, defense will be up. One of the up and coming stars of the league is Medicinal Toblerone. Medicinal Toblerone has the potential to be one of the franchise stars for the Second Line, and superstars in the league. Three seasons from now, expect Medicinal Toblerone to be one of the best defensive ends. If the Second Line are on the up and up, then which team is trending downward? It’s difficult to say, but the Second Line must knock someone off the mountaintop. Looking at the ASFC, we have Austin Copperheads, Honolulu Hahalua, San Jose SaberCats, Arizona Outlaws, and Orange County Otters, ahead of the Second Line. Of these teams, I will say Honolulu will be on the downward team based solely off their balanced 8-8 schedule where they split their 8 wins evenly at home and on the road. It appears that the Honolulu Hahalua do not even benefit from home field advantage, the only other team with going 4-4 at home were the New York Silverbacks, where they picked up all four of their wins at home. Without a homefield advantage, we can probably expect another 4-4 performance at home. This hurts them a little bit, and without moving closer to the mainland in the next three seasons, I do not see how the situation improves. Honolulu will routinely be at a greater disadvantage than most other teams. Thus, over the next three seasons, I expect New Orleans will move into a the spot of a dominant team sitting at the top of the ASFC.
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