The upcoming season is going to be interesting for the Tijuana Luchadores. After riding a defense that was made up of mostly send downs and two highly drafted rookies to an Ultimini victory in the previous season, the Luchadores found a lot of talent drained due to call ups. The offense in particular lost starting quarterback Mike Boss Jr., starting running back Bronko Mills, and starting tackle Adam Mellot, along with two of three wide receivers activity dropping off in the prior season. The Luchadores responded in the offseason by focusing almost entirely on offense in the draft. The result is a large set of fresh faces representing Tijuana. Most exciting to me personally, is with the new quarterback Boo Tee we’ll be running a completely fresh offense not only in terms of players, but also in terms of strategy. Since I first arrived in Tijuana during S21 we’ve been mostly reliant on pocket passers at the quarterback position, beginning with Ben Slothlisberger and continuing with the previously mentioned Mike Boss Jr. Boo is coming in as a game manager quarterback focusing on speed first, which is something we haven’t experimented with recently and is more in line with the “typical” quarterback at the ISFL level. All in all, a lot of our performance this season is going to be based on our ability to stay active and earn to work for a late season push, but I’m excited to see what we can scheme up with a completely revamped offense.
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