#12 5 TPE
I am going to take some time to talk about my biggest rival in the ISFL - Zephyr Greywolf (@taterswc. While wolves are glorified poodles with an anger problem, Zephyr "the tater" did manage to achieve levels of competence he has not managed to approach in his short career. After an entirely forgettable DSFL career, he stumbled into the scene for Yellowknife with a paltry 60 tackles. 6 of those did happen to be for losses, so percentage wise they did seem to be impact plays. I hypothesize that this is because his coach would only trust him to get on the field against backup qbs in garbage time, so he has been able to pad his stats. He also missed 4 tackles (lol). 7 sacks is decently impressive when you consider how few tackles he had, but again I think backup o-line men having pity on a puppy out of his league had an impact on these results. against the pass, he was equally ineffective. somehow an opposing quarterback saw fit to lob an easy interception his way. Otherwise, he managed to get in the way of 2 passes, likely while he was sprinting to the sideline because he was frightened by the clapping and cadence used by the quarterback. He often retreats to his obscene locker room set up which he negotiates into his contracts. This obviously ends up being a detriment to his performance as he spends more time pampering himself than he does on the field. WIth that shambolic first exposure to the league behind him, Yellowknife coaches seemed to understand that they needed to be very firm with this player, and cut some of the luxuries that he felt he had earned.
This led to some early benefits, as started all 16 games this season, as opposed to only 14 last year. This resulted in 101 tackles, an increase of 40 from his rookie season. By contrast, the league leader sat at just over 130 tackles, so this was a very decent outing from the lazy dog. The Wraith hire of professional dog trainer cesar milan was paying immediate dividends. Unfortunately, most of these tackles were him chasing running backs who had scampered by him down the field. He only had 3 tackles for a loss, 2 of which were a result of the rb tripping over his shoelaces, and Tater being fortunately pancaked on top of him. 9 missed tackles also doubled his his output from last year. not great. 2 sacks was a huge decrease as well. He did manage to equal his interception total, and 5 pass defelections was a substantive increase from last season.
Overall, tater has improved from pylon, to defensive liability. A big contributor to Yellowkife's defensive woes, he has a long way to go towards become a relevant player in the ISFL. The most important indicator of his season has to do with our side bet. sacks are worth 0.25, and interceptions are worth 1 point. 1 interception and 2 sacks gives him 1.5 points. While Pasta the Turtle did not have a banner year, 2 interceptions allows him to narrowly beat out his opponent, but it was much closer this year than any other year.
3-0 baby
#18 2.5 TPE
I would undoubtedly pick the 3rd best tight end on the team, Jellyfish While his on field impact has waned, with sophomore hotshot Lenard Graf racking up the receptions and touchdowns, and WR turned honourary tight end Quick picking up more pancakes in the Final, Jelly contributed something that none of these players or anyone else in Baltimore could hope to measure up to. After leading the team on a ruthlessly efficient tank campaign, Jelly smelled change in the air and graciously and humbly gave up his captaincy to his younger replacement. Jelly has been the model of veteran leadership, rarely complaining about his reduced spotlight, never stoping to such lows as sending videos of him crying in the locker room. At this point, it is indisputable fact that meme power propelled this young hawks team to Ultimus glory, as each victory would be punctuated with gifs and memes poking fun at the aging has-beens reduced on-field impact. Thank you Jelly!
#30 +2.5 TPE - SHL affiliate
Total 10 TPE
I am going to take some time to talk about my biggest rival in the ISFL - Zephyr Greywolf (@taterswc. While wolves are glorified poodles with an anger problem, Zephyr "the tater" did manage to achieve levels of competence he has not managed to approach in his short career. After an entirely forgettable DSFL career, he stumbled into the scene for Yellowknife with a paltry 60 tackles. 6 of those did happen to be for losses, so percentage wise they did seem to be impact plays. I hypothesize that this is because his coach would only trust him to get on the field against backup qbs in garbage time, so he has been able to pad his stats. He also missed 4 tackles (lol). 7 sacks is decently impressive when you consider how few tackles he had, but again I think backup o-line men having pity on a puppy out of his league had an impact on these results. against the pass, he was equally ineffective. somehow an opposing quarterback saw fit to lob an easy interception his way. Otherwise, he managed to get in the way of 2 passes, likely while he was sprinting to the sideline because he was frightened by the clapping and cadence used by the quarterback. He often retreats to his obscene locker room set up which he negotiates into his contracts. This obviously ends up being a detriment to his performance as he spends more time pampering himself than he does on the field. WIth that shambolic first exposure to the league behind him, Yellowknife coaches seemed to understand that they needed to be very firm with this player, and cut some of the luxuries that he felt he had earned.
This led to some early benefits, as started all 16 games this season, as opposed to only 14 last year. This resulted in 101 tackles, an increase of 40 from his rookie season. By contrast, the league leader sat at just over 130 tackles, so this was a very decent outing from the lazy dog. The Wraith hire of professional dog trainer cesar milan was paying immediate dividends. Unfortunately, most of these tackles were him chasing running backs who had scampered by him down the field. He only had 3 tackles for a loss, 2 of which were a result of the rb tripping over his shoelaces, and Tater being fortunately pancaked on top of him. 9 missed tackles also doubled his his output from last year. not great. 2 sacks was a huge decrease as well. He did manage to equal his interception total, and 5 pass defelections was a substantive increase from last season.
Overall, tater has improved from pylon, to defensive liability. A big contributor to Yellowkife's defensive woes, he has a long way to go towards become a relevant player in the ISFL. The most important indicator of his season has to do with our side bet. sacks are worth 0.25, and interceptions are worth 1 point. 1 interception and 2 sacks gives him 1.5 points. While Pasta the Turtle did not have a banner year, 2 interceptions allows him to narrowly beat out his opponent, but it was much closer this year than any other year.
3-0 baby
#18 2.5 TPE
I would undoubtedly pick the 3rd best tight end on the team, Jellyfish While his on field impact has waned, with sophomore hotshot Lenard Graf racking up the receptions and touchdowns, and WR turned honourary tight end Quick picking up more pancakes in the Final, Jelly contributed something that none of these players or anyone else in Baltimore could hope to measure up to. After leading the team on a ruthlessly efficient tank campaign, Jelly smelled change in the air and graciously and humbly gave up his captaincy to his younger replacement. Jelly has been the model of veteran leadership, rarely complaining about his reduced spotlight, never stoping to such lows as sending videos of him crying in the locker room. At this point, it is indisputable fact that meme power propelled this young hawks team to Ultimus glory, as each victory would be punctuated with gifs and memes poking fun at the aging has-beens reduced on-field impact. Thank you Jelly!
#30 +2.5 TPE - SHL affiliate
Total 10 TPE