2. Tell us about your draft class. Is there anything that makes it special in comparison to other classes? Where did your fellow draftees land, how are they doing? Did anyone turn out to be an unexpected steal of that draft based on what you know today? Do you think anyone in your draft class will become a hall of famer? If you’re new to the league, how do you think your class will do? Where do you think people will get drafted to?
This S37 class is a very unique class. While not devoid of top end earners, you see most of the earning concentrated in recreates with the exception of the top earning prospect of all, HighStickKing. While he was not a recreate in ISFL, he is a sim league veteran who knows the ropes and is considered both a reliable and likable teammate in the SHL.
Even more interestingly, we see that the top earners are almost exclusively Quarterbacks, with only a few exceptions. The QB position is notoriously competitive in the ISFL. It is usually only reserved for recreates who have had extremely successful players in prior seasons and have shown that they can manage the level of earning needed for the position. We have 4 top recreate QBs and a QB or two who have managed to sneak into the mix as ISFL teams begin planning for the future or sometimes even plan their contention window (rarely works as well as good old fashioned tampering in my experience).
The first QB off the board went to one of these teams planning for a window in the Colorado Yeti. Arctic was not one of the top 4 earning QBs, but was a perfect fit for what Colorado was looking for at 3OA. The next 2 picks would be QBs as well although there is some buzz that Delores Bickerman, who was one of the top earning QBs that was taken by the Austin Copperheads 4OA, will not be remaining at the quarterback position long term in their career. With the next pick, Baltimore selected Preston Beatz, a player who has had a very successful player in the past and will be switching to the QB position at 5 OA. The next QB picked would be Nova Montagne, created by a great user, OrbitingDeath who is a Honolulu legend, OD was able to find his way back to his old team after Honolulu traded up from 14 to grab him before Chicago could. The fifth QB off the board was my player Brock Landers Jr. who despite being one of the top earners in the draft with a track record of successful players, would fall all the way to 19OA to Chicago after they traded out of their spot in the first round. As pleased as I am with going to Chicago to be their QB of the future, I can't help but be disappointed in the lack of interest from other teams and wonder if it has something to do with the recent smear campaign coming out of the care bear circle of the ISFL. Either way things have worked out very well and I'm very excited to begin my career as a Chicago Butcher. The next QB to go off the board was none other than storied user Nunccoepi's player, Adrian St. Christmas, who was the top earning QB of the class and luckily for me has announced his intention to be a bridge QB who journey's around the league providing max earning QB play for teams between franchise guys. It's a bold strategy and unique idea, and I'm incredibly interested in seeing if he pulls it off like he intends to. He will join Honolulu who likely saw his future trade value to be worth more than taking a shot in the dark on a player that may never make the league. The kind of intelligent move that allows teams to remain contenders rather than going into full on rebuilds.
Overall this was a surprisingly solid class in a time where recruitment isn't what it once was for the league. As the league continues to shrink post-COVID, I am interested in seeing the moves that are taken to keep it afloat long term.
This S37 class is a very unique class. While not devoid of top end earners, you see most of the earning concentrated in recreates with the exception of the top earning prospect of all, HighStickKing. While he was not a recreate in ISFL, he is a sim league veteran who knows the ropes and is considered both a reliable and likable teammate in the SHL.
Even more interestingly, we see that the top earners are almost exclusively Quarterbacks, with only a few exceptions. The QB position is notoriously competitive in the ISFL. It is usually only reserved for recreates who have had extremely successful players in prior seasons and have shown that they can manage the level of earning needed for the position. We have 4 top recreate QBs and a QB or two who have managed to sneak into the mix as ISFL teams begin planning for the future or sometimes even plan their contention window (rarely works as well as good old fashioned tampering in my experience).
The first QB off the board went to one of these teams planning for a window in the Colorado Yeti. Arctic was not one of the top 4 earning QBs, but was a perfect fit for what Colorado was looking for at 3OA. The next 2 picks would be QBs as well although there is some buzz that Delores Bickerman, who was one of the top earning QBs that was taken by the Austin Copperheads 4OA, will not be remaining at the quarterback position long term in their career. With the next pick, Baltimore selected Preston Beatz, a player who has had a very successful player in the past and will be switching to the QB position at 5 OA. The next QB picked would be Nova Montagne, created by a great user, OrbitingDeath who is a Honolulu legend, OD was able to find his way back to his old team after Honolulu traded up from 14 to grab him before Chicago could. The fifth QB off the board was my player Brock Landers Jr. who despite being one of the top earners in the draft with a track record of successful players, would fall all the way to 19OA to Chicago after they traded out of their spot in the first round. As pleased as I am with going to Chicago to be their QB of the future, I can't help but be disappointed in the lack of interest from other teams and wonder if it has something to do with the recent smear campaign coming out of the care bear circle of the ISFL. Either way things have worked out very well and I'm very excited to begin my career as a Chicago Butcher. The next QB to go off the board was none other than storied user Nunccoepi's player, Adrian St. Christmas, who was the top earning QB of the class and luckily for me has announced his intention to be a bridge QB who journey's around the league providing max earning QB play for teams between franchise guys. It's a bold strategy and unique idea, and I'm incredibly interested in seeing if he pulls it off like he intends to. He will join Honolulu who likely saw his future trade value to be worth more than taking a shot in the dark on a player that may never make the league. The kind of intelligent move that allows teams to remain contenders rather than going into full on rebuilds.
Overall this was a surprisingly solid class in a time where recruitment isn't what it once was for the league. As the league continues to shrink post-COVID, I am interested in seeing the moves that are taken to keep it afloat long term.
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