Chose four tier 3 tasks for a total of 10 TPE.
18. This task is exclusive to recreate/non-recreate rookies of the S43 class and later. The season is over and the draft is coming up. What do you bring to a team, and why should a team choose to take a chance on you next season? (Written Task)
On the field, Trent Thigpen brings one thing first - his motor. He never takes a down off, relentlessly wearing down the opposing offensive line until eventually they are both mentally and physically beaten down. His work ethic continues not just on the field but off the field as well. His work towards becoming a better football player is just as relentless spending hours in the facilities making sure he maximizes both his physical training in the gym and his mental training in the film room. In the locker room, Trent Thigpen is friendly and supportive, but a motivator and a leader too. He wants to win and he will do what it takes to make sure his guys are just as bought in as he is. He’s not just a great guy when it comes to football though. His father is a volunteer firefighter who taught him from a young age the importance of service, loyalty and being active in his community.
21. Written Option: If your player had a show starring them, what would the plot be?
Trent Thigpen actually has been working on a TV deal, though he is currently letting Fox and NBC battle it out in contract negotiations to win the rights. The title is Trent Thigpen’s Taste Tests in a completely original show idea where Trent will travel the country (and perhaps even the world) going to different restaurants and tasting they’re most famous foods. He won’t just taste the food however. Once he gets to try their infamous dish, he will head back to the kitchen and learn just how it’s made with the chef. After he has learned how they make it, he will add his own personal variation or addition to the dish either by modifying how it is prepared or by adding a new ingredient. Trent will serve up samples in blind taste tests to new customers to see if they enjoy the original dish or his personal take on the dish. The restaurants of course agreeing to add his personal take to their menu in addition to the original dish if it does in fact get more votes from new customers.
26. if your player wasn't a professional in the ISFL/DSFL, what would they be doing instead? (Written Task or Graphic Task)
They would be a professional chef and a volunteer firefighter. While Trent much prefers doing his cooking on the football field, you can still find him cheffing it up in the kitchen for fun in his free time. Get a peek into his youtube watch history and all you’ll find is cooking show after cooking show. His passion for food mostly stems from when he first hit puberty and was learning the importance of nutrition for physical fitness. While his father tried to get him to focus on the macros and micros and getting enough protein and calories for what his body needed, Trent realized if he was going to need to spend as much time worrying about what he was eating, he might as well learn how to make his food tasty too. His friends might have managed to eat loads of unseasoned chicken breast and brown rice everyday, but he was going to enjoy the food he had to eat to get bigger. Although the position of professional chef is very demanding, Trent is going to the DSFL (and one day the ISFL) because of his type A personality and desire to stay busy and working hard. That’s why, beyond his regular job to make income as a chef, he also would volunteer as a firefighter just like his father. That would keep him busy and give him the opportunity to make a difference in his community.
27. Imagine your current position was not available to be picked when you created your player. What other position would you have picked, and why? (Written Task)
If defensive tackle was not a position to select when I created my player, I think I likely would have chosen to create a safety. I knew I wanted to be on the defensive side of the ball, because as a Steelers fan in real life I have always appreciated a defense first approach to football. Now the main reason I chose DT is because Cam Heyward is my favorite active NFL player. If I wasn’t to go that route and play the same position as him, I would instead want to play the same position as my all time favorite player - Troy Polamalu. Troy was a one of a kind player, from his diving fingertip interceptions to his perfect timings of the snap to the time he ruined Pat McAfee’s day. It would be fun to see if I could build a player that produces in any similar way to Troy, but unfortunately I think the sort of unique and intangible/instinctual style that Troy brought to the game is something that might be impossible to recreate in a simulated setting.
18. This task is exclusive to recreate/non-recreate rookies of the S43 class and later. The season is over and the draft is coming up. What do you bring to a team, and why should a team choose to take a chance on you next season? (Written Task)
On the field, Trent Thigpen brings one thing first - his motor. He never takes a down off, relentlessly wearing down the opposing offensive line until eventually they are both mentally and physically beaten down. His work ethic continues not just on the field but off the field as well. His work towards becoming a better football player is just as relentless spending hours in the facilities making sure he maximizes both his physical training in the gym and his mental training in the film room. In the locker room, Trent Thigpen is friendly and supportive, but a motivator and a leader too. He wants to win and he will do what it takes to make sure his guys are just as bought in as he is. He’s not just a great guy when it comes to football though. His father is a volunteer firefighter who taught him from a young age the importance of service, loyalty and being active in his community.
21. Written Option: If your player had a show starring them, what would the plot be?
Trent Thigpen actually has been working on a TV deal, though he is currently letting Fox and NBC battle it out in contract negotiations to win the rights. The title is Trent Thigpen’s Taste Tests in a completely original show idea where Trent will travel the country (and perhaps even the world) going to different restaurants and tasting they’re most famous foods. He won’t just taste the food however. Once he gets to try their infamous dish, he will head back to the kitchen and learn just how it’s made with the chef. After he has learned how they make it, he will add his own personal variation or addition to the dish either by modifying how it is prepared or by adding a new ingredient. Trent will serve up samples in blind taste tests to new customers to see if they enjoy the original dish or his personal take on the dish. The restaurants of course agreeing to add his personal take to their menu in addition to the original dish if it does in fact get more votes from new customers.
26. if your player wasn't a professional in the ISFL/DSFL, what would they be doing instead? (Written Task or Graphic Task)
They would be a professional chef and a volunteer firefighter. While Trent much prefers doing his cooking on the football field, you can still find him cheffing it up in the kitchen for fun in his free time. Get a peek into his youtube watch history and all you’ll find is cooking show after cooking show. His passion for food mostly stems from when he first hit puberty and was learning the importance of nutrition for physical fitness. While his father tried to get him to focus on the macros and micros and getting enough protein and calories for what his body needed, Trent realized if he was going to need to spend as much time worrying about what he was eating, he might as well learn how to make his food tasty too. His friends might have managed to eat loads of unseasoned chicken breast and brown rice everyday, but he was going to enjoy the food he had to eat to get bigger. Although the position of professional chef is very demanding, Trent is going to the DSFL (and one day the ISFL) because of his type A personality and desire to stay busy and working hard. That’s why, beyond his regular job to make income as a chef, he also would volunteer as a firefighter just like his father. That would keep him busy and give him the opportunity to make a difference in his community.
27. Imagine your current position was not available to be picked when you created your player. What other position would you have picked, and why? (Written Task)
If defensive tackle was not a position to select when I created my player, I think I likely would have chosen to create a safety. I knew I wanted to be on the defensive side of the ball, because as a Steelers fan in real life I have always appreciated a defense first approach to football. Now the main reason I chose DT is because Cam Heyward is my favorite active NFL player. If I wasn’t to go that route and play the same position as him, I would instead want to play the same position as my all time favorite player - Troy Polamalu. Troy was a one of a kind player, from his diving fingertip interceptions to his perfect timings of the snap to the time he ruined Pat McAfee’s day. It would be fun to see if I could build a player that produces in any similar way to Troy, but unfortunately I think the sort of unique and intangible/instinctual style that Troy brought to the game is something that might be impossible to recreate in a simulated setting.