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?
—My draft class, S46, is not known for being particularly notable, especially since it was a smaller one (not even 3 rounds) and there were a markedly lower number of new creates. Furthermore, it seems like the majority of the picks below me at 21OA have gone IA, meaning a very low amount of profitability from this draft. I want to focus on how Berlin (future S50 Ultimus Champs) picks have fared in particular. Berlin had 4 picks total across three rounds, including two picks in the first round. As we will see, they have generally fared pretty well.
Reference: https://wiki.sim-football.com/view/Season_46_ISFL_Draft
R1, 5OA: Devin Jones CB, LON — Obviously this pick was a no brainer as Drizzy is an absolute stud as a player and a very active user. I believe he has had multiple recreates over the years and is an OG in the ISFL, and currently has over 640 TPE at the time of writing this. This was a very safe pick and he has been reliably producing stats, including an absolutely explosive sophomore season on the Salamanders where he doubled, in some cases, tripled, stats in every category. The picks who came before Jones were all remarkable and are having solid careers thus far, but BER needing to rebuild its secondary definitely knocked this pick out of the park.
R1, 13OA: Peepee Poop-Eater JR S, MIN — This is another valuable active user who earns consistently and another cornerstone of our rebuilding defense. I believe this is user Nathan’s second player in the ISFL so another recreate, so this player was another safe pick. I do not believe that we have called this player up yet but they’ve had decent stats on MIN as well as handling special teams duties. With my fellow Weekly Mirror co-conspirator griis off the board, this was definitely the next best pick.
R2, 21OA: D’Jasper Probincrux IV DE, DAL — As a new create, I was definitely more of an unknown, and I have been decently active but I am admittedly only like 80–90% of a max earner sitting at 525 TPE currently, however I believe that since I contribute in war room, scouting, and general shit stirring, I have made up more than my worth in value especially sliding into the second round. I believe that BER also traded up to get this pick, so it was imperative that I prove my worth right away. However, I did go through a sophomore slump statistically this past season, so I need to focus on earning a little better. But, on the flipside, I was the only DE in this draft who still remained a DE on their ISFL team (Sergei Nunkanblok is currently listed as a corner), so I also made up for it by providing high positional rarity value and got called up right away. I believe actually that I am the only S46 DE in the league currently.
R3, 36OA: Stephen Murphy TE, LON — This player updated once and was never heard from again, so this pick is obviously a bust. But what can you do with one of the last picks in the draft. Any other player that came after this one is out of the league at this point and all are IA. I can’t find any of them listed on the current TPE tracker or anywhere on a roster. From my limited statistical sleuthing, I also am under the impression that Murphy didn’t even play a snap in the DSFL after achieving 77 TPE on day one, so this one was really a “we have to pick somebody” type scenario.
—My draft class, S46, is not known for being particularly notable, especially since it was a smaller one (not even 3 rounds) and there were a markedly lower number of new creates. Furthermore, it seems like the majority of the picks below me at 21OA have gone IA, meaning a very low amount of profitability from this draft. I want to focus on how Berlin (future S50 Ultimus Champs) picks have fared in particular. Berlin had 4 picks total across three rounds, including two picks in the first round. As we will see, they have generally fared pretty well.
Reference: https://wiki.sim-football.com/view/Season_46_ISFL_Draft
R1, 5OA: Devin Jones CB, LON — Obviously this pick was a no brainer as Drizzy is an absolute stud as a player and a very active user. I believe he has had multiple recreates over the years and is an OG in the ISFL, and currently has over 640 TPE at the time of writing this. This was a very safe pick and he has been reliably producing stats, including an absolutely explosive sophomore season on the Salamanders where he doubled, in some cases, tripled, stats in every category. The picks who came before Jones were all remarkable and are having solid careers thus far, but BER needing to rebuild its secondary definitely knocked this pick out of the park.
R1, 13OA: Peepee Poop-Eater JR S, MIN — This is another valuable active user who earns consistently and another cornerstone of our rebuilding defense. I believe this is user Nathan’s second player in the ISFL so another recreate, so this player was another safe pick. I do not believe that we have called this player up yet but they’ve had decent stats on MIN as well as handling special teams duties. With my fellow Weekly Mirror co-conspirator griis off the board, this was definitely the next best pick.
R2, 21OA: D’Jasper Probincrux IV DE, DAL — As a new create, I was definitely more of an unknown, and I have been decently active but I am admittedly only like 80–90% of a max earner sitting at 525 TPE currently, however I believe that since I contribute in war room, scouting, and general shit stirring, I have made up more than my worth in value especially sliding into the second round. I believe that BER also traded up to get this pick, so it was imperative that I prove my worth right away. However, I did go through a sophomore slump statistically this past season, so I need to focus on earning a little better. But, on the flipside, I was the only DE in this draft who still remained a DE on their ISFL team (Sergei Nunkanblok is currently listed as a corner), so I also made up for it by providing high positional rarity value and got called up right away. I believe actually that I am the only S46 DE in the league currently.
R3, 36OA: Stephen Murphy TE, LON — This player updated once and was never heard from again, so this pick is obviously a bust. But what can you do with one of the last picks in the draft. Any other player that came after this one is out of the league at this point and all are IA. I can’t find any of them listed on the current TPE tracker or anywhere on a roster. From my limited statistical sleuthing, I also am under the impression that Murphy didn’t even play a snap in the DSFL after achieving 77 TPE on day one, so this one was really a “we have to pick somebody” type scenario.
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