Defensive Line Standouts – Season 4 Review
Welcome to our defensive line standouts season 4 review for defensive ends! This year will be handled a little differently as I will be breaking it up into 3 pieces, defensive ends, defensive tackles, and team over-view. I decided to write more in-depth at the top 4 for each position, while a more in-depth team breakdown will follow later. Enjoy!
Defensive End Top Performers
K. Hendrix ($ x10) 45 TCK, 10 TFL, 11 SCK, 1 forced fumble (114 points)
What a difference a season makes. After the changes to the offensive line, nearly every player saw a decrease in their personal stats this season. I say nearly because Hendrix was actually able to improve. Now, many will tell you that season 3 for Hendrix was a bit of an aberration, he was playing left defensive end and facing the stud of every offensive line, and had 2 other very good defensive linemen eating into his stats. This year though, saw a return to form, and Hendrix finished the season with the most appearances and most points scored of any defensive end. He was 1 of only 2 defensive ends to finish with double-digit sacks, (the other was D. Dam, who played a majority of the season at linebacker.), was the only defensive end to record double-digits in tackles for loss and sacks, and finished second in tackles, by only 1. Hendrix was the best defensive end in the league this season, bar none. It will be interesting to see how Hendrix handles yet another major personnel change on the defensive line as fellow standout, Sandoval, will not be returning.
J. Tuck ($ x8) 37 TCK, 16 TFL, 7 SCK, 1 safety (100 points)
CHEATER! I considered leaving him off, but it’s hard to prove the effect the multis had on this particular player, and he did earn his TPE in the proper way, so I kept him on. If there wasn’t a four-way tie for fifth among defensive ends, I would’ve bumped him off in a second.
Ok, now that that is out of the way, it’s time to talk about the digital person. Finishing the season with 37 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 1 safety, compared to the Tuck of yester-year, this season was a massive disappointment. Not only was he not the best defensive lineman (which was almost a given any other year), he wasn’t even the best defensive end. While his 16 tackles for loss were good enough for second in the league, he finished with a disappointing, 7 sacks, less than a quarter of what he had last year. On the plus side, he was also 1 of only 6 players to record a safety. Life for Tuck will be much different next year as he will be banned from the league for 1 season. The following season, he will be suiting up for a new team, the Yellowknife Wraiths and their vastly different defensive line.
G. Wright Jr. ($ x7) 43 TCK, 17 TFL, 8 SCK (109 points)
The first, and only true, (we’ll get to that later) position change player I’ll be talking about today made the transition look shockingly easy. Despite finishing in a tie for third in number of appearances, he actually finished the season second in points scored. Wright led the league in tackles for loss with 17, and finished with 43 tackles and 8 sacks to boot. No team saw a bigger shift in talent than the Orange County Otters, with 3 players (2 offensive linemen and 1 tight end) making the move to the defensive side of the ball. While Clegane and Winchester had a big impact as well, one could argue that no one made a bigger, and more immediate impact that Wright. Teams had always feared the Otters for the explosive offensive and ability to put up massive amounts of points. With the massive shift in talent, the Otters coming home with the Ultimus just made sense. Expect Wright (and this team) to be a power for the foreseeable future.
B. Bot ($ x7) 36 TCK, 16 TFL, 3 SCK (80 points)
What an interesting career Big Bot has had. He started out by playing on a different team every season of his career, only to call it quits at the end of season 5, part of the mass retirement of Legion players following season 4. It seemed like he never truly found a home until this season, which makes his retirement that much more tragic. Season 4, however, was his best season to date, finishing with 7 appearances on our list this year, enough to place him at fourth overall among defensive ends. As a team, Las Vegas struggled mightily getting to the quarterback, finishing the season ranked seventh in sacks, and Big Bot mirrored those struggles. Which he excelled mightily, however, was in his run support, finishing with an impressive 16 tackles for loss, tied for the second most in the league and accounting for nearly half of the Legions 36 tackles for loss on the season. Although his career was cut short, I look forward to seeing how it finishes.
@HENDRIX @loco @ErMurazor @Player1
GRADED
Welcome to our defensive line standouts season 4 review for defensive ends! This year will be handled a little differently as I will be breaking it up into 3 pieces, defensive ends, defensive tackles, and team over-view. I decided to write more in-depth at the top 4 for each position, while a more in-depth team breakdown will follow later. Enjoy!
Defensive End Top Performers
K. Hendrix ($ x10) 45 TCK, 10 TFL, 11 SCK, 1 forced fumble (114 points)
What a difference a season makes. After the changes to the offensive line, nearly every player saw a decrease in their personal stats this season. I say nearly because Hendrix was actually able to improve. Now, many will tell you that season 3 for Hendrix was a bit of an aberration, he was playing left defensive end and facing the stud of every offensive line, and had 2 other very good defensive linemen eating into his stats. This year though, saw a return to form, and Hendrix finished the season with the most appearances and most points scored of any defensive end. He was 1 of only 2 defensive ends to finish with double-digit sacks, (the other was D. Dam, who played a majority of the season at linebacker.), was the only defensive end to record double-digits in tackles for loss and sacks, and finished second in tackles, by only 1. Hendrix was the best defensive end in the league this season, bar none. It will be interesting to see how Hendrix handles yet another major personnel change on the defensive line as fellow standout, Sandoval, will not be returning.
J. Tuck ($ x8) 37 TCK, 16 TFL, 7 SCK, 1 safety (100 points)
CHEATER! I considered leaving him off, but it’s hard to prove the effect the multis had on this particular player, and he did earn his TPE in the proper way, so I kept him on. If there wasn’t a four-way tie for fifth among defensive ends, I would’ve bumped him off in a second.
Ok, now that that is out of the way, it’s time to talk about the digital person. Finishing the season with 37 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 1 safety, compared to the Tuck of yester-year, this season was a massive disappointment. Not only was he not the best defensive lineman (which was almost a given any other year), he wasn’t even the best defensive end. While his 16 tackles for loss were good enough for second in the league, he finished with a disappointing, 7 sacks, less than a quarter of what he had last year. On the plus side, he was also 1 of only 6 players to record a safety. Life for Tuck will be much different next year as he will be banned from the league for 1 season. The following season, he will be suiting up for a new team, the Yellowknife Wraiths and their vastly different defensive line.
G. Wright Jr. ($ x7) 43 TCK, 17 TFL, 8 SCK (109 points)
The first, and only true, (we’ll get to that later) position change player I’ll be talking about today made the transition look shockingly easy. Despite finishing in a tie for third in number of appearances, he actually finished the season second in points scored. Wright led the league in tackles for loss with 17, and finished with 43 tackles and 8 sacks to boot. No team saw a bigger shift in talent than the Orange County Otters, with 3 players (2 offensive linemen and 1 tight end) making the move to the defensive side of the ball. While Clegane and Winchester had a big impact as well, one could argue that no one made a bigger, and more immediate impact that Wright. Teams had always feared the Otters for the explosive offensive and ability to put up massive amounts of points. With the massive shift in talent, the Otters coming home with the Ultimus just made sense. Expect Wright (and this team) to be a power for the foreseeable future.
B. Bot ($ x7) 36 TCK, 16 TFL, 3 SCK (80 points)
What an interesting career Big Bot has had. He started out by playing on a different team every season of his career, only to call it quits at the end of season 5, part of the mass retirement of Legion players following season 4. It seemed like he never truly found a home until this season, which makes his retirement that much more tragic. Season 4, however, was his best season to date, finishing with 7 appearances on our list this year, enough to place him at fourth overall among defensive ends. As a team, Las Vegas struggled mightily getting to the quarterback, finishing the season ranked seventh in sacks, and Big Bot mirrored those struggles. Which he excelled mightily, however, was in his run support, finishing with an impressive 16 tackles for loss, tied for the second most in the league and accounting for nearly half of the Legions 36 tackles for loss on the season. Although his career was cut short, I look forward to seeing how it finishes.
@HENDRIX @loco @ErMurazor @Player1
GRADED
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