Mason Brown believes he could have done more
Mason Brown - LB/S - Pythons/Otters/Wraiths
Willie B. Hardagain - WR - Pythons/Outlaws/Wraiths
Elijah Torres - CB/RB - Pythons/Silverbacks
R.L. Stine - DT - Prospect
Heading into the season, wasn't sure what to expect. My time with Baltimore has been fun, but we have never been amazing. I've been surprised with how good this team has played. All the players rising up. On a personal level, I wanted Noah Goodson at the top of the defensive stats. He's near the top, but not leading the league. That's alright, my performances hasn't been what I was initially hyped up to be. That's mostly on me, I could have gone harder in training, but life gives you troubles, sometimes. I am glad that I make do with what I have, and I'm a dominant force every time I step onto the field. We have a great group in Baltimore that pushes each other to excel. That's what's going on now, and you can see the results. Players are being tested every week, and the competition is really driving performance levels. The winning really helps with the culture in the locker room and the franchise at large. Developing that winning culture is important for being a perennially successful team. Noah Goodson is playing at a level that most would expect a 1st overall pick to play at. Scouts can look at his player sheet, and it doesn't look as great as some of the other linebackers around the league, but the stat sheet doesn't lie.
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It has only been a couple weeks but I had already forgotten what my expectations were so I had to go back and refresh myself. Once I found my post I was reminded that I originally ranted about needing to catch Bradley Westfield on the all time list. Pulling up the index, I have barely 200 yards on him this season yet he has still outpaced me in TDs. While I have begun to close the 3400 yards lead he has on me, 200 yards a season isn’t going to get it done. When this season concludes, he will still have over a 3000 yard lead on me. At this point, I can say that I expect to be disappointed.
I also wrote about season expectations for the Hawks. I will have to say that although I knew we had a good team, this season has far exceeded my regular season expectations. We have already set a new single season win record for the Hawks and we still have a game to play. We will be coasting into the playoffs hosting the Colorado Yeti in a game that will be closer than it should be. With the way this team is rolling, I still expect to win it all.
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The expectations for Gus T.T. Showbiz and the Kansas City Coyotes that were mentioned in my previous PT are pretty much on the money.
I expected the Coyotes to remain near the top for points scored and points against. Currently, sitting at 281 points scored, they're in third place in the league, missing first by only an 8 point margin. They rank second in points against, only allowing 4 more points than the first place team. They play the first place defense (Portland Pythons) in week 13, with a chance to lock up the points against lead, and possibly honefield advantage for the conference playoffs. They also play against Norfolk, which will give a chance to pad some stats. I also outlined how Gus T.T. Showbiz was on pace to smash some QB records, but that he'd likely take a step back due to DSFL regulations requiring him to split time with fellow Coyotes QB Chris Orosz. This also has proven true, as Gus ranks a lowly 4th in passing yards since he has to split his time. Showbiz is a full 500 yards behind with 2 games to go, and is unlikely to catch up in that regard. Showbiz also stepped back in completion percentage, going from nearly 75% to a current 65.5. Only one DSFL QB has better, and that QB has only thrown 6 times. Gus's electric 65.5% is on over 250 attempts!
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Prior to this season I believe that I wrote about how the Otters were kind of at a tipping point after seasons of dominance and might be faced with a challenging season in which they have to look more toward the future. So much for that. After a rocky stretch during the season in which the team certainly showed it was no longer top dog, losing to San Jose and a weakened Yellowknife, the Otters have rebounded with some impressive wins and set themselves up for yet another 10-win season, provided they can take care of business against the Yeti on Wednesday (no easy task, considering the Yeti look to be on the upswing). Still, standout performances from Mike Boss and Carlito Crush have propelled the Otters offense to heights that didn't feel realistic at the start of the season, while they have continued to receive excellent contributions from players like Bradley Westfield, Angus Winchester, and Marc Spector, who most would have expected to drop off in performance by now. Another Ultimus win, or even appearance, is going to be an uphill battle with a New Orleans team that has defeated them twice on the horizon, but this Otters team is fighting to sent the GOAT, Mike Boss, off with another trophy, so who knows what will happen.
Looking back and what I thought my expectations were coming into the season, you might as well start calling me Nostradamus. I mean who in their right mind would have thought that we had a shot at winning four games? Me, that's who. I basically said that there were four games that I could see us have a shot at winning and low and behold here we are right now with four wins. I also said that this would be a little bit unfortunate because we definitely wanted one of the top picks in the draft. I think that where we sit right now though with 3rd overall we're still fairly confident in what we can do in that spot that it's alright. Not to mention we also showed that we're not a front office or a team that's just going to lay down and die and just accept defeat. Some may see that in a bad light and that admitting you're shit and basically letting the league bang you like a nasty old cum dumpster hooker like Arizona and San Jose are fully enjoy being is the way to go. Some like getting things shoved up every open orifice, but that's not something I want to partake in.
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Quote:“Portland Pythons safety and punt returner, Shannon Hobbs, doesn’t have any ridiculous goals for the season; he just wants to be the best punt returner in the league his rookie year. He’s got the wheels to do it, too, going into week one as one of the fastest guys in the league. He hopes to break some games wide open with big returns giving his offense a short field to work with. It is an often overlooked aspect of games but Hobbs has made it his mission to focus on the return game as a way to make him more valuable to his team. Those were my predictions from the previous PT. Now, I would argue that Hobbs was the best punt returner based on his average yards per return and the fact that he was one of just two returners with a punt return touchdown. However, he never got the opportunity to return a kick, which kind of puts a kink in his plans to be the best returner. That being said, he was probably the best rookie returner in the league and with still two games to go in the year, he could improve upon that standing with a solid couple of games. And as for the team expectations, we definitely fell short as the Pythons ended up as the worst passing defense in the league allowing 221.6 passing yards per game, a stat I definitely did not expect to see. Despite that, they are the best scoring defense in the entire league allowing just 17.9 points per game. While we did get some more wins, I’m not sure I was right on my expectations. I said we would need the offense to help out the defense but I think this was a case of the offense having to pick up the defense’s slack, big time. All in all, I wasn’t that far off in my expectations, results were the same, it was just a different way to get there. |
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