How Terim is preparing for the upcoming season you ask? PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE! He is working on his speed as well as his strength so he can be on par with his S14 DSFL draftee peers. Prospect Bowl games showed that he was lacking speed compared to other safeties he played with and against, therefore his focus this preseason is definitely speed! He has been doing high intensity interval training every morning and every afternoon for the past couple of weeks, and his training is already showing tremendous results. His pre-draft 40-yard dash measurement was 4.57s. His recent results show that he can run it under 4.45s, which should be more than enough for a DSFL safety.
As many already know, this offseason has been a difficult one for Andrew Reese. In addition to having to drop 50 lbs. between the end of last season and the preseason, Reese is also switching back to the QB position. It’s a role that he played in college and even the DSFL, but 3 seasons at DT have left him rusty. His throws aren’t connecting the way he hoped they would. He’s always had a keen mind for reading plays, but when you’ve been down in the trenches for several seasons, it’s easy to lose sight of the rest of the field. Ironically, he’s now the one trying to avoid sacks instead of causing them. Still, there’s hope for the season ahead, but it’s going to take a lot of work if he wants to be considered an elite QB.
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Luckily my old landlord in Tijuana didn't rent my house out yet so I was able to move back in pretty quickly after I was drafted back to the Luchadores. Once I brought my stuff back across the border I sat down with the Tijuana front office and the message was clear: I need to get stronger. After putting a few games on tape last season, and struggling a bit in the prospect bowl, the coaching staff noticed my lack of strength with my tackling. So I've been in the weight room religiously ever since I've been back, working to build my upper and lower body strength in order to bring down players in the DSFL. I'm hoping the extra time I'm putting in before and after practice pays off in the regular season.
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Franklin Armstrong was asked about his objectively awful Prospect Bowl appearances. “Call it awful all you want. It was first game action since getting injured during my last season with the Wesmen. I needed the experience and the feel of getting hit again. And boy did I get hit!” he said with a laugh. Franklin Armstrong was also asked about what he’s been working on to build on his Prospect Bowl experience. “I’m working on strength both in my lower body and my arm, as well as my mechanics. Working on building my platform to be better at delivering throws in the pocket while under duress. Something I struggled mightily with during the prospect bowl. I’m also working on accuracy, vision and my knowledge of the game. Hitting the film room hard!”. With Caleb McCoy’s recent call up to the NSFL, Armstrong has been giving the keys to the car. That car being the Portland Pythons, and he seems to be determined to drive them all the way to the Ultimini! (171 words)
Stanley 'Stan' Francisco is doing his best to improve for the season. His rookie year will be an interesting one, as he will play Tight End for the New Orleans Second Line. They are kind of in a bit of a rebuild at the moment and adding a great tight end should do wonders for their offense. Francisco has been working with his new Quarterback Borkimus Maximus (or whatever his name is) to get some good quality feeling between the two. There has to be a connection for it to work. It should be a fantastic new season! Francisco will be ready to compete for rookie of the year.
Code: WRITTEN: Write about what your player is doing this preseason to improve/prepare for the upcoming NSFL/DSFL season? Corvo has spent this offseason improving himself in many areas of his game. From throughly looking through, remembering, practising playbooks to training his throw. One of the most fun challenges he set up for himself was setting he a special practise set up in which he set up bins at differnt yardages and while running back and forward trying to throw garbage into the bins. Good practise and good for the enviorment. He also spent some time in Baltimore getting to meet and learn the team, staff and owners of the team that drafted him in the NSFL draft and making himself ready to move there in a few years time.
Guy Nikko has been enjoying preparing for the new season. He has recently moved down to Palm Beach, and has been loving the fact that it's always pretty warm there. He has been touring around the city and enjoying the nightlife. Guy has also been in the gym a lot, trying to improve himself before the season.
Guy has also recently been given the role of 'football player #8' on a popular TV show. He hopes that this can kickstart a career that can continue when he finishes with football, but for now his only line is "aurgh", which he has perfected after practicing in the mirror for an hour a day. 111 words
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David has been hard at work for his first NSFL season getting ready by getting his athleticism up to the level he has needed to get to, learning the playbook for the Otters, getting acclimated with his new team and teammates, and studying film to learn about the opponents that he will be facing. He has a very tough situation to step into and is looking at making sure he does great as a starter for the Otters in this season and helping to round out an outstanding Line Backer core. He is just preparing for his first fully professional season.
Barnes is having himself a bit of a new experience this preseason. For the first time in his life, he's changing teams. He played all his college years at Penn State, and both of his DSFL seasons were in San Antonio with the Marshals and now he's entering S14 as a member of the Liberty after being traded at the start of the offseason. He's spent a lot of this offseason training with his new teammates like Lennox Garnett and KJ Becker, and studying the defensive scheme that Philly runs. He was sometimes called upon to play outside of his normal safety position in Arizona but here in Philly he'll probably be getting looks all over on defense and needs to be mentally ready for those plays.
Emondov Emoji has done almost nothing this offseason in order to prepare for the upcoming DSFL season. You see while others have to get Ready Emoji is always ready. That's right I talk about myself in the third person and come back to first and sometimes shift into second, however, the only relevant thing to know is that Emoji has already shown that he has the skills to body fools in the DSFL and instead of working hard in the offseason he's just living up that good life partying with his friends and relaxing. Not even the likes of Cooter Bigsby or Carmex Hipster strike fear in me and I implore them to throw my way.
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