04-01-2020, 10:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-01-2020, 10:16 AM by sakrosankt.)
We always hear and see TPE comparisons for players and teams. But what about TPE for the position groups? In this article I take a look at TPE average for the position groups on offense for each DSFL team in the S21 season. The data gathered is used from the NSFL index and TPE tracker prior to the games of week 11 & 12.
I split up the offensive position groups into QB, RB, WR and TE. Sorry O-Line, there won’t be a section for you in this article. I also won’t cover special teams in this article, I’m sorry kicker and punters out there. I know you are people too.
At first I want to present how the data is calculated. To calculate the average TPE per position group, I use weighted average based on statistics. For QBs the weighting will be the number of attempts, for RBs it is the number of carries and for WR and TE it’s the number of catches. The number of each stat is used as the weighting for the position group for a team. A small example: Two RBs split their carries 3 to 1. This means, one RB carries the ball 75% (15 carries) and the other 25% (5 carries). This makes a total of 20 carries. Now the weighting is applied with 0.75 (15/20) and 0.25 (5/20). Let’s assume the first RB has 200 TPE and the second one has 100 TPE. We apply the factors to the respective TPE value and sum the results up
200 x 0.75 = 150
100 x 0.25 = 25
150 + 25 = 175 TPE
In this example the average TPE for carries is 175 TPE. I hope this gave a good insight on what the formular is to determine how an offense performs in regards to the TPE it uses.
As we are in the DSFL, players are capped at 250 TPE, so I use this value for those players who exceeded that border.
Quarterback
TPE
1. Chika Fujiwara, 250 TPE - 132/222, 1392 yards
1. George O’Donnell, 250 TPE - 144/276, 1550 yards
3. Colby Jack, 222 TPE - 131/260, 1275 yards
4. Chris Ramos 219 TPE - 114/225, 1130 yards
5. Monty Jack 209 TPE - 105/217, 1097 yards
6. Ben Slothlisberger/Jim Waters, 186.7 TPE - 170/325, 1670 yards
7. Zack Vega/Sim SnowBow, 176.3 TPE - 112/244, 1133 yards
8. Luke Skywalker/Suleiman Ramza - 161.0 TPE, 150/260, 1294 yards
Attempts
1. Ben Slothlisberger/Jim Waters, 186.7 TPE - 170/325, 1670 yards
2. George O’Donnell, 250 TPE - 144/276, 1550 yards
3. Colby Jack, 222 TPE - 131/260, 1275 yards
3. Luke Skywalker/Suleiman Ramza - 161.0 TPE, 150/260, 1294 yards
5. Zack Vega/Sim SnowBow, 176.3 TPE - 112/244, 1133 yards
6. Chris Ramos 219 TPE - 114/225, 1130 yards
7. Chika Fujiwara, 250 TPE - 132/222, 1392 yards
8. Monty Jack 209 TPE - 105/217, 1097 yards
Passing Yards
1. Ben Slothlisberger/Jim Waters, 186.7 TPE - 170/325, 1670 yards
2. George O’Donnell, 250 TPE - 144/276, 1550 yards
3. Chika Fujiwara, 250 TPE - 132/222, 1392 yards
4. Luke Skywalker/Suleiman Ramza - 161.0 TPE, 150/260, 1294 yards
5. Colby Jack, 222 TPE - 131/260, 1275 yards
6. Zack Vega/Sim SnowBow, 176.3 TPE - 112/244, 1133 yards
7. Chris Ramos 219 TPE - 114/225, 1130 yards
8. Monty Jack 209 TPE - 105/217, 1097 yards
Taking a look at this list, TPE average seems to only take minor importance in the decision how frequent you use the pass. The Pythons have the best QB in the league tied with the Coyotes, and they use him. The have the second highest attempts and also second highest passing yards.
The Coyotes seem to rely on the run more, although they have the best Quarterback in Chika Fujiwara. They only have the second lowest passing attempts, but use their passes most efficiently, as their jump to #3 in passing yards shows. The quality of the passer plays a big role here as it seems.
Colby Jack is the first QB not having maxed stats in the list, but he already comes close entering the last few games of regular season. As the third highest passer in average TPE, the Royals also attempt the third most passes in their game. this isn’t quite as effective as in passing yards they drop to the fifth place.
Myrtle Beach utilizes the fourth best QB position in Chris Ramos. He is only close behind Colby Jack, but only uses 6th most passing attempts. In passing yards it gets even worse for the Bucs, as they drop to the 7th place. The passing game doesn’t seem to be trained on the Beach.
The second Jack Brother, Monty, follows at 5th place. Although they are that high looking at TPE average, they use the fewest passing attempts and are also last in passing yards. They have a promising rookie playing under center, they could try to utilize the passing game a bit more.
At the end of the list are the three teams which use two QBs. There is a significant drop in average TPE from 209 to 186.7 between place 5 and 6. The highest average in TPE of the last three are the Tijuana Luchadores. Ben Slothlisberger and Jim Waters, who was only picked at position 180, are using the air game by far more often than anyone else. They lead the league in attempts and passing yards.
The reigning Ultimini champion drafted Sim SnowBow this year, and they are using him. Zack Vega, the highest player TPE-wise in the DSFL, is splitting the attempts with the rookie. They are 10 points behind the Luchadores, due to SnowBow playing with 85 TPE. The try to use the pass(5th), but it’s not really efficient, seen by the fact that they are only 6th in passing yards.
The last in the list of average TPE at the quarterback position are the Norfolk SeaWolves. With Luke Skywalker and Suleiman Ramza they have two rookies at this important position. They average 161 TPE, which is 15 points behind the second to last. But the lack of TPE doesn’t stop them in using the pass. they are the team which uses the pass 3rd most and are 4th in passing yards. The rookies have everything under control and play solid games through the air.
The TPE isn’t really a factor if a team decides to use the pass more or not. There are teams which utilize it, although having rather low players there, and the other way round. What gets really interesting is the yards per attempt (ypa) ranking. Here we can see a significant correlation between the TPE and ypa.
1. 6.3
2. 5.6
3. 5.1
4. 5.1
5. 5.0
6. 5.1
7. 4.9
8. 4.6
We see the Coyotes are by far ahead of anyone else in terms of ypa. Second, also with a big margin, are the Pythons. Is it a coincidence that the two TPE leaders are leading this category? I think not. The rest of the teams is quite close together, except the Grey Ducks losing some ground. They have the lowest graded TPE playing under center, that may be one of the reasons. But on the other hand, they have a max capped player sharing playing time, so where does this value come from? Maybe we can find the issue here looking at the rest of the positions. But there might be a association to the season they are currently playing.
Running Back
TPE
1. Baby Yoda/Rick Skuff/Jamar Lackson, 219.7 TPE
2. Ed Barker/Richard Gilbert/Julio Tirtawidjaja, 210.8 TPE
3. Flash Panda/Tequila Sunrise, 197.3 TPE
4. Dax Frost/J.B. Apollo, 192.5 TPE
5. White Goodman/Kichwa Jones/Aaron Feels, 188.7 TPE
6. Paco McTaco/Tatsu Nakamura/Zed Keppler, 177.6 TPE
7. Acura Skyline/Jacoby Batista, 166.5 TPE
8. Andrew Nova/Kevin Fakon, 148.3 TPE
Carries
1. Acura Skyline/Jacoby Batista, 166.5 TPE, 427, 2111 yards
1. Baby Yoda/Rick Skuff/Jamar Lackson, 219.7 TPE, 427, 1967 yards
3. Dax Frost/J.B. Apollo, 192.5 TPE, 414, 2079 yards
4. Andrew Nova/Kevin Fakon, 148.3 TPE, 373, 1734 yards
5. Flash Panda/Tequila Sunrise, 197.3 TPE, 362, 1699 yards
6. White Goodman/Kichwa Jones/Aaron Feels, 188.7 TPE, 351, 1649 yards
7. Ed Barker/Richard Gilbert/Julio Tirtawidjaja, 210.8 TPE, 341, 1572 yards
8. Paco McTaco/Tatsu Nakamura/Zed Keppler, 177.6 TPE, 327, 1546 yards
The ranking for rushing yards isn’t necessary, as the only change to attempts is for Minnesota and Myrtle Beach, who switch places there. The Grey Ducks seem to struggle a bit with their running game, although they have the highest TPE average used at the RB position. Let’s also take a look at the yards per attempt for each team, to see how successful a team is per carry.
Yards per Carry
1. 5.02
2. 4.94
3. 4.73
4. 4.7
5. 4.69
6. 4.65
7. 4.61
8. 4.61
Again, the players which exceed the TPE maximum for DSFL, are capped at 250.
The Grey Ducks have the highest TPE average utilized at the RB position. They use two S21 RBs in Baby Yoda and Skuff and pair them with rookie Lackson. They split carries almost equally. Minnesota is the team with the most run plays tied with London. For the amount of carries they have, they lack in yards per carry and are last in that ranking. That’s why the Bucs leaped them in the rushing yards statistics although having less tries.
Tijuana follows TPE wise using Ed Barker (S21, capped) and rookies Richard Gilbert and Julio Tirtawidjaja. Barker gets more than half of the carries for his team, and mainly splits them with Gilbert. Tirtawidjaja is used only slightly. The high amount of TPE on that position don’t matter much to Luchadores it seems, as they use the run only 7th most. Maybe that is because they are also second to last in yards per carry, only slightly above Minnesota. So the two teams with the highest average TPE are last in ypc. Doesn’t really make sense, what is wrong for those two teams, struggling that hard in gaining yardage on the ground?
The SeaWolves follow, with being the first team with less than 200 average TPE used at RB. As many others, they also have a max capped S21 palyer in Flash Panda. He splits reps with his S21 colleague Tequila Sunrise, who even gets slightly more carries. This pair ranks 5th in all places, carries, rushing yards and ypc.
Myrtle Beach uses Dax Frost and J.B. Apollo at running back. Frost, a S21 max capped player, is also the Co-GM of the organization. He gets 55% of the carries, leaving the rest to the rookie Apollo. They rely on the run, and are the best on the ground looking at ypc. They average over 5 yards, an excellent value for this metric. They are 3rd in carries and are only slightly behind the leading Royals in rushing yards.
The first expansion team is 5th in average TPE used at RB. With White Goodman they have the top talent at RB in the S22 class. But let’s not forget Kichwa Jones, who is also a top tier talent there. They use about 80% of carries and still leave 20% to Aaron Feels, another rookie, as to be expected for an expansion team. They are 6th in carries and rushing yards, and are good in what they are doing, as they are 4th in ypc. The ground game is an important factor for the Birddogs, as we could see that they use the air-game the least of all teams. Being only 6th in the running game may be due to less offensive snaps compared to other teams.
The Pythons are 6th, 11 points behind the Birddogs. They drafted Tatsu Nakamura this year alongside Zed Keppler, who are important assets over there. Paco McTaco is the experienced RB for Portland, who remains on there roster since S18. The speedster Nakamura gets most of the reps with about 60%, leaving 40% to be split between Keppler and McTaco. Portland is the team with the least rushing plays, 100 carries behind the leading teams in this category. But they are effective in what they are doing, they are 3rd in ypc. Although places from 3 to 5 are very close, they mastered to be on top of the others with 4.73 yards per carry.
The second expansion team didn’t draft the powerhouses Dallas did, looking at average TPE, but they also nailed the draft at running back as the statistics show. Acura Skyline and Jacoby Batista are the RBs for the Royals. They are second to last in average TPE used, but that isn’t a reason for them to not rely heavily on the run. The are the team with most carries and most rushing yards and second in yards per carry. Skyline gets about 60% of the carries and for sure knows how to use them, which can be seen by being the leading rusher in the league. Batista gets the rest of the workload and gives Skyline just the break he needs to being a force on the ground in London.
At the last place - by far - with only 148 average TPE per carry are the Kansas City Coyotes. The top-notch team has the lowest amount of TPE at the RB position in the league. S21 player Andrew Nova is the powerhouse for them, splitting carries with rookie Kevin Fakon at a rate of 58% to 42%. Being about 20 points behind the next spot, they rely heavily on the run as they are 4th in carries and rushing yards. With the 6th place in ypc, they look surprisingly good.
These rankings leave the impression, that TPE isn’t that important to have a successful ground attack. The number of amounts correlates highly with the number of rushing yards. And the yards per carry seem to not really have much to do with the average TPE, as the leading teams TPE wise being last in the ypc ranking.
As it was to assume, RB is a position, similar to QB, where many players are sent down to develop further. The only max capped players in the DSFL on offense are at QB(3) and RB(4).
Wide Receiver
TPE
1. William Lim/Mike Lee, 180.3 TPE
2. Eddie Jeeta/Michael Witheblock/Tan Johnson, 178 TPE
3. Raheem Okusi/Smolder Bravestone, 164.6 TPE
4. Alyx Sabor/Kemorian Moore/Garfield Despacito Jr., 162.6 TPE
5. Susan Cash Jr./Nick Kaepercolin/Blake Alexander, 153.4 TPE
6. Thomas Passmann/Friedrich Vequain/Jordan McCann III, 143.4 TPE
7. William Alexander/Daymond Brooks, 139.6 TPE
8. Kevin Koh/Ronan Briscoe, 126.8 TPE
catches
1. Thomas Passmann/Friedrich Vequain/Jordan McCann III, 143.4 TPE, 100, 1193 yards
2. Raheem Okusi/Smolder Bravestone, 164.6 TPE, 79, 1041 yards
3. Eddie Jeeta/Michael Witheblock/Tan Johnson, 178 TPE, 75, 954 yards
4. Susan Cash Jr./Nick Kaepercolin/Blake Alexander, 153.4 TPE, 74, 849 yards
5. Alyx Sabor/Kemorian Moore/Garfield Despacito Jr., 162.6 TPE, 68, 770 yards
6. William Lim/Mike Lee, 180.3 TPE, 52, 639 yards
7. Kevin Koh/Ronan Briscoe, 126.8 TPE, 50, 488 yards
8. William Alexander/Daymond Brooks, 139.6 TPE, 44, 504 yards
Yards per Catch
1. 13.2
2. 12.7
3. 12.3
4. 11.9
5. 11.5
6. 11.5
7. 11.3
8. 9.8
Again, here it is not necessary to rank the teams for receiving yards for WR, as they are listed the same as for catches. Only Norfolk and Minnesota change places, as the Grey Ducks jump ahead in receiving yards and the SeaWolves slip to the last place.
Taking a first look at the average TPE used at the WR position, it may seem surprising that an expansion team leads the ranking. When looking closer, it just comes down to good scouting it seems. There is no max capped player at the position of WR in this years DSFL season, and there is just one player left from last who exceeds the 200 TPE mark in Raheem Okusi with 206 points.
In this part I only elaborate the receiving yards for the WR, the TE follow in the next part.
The Birddogs are leading this list with mostly relying on William Lim (70%) partnered up with Mike Lee (30%) in the WR passing game. The lead in this ranking doesn’t really mean that the Birddogs use their WR a lot though. They are only sixth in attempts and receiving yards. But they rise far to the top in the yards they gain per catch, in this category they are 3rd. Quality seems to help them there a lot.
In second place, only close behind Dallas, follows Kansas City. They use mainly three rookie wideouts in Eddie Jeeta, Michael Witheblock and Tan Johnson. Jeeta gets most of the catches (60%), the other two split the rest. The Coyotes are near the top in each ranking, being 3rd in catches and receiving yards and 2nd for yards per catch. Quality seems to be a factor here, as they can utilize the air game very good and gain much out of it.
The Pythons follow at 3rd place with two send downs at WR, but there is already a severe drop with almost 15 points behind the second place. Raheem Okusi of the S21 class is the workhorse for them with catching 62% of the WR targets and leaves Smolder Bravestone, a S21 colleague, with 38%. Portland likes using the pass and they know why. The are 2nd in catches and receiving yards, with a jump to the lead in ypc. They are the top notch team this season in getting the most out of their WR catches with over 13 yards per catch.
The Bucs are just close behind the Pythons in terms of TPE. They use S21 recruit Alyx Sabor, S20 recruit Kamorian Moore and rookie Garfield Despacito as their WR. Myrtle Beach uses their pass 5th most in the league which also results in the same place in terms of receiving yards. In ypc they still have much to improve, as they are only 7th in that ranking. They can’t really utilize their passing attack as the other teams do.
The second expansion team starts the second half of the ranking TPE wise. They drafted Susan Cash Jr. and Blake Alexander and picked up Nick Kaepercolin at the beginning of the season. They use the pass slightly more than Myrtle Beach does, therefore being 4th in catches and receiving yards, and are also quite solid in the gain they make per play with being 5th.
The Luchadores are next in the ranking on the 6th place looking at TPE used at the WR position. The two rookies Thomas Passmann and Friedrich Vequain split their reps with the old S17 draftee Jordan McCann III. The rookies get most of the workload pretty equally with leaving about 15% to the routinier. Surprisingly, the Luchadores are the team with utilizing their WR the most, with 100 catches for 1193 yards, top for both categories. In ypc they still have something to work on, but 4th place is very solid too.
Minnesota’s receiving corps consists of William Alexander and Daymond Brooks, two rookies this year. Alexander gets almost 70% of the catches, leaving the rest to Brooks. They only caught 44 passes, being dead last in catches. At least they gained 504 yards doing so, what lifts them to 6th place in ypc.
In last place on the WR position TPE wise we find the SeaWolves. Kevin Koh and Ronan Briscoe are there rookie receivers. Koh is the clear #1 receiver here, with getting 68% of the catches, the rest is left for Briscoe. Norfolk’s WR caught 50 passes for only 488 yards, which is a gain of under 10 yards per catch. This leaves them on the rock bottom of the ypc ranking, 1.5 yards behind the 7th place and 3.4 yards per catch behind the leading Pythons.
Quality seems to be a high factor in this ranking having the first three teams in TPE average also leading the ypc category. As for the rushing attack, the more you do the more yards you gain out of it, as catches and receiving yards are almost equally spread. An anomaly in the WR passing game seems to be the Bucs, as they get a bit too less out of the catches for what they use in quality at that position.
Tight End
TPE
1. Reynaud Haugland/James Lewandowski, 221.7 TPE
2. Blake Gragg/Rainier Wolfcastle, 205.5 TPE
3. Jeffrey Phillips/Zee Rechs, 183.8 TPE
4. Heath Evans/James Angler, 178.8 TPE
5. Tree Gelbman/Shakir Ahmed, 173.7 TPE
6. Ben Kenobi/Gronk Robertowski/Rondo Jones, 141 TPE
7. Daniel George/Von Hayes, 140.7 TPE
8. Donatello Arrabiata/Douglas MacArthur, 113.8 TPE
Catches
1. Reynaud Haugland/James Lewandowski, 221.7 TPE, 62, 587 yards
2. Tree Gelbman/Shakir Ahmed, 173.7 TPE, 52, 419 yards
3. Daniel George/Von Hayes, 140.7 TPE, 46, 335 yards
4. Donatello Arrabiata/Douglas MacArthur, 113.8 TPE, 43, 333 yards
5. Ben Kenobi/Gronk Robertowski/Rondo Jones, 141 TPE, 42, 304 yards
6. Jeffrey Phillips/Zee Rechs, 183.8 TPE, 40, 378 yards
7. Blake Gragg/Rainier Wolfcastle, 205.5 TPE, 39, 403 yards
8. Heath Evans/James Angler, 178.8 TPE, 38, 387 yards
Yards Per Catch
1. Minnesota: 10.3
2. Myrtle Beach: 10.2
3. Norfolk: 9.5
4. Dallas: 9.5
5. Kansas City: 8.1
6. London: 7.7
7. Portland: 7.3
8. Tijuana: 7.2
Looking at the rankings for the TE, the WR position relativates a bit, as TE are also a huge aspect to the passing game. But there are also different types of quality all over the teams. Let’s take a closer look.
The Seawolves are finally first in a category. With two high TPE players from the S21 class, Haugland and Lewandowski, they lead the TE position ranking. They are also used the most and gain the most receiving yards doing so. Every category they are leading, except for ypc. They drop to the 3rd place here, with gaining 9.5 yards per catch.
This rankings are a up and down experience for the Grey Ducks. The TE position is a clear up for them, being 2nd in average TPE used for this position. They use in Gragg and Wolfcastle two send downs, drafted in S20 and S21. This explains the high TPE average just as for Norfolk. But they don’t really use their TE in the passing game. They only caught 39 passes, only 7th highest in the league, but they gained 403 yards, which is 3rd in receiving yards for TE. This numbers make them first in ypc in their group. Minnesota should try to use their strong TE corps more often, as they produce high numbers when targeted.
The Birddogs again appear very high in the rankings at the 3rd place. They drafted in Phillips the highest earner in this draft class, nothing new to them as they already did get top notch players for the other position groups, next to Zee Rechs. Phillips gets 68% of TE catches for his team. They don’t utilize this option too often, with only being 6th here. But in yards and ypc they are solid, being 5th and 4th in those categories.
Myrtle Beach comes next in the list. They use Heath Evans and James Angler, two rookies. The lowest number of TE catches is recorded for them. They are last, although place 3 to 8 are very close together with only 8 catches difference. With the lowest number of catches they got the 4th most numbers of yards, making them 2nd in the ypc statistics. They could trust their TE corps a bit more, as they can maximize their yards number as it seems.
In 5th place follows the Pack. They also have two S21 TE on the roster with Tree Gelbman and Shakir Ahmed. Gelbmann gets slightly more catches than Ahmed, being 58% to 42%. The Coyotes like to pass to the TE, being second in catches and receiving yards. The ypc numbers plummet though, as they come up with only at the 5th place there. They are over 2 yards per catch behind the leading Grey Ducks.
After Kansas City there is a significant drop in TPE average used. Tijuana in the next place has over 30 TPE less than the Coyotes. They use Ben Kenobi, a S20 recruit, Gronk Robertowski, a S21 recruit and Rondo Jones, a rookie. The experience players share their numbers with about 80%, which leaves 20% to the rookie. Tijuana tries to use their TE, but they don’t have that much success when looking at the last place in receiving yards. They could only rack up 304 yards, which also results in the last place in ypc.
Close behind the Luchadores follow the Pythons when looking at the TPE. They drafted the rookies Daniel George and Von Hayes, who share the catches 45% to 55%. Interestingly though, George has by far more yards per catch (203) than Hayes has (132). The Pythons have the 3rd most catches for TE, but are only 6th in yards for that position group. This leaves them at 7th place in ypc.
In the last place of TE TPE average used are the Royals. They have only 114 TPE in average to use for TE catches. Donatello Arrabiata and Douglas MacArthur are targeted in the game though, being in 4th place of catches. They only gain 7th most yards out of that, which leaves them in 6th place for ypc. Although they have to improve there, they are not last with the lack of quality they have at that position.
For TE it is to say, that the lack of catches lets them be close together in some of the categories. But the quality shines through the statistics, as the top 5 teams in average TPE are also on top of the ypc ranking. The gap between 5 and 6 is also visible when looking at ypc, as they are taken by the same teams.
Resumee
For some position groups the TPE used is way more important than for others. In the passing game, we can see the numbers are higher per catch, if the quality is higher. Of course we should take into account, that better QBs will most likely result in better results for the receiving corps.
On the other side we have the RBs, which seems to be not that dependent on TPE, as we can see a wild mix there between TPE average and ypa.
Now let’s take a look at the average TPE per position groups. In this case, the normal average is taken, as weightings may be hard to apply as receivers are dependent of the QB and backwards, it helps RBs if the TE block good, etc.
1. Dallas Birddogs: 190.5 TPE
2. Myrtle Beach Buccaneers: 188.2 TPE
3. Kansas City Coyotes: 187.5 TPE
4. Minnesota Grey Ducks 185.3 TPE
5. Portland Pythons: 183.2 TPE
6. Norfolk SeaWolves: 176.7 TPE
7. Tijuana Luchadores: 170.5 TPE
8. London Royals: 163.9 TPE
Surprisingly, an expansion teams leads the ranking for average TPE over all position groups on offense with a solid 190.5 TPE. They really nailed the draft when looking at the rankings. It only seems, that they have a lack of offensive snaps, as they don’t use their quality in the numbers others do.
The following two teams are the favorites in their respective conference in going all the way to the Ultimini. The Bucs lie a bit ahead the Coyotes and secure the second spot. They seemed to be almighty in plain TPE comparisons, but as we could see in this post, they have some weaknesses they for sure have to work on to be successful at the end of the season.
The Kansas City Coyotes have plenty of good players and are seen most of the time in the higher ranks of the statistics. But they have also some things to work on, especially with taking a glance to the upcoming finals and an eventual championship game.
The Grey Ducks are the disappointment of the season. Being placed fourth on average TPE on offense, it is more we would expect from their performance. They have to solidify now to maybe have a shot to turn the season around, but overall they’ll have to concentrate on next season and try to bolster their roster and tactics.
The Pythons made a leap forward in this season compared to the last. They are 5th on offense and have a good shot at making the playoffs. They like to use the plays through the air, but could try to elaborate the run game a bit more.
Norfolk is low in this ranking, having big troubles in the passing game, especially for their WR. They have good chances to make the playoffs though, so maybe we will see a bit more of them still this season.
The Luchadores are lacking some TPE on offense as it seems. They are 20 points in average behind the Birddogs, in TPE utilized in the game. They rely heavily on the pass, but should try to get more out of what they are doing. In the draft it would be a good idea to aim for another TE, as they are lacking some serious effort there.
The top is an expansion team, the bottom too. The London Royals are last in the offensive TPE used on offense. This was expected to be an expansion team, but the gap to the established teams is way closer as some expected. London has mastered the ground game, but will have to concentrate to bolster up their game through the air. If they add some weapons in the upcoming draft for, they will have a good sophomore season in the league.
At the end of the article, let’s take a look at the importance of positions on offense. At least for the DSFL we can see, that RB is the most important position in the league to be successful on offense. Followed by QB, WR and TE. Without a QB, there is no passing game the receivers can establish their game. Upon this values, let’s rank the top 20 rookies on offense for the upcoming draft:
1. White Goodman, RB, 221 TPE
2. Colby Jack, QB, 222 TPE
3. Monty Jack, QB, 209 TPE
4. Acura Skyline, RB, 199 TPE
5. Jeffrey Phillips, TE, 228 TPE
6. Kichwa Jones, RB, 196 TPE
7. Tatsu Nakamura, RB, 193 TPE
8. William Lim, WR, 197 TPE
9. Eddie Jeeta, WR, 195 TPE
10. Jim Waters, QB, 190 TPE
11. Heath Evans, TE, 195 TPE
12. Michael Witheblock, WR, 191 TPE
13. Thomas Passmann, WR, 186 TPE
14. Ben Slothlisberger, QB, 184 TPE
15. Daniel George, TE, 182 TPE
16. Susan Cash Jr, WR, 177 TPE
17. Jamar Lackson, RB, 173 TPE
18. Richard Gilbert, RB, 172 TPE
19. Luke Skywalker, QB, 172 TPE
20. William Alexander, WR, 166 TPE
As we can see, the expansion teams killed the draft with lots of top notch talent on offense. Every team has at least one propect in the top 20, with Norfolk having the lowest position at 19. There are currently 19 players with 170 TPE or more in the league on the offensive side of the ball. Comparing those values to the average used TPE on offense, we can see that for players on the offensive side of the ball it is normal to get sent down for another year. Especially for QB, RB and TE. The only position with lower averages are WR. It seems that WR can be very helpful from the beginning in the NSFL, most possibly as there are more slots used for them in the rosters of the big league.
Thanks for reading my article. I planned to do another one for comparing the defense, but I don’t know if I will be able to do it. This article got bigger as I thought and took way longer, therefore I’m sorry I haven’t used the data from the games in week 11&12. It would have been too much to recalculate the metrics again and sort out all rankings again.
I split up the offensive position groups into QB, RB, WR and TE. Sorry O-Line, there won’t be a section for you in this article. I also won’t cover special teams in this article, I’m sorry kicker and punters out there. I know you are people too.
At first I want to present how the data is calculated. To calculate the average TPE per position group, I use weighted average based on statistics. For QBs the weighting will be the number of attempts, for RBs it is the number of carries and for WR and TE it’s the number of catches. The number of each stat is used as the weighting for the position group for a team. A small example: Two RBs split their carries 3 to 1. This means, one RB carries the ball 75% (15 carries) and the other 25% (5 carries). This makes a total of 20 carries. Now the weighting is applied with 0.75 (15/20) and 0.25 (5/20). Let’s assume the first RB has 200 TPE and the second one has 100 TPE. We apply the factors to the respective TPE value and sum the results up
200 x 0.75 = 150
100 x 0.25 = 25
150 + 25 = 175 TPE
In this example the average TPE for carries is 175 TPE. I hope this gave a good insight on what the formular is to determine how an offense performs in regards to the TPE it uses.
As we are in the DSFL, players are capped at 250 TPE, so I use this value for those players who exceeded that border.
Quarterback
TPE
1. Chika Fujiwara, 250 TPE - 132/222, 1392 yards
1. George O’Donnell, 250 TPE - 144/276, 1550 yards
3. Colby Jack, 222 TPE - 131/260, 1275 yards
4. Chris Ramos 219 TPE - 114/225, 1130 yards
5. Monty Jack 209 TPE - 105/217, 1097 yards
6. Ben Slothlisberger/Jim Waters, 186.7 TPE - 170/325, 1670 yards
7. Zack Vega/Sim SnowBow, 176.3 TPE - 112/244, 1133 yards
8. Luke Skywalker/Suleiman Ramza - 161.0 TPE, 150/260, 1294 yards
Attempts
1. Ben Slothlisberger/Jim Waters, 186.7 TPE - 170/325, 1670 yards
2. George O’Donnell, 250 TPE - 144/276, 1550 yards
3. Colby Jack, 222 TPE - 131/260, 1275 yards
3. Luke Skywalker/Suleiman Ramza - 161.0 TPE, 150/260, 1294 yards
5. Zack Vega/Sim SnowBow, 176.3 TPE - 112/244, 1133 yards
6. Chris Ramos 219 TPE - 114/225, 1130 yards
7. Chika Fujiwara, 250 TPE - 132/222, 1392 yards
8. Monty Jack 209 TPE - 105/217, 1097 yards
Passing Yards
1. Ben Slothlisberger/Jim Waters, 186.7 TPE - 170/325, 1670 yards
2. George O’Donnell, 250 TPE - 144/276, 1550 yards
3. Chika Fujiwara, 250 TPE - 132/222, 1392 yards
4. Luke Skywalker/Suleiman Ramza - 161.0 TPE, 150/260, 1294 yards
5. Colby Jack, 222 TPE - 131/260, 1275 yards
6. Zack Vega/Sim SnowBow, 176.3 TPE - 112/244, 1133 yards
7. Chris Ramos 219 TPE - 114/225, 1130 yards
8. Monty Jack 209 TPE - 105/217, 1097 yards
Taking a look at this list, TPE average seems to only take minor importance in the decision how frequent you use the pass. The Pythons have the best QB in the league tied with the Coyotes, and they use him. The have the second highest attempts and also second highest passing yards.
The Coyotes seem to rely on the run more, although they have the best Quarterback in Chika Fujiwara. They only have the second lowest passing attempts, but use their passes most efficiently, as their jump to #3 in passing yards shows. The quality of the passer plays a big role here as it seems.
Colby Jack is the first QB not having maxed stats in the list, but he already comes close entering the last few games of regular season. As the third highest passer in average TPE, the Royals also attempt the third most passes in their game. this isn’t quite as effective as in passing yards they drop to the fifth place.
Myrtle Beach utilizes the fourth best QB position in Chris Ramos. He is only close behind Colby Jack, but only uses 6th most passing attempts. In passing yards it gets even worse for the Bucs, as they drop to the 7th place. The passing game doesn’t seem to be trained on the Beach.
The second Jack Brother, Monty, follows at 5th place. Although they are that high looking at TPE average, they use the fewest passing attempts and are also last in passing yards. They have a promising rookie playing under center, they could try to utilize the passing game a bit more.
At the end of the list are the three teams which use two QBs. There is a significant drop in average TPE from 209 to 186.7 between place 5 and 6. The highest average in TPE of the last three are the Tijuana Luchadores. Ben Slothlisberger and Jim Waters, who was only picked at position 180, are using the air game by far more often than anyone else. They lead the league in attempts and passing yards.
The reigning Ultimini champion drafted Sim SnowBow this year, and they are using him. Zack Vega, the highest player TPE-wise in the DSFL, is splitting the attempts with the rookie. They are 10 points behind the Luchadores, due to SnowBow playing with 85 TPE. The try to use the pass(5th), but it’s not really efficient, seen by the fact that they are only 6th in passing yards.
The last in the list of average TPE at the quarterback position are the Norfolk SeaWolves. With Luke Skywalker and Suleiman Ramza they have two rookies at this important position. They average 161 TPE, which is 15 points behind the second to last. But the lack of TPE doesn’t stop them in using the pass. they are the team which uses the pass 3rd most and are 4th in passing yards. The rookies have everything under control and play solid games through the air.
The TPE isn’t really a factor if a team decides to use the pass more or not. There are teams which utilize it, although having rather low players there, and the other way round. What gets really interesting is the yards per attempt (ypa) ranking. Here we can see a significant correlation between the TPE and ypa.
1. 6.3
2. 5.6
3. 5.1
4. 5.1
5. 5.0
6. 5.1
7. 4.9
8. 4.6
We see the Coyotes are by far ahead of anyone else in terms of ypa. Second, also with a big margin, are the Pythons. Is it a coincidence that the two TPE leaders are leading this category? I think not. The rest of the teams is quite close together, except the Grey Ducks losing some ground. They have the lowest graded TPE playing under center, that may be one of the reasons. But on the other hand, they have a max capped player sharing playing time, so where does this value come from? Maybe we can find the issue here looking at the rest of the positions. But there might be a association to the season they are currently playing.
Running Back
TPE
1. Baby Yoda/Rick Skuff/Jamar Lackson, 219.7 TPE
2. Ed Barker/Richard Gilbert/Julio Tirtawidjaja, 210.8 TPE
3. Flash Panda/Tequila Sunrise, 197.3 TPE
4. Dax Frost/J.B. Apollo, 192.5 TPE
5. White Goodman/Kichwa Jones/Aaron Feels, 188.7 TPE
6. Paco McTaco/Tatsu Nakamura/Zed Keppler, 177.6 TPE
7. Acura Skyline/Jacoby Batista, 166.5 TPE
8. Andrew Nova/Kevin Fakon, 148.3 TPE
Carries
1. Acura Skyline/Jacoby Batista, 166.5 TPE, 427, 2111 yards
1. Baby Yoda/Rick Skuff/Jamar Lackson, 219.7 TPE, 427, 1967 yards
3. Dax Frost/J.B. Apollo, 192.5 TPE, 414, 2079 yards
4. Andrew Nova/Kevin Fakon, 148.3 TPE, 373, 1734 yards
5. Flash Panda/Tequila Sunrise, 197.3 TPE, 362, 1699 yards
6. White Goodman/Kichwa Jones/Aaron Feels, 188.7 TPE, 351, 1649 yards
7. Ed Barker/Richard Gilbert/Julio Tirtawidjaja, 210.8 TPE, 341, 1572 yards
8. Paco McTaco/Tatsu Nakamura/Zed Keppler, 177.6 TPE, 327, 1546 yards
The ranking for rushing yards isn’t necessary, as the only change to attempts is for Minnesota and Myrtle Beach, who switch places there. The Grey Ducks seem to struggle a bit with their running game, although they have the highest TPE average used at the RB position. Let’s also take a look at the yards per attempt for each team, to see how successful a team is per carry.
Yards per Carry
1. 5.02
2. 4.94
3. 4.73
4. 4.7
5. 4.69
6. 4.65
7. 4.61
8. 4.61
Again, the players which exceed the TPE maximum for DSFL, are capped at 250.
The Grey Ducks have the highest TPE average utilized at the RB position. They use two S21 RBs in Baby Yoda and Skuff and pair them with rookie Lackson. They split carries almost equally. Minnesota is the team with the most run plays tied with London. For the amount of carries they have, they lack in yards per carry and are last in that ranking. That’s why the Bucs leaped them in the rushing yards statistics although having less tries.
Tijuana follows TPE wise using Ed Barker (S21, capped) and rookies Richard Gilbert and Julio Tirtawidjaja. Barker gets more than half of the carries for his team, and mainly splits them with Gilbert. Tirtawidjaja is used only slightly. The high amount of TPE on that position don’t matter much to Luchadores it seems, as they use the run only 7th most. Maybe that is because they are also second to last in yards per carry, only slightly above Minnesota. So the two teams with the highest average TPE are last in ypc. Doesn’t really make sense, what is wrong for those two teams, struggling that hard in gaining yardage on the ground?
The SeaWolves follow, with being the first team with less than 200 average TPE used at RB. As many others, they also have a max capped S21 palyer in Flash Panda. He splits reps with his S21 colleague Tequila Sunrise, who even gets slightly more carries. This pair ranks 5th in all places, carries, rushing yards and ypc.
Myrtle Beach uses Dax Frost and J.B. Apollo at running back. Frost, a S21 max capped player, is also the Co-GM of the organization. He gets 55% of the carries, leaving the rest to the rookie Apollo. They rely on the run, and are the best on the ground looking at ypc. They average over 5 yards, an excellent value for this metric. They are 3rd in carries and are only slightly behind the leading Royals in rushing yards.
The first expansion team is 5th in average TPE used at RB. With White Goodman they have the top talent at RB in the S22 class. But let’s not forget Kichwa Jones, who is also a top tier talent there. They use about 80% of carries and still leave 20% to Aaron Feels, another rookie, as to be expected for an expansion team. They are 6th in carries and rushing yards, and are good in what they are doing, as they are 4th in ypc. The ground game is an important factor for the Birddogs, as we could see that they use the air-game the least of all teams. Being only 6th in the running game may be due to less offensive snaps compared to other teams.
The Pythons are 6th, 11 points behind the Birddogs. They drafted Tatsu Nakamura this year alongside Zed Keppler, who are important assets over there. Paco McTaco is the experienced RB for Portland, who remains on there roster since S18. The speedster Nakamura gets most of the reps with about 60%, leaving 40% to be split between Keppler and McTaco. Portland is the team with the least rushing plays, 100 carries behind the leading teams in this category. But they are effective in what they are doing, they are 3rd in ypc. Although places from 3 to 5 are very close, they mastered to be on top of the others with 4.73 yards per carry.
The second expansion team didn’t draft the powerhouses Dallas did, looking at average TPE, but they also nailed the draft at running back as the statistics show. Acura Skyline and Jacoby Batista are the RBs for the Royals. They are second to last in average TPE used, but that isn’t a reason for them to not rely heavily on the run. The are the team with most carries and most rushing yards and second in yards per carry. Skyline gets about 60% of the carries and for sure knows how to use them, which can be seen by being the leading rusher in the league. Batista gets the rest of the workload and gives Skyline just the break he needs to being a force on the ground in London.
At the last place - by far - with only 148 average TPE per carry are the Kansas City Coyotes. The top-notch team has the lowest amount of TPE at the RB position in the league. S21 player Andrew Nova is the powerhouse for them, splitting carries with rookie Kevin Fakon at a rate of 58% to 42%. Being about 20 points behind the next spot, they rely heavily on the run as they are 4th in carries and rushing yards. With the 6th place in ypc, they look surprisingly good.
These rankings leave the impression, that TPE isn’t that important to have a successful ground attack. The number of amounts correlates highly with the number of rushing yards. And the yards per carry seem to not really have much to do with the average TPE, as the leading teams TPE wise being last in the ypc ranking.
As it was to assume, RB is a position, similar to QB, where many players are sent down to develop further. The only max capped players in the DSFL on offense are at QB(3) and RB(4).
Wide Receiver
TPE
1. William Lim/Mike Lee, 180.3 TPE
2. Eddie Jeeta/Michael Witheblock/Tan Johnson, 178 TPE
3. Raheem Okusi/Smolder Bravestone, 164.6 TPE
4. Alyx Sabor/Kemorian Moore/Garfield Despacito Jr., 162.6 TPE
5. Susan Cash Jr./Nick Kaepercolin/Blake Alexander, 153.4 TPE
6. Thomas Passmann/Friedrich Vequain/Jordan McCann III, 143.4 TPE
7. William Alexander/Daymond Brooks, 139.6 TPE
8. Kevin Koh/Ronan Briscoe, 126.8 TPE
catches
1. Thomas Passmann/Friedrich Vequain/Jordan McCann III, 143.4 TPE, 100, 1193 yards
2. Raheem Okusi/Smolder Bravestone, 164.6 TPE, 79, 1041 yards
3. Eddie Jeeta/Michael Witheblock/Tan Johnson, 178 TPE, 75, 954 yards
4. Susan Cash Jr./Nick Kaepercolin/Blake Alexander, 153.4 TPE, 74, 849 yards
5. Alyx Sabor/Kemorian Moore/Garfield Despacito Jr., 162.6 TPE, 68, 770 yards
6. William Lim/Mike Lee, 180.3 TPE, 52, 639 yards
7. Kevin Koh/Ronan Briscoe, 126.8 TPE, 50, 488 yards
8. William Alexander/Daymond Brooks, 139.6 TPE, 44, 504 yards
Yards per Catch
1. 13.2
2. 12.7
3. 12.3
4. 11.9
5. 11.5
6. 11.5
7. 11.3
8. 9.8
Again, here it is not necessary to rank the teams for receiving yards for WR, as they are listed the same as for catches. Only Norfolk and Minnesota change places, as the Grey Ducks jump ahead in receiving yards and the SeaWolves slip to the last place.
Taking a first look at the average TPE used at the WR position, it may seem surprising that an expansion team leads the ranking. When looking closer, it just comes down to good scouting it seems. There is no max capped player at the position of WR in this years DSFL season, and there is just one player left from last who exceeds the 200 TPE mark in Raheem Okusi with 206 points.
In this part I only elaborate the receiving yards for the WR, the TE follow in the next part.
The Birddogs are leading this list with mostly relying on William Lim (70%) partnered up with Mike Lee (30%) in the WR passing game. The lead in this ranking doesn’t really mean that the Birddogs use their WR a lot though. They are only sixth in attempts and receiving yards. But they rise far to the top in the yards they gain per catch, in this category they are 3rd. Quality seems to help them there a lot.
In second place, only close behind Dallas, follows Kansas City. They use mainly three rookie wideouts in Eddie Jeeta, Michael Witheblock and Tan Johnson. Jeeta gets most of the catches (60%), the other two split the rest. The Coyotes are near the top in each ranking, being 3rd in catches and receiving yards and 2nd for yards per catch. Quality seems to be a factor here, as they can utilize the air game very good and gain much out of it.
The Pythons follow at 3rd place with two send downs at WR, but there is already a severe drop with almost 15 points behind the second place. Raheem Okusi of the S21 class is the workhorse for them with catching 62% of the WR targets and leaves Smolder Bravestone, a S21 colleague, with 38%. Portland likes using the pass and they know why. The are 2nd in catches and receiving yards, with a jump to the lead in ypc. They are the top notch team this season in getting the most out of their WR catches with over 13 yards per catch.
The Bucs are just close behind the Pythons in terms of TPE. They use S21 recruit Alyx Sabor, S20 recruit Kamorian Moore and rookie Garfield Despacito as their WR. Myrtle Beach uses their pass 5th most in the league which also results in the same place in terms of receiving yards. In ypc they still have much to improve, as they are only 7th in that ranking. They can’t really utilize their passing attack as the other teams do.
The second expansion team starts the second half of the ranking TPE wise. They drafted Susan Cash Jr. and Blake Alexander and picked up Nick Kaepercolin at the beginning of the season. They use the pass slightly more than Myrtle Beach does, therefore being 4th in catches and receiving yards, and are also quite solid in the gain they make per play with being 5th.
The Luchadores are next in the ranking on the 6th place looking at TPE used at the WR position. The two rookies Thomas Passmann and Friedrich Vequain split their reps with the old S17 draftee Jordan McCann III. The rookies get most of the workload pretty equally with leaving about 15% to the routinier. Surprisingly, the Luchadores are the team with utilizing their WR the most, with 100 catches for 1193 yards, top for both categories. In ypc they still have something to work on, but 4th place is very solid too.
Minnesota’s receiving corps consists of William Alexander and Daymond Brooks, two rookies this year. Alexander gets almost 70% of the catches, leaving the rest to Brooks. They only caught 44 passes, being dead last in catches. At least they gained 504 yards doing so, what lifts them to 6th place in ypc.
In last place on the WR position TPE wise we find the SeaWolves. Kevin Koh and Ronan Briscoe are there rookie receivers. Koh is the clear #1 receiver here, with getting 68% of the catches, the rest is left for Briscoe. Norfolk’s WR caught 50 passes for only 488 yards, which is a gain of under 10 yards per catch. This leaves them on the rock bottom of the ypc ranking, 1.5 yards behind the 7th place and 3.4 yards per catch behind the leading Pythons.
Quality seems to be a high factor in this ranking having the first three teams in TPE average also leading the ypc category. As for the rushing attack, the more you do the more yards you gain out of it, as catches and receiving yards are almost equally spread. An anomaly in the WR passing game seems to be the Bucs, as they get a bit too less out of the catches for what they use in quality at that position.
Tight End
TPE
1. Reynaud Haugland/James Lewandowski, 221.7 TPE
2. Blake Gragg/Rainier Wolfcastle, 205.5 TPE
3. Jeffrey Phillips/Zee Rechs, 183.8 TPE
4. Heath Evans/James Angler, 178.8 TPE
5. Tree Gelbman/Shakir Ahmed, 173.7 TPE
6. Ben Kenobi/Gronk Robertowski/Rondo Jones, 141 TPE
7. Daniel George/Von Hayes, 140.7 TPE
8. Donatello Arrabiata/Douglas MacArthur, 113.8 TPE
Catches
1. Reynaud Haugland/James Lewandowski, 221.7 TPE, 62, 587 yards
2. Tree Gelbman/Shakir Ahmed, 173.7 TPE, 52, 419 yards
3. Daniel George/Von Hayes, 140.7 TPE, 46, 335 yards
4. Donatello Arrabiata/Douglas MacArthur, 113.8 TPE, 43, 333 yards
5. Ben Kenobi/Gronk Robertowski/Rondo Jones, 141 TPE, 42, 304 yards
6. Jeffrey Phillips/Zee Rechs, 183.8 TPE, 40, 378 yards
7. Blake Gragg/Rainier Wolfcastle, 205.5 TPE, 39, 403 yards
8. Heath Evans/James Angler, 178.8 TPE, 38, 387 yards
Yards Per Catch
1. Minnesota: 10.3
2. Myrtle Beach: 10.2
3. Norfolk: 9.5
4. Dallas: 9.5
5. Kansas City: 8.1
6. London: 7.7
7. Portland: 7.3
8. Tijuana: 7.2
Looking at the rankings for the TE, the WR position relativates a bit, as TE are also a huge aspect to the passing game. But there are also different types of quality all over the teams. Let’s take a closer look.
The Seawolves are finally first in a category. With two high TPE players from the S21 class, Haugland and Lewandowski, they lead the TE position ranking. They are also used the most and gain the most receiving yards doing so. Every category they are leading, except for ypc. They drop to the 3rd place here, with gaining 9.5 yards per catch.
This rankings are a up and down experience for the Grey Ducks. The TE position is a clear up for them, being 2nd in average TPE used for this position. They use in Gragg and Wolfcastle two send downs, drafted in S20 and S21. This explains the high TPE average just as for Norfolk. But they don’t really use their TE in the passing game. They only caught 39 passes, only 7th highest in the league, but they gained 403 yards, which is 3rd in receiving yards for TE. This numbers make them first in ypc in their group. Minnesota should try to use their strong TE corps more often, as they produce high numbers when targeted.
The Birddogs again appear very high in the rankings at the 3rd place. They drafted in Phillips the highest earner in this draft class, nothing new to them as they already did get top notch players for the other position groups, next to Zee Rechs. Phillips gets 68% of TE catches for his team. They don’t utilize this option too often, with only being 6th here. But in yards and ypc they are solid, being 5th and 4th in those categories.
Myrtle Beach comes next in the list. They use Heath Evans and James Angler, two rookies. The lowest number of TE catches is recorded for them. They are last, although place 3 to 8 are very close together with only 8 catches difference. With the lowest number of catches they got the 4th most numbers of yards, making them 2nd in the ypc statistics. They could trust their TE corps a bit more, as they can maximize their yards number as it seems.
In 5th place follows the Pack. They also have two S21 TE on the roster with Tree Gelbman and Shakir Ahmed. Gelbmann gets slightly more catches than Ahmed, being 58% to 42%. The Coyotes like to pass to the TE, being second in catches and receiving yards. The ypc numbers plummet though, as they come up with only at the 5th place there. They are over 2 yards per catch behind the leading Grey Ducks.
After Kansas City there is a significant drop in TPE average used. Tijuana in the next place has over 30 TPE less than the Coyotes. They use Ben Kenobi, a S20 recruit, Gronk Robertowski, a S21 recruit and Rondo Jones, a rookie. The experience players share their numbers with about 80%, which leaves 20% to the rookie. Tijuana tries to use their TE, but they don’t have that much success when looking at the last place in receiving yards. They could only rack up 304 yards, which also results in the last place in ypc.
Close behind the Luchadores follow the Pythons when looking at the TPE. They drafted the rookies Daniel George and Von Hayes, who share the catches 45% to 55%. Interestingly though, George has by far more yards per catch (203) than Hayes has (132). The Pythons have the 3rd most catches for TE, but are only 6th in yards for that position group. This leaves them at 7th place in ypc.
In the last place of TE TPE average used are the Royals. They have only 114 TPE in average to use for TE catches. Donatello Arrabiata and Douglas MacArthur are targeted in the game though, being in 4th place of catches. They only gain 7th most yards out of that, which leaves them in 6th place for ypc. Although they have to improve there, they are not last with the lack of quality they have at that position.
For TE it is to say, that the lack of catches lets them be close together in some of the categories. But the quality shines through the statistics, as the top 5 teams in average TPE are also on top of the ypc ranking. The gap between 5 and 6 is also visible when looking at ypc, as they are taken by the same teams.
Resumee
For some position groups the TPE used is way more important than for others. In the passing game, we can see the numbers are higher per catch, if the quality is higher. Of course we should take into account, that better QBs will most likely result in better results for the receiving corps.
On the other side we have the RBs, which seems to be not that dependent on TPE, as we can see a wild mix there between TPE average and ypa.
Now let’s take a look at the average TPE per position groups. In this case, the normal average is taken, as weightings may be hard to apply as receivers are dependent of the QB and backwards, it helps RBs if the TE block good, etc.
1. Dallas Birddogs: 190.5 TPE
2. Myrtle Beach Buccaneers: 188.2 TPE
3. Kansas City Coyotes: 187.5 TPE
4. Minnesota Grey Ducks 185.3 TPE
5. Portland Pythons: 183.2 TPE
6. Norfolk SeaWolves: 176.7 TPE
7. Tijuana Luchadores: 170.5 TPE
8. London Royals: 163.9 TPE
Surprisingly, an expansion teams leads the ranking for average TPE over all position groups on offense with a solid 190.5 TPE. They really nailed the draft when looking at the rankings. It only seems, that they have a lack of offensive snaps, as they don’t use their quality in the numbers others do.
The following two teams are the favorites in their respective conference in going all the way to the Ultimini. The Bucs lie a bit ahead the Coyotes and secure the second spot. They seemed to be almighty in plain TPE comparisons, but as we could see in this post, they have some weaknesses they for sure have to work on to be successful at the end of the season.
The Kansas City Coyotes have plenty of good players and are seen most of the time in the higher ranks of the statistics. But they have also some things to work on, especially with taking a glance to the upcoming finals and an eventual championship game.
The Grey Ducks are the disappointment of the season. Being placed fourth on average TPE on offense, it is more we would expect from their performance. They have to solidify now to maybe have a shot to turn the season around, but overall they’ll have to concentrate on next season and try to bolster their roster and tactics.
The Pythons made a leap forward in this season compared to the last. They are 5th on offense and have a good shot at making the playoffs. They like to use the plays through the air, but could try to elaborate the run game a bit more.
Norfolk is low in this ranking, having big troubles in the passing game, especially for their WR. They have good chances to make the playoffs though, so maybe we will see a bit more of them still this season.
The Luchadores are lacking some TPE on offense as it seems. They are 20 points in average behind the Birddogs, in TPE utilized in the game. They rely heavily on the pass, but should try to get more out of what they are doing. In the draft it would be a good idea to aim for another TE, as they are lacking some serious effort there.
The top is an expansion team, the bottom too. The London Royals are last in the offensive TPE used on offense. This was expected to be an expansion team, but the gap to the established teams is way closer as some expected. London has mastered the ground game, but will have to concentrate to bolster up their game through the air. If they add some weapons in the upcoming draft for, they will have a good sophomore season in the league.
At the end of the article, let’s take a look at the importance of positions on offense. At least for the DSFL we can see, that RB is the most important position in the league to be successful on offense. Followed by QB, WR and TE. Without a QB, there is no passing game the receivers can establish their game. Upon this values, let’s rank the top 20 rookies on offense for the upcoming draft:
1. White Goodman, RB, 221 TPE
2. Colby Jack, QB, 222 TPE
3. Monty Jack, QB, 209 TPE
4. Acura Skyline, RB, 199 TPE
5. Jeffrey Phillips, TE, 228 TPE
6. Kichwa Jones, RB, 196 TPE
7. Tatsu Nakamura, RB, 193 TPE
8. William Lim, WR, 197 TPE
9. Eddie Jeeta, WR, 195 TPE
10. Jim Waters, QB, 190 TPE
11. Heath Evans, TE, 195 TPE
12. Michael Witheblock, WR, 191 TPE
13. Thomas Passmann, WR, 186 TPE
14. Ben Slothlisberger, QB, 184 TPE
15. Daniel George, TE, 182 TPE
16. Susan Cash Jr, WR, 177 TPE
17. Jamar Lackson, RB, 173 TPE
18. Richard Gilbert, RB, 172 TPE
19. Luke Skywalker, QB, 172 TPE
20. William Alexander, WR, 166 TPE
As we can see, the expansion teams killed the draft with lots of top notch talent on offense. Every team has at least one propect in the top 20, with Norfolk having the lowest position at 19. There are currently 19 players with 170 TPE or more in the league on the offensive side of the ball. Comparing those values to the average used TPE on offense, we can see that for players on the offensive side of the ball it is normal to get sent down for another year. Especially for QB, RB and TE. The only position with lower averages are WR. It seems that WR can be very helpful from the beginning in the NSFL, most possibly as there are more slots used for them in the rosters of the big league.
Thanks for reading my article. I planned to do another one for comparing the defense, but I don’t know if I will be able to do it. This article got bigger as I thought and took way longer, therefore I’m sorry I haven’t used the data from the games in week 11&12. It would have been too much to recalculate the metrics again and sort out all rankings again.
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