[div align=\\\"center\\\"]DSFL S(22) Power Rankings Edition 1[/div]
Hello and welcome to the DSFL Power Rankings. This first edition will be pretty barebones, as we’ve been focusing moreso on the NSFL and their expansion teams. This edition will act more as a baseline for us going forward. There will be no team spotlight here nor will there be a review of matchups. I will go over each of the various power rankings, and how each team placed where they did.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]METHOD[/div]
1. Offensive and defensive power rankings are now purely based on performance. The Overall ranking will still include TPE
2. Weekly TPE updates using a new python script I’ve developed. There are some issues on the lower end of things however, specifically with TPE’s less than 70. Looking at bugfixes for next week. Due to TPE caps and the nature of the DSFL, I can’t just use the same script I use for the NSFL. All values are based on the time we pull the TPE tracker’s CSV sheet. ANY issues with TPE values are due to the TPE tracker, as the script merely pulls data from the CSV generated by the TPE tracker. If a player is not sent down, but still appears in the TPE tracker as a DSFL player, they will still appear on these rankings.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]RESULTS[/div]
OFFENSIVE POWER RANKINGS
1. 0.770
2. 0.756
3. 0.726
4. 0.696
5. 0.688
6. 0.649
7. 0.642
8. 0.617
1. Tijuana comes in as our #1 offense. With 2 maxed out QB’s a maxed out RB, and 2 WR’s that will max out by season's end, Tijuana has a deadly offense. Added to this offense are 3 human Olinemen. It truly does not get better than this. They also have 2 other decent WR options and 2 TE’s, one at 144 TPE presently. This is a team with threats at every single position
2. London comes in as our #2 offense, retaining most of their offense from last year with the exception of multi award winning, and pro bowler Acura Skyline. London sports a Max outed QB and 2 maxed out WR.s They also sport two active RB’s and a 219 TPE TE that should be maxed out by seasons end. This team is loaded with threats. They do have much less in the way of depth. That, and the lack of a maxed out RB is why they do not find themselves in the top spot
3. Our Ultimini winners look poised for another year of DSFL dominance. Looking at their depth chart is just ridiculous, with the sheer number of maxed out players. Literally every offensive position is maxed out with the exception of RB. That key distinction is why they’re not #1. The other reason is due to the fact that some of their elite players are indeed IA, and so weaker tiered players (for now!) will be played in their stead. This means MB’s dominant depth chart will not translate perfectly into the sim, weakening their offense prowess. That being said this is still easily a top 3 offense, and likely an offense in the same tier as London, although a tier below Tijuana.
4. Minnesota leads the next tier that encompasses themselves and Dallas. Minnesota had an off year last season, struggling to find any consistency on offense with a relatively low TPE QB taking an equal number of snaps with their maxed out QB. This season they shouldn’t have that issue. With a maxed out RB, they’re primed for success in the DSFL. In regards to their passing game, they certainly are not at the same level as our first 3 teams, but passing is usually not the priority in the DSFL, and so they should have no issues moving the ball.
5. Our second expansion team comes in at 5th. Curiously, Dallas loaded up on offensive talent in last season's draft, and yet due to how callups worked this season, they find themselves ranked a fair bit lower in terms of their offensive ability. That being said they have all the weapons they need to make all the noise in the world. A maxed out QB, a maxed out Rb and a maxed out WR. Careful sim testing will put this team in a position to succeed.
6. Portland’s offense struggled heavily last year, and theyll be hoping for a turn around. They retain their max TPE Qb, along with a max WR, an almost maxed TE and two almost maxed O line men. Their issues lay in the fact that 1. they don’t have an elite RB, which is necessary in this league, and 2. They have a LOT of WR’s they need to play, and that might reduce their performance. It will be interesting to see how they deploy their personal this year
7. Kansas City had one of the more dominant offenses last year, but due to callups, they have been gutted. Their only max TPE player is their TE. They likely will reach max TPE by season's end, but I don’t see them making the playoffs. It’s a tough situation and one I have a few opinions on that I will get into later.
8. In last place is Norfolk. Norfolk is interesting from an offensive standpoint, because they do in fact have a max TPE QB (2 in fact) and a max TPE TE. Their issue is, they have a 114 TPE QB that will need to take snaps, in addition to lacking a true receiving and running threat. The combination of having a relatively inefficient spread of TPE, combined with the lack of a run game, is the reason why Norfolk finds themselves at #8
DEFENSIVE POWER RANKINGS
1. 0.654
2. 0.630
3. 0.628
4. 0.613
5. 0.612
6. 0.488
7. 0.482
8. 0.405
1. Our Ultimini winners come in this year with a stacked defense. 2 max TPE linemen and a max TPE LB will go a long way in stopping the run that so many DSFL teams will rely on. They do lack good corners this year, but they have multiple safeties above 100 TPE that can slot in to that role. Overall, this is the best defensive team of the bunch
2. Minnesota is a close second place in the defensive rankings. With plenty of firepower all throughout their lineup, with the exception of their defensive tackles. With plenty of depth, Minnesota really can do it all on the defensive side of the ball, which is in stark contrast to how they won their last Ultimini, via raw brute offense.
3. Tijuana follows hot on the heels of Minnesotta at #3. Their secondary is just silly with 4 players above 200 TPE. They have a good 206 TPE linebacker and some good D linemen. With their stacked offense, its easy to see why Tijuana is the favourites going into this DSFL season.
4. Portlands dominant offense will be a little less dominant this year with the loss of a lot of their secondary. They still retained a very decent D line with 3 200 + TPE players. They retained a decent LB core. Their DB’s will be a point of weakness with only one 250 TPE player. In a run heavy league, they will still be more than capable of getting stops, but they will run the risk of getting burnt deep down the field. Of course this is based on the idea that sim will be logical, but DSFL sim makes no sense. So who knows.
5. Norfolk’s number 8 offense will be supplemented by its #5 defense. They do have some decent pieces with 2 very good corners at 2 very decent linebackers. The rest? Pretty meh. But this is the DSFL, where nobodies beat the somebodies, and nothing makes sense.
6. Dallas is our #6 defense. Their defense was gutted pretty badly by the NSFL, leaving them with only 1 player above 200 TPE. They will of course get better, and hopefully next year they don’t suffer from as many callups
7. Kansas City is another team that's been ravaged by callups. Again with only 1 player above 200 TPE, they fall below even Dallas due to multiple players below 60 TPE.
8. Finally we have London. London kinda stinks this year and this makes me sad, because I am a Royal. But I have been taken from my family and forced to play for the Arizona Outlaws. My TPE could be used to fuel this amazing team, but alas. London’s defense was hit hard by callups. All their secondary, gone. Their pro bowl legend, Derred De Ville, gone. Their glorious DE Sandro Ryeu? Gone. London is in for a rough ride this season.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] FINAL COMBINED POWER RANKINGS WITH INDEX[/div]
1. 0.699
2. 0.690
3. 0.663
4. 0.631
5. 0.614
6. 0.588
7. 0.580
8. 0.562
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Isidore’s Thoughts[/div]
In place of a team spotlight, I wanted to share a few of my thoughts. Having completed a season as a new player; having produced media; and now as a GM of an NSFL team, I do have some insight into a few things that I’d like to share here.
So here we have our final rankings. The trend here is fairly obvious. Good teams are the teams that were spared from call ups, and bad teams are teams that were nailed by callups. Kansas maybe had the best overall team last year, and this year they find themselves on the bottom. Tijuana was a team on the outside looking in, and now they are the favourites along with Myrtle Beach. DSFL GMing must be very frustrating. Of course, the DSFL isn’t designed to be a competitive league in the same way the NSFL is. One might question why I even bother trying to make sense of this league, in the way that I attempt to in the NSFL. The reason? Money. But also, because its fun and a lot of our players play in the league and want to read quality content, which motivates me to make this amazing content for...actually yeah this is mostly just for money.
Jokes aside, I think the DSFL this year is really wide open. Last year it was clear expansion teams had 0 chances of playoffs, which made playoffs a lot less precious. This year the expansion teams are competitive. By season's end every team will be nearly maxed out if they can stay active. With the impact of home field advantage in the DSFL, any team can truly beat any team in this league, which will be good for the entertainment value. I don’t think we’re going to see any team with only 2-3 losses. This league will be close and because of that, any team can win it all. By season's end, Kansas City could have fluked themselves into a playoff spot (in the context of their current pre season ranking) and be all maxed out again. I think this season will be everything the DSFL stands for: chaos, unpredictability, and irrational sim outcomes. Our rookies will know the grief of having their team punt on the opponents 20 yard line, when they’re down in the 4th quarter by 2. They will know this grief and it will prepare them for the NSFL. I for one am excited by it.
I am curious to see how predictive these rankings will be. Last season I was fairly confident in them as there were clearly some good teams and some bad ones. This year, I’m fairly skeptical. I invite those who are interested to track the performance of these rankings and to see how they do. I still believe in the core principle that I think is quite obvious, that sim football is mostly predictable through TPE alone, but I do want to offer one caveat. TPE rankings will only be accurate in the context of multiple simulations of the same season. My position is not that these rankings will accurately predict what will happen in this instance of the DSFL (or NSFL), but that, averaged over many simulation attempts, these rankings will be in line with the moving averages of each attempt, and accurately track the trending top and bottom teams. What I’m basically saying is, on average, these rankings will be more right than wrong, most of the time, but sometimes they’ll be very wrong, for all the right reasons.
Hello and welcome to the DSFL Power Rankings. This first edition will be pretty barebones, as we’ve been focusing moreso on the NSFL and their expansion teams. This edition will act more as a baseline for us going forward. There will be no team spotlight here nor will there be a review of matchups. I will go over each of the various power rankings, and how each team placed where they did.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]METHOD[/div]
1. Offensive and defensive power rankings are now purely based on performance. The Overall ranking will still include TPE
2. Weekly TPE updates using a new python script I’ve developed. There are some issues on the lower end of things however, specifically with TPE’s less than 70. Looking at bugfixes for next week. Due to TPE caps and the nature of the DSFL, I can’t just use the same script I use for the NSFL. All values are based on the time we pull the TPE tracker’s CSV sheet. ANY issues with TPE values are due to the TPE tracker, as the script merely pulls data from the CSV generated by the TPE tracker. If a player is not sent down, but still appears in the TPE tracker as a DSFL player, they will still appear on these rankings.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]RESULTS[/div]
OFFENSIVE POWER RANKINGS
1. 0.770
2. 0.756
3. 0.726
4. 0.696
5. 0.688
6. 0.649
7. 0.642
8. 0.617
1. Tijuana comes in as our #1 offense. With 2 maxed out QB’s a maxed out RB, and 2 WR’s that will max out by season's end, Tijuana has a deadly offense. Added to this offense are 3 human Olinemen. It truly does not get better than this. They also have 2 other decent WR options and 2 TE’s, one at 144 TPE presently. This is a team with threats at every single position
2. London comes in as our #2 offense, retaining most of their offense from last year with the exception of multi award winning, and pro bowler Acura Skyline. London sports a Max outed QB and 2 maxed out WR.s They also sport two active RB’s and a 219 TPE TE that should be maxed out by seasons end. This team is loaded with threats. They do have much less in the way of depth. That, and the lack of a maxed out RB is why they do not find themselves in the top spot
3. Our Ultimini winners look poised for another year of DSFL dominance. Looking at their depth chart is just ridiculous, with the sheer number of maxed out players. Literally every offensive position is maxed out with the exception of RB. That key distinction is why they’re not #1. The other reason is due to the fact that some of their elite players are indeed IA, and so weaker tiered players (for now!) will be played in their stead. This means MB’s dominant depth chart will not translate perfectly into the sim, weakening their offense prowess. That being said this is still easily a top 3 offense, and likely an offense in the same tier as London, although a tier below Tijuana.
4. Minnesota leads the next tier that encompasses themselves and Dallas. Minnesota had an off year last season, struggling to find any consistency on offense with a relatively low TPE QB taking an equal number of snaps with their maxed out QB. This season they shouldn’t have that issue. With a maxed out RB, they’re primed for success in the DSFL. In regards to their passing game, they certainly are not at the same level as our first 3 teams, but passing is usually not the priority in the DSFL, and so they should have no issues moving the ball.
5. Our second expansion team comes in at 5th. Curiously, Dallas loaded up on offensive talent in last season's draft, and yet due to how callups worked this season, they find themselves ranked a fair bit lower in terms of their offensive ability. That being said they have all the weapons they need to make all the noise in the world. A maxed out QB, a maxed out Rb and a maxed out WR. Careful sim testing will put this team in a position to succeed.
6. Portland’s offense struggled heavily last year, and theyll be hoping for a turn around. They retain their max TPE Qb, along with a max WR, an almost maxed TE and two almost maxed O line men. Their issues lay in the fact that 1. they don’t have an elite RB, which is necessary in this league, and 2. They have a LOT of WR’s they need to play, and that might reduce their performance. It will be interesting to see how they deploy their personal this year
7. Kansas City had one of the more dominant offenses last year, but due to callups, they have been gutted. Their only max TPE player is their TE. They likely will reach max TPE by season's end, but I don’t see them making the playoffs. It’s a tough situation and one I have a few opinions on that I will get into later.
8. In last place is Norfolk. Norfolk is interesting from an offensive standpoint, because they do in fact have a max TPE QB (2 in fact) and a max TPE TE. Their issue is, they have a 114 TPE QB that will need to take snaps, in addition to lacking a true receiving and running threat. The combination of having a relatively inefficient spread of TPE, combined with the lack of a run game, is the reason why Norfolk finds themselves at #8
DEFENSIVE POWER RANKINGS
1. 0.654
2. 0.630
3. 0.628
4. 0.613
5. 0.612
6. 0.488
7. 0.482
8. 0.405
1. Our Ultimini winners come in this year with a stacked defense. 2 max TPE linemen and a max TPE LB will go a long way in stopping the run that so many DSFL teams will rely on. They do lack good corners this year, but they have multiple safeties above 100 TPE that can slot in to that role. Overall, this is the best defensive team of the bunch
2. Minnesota is a close second place in the defensive rankings. With plenty of firepower all throughout their lineup, with the exception of their defensive tackles. With plenty of depth, Minnesota really can do it all on the defensive side of the ball, which is in stark contrast to how they won their last Ultimini, via raw brute offense.
3. Tijuana follows hot on the heels of Minnesotta at #3. Their secondary is just silly with 4 players above 200 TPE. They have a good 206 TPE linebacker and some good D linemen. With their stacked offense, its easy to see why Tijuana is the favourites going into this DSFL season.
4. Portlands dominant offense will be a little less dominant this year with the loss of a lot of their secondary. They still retained a very decent D line with 3 200 + TPE players. They retained a decent LB core. Their DB’s will be a point of weakness with only one 250 TPE player. In a run heavy league, they will still be more than capable of getting stops, but they will run the risk of getting burnt deep down the field. Of course this is based on the idea that sim will be logical, but DSFL sim makes no sense. So who knows.
5. Norfolk’s number 8 offense will be supplemented by its #5 defense. They do have some decent pieces with 2 very good corners at 2 very decent linebackers. The rest? Pretty meh. But this is the DSFL, where nobodies beat the somebodies, and nothing makes sense.
6. Dallas is our #6 defense. Their defense was gutted pretty badly by the NSFL, leaving them with only 1 player above 200 TPE. They will of course get better, and hopefully next year they don’t suffer from as many callups
7. Kansas City is another team that's been ravaged by callups. Again with only 1 player above 200 TPE, they fall below even Dallas due to multiple players below 60 TPE.
8. Finally we have London. London kinda stinks this year and this makes me sad, because I am a Royal. But I have been taken from my family and forced to play for the Arizona Outlaws. My TPE could be used to fuel this amazing team, but alas. London’s defense was hit hard by callups. All their secondary, gone. Their pro bowl legend, Derred De Ville, gone. Their glorious DE Sandro Ryeu? Gone. London is in for a rough ride this season.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] FINAL COMBINED POWER RANKINGS WITH INDEX[/div]
1. 0.699
2. 0.690
3. 0.663
4. 0.631
5. 0.614
6. 0.588
7. 0.580
8. 0.562
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Isidore’s Thoughts[/div]
In place of a team spotlight, I wanted to share a few of my thoughts. Having completed a season as a new player; having produced media; and now as a GM of an NSFL team, I do have some insight into a few things that I’d like to share here.
So here we have our final rankings. The trend here is fairly obvious. Good teams are the teams that were spared from call ups, and bad teams are teams that were nailed by callups. Kansas maybe had the best overall team last year, and this year they find themselves on the bottom. Tijuana was a team on the outside looking in, and now they are the favourites along with Myrtle Beach. DSFL GMing must be very frustrating. Of course, the DSFL isn’t designed to be a competitive league in the same way the NSFL is. One might question why I even bother trying to make sense of this league, in the way that I attempt to in the NSFL. The reason? Money. But also, because its fun and a lot of our players play in the league and want to read quality content, which motivates me to make this amazing content for...actually yeah this is mostly just for money.
Jokes aside, I think the DSFL this year is really wide open. Last year it was clear expansion teams had 0 chances of playoffs, which made playoffs a lot less precious. This year the expansion teams are competitive. By season's end every team will be nearly maxed out if they can stay active. With the impact of home field advantage in the DSFL, any team can truly beat any team in this league, which will be good for the entertainment value. I don’t think we’re going to see any team with only 2-3 losses. This league will be close and because of that, any team can win it all. By season's end, Kansas City could have fluked themselves into a playoff spot (in the context of their current pre season ranking) and be all maxed out again. I think this season will be everything the DSFL stands for: chaos, unpredictability, and irrational sim outcomes. Our rookies will know the grief of having their team punt on the opponents 20 yard line, when they’re down in the 4th quarter by 2. They will know this grief and it will prepare them for the NSFL. I for one am excited by it.
I am curious to see how predictive these rankings will be. Last season I was fairly confident in them as there were clearly some good teams and some bad ones. This year, I’m fairly skeptical. I invite those who are interested to track the performance of these rankings and to see how they do. I still believe in the core principle that I think is quite obvious, that sim football is mostly predictable through TPE alone, but I do want to offer one caveat. TPE rankings will only be accurate in the context of multiple simulations of the same season. My position is not that these rankings will accurately predict what will happen in this instance of the DSFL (or NSFL), but that, averaged over many simulation attempts, these rankings will be in line with the moving averages of each attempt, and accurately track the trending top and bottom teams. What I’m basically saying is, on average, these rankings will be more right than wrong, most of the time, but sometimes they’ll be very wrong, for all the right reasons.