For the Philadelphia Liberty, the only direction the team has gone is straight down into the gutters. At this rate their stock values will be closer to penny stocks with how much they’re plummeting down. That might be a big of an exaggeration as a lot of the games they have played so far are 50/50 coin flips in terms of the matchup but at a certain period, losing so many of those coin flips has to be astronomically miniscule odds which continues to happen more often than not. There really isn’t any one particular area that you could point towards to in terms of why things have turned out the way they have for the Liberty. For example, the offense despite having a variety of talented players in all kinds of positions especially some of the more important ones with QB and RB, they haven’t really stood out in either rush or passing categories. The running game has seen slightly better days but like the passing one, sees regular periods where it’s a 3 and out regardless of whichever team they play. The defense has also been lacklustre save for their pass defense which could at least be seen as below league average, though still not great. The biggest issue for that besides constantly rolling over as opposing teams gain 1st yard downage on runs, is the inability to prevent massive gains over the air. This would happened repeatedly in 1v1 and 1v2 scenarios where the receiver appears to be covered, but more often than not, the pass isn’t stopped and tackles are missed.
With a couple of games behind us in the DSFL there seems to be a lot of attention surrounding one side of the league. The NFC North hosts four teams that are now only seperated by one game. Although, it is still early in the season it is cause for concern that the NFC North Champs from last season, Kansas City, currently sit at the bottom of that pile. Now, some people might think that Kansas City must have regressed and they are in for a long season. However, I think that this teams stock will only be increasing as the season goes on. With a well rounded draft class and with the talented Offensive Line Rookies of Glims and graVTx, this team is poised to sure up not only its offensive shortcomings, but also the defensive shortcomings it has been experiencing. As the season goes on and the TPE keeps flowing in for KC, their is no limit to what this team is going to be able to do, especially on the offensive end of the ball; provided Covington can keep the interceptions to a minimum. Through 3 games Kansas City leads the NFC North in Points For and is only sitting at 1-2 because of some defensive blunders, allowing a league high 124 Points Against. As the season goes on I predict that the defense will find its groove and that this team will be taking another trip to the Ultimini.
I think that my own personal stock or Dorfus Jimbo Jrs stock, has gone up by a lot this season. Of course, I'm still shit as an offensive linemen, but last season I was absoutely horrendus, allowing over 10 sacks, so getting better than that is very easy. 10 sacks is more than most defensive players get in a season lol. I have not been elite this season or anything, but I have not been a liability to the team like I was. Honestly I think my players stock should continue, because I do not think a five hundred and fifty tpe player should be perfoming as bad as I have, so I think it should continue to trend upwards. Also hopefully I should earn tpe so I play better but also that is a lot of work so who knows. Hard to earn tpe when you are 10 million dollars in debt.
I think the New Orleans Second Line should continue to trend upwards aswell. We have a lot of young players, including a rookie quarterback, so as those young players earn more tpe we whould get a lot better. But also expansion is coming up so wjo really knows how that will work out for us.
After four riveting weeks of Season 24 in the DSFL, there is a lot of assessing of stock to be had. Personally, I believe that the stock of the Minnesota Grey Ducks, despite a rocky start to the season, has greatly risen over these four weeks and will continue to rise. I say that the Ducks' stock is going to rise because after a rough two weeks, including a surprising home to the Royals, the Ducks, as a team, has greatly improved; on offense, in addition to our great rushing offense, we have started to incorporate a bit of QB runs which have drastically helped to improve our offense that looked dead in the water the first two weeks. However, the more immediate reason that our team has improved drastically is the growth of our defense. In addition, to Ranger, Chainbreaker, and Hillard, the emergence of our rookies, especially Gleel, and their continued growth has helped to improve our team overall. All in all, I believe that with the improvements on both sides of the ball, especially defense, I believe that we have righted the ship and are still contenders for the Ultimus this season! Let us keep this going!