04-02-2023, 03:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-04-2023, 06:58 PM by xenosthelegend. Edited 1 time in total.)
As I mentioned in my last post, my plan is to build a blocking tight end that I hope can break the league's pancake record or at least an individual franchise's pancake record. To figure out what that number is, I had to add up the careers of every single tight end who has ever played in an ISFL/NSFL game. I figured I'd share the results with you folks, as you might want to know that info, too.
Anyway, here are the top 10 tight ends ever in raw pancakes:
1) James Wilkinson, 440 (2.75 pancakes per game)
2) Mario Messi, 428 (2.97)
3) Deshawn Penne, 398 (2.76)
4) Rex Crenshaw, 396 (2.48)
5) Gonku Muerto, 382 (2.98)
6) Verso L'Alto, 373 (2.27) [the only HOFer on the list]
7) Zee Rechs, 361 (2.82)
8) Makoa Mahi'ai, 350 (3.13)
9) Clark Boyd, 338 (2.64)
10) Buffalo Hunter, 337 (3.51!)
Some honorable mentions:
Tee Gelbman, 310 (2.77)
Lenard Graf, 298 (2.66)
Molki Koivu, 295 (2.63)
Lucius Salem, 282 (2.94)
Herc Kirkby, 270 (2.81)
C. Law, 121 (2.88, retired in season 5?)
As far as I've been able to tell, none of the top-10 tight ends of all time are blocking tight ends. I don't think anyone's gone the distance with that archetype, let alone actually unlock the Blocking TE ability. Most of the players in the top 10 have decent strength, but hover around 20-40 in run blocking.
I thought it was interesting that Verso L'Alto is the only Hall of Famer to make the list. Some of the HOF tight ends actually had really poor blocking numbers. For example, DiMiro had just 1.73 pancakes per game over his career and recorded 18 sacks given up, 50 percent higher than any other tight end in the history of the league. DiMiro set the NSFL/ISFL record for sacks given up in Season 2 with five, which he ended up matching again in Season 3. Excluding his own career, that 10 sacks allowed total over two years would have already been bad enough to rank third-worst of all-time.
Through tracking these numbers, I was also able to calculate the difference between sacks allowed by running backs and compare them with tight ends. As I mentioned in my Cruz post, I really don't think pass blocking matters that much for the tight end position. Certainly not enough to justify the barrier of a 70 pass blocking rating in order to buy the Blocking TE ability.
In the history of the ISFL/NSFL, running backs have given up 1,778 sacks, which is 4.8 times more than tight ends at 367 total sacks given up. The high for sacks allowed in a single season is 12, whereas Dimiro's five set the bar (tied by Crashmore in Season 40.) There have been 286 seasons in which a running back has given up more than two sacks, compared to just 25 by tight ends.
Above is a graph showing the pancakes per game that tight ends averaged by season. I think it's interesting that it looks like the blocking of tight ends was buffed by the sim swap but has slowly decreased throughout the years. As it was explained to me in the Discord, this could be a result of few high TPE tight ends being in the league as users moved away from the position in the early 30s. That's also one reason why most of the names in the top 10, excluding L'Alto, played into the 30s or are even still active. The only old TE with very high pancakes per game number was whoever "C. Law" was, which I think might be the only attempt to go the distance with a blocking tight end (I do not know his archetype as he apparently retired back in Season 5.)
Anyway, here are the top 10 tight ends ever in raw pancakes:
1) James Wilkinson, 440 (2.75 pancakes per game)
2) Mario Messi, 428 (2.97)
3) Deshawn Penne, 398 (2.76)
4) Rex Crenshaw, 396 (2.48)
5) Gonku Muerto, 382 (2.98)
6) Verso L'Alto, 373 (2.27) [the only HOFer on the list]
7) Zee Rechs, 361 (2.82)
8) Makoa Mahi'ai, 350 (3.13)
9) Clark Boyd, 338 (2.64)
10) Buffalo Hunter, 337 (3.51!)
Some honorable mentions:
Tee Gelbman, 310 (2.77)
Lenard Graf, 298 (2.66)
Molki Koivu, 295 (2.63)
Lucius Salem, 282 (2.94)
Herc Kirkby, 270 (2.81)
C. Law, 121 (2.88, retired in season 5?)
As far as I've been able to tell, none of the top-10 tight ends of all time are blocking tight ends. I don't think anyone's gone the distance with that archetype, let alone actually unlock the Blocking TE ability. Most of the players in the top 10 have decent strength, but hover around 20-40 in run blocking.
I thought it was interesting that Verso L'Alto is the only Hall of Famer to make the list. Some of the HOF tight ends actually had really poor blocking numbers. For example, DiMiro had just 1.73 pancakes per game over his career and recorded 18 sacks given up, 50 percent higher than any other tight end in the history of the league. DiMiro set the NSFL/ISFL record for sacks given up in Season 2 with five, which he ended up matching again in Season 3. Excluding his own career, that 10 sacks allowed total over two years would have already been bad enough to rank third-worst of all-time.
Through tracking these numbers, I was also able to calculate the difference between sacks allowed by running backs and compare them with tight ends. As I mentioned in my Cruz post, I really don't think pass blocking matters that much for the tight end position. Certainly not enough to justify the barrier of a 70 pass blocking rating in order to buy the Blocking TE ability.
In the history of the ISFL/NSFL, running backs have given up 1,778 sacks, which is 4.8 times more than tight ends at 367 total sacks given up. The high for sacks allowed in a single season is 12, whereas Dimiro's five set the bar (tied by Crashmore in Season 40.) There have been 286 seasons in which a running back has given up more than two sacks, compared to just 25 by tight ends.
Above is a graph showing the pancakes per game that tight ends averaged by season. I think it's interesting that it looks like the blocking of tight ends was buffed by the sim swap but has slowly decreased throughout the years. As it was explained to me in the Discord, this could be a result of few high TPE tight ends being in the league as users moved away from the position in the early 30s. That's also one reason why most of the names in the top 10, excluding L'Alto, played into the 30s or are even still active. The only old TE with very high pancakes per game number was whoever "C. Law" was, which I think might be the only attempt to go the distance with a blocking tight end (I do not know his archetype as he apparently retired back in Season 5.)