After winning co defensive player of the year last season I expected to lead the Butchers defense on another great run. So far we are doing okay and still in the playoff hunt. I am not performing to my own expectations because right now I can’t say that I am playing like a defensive player of the year. I am tied for third in sacks and have the second most tackles for a Defensive Tackle, but I haven’t been able to force a single fumble all season. Although I am tied for third with 9 tackles for loss, I feel like I should be doing better. All in all I think that I am having a good but not great season and I hope over the final 7 games I can get at least a sack a game and start forcing some fumbles. Not only for my individual stats but because if I can get more sacks and forced fumbles, the defense and team in general will be better.
There are no overreactions to be had here. Only pure, unadulterated facts. The Kansas City Coyotes are the best team in the league and it’s not even close. You’re witnessing a top ten defense of all time right before your eyes. We’re giving up 11.9 points per game. To this point in the season, we’ve allowed 83 points against us. The second best defense? They’ve allowed 143 points against them.
We’re allowing 50 rushing yards per game. If you’re a running back, you look your QB in the eyes and you say, “Don’t give me that rock.” Cause you’re going to the shadow realm. And while we’re on the topic, you QBs shouldn’t throw it either, because it’s either getting intercepted, deflected, or your receiver is gonna cough that ball up. So what should you do with the ball? You should decide fast before we log yet another sack against you. In my professional opinion, you should just punt the ball on first down. So, yeah, it’s not an overreaction when I say Kansas City in winning the Ultimini this year.
The start to the season that has really caught me off guard has obviously been that of Arizona. Initially, it was easy to write it all off as bad luck but as time progressed, it became clearer and clearer that we perhaps weren’t quite where we thought we were. With an offense that was somewhat stagnant that usual and a defense that was leaking points that would ordinarily have never been anywhere near getting on the board, things weren’t looking good for the Outlaws. Starting the season off 2-5 (I believe) is far from ideal. However, the playoffs are still a possibility and we certainly have the personnel on our roster to run the table from this point onwards. However, it would take a miracle for anything more than that to be achieved after the atrocious start that we had to the year — which has served as a stark reminder that no matter how good a dynasty is, it will come to an end at some point. So, now the challenge is to ensure that this is merely a reload and not a rebuild.
Is 36 pancakes a sign of abject failure. Yes, absolutely. At his highest TPE total ever, J.T Kurbis is now posting his lowest pancake total ever. Even when he was a raw rookie, he was able to consistently find 100+ pancakes a year. These days, he’s lucky to get 2 pancakes a game. 10 games in, and he’s only got 36 pancakes. That’s on track for 57 pancakes on the year, less than half the 116 pancakes he got not two seasons ago! Kurbis needs to change something up, and fast, or the once promising first round pick out of Kansas City is heading for generational bust material. At least Yellowknife was able to drag him along to an Ultimus victory. He can always look back on the ring on his finger. Though he should not rest on his laurels. Not when there is more football to be played, anyways. The future is exciting, and full of terror.
Quarterback play for the Yellowknife Wraiths has been a bit of a hot and cold flip, at least as far as the sim is concerned. Legendary quarterback Colby Jack owns just about every record possible for the Wraiths and was a first ballot hall of famer, leading the team to multiple Ultimus Championships and multiple MVPs. His successor, Dustin Parmelee was just as talented but the sim just did not cut the poor guy any breaks or give him any grace in their games. There seemed to always be a moment where he took a sack or threw an interception at the exact wrong time. After Parmelee retired, Adrian St. Christmas came in for a season in order to help bridge the gap before Absolute Unit came in. St. Christmas was great for the Wraiths, who won a championship in the season he played in. Since then, Absolute Unit has been satisfactory most games for the Wraiths, but it has been tenuous.
Donovan Winters the third is absolutely terrible, man. Every time he touches the field, the Portland Python's win chances drastically go down. Every time he takes the snap or goes for a handoff, there's a chance he fumbles it. When he drops back, there is a massive chance that he takes a huge sack, usually on a crucial play for a huge loss. And then he will probably fumble the ball as he is hit, too. If by some miracle he manages to get a throw off, it will surely be an interception, as Donovan is color blind and can't tell which team is which. As a result of this, the Portland Pythons have greatly struggled this season. Portland is last in the north division and Donovan has the third fewest passing yards in the league, the second fewest touchdown passes, and the second most interceptions. These stats combined show just how terrible he is. His callup cannot come soon enough for Portland.
wow looks like arizona is totally washed! they are no longer at the top of the conference - in fact, if the playoffs started today, the arizona outlaws would be on the outside looking in. this hasn't happened in quite some time! Of course, this could be classified as an overreaction and arizona might correct their course and even out over the rest of the season, ending up in the top 2 in the conference heading into playoffs. however, maybe this isn't an overreaction, and I have a theory as to why. everyone knows there's just one mastermind behind the entire arizona operation - @Crunk. i know i know, arizona didn't start hoisting trophies repeatedly until crunk was gone, but those teams were still all crunk. now, it's finally been enough time that the remnants of crunk's hard work and dedication have faded as well. now, all that's left is @.simo and @Kotasa - does that seem like enough to continue a dynasty without crunk leftovers? i don't think so! AZ washed
The first couple of weeks of the season have been interesting so far. While Jason Steele has only had two standout games so far, the Crash stand atop the NSFC at 8-2, so it's hard to complain about the results. Mirroring the Crash's success is Honolulu also at 8-2, giving us a possible glimpse at this year's Ultimus match up. Of the ten games played by the Crash this season, Jason Steele has started in four of them, racking up nine tackles and four sacks. While Steele is no DPOY candidate, he does seem to be making an impact on the Crash's success, albeit a minor one. I have two hot takes for the remainder of the season. One, Jason Steele finishes the season with a whopping ten total sacks. Two, Cape Town finish as Ultimus champions but not against Honolulu, but against the Orange County Otters. I think the Otters will upset Honolulu in the playoffs and reach the Ultimus to face off against the Crash. Only time will tell if I'm right. Let's get on with the rest of the season and Go CTC!
This season has not been the best for the Bucs after coming off winning the Ultmini last season. Currently Bondi Beach has the 2nd worst record in the DSFL, so it does not look like we will be repeating championships as of right now. But I believe and we still have a lot of time to turn things around. Regarding my player, Scruffy, he has been playing decent. Nothing extraordinary, he is contributing, I hope he would be able to do some more but Scruffy is currently 6th on the team in tackles with 25 on the season thus far. It has been a slow start for both my player and the team, I hope he can turn it around and provide more for the team down the stretch. Just over 3 tackles a game is not enough for a player of his caliber, Scruffy is going to need to hit the weight room or something to get better.
Well half way through great khali first season in the highest ranks of football come with only 1 initial season of playing in the development league he presently has stayed in the state of texas playing in the Development leauge for the Dallas Birddogs too than being drafted too Austin Cooperheads where he is currently playing. Khali is still young too the game but is already starting too show great strengths because of his natural physic this player has great potential as his name has been mentioned in rookie of year candidates which is somewhat hard given his current postion as Offensive lineman who often get overlooked so to be noticed and making a difference in a somewhat hard postion and being mentioned for his playing abilities is something that has definitely motivated great khali he has alot of time too keep his development going and plans too rank among some of the best too ever play the game.
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