05-13-2024, 02:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-17-2024, 03:21 AM by Aneeqs. Edited 1 time in total.)
ISFL S47 Outliers
Hello! This a review of a few weird ISFL oddities from this season that I thought were worth measuring and I made this because I needed money because I thought it would be interesting. Like most years, there are always some crazy outliers and fun stats and I decided to dive into them. Enjoy!
1.Maxwell Jacob Friedman
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This is one of the weirdest things I’ve seen. I was combing through stats for All-Pro voting and I discovered Maxwell Jacob Friedman. A great player nearing the tail end of his career for Honolulu and one of the few pieces Icebear didn’t sell during a tank, I thought he was finally falling off with his first single-digit sack season since S42. This is a completely normal career trajectory, (a veteran starts declining in sack totals) or at least it was until I saw the 22 TFLs. An insane 22 TFLs. 22 is almost an unheard of number and I wasn't sure it was real when I first saw it. This is a career high by a mile (his previous best was 16 in his rookie season) and also 4th in a single season all-time. Considering the frequency of sacks to TFLs in ISFL this just doesn’t fit. This season there were 1061 sacks compared to only 454 TFLs, with only 1 TFL for every 2.33 sacks while Friedman managed 3.66 TFLs for every sack he got.
One thing that I think displays the absurdity of this stat is the Sarasota Sailfish. The Sailfish as a team totaled 22 TFLs. One LB in Honolulu outdid the entire state of Florida. To put this number into context, I made a chart of every ISFL player (who has as many sacks as Friedman) TFLs and Sacks.
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So as you can see, he’s kind of an outlier. No one is in the same galaxy as MJF. The closest would be Thomas Sutha and John Stark VIII, but even those guys are miles away. Another part of it that makes MJF’s numbers so impressive is his tackle numbers. You think with 22 TFL’s he would finish 1st in the league in tackles, right? Wrong. He didn’t make the top 5, being drowned out by tackle machines that didn’t even have half as many TFLs. I made another chart to show it:
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This one is even more obvious. Max Honestly managed 1 more tackle than Friedman but less than half of the TFLs. Only 6 of the other 15 100 tackle LBs managed 11 TFLs, only half of Friedman's total. I think I’ve already yapped enough about how insane this was in the context of S47, but how does it compare to the past? It wasn’t as rare as I thought all-time with every 20 TFL player notching low sack totals. But considering this is only the 2nd 20 TFL season we’ve seen since the sim change, I think it’s still very notable and a unique outlier this season.
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Kenny Szymborski
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Kenny’s archetype switch to a blocking TE was a common off-season talking point, as blocking TEs are especially rare and to see an established player transition to one was kind of shocking. It was also a big talking point when it came to the death of the TE position as switching to blocking archetype was seen as waving the white flag for the position. Well, it might have all been worth it. Szymborski had an incredibly interesting but polarizing season. He was basically a non-factor in the receiving game, posting career lows in catches, yards, and TDs. But, as a blocking archetype, he sure as hell could block. He posted an absolutely incredible 76 pancakes, a career-best by 25. To put that number into context, here it's compared to every TE season since S40:
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Well as you can see, Kenny is in a league of his own. Detective Crashmore back in S45 is the only player who is even vaguely close to Kenny, as he is the only other person to hit 60 pancakes in the past 5 seasons. And as far as I can tell, this season is also the record for pancakes in a season for any TE. His finish compared to other offensive linemen is also impressive as he competed despite being a TE, finishing 25th in the league in pancakes. I wanted to compare that to TE’s of the past, so I looked for the top placing TEs (placement in pancakes among all ISFL players, not just TEs) since S30.
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Another chart where Kenny is far, far away from everyone else. This separates him more as even though he only has a couple more pancakes than Messi and Mahi’ai (with 73 and 71 respectively) he still finishes significantly higher in total placement. And even so, only having two players in the past 17 seasons be in your statistical galaxy in any stat is very impressive.
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3. Cape Town Rushing Attack
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This isn’t an individual player standing out, but an entire unit. The Cape Town rushing attack was historically efficient. Featuring 3 distinct rushing threats in RB Nakiri Ayame (1069 yards on 4.9 YPC and 10 TDs), RB Hercules Henry (550 yards on 5.5 YPC and 9 TDs), and scrambling QB Thor Bǫllrsveifla (567 yards on 5.7 YPC and 8 TDs) created by far the best rushing attack in the league. The entire team averaged a combined 5.2 YPC. To put that into context, here’s every team since S30:
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As you can see, the Crash are unique. Only 3.3% of teams in this sample have managed 5 YPC (8/238 total team seasons) and only the S31 Outlaws have also been able to match the 0.5 YPC advantage over second place. Their exceptional YPC also led to a lot of TDs. But like, a lot of touchdowns. Like, 27 of them. 27 rushing TDs is tied for the most since the S32 Outlaws ran 31 into the endzone back in S32. But even a team as great as Arizona can’t match Cape Towns balance. Between their dual backfield and running QB, Cape Town had 3 players score at least 8 rushing TDs. Do you want to know how many times that has happened in ISFL history? 0. Do you know how many times a team has had 3 players score 7 rushing TDs? 0. 6 TDs? 0. The closest team to achieving this feat was the S36 Liberty, but rookie Jarvis Harbinger-Marjin was 3rd on the team in rushing TDs and only had 5. Considering the rarity of scrambling QBs and the overall talent required , this record could go untouched for a long time.
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Do you want more charts? You want another graph? Here you go.
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This is a graph of every team's basic rushing success. It shows every team's seasons in the past 5 years (since S43) and it’s pretty fun to look at. Very basic statistical measurements, but for a good rushing attack you need volume and efficiency with total rushing yards and YPC. For Example, S43 Silverbacks= good, S47 Berlin= an atrocity committed against the RB position and the entire sport as a whole. With this information, The S47 Crash stand out of the crowd. They are 4th in yards and 1st in YPC in this sample, with their only company being a lone Silverbacks season, the Kumquat Archipelago-led Hawks, and previous variations of themselves from S46 and S43. Overall, this Crash rushing attack is the best rushing attack in recent memory and possibly the most balanced rushing offense of all time.
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Thanks for reading! I was bored and found a few unique stats this season, I hope you enjoyed it!
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