Chad Pennington had an incredibly eventful offseason. It started out with watching the NSFL Playoffs because the Yellowknife Wraiths didn't make the post season. When the Ultimus was over he spent that night crying and hugging his teddy bear because he wanted to be in the Ultimus so bad.
Then he started training. It's tough to really know what to do when you're this far into your career. You've worked so hard to perfect everything you do, but he did his best to work on his tackling technique and his core strength to keep from getting winded in between plays. After that Chad realized something. He gave Thad and Brad a call and told them how he felt. Brad didn't feel the same way, but Thad said he'd go pretty much anywhere Chad wanted to. So he gave the new general manager a call and said that the two of them would be leaving the team after the coming offseason. With Chad and Thad on the block San Jose were the highest bidders to get the two of them. Now they've relocated from the freezing Northwest Territories to sunny California! The San Jose Sabercats look pretty good going into the coming season. The defense is arguably the best in the entire NSFL with the addition of Chad and Thad, especially the line backer group. The offense may need another season to really come into their own, but once they do this team won't be able to be stopped. My guess is that we finish 2nd in the conference behind the high octane offense of Orange County, but anything could happen.
Every offseason, Adriana Falconi flies back to Italy to spend some time with her family. While she enjoys seeing them, she is mostly excited to start eating legit Italian food again. Her mother often visits her on the other side of the Atlantic and cooks a lot but there is only so much you can keep in 5 freezers.
Another thing she does when she is back home is to visit junior football teams across the country to encourage her countrymen and show them it's possible to have a career in the biggest football league on the planet. She doesn't train much when she is on vacation but boosts her self-esteem by playing with those mini people and leaving them no chance when she makes passes to her brother who accompanies her. Some may think it's cruel but the kids think it's really cool to see a football thrown at the speed of light (or so they say when they tell the tale to their friends and parents) so it's not that bad. She also takes the time to sign stuff for every kid on every team she visits and swears she'll send one of her Philly teammates to tackle anyone who would sell it on eBay. (07-05-2021, 03:34 PM)r0tzbua Wrote: My favourite person from Quebec (next to Celine Dion) @enigmatic
As the season ended, Devo would spend his offseason both relaxing and training for the season's come. Cansino's Offseason regimen would consist of strength work, sprints, and yoga (for flexibility) with days of rest where he would either lay in bed all day and rest or just play vidya games that he's had on his "Soon to Play" List for times like these.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]"I get a lot of warnings and tips from my family and my coaches to not go too intensely with the workouts because they say that I often "work myself too hard". While I appreciate the fact that they don't want me to get hurt or anything, they have to understand that I know not to break myself and be careful, I just want to be able to put my body to its limit and become better in the game."[/div] It just goes to show that Cansino on and off the field, is a general workhorse who'd willingly throw away his own free time and enjoyment in order to work on his game and be better than all. It seems sound, but the real question isn't how long can Devo Cansino workout for, no... Instead, the question is... How long can Devo Cansino keep up this heavy and stressful workload before he mentally snaps like a toy car being crushed by a hydraulic press?
This past offseason was probably the biggest in terms of growth overall for both Barnes himself, and his NSFL team, the Outlaws. After a very disappointing Season 11 for Barnes in terms of stats, he felt he really needed to make a change in his training during the spring and summer months. In the past, Barnes had almost always been working out with his long time friend, Steve, that had been helping him ever since he made it onto his high school's varsity team. Unfortunately, after almost a decade of doing this, Barnes felt he really needed a change in order to truly elevate his game both on and off the field. He truly feels like this new training method that he did this offseason has really put him in the best shape of his life™. As for the Outlaws as a whole, this is definitely the best overall squad that's been put together in his entire time here. The amazing draft class that was brought in last season is all a year more polished, including reigning DRoY and LBoY Alex Selich, as well as bringing up players from that class that stayed down an extra year in the DSFL like Steven Moore and Slim Shady. Not only that, one of the best wideouts in the history of the league, Trey Willie, came to the desert on a 2-year deal to really bolster the offense and aide star quarterback Kevin Fitzpatrick. All in all, a good overall offseason for the Outlaws.
This was a whirlwind of an offseason for Beau Montgomery. It all began with the San Antonio Marshalls being eliminated in a playoff matchup that many expected them to win. After the games were done, it was straight to scouting and team meetings in preparation for the draft. Beau was approached by a few teams before the draft but when the dust settled, Beau was a member of the Colorado Yeti. Montgomery flew into Colorado immediately after the draft to began preparations for the upcoming season; during this period, Montgomery underwent his controversial surgery to alter his bone structure so he could position swap.
The Yeti were woefully thin in the secondary, a fact which Montgomery brought up at his first meeting with his new managers and he went one step further and offered up a solution; Beau would switch from linebacker to become their top outside corner. Now, this does not fix Colorado overnight but it does offer a glimmer of hope for the future; a team without shutdown corners will, in fact, get shut down. The Yeti has a high powered offense that should see them in the mix for that last playoff spot but the difference could come down to how the young defenders figure out their roles.
Axel Hornbacher had a great off-season coming off the S11 Ultimini victory that saw his team, the Portland Pythons, win over the reigning powerhouse team in the DSFL. Of course that was cause for celebration, but Axel was focused on the upcoming draft and after getting selected by the New Orleans Second Line as the 8th pick in the overall draft he headed straight to New Orleans to get acclimated to the city and the team. He spent some time exploring the night life in the French Quarter and Bourbon Street, gazed in amazement of the grand mansions of Garden District, and even picked up a nice landscape painting in Jackson Square to add to his new apartment. Most importantly, he explored all the best food that New Orleans had to offer! He was able to get all his exploration and sight-seeing done before training camp for the team started and it was a good thing too because he knew that he would be extremely busy with training and working with his new teammates in the defensive backfield: William H. Harrison, Blackford Oakes, and Clifford Rove. Axel made quite the impression on these guys when he joined them for the first day of training camp and impressed even the defensive coordinator with his instincts and superior timing.
For the offseason the Hawks prospect has been busy training to get better so he can really impress the Hawks this season. After being sent down for a season to the DSFL Nagasawa has taken strides to be able to play in the NSFL. When he was taken in the second round he was expected to be a bit of a long term project. Many knew he wouldn’t come out of the gate as one best receivers and knew that he needed time to develop in the DSFL. While his first season was successful, with learning a lot and developing in a lot of areas, it was his second season that really turned heads. Last season he ended leading the league in receiving yards and eventually would win receiver of the year award. When he was asked how much confidence it has given him he replied with “A lot, it means what I am doing is right. I’m on the right path but I can always get better and that's what I need to focus on. This offseason I’ve been training a lot and resting. Making sure my body is on top notch for the season opener. I don't know how much the team will expect from me but I will try my hardest to help the team win.”
Chris Steele spent his offseason reshaping his body in preparation for his first snap sin the DSFL. Steele had played offense and defense in college, where he simply out-athleted most of the folks that he lined up against at CB and WR, but Steele knew that the talent in the DSFL and NSFL is at another level and that it would take a greater effort to maintain his all-star form. Steele focused on speed, becoming a devotee to the famous sports mantra of “speed kills and it kills fast”, with the goal of allowing himself to once again contribute all over the field on defense and maybe even play some spot-snaps on offense if the opportunity presented itself. Steele has also made it a goal of his to become stronger and to improve his conditioning, which frankly wasn’t all that necessary in college where he was scoring on a whopping 33% of the plays where he lined up at wide receiver. As Steele prepared to shift more towards a purely defensive career in the big leagues he knew that he would have to build these attributes up in order to survive the grinding job of playing every snap as a CB one in the ever pass happy NSFL, and also to make plays on the edge against other team’s speed rush games. Chris is excited to be picked up by a DSFL team and start making an impact come the regular season.
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