Well here it is again, the seasonly update of our New Orleans Second Line top ten lists. If you are unfamiliar, look through my old articles. Basically, I did the top 10 lists that exist for the entire league but for only our team! It's a great thing to look at if you play for this team and hopefully gives some people a motivation to come here or stay here. Also great thing to look at for our new rookies! Welcome to the team everyone.
First off, let me share the spreadsheet which definitely makes things prettier:
SPREADSHEET
But now let's take a closer look at the Season 21 changes and new additions:
Games Top ten:
Passer rating: Stan Francisco ends up in 10th with his game where he had a 132.5 rating. It is the only game for the quarterback that ended up on the list.
Receiving Average (min. 3 catches): Bona'beri Jones adds another one to the list with another 34.3 average, he comes in at number 6. At 10th, we have a new addition with Jed Podolak, with 32.0 average.
Tackles: Quenton Bode does it again with another 15 tackle performance, good for 9th overall per game, but basically tied for 3rd.
Passes Defended: David Rector comes in at 10th with 5 passes defended, tied for 4th.
Pancakes: Our big boys had lots of pancakes this year, they were EATING. Rubbe had 9 once and 8 twice, coming in three time on the top list, while Brave Ulysses also adds a 9 pancake performance.
Extra Points Made: Prohaska profited from good offensive performances and comes in with a 7 extra point game, tied for 1st.
Field Goals made: Prohaska had a 5 field goal game, once again tied for first!
Punt Average: Herbert Prohaska impressed with his leg this year, his 54.3 average was good for 5th and his 61.0 average was the best ever.
Punt Return Yards: Forrest Gump impressed with a 81 yard performance, good for 6th all time.
Top 10 seasons:
One of my favorite categories, we will next look at the seasons. This is always a really cool thing to look at after the season is over!
Passing Interceptions: Stan Francisco was extremely impressive this season in terms of keeping the ball safe. Though his interceptions were at bad times, he only threw five interceptions all year, a new best mark for a NOLA QB in terms of lowest interceptions in a season.
Passing percentage: Francisco completed 59.3 percent of his passes, good for 8th.
Passing rating: Due to the low interception rate, Stan Francisco managed to grab the top spot. 98.79 rating was the best ever.
Rushing average (min. 100 attempts): Our two-headed monster lead to good rushing seasons. Gump comes in at 9th with a 4.46 average, which is very good, but was nothing against our change of pace Running Back Marcella Toriki who busted records with a 4.74 average, best ever.
Extra points made: Prohaska had 39 extra points, sixth all time.
Field goals made: 27 field goals was good enough for 7th all time.
Field goal percentage: 90% was enough for 9th all time.
Punt average: With 46.35 yards per punt, Prohaska comes into 3rd all time.
Kick return average (min. 20 returns): Gump had a good season, with 27.68 yards per kick return at 7th all time, but he was overshadowed by his partner, Deon Taylor, who breaks the record and comes in at 1st overall and had 30.71 yards per return.
Kick return touchdowns: Deon Taylor broke the record for average mainly due to being the first NOLA player ever to have two kick return touchdowns in one season!
Punt returns: Forrest Gump had 31 punt returns and was 6th now.
Punt Return yards: Gump comes in with 304 yards, 8th all time.
Punt return average (min. 10 returns): Gump barely makes the list at 10th all time.
Punt return touchdowns: Gump had two touchdowns again this year, tied for 1st all time.
Pancakes: Ulysses with another great season with 55 pancakes, good for 6th all time, but he was no match for his teammate Rubbe, who had a stunning 73 pancakes!
Sacks allowed: Ulysses gave up 2 sacks, which is still good for 6th all time, while the insane Rubbe, who had 73 pancakes, did not give up A SINGLE SACK all season, the 5th time that happened.
Playoffs:
Francisco basically just slowly gets closer in several categories. Right now, just behind 700 yards behind the immortal Borkus Maximus III. Another good run or two will make things definitely much closer.
Gump and Toriki now 2nd and 3rd in rushing yards and touchdowns, both still behind Smallwood but more runs will make this definitely flip.
FOUR active Wide receivers are now in the spots 4th to 7th in catches: Austin McCormick, Bona'beri Jones, Marcella Toriki and Jed Podolak. Jones is 2nd in yards, Podolak 5th, McCormick and Gump in 8th and 9th.
Bode and Slothface in 4th and 5th in tackles, Taylor in 10th.
Mack Arianlacher already in first place for tackles for loss.
Faux, Ironside and Slothface are all tied for 1st all time in sacks with 5, along with two NOLA legends.
Taylor, Slothface, Rector and Andrews all in the top 10 for passes defended.
Prohaska now first in extra points made and first in field goals made, even though his percentages are not great.
Prohaska also has most punts made, most punt yards, second best average and most punts inside 20.
Gump has the most kick return yards now.
Ulysses and Rubbe still have the most pancakes, they are the only ones though. Neither has allowed a sack in the playoffs yet.
Career:
And now for the final and most important category, the career numbers for the New Orleans Second Line. This really is the crowning category in my eyes.
While Stan Francisco had a good year, I can reveal that I did not move in any categories. I am still far far far away from any other records that Borkus has. Passing percentage may be the easiest one to move up on, since I am only fourth there. I am second place in all other ones.
Rushing yards: Marcella Toriki jump Borkus and Danielsson and moves up to 5th all time. Gump jumps the immortal Ardie Savea and is now first all time among many amazing NOLA running backs. Congratulations on this monumental achievement!
Rushing average (min. 500 attempts): Toriki jumps in new at first place, by making the 500 attempt cut off.
Rushing touchdowns: Gump still in 2nd, 21 behind Smallwood now (does he have a chance?). Toriki jumps Gore and is now 7th all time.
Catches: Gump jumps Halvorsen for 9th. Bona'beri Jones jumps LeClair and Savea and is now 5th all time.
Receiving yards: Jones jumps DiMirio for 4th all time.
Receiving average (min. 200 catches): Gump is new in there with his 200 catches now, he is 9th all time.
Receiving touchdowns: Jones jumps Tyler Swift and is now 6th all time.
Tackles: We have another all-time great here. Similar to Gump reaching the Mount Olympus with rushing yards, we have a new all time tackle leader in Q. Bode! An incredible achievement. He jumped two spots up and is now in the lead. Slothface stays in 6th, Taylor now 7th jumping Sharpei and Andrews new in 10th.
Tackles for loss: Arianlacher jumps three spots up to 3rd all time. Ben is new in the top 10 at 9th all time already.
Forced Fumbles: Taylor new in 7th now with 5!
Fumbles recovered: Slothface jumps three spots and is now 5th all time
Sacks: Another one of the big changes at the top. The retired Slothface got there in the end. Jumping an insane five spots, Sloth ends his career with 49 sacks and is now in first all time. Keep an eye on him to potentially make the NOLA hall of fame soon.
Interceptions: No changes, but Taylor inched closer to the top two.
Passes defended: Slothface climbs three spots, while Andrews climbs one, they are now 7th and 8th. Taylor pushes his lead even more.
Defensive Touchdowns: Deon Taylor adds another one, climbs a spot to 8th. Tied for 3rd though.
Extra points made: Prohaska climbs two spots and is now 3rd all time.
Extra points percentage: This is the only one in the list where an active player DROPPED lol. Prohaska missed a few, drops three spots.
Field goals made: Prohaska gains two spots and is now third all time.
Punts made: Prohaska gains a spot and is now 4th all time.
Punt yards: Prohaska gains a spot and is now 4th all time.
Punts inside 20: Prohaska gains a spot and is now 4th all time.
Kick return average (min. 30 returns): Gump ends up new in the top 10 at 10th overall.
Kick return touchdowns: Taylor immediately jumps all the way to tied for first with his two touchdowns this season.
Punt returns: Gump jumps Evans and is now 2nd all time.
Punt return yards: Gump jumps Fyodo and is now 2nd all time.
Punt return touchdowns: Gump had two this year I think and is now first all time with 5 punt return touchdowns.
Pancakes: Ulysses and Rubbe still at the top at 1 and 2, Ulysses slowly losing his lead.
And that is it! Thanks for reading and good luck to any NOLA players on the roster next season, hopefully you can read your name here next season! Check out the spreadsheet for more and prettier info!
First off, let me share the spreadsheet which definitely makes things prettier:
SPREADSHEET
But now let's take a closer look at the Season 21 changes and new additions:
Games Top ten:
Passer rating: Stan Francisco ends up in 10th with his game where he had a 132.5 rating. It is the only game for the quarterback that ended up on the list.
Receiving Average (min. 3 catches): Bona'beri Jones adds another one to the list with another 34.3 average, he comes in at number 6. At 10th, we have a new addition with Jed Podolak, with 32.0 average.
Tackles: Quenton Bode does it again with another 15 tackle performance, good for 9th overall per game, but basically tied for 3rd.
Passes Defended: David Rector comes in at 10th with 5 passes defended, tied for 4th.
Pancakes: Our big boys had lots of pancakes this year, they were EATING. Rubbe had 9 once and 8 twice, coming in three time on the top list, while Brave Ulysses also adds a 9 pancake performance.
Extra Points Made: Prohaska profited from good offensive performances and comes in with a 7 extra point game, tied for 1st.
Field Goals made: Prohaska had a 5 field goal game, once again tied for first!
Punt Average: Herbert Prohaska impressed with his leg this year, his 54.3 average was good for 5th and his 61.0 average was the best ever.
Punt Return Yards: Forrest Gump impressed with a 81 yard performance, good for 6th all time.
Top 10 seasons:
One of my favorite categories, we will next look at the seasons. This is always a really cool thing to look at after the season is over!
Passing Interceptions: Stan Francisco was extremely impressive this season in terms of keeping the ball safe. Though his interceptions were at bad times, he only threw five interceptions all year, a new best mark for a NOLA QB in terms of lowest interceptions in a season.
Passing percentage: Francisco completed 59.3 percent of his passes, good for 8th.
Passing rating: Due to the low interception rate, Stan Francisco managed to grab the top spot. 98.79 rating was the best ever.
Rushing average (min. 100 attempts): Our two-headed monster lead to good rushing seasons. Gump comes in at 9th with a 4.46 average, which is very good, but was nothing against our change of pace Running Back Marcella Toriki who busted records with a 4.74 average, best ever.
Extra points made: Prohaska had 39 extra points, sixth all time.
Field goals made: 27 field goals was good enough for 7th all time.
Field goal percentage: 90% was enough for 9th all time.
Punt average: With 46.35 yards per punt, Prohaska comes into 3rd all time.
Kick return average (min. 20 returns): Gump had a good season, with 27.68 yards per kick return at 7th all time, but he was overshadowed by his partner, Deon Taylor, who breaks the record and comes in at 1st overall and had 30.71 yards per return.
Kick return touchdowns: Deon Taylor broke the record for average mainly due to being the first NOLA player ever to have two kick return touchdowns in one season!
Punt returns: Forrest Gump had 31 punt returns and was 6th now.
Punt Return yards: Gump comes in with 304 yards, 8th all time.
Punt return average (min. 10 returns): Gump barely makes the list at 10th all time.
Punt return touchdowns: Gump had two touchdowns again this year, tied for 1st all time.
Pancakes: Ulysses with another great season with 55 pancakes, good for 6th all time, but he was no match for his teammate Rubbe, who had a stunning 73 pancakes!
Sacks allowed: Ulysses gave up 2 sacks, which is still good for 6th all time, while the insane Rubbe, who had 73 pancakes, did not give up A SINGLE SACK all season, the 5th time that happened.
Playoffs:
Francisco basically just slowly gets closer in several categories. Right now, just behind 700 yards behind the immortal Borkus Maximus III. Another good run or two will make things definitely much closer.
Gump and Toriki now 2nd and 3rd in rushing yards and touchdowns, both still behind Smallwood but more runs will make this definitely flip.
FOUR active Wide receivers are now in the spots 4th to 7th in catches: Austin McCormick, Bona'beri Jones, Marcella Toriki and Jed Podolak. Jones is 2nd in yards, Podolak 5th, McCormick and Gump in 8th and 9th.
Bode and Slothface in 4th and 5th in tackles, Taylor in 10th.
Mack Arianlacher already in first place for tackles for loss.
Faux, Ironside and Slothface are all tied for 1st all time in sacks with 5, along with two NOLA legends.
Taylor, Slothface, Rector and Andrews all in the top 10 for passes defended.
Prohaska now first in extra points made and first in field goals made, even though his percentages are not great.
Prohaska also has most punts made, most punt yards, second best average and most punts inside 20.
Gump has the most kick return yards now.
Ulysses and Rubbe still have the most pancakes, they are the only ones though. Neither has allowed a sack in the playoffs yet.
Career:
And now for the final and most important category, the career numbers for the New Orleans Second Line. This really is the crowning category in my eyes.
While Stan Francisco had a good year, I can reveal that I did not move in any categories. I am still far far far away from any other records that Borkus has. Passing percentage may be the easiest one to move up on, since I am only fourth there. I am second place in all other ones.
Rushing yards: Marcella Toriki jump Borkus and Danielsson and moves up to 5th all time. Gump jumps the immortal Ardie Savea and is now first all time among many amazing NOLA running backs. Congratulations on this monumental achievement!
Rushing average (min. 500 attempts): Toriki jumps in new at first place, by making the 500 attempt cut off.
Rushing touchdowns: Gump still in 2nd, 21 behind Smallwood now (does he have a chance?). Toriki jumps Gore and is now 7th all time.
Catches: Gump jumps Halvorsen for 9th. Bona'beri Jones jumps LeClair and Savea and is now 5th all time.
Receiving yards: Jones jumps DiMirio for 4th all time.
Receiving average (min. 200 catches): Gump is new in there with his 200 catches now, he is 9th all time.
Receiving touchdowns: Jones jumps Tyler Swift and is now 6th all time.
Tackles: We have another all-time great here. Similar to Gump reaching the Mount Olympus with rushing yards, we have a new all time tackle leader in Q. Bode! An incredible achievement. He jumped two spots up and is now in the lead. Slothface stays in 6th, Taylor now 7th jumping Sharpei and Andrews new in 10th.
Tackles for loss: Arianlacher jumps three spots up to 3rd all time. Ben is new in the top 10 at 9th all time already.
Forced Fumbles: Taylor new in 7th now with 5!
Fumbles recovered: Slothface jumps three spots and is now 5th all time
Sacks: Another one of the big changes at the top. The retired Slothface got there in the end. Jumping an insane five spots, Sloth ends his career with 49 sacks and is now in first all time. Keep an eye on him to potentially make the NOLA hall of fame soon.
Interceptions: No changes, but Taylor inched closer to the top two.
Passes defended: Slothface climbs three spots, while Andrews climbs one, they are now 7th and 8th. Taylor pushes his lead even more.
Defensive Touchdowns: Deon Taylor adds another one, climbs a spot to 8th. Tied for 3rd though.
Extra points made: Prohaska climbs two spots and is now 3rd all time.
Extra points percentage: This is the only one in the list where an active player DROPPED lol. Prohaska missed a few, drops three spots.
Field goals made: Prohaska gains two spots and is now third all time.
Punts made: Prohaska gains a spot and is now 4th all time.
Punt yards: Prohaska gains a spot and is now 4th all time.
Punts inside 20: Prohaska gains a spot and is now 4th all time.
Kick return average (min. 30 returns): Gump ends up new in the top 10 at 10th overall.
Kick return touchdowns: Taylor immediately jumps all the way to tied for first with his two touchdowns this season.
Punt returns: Gump jumps Evans and is now 2nd all time.
Punt return yards: Gump jumps Fyodo and is now 2nd all time.
Punt return touchdowns: Gump had two this year I think and is now first all time with 5 punt return touchdowns.
Pancakes: Ulysses and Rubbe still at the top at 1 and 2, Ulysses slowly losing his lead.
And that is it! Thanks for reading and good luck to any NOLA players on the roster next season, hopefully you can read your name here next season! Check out the spreadsheet for more and prettier info!