Prompt Wrote:The season is officially starting soon, and players have reported back to their teams for training camp. Talk us through how training camp went. Which teammates reported late? What did training camp entail for you and your teammates to do. Do you think it prepared for you for the upcoming season? Any secret plays your team has come up with? So many different ways to go with this, just be creative. Well, training camp kicked off with new award-winning defensive captain Dex Kennedy getting us together for a kick-off speech. We're pretty experienced on the defensive side of the ball this year with a ton of returning players. I didn't notice any late arrivals on the first day for our group and the intro speech was solid. Coming off of a loss in the Ultimus last year we unsurprisingly have a goal of making back again, but this time with a win. The league is both unpredicable and hard to repeat in so it's far from guaranteed, but I think we've mostly improved since last year on paper. Definitely have a lot of work to do to get there, but I've never been unable to do the work in the league. Looking over to the offensive positions, Slurms definitely looked like he'd been out a bit late partying last night (or maybe this morning), but I have confidence that someone will beat the line into shape. It's really great to look at the line and see more personality than last year - I'm hoping they'll help us out in practice to really hone our play. Outside of my offensive counterparts, it's been nice to see Daytona developing. I have some concerns about Jim, though - he's been looking really pale for years and I heard he was part of the group that got us to never open up the roof even when the weather's nice. What a downer - I've loved playing in extreme weather when I've been able to. I guess the "skill players" want more pristine conditions to run faster or whatever. Lame! Draft Steal (retired S35 CB) - Profile/Update | Wiki Troen Egghands (retired S22 DE) - Profile | Update | Wiki
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This year for the Philadelphia Liberty, a new and exciting energy was brought to Training Camp, and it came in the form of enthusiastic rookies. On offense, there was Lonnie Jackson, a young rookie with quick feet and surprisingly strong hands and Chevvy Bronko, the strong and popular tight end. On the other side of the ball, defensive backs CJ Sonjack and Romulus Roman would add some much needed heat and life to the Philly DB Core, and Xavier Walls, a macho LB who perfectly completed their LB core. With plenty of new faces and interactions to get used to out on the field, training for the team was both exciting and in-depth. The rookies had a lot to learn with the playbook, and practicing drives and formations was definitely messy at first. However, the team was invigorated and... One moment... an assistant approaches the stage and whispers something urgently into the announcer's ear Oh.. Wow really?! ok ok thank you. This just in, claims have surfaced that Matt Cross, 4 Time Pro-Bowler and Veteran Safety of the Philadelphia Liberty arrived at the team's training camps under the influence of hard drugs. We take you now live with our field reporter Johnny Jones who has caught up with Cross as he exits the Philadelphia facilities for a comment on the accusations. "Listen O.K., I don't exactly remember going to any training camps, I mean I'm a 7 year vet what's the need, there were a bunch of rooks running amok anyways who were the main focus, go interview one of them or somethin idk" Cross picks up the pace and evades our cameraman as he gets into his car Whatever was going on at this years training camp for Philly, we can only assume that Cross was causing more Havoc than he was doing any actual training. We'll be back after this short message from our sponsors.
Training camp this year was incredible. I heard a lot about how much difference there is between the collegiate and professional levels, and now I was able to see it for myself. Things started out pretty normal for me, at the hotel for check in. It was nothing too fancy, but I did enjoy the complimentary room service and made sure I took advantage of it throughout the down time I had in my room.
Meeting people who I used to play against was pretty fun. Everyone was great and you could tell the competitive fire was raging. Once practices started things got interesting! Our coach is an innovator I will tell you that. It’s been unique no longer being the focal point of the offense, but with time, I hope that will change. The weight room/gym had some intense battles too! Most of the guys were amazed I could run as long/fast with my physique. There are a lot of monsters on this team, I can’t wait for games to get underway and to continue to prove myself. There is one area that I am already the undisputed clubhouse leader though. That would be in the eating department. Our offensive lineman are some big boys but I put them to shame. The local buffet is probably closed until they get new shipments of food in after all that we ate there over the course of camp!
Training camp was way different for me this season. I've only known one thing coming into this season, which was to hit the person with the ball as hard as I could. For as long as I can remember that's all that I have known and was happy to let some of my anger out on someone else. After our season last year coach approached me on switching positions. Thinking maybe safety or somewhere on the defensive side of the ball. I said I'll play safety sure coach. He looked at me and said no son, we think you'd be a great fullback. My jaw almost hit my shoes and my eyes started to twitch. A fullback really? I've never played a snap on that side of the ball, but I'm a team player and after the shock, I agreed. So here we are now, training camp starting and now I gotta hit my brothers I've played alongside on defense. While running a sweep I got out ahead to block and I blew up our rookie Johnson. He got up and pushed me from behind and was angry. We jawed back and forth but Stack got in between us along with others and tempers settled down. Coach pulled me aside and said I can't be hitting our guys like I would an opponent. We wanna go full speed and get that game speed feel but we got to make sure we keep each other safe and able to play the games that matter. I apologized after practice and bought Johnson a drink. Hitting people as hard as I can is fun and all I've known but it's different on this side. If I miss my gap or hit the wrong person we will lose yards and the game. All camp I have just been remembering the language used for the plays. The defense came so naturally for me whereas this is a big adjustment. So far I believe I've done well and even scored the first touchdown of my career. This is not a glamorous position, a lot of dirty work to do and a lot of work to do but with this training camp I felt like I grew as a player and showed a thirst to learn the playbook and my goal is to block for a 1200 yard rusher. This coaching staff has tremendously helped me this training camp and I look to go out and prove the work was worth it.
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Training camp this year for the Yeti was absolutely nothing to shirk. Turning up in the freezing months of January and February and being made to dive into the depths of the Himalayas to hunt our titular namesake as a bonding exercise was definitely not what Rucker expected when he signed in free agency. It was a four week expedition, consisting of a forced march on the first day for 24 hours until such time as we were in the depths of the mountains themselves. From there we did a seven on seven scrimmage in complete silence, as coach Moose put it "Like football monks." The idea being that silence would prevent an avalanche and also not drive off any wild Yeti that may be lingering and ready to be recruited to the team given half the chance and an ability to translate English into Yeti. In spite of the best efforts of everyone involved however all that happened was the Yeti caught borderline hypothermia and spent 4 weeks up a bloody mountain chasing after an, as of yet, fictional creature. There's no doubt in Ruckers mind the yeti exists. It has to. But it's certainly not up that mountain. All that's up there is a defensive masterclass and an offensive powerhouse, locked in a silent scrimmage.
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[OPTION]Balanced || 6'5'' || 265 lbs || #77
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[OPTION] Regular Season Stats:
[OPTION] [DSFL] S6 KCC: 4 G | x Tackles | x Sacks | x PD
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[OPTION]Speed Receiver || 6'2'' || 220 lbs || #77
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[OPTION] Trophy Case:
[OPTION] [S9] [S11] Ultimus Champion with New Orleans Second Line
[OPTION] [S6] SFC & Ultimini Champion with San Antonio Marshals
[OPTION] [S12] NSFL Offensive Player of the Year
[OPTION] [S12] NSFL Wide Receiver of the Year
[OPTION] [S11] NSFL Performance of the Year Award for Ultimus Game
[OPTION] [S14] NSFL Returner of the Year Award
[OPTION] [S6] DSFL Co-Defensive Player of The Year
[OPTION] [S6] Top DSFL DB
[OPTION] [S10] [S11] [S12] [S13] [S14] [S15] [S16] [S17] NSFL Pro-Bowl
[OPTION] [S6] DSFL Pro-Bowl
[OPTION] [S8] [S9] [S10] [S11] ASFC Champion with New Orleans Second Line
[OPTION] [S7] ASFC Champion with Orange County Otters
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[OPTION] Regular Season Stats:
[OPTION] [DSFL] S6 SA: 13 G | 33 Tackles | 1 Sacks | 3 INT | 10 PD | 1 DTD
[OPTION] S7 OC: 14 G | 49 Tackles | 7 Sacks | 0 INT | 4 PD
[OPTION] S8 NO: 14 G | 69 Tackles | 0 Sacks | 1 INT | 13 PD
[OPTION] S9 NO: 14 G | 51 Tackles | 0 Sacks | 1 INT | 9 PD | 1 TFL
[OPTION] S10 NO: 14 G | 59 Tackles | 0 Sacks | 3 INT | 14 PD | 1 FR
[OPTION] S11 NO: 14 G | 73 Tackles | 0 Sacks | 2 INT | 9 PD
[OPTION] S11 NO: 14 G | 1150 Rec. Yards | 6 TD | 71 Catches | 16.2 AVG | 58 LG
[OPTION] S12 NO: 14 G | 1637 Rec. Yards | 10 TD | 81 Catches | 20.2 AVG | 76 LG
[OPTION] S13 NO: 14 G | 1383 Rec. Yards | 5 TD | 75 Catches | 18.4 AVG | 47 LG
[OPTION] S14 NO: 14 G | 1335 Rec. Yards | 8 TD | 80 Catches | 16.7 AVG | 55 LG
[OPTION] S15 NO: 14 G | 1289 Rec. Yards | 3 TD | 82 Catches | 15.7 AVG | 50 LG
[OPTION] S16 NO: 13 G | 1006 Rec. Yards | 5 TD | 64 Catches | 15.7 AVG | 57 LG
[OPTION] S17 NO: 13 G | 1140 Rec. Yards | 10 TD | 64 Catches | 17.8 AVG | 55 LG
[OPTION] S18 NO: 13 G | 802 Rec. Yards | 5 TD | 57 Catches | 14.1 AVG | 38 LG
[OPTION] S19 NO: 13 G | 260 Rec. Yards | 1 TD | 22 Catches | 1.8 AVG | 26 LG
[OPTION] Total NSFL Defensive: 70 G, 299 Tackles, 49 PD, 7 INT
[OPTION] Total NSFL Offensive: 113 G, 10002 Rec. Yards, 53 TD, 596 Catches, 76 LG
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[OPTION] S6 SA: 2 G | 6 Tackles | 1 PD
[OPTION] S7 OC: 2 G | 6 Tackles
[OPTION] S8 NO: 2 G | 9 Tackles | 2 PD
[OPTION] S9 NO: 2 G | 7 Tackles | 1 PD
[OPTION] S10 NO: 2 G | 5 Tackles
[OPTION] S11 NO: 2 G | 5 Tackles
[OPTION] S11 NO: 2G | 200 Rec. Yards | 5 Rec. TD | 15 Catches | 50 Yard PR TD
[OPTION] S19 NO: 2G | 96 Rec. Yards | 2 Rec. TD | 7 Catches
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[OPTION] Transactions:
[OPTION][S7] Drafted 3rd OA in the NSFL Draft by OCO
[OPTION][S7] Signed $10M/3 year rookie deal with OCO
[OPTION][S8] Traded for S Jaylon Broxton by OCO with OCO S8 1st
[OPTION][S9] Signed $6M/3 year extension with NOLA
[OPTION][S10] Opted out of S11/12 deal
[OPTION][S10] Signed $16M/4 year extension with NOLA
[OPTION][S10] Position Changed to the Wide Receiver
[OPTION][S12] Opted out of S13 contract
[OPTION][S12] Signed $30M/6 year extension with NOLA
[OPTION][S18] Opted out of S18 contract
[OPTION][S18] Signed $1M/1 year extension with NOLA
[OPTION][S19] Signed $500k/1 year extension with NOLA
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Messi finally got back from the marketing trip and the sabbatical to the training camp. Before the first training camp, the whole team partied again so that friends can say hi to every one and talk about the off-season experiences. Some of them got drunk, so they were a bit late for the next day's training - Messi was one of them. The coach was unhappy for the lateness of the veteran players since they should have been the role model of the rookies. Messi was penalized by running back and forth in the pitch for about 50 miles, and 30K dollars. Rule is a rule. While Messi grudgingly accept his penalty, he noticed the impressive new talents and the growth of the young players (including himself). The S28 new players are Saleem Spence and Stumpy Jones, a great wide receiver and a lineman for the offensive line. It is great to see two more players on the offense team, especially Stumpy Jones to enhance the offensive line of Sailfish. The young players also grew well. The running back Bianchi and WR Radetzky got much faster and agile than the previous season. With a strengthened offensive line and WRs, Mike Jr (QB) cannot stop smiling in the first training.
Otis Allen @KoltClassic is the definition of dependable. Even at his advanced age, he’s always the first to show up to training camp; even rookie camp! Certainly, he could skip some of the optional camps, but he never does. He’s always there chatting up the coaches, talking to the trainers and bringing all kinds of positivity to the team. And how could he not! He’s such a lovely, round man. Otis, affectionately known in San Jose as Meatball, has been a Sabercat long enough to know the dark times, but was also instrumental in creating the light, and he was an absolutely crucial part of San Jose’s back-to-back Ultimus wins.
His rotund figure dictated that the Defensive Tackle life was for him, and while his stats may not jump off the page, it’s mostly because he requires double and triple teams from the offensive line! Playing DT is a selfless gig. He's there purely to help the team and others get some glory. For the first three seasons of my Sabercat career, I played Defensive End next to him and he opened up so many opportunities for me to make plays in the backfield. Now, we both do our best to give that selfless perspective back to the new classes of Sabercats each season, and it all starts at training camp. Bass is doing his best to enjoy whatever time Meatball has in San Jose, because he knows retirement eventually comes for us all. Whenever he does decide to hang it up, he’ll always be remembered. The player. The legend. The Meatball. |
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