Task 6:
The sim gonna sim task is always one of the ones I have wanted to do, but I have always struggled to feel that I have anything substantial to say about it, but this time I am going to do it. The Colorado Yeti are only 8th in the league in total TPE, but that is probably a bad measure of how good (or not) a team actually is. If we sort by Average Effective TPE, the Yeti jump all the way into first with 1,005. The next best team is Arizona with 924, followed by New York and Sarasota with 881 and 880 respectively. Basically, the gap is not really that close, and the gap between first and second in the NSFC is over 120. Unfortunately, we cannot look at the Average Effective TPE broken down between offense and defense, but the Yeti plop into third in defensive TPE in the league with a cool 11,262 (tied with Sailfish).
One would think, then, that the Colorado defense would be pretty damn good. When you look at the Yeti secondary, only one member is not above 1,000 TPE and that player is at 882. The Yeti have two defensive ends over 1,000 and a pair of linebackers over 1,300. If we look at the other playoff teams in the conference (Sarasota and Chicago), we should have a good baseline to compare the Yeti defense to. Sarasota has two cornerbacks over 1,300 TPE, but their safety department falls significantly further behind. They have one safety around 850 and another below 600, clear edge to the Yeti at the safety position. Sarasota has more depth at the linebacker position, though, where they have two over 1,100 and another over 900, though their defensive end position is just slightly weaker with one player over 1,200 and the rest of their d-line under 1,000. Pivoting to Chicago, they have one cornerback over 1,000 and another over 900, but none of their safeties cross the 1,000 mark and a couple aren’t even close at this point. Their D-line is significantly weaker, although they have a lot of TPE at the linebacker position. To my eyes, the Yeti have one of the strongest secondaries in the league, but certainly the strongest top-to-bottom secondary of the three playoff teams in the NSFC.
Yet, with all that TPE invested in the secondary, the Yeti are in the bottom half of the league with interceptions on the season, totaling only 12. We finished tied with Yellowknife, who finished out of the playoff picture and has roughly 3,000 TPE less invested in their defense than Colorado does. The Baltimore Hawks, who at this point have the LEAST defensive TPE in the ISFL and who have ZERO players in their secondary over 1,000 TPE at this point, finished near the top of the league in interceptions.
The Yeti pass defense, despite an incredible defense, finished 5th in the conference and 12th in the league in pass yards allowed per game. Baltimore, who again has the least defensive TPE of any team in the ISFL, finished only slightly worse (6th/13th), allowing only 10 yards per game on average more than the Yeti throughout the regular season. Sarasota, Chicago, Berlin, and Yellowknife all performed better against the pass, despite only one of those teams having more TPE invested on defense (Sarasota and Colorado are tied, remember) and none of them (to my eyes) having a better secondary as a whole than the Yeti.
Obviously things are out of our hands beyond our earning, but it almost feels like things are even more out of our hands as users now than they used to be. Despite putting together an incredible secondary full of high earners, the Yeti pass defense continues to struggle when it probably should not. It is not a pressure thing either, as our defense finished third in the league in sacks and only one off the league leaders, who were Chicago and Sarasota (tied with 62). But for some reason, we just could not stop the pass. We were in the bottom half of the league in pass deflections and interceptions, as mentioned before. It is frustrating to see a secondary that should be dominant based on their on paper attributes struggle so heavily in the sim. The worst part is the problem is not even an anomaly to this season. We were bad in the secondary last season too, finishing with only 10 interceptions (only Honolulu, Baltimore, and New York had worse seasons in that regard), though we were better in pass deflections and put up similar sack numbers (2nd in the league, 5 behind first place Sarasota). That time, though, the Yeti mysteriously had the fewest passing yards per game allowed in the season. I genuinely do not understand what more the sim wants us to do. Perhaps we are not investing our TPE in the right spots or using the right builds to be getting those interceptions and PDs, but it is incredibly frustrating seeing the pass yards allowed per game number fluctuate so incredibly while the other measures of a good secondary remain incredibly low compared to the TPE totals of this secondary. I hope things turn around for us next season, but sadly the group is going to be regressing together soon and sim gonna sim…
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The sim gonna sim task is always one of the ones I have wanted to do, but I have always struggled to feel that I have anything substantial to say about it, but this time I am going to do it. The Colorado Yeti are only 8th in the league in total TPE, but that is probably a bad measure of how good (or not) a team actually is. If we sort by Average Effective TPE, the Yeti jump all the way into first with 1,005. The next best team is Arizona with 924, followed by New York and Sarasota with 881 and 880 respectively. Basically, the gap is not really that close, and the gap between first and second in the NSFC is over 120. Unfortunately, we cannot look at the Average Effective TPE broken down between offense and defense, but the Yeti plop into third in defensive TPE in the league with a cool 11,262 (tied with Sailfish).
One would think, then, that the Colorado defense would be pretty damn good. When you look at the Yeti secondary, only one member is not above 1,000 TPE and that player is at 882. The Yeti have two defensive ends over 1,000 and a pair of linebackers over 1,300. If we look at the other playoff teams in the conference (Sarasota and Chicago), we should have a good baseline to compare the Yeti defense to. Sarasota has two cornerbacks over 1,300 TPE, but their safety department falls significantly further behind. They have one safety around 850 and another below 600, clear edge to the Yeti at the safety position. Sarasota has more depth at the linebacker position, though, where they have two over 1,100 and another over 900, though their defensive end position is just slightly weaker with one player over 1,200 and the rest of their d-line under 1,000. Pivoting to Chicago, they have one cornerback over 1,000 and another over 900, but none of their safeties cross the 1,000 mark and a couple aren’t even close at this point. Their D-line is significantly weaker, although they have a lot of TPE at the linebacker position. To my eyes, the Yeti have one of the strongest secondaries in the league, but certainly the strongest top-to-bottom secondary of the three playoff teams in the NSFC.
Yet, with all that TPE invested in the secondary, the Yeti are in the bottom half of the league with interceptions on the season, totaling only 12. We finished tied with Yellowknife, who finished out of the playoff picture and has roughly 3,000 TPE less invested in their defense than Colorado does. The Baltimore Hawks, who at this point have the LEAST defensive TPE in the ISFL and who have ZERO players in their secondary over 1,000 TPE at this point, finished near the top of the league in interceptions.
The Yeti pass defense, despite an incredible defense, finished 5th in the conference and 12th in the league in pass yards allowed per game. Baltimore, who again has the least defensive TPE of any team in the ISFL, finished only slightly worse (6th/13th), allowing only 10 yards per game on average more than the Yeti throughout the regular season. Sarasota, Chicago, Berlin, and Yellowknife all performed better against the pass, despite only one of those teams having more TPE invested on defense (Sarasota and Colorado are tied, remember) and none of them (to my eyes) having a better secondary as a whole than the Yeti.
Obviously things are out of our hands beyond our earning, but it almost feels like things are even more out of our hands as users now than they used to be. Despite putting together an incredible secondary full of high earners, the Yeti pass defense continues to struggle when it probably should not. It is not a pressure thing either, as our defense finished third in the league in sacks and only one off the league leaders, who were Chicago and Sarasota (tied with 62). But for some reason, we just could not stop the pass. We were in the bottom half of the league in pass deflections and interceptions, as mentioned before. It is frustrating to see a secondary that should be dominant based on their on paper attributes struggle so heavily in the sim. The worst part is the problem is not even an anomaly to this season. We were bad in the secondary last season too, finishing with only 10 interceptions (only Honolulu, Baltimore, and New York had worse seasons in that regard), though we were better in pass deflections and put up similar sack numbers (2nd in the league, 5 behind first place Sarasota). That time, though, the Yeti mysteriously had the fewest passing yards per game allowed in the season. I genuinely do not understand what more the sim wants us to do. Perhaps we are not investing our TPE in the right spots or using the right builds to be getting those interceptions and PDs, but it is incredibly frustrating seeing the pass yards allowed per game number fluctuate so incredibly while the other measures of a good secondary remain incredibly low compared to the TPE totals of this secondary. I hope things turn around for us next season, but sadly the group is going to be regressing together soon and sim gonna sim…
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