Tier 2 Option 14
Season 31 for the Silverbacks was a rough one to be honest. After falling flat in the conference championship game the season prior, the Silverbacks were hoping to get back to the Ultimus. The outlook on the season was fairly optimistic as the team returned most of the roster, but their were major reasons for concern. The Silverbacks lost a safety and o-lineman to retirement. In addition to those major blows, there was regression spread across the board for the team. Captain Rogers, Mendoza, Keoki’ai, Banks, and Crooks all suffered major regression hits. With New York trading away so may draft picks, they did not acquire enough young talent to fill in some of these gaps. The Silverbacks came into the season very thin at running back, defensive line, and linebacker and those weaknesses were exposed all season. However, I believe the biggest detriment to the Silverbacks was letting Jackson Kingston walk 2 seasons ago.
Even though Tugg Speedman has blossomed into a solid, dependable receiver, the depth behind him has not kept up with the needed production for the offense to flourish. In the seasons since Kingston has left, New York has had some bottom rank offensive numbers. The offense has been neutered with a lot of checkdowns and tight end throws and the explosive plays were few and far between. New York ranked bottom five in rush yards and total yards. Teams were not scared to attack our weakened offensive line and wanted to stop our running game.
Meanwhile, the defense had a rollercoaster season. Some games they brought the wood, other games they got taken to the shed out back. Regression hit the defense hard. The front seven was decimated by regression and sudden inactives. The defensive line were far removed from the Sack Exchange days and they could not stop a runny nose. Every week, the Silverbacks struggled to get off the field before yielding a score. A big part of that problem was our linebackers getting older and being unable to make plays when needed, especially guarding tight ends and backs on pass routes.
Even the secondary looked shaky, as they had to trade for Chunt to fill the gap at safety and Crooks started to finally show his age. All these factors really do not explain how the Silverbacks lost SEVEN home games during the season. They have to make some major changes if they want to ride out Howitzer’s peak on a high note.
Tier 3 Option 25
Well thankfully in the old sim, cornerbacks were a position avoided but a position needed, but in the new sim, they have become more valuable but also scarcer in opportunity. I am fortunate that I got to play extensively pretty much every season. But as my career winds down, I wondered more and more if I could not be a cornerback, then what would I be? For one, I despise pretty much all offensive positions so I would definitely stick to defense. But the dealbreaker for me is that defensive identities have shifted from being Nickel-heavy to 43-heavy. Too many players have jumped on the cornerback hypebeast bandwagon and I’m hopping off for my next rotation. Since 43 schemes have become wildly popular, I will definitely shift towards being a linebacker. My goal is not to be a stat-hoarding SAM or a one-man band. My ultimate goal in becoming a linebacker is to form a lethal trio or quartet of linebackers that can terrorize any defense. I want to replicate the late 2000’s Steelers and Ravens, the early 90’s Saints and Chiefs, the legion of boom Seahawks ---- I want a group of LB’s that carry the defense and has each other’s backs.
Tier 3 Option 26
I would not say I am a football purist, but I appreciate the intricacies of the sport. Football has a lot, A LOT of issues that need to be addressed and corrected, but there are a few that I want to have the opportunity to change myself. For one, I would reduce how many penalties are called, mainly on passing plays. I would throw most of the current penalties out. Illegal contact would be dropped because receivers are allowed to bump and tie up the defender without any consequence. We might as well let the best combination of speed, brawn, and smarts. Intentional grounding would count even if the quarterback throws the ball past the line of scrimmage. Unnecessary roughness would not count for hits that are not helmet to helmet. As you can see, I am a pro defense guy. I like to see the defense get more breaks from the refs. Right now the rules are geared too much to score points and gain yards ---- that’s grade A pansy football. Defensive struggles and defensive chess matches can be equally entertaining if defenses were not hamstrung by so many rules. Offenses get too may breaks these days.
Season 31 for the Silverbacks was a rough one to be honest. After falling flat in the conference championship game the season prior, the Silverbacks were hoping to get back to the Ultimus. The outlook on the season was fairly optimistic as the team returned most of the roster, but their were major reasons for concern. The Silverbacks lost a safety and o-lineman to retirement. In addition to those major blows, there was regression spread across the board for the team. Captain Rogers, Mendoza, Keoki’ai, Banks, and Crooks all suffered major regression hits. With New York trading away so may draft picks, they did not acquire enough young talent to fill in some of these gaps. The Silverbacks came into the season very thin at running back, defensive line, and linebacker and those weaknesses were exposed all season. However, I believe the biggest detriment to the Silverbacks was letting Jackson Kingston walk 2 seasons ago.
Even though Tugg Speedman has blossomed into a solid, dependable receiver, the depth behind him has not kept up with the needed production for the offense to flourish. In the seasons since Kingston has left, New York has had some bottom rank offensive numbers. The offense has been neutered with a lot of checkdowns and tight end throws and the explosive plays were few and far between. New York ranked bottom five in rush yards and total yards. Teams were not scared to attack our weakened offensive line and wanted to stop our running game.
Meanwhile, the defense had a rollercoaster season. Some games they brought the wood, other games they got taken to the shed out back. Regression hit the defense hard. The front seven was decimated by regression and sudden inactives. The defensive line were far removed from the Sack Exchange days and they could not stop a runny nose. Every week, the Silverbacks struggled to get off the field before yielding a score. A big part of that problem was our linebackers getting older and being unable to make plays when needed, especially guarding tight ends and backs on pass routes.
Even the secondary looked shaky, as they had to trade for Chunt to fill the gap at safety and Crooks started to finally show his age. All these factors really do not explain how the Silverbacks lost SEVEN home games during the season. They have to make some major changes if they want to ride out Howitzer’s peak on a high note.
Tier 3 Option 25
Well thankfully in the old sim, cornerbacks were a position avoided but a position needed, but in the new sim, they have become more valuable but also scarcer in opportunity. I am fortunate that I got to play extensively pretty much every season. But as my career winds down, I wondered more and more if I could not be a cornerback, then what would I be? For one, I despise pretty much all offensive positions so I would definitely stick to defense. But the dealbreaker for me is that defensive identities have shifted from being Nickel-heavy to 43-heavy. Too many players have jumped on the cornerback hypebeast bandwagon and I’m hopping off for my next rotation. Since 43 schemes have become wildly popular, I will definitely shift towards being a linebacker. My goal is not to be a stat-hoarding SAM or a one-man band. My ultimate goal in becoming a linebacker is to form a lethal trio or quartet of linebackers that can terrorize any defense. I want to replicate the late 2000’s Steelers and Ravens, the early 90’s Saints and Chiefs, the legion of boom Seahawks ---- I want a group of LB’s that carry the defense and has each other’s backs.
Tier 3 Option 26
I would not say I am a football purist, but I appreciate the intricacies of the sport. Football has a lot, A LOT of issues that need to be addressed and corrected, but there are a few that I want to have the opportunity to change myself. For one, I would reduce how many penalties are called, mainly on passing plays. I would throw most of the current penalties out. Illegal contact would be dropped because receivers are allowed to bump and tie up the defender without any consequence. We might as well let the best combination of speed, brawn, and smarts. Intentional grounding would count even if the quarterback throws the ball past the line of scrimmage. Unnecessary roughness would not count for hits that are not helmet to helmet. As you can see, I am a pro defense guy. I like to see the defense get more breaks from the refs. Right now the rules are geared too much to score points and gain yards ---- that’s grade A pansy football. Defensive struggles and defensive chess matches can be equally entertaining if defenses were not hamstrung by so many rules. Offenses get too may breaks these days.