(S38) PT #5 - Self Reflection

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With the end of another regular season approaching, there’s always a lot to unpack. Both players and GMs alike enter each season with expectations and hopes for the kind of results they want to see, but how often do we end up achieving these results? For this PT, talk about your expectations for your player and/or team coming into this season and how it compares to what really occurred this season. Did you and your team overachieve? Underachieve? Go the way you thought they would? Let us know!

I was honestly expecting this season to be a fairly transitional one as the Copperheads moved to a new starting QB and our newer drafted players started really hitting their strides when it came to TPE and effectiveness.  So, to have the record we do (and in particular to have started out there season so we'll) is drastically outperforming my expectations for the season.  We definitely dropped off a bit, but to have a solid shot at making the playoffs for a season I had personally thought could be another 5-11 or so result is pretty great.
As for my player, I spent the last off-season training up my competitiveness with a hope that it would help with generating turnovers when I'm covering the opposing team's top receiver.  That hasn't led to an absurd record-breaking year or anything, but I did have a couple clutch plays that I'd like to think are due to that training.  As a cornerback, I think some of the most important things I can do to help shift game outcome are producing turnovers.  The fundamentals of making tackles and keeping up with speed receiver are important too so as to not allow huge plays against us, but the energy produced for both the team and the fans for turnovers is just super fun.