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Season 2 Top 25 Players

Voted in by the community themselves, here is the list of Season 2’s top 25 players in the league. There were a total of 56 players voting with around 1300 players selected in the whole survey. Thank you for everyone who voted. Without further ado, lets get into it. 

25.) itsXER0X | Last Season: —
Season 2 Accolades:

24.) F34R Painkiller | Last Season: —
Season 2 Accolades:

23.) WB D3v0ur | Last Season: 12
Season 2 Accolades: AFC Probowl QB 1st-Team; AFC Probowl K; AFC Probowl ST

22.) Aceboogs98 | Last Season: —
Season 2 Accolades:

21.) Ugongetthiswork1018 | Last Season: —
Season 2 Accolades: NFC Probowl RB 2nd-Team

20.) GaabageAssassin | Last Season: —
Season 2 Accolades: AFC Probowl DL 1st-Team

19.) Del The Dude | Last Season: —
Season 2 Accolades:

18.) areisx21 | Last Season: 3
Season 2 Accolades: AFC Probowl WR 2nd-Team

17.) Farah En Fuego | Last Season: —
Season 2 Accolades: AFC Probowl WR 1st-Team; WROTY

16.) Shady on Xbox | Last Season: 7
Season 2 Accolades: NFC Probowl LB 1st-Team; LBOTY

15.) Hogcrazy9934 | Last Season: —
Season 2 Accolades: AFC Probowl QB 2nd-Team; OPOTY

14.) Xyzjoker02 | Last Season: —
Season 2 Accolades: AFC Probowl LB 2nd-Team

13.) Xx Tmo 706xX | Last Season: 17
Season 2 Accolades:

12.) dirtyfalcons98 | Last Season: 6
Season 2 Accolades: AFC Probowl QB 2nd-Team

11.) Cuban on Xbox | Last Season: —
Season 2 Accolades: OROTY

10.) Hutch x81 | Last Season: 24
Season 2 Accolades: AFC Probowl LB 1st-Team

9.) JPxProdigie | Last Season: —
Season 2 Accolades: NFC Probowl DB 1st-Team; DBOTY

8.) Kuhrow | Last Season: 1
Season 2 Accolades: NFC Probowl DL 1st-Team

7.) Th3 R3al3st 260 | Last Season: 10
Season 2 Accolades: NFC Probowl RB 1st-Team; NFC Probowl DB 2nd Team; DPOTY

6.) MRxxUSERxxPICKx | Last Season: 13
Season 2 Accolades:

5.) NORTHZIDE | Last Season: —
Season 2 Accolades: AFC Probowl RB 1st-Team; RBOTY

4.) IamBeAsTe | Last Season: 4
Season 2 Accolades: AFC Probowl DB 1st-Team; Owner of the Year

3.) Outaker24 | Last Season: 15
Season 2 Accolades: NFC Probowl WR 2nd-Team; NFC Probowl DL 1st-Team; DLOTY

2.) AbyssZl | Last Season: 8
Season 2 Accolades: NFC Probowl LB 2nd-Team; NFC Probowl K; KOTY

1.) BetterCa11xSaul | Last Season: 11
Season 2 Accolades: NFC Probowl QB 1st-Team; QBOTY; MVP


Winners will have a top 25 player trophy displayed within their player profile and This will be archived in the VFL vault. 

To put this in another perspective, these are the number of top players in the league by team

Bucs – 3
Bills – 1
Cardinals – 2
Vikings – 6
Rams – 4
Packers – 6
Browns – 3
Chiefs – 0

S2 Teams (Fun facts)

Going to go over a fun facts for each team this season; 1 pro, 1 con. Figured it would be an interesting read on how unique each team is this season. 

 

Arizona Cardinals

Positive – Ranked 1st in Special Teams

Negative – Ranked last in TFLs

 

 

Buffalo Bills 

Positive – Ranked 1st in Passing Yards

Negatives – Ranked Last in Sacks

 

 

Kansas City Chiefs

Positive – Most safeties in the league

Negative – Tied last in Def Ints

 

 

Minnesota Vikings

Positive – first in Def Ints

Negative – Last in Pass Comp & Atts

 

 

Tampa Bay Bucs

Positive – Most TFLs

Negative – Most Pass INTs

 

 

LA Rams

Positive – Most Def TDs

Negative – Ranked Last in Pass TDs

 

 

Cleveland Browns

Positive – Best Rushing Stats/ Most Sacks

Negative – Second to last in Passing Yards

 

 

Green Bay Packers 

Positive – Best TD to INT Ratio

Negative – Last in RAC

If the Season ended today

The following Teams would be in the playoffs: 

AFC

Bills

Browns

 

NFC

Packers

Rams

 

The following players would make probowl. Please advise that the superstar ability penalty is not applied to this list. The list was based on the score numbers presented in the players of the week determination method. 
* denotes Rookie

 NFCAFC
QB1BetterCa11xSaul WB Shig 
QB2Hogcrazy9934 Hutch x81 
RB1Del The Dude NORTHZIDE 
RB2itsXER0X *Cuban on Xbox *
WR1Kuhrow Outaker24 
WR2Farah En Fuego WB DrMelvo 
DL1Th3 R3al3st 260 Outaker24 
DL2F34R Painkiller NORTHZIDE 
LB1Shady on Xbox Xyzjoker02 
LB2itsXER0X *Hutch x81 
DB1JPxProdigie IamBeAsTe 
DB2Kxng x Champ WB DrMelvo 
Special TeamsECrossthaBOSS 

WB D3v0ur 

 

The following players would win the following ‘Of the Year’ awards. This is rewarded to the highest score at their position in the league. 

 VFL
QBOTYWB Shig
RBOTYNORTHZIDE 
WROTYOutaker24 
DLOTYOutaker24 
LBOTYShady on Xbox 
DBOTYIamBeAsTe 
STOTYECrossthaBOSS 

 

The following player would win the Rookie of the Year award:

itsXER0X

 

The following player would win MVP (Win/Lose Record is taken into account):

WB Shig

 

 

Alot of football to be played so this list can change dramatically. Again, this list is based on a numbers marco i use in excel to calculate scores. you can find the scoring method in any of the POTW articles. 

S2 Week 2 Players of the Week

Thanks again management for getting stats in by the deadline. Much smoother than week 1 due to a learning curve.  Players of the week are as followed like last week:

NFC – 1QB, 1RB, 1WR, 1DL, 1LB, 1DB

AFC – 1QB, 1RB, 1WR, 1DL, 1LB, 1DB

Since there will be 12 players for nomination, only the highest point valued player from each Conference will receive a custom player of the Week card which is presented at the bottom of this article. 

AFC Offense & Defense and NFC Offense and Defense. 

I used a point system to determine who won POTW. Below is the point system.

StatValue
Passing TD4
Passing YD0.05
QB INT-2
Rushing YD0.1
Rushing TD6
Fumble-2
REC YD0.1
REC0.5
REC TD6
TFL0.75
SACK1.25
DEF INT2
DEF TD6
FF2
P DEF0.9

Without further a do, here are your week 1 players of the week. 

AFC Offensive Players of the Week

QB - WB Shig (Bills) 32/40; 558 Pass YDs; 80% Pass Comp; 4 pass TDs; 2INTs; 17 rushes; 171 yds; 1 Rush TD

RB - Cuban on Xbox (Vikings) - 44 Rushes; 273 Yds; 6.2 avg; 5 Rush TDs; 10 Rec; 191 yds

WR - MN x Brisket (Bills) 29 Rec; 558 Yds; 4 Rec TDs; 99 RAC

AFC Defense Players of the Week

DL - Outaker24 (Chiefs) 17 TFLs; 4 Sacks; 1 FR; 1 DTD

LB - Xyzjoker02 (Vikings) 5 TFLs; 1 Sack; 2 INTs; 1 DTD

DB - IamBeAsTe (Browns) 4TFLs; 1 Sack; 7 DEF INTs; 2 Pass DEF; 2 DTDs

NFC Offensive Players of the Week

QB - BetterCa11xSaul (Packers) 40/52; 601 Pass YDs; 5 Pass TDs; 1 INT; 1 Rush TD

RB - Del The Dude (Packers) 41 atts; 197 Rush Yds; 4.9 avg; 10 Rec; 119 Rec YDs; 1 Rec TD

WR - Kuhrow (Bucs) 31 Rec; 539 YDs; 4 Rec TDs

NFC Defensive Player of the Week

DL - Th3 R3al3st 260 (Rams) - 9 TFLs; 5 Sacks; 1INT; 2 FF; 2 DTDs

LB - Shady on Xbox (Rams) 2 TFLs; 5 Def INTs; 1 PDEF; 3 DTDs

DB - JPxProdigie (Rams) 3 TFLs; 6 DEF INTs; 2 Pass DEF; 2 DTDs

ROTY Tracker

We have 33 members who are new to the league. Some have made immediate impact on their rosters, others still waiting on a chance to start and prove themselves. This list acknowledges the top rookies thus far. Only week 1 stats are taken into consideration. This list will be updated next week when week 2 stats are in. 

FYI, a VFL rookie is defined as someone who’s in their first season in THIS VFL. Previous experiences from either the EFL or OG VFL are ignored in this. 

If you are a rookie and feel these stats are better than the list, please DM me on discord and I can verify, I believe my rookie list is 95% accurate as I did a comparison with S1 FAs and S2 FAs

1.) Cuban on Xbox | RB/DB (Vikings)
30att 202yds 6.7AVG 2TDs
13recs 173yds 2TDs
1TFL 3INTs 2PDEF 1FF
1-2 W/L

2.) YG Luckyy | QB/DL (Chiefs)
41-52 495yds 78.5% 1INT
8tfls 2sacks
2-1 W/L

3.) Whiite MagiicX | QB/DB (Bills)
25-36 425yd 69% 1TD 5INTs
3TFLs 3INTs 1PDEF 1DTD
2-1 W/L

4.) King LoGiiC | RB/LB (Chiefs)
26att 152yds 5.8AVG 4TDs
4rec 89yds 2TDs
1INT 1PDEF
3-0 W/L

5.) Aceboogs98 | QB/DL (Vikings)
21-32 309yds 66% 2TDs 1NT
8tfls 2sacks
2-1 W/L

Week 1 Team Stat Analysis

This article is to provide an overview of each team stats and how they compare to the other teams of the league. Yellow denotes 1st

Silver denotes 2nd

Bronze Denotes 3rd

Given the passing stats above, the following (in order) is considered to be the best passing team going into Week 2

1. Buffalo Bills
2. Green Bay Packers
3. Kansas City Chiefs
4. Cleveland Browns
5. Minnesota Vikings
6. Los Angeles Rams
7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
8. Arizona Cardinals

Given the Rushing stats above, the following (in order) is considered to be the best rushing team going into Week 2.

1. Cleveland Browns
2. Minnesota Vikings
3. Kansas City Chiefs
4. Buffalo Bills
5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
6. Green Bay Packers
7. Los Angeles Rams
8. Arizona Cardinals

Given the Defensive stats above, the following (in order) is considered to be the best Defensive team going into Week 2.

1.) Cleveland Browns
2.) Los Angeles Rams
3.) Kansas City Chiefs
4.) Minnesota Vikings
5.) Green Bay Packers
6.) Buffalo Bills
7.) Arizona Cardinals
8.) Tampa Bay Buccaneers

S2 Week 1 Players of the Week

I would like to start off by saying thank you to team management for going above and beyond to capture their teams stats. While there are 72 roster spots, 80 players have some type of stats within the stat system which means even TCs stats were captured. Players of the week are as followed:

NFC – 1QB, 1RB, 1WR, 1DL, 1LB, 1DB

AFC – 1QB, 1RB, 1WR, 1DL, 1LB, 1DB

Since there will be 12 players for nomination, only the highest point valued player from each Conference will receive a custom player of the Week card which is presented at the bottom of this article. 

AFC Offense & Defense and NFC Offense and Defense. 

I used a point system to determine who won POTW. Below is the point system.

StatValue
Passing TD4
Passing YD0.05
QB INT-2
Rushing YD0.1
Rushing TD6
Fumble-2
REC YD0.1
REC0.5
REC TD6
TFL0.75
SACK1.25
DEF INT2
DEF TD6
FF2
P DEF0.9

Without further a do, here are your week 1 players of the week. 

AFC Offensive Players of the Week

QB - WB Shig (Bills) 34/37; 700 Pass YDs; 92% Pass Comp; 4 pass TDs; 1INT; 10 rushes; 62 yds; 3 Rush TDs

RB - NORTHZIDE (Browns) - 66 Rushes; 402 Yds; 6.1 avg; 5 Rush TDs; 18 Rec; 149 yds

WR - Outaker24 (Chiefs) 34 Rec; 642 Yds; 4 Rec TDs; 185 RAC

AFC Defense Players of the Week

DL - Outaker24 (Chiefs) 17 TFLs; 12 Sacks; 1 FF; 1 DTD

LB - Hutch x81 (Vikings) 7 TFLs; 3 INTs; 1 Pass DEF; 1 DTD

DB - IR x Brady (Chiefs) 2TFLs; 3 DEF INTs; 6 Pass DEF; 2 DTDs

NFC Offensive Players of the Week

QB - Hogcrazy9934 (Bucs) 39/58; 648 Pass YDs; 6 Pass TDs; 4 INTs

RB - itsXER0X (Bucs) 14 Att; 112 Rush Yds; 8 avg; 3 Rush TDs; 6 Rec; 88 Rec YDs

WR - xisaac 2raw (Bucs) 27 Rec; 470 YDs; 3 Rec TDs; 31 RAC

NFC Defensive Player of the Week

DL - Kuhrow (Bucs) - 15 TFLs; 7 Sacks

LB - MRxxUSERxxPICKx (Packers) 5 TFLs; 3 Def INTs; 3 FFs; 1 DTD

DB - Kxng x Champ (Cardinals) 3 TFLs; 6 DEF INTs; 1 Pass DEF; 1 DTD

VFL Presents: Ghost of VFL

Before the life of the VFL was… The VFL. This league ultimately extends all the way back to 2011 where the young minds of Fatal attack and others thought it was a good idea to create a 3v3 league. This league was housed on a website called LeagueArena as some of you know. For those that are new to this league, I would like to welcome you on a history lesson. From Madden 11 to Madden 25, the VFL was a league that lasted 14 seasons long. After Madden 25, EA decided to pull the plug on Online Teamplay and put more focus into MUT. 3 years later, MUT finally released a gamemode in which players could play a 3on3 within MUT. When MUT Squads became a thing, we tested the idea of running a league where teams competed in a MUT environment. This was housed under the company called Elite Team Play which in that era was called the EFL. 

During the last 10 years, the league has seen many players come and go. However, with the revival of the league, I wanted to focus this article on players that played in the Old VFL that are currently in the league. These 5 individuals had great success in the old league but the question is, can they continue their legacy after many years of absence? This list has no order.  

Hutchx81 aka TheHutch07 set the standard of a successful owner in the early days. You would compare him as the Vince Lombardi of the VFL. This guy season after season was able to put together a competitive roster every year. He presented ownership well and what I would consider a pioneer of the VFL when it first started. 

Accolades

2+ Superbowls

2+ QBOTY

1x DBOTY

5x Owner of the Year

1x MVP

6+ probowls

Old VFL HOFer

WillyDatdude aka Ugongetthiswork1018 aka ImUncleWillyson was considered one of the preimer defenders in the league. Multiple superbowl winner, and probowler, this dude emphasizes that Defense wins championships. 

Accolades

5x Superbowl Champion

1x LBOTY

2x Owner of the Year

1x Superbowl MVP

1x Defensive player of the year

5x Probowler

Brownies aka iiNsANiiTyo was a multi-threat offensive player who had multiple successes under RB and WR. He made a impact right away once he came into the league as a rookie by winning WROTY and Rookie of the year in the same season. 

Accolades

4x Probowler (2x at RB, 2x at WR)

1x WROTY

1x Rookie of the Year

Shady on Xbox aka BulkKiller1 was considered to be one of the best RBs for many seasons along with a top notch defensive back. In Season 10, he received both probowl nods for both RB and DB. As a lot may know, its quite an achievement to get a nod at one position, but earning them on both sides of the ball is very impressive. 

Accolades

1x RBOTY

9x probowler

JPxProdigie

JP was a player who not only made a presence on the field, but also in the boardroom. In the early days, JP went above and beyond to help the league grow and created content to efficiently market the league. 

Accolades

4x Pro Bowler
2x INT leader
2x VFLPA Prez
1x Walter Payton MOTY
Old VFL HOFer

Season 1 Superbowl Champion in this VFL. 

Honorable Mentions

NORTHZIDE

Kuhrow

Season 2 Draft Grades (Players and Team)

Firstly, I would like to say congrats to all owners and players on draft night. It’s one of the most exciting parts of each season. It was good to hear the draft went smoothly so thank you Ice the man for broadcasting, and the team he had with him last night.

Without further ado, here are my grades in terms of the draft. I will be including their pick from the team draft as well. This is solely my opinion. Each first rounder receives a unique MUT Draft edition card at the end of this article. 

Vikings

Team selection – C-

Player selection – B

Aries and his team drafted a solid player squad. Most of the players seem to be veteran players from the old VFL days. The issue I see with this team is the team selection. I understand there is a talent for the RB, WR, and defense. But I strongly feel the QB position is the foundation of a team. If you select a team with a poor QB, players that play the positions would not be attracted to play for that team. Orlando was a given first overall pick since he is a QB. Solid pick-up as well.

Rams

Team selection – B

Player selection – A-

The Rams did very well in terms of drafting player talent. 60% of the starting lineup played together on a playoff-caliber team last season so I do expect good things with this team. I think Realest at number 2 was solid but I think a QB should have been selected here. The Rams have addition with Von miller on defense and given that there was a patch for defense, this team may be difficult to score on as well.

Browns

Team Selection – B

Player selection – B-

Defeet at number 3 was a good choice given he was a QB. Husky has a good reputation from last season, JAD is a good use as well. Overall the team did solid in the draft my only concern is where all the pieces will fall. I heard Baker Mayfield is a struggle to use which is why I have the team grade a B.

Chiefs

Team selection – B+

Player selection – B-

While we patiently wait for a badge update soon, I still consider the chiefs to be a great team to use overall. In terms of the player draft, I’m shocked I went number 4 due to not doing any tryouts. However, this team had all QBs going into the draft so it was good they picked a WR/DL. I have talked to everyone on the team and I believe Rusty and his team drafted a balanced competitive team that seems to be cultured well.

Packers

Team selection – B

Player Selection – A-

Most of this roster is a returning roster of the Season 1 champions. Key players are missing like JP but I think this team can be very competitive throughout the season. The addition to drafting Marc is solid and he is a good QB. They have a gem in TC by the name of Carnage who was an owner last season so I can expect him to work his way up a VFL roster this season. The packers are overall a good team to use and with the next rating update, this team should get a healthy boost in overalls.

Bills

Team selection – A-

Player selection – B+

Bills are arguably one of the best teams to take so Sig and his management did well in selecting them. If they get the right subs in on defense, it’ll be a tough team to score on. Most of the WB clan is back together again and they competed in the Superbowl with the Raiders so I do expect good things with this squad. Woodhy on the TC gives this team depth at the DL position. They did draft a rookie QB in the first round so expectations are high for this player. He is the first rookie to be drafted and the only rookie who took in the first round.

Buccaneers

Team selection – A

Player selection – B+

I think the Bucs are the best team to use this season. Almost every position is great, especially on offense. Hogcrazy was their first-round selection which is an ideal pick in the later round. DJrage, iaasc, and Radio are all solid pickups given that they placed a max bid on Kuhrow and couldn’t select the rest of their team in round 5.

Cardinals

Team selection – A

Player selection – C

Beatdown and his management did great in the team selection; not so well in the player selection. No offense to childplease but I had him the sixth-best QB on the draft board with better QBs available to pick. I understand the first round needed to be a QB but many X factor skilled players were available. I predicted child to go in the third round. Farah was a solid pick-up, Likewise with icetheman and ECrosstheBoss. They do have depth in TC with whodat and Mike.

VFL Season 2 Mock Draft!!!

Wanted to thank Outaker , Kuhrow , Brownies , YG Lucky for helping with this mock draft!

Bucs and Chiefs will be missing picks due to max bidding Kuhrow and IR Brady. They will also each have 2 picks in rounds 6 and 7

Also this was done before the Bills used their max bid on 850.

Round 1.

Vikings – OrlandoStayWoke

Rams – Realest 260

Browns – Revis

Chiefs – 850

Packers – BetterCallSaul

Bills – WB DeVour

Bucs – ChildPlease

Cardinals – XxBigMarc

Round 2.

Vikings – Xyzjoker02

Rams – MidnightxYork

Browns – HuskyNuts

Packers – Hogcrazy

Bills – WB J Le22

Cardinals – Outaker

Round 3.

Vikings – Woohdy V2

Rams – Dre206

Browns – JBX

Packers – Prime Re

Bills – WB Juicebox

Cardinals – Brownies

Round 4.

Vikings – ClutchxKing215

Rams – Schmeatxgodly

Browns – Scaly Manfish

Packers – Ugongetthiswork

Bills – WB zsleep WTS

Cardinals – XBeachmode

Round 5.

Vikings – Farah En Fuego

Rams – Dfeetu44

Browns – DJRageQuit

Chiefs – Kdot

Packers – Fear PainKiller

Bills – MN x Brisket

Bucs – Xisaac 2raw

Cardinals – Del The Dude

Round 6.

Vikings – Goodfella TG

Rams – AceBoogs98

Browns – TLP Kavious

Chiefs – Highwalker

Packers – Radio

Bills – Yo relax

Bucs – Ice The Man

Cardinals – NATECASHMNEY

Chiefs – JAY4WY

Bucs – DMV COACH

Round 7.

Vikings – whodat0910

Rams – JP Prodigie

Browns – SureBuckets

Chiefs – Ihoop x

Packers – Easty TG

Bills – CjMacJr

Bucs – SwishxNC

Cardinals – Carnage311

Chiefs – Utah AP

Bucs – DatboyKarma