An Interview with BL's Losingest User

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MOST LOSSES: JESSE
 

With 234 total losses across five cycles, Jesse has the most career losses in league history. While not the worst player in the league, he has competed in every Madden through thick and thin. He was gracious enough to reflect with me about his time in the league and what to expect going forward.

 

Once again, here are Connor’s thoughts about one of the OG’s of our league:
 

Back when I used to do midseason power rankings pods I think I said the same thing about Jesse every single time: if he embraced the Kiing approach to Madden and focused on running and defense, I think he’d be a tough out for anyone and would be able to piece together a couple winning seasons each cycle. Just in M21, he was able to find unprecedented success in season 3 with a 12-4 season featuring wins over Dan, Lil Alex and Steel, and reached at least 10 wins in the final three seasons of M20. His ability to read running lanes and take away your preferred route concepts with his user is unimpeachable, but too often he reacts to a small deficit by yeeting that bitch deep and turning competitive games into blowout losses. There was a direct correlation between how run-heavy he was and how much trouble I had with him in our M21 divisional matchups. Off the field Jesse is a Miami brother, a Shepley Hotel king, one of the hottest users in the league (literally… did you see those sunburns?) and I’m happy to have broken bread with him irl. It saddened me when he retired between cycles and I’m glad he’s back for M22, but he did himself no favors by getting stuck in a division with Austin, Kiing, and Cam the Preseason God. Dumpoffs and runs Jesse! Dumpoffs and runs!

Here is my interview with the Mr Jesse:

 

J: Oh shit am I.

Well I’ll take some pride in that but go ahead fire away

 

 

D: Ok hahaha, so I guess my first question is what is your reaction to this distinction?

 

 

J: Well I mean, you don’t have the most losses in BL unless you’ve been here a while, and I’ve been here since January of m17 so I understand why I have the most losses, m17-m19 were some dark days

 

D: Absolutely. It's more of a testament to your longevity than anything.
What was your favorite Madden to play? Least favorite?

 

J: I would say m18 and m20 are tied for my favorites to play. M18 just because of 1. The gameplay and 2. Being able to actually draft good players beyond the 1st round. M20 because of the blinkers, which I know a lot of users are against, but the days of XF Jordan Howard and XF Raijon Haynes made playing so much more fun when your good players are actually making an impact. Least favorite Madden was definitely m19 and m21. M19 just wasn't enjoyable and m21, everything we knew about abilities and blinkers completely changed. Good abilities are no longer good, good abilities are harder to get

 

D: Would you say those were your most enjoyable times in the league overall, 18 and 20? 

 

J: I would say for sure. Even though I sucked at m18, the league was booming, so much activity in the league, Connors podcasts made the league go crazy each time one dropped, a lot of the users we have here now joined in m18, and then m20, coming back to BL after being gone for a while, finally hitting playoffs and winning games, plus the league was in a good balance of toxic and fun as far as chat, so yeah I would say they were the most enjoyable

 

D: Let's transition over to teams. Talk a little bit about the best team you ever built in this league.

 

J: I would definitely say either my lions team at the end of m18, or my Steelers team in m20. I will give partial credit for that lions team to my man Connor. He drafted most of the key pieces to that lions team. I joined in with like 2 seasons left and drafted a few of them.

 

D: Connor is a great guy for sure. Now if you can remember, through all the years, is there one game you wished you had back?

 

J: I would definitely say a wildcard loss against Connor in m21. Had a great roster and was having a good season and couldn’t go on a farther run

 

D: What about your best win?

 

J: Oof. I’d have to say my win with ochos burner in the playoffs. Only because I took a team I had no experience with and played against a user who beat me earlier that season, and got my first playoff win

 

D: How do you see yourself as the Dolphins in 22?

 

J: Well, truly I’m not sure. I have yet to try out m22. I’ll have a decent team and a lot of pieces to be excited about, but I think I’ll do well. I’m just excited to have a team that isn’t my favorite, where I have sentimental value as far as players, I can trade anyone and not be torn doing it

 

D: One last thing, talk to me about your time in BL, what it has become, and where you'd like to see us go in the future.

 

J: I’m glad you asked that, I love BL, it was my first CFM ever, and to see it from its early days until now is night and day. The users we have are constantly active, interacting with other users more and more, the content we do, everything it has become, I love it and hope we can continue to do more. I’ve been in a good bit of leagues and the amount of history, content, activity, the friendship you see between users, BL has always been the best and I hope we do nothing but continue to grow and get better.

 

D: Thank you for your time, Jesse! Despite your distinction, you're certainly a winner in my book.

 

J: You’re welcome and don’t you sweet talk me Dan, I'm not that easy.