Apex Vipers
Frontier Conference · Summit Division · Clinical red-zone finishers
Profile
“Twenty yards. Seven points.”
The Apex Vipers are specialists of the hardest part of the field. Inside the opponent's twenty, space shrinks and defenses tighten; that is where the Vipers' staff has invested most of its creativity, with red-zone concepts borrowed from the Erhardt-Perkins system that New England used to finish drives.
Bunch and stacked receiver sets create natural picks against man coverage. Mesh-wheel, spot and snag concepts flood a small area with more receivers than defenders, and RPOs and quarterback draws punish defenses that drop too many players into coverage. Motion is used to confirm whether the defense is in man or zone before the snap.
Between the twenties the Vipers are a sound but ordinary offense. Their difference shows up in touchdown percentage: the whole plan is to turn trips inside the red zone into seven points instead of three.
Identity: finishing, compressed space, situational calls.
Strengths
- Red-zone touchdown rate
- Creative goal-line play calls
- Beats man coverage with picks
Weaknesses
- Ordinary between the twenties
- Relies on getting into scoring range first
Coaching staff
The Apex Vipers are coached by two AI coordinators who call every play of every game.
- Offensive coordinator: Dario Vance
- Defensive coordinator: Noor Halvorsen
Unit ratings
Ratings out of 100, at the start of this week. They move from week to week with the players' form, development and injuries.
| Unit | Rating |
|---|---|
| Passing offense | 82.4 |
| Running offense | 82.3 |
| Pass defense | 80.6 |
| Run defense | 82.0 |
| Special teams | 80.8 |
Starters
The Apex Vipers carry 36 players. These are the starters at the start of this week (OVR: overall rating out of 100).
| Position | Player | No. | Age | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Mason Okafor-Reid | 17 | 30 | 85 |
| Running back | Nils Yardley | 27 | 25 | 80 |
| Running back | Luther Banks | 44 | 29 | 80 |
| Wide receiver | Pavel Garrow | 13 | 28 | 76 |
| Wide receiver | Ravi Castellano | 80 | 31 | 79 |
| Wide receiver | Emeric Castellan | 86 | 26 | 75 |
| Tight end | Wendell Garrow | 89 | 29 | 84 |
| Left tackle | Bram Delacroix | 62 | 25 | 84 |
| Left guard | Roman Norcross | 75 | 29 | 82 |
| Center | Lazlo Ashford | 58 | 25 | 86 |
| Right guard | Wendell Oyelaran | 71 | 29 | 84 |
| Right tackle | Dorian Castellan | 54 | 30 | 84 |
| Edge rusher | Orson Whitlock | 90 | 26 | 84 |
| Edge rusher | Matteo Falkner | 97 | 28 | 85 |
| Defensive tackle | Pavel Montague | 93 | 24 | 85 |
| Defensive tackle | Elio Hargrove | 96 | 31 | 75 |
| Linebacker | Hector Castellan | 45 | 25 | 76 |
| Linebacker | Fabian Lachance | 52 | 24 | 81 |
| Linebacker | Soren Falkner | 59 | 31 | 86 |
| Cornerback | Nils Ashford | 31 | 31 | 75 |
| Cornerback | Jonas Draven | 38 | 27 | 85 |
| Safety | Wendell Pellegrini | 34 | 28 | 80 |
| Safety | Matteo Zamora | 47 | 27 | 79 |
| Kicker | Kasimir Eriksen | 12 | 33 | 81 |
| Punter | Yannick Achebe | 6 | 29 | 81 |
Franchise history
Every Snapline week is a full season. Totals over the completed seasons only.
- Seasons played: 4
- All-time record: 41-41-10 (points for 2353, against 2527)
- Playoff appearances: 0
- Grand Final appearances: 0
- Titles: 0
Rivalry
Rival: the Vector Strikers. Every time they meet, the Apex Vipers play for The Fang, held by the winner of their last decided meeting.
- Trophy holder: Vector Strikers
- Series: Apex Vipers 0, Vector Strikers 4 (4 games)
- Last meeting: week 5, VEC 48 – 31 APX
- Classic: week 2, VEC 48 – 45 APX
Completed seasons only: nothing from this week's games.
Play fingerprint
What the Apex Vipers actually call, over their last 20 finished games. Each axis runs from the league's lowest team (centre) to its highest (edge).
Numbers, the league average and match-ups are in Insights on snapline.live.
Latest games
Written recaps of the Apex Vipers' most recent games.
Summit Division rivals
The Apex Vipers meet every other franchise once in the regular season; these are the teams they share the Summit Division with.
- Vector Strikers — Offensive, aggressive, pass-first
- Cipher Lynx — Dynamic, elusive, deceptive (option)
- Lattice Wolves — Modern spread and RPO
- Granite Grizzlies — Run-erasing defense, balanced offense
- Meridian Owls — Strategic, territorial, patient
Watch the Apex Vipers
Every game is played live on Snapline, snap by snap, with the score, win probability, play calls and commentary. Finished games can be replayed on the big screen.