Starting again in Seattle

[Mike3207]

Ok, will be starting a new career again. This time I decided to pick a new franchise i haven't done before. They are one I have switched to before in a franchise after a few years, but never started with them before. I picked the Seattle Seahawks, because I wanted to do a northwest oriented team.

HC Michael Smith
Commander
All philosophies Balanced

Playbook:

Zone-Broncos base offensive playbook, with some other plays added. I'll be the first to admit it's very unlikely I'll ever completely drop the Spread, but at least it won't be my base playbook any more.

Defense-I kept the Seahawks base playbook, but added some cover 2, 3-3-5, 4-6, and 3-4 plays as well. It's a fairly small playbook, so lots of room to add new plays for future.

House Rules:

Start with performance 3, but slowly raise it after that. 3 year limit for position coaches, 4 years for coordinators. I'll avoid advanced special skills for GM as much as possible, and limit use of position based special skills for cooordinators and HC.

Nothing special with either sliders or roster. I thought about using a custom roster, but have tabled the notion for now. It might be something I look at again in the future.

Coaching staff-Mora will stay, maybe even made the DC. So will the GM Russell. Everything else is yet to be determined, but I wouldn't plan on anyone else being around for long.

Roster cuts:


WR Nate Burleson-71-7.6 million-Not too hard a cut.
DT Rocky Berrard-76-4.3 million. You have to be a little better to earn 4.3 million.
SS Mike Green-68-1.1 million.

Franchise Tag:

Bears-ROLB Lance Briggs-90-25-8.4 million
Bengals-RE Justin Smith-89-27-8.9 million
Cowboys-LT Flozell Adams-86-32-7.0 million
Patriots-WR Randy Moss-96-30-8.1 million
Raiders-CB Nnamdi Asomugha-91-26-8.3 million
Seahawks-CB Marcus Trufant-90-25-8.3 million
Titans- DT Albert Haynesworth-92-26-9.1 million.

Season Goals:

Season goals were a bit strange this time. 85+TE and 85 + kicker, but they're designed around filling positions with a less than 75 overall. Players that are 75-79 overall won't get a goal, which seems a bit odd to me.

85 + TE
85+ K
85+ RE

That's it for now, will look to stick to two updates every weekend for the time being.

[Mike3207]

2008 FA Period

All FA Players are 85 overall and over. Age is shown, along with overall and overall contract.

Trades:

Seahawks traded SS Deon Grant, DT Marcus Tubbs, and 2009 3rd to the Texans for RE Mario Williams.

Seahawks trade HB Maurice Morris to Lions for 2009 4th.

CB Asante Samuel-91-26-5 years, 44.0 million-Saints.
HB Marion Barber-2nd round pick-89-24-5 years, 37.0 million-Giants.
FS Eugene Wilson-90-27-5 years, 23.0 million-Bengals.
LG Alan Faneca-93-29-5 years, 44.0 million-Broncos.
RT Jordan Gross-92-27-5 years, 36.0 million-Broncos.
ROLB Terrell Suggs-88-24-3 years, 23.0 million-Dolphins.
FS Ken Hamlin-86-26-4 years, 16.0 million-Dolphins.
LE Antwan Odom-88-25-4 years, 28.0 million-Bucs.
HB Shaun Alexander-85-30--4 years, 23.0 million-Falcons.
CB Randall Gay-85-25-4 years, 19.0 million-Chiefs.
LG Stacy Andrews-87-26-5 years, 26.0 million-Panthers.
K Rob Bironas-90-29-2 years, 4.8 million-Seahawks.
K Jason Elam-90-37-2 years, 4.8 million-Titans.
RG Ben Noll-86-23-4 years, 18.0 million-Broncos.
RG Jake Scott-86-26-5 years, 22.0 million-Packers.
LG Ruben Brown-86-35- 1 year, 4.2 million-Lions.
K Josh Brown-88-28-2 years, 3.8 million-Chiefs.
C Jeff Faine-87-26-3 years, 14.0 million-Bengals.
K Olindo Mare-85-34- 1 year, 1.6 million-49ers.
P Mitch Berger-86-35-1 year, 1.0 million-Panthers.
P Matt Turk-85-39-1 year, 900k-Dolphins.

New Season Goals:

Find a Sleeper
Don't Draft a Bust.

Overall, the Seahawks have less holes to fill than a lot of bad teams. It's just a matter of transitioning over the veterans I have to young players in the future.

[Mike3207]

2008 Draft-Round 1

I'm having trouble with my copy of HC so I've ordered a new copy. I'll put putting up at a minimum the 1st round and will follow with the remainder of the 2008 Draft when i'm able to finish it. Trades in the first round first, then the draft recap.

Trades;

1-3 Falcons to Chiefs for 1-5, 3-66, and 3-73.
1-8-Ravens to Panthers for 1-13, 3-70, and 2009 3rd.
1-17 to Broncos for 2-42 and 2009 2nd.
1-21-to Bills for 3-72, 2009 2nd, and 2009 3rd.
1-26-Jagaurs to Cowboys for 1-28 and 3-92.

2008 NFL Draft - Round 1 Recap
Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt
1-1	Miami Dolphins	Jake Long	LT	6'7	313
1-2	St. Louis Rams	Vernon Gholston	ROLB	6'3	266
1-3	Kansas City chiefs	Chris Long	RE	6'3	275
1-4	Oakland Raiders	Glenn Dorsey	DT	6'1	310
1-5	Atlanta Falcons	Leodis Mckelvin	CB	5'10	186
1-6	New York Jets	Matt Ryan	QB	6'5	218
1-7	New England Patriots	Darren McFadden	HB	6'0	210
1-8	Carolina Panthers	Keith Rivers	ROLB	6'3	230
1-9	Cincinnati Bengals	Sedrick Ellis	DT	6'1	295
1-10	New Orleans Saints	Jerod Mayo	LOLB	6'2	233
1-11	Buffalo Bills	Branden Albert	LG	6'7	317
1-12	Denver Broncos	Ryan Clady	LT	6'6	319
1-13	Baltimore Ravens	Derrick Harvey	LE	6'4	271
1-14	Chicago Bears	Joe Flacco	QB	6'7	222
1-15	Detroit Lions	Dominique Cromartie	CB	6'1	181
1-16	Arizona Cardinals	Chris Williams	LT	6'6	315
1-17	Denver Broncos	Rashard Mendenhall	HB	5'11	225
1-18	Houston Texans	Duane Brown	LT	6'5	290
1-19	Philadelphia Eagles	Jeff Otah	RT	6'5	315
1-20	Tampa Bay Bucs	Mike Jenkins	CB	6'0	200
1-21	Buffalo Bills	Antoine Cason	CB	6'0	182
1-22	Dallas Cowboys	Chris Johnson	HB	5'10	198
1-23	Pittsburgh Steelers	Gosder Cherilus	RT	6'6	312
1-24	Tennessee Titans	Lawrence Jackson	LE	6'4	271
1-25	Seattle Seahawks	Kenny Phillips	SS	6'2	202
1-26	Dallas Cowboys	Aqib Talib	CB	6'2	180
1-27	San Diego Chargers	Kentwan Balmer	DT	6'5	288
1-28	Jacksonville Jaguars	Sam Baker	LT	6'5	305
1-29	San Francisco 49ers	Philip Merling	RE	6'4	276
1-30	Green Bay Packers	Felix Jones	HB	6'1	222
1-31	St. Louis Rams	Tracy Porter	CB	6'0	187
1-32	Miami Dolphins	Brandon Flowers	CB	5'10	190

[Mike3207]

2008 Draft-Day 2

Ok, here's the rest of the draft, along with my trades. I should be back with the rest of my normal 2 posts this weekend, because my new copy of HC came today in the mail.Everything seems good so far.

Trades:

2-44-Bears to Seahawks for WR Deion Branch, 6(183), and 2009 5th. I then traded this pick to the 49ers for their 3(75), 4 (112), and 5 (135).

2-55-to Patriots for 2(62), 4 (127), and 5 (159).

3-86- to Patriots for 3(94), 6 (184), AND 2009 6th.

4-108-Lions to Seahawks for 4(112), 7 (218), and 2009 6th.

NFL Draft - Remainder of Draft
Pick	Player	College	Pos	Ht	Wt
2-62	Ray Rice	Rutgers	HB	5'9	200
3-75	Earl Bennett	Vanderbilt	WR	6'1	202
3-94	Jermichael Finley	Texas	TE	6'5	238
4-108	Mario Manningham	Michigan	WR	6'0	181
4-118	Josh Johnson	San Diego	QB	6'3	213
4-127	David Hale	Weber State	LG	6'2	326
5-135	Roy Schuening	Oregon State	RG	6'4	312
5-159	Athya Rubin	Iowa State	DT	6'3	322
6-184	Carl Stewart	Auburn	FB	6'2	224

[Mike3207]

2008 Training Camp

HB Ray Rice-4 years, 2.3 million, 500K signing bonus.

Trade-Seahawks traded LG Mike Wahle to Bengals for 2009 3rd.

New Season Goals:

Sign SS Kenny Phillips before the season starts.
Increase LT Walter Jones Play knowledge to 48%
Increase QB Matt Hasselbeck's PK to 48%
Increase WR Bobby Engram's PK to 48%
Add 10 new plays

Signed SS Kenny Phillips-5 years, 10.4 million, 2.0 million SB.

New Season Goals:

Play LE Patrick Kerney 50 downs
Play RE Mario Williams 50 downs
Play SS Kenny Phillips 50 downs

[Mike3207]

Preseason 2008

Preseason Game 1-Seahawks 35, Vikings 10

Hasselbeck 277 pass yds, Engram 91 rec yds
Kerney, Williams 3 sacks
Jennings, Trufant INTs

Coach upgrades-HC Int Dev DL2, GM-Small School Insider.

Preseason Game 2-Seahawks 24, Bears 3

Bennett 127 rec yds
Kerney 5 sacks, Trufant INT
CU-HC-Int Dev LB 2

Preseason Game 3- Chargers 34, Seahawks 13

Bennett 81 rec yds, Phillips INT

CU-HC-Int Dev TE 2, DLC-Perf 2
Injury-SS Kenny Phillips-strained hamstring-4-6 weeks

Preseason Promise-Win at least 3 games

Preseason Game 4-Seahawks 49, Raiders 14

Woodson 4 pass TDs, Bennett 245 rec yds
Manningham 106 rec yds, Vobora INT
CU-HC-Lrn Dev RB 2, DC-Perf 3, RBC-Perf 2, OLC-Perf 2, LBC-Perf 2

Season Goals:

Crush Rams in Week 3
Win 3/4 games
Re-sign CB Marcus Trufant
Win Defensive Rookie of the Year with SS Kenny Phillips(or any rookie)
Have 80+ approval at end of year

The draft path is English, after years of Zazzali and Sweetney. I hope preseason doesn't reflect the real season, because I couldn't run the ball to save my life. Depth Chart and Salary Cap information to follow.

[Mike3207]

2008 Salary Cap and Team Roster

On the team roster, numbers by player names are overalls and potentials. Cap information first, then the team roster.Player personnel decisions are likely to be complicated on the English path. Players like Peterson are very good, but do you keep them on the roster when there'a a better player in the next draft?Something to watch.


NFL Cap-116 million
Team Cap- 73.1 million
Cap Room-17.55 million
Current Penalties-25.35 million
Potential Incentives-0
Next Year's penalties- 8.63 million

2008 Seattle Seahawks
#	OFFENSE	POS	AGE	HT	WT	COLLEGE
8	Matt Hasselbeck- 89/89	QB	31	6'4	223	Boston College
3	Andre Woodson- 77/94	QB	22	6'5	230	Kentucky
11	Josh Johnson- 68/92	QB	22	6'3	213	San Diego
30	Ray Rice- 79/87	HB	22	5'9	200	Rutgers
33	Boof Glaser- 70/80	HB	20	5'7	195	Arkansas
24	Rocky Holmberg- 72/80	HB	21	5'9	206	Nebraska-Omaha
32	Carl Stewart- 76/84	FB	22	6'2	224	Auburn
88	Earl Bennett- 76/90	WR	22	6'1	202	Vanderbilt
84	Bobby Engram- 85/85	WR2	34	5'10	188	Penn State
81	Mario Manningham-75/90	WR3	22	6'0	181	Michigan
87	Andy Sherry- 70/84	WR4	22	5'11	177	UCF
86	Courtney Taylor- 68/81	WR5	24	6'2	204	Auburn
17	Austin Myles- 67/80	WR6	22	5'10	184	Utah State
80	Jermichael Finley- 69/88	TE1	21	6'5	238	Texas
89	Mike Peterson- 58/84	TE2	22	6'2	257	NW Missouri State
83	Deangelo Dotson- 67/78	TE3	22	6'2	258	Texas State
71	Walter Jones- 95/95	LT1	33	6'5	308	Florida State
76	Makoa Freitas- 72/72	LT2	27	6'4	307	Arizona
68	David Hale- 74/87	LG1	22	6'2	326	Weber State
67	Rob Sims- 77/78	LG2	23	6'4	310	Ohio State
65	Chris Spencer- 82/84	C1	26	6'3	307	Ole Miss
63	Jamil Shaw- 68/77	C2	23	6'2	301	Illinois State
64	Roy Schuening- 73/86	RG1	22	6'4	317	Oregon State
62	Chris Gray- 75/75	RG2	38	6'3	308	Auburn
75	Sean Locklear- 83/85	RT1	27	6'4	308	N.C. State
74	Ray Willis- 73/75	RT2	26	6'6	327	Florida State
#	DEFENSE	POS	AGE	HT	WT	COLLEGE
97	Patrick Kerney- 91/91	LE	29	6'5	273	Virginia
95	Glen Knight- 75/88	LE2	20	6'3	293	Ohio
90	Mario Williams- 88/93	RE1	22	6'7	291	N.C. State
55	Darryl Tapp- 72/74	RE2	22	6'2	265	Virginia Tech
92	Brandon Mebane- 82/85	DT1	22	6'1	305	California
69	Athya Rubin- 80/84	DT2	22	6'3	322	Iowa State
78	Ethan Kelley- 71/71	DT3	27	6'2	320	Baylor
56	Leroy Hill- 82/83	LOLB1	24	6'1	229	Clemson
58	Peter Gordon- 77/83	LOLB2	23	6'2	241	Weber State
51	Lofa Tatupu- 89/91	MLB1	23	5'11	238	USC
52	Mitch Bender- 77/82	MLB2	22	6'1	241	Stanford
59	Julian Peterson- 89/89	ROLB1	30	6'3	235	Michigan State
53	David Vobora- 68/83	ROLB2	20	6'4	234	Idaho
23	Marcus Trufant- 90/91	CB1	25	5'11	199	Washington State
21	Kelly Jennings- 84/89	CB2	25	5'11	178	Miami
22	Jack Ikegwuonu-75/80	CB3	22	6'2	204	Wisconsin
29	Wally Carson- 74/80	CB4	21	5'11	187	No College
27	Jordan Babineaux- 76/76	CB5	26	6'0	200	N/A
25	Brian Russell-85/85	FS1	29	6'2	204	S.D. State
37	Donny Ottis- 72/79	FS2	21	6'1	200	Yale
45	Kenny Phillips- 86/92	SS1	21	6'2	202	Miami
46	Kelin Johnson- 79/84	SS2	22	5'11	212	Georgia
#	SPECIAL TEAMS	POS	AGE	HT	WT	COLLEGE
2	Rob Bironas- 90/93	K1	29	6'0	200	Ga. Southern
13	Alexis Serna- 83/92	K2	22	5'8	170	Oregon State
1	Ryan Plackemeier- 83/90	P	24	6'3	252	Wake Forest

[Mike3207]

2008 Season-Game 1-Seahawks 45, Bills 13

I wasn't really expecting a big win early in the season, but it may be that the Bills offense wasn't really on track yet. A good start for the first season-let's hope it's the start of good things to come.

Coach upgrades-HC-Lrn Dev DL 2, LRN Dev LB 2, OC-INT Dev OL 2, WRC-Perf 3, LBC-LRN Dev LB 2, DBC-Int Dev DB4.

OPOW-QB Matt Hasselbeck-21-31-316-3 pass TDs.

Seattle Seahawks at Buffalo Bills
Sep 7, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Seattle Seahawks (1-0)	14	14	3	14	45
Buffalo Bills (0-1)	0	7	0	6	13

Team Stats Comparison
	SEA	BUF
Total Offense	456	180
Rushing Yards	112	42
Passing Yards	344	138
First Downs	18	10
Punt Return Yards	66	11
Kick Return Yards	0	104
Total Yards	522	295
Turnovers	1	3
3rd Down Converstion	4-9	4-13
4th Down Conversion	1-1	1-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/1	1/0
Penalties	3-30	2-20
Posession Time	34:52	25:05

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		SEA	BUF
	(SEA) Touchdown-2 yd rush by R. Rice	7	0
	(SEA) M. Hasselbeck pass to M. Manningham for 14 yd TD	14	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		SEA	BUF
	(SEA) M. Hasselbeck pass to J. Finley for 25 yd TD	21	0
	(BUF) Touchdown-25 yd rush by M. Lynch	21	7
	(SEA) M. Hasselbeck pass to J. Finley for 10 yd TD	28	7
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		SEA	BUF
	(SEA) A. Serna-20 yd FG good	31	7
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		SEA	BUF
	(BUF) D. Culpepper pass to N. Ellis for 3 yd TD	31	13
	(SEA) INT-D. Culpepper pass INT'd by L. Hill for TD	38	13
	(SEA) Touchdown-31 yd rush by R. Rice	45	13

Seattle Seahawks PASSING C/A YDS TD INT M. Hasselbeck 21/31 316 3 0 J. Johnson 2/5 28 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R.Rice 18 95 5.2 2 C. Stewart 3 9 3.0 0 J. Johnson 3 8 2.6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 8 124 15.5 0 B. Engram 6 79 13.1 0 A. Sherry 3 58 19.3 0 J. Finley 2 35 17.5 2 M.Manningham 2 42 21.0 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK S. Locklear 3 0 C. Stewart 2 0 W. Jones 2 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD M. Williams 4 1 0 0 P.Kerney 4 1 0 0 L.Tatupu 5 1 0 0 K. Johnson 2 0 1 0 L.Hill 3 0 1 1 B****ssell 6 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A.Serna 1/2 6/6 9 20 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 R.Plackemeier 2 87 43.5 1 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E.Bennett 4 66 16.5 0

Buffalo Bills PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Culpepper 16/35 148 1 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M.Lynch 14 26 1.8 1 D.Culpepper 3 43 14.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD N.Ellis 4 33 8.2 1 L.Evans 3 43 14.3 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK J.Peters 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J.Greer 3 0 1 0 A.Crowell 10 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R.Lindell 0/0 1/1 1 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B.Moorman 7 335 47.8 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD R.Parrish 2 56 28.0 0 A.Cason 2 48 24.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD R.Parrish 1 11 11.0 0