MP: eNFL St. Louis Rams

mtaystl03 · 12-03-2003, 04:27 PM

First, a little background. The eNFL is a multi-player league which has formed here at FOFC. It is a real teams and real players league. I have accepted responsibilities of the St. Louis Rams and look to lead them to further glory.

The league sims on Wednesday and Saturday of every week.
Check out our website and, if interested, join the waiting list.

Now on to my Rams!

Here is a quick look at my staff:
Head Coach - Darrell Sutton:
Motivation - Good
Discipline - Very good
Offensive play-calling - Good
Defensive play-calling - Good
Injury Avoidance - Very good
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I am liking what I see from Mr. Sutton. His individual player ratings arent as good (four "fair", three "good", two "average")
I like to see his "very good" in injury avoidance.

Lead Scout - Freddie Patino:
QB - Good
RB- Poor
WR - Average
OL - Fair
K/P - Good
DL - Good
LB - Fair
CB/S - Fair
Youth - Good
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About the middle of the pack in terms of scouts. He will do just fine. At least the one that he is rated "poor" at I know I have a stud in Marshall Faulk. The young talent rating of "good" is also a plus.

Offensive Coordinator - Alan Barton:
QB - Good
RB - Very Good
Rec- Good
OL - Average
K/P - Average
Youth - Average
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Not bad.

Defensive Coordinator - Lamar Price:
K/P - Good
DL - Good
LB - Very Good
CB/S - Fair
Youth - Good
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Again, can't complain too much.

First thing is first. I decided to take a good long look at the roster and find the first needs. The fullback position was a hole staring me right in the face from the beginning. I knew going in, I would have somewhat of a QB "controversy" with Warner and Bulger. I also noticed that I needed to get to work on re-negotiaitions before the season starts. I am looking to sign the following players to long(er) term deals:

OT - Orlando Pace (1 yr. remaining)
OG- Adam Timmerman (1 yr. remaining)
DE - Grant Wistrom (1 yr. remaining)
LB - Tommy Polley (2 yrs. remaining)

I would love to get the first three signed so I won't have to worry about that come free agency at the end of the season. Polley looks like a very promising linebacker and his leadership is a very high 98 (good for those young linebackers coming in).

Ironically Pace has the lowest rated agent in terms of stubborn negotiator (33). Wistrom has an average 48 and the other two are rather high (Timmerman is a very high 85 and Polley has a high 75).

Looking at the secondary I notice some changes need to be made. I have decided to cut FS Kim Herring to save cap room. He is pretty expensive and we are tight with the cap. I also decided to move Aeneas Williams (actually gained some attributes with the move) from strong to free safety which would open up the strong safety job to Adam Archuleta. I also moved Jason Sehorn from a safety position to a cornerback to strengthen that weakness. My new secondary looks like this:
RCB - Jason Sehorn
LCB - Fred Weary
SS - Adam Archuleta
FS - Aeneas Williams

On to the fullback situation. I contacted several GM's about aquiring a fullback. The Patriots, Chargers and Texans each had good backups so I contacted all three. The Pats were the frontrunner and after some negotiation for Fred McCrary, things fell through. I then got in touch with the Texans and we agreed to the following deal:
Rams get: FB Greg Comella
Texans get: 7th round draft pick - 2004.
I am very happy with this trade. Comella is a good (not great) fullback that will help open holes for Faulk and protect whoever is quarterbacking this team. He will see few carries.

So I sent in the first export file with four hopeful renegotiated contracts, a trade for a fullback, I also offered a contract to SS Wade Wright, a guy my scout sees as a good special teams performer who can fill out my roster.

I will update after the first sim!
-Mark

mtaystl03 · 12-03-2003, 05:01 PM

Well, the first sim was only two games and it was mostly for teams to start filling their rosters with promising young players and to fill holes. This is the first opportunity we all had at getting things going in the right direction in terms of the free agents. Most that had any value would most likely get snagged after this sim. I wasn't too worried about this and focused more on re-negotiations.

Those didn't go so well:

Timmerman - REJECTED!
Pace - REJECTED!
Polley - REJECTED!
Wistrom - REJECTED!

I somewhat expected this as I went pretty much lower than their demands for the initial negotiation to see if I could snag somebody really cheap. Didn't work.
I am going to have to negotiate a little more to try to lock at least two of these guys up after the next sim.
SS Wade Wright accepted his 230,000/1 yr. contract and becomes a member of the Rams.

On another front, I posted a message at our league forum about Kurt Warner and/or Marc Bulger being available for the right price. I had slim talks with the Bears and Cardinals but nothing was really looking good to me. I was fully intending on going into the first season with both, fighting for time and eventually have my guy. At least this way I would have a backup in case of injury.

As time progressed and more interested parties started to call, I decided to not close my eyes to any opportunites. The Pittsburgh Steelers called and said they were aggressively seeking Kurt Warner. They asked if I was interested in any players off of their roster and after close examination I felt this offense could use a player like wide receiver and punt returner Antwaan Randle El. Talks began to heat up. And after much negotiation we came to an agreement!

Kurt Warner Dealt
St. Louis (AP) - The St. Louis Rams today announced that Kurt Warner has been traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The two-time NFL MVP, along with rookie wide reciever Mike Furrey were dealt for two players and a pair of draft picks.

The Rams acquire wide reciever and punt returner Antwaan Randle El and backup quarterback CJ Grimley in the four-player deal. In addition the Rams obtain the rights to the Steelers fourth-round draft choice in 2005 (two years away) and a conditional pick in the upcoming amateur draft.

The terms of the conditional pick are as follows:
Assuming Warner plays in ten regular-season games for the Steelers:
4,000+ passing yards = 1st round draft choice
3,000-3,999 yards = 2nd round draft choice
2,000-2,999 yards = 3rd round draft choice
less than 2,000 yards = 4th round choice

Other terms of the deal apply.

Rams GM Mark Taylor has this to say, "We have a lot of respect for Kurt Warner as a player and a person. We feel that at this time Marc Bulger is the future and will begin the 2003 season as our starting QB", adding, "Kurt has a chance to continue his career in Pittsburgh and, unfortunately we have to face him in his new digs in week eight."

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I am very happy with this trade. I want to throw Marc Bulger in there and have him be our starting quarterback. This now gives him another dangerous option in Randle El and some picks to help build our future. This also opens up a lot of cap room that can be used to re-sign the afformentioned players which now includes Marc Bulger who is in his last year of a contract.

Now since that ordeal is done, I have time to really look at my roster and make some important personell decisions:
I want to strengthen my long-snapper and special teams by adding free agents and also drop a few players. (Note- We are allowed to hold up to 60 players. Going into this sim, we have 58).

I have offered contracts to the following players:

FS – Andre Horn
A better than average special teams player and a guy that can step in and make a few plays.

WLB – Claude Blackburn
Another good special teams player who punishes people with hits.

SS – Erik Haldar
Yet another special teams performer who can make a small contribution to the team in relief situations in our secondary.

C – Eric Shelton
Strictly a long snapper. My scout rates him a 100.

LDT – Vince Holland
Just a young promising defensive player who my scout feels can get into the mid to upper 40's at some point in his career.

FB – Obafemi Ayanbadejo
Looking to pick up the former Baltimore Raven who isnt a very good player but is young and could develop. He is better than our other backup who will be cut.

I am going to release FS - Jeremetrius Butler and FB- Dan Curley in favor of Horn and Ayanbadejo (assuming I get them).

During the preseason we will sim two weeks (two pre-season games) to keep things moving and get to the "real" season. I play the defending AFC Champion Oakland Raiders and then the defending Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Bucs in week two.

More than anything I hope to get out of the two games with few injuries and a couple re-signed players.

Will update after the sim.
-Mark

RPI-Fan · 12-03-2003, 05:21 PM

How are you getting those conditions to work?

mtaystl03 · 12-03-2003, 05:24 PM

It is a multi-player league so we just remember them. He trades me the worst pick I could get and then when and if Warner reaches his goal, I just trade him that 4th rounder back for whatever level he ends up in.

Does that answer your question?

Gallifrey · 12-03-2003, 05:29 PM

Cool to see your report. I don't think we play this season, do we?

wbonnell · 12-03-2003, 06:15 PM

Best of luck....until you play my Buccs!

TurnerONU22 · 12-03-2003, 06:34 PM

Yeah, I'm the GM of the Steelers in the eNFL, so I was very happy to get Kurt Warner on my team, as I had nodoby to throw the ball and needed a solid QB. Hopefully the Steelers and the Rams will meet up in the Super Bowl this year!!

Danny

mtaystl03 · 12-03-2003, 07:13 PM

Gallifrey, you are the Packers, right?
We play week seven at my place. Bring it!

MizzouRah · 12-03-2003, 07:50 PM

You should have traded Bulger.

I can't read anymore, you're destroying my Rams!!

Good luck!

Todd

mtaystl03 · 12-03-2003, 08:11 PM

We will see. I could forsee us struggling this season but when Bulger develops and with the picks coming up, I think we are on the right track.

The next sim is tonight (Wednesday, the 3rd) at 9 PM CT. I should have an update later on tonight.

MizzouRah · 12-03-2003, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mtaystl03
We will see. I could forsee us struggling this season but when Bulger develops and with the picks coming up, I think we are on the right track.

The next sim is tonight (Wednesday, the 3rd) at 9 PM CT. I should have an update later on tonight.

Ahhh... where's the love for Warner? Just because Bulger has a ring doesn't mean he's earned it.

I haven't started my carrer with FOF yet, who knows, I might do the same thing.

Todd

mtaystl03 · 12-04-2003, 03:09 PM

First of all, I was wrong. We only simmed one game this week. So, off to Oakland, CA we go for the first pre-season game of the season.

Pre-season game one: @ Oakland Raiders

vs.

I guess the Raiders (yabanci) really doesn't want Rich Gannon to get hurt because he didnt play a down in the entire game.

Things started out alright as Marc Bulger came up with two third-and-long conversions to Faulk and Bruce to get deep in enemy territory after both teams went three-and-out in each of their first possessions.

Then all of the sudden, as Bulger was looking for Holt, Bill Romanowski picked him off and rumbled 83 yards for a score.

7-0 Raiders.

On the ensuing drive Bulger found Bruce again for 30 yards and things were looking up. Faulk was slowed the whole game and the laundry started flying. After getting into their red-zone for the 2nd time in the game, two costly holding penalties and a loss of three yard run pushed us out of FG range.

It remained 7-0 as our defense was playing pretty well. We were driving again, only to see Bulger throw another interception at the Raiders nine yard line. Luckily this time Shaun McDonald, the intended recevier brought Buchanan down before he could score.

We got to halftime with the 7-0 deficit and it was an ugly half. The offense was moving but stalling deep in their territory. The defense was playing exceptional football (might of had something to do with Rick Mirer quarterbacking them).

Halftime - 7-0 Raiders.

On the opening kickoff of the 2nd half, Jason Fargas returned the ball 92 yards to put the Raiders up 14. Not good. The special teams needs to improve (you will see another miscue later).

14-0 Raiders.

Bulger finally got us on the board after an Aeneas Williams interception, he found Torry Holt from 20 yards away.

14-7 Raiders.

The tides of momentum were shifting as the defense came up with another stop (led all day by rookie Jimmy Kennedy) and forced a punt. Just as things were looking up, another special teams miscue occured. Bruce is returning my punts until Antwaan Randle El reports. He muffed the punt and it was only a matter of time until Mirer found the ageless wonder Jerry Rice for an 11-yard strike.

21-7 Raiders.

Wilkins added a 50-yard FG, but that would be all as we lose the opening pre-season game 21-7.
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Game notes and key stats:

- Kyle Turley played very well with 4 key run blocks in the game.
- WR Dane Looker had a disappointing two drops.
- I was very happy with Jimmy Kennedy's 8 tackles and 2 assists.
- Isaac Bruce is emerging as Bulgers favorite target as he hauled in 8 catches for 127 yards.
- Bulger was 26-of-42 for 288 yards, 1 TD and 2 costly INT's. He played three full quarters. Scott Covington came in and was 3-of-10 for 23 yards.
GAME MVP: Oakland's Bill Romanowski

Thoughts:
I am not too upset. Barring a few penalties and the interception and kickoff return I think we played fine. Bulger will work it out. I am a little concerned about the 169 rushing yards we allowed. We have to give Oakland credit for their solid ground attack with Wheatley/Garner/Fargas and even Jerry Porter got a few carries.
More to come....

I will post again later with the roster moves, injuries, personell decisions and all that.

JAG · 12-04-2003, 03:16 PM

Good stuff.

sachmo71 · 12-04-2003, 03:33 PM

Nice to see a real, live MP league up and running.
Incidentally, in my SP game I was very happy to pick Bulger up as a free agent in 2004. His stats jumped into the 60's after a year starting in the 30's.

Northwood_DK · 12-05-2003, 04:32 AM

Good stuff. Believe me I will follow you closely.

Brgds
Northwood_DK
GM SF 49ers eNFL

Icy · 12-05-2003, 05:24 AM

Nice to see a dynasty from the league where i'm also playing

I'm the Miami GM. Btw, could you please post the settings at your gameplan that you will use vs my Dolphins? :P
Just J/K, i will add posts to your dynasty when my team is involved like after match report, trades etc so you will have both points of view.

mtaystl03 · 12-05-2003, 01:16 PM

Sounds good. Thanks for the kind words.

Hey Northwood, you happy I dealt Warner? Hopefully he does very well in PIT so I can grab another 1st rounder and Randle El can return a couple on you twice this year!!!

I better be careful not to give away too much information with some fellow eNFLers reading!

On to more updates.

First I will let you know of all that is going on around the league.
This is from the Commish's weekly recap in terms of injuries and transactions (looks like we get mentioned)

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Injuries of the Week:

Baltimore got hit hard this week. G Edwin Mulitalo tore his MCL, and won't be back anytime soon. Rookie 4th rounder FB Ovie Mughelli also took a hit to the knee, tearing his lateral knee ligament, and will be down for 4 months.

Philadelphia gets the honorable mention. FB Jon Ritchie broke his arm, and should be full strength by Week 4. QB Donovan McNabb also took some knee damage in the game, but should be 100% by the start of the season.

Transaction of the Week:

Got to be the blockbuster trade involving Kurt Warner to Pittsburgh and Antwaan Randel El to St. Louis, among a plethora of other players & draft picks.
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Not too much going on in the first week of the pre-season in the eNFL.

On to the transactions...

I heard back from all five players I am trying to resign:

Wistrom - REJECTED
Pace - REJECTED
Bulger - ACCEPTED
Polley - REJECTED
Timmerman - REJECTED

I am happy to get Bulger locked up, I have a good feeling about him being the future of this team. As for the others, I am going to go ahead and give them what they ask for. I have more room under the cap now (close to 9,000,000) after unloading Warner.
I am going to worry about Polley later as he still has 2 years and go ahead and try to lock up Timmerman, Wistrom and Pace.

As for the other moves. I was successful in signing 4 of the 5 guys I wanted:

S- Andre Horn
FB - Obafemi Ayanbadejo
LB - Claude Blackburn
S- Erik Haldar
C - Erik Shelton

The other guy was DT Vince Holland who got offers from GB, IND, MIA, SEA, SF and decided to sign with Dallas. Im just glad neither Seattle or San Fran got him.

Haldar and Blackburn are going to be inactive to start.
Horn will immediately become a gunner on special teams and see some action as the backup strong safety.

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On another note, I am very happy that we had no significant injuries all game and that is something we hope will continue.

It is nice to get Randle El in and he will become our punt returner, 2nd kickoff returner and 3rd wide receiver. This is a guy that has big-play potential and is a nice addition to special teams (an area that must improve).

More to come...

sachmo71 · 12-05-2003, 01:34 PM

What is the league injury level?

mtaystl03 · 12-05-2003, 01:39 PM

We have it set at 100.

mtaystl03 · 12-05-2003, 01:54 PM

Here is our current roster:

Code:

Front Office Football 2004
St. Louis Rams Roster, Standard View
   
  Player                #   Pos   Start HT   WT   Exp  Birthdate   College  
Bulger, Marc            10  QB    QB    6-3  215  4    04/05/1977  West Virginia      
Covington, Scott        4   QB          6-2  217  4    01/17/1976  Miami, Florida     
Grimley, C.J.           17  QB          6-2  223  1    04/13/1982  Rutgers            
Faulk, Marshall         28  RB    RB    5-10 211  10   02/26/1973  San Diego State    
Gordon, Lamar           34  RB          6-0  211  2    01/07/1980  North Dakota State 
Harris, Arlen           33  RB          5-10 215  1    04/22/1980  Virginia           
##Peters, Maurice       49  RB          6-1  234  1    06/29/1982  Purdue             
Comella, Greg           47  FB    FB    6-1  240  6    07/29/1975  Stanford           
Ayanbadejo, Obafemi     39  FB          6-2  235  5    03/05/1975  San Diego State    
##Whitman, Brett        40  FB          6-1  276  1    04/30/1982  San Diego          
Cleeland, Cameron       87  TE    TE    6-4  272  6    08/15/1975  Washington         
Manumaleuna, Brandon    86  TE          6-2  288  3    01/04/1980  Arizona            
Angulo, Richard         48  TE          6-7  265  1    08/12/1980  West New Mexico    
Holt, Torry             81  FL    FL    6-0  190  5    06/05/1976  North Carolina Stat
Looker, Dane            89  FL          6-0  190  4    05/05/1976  Washington         
##Curtis, Kevin         83  FL          5-11 186  1    07/17/1978  Utah State         
Bruce, Isaac            80  SE    SE    6-0  188  10   11/10/1972  Memphis            
Randle El, Antwaan      88  SE          5-9  190  2    08/17/1979  Indiana            
MdDonald, Shaun         84  SE          5-9  183  1    06/13/1981  Arizona State      
Wohlabaugh, Dave        64  C     C     6-3  292  9    04/13/1972  Syracuse           
##Massey, Chris         45  C           5-11 233  2    08/21/1979  Marshall           
Shelton, Erik           50  C           6-0  262  1    05/25/1982  Notre Dame         
McCollum, Andy          67  LG    RG    6-4  295  9    06/02/1970  Toledo             
Loverne, David          61  LG          6-3  299  4    05/22/1976  San Jose State     
Timmerman, Adam         62  RG    LG    6-4  300  9    08/14/1971  South Dakota State 
##King, Andy            65  RG          6-3  310  2    11/09/1978  Illinois State     
Williams, Grant         77  LT          6-7  320  8    05/10/1974  Louisiana Tech     
Pace, Orlando           76  LT    LT    6-7  320  7    11/04/1975  Ohio State         
Turley, Kyle            68  RT    RT    6-5  300  6    09/24/1975  San Diego State    
##St. Clair, John       70  RT          6-4  320  4    07/15/1977  Virginia           
Landeta, Sean           5   P           6-0  215  18   01/06/1962  Towson             
Wilkins, Jeff           14  K           6-2  205  10   04/19/1972  Youngstown State   
Jackson, Tyoka          97  LDE         6-2  280  9    11/22/1971  Penn State         
Little, Leonard         91  LDE   LDE   6-3  237  6    10/19/1974  Tennessee          
Wistrom, Grant          98  RDE   RDE   6-4  267  6    07/03/1976  Nebraska           
Fisher, Bryce           94  RDE         6-3  262  3    05/12/1977  Air Force          
Young, Brian            66  LDT         6-2  278  4    07/08/1977  Texas - El Paso    
Lewis, Damione          92  LDT   LDT   6-2  297  3    03/01/1978  Miami, Florida     
##Pickett, Ryan         79  RDT         6-2  297  3    10/08/1979  Ohio State         
Kennedy, Jimmy          73  RDT   RDT   6-5  320  1    11/15/1979  Penn State         
##Gibson, Deron         90  WILB        5-11 211  1    04/08/1982  Westminster        
Duncan, Jamie           59  MLB         6-0  242  6    07/20/1975  Vanderbilt         
Thomas, Robert          55  MLB   MLB   6-0  240  2    07/17/1980  UCLA               
##Shanle, Scott         54  SLB         6-2  245  1    11/23/1979  Nebraska           
Tinoisamoa, Pisa        60  SLB   SLB   6-0  235  1    07/15/1981  Hawaii             
Polley, Tommy           52  WLB   WLB   6-3  218  3    01/18/1978  Florida State      
##Bullard, Courtland    51  WLB         6-2  225  2    08/02/1978  Ohio State         
Loyd, Jeremy            56  WLB         6-2  235  1    07/30/1980  Iowa State         
##Blackburn, Claude     95  WLB         6-0  219  1    09/08/1982  Louisville         
Weary, Fred             32  LCB   LCB   5-10 181  6    04/12/1974  Florida            
Fisher, Travis          22  LCB         5-9  187  2    09/12/1979  Central Florida    
Sehorn, Jason           42  RCB   RCB   6-2  210  9    04/15/1971  Southern California
Garrett, Kevin          21  RCB         5-10 190  1    07/29/1980  Southern Methodist 
Groce, DeJuan           24  RCB         5-10 190  1    02/17/1980  Nebraska           
Archuleta, Adam         31  SS    SS    5-11 209  3    11/27/1977  Arizona State      
##Haldar, Erik          43  SS          6-3  216  1    04/06/1980  Pittsburgh         
##Wright, Wade          41  SS          5-11 200  1    10/18/1982  Stephen F. Austin  
Williams, Aeneas        35  FS    FS    5-11 200  13   01/29/1968  Southern University
Walton, Shane           38  FS          5-10 186  1    10/09/1979  Notre Dame         
Horn, Andre             30  FS          6-0  205  1    12/12/1982  Arkansas           
   
$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.  
   
Players Under Contract: 60
On Active Roster: 47
   
Salary Cap: $75,000,000
Cap Room: $9,100,000
Maximum for New Player: $9,330,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $4,130,000
   
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $11,340,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $60,860,000

mtaystl03 · 12-06-2003, 05:49 PM

Tonight (Saturday) is the next sim and we are preparing of the defending Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Bucs in week two of pre-season football.

Again, the focus is to get the guys some work and hopefully avoid injury. We aren't too worried about winning the games but all players are being evaluated.

We are making the following personell decisions prior to the game:

Activate:
S Andre Horn
C Erik Shelton

Deactivate:
LB Courtland Bullard
TE Richard Angulo

Offer contract extensions to:
T Orlando Pace
G Adam Timmerman
DE Grant Wistrom
*Hopefully we will get somebody this time around.

We will also mess with the depth chart:

Our new punt returner and 3rd option at wideout has arrived! Antwaan Randle El will take over for Ike Bruce returning kicks and will fill Dane Lookers spot as the #3. Bruce will remain the 2nd option at punt returner and Looker will move to #4 on the depth chart at WR.

I will post after the sim...
Go Rams!

mtaystl03 · 12-07-2003, 12:58 PM

Pre-season game two: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

vs.

Things started out with us going 3-and-out and our D getting a stop. On our next possession the offense was moving down the field with a Bulger-to-Bruce 23 yarder and a Faulk 10-yard run. Once again, though, the drive is thwarted when Bulger throws his 3rd interception of the pre-season (Ronde Barber in the end zone).

The "D" held strong with a sack from DE Leonard Little. We then went 3-and-out and another stop by our defense, this time led by a Grant Wistrom sack for a loss of 8 yards. Not much going on early.

END OF 1st QUARTER -------------
Stats : STL (TB)
1st downs: 2 (2)
Pass yards: 34 (20)
Rush yards: 8 (28)
Total yards: 42 (48)
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The 2nd quarter started much the same way the 1st quarter ended, not much going on. A three-and-out for them and one first-down and a stop by their D. As of right now I am liking the defensive effort put forth by my boys.

On our next drive Bulger comes up with 2 third-down conversions (one to Bruce and another to McDonald). We were at the two but Ronde Barber somehow pushed Marshall Faulk out of bounds for a -6 yard run. Wilkins dents the scoreboard for the first time with a 25 yard FG.

3-0 Rams

On the very next drive, Tampa QB Brad Johnson was picked by our Travis Fisher and he returned the ball for a TD!!

10-0 Rams

The Bucs felt the need to start going downfield with some passes now that they were down and Johnson completed a few long ones but the "D" held strong and Gramatica hit a 38-yarder to cut the lead to a touchdown.

10-3 Rams

We go three-and-out and Bulger is sacked for the first time (allowed by Pace). The Bucs get another couple big completions through the air and our boys again hold strong as Gramatica nails another FG, this time from 44 yards out.

Then the special teams woes continue as Arlen Harris fumbles the ball on the kickoff which is returned to our 5-yard line with just :05 on the clock. Gramatica hits another one and the halftime score is 10-9.

HALTIME-----------
Stats: STL (TB)
1st downs: 6 (8)
Pass yards: 86 (114)
Rush yards: 10 (57)
Total yards: 96 (171)

Despite being out gained pretty badly, we maintain a 10-9 lead at the half. The special teams is just killing us.
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Bulger played one series in the 2nd half and he threw a TD pass to Bucs' LB Derrick Brooks. His FOURTH interception this preseason. EEEWWWWW. They went for two and didnt get it.

15-10 Bucs.

Tampa took over from there as our backup (recently acquired from Pittsburgh) CJ Grimley threw an interception and Johnson found Keyshawn for a 3-yard score.

22-10 Bucs.

Gramatica added his fourth FG of the game from 51-yards out to put it out of reach just before the end of the 3rd quarter.

25-10 Bucs.

End of 3rd Quarter---------
Stats: STL (TB)
1st downs: 12 (12)
Pass yards: 126 (163)
Rush yards: 56 (89)
Total yards: 182 (252)
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In the final quarter, Ronde Barber got another interception of Grimley and Thomas Jones scored from 3 yards out. Getting real ugly.

32-10 Bucs.

Grimley started to pick things up and actually found Torry Holt from 3-yards out and then again found Antwaan Randle El form 21-yards. All too little too late.

The Bucs won the game 32-24 with Martin Gramatica picking game MVP honors.
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My initial reaction is to not make a huge deal out of this. We played well enough in the first quarter to stay with this very good team. Things got out of hand later on.

The fact of the matter remains that our QB's are going to have to start being more careful with the ball. We will hopefully figure it out next weekend in Buffalo.

Other Notables:
-- We did force two fumbles in the game, both recovered by Tampa.
-- Last game it seemed to be the running game we couldn't stop, this game they were beating us through the air. Not good.

Stat lines:

Code:

Team Statistics          TBY           STL  
  
First Downs              17            21  
  
Total Rushes             36            24  
Rushing Yards            120           65  

Interceptions            1             4

We got more first downs and more passing yardage in the game. We were, however, grossly out rushed and the 4 INT's to 1 is a major problem.

Code:

Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD  
34 Gordon                12     49     4.0    12     0  
28 Faulk                 6      11     1.8    10     0

Again, Gordon impresses and Faulk does just about nothing. Not worried about this at all.

Code:

Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int    Sckd  
17 Grimley               22     11     169    7.6    36     2      2      0  
10 Bulger                20     9      98     4.9    23     0      2      1

Grimleys line didn't turn out too bad but it was mop up yards and TD's. Bulger wasn't good at all, albeit that was a good defense.

Code:

Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
80 Bruce                 5      75     15.0   6      23     0  
81 Holt                  5      40     8.0    9      15     1  
28 Faulk                 3      63     21.0   13     36     0  
47 Comella               2      7      3.5    6      4      0  
88 Randle El             2      46     23.0   3      25     1  
87 Cleeland              1      10     10.0   0      10     0  
86 Manumaleuna           1      14     14.0   5      14     0  
84 MdDonald              1      12     12.0   4      12     0

Bruce and Holt have nice days and Antwaan Randle El, the guy we need to step up and make big plays had 2 for 46 and a score. Faulk contributed well in this, we will need to get the ball in his hands.

Nothing too exciting on defense. 2 sacks (Wistrom and Little) and the INT return by Fisher is about it. Aeneas led the team with six tackles.

I will post again later about the personell moves and re-signing attempts and more about this game.

Vince · 12-07-2003, 03:07 PM

Nice, I'll echo the sentiments of others, it's good to see a real MP league up and running. I'll have to throw my hat in with Northwood (I'm a 49er fan, what can I say), but I'll be following

mtaystl03 · 12-07-2003, 04:15 PM

Vince, please don't post anymore in this thread. You are my enemy just as much as Northwood.

Just kidding. Thanks for the kind words. It's good to know people are reading.

Now for an update:

I heard back from the three guys that I wanted to resign:
T Orlando Pace - ACCEPTED a $23.26/3 year deal.
G Adam Timmerman - ACCEPTED a $14.90/3 year deal.
DE Grant Wistrom - ACCEPTED a $29.28/4 year deal.
LB Tommy Polley - REJECTED his offer.
I gave the other three guys what they wanted. Polley and his agent are not budging at all. I will hold of on re-negotiation talks with him for now.

With these three re-signings my cap room (this season) actually went up only 100,000 to 9,200,000. The next years are when the effects are going to hit. Well worth it for these three gems.

INJURY REPORT:
S Aeneas Williams - probable with Knee Bursitis - full strength in one week.
LB Robert Thomas - Out with torn knee cartilage - full strength in three weeks.
-- Two starters were injured in the Tampa game and while Thomas can't play, I am going to hold Williams out of the upcoming Buffalo game as a precaution.

OTHER NEWS AROUND THE eNFL

Here are the other key re-negotiated contracts in the league:
CB Champ Bailey (WAS) - $37.08/5 yrs.
CB Fred Smoot (WAS) - $23.17/6 yrs.
RB Jerome Bettis (PIT) - $16.86/4 yrs.
DT Warren Sapp (TB) - $16.29/3 yrs.
LB Jason Gildon (PIT) - $15.70/4 yrs.
S Darren Sharper (GB) - $12.85/4 yrs.
G Marco Rivera (GB) - $11.40/3 yrs.
TE Bubba Franks (GB) - $10.00/5 yrs.

Looks like the Redskins won't have to worry about that secondary for a long while. Pittsburgh and Green Bay are the other two that are making some key re-signings before the regular season starts.

Notes:
The Indianapolis Colts have tried twice to re-sign big-time free agent at the end of the season QB Peyton Manning, both times unsuccessfully. Manning has turned down offers of $53.68/5 years and $55.12/5 years.

Like Indy, the Jacksonville Jaguars are having a hard time resigning S Donovan Darius. They have swung twice and came up empty both times.

There havent been many serious injuries. Tampa will be without LB Shelton Quarles for a while.

Note: We dropped S Kim Herring and he signed with the Chicago Bears. He turned down more money ($1.01m from Denver) to go with the Bears at $660k.

Again, not much going on early in the preseason. More personell moves will be made and I will update soon. Next sim is Wednesday (Dec. 10th).

Thanks for reading.

mtaystl03 · 12-07-2003, 11:43 PM

This game is amazing.

I always find something else to put in this report.

Since we are a few days away from the next sim, I figured I would look into the "other" things going on in the game.

City Information

Saint Louis, MO -
We are the home of the Rams (obviously).
Plains region.
There arent any teams within 250 miles of us, which is strange because when I view individual distances it says that Indianapolis and Kansas City are 232 miles away. Oh well.
Nine teams within 500 miles. Im not going to list them. Who really cares?

Population: 2,600,000
Growth: 1.9%
Avg. Income: 31,500
Poverty level: 13.2%
Entertainment competition: Medium (49th percentile)
Trend setting city: High (67th percentile)
Obviously we don't desire a new team.

--- Pretty realistic if you ask me. Esp. considering the competition for entertainment at 49th percentile. The fans in St. Louis are GREAT. They love the Rams, Blues and Cardinals all the same. That is why its the best sports city in America!
As for the trend setting city, I would agree with that too. Kansas City has an identity crisis and it shows in their Chiefs. Their starting QB was born and raised in St. Louis. Their coach and half of their roster was recently a Ram AND they even steal the "Gotta Go To Work" motto that the Rams had in their Super Bowl season '99. Come on!

Franchise Value
Stadium: Fair (27) - 23rd in the NFL. The Edward Jones Dome does kinda suck. Being a season ticket holder since '95 I already desire a new one. We have to wait a while for that.

Roster: Very Good (72) - 16th in the NFL.

Support: Excellent (86) - 18th in NFL.

Economy: Good (47) - 15th in NFL.

TOTAL FRANCHISE VALUE = 388,500,000 - 20th in NFL.

Stadium
Edward Jones Dome
Capacity: 66,000
Opened in 1995
Type: Dome/Artificial turf
'03 attendance: 62,400
Condition: Average
Turf & Parking lot condition: Both very good.

We have ZERO public support for a new stadium which is understood.

The estimated amount of money a family of four would spend at our game is $289. The most in the league is the New York Giants at a whopping $543 (the next closest is Denver at $462). The lowest is Arizona at $119.

Other information:
League's Strongest Man
--OT Kyle Turley is currently the league's 2nd strongest man behind Seattle's Walter Jones. Turley managed 46 bench press reps, just one behind Jones.
League's Fastest Man
--We have two guys in the top 20 of the league's fastest men. WR Torry Holt is ranked 3rd with an impressive 4.28 40-yard dash time. He is actually tied with Wayne Chrebet, Charles Woodson and Peerless Price for the top spot. CB Jason Sehorn comes in at a 4.31, 12th on the list.
Power Rankings
--Our Rams are given a rating of '70' in the power rankings. We are tied for fourth in the NFC with our week one opponent, the New York Giants. The defending champion Bucs take the cake at an 84. Division rival Seattle is 2nd at 80 and Green Bay is a 73.
The Green Page
--Ranked #17 on the Green page ranking list is our 1st round draft pick out of Penn State, Jimmy Kennedy.
Team Cohesion
Here are our ratings and rankings among other teams in terms of cohesion:
Passing = excellent 84 - 9th in NFL.
Offensive Line = very good 77 - 17th in NFL.
Defensive Front = excellent 81 - 17th in NFL.
Secondary = good 49 - 22nd in NFL.

Not too bad. Our passing is still 9th even with Warner gone. The o-line will become one soon with the re-signing of Pace and Timmerman. The reason it slipped was the addition of Turley, who will be with us for a while.
On the defensive side of the ball we are young and inexperienced. Hopefully these guys can gel and mold themselves into one of the better units. I believe we have the guys to do it.

Average Age- ranks are decending.
Backfield: 25.6 years (22nd)
Offensive line: 29 years (1st) Oldest in NFL.
Defensive front: 25.7 years (25th)
Secondary: 27 years (7th)
ALL PLAYERS: 26.9 years (11th oldest team in the league).

--
The next report I will go through position-by-position and update the status of every player. Should be fun!

Thanks for reading

mtaystl03 · 12-08-2003, 12:24 PM

Just a quick note. I have been working on some images to spice things up a little bit. I want to get a uniform posting method for the games. I'm pretty close with that last game against Tampa.

More to come tonight.

Thanks for reading

GoSeahawks · 12-08-2003, 05:49 PM

What's the official website for the eNFL?

mtaystl03 · 12-08-2003, 07:54 PM

I am going through, position-by-position and just do a run down of the roster as we prepare for the Bills this week. Probably offense today and defense tomorrow.

Quarterbacks

#10 - Marc Bulger - Contract ends: 2005
We just re-signed Marc to a 3-year deal which locks him up through 2005. My hope for him is that he will develop into a solid quarterback for us. I doubt he will break any records and it may take a year to get to be a very solid QB. He is struggling in the pre-season so far (1 TD - 4 INT). He is our unquestioned starter. He may not have the best arm in the world but he will make up for that with smarts (hopefully!)

#17 - CJ Grimley - Contract ends: 2003
Acquired in the Warner/Randle El deal, mostly to fill the roster void. We actually got a decent player out of it. He is an undrafted rookie out of Rutgers. He is our #2 but if Bulger goes down, we are in trouble. That was one of the drawbacks of dealing Warner.

#4 - Scott Covington - Contract ends: 2003
This guy is pretty bad. Our #3. I doubt we will feel the need to re-sign him. We can find just about anybody, even in free agency now, that would take his place. If he starts a game for us we are in serious trouble.

Running backs

#28 - Marshall Faulk - Contract ends: 2008
Our unquestioned star and leader. He is getting up there in age but still possesses the talent to be an MVP in this league. We have him locked up for his career, or at least until he starts to decline. If Marshall stays healthy, you can bet he will be among the league leaders in rushing and receiving. He is the man on 3rd-down and getting to the outside, something we hope to take full advantage of.

#34 - Lamar Gordon - Contract ends: 2005
Lamar is the #2 guy and a good story coming out of D2 South Dakota State. He is a hard runner and pretty elusive. Mostly a north-south guy that picks up speed as he goes. We feel we have a pretty good chance to move the ball with him if Marshall suffers some sort of injury. He is in his 2nd year and we will have him around for 2 more after this. He is having a stellar pre-season so far (21 carries for 80 yards). Not the best receiver.

#33 - Arlen Harris - Contract ends: 2003
Another good story. Arlen is a rookie and went undrafted out of Virginia. His main drawback is his elusiveness. He has good speed and can run over a guy or two. He will see some spot duty especially as Faulk and Gordon start to wear down towards the end. I would like to re-sign Harris at the end of the year. A good guy to have around. Better receiver than Gordon which will earn him a few plays on 3rd down this year.

#49 - Maurice Peters - Contract ends: 2003
Another undrafted player out of Purdue. Peters is currently on the inactive roster and fourth on the running back chart. He seems to have good speed but no power at all. Not much going on here. He could become a role player with a team someday. Im sure he will make the active roster as injuries start to bite. Good special teams player. I don't plan on re-signing him if we bring Arlen back or he shows us something on special teams.

[u]Fullbacks[/u

#47 - Greg Comella - Contract ends: 2003
A good sized fullback. We picked him up from Houston for a 7th round draft pick. A very good pass blocker with above average blocking strength. He is an OK run blocker which is something we hope he improves on. He will see a few balls thrown his way when we are looking for short yardage. Has a tendency to fumble the ball. We would like to bring him back but that all depends on how well he performs this season. I went to see if we could re-sign him now but his (and his agents) demands are pretty high right now.

#39 - Obafemi Ayanbadejo - Contract ends: 2003
A 5th-year player. Former Baltimore Raven. We signed him to a one-year deal for the league minimum. A good backup that can come in when needed. He was undrafted out of San Diego State. Mainly a run/pass blocker. He has the potential to become a solid blocker in this league. Won't see many carries.

#40 - Brett Whitman - Contract ends: 2003
A back just the opposite of Ayanbadejo, a runner instead of a blocker. Not much in either. Could continue to develop and make an impact on a few goal-line carries. Currently he is inactive. We may re-sign him if one of the other two move on after the season.

Tight Ends

#87 - Cameron Cleeland - Contract ends: 2003
A former 2nd round pick of the Saints out of the University of Washington. Cleeland is a good tight end and will be our #1 guy. A good blocker and that is what we will look for him to focus on before becoming a receiver. A solid player. He's not going to break records but can come up with a few big plays and make a few big blocks. I am going to look into his demands for another year on that contract as he would be a guy we want to keep around.

#86 - Brandon Manumaleuna - Contract ends: 2003
2001's 4th round pick out of Arizona, Brandon is a large 6-2, 290. We don't expect too much out of him. He is our backup right now and shouldn't see too much action. I would be suprised if hes back in a Ram uni next year, although his leadership is a very high 97.

#48 - Richard Angulo - Contract ends: 2005
The Rams' 7th round pick this past draft, Angulo is from small West New Mexico U. He is currently inactive but could find himself on the team instead of Manumaleuna when it comes cut time. We will activate him for this next preseason came to see if he can do something.

Flankers

#81 - Torry Holt - Contract ends: 2009
It's nice to have the future of the organization locked up until 2009. Holt is one of the better receivers in the league. Awesome at getting downfield and makes the big-plays. He was the Rams 1st round (#6 overall) choice in 1999 out of North Carolina State. He will be Bulgers go-to-guy.

#89 - Dane Looker - Contract ends: 2003
This young man has been trying like hell to make this team. He went undrafted out of Washington. Has spent time in camp with the Rams before and actually had some pretty good pre-seasons, never making the squad. He was actually traded once to the Patriots and released. He is back with the team as the #2 flanker and #5 overall. He will step in and make a few plays. A good guy to look for on 3rd down. Im not sure at this point whether he will be back, it hurts him that he won't contribute much on special teams.

#83 - Kevin Curtis - Contract ends: 2005
The Rams 3rd round pick in this last draft looks like a dud to me. He may be a strict kick returner as my scout has his ranked pretty high in that. I may activate him and give him a shot to return some kicks for us in a pre-season game. Other than that, not much to report here.

Split Ends

#80 - Isaac Bruce - Contract ends: 2006
Bruce has been a Ram since the beginning and he is going to stay one. In this pre-season so far he has emerged as Bulgers favorite target and things may remain that way. He is a proven leader and, like his understudy Torry Holt, he is great at getting downfield and making that big-play. He is one of the best route runners in the game and a favorite among the Rams fans. Good punt returner but to keep him healty we will let Randle El take care of that (he's next). A solid player that we hope to have until he calls it quits.

#88 - Antwaan Randle El - Contract ends: 2005
A former college quarterback at Indiana, the Steelers grabbed him late in the 2nd round of the '02 draft. He is a punt/kick returner with the ability to make some big plays as a no. 3 option. He will play the role that Az-Zahir Hakim played for the Rams in the '99 championship year. In his one pre-season game with the Rams he had 2 catches for 46 yards, including a 25-yard touchdown reception. Should prove his worth this season.

#84 - Shaun McDonald - Contract ends: 2005
The other receiver drafted by the Rams in the past draft. He was snagged in the 4th round out of Arizona State. He has very sure hands and also has that knack for the big play, which seems to be a quality this whole receiving corps. possesses. Has the potential to be a very quality receiver in the league. Right now he is slated as our 4th receiver.

Centers

#64 - Dave Wholabaugh - Contract ends: 2006
We gots ourselves a pretty darn good center. Wholabaugh, a former Patriot, will be at the center of this offensive line that I would love to create a nice cohesion with. Run blocking is his specialty but does a nice job against the pass rush too. We have him until '06, I don't see us changing this.

#45 - Chris Massey - Contract ends: 2004
Massey is out of Marshall. He was drafted in the 7th round in '02. Right now he is our #2 and will see some spot action. Hopefully, though, Wholabaugh can stay healthy because Massey isn't ready for the full load. He will probably remain a back-up his whole career but it is possible that he could develop into something more.

#50 - Erik Shelton - Contract ends: 2003
Shelton was just signed for the league minimum. He is an undrafted rookie out of Notre Dame. He is a strict long snapper, rated a '100'. He could develop in the pass protection area and could see some time in the future in for-sure passing situations. Other than that, a career long-snapper.

Left Guards

#67 - Andy McCollum - Contract ends: 2005
This is by far the weakest of the starting positions on the offensive line. McCollum is pretty poor at both run and pass blocking and has just about zero blocking strength. This is the weak link here. This will be a definate position we will look to upgrade in the off-season.

#61 - David Loverne - Contract ends: 2003
Loverne is a decent run blocker but is piss poor at pass protection. He will see a few plays but hopefully not too many. Just a guy filling up a roster spot right now. Prolly won't be with us much longer.

Right Guards

#62 - Adam Timmerman - Contract ends: 2005
We just re-signed Timmerman through the 2005 season as we try to create a nice cohesion with this talented o-line. Adam is one of the very best pass protection men in the league. He is great overall blocker and has a chance to be all pro. He has been known to tire but he will have enough to get through an entire game. Very good, hard-nosed player.

#65 - Andy King - Contract ends: 2003
Just plain bad. He won't be with us much longer. We will look to pick up another backup RG before the Buffalo game.

Left Tackles

#76 - Orlando Pace - Contract ends: 2005
We just spent a lot of money to keep Pace here until '05. He is a former #1 overall draft pick. Another good member of this o-line, Pace is equally good at run and pass blocking and has great strength. Another very good player.

#77 - Grant Williams - Contract ends: 2005
Williams is a decent player, one of our better backups on the line. If we suffer injuries we are going to be in trouble but if this entire line can stay healthy, they may be the best in the league. Williams is better with the run. A decent backup. Should be with us.

Right Tackles

#68 - Kyle Turley - Contract ends: 2008
A very hard-nosed player that loves the competition. A guy you love to have on YOUR side. He is also one of the better offensive linemen in the game and rounds out the starting five on the line. Another San Diego State boy, very strong on both rush and pass and very strong. He is a fan favorite and I really like the guy.

#70 - John St. Clair - Contract ends: 2003
Another weak backup. St. Clair had to start a couple times in the past for an injured Orlando Pace. He didn't do very well and hopefully we won't have to see much of him on the field this year. One injury and we are toast. I will scour the free agents looking for some better backups. There just isnt much out there.

Punter

#5 - Sean Landeta - Contract ends: 2003
Sean Landeta has been around forever! He has good power and kick direction and is also our holder. He won't be around next year because he will definately retire. He will do just fine for us this season at the punter position.

Kicker

#14 - Jeff Wilkins - Contract ends: 2005
Wilkins is a very good kicker and will do a nice job for us both converting the 3-pointers as well as on kickoffs. He is signed through 2005 so we wont have to worry about a kicker for a while.

That's it for the offense. Looks like we are going shopping for some competent backup offensive linemen. We will be cutting down the roster and some of these guys wont be with us when we have to cut the roster to 53 (from 60).

Should be fun.
Look for the defense tomorrow.
Thanks for reading.

mtaystl03 · 12-08-2003, 07:56 PM

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Passacaglia · 12-09-2003, 10:47 AM

Hey, can I ask what your plans are for your next game? I'm thinking that I'm done putzing around, and I'm ready to get all my starters in there, and see what I can do with gameplanning, and I can't think of a more difficult team to plan against than yours. What do you think of going all out this game? I'm thinking of starting all my best guys, probably putting them with playing time at 1, so that they leave with even the slightest injury, and changing my gameplan from the 'vanilla' plan that was there just to give Zordich and the other backups some experience to a gameplan that hopefully can beat you.

What do you think?

mtaystl03 · 12-09-2003, 11:50 AM

I have actually played Bulger and Faulk and my starters quite a bit in the first two games (oak and tb). I am going to go way more conservative now. You can feel free to start your starters, I am not concerned at all with winning in the pre-season. I will only play Bulger at like a '2' same with Faulk and the other stars. I hope to get my young guys a lot of time so I can figure out who to cut when that time comes.

Does this answer your question?

Passacaglia · 12-09-2003, 12:12 PM

Yeah. I really only want to play all my starters, if I know you're going to do the same. I'll be sticking with the young guys, too.

JAG · 12-09-2003, 12:54 PM

Great stuff mtay. I did have to laugh at Sehorn being one of the fastest players in the NFL though.

mtaystl03 · 12-09-2003, 02:47 PM

JAG - Thanks and yes I had to take a double-take when I saw that too.

The defensive players outlook should be coming tonight sometime.

mtaystl03 · 12-10-2003, 12:23 PM

Time for the defensive outlook. These guys as a group are playing pretty well so far but our youth will probably catch up with us at some point.

Left Defensive Ends

#91 - Leonard Little - Contract Ends: 2006
Leonard is an above average player who is pretty one-dimensional. He is awesome rushing the passer and is a very punishing hitter but struggles against the run. He could lead the league in sacks but his rush D could be considered a liability. If he is going to be one-dimensional it is better that he is a pass rusher at the end position. NOTE: In real life, I am convinced he is the best defensive end in the entire league.

#97 - Tyoka Jackson - Contract Ends: 2005
Undrafted out of Penn State, Jackson is nothing against the run but is a solid pass rusher. A good backup to have and a leader on defense.

Right Defensive Ends

#98 - Grant Wistrom - Contract Ends: 2006
Wistrom is another guy we just re-signed because he is a Ram and will remain one for a while. He is one of the better ends in the league and he possesses both good pass rush and run-stopping abilities. Believe it or not, he actually has some room to grow which is scary! A leader on defense.

#94 - Bryce Fisher - Contract Ends: 2003
Wistrom's backup is a very solid player with potential to develop into a starter in this league. The Bills drafted him in the 7th round of the 1999 draft and he has yet to fully develop. Our scout sees him becoming a solid 50's player in the future. We are going to look to re-sign this guy at the end of the season.

Left Defensive Tackles

#92 - Damione Lewis - Contract Ends: 2005
The Rams 1st pick (no. 12 overall) in the 2001 draft out of Miami, FL. He is a solid starter now and has yet to fully develop. Hopefully he can stay healthy for an extended period of time for the first time in his career. His run defense is so important at that position and he will continue to develop into a great player.

#66 - Brian Young - Contract Ends: 2003
The Rams were criticized pretty heavily when they drafted this Texas-El Paso graduate in the 5th round of that 2000 draft. It has turned out to be a pretty good pick-up. A solid backup for Lewis will see plenty of time and have a change to make some plays for us this year. He has the most potential as a pass rusher.

Right Defensive Tackles

#73 - Jimmy Kennedy - Contract Ends: 2006
The most recent 1st round choice of the Rams has the most potential of any young player on the roster. He is ranked 17 on the 'green page' and should develop into just that, a star. Right now he is starting which will help him develop fast. He might not be very good right now but it is good that we are getting him in there to get expierience early on. Future All-Pro here.

#79 - Ryan Pickett - Contract Ends: 2005
What a disappointment this guy has turned out to be. He was the 2001 drafts 1st-round pick. He might not even make the team! He will get a start in the final pre-season game to see if he is worth carrying his weight this season. Right now, things aren't looking too good.

Middle Linebackers

#55 - Robert Thomas - Contract Ends: 2006
Thomas is currently nursing some torn knee cartilage and while he is starting, we will give him a day off against Buffalo. He is another former 1st round pick out of UCLA (2002). Huge potential but right now is still developing. Needs to start going a little faster as this whole linebacking corps is young and inexperienced.

#59 - Jaime Duncan - Contract Ends: 2006
Duncan is probably better than Thomas right now but he is much older and we want to get Thomas the experience as he grows into the full-time guy. Duncan might see a few starts and is definately one of our leaders on special teams.

#90 - Deron Gibson - Contract Ends: 2003
Listed as a WILB. We might move him to middle linebacker. Talk about a success story so far. Undrafted out of Westminster college his story has just began. We feel he has the potential to start someday. You may be hearing this guys name in the future! We won't let him go.

Strong-side Outside Linebackers

#50 - Pisa Tinoisamoa - Contract Ends: 2006
"Hawaii 5-0" is going to be a good player. Like Thomas, we want to throw him into the fire to get his experience up and star for us. Thomas and Tinoisamoa could develop into one of the most feared linebacking tandems in the league. He will struggle at times this year but that is part of the deal.

#54 - Scott Shanle - Contract Ends: 2005
Scott most likely won't make the cut down to 53 players. He has good pass rush strength but that is offset by his weak technique.

Weak-side Outside Linebackers

#52 - Tommy Polley - Contract Ends: 2004
Polley will start at one of the three linebacker positions and is a leader. We would like to re-sign him but he isn't budging yet. If he has a breakout season (which we expect) he will be demanding a lot more. His leadership (97) is going to be crucial to Thomas' and Tinoisamoa's development.

#51 - Courtland Bullard - Contract Ends: 2004
Strictly a backup. He will make a few plays for us but won't crack the starting lineup anytime soon. I could see him sticking with us until his contract ends and then we may just say good riddance unless something miraculous happens!

#56 - Jeremy Loyd - Contract Ends: 2003
Another backup who won't see much time. He isnt a leader and isnt very smart but has a good personality which will help the mood in the locker room. His special teams abilities save him from the cut list (for now).

#95 - Claude Blackburn - Contract Ends: 2003
We signed Blackburn to play on special teams. Right now he is inactive but will stick with the team. As injuries occur, he will see some time in special teams, other than that, not much here.

Left Cornerback

#32 - Fred Weary - Contract Ends: 2003
Our starter at left cornerback is a former New Orleans Saint who is a decent player. He will make a few plays but will also be beaten a few times. With Sehorn at the other cornerback we should be alright. I could see us going after some of the bigger name DB's in free agency after the season.

#22 - Travis Fisher - Contract Ends: 2006
A decent player and our dime-cornerback. He has been known to make some plays but is a liability most of the time. He did pick Brad Johnson and return it for a touchdown in the Tampa game. Hopefully he can do more of that in his limited playing time.

Right Cornerback

#42 - Jason Sehorn - Contract Ends: 2003
The original plan was for Sehorn to be a backup safety but he established himself as a quality member of our secondary and won a starting spot at corner, where he has played most of his career with the New York Giants. He will demand a lot of money so his future with the Rams after this season is uncertain at this time.

#21 - Kevin Garrett - Contract Ends: 2005
A fifth round pick last year, Garrett is making his impact on special teams as one of our gunners. He has good potential to become a good defensive back, whether at corner or safety. Should develop nicely with Aeneas Williams' leadership taking over.

#24 - DeJuan Groce - Contract Ends: 2005
4th rounder out of Nebraska. Groce was the subject of some trade talks earlier this year (involving New England for FB Fred McCrary) but we feel he is going to be a solid contributor, especially on special teams.

Strong Safety

#31 - Adam Archuleta - Contract Ends: 2005
A physical specimen out of Arizona State, Archuleta has established himself as the starting strong safety and a good one at that! He will come up some key interceptions and be a good guy to have patroling the deep secondary of this defense. Should be great to see his development.

#43 - Erik Haldar - Contract Ends: 2003
This is a guy we just signed to play a lot on special teams and while he will do that he can make some plays when Archuleta needs a breather (which won't be very often).

#41 - Wade Wright - Contract Ends: 2003
Another recent signing to boost special teams. Won't see much on-field action. Will make the team and find himself inactive until injuries start biting.

Free Safety

#35 - Aeneas Williams - Contract Ends: 2004
This guy is just amazing. Rating out the roof and will be a leader for the young guys of this secondary. Hopefully he will stay with us for another year after this one as he is getting up there in age.
A defensive and team leader.

#38 - Shane Walton - Contract Ends: 2005
A fifth-rounder out of Notre Dame, Walton should be a good player. Like a lot of players, he will make his immediate impact on special teams and hopefully develop into a starter and take over for his master Aeneas someday!

#30 - Andre Horn - Contract Ends: 2003
We just signed Horn to make an impact on Special teams (makes me wonder where all these guys are in the game, ST has been miserable in our two games so far!) and as well as spot plays here and there.

The defensive unit is fairly strong with some weak spots but they are young and should develop into a great one (again, hopefully!). Obviously, some of these guys won't be with us later on.

The next sim is tonight at 10! Will update late tonight!

Thanks for reading...

B & B · 12-12-2003, 12:29 PM

Kodos · 12-12-2003, 12:57 PM

I like the Randle El acquisition. He should be a nice fit for you at 3rd WR!

Passacaglia · 12-12-2003, 01:56 PM

Can I ask if you were planning on passing so much against the Bills last week? Or was it just a coincidence? I mean, I know you guys fell behind pretty early, but you passed a whole heck of a lot.

mtaystl03 · 12-12-2003, 03:55 PM

Before I post the game report I would like to answer Passacaglia's question. The answer is no. The computer seems to completely disregard my game plans and depth charts I have set. I had Bulger playing at a '2' yet he played the whole game. Aeneas Williams was supposed to be inactive but he played the whole game as well.

As for the passing, we were down and I just hope to god I can figure this whole thing out before the regular season.

Thanks to B&B for the bump and Kodos for the kudos on Randle El. We will see if he works out for us.

mtaystl03 · 12-12-2003, 04:22 PM

Pre-season game three: at Buffalo Bills

vs.

Before I even start talking about how horrible this game was I would like to emphasize my anger at the fact that the game has completely disregarded my depth charts and game plans thus far. I am positive that I do not have "scouts handle everything".

I had Bulger playing at a '2' and Faulk at a '1'. I wanted Aeneas to rest and be inactive and that didn't happen.

On to the worst football I have ever been a part of in Front Office, ever.

Granted it was a pre-season game and I don't put too much into this. My starters were beaten (badly) by some guys I have never heard of....

It all started with Buffalo driving right down the field with a nice mix of run and pass and settle for a Ryan Lindell 41-yd FG.

BUF 3-0

Our next drive we have a nice 3rd down conversion called back by a hold (this will become a recurring theme throughout) and then a Holt drop. Punt (and a bad one).

The Bills come right down the field again. Little picks up a sack but on 3rd-and-13, their starter for this game, Gilmore scrambles for 13 yards and a first!

-----END Q1- BUF 3-0
Stats: STL (BUF)
1st downs: 1 (8)
pass yards: 11 (63)
rush yards: 0 (48)
total yards: 11 (111)
Pretty nasty!

They start the 2nd quarter with an immediate Lindell boot from 29 yards.

Then the madness begins. We pick up another nice gain on 3rd down and its called back for a penalty. Another incomplete pass followed by Mr. Bulger's 5th pre-season INT (Nate Clements).

2 plays later - 76 yard touchdown pass to Bobby Shaw! 2 point conversion is good!

BUF 14-0

Another false start penalty followed by Bulger's 6th INT (Clements again).

The Bills come right down the field with their 3rd string QB and he (Zordich) hits Reed for a 1-yard TD.

21-0 BUF

ONE MORE TIME - we get a nice pickup, 21 yards to McDonald. A delay of game penalty brings that one back.

Then, get this. It's 3rd-and-10 and we stop him a yard short of the line. Guess what?!?! PENALTY on St. Louis, offside. Brings up 3rd-and-5, no big deal...oh wait, 5-yard scramble - FIRST DOWN.

I am about to lose it, Im not going to lie to you.

Before half we had another impressive drive that consisted of 2 incompletions and a drop by Antwaan Randle El drop. Just pathetic.

I dont really even want to go through the rest of the game. All you need to know is that Bulget threw ANOTHER interception, this time to Posey. WOW.

In Bulger's defense (not to say he didn't play like complete ass, because he did), he was hurried, pressured and sacked all day long. The Bills unraveled our supposedly strong offensive line. Bulger is playing like horse crap and right now doesnt even deserve to start. That Warner trade is looking stupider and stupider as we go along.

Here is his line:

Code:

Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int    Sckd  
10 Bulger                42     17     185    4.4    34     0      3      6

Receiving...

Code:

Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
81 Holt                  5      73     14.6   14     34     0  
80 Bruce                 3      32     10.6   4      18     0  
28 Faulk                 3      26     8.6    4      19     0

Look at this...

Code:

Miscellaneous            Fumb   FForc  Recov  MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd  
10 Bulger                1      0      1      0      0      0  
39 Ayanbadejo            0      0      0      0      0      1  
47 Comella               0      0      0      0      0      1  
76 Pace                  0      0      0      0      0      1  
77 Williams              0      0      0      0      0      1  
62 Timmerman             0      0      0      0      0      1  
67 McCollum              0      0      0      0      1      1  
64 Wohlabaugh            0      0      0      0      1      0  
61 Loverne               0      0      0      0      1      0

This is laughable...

Code:

Passing                  Attempt Comp  BdThrw Dropd  Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt  
10 Bulger                42     17     5      6      3      1      7      3

SIX drops!?
SEVEN defensed!?
42.4% completion percentage.
Nicely done.

Work to do....
More to come....
Kansas City at home next week...EWWW!!

By the way, congrats to Passcagalia who put together a nice game plan and his team played awesome. Good work.

Thanks (and sorry) for reading this!

MizzouRah · 12-12-2003, 04:34 PM

What did I tell you about Bulger?

Todd

mtaystl03 · 12-12-2003, 06:02 PM

MizzouRah - Yeah yeah yeah bring it now. Things are definately not looking good. Hopefully he can pick it up. If nothing else we need Kurt to do well in PIT so we can pick up a first rounder and get a QB!

Hey, big game tomorrow. Gonzaga is a tough one.

MizzouRah · 12-12-2003, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mtaystl03
MizzouRah - Yeah yeah yeah bring it now. Things are definately not looking good. Hopefully he can pick it up. If nothing else we need Kurt to do well in PIT so we can pick up a first rounder and get a QB!

Hey, big game tomorrow. Gonzaga is a tough one.

You might be better in the long run though, go Mizzou!

Todd

mtaystl03 · 12-14-2003, 08:34 AM

Pre-season game two: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

vs.

Fittingly the first play of the game was a false start penalty against us. Then Shaun McDonald dropped a pass and we had a bad punt. Great start.

Our defense held Trent Green, Priest Holmes and company in check on their opening drive.

On our next possession we moved the ball very nicely and for the first time this whole pre-season we found a way to get the ball into the end-zone on a 5-yard TD run by Arlen Harris. Adam Timmerman had 2 key run blocks on the drive.

7-0 Rams

On the Chiefs following possession, rookie Pisa Tinoisamoa came up big with a tackle one on play and he defensed the next two passes! Great to see him making an impact.

We went three-and-out and the first quarter ended with KC threatening...

END OF 1st QUARTER ------------- 7-0 Rams
Stats : STL (KC)
1st downs: 3 (4)
Pass yards: 37 (47)
Rush yards: 34 (12)
Total yards: 71 (65)
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Just about four minutes in the Chiefs completed a nice drive with Priest Holmes scoring from 5 yards to tie the game at 7.

7-7 tie

We went 3-and-out. Our defense comes up with a stop and of course on the punt we are called for roughing the kicker. 1st down KC. They got another 3rd-down conversion and we had an offsides penalty. The penalties are getting out of hand. Their drive was cut short when Fred Weary picked off Trent Green.

We got all the way to the KC 9 before the drive finds a way to come up empty. We had a false start and two sacks (both sacks had offensive holding penalties too but were declined). Then to add the insult to injury, Wilkins misses the 35 yard attempt.

HALTIME----------- 7-7 tie
Stats: STL (TB)
1st downs: 10 (8)
Pass yards: 129 (100)
Rush yards: 86 (34)
Total yards: 213 (134)

A good first half but we should have the lead. 213 yards of total offense is nice to see. CJ Grimley played well in the 2nd quarter.
Need to cut down on the costly penalties though.
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The 2nd half started with Kansas City backup QB Todd Collins throwing and interception to rookie Shane Walton. The ball was returned to the KC 17. I was just thinking how we could screw this one up. 3 incompletes and a false start, thats how. Wilkins booted 39 yarder and put us up by three.

10-7 Rams

On the Chiefs next drive they completed a 35-yard pass (Collins to Holmes) but didnt score anything.

Another nice drive by us capped by a CJ Grimley to Torry Holt 17-yard strike! Grimley continues to impress.

17-7 Rams

The Chiefs added a FG just before the 3rd quarter ended. A 33-yarder by ageless Morten Anderson was set up by a 29-yard run by the Priest. He's a good one.

17-10 Rams

End of 3rd Quarter---------
Stats: STL (TB)
1st downs: 15 (12)
Pass yards: 195 (155)
Rush yards: 102 (79)
Total yards: 297 (234)
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In the final quarter we played well with three sustained drives to milk the clock. We added a Jeffrey Wilkins field goal of 41 yards.

20-10 Rams

And another of 34 yards.

23-10 Rams

The Chiefs added a touchdown as Priest Holmes caught a one yard TD pass from Todd Collins to make it look very close.

Final score: Rams 23, Chiefs 17.
MVP: QB CJ Grimley (STL)
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Damn it is nice to win a football game. We end the pre-season 1-3 and look forward to the New York Giants in week one! The real season is starting which means its time to really start getting to work on a game plan. We have a tough test in week one going to New York to play a solid Giants team. It looks as though we will be without starting LB Robert Thomas who is healing really slowly with that torn cartilage. He has two weeks to full recovery, maybe longer. Considering that is our only major injury (knocks on wood) we got out pretty good.

The next few days will be routing through game logs and box scores to find that X-factor and hopefully utilize it in the game. We also need to make some personell decisions and cut this roster down to 53 players. I will post as soon as we make our decisions.

Marc Bulger didn't have a good pre-season. We NEED him to play better. CJ Grimley was very impressive in relief.

We are committing too many penalties, I dont know how to change this but it has to if we want to be successful this year.

Marshall Faulk did nearly nothing in the pre-season but just you wait.

BRING ON THE eNFL REGULAR SEASON!!!

More to come and thanks for reading...

Passacaglia · 12-15-2003, 11:14 AM

Sorry about your madness..glad it's doing better.

And don't worry about Bulger -- he probably won't be like the real NFL Bulger this year, but he'll develop. You just have to give him some time.

mtaystl03 · 12-15-2003, 11:41 AM

It's time to make some cuts. Before I get to those I will update you whats going on around the league.

Injury Report
Opening day, 2003 season

There are some big names in here...

*Injured Reserve*

Edwin Mulotalo, Bal, out 25 weeks, mcl damage to knee
Ovie Mughelli, Bal, out 14 weeks, torn lateral knee ligament
Brant Boyer, Cle, out 34 weeks, acl knee surgery
Gary Walker, Hou, out 27 weeks, acl damage to knee
Greg Robinson-Randall, Hou, out 38 weeks, acl knee surgery

*All-Injury Team*

QB
Rodney Peete, Car, out 3 weeks, saparated shoulder
Danny Kanell, Den, out 27 weeks, mcl damage to knee

RB
Sammy Morris, Buf, out 2 weeks, strained achilles tendon

FB
John Ritchie, Phi, out 3 weeks, broken arm
Ovie Mughelli, Bal, out 14 weeks, torn lateral knee ligament

TE

WR
Koren Robinson, Sea, out 30 weeks, ruptured achilles tendon
Kevin Johnson, Cle, out 2 weeks, strained foot ligament
Tyrone Calico, Ten, out 5 weeks, dislocated elbow
Detrius Thompson, Mia, out 3 weeks, strained deltoid muscle
John Crawford, Chi, out 3 weeks, strained achilles tendon

T
Brad Hopkins, Ten, out 3 weeks, strained calf muscle
Greg Robinson-Randall, Hou, out 38 weeks, acl knee surgery
John Stinchcomb, NO, out 5 weeks, broken foot
Soloman Page, SD, out 6 weeks, broken ankle

G
Edwin Mulotalo, Bal, out 25 weeks, mcl damage to knee

C

DE
Gary Walker, Hou, out 27 weeks, acl damage to knee
Osi Umenyiora , NYG, out 11 weeks, severe hamstring pull
Irving Kirk, Cin, out 43 weeks, acl knee surgery

DT
James Atkins, Ten, out 2 weeks, strained achilles tendon

OLB
Warrick Holdman, Chi, out 2 weeks, strained achilles tendon

ILB
Brant Boyer, Cle, out 34 weeks, acl knee surgery

CB
Phillip Buchanon, Oak, out 28 weeks, ruptured abductor muscle
Walt Harris, Ind, out 6 weeks, strained elbow tendon
Otis Smith, Det, out 5 weeks, herniated disk
Dante Wesley, Car, out 8 weeks, dislocated shoulder
Carles Tillman, Chi, out 4 weeks, strained elbow tendon
Julian Battle, out 5 weeks, torn knee cartilage
Eric Kelly, out 3 weeks, strained patellar tendon
Ken Lucas, Sea, out 24 weeks, torn rotator cuff
Willie Williams, Sea, out 5 weeks, broken jaw

S
Arturo Freeman, Mia, out 1 week, strained deltoid muscle
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Transactions

Charles Woodson (OAK) - resigned for a mere 3.02 over three years!!!

The Cowboys are unloading some players for picks...
-They traded aging G Larry Allen to Jacksonville for a 2nd round pick this year.
-The Chiefs picked up WR Joey Galloway for a 2004 4th-rounder.
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Final pre-season standings

More to come...
Thanks for reading...

mtaystl03 · 12-16-2003, 09:58 AM

I didn't really want to post my final cuts until after the release of the stage file but I don't see any harm.

These aren't 100% final either. If I make any changes I will update. They are about 97.9% though!

Here we go...

1. FB Brett Whitman
It came down to him and Ayanbadejo. We just feel like we are better off with Obafemi. It would not surprise me if Whitman catches on somewhere. He is an above average runner already but we needed the blocking that he doesn't provide.

2. TE Brandon Manumaleuna
This is a hard cut to make. This one came down to him and 7th round pick Richard Angulo. We went with Angulo. Both have good leadership but Angulos volatility is higher and he is obviously younger. We save some money this way too.

3. WR Kevin Curtis
Nobody likes to cut a 3rd round pick the same year he was drafted but Curtis just hasn't shown us anything and we have to get rid of him. Looker out performed him and when we gave him a shot to make it as a kick-returner he again did nothing.

4. RG Andy King
This guy was the first one cut. He knew it was coming. Everybody knew it was coming.

5. DT Ryan Pickett
This is another hard one to swallow but we have to do it. Pickett is a former first round pick. He just isnt progressing at all. He is going to be inactive anyway and we are deep at defensive tackle. Also, he isnt pulling the weight that his $1.2m contract demands of him. Great run defense potential. He will be signed somewhere.

6. OLB Scott Shanle
Another guy that had no shot at making the active roster.

7. S Erik Haldar
This one came down to Haldar and another just signed special teams guy Wade Wright. We went with Haldar just because Wright had more potential to actually play the position. I hate cutting guys I just signed but we had to do at least one. He was going to be inactive all year anyway.

Those are the cuts.

Time to get down and dirty preparing for the New York Giants tomorrow!

More to come, thanks for reading...

mtaystl03 · 12-17-2003, 03:15 PM

The cuts are made, the game plans completed and the stage file sent in...the eNFL is counting down until kickoff! 10 PM ET tonight the Rams and Giants will do battle.

The Steelers GM (and others helping out) have came up with a pretty sweet eNFL newspaper which can be found here. Just another reason why the eNFL is so sweet!!!

We are predicted to take home the NFC only to lose in a Super Bowl rematch to the Tennessee Titans! We'll see about that.

I will update right after the game tonight!
Go Rams!

Thanks for reading...

mtaystl03 · 12-18-2003, 12:38 AM

Game One: at New York Giants

vs.

You know, its funny I just had a really sick feeling coming into this game that they would do something right away and sure enough the special teams lets them return the opening kickoff!!

7-0 Giants

We got the ball back and on Marshall Faulk's first carry of 2003, he picks up a solid eight yards. Bulger got started the right way finding Holt for 12 on 3rd-and-2. He fould "Big game" Torry Holt two more times on the drive which culminated in a Jeff Wilkins 38-yard field goal.

7-3 Giants

The Giants first offensive drive started out really bad. Collins to Shiancoe? for 24-yards and then encroachment and illegal contact penalties hurt big time (I thought we may have gotten that out of our systems in the pre-season, guess not). Our defense did come up big in the long run as Jimmy Kennedy and Grant Wistrom each picked up sacks (both for losses of eight) and forced a punt.

We went 3-and-out and to end the first quarter of play Collins finds Tim Carter (who had a great day) for 10 yards on 3rd-and-10.

END OF 1st QUARTER ------------- 7-3 Giants
Stats : STL (NYG)
1st downs: 2 (7)
Pass yards: 33 (68)
Rush yards: 16 (29)
Total yards: 49 (97)
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A huge play by Grant Wistrom on 3rd-and-1 to stop Tiki Barber short and force a punt seemingly woke us up. We had nice drive before we stalled and punted (touchback).

The defense came up big again as rookie Pisa Tinoisamoa hit and wrapped up Barber for a loss of 2 and then Wistrom picked up his 2nd sack of the game, forcing a Giant punt.

We punted again and immediately Collins found that Carter guy for 49 yards! Then on 3rd-and-goal from our 9, they complete a 9-yard scoring strike to Amani Toomer! A dagger in our hearts.

14-3 Giants

Going into what would be our final drive of the 1st half, we knew we had to put something on the board and get the ball back. Bulger stepped up to the challenge and found Faulk twice for 14 and 11 yards, then Randle El for 29 to the Giant 10! Then came the huge 3rd-and-4 from the Giants four yard line and Faulk muscled his way in for the score! Timmerman had his 2nd key block on it.

14-10 Giants

That took us to halftime.

HALTIME----------- 14-10 Giants
Stats: STL (NYG)
1st downs: 8 (10)
Pass yards: 95 (134)
Rush yards: 39 (53)
Total yards: 134 (187)

It was nice to score there at the end and make it a four point game getting the ball in the second half. How nice would it of been if our special teams didnt give up that opening return!?!
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The 2nd half started out right with Marshall Faulk picking up 10 yards on the first play. Backup Arlen Harris got a 10-yard carry on the play after that and we are on the move. On 3rd-and-7 Bulger found Faulk who broke loose for 18 yards. And we have another key 3rd down on the New York 3 yard line. Bulger finds Faulk who gets in! Nice, 17-14 lead...oh wait, of course something goes wrong. Jeff Wilkins misses the extra point. Wow.

16-14 Rams

Things are completely going our way as the Giants commit a holding and a false start penalty to start with a 1st-and-25 from their own five. Barber gives them some breathing room but on third down he fumbles and Fred Weary picks it up! Our ball on their 21!

Bulger proceeds to even out his TD/INT ratio when he finds S Shaun Williams in the back of their end zone for the costly INT. We just give the momentum right back.

Both teams go 3 and out. A nice sustained drive has them knocking on the door to end the 3rd quarter.

End of 3rd Quarter--------------16-14 Rams
Stats: STL (NYG)
1st downs: 13 (13)
Pass yards: 132 (177)
Rush yards: 79 (99)
Total yards: 211 (276)
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They knocked the door in on a Barber 1-yard run.

21-16 Giants

We are still very much in the game at this point and a nice drive would cure all worries. Bulger and Faulk provide just that after a nice kickoff return by Harris. A 3rd-down completion to Cleeland keeps the drive alive and Faulk rumbles for 18 yards. Another Faulk 14 yard run was too good to be true as we illegally shifted and the play was called back. We call on Jeff Wilkins (mister missed EP) to get us within 2. The 40-yarder is no good!

The Giants have a nice long drive and we use all of our timeouts. Our last hope was that we could stop them on a 3rd and 9 from our 18 but Collins got it to Barber for 11. That was it. They of course threw salt in our wound by scoring another touchdown (Collins to Carter again - 6 yard TD).

Final score: Giants 28, Rams 16
MVP: QB Kerry Collins (NYG)
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All of my thoughts and stat totals are coming tomorrow. Im disappointed we couldn't come away with a win but the Giants are a tough team and we played pretty well for the most part.

Thanks for reading...

JAG · 12-18-2003, 04:32 AM

Wow, bad luck there. Offense looked quite good, defense iffy, and special teams horrible. Hopefully you'll be back in the saddle next game.

12-04-2003, 03:09 PM	#12
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	First of all, I was wrong. We only simmed one game this week. So, off to Oakland, CA we go for the first pre-season game of the season. Pre-season game one: @ Oakland Raiders vs. I guess the Raiders (yabanci) really doesn't want Rich Gannon to get hurt because he didnt play a down in the entire game. Things started out alright as Marc Bulger came up with two third-and-long conversions to Faulk and Bruce to get deep in enemy territory after both teams went three-and-out in each of their first possessions. Then all of the sudden, as Bulger was looking for Holt, Bill Romanowski picked him off and rumbled 83 yards for a score. 7-0 Raiders. On the ensuing drive Bulger found Bruce again for 30 yards and things were looking up. Faulk was slowed the whole game and the laundry started flying. After getting into their red-zone for the 2nd time in the game, two costly holding penalties and a loss of three yard run pushed us out of FG range. It remained 7-0 as our defense was playing pretty well. We were driving again, only to see Bulger throw another interception at the Raiders nine yard line. Luckily this time Shaun McDonald, the intended recevier brought Buchanan down before he could score. We got to halftime with the 7-0 deficit and it was an ugly half. The offense was moving but stalling deep in their territory. The defense was playing exceptional football (might of had something to do with Rick Mirer quarterbacking them). Halftime - 7-0 Raiders. On the opening kickoff of the 2nd half, Jason Fargas returned the ball 92 yards to put the Raiders up 14. Not good. The special teams needs to improve (you will see another miscue later). 14-0 Raiders. Bulger finally got us on the board after an Aeneas Williams interception, he found Torry Holt from 20 yards away. 14-7 Raiders. The tides of momentum were shifting as the defense came up with another stop (led all day by rookie Jimmy Kennedy) and forced a punt. Just as things were looking up, another special teams miscue occured. Bruce is returning my punts until Antwaan Randle El reports. He muffed the punt and it was only a matter of time until Mirer found the ageless wonder Jerry Rice for an 11-yard strike. 21-7 Raiders. Wilkins added a 50-yard FG, but that would be all as we lose the opening pre-season game 21-7. -------------------------------------------------- Game notes and key stats: - Kyle Turley played very well with 4 key run blocks in the game. - WR Dane Looker had a disappointing two drops. - I was very happy with Jimmy Kennedy's 8 tackles and 2 assists. - Isaac Bruce is emerging as Bulgers favorite target as he hauled in 8 catches for 127 yards. - Bulger was 26-of-42 for 288 yards, 1 TD and 2 costly INT's. He played three full quarters. Scott Covington came in and was 3-of-10 for 23 yards. GAME MVP: Oakland's Bill Romanowski Thoughts: I am not too upset. Barring a few penalties and the interception and kickoff return I think we played fine. Bulger will work it out. I am a little concerned about the 169 rushing yards we allowed. We have to give Oakland credit for their solid ground attack with Wheatley/Garner/Fargas and even Jerry Porter got a few carries. More to come.... I will post again later with the roster moves, injuries, personell decisions and all that. __________________ Go STL Sports! Last edited by mtaystl03 : 12-08-2003 at 12:18 PM.

12-05-2003, 05:24 AM	#16
Icy Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toledo - Spain	Nice to see a dynasty from the league where i'm also playing I'm the Miami GM. Btw, could you please post the settings at your gameplan that you will use vs my Dolphins? :P Just J/K, i will add posts to your dynasty when my team is involved like after match report, trades etc so you will have both points of view. __________________

12-05-2003, 01:39 PM	#19
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	We have it set at 100. __________________ Go STL Sports!

12-07-2003, 03:07 PM	#23
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	Nice, I'll echo the sentiments of others, it's good to see a real MP league up and running. I'll have to throw my hat in with Northwood (I'm a 49er fan, what can I say), but I'll be following __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

12-07-2003, 11:43 PM	#25
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	This game is amazing. I always find something else to put in this report. Since we are a few days away from the next sim, I figured I would look into the "other" things going on in the game. City Information Saint Louis, MO - We are the home of the Rams (obviously). Plains region. There arent any teams within 250 miles of us, which is strange because when I view individual distances it says that Indianapolis and Kansas City are 232 miles away. Oh well. Nine teams within 500 miles. Im not going to list them. Who really cares? Population: 2,600,000 Growth: 1.9% Avg. Income: 31,500 Poverty level: 13.2% Entertainment competition: Medium (49th percentile) Trend setting city: High (67th percentile) Obviously we don't desire a new team. --- Pretty realistic if you ask me. Esp. considering the competition for entertainment at 49th percentile. The fans in St. Louis are GREAT. They love the Rams, Blues and Cardinals all the same. That is why its the best sports city in America! As for the trend setting city, I would agree with that too. Kansas City has an identity crisis and it shows in their Chiefs. Their starting QB was born and raised in St. Louis. Their coach and half of their roster was recently a Ram AND they even steal the "Gotta Go To Work" motto that the Rams had in their Super Bowl season '99. Come on! Franchise Value Stadium: Fair (27) - 23rd in the NFL. The Edward Jones Dome does kinda suck. Being a season ticket holder since '95 I already desire a new one. We have to wait a while for that. Roster: Very Good (72) - 16th in the NFL. Support: Excellent (86) - 18th in NFL. Economy: Good (47) - 15th in NFL. TOTAL FRANCHISE VALUE = 388,500,000 - 20th in NFL. Stadium Edward Jones Dome Capacity: 66,000 Opened in 1995 Type: Dome/Artificial turf '03 attendance: 62,400 Condition: Average Turf & Parking lot condition: Both very good. We have ZERO public support for a new stadium which is understood. The estimated amount of money a family of four would spend at our game is $289. The most in the league is the New York Giants at a whopping $543 (the next closest is Denver at $462). The lowest is Arizona at $119. Other information: League's Strongest Man --OT Kyle Turley is currently the league's 2nd strongest man behind Seattle's Walter Jones. Turley managed 46 bench press reps, just one behind Jones. League's Fastest Man --We have two guys in the top 20 of the league's fastest men. WR Torry Holt is ranked 3rd with an impressive 4.28 40-yard dash time. He is actually tied with Wayne Chrebet, Charles Woodson and Peerless Price for the top spot. CB Jason Sehorn comes in at a 4.31, 12th on the list. Power Rankings --Our Rams are given a rating of '70' in the power rankings. We are tied for fourth in the NFC with our week one opponent, the New York Giants. The defending champion Bucs take the cake at an 84. Division rival Seattle is 2nd at 80 and Green Bay is a 73. The Green Page --Ranked #17 on the Green page ranking list is our 1st round draft pick out of Penn State, Jimmy Kennedy. Team Cohesion Here are our ratings and rankings among other teams in terms of cohesion: Passing = excellent 84 - 9th in NFL. Offensive Line = very good 77 - 17th in NFL. Defensive Front = excellent 81 - 17th in NFL. Secondary = good 49 - 22nd in NFL. Not too bad. Our passing is still 9th even with Warner gone. The o-line will become one soon with the re-signing of Pace and Timmerman. The reason it slipped was the addition of Turley, who will be with us for a while. On the defensive side of the ball we are young and inexperienced. Hopefully these guys can gel and mold themselves into one of the better units. I believe we have the guys to do it. Average Age- ranks are decending. Backfield: 25.6 years (22nd) Offensive line: 29 years (1st) Oldest in NFL. Defensive front: 25.7 years (25th) Secondary: 27 years (7th) ALL PLAYERS: 26.9 years (11th oldest team in the league). -- The next report I will go through position-by-position and update the status of every player. Should be fun! Thanks for reading __________________ Go STL Sports! Last edited by mtaystl03 : 12-08-2003 at 12:12 AM.

12-03-2003, 05:01 PM	#2
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	Well, the first sim was only two games and it was mostly for teams to start filling their rosters with promising young players and to fill holes. This is the first opportunity we all had at getting things going in the right direction in terms of the free agents. Most that had any value would most likely get snagged after this sim. I wasn't too worried about this and focused more on re-negotiations. Those didn't go so well: Timmerman - REJECTED! Pace - REJECTED! Polley - REJECTED! Wistrom - REJECTED! I somewhat expected this as I went pretty much lower than their demands for the initial negotiation to see if I could snag somebody really cheap. Didn't work. I am going to have to negotiate a little more to try to lock at least two of these guys up after the next sim. SS Wade Wright accepted his 230,000/1 yr. contract and becomes a member of the Rams. On another front, I posted a message at our league forum about Kurt Warner and/or Marc Bulger being available for the right price. I had slim talks with the Bears and Cardinals but nothing was really looking good to me. I was fully intending on going into the first season with both, fighting for time and eventually have my guy. At least this way I would have a backup in case of injury. As time progressed and more interested parties started to call, I decided to not close my eyes to any opportunites. The Pittsburgh Steelers called and said they were aggressively seeking Kurt Warner. They asked if I was interested in any players off of their roster and after close examination I felt this offense could use a player like wide receiver and punt returner Antwaan Randle El. Talks began to heat up. And after much negotiation we came to an agreement! Kurt Warner Dealt St. Louis (AP) - The St. Louis Rams today announced that Kurt Warner has been traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The two-time NFL MVP, along with rookie wide reciever Mike Furrey were dealt for two players and a pair of draft picks. The Rams acquire wide reciever and punt returner Antwaan Randle El and backup quarterback CJ Grimley in the four-player deal. In addition the Rams obtain the rights to the Steelers fourth-round draft choice in 2005 (two years away) and a conditional pick in the upcoming amateur draft. The terms of the conditional pick are as follows: Assuming Warner plays in ten regular-season games for the Steelers: 4,000+ passing yards = 1st round draft choice 3,000-3,999 yards = 2nd round draft choice 2,000-2,999 yards = 3rd round draft choice less than 2,000 yards = 4th round choice Other terms of the deal apply. Rams GM Mark Taylor has this to say, "We have a lot of respect for Kurt Warner as a player and a person. We feel that at this time Marc Bulger is the future and will begin the 2003 season as our starting QB", adding, "Kurt has a chance to continue his career in Pittsburgh and, unfortunately we have to face him in his new digs in week eight." --------------- I am very happy with this trade. I want to throw Marc Bulger in there and have him be our starting quarterback. This now gives him another dangerous option in Randle El and some picks to help build our future. This also opens up a lot of cap room that can be used to re-sign the afformentioned players which now includes Marc Bulger who is in his last year of a contract. Now since that ordeal is done, I have time to really look at my roster and make some important personell decisions: I want to strengthen my long-snapper and special teams by adding free agents and also drop a few players. (Note- We are allowed to hold up to 60 players. Going into this sim, we have 58). I have offered contracts to the following players: FS – Andre Horn A better than average special teams player and a guy that can step in and make a few plays. WLB – Claude Blackburn Another good special teams player who punishes people with hits. SS – Erik Haldar Yet another special teams performer who can make a small contribution to the team in relief situations in our secondary. C – Eric Shelton Strictly a long snapper. My scout rates him a 100. LDT – Vince Holland Just a young promising defensive player who my scout feels can get into the mid to upper 40's at some point in his career. FB – Obafemi Ayanbadejo Looking to pick up the former Baltimore Raven who isnt a very good player but is young and could develop. He is better than our other backup who will be cut. I am going to release FS - Jeremetrius Butler and FB- Dan Curley in favor of Horn and Ayanbadejo (assuming I get them). During the preseason we will sim two weeks (two pre-season games) to keep things moving and get to the "real" season. I play the defending AFC Champion Oakland Raiders and then the defending Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Bucs in week two. More than anything I hope to get out of the two games with few injuries and a couple re-signed players. Will update after the sim. -Mark __________________ Go STL Sports!

12-03-2003, 05:21 PM	#3
RPI-Fan Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Troy, NY	How are you getting those conditions to work? __________________ Quis custodiets ipsos custodes?

12-03-2003, 05:24 PM	#4
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	It is a multi-player league so we just remember them. He trades me the worst pick I could get and then when and if Warner reaches his goal, I just trade him that 4th rounder back for whatever level he ends up in. Does that answer your question? __________________ Go STL Sports!

12-03-2003, 05:29 PM	#5
Gallifrey High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Seattle, Washington	Cool to see your report. I don't think we play this season, do we?

12-03-2003, 06:15 PM	#6
wbonnell College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Round Rock TX	Best of luck....until you play my Buccs!

12-03-2003, 06:34 PM	#7
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	Yeah, I'm the GM of the Steelers in the eNFL, so I was very happy to get Kurt Warner on my team, as I had nodoby to throw the ball and needed a solid QB. Hopefully the Steelers and the Rams will meet up in the Super Bowl this year!! Danny

12-03-2003, 07:13 PM	#8
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	Gallifrey, you are the Packers, right? We play week seven at my place. Bring it! __________________ Go STL Sports!

12-03-2003, 07:50 PM	#9
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	You should have traded Bulger. I can't read anymore, you're destroying my Rams!! Good luck! Todd

12-03-2003, 08:11 PM	#10
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	We will see. I could forsee us struggling this season but when Bulger develops and with the picks coming up, I think we are on the right track. The next sim is tonight (Wednesday, the 3rd) at 9 PM CT. I should have an update later on tonight. __________________ Go STL Sports! Last edited by mtaystl03 : 12-03-2003 at 08:13 PM.

12-04-2003, 03:16 PM	#13
JAG Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: St. Paul, MN	Good stuff.

12-04-2003, 03:33 PM	#14
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	Nice to see a real, live MP league up and running. Incidentally, in my SP game I was very happy to pick Bulger up as a free agent in 2004. His stats jumped into the 60's after a year starting in the 30's.

12-05-2003, 04:32 AM	#15
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	Good stuff. Believe me I will follow you closely. Brgds Northwood_DK GM SF 49ers eNFL

12-05-2003, 01:16 PM	#17
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	Sounds good. Thanks for the kind words. Hey Northwood, you happy I dealt Warner? Hopefully he does very well in PIT so I can grab another 1st rounder and Randle El can return a couple on you twice this year!!! I better be careful not to give away too much information with some fellow eNFLers reading! On to more updates. First I will let you know of all that is going on around the league. This is from the Commish's weekly recap in terms of injuries and transactions (looks like we get mentioned) --- Injuries of the Week: Baltimore got hit hard this week. G Edwin Mulitalo tore his MCL, and won't be back anytime soon. Rookie 4th rounder FB Ovie Mughelli also took a hit to the knee, tearing his lateral knee ligament, and will be down for 4 months. Philadelphia gets the honorable mention. FB Jon Ritchie broke his arm, and should be full strength by Week 4. QB Donovan McNabb also took some knee damage in the game, but should be 100% by the start of the season. Transaction of the Week: Got to be the blockbuster trade involving Kurt Warner to Pittsburgh and Antwaan Randel El to St. Louis, among a plethora of other players & draft picks. --- Not too much going on in the first week of the pre-season in the eNFL. On to the transactions... I heard back from all five players I am trying to resign: Wistrom - REJECTED Pace - REJECTED Bulger - ACCEPTED Polley - REJECTED Timmerman - REJECTED I am happy to get Bulger locked up, I have a good feeling about him being the future of this team. As for the others, I am going to go ahead and give them what they ask for. I have more room under the cap now (close to 9,000,000) after unloading Warner. I am going to worry about Polley later as he still has 2 years and go ahead and try to lock up Timmerman, Wistrom and Pace. As for the other moves. I was successful in signing 4 of the 5 guys I wanted: S- Andre Horn FB - Obafemi Ayanbadejo LB - Claude Blackburn S- Erik Haldar C - Erik Shelton The other guy was DT Vince Holland who got offers from GB, IND, MIA, SEA, SF and decided to sign with Dallas. Im just glad neither Seattle or San Fran got him. Haldar and Blackburn are going to be inactive to start. Horn will immediately become a gunner on special teams and see some action as the backup strong safety. ---- On another note, I am very happy that we had no significant injuries all game and that is something we hope will continue. It is nice to get Randle El in and he will become our punt returner, 2nd kickoff returner and 3rd wide receiver. This is a guy that has big-play potential and is a nice addition to special teams (an area that must improve). More to come... __________________ Go STL Sports!

12-05-2003, 01:34 PM	#18
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	What is the league injury level?

12-06-2003, 05:49 PM	#21
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	Tonight (Saturday) is the next sim and we are preparing of the defending Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Bucs in week two of pre-season football. Again, the focus is to get the guys some work and hopefully avoid injury. We aren't too worried about winning the games but all players are being evaluated. We are making the following personell decisions prior to the game: Activate: S Andre Horn C Erik Shelton Deactivate: LB Courtland Bullard TE Richard Angulo Offer contract extensions to: T Orlando Pace G Adam Timmerman DE Grant Wistrom *Hopefully we will get somebody this time around. We will also mess with the depth chart: Our new punt returner and 3rd option at wideout has arrived! Antwaan Randle El will take over for Ike Bruce returning kicks and will fill Dane Lookers spot as the #3. Bruce will remain the 2nd option at punt returner and Looker will move to #4 on the depth chart at WR. I will post after the sim... Go Rams! __________________ Go STL Sports!

12-07-2003, 12:58 PM	#22
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	Pre-season game two: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Things started out with us going 3-and-out and our D getting a stop. On our next possession the offense was moving down the field with a Bulger-to-Bruce 23 yarder and a Faulk 10-yard run. Once again, though, the drive is thwarted when Bulger throws his 3rd interception of the pre-season (Ronde Barber in the end zone). The "D" held strong with a sack from DE Leonard Little. We then went 3-and-out and another stop by our defense, this time led by a Grant Wistrom sack for a loss of 8 yards. Not much going on early. END OF 1st QUARTER ------------- Stats : STL (TB) 1st downs: 2 (2) Pass yards: 34 (20) Rush yards: 8 (28) Total yards: 42 (48) ---------------------------------------------------- The 2nd quarter started much the same way the 1st quarter ended, not much going on. A three-and-out for them and one first-down and a stop by their D. As of right now I am liking the defensive effort put forth by my boys. On our next drive Bulger comes up with 2 third-down conversions (one to Bruce and another to McDonald). We were at the two but Ronde Barber somehow pushed Marshall Faulk out of bounds for a -6 yard run. Wilkins dents the scoreboard for the first time with a 25 yard FG. 3-0 Rams On the very next drive, Tampa QB Brad Johnson was picked by our Travis Fisher and he returned the ball for a TD!! 10-0 Rams The Bucs felt the need to start going downfield with some passes now that they were down and Johnson completed a few long ones but the "D" held strong and Gramatica hit a 38-yarder to cut the lead to a touchdown. 10-3 Rams We go three-and-out and Bulger is sacked for the first time (allowed by Pace). The Bucs get another couple big completions through the air and our boys again hold strong as Gramatica nails another FG, this time from 44 yards out. Then the special teams woes continue as Arlen Harris fumbles the ball on the kickoff which is returned to our 5-yard line with just :05 on the clock. Gramatica hits another one and the halftime score is 10-9. HALTIME----------- Stats: STL (TB) 1st downs: 6 (8) Pass yards: 86 (114) Rush yards: 10 (57) Total yards: 96 (171) Despite being out gained pretty badly, we maintain a 10-9 lead at the half. The special teams is just killing us. ------------------------------------------- Bulger played one series in the 2nd half and he threw a TD pass to Bucs' LB Derrick Brooks. His FOURTH interception this preseason. EEEWWWWW. They went for two and didnt get it. 15-10 Bucs. Tampa took over from there as our backup (recently acquired from Pittsburgh) CJ Grimley threw an interception and Johnson found Keyshawn for a 3-yard score. 22-10 Bucs. Gramatica added his fourth FG of the game from 51-yards out to put it out of reach just before the end of the 3rd quarter. 25-10 Bucs. End of 3rd Quarter--------- Stats: STL (TB) 1st downs: 12 (12) Pass yards: 126 (163) Rush yards: 56 (89) Total yards: 182 (252) ---------------------------------------------- In the final quarter, Ronde Barber got another interception of Grimley and Thomas Jones scored from 3 yards out. Getting real ugly. 32-10 Bucs. Grimley started to pick things up and actually found Torry Holt from 3-yards out and then again found Antwaan Randle El form 21-yards. All too little too late. The Bucs won the game 32-24 with Martin Gramatica picking game MVP honors. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My initial reaction is to not make a huge deal out of this. We played well enough in the first quarter to stay with this very good team. Things got out of hand later on. The fact of the matter remains that our QB's are going to have to start being more careful with the ball. We will hopefully figure it out next weekend in Buffalo. Other Notables: -- We did force two fumbles in the game, both recovered by Tampa. -- Last game it seemed to be the running game we couldn't stop, this game they were beating us through the air. Not good. Stat lines: Code: Team Statistics TBY STL First Downs 17 21 Total Rushes 36 24 Rushing Yards 120 65 Interceptions 1 4 We got more first downs and more passing yardage in the game. We were, however, grossly out rushed and the 4 INT's to 1 is a major problem. Code: Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 34 Gordon 12 49 4.0 12 0 28 Faulk 6 11 1.8 10 0 Again, Gordon impresses and Faulk does just about nothing. Not worried about this at all. Code: Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 17 Grimley 22 11 169 7.6 36 2 2 0 10 Bulger 20 9 98 4.9 23 0 2 1 Grimleys line didn't turn out too bad but it was mop up yards and TD's. Bulger wasn't good at all, albeit that was a good defense. Code: Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 80 Bruce 5 75 15.0 6 23 0 81 Holt 5 40 8.0 9 15 1 28 Faulk 3 63 21.0 13 36 0 47 Comella 2 7 3.5 6 4 0 88 Randle El 2 46 23.0 3 25 1 87 Cleeland 1 10 10.0 0 10 0 86 Manumaleuna 1 14 14.0 5 14 0 84 MdDonald 1 12 12.0 4 12 0 Bruce and Holt have nice days and Antwaan Randle El, the guy we need to step up and make big plays had 2 for 46 and a score. Faulk contributed well in this, we will need to get the ball in his hands. Nothing too exciting on defense. 2 sacks (Wistrom and Little) and the INT return by Fisher is about it. Aeneas led the team with six tackles. I will post again later about the personell moves and re-signing attempts and more about this game. __________________ Go STL Sports! Last edited by mtaystl03 : 12-08-2003 at 12:22 PM.

12-07-2003, 04:15 PM	#24
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	Vince, please don't post anymore in this thread. You are my enemy just as much as Northwood. Just kidding. Thanks for the kind words. It's good to know people are reading. Now for an update: I heard back from the three guys that I wanted to resign: T Orlando Pace - ACCEPTED a $23.26/3 year deal. G Adam Timmerman - ACCEPTED a $14.90/3 year deal. DE Grant Wistrom - ACCEPTED a $29.28/4 year deal. LB Tommy Polley - REJECTED his offer. I gave the other three guys what they wanted. Polley and his agent are not budging at all. I will hold of on re-negotiation talks with him for now. With these three re-signings my cap room (this season) actually went up only 100,000 to 9,200,000. The next years are when the effects are going to hit. Well worth it for these three gems. INJURY REPORT: S Aeneas Williams - probable with Knee Bursitis - full strength in one week. LB Robert Thomas - Out with torn knee cartilage - full strength in three weeks. -- Two starters were injured in the Tampa game and while Thomas can't play, I am going to hold Williams out of the upcoming Buffalo game as a precaution. OTHER NEWS AROUND THE eNFL Here are the other key re-negotiated contracts in the league: CB Champ Bailey (WAS) - $37.08/5 yrs. CB Fred Smoot (WAS) - $23.17/6 yrs. RB Jerome Bettis (PIT) - $16.86/4 yrs. DT Warren Sapp (TB) - $16.29/3 yrs. LB Jason Gildon (PIT) - $15.70/4 yrs. S Darren Sharper (GB) - $12.85/4 yrs. G Marco Rivera (GB) - $11.40/3 yrs. TE Bubba Franks (GB) - $10.00/5 yrs. Looks like the Redskins won't have to worry about that secondary for a long while. Pittsburgh and Green Bay are the other two that are making some key re-signings before the regular season starts. Notes: The Indianapolis Colts have tried twice to re-sign big-time free agent at the end of the season QB Peyton Manning, both times unsuccessfully. Manning has turned down offers of $53.68/5 years and $55.12/5 years. Like Indy, the Jacksonville Jaguars are having a hard time resigning S Donovan Darius. They have swung twice and came up empty both times. There havent been many serious injuries. Tampa will be without LB Shelton Quarles for a while. Note: We dropped S Kim Herring and he signed with the Chicago Bears. He turned down more money ($1.01m from Denver) to go with the Bears at $660k. Again, not much going on early in the preseason. More personell moves will be made and I will update soon. Next sim is Wednesday (Dec. 10th). Thanks for reading. __________________ Go STL Sports! Last edited by mtaystl03 : 12-07-2003 at 04:18 PM.

12-08-2003, 12:24 PM	#26
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	Just a quick note. I have been working on some images to spice things up a little bit. I want to get a uniform posting method for the games. I'm pretty close with that last game against Tampa. More to come tonight. Thanks for reading __________________ Go STL Sports!

12-08-2003, 05:49 PM	#27
GoSeahawks High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Olympia, Wa	What's the official website for the eNFL?

12-08-2003, 07:54 PM	#28
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	I am going through, position-by-position and just do a run down of the roster as we prepare for the Bills this week. Probably offense today and defense tomorrow. Quarterbacks #10 - Marc Bulger - Contract ends: 2005 We just re-signed Marc to a 3-year deal which locks him up through 2005. My hope for him is that he will develop into a solid quarterback for us. I doubt he will break any records and it may take a year to get to be a very solid QB. He is struggling in the pre-season so far (1 TD - 4 INT). He is our unquestioned starter. He may not have the best arm in the world but he will make up for that with smarts (hopefully!) #17 - CJ Grimley - Contract ends: 2003 Acquired in the Warner/Randle El deal, mostly to fill the roster void. We actually got a decent player out of it. He is an undrafted rookie out of Rutgers. He is our #2 but if Bulger goes down, we are in trouble. That was one of the drawbacks of dealing Warner. #4 - Scott Covington - Contract ends: 2003 This guy is pretty bad. Our #3. I doubt we will feel the need to re-sign him. We can find just about anybody, even in free agency now, that would take his place. If he starts a game for us we are in serious trouble. Running backs #28 - Marshall Faulk - Contract ends: 2008 Our unquestioned star and leader. He is getting up there in age but still possesses the talent to be an MVP in this league. We have him locked up for his career, or at least until he starts to decline. If Marshall stays healthy, you can bet he will be among the league leaders in rushing and receiving. He is the man on 3rd-down and getting to the outside, something we hope to take full advantage of. #34 - Lamar Gordon - Contract ends: 2005 Lamar is the #2 guy and a good story coming out of D2 South Dakota State. He is a hard runner and pretty elusive. Mostly a north-south guy that picks up speed as he goes. We feel we have a pretty good chance to move the ball with him if Marshall suffers some sort of injury. He is in his 2nd year and we will have him around for 2 more after this. He is having a stellar pre-season so far (21 carries for 80 yards). Not the best receiver. #33 - Arlen Harris - Contract ends: 2003 Another good story. Arlen is a rookie and went undrafted out of Virginia. His main drawback is his elusiveness. He has good speed and can run over a guy or two. He will see some spot duty especially as Faulk and Gordon start to wear down towards the end. I would like to re-sign Harris at the end of the year. A good guy to have around. Better receiver than Gordon which will earn him a few plays on 3rd down this year. #49 - Maurice Peters - Contract ends: 2003 Another undrafted player out of Purdue. Peters is currently on the inactive roster and fourth on the running back chart. He seems to have good speed but no power at all. Not much going on here. He could become a role player with a team someday. Im sure he will make the active roster as injuries start to bite. Good special teams player. I don't plan on re-signing him if we bring Arlen back or he shows us something on special teams. [u]Fullbacks[/u #47 - Greg Comella - Contract ends: 2003 A good sized fullback. We picked him up from Houston for a 7th round draft pick. A very good pass blocker with above average blocking strength. He is an OK run blocker which is something we hope he improves on. He will see a few balls thrown his way when we are looking for short yardage. Has a tendency to fumble the ball. We would like to bring him back but that all depends on how well he performs this season. I went to see if we could re-sign him now but his (and his agents) demands are pretty high right now. #39 - Obafemi Ayanbadejo - Contract ends: 2003 A 5th-year player. Former Baltimore Raven. We signed him to a one-year deal for the league minimum. A good backup that can come in when needed. He was undrafted out of San Diego State. Mainly a run/pass blocker. He has the potential to become a solid blocker in this league. Won't see many carries. #40 - Brett Whitman - Contract ends: 2003 A back just the opposite of Ayanbadejo, a runner instead of a blocker. Not much in either. Could continue to develop and make an impact on a few goal-line carries. Currently he is inactive. We may re-sign him if one of the other two move on after the season. Tight Ends #87 - Cameron Cleeland - Contract ends: 2003 A former 2nd round pick of the Saints out of the University of Washington. Cleeland is a good tight end and will be our #1 guy. A good blocker and that is what we will look for him to focus on before becoming a receiver. A solid player. He's not going to break records but can come up with a few big plays and make a few big blocks. I am going to look into his demands for another year on that contract as he would be a guy we want to keep around. #86 - Brandon Manumaleuna - Contract ends: 2003 2001's 4th round pick out of Arizona, Brandon is a large 6-2, 290. We don't expect too much out of him. He is our backup right now and shouldn't see too much action. I would be suprised if hes back in a Ram uni next year, although his leadership is a very high 97. #48 - Richard Angulo - Contract ends: 2005 The Rams' 7th round pick this past draft, Angulo is from small West New Mexico U. He is currently inactive but could find himself on the team instead of Manumaleuna when it comes cut time. We will activate him for this next preseason came to see if he can do something. Flankers #81 - Torry Holt - Contract ends: 2009 It's nice to have the future of the organization locked up until 2009. Holt is one of the better receivers in the league. Awesome at getting downfield and makes the big-plays. He was the Rams 1st round (#6 overall) choice in 1999 out of North Carolina State. He will be Bulgers go-to-guy. #89 - Dane Looker - Contract ends: 2003 This young man has been trying like hell to make this team. He went undrafted out of Washington. Has spent time in camp with the Rams before and actually had some pretty good pre-seasons, never making the squad. He was actually traded once to the Patriots and released. He is back with the team as the #2 flanker and #5 overall. He will step in and make a few plays. A good guy to look for on 3rd down. Im not sure at this point whether he will be back, it hurts him that he won't contribute much on special teams. #83 - Kevin Curtis - Contract ends: 2005 The Rams 3rd round pick in this last draft looks like a dud to me. He may be a strict kick returner as my scout has his ranked pretty high in that. I may activate him and give him a shot to return some kicks for us in a pre-season game. Other than that, not much to report here. Split Ends #80 - Isaac Bruce - Contract ends: 2006 Bruce has been a Ram since the beginning and he is going to stay one. In this pre-season so far he has emerged as Bulgers favorite target and things may remain that way. He is a proven leader and, like his understudy Torry Holt, he is great at getting downfield and making that big-play. He is one of the best route runners in the game and a favorite among the Rams fans. Good punt returner but to keep him healty we will let Randle El take care of that (he's next). A solid player that we hope to have until he calls it quits. #88 - Antwaan Randle El - Contract ends: 2005 A former college quarterback at Indiana, the Steelers grabbed him late in the 2nd round of the '02 draft. He is a punt/kick returner with the ability to make some big plays as a no. 3 option. He will play the role that Az-Zahir Hakim played for the Rams in the '99 championship year. In his one pre-season game with the Rams he had 2 catches for 46 yards, including a 25-yard touchdown reception. Should prove his worth this season. #84 - Shaun McDonald - Contract ends: 2005 The other receiver drafted by the Rams in the past draft. He was snagged in the 4th round out of Arizona State. He has very sure hands and also has that knack for the big play, which seems to be a quality this whole receiving corps. possesses. Has the potential to be a very quality receiver in the league. Right now he is slated as our 4th receiver. Centers #64 - Dave Wholabaugh - Contract ends: 2006 We gots ourselves a pretty darn good center. Wholabaugh, a former Patriot, will be at the center of this offensive line that I would love to create a nice cohesion with. Run blocking is his specialty but does a nice job against the pass rush too. We have him until '06, I don't see us changing this. #45 - Chris Massey - Contract ends: 2004 Massey is out of Marshall. He was drafted in the 7th round in '02. Right now he is our #2 and will see some spot action. Hopefully, though, Wholabaugh can stay healthy because Massey isn't ready for the full load. He will probably remain a back-up his whole career but it is possible that he could develop into something more. #50 - Erik Shelton - Contract ends: 2003 Shelton was just signed for the league minimum. He is an undrafted rookie out of Notre Dame. He is a strict long snapper, rated a '100'. He could develop in the pass protection area and could see some time in the future in for-sure passing situations. Other than that, a career long-snapper. Left Guards #67 - Andy McCollum - Contract ends: 2005 This is by far the weakest of the starting positions on the offensive line. McCollum is pretty poor at both run and pass blocking and has just about zero blocking strength. This is the weak link here. This will be a definate position we will look to upgrade in the off-season. #61 - David Loverne - Contract ends: 2003 Loverne is a decent run blocker but is piss poor at pass protection. He will see a few plays but hopefully not too many. Just a guy filling up a roster spot right now. Prolly won't be with us much longer. Right Guards #62 - Adam Timmerman - Contract ends: 2005 We just re-signed Timmerman through the 2005 season as we try to create a nice cohesion with this talented o-line. Adam is one of the very best pass protection men in the league. He is great overall blocker and has a chance to be all pro. He has been known to tire but he will have enough to get through an entire game. Very good, hard-nosed player. #65 - Andy King - Contract ends: 2003 Just plain bad. He won't be with us much longer. We will look to pick up another backup RG before the Buffalo game. Left Tackles #76 - Orlando Pace - Contract ends: 2005 We just spent a lot of money to keep Pace here until '05. He is a former #1 overall draft pick. Another good member of this o-line, Pace is equally good at run and pass blocking and has great strength. Another very good player. #77 - Grant Williams - Contract ends: 2005 Williams is a decent player, one of our better backups on the line. If we suffer injuries we are going to be in trouble but if this entire line can stay healthy, they may be the best in the league. Williams is better with the run. A decent backup. Should be with us. Right Tackles #68 - Kyle Turley - Contract ends: 2008 A very hard-nosed player that loves the competition. A guy you love to have on YOUR side. He is also one of the better offensive linemen in the game and rounds out the starting five on the line. Another San Diego State boy, very strong on both rush and pass and very strong. He is a fan favorite and I really like the guy. #70 - John St. Clair - Contract ends: 2003 Another weak backup. St. Clair had to start a couple times in the past for an injured Orlando Pace. He didn't do very well and hopefully we won't have to see much of him on the field this year. One injury and we are toast. I will scour the free agents looking for some better backups. There just isnt much out there. Punter #5 - Sean Landeta - Contract ends: 2003 Sean Landeta has been around forever! He has good power and kick direction and is also our holder. He won't be around next year because he will definately retire. He will do just fine for us this season at the punter position. Kicker #14 - Jeff Wilkins - Contract ends: 2005 Wilkins is a very good kicker and will do a nice job for us both converting the 3-pointers as well as on kickoffs. He is signed through 2005 so we wont have to worry about a kicker for a while. That's it for the offense. Looks like we are going shopping for some competent backup offensive linemen. We will be cutting down the roster and some of these guys wont be with us when we have to cut the roster to 53 (from 60). Should be fun. Look for the defense tomorrow. Thanks for reading. __________________ Go STL Sports!

12-08-2003, 07:56 PM	#29
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	GoSeahawks - http://www.tredsoft.com/FOF_eNFL/ __________________ Go STL Sports!

12-09-2003, 10:47 AM	#30
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Hey, can I ask what your plans are for your next game? I'm thinking that I'm done putzing around, and I'm ready to get all my starters in there, and see what I can do with gameplanning, and I can't think of a more difficult team to plan against than yours. What do you think of going all out this game? I'm thinking of starting all my best guys, probably putting them with playing time at 1, so that they leave with even the slightest injury, and changing my gameplan from the 'vanilla' plan that was there just to give Zordich and the other backups some experience to a gameplan that hopefully can beat you. What do you think? __________________ Pride and Prejudice -- an FOF9 Lions dynasty, starting 1966

12-09-2003, 11:50 AM	#31
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	I have actually played Bulger and Faulk and my starters quite a bit in the first two games (oak and tb). I am going to go way more conservative now. You can feel free to start your starters, I am not concerned at all with winning in the pre-season. I will only play Bulger at like a '2' same with Faulk and the other stars. I hope to get my young guys a lot of time so I can figure out who to cut when that time comes. Does this answer your question? __________________ Go STL Sports! Last edited by mtaystl03 : 12-09-2003 at 11:51 AM.

12-09-2003, 12:12 PM	#32
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Yeah. I really only want to play all my starters, if I know you're going to do the same. I'll be sticking with the young guys, too. __________________ Pride and Prejudice -- an FOF9 Lions dynasty, starting 1966

12-09-2003, 02:47 PM	#34
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	JAG - Thanks and yes I had to take a double-take when I saw that too. The defensive players outlook should be coming tonight sometime. __________________ Go STL Sports!

12-10-2003, 12:23 PM	#35
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	Time for the defensive outlook. These guys as a group are playing pretty well so far but our youth will probably catch up with us at some point. Left Defensive Ends #91 - Leonard Little - Contract Ends: 2006 Leonard is an above average player who is pretty one-dimensional. He is awesome rushing the passer and is a very punishing hitter but struggles against the run. He could lead the league in sacks but his rush D could be considered a liability. If he is going to be one-dimensional it is better that he is a pass rusher at the end position. NOTE: In real life, I am convinced he is the best defensive end in the entire league. #97 - Tyoka Jackson - Contract Ends: 2005 Undrafted out of Penn State, Jackson is nothing against the run but is a solid pass rusher. A good backup to have and a leader on defense. Right Defensive Ends #98 - Grant Wistrom - Contract Ends: 2006 Wistrom is another guy we just re-signed because he is a Ram and will remain one for a while. He is one of the better ends in the league and he possesses both good pass rush and run-stopping abilities. Believe it or not, he actually has some room to grow which is scary! A leader on defense. #94 - Bryce Fisher - Contract Ends: 2003 Wistrom's backup is a very solid player with potential to develop into a starter in this league. The Bills drafted him in the 7th round of the 1999 draft and he has yet to fully develop. Our scout sees him becoming a solid 50's player in the future. We are going to look to re-sign this guy at the end of the season. Left Defensive Tackles #92 - Damione Lewis - Contract Ends: 2005 The Rams 1st pick (no. 12 overall) in the 2001 draft out of Miami, FL. He is a solid starter now and has yet to fully develop. Hopefully he can stay healthy for an extended period of time for the first time in his career. His run defense is so important at that position and he will continue to develop into a great player. #66 - Brian Young - Contract Ends: 2003 The Rams were criticized pretty heavily when they drafted this Texas-El Paso graduate in the 5th round of that 2000 draft. It has turned out to be a pretty good pick-up. A solid backup for Lewis will see plenty of time and have a change to make some plays for us this year. He has the most potential as a pass rusher. Right Defensive Tackles #73 - Jimmy Kennedy - Contract Ends: 2006 The most recent 1st round choice of the Rams has the most potential of any young player on the roster. He is ranked 17 on the 'green page' and should develop into just that, a star. Right now he is starting which will help him develop fast. He might not be very good right now but it is good that we are getting him in there to get expierience early on. Future All-Pro here. #79 - Ryan Pickett - Contract Ends: 2005 What a disappointment this guy has turned out to be. He was the 2001 drafts 1st-round pick. He might not even make the team! He will get a start in the final pre-season game to see if he is worth carrying his weight this season. Right now, things aren't looking too good. Middle Linebackers #55 - Robert Thomas - Contract Ends: 2006 Thomas is currently nursing some torn knee cartilage and while he is starting, we will give him a day off against Buffalo. He is another former 1st round pick out of UCLA (2002). Huge potential but right now is still developing. Needs to start going a little faster as this whole linebacking corps is young and inexperienced. #59 - Jaime Duncan - Contract Ends: 2006 Duncan is probably better than Thomas right now but he is much older and we want to get Thomas the experience as he grows into the full-time guy. Duncan might see a few starts and is definately one of our leaders on special teams. #90 - Deron Gibson - Contract Ends: 2003 Listed as a WILB. We might move him to middle linebacker. Talk about a success story so far. Undrafted out of Westminster college his story has just began. We feel he has the potential to start someday. You may be hearing this guys name in the future! We won't let him go. Strong-side Outside Linebackers #50 - Pisa Tinoisamoa - Contract Ends: 2006 "Hawaii 5-0" is going to be a good player. Like Thomas, we want to throw him into the fire to get his experience up and star for us. Thomas and Tinoisamoa could develop into one of the most feared linebacking tandems in the league. He will struggle at times this year but that is part of the deal. #54 - Scott Shanle - Contract Ends: 2005 Scott most likely won't make the cut down to 53 players. He has good pass rush strength but that is offset by his weak technique. Weak-side Outside Linebackers #52 - Tommy Polley - Contract Ends: 2004 Polley will start at one of the three linebacker positions and is a leader. We would like to re-sign him but he isn't budging yet. If he has a breakout season (which we expect) he will be demanding a lot more. His leadership (97) is going to be crucial to Thomas' and Tinoisamoa's development. #51 - Courtland Bullard - Contract Ends: 2004 Strictly a backup. He will make a few plays for us but won't crack the starting lineup anytime soon. I could see him sticking with us until his contract ends and then we may just say good riddance unless something miraculous happens! #56 - Jeremy Loyd - Contract Ends: 2003 Another backup who won't see much time. He isnt a leader and isnt very smart but has a good personality which will help the mood in the locker room. His special teams abilities save him from the cut list (for now). #95 - Claude Blackburn - Contract Ends: 2003 We signed Blackburn to play on special teams. Right now he is inactive but will stick with the team. As injuries occur, he will see some time in special teams, other than that, not much here. Left Cornerback #32 - Fred Weary - Contract Ends: 2003 Our starter at left cornerback is a former New Orleans Saint who is a decent player. He will make a few plays but will also be beaten a few times. With Sehorn at the other cornerback we should be alright. I could see us going after some of the bigger name DB's in free agency after the season. #22 - Travis Fisher - Contract Ends: 2006 A decent player and our dime-cornerback. He has been known to make some plays but is a liability most of the time. He did pick Brad Johnson and return it for a touchdown in the Tampa game. Hopefully he can do more of that in his limited playing time. Right Cornerback #42 - Jason Sehorn - Contract Ends: 2003 The original plan was for Sehorn to be a backup safety but he established himself as a quality member of our secondary and won a starting spot at corner, where he has played most of his career with the New York Giants. He will demand a lot of money so his future with the Rams after this season is uncertain at this time. #21 - Kevin Garrett - Contract Ends: 2005 A fifth round pick last year, Garrett is making his impact on special teams as one of our gunners. He has good potential to become a good defensive back, whether at corner or safety. Should develop nicely with Aeneas Williams' leadership taking over. #24 - DeJuan Groce - Contract Ends: 2005 4th rounder out of Nebraska. Groce was the subject of some trade talks earlier this year (involving New England for FB Fred McCrary) but we feel he is going to be a solid contributor, especially on special teams. Strong Safety #31 - Adam Archuleta - Contract Ends: 2005 A physical specimen out of Arizona State, Archuleta has established himself as the starting strong safety and a good one at that! He will come up some key interceptions and be a good guy to have patroling the deep secondary of this defense. Should be great to see his development. #43 - Erik Haldar - Contract Ends: 2003 This is a guy we just signed to play a lot on special teams and while he will do that he can make some plays when Archuleta needs a breather (which won't be very often). #41 - Wade Wright - Contract Ends: 2003 Another recent signing to boost special teams. Won't see much on-field action. Will make the team and find himself inactive until injuries start biting. Free Safety #35 - Aeneas Williams - Contract Ends: 2004 This guy is just amazing. Rating out the roof and will be a leader for the young guys of this secondary. Hopefully he will stay with us for another year after this one as he is getting up there in age. A defensive and team leader. #38 - Shane Walton - Contract Ends: 2005 A fifth-rounder out of Notre Dame, Walton should be a good player. Like a lot of players, he will make his immediate impact on special teams and hopefully develop into a starter and take over for his master Aeneas someday! #30 - Andre Horn - Contract Ends: 2003 We just signed Horn to make an impact on Special teams (makes me wonder where all these guys are in the game, ST has been miserable in our two games so far!) and as well as spot plays here and there. The defensive unit is fairly strong with some weak spots but they are young and should develop into a great one (again, hopefully!). Obviously, some of these guys won't be with us later on. The next sim is tonight at 10! Will update late tonight! Thanks for reading... __________________ Go STL Sports!

12-12-2003, 12:29 PM	#36
B & B College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: A sports era long ago when everything didnt require a Nike logo	bmp __________________ I think that Rosen will be the best QB in the class. -albionmoonlight

12-12-2003, 12:57 PM	#37
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I like the Randle El acquisition. He should be a nice fit for you at 3rd WR!

12-12-2003, 01:56 PM	#38
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Can I ask if you were planning on passing so much against the Bills last week? Or was it just a coincidence? I mean, I know you guys fell behind pretty early, but you passed a whole heck of a lot. __________________ Pride and Prejudice -- an FOF9 Lions dynasty, starting 1966

12-12-2003, 03:55 PM	#39
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	Before I post the game report I would like to answer Passacaglia's question. The answer is no. The computer seems to completely disregard my game plans and depth charts I have set. I had Bulger playing at a '2' yet he played the whole game. Aeneas Williams was supposed to be inactive but he played the whole game as well. As for the passing, we were down and I just hope to god I can figure this whole thing out before the regular season. Thanks to B&B for the bump and Kodos for the kudos on Randle El. We will see if he works out for us. __________________ Go STL Sports!