SkyDog's Last FOF2K7 Solo Dynasty Thread (I Hope).

[Ben E Lou]

2056 DRAFT/TRAINING CAMP


POSITION NEED ASSESSMENT
QB: OK
RB: Could improve.
FB: OK
TE: Could improve
WR: OK.
C: OK.
G: OK
T: Need backup
DE: Need future starter
DT: Need starter
ILB: Need future starter
OB: OK
CB: OK
S: Need starter

Would love to acquire guys who can step in and start immediately at DT and FS.

<table style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cols="14" frame="void" rules="none"> <colgroup> <col width="36"><col width="29"><col width="80"><col width="50"> <col width="22"><col width="25"><col width="26"><col width="28"> <col width="25"><col width="28"><col width="32"><col width="55"> <col width="282"><col width="58"> </colgroup> <tbody style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" height="19" width="36"> Pick</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="29"> Pos</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="80"> NAME</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="50"> Grd/Adj</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="40" sdnum="1033;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="22"> 40</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="25"> Sol</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="26"> BP</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="28"> Agi</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="25"> BJ</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="28"> PDrl</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="32"> Dev</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="55"> Init Rtg</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="282"> Comments</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="58"> CmpChg</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" height="30" valign="middle"> 1(22)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> DT</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> Grady Murray</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0.0" align="center" valign="middle"> 5.4/5.8</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
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</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> xxx</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="0.28" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" valign="middle"> 28%</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" valign="middle"> 23/55</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="left" valign="middle"> He was easily the best remaining option at DT. Not excited that he's not well-developed, but he'll do.</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> -13/-30</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" height="30" valign="middle"> 2(24)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> S</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> Kirk Bishop</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0.0" align="center" valign="middle"> 4.4/4.1</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> !</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> -</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="0.27" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" valign="middle"> 27%</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" valign="middle"> 27/56</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="left" valign="middle"> Void or near-void in run defense, but he's a free safety, so I'm hoping that's ok.</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +5/-2</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" height="30" valign="middle"> 3(23)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> RB</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> Dale Ramsey</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0.0" align="center" valign="middle"> 4.9/5.2</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> !</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="0.34" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" valign="middle"> 34%</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" valign="middle"> 26/35</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="left" valign="middle"> BPA by my Analyzer weights, and at a position where I could stand to improve.</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +6/+8</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" height="30" valign="middle"> 4(22)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> T</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> Zach Barrett</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0.0" align="center" valign="middle"> 4.6/5.1</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> xxx</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="0.41" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" valign="middle"> 41%</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" valign="middle"> 17/23</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="left" valign="middle"> Solid combines. I'm hoping those bars jump up.</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +3/+5</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" height="30" valign="middle"> 5(24)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> QB</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> Carl Mobley</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0.0" align="center" valign="middle"> 4.0/4.6</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
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</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
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</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="0.4" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" valign="middle"> 40%</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" valign="middle"> 12/40</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="left" valign="middle"> I need a backup QB, and Mobley's development, decent bars, and decent combines give him a shot.</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +3/-3</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" height="30" valign="middle"> 6(23)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> TE</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> Rufus Howard</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0.0" align="center" valign="middle"> 4.6/4.0</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> -</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="0.28" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" valign="middle"> 28%</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" valign="middle"> 23/54</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="left" valign="middle"> Looks like he could be a decent blocker, if nothing else.</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +2/-3</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" height="30" valign="middle"> 7(22)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> OLB</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> T.J. Klekamp</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0.0" align="center" valign="middle"> 4.1/3.9</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
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</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="0.33" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" valign="middle"> 33%</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="39747" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" valign="middle"> 10/26</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="left" valign="middle"> Depth pick. Doubt he pans out.</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +3/+1</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
UNDRAFTED FA PICKUP: QB Arnie Yancey (15/29-->18/31)

Ouch. 1st-round pick Murray gets hit by the VSoD, really hurting this draft.


OTHER CAMP NEWS OF NOTE

Ancient FB Maurice Fairly put up a big +9/+9 in camp.
SS Barginski was +10/+10

[Ben E Lou]

2056 ROSTER/OUTLOOK

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Schultz, Levon 7 QB QB 8 54 54 5 yrs
Yancey, Arnie 9 QB 1 18 31 2 yrs
Mobley, Carl 5 QB 1 15 37 3 yrs
Ramsey, Dale 47 RB RB 1 33 43 3 yrs
Brooks, Jerry 48 RB 2 31 42 3 yrs
Griffith, Rich 25 RB 3 27 35 1 yr.
##Fairley, Maurice 34 FB 10 61 61 1 yr.
Rivers, Gino 44 FB FB 2 55 58 2 yrs
Hodges, Gerald 40 FB 3 50 50 1 yr.
Gaylor, Johnnie 84 TE TE 2 47 47 2 yrs
Burnett, Reuben 83 TE 3 27 37 1 yr.
Howard, Rufus 81 TE 1 25 51 3 yrs
Hill, Jeremy 85 FL FL 4 56 56 3 yrs
Fulton, Dwight 80 FL 3 43 43 1 yr.
##Zaoussis, Thurman 86 FL 5 28 28 2 yrs
Lane, Troy 14 SE SE 3 52 52 1 yr.
Zimmerman, Tito 82 SE 7 49 49 4 yrs
Dodge, Wendell 88 SE 2 21 40 2 yrs
Stanton, Bo 55 C C 11 63 63 2 yrs
Shepard, Leland 50 C 3 36 45 1 yr.
Griffin, Edward 72 LG LG 5 56 56 3 yrs
Dockett, Donovan 63 LG RG 5 49 49 3 yrs
Haynes, Leo 66 LG 2 20 29 2 yrs
Chaplain, Dennis 64 RG 2 30 38 1 yr.
Orta, Richie 75 LT LT 5 68 68 3 yrs
Cortez, Edgar 60 LT RT 8 52 52 2 yrs
##Barrett, Zach 68 RT 1 22 28 3 yrs
Hutton, Ross 13 P 12 41 41 1 yr.
Lyle, Kennedy 15 K 10 52 52 1 yr.
Rivera, Ron 91 LDE LDE 8 67 67 3 yrs
Fisk, Courtney 94 LDE 5 35 35 1 yr.
Reid, Ronald 73 LDE 4 32 32 1 yr.
Conley, Pat 74 RDE RDE 3 55 55 2 yrs
Szumnarski, T.J. 79 LDT RDT 5 40 43 2 yrs
Dunn, Jerome 70 LDT 3 28 32 1 yr.
##Murray, Grady 76 LDT 1 10 25 4 yrs
Fulton, K.C. 97 RDT LDT 6 49 49 1 yr.
Bailey, Trent 99 MLB MLB 9 55 55 1 yr.
Hutton, Kelly 90 MLB 4 37 37 1 yr.
Sellers, Victor 95 SLB SLB 7 53 53 3 yrs
Healey, Jake 52 WLB WLB 4 49 49 5 yrs
Fisk, Stephen 96 WLB 8 35 35 1 yr.
##Klekamp, T.J. 54 WLB 1 13 27 3 yrs
Chapman, Jonathan 22 LCB RCB 7 63 63 3 yrs
Diaz, Orlando 38 LCB 2 31 31 2 yrs
Devine, Renaldo 39 RCB LCB 8 70 70 3 yrs
Barker, Kyle 24 RCB 6 57 57 2 yrs
Lowe, Kris 46 RCB 4 34 34 2 yrs
Barginski, Tony 32 SS SS 6 64 64 3 yrs
Snyder, Artie 45 SS 2 26 42 2 yrs
Bishop, Kirk 41 FS FS 1 34 54 3 yrs

We look decent at most positions. The only real standout group are the corners. If rookie RB Dale Ramsey can perform well before what looks to be a solid offensive line, and rookie FS Kirk Bishop can hold things down back there, we should improve.

[Ben E Lou]

INJURY: 2055 1st round pick RB Jerry Brooks (RB2 this year) tears his ACL in Week 6 (O27).

[Ben E Lou]

2056 SUMMARY

Year 2056
Record 11-7
Winning Pct. .611
All-Time 497-302-1
Winning Pct. .621
Playoffs 48-28
Playoff Visits 34
Bowl Wins 6
Head Coach Pat Cooley
Record 30-22
Winning Pct. .576
Off. Coord. M. Ploehn
Def. Coord. B. Kirkaldie

Atlanta Falcons Team Rank
Rushes per Game 30.3 6
Rushing Yards 123.4 7
Yards Per Carry 4.08 24
Pass Attempts 32.0 22
Completions 20.1 20
Completion Pct. 62.7 9 (T)
Passing Yards 255.2 5
Yards Per Attempt 7.97 2
Yards Per Catch 12.72 3
Total Yardage Gained 362.6 5
3rd Down Conversions 47.0 1
Points Per Game 24.9 5
Pass Rush Pct. 23.5 3
Pass Defense Pct. 72.4 2
Turnovers 29 20
Turnover Margin -4 21

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 24.5 10
Rushing Yards 106.3 16
Yards Per Carry 4.34 22
Pass Attempts 31.1 4
Completions 16.5 1
Completion Pct. 53.1 2
Passing Yards 170.4 1
Yards Per Attempt 5.48 1
Yards Per Catch 10.33 1
Total Yardage Gained 258.4 1
3rd Down Conversions 29.9 1
Points Per Game 14.0 1
Pass Rush Pct. 20.3 18
Pass Defense Pct. 50.4 11
Turnovers 25 22 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 24 NOS 10
2 37 SDO 10
3 27 DAL 7
4 34 at TBY 7
5 27 CAR 0
6 34 MIN 3
7 10 at GBY 17
8 17 DET 20
9 10 at CHI 16
10 27 at NOS 13
12 17 OAK 27
13 17 at STL 12
14 24 at KCY 30
15 41 at CAR 17
16 14 at DEN 21
17 38 TBY 14
$$WC 23 DET 10
$$CS 21 at GBY 25

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
7 L. Schultz QB 512 321 4083 7.97 39 19 97.4
**Team --- 512 321 4083 7.97 39 19 97.4
$$Opp --- 497 264 2726 5.48 14 13 67.7

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
47 D. Ramsey RB 259 1075 4.15 5 5
25 R. Griffith RB 124 499 4.02 0 1
7 L. Schultz QB 40 174 4.35 0 5
48 J. Brooks RB 40 115 2.88 2 1
**Team --- 484 1974 4.08 8 19
$$Opp --- 392 1701 4.34 4 21

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
14 T. Lane WR 102 69 1086 15.74 10.65 4 10
85 J. Hill WR 71 52 802 15.42 11.30 3 11
82 T. Zimmerman WR 74 51 660 12.94 8.92 0 6
80 D. Fulton WR 81 43 557 12.95 6.88 6 8
83 R. Burnett TE 56 29 286 9.86 5.11 5 2
88 W. Dodge WR 33 18 180 10.00 5.45 5 0

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
32 T. Barginski S 94 26 2.0 0 2 14 82.2
99 T. Bailey ILB 68 28 4.0 1 1 6 81.0
52 J. Healey OLB 53 23 1.0 0 3 3 78.0
91 R. Rivera DE 48 9 15.5 27 0 0 80.4
95 V. Sellers OLB 48 7 1.0 3 0 4 74.3
74 P. Conley DE 42 13 10.0 16 0 0 81.3
39 R. Devine CB 41 16 1.0 0 2 14 84.2
22 J. Chapman CB 36 7 0.0 0 0 14 83.6
24 K. Barker CB 34 17 0.0 0 2 10 84.2
45 A. Snyder S 34 10 0.0 0 1 4 79.3
97 K. Fulton DT 31 18 4.5 5 0 0 82.3
41 K. Bishop S 30 10 0.0 0 0 6 78.0
90 K. Hutton ILB 25 7 0.0 1 0 0 75.0
79 T. Szumnarski DT 19 10 2.0 7 0 0 82.1
46 K. Lowe CB 19 6 0.0 0 0 4 79.6
96 S. Fisk OLB 17 5 0.0 0 1 1 79.6

For the first time since putting these house rules in, I feel like we took a small step forward, and could take another next year. Looking at our players' contract status situations, I will be able to franchise the one FA-to-be I really want to keep if he doesn't retire.

[Ben E Lou]

2057 OFFSEASON BEGIN

RETIREMENTS
C Bo Stanton--Bo was drafted by as at 2(30) in 2046 as a 29/64 player. He started 6 games that year, and was the full-time starter for the next 10, only missing two starts in those 160 games. His ratings climbed as high as 75/75, and he collected 3 rings. He was a two-time All Pro, and finished his career 2nd in ATL KRB, 3rd in pancakes, and 5th in games started. He does have a capable and creeping replacement in Leland Shepard ready to step in.

FRANCHISE: MLB Trent Bailey
SUMMER: QB Arnie Yancey (undrafted FA)

[Ben E Lou]

2057 INTERNAL MOVES


REQUESTED RENEG 1: LT Cortez
REQUESTED RENEG 2: WR Hill
REQUESTED RENEG 3: DE Conley
RFA MULTI-YEAR 1: WR Troy Lane
RFA MULTI-YEAR 2: C Shepard
RFA ONE-YEAR 1: DT Dunn
RFA ONE-YEAR 2: G Chaplain
RFA ONE-YEAR 3: FB Hodges
CAP OUT 1: QB Schultz
CAP OUT 2: T Orta
CAP OUT 3: DE Rivera


CUTS
MLB Trent Bailey--Ouch. Past injustices message, I'm guessing from the holdout. I can't afford him at the franchise price, so he's gone.
RB Jerry Brooks--1st round pick from 2 years ago who just hasn't panned out.

[Ben E Lou]

2057 FREE AGENCY

STARTERS NEEDED: P, K, MLB
PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT: 37

PLAYERS RATED 50+ WHO BECAME FREE AGENTS THIS YEAR:
FB Maurice Fairley (61/61), K Kennedy Lyle (52/52)


FLAT CONTRACT OFFER: MLB Jermaine Blake (55/55)--Should be a good replacement for Trent Bailey.

ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 1 (Yr8+): P Benjamin Swift (59/59)--New Punter
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 2 (Yr8+): K Kennedy Lyle (52/52)--Returning kicker.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 3 (Yr8+): C Mitchell Bollin (34/50)--Should be a pretty solid backup center.

[Ben E Lou]

2057 DRAFT/TRAINING CAMP

POSITION NEED ASSESSMENT
QB: OK
RB: Need backup.
FB: OK
TE: Could improve
WR: Could use youngster
C: OK.
G: OK
T: Could use future starter
DE: Only two under contract. Need DE3
DT: Play by ear*
ILB: Play by ear*
OLB: Need backup
CB: Could use youngster
S: OK

*--Right now we have one decent DT, and three decent LBs. I'll pay close attention to what positions are available in this year's draft. It might make sense to switch to the 3-4.

We need someone to step in and start at either DT or ILB.



<table style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cols="14" frame="void" rules="none"> <colgroup> <col width="36"><col width="51"><col width="94"><col width="50"> <col width="25"><col width="25"><col width="25"><col width="25"> <col width="25"><col width="28"><col width="28"><col width="77"> <col width="282"><col width="58"> </colgroup> <tbody style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" height="19" width="36"> Pick</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="51"> Pos</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="94"> NAME</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="50"> Grd/Adj</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="40" sdnum="1033;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="25"> 40</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="25"> Sol</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="25"> BP</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="25"> Agi</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="25"> BJ</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="28"> PDrl</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="28"> Dev</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="77"> Init Rtg</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="282"> Comments</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" bgcolor="#000080" width="58"> CmpChg</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" height="30" valign="middle"> 1(23)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> ILB</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> Korey Haskins</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0.0" align="center" valign="middle"> 5.9/5.7</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> !</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="0.51" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" valign="middle"> 51%</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" valign="middle"> 45/57</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="left" valign="middle"> Solid development there. We're switching to 3-4.</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +5/+0</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" height="30" valign="middle"> 2(22)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> CB</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> Zack Daniels</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0.0" align="center" valign="middle"> 5.2/5.4</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> !</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> -</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="0.48" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" valign="middle"> 48%</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" valign="middle"> 19/28</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="left" valign="middle"> Crazy agility (6.78) and some tell-tale bars. He's gonna creep, and creep a lot.</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +5/+8</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" height="30" valign="middle"> 3(23)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> WR</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> Jon Doreski</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0.0" align="center" valign="middle"> 4.7/4.9</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> !</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> -</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="0.2" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" valign="middle"> 20%</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" valign="middle"> 13/22</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="left" valign="middle"> Strong combine performance and plays a position where I could use youth.</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +2/+2</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" height="30" valign="middle"> 4(22)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> DE</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> Cornelius Karney</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0.0" align="center" valign="middle"> 4.7/5.2</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> xxx</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="0.43" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" valign="middle"> 43%</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" valign="middle"> 19/35</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="left" valign="middle"> I don't expect him to creep much, if at all, but I needed a backup, and he has solid development.</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +4/+1</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" height="30" valign="middle"> 5(23)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> QB</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> Matt Walters</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0.0" align="center" valign="middle"> 4.9/5.6</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> !</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="0.31" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" valign="middle"> 31%</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" valign="middle"> 14/40</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="left" valign="middle"> Schultz is in his 9th season, and that Position Drill raised an eyebrow.</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +3/-1</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" height="30" valign="middle"> 6(22)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> ILB</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> Thomas Goguen</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0.0" align="center" valign="middle"> 4.5/4.4</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="0.26" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" valign="middle"> 26%</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" valign="middle"> 17/41</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="left" valign="middle"> With the 3-4 switch, I need another decent ILB.</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +3/+1</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" height="30" valign="middle"> 7(23)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> FB-->TE</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> Steven Wright</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;0.0" align="center" valign="middle"> 4.8/3.9</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle">
</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdval="0.19" sdnum="1033;0;0%" align="center" valign="middle"> 19%</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD" align="center" valign="middle"> 19/33-->15/31</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="left" valign="middle"> I've needed a good TE for a while, and Wright looks like he can convert. Worth a shot here.</td> <td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;" align="center" valign="middle"> +2/+4</td> </tr> </tbody></table>

UNDRAFTED FA PICKUP: CB Bo Ames (21/46-->25/47)


Draft looking pretty solid. Haskins looks like he'll be huge.



OTHER CAMP NEWS OF NOTE
P Benjamin Swift dropped -14/-14 to 46/46.

[Ben E Lou]

2057 ROSTER/OUTLOOK

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Schultz, Levon 7 QB QB 9 57 57 4 yrs
Yancey, Arnie 9 QB 2 23 32 1 yr.
Walters, Matt 3 QB 1 18 39 3 yrs
Ramsey, Dale 47 RB RB 2 43 47 5 yrs
##Griffith, Rich 25 RB 4 28 28 1 yr.
Barton, Alan 27 RB 2 26 34 1 yr.
Rivers, Gino 44 FB FB 3 68 68 1 yr.
Hodges, Gerald 40 FB 4 52 52 1 yr.
Gaylor, Johnnie 84 TE TE 3 46 46 1 yr.
Howard, Rufus 81 TE 2 30 50 2 yrs
Wright, Steven 49 TE 1 17 35 3 yrs
Hill, Jeremy 85 FL FL 5 57 57 6 yrs
Zimmerman, Tito 82 FL 8 49 49 3 yrs
##Zaoussis, Thurman 86 FL 6 27 27 1 yr.
Lane, Troy 14 SE SE 4 52 52 4 yrs
Dodge, Wendell 88 SE 3 26 36 1 yr.
Dobreski, Jon 87 SE 1 15 24 3 yrs
Bollin, Mitchell 59 C 8 42 52 1 yr.
Shepard, Leland 50 C C 4 42 45 3 yrs
Griffin, Edward 72 LG LG 6 57 57 2 yrs
Dockett, Donovan 63 LG RG 6 49 49 2 yrs
##Haynes, Leo 66 LG 3 27 32 1 yr.
Chaplain, Dennis 64 RG 3 42 42 1 yr.
Orta, Richie 75 LT LT 6 69 69 2 yrs
Cortez, Edgar 60 LT RT 9 52 52 3 yrs
Barrett, Zach 68 RT 2 32 32 2 yrs
Swift, Benjamin 11 P 11 46 46 1 yr.
Lyle, Kennedy 15 K 11 51 51 1 yr.
Rivera, Ron 91 LDE LDE 9 62 62 2 yrs
Conley, Pat 74 RDE RDE 4 54 54 3 yrs
Karney, Cornelius 93 RDE 1 23 36 3 yrs
Szumnarski, T.J. 79 NT NT 6 38 42 1 yr.
Dunn, Jerome 70 NT 4 26 32 1 yr.
Wischhof, Bryan 71 NT 1 5 19 1 yr.
Haskins, Korey 98 SILB SILB 1 55 57 4 yrs
Goguen, Thomas 97 SILB 1 20 42 3 yrs
Blake, Jermaine 56 WILB WILB 7 49 49 3 yrs
Hutton, Kelly 90 WILB 5 37 37 1 yr.
Sellers, Victor 95 SLB SLB 8 53 53 2 yrs
Healey, Jake 52 WLB WLB 5 51 51 4 yrs
Klekamp, T.J. 54 WLB 2 16 28 2 yrs
##Chapman, Jonathan 22 LCB 8 59 59 2 yrs
Diaz, Orlando 38 LCB 3 34 34 1 yr.
Daniels, Zack 35 LCB 1 26 36 3 yrs
Ames, Bo 33 LCB 1 26 47 2 yrs
Devine, Renaldo 39 RCB LCB 9 71 71 2 yrs
Barker, Kyle 24 RCB RCB 7 58 58 1 yr.
Barginski, Tony 32 SS SS 7 60 60 2 yrs
Snyder, Artie 45 SS 3 37 44 1 yr.
Bishop, Kirk 41 FS FS 2 42 51 2 yrs

We look like the best team I've had since switching to these house rules.

[Ben E Lou]

2057 RECAP

Year 2057
Record 16-2
Winning Pct. .888
All-Time 512-303-1
Winning Pct. .628
Playoffs 49-29
Playoff Visits 35
Bowl Wins 6
Head Coach Pat Cooley
Record 46-24
Winning Pct. .657
Off. Coord. M. Ploehn
Def. Coord. B. Kirkaldie

Atlanta Falcons Team Rank
Rushes per Game 29.9 7
Rushing Yards 109.0 17
Yards Per Carry 3.64 31
Pass Attempts 30.3 29 (T)
Completions 21.1 12 (T)
Completion Pct. 69.8 1
Passing Yards 264.0 2
Yards Per Attempt 8.73 1
Yards Per Catch 12.50 6
Total Yardage Gained 358.3 5
3rd Down Conversions 48.8 1
Points Per Game 26.7 2
Pass Rush Pct. 23.8 3
Pass Defense Pct. 62.9 5
Turnovers 29 20 (T)
Turnover Margin -3 18

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 24.5 7
Rushing Yards 94.1 4
Yards Per Carry 3.84 4
Pass Attempts 33.3 8
Completions 18.0 1
Completion Pct. 54.1 3
Passing Yards 177.5 1
Yards Per Attempt 5.34 1
Yards Per Catch 9.86 1
Total Yardage Gained 258.0 1
3rd Down Conversions 32.2 2
Points Per Game 13.8 1
Pass Rush Pct. 17.1 2
Pass Defense Pct. 35.6 1
Turnovers 26 16 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 38 at CAR 17
2 21 at NJY 17
3 13 GBY 10
4 20 at PHI 3
5 7 WAS 23
6 20 at TBY 3
7 37 CAR 7
9 24 at DAL 17
10 20 NYK 16
11 37 NOS 14
12 34 at NED 20
13 20 at SEA 17
14 44 MIA 9
15 34 TBY 17
16 38 BUF 24
17 20 at NOS 6
$$CS 35 GBY 0
$$CF 28 at WAS 31

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
7 L. Schultz QB 350 244 3114 8.90 36 11 118.4
9 A. Yancey QB 134 94 1110 8.28 5 5 91.9
**Team --- 484 338 4224 8.73 41 16 111.1
$$Opp --- 532 288 2840 5.34 17 12 70.6

Front Office Football 2007
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
47 D. Ramsey RB 303 1130 3.73 4 6
27 A. Barton RB 99 391 3.95 1 9
7 L. Schultz QB 43 142 3.30 0 5
**Team --- 479 1744 3.64 5 29
$$Opp --- 392 1505 3.84 6 27

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
85 J. Hill WR 154 108 1723 15.95 11.19 7 20
14 T. Lane WR 89 56 718 12.82 8.07 4 10
82 T. Zimmerman WR 46 29 351 12.10 7.63 3 4
44 G. Rivers FB 33 26 219 8.42 6.64 2 0
87 J. Dobreski WR 33 26 277 10.65 8.39 2 3
86 T. Zaoussis WR 33 20 202 10.10 6.12 1 2
81 R. Howard TE 25 20 213 10.65 8.52 1 1
84 J. Gaylor TE 18 17 195 11.47 10.83 0 0

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
98 K. Haskins ILB 78 31 1.5 0 0 8 77.3
32 T. Barginski S 76 26 0.0 1 5 17 88.3
39 R. Devine CB 67 20 0.0 0 0 17 78.6
52 J. Healey OLB 65 17 8.5 23 1 3 79.2
56 J. Blake ILB 51 12 2.5 1 0 4 76.9
74 P. Conley DE 49 23 9.5 11 0 0 80.4
79 T. Szumnarski DT 41 12 1.0 13 0 1 81.4
95 V. Sellers OLB 34 16 2.0 4 0 3 77.6
41 K. Bishop S 34 12 0.0 0 1 4 79.5
24 K. Barker CB 26 12 0.0 0 3 8 84.1
91 R. Rivera DE 24 7 6.5 19 0 0 81.4
38 O. Diaz CB 24 5 0.0 0 0 2 76.8
45 A. Snyder S 21 9 0.0 0 0 4 77.2
22 J. Chapman CB 17 4 0.0 0 1 1 81.1
93 C. Karney DE 16 1 2.0 5 0 0 79.9
35 Z. Daniels CB 16 5 0.0 0 1 0 76.8

Dominant performance from Schulz and Hill. Hill got hurt in the first playoff game, and we lost to the eventual champs. The fun news is this: I don't think we can keep this team together for even one more season. We will start next season roughly 5% over the cap. Losing 10% of the cap with the few renegs I have is going to be costly in terms of a talented player or two.

[Ben E Lou]

2058 OFFSEASON BEGIN

RETIREMENTS
None.

FRANCHISE: CB Kyle Barker. I'm pretty certain I won't keep the number of solid corners I've had, but franchising Barker gives me flexibility.
SUMMER: CB Bo Ames (undrafted FA)

[Ben E Lou]

Just start playing with it financially. This is going to be tough. It won't be Empty Cupboard, but it does look like multiple contributors are gonna have to go.

[Ben E Lou]

To give you an idea of where things stand, we begin FA1 $89.88M away from where we need to be. If we just plain released our top three guys, we could free up that much...

...but then we'd only have 28 players under contract.

[Ben E Lou]

...and the five RFAs I would like to re-sign will cost $18.66M. Minsal is $1.29M. Best-case scenario is freeing up roughly $60M via my three renegs and three cap outs.

Time to get busy.

[Ben E Lou]

Given that this is going to be a major dismantling, I'm going to look at this position by position.

OVERALL THOUGHTS
Adding in the undrafted rookies that I'll need to stay legal, and accounting for renegotiations and cap outs, it appears that I need to ditch around $125M in salary to make this happen. I do think that can be done while still remaining competitive. Specifically, if I keep Schultz and two good receivers, I don't think we're a 6-10 team or anything like that.

QUARTERBACK
As mentioned, gotta keep Schultz. He renegotiates, saving me roughly $13.5M

RUNNING BACK
Dale Ramsey is now in his third year, and is 26/35-->51/51. He's not terribly expensive. He sticks.

FULLBACK
RFA Gino Rivers is included in the budget of signees. He'll cost $5.26M this year. I'll wait to do the signing until I'm 100% sure I can afford it, but the plan is to keep him.

TIGHT END
Young, cheap Steven Wright is the future here. Third-year man Rufus Howard is cheap enough to stay in all likelihood.

WIDE RECEIVER
Tito Zimmerman (50/50) is in his 9th year and has never been a big-time producer. (He has been a solid one for a 7th-rounder, though.) He only caught 29 balls for 351 yards and 7.63 ypt last year. He gets released, saving us $12.05M.
Jeremy Hill (57/57) was a 1st Team All Pro last year, and has a career 9.98 ypt. Capping him out saves us around $9M.
Troy Lane (53/53) is a former undrafted FA who is now starting, and only in his fifth season. He's very likely to stay, and is a potential reneg/cap out. He would save us roughly $6M either way.

OFFENSIVE LINE
We're inexpensive at center at guard. Tackle is another story. What I want to do at tackle is extend Richie Orta (70/70, yr7), which would save us $8M this year, and release 10th-year man Edgar Cortez (52/52), saving $11.9M. I may need to release Orta, though, which would save me almost $29M.

DEFENSIVE LINE
DE Ron Rivera (61/61) is in year 10, has the biggest cap hit on the team, and only had 6.5 sacks last year. I release him, saving over $22M.

LINEBACKERS
I could save $10M-$12M by releasing either OLB. It may need to happen.

SECONDARY
No way I can afford to keep franchisee Barker for the price he wants for renegotiation. He's released.


So after that round, I'm estimating that I need to free up approximately $33M more. *sigh*

[Ben E Lou]

Looking over everything, I release T Orta.

[direct.entropy]

Hey, I'm wondering what happened here. Did you ever finish this season? Did the house rules you developed stick you into a tight spot enough so you actually had to 'make a push' for a title and 'enter rebuilding' as real NFL teams go?