"It's Tight To Death, Shawty." (An FOF2K7 Dynasty)

[Ben E Lou]

My latest little FOF kick is an offense that uses 2 tight ends on every snap of the game. (See this thread (http://operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=74228) for details and a sample game plan.) So, I figured I'd play out a bit of a dynasty that focuses heavily on tight ends, attempts to tighten up the game with some house rules, and uses a very tight salary cap. It's tight to death, shawty.

[Ben E Lou]

INITIAL SETUP


Universe in Year 14, starting in 2021. I controlled the team myself 2008-2019. I let the AI control everything starting in 2020. My first QB was about to retire at that point, so I thought it would be kind of fun to start from scratch with a team that already has records and whatnot in place.
Empty Cupboard. Released everyone. Starting from scratch. Only players who come into the league in 2021 or later will be on my roster.
IHOF Structure. My team is Tucker
Injuries: 250
Cap Increase Range: 99 to 99
MAIN STREET LEVEL--I know this sounds weird, but I'm seeing some things that indicate that at Main Street level, it's easier for the AI teams to manage themselves financially. I suspect that with stringent financial rules on myself, this will actually make the game more challenging, not less.

HOUSE RULES


Salary Cap
I will begin by operating at all times under the constraint of using 50% or less of the salary cap. If this turns out to be too easy or too hard, I can change it as we go along.
Staff Hiring
All staff must be hired to 5-year deals.
No replacing staff under contract.
If a staff position in open in the third week, a requested offer may be given. Franchise/Summer/FA1:1
Franchise tag may be used, but it must be on a player with loyalty >0, not on an angry or worse player, and never for consecutive years.
Summer league player must be from fourth round or later.
Renegotiations can be done in these circumstances:
Final year of contract, and must be requested offer only (If he's requesting one year, then he's gonna be a FA and get that type of contract from me on the open market.)

Cap outs
Holdouts
Early Free Agency
All contracts offered to unrestricted free agents must contain at least 50% bonus, with one exception: one-year minsal deals are allowed if the player will take them--but no longer than one year. Trading
AI-offered trades may be accepted.
Draft pick trades are allowed, but all picks received from the AI must be current year only.
Training Camp
No more than 53 players carried to camp. In-Season
AI will control all depth charts.
Injury rate is 250
My offensive game plan will only use the sets with at least two tight ends.

[Ben E Lou]

1(24)--CB Carlton Gambrell (23/27)--3 red combines, 2 blue, 51% developed--should become a VG corner eventually
2(23)--WR Bruce Meeker (24/59)--3 blue combines--Could be a "good enough" WR.
3(25)--QB Ben Banks (13/37)--3 blue combines, 41% developed-knows 2 of the 2-TE formations
4(24)--LT Donovan Slechta (19/25)--3 blue combines
5(23)--C Scottie Schultz (25/60)--1 red, 2 blue
6(25)--P Andy Fuller (15/29)--1 red, 3 blue
7(14)--FL Antoine Ellis (19/44)--no combine guy, blue in both showing

[Ben E Lou]

1st round pick Gambrell was +8. No shocker there. 7th round pick WR ellis also gave a +4. (For those reading from IHOF, his pre-draft bars looked extremely similar to those of J.R. Janjic.) Rather surprising no change from 2nd round WR Meeker. I was expecting a drop there. Season 1 will run in the morning.

[Ben E Lou]

Oh, and Banks learned a third 2-TE formation (but was -3 in camp). Still, he looks like the starter.

[Ben E Lou]

Front Office Football 2007
Tucker Tigers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Banks, Ben 4 QB QB 1 17 34 3 yrs
Corona, Jerald 8 QB 1 15 45 2 yrs
Georgalas, Vernon 10 QB 1 7 20 1 yr.
Poole, Rob 48 RB RB 1 31 35 1 yr.
Kollars, Clay 32 RB 1 27 28 1 yr.
Burks, Nolan 39 RB 1 19 31 1 yr.
Grant, Cary 34 RB 1 16 23 1 yr.
Ingram, Irving 44 FB FB 1 29 42 2 yrs
Russell, Keith 45 FB 1 15 22 1 yr.
##Roberts, Darryl 84 TE 1 26 36 1 yr.
Mahoney, Van 21 TE 1 25 52 1 yr.
Roberts, Jay 82 TE TE 1 24 42 1 yr.
Sebastian, J.C. 35 TE 1 21 48 1 yr.
Ellis, Antoine 89 FL SE 1 25 48 3 yrs
##Hastings, Jamal 86 FL 1 16 29 1 yr.
Meeker, Bruce 80 SE FL 1 30 59 3 yrs
Erickson, J.T. 88 SE 1 24 56 1 yr.
Willis, Devin 87 SE 1 19 27 1 yr.
Houseright, Norman 52 C 1 30 47 1 yr.
Milloy, Antonio 54 C 1 28 47 1 yr.
Schultz, Scottie 51 C C 1 28 54 3 yrs
##Ferentz, Roy 60 RG 1 22 45 1 yr.
Singleton, Orlando 67 RG RG 1 22 45 1 yr.
Oliver, O.J. 66 RG LG 1 21 34 1 yr.
White, Pat 76 RG 1 20 23 1 yr.
Slechta, Donovan 63 LT LT 1 22 26 3 yrs
Moore, Geoff 65 LT 1 19 37 1 yr.
Shannon, Earnest 68 LT 1 17 43 1 yr.
Prescott, Tim 75 RT RT 1 18 23 1 yr.
Fuller, Andy 9 P 1 18 30 3 yrs
Viano, Leo 2 K 1 40 45 1 yr.
Rodgers, Rickey 98 LDE 1 23 29 1 yr.
O'Neill, Todd 74 LDE LDE 1 22 31 1 yr.
Knowlton, Deion 95 RDE RDE 1 21 39 1 yr.
##Summers, Quinn 72 RDE 1 16 32 1 yr.
West, Levon 96 NT NT 1 20 27 1 yr.
Weatherford, Neal 77 NT 1 14 23 1 yr.
Rae, Deion 58 SILB SILB 1 17 29 1 yr.
Cope, Graham 93 SILB 1 16 21 1 yr.
Sellers, Thomas 53 WILB WILB 1 17 22 1 yr.
Garrett, Ed 91 SLB SLB 1 21 27 1 yr.
Lewitt, Scott 90 WLB WLB 1 19 33 1 yr.
Klote, Brock 97 WLB 1 14 34 1 yr.
##Starks, Ray 92 WLB 1 13 29 1 yr.
Gambrell, Carlton 20 LCB LCB 1 30 35 4 yrs
Juedes, J.C. 28 LCB 1 20 28 1 yr.
Gunn, Steven 41 LCB 1 12 19 1 yr.
Boren, Everett 31 RCB RCB 1 16 31 1 yr.
Thornton, Percy 46 SS SS 1 24 49 1 yr.
Greason, Rusty 40 SS 1 22 41 1 yr.
##Hammond, Sammy 27 FS 1 25 52 1 yr.
Keith, Danny 22 FS FS 1 23 47 1 yr.

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 52
Inactive: 6
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $225,800,000
Cap Room: $75,340,000
Maximum for New Player: $75,340,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $112,900,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $44,700,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $61,290,000

[Ben E Lou]

Front Office Football 2007
2021 Summary for Tucker Tigers

Year 2021
Record 0-16
Winning Pct. .000
All-Time 164-59-1
Winning Pct. .734
Playoffs 21-10
Playoff Visits 13
Bowl Wins 3
Head Coach Troy Reeve
Record 119-113
Winning Pct. .512
Off. Coord. W. Blackwell
Def. Coord. B. Gerhardt

Tucker Tigers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 21.7 30
Rushing Yards 93.6 29
Yards Per Carry 4.31 5
Pass Attempts 33.5 19
Completions 18.9 27 (T)
Completion Pct. 56.3 30
Passing Yards 169.3 32
Yards Per Attempt 5.05 32
Yards Per Catch 8.97 32
Total Yardage Gained 240.3 32
3rd Down Conversions 35.3 26
Points Per Game 8.8 32
Pass Rush Pct. 14.8 31
Pass Defense Pct. 24.8 32
Turnovers 42 32
Turnover Margin -27 32

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 38.4 32
Rushing Yards 180.1 32
Yards Per Carry 4.69 31
Pass Attempts 25.8 1
Completions 18.9 1
Completion Pct. 73.4 32
Passing Yards 215.1 8
Yards Per Attempt 8.33 32
Yards Per Catch 11.36 29
Total Yardage Gained 387.5 32
3rd Down Conversions 44.7 31
Points Per Game 30.3 32
Pass Rush Pct. 21.8 28
Pass Defense Pct. 65.1 30
Turnovers 15 30

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 7 at GEO 20
2 17 OBX 31
3 17 MAA 35
4 3 at VIC 30
5 10 at SAO 45
6 3 FTW 16
7 14 GEO 19
9 0 HOU 3
10 6 at ORL 31
11 10 CON 17
12 20 at ASH 41
13 10 at BOS 65
14 7 MIA 35
15 3 ORL 38
16 3 at KNX 30
17 10 at CON 29

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
4 B. Banks QB 456 263 2401 5.27 9 16 64.0
8 J. Corona QB 64 33 278 4.34 1 3 48.8
**Team --- 536 302 2708 5.05 10 19 61.5
$$Opp --- 413 303 3441 8.33 25 8 110.0

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
48 R. Poole RB 161 727 4.52 1 5 
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32 C. Kollars RB 120 490 4.08 1 5
4 B. Banks QB 49 174 3.55 0 12
**Team --- 347 1497 4.31 3 34
$$Opp --- 615 2882 4.69 25 16

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
89 A. Ellis WR 170 92 953 10.36 5.61 14 3
21 V. Mahoney TE 70 40 342 8.55 4.89 9 1
82 J. Roberts TE 68 38 348 9.16 5.12 6 0
86 J. Hastings WR 53 30 296 9.87 5.58 2 2
32 C. Kollars RB 30 27 172 6.37 5.73 0 0
35 J. Sebastian TE 60 24 243 10.13 4.05 8 1

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
58 D. Rae ILB 106 32 0.0 0 0 3 69.2
53 T. Sellers ILB 71 29 0.0 0 0 1 66.4
90 S. Lewitt OLB 65 25 5.5 8 0 1 76.6
46 P. Thornton S 64 21 0.0 0 3 3 75.3
74 T. O'Neill DE 52 14 3.0 4 0 0 81.4
91 E. Garrett OLB 51 14 1.0 3 0 2 72.3
20 C. Gambrell CB 51 17 0.0 0 1 9 77.4
77 N. Weatherford DT 43 13 2.0 3 0 0 81.8
40 R. Greason S 42 18 0.0 0 1 1 79.5
27 S. Hammond S 41 26 1.0 0 2 2 73.2
97 B. Klote OLB 40 12 1.0 3 1 1 79.0
93 G. Cope ILB 40 13 0.0 0 0 3 79.0
28 J. Juedes CB 38 7 0.0 0 0 3 71.9
98 R. Rodgers DE 36 13 2.5 3 0 0 81.0
95 D. Knowlton DE 28 9 1.0 7 0 0 81.9
22 D. Keith S 28 20 0.0 0 0 0 73.6
96 L. West DT 27 24 1.0 4 0 1 81.5
31 E. Boren CB 23 5 0.0 0 0 2 76.1 

In short, we sucked. Not much to say about this. One interesting thing to note is that the formation situation may cause me to stick with Banks at QB much longer than I might have otherwise.

[Ben E Lou]

No retirements.

Sent 7th-round WR Ellis to summer league.

CB Gambrell +4 in FA1:1

We have the 1.1, and there's a stud QB with 76 intelligence. He is starting out with only 2 of the 2-TE formations and he's 8% developed, so there's no question that he's going to struggle big-time early on, but he's a must.

http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/fofdynasty/rookie_qb.png

What should be really interesting is managing the team at half the salary cap when this guy starts putting up the numbers and wanting the $$$.

[Ben E Lou]

Rnd 1 - Antoine Hickman, QB, Michigan (13/58)-5 blue, one red--As I said above, this will take some time.
Rnd 2 - Lincoln Massie, DE, New Mexico (34/56)--VU, no cmobine, one blue--great bar signature
Rnd 3 - Irving Goddard, TE, Washington State (20/37)--VU--
3 blue
Rnd 4 - Randal Cochrane, CB, Cal. - Northridge (17/33)--2 blue
Rnd 5 - Louie Dimitrenko, T, Ohio State (20/54)--1 red, 2 blue, 1 green
Rnd 6 - Karl Castillo, DT, Washington (17/52)
Rnd 7 - Ken George, DE, Texas Tech (16/42)--Converted from DT. Had a great dash and great pass rush tech bar




Top Ten Most Likely Breakouts:

Name Team Pos Change
George, Ken Tucker LDE 12
Hickman, Antoine Tucker QB 8
Goddard, Irving Tucker TE 6
Gambrell, Carlton Tucker LCB 4
Kollars, Clay Tucker RB 2
Viano, Leo Tucker K 1
Gunn, Steven Tucker LCB 1
Sellers, Thomas Tucker WILB 1
Oliver, O.J. Tucker RG 1
Ingram, Irving Tucker FB 1

Major hits in this draft, and the CB keeps on creepin'.

[Ben E Lou]

The AI offers a 2nd round pick for WR Meeker. WR Ellis has better endurance already, and it creeping. He might end up the better of the two, and this offense only needs one WR. I could use the pick. We accept the offer.

[Ben E Lou]

Overall, it looks like we have our QB1/TE1/WR1 combo in place now. QB Antoine Hickman, TE Irving Goddard, and WR Antoine Ellis hope to be the cornerstone of our offensive attack...but methinks we'll just suck again this year, and maybe next.

[Ben E Lou]

Front Office Football 2007
Tucker Tigers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
##Banks, Ben 4 QB 2 22 32 2 yrs
Hickman, Antoine 13 QB QB 1 20 66 5 yrs
Corona, Jerald 8 QB 2 18 42 1 yr.
Georgalas, Vernon 10 QB 2 9 21 1 yr.
Poole, Rob 48 RB 2 35 36 1 yr.
Kollars, Clay 32 RB RB 2 34 34 1 yr.
##Burks, Nolan 39 RB 2 20 30 1 yr.
Grant, Cary 34 RB 2 17 22 1 yr.
Ingram, Irving 44 FB FB 2 39 39 1 yr.
Russell, Keith 45 FB 2 19 23 1 yr.
Mahoney, Van 21 TE TE 2 34 48 1 yr.
Roberts, Jay 82 TE 2 31 42 1 yr.
Roberts, Darryl 84 TE 2 29 35 1 yr.
Sebastian, J.C. 35 TE 2 27 46 1 yr.
Goddard, Irving 81 TE 1 27 43 3 yrs
Ellis, Antoine 89 FL FL 2 38 50 2 yrs
Hastings, Jamal 86 FL 2 18 27 1 yr.
Erickson, J.T. 88 SE SE 2 25 52 1 yr.
Willis, Devin 87 SE 2 21 28 1 yr.
Milloy, Antonio 54 C C 2 32 47 1 yr.
Schultz, Scottie 51 C 2 32 50 2 yrs
Singleton, Orlando 67 LG LG 2 27 44 1 yr.
Oliver, O.J. 66 RG RG 2 29 35 1 yr.
##White, Pat 76 RG 2 23 23 1 yr.
##Ferentz, Roy 60 RG 2 23 40 1 yr.
Slechta, Donovan 63 LT 2 26 26 2 yrs
Moore, Geoff 65 LT 2 20 34 1 yr.
Dimitrenko, Louie 79 LT LT 1 18 44 3 yrs
Prescott, Tim 75 RT RT 2 21 23 1 yr.
Fuller, Andy 9 P 2 23 23 2 yrs
Viano, Leo 2 K 2 47 47 1 yr.
Massie, Lincoln 78 LDE LDE 1 40 61 3 yrs
Rodgers, Rickey 98 LDE 2 27 30 1 yr.
George, Ken 73 LDE 1 25 54 3 yrs
Knowlton, Deion 95 RDE RDE 2 27 38 1 yr.
##Summers, Quinn 72 RDE 2 18 30 1 yr.
West, Levon 96 NT NT 2 25 29 1 yr.
##Weatherford, Neal 77 NT 2 18 24 1 yr.
Castillo, Karl 94 NT 1 17 46 3 yrs
Rae, Deion 58 SILB SILB 2 22 28 1 yr.
Cope, Graham 93 SILB 2 19 21 1 yr.
Sellers, Thomas 53 WILB WILB 2 21 23 1 yr.
Garrett, Ed 91 SLB SLB 2 25 25 1 yr.
Lewitt, Scott 90 WLB WLB 2 26 31 1 yr.
Klote, Brock 97 WLB 2 19 31 1 yr.
##Starks, Ray 92 WLB 2 14 27 1 yr.
Gambrell, Carlton 20 LCB LCB 2 45 45 3 yrs
Gunn, Steven 41 LCB 2 15 19 1 yr.
Cochrane, Randal 38 RCB RCB 1 23 40 3 yrs
Boren, Everett 31 RCB 2 21 31 1 yr.
Thornton, Percy 46 SS SS 2 35 46 1 yr.
Greason, Rusty 40 SS 2 25 39 1 yr.
Hammond, Sammy 27 FS FS 2 38 49 1 yr.

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $231,600,000
Cap Room: $49,220,000
Maximum for New Player: $49,960,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $117,020,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $1,220,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $40,160,000

Still the league's worst roster by a long way. Modest goal this year: win a game.

[Ben E Lou]

...and I'll be danged if we didn't win the opener. We picked off five passes. S Percy Thornton (undrafted free agent) had four of 'em. Nice!

[Ben E Lou]

OUch. This could kill our mega-creeper CB:


Carlton Gambrell, LCB - Ankle Surgery, Out, full strength in 2023.

He was up to 49/49 (from original 23/27) and counting.

[Ben E Lou]

Lo and behold, we won three. Not bad given that we only used two offensive formations all year long, as best as I can tell.


Front Office Football 2007
2022 Summary for Tucker Tigers

Year 2022
Record 3-13
Winning Pct. .187
All-Time 167-72-1
Winning Pct. .697
Playoffs 21-10
Playoff Visits 13
Bowl Wins 3
Head Coach Troy Reeve
Record 122-126
Winning Pct. .491
Off. Coord. W. Blackwell
Def. Coord. B. Gerhardt

Tucker Tigers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 23.9 26
Rushing Yards 90.4 27
Yards Per Carry 3.78 25
Pass Attempts 37.1 11
Completions 18.9 28
Completion Pct. 50.9 32
Passing Yards 181.1 32
Yards Per Attempt 4.89 32
Yards Per Catch 9.60 30
Total Yardage Gained 260.7 32
3rd Down Conversions 34.8 28
Points Per Game 17.4 28
Pass Rush Pct. 18.6 22 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 42.2 25
Turnovers 40 32
Turnover Margin -10 30 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 34.3 32
Rushing Yards 138.9 32
Yards Per Carry 4.05 16
Pass Attempts 28.6 1
Completions 18.8 1
Completion Pct. 65.9 29
Passing Yards 214.9 8
Yards Per Attempt 7.52 32
Yards Per Catch 11.42 30
Total Yardage Gained 342.3 23
3rd Down Conversions 40.3 21 (T)
Points Per Game 29.3 32
Pass Rush Pct. 21.5 24 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 75.2 32
Turnovers 30 7 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 41 at ORL 19
2 38 CHI 30
3 9 MAA 16
4 21 SYR 24
5 13 at GEO 34
6 10 at ROC 41
7 20 at BOS 26
8 16 ORL 41
9 24 NPL 21
10 14 at CON 30
12 20 at MUS 31
13 3 at VIC 38
14 17 MIN 31
15 9 CON 24
16 3 at MIC 35
17 21 GEO 27

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
13 A. Hickman QB 572 291 2820 4.93 23 25 60.2
**Team --- 593 302 2898 4.89 24 28 58.7
$$Opp --- 457 301 3438 7.52 31 15 97.2

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
32 C. Kollars RB 225 890 3.96 4 7
48 R. Poole RB 141 511 3.62 1 3 
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**Team --- 383 1446 3.78 5 23
$$Opp --- 549 2223 4.05 22 25

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
89 A. Ellis WR 216 108 1222 11.31 5.66 12 11
81 I. Goddard TE 88 55 511 9.29 5.81 5 7
35 J. Sebastian TE 69 30 245 8.17 3.55 2 1
21 V. Mahoney TE 55 27 316 11.70 5.75 2 1
32 C. Kollars RB 33 21 143 6.81 4.33 1 1
86 J. Hastings WR 40 21 155 7.38 3.88 4 2

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
58 D. Rae ILB 112 30 0.0 0 0 0 69.2
46 P. Thornton S 66 31 0.0 0 9 5 87.6
27 S. Hammond S 64 12 0.0 0 2 6 79.9
78 L. Massie DE 59 15 5.0 11 0 0 81.6
91 E. Garrett OLB 57 25 3.5 3 2 5 73.6
53 T. Sellers ILB 53 33 0.0 0 0 1 72.5
38 R. Cochrane CB 47 16 0.0 0 0 5 74.9
20 C. Gambrell CB 45 13 0.0 0 0 6 73.7
40 R. Greason S 45 18 0.0 0 0 2 76.6
90 S. Lewitt OLB 44 16 6.5 13 1 3 79.7
96 L. West DT 32 24 2.5 7 0 0 82.1
31 E. Boren CB 29 10 0.0 0 1 1 77.0
97 B. Klote OLB 27 9 3.0 1 0 3 82.0
73 K. George DE 24 4 2.0 3 0 0 82.5
93 G. Cope ILB 20 5 0.0 0 0 1 75.0
41 S. Gunn CB 19 4 0.0 0 0 0 71.2
94 K. Castillo DT 19 4 0.0 1 0 0 80.9
95 D. Knowlton DE 17 4 2.5 3 0 0 82.5
98 R. Rodgers DE 16 6 1.5 4 0 0 80.6 

[Ben E Lou]

S Thornton's 9 picks earn first team All Pro honors for him. Of course, he had four in just one game. :)

[Ben E Lou]

No retirements.

Summer League: 7th-round DE Ken George

FA1:1 Changes..some nice ones:

Name Team Pos Change
Gambrell, Carlton Tucker LCB 6
Kollars, Clay Tucker RB 5
Fuller, Andy Tucker P 4
Goddard, Irving Tucker TE 4
Hickman, Antoine Tucker QB 4
Cochrane, Randal Tucker RCB 4
Massie, Lincoln Tucker LDE 3
Ellis, Antoine Tucker FL 3
Rodgers, Rickey Tucker LDE 2
Garrett, Ed Tucker SLB 2

Looks like Gambrell may be ok. He has four weeks left on his injury, and still went the big +6.
Kollars has been a nice and steady creeper at RB. He was 23/25 and is now up to 39/39. Not sure he gets much better than that, but he may be decent.

No surprises on any of the others.

We have the #4 pick in the draft, and there are some interesting options. I don't think we'll trade up, but depending on what happens, we might try to trade down.

[Ben E Lou]

Yup. The guys that really caught my eye went #1 and #2. However, there are a couple more guys I like ok but am pretty sure I can get a bit further down. So I trade...

1(4)
4(1)

for

1(8)
2(8)
6(9)

[Ben E Lou]

1(8)--SLB-->SILB Bucky Tobeck (37/74->38/81 (on position switch)--3 red, 3 blue--Will probably move to ILB. Great bars everywhere except pass rushing.
2(3)--LDT Arnie Barber (26/42)--2 red, 2 blue--Looks like our nose tackle for a long time. Should creep a good amount.
2(8)--FB-->TE Bruce Woods (22/71-->22/65 (on position switch)--3 blue, 1 red--6'3" 265 pounds. Methinks we now have our two tight ends.
2(31)--SLB-->WLB Kerry Sauceda (28/44)--4 blue--He is now our 3-4 WLB.
3(2)--G Troy Insley (31/43)--one red, 2 blue--He should creep quite a bit.
5(4)--C Jared Chov (24/59)--2 red, 2 blue--I'm ok, not great, at C. If this 280-pounder can gain weight, he probably moves to guard. If not, he's gunning to be our center long-term.
6(3)--RDE Tyrell Capodaglio (12/42) --3 blues--We're set at DE, but can always use a solid backup.
6(9)--RT Reggie Burke (7/34)--2 blues and he's 6'7" 338 lbs--Worth a shot this late.
7(2)--QB Jonathan Jozwiak (8/24)--doesn't look like anything special, but he's best combines left by my analyzer weights, plus best adjusted rating left, plus knows 12 formations including three 2-TE ones. Could be a decent backup for us.

[Ben E Lou]

Heh. WR Antoine Ellis holds out for some pretty big bucks. I show him the money, but this could get interesting in a hurry. With this signing, I ahve less than 10% of the cap available. And we're not exactly a good team.

[Ben E Lou]

Camp...

Name Team Pos Change
Sauceda, Kerry Tucker WLB -8
Occean, Robbie Tucker TE -8
Roberts, Jay Tucker TE -7
Slechta, Donovan Tucker LT -6
Woods, Bruce Tucker TE -3
Capodaglio, Tyrell Tucker RDE -2
Grant, Cary Tucker RB -2
George, Ken Tucker LDE -1
Singleton, Orlando Tucker LG -1
Ferentz, Roy Tucker RG -1


Top Ten Most Likely Breakouts:

Name Team Pos Change
Oliver, O.J. Tucker RG 2
Jozwiak, Jonathan Tucker QB 2
Barber, Arnie Tucker RDT 2
Poole, Rob Tucker RB 1
Viano, Leo Tucker K 1
Moore, Geoff Tucker LT 1
Ingram, Irving Tucker FB 1
Insley, Troy Tucker LG 1
Hammond, Sammy Tucker FS 1
Weatherford, Neal Tucker NT 1

[JonInMiddleGA]

Grant, Cary

You gotta be kidding me.

[QuikSand]

If every 7th round pick is obviously a super-creeper, this "challenge" will really never be one. Like most, sadly.

[Ben E Lou]

If every 7th round pick is obviously a super-creeper, this "challenge" will really never be one. Like most, sadly.Yeah, I'm hoping that's just some good luck. Of course, if they'll all hold out for big bucks by year 3 like the WR did, the cap will likely hurt me. At least that's my hope here...

[Ben E Lou]

You gotta be kidding me.HEh. The funny thing is that I didn't even notice it until you pointed it out.

[Ben E Lou]

Front Office Football 2007
Tucker Tigers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Hickman, Antoine 13 QB QB 2 33 71 4 yrs
##Banks, Ben 4 QB 3 23 29 1 yr.
Jozwiak, Jonathan 7 QB 1 11 26 3 yrs
Georgalas, Vernon 10 QB 3 11 22 1 yr.
Poole, Rob 48 RB RB 3 40 40 1 yr.
Kollars, Clay 32 RB 3 39 39 1 yr.
Burks, Nolan 39 RB 3 20 28 1 yr.
Ingram, Irving 44 FB FB 3 40 40 1 yr.
Russell, Keith 45 FB 3 23 24 1 yr.
##Goddard, Irving 81 TE 2 42 48 2 yrs
Mahoney, Van 21 TE 3 36 36 1 yr.
Roberts, Jay 82 TE 3 35 35 1 yr.
##Roberts, Darryl 84 TE 3 32 34 1 yr.
##Occean, Robbie 85 TE 1 30 52 1 yr.
Woods, Bruce 25 TE TE 1 29 62 3 yrs
Ellis, Antoine 89 FL FL 3 55 55 3 yrs
Hastings, Jamal 86 FL 3 21 25 1 yr.
Richmond, Butch 83 FL 2 15 27 1 yr.
Erickson, J.T. 88 SE SE 3 26 46 1 yr.
Milloy, Antonio 54 C 3 40 45 1 yr.
Chov, Jared 55 C C 1 37 59 3 yrs
Singleton, Orlando 67 LG 3 36 42 1 yr.
Insley, Troy 74 LG LG 1 35 44 3 yrs
Oliver, O.J. 66 RG RG 3 38 38 1 yr.
Moore, Geoff 65 LT 3 22 31 1 yr.
Dimitrenko, Louie 79 LT LT 2 21 40 2 yrs
Prescott, Tim 75 RT 3 25 25 1 yr.
Burke, Reggie 61 RT RT 1 11 34 3 yrs
Korz, Hardy 14 P 1 50 50 1 yr.
Viano, Leo 2 K 3 48 48 1 yr.
Massie, Lincoln 78 LDE LDE 2 57 64 2 yrs
George, Ken 73 LDE RDE 2 33 53 2 yrs
Rodgers, Rickey 98 LDE 3 30 30 1 yr.
Knowlton, Deion 95 RDE 3 31 36 1 yr.
##Capodaglio, Tyrell 70 RDE 1 14 40 3 yrs
Barber, Arnie 71 RDT NT 1 29 44 3 yrs
West, Levon 96 NT 3 30 30 1 yr.
Weatherford, Neal 77 NT 3 20 25 1 yr.
##Castillo, Karl 94 NT 2 19 42 2 yrs
Tobeck, Bucky 99 SILB SILB 1 50 80 5 yrs
Cope, Graham 93 SILB 3 21 21 1 yr.
Sellers, Thomas 53 WILB WILB 3 24 24 1 yr.
Garrett, Ed 91 SLB WLB 3 27 27 1 yr.
Sauceda, Kerry 52 WLB SLB 1 27 36 3 yrs
Lewitt, Scott 90 WLB 3 26 26 1 yr.
Klote, Brock 97 WLB 3 22 27 1 yr.
Gambrell, Carlton 20 LCB LCB 3 51 51 2 yrs
Gunn, Steven 41 LCB 3 18 19 1 yr.
Cochrane, Randal 38 RCB RCB 2 36 44 2 yrs
##Boren, Everett 31 RCB 3 29 32 1 yr.
%%McCorvey, Arnie 36 RCB 3 24 32 1 yr.
%%Thornton, Percy 46 SS 3 37 37 1 yr.
Schultz, Darryl 35 SS 3 31 38 1 yr.
Greason, Rusty 40 SS SS 3 29 37 1 yr.
Hammond, Sammy 27 FS FS 3 41 41 1 yr.

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 55
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $237,400,000
Cap Room: $23,930,000
Maximum for New Player: $24,700,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $119,610,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $390,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $67,620,000

Still the worst roster on paper, but not by a wide margin. We might be able to win five or six games this year.

[Ben E Lou]

Still the worst roster on paper, but not by a wide margin. We might be able to win five or six games this year....or not. 2-14.


Front Office Football 2007
2023 Summary for Tucker Tigers

Year 2023
Record 2-14
Winning Pct. .125
All-Time 169-86-1
Winning Pct. .662
Playoffs 21-10
Playoff Visits 13
Bowl Wins 3
Head Coach Troy Reeve
Record 124-140
Winning Pct. .469
Off. Coord. W. Blackwell
Def. Coord. L. Wooden

Tucker Tigers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 21.6 29
Rushing Yards 82.7 30
Yards Per Carry 3.83 27
Pass Attempts 41.8 2
Completions 20.8 21
Completion Pct. 49.6 32
Passing Yards 186.6 32
Yards Per Attempt 4.46 32
Yards Per Catch 8.99 32
Total Yardage Gained 260.5 31
3rd Down Conversions 39.1 18
Points Per Game 13.3 31
Pass Rush Pct. 17.1 26 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 36.6 32
Turnovers 33 29
Turnover Margin -10 27 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 34.8 32
Rushing Yards 143.9 31
Yards Per Carry 4.14 20
Pass Attempts 28.2 1
Completions 19.3 4
Completion Pct. 68.3 32
Passing Yards 206.4 4
Yards Per Attempt 7.32 32
Yards Per Catch 10.72 21 (T)
Total Yardage Gained 339.3 27
3rd Down Conversions 39.9 17
Points Per Game 25.1 31
Pass Rush Pct. 20.2 20 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 74.7 32
Turnovers 23 21 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 27 at CON 10
2 20 FRE 28
3 17 at BOS 20
4 27 at GEO 28
5 7 at MAA 23
6 31 GOT 17
8 10 PAR 27
9 14 ORL 31
10 0 at BOR 24
11 0 CON 30
12 6 at WIL 34
13 6 FTW 34
14 7 CHE 24
15 23 GEO 24
16 7 at BKN 16
17 10 at ORL 31

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
13 A. Hickman QB 454 227 2071 4.56 16 14 61.7
4 B. Banks QB 189 91 833 4.41 4 9 47.7
**Team --- 669 332 2985 4.46 20 24 57.0
$$Opp --- 451 308 3302 7.32 23 13 94.5

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
48 R. Poole RB 198 779 3.93 1 5 
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32 C. Kollars RB 70 283 4.04 0 1
39 N. Burks RB 60 213 3.55 0 1
**Team --- 345 1323 3.83 1 18
$$Opp --- 556 2302 4.14 19 26

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
89 A. Ellis WR 177 91 946 10.40 5.34 12 8
81 I. Goddard TE 114 54 474 8.78 4.16 10 3
25 B. Woods TE 86 40 309 7.73 3.59 13 3
86 J. Hastings WR 52 30 282 9.40 5.42 3 2
21 V. Mahoney TE 58 27 256 9.48 4.41 5 1
82 J. Roberts TE 41 24 231 9.63 5.63 2 0

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
99 B. Tobeck ILB 90 42 0.0 0 1 1 72.9
35 D. Schultz S 72 24 0.0 0 1 3 79.2
40 R. Greason S 62 11 0.0 0 2 3 74.2
53 T. Sellers ILB 57 24 0.0 0 0 1 70.5
91 E. Garrett OLB 49 13 0.0 0 0 1 71.0
78 L. Massie DE 45 16 7.0 11 0 0 81.6
27 S. Hammond S 44 25 0.0 0 3 2 81.6
20 C. Gambrell CB 40 17 0.0 0 4 7 78.7
31 E. Boren CB 36 16 0.0 0 0 2 76.7
52 K. Sauceda OLB 35 20 1.5 9 0 1 79.1
90 S. Lewitt OLB 33 8 6.0 2 1 0 78.7
38 R. Cochrane CB 32 6 0.0 0 0 10 78.6
95 D. Knowlton DE 31 14 6.0 11 0 0 82.1
96 L. West DT 31 20 2.0 5 0 0 81.5
93 G. Cope ILB 28 21 0.0 0 0 1 73.9
24 B. Flylum CB 25 4 0.0 0 0 3 64.6
73 K. George DE 24 2 3.5 4 0 0 82.5
77 N. Weatherford DT 21 8 1.5 2 0 0 79.4
98 R. Rodgers DE 20 5 0.0 1 0 0 81.5
41 S. Gunn CB 19 13 0.0 0 1 0 75.9
71 A. Barber DT 17 6 1.5 1 0 0 80.3 

With just a few injuries, we rarely had our top guys all on the field in any given week. The good news is that we'll draft in the top two next year.

[Ben E Lou]

5th-round pick C Chov goes to summer league.

FA1:1 Movers...
Top Ten Most Likely Busts:

Name Team Pos Change
Castillo, Karl Tucker NT -5
Dimitrenko, Louie Tucker LT -4
Occean, Robbie Tucker TE -4
Horn, K.C. Tucker RCB -3
Woods, Bruce Tucker TE -2
Sies, Jon Tucker RG -2
Erickson, J.T. Tucker SE -2
Greason, Rusty Tucker SS -1
Sauceda, Kerry Tucker WLB -1
Schultz, Darryl Tucker SS -1


Top Ten Most Likely Breakouts:

Name Team Pos Change
Cochrane, Randal Tucker RCB 6
Massie, Lincoln Tucker LDE 4
Goddard, Irving Tucker TE 4
Hickman, Antoine Tucker QB 4
Gambrell, Carlton Tucker LCB 2
Kollars, Clay Tucker RB 1
Rodgers, Rickey Tucker LDE 1
Ellis, Antoine Tucker FL 1
Weatherford, Neal Tucker NT 1
Jozwiak, Jonathan Tucker QB 1 I didn't see Cochrane being the big creeper (+17) that he has been so far. We've now got too solid corners. Massie, Goddard, and HIckman's climbs were expected.

EDIT: Left the game open without saving, and a little power outage pushed me back to 2024 Franchise/Ticket stage, so a new draft class is getting generated. Man, I was really getting excited about that TE.

[Ben E Lou]

MAIN STREET LEVEL--I know this sounds weird, but I'm seeing some things that indicate that at Main Street level, it's easier for the AI teams to manage themselves financially. I suspect that with stringent financial rules on myself, this will actually make the game more challenging, not less.

I thought I'd give a picture of what I mean here. This is the current FA class, sans P and K. In my past SP experiences, classes have much more talent than this.

http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/fof/free_agents.png

[Ben E Lou]

See edit above...short power outage and had to re-generate draft class. Stud RB. I'll be taking him.

[Ben E Lou]

Hmmm....there's a also a studly-looking (by combines, not bars) tight end. He's not as good as the guy in the first iteration of the class, but if he's still there at around 1(20), I might try to trade up for him.

[Ben E Lou]

1(1) RB Irv Gillespie (70/81)--3 red, 3 blue--Uh, yeah.

The TE is still there. I trade 2(2) and 3(1) for 1(22) and 5(21).

1(22) TE Hardy Gosselin (34/47)--3 red, 2 blue--Should creep a ton.

4(2) WILB Victor Richardson (13/31)--3 blue--He's iffy, but we really suck at ILB.

5(1) SLB Ike Casteel (12/23)--3 blue--See Richardson...we also suck at SLB.

5(21) LT Phil Tatum (22/38)--1 red, 1 blue--Another big position of need.

6(2) RT Marlon Young (14/45)--no combine--I tend to doubt his VU, but at this point, worth a shot.

7(1) LDE Donny McKenzie (17/28)--3 blue--Don't really have a need at DE, but he was BPA this late.

[Ben E Lou]

Heh..

From: The League Office

The league office has decided to suspend R.J. Jaramillo of Gothenburg for the 2024 season.

Jaramillo appeared on television with Dan Rather, in violation of the league's strict rule against manufacturing fake contract documents.

[Ben E Lou]

All these high picks need to start producing...and very soon. We've only got around $2M in cap room left after signing our draftees. We can get into FA1 next year, but at this rate, it doesn't look like it can be a significant way to build a team at halfcap.

[Ben E Lou]

Camp results...

Top Ten Most Likely Busts:

Name Team Pos Change
Greason, Rusty Tucker SS -4
Sauceda, Kerry Tucker WLB -2
Gillespie, Irv Tucker RB -2
Dimitrenko, Louie Tucker LT -1
George, Ken Tucker LDE -1
Hastings, Jamal Tucker FL -1
Richmond, Butch Tucker FL -1
Tatum, Phil Tucker LT -1
Young, Marlon Tucker RT -1
Weatherford, Neal Tucker NT -1


Top Ten Most Likely Breakouts:

Name Team Pos Change
Gosselin, Hardy Tucker TE 5
Casteel, Ike Tucker SLB 4
Massie, Lincoln Tucker LDE 4
Goddard, Irving Tucker TE 3
Richardson, Victor Tucker WILB 3
McKenzie, Donny Tucker LDE 2
Viano, Leo Tucker K 1
Poole, Rob Tucker RB 1
Ellis, Antoine Tucker FL 1
Thornton, Percy Tucker SS 1

No surprise on Gosselin. Nice on Casteel and Richardson, but maybe not enough.


Roster rating is no longer the worst in the league. Up to 4th-worst now. Progress!

[Ben E Lou]

Front Office Football 2007
Tucker Tigers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Hickman, Antoine 13 QB QB 3 48 79 3 yrs
Banks, Ben 4 QB 4 27 29 1 yr.
Jozwiak, Jonathan 7 QB 2 14 28 2 yrs
##Gillespie, Irv 22 RB 1 73 79 5 yrs
Poole, Rob 48 RB RB 4 41 41 2 yrs
Kollars, Clay 32 RB 4 40 40 2 yrs
##Ingram, Irving 44 FB FB 4 40 40 2 yrs
Russell, Keith 45 FB 4 27 27 2 yrs
Goddard, Irving 81 TE 3 57 57 1 yr.
Gosselin, Hardy 87 TE TE 1 42 52 4 yrs
Woods, Bruce 25 TE 2 38 60 2 yrs
Roberts, Jay 82 TE 4 36 36 2 yrs
##Roberts, Darryl 84 TE 4 34 34 2 yrs
Ellis, Antoine 89 FL FL 4 57 57 2 yrs
Hastings, Jamal 86 FL 4 22 25 2 yrs
Richmond, Butch 83 FL 3 19 27 1 yr.
Wolfe, Brady 80 SE 4 32 32 2 yrs
Erickson, J.T. 88 SE SE 4 28 45 2 yrs
Chov, Jared 55 C C 2 51 59 2 yrs
Milloy, Antonio 54 C 4 45 45 2 yrs
Insley, Troy 74 LG LG 2 45 45 2 yrs
Singleton, Orlando 67 LG 4 42 42 2 yrs
Oliver, O.J. 66 RG RG 4 39 39 2 yrs
Dimitrenko, Louie 79 LT 3 25 35 1 yr.
Tatum, Phil 68 LT LT 1 25 37 3 yrs
Young, Marlon 72 RT RT 1 21 44 3 yrs
##Burke, Reggie 61 RT 2 15 34 2 yrs
Korz, Hardy 14 P 2 57 57 1 yr.
Viano, Leo 2 K 4 48 48 2 yrs
Massie, Lincoln 78 LDE LDE 3 74 74 1 yr.
George, Ken 73 LDE RDE 3 44 53 1 yr.
Rodgers, Rickey 98 LDE 4 30 30 2 yrs
McKenzie, Donny 92 LDE 1 19 30 3 yrs
##Knowlton, Deion 95 RDE 4 35 35 2 yrs
West, Levon 96 NT 4 33 33 2 yrs
Barber, Arnie 71 NT NT 2 33 45 2 yrs
##Weatherford, Neal 77 NT 4 23 25 2 yrs
Tobeck, Bucky 99 SILB 2 62 78 4 yrs
Sellers, Thomas 53 WILB WILB 4 24 24 2 yrs
Richardson, Victor 58 WILB SILB 1 17 34 3 yrs
Casteel, Ike 94 SLB SLB 1 16 27 3 yrs
Sauceda, Kerry 52 WLB WLB 2 33 33 2 yrs
Garrett, Ed 91 WLB 4 27 27 2 yrs
Lewitt, Scott 90 WLB 4 26 26 2 yrs
Gambrell, Carlton 20 LCB LCB 4 53 53 1 yr.
Cochrane, Randal 38 RCB RCB 3 51 51 1 yr.
Boren, Everett 31 RCB 4 31 31 2 yrs
Flylum, Ben 24 RCB 4 31 31 2 yrs
McCorvey, Arnie 36 RCB 4 29 32 2 yrs
Thornton, Percy 46 SS SS 4 37 37 2 yrs
Schultz, Darryl 35 SS 4 33 33 2 yrs
##Greason, Rusty 40 SS 4 32 32 2 yrs
Hammond, Sammy 27 FS FS 4 40 40 2 yrs

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $247,300,000
Cap Room: $1,600,000
Maximum for New Player: $2,380,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $124,150,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $410,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $109,700,000

So my stud 1(1) RB is going to miss the first 5 weeks of the season with a shoulder injury. Lovely. The good news is that we look at least competitive this year.

[Ben E Lou]

Five wins..


Front Office Football 2007
2024 Summary for Tucker Tigers

Year 2024
Record 5-11
Winning Pct. .312
All-Time 174-97-1
Winning Pct. .641
Playoffs 21-10
Playoff Visits 13
Bowl Wins 3
Head Coach Troy Reeve
Record 129-151
Winning Pct. .460
Off. Coord. W. Blackwell
Def. Coord. L. Wooden

Tucker Tigers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 24.8 23
Rushing Yards 106.3 19
Yards Per Carry 4.28 9
Pass Attempts 35.8 13
Completions 17.6 32
Completion Pct. 49.3 32
Passing Yards 177.5 32
Yards Per Attempt 4.97 31
Yards Per Catch 10.07 22
Total Yardage Gained 275.7 30
3rd Down Conversions 37.7 18
Points Per Game 14.2 31
Pass Rush Pct. 18.3 24
Pass Defense Pct. 33.1 31
Turnovers 30 25 (T)
Turnover Margin -13 31

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 32.4 31
Rushing Yards 115.3 23
Yards Per Carry 3.55 1
Pass Attempts 32.5 7
Completions 22.0 24
Completion Pct. 67.7 30
Passing Yards 266.9 32
Yards Per Attempt 8.21 32
Yards Per Catch 12.13 32
Total Yardage Gained 372.7 32
3rd Down Conversions 34.7 6
Points Per Game 21.7 25
Pass Rush Pct. 21.7 26
Pass Defense Pct. 83.0 32
Turnovers 17 31

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 13 GEO 6
2 23 at ALB 17
3 0 NPL 30
4 7 at VIC 34
5 6 at SAO 45
6 7 FTW 23
7 10 at GEO 13
9 13 HOU 10
10 21 ORL 24
11 20 at CON 31
12 6 FBK 7
13 30 at GOT 14
14 17 BOU 26
15 10 at ORL 28
16 14 at OAK 17
17 30 CON 22

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
13 A. Hickman QB 543 271 2758 5.08 18 21 59.7
**Team --- 572 282 2840 4.97 18 22 58.3
$$Opp --- 520 352 4270 8.21 25 8 102.3

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
22 I. Gillespie RB 154 698 4.53 1 2
48 R. Poole RB 150 608 4.05 0 4 
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32 C. Kollars RB 57 243 4.26 3 0
**Team --- 397 1700 4.28 4 13
$$Opp --- 519 1844 3.55 13 20

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
89 A. Ellis WR 171 77 910 11.82 5.32 17 3
87 H. Gosselin TE 131 60 529 8.82 4.04 13 3
81 I. Goddard TE 59 34 424 12.47 7.19 2 2
22 I. Gillespie RB 35 21 195 9.29 5.57 1 1
25 B. Woods TE 49 20 196 9.80 4.00 2 4

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
99 B. Tobeck ILB 121 39 0.0 0 0 5 72.7
38 R. Cochrane CB 66 25 0.0 0 1 10 76.2
20 C. Gambrell CB 61 22 0.0 0 2 8 73.7
46 P. Thornton S 55 20 0.0 0 2 6 77.8
78 L. Massie DE 55 23 6.5 22 0 0 82.0
27 S. Hammond S 46 12 0.0 0 0 4 73.2
35 D. Schultz S 46 16 0.0 0 0 4 78.0
52 K. Sauceda OLB 46 14 0.5 3 0 2 74.0
94 I. Casteel OLB 41 11 1.0 1 1 0 77.8
73 K. George DE 38 22 3.5 7 0 0 81.6
91 E. Garrett OLB 35 9 4.0 13 1 0 79.1
90 S. Lewitt OLB 33 17 3.5 6 0 1 76.9
71 A. Barber DT 31 12 1.0 4 0 0 81.1
93 T. Mastromonaco ILB 31 6 0.0 0 0 0 68.0
58 V. Richardson ILB 29 18 0.0 0 0 1 74.2
96 L. West DT 21 10 1.0 2 0 1 82.4
24 B. Flylum CB 20 4 0.0 0 0 2 77.2
40 R. Greason S 19 5 0.0 0 1 1 80.2 

[Young Drachma]

I love your dynasties because they're so detailed and yet, they don't overly focus on the mundane.

[Ben E Lou]

Thanks, DC.
Trying to squeeze out another season or two before heading to bed. Halfcap is now officially an issue. We're going to be skirting pretty close to it this year, the first time we might be able to make a meaningful foray into free agency. Perfect!

[Ben E Lou]

FA1:1 Changes...

op Ten Most Likely Busts:

Name Team Pos Change
Insley, Troy Tucker LG -5
Tobeck, Bucky Tucker SILB -4
Woods, Bruce Tucker TE -3
Dimitrenko, Louie Tucker LT -2
Lewitt, Scott Tucker WLB -1
Hastings, Jamal Tucker FL -1
Greason, Rusty Tucker SS -1
Korz, Hardy Tucker P -1
Schultz, Darryl Tucker SS -1
Tatum, Phil Tucker LT -1


Top Ten Most Likely Breakouts:

Name Team Pos Change
Gosselin, Hardy Tucker TE 4
Cochrane, Randal Tucker RCB 3
Kollars, Clay Tucker RB 2
Jozwiak, Jonathan Tucker QB 2
Barber, Arnie Tucker NT 2
Gambrell, Carlton Tucker LCB 2
Hickman, Antoine Tucker QB 2
McKenzie, Donny Tucker LDE 2
McCorvey, Arnie Tucker RCB 1
Casteel, Ike Tucker SLB 1

No real surprises. Just creepers doing what they do, and whiffed picks doing what they do.


Renegotiations can be done in these circumstances:
Final year of contract, and must be requested offer only (If he's requesting one year, then he's gonna be a FA and get that type of contract from me on the open market.)

Cap outs
HoldoutsThe bolded house rule above could have a significant impact on my ability to build cohesion. Lots of guys in final year requested just one year.

As for the draft class, we're at #5, and from the looks of the class, we may go stud OT, or trade down.

[Ben E Lou]

So, yeah: tough decisions already. I have three good starters who are set to become RFAs, and all want real money:

DE Massey (75/75): $8.5M this year
CB Cochrane (57/57): $3.42M
DE George (53/53): $3.06M

After the more obvious cap outs and cuts, we have $13.45M max for new player.

The starters who got cut...

WLB Sauceda--2nd round pick who didn't pan out.
G O.J. Oliver--I have three guards at roughly the same talent level. He's the most expensive.

I also had to cut basically all players in year 5 not set to start this year. The most notable is RB Clay Kollars (41/41), who is now sitting at #3 in the depth chart. It's looking like #3 = rookie on this team.

The cuts get us down to 34 players under contract. Doing a little cypherin', I calculate that I can spend roughly $6.85M on non-minsal players. That's just enough to sign my two less expensive RFAs. Checking free agency, there are no better options at DE or CB in year 5 (actually in any year), so I sign both guys and don't participate in FA. On to the draft...

[Ben E Lou]

Now that we're through four drafts and free agency, we have some actual specific needs. The top ones are:

OT
OLB
ILB
S

There are two studly tackles in teh top five adjusted rating players, and I have the #5 pick. I'm hoping I can get one of them...


,,,and sure enough, when my pick comes up, the better one is still there.

1(5) LT Gino Conley (60/86)--3 red, 2 blue, 43% developed--looks like a monster
2(6) SLB K.C. Barlow (19/61)--1 red, 3 blue--Not necessarily ideal, but should be pretty solid.
3(5) RT Stanley Lovallo (17/45)--1 red, 4 blue--I could use starters at both tackles, so why not?
4(6) WLB-->WILB Kyle Adams (18/32)--3 blues--Looks like he could be fairly heavily masked, and I need a starter at WILB.
5(5) FS Ronald Kinney (9/30)--One red agility combine, and blue Sol. No guarantees, but I need safety.
6(6) C Donald Kinney (24/74)-one red, 2 blue...I think he'll drop, but I don't think he'll drop *that* much. I don't need a starter, but hard to pass up the possibility here.
7(5) SLB->WLB Percy McConnell(17/39)--Decent bars, no combine, and as I said, I need linebackers.

[Ben E Lou]

Camp...

Top Ten Most Likely Busts:

Name Team Pos Change
Kinney, Donald Tucker C -7
Strickland, Benjamin Tucker RB -4
Hickman, Antoine Tucker QB -3
Hammond, Sammy Tucker FS -3
Galloway, Donny Tucker FL -2
Ingram, Will Tucker RCB -2
Lewitt, Scott Tucker WLB -1
Boren, Everett Tucker RCB -1
Richardson, Victor Tucker WILB -1
Jozwiak, Jonathan Tucker QB -1


Top Ten Most Likely Breakouts:

Name Team Pos Change
Adams, Kyle Tucker WILB 10
Kinney, Ronald Tucker FS 7
Insley, Troy Tucker LG 5
George, Ken Tucker LDE 4
Tobeck, Bucky Tucker SILB 3
Chov, Jared Tucker C 3
Hewko, Josh Tucker QB 2
Fiume, Jeremy Tucker RG 2
Viano, Leo Tucker K 1
Poole, Rob Tucker RB 1

Very solid draft. Looks like our top five picks are going to pan out to at least some degree.

[Ben E Lou]

Front Office Football 2007
Tucker Tigers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Hickman, Antoine 13 QB QB 4 60 75 2 yrs
Jozwiak, Jonathan 7 QB 3 17 28 1 yr.
Hewko, Josh 6 QB 1 8 23 1 yr.
Poole, Rob 48 RB 5 41 41 1 yr.
Gillespie, Irv 22 RB RB 2 80 80 4 yrs
Strickland, Benjamin 40 RB 1 30 40 1 yr.
Ingram, Irving 44 FB FB 5 42 42 1 yr.
Russell, Keith 45 FB 5 27 27 1 yr.
Goddard, Irving 81 TE TE 4 60 60 5 yrs
Woods, Bruce 25 TE 3 50 57 1 yr.
Gosselin, Hardy 87 TE 2 55 56 3 yrs
Ellis, Antoine 89 FL FL 5 58 58 1 yr.
Hjelmar, Jonathan 86 FL 1 17 43 1 yr.
Galloway, Donny 82 FL 1 24 42 1 yr.
Wolfe, Brady 80 SE SE 5 32 32 1 yr.
Erickson, J.T. 88 SE 5 29 43 1 yr.
Milloy, Antonio 54 C 5 47 47 3 yrs
Chov, Jared 55 C C 3 62 62 1 yr.
Kinney, Donald 53 C 1 29 67 3 yrs
Singleton, Orlando 67 LG RG 5 42 42 1 yr.
Insley, Troy 74 LG LG 3 55 55 1 yr.
##Fiume, Jeremy 65 RG 1 17 38 1 yr.
Forbes, Ronnie 60 RG 1 21 34 1 yr.
Tatum, Phil 68 LT 2 32 38 2 yrs
Conley, Gino 69 LT LT 1 71 87 5 yrs
##Young, Marlon 72 RT 2 30 43 2 yrs
Lovallo, Stanley 62 RT RT 1 21 45 3 yrs
Korz, Hardy 14 P 3 57 57 1 yr.
Viano, Leo 2 K 5 48 48 3 yrs
George, Ken 73 LDE LDE 4 57 57 3 yrs
McKenzie, Donny 92 LDE 2 22 32 2 yrs
Knowlton, Deion 95 RDE RDE 5 34 34 1 yr.
West, Levon 96 NT 5 34 34 1 yr.
Barber, Arnie 71 NT NT 3 40 46 1 yr.
Tobeck, Bucky 99 SILB SILB 3 80 80 3 yrs
Richardson, Victor 58 WILB 2 24 34 2 yrs
Adams, Kyle 52 WILB WILB 1 26 42 3 yrs
Casteel, Ike 94 SLB 2 20 28 2 yrs
Barlow, K.C. 50 SLB SLB 1 27 60 3 yrs
Garrett, Ed 91 WLB WLB 5 28 28 1 yr.
Lewitt, Scott 90 WLB 5 24 24 1 yr.
##McConnell, Percy 56 WLB 1 20 38 3 yrs
Gambrell, Carlton 20 LCB LCB 5 56 56 3 yrs
##Kozempel, Greg 26 LCB 1 7 17 1 yr.
Boren, Everett 31 RCB 5 31 31 1 yr.
Flylum, Ben 24 RCB 5 30 30 1 yr.
Cochrane, Randal 38 RCB RCB 4 57 57 5 yrs
Ingram, Will 43 RCB 1 20 45 1 yr.
Thornton, Percy 46 SS SS 5 35 35 1 yr.
Hammond, Sammy 27 FS FS 5 36 36 1 yr.
##Kinney, Ronald 33 FS 1 14 37 3 yrs

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 51
Inactive: 5
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $257,200,000
Cap Room: $530,000
Maximum for New Player: $530,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $131,270,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $108,100,000

We're now middle-of-the-road in roster rating, but QB Hickman still only knows two of the formations we use. Hard to say what to expect.

[Ben E Lou]

Solid season, but something rather interesting at QB:


Front Office Football 2007
2025 Summary for Tucker Tigers

Year 2025
Record 9-7-1
Winning Pct. .558
All-Time 183-103-2
Winning Pct. .638
Playoffs 21-11
Playoff Visits 14
Bowl Wins 3
Head Coach Troy Reeve
Record 138-158-1
Winning Pct. .466
Off. Coord. W. Blackwell
Def. Coord. L. Wooden

Tucker Tigers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 26.1 21
Rushing Yards 102.1 22
Yards Per Carry 3.92 20
Pass Attempts 33.9 17
Completions 19.3 27
Completion Pct. 57.0 32
Passing Yards 219.3 20
Yards Per Attempt 6.47 19
Yards Per Catch 11.35 8
Total Yardage Gained 307.8 24
3rd Down Conversions 38.0 25
Points Per Game 22.6 7 (T)
Pass Rush Pct. 19.8 8
Pass Defense Pct. 47.1 15
Turnovers 25 19 (T)
Turnover Margin +5 9 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 30.4 27
Rushing Yards 129.5 30
Yards Per Carry 4.26 27
Pass Attempts 36.8 25
Completions 22.4 21 (T)
Completion Pct. 60.9 9
Passing Yards 241.3 25
Yards Per Attempt 6.56 12 (T)
Yards Per Catch 10.78 18 (T)
Total Yardage Gained 355.4 31
3rd Down Conversions 40.4 20
Points Per Game 19.5 11
Pass Rush Pct. 20.0 23 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 57.0 31
Turnovers 30 7 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 31 at ORL 6
2 27 OBX 33
3 16 FTW 17
4 23 SYR 9
5 20 at GEO 17
6 41 at ROC 31
7 41 at BOS 35
8 20 ORL 20
9 24 NPL 28
10 24 at CON 14
12 13 at ASH 14
13 13 at PAR 10
14 6 at MIA 34
15 21 CON 17
16 28 KNX 3
17 14 GEO 24
$$WC 17 NPL 45

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
13 A. Hickman QB 353 187 2180 6.18 24 6 87.5
7 J. Jozwiak QB 189 122 1328 7.03 9 7 85.6
**Team --- 542 309 3508 6.47 33 13 86.8
$$Opp --- 588 358 3860 6.56 19 16 79.6

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 
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22 I. Gillespie RB 288 1185 4.11 3 2
48 R. Poole RB 115 449 3.90 1 5
**Team --- 417 1634 3.92 4 19
$$Opp --- 486 2072 4.26 19 32

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
89 A. Ellis WR 200 113 1400 12.39 7.00 18 10
87 H. Gosselin TE 106 61 700 11.48 6.60 9 7
22 I. Gillespie RB 57 41 397 9.68 6.96 2 6
81 I. Goddard TE 66 38 397 10.45 6.02 4 3
25 B. Woods TE 50 25 329 13.16 6.58 3 2

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
99 B. Tobeck ILB 91 26 0.0 0 2 2 77.4
27 S. Hammond S 88 33 0.0 0 3 4 77.7
38 R. Cochrane CB 73 21 0.0 0 0 15 77.4
50 K. Barlow OLB 64 22 1.5 0 1 2 76.4
20 C. Gambrell CB 63 23 0.0 0 3 9 76.3
58 V. Richardson ILB 49 14 0.0 0 1 1 68.9
95 D. Knowlton DE 39 16 5.0 12 0 1 81.4
91 E. Garrett OLB 37 10 12.5 14 0 0 80.7
31 E. Boren CB 37 8 0.0 0 1 4 73.4
46 P. Thornton S 36 12 0.0 0 1 3 77.2
71 A. Barber DT 33 13 3.0 13 1 0 82.2
52 K. Adams ILB 32 8 0.0 0 0 2 77.1
43 W. Ingram CB 31 9 0.0 0 1 4 76.5
73 K. George DE 30 12 6.5 16 0 0 82.2
23 R. LaBorde S 28 10 0.0 0 0 1 74.0
90 S. Lewitt OLB 26 18 2.0 2 0 2 79.4
94 I. Casteel OLB 19 6 1.5 0 0 3 84.0
56 P. McConnell DE 17 12 4.5 5 0 0 82.0 

On the surface, it would appear that the two QBs performed very similarly. However, Hickman had turf toe for about 6 weeks. As a result, he ended up throwing just a small handful of passes in those games--and he performed brilliantly in those games, usually something like 9 for 10. In games where he played the entire one, his numbers didn't look nearly as good. Later-game familiars, no doubt. The backup knows four of the 2-TE formations. Hickman's intelligence (76) would indicate that he should learn more formations soon enough, but that's a good bit of info to keep in my back pocket. I'm wondering if financially, the best way to play this out might not be with some 45/45 QB who won't cost me much, but knows all five of the 2-TE formations. Hmmmm...

[Ben E Lou]

More details on Hickman's numbers: he had six games with a QB rating over 100. In five of those, he threw 21 passes or less. He also had six games with a rating of 75.4 or worse. In all of those, he threw at least 31 passes. It looks like he only had one full game with a strong performance: week one, 21 for 35 and a 116.2 rating.

[Ben E Lou]

Summer: WILB Adams (4th round pick)
Franchise: WR Ellis

WILB Adams gets a +5 in FA:1:1, as does TE Gosselin

The cap situation is, uh, tight. 23 players under contract, -$4.17M max for new player. Signing frnachisee Ellis to a long-term contract saves a nice chunk, but I have four starter-quality players hitting FA this year: C Chov, G Insley, P Korz, TE Woods.

I make some cuts as well as cap outs and last-year renegs.


notable cut...

WILB Richardson: He's a +6 creeper who's probably good enough to start evenutally, but he's making too much for a backup. Gone.

We freed up enough cap room so that I don't have to cut any top guys yet, and I was able to re-sign the RFAs. However, it wasn't enough to make a serious foray into FA. Instead, I just focused on one-year minsal signings to make sure I have all starting slots filled with decent players. I had *just* enough cap room to do this. Here are the guys I signed: all are for one-year minsal no-bonus deals.

RCB Mack Rayburn (42/42)--Mentor who'll be the nickel back.
WLB Ed Garrett (28/28)--Our own guy from last year. high bars in pass rushing and had 12.5 sacks.
WLB Jamal Gaither (43/43)--A higher-bar version of Garrett. 74 PrTch, 59 PrStr
FS Tyrus Brohm (46/46)--Pretty solid bars across the board, and high endurance.
SE Hardy Phelan (41/41)--WR2 rarely see the field in this offense, but wanted a decent option in case of injury to WR1.
LDE Calvin Oleary (38/42)--56/64 PrTch
SS B.J. Harper (46/46)--Solid run defense, ok passing defense.
FB Irving Ingream (42/42)--our own FB..high run blocking
RG Gerald Pickett (40/40)--nothing particularly good

Now that I suspect we won't be drafting high enough to hand-pick a stud starter at a position of need every year, I figure the best way to go is to have someone in place to start, and then if something better comes along in the draft, wonderful.

[Ben E Lou]

Needs...

Really, any of the minsal positions mentioned above are needs. Plus we have several backup slots to fill.

1(23): LDE Kennedy Corbett (28/50)--5 blues--Should creep a bit and be a nice bookend at the RDE slot.
2(23): RCB Brenden Atkins (25/43)--2 red, 3 blue--eventual nickel guy at worst. Solid starter possibly.
3(23): C Timothy Gaden (21/58)--3 blues--My hope is that he can gain weight. Whether or not e can, he's moving to guard. He's 291 pounds and 88% at the moment.
4(23): SS Derrick Bronson (20/44)--2 blues--He's listed at 48% developed, and we need someone to be a capable backup/possible starter at both safety slots.
5(23): RT Teddy Jeffries (20/30)--1 red, 2 blue--Not a top-tier position of need, but we're not set for sure there, either.
6(23): SS Lance Kaplan (17/29)--1 red, 2 blue--More of a long-term project than Bronson, but still a need.
7(23): WLB Kirk Lynch (14/29)--2 blues--Massive bars in both pass rushing categories.

[Ben E Lou]

C Gaaden is able to gain weight. He gains nine pounds, and the switch is up to 91%. He's 22/55 post-switch, post-camp.

[Ben E Lou]

Camp...

Top Ten Most Likely Busts:

Name Team Pos Change
Rayburn, Mack Tucker RCB -9
Phelan, Hardy Tucker SE -8
Young, Marlon Tucker RT -7
Gosselin, Hardy Tucker TE -7
Langston, Thurman Tucker SE -6
Penman, Walter Tucker FL -5
Hetherington, Jamal Tucker RB -3
Bronson, Derrick Tucker SS -3
Korz, Hardy Tucker P -2
Oleary, Calvin Tucker LDE -2


Top Ten Most Likely Breakouts:

Name Team Pos Change
Lynch, Kirk Tucker WLB 12
Kaplan, Lance Tucker SS 9
Jeffries, Teddy Tucker RT 6
George, Ken Tucker LDE 4
Atkins, Brenden Tucker RCB 3
Conley, Gino Tucker LT 3
Kenyon, Eddie Tucker QB 2
Corbett, Kennedy Tucker LDE 2
Woods, Bruce Tucker TE 2
Viano, Leo Tucker K 1

Big ol' jumps at the bottom of the draft. Very nice. Bad news, though is that the QB still only knows two of the 2-TE formations. I'm thinking about adding in some GL just for variety.

[Ben E Lou]

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Tucker Tigers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Hickman, Antoine 13 QB QB 5 69 78 6 yrs
Jozwiak, Jonathan 7 QB 4 22 29 1 yr.
Kenyon, Eddie 8 QB 1 10 23 1 yr.
Gillespie, Irv 22 RB RB 3 80 80 3 yrs
Hetherington, Jamal 39 RB 1 22 39 1 yr.
Stokes, J.C. 34 RB 1 15 27 1 yr.
Ingram, Irving 44 FB FB 6 42 42 1 yr.
Bennett, Sean 36 FB 1 24 30 1 yr.
##Goddard, Irving 81 TE 5 62 62 4 yrs
Gosselin, Hardy 87 TE TE 3 59 59 2 yrs
Woods, Bruce 25 TE 4 57 57 3 yrs
Ellis, Antoine 89 FL FL 6 59 59 4 yrs
Penman, Walter 83 FL 1 26 46 1 yr.
##Lyons, Junior 85 FL 1 11 23 1 yr.
Phelan, Hardy 84 SE SE 7 33 33 1 yr.
Langston, Thurman 10 SE 1 15 41 1 yr.
Chov, Jared 55 C C 4 61 61 3 yrs
Milloy, Antonio 54 C 6 46 46 2 yrs
Kinney, Donald 53 C 2 32 63 2 yrs
Insley, Troy 74 LG LG 4 59 59 4 yrs
Vaughn, Terry 77 LG 1 29 49 1 yr.
Pickett, Gerald 64 RG RG 6 41 41 1 yr.
##Gaden, Timothy 51 RG 1 23 55 3 yrs
Conley, Gino 69 LT LT 2 92 92 4 yrs
Lovallo, Stanley 62 RT RT 2 29 45 2 yrs
Young, Marlon 72 RT 3 27 35 1 yr.
Jeffries, Teddy 63 RT 1 25 36 3 yrs
Korz, Hardy 14 P 4 54 54 2 yrs
Viano, Leo 2 K 6 48 48 2 yrs
George, Ken 73 LDE LDE 5 61 61 2 yrs
Oleary, Calvin 79 LDE 5 40 40 1 yr.
Corbett, Kennedy 70 LDE RDE 1 32 52 4 yrs
McKenzie, Donny 92 LDE 3 26 33 1 yr.
McConnell, Percy 56 RDE 2 21 36 2 yrs
##Barber, Arnie 71 NT NT 4 48 48 3 yrs
Kramer, Craig 97 NT 1 15 29 1 yr.
Tobeck, Bucky 99 SILB SILB 4 79 79 2 yrs
Adams, Kyle 52 WILB WILB 2 43 47 2 yrs
Barlow, K.C. 50 SLB SLB 2 41 60 2 yrs
Casteel, Ike 94 SLB 3 28 32 1 yr.
##Gaither, Jamal 58 WLB 5 43 43 1 yr.
Garrett, Ed 91 WLB 6 29 29 1 yr.
Lynch, Kirk 93 WLB WLB 1 23 41 3 yrs
Gambrell, Carlton 20 LCB LCB 6 57 57 2 yrs
Cochrane, Randal 38 RCB RCB 5 59 59 4 yrs
Rayburn, Mack 21 RCB 6 33 33 1 yr.
Atkins, Brenden 49 RCB 1 31 46 3 yrs
Kaplan, Lance 32 SS FS 1 25 38 3 yrs
Bronson, Derrick 31 SS 1 22 41 3 yrs
Brohm, Tyrus 42 FS SS 5 46 46 1 yr.
##Kinney, Ronald 33 FS 2 21 40 2 yrs

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 51
Inactive: 6
On Active Roster: 45

Salary Cap: $267,100,000
Cap Room: $1,050,000
Maximum for New Player: $1,050,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $134,160,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $159,540,000

Good team, but the offense is still suspect. We're listed as the league's 6th-best roster now.

[Ben E Lou]

Wow. I guess the addition of GL made the final difference. We had some big injuries, but won it all. The good news in terms of keeping my long-term interest is that it looks like we'll be roughly $30M over the cap to start next year, and with 30 guys under contract. At least it looks like keeping the team together will be challenging.


Front Office Football 2007
2026 Summary for Tucker Tigers

Year 2026
Record 14-5
Winning Pct. .736
All-Time 194-108-2
Winning Pct. .641
Playoffs 24-11
Playoff Visits 15
Bowl Wins 4
Head Coach Troy Reeve
Record 152-163-1
Winning Pct. .482
Off. Coord. W. Blackwell
Def. Coord. L. Wooden

Tucker Tigers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 27.3 17 (T)
Rushing Yards 110.3 19
Yards Per Carry 4.05 15
Pass Attempts 34.6 13
Completions 20.8 20
Completion Pct. 60.0 24
Passing Yards 226.3 13
Yards Per Attempt 6.55 19
Yards Per Catch 10.90 9
Total Yardage Gained 330.1 16
3rd Down Conversions 38.6 20
Points Per Game 22.0 8
Pass Rush Pct. 20.0 6
Pass Defense Pct. 56.3 5
Turnovers 20 6 (T)
Turnover Margin +8 6

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 26.6 12 (T)
Rushing Yards 107.8 13
Yards Per Carry 4.05 12
Pass Attempts 36.0 25
Completions 21.8 19
Completion Pct. 60.4 7
Passing Yards 209.3 5
Yards Per Attempt 5.81 3
Yards Per Catch 9.62 2 (T)
Total Yardage Gained 302.2 5
3rd Down Conversions 35.3 4
Points Per Game 15.0 2
Pass Rush Pct. 19.4 23 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 49.3 19
Turnovers 28 12

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 24 CON 13
2 10 at CHI 13
3 30 at HOU 15
4 20 GEO 31
5 0 at MAA 20
6 6 at GOT 13
8 27 PAR 14
9 30 at ORL 15
10 31 BOR 7
11 21 at CON 24
12 27 MUS 24
13 33 BOS 6
14 17 at MIN 14
15 16 at GEO 7
16 27 MIC 17
17 33 ORL 7
$$CS 48 BOS 7
$$CF 26 at FTW 16
**FB 20 vs MUS 6

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
13 A. Hickman QB 495 298 3248 6.56 28 10 90.0
7 J. Jozwiak QB 58 34 372 6.41 2 4 60.4
**Team --- 553 332 3620 6.55 30 14 86.9
$$Opp --- 576 348 3349 5.81 18 19 73.3 
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Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
22 I. Gillespie RB 250 1088 4.35 5 4
34 J. Stokes RB 113 436 3.86 1 2
36 S. Bennett FB 38 134 3.53 0 0
**Team --- 436 1764 4.05 7 12
$$Opp --- 426 1725 4.05 7 32

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
89 A. Ellis WR 152 92 1074 11.67 7.07 13 10
87 H. Gosselin TE 143 86 919 10.69 6.43 3 10
22 I. Gillespie RB 52 41 399 9.73 7.67 2 2
25 B. Woods TE 51 35 396 11.31 7.76 2 3
36 S. Bennett FB 39 18 201 11.17 5.15 3 0

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
42 T. Brohm S 79 21 0.0 0 0 5 74.2
38 R. Cochrane CB 77 8 0.0 0 4 13 79.1
99 B. Tobeck ILB 70 46 0.0 0 5 6 81.8
52 K. Adams ILB 68 33 0.0 0 3 7 83.7
50 K. Barlow OLB 61 22 3.5 0 0 4 74.9
58 J. Gaither OLB 58 19 8.5 21 2 2 80.9
71 A. Barber DT 35 8 2.5 13 0 0 82.5
31 D. Bronson S 33 12 0.0 0 1 4 78.3
32 L. Kaplan S 28 8 0.0 0 0 3 74.4
20 C. Gambrell CB 26 7 0.5 1 0 7 80.2
33 R. Kinney S 26 10 0.0 0 0 5 80.3
56 P. McConnell DE 25 5 3.0 4 0 0 81.0
73 K. George DE 20 6 4.0 10 0 0 81.8
70 K. Corbett DE 20 18 5.5 12 0 0 81.4
21 M. Rayburn CB 17 6 0.0 0 0 1 76.0
93 K. Lynch OLB 17 7 1.0 1 0 0 67.5
91 E. Garrett OLB 16 8 0.0 0 0 0 74.4
79 C. Oleary DE 16 9 5.0 9 0 0 81.9
94 I. Casteel OLB 16 4 0.5 0 0 1 70.6
49 B. Atkins CB 16 4 0.0 0 2 3 83.9 

[Ben E Lou]

No franchisee. WLB Lynch heads to summer league.

So, uh, yeah. Cap issues time.

we have -$33.4M max for new player, and 30 guys under contract.

Running the numbers, it's looking like the only way to make this work is to cut some salary. Gone are...

TE Irving Goddard (63/63)--He has been the least productive of the three good TEs I've carried.
LCB Carlton Gambrell (59/59)--We won it all with him on the IR for the last half of the year. I don't need a potentially injury-prone big-salaried CB when I've got two other good ones.
LDE Ken George (61/61)--Same story as Gambrell. He got hurt in Week 9 and that was it.
WILB Bucky Tobeck (78/78)--Man, this one hurt. I don't have a replacement, but it was a numbers game that he had to go to make things fit without getting rid of any of my big guns on offense.
C Antonio Milloy (46/46)--Solid ratings, but really #3 C at this point.
RT Stanley Lovallo (34/45)--Has stayed right at 45 and is costing more than veteran minsal.

[Ben E Lou]

Same general idea as last year, just less money to make it happen. I sign three minsal vets to start:

FB Irving Ingram (42/42)--Re-sign our long-term blocking FB
SILB Bryce Maxwell (39/39)--Ratings pretty much flat across the board.
FS Tyrus Brohm (45/45)--Pretty solid ratings for a minsal guy. He played for us last year as well.

Of course, we have the 1(32) pick this year. Lots of holes to fill. Most important ones:

RG
RT
RDE

Could use immediate starters at all three of those positions.

[Ben E Lou]

1(32)--LG Ross Marshal (30/51)--3 blue, 2 red--Should be a nice creeper, and will start immediately.
2(32)--LDE Ronnie Conley (13/46)--4 blue--Low development, but I really liked his combines.
3(32)--LT Graham Ross (14/27)--all black--He was the highest-developed tackle with no green combines, and I need a tackle. Hoping he creeps.
4(32)--FL Jonathan Kinzie (14/22)--4 blue, one red--hard to pass this guy up this late.
5(32)--SILB Clay Allen (20/37)--one red, 2 blue, 1 green--I only have four LBs under contract, so this guy needs to see significant playing time.
6(32)--LDT Robert Wolfe (19/23)-- 2 blue--need a backup NT.
7(32)--LCB Jeremy Carr (10/23)--2 blue--need a nickel CB

[Ben E Lou]

So my draftees didn't quite cost as much as I thought, giving me a small amount of breathing room. Not enough to sign anyone particularly good, but I see a backup QB I like. He's got solid (64) sense rush, knows four of the five 2-TE formations, and has 90 intelligence, so maybe he'll learn the fifth one. By my house rules, his deal must be 50% bonus. It's a bit of a risky move, but I can see him eventually being our starter as cap space continues to be an issue. He sings a three-year deal for $10M, with a $5.06M bonus. He's only rated 35/35 overall, but I think he might be exactly what we need. I also sign Jimmie Molenaar, a 39/39 backup WR. He's a minsal guy. All other signees in 2027 FA2 are minsal rookies.

[Ben E Lou]

Top Ten Most Likely Busts:

Name Team Pos Change
Ingram, Irving Tucker FB -11
Newsome, Dennis Tucker LCB -7
Gillespie, Irv Tucker RB -7
Molenaar, Jimmie Tucker FL -5
Tuiasosopo, Willie Tucker FB -5
Allen, Jake Tucker RT -3
Ladner, Cedrick Tucker RB -2
Scovill, Cornelius Tucker TE -2
Allen, Clay Tucker SILB -2
Korz, Hardy Tucker P -1


Top Ten Most Likely Breakouts:

Name Team Pos Change
Shields, Terry Tucker QB 7
Marshall, Ross Tucker LG 5
Brown, Floyd Tucker SE 4
McKenzie, Donny Tucker LDE 4
Wolfe, Robert Tucker NT 3
Adams, Kyle Tucker WILB 2
Burger, Shane Tucker SLB 2
Lynch, Kirk Tucker WLB 2
Ross, Graham Tucker LT 1
Insley, Troy Tucker LG 1

1(32)--LG Ross Marshal (30/51)--3 blue, 2 red--Should be a nice creeper, and will start immediately. Nice gain to 36/56.
2(32)--LDE Ronnie Conley (13/46)--4 blue--Low development, but I really liked his combines. No change. Not sure he'll amount to much.
3(32)--LT Graham Ross (14/27)--all black--He was the highest-developed tackle with no green combines, and I need a tackle. Hoping he creeps. Only +1. Not sure he'll be worth it.
4(32)--FL Jonathan Kinzie (14/22)--4 blue, one red--hard to pass this guy up this late. Also only +1 in a surprise.
5(32)--SILB Clay Allen (20/37)--one red, 2 blue, 1 green--I only have four LBs under contract, so this guy needs to see significant playing time. -2 camp hurts.
6(32)--LDT Robert Wolfe (19/23)-- 2 blue--need a backup NT. nice +3 guy.
7(32)--LCB Jeremy Carr (10/23)--2 blue--need a nickel CB. Only a +1.

Other changes of note:
QB Shields ws +7. but is still only 16/22. Could be interesting.
Significant drops (-11 and -7) to starting FB and RB.

But perhaps the best news of all is that QB Hickman learned a third 2-TE formation in camp. I'm starting to think that knowing three could be the tipping point.

[Ben E Lou]

Front Office Football 2007
Tucker Tigers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Hickman, Antoine 13 QB QB 6 81 81 5 yrs
Hills, Wendell 16 QB 6 36 36 3 yrs
Shields, Terry 19 QB 1 16 22 1 yr.
Gillespie, Irv 22 RB RB 4 72 72 2 yrs
Strickland, Colin 31 RB 1 28 43 1 yr.
Ladner, Cedrick 20 RB 1 24 34 1 yr.
Ingram, Irving 44 FB 7 31 31 1 yr.
Tuiasosopo, Willie 28 FB FB 1 24 50 1 yr.
##Gosselin, Hardy 87 TE TE 4 61 61 4 yrs
Woods, Bruce 25 TE 5 55 55 2 yrs
Scovill, Cornelius 82 TE 1 29 39 1 yr.
Ellis, Antoine 89 FL FL 7 59 59 3 yrs
Molenaar, Jimmie 81 FL SE 7 34 34 1 yr.
Carter, Marty 88 FL 1 19 41 1 yr.
Kinzie, Jonathan 80 FL 1 17 23 3 yrs
Brown, Floyd 1 SE 1 20 23 1 yr.
Chov, Jared 55 C C 5 61 61 2 yrs
Kinney, Donald 53 C 3 38 57 1 yr.
Insley, Troy 74 LG RG 5 58 58 3 yrs
Marshall, Ross 61 LG LG 1 36 56 4 yrs
Gaden, Timothy 51 RG 2 25 54 2 yrs
Conley, Gino 69 LT LT 3 93 93 3 yrs
Ross, Graham 75 LT 1 18 28 3 yrs
Jeffries, Teddy 63 RT RT 2 29 38 2 yrs
Allen, Jake 78 RT 1 22 35 1 yr.
Korz, Hardy 14 P 5 54 54 1 yr.
Viano, Leo 2 K 7 47 47 1 yr.
Corbett, Kennedy 70 LDE LDE 2 38 54 3 yrs
McKenzie, Donny 92 LDE 4 34 38 1 yr.
Conley, Ronnie 76 LDE RDE 1 16 46 3 yrs
McConnell, Percy 56 RDE 3 27 35 1 yr.
Barber, Arnie 71 NT NT 5 50 50 2 yrs
Wolfe, Robert 79 NT 1 21 26 3 yrs
Maxwell, Bryce 95 SILB WILB 5 39 39 1 yr.
Allen, Clay 54 SILB 1 22 35 3 yrs
Adams, Kyle 52 WILB SILB 3 56 56 1 yr.
Barlow, K.C. 50 SLB SLB 3 53 53 4 yrs
Burger, Shane 58 SLB WLB 1 18 26 1 yr.
Fulton, Vinny 59 SLB 1 16 24 1 yr.
Lynch, Kirk 93 WLB 2 37 48 2 yrs
Newsome, Dennis 41 LCB 1 17 47 1 yr.
Carr, Jeremy 23 LCB 1 13 24 3 yrs
Cochrane, Randal 38 RCB LCB 6 61 61 3 yrs
Atkins, Brenden 49 RCB RCB 2 46 49 2 yrs
Kaplan, Lance 32 SS SS 2 35 42 2 yrs
Kurasch, Broderick 34 SS FS 1 12 14 1 yr.
##Brohm, Tyrus 42 FS 6 45 45 1 yr.
##Kinney, Ronald 33 FS 3 33 45 1 yr.

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 48
Inactive: 3
On Active Roster: 45

Salary Cap: $277,000,000
Cap Room: $1,840,000
Maximum for New Player: $1,840,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $155,820,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $2,980,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $150,530,000

Pretty solid roster this year. I don't think we're good enough to repeat, but with a little luck, it's possible.

[Ben E Lou]

Front Office Football 2007
2027 Summary for Tucker Tigers

Year 2027
Record 12-5
Winning Pct. .705
All-Time 206-112-2
Winning Pct. .646
Playoffs 24-12
Playoff Visits 16
Bowl Wins 4
Head Coach Troy Reeve
Record 164-168-1
Winning Pct. .493
Off. Coord. W. Blackwell
Def. Coord. L. Wooden

Tucker Tigers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 26.9 18 (T)
Rushing Yards 117.8 12
Yards Per Carry 4.37 8
Pass Attempts 37.3 7
Completions 22.3 11
Completion Pct. 59.6 25
Passing Yards 243.9 9
Yards Per Attempt 6.54 18
Yards Per Catch 10.96 13
Total Yardage Gained 355.0 4
3rd Down Conversions 45.0 4 (T)
Points Per Game 24.7 4
Pass Rush Pct. 19.8 12
Pass Defense Pct. 41.7 24
Turnovers 26 17
Turnover Margin -1 18 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 25.8 10
Rushing Yards 107.4 10
Yards Per Carry 4.17 19
Pass Attempts 34.1 16
Completions 21.8 21
Completion Pct. 64.0 24 (T)
Passing Yards 241.6 25
Yards Per Attempt 7.09 27
Yards Per Catch 11.07 27
Total Yardage Gained 334.1 21
3rd Down Conversions 35.9 5
Points Per Game 17.8 5
Pass Rush Pct. 18.2 11 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 58.1 26
Turnovers 25 19 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 16 at GEO 21
2 24 FRE 17
3 17 BOR 13
4 24 at VIC 10
5 31 at SAO 24
6 10 FTW 34
7 26 GEO 0
9 24 HOU 0
10 38 at ORL 27
11 31 CON 28
12 24 at WIL 16
13 20 at BOS 24
14 17 CHE 23
15 38 ORL 24
16 35 at BKN 9
17 20 at CON 14
$$CS 21 PAR 23

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
13 A. Hickman QB 355 199 2317 6.53 21 13 80.4
16 W. Hills QB 242 157 1586 6.55 18 9 92.7
**Team --- 597 356 3903 6.54 39 22 85.4
$$Opp --- 545 349 3865 7.09 17 12 86.2

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 
31 C. Strickland RB 146 648 4.44 1 2
22 I. Gillespie RB 132 584 4.42 1 0
35 R. Swilling RB 77 309 4.01 2 1
**Team --- 431 1884 4.37 6 12
$$Opp --- 412 1719 4.17 15 23

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
89 A. Ellis WR 176 107 1235 11.54 7.02 12 12
82 C. Scovill TE 105 61 740 12.13 7.05 3 6
87 H. Gosselin TE 71 44 533 12.11 7.51 5 4
25 B. Woods TE 73 41 456 11.12 6.25 2 3
22 I. Gillespie RB 39 29 205 7.07 5.26 1 3

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
52 K. Adams ILB 108 36 0.0 0 1 5 73.3
50 K. Barlow OLB 77 12 3.5 1 2 6 75.4
42 T. Brohm S 65 21 0.0 0 2 5 79.4
93 K. Lynch OLB 60 22 11.5 16 0 3 79.3
38 R. Cochrane CB 59 20 0.0 0 0 7 73.6
32 L. Kaplan S 56 13 1.0 0 2 5 77.0
49 B. Atkins CB 46 11 0.0 0 4 13 83.1
95 B. Maxwell ILB 43 23 0.0 0 0 1 71.6
71 A. Barber DT 36 16 2.5 9 0 0 82.0
56 P. McConnell DE 34 16 5.5 11 0 1 83.0
70 K. Corbett DE 28 12 8.0 14 0 0 81.0
54 C. Allen ILB 28 17 3.0 1 1 0 79.2
23 J. Carr CB 27 7 0.0 0 0 1 71.9
41 D. Newsome CB 20 3 0.0 0 0 1 76.0 

QB Hickman and RB Gillespie both had injuries this year in the middle. Both were healthy for the playoff loss. Interesting to see that the backup with 5 2-TE formations did better than the 81/81 starter. As cap space gets more and more tight, I'm starting to wonder if the correct play is to go with a QB like Hills instead of Hickman.