[FOF7] Cap Hell Chronicles - A Steelers Dynasty

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Cap Hell Chronicles - A Steelers Dynasty

Settings:

Injury: 150
Cap: 28-80
Combine: 50

House Rules:

Not really at present time.

Philosophy:

I like physical football. Classic Steelers. Great defense and power running.

I do not like trading away 3 first round picks to move into 1st in the draft :-)

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Reserved...

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Reserved..

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THE OFFENSE

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntr
Roethlisberger, Ben 7 QB QB 10 63 63 3
Gradkowski, Bruce 5 QB 8 30 39 3
##Wilson, John Parker 4 QB 4 12 26 1
Jones, Landry 3 QB 1 18 30 4

Big Ben should be a solid starter for the next 4-5 years. Gradkowski is a solid backup for now.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntr
Stephens-Howling, LaRod 34 RB 5 45 45 1
Jones, Felix 23 RB 6 45 45 1
Dwyer, Jonathan 27 RB 4 50 50 1
Bell, Le'Veon 38 RB RB 1 49 61 4
Johnson, David 85 FB 5 26 39 1
Johnson, Will 46 FB FB 2 38 38 2

Le'Veon Bell will be our feature back for the next years. He isn't the greatest runner but isgood out of the backfield and on returns. Felix Jones is the best runner.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntr
Miller, Heath 83 TE TE 9 73 73 2
McCoy, Jamie 82 TE 1 20 31 1
Tuitupou, Peter 47 TE 1 23 34 3
Burress, Plaxico 80 FL FL 12 50 50 1
Sanders, Emmanuel 88 FL 4 47 47 1
Gilreath, David 18 FL 2 23 37 1
Wheaton, Markus 11 FL 1 36 43 4
Brown, Antonio 84 SE SE 4 53 61 5
##Brown, Justin 15 SE 1 10 11 4

Heath Miller and Antonio Brown will be Ben's go-to-guys. Sanders is a decent slot reciever. However age is a factor for Burress and Miller.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntr
##Wallace, Cody 74 C 4 16 35 1
Velasco, Fernando 61 C C 4 40 69 1
Pouncey, Maurkice 53 C 4 49 67 2
Foster, Ramon 73 LG 5 26 34 3
Malecki, John 62 LG LG 2 27 41 1
DeCastro, David 66 RG RG 2 28 52 3
Brown, Levi 75 LT LT 7 58 58 1
##Beachum, Kelvin 68 LT 2 18 34 3
Adams, Mike 76 LT 2 22 28 3
Whimper, Guy 78 RT RT 8 35 35 1

I will move Velasco to LG and hope for the best. Both Velasco and Pouncey are ruthless run blockers. But will this group be able to keep Ben off the ground. As in previous years. The O-Line are a major weakness on our team.

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THE DEFENSE

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntr
Hood, Ziggy 96 LDE LDE 5 38 41 1
Woods, Al 65 LDE 4 28 34 1
##Keisel, Brett 99 RDE 12 25 25 1
Heyward, Cameron 97 RDE RDE 3 34 52 2
##Williams, Nick 91 RDE 1 16 37 4
Fangupo, Hebron 92 NT 1 22 29 3
McLendon, Steve 90 NT NT 4 35 39 3

Cameron Heyward the lone bright spot in this group. Will need serious work if we're to be considered contenders.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntr
Foote, Larry 50 SILB 12 45 45 3
##Williams, Vince 98 SILB 1 16 25 4
Spence, Sean 51 SILB SILB 2 36 56 3
Timmons, Lawrence 94 WILB WILB 7 69 69 4
##McFadden, Marshall 59 WILB 1 18 36 1
##Sylvester, Stevenson 55 WILB 4 22 29 1
Woodley, LaMarr 56 SLB 7 41 41 4
Jones, Jarvis 95 SLB SLB 1 52 68 4
##Robinson, Adrian 57 SLB 2 19 29 2
Worilds, Jason 93 WLB WLB 4 44 54 1

Once the pride of the Steel City. And slowly building towards it again. Timmons is trying to justify his giant contract, while the talent of Jarvis Jones and Jason Worilds is pormising. We will stay as a 3-4 team due to the talent in this position.


Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntr
Gay, William 22 LCB LCB 7 47 47 3
##Allen, Cortez 28 LCB 3 25 40 2
Taylor, Ike 24 RCB RCB 11 48 48 2
##Victorian, Josh 35 RCB 1 17 25 1
Brown, Curtis 31 RCB 3 26 30 2
Polamalu, Troy 43 SS SS 11 68 68 2
##Cromartie-Smith, Da'Mo42 SS 1 13 27 1
Thomas, Shamarko 29 SS 1 19 34 4
Clark, Ryan 25 FS FS 12 52 52 1
##Blake, Antwon 41 FS 2 17 33 2
Warren, Greg 60 LS 9 20 20 1

A pretty good bunch of players. However they're getting old. While it will be difficult to get rid of a fan favourite like Polamalu, Taylor will need to fight for his job.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntr
Butler, Drew 9 P 2 41 45 2
McBriar, Mat 10 P 12 46 46 1
Suisham, Shaun 6 K 9 47 47 2

Not much to see here...

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2013 Preseason

We finish 1-3 without any key injuries.

Rookie RB Bell unfortunately looks like he's having trouble holding onto the ball.

Pretty much all of our players dropped in future estimate, in a disappointing preseason. Among others we cut Brett Keisel who is making 5 million this year.

Here's what our starting lineup looks like entering the regular season:

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntr
Roethlisberger, Ben 7 QB QB 10 57 57 3
Bell, Le'Veon 38 RB RB 1 57 60 4
Johnson, Will 46 FB FB 2 42 57 2
Miller, Heath 83 TE TE 9 70 70 2
Sanders, Emmanuel 88 FL FL 4 49 61 1
Brown, Antonio 84 SE SE 4 50 51 5
Brown, Levi 75 LT LT 7 43 43 1
Velasco, Fernando 61 LG LG 4 28 57 1
Pouncey, Maurkice 53 C C 4 45 60 2
DeCastro, David 66 RG RG 2 28 35 3
Whimper, Guy 78 RT RT 8 35 35 1
Hood, Ziggy 96 LDE LDE 5 43 47 1
McLendon, Steve 90 NT NT 4 37 41 3
Heyward, Cameron 97 RDE RDE 3 35 45 2
Jones, Jarvis 95 SLB SLB 1 48 65 4
Timmons, Lawrence 94 WILB SILB 7 69 69 4
Spence, Sean 51 SILB WILB 2 41 54 3
Worilds, Jason 93 WLB WLB 4 45 53 1
Gay, William 22 LCB LCB 7 49 49 3
Taylor, Ike 24 RCB RCB 11 50 50 2
Polamalu, Troy 43 SS SS 11 58 58 2
Clark, Ryan 25 FS FS 12 46 46 1

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2013 - Quarterly update 1

21-20 vs Titans
6-9 at Bengals
7-13 vs Bears
17-35 at Vikings

1-3

We get off to a great start against Titans, although Suisham misses 3 FG's.

We can't seem to get going offensively. Ben have had 4 fumbles so far and have not been playing well. A grand total of 7 fumbles in 4 games will hurt you. On the bright side no INT's so far.

Defensively we're playing pretty good. DE Hood has had 2½ sacks. Our passing D is playing well, but we're getting shredded on the ground.

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2013 - Quarterly Report 2

6-13 at Jets
41-14 vs Ravens
30-7 at Raiders
11-26 at Patriots

3-5

After the Jets game we alter our gameplan to a mure run-oriented approach and it pays off. Ben Roethlisberger is still struggling, and throws his first pick in the Patriots game. Along with 3 others. His QB-rating is 80.2. Overal we're in the bottom third in terms of yards.

Defensively we're in the better half of the league. 308 yards/game and 17.1 ppg. A bunch of guys are getting pressure on the QB and we're a multiheaded threat. If only we had better players :-)

Incredibly enough 3-5 is enough to lead the division, where the standings looks like this:

Steelers 3-5
Ravens 3-5
Bengals 3-6
Cleveland 3-6

[jzicc]

No need to look at this -- I'm watching it in real life with the Steelers --

Jk

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2013 Quarterly Report 3

27-9 vs Bills
29-24 vs Lions
13-17 at Browns
13-21 at Ravens

5-7

We're still in the hunt. Ravenslead the division with 6-6. The wild cards are gone by now.

Not really much to report. Besides Ben not quite showing his skill. We're trying to go back to a more balanced approach in the final games of the season.

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No need to look at this -- I'm watching it in real life with the Steelers --

Jk

Excactly.. But this GM is gonna cut the deadweight.

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2013 quarterly report 4

29-3 vs Dolphins
6-7 vs Bengals
14-48 at Packers
19-21 vs Browns

6-10

We finish off weak. Loosing at home to both Bengals and Browns.

Antonio Brown does what he can to gain us some wins with 578 yards in the final 4 games. Ben only throw 2 TD's the final 6 games :-(

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SEASON SUMMARY

We end in the middle of nowhere. No top-5 pick and no playoffs. All in all an awful season.

New England Patriots beat Green Bay Packers in the SB. Rodgers folds and throws 5 picks, while Brady becomes MVP.

We have none on the all-league teams.


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2013 Summary for Pittsburgh Steelers

Year 2013
Record 6-10
Winning Pct. .375
All-Time 6-10
Winning Pct. .375
Playoffs 0-0
Playoff Visits 0
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Mike Tomlin
Record 6-10
Winning Pct. .375
Off. Coord. T. Haley
Def. Coord. D. LeBeau
Asst. Coach J. Mitchell
Stren. Coord. G. Giemont

Pittsburgh Steelers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 29.7 10
Rushing Yards 106.9 18
Yards Per Carry 3.60 24
Pass Attempts 34.4 18 (T)
Completions 20.3 20
Completion Pct. 59.1 20
Passing Yards 214.1 21
Yards Per Attempt 6.23 19
Yards Per Catch 10.54 21
Total Yardage Gained 309.7 22
3rd Down Conversions 32.4 19 (T)
Points Per Game 18.1 22
Pass Rush Pct. 20.0 17
Pass Defense Pct. 69.7 3
Turnovers 24 15
Turnover Margin +1 14 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 26.0 9
Rushing Yards 109.1 15
Yards Per Carry 4.19 21
Pass Attempts 34.4 14
Completions 19.2 3
Completion Pct. 55.7 3
Passing Yards 204.5 5
Yards Per Attempt 5.94 5
Yards Per Catch 10.66 14
Total Yardage Gained 298.5 7
3rd Down Conversions 28.8 2
Points Per Game 17.9 8
Pass Rush Pct. 21.7 26
Pass Defense Pct. 54.8 18
Turnovers 25 13 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 21 TEN 20
2 6 at CIN 9
3 7 CHI 13
4 17 at MIN 35
6 6 at NJY 13
7 41 BAL 14
8 30 at OAK 7
9 11 at NED 26
10 27 BUF 9
11 29 DET 24
12 13 at CLE 17
13 13 at BAL 21
14 29 MIA 3
15 6 CIN 7
16 14 at GBY 48
17 19 CLE 21

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
7 B. Roethlisberger QB 550 325 3425 6.23 14 12 76.6
**Team --- 550 325 3425 6.23 14 12 76.6
$$Opp --- 551 307 3272 5.94 13 15 69.7

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
38 L. Bell RB 299 884 2.96 2 5
34 L. Stephens-Howling RB 97 406 4.19 4 2
7 B. Roethlisberger QB 43 277 6.44 0 7
**Team --- 475 1711 3.60 7 22
$$Opp --- 416 1745 4.19 16 24
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Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
84 A. Brown WR 135 81 1237 15.27 9.16 5 4
83 H. Miller TE 122 79 659 8.34 5.40 6 3
88 E. Sanders WR 111 57 567 9.95 5.11 7 2
38 L. Bell RB 46 38 294 7.74 6.39 2 3
80 P. Burress WR 73 30 337 11.23 4.62 11 1
11 M. Wheaton WR 25 17 205 12.06 8.20 1 1

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
94 L. Timmons ILB 123 34 2.5 2 1 11 78.0
43 T. Polamalu S 78 36 1.0 3 3 16 82.9
95 J. Jones OLB 70 18 5.5 3 2 10 79.2
25 R. Clark S 53 16 0.0 1 3 16 85.0
24 I. Taylor CB 51 13 0.0 0 2 12 82.3
22 W. Gay CB 48 9 0.0 1 2 14 82.2
28 C. Allen CB 41 9 0.0 0 1 3 76.1
51 S. Spence ILB 41 16 0.0 0 0 2 73.5
93 J. Worilds OLB 36 18 6.0 13 0 0 79.8
96 Z. Hood DE 35 10 5.5 8 0 0 78.9
65 A. Woods DE 27 15 6.0 8 0 0 82.2
97 C. Heyward DE 24 7 2.0 8 0 0 82.5
92 H. Fangupo DT 22 6 4.5 7 0 0 81.1
90 S. McLendon DT 19 16 3.0 6 0 0 81.4
29 S. Thomas S 19 4 0.5 0 0 5 83.1

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2014 OFFSEASON:

Big changes in the coaching apartment:

Head Coach - Richard Rogers (Former Panthers AC)
Offensive Coordinator - Anthony Lynn (Former Jets AC)
Defensive Coordinator - Bo Hucke
Assistant Coach - John Mitchell (Retained)
Strength Coordinator - Garrett Giemont (Retained)

We make a bunch of cuts. It's time for rebuilding:

G Foster - 1,750,000
DT McLendon - 2,430,000
ILB Foote - 1,500,000
OLB Woodley - 8,000,000

Knowing how much he means to the fans I don't have the stones to cut Polamalu, despite him earning more than I'd like. He has one year left. And he'll get to play that contract out.

Ike Taylor chooses to retire and saves us around 8 million as well.

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FREE AGENCY & DRAFT:

Needs:

Going into the later part of the offseason we're are looking to fill many needs, however the greatest needs are these: G, T, DT, CB, S

Free Agency Targets:

TE Michael Hoomanawanui - Signed
LT Brendan Albert - Signed
LG Matt Slauson - Signed
DT Clinton McDonald - Signed
LE Lamarr Houston - Signs with OAK
CB Tony Carter - Signed

Draft:

There's some sure-fire stars in this draft. And there should still be one or two at the 11th. I'll play it cool and let someone drop. As we have so many needs I'm happy with BPA.

I am hoping for CB Miller, QB Schlessinger, RB Griffle, WR Burnett or DT Norman though.

None of them fall. The last one, RB Riffle, goes at 8th

At 11th we have narrowed it down to the following people still on the board:

LG Wilson - 1 red, 3 blue - Very Underrated
SS Hutchings - 2 red, 4 blue - As Scouted

With the 11th overallpick in the 2014 NFL draft. The Pittsburgh Steelers select from Missisipi. SS Danny Hutchins. While we're scared of his high volatility, we're certain he's the next big safety. It's simply too high to pick Wilson who should be a solid late first round pick.

All in all the draft goes as follows:

1.11 - SS Hutchins 32/57
2.10 - LT Purnell 21/60
3.09 - FB Bishop 39/63
4.11 - CB George 14/41
5.10 - DT Miller 17/32
6.09 - QB Johnson 14/26
7.11 - OLB Talley 16/38

With all the needs we have I select a FB in the third? I think he might be worth it! Not really super excited over this class, however I have faith in the first three picks.

Late Free Agency

We sign some UDFA's

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PRESEASON 2014

We go 1-3 and loose UDFA DE Trabosh for the year. Besides that nothing special.

Rookie Watch:

1.11 - SS Hutchins 32/57 -> 39/62
2.10 - LT Purnell 21/60 -> 26/56
3.09 - FB Bishop 39/63 -> 44/64
4.11 - CB George 14/41 -> 23/36
5.10 - DT Miller 17/32 -> 21/32
6.09 - QB Johnson 14/26 -> 18/29
7.11 - OLB Talley 16/38 -> 19/37

Here's your 2014 Steelers

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntr
Roethlisberger, Ben 7 QB QB 11 57 57 2
Bell, Le'Veon 38 RB RB 2 65 65 3
Bishop, Shawn 32 FB FB 1 44 64 4
**Miller, Heath 83 TE TE 10 69 69 1
Sanders, Emmanuel 88 FL FL 5 53 53 2
Brown, Antonio 84 SE SE 5 59 59 4
Albert, Branden 72 LT LT 7 54 54 3
Slauson, Matt 79 RG LG 6 49 49 3
Pouncey, Maurkice 53 C C 5 65 70 1
Malecki, John 62 RG RG 3 31 46 1
Purnell, Darrell 63 LT RT 1 26 56 4
Hood, Ziggy 96 LDE LDE 6 46 46 2
McDonald, Clinton 99 RDT NT 6 54 54 3
Williams, Nick 91 RDE RDE 2 18 27 3
Jones, Jarvis 95 SLB SLB 2 65 65 3
Spence, Sean 51 SILB SILB 3 50 57 2
Timmons, Lawrence 94 WILB WILB 8 73 73 3
Worilds, Jason 93 WLB WLB 5 52 55 2
Gay, William 22 LCB LCB 8 45 45 2
Carter, Tony 26 RCB RCB 6 50 50 2
Hutchins, Danny 42 SS SS 1 39 62 4
Blake, Antwon 41 FS FS 3 24 28 1
Jones, Landry 3 QB 2 23 37 3
Johnson, Abraham 14 QB 1 18 29 4
Stephens-Howling, LaRod 34 RB 6 42 42 2
Johnson, Will 46 FB 3 51 51 1
Hoomanawanui, Michael 87 TE 5 45 45 3
Wheaton, Markus 11 FL 2 44 52 3
Bednarsh, Luther 86 FL 1 19 23 1
Rutledge, Curtis 54 C 2 31 44 2
Velasco, Fernando 61 LG 5 43 51 2
**Leung, Brandon 77 LG 1 25 46 1
Beachum, Kelvin 68 LT 3 14 20 2
Butler, Drew 9 P 3 47 47 1
Cash, Mel 16 K 1 39 58 1
Sanford, Brian 70 LDE 4 26 32 1
Miller, Ryder 90 LDT 1 21 32 4
Fangupo, Hebron 92 NT 2 28 32 2
Williams, Vince 98 SILB 2 19 27 3
Robinson, Adrian 57 SLB 3 24 28 1
Talley, Jared 50 WLB 1 19 37 4
George, Matt 36 LCB 1 23 36 4
Brown, Curtis 31 RCB 4 32 32 1
Thomas, Shamarko 29 SS 2 29 35 3
Polamalu, Troy 43 FS 12 52 52 1
Brooks, Zander 85 LS 1 18 18 1
##Tuitupou, Peter 47 TE 2 33 39 2
##Adams, Mike 76 LT 3 16 20 2
##Allen, Cortez 28 LCB 4 23 24 1
%%Trabosh, Nick 73 LDE 1 21 42 1

Not really a much stronger team than last year player-wise, but definately on the coaching side.

[Olsson]

2014 Quarterly report 1:

7-35 at Ravens
19-21 at Saints
7-26 at Miami
20-23 vs Houston

Three tough road games and a slow 0-4 start. Ben plays nothing like a franchise Qb that earns 19 million. Can't keep on the field on third down, and 7 turnovers in 4 games. Ugly.

On the bright side WR Brown has 287 yards recieving and RB Bell has 317 on the ground. Without a fumble.

Defensively we're in shambles. We lost a lot of cohesion, and is expecting lack of communication early on.

As a defense we've been hit by a bunch of injuries to our starters already.

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2014 Quarterly report 2:

17-30 at Colts
21-27 at Bengals
30-24 vs Jaguars
3-23 at Titans

1-7 ... We officially suck... But it's not easy when half your starters are playing through injuries.

Well at least we get to evaluate our cap money. At this moment I'm having a hard time figuring out how Ben's 19 millions are justified. Here's his stats through 8 games:

134-275, 1444 yards. 9 TD's, 6INT's, QB Rating of ... 66,4. Oh and 6 fumbles :-(

The defense is holding things together at the moment despite a ppg against of 26.1. (Pretty easy to score TD's when you're in the redzone everytime you take over the ball ;-))

At least we now realise we need to go fully into rebuilding mode. That means it will probably be the last season for QB Roethlisberger, TE Miller, FS Polamalu and ILB Timmons.

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2014 Quarterly report 3:

26-19 vs Browns
10-13 vs Ravens
44-17 vs Falcons
24-20 vs Raiders

4-8

Three home wins against weak opponents.

Offense: Roethlisberger has upped his game. Bell has already crossed 1000 yards and is 5th in the league. Our offense has been playing decently the last 4 weeks.

Defense: Our passing d is starting to perform. And in the game against Falcons the defense created a 7 turnovers. And made two scores. SLB Jarvis Jones are emerging as a star LB with 77 tackles, 7 sacks, 2 int's and the teams best PDPct.

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2014 Quarterly report 4

17-20 at Buccs
28-21 at Browns
14-23 vs Panthers
28-3 vs Bengals

6-10

Same record as last year. After an abysmal start with 6 losses I believe we've come back. RB Bell misses 3 of the last 4 games with a knee injury.

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2014 SEASON SUMMARY

Ben Roethlisberger finishes with a poor 74.1 QB Rating, and had 9 fumbles to go with an already not very flattering statistic. RB Bell ends up with 1216 yards despite only playing 13½ game. Defensively SLB Jarvis Jones has been the MVP. 106 tackles, 11,5 sacks, 3 ints and the teams best PDPct.

After serious consideration we decide not to renew the contracts of the following notable players: TE Miller, C Pouncey*, FS Polamalu.

Besides this we will be cutting QB Roethlisberger after two poor seasons. He's simply not worth the 19 million he will earn next year. We'll also be considering cutting ILB Timmons.

DENVER BRONCOS WINS THE SUPER BOWL AFTER BEATING PACKERS 17-7

OLB Jarvis Jones is selected for the All-league 2nd team

* = After not agreeing to a deal. Pouncey will probably get the franchise tag.


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2014 Summary for Pittsburgh Steelers

Year 2014
Record 6-10
Winning Pct. .375
All-Time 12-20
Winning Pct. .375
Playoffs 0-0
Playoff Visits 0
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Richard Rodgers
Record 6-10
Winning Pct. .375
Off. Coord. A. Lynn
Def. Coord. B. Hucke
Asst. Coach J. Mitchell
Stren. Coord. G. Giemont

Pittsburgh Steelers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 27.8 11
Rushing Yards 125.9 8
Yards Per Carry 4.53 4
Pass Attempts 36.5 16
Completions 20.2 20
Completion Pct. 55.3 22 (T)
Passing Yards 212.9 22
Yards Per Attempt 5.83 24
Yards Per Catch 10.54 20
Total Yardage Gained 328.1 11
3rd Down Conversions 36.6 9
Points Per Game 19.7 15
Pass Rush Pct. 19.8 21
Pass Defense Pct. 56.9 16 (T)
Turnovers 26 16 (T)
Turnover Margin -4 22 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 27.4 16
Rushing Yards 118.9 25
Yards Per Carry 4.33 24
Pass Attempts 33.0 4
Completions 19.1 3 (T)
Completion Pct. 58.0 18
Passing Yards 213.9 11
Yards Per Attempt 6.48 24
Yards Per Catch 11.18 25
Total Yardage Gained 318.6 14
3rd Down Conversions 32.9 15
Points Per Game 21.6 21 (T)
Pass Rush Pct. 21.9 24
Pass Defense Pct. 62.3 21
Turnovers 22 24 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 7 at BAL 35
2 19 at NOS 21
3 7 at MIA 26
4 20 HOU 23
5 17 at IND 30
6 21 at CIN 27
7 30 JAX 24
8 3 at TEN 23
9 26 CLE 19
10 10 BAL 13
12 44 ATL 17
13 24 OAK 20
14 17 at TBY 20
15 28 at CLE 21
16 14 CAR 23
17 28 CIN 3

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
7 B. Roethlisberger QB 542 300 3123 5.76 18 12 74.1
**Team --- 584 323 3406 5.83 20 15 73.2
$$Opp --- 528 306 3422 6.48 20 13 79.7

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
38 L. Bell RB 247 1216 4.92 6 7
34 L. Stephens-Howling RB 125 371 2.97 5 1
7 B. Roethlisberger QB 32 243 7.59 0 9
**Team --- 445 2015 4.53 12 25
$$Opp --- 439 1903 4.33 11 19
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Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
84 A. Brown WR 149 68 891 13.10 5.98 9 3
11 M. Wheaton WR 119 63 851 13.51 7.15 9 5
83 H. Miller TE 90 54 439 8.13 4.88 2 3
38 L. Bell RB 70 51 423 8.29 6.04 4 2
32 S. Bishop FB 36 27 183 6.78 5.08 1 1
86 L. Bednarsh WR 40 18 124 6.89 3.10 6 3
88 E. Sanders WR 30 16 208 13.00 6.93 2 1

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
94 L. Timmons ILB 109 38 0.0 0 0 10 75.7
95 J. Jones OLB 85 21 11.5 6 3 11 83.2
42 D. Hutchins S 84 34 1.0 0 1 9 80.1
26 T. Carter CB 61 14 0.0 0 3 4 77.4
22 W. Gay CB 56 11 0.0 1 2 7 75.4
43 T. Polamalu S 44 14 0.0 1 1 10 79.4
36 M. George CB 43 7 0.0 0 1 8 79.1
99 C. McDonald DT 40 17 5.0 7 0 1 82.8
51 S. Spence ILB 39 19 1.0 1 1 3 79.2
93 J. Worilds OLB 38 16 7.0 11 0 1 81.3
91 N. Williams DE 26 12 5.0 8 0 0 81.2
96 Z. Hood DE 24 5 1.0 6 0 0 81.3
92 H. Fangupo DT 18 13 4.5 4 0 0 81.4
41 A. Blake S 17 3 0.0 0 0 0 75.7

[Olsson]

2015 OFFSEASON:

Notable Retirements:

After winning his second SB, QB Peyton Manning decides to retire.

Staff:

Coaches going out:

OC Anthony Lynn gets the Head Coaching job in Tampa Bay.
AC John Mitchell replaced

Coaches going in:

Offensive Coordinator: Doug Pederson, previously OC at Chiefs
Assistant Coach: Chris Houston

Cuts:

QB Roethlisberger - 12,100,000

I decide to keep Timmons. He's been performing pretty well. And we're only saving 7 million if we cut him. At the moment we have 42,000,000 left under the cap.

Franchise Tag:

We tag C Maurkice Pouncey

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FREE AGENCY & DRAFT

FREE AGENCY & DRAFT:

Needs:

After cutting Big Ben our biggest needs are: QB, TE, RT, RDE, FS

Free Agency Targets:

QB Cassell 42/42 - Signed
TE Cook 47/47 - Signed
LT Clady 93/93 - Signs with Cardinals
RT Saffold 78/78 - Signs with Bengals
RT Free 44/44 - Signed
DE Heyward 48/48 - Signed
OLB Ingram 44/44 - Signed
CB Dennard 45/45 - Signed
SS Bird 66/66 - Signed

Draft:

We're once again sitting at 11th

We have a couple of targets we hope will fall. I'm not gonna trade up, as we need as many picks over the next couple of years.

I do however really like OLB Jamal Rivera in the 2nd round.

As the draft go by and QB Underwood is still there at 4th I seriously consider trading up for him. I decide not to. He goes at 4th.

When we were on theclock we have three players sitting there, and we decide to trade down and pick up an extra 3rd rounder. (I later trade my two 3rds for a 2nd and a 7th, to take Rivera)

At 15th we pick CB from Tulsa, Craig Riley.



The draft goes as follows:

Rnd Pos Name Cur/Fut Dash Sole Stre Agil Bjum Pos Dev Vol Scout Notes
1.11 CB Riley 38/61 + + - + 49 2 Under
2.10 LT Hargrave 20/52 + + + + + 21 75
2.16 OLB Rivera 19/37 ++ ++ ++ - 33 26 Under Move to WLB
4.11 DE Hawkins 18/26 + + + 46 80 Ex Pun
5.10 QB Arsenault 18/46 + + - 30 25 Over G SR
6.09 RB Horne 20/34 + + - + 59 96 VG Blitz/Break
7.16 FS Carr 15/30 + + 52 9 Ex Int/End


Late Free Agency

A bunch of UDFA's

[Olsson]

PRESEASON 2014

We go 0-4. We loose TE Cook for the first couple of games. Besides that a pretty decent preseason injury-wise

Rookie Watch:

1.11 CB Riley 38/61 -> 44/63
2.10 LT Hargrave 20/52 -> 26/48
2.16 OLB Rivera 19/37 -> 26/46
4.11 DE Hawkins 18/26 -> 21/32
5.10 QB Arsenault 18/46 -> 21/41
6.09 RB Horne 20/34 -> 22/25
7.16 FS Carr 15/30 -> 16/23

Here's your 2015 Steelers


Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntr
Jones, Landry 3 QB QB 3 30 37 2
Bell, Le'Veon 38 RB RB 3 66 66 2
Bishop, Shawn 32 FB FB 2 61 61 3
Hoomanawanui, Michael 87 TE TE 6 43 43 2
Sanders, Emmanuel 88 FL FL 6 53 53 1
Brown, Antonio 84 SE SE 6 59 59 3
Albert, Branden 72 LT LT 8 51 51 2
Velasco, Fernando 61 LG LG 6 42 42 1
Pouncey, Maurkice 53 C C 6 66 66 1
Slauson, Matt 79 RG RG 7 51 51 2
Free, Doug 71 RT RT 9 43 43 2
Hood, Ziggy 96 LDE LDE 7 44 44 1
McDonald, Clinton 99 NT NT 7 54 54 2
Heyward, Cameron 78 RDE RDE 5 45 45 2
Jones, Jarvis 95 SLB SLB 3 69 69 2
Spence, Sean 51 SILB SILB 4 54 54 1
Timmons, Lawrence 94 WILB WILB 9 70 70 2
Worilds, Jason 93 WLB WLB 6 49 49 1
Riley, Craig 25 LCB LCB 1 44 63 4
Carter, Tony 26 RCB RCB 7 49 49 1
Byrd, Jairus 49 SS SS 7 75 75 3
Hutchins, Danny 42 FS FS 2 51 61 3
Cassel, Matt 15 QB 11 34 34 2
Arsenault, Deron 10 QB 1 21 41 4
Stephens-Howling, LaRod 34 RB 7 45 45 1
Horne, Norbert 35 RB 1 22 25 4
Tuitupou, Peter 47 TE 3 36 38 1
Wheaton, Markus 11 FL 3 51 51 2
Jizmejian, Jack 81 SE 2 29 37 2
Rutledge, Curtis 54 C 3 30 40 1
Malecki, John 62 RG 4 36 42 1
Hargrave, Warren 76 LT 1 26 48 4
McTermid, Alexis 2 P 1 57 62 1
Cash, Mel 16 K 2 58 58 2
Hawkins, Matt 74 LDE 1 21 32 4
**McNair, Derrick 75 RDE 1 25 35 1
Fangupo, Hebron 92 NT 3 30 35 1
Miller, Ryder 90 NT 2 22 32 3
Williams, Vince 98 SILB 3 23 26 2
Ingram, Melvin 97 SLB 4 44 44 4
Rivera, Jamal 58 WLB 1 26 45 4
Gay, William 22 LCB 9 45 45 1
George, Matt 36 LCB 2 33 35 3
Dennard, Alfonzo 44 RCB 4 44 44 3
Thomas, Shamarko 29 SS 3 30 30 2
Brooks, Zander 80 LS 2 18 18 1
##Johnson, Abraham 14 QB 2 23 28 3
##Mahoney, Chester 23 RB 1 28 32 1
##Cook, Jared 83 TE 7 38 38 2
##Perkins, Cameron 60 RG 1 20 38 1
##Purnell, Darrell 63 LT 2 40 60 3
##Carr, Eddie 40 FS 1 16 23 4

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


I believe QB Landry Jones has more upside than the suggested future, so I go with him to start the season. We'll rely heavily on RB Le'Veon Bell. Defensively we should be okay. We have a secondary set that once they develop chemistry will become very good.

[Olsson]

2015 Quarterly report 1:

21-15 at Browns
23-13 vs Rams
9-24 vs Jets
23-41 vs Chargers

2-2

QB Landry Jones cuts down the teams turnovers in the first two games. And then plays horribly the two next. QB Matt Cassel replaces him in the latter and throws 3 TDs. Im gonna go with Cassell.

Defensively we're getting torched through the air.

[Olsson]

2015 Quarterly report 2:

Week 5 CINCINNATI BENGALS W, 17-13 64,800 Sunny, 42, 2 mph.
Week 6 DENVER BRONCOS W, 22-3 65,000 Sunny, 62, 5 mph.
Week 7 OPEN
Week 8 at Oakland Raiders W, 13-12 38,600 Sunny, 59, 10 mph.
Week 9 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS W, 9-6 64,900 Rain, 38, 3 mph.

6-2

A great string of games. Our defense is really stepping up. We're in the top-5 in rush d and ppg against. QB Matt Cassel avoids turnovers. He still hasn't thrown his first interception.

[Olsson]

Week 10 CLEVELAND BROWNS W, 16-9 65,100 Sunny, 43, 4 mph.
Week 11 BALTIMORE RAVENS W, 23-10 65,100 Rain, 55, 9 mph.
Week 12 at Seattle Seahawks L, 14-19 67,000 Rain, 54, 14 mph.
Week 13 at Jacksonville Jaguars W, 22-16 55,900 Sunny, 47, 2 mph.

Say whaaat?! 9-3. Leading the division by two games. Playoff should be reachable.

QB Cassell are still holding turnovers to a minimum. Playing to a QB rating of 90.1 a lot higher than Big Ben. RB Bell is on pace for 1500 yards and the defense is a 15.1 ppg against. SS Byrd have been a major factor in our defenses succes.

We're good running and against the run. That means a lot of tight games. Let's see if we earn a playoff spot.

[Olsson]

Week 14 at Arizona Cardinals L, 14-31 63,400 Sunny, 74, calm
Week 15 at Cincinnati Bengals L, 23-26 65,500 Rain, 34, 3 mph.
Week 16 SAN FRANCISCO 49'ERS W, 13-6 65,100 Sunny, 29, 1 mph.
Week 17 at Baltimore Ravens L, 17-24 71,000 Sunny, 36, 2 mph.

10-6! Even though we lost 3 of the final 4 we're in the playoffs!

AC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Pittsburgh 10 6 0 .625 279 268 8-4 4-2
Cincinnati 9 7 0 .563 336 320 7-5 5-1
Baltimore 6 10 0 .375 349 357 5-7 1-5
Cleveland 5 10 1 .344 289 298 4-8 2-4

The first game will be a Wild Card game against Houston Texans. Starring RB Arian Foster that lead the league in rushing with 1900 yards.

[Olsson]

Wild Card Weekend:
Houston Texans 20 at 17 Pittsburgh Steelers

1Q: 00:49 HOU - Bernard Pierce 2 run
2Q: 09:33 PIT - Le'Veon Bell 6 run
2Q: 00:03 PIT - Mel Cash 26 field goal
3Q: 09:19 HOU - Randy Bullock 51 field goal
3Q: 05:09 PIT - Le'Veon Bell 1 pass from Matt Cassel
4Q: 03:08 HOU - DeAndre Hopkins 15 pass from Matt Moore
4Q: 00:03 HOU - Randy Bullock 35 field goal

We loose to a last second field goal after a tight affair where our guys just didn't make the difference when it mattered. RB Bell collects 184 total yards. ILB Timmons has to leave the game early but collects 10 tackles and a sack on 22 plays. RT Albert and C Pouncey has 5 and 4 key run blocks respectively.

[Olsson]

2015 SEASON SUMMARY

A pretty nice turnaround from our rebuilding franchise. The replacement of QB Roethlisberger as our starter paid offas Cassell played with a QB Rating much higher than Ben. RB Bell finishedwith amazing 1500 yards. Defensively SS Byrd has been amazing for our team. 5 int's and 87.7 PDPct. OLB Jones lead the team in sacks with 8.0. The newlon-term deal for C Pouncey makes him play even better, and he end up with an amazing 56 key run blocks.

All-league first team: C Pouncey
All-league second team: FB Bishop, OLB Jones, S Byrd

AROUND THE LEAGUE:

Tom Brady wins his 5th SB, as the Patriots defeat Vikings 38-24.

Rookie RB Donnie Fisk rushed for 2027 yards and 15 TD's



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2015 Summary for Pittsburgh Steelers

Year 2015
Record 10-7
Winning Pct. .588
All-Time 22-26
Winning Pct. .458
Playoffs 0-1
Playoff Visits 1
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Richard Rodgers
Record 16-17
Winning Pct. .484
Off. Coord. D. Pederson
Def. Coord. B. Hucke
Asst. Coach C. Houston
Stren. Coord. G. Giemont

Pittsburgh Steelers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 31.4 7
Rushing Yards 125.1 7
Yards Per Carry 3.99 13
Pass Attempts 29.4 29 (T)
Completions 16.9 30
Completion Pct. 57.7 25
Passing Yards 196.3 29
Yards Per Attempt 6.68 12
Yards Per Catch 11.59 5
Total Yardage Gained 311.0 21
3rd Down Conversions 30.9 24
Points Per Game 17.4 22
Pass Rush Pct. 19.8 24 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 54.2 20
Turnovers 21 10 (T)
Turnover Margin +1 15 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 27.4 18
Rushing Yards 96.3 11
Yards Per Carry 3.51 3
Pass Attempts 35.0 11
Completions 20.6 11
Completion Pct. 58.9 19
Passing Yards 247.9 27
Yards Per Attempt 7.08 29
Yards Per Catch 12.02 32
Total Yardage Gained 334.4 20
3rd Down Conversions 34.5 22
Points Per Game 16.8 6 (T)
Pass Rush Pct. 20.8 16 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 52.5 18
Turnovers 22 20 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 21 at CLE 15
2 23 STL 13
3 9 NJY 24
4 23 at SDO 41
5 17 CIN 13
6 22 DEN 3
8 13 at OAK 12
9 9 KCY 6
10 16 CLE 9
11 23 BAL 10
12 14 at SEA 19
13 22 at JAX 16
14 14 at ARI 31
15 23 at CIN 26
16 13 SFO 6
17 17 at BAL 24
$$WC 17 HOU 20

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
15 M. Cassel QB 345 209 2445 7.09 13 6 87.4
3 L. Jones QB 125 62 696 5.57 1 4 55.9
**Team --- 470 271 3141 6.68 14 10 79.0
$$Opp --- 560 330 3967 7.08 13 12 79.5

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
38 L. Bell RB 384 1571 4.09 9 9
34 L. Stephens-Howling RB 81 346 4.27 3 1
**Team --- 502 2001 3.99 12 23
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$$Opp --- 439 1541 3.51 9 25

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
84 A. Brown WR 111 59 884 14.98 7.96 11 3
88 E. Sanders WR 101 52 674 12.96 6.67 8 5
38 L. Bell RB 72 52 392 7.54 5.44 2 1
11 M. Wheaton WR 73 39 456 11.69 6.25 2 2
32 S. Bishop FB 45 34 345 10.15 7.67 1 3

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
51 S. Spence ILB 97 26 0.5 1 0 4 73.9
95 J. Jones OLB 91 31 8.0 3 0 5 76.2
42 D. Hutchins S 85 30 0.0 0 2 7 76.9
49 J. Byrd S 84 26 1.0 1 5 21 87.7
26 T. Carter CB 65 10 1.0 0 3 12 79.7
25 C. Riley CB 60 15 0.5 0 2 15 79.2
94 L. Timmons ILB 52 17 1.0 0 0 0 73.1
22 W. Gay CB 51 16 0.0 0 0 2 75.9
93 J. Worilds OLB 46 14 3.5 15 0 2 81.0
99 C. McDonald DT 35 3 3.5 10 0 0 81.5
96 Z. Hood DE 19 10 2.5 5 0 0 81.4
92 H. Fangupo DT 16 11 1.0 7 0 0 80.3
78 C. Heyward DE 16 6 4.0 7 0 0 81.9

[Olsson]

2015 OFFSEASON:

Notable Retirements:

QB Brady
RB Gore
WR Fitzgerald
DE Wake
DE Allen
SLB Suggs
CB Tillman
S Polamalu

Staff:

No coaching changes

Cuts:

After a good but injury-riddled season Timmons gets to play out the final year of his contract.

Franchise Tag:

We will not be needing the tag this year

[Olsson]

FREE AGENCY & DRAFT

NEEDS:

Our biggest needs this offseason are: QB, TE, LG, DE & CB

FREE AGENCY TARGETS:

QB Nick Foles 35/39 - Signed
TE Vance McDonald 54/54 - Signed
LG Joe Looney 57/57 - Signed
LDE Corey Wootton 48/48 -Signed
CB Julian Posey 54/54 -Signed

DRAFT:

We've actually found players for our most serious needs. That means we can draft for BPA. But I would like to draft a DE and a QB. We're sitting at 22th but this seem to be a pretty deep draft class.

At 22nd we've narrowed it down to a couple of players, however we believe we can get the one we want if we trade down around 8-10 spots. We could pick up another 3rd. We end up dealing with Green Bay at 29th. We up trading back up to 26th though as we think QB Krohn might have what it takes. His combines doesn't show much. But we seriously need a QB. We're taking a chance here...

Here's our draft class of 2015:

Rnd Pos Name Cur/Fut Dash Sole Stre Agil Bjum Pos Dev Vol Scout Notes
1.26 QB Charles Krohn 10/44 + 18 78 Very U G SR
2.23 DT Scottie Kaplan 32/64 ++ + ++ - 22 5 Over Ex PR
3.29 CB Dean Hammond 19/27 + ++ - 58 61 As Boomer?
4.04 RG Randall Tullo 20/35 + ++ ++ - 29 55 VG BS
4.23 RB Byron Lowe 18/26 + + ++ + + 42 27 ok physicals
5.22 FS Philip Riddols 18/31 + + + - 47 81 VG Pun
6.23 OLB William Emerson 9/34 + + + + - 19 54
7.05 QB Ron Henry 10/36 ++ ++ 15 5 VG SR


LATE FREE AGENCY

A bunch of UDFA's

[Olsson]

BREAKING NEWS: LE'VEON BELL LEAVES PITTSBURGH

25-year-old RB Le'Veon Bell, who's currently holding out, has been traded to the Kansas City Chiefs. The RB was on the last year of his contract and rumours has it, that the organization and Bell was miles apart, and therefore the team elected to trade him.

In a deal most Pittsburgh Steelers fans think is lopsided Pittsburgh sends Le'Veon Bell and their 2nd round pick in 2016 to the Chiefs, who returns their 1st rounder in 2016, and a 2015 6th round pick.

'He was demanding a lot of money' an anonimous source at the club said. 'But if he's holding onto the money as well as he holds on to the football he needs a lot!'. Referring to Bells fumbling problems which might have been the biggest reason why the Steelers won't hand out 11 million a year to him.

With the departure of Bell the offense of Steelers will be non-existant. At the same time the Chiefs has a very good team capable of going deep into the playoffs. The difference could end up being 7-8 places in the draft.

[Olsson]

PRESEASON 2015

0-4.. Nothing to see here...

Rookie Watch:

1.26 QB Charles Krohn 10/44 -> 13/30 Bust.. D'oh
2.23 DT Scottie Kaplan 32/64 -> 40/59
3.29 CB Dean Hammond 19/27 -> 23/30
4.04 RG Randall Tullo 20/35 -> 24/37
4.23 RB Byron Lowe 18/26 -> 21/27
5.22 FS Philip Riddols 18/31 -> 22/27
6.23 OLB William Emerson 9/34 -> 13/32
7.05 QB Ron Henry 10/36 -> 14/37



Here's your 2015 Steelers

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntr
Foles, Nick 19 QB QB 5 39 39 2
##Jones, Landry 3 QB 4 31 37 1
Arsenault, Deron 10 QB 2 26 42 3
Henry, Ron 9 QB 1 14 37 4
##Krohn, Charles 4 QB 1 13 30 4
Stephens-Howling, LaRod 34 RB RB 8 42 42 1
Lowe, Byron 37 RB 1 21 27 4
Collier, Blake 43 RB 1 31 43 1
Bishop, Shawn 32 FB FB 3 66 66 2
Cook, Jared 83 TE 8 29 29 1
Hoomanawanui, Michael 87 TE 7 40 40 1
McDonald, Vance 82 TE TE 4 52 52 3
Wheaton, Markus 11 FL FL 4 50 50 1
Cote, Silas 86 FL 1 17 28 1
Brown, Antonio 84 SE SE 7 59 59 2
Jizmejian, Jack 81 SE 3 36 38 1
Pouncey, Maurkice 53 C C 7 66 66 3
**Rutledge, Curtis 54 C 4 25 25 2
Malecki, John 62 LG 5 35 40 1
Looney, Joe 73 LG LG 5 66 66 4
Slauson, Matt 79 RG RG 8 45 45 1
Tullo, Randall 66 RG 1 24 37 4
Purnell, Darrell 63 LT LT 3 52 53 2
Hargrave, Warren 76 LT 2 34 51 3
Free, Doug 71 RT 10 38 38 1
Albert, Branden 72 RT RT 9 55 55 1
McTermid, Alexis 2 P 2 61 62 2
Cash, Mel 16 K 3 61 61 1
Wootton, Corey 77 LDE LDE 7 47 47 2
Hawkins, Matt 74 LDE 2 28 32 3
McDonald, Clinton 99 RDE NT 8 43 43 1
Heyward, Cameron 78 RDE RDE 6 40 40 1
##Miller, Ryder 90 NT 3 24 30 2
Kaplan, Scottie 96 NT 1 37 59 4
Williams, Vince 98 SILB WILB 4 20 20 1
##Spence, Sean 51 SILB 5 56 56 4
Timmons, Lawrence 94 WILB SILB 10 73 73 1
Ingram, Melvin 97 SLB SLB 5 43 43 3
$$Jones, Jarvis 95 SLB 4 65 65 1
Emerson, William 59 SLB 1 13 32 4
Worilds, Jason 93 WLB WLB 7 45 45 2
Rivera, Jamal 58 WLB 2 36 44 3
Posey, Julian 48 LCB LCB 4 49 49 4
##George, Matt 36 LCB 3 37 37 2
Riley, Craig 25 LCB 2 59 63 3
Dennard, Alfonzo 44 RCB RCB 5 44 44 2
Hammond, Dean 39 RCB 1 23 30 4
Byrd, Jairus 49 SS SS 8 70 70 2
Thomas, Shamarko 29 SS 4 30 30 1
Hutchins, Danny 42 FS FS 3 56 56 2
Riddols, Phillip 21 FS 1 22 27 4
Ramsey, Zander 56 LS 2 18 18 1

[Olsson]

Week 1 at Cincinnati Bengals W, 30-23 58,800 Sunny, 90, 4 mph.
Week 2 at New York Giants L, 17-23 82,600 Rain, 78, 7 mph.
Week 3 at Oakland Raiders L, 3-26 37,200 Rain, 57, 15 mph.
Week 4 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS W, 29-26 65,000 Sunny, 59, 4 mph.

2-2

Decent start to the season. WR Brown has singlehandedly held the offense going with 341 yards recieving.

We've had 9 interceptions in the 4 games. Second-year player CB Riley and S Byrd has 3 and a score each.

So despite being last in yards against our defense has changed games.

[Olsson]

Week 5 at Cleveland Browns L, 30-37 62,500 Sunny, 68, 8 mph.
Week 6 BUFFALO BILLS W, 32-6 62,700 Sunny, 49, 9 mph.
Week 7 at Miami Dolphins L, 7-9 47,100 Sunny, 68, 1 mph.
Week 8 OPEN
Week 9 at New Jersey Jets W, 23-6 72,100 Sunny, 49, 3 mph.

4-4

Still decent. Browns are 6-3, but the division seems very equal. 6 of our last 8 games are at home. So we're not out yet.

Yards wise we're not looking good on either side of the ball, but we have a very good turnover ratio which are keeping us alive.

Jarius Byrd are pleading his case for DPOY with 75 tackles, 1 sack, 6 int's and 2 TD's in 8 games.

[Olsson]

Week 10 CINCINNATI BENGALS L, 3-9 65,100 Sunny, 52, 11 mph.
Week 11 BALTIMORE RAVENS W, 34-21 65,000 Sunny, 55, 10 mph.
Week 12 at Dallas Cowboys W, 29-22 79,000 Sunny, 65, calm
Week 13 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS W, 23-10 65,100 Sunny, 25, 1 mph.

7-5

We're holding a wild card spot as Browns lead the division 9-3.

WR Brown reached 1000 yards already and we're still doing good because of takeaways.

But I'm afraid we have som bad news. S Byrd is out for the season. He managed 11 games and 5 plays. He has been incredible this year.

111 tackles, 1 sack, 7 interceptions, 3 ff, 1 fr and 3 defensive scores.

Elsewhere the Chiefs are leading their division, but are only 6-6.

[Olsson]

Week 14 WASHINGTON REDSKINS W, 17-6 65,100 Snow, 22, 15 mph.
Week 15 at Baltimore Ravens W, 19-10 70,200 Sunny, 31, 1 mph.
Week 16 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES W, 34-13 65,100 Sunny, 44, 9 mph.
Week 17 CLEVELAND BROWNS W, 37-20 65,100 Sunny, 29, 9 mph.

Say whaaaat?! 11-5 and homefield advantage. And that's from a strong division with both wild card teams.

Our defense have been on fire all season. 37 takeaways, and 7 defensive scores. They have been great.

Nick Foles controls our offense pretty nicely. He's playing with an 81.0 Qb Rating and have only thrown 10 interceptions. He has to cut down on the fumbles though.

[Olsson]

GAME CRASH

After a divisional final that I win with 2 TD's i try to print to file and the game crashes. My last save is in week 13 :-(

[Olsson]

Week 13 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS L, 13-37 65,100 Sunny, 25, 1 mph.
Week 14 WASHINGTON REDSKINS W, 20-12 65,100 Sunny, 31, 5 mph.
Week 15 at Baltimore Ravens L, 19-21 70,800 Sunny, 43, 6 mph.
Week 16 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES W, 35-16 65,100 Snow, 17, 12 mph.
Week 17 CLEVELAND BROWNS W, 30-27 65,100 Sunny, 24, 5 mph.

Instead of 11-5 and homefield advantage we go 9-7 and miss the playoffs. I'll wrap this season up pretty quickly as I'm too angry at the game to break down this season.

[Olsson]

2016 SEASON SUMMARY

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: JARIUS BYRD!!

All-League first team: FB Bishop, OLB Jones, CB Riley, S Byrd
All-League second team: WR Brown

AROUND THE LEAGUE:

Cleveland Browns win the Super Bowl... The Team I beat in the divisional playoffs in the crashed season. Typical.

Vikings RB Donnie Fisk rushed for 2059 yards

Browns RB Riffle has 1879+718 yards and 22 total TD's



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2016 Summary for Pittsburgh Steelers

Year 2016
Record 9-7
Winning Pct. .562
All-Time 31-33
Winning Pct. .484
Playoffs 0-1
Playoff Visits 1
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Richard Rodgers
Record 25-24
Winning Pct. .510
Off. Coord. D. Pederson
Def. Coord. B. Hucke
Asst. Coach C. Houston
Stren. Coord. G. Giemont

Pittsburgh Steelers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 24.0 23
Rushing Yards 86.8 21
Yards Per Carry 3.61 24
Pass Attempts 37.6 16
Completions 23.6 6 (T)
Completion Pct. 62.9 6 (T)
Passing Yards 258.3 11 (T)
Yards Per Attempt 6.88 14
Yards Per Catch 10.93 19
Total Yardage Gained 336.1 17
3rd Down Conversions 30.0 24 (T)
Points Per Game 22.1 9 (T)
Pass Rush Pct. 18.9 27
Pass Defense Pct. 63.4 2
Turnovers 24 15
Turnover Margin +8 5 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 28.1 23 (T)
Rushing Yards 118.9 27
Yards Per Carry 4.24 20
Pass Attempts 37.7 24
Completions 21.6 19
Completion Pct. 57.2 8
Passing Yards 257.6 29
Yards Per Attempt 6.83 22
Yards Per Catch 11.94 29
Total Yardage Gained 365.9 31
3rd Down Conversions 36.8 26 (T)
Points Per Game 20.1 16 (T)
Pass Rush Pct. 19.4 10
Pass Defense Pct. 44.6 5
Turnovers 32 2 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 30 at CIN 23
2 17 at NYK 23
3 3 at OAK 26
4 29 NED 26
5 30 at CLE 37
6 32 BUF 6
7 7 at MIA 9
9 23 at NJY 6
10 3 CIN 9
11 34 BAL 21
12 29 at DAL 22
13 13 IND 37
14 20 WAS 12
15 19 at BAL 21
16 35 PHI 16
17 30 CLE 27

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
19 N. Foles QB 509 319 3351 6.58 17 12 83.0
10 D. Arsenault QB 92 59 781 8.49 3 3 88.1
**Team --- 601 378 4132 6.88 20 15 83.8
$$Opp --- 603 345 4121 6.83 17 23 71.7

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
34 L. Stephens-Howling RB 182 683 3.75 4 4
43 B. Collier RB 144 570 3.96 3 2
**Team --- 384 1388 3.61 8 16
$$Opp --- 449 1902 4.24 8 22 
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Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
84 A. Brown WR 181 109 1378 12.64 7.61 5 9
11 M. Wheaton WR 146 88 1096 12.45 7.51 2 5
32 S. Bishop FB 69 50 315 6.30 4.57 4 2
82 V. McDonald TE 58 38 435 11.45 7.50 2 0
86 S. Cote WR 61 38 496 13.05 8.13 2 2
43 B. Collier RB 26 19 143 7.53 5.50 1 2

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
94 L. Timmons ILB 133 35 0.5 0 2 6 75.2
49 J. Byrd S 118 41 1.0 1 9 11 83.3
95 J. Jones OLB 94 27 8.0 6 4 12 82.0
44 A. Dennard CB 74 17 0.0 0 1 10 74.7
25 C. Riley CB 69 21 0.0 0 5 14 80.6
42 D. Hutchins S 53 17 0.0 0 1 10 82.2
93 J. Worilds OLB 45 20 7.5 16 0 3 81.3
48 J. Posey CB 37 16 0.0 0 1 4 79.6
98 V. Williams ILB 32 12 0.0 0 0 1 71.8
99 C. McDonald DE 29 17 1.5 17 0 0 82.3
77 C. Wootton DE 22 7 3.0 11 0 0 81.8
78 C. Heyward DE 22 7 3.5 3 0 0 82.2
74 M. Hawkins DE 20 9 2.5 9 0 0 80.5 

[Olsson]

2017 OFFSEASON:

Notable Retirements:

QB Brees
RB Lynch
WR Andre Johnson
DE Ngata
DT Vilfork


Staff:

Staff going out:

OC Doug Pederson

Staff going in:

OC Chip Kelly, Previously HC at Eagles

Cuts:

OLB Worilds - 4,130,000

Franchise Tag:

We will not be needing the tag this year

[Olsson]

FREE AGENCY & DRAFT

NEEDS:

Our biggest needs this offseason are: QB, RB & RG. We could also use depth at TE/WR.

FREE AGENCY TARGETS:

RB Bell 66/66 - Signs with Bengals
WR Peterson 59/59 - Signs with Lions
LG Slauson 44/44 - Signed
DE Goodman 56/56 - Signs with Ravens
RB Ballard 44/44 - Signed
RB Thompson 46/46 - Signed
SS Reid 64/64 - Signs with Raiders

DRAFT:

We have two first round picks. 19 and 22. We hope for a quality QB that falls to 4th.. then We'll trade up. At 4th QB Marzano Harris looks interesting. However we're not convinced by some of his combine numbers despite our scouting reports. These just something about this guy that makes us say no. We stay at 19th.

At 19th there's some talent left. However we try to shop the pick for a pick next year, in the hopes of finding a QB next year. We end up trading it to the Texans for a 1st and a 4th next year.

This is what we ended up with:

Rnd Pos Name Cur/Fut Dash Sole Stre Agil Bjum Pos Dev Vol Scout Notes
1.22 TE West 34/66 + + ++ + + + 23 61 H2R VG BS
3.19 WR Schroeder + + - 17 34 VG 3rd
4.20 OLB Brohm ++ + - 38 42


I can't find anything in the lower end of this draft so we trade our last 4 picks for a 4th rounder next year. Generally I struggled during this draft. I think and hope West will become a beast though.

LATE FREE AGENCY:

We sign some UDFA and scrubs

[Olsson]

PRESEASON 2017

3-1... Backup TE McDonald out for most of the season.

Rookie Watch:

1.22 TE West 34/66 -> 39/60
3.19 WR Schroeder 23/47 -> 28/41
4.20 OLB Brohm 15/28 -> 18/33

Here's your 2017 Steelers

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntr
Foles, Nick 19 QB QB 6 40 40 1
Collier, Blake 43 RB RB 2 35 40 3
Bishop, Shawn 32 FB FB 4 67 67 1
West, Robbie 87 TE TE 1 39 60 4
Wheaton, Markus 11 FL FL 5 51 51 3
Brown, Antonio 84 SE SE 8 60 60 1
Purnell, Darrell 63 LT LT 4 57 57 1
Looney, Joe 73 LG LG 6 64 64 3
Pouncey, Maurkice 53 C C 8 69 69 2
Slauson, Matt 79 RG RG 9 44 44 3
Albert, Branden 72 RT RT 10 53 53 1
Wootton, Corey 77 LDE LDE 8 42 42 1
Kaplan, Scottie 96 NT NT 2 42 52 3
Heyward, Cameron 78 RDE RDE 7 39 39 3
Jones, Jarvis 95 SLB SLB 5 65 65 4
Spence, Sean 51 SILB SILB 6 55 55 3
Timmons, Lawrence 94 WILB WILB 11 68 68 2
Rivera, Jamal 58 WLB WLB 3 45 45 2
Riley, Craig 25 LCB LCB 3 62 62 2
Posey, Julian 48 RCB RCB 5 49 49 3
Byrd, Jairus 49 SS SS 9 68 68 1
Hutchins, Danny 42 FS FS 4 55 55 1
Arsenault, Deron 10 QB 3 32 39 2
Henry, Ron 9 QB 2 19 38 3
Ballard, Vick 30 RB 6 43 43 3
Thompson, Chris 24 RB 5 47 47 2
Hargett, Omar 86 TE 4 30 30 1
Jizmejian, Jack 81 FL 4 38 38 1
Schroeder, Edwin 88 SE 1 28 41 4
Sierra, Michael 50 C 1 17 45 1
Lerner, Rex 69 RG 1 23 41 1
Hargrave, Warren 76 LT 3 42 52 2
Giles, Winston 64 LT 1 16 47 1
McTermid, Alexis 2 P 3 60 75 1
Cash, Mel 16 K 4 62 62 3
Blair, Adam 70 LDE 1 18 27 1
Miller, Ryder 90 NT 4 17 20 1
Robbins, Luca 99 SILB 1 22 47 1
Ingram, Melvin 97 SLB 6 42 42 2
Brohm, Easton 91 SLB 1 18 33 4
George, Matt 36 LCB 4 38 38 1
Dennard, Alfonzo 44 RCB 6 44 44 1
Hammond, Dean 39 RCB 2 29 30 3
Welch, Billy 40 SS 4 36 36 1
Riddols, Phillip 21 FS 2 27 29 3
Ramsey, Zander 56 LS 3 18 18 1
##Bush, Damian 8 QB 1 15 30 1
##McDonald, Vance 82 TE 5 53 53 2
##Crites, Darius 75 RG 1 23 47 1
##Hawkins, Matt 74 LDE 3 30 30 2
##Emerson, William 59 SLB 2 17 32 3
##Nakamura, Vince 57 SLB 1 13 28 1

[Olsson]

Week 1 at Baltimore Ravens W, 36-30 67,600 Stormy, 86, 12 mph.
Week 2 DETROIT LIONS W, 17-12 65,100 Rain, 74, 2 mph.
Week 3 MIAMI DOLPHINS L, 20-27 65,100 Sunny, 79, 1 mph.
Week 4 HOUSTON TEXANS W, 20-12 65,100 Sunny, 69, 4 mph.

3-1 Tied for first place in the division with Browns and Bengals

Off to a good start. An important victory over Houston. we hold their 1st rounder remember :-)

Statistics wise nothing really stand out at the moment. Other than we're -1 in the turnover ratio and still winning games. That didn't happen last season!

[Olsson]

Week 5 at Indianapolis Colts L, 16-37 62,400 Sunny, 45, calm
Week 6 CINCINNATI BENGALS W, 34-27 65,100 Rain, 56, 10 mph.
Week 7 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS W, 41-14 64,700 Rain, 46, 15 mph.
Week 8 at Tennessee Titans W, 20-19 69,100 Sunny, 73, 3 mph.

6-2 and leading the division. 1 game ahead of Browns.

RB Thompson are on pace for 1300 yards rushing and WR Brown for 1300 yards recieving. We're pretty much in the middle of the league in every statistical category. Besides PPG :-)

[Olsson]

Week 9 at Cleveland Browns L, 13-16 71,100 Rain, 47, 9 mph.
Week 10 BALTIMORE RAVENS W, 20-17 65,100 Sunny, 52, 11 mph.
Week 11 OPEN
Week 12 at Green Bay Packers W, 33-0 80,800 Sunny, 41, 5 mph.
Week 13 at Oakland Raiders W, 28-24 66,800 Sunny, 66, 4 mph.

9-3. Leading the division and battling out Colts for home-field advantage.

WR Brown has reached 1100 yards. QB Foles plays with a QBR of 83.8. Our defense is strong against the pass, and while we're not creating the amount of turnovers as last year CB Riley has snatched 5 ints.

[Olsson]

Week 14 at Minnesota Vikings W, 27-23 65,000 Sunny, 25, 8 mph.
Week 15 CLEVELAND BROWNS W, 26-10 65,100 Sunny, 40, 4 mph.
Week 16 CHICAGO BEARS L, 26-29 65,100 Sunny, 29, 2 mph.
Week 17 at Cincinnati Bengals W, 34-7 65,500 Rain, 48, 12 mph.

12-4 and a first round bye.

Team statistics are still in the middle of the bunch. However we've improved to +7 in turnovers, and are very good in both red zones.

QB Foles are playing well with a QBR of 86.9. RB Thompson has overachieved and run for 1159 yards. WR Brown continues being our biggest factor on offense with 1448 yards. SLB Jones are still a very good alrounder on defense, with a bunch of tackles and 7 sacks. CB Riley ends the season with 6 int's.

[Olsson]

Divisional Playoffs:
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers

Patriots

Patriots are lead by QB Juan Besmer along with the recieveing trio of WR Dobson, WR Streater and TE Gronkowski who has nearly 3000 yards combined. The real strength of the offense is the offensive line. Which opens nice lanes for under-average RB Zolak and RB Thomas.

Defensively they're strong against the pass. Their passing defense is lead by all-pro S Tavon Wilson who's had 8 interceptions this year. Strongly helped by DE Jones that has racked up 13 sacks.

Fortunately for Steelers. RT Vollmer is out with a seperated shoulder and the right side of the offensive line looks shaky.

Steelers

Lead by reciever duo WR Brown at 1448 yards and WR Wheaton at 954, QB Foles has had a career year with a QB rating of 86.9. Behind him at tailback RB Thompson has been a pleasant surprise and has 1159 yards.

Defensively Steelers has 6 guys with at least 2 int's and 8 with at least 2 sacks. It's a wellrounded unit with few star players. CB Riley with 6 int's and OLB Jones with 7 sacks have been the highlight.

Healthwise we're looking pretty good!

[Olsson]

Divisional Playoffs:
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers 11-34

1Q: 10:44 PIT - Markus Wheaton 39 pass from Nick Foles (Mel Cash extra point)
1Q: 00:34 NED - Zach Jarvis 47 field goal
2Q: 12:13 PIT - Chris Thompson 3 run (Mel Cash extra point)
3Q: 08:49 PIT - Chris Thompson 3 pass from Nick Foles (Mel Cash extra point)
3Q: 07:55 NED - Aaron Dobson 66 pass from Juan Besmer (Daniel Thomas run for conversion)
4Q: 04:14 PIT - Mel Cash 19 field goal
4Q: 02:02 PIT - Sean Spence 91 interception return (Mel Cash extra point)
4Q: 00:46 PIT - Mel Cash 38 field goal


Although we nearly pissed it away with a bunch of turnovers in the second half. We held their ground game to 32 yards and that was one of the main reasons behind the win.

Game MVP, RB Thompson with 113 yards and a score on 24 carries.

[Olsson]

Conference championship:
New Jersey Jets at Pittsburgh Steelers

Jets

The Jets are lead by QB Geno Smith that stat-wise looks a lot like QB Foles. Smith have been playing well in the playoffs so far. They have a very wellrounded offense, with RB Bennett being the strongest weapon after gaining 2100 yards and scoring 18 TD's in the regular season.

Defensively they have one of the strongest units in the NFL. A offense lead by Foles could have real problems here. This is gonna be a defensive battle. We should be able to run on them though. While the defensive line and secondary looks flawless. The Linebackers look suspect.

[Olsson]

Conference championship:
New Jersey Jets at Pittsburgh Steelers


1Q: 02:24 NJY - Kenbrell Thompkins 12 pass from Geno Smith (Glenn Wilson extra point)
2Q: 11:43 PIT - Antonio Brown 24 pass from Nick Foles (Mel Cash extra point)
2Q: 05:55 NJY - Glenn Wilson 22 field goal
2Q: 03:51 PIT - Shawn Bishop 22 run (Mel Cash extra point)
2Q: 02:42 PIT - Jarvis Jones 29 interception return (Mel Cash extra point)
3Q: 08:44 PIT - Mel Cash 30 field goal
4Q: 02:00 PIT - Mel Cash 47 field goal


Our defense wins the game for us. QB Smith is held to 132 yards on 36 attempts. OLB Jones makes a gamechanging interception td. QB Foles puts in an magnificent performance and goes 19-28, 171, 1td.

It's off to the Super Bowl!

[Olsson]

SUPER BOWL 2018

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Washington Redskins

The redskins went 10-6, got a wild card and then won on the road against Bears, Seahawks and Eagles.

The offense is still build around QB Griffin III and RB Morris. They're great rushing the ball, not so much in the air. The team has been excellent on 3rd down. If we can stop Morris we can win the game.

On defense they play 3-4 with a strong defensive line. 6 players have more than 5.5 sacks and they led the league with 62(!) sacks. They are good at stopping the run as well.

Andy Reid will have the chance to win his first SB Ring after having regular season succes for most of his career. He has most of his starters ready although WR Morgan and G Preston are out.

The game

1Q: 05:25 WAS - Robert Griffin III 4 run (John Potter extra point)
2Q: 06:41 WAS - John Potter 53 field goal
2Q: 00:17 PIT - Mel Cash 43 field goal
3Q: 05:05 PIT - Antonio Brown 26 pass from Nick Foles (Mel Cash extra point)
4Q: 09:52 WAS - John Potter 40 field goal
4Q: 04:17 PIT - Mel Cash 22 field goal
4Q: 01:37 PIT - Mel Cash 22 field goal
4Q: 00:42 WAS - John Potter 58 field goal

Game tied at 16-16.

Mel Cash lines up to try and win the game with a game winning field goal from 55 yards... But he misses short of the crossbar... We're heading for OT!

[Olsson]

SUPER BOWL 2018

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Washington Redskins

OVERTIME

OT: 09:32 PIT - Mel Cash 31 field goal

K Mel Cash wins it for us. QB Griffin III tries to take the redskins down the field to win thegame but goes 4 and out.

SB MVP is .... QB Nick Foles 25/36-271-1td-1int

Other good performers was:

RB Ballard 27 carries for 104
WR Brown 8 catches for 141
DE Wootton 9 tackles, 1 sack, 4 hurries

[Olsson]

2017 OFFSEASON:

Staff:

Staff going out:

DC Bo Hucke becomes HC in Jaguars

Staff going in:

DC Joselio Hansen, Previously DC at Cowboys

Cuts:

None

Franchise Tag:

We will not be needing the tag this year

[Olsson]

FREE AGENCY & DRAFT

NEEDS:

Our biggest needs this offseason are: QB, G & DE

FREE AGENCY TARGETS:

QB Luke McCown 37/37 - Signed
LG Warren Grant 57/57 - Signed
RT Arnie Pierce 52/52 - Signs with Lions
DE Damonte Moore 58/58 - Signed
DE Olivier Vernon 49/49 - Signed

DRAFT:

We have 9th and 22nd in the first round. There's a sure fire Franchise QB here. At this moment, this is all we need on our team. We'll be trading up to get him. It's expensive but he'll be worth it.

Pittsburgh Steelers trade PIT 1st 2018, HOU 1st 2018, PIT 1st 2019, PIT 3rd 2018 & PIT 4th 2018

Buffalo Bills trade BUF 1st 2018

And here's our draft class:


Rnd Pos Name Cur/Fut Dash Sole Stre Agil Bjum Pos Dev Vol Scout Notes
1.1 QB Landen Newsome 17/89 ++ ++ ++ ++ + ++ 11 67 VeryO Big ol' red bars
3.32 G Claude Booker 12/43 ++ - + 30 58 Over vg rb+pb
4.1 S Dana Kuszewski 21/36 + ++ - + 39 74 As G Zone/Pun
4.11 CB DJ Sawyer 17/36 ++ - + - - 33 60 Over G M2M/Pun
4.25 ILB Chase Maynard 15/29 ++ - 43 44 Over WLB
4.32 QB Jeremy Breland 8/29 + + + 28 94 Masking pairs
6.1 WR Derek Hansen 21/33 - + + - + 49 60
6.32 K Jessie Swilling 34/39 ++ ++ ++ 62 42 Ex KP, KD, KHT

[Logan]

Congrats on the win and on hopefully finding your next QB.