FOF8: Life In A Sandbox (Empty Cupboard)

[Young Drachma]

I'm a well-documented tinkerer, so I can never really get a handle on FOF. That said, I bought FOF8 in a moment of weakness and maybe to get me to stop playing college basketball and building cities temporarily.

This omnibus dynasty should last me through whenever I get bored, I imagine unless I somehow start figuring out what the hell I'm doing.

We are headed into the 2059 season.

BACKGROUND

I created a fictional NFL with real team names, but put teams in non-NFL cities deliberately. I've also simmed like 30+ seasons to get some history. I originally started with the Orlando Titans (who now play in Anchorage) and then a few years ago in simming, moved over to the Sioux Falls Vikings (who have moved to Youngstown, OH) for this upcoming season.

The AI moved the Rams to Athens, GA and the Packers from Cheyenne, WY to Ann Arbor, MI. Hate that the game moves teams without any say, but it's partially why I just put them in ridiculous places to start.

Apparently Davenport are moving somewhere, too, but no idea where.


Here's how everyone has done up through the end of the 2058 season.



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Team Regular Season and Playoff Records

Team Reg. Season Pct Playoff Record Pct Bowls Champs
Richmond Jets 392-292-4 .572 25 24-21 .533 4 4
San Antonio Saints376-310-2 .547 21 21-17 .552 5 4
Burlington (VT) Gi340-345-3 .496 16 24-12 .666 4 4
Fargo (ND) Lions 376-308-4 .549 24 26-21 .553 6 3
Grand Rapids Raven357-327-4 .521 16 18-13 .580 5 3
Salt Lake City Sea383-304-1 .557 24 24-22 .521 5 2
Las Vegas Raiders 375-312-1 .545 21 22-19 .536 6 2
El Paso Browns 370-315-3 .539 19 19-17 .527 4 2
Allentown Bills 363-322-3 .529 22 16-20 .444 3 2
Albuquerque Charge361-325-2 .526 21 20-19 .512 4 2
Rochester Eagles 353-333-2 .514 19 17-17 .500 3 2
Boise Cardinals 352-335-1 .512 18 19-16 .542 4 2
Little Rock Jaguar349-338-1 .507 15 17-13 .566 3 2
Dayton Bengals 322-362-4 .470 15 16-13 .551 4 2
Portland (OR) 49er374-310-4 .546 16 12-15 .444 2 1
Birmingham Falcons361-325-2 .526 17 13-16 .448 3 1
Worcester Patriots330-356-2 .481 14 11-13 .458 2 1
Hartford Dolphins 326-361-1 .474 16 17-15 .531 2 1
Anchorage Titans 313-374-1 .455 13 11-12 .478 1 1
Chattanooga Panthe312-375-1 .454 12 8-11 .421 1 1
Athens (GA) Rams 302-383-3 .441 10 9-9 .500 2 1
Scranton Football 373-311-4 .545 19 18-19 .486 3 0
Newark Cowboys 358-329-1 .521 15 11-15 .423 2 0
Raleigh Colts 357-330-1 .519 16 13-16 .448 2 0
Austin Texans 342-345-1 .497 17 10-17 .370 1 0
Mobile Buccaneers 326-359-3 .476 12 5-12 .294 0 0
**Youngstown Vikin320-365-3 .467 13 16-13 .551 3 0
Omaha Chiefs 314-374-0 .456 12 11-12 .478 1 0
Ann Arbor Packers 311-374-3 .454 14 10-14 .416 0 0
Milwaukee Bears 302-386-0 .438 8 3-8 .272 0 0
Honolulu Broncos 297-389-2 .433 9 9-9 .500 1 0
Davenport (IA) Ste286-399-3 .417 7 3-7 .300 0 0

[Young Drachma]

I'm not really good enough at FOF to have a ton of house rules constraining me, but here's how I'm playing:

INJURIES: 200 (I like realistic injury issues and giving backups a chance to shine.)

CAP VARIABILITY: 10-99. Because why not?

CHEMISTRY: Off.

AI HANDLED DEPTH CHARTS: I don't have time for this level of micromanaging.

GAMEPLANNING: Haha, right. Not happening.

EMPTY CUPBOARD: Because the league is fictional and I don't know these dudes, I'm just going to do an empty cupboard when I finally start taking over this team. We'll release everybody.

Borrowing from BELCO:

Cut every player. In staff draft, replace all staff members with staff who have never had a job. Start first season, with a roster consisting of 100% rookies and first-time staff members. Moving forward, every player on my roster and staff member on my payroll must be "home-grown." For players, that means they must be initially acquired by draft or as undrafted rookies. (If one of my guys hits FA, I am allowed to sign him on the open market, but no signing FAs who have played anywhere else.) For staff members, that means that they cannot be guys who have coached anywhere else.

I'm going to take over the Honolulu Broncos, mostly because they hadn't already been slated for a move in-game. I'm going to rename the franchise and have had a move to Stockton, CA already approved. We don't have enough CA teams in this league, anyway.

I'll take over during their first season in Stockton and begin the process of drop kicking everyone off the roster and starting from scratch building the franchise from the ground up. Even if it's a slow process for me, it'll surely give me an ability to get immersed into things over time.

[Young Drachma]

In 2062, the Steelers left Davenport, IA for Arizona.

The move to Stockton is complete in 2064. We become the Stockton Swarm

http://i.imgur.com/MK3gCke.jpg

I've released everyone from our roster. This season (2064-65) is my first in the captain's chair. I'll fire all of our staff and then get started on getting our maiden roster out of the way and staff.

[Young Drachma]

If you notice a trend, it's that I'm going after guys who can develop young players and/or talent. I don't really have time for the fog of war shenanigans, so I have scouting ratings on 100.

http://i.imgur.com/eC2bCgy.png

STAFF DRAFT RESULTS

HEAD COACH:
http://i.imgur.com/MHeFCjB.png

OC:
http://i.imgur.com/teEa3uT.png

DC:
http://i.imgur.com/ECcBQEZ.png

AC:
http://i.imgur.com/UfdMIzE.png

Strength:
http://i.imgur.com/hZ9QQIa.png

[Young Drachma]

FA STAGE
Skipping all of this, obviously.

DRAFT


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Amateur Draft Order

Pick Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Rnd 6 Rnd 7
1 ANC ANC ANC BUR BUR ANC ANC
2 OMA PHX xxx PHX OMA PHX OMA
3 PHX OMA PHX OMA PHX OMA PHX
4 MIL SCR MIL SCR MIL SCR MIL
5 SCR MIL SCR MIL SCR MIL SCR
6 CHA RIC CHA RIC CHA RIC CHA
7 RIC CHA RIC CHA RIC CHA RIC
8 AAR FAR RAL HAR ATH BUR AAR
9 FAR RAL HAR ATH ROC AAR FAR
10 RAL HAR ATH AQU AAR FAR RAL
11 HAR ATH ROC AAR FAR RAL HAR
12 ATH AQU AAR FAR RAL HAR ATH
13 BUR AAR FAR RAL HAR ATH BUR
14 **STK BOI SAO ELP **STK BOI SAO
15 BOI SAO ELP **STK BOI SAO ELP
16 SAO ELP **STK BOI SAO ELP **STK
17 ELP **STK BOI SAO ELP **STK BOI
18 LVS AUS POR LVS AUS POR LVS
19 AUS POR LVS AUS POR LVS AUS
20 POR LVS AUS POR LVS AUS POR
21 MIL YNG YNG YNG YNG YNG YNG
22 NWK NWK NWK NWK NWK NWK NWK
23 LRK DAY LRK DAY LRK DAY LRK
24 DAY LRK DAY LRK DAY LRK DAY
25 AQU MOB AQU MOB AQU MOB AQU
26 MOB AQU MOB AQU MOB WOR MOB
27 SLC WOR SLC WOR SLC WOR SLC
28 WOR SLC WOR SLC WOR SLC WOR
29 GRP GRP GRP GRP GRP GRP GRP
30 BIR BIR BIR BIR BIR BIR BIR
31 ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL
32 LRK ROC ROC LRK ROC ROC ROC

Estimated Cap Cost, by Round

Round Estimated Cost
1 $2,860,000 - $10,170,000
2 $1,260,000 - $2,110,000
3 $1,130,000 - $1,210,000
4 $1,070,000 - $1,120,000
5 $940,000 - $960,000
6 $900,000 - $920,000
7 $880,000 - $880,000

Number of First-Round Picks on Roster

Team #1 Picks
Allentown 14
Chattanooga 13
Omaha 12
Rochester 12
Boise 11
Newark 11
San Antonio 11
Burlington (VT) 11
Richmond 11
Portland (OR) 11
Scranton 11
Little Rock 10
Las Vegas 10
Phoenix 10
Anchorage 10
El Paso 10
Hartford 9
Youngstown 9
Birmingham 8
Grand Rapids 8
Dayton 8
Athens 8
Mobile 8
Austin 8
Milwaukee 7
Ann Arbor 7
Raleigh 7 
Worcester 7
Albuquerque 7
Salt Lake City 7
Fargo 6
**Stockton 0 

[Young Drachma]

Rnd 1 - Sevon Kennedy, OLB, Louisiana - Monroe
Rnd 2 - Tyzee Frazer, DE, Colorado
Rnd 3 - Somondre Gamble, QB, Texas A&M
Rnd 4 - Dereece Daniels, DE, Wisconsin - Stout
Rnd 5 - Earnell Sims, DE, Washington
Rnd 6 - Olin Dennis, K, New Mexico
Rnd 7 - Tavell Chapman, RB, UCLA


Needless to say, this whole having to sign a whole roster thing in an empty cupboard scenario is mondo tedious, but I am trudging along in spite of the temptation to let the AI just fill my roster.

But somehow, I managed to sign a full roster after LFA and not surprisingly, we have the youngest team in the league average age 23 years old.

Cheap tickets (lowest prices in the league) did not get us more fans despite being in a new market. Maybe the dire lack of talent is an issue?



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Stockton Swarm 2064 Regular Season Schedule

Week Opponent Result Attend Weather
Week 1 at Albuquerque Chargers
Week 2 at Chattanooga Panthers
Week 3 EL PASO BROWNS
Week 4 RALEIGH COLTS
Week 5 OPEN
Week 6 ANCHORAGE TITANS
Week 7 at Austin Texans
Week 8 ALBUQUERQUE CHARGERS
Week 9 at Little Rock Jaguars
Week 10 at Omaha Chiefs
Week 11 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS
Week 12 SAN ANTONIO SAINTS
Week 13 at Hartford Dolphins
Week 14 MOBILE BUCCANEERS
Week 15 at Las Vegas Raiders
Week 16 at Birmingham Falcons
Week 17 OMAHA CHIEFS

Home Games in ALL CAPS

Season Tickets Sold: 18,500
Stadium Capacity: 48,500

[Young Drachma]

Here's our initial roster. I'll need to get the roster down to 46 before the pre-season games can take place, but...we're gonna be so bad. At least I drafted a few players that have the potential to be good down the road. That bodes well. More later.




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Stockton Swarm Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Kennedy, Sevon 1495SLB SLB 1 42 73 4 yrs.
Dennis, Olin 1003K 1 51 70 4 yrs.
Frazer, Tyzee 1178LDE LDE 1 44 68 4 yrs.
Adams, Evan 907 P 1 48 67 1 yr.
Daniels, Dereece 1176LDE 1 36 61 4 yrs.
Lear, Renaldo 657 C 1 19 59 3 yrs.
Andrykovitch, Roy 654 C C 1 27 59 1 yr.
Ellis, Monty 1299RDT NT 1 26 58 3 yrs.
Sims, Earnell 1273NT 1 30 57 4 yrs.
Willis, J.J. 1197LDE RDE 1 25 56 2 yrs.
Paxton, Shawn 1541RCB RCB 1 26 56 1 yr.
Schulz, Samuel 651 C 1 23 51 1 yr.
Kasten, Richard 1353SILB SILB 1 21 50 1 yr.
Tucker, Jasheem 1177RDE 1 22 47 1 yr.
Patterson, Frederick 1458WLB WLB 1 15 47 1 yr.
Davis, Lamar 1522RCB 1 23 47 1 yr.
Carter-Harris, Bo 1169LDE 1 22 46 1 yr.
Wonders, Neal 1627FS 1 16 46 2 yrs.
Gamble, Somondre 116 QB QB 1 21 45 4 yrs.
Fasani, Max 223 RB 1 35 45 1 yr.
Battle, Donte 1392WILB WILB 1 28 44 1 yr.
Hankins III, Jareece 224 RB RB 1 26 43 2 yrs.
Rodgers, Ontarrio 1179RDE 1 28 43 1 yr.
Kelley, Julio 347 FB FB 1 22 42 1 yr.
Barlow, Scott 765 LG 1 14 42 1 yr.
Smothers, Leon 1193LDE 1 26 42 1 yr.
Richards, Patrick 1532LCB LCB 1 24 42 2 yrs.
Holstine, Raul 440 TE TE 1 25 41 2 yrs.
Robbins, Austin 584 FL SE 1 19 40 2 yrs.
Newsome, Xavier 770 RG RG 1 25 40 1 yr.
Stevenson, Frankie 1455SLB 2 17 39 2 yrs.
Bradley, Tommy 118 QB 1 19 39 2 yrs.
Reynolds, B.J. 119 QB 1 10 39 1 yr.
##Alston, Karl 345 FB 1 30 39 1 yr.
Dehning, Albert 761 LG LG 1 19 39 1 yr.
Pearson, Jamal 1174LDE 1 20 39 1 yr.
Buchanan, J.B. 1636SS 1 26 39 2 yrs.
Butler, Raynaldo 1190LDE 1 27 38 1 yr.
Glasper, Amir 1637FS FS 2 17 37 2 yrs.
Carr, Alfred 488 TE 1 25 37 2 yrs.
Sims, Willie 446 TE 1 21 37 2 yrs.
Winters, Kadarious 1175LDE 1 24 37 1 yr.
Dennis, Javier 1635FS SS 2 26 36 1 yr.
Chapman, Tavell 230 RB 1 29 36 4 yrs.
Ridings, Daryl 1356SILB 1 19 36 1 yr.
Sciascia, Dino 517 SE 1 13 35 1 yr.
Scott, Zac 589 SE FL 1 31 35 2 yrs.
Jeffers-Cook, Rondae 1620SS 1 19 35 2 yrs.
Fleming, Carson 581 SE 1 16 33 1 yr.
Harris, Kenny 587 SE 1 25 31 1 yr.
Freeze, Shaun 864 RT RT 1 26 30 1 yr.
Hildreth, K.C. 1494SLB 1 22 30 1 yr.
Mazza, Cameron 585 FL 1 13 29 1 yr.
Black, Benjamin 1534RCB 1 24 28 1 yr.
Cooley, Semaar 1521LCB 1 13 28 2 yrs.
##Page, Ike 483 TE 1 22 26 1 yr.
Ritchie, Ty 514 FL 1 18 26 1 yr.
##Jackson, Amir 108 QB 1 9 24 1 yr.
Schneiter, Claude 1396SILB 1 12 24 1 yr.
Hicks, Jace 486 LS 1 19 19 2 yrs.
Reeves, Jermaine 871 LT LT 1 18 19 1 yr.

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

Players Under Contract: 61
Inactive: 3
On Active Roster: 58

Salary Cap: $260,800,000
Cap Room: $168,690,000
Maximum for New Player: $169,440,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $44,260,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $39,760,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $74,120,000

[Young Drachma]

IF I HAVE A HEAD COACH WHY DOES THIS GAME REQUIRE ME TO MICROMANAGE EVERY DECISION ON THE ACTIVE ROSTER I AM GOING TO LOSE MY MIND. I DON'T CARE THAT MUCH.

[Young Drachma]

2046 SEASON RECAP

As expected, THE SWARM did not win a game. Didn't want to invest a lot of time with the roster knowing we were bad.



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2064 Regular Season Standings

AC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
El Paso 11 5 0 .688 378 257 8-4 4-2
Dayton 9 7 0 .563 383 339 8-4 5-1
Grand Rapids 8 8 0 .500 329 350 7-5 2-4
Phoenix 5 11 0 .313 326 394 4-8 1-5

AC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Raleigh 9 6 1 .594 311 308 6-5-1 3-2-1
Anchorage 9 6 1 .594 325 320 6-5-1 3-2-1
Austin 9 7 0 .563 328 296 7-5 3-3
Little Rock 7 9 0 .438 391 358 6-6 2-4

AC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Allentown 12 4 0 .750 369 280 9-3 5-1
Worcester 9 7 0 .563 325 356 6-6 3-3
Hartford 8 8 0 .500 353 333 4-8 2-4
Richmond 4 12 0 .250 327 406 3-9 2-4

AC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Las Vegas 11 5 0 .688 366 320 9-3 6-0
Albuquerque 8 8 0 .500 301 273 6-6 4-2
Omaha 8 8 0 .500 302 312 6-6 2-4
Stockton 0 16 0 .000 109 452 0-12 0-6

NC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Fargo 15 1 0 .938 506 334 12-0 6-0
Milwaukee 9 7 0 .563 352 316 7-5 4-2
Youngstown 3 13 0 .188 310 430 2-10 2-4
Ann Arbor 3 13 0 .188 267 451 2-10 0-6

NC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Mobile 11 5 0 .688 358 318 7-5 4-2
San Antonio 9 6 1 .594 408 328 7-4-1 4-1-1
Chattanooga 9 6 1 .594 380 308 7-4-1 3-2-1
Birmingham 8 8 0 .500 407 381 6-6 0-6

NC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Newark 13 3 0 .813 459 275 10-2 5-1
Scranton 10 6 0 .625 424 338 7-5 3-3
Rochester 7 9 0 .438 341 422 4-8 2-4
Burlington (VT) 5 11 0 .313 343 357 4-8 2-4

NC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Portland (OR) 7 9 0 .438 281 348 6-6 4-2
Salt Lake City 7 9 0 .438 357 359 6-6 3-3
Boise 6 10 0 .375 350 369 4-8 4-2
Athens 5 11 0 .313 331 409 4-8 1-5




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Stockton Swarm 2064 Regular Season Schedule

Week Opponent Result Attend Weather
Week 1 at Albuquerque Chargers L, 0-34 74,600 Sunny, 68, calm
Week 2 at Chattanooga Panthers L, 6-33 60,200 Sunny, 76, 2 mph.
Week 3 EL PASO BROWNS L, 3-31 20,400 Sunny, 80, 5 mph.
Week 4 RALEIGH COLTS L, 7-28 19,500 Sunny, 50, 5 mph.
Week 5 OPEN
Week 6 ANCHORAGE TITANS L, 7-10 19,100 Sunny, 54, 1 mph.
Week 7 at Austin Texans L, 6-31 73,500 Sunny, 86, 7 mph.
Week 8 ALBUQUERQUE CHARGERS L, 17-34 19,100 Sunny, 40, 1 mph.
Week 9 at Little Rock Jaguars L, 6-31 71,900 Sunny, 77, 1 mph.
Week 10 at Omaha Chiefs L, 13-17 40,700 Rain, 34, 8 mph.
Week 11 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS L, 20-26 19,000 Sunny, 54, 7 mph.
Week 12 SAN ANTONIO SAINTS L, 0-41 19,000 Rain, 50, 5 mph.
Week 13 at Hartford Dolphins L, 21-26 77,700 Sunny, 45, calm
Week 14 MOBILE BUCCANEERS L, 0-27 19,000 Sunny, 55, 3 mph.
Week 15 at Las Vegas Raiders L, 0-22 52,300 Sunny, 33, 10 mph.
Week 16 at Birmingham Falcons L, 3-34 55,000 Sunny, 68, calm
Week 17 OMAHA CHIEFS L, 0-27 19,000 Sunny, 33, 8 mph.

Home Games in ALL CAPS

Season Tickets Sold: 18,500
Stadium Capacity: 48,500


Here's the team summary for this year: SPOILER WE AREN'T ANY GOOD.

http://i.imgur.com/xR6tsok.png

I'm going to keep it up with this team though. Rome wasn't built in a day. Neither will this Swarm.

[Young Drachma]

Obviously, on the bright side, we'll end up with the #1 pick in this year's upcoming draft and that should at least give us some talent infusion though we'll still be bad. I've also done a decent job of identifying guys who can help us.

STAFF: No changes
TICKET PRICES: Slashing them more, because frankly we don't deserve the money.
FRANCHISE PLAYER: We're not ever going to be able to use the franchise tag. New house rule. Mostly because I don't want to have to figure out who to issue it to, once that's something we'd want to do.

FREE AGENCY:

I only have 27 guys on the active roster right now and I find signing dudes massively tedious. I'll come back to this though and we'll figure out what approach to take to signing more guys. By and large, we're just going to re-sign a lot of the dudes we already had for simplicity purposes and for the fact that if we're gonna be bad anyway, we might as well do it without a revolving door.

I'm not sure if I have the stomach for the slowness that is Empty Cupboard life, though. I might have to relax my standards, let the AI take over signing at least a bare minimum of guys so that we can just sim through the first few years of being bad. I just don't have the patience for that kind of tinkering just to get a baseline roster together when we're gonna suck anyway.

So that's what I'm going to do. It'll enable me to get through a second season, let me develop the young talent I do have and start to figure out what guys I like on this team.

[Young Drachma]

Milwaukee is moving to Akron in 2070. (Jim really needs to lower the time on these franchise moves. Real life moves don't happen over a million years anymore.)

2065 STOCKTON SWARM DRAFT PICKS:

Rnd 1 - Kaywonn Kerr, RB, Kansas
Rnd 2 - Camden Glover, T, West Virginia
Rnd 3 - Gilbert Bates, ILB, Southern Methodist
Rnd 4 - Marcos Witt, OLB, UCLA
Rnd 5 - Teddy Cesario, CB, Cornell
Rnd 6 - Silas Putnam, T, Vanderbilt
Rnd 7 - Colby Lane, S, Nebraska


Drafting a RB first overall is dumb, I know. But I just need guys I can identify with and I think he might be can't miss, so I took the plunge. YOLO.

[Young Drachma]

Not sure 3 wins is worth celebration, but it is when you went 0-fer in the first season.



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Stockton Swarm 2065 Regular Season Schedule

Week Opponent Result Attend Weather
Week 1 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS L, 20-27 21,100 Sunny, 97, 2 mph.
Week 2 at Rochester Eagles L, 20-24 65,500 Sunny, 43, 2 mph.
Week 3 at Little Rock Jaguars L, 10-27 72,000 Sunny, 89, 9 mph.
Week 4 OPEN
Week 5 ALLENTOWN BILLS L, 17-41 21,100 Sunny, 89, 2 mph.
Week 6 at Hartford Dolphins L, 0-19 79,500 Sunny, 45, calm
Week 7 at Albuquerque Chargers W, 20-15 73,800 Sunny, 68, calm
Week 8 WORCESTER PATRIOTS W, 28-23 21,100 Sunny, 80, 2 mph.
Week 9 at Omaha Chiefs L, 10-36 44,200 Sunny, 30, 8 mph.
Week 10 at Richmond Jets L, 17-34 68,200 Sunny, 45, calm
Week 11 at Las Vegas Raiders L, 10-23 52,300 Sunny, 80, 6 mph.
Week 12 BURLINGTON (VT) GIANTS L, 9-21 21,000 Sunny, 36, calm
Week 13 PHOENIX STEELERS L, 24-26 20,400 Sunny, 63, 7 mph.
Week 14 at Scranton Football Club L, 13-27 69,600 Sunny, 68, calm
Week 15 OMAHA CHIEFS L, 0-24 20,400 Rain, 58, 8 mph.
Week 16 NEWARK COWBOYS W, 23-17 21,200 Rain, 52, 3 mph.
Week 17 ALBUQUERQUE CHARGERS L, 10-17 20,400 Rain, 60, 10 mph.

Home Games in ALL CAPS

Season Tickets Sold: 19,400
Stadium Capacity: 48,500


http://i.imgur.com/VWLeJJZ.png

Here are the bars for my first two first rounders from last year and this year.

http://i.imgur.com/SjGpQZJ.png

http://i.imgur.com/7UWwoc1.png

One nice thing about ending the empty cupboard charade is seeing what kinds of bottom feeders the AI can pick up for me. WR Buddy Kemp never got a shot to start anywhere else, he shows up in Stockton and he's a 1200 yard receiver, 5th best in the entire league this year. Not bad! To be fair he had ELEVEN DROPS which is why this former first-round probably flamed out of his other clubs. Geez.

http://i.imgur.com/MX5panH.png

[Young Drachma]

Our punter Evan Adams is a two-time All League selection. He was 1st team last year and 2nd this year.

Sevon Kennedy was named to the All-League First Team at OLB in his 2nd season.

As far as this off-season, I'm going to keep building the team. I'm still not able to sign anybody that we didn't draft or who wasn't a UDFA, but the AI only gets to fill the roster for me when I fall short. So it's still the spirit of the empty cupboard for my purposes, I just don't want to try to waste a lot of time trying to figure out what crappy third tier dudes to sign when I'm just gonna be bad anyway.

We'll see what the draft yields us this year. Back again soon, but committed to seeing this team eventually get good.