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QuikSand

06-11-2020, 04:54 PM

BALTIMORE - WHERE ARE WE?

Front Office Football Eight
Baltimore Ravens Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Levine, Salvador 105 QB QB 6 45 45 5 yrs.
##Wolf, Ivan 107 QB 7 36 36 1 yr.
Justin, Evan 115 QB 1 14 28 4 yrs.
##Walsh, Amir 120 QB 2 13 31 2 yrs.

I don't fuckin know. I guess the bottom line here is that we have "a guy" on hand in Levine. He appeals to the Pikesville crowd outside Baltimore, along with Schweigert and Lentzner, maybe a couple others. Weird demographic for the gridiron, though.

The roster just BEGS for a good fit QB to step in and be "the guy," though. I will hope for that in the draft, but lacking that, I guess it's okay to have a semi-affordable fall-back. Evan Justin is probably a long term QB2, high chemistry and after this season he will click. (that's code)

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Bush, Edwin 230 RB RB 4 53 53 3 yrs.
Schweigert, Bernie 222 RB 4 48 48 3 yrs.
Schroeder, Charles 340 FB 6 30 30 2 yrs.

Well, we have our plan in place at RB1 and RB2, both of these guys delivered nicely this season, and I think should have a mode credible OL to run behind over time. T Shepherd is just fantastic at LT, and with Glode locked in as a run blocking force at C, the rest ought to be pretty easy. We'll give it time, and who knows, maybe some draft investment (I hope not).

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Ogden, Leon 448 TE TE 2 56 56 3 yrs.
Money, Vinny 446 TE 2 37 41 1 yr.
Terrell, Devan 482 TE 7 31 31 1 yr.
Polley, Wade 441 TE 1 30 33 2 yrs.
Austin, Ronald 484 TE FB 8 26 26 1 yr.

Tough group to sort out. We're pushing the ball to Ogden, he's okay but nothing special. This, too, could be a target in the draft if we don't get a perfect fit elsewhere. Had hoped Ogden would be that guy, but he looks more solid than spectacular. Money is my specialty - a mixed-skill guy who actually had ratings where I want them. So, should I split off half of Ogden's targets and shift them to Money? Maybe.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Franz, Brad 517 FL FL 10 48 48 1 yr.
Woods, B.J. 583 FL SE 3 45 45 1 yr.
##Baglien, Lorenzo 580 FL 6 43 43 3 yrs.
Holtz, Rex 518 FL 8 41 41 1 yr.
##Ledoux, Andre 587 FL 5 41 41 2 yrs.
Stocz, Lonnie 512 SE 5 50 50 3 yrs.
Bridges, Buddy 585 SE 1 24 34 4 yrs.

So, we have just plugged in Franz and Stocz as WR1/WR2. They're fine, but nothing great on paper. Franz posted a fairly big year, and he's a big cohesion asset now, but no longer a chem match, assuming we remain with a 6-7 leader (likely). BJ Woods put up 7 ypt again, fine, Holtz a click lower, meh. Bridges looms, but he might just be a punt returner - how much can you make out of one bar (getting downfield)? We might find out, as the utter lack of a youth movement here is deeply distressing.

WR is a top target for this team in the draft, even if we have to reach from pick 7 - and potentially a "just BWRA" and skip affinities.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Glode, J.R. 670 C C 4 73 73 4 yrs.
Fattel, Jackie 765 LG LG 3 28 42 3 yrs.
Tompkins, Heath 775 RG 7 54 54 2 yrs.
Shepherd, Tyrus 863 LT LT 8 81 81 4 yrs.
O'Donnell, Miguel 861 LT RT 3 75 75 2 yrs.
Clements, Nate 874 LT 5 55 55 3 yrs.
Odom, Arnold 860 LT RG 4 45 53 2 yrs.
##Jennings, Caiden 878 RT 2 27 36 1 yr.

First, chemistry. T Shepherd is that bad combo of high leadership, low-ish personality - so he's our leader but at 42. Yuck. T Jennings is the lady in waiting but it will take probably 3 more seasons for him to step into the lead role (93/98, worth the wait). Smart move here is probably to grab a couple max-personality backups from the 2-3 group, who'd click with both, and just sit on 'em.

Talent-wise, the line of the short term is Shepherd-Clements-Glode-Odom-O'Donnell, as we'd play tackles in both guard slots. Moving backups around sounds necessary... hmm, wonder if there's a baloney special teams arbitrage play here, knowing my "guards" get assigned ST duty like it or not. Maybe a high ST rated TE, slot him at G, keep him off the starting lineup, and let him crush it with the punt team. Meh.

If a high quality guy comes along, we are open to investing here.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Frederick, Edwin 904 P 10 47 47 2 yrs.
Thomas, Mario 1003K 4 85 85 4 yrs.

Yes, I am spending freal money on my kicker, newly extended. Sunk cost fallacy. Perhaps I'll regret it, for lack of funds to expend on a star free agent, but right now we were $70m under the cap, after tossing $42m after a camp arm QB who happened to get the gig. We can swing $15m/yr for a near-stud kicker. Those kick return numbers do look sweet, can't be totally unconnected. Maybe a beastly punter this year, if cap space allows it.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Woods, Lorenzo 1159LDE 5 52 52 3 yrs.
Anthony, Ethan 1198LDE RDE 9 47 47 1 yr.
Baxter, Gilbert 1179LDE 7 17 17 2 yrs.
Helming, Juan 1194RDE LDE 3 72 72 2 yrs.
Scott, Justics 1292NT NT 6 51 51 2 yrs.
Schneider, Gavin 1297NT 5 37 37 1 yr.

This is simply not good enough. Helming is really good, but he's a pure 3-4 DE, I want my guys to rush the passer, scheme be damned. What else do we have of real value? Little. Baxter is the chem anchor, but both of our ear-pinners are all but gone - we shifted Schneider to DT after a rotten preseason fade, and my longtime one trick pass rusher Mealey got cut after fading to nothingness.

I'd hate to feel pressed to use a 1st round pick here - just not the "value" but it's possible.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Givens, Dana 1352SILB 4 38 42 2 yrs.
Schenk, Rich 1356WILB SILB 2 58 58 2 yrs.
Roybal, Giovanni 1350WILB WILB 4 36 36 2 yrs.
##Wilkerson, Shane 1345WILB 6 10 10 1 yr.
Thomas, Burt 1447SLB WLB 1 45 45 2 yrs.
Peterson, Edgar 1451SLB SLB 6 42 42 1 yr.
Thill, Moe 1457WLB 1 37 37 4 yrs.

Not awful? I guess that's right. Big surprise is afterthought pickup Schenk who boomed in preseason, moved off the bubble and right into the job as our top run stopper, and pinned up 107 tackles behind a 100-rated RunD number. So, suddenly he's very much in the mix. Peterson is up for a new deal, I don't exactly know what to do with a coverage-first LB but we try to use him appropriately. Givens needs to get into the pass rushing rotation, he will next year barring a big personnel move. Thomas was an undrafted rookie - yet again I get something out of the 8th round, he's good enough to keep playing. Adding a stud at LB would be nice, I'd love to have a Serious Sam, but more likely we continue to putter with this properly assigned a low-ish priority.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Lentzner, Kody 1538LCB 6 70 70 3 yrs.
Maas, Josue 1524LCB LCB 6 70 70 4 yrs.
Dawson, Gus 1537LCB 5 32 32 2 yrs.
Calmus, Collin 1539RCB RCB 5 53 53 4 yrs.
Wiggins, Les 1526RCB 2 49 49 3 yrs.
Vaughn, Shawn 1506RCB 3 29 29 1 yr.
##Patterson, Mitchell 1536RCB 2 20 33 3 yrs.
McCormick, Kendrick 1633SS SS 6 47 47 2 yrs.
Conners, Jake 1629FS FS 5 44 44 4 yrs.
Padilla, Dustin 1625FS 3 44 44 1 yr.
Tamburrino, Toby 669 LS 8 17 17 2 yrs.

Okay, now our pride and joy. I didn't play Lentzner enough this year but that will change, he'll rotate in at NB/FS. Mass is lowish endurance, but when he plays, he's money - 84.8 PD% this year now that he's in the right role. Calmus is a solid CB2/NB and had 6 picks in limited action. Wiggins is a luxury, good enough to play anywhere. The three safeties are all okay, good enough to rotate and play, no standouts. this should be our best position group by talent and chemistry for a long while.

So... no real shock where my mind is:

Passing game talent - QB, WR
...
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Top tier TE talent
Pass rush
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OL talent
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LB talent
ST standouts
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depth everywhere who will stick and click

QuikSand

06-11-2020, 07:32 PM

Or is it that you have to stick to certain leadership/personality traits that seriously shrink your options even further?

If I am playing a team hardcore chemistry, which is honestly the most enjoyable way for me, then yes - that's exactly the right way to phrase it. It just shrinks my options. Once I have my leaders in place, when I go out to scour for free agents, I do searches and only even kick the tires on the guys who show up as affinities, and in some cases, affinities strong enough to invest in. So that means 5 out of 6 players don't even make my radar screen.

Same thing goes for the draft. In general, my first activity with a draft is to open up the online drafting Conscriptor, and go through the top 200 or so players overall, and just click on all the affinity matches - that creates a naive, unsorted, priority list for me to work from. Guys not on that list (again, 5/6 of the draft pool) just don't get my attention as I consider that draft. Then my work from there will be from the priority list, looking over the guys on that sort (maybe 30-40 players) and deciding how to rank them and who might be worth a move up, or whatnot.

I'll make exceptions. If my BAL pick at 1.6 comes up and I just don't like my options at all, I might just go BPA - take a much-needed WR, for example. But my plan going in will be to look pretty closely at the chemistry fits. I just derive too much joy from the "collecting" facets of the game.

But the payoff is something like my current secondary. Now that Dawson has taken over his rightful perch atop the throne, my DB group reads like this in the Chemistry column: Exceptional Affinity, Exceptional Affinity, Strong Affinity, Position leader, (no chemistry - PR Vaughn), Exceptional Affinity, Exceptional Affinity, Exceptional Affinity, Exceptional Affinity, Exceptional Affinity. Whatever voodoo is behind this in-game setup, I am wringing every damned ounce of it here, and it mostly cost us just a couple pocket lint draft picks and some cap space (which I needed to spend anyway to gain legitimate talent). I'm fixin' to land in a similar place with my D7 in time.

QuikSand

06-12-2020, 08:02 AM

Season rollover is done. Only retirement loss is OL Tompkins. He might have gotten his starting job back this year, oddly enough, but that's under the bridge now. Investing twice in a low-personality, run-blocking tackle was never wise.

I can see the free agent market, and I'll just say - if I'm going to make an impactful move there, it will require either (1) ignoring chemistry to get an impact player, and/or (2) going all art-of-war and stacking at an already strong position. I have cap room to make moves, not sure I have the will do push in and declare that *this* is the thing I'm doing with my foreseeable cap space, if you follow.

Eagerly awaiting a draft full of pitch-and-catch wunderkinds. We've got picks 1.8 and 1.18. It just screams wide receiver to me. Please be there.

Chas in Cinti

06-12-2020, 08:32 AM

Enjoyed the run-through... so for Washington, are you going to take a similar bent long-term on the cohesion/affinity play? Or are you "trying something different"?

QuikSand

06-12-2020, 12:53 PM

Well, I put a little bit of heart into an Ol trade block, but in this league I don't expect any nibbles. Dealing Shepherd just feels super dumb, I expect we will just live with the weak chemistry and try to get by with...(checks notes)... guys with big red bars.

QuikSand

06-12-2020, 01:03 PM

Enjoyed the run-through... so for Washington, are you going to take a similar bent long-term on the cohesion/affinity play? Or are you "trying something different"?

DC BUREAU

I really struggled with what to do there. Over the course of the last offseason, I shifted gears from maintain-it, to lets-just-run-it-all-day, to eventually all-chem and switch-the-stud-RB-to-play-slot-receiver. Quite a turnabout, indeed.

At the moment, I am having a bit of a gameplanning crisis, as I look at some of the numbers for what that team did, and it seems in many ways they were better than I would have expected from my own gameplan (technical problems, I think the team was just under an AI/Rex gameplan). That is unnerving to see the WR1 post up a full 10 yards per target, when I couldn't get that out of Green Lantern on my teams. So, I fear the future when that same guy, possibly with the same (conflict) QB throwing to him, posts my more conventional 150 targets for 1,050 yards next season and I start to suspect I'm a net liability there.

Also, I have a solid chem plan there for the RB/FB and WR/TE groups, but the OL is a mess. I just invested a top pick into a star C, but could I honestly just walk away from him chem-wise and start building the group in better alignment with the other two groups? I thought I landed a good OL asset in round 3, but he looks weak now, so it's really just abandoning one young guy. I don't know.

I'm also stuck with a too-good-to-cut LB who has the bad chemistry combo of 100/57 or something close to that - irreplaceable as leader, but not that great to build around. I rather enjoyed the challenge of doing so anyway, but will I get chemistry-driven wanderlust as his fat, bonus-heavy contract winds down? Probably.

I am also unsatisfied with my chem plan amidst the DB group. I'm steering away from the triad that BAL is committed to, just out of prudence, but I don't really have a great plan there, mostly for lack of a leader (I thought I had forced a future group leader in for starts, but the AI deactivated him as I made late file-stage changes after deciding the team was basically a lost cause for the year).

TL;DR - Some pieces are in place and I'm cool with that. Have a few more decisions yet to make. One more offseason and I ought to have a plan, probably heavy with chemistry.

QuikSand

06-12-2020, 10:18 PM

Did a roster analysis of the Washington team. Trying something different here...

GML Washington Roster Analysis - Google Sheets (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dkYB5OxA-A4F6xFj9iuYNhaeodMZQcyLKn8cFwCyPFg/edit?usp=sharing)

Notes on every player included alongside ratings, other stuff.

QuikSand

06-13-2020, 11:42 AM

Okay, Ravens - the big stage, FA 1:2. $205m in cap space, nearly 30%. Room to move.

38 players signed
09 draft picks
05 RFA no-brainer signings
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52 players "in hand"

Once again, we don't really need to do a lot here. I have plenty of my own guys I would like to re-sign. So, I'm signaling that we don't need rookies. That's dumb, we're a two-time .500 club with no plan forward... of course we needs to get better. Stupid.

The reality is, I would really like to make a franchise-defining move here. In the draft, in free agency, something. I'm getting bored with this team...should we go to a totally different offense, a run-like-crazy setup? Do I just need a QB I can invest in? Would one stud player give us that buzz? I don't know.

I think we are at a now-v-later crossroads, and I suppose I need to push in on the "later." We have a number of productive older players where I'll need to decide whether to re-sign (or just keep) them around and in the fold - knowing that it comes at the slot/cap expense of potentially longer term assets. WR Brad Franz wants $30m. What do we do there? He might mean +0.8 wins this year with his decent skills and huge cohesion. So...sign him? I honestly am not certain. If I had a "go for it" QB talent, that might make this a lot easier. Nobody in the draft, even a QB or WR, would change the outlook for this year very much.

Ok, we will sort it out. Expect our usual flood of offers in early free agency, with even less focus than usual, probably.

QuikSand

06-13-2020, 12:37 PM

Just wrapped up, I think, all my FA pursuits. Really slim pickin' along the D7, one of the places where I know I need help. Was our anemic pass rush last season a fluke, or a deep problem? Not sure. I don't think cohesion can solve it. Might call for a draft pick there, regrettably. I don't think I can win without real pressure.

On to the draft. Honestly have not even looked as I type this. Pick #8 is the most exciting thing we have going for us. I do NOT want to draft a "great guard" here. Need to target an impact position.

QuikSand

06-13-2020, 12:59 PM

Yeah... not going to be a "big-trade-up" nor a "oh please let this guy fall" situation. We'll get a quality addition at 8 and probably 18, but nobody jumps off the screen at me, as either a perfect fit QB or a game-changing receiver... which is really all I wanted. Best guess is we'll just take the best of what's left at WR and consider that our talent infusion, and then go BPA at pick 18. And yes, that could easily be a guard. Sigh.

QuikSand

06-13-2020, 01:54 PM

...and just in case I was going to get my hopes up a bit about the receiver position... first two picks are off the board... WR, WR

pretty standard for FOF at this point, just depressing... it feels like an NBA draft...once you're outside the lottery, you're just on the outside

QuikSand

06-13-2020, 10:00 PM

DC BUREAU

Without going too deep here, I remain not completely sold on my chemistry structure for three of five groups. That's awful, for me.

At OL, there's just a dearth of good strong leaders anywhere in this league at the 9-10/12-1/1-2 triad, where I invested my 1st and 3rd round picks last season (and got a build-around caliber C). So, do I force the square peg there, or try to call an audible and build in another group - maybe one that would connect with a QB from the signs driven by my RB and WR group leaders?

At D7, it just irks me to have an irreplaceable leader with only 57 personality. He's good, very good, but it's annoying. My DT is also very good, and in the same sign, with a better personality rating. Do we just build around the 3-4 guy and assume it will get better once I move on from the LB leader?

And at DB. Ugh. Built for 9-10 leader now, got a young guy, thought he'd play CB2 enough last year to click in, he didn't. Now, I sense the team might be decent - I don't want to mess with that if I don't have to. So, I'm splashing in free agency, maybe grabbing an alternative leader, switching groups, and leave my CB1 on the team but unconnected to chemistry. Don't love it, but... ugh.

QuikSand

06-13-2020, 10:00 PM

DC BUREAU

Also, I might need a 4-TE gameplan for that team this year...

QuikSand

06-14-2020, 11:13 AM

Today's idle musing, while the draft is held hostage by an owner who didn't even bother to register, and the next stage is a full day away:

-maybe we redouble our running game commitment?
-lock up QB Wolf as a good-fit, more-affordable, run-around guy
-don't over-reach for a receiver in the draft, maybe buff up the OL
-give this a legit try, and tote the rock 30+ times a game
-not willing to go super heavy there (100% rushing), too mush testing
-but just taking my current gameplan and loading up with more runs, sure

In play.

QuikSand

06-14-2020, 07:22 PM

5 picks off the board. I still have "reach-for-receivers" available, and that's in play, even if not a talent-optimized way to use this pick at 1.8.

http://gml.fof-belco.com/draftclass.php

There's a star caliber OT, several big DL, a do-it-all RB - these seem like the "BPA" picks here. None are fits with my chem scheme, so I'm reluctant to commit that way. (I have kicked around looking at how we could rebuild our OL group if we were to take this OT...but to be honest, not even a nibble out there from my trade block... hard to see just walking away from all that equity)

My best guess is I just hold my nose, take my top graded "fit" receiver, and make the best of it. Then at pick 18, with any luck, we'll have one of a handful of logicals there to make a second impression.

QuikSand

06-14-2020, 09:19 PM

KC sends

1.11
2.2120
4.2120

BAL sends

1.08
5.2120

I deal down, and cross fingers... suddenly the guy-guys who left me uninspired to simply pick at 1.8 would be a MASSIVE LOSS if taken before 1.11. My best guess is that one of my top two guys will go, but the other will slide and we'll fine.

QuikSand

06-15-2020, 06:54 AM

Okay, both first rounders in the books for the Ravens... WR WR...neither looks perfect, but I'm fairly pleased.

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Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes WR Parker VanCaeyzeele (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=93483) with the 1.11 pick.

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Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes WR Warren Behne (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=93495) with the 1.18 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Avoid Drops</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>56<->85</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Getting Downfield</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>65<->94</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Route Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>59<->88</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Catching</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>68<->97</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Big-Play Receiving</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>68<->97</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Courage</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>39<->67</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Adjust to Ball</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>1<->30</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punt Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>58<->88</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Kick Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>8<->36</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>1<->30</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>63<->92</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>71</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>182</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.4</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.6</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.41</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>18</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>14</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.86</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>127</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>46</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>28</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

I had a RB in my queue, who looked to me like a WR convert as well, he went off the board at my original pick 1.8.

A very big-bars RB (without exceptional combines) was the one that got away - a non-affinity guy but the most tantalizing set of bars in the class.

Chas in Cinti

06-15-2020, 09:06 AM

That 2nd pick looks like a Ted Ginn type of guy...

QuikSand

06-15-2020, 09:08 AM

DC BUREAU

Big news from the DC Team...

There's a new sherrif in town (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=89937)

Clancy has had four underwhelming seasons in Buffalo, and they let him walk into free agency. I see a lot of big red bars and a not-awful implied AvoidInt...so I'm all in now. He will be a chem fit for our RB and WR leaders short term, too. This seemed like the right thing to do. Looks like our bidding guess was pretty spot on, too... I went higher bonus than Seattle, presumably, who offered more but got rejected. So, we are locked in. Ride or die with Clancy.

QuikSand

06-15-2020, 10:27 AM

(reading between the lines: WAS plan > BAL plan)

QuikSand

06-15-2020, 10:43 AM

johnnyshaka

06-15-2020, 11:20 AM

BAL FA update:

Big news is we missed out on a star OT... losing out to Minnesota. our chemistry groups are now getting crowded, with Minnesota and Kansas City all over the guys I'm bidding on, on offense. It's rotten.

Nothing personal...we needed to upgrade our OTs and, more importantly, we had cap space to make a splash in FA, so we went after the two best guys...overpaying one of them and seemingly hitting the other contract right on the nose.

If it makes you feel any better...chemistry had nothing to do with either of those signings. :)

QuikSand

06-16-2020, 12:20 PM

So, big free agent signing in Baltimore...

Dear Leader - Shaun Bernardino (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90620)

I made an allusion before that I might need to add to a team strength to make a big move in free agency. Well, here he is. I overpaid, but he's just too perfect a fit. CB1 talent, and a monster chemistry leader for our DB group. Lock it up.

QuikSand

06-16-2020, 12:34 PM

Also, round two draft pick - not a move-the-needle position, exactly, but we're just looking to keep adding offensive talent in hopes we someday will do something with it.

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Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes FB Kristopher Hillhouse (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=93340) with the 2.17 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>59<->87</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>52<->80</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Blocking Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>48<->76</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Power Inside</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>35<->63</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>14<->42</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Hole Recognition</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>43<->71</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Blitz Pickup</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>71<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Avoid Drops</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>72<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Route Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>72<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Catching</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>72<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>35<->64</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>65<->93</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>71</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>228</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.0</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.64</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>31</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>20</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.92</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>110</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>41</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>51</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Seems like a nice H-back type. No idea how to, you know, do that or anything, but sure.

johnnyshaka

06-17-2020, 09:14 AM

I'm curious to see how you use Hillhouse, he's definitely an interesting fella.

QuikSand

06-17-2020, 11:00 AM

I'm curious to see how you use Hillhouse, he's definitely an interesting fella.

Agreed, though I'm not sure I'm the right guy to max him out. Anyway, he will at least get a look at TE, especially given some instability with chem (deets to follow).

QuikSand

06-17-2020, 11:05 AM

FA transactions... with big chem news (my bad):

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FL Brad Franz (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=85146)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 6</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SE Orlando Craver (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=86825)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 6</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $48,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FB Daryl Martin (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=88374)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 6</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Green Bay: 3yrs, $18,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RDE Hector Akin (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=89738)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 6</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from New Orleans: 2yrs, $18,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB Lincoln Ayi (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90019)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 6</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 2yrs, $16,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SE Cameron Booker (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90141)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 6</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from San Diego: 3yrs, $30,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>TE Ronald Austin (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=86718)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 7</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 2yrs, $13,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LDE Tevin Barker (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90447)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 7</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Dallas: 3yrs, $23,400,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

So, somehow last season I neglected to extend my group leader TE Austin. After multiple stages with no other interest, he gets signed away by Atlanta. Can't tell whether this is a chemistry move for them, or just a BPA thing - but the offer was aggressive as a 1yr offer. So, I lose my group leader. Well, my rookie WRs are both 4-5 guys, and my rookie FB(TE?) is a 6-7 guy -- so it's not out of the question we just try to rebuild around a new leader from the 2-3 group. Not sure the plan from here, I handled this poorly.

DE Barker will be a pass rush presence. WR Franz is on a salary-only cut-ready deal, but might play decoy this season with his high RR and high cohesion. No deep details elsewhere.

QuikSand

06-17-2020, 11:37 AM

More draft updates from Ravens HQ:

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Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes DT Kevin Turnbull (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=93813) with the 3.16 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>11<->42</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Technique</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>69<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>13<->44</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Man-to-Man Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>11<->42</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Zone Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>10<->41</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Bump-and-Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>11<->42</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Play Diagnosis</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>17<->48</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punishing Hitter</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>46<->77</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>69<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>4<->35</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>72</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>304</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.4</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.7</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.98</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>15</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>28</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>8.14</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>110</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>50</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Hoping what I thin I see here is true - shift him outside, probably, and set him as a pure edge rusher. Non-voids everywhere is modestly encouraging, but he's only the pick here to do one thing. It's just the one thing that i want someone to come do for us. #EarPinner

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Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes G Perry Kendrick (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=93557) with the 4.15 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>72<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>31<->59</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Blocking Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>42<->70</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>52<->80</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>72</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>300</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.1</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.85</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>29</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>28</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.81</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>94</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

4% development isn't ideal, but this is round four, not round two. If that maxed-out RB bar holds up, this guy could actually be valuable to us. I needed to add a G to the roster anyhow, and we'll see if this guy might be able to get his battery of starts right from the get go. About my usual level of intrigue for a 4th round pick.

QuikSand

06-17-2020, 06:17 PM

More Baltimore draft picks:

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Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes FB Branden Ricker (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=93364) with the 5.8 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>72<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>49<->77</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Blocking Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>40<->69</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Power Inside</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>36<->65</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>34<->62</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Hole Recognition</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>26<->55</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Blitz Pickup</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>54<->83</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Avoid Drops</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>51<->80</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Route Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>45<->73</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Catching</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>11<->39</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>52<->80</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>55<->83</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>71</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>232</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.0</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.68</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>28</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>22</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.17</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>115</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>44</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>41</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

...another offensive chesspiece...

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Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes CB Darrell Burroughs (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=93990) with the 5.14 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>18<->49</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Man-to-Man Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>51<->82</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Zone Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>12<->43</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Bump-and-Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>57<->88</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Play Diagnosis</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>55<->86</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punishing Hitter</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>30<->61</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Interceptions</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->31</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punt Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->31</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Kick Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>69<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>54<->85</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>69<->100</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>72</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>199</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.6</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.7</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.45</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>32</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>14</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.06</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>120</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>21</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>64</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

And the one of my favorite FOF moments... looking at my "list" for he next draft pick, and then I'm underwhelmed, so I decide maybe I should do a couple more quick sorts just to see if I missed something and then... HOW IS THIS GUY STILL HERE?

Okay, probably no big deal, but a high-personality affinity DB with high dev % and potentially maxed out special teams and kick returning? Can this guy be for real? How did I miss him before? Beats me. Let's see if he's worth anything.

QuikSand

06-17-2020, 07:25 PM

QuikSand

06-17-2020, 07:27 PM

Hmmm, just wrote up my first 4 picks from WAS, and it shows up as an empty post. Great.

1 big time tackle
2 intriguing CB
3 unexciting edge
4 workmanlike linebacker
5-6-7 stay tuned, maybe specialists ahead

That's what we get for try #2.

QuikSand

06-18-2020, 07:47 AM

Free agency rounding out... a few signings of consequence here:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bgcolor="#D3D3D3"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LDE Ethan Anthony (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=86222)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>1 year, $8,000,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $8.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>48</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>48</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>SILB Rodolfo Beardslee (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=89759)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3 years, $22,800,000 (Bonus: $9.3M. Salary: $4.5M, $4.5M, $4.5M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#00A066"><center>54</center></td><td bgcolor="#00A066"><center>54</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>TE Alvin Bush (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90099)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $13,000,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $6.5M, $6.5M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>41</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>41</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>TE Elijah Covington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=88368)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3 years, $48,000,000 (Bonus: $33.0M. Salary: $5.0M, $5.0M, $5.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#99B833"><center>69</center></td><td bgcolor="#99B833"><center>69</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QB Jackson Denny (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=88264)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $8,330,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.8M, $4.5M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>31</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>31</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>RT Josiah Kratzer (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92826)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>1 year, $3,400,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $3.4M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center>17</center></td><td bgcolor="#00A066"><center>56</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LDE Terrell Mealey (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=85413)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $10,100,000 (Bonus: $40K. Salary: $5.0M, $5.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>28</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>28</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>SLB Edgar Peterson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=88871)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $20,600,000 (Bonus: $10.6M. Salary: $5.0M, $5.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>41</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>41</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>FL Rusty Reinsel (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=89307)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $7,640,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.8M, $3.8M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>34</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>34</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>FB D.J. Shepherd (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=85019)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>1 year, $6,500,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $6.5M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center>18</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center>18</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

TE Covington is the obvious "who?" moment here - 7th year guy, does everything pretty well, and we had cap space. Career ypt is under 7 and that's distressing, but again - I'm just trying to accumulate pieces here. A comparable talent at WR would have been great, but for now, he may well be our TE1.

FB Shepherd is a chemistry puzzle piece - he likely spends this year either at TE or OL, as a patchover leader.

LB Peterson is just a good fit, and a cohesion/chem asset, so I got pushed into overpaying for him in a bidding war. No crisis, at least we won the war.

LB Beardslee is a 6th year run stopper, guy we likely slot in at WLB - not a star but he should be useful, we were thin.

QuikSand

06-18-2020, 07:55 AM

BAL is now at 58 players on the roster, with a few more targets out there and a draft class about to land. We are going to have a lot of wheat/chaff decisions ahead. Several of these guys are on cut-friendly contracts, but not all of them. Alas...we're not really facing a cap crisis. More of an "overall talent" crisis.

KC signed our old QB Ivan Wolf...the idea of bidding to keep him flitted in my mind, but apparently never clicked enough to make an offer. So, I reckon that leaves us with Levine again this year.

QuikSand

06-18-2020, 07:58 AM

As a side note, I don't know what Ben is doing down in Atlanta. I have butted heads with him on several players - it seems like he's building his QB stable around the same 7-8/8-9/11-12 triad that my WAS team's offense is mainly framed with - so he just outbid me for a QB2 level guy, which is fine. But I don't see signs of any other deep thinking... frex, last stage he big HEAVY to lure away my TE leader, who now lands on his team as a group leader with no meaningful WR/TE connections, and out of sync with the QB group. I don't get it.

QuikSand

06-19-2020, 08:50 AM

The BELCO Scouting Service has rated the Baltimore Draft (admittedly with its two first rounders) as: #2 overall (http://gml.fof-belco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6266&p=58646&viewfull=1#post58646) !!!

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>2</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>BAL (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">1(18) SE Warren Behne (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93495) 47/68
1(11) SE Parker VanCaeyzeele (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93483) 40/62
3(16) RDT Kevin Turnbull (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93813) 29/42
2(17) FB Kristopher Hillhouse (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93340) 41/66
4(15) RG Perry Kendrick (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93557) 16/67
5(14) RCB Darrell Burroughs (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93990) 27/45
5(8) FB Branden Ricker (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93364) 32/59
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">1(18) SE Warren Behne (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=93495) 47/68
1(11) SE Parker VanCaeyzeele (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=93483) 40/62
3(16) RDT Kevin Turnbull (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=93813) 29/42
2(17) FB Kristopher Hillhouse (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=93340) 41/66
4(15) RG Perry Kendrick (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=93557) 16/67
5(14) RCB Darrell Burroughs (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=93990) 27/45
5(8) FB Branden Ricker (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=93364) 32/59
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>77.7</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Both our receivers grade out very nicely in the initial look, and we're getting good marks down the line. Delightful.

With my own "sneak peek" I see much the same. Love this group. Great timing, as my interest in the team may have been flagging a bit.

QuikSand

06-19-2020, 08:55 AM

Some other complications... most notably, DE Helming is holding out, not a shock. He is thinking $70m/yr...and I am having major trouble swallowing that figure. He's a very good player, but a run-stopping DE in my 3-4... I don't feel like that's honestly a premium position. He's been getting pressure but it's been more for lack of alternatives. My plan had been to let him walk into free agency, and see if we could bring him back more reasonably, knowing that AVAILABLE would be in tune with his wishes, and I'd likely just lose him. To extend him, it would surely force me to release QB Levine (not a huge loss) but what else?

QuikSand

06-19-2020, 08:57 AM

..also S Jake Conners is suspended for the year. In a zero-injury league, this is the bad dice roll. Fortunately we are loaded at DB, this won't hurt a bit and may free him up to reneg down next season. Zero concern here.

Chas in Cinti

06-19-2020, 09:00 AM

Would like to see a boost or two post camp...

QuikSand

06-19-2020, 09:21 AM

So, I use my T tight end a good deal as a passing target in 12 formations. I'm wondering if there's a way to thread a needle here, and try to use a guy like rookie FB Hillhouse in an H-back role, where he's formally slotted as a fullback, gets used as a lead blocker, but in that particular formation, he releases a lot for air targets (like maybe 50-60 of them in a season).

It's tough to know how to use a guy like this. He's 228 lbs, so technically too light to shift to TE, probably... and at only 5-11 he'd likely suffer a height penalty, whatever that is. But just playing in that role... maybe? or, should my thinking go in the other direction, and should I try to get him to lose weight, and see if a switch to RB makes sense? Hole Rec 45/52 not bad. Hmmmm. Or, I suppose, I could give him a season like this to just toss around and do a little bit of everything... get him those H-back targets, slot him in as our RB in one formation, use him as a lead blocker and special teamer, and see if that feels like a job worthy of an early draft pick.

QuikSand

06-22-2020, 10:19 AM

Okay, later free agency. I often find a few jewels among the post-draft rookie class, but this year the pickings seemed unusually slim. Still a few signings to comment on:

(hmm having pasting problems)

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SLB Harvey LaForest (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91393)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Miami: 2yrs, $7,250,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>TE Vinny Money (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91719)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SLB Gilbert Michl (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=87195)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 3yrs, $22,800,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FL B.J. Woods (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90928)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SILB Greg Raymond (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91355)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from New Orleans: 2yrs, $7,250,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FB Mercury Szymanski (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93351)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $5,240,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RCB Erik Jamison (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93967)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $5,240,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>TE Ronald Austin (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=86718)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $9,100,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Well, well, well, TE Ronald Austin. So, you got your $5m signing bonus from Ben and his Falcons, and now you're back home like a wandering dog in heat. Well, you're in luck, because we really need you. And we're deep enough at TE that you're actually worth more to us as a minsal bench guy than as a money guy with cohesion. So... I hope you learned your lesson. (No need to splash on Ben here, I just assume he was chemifying, needed some bonus cash to land this guy for one possible option, and then ruled out that option)

LB Michl (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=87195) isn't thrilling, but at a relatively thin position, he's a good enough fit to make a move here with some real money. Late career guy, becomes our best overall LB, and is a huge chem asset. So, we're not in "give up" mode, at least.

LB Ramond (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91355) might be the next guy who lands in BAL after being cast off as a draft bust, finds a home, and sticks around for a decade. Big personality, decent at two things I care about (RunD and Zone), and not much here to compete with for the LB4/5/6 job. LB Laforest likely has a tougher road ahead to make the team, but he has one major advantage - his chemistry is pre-attained through getting 8 starts elsewhere. There could be room for both.

I was fully ready for WR Woods to walk, but ended up putting in an offer, and he's back. WR will be a tricky position with the two rookies, but I'll enjoy sorting that out.

QuikSand

06-22-2020, 10:24 AM

Quick personnel note. I am simply not paying DE Helming his $70m/yr. He'll be cut. It's a loss, but one that was easy enough to see coming when I used an early draft pick on a run-stopping DL. Just a mistake I need to avoid.

Our D-line is going to be shaky, it's an area of need. Not sure I want to spend early draft picks there as much as I did for a while, but... well, never say never.

QuikSand

06-22-2020, 10:50 AM

The rookie class looks really good, nothing new there. Preseason movement will help inform things there, but - early assessment is that we got two long term assets at WR (though probably not a serious top-drawer WR1), three interesting FB/TE guys, a borderline asset for the interior OL, a rotation-caliber pass rusher, and a great find at CB/KR/ST. Best in years and years.

For anyone who might have listened to Round Two of Squirrel and QuikSand (https://forums.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=96824), I'll offer quick impressions on the two receivers... he liked my second guy Behne more than my first guy VanCaeyzeele. At this point, Behne does look like the true split end I had hoped for, with non-zero endurance around 15 or so - we'll take it. But he won't have maxed-out top ratings, more like 75-80 by my scouts thus far. I'm fine with that, but he likely isn't a guy rivaling the top two receivers in overall quality. PVC (I like that) looks like a jackknife type...projecting in the 60-75 range in most things, but disappointingly only 50 in route running, which might serve as an overall utility ceiling. Long term asset, but probably more of a WR3 type than a WR1, sadly.

QuikSand

06-22-2020, 01:27 PM

DC BUREAU

Okay, we have an active late free agency, as the reshuffling frenzy continues. I'll spare the gory details, but will post the list of transactions for this stage to illustrate:

<center>RDE Tre Devlin (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=88754)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>has begun a contract holdout</center><center></center><center></center><center>RDE Tre Devlin (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=88754)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>released</center><center></center><center></center><center>RCB Lionel Daniels (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90694)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>Changed position from FS to CB</center><center></center><center></center><center>SS Nathan Giles (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91526)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>released</center><center></center><center></center><center>LCB Ellis Cassidy (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91539)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>Changed position from RCB to CB</center><center></center><center></center><center>RCB Elias Warren (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=89851)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>released</center><center></center><center></center><center>RCB Gary Lowe (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93977)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>Changed position from LCB to CB</center><center></center><center></center><center>LCB Britt Smith (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93093)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>released</center><center></center><center></center><center>QB Emmett Perkins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=88240)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>released</center><center></center><center></center><center>RG Omar Wilkins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=87732)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>released</center><center></center><center></center><center>FL Damon Malone (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90978)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>signed a renegotiated contract: 4yrs, $124,000,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>RB Jerald Hoyle (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=86655)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>released</center><center></center><center></center><center>QB Bryce McGriff (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=85732)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>released</center><center></center><center></center><center>K Hugh Grier (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92038)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>released</center><center></center><center></center><center>RG Salvador Strayhorn (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91918)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>released</center><center></center><center></center><center>RT Kevin Cook (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91119)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center><center></center><center></center><center>LDE Ellis Shehee (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92057)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>signed as a free agent: 1yrs, $4,500,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>RG Donnell Hutchins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92743)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>turned down a contract offer: 2yrs, $5,980,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>TE Rich Wilson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93414)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $5,240,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>LS Zach Hutton (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93528)</center><center>Late FA Stage 1</center><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $4,820,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>WILB Manuel Walsh (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=89691)</center><center>Late FA Stage 2</center><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $9,000,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>SLB Luke Drain (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90576)</center><center>Late FA Stage 2</center><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Pittsburgh: 1yrs, $4,700,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>FL Enrique Meyers (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93454)</center><center>Late FA Stage 2</center><center>turned down a contract offer: 2yrs, $5,240,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>FL Riddick Muscarella (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93479)</center><center>Late FA Stage 2</center><center>signed as a free agent: 1yrs, $4,400,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>K Bill Fletcher (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93717)</center><center>Late FA Stage 2</center><center>signed as a free agent: 1yrs, $4,500,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>QB Tyler Dawkins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=86565)</center><center>Late FA Stage 3</center><center>turned down a contract offer: 1yrs, $9,000,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>LT Luther Cobb (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91104)</center><center>Late FA Stage 3</center><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center><center></center><center></center><center>LS Leroy Blake (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93426)</center><center>Late FA Stage 3</center><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $4,820,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>FL Alexander Keith (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93459)</center><center>Late FA Stage 3</center><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $5,240,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>K Terrell Fine (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93709)</center><center>Late FA Stage 3</center><center>signed as a free agent: 1yrs, $4,000,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>SS Clifton Rice (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94025)</center><center>Late FA Stage 3</center><center>signed as a free agent: 1yrs, $4,500,000.</center><center></center><center></center><center>SS Reginald Boyd (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94062)</center><center>Late FA Stage 3</center><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $4,820,000.</center><center></center><center>
</center>

Not some cockeyed effort to mess around, I'm just...well, I'm messing around. Anyhow, I'm cycling out marginal players and replacing them with "good fit" players who will get on board with the plan here.

One thing that is definitely going to be annoying - Ben's Atlanta team seems to have settled on the same affinity triad for his QBs than we have (and for us, two of three offensive groups). So, that's an added challenge.

By the way, our 8th round rookie WR Alexander is going to stick and be useful, he'll be a gunner over time and maybe even a WR4. Nice grab on a one-year salary-only deal there.

In other news, our 3rd round RB, drafted for the purposes of a switch to WR, turns out to (I think) have a hidden void in big play receiving... so we'll keep him at RB for the time being, but I wouldn't have used the pick if we knew he was going to just plug in as another body in a crowded field of mediocre young backs. Alas, such are the risks of a move like that. Might make a good topic for a video chat, eh?

QuikSand

06-23-2020, 10:11 AM

Here's a roster dump as we prepare to cut down to 60 in today's stage:

Front Office Football Eight
Baltimore Ravens Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Levine, Salvador 105 QB 7 45 45 4 yrs.
Denny, Jackson 109 QB 7 29 29 2 yrs.
Justin, Evan 115 QB 2 16 28 3 yrs.
Walsh, Amir 120 QB 3 15 31 1 yr.
Bush, Edwin 230 RB 5 53 53 2 yrs.
Schweigert, Bernie 222 RB 5 48 48 2 yrs.
Trimble, Vince 234 RB 1 34 45 2 yrs.
Martin, Daryl 342 FB 7 55 55 3 yrs.
Hillhouse, Kristopher 349 FB 1 48 67 4 yrs.
Ricker, Branden 344 FB 1 38 60 4 yrs.
Szymanski, Mercury 328 FB 1 37 49 2 yrs.
Schroeder, Charles 340 FB 7 30 30 1 yr.
Covington, Elijah 484 TE 7 63 63 3 yrs.
Ogden, Leon 448 TE 3 56 56 2 yrs.
Bush, Alvin 489 TE 5 44 44 2 yrs.
Money, Vinny 446 TE 3 40 40 2 yrs.
Polley, Wade 441 TE 2 32 33 1 yr.
Terrell, Devan 482 TE 8 31 31 2 yrs.
Austin, Ronald 480 TE 9 26 26 2 yrs.
Franz, Brad 517 FL 11 48 48 1 yr.
Woods, B.J. 583 FL 4 45 45 3 yrs.
VanCaeyzeele, Parker 511 FL 1 44 64 4 yrs.
##Booker, Cameron 588 FL 5 43 43 3 yrs.
Kesselman, Trent 531 FL 2 28 32 2 yrs.
Bridges, Buddy 585 FL 2 26 34 3 yrs.
Behne, Warren 518 SE 1 52 74 4 yrs.
Stocz, Lonnie 512 SE 6 50 50 2 yrs.
Conway, Marco 516 SE 8 19 19 2 yrs.
Glode, J.R. 670 C 5 73 73 3 yrs.
Shepherd, D.J. 662 C 11 2 5 1 yr.
Fattel, Jackie 765 LG 4 32 42 2 yrs.
Kendrick, Perry 768 RG 1 22 65 4 yrs.
Shepherd, Tyrus 863 LT 9 81 81 3 yrs.
O'Donnell, Miguel 861 LT 4 75 75 5 yrs.
Clements, Nate 874 LT 6 55 55 2 yrs.
Odom, Arnold 860 LT 5 49 53 1 yr.
Jennings, Caiden 878 RT 3 29 36 2 yrs.
Kratzer, Josiah 866 RT 2 19 36 1 yr.
Frederick, Edwin 904 P 11 47 47 1 yr.
Thomas, Mario 1003K 5 86 86 3 yrs.
Woods, Lorenzo 1159LDE 6 52 52 2 yrs.
Anthony, Ethan 1198LDE 10 47 47 1 yr.
Barker, Tevin 1195LDE 5 42 42 3 yrs.
Turnbull, Kevin 1191LDE 1 34 44 4 yrs.
Baxter, Gilbert 1179LDE 8 17 17 1 yr.
Scott, Justics 1292NT 7 51 51 1 yr.
Schneider, Gavin 1297NT 6 37 37 2 yrs.
Beardslee, Rodolfo 1354SILB 6 53 53 3 yrs.
Raymond, Greg 1390SILB 4 44 44 2 yrs.
Givens, Dana 1352SILB 5 40 40 1 yr.
Schenk, Rich 1356WILB 3 58 58 1 yr.
Roybal, Giovanni 1350WILB 5 36 36 1 yr.
Michl, Gilbert 1455SLB 9 61 61 3 yrs.
Thomas, Burt 1447SLB 2 45 45 1 yr.
Peterson, Edgar 1451SLB 7 42 42 2 yrs.
LaForest, Harvey 1453SLB 4 42 42 2 yrs.
Thill, Moe 1457WLB 2 38 38 3 yrs.
Lentzner, Kody 1538LCB 7 70 70 4 yrs.
Maas, Josue 1524LCB 7 69 69 3 yrs.
Bernardino, Shaun 1507RCB 5 66 66 4 yrs.
Calmus, Collin 1539RCB 6 53 53 3 yrs.
Wiggins, Les 1526RCB 3 49 49 2 yrs.
Vaughn, Shawn 1506RCB 4 29 29 2 yrs.
Burroughs, Darrell 1537RCB 1 28 47 4 yrs.
Patterson, Mitchell 1536RCB 3 22 33 2 yrs.
McCormick, Kendrick 1633SS 7 47 47 1 yr.
$$Conners, Jake 1629FS 6 44 44 3 yrs.
Padilla, Dustin 1625FS 4 44 44 3 yrs.
Tamburrino, Toby 669 LS 9 17 17 1 yr.

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

Players Under Contract: 69
Front Office Football Eight
Inactive: 1
On Active Roster: 67

Salary Cap: $694,500,000
Cap Room: $6,490,000
Maximum for New Player: $9,480,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $40,710,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $60,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $616,160,000

QuikSand

06-23-2020, 10:19 AM

Cut to 60

I don't think DJ Shepherd is going to make it. Had him temporarily slotted as a reserve OL, but all he adds there is a little gravity to our existing three affinities - just not enough of an impact to occupy a roster slot by the end of the line here. We'll just suffer though a tough stretch here without a good framework in place.

I'm actually excited about pre-camp pickup RB Vince Trimble, and he adds to the factors portending poorly for Mr. Liverwurst. But my scout sees 30/45, I expect that to bump a bit, and he may well factor in, get starts this year, and click in that 92 affinity. He'll make the 53 barring a preseason collapse. Liverwurst now has to watch our rookie CB who is competing against him for the same KR/ST combo that made him our alleged build-around back.

QuikSand

06-23-2020, 10:54 AM

...

It's time to get over QB Denny. Pick machine, fool's gold, cut. Amir Walsh likely makes the cut to 60, but maybe not to 53.

TE Bush was a fill-in for leadership, but with Austin back he's out as surplus. I like my group on hand okay - TE1 Covington, TE2 Ogden, good-skills-fit Money, and maybe inactive chem gimp Polley. That ignores rookie FB Hillhouse for now, I still don't know what to do with him, but a formal move to TE is very unlikely now.

At FB since I'm there, Hillhouse is the tantalizing "weapon" guy, but 5th rounder Ricker actually looks like the better fit as a true lead blocker conventional FB role. Pleased with both of them, though it's arguably unwise to invest in a non-critical position like I have here. We signed free agent rookie Szymanski and veteran Martin, and right now both look like good players whom we just can't roster. $4.5m bonus out the door to Martin... harkens to my WTF observations with Atlanta and TE Austin, tbh.

Wow, our DL looks so, so awful. We'll fill in with linebackers, but ugh.

Looking at our skill position openers for this year, we need to push FB Hillhouse, FB Ricker, and likely RB Trimble out there. WR Kesselman and OT Kratzer just don't look like they can squeeze in, I fear. Cut cut.

...and that's 60. 53 will be tough but not unworkable.

QuikSand

06-23-2020, 11:46 AM

Thinkin' I need to mix in some pageant winners and Top 40 records here, working on that angle.

QuikSand

06-24-2020, 09:37 AM

Post-preseason rookie draft:

1(18) SE Warren Behne (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93495) 56/77
1(11) FL Parker VanCaeyzeele (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93483) 47/67
3(16) LDE Kevin Turnbull (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93813) 43/55
5(14) RCB Darrell Burroughs (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93990) 28/38
4(15) RG Perry Kendrick (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93557) 25/69
2(17) FB Kristopher Hillhouse (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93340) 51/66
5(8) FB Branden Ricker (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93364) 31/53

Welp, jury's probably back in, and at WR... 18 > 11. I'm glad to have landed both guys, but I had them graded as a coin toss. Given that lots of PVC's 68 potential rating is presumably tied up in return skills (which I have covered elsewhere), the margin seems substantial. They will both get a lot of looks right away... I mean, why not? This is not a 12-win team this year. These are the guys we are building our next 12-win team around, though.

QuikSand

06-24-2020, 10:27 AM

Here's the roster down to 53. Honestly, CB Shawn Vaughn doesn't deserve the slot any longer, his PR skills have faded, he's now only a ST 100 guy, with no affinity. If I have the time, I may re-do the file and find a slot for someone else (like the rookie RB I kinda liked) to stick. Unlikely, though, busy day.

Front Office Football Eight
Baltimore Ravens Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Levine, Salvador 105 QB QB 7 46 46 4 yrs.
Justin, Evan 115 QB 2 17 29 3 yrs.
Schweigert, Bernie 222 RB RB 5 47 47 2 yrs.
Bush, Edwin 230 RB 5 42 42 2 yrs.
Hillhouse, Kristopher 349 FB 1 50 65 4 yrs.
Ricker, Branden 344 FB FB 1 32 52 4 yrs.
Covington, Elijah 484 TE 7 60 60 3 yrs.
Ogden, Leon 448 TE TE 3 56 56 2 yrs.
Money, Vinny 446 TE 3 40 40 2 yrs.
##Polley, Wade 441 TE 2 31 34 1 yr.
##Austin, Ronald 480 TE 9 16 16 2 yrs.
VanCaeyzeele, Parker 511 FL 1 47 67 4 yrs.
Woods, B.J. 583 FL 4 45 45 3 yrs.
Booker, Cameron 588 FL 5 43 43 3 yrs.
Bridges, Buddy 585 FL FL 2 27 34 3 yrs.
Behne, Warren 518 SE SE 1 56 77 4 yrs.
##Stocz, Lonnie 512 SE 6 50 50 2 yrs.
##Conway, Marco 516 SE 8 20 20 2 yrs.
Glode, J.R. 670 C C 5 69 69 3 yrs.
Fattel, Jackie 765 LG 4 32 38 2 yrs.
Kendrick, Perry 768 RG RG 1 24 68 4 yrs.
O'Donnell, Miguel 861 LT RT 4 75 75 5 yrs.
Shepherd, Tyrus 863 LT LT 9 73 73 3 yrs.
Odom, Arnold 860 LT LG 5 50 53 1 yr.
Jennings, Caiden 878 RT 3 24 31 2 yrs.
Frederick, Edwin 904 P 11 45 45 1 yr.
Thomas, Mario 1003K 5 86 86 3 yrs.
Woods, Lorenzo 1159LDE 6 52 52 2 yrs.
Turnbull, Kevin 1191LDE LDE 1 43 54 4 yrs.
Barker, Tevin 1195LDE RDE 5 39 39 3 yrs.
##Baxter, Gilbert 1179LDE 8 13 13 2 yrs.
Scott, Justics 1292NT NT 7 56 56 1 yr.
Schneider, Gavin 1297NT 6 37 37 2 yrs.
Beardslee, Rodolfo 1354SILB WLB 6 51 51 3 yrs.
Peterson, Edgar 1351SILB 7 42 42 2 yrs.
Schenk, Rich 1356WILB SILB 3 58 58 1 yr.
Roybal, Giovanni 1350WILB WILB 5 39 39 1 yr.
Michl, Gilbert 1455SLB SLB 9 66 66 3 yrs.
Thomas, Burt 1447SLB 2 45 45 1 yr.
Thill, Moe 1457WLB 2 41 41 3 yrs.
Givens, Dana 1452WLB 5 39 39 1 yr.
Lentzner, Kody 1538LCB SS 7 70 70 4 yrs.
Maas, Josue 1524LCB LCB 7 69 69 3 yrs.
Bernardino, Shaun 1507RCB 5 67 67 4 yrs.
Calmus, Collin 1539RCB 6 50 50 3 yrs.
Wiggins, Les 1526RCB 3 49 49 2 yrs.
Vaughn, Shawn 1506RCB 4 29 29 2 yrs.
Burroughs, Darrell 1537RCB RCB 1 27 40 4 yrs.
##Patterson, Mitchell 1536RCB 3 25 29 2 yrs.
McCormick, Kendrick 1633SS 7 45 45 1 yr.
Padilla, Dustin 1625FS FS 4 42 42 3 yrs.
$$Conners, Jake 1629FS 6 40 40 3 yrs.
Tamburrino, Toby 669 LS 9 17 17 1 yr.

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

Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 6
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $694,500,000
Cap Room: $42,790,000
Maximum for New Player: $45,410,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $47,400,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $8,190,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $591,300,000

QuikSand

06-24-2020, 10:37 AM

File sent. CB/PR Vaughn released, RB Trimble's release rescinded. He'll stay on the team but won't get starts this season. But with Bush taking a ratings hit, the RB plan is under close surveillance now. Trimble could be a long term RB2 asset. Rookie FB Hillhouse is going to be the 3rd down back this season, we'll see if that pays off.

Chas in Cinti

06-24-2020, 10:49 AM

Sort of digging the new look Ravens... if we can find a pass rush and keep the ST excellence, the rebuild won't take long...

QuikSand

06-24-2020, 12:43 PM

DC BUREAU

File sent. Have some misgivings about how I have handled the now/later blend here - I have jettisoned a number of mediocre veterans, in order to build up a lot of "potential affinity" guys whom I cannot click in rapidly enough to make it worthwhile. Too late to fix this, but I'm running this team with around 50% of the level of attention I would give to "my team" and it's showing a bit.

What sucks is we landed a QB, have two serious receivers, and the roster overall is good enough that we could be a contender. Probably not a 13-win bye week team, but we could surely defend our division title. I've lessened the chances of that coming together well by fiddling around too much with high personality "fits" in places where I don't have the room to push them into place yet.

Anyway...a little gadgetry in the works this season, too. No idea if it will pay off, but the specific situation merits it, I think.

QuikSand

06-24-2020, 10:20 PM

Predictions:

Baltimore goes 8-8 again. Young receivers get targets, offense is mid-level, and defense is about average, also. Youth is served, but we get another season without a real plan at QB, as SL gives us something like 6.5ypt, and a 3:2 TD/Int ratio which just won't cut it unless other facets of the team are in full gear.

DC puts up an 8-8 season also, and maybe that's again enough to win a weak division. Third QB in three seasons is good but not great, but we realize it's a process. I don't expect anything too notably stats-wise, maybe our WR1 posts another all-pro season, but past that, yawns all around as we build ahead.

Ugh, hope you didn't come here to be thrilled. The WRs have me excited about these Ravens. The DC team has another major step to take, but there are a couple pieces in place that I like there, too. Both could easily lock in at a higher level (second tier contender) with one or two key additions - a QB in Baltimore, and perhaps a pass rusher in DC.

QuikSand

06-25-2020, 05:36 AM

Ravens Roster Needs

GML: Baltimore Ravens 2119 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampagerosterneeds.php?teamid=2)

Could be a lot worse. BenBot says we have too-lousy players in several starting slots, and I would generally agree there. D-line most of all - I'm pleased with my 3rd round rookie Turnbull, but it's more like "yay, I got a decent DE3 type in the third round which seems like pretty good value" rather than "here's the next Jason Taylor." We have limited-skill pass rushers, but in retrospect maybe would have been better off overpaying for DE Helming, and preserving his cohesion and run-stopping foundation? (Doing that would have cost us QB Levine, but... so what?) Anyway, bygones will be bygones, Helming is playing on the standard FOF minsal one-year deal, and may be available in free agency next offseason - if so, he'd be the best player out there at DL for us, assuming we stick with our chemistry scheme (news flash: IF).

The BenBot also dislikes our guards, while noting our depth at tackle - okay, fair enough, but asked and answered. The rookie Kendrick gets to start this year, but if we were truly in go-for-it mode, we'd have just played four tackles all season. OL is fine talent-wise, I think, the main need is for chemistry/cohesion to sort out.

The BenBot dislikes our safeties, but when CB Lentzner either officially moves to S or just plays there, suddenly everything is fine. That's a strength, not a weakness, we're fine at safety and actually GREAT at DB generally, just in case that, you know, matters.

Areas for actual focus next offseason:
DL
QB (naturally vaults to top of list if there's an actual fit)
DL
RB

QuikSand

06-25-2020, 09:16 AM

Okay, it's game time.

Ravens Go 8-8 Again (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)

What are our takeaways here?

-I don't put a ton of stock into these gross numbers, but #6 in total O and #23 in total D adds up to an 8-8 team, all right... harumph

QB Levine - wait, what a season! Up to 7.36 ypt, a great ratio of 33/9, and a rating of 97.4...that's a legit top-tier QB season from him. Just from better receivers?

Rookie receivers were both up over 7.5 ypt in their initial seasons... that's a good sign, in this offense. TE Covington was a net drag at only 5.5, but we have things to build upon here.

Running game was solid - Bush posted over 5 ypc again despite a ratings tumble, Schweigert in limited duty was near 5.2, and Levine scrambled for his own 575 yards - nice work by the lot there. FB Hillhouse in the 3rd down role was...unexciting... with 52-227 rushing, but over 7 ypt in 19 targets.

Pass rush was, unsurprisingly, anemic. 19.2% way below my standard, and below the league average. Not good enough. OLB Dana Givens was the only effective guy, and he's a walk-away free agent. Really needed more from DE Woods. Major need area for us.

Secondary were great, it seems, ratings really good for coverage - we are tough to pass against, we just need some pressure to bring it together.

We'll take away that we have our WR corps in good shape for the first time in a long time, and that's good enough for one season, I reckon. Next year, we should be playing like we have a shot.

QuikSand

06-25-2020, 09:24 AM

DC BUREAU

United Go 9-6-1 To Defend Division Title (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)

Well, the team was roughly what I expected - we eke out another win over a weak division. Not a playoff threat, but there are flashes of what could be here, I think. We lost our last two...so at one point we stood at 9-4-1 and presumably in the picture for a bye week. We can build on that.

QB Rondell Clancy got things going in the right direction, turning his career TD/Int ratio from even to nearly 2:1. He's never going to be super cautious, but he ought to be good enough to build around.

WR Bouchette had a fun season in a swiss army role - 535 yards rushing as the best guy on the team to carry the rock, and another 414 in various true receiving roles. Not sure the correct long term role for him, probably just as full time split end, but this was an intriguing dabble. Malone was a target hog again with 1,798 yards and 14 TD on his 22 targets... why throw to anyone else, really? We need a legit TE for this roster, stat.

Pass rush and secondary were weak here, no surprise after I've run those positions through the ringer, just no stability.

Fun times in the capital city.

Chas in Cinti

06-25-2020, 09:53 AM

My take on Baltimore is we're closer than I thought... Front 7 is your wheelhouse, so I have faith in a fix there... 4 year run with 2 championships is coming... :D

QuikSand

06-25-2020, 10:03 AM

Special teams side note:

Punt returns: 20.0 (1st)
PR Allowed: 6.0 (3rd)

Kick returns: 28.3 (3rd)
KR allowed: 20.4 (1st)

I like what I'm seeing there, despite having lesser overall ST talent compared to a few seasons ago, we really delivered this season. My inexplicable man crush for CB/PR Shawn Vaughn continues - he finally put together a great season as return man and gunner. His slot as the only non-affinity guy on the whole defense is fairly solid.

One season later, CB Vaughn takes a dive in his PR rating (to 50-ish), and gets released. Disappointing. But we had solid options for our return men.

Two teams in largely the same system/league:

BALTIMORE

(WR Behne 76 PR, 77/95 ST)
Punt returns: 13.5 (8th)
PR Allowed: 3.5 (1st)

(CB Burroughs 85 KR, 93 ST)
Kick returns: 28.4 (3rd)
KR allowed: 25.0 (24th) WTF?

DC

(WR Robbins 75 PR, 2 ST)
Punt returns: 16.9 (2nd)
PR Allowed: 5.4 (2nd)

(RB Ross 59/63 KR, 2 ST)
Kick returns: 24.0 (13th)
KR allowed: 20.3 (2nd)

So, your takeaway: as GM, I am paying attention to special teams, probably more than the average human GM, and surely more than the multiple AI teams. So, we should be better than average - and both teams are.

We'll write off the weak BAL KR average to small sample size (only 21 KRs), and maybe that got altered by one TD or something. We'll expect a return to the top tier in time.

I think this is worth emphasizing in a no-injury league, and will continue to try to do all the items on my to do list...so a young guy like 25/29 CB Patterson likely has a role on the active roster for life, with his minsal contract expectations, 64/83 ST rating, and 10 starts triggering an exceptional affinity.

QuikSand

06-25-2020, 10:08 AM

A side benny of missing the playoffs in the GML is I get a shot at some free agents in this stage. rarely any major impacts, but for me occasionally there are young guys who got their starts elsewhere and can be chem assets - so we splash around. This year, Baltimore has more than its usual number of anticipated roster gaps, and if we get our net full this cycle, we will land at least one player I fully anticipate making the team next year and stepping right into a role that I'd otherwise be targeting with, perhaps, a second round pick. So, that has to count as semi-exciting. Leaking it here, hoping that doesn't backfire.

QuikSand

06-25-2020, 10:13 AM

...for good measure we should also note the Rams this year, under tzach's stewardship, and a pledge to play a ground-and-pound offense there:

GML: St. Louis Rams 2119 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=26)

Only 8-8, but some interesting things happening there. The young QB (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92405) whom I coveted for my Ravens took the QB1 job away from a venerable demigod (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=82400), and did quite well in a run-focused attack. They didn't get him to run it very much, though - and that seems to leave much of Harden's skill set untapped (note that 4.38 dash). I reckon tzach is working on a Romanesque gameplan to make this work, and perhaps in another season we'll see them back into the top tier. Worth watching, even though this means I won't ever get my hands on Harden here in Baltimore.

QuikSand

06-26-2020, 09:01 AM

So, quarterback. Based on my prelim look-around, there's nothing noteworthy about to drop into free agency. So, my ability to just drop a bomb there and remake the team seems... limited? Shouldn't rule out a trade, of course. But, it seems unlikely we have "the answer" at hand. So, Levine was... pretty passable. We're not slinging it for 7,000 yards like the guys who do that, but the two young WR seem to be an important step in the right direction, I think. So, it's time to think this offense is capable of doing things. We have Levine signed for a few more years - so maybe it's just him, or maybe we bring along a young'n if we land one really soon.

Still feeling pangs of regret with Harden (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92405). If he fell to us, I feel like I might even be gameplanning here... trying to build a run-heavy, play-action, run-the-QB variation on our vanilla offense. I feel in my offense Harden might be neutral in the pass game, but surely could squeeze out better than 67 attempts. If we got him 120 carries like Levine, and he posted 7+ yards per, he'd be an offense-changer, right?

Anyway... the more likely path right away for us is just to try to make a couple of go-for-it free agent signings (or trades), and adjust our thinking like we are a serious contender. So, an impact pass rusher - affinity or not - and perhaps we make a move along the OL to get chemistry re-activated.

QuikSand

06-26-2020, 10:12 AM

DC BUREAU

So, a funny thing happened on the way to making the DC United into a respectable franchise...

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</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Conference Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2119241413.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet14.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Miami Dolphins (BlueRoos) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=14)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>17-27 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2119241413.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Kansas City Chiefs (Jeremessiah) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=13)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet13.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2119241413.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Conference Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2119242729.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet27.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Tampa Bay Buccaneers (ChrustifusMax) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=27)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>24-31 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2119242729.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Washington Redskins (KickStand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2119242729.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="25" bgcolor="#0D244D">
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<center><table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" border="5"><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" bgcolor="#A6ADBD"><center>The GM Challenge Bowl Result</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Front Office Bowl</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2119251329.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet13.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Kansas City Chiefs (Jeremessiah) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=13)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>13-33 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2119251329.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Washington Redskins (KickStand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2119251329.html)</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

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QuikSand

06-26-2020, 10:16 AM

Basically at a loss for words, the KC team is all that pass-happy trendy shit, and the DC secondary was mostly rebuilt around chemistry, at a sacrifice of current talent and cohesion. We hold them to 13 points? Insanity.

We were lucky to win our opener, I honestly didn't have high hopes at all for the playoffs... might have even confessed that a 7-9 season and earlier draft pick might have been preferable. Wow.

Chas in Cinti

06-26-2020, 01:33 PM

Wow...

QuikSand

06-27-2020, 12:30 PM

So, let's have a look through the Ravens roster, shall we?

Front Office Football Eight
Baltimore Ravens Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Levine, Salvador 105 QB 8 46 46 3 yrs.
Justin, Evan 115 QB 3 17 29 2 yrs.

Okay, have discussed this plenty. No major opportunity here vie free agency. Levine stepped up to "above generic replacement level" last season, I think. So, maybe we're set... unless we find a way to make a move with a trade or in the draft.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Schweigert, Bernie 222 RB 6 47 47 1 yr.
Bush, Edwin 230 RB 6 42 42 1 yr.
Trimble, Vince 234 RB 2 35 44 1 yr.
Woods, Abraham 223 RB 3 33 38 ---

Have given a good deal of thought here. Was all but set to anoint Bush the main guy, either cut Liverwurst or let him basically die on the vine, and be thinking about getting chem here aligned with QBs in the 4-5 group (both ours are there now, but so is Schweigert, our group leader here w 93/72). Bush took a ratings hit last year, and both of them are now in year 6 (love how time flies in this league)...so I don't feel I ought to be beholden to anyone, really. Would be very open to a new 6-7 or 2-3 leader here, and going in a new direction looking for youth.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Hillhouse, Kristopher 349 FB 2 62 66 3 yrs.
Ricker, Branden 344 FB 2 35 52 3 yrs.
Sinclair, Benjamin 320 FB 2 20 37 ---

Grouping these guys together because none can really be productive as a RB contributor, I suspect. Hillhouse is going to make me happy because of a fun bar pattern, but the reality is - he's likely not contributing a lick toward us winning games. Ricker is the more traditional lead blocker type (56/95 Run Bl) and in that role he managed a grand total of 1 key run block out of 5 opportunities. (It was a pancake, though)

So, Hillhouse looks tantalizing, and if we go young/bad at RB maybe we continue to rotate him in - but last year's numbers: 3.9 ypc in passing situations, and 7.2 ypt in limited passing usage... no way that doubles back to make this a "good" second round draft pick. We're loaded at decent TE, and at 5'11" that seems like a bad switch (and would mute his affinity) so... nope, he's a masturbatory FOF exercise in full, makes me feel good but doesn't accomplish a thing.

QuikSand

06-27-2020, 12:31 PM

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Covington, Elijah 484 TE 8 60 60 2 yrs.
Ogden, Leon 448 TE 4 57 57 1 yr.
Money, Vinny 446 TE 4 40 40 1 yr.
Polley, Wade 441 TE 3 32 33 ---
Austin, Ronald 480 TE 10 16 16 1 yr.

So, contract with Covington is for two more years, and is a serious money commitment - but his numbers last year were awfully blah (5.5 ypt). Ogden didn't get much work, in part so his reneg would be easier, but he hasn't shown us he's "worth" the $25m/yr he thinks he is. I feel like there's a lesson to be learned here with "players with a lot of solid ratings but nothing really great," but have nothing to back that up. My gameplan calls for a lot of targets to the T-TE in my 12 formation...who should get that coveted spot? I don't honestly know.

Other three guys are chemistry factors, could all come back intact and remain in mini roles.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate VanCaeyzeele, Parker 511 FL 2 60 67 3 yrs.
Woods, B.J. 583 FL 5 45 45 2 yrs.
Booker, Cameron 588 FL 6 43 43 2 yrs.
Bridges, Buddy 585 FL 3 27 33 2 yrs.
Behne, Warren 518 SE 2 64 77 3 yrs.
Stocz, Lonnie 512 SE 7 50 50 1 yr.
Conway, Marco 516 SE 9 20 20 1 yr.

Okay, obviously we had the tectonic shift last season, with 11 PCV and 18 Behne arriving. Neither is, in my mind, pure WR1 stuff, but both produced fine and are long term build-around assets for certain. Group looks fine overall.

Stocz is a cohesion/chem asset, and still a fairly decent well-rounded WR, we likely just re-sign him at $15m/yr and keep him around as a rotation guy along with the young'ns. Booker is decent but only 22 RR, so he's got limited value - but would reneg down to $7m/yr or so, and that seems sensible. That leaves young Woods as the low-RR, good other skills guy we can't find a great slot for...when our top WRs were really limited, it felt semi-exciting to have a "go play the slot" guy and see what those 80 targets would get us. Now... well, 11 is just going to get those targets, I think.

If anything, the guy we need is a high RR decoy. I cut the guy we had for that role last season, so we can't sneak cohesion out of it any longer, but that would have been the play...just too much cap hit.

QuikSand

06-27-2020, 12:32 PM

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Glode, J.R. 670 C 6 69 69 2 yrs.
Fattel, Jackie 765 LG 5 32 37 1 yr.
Dotson, Tito 762 RG 8 55 55 ---
Kendrick, Perry 768 RG 2 35 68 3 yrs.
O'Donnell, Miguel 861 LT 5 75 75 4 yrs.
Shepherd, Tyrus 863 LT 10 73 73 2 yrs.
Odom, Arnold 860 LT 6 51 51 ---
Jennings, Caiden 878 RT 4 24 32 1 yr.

Okay, on pure talent/ratings, we are basically okay here. LT Shepherd is starting to fade a bit, but at 72/72 he's still an anchor caliber player, C Glode is really good, and LT/RT O'Donnell comes off an all-pro season (with 4 more years tied up) as a gifted pass blocker. If we re-sign Odom, he's good enough to start at a G slot, otherwise Kendrick and Fattel would be acceptable. FA Dotson would be a step up in run blocking especially. Anyhow, that's all good.

The problem, for me, is that Shepherd is 84/42 with chem, and I can't find anyone in the league to take it over soon. T Jennings is "on the way" sitting around as an activated affinity gimp (4-5, 93/98) but as long as Shepherd is here, he won't take the leadership reins for another season or probably two.

So, what is the "go for it" move for us along the OL for this year? It's eventually Jennings (and that's an argument for building around a 2-3 QB rather than a 4-5, by the way) but for now do we just limp along with Shepherd and his weak sauce? Probably, the talent/cohesion factor seems compelling, and Shepherd could play 6 more seasons - even in modest skill decline he'd be plenty valuable once he becomes a cohesion and chem asset.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Frederick, Edwin 904 P 12 45 45 ---
Thomas, Mario 1003K 6 85 85 2 yrs.

Paying real money for a K seems very wrong, but right now hasn't been a major issue.

QuikSand

06-27-2020, 12:33 PM

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Woods, Lorenzo 1159LDE 7 52 52 1 yr.
Turnbull, Kevin 1191LDE 2 51 55 3 yrs.
Barker, Tevin 1195LDE 6 39 39 2 yrs.
Baxter, Gilbert 1179LDE 9 13 13 1 yr.
Matuzas, Gus 1193RDE 4 30 38 ---
Douglas, Kim 1294RDT 3 35 51 ---
Scott, Justics 1292NT 8 56 56 ---
Schneider, Gavin 1297NT 7 37 37 1 yr.

Oh boy. So much to do.

The relatively good news - we have some guys who would make nice complementary pieces to having a couple of serious stars here. Baxter is great as the 11-12 group leader, for hopefully 3-4 more seasons. DE Woods has 64/88 up top but nothing to back it up. Young Turnbull projects to 40/78 atop, but still needs starts to click in for weak chem (drat), but has endurance and some decent tertiary ratings. RFA pickups have fringe potential: DE Matuzas pass rusher only but 55/82 PRTech, and Douglas is the guy I really like - 48/74 RunD and decent enough to step in for Scott as our base D starting nose.

Yeah, what's missing is the 72/72 guy who makes the whole thing go. We had a variation on that theme with Helming, but his 28 PRTech made him mostly a run stopper, and paying HUGE money for that seems dumb to me. No shock, free agency is brimming with run stoppers and last-couple-year guys...nobody is letting a 14-sack monster just buy a ticket to Baltimore. Might be a draft target, sadly.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Beardslee, Rodolfo 1354SILB 7 51 51 2 yrs.
Peterson, Edgar 1351SILB 8 42 42 1 yr.
Schenk, Rich 1356WILB 4 58 58 ---
Roybal, Giovanni 1350WILB 6 38 38 ---
Michl, Gilbert 1455SLB 10 65 65 2 yrs.
Thomas, Burt 1447SLB 3 46 46 ---
Thill, Moe 1457WLB 3 41 41 2 yrs.
Givens, Dana 1452WLB 6 40 40 ---

Okay, finding and grabbing Michl was great as a tide-us-over, but we have a somewhat less acute issue here as along the DL. Lots of decent pieces, but no star to really build around. I tend to find these guys in the last 1st round of drafts, so that's a possibility... unexciting as it may be. Peterson is okay at everything, great in coverage, and that has theoretical value - 13 PD over the last two seasons is something, but not 13 a year. We'll re-sign Schenk as a 100 run-stopper specialist for the WILB slot, and he only wants $8m/yr, thankfully. B Thomas is mad about playing time, but we'll sign him and presumably start him at WLB going forward. Givens is a 253 lb pass rusher who fills in at DE, doesn't play conventional LB at all. Thill is fine, but boring big rating in man coverage which, I assume, carries some trifle of value, but not like zone.

A free agent addition here, or even early draft pick, could liven things up, but we're okay - have enough talent to just trot out these guys for the next four years and have cohesion be their calling card.

QuikSand

06-27-2020, 12:33 PM

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Lentzner, Kody 1538LCB 8 70 70 3 yrs.
Maas, Josue 1524LCB 8 69 69 2 yrs.
Bernardino, Shaun 1507RCB 6 67 67 3 yrs.
Calmus, Collin 1539RCB 7 50 50 2 yrs.
Wiggins, Les 1526RCB 4 49 49 2 yrs.
Burroughs, Darrell 1537RCB 2 31 38 3 yrs.
Patterson, Mitchell 1536RCB 4 25 30 1 yr.
McCormick, Kendrick 1633SS 8 45 45 ---
Padilla, Dustin 1625FS 5 42 42 2 yrs.
Conners, Jake 1629FS 7 39 39 2 yrs.

Masterpiece. Oh, so happy. Calmus is the only guy in the whole lot who doesn't register as an Exceptional Affinity, he's merely Strong. And let's look at the in-game PD% numbers (80 or better very good) from last season as a quick look at effectiveness (all this on a team with no serious pass rush): Lentzner 84.7, Maas 80.9, Calmus 83.1, Bernardino 84.9, McCormick 79.2, Padilla 78.6... and then Burroughs 78.4 and Wiggins 74.9.

Burroughs won't get back in for major playing time, that was an affinity lock-in for or long term KR and gunner. Wiggins is troubling, but had we known we'd build this empire through free agency, I wouldn't have selected a CB with a late first there anyhow. Regardless, this is by far the team's best unit, and for the next three or four seasons should be the power moving the vessel forward, believe it or not. Marvelous.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Tamburrino, Toby 669 LS 10 17 17 ---

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

Players Under Contract: 43
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 43

Salary Cap: $699,500,000
Cap Room: $105,980,000
Maximum for New Player: $76,050,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $8,190,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $429,350,000

"Only" $100m in cap space, a bit less than usual, and that means not much to make a huge FA splash - so if there were a QB, we'd be hard pressed to get in there and outbid people.

Expect more of the same, I fear. We have a number of our own free agents (restricted or otherwise) who will command 2x minsal deals, or thereabouts... so that $100m will drop to more like $50m to play with. In this league, that's one good player. QB Levine is sitting on a $43m all-salary contract, so he's a possible part of cap-loosening, if I had a Plan B, or concluded this wasn't a go-for-it year after all and wanted to go with a rookie or Evan Justin.

Prospects: Unexciting

QuikSand

06-27-2020, 04:21 PM

Ravens file is in. We have a few FA targets beyond our own roster, but it's a narrower file than we often have at this point. I do not expect fireworks this offseason, unless we decide to engineer a trade.

We have pick 17, so no obvious chance to make a big move there. likely just let it come to us, I have BPA style choices among whom we ought to be able to choose mid-round.

QuikSand

06-27-2020, 04:42 PM

DC BUREAU

Okay, first things first. We won it. That doesn't mean the team is "there." I'm still in build-it-up mode. We won a weak division, and may do so again, but without help this team is not really a top tier player. Tough to say, but if I want to maintain a season was successful when we go 13-3 and then peter out in the postseason, then I have to accept this flip side. We're doing okay, but are not where we want to be.

That said... we're in okay shape. 39 players signed, $146m in cap space (and more potentially looming), and a decent core of young good fit players who are locked in. So, we have work to do, but we are not starting from a teardown.

I'll skip the full rundown, but will offer a quick analysis by function:

For reference: Stats (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29) | Roster (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)

-QB locked in with Clancy, he's solid, will add a chem guy behind him

-Running game will be chem goldmine, but need to settle on leader and whether we want to keep using WR Bouchette as a primary carrier (maybe)

-Receiver is good, with Damon Malone a legit WR1, and we have a useful cadre behind him: Bouchette is generalist, soph Roach too, Robbins is ok and returns punts. No urgent need to add targets here, but if we want Bouchette as a full time WR2, we need to pull him from the RB slot.

-OL is in pretty good shape, with C Fitz and my starting tackles all plus-value contributors, with soph T Lyons ready to get in there this year (likely at LG). Chem is okay, not great, we'll look there but I don't think there's an easy fix-it in the works.

-Pass rush isn't great, DE Singleton is my non-affinity holdover for talent, but slid to half his sack total. We'll really look to improve there, we literally don't have a "third guy" who can rush the passer on this roster, after 12th year DE Van Horn retired after getting his ring.

-Run D is okay. LB Patton is a run eater, posts 122 tackles and hold it all down. Defense was awful by the numbers, but talent wise I don't feel bad, especially at LB. And I don't honestly care much.

-Secondary needs to gel. We slowed down the Chiefs, but below the surface, I see: a CB2, a depth CB, and project young CB/S and a legit FS. That's a couple bodies short of a full complement. We should be able to address it, but it's genuinely a priority, despite the weird success.

More on the big chem question later.

QuikSand

06-28-2020, 05:15 AM

DC BUREAU

So, on chemistry, here's the thing...

Shehee, Ellis 1196LDE Mild Affinity
Singleton, J.R. 1195RDE
Godfrey, Gustavo 1194RDE
Dodge, Ernie 1292NT Mild Affinity
Pascal, Roderick 1290NT
Jones, Jumbo 1357SILB Affinity
Thomas, Donny 1351WILB Mild Affinity
Antonick, A.J. 1355WILB
Patton, Isaiah 1405SLB Defensive Front
Drain, Luke 1446SLB Affinity
O'Neill, Ronald 1454SLB Mild Affinity
Walsh, Manuel 1443WLB Affinity
Frick, Gerald 1450WLB Affinity
Kim, Jimmy 1459WLB Affinity
Riffle, Marcos 1456WLB
Dominguez, Amir 1453WLB
Sinclair, Alan 1449WLB

There's our current snapshot, including a number of guys who may or may not make the roster this year. Focus on the chemistry column. It's not up to my standards.

Now, if I release LB Patton - my uber-tackler but irreplaceable chem leader with his mere 57 personality, and that's all... then the leadership role falls to my best DL, R Pascal. And with him as the leader...

Shehee, Ellis 1196LDE Strong Affinity
Singleton, J.R. 1195RDE
Godfrey, Gustavo 1194RDE Potential Affini
Dodge, Ernie 1292NT Strong Affinity
Pascal, Roderick 1290NT Defensive Front
Jones, Jumbo 1357SILB Exceptional Affi
Thomas, Donny 1351WILB Strong Affinity
Antonick, A.J. 1355WILB Mild Affinity
Drain, Luke 1446SLB Exceptional Affi
O'Neill, Ronald 1454SLB Strong Affinity
Walsh, Manuel 1443WLB Exceptional Affi
Frick, Gerald 1450WLB Exceptional Affi
Kim, Jimmy 1459WLB Strong Affinity
Riffle, Marcos 1456WLB Mild Affinity
Dominguez, Amir 1453WLB
Sinclair, Alan 1449WLB Mild Affinity

So...if you have been reading this thread, you see where this is going. Trading or releasing Patton seems dumb, he's very very good. But for macro purposes...it absolutely has to be on the table. Turns out he has a $57m base salary this year, too, so... there's an "opportunity cost" argument with him, as well.

Not 100% sold on doing this, but I'm... maybe... 70% sold.

QuikSand

06-28-2020, 08:44 PM

DC BUREAU

Follow up on chemistry... trade block posted. Trying to make this guy alluring, I know it's a big cap hit.

http://gml.fof-belco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6286&p=58729#post58729

Hoping the graphic will help...

https://i.paste.pics/401ddf1f687e5dfb9589ad530b626d55.png#width=15%

yikes don't know how to resize that image, ugh

QuikSand

06-29-2020, 11:19 AM

Baltimore early free agency...nothing to see here. We're in the mix for a number of players, with some more meaningful decisions around the bend, but nothing yet. Renegs underway, I'll spare you.

QuikSand

06-29-2020, 01:06 PM

Ravens make a move up from 1.17 to 1.12 (costs us our 3rd and 6th) to get a good fit DL... not a massive pass rusher, yet again, but looks pretty good to me:

http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet2.png

Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes DT Aidan Denby (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=94680) with the 1.12 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>67<->96</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Technique</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>53<->81</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>72<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Man-to-Man Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>29<->57</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Zone Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>36<->64</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Bump-and-Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>27<->56</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Play Diagnosis</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>69<->98</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punishing Hitter</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->28</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>68<->97</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>39<->67</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>73</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>305</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.6</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.1</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.98</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>23</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>36</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.43</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>113</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>53</center></td></tr></tbody></table>
He's probably a natural 3-4 DE, strong guy and ought to be solid against the run right away. Given my long term track record with later draft picks anyway, this seems wise. Go get our guy.

Chas in Cinti

06-29-2020, 01:55 PM

Agreed, if you can get an impact guy early, move up with your restrictions...

QuikSand

06-30-2020, 03:37 AM

DC BUREAU

More interesting news with the DCU, actually. Two impact free agent transactions, and a draft pick at the back of round one:

<table style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";="" letter-spacing:="" normal;="" orphans:="" 2;="" text-indent:="" 0px;="" text-transform:="" none;="" widows:="" word-spacing:="" -webkit-text-stroke-width:="" background-color:="" rgb(255,="" 255,="" 255);="" text-decoration-style:="" initial;="" text-decoration-color:="" border-collapse:="" collapse;"="" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SE Kai Dawkins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=89359)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Oakland: 3yrs, $30,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB Vincent Trotter (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90815)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from San Francisco: 3yrs, $108,000,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

So, RB Trotter steps right into the heavy duty RB1 slot, and that presumably resolves our dilemma with "too few guys to get the ball." He's not perfect, but he's better than the riffraff we have on hand at the true RB position.

WR Dawkins might not seem like much, but he should be a stabilizing influence...sorta like trading for a pitcher as part of a playoff run in baseball. He just steps in as our WR3, he's a professional... great hands, great courage, and a great affinity. I like this signing a lot.

And then when our pick rolls around at 1.32:

http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet29.png

Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes WR William Everhart (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=94295) with the 1.32 pick.

<table style="width: auto; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Avoid Drops</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>34<->62</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Getting Downfield</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>47<->76</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Route Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>51<->80</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Catching</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>7<->36</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Big-Play Receiving</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>70<->99</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Courage</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>62<->91</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Adjust to Ball</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>38<->66</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punt Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Kick Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>59<->87</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>71<->100</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="width: auto; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>74</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>205</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.2</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.4</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.30</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>26</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>16</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.96</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>111</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>52</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>23</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Not sure why he fell to us, I didn't expect him to, but we'll take a five-mark combine receiver with that bar pattern. He should be a useful downfield threat, I'd think.

QuikSand

06-30-2020, 09:45 AM

Well, free agent moves in Baltimore... two of them, both for big money, semi-unexpectedly.

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RDE Juan Helming (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91258)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 5</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Oakland: 4yrs, $116,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SLB Tyrus Sorota (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91368)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 5</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Detroit: 4yrs, $150,000,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Re-upping with Helming is fine, I just wish I had had the presence of mind to clear the cap space last season to keep him around, so he'd be a cohesion boost rather than liability after his gap year.

LB Sorota is a do-it-all guy, likely to slot at SILB or SLB, for years to come. LB isn't the way you win, but "good players" is, and he is one.

We will be cap crunched now, but these were top targets, if they hadn't come in the same stage, I might have only pursued one, but here we go.

QuikSand

06-30-2020, 10:37 AM

QuikSand

06-30-2020, 02:19 PM

...am trying to cap-manage here in Baltimore, but it's going to be tough to keep QB Levin aboard with his $42m salary. Getting both free agent defenders might cost us our "go for it" mentality this year, ugh.

Have made a few other cuts, and now Levine looks semi-safe. I don't have any more big splashes planned, and we'll be pinching pennies. But I think he comes back, and our D7 ought to be in better shape this year - viz to come on that.

QuikSand

06-30-2020, 08:33 PM

So, the combination of trades that ended up moving us from mid-2nd to late-2nd in this draft costs us our round two target, a spec QB taken by Squirrel and his Titans (no image available for some reason)...

However, in the late 2nd, I threw caution to the wind, and decided to go ahead and take the "more interesting" guy for this team:

http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet2.png

Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes P Reggie Moore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=94534) with the 2.31 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" width="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Punting Power
</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>71<->99</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Hang Time</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>72<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Directional Punting</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>72<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Kick Holding</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>61<->90</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" width="" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>74</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>209</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.9</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.2</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.77</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>28</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>23</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.63</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>112</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>71</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

I'm not sure it's the "max value" play overall, but on a team where I'm trying to manicure the special teams pretty aggressively, and have decided (against type) that it's worth paying a top-tier kicker...well, let's pair him with an ace punter, amirite?

QuikSand

06-30-2020, 08:35 PM

Honestly, the guy I had as my BPA for late 2nd here was an unexciting, low-impact position where I typically have no trouble picking up capable fill-ins. He could even slide to our next selection in the 4th. So, no major loss here, I don't think. Let's toss out a (hopefully) 85/85 punter for a while.

QuikSand

07-01-2020, 05:27 AM

potential twist ahead in BAL draft, stay tuned...

QuikSand

07-01-2020, 05:32 AM

DC BUREAU

End of 2nd round, we manage to overcome our clear skill position bias, and grab a guy at a need position, edge rusher (naturally a guy hidden at the DT position, but weight says the true story):

http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet29.png

Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes DT Timothy Jacobs (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=94671) with the 2.32 pick.

<table style="width: auto; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>24<->54</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Technique</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>64<->94</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>2<->32</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Man-to-Man Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>22<->52</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Zone Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>3<->34</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Bump-and-Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>7<->37</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Play Diagnosis</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>27<->57</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punishing Hitter</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>69<->99</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>48<->78</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>60<->90</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="width: auto; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>70</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>292</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.0</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.4</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.95</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>33</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>28</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.83</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>115</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>57</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

I generally like what I see here... with a max PRTech rating I would be really excited, but even without it I think the chances of him developing rapidly into one of those one-trick 80+ PRT guys who's not a total loss elsewhere is high. And on this team, that is something we really need, especially as I contemplate whether to pay big money to DE Singleton, a non-affinity guy.

I'll set the over/under for QB Sacks in a DC uniform at... 20 1/2.

QuikSand

07-01-2020, 10:10 AM

Doing the Ravens file now. That contract with DE Juan Helming is going to hurt us, it was (in retrospect) unwise and unaffordable. I would hate to cap out QB Levine, but doing so would save us $25m this year and either doing that or releasing him will almost certainly be necessary.

A competing team SHOULD face cap challenges, don't get me wrong. It's just my poor planning that got me into this precise spot.

QuikSand

07-02-2020, 08:34 AM

Ravens miss out on an OL re-signing... and with him goes the unspoken notion that we might be okay if we released T Shepherd.

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LS Toby Tamburrino (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=86855)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 8</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>WLB George Kuklick (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=87267)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 8</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Atlanta: 2yrs, $13,400,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LT Arnold Odom (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90303)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 8</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $36,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SS Kendrick McCormick (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=89026)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>WLB Dana Givens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90517)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SILB Anthony Gardner (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92202)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 3yrs, $23,400,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QB Phil Cress (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93238)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $5,640,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

We did add an OLB edge rusher in Kuklick, who has never been allowed to just focus on that. He, Givens, and new signing LB Gardner should be our 3rd down rotation at DE. Since we have built the D-line around run-stoppers, we need to make careful cap use with our pass rushers. This cat Gardner, in particular, hopefully can be a big part of that - basically benched by his initial team, they just let him walk, and we won a minor bidding war to get him aboard here.

QuikSand

07-02-2020, 08:41 AM

After that stage, BAL is up to 54 players, with 6 draft picks coming in, and one RFA (LB Burt Thomas) I really want to sign. We're right up against the cal, so this won't be simple.

Also aware that LB Michl, on an under-market contract with us, could hold out - and we'd simply need to cut him if he does.

I don't blame the LB Sorota deal, I blame the DE Helming deal, I should not have done that.

QuikSand

07-02-2020, 09:14 AM

DC BUREAU

Well, after LB Patton turns out to be un-tradeable, I release him, as more or less advertised. The follow-through on the plan is that his roles will be assumed in multiple ways:

top-talent at LB now:
new signee Landon Shedd (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90558)
recent signee Mercury Jefferson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=87277)

...and soon-to-be-crowned chemistry king:
Jimmy Cannida (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=89703)

Here's a look at the roster (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)... the D7 group will be nearly all purple now, save DE Singleton, living up to his name as the last non-aligned guy in the group. Should be a very tight knit bunch. No single guy as talented as Patton, but we are now deep with decent players (through all means), where the inherited roster was pretty barren.

QuikSand

07-02-2020, 09:24 AM

DC BUREAU

So, as the United prepare to exit the early free agency and draft, we have 51 players signed, 4-7 draft picks incoming (depending on a possible trade), and a fairly complete roster, at least for a no-injury league.

Major roster needs:
-one more legitimate DL/edge
-a more serious TE receiving threat
(big gap)
-DB depth
-more ST aces

This is very workable for this stage in a takeover. I'm actually pretty content at WR, which is semi-unusual, but we inherited one WR1 and I fashioned a WR2 out of the RB clay. A couple draft picks and one perfect FA fit, and I feel like we're five deep, which is fine.

Chas in Cinti

07-02-2020, 10:04 AM

Projecting both teams to the playoffs? Waiting until after camp to make that projection?

QuikSand

07-03-2020, 12:03 AM

Projecting both teams to the playoffs? Waiting until after camp to make that projection?

Need to see a bit more, but I think BAL feels ready to step forward. If the gains in the passing game last year with the rookies were real, then we should build on that and become a plus unit there. I think the personnel along the D7 is better, for certain. So, if things stay on course, perhaps this is a 10-win team, more or less.

DC, who knows, but probably another inch forward from last year's regular season, and they also gather 10 wins? Would adding a legit RB and a few other spare parts offset the talent/cohesion loss on defense?

QuikSand

07-03-2020, 08:08 AM

Okay...early FA wraps. Reveal stage, also holdouts if we have them...

...and, nothing. No holdouts (yay on LB Michl), and no news of that sort.

Quick draft rundown, based on sneak peek:
DL Denby looks solid, not overwhelming, maybe 50 PRTech good
P Moore looks like a stud, he'd damned well better be (jersey #2, perfect)
WR Bensen looks like a throwaway, few bars in right places but meh
RB Ogbogu w/limited good bars, but HR 69, BS 68 hmmmm (maybe WR?)
DL Perry, Crawford fringe players in thin DL group

BenBot assigns our draft a ranking of #25. Fair enough. Not our strong suit.

QuikSand

07-03-2020, 08:21 AM

RB Ogbogu might be the most intriguing guy from this draft, compounded by his high personality rating - giving him a real chance to stick around as a long term asset.

His draft thread summary is sufficient to discuss him here:

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Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes RB B.J. Ogbogu (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=94189) with the 4.31 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Breakaway Speed</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>61<->90</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Power Inside</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>33<->62</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>11<->40</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Hole Recognition</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>71<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Elusiveness</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Speed to Outside</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Blitz Pickup</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>15<->44</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Avoid Drops</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Getting Downfield</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>58<->87</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Route Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>31<->60</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Catching</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>71<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punt Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Kick Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>19<->48</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>23<->52</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>70</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>206</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.1</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.53</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>26</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>14</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.39</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>112</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>17</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>46</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

My scout sees his ratings pretty much fulfilling the patterns you see above. The maxed-out ratings for HR and 3DC no longer look maxed out, however... so no pure 100s here, if you're joining me on that particular grassy knoll.

What I see is a guy who, if endurance worked the way that a "reasonable person" would expect it to work, might make a really nice change-of-pace RB. If we think HR and BS are the two key ratings for running with the ball, he's solid there. And he's got some complementary skills for the passing game. No endurance to speak of, so rather than a 20-touch guy, here's a nice 8-touch guy... which would have some value, all told.

As you may know, I'm not sold on FOF endurance, especially for RB, holding up to any logical scrutiny. So, that has me wondering what's what.

I will note that he's low-weight enough to entertain a diet regimen, followed by a switch to play WR. Doesn't look like he'd generate much in over-the-middle courage, but he's not an apparent void there. His chem group is ideal for either position, and he's no threat to claim leadership, so he is, right now, just an "asset."

- - -

Most likely scenario: leave him at RB, get him starts this year, lock in chem and see what happens with 60 touches over the rookie season. Next year we may have a pivot to make at RB with both Bush and Liverwurst in contract years, perhaps this guy is a part of that thinking. Could he be a future RB2?

QuikSand

07-03-2020, 08:29 AM

Oh, I should note... my panic over cap space seems to have been ill-placed. We've got $10m in space now. There's somehting at work there, maybe when you're already over the 51 or 53 meaningful threshold of signed players, and the game misses the mark here. I need to understand that more clearly, to avoid doing something rash.

Nothing too moving out there in the 8th round. We're on 61 players, we'll take stabs, but I don't expect the needle to move much here.

QuikSand

07-03-2020, 08:31 AM

Tiny side note... is there any chance there's something here?

QB Phil Cress (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93238)

QuikSand

07-03-2020, 11:14 AM

DC BUREAU With the release of the big LB, we have cap space to burn - and we make a couple of moves that make sense given that. Chief among them is signing a veteran DE (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=87929) who should be a placeholder until we actually have serious personnel up front. My first round rookie WR is suspended, odd unlucky twist there. No crisis, I wasn't really counting on him as a WR2 right away or anything. The pan is that he helps us with depth so we can flip WR Bouchette maybe after this season. His development and chemistry will suffer, but we won't be completely off course by this development. I let AVAILABLE beat me out for a nice-enough OL, that's disappointing. We did land a 5th year, former Orangeman, high-chem, decent-skills DT on a 4yr cut-friendly deal...so that's good for us. Might be our starter against 3WR sets, as an afterthought signing...that's a reflection of our roster more than his talent. LB Lukas Roberts, a 4th year decent guy, joins a suddenly oversubscribed LB corps, and likely will get serious rotation time. No huge impact moves in late free agency here, either. We're going to have trouble paring down, I can tell already. Still have some weak spots in the lineup, but we're mostly set as well.

QuikSand

07-06-2020, 11:04 AM

Okay, Ravens roster after late free agency is... basically the same.

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bgcolor="#D3D3D3"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>RB Corwin Barksdale (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94171)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $5,260,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.6M, $2.6M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
</td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QB Malcolm Book (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94135)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $5,260,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.6M, $2.6M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
</td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>FL Rex Holtz (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=86773)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>1 year, $7,000,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $7.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>37</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>37</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>WILB Giovanni Roybal (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90562)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>1 year, $5,500,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $5.5M.)</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

I know, WR Holtz? We've seen this movie before, right? Right. So, why? We have a better option for the slot now with #11.

I'm figuring to use Holtz in the Z position in my 11 formations. I think for one more season, he will have higher RR than both 11 and 18, who will be out there in the X and R positions, and whom we expect to get most of the WR targets. So, our hope is that Holtz serves as a decoy (for double coverage) and an affinity guy along the way. We'll see, but I like the sound of it on paper very much.

LB Roybal is a we'll-see-if-he-sticks guy on a no-bonus contract. Affinity and cohesion there, skills have eroded, he's not really playable now. Odds are he is a cut between 60 and 53.

QB Book? Nah, probably not worth writing about. Runs around a bit.

Missed on two marginal OL, no lost sleep.

QuikSand

07-06-2020, 11:11 AM

Oh, RB Barksdale... well, let's say he has some ties in Baltimore. (Wire reference)

No, he's a guy with two 60+ bars as a rookie - but they're endurance and hole recognition. So, he'll get a look, but seems to be far behind the rookie.

I think we will extend Liverwurst but not Bush at RB, meaning there are likely some carries up for grabs either this season or next. Ogbogu is the guy I want to go take them, but we'll see how things look in the stages ahead.

QuikSand

07-06-2020, 11:55 AM

DC BUREAU

Well, similar situation in DC, though I think things are one full click less "settled" over here. Let's check out the transactions list:

<center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center><center>Washington Redskins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center><center>KickStand</center><center>LCB Tyler Chiba (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94804)</center><center>2 years, $4,850,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.2M, $2.6M.)</center><center></center><center></center><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center><center>Washington Redskins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center><center>KickStand</center><center>FL Bruce Clancy (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94332)</center><center>2 years, $5,300,000 (Bonus: $60K. Salary: $2.6M, $2.6M.)</center><center></center><center></center><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center><center>Washington Redskins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center><center>KickStand</center><center>TE Jeff Myers (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=85855)</center><center>2 years, $10,140,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $5.1M, $5.1M.)</center><center>38</center><center>38</center><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center><center>Washington Redskins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center><center>KickStand</center><center>RCB Clifton Rice (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94025)</center><center>2 years, $13,000,000 (Bonus: $7.0M. Salary: $3.0M, $3.0M.)</center><center>27</center><center>45</center><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center><center>Washington Redskins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center><center>KickStand</center><center>RB Tito Ross (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92480)</center><center>1 year, $3,800,000 (Bonus: $800K. Salary: $3.0M.)</center><center>36</center><center>41</center><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center><center>Washington Redskins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center><center>KickStand</center><center>LDE Ellis Shehee (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92057)</center><center>1 year, $5,000,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $5.0M.)</center><center>38</center><center>45</center><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center><center>Washington Redskins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center><center>KickStand</center><center>SLB Caiden Tongue (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94765)</center><center>2 years, $4,850,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.2M, $2.6M.)</center><center></center><center></center><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center><center>Washington Redskins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center><center>KickStand</center><center>QB Korey Wells (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94137)</center><center>2 years, $4,850,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.2M, $2.6M.)</center><center></center><center>
</center>

Hmm, weird formatting, dunno why (imported from other browser).

Anyway...veteran TE Myers is one more possibility for our main TE target role, still up for grabs. Not a long term play, likely a cut, tbh.

Rest are mostly guys I should have re-signed earlier. But all good here.

Feel like a DC roster rundown would be good. Then I remember I have a family and job and stuff. So, we'll see.

QuikSand

07-07-2020, 09:44 AM

Tiny side note... is there any chance there's something here?

QB Phil Cress (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93238)

no

QuikSand

07-08-2020, 02:36 PM

Cutdown to 53 - this is the big stage. My enthusiasm is waning a bit for non-FOF reasons, but I'll get through it and document at least some thinking.

-QB Alonzo is a pure affinity gimp, could click as a 3x high-pers backup with starts. We likely could make that work this year, if we feel we can swing the roster slot. Pending.

-At RB, it was supposed to be a battle. Liverwurst extended one more year, Bush won't get an offer. Bush was over 5 ypc last year AFTER a ratings dip, and he's a ST ace, hard to cut him. Ogbogu disappointed with a drop in camp/pre, and Barksdale didn't deliver the bump I had hoped for. So, maybe we just keep our two vets here? Hillhouse remain in play to get some carries if so. Ogbogu gets a free affinity this year, maybe that keeps him in the 53?

-WR Bensen faded, he's a cut, despite the 4th round chem freebie.

-OL is bare minimum, no cuts there. C Bosley will start at LG and may be the longish term answer there.

-DL Denby faded in camp, he's not a cut, but he won't be an impact player, more of a rotation DE/DT. Dammit.

-EDGE Kuklick was a guy I coveted, but now he's bubbled, just low-cohesion on a team that doesn't feel "there" and where we have other, younger guys to feed some pass rushing chances... I think he gets cut

-WR Holtz no longer has a RR edge on #18, so the notion of using him as a decoy is out the window, alas, with his $7m base salary

-Last cut comes down to QB3 Alonso vs. LB8 Thill. Thill slid in ratings a bit, and isn't great for chem, so he's the last one out, the Thill is gone.

And there it is. 53 and file is in. Not sold that we are a top-tier team, but if the passing game continues to evolve, we ought to be before long. Is Levine good enough? Ben didn't think he was. Hard to really hitch the wagon there.

QuikSand

07-08-2020, 02:36 PM

Ok, I will predict BAL ekes out 10 wins, gets a wild card, but not a meaningful title threat. Sort of like DC last season.

QuikSand

07-08-2020, 03:07 PM

DC BUREAU

Cutdown difficult there, too. Lots of turnover for a "won it all" team. Cohesion won't be great, chem is on the way there, and should improve midseason.

I'd peg us for 10 wins and longshot contender status.

QuikSand

07-09-2020, 08:50 AM

Regular season in the books now. Let's see if we took the jump forward:

11-5, good for 2nd in the league's toughest division (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)

So, pretty much on target.

Offense put up 30.1 ppg, highest in the league (ahead of the all-throw Chefs)
Levine had more picks, but remained clear of 7 ypt, good season
Edwin Bush made me glad we kept him, posting over 6 ypc, run offense good
11 and 18 both over 7 ypt, not sterling, but prodcutive (23 TD combined)

D7 got it together, posting PR% of 22.1%, 5th best - yesssss
Though, still not many actual sacks, w our inside guys getting 5.5 each to lead
DB Lentzner was the standout in secondary, unit posted top-half numbers

Anyway... solid season. If we attach a lot of this to our young WR (and we do) then there's room for optimism as they develop together.

QuikSand

07-09-2020, 09:04 AM

DC BUREAU

Okay, expected to be back in roughly the same groove as last year, maybe a half click ahead...

And here we are, 10-6 and atop a still-awful division (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29&year=2120)

So, takeaways:

Big money QB and RB both put up very pedestrian stats
Maybe TE Bensen a central reason, really need TE upgrade
WR Malone still money, despite a 9% drop rate
C Fitzgerald crushed, led OL to its best year by the numbers
Overall pass rush okay (9th) but lotsa sacks, Singleton w/15.5!
DB group mid-level, have role players need a build-around guy

So...decent season again, as long as we forget "the thing" last year.

QuikSand

07-10-2020, 07:01 AM

Postseason...about what we'd expect, all told:

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" border="2" bgcolor="#0D244D"><tbody><tr><td><center>GML POSTSEASON RECAP</center></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" border="3"><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" bgcolor="#A6ADBD"><center>GAME RESULTS</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Wild Card Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120220228.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (QuikSand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>35-31 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120220228.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Tennessee Titans (Squirrel) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=28)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet28.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2120220228.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Wild Card Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120220529.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet5.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Chicago Bears (rgvicedo) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=5)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>33-18 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120220529.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Washington Redskins (KickStand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2120220529.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Wild Card Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120222213.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet22.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Pittsburgh Steelers (rgvic3do) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=22)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>17-26 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120222213.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Kansas City Chiefs (Jeremessiah) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=13)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet13.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2120222213.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Wild Card Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120222701.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet27.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Tampa Bay Buccaneers (ChrustifusMax) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=27)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>20-23 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120222701.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Atlanta Falcons (Ben E Lou) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=1)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet1.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2120222701.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="25" bgcolor="#0D244D">
</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120230109.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet1.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Atlanta Falcons (Ben E Lou) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=1)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>22-17 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120230109.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Detroit Lions (BigHouseRulez) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=9)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet9.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2120230109.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120230216.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (QuikSand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>14-30 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120230216.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>New England Patriots (pyser) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=16)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet16.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2120230216.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120230526.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet5.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Chicago Bears (rgvicedo) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=5)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>26-20 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120230526.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>St. Louis Rams (tzach) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=26)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet26.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2120230526.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120231330.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet13.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Kansas City Chiefs (Jeremessiah) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=13)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>25-41 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120231330.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Cleveland Browns (Scrooge) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=30)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet30.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2120231330.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="25" bgcolor="#0D244D">
</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Conference Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120240501.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet5.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Chicago Bears (rgvicedo) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=5)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>16-19 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120240501.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Atlanta Falcons (Ben E Lou) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=1)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet1.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2120240501.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Conference Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120243016.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet30.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Cleveland Browns (Scrooge) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=30)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>24-19 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120243016.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>New England Patriots (pyser) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=16)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet16.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2120243016.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="25" bgcolor="#0D244D">
</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" border="5"><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" bgcolor="#A6ADBD"><center>The GM Challenge Bowl Result</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Front Office Bowl</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120250130.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet1.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Atlanta Falcons (Ben E Lou) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=1)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>38-26 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2120250130.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Cleveland Browns (Scrooge) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=30)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet30.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2120250130.html)</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

QuikSand

07-10-2020, 07:03 AM

At least we defeated Squirrel and his anti-chemistry hooligans in front of their own fans, then went down to Tootsie's to hear the lamentations of their women.

No second lightning strike for the DC team, alas.

QuikSand

07-10-2020, 03:18 PM

Here's a quick look at the roster for the champion team from Atlanta... I had mentioned that they had been organizing around chemistry to some degree (more than usual from Ben, I think)... and that trend of pretty apparent when you look at the color scheme, at least:

http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=1

He's nowhere as committed as I am, likely to better overall effect, but a guy who can pop quality talent at will decides that in a no-injury league, carrying a bunch of 18/18 good chem guys on the end of your bench ... it's a certain amount of affirmation, I think.

Congrats to Ben and his merry men.

QuikSand

07-10-2020, 10:29 PM

Special teams side note:

Punt returns: 20.0 (1st)
PR Allowed: 6.0 (3rd)

Kick returns: 28.3 (3rd)
KR allowed: 20.4 (1st)

BALTIMORE

(WR Behne 76 PR, 77/95 ST)
Punt returns: 13.5 (8th)
PR Allowed: 3.5 (1st)

(CB Burroughs 85 KR, 93 ST)
Kick returns: 28.4 (3rd)
KR allowed: 25.0 (24th) WTF?

DC

(WR Robbins 75 PR, 2 ST)
Punt returns: 16.9 (2nd)
PR Allowed: 5.4 (2nd)

(RB Ross 59/63 KR, 2 ST)
Kick returns: 24.0 (13th)
KR allowed: 20.3 (2nd)

BALTIMORE

(WR Behne 88 PR, 89 ST)
Punt returns: 18.4 (1st)
PR Allowed: 6.4 (6th)

(CB Burroughs 75 KR, 76 ST)
Kick returns: 33.4 (1st)
KR allowed: 20.4 (5th)

DC

(WR Clancy 45/53 KR, 19/20 ST)
Punt returns: 16.3 (3rd)
PR Allowed: 9.2 (15th)

(RB Trotter 82 KR, 58 ST)
Kick returns: 32.2 (2nd)
KR allowed: 21.2 (7th)

Special teams remains a strong suit. DC is edging into elite territory. BAL is there.

QuikSand

07-11-2020, 07:47 AM

So... new year file is up.

BAL hires a new Def Coord... I'm not pleased. Will have to second guess his scouting. Not sure how that happened with my settings, tbh, but they will get a reboot for next offseason, for sure.

Ramon Crawford GML Staff Page (http://gml.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=2129)

TE Elijah Covington retired, which is a peculiar twist. That leaves Vinny Money as the only playable guy on the roster, along, I presume, with FB Hillhouse. (*Oops, even Money is out of contract) I didn't extend Leon Ogden, my "got my guy" guy... he wants $24m/yr to exten his contract and we just didn't have it. But I guess he and his mighty 5.6 yards per target will be on our possible shopping list now, perhaps.

We're sitting on 44 players carried over, have a handful of my own guys I would want to re-sign, have $130m in cap space to spend, and of course have 7 unwanted draft picks coming our way. So, the usual setup.

QuikSand

07-11-2020, 07:58 AM

The one that got away...

http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92638

Dammit.

QuikSand

07-11-2020, 08:39 AM

Well, this is going to be an unexciting offseason for the Ravens. My FA shopping list is dreadfully thin. Unless we decide to go outside chemistry (unlikely?) there's just precious little for us. I'm dying for a big time DE, but am I signing a mediocre veteran to take snaps away from LDE Kevin Turnbull (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93813) and WLB Anthony Gardner (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92202)? And I can't do better than "mediocre" in this year's crop. Same for TE, OL, LB, and other need positions.

So, neither rebuild nor reload here... maybe more of a refill of the same prescription that we've been on. There are worse doctor visits than that, of course.

QuikSand

07-11-2020, 09:07 AM

DC BUREAU

More to do here in DC than up I-95. Overall setup is pretty similar: 44 signed, $130m in cap space. But I am more unsettled, overall, with the DC roster, and have a couple pressing questions here.

Among the questions - are we willing to commit/re-commit to players who are not chemistry fits, but who are already productive and strong for cohesion? DE Singleton is a free agent, but was insanely good rushing the passer last year. WR Bouchette is hitting a solid stride as a WR2. CB Franklin wants to re-up as our top dollar CB1, after a good but not great season there, and a lack of real "good fit" alternatives for us.

So, I think i'll do a roster dump and analysis there, but for now... work to do.

QuikSand

07-11-2020, 10:00 AM

Front Office Football Eight
D.C. United Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Clancy, Rondell 109 QB 7 62 62 3 yrs.
McConnell, Carlos 112 QB 8 38 38 1 yr.

Nothing interesting here, we're married to just-above-average Clancy, and CMC is a capable good affinity backup. There are decent free agents, but to what end?

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Trotter, Vincent 225 RB 6 71 71 2 yrs.
Ross, Tito 220 RB 4 41 45 ---
Cash, Reuben 232 RB 4 36 36 2 yrs.
Holliday, Rick 221 RB 7 31 31 1 yr.

Trotter was fine as feature back: 3.9 ypc, 6.7 ypt, and great at kick returns. Rest is affniity chaff. A real #2 would be a luxury, not a priority.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Hackney, Brandon 344 FB 4 39 39 ---

For some reason I keep forgetting about this guy. Three seasons, no touches no targets no starts. He wants to extend for four years - he's a two bar guy but they are run blocking and special teams, so maybe we just lock him up, kick in his chem, and consider the position filled. A do-it-all FB might moot that idea, too.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Bensen, Clay 448 TE 4 42 42 1 yr.
Tompkins, Victor 442 TE 4 39 39 ---
Sell, Brenden 483 TE 6 36 36 1 yr.
Corbett, Luis 487 TE 5 27 36 1 yr.

Doesn't look so bad from the surface numbers, but we simply don't have anyone who can make any hay out of our "target TE" slot in the 12 formation. High priority to improve on Bensen - his 927 yards sounds pretty good, but on 171 targets (!) that's well under 6 yards each, not good enough.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Malone, Damon 582 FL 6 64 64 2 yrs.
Bouchette, Jerald 528 FL 8 60 60 2 yrs.
Roach, Barry 522 FL 3 48 50 2 yrs.
Dawkins, Kai 588 FL 8 39 39 2 yrs.
Clancy, Bruce 515 FL 2 31 38 1 yr.
Everhart, William 580 FL 2 30 45 3 yrs.
Robbins, Lester 589 SE 4 36 36 1 yr.

This group, and indeed this offense, is basically just about getting Malone the ball. Is Roach good enough to be WR2, and could we deal/drop Bouchette? Not quite yet, I don't think. rest are just supporting cast types, including last year's #1 pick, a medium dud.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Fitzgerald, Anthony 658 C 4 76 76 1 yr.
Mauriello, Morris 776 RG 4 51 51 1 yr.
Tanner, Garrett 768 RG 11 0 0 ---
Lyons, Shane 873 LT 3 61 75 2 yrs.
Arnold, Jimmie 861 LT 9 55 55 3 yrs.
Cobb, Luther 863 LT 6 43 43 1 yr.
Dawson, Dashawn 877 RT 7 60 60 2 yrs.

Happy here. Fitz is a build-around run blocker, he'll get paid this year. So will Mauriello, just a solid fit and good for cohesion. Three tackles will take the other slots, with Lyons bordering on a permanent move inside to LG, where his skills are a better fit. Chem is on the improve, long term plan engaged there.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Aldrige, Colton 964 P 2 61 61 3 yrs.
Wijaya, Joel 1003K 2 59 59 3 yrs.

Meh. Hate using draft picks on these spots and still feeling like we're looking.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Jacobs, Timothy 1192LDE 2 47 47 3 yrs.
Walters, Byron 1193RDE 10 59 59 1 yr.
Singleton, J.R. 1195RDE 7 55 55 ---
Pascal, Roderick 1290NT 7 66 66 2 yrs.
Shotwell, Luke 1291NT 6 57 57 2 yrs.
Chizmar, Gino 1297NT 6 47 47 3 yrs.

Okay, Singleton posted 15.5 sacks in rotation duty last year, and 10.9 PR%, whoa. I think we will pursue him, hard enough to outdo AVAILABLE. No affinity but he's so productive. Pascal has ceded the leadership role and now he's in the same-sign limbo. Jacobs is part of the picture we build around too. Shotwell is the run-stopper inside, and Chizmar is the good-fit veteran who could play anywhere. Walters was the veteran plug-in, his $22m likely disappears if we need the space.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Jones, Jumbo 1357SILB 4 48 48 1 yr.
Antonick, A.J. 1355WILB 6 57 57 3 yrs.
Cannida, Jimmy 1305WILB 8 31 31 1 yr.
Jefferson, Mercury 1440SLB 11 55 55 1 yr.
O'Neill, Ronald 1454SLB 4 50 50 1 yr.
Shedd, Landon 1452WLB 7 55 55 2 yrs.
Frick, Gerald 1450WLB 8 48 48 ---
Roberts, Lukas 1445WLB 5 48 48 2 yrs.
Sinclair, Alan 1449WLB 3 34 35 2 yrs.

Okay, solid group now, after a lot of work. Jones/Antonick inside are fine (though AJA has a zone void). Shedd is the best all-around, and Jefferson is the fading veteran who's still solid. O'Neill and Roberts are do-it-all mid-tier guys, and SInclair is a weird mix of edge rusher and cover man, too light to move to DE.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Franklin, Courtney 1530LCB 6 53 53 1 yr.
Cassidy, Ellis 1529LCB 6 41 41 1 yr.
Becker, Bernie 1531RCB 6 43 43 1 yr.
Rice, Clifton 1538RCB 3 41 41 1 yr.
Lowe, Gary 1539RCB 3 38 38 2 yrs.
Schell, Lester 1635SS 11 46 46 2 yrs.
Chiba, Tyler 1643SS 2 37 53 1 yr.
Strickland, Gene 1637SS 7 1 1 1 yr.
Conley, Calvin 1627FS 10 44 44 ---

So, real questions here, starting with Franklin. He's our CB1, non-affinity, and wants $30m/yr to extend. Not even great. Tough call. Schell has better skills to play CB than S, he's just here for cohesion and decent skills, on a no-bonus deal.

The rest are the mix you'd expect from FA castoffs and mid-round draft picks - no real CB1 candidates, just rotation-caliber guys.

Goal here is to re-up with veteran S Conley, and try to add at least one more major piece one way or another (serious FA or early draftee). Would love to replace Franklin with a guy I'm happy about wrt skills/chem.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Blake, Leroy 469 LS 3 19 19 ---
Clinton, Jumbo 653 LS 4 7 7 ---

Blake is solid, Clinton is in our plans.

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

Players Under Contract: 44
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 44

Salary Cap: $704,500,000
Cap Room: $128,610,000
Maximum for New Player: $102,090,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $20,790,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $399,960,000

Okay, that's our financial setup at the moment. Some $ is spoken for to extend C Fitz, but overall we are fairly free to spend on a few target players if we like.

QuikSand

07-12-2020, 09:02 AM

So, these Ravens have a familiar situation, I feel. Rather a lot like my CCFL team (Ravens there too, natch) at one point several seasons ago...

<table width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2036 (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2036)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center></center>
</td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QuikSand (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/singleowner.php?owner=QuikSand)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>12-4-0 (DIV)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Division</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>J. Scott (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=18386) (3489)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>D. Eddins (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=16751) (1126)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>F. Masso (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=10184) (706)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>A. Yovanovits (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=13071) (103)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>David Farrell (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=335)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Tyrus Weber (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=374)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Balanced</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Al Reid (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=134)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>True 3-4</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Bucky Spetz (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=67)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Chris Tarver (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=32)</center></td></tr><tr> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2037 (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2037)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center></center>
</td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>QuikSand (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/singleowner.php?owner=QuikSand)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>12-4-0 (DIV)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Division</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>J. Scott (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=18386) (4230)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>D. Eddins (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=16751) (1137)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>P. Newhart (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=19273) (797)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>A. Yovanovits (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=13071) (82)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>David Farrell (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=335)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Tyrus Weber (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=374)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Balanced</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Al Reid (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=134)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>True 3-4</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Bucky Spetz (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=67)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Chris Tarver (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=32)</center></td> </tr><tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2038 (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2038)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center></center>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QuikSand (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/singleowner.php?owner=QuikSand)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>13-3-0 (DIV)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Won Conference</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>O. Carlisle (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=15902) (4156)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>D. Eddins (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=16751) (1040)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>P. Newhart (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=19273) (1193)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>T. Bennett (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=13113) (115)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>David Farrell (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=335)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Tyrus Weber (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=374)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Balanced</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Al Reid (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=134)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>True 3-4</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Bucky Spetz (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=67)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Chris Tarver (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=32)</center></td> </tr><tr> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2039 (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2039)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center></center>
</td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>QuikSand (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/singleowner.php?owner=QuikSand)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>12-4-0 (DIV)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Champion</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>O. Carlisle (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=15902) (4771)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>D. Eddins (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=16751) (695)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>D. Erickson (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=16103) (1077)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>B. Arthur (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=16444) (92)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>David Farrell (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=335)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Tyrus Weber (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=374)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Balanced</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Alejandro Benjamin (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=462)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>3-4 Eagle</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Bucky Spetz (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=67)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Chris Tarver (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=32)</center></td> </tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2040 (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2040)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center></center>
</td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QuikSand (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/singleowner.php?owner=QuikSand)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>13-3-0 (DIV)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Won Conference</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>O. Carlisle (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=15902) (3302)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>R. Muskie (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=20866) (861)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>P. Newhart (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=19273) (1404)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>B. Lee (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=19787) (107)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>David Farrell (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=335)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Tyrus Weber (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=374)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Balanced</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Wes Sheldon (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=153)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>True 3-4</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Allen Russell (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=176)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Chris Tarver (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=32)</center></td></tr></tbody></table>
We were on a good string of seasons, including a title led by a mediocre QB, who was either asking for a fortune or had retired, I don't recall what prompted me to feel it was time to move on.

So, I decided to go all-in on a young QB, traded two or three years worth of picks to get the 1.2 overall pick and draft Zachery Hammond (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=23293).

Hammond has turned out to be fine, but not exactly revolutionary. He's a top-10 guy every year by the numbers, was #2 last year but got dinged up a bit. Stability at QB has its merits, though, and the plan there is just to bear down, pay the man, and hopefully benefit from the cohesion that evolves with time. That team, incidentally, is a title threat each year - we don't always get a bye week, but every year that's in the discussion, which is what I want.

Since we got Hammond:

<table width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center></center>
</td></tr><tr> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2041 (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2041)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center> </center>
</td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>QuikSand (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/singleowner.php?owner=QuikSand)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>12-4-0 (DIV)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Wild Card</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Z. Hammond (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=23293) (4568)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>D. Eddins (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=16751) (1301)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>P. Newhart (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=19273) (1093)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>B. Lee (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=19787) (94)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>David Farrell (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=335)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Tyrus Weber (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=374)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Balanced</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Wes Sheldon (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=153)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>True 3-4</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Bernard Hartman (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=206)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Chris Tarver (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=32)</center></td> </tr><tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2042 (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2042)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center> </center>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QuikSand (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/singleowner.php?owner=QuikSand)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>13-3-0 (DIV)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Conference</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Z. Hammond (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=23293) (4539)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>D. Eddins (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=16751) (1045)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>P. Newhart (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=19273) (1705)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>B. Lee (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=19787) (102)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>David Farrell (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=335)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Tyrus Weber (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=374)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Balanced</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Wes Sheldon (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=153)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>True 3-4</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Bernard Hartman (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=206)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Chris Tarver (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=32)</center></td> </tr><tr> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2043 (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2043)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center> </center>
</td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>QuikSand (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/singleowner.php?owner=QuikSand)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>10-6-0 (DIV)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Wild Card</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Z. Hammond (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=23293) (4405)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>N. Graham (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=25054) (784)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>R. Lewis (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=20963) (933)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>B. Lee (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=19787) (126)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>David Farrell (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=335)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Tyrus Weber (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=374)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Balanced</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Diego Benton (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=210)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>True 3-4</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Cristian O'Neill (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=561)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Chris Tarver (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=32)</center></td> </tr><tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2044 (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2044)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center> </center>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QuikSand (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/singleowner.php?owner=QuikSand)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>11-5-0 (WC)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Conference</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Z. Hammond (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=23293) (3845)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>N. Graham (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=25054) (596)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>P. Newhart (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=19273) (1185)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>B. Lee (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=19787) (104)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>David Farrell (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=335)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Tyrus Weber (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=374)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Balanced</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Diego Benton (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=210)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>True 3-4</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Cristian O'Neill (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=561)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Chris Tarver (http://ccfl.fof-belco.com/showstaff.php?staffid=32)</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

So, these Ravens are not sitting on a recent title amidst a QB controversy, but I do feel like there's a good deal to build around. The young WRs are the obvious build-around here, and the DB group is just sterling. OL talent is good, and the chem should really click as soon as next season. D7 is on the improve, but cohesion is on the rise I think.

I feel like we'd be in a good position to make a move for a young QB to plug into this architecture and run with it. Levine has been fine, and that may indeed remain the plan, but I'm itching for a new face there, to be honest.

Top QB in this rookie draft is a chemistry fit. He doesn't look like a superhero, but he'd be a big add for us. I have reached out to the owner, but alas, it's this guy who tend to draft early every year, never registers for the draft, and frequently gets auto-picked... so I reckon it won't happen. But I have made an offer, and get to contemplate the possibility a little.

QuikSand

07-12-2020, 05:43 PM

No go on the QB at 1.1. I offered a Double Ditka, two full drafts picks 1-7, but he stood pat and picked the same QB we were eyeing. No shock.

Oddly enough, DC is also eyeing a top pick in this draft...we'll see if the DC Bureau manages to make something happen.

QuikSand

07-13-2020, 09:58 AM

Early free agency, minor news for BAL - we've re-signed TE Leon Ogden for 3yrs, at $10m/yr. Definitely the best move for us... I didn't extend him at the $20m+ he demanded, took my chances in open free agency, and got him back. He is not great, has been deeply uninspiring with numbers thus far, but at this point he is our only legitimate option for the swing-out TE used in our 12 formation - so we'll expect to feed him (and Hillhouse) targets this year, regardless.

Nobody else has any interest in the various free agents we are pursuing, there's a strong testament to the unexciting nature of our offseason plan at this point. Without the big splash trade-up in the draft, basically nothing to see here.

QuikSand

07-13-2020, 10:01 AM

BAL side note:

TE Austin is in year 11, and nearing the end, as our chem leader. We do, however, already have a transition plan in the works, with young WR Wade Polley (group 2-3, ldr 67, pers 97) poised to take the reins in the group. He would already be the leader (even in year four) if we released Austin now, so it shouldn't be a tough transition. Both young WRs 11 and 18 are in the 4-5 group, so I will be mentally assuming we are about to transition to a 2-3 leader... meaning as we target guys in this draft, we may be looking at the 6-7 group for TE, WR, and QB. (Kinda stinks as the most intriguing QB left in the draft, to me, is a 2-3 guy... if we end up with him and he clicks, it could upend this setup)

QuikSand

07-13-2020, 10:30 AM

DC BUREAU

So, bigger news down this way, starting with our own Double Ditka. We trade two seasons worth of picks to division rival Philly (led by the pass-happy Jeremessiah's alt) to move up to pick 1.4, and target our X receiver for the next decade, we hope:

Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes WR David Carrubba (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=95171) with the 1.4 pick.

<table style="width: auto; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Avoid Drops</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>70<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Getting Downfield</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>62<->92</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Route Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>66<->96</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Catching</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>39<->70</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Big-Play Receiving</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>70<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Courage</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>58<->89</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Adjust to Ball</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>49<->80</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punt Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->30</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Kick Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->30</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>58<->88</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>60<->91</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="width: auto; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>67</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>187</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.7</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.9</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.25</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>30</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>14</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.84</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>110</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>63</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>50</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

(Offensive imagery redacted)

My scout tagged him overrated, but what else was I going to fritter away 14 draft picks on? Nothing, that's what. This is the right move. We have a legit go-to WR1 in Malone, now we hopefully will soon have a very solid WR2 to line up outside and take advantage of single coverage. Even if Carrubba only ends up as a "pretty good" WR starter (and I'll hope for more than that) this is still probably the wisest deployment of our assets - he's in the same chem group as our QBs, so safely in our scheme, too. A hit, I think.

QuikSand

07-13-2020, 10:35 AM

DC BUREAU

In other news, we move in on a free agent who's not a chem fit, but I think still seems sensible given our cap/roster situation:

LB Terrance Duda (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92183)

This is obviously a superior quality guy, might be best as an edge rusher (238 lbs?) but could play anywhere except on the nose, I think. I'm just grabbing talent here, and the short term deal is designed to make year three a trade-for-cash option for us.

And, to pat myself on the back, we hit the target nicely with the contract, I reckon. I landed on a $46m/yr bonus-heavy deal out of thin air, and the main competition was just a shade lower:

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happydance

QuikSand

07-13-2020, 10:51 AM

DC BUREAU

The biggest thing the move for the WR (and the cap commitment to the LB) do, collectively, is leave us with fewer resources to replenish the DB group. So, let's see what we have to work with there...

Front Office Football Eight
D.C. United Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct

Franklin, Courtney 1530LCB 6 53 53 1 yr.
Cassidy, Ellis 1529LCB 6 41 41 1 yr.
Becker, Bernie 1531RCB 6 43 43 1 yr.
Rice, Clifton 1538RCB 3 41 41 1 yr.
Lowe, Gary 1539RCB 3 38 38 2 yrs.
Schell, Lester 1635SS 11 46 46 2 yrs.
Chiba, Tyler 1643SS 2 37 53 1 yr.
Strickland, Gene 1637SS 7 1 1 1 yr.
Conley, Calvin 1627FS 10 44 44 ---

Okay, I'll mention chemistry up front. S Strickland is the no-talent group leader (89/99), he stays and we will build in the 7-8 and 8-9 groups around him.

CB Franklin (no chem) is in his walk year, making $29m and wants to extend at roughly the same rate. I might have let him walk, but given our lack of top draft picks to fill in at CB1/CB2, that's a shakier plan now. We WANT to be a team that gets leads and has to defend the pass, so this is important to get right. He may need to stay.

S Schell has skills for CB but no chem either. He's an 11th year veteran, on this roster the whole time, and so he's a cohesion monster now. With a hugely talented roster I might have released him, but here... he likely stays and plays a mix of positions.

Now the ragtag group I have assembled chem-first: (links here (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29))

CB Cassidy is best against the run, but decent at CB1/CB2 stuff (man, bump, picks) - dropped a bunch right after we signed him but still in play for real time

CB Becker was an over-signing last year, he looks like CB depth, but Bump 74 keeps him in the picture too

CB Rice was a UDFA now developing into a nice player... 74 Int and some return skills, he's a long term asset (100 leadership rating looming though)

CB Lowe was a 2nd rounder, now is a two-bar guy (PH and Int) who didn't really bring the other bars along with them, as we had hoped... value there?

S Chiba was a late grab last season, should click to 8 starts this year, and has the mix of skills (Run/Zone/Int) I look for in safety depth. Decent.

S Conley is the veteran I have used to hold things together, and we're trying to do the same this year if we re-sign him.

So... if two seasons from now we have basically the same guys around, it would be... okay, I guess. Ideally, it would be better to add a chem-friendly guy to really slot in as CB1, let the riffraff fill in around him, and as Schell retires we'd just have useful fellows to plug in here and there.

So, the gameplan short term is:
-keep everyone, possibly exception being Cassidy
-get everyone on board with chemistry (namely Chiba)
-target one quality free agent addition, ideally a bump guy
-keep looking for cheap/ancillary plug-in guys as warranted
-look to improve special teams from this group

Okay here.

QuikSand

07-13-2020, 10:57 AM

DC BUREAU

Today's file is basically us rescinding most of our free agent offers, as this season has immediately switched from a "lots of cap" one, to a "tight cap" one.

No worries, should be worth it. Up in Baltimore, the "Mr. Wonderful" era left us with no regrets. Hoping for the same here.

QuikSand

07-13-2020, 12:20 PM

Baltimore moves up in the draft to target DE

Basically, I think this is the right thing to do on many levels. I really don't optimize use of my draft picks, and for those who either get more out of them talent-wise or enjoyment-wise, that creates a win-win opportunity. So, hopefully this year's "deal-up-for-the-right-guy" works out better -- hoping here we are landing a high quality DE for the next generation.

Here's the target guy:

http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet2.png

Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes DE Jackson Baump (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=95433) with the 1.8 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>61<->91</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Technique</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>70<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>53<->82</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Man-to-Man Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>25<->55</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Zone Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>31<->61</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Bump-and-Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>48<->77</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Play Diagnosis</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>54<->84</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punishing Hitter</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>46<->75</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>68<->97</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>40<->69</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>75</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>279</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.0</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.6</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.53</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>31</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>31</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.29</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>120</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>19</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

My scout saw his RunD closer to maxed-out, the league sees him as merely solid there - that may be the difference between him being "worth it" and not. But D7, especially pass rush, is a priority for this team, and he remains maxed-out on PRTech and high endurance, so I'm still pretty hopeful this is an anchor-caliber selection for us.

QuikSand

07-13-2020, 12:21 PM

Nickname ponderings... one of my favorite live performances...

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QuikSand

07-13-2020, 12:29 PM

So, after JB/LoadOut, we have two more picks in this draft (3rd and 4th) and then next year we're short our 2nd. not a massive overpayment. I did not have high hopes for a very good fit, nor for Baump to slide to our pick in the late 1st... so I feel like this was the move to make. Still stinging a bit from last year's move-up-for-meh deal, but here we are again.

On paper, I really do loves me some impact defensive linemen. Not sure if in FOF they make that much sense, but... yeah.

Chas in Cinti

07-13-2020, 03:36 PM

So you went Jackson Brown vs. Michael Jackson... I mean, you could have went with PYT...

QuikSand

07-14-2020, 08:38 AM

Yeah, I guess the last name starting with a B was what put me there. *shurg*

QuikSand

07-14-2020, 08:39 AM

Okay, in Baltimore I see what I would have had to take in late round one with our draft pick - we would have been okay, but I'm happier with the better fit at DE. Basically the same for DC, though that's a closer call as a DB I was eyeing up would indeed have fallen. No regrets, though.

QuikSand

07-14-2020, 08:49 AM

Ravens add a couple guys, seeing our cap situation. We bring back DE Lorenzo Woods (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=89767) - who's basically the sort of ear-pinner fella we are drafting Load Out to wean away from, but for two more years he ought to remain helpful, I reckon.

And I go ahead and grab a twilight LB in Gino Sigrest (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=88037), whom we expect to step into a major role while he still has some tread on the tires. Low affinity and low cohesion, he'd better be good - but his 60/60 overall suggests he will, and his 94 special teams won't hurt either.

So, from here... we've got 47 signed, 2 draft picks who we hope make the team, and we're already in the lead for 8 free agents. We've got number troubles again.

We'll have some tricky calls to make on renegs this year - CB Maas and T Shepherd are both on their walk years, and both would be very expensive to retain. I may have space to do one, or we could let both walk into free agency and see what happens. Shepherd is a mixed bag for us, but if we could just get the youngster to seize the chem leadership for the group (not this year, maybe next year) his combination of still-solid talent, major cohesion, and good chemistry would be very valuable to us.

QuikSand

07-14-2020, 10:11 AM

DC BUREAU

We lock up DE Singleton - with him back in the fold, I'm less panicked about our pass rush, overall. And the level of talent we add by keeping him and adding LB Duda in the last FA stage seems to more than offset the lack of chemistry effects. This is, surely, closer to maximizing the combined effects than what I'm doing in Baltimore where I'm more strict about it.

We also ink DE Shehee to a 2yr minsal deal. Last year I cut him to clear space for young'ns. Now I regret it, a bit. He's a strong affinity, a passable player, and a minsal guy (now).

We are going to be cap-strapped, but I do have 10th year DE Walters on a cut-friendly deal... so expect his $22m salary to disappear before long.

50 players signed, no draft picks, and we lead on 5 free agents. Similarly heading for some bubble showdowns, even without a fleet of rooks.

QuikSand

07-14-2020, 10:22 AM

DC BUREAU

I have put WR Bouchette onto the trading block. Not insistent on moving him, but since he's a non-affinity guy and a big salary number, it's at least wroth exploring. We're honestly better off keeping him, but if someone shows up with some real capital, he'll go and we'll clear the way for the rookie.

QuikSand

07-15-2020, 07:35 AM

Quiet on the Ravens front today, RB bush re-signed pretty cheaply, I fully expect we will trot out the same duo for another season. Bush comes off a 6+ ypc season in split duty -- pretty much exactly what I would dream of from a two-man platoon at the RB position on a team that tends to throw the ball more than average anyway.

I'm still fishing for youth there, and may take another stab at a rookie, but short term we've got our guys it seems.

QuikSand

07-15-2020, 09:43 AM

DC BUREAU

Well, some happenings here, ones I'm pretty enthused about. I like how this team is coming together, to be honest.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(13, 36, 77); font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bgcolor="#D3D3D3"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Washington Redskins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>KickStand</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>FS Wesley Gilmore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92340)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $7,820,000 (Bonus: $80K. Salary: $3.9M, $3.9M.)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>32</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>34</center></td></tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Washington Redskins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>KickStand</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>FL Ty Pryce (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=87632)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $28,200,000 (Bonus: $18.0M. Salary: $5.1M, $5.1M.)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#00A066"><center>53</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#00A066"><center>53</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Well, I'll start with the WR Pryce. Not a star. Also not a Phantom. But I have been itchy to bring aboard a "lure" guy (a la MtG) where he'll be a high RR target but not the guy we want to throw toward. With my actual WR1 Malone being high RR of 93, I thought this would be impossible...but here is my guy, with his mighty 100 RR and not a ton else. So, that's fun - I could see this guy being on the field for 400 snaps and getting 35 targets, and being super-valuable doing it... if this theory holds up. Also mentor and strong affinity...yee haw.

And also, a young DB, as telegraphed earlier. My silent nemesis in Houston (aside: background here (http://gml.fof-belco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6222)) doesn't have any use for a young DB with... lessee... 70+ bump, 55 man, big hitter, and strong special teams. Yeah, he's a cut over there because, you know, he's got all those red flag and conflict players to hold onto, so he can preserve his losing record again. Anyway, I digress. What I see is, especially if he can lose some weight, is a potential future CB2...maybe I'm being optimistic there, but for a 2yr minsal deal, I'll roll the dice. Look for him to actually see the field this season, and if things look promising, maybe we skip on a new contract for our current non-affinity CB1.

For the way I build my teams, this is an unexpectedly exciting stage.

Chas in Cinti

07-15-2020, 09:58 AM

That was a fun read... I may need you to analyze my text strings with my wife to provide historical analysis for future disagreements...

johnnyshaka

07-15-2020, 12:39 PM

I'm curious to see how you use Hillhouse, he's definitely an interesting fella.

I was a little surprised to see Hillhouse not even used last season...what happened?

MalcPow

07-15-2020, 02:43 PM

Wait, is QuikSand not a heel character?

QuikSand

07-16-2020, 11:13 AM

I was a little surprised to see Hillhouse not even used last season...what happened?

Ummm...just lack of legit opportunity, I think. Had legit options at both RB and TE, didn't feel I could go out of my way to rob touches/targets from those guys. With last year's TE1 retired, he'll be back in play for this year, perhaps even as our feature "swing TE" guy in my 12 formation, which is worth a few targets per game and some good numbers for the right guy. Ogden has fallen flat there, so maybe Hillhouse gets his turn now.

QuikSand

07-16-2020, 11:17 AM

Late free agency unfolding, unexcitingly...

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SE Marco Conway (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=87660)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 8</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>TE Daryl Ashraf (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92564)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 8</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 2yrs, $20,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>TE Duane Fridlund (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91735)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 8</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $7,840,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SE Lonnie Stocz (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=89338)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RCB Pat Tucker (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93089)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 3yrs, $11,220,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
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</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB Eduardo Schulz (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94174)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 2yrs, $5,700,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

We get one of the two TE we targetes... Fridlund is weird, with two huge bars in RR 80 and GD 88, which seems useful for a receiving TE, right? If we shed Austin as our leader he'll be a strong affinity too. So...perhaps.

WR Stocz returns as a quality WR3 and cohesion guy, worth the money I think. Plus I pronounce it in my head as "Stosh" and that helps with the lowkey Jewish undercurrent to this team, which I still kinda dig.

QuikSand

07-16-2020, 11:22 AM

The two Baltimore draft picks are in the bag now... don't get too excited, per usual:

http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet2.png

Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes RB Darnell Andersen (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=95037) with the 3.25 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Breakaway Speed</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>7<->36</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Power Inside</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>36<->65</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Hole Recognition</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>54<->83</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Elusiveness</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>68<->97</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Speed to Outside</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Blitz Pickup</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>61<->91</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Avoid Drops</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>61<->90</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Getting Downfield</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>17<->46</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Route Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>45<->74</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Catching</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>50<->79</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punt Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Kick Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>50<->80</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>44<->74</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>67</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>208</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.7</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.0</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.70</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>29</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>11</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.13</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>116</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>30</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>65</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Yeah, bad scouting strikes here - my weak scout liked him in key slots, this reveal points toward him being a fringe contributor at best, as a passing down RB. He was in the 30s on the big board, so there might be something there, but no real hope here that he's "the answer."

http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet2.png

Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes WR Rodolfo Hanley (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=95165) with the 4.27 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Avoid Drops</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>71<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Getting Downfield</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>7<->36</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Route Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>63<->92</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Catching</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>52<->81</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Big-Play Receiving</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Courage</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>34<->64</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Adjust to Ball</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>64<->93</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punt Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Kick Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>57<->86</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>51<->80</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams
</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>66<->95</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>70</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>189</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>3.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>3.9</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.64</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>24</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>13</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.50</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>119</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>65</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>12</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

My scout saw his RR as maxed out - that the league doesn't likely kills any value of this pick for us, no shock. If he, against the odds, turns out to be a ST/KR asset, then maybe he'll stick. But at 12% developed... likely a better shot as an after-draft contract. Sigh.

Should have dealt these picks.

QuikSand

07-16-2020, 11:40 AM

DC BUREAU

Yet again, more excitement further down I-95.

We sign yet another WR, another guy with a specialist role: KR Alex Smith (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91794)

For us, he's a super-strong chem fit, a decent veteran player for our WR4/WR5 role (meh), but most importantly, one of the most talented kick returners in the league. Looking forward to boosting that angle with this team, much like we have emphasized it up the road. This gets RB Trotter off KR duty, as well, which I guess is important (the game seems to think it is).

QuikSand

07-17-2020, 10:46 AM

Baltimore draft rates #31, better only than the DC clownshow down the road.

DE LoadOut is going to be good, not great... another meh but we're fine
RB Andersen looks okay too, wish he had Breakaway >12 sigh
WR Hanley doesn't actually run routes, natch, so he's ST/KR only

I was tempted by a super-fast QB who can't throw... he got taken in round 6, and looks like...well, exactly what we thought. No regrets there, I reckon.

The other guy I coveted for round 4 also went in round 6 and he's the one I let get away. Hopefully he will get a season of starts, reveal to be less than a superhero, get released or non-extended, and in time he will become my starting WILB. Patience, grasshopper.

Given the strategy we employed... I'm basically fine with this.

We have 57 players signed after the draft, and $29m in cap space, enough to pursue someone if we really wanted to. Extending T Shepherd would cost nearly all that cap space, also, so that's still in play - he's an 11th year guy, but should have a couple more good seasons in him.

We'll have our usual perusal through the 8th round, and look for young castoffs who might be a good fit, but not setting expectations high. I expect we are done, and this will be more of the same. Hopefully the team just takes one more decent step forward, and maybe gets into the title picture this year.

QuikSand

07-17-2020, 11:21 AM

DC BUREAU

Okay, first things first. Sneak peek at the rookie WR is ... fine. I think he should prove, very quickly, to be a fully competent X receiver, and will play outside for that whole job. He looks like 70+ in everything I value there, and 60 or so in endurance - so, box checked. Not a superstar, but an above-average asset at a very important position, where we honestly needed to land the punch. Great.

We have 56 players signed, $9m in cap space, and a problem of my own doing - LB Shedd is holding out. Dammit, this is on me. The deal he wants would cost us an extra $10m this year. Ugh. Need to thread a needle here, really want to keep him.

So - similar stuff applies here to what I said above in Baltimore... not much expected from the late free agency, we will kick some tires, and I reckon we'll land a keeper or two, but we're targeting the fringe of the roster, not the core.

QuikSand

07-19-2020, 12:02 PM

Ben's website makes some quick analysis really easy...let's have a look at the "Roster Needs" page for Baltimore:

GML: Baltimore Ravens 2120 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampagerosterneeds.php?teamid=2)

He puts starters in bold if the ratings seem too low for legitimate starters... for us, that's two guys:

G Jackie Fattel - he's just a chem guy for us at this point, we started C Bopsley at LG last year and plan to stick with that

S Dustin Padilla - same story, he's a rotation player, but our S duties include CB Lentzner in a major role, so Padilla isn't on the field a ton

The page is worried that we don't have a mentor for DE "LoadOut" Baump. Minor worry, he should see the field a good deal, but worth a scan in the next stage, methinks.

We have a few items in the "excess talent" column, which just seems like the hallmark of a well-stocked roster. Good there. Depth is not really rewarded in a no-injury league, but rotations can be effective, and depth can definitely help with longer-term roster planning... like the way I'm using CB Wiggins pretty sparingly, but extending him, in hopes that he one day becomes a cohesion and chemistry monster to accompany his decent skills.

While the Ravens are probably not quite a serious contender right now, the two WR are enough to feel like we are working toward that. I heard on a video chat recently that if you have two good wideouts, pretty much any ol' monkey can make a team a winner. Next year could be the one where we step into the offseason feeling like "NOW is the time to make a move and {do something}!"

QuikSand

07-19-2020, 12:30 PM

DC BUREAU

Same thinking, let's check out the DC roster:

GML: Washington Redskins 2120 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampagerosterneeds.php?teamid=29)

BenBot has several sub-par starters to point out:

FB Hackney is merely 38/38. but I just re-upped with him. He run blocks and plays special teams. I can live with that guy at a bargain, and this year he should (finally) lock in affinity. Over time, he'll be a cohesion asset - time to stop looking and settle down. He's fine.

TE Bensen (or whomever) is indeed not good enough to start at TE. Acknowledged. We didn't fix it this year. Will consider options short term, but it remains a priority.

G Tanner - bah, merely a chem leader, nothing to see here. We are 3 deep at quality OT, and will continue to use young run-blocker Lyons as our LG. No worries.

CB Lowe - okay, I think what is happening here is I remain "in like" with this guy as I really felt he'd be worth something when I spent a 2nd round pick on him, and I may be in denial about his skills that stubbornly refuse to uptick. Anyway, I think in the file for tomorrow I extended him fairly cheaply, whoch is probably fine given our relative paucity of DB talent, but may be sub-optimal overall. A DB without voids and with a high interceptions rating seems to be worth having on the roster, somehow.

Nothing shocking on the rest of the page.

Aside...

We'll have a bit of roster shock after this stage, as I'm releasing CB Franklin to clear cap space. Once I decided I wasn't going to extend him, that move because clear enough. I expect that S Schell will play CB1 this season and do okay, and we will rotate in our youngsters in the CB2/NB/DB/S roles to try to put together a mid-pack DB group.

QuikSand

07-20-2020, 11:05 AM

Baltimore makes a long list of moves in late free agency, but few should rock the boat much:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RT Caiden Jennings (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91972)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed a renegotiated contract: 2yrs, $7,860,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RCB Les Wiggins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92268)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $32,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>TE Wade Polley (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92562)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed a renegotiated contract: 2yrs, $7,480,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LDE Gilbert Baxter (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=88080)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed a renegotiated contract: 2yrs, $9,850,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>TE Reuben Wesson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94286)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from New Orleans: 1yrs, $4,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>WLB Dale Pagel (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94756)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Philadelphia: 1yrs, $9,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QB Kerry Mize (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94938)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 2yrs, $5,300,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>TE Marcus Hartman (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=95130)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $4,880,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LCB Luke Geer (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93103)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Arizona: 1yrs, $5,500,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB Randy Bush (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94193)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $5,680,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB Louie Flemister (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=95017)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $4,880,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB Cooper Booker (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=95045)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $7,600,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SE Donovan Butler (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94302)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 2yrs, $6,060,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RDE Donovan Fisher (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=95453)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $5,300,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RCB Courtney Swager (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=95685)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $6,000,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

I'll note the non-trivial stuff here:

TE Wesson has a few bars I like, and a 94 personality, could be a long term asset for us... wish his ST was 97 instead of 77, then he'd be a sure thing

LB Pagel just seemed too good to have walking around in free agency... so 9m all salary to see if he sits at the end of the bench this year (no affinity) - maybe he's a sign-and-trade next offseason (in this league, prolly not)

CB Geer is a maybe-we-find-him-starts? longshot, but on all salary, so no harm if not

RB group are camp legs, we'll see if we have anything (Booker maybe something?)

Yeah...yawns all around.

QuikSand

07-20-2020, 11:12 AM

DC BUREAU

So, not a whole lot happening here in DC, either. As mentioned, we released CB Franklin, freeing up cap space for several things, most notably a reneg of LB Shedd (who turned down our first offer).

<table style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse;" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>WLB Landon Shedd (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90558)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>has begun a contract holdout</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LCB Courtney Franklin (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91474)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>released</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SE Lester Robbins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92656)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed a renegotiated contract: 2yrs, $8,230,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>WLB Landon Shedd (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90558)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $39,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>TE Victor Tompkins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92549)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LCB Cesar Peterson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=95656)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $5,300,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SILB Jimmy Meadows (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93021)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $22,610,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SS Carter Sampson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94910)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from New Orleans: 3yrs, $12,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SS Darnell Powell (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=86529)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Houston: 2yrs, $10,320,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB Tito Ross (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92480)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>TE Cornelius Cullors (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94242)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $12,000,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Okay then, what's news here?

I tried fairly hard to land young LB Meadows, no affinity but a legit talent. Houston got him (no worries, several teams were after him).

S Sampson is a zone-first low-affinity guy who likely sticks, Powell is a career-ender high-affinity guy who likely sticks, too.

RB Ross is a high-affinity guy I wanted to keep around for some reason or another.

johnnyshaka

07-21-2020, 08:49 AM

I missed the export on the final stage to re-sign RFAs...consequently missing out my last chance to re-sign LB Meadows on the cheap. SMH.

QuikSand

07-21-2020, 06:58 PM

Cutdown to 60:

I make the call at WR/TE for the chem leader - it's going to be Polley now. T hat means both TE Austin and WR Conway have to go to clear the way. It's fine. Polley is a 97 pers leader, and clicks with everyone except TE Ogden. TE Wesson is also out, just not room for him.

Soph RB Bush is an easy cut, we'll look at the rookies after preseason, and see if anyone sticks.

Rookie DL Fisher looks okay, but is not good enough to merit starts, so he can't gain affinity, and he's out. DT Crawford will be getting those starts this season, at least in the base D setup.

Wow, can I really keep LB Pagel? I won't be able to trade him, would I re-sign him next year, without any affinity? Doubtful. No, dumb idea, but not cost here. Gone.

Nothing exciting here. Move along.

QuikSand

07-21-2020, 07:11 PM

DC BUREAU

Cutdown day in the District won't be thrilling here, either. We're already at 60 players, so no cuts needed.

Our rookie class looks stellar. One solid WR, one afterthought DB, and it's not a no-brainer who we should be more excited about. Great.

QuikSand

07-22-2020, 07:42 AM

Cutdown to 53:

Three young RB competing for slots behind two fading veterans. It's a no-injury league, so no pressure to keep more than 2 here. Veteran Edwin Bush plummeted from 41 to 30 - can we still play him? 6.08 ypc last season, but... 30/30 man. Liverwurst also dropped to 39/39. Ouch. 3rd round rookie Andersen faded, too, bad sign - marginal 3rd down back I guess. Flemister had a "boom" but only to 29/31 by my scout. We have no good options here, I fear. I cut the UDFAs for now, will see if Andersen can sneak into the 53 later. I hope we have better options.

At TE, Polley is our new leader (and itches for some playing time) and Ogden is freshly re-signed, they're in. Vinny Money was actually my default to get a lot of targets if Ogden walked. I like Fridlund, he's got affinity going already, but unless I'm going to use him in the swing-out T role, he's just an chem guy and might as well be inactive. Rookie Marcus Hartman actually has a case to make, a bump in camp and he's a legit special teamer... ugh. Carry 5 for now?

I'm down to only 6 WR, so not much to do here. Woods is a 9 RR guy with weak affinity, he's the logical candidate to go, despite his tantalizing other ratings. Rookie Hanley will get starts this year, and lock in as a long term chem/ST asset. Stocz is going to get quite a few WR3 targets, it seems.

CB Geer goes, he was bubbled last time, just cant get him starts. Rookie S Swager gone, after a preseason fade. S Tucker won't get starts, he's gone, too - our DB group will just sit intact. (With CB Maas signing an extension, even more status quo...CB/KR Burroughs had a ratings rebound, too)

Okay, still keep a gimp QB in Alonzo? Yes, I think we will.

LB Beardslee ends up being the last man out, he faded and wanted big money to extend.

Yawwwwwwwn. What is interesting here? FB Hillhouse is going to get some targets this season, we're using him in the swing TE role. So, we'll see if we have anything beyond a gathering of nice red bars there.

Hmm, file error trying to upload. Awesome.

QuikSand

07-22-2020, 09:47 AM

DC BUREAU

Cutdown day... tricky here. Not worth detailing a ton.

Rookie WR Carrubba is going to be okay. Fine. Not a superstar.
Rookie CB Peterson is a real keeper, future ST ace and rotation CB.

Biggest twists are behind the scenes... WR Price faded a bit and won't be the decoy we wanted (dammit), at least when Malone is on the field (i.e. anytime that matters).

Okay... Price is cut (bleeding bonus money), WR White makes it as KR/WR4, young RB Cash gets the RB2 job, and we'll hope for the best.

QuikSand

07-22-2020, 10:29 AM

Predictions this year:

Baltimore does not take a meaningful step forward, remains near/at the top of a tough division but discernibly behind the very top tier in the AFC. I'll predict 11-5, with more improvement on D than O. Hillhouse will be disappointing on only 6 yards per target in his H-back role.

DC will again win the NFC lEast, but again be in that 3/4 seed slot. Anything can happen, but the most likely outcome is probably 11 wins and a longshot playoff contender slot, same as in B-More.

BAL a bit more likely to win a playoff game or two.

QuikSand

07-23-2020, 10:02 AM

Chas in Cinti

07-23-2020, 10:17 AM

tease...

QuikSand

07-23-2020, 10:31 AM

Fun, the forum doesn't like my post now... okay, here's the bottom line:

Oh Hai we are terrible now (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)

So, what went wrong?

-11 on turnovers, that has to be a lot of it... Levine fumbled 11 times, OL problems?
(Yes, our Sack% of 5.2 was mid-pack, but opp PR% 0r 24% was 3rd worst)
-Levine threw 22 picks, ration close to 1:1 rather than better previous years
-5.5 ypc rushing game not the problem, Schewigert good again
-FB Hillhouse gets 5.3 ypt on swing routes, TE Ogden 6.7 on routine stuff
-Our own pass rush was really weak again, bottom half by the numbers
-Our pass D, our pride and joy, was awful - 51.2 PD% (25th)

Wow. So, the O-line, the D-line, the usual suspects, and maybe some bad breaks. So, we pick in the 6-7-8 range next year. Offense, you say? Do they still make that?

QuikSand

07-23-2020, 10:42 AM

DC BUREAU

So, were things better down inside the other beltway?

Better, but not exactly "Be Best" Better (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)

Okay, so the main tenets of our prediction held here - the division remained weak, so we are again good enough to win it, but not good enough to get the week off... the big difference maker, in my mind.

-QB Clancy is fine, not exceptional, and I can't tell whether he's just not good or it's me
-the smart money is that it's on me, see below a couple of clicks
-WR Malone remains the main man, just churning out 8 yards per target
-We threw 163 targets into the TE black hole, and it's awful... 4.9 ypt ugh
-OL seems mid-pack, running game same, RB Cash is "not good at football"
-Pass rush okay (9th), w Singleton again the true alpha w/16 sacks
-Pass D was, overall, not good at all... wow, did something un-click this year?

We're a harmless 10-6 team, just hitting the postseason for our cup of coffee, nothing to see here. Yeah, I know, I know, but it's really true.

QuikSand

07-23-2020, 11:14 AM

In Baltimore, I'm gutted. Feeling like I sold out to the 2-3/4-5/6-7 chemistry triad because of a QB who in the GML world is probably dead right now. And since then, we have been swimming upstream fighting the tide of a bad choice there. We have made the most of it, fielded some good teams, but I'm kinda close to saying that I can't do it.

And with our top two assets, the young receivers, both in the 4-5 group... it would be hard to simply re-do everything. I will, sincerrly, give some thought to tearing down the entire OL and RB infrastructure, and giving them an overhaul in another group.

I'm also, candidly, waffling on whether the time spent on all this is merited. It happens. I'll likely get over it.

Some similar waffling with the DC team. I was really jazzed about the WR group I had been building. Then I ended up nearly cutting all three veterans I had signed, actually cutting one, and realizing that it was basically all for naught. Plus a minor miss on my huge trade-up deal. It is dispiriting.

Chas in Cinti

07-23-2020, 11:56 AM

Could be a one-year blah... it happens in this game occasionally.

QuikSand

07-23-2020, 02:34 PM

Looking for some silver lining in Crabtown:

The DL we moved up for last year looks like he might be pretty good, after all...

DT Aidan Denby (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94680)

By the numbers, that is a really really strong start to a career. He played purely DT this year, so those pass rush numbers are not buoyed by him playing edge here and there. But if he posts this kind of stuff from the inside, that's making me feel better about the move to get him.

QuikSand

07-24-2020, 07:36 AM

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" border="2" bgcolor="#0D244D"><tbody><tr><td><center>GML POSTSEASON RECAP</center></td></tr></tbody></table><center><table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" border="3"><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" bgcolor="#A6ADBD"><center>GAME RESULTS</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Wild Card Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121220029.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet0.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Arizona Cardinals (SteveOliver) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=0)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>28-45 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121220029.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Washington Football Team (KickStand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2121220029.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Wild Card Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121220812.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet8.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Denver Broncos (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=8)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>27-13 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121220812.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Jacksonville Jaguars (finkellll) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=12)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet12.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2121220812.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Wild Card Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121221922.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet19.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>New Jersey Jets (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=19)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>10-28 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121221922.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Pittsburgh Steelers (rgvic3do) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=22)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet22.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2121221922.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Wild Card Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121222527.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet25.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>San Francisco 49ers (Juggernaut) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=25)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>27-37 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121222527.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Tampa Bay Buccaneers (ChrustifusMax) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=27)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet27.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2121222527.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="25" bgcolor="#0D244D">
</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121230816.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet8.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Denver Broncos (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=8)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>35-28 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121230816.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>New England Patriots (pyser) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=16)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet16.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2121230816.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121232213.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet22.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Pittsburgh Steelers (rgvic3do) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=22)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>28-31 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121232213.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Kansas City Chiefs (Jeremessiah) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=13)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet13.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2121232213.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121232705.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet27.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Tampa Bay Buccaneers (ChrustifusMax) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=27)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>24-27 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121232705.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Chicago Bears (rgvicedo) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=5)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet5.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2121232705.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121232926.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Washington Football Team (KickStand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>33-26 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121232926.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>St. Louis Rams (tzach) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=26)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet26.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2121232926.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="25" bgcolor="#0D244D">
</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Conference Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121240813.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet8.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Denver Broncos (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=8)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>31-38 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121240813.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Kansas City Chiefs (Jeremessiah) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=13)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet13.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2121240813.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Conference Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121242905.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Washington Football Team (KickStand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>27-39 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121242905.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Chicago Bears (rgvicedo) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=5)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet5.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2121242905.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="25" bgcolor="#0D244D">
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<center><table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" border="5"><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" bgcolor="#A6ADBD"><center>The GM Challenge Bowl Result</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Front Office Bowl</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121250513.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet5.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Chicago Bears (rgvicedo) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=5)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>36-21 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2121250513.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Kansas City Chiefs (Jeremessiah) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=13)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet13.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2121250513.html)</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

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QuikSand

07-24-2020, 07:37 AM

Another pretty nice postseason run from the DC squad. Small sample size, or something to that? Hard to say.

Anyway...onward. New season kicks off soon, will try to manufacture some enthusiasm for it.

QuikSand

07-24-2020, 11:41 AM

Okay, moving on, new file is up.

Baltimore loses DE Gilbert Baxter, which will cause some chemistry tumult. We will figure it out, but I don't yet have a plan, had expected to keep him cashing minsal checks for a couple more seasons.

We also will have some sorting out to do at OL. Shepherd is a free agent, we currently see the OL with Jennings (4-5 group, 93 ldr, 98 pers) in charge, and I'm saddened to see G Kendrick not even register as an affinity with him (pers 10). Dammit. Not a crisis, just annoying. Still not sure if T Shepherd would reclaim the group leadership if re-sign, and not sure if there's a way to know that in-game.

We're also finally at the end of the 5yr "oh what the hell" contract with QB Levine. I honestly did not expect to use him, just had cap space and he seemed unwanted. In his 4 years as our starter, he has given us two pretty good efforts. Not bad. Not exciting, either.

I apparently failed to extend my excellent head coach last year, so maybe he will walk now. Great.

We naturally have the worst possible draft pick for our rotten season, at 1.8. I hear from smart people we should draft offense. I expect to do so.

QuikSand

07-24-2020, 11:47 AM

Side conversation from the Ravens roost. What dowe now think of the decision to spend a late-ish 1st round pick at RB, and to get "Liverwurst" Bernie Schweigert?

Schweigert Player Page (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90015)

So... first of all, we never really got him into a "full duty" role like I had expected. I had higher hopes for his endurance rating, and then the addition of RB Bush made a timeshare fairly obvious.

With that said... Liverwurst put together a reasonably effective run in the RB1.5 role... with last season capping things off as his highest workload and overall best production. He's an 8th year guy, age 28... is he worth another contract? Tuck away that he's a tricky chemistry guy for us... group 4-5, leadership 93 makes him heard to displace as the group leader, but 73 personality is lower than we'd like.

I think the takeaway here is... nice career for the place where sharps take their RBs -- rounds 3-4 or after the draft. Waste of a first round pick. At this point, very split on whether to offer him a deal. I suspect he may be attractive to AVAILABLE so we might need to come hard to re-up with him.

We'll see. RB Bush (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=89971) is already signed, he presents his own conundrum... he's a ST and cohesion star, so probably makes the team and lineup. But can we really give touches to a guy like this? Last year's 4.5 ypc was on a small sample size... but the year before was awesome. Is he actually "good" despite no discernible skills other than gunner?

QuikSand

07-25-2020, 11:50 AM

Big stage now, working on FA 1:2.

Here's the BAL reset:

42 players signed
6 draft picks in hand (2nd dealt last year)
0 RFAs I'm sure I will re-sign
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48 roster spots "spoken for"

Not bad. Nearly $30% of the cap in hand. This is the year (already) to re-up with 11 and 18, so that will be very expensive now and for some time ahead. That's what we are building around, for better or for worse. (Better)

If we extend QB Levine, that will cost us $15m this year or so, he doesn't want a fortune. T Shepherd is the tricky guy - re-upping with him will take at least $40m, and might mess up our OL chemistry. Not sure what to do there.

Oh, it's naturally a crappy draft for quarterbacks. Of course. The one thing that might get me fired up - nope. Yeah, it's semi-official, we pick at 1.8 and I can't find 8 guys at any position that I actually want. Dammit.

QuikSand

07-25-2020, 03:29 PM

DC BUREAU

38 players signed
00 draft picks this year
xx RFAs we will surely re-sign
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??? but lots of roster space

We have a bit less than 20% of the cap available. Renegs with T Lyons and (maybe) DT Pascal will take a chunk of that. No room for big splash signings. We could deal WR Bouchette to free up space, there was some interest last season.

I'm basically content with this team, more or less. Wish I had made a few smarter decisions, or won better on some gambles, but all told it's coming together okay.

Roster priorities:
-someone to make something of all these TE targets (!!!)
-depth at DB (veteran CB1 retired, plus general suckiness)
-a legit RB2 maybe?
-more special teamers

Some notes here I'll share later, I think...

QuikSand

07-25-2020, 07:13 PM

Special teams side note:

Punt returns: 20.0 (1st)
PR Allowed: 6.0 (3rd)

Kick returns: 28.3 (3rd)
KR allowed: 20.4 (1st)

BALTIMORE

(WR Behne 76 PR, 77/95 ST)
Punt returns: 13.5 (8th)
PR Allowed: 3.5 (1st)

(CB Burroughs 85 KR, 93 ST)
Kick returns: 28.4 (3rd)
KR allowed: 25.0 (24th) WTF?

DC

(WR Robbins 75 PR, 2 ST)
Punt returns: 16.9 (2nd)
PR Allowed: 5.4 (2nd)

(RB Ross 59/63 KR, 2 ST)
Kick returns: 24.0 (13th)
KR allowed: 20.3 (2nd)

Okay, tracking for the 2121 season:

(WR Bridges 75 PR, 14 ST)
Punt returns: 16.8 (1st)
PR Allowed: 6.8 (9th)

(CB Burroughs 95 KR, 100 ST)
Kick returns: 36.2 (1st)
KR allowed: 24.4 (17th) a touch better, but still...

DC

(WR Robbins 73 PR, 2 ST)
Punt returns: 16.0 (4th)
PR Allowed: 6.5 (5th)

(WR Smith 89 KR, 47 ST)
Kick returns: 29.0 (5th)
KR allowed: 23.2 (10th)

So...we remain top drawer in special teams. BAL CB/KR Burroughs recovered his ratings drop from the year before and then some, he's now a great asset.

QuikSand

07-25-2020, 07:54 PM

Baltimore deals with regular punch Jacksonville, and deals down to three picks in this draft: 1.8, 2.21, 4.21. That's a better fit for our needs, I think.

Have put 1.8 on the block. Have a semi-offer in hand, will have to decide whether to deal down from lottery ticket land. Generally no, but... ugh.

QuikSand

07-26-2020, 07:05 AM

Quick thoughts on BAL offensive chemistry:

I am not as tied down as it would usually seem. I have teams that do just fine with only 2 of 3 groups in the same triad. So, if I were to just decide to unmoor from the 3-affinity QB model, this doesn't look all that hard to do.

WR #11 and #18 are the guys we're building this team around, obviously. They are both 4-5 guys, and it's hard to imagine me upending that group. So, fine, that means our long term WR/TE group leader will probably be a 2-3 guy like TE Polley (who hates the 10-11 group) or conceivably a 6-7 guy (who would hate the 11-12 group).

So...we'll keep a pin in that for right now, especially the Polley hating the 10-11 group.

If we start over at RB/FB, what do we leave behind? Not a lot. RB Schweigert is a free agent, I'm on the fence as it is about re-upping with him. RB Bush is a fossil. Young guys are replaceable easily. It's the FBs who actually seem intriguing... I remain enchanted by Hillhouse and his weird bars, and we just re-signed Ricker as the sort of lead blocker I like, in theory. So... starting anew at RB/FB would likely mean sliding Hillhouse over to play TE (at 5-11 228 not loving that), probably dropping Ricker? Bummer, but not insurmountable.

At OL... it's psychological at this point. I invested in T Jennings years ago just so we'd have this setup, with him as the anchor. It would hurt to cast it off. But maybe hurt less than just continuing to dick around with this group. The right path ahead with the OL is presumably to let T O'Donnell play out his contract (2 more years), keep playing T Shepherd if we re-sign him (2 more years), skip re-signing G Kendrick for the $20m he wants, and start finding build-around guys for chemistry going forward. Would presumably be fairly easy to assemble a perfectly adequate, high-chem group in the 9-10/12-1/1-2 group in a couple of years, basically to have them take the reins as starters when our tackles eclipse in 2123. Not an awful plan.

(Actually, scratch that... sifting through the league, I don't see anyone out there really hitting OL chem hard, other than...duh... the DC team. And they're building around the 9-10/12-1/1-2 triad. So, this isn't cheating, it's just prudence... if I'm a free agent in this regard, it just seems wiser to build in a group where I don't have a committed rival built-in already... so, we'd likely look more closely at our options in the other two triads.)

So...not saying I'm going out and drafting a "non affinity" left tackle with pick 8. But, at this point, I'm not saying that I'm not doing that, either. Given the paucity of perfect fits within our scheme, it's time to at least consider picking outside the scheme, or even realigning the scheme around the player(s) facing us.

QuikSand

07-26-2020, 09:39 PM

BAL is on deck in the draft. Looking at the BPA candidates, if we were not beholden to our silly schemes. A good, not great, looking RB... meh for top ten pick. Sundry DL, per usual. A handful of OL who look like low risk, okay upside plays. A low-endurance CB1 type of guy.

I'll have to sort out whether to trade down, or out. I have both on the table. Just don't feel the pull from anything here to stick with it.

QuikSand

07-26-2020, 10:15 PM

In other news:

MalcPow (via his alter ego) has taken over the Dallas reins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6335) ...the recently easy division may not remain that way for long

QuikSand

07-27-2020, 10:10 AM

FA 1:2-3 in the bag...

Both young WRs accepted their reneg offers... meaning I gave them too much money. Regardless, that's out of the way, removing the chance that I overlook the need to do them and paint myself into a corner. Given the slice of my attention I am freeing up for FOF these days, not unwise.

Biggest news in Baltimore is that LT Shepherd will not be returning. We made a solid offer, but he opted instead for AVAILABLE up the road in Steeltown. Understandable. I was waffling on OL setup anyhow, maybe this moves that along?

Let's have a look at the OL group right now...

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate
Glode, J.R. 670 C 8 72 72 3 yrs.
Bosley, Roderick 658 C 7 57 57 1 yr.
Fattel, Jackie 765 LG 7 36 36 2 yrs.
Kendrick, Perry 768 RG 4 72 72 1 yr.
O'Donnell, Miguel 861 LT 7 75 75 2 yrs.
Jennings, Caiden 878 RT 6 20 20 1 yr.

The operative question is... if we walk away from the chemistry effort here, who cares?

T Jennings is the chem anchor - years in waiting - he's a 4-5 group, 93 Ldr, 98 Pers. Got his starts years ago, been waiting for this takeover. C Glode is a solid starter, loves the chem, and as 8th year guy has 3-4 more good seasons in him. C Bosley is a fill-in, started at LG the last two years, he's fine but not special. Fattel was a chem guy, but he's a 4-5 also, so neutered by Jennings taking over, and useless otherwise. Kendrick is only 10 personality, doesn't even rate his quiet affinity in-game. O'Donnell is a "Mild" - quality player, but low intelligence so presumably a false start machine.

This is not a build-around group, like, say, our DB group. I am basically fine rebooting the OL group chem-wise. No major reason to throw good money after bad here. We have two firsts the next two years, at least two are likely to be toward the end of the round... a great place to take (recalling the recent video with Squirrel) "a good guard." We may indeed be doing that.

QuikSand

07-27-2020, 10:28 AM

DC BUREAU

We signed a veteran TE, he gives us chemistry worries, but he'll be our main target this year. Old guy, not a long term answer, but he ought to be credible. Kinda like signing Greg Olsen?

Yawn.

QuikSand

07-28-2020, 07:20 AM

Baltimore signs a... {checks notes}... veteran running back? Really?

Caiden Zamora (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92500)

Chem-neutral (never a starter?). Had one big season. Seems to have the right skills. Seemed like a good idea at the time, I'm kinda at a loss now. Could be part of a chem revision, though he'd seize the group lead without a great Pers score, and I tend to dislike that.

I'll likely regret this.

QuikSand

07-28-2020, 08:07 AM

DC BUREAU

Very exciting signing for me... just an unbelievably perfect fit:

S Miles Reese (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94029)

So, he's got basic skills to play (for me) either SS, FS, or maybe even nickel corner. Great. Not a star, but definitely good enough to play.

He's also a special teamer - my scout pegs him at 98, even better than what you see above. That was a priority.

Finally, he's a strong affinity with our leader, and one day might step into the group leader role, even. Already has his starts, though that's less of a concern with a guy I'd likely be rotating in anyhow.

Yes!

Also signed a veteran DL (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92935), just adding to a thin spot on the roster.

QuikSand

07-28-2020, 04:31 PM

Baltimore with our first of two draft picks:

http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet2.png

Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes T Phil West (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=96205) with the 2.21 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>70<->99</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>61<->90</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Blocking Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>18<->47</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance
</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>21<->49</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>76</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>312</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.2</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.7</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>36</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>32</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

OL was a need. He looks solid. Likely a future RT or RG. My scout had the Run B maxed out, the drop to 99 may or may not be a major sign. Alas.

QuikSand

07-28-2020, 04:34 PM

...the very next pick... how on earth did I miss this guy?

http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet0.png

Arizona (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=0): SteveOliver takes TE Herman Malcomson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=95928) with the 2.22 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>31<->60</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>70<->99</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Blocking Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>56<->85</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Avoid Drops</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>43<->72</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Getting Downfield</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>58<->87</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Route Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>46<->75</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Catching</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>69<->97</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Big-Play Receiving</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>33<->62</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Courage</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>71<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Adjust to Ball</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>57<->86</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>16<->45</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>28<->57</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#ffc50d"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#ffc50d"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#ffc50d"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#ffc50d"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#ffc50d"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#ffc50d"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#ffc50d"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#ffc50d"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#ffc50d"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#ffc50d"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#ffc50d"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>74</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>236</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.7</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.9</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.76</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>28</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>24</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.47</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>111</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>41</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>42</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

QuikSand

07-29-2020, 08:48 AM

My FOF interest is not, right now, sufficient to maintain five MP teams. I just blundered a series of things in another league costing me some combination of a player and a draft pick... just because I wasn't paying attention to details.

The big problem is...my way of playing FOF is all about paying attention to details. With my CCFL team, I just paid a mint to a free agent player who doesn't have chemistry, because I mis-remembered my leader's sign. Just bad signs all around.

Just in the FWIW column here, for now.

QuikSand

07-29-2020, 10:17 AM

I'll post if something interesting happens. Routine FA activity won't cut it right now. Going to finish some office work and spend time with my daughter.

Chas in Cinti

07-29-2020, 10:20 AM

What happened to BAL 1st round pick? I assume you traded, as you mention you might but I don't see that you reported what happened.

johnnyshaka

07-29-2020, 10:48 AM

What happened to BAL 1st round pick? I assume you traded, as you mention you might but I don't see that you reported what happened.

He traded it: SF - BAL**PROCESSED** (http://gml.fof-belco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6341)

QuikSand

07-29-2020, 07:49 PM

Sorry, probably forgot to post it here. Yeah, just didn't like any of my legit options, so I dealt out for two future 1sts, likely in the 20s. Meh.

QuikSand

07-30-2020, 09:56 AM

BAL more free agency moves, nothing exciting. I got lazy and under-bid on CB Wiggins, he has gone to Tennessee (abandoned by Squirrel, not run by AVAILABLE) and I should have seen that coming. Our second draft pick in the bag, too, also unexciting AF, just OL depth in round four.

QuikSand

07-30-2020, 10:04 AM

DC BUREAU

More activity. A bit more exciting. Landed a nice young DB to add to our cache of same - Colton Jeffrey is a ballhawk and kick returner, who fits our chem scheme and came cheaply. There will be a struggle to find starts for all these young'ns who need them, but I'll make it work over the next couple of seasons.

Up to 49 players signed, no draft picks, ample cal space. We'll see if there are any further shoes to drop. Team's in decent shape.

QuikSand

07-31-2020, 09:39 AM

okay, into late free agency... BAL has 57 players aboard, so even with a thin draft, we are not especially itchy to sign new faces (even though I seemingly always find something to like in the 8th round)...

RB Liverwurst has re-signed a cheap 1yr deal. He reclaims the chem leadership by doing so - that's a mixed bag, especially if he isn't going to be RB1 any more. Bubbled.

We've got a legal roster, and no shrieking holes anywhere - so late additions would just be complementary pieces, or otherwise forward-looking. With $70m in cap space, I may try to do an early big reneg to get ahead of next season, also.

QuikSand

07-31-2020, 10:12 AM

DC BUREAU

52 players signed, one G short of legal roster, and easy to patch that over if needed.

We paid big 1yr money for a veteran OL who will serve as chem leader for this season and hopefully not beyond that. Desperate measures? Left as an exercise for the readers, if indeed there are any at this point.

Let's review objectives for this offseason:

DC BUREAU

Roster priorities:
-someone to make something of all these TE targets (!!!)
-depth at DB (veteran CB1 retired, plus general suckiness)
-a legit RB2 maybe?
-more special teamers

Our focus TE will be Darrell Tafoya (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=89265), and he should be adequate. Honestly, I just want to get close to 7 yards per target. That would be a big move forward.

DB depth improved, with young signings. A couple guys pending new deals, but I feel okay there, all told.

RB2 nope

ST should be improved by TE Tafoya 90, S Reese 98, and maybe CB Jeffrey in the return game eventually. Two key adds there, we'll tally that as a win for a lackluster offseason, overall.

We will look around at the leftovers, per usual. This team still has a few roster spots that are open to real challenge by youth with promise.

Chas in Cinti

07-31-2020, 05:16 PM

DC BUREAU

Left as an exercise for the readers, if indeed there are any at this point.

I'm not sure whether to feel slighted, bemused, or forgotten...

LOL!

QuikSand

07-31-2020, 09:02 PM

you have been kinda quiet, pal

but the slight was meant on me...the content here has been subpar of late, I'm quite aware

doldrums

QuikSand

08-01-2020, 12:10 PM

KC sends DT Middleton

BAL sends 5th next year (2123)

tending to our D7 chemistry woes (leader retired this year)... let's take this as a good sign that we haven't completely given up on "tending to things" around here

Chas in Cinti

08-01-2020, 03:03 PM

you have been kinda quiet, pal

but the slight was meant on me...the content here has been subpar of late, I'm quite aware

doldrums

Hey man... the swag that came with season tickets has been lacking the last few seasons...

QuikSand

08-02-2020, 11:14 AM

fair enough

QuikSand

08-04-2020, 10:25 AM

Week off for Commissioner holiday. Comes at a good time. See y'all later.

Chas in Cinti

08-06-2020, 01:50 PM

Going to be a long week... :(

QuikSand

08-10-2020, 12:59 PM

So, I guess we're still doing this.

QuikSand

08-10-2020, 01:24 PM

This is fun with essentially no recollection over what I wanted to have happen here, with the file sent in days and days (or years) ago...

Anyway

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QB Jamal Alonzo (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93278)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RG Clay Pritchett (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93592)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $32,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LT Dan Pilcher (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=95333)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $6,100,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RG Mitchell Grabovez (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=96112)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $4,920,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LT Weston Gorham (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=96155)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $4,920,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LT Corey Sutton (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=96156)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $5,340,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LT Marcos Crownhart (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=96186)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $5,340,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RG Earnest Crawford (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91052)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from New England: 2yrs, $8,510,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LS Grady Bryant (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=95950)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $4,920,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LG Harvey Malinsky (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=96126)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $7,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LG Elliot Lewis (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94413)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $6,530,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LT Grant Ellis (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=96154)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $5,340,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

So, lessee, lots of the usual after-draft flotsam. That OG is a missed opportunity, don't recall the nature of my offer but disappointed to miss on him like that. He might have been good enough to alter my OL chemistry thinking, as a long term 6-7 group leader.

Anyway... mostly young OL targets. No sense in hiding it any longer... I'm working toward a new chem scheme at that group. The plan is to build it all up around this dude (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92786), who will start at RT this season I guess, and go from there. The two rookies both fit, nearly all of these spare parts OL guys fit, and the question now is basically just when do we pull the switch. Likely next offseason. (edit: no, it's right now)

Time to prep for pretend fake football games. Cut to 60 is... uninteresting.

Chas in Cinti

08-11-2020, 07:10 AM

Good to see this back!

QuikSand

08-11-2020, 09:09 AM

Glad to be back, I guess.

QuikSand

08-11-2020, 09:17 AM

Yesterday I jumped the gun, disoriented momentarily about the stage we were in, and made a ton of cuts... only to then realize it was the training camp stage, not the preseason. So, camp is now in the bag, and cut-to-60 day is actually here.

Big pivot: the OL. Right now, with my long-planned ascendance of RT Caiden Jennings to the chem lead, we have an uninspiring total of 4 affinities with him. That is not stellar. I could, I suppose, load up with other guys, but if I have decided that the longer term play is to shift groupings and build with smart guys (and I have) then this makes no real sense.

Cuts from OL: T Jennings, C Bosley (wants to get paid, won't start at G this year if we are committing to new blood), G Lewis, G Fattel. That leaves us with way too many guys on board still, but we'll have a look at preseason movement to sort out who stays and (more importantly) who plays this year.

Incidentally, bad twist with rookie G Carpenter...he's got a toxic combination of 99 leadership and 14 personality, so can't be a long term asset for us without a major stroke of luck (a 99 ldr guy to step ahead of him). Stinks, as he looked like he could have been a start-at-G-forever type of guy for us.

QuikSand

08-11-2020, 09:30 AM

Incidentally, QB Levine wants to extend at just a shade over his 40-something price tag. Not even giving it a second thought. It's time to test the waters at QB, a dicey proposition but after last year it's just too hard to commit to him being the guy we want there for the years ahead.

We'll spend some $ on pass rushers, sorry Squirrel.

QuikSand

08-12-2020, 09:50 AM

DC BUREAU

So, I messed things up yesterday, and the AI made a roster cutdown on its own, so I have work to do there manually. So it goes. Doing this with about 60% of my usual attention is subpar, especially for the way I run my team, but that's apparently what it's going to be for now.

WR Malone, literally the most important player on the team, is likely walking into free agency after this year. It's on me, I just failed to keep track of my cap space demands (including doing so in this thread) and lost track of it. So, that will be fun. I tried to make a backloaded offer to him in the last stage, but he declined and I don't think I can afford his asking price. Chemistry is dragging this team more than I might have expected, right now.

Meanwhile, two of the top four drafts in the BenBot rankings are from the "side project" teams in our division. So, our saving grace here in DC has been than nobody else was putting forth a very strong product. That may be about to change, I guess. MalcPow and Jeremsssiah are both good GMs, and capable of better depending on their level of commitment.

Cutdown to 53 for us is a bit painful, I have a lot of side projects on the roster, but it's mostly pruning guys who won't really have a role anytime soon.

TE Tafoya took a disappointing ratings drop, dammit. Our TE situation may remain a mess. That's upsetting - he's a 9th year guy, it was in the mix but a -12 seems too much for a guy we expected to really play a ton. Damn.

Cutdowns... ok, not so bad. No deal for WR Malone. We should be building affinities, putting out a credible roster, and hope for another division title here.

QuikSand

08-12-2020, 12:05 PM

Back in Baltimore...

We finally get the deal for DT Middleton to go through. So, that gives us a legit plan for D7 chemistry - he's a 7th year guy with 90 personality, and we'll extend him for two more seasons, so that's settled for the medium term. Not exciting... but hey, if you're actually reading this thread at this point, then routine shore-up-chemistry crap must be at least kinda your cup of tea, right?

Here's the roster at 60, for reference as we do cutdowns:

Front Office Football Eight
Baltimore Ravens Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Levine, Salvador 105 QB QB 10 46 46 1 yr.
Justin, Evan 114 QB 5 25 29 2 yrs.
##Alonzo, Jamal 117 QB 4 21 28 2 yrs.
Zamora, Caiden 220 RB RB 5 55 55 3 yrs.
Andersen, Darnell 235 RB 2 40 40 3 yrs.
Schweigert, Bernie 222 RB 8 32 32 1 yr.
Hillhouse, Kristopher 349 FB FB 4 64 64 3 yrs.
Ricker, Branden 344 FB 4 43 43 4 yrs.
Ogden, Leon 448 TE TE 6 57 57 2 yrs.
Hartman, Marcus 484 TE 2 36 37 1 yr.
Polley, Wade 441 TE 5 32 32 1 yr.
##Money, Vinny 446 TE 6 30 30 1 yr.
##Fridlund, Duane 482 TE 6 27 27 1 yr.
##Wesson, Reuben 487 TE 3 23 23 2 yrs.
VanCaeyzeele, Parker 511 FL FL 4 66 66 5 yrs.
Mitchell, Steve 581 FL 4 28 29 2 yrs.
Bridges, Buddy 585 FL 5 26 26 2 yrs.
Behne, Warren 518 SE SE 4 81 81 5 yrs.
Stocz, Lonnie 512 SE 9 48 48 1 yr.
##Hanley, Rodolfo 586 SE 2 20 41 3 yrs.
Glode, J.R. 670 C C 8 63 63 3 yrs.
Carpenter, Roosevelt 779 LG LG 1 30 55 4 yrs.
##Malinsky, Harvey 776 LG 1 28 36 2 yrs.
Kendrick, Perry 768 RG RG 4 71 71 1 yr.
Crawford, Earnest 766 RG 7 34 34 2 yrs.
##Grabovez, Mitchell 767 RG 1 7 17 2 yrs.
O'Donnell, Miguel 861 LT LT 7 70 70 2 yrs.
Pilcher, Dan 872 LT RT 2 27 38 2 yrs.
Sutton, Corey 862 LT 1 23 29 2 yrs.
##Douglas, Kim 873 LT 5 22 22 2 yrs.
##Ellis, Grant 860 LT 1 22 33 2 yrs.
##Crownhart, Marcos 874 LT 1 21 25 2 yrs.
##Gorham, Weston 871 LT 1 15 22 2 yrs.
##West, Phil 864 RT 1 13 33 4 yrs.
Moore, Reggie 902 P 3 84 84 2 yrs.
Thomas, Mario 1003K 8 84 84 4 yrs.
Turnbull, Kevin 1191LDE RDE 4 58 58 4 yrs.
Baump, Jackson 1198LDE LDE 2 45 68 3 yrs.
Woods, Lorenzo 1159LDE 9 42 42 2 yrs.
Helming, Juan 1190RDE 7 61 61 2 yrs.
Middleton, Tucker 1297RDT 7 50 50 1 yr.
Denby, Aidan 1295NT NT 3 74 74 2 yrs.
Douglas, Kim 1294NT 5 43 43 1 yr.
Crawford, Parker 1292NT 3 37 37 2 yrs.
Sigrest, Gino 1345SILB SILB 11 49 49 1 yr.
Schenk, Rich 1356WILB WILB 6 47 47 1 yr.
Sorota, Tyrus 1415SLB SLB 7 62 62 2 yrs.
Gardner, Anthony 1453WLB WLB 6 54 54 4 yrs.
Thomas, Burt 1447WLB 5 46 46 2 yrs.
Givens, Dana 1452WLB 8 34 34 1 yr.
Lentzner, Kody 1538LCB LCB 10 67 67 1 yr.
Maas, Josue 1528LCB 10 53 53 2 yrs.
##Geer, Luke 1527LCB 5 25 25 2 yrs.
Bernardino, Shaun 1507RCB RCB 8 69 69 2 yrs.
Calmus, Collin 1539RCB 9 44 44 2 yrs.
Burroughs, Darrell 1537RCB 4 31 31 1 yr.
##Patterson, Mitchell 1536RCB 6 23 28 1 yr.
McCormick, Kendrick 1633SS SS 10 36 36 2 yrs.
Padilla, Dustin 1625FS FS 7 42 42 2 yrs.
Leclair, Freddie 669 LS 6 20 20 2 yrs.

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

Players Under Contract: 60
Inactive: 14
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $709,500,000
Cap Room: $29,020,000
Maximum for New Player: $32,070,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $4,930,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $210,000
Front Office Football Eight
Cap Room Required Next Year: $514,060,000

So, major takeaways? $30m in cap space means we ought to be able to do something with that, right? Set that aside for now.

My big crux right now is, after a really disappointing season last year, how much to I value maximizing things for this season? QB is at the end of his contract. We've got double 1st rounders the next two seasons, and two young-ish build-around players for our offense. But this stage - cutting from 60 to 53 - seems to be the time to resolve questions like those.

OL, we have already cast our lot with the 3-4/5-6/10-11 group. And right on cue, we get a volatility stick on our 2nd round pick Phil West - our theoretical RT for the next decade now looks like a basket of twigs. Great. So, what exactly are we building with at OL? T Douglas starts this year somewhere and takes the leadership - fine. Around him we will have two too-good-to-sit guys in LT O'Donnell and C Glode, chem neutral both. 4th round rookie G Carpenter indeed looks good, but he's a looming chem problem - I hate when that happens. Veteran G Crawford is a chem fit, but to what end? He's barely in the start-now conversation as is... and he won't be getting any better. Might as well just start veteran G Kendrick, whom we can't afford to re-sign. 2nd year T Pilcher is the sort of guy we have to consider... ratings inching upward, and would fit in as a very solid chem fit. T Ellis, same deal - and he can squeeze in some painless starts this season as well. Okay... not in as good shape as I had hoped, but we're committed now, so giddyup.

(The boss move here would be to throw the season, start all these high-affinity guys to get them clicked in, and just try to roll with an all-cohesion-all-chem OL for the next 12 seasons, and see how that works... but I'm not doing that, despite this being the ultimate sandbox league)

So... OL group we're keeping looks like: C Glode; G Carpenter Crawford Kendrick; T O'Donnell Douglas Pilcher West Ellis. Kendrick is on my bubble for a last cut... we won't commit to him longer term than this year. He's honestly pretty good, but not a $30m guy for us, no longer in our chem structure, and just bound to hit the road anyway. We'll see.

Other cuts: DE Woods is fading and replaceable, others fall into similar lanes, this is not exciting to detail.

We'll carry a 3rd QB for chem, an absurd gaggle of chem-loaded TE and WR, and close to the bare minimum on defense.

Yeah, file sent. No clear idea whether this is a 6-win team or an 11-win team. Seriously.

QuikSand

08-13-2020, 08:19 AM

Well, I can report that I'm awaiting the new file for GML, and I am actually fairly interested to see what happens with my teams. That's a good sign, maybe there's still a pulse here.

...

QuikSand

08-13-2020, 08:22 AM

QuikSand

08-13-2020, 08:22 AM

...hmm that didn't work

QuikSand

08-13-2020, 08:29 AM

Okay, then... old school it is.

10-win Baltimore Gains Wild Card Berth (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)

This will fall toward the upper end of the "hurricane landing projection" model, I guess. We end up a solid team once again, and hopefully will just write off last season as the aberration in what was otherwise a pretty good positive run. We are not elite, but solid. Let's look it over:

QB Levine - back on track, workmanlike 6.6ypt and 83 rating, fine not great

RB Zamora - still not sure why we did this but >5 ypc is solid, Liverwurst is done
WR 11 and 18 both very solid 8.0, 7.5 ypt as the guys we need to harness better
FB Hillhouse just not good enough as the swing receiving TE, need work there
Defense pass rush and PD% are 9th and 11th... good enough to match decent offense

We win 10 games despite a -11 turnover differential... some regression to the mean might indicate we could be better than this, even. QB will be interesting this offseason. I will try to regain some enthusiasm.

QuikSand

08-13-2020, 08:47 AM

DC BUREAU

DC Earns Top Seed With 12-4 Season (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)

That's good. Cool. Division still reeks, that's an unfair advantage for now.

QB Clancy put together a very solid season, his best in my offense, 96+ rating
RB Trotter has descended into replacement level production, that's ok
WR Malone posts 1400 yards on 7.5 ypt, slightly subpar for him
WR Carrubba and TE Tafoya each top 1,000 yards- decent complements
Tafoya is a click above "awful" - so that's better... 6 ypt is meh but

Our pass rush ranked 7th...and I don't really get how. Singleton played less and notched only 6 sacks. Maybe we just tallied a ton of hurries?

PD% was fine (9th) for a group without any serious stars. I like that. It's probably mostly a function of having a QB throwing 45 TDs, but I prefer to think that we have finely honed the roles and duties across these various component parts, to assemble something greater than their sum. Anyway, it should just get better... we could be assembling a chem monster with our DB group, kind of like BAL went through, but without the actual talent to back it up (and the cap hit).

Anyway, yay. We beat tzach's Rams head to head so have home field for the postseason. So we're in the serious conversation, then, despite my misgivings.

Chas in Cinti

08-13-2020, 09:41 AM

For Balt... the -11 differential and 10 wins... I could see a playoff run... everything goes back to the mean... which means not a lot of turnovers are coming... I think we're in for a fun playoff ride in both conferences...

QuikSand

08-13-2020, 09:45 AM

Heh, I'm sorta mulling what to do with BAL. I have pissed off G Kendrick by sitting him this season, so he won't come back. I have submitted my file for the playoffs including a move to release him (why not) and pick up a decent-looking 3rd year player to get a jump on next offseason.

But...maybe the right play is to plug Kendrick back in as a starter for the playoffs, right? He's a high quality player, the guy starting at RG is merely a chembum (new term coined right there), and maybe that's an edge worth stealing here? Thinking it over now.

Chas in Cinti

08-13-2020, 12:58 PM

eh, ride the horse that brought ya...

QuikSand

08-14-2020, 08:59 AM

<center>GML POSTSEASON RECAP</center><center><table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" border="3"><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" bgcolor="#A6ADBD"><center>GAME RESULTS</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Wild Card Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122220212.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (QuikSand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>11-30 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122220212.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Jacksonville Jaguars (finkellll) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=12)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet12.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2122220212.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Wild Card Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122220405.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet4.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Carolina Panthers (FortressDoor) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=4)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>20-24 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122220405.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Chicago Bears (rgvicedo) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=5)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet5.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2122220405.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Wild Card Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122223113.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet31.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Houston Texans (MattC) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=31)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>27-10 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122223113.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Kansas City Chiefs (Jeremessiah) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=13)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet13.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2122223113.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Wild Card Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122222501.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet25.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>San Francisco 49ers (Juggernaut) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=25)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>24-20 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122222501.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Atlanta Falcons (Ben E Lou) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=1)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet1.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2122222501.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="25" bgcolor="#0D244D">
</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122230526.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet5.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Chicago Bears (rgvicedo) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=5)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>26-34 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122230526.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>St. Louis Rams (tzach) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=26)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet26.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2122230526.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122233116.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet31.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Houston Texans (MattC) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=31)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>6-43 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122233116.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>New England Patriots (pyser) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=16)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet16.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2122233116.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122231230.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet12.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Jacksonville Jaguars (finkellll) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=12)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>24-10 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122231230.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Cleveland Browns (Scrooge) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=30)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet30.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2122231230.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122232529.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet25.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>San Francisco 49ers (Juggernaut) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=25)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>38-24 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122232529.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Washington Football Team (KickStand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2122232529.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="25" bgcolor="#0D244D">
</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Conference Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122241216.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet12.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Jacksonville Jaguars (finkellll) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=12)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>30-37 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122241216.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>New England Patriots (pyser) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=16)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet16.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2122241216.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Conference Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122242526.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet25.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>San Francisco 49ers (Juggernaut) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=25)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>24-31 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122242526.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>St. Louis Rams (tzach) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=26)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet26.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2122242526.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="25" bgcolor="#0D244D">
</td></tr></tbody></table>

<center><table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" border="5"><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" bgcolor="#A6ADBD"><center>The GM Challenge Bowl Result</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Front Office Bowl</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122251626.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet16.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>New England Patriots (pyser) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=16)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>27-28 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2122251626.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>St. Louis Rams (tzach) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=26)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet26.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2122251626.html)</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

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QuikSand

08-14-2020, 08:59 AM

So, matching one-and-out outcomes for the two teams. Alas, still feeling okay about things.

QuikSand

08-15-2020, 01:24 PM

New season underway. In Baltimore, no retirements, so we're intact.

Basic setup as I start the FA 1:2 file...

Front Office Football Eight
Baltimore Ravens Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Levine, Salvador 105 QB 11 47 47 ---
Justin, Evan 114 QB 6 25 28 1 yr.
Alonzo, Jamal 117 QB 5 21 28 1 yr.
Schweigert, Bernie 222 RB 9 32 32 ---
Zamora, Caiden 220 RB 6 55 55 2 yrs.
Andersen, Darnell 235 RB 3 39 39 2 yrs.
Hillhouse, Kristopher 349 FB 5 65 65 2 yrs.
Ricker, Branden 344 FB 5 43 43 3 yrs.
Ogden, Leon 448 TE 7 57 57 1 yr.
Money, Vinny 446 TE 7 30 30 ---
Fridlund, Duane 482 TE 7 27 27 ---
Polley, Wade 441 TE 6 32 32 2 yrs.
Wesson, Reuben 487 TE 4 23 23 1 yr.
Hartman, Marcus 484 TE 3 38 38 ---
Bridges, Buddy 585 FL 6 26 26 1 yr.
VanCaeyzeele, Parker 511 FL 5 66 66 4 yrs.
Stocz, Lonnie 512 SE 10 48 48 ---
Behne, Warren 518 SE 5 81 81 4 yrs.
Hanley, Rodolfo 586 SE 3 20 41 2 yrs.
Glode, J.R. 670 C 9 62 62 2 yrs.
Carpenter, Roosevelt 779 LG 2 33 55 3 yrs.
Crawford, Earnest 766 RG 8 34 34 1 yr.
Flannery, Alexander 778 RG 4 21 43 ---
O'Donnell, Miguel 861 LT 8 70 70 1 yr.
Douglas, Kim 873 LT 6 22 22 1 yr.
Pilcher, Dan 872 LT 3 31 38 1 yr.
Ellis, Grant 860 LT 2 22 33 1 yr.
West, Phil 864 RT 2 13 33 3 yrs.
Moore, Reggie 902 P 4 83 83 1 yr.
Thomas, Mario 1003K 9 82 82 3 yrs.
Turnbull, Kevin 1191LDE 5 58 58 3 yrs.
Baump, Jackson 1198LDE 3 53 68 2 yrs.
Helming, Juan 1190RDE 8 61 61 1 yr.
Middleton, Tucker 1297NT 8 49 49 2 yrs.
Douglas, Kim 1294NT 6 43 43 1 yr.
Denby, Aidan 1295NT 4 74 74 1 yr.
Crawford, Parker 1292NT 4 37 37 1 yr.
Sigrest, Gino 1345SILB 12 49 49 ---
Schenk, Rich 1356WILB 7 47 47 ---
Sorota, Tyrus 1415SLB 8 62 62 1 yr.
Givens, Dana 1452WLB 9 34 34 ---
Gardner, Anthony 1453WLB 7 54 54 3 yrs.
Thomas, Burt 1447WLB 6 46 46 1 yr.
Lentzner, Kody 1538LCB 11 67 67 1 yr.
Maas, Josue 1528LCB 11 52 52 1 yr.
Calmus, Collin 1539RCB 10 43 43 1 yr.
Bernardino, Shaun 1507RCB 9 70 70 1 yr.
Patterson, Mitchell 1536RCB 7 24 24 1 yr.
Burroughs, Darrell 1537RCB 5 31 31 ---
Bell, Jonah 1527RCB 2 21 35 ---
McCormick, Kendrick 1633SS 11 35 35 1 yr.
Padilla, Dustin 1625FS 8 42 42 1 yr.
Leclair, Freddie 669 LS 7 20 20 1 yr.

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

Players Under Contract: 41
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 41

Salary Cap: $714,500,000
Cap Room: $175,170,000
Maximum for New Player: $142,530,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $5,310,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $276,160,000

Have some cap space, DT Denby is asking for a mountain of cash, he's the one big money guy I will likely lock up, possibly falling prey to sunk costs fallacy, but honestly just thinking about cohesion and chemistry, coupled with overall talent. if we didn't re-sign him, I'd end up committing real resources to that position, so why not just re-up with the guy who's already excelling (first team all pro this year)?

There is no "solution" at QB for us this offseason, as nearly as I can tell. No impact free agent, no alluring draft pick, nothing that is looming as a secret plan. I wish there were, but no such luck.

tzach

08-15-2020, 02:42 PM

Austin Lyle for a first? He will be good

QuikSand

08-15-2020, 04:13 PM

DC BUREAU

So, team is in a "contender" groove, but have some contract decisions to make this year that will bear on now/future as our focus. Coming off a 1st seed makes me inclined toward "now" but... in a sandbox league like this, who knows, to be honest.

We lost C Spreen to retirement, a bad twist that leaves us in a chem pickle along the OL. May detail that later, but we'll tally that up as a matter or some real concern.

The roster setup for DC:

Front Office Football Eight
D.C. United Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Clancy, Rondell 109 QB 9 63 63 1 yr.
McConnell, Carlos 112 QB 10 28 28 1 yr.
Trotter, Vincent 225 RB 8 59 59 ---
Clements, Herb 231 RB 2 34 50 1 yr.
Cash, Reuben 232 RB 6 29 29 1 yr.
Holliday, Rick 234 RB 9 19 19 ---
Hackney, Brandon 344 FB 6 40 40 2 yrs.
Tafoya, Darrell 484 TE 10 39 39 2 yrs.
Sell, Brenden 483 TE 8 36 36 ---
Corbett, Luis 487 TE 7 27 27 2 yrs.
Malone, Damon 582 FL 8 60 60 ---
Roach, Barry 522 FL 5 55 55 1 yr.
Everhart, William 580 FL 4 44 46 1 yr.
Smith, Alex 508 FL 7 38 38 1 yr.
Clancy, Bruce 515 FL 4 37 37 1 yr.
Irving, Renaldo 513 FL 3 33 39 2 yrs.
Dawkins, Kai 588 FL 10 32 32 ---
Carrubba, David 504 SE 3 61 61 2 yrs.
Robbins, Lester 589 SE 6 27 27 ---
Fitzgerald, Anthony 660 C 6 73 73 3 yrs.
Eagleton, Bryce 774 LG 2 26 31 1 yr.
Mauriello, Morris 776 RG 6 50 50 2 yrs.
Lyons, Shane 873 LT 5 81 81 4 yrs.
Arnold, Jimmie 861 LT 11 48 48 1 yr.
Dawson, Dashawn 877 RT 9 50 50 2 yrs.
Aldrige, Colton 964 P 4 60 60 1 yr.
Wijaya, Joel 1003K 4 52 52 1 yr.
Wolfe, Riddick 1196LDE 6 46 46 1 yr.
Jacobs, Timothy 1192LDE 4 40 40 1 yr.
Singleton, J.R. 1195RDE 9 45 45 ---
Shotwell, Luke 1291NT 8 57 57 ---
Pascal, Roderick 1290NT 9 55 55 ---
Chizmar, Gino 1297NT 8 28 28 1 yr.
O'Neill, Ronald 1354SILB 6 47 47 2 yrs.
Jones, Jumbo 1357SILB 6 37 37 1 yr.
Antonick, A.J. 1355WILB 8 49 49 1 yr.
Cannida, Jimmy 1305WILB 10 21 21 1 yr.
Duda, Terrance 1451SLB 7 71 71 1 yr.
Shedd, Landon 1452WLB 9 55 55 1 yr.
Roberts, Lukas 1445WLB 7 43 43 1 yr.
Sinclair, Alan 1449WLB 5 39 39 1 yr.
Peterson, Cesar 1523LCB 3 41 41 ---
Jeffrey, Colton 1547RCB 5 42 42 2 yrs.
Rice, Clifton 1538RCB 5 42 42 1 yr.
Lowe, Gary 1539RCB 5 41 41 1 yr.
Gilmore, Wesley 1524RCB 7 33 33 ---
Chiba, Tyler 1643SS 4 57 57 ---
Reese, Miles 1642SS 5 54 54 2 yrs.
Strickland, Gene 1637SS 9 1 1 1 yr.
Sampson, Carter 1633FS 4 52 52 1 yr.
Powell, Darnell 1630FS 14 33 33 ---
Trippi, Caiden 665 LS 2 22 22 ---

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

Players Under Contract: 38
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 38

Salary Cap: $714,500,000
Cap Room: $247,760,000
Maximum for New Player: $219,050,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $90,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $171,360,000

So...a LOT of cap space on paper, but we are sitting on two high quality veteran performers who are technically free agents. I'd think that making a "go for it" effort this season would require us to get them back for cohesion and quality purposes, even if doing so depletes the ammunition to improve the team otherwise.

QuikSand

08-15-2020, 04:19 PM

Austin Lyle for a first? He will be good

So... weird twist with this guy. I wanted him in that draft, but didn't get him (I don't recall the details)... he went to the Titans, nominally run by Squirrel but who had basically ghosted. So, it seems that tzach and I ended up in a bidding war to get him, after TEN drafted him in round two, and tzach won only to plop him on his bench because he was playing yet another QB I had coveted in his draft the year before.

So, here he is today: QB Austin Lyle (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94102)

tzach knows things I do not, I get that. He has, elsewhere, professed his love for a high timing bar in his QBs, I confess I don't really understand what that does for us. Lyle has apparently developed fine on the bench, and indeed looks good. He is about as mistake-free as QBs in this triad get... but I'm deliberately trying to move away from that triad largely for that reason.

A 1st? Hmm. I don't think this is a seller's market for a guy like this. I will have to mull it over.

QuikSand

08-15-2020, 04:21 PM

Also, this:

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QuikSand

08-15-2020, 04:26 PM

DC BUREAU

Another fun twist is that our starting RB is a free agent. Signed for a pretty fat 3yr deal, he has been almost the epitome of "replacement level." I have not given him a great OL to run behind, but not a tragically bad one, either. The "system" is capable of generating solid seasons from our RB1 (see Ravens), so it's not purely that he is up against the wind. He might just... stink.

He doesn't look like he stinks, but maybe he just stinks (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90815)

Anyway...we probably have the cap space to outbid AVAILABLE for him if we want to, I doubt any human teams would be hot to get him... but do we want to? I have a youngster from last year's 8th round who looks... credible... and drafting lowish-investment running backs to plug-and-play is everyone's idea of a reasonable plan.

So... we will mull this over, too.

QuikSand

08-16-2020, 09:38 AM

Austin Lyle for a first? He will be good

Shot.

BAL sends
2.24
3.23

STL sends
QB Lyle

Thanks quik

Chaser.

Pretty much according to plan. I don't really know what, if anything, I am supposed to do differently with a QB who has this skillset, but... I reckon we'll try.

tzach

08-16-2020, 10:54 AM

Shot.

Chaser.

Pretty much according to plan. I don't really know what, if anything, I am supposed to do differently with a QB who has this skillset, but... I reckon we'll try.

win-win -- this draft looks loaded so i hsould get an OL or DL with 1st round grade at 2.24.

and when was the last time that a trade was initiated on fofc? pretty cool

QuikSand

08-16-2020, 10:58 AM

ON THE CLOCK
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1(1) Indianapolis
(Brucehum (http://www.gml.fof-belco.com/forum/private.php?do=newpm&u=170))

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very common sight each season in the otherwise fast-moving GML... league sitting for days on this particular guy's very early pick, often 1.1 (a player he will then not bother to re-sign, let walk away, and ensure his team remains in the lottery conversation ad infinitum)

fun times

QuikSand

08-17-2020, 10:23 AM

More interesting news inside the other beltway... here in Baltimore we re-up with ILB Schenk, and sign a no-risk depth option at WR. Meh.

QB Lyle does not have big ambitions, and we will try to extend him for two more years before he starts this season. He looks fine on our roster, no shocks there.

QuikSand

08-17-2020, 11:38 AM

DC BUREAU

So, I love love love it when I ace it in free agency, and get the coveted guy for $33m/yr when the other offers come in at $31 and $28. Love it.

So, this sucks:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bgcolor="#D3D3D3"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet13.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Kansas City Chiefs (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=13)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Jeremessiah</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>SE Wade Plummer (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93488)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3 years, $248,000,000 (Bonus: $230.0M. Salary: $6.0M, $6.0M, $6.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffff00"><center>79</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffff00"><center>79</center></td></tr></tbody></table>
...leaving me in the dust:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bgcolor="#D3D3D3"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Washington Football Team (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>WR Wade Plummer (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93488)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>4 years, $344,000,000</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffff00"><center>79</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffff00"><center>79</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

I thought I had put my offer all bonus... but it's possible that it was $8m a year in base salary or something. Anyway, my offer of $86m/yr wasn't enough. That's a rare thing, a top-tier WR in his prime, available in free agency. I likely won't be able to spend the $3m/yr it would have taken to land him. Dammit.

We also watch RB Trotter walk to AVAILABLE in Dallas. That means MalcPow's short-lived fling with my division has ended, maybe that's for the best for us. As is the signing, I reckon. I tried to re-up, but knew I'd lose to AVAILABLE if it came to that. It did. Guess I'll have to fight to find somebody to run for 4ypc in the draft, perhaps. Oh dear.

QuikSand

08-17-2020, 11:46 AM

On the good side, WR Malone is back in the saddle under a new contract, which is the thing we really needed. So, we'll move on from disappointment and say we should be mostly the same air attack this year as last. Malone still the #1, young complementary guys on the rise, and Clancy still slingin' it. We'll be okay.

QuikSand

08-17-2020, 03:38 PM

Basically, if I'm not going to be hands on...it's best to just ignore the draft until I'm on the clock. Once again, by keeping a loose eye on the first round as it approaches the BAL pick at 24, I get a tingle as two of my top players fall and fall... then go off the board in the late teens (rather than the top ten where I expected). The league is very hard to trade in, so I'm not fiddling with that. Alas, not a big deal. I have a minor reach pick all set to go here, seems unlikely he'll drop before my pick.

QuikSand

08-17-2020, 04:19 PM

Baltimore dilemma: Do we just give up on FB/TE Hillhouse?

Here's his player card (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93340) - he has developed as expected, he's not a bust, just a guy who doesn't seem to fit any role that I have for him. I have, basically, two TE jobs in this offense... a fairly traditional Y/TE1 job that includes a lot of short-ish routes, mostly over the middle, used across a lot of situations. And a T/TE2 role, mainly from our 11 formation, where I (in theory) try to get a guy freed up to make a play.

The last two seasons, I manually slotted him into the T formation, and each year he rewarded us with a deeply disappointing 5.3y yards per target. There may be more to the story, but... well, who cares? That sucks.

I'm looking back on the last guy this team featured in the role - Arturo Weydahl (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=82586) was effective for a long time, despite having one very bad rating (courage, IIRC)... even he posted north of 6 ypt pretty much every year, with some well above that.

So... I feel like the question is, do we just move on from Hillhouse? He is nice for my predilection to just collect red bars, since he has many of them, but they are presumably just in the wrong places, or else his 5'11" 228lb frame is simply not up to the rigors of playing tight end in FOF. Either way, I feel like I have seen enough of this show.

QuikSand

08-17-2020, 06:06 PM

As BAL sits in the on-deck circle for the draft, here is my assessment of "team needs" for the short-to-medium term on this roster.

Build-around quality OL, especially OT
Infusion of DB talent, especially a future CB1/2
TE worthy of many targets (see above)
All-purpose LB
RB
DB depth
LB depth
special teams depth

We have the battery in place - with QB-WR1-WR2 all set for a long time, I hope. So we should be fitting in pieces around them. Have spent some time on D7 already. Not in crisis mode.

QuikSand

08-17-2020, 06:14 PM

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Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes TE Johnnie Gilbertson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=96753) with the 1.22 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>31<->62</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>42<->72</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Blocking Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>54<->84</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Avoid Drops</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>27<->58</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Getting Downfield</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>56<->87</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Route Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>60<->90</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Catching</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>18<->49</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Big-Play Receiving</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>35<->65</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Courage</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>52<->83</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Adjust to Ball</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>70<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>65<->95</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>54<->84</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>74</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>248</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.9</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.1</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.69</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>29</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>29</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.47</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>106</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>41</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>57</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Well, this was my minor reach. And... early returns are not great. My scout had his RR at the absolute max, the league sees him merely near-max there, that's a big difference to me (well documented). Might be yet another frustrating try to squeeze real value out of the TE slot, gone wrong.

Some real opportunity cost, too - I had a handful of players I liked a fair bit in this slot, and likely still get one, but will have missed out on another to take the TE with hopes of him exceeding the apparent projection seen above.

QuikSand

08-18-2020, 09:06 AM

Minor BAL updates this stage...

Draft pick #2 in hand, targeting the need along the OL... non-stud, though so maybe a low-value selection?

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Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes G Blaine Emmons (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=96952) with the 1.30 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>34<->64</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>61<->91</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Blocking Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>70<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>46<->76</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>75</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>302</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.7</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.4</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.11</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>36</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>37</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.66</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>106</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>25</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Also, we land a C in free agency, who should also be a useful asset short/medium term:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bgcolor="#D3D3D3"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>C Shaun Cook (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93520)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>3 years, $21,000,000 (Bonus: $9.0M. Salary: $4.0M, $4.0M, $4.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#00A066"><center>53</center></td><td bgcolor="#00A066"><center>53</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LCB Gene Faggins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92312)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $8,570,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.9M, $4.6M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>42</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>42</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>WLB Carlos Rhodes (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93941)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $64,000,000 (Bonus: $46.0M. Salary: $9.0M, $9.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#00A066"><center>59</center></td><td bgcolor="#00A066"><center>59</center></td></tr></tbody></table>
The LB is a major run stopper, but again disappointing scouting update - the 100 I saw before now looks like a 96 there on my team. Meh.

QuikSand

08-18-2020, 09:11 AM

Certainly possible that the Ravens OL this year includes only one holdover from the old regime:

LT O'Donnell (no chem)
bench LT Douglas (98 leader)
bench LT Ellis (85)
LG Carpenter (14)
C Cook (22)
RG Rookie Emmons (??)
bench RG Flannery (68)
RT Pilcher (87)

QuikSand

08-18-2020, 10:20 AM

DC BUREAU

Work in the trenches continues, as we start our draft with OL, yet again.

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Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes T Donovan Rodier (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=96967) with the 1.28 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>60<->90</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>45<->75</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Blocking Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>52<->82</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>37<->67</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>77</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>315</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.2</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.7</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.92</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>37</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>33</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.68</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>104</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>25</center></td></tr></tbody></table>
Very optimistic here. We have a chem problem looming with the OL group, and may need some options - this guy should give us one. Hoping he's "the answer" at LT for the next 12 years.

In free agency, two buffs for the OL as well:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bgcolor="#D3D3D3"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Washington Football Team (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>KickStand</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LG Raul Ciervo (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91041)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>3 years, $24,000,000 (Bonus: $30K. Salary: $8.0M, $8.0M, $8.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>47</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>47</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Washington Football Team (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>KickStand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LG Neil Randle (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92727)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>4 years, $96,000,000 (Bonus: $68.0M. Salary: $7.0M, $7.0M, $7.0M, $7.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#99B833"><center>62</center></td><td bgcolor="#99B833"><center>62</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Randle obviously the key addition here - supreme pass blocker at LG, an odd skill/position mix. But great for chemistry, and once again, targeting that position here for the years ahead. Ciervo is an team-option sort of guy, evident by that contract.

Chas in Cinti

08-18-2020, 10:24 AM

Nice moves for WAS...

QuikSand

08-18-2020, 12:00 PM

Nice moves for WAS...

Yes, as long as I can set aside my disappointment over landing the co-star WR, then I am quite pleased with that team. There's an OL chem problem I'm working on, but other than that I am in a pretty good place with that team.

For a guy who literally has two of the top three rated players on his roster "on the block," that's some unexpected swagger, right?

QuikSand

08-19-2020, 10:27 AM

BAL free agency moves... including one more OL who will factor into the lineup and chem planning:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bgcolor="#D3D3D3"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>FL B.J. Schlafly (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93435)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $7,880,000 (Bonus: $40K. Salary: $3.9M, $3.9M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>32</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>32</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>RT O.J. Sheldon (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93629)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3 years, $26,270,000 (Bonus: $14.5M. Salary: $3.9M, $3.9M, $3.9M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>48</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>48</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

QuikSand

08-19-2020, 10:52 AM

So, of T Sheldon becomes our long term OL chem leader, he's a 3-4 guy, and who would click with him and his 98 personality?

LT O'Donnell (no chem)
bench LT Ellis (85)
LG Carpenter (14, until he takes chem leadership, rats)
C Cook (22)
RG Rookie Emmons (??)
bench RG Flannery (68)
RT Pilcher (87 no chem)

It's not packed with huge personality numbers, but building around a 98 guy there is the key to making it click, I think. We are also, unsurprisingly, building up a solid trivia team, as we committed to the 3-4/5-6/10-11 triad, noted for high intelligence (and that's the trendy thing to do with your OL, presumably to avoid penalties).

TL;DR - we need to add quality at OT but otherwise OL is looking pretty good.

QuikSand

08-19-2020, 11:10 AM

DC BUREAU

Biggest news is we won a mini-bidding-war for DT Pascal - he's neutral for chem right now, but he is (1) among the top rated free agents in the league, (2) a major plus for cohesion, and (3) our obvious Plan B chem leader if/when chem monster Cannida retires. So, glad to bring him back.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(13, 36, 77); font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bgcolor="#D3D3D3"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Washington Football Team (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>KickStand</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LDE Thurman Ogden (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94609)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>3 years, $21,000,000 (Bonus: $30K. Salary: $7.0M, $7.0M, $7.0M.)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#008040"><center>45</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#008040"><center>49</center></td></tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Washington Football Team (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>KickStand</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>NT Roderick Pascal (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90459)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3 years, $37,500,000 (Bonus: $19.5M. Salary: $6.0M, $6.0M, $6.0M.)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#00A066"><center>57</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#00A066"><center>57</center></td></tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Washington Football Team (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>KickStand</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>SLB J.T. Prall (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94762)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $7,440,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.5M, $3.9M.)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>35</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>35</center></td></tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Washington Football Team (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>KickStand</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>RB Sedrick Rebensdorf (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=95860)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $5,760,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.7M, $3.1M.)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>26</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>33</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Elsewhere, mostly chem-friendly moves for depth.

Draft update for the United/WFT:

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Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes RB Max Gillespie (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=96684) with the 2.28 pick.

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<table style="width: auto; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>70</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>208</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.9</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.2</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.46</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>18</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>13</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.40</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>124</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>11</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>46</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Yet again a disappointing turn on the "accumulated scouting reveal" in the forum thread - my scouts graded him a good deal better in the all-important hole rec, so that's disappointing to see. Anyway, it is a need position, he came back very underrated, and he's got at least good bars in the key areas I look for for my 1st-and-ten back... so that's okay. We were a #1 seed last year getting a mere 4 ypc from my heavy duty back - the bar really isn't set that high.

We're on deck for the next pick... I'm anticipating we slide into role players the rest of the way, unsurprisingly. We lost our run-stopping DT in free agency this stage (a little surprisingly) so that position moves into the top tier of our areas to address (hint, hint).

QuikSand

08-19-2020, 11:22 AM

...right on cue:

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Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes DT Aiden Sweeney (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=97143) with the 3.28 pick.

<table style="width: auto; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>71<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Technique</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>4<->33</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>18<->47</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Man-to-Man Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>3<->32</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Zone Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>12<->41</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Bump-and-Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>7<->36</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Play Diagnosis</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>39<->68</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punishing Hitter</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>14<->43</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>68<->97</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>71<->100</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="width: auto; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>72</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>317</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.9</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.3</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>29</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>37</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Ok, this time my maxed-out ratings held up, that's good. If this cat turns out to be a 100 in RunD and can play special teams, I am WAY good with that for a 3rd round pick I'll keep forever.

QuikSand

08-19-2020, 03:15 PM

Easy recipe here, just taking a combine warrior with lousy bars as a 4th round dart.

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Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes WR Phil McCormick (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=96853) with the 4.22 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Avoid Drops</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>21<->51</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Getting Downfield</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>36<->66</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Route Running</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>32<->63</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Third Down Catching</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>2<->32</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Big-Play Receiving</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>15<->45</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Courage</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>53<->83</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Adjust to Ball</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>38<->68</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punt Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->30</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Kick Returning</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->30</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>1<->31</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>21<->51</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>71</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>187</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.9</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.1</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.44</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>29</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>20</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.78</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>110</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>58</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>42</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

QuikSand

08-19-2020, 03:19 PM

...and if all I end up with is six affinity receivers on my bench in this league... well, I'm probably okay with that. Why TF not?

QuikSand

08-19-2020, 04:03 PM

DC BUREAU

Double draft update... two late free-affnity guys here:

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Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes T Grayson Rhodes (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=97016) with the 4.26 pick.

<table style="width: auto; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>53<->83</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Blocking</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->30</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Blocking Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>57<->87</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>65<->95</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="width: auto; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>78</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>327</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.7</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.1</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.15</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>45</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>34</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>8.26</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>107</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>26</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

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Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes OLB Angel Arbuckle (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=97253) with the 4.28 pick.

<table style="width: auto; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>2<->31</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Technique</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>43<->72</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>65<->94</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Man-to-Man Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>34<->63</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Zone Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>37<->66</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Bump-and-Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>24<->53</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Play Diagnosis</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>63<->91</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punishing Hitter</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>33<->62</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>49<->78</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="width: auto; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>69</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>247</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.6</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.69</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>40</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>19</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.37</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>117</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>30</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>54</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

QuikSand

08-20-2020, 09:48 AM

Okay, free agency continues. I'm a bit surprised that we lose out on WR Stocz, he's a 10th year guy rated 48 overall... I thought my solid offer would land him as a cohesion/ST asset again. Instead, our dear friend from Houston managed to snipe him. Legit player, though, and for a team like Houston who doesn't have much respectable talent on the passing game roster, perhaps Stocz will be an important piece. So, good luck to them both, I reckon.

Anyway, the moves we did make:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SE Lonnie Stocz (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=89338)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 8</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 1yrs, $14,600,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QB Courtney Greene (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93235)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 8</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 2yrs, $7,860,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FB Herman Smith (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=95921)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 8</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $5,760,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LT Terry Paullin (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=87807)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Minnesota: 2yrs, $10,360,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB Bernie Schweigert (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90015)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>MLB John Spillman (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94716)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $7,440,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

The OL is a short term patch-over chem leader, we'll see if he's needed this year but no risk. RB Liverwurst returns and reclaims his throne as group leader, and likely will be back in the saddle for 80 carries or so as RB2.

In the draft, nothing too exciting, as you've come to expect from this thread:

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Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes ILB Gabriel Gaynord (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=97201) with the 6.23 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>20<->49</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Technique</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>46<->75</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>55<->84</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Man-to-Man Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>17<->46</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Zone Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>14<->43</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Bump-and-Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>18<->47</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Play Diagnosis</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>24<->53</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punishing Hitter</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>37<->66</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>60<->89</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>71<->100</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>71</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>243</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.2</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.1</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.77</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>28</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>28</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.60</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>103</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>11</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>41</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

The optimistic case here is - we're thin at LB as it is, so he has a shot to get into the lineup a bit, hopefully develop into a role player, and if that ST bar really has potential to go very high, he's a nice affinity piece for a long time, at no cost.

The more likely scenario is - the ST bar is a mirage, maxes out at only 75, skills are so weak he'd be a liability to put in for starts, and with no real path to value for us, and without a free year of affinity, he gets cut after preseason this year.

Fun!

QuikSand

08-20-2020, 10:01 AM

DC BUREAU

Well, late free agency is just not exciting, right?

<table style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";="" letter-spacing:="" normal;="" orphans:="" 2;="" text-indent:="" 0px;="" text-transform:="" none;="" widows:="" word-spacing:="" -webkit-text-stroke-width:="" background-color:="" rgb(255,="" 255,="" 255);="" text-decoration-style:="" initial;="" text-decoration-color:="" border-collapse:="" collapse;"="" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QB Cory Hitchcock (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93243)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 8</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $7,860,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RG Gilbert Connell (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93620)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 8</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Buffalo: 2yrs, $7,860,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>TE Kim Franz (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90078)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Miami: 1yrs, $6,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB Bobby Rister (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=90771)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $9,280,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RCB Wesley Gilmore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92340)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SE Lester Robbins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92656)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RT Bart Burns (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92791)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 9</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $7,860,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Right.

Draft picks in their full regalia...

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Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes OLB Nicolas Waldron (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=97271) with the 5.28 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>59<->87</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Technique</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>14<->43</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Man-to-Man Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>20<->49</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Zone Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Bump-and-Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>71<->100</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Play Diagnosis</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>54<->83</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punishing Hitter</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>10<->39</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>14<->43</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>60<->89</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>72</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>250</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.0</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.71</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>38</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>12</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.14</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>121</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>24</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>33</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet29.png

Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes DE Luke Crouch (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=97079) with the 6.28 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>41<->70
</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Technique</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>50<->79</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Pass Rush Strength</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>41<->70</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Man-to-Man Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>8<->37</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Zone Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>0<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Bump-and-Run Defense</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>3<->32</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Play Diagnosis</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>42<->71</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Punishing Hitter</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>3<->32</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Endurance</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>16<->45</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Special Teams</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>28<->56</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>HT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>WT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>RAW</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>ADJ</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>DASH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>SOL</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BENCH</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>AGI</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>BRJU</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>POS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FFF9BD"><center>%DEV</center></th></tr><tr><td bgcolor=""><center>76</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>296</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.3</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.78</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>33</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>27</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.71</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>116</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>33</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Yes, you may remain seated.

QuikSand

08-21-2020, 10:05 AM

Early free agency ends, as the draft has wrapped up. Baltimore moves:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bgcolor="#D3D3D3"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>RCB Darrell Burroughs (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93990)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>1 year, $8,500,000 (Bonus: $4.6M. Salary: $3.9M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>31</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>31</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>SE William Collins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93486)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3 years, $21,900,000 (Bonus: $8.4M. Salary: $4.5M, $4.5M, $4.5M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>45</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>45</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>WILB Dave Dawson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=92175)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $19,000,000 (Bonus: $9.0M. Salary: $5.0M, $5.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>49</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>49</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>C Nickolas Korber (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=95235)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $6,580,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.1M, $3.5M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center>14</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>26</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center> </td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>TE Vinny Money (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=91719)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $8,570,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.9M, $4.6M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>30</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>30</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

We got pushed by Ben's Falcons on CB Burroughs, into a one year real money deal. He's basically a nice fringe piece (with no appreciable CB skills) - 93 ST, 85 KR, and if it matters, 76 personality with the starts to activate it. For me, he's valuable. In a no-injury league, without a cap crunch, I can afford to spend 2-3x minsal to keep him around, as he's now also a cohesion asset for us.

LB Dawson isn't exciting, but a short term deal at a thin position seemed okay to me - a do-it-all guy who will likely give us time in a big LB rotation.

WR Collins got real money, and it's for a reason. He's a 5th year guy, has good enough skills to actually play a bit if needed, but most importantly he's an 86Ldr/98Pers guy in the 2-3 group, and immediately takes over as our chem leader, locking my two build-around start receivers 11 and 18, and my newly acquired starting QB, into long term bliss. This is good.

So... kind of big things happening with this. Okay, now on to the (presumably) dispiriting look at the rookie class so far...