Snakebitten: A Real-Time MP FOF thread [Archive] - Page 7

QuikSand

11-22-2020, 11:11 AM

DC BUREAU

One very nice thing happened according to plan... our DB leader retired, but I had his successor already on hand, and the transition was very smooth. Here's the whole roster with chem effects shown:

Front Office Football Eight
D.C. United Roster, Attitude Advisory

Player # Pos Start Noted Playing Time Chemistry
Stachelski, Chris 105 QB 2 Affinities wit
Osborne, Steve 106 QB 1 Affinity with
Swift, Rod 124 QB 1 Affinity with
Bush, Xavier 230 RB
Vasilatos, Billy 249 RB
Hackney, Brandon 344 FB Backfield Leader
Rastok, Caiden 439 TE Receivers Leader
Wells, Weston 448 TE Affinity
Lester, Lee 488 TE Exceptional Affi
Goodspeed, Drew 484 TE Exceptional Affi
Everhart, William 580 FL MN Exceptional Affi
Dunwoody, Mario 510 FL
Farrell, Greg 589 FL Strong Affinity
Ehlert, Lenny 518 FL Exceptional Affi
Schultz, Arturo 583 SE Exceptional Affi
Marshall, Melvin 508 SE Exceptional Affi
Fitzgerald, Anthony 660 C MN Exceptional Affi
Staton, Harris 666 C Exceptional Affi
Lyons, Shane 773 LG MN Exceptional Affi
Hatcher, Neal 762 RG MN Exceptional Affi
Clark, Melvin 776 RG MN Mild Affinity
Rodier, Donovan 874 LT MN Affinity
Finneran, Brayden 875 LT Exceptional Affi
Camacho, Luciano 861 RT Offensive Line L
Reynolds, Tristan 914 P
Lyons, Mike 1003K
Gillespie, Samuel 1197LDE Strong Affinity
Sherman, Bubba 1190LDE Affinity
Hopper, Jessie 1194RDE MN Defensive Front
Carlisle, Malachi 1292NT Strong Affinity
Sweeney, Aiden 1291NT MN Exceptional Affi
Henderson, Ralph 1298NT
Brew, Manuel 1350SILB Exceptional Affi
Ruddick, Paul 1340WILB Exceptional Affi
Korey, Rick 1351WILB Exceptional Affi
Cassidy, Richie 1352WILB Exceptional Affi
Heffernan, Dwight 1446SLB Strong Affinity
Kinney, Andrew 1457SLB Exceptional Affi
Houston, Terrell 1454SLB Exceptional Affi
Maloney, Brett 1455WLB Mild Affinity
Osborne, Matthew 1531LCB Secondary Leader
Junker, Josiah 1527LCB Affinity
Gramentine, Sam 1522LCB Strong Affinity
Stephens, Shannon 1526RCB Exceptional Affi
Bernard, Mickey 1532RCB Exceptional Affi
Reese, Miles 1642SS MN Exceptional Affi
Rasmussen, Adrian 1628SS Strong Affinity
DeLizzio, Efrain 1635FS Exceptional Affi
Scott, Tom 1641FS Affinity
Trippi, Caiden 665 LS

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

Players Under Contract: 37
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 37

Salary Cap: $749,500,000
Cap Room: $296,100,000
Maximum for New Player: $264,370,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $35,630,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $208,870,000

So, among other things - we see that the DB group is in GREAT shape, chem-wise. Osborne (no relation) is 89/100 and secure in the leadership role, he's also an excellent nickelback, and will be worth extending. I'm actually pretty cool with the talent level there, too -- Junker might actually get an extension, young CB Gramentine is good enough to play CB1, S Rasmussen is really good too, and the rest are role players that add up nicely overall.

The roster above already includes a FB-to-TE position switch for Rastok, which is very likely. So, if I'm looking for chem help, it's probably at the RB-FB group, where it won't be hard.

Pyser

11-23-2020, 09:34 AM

Yeah... pyser has been a nemesis for me in this league, he has a strong track record with the Pats and we have clashed many many times. He's dropped into this thread a couple times for one reason or another (I won't rehash our little border wars... more like dustups) but we'll curse his name and try to do better next time.

Same goes for Ben across many leagues, goes without saying mostly. He;s not going to hang out here, though.

ha. those are some minor dust-ups, no bad blood there.

I do wish we were in the same division, but I think it's hard for both of us to ignore 110 years of team history at this point to make it happen. maybe someday i can take on a 2nd team in the nfc east

QuikSand

11-23-2020, 10:53 AM

Yeah, honestly if there's one thing I feel like I'm missing in this fast-moving league it's hatred. Would be better with hatred.

The only guy I have it in for is Houston guy, but he doesn't even post on the league board, much less here.

QuikSand

11-23-2020, 11:10 AM

RAVENS FLOCK

Biggest news is that, as feared, Ben seems committed to his brilliant young QB, and fairly recently started becoming at least chemistry-curious...meaning I now have company in the 3-4/5-6/10-11 triad for those chem/leader guys. I do not like this development.

No major plans for big-splash free agents...I mostly like where we are in Baltimore, and we will be locking things up and reinforcing our chem/depth this offseason, for the most part.

QuikSand

11-23-2020, 12:55 PM

Yeah, honestly if there's one thing I feel like I'm missing in this fast-moving league it's hatred. Would be better with hatred.

Duh.

It's so obvious.

HATE BEN

QuikSand

11-24-2020, 09:50 AM

So, things happen... free agency is underway.

Ravens face competition from Ben for all offensive groupings, looks like he's more than just flirting with chemistry, he at least wants leaders who connect with his QB. (Takes a note on this)

Washington/DC team re-upped with our WR we had expected to let walk (a retirement of a build-around guy can do that) but we lost our LG in open bidding by being stingy. So it goes.

QuikSand

11-24-2020, 09:54 AM

Draft updates from late first round:

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Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes ILB Emmitt Sanderson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=103176) with the 1.28 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>63<->93</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>67<->97</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<->48</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>50<->80</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<->30</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>65<->94</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>52<->82</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>63<->93</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>70<->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>47<->77</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>236</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.0</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.58</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>33</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>24</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.29</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>112</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>30</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>47</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

...I mean... duh...

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

Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes G Luke Champagne (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=102891) with the 1.31 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>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>71<->98</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>36<->64</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>317</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.0</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.7</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.07</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>35</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>35</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.76</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>98</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>33</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

In light of the mention above that we just lost our starting LG, this move feels wise. Interior line was getting old, but the need accelerated with that FA loss.

Fun twist here... VILLIAN (Ben) traded up with WAS to get their first rounder, explicitly doing so to get ahead of BAL who wanted the same stuf OL he ended up taking.

I shared with him my impression... my first real two-team conundrum... the trade made total sense for WAS, but I felt it was likely that he was indeed targeting the OL, and that was the guy BAL wanted at pick 1.28. Eventually, I felt like the true spirit of the "dual team sign off" was that I shouldn't even act in unprovable ways that are motivated by my interest in the other team...so Washington took the deal, grabbed our 3rd rounder (good value for a slot when I wasn't really in love with the prospects), and still got the good-fit OL that we had atop our list. I did indeed screw the Ravens, but so be it.

Kodos

11-24-2020, 03:40 PM

MIJB#19

11-24-2020, 04:05 PM

...I mean... duh...On more than one level, that looks like a no-brainer pick.

QuikSand

11-25-2020, 10:21 AM

In potentially interesting news, it looks like I have managed to leave the Ravens without the cap room to re-sign their free agent QB, who has captained the team to two straight #1 seeds. That was smart.

But hey I got a chemistry friendly lineman!

Stay tuned...

QuikSand

11-27-2020, 08:02 AM

Ravens have one star DT holdout (whom we surely cannot re-sign), and WFT have four holdouts. My lack of due diligence at work, I reckon. Ugh.

QuikSand

11-27-2020, 08:10 AM

So, in a draft where the Ravens actually used a full batch of picks, one from each round... is this a bad sign that only three guys (including a bum? kicker) even made it onto the BenBot draft ranking grid?

lol we suck at this

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>27</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BAL (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">1(28) MLB Emmitt Sanderson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103176) 36/63
2(28) LG David Hopkins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=102858) 25/56
6(28) K Rusty Wynn (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103017) 30/38
</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">1(28) MLB Emmitt Sanderson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=103176) 36/63
2(28) LG David Hopkins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=102858) 25/56
6(28) K Rusty Wynn (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=103017) 30/38
</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>53.9</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

To my eyes...

Yes, LB Sanderson looks good and is bound to become a favorite in these parts... he doesn't seem to understand the idea of "coverage" but I'm sure that will be fine. He might end up as a weird combo... run stopper in our base D, and edge rusher against the pass. He'll likely move to the Will and set up camp there as a high endurance full timer.

G Hopkins loos okay to me, really. Not great, but a nice 4th round pick. Whom we took in the 2nd round.

BenBot is correct, our picks from 3-4-5-7 look like garbage. We need one more DB to make me feel okay for this year, and I doubt either of these rookies even make the team.

Awesome things happening here.

Headline:

Ravens Follow Up Huge Regular Season with Playoff Flop, Disappointing Next Year

...you be the judge... real life or this thread?

QuikSand

11-30-2020, 08:48 AM

Ravens are going to look pretty similar to last year, basically that's fine. We re-upped with QB Lyle, we cannot possibly afford to re-sign holdout DT Hitchcock, we had to let our uber punter and kicker go, basically all victims of my attention deficit here. It's possible to play FOF without deep attention, but to play it the way that my style demands (specifically the deep attention to chemistry) is really hard. For a variety of reasons, I have eased up on the time commitment to this, and it's showing. So it goes. We ought to be fine, but special teams are going to suffer - our P/K combo will drop from league-best to maybe league-average.

In this league specifically, an unresolved holdout seems to be intractable, I think. He might return during the camp stage, I suppose, but if he doesn't I think I have to cut him... the only alternative is to let him sit there unsigned at the start of the season, and let the AI do whatever pruning it wants if he were to report. For my team, that would likely mean the loss of some chemistry anchor bum, who looks useless to the AI but is very important to me. So I will likely end up just releasing him in the cutdown to 53 stage, barring a good twist in the training camp stage.

QuikSand

11-30-2020, 10:25 AM

In related news, my Washington QB holdout rejected my short term offer, and now I feel I pretty much have to just give him his requested reneg, as much as that pains me. It's fairly cut-friendly, only $36m in bonus over 4y, but since I already feel it's very much in play to exercise that... I don't love this.

QuikSand

12-01-2020, 08:44 AM

Ravens making cuts and shifts, in an effort to re-up DT Hitchcock for a couple pricey years, and keep the D7 intact. Stay tuned for preseason.

Wash/DC has re-signed QB Osborne, and will bring him back as "the guy" after a fantastic debut last season.

QuikSand

12-02-2020, 06:58 PM

Files in

Predict BAL 11-5, WAS 10-6

QuikSand

12-03-2020, 09:22 AM

Ravens Strong Again, But Settle for WC Behind UberBrowns

Season summary: GML: Baltimore Ravens 2130 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)

What happened?

QB Lyle regressed a bit, but still was effective overall, 6.98 36/18 88.9
Running game was sweet! Garrett 4.64 and Vance 6.61 (more to say here)
WR Pearson remains the focus, duh, and WR Webster playing second fiddle
TE Palmer gave us a nice 7 ypt season, been a while since we saw that at TE
Overall, very efficient offense: 5.05 ypc (5th), 6.98 ypa (3rd) - love that

Pass rush was solid, overall 22.9 PR% ranking 8th
DL Rambo-Shanle-Hicks were all effective
LB Goodwin was excellent overall, LB Evans (94 zone) had 17 PDs (!?!?!)
S Gallagher is a coverage star, anchors very good secondary stats w 83.8 PD%
CB Olshansky was my add-on guy for his 77 Int... posted 81.7 PD% w/o picks

Overall, very pleased with this team. I'm going to look back on the pair of receivers we didn't get a ring with regret - I feel like I frittered away opportunity there. But this team is playing well... maybe the embedded high intelligence with the move to the 3-4/5-6/10-11 triad is paying hidden dividends? I'm very open to the notion that positioning my entire offense in the 2-3/4-5/6-7 grouping was just a long term disadvantage.

Anyway... 12-3-1 is a nice season, third best in the league, and ordinarily gets us a bye week. But we're a road wild card because divisions make people happy. So be it, we will try to work our way back to CLE and tear them up.

QuikSand

12-03-2020, 09:26 AM

Incidentally, I deliberately gave my RB2 just one job this season... carry the ball when we are in the 11 formation. Here's the guy, and the results:

Alvin Vance (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=100055)

So... basically he's a two bar guy, but the two bars are worth paying him, I think. Hole Rec is the overpowered rating, we think, especially if the line is good (and mine is, at least inside, for run blocking). So, I wanted to get him carries this year, and he delivered -- 6.6 yards per carry and only 1 fumble. I like it, a lot.

Is this partially testament to the 11 formation being good for running? Puts the D into its pass coverage guys and sets up running success that way? Perhaps, and maybe more so in a one-shot league. Anyway, I like this guy and will hope to replicate the RB2 duties like this going forward if I remember.

Chas in Cinti

12-03-2020, 09:30 AM

I was envisioning a regression... glad I was wrong!

QuikSand

12-03-2020, 09:35 AM

12-4 Washington Wins Division, But Faces Wild Card Draw

Team summary: GML: Washington Football Team 2130 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)

What happened here?

QB Osborne predictably crashed back to earth and threw picks again, 6.46 29/25 76.2
(seriously, with that line how on earth did we win 12 games?)
Running game was ... fine... Xavier Bush posts 4.72 ypc on 1109-4 no fumbles
Receivers were fine, nothing special on a team w only 6.5 ypa, natch
Tight ends posted under 6 ypt, I just cannot get that working here
Slightly above average efficiency: 4.74 ypc (12th), 6.55 ypa (14th)

Defense, oh yeah, pass rush 25.7% ranks 2nd overall
DE Erik Amari was the big addition - 13 sacks, 41 hurries, rounds out group
(he was a draftee we cut, seeing no path to starts, now the prodigal son)
Secondary played fairly well overall PD% 61.5 was 9th

Seriously, this is a 9 or 10 win team that won 12 games, there it is.

QuikSand

12-04-2020, 08:58 AM

Unsurprisingly, we get pretty much what you'd expect from pretty good teams in the wild card round... an opening win, and then a loss on the road at a bye team. Both teams, same fate.

http://gml.fof-belco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6580&p=62454&viewfull=1#post62454

Can't post contents here, link will have to do. Hats off to...{checks notes}... oh, this fuckin guy.

QuikSand

12-04-2020, 08:58 AM

QuikSand

12-05-2020, 09:59 PM

Well, one thing is for sure - our double barreled receiver draft era is over. No titles, some good seasons, but overall less than we would have hoped for.

#11, Parker VanCaeyzeele, the inside guy and return man (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93483)

#18, Warren Behne, the split end (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93495)

I liked that they were so different. I thought we'd do a lot with them. I haven't cracked the code with the air-it-out-forever gameplan, but I get the ball to my wideouts pretty well overall.

So, PVC posts Top-15 seasons through most of his prime, Behne goes out with a roughly 7.75 ypt number (hie endurance was a perpetual factor), and that's that. Behne was overlooked last season and won't re-sign, he will play elsewhere for a final season or two. They put up 21,000 yards receiving between them - not too bad.

QuikSand

12-07-2020, 09:47 AM

First stage of free agency... not gonna lie, Ravens were just throwing money around...

<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>QB Albert Campbell (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=99982)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $8,300,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $4.1M, $4.1M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center>16</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>29</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 Deion Coble (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=100687)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3 years, $30,000,000 (Bonus: $13.5M. Salary: $5.5M, $5.5M, $5.5M.)</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>RCB Henry Garcia (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=100739)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>4 years, $188,000,000 (Bonus: $144.0M. Salary: $11.0M, $11.0M, $11.0M, $11.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffff00"><center>71</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffff00"><center>71</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>RG Sherman Kaminski (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=96933)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3 years, $144,000,000 (Bonus: $111.0M. Salary: $11.0M, $11.0M, $11.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#99B833"><center>66</center></td><td bgcolor="#99B833"><center>66</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 Cole Rambo (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=97134)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>3 years, $81,000,000 (Bonus: $48.0M. Salary: $11.0M, $11.0M, $11.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#00A066"><center>58</center></td><td bgcolor="#00A066"><center>58</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>FS Landon Wilcox (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=100778)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>4 years, $192,000,000 (Bonus: $148.0M. Salary: $11.0M, $11.0M, $11.0M, $11.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffff00"><center>70</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffff00"><center>70</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

So... we re-up with run blocking OL Kaminski, but miss out on a similar, younger guard who stays with SF. CB Garcia and S Wilcox both fit our play and chem schemes, and should make a major talent infusion into our secondary, which has been bound together with smoke and mirrors for a while. Great moves.

So, are we broke now? Nope. Still $100m to offer. Feeling okay about all this.

Kodos

12-07-2020, 10:00 AM

Making it rain!

QuikSand

12-08-2020, 10:26 AM

Making it rain!

damn straight we are

QuikSand

12-08-2020, 10:37 AM

Okay, Ravens update... I let slide the stage to offer our starting C, he was asking for a fortune, and we drafted a G last year, so he is gone and the plan will be to plug in the young guy at G, and use run-blocker Kaminski at C, where he ought to be devastating. I'm okay with that. teetering on using my late 2nd round pick on a G also, mostly for lack of more attractive options.

We also lost our backup RB Lincoln Vance to a fat offer from Denver. He is custom built for a no-injury league like ours... special teamer, one good bar, even without any endurance to speak of. Well, he'll cash in with that fine Colorado weed and a bag of money. So, RB has moved onto my radar for this draft, especially as I don't think we will extend our starting RB Garrett, who is fine but has a bad chemistry mix of 99 Leadership to 32 Personality.

So...40 signed + 7 draft picks + 8 free agents where we lead ... we're on target to bring this together okay, I reckon.

QuikSand

12-08-2020, 12:29 PM

Oh, sorta skipped over this in the two-stage file today... Ravens re-upped with our top LB, so the "keep it going" remains intact, mostly:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bgcolor="#D3D3D3"><tbody><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 Brody Goodwin (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=97207)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $64,000,000 (Bonus: $42.0M. Salary: $11.0M, $11.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#d00000"><center>83</center></td><td bgcolor="#d00000"><center>83</center></td></tr></tbody></table>
We are the top team in the league over the last three seasons' regular season records (we will conveniently whistle right past the fact that pyser's Patriots have won the last two titles) so it seems to make sense to run it back, right?

I cannot afford everything, but an 80-something player with chemistry and cohesion is worth a big check for a couple more years, surely... even if we have just spent two first rounders at LB, I guess.

QuikSand

12-08-2020, 12:37 PM

QuikSand

12-08-2020, 12:38 PM

sonofabitch it ate my whole draft update

QuikSand

12-10-2020, 08:00 AM

yeah, momentum here has waned a bit... i have been keeping up with the team, but it was dispiriting to have a somewhat thorough write up of my first five picks just go *poof* on account of....uhhh... html?

Anyway, draft is nearly over, I will post the BenBot summary with the presumably bad news that we are again rated 26 and 31 or whatever. It painfully clear that I really should just trade away my draft each year for both teams, and build through free agency. I should pre-post that soon for next season, since I will almost certainly be in that spot, independent of whether we're picking 1.31 or 1.13.

QuikSand

12-11-2020, 09:46 AM

So, fun but predictable twist for the Ravens... RB1 Alvin Garrett has held out, and is completely unaffordable. 2,500 rushing yards the last two years as a serious workhorse...that's solid production at nearly 5 yards a pop.

So, if he's gone (likely), where are we?

Let's check out the draft with this in mind, since our RB2 already got cherrypicked away...

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>25</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BAL (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">1(28) SLB Chase Brock (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104063) 45/61
3(28) RB Carl Naranjo (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103456) 40/51
4(28) LDE Derek Cox (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103920) 33/49
6(28) RB Darien Farr (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103458) 32/43
2(28) RG Troy Givens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103738) 18/47
5(28) FB Austin Hall (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103497) 25/40
</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">1(28) SLB Chase Brock (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=104063) 45/61
3(28) RB Carl Naranjo (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=103456) 40/51
4(28) LDE Derek Cox (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=103920) 33/49
6(28) RB Darien Farr (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=103458) 32/43
2(28) RG Troy Givens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=103738) 18/47
5(28) FB Austin Hall (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=103497) 25/40
</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>62.9</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

A better-than-usual draft for us, rated #25 out of 32? Awesome? (heh)

At RB, I think we will be fine... I'd expect something like a 60/40 split between the big orange Carl Naranjo (who looks like a solid, but high-elusiveness, RB1 to me), and Darien Farr who probably plugs into some satellite role, catching passes and maybe returning punts. I doubt we get 5ypc here, but we should be league average, maybe.

Top pick LB Chase Brock looks very solid to me, as a three-down guy probably suited to play Sam long term. For right now he will probably rotate into both ILB and OLB slots.

The rest? meh per usual...

QuikSand

12-11-2020, 10:34 AM

Ahh, two more holdouts for the Ravens - LB Bush and DL Hicks. Great. We likely could afford to bump one of them. Likely will not.

QuikSand

12-11-2020, 10:36 AM

Okay, I'm officially (backing up but) ditching my "DC United" colors and logo, and will follow suit with the WTF schema... meh

QuikSand

12-11-2020, 10:46 AM

The WTF draft snapshot:

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>22</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>WAS (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>KickStand</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">1(27) LDE Miguel Hatch (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103892) 39/69
6(27) RB Victor Tavares (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103476) 35/48
3(27) RB Cris Elliott (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103470) 41/53
2(27) FB Alex Marsh (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103519) 29/59
7(27) TE Mario Nichols (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103580) 24/39
2(5) FL Kris Burmbaugh (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103624) 26/40
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">1(27) LDE Miguel Hatch (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=103892) 39/69
6(27) RB Victor Tavares (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=103476) 35/48
3(27) RB Cris Elliott (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=103470) 41/53
2(27) FB Alex Marsh (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=103519) 29/59
7(27) TE Mario Nichols (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=103580) 24/39
2(5) FL Kris Burmbaugh (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=103624) 26/40
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>65.1</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Having your 6th round pick ranked second highest here is a mixed blessing, obviously. My thoughts:

-We really needed pass rushing help. Hatch should do that. Not great, but good. I see a 9-sack season as his eventual baseline... not 15, but 9, okay.

-FB Marsh is destined to play TE, and on first look...he'll be a blocker, not a guy we can count on as a receiver. Dammit.

-The RB pair looks pretty good...Xavier Bush is signed for 3 years to be RB1, but these guys could serve as RB1/RB2 is needed, I think...will tinker with WR switches but unlikely

Overall, fine. No holdouts here in Washington, we have cap space, and can look to make a selective splash if needed.

QuikSand

12-14-2020, 12:26 PM

Late free agency, usually with a few twists... I love finding young decent players who won't be stars but who do have their starts. Also, of course, the 8th round rookies, where I hardly ever have a team-year go by without picking up someone who makes the final 53.

...young OL might be from the former category. Not sure what we're doing overall with the bottom tier of our current 63 Ravens...

QuikSand

12-15-2020, 09:54 AM

Ravens offered our holdout RB a FAT one year deal, and he said no. Le'Veon Bell style. Go get 'em podnah, hope it works out for you.

As a reminder - he's pretty good, not great. And he's a chem problem waiting to happen as a future leader without personality. So, a big multi year commitment makes zero sense.

Send in the clowns.

QuikSand

12-16-2020, 09:07 AM

Was sneakily hoping RB Garrett would just report after the preseason, but no dice. So, he'll be a cut. Just not workable to reneg after preseason. Same with the other holdouts. Sucks, I managed this poorly, I feel. Lack of full attention playing a larger and larger role with my too many FOF teams. Something really has got to give.

Anyway, it's cut to 53 day, and the 3 holdouts make the first steps simple. More loss of talent than cohesion here, so that's workable.

QB Austin Lyle is in decline, and has no chemistry effects with our offense. But he comes off a strong season and the team has been winning a ton, so we will keep him in place for at least this one more year. RB Naranjo will be RB1 and should be replacement level or so, maybe behind our line he can post 4.8 ypc or so? We'll sort out the RB2/3 situation this stage.

Along the OL, we will have to count on soph G Hopkins (meh) to start at RG, because this year's 2nd rounder Givens looks like garbage. We're basically at 4.5 quality starters, with our tackles both being just pass protectors. Not perfect.

On defense...whatever, talent is fine, LB is thin but high quality, and same for the DB group. Should be well above average if that even matters.

Prediction: Ravens go 11-5 and that's good for either a 2,3, or most likely 5 seed.

QuikSand

12-16-2020, 02:59 PM

Yes, WTF will also field a team this season. I may or may not write anything up there. Swamped today, haven't even done a file.

It's a 9-win team, I think/fear. It might be time to give it up.

MIJB#19

12-16-2020, 04:56 PM

We'll still be reading, even if draft write-ups vanish and if you drop on WTF.

QuikSand

12-16-2020, 07:24 PM

thanks. kind of a tough run here in realworldville, but i'm up to it.

QuikSand

12-17-2020, 08:00 AM

(full season summary eaten by the forum because reasons)

QuikSand

12-17-2020, 08:00 AM

right of course, it cannot possibly be easy

Chas in Cinti

12-17-2020, 08:10 AM

hey man... we're along for the ride either way... so make this what you need it to be, if that means you need to lighten it up for a while do so... there will always be another iteration of Misfit Toys to look forward to... :)

QuikSand

12-17-2020, 08:20 AM

RAVENS SLIP TO 9-7, HIT THE WILD CARD ROAD

Meh season overall, it seems... but with the WC basically no harm

GML: Baltimore Ravens 2131 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2131)

Lyle just not good enough to merit keeping/paying him, change looms
Running game was surprisingly good (Naranjo 5.25, McFarlane 5.48)
Passing game shrink-wrapped around two guys held up okay around 7 ypt
Low-RR WR Bridges was surprisingly effective in very specific roles - hmmmmm

Pass rush was top third at 22.2 PR% ranking 9th... okay with that
Run D was mid-pack, a shade better than usual maybe? W/L matters there
S Garcia had monster season: 122 tackles, 15 PDs !, good coverage

We were nearly +4 in points per game... that's a better team than 9-7 tbh

A -21 turnover margin is just wayyyyy too much to overcome

Meh, a lost season. We won't be good enough to go deep in the postseason. Sucks.

QuikSand

12-17-2020, 08:31 AM

WTF? WFT GOES 12-4, EARNS BYE WEEK

GML: Washington Football Team 2131 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)

Didn't see this coming, exactly... let's peek, were we actually really good?

QB Osborne was basically replacement level, 7.12 34/24 84.5 meh
RB mix was wrong (my fault) but both Elliott and Bush were solid
WR Marshall steps into WR1 job and does... okay 7.2 ypt 1130-6
The TE position remains a black hole...2nd round rookie got cut, we post 5 ypt there

Pass rush was in my usual range... top ten with 22.4% (7th)
PD% was 3rd in league at 72.3 - that sounds like a good story
NT Carlisle with huge year playing pure NT... 10.5 sacks, whoa
S Rasmussen (48/48) remains a stud ballhawk, 10 picks this year = HAWAI'I
LB Kinney had quiet great year playing more conventional cover LB role

Turnovers only +1 but a non trainwreck seems to be enough with a slightly above average team at most of the fundamentals. Are we a real threat to Ben's Falcons, again looming atop the totem pole? Doubtful. But they overachieved, again, that's a good thing.

QuikSand

12-17-2020, 08:39 AM

Interesting side item... I have not detailed it as much as I once did, but I still invest in special teams more than the average bear, and surely way more than the average AI manager.

Check out this guy's history as a punt returner:

Jalen Snyder (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=96051)

Career summary:
PR with WFT (across two stints): 148-2,812 yds, 19.0 avg, 3 TD
PR elsewhere (across two teams): 313-2,789 yds, 8.9 avg, 2 TD

All those guys we grab and keep around at TE3 and LB5 and S4 have to be the difference, right? I feel like this is very redeeming.

He's pissed off about playing time, now, so he might take a walk... but it's good to know he's not just a wizard at this, rather he's the straw that stirs an already potent drink, so to speak.

QuikSand

12-17-2020, 10:02 AM

...follow up note on the PR Snyder. Might be worth noting that on the other teams he played for, he was getting pretty involved with the offense, not exactly a starter, but as a 40+ target guy most seasons.

Seems at least possible that his exemplary performance as a PR when with WAS has also been at least partially attributable to him having a special teams only role with us. (ILR terms alert) He was well rested when called on to go out and return three or four punts, not winded from being out there in the slot for a bunch of plays. Perhaps?

QuikSand

12-18-2020, 07:59 AM

RAVENS SLIP TO 9-7, HIT THE WILD CARD ROAD

...stuff...

Meh, a lost season. We won't be good enough to go deep in the postseason. Sucks.

hmmmmmmm

QuikSand

12-18-2020, 08:00 AM

Funny thing happened...

<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/box2131220214.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>23-16 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131220214.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Miami Dolphins (crusher78) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=14)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet14.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2131220214.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/box2131220515.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet5.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Chicago Bears (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=5)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>34-24 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131220515.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Minnesota Vikings (johnnyshaka) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=15)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet15.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2131220515.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/box2131221108.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet11.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Indianapolis Colts (SBLemstrom) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=11)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>20-23 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131221108.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Denver Broncos (jstraub80) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=8)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet8.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2131221108.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/box2131222600.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet26.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>St. Louis Rams (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=26)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>19-7 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131222600.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Arizona Cardinals (SteveOliver) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=0)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet0.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2131222600.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/box2131230230.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>30-23 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131230230.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/log2131230230.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131230501.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet5.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Chicago Bears (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=5)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>9-30 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131230501.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/log2131230501.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131230831.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet8.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Denver Broncos (jstraub80) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=8)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>21-31 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131230831.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Houston Texans (MattC) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=31)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet31.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2131230831.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131232629.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet26.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>St. Louis Rams (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=26)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>27-23 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131232629.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/log2131232629.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/box2131240231.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>42-17 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131240231.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Houston Texans (MattC) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=31)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet31.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2131240231.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Conference Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131242601.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet26.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>St. Louis Rams (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=26)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>9-24 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131242601.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/log2131242601.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/box2131250102.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>21-28 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2131250102.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (QuikSand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet2.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2131250102.html)</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

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Chas in Cinti

12-18-2020, 08:01 AM

!!!!!

Maybe you need to get disinterested more often?

QuikSand

12-18-2020, 11:58 AM

I mean... It is truly weird. Running these two teams together for, whatever it's been, 10 seasons? I have managed to grab two league championships, and that number isn't shocking. We have fielded a fair number of bye-week teams, so over time you'd expect we wear the crown here or there. But BOTH titles came in freak playoff runs after unimpressive regular season results. One for each team. It's just odd that my power teams faded out, and my meh teams twice ran the table.

Pyser

12-18-2020, 12:27 PM

january magic. congrats!

QuikSand

12-19-2020, 08:09 AM

thanks, man, someone had to break your streak i guess

QuikSand

12-19-2020, 08:57 AM

Oooooooooooooooookay. The show must go on, eh? I suppose so. Ravens basically have to play in "maintain mode" and try to run it back. Basically no choice. We locked up multiple fat contracts last season, that worked out fine, but it left me fully unable to compete for a top-shelf WR inexplicably left out in free agency this season, one who would even be a chemistry fit for us...ugh. I've got a max offer of $75m (this only after making one major cost-saving move), and there's no way I'm risking the loss of TE Palmer, who has finally brought my TE job back to respectability here, and he's going to take nearly $30m of that. So - it will be a lean year for spending, I suspect. So... FA stage 2 won't be quite as thrilling as it sometimes is. We'll console ourselves gazing at the no-longer-empty trophy case.

QuikSand

12-19-2020, 08:58 AM

So, paragraph breaks no longer work here? Is that it?

QuikSand

12-20-2020, 11:58 AM

Washington has suffered some real losses this offseason, and it might actually matter. Our initial draft pick with the team, C Fitzgerald, has retired - that leaves us with a grumpy backup thrust into the starting job, and a legit hole on the interior OL. I have been willing to spend major draft capital on the OL here, and may be pushed to do so again here. We also lost some favorites - my no-skill FB Hackney and S Reese, both of whom were great for cohesion and special teams. Some rebuilding along the fringes there, but a drop at C portends bad things for the running game IMO. We have some legit cap space, so this team can be pretty active. And...is it maybe time for a QB change in DC? Stay tuned.

QuikSand

12-21-2020, 08:34 PM

Both teams try to trade out of our late first round picks, both fail, both make selections that fail to spark joy.

Pyser

12-23-2020, 08:53 AM

It’s an awful draft

QuikSand

12-26-2020, 11:03 AM

So, had an internet outage for a day, messed things up in other leagues but not here.

Ravens TE Palmer turned down a fat offer, but he'll get paid, he's got leverage. Designated coverage LB Evans is also a holdout, and he's on thinner ice. (Though I am falling truly madly deeply in love with that role, though I reckon I'm kinda late in doing so)

Ravens draft summary here:

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>32</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">2(32) LDT Kim Dotson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104779) 28/55
1(32) RDT Grant Edwards (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104819) 31/54
4(32) LG Roman Duran (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104571) 26/46
5(32) MLB Asher Sellers (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104834) 13/40
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">2(32) LDT Kim Dotson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=104779) 28/55
1(32) RDT Grant Edwards (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=104819) 31/54
4(32) LG Roman Duran (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=104571) 26/46
5(32) MLB Asher Sellers (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=104834) 13/40 </td></tr></tbody></table>

32nd of 32... cool, cool. What do I see? Yeah, pretty weak stuff overall. I had a couple later-round guys I liked, none look exciting now. Okay then. Situation normal all feathered up.

QuikSand

12-26-2020, 11:32 AM

Speaking of coverage linebackers... WAS almost reached for Figurelle in round one, but got him in round two and am quite pleased with the way he shapes up right away - I think he's a steal and the main reason we ended up ranked mid-pack:

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>15</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>WAS (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>KickStand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">1(27) RDE Gabriel Andrews (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104746) 40/59
2(27) SILB Sammy Figurelle (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104846) 43/46
3(27) RDT Wendell Rudzinski (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104798) 27/40
4(27) RT Otis Morton (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104625) 25/43
5(27) RB Pat Shipway (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104327) 29/38
7(27) P Shane Hughes (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104685) 44/54
6(27) LDT Dixon Quinn (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104825) 23/44
</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">1(27) RDE Gabriel Andrews (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=104746) 40/59
2(27) SILB Sammy Figurelle (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=104846) 43/46
3(27) RDT Wendell Rudzinski (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=104798) 27/40
4(27) RT Otis Morton (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=104625) 25/43
5(27) RB Pat Shipway (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=104327) 29/38
7(27) P Shane Hughes (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=104685) 44/54
6(27) LDT Dixon Quinn (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=104825) 23/44
</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>65.3</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

QuikSand

12-29-2020, 08:44 AM

At the training camp stage, I reverse course, cut a couple no-bonus guys, and make rook to re-up with LB Russell Evans (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=101493). That near-100 zone coverage rating is really rare at LB, and I decide he's too important there to do without. 25 passes defensed in his two years with us... I think I'm sold.

QuikSand

12-30-2020, 01:13 PM

Well, files are in for the regular season. Staying with our incumbents at QB on both teams, but both are in play next season.

Predictions:

Ravens 9-7 AND ANOTHER BOSS TITLE RUN

WTF/WFT 10-6 and an early out in the opening round of the playoffs

QuikSand

12-31-2020, 07:14 AM

RAVENS ROLL TO 13 WINS, BYE WEEK

GML: Baltimore Ravens 2132 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2132)

Fun season, and we're #2 behind... Houston?!? Could be fun.

QB Lyle delivers another good season - 4647 on 7.58, 41/20, 94.6
(fun side note, Lyle now has a W/L record of 116-58, dead on 2/3)
RB "The Big Orange" Naranjo takes the lion's share w 1229-7 on 4.49 ypc meh
WRs Pearson an Webster deliver: 1344-11 on 8.05 and 1015-10 on 9.06
TE position was meh again... Palmer 5.73, Buckley 6.19 oh no
Offense good overall, though: 4th in ypc, 3rd in ypa - that's strong

Pass rush kinda weak, only 20.2% 19th - not happy there
No prolific pass rusher seasons - LB Sanderson with 8 sacks, meh
Seven guys with 9+ PDs, that's great - was a key to the defense
S Gallagher with 7 picks will get top billing, but good overall
But overall D was strong too: 5th in ypc, 9th in ypa

Anyway... fundamentals were really strong, that's a legit 13 win team
We have a beef with Houston, maybe we can go dash his dreams

QuikSand

12-31-2020, 07:25 AM

WFT DELIVERS DIVISION AT 10-6, HEADS TO WILD CARD WEEK

GML: Washington Football Team 2132 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)

Now, we'll see a decent team and its underlying stats... less thrilling
QB Osborne was fully mediocre, he's got to go 3967 6.46 27/22 75.3
FA pickup WR Rivers led the way with 1034-7 on 6.71 (wtf)
Our supposed star WR only got 104 targets for 787-4
Big money TE England delivered our usual garbage with 5.24 ypt
Overall offense: 4.12 ypc (18th), 6.47 ypa (14th)

Soph DE hatch led the pass rush with 9 sacks, but team 22.1 meh
Jesus what's even worth reporting here? DBs played fairly well
Overall defense: 4.32 ypc (21st), 6.25 ypa (16th)

Well, this is a 7-9 team that managed to win 10 games somehow

QuikSand

12-31-2020, 07:30 AM

maybe the most noteworthy guy on the WFT roster this year was our plug-in center:

http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=102092

transaction log tells the story... he was a guy we liked a bit, got him "starts" for chem, let him go when he wanted money, re-signed him cheap, and then had to press him into service this year when another guy faded badly in preseason

i was worried about him giving up a ton of sacks, even being hidden at C... for the season only 1 sack allowed, though... not bad

now... our running game fell apart, and dropping from a top-tier C to a guy like this likely has a lot to do with that, but still... no sacks!

QuikSand

01-01-2021, 08:45 AM

Welp...

<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/box2132220529.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet5.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Chicago Bears (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=5)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>16-22 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132220529.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/log2132220529.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/box2132223008.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>16-14 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132223008.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Denver Broncos (jstraub80) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=8)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet8.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2132223008.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/box2132221416.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet14.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Miami Dolphins (crusher78) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=14)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>15-26 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132221416.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/log2132221416.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/box2132222109.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet21.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Philadelphia Eagles (Jeremiah) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=21)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>27-41 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132222109.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Detroit Lions (matrix) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=9)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet9.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2132222109.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/box2132233031.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet30.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Cleveland Browns (Scrooge) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=30)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>24-20 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132233031.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Houston Texans (MattC) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=31)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet31.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2132233031.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132230901.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet9.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Detroit Lions (matrix) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=9)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>31-41 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132230901.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/log2132230901.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132231602.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/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>13-48 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132231602.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (QuikSand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2132231602.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132232925.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>16-44 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132232925.html)</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>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet25.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2132232925.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/box2132240125.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>34-37 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132240125.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>San Francisco 49ers (Juggernaut) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=25)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet25.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2132240125.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Conference Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132243002.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>47-23 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132243002.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (QuikSand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2132243002.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/box2132252530.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet25.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>San Francisco 49ers (Juggernaut) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=25)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>19-27 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2132252530.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/log2132252530.html)</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

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QuikSand

01-01-2021, 08:46 AM

Scrooge ruins my holiday. Lovely.

QuikSand

01-03-2021, 11:14 AM

Trivial update here... doing the FA 1:2 files for both teams. I clearly messed something up with the WFT lineup, and my depth chart got scrambled. It happens, but it sucks to lose out on a year of chemistry for guys who were supposed to get starts last year. Whatevs.

QuikSand

01-04-2021, 07:04 AM

Opening round of free agency, Ravens go wild spending... against almost no competition and we overpay badly. I congratulate myself openly when I read the market correctly... here, I whiffed and it will cost us in cap space.

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</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>SE James Bridges (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=101958)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $34,000,000 (Bonus: $20.0M. Salary: $7.0M, $7.0M.)</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>LT T.J. Caver (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=98706)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3 years, $138,000,000 (Bonus: $105.0M. Salary: $11.0M, $11.0M, $11.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#99B833"><center>67</center></td><td bgcolor="#99B833"><center>67</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>RCB Mario Grassia (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=102438)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>5 years, $179,000,000 (Bonus: $134.0M. Salary: $9.0M, $9.0M, $9.0M, $9.0M, $9.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#00A066"><center>55</center></td><td bgcolor="#00A066"><center>55</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 Norbert Hartwig (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=96844)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3 years, $40,800,000 (Bonus: $30K. Salary: $13.6M, $13.6M, $13.6M.)</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>RCB Keegan Jaynes (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=102436)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>3 years, $177,000,000 (Bonus: $150.0M. Salary: $9.0M, $9.0M, $9.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#99B833"><center>69</center></td><td bgcolor="#99B833"><center>69</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>FL Christopher Webster (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=97506)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $72,000,000 (Bonus: $56.0M. Salary: $8.0M, $8.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#00A066"><center>58</center></td><td bgcolor="#00A066"><center>5</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

QuikSand

01-04-2021, 09:16 AM

...the immediate fallout of this absurd spending spree is that we have almost no path to re-signing QB Lyle this year. He wants $55m/yr, and we show a max offer of -$10.2m. Ain't happening.

We do swing a draft trade:

JAX sends: 2.6

BAL sends: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.29

...so we will have fewer must-sign rookies this year, which should help. But we'll be looking to squeeze here and there, it's unhealthy but so it goes.

QuikSand

01-04-2021, 07:54 PM

Not exactly sparking joy with either pick here, but if we're going to get mediocrity, it might as well be at positions we need, right?

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Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes WR Andrew Botte (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=105326) with the 1.25 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>59<->89</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>68<->97</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">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>3<->33</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>59<->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>54<->83</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>71<->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>69<->98</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>70</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>189</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.9</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.1</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.51</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>22</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>14</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.00</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>103</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>63</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>21</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

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Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes WR Matt Douglas (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=105334) with the 1.29 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>44<->73</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>39<->68</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<->93</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<->68</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>42<->72</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>0<->29</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<->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>63<->92</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>59<->89</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>188</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.6</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>28</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>50</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>28</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

QuikSand

01-05-2021, 08:38 AM

Ravens do a couple cap-outs, and make one inexplicable signing (w no bonus, whew) and are back to a max offer of... $40,000. We will accept hoboes and sex offenders, I repeat, we WILL ACCEPT.

QuikSand

01-05-2021, 09:15 AM

WTF/WFT signed a stealth cheap contender to start at QB this year...

<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>QB Garrett Alexander (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=100836)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $11,000,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $5.5M, $5.5M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>35</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>38</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

QuikSand

01-06-2021, 08:30 AM

Free agency continues, nothing too exciting to note. Ravens' cash bonanza right out of the gate continues to cause problems everywhere - we basically just signed one more expensive player than we should have.

A few options on the table, still weighing options on another big cap-out to clear space this year... reluctant to harm our options next year.

QuikSand

01-07-2021, 09:41 PM

busy day, just getting to the league... nothing exciting here

Chas in Cinti

01-08-2021, 08:40 AM

Still keeping up... looking forward to the next update...

QuikSand

01-08-2021, 08:01 PM

thanks, man

QuikSand

01-08-2021, 08:06 PM

Ricky chem move for the Ravens... my expensive bird-in-hand chem leader at WR/TE was fine, but too costly for this tight a cap setup. So we cut him, hoping we'd land a younger guy who would take the lead.

It worked. Minsal TE with 78 special teams (good enough these days) in place, as TE3 and group leader for a while. 86 personality is... enough for now.

Draft is over, as is early free agency, so where are we? 51 players under contract, two rookies, and $3m in cap space. Not a lot of room to breathe. But no holdouts, at least.

We need a long snapper, and will splash around a bit in the inexpensive end of the pool. The very shallow end, that is.

That's fine. New QB this year, so it might be a bumpy ride, might as well plug in some young'ns and reload a bit.

QuikSand

01-11-2021, 07:23 PM

Oh nothing to see here... just humdrum roster moves...

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QB Josh Greer (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103395)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 10</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $7,040,000.</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 Steven Parker (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=102406)</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, $23,350,000.</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 Cole Rambo (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=97134)</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>QB Austin Lyle (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94102)</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>RB Rob Hasch (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105130)</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 Silas Wappler (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=99298)</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>TE Darnell Spradlin (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103549)</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 Miami: 2yrs, $7,100,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RDE Bart Andrews (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104766)</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>LS Roger Newhart (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105358)</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, $5,760,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB Miles McFarlane (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103454)</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>FB Corwin Hutton (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105218)</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: 1yrs, $2,410,000.</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 Chase Nichols (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105224)</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: 1yrs, $3,300,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LS Gary Boling (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105382)</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: 1yrs, $2,800,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Wait...was that QB Austin Lyle re-signing for a one year why-the-fuck-not deal?

QuikSand

01-12-2021, 10:17 AM

These Ravens are just not going to get enough pass rush, I fear. We'll be counting on two second year players in the outside DE positions a lot, both have promise, but both look like they develop into DE2/DE3 caliber guys, not stars. LB Sanderson will likely be pressed into more pass rushing duty than I'd prefer, out of necessity. I fear we will be bottom half in pressure, and that usually means my defense is failing. I'm worried.

Olsson

01-13-2021, 09:28 AM

I really enjoy following this thread. Regularly Reading.

Maybe I should join a MP League again!

Thanks for the effort QS!

QuikSand

01-13-2021, 09:42 AM

many thanks, glad to hear it still has some value... it's been a while since I really did a deep dive, maybe this weekend (both teams look like they're approaching a QB transition, that might be time for a deeper roster rundown or somesuch)

QuikSand

01-13-2021, 09:44 AM

Ravens file is in for the regular season. Not really convinced that Lyle is the best QB on the roster, but... coming off two great seasons, it's impossible to turn down the chance to just run it back. Both the rookie WR and RG will get a shot to play a lot. DB additions make that group look pretty fearsome again, I'm pleased there.

I'll predict we manage 11-5, which might not win the division, but would surpass the mental/historical 2/3 threshold and be at least okay.

QuikSand

01-14-2021, 10:43 AM

cool cool, i prepared a file for the WFT and then opening up FOF I see that I never submitted it... so that team likely got totally junked by the AI

might be the offramp i actually needed there, tbh

QuikSand

01-14-2021, 07:33 PM

Browser won’t even let me access FOFC now, just phone.

Geez cosmos I get the hint already.

QuikSand

01-14-2021, 07:48 PM

QuikSand

01-14-2021, 07:48 PM

Oh for fucks sake

QuikSand

01-14-2021, 07:49 PM

GML: Baltimore Ravens 2133 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2133)

GML: Washington Football Team 2133 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29&year=2133)

MIJB#19

01-15-2021, 08:47 AM

That must have been very frustrating.

Edit: wow, it doesn't even show the empty post that I tried to quote.

QuikSand

01-15-2021, 09:29 AM

Well, the Ravens manage a nice playoff run, losing to Scrooge's Browns in the AFC Championship, gotta be pleased with that even at the cost of draft capital.

Ben wins the title. He's on fire. Shocking, I know.

Will have a good look at the WFT situation and decide whether I just cut bait there. I'm nearly overwhelmed by real life right now, timing would be good. I can't remember the last time I actually quit a FOF league.

QuikSand

01-17-2021, 07:54 AM

Flipping through the WFT situation now. I don't think I have it in me to just quit. So, I'll try to make some lemonade here.

When I dropped the ball it cost the team a good deal of its infrastructure. The AI cut a couple chem leaders, and the no-talent guy anchoring my OL chemistry retired, understandably. I have a few guys exposed to free agency who wouldn't have been had I submitted their contract extensions.

But, to be honest... it isn't awful. The team was at a QB crossroads anyhow. The AI didn't start the guy I had been starting... but I had planned to cut him in that file anyway. My former RB leader got cut and... seemingly vanished (his page doesn't say retired, but i cannot find him in the game, so I guess he just got "disappeared" Pinochet style for crimes against the state or something).

Anyway....work to do. We have pick 1.7 and why not, I'll try to get an impact player there and see what we can do around him. Yeah, we've heard that old sea shanty even before it became trendy.

QuikSand

01-17-2021, 07:57 AM

...I do note that our entire RB/(FB) group on the WFT roster is in its final contract season. So, making a chem change would be very easy here...like, in the event we felt the need to install a new QB for this team, and wanted there to be some supporting infrastructure for him Quik-style. We could basically build to suit.

There is a rookie QB who looks... weird... he's a guy I think I'd take a stab at with pick 1.2y but probably not 1.7. Maybe this is a trade-down and youth-movement sort of season for us? Ugh, building through the draft is typically the worst way to do it, for me.

QuikSand

01-18-2021, 01:47 PM

WFT goes non-impact position, non-affinty, BPA by taking a DB with pick 1.7 because I don't even know why I was busy. He looks really good.

Pyser

01-18-2021, 04:14 PM

yeah that safety looks sweet

QuikSand

01-20-2021, 12:15 PM

Real life sort of overwhelming right now, so Quik notes:

-both teams abbreviated drafts by trading out into future years, seems smart

-WAS got a stud DB with the early pick (see note above)

-nothing shocking in free agency

-WFT has no plan at all for the QB position, that's fun

More details later.

QuikSand

01-20-2021, 03:09 PM

The most interesting note here is probably that Ravens QB Austin Lyle remains active. He's rated 31/31 by my scout, looks like a bum, and has no chemistry with the team. And he's asking for $50m/yr.

But last year with us he posted a borderline Pro Bowl season, and last year after the draft he suddenly recalibrated an was open to a much much cheaper short term deal. So I guess that is on the table again. I can't pay him $50m, nor would I expect anyone else (even the AI) to do so... so we'll wait him out. I'm open to one more ride round the track, especially for lack of legitimate other options.

QuikSand

01-20-2021, 03:14 PM

Current stable of quarterback options on hand in Baltimore:

<table class="sortable" width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>Kim Norris (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=102580)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QB</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>5</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>34</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>43</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>YES (0)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>1(16)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2130</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2134</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Free Agency</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>26</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>6-1</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>217</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>$4.3M</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>13</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>65</center></td><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>56</center></td><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>37</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>99</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>17</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>61</center></td></tr><tr> <td bgcolor="FFFFAA"><center>Austin Lyle (MEN) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=94102)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>QB<sup>5</sup> (http://gml.fof-belco.com/probowlappearances.php?playerid=)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>15</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>29</center></td> <td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>29</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>No (0)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2(24)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2120</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2123</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Trade</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>38</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>5-11</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>207</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>$0.0M</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>0</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>97</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>88</center></td> <td bgcolor="FFFFAA"><center>95</center></td> <td bgcolor="FFFFAA"><center>29</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>21</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>100</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>33</center></td> </tr><tr> <td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>Albert Campbell (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=99982)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QB</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>8</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center>19</center></td> <td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>23</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>No (0)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Not drafted.</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>0</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2127</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Free Agency</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>28</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>6-2</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>222</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>$5.0M</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>1</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>22</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>53</center></td> <td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>99</center></td> <td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>10</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>77</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>34</center></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>57</center></td> </tr><tr> <td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>Marty Stancil (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104254)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>QB</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>3</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center>13</center></td> <td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>38</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>No (0)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>3(32)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2132</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2132</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Rookie Draft</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>24</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>6-1</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>209</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>$4.5M</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>6</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>76</center></td> <td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>75</center></td> <td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>99</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>71</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>55</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2</center></td> </tr><tr><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>Oliver Scribner (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=100863)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QB</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>7</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center>12</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>23</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>No (0)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Not drafted.</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>0</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2130</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Free Agency</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>29</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>6-1</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>211</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>$0.0M</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>0</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>23</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>44</center></td><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>87</center></td><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>0</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>83</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>21</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>71</center></td></tr></tbody></table>
Perhaps it is ... Marty Time? Marty Gras? Marty Party? The Boston Tea Marty?

QuikSand

01-22-2021, 08:24 AM

I think I missed a day yesterday... got busy and I guess forgot that I didn't get it into my morning cycle. Awesome.

You can't have dynasty without nasty.

QuikSand

01-22-2021, 10:08 AM

Ravens draft summary below:

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>32</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(29) LT Terrance Argentati (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106330) 29/65
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">1(29) LT Terrance Argentati (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=106330) 29/65
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>38.9</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Sure, great.

QuikSand

01-22-2021, 04:11 PM

Yeahhhh, so missed my files yesterday. Missed a free agent I really wanted, have a gaggle of holdouts (the main one was probably unavoidable)...sucks.

QuikSand

01-25-2021, 09:29 PM

Sorry not sorry this thread is kinda dying. Monday is my worst day. Just opening files now. Ugh.

QuikSand

01-25-2021, 09:32 PM

We did some things in late free agency... on to training camp I guess...

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</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 Cole (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106058)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $5,340,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.4M, $2.9M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
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</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>MLB Conner Hubbard (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103153)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $8,500,000 (Bonus: $60K. Salary: $4.2M, $4.2M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>35</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>35</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>MLB Silas Somogyi (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106512)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $5,380,000 (Bonus: $60K. Salary: $2.4M, $2.9M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
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And they also did even more things:

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</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>P Gavin Dodge (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106337)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>1 year, $6,000,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $6.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
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</td></tr><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>FB Lee Gillespie (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106033)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $5,800,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
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</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>K Timothy Helms (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106357)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>1 year, $6,000,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $6.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
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</td></tr><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>FL Bo Large (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106148)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>1 year, $5,500,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $5.5M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
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</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>TE Elijah Lehmann (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106073)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $5,360,000 (Bonus: $40K. Salary: $2.4M, $2.9M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
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</td></tr><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>LCB Axel Lubbers (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=101553)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>1 year, $6,000,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $6.0M.)</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/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>C Austin Mannelly (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106184)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $5,340,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.4M, $2.9M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
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</td></tr><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>SS Adrian Rasmussen (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=98255)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $11,160,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $5.6M, $5.6M.)</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/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>SS Alfredo Renes (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106714)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $5,800,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
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</td></tr><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>RDT Ralph Taylor (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106434)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $5,820,000 (Bonus: $40K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
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QuikSand

01-25-2021, 09:33 PM

lotta dudes getting a jet ski or something for their chance to grab a cup of coffee in camp with us, lol

QuikSand

01-26-2021, 09:29 PM

quick files tonight, hope camp goes okay

QuikSand

01-26-2021, 09:30 PM

...er preseason

QuikSand

01-27-2021, 10:13 PM

Baltimore file in. Playing 16/27 Marty Stancil at QB. We...uhh...expect a dropoff. Let's say 8-8. Not tragic, but not "good."

QuikSand

01-27-2021, 10:28 PM

Not much better in Washington. 31/31 Rod Swift finally gets his shot to start. 7-9 is my prediction.

QuikSand

01-28-2021, 10:56 AM

QuikSand

01-28-2021, 10:57 AM

For the record, those were honest predictions...

QuikSand

01-28-2021, 10:59 AM

#1 Seed Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2134)

#2 Seed Washington Football Team (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29&year=2134)

So... okay, then.

Chas in Cinti

01-29-2021, 08:19 AM

Wow... can't believe those wins with THAT many interceptions (on both teams)...

Good seasons!

QuikSand

01-31-2021, 08:12 AM

I'm finally sitting down with these teams, and I'm really still at a loss.

Ravens - okay, I felt like I had a lot "in place" there, so a pretty good season was within the range of possible outcomes. Felt like the QB was part of the success, but we pop in a new QB and that guy is suddenly slinging it around YOLO style. 7.76 ypa is WAY high for my offense... I'd have to look to see how long it's been since we have been near there. Not a typical outcome. 29 picks sounds Jameis-like, but the team went 14-2 FFS, I'm not gonna complain. Anyway... whatever worked there, we will try to run it back, but the QB will surely want a fat reneg and I honestly don't know whether HE was the reason things got better.

In Washington, I'm closer to complete puzzlement. I couldn't fix my OL chemistry near-void, so just didn't bother. Felt like the plug-in QB was just a patch-over after not landing "a real guy" in free agency or the draft. So, my guess at 7-9 was legit - I'd have my guys more or less slotted where I wanted them (that's what I messed up the last season) but the talent level just not good enough, and with a bum at QB, no reason for serious hope. So... 12 wins? Truly a WTF outcome, I still don't see how it came together - but out of nowhere, our "solid" running game went lights out, Bush puts up a freak season with 6.6 ypc, and we are just running dudes TF over. Beats me.

QuikSand

01-31-2021, 08:13 AM

Oh, I thought I had posted here... both teams went one-and-out in the postseason. No shock. Still shocked on the good side with the seasons they both posted.

QuikSand

01-31-2021, 08:17 AM

In Washington, we had two important veteran DBs retire, and now the door seems open for a chemistry change to build around our new anchor caliber CB Bradley. So, we will see... might require a season or two "in between" but a 7th year safety is really the only major talent we'd be ignoring if we do this. Tough to rebuild the secondary after they played so well last season, but Junker (due) and Gramentine (too early) departing has me feeling like I have liberty. So...watch this space, I guess.

QuikSand

01-31-2021, 08:19 AM

...plus, I'll confess, in standard RPG mindset, I am definitely more interested in "building" than I am in "doing." So, having a major element of one team here where I feel like I really have work to do is more motivating than just tinkering and keeping things going well. I'm human, so it goes.

QuikSand

02-04-2021, 08:45 PM

Okay, life is just not affording me the time to really keep up with this, so these semi-late-night spitouts is the best i can do.

Anyway, draft is over - made a ton of auto-picks for the Ravens, traded out of most of the WFT draft, which seems wise. We'll see.

It'll have to do. Early FA ends tomorrow, we'll take stock then, hopefully in this thread.

Chas in Cinti

02-05-2021, 08:17 AM

Thanks for doing what you can to add to the story... while disappointing to not get updates, I certainly can relate to the real life issues...

Kodos

02-05-2021, 03:41 PM

No worries. Running a dynasty like this is a ton of work. Sometimes life gets in the way.

QuikSand

02-07-2021, 07:44 PM

Thank you fellas.

Just sat down to do the weekend file. Both QBs held out, duh. Ravens gunslinger got his request, fat long term deal, let's gooooo. WFT guy got a two year fat offer, short term, let's seeeee.

QuikSand

02-08-2021, 09:37 PM

Exhausted at the end of a long day. Both QB signed. Sent in files for training camp.

QuikSand

02-10-2021, 09:06 PM

So, Ravens file is in. Wonder if last season was a mirage. Our starting QB is still rated 20/28 by our own scout, but we poured $180m into him, on the strength of one weird-ass season. So, that seems like fun. 27 picks last year, and we were still the #1 seed. Nutso.

Anyhow, if he comes to earth with a standard regress-to-the-mean year something like 7.2 ypa, 4500 yds, and maybe a 33/20 ratio... then we likely slide back to being a standard 11-5 fringe contender. I hope he's the real deal, and I hope his ratings never say so.

I saw he's the truth, and we're back in the bye week at 13-3.

Show 'em Marty.

QuikSand

02-10-2021, 09:27 PM

WFT file is in. We signed a big WR off an inflated stat line (from the wacky chefs, he had a silly 450 targets for 2,719-18 last year. He'll have to be content with maybe 120 targets, and 56 million dollars.

Is this a good team. Uh... I think the answer is no. We stumbled onto something last season and ran like crazy. We'll try to run it back, but I dunno... I'd guess maybe we're 10-6 and not really in the serious picture.

QuikSand

02-11-2021, 08:35 AM

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

http://gml.fof-belco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6707&p=64105#post64105

Ravens #1 Seed
GML: Baltimore Ravens 2135 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2135)

WFT #2 Seed
GML: Washington Football Team 2135 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29&year=2135)

No details yet, but I'll definitely take 28 wins, thankyouverymuch

QuikSand

02-11-2021, 08:39 AM

Anyhow, if he comes to earth with a standard regress-to-the-mean year something like 7.2 ypa, 4500 yds, and maybe a 33/20 ratio... then we likely slide back to being a standard 11-5 fringe contender.

Came pretty close to nailing the stats slide, but the team stayed comfortably elite this year around him. How bout that.

Chas in Cinti

02-11-2021, 01:01 PM

Phenomenal! Maybe you need to feign disinterest more often? :D

QuikSand

02-11-2021, 06:34 PM

i like it

QuikSand

02-12-2021, 08:15 PM

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</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2135230811.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>20-24 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2135230811.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Indianapolis Colts (SBLemstrom) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=11)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet11.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2135230811.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2135230901.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet9.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Detroit Lions (matrix) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=9)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>10-29 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2135230901.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/log2135230901.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2135231402.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet14.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Miami Dolphins (crusher78) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=14)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>20-27 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2135231402.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (QuikSand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2135231402.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2135232529.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>17-38 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2135232529.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/log2135232529.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/box2135241102.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet11.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Indianapolis Colts (SBLemstrom) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=11)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>37-23 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2135241102.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Baltimore Ravens (QuikSand) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2135241102.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Conference Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2135242901.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>45-31 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2135242901.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/log2135242901.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="25" bgcolor="#0D244D">
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QuikSand

02-12-2021, 08:15 PM

Great season, fun run, we'll try to bring it all back. Yay!

QuikSand

02-13-2021, 09:54 AM

Okay, let's have a semi-public meander through the Ravens roster, shall we? It's been a while...

Front Office Football Eight
Baltimore Ravens Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Norris, Kim 115 QB 7 45 47 ---
Stancil, Marty 111 QB 5 25 28 4 yrs.
Campbell, Albert 125 QB 10 12 12 1 yr.
Scribner, Oliver 105 QB 9 7 10 ---

Okay, so... I'm married to and still in honeymoon mode with Stancil, who grades out as having an Avoid INterceptions rating of EIGHT out of 100. Love it. Gunslinger. YOLO. FotzMagic. Callit what you want. I'm in. The others are just window dressing... I have been carrying 3-4 affinity QBs on my heavy chem teams, and I like that for now. Expect more of the same.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Naranjo, Carl 235 RB 6 61 61 1 yr.
McFarlane, Miles 233 RB 6 31 31 ---
Spaulding, Amari 338 FB 2 30 43 1 yr.

The Big Orange remains a solid RB1 for one more contract year, and I am basically fine with this group on talent. Chem, not so much - Naranjo is the 70/85 leader and doesn't connect with the QB... so I'd like to bring in a carcass to fix that if I can.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Palmer, Jose 448 TE 8 62 62 2 yrs.
Makofske, Van 446 TE 2 32 39 3 yrs.
Cole, Elijah 447 TE 3 31 33 ---

Palmer gave us north of 8 ypt, so he's the go-to guy. Makofske likely doesn't have the makings of a legit TE2 (where I tend to send 60-80 targets) so I'd like to improve there. We lost our chem leader, too... though we have a wonderful lady in waiting for that job if he's ready. #LongSnapperConvert

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Douglas, Matt 529 FL 4 47 51 2 yrs.
Webster, Christopher 512 FL 13 41 41 ---
Fletcher, Gilbert 585 FL 7 38 38 ---
Pearson, Juan 588 SE 10 73 73 2 yrs.
Bridges, James 582 SE 8 44 44 1 yr.
Coles, Kent 583 SE 2 22 36 3 yrs.

Okay, group is okay but nothing special. Pearson also posted 8 ypt last season, and that's good enough for my WR1. Bridges fell off a cliff last season, after multiple years of GREAT efficiency (> 10 ypt in limited use), I must have used him too much I guess. Time for Douglas to step up as WR2 this year.
Fletcher is, I think, useful in his very specific role, we'll see if he wants to get paid now.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Kaminski, Sherman 665 C 14 59 59 ---
Small, Liam 650 C 3 47 59 2 yrs.
Mangiafico, Jim 764 RG 4 48 48 1 yr.
Duran, Roman 763 RG 5 34 34 1 yr.
Linquist, Levon 868 LT 11 57 57 1 yr.
Caver, T.J. 861 LT 12 55 55 ---
Argentati, Terrance 870 LT 3 54 54 2 yrs.
Ause, Dustin 878 LT 9 42 42 ---

Kaminski is back, but not for long, so that's the min need area here. Argentati is ready to play anywhere, but we'll likely leave him at LG as long as our venerable pass-block-only tackles are around. Happy here, but if we keep draft picks, fine targeting a late 1st this way.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Grunhard, Graham 904 P 2 41 41 1 yr.
Wynn, Rusty 1003K 7 42 42 1 yr.

I'm back into "whatever" mode here, after a bit of dabbling with early picks and keep-forever guys... doesn't seem to be a big enough payoff that I can see. Seems like just about every legit kicker still just misses 15% of his FGs, so why pay a premium, unless it's for touchbacks I guess?

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
May, Bernard 1199LDE 11 43 43 ---
Rushe, Malachi 1190LDE 2 31 38 3 yrs.
Andrews, Bart 1194RDE 5 45 45 2 yrs.
Stephenson, Braxton 1176RDE 9 41 41 1 yr.
Dotson, Kim 1291NT 5 52 52 3 yrs.
Evanswhite, Jose 1296NT 6 36 36 2 yrs.
Schultz, J.C. 1272NT 2 24 31 3 yrs.

DE May made my team as a non-affinity end-of-career add, and gave me the ear-pinner season I wanted - 24 tackles, 9.5 sacks from his 100 PRTech and little else. We may rtry to retain him one more year. DT Dotson got a fat contract and may move back outside- he's the most talented among this group now.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Brock, Chase 1354SILB 6 54 54 1 yr.
Hubbard, Conner 1345SILB 7 34 34 ---
Somogyi, Silas 1355WILB 3 39 39 ---
Sitz, Caleb 1441SLB 2 54 54 3 yrs.
Schultz, C.J. 1456SLB 5 36 46 ---
Evans, Russell 1452WLB 9 53 53 1 yr.
Foster, Kenyon 1451WLB 3 40 40 ---
Borders, Jake 1458WLB 2 18 33 3 yrs.

SOph Sitz is going to be fine, but nbot thrilling. I have really shifted my focus in thir group away from the run and toward the pass, and... I like it. Tackles are easy to count, but I'm just not that worried about teams running the ball against me, and too many of those tackles end up being after we yielded the 8 yard catch on 3rd and 6. Evans, Sitz, HUbbard, and Brock are all very capable overall guys with good to great coverage skills. That's our jam now.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Hoover, Ezekiel 1527LCB 6 78 78 3 yrs.
Jaynes, Keegan 1523RCB 8 73 73 ---
Rolfe, Chris 1530RCB 6 46 46 2 yrs.
Sabbatini, Alan 1520RCB 5 43 43 2 yrs.
Parker, Steven 1528RCB 8 33 33 ---
Isaacs, Winston 1526RCB 2 30 42 3 yrs.
Olshansky, Brad 1522RCB 10 23 23 ---
Garcia, Henry 1639SS 10 73 73 2 yrs.
Everett, Albert 1640SS 9 23 23 1 yr.
Grassia, Mario 1624FS 8 59 59 2 yrs.
Nichols, Chase 469 LS 4 21 21 ---

Hoover is really good, though expensive, but I just prefer having a build-around CB1 if at all possible. Jaynes could have been that guy, too, we'll see if we can lure him back in free agency, though CB2 is way down my list in general. Grassia found his calling at FS, even though he's undersized, a way better fit for his skills than nickel corner.

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

Players Under Contract: 34
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 34

Salary Cap: $779,500,000
Cap Room: $202,210,000
Maximum for New Player: $174,560,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $5,760,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $431,450,000

Some cap space to fiddle with... enough to go after one or two big names in free agency, plus my usual fiddling around in the lower ranges with good fit guys.

No reason to think this team should fall apart this year. We're in maintain mode, and will add if we can.

QuikSand

02-13-2021, 09:56 AM

So, for the Ravens free agency and early draft picks, targets look like:

DL talent
TE2
RB
DB depth

QuikSand

02-13-2021, 12:12 PM

Okay, WTF is up with the WFT?

Well, my inattention to details in things like the depth chart left my former 1st round WR Melvin Marshall sitting and watching all year, and then he retired. Dammit.

We also lose our DB chem leader - but the plan was already afoot to switch there. It will just be... painful.

Anyway, I'll do a roster walk-through below.

QuikSand

02-13-2021, 12:30 PM

Front Office Football Eight
Washington Football Team Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Swift, Rod 102 QB 8 31 31 1 yr.
Bronson, Irving 119 QB 7 30 30 ---

Okay, my failure to take notice reared up again, and after paying Swift to run the show for two more seasons... I left him on the vbench and Otto started Bronson. Who put together a perfectly fine replacement level season, and got us to the SuperBowl. So, now what?
Bronson is a free agent and wants $25m to re-up... is that viable? Not super expensive. Swift is demanding a trade after the benching, but... last season seems to demonstrat that he isn't really anything special, it's a system team now. So, now what indeed.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Elliott, Cris 237 RB 6 61 61 ---
Bush, Xavier 230 RB 10 55 55 2 yrs.
Berry, Michael 234 RB 4 33 33 1 yr.
Shipway, Pat 233 RB 5 17 22 ---
Guthrie, J.J. 344 FB 6 52 52 ---

The overall is deceiving here, I think. Bush is really good. Elliott has yet to post a meaningful season above replacement level - career 4.21 ypc. We have a chemistry mess here, and maybe it's actually time to pull the trigger on the position group rebuild that I have mused on before. Could get this group in line with the OL chem, rather than the WR chem.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
England, Marc 480 TE 9 53 53 1 yr.
Lehmann, Elijah 486 TE 3 45 45 ---
Fasani, Ernie 482 TE 4 41 41 1 yr.
Newman, Randall 487 TE 7 32 32 2 yrs.
Goodspeed, Drew 484 TE 10 23 23 ---

Solid group here, nobody is great, but since the team started clicking, they have been fine. Fasani and Lehmann are both from the "right bars" class of imcomplete players - and both seem unable to pull it togther, really. Good area for a major addition if one walks into view.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Hines, Winfred 581 FL 8 57 57 3 yrs.
Botte, Andrew 588 FL 4 56 56 1 yr.
Shepard, Johnny 512 FL 5 45 45 1 yr.
Finch, Jake 529 FL 5 18 19 ---
Vanderpool, Duane 510 SE 3 39 45 ---
Kramer, Gerald 583 SE 2 31 41 3 yrs.

Well, after the gaffe that left us without Marshall, we still have Z Botte and X Hines to build around, which is okay. Obviously would be happy to add legit talent at WR, but is that ever not true? I don't think I will reach past a star-caliber LB or OL to do so, for context.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Butler, Fernando 668 C 8 65 65 ---
Ramsey, Taylor 663 C 10 0 9 2 yrs.
Champagne, Luke 777 LG 7 68 68 2 yrs.
Pommier, Ernest 776 RG 3 55 59 2 yrs.
Davidson, Tom 873 LT 2 63 73 3 yrs.
Whitfield, Antonio 862 LT 4 52 52 1 yr.
Reiss, Dustin 870 LT 4 45 51 1 yr.
Finneran, Brayden 875 LT 10 44 44 2 yrs.

Okay, Ramsey is the milquetoast chem leader, and the other pieces are in place around him okay. Ramsey could come back, but we have enough here to make a 5-man group, no worries. Davidson is going to b really good, that makes things so much easier.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Dodge, Gavin 913 P 3 79 79 2 yrs.
Pehrson, Rick 1003K 5 66 66 2 yrs.

cool

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Blanchette, Reginald 1198LDE 10 65 65 1 yr.
Andrews, Gabriel 1194LDE 5 61 61 ---
Hatch, Miguel 1197RDE 6 59 59 1 yr.
Horton, David 1179RDE 9 52 52 1 yr.
Sherman, Bubba 1290NT 11 49 49 ---
Baker, Les 1296NT 4 38 38 1 yr.
Curtis, Jason 1293NT 13 27 27 1 yr.

Nobody here really gets after the passer all that great, so it's shocking we were as effective as we were last season. Hatch is a nice 7-10 sack guy, I think, and everyone else is a role player.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Brew, Manuel 1350SILB 12 49 49 1 yr.
Mattis, Britt 1353SILB 7 33 33 1 yr.
Reid, Claude 1355WILB 13 45 45 ---
Figurelle, Sammy 1459SLB 5 61 61 3 yrs.

Only four guys? Awesome. Well, at least I like what we have to build around here. Assuming we keep our draft picks, I see us grabbing minimum two LBs in the draftm likely one run stopper and one coverage guy, plus maybe a special teams depth type. Free agency fill-in seems very likely here too.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Halela, Jason 1458WLB 4 47 47 1 yr.
Bradley, Derek 1517LCB 3 83 84 4 yrs.
Priester, Erick 1539LCB 11 50 50 2 yrs.
Bernard, Mickey 1532RCB 9 24 24 ---
Cox, Alex 1638SS 8 76 76 1 yr.
Houston, Tony 1622FS 7 56 56 2 yrs.
Scott, Tom 1641FS 13 35 35 ---
Ottesen, Liam 1626FS 2 30 37 3 yrs.
Rasmussen, Adrian 1628FS 13 25 25 ---
Tyler, Pete 1647FS 11 25 25 ---

So, chemistry is the thing here. Priester is the short term answer as group leader - and young star Bradley is all about that. Veteran S Houston can step right in and play FS and return punts, so that would be three starting jobs lined up with chem. But, Bernard, Scott, and Rasmussen all have ocnflicts, so they'd have to go - meaning cohesion hit will be major. Don't love that, but I don't see another great path here. So - target area, most likely, for at least one free agent and likely a rookie or two.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Bush, Marquis 652 LS 12 20 20 ---

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

Players Under Contract: 33
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 33

Salary Cap: $779,500,000
Cap Room: $183,630,000
Maximum for New Player: $152,240,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $3,870,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $292,920,000

Some cap space here, but not enough to wade in and act the fool. DE Blanchette is on a fat, cut-friendly deal, so if we loved a big player we coudl cut him to free up $40m+. Anyhow, similar situation to BAL here... maintaining, not really building. We have left things thin in a few spots, though, so we are making moves for need more than the Ravens are.

QuikSand

02-15-2021, 08:13 AM

Free agent opening... BAL makes a very important signing:

<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-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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/helmet2.png</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Baltimore Ravens (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>RCB Keegan Jaynes (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=102436)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>3 years, $171,000,000 (Bonus: $144.0M. Salary: $9.0M, $9.0M, $9.0M.)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#ffff00"><center>73</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#ffff00"><center>73</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

...one of those deals where I was reluctant to tip here how important this was. Talent but also a chem build-around. Got him. Whew.

QuikSand

02-15-2021, 08:39 AM

and by the way, on CB Jaynes...

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="10%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2136</center></td><td width="20%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center></td><td width="20%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="50%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>re-signed as an unrestricted free agent: 3yrs, $171,000,000.</center></td></tr><tr><td width="10%" bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2136</center></td> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet4.png</center></td> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>FA Stage 3</center></td> <td width="50%" bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $220,730,000.</center></td> </tr><tr><td width="10%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2136</center></td> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet8.png</center></td> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 3</center></td> <td width="50%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $264,640,000.</center></td> </tr><tr><td width="10%" bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2136</center></td> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet16.png</center></td> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>FA Stage 3</center></td> <td width="50%" bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $96,020,000.</center></td> </tr><tr><td width="10%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2136</center></td> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet21.png</center></td> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 3</center></td> <td width="50%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 5yrs, $366,220,000.</center></td> </tr><tr><td width="10%" bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2136</center></td><td width="20%" bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet23.png</center></td><td width="20%" bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="50%" bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $233,020,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

...bonus money wins out yet again. The winner and STILL champion, bonus money per year.

QuikSand

02-15-2021, 08:40 AM

It's a zero injury league, people.

QuikSand

02-15-2021, 08:42 AM

Ravens have dealt our 3-4-5-6-7 picks this year for a future 2nd, so we will have another nice tidy draft. Now we're looking for just two players to fill needs... WR would obviously be nice, but I'll likely be focusing on the need areas mentioned above, with DL and TE being the potential bingo.

QuikSand

02-16-2021, 10:21 AM

Ravens OL Roundup

Ravens miss out on a nice-looking OG to...grrrr...Houston. So it goes. More importantly, we lose out in free agency and see LT Caver walk. It's not a crisis, he's a 12th year guy and we have his replacement on the roster already, but I don't like to lose out when I want a guy. I just didn't anticipate him drawing interest... drat, I got too cheap and got beaten out by AVAILABLE. We did re-up with T Ause, who retains his chemistry leadership role and maybe will start at G this season, as well - I'll try to avoid letting him sniff free agency ever again.

QuikSand

02-16-2021, 10:25 AM

Ravens do sign one rotation-caliber pass rusher, my sort of guy overall:
http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103225

Ravens top draft pick is not too exciting, but likely functional:

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

Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes ILB D.J. Burge (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108204) with the 1.30 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>54<->85</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>57<->88</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>39<->71</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>62<->94</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>50<->82</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>56<->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>48<->79</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>40<->72</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<->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>17<->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>72</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>233</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.5</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.3</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.73</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>37</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>23</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.20</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>114</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>32</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>58</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Combines seem to back up all-around skill set, and this makes two straight drafts where we start out with a three-down LB. Both are in the 8-9 zodiac group, and that likely foretells a shift in our leadership soon, as our current leader resides there as well.

QuikSand

02-16-2021, 12:13 PM

The WFT plunged some big money into a run-stopping DT... not exactly a philosophical priority, but my red-bar-collecting tendency remains strong, independent of the position value. I just take it on faith that this guy will help.

http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104808

Anyway, first round draft pick goes to the OL again, this guy hopefully develops into our long term answer at C:

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

Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes G Parker Tate (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=107901) with the 1.31 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<->98</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>46<->74</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>20<->48</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>45<->73</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>302</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.5</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.03</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>45</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>30</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.76</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>89</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>44</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

QuikSand

02-16-2021, 12:19 PM

Offers are in from AVAILABLE for RB Elliott, and I'm not going to compete with them - he's never shown me he's a $20m+ sort of player, I'll use that cap space on fill-in veterans at DB or even RB instead.

QuikSand

02-16-2021, 02:06 PM

Second round draft picks:

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

Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes DE Walt Estrada (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108103) with the 2.26 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>29<->61</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>67<->98</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>38<->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>38<->70</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>26<->58</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>1<->33</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>34<->66</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>41<->72</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>49<->81</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>48<->79</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>73</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>266</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.3</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.68</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>32</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>31</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.69</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>115</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>54</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

DL, especially pass rushers, a weakness - he looks like he should help.

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

Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes OLB Ross Calabri (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108222) with the 2.30 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>62<->94</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>35<->67</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>47<->79</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>0<->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>56<->88</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>62<->94</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>23<->55</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<->46</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>13<->44</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>14<->46</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>247</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.5</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.72</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>20</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>19</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.23</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>113</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>37</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>69</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Rats...my scout saw RunD, Bump, and Zone all at MAX. If this is more accurate, this is not a good pick.

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

Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes S Damien Peterson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108361) with the 2.31 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>43<->75</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>30<->62</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>67<->98</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>52<->84</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>48<->80</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>49<->81</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<->32</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<->32</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<->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>45<->77</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>45<->76</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>73</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>220</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.1</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.53</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>37</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>17</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.45</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>97</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>42</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>56</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

As we shift to a new DB chem leadership, need guys who fit - I'm hoping this can be our FS of the medium term.

QuikSand

02-18-2021, 07:46 AM

In a weird quirk, for the second straight opportunity, I missed the WFT stage file on the day that a specific great-fit free agent was seeking to sign. Same guy two seasons ago, and then again yesterday. I opened the game this morning and found FOF open to this league, to the WFT page, but no actions -- I got as far as opening it up but never finished doing my file.

Not the end of the world, but a pretty good fit player who would have been great for chemistry, and two times now I just whiffed on putting in a file that exact day, and let him go elsewhere. Kinda sucks, avoidable, just a tough real life day for me this time of year.

(I work in state and local politics, and my state legislature is in session right now)

QuikSand

02-18-2021, 07:56 AM

My WTF team also lost out in bidding for our starting C and FB in this stage. (Actually, missing the stage meant we didn't bid on our C at all, drat)

QuikSand

02-18-2021, 08:23 AM

Busy (in the negative) 8-9 stage for the Ravens, though:

-let WR Webster walk in free agency - I put in an offer, but allowed AVAILABLE to take him... big cohesion loss but he was <4 ypt last season, terrible production at this late stage in his career

-got flat out beat in free agency for a mediocre DL, whom I liked for chemistry purposes... doesn't happen all that often but we just got outfoxed there

-I also lost out on a DE whom I thought could lose weight and convert to ILB, kinda wanted him as a novelty/chem addition to a weak spot on the roster

So... infrequent stage with multiple disappointments, I usually land a pretty high share of "guys I want" and here missed on two that I expected to land.

QuikSand

02-22-2021, 01:02 PM

Late free agency done in one big swoop, Baltimore had a lot of roster slots, and we...err...filled em up.

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bgcolor="#D3D3D3"><tbody><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>LS Cody Ascencao (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=101853)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $10,140,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $5.1M, $5.1M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center>14</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center>14</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>LDT Sawyer Cady (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108131)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $5,410,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.5M, $2.9M.)</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>TE Elijah Cole (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106058)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $7,240,000 (Bonus: $80K. Salary: $3.3M, $3.8M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>29</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>35</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 Jeffrey Craig (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108253)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $5,880,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)</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>LS Ike Forbes (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107862)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>1 year, $2,900,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $2.9M.)</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>FB Corwin Hutton (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105218)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $8,120,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.8M, $4.3M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>29</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>46</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>LS Rex Lester (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107761)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>1 year, $2,900,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $2.9M.)</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>LS Branden Maloney (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107864)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $5,410,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.5M, $2.9M.)</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>SILB Juan Panetta (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108193)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $5,880,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)</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>RCB Steven Parker (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=102406)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>1 year, $5,700,000 (Bonus: $640K. Salary: $5.1M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>30</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>30</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 Cameron Perez (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106852)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $6,290,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $3.3M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>21</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>35</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>RB Korey Samuelson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107659)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $5,880,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)</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>WILB Silas Somogyi (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106512)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>1 year, $4,500,000 (Bonus: $1.2M. Salary: $3.3M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>36</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>RG Nicholas Terry (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107931)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $5,880,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)</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>TE Derek Turnbull (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107765)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>1 year, $3,200,000 (Bonus: $740K. Salary: $2.5M.)</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>RDT Damian Weber (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103100)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $10,200,000 (Bonus: $80K. Salary: $5.1M, $5.1M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>39</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>39</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

TE Palmer was a holdout re-sign (dummy me). DT Weber is actually kinda important, a guy we expect go log real playing time and get out there on special teams. Lots of long snappers just in case, as our incumbent guy is moving to "play TE" and become our WR/TE leader for life.

RB Samuelson may have a real role as an undrafted rookie, I like the cut of his jib and maybe also his 72 breakaway speed rating.

TE Derek Turnbull is the classic "only a few ratings, but they are the right ones" and could become a long term TE3.

LB Juan Panetta is a coverage first guy who might have a legit shot, even though our top two draft picks were basically for the same role. (That 2nd rounder is not only a miss, but also now looks not much better than this after-draft dude)

So it goes.

QuikSand

02-22-2021, 09:39 PM

WFT also hit late free agency hard:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bgcolor="#D3D3D3"><tbody><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>QB Irving Bronson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=102593)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>4 years, $44,000,000 (Bonus: $16.0M. Salary: $7.0M, $7.0M, $7.0M, $7.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>29</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>29</center></td></tr><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>WLB Dustin Chelle (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104845)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>1 year, $5,000,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $5.0M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>36</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>36</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>RCB Reggie Edelstein (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104946)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>1 year, $6,000,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $6.0M.)</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/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>LT Ray Enloe (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107106)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>1 year, $4,600,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $4.6M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>22</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>38</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>TE Drew Goodspeed (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=100135)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3 years, $16,370,000 (Bonus: $30K. Salary: $5.1M, $5.6M, $5.6M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>23</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>23</center></td></tr><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>TE Floyd Heubeck (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107731)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $5,880,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)</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/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>RB Frank Killian (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107651)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $5,880,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)</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/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>LCB Greg Leadbetter (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104110)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>1 year, $5,500,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $5.5M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>35</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>35</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>RB Billy Palmer (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107668)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $5,880,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)</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/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>SE Jimmie Quackenbush (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105271)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $8,140,000 (Bonus: $40K. Salary: $3.8M, $4.3M.)</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/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>RB Sammie Tibbetts (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106836)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>2 years, $6,290,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $3.3M.)</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center>17</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center>17</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Coupled with an ample draft of "people" as well:

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>30</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>WAS (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>KickStand</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">2(26) LDE Walt Estrada (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108103) 33/54
1(31) RG Parker Tate (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107901) 29/58
5(31) P Rich Denham (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108012) 46/66
3(31) SE Braden Hutchings (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107846) 16/41
2(31) FS Damien Peterson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108361) 20/52
4(31) SLB Darnell Mueller (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108243) 21/41
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">2(26) LDE Walt Estrada (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108103) 33/54
1(31) RG Parker Tate (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=107901) 29/58
5(31) P Rich Denham (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108012) 46/66
3(31) SE Braden Hutchings (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=107846) 16/41
2(31) FS Damien Peterson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108361) 20/52
4(31) SLB Darnell Mueller (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108243) 21/41
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>52.4</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

...and yes the 30 on the left is indeed that we ranked 30 out of 32 teams. That's why we stink. (checks notes) Well, anyway...

Among the young'ns, noteworthy:

RB Killian looks useful
G/C Tate very disappointing, bad scouting there
FS Peterson should make the team and contribute

Not exactly stirring. 30th sounds about right I guess.

QuikSand

02-23-2021, 08:20 PM

So, it's after 9pm, I'm shot, I just cut down to 60 and that's it. No capacity to tinker, work out chem, nothing.

Incidentally, I have a near three way dead heat in my race to start at QB in Washington. Two guys each have one winning but meh season under their belts, and new guy off the scrapheap seems roughly as talented. I think Bronson might have the edge.

QuikSand

02-24-2021, 05:06 PM

Regular season file sent for Ravens. Bad news is this does not look like a power team roster to me, not a bye week feel here. Good news, I felt exactly the same way the last two years, and we defied low expectations both times. Maybe we have it in us again - I'm expecting big offensive seasons again from our principals on offense, and I guess Marty will keep his YOLO style leading to interceptions leading to the need for more slingin' it. I'm in.

12-4

QuikSand

02-24-2021, 05:28 PM

Washington - some bad luck. Our second round pick got hit by the volatility stick, he's a cut (Ravens cut our 2nd rounder too, just a bad pick trending the wrong way, no real excuse there)

I settle on Bronson to stat at QB, but it was not easy. May regret it. Kinda fun drawing names out of a hat like that. Nobody is genuinely good. Similar to the Ravens situation, I don't sense a power team here, but we got the Baskin Robbins trophy last year without being great, maybe we can strong together some more wins.

10-6

QuikSand

02-25-2021, 08:27 AM

QuikSand

02-25-2021, 08:28 AM

Okay so regular season in the bag, and my hunches were pretty good:

(formatting fuckup above, as usual, sorry)

Full regular season results: http://gml.fof-belco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6735&p=64455&viewfull=1#post64455

Ravens 12-4, #3 seed: GML: Baltimore Ravens 2136 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2136)

WFT 8-8, #7 seed and out: GML: Washington Football Team 2136 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29&year=2136)

Ravens did indeed slide a bit, and with the #3 seed have to fight it out the hard way. WFT slid a lot, and are out of the payoffs amidst a trainwreck NFC East (familiar, right?) mashup.

And it looks like Juggernaut might be closer than I am, right now, to being the first guy to get both of his teams into the Bowl at the same time. Two near misses for us, but maybe the WFT is fading away from its window of opportunity.

QuikSand

02-26-2021, 03:06 PM

Ravens one and out at home in the postseason, Ben's Falcons win it all. Yawn.

QuikSand

02-27-2021, 09:53 PM

So, the WFT is in a precarious spot right here. Roster is kinda meh... RB group is basically barren (ready for a reboot) and chem along the OL is tenuous. DB is settling in a bit, I hope. But the team isn't "good." So, what now?

To Do List:
-rebuild RB/FB group both chem and talent
-sort out chem leadership and add talent along D7
-decide on a direction at QB, hopefully
-fill in DB group

QuikSand

02-28-2021, 03:30 PM

If I had the time/inclination, I think this situation with the WFT is really interesting, as a which-path-to-take scenario.

Team is only one year removed from a SuperBowl run. However, there are signs that we're in real trouble of not getting back there. Major flux at the QB position, and some of the smoke and mirrors that apparently was making things look good for a couple years came unraveled.

And... we are on the clock (whoa) and I don't know what to do. The in-game #1 overall player is there for my pick at 1.17, he's a DL who looks good but he's a DL. There's a good not great looking RB. There's a mysterious QB who would fit my likely new triad. Oh the humanity.

QuikSand

02-28-2021, 03:36 PM

Went with my perceived BPA, and resisted the lure of the "impact position" guys with less clear outlook. This guy looks like a sure thing to be very effective at DT/DE, for whatever that is worth. With pick 1.3 maybe not, but with pick 1.17, at this point I feel like I'll take advantage of the popular effort to pursue flashy positions, and just go after some fundamentals, which this roster needs. I hope he is a build-around player for us for a long time.

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

Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes DT Wally Quinn (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108972) with the 1.17 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-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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>68<->99</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>59<->91</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>58<->90</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>12<->43</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<->67</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>6<->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>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>66<->97</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>49<->81</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<->97</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-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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>73</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>307</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.1</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.6</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.95</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>34</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>37</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.55</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>117</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>63</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

QuikSand

03-01-2021, 12:24 PM

So, perhaps I spoke to soon about the WFT RB/FB situation. In the light of a chilly Monday morning, I actually see two things that suggest... perhaps not. -RB Pat Shipway has no actual football skills, but is a lovely 8-9, 89/94 chem gimp -RB Frank Killian is a 2nd year guy who looks good enough to play as RB2 ...and in theory we could squeeze another season at RB1 out of Xavier Bush, who is fading but did indeed give us nearly 5ypc last season, and he's chem-friendly with Shipway as leader. So... maybe hold the phone on the hurry to reboot.

QuikSand

03-01-2021, 12:24 PM

wait i cant use carraige returns now? . . . awesome

Kodos

03-02-2021, 08:20 AM

Maybe if you could use them responsibly.

And not all willy-nilly.

QuikSand

03-04-2021, 01:46 PM

Yeah, well, I'm bad with that, but you should see my use of dashes. Ugh.

QuikSand

03-04-2021, 01:47 PM

Anyway... draft has wrapped, early free agency wraps tomorrow. We'll have a clearer picture then. Nothing really alarming, for either team.

Rumors of a big RB/FB shakeup at Washington were overblown. We grabbed a rookie, maybe two, but only to fit in around the pieces that we have in place already. And likely sticking with the incumbent at QB, too. So, probably, just more of the mediocre same ahead.

QuikSand

03-05-2021, 10:13 AM

So... with the way I draft using tunnel vision, I tend to get low ratings for my overall talent acquired. The BenBot ratings are often unkind. I'm used to it, and the fact that many of my teams remain competitive (and sometimes even better than that) despite this buoys my faith. Regardless... both teams drafted a full class today, and I'll brace for the harsh assessment in today's stage.

...braces...

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>27</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BAL (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">2(26) RB Abraham Campbell (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108465) 35/56
4(24) RB Nolan Hauser (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108518) 33/52
5(24) MLB Floyd Warkentien (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109031) 26/39
2(24) RT Lewis Willis (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108826) 15/62
7(24) LDT Tyrus Schiman (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108952) 26/45
1(24) LT Quentin Evers (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108831) 15/54
6(24) RCB Micah Crassweller (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109170) 16/40
3(24) RCB Damian DeVito (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109150) 15/41
</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">2(26) RB Abraham Campbell (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108465) 35/56
4(24) RB Nolan Hauser (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108518) 33/52
5(24) MLB Floyd Warkentien (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109031) 26/39
2(24) RT Lewis Willis (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108826) 15/62
7(24) LDT Tyrus Schiman (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108952) 26/45
1(24) LT Quentin Evers (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108831) 15/54
6(24) RCB Micah Crassweller (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109170) 16/40
3(24) RCB Damian DeVito (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109150) 15/41
</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>59.3</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

So yeah, that's 27th of 32 even with an extra 2nd rounder. I mean... yeah, that's often how it goes. I really liked the look of the OT we took in round 1... BenBot, not so much. Drat. We'll see if we end up with a few gems amidst this pile of rubble. Sometimes we do.

And...

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>21</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>WAS (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>KickStand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">1(17) RDT Wally Quinn (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108972) 55/73
2(16) SE Leland Tubbs (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108686) 41/55
4(16) RB Avery Watson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108489) 30/45
6(16) FS Douglas Horst (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109187) 24/43
3(17) LG Earl Perkins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108730) 19/45
</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">1(17) RDT Wally Quinn (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108972) 55/73
2(16) SE Leland Tubbs (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108686) 41/55
4(16) RB Avery Watson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108489) 30/45
6(16) FS Douglas Horst (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109187) 24/43
3(17) LG Earl Perkins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=108730) 19/45
</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>66.1</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Cool. Not bad. Multiple guys not even getting honorable mention here, but the Bot likes my BPA top pick, and... well, that's enough. Mid-pack is better than we're used to.

QuikSand

03-06-2021, 02:47 PM

well, even after the WFT situation fell apart last season...

<center style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; 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; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse;" width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#0D244D"><tbody><tr><td><center>2134-2136 TOP TEAMS</center></td></tr></tbody></table></center><center style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; 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; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse;" width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#0D244D"><tbody><tr><td width="20%" bgcolor="#D7D7D7">http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet1.png Atlanta (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=1) (42-6-0)</td><td width="20%" bgcolor="#D7D7D7">http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2) (41-7-0)</td><td width="20%" bgcolor="#D7D7D7">http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet9.png Detroit (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=9) (35-13-0)</td><td width="20%" bgcolor="#D7D7D7">http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet25.png San Francisco (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=25) (34-14-0)</td><td width="20%" bgcolor="#D7D7D7">http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29) (33-15-0)</td></tr></tbody></table></center>

QuikSand

03-09-2021, 10:24 AM

Okay, some actual content for this thread. I am genuinely excited about two young ILBs we have brought aboard for the Ravens in recent stages... let's have a look.

Shaun Farr (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108177) was a one-year guy in Tennessee, but presumably wanted too much money for their tastes. Okay. He got three offers in late free agency, but we had cap space and blew their doors off with a one year offer. What I see here is a potential long term WILB guy, who can stop the run and be a non-liability in coverage. High endurance is a plus. Punishing hitter is, well whatever it is, it's high. 95 personality in the right triad is a major plus.

Floyd Warkentein (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109031) was our 5th rounder this year, and I already sense good things, as does the BenBot auto-insulter. That combination of endurance and (potential) zone coverage up into the high 80s is really encouraging. Not the same battery of complementary stuff like Farr, but I see a potential long term role for him as well - maybe as SILB in 3WR and other pass situations.

And, while not a new face in the same way, I'll mention another guy I like:

Silas Somogyi (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106512) is a nice complementary fit for us, a max special teamer and affinity fit. He's a low endurance guy we can plug in pretty much anywhere, but ideally he will get work as a gunner, and then fill in for maybe 25 tackles as a 5th/6th LB type. I like it.

I have fallen out of the habit of this sort of write-up... but this is, for me, the quiet joy of this game. Love having these guys coming together and letting me feel like they will stay around, and over time become major cohesion assets along with reasonably useful (but not too expensive) talents.

QuikSand

03-10-2021, 01:53 PM

Ok, preseason in the books... today's file is the "whole one-shot regular season" stage, so need to get this right.

BAL - Marty Stancil is rated 22/22 overall, but has a 42-10 record and yes wins are a QB stat. Too many picks but he pushes the ball up the field... YOLO. (That big timing bar...didn't tzach say something about that, too?) Anyway, we play to our strengths... new RB but whatevs, we've got a WR1/ET1 combo that's solid and I expect our offense to again be well above average.

1st rounder looks like a minor miss, and 3rd rounder is a cut - that's not great. We have hobos off the street stepping into roles where they will get targets, also not great. Chem is fine, cohesion is good, defense is unknown. I think this looks like a 9-win team, and the last few years that's been good enough to churn out 11 wins... I'll figure we pull it off again, and go 11-5.

QuikSand

03-10-2021, 02:17 PM

In WAS, tougher read on the situation. QB Rod Swift was a late-season cut to avoid his anger, now he's back on a cheap 2yr deal and i think starts this year, whatevs. Xavier Bush is a shell of a RB, we'll try to squeeze one more part time season out of his carcass. We lop off the top of the TE depth chart as he's dying too, another preseason pruning.

OL is a bit of a mess, both talent and chem and even plan-wise. Defensive front chem is in disarray for want of the right leader, secondary is probably one quality guy short of where I'd want it.

I think this is roughly a .500 club... I'll guess we squeeze 9-7 from the group, but wouldn't be shocked by either 5-11 or 11-5.

QuikSand

03-11-2021, 08:46 AM

So, regular season in the books. I predicted 20 wins between the two teams, let's see how things played out. Spoiler: weird AF

9-7 Ravens Miss Postseason (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2137)

Okay, maybe the fickle finger of fuckery caught up with us... and our always-gamble QB ran out of luck. -11 in turnover margin is awful, the running game was awful, and maybe the chem fall-apart was a factor, too. So, we'll sit this one out, after a pretty nice run in recent seasons. Dammit.

WFT Cruises To #1 Seed (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29&year=2137)

This makes sense, how exactly? Swift was stable at QB, running game was really solid (Bush still has it), and things just generally worked well. How about that.

Chas in Cinti

03-11-2021, 10:36 AM

Wow... I was thinking 5-11 for WFT... thought you were being optimistic... congrats, though!

QuikSand

03-12-2021, 09:00 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/box2137220409.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet4.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Carolina Panthers (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=4)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>14-30 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137220409.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Detroit Lions (AVAILABLE) (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/log2137220409.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/box2137221112.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet11.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Indianapolis Colts (SBLemstrom) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=11)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>22-3 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137221112.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/log2137221112.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/box2137222223.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet22.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Pittsburgh Steelers (sabotai) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=22)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>31-19 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137222223.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>San Diego Chargers (Jops) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=23)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet23.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2137222223.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/box2137222625.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet26.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>St. Louis Rams (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=26)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>13-19 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137222625.html)</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>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet25.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2137222625.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/box2137230929.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet9.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Detroit Lions (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=9)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>28-34 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137230929.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/log2137230929.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137231130.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet11.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Indianapolis Colts (SBLemstrom) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=11)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>19-14 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137231130.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/log2137231130.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137232216.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet22.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Pittsburgh Steelers (sabotai) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=22)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3-31 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137232216.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/log2137232216.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137232501.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>45-52 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137232501.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/log2137232501.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/box2137240129.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>17-24 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137240129.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/log2137240129.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Conference Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137241116.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet11.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Indianapolis Colts (SBLemstrom) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=11)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>18-3 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137241116.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/log2137241116.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/box2137251129.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet11.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Indianapolis Colts (SBLemstrom) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=11)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>27-21 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2137251129.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/small/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2137251129.html)</center></td></tr></tbody></table>
So, fun run... held our seed but couldn't quite get it over the line. Per usual.

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QuikSand

03-12-2021, 12:28 PM

Ravens are going to have a devil of a time this year, we got really hurt on chemistry via retirements, and... I don't know what our plan will be there.

Chas in Cinti

03-12-2021, 02:00 PM

Awesome season!

QuikSand

03-13-2021, 07:51 AM

Yeah, pretty nuts. I guess he was the right guy at QB after all, and he will now hold out in search of a fat deal, I'd guess. Or something like that. Anyway, an unexpected ace when I thought I was holding a seven.

QuikSand

03-13-2021, 11:26 AM

Ravens situation is compounded by my blunder... the young LB Shaun Farr I posted as liking a lot, Rex didn't put him into the lineup, and I failed to correct that - so he ended up sidelined all year and is now "Angry," so won't re-sign with us. For a crap season anyway, that's just another big L. Dammit.

QuikSand

03-14-2021, 12:05 PM

Ravens on the clock at pick 1.20... a pretty obvious play is a good but not great OT, but there's a non-affinity WR there too. Tiny guy, my scout sees pretty good but not great bars, but he is a receiver. Kind of a tough call.

The vanilla play here is to fill the need... we have been decimated at OL (modern usage, not archaic usage) so landing a LT we could start this year at G and let drift outward in time makes a ton of sense, even if it's unexciting. It also lets me push back my worries about the direction at DB and maybe elsewhere a while.

Lineman it is.

...my scout sees maxed-out run blocking and blocking strength, let's see what the BenBot ratings look like:

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

Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes T Donald Burton (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109673) with the 1.20 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>67<->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>54<->88</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>66<->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>37<->70</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>77</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>313</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.3</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.09</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>32</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>34</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.76</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>97</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>23</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Great sign, he matches up. So, not sure where his long term position is, but he looks like a long term OL asset. Fine.

QuikSand

03-14-2021, 12:14 PM

This season for the Ravens is starting to feel like the "maybe we just get some of our young guys some experience so they can really contribute down the line when we have rebuilt up as a major contender" vibe. Meh.

QuikSand

03-14-2021, 12:18 PM

Hmmm... we did a whole "thing" years ago around building for a specific year. It's 2138 now... maybe, uhh, 2142? Could be a thing. We'd need, you know, a quarterback and stuff. But...hmmmm.

(Spoiler: the Rush 2112 thing did not work out, I napped at the absolutely wrong time, the AI submitted a terrible roster for the year I had focused on, and it all fell to shit... but it was kinda fun building that way for a while)

QuikSand

03-14-2021, 03:06 PM

Okay, on to the WFT, right now the more interesting project here.

Front Office Football Eight
Washington Football Team Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Swift, Rod 106 QB 10 32 32 1 yr.
Wallack, Garrett 131 QB 8 23 23 ---

Well, Swift was solid again, the team won behind him, so... he's our guy? Maybe? I guess?

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Killian, Frank 232 RB 3 41 41 ---
Watson, Avery 246 RB 2 38 40 3 yrs.
Shipway, Pat 233 RB 7 4 6 ---

Nothing special here, but I usually don't really demand anything special at RB. Watson posted 5.35 ypc last season, so he gets at least RB2 duties, but I'd be open to investing at this position if there's a good plan.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Lehmann, Elijah 486 TE 5 45 45 ---
Fasani, Ernie 482 TE 6 40 40 1 yr.
Schulz, Jared 448 TE 7 37 37 ---

Again, nothing really special. Fasani/Lehmann are both solid TE2 types... again, open to investing here. Otherwise, this is a good-blocking unit that likely eats up 150-60 targets for under 1,000 yards.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Botte, Andrew 588 FL 6 58 58 2 yrs.
Hines, Winfred 581 FL 10 48 48 1 yr.
Forster, Andrew 510 FL 3 29 41 1 yr.
Palmer, Billy 589 FL 3 24 40 ---
Kramer, Gerald 583 FL 4 33 39 1 yr.
Shepard, Johnny 512 FL 7 34 34 3 yrs.
Finch, Jake 529 FL 7 11 11 ---
Tubbs, Leland 518 SE 2 41 49 3 yrs.
Quackenbush, Jimmie 513 SE 6 16 16 ---

Okay, what worked here? Hines close to 8 ypt, Botte under 7. Wait, this team actually won games? Like, many of them?

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Tate, Parker 661 C 3 52 52 2 yrs.
Champagne, Luke 777 LG 9 71 71 ---
Perkins, Earl 768 LG 2 23 40 3 yrs.
Pommier, Ernest 776 RG 5 61 61 2 yrs.
Davidson, Tom 873 LT 4 76 76 1 yr.
Whitfield, Antonio 862 LT 6 45 45 2 yrs.
Finneran, Brayden 875 LT 12 38 38 ---
Enloe, Ray 874 LT 4 21 32 1 yr.
Atkins, Carl 871 RT 9 30 30 1 yr.
Frye, Howie 864 RT 2 20 30 1 yr.

Okay, I had not been thinking of this team being in "hold it together and run it back" mode here, so I exposed Champagne (and Finneran) to free agency. Now what?

Tate wants phat lewt. Perkins is good enough to start at G. Whitfield is a mess - bad chem (90/43) has him perched as our chem leader, and he's pissed about sitting last year. So, cut?

T Davidson is going to get his fat extension, well deserved, he's the build-around guy here.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Dodge, Gavin 904 P 5 66 66 ---
Pehrson, Rick 1003K 7 75 75 ---

Okay, whatevs. We have cap space, so... who knows.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Quinn, Wally 1199LDE 2 73 73 3 yrs.
Estrada, Walt 1195LDE 3 34 34 2 yrs.
Hatch, Miguel 1197RDE 8 62 62 2 yrs.
Cauthen, Corbin 1193RDE 5 34 34 2 yrs.
Compton, Alonzo 1291NT 7 68 68 2 yrs.
Baker, Les 1296NT 6 44 44 1 yr.
Sherman, Bubba 1290NT 13 40 40 ---

Quinn looks like a really nice player, good 10.5 sack rookie campaign, great. Good to see BPA pay off. Hatch doesn't have great endurance, but is a nice role playing pass rusher.

DT Compton is the central run stopper, expensive but useful there. DT Baker another pass rusher, and DT Sherman an uber-cohesion guy.

So, we have enough here to play out this season... additions are either for long term benefit, or just gravy.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Brew, Manuel 1350SILB 14 34 34 ---
Mattis, Britt 1353SILB 9 33 33 1 yr.
Figurelle, Sammy 1459SLB 7 65 65 1 yr.
Harding, Conner 1445WLB 2 54 54 1 yr.
Halela, Jason 1458WLB 6 45 45 2 yrs.
Drozd, Dusty 1452WLB 7 38 38 1 yr.

Figurelle is the build-around guy here, and Harding comes out of the undrafted patch and becomes our stuff-the-middle WILB (and maybe future chem anchor). Love that.

So, if we re-sign Brew (cohesion +++) we are probably good enough for now, but could withstand a talent infusion.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Bradley, Derek 1517LCB 5 76 76 2 yrs.
Leadbetter, Greg 1527LCB 8 23 23 1 yr.
Horst, Douglas 1525RCB 2 34 45 3 yrs.
Rex, Manuel 1521RCB 10 42 42 1 yr.
Hansen, Elliot 1542RCB 3 33 33 2 yrs.
Cummings, Bobby 1647SS 6 46 46 2 yrs.
Houston, Tony 1636FS 9 55 55 3 yrs.
Ottesen, Liam 1626FS 4 35 35 2 yrs.
Donhoff, Bennett 1624FS 2 29 33 1 yr.
Bush, Marquis 669 LS 14 20 20 ---

Okay, this group came together nicely, and quickly. Bradley is the obvious go-to shut-down guy, that's great to have. Have to keep in mind he will need big money soon.

Rex and Houston are great short term utility pieces, but we need productive young guys now. S Ottesen is a maybe, Donhoff fringe but great chem/ST so he'll stick, and I think Horst will develop into a CB2 type.

So, an early pick or a fat contract might make sense here. Would love to get an impact nickel/ballhawk who fits the scheme.

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

Players Under Contract: 37
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 37

Salary Cap: $789,500,000
Cap Room: $332,700,000
Maximum for New Player: $304,850,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $12,100,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $287,400,000

So, a lot of cap space to use. I'm thinking the roster priorities short term look like:

WR
DB
RB
QB
LB
TE
DB

...and if there's a no brainer guy at pick 1.31 for any of the above, I'll be very pleased.

QuikSand

03-14-2021, 08:59 PM

And naturally, I'm trying to trade up to get a BPA from none of those groups...

QuikSand

03-15-2021, 06:32 AM

So, in the opening round of free agency, WFT was busy:

<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-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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>LG Luke Champagne (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=102891)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>3 years, $129,000,000 (Bonus: $105.0M. Salary: $8.0M, $8.0M, $8.0M.)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#ffff00"><center>74</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#ffff00"><center>74</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>FB Ray Kinney (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105217)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3 years, $21,600,000 (Bonus: $3.6M. 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>58</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#00A066"><center>58</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>FL Ellis Moorehead (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105140)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>2 years, $30,000,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $15.0M, $15.0M.)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#008040"><center>44</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#008040"><center>44</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>FS Dylan Robertson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105874)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3 years, $24,000,000 (Bonus: $30K. Salary: $8.0M, $8.0M, $8.0M.)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>39</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>39</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>NT Grayson Schmitz (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103120)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>3 years, $165,000,000 (Bonus: $30K. Salary: $55.0M, $55.0M, $55.0M.)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#99B833"><center>60</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#99B833"><center>60</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>SE Duane Vanderpool (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106108)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3 years, $45,000,000 (Bonus: $30K. Salary: $15.0M, $15.0M, $15.0M.)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#008040"><center>46</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#008040"><center>46</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Let's keep an eye on the bonuses for context here... but I remain surprised how much command I can still get when I have cap space.

However, the big news is right here:

<table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet13.png</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Juggles</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>KCY (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=13)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QB Daryl Daniels (85/85) (Yr. 6) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105083)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Oakland</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>3yrs, $461.8M (Bonus: $341.8M. Salary: $40.0M, $40.0M, $40.0M.)</center></td></tr></tbody></table>
I honestly tried to sign this guy...

<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-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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="#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>QB Daryl Daniels (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105083)</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>5 years, $655,000,000</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#d00000"><center>85</center></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" bgcolor="#d00000"><center>85</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

...made the rank amateur mistake of going for the long term deal, rather than the obvious short term. He had a higher possible bonus number so I don't even know that I would have won out, but... dammit.

QuikSand

03-15-2021, 08:57 PM

So, want to hear a funny one? I remained pretty much resigned to the ravens team being in the toilet for a while, because reasons. Last season just fell apart, no two ways about it. So the team must be in massive decline, right?

So, I'm just perusing the lineup now... for FA Stage 1:3, mind you, and...

<center>PASSING</center> <table style="border-collapse: collapse" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="3"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>NAME</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>G</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>GS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>CMP</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>ATT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>CMP%</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>YDS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>YPA</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>YPC</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>TD</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>INT</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>SKD</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>YDS</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>QB_RTG</center></th><th bgcolor="#FEF3BB"><center>PEN</center></th></tr><tr> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Donte Wallace (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104246)</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>16</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>16</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>402</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>635</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>63.3%</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>4616</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>7.27</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>11.48</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>29</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>20</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>37</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>261</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>87.2</center></td> <td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>3</center></td> </tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Marty Stancil (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104254)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>0</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>13</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>21</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>61.9%</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>206</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>9.81</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>15.85</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>1</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>1</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>1</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>8</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>90.6</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>0</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

REX STARTED THE WRONG FUCKING QUARTERBACK.

(and I didn't notice it)

So there's that.

QuikSand

03-18-2021, 05:36 PM

Well, anyway... free agency will wrap up tomorrow morning, and we'll get a first peek at the rookie draftees. I'm not that optimistic, as usual. Filling needs, but I wasn't as hands-on as I ought to have been. Will post the BenBot wrap up that ranks our (full) drafts #26 and #31 or something like that... and that'll be fine.

QuikSand

03-22-2021, 09:25 PM

Will post the BenBot wrap up that ranks our (full) drafts #26 and #31 or something like that... and that'll be fine.

You can't make this shit up...

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>25</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BAL (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">2(19) C Marlon Miranda (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109523) 35/68
1(20) LT Donald Burton (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109673) 32/73
3(18) SLB Alfred Corbett (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109899) 27/39
4(20) RB Gabriel Zavala (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109314) 26/40
7(20) LG R.J. Brennan (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109603) 16/45
6(18) LT Rodolfo Lugar (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109628) 21/44
5(19) FB Johnny Sanders (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109378) 22/45
</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">2(19) C Marlon Miranda (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109523) 35/68
1(20) LT Donald Burton (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109673) 32/73
3(18) SLB Alfred Corbett (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109899) 27/39
4(20) RB Gabriel Zavala (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109314) 26/40
7(20) LG R.J. Brennan (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109603) 16/45
6(18) LT Rodolfo Lugar (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109628) 21/44
5(19) FB Johnny Sanders (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109378) 22/45
</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>63.6</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

...

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>30</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>WAS (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>KickStand</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">1(31) RCB Asher Shelton (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110002) 29/55
2(31) WLB Lawrence Cranwell (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109926) 24/55
5(31) RB Tracy Perreault (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109306) 33/40
4(31) FL Scott Mogolov (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109443) 22/43
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">1(31) RCB Asher Shelton (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110002) 29/55
2(31) WLB Lawrence Cranwell (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109926) 24/55
5(31) RB Tracy Perreault (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109306) 33/40
4(31) FL Scott Mogolov (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=109443) 22/43
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>55.9</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

QuikSand

03-22-2021, 10:02 PM

Anyway, it's all good. I'm used to that. We compete despite it. Or perhaps because of it.

Looking at the Ravens, I see some rookie contributors: both top OL look good not great, LB Corbett is a weird-bars guy I like a bit, and WR Mason is one of those all-but-RR empty suits. We can work with it.

The rookie class brings Washington some guys worth a look, CB Shelton looks like a CB1 or possibly a SS (wha?) and LB Cranwell will patrol the inside nicely, I think. WR Mogolov has two standout bars... courage and kick returning. Maybe worthwhile?

With the WFT, Rod Swift is predictably holding out, and I just didn't plan for this properly. Can fix, it will just cost me the DE we signed risk-free early in the FA process, and whom I now wish I had been more honest with.

QuikSand

03-23-2021, 08:56 PM

Files in for preseason. Time tomorrow for the set-it cycle. Hope we don't choke, it's a tough day slated.

QuikSand

03-24-2021, 09:15 PM

Files sent. Whatevs. Maybe 10 wins each team.

QuikSand

03-25-2021, 10:38 AM

QuikSand

03-25-2021, 10:38 AM

Ah, of course, my posts disappear

QuikSand

03-25-2021, 10:41 AM

WFT Powers to 14-2 Record and Top Seed
GML: Washington Football Team 2138 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29&year=2138)

Ravens Sputter at 8-8 and Miss Postseason
GML: Baltimore Ravens 2138 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2138)

QuikSand

03-25-2021, 10:45 AM

Wow, the WFT team...

2138 TEAM STATISTICS
TOTAL OFFENSE: 362.5 ypg (#9)
RUSHING OFFENSE: 93.1 ypg (#27)
PASSING OFFENSE: 279.1 ypg (#1)
SCORING OFFENSE: 26.4 ppg (#3)
TOTAL DEFENSE: 325.6 ypg (#6)
RUSHING DEFENSE: 110.6 ypg (#14)
PASSING DEFENSE: 228.0 ypg (#8)
SCORING DEFENSE: 17.6 ppg (#1)

Not feeling a POWER TEAM there. Passing game was strong and effective, pass defense same, I guess that's basically enough?

Chas in Cinti

03-25-2021, 11:32 AM

Wow...

QuikSand

03-26-2021, 09:08 AM

So, turns out WFT as the #2 seed, and we basically held our seed... lost a close game on the road in the conference championship game to eventual champions SF.

Juggernaut has a good thing going there, and also in the IHOF... he's a serious manager in the current iteration of the FOF universe. Hats off to him, once again.

QuikSand

03-27-2021, 04:06 PM

Okay, Ravens, where are we?

QuikSand

03-27-2021, 04:21 PM

Front Office Football Eight
Baltimore Ravens Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Stancil, Marty 111 QB 8 18 18 1 yr.
Campbell, Albert 125 QB 13 6 6 ---
Scribner, Oliver 105 QB 12 5 5 1 yr.

Okay, at this point, we understand who Stancil is. 18 out of 100 is unfair, but he's just too YOLO unless you've got a ton of firepower, and we really don't. I think this year's starter at QB is not on this roster now.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Campbell, Abraham 232 RB 3 47 47 2 yrs.
Hauser, Nolan 237 RB 3 38 46 2 yrs.
Murray, K.C. 236 RB 4 39 39 ---
Sewell, Austin 216 RB 7 0 1 1 yr.

Campbell looks like he shoudl be pretty decent - in two seasons, he has been awful. Murray, he oz the Hole Rec void, was the only decent performer here. Could we just start over? Perhaps, to suit a new QB.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Spaulding, Amari 338 FB 5 42 42 3 yrs.
Sanders, Johnny 331 FB 2 26 38 ---
Clayton, J.R. 347 FB 3 27 36 ---

Nothing at all special here.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Palmer, Jose 448 TE 11 48 48 1 yr.
Makofske, Van 446 TE 5 37 37 ---
Turnbull, Derek 481 TE 4 37 37 ---
Minter, Darien 449 TE 4 23 33 ---

Palmer has been my "good enough to be a TE1 guy" for a while, despite never really putting up numbers north of 7 ypt. Again, all disposable here.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Douglas, Matt 529 FL 7 51 51 3 yrs.
Strickland, Phil 518 FL 5 39 39 1 yr.
Freedman, Roger 587 FL 7 36 36 ---
Jackson, Alec 580 FL 8 26 26 1 yr.
Pearson, Juan 588 SE 13 55 55 1 yr.
Mason, Daquan 589 SE 2 30 41 1 yr.

I extended Douglas because we needed someone around, but am not thrilled there either. Wow, we have either overlooked or just whiffed at offense of late, haven't we?

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Miranda, Marlon 663 C 2 45 62 3 yrs.
Leatherwood, Louie 650 C 2 11 22 ---
Nichols, Chase 669 C 7 0 0 1 yr.
Mangiafico, Jim 764 LG 7 48 48 1 yr.
Baude, Wes 773 LG 6 19 27 1 yr.
Burton, Donald 879 LT 2 46 66 3 yrs.
Lugar, Rodolfo 861 LT 2 41 58 3 yrs.
Evers, Quentin 874 LT 3 36 53 2 yrs.
Argentati, Terrance 870 LT 6 48 48 2 yrs.
Willis, Lewis 875 RT 3 47 59 2 yrs.

Yeah, lots of early picks here. Line is fine, just wish they were blocking for a better group of players.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Hughes, Shane 904 P 8 51 51 2 yrs.
Wynn, Rusty 1003K 10 38 38 1 yr.

okay

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Lemmon, Juan 1198LDE 6 51 51 1 yr.
Rushe, Malachi 1190LDE 5 46 46 ---
Garrison, Melvin 1192LDE 10 33 33 ---
Andrews, Bart 1194RDE 8 43 43 2 yrs.
Dotson, Kim 1191RDE 8 43 43 2 yrs.
Schultz, J.C. 1272NT 5 31 31 ---
Cady, Sawyer 1295NT 4 29 29 1 yr.
Weber, Damian 1293NT 10 28 28 2 yrs.

Wow, nobody really special here, either. Dotson the best overall player, but he's in his 8th year. Not awful, but... not innspiring.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Burge, D.J. 1357SILB 4 59 59 1 yr.
Warkentien, Floyd 1353SILB 3 38 40 2 yrs.
Somogyi, Silas 1355WILB 6 38 38 1 yr.
Sitz, Caleb 1441SLB 5 55 55 ---
Wehmeyer, Kyle 1458SLB 9 33 33 2 yrs.
Craig, Jeffrey 1451WLB 4 45 45 3 yrs.
Evans, Russell 1452WLB 12 37 37 ---
Corbett, Alfred 1445WLB 2 32 35 3 yrs.

Ok, Wehmeyer is the solid chem leader, and we can use him for a while as a rotation player and special teamer. Burge and Sitz are both 1st rounders, and nonplussed by his elevation to the top job there.

Without them, what do we have to work with? Warkentien is good enough to play as a rotation guy in a 6-way LB blur, mostl in coverage. Somogyi is a special teams ace and decent at everything as a backup. Craig has two big bars, but they're good ones - RunD and Zone, so he can be SILB.

We have options here, including re-signing/extending the quality guys without affinities, but I'm flexible.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Hoover, Ezekiel 1527LCB 9 65 65 ---
McCabe, Bob 1535LCB 5 50 50 1 yr.
Cote, Kirk 1534LCB 5 43 43 2 yrs.
Stuart, Malik 1533LCB 2 26 36 1 yr.
Jaynes, Keegan 1523RCB 11 68 68 ---
Isaacs, Winston 1526RCB 5 36 36 ---
Rolfe, Chris 1630FS 9 28 28 2 yrs.

Okay. CB Jaymes has been our chem leader, but with only 73 personality. I don't love that. And in 11th season, time to move on, I think. This group needs repair, maybe a rebuild.

I signed CB McCabe last year on a risk-free deal, and he's good enough to consider extending now as a build-around guy. Seriously, nobody else in this gposition group is worth much... so this could easily be a "sign a chem leader and two veterans, and draft three more guys" situation here.

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Forbes, Ike 666 LS 4 18 18 ---
Kadela, Keith 442 LS 2 1 1 ---

okay

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
$$ - 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: $794,500,000
Cap Room: $355,480,000
Maximum for New Player: $323,790,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $39,350,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $204,540,000

We have a lot of cap space. From the ho-hum above... we are going to need it.

QuikSand

03-27-2021, 04:21 PM

That was, very easily, the least inspiring roster rundown I have typed up in any career thread here, ever.

QuikSand

03-29-2021, 08:57 AM

Ravens are on the clock in round one. Mulling over options... a BPA player at a need position but not a "move-the-needle" one is there... also a skill position guy who looks like a very good fit... and then there's the "best QB out there because we really need a QB plan."

Waffling.

QuikSand

03-29-2021, 09:01 AM

Went with need-enhanced BPA... gotta have a brand, mine is overlooking the important roster slots in lieu of big fat bars elsewhere:

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

Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes DE Denzel Cowdrick (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110629) with the 1.17 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>68<->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>68<->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>61<->92</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>50<->81</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>28<->60</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>30<->62</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>0<->32</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>68<->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>68<->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>67<->99</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>279</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.9</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.5</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.78</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>21</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>29</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.44</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>117</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>49</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Very pleased that what my scout saw as maxed-out bars also look that way in this view. No sure thing, but we really could use an anchor-caliber presence on the DL, I hope this is it.

QuikSand

03-29-2021, 09:08 AM

So, huge Ravens D updates in the first nutso wave of free agency. I was very unsettled going in, especially at DB, and had to make weird decisions here. The results are mixed, but okay overall:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LCB Ezekiel Hoover (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104166)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $171,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>NT Dave Woods (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107266)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 2yrs, $15,500,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RCB Arnold Huntley (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107448)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 2</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $388,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>MLB Trey Martin (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=102292)</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 Tennessee: 2yrs, $71,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RCB Keegan Jaynes (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=102436)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 2yrs, $94,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LCB Alexis Desai (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104989)</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 Chicago: 3yrs, $34,500,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>WLB Dakota Patton (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106491)</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 Buffalo: 4yrs, $276,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LCB Arnie Hausermann (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107450)</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 Cincinnati: 3yrs, $34,500,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SS Joseph Barkshadt (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107558)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 3</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $261,000,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

So, bottom line is we tried to land a build-around DB and failed. We let our top veteran guys go, and now have a mere shell of a DB infrastructure. That's going to be okay, I think.

We DID land two monumental LBs, one young-ish and one old, and that position group should be totally jake for a while.

So, much work to do at DB, I probably want to add a couple guys in this draft and put them out there right away to start building chem and cohesion... and this year is increasingly looking like a throwaway. I have my usual "please take all my draft picks" post up, but only one nibble and likely not that serious, so... will be trying to get some very useful engines in the later rounds (thinking special teamers, role players, the sort of thing we thrive upon out here).

QuikSand

03-29-2021, 09:09 AM

...to clarify, DBs Desai and Hauserman are here on no-risk min-bonus deals, so once I have a chem scheme in mind, I can cut whomever doesn't really fit. If one of them fits, fine, he can start this year maybe, but more likely we'll push young guys out there to coach 'em up.

Chas in Cinti

03-30-2021, 08:29 AM

Wow... haven't see this major of a rebuild in a minute... will be following...

QuikSand

03-30-2021, 09:59 AM

Yeah, it just feels right. And another major piece of the rebuilding "commitment" will drop momentarily.

First... FA 1:3-4... we missed out on a couple guys, but life goes on:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LDT Darrell Haworth (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106470)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 4</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $24,600,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FS Dustin Swedberg (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107510)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 4</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $52,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>K Thurman McWaters (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103864)</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: 3yrs, $16,080,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FL Fernando Hampton (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107795)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 5</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $8,270,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

So, two run-stopping DTs have rebuffed my advances. Thing is, this is an easy position to fill with an adequate guy. So, I'm not panicked here. We could throw a 4th round pick at it, or maybe just skip it and cover up - I don't really care a lot about stopping the run in a no-gameplanning league.

Our signees here are a decent and affordable kicker (fine) and a nice strong-chem roster filler WR. Nothing to shout about, but both likely make the team unless we end up drafting a big kicker, which seems awfully unlikely.

QuikSand

03-30-2021, 10:04 AM

And in round two... my "best QB out there" from round one is still there, so I grab him. Not exactly thrilled, especially since all the people and tons of Ben's bots have passed him up... but he's a young guy we can toss out there. To my scout, he looks to have decent bars and a meh sense rush (I know)... and to the league he looks like this:

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

Baltimore (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=2): QuikSand takes QB Cary Alfonso (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110081) with the 2.16 pick.

<table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="2" bgcolor="#C8C8C8"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle">Screen Passes</td><td>http://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/bluepic.pnghttp://gml.fof-belco.com/greypic.png</td><td>1<->29</td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Short Passes</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">Medium Passes</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">Long Passes</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">Deep Passes</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">Third Down Passing</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">Accuracy</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">Timing</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">Sense Rush</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">Read 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">Two Minute Offense</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">Scramble Frequency</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">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>34<->63</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>213</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.6</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>6.4</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.63</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>40</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>10</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.80</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>111</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>85</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>27</center></td></tr></tbody></table>
...okay, then. Basically see the same guy. Caretaker, more or less, and best case is he becomes a long term "well he's got cohesion and I suppose he's good enough since we're drafting in the 20s again" guy.

QuikSand

03-30-2021, 10:17 AM

My veteran QB throws a ton of interceptions. This rookie will, too. Probably time to pull the lever and see what we have here.

QuikSand

03-30-2021, 11:08 AM

...and I still cannot name a single guy who is "certain" to have a job playing CB or S on opening day. So that's kinda fun. Really had expected to land a DB in round one.

QuikSand

03-30-2021, 06:25 PM

So, WTF is up with the WTF, you ask?

Well, not a whole lot, tbh...

<table style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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>SS Irving Bruce (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106687)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 4</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 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 Kenny Brandon (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106787)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 4</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>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RDT J.T. Leandri (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103091)</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 Tennessee: 2yrs, $23,900,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FL Javier Whorton (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105330)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 5</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $108,000,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

That's the full list of player transactions and failed attempts at same... so, pretty quiet.

We have 44 signed, and a lot of irons in the fire, so... nothing much to see here. My effort on that WR was subpar, Ben's ATL team grabs him for $71m or so, a ton more than I put out there.

QuikSand

03-30-2021, 06:31 PM

WFT draft update:

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

Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes WR Johnnie Tatum (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110347) with the 1.30 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-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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>22<->52</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<->91</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>52<->82</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>63<->93</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>53<->82</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>63<->92</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>42<->72</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>71<->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>17<->46</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-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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>73</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>206</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.6</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.8</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.41</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>32</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>16</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.02</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>106</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>46</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>37</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Looks like a solid late-1st receiver, that's fine. I took him ahead of a really nice looking chem-fit OT, and then posted a "I want to trade up" block...actually got a bite, but my OT had already gone at pick 1.31. Ugh.

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Washington (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampageroster.php?teamid=29): KickStand takes T Charles Bishop (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110512) with the 2.30 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-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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>28<->57</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>57<->86</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>38<->67</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></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-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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>81</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>333</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>4.7</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.2</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>5.27</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>33</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>28</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>7.65</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>94</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>-</center></td><td bgcolor=""><center>26</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Profoundly unexciting...but especially dispiriting after turning away from a potential stud LT in the first.

QuikSand

03-31-2021, 09:42 AM

Ravens have a busy stage today, no shock, as stage 7 is often loaded with medium-tier guys finally deciding what to do... let's have a look:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FS Steven Ellingsen (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104182)</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 Carolina: 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>RCB Edwin Reid (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106623)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 6</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $8,760,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RCB Winston Isaacs (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107441)</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>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LCB Chandler Koopman (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107480)</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, $52,000,000.</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 Morris Bauer (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107540)</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 Seattle: 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>FL Blake Strugielski (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105321)</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, $20,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LCB Donnell Boyer (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105774)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 7</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $20,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LCB Preston Quinonez (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107487)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 7</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $24,000,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Anything exciting here? Well, depends what you consider exciting. CB Ellingsen is here as a build-around chem option at DB, badly needed. 9th year guy, special teams ace, and 80/96 on chem, so... good for a few years. CB Koopman was supposed to be the package deal, a potential CB1/2 to slide in and click with Ellingsen, but he picked another deal instead.

The twist here is that we also signed CB Boyer, who at 7th year 87/87 becomes the group leader over Ellingsen. He grades out as a CB4 caliber, and a solid KR, so a nice asset... younger than Ellingsen, so... maybe we build around him as chem leader instead? Hmmm.

So... maybe we load up the last round or two with young DBs from the 8-9 chem group, to play it safe and work with either leader? Ugh.

side note: i fuckin' love this sort of thing, FAR more at this point in FOF than sorting out which mediocre receive should start in the slot when we play 11 formation

WR Strugielski opted for Atlanta over our offer as well, would have been a modest upgrade at WR/TE chem leader for us. Alas.

QuikSand

04-01-2021, 11:11 AM

Okay, late stages of free agency:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>QB Albert Campbell (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=99982)</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>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LCB Marvin Hobbs (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106624)</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, $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>WLB Brandon Rice (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107431)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 8</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $21,000,000.</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 Caleb Beckman (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109606)</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, $6,400,000.</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 Damon Ashraf (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103327)</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, $26,700,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FS Branden de Leon (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106695)</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, $21,000,000.</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 Van Makofske (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106879)</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>QB Jeremy Garrison (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109272)</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, $6,400,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>
Lots of low-risk moves here. DB Ashraf is a patch-over affinity guy good enough to play for a season or two (considering our lack of rookie investment there, might be needed), DB DeLeon much the same only younger and maybe could stick for a while and play FS. Nothing thrilling.

QuikSand

04-01-2021, 11:31 AM

WFT moves:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RT Carl Atkins (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=102970)</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>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>WLB Dusty Drozd (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104932)</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>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>TE Ernie Fasani (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105243)</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>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SS Rufus Richmond (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107511)</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 Tampa Bay: 3yrs, $20,400,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FS Jeff Alston (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108315)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 8</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 3yrs, $22,500,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LCB Greg Leadbetter (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104110)</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>LCB Grady Tate (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=104112)</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 San Francisco: 3yrs, $27,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FS Max Traxler (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106617)</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 Atlanta: 2yrs, $14,200,000.</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 Derek Whitehurst (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107075)</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 New Orleans: 3yrs, $21,000,000.</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 Gabriel Lang (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109286)</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, $6,400,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

...similarly, a lot of low-splash transactions. This is totally on brand for me, it's a source of untold "profit" in MP leagues, even really competitive ones.

T Atkins re-signing brings him back as the chem lead, that's helpful. Young G Whitehurst is a non-affinity, but I don't understand why nobody wanted him in open free agency - maybe an overreaction to his low intelligence? My scout grades him 40/61 as a second year guy, and no other offers. Weird.

In the DB group, we signed a couple more possible options... S Traxler is a zone specialist, which I have found useful before, and CB Tate is a veteran special teams standout... both have strong chem to back up their possible complementary roles. Each is roughly 50/50 to make the team, possibly competing for the same roster slot.

Hmm, lemme muse through the DB situation. Here's how I see it now:

CB1 Bradley (duh)
CB2 Shelton, Horst
NB Otteson
DB Traxler
SS Cummings
FS Houston
active ST/gunner CB Tate
inactive aff leader CB Leadbetter

That's 9 guys who I think would have jobs right now, 8 active. That leaves S Richmond, a no-risk signee this offseason, and a similar guy signed last year Robertson, both out in the cold. And S Donhoff (great chem effects) in the mix only for an inactive slot. Subject to change, but this is not bad - could be a top-tier unit leaguewide.

QuikSand

04-02-2021, 10:12 AM

Ravens transactions...

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FL Roger Freedman (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105302)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 10</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>SLB Luis Manning (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105693)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 10</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 2yrs, $14,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>MLB Howie Pringley (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106500)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 10</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Dallas: 3yrs, $24,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RCB Aidan Rounds (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106657)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 10</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Dallas: 2yrs, $8,740,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FS Tom Lucky (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106678)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 10</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as a free agent: 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>LCB Burt Haskell (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106693)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 10</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Tennessee: 2yrs, $23,000,000.</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 Alfredo Renes (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106714)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 10</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from New England: 3yrs, $18,300,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>SLB Mickey Donaldson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107410)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 10</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed as an unrestricted free agent from Jacksonville: 3yrs, $21,000,000.</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 Caleb Sitz (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107434)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 10</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>QB Adam Hancock (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108423)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FA Stage 10</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>turned down a contract offer: 2yrs, $7,330,000.</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 D.J. Burge (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108204)</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></tr></tbody></table>
Okay, I saw the holdout coming. He wants HUGE money. Tough call.

We signed LB Sitz, but I don't know whether he Fitz, so to speak. No chem, and not really elite ratings any longer - the guys we poured money into earlier this offseason are the real build-around guys, he's just a quality cohesion guy at the moment. We'll see.

S Lucky is a guy I like a lot, perhaps a future chem leader, and I'm glad we got him, albeit by overpaying a shade. Future 80+ tackle SS in my D, I reckon.

Hmm, looks like we went past 70 players, that might be a ding and a loss of a pick. Rats.

QuikSand

04-02-2021, 10:17 AM

Here's the snapshot of our DB group now, after pruning of non-chem-fit guys other than McCabe, who might stick despite not fitting in our triad:

Ashraf, Damon 1527LCB 10 41 41 3 yrs.
Desai, Alexis 1540LCB 8 46 46 3 yrs.
Boyer, Donnell 1522LCB 7 38 38 2 yrs.
Haskell, Burt 1507LCB 6 50 50 2 yrs.
McCabe, Bob 1535LCB 5 50 50 1 yr.
Lucky, Tom 1639SS 6 54 54 3 yrs.
Renes, Alfredo 1643SS 6 45 45 3 yrs.
Ellingsen, Steven 1628FS 9 32 32 2 yrs.
de Leon, Branden 1633FS 6 41 41 3 yrs.

Okay, so... Desai, Haskell, and McCabe are all bump/man guys with low/no zone skills, so CB1 or CB2 only. All have good endurance, so we likely don't need three such players.

Ashraf is a nice NB/DB with decent coverage and some ballhawking. Boyer is a reserve, decent at everything, and a good KR... plus our current chem leader.

Lucky looks like the starting SS, a bit better than Renes who is also useful. de Leon can play FS or rotate in there, and Ellingsen is a pure special teams guy.

Maybe we carry 9? Or perhaps we release one of the CB1/CB2 guys and make it 8?

Not a terrible spot. This isn't awful.

QuikSand

04-02-2021, 10:29 AM

Oh, by the way... rookie sneak peek at this stage.

Ravens, 13th rated draft (!?!?)

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>13</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet2.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BAL (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>QuikSand</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">1(17) RDE Denzel Cowdrick (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110629) 54/81
3(15) RDE Casey Burns (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110623) 35/61
4(14) LT Damien Starks (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110502) 27/51
2(16) QB Cary Alfonso (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110081) 16/51
6(19) SE Ernie Gomez (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110364) 22/44
7(18) P Kody Plumb (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110541) 34/52
5(13) MLB Winfred Charron (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110699) 19/48
</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">1(17) RDE Denzel Cowdrick (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110629) 54/81
3(15) RDE Casey Burns (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110623) 35/61
4(14) LT Damien Starks (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110502) 27/51
2(16) QB Cary Alfonso (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110081) 16/51
6(19) SE Ernie Gomez (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110364) 22/44
7(18) P Kody Plumb (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110541) 34/52
5(13) MLB Winfred Charron (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110699) 19/48
</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>68.2</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Okay, I see QB Alfonso who looks like your standard backup-caliber guy who might evolve into 41/41 with no special skills. Chase Daniel maybe? Meh, that's fine, but do we push that guy into the lineup to see what we have? I think I already see what I have.

DE Cowdrick looks really good, but regrettably his strong suit is run stopping, he's not maxed out in pass rush as I had seen/hoped. DL Burns looks solid to move inside and be a rotation run stopper, that's fine.

I don't see much else here, sadly. Maybe BenBot has sniffed out a boom someplace, but I don't see it. Cowdrick was nice value, but this doesn't feel like an impact draft to me.

And WFT, the 30th rated (more like it):

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>30</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>WAS (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>KickStand</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">1(30) SE Johnnie Tatum (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110347) 36/59
5(30) WLB Joshua Peterson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110738) 33/42
2(30) LT Charles Bishop (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110512) 21/49
6(30) K Hardy Greer (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110558) 41/61
4(30) RB Julian Dole (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110167) 24/41
7(30) LG Brody Sherman (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110411) 18/47
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">1(30) SE Johnnie Tatum (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110347) 36/59
5(30) WLB Joshua Peterson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110738) 33/42
2(30) LT Charles Bishop (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110512) 21/49
6(30) K Hardy Greer (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110558) 41/61
4(30) RB Julian Dole (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110167) 24/41
7(30) LG Brody Sherman (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110411) 18/47
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>56.8</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Well, WR Tatum doesn't look good enough to skip a generational LT to get, but he looks like a solid rotation guy, likely a future WR1 or WR2 and "good enough" in that role, but not a superstar. Fine.

5th round LB Peterson looks like a keeper, though a rotation guy not a star without a serious boom.

QB Thornton shows up with 85 sense rush, 83 scramble frequency, and a 4.55 dash - on the Ravens, I might be intrigued enough to toss him in as a starter for a year and see if that style can work. He has little else going for him, so jury's out. And may stay that way - when would this guy play?

RB Dole was a "very underrated" guy by my scout, seemed worth a pick, but he doesn't have the maxed out HR bar we wanted, more like 45/74, so meh.

QuikSand

04-05-2021, 07:52 AM

Okay, late free agency in a blur, per usual... Ravens moves confirm our commitment to a new-look DB grouping, where we will just run out there with no sort of cohesion whatsoever this season...

<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB Morris Shepherd (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109346)</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, $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>RB Sergio Polanco (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109351)</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 York: 1yrs, $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>LCB Jorge Crews (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110844)</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, $5,980,000.</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 Joel Burroughs (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110858)</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, $5,980,000.</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 Claude Jasso (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109329)</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 Tampa Bay: 1yrs, $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>TE Darien Minter (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107748)</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 Derek Turnbull (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107765)</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>WILB Shaun Farr (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108177)</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 Oakland: 3yrs, $17,800,000.</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 Antonio Hudson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109527)</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 Carolina: 2yrs, $6,840,000.</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 Lorenzo Tjandranegara (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109995)</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 Cleveland: 1yrs, $6,000,000.</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Nothing shocking here, really. CBs Crews and Burroughs are low-talnt guys whose ideal role would be CB1/CB2... so, longshots. You've got a better chance to stick if you can at least play zone or hit it on special teams.

Plenty of options at RB, mostly bad ones, standard.

Glad to bring back LB Shaun Farr, my bad for letting him walk but he got his starts and should stick here this time.

QuikSand

04-05-2021, 08:00 AM

Ravens' erstwhile QB starter Stancil now grades out at a comically low 18/18, dragged down by his absolute refusal to get corrective surgery for his jersey color blindness. Awesome. Time to throw the rookie in and see how much worse it can get. Likely a rough season here, but I don't think we bottom out or anything, more likely we just mark this as the beginning of a new build-up. We have pieces in place that I like - if we end up with, say, pick 1.10 next year then we can likely grab one more cornerstone young player and start climbing back up into the top tier, I expect.

QuikSand

04-05-2021, 09:29 AM

On down I-95 to the nation's capital... lessee here...

<table style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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>FS Tony Houston (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103341)</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>SE Duane Vanderpool (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106108)</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>FS Tony Houston (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103341)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed a renegotiated contract: 3yrs, $95,710,000.</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 Duane Vanderpool (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106108)</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Late FA Stage 1</center></td><td width="40%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>signed a renegotiated contract: 3yrs, $61,530,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FL Jessie Peters (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=106155)</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 Houston: 2yrs, $18,600,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>LT Carlton Colvin (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108838)</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 Jacksonville: 2yrs, $7,800,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FL Marcus Sampson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110286)</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, $5,980,000.</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 Sherman Kauffman (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109391)</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>FL Levon Batiste (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110309)</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, $5,510,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>TE Eduardo Gray (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=105254)</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 Carolina: 2yrs, $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>TE Doug Hansen (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109413)</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: 1yrs, $3,700,000.</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 Harry Walston (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109414)</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 Miami: 1yrs, $4,500,000.</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 D.J. Thomer (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110187)</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, $6,000,000.</center></td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>MLB Roman Woods (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110725)</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><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td><td width="15%" bgcolor=""><center></center>
</td></tr><tr><td width="15%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>FS Michael Brady (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110892)</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>

Well, also not a ton of thrills here.

I love S Tony Houston, he's just a great guy for my style of play - so he'll get overpaid to stick around. A coverage stalwart and solid bet for 18 yards per punt return... sold. I also re-up with my other holdout, WR group leader Vanderpool, who inexplicably got 119 targets last season. He's got build-around chemistry for us (96/94) so he'll stay, but the targets surely will not.

WR Peters joins a crowded group of "pretty good" receivers, he's youngish and should still be here after Hines leaves, so that's good. Solid WR2/3/4 talent, good chem fit, great cheap signing for us, albeit not thrilling.

Among the others, WR Batiste is a style I like a bit... high ST and End, and just a smidge of "actually play football" talent to go with it. And a 93 personality says... he's probably going to end up on the good side of a roster bubble this year, and perhaps be with us for 10 years as active WR5/6.

I did miss on a couple of stabs at young RBs, and that position is sorely lacking. May grab a couple fliers on the way into camp with this group.

QuikSand

04-07-2021, 10:02 PM

Tired and tipsy. Perfect to sit down and start my files for "the big stage." Awesome fun. Great hobby, dumbass.

Ravens cutdown notes:

This is not "the year" for us, so we'll make sure we get a good look at many young guys. Not tanking, but making sure we know what we have where that's worth knowing. Rookie class looks meh after camp, with undrafted CB Crews a nice surprise and worthy of a look at CB2 in a few formations this year. Scrapheap sophomore will get the bulk of the carries as RB2, with rookie QB handing off to him despite a pre-season slide. Yeah, this won't be pretty. Maybe we go 6-10?

WFT cutdown notes:

WR Tatum is gonna be useful, but only in a WR3 sort of way. I don't even want to see the LT we passed over for him. Wily veteran Swift gets the call - is this still a bankable centerpice? Dunno.

QuikSand

04-08-2021, 07:50 AM

...oh, i see my WFT file is still sitting on my laptop, unsent. Awesome, there's a season flushed right there. This league is unforgiving. My bad for delaying getting it together... but dammit.

QuikSand

04-08-2021, 08:02 AM

wow, lucky reprieve... file is late today for some reason...so I re-did and sent in something for WFT after all

I'll guess we slide back to 9 wins just as a regress-to-mean plus some lack of deep attention by me here

might be time to post my waffling on whether to return to this league

QuikSand

04-08-2021, 08:04 AM

spring break, Ben's up later into the night and files will be later in the morning

cool here

Kodos

04-08-2021, 09:59 AM

He's probably giving those patriotic undies a workout with all the spring breakers!

QuikSand

04-08-2021, 01:30 PM

That would be your 7-9 DIVISION CHAMPIONS thankyouverymuch

GML: Baltimore Ravens 2139 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2)

lol

we stunk, so did everyone, tiebreakers rule, can't wait to win it all

QuikSand

04-08-2021, 01:31 PM

WFT Slips to 9-7, Sits out Postseason

GML: Washington Football Team 2139 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)

QuikSand

04-09-2021, 08:12 PM

Ravens are one-and-out in the playoffs, rightfully so. On to next season!

(yawn)

QuikSand

04-10-2021, 08:06 AM

Okay, Ravens 2140, where are we?

QB Stancil retires after his unceremonious benching, that's fine. G Magniafico retires also, but I'm okay along the OL with a whole gaggle of B-minus caliber guys running around all thinking they're the "blind side" guy.

And we will need to decide whether we're actually building around the Rookie of the Year QB Cary Alfonso, who outperformed pick 1.1 but still was only a 78-rated passer. Nothing too thrilling there.

We are again toward the top of the "cap space" list, which is potentially useful. I...uhhh... do not see a WR1 on this roster, at this point. Pearson is in his 14th season and is, maybe, mirrorin Larry Fitzgerald IRL, he's the savvy veteran who goes and grabs the ball and runs it over to the line of scrimmage to save a second or two on the clock in our third down drill, but not a guy we want to "target" very much anymore. (JK, we'll likely throw 160+ his way again)

Defense has some growing to do, but I like some of the pieces was have in place. DE Cowdrick is a run stopper but managed 7.5 sacks - he should be rather good for a long time, and will complement our cheapass one-trick pass rusher ear-pinner types just fine. The LB corps is very nice, anchored by big money signing Dakota Patton but flooded with useful role players. The secondary is just getting acquainted, but I'm comfortable with the trajectory there as well.

This shouldn't be a five-year rebuild. Our fluke playoff run papered over the mini-depression, but for a "give away" year to still manage respectability was nice, and I suspect we can get back to .500 this season, with a key move here or there.

QuikSand

04-10-2021, 12:11 PM

WTF is going on with the WFT?

(yes, I will bludgeon the hell outta that joke)

So, we lost two OT in retirement - a longtime starter, and a chem leader. Not great, but not awful, assuming I can patch over the chem stuff. I'm hopeful.

In my hastily-assembled file, I failed to extend a variety of players, so I have more legit free agents than usual. It happens. We still have a solid amount of cap space, so we hopefully can push others around if there's something we really need to do.

Nothing thrilling to document, I don't think.

QuikSand

04-13-2021, 10:00 AM

One very big fish landed for the Ravens:

http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=108059

So, needless to say he will be a build-around piece for our front seven going forward. Very pleased, great skills and great fit. 15 sacks, please.

QuikSand

04-13-2021, 12:11 PM

And where my Ravens just aced the "price the free agent test" with the prized DE, my WFT managed to just miss out on re-signing DT Alonzo Compton. He's good, fading, and was valuable - we'll fill the slot, but it's a drop in overall D7 talent for certain.

Also amused to see a quality C walk into free agency - I bid, sensing a potential chem fit and long term asset. Then the team that hasn't played him a snap in four years after spending its 2.10 pick on him ends up backing up the Brinks truck to pay him to return. Uh, okay then.

This roster has a lot of gaps, and now that adds to them. Weird, it felt like this was the "together" side, but meandering through right now I'm feeling like it's not in very good shape at all.

QuikSand

04-16-2021, 08:10 AM

Nothing too hot to report... the Eagles are seemingly after a lot of my players, they're either pursuing chem in the same groups as me (looks unlikely), after special teamers (possibly), or deliberately just out to get me (more fun). We'll see.

QuikSand

04-18-2021, 02:54 PM

So, draft is in the books. Let's see what the bot says. Instinct is it will be unkind to the WFT selections, where my first two picks were questionable even before seeing any feedback.

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>28</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(21) RG Bryant Billig (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=111237) 31/70
2(21) SLB Sebastian Mohammed (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=111577) 29/64
3(21) WLB Caleb Bullock (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=111599) 23/41
5(21) K Wade Huffman (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=111387) 33/47
7(21) QB Harrison Bruce (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110967) 12/40
4(21) RT Cristian Morris (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=111347) 18/50
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">1(21) RG Bryant Billig (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=111237) 31/70
2(21) SLB Sebastian Mohammed (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=111577) 29/64
3(21) WLB Caleb Bullock (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=111599) 23/41
5(21) K Wade Huffman (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=111387) 33/47
7(21) QB Harrison Bruce (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=110967) 12/40
4(21) RT Cristian Morris (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=111347) 18/50
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>56.4</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Okay, standard fare here. 28th of 32, yawn. I like a few things I see here, to be honest, but the 1st round G is not the total road grader I thought I was getting there, so a slight miss at a weak position is a big miss, I reckon.

And the other side, as gleefully predicted:

<table width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>32</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet29.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>WAS (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29)</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>KickStand</center></td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">3(23) K Riley Emerson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=111379) 51/77
1(23) LT Dusty Starling (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=111311) 21/54
6(23) FB Richard Cote (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=111041) 25/47
5(23) RDE Brad Strong (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=111449) 21/42
2(23) RB Ted Hodel (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=111029) 25/28
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9">3(23) K Riley Emerson (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=111379) 51/77
1(23) LT Dusty Starling (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=111311) 21/54
6(23) FB Richard Cote (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=111041) 25/47
5(23) RDE Brad Strong (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=111449) 21/42
2(23) RB Ted Hodel (http://gml.fof-belco.com/draft/show_player.php?in_game_id=111029) 25/28
</td><td bgcolor="#E9E9E9"><center>39.7</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

So, yeah. First round I take a chemistry-motivated Ol out of a lack of good fits. Second round I end up with a weird RB who had no bars but multiple big combines ... not my usual flavor, but felt like it was worth a swing. Now we are at risk of coming out of this draft with nothing but... a kicker? Awesome.

Ravens honestly don't feel that bad. If there were a late-career fill-in QB lying around, I might do that in search of putting up a sneaky 12-win season here. Instead, with a second season from young Alfonso... maybe we can get back on the right side of .500 and squeak 9-7.

WFT, I don't know, doesn't feel good. We have a productive QB, but I feel we lack purpose right now. The OL quandary (chem leadership is just absent, and with the rookie miss there, ugh) bugs me, and if they slip and the running game slips with it, we might have an awful season here. Like, 6-10 feels within reach.

QuikSand

04-19-2021, 08:54 AM

So, who gets the rock?

RB Controversies on both teams...

-Ravens have 4 contenders for carries before cutdowns, let's have a look:

<table class="sortable" width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>Carl Naranjo (MEN) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=103456)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB<sup>2</sup> (http://gml.fof-belco.com/probowlappearances.php?playerid=)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>10</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>37</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>37</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>YES (58)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>3(28)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2131</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2140</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Free Agency</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>31</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>5-8</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>212</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>$7.0M</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>1</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>3</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>57</center></td><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>85</center></td><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>70</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>85</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>50</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>48</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

So, back on a one year deal, he was very effective with us early in his career, just got too expensive. Is he the answer? He'd be short term, but does come off a pretty good run elsewhere.

<table class="sortable" width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>Sergio Polanco (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109351)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>RB</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>3</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>36</center></td><td bgcolor="#00A066"><center>53</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>No (45)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Not drafted.</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>0</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2139</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Free Agency</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>24</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>6-1</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>228</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>$5.5M</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>1</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>3</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>64</center></td><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>65</center></td><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>13</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>48</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>31</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>21</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Polanco has that few-bars-but-good-ones that some clever GMs seem to make work well... 55/65 Hole Rec and 85 Brk Spd to be specific. High elusiveness is, I guess, a drawback? 3.36 ypc last season is not impressive, and nobody else bid for him.

<table class="sortable" width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>K.C. Murray (MEN) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107655)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>5</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>35</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>35</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>YES (66)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>1(16)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2136</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2138</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Free Agency</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>26</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>6-0</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>226</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>$4.4M</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>1</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>27</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>6</center></td><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>99</center></td><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>54</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>100</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>29</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>47</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Okay, Murray is great for chem w/99 Pers, and he's a mentor and KR candidate, so he has some angles to make the team regardless of getting carries. That said... 1.69 ypc and an apparent void at Hole Rec doesn't make much case for him.

<table class="sortable" width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>Claude Jasso (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109329)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>RB</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>3</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>34</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>34</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>YES (90)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Not drafted.</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>0</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2139</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Free Agency</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>24</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>6-2</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>211</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>$3.4M</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>1</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>22</center></td><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>46</center></td><td bgcolor="AAAAFF"><center>13</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>94</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>66</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Finally, a wild card, guy we picked up in the regular season stage last year, so he was on the active roster but not in the lineup. But in his rookie year he posted 1,000+ yards for the Bucs. Weird mix of skills, high ST an Elusiveness and little else. But in my experience, that mix can actually work out okay.

Okay...I didn't say it was a mix of thrilling options at RB, just that we had options. WFT will be more interesting, I reckon.

Base notion right now, before camp/preseason: RB1 Polanco, RB2 Jasso, carry 2x FB

QuikSand

04-19-2021, 09:18 AM

WFT RB conundrum, laid bare:

<table class="sortable" width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>Frank Killian (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=107651)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>RB</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>5</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>41</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>41</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>YES (63)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Not drafted.</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>0</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2136</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Free Agency</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>27</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>5-10</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>212</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>$9.8M</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>1</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>21</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>79</center></td><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>100</center></td><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>61</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>75</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>25</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>41</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

The incumbent, holding out after a lovely 5.60ypc season - we can afford him but do we want to pay him big? Sure looks like a system guy to me.

<table class="sortable" width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>Efrain Greenway (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109335)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>3</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>41</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>48</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>YES (81)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>6(13)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2138</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2140</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Free Agency</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>25</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>5-10</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>204</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>$5.8M</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>1</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>83</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>11</center></td><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>46</center></td><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>37</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>41</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>44</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>93</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

The surprise new shooter. Assuming we discard Killian, the job seems wide open, so I grabbed this guy on a one year RFA deal. 80 ST means he makes the team, almost certainly, but his key ratings (36 End, 60/76 HR, 15 BrkSpd) are not awful, and he might merit carries if the job is indeed open.

<table class="sortable" width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>Ted Hodel (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=111029)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>1</center></td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
</td><td bgcolor="#800080"><center></center>
</td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>YES ()</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2(23)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2140</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2140</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Rookie Draft</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>23</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>6-2</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>225</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>$4.2M</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>4</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>97</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>9</center></td><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>88</center></td><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>59</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>49</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>3</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>35</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

I don't often draft RBs high, but had few options and this guy was very highly rated in-game and had big combines, so I'm hoping against hope for a breakout of some sort. Sneak peek looks... about like his uninspiring bars would suggest, rather than something really revved up under the hood. We'll see what the differential says after camp. Enthusiasm dampened.

<table class="sortable" width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>Tracy Perreault (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=109306)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>RB</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>3</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>33</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>33</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>No (22)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>5(31)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2138</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2138</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Rookie Draft</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>25</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>5-11</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>219</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>$4.1M</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>52</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>32</center></td><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>81</center></td><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>16</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>62</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>1</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>40</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

Unexciting, maybe he's the Malcolm Brown in this scenario, but last year he popped off 5.34 ypc as RB2, so there's every reason to think he could remain effective given the chance.

<table class="sortable" width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="FFAAAA"><center>Jackie Brent (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110175)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>RB</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>29</center></td><td bgcolor="#008040"><center>48</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>No (55)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>5(24)</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2139</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>2140</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>Free Agency</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>23</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>5-9</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>208</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>$8.0M</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>1</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>28</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>51</center></td><td bgcolor="FFAAAA"><center>16</center></td><td bgcolor="FFAAAA"><center>48</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>37</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>49</center></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center>64</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

I couldn't help myself, and signed him as a free agent, despite no affinity. Good bars all around, so maybe there's something here? Julio in PHI had one season and said enough's enough, 3.0 ypc stinks, and let him walk. And he's on his way to taking this division over by force. Unlikely, but by bars alone, tempting.

<table class="sortable" width="100%" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>Julian Dole (http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=110167)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>RB</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>23</center></td><td bgcolor="#0060A0"><center>37</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>No (31)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>4(30)</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2139</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>2139</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>Rookie Draft</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>22</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>5-10</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>208</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>$3.8M</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>3</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>35</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>81</center></td><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>83</center></td><td bgcolor="AAFFAA"><center>77</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>45</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>9</center></td><td bgcolor="#e7e7e7"><center>55</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

And I will include Dole here, too - soph comes off a 4th round draft pick but rode the pine all season. He's got good chem, but no special teams, which would be the best angle for him to make the 53. Longshot.

Base notion right now, before camp/preseason: pay for RB1 Killian, RB Greenway, bubble Perreault/Hodel, carry 2x FB

QuikSand

04-20-2021, 07:53 AM

So, I still remember a little joke/story, told by the instructor at some sort of leadership/development seminar I once attended. And sadly enough, I deploy it from time to time:

Q: Three crows are sitting on a fence.
One decides to fly away.
How many crows are left?

A: (tentatively) Two?

Reveal: No, three. He decided to fly away, but he didn't do it yet.

Anyway... let's say that I decided to pay up for WFT RB Killian. But this morning when I see my league file sitting here unsent, I realize that it didn't happen.

QuikSand

04-20-2021, 07:54 AM

I think I'm okay with him, in this league I can just offer his demand, he'll be active for preseason, and we're good to go.

QuikSand

04-20-2021, 10:23 AM

Geez, cutting down to 60 for the Ravens, and I really like a lot of this team. Our "battery" at QB/WR is way subpar but past that I like a lot of what we have built here. Kinda sad to leave this in the hands of a going-nowhere young QB, we could have been pretty good this year.

As it is, we head into preseason feeling like a mid-tier team, I hate that.

Chas in Cinti

04-20-2021, 10:28 AM

How did the R RB for WFT look after camp... any change?

QuikSand

04-21-2021, 10:16 AM

Just sent in Ravens file for the one-shot regular season. Honestly, if I were confident that our QB/WR battery would just be replacement level, I think this might be, say, a 10-win team. As is, maybe more like 8 wins.

QuikSand

04-21-2021, 10:21 AM

How did the R RB for WFT look after camp... any change?

So... mixed bag, basically.

League scout bumped him up from 24/28 to 27/34, but still doesn't grade him over 50 at anything except special teams.

My own scout see him now as 27/36, also modestly encouraging, but not fantastic. If he had been an after-draft pickup, I'd be saying "hmmm, intriguing potential as a RB3/ST guy, nice grab." But given the 2nd round investment, we have to be pretty disappointed.

He's got 88 personality and 44/72 special teams, so I guess he makes the roster and maybe lands exactly that role - RB3 and special teams guy. No voids anywhere, which I guess is nice. So, we'll see.

But nothing indicating this was a HUZZAH moment here. No +14 preseason boom and definitely no James Robinson season in the offing here.

QuikSand

04-21-2021, 10:32 AM

Holy smokes no clue what to do at RB here in Washington...

QuikSand

04-21-2021, 11:05 AM

Okay, file is in. We'll use four RBs this year, I guess, with Killian getting the biggest share but Greenway and Hodel both getting enough touches to have some idea whether there's a future for them. I'm forcing a lot of starts for younger players, and am not sure where we will be after this season.

Julio Riddols has taken the reins in Philadelphia, and I reckon it's just a matter of time until he has a stranglehold on the division - we have had our way with this foursome for longer than is fair, to be honest. So... it's all good.

Not sure where we will fashion an actual plan at the QB position, but for now we'll make do with our supposedly known quantity. I will pencil in 9-7 and likely sitting out the playoffs again.

QuikSand

04-22-2021, 09:04 AM

QuikSand

04-22-2021, 09:04 AM

ah of course

QuikSand

04-22-2021, 09:07 AM

Ravens Muddle to 9 Wins, Eke Into Postseason

GML: Baltimore Ravens 2140 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=2&year=2140)

So, QB Alfonso made a step forward to 81 passer rating, still meh
Run game remained very soggy, non-QB rushes well under 4 ypc
DEs Manning and Cowdrick were wonderful, by design
Defense was overall decent but not great
This doesn't feel like a winning team, we're lucky to be 9-7

Well okay then.

QuikSand

04-22-2021, 09:14 AM

Washington Powers to 13-3 Record, Earns Bye Week

GML: Washington Football Team 2140 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=29&year=2140)

QB Swift was his usual self, solidly productive, 92 rating
RB Greenway led the way with 5.65 ypc, whoa (Killian stunk?)
WR Leland Tubbs, used selectively for downfield shots, killed it w 9.9 ypt
TE Lehman, getting his shot in the swing TE role, was awful (tradition)
Newly extended DE Quinn had a career year with 13.5 sacks, yay
Overall, pretty good season

(my starting lineup got AI-jumbled, I must have erred with my file somewhere)

Anyway... hard to complain. Go get 'em, Team.

QuikSand

04-23-2021, 07:22 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/box2140220211.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>22-14 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140220211.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Indianapolis Colts (SBLemstrom) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=11)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet11.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2140220211.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/box2140220926.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet9.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Detroit Lions (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=9)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>17-16 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140220926.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/log2140220926.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/box2140222110.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet21.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Philadelphia Eagles (Julio Riddols) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=21)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>31-3 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140222110.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Green Bay Packers (sawblade300) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=10)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet10.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2140222110.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/box2140222230.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet22.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Pittsburgh Steelers (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=22)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>6-24 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140222230.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/log2140222230.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/box2140230216.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>20-27 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140230216.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/log2140230216.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140233013.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>14-20 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140233013.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Kansas City Chiefs (Juggles) (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/log2140233013.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140230901.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet9.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Detroit Lions (AVAILABLE) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=9)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>19-41 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140230901.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/log2140230901.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Divisional Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140232129.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet21.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Philadelphia Eagles (Julio Riddols) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=21)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>21-20 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140232129.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/log2140232129.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/box2140241316.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet13.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Kansas City Chiefs (Juggles) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=13)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>7-34 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140241316.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/log2140241316.html)</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Conference Round</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>BOX (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140242101.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/slivers/helmet21.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>Philadelphia Eagles (Julio Riddols) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=21)</center></td><td bgcolor="#c8c8c8"><center>49-26 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140242101.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/log2140242101.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/box2140251621.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>16-19 (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/box2140251621.html)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>Philadelphia Eagles (Julio Riddols) (http://gml.fof-belco.com/teampage.php?teamid=21)</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>http://gml.fof-belco.com/small/helmet21.png</center></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center>LOG (http://gml.fof-belco.com/html/log2140251621.html)</center></td></tr></tbody></table>
So, a pretty decent season. My longtime AFC nemesis Pyser beats us and makes it to the bowl. And my likely intra-division new nemesis Julio manages to nip us and then win it all with the wildcard Eagles. Ugh.

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