AlexB
07-17-2005, 05:43 PM
In my Cardinals franchise, I have more booms busts and injuries than I can ever remember. Rookie highlights/lowlights below:
2013
Pick 1.14 - traded up to get a T with great combine stats who proceeds to bust immediately from 22/65 to 11/38 and goes unsigned
2014
Pick 1.14 - sleeper WR goes from 35/54 to 52/64 at the beginning of his 2nd year, then serious injury drops him to 33/38
2015
Pick 2.01 - traded up (by trading away my 69/75 franchised T) to get a T with great combine stats who booms from 26/52 to 33/63 midway through 1st season, then major injury drops him to 17/27
Pick 7.22 - nearly traded away the pick as I didn;t see anybody worth a bonus, but took a flyer on a projected #4 DE who immediately booms from 19/38 to 37/71 before dropping to 38/65 in camp, but still the biggest boom I've ever had
2016
Pick 1.03 - traded up to get a T with great combine stats who proceeds to bust immediately from 39/83 to 27/63, but I sign him anyway as I really need a T now!
Add this to a number of veterans (all seemingly WR/T/DE getting horribly injured, my coach with VG injury prevention is canned for one with Excellent, but slightly lower other skills.
I've had a number of other rookies boom or bust +/- 10, and am beginning to wonder if it's my GM style: as the Cards make a loss every year, I am trying to minimise costs to restrict the losses, including paying my staff $1.5m a year and my scout $150k a year - even though they are ranked at least good in every applicable skill set, could the low wage be the reason for the increased fluctuations & injuries?
This game makes me want to tear my hair out at times! (But I love it really ;) )
2013
Pick 1.14 - traded up to get a T with great combine stats who proceeds to bust immediately from 22/65 to 11/38 and goes unsigned
2014
Pick 1.14 - sleeper WR goes from 35/54 to 52/64 at the beginning of his 2nd year, then serious injury drops him to 33/38
2015
Pick 2.01 - traded up (by trading away my 69/75 franchised T) to get a T with great combine stats who booms from 26/52 to 33/63 midway through 1st season, then major injury drops him to 17/27
Pick 7.22 - nearly traded away the pick as I didn;t see anybody worth a bonus, but took a flyer on a projected #4 DE who immediately booms from 19/38 to 37/71 before dropping to 38/65 in camp, but still the biggest boom I've ever had
2016
Pick 1.03 - traded up to get a T with great combine stats who proceeds to bust immediately from 39/83 to 27/63, but I sign him anyway as I really need a T now!
Add this to a number of veterans (all seemingly WR/T/DE getting horribly injured, my coach with VG injury prevention is canned for one with Excellent, but slightly lower other skills.
I've had a number of other rookies boom or bust +/- 10, and am beginning to wonder if it's my GM style: as the Cards make a loss every year, I am trying to minimise costs to restrict the losses, including paying my staff $1.5m a year and my scout $150k a year - even though they are ranked at least good in every applicable skill set, could the low wage be the reason for the increased fluctuations & injuries?
This game makes me want to tear my hair out at times! (But I love it really ;) )