FOF4: New Orleans Saints 2002

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Here is my FOF4 dynasty that will run concurrent with my Richard Stockton dynasty. Since that dynasty has a 2 year head start, let's get the ball rolling.

First the house rules:
1) Only offer two non-team players a contract during FA per week.
2) Can only renegotiate the offered contract once.
3) No using the franchise tag
4) Use judgement with trades, don't accept lopsided trades.

That's all for now. If it gets easy, I'll add some more.

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Houston Texans Expansion

Exposed list:
RB Fred McAfee
FB Moran Norris
G Wally Williams
OLB Darrin Smith
CB Jerry Wilson

I exposed Williams and Smith in hope of freeing up some cap room.

Results of Expansion Draft
1. Houston - Williams, Wally, G, NOS
2. Houston - Smith, Darrin, OLB, NOS
3. Houston - Robinson, Marcus, WR, CHI
4. Houston - Ricard, Alan, FB, BAL
5. Houston - Crawford, Casey, TE, CAR
6. Houston - Washington, Todd, C, TBY
7. Houston - Carswell, Robert, S, SDO
8. Houston - Izzo, Larry, ILB, NED
9. Houston - Murphy, Yo, WR, STL
10. Houston - Cherry, Je'Rod, S, NED
11. Houston - Darling, James, OLB, NJY
12. Houston - Nutten, Tom, G, STL
13. Houston - Gregg, Kelly, DT, BAL
14. Houston - Worthen, Shawn, DT, MIN
15. Houston - McIntosh, Chris, T, SEA
16. Houston - Ford, Henry, DE, TEN
17. Houston - Pittman, Kavika, DE, DEN
18. Houston - McCullough, George, CB, SFO
19. Houston - Clifton, Chad, T, GBY
20. Houston - Greisen, Chris, QB, ARZ

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Free Agency Week 1

We go after:
RG Ron Stone from NYG. Offer a $18.53 mil 4 yrs contract. Last season voidable for 30 Key Blocks

MLB Londen Fletcher from StL. Offer a $21.2 mil 5 yrs contract.

Free Agency Week 2

IND got Londen Fletcher with a $29.10 mil over 4 yrs contract.

BUF goes after my DE Joe Johnson and leads with a $50.84 mil 7 yrs contract. (We offered a $39.36 mil 6 yrs contract)

OLB James Farrior from NYJ. Offer a $33.54 mil 5 yrs contract.

T Roman Oben from CLE. Offer a $23.72 mil 4 yrs contract.

Free Agency Week 3

James Farrior goes to Arizone ($43.65 over 6 yrs).

Ron Stone accepts our offer.

Roman Oben goes to Minnesota ($25.70 mil over 4 yrs)

OLB Jamie Sharper from BLT. Offer $8.26 mil 3 yrs contract.

MLB Jeremiah Trotter from PHI. Offer $13.50 mil 4 yrs contract.

Free Agency Week 4

Joe Johnson goes to Buffalo ($50.84 mil 7 yrs.)

Jamie Sharper goes to Atlanta ($8.34 mil over 3 yrs.)

OLB Donnie Edwards from KC. Offer $15.90 mil 4 yrs contract.

Free Agency Week 5

Donnie Edwards goes to Dallas ($21.41 mil 5 yrs)

TE Shannon Sharpe from BLT. Offer $10.20 mil 3 yrs contract.

Free Agency Week 6

Jeremiah Trotter goes to Jacksonville.

LG Ray Brown from SF. Offer $4.78 mil 2 yrs contract.

Free Agency Week 7

G Ray Brown accepts our offer.

Free Agency Week 8

TE Shannon Sharpe accepts our offer.

Free Agency Weeks 9-12

No News

Free Agency Week 13

Our TE Cameron Cleeland signs with Dallas ($12.74 mil 4 yrs)

Free Agency Week 14

Our T Willie Roafe signs with Philadelphia ($2.88 mil 3 yrs)

Our TE Johnnie Mitchell signed with San Francisco ($9.25 mil 4 yrs)

Free Agency Week 15

Our S Chris Oldham signed with Minnesota ($2.02 mil 2 yrs)

Free Agency Week 16

Our WR Willie Jackson signed with Houston ($1.89 mil 2 yrs)

Our CB Kevin Mathis signed with Cincinatti ($3.83 mil 2 yrs)

Free Agency Week 17

Our OLB Keith Mitchell signed with Cleveland ($$2.20 mil 2 yrs)

Free Agency Week 18

No News

Free Agency Week 19

Our CB Fred Weary signed with San Francisco ($600,000 1 yr)

Free Agency Week 20

Our G Chris Naeole signed with Detroit ($1.90 mil 3 yrs)

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2002 College Draft

Our first pick left some tempting players. I thought about picking CB Quentin Jammer (32a 68p), DE Dwitch Freeney (37a 69p) and DE Akin Ayodele (26a 68p). I needed a DE too. But since Brooks is a good QB, we have Duece McAllister, TE Shannon Sharpe and WR Joe Horn, plus I got a few solid OL players in Ron Stone and Ray Brown, I decided to go for the full offensive powerhouse. Our 3 remaining WRs were horrendus so I wanted to put a capable WR on the other end of Joe Horn.

WR Donte' Stallworth (45a 70p) was still available, so I went with him.

2002 College Draft Round 1
1. Houston - Williams, Mike, T, Texas
2. Carolina - Edwards, Kalimba, DE, South Carolina
3. Detroit - Carr, David, QB, Fresno State
4. Buffalo - Pitts, Chester, T, San Diego State
5. San Diego - Henderson, John, DT, Tennessee
6. Dallas - McKinney, Seth, C, Texas A&M
7. Minnesota - Ross, Derek, CB, Ohio State
8. Kansas City - Sims, Ryan, DT, North Carolina
9. Jacksonville - Fonoti, Toniu, G, Nebraska
10. Cincinnati - Harris, Napoleon, OLB, Northwestern
11. Indianapolis - Denney, Ryan, DE, Brigham Young
12. Arizona - Doman, Brandon, QB, Brigham Young
13. New Orleans - Stallworth, Donte', WR, Tennessee
14. Tennessee - Gurode, Andre, C, Colorado
15. New York G - Freeney, Dwight, DE, Syracuse
16. Cleveland - Ayodele, Akin, DE, Purdue
17. Atlanta - Duckett, T.J., RB, Michigan State
18. Washington - Thomas, Robert, ILB, UCLA
19. Denver - Bullock, Chrys, G, Tulane
20. Seattle - Grange, Xavier, T, Washington
21. Tampa Bay - Peterson, Adrian, RB, Georgia Southern
22. New York J - Portis, Clinton, RB, Miami, Florida
23. Oakland - Westbrook, Brian, RB, Villanova
24. Baltimore - Grant, Charles, DE, Georgia
25. Miami - Staley, Luke, RB, Brigham Young
26. Philadelphia - Jammer, Quentin, CB, Texas
27. San Francisco - Whiting, Teag, G, Brigham Young
28. Green Bay - Butler, Kennedy, DT, Stanford
29. Chicago - Moss, Sammy, QB, Findlay
30. Pittsburgh - Jose, Tim, QB, Ohio State
31. St. Louis - Dean, Konrad, T, Akron
32. New England - Bryant, Antonio, WR, Pittsburgh

TE Jeremy Shockey (29a 71p) at pick #45 was still there. However I had just picked up Shannon Sharpe and had no need for another TE. Our FS Jay Bellemy is OK, not great. So with out 2nd pick in the draft, we took FS Jon McGraw (31a 72p).

2002 College Draft Round 2
33. Houston - Foote, Larry, ILB, Michigan
34. Carolina - Williams, Richard, G, Gardner-Webb
35. Detroit - Hebert, Jason, S, Rice
36. Buffalo - Ross, Julian, T, Rutgers
37. San Diego - Brewer, Jessie, QB, Air Force
38. Dallas - Ferris, Alonzo, QB, Temple
39. Minnesota - Brown, Alex, DE, Florida
40. Kansas City - Ingram, Kent, G, UCLA
41. Jacksonville - Bush, Jovon, DT, Clemson
42. Cincinnati - Davey, Rohan, QB, Louisiana State
43. Indianapolis - Fe'esago, Chris, G, San Jose State
44. Arizona - Graham, Daniel, TE, Colorado
45. New Orleans - McGraw, Jon, S, Kansas State
46. Tennessee - White, Lorenzo, G, Iowa State
47. New York G - Kirk-Hughes, Ellis, T, Clemson
48. Cleveland - Walter, Tyson, T, Ohio State
49. Atlanta - Hope, Chris, S, Florida State
50. Seattle - Washington, Terrell, DE, Illinois
51. Denver - Guthrie, Sean, DE, Boston College
52. Seattle - Reed, Edward, S, Miami, Florida
53. Tampa Bay - Gaffney, Jabbar, WR, Florida
54. New York J - Craver, Keyuo, CB, Nebraska
55. Oakland - Bellisari, Steve, QB, Ohio State
56. Baltimore - Caldwell, Reche, WR, Florida
57. Arizona - Dawkins, Kelly, DT, Southern California
58. Philadelphia - Pittman, Thomas, DE, Florida
59. San Francisco - Edwards, Steve, G, Central Florida
60. Green Bay - Haygood, Herb, WR, Michigan State
61. Chicago - Shockey, Jeremy, TE, Miami, Florida
62. Pittsburgh - Davis, Dorsett, DT, Mississippi State
63. St. Louis - Fisher, Travis, CB, Central Florida
64. New England - Volk, Dave, T, Nebraska

Our next priority was a DE, a T or an OLB. Since the DEs and Ts that are left are not 3rd round pick quality, we went with the best OLB we could find. OLB Raonall Smith (25a 56p)

2002 College Draft Round 3
65. Houston - Williams, Brian, S, North Carolina State
66. Carolina - Smith, Derek, TE, Kentucky
67. Detroit - Pressey, Butter, RB, Delaware
68. Buffalo - Neill, David, QB, Nevada
69. San Diego - Morris, Scottie, C, Temple
70. Dallas - Gray, Bobby, S, Louisiana Tech
71. San Francisco - Kulaga, Jay, G, Illinois
72. Kansas City - Wansley, Tim, CB, Georgia
73. Jacksonville - Walker, Marquise, WR, Michigan
74. Cincinnati - McCadam, Kevin, S, Virginia Tech
75. Indianapolis - Newhart, Karl, DT, North Carolina
76. San Diego - Sykes, Jashon, OLB, Colorado
77. New Orleans - Smith, Raonall, OLB, Washington State
78. Tennessee - Shaw, Josh, DT, Michigan State
79. New York G - Levels, Dwayne, ILB, Oklahoma State
80. Cleveland - Snyder, Ethan, DT, Nebraska
81. Atlanta - Fox, Vernon, S, Fresno State
82. Washington - Harrington, Joey, QB, Oregon
83. Denver - Carr, Dana, DE, California
84. Seattle - Fisher, Levar, ILB, North Carolina State
85. Detroit - Hill, Kahlil, WR, Iowa
86. New York J - Bentley, Kevin, OLB, Northwestern
87. Oakland - Sumter, Glenn, S, Memphis
88. Baltimore - Herndon, Emmanuel, QB, Georgia
89. Miami - Hampton, Dave, T, Cincinnati
90. Philadelphia - Taylor, Ben, ILB, Virginia Tech
91. San Francisco - Jackson, Bobby, S, Illinois
92. Green Bay - Pugh, David, DT, Virginia Tech
93. Chicago - Miller, Ahmad, DT, UNLV
94. Pittsburgh - Parker, Zek, WR, Louisville
95. St. Louis - Keith, Kenton, RB, New Mexico State
96. New England - Kerr, Gus, CB, California

Now we needed either a DE or a T. The T that was left was better than the best DE left, so that gives us T Bryant McKinnie (25a 44p)

2002 College Draft Round 4
97. Houston - Thompkins, Rich, QB, Navy
98. Carolina - Russell, Blaine, CB, Hawaii
99. Detroit - Taylor, Rod, ILB, UAB
100. Buffalo - Godfrey, Corwin, K, Mississippi
101. San Diego - Cunningham, Alonzo, G, Iowa
102. Dallas - Campbell, Kelly, WR, Georgia Tech
103. Minnesota - Coleman, Kenyon, DE, UCLA
104. Kansas City - Grau, Jeff, C, UCLA
105. Jacksonville - Scott, Travis, G, Arizona State
106. Cincinnati - Weaver, Anthony, DT, Notre Dame
107. Indianapolis - Haynesworth, Albert, DT, Tennessee
108. Arizona - Manuel, Marquand, S, Florida
109. New Orleans - McKinnie, Bryant, T, Miami, Florida
110. Tennessee - Busby, Dana, DT, Memphis
111. New York G - Monroe, Aries, OLB, Alabama
112. Cleveland - Singleton, Levon, DT, Florida
113. Atlanta - Adams, Charlie, WR, Hofstra
114. Washington - Cheatwood, Tim, DE, Ohio State
115. Denver - Sheldon, Darryl, OLB, Arizona
116. Seattle - Carter, Tim, WR, Auburn
117. Tampa Bay - Harney, Kenny, ILB, South Carolina
118. New York J - Overstreet, Will, DE, Tennessee
119. Oakland - Olds, Thomas, DE, Houston
120. Baltimore - Hall, Carlos, DE, Arkansas
121. Miami - Johnson, Dennis, DE, Kentucky
122. Philadelphia - Kocher, Ken, DT, UCLA
123. San Francisco - Jones, Levi, T, Arizona State
124. Green Bay - Meyer, Rick, G, Mississippi
125. Chicago - Keisel, Brett, DE, Brigham Young
126. Pittsburgh - Kelley, Allen, DE, Arizona State
127. St. Louis - Prescott, Heath, OLB, Duquesne
128. New England - Bannan, Justin, DT, Colorado

DE time. The best of the rest, DE Julius Peppers (29a 38p)

2002 College Draft Round 5
129. Houston - Betts, Ladell, RB, Iowa
130. Tampa Bay - Ojeda, Lonnie, T, Maryland
131. Buffalo - Mathews, Brian, QB, Michigan
132. Cincinnati - Wistrom, Tracey, TE, Nebraska
133. San Diego - Springfield, Bo, CB, Texas Christian
134. Dallas - Labbe, Lawrence, T, Wake Forest
135. Minnesota - Cooper, Joe, ILB, Ohio State
136. Kansas City - Dircks, Luther, OLB, Oregon State
137. Jacksonville - Kemp, Kevin, T, Northeastern St, Ok.
138. Cincinnati - Wragge, Tony, G, New Mexico State
139. Indianapolis - Collins, Michael, T, Wake Forest
140. Arizona - Peters, Scott, C, Arizona State
141. New Orleans - Peppers, Julius, DE, North Carolina
142. Tennessee - Lynn, Conrad, FB, Army
143. New York G - Martin, Jamar, FB, Ohio State
144. Detroit - Anderson, Marques, S, UCLA
145. Atlanta - Chatman, Jermaine, CB, Arizona
146. Washington - Bernard, Rocky, DE, Texas A&M
147. Denver - Bryant, Wendell, DT, Wisconsin
148. Seattle - Hill, Harrison, WR, Kansas
149. Tampa Bay - Rogers, NIck, DE, Georgia Tech
150. New York J - McCall, James, G, Hampton
151. Oakland - Butkus, Luke, C, Illinois
152. Baltimore - Rawls, Everick, OLB, Texas
153. Miami - Pierce, Dwayne, G, Louisiana State
154. Philadelphia - Simon, Salem, DT, Northwestern
155. San Francisco - Shaffer, Kevin, T, Tulsa
156. Green Bay - Josiah, Michael, DE, Louisville
157. Chicago - Thomas, Bryan, DE, UAB
158. Pittsburgh - Kosier, Kyle, G, Arizona State
159. St. Louis - Greisen, Nick, ILB, Wisconsin
160. New England - Lluellyn, Everett, OLB, Michigan

I wasn't kidding when I said that the rest of my WR core was horrible. So we took another WR to be our #3 Wide Receiver. WR Josh Reed (28a 43p)

2002 College Draft Round 6
161. Houston - Buchanon, Phillip, CB, Miami, Florida
162. Carolina - McCall, Patrick, RB, Oregon State
163. Detroit - Bingham, T.J., DE, Ouachita
164. Buffalo - Knell, Brad, C, West Virginia
165. San Diego - Soliday, Jake, WR, Northern Iowa
166. Dallas - Chandler, Mark, DE, Arizona State
167. Minnesota - Davis, Nick, WR, Wisconsin
168. Kansas City - Brackins, Eric, ILB, Michigan
169. Jacksonville - Colombo, Marc, T, Boston College
170. Cincinnati - Smith, Lawrence, G, Tennessee State
171. Indianapolis - Posharow, Clyde, T, Stanford
172. Arizona - Walker, Jim, G, Utah State
173. New Orleans - Reed, Josh, WR, Louisiana State
174. Tennessee - Fields, Tim, ILB, Clemson
175. New York G - Stevenson, Dominique, OLB, Tennessee
176. Cleveland - Ferguson, Jarrett, FB, Virginia Tech
177. Atlanta - Beckam, Tony, CB, Wisconsin - Stout
178. Washington - Phillips, Bryan, G, Oklahoma State
179. Denver - Harper, Alan, DT, Fresno State
180. Seattle - Meyer, Terrell, OLB, Georgia Tech
181. San Diego - Fleming, Ryan, WR, Air Force
182. New York J - Stansbury, Ed, FB, UCLA
183. Oakland - Faulk, Treverance, ILB, Louisiana State
184. Baltimore - McCoy, Ivory, OLB, Michigan State
185. Miami - Mailo, Faaesea, G, Southern California
186. Philadelphia - Clausen, A.J., P, Morgan State
187. San Francisco - Kroner, Donovan, DT, North Carolina State
188. Green Bay - Sturgill, Earnest, G, Georgia
189. Chicago - Heitmann, Eric, G, Stanford
190. Pittsburgh - Freeman, Eddie, DT, UAB
191. St. Louis - Hicks, Brandon, DE, Bowling Green
192. New England - Nece, Ryan, OLB, UCLA

And with our last pick, we take OLB James Allen (23a 40p)

2002 College Draft Round 7
193. Houston - Lowe, Omare, S, Washington
194. Carolina - Taylor, T.C., WR, Jackson State
195. Detroit - Rasheed, Saleem, OLB, Alabama
196. Buffalo - Hodges, Brian, TE, Illinois
197. San Diego - Howard, Marcel, T, Iowa State
198. Dallas - Paige, Melvin, G, South Carolina
199. Minnesota - Hudson, Colin, WR, Oregon State
200. Kansas City - Monroe, Derrius, DE, Virginia Tech
201. Jacksonville - Gomez, Ray, QB, Illinois
202. Cincinnati - Haggard, Colin, T, North Alabama
203. Indianapolis - Goel, Bucky, QB, Iowa
204. Arizona - Burford, Seth, QB, Cal. - Poly SLO
205. New Orleans - Allen, James, OLB, Oregon State
206. Tennessee - White, Greg, DE, Minnesota
207. New York G - Lawson, Josh, G, Virginia
208. Cleveland - Moody, Thomas, G, Florida
209. Atlanta - Witherspoon, William, OLB, Georgia
210. Washington - Metcalf, Terrence, G, Mississippi
211. Denver - Johnson, Larrell, C, South Carolina
212. Seattle - Muniz, Terrell, OLB, Kentucky
213. Tampa Bay - Weary, Fred, G, Tennessee
214. New York J - Duckett, John, OLB, Virginia
215. Oakland - English, R.J., WR, Pittsburgh
216. Baltimore - George, Kenny, DT, Vanderbilt
217. Miami - Thelwell, J.J., DT, Northern Illinois
218. Philadelphia - Panariello, Norman, T, Windsor (Ont.)
219. San Francisco - Kustok, Zak, QB, Northwestern
220. Green Bay - Vollers, Kurt, T, Notre Dame
221. Chicago - Simmons, Kendall, G, Auburn
222. Pittsburgh - Barbee, Marco, K, Iowa
223. St. Louis - Romero, Frank, G, Oklahoma
224. New England - Routzahn, Evan, G, Virginia

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Some News

The league office has decided to suspend Phillip Daniels of Chicago for the 2002 season.

Daniels tested positive for alcohol use, in violation of the league's strict anti-drug policy.

Amateur Draft Report:
Rnd 1 - Donte' Stallworth, WR, Tennessee
Rnd 2 - Jon McGraw, S, Kansas State
Rnd 3 - Raonall Smith, OLB, Washington State
Rnd 4 - Bryant McKinnie, T, Miami, Florida
Rnd 5 - Julius Peppers, DE, North Carolina
Rnd 6 - Josh Reed, WR, Louisiana State
Rnd 7 - James Allen, OLB, Oregon State

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Post Training Camp News
New Orleans sold 59,900 season tickets for the season out of a capacity of 72,700.

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<B>2002 New Orleans Saints Roster</B><pre><font face="courier" size=2><BR> Player # Pos Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct <BR><font color="#0000FF">Brooks, Aaron 2 QB 3 32 62 2 yrs. </font><BR>Blake, Jeff 14 QB 10 16 16 1 yr. <BR>Delhomme, Jake 12 QB 3 6 30 1 yr. <BR><font color="#0000FF">McAllister, Deuce 26 RB 2 54 66 5 yrs. </font><BR><font color="#00FF00">Fenderson, James 48 RB 2 16 25 2 yrs. </font><BR>McAfee, Fred 25 RB 11 31 31 1 yr. <BR>Henry, Leonard 40 RB 1 26 30 1 yr. <BR>Norris, Moran 33 FB 2 19 41 4 yrs. <BR><font color="#0000FF">Smith, Terrelle 44 FB 3 36 47 2 yrs. </font><BR><font color="#0000FF">Sharpe, Shannon 86 TE 13 81 81 3 yrs. </font><BR>Hall, Lamont 81 TE 4 33 38 2 yrs. <BR>Williams, Boo 82 TE 2 17 33 1 yr. <BR><font color="#0000FF">Horn, Joe 87 FL 7 57 57 2 yrs. </font><BR>Wilson, Robert 85 FL 4 20 22 1 yr. <BR><font color="#0000FF">Stallworth, Donte' 88 SE 1 44 67 5 yrs. </font><BR><font color="#00FF00">Lewis, Michael 84 SE 2 15 19 2 yrs. </font><BR>Reed, Josh 80 SE 1 25 40 2 yrs. <BR><font color="#0000FF">McKinnie, Bryant 63 LT 1 28 60 3 yrs. </font><BR>Carr, Chuck 74 LT 1 17 25 1 yr. <BR><font color="#0000FF">Brown, Ray 75 LG 15 54 54 2 yrs. </font><BR><font color="#00FF00">Reyes, Tutan 76 LG 2 12 23 2 yrs. </font><BR><font color="#0000FF">Fontenot, Jerry 62 C 14 76 76 2 yrs. </font><BR>Houser, Kevin 47 C 3 14 26 1 yr. <BR><font color="#0000FF">Stone, Ron 72 RG 10 73 73 4 yrs. </font><BR>King, Andy 61 RG 1 19 38 1 yr. <BR><font color="#0000FF">Turley, Kyle 68 RT 5 58 60 3 yrs. </font><BR>Gowin, Toby 4 P 6 53 53 1 yr. <BR>Carney, John 3 K 14 53 53 1 yr. <BR><font color="#0000FF">Howard, Darren 93 LDE 3 48 60 2 yrs. </font><BR>Whitehead, Willie 98 LDE 4 11 16 1 yr. <BR><font color="#0000FF">Hand, Norman 99 LDT 7 51 51 3 yrs. </font><BR><font color="#00FF00">Chase, Martin 92 LDT 4 11 18 1 yr. </font><BR><font color="#0000FF">Glover, La'Roi 97 RDT 7 65 66 6 yrs. </font><BR>Smith, Kenny 90 RDT 2 17 36 2 yrs. <BR><font color="#0000FF">Peppers, Julius 91 RDE 1 30 49 3 yrs. </font><BR><font color="#0000FF">Allen, James 55 SLB 1 23 43 3 yrs. </font><BR><font color="#00FF00">Gleason, Steve 37 SLB 3 19 33 1 yr. </font><BR><font color="#0000FF">Clemons, Charlie 56 MLB 5 41 48 1 yr. </font><BR>Holden, Curtis 57 MLB 2 13 19 1 yr. <BR>Moore, Marty 96 MLB 9 18 18 1 yr. <BR><font color="#0000FF">Smith, Raonall 54 WLB 1 25 51 4 yrs. </font><BR><font color="#00FF00">Hodge, Sedrick 52 WLB 2 18 28 3 yrs. </font><BR>Knight, Roger 53 WLB 2 13 30 1 yr. <BR>Carter, Tim 41 LCB 2 17 38 1 yr. <BR><font color="#0000FF">Israel, Steve 46 LCB 10 21 21 1 yr. </font><BR>Knight, Tom 39 LCB 6 19 19 1 yr. <BR><font color="#0000FF">Thomas, Fred 22 RCB 6 29 32 2 yrs. </font><BR>Wilson, Jerry 42 RCB 6 21 28 2 yrs. <BR><font color="#00FF00">Hawthorne, Michael 36 RCB 3 12 17 1 yr. </font><BR><font color="#0000FF">Knight, Sammy 29 SS 6 72 72 1 yr. </font><BR><font color="#0000FF">McGraw, Jon 35 FS 1 30 66 4 yrs. </font><BR>Bellamy, Jay 20 FS 9 50 50 3 yrs. <BR>Newsome, Richard 31 FS 2 19 37 1 yr. <BR> <BR>Players Under Contract: 53<BR>On Active Roster: 46<BR> <BR>Salary Cap: $71,100,000<BR>Cap Room: $20,710,000<BR>Maximum for New Player: $20,940,000<BR>Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $0<BR> <BR>Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0<BR>Cap Room Required Next Year: $41,380,000</pre></font><p>

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I was worried that if I did not start McGraw, he would not develope, so I'm starting him over Bellamy. Bellamy will see a lot of playing time, though, as I am making him my nickel back.<P><B>Number of draftees starting: 6 of 7</B><P>The 7th player is my 3rd WR who will see playing time.

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<pre><font face="courier" size=2>New Orleans Saints 2002 Exhibition Season Schedule<BR> <BR> Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather <BR>Week 1 OPEN <BR>Week 2 HOUSTON TEXENS <BR>Week 3 at Miami Dolphins <BR>Week 4 at Cincinnati Bengals <BR>Week 5 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS </font></pre>

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<pre><font face="courier" size=2>New Orleans Saints 2002 Regular Season Schedule<BR> <BR> Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather <BR>Week 1 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers <BR>Week 2 GREEN BAY PACKERS <BR>Week 3 at Chicago Bears <BR>Week 4 at Detroit Lions <BR>Week 5 PITTSBURGH STEELERS <BR>Week 6 at Washington Redskins <BR>Week 7 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS <BR>Week 8 ATLANTA FALCONS <BR>Week 9 OPEN <BR>Week 10 at Carolina Panthers <BR>Week 11 at Atlanta Falcons <BR>Week 12 CLEVELAND BROWNS <BR>Week 13 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS <BR>Week 14 at Baltimore Ravens <BR>Week 15 MINNESOTA VIKINGS <BR>Week 16 at Cincinnati Bengals <BR>Week 17 CAROLINA PANTHERS <BR></font></pre>

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<B>2002 Preseason Results:</b><P><B>New Orleans Saints beat Houston Texans 37-17</B><P>Injury: Lamont Hall, TE - Strained Elbow Tendon, Out, full strength in about 7 weeks.<P>Signed: TE Brian Kozlowski (24/24)<P>Cut: DT Martin Chase<P><B>Miami Dolphins beat New Orleans Saints 17-13</B><P>Injury: Ray Brown, LG - Sprained Ankle, Probable, full strength in about 2 weeks.<P><B>New Orleans Saints beat Cincinatti Bengals 23-13</B><P><B>Indianapolis Colts beat New Orleans Saints 28-24</B><P>Injury: Shannon Sharpe, TE - Knee Tendinitis, Probable, full strength in about 2 weeks.<P><B>Preseason Record: 2-2</B>

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<B>Week 1</B><P><B>New Orleans Saints (0-0) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-0)</B><P>Tampa Bay is favored by 3<BR>Attendance: 62,100 (65,700)<BR>Weather: 88 degrees, fair<P>TB get the ball first and go three and out. We get the ball at our own 31. A 16 yard pass from Brooks to Horn get us to midfield. Then McAllister gets the ball and runs around the right end and takes it to the house! His first run of the season goes for 53 yards and the TD. Saints lead 7-0.<P>Tampa Bay gets the ball and Johnson goes to work. 3 passes for 18-20 yards (2 to Keyshawn Johnson) and TB is at our 23. Then our D steps up with an interception by Clemons and he takes it for 56 yards down to the Tampa Bay 28 yard line!<P>Almost turned the ball back over on a McAllister fumble, but we recover it. From there, it's easy. A few plays later, a 5 yard TD pass from Brooks to Stallworth ofr the TD. Saints lead 14-0.<P>TB gets the ball to midfield. THey stall and on a 3rd and 14 we intercept the ball again! This time it's Knight (0 yard return).<P>McAllister again with a huge run! This time for 47 yards and the touchdown! Saints lead 21-0 in the 1st quarter. McAllister already has over 100 yards rushing.<P>Tampa Bay on their next drive get it together. They go the distance, mostly on the arm of Johnson and get in for a 2 yard touchdown run by Alstott. Saints lead 21-7.<P>Another Saints drive ends in another Saints touchdown. This time on a 14 yard pass from Brooks to McAllister. Saints lead 28-7.<P>On the next drive, Tampa Bay converts on 2 3rd down conversions to get down the field and kick a 35 yard FG. Saints lead 28-10.<P>The Tampa defense finally gets it together for the next drive. After we gained a first down, Brooks gets saick to make it 2nd and 17 and we can't get the first and punt it away.<P>Tampa Bay then gets the ball to our 39. Johnson tries the bomb to the endzone, INTERCEPTED! Knight for his 2nd interception on the day and he returns it 97 YARDS for the TD! Saints lead 35-10.<P>Tampa Bay puts together a 2nd minute offensive drive and gets it done. With 6 seconds left, they fack the FG and Gramatica throws a TD pass to Johnson! <P><B>Half Time score: Saints lead 35-17</B><P>We get the ball and go nowhere. Tampa gets the ball and Johnson is picked off again. This time by Smith and again we return it for the TD. THis time for 40 yards. Saints lead 42-17.<P>On Tamps's next drive, Johnson is once again picked off. This time by Allen. We get down the field and score on a McAllister run. Saints lead 48-17.<P>FOr the rest of the game, Tampa Bay turned it over 3 more times. Both teams would add a FG to their scores.<P><B>Final Score: Saints win 51-20</B><P>We ripped that defense apart. But their D could not help the massive amount of turnovers. 6 interceptions and 2 fumbles for a total of 8 turnovers. Blake did throw one INT as he was in for a few plays.<P>McAllister ran for 142 yards on 14 carries and got 3 TDs. Brooks was 20-27 for 160 yards and 2 TDs.<P>Keyshawn Johnson did all he could for the Bucs. 10 catches for 160 yards and 1 TD.<P>As for the rookies, here's how they did in their first NFL game.<P>Dante' Stallworth had 4 rec for 39 yards and 1 TD.<BR>Josh Reed was only in for 4 plays, but he got the ball thrown to him once. But it was not caught.<BR>Bryant McKinnie played in 40 plays and did not let up a sack, but had no key blocks.<BR>Julius Peppers played 66 plays and had 4 tcks, 1 ast and 2.0 sacks.<BR>James Allen played 62 plays, had 4 tcks, 2 ast, 1.0 sacks with 1 INT for 18 yards.<BR>Raonall Smith was in for 31 plays, had 3 tcks, 2 ast with 1 INT for 40 yards and a TD.<BR>Jon McGraw played 65 plays, had 3 tcks, 1 ast and only had 1 pass caught on him.

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<B>Week 1 Review</B><P><B>NFC South Standings</B><pre><font face="courier" size=2> NFC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div <BR><font color=red>New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 51 20 1-0 1-0 </font> <BR>Atlanta 1 0 0 1.000 24 13 1-0 0-0 <BR>Carolina 0 1 0 .000 6 30 0-0 0-0 <BR>Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 20 51 0-1 0-1 <BR></font></pre><P><B>NFC South Week 1 Games</B><BR>Atlanta beat Green Bay 24-13<BR>Baltimore beat Carolina 30-6<BR>New Orleans beat Tampa Bay 51-20<P><B>NFC South Week 2 Games</B><BR>Chicago at Atlanta<BR>Tampa Bay at Baltimore<BR>Detroit at Carolina<BR>Green Bay at New Orleans<P><B>Saints Players of the Week</B><BR>Duece McAllister 14-142, 3 TD<BR>Julius Peppers 4 tck, 1 ast, 2,0 sacks, 1 PDfn<BR>Sammy Knight 5 tck, 3 ast, 2 int

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<B>Week 2 News</B><P>We get Lamont Hall back from his injury as he is listed as probable. As a result, Boo Williams goes on the inactive squad.

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<B>Week 2</B><P><B>Green Bay Packers (0-1) at New Orleans Saints (1-0)</B><P>Green Bay is favored by 2<BR>Attendance: 65,900 (72,700)<BR>Weather: 68 degrees, fair<P>The first quarter saw the two teams exchange FGs.<P>We get the first TD on a pass from Brooks to Sharpe to make it 10-3. Then, we get an interception and drive the field and get a 26 yard FG to make it 13-3.<P><B>Half Time score: Saints lead 13-3</B><P>Green Bay gets off to a good start by driving the field and scoring a TD on an 8 yard pass from Favre to Driver to make it 13-10. <P>We get the ball and drive the field only to fumble it on a sack. Green Bay gets it but doesn't do anything with it. <P>The beginning of the 4th quarter saw another Brooks fumble on a sack. This time Green Bay is able to get a TD on a run play to take the lead 17-13.<P>Then, Green Bay gets on fire. Brooks throws a pick and Green Bay scores a TD 2 plays later to make the score 24-13.<P>We get the ball and can't do anything. Green Bay gets it back and scores again on a run play. The score is now 31-13 with 2 minutes left, and it would end that way.<P><B>Final Score: Packers win 31-13</B><P>We didn't score any 2nd half points.<P>Another good day from McAllister (23-92 yrds). We just couldn't get anything going because of 3 turnovers.

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<pre><font face="courier" size=2>
NFC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div<br>Atlanta 2 0 0 1.000 41 20 2-0 0-0 <br><font color=red>New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 64 51 1-1 1-0 </font><br>Carolina 1 1 0 .500 22 37 1-0 0-0 <br>Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .000 27 60 0-1 0-1
</font></pre><p>NFC South Week 2 Games
Atlanta beat Chicago 17-7
Baltimore beat Tampa Bay 9-7
Carolina beat Detroit 16-7
<font color=red>Green Bay beat New Orleans 31-13</font>

NFC South Week 3 Games
Cincinattie at Atlanta
Carolina at Minnesota
<font color=red>New Orleans at Chicago</font>
St. Louis at Tampa Bay

New Orleans Plays fo the Week
RB Duece McAllister 23-94, 0 TD.

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Lamont Hall, TE - Strained Elbow Tendon, Probable, full strength in about 2 weeks.

We give SS Sammy Knight an extension to his contract. He's in his last season on contract. We give him a $21,160,000, 5 yrs contract.

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New Orleans Saints (1-1) at Chicago Bears (0-2)

Saints favored by 1
Attendance: 66,400 (68,700)
Weather: 44 degrees, fair

We get the ball first. Our first drive was going ok but then there was a huge pass from Brooks to Stallworth that went for 51 yards to the Chicago 19 yardline. On the nest play, get a holding call against us that kills the drive. We get it back to the 21 yard line and kick the 38 yard FG to take the 3-0 lead.

Chicago mimics our first drive. It goes a couple of plays, but then break it for a huge gain. This time it was Pritchett on a run for 53 yards. Their drive ends on a 28 yard FG to tie the game at 3.

On the next drive, we convert two 3rd and longs only to stop short at the 33 yard line and miss a 50 yard FG. This gave Chicago good field position, but we make them go 3 and out.

A few minutes into the 2nd, we fumble the ball and Chicago gets the ball at our 20 yard line. They get to our 7 yardline and make the 24 yard FG to take the 6-3 lead.

We trade punts and then we get a long drive going. It lasts over 4 1/2 minutes and with time running out in the 2nd, we kick a 25 yard FG to tie the game at 6.

Half Time Score: Tied 6-6

The 2nd half starts off with a good drive by Chicago, but it comes to a crashing halt as Thomas picks off Chicago QB Kelly and takes it the distance. Saints lead 13-6.

They get the ball back and do nothing. We get the ball and drive the length of the field. Our drive lasts almost 6 minutes on 15 plays and 92 yards. It ends with an 11 yard TD pass to McAllister. Saints lead 20-6.

The rest of the game, Chicago would do nothing, and neither would we. A couple of penelties killed a few good drives that could of led to use blowing this one out. But it didn't matter. Our D stopped them cold.

FInal Score: Saints win 20-6

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<pre><font face="courier" size=2>NFC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div <br>Atlanta 3 0 0 1.000 60 33 2-0 0-0 <br><font color=red>New Orleans 2 1 0 .667 84 57 2-1 1-0 </font> <br>Carolina 1 2 0 .333 38 63 1-1 0-0 <br>Tampa Bay 0 3 0 .000 30 88 0-2 0-1
</font></pre><p>NFC South Week 3 Games
Atlanta beat Cincinatti 19-13
Minnesota beat Carolina 26-16
<font color=red>New Orleans beat Chicago 20-6</font>
St.Louis beat Tampa Bay 28-3

NFC South Week 4 Games
Carolina at Green Bay
Tampa Bay at Cincinatti
<font color=red>New Orleans at Detroit</font>

New Orleans Plays fo the Week
QB Aaron Brooks 20-31, 223 yards, 1 TD
DE Darren Howard 4 Tck, 1 Ast, 1.5 Sacks

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Lamont Hall, TE - Strained Elbow Tendon, Probable, full strength in about 1 week.

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New Orleans Saints (2-1) at Detroit Lions (0-3)

Saints favored by 4
Attendance: 61,900 (65,000)
Weather: 68 degrees, fair

Detroit gets the ball first and they get off to a grerat start. However, our 3rd round pick LB Smith picks the ball off and gets our O the ball. But then our O goes 3 and out.

On the first play of their next drive, Glover sacks Batch and Batch fumbles! Hand picks up the ball and returns it 36 yards for the touchdown! We take a 7-0 lead early.

They get the ball back and quickly the tie the score on a pass to Herman Moore to make it 7-7.

On our next drive, we get a big play. A pass from Brooks to Stallworth goes for 48 yards and takes us to their 10 yardline. On the next play, McAllister gets in on a run. We lead 14-7.

Detroit goes 3 and out. We get the ball. On a 3rd and long play, Brooks throws a pick at midfield. Detroit gets down to our 17 and miss a 34 yard FG.

We trade punts. Then we put together a 4 minute long drive on 12 plays for 53 yards. The drive ends inside the red zone and we make a 29 yard FG to make the score 17-7.

We trade punts until about a minute left in the half. We gotr the ball at midfield. A 19 yard pass to Stallworth gets us in field goal position. A few plays later we get it to the 24 yardline where Carney nails a 41 yard FG.

Half Time score: Saints lead 20-7

We get the ball. A great kickoff return puts us at midfield. A big pass from Brooks to McAllister gets us deep into their zone. We get a 1st and goal at the 2 yardline. 3 times, the Lions defense stuffs McAllister for no gain. We have to settle for the 19 yard FG to make it 23-7.

We trade punts until we put together a 6 minute long drive that ends on 31 yard FG being made to make the score 26-7.

They go three and out. The next drive is a 6:27 long drive that ends on a 2 yard TD run by McAllister. This drive went for 13 plays and 63 yards. Saints lead it 33-7.

On the first play of the Lions drive, they complete a pass to Hill but Bellamy strips the ball on the tackle and recovers the ball. We get the ball in great field position. However, Brooks gets sacked twice, sending us all the way to midfield and having to punt.

On the second play of Detroit's next drive, Carter picks off Batch and returns it 39 yards for the touchdown to make the score 40-7 with less than 3 minutes left in the game.

Final Score: Saints win 40-7

We're 3-1 and have been doing good. We beat Chicago convincingly and destroyed both Detroit and Tampa Bay. However, all 3 teams are horrible. Tampa Bay is 1-3 (after week 4), and both Chicago and Detroit have failed to get just 1 win. Green Bay is our only loss so far, and it was a pounding, and they're 3-1.

A great start, but we haven't played against many great teams yet.

As far as this game goes, our D dominated them. We only allowed 35 yards rushing and they cause 4 turnovers. Our rushing game was on, again, as McAllister ran for 133 yards.

The biggest part of our offense are the long drives. In today's game, we had 4 drives that lasted 4 minutes or longer (2 of them lasting 6 minutes or longer). Detroit's longest drive lasted 3:56. Only one drive lasted shorter than a full minute, and that was right before half-time when we ran out of time and had to kick the FG. Detroit had 7 drives lasting less than a minute (not including the end of the game drive that started with just 20 seconds left).

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Damn it, I accidently forgot to back this league up and it got deleted. Well, at least I never made it far in this dynasty. I do hope to start this NO Saints/Richard Stockton dynasty back up.

Since a patch for FOF4 is a few months away (hopefully), I'll probably just wait for that to continue this. So I'm just going to go back to the Stockton thing for now.