FOF 2004: Chargers Empty Cupboard

[JeffW]

This is my first dynasty post. I am going to pilot my beloved San Diego Chargers under a very strict ruleset:

House Rules

1. Empty Cupboard Start.
2. No Trades.
3. No Franchise Tag.
4. No renegotiations except with veteran holdouts.
5. May resign rostered UFAs and RFAs at any time.
6. May not sign players who were drafted before 2005.
7. May sign 1 FA during 20-step period.
8. May sign only undrafted free agents after.
9. Contracts must either meet the player's initial demand or include a signing bonus equal to the largest contract year.

I set Injuries to 150 and turn off cap increases. I generate a fictional universe with preference draft and I'm ready to roll.

I anticipate 2-5 years of dismal failure followed by decades of uninterrupted dominance. Wish me luck!

[JeffW]

2004:

My first order of business is a quick sim of the 2004 season with scouts running rosters moves, depth charts and game plans. The Chargers go 8-8 and I expect we'll have the 16th or 17th overall pick in the 2005 draft.

2005:

Before Staff Hiring, I cut every player from my roster for an empty cupboard start.

Staff Hiring: I hire three new coaches and retain my scout;

Herman Beckman DC: VG DL, LB, YT; EX DB.
Donny Tillitski OC: G RB, OL, K; VG Rec; EX QB.
Alan Dennis HC: Fa Motivation; Av Disc, Defense; VG Injury; Ex Offense.
Ernie Slutzker Scout: Av Rec; G QB, K, LB, DB, YT; VG DL; Ex RB, OL

I'm very pleased with the Coordinators--both figure to stick around for a long time. Scout is solid, though I wish he had better Young Talent rating.

Free Agency: I'm forced to skip it this year(see house rules).

Draft: I receive the 17th pick in the draft. No trades and every slot on my roster is a hole, so I'll just sit back and take best player available, with an emphasis on players who have strong measurables.

1(17) - B.J. Montgomery, T, Louisiana Tech (http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6118/ltmontgomeryqp4.jpg) Rating: 28/66 Dash: 5.1 BP: 43 Agi: 7.5 Sole: 20
2(17) - Donovan Arends, CB, Nevada Rating: 21/59 Dash: 4.4 BP: 17 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 37
3(17) - Seth Banks, QB, Notre Dame (http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6237/qbsethbanksju4.jpg) Rating: 10/70 Dash: 4.6 BP: 14 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 42
4(17) - Carlton Thamilarasan, C, Arizona State Rating: 16/56 Dash: 5.3 BP: 40 Agi: 8.1 Sole: 39
5(17) - Bucky Warren, RB, Kentucky Rating: 43/44 Dash: 4.5 BP: 18 Agi: 7.2 Sole: 28
6(17) - Ethan Seidman, RB, Northwestern Rating: 38/56 Dash: 4.6 BP: 17 Agi: 7.2 Sole: 28
7(17) - Kerry Van Dam, CB, Wagner Rating: 12/35 Dash: 4.4 BP: 18 Agi: 6.9 Sole: 27

Wow. I couldn't be more pleased with how this draft went. 5 players figure to be starters for years to come and the two RBs have good or great skill sets to go along with impecabble measurables. RB Seidman was a post draft breakout.

Next Up: I'll sign all the rookie draftees(mostly to three year contracts to ensure that they become restricted free agents) and fill out the roster with 80-120 rookie free agents.

[JeffW]

2005 Post Camp:

I ended up taking 162 players into training camp. Making cuts will be a bitch. :)

QB: Seth Banks looks like a solid starter, but his 48 and 41 potentials in Accuracy and Timing limit his upside. I sign some serviceable backups from the rookie free agent pool, but none really intrigue me.

RB: Bucky Warren breaks out a bit to 44/48. He is 84 in breakway speed, 44 hole rec, 45/54 elusiveness. Ethan Seidman's skillet is excellent as well-- 75 breakway, 52/66 hole rec, 54/74 elusiveness. He is also an excellent receiver. I have excellent depth here from rookie free agents--about 10 players who I'd be comfortable starting at RB. My talent here dictates that I play a run heavy offense for the foreseeable future. Did I mention that cutting players here is going to be a bitch? That's usually a good sign!

FB/TE: No one spectacular here, but good depth. I scrounge up a couple FBs with decent run blocking and a few pass catching TEs. I plan to run a lot of power formations this year, so depth at these positions is a plus.

WR: Complete trash here. I am going to gameplan to keep these guys off the field and out of the game.

C/OG: My 4th round pick C Carlton T. looks pretty solid except for his 9 future endurance. I am also pleased with G Kris Jordan--he is 6-8 338 and is 27/52 run blocking with 39 strength and 41 future endurance. Everyone else is the typical roster fodder you expect, with a heavy slant towards run blocking.

OT: LT Montgomery, my steal... er pick at 1(17) is 33/71 overall--+3/+3 breakout. I expect he'll end up even better than 71/71 based on his combine+breakout. I am very pleased with this position group. I have a RT with 52 run block and 50 blocking strength who will contribute nicely this year.

P/K: Warm bodies... that's it.

DE: Trash... DE is the absolute hardest spot to find good players at in FOF 2004.

DT: All three DTs on my roster are converted DEs with high Run Defense. They'll do for now. I have a hard time finding DTs as well, so I'll be on the lookout for D. Linemen in the next draft.

LB: I like what I see here. I have a lot of linebackers with decent skill at two of three areas: Run Defense, Pass Rush Technique and Bump and Run Defense(I run 100% b&r). I think I have enough to run a 3-4 this year.

CB: I am so smitten with this group that I am going to run nickel at 100% this year. My 2nd round pick, DOnovan Arends is 59 potential, but he is potential 81 b&r, 73 play diagnosis and 80 interceptions--very good or excellent in all the areas that are important to me.

S: I converted some CBs with decent run defense and the aforementioned coverage skills to give me good depth here. A player to watch out for is FS Deon Runnels. He was undrafted, but he ran a 4.46 40 and benched 24 reps--he brokeout to 43 potential and that might go up. I will probably play him over players who look a bit better because of the possibility of future breakouts.

[JeffW]

2005 Exhibition 60-man Roster

San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Curr/Fut Contract
Banks, Seth 8 QB 15 68 3 yrs
Forbes, Karl 66 QB 14 57 2 yrs
Rosalez, Vinny 88 QB 12 51 2 yrs
##Small, Ellis 12 QB 18 42 2 yrs
Seidman, Ethan 41 RB 40 56 3 yrs
Warren, Bucky 21 RB 46 48 3 yrs
Clausen, Cary 20 RB 28 39 2 yrs
##Boxer, Charles 77 RB 29 37 2 yrs
##Blanchard, Tyrus 15 RB 27 35 2 yrs
Bell, Nolan 28 RB 23 33 2 yrs
Mathews, Ken 30 FB 24 41 2 yrs
Blount, D.J. 47 FB 26 36 2 yrs
##Powell, Max 16 FB 19 35 2 yrs
##Grams, Walter 10 TE 21 44 2 yrs
Cassidy, Peter 85 TE 21 41 2 yrs
Raymond, Tom 3 TE 20 39 2 yrs
Hickman, J.J. 5 TE 18 35 2 yrs
##Stansbury, Ernie 14 FL 18 27 2 yrs
Kefauver, Vince 69 FL 16 27 2 yrs
Wooden, Jack 18 SE 12 34 2 yrs
Sheamer, Harold 82 SE 14 30 2 yrs
Poole, Jerald 69 SE 12 23 2 yrs
Thamilarasan, Carlton 58 C 18 50 3 yrs
##Barrett, Walter 57 C 22 42 2 yrs
Rodriguez, Alfred 56 C 21 40 2 yrs
Svoboda, Duane 50 C 18 34 2 yrs
Jordan, Kris 63 LG 20 31 2 yrs
Bellas, Jerald 60 RG 22 32 2 yrs
##Fewell, Wendell 78 RG 14 32 2 yrs
Montgomery, B.J. 62 LT 33 71 4 yrs
##Linquist, Marvin 67 LT 21 33 2 yrs
Bradford, Jessie 98 RT 13 33 2 yrs
Fidrych, Daryl 68 RT 15 29 2 yrs
Terrell, A.J. 9 P 33 43 2 yrs
Gaines, Alfred 3 K 18 45 2 yrs
Wigtil, Andre 74 LDE 13 33 2 yrs
Dotson, Orlando 91 LDE 20 31 2 yrs
O'Donnell, Brent 97 LDE 19 30 2 yrs
Gill, Myron 74 RDE 15 34 2 yrs
Angelou, Mitch 94 LDT 13 36 2 yrs
Sprinkle, Louis 91 NT 14 36 2 yrs
##McConkey, Renaldo 70 NT 11 34 2 yrs
Paulson, Charles 58 WILB 16 40 2 yrs
Stachelski, Kennedy 96 WILB 17 36 2 yrs
McNally, Oliver 76 MLB 12 39 2 yrs
Joyner, Larry 79 MLB 17 31 2 yrs
Wolfe, Donnie 95 WLB 15 33 2 yrs
Welch, Harold 92 WLB 18 30 2 yrs
Godfrey, Tim 55 WLB 18 28 2 yrs
Arends, Donovan 49 LCB 25 59 3 yrs
Knobbs, Dexter 30 LCB 12 34 2 yrs
##Keith, Louis 22 LCB 14 32 2 yrs
Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB 14 40 3 yrs
Pierce, Nathan 21 RCB 15 34 2 yrs
##Fitzgerald, Jessie 47 RCB 16 33 2 yrs
Weddle, Phil 1 SS 18 39 2 yrs
##Levine, Cole 40 SS 16 36 2 yrs
Runnels, Deon 24 FS 24 45 2 yrs
Murray, Greg 6 FS 18 42 2 yrs
##Blair, Dwayne 43 FS 16 39 2 yrs

We go 1-3 in exhibition, but we put up 62 Points compared to only 70 allowed. I let the computer control depth charts/game plans, so this is a very promising start. With my gameplanning, we might have a fighting chance at 6-10. Although we'd be better off with the #1 overall pick, I follow an unwritten rule that I try my best to win in any season as long as it doesn't jeopardize player development.

Post Exhibition Season Roster Moves:

Cuts:

WR Jerald Poole
FB Max Powell
C Walter Barret
CB Jessie Fitzgerald
FS Greg Murray

Injured Reserve:

DE Orlando Dotson
DT Louis Sprinkle

Other Moves:

MLB Oliver McNalley is converted to DE with excellent results(48 overall).

[JeffW]

I won't include box scores for every game this season, but I will include one for week one.

San Diego 0 3 3 0 - 6
Kansas City 0 7 7 3 - 17

Team Statistics SDO KCY

First Downs 6 26

Total Rushes 34 30
Rushing Yards 83 112
Yards Per Carry 2.4 3.7
Pass Attempts 12 33
Completions 7 23
Passing Yards 27 269
Yards Per Attempt 2.2 8.1
Sacked 1 2
Yards Lost 6 16
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 3/2

Total Plays 47 65
Total Yards 104 365
Yards Per Play 2.2 5.6

3rd Down Plays 4/15 4/11
Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.6 7.1
4th Down Plays 0/1 1/2

Penalties 10 6
Penalty Yards 51 50

Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 34
Time Of Possession 25:29 34:31

Wow were we bad. I tried some extreme stuff on offensive and defensive game planning. Obviously it's too early to tell if my gameplanning is bad, but that is one of the worst offensive days I've ever seen from one of my teams. The only thing we did right was force 4 turnovers.

[JeffW]

We go 1-3 in exhibition, but we put up 62 Points compared to only 70 allowed. I let the computer control depth charts/game plans, so this is a very promising start. With my gameplanning, we might have a fighting chance at 6-10.

:eek:

Eek.

My boasts of having a shot at 6-10 were very misplaced. This team finished as the worst team I've ever fielded--and I've done more than a few of these empty cupboard challenges. I'll leave the rest to the Team Summary:


Front Office Football 2004
2005 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 0-16
Winning Pct.: .000

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 474 14
Rushing Yards 1839 21
Yards Per Carry 3.87 22 (T)
Pass Attempts 374 32
Completions 179 32
Passing Yards 1809 32
Yards Per Attempt 4.83 32
3rd Down Conversions 28.3 32
Points Per Game 6.0 32
Turnovers 33 27 (T)
Turnover Margin -14 30

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 573 32
Rushing Yards 2833 32
Yards Per Carry 4.94 32
Pass Attempts 471 3 (T)
Completions 312 27
Passing Yards 3294 22
Yards Per Attempt 6.99 30
3rd Down Conversions 46.9 32
Points Per Game 28.6 32
Turnovers 19 26 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 6 at KCY 17
2 0 at DAL 20
3 7 at TEN 37
5 6 MIA 31
6 6 NJY 31
7 3 DEN 17
8 3 at BUF 24
9 3 at NED 34
10 7 at OAK 34
11 10 KCY 38
12 7 WAS 21
13 10 BAL 42
14 0 at NYK 37
15 3 OAK 31
16 9 PHI 14
17 16 at DEN 31

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
8 Banks QB 327 156 1542 4.71 4 14
66 Forbes QB 45 22 255 5.66 0 2
**Team --- 374 179 1809 4.83 4 16

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
41 Seidman RB 259 926 3.57 3
21 Warren RB 140 621 4.43 0
8 Banks QB 65 257 3.95 0
**Team --- 474 1839 3.87 3

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
69 Kefauver WR 67 31 376 12.1 42 0
14 Stansbury WR 47 26 309 11.8 29 2
18 Wooden WR 67 25 393 15.7 63 1
82 Sheamer WR 59 22 284 12.9 40 0
41 Seidman RB 37 21 122 5.8 72 0
85 Cassidy TE 36 18 129 7.1 26 1
47 Blount FB 23 17 70 4.1 16 0
**Team --- 374 179 1809 10.1 333 4

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
79 Joyner ILB 90 36 1.0 0 0 2
1 Weddle S 83 41 1.0 0 0 8
24 Runnels S 82 30 0.0 0 2 10
96 Stachelski ILB 66 30 0.0 0 0 0
58 Paulson ILB 64 23 5.5 2 0 0
23 Van Dam CB 60 14 0.0 0 1 11
92 Welch OLB 59 25 1.0 1 0 0
49 Arends CB 58 12 0.0 0 3 10
94 Angelou DT 52 20 1.5 1 0 0
22 Keith CB 47 17 0.0 0 0 1
76 McNally DE 39 24 5.5 11 0 0
74 Gill DE 36 14 1.5 4 0 0
95 Wolfe OLB 33 12 0.5 0 2 1
21 Pierce CB 29 6 0.0 0 1 2
97 O'Donnell DE 22 16 1.5 6 0 0
30 Knobbs CB 22 4 0.0 0 0 1
41 Seidman RB 19 0 0.0 0 0 0
**Team --- 946 333 19.0 30 10 47

Despite our abyssmal season, two Chargers received season awards. SS Weddle was defensive rookie of the year and P AJ Terrell was first team all pro punter... lol. Weddle didn't make any big plays and Terrell averaged 41.1 yards per punt. I am completely disgusted with this team. Oh well, no one said this was going to be easy.

[JeffW]

2006 Post Season:

I retain all 4 staff members for the next season.

20-step Free Agency:

I can sign 1 second year player. There are no impact players in thie free agent class. I wait 6 weeks and sign FB Philip Andrews to a 1 year minsal deal(his requested contract). He is decent at run blocking 28/62 and avoid drops 36/72 and his route running is 6/14, which is a + for a FB--although with my receivers I might be better off if he caught more balls.

Amateur Draft:

Jackpot. The #1 overall player is Ryan Ackerman, a 47/95 QB out of Iowa with low volatility and excellent.

In the 2nd round, I am torn between CB Gus Flowers Fresno St 33/60 with 4.4 40, 16 reps and 6.76 Agility, but I end up taking Norm Vann because of his lower volatility and better skillset.

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1(1) - Ryan Ackerman, QB, Iowa (http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8720/qbryanackermandm3.jpg) - Rating: 47/95 Dash: 4.6 BP: 19 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 46
Rnd 2(1) - Norm Vann, S, Michigan State - Rating: 37/66 Dash: 4.5 BP: 26 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 31
Rnd 3(1) - Dwayne Riley, WR, Houston - Rating: 28/53 Dash: 4.4 BP: 12 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 27
Rnd 4(1) - Geoff Abrams, S, Central Florida - Rating: 24/55 Dash: 4.5 BP: 24 Agi: 7.1 Sole: 44
Rnd 5(1) - Shaun Cordon, CB, Mansfield - Rating: 14/49 Dash: 4.6 BP: 10 Agi: 7.3 Sole: 25
Rnd 6(1) - T.J. Hinsley, OLB, Bowdoin - Rating: 24/36 Dash: 4.8 BP: 30 Agi: 7.3 Sole: 29
Rnd 7(1) - Lonnie Dunn, CB, Arizona State - Rating: 25/35 Dash: 4.5 BP: 14 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 20

I'm not as pleased with this draft as I was with the 2005 draft. Despite my DBs being an area of strength, I got roped into drafting 4 of them because of my devotion to taking the best available players. I will have to run 100% nickel this year to take advantage of my treasure trove at DB.

QB Ryan Ackerman is ridiculously awesome. Resigning him in 5 years is going to be painful though. I anticipate having to spend 20-25% of my salary cap to keep him. Seth Banks is relegated to the bench--New York offered me a 1st round pick for him(of course I can't take it). Must have been impressed by his 4.8 y/a season.

I have hopes that my 6th and 7th round draft picks will breakout. They have very good measurables and high-very high volatility. I sign everyone to 3 year contracts except Ackerman who holds out for a 5-yr deal instead of 6. Pity.

On to late free agency.

[JeffW]

I take 158 players into training camp this year... 4 less than last year. Progress.

My 5th-7th round draft picks failed to meet expectations. I doubt any of them will make my final roster.

Exhibition season: I cut the roster from 158->60. We went 2-2. Notable is the loss of DE Oliver McNally--this one really hurts. McNally was one of the best players on the team and now he's out for 68 weeks with a degenerative hip condition. His career is likely over.

Here is the roster for the start of the regular season:

San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 1 54 93 5 yrs
Banks, Seth 8 QB 2 28 67 2 yrs
Forbes, Karl 66 QB 2 20 61 1 yr.
##Hatcher, Earnest 12 QB 1 24 46 2 yrs
Seidman, Ethan 41 RB 2 45 55 2 yrs
Warren, Bucky 21 RB RB 2 51 52 2 yrs
Clausen, Cary 20 RB 2 29 39 1 yr.
Boxer, Charles 77 RB 2 32 37 1 yr.
##Bell, Nolan 28 RB 2 24 30 1 yr.
Acevedo, Donovan 9 FB FB 1 17 44 2 yrs
Andrews, Phillip 42 FB 2 27 38 1 yr.
##Powell, Max 16 FB 2 21 35 1 yr.
Fisher, Trent 89 TE TE 1 26 49 2 yrs
Boyd, Dustin 34 TE 1 17 49 2 yrs
Lane, Randal 81 TE 1 26 47 2 yrs
##Nece, Maurice 25 FL 1 26 41 2 yrs
McKelvey, Clay 34 FL 1 24 38 2 yrs
Lee, Ricky 34 FL 1 19 36 2 yrs
Hutchins, Bobby 86 FL FL 1 17 35 2 yrs
Riley, Dwayne 89 SE SE 1 31 50 3 yrs
##Sheamer, Harold 82 SE 2 17 30 1 yr.
Thamilarasan, Carlton 58 C C 2 23 46 2 yrs
Springer, Clyde 59 C 1 18 44 2 yrs
##Fleming, Lorenzo 50 LG 1 20 37 2 yrs
Upshaw, Cary 69 LG LG 1 22 35 2 yrs
Whittle, Dustin 17 LG RG 1 20 33 2 yrs
**Jordan, Kris 63 LG 2 24 32 1 yr.
Hanson, Andrew 17 RG 1 18 38 2 yrs
**Bellas, Jerald 60 RG 2 26 33 1 yr.
Montgomery, B.J. 62 LT LT 2 46 66 3 yrs
Linquist, Marvin 67 LT 2 24 34 1 yr.
Hardy, Russell 28 RT RT 1 14 37 2 yrs
**Hammond, Jorge 39 RT 1 13 37 2 yrs
Stanfield, Larry 22 P 1 39 53 2 yrs
Coleman, Willie 25 K 1 38 61 2 yrs
**McNally, Oliver 76 LDE 2 25 49 1 yr.
Fleming, Arnold 75 LDE LDE 1 18 32 2 yrs
Gill, Myron 74 RDE RDE 2 20 33 1 yr.
Carlisle, Corey 94 RDE 1 21 30 2 yrs
Garcia, Roderick 36 LDT 1 19 42 2 yrs
Austin, Marty 77 LDT 1 18 40 2 yrs
Atkins, Zack 61 LDT 1 21 37 2 yrs
Angelou, Mitch 94 LDT NT 2 22 36 1 yr.
Paulson, Charles 58 WILB SILB 2 26 41 1 yr.
Stachelski, Kennedy 96 WILB WLB 2 25 32 1 yr.
Joyner, Larry 79 MLB WILB 2 24 31 1 yr.
Kirk, Oliver 35 WLB SLB 1 21 38 2 yrs
Wolfe, Donnie 95 WLB 2 19 33 1 yr.
Welch, Harold 92 WLB 2 23 28 1 yr.
Arends, Donovan 49 LCB LCB 2 50 59 2 yrs
Cordon, Shaun 32 LCB 1 17 43 3 yrs
Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB RCB 2 30 44 2 yrs
Dunn, Lonnie 31 RCB 1 26 34 3 yrs
**Mayo, Bucky 36 RCB 1 12 25 2 yrs
Vann, Norm 37 FS SS 1 42 63 3 yrs
Abrams, Geoff 38 FS FS 1 30 59 3 yrs
Runnels, Deon 24 FS 2 32 47 1 yr.
##Blair, Dwayne 43 FS 2 17 39 1 yr.

[JeffW]

2006 Roster Review:

QB: Ryan Ackerman is 54/93 following training camp and he figures to be the face of this franchise. He has 89-100 potentials in every skill except timing 2/8 and scramble frequency 28. It's common to see QBs with very low timing. How much does that skill matter? Depth is exceptional here. Seth Banks crashed and burned his rookie year, but I would still feel comfortable starting him if necessary and Karl Forbes(I should have mentioned last year that I have high hopes for him based on his measurables) is a long term project who should develop into a superb backup or solid starter.

RB: Still solid here. I return 5 players with good skillsets. This year, Ethan Seidman could see time at wide receiver.

FB: Rookie Donovan Acevedo is a converted TE with 10/94 run blocking, 89 blocking strength, 10/96 avoid drops. I expect big things from him.

TE: Full of unspectacular blocker/receivers. Nothing to write home about, but they get the job done.

WR: I'm not the greatest at evaluating WRs, but this group is infinitely better than last years. 3rd round pick dwayne riley is somewhat disappointing with 9/45 avoid drops, but his other potentials range from 50-80. The other WRs have good potentials in avoid drops and getting downfield. Those are the most important skills, right?

C/OG: C Carlton T. is slow to develop and his rookie free agent backup looks more promising at this point. All the guards are fair players with marginal skills in pass and run blocking. I am going to pass the ball a lot more last year, so there was some turnover all across the line.

OT: Sophomore BJ Montgomery is good, but his skills are down a bit from last season. He's still the 2nd best player on the team, and I hope he'll be more productive than last years 27.7 Block% season. Linquist is a good pass blocker... I'm actually going to move him to start at RT after this post.

P/K: Last year's all pro punter :rolleyes: was cut. His replacement is 53/74 in kicking power. Rookie K Willie Coleman is very accurate and average in power and kickoff hangtime.

DE: McNalley is unfortunately gone, likely for his career. He had a very good skillset and we will miss him. The other DEs look decent this year, though low endurance across the board might be problematic.

DT: Low Endurance is a problem here also, but all the DTs are 60-70 futures in run blocking. I have enough strength here to run my preferred 4-3 defense.

LB: Pretty much the same group as last year. I cut my rookie 6th round pick as he failed to boom. Pretty good ratings in run defense, bump coverage and pass rush tech across the board.

CB: Arends is still a stud and last year's 7th round pick Kerry Van Dam is not far behind. Everyone is solid at B&R and interceptions and most are good at play diagnosis as well.

S: I will start two rookies here. Both are spectacular in coverage and one of them or perhaps Runnels will play dime back as well as start at safety.

[JeffW]

Box Score: San Diego at Oakland
Oakland, CA.

Week 1, 2006

Attendance: 53,000 (62,500).


Weather: 84 degrees, rain.

1Q: 08:20 SDO - Oliver Kirk 64 fumble return.
1Q: 08:20 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 10:22 SDO - Willie Coleman 32 field goal.
3Q: 03:51 OAK - Ray Lincoln 34 field goal.

Game MVP: SDO 35 Oliver Kirk

San Diego 7 3 0 0 - 10
Oakland 0 0 3 0 - 3

Team Statistics SDO OAK

First Downs 13 21

Total Rushes 28 27
Rushing Yards 156 133
Yards Per Carry 5.5 4.9
Pass Attempts 34 41
Completions 18 22
Passing Yards 97 230
Yards Per Attempt 2.8 5.6
Sacked 3 0
Yards Lost 19 0
Interceptions 0 1
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 5/3

Total Plays 65 68
Total Yards 234 363
Yards Per Play 3.6 5.3

3rd Down Plays 6/17 4/12
Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.1 5.9
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/1

Penalties 5 6
Penalty Yards 55 32

Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 23
Time Of Possession 30:23 29:37

Good News: We didn't have to wait long for the first win of the season. It was ugly, but we'll tkae what we can get. I cannot understand what is going on with the passing game. We should not be as bad as we have been the last two seasons.

Bad News: Ryan Ackerman is Out 5 weeks with a pulled calf muscle. I hope this isn't an omen.

[JeffW]

Front Office Football 2004
2006 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 4-12
Winning Pct.: .250

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 431 24
Rushing Yards 1727 26
Yards Per Carry 4.00 19
Pass Attempts 541 5
Completions 291 24
Passing Yards 2760 29
Yards Per Attempt 5.10 32
3rd Down Conversions 36.4 29
Points Per Game 15.5 28
Turnovers 25 15
Turnover Margin -3 20 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 533 31
Rushing Yards 2654 32
Yards Per Carry 4.97 32
Pass Attempts 562 30 (T)
Completions 336 30
Passing Yards 3304 13 (T)
Yards Per Attempt 5.87 8
3rd Down Conversions 43.2 26
Points Per Game 22.2 31
Turnovers 22 22 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 10 at OAK 3
2 7 SEA 30
3 10 at JAX 13
4 19 at PIT 16
6 24 at BAL 30
7 17 CLE 20
8 19 at DEN 24
9 13 OAK 37
10 9 CIN 34
11 20 KCY 17
12 21 at STL 38
13 20 BUF 24
14 17 at SFO 20
15 36 DEN 21
16 6 ARI 19
17 0 at KCY 10

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 325 169 1688 5.19 9 11
8 Banks QB 213 121 1067 5.00 3 3
**Team --- 541 291 2760 5.10 12 15

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
21 Warren RB 292 1135 3.88 9
41 Seidman RB 87 398 4.57 1
**Team --- 431 1727 4.00 12

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
89 Riley WR 114 58 638 11.0 84 2
41 Seidman RB 80 49 373 7.6 165 1
89 Fisher TE 62 40 358 8.9 45 3
34 McKelvey WR 77 36 443 12.3 37 3
86 Hutchins WR 66 33 328 9.9 17 1
21 Warren RB 47 21 95 4.5 53 1
82 Sheamer WR 38 20 247 12.3 44 0
**Team --- 541 291 2760 9.4 517 12

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
37 Vann S 86 21 0.0 0 1 14
38 Abrams S 70 19 0.0 0 0 14
35 Kirk OLB 69 25 2.0 1 2 6
79 Joyner ILB 67 22 2.0 0 0 9
31 Dunn CB 67 14 0.0 0 1 6
58 Paulson ILB 65 21 1.0 0 0 1
96 Stachelski ILB 52 22 1.0 0 0 3
23 Van Dam CB 49 24 0.0 0 2 20
75 Fleming DE 46 22 7.0 20 0 1
94 Angelou DT 41 16 3.0 6 0 0
24 Runnels S 32 9 0.0 0 0 1
36 Garcia DT 32 13 2.5 8 0 0
74 Gill DE 31 18 2.0 7 0 0
61 Atkins DT 31 11 2.5 7 0 0
32 Cordon CB 31 5 0.0 0 1 7
92 Welch OLB 23 5 0.0 0 0 1
49 Arends CB 23 9 0.0 0 1 2
95 Wolfe OLB 17 5 2.0 0 0 2
**Team --- 945 301 27.0 63 8 88

This is about what I expected. We were dreadful--especially our passing offense which has been even worse than could be expected. There were no real praiseworthy players either--this year we got completely shut out of the post season awards. The lone bright spot was that we held our opponents to under 6 yards per passing attempt.

We will receive the 3rd or 4th pick in next years draft.

In other news, Atlanta makes it to the super bowl for the 3rd straight year and loses for the 3rd straight time... this time to the #6 seed Houston Texans(8-8, outscored in regular season) from the AFC who put together a fairy tale playoff run. Two time defending champion Baltimore Ravens went 7-9 and failed to make the playoffs.

[JeffW]

2007 Post Season:

Staff Hiring: I try to hire a new Scout and Head Coach, but the only guys worth having are snatched up by someone with more money. I raise ticket prices.

Free Agency:

I sign a solid 3rd yeard center Pete to a 3-year minsal deal with a $540,000 bonus for $1,920,000 total. Pete should step right in and start. 26/42 run block, 23/65 pass, 60 strength, 63/75 endurance.

Draft:

I have the #3 overall pick. Unfortunately, there is a high likelihood I'm going to get hosed with this pick. The top 2 players(DEs) will likely be taken and then there are no players at positions of need until the 7th spot down the list.

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1(3) Tim Katt, DE, Kansas (http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/853/detimkatttd6.jpg) - Rating: 35/70 40: 4.9 BP: 33 Agi: 7.1 Sole: 30
Rnd 2(3) Erik Dotson, WR, Western Michigan - Rating: 36/56 40: 4.3 BP: 24 Agi: 6.9 Sole: 31
Rnd 3(3) Chad Urlacher, OLB, Houston (http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1425/lbchadurlacherrc5.jpg) - Rating: 43/65 40: 4.7 BP: 22 Agi: 7.3 Sole: 19
Rnd 4(3) Leland Prescott, G, Akron - Rating: 21/53 40: 5.2 BP: 42 Agi: 7.9 Sole: 29
Rnd 5(3) Frank Jarvis, C, Syracuse - Rating: 20/51 40: 5.0 BP: 41 Agi: 7.8 Sole: 16
Rnd 6(3) Ronald Wilcox, DT, Michigan - Rating: 21/42 40: 5.0 BP: 31 Agi: 7.7 Sole: 15
Rnd 7(3) Cory Downs, DE, Central Michigan - Rating: 22/36 40: 4.8 BP: 30 Agi: 7.5 Sole: 18

I'm very pleased with how the draft turned out. The top 5 players had minor-major breakouts and the 6th and 7th round D linemen will hopefully shore up an area of weakness.

The biggest breakout is Chad Urlacher, who broke out >10 rating points. He will be a star. DE Tim Katt was a reach(I passed on stars at CB, S and RB to take him), but he fills an area of need(and a position that's really hard to fill) and he is rock solid. Erik Dotson has all-world measurables at WR. I expect him to be our #1 starter from day 1.

The 4th and 5th round lineman are slanted towards run blocking, but they will be much better than the scrubs I started last year. Between Dotson, Prescott and Jarvis as well as FA Pete Robbins, I expect our offense to be much improved.

[JeffW]

I forgot to post the pre-season roster overview, so I will post the post season roster and go over individual players with the season summary.

San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut Contr.
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 2 92 93 4 yrs
Banks, Seth 8 QB 3 37 66 1 yr.
Forbes, Karl 66 QB 3 24 65 4 yrs
##Miiles, Kenneth 18 QB 1 4 34 1 yr.
Warren, Bucky 21 RB RB 3 60 60 1 yr.
Seidman, Ethan 41 RB 3 49 55 1 yr.
Boxer, Charles 77 RB 3 34 39 3 yrs
Clausen, Cary 20 RB 3 29 39 3 yrs
Acevedo, Donovan 9 FB FB 2 30 45 1 yr.
##Powell, Max 16 FB 3 24 36 1 yr.
Fisher, Trent 89 TE TE 2 56 56 1 yr.
Lane, Randal 81 TE 2 38 53 1 yr.
##Hemingway, Kelvin 84 TE 1 19 39 2 yrs
McKelvey, Clay 34 FL FL 2 35 41 1 yr.
Lee, Ricky 34 FL 2 23 38 1 yr.
Hutchins, Bobby 86 FL 2 25 36 1 yr.
Dotson, Erik 87 SE SE 1 49 60 3 yrs
**Riley, Dwayne 89 SE 2 39 47 2 yrs
Erickson, Dwayne 29 SE 1 17 46 2 yrs
Jarvis, Frank 56 C LG 1 32 56 3 yrs
Robbins, Pete 55 C C 3 44 54 3 yrs
Springer, Clyde 59 C RG 2 27 44 1 yr.
##Prescott, Leland 73 LG 1 23 53 3 yrs
Upshaw, Cary 69 LG 2 32 35 1 yr.
Whittle, Dustin 17 LG 2 27 34 1 yr.
Montgomery, B.J. 62 LT LT 3 65 67 2 yrs
Linquist, Marvin 67 LT RT 3 37 37 3 yrs
George, Alan 64 RT 1 22 42 2 yrs
##Nordland, Les 17 RT 1 20 41 2 yrs
Stanfield, Larry 22 P 2 44 52 1 yr.
Coleman, Willie 25 K 2 58 64 1 yr.
Katt, Tim 91 LDE LDE 1 43 70 5 yrs
Downs, Cory 97 LDE 1 26 41 3 yrs
Fleming, Arnold 75 LDE 2 24 32 1 yr.
Carlisle, Corey 94 RDE RDE 2 28 32 1 yr.
Garcia, Roderick 36 LDT 2 26 42 1 yr.
Austin, Marty 77 LDT 2 26 39 1 yr.
Angelou, Mitch 94 LDT LDT 3 31 37 3 yrs
Atkins, Zack 61 LDT RDT 2 26 36 1 yr.
Paulson, Charles 58 WILB WLB 3 37 41 3 yrs
**Stachelski, Kennedy 96 WILB 3 28 30 2 yrs
Joyner, Larry 79 MLB MLB 3 32 32 3 yrs
Urlacher, Chad 99 WLB SLB 1 50 63 3 yrs
Kirk, Oliver 35 WLB 2 29 41 1 yr.
McIntyre, Sedrick 51 WLB 1 16 40 1 yr.
Wolfe, Donnie 95 WLB 3 25 33 2 yrs
##Welch, Harold 92 WLB 3 26 27 2 yrs
Arends, Donovan 49 LCB LCB 3 71 71 1 yr.
Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB RCB 3 50 50 1 yr.
Dunn, Lonnie 31 RCB 2 35 35 2 yrs
**Mayo, Bucky 36 RCB 2 14 23 1 yr.
Tate, Norbert 40 RCB 1 11 22 1 yr.
Abrams, Geoff 38 FS FS 2 54 62 2 yrs
Vann, Norm 37 FS SS 2 50 61 4 yrs
Runnels, Deon 24 FS 3 48 50 3 yrs
**Blair, Dwayne 43 FS 3 18 38 1 yr.

[JeffW]

Front Office Football 2004
2007 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 9-7
Winning Pct.: .562

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 446 24
Rushing Yards 1737 25
Yards Per Carry 3.89 23 (T)
Pass Attempts 533 19
Completions 306 16
Passing Yards 3903 3
Yards Per Attempt 7.32 3
3rd Down Conversions 42.3 12
Points Per Game 20.5 10 (T)
Turnovers 27 23 (T)
Turnover Margin -4 23 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 454 18
Rushing Yards 2134 30
Yards Per Carry 4.70 32
Pass Attempts 555 27
Completions 309 16
Passing Yards 3058 2
Yards Per Attempt 5.50 1
3rd Down Conversions 44.5 27
Points Per Game 19.8 22
Turnovers 23 16 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 24 at DEN 0
2 10 at MIN 42
3 23 NJY 17
4 17 HOU 30
5 17 at IND 41
6 6 at OAK 26
8 37 DEN 22
9 17 at TEN 24
10 33 JAX 7
11 17 at KCY 27
12 33 CHI 21
13 3 at PIT 9
14 20 DET 10
15 23 KCY 13
16 26 at GBY 20
17 23 OAK 8

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 404 231 2968 7.34 14 10
8 Banks QB 106 62 803 7.57 6 6
**Team --- 533 306 3903 7.32 20 16

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
21 Warren RB 284 1065 3.75 5
41 Seidman RB 108 468 4.33 3
**Team --- 446 1737 3.89 9

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
87 Dotson WR 131 73 1314 18.0 244 9
89 Fisher TE 87 58 700 12.0 80 2
21 Warren RB 70 48 320 6.6 82 3
34 McKelvey WR 71 30 348 11.6 43 1
41 Seidman RB 38 25 281 11.2 77 2
89 Riley WR 33 19 258 13.5 38 0
34 Lee WR 36 18 249 13.8 20 0
**Team --- 533 306 3903 12.7 678 20

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
79 Joyner ILB 87 20 0.0 2 0 3
99 Urlacher OLB 73 30 1.5 1 1 5
38 Abrams S 69 25 0.0 0 3 9
49 Arends CB 66 16 0.0 1 2 13
37 Vann S 57 21 0.0 0 5 14
24 Runnels S 51 17 0.0 1 1 8
23 Van Dam CB 50 18 0.0 0 4 18
91 Katt DE 41 13 5.0 21 0 0
58 Paulson ILB 35 17 0.0 0 1 6
94 Angelou DT 32 10 0.5 2 0 0
94 Carlisle DE 30 11 7.5 11 0 1
61 Atkins DT 29 18 3.0 3 0 0
31 Dunn CB 24 11 0.0 0 1 2
36 Garcia DT 19 6 0.0 0 0 1
77 Austin DT 19 7 0.5 18 0 0
51 McIntyre OLB 18 9 1.0 0 0 2
**Team --- 831 274 23.0 68 18 82

Sweet! First winning season. Missed the playoff by a game(had the tiebreaker over Denver who went 10-6) I knew that a 9-7 season was a possibility, but after starting 2-4, I didn't think it was too likely. After the week 7 bye, we came back and won 7 of 10 including 4 straight to cap off the season.

We were very good passing the ball and we absolutely dominated opposing passing games on defense.

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3541/2007scoutingreportjy8.jpg

Rookie WR Dotson was excellent--he won 2nd team WR award but was inexplicably passed over for offensive ROTY for an inferior season by a rookie RB from the Texans. 2nd year TE Trent Fisher also played very well--catching 58/87 balls for 700 yards and 2 TDs.

I switched to a medium-long passing game that seemed to work nicely. Ackerman missed 4 games this season, but Banks filled in adequately. Ackerman reached 92/95 at the end of the season, so I'm expecting fireworks in '08.

Despite revamping the O line, RB Warren had another marginal season--dropping to 3.8 y/c. Seidman was a good change of pace/receiving back. Next year, both RBs will be back and I will make Seidman the starter again because of his far superior receiving production.

On defense, our front 7 seemed to be unproductive again and I tend to think that our superb cover corners and safeties are responsible for our success in pass defense. Once again we led the league in rushing y/c allowed. Neither of the star defensive rookies were particularly impressive and Katt's pass rush technique is a mediocre 18/44--I am starting to regret my decision to pick him. Maybe if I'd drafted that 35/86 safety we would have allowed 4.5 y/a instead of 5.5. :D

[JeffW]

Btw, if you read this thread, let me know what you think. Thanks. :cool:

[JeffW]

2008 Post Season:

Staff Hiring: Same four staff as I've had the last three years running. I couldn't make any moves because the demands were too high. I posted a profit loss this year and I was like 30 million under the cap or more so staff hiring might get worse before it gets better.

Free Agency:

I sign RT Les Hoang to a 3-year, $2.88m deal in week 20 of free agency. He is a 4th year player rated 43/53 with 56/65 run block, 34/50 pass, 42 strength, 41/48 endurance. He's a three year starter, but his numbers have been mediocre--30.3 key block% and 1.9 sack%.

Amateur Draft:

This year I have the 17th pick. I am not particularly enthused with the players that fall to me. Again the BPAs are safeties. I end up taking a 24/70 linebacker with good measurables. This was a weak draft and by the 6th round I just couldn't find promising players.

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1(17) Jared Upshaw, OLB, Savannah State (http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/1844/olbjaredupshawan6.jpg) - Rating: 24/68 40: 4.6 BP: 21 Agi: 7.2 Sole: 27
Rnd 2(17) Morris Jacobs, S, California - Rating 31/61 40: 4.4 BP: 27 Agi: 7.1 Sole: 34
Rnd 3(17) J.R. Green, WR, Georgia Tech - Rating: 24/41 40: 4.5 BP: 22 Agi: 7.1 Sole: 18
Rnd 4(17) Bryce Dotson, DT, Texas Christian - Rating: 20/51 40: 5.0 BP: 28 Agi: 7.5 Sole: 31
Rnd 5(17) Tom Tyler, ILB, Miami, Florida - Rating: 20/51 40: 4.7 BP: 22 Agi: 7.6 Sole: 30
Rnd 6(17) Bill Tiller, ILB, Texas Southern - Rating: 21/45 40: 4.8 BP: 24 Agi: 7.4 Sole: 29
Rnd 7(17) A.J. Bensen, T, Louisiana State - Rating: 11/45 40: 5.4 BP: 31 Agi: 7.8 Sole: 12

Couldn't pass up Jacobs in 2, his combine was just too damn good. 4 or so of these guys should start this year and the rest should make the roster. I hope Dotson and the LBs will improve our run defense, probably our biggest leak last year.

[JeffW]

10-step Free Agency: I bring in 20 rookie free agents or so--relatively austere and then get to work resigning my restricted free agents.

Here is the summary of my signings. I still have to sign Upshaw.

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/4425/2008transactionsjs2.jpg

81 Players on the roster going into camp. Much more managable than previous seasons.

[JeffW]

Woohoo, just won my first championship. Comments to follow. Here is the end of season summary:


Front Office Football 2004
2008 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 15-5
Winning Pct.: .750

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 533 1
Rushing Yards 2229 3
Yards Per Carry 4.18 10
Pass Attempts 458 31
Completions 270 30
Passing Yards 3940 5
Yards Per Attempt 8.60 1
3rd Down Conversions 45.0 5
Points Per Game 24.9 1
Turnovers 17 7 (T)
Turnover Margin +7 6 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 426 7
Rushing Yards 2112 30
Yards Per Carry 4.95 32
Pass Attempts 516 14
Completions 289 7
Passing Yards 3381 9
Yards Per Attempt 6.55 12
3rd Down Conversions 40.7 14
Points Per Game 20.5 22 (T)
Turnovers 24 9 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 36 KCY 33
2 19 at ATL 16
3 34 HOU 24
5 28 MIA 24
6 23 NJY 15
7 27 DEN 17
8 10 at BUF 6
9 36 at NED 10
10 27 OAK 14
11 17 at KCY 23
12 26 TBY 35
13 24 at CIN 30
14 33 at NOS 24
15 38 at OAK 27
16 14 CAR 17
17 7 at DEN 14
$$WC 21 at NJY 13
$$CS 27 at KCY 19
$$CF 30 at TEN 20
**FB 20 vs TBY 13

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 429 259 3792 8.83 33 9
**Team --- 458 270 3940 8.60 34 11

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
21 Warren RB 339 1532 4.51 6
41 Seidman RB 161 620 3.85 3
**Team --- 533 2229 4.18 9

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
87 Dotson WR 124 59 1160 19.6 316 9
89 Fisher TE 73 54 669 12.3 105 6
21 Warren RB 75 52 478 9.1 184 2
34 McKelvey WR 80 41 781 19.0 100 10
86 Hutchins WR 59 33 497 15.0 55 6
**Team --- 458 270 3940 14.5 841 34

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
58 Paulson ILB 88 19 2.0 2 0 4
38 Abrams S 71 36 0.0 0 2 15
37 Vann S 70 24 0.0 0 6 10
49 Arends CB 65 21 0.0 0 6 22
93 Tyler ILB 62 23 1.0 1 1 6
39 Jacobs S 59 22 0.0 0 4 12
24 Runnels S 43 10 0.0 0 0 2
54 Upshaw OLB 43 14 6.0 5 0 3
94 Carlisle DE 33 17 13.5 21 0 0
91 Katt DE 32 15 5.5 13 0 0
79 Joyner ILB 29 16 0.0 0 0 1
52 Buchanan ILB 25 8 0.0 1 1 1
71 Dotson DT 24 6 4.0 3 0 0
41 Seidman RB 17 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Austin DT 16 7 3.0 2 0 1
**Team --- 805 268 38.0 51 20 78

Season Awards:

DE Tim Katt - Front Office Bowl MVP (3.5 Sacks in the championship game)
LT B.J. Montgomery - 1st Team Offensive Tackle (48/137 key run blocks; 6 sacks allowed in 485 pass attempts).
CB Donovan Arends - 1st Team Cornerback(6 Ints, 22 Pass Defenses; 65 Tackles, 21 Assists)

[JeffW]

I am shocked that we won the championship this year. After week one of the regular season, I lost starters C Pete Robbins and LB Chad Urlacher for the duration. I lost both my starting CBs during the playoffs--the last two playoff games I started 4 safeties in my defensive backfield.

We got off to a dominating 9-0 start, but then went 2-5 and went from #1 seed to #5. The offense played great all season.

QB Ackerman, though he was snubbed in the post season, posted awesome numbers in his 15 starts. Ackerman is now 99/99 overall in only his 3rd year!

RB Warren responded to my threat to bench him this season with a banner year--over 2,000 yards from scrimmage and 8 touchdowns on 392 touches. Seidman was subpar all season and caught only 7 passes, down from and average of ~32 over his first three seasons. FB Donovan led the charge for the RBs with 19 Key Run Blocks in 52 opportunities.

The receivers contributed heartily as well. Erik Dotson averaged over 20 yards per catch for most of the season. WR McKelvey, an Irish Catholic who grew up in Kailua, HI and was undrafted from small school Adams State was surprisingly explosive and led all Chargers in Touchdowns scored. Unfortunately, he missed 3 playoff games with injuries.

The Offensive Line was very effective. 4/5 starters had KRB%s over 32 and Montgomery was named a 1st team all pro. The unit surrendered only 27 sacks(5th lowest in the league) all season.

The subpar defense was carried by our offensive juggernaut. We allowed 20.5 pts/game and led the league in yards/carry allowed for at least the third straight year. Outside of our superlative defensive backs and DE Carlisle's flukey 13.5 sack, 21 hurry season, no one distinguished themself.

Victory is sweet. I think we have a solid chance at repeating. Resigning LT Montgomery will be expensive, but we're still $32.6m under the cap for now, even if I have to look ahead to Ackerman's Free Agency in the 2011 off-season.

[JeffW]

2009 Off Season

Staff Hiring: Once again, same 4 guys, still hurting for cash.

Free Agency: LT B.J. Montgomery signs to a 6-year, $68m deal. I simply won't pay that much for BJ, who is only 64 run block, 63 pass block, 86 strength, 67 endurance.

Not much to see on the free agent market. I sign WR Kyle Lyons from the Raiders to an affordable 2.2m, 3 year deal in week 20.

Draft: Obviously I pick 32nd overall. I'd like to find a good Left Tackle and improve my front seven.

Rnd 1 - Mao Hall, C, Cal. - Poly SLO -- Rating: 24/79 40: 4.9 BP: 32 Agi: 7.7 Sole: 20
Rnd 2 - Arnie Hebert, CB, Georgia -- Rating: 28/55 40: 4.5 BP: 22 Agi: 7.2 Sole: 35
Rnd 3 - Gerald Brandon, WR, Rutgers -- Rating: 20/52 40: 4.5 BP: 22 Agi: 7.2 Sole: 26
Rnd 4 - Rick Cave, T, Colorado -- Rating: 12/61 40: 5.5 BP: 31 Agi: 7.7 Sole: 32
Rnd 5 - Cris Ferguson, DT, Florida State -- Rating: 21/46 40: 5.1 BP: 30 Agi: 7.6 Sole: 17
Rnd 6 - Terrell Lavan, OLB, St. Francis, Pa. -- Rating: 17/40 40: 4.6 BP: 20 Agi: 7.3 Sole: 31
Rnd 7 - Mo Rogers, G, SW Missouri St. -- Rating: 18/37 40: 5.1 BP: 25 Agi: 7.8 Sole: 39

Rick cave broke out 11 points after the draft--sweet! He looks like a solid starter at LT.

Mao Hall will start somewhere on the interior. I let my scout autopick Mo Rogers, he might or might not make the roster.

CB Hebert and WR Brandon should contribute in reserve roles. Somehow my vaunted CB depth has dwindled to nothing.

Terrell Lavan is nothing more than a reserve backer unless he booms. DT Ferguson will have a shot at starting, DT is still a weak position.

[Chas in Cinti]

I'm reading.... entertaining... :)

Congrats on the first championship!

[tanglewood]

Congrats also.

Any chance of seeing a screenie of Ackerman? 99/99! :eek:

[Ryche]

Congratulations. Quite an amazing quarterback. Hopefully he won't be too upset that you let his blindside protector go.

I'm looking to start up a similar career this weekend, so this thread has my interest.

[JeffW]

Any chance of seeing a screenie of Ackerman? 99/99! :eek:

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3145/qbryanackerman2qd2.jpg

[JeffW]

Congratulations. Quite an amazing quarterback. Hopefully he won't be too upset that you let his blindside protector go.

Backup LT Lindquist is a solid pass protector. Montgomery's loss is going to hurt even more in the run game--I ran like 40% of my runs to his part of the line and we led the league in rush attempts. I will probably go more pass-heavy this year.

[JeffW]

2009 10-step Free Agency:

WR Erik Dotson (http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/7051/wrerikdotsongg5.jpg) holds out for a 5-year, $44.5m contract. As much as it pains me, I'm going to have to refuse his offers and hope he comes back to the team. He's a monster, but I can't pay that much and he has no leverage--the guy is a restricted free agent after this season.

Here is a lit of major transactions this off-season:

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3319/2009transactionskd3.jpg

We added two new receivers and resigned Kyle Lyons, so we'll be alright even if Dotson wants to sit home on the couch, eat pork rinds and watch soap operas.

I will post an updated roster after exhibition season. This year I enter camp with 76 players.

[JeffW]

2009 Regular Season Roster


Front Office Football 2004
San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut Cont.
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 4 99 99 2 yrs
Banks, Seth 8 QB 5 52 74 2 yrs
Forbes, Karl 66 QB 5 41 71 2 yrs
Warren, Bucky 21 RB RB 5 61 61 3 yrs
Seidman, Ethan 41 RB 5 46 52 2 yrs
##Boxer, Charles 77 RB 5 37 39 1 yr.
##Clausen, Cary 20 RB 5 24 31 1 yr.
Acevedo, Donovan 9 FB FB 4 45 46 1 yr.
Powell, Max 16 FB 5 31 37 2 yrs
Fisher, Trent 89 TE TE 4 61 61 2 yrs
Lane, Randal 81 TE 4 57 58 2 yrs
Hutchins, Bobby 86 FL FL 4 62 62 3 yrs
Lyons, Kyle 80 FL 3 37 47 3 yrs
McKelvey, Clay 34 FL 4 42 44 2 yrs
Lee, Ricky 34 FL 4 30 39 2 yrs
##Pascal, Morris 82 FL 1 20 31 2 yrs
Dotson, Erik 87 SE 3 70 70 1 yr.
Brandon, Gerald 88 SE SE 1 21 45 3 yrs
Hall, Mao 50 C C 1 34 80 4 yrs
Jarvis, Frank 56 C RG 3 54 61 1 yr.
Robbins, Pete 55 C LG 5 54 57 1 yr.
Prescott, Leland 73 LG 3 38 54 1 yr.
Whittle, Dustin 17 LG 4 37 37 3 yrs
##Rogers, Mo 62 RG 1 21 37 3 yrs
Cave, Rick 78 LT 1 15 55 3 yrs
Linquist, Marvin 67 LT LT 5 42 42 1 yr.
Hoang, Les 74 RT RT 5 47 54 2 yrs
##George, Alan 64 RT 3 34 47 3 yrs
**Ramirez, Heath 63 RT 2 29 44 1 yr.
Sibley, Butch 12 P 1 44 58 2 yrs
Stanfield, Larry 22 P 4 43 52 1 yr.
Coleman, Willie 25 K 4 64 64 4 yrs
Katt, Tim 91 LDE LDE 3 52 70 3 yrs
Ferguson, Cris 96 LDE 1 19 48 3 yrs
Downs, Cory 97 LDE 3 35 47 1 yr.
Carlisle, Corey 94 RDE RDE 4 28 30 2 yrs
Garcia, Roderick 36 LDT 4 29 42 2 yrs
Austin, Marty 77 LDT 4 34 40 1 yr.
Dotson, Bryce 71 RDT NT 2 34 51 2 yrs
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB WILB 2 31 48 2 yrs
Paulson, Charles 58 WILB SILB 5 41 41 1 yr.
Tiller, Bill 90 MLB 2 29 47 2 yrs
Joyner, Larry 79 MLB 5 32 32 1 yr.
Upshaw, Jared 54 WLB WLB 2 38 59 3 yrs
Urlacher, Chad 99 WLB SLB 3 51 58 1 yr.
##Kirk, Oliver 35 WLB 4 38 43 3 yrs
Arends, Donovan 49 LCB LCB 5 67 67 6 yrs
Hebert, Arnie 40 RCB 1 33 55 3 yrs
Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB RCB 5 47 47 3 yrs
##Dunn, Lonnie 31 RCB 4 34 34 1 yr.
Jacobs, Morris 39 FS SS 2 60 67 2 yrs
Abrams, Geoff 38 FS FS 4 66 66 3 yrs
Vann, Norm 37 FS 4 54 60 2 yrs
Runnels, Deon 24 FS 5 54 54 1 yr.

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 54
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $27,710,000

[JeffW]

Front Office Football 2004
2009 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 8-0
Winning Pct.: 1.000

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 185 32
Rushing Yards 725 32
Yards Per Carry 3.91 22
Pass Attempts 288 8
Completions 163 15 (T)
Passing Yards 2427 1
Yards Per Attempt 8.42 1
3rd Down Conversions 42.1 17
Points Per Game 31.6 1
Turnovers 13 21 (T)
Turnover Margin +5 5 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 218 9
Rushing Yards 823 7
Yards Per Carry 3.77 7
Pass Attempts 317 31
Completions 166 23 (T)
Passing Yards 1851 18 (T)
Yards Per Attempt 5.83 2
3rd Down Conversions 43.2 18
Points Per Game 17.5 11
Turnovers 18 1 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 41 OAK 20
2 44 DAL 10
3 38 HOU 13
4 20 at PIT 10
6 35 at BAL 32
7 27 CLE 25
8 24 DEN 20
9 24 at OAK 10
10 CIN
11 at KCY
12 at WAS
13 at NED
14 NYK
15 at DEN
16 at PHI
17 KCY

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 287 163 2427 8.45 25 8
**Team --- 288 163 2427 8.42 25 9

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
21 Warren RB 141 579 4.10 6
41 Seidman RB 31 76 2.45 0
**Team --- 185 725 3.91 6

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
86 Hutchins WR 74 43 775 18.0 88 8
87 Dotson WR 61 35 626 17.8 135 5
21 Warren RB 41 21 119 5.6 63 4
34 McKelvey WR 35 19 270 14.2 31 2
89 Fisher TE 22 16 227 14.1 26 3
88 Brandon WR 26 12 200 16.6 24 3
**Team --- 288 163 2427 14.8 424 25

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
39 Jacobs S 58 13 0.0 0 4 5
58 Paulson ILB 47 15 0.0 0 3 2
93 Tyler ILB 35 13 1.0 0 0 3
49 Arends CB 30 9 0.0 1 1 10
38 Abrams S 29 12 0.0 0 2 12
99 Urlacher OLB 29 13 3.5 7 0 4
23 Van Dam CB 27 10 0.0 0 4 6
37 Vann S 25 8 0.0 0 2 6
91 Katt DE 22 10 3.5 11 0 0
54 Upshaw OLB 21 7 0.0 0 0 0
24 Runnels S 17 2 0.0 0 0 2
71 Dotson DT 14 1 0.0 1 0 0
40 Hebert CB 12 2 0.0 0 0 2
96 Ferguson DE 10 6 1.5 5 0 0
34 Lee WR 8 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Austin DT 8 2 2.5 7 0 0
**Team --- 444 136 15.0 43 16 54

8-0 and looking great. Our defense has really turned it around against the run and WR Hutchins carried the load until Dotson returned in week 5 from his ill advised hold out. They continue to dominate opposing passers--we're allowing only 5.83 yards/attempt and our scouting report reveals that opponents have completed only 12/66 deep passes for 360 yards this season!

The offensive linemen are pass protecting like champions despite the loss of blindside anchor B.J. Montgomery. The unit has allowed only 8 sacks all year--lowest in the league--AND we lead the league in passing yards. Ackerman has coped well with the pressure of carrying the offense on his shoulders. The loss of 4-year starter TE Trent Fisher for 18 weeks to a high ankle sprain is a big blow, however. He has been one of our leading receivers the past two years.

Rushing numbers are down(1st last year in carries to last this year!) and I put this squarely on the shoulders of the loss of Montgomery, who was the focal point of our rushing offense last year. I had to change the gameplan to focus more on passing.

[JeffW]

Front Office Football 2004
2009 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 14-0
Winning Pct.: 1.000

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 329 31
Rushing Yards 1347 29
Yards Per Carry 4.09 12
Pass Attempts 542 1
Completions 315 2
Passing Yards 4558 1
Yards Per Attempt 8.40 1
3rd Down Conversions 42.7 16
Points Per Game 32.7 1
Turnovers 16 9 (T)
Turnover Margin +11 2

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 349 4
Rushing Yards 1297 3
Yards Per Carry 3.71 5
Pass Attempts 551 32
Completions 276 15 (T)
Passing Yards 3137 17
Yards Per Attempt 5.69 1
3rd Down Conversions 39.1 5
Points Per Game 15.2 3
Turnovers 27 2

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 41 OAK 20
2 44 DAL 10
3 38 HOU 13
4 20 at PIT 10
6 35 at BAL 32
7 27 CLE 25
8 24 DEN 20
9 24 at OAK 10
10 38 CIN 7
11 31 at KCY 14
12 41 at WAS 28
13 45 at NED 3
14 23 NYK 13
15 27 at DEN 8
16 at PHI
17 KCY

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 535 311 4486 8.38 47 10
**Team --- 542 315 4558 8.40 48 11

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
21 Warren RB 251 1100 4.38 9
41 Seidman RB 58 158 2.72 0
**Team --- 329 1347 4.09 9

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
87 Dotson WR 132 78 1369 17.5 265 11
86 Hutchins WR 124 73 1314 18.0 180 9
21 Warren RB 93 54 428 7.9 128 8
34 McKelvey WR 43 23 307 13.3 31 3
80 Lyons WR 30 18 315 17.5 43 3
89 Fisher TE 22 16 227 14.1 26 3
88 Brandon WR 35 16 244 15.2 27 4
81 Lane TE 28 15 145 9.6 29 5
**Team --- 542 315 4558 14.4 791 48

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
39 Jacobs S 93 29 0.0 1 4 13
58 Paulson ILB 65 29 0.5 0 3 2
93 Tyler ILB 59 18 1.0 0 0 9
49 Arends CB 57 16 0.0 1 2 17
38 Abrams S 50 19 1.0 0 4 21
23 Van Dam CB 41 15 0.0 0 4 13
37 Vann S 40 11 0.0 0 4 11
91 Katt DE 39 17 10.0 15 0 0
99 Urlacher OLB 39 20 4.5 8 0 5
54 Upshaw OLB 38 16 1.5 0 0 0
24 Runnels S 28 6 0.0 0 0 2
40 Hebert CB 24 7 0.0 0 1 2
71 Dotson DT 21 6 0.5 6 0 0
96 Ferguson DE 17 10 3.0 8 0 0
77 Austin DT 16 7 4.5 9 0 0
**Team --- 726 248 32.0 76 22 99

The pressure is on. No team has ever gone undefeated in the era of 16-game regular seasons. More importantly, I have never gone undefeated in an entire season(including playoffs) in FOF 2004. :D

I will post box scores for the next two games after they're played.

[JeffW]

Box Score: San Diego at Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA.

Week 16, 2009

Attendance: 65,000 (68,500).


Weather: 50 degrees, fair.

1Q: 12:19 SDO - Kyle Lyons 21 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 12:19 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
1Q: 06:18 PHI - Richard Carnation 20 field goal.
1Q: 02:55 SDO - Erik Dotson 5 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 02:55 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 13:44 PHI - Deion George 6 pass from Renaldo Lavelli.
2Q: 13:44 PHI - Richard Carnation extra point.
2Q: 05:44 SDO - Kyle Lyons 24 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 05:44 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 00:20 SDO - Willie Coleman 36 field goal.
3Q: 03:53 PHI - Richard Carnation 21 field goal.
3Q: 00:35 SDO - Erik Dotson 38 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 00:35 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
4Q: 11:27 SDO - Bobby Hutchins 46 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
4Q: 11:27 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.

Game MVP: SDO 6 Ryan Ackerman

San Diego 14 10 7 7 - 38
Philadelphia 3 7 3 0 - 13

Team Statistics SDO PHI

First Downs 30 20

Total Rushes 23 22
Rushing Yards 102 102
Yards Per Carry 4.4 4.6
Pass Attempts 38 33
Completions 26 18
Passing Yards 474 206
Yards Per Attempt 12.4 6.2
Sacked 2 4
Yards Lost 10 28
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1

Total Plays 63 59
Total Yards 566 280
Yards Per Play 8.9 4.7

3rd Down Plays 8/9 5/12
Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.2 10.0
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 8 7
Penalty Yards 55 55

Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 27
Time Of Possession 31:10 28:50

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
21 Warren 15 65 4.3 15 0
41 Seidman 7 36 5.1 24 0
86 Hutchins 1 1 1.0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Ackerman 38 26 474 12.4 46 5 1 2

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
87 Dotson 7 123 17.5 17 38 2
80 Lyons 7 129 18.4 7 24 2
86 Hutchins 6 120 20.0 11 46 1
81 Lane 4 72 18.0 15 39 0
41 Seidman 1 16 16.0 0 16 0
88 Brandon 1 14 14.0 0 14 0

Next week: We host Kansas City at Home. We clinched the AFC last week, but we've decided to leave the starters in. That is...with one exception. Unfortunately QB Ryan Ackerman tore a thumb ligament(Questionable) and he won't be full strength for 6 weeks. Drama anyone?

Kansas City has a lot to play for. They are 9-6 and vying for the #6 seed with 9-6 New England.

[JeffW]

Box Score: Kansas City at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Week 17, 2009

Attendance: 47,200 (71,600).


Weather: 57 degrees, fair.

1Q: 05:37 SDO - Willie Coleman 36 field goal.
1Q: 01:19 KCY - Cornelius Hutton 8 pass from Shane Tatum.
1Q: 01:19 KCY - Norbert Lane extra point.
2Q: 13:23 SDO - Willie Coleman 29 field goal.
2Q: 09:19 KCY - Raymond Fulton 15 pass from Shane Tatum.
2Q: 09:19 KCY - Norbert Lane extra point.
2Q: 04:54 SDO - Erik Dotson 9 pass from Seth Banks.
2Q: 04:54 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 00:05 SDO - Willie Coleman 30 field goal.
3Q: 09:01 SDO - Erik Dotson 5 pass from Seth Banks.
3Q: 09:01 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
4Q: 12:01 KCY - Norbert Lane 35 field goal.

Game MVP: SDO 8 Seth Banks

Kansas City 7 7 0 3 - 17
San Diego 3 13 7 0 - 23

Team Statistics KCY SDO

First Downs 22 22

Total Rushes 26 20
Rushing Yards 150 62
Yards Per Carry 5.7 3.1
Pass Attempts 36 46
Completions 24 24
Passing Yards 238 331
Yards Per Attempt 6.6 7.1
Sacked 2 2
Yards Lost 11 13
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/0

Total Plays 64 68
Total Yards 377 380
Yards Per Play 5.8 5.5

3rd Down Plays 3/11 8/16
Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.9 9.9
4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0

Penalties 3 7
Penalty Yards 30 37

Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 28
Time Of Possession 32:08 27:52

Attendance: 47,200 (71,600).

:eek:

Something tells me this game would be sold out.

Well, we took home a narrow win here. KC averaged more yards per play than us and there was a notable drop off from Ackerman to Banks, but we simply weren't going to lose this game. The win sends KC home for the playoffs and gives me a shot at my first 19-0 FOF 2004 season.

Bad news: Starting CB Donovan Arends will miss the playoffs again. Starting FS Geoff Abrams and backup FS Deon Runnels are also out with serious injuries. I am torn on whether to play Ackerman or not... no pun intended.

[JeffW]

Box Score: Cleveland at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Conference Semifinals, 2009

Attendance: 50,100 (71,600).


Weather: 44 degrees, fair.

1Q: 05:23 CLE - Wendell Grant 36 field goal.
2Q: 14:51 SDO - Bucky Warren 6 pass from Seth Banks.
2Q: 14:51 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 08:08 CLE - Mack Parrish 5 pass from Bryan Reed.
2Q: 08:08 CLE - Wendell Grant extra point.
2Q: 03:07 SDO - Bucky Warren 4 pass from Seth Banks.
2Q: 03:07 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 00:12 CLE - Wendell Grant 31 field goal.
3Q: 12:23 CLE - Tommie Keith 7 pass from Bryan Reed.
3Q: 12:23 CLE - Wendell Grant extra point.
3Q: 03:23 SDO - Erik Dotson 17 pass from Seth Banks.
3Q: 03:23 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
4Q: 00:45 CLE - Percy Campbell 1 run.
4Q: 00:45 CLE - Percy Campbell run for conversion failed.
4Q: 00:00 SDO - Erik Dotson 81 pass from Seth Banks.
4Q: 00:00 SDO - Bucky Warren run for conversion failed.

Game MVP: SDO 8 Seth Banks

Cleveland 3 10 7 6 - 26
San Diego 0 14 7 6 - 27

Team Statistics CLE SDO

First Downs 26 23

Total Rushes 37 18
Rushing Yards 146 102
Yards Per Carry 3.9 5.6
Pass Attempts 27 39
Completions 23 23
Passing Yards 276 331
Yards Per Attempt 10.2 8.4
Sacked 0 2
Yards Lost 0 16
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1

Total Plays 64 59
Total Yards 422 417
Yards Per Play 6.5 7.0

3rd Down Plays 6/11 7/11
Avg. YTG on 3rd 5.9 10.1
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 6 4
Penalty Yards 40 25

Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 22
Time Of Possession 31:42 28:18

:eek: :eek: :eek:

That would have been an embarassing loss. Apparently we were hurt desperately by the loss of three defensive backs in one week. I may have to alter the defensive game plan next week to compensate.

On the bright side, Banks filled in well. If he hadn't had such an excellent game, we surely would have lost:

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
8 Banks 39 23 331 8.4 81 4 0 2

CHRIST. I just saw that we lost two MORE starters including ANOTHER starting defensive back and our starting LT. Unbelievable. We're going to be starting 6/13 defensive backs in the conference championship because of my house rules. Oh yeah, my backup LT is a rookie with 9 run block and 6 pass block and he's questionable. %#_@*&%#_*)(&

[JeffW]

Box Score: Tennessee at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Conference Finals, 2009

Attendance: 50,100 (71,600).


Weather: 80 degrees, rain.

1Q: 09:21 TEN - Butch McNeil 49 field goal.
1Q: 02:35 SDO - Randal Lane 3 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 02:35 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
1Q: 01:45 SDO - Bobby Hutchins 16 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 01:45 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 11:02 TEN - Butch McNeil 32 field goal.
3Q: 00:34 TEN - Orlando Heyerdahl 4 pass from Neal Otis.
3Q: 00:34 TEN - Orlando Heyerdahl run for conversion failed.
4Q: 13:12 SDO - Willie Coleman 33 field goal.
4Q: 03:37 TEN - Safety, holding called in the end zone.
4Q: 01:20 SDO - Willie Coleman 49 field goal.

Game MVP: SDO 6 Ryan Ackerman

Tennessee 3 3 6 2 - 14
San Diego 14 0 0 6 - 20

Team Statistics TEN SDO

First Downs 18 14

Total Rushes 33 13
Rushing Yards 115 32
Yards Per Carry 3.4 2.4
Pass Attempts 41 41
Completions 22 21
Passing Yards 192 361
Yards Per Attempt 4.6 8.8
Sacked 3 2
Yards Lost 22 14
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 2/1

Total Plays 77 56
Total Yards 285 379
Yards Per Play 3.7 6.7

3rd Down Plays 9/20 1/11
Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.8 9.7
4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0

Penalties 7 8
Penalty Yards 40 62

Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 31
Time Of Possession 34:42 25:18

Another game that was way closer than it would have been if weren't missing so many starters. Two more starters are questionable for next week, but Arends is miraculously recovered enough to play and I'm not going to sit the questionable guys for the championship game.

[JeffW]

We face 13-3 Chicago in the championship game. We are battered and bruised, but not broken. Chicago is riding a 14 game winning streak of their own into this game. Without further ado:

Box Score: Chicago vs San Diego
Santa Barbara, CA.

Front Office Championship, 2009

Attendance: 60,500 (60,500).


Weather: 66 degrees, rain.

1Q: 00:29 CHI - K.C. Green 25 field goal.
2Q: 14:27 SDO - Bobby Hutchins 5 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 14:27 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 08:56 CHI - Graham Barnes 7 pass from Blake Tanner.
2Q: 08:56 CHI - K.C. Green extra point.
2Q: 05:41 SDO - Gerald Brandon 14 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 05:41 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
3Q: 10:17 SDO - Clay McKelvey 6 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 10:17 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
3Q: 08:14 SDO - Erik Dotson 8 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 08:14 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
4Q: 10:25 SDO - Bucky Warren 10 run.
4Q: 10:25 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.

Game MVP: SDO 6 Ryan Ackerman

Chicago 3 7 0 0 - 10
San Diego 0 14 14 7 - 35

Team Statistics CHI SDO

First Downs 19 26

Total Rushes 22 23
Rushing Yards 63 115
Yards Per Carry 2.8 5.0
Pass Attempts 36 30
Completions 22 23
Passing Yards 183 323
Yards Per Attempt 5.0 10.7
Sacked 2 3
Yards Lost 12 20
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0

Total Plays 60 56
Total Yards 234 418
Yards Per Play 3.9 7.4

3rd Down Plays 5/12 1/6
Avg. YTG on 3rd 5.7 10.0
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/1

Penalties 5 7
Penalty Yards 49 51

Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 27
Time Of Possession 32:02 27:58

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
21 Warren 18 88 4.8 13 1
41 Seidman 4 21 5.2 10 0
9 Acevedo 1 6 6.0 6 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Ackerman 30 23 323 10.7 54 4 0 3

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
86 Hutchins 8 103 12.8 17 19 1
87 Dotson 6 134 22.3 15 54 1
21 Warren 3 15 5.0 10 8 0
34 McKelvey 3 43 14.3 7 25 1
77 Boxer 1 9 9.0 4 9 0
81 Lane 1 5 5.0 7 5 0
88 Brandon 1 14 14.0 0 14 1

We simply demolished them. They were in the game at half time, but we scored off an interception at the beginning of the third quarter and then hung another one on them in our next possession. Ackerman was brilliant as usual and the defense held them to 3.9 yards/play.

UNDEFEATED BABY! From 0-16 to 16-0 in 4 seasons.

[JeffW]

Front Office Football 2004
2009 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 19-0
Winning Pct.: 1.000

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 372 31
Rushing Yards 1511 31
Yards Per Carry 4.06 13
Pass Attempts 626 1
Completions 365 1
Passing Yards 5363 1
Yards Per Attempt 8.56 1
3rd Down Conversions 45.4 9
Points Per Game 32.4 1
Turnovers 17 6 (T)
Turnover Margin +11 3

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 397 3
Rushing Yards 1549 6
Yards Per Carry 3.90 8
Pass Attempts 620 32
Completions 318 17 (T)
Passing Yards 3581 14
Yards Per Attempt 5.77 1
3rd Down Conversions 38.7 5
Points Per Game 15.1 2
Turnovers 28 4

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 41 OAK 20
2 44 DAL 10
3 38 HOU 13
4 20 at PIT 10
6 35 at BAL 32
7 27 CLE 25
8 24 DEN 20
9 24 at OAK 10
10 38 CIN 7
11 31 at KCY 14
12 41 at WAS 28
13 45 at NED 3
14 23 NYK 13
15 27 at DEN 8
16 38 at PHI 13
17 23 KCY 17
$$CS 27 CLE 26
$$CF 20 TEN 14
**FB 35 vs CHI 10

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 573 337 4960 8.65 52 11
8 Banks QB 52 28 403 7.75 3 0
**Team --- 626 365 5363 8.56 55 12

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
21 Warren RB 278 1202 4.32 9
41 Seidman RB 67 210 3.13 0
**Team --- 372 1511 4.06 9

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
87 Dotson WR 161 96 1679 17.4 316 15
86 Hutchins WR 140 82 1475 17.9 196 10
21 Warren RB 101 56 449 8.0 128 8
34 McKelvey WR 47 25 336 13.4 32 3
80 Lyons WR 38 25 444 17.7 50 5
81 Lane TE 36 19 217 11.4 44 5
88 Brandon WR 39 19 283 14.8 27 4
89 Fisher TE 22 16 227 14.1 26 3
**Team --- 626 365 5363 14.6 883 55

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
39 Jacobs S 110 35 0.0 1 4 13
58 Paulson ILB 70 33 2.5 0 3 3
93 Tyler ILB 69 22 1.0 0 0 9
49 Arends CB 64 18 0.0 1 2 21
38 Abrams S 57 21 1.0 0 4 24
23 Van Dam CB 52 17 0.0 0 4 14
37 Vann S 44 13 0.0 0 4 13
91 Katt DE 43 22 11.5 17 0 0
54 Upshaw OLB 43 19 1.5 0 0 1
99 Urlacher OLB 39 20 4.5 8 0 5
24 Runnels S 31 7 0.0 0 0 4
40 Hebert CB 30 8 0.0 0 1 2
96 Ferguson DE 24 11 4.0 9 0 0
71 Dotson DT 22 7 0.5 7 0 0
77 Austin DT 20 7 5.0 10 0 0
41 Seidman RB 16 0 0.0 0 0 0
**Team --- 830 284 38.0 81 22 114

Season Awards:

QB Ryan Ackerman: MVP, Championship MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, 1st Team Quarterback
WR Erik Dotson: 1st Team Wide Receiver
WR Bobby Hutchins: 1st Team Wide Receiver
FS Morris Jacobs: 1st Team Safety

Dotson is particularly impressive, as he held out for the first 3 weeks and still led the league in receiving yards and TDs and was second in catches.

Other notables who didn't receive league awards:

RB Bucky Warren scored a team high 17 touchdowns and gained 1650 yards from scrimmage. He fumbled only once in over 330 carries. I said from the beginning that this kid would be a star and so far he's making me look good.

DE Tim Katt lead the team with 11.5 sacks, but he hurried the quarterback only 17 times...a sign that his sack numbers were somewhat anomalous. I must give him at least some of the credit for the turnaround on run defense because he's the best run defender on the team.

CB Donovan Arends didn't put up the interception numbers he did in 2008 when he was named 1st team cornerback, but he defended 21 passes and made 64 tackles and was the leader of a defense that allowed only 15 points per game(2nd in league), forced 28 turnovers(4th) and held opponents to 5.8 yards per pass attempt(1st).

[JeffW]

I have a lot of FAs I'd like to resign, but no one critical. C Pete Robbins, LT Marvin Linquist, MLB Charles Paulson and FB Donovan Acevedo were starters last season that are now on the market. WR Erik Dotson is restricted, but may prove to be unsignable. C Frank Jarvis will probably be back and starting at G. I have to stay fiscally responsible and hardball my UFAs to save cap room for Ackerman's huge payday next year--I hit negotiate salary to gauge his demands and he's asked for $120 million over 6 years. I will pay it next year if I can get him back.

Robbins, Pete 55 C 2007 UFA 6
Boxer, Charles 77 RB 2005 UFA 6
Clausen, Cary 20 RB 2005 UFA 6
Linquist, Marvin 67 LT 2005 UFA 6
Paulson, Charles 58 WILB 2005 UFA 6
Joyner, Larry 79 MLB 2005 UFA 6
Runnels, Deon 24 FS 2005 UFA 6
Acevedo, Donovan 9 FB 2006 UFA 5
Stanfield, Larry 22 P 2006 UFA 5
Austin, Marty 77 LDT 2006 UFA 5
Dunn, Lonnie 31 RCB 2006 UFA 5

Dotson, Erik 87 SE 2007 ---- 4
Jarvis, Frank 56 C 2007 ---- 4
Prescott, Leland 73 LG 2007 ---- 4
Downs, Cory 97 LDE 2007 ---- 4
Urlacher, Chad 99 WLB 2007 ---- 4
Ramirez, Heath 63 RT 2008 ---- 3
Newman, Wes 83 TE 2009 ---- 2
Collier, Orlando 29 RCB 2009 ---- 2
Logan, Claude 44 RCB 2009 ---- 2
Dennis, Kent 45 RCB 2009 ---- 2
Caswell, Ed 48 SS 2009 ---- 2
Lazuka, Les 30 SS 2009 ---- 2

[Joker]

Just wanted to say ....This is a great read...
everyone Ive talked to loves it
KEEP UP THE HARD WORK

[tanglewood]

96 catches from Dotson in just 13 games is mighty impressive, imagine if he was in camp!

I think in the Ackerman era, anything less than a championship season will be a big dissapointment. You have to just give him whatever he wants when he hits FA.

[JeffW]

2010 Post Season

Staff Hiring: Same 4 guys back for another year.

Free Agency: I sign promising 5th year DE Vernon Messerly from the Atlanta Falcons to a 3-yr $3.3m contract. Messerly is a pass rushing specialist with adequate run defense. He has played 64 games, started 22 and accrued 18.5 sacks and 36 hurries. He should start on week one.

I will go over the resignings after the 10-step period. No other teams signed any of my players.

Once again, I pick 32nd overall in a talent depleted draft.

Rnd 1 - Jeffrey Ochs, WR, Arizona State - Rating: 29/62 40: 4.3 BP: 17 Agi: 6.8 Sole: 27
Rnd 2 - Earl Morici, OLB, Brigham Young - Rating: 31/56 40: 4.6 BP: 23 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 26
Rnd 3 - Timothy Stennett, C, Wagner - Rating: 23/68 40: 5.1 BP: 38 Agi: 7.8 Sole: 13
Rnd 4 - Roderick Franklin, RB, S. Connecticut St. - Rating: 25/40 40: 4.5 BP: 19 Agi: 7.2 Sole: 14
Rnd 5 - Harry Billmaier, WR, Rutgers - Rating: 24/39 40: 4.4 BP: 23 Agi: 6.9 Sole: 29
Rnd 6 - Barry Ducrot, CB, Texas Tech - Rating: 17/42 40: 4.4 BP: 14 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 36
Rnd 7 - Will Sinclair, G, South Carolina - Autopicked and released.

WR Bobby Hutchins holds out. I'm sick of these primadonna WRs.

10-step Free Agency:

I fail to resign Dotson and he signs with Denver. For $460k. :mad:

I also tried to wait out my FB to drive down his contract demands and he ended up getting snatched by some other team. Oh well, our need for a top run blocking fullback is low right now. Here is a transaction summary:

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/398/2010transactionsqg8.jpg

I enter cap with 76 players and I'm still 20.5m under the cap. I should have room to resign Ackerman next year.

[JeffW]

2010 Opening Day Roster


Front Office Football 2004
San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Exp Cur/Fut Cont.
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 5 98 98 1 yr.
Banks, Seth 8 QB 6 66 80 1 yr.
Forbes, Karl 66 QB 6 46 67 1 yr.
Warren, Bucky 21 RB RB 6 58 58 2 yrs
Seidman, Ethan 41 RB 6 46 52 1 yr.
Berry, Eric 46 RB 1 34 40 2 yrs
Boxer, Charles 77 RB 6 37 37 1 yr.
Powell, Max 16 FB FB 6 34 37 1 yr.
Fisher, Trent 89 TE TE 5 63 63 1 yr.
Lane, Randal 81 TE 5 59 59 1 yr.
Hutchins, Bobby 86 FL FL 5 63 63 2 yrs
Lyons, Kyle 80 FL 4 41 47 2 yrs
McKelvey, Clay 34 FL 5 44 44 1 yr.
Lee, Ricky 34 FL 5 34 40 1 yr.
Ochs, Jeffrey 84 SE SE 1 35 68 4 yrs
##Billmaier, Harry 85 SE 1 29 45 3 yrs
Hall, Mao 50 C C 2 52 78 3 yrs
Jarvis, Frank 56 C RG 4 66 66 4 yrs
Robbins, Pete 55 C LG 6 65 65 5 yrs
Prescott, Leland 73 LG 4 45 54 3 yrs
Stennett, Timothy 51 RG 1 22 67 3 yrs
**Rogers, Mo 62 RG 2 26 38 2 yrs
Cave, Rick 78 LT LT 2 20 51 2 yrs
##Linquist, Marvin 67 LT 6 41 46 3 yrs
Hoang, Les 74 RT RT 6 46 53 1 yr.
George, Alan 64 RT 4 38 47 2 yrs
Stanfield, Larry 22 P 5 43 52 2 yrs
Coleman, Willie 25 K 5 65 65 3 yrs
Katt, Tim 91 LDE LDE 4 61 71 2 yrs
Ferguson, Cris 96 LDE 2 25 48 2 yrs
Messerly, Vernon 98 RDE RDE 5 51 55 3 yrs
Carlisle, Corey 94 RDE 5 28 30 1 yr.
Garcia, Roderick 36 LDT 5 31 42 1 yr.
Austin, Marty 77 LDT 5 36 41 1 yr.
Dotson, Bryce 71 RDT NT 3 40 51 1 yr.
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB SILB 3 39 48 1 yr.
Paulson, Charles 58 WILB SLB 6 41 41 3 yrs
Tiller, Bill 90 MLB 3 39 54 1 yr.
##Joyner, Larry 79 MLB 6 31 35 2 yrs
Morici, Earl 92 WLB WLB 1 35 60 3 yrs
Urlacher, Chad 99 WLB WILB 4 55 58 3 yrs
Upshaw, Jared 54 WLB 3 42 54 2 yrs
Kirk, Oliver 35 WLB 5 42 43 2 yrs
Arends, Donovan 49 LCB LCB 6 67 67 5 yrs
Hebert, Arnie 40 RCB 2 40 56 2 yrs
Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB RCB 6 49 49 2 yrs
Ducrot, Barry 32 RCB 1 22 46 3 yrs
##McNown, Roman 47 RCB 1 24 30 2 yrs
##Guerra, Rick 27 SS 1 29 45 2 yrs
Jacobs, Morris 39 FS FS 3 75 75 1 yr.
Abrams, Geoff 38 FS SS 5 63 63 2 yrs
Runnels, Deon 24 FS 6 54 54 2 yrs

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 52
Inactive: 5
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $22,320,000
Maximum for New Player: $22,320,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $1,060,000

[JeffW]

The streak is over at 28 consecutive wins going back to the wild card round in the 2008 playoffs. Ackerman threw 4 picks in an uncharacteristic performance.

Box Score: Oakland at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Week 6, 2010

Attendance: 51,600 (71,600).


Weather: 87 degrees, fair.

1Q: 06:11 SDO - Willie Coleman 42 field goal.
1Q: 04:29 OAK - Lenny Jefferson 74 interception return.
1Q: 04:29 OAK - Ray Lincoln extra point.
1Q: 00:17 SDO - Bobby Hutchins 9 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 00:17 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 10:29 OAK - Ray Lincoln 31 field goal.
2Q: 08:00 OAK - Ray Lincoln 29 field goal.
2Q: 05:39 SDO - Clay McKelvey 6 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 05:39 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 00:13 OAK - Ray Lincoln 22 field goal.
4Q: 10:05 OAK - Chris Holecek 5 run.
4Q: 10:05 OAK - Frank Stewart pass to Pat Croom for conversion
4Q: 06:52 SDO - Bobby Hutchins 23 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
4Q: 06:52 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
4Q: 01:08 SDO - Willie Coleman 26 field goal.
4Q: 00:58 OAK - Daniel Evans 85 pass from Frank Stewart.
4Q: 00:58 OAK - Ray Lincoln extra point.

Game MVP: OAK 13 Frank Stewart

Oakland 7 9 0 15 - 31
San Diego 10 7 0 10 - 27

Team Statistics OAK SDO

First Downs 20 21

Total Rushes 33 14
Rushing Yards 99 37
Yards Per Carry 3.0 2.6
Pass Attempts 34 46
Completions 16 26
Passing Yards 285 398
Yards Per Attempt 8.3 8.6
Sacked 2 4
Yards Lost 11 23
Interceptions 0 4
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1

Total Plays 69 64
Total Yards 373 412
Yards Per Play 5.4 6.4

3rd Down Plays 2/13 1/10
Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.4 7.9
4th Down Plays 0/0 1/1

Penalties 4 9
Penalty Yards 43 60

Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 31
Time Of Possession 31:03 28:57

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
21 Warren 8 24 3.0 15 0
41 Seidman 5 14 2.8 4 0
6 Ackerman 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Ackerman 45 25 382 8.4 46 3 4 4
22 Stanfield 1 1 16 16.0 16 0 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
86 Hutchins 7 181 25.8 31 46 2
41 Seidman 5 26 5.2 16 7 0
89 Fisher 4 63 15.7 5 17 0
34 McKelvey 4 46 11.5 7 16 1
84 Ochs 2 41 20.5 1 24 0

We're now 2nd in the division to the 5-1 Raiders. The 4-1 Broncos aren't far behind even though Erik Dotson suffered a torn ACL and will miss the whole season.

[JeffW]

Front Office Football 2004
2010 Mid-Season Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 7-1
Winning Pct.: .875

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 211 25
Rushing Yards 826 27
Yards Per Carry 3.91 23
Pass Attempts 280 10
Completions 181 3
Passing Yards 2486 1
Yards Per Attempt 8.87 2
3rd Down Conversions 41.3 16
Points Per Game 32.5 1
Turnovers 11 14 (T)
Turnover Margin +6 6 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 202 2
Rushing Yards 749 2
Yards Per Carry 3.70 3
Pass Attempts 286 25
Completions 136 2 (T)
Passing Yards 1520 2
Yards Per Attempt 5.31 1
3rd Down Conversions 33.3 2
Points Per Game 12.2 1
Turnovers 17 1 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 30 DEN 6
2 28 at SEA 18
3 42 CLE 7
4 31 HOU 3
5 41 at IND 23
6 27 OAK 31
8 33 at DEN 3
9 28 at TEN 7
10 JAX
11 at KCY
12 STL
13 at NED
14 SFO
15 KCY
16 at ARI
17 at OAK

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 278 179 2467 8.87 24 5
**Team --- 280 181 2486 8.87 24 5

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
21 Warren RB 134 543 4.05 3
41 Seidman RB 62 240 3.87 1
**Team --- 211 826 3.91 5

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
86 Hutchins WR 64 44 712 16.1 98 8
34 McKelvey WR 46 30 436 14.5 59 3
41 Seidman RB 36 25 200 8.0 100 2
89 Fisher TE 37 24 301 12.5 33 3
84 Ochs WR 46 24 378 15.7 46 2
21 Warren RB 12 11 169 15.3 64 2
80 Lyons WR 16 8 123 15.3 10 3
**Team --- 280 181 2486 13.7 442 24

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
39 Jacobs S 43 10 0.0 0 1 11
99 Urlacher OLB 37 10 2.0 4 0 3
49 Arends CB 34 6 0.0 0 4 9
58 Paulson ILB 29 12 2.5 6 0 2
93 Tyler ILB 25 17 0.0 2 1 1
98 Messerly DE 23 8 5.0 13 0 0
24 Runnels S 22 7 0.0 0 2 5
23 Van Dam CB 20 16 0.0 0 2 5
92 Morici OLB 18 4 0.0 1 0 0
40 Hebert CB 16 11 0.0 1 0 4
38 Abrams S 12 8 0.0 0 0 5
71 Dotson DT 12 7 1.0 0 0 0
90 Tiller ILB 11 2 0.0 0 0 4
81 Lane TE 9 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Austin DT 9 4 0.0 5 0 0
96 Ferguson DE 9 4 0.5 3 0 0
32 Ducrot CB 8 1 0.0 0 1 2
**Team --- 393 140 14.0 47 12 53

Ackerman threw only 1 pick in the other 7 games in the first half.

We've been unstoppable on offense and defense. Many experts think the 1973 dolphins where better than the undefeated 1972 team. I'm inclined to say that the same is true of the 2010 chargers compared to the 2009 undefeated squad. We're top 3 in every meaningful defensive category and we're outscoring our opponents by 20 points/game. I'm getting used to the idea that my individual defensive players are never going to put up great numbers. What a tragedy for a stathead like me!

[JeffW]

Disappointment strikes. We just got knocked out of the Conference Championship game by the 11-4-1 2nd seed Steelers.

Box Score: Pittsburgh at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Conference Finals, 2010

Attendance: 56,500 (71,600).


Weather: 73 degrees, fair.

1Q: 12:10 SDO - Trent Fisher 5 pass from Seth Banks.
1Q: 12:10 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
1Q: 05:17 PIT - C.J. Ramirez 39 run.
1Q: 05:17 PIT - Randy Conley extra point.
2Q: 13:30 SDO - Willie Coleman 42 field goal.
2Q: 08:31 PIT - C.J. Ramirez 3 run.
2Q: 08:31 PIT - Randy Conley extra point.
2Q: 00:12 SDO - Willie Coleman 21 field goal.
3Q: 07:19 PIT - C.J. Ramirez 3 run.
3Q: 07:19 PIT - Randy Conley extra point.
3Q: 01:26 PIT - Randy Conley 48 field goal.
4Q: 11:13 SDO - Trent Fisher 4 pass from Seth Banks.
4Q: 11:13 SDO - Seth Banks pass to Ethan Seidman for conversion
4Q: 04:11 PIT - John Walton 4 pass from Corey Anders.
4Q: 04:11 PIT - Randy Conley extra point.
4Q: 00:02 PIT - Randy Conley 34 field goal.

Game MVP: PIT 20 C.J. Ramirez

Pittsburgh 7 7 10 10 - 34
San Diego 7 6 0 8 - 21

Team Statistics PIT SDO

First Downs 18 20

Total Rushes 32 20
Rushing Yards 197 55
Yards Per Carry 6.1 2.7
Pass Attempts 32 40
Completions 17 22
Passing Yards 150 323
Yards Per Attempt 4.6 8.0
Sacked 2 1
Yards Lost 9 7
Interceptions 0 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/1

Total Plays 66 61
Total Yards 338 371
Yards Per Play 5.1 6.0

3rd Down Plays 7/15 8/17
Avg. YTG on 3rd 4.5 8.0
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 6 8
Penalty Yards 50 52

Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 25
Time Of Possession 31:59 28:01

Pittsburgh Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
20 Ramirez 25 161 6.4 39 3
45 Ferguson 5 35 7.0 25 0
14 Anders 2 1 0.5 3 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
14 Anders 32 17 150 4.6 17 1 0 2

This is what happens when you allow the other team to rush for over 6.1 yards/carry. Comparisons to the 1973 Dolphins were premature. We should have won this game easily. I'm very disappionted.

Edit: :o :o :o
I accidentally played Seth Banks in both playoff games. What a dumb mistake. He played fine, but this might have been the difference between winning and losing.

Stupid, very stupid. :rolleyes:

[JeffW]

Front Office Football 2004
2010 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 16-2
Winning Pct.: .888

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 422 22
Rushing Yards 1660 26
Yards Per Carry 3.93 25
Pass Attempts 610 1
Completions 369 1
Passing Yards 5044 1
Yards Per Attempt 8.26 1
3rd Down Conversions 42.9 12
Points Per Game 30.1 1
Turnovers 23 18 (T)
Turnover Margin +7 7 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 381 1 (T)
Rushing Yards 1463 1
Yards Per Carry 3.83 6
Pass Attempts 594 31
Completions 289 2 (T)
Passing Yards 3384 3
Yards Per Attempt 5.69 1
3rd Down Conversions 31.8 1
Points Per Game 12.6 1
Turnovers 30 2

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 30 DEN 6
2 28 at SEA 18
3 42 CLE 7
4 31 HOU 3
5 41 at IND 23
6 27 OAK 31
8 33 at DEN 3
9 28 at TEN 7
10 35 JAX 18
11 17 at KCY 9
12 38 STL 15
13 23 at NED 20
14 24 SFO 6
15 27 KCY 6
16 31 at ARI 6
17 27 at OAK 24
$$CS 31 DEN 16
$$CF 21 PIT 34

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 562 341 4642 8.25 42 13
8 Banks QB 46 27 386 8.39 2 3
**Team --- 610 369 5044 8.26 44 16

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
21 Warren RB 291 1169 4.01 7
41 Seidman RB 98 376 3.83 2
**Team --- 422 1660 3.93 10

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
86 Hutchins WR 158 89 1458 16.3 198 12
34 McKelvey WR 109 64 937 14.6 103 3
84 Ochs WR 102 56 829 14.8 119 6
41 Seidman RB 65 49 462 9.4 214 7
89 Fisher TE 63 40 489 12.2 71 5
21 Warren RB 35 28 300 10.7 153 6
80 Lyons WR 31 16 228 14.2 33 4
**Team --- 610 369 5044 13.6 944 44

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
58 Paulson ILB 82 23 3.5 7 0 6
39 Jacobs S 71 26 0.0 0 4 21
99 Urlacher OLB 64 17 8.0 7 0 7
40 Hebert CB 57 22 1.0 1 1 13
38 Abrams S 49 20 0.0 0 3 16
93 Tyler ILB 47 23 2.0 3 1 5
49 Arends CB 42 7 0.0 0 5 10
23 Van Dam CB 41 22 0.0 0 4 10
24 Runnels S 39 10 1.0 0 2 8
98 Messerly DE 37 20 11.0 29 0 0
32 Ducrot CB 28 4 0.0 0 1 3
91 Katt DE 23 9 2.0 13 0 0
71 Dotson DT 23 13 1.5 3 0 0
92 Morici OLB 23 4 0.0 1 0 0
41 Seidman RB 22 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Austin DT 22 5 4.0 10 0 0
54 Upshaw OLB 16 5 0.0 0 0 3
**Team --- 802 251 42.0 91 23 108

We had another banner year passing the football with only a slight decline from the loss of star WR Erik Dotson. The running game was subpar this year, probably because Warren&Seidman(sounds like a law firm) have to run out of passing sets most of the time.

We were unquestionably the best defense in the league.

Free Agent signing DE Messerly gained 11 sacks and 29 hurries.

OLB Urlacher, once thought to be a future star, recovered from two injury plagued seasons to post 8 sacks, 7 hurries, 4 pass blocks and 7 pass defenses. In this defense, those are great numbers.

The defensive backfield continued their quiert dominance. Arends missed 5 games. The backfield still intercepted 23 passes and defended 108 moreand thus we allowed the 2nd fewest pass completions of any team despite being passed on more than anyone except the Pittsburgh steelers who ended up knocking us off in the Conference championship.

Ackerman only won 2nd team qb award this year. Oliver Kingsblood posted a far inferior season and of course won every award in the book.

Bobby Hutchins won 2nd team wr.

I am a little too disgusted with the loss to go into much more this season. I am going to work on signing Ackerman and setting the team up for their 3rd championship.

[JeffW]

2011 Off-Season:

Staff Hiring:

Frustratingly, my scout retires and I get stuck with a worse scout who is poor in Offensive Line. Low finances are killing me and when I actually spend to the salary cap I'm going to get killed on staff hiring.

Free Agency:

I resign Ackerman for 5 years: $18,420,000 signing bonus and $18,420,000 salary. My owner wouldn't let me offer more or I would have made it a 7-year deal.

Draft:

Rnd 1 - Dixon Lake, FB, Ohio State - Rating: 55/68 Dash: 4.7 BP: 36 Agi: 7.1 Sole: 34
Rnd 2 - Arnold Tindale, WR, Vanderbilt - Rating: 22/47 Dash: 4.5 BP: 22 Agi: 7.2 Sole: 34
Rnd 3 - Antoine Harrelson, CB, Iowa - Rating: 21/54 Dash: 4.5 BP: 13 Agi: 6.9 Sole: 12
Rnd 4 - Gus Pearson, DE, Texas A&M - Rating: 25/41 Dash: 4.9 BP: 30 Agi: 7.7 Sole: 34
Rnd 5 - Bobby Blair, CB, Washington - Rating: 20/32 Dash: 4.6 BP: 13 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 34
Rnd 6 - James Carmody, DE, Idaho - Rating: 17/38 Dash: 5.0 BP: 27 Agi: 7.5 Sole: 34
Rnd 7 - Kelvin Strobel, DE, Miami, Ohio - Rating: 18/39 Dash: 4.9 BP: 25 Agi: 7.4 Sole: 34

Ugh. Worst draft yet. A lot of players busted too--like I said my scout is a nogoodnik.

Here is my post season transaction report.

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/151/2011transactionsmr7.jpg

I've got 71 players on the roster and I'm only $480k under the cap. Yikes, even with my rabid fiscal responsibility I'm going to run into problem with the salary cap very shortly. Still, I am very pleased to have Ackerman back and to have resigned so many key players. We are poised for another championship run.

Edit: I just had to cut Scott Willmer because he actually was illegal according to the 2005 rule. Damn, wasted my once/year free agent signing and took a dead cap hit to boot.

[JeffW]

Here is the roster before week 3:


Front Office Football 2004
San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Exp Cur/Fut Cont.
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 6 99 99 5 yrs
Banks, Seth 8 QB 7 70 80 4 yrs
Ronk, Harold 11 QB 1 21 46 2 yrs
Seidman, Ethan 41 RB 7 47 51 2 yrs
Warren, Bucky 21 RB RB 7 51 51 1 yr.
Berry, Eric 46 RB 2 39 40 1 yr.
##Haas, Henry 45 RB 1 25 37 2 yrs
Lake, Dixon 33 FB FB 1 61 67 4 yrs
##Powell, Max 16 FB 7 35 37 2 yrs
Lane, Randal 81 TE TE 6 61 61 3 yrs
Rowell, Luke 83 TE 1 24 42 2 yrs
Burns, J.R. 7 TE 1 15 33 2 yrs
Hutchins, Bobby 86 FL FL 6 64 64 1 yr.
Lyons, Kyle 80 FL 5 44 48 1 yr.
McKelvey, Clay 34 FL 6 45 46 3 yrs
Lee, Ricky 34 FL 6 37 40 2 yrs
Ochs, Jeffrey 84 SE SE 2 48 69 3 yrs
Billmaier, Harry 85 SE 2 36 51 2 yrs
##Tindale, Arnold 87 SE 1 22 40 3 yrs
Hall, Mao 50 C C 3 67 77 2 yrs
**Robbins, Pete 55 C 7 73 73 4 yrs
##Jarvis, Frank 56 C 5 70 70 3 yrs
Prescott, Leland 73 LG LG 5 48 54 2 yrs
Stennett, Timothy 51 RG RG 2 28 66 2 yrs
Linquist, Marvin 67 LT LT 7 44 46 2 yrs
Cave, Rick 78 LT 3 24 46 1 yr.
##Stine, Zach 60 LT 2 15 41 2 yrs
Hoang, Les 74 RT RT 7 51 54 3 yrs
George, Alan 64 RT 5 42 45 1 yr.
Stanfield, Larry 22 P 6 46 51 1 yr.
Coleman, Willie 25 K 6 66 66 2 yrs
Katt, Tim 91 LDE LDE 5 69 72 1 yr.
Ferguson, Cris 96 LDE 3 28 48 1 yr.
Messerly, Vernon 98 RDE RDE 6 56 56 2 yrs
Lyons, Albert 75 LDT 1 27 44 2 yrs
Austin, Marty 77 LDT 6 36 41 3 yrs
Dotson, Bryce 71 RDT NT 4 46 52 3 yrs
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB SILB 4 46 48 3 yrs
Paulson, Charles 58 WILB WILB 7 41 41 2 yrs
Tiller, Bill 90 MLB 4 47 55 2 yrs
Morici, Earl 92 WLB WLB 2 44 62 2 yrs
Urlacher, Chad 99 WLB SLB 5 59 59 2 yrs
Upshaw, Jared 54 WLB 4 46 52 1 yr.
Kirk, Oliver 35 WLB 6 42 43 1 yr.
Arends, Donovan 49 LCB LCB 7 65 65 4 yrs
Hebert, Arnie 40 RCB RCB 3 57 57 1 yr.
**Harrelson, Antoine 30 RCB 1 27 56 3 yrs
Ducrot, Barry 32 RCB 2 37 50 2 yrs
##Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB 7 49 49 1 yr.
##McNown, Roman 47 RCB 2 25 28 1 yr.
Guerra, Rick 27 SS 2 36 48 1 yr.
Jacobs, Morris 39 FS FS 4 76 76 4 yrs
Abrams, Geoff 38 FS SS 6 63 63 1 yr.
Runnels, Deon 24 FS 7 56 56 1 yr.

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 54
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $1,310,000
Maximum for New Player: $1,540,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $760,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $480,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $59,200,000

[JeffW]

Speaking of week 3. Vengeance is mine, Steelers! 45-5. They owned us again running the football, unfortunately. Their starting tailback average 8.5 y/c.

Box Score: Pittsburgh at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Week 3, 2011

Attendance: 52,800 (71,600).


Weather: 84 degrees, fair.

2Q: 14:44 SDO - Ethan Seidman 3 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 14:44 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 05:20 SDO - Bobby Hutchins 5 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 05:20 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 01:23 PIT - Randy Conley 42 field goal.
2Q: 01:10 SDO - Bobby Hutchins 94 kickoff return.
2Q: 01:10 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
3Q: 07:02 SDO - Bobby Hutchins 26 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 07:02 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
3Q: 01:30 SDO - Jeffrey Ochs 63 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 01:30 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
4Q: 14:06 PIT - Safety: Quentin Romo tackled ball carrier in end zone.
4Q: 10:29 SDO - Willie Coleman 28 field goal.
4Q: 09:00 SDO - Ethan Seidman 10 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
4Q: 09:00 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.

Game MVP: SDO 6 Ryan Ackerman

Pittsburgh 0 3 0 2 - 5
San Diego 0 21 14 10 - 45

Team Statistics PIT SDO

First Downs 13 22

Total Rushes 21 28
Rushing Yards 145 132
Yards Per Carry 6.9 4.7
Pass Attempts 41 40
Completions 15 26
Passing Yards 127 359
Yards Per Attempt 3.0 8.9
Sacked 4 1
Yards Lost 22 5
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/1

Total Plays 66 69
Total Yards 250 486
Yards Per Play 3.7 7.0

3rd Down Plays 2/16 7/15
Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.3 8.4
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 4 9
Penalty Yards 35 77

Avg. Drive Start OWN 19 OWN 36
Time Of Possession 27:07 32:53

[JeffW]

Front Office Football 2004
2011 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 16-0
Winning Pct.: 1.000

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 430 26
Rushing Yards 1759 23
Yards Per Carry 4.09 17 (T)
Pass Attempts 646 1
Completions 390 1
Passing Yards 5484 1
Yards Per Attempt 8.48 1
3rd Down Conversions 52.7 1
Points Per Game 34.1 1
Turnovers 15 1 (T)
Turnover Margin +13 2 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 401 2
Rushing Yards 1720 5
Yards Per Carry 4.28 24 (T)
Pass Attempts 577 32
Completions 301 6
Passing Yards 3315 7
Yards Per Attempt 5.74 1
3rd Down Conversions 38.1 2
Points Per Game 15.6 2
Turnovers 28 5 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 24 at KCY 19
2 38 MIN 13
3 45 PIT 5
5 45 MIA 10
6 38 NJY 7
7 31 at DEN 7
8 27 at BUF 24
9 23 at NED 10
10 42 OAK 17
11 28 KCY 25
12 45 at CHI 27
13 41 at HOU 18
14 30 at DET 20
15 38 at OAK 32
16 27 GBY 0
17 24 DEN 16
$$CS MIA

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 645 389 5476 8.48 55 9
**Team --- 646 390 5484 8.48 55 9

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
21 Warren RB 226 840 3.71 2
41 Seidman RB 148 710 4.79 4
**Team --- 430 1759 4.09 10

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
86 Hutchins WR 142 80 1383 17.2 190 10
84 Ochs WR 139 73 1194 16.3 218 9
41 Seidman RB 76 56 501 8.9 228 8
34 McKelvey WR 90 51 737 14.4 92 10
85 Billmaier WR 67 41 751 18.3 88 5
81 Lane TE 51 31 352 11.3 70 6
21 Warren RB 38 30 288 9.6 67 7
33 Lake FB 22 18 147 8.1 81 0
**Team --- 646 390 5484 14.0 1053 55

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
38 Abrams S 82 27 0.0 0 0 12
49 Arends CB 65 14 0.0 0 8 14
39 Jacobs S 63 34 0.0 0 3 14
91 Katt DE 54 15 6.0 16 0 0
93 Tyler ILB 54 26 0.0 4 0 8
40 Hebert CB 54 24 0.0 0 3 18
58 Paulson ILB 53 22 0.0 2 0 10
98 Messerly DE 51 9 8.0 31 0 0
92 Morici OLB 50 20 0.0 0 0 2
99 Urlacher OLB 42 21 6.0 8 1 4
90 Tiller ILB 38 17 0.0 0 0 3
71 Dotson DT 28 15 6.5 10 0 1
32 Ducrot CB 25 4 0.0 0 2 1
24 Runnels S 23 5 0.0 0 0 8
54 Upshaw OLB 21 5 2.5 2 0 0
23 Van Dam CB 20 8 0.0 0 2 3
**Team --- 806 278 33.0 79 20 99

Ho-hum. Another undefeated regular season. :D I'll go over player performances, etc at season's end.

Next up: We face the 9-8 Miami Dolphins in the 2nd round. We are 11 point favorites at home.

[JeffW]

Box Score: Miami at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Conference Semifinals, 2011

Attendance: 56,900 (71,600).


Weather: 79 degrees, fair.

1Q: 11:06 SDO - Bobby Hutchins 24 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 11:06 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
1Q: 02:53 SDO - Willie Coleman 39 field goal.
2Q: 10:49 SDO - Bobby Hutchins 3 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 10:49 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 05:09 SDO - Jeffrey Ochs 3 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 05:09 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 00:15 MIA - Brian Humphries 20 field goal.
3Q: 10:11 MIA - Kendrick Hines 57 pass from Brandon Winters.
3Q: 10:11 MIA - Brian Humphries extra point.
3Q: 04:24 MIA - Brian Humphries 32 field goal.
4Q: 12:06 MIA - Brian Humphries 23 field goal.

Game MVP: SDO 6 Ryan Ackerman

Miami 0 3 10 3 - 16
San Diego 10 14 0 0 - 24

Team Statistics MIA SDO

First Downs 15 23

Total Rushes 23 26
Rushing Yards 104 87
Yards Per Carry 4.5 3.3
Pass Attempts 32 34
Completions 16 21
Passing Yards 305 283
Yards Per Attempt 9.5 8.3
Sacked 4 1
Yards Lost 24 12
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0

Total Plays 59 61
Total Yards 385 358
Yards Per Play 6.5 5.8

3rd Down Plays 4/15 3/10
Avg. YTG on 3rd 7.7 6.3
4th Down Plays 1/1 0/0

Penalties 9 4
Penalty Yards 74 25

Avg. Drive Start OWN 17 OWN 30
Time Of Possession 29:09 30:51

Unnecessarily narrow victory. We had the game in hand 24-0 and let within a score by game end. Still, a win is a win.

Conference Championship: We are favored by 13 against the 11-7 Cincinatti Bengals.

[JeffW]

Box Score: Cincinnati at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Conference Finals, 2011

Attendance: 56,900 (71,600).


Weather: 65 degrees, rain.

1Q: 09:48 SDO - Bobby Hutchins 8 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 09:48 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
1Q: 08:35 CIN - Harris Ellison 56 fumble return.
1Q: 08:35 CIN - Roosevelt Perrino extra point.
1Q: 05:51 SDO - Bucky Warren 3 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 05:51 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 14:53 CIN - Roosevelt Perrino 42 field goal.
2Q: 13:33 SDO - Harry Billmaier 43 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 13:33 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 09:08 SDO - Bucky Warren 14 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 09:08 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 00:50 SDO - Bucky Warren 4 run.
2Q: 00:50 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 00:06 CIN - Roosevelt Perrino 39 field goal.
3Q: 09:20 SDO - Jeffrey Ochs 24 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 09:20 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
3Q: 00:09 SDO - Willie Coleman 23 field goal.
4Q: 10:58 SDO - Willie Coleman 34 field goal.

Game MVP: SDO 6 Ryan Ackerman

Cincinnati 7 6 0 0 - 13
San Diego 14 21 10 3 - 48

Team Statistics CIN SDO

First Downs 14 23

Total Rushes 19 24
Rushing Yards 50 82
Yards Per Carry 2.6 3.4
Pass Attempts 33 40
Completions 17 23
Passing Yards 228 314
Yards Per Attempt 6.9 7.8
Sacked 5 2
Yards Lost 26 10
Interceptions 3 0
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 3/1

Total Plays 57 66
Total Yards 252 386
Yards Per Play 4.4 5.8

3rd Down Plays 3/12 5/13
Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.2 8.9
4th Down Plays 0/0 1/1

Penalties 5 2
Penalty Yards 40 17

Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 42
Time Of Possession 28:13 31:47

No surprises this time, we rout them. The game is well in hand before half time.

Game ball goes to Ackerman of course, for his 5-TD performance:

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Ackerman 37 23 314 8.4 43 5 0 2

Championship Game: 1 more win to go to put up an unprecedent second 19-0 season. We are favored by 4 points--that might be the least we've been favored by all season.

Scouting Report on Cardinals (http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8914/2011arizonascoutingreportab1.jpg)

Scouting Report on Chargers (http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/2256/2011sandiegoscoutingreporteh7.jpg)

On paper, we match up well. They're a good medium long passing team that is vulnerable to medium-long passes. We crush medium-long passing teams and rely on it to carry our offense.

[JeffW]

As an interesting twist, this game is played in Arizona.

Box Score: Arizona vs San Diego
Tucson, AZ.

Front Office Championship, 2011

Attendance: 65,300 (65,300).


Weather: 69 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:34 SDO - Bobby Hutchins 5 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 10:34 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
1Q: 05:16 ARI - Sam Grusendorf 35 field goal.
2Q: 13:50 ARI - Sam Grusendorf 51 field goal.
2Q: 10:50 SDO - Willie Coleman 44 field goal.
2Q: 05:19 ARI - Tony Brady 7 pass from Roger Nixon.
2Q: 05:19 ARI - Sam Grusendorf extra point.
2Q: 02:22 SDO - Willie Coleman 38 field goal.
2Q: 00:36 ARI - Sam Grusendorf 34 field goal.
3Q: 05:26 SDO - Willie Coleman 43 field goal.
4Q: 08:05 ARI - Sam Grusendorf 24 field goal.
4Q: 06:45 SDO - Clay McKelvey 31 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
4Q: 06:45 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.

Game MVP: SDO 6 Ryan Ackerman

Arizona 3 13 0 3 - 19
San Diego 7 6 3 7 - 23

Team Statistics ARI SDO

First Downs 23 20

Total Rushes 34 15
Rushing Yards 167 51
Yards Per Carry 4.9 3.4
Pass Attempts 32 47
Completions 16 25
Passing Yards 234 371
Yards Per Attempt 7.3 7.8
Sacked 2 3
Yards Lost 10 21
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0

Total Plays 68 65
Total Yards 391 401
Yards Per Play 5.7 6.1

3rd Down Plays 6/15 7/14
Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.5 9.5
4th Down Plays 0/1 0/1

Penalties 4 7
Penalty Yards 30 50

Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 28
Time Of Possession 30:52 29:08

We did it! Three Championships in 4 years, 2 undefeated seasons in 3! This is an unprecedented run. That was a tough game, thankfully Ackerman came through with a deep pass to McKelvey that went for 31 yards and a touchdown. End of season comments to follow.

[JeffW]

Just wanted to say ....This is a great read...
everyone Ive talked to loves it
KEEP UP THE HARD WORK

Thanks for the interest. I'm glad everyone's enjoying the dynasty.

One other thing: I'm here to please, if you want to know about any other teams, games, players, etc that I haven't covered, feel free to ask.

[JeffW]

QBs:

Player Pos Strt End GP GS Att Cmp Pct Yards Avg Lg
$$Ackerman, Ryan QB 2006 2011 84 84 2938 1726 58.7 23526 8.00 75
$$Banks, Seth QB 2005 2011 38 28 771 403 52.2 4327 5.61 79

Player Pos TD Int Sck Yards Rating
$$Ackerman, Ryan QB 2006 205 63 155 963 98.6
$$Banks, Seth QB 2005 19 28 43 277 62.0

Ackerman hit a few milestones in the first year of his contract like 20,000 passing yards and 200 TDs(he has now passed for more TDs in 6 years than the next best player has in 8). Did I mention that the man has only fumbled 12 times in his 84 career games?

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/3760/qbackerman0611fy1.jpg

Rushers:
Player Pos Strt End GP GS Att Yards Avg Lg TD
$$Warren, Bucky RB 2005 2011 109 90 1850 7564 4.08 69 38
$$Seidman, Ethan RB 2005 2011 112 26 928 3708 3.99 86 16
$$Ackerman, Ryan QB 2006 2011 84 84 112 499 4.45 14 4
$$Banks, Seth QB 2005 2011 38 28 126 392 3.11 22 3

Bucky Warren will never be an MVP candidate, but in his 7 seasons with the chargers, he has produced in every phase of the game--even moonlighting as a kick returner earlier in his career(70 returns, 1 touchdown, 22.7 avg). This is likely his last season as a Charger.

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8905/rbwarren0511dj0.jpg

Receivers:

Player Pos Strt End GP GS Targ Ctch Yards Avg YAC Lg TD
$$Hutchins, Bobby WR 2006 2011 88 65 594 331 5386 16.2 670 55 39
$$Dotson, Erik WR 2007 2009 46 40 416 228 4153 18.2 876 79 33
$$McKelvey, Clay WR 2006 2011 96 51 474 247 3582 14.5 407 55 30
$$Fisher, Trent TE 2006 2010 68 63 307 208 2443 11.7 327 54 19
$$Ochs, Jeffrey WR 2010 2011 32 30 241 129 2023 15.6 337 63 15
$$Warren, Bucky RB 2005 2011 109 90 379 245 2006 8.1 704 41 27
$$Seidman, Ethan RB 2005 2011 112 26 329 219 1944 8.8 817 49 19
$$Lane, Randal TE 2006 2011 95 31 148 92 1131 12.2 233 63 15

Bobby Hutchins takes over the lead in catches, yards and TDs from former superstar Erik Dotson, whose ACL injury with the Broncos has reduced him to a shell of his former self.

Hutchins rise from an undrafted free agent out of Hawaii to a three time all pro receiver is nothing short of amazing. He has also been extraordinarily productive returning kickoffs for the chargers--averaging 29.8 yards/return on 71 kickoffs over the last three years--and he's fumbled only 5 times in 88 games. Unfortunately, he is another key cog who will likely abandon the Chargers for a bigger contract elsewhere.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6953/wrbobbyhutchins0611kp2.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9929/wrbobbyhutchins0611statsse4.jpg

Defense:


Player Pos Strt End GP GS Tckl Asst Sack Blkd Hurr
$$Paulson, Charles ILB 2005 2011 106 89 457 158 14.5 4 13
$$Abrams, Geoff S 2006 2011 92 92 398 148 1.0 0 0
$$Arends, Donovan CB 2005 2011 97 95 383 97 0.0 0 2
$$Jacobs, Morris S 2008 2011 64 64 303 117 0.0 0 1
$$Runnels, Deon S 2005 2011 111 31 301 88 1.0 0 1
$$Joyner, Larry ILB 2005 2010 83 49 282 97 3.0 0 3
$$Van Dam, Kerry CB 2005 2011 92 83 272 103 0.0 0 0
Vann, Norm S 2006 2009 63 51 257 79 0.0 0 0
$$Tyler, Tom ILB 2008 2011 64 62 232 94 4.0 0 8
$$Urlacher, Chad OLB 2007 2011 56 56 223 91 20.0 9 24
$$Katt, Tim DE 2007 2011 75 75 193 74 30.0 22 80
$$Hebert, Arnie CB 2009 2011 48 28 141 54 1.0 0 1
Angelou, Mitch DT 2005 2007 48 48 125 46 5.0 3 9
$$Upshaw, Jared OLB 2008 2011 63 39 123 43 10.0 1 7
$$Kirk, Oliver OLB 2006 2011 76 20 122 46 5.5 1 10
$$Gow, Austin ILB 2004 2004 16 16 119 48 6.0 1 1
Stachelski, Kennedy ILB 2005 2006 32 26 118 52 1.0 0 0
$$Seidman, Ethan RB 2005 2011 112 26 114 0 0.0 0 0

Pass Coverage Statistics:

Player Pos Strt End GP GS Ints IRYd TD Defn Cght PPly PDPct
$$Arends, Donovan CB 2005 2011 97 95 27 299 0 92 267 3323 20.1
$$Abrams, Geoff S 2006 2011 92 92 12 124 1 90 198 3091 20.2
$$Van Dam, Kerry CB 2005 2011 92 83 17 158 1 76 219 2788 20.0
$$Jacobs, Morris S 2008 2011 64 64 15 214 1 60 139 2296 20.4
Vann, Norm S 2006 2009 63 51 16 170 1 51 145 2015 20.2

Both Arends and Van Dam have been extraordinarily productive corners with the team for 7 years--from the incredibly 05 draft that also produced 4 time all pro Offensive Tackle B.J. Montgomery, running backs Seidman&Warren and long time backup QB Seth Banks. Starting LT Marvin Lindquist and MLB Charles Paulson were also signed as undrafted free agents during the same off season.

They have defined a defense that routinely leads the league in fewest yards/attempt. Van Dam is now serving in a nickelback role following an injury in 2008 that caused him to miss the season, but he would start for most teams in the league.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3236/cbarends0511ph8.jpg

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3815/cbvandam0511yp7.jpg

Offensive Line

Player Pos Strt End GP GS KRB KRO BPct SkA
$$Montgomery, B.J. T 2005 2008 62 62 131 389 33.6 18
$$Jarvis, Frank C 2007 2011 69 66 113 350 32.2 36
$$Hall, Mao C 2009 2011 45 39 66 186 35.4 12
$$Hoang, Les T 2008 2011 54 53 64 205 31.2 20
$$Robbins, Pete C 2007 2011 50 50 54 196 27.5 7
$$Prescott, Leland G 2007 2011 61 43 53 154 34.4 16
$$Acevedo, Donovan FB 2006 2009 62 55 51 151 33.7 6
$$Linquist, Marvin T 2005 2011 76 59 41 138 29.7 12

Player Pos PPly SPct RPly OPct
$$Montgomery, B.J. T 2005 1919 0.9 1815 21.4
$$Jarvis, Frank C 2007 2251 1.5 1628 21.4
$$Hall, Mao C 2009 1544 0.7 905 20.5
$$Hoang, Les T 2008 1894 1.0 1246 16.4
$$Robbins, Pete C 2007 1799 0.3 1159 16.9
$$Prescott, Leland G 2007 1621 0.9 1236 12.4
$$Acevedo, Donovan FB 2006 966 0.6 1059 14.2
$$Linquist, Marvin T 2005 2231 0.5 1431 9.6

Some notes on the team:

We are now in first place in regular season(record: 79-49) and playoff wins(11-1) since 2004.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/820/individualsingleseason2011xc4.jpg

All of Ackerman's records are league records. Dotson's 15 TDs in 2009 are also #1 among all players.

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9724/individualsinglegame2011tt3.jpg

Ackerman holds the records for Attempts, Yards and Completions and ties the record for passing TDs. Clay McKelvey's 4 TDs in a game is also a record.

[JeffW]

I'm going to go ahead and skip over to 2012. One quick note: Ackerman was named MVP, Championship MVP, Offensive POTY and 1st team QB. WR Hutchins was named 1st team wide receiver.

[hoopsguy]

Very nice run with this team. I'll continue following along as long as this stays interesting enough for you to continue updating the dynasty.

[JeffW]

2012 Off Season

I submit a plan to renovate my stadium for $400m. I demand the works. I'm sick of getting hosed on hiring Scouts--can't complain too much about my excellent coordinators, though my coach is merely adequate.

Staff Hiring: I hire the Head Coach from the Bears. VG Offense, Avoid Injuries, Ex Defense.

I try to hire a scout who's excellent in Young Talent but he gets snatched away from me. I end up with Leo Chrisman back for another year. With this guy on board it's impossible to draft or sign any offensive lineman.

Free Agency:

I have a lot of free agents this year. My guess is most of the starter UFAs are gone. I have 21.4m under the cap(80.6m). I should be able to resign all of the RFAs.

Warren, Bucky 21 RB 2005 UFA 8
Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB 2005 UFA 8
Runnels, Deon 24 FS 2005 UFA 8
Hutchins, Bobby 86 FL 2006 UFA 7
Stanfield, Larry 22 P 2006 UFA 7
Kirk, Oliver 35 WLB 2006 UFA 7
Abrams, Geoff 38 FS 2006 UFA 7
Lyons, Kyle 80 FL 2009 UFA 6
George, Alan 64 RT 2007 UFA 6
Katt, Tim 91 LDE 2007 UFA 6
Upshaw, Jared 54 WLB 2008 UFA 5
Cave, Rick 78 LT 2009 ---- 4
Ferguson, Cris 96 LDE 2009 ---- 4
Hebert, Arnie 40 RCB 2009 ---- 4
Berry, Eric 46 RB 2010 ---- 3
McNown, Roman 47 RCB 2010 ---- 3
Guerra, Rick 27 SS 2010 ---- 3

I'm going to feel out all the UFAs and see if any of them are cheap enough to move on early. Next, I'llsee what offers everyone gets and try to resign them later on if they're cheaper. None of them are irreplaceable. Same goes for my yearly free agent signing, I'll wait till week 20 and pick up some spare part to improve my roster. Fiscal Responsibility--it's boring but it's the only way to go in these house arrest dynasties.

Surprisingly, I am able to resign RB Bucky Warren, WR Kyle Lyons, CB Kerry Van Dam and OLB Jared Upshaw to contracts ranging from 2.3-3.8m over 3 years each.

I add former 1(1) DE Tom Harada who missed 31 games in his first two seasons. I think he'll replace Katt, my former 1(3) pick who signed a megadeal with someone. Hopefully he'll regain some of his former glory with us. If not, we only invested $3.1m over 3 years.

Draft:

From: Front Office Football

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1(32) - Omar Baither, DE, Kansas State - Rat: 23/61 40: 4.9 BP: 29 Agi: 7.4 Sole: 22
Rnd 2(32) - Ralph Malcolm, CB, Bethune Cookman - Rat: 21/55 40: 4.4 BP: 19 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 31
Rnd 3(32) - Spencer Owen, S, Murray State - Rat: 12/58 40: 4.5 BP: 17 Agi: 7.3 Sole: 22
Rnd 4(32) - Emmitt Rossel, CB, Duke - Rat: 16/52 40: 4.3 BP: 14 Agi: 6.9 Sole: 23
Rnd 5(32) - Wesley Owens, CB, Illinois - Rat: 22/46 40: 4.4 BP: 20 Agi: 6.9 Sole: 32
Rnd 6(32) - Gary Chapman, CB, Colorado - Rat: 13/37 40: 4.5 BP: 22 Agi: 7.2 Sole: 60
Rnd 7(32) - Kris Hagglund, RB, Kent - Rat: 24/38 40: 4.6 BP: 15 Agi: 7.3 Sole: 22

I received an e-mail:

From: The County Government

Your proposal for stadium renovation was submitted to the voters of your county for a decision.

The issue succeeded, and construction is scheduled for completion in 2015!

Here's the final vote tally:

In Favor: 678,153 (32) - 50.2%
Rejected: 670,404 (32) - 49.7%

10-step: Of course for the 8 time in a row my 1st round draft pick turns down my offer to play for the longer contract. I hate how rookie signing is handled in this game...

[JeffW]

I converted Baither to DT, but that might have been a mistake since I end up going 3-4 instead of 4-3. Here is the Regular Season roster.

Name # Pos DC Exp Cur/Fut Cont.

Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 7 99 99 4 yrs
Banks, Seth 8 QB 8 76 81 3 yrs
Ronk, Harold 11 QB 2 24 47 1 yr.
Seidman, Ethan 41 RB RB 8 46 51 1 yr.
Warren, Bucky 21 RB 8 41 41 3 yrs
Berry, Eric 46 RB 3 41 41 2 yrs
##Haas, Henry 45 RB 2 26 37 1 yr.
Lake, Dixon 33 FB FB 2 68 68 3 yrs
Lane, Randal 81 TE TE 7 62 62 2 yrs
Rowell, Luke 83 TE 2 28 42 1 yr.
##Fletcher, Juan 82 TE 1 21 40 2 yrs
Lyons, Kyle 80 FL 6 45 48 3 yrs
McKelvey, Clay 34 FL FL 7 46 46 2 yrs
Lee, Ricky 34 FL 7 38 41 1 yr.
Ochs, Jeffrey 84 SE SE 3 62 71 2 yrs
Billmaier, Harry 85 SE 3 49 55 1 yr.
##Lary, Myron 88 SE 1 25 42 2 yrs
Hall, Mao 50 C C 4 82 82 1 yr.
Jarvis, Frank 56 C RG 6 71 71 2 yrs
Robbins, Pete 55 C LG 8 70 70 3 yrs
##Prescott, Leland 73 LG 6 49 54 1 yr.
Stine, Zach 60 LG 3 14 42 1 yr.
Stennett, Timothy 51 RG 3 37 65 1 yr.
Linquist, Marvin 67 LT LT 8 45 47 1 yr.
Cave, Rick 78 LT 4 26 44 3 yrs
##Coffman, Riddick 63 LT 1 19 39 2 yrs
Hoang, Les 74 RT RT 8 51 53 2 yrs
Greer, Christian 2 P 1 55 55 2 yrs
Coleman, Willie 25 K 7 69 69 1 yr.
Ferguson, Cris 96 LDE 4 37 56 2 yrs
Messerly, Vernon 98 RDE RDE 7 56 56 1 yr.
Harada, Tom 95 RDE LDE 5 48 52 3 yrs
Lyons, Albert 75 LDT 2 30 45 1 yr.
Austin, Marty 77 LDT 7 37 42 2 yrs
Baither, Omar 91 RDT 1 23 58 4 yrs
Dotson, Bryce 71 RDT NT 5 52 53 2 yrs
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB 5 47 49 2 yrs
**Paulson, Charles 58 WILB WILB 8 39 39 1 yr.
Tiller, Bill 90 MLB SILB 5 55 55 1 yr.
Morici, Earl 92 WLB WLB 3 58 64 1 yr.
Urlacher, Chad 99 WLB SLB 6 59 59 1 yr.
Upshaw, Jared 54 WLB 5 46 51 3 yrs
##Arends, Donovan 49 LCB 8 63 63 3 yrs
Hebert, Arnie 40 RCB RCB 4 58 58 4 yrs
Harrelson, Antoine 30 RCB 2 32 57 2 yrs
Ducrot, Barry 32 RCB 3 50 53 1 yr.
Owens, Wesley 20 RCB 1 30 53 3 yrs
Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB LCB 8 50 50 3 yrs
**McNown, Roman 47 RCB 3 26 28 1 yr.
Malcolm, Ralph 26 SS 1 25 62 3 yrs
Owen, Spencer 36 SS 1 15 51 3 yrs
Guerra, Rick 27 SS FS 3 42 50 3 yrs
Jacobs, Morris 39 FS SS 5 78 78 3 yrs

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

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

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $9,370,000

[JeffW]

Midseason report. I don't know what's wrong with Ackerman this year. He has cost us a game this year to 3-5 Cleveland with this execrable performance:

Week 7(Loss 29-24)

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Ackerman 38 17 254 6.6 36 3 4 2

He's on pace for a career high 20 interceptions.

The loss to Den was inexplicable. We went 4/13 on third down, but dominated them 6.5 yards/play to 4.3 y/p.

We are 1 game back from KC in the division. Anything less than #1 seed in the regular season is going to piss me off. 8 starters are out for our week 10 matchup with Cincinnati, including 4 of 5 starting offensive lineman and 2 of 3 defensive linemen.


Front Office Football 2004
2012 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 6-2
Winning Pct.: .750

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 175 32
Rushing Yards 738 27
Yards Per Carry 4.21 11 (T)
Pass Attempts 302 5
Completions 172 10 (T)
Passing Yards 2500 1
Yards Per Attempt 8.27 1
3rd Down Conversions 52.7 2
Points Per Game 28.8 1
Turnovers 14 18 (T)
Turnover Margin -2 17 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 243 22
Rushing Yards 970 18 (T)
Yards Per Carry 3.99 15
Pass Attempts 262 13
Completions 138 2 (T)
Passing Yards 1422 2
Yards Per Attempt 5.42 2
3rd Down Conversions 42.0 14
Points Per Game 15.0 6
Turnovers 12 12 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 24 at OAK 14
2 49 ATL 16
3 23 MIA 14
4 28 at PIT 3
6 28 at BAL 14
7 24 CLE 29
8 17 at DEN 20
9 38 OAK 10
10 CIN
11 KCY
12 at TBY
13 at JAX
14 at NOS
15 DEN
16 CAR
17 at KCY

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 300 171 2489 8.29 25 10
**Team --- 302 172 2500 8.27 25 10

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
21 Warren RB 74 294 3.97 2
41 Seidman RB 52 284 5.46 1
46 Berry RB 23 71 3.08 0
**Team --- 175 738 4.21 3

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
84 Ochs WR 93 49 853 17.4 206 5
34 McKelvey WR 66 36 503 13.9 70 3
80 Lyons WR 39 18 284 15.7 28 4
34 Lee WR 24 15 305 20.3 42 3
81 Lane TE 24 14 156 11.1 39 2
33 Lake FB 21 14 100 7.1 79 5
41 Seidman RB 16 11 103 9.3 67 2
**Team --- 302 172 2500 14.5 578 25

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
90 Tiller ILB 47 10 0.0 0 0 5
39 Jacobs S 40 19 0.0 0 1 7
92 Morici OLB 33 15 0.0 1 0 0
40 Hebert CB 32 11 0.0 0 1 12
58 Paulson ILB 30 10 0.0 1 0 1
99 Urlacher OLB 29 8 4.5 1 1 2
98 Messerly DE 26 7 5.5 12 0 0
32 Ducrot CB 22 7 0.0 0 2 5
71 Dotson DT 21 9 2.0 3 0 1
93 Tyler ILB 19 10 1.0 0 0 5
23 Van Dam CB 18 4 0.0 0 2 2
27 Guerra S 16 6 0.0 0 2 5
30 Harrelson CB 14 3 0.0 0 0 4
95 Harada DE 13 6 2.0 4 0 0
96 Ferguson DE 8 2 2.5 3 0 2
**Team --- 437 135 19.0 25 9 55

[JeffW]

It's been awhile since we had an important regular season game, but week 11 at home vs. division leading chiefs(who have tiebreaker leads on us) was one of them.

Box Score: Kansas City at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Week 11, 2012

Attendance: 64,000 (71,600).


Weather: 61 degrees, fair.

1Q: 00:00 SDO - Jeffrey Ochs 1 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 00:00 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 05:43 SDO - Jeffrey Ochs 10 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 05:43 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 01:06 KCY - Norbert Lane 38 field goal.
3Q: 08:44 SDO - Jeffrey Ochs 14 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 08:44 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point failed.
3Q: 05:37 SDO - Willie Coleman 25 field goal.
4Q: 14:07 KCY - Gilbert Walsh 3 pass from Shane Tatum.
4Q: 14:07 KCY - Norbert Lane extra point.
4Q: 13:26 SDO - Kyle Lyons 53 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
4Q: 13:26 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
4Q: 10:19 KCY - Wesley Duran 2 run.
4Q: 10:19 KCY - Norbert Lane extra point.
4Q: 08:36 KCY - Norbert Lane 29 field goal.
4Q: 07:52 SDO - Kyle Lyons 75 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
4Q: 07:52 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.

Game MVP: SDO 6 Ryan Ackerman

Kansas City 0 3 0 17 - 20
San Diego 7 7 9 14 - 37

Team Statistics KCY SDO

First Downs 21 26

Total Rushes 24 22
Rushing Yards 92 95
Yards Per Carry 3.8 4.3
Pass Attempts 38 38
Completions 18 25
Passing Yards 260 473
Yards Per Attempt 6.8 12.4
Sacked 4 0
Yards Lost 29 0
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0

Total Plays 66 60
Total Yards 323 568
Yards Per Play 4.8 9.4

3rd Down Plays 6/15 6/10
Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.1 7.6
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 8 8
Penalty Yards 60 69

Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 26
Time Of Possession 31:56 28:04

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Ackerman 38 25 473 12.4 75 5 2 0

Ackerman continues to throw too many intereceptions, still on pace for 19-20 on the year.

[Ryche]

Poor head coach. Directs the team to a perfect season and gets replaced.

[JeffW]

Poor head coach. Directs the team to a perfect season and gets replaced.

PWNED! :D

I am a soulless mercenary, I admit it.

Conference Championship was a nailbiter:

Box Score: Miami at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Conference Finals, 2012

Attendance: 64,500 (71,600).


Weather: 45 degrees, rain.

1Q: 10:39 MIA - Damon Wiley 3 pass from Brandon Winters.
1Q: 10:39 MIA - Trent Crumpler extra point.
1Q: 06:32 SDO - Dixon Lake 2 run.
1Q: 06:32 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 09:57 MIA - Victor Oliver 1 pass from Brandon Winters.
2Q: 09:57 MIA - Trent Crumpler extra point.
2Q: 07:09 MIA - Trent Crumpler 51 field goal.
2Q: 02:41 SDO - Ethan Seidman 2 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 02:41 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 00:16 MIA - Trent Crumpler 26 field goal.
3Q: 12:06 MIA - Trent Crumpler 26 field goal.
3Q: 10:39 SDO - Jeffrey Ochs 17 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 10:39 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
3Q: 05:11 SDO - Clay McKelvey 36 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 05:11 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
4Q: 14:04 MIA - Ben Henderson 4 run.
4Q: 14:04 MIA - Marcus Stegeman run for conversion failed.
4Q: 08:01 MIA - Trent Crumpler 33 field goal.
4Q: 04:32 SDO - Kyle Lyons 24 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
4Q: 04:32 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
4Q: 00:32 MIA - Trent Crumpler 41 field goal.
OT: 08:43 SDO - Willie Coleman 28 field goal.

Game MVP: SDO 6 Ryan Ackerman

Miami 7 13 3 12 0 - 35
San Diego 7 7 14 7 3 - 38

Team Statistics MIA SDO

First Downs 28 28

Total Rushes 36 16
Rushing Yards 191 58
Yards Per Carry 5.3 3.6
Pass Attempts 31 46
Completions 21 33
Passing Yards 297 499
Yards Per Attempt 9.5 10.8
Sacked 4 2
Yards Lost 25 15
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/0

Total Plays 71 64
Total Yards 463 542
Yards Per Play 6.5 8.4

3rd Down Plays 6/13 4/8
Avg. YTG on 3rd 7.7 8.5
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 4 5
Penalty Yards 20 30

Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 27
Time Of Possession 36:05 30:12

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Ackerman 46 33 499 10.8 39 4 2 2

We had terrible injuries heading into the playoffs this year. The majority of our offensive and defensive linemen missed time in the playoffs. The Championship Game was a little less eventful, but we did outscore the Cowboys 41-7 after starting down 17-0 by the 2nd quarter:

Box Score: Dallas vs San Diego
Visalia (CA), CA.

Front Office Championship, 2012

Attendance: 55,500 (55,500).


Weather: 68 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:46 DAL - Cris Williamson 8 pass from Ken Perry.
1Q: 08:46 DAL - Anthony Rogers extra point.
2Q: 12:45 DAL - Gino Klicker 1 pass from Ken Perry.
2Q: 12:45 DAL - Anthony Rogers extra point.
2Q: 09:23 SDO - Dixon Lake 14 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 09:23 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 04:17 SDO - Dixon Lake 18 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 04:17 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 02:08 SDO - Jeffrey Ochs 15 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 02:08 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
2Q: 00:13 DAL - Anthony Rogers 35 field goal.
3Q: 10:05 SDO - Jeffrey Ochs 8 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 10:05 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
3Q: 05:20 DAL - Craig Abram 6 pass from Ken Perry.
3Q: 05:20 DAL - Anthony Rogers extra point.
4Q: 14:47 SDO - Ricky Lee 7 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
4Q: 14:47 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point.
4Q: 00:51 SDO - Ethan Seidman 1 run.
4Q: 00:51 SDO - Willie Coleman extra point failed.

Game MVP: SDO 6 Ryan Ackerman

Dallas 7 10 7 0 - 24
San Diego 0 21 7 13 - 41

Team Statistics DAL SDO

First Downs 23 21

Total Rushes 25 21
Rushing Yards 123 42
Yards Per Carry 4.9 2.0
Pass Attempts 52 40
Completions 28 25
Passing Yards 268 380
Yards Per Attempt 5.1 9.5
Sacked 0 1
Yards Lost 0 6
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 3/2 0/0

Total Plays 77 62
Total Yards 391 416
Yards Per Play 5.0 6.7

3rd Down Plays 9/17 5/12
Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.7 11.0
4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0

Penalties 6 3
Penalty Yards 44 40

Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 40
Time Of Possession 31:25 28:35

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Ackerman 40 25 380 9.5 41 5 0 1

Ackerman Sweeps the major awards again and our soup of the day(3rd year Jeffrey Ochs) at wide receiver wins a 1st team award again. No one else gets a sniff.


Front Office Football 2004
2012 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 17-2
Winning Pct.: .894

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 394 31
Rushing Yards 1669 23
Yards Per Carry 4.23 14
Pass Attempts 593 3
Completions 358 1
Passing Yards 5434 1
Yards Per Attempt 9.16 1
3rd Down Conversions 51.6 1
Points Per Game 31.9 1
Turnovers 22 14 (T)
Turnover Margin -4 20 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 422 8 (T)
Rushing Yards 1669 6
Yards Per Carry 3.95 6 (T)
Pass Attempts 553 24
Completions 288 3
Passing Yards 3173 4
Yards Per Attempt 5.73 1
3rd Down Conversions 40.0 11 (T)
Points Per Game 14.9 1
Turnovers 18 25 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 24 at OAK 14
2 49 ATL 16
3 23 MIA 14
4 28 at PIT 3
6 28 at BAL 14
7 24 CLE 29
8 17 at DEN 20
9 38 OAK 10
10 31 CIN 0
11 37 KCY 20
12 27 at TBY 17
13 45 at JAX 28
14 27 at NOS 13
15 41 DEN 13
16 38 CAR 10
17 34 at KCY 18
$$CS 27 TEN 13
$$CF 38 MIA 35
**FB 41 vs DAL 24

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 590 357 5423 9.19 57 16
**Team --- 593 358 5434 9.16 57 16

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
41 Seidman RB 165 776 4.70 3
21 Warren RB 132 507 3.84 2
46 Berry RB 41 133 3.24 0
**Team --- 394 1669 4.23 5

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
84 Ochs WR 165 97 1707 17.5 382 14
34 McKelvey WR 128 66 1074 16.2 137 7
80 Lyons WR 82 50 934 18.6 219 10
33 Lake FB 61 42 330 7.8 175 8
34 Lee WR 52 34 605 17.7 66 6
81 Lane TE 41 26 329 12.6 96 3
41 Seidman RB 25 19 179 9.4 87 6
**Team --- 593 358 5434 15.1 1214 57

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
58 Paulson ILB 83 24 0.0 2 0 3
39 Jacobs S 80 30 0.0 0 1 13
92 Morici OLB 58 22 0.0 1 0 3
40 Hebert CB 57 23 1.0 0 2 22
90 Tiller ILB 56 10 0.0 0 0 5
99 Urlacher OLB 55 20 9.5 6 1 8
93 Tyler ILB 46 26 1.0 1 0 10
32 Ducrot CB 42 9 0.0 1 2 11
98 Messerly DE 41 15 12.5 31 0 0
23 Van Dam CB 35 9 0.0 1 3 3
30 Harrelson CB 34 7 0.0 0 0 5
71 Dotson DT 21 9 2.0 3 0 1
96 Ferguson DE 21 4 4.0 8 0 2
95 Harada DE 20 7 4.0 9 0 0
26 Malcolm S 18 13 0.0 0 0 6
77 Austin DT 16 5 0.0 2 0 0
27 Guerra S 16 6 0.0 0 2 5
**Team --- 815 254 36.0 68 13 106

Very similar to our other teams of recent years: Extreme dominance in passing yards/attempt on both sides of the ball. This year we were uncharacterstically 7th in the league in Sacks thanks to solid performances by Messerly and Urlacher. Bucky Warren seems to be on the decline--Seidman crushes him statistically for the second year in a row.

[JeffW]

2013 Off Season

New Scout. Excellent in Young Talent but Average pretty much everywhere else. Still looking for a top scout, but he's an upgrade.

New D Coordinator. He is a slight improvement over the old one.

Free Agents: Lots of Free Agents this year. I have successors groomed for most or all of them, but I'll try to resign veterans where possible(read: cheaply). I expect that 3/4 or more of the UFAs will be unsignable.

Seidman, Ethan 41 RB 2005 UFA 9
Linquist, Marvin 67 LT 2005 UFA 9
Paulson, Charles 58 WILB 2005 UFA 9
Lee, Ricky 34 FL 2006 UFA 8
Coleman, Willie 25 K 2006 UFA 8
Messerly, Vernon 98 RDE 2010 UFA 8
Prescott, Leland 73 LG 2007 UFA 7
Urlacher, Chad 99 WLB 2007 UFA 7
Tiller, Bill 90 MLB 2008 UFA 6
Hall, Mao 50 C 2009 UFA 5
Billmaier, Harry 85 SE 2010 ---- 4
Stine, Zach 60 LG 2010 ---- 4
Stennett, Timothy 51 RG 2010 ---- 4
Morici, Earl 92 WLB 2010 ---- 4
Ducrot, Barry 32 RCB 2010 ---- 4
McNown, Roman 47 RCB 2010 ---- 4
Ronk, Harold 11 QB 2011 ---- 3
Haas, Henry 45 RB 2011 ---- 3
Rowell, Luke 83 TE 2011 ---- 3
Lyons, Albert 75 LDT 2011 ---- 3

I miss out on resigning Linquist, but I replace him with someone who my scouts say is comparable--5th year LT Ross Goodwin, a 5th round pick out of Tulsa w/ 55/69 Pass Blocking. I resign Seidman and Paulson to 3.5m, 3year deals.

Rnd 1(32) - Cris Miner, S, Davidson - Rat: 20/70 40: 4.5 BP: 28 Agi: 6.9 Sole: 34
Rnd 2(32) - Lenny Turner, WR, Illinois - Rat: 31/50 40: 4.4 BP: 16 Agi: 6.8 Sole: 34
Rnd 3(32) - Tony Fuld, WR, UCLA - Rat: 35/48 40: 4.3 BP: 17 Agi: 6.9 Sole: 23
Rnd 4(32) - Earnest Humphries, C, Washington - Rat: 12/55 40: 5.1 BP: 29 Agi: 8.0 Sole: 18
Rnd 5(32) - Dixon Kean, C, Syracuse - Rat: 12/56 40: 5.3 BP: 29 Agi: 8.0 Sole: 19
Rnd 6(32) - Marty Diaz, T, Northwestern - Rat: 18/45 40: 5.2 BP: 28 Agi: 7.7 Sole: 24
Rnd 7(32) - J.T. DeAngelis, G, Georgia Southern - Rat: 14/44 40: 5.1 BP: 27 Agi: 7.8 Sole: 28

Ugh, first three prospects will be great, but the next four *all* busted a little bit, so I have low hopes for them even making the roster. That's what I get for picking linemen with no measurables to speak of. Offensive linemen(and defensive linemen to a lesser extent) are the hardest position to draft for past the first couple rounds, IMO.

10-step Free Agency:

This was a big free agency as far as this dynasty goes. Two starters got 4 year deals, but I hiked up their signing bonuses to get slightly cheaper overall contracts. Still no one over $3m/yr though and I think both of the 4-yr guys are seriously underpaid.

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[Emiliano]

Very nice run. It's always interesting to read "empty cupboard" stories, I love 'em. Keep going!

[JeffW]

2013 Opening Day Roster:

San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut Cntrc
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 8 99 99 3 yrs
Banks, Seth 8 QB 9 83 83 2 yrs
Ronk, Harold 11 QB 3 29 47 1 yr.
Seidman, Ethan 41 RB RB 9 43 49 3 yrs
Berry, Eric 46 RB 4 41 41 1 yr.
Drayton, Artie 48 RB 1 24 30 2 yrs
##Haas, Henry 45 RB 3 26 37 1 yr.
Lake, Dixon 33 FB FB 3 66 66 2 yrs
Lane, Randal 81 TE TE 8 56 56 1 yr.
Rowell, Luke 83 TE 3 33 43 2 yrs
Fletcher, Juan 82 TE 2 22 36 1 yr.
Lyons, Kyle 80 FL FL 7 47 48 2 yrs
Lee, Ricky 34 FL 8 38 41 3 yrs
##McKelvey, Clay 34 FL 8 47 47 1 yr.
Ochs, Jeffrey 84 SE SE 4 74 74 1 yr.
Fuld, Tony 87 SE 1 41 55 3 yrs
Lary, Myron 88 SE 2 30 46 1 yr.
##Turner, Lenny 89 SE 1 36 55 3 yrs
Jarvis, Frank 56 C C 7 75 75 1 yr.
Robbins, Pete 55 C RT 9 66 66 2 yrs
##Humphries, Earnest 50 C 1 15 49 3 yrs
**Stine, Zach 60 LG 4 16 41 1 yr.
Leverson, Claude 62 RG LG 1 22 40 2 yrs
Stennett, Timothy 51 RG RG 4 42 64 3 yrs
DeAngelis, J.T. 61 RG 1 18 43 3 yrs
Goodwin, Ross 65 LT LT 5 44 52 3 yrs
Diaz, Marty 69 LT 1 24 46 3 yrs
Cave, Rick 78 LT 5 31 41 2 yrs
##Hoang, Les 74 RT 9 48 54 1 yr.
Greer, Christian 2 P 2 63 63 1 yr.
Coleman, Willie 25 K 8 70 70 3 yrs
Ferguson, Cris 96 LDE LDE 5 43 56 1 yr.
##Farnell, Phil 76 LDE 1 20 36 2 yrs
Messerly, Vernon 98 RDE RDE 8 57 57 4 yrs
Harada, Tom 95 RDE 6 55 55 2 yrs
Austin, Marty 77 LDT LDT 8 37 42 1 yr.
Lyons, Albert 75 LDT 3 33 46 1 yr.
Dotson, Bryce 71 RDT RDT 6 53 53 1 yr.
##Baither, Omar 91 RDT 2 31 56 3 yrs
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB 6 47 50 1 yr.
Paulson, Charles 58 WILB MLB 9 39 39 3 yrs
Mills, Tim 94 MLB 1 18 32 2 yrs
Morici, Earl 92 WLB SLB 4 68 68 4 yrs
Upshaw, Jared 54 WLB WLB 6 47 51 2 yrs
Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB 1 17 34 2 yrs
**Arends, Donovan 49 LCB 9 66 66 2 yrs
Hebert, Arnie 40 RCB LCB 5 59 59 3 yrs
Ducrot, Barry 32 RCB RCB 4 55 55 3 yrs
Harrelson, Antoine 30 RCB 3 45 59 1 yr.
Owens, Wesley 20 RCB 2 42 58 2 yrs
Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB 9 51 51 2 yrs
Guerra, Rick 27 SS FS 4 47 50 2 yrs
Miner, Cris 29 SS 1 28 69 5 yrs
Owen, Spencer 36 SS 2 18 46 2 yrs
Jacobs, Morris 39 FS SS 6 79 79 2 yrs

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 55
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $5,370,000

[JeffW]

Well, we didn't lose, but...


Front Office Football 2004
2013 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 18-0-1
Winning Pct.: .973

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 429 27
Rushing Yards 1661 29
Yards Per Carry 3.87 28
Pass Attempts 648 1
Completions 350 2
Passing Yards 5415 1
Yards Per Attempt 8.35 1
3rd Down Conversions 45.4 10
Points Per Game 31.3 1
Turnovers 23 19 (T)
Turnover Margin +1 15 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 389 2
Rushing Yards 1507 1
Yards Per Carry 3.87 6
Pass Attempts 638 32
Completions 317 16 (T)
Passing Yards 3675 22
Yards Per Attempt 5.76 1
3rd Down Conversions 34.6 1
Points Per Game 15.6 3
Turnovers 24 8 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 30 at DEN 20
2 27 at DAL 24
3 27 at CIN 17
4 17 HOU 3
5 37 at IND 7
6 34 at OAK 24
8 38 DEN 6
9 41 at TEN 30
10 24 JAX 21
11 31 at KCY 13
12 20 WAS 20
13 24 MIA 13
14 44 at NYK 14
15 31 KCY 10
16 38 PHI 21
17 38 OAK 7
$$CS 38 MIA 17
$$CF 38 BAL 3
**FB 38 vs TBY 21

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 340 187 2923 8.59 27 9
8 Banks QB 306 163 2492 8.14 26 7
**Team --- 648 350 5415 8.35 53 16

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
41 Seidman RB 245 977 3.98 3
46 Berry RB 102 372 3.64 0
8 Banks QB 42 120 2.85 0
**Team --- 429 1661 3.87 4

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
84 Ochs WR 162 91 1665 18.2 363 14
34 McKelvey WR 107 51 945 18.5 140 9
80 Lyons WR 97 48 790 16.4 114 7
87 Fuld WR 78 44 730 16.5 137 7
33 Lake FB 65 41 373 9.0 155 3
81 Lane TE 47 27 356 13.1 84 5
41 Seidman RB 41 22 225 10.2 107 3
**Team --- 648 350 5415 15.4 1162 53

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
92 Morici OLB 91 39 7.0 4 1 11
39 Jacobs S 70 28 0.0 0 1 18
40 Hebert CB 60 7 0.0 0 3 22
27 Guerra S 60 19 1.0 0 1 13
20 Owens CB 56 17 0.0 0 5 12
58 Paulson ILB 52 18 1.0 5 0 5
71 Dotson DT 42 19 3.5 11 0 3
32 Ducrot CB 35 13 0.0 0 4 15
23 Van Dam CB 34 8 0.0 1 0 4
96 Ferguson DE 34 8 3.0 13 0 1
93 Tyler ILB 32 9 1.0 1 0 3
54 Upshaw OLB 30 12 1.0 0 0 5
95 Harada DE 29 11 2.5 22 0 0
77 Austin DT 25 10 2.0 6 0 1
98 Messerly DE 22 11 5.0 27 0 1
29 Miner S 19 6 0.0 0 0 3
75 Lyons DT 17 2 3.0 6 0 0
**Team --- 807 250 33.0 101 16 119

No third 19-0 season. :rolleyes: An awful week twelve performance from QB Seth Banks allowed Washington to hang around for the tie.

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
8 Banks 55 25 323 5.8 29 3 2 4

Only Ochs made the all pro team. Ackerman won the championship MVP again. I was hit hard by injuries this year and we were running on empty, but our scintillating QB Platoon of Seth Banks/Ryan Ackerman and our historically dominant passing defense switched from 3-4 to 4-3 base and carried us to another title.

Surprisingly, this was our most dominant playoff run. We scored 38 points in all three games and held our opponents to an average of less than 14 points/game. We never trailed at any point.

We're going to have to retool the Offensive Line and Linebacker corps sooner or later. Depth is nonexistent and I had to start two sub-30 OL and a sub-40 LB all season long. I just haven't been able to retain our veterans at these spots and our old scout's poor offensive line rating put a damper on OL drafting for 2 or 3 years.

[JeffW]

Staff Hiring:

I try to hire a star Scout but I get outbid again. #@%)&(*

I do hire a new D Coordinator:

G DL, VG DBs, Ex LB, YT.

Free Agents:


Hoang, Les 74 RT 2008 UFA 10
Lane, Randal 81 TE 2006 UFA 9
McKelvey, Clay 34 FL 2006 UFA 9
Austin, Marty 77 LDT 2006 UFA 9
Jarvis, Frank 56 C 2007 UFA 8
Dotson, Bryce 71 RDT 2008 UFA 7
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB 2008 UFA 7
Ferguson, Cris 96 LDE 2009 UFA 6
Berry, Eric 46 RB 2010 UFA 5
Ochs, Jeffrey 84 SE 2010 UFA 5
Stine, Zach 60 LG 2010 UFA 5
Ronk, Harold 11 QB 2011 ---- 4
Haas, Henry 45 RB 2011 ---- 4
Lyons, Albert 75 LDT 2011 ---- 4
Harrelson, Antoine 30 RCB 2011 ---- 4
Fletcher, Juan 82 TE 2012 ---- 3
Lary, Myron 88 SE 2012 ---- 3
Greer, Christian 2 P 2012 ---- 3

$$(32) - player is in starting lineup, ##(32) - player is inactive.

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

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $16,740,000

I'd like to resign TE Lane, LB Tyler and one or both of the DTs.

Long time starter Les Hoang has missed 27 straight regular season games and his career with us is done.

C Jarvis has missed 17 games in the last three years. I'll let someone else overpay him.

WR Ochs will probably ask for $11m a season and some poor sucker will probably pay it.

I lost DT Dotson to Dallas. It's a shame as he was 71/72 Run D, 64/66 play diagnosis with good pass rush and endurance.

QB Karl Forbes, one of my inaugural rookie free agents, is now 67/71, but in 9 years in the league he has only 5 starts.

I sign an absolute steal at RB. Ben Henderson signed for 3 years at 700k per. His Breakway is 52, Third down running 46/58, Hole Rec 72/76, Elusiveness 84/91! He is a poor pass receiver, he fumbles a lot(avoid fumbles 17) and his endurance is too high(90/97), so he won't get as many carries as I'd like. He's averaged 4.7 y/c over 571 carries for his career though and you just can't argue with that production and this skillset.

Draft:

I need Lineman on both sides of the ball and linebackers. Lord knows I'm probably going to get stuck drafting unbelievable WRs and DBs as usual, though.

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1(32) - Wesley Francis, WR, Iowa - Rat: 31/69 40: 4.4 BP: 18 Agi: 6.8 Sole: 29
Rnd 2(32) - Ethan Wooden, OLB, Boston College - Rat: 22/55 40: 4.6 BP: 20 Agi: 7.3 Sole: 31
Rnd 3(32) - Dan Clarke, CB, Northwestern - Rat: 22/50 40: 4.5 BP: 21 Agi: 7.1 Sole: 20
Rnd 4(32) - Tyrone Heath, WR, Texas A&M - Rat: 30/42 40: 4.4 BP: 22 Agi: 6.9 Sole: 27
Rnd 5(32) - Courtney Sorota, DE, Tennessee - Rat: 20/43 40: 5.0 BP: 29 Agi: 7.7 Sole: 35
Rnd 6(32) - Al Summers, T, Louisiana State - Rat: 18/32 40: 5.4 BP: 41 Agi: 7.8 Sole: 29
Rnd 7(32) - Lawrence Davis, WR, Virginia Tech - Rat: 16/37 40: 4.5 BP: 22 Agi: 6.8 Sole: 28

God help me. I can't stop drafting these ridiculous workout warrior WRs. I don't know what I'm going to do with all these WRs--I had too many as it was. I just can't locate good players at the other positions right now for some reason.

[JeffW]

Here are your 2014 Chargers:

San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut Cntrc
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 9 99 99 2 yrs
Banks, Seth 8 QB 10 79 82 1 yr.
Ronk, Harold 11 QB 4 32 48 1 yr.
Henderson, Ben 26 RB RB 4 43 46 3 yrs
Seidman, Ethan 41 RB 10 38 44 2 yrs
Berry, Eric 46 RB 5 41 41 2 yrs
##Drayton, Artie 48 RB 2 27 29 1 yr.
Lake, Dixon 33 FB FB 4 65 65 1 yr.
##Gillespie, Ken 9 FB 1 19 43 2 yrs
Lane, Randal 81 TE TE 9 56 56 3 yrs
Rowell, Luke 83 TE 4 39 42 1 yr.
Francis, Wesley 84 FL FL 1 37 73 4 yrs
Lyons, Kyle 80 FL 8 46 49 1 yr.
##Heath, Tyrone 85 FL 1 33 42 3 yrs
##Lee, Ricky 34 FL 9 38 40 2 yrs
Fuld, Tony 87 SE SE 2 55 62 2 yrs
Turner, Lenny 89 SE 2 45 59 2 yrs
Lary, Myron 88 SE 3 38 51 3 yrs
Robbins, Pete 55 C C 10 64 64 1 yr.
Tate, Martin 57 C 1 25 43 2 yrs
##Humphries, Earnest 50 C 2 20 43 2 yrs
Stennett, Timothy 51 RG LG 5 51 64 2 yrs
DeAngelis, J.T. 61 RG RG 2 25 44 2 yrs
Leverson, Claude 62 RG 2 30 39 1 yr.
Goodwin, Ross 65 LT LT 6 45 52 2 yrs
Diaz, Marty 69 LT RT 2 33 47 2 yrs
Cave, Rick 78 LT 6 34 41 1 yr.
Greer, Christian 2 P 3 56 56 3 yrs
Coleman, Willie 25 K 9 71 71 2 yrs
Ferguson, Cris 96 LDE 6 54 56 3 yrs
Mariotti, Harold 90 LDE 1 17 44 2 yrs
Harada, Tom 95 RDE LDE 7 56 56 1 yr.
Messerly, Vernon 98 RDE RDE 9 56 56 3 yrs
Austin, Marty 77 LDT LDT 9 35 39 3 yrs
Lyons, Albert 75 LDT 4 40 47 3 yrs
**Arquette, Austin 79 LDT 1 25 45 2 yrs
Baither, Omar 91 RDT RDT 3 37 55 2 yrs
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB MLB 7 48 50 3 yrs
Paulson, Charles 58 WILB 10 31 31 2 yrs
##Mills, Tim 94 MLB 2 20 32 1 yr.
Wooden, Ethan 56 SLB 1 25 49 3 yrs
Morici, Earl 92 WLB SLB 5 69 69 3 yrs
Upshaw, Jared 54 WLB WLB 7 47 51 1 yr.
Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB 2 20 36 1 yr.
Clarke, Dan 35 LCB 1 26 50 3 yrs
**Arends, Donovan 49 LCB 10 57 57 1 yr.
Hebert, Arnie 40 RCB LCB 6 59 63 2 yrs
Owens, Wesley 20 RCB RCB 3 58 61 1 yr.
Harrelson, Antoine 30 RCB 4 53 59 3 yrs
Ducrot, Barry 32 RCB 5 56 56 2 yrs
Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB 10 52 52 1 yr.
McCarthy, Leslie 24 RCB 1 26 37 2 yrs
Miner, Cris 29 SS FS 2 38 69 4 yrs
##Guerra, Rick 27 SS 5 52 52 1 yr.
Jacobs, Morris 39 FS SS 7 80 80 1 yr.

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 55
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $5,740,000

[JeffW]

Front Office Football 2004
2014 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 18-1
Winning Pct.: .947

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 393 30
Rushing Yards 1728 24
Yards Per Carry 4.39 9
Pass Attempts 569 5
Completions 350 3 (T)
Passing Yards 5403 1
Yards Per Attempt 9.49 1
3rd Down Conversions 47.7 4 (T)
Points Per Game 33.8 1
Turnovers 29 27 (T)
Turnover Margin -9 29

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 432 8
Rushing Yards 1615 3
Yards Per Carry 3.73 4
Pass Attempts 606 32
Completions 313 11
Passing Yards 3728 13
Yards Per Attempt 6.15 2
3rd Down Conversions 36.2 2
Points Per Game 17.6 5
Turnovers 20 23 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 38 KCY 10
2 24 at SEA 13
3 42 at BAL 26
5 42 at MIA 26
6 38 NJY 8
7 31 DEN 23
8 41 at BUF 17
9 28 NED 27
10 39 at OAK 22
11 38 at KCY 17
12 28 STL 9
13 34 TEN 24
14 37 at SFO 21
15 20 OAK 3
16 40 ARI 13
17 21 at DEN 24
$$CS 33 MIA 16
$$CF 31 CIN 6
**FB 34 vs MIN 14

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 398 249 4024 10.11 45 14
8 Banks QB 171 101 1379 8.06 12 7
**Team --- 569 350 5403 9.49 57 21

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
26 Henderson RB 228 1112 4.87 7
46 Berry RB 75 315 4.20 1
8 Banks QB 32 101 3.15 2
**Team --- 393 1728 4.39 11

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
87 Fuld WR 148 88 1604 18.2 293 18
80 Lyons WR 89 54 871 16.1 113 10
84 Francis WR 100 54 911 16.8 159 3
89 Turner WR 71 42 733 17.4 121 9
33 Lake FB 36 30 263 8.7 102 5
81 Lane TE 39 26 352 13.5 78 8
41 Seidman RB 26 17 184 10.8 90 1
**Team --- 569 350 5403 15.4 1093 57

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
92 Morici OLB 88 28 6.5 4 0 12
39 Jacobs S 69 18 0.0 0 2 18
93 Tyler ILB 65 17 2.0 0 1 11
96 Ferguson DE 52 15 6.5 15 0 0
54 Upshaw OLB 47 5 0.0 0 0 1
20 Owens CB 47 29 1.0 0 3 12
77 Austin DT 46 20 4.0 5 0 2
40 Hebert CB 42 22 0.0 0 2 29
35 Clarke CB 42 5 0.0 0 2 8
91 Baither DT 39 12 4.5 12 0 0
27 Guerra S 36 13 0.0 0 1 1
95 Harada DE 31 9 5.5 11 0 0
29 Miner S 31 21 1.0 0 2 5
30 Harrelson CB 29 4 0.0 0 0 4
98 Messerly DE 28 5 13.0 15 0 2
58 Paulson ILB 25 1 0.0 1 0 0
32 Ducrot CB 21 3 0.0 0 1 5
23 Van Dam CB 20 3 0.0 0 0 3
75 Lyons DT 17 8 1.0 6 0 1
88 Lary WR 17 0 0.0 0 0 0
**Team --- 880 241 45.0 76 16 116

Once again came oh so close to an undefeated season. Ackerman was even more godly than usual--those numbers are from 11 games. I sat him for the last 5 weeks even when he became probable to return after a week or two. Banks was a huge drop off from Ackerman.

Deja vu all over again, our newbie wide receiver Fuld wins all pro honors and everyone else gets shut out except for Ackerman who wins his obligatory championship MVP. His recent post season snubs are nothing short of absurd.

Henderson was brilliant, as predicted, despite running behind one of the worst OLs I've fielded in years. Henry wasn't bad in relief. The Warren&Seidman era is officially at a close. Warren was cut during the offseason and Seidman totalled a career low 29 touches and 239 yards.

DE Fuld now holds the league receiving TD mark. It seems that no matter who I stick in at WR#1, they end up storming to a spectacular season.

DE Messerly played only 9 games, but he sacked opposing quarterbacks 13 times and hurried them an additional 15 times. By far the most impressive season by a Chargers pass rusher in this dynasty.

The defensive back field slipped a bit--they allowed >6 yards/attempt for the first time in as long as I can remember.

[JeffW]

2015 Off-Season:

Staff Hiring

Finally, I snag a good Scout.

Antonio Fell Age: 45(32) - Fair DL; Av RB; G LB; VG QB, K, DBs, YT; Ex Rec, OL

My old O. Coordinator becomes a FA and demands more than I'm allowed to pay. I dump him for an even better coordinator who is Ex in RB, Rec, OL and YT. Good at QBs, but I already have two developed stars at QB.

Free Agents:

Banks, Seth 8 QB 2005 UFA 11
Robbins, Pete 55 C 2007 UFA 11
Arends, Donovan 49 LCB 2005 UFA 11
Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB 2005 UFA 11
Lyons, Kyle 80 FL 2009 UFA 9
Harada, Tom 95 RDE 2012 UFA 8
Upshaw, Jared 54 WLB 2008 UFA 8
Jacobs, Morris 39 FS 2008 UFA 8
Cave, Rick 78 LT 2009 UFA 7
Guerra, Rick 27 SS 2010 UFA 6
Ronk, Harold 11 QB 2011 UFA 5
**Lake, Dixon 33 FB 2011 UFA 5
Rowell, Luke 83 TE 2011 UFA 5
Owens, Wesley 20 RCB 2012 ---- 4
Drayton, Artie 48 RB 2013 ---- 3
Leverson, Claude 62 RG 2013 ---- 3
Mills, Tim 94 MLB 2013 ---- 3
Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB 2013 ---- 3
Dubose, Charles 74 LT 2014 ---- 2

Damn it, Banks is making huge demands. He is more important than almost any starter on the team. If he gets any action in 20-step FA I'll have to sign a veteran backup. DE Harada, LB Upshaw and FS Morris would be nice to resign, but I make no promises. CB Arends missed the last two seasons with repetitive concussion syndrome and is now useless to me. C Robbins was also reduced to uselessness by injuries.

I make a few feeler offers and most every player is unsignable. This offseason could be a bloodbath. I'm really sweating the possible loss of Banks.

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1(32) - Junior Flannery, DE, Washington State - Rat: 36/49 40: 4.9 BP: 31 Agi: 7.4 Sole: 35
Rnd 2(32) - Winfred Jordan, S, Notre Dame - Rat: 28/51 40: 4.5 BP: 28 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 32
Rnd 3(32) - Kelly Walton, QB, Liberty (Va.) - Rat: 12/58 40: 4.7 BP: 9 Agi: 7.6 Sole: 41
Rnd 4(32) - Phillip Helfenstein, ILB, Trinity International - Rat: 12/44 40: 4.8 BP: 25 Agi: 7.4 Sole: 30
Rnd 5(32) - Lionel McCullough, CB, Colorado - Rat: 27/46 40: 4.5 BP: 14 Agi: 6.9 Sole: 32
Rnd 6(32) - Levon Bennett, S, Miami, Florida - Rat: 11/39 40: 4.7 BP: 15 Agi: 7.4 Sole: 35
Rnd 7(32) - Antonio Huntley, G, Washington - Autodrafted and cut.

Hmmm, 1st, 3nd round picks busted a bit. 2nd and 5th picks are slight booms. You win some, you lose some.

[JeffW]

10-step:

I sign WR Lyons to a 4-yr, $7m deal and QB Banks to a 4-yr $6.5m deal. I also signed a new C Adam Bernard from Denver and resigned a couple other minor players to 600k-1m a year contracts. I am well under the cap even with 76 players under contract. Next year, I have to resign Ackerman, but I wouldn't be surprised to see his demands stay the same or fall from his current contract.

Post-Camp:

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8786/dejulioflanneryra0.jpg

Flannery looks good on paper, but his ratings have dropped at every point. He's likely going to bust out. 5th round pick CB McCullough looks good with 49/63 b&r, 30/79 play diag and 58/73 ints.

Here is the opening day roster:

San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut Cntrc
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 10 92 95 1 yr.
Banks, Seth 8 QB 11 74 79 4 yrs
Walton, Kelly 18 QB 1 15 50 3 yrs
Henderson, Ben 26 RB RB 5 47 47 2 yrs
Berry, Eric 46 RB 6 41 45 1 yr.
Drayton, Artie 48 RB 3 28 30 1 yr.
##Peterson, Levon 39 RB 1 29 36 2 yrs
**Seidman, Ethan 41 RB 11 32 36 1 yr.
Gillespie, Ken 9 FB FB 2 27 42 1 yr.
Lane, Randal 81 TE TE 10 58 58 2 yrs
Rowell, Luke 83 TE 5 36 42 1 yr.
Francis, Wesley 84 FL FL 2 51 75 3 yrs
Heath, Tyrone 85 FL 2 41 49 2 yrs
Lyons, Kyle 80 FL 9 44 48 4 yrs
**Lee, Ricky 34 FL 10 36 38 1 yr.
Fuld, Tony 87 SE SE 3 70 70 1 yr.
Lary, Myron 88 SE 4 44 52 2 yrs
##Turner, Lenny 89 SE 3 51 58 1 yr.
Bernard, Adam 58 C C 5 53 56 3 yrs
Tate, Martin 57 C 2 28 43 1 yr.
**Humphries, Earnest 50 C 3 23 39 1 yr.
Stennett, Timothy 51 RG LG 6 54 64 1 yr.
DeAngelis, J.T. 61 RG RG 3 33 44 1 yr.
Leverson, Claude 62 RG 3 32 38 1 yr.
Goodwin, Ross 65 LT LT 7 47 53 1 yr.
Diaz, Marty 69 LT RT 3 46 49 1 yr.
Cave, Rick 78 LT 7 34 41 2 yrs
Greer, Christian 2 P 4 53 53 2 yrs
Coleman, Willie 25 K 10 72 72 1 yr.
Ferguson, Cris 96 LDE LDE 7 59 59 2 yrs
Flannery, Junior 76 LDE 1 40 48 4 yrs
##Mariotti, Harold 90 LDE 2 20 42 1 yr.
Messerly, Vernon 98 RDE RDE 10 56 56 2 yrs
Lyons, Albert 75 LDT LDT 5 44 46 2 yrs
Austin, Marty 77 LDT 10 32 36 2 yrs
Baither, Omar 91 RDT RDT 4 46 54 1 yr.
McNeil, Xavier 71 RDT 1 19 40 2 yrs
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB MLB 8 49 50 2 yrs
##Helfenstein, Phillip 59 SILB 1 15 40 3 yrs
Wooden, Ethan 56 SLB 2 26 45 2 yrs
Ludwig, Tyrone 53 SLB 1 18 39 2 yrs
Morici, Earl 92 WLB SLB 6 71 71 2 yrs
Upshaw, Jared 54 WLB WLB 8 47 51 3 yrs
Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB 3 22 35 2 yrs
Clarke, Dan 35 LCB 2 39 50 2 yrs
McCullough, Lionel 37 LCB 1 32 50 3 yrs
Hebert, Arnie 40 RCB LCB 7 58 63 1 yr.
Ducrot, Barry 32 RCB RCB 6 58 58 1 yr.
Harrelson, Antoine 30 RCB 5 62 62 2 yrs
Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB 11 50 50 3 yrs
##McCarthy, Leslie 24 RCB 2 28 37 1 yr.
Miner, Cris 29 SS SS 3 48 70 3 yrs
##Bennett, Levon 28 SS 1 13 33 3 yrs
Jordan, Winfred 44 FS FS 1 34 52 3 yrs

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 54
Inactive: 6
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $10,990,000

[JeffW]

Front Office Football 2004
2015 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 17-2
Winning Pct.: .894

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 379 30
Rushing Yards 1713 25
Yards Per Carry 4.51 4
Pass Attempts 616 2
Completions 371 2
Passing Yards 5538 1
Yards Per Attempt 8.99 1
3rd Down Conversions 51.5 1
Points Per Game 31.4 1
Turnovers 27 23 (T)
Turnover Margin -5 23 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 400 3
Rushing Yards 1713 8
Yards Per Carry 4.28 23
Pass Attempts 561 29
Completions 288 1
Passing Yards 3264 2
Yards Per Attempt 5.81 1
3rd Down Conversions 36.0 1
Points Per Game 14.8 1
Turnovers 22 16 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 27 OAK 17
2 41 MIN 13
3 25 at MIA 22
4 35 PIT 23
6 34 at BAL 10
7 21 at CLE 3
8 28 DEN 10
9 47 at OAK 9
10 34 CIN 41
11 28 KCY 17
12 31 at CHI 0
13 31 TEN 3
14 42 at DET 13
15 27 at DEN 19
16 42 GBY 13
17 10 at KCY 24
$$CS 31 NED 0
$$CF 34 MIA 24
**FB 31 vs NOS 21

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 504 305 4676 9.27 48 11
18 Walton QB 80 47 605 7.56 6 4
8 Banks QB 32 19 257 8.03 3 0
**Team --- 616 371 5538 8.99 57 15

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
26 Henderson RB 207 1005 4.85 4
46 Berry RB 103 487 4.72 3
**Team --- 379 1713 4.51 7

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
87 Fuld WR 195 106 1860 17.5 382 19
84 Francis WR 164 103 1653 16.0 262 17
89 Turner WR 68 36 539 14.9 107 2
80 Lyons WR 62 34 541 15.9 86 3
81 Lane TE 41 32 399 12.4 72 3
26 Henderson RB 24 21 115 5.4 92 5
**Team --- 615 371 5538 14.9 1106 57

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
92 Morici OLB 116 30 3.0 3 0 14
93 Tyler ILB 61 21 3.5 0 0 14
29 Miner S 60 20 1.0 0 7 15
40 Hebert CB 59 13 0.0 0 3 19
44 Jordan S 56 26 1.0 0 3 15
75 Lyons DT 50 9 7.5 10 0 0
23 Van Dam CB 42 19 1.0 0 0 13
54 Upshaw OLB 42 15 0.0 0 1 2
91 Baither DT 40 14 4.0 8 0 0
35 Clarke CB 37 9 0.0 0 0 8
98 Messerly DE 36 14 15.0 29 0 2
30 Harrelson CB 19 7 0.0 0 0 2
24 McCarthy CB 18 3 0.0 0 0 3
**Team --- 807 239 48.0 73 14 111

Season Awards:

QB Ackerman wins MVP, Champ. MVP and 1st Team QB

WRs Fuld and Francis are both 1st Team All Pros. This is Francis's first award.

DE Messerly is a first team all pro with his stellar 15 sack, 29 hurry season. This is his first award.

OLB Earl Morici wins his first award as well--1st team Linebacker--with his 116 tackles, 4 forced fumbles and 14 Pass Defenses.

Solid Post Season award class--usually we're lucky to get 2 or 3.

Seth Banks' career is probably over--repetitive concussion syndrome. Ackerman missed three starts and the last two games I played rookie QB Walton, who was serviceable.

The running game was surprisingly robust this year with a 4.5 y/c average. Additionally, our linebackers played very well. I run so much nickel/dime that we essentially start 2 linebackers--both of them defensed 14 passes on a defense that renewed it's legendary status despite losing multiple key starters.

WR Tony Fuld breaks the single season Receiving Touchdowns record and his season ranks second on the receiving yards list.

My career win% is now 71.6(137-54-1), I'm 23-1 in 8 playoff appearances with 7 championships(5 straight).

[JeffW]

4-time league MVP, 6-time championship MVP Ryan Ackerman's career numbers:

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4625/qbackerman0615qs6.jpg

Edit: I'm now UNretiring the dynasty. :D

[Chas in Cinti]

Sorry to see it go... would've been interesting to see what happened after Ackerman retired... with your troubles on the lines, I'm sure the drop would have been huge...

[JeffW]

Sorry to see it go... would've been interesting to see what happened after Ackerman retired... with your troubles on the lines, I'm sure the drop would have been huge...

I think the lines were okay. It's pretty easy to build an effective one dimensional pass blocking line in Single Player. The key to building a good offensive line is to use lots of Centers--they're undervalued by the AI but they can be converted or played out of position.

On DL, I had 4 good starters, but lacked depth.

I'm thinking that I might have been a little hasty with my retirement lately--I'm feeling an urge to see if I can continue my success with aging, injury pro uberstar Ackerman and star backup Seth Banks(who's out for 48 weeks with Repetitive Concussion Syndrome).

[JeffW]

Okay, I've decided to unretire the dynasty. :D

I lost two starters at DB this offseason--CB Hebert and Ducrot. I also lose starting DT Omar Baither, former DE->DT convert and 1st round pick. RB Ethan Seidman hung up his cleats.

Ackerman is back for a 4-yr, $78.4m contract($35.7m bonus). He's in his 11th year and he's declined from 99/99 to 90/95. I also resigned RB Eric Berry to a 3-yr 2.7m deal and G Tim Stennet to 4-yr 11.5m. I have about 20m or so left under the salary cap and 33 players on roster.

In 20-step, my yearly UFA signing is none other than 12th year Karl Forbes--now 72/72, I signed him as an undrafted rookie back in 2005 and kept him around for 5 years. He's replacing QB Seth Banks as QB2(Banks is likely done with Chargers). Terms: 4 yrs: 12.1m. With the injury woes that have plagued Ackerman, I have no problem dropping that much on a very good backup.

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - Lee Badger, OLB, Arizona State - Rat: 35/64 40: 4.7 BP: 23 Agi: 7.2 Sole: 38
Rnd 2 - Nick Shula, CB, Alabama - Rat: 22/63 40: 4.4 BP: 20 Agi: 6.9 Sole: 38
Rnd 3 - Jerald Kidman, DE, North Carolina - Rat: 24/36 40: 5.0 BP: 32 Agi: 7.4 Sole: 33
Rnd 4 - Jonathan Hutchins, OLB, Northwestern - Rat: 24/41 40: 4.7 BP: 26 Agi: 7.5 Sole: 29
Rnd 5 - B.J. Tikaran, S, Weber State - Rat: 21/36 40: 4.7 BP: 29 Agi: 7.1 Sole: 31
Rnd 6 - Jamie Rice, T, Arizona State - Rat: 14/42 40: 5.2 BP: 28 Agi: 7.7 Sole: 28
Rnd 7 - Gary Lang, CB, St. John's, NY. - Rat: 22/41 40: 4.5 BP: 12 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 29

3rd round DE was a huge bust and probably shouldn't make the roster. I'm very pleased with the top two picks and the rest should add depth.

[JeffW]

2016 Opening Day Roster:

San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut Cntrc
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 11 89 94 4 yrs
Forbes, Karl 16 QB 12 73 73 4 yrs
Morton, Ian 3 QB 1 14 36 2 yrs
**Banks, Seth 8 QB 12 73 79 3 yrs
**Nelson, Otis 19 QB 1 8 43 2 yrs
Henderson, Ben 26 RB RB 6 42 42 1 yr.
Berry, Eric 46 RB 7 39 43 3 yrs
Drayton, Artie 48 RB 4 29 29 2 yrs
##Peterson, Levon 39 RB 2 29 32 1 yr.
Gillespie, Ken 9 FB FB 3 36 41 3 yrs
Gerth, Terrell 45 FB 1 25 39 2 yrs
Lane, Randal 81 TE TE 11 57 57 1 yr.
Rowell, Luke 83 TE 6 36 41 1 yr.
Francis, Wesley 84 FL FL 3 68 76 2 yrs
Heath, Tyrone 85 FL 3 46 50 1 yr.
Ballard, Cory 5 FL 1 18 31 2 yrs
**Lyons, Kyle 80 FL 10 44 48 3 yrs
Lary, Myron 88 SE SE 5 60 65 1 yr.
Turner, Lenny 89 SE 4 59 59 3 yrs
Bernard, Adam 58 C C 6 54 56 2 yrs
Tate, Martin 57 C 3 32 44 1 yr.
Rydzak, Harold 73 LG 1 19 42 2 yrs
Stennett, Timothy 51 RG LG 7 54 64 4 yrs
DeAngelis, J.T. 61 RG RG 4 41 44 3 yrs
**Leverson, Claude 62 RG 4 32 39 2 yrs
Cave, Rick 78 LT LT 8 36 46 1 yr.
Diaz, Marty 69 LT RT 4 49 50 5 yrs
**Goodwin, Ross 65 LT 8 47 53 4 yrs
**Briggs, Isaac 66 LT 1 17 39 2 yrs
**Espinosa, Matt 28 LT 1 22 33 2 yrs
Greer, Christian 2 P 5 53 53 1 yr.
Everett, Shannon 15 K 1 32 62 2 yrs
Ferguson, Cris 96 LDE LDE 8 57 57 1 yr.
Flannery, Junior 76 LDE 2 44 48 3 yrs
##Hutchins, Jonathan 91 LDE 1 33 51 3 yrs
##Mariotti, Harold 90 LDE 3 24 43 1 yr.
Messerly, Vernon 98 RDE RDE 11 57 57 1 yr.
Lyons, Albert 75 LDT NT 6 47 47 1 yr.
Austin, Marty 77 LDT 11 28 32 1 yr.
McNeil, Xavier 71 RDT 2 22 39 1 yr.
Briggs, Lionel 18 NT 1 19 32 2 yrs
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB SILB 9 50 51 1 yr.
Jamison, Shaun 35 SILB 1 18 33 2 yrs
##Ludwig, Tyrone 53 MLB 2 15 40 1 yr.
Wooden, Ethan 56 SLB 3 28 44 1 yr.
Morici, Earl 92 WLB SLB 7 71 71 1 yr.
Badger, Lee 94 WLB WILB 1 40 62 4 yrs
Upshaw, Jared 54 WLB WLB 9 44 52 2 yrs
##Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB 4 24 36 1 yr.
Clarke, Dan 35 LCB RCB 3 45 50 1 yr.
Shula, Nick 47 LCB 1 29 65 3 yrs
McCullough, Lionel 37 LCB 2 42 51 2 yrs
Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB LCB 12 70 70 2 yrs
Harrelson, Antoine 30 RCB FS 6 63 63 1 yr.
McCarthy, Leslie 24 RCB 3 33 37 2 yrs
**Wolff, Henry 4 RCB 1 21 36 2 yrs
Miner, Cris 29 SS SS 4 56 69 2 yrs
##Hicks, Chad 14 SS 1 15 37 2 yrs
**Huntley, Harvey 33 SS 1 21 37 2 yrs
Jordan, Winfred 44 FS 2 46 53 2 yrs

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 60
Inactive: 6
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $9,520,000

[JeffW]

This is becoming embarassing...


Front Office Football 2004
2016 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 19-0
Winning Pct.: 1.000

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 408 27
Rushing Yards 1912 15
Yards Per Carry 4.68 1
Pass Attempts 571 1
Completions 357 1 (T)
Passing Yards 5559 1
Yards Per Attempt 9.73 1
3rd Down Conversions 54.3 2
Points Per Game 37.0 1
Turnovers 25 22 (T)
Turnover Margin +2 18

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 407 4
Rushing Yards 1893 19
Yards Per Carry 4.65 32
Pass Attempts 592 32
Completions 289 3
Passing Yards 3430 9
Yards Per Attempt 5.79 1
3rd Down Conversions 41.4 8
Points Per Game 17.0 5 (T)
Turnovers 27 5 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 48 DEN 3
2 49 ATL 23
3 48 PIT 20
4 35 at HOU 28
5 42 at IND 20
6 28 OAK 21
8 28 at DEN 14
9 34 TEN 20
10 37 JAX 34
11 44 KCY 6
12 30 at TBY 27
13 37 at MIA 13
14 34 at NOS 3
15 30 at KCY 10
16 38 CAR 12
17 31 at OAK 19
$$CS 45 JAX 31
$$CF 38 MIA 28
**FB 42 vs GBY 14

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
16 Forbes QB 301 183 2925 9.71 31 11
6 Ackerman QB 264 173 2628 9.95 30 4
**Team --- 571 357 5559 9.73 61 15

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
26 Henderson RB 260 1357 5.21 10
46 Berry RB 98 432 4.40 2
**Team --- 408 1912 4.68 15

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
84 Francis WR 171 109 1752 16.0 354 16
88 Lary WR 140 88 1632 18.5 377 20
89 Turner WR 90 50 926 18.5 204 7
5 Ballard WR 48 31 406 13.0 45 3
85 Heath WR 33 23 345 15.0 39 5
83 Rowell TE 29 18 178 9.8 30 5
**Team --- 571 357 5559 15.5 1132 61

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
29 Miner S 90 24 0.0 1 5 17
92 Morici OLB 81 22 8.5 14 0 10
30 Harrelson CB 73 38 0.0 0 2 8
94 Badger OLB 72 18 1.0 1 0 5
93 Tyler ILB 62 24 3.5 3 1 7
35 Clarke CB 48 8 0.0 1 2 17
23 Van Dam CB 47 23 1.0 0 4 16
37 McCullough CB 43 14 0.0 0 6 10
24 McCarthy CB 38 7 0.0 0 0 6
98 Messerly DE 29 13 5.5 28 0 1
54 Upshaw OLB 29 8 0.0 0 0 3
75 Lyons DT 28 17 5.0 5 0 0
96 Ferguson DE 22 7 2.5 10 0 0
90 Mariotti DE 18 3 2.5 4 0 0
44 Jordan S 18 3 0.0 0 0 2
47 Shula CB 17 2 1.0 0 0 4
46 Berry RB 16 0 0.0 0 0 0
**Team --- 815 257 36.0 86 20 109

3rd 19-0 season. Holla!

QB Ackerman - Championship MVP
WR Francis - 1st Team WR
SS Miner - 1st Team S
WR Lary - 2nd Team WR (ROBBED! 1632 Yards, 20 TD... only second team wtf! 1st Team had 1702 yards and 5 TDs!)

Boy am I glad I signed Forbes as QB#2.

Couple interesting factoids: Despite leading the leage in Attempts, only one team was sacked less than us(we were sacked just 18 times all season). This despite having no stars on OL.

This is the first time we outscored our opponents by 20 points/game(593 PF, 273 PA). We set new single season records for Points scored, Passing yards/game, total yards per games and pass attempts.

Ackerman's QB Rating of 129.7 broke his previous 2014 league record by a full 10 points. He broke the 400 career TD mark in week 8 vs. the Broncos. He passed for 30 TDs in only 8 games!

[JeffW]

2017 Off-Season:

I bring back all 4 staff members and I'm very pleased with that group(finally).

Free Agency:


Lane, Randal 81 TE 2006 UFA 12
Messerly, Vernon 98 RDE 2010 UFA 12
Austin, Marty 77 LDT 2006 UFA 12
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB 2008 UFA 10
Cave, Rick 78 LT 2009 UFA 9
Ferguson, Cris 96 LDE 2009 UFA 9
Morici, Earl 92 WLB 2010 UFA 8
Henderson, Ben 26 RB 2014 UFA 7
Rowell, Luke 83 TE 2011 UFA 7
Lyons, Albert 75 LDT 2011 UFA 7
Harrelson, Antoine 30 RCB 2011 UFA 7
Lary, Myron 88 SE 2012 UFA 6
Greer, Christian 2 P 2012 UFA 6
Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB 2013 UFA 5
Heath, Tyrone 85 FL 2014 ---- 4
Tate, Martin 57 C 2014 ---- 4
Mariotti, Harold 90 LDE 2014 ---- 4
Wooden, Ethan 56 SLB 2014 ---- 4
Clarke, Dan 35 LCB 2014 ---- 4
Peterson, Levon 39 RB 2015 ---- 3
McNeil, Xavier 71 RDT 2015 ---- 3
Ludwig, Tyrone 53 MLB 2015 ---- 3
Jordan, Ike 87 TE 2016 ---- 2
O'Leary, John 86 FL 2016 ---- 2

DE Ferguson offers reasonable terms and will surely be back, as will RB Henderson, TE Rowell and LB Tyler. Most of the other UFAs will not be back unless they garner little interest in 20-step FA.

[JeffW]

Amateur Draft:

Rnd 1 - Bubba Foley, DE, Tenn. - Chattanooga - Rat: 27/61 40: 5.0 BP: 32 Agi: 7.4 Sole: 17
Rnd 2 - Walt Wolfe, DE, Vanderbilt - Rat: 15/51 40: 4.9 BP: 26 Agi: 7.3
Rnd 3 - Troy Boehner, WR, Nebraska - Rat: 21/45 40: 4.5 BP: 21 Agi: 7.1 Sole: 22
Rnd 4 - Trevor Garrett, OLB, Georgia Tech - Rat: 13/44 40: 4.6 BP: 20 Agi: 7.5 Sole: 28
Rnd 5 - Ricardo Wheeler, RB, Louisiana State - Rat: 23/45 40: 4.6 BP: 13 Agi: 7.1 Sole: 27
Rnd 6 - Cole Reilly, QB, Kent - Rat: 13/62 40: 4.6 BP: 12 Agi: 7.7 Sole: 39
Rnd 7 - Cornelius Webster, CB, Navy - Rat: 17/35 40: 4.5 BP: 14 Agi: 7.5 Sole: 30

Well, I think half the players lost some points after the draft, but I still like my class alright. Bubba Foley should convert to DT smoothly(295 lbs, very good run defense).

[JeffW]

Here is a summar of offseason FA activity:

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/7333/untitledho0.jpg

I have a lot of cap room, so I decided to offer Morici a big one year deal. I haven't done much creative contract negotiating in this dynasty like big one year deals, backloading, voidable years, etc... Mainly multiple year flat rate deals are all I offer.

Harada returns to replace Messerly after a two year stint in Seattle with a pathetic 2.5 sacks. Still, he's cheap and his ratings are good so I bring him in for 3 yrs, 3m.

[JeffW]

2017 Opening Day Roster:

San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut Cntrc
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 12 86 90 3 yrs
Forbes, Karl 16 QB 13 72 72 3 yrs
Reilly, Cole 13 QB 1 17 62 3 yrs
**Banks, Seth 8 QB 13 65 70 2 yrs
Henderson, Ben 26 RB RB 7 42 42 3 yrs
Berry, Eric 46 RB 8 39 43 2 yrs
Drayton, Artie 48 RB 5 29 30 1 yr.
##Peterson, Levon 39 RB 3 30 33 1 yr.
Gillespie, Ken 9 FB FB 4 39 40 2 yrs
Lane, Randal 81 TE TE 12 57 57 4 yrs
McCarthy, Billy Joe 88 TE 1 34 52 2 yrs
Francis, Wesley 84 FL FL 4 74 77 1 yr.
Heath, Tyrone 85 FL 4 52 52 3 yrs
Boehner, Troy 82 FL 1 22 44 3 yrs
##Ballard, Cory 5 FL 2 21 32 1 yr.
Turner, Lenny 89 SE SE 5 64 64 2 yrs
Ueda, Henry 12 SE 1 23 39 2 yrs
Bernard, Adam 58 C C 7 53 56 1 yr.
Luchene, B.J. 52 C 1 24 51 2 yrs
Rydzak, Harold 73 LG 2 25 42 1 yr.
Stennett, Timothy 51 RG LG 8 53 63 3 yrs
DeAngelis, J.T. 61 RG RG 5 41 44 2 yrs
Goodwin, Ross 65 LT LT 9 48 53 3 yrs
Diaz, Marty 69 LT RT 5 50 50 4 yrs
Cave, Rick 78 LT 9 37 46 3 yrs
##Espinosa, Matt 28 LT 2 26 34 1 yr.
Trotter, Xavier 10 P 1 59 59 2 yrs
Everett, Shannon 15 K 2 37 60 1 yr.
Ferguson, Cris 96 LDE LDE 9 55 55 3 yrs
Flannery, Junior 76 LDE RDE 3 49 49 2 yrs
Hutchins, Jonathan 91 LDE 2 36 49 2 yrs
Mariotti, Harold 90 LDE 4 27 43 1 yr.
##Harada, Tom 72 RDE 10 49 49 3 yrs
##Wolfe, Walt 70 RDE 1 18 46 3 yrs
McNeil, Xavier 71 RDT 3 23 39 1 yr.
Cote, Sammie 98 RDT 1 18 36 2 yrs
Foley, Bubba 74 NT NT 1 32 62 4 yrs
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB SILB 10 45 47 3 yrs
Jamison, Shaun 35 SILB 2 22 32 1 yr.
Wooden, Ethan 56 SLB 4 31 43 2 yrs
Morici, Earl 92 WLB SLB 8 72 72 1 yr.
Badger, Lee 94 WLB WILB 2 49 60 3 yrs
Upshaw, Jared 54 WLB WLB 10 43 51 1 yr.
Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB 5 31 42 1 yr.
Garrett, Trevor 95 WLB 1 15 39 3 yrs
Clarke, Dan 35 LCB RCB 4 45 50 3 yrs
Shula, Nick 47 LCB 2 36 67 2 yrs
McCullough, Lionel 37 LCB 3 56 56 1 yr.
##O'Donnell, Jack 38 LCB 1 16 30 2 yrs
Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB LCB 13 70 70 1 yr.
McCarthy, Leslie 24 RCB 4 37 37 1 yr.
Miner, Cris 29 SS SS 5 65 69 1 yr.
##Huntley, Harvey 33 SS 2 25 38 1 yr.
Jordan, Winfred 44 FS FS 3 53 54 1 yr.

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 54
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $4,890,000

[JeffW]

Wow, crazy championship game.

Box Score: New Orleans vs San Diego
Montgomery, AL.

Front Office Championship, 2017

Attendance: 57,100 (57,100).


Weather: 64 degrees, rain.

1Q: 05:12 NOS - Bubba Sullivan 12 pass from Doug Roethlisberger.
1Q: 05:12 NOS - Melvin Raymond extra point.
2Q: 13:13 NOS - Melvin Raymond 30 field goal.
2Q: 07:45 NOS - Kent Dunn 4 run.
2Q: 07:45 NOS - Melvin Raymond extra point.
2Q: 07:01 SDO - Wesley Francis 59 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 07:01 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
2Q: 00:47 NOS - Matt Cope 21 run.
2Q: 00:47 NOS - Melvin Raymond extra point.
2Q: 00:00 SDO - Shannon Everett 50 field goal.
3Q: 07:40 SDO - Billy Joe McCarthy 1 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 07:40 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
3Q: 00:27 SDO - Cory Ballard 8 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 00:27 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
4Q: 08:08 SDO - Shannon Everett 32 field goal.
4Q: 00:10 NOS - Melvin Raymond 44 field goal.
OT: 07:32 SDO - Shannon Everett 33 field goal.

Game MVP: SDO 6 Ryan Ackerman

New Orleans 7 17 0 3 0 - 27
San Diego 0 10 14 3 3 - 30

Team Statistics NOS SDO

First Downs 26 24

Total Rushes 39 13
Rushing Yards 141 74
Yards Per Carry 3.6 5.6
Pass Attempts 43 45
Completions 22 27
Passing Yards 257 432
Yards Per Attempt 5.9 9.6
Sacked 1 3
Yards Lost 7 18
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 5/3

Total Plays 83 61
Total Yards 391 488
Yards Per Play 4.7 8.0

3rd Down Plays 8/17 2/8
Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.0 12.2
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 6 13
Penalty Yards 59 106

Avg. Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 24
Time Of Possession 40:30 26:58

New Orleans Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
38 Cope 29 95 3.2 21 1
45 Dunn 5 22 4.4 8 1
5 Roethlisberger 3 14 4.6 6 0
47 Martinez 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0
85 Greene 1 11 11.0 11 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
5 Roethlisberger 43 22 257 5.9 22 1 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
38 Cope 4 39 9.7 16 15 0
84 Sullivan 4 52 13.0 2 17 1
85 Greene 4 58 14.5 7 22 0
81 Parker 4 54 13.5 4 18 0
47 Martinez 2 7 3.5 9 4 0
82 Gordon 2 29 14.5 0 17 0
45 Dunn 1 11 11.0 0 11 0
87 Ogris 1 7 7.0 0 7 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
38 Cope 4 98 24.5 0
84 Sullivan 1 19 19.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
10 Duffy 7 315 45.0 50 6

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
3 Raymond 2 3 44 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
56 Van 7 0 0.0 0 0 0
21 Mahoney 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Durham 4 1 1.0 0 0 0
32 Prescott 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
30 Streepy 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Garmon 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
74 Lyons 2 4 1.5 0 0 0
27 Grant 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
50 Emerson 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
29 Buckley 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Cole 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
47 Martinez 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
81 Parker 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Dobler 1 0 0.5 0 0 0
51 Blanchard 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
45 Dunn 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
62 Humphries 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
40 Duran 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
97 Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Zahursky 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
34 Watkins 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 Perez 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
62 Humphries 0 0 0 0 1 1
60 Howe 0 0 0 0 3 0
98 Durham 0 2 1 0 0 0
74 Lyons 0 1 1 0 0 0
77 Zahursky 0 0 0 0 2 0
30 Streepy 0 1 1 0 0 0
47 Martinez 0 1 0 0 0 0
72 Northern 0 0 0 0 1 0

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
26 Henderson 12 59 4.9 20 0
89 Turner 1 15 15.0 15 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Ackerman 45 27 432 9.6 59 3 0 3

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
89 Turner 13 225 17.3 47 40 0
26 Henderson 4 34 8.5 15 11 0
88 McCarthy 4 40 10.0 17 19 1
84 Francis 2 68 34.0 3 59 1
5 Ballard 2 24 12.0 0 16 1
87 Mundt 1 22 22.0 1 22 0
12 Ueda 1 19 19.0 1 19 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
26 Henderson 6 32 5.3 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
84 Francis 4 111 27.7 0
23 Van Dam 1 22 22.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
10 Trotter 5 210 42.0 53 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
15 Everett 3 3 50 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
99 Holguin 8 2 0.0 0 0 0
37 McCullough 7 2 0.0 0 0 0
23 Van Dam 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
92 Morici 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
54 Upshaw 5 4 0.0 0 0 0
44 Jordan 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
74 Foley 4 1 1.0 0 0 0
29 Miner 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
94 Badger 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 McCarthy 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Flannery 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
96 Ferguson 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
26 Henderson 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
38 O'Donnell 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
35 Jamison 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Hutchins 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Huntley 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
70 Wolfe 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
69 Diaz 0 0 0 0 1 2
51 Stennett 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 Henderson 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Gillespie 0 0 0 0 2 0
78 Cave 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Ackerman 2 0 0 0 0 0
92 Morici 0 0 1 0 0 0
89 Turner 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 Ueda 0 0 1 0 0 0

New Orleans Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:28 7:16 OWN 20 13 80 Touchdown
1 3:30 3:38 OWN 37 7 36 Missed FG
2 14:38 1:25 OPP 22 3 9 Field Goal
2 11:24 3:39 50 8 50 Touchdown
2 7:01 2:33 OWN 20 5 18 Punt
2 3:24 2:37 OWN 49 6 51 Touchdown
3 15:00 4:40 OWN 39 6 22 Punt
3 7:40 2:32 OWN 18 5 24 Punt
3 0:27 2:39 OWN 29 5 18 Punt
4 8:08 1:28 OWN 29 4 11 Punt
4 6:03 3:53 OWN 35 8 12 Punt
4 1:30 1:20 OWN 46 7 27 Field Goal
OT1 15:00 3:02 OWN 11 6 34 Punt

San Diego Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:32 OWN 33 6 14 Punt
1 5:12 1:42 OWN 28 3 -1 Punt
2 14:52 0:14 OWN 34 1 -6 Fumble
2 13:13 1:49 OWN 19 3 31 Fumble
2 7:45 0:44 OWN 41 1 59 Touchdown
2 4:28 1:04 OWN 12 3 -6 Punt
2 0:47 0:47 OWN 40 3 27 Field Goal
3 10:20 2:40 OWN 20 8 80 Touchdown
3 5:08 4:41 OWN 13 10 87 Touchdown
4 12:48 4:40 OWN 13 7 72 Field Goal
4 6:40 0:37 OWN 16 3 0 Punt
4 2:10 0:40 OWN 19 5 35 Fumble
4 0:10 0:10 OWN 36 1 5 Half
OT1 11:58 4:26 OWN 24 9 60 Field Goal

Wow. Unbelievable game. We only fumbled 13 times in the regular season, so I can't fathom how we managed to put it on the ground 5 times in one game when all the marbles were on the line.

Never been so disappointed in a champion team... We lost two games because both our top two QBs were out(and I IRed Seth Banks in preseason). The 37-31 loss was a flukey overtime loss. Dallas(eventually 13-3) scored 11 points in the last 6 minutes to tie the game.

First season with more than 2 losses in the regular season since our first championship in 2008. Also, by far our worse defensive effort(by points allowed) since 2008. I wonder how many more we can win before I hit a talent depleted year and get knocked out early.

A championship's a championship though, and that makes 7 straight and 9 out of the last 10.


Front Office Football 2004
2017 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 16-3
Winning Pct.: .842

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 363 32
Rushing Yards 1485 31
Yards Per Carry 4.09 14
Pass Attempts 640 1
Completions 382 1
Passing Yards 5774 1
Yards Per Attempt 9.02 1
3rd Down Conversions 49.7 2
Points Per Game 30.3 1
Turnovers 21 14 (T)
Turnover Margin -3 23 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 422 6
Rushing Yards 1847 14
Yards Per Carry 4.37 30
Pass Attempts 593 32
Completions 330 26 (T)
Passing Yards 3686 18
Yards Per Attempt 6.21 3
3rd Down Conversions 47.6 30
Points Per Game 20.1 15
Turnovers 18 26 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 31 at KCY 6
2 31 at DAL 37
3 27 BAL 10
5 27 MIA 24
6 16 NJY 24
7 9 DEN 20
8 28 at BUF 24
9 31 at NED 24
10 42 at OAK 28
11 41 KCY 3
12 45 WAS 31
13 28 at JAX 20
14 31 at NYK 19
15 27 OAK 24
16 30 PHI 15
17 41 at DEN 13
$$CS 41 TEN 20
$$CF 42 BUF 17
**FB 30 vs NOS 27

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 310 186 2714 8.75 23 5
16 Forbes QB 299 180 2819 9.42 26 7
**Team --- 640 382 5774 9.02 50 15

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
46 Berry RB 175 676 3.86 1
26 Henderson RB 77 347 4.50 4
39 Peterson RB 43 181 4.20 1
**Team --- 363 1485 4.09 9

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
84 Francis WR 192 119 1947 16.3 366 14
89 Turner WR 211 118 1902 16.1 440 19
85 Heath WR 109 62 981 15.8 135 10
12 Ueda WR 43 24 322 13.4 41 0
**Team --- 638 382 5774 15.1 1154 50

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
29 Miner S 88 22 0.0 1 1 17
92 Morici OLB 79 21 8.5 10 0 7
23 Van Dam CB 70 23 0.0 0 6 17
54 Upshaw OLB 65 21 1.5 1 0 2
47 Shula CB 58 13 0.0 0 1 11
94 Badger OLB 55 26 1.0 1 0 3
44 Jordan S 54 27 1.0 0 3 17
37 McCullough CB 50 10 0.0 0 2 8
99 Holguin OLB 39 15 0.0 0 0 2
24 McCarthy CB 38 4 0.0 1 0 4
72 Harada DE 30 2 7.5 12 0 0
74 Foley DT 29 14 4.5 7 0 1
76 Flannery DE 23 11 4.5 16 0 0
93 Tyler ILB 22 3 2.0 0 0 0
96 Ferguson DE 18 12 3.0 15 0 0
85 Heath WR 17 0 0.0 0 0 0
56 Wooden OLB 17 1 2.0 1 0 0
**Team --- 864 247 42.0 77 13 93

Ackerman won his 8th championship MVP award... too bad he's missed 16 games in the last two seasons, because he's missing out on the chance to really rewrite the record books. He did narrow overtake 15-year starter Deon and former MVP O'Neal for 1st on the passing yards list

WRs Turner and Francis both gain 1900 receiving yards and win 1st team WR awards. Next year I am thin at receiver after losing countless all pros their to free agency over the years.

No one else wins anything.

[JeffW]

2018 Off Season

Staff Hiring: The Fantastic Four are back in town for another run.

Free Agents:

Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB 2005 UFA 14
Upshaw, Jared 54 WLB 2008 UFA 11
Morici, Earl 92 WLB 2010 UFA 9
Bernard, Adam 58 C 2015 UFA 8
Drayton, Artie 48 RB 2013 UFA 6
Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB 2013 UFA 6
Miner, Cris 29 SS 2013 UFA 6
Francis, Wesley 84 FL 2014 UFA 5
Mariotti, Harold 90 LDE 2014 UFA 5
McCarthy, Leslie 24 RCB 2014 UFA 5
Peterson, Levon 39 RB 2015 ---- 4
McNeil, Xavier 71 RDT 2015 ---- 4
McCullough, Lionel 37 LCB 2015 ---- 4
Jordan, Winfred 44 FS 2015 ---- 4
Ballard, Cory 5 FL 2016 ---- 3
Rydzak, Harold 73 LG 2016 ---- 3
Espinosa, Matt 28 LT 2016 ---- 3
Everett, Shannon 15 K 2016 ---- 3
Jamison, Shaun 35 SILB 2016 ---- 3
Huntley, Harvey 33 SS 2016 ---- 3
Galloway, Kenneth 14 QB 2017 ---- 2
Mundt, Rusty 87 TE 2017 ---- 2

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

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

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $24,340,000

Kerry Van Dam has been with us for 14 years and is amazingly one of our best starters with 83 Bump&Run, 100 Play Diagnosis, 84 interceptions. Little did I know how great a player I was getting when I drafted him in the inaugural empty cupboard draft in the 7th round out of Wagner. I'd like to bring him back, but he's demanded 7m/year. We'll see, but I doubt it.

Morici and Miner are demanding huge deals... I'm really starting to get hit hard. Last year was our worst defensive effort in nearly a decade and now we may lose our three best starters.

WR Francis has been great, but he's not getting $12m/year from me.

The rest of the UFAs should resign. I may hand out a couple monster 1 year deals to keep a couple of the defensive guys.

[JeffW]

I resign Morici and Van Dam to big one year deals. I lose Miner and Francis. I resign CB McCarthy, OLB Holguin, DE Mariotti and RB Drayton to miner deals and add WR Donald Chapman at WR for 14.4m over 5 years--a bit more than I usually spend, but it does give me some stability and strength at WR for the next few years.

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - Graham Shillingford, WR, Mississippi - Rat: 30/53 40: 4.4 BP: 21 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 26
Rnd 2 - Kelly Case, FB, Alabama - Rat: 43/78 40: 4.7 BP: 27 Agi: 7.2 Sole: 30
Rnd 3 - George Angelo, TE, Illinois - Rat: 30/69 40: 4.8 BP: 27 Agi: 7.4 Sole: 35
Rnd 4 - Clifton Nixon, CB, Hawaii - Rat: 21/46 40: 4.5 BP: 13 Agi: 7.1 Sole: 26
Rnd 5 - Neil Stephenson, CB, Michigan - Rat: 20/43 40: 4.6 BP: 19 Agi: 7.1 Sole: 25
Rnd 6 - Eddie Dahnke, WR, Colorado - Rat: 25/39 40: 4.4 BP: 10 Agi: 6.9 Sole: 26
Rnd 7 - Jose Huffman, CB, Florida State - Rat: 17/34 40: 4.6 BP: 11 Agi: 7.1 Sole: 33

I must say, I'm very pleased with this draft. WRs in Rd 1, 6 further strengthen my WR corp. I add two starters in Rds 2 and 3--you may have noticed that over the years my WRs have taken more and more of the catches, so I hope these guys will take some of the pressure off as well as helping as blockers. I reloaded on DBs in 4,5,7 but I'm not thrilled with any of them. 1-2 should make the roster as reserves.

[JeffW]

Signing Van Dam to the 1 year deal was a mistake... I had to let some young reserves go because of cap space and I had enough CB depth to make up for him. Oh well, I won't make the same mistake next year. I also had to cut Seth Banks, but luckily he was only QB3 this year following his decline from repetitive concussion syndrome(79/83->62/70, two full seasons and most of a 3rd out with that injury))

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7959/2018transactionspr6.jpg

Here is the opening day roster:


San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut Cntrc
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 13 86 91 2 yrs
Forbes, Karl 16 QB 14 73 73 2 yrs
Reilly, Cole 13 QB 2 21 62 2 yrs
Henderson, Ben 26 RB 8 38 39 2 yrs
##Walton, Ed 36 RB 1 24 32 2 yrs
Drayton, Artie 48 RB 6 29 30 1 yr.
Case, Kelly 32 FB RB 1 50 75 3 yrs
Gillespie, Ken 9 FB FB 5 38 40 1 yr.
Angelo, George 84 TE 1 35 69 3 yrs
McCarthy, Billy Joe 88 TE TE 2 55 57 1 yr.
##Lane, Randal 81 TE 13 55 55 3 yrs
Heath, Tyrone 85 FL FL 5 58 58 2 yrs
Chapman, Donald 80 FL 6 50 53 5 yrs
Shillingford, Graham 86 FL 1 33 50 4 yrs
Boehner, Troy 82 FL 2 26 44 2 yrs
##Dahnke, Eddie 83 FL 1 29 43 3 yrs
Turner, Lenny 89 SE SE 6 65 65 1 yr.
Bernard, Adam 58 C C 8 53 56 3 yrs
**Luchene, B.J. 52 C 2 27 52 1 yr.
Russell, Cornelius 55 C 1 16 39 2 yrs
Ellison, J.R. 75 LG 1 13 40 2 yrs
Stennett, Timothy 51 RG LG 9 53 63 2 yrs
DeAngelis, J.T. 61 RG RG 6 42 45 1 yr.
##Wallace, Byron 68 RG 1 11 40 2 yrs
Goodwin, Ross 65 LT LT 10 49 53 2 yrs
Diaz, Marty 69 LT RT 6 50 50 3 yrs
Cave, Rick 78 LT 10 37 46 2 yrs
**Barton, Frankie 63 RT 1 16 39 2 yrs
Trotter, Xavier 10 P 2 66 66 1 yr.
Everett, Shannon 15 K 3 44 59 2 yrs
Ferguson, Cris 96 LDE LDE 10 55 55 2 yrs
Flannery, Junior 76 LDE 4 55 55 1 yr.
Hutchins, Jonathan 91 LDE 3 40 50 1 yr.
Mariotti, Harold 90 LDE 5 31 44 1 yr.
Harada, Tom 72 RDE RDE 11 47 47 2 yrs
##Wolfe, Walt 70 RDE 2 20 42 2 yrs
McNeil, Xavier 71 RDT 4 26 39 1 yr.
Cote, Sammie 98 RDT 2 20 36 1 yr.
Foley, Bubba 74 NT NT 2 41 58 3 yrs
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB SILB 11 41 43 2 yrs
**Garrett, Trevor 95 MLB 2 13 36 2 yrs
Walsh, Benjamin 42 MLB 1 7 35 2 yrs
Wooden, Ethan 56 SLB 5 34 42 1 yr.
Morici, Earl 92 WLB SLB 9 72 72 1 yr.
Badger, Lee 94 WLB WILB 3 56 59 2 yrs
Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB WLB 6 36 42 2 yrs
Shula, Nick 47 LCB FS 3 56 69 1 yr.
McCullough, Lionel 37 LCB RCB 4 57 57 3 yrs
Clarke, Dan 35 LCB 5 44 50 2 yrs
Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB LCB 14 69 69 1 yr.
##McCarthy, Leslie 24 RCB 5 38 38 3 yrs
Stephenson, Neil 45 SS 1 22 48 3 yrs
Torrice, Marvin 27 SS 1 21 43 2 yrs
Jordan, Winfred 44 FS SS 4 55 55 5 yrs
Nixon, Clifton 43 FS 1 21 48 3 yrs

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 55
Inactive: 6
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $300,000

[JeffW]

Tenth Championship.

Check out those absurd numbers by Ackerman... He put up those stats in 13 games. 133.0 Season QB Rating. Truly sick. Nice bounceback year after missed 16 games in the two previous seasons.


2018 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 18-1
Winning Pct.: .947

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 400 30
Rushing Yards 1588 28
Yards Per Carry 3.97 25
Pass Attempts 606 1
Completions 383 1
Passing Yards 6113 1
Yards Per Attempt 10.08 1
3rd Down Conversions 54.5 2
Points Per Game 36.1 1
Turnovers 16 5 (T)
Turnover Margin +9 6

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 399 3
Rushing Yards 1657 5
Yards Per Carry 4.15 16 (T)
Pass Attempts 543 26 (T)
Completions 302 9 (T)
Passing Yards 3228 3
Yards Per Attempt 5.94 1
3rd Down Conversions 42.5 15
Points Per Game 14.6 1
Turnovers 25 10 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 28 at OAK 18
2 51 SEA 20
3 41 BUF 0
4 21 at PIT 24
6 34 at BAL 7
7 20 CLE 3
8 41 at DEN 28
9 45 OAK 21
10 48 CIN 13
11 31 KCY 3
12 33 at STL 21
13 30 at IND 6
14 28 at SFO 17
15 38 DEN 20
16 44 ARI 10
17 45 at KCY 24
$$CS 34 HOU 6
$$CF 34 MIA 21
**FB 49 vs NOS 17

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 467 297 4923 10.54 54 5
16 Forbes QB 138 86 1190 8.62 16 7
**Team --- 606 383 6113 10.08 70 12

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
26 Henderson RB 138 555 4.02 0
32 Case FB 117 434 3.70 2
48 Drayton RB 111 442 3.98 1
**Team --- 400 1588 3.97 3

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
89 Turner WR 163 96 1770 18.4 341 16
85 Heath WR 135 79 1413 17.8 252 13
80 Chapman WR 116 75 1345 17.9 302 18
32 Case FB 45 39 308 7.8 105 4
86 Shillingford WR 53 31 529 17.0 71 8
88 McCarthy TE 40 24 352 14.6 66 6
82 Boehner WR 22 16 204 12.7 27 2
**Team --- 606 383 6113 15.9 1233 70

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
94 Badger OLB 84 20 0.0 1 0 5
92 Morici OLB 60 20 7.5 11 0 2
35 Clarke CB 60 18 0.0 0 3 9
37 McCullough CB 59 11 0.0 0 4 15
99 Holguin OLB 54 23 0.0 0 0 4
93 Tyler ILB 53 18 4.5 3 0 6
47 Shula CB 51 25 0.0 0 3 9
23 Van Dam CB 33 16 0.0 0 2 9
44 Jordan S 33 9 0.0 0 0 9
72 Harada DE 31 10 5.5 8 0 1
76 Flannery DE 31 15 5.5 15 0 0
56 Wooden OLB 28 12 2.0 2 0 4
45 Stephenson S 27 8 1.0 0 0 2
24 McCarthy CB 23 4 0.0 1 2 3
74 Foley DT 23 10 3.0 8 0 0
27 Torrice S 18 9 0.0 0 0 2
96 Ferguson DE 17 9 2.0 6 0 0
84 Angelo TE 17 0 0.0 0 0 0
80 Chapman WR 16 0 0.0 0 0 0
**Team --- 805 258 38.0 69 14 80

Ackerman wins his 9th Championship MVP award, but this year he proved all the doubters wrong with possibly the greatest season in the history of the NFL.

WRs Turner and Chapman won 1st team WR awards and WR Heath won 2nd team WR. :D

I'm amazed we lost the week 4 game to PIT. I guess it's hard to avoid getting upset once in awhile, no matter how dominant the team is. We lost that one despite being +1 in turnovers and posting 7.0 yards/play to their 5.7.

[JeffW]

I was looking through the single game records, and I noticed an incredible game back from 2016. Check out Ackerman's stat line and the drive chart located at the bottom. Greatest single game performance in the history of FOF? :D

Box Score: Atlanta at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Week 2, 2016

Attendance: 92,100 (99,900).


Weather: 63 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:23 ATL - Jerry Hutton 1 run.
1Q: 08:23 ATL - Joel Knight extra point.
1Q: 06:04 SDO - Luke Rowell 31 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 06:04 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
2Q: 14:47 ATL - Joel Knight 20 field goal.
2Q: 10:16 SDO - Myron Lary 21 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 10:16 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
2Q: 06:23 SDO - Randal Lane 2 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 06:23 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
2Q: 01:57 SDO - Myron Lary 16 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 01:57 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
2Q: 00:03 ATL - Joel Knight 33 field goal.
3Q: 13:33 SDO - Wesley Francis 17 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 13:33 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
3Q: 06:48 ATL - Bobby McBurrows 3 pass from Dean Robertson.
3Q: 06:48 ATL - Joel Knight extra point.
3Q: 05:43 SDO - Myron Lary 47 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 05:43 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
3Q: 00:39 ATL - Joel Knight 31 field goal.
4Q: 08:57 SDO - Lenny Turner 1 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
4Q: 08:57 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.

Game MVP: SDO 6 Ryan Ackerman

Atlanta 7 6 10 0 - 23
San Diego 7 21 14 7 - 49

Team Statistics ATL SDO

First Downs 28 24

Total Rushes 26 25
Rushing Yards 151 160
Yards Per Carry 5.8 6.4
Pass Attempts 47 19
Completions 26 18
Passing Yards 257 318
Yards Per Attempt 5.4 16.7
Sacked 1 1
Yards Lost 5 7
Interceptions 2 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1

Total Plays 74 45
Total Yards 403 471
Yards Per Play 5.4 10.4

3rd Down Plays 7/12 3/5
Avg. YTG on 3rd 7.2 8.0
4th Down Plays 1/1 0/0

Penalties 3 7
Penalty Yards 16 46

Avg. Drive Start OWN 18 OWN 44
Time Of Possession 34:13 25:47

Atlanta Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
20 Hutton 17 95 5.5 17 1
21 Stark 4 22 5.5 17 0
41 Johnson 4 26 6.5 15 0
37 Sandoval 1 8 8.0 8 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
10 Robertson 46 25 250 5.4 24 1 2 1
6 Sanford 1 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
88 McBurrows 7 64 9.1 7 16 1
89 Billmaier 4 71 17.7 9 24 0
87 Chapman 3 32 10.6 7 13 0
84 Ferguson 2 20 10.0 5 13 0
21 Stark 2 19 9.5 16 14 0
20 Hutton 2 7 3.5 1 4 0
41 Johnson 2 6 3.0 0 7 0
85 Ragon 2 27 13.5 4 18 0
83 Gerber 1 8 8.0 2 8 0
82 Nails 1 3 3.0 6 3 0

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
26 Henderson 14 117 8.3 54 0
46 Berry 10 39 3.9 17 0
48 Drayton 1 4 4.0 4 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Ackerman 19 18 318 16.7 47 7 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
89 Turner 5 88 17.6 13 31 1
88 Lary 4 97 24.2 47 47 3
84 Francis 4 55 13.7 13 19 1
85 Heath 3 45 15.0 6 18 0
81 Lane 1 2 2.0 0 2 1
83 Rowell 1 31 31.0 5 31 1

Atlanta Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:37 OWN 12 13 88 Touchdown
1 6:04 6:17 OWN 27 14 70 Field Goal
2 10:16 0:52 OWN 20 3 -1 Punt
2 6:23 4:19 OWN 2 8 26 Interception
2 1:57 1:54 OWN 34 7 50 Field Goal
3 13:33 6:45 OWN 15 11 85 Touchdown
3 5:43 5:04 OWN 31 10 55 Field Goal
4 8:57 1:16 OWN 15 2 7 Fumble
4 5:56 2:16 OWN 4 5 24 Interception
4 0:17 0:17 OWN 20 1 -1 Game

San Diego Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:23 2:19 OWN 33 4 67 Touchdown
2 14:47 4:31 OWN 30 8 70 Touchdown
2 9:24 3:01 OWN 39 5 61 Touchdown
2 2:04 0:07 OPP 16 1 16 Touchdown
3 15:00 1:27 OWN 26 3 74 Touchdown
3 6:48 1:05 OWN 44 2 56 Touchdown
3 0:39 6:42 OWN 6 13 94 Touchdown
4 7:41 1:45 OPP 9 3 5 Fumble
4 3:40 3:23 50 7 3 Punt

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Ackerman 19 18 318 16.7 47 7 0 1

:eek:

First seven drives:

San Diego Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:23 2:19 OWN 33 4 67 Touchdown
2 14:47 4:31 OWN 30 8 70 Touchdown
2 9:24 3:01 OWN 39 5 61 Touchdown
2 2:04 0:07 OPP 16 1 16 Touchdown
3 15:00 1:27 OWN 26 3 74 Touchdown
3 6:48 1:05 OWN 44 2 56 Touchdown
3 0:39 6:42 OWN 6 13 94 Touchdown

:eek:

[JeffW]

2019 Off Season

The only key unrestricted Free Agent is OLB Earl Morici, again. I will try to bring him back as I have 19m under the cap and he is a key defensive contributor. Van Dam will only be back if he takes a favorable deal. Former 1(32) DE Junior Flannery has developed into a very good run stopping DL, but I can't afford him and I can replace him.

Van Dam, Kerry 23 RCB 2005 UFA 15
Morici, Earl 92 WLB 2010 UFA 10
Drayton, Artie 48 RB 2013 UFA 7
Turner, Lenny 89 SE 2013 UFA 7
DeAngelis, J.T. 61 RG 2013 UFA 7
Gillespie, Ken 9 FB 2014 UFA 6
Mariotti, Harold 90 LDE 2014 UFA 6
Wooden, Ethan 56 SLB 2014 UFA 6
Flannery, Junior 76 LDE 2015 UFA 5
McNeil, Xavier 71 RDT 2015 UFA 5
Hutchins, Jonathan 91 LDE 2016 ---- 4
Shula, Nick 47 LCB 2016 ---- 4
McCarthy, Billy Joe 88 TE 2017 ---- 3
Luchene, B.J. 52 C 2017 ---- 3
Trotter, Xavier 10 P 2017 ---- 3
Cote, Sammie 98 RDT 2017 ---- 3
Ellison, Lee 54 MLB 2018 ---- 2

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

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

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $18,950,000

I doubt I'll make a splash in FA, but I am in need of a starting running back. Henderson is on the decline and FB Kelly Case was less than stellar in his games at tailback. Another possibility is that I'll add a linebacker or defensive tackle. I had to switch to a 4-3 late last season because of injuries. I've got 3 good DL and 3 good LB so I'm on the bubble.

[JeffW]

I doubt I'll make a splash in FA... Another possibility is that I'll add a defensive tackle.

Oops. This is the one FA period where I did make a splash.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3932/dtdonnellcurriefr4.jpg

I just noticed that I set the voidable to 100 tackles instead of 30...that means I'm going to have to eat that contract in 2023, but I am still fine with the signing. It's a bargain even if I eat that backload. This guy is a beast, I should check the early 20 FA stages more often!

I also resigned DE Junior Flannery to a 4-yr, 16.5m deal. It's slightly backloaded with a voidable as well(maybe I should add a no voidable year house rule). I think it was a good signing, though I might have overpaid slightly.

[JeffW]

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - J.J. Compton, S, Delaware State - Rat: 25/72 40: 4.5 BP: 17 Agi: 6.9 Sole: 38
Rnd 2 - Howie Salcido, FB, Ohio - Rat: 45/83 40: 4.7 BP: 31 Agi: 7.3 Sole:25
Rnd 3 - Nolan Stevenson, WR, Mississippi - Rat: 22/50 40: 4.4 BP: 14 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 27
Rnd 4 - Curtis Hooper, OLB, Michigan - Rat: 21/45 40: 4.6 BP: 19 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 38
Rnd 5 - Kurt Cogan, CB, Virginia - Rat: 19/36 40: 4.5 BP: 21 Agi: 6.8 Sole: 22
Rnd 6 - Ben Alameda, T, William & Mary - Rat: 15/41 40: 5.2 BP: 28 Agi: 7.6 Sole: 39
Rnd 7 - Irv Blythe, G, Kansas State - Rat: 23/40 40: 5.0 BP: 29 Agi: 7.6 Sole: 35

I'm thrilled with this draft. I am happy with every pick. I'm not sure what to do with FB Salcido, but I'm sure I'll figure out something.

[JeffW]

Opening Day Roster

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut Cntrc
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 14 85 90 1 yr.
Forbes, Karl 16 QB 15 71 71 1 yr.
Reilly, Cole 13 QB 3 26 61 1 yr.
Henderson, Ben 26 RB 9 35 37 1 yr.
Drayton, Artie 48 RB 7 28 30 2 yrs
##Voorhees, Harold 38 RB 1 23 29 2 yrs
Case, Kelly 32 FB RB 2 62 67 2 yrs
Salcido, Howie 23 FB FB 1 52 81 3 yrs
Angelo, George 84 TE TE 2 47 71 2 yrs
Joyner, Thomas 11 TE 1 25 40 2 yrs
Heath, Tyrone 85 FL FL 6 58 58 1 yr.
Chapman, Donald 80 FL SE 7 50 53 4 yrs
Shillingford, Graham 86 FL 2 36 49 3 yrs
Dahnke, Eddie 83 FL 2 32 45 2 yrs
Boehner, Troy 82 FL 3 29 44 1 yr.
##Stevenson, Nolan 87 SE 1 25 45 3 yrs
Bernard, Adam 58 C C 9 53 57 2 yrs
Luchene, B.J. 52 C RG 3 31 52 1 yr.
##Betz, Harris 59 C 1 15 43 2 yrs
Nahm, Jesse 62 LG 1 24 51 2 yrs
Blythe, Irv 67 LG 1 26 45 3 yrs
Stennett, Timothy 51 RG LG 10 54 64 1 yr.
Goodwin, Ross 65 LT LT 11 49 54 1 yr.
Diaz, Marty 69 LT RT 7 50 50 2 yrs
Cave, Rick 78 LT 11 39 47 1 yr.
##Alameda, Ben 60 LT 1 19 42 3 yrs
Bryant, Ron 7 P 1 20 46 2 yrs
Everett, Shannon 15 K 4 48 58 1 yr.
Flannery, Junior 76 LDE LDE 5 57 57 4 yrs
Ferguson, Cris 96 LDE RDE 11 49 51 1 yr.
Hutchins, Jonathan 91 LDE 4 45 49 3 yrs
**Harada, Tom 72 RDE 12 40 40 1 yr.
**McNeil, Paul 79 RDE 1 19 31 2 yrs
Currie, Donnell 77 LDT LDT 6 95 95 5 yrs
McNeil, Xavier 71 RDT 5 31 39 1 yr.
Cote, Sammie 98 RDT 3 24 36 1 yr.
Foley, Bubba 74 NT RDT 3 46 55 2 yrs
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB SLB 12 40 43 1 yr.
Horst, Jonathan 57 WILB 1 12 31 2 yrs
Garrett, Trevor 95 MLB 3 14 33 1 yr.
##Dworak, Kendrick 53 MLB 1 9 30 2 yrs
Wooden, Ethan 56 SLB 6 38 42 2 yrs
Badger, Lee 94 WLB MLB 4 61 61 1 yr.
Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB WLB 7 38 42 1 yr.
Hooper, Curtis 97 WLB 1 26 49 3 yrs
Shula, Nick 47 LCB LCB 4 75 75 5 yrs
McCullough, Lionel 37 LCB RCB 5 58 58 2 yrs
Clarke, Dan 35 LCB 6 44 50 1 yr.
##Castanie, Lee 46 LCB 1 16 30 2 yrs
McCarthy, Leslie 24 RCB 6 39 39 2 yrs
##Cogan, Kurt 41 RCB 1 24 38 3 yrs
Compton, J.J. 28 SS SS 1 31 69 4 yrs
Stephenson, Neil 45 SS 2 25 46 2 yrs
Jordan, Winfred 44 FS FS 5 56 56 4 yrs
Nixon, Clifton 43 FS 2 24 46 2 yrs

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 55
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $1,750,000

I'm getting into some salary cap trouble from the last two seasons, but I believe Ackerman will reduce his contract demands next year. Still no QB of the future--I am praying that Ackerman plays 4 more years or so. We're on retirement watch from here on out and he's been injury prone as it is--starting only 162 games in 14 seasons. In the last three seasons alone he's missed 19 games.

[JeffW]

Breaking news: Ackerman is out for the season with a Torn Rotator Cuff. This might be the end of the line.

We lost the first 2 games, bounced back to 3-2, but our division rivals are a combined 11-2 and we're pinning our hopes on 15-year veteran Karl Forbes. We have been plagued by injuries--7 starters are out for week 6.

Can Forbes lead us to the promised land? The rest of the team is still strong and Forbes has been very productive in his 32 games, 18 starts over the last 3 years--completing 449 of 738 passes for 6,934 Yards and 73 TD-25 Int. His QB rating has been 107.4+ in each of those 3 years.

[JeffW]

Good News: We made it into the playoffs.

Bad News: We are the #6 seed.

We've been here before. In 2008, we went 11-5 and had to win on the road to advance to and win the championship. I am not at all confident we'll go anywhere this year, though. That 2008 team went 9-0 to start the season and they had something we don't... Ryan Ackerman. Forbes has been abysmal(sub-50 completion%) and injuries have completely decimated the core of the team.

In the wild card round, we play @ Tennessee, who went 9-7 and was outscored in the regular season. We're favored by 4.

Box Score: San Diego at Tennessee
Tennessee, TN.

Wild Card Playoff Games, 2019

Attendance: 74,300 (74,700).


Weather: 53 degrees, fair.

1Q: 01:42 SDO - George Angelo 1 pass from Karl Forbes.
1Q: 01:42 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
2Q: 07:32 TEN - William Farmer 30 field goal.
2Q: 00:51 SDO - Troy Boehner 38 pass from Karl Forbes.
2Q: 00:51 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
2Q: 00:03 TEN - William Farmer 51 field goal.
3Q: 09:57 TEN - Reuben Price 7 pass from Zach Houston.
3Q: 09:57 TEN - Jake Fagundez run for conversion failed.
3Q: 05:02 SDO - Graham Shillingford 9 pass from Karl Forbes.
3Q: 05:02 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
4Q: 05:42 TEN - Johnny Bullock 6 pass from Zach Houston.
4Q: 05:42 TEN - William Farmer extra point.
4Q: 00:44 SDO - Shannon Everett 36 field goal.

Game MVP: SDO 16 Karl Forbes

San Diego 7 7 7 3 - 24
Tennessee 0 6 6 7 - 19

Team Statistics SDO TEN

First Downs 18 17

Total Rushes 17 35
Rushing Yards 71 130
Yards Per Carry 4.1 3.7
Pass Attempts 40 33
Completions 23 15
Passing Yards 246 173
Yards Per Attempt 6.1 5.2
Sacked 3 0
Yards Lost 17 0
Interceptions 1 3
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 2/0

Total Plays 60 68
Total Yards 300 303
Yards Per Play 5.0 4.4

3rd Down Plays 1/10 6/15
Avg. YTG on 3rd 11.2 7.4
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 8 7
Penalty Yards 55 40

Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 35
Time Of Possession 29:35 30:25

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
26 Henderson 7 35 5.0 13 0
48 Drayton 6 20 3.3 10 0
32 Case 3 13 4.3 9 0
16 Forbes 1 3 3.0 3 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
16 Forbes 40 23 246 6.1 38 3 1 3

Another weak performance from Forbes. I take back every good thing I've said about him! If we play this poorly next week at 13-3 Denver, we can expect a loss.

[JeffW]

This week, we travel to Denver to face the Denver Juggernaut. We lost in their hour 26-24 in week one. We have one thing going for us though... their starting quarterback(who wasn't great to begin with) is out and their backup, Rufus Cochrane, was awful in the regular season despite leading them to a 6-0 record in his 6 games.

His stats:

103-205-1179 with 10 TD/4 Int and 76.0 QBR.

They're favored by 1.

Box Score: San Diego at Denver
Denver, CO.

Conference Semifinals, 2019

Attendance: 70,400 (76,100).


Weather: 42 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:52 DEN - Roman Schwantz 9 pass from Rufus Cochrane.
1Q: 08:52 DEN - Trent Crumpler extra point.
1Q: 02:34 DEN - Trent Crumpler 40 field goal.
2Q: 13:13 SDO - Kelly Case 10 pass from Karl Forbes.
2Q: 13:13 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
2Q: 10:56 DEN - Clifton Suliven 63 run.
2Q: 10:56 DEN - Trent Crumpler extra point.
2Q: 09:35 SDO - Eddie Dahnke 48 pass from Karl Forbes.
2Q: 09:35 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
2Q: 00:34 SDO - Ben Henderson 8 run.
2Q: 00:34 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
3Q: 05:44 SDO - Troy Boehner 35 pass from Karl Forbes.
3Q: 05:44 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
4Q: 11:06 SDO - Shannon Everett 25 field goal.
4Q: 03:09 SDO - Shannon Everett 39 field goal.

Game MVP: SDO 16 Karl Forbes

San Diego 0 21 7 6 - 34
Denver 10 7 0 0 - 17

Team Statistics SDO DEN

First Downs 24 19

Total Rushes 20 25
Rushing Yards 73 189
Yards Per Carry 3.6 7.5
Pass Attempts 44 29
Completions 28 18
Passing Yards 392 180
Yards Per Attempt 8.9 6.2
Sacked 1 2
Yards Lost 8 16
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0

Total Plays 65 56
Total Yards 457 353
Yards Per Play 7.0 6.3

3rd Down Plays 7/14 5/11
Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.5 6.7
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 6 7
Penalty Yards 43 37

Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 23
Time Of Possession 31:19 28:41

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
26 Henderson 8 47 5.8 12 1
48 Drayton 8 20 2.5 8 0
16 Forbes 2 6 3.0 8 0
32 Case 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0
38 Voorhees 1 2 2.0 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
16 Forbes 44 28 392 8.9 48 3 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
32 Case 6 42 7.0 16 14 1
86 Shillingford 6 86 14.3 26 23 0
83 Dahnke 5 107 21.4 12 48 1
81 Kalin 4 49 12.2 2 17 0
82 Boehner 3 70 23.3 0 35 1
84 Angelo 3 36 12.0 5 13 0
23 Salcido 1 2 2.0 0 2 0

We might just pull this off yet! Forbes flashed his old brilliance and we somehow crush them despite allowing 7.5 yards on the ground. CB McCullough gets the game ball for his gamebreaking performancing:


Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
37 McCullough 6 2 1.0 1 14 0

Next week, we are 7 point favorites at the Pittsburgh Steelers, who happen to have a gigantic horseshoe stuck up their ass. They went 8-8 in the regular season and won narrow games against 11-5 Oakland(16-13 at home) and @ 12-4 Miami (17-16). They do boast QB Floyd Boyer at QB and he has been excellent this season. The steelers are the only team to claim a playoff victory over us--knocking us out in the conference championship in 2010. We want revenge and we want to win our 9th consecutive championship. I pray that Forbes can pilot us to a win.

On the plus side, we get starting DE Junior Flannery and #1 Receiver Tyrone Heath back from the inactive list. We're expecting big things from these two in the conference championship.

[JeffW]

Box Score: San Diego at Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA.

Conference Finals, 2019

Attendance: 56,000 (64,500).


Weather: 32 degrees, fair.

1Q: 11:26 SDO - Tyrone Heath 9 pass from Karl Forbes.
1Q: 11:26 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
1Q: 07:57 PIT - Dwayne Drake 7 pass from Floyd Boyer.
1Q: 07:57 PIT - Ronnie Faison extra point.
1Q: 04:07 SDO - George Angelo 15 pass from Karl Forbes.
1Q: 04:07 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
2Q: 12:45 PIT - Ronnie Faison 44 field goal.
2Q: 02:50 SDO - Kelly Case 5 pass from Karl Forbes.
2Q: 02:50 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
2Q: 00:08 PIT - Ronnie Faison 21 field goal.
3Q: 07:25 PIT - Matthew Smith 1 pass from Floyd Boyer.
3Q: 07:25 PIT - Jimmie Kravitz run for conversion failed.
3Q: 04:23 SDO - Shannon Everett 24 field goal.
4Q: 02:11 PIT - Marvin Buchanan 15 pass from Floyd Boyer.
4Q: 02:11 PIT - Floyd Boyer pass to Dixon Banner for conversion
4Q: 01:31 SDO - Eddie Dahnke 64 pass from Karl Forbes.
4Q: 01:31 SDO - Shannon Everett extra point.
4Q: 00:08 PIT - Floyd Boyer 2 run.
4Q: 00:08 PIT - Ronnie Faison extra point.

Game MVP: PIT 1 Floyd Boyer

San Diego 14 7 3 7 - 31
Pittsburgh 7 6 6 15 - 34

Team Statistics SDO PIT

First Downs 22 32

Total Rushes 15 33
Rushing Yards 27 134
Yards Per Carry 1.8 4.0
Pass Attempts 39 44
Completions 23 31
Passing Yards 386 379
Yards Per Attempt 9.8 8.6
Sacked 1 2
Yards Lost 5 24
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0

Total Plays 55 79
Total Yards 408 489
Yards Per Play 7.4 6.1

3rd Down Plays 7/12 9/14
Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.0 7.3
4th Down Plays 0/1 1/1

Penalties 4 7
Penalty Yards 35 48

Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 31
Time Of Possession 25:22 34:38

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
26 Henderson 8 19 2.3 8 0
16 Forbes 2 5 2.5 4 0
48 Drayton 2 0 0.0 3 0
32 Case 2 1 0.5 2 0
38 Voorhees 1 2 2.0 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
16 Forbes 39 23 386 9.8 64 4 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
85 Heath 6 115 19.1 14 47 1
84 Angelo 6 88 14.6 14 21 1
83 Dahnke 4 102 25.5 24 64 1
32 Case 3 26 8.6 4 11 1
86 Shillingford 3 43 14.3 1 16 0
81 Kalin 1 12 12.0 0 12 0

We're going to remember this one for a long time. Forbes was brilliant, but we were god awful running the football and allowed fare too many yards through the air. It looks like they scored the winning touchdown in the last minute an a half. What an absolute heartbreaker. The streak is over, ended by a team that had no business even being in the playoffs. We can only hope that, like the time they beat us in 2010, they go on to lose the championship.

They do. 21-17 to the New York Giants. There is some justice in the world.

[JeffW]

2019 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 13-6
Winning Pct.: .684

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 295 32
Rushing Yards 1197 32
Yards Per Carry 4.05 19
Pass Attempts 729 1
Completions 385 1
Passing Yards 5401 1
Yards Per Attempt 7.40 10
3rd Down Conversions 40.7 22
Points Per Game 27.2 2
Turnovers 19 6 (T)
Turnover Margin +9 5 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 460 19
Rushing Yards 1792 9
Yards Per Carry 3.89 6
Pass Attempts 583 31 (T)
Completions 315 14
Passing Yards 3583 9
Yards Per Attempt 6.14 2
3rd Down Conversions 41.5 5 (T)
Points Per Game 18.6 5
Turnovers 28 8 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 24 at DEN 26
2 24 at MIN 27
3 48 at PIT 22
4 33 HOU 20
5 37 at IND 10
6 27 at OAK 24
8 34 DEN 22
9 17 at TEN 20
10 34 JAX 22
11 16 at KCY 6
12 23 CHI 13
13 26 MIA 20
14 20 DET 13
15 30 KCY 0
16 16 at GBY 20
17 27 OAK 34
$$WC 24 at TEN 19
$$CS 34 at DEN 17
$$CF 31 at PIT 34

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
16 Forbes QB 529 264 3735 7.06 23 10
6 Ackerman QB 200 121 1666 8.33 18 4
**Team --- 729 385 5401 7.40 41 14

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
26 Henderson RB 143 649 4.53 4
32 Case FB 81 239 2.95 1
**Team --- 295 1197 4.05 7

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
83 Dahnke WR 130 64 1009 15.7 169 4
32 Case FB 88 63 422 6.6 162 5
85 Heath WR 117 58 1001 17.2 163 10
80 Chapman WR 89 50 846 16.9 126 7
84 Angelo TE 89 48 487 10.1 113 6
86 Shillingford WR 85 39 806 20.6 225 4
82 Boehner WR 61 27 401 14.8 63 3
87 Stevenson WR 36 20 298 14.9 30 2
**Team --- 729 385 5401 14.0 1093 41

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
77 Currie DT 105 31 15.0 28 0 0
94 Badger OLB 90 31 1.5 0 0 2
28 Compton S 64 20 0.0 0 3 7
47 Shula CB 61 24 1.5 0 6 28
99 Holguin OLB 58 12 0.0 0 0 2
37 McCullough CB 58 23 0.0 0 3 11
96 Ferguson DE 46 19 7.0 13 0 0
35 Clarke CB 46 11 0.0 0 2 4
44 Jordan S 42 23 0.0 0 2 9
93 Tyler ILB 36 15 0.0 3 0 2
74 Foley DT 30 11 2.5 5 0 0
24 McCarthy CB 26 6 0.0 0 0 2
56 Wooden OLB 23 5 1.0 0 0 3
71 McNeil DT 23 8 1.5 4 0 0
97 Hooper OLB 23 4 1.0 0 0 0
76 Flannery DE 20 8 4.0 12 0 1
43 Nixon S 20 4 0.5 0 0 4
91 Hutchins DE 16 10 4.5 13 0 0
**Team --- 873 276 42.0 81 16 78

Not much of a bright side. We just didn't play up to the standards everyone has come to expect from this team.

DT Currie, our free agent signing, was named 1st team DT and defensive player of the year for his magnificent 100+, 15.0 sack, 4 forced fumble season.

CB Nick Shula was named 1st team all pro CB for his 6 Ints and 28 defensed passes. He also picked up 61 tackles and 1.5 sacks.

I am too disgusted to go into much more detail. We got hosed by injuries and I absolutely hate how often Case is getting pass targets. His presence has actually hurt us as far as I can tell.

[JeffW]

2020 Off Season

DE Cris Ferguson retires unexpectedly after having a career year as a DE and pass down DT. He played 11 seasons with the Chargers and played in 9 championship games. He'll be missed.

Ackerman is back and as far as I can tell he hasn't lost anything from the rotator cuff injury, but you never can tell if he'll ever be reliable again after all the injuries he's had. He's a FA and I might be able to get him at a bargain price.

Staff Hiring: I hire a new OC. VG RB, YT. Ex QB, Rec, OL.

Free Agents:

Forbes, Karl 16 QB 2016 UFA 16
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB 2006 UFA 15
Harada, Tom 72 RDE 2017 UFA 13
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB 2008 UFA 13
Cave, Rick 78 LT 2009 UFA 12
Goodwin, Ross 65 LT 2013 UFA 12
Stennett, Timothy 51 RG 2010 UFA 11
Henderson, Ben 26 RB 2014 UFA 10
Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB 2013 UFA 8
Heath, Tyrone 85 FL 2014 UFA 7
Clarke, Dan 35 LCB 2014 UFA 7
McNeil, Xavier 71 RDT 2015 UFA 6
Everett, Shannon 15 K 2016 UFA 5
Badger, Lee 94 WLB 2016 UFA 5
Reilly, Cole 13 QB 2017 ---- 4
Boehner, Troy 82 FL 2017 ---- 4
Luchene, B.J. 52 C 2017 ---- 4
Cote, Sammie 98 RDT 2017 ---- 4
Garrett, Trevor 95 MLB 2017 ---- 4
Finley, Lance 4 QB 2019 ---- 2
Kalin, Fred 81 FL 2019 ---- 2

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 35
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 35

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $39,840,000

I will resign Ackerman, most likely at a much more affordable deal. I won't be afraid to sign an impact player in free agency with the extra cash, but that impact player might be a backup QB. :o

[JeffW]

I signed 6th year RB Mario Anderson at RB for a minor 3 year deal. The dood has great skills, though. 60 Breakway, 75 Hole Rec, 77 Elusiveness. He'll start from day one.

Ackerman signed another big deal 3 year 14m per. I'm probably going to end up way under the salcap though--should have signed one of my UFAs to a big one year deal.

Amateur Draft:

I chose 27th overall and picked up my QB of the future in round 1. Unfortunately, he is weak in deep passing, so I'll have to retool my offense when he takes the starting job in a few years, but otherwise he looks awesome.

Player College Rat. 40 BP Agi

1(27) QB Luke Alves Alabama A&M 33/71 4.7 12 7.3
2(27) CB R Andrews Wisconsin 27/51 4.6 23 7.1
3(27) OLB M Roberson Syracuse 18/51 4.6 22 7.1
4(27) S Marvin Meier Pittsburgh 21/54 4.5 26 7.0
5(27) RB Cole LaFleur Clemson 30/42 4.6 19 7.2
6(27) RB M Castillo Kansas 25/40 4.7 16 7.5
7(27) CB T Whitfield SMU 20/43 4.5 15 7.1

[JeffW]

WR Graham Shillingford makes a critical mistake and hols out. I sign him to a highly favored 5 year deal. :cool:

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1305/2020transactionssr2.jpg

$18m/yr on QBs even after Ackerman's renegotiation. I hope Forbes is not on the decline... I really had no choice but to sign him unless I wanted to enter the season with Luke Alves as QB#2 behind Ryan "Glass Cannon" Ackerman.

[JeffW]

Opening Day Roster:

San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 15 81 86 3 yrs
Alves, Luke 12 QB 1 38 71 4 yrs
Forbes, Karl 16 QB 16 70 70 3 yrs
##Reilly, Cole 13 QB 4 29 62 1 yr.
Anderson, Mario 34 RB RB 6 39 39 3 yrs
LaFleur, Cole 33 RB 1 31 41 3 yrs
##Voorhees, Harold 38 RB 2 24 28 1 yr.
Salcido, Howie 23 FB FB 2 58 80 2 yrs
Case, Kelly 32 FB 3 78 78 1 yr.
Angelo, George 84 TE TE 3 67 71 1 yr.
Joyner, Thomas 11 TE 2 27 37 1 yr.
Chapman, Donald 80 FL FL 8 51 53 3 yrs
Shillingford, Graham 86 FL 3 43 47 5 yrs
Dahnke, Eddie 83 FL 3 42 46 1 yr.
Boehner, Troy 82 FL 4 36 44 3 yrs
##Castillo, Malcolm 39 FL 1 19 47 3 yrs
Stevenson, Nolan 87 SE SE 2 27 43 2 yrs
Bernard, Adam 58 C C 10 51 55 1 yr.
Luchene, B.J. 52 C 4 47 52 3 yrs
Betz, Harris 59 C 2 20 44 1 yr.
Nahm, Jesse 62 LG LG 2 33 57 1 yr.
Blythe, Irv 67 LG RG 2 31 48 2 yrs
##Pettersson, Dominic 68 RG 1 20 35 2 yrs
Goodwin, Ross 65 LT LT 12 50 55 3 yrs
Diaz, Marty 69 LT RT 8 51 51 1 yr.
Alameda, Ben 60 LT 2 29 48 2 yrs
##Cave, Rick 78 LT 12 30 36 2 yrs
Bryant, Ron 7 P 2 22 39 1 yr.
Utley, Carl 5 K 1 30 45 1 yr.
Flannery, Junior 76 LDE LDE 6 56 56 3 yrs
Hutchins, Jonathan 91 LDE RDE 5 48 48 2 yrs
Harada, Tom 72 RDE 13 32 32 3 yrs
Shelton, Sammie 94 RDE 1 17 32 2 yrs
Currie, Donnell 77 LDT LDT 7 95 95 4 yrs
McNeil, Xavier 71 RDT 6 34 40 2 yrs
##Cote, Sammie 98 RDT 4 27 37 1 yr.
Foley, Bubba 74 NT RDT 4 50 55 1 yr.
Tyler, Tom 93 SILB MLB 13 35 37 1 yr.
Aridge, Brock 55 MLB 1 21 37 2 yrs
Wooden, Ethan 56 SLB SLB 7 39 43 1 yr.
Hooper, Curtis 97 WLB WLB 2 33 52 2 yrs
Roberson, Marshall 51 WLB 1 20 50 3 yrs
Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB 8 34 38 2 yrs
Shula, Nick 47 LCB LCB 5 75 75 4 yrs
McCullough, Lionel 37 LCB RCB 6 59 59 1 yr.
Clarke, Dan 35 LCB 7 44 50 3 yrs
Andrews, Richard 30 RCB 1 29 46 3 yrs
McCarthy, Leslie 24 RCB 7 40 40 1 yr.
##Whitfield, Tim 29 RCB 1 25 45 3 yrs
Compton, J.J. 28 SS SS 2 44 68 3 yrs
Meier, Marvin 49 SS 1 29 63 3 yrs
Stephenson, Neil 45 SS 3 27 45 1 yr.
Jordan, Winfred 44 FS FS 6 55 55 3 yrs

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $10,770,000

[JeffW]

Critical Game:

Week 17. Chargers (10-5) @ Broncos (11-4). Chargers beat the Broncos in an earlier matchup and clinch #2 seed in the playoffs with a win. A loss means they will receive the #6 seed. We once again struggled in the regular season, but we can put it all behind us with a clutch win here.

Box Score: San Diego at Denver
Denver, CO.

Week 17, 2020

Attendance: 70,500 (76,100).


Weather: 26 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:14 DEN - Steve Root 1 run.
1Q: 08:14 DEN - Deron Dumrauf extra point.
1Q: 02:09 SDO - Eddie Dahnke 10 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 02:09 SDO - Carl Utley extra point.
2Q: 12:38 DEN - Marshall Aponte 1 run.
2Q: 12:38 DEN - Deron Dumrauf extra point.
2Q: 10:08 SDO - Carl Utley 41 field goal.
2Q: 02:49 SDO - George Angelo 1 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 02:49 SDO - Carl Utley extra point.
4Q: 01:33 DEN - Deron Dumrauf 34 field goal.
4Q: 00:00 SDO - Carl Utley 25 field goal.

Game MVP: SDO 6 Ryan Ackerman

San Diego 7 10 0 3 - 20
Denver 7 7 0 3 - 17

Team Statistics SDO DEN

First Downs 19 21

Total Rushes 19 32
Rushing Yards 53 103
Yards Per Carry 2.7 3.2
Pass Attempts 41 39
Completions 17 21
Passing Yards 292 179
Yards Per Attempt 7.1 4.5
Sacked 0 1
Yards Lost 0 5
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/0

Total Plays 60 72
Total Yards 345 277
Yards Per Play 5.7 3.8

3rd Down Plays 3/12 8/17
Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.6 7.4
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 7 11
Penalty Yards 55 63

Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 32
Time Of Possession 24:26 35:34

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
34 Anderson 13 28 2.1 6 0
23 Salcido 3 13 4.3 8 0
6 Ackerman 2 10 5.0 6 0
32 Case 1 2 2.0 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Ackerman 41 17 292 7.1 34 2 0 0

Well, we got away with one there. Ackerman continued his struggles--this year he posted the lowest totals in completion %, yards/a, TD/Int ration and qb rating since his sophomore year(2007). He posted a career high in Ints. It appears he is well into the decline phase of his career and we can no longer rely on him to carry us to championships. We host 12-5 Baltimore in the semifinals and are favored by 3.

[JeffW]

Another conference championship loss. Ackerman really killed us in this game. Inexcusable, sickening loss.

Box Score: Denver at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Conference Finals, 2020

Attendance: 87,700 (99,900).


Weather: 44 degrees, rain.

1Q: 05:46 DEN - Brent Hloupy 22 pass from Kenny Kennedy.
1Q: 05:46 DEN - Deron Dumrauf extra point.
1Q: 02:04 SDO - Donald Chapman 20 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 02:04 SDO - Carl Utley extra point.
2Q: 12:07 DEN - Deron Dumrauf 31 field goal.
2Q: 03:31 DEN - Deron Dumrauf 39 field goal.
3Q: 14:19 DEN - Byron Schroeder 50 interception return.
3Q: 14:19 DEN - Deron Dumrauf extra point.
3Q: 09:41 SDO - Howie Salcido 1 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 09:41 SDO - Carl Utley extra point.
3Q: 04:26 DEN - Deron Dumrauf 37 field goal.
4Q: 02:24 DEN - Deron Dumrauf 27 field goal.
4Q: 01:11 SDO - Eddie Dahnke 21 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
4Q: 01:11 SDO - Carl Utley extra point.

Game MVP: DEN 5 Deron Dumrauf

Denver 7 6 10 3 - 26
San Diego 7 0 7 7 - 21

Team Statistics DEN SDO

First Downs 20 20

Total Rushes 38 9
Rushing Yards 125 50
Yards Per Carry 3.2 5.5
Pass Attempts 36 51
Completions 16 22
Passing Yards 237 337
Yards Per Attempt 6.5 6.6
Sacked 2 1
Yards Lost 20 5
Interceptions 2 2
Fumbles/Lost 3/0 1/1

Total Plays 76 61
Total Yards 342 382
Yards Per Play 4.5 6.2

3rd Down Plays 6/17 2/11
Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.5 8.1
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 4 6
Penalty Yards 30 44

Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 30
Time Of Possession 37:08 22:52

Denver Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
48 Root 25 81 3.2 12 0
41 Aponte 8 37 4.6 15 0
16 Kennedy 3 1 0.3 4 0
44 Walsh 2 6 3.0 4 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
16 Kennedy 36 16 237 6.5 47 1 2 2

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
85 Schwantz 7 98 14.0 18 28 0
86 Hloupy 3 44 14.6 12 22 1
48 Root 2 30 15.0 1 17 0
41 Aponte 2 11 5.5 8 8 0
44 Walsh 1 7 7.0 6 7 0
87 Sipes 1 47 47.0 10 47 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Root 3 33 11.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
28 Price 1 17 17.0 0
48 Root 1 32 32.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
11 Halverson 5 196 39.2 56 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
5 Dumrauf 4 4 39 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
46 McMahon 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
54 Coleman 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
28 Price 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
24 Caldwell 3 0 1.0 1 0 0
31 Schroeder 3 2 0.0 1 50 1
97 Ennis 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 Hopkins 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Aponte 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Peterson 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
79 Ellison 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
85 Schwantz 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
40 Horner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
71 Duran 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
47 Cherry 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Bennett 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
34 Meyer 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
89 Sayers 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
88 Peterson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
71 Duran 0 0 0 0 2 1
63 Ness 0 0 0 0 3 0
50 Branch 0 0 1 0 0 1
72 Vitale 0 0 0 0 4 0
48 Root 2 0 0 0 0 0
44 Walsh 0 0 0 0 2 0
31 Schroeder 0 1 1 0 0 0
60 Weaver 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 Kennedy 1 0 0 0 0 0
86 Hloupy 0 0 1 0 0 0
87 Sipes 0 0 1 0 0 0

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
34 Anderson 8 39 4.8 9 0
23 Salcido 1 11 11.0 11 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Ackerman 51 22 337 6.6 35 3 2 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
32 Case 4 32 8.0 13 13 0
84 Angelo 4 93 23.2 7 35 0
80 Chapman 3 51 17.0 8 20 1
83 Dahnke 3 63 21.0 6 25 1
23 Salcido 3 26 8.6 6 18 1
87 Stevenson 2 27 13.5 5 14 0
34 Anderson 1 22 22.0 2 22 0
82 Boehner 1 10 10.0 0 10 0
86 Shillingford 1 13 13.0 3 13 0

[JeffW]

Front Office Football 2004
2020 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 12-6
Winning Pct.: .666

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 341 32
Rushing Yards 1237 32
Yards Per Carry 3.62 31
Pass Attempts 669 1
Completions 367 1
Passing Yards 5233 1
Yards Per Attempt 7.82 4
3rd Down Conversions 44.8 10
Points Per Game 26.1 1
Turnovers 29 28 (T)
Turnover Margin 0 15 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 453 17
Rushing Yards 1957 23
Yards Per Carry 4.32 26
Pass Attempts 555 30
Completions 285 2 (T)
Passing Yards 3295 2
Yards Per Attempt 5.93 1
3rd Down Conversions 39.3 7
Points Per Game 18.7 10
Turnovers 29 3 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 34 KCY 6
2 24 at ATL 31
3 26 at CLE 12
5 31 MIA 41
6 20 NJY 14
7 23 DEN 10
8 17 at BUF 27
9 17 at NED 30
10 34 OAK 17
11 26 at KCY 23
12 31 TBY 12
13 44 JAX 9
14 10 at NOS 20
15 41 at OAK 22
16 20 CAR 9
17 20 at DEN 17
$$CS 34 BAL 20
$$CF 21 DEN 26

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 659 360 5181 7.86 45 18
**Team --- 669 367 5233 7.82 45 18

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
34 Anderson RB 225 903 4.01 1
32 Case FB 52 136 2.61 0
23 Salcido FB 41 115 2.80 1
**Team --- 341 1237 3.62 2

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
83 Dahnke WR 119 67 1035 15.4 156 5
80 Chapman WR 113 56 1049 18.7 173 12
86 Shillingford WR 106 52 937 18.0 93 6
84 Angelo TE 82 48 562 11.7 111 5
87 Stevenson WR 102 47 746 15.8 80 6
32 Case FB 40 27 237 8.7 71 2
34 Anderson RB 40 26 205 7.8 88 3
23 Salcido FB 36 24 155 6.4 89 3
82 Boehner WR 28 18 292 16.2 12 3
**Team --- 669 367 5233 14.2 873 45

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
77 Currie DT 90 33 8.5 32 0 1
28 Compton S 66 25 0.0 0 4 8
37 McCullough CB 57 16 0.0 0 4 13
47 Shula CB 54 25 0.0 0 2 9
44 Jordan S 53 24 0.0 1 5 17
56 Wooden OLB 50 14 0.0 0 0 5
97 Hooper OLB 48 23 0.0 1 1 2
35 Clarke CB 46 9 0.0 1 0 10
76 Flannery DE 44 23 3.0 12 0 1
91 Hutchins DE 34 15 7.0 13 0 0
93 Tyler ILB 33 13 2.0 2 0 5
55 Aridge ILB 32 6 1.0 0 1 5
24 McCarthy CB 28 3 1.0 0 0 7
74 Foley DT 25 15 1.0 6 0 0
99 Holguin OLB 23 2 0.0 0 0 2
23 Salcido FB 20 0 0.0 0 0 0
49 Meier S 18 0 0.0 0 1 0
**Team --- 830 273 30.0 81 19 94

I'm of half a mind to cut both my "star" fullbacks. They're really dragging us down with poor yards/catch and yards/carry. I was a lot better off with scrub FBs.

QB Ackerman wins 1st team QB... whatever, he was subpar this year.
DT Currie wins 1st team all pro for the 3rd straight year, his 5th all pro award in a row. He's also the League's Strongest Man.

[JeffW]

QB Carl Forbes retires after a respectable career. He was 9th on the alltime QB rating list with a 95.1 rating. He had a career record of 39-11-0.

His career line:


Player Pos Strt End GP GS Att Cmp Pct Yards Avg Lg
Forbes, Karl QB 2005 2020 59 29 1345 754 56.0 11105 8.25 86

Player Pos TD Int Sck Yards Rating
Forbes, Karl QB 2005 96 38 61 380 95.1

As with Seth Banks, we can only wonder what might have been had we not landed Ackerman in the 06 draft.

[JeffW]

I'm now committing to win now. I made another big free agent acquisition on the defensive line this year:

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/9101/dejackieblairjr6.jpg

[JeffW]

Amateur Draft

Rnd 1 - Drew Grier, WR, Mississippi 37/59 4.4 40 25 reps 6.9 AD
Rnd 2 - Bernie Copeland, WR, Notre Dame 28/53 4.5 40 10 reps 7.4 AD
Rnd 3 - Chester Drake, WR, Virginia State 13/46 4.5 40 14 reps 7.2 AD
Rnd 4 - Rex Elliott, DE, Virginia Tech 17/46 4.9 40 29 reps 7.4 AD
Rnd 5 - Robbie Newsome, WR, Michigan 24/42 13 reps 7.0 AD
Rnd 6 - Donnie Sperr, RB, Stanford 35/42 4.8 40 18 reps 7.3 AD
Rnd 7 - Reggie Hinsley, RB, Mississippi State 37/44 4.5 40 19 reps 7.3 AD

Looking for some playmakers at WR... not too fond of the draft, honestly.

[JeffW]

Opening Roster:

San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut Cntrct
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 16 80 84 2 yrs
Alves, Luke 12 QB 2 49 77 3 yrs
Reilly, Cole 13 QB 5 34 62 2 yrs
Anderson, Mario 34 RB RB 7 36 36 2 yrs
Levine, Brenden 27 RB 1 29 44 2 yrs
LaFleur, Cole 33 RB 2 30 40 2 yrs
Salcido, Howie 23 FB FB 3 73 79 1 yr.
**Case, Kelly 32 FB 4 77 77 3 yrs
Angelo, George 84 TE TE 4 73 73 4 yrs
Joyner, Thomas 11 TE 3 27 38 1 yr.
Chapman, Donald 80 FL FL 9 51 53 2 yrs
Grier, Drew 88 FL SE 1 42 60 5 yrs
Dahnke, Eddie 83 FL 4 51 51 3 yrs
Shillingford, Graham 86 FL 4 44 47 4 yrs
##Boehner, Troy 82 FL 5 39 44 2 yrs
Copeland, Bernie 89 SE 1 31 52 3 yrs
Luchene, B.J. 52 C C 5 51 52 2 yrs
Bernard, Adam 58 C 11 51 55 1 yr.
Rivera, Keith 57 C 1 33 45 2 yrs
Nahm, Jesse 62 LG LG 3 52 59 4 yrs
Blythe, Irv 67 LG RG 3 48 51 1 yr.
##Pettersson, Dominic 68 RG 2 23 35 1 yr.
Goodwin, Ross 65 LT LT 13 47 51 2 yrs
Diaz, Marty 69 LT RT 9 52 52 4 yrs
Alameda, Ben 60 LT 3 42 48 1 yr.
Fletcher, Nathan 7 P 1 30 43 1 yr.
Cunningham, Rondell 2 K 1 26 57 2 yrs
Blair, Jackie 79 LDE LDE 5 74 74 5 yrs
Flannery, Junior 76 LDE RDT 7 55 55 2 yrs
Hutchins, Jonathan 91 LDE RDE 6 49 49 1 yr.
Elliott, Rex 90 LDE 1 20 46 3 yrs
**Woodson, Johnnie 95 LDE 1 20 28 2 yrs
**Starr, Tim 73 RDE 1 17 31 2 yrs
**Harada, Tom 72 RDE 14 28 28 2 yrs
Currie, Donnell 77 LDT LDT 8 88 88 3 yrs
McNeil, Xavier 71 RDT 7 34 40 1 yr.
##Cote, Sammie 98 RDT 5 29 36 1 yr.
Foley, Bubba 74 NT 5 49 53 3 yrs
Compton, Kendall 53 SILB 1 15 40 2 yrs
Franz, Pat 96 WILB 1 21 38 2 yrs
Aridge, Brock 55 MLB MLB 2 27 37 1 yr.
##Foulger, Kevin 92 MLB 1 20 31 2 yrs
Wooden, Ethan 56 SLB 8 37 42 2 yrs
Hooper, Curtis 97 WLB SLB 3 45 54 1 yr.
Roberson, Marshall 51 WLB WLB 2 24 50 2 yrs
##Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB 9 34 38 1 yr.
Shula, Nick 47 LCB LCB 6 76 76 3 yrs
Clarke, Dan 35 LCB RCB 8 44 50 2 yrs
##Biletnikoff, Donald 43 LCB 1 23 35 2 yrs
Whitfield, Tim 29 RCB 2 30 47 2 yrs
McCarthy, Leslie 24 RCB 8 37 43 3 yrs
##Andrews, Richard 30 RCB 2 31 43 2 yrs
Compton, J.J. 28 SS SS 3 59 68 2 yrs
Meier, Marvin 49 SS 2 38 70 2 yrs
Stephenson, Neil 45 SS 4 30 45 1 yr.
Jordan, Winfred 44 FS FS 7 56 56 2 yrs

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 56
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $2,750,000

No expectations this year. We could win it all, but we're no longer a prohibitive favorite as in years past.

[JeffW]

Off to a good start. Ackerman ties his TD record and Alves takes his first regular season snaps--going 3 for 3 and a TD.

Box Score: Oakland at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Week 1, 2021

Attendance: 88,100 (99,900).


Weather: 83 degrees, fair.

1Q: 07:12 OAK - Dustin Kemp 25 field goal.
1Q: 03:28 SDO - Eddie Dahnke 13 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 03:28 SDO - Rondell Cunningham extra point.
1Q: 03:15 OAK - Wesley Godfrey 80 pass from Andy Lovallo.
1Q: 03:15 OAK - Dustin Kemp extra point.
1Q: 00:07 SDO - Bernie Copeland 3 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
1Q: 00:07 SDO - Rondell Cunningham extra point.
2Q: 13:35 SDO - Howie Salcido 5 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 13:35 SDO - Rondell Cunningham extra point.
2Q: 01:57 SDO - Graham Shillingford 28 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
2Q: 01:57 SDO - Rondell Cunningham extra point.
3Q: 11:40 SDO - Eddie Dahnke 4 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 11:40 SDO - Rondell Cunningham extra point failed.
3Q: 05:04 SDO - Donald Chapman 16 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
3Q: 05:04 SDO - Rondell Cunningham extra point.
3Q: 00:02 OAK - Reuben Wiggins 3 pass from Andy Lovallo.
3Q: 00:02 OAK - Dustin Kemp extra point.
4Q: 13:49 SDO - Graham Shillingford 9 pass from Ryan Ackerman.
4Q: 13:49 SDO - Rondell Cunningham extra point.
4Q: 08:52 SDO - Howie Salcido 4 pass from Luke Alves.
4Q: 08:52 SDO - Rondell Cunningham extra point.
4Q: 02:09 OAK - Donnie Sperr 16 pass from Andy Lovallo.
4Q: 02:09 OAK - Dustin Kemp extra point.

Game MVP: SDO 6 Ryan Ackerman

Oakland 10 0 7 7 - 24
San Diego 14 14 13 14 - 55

Team Statistics OAK SDO

First Downs 19 28

Total Rushes 22 23
Rushing Yards 93 84
Yards Per Carry 4.2 3.6
Pass Attempts 39 38
Completions 19 29
Passing Yards 306 428
Yards Per Attempt 7.8 11.2
Sacked 1 0
Yards Lost 5 0
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/0

Total Plays 62 61
Total Yards 394 512
Yards Per Play 6.3 8.3

3rd Down Plays 5/12 6/9
Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.9 7.0
4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0

Penalties 2 6
Penalty Yards 10 48

Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 35
Time Of Possession 28:41 31:19

Oakland Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
43 Johnson 12 49 4.0 10 0
39 Burke 7 21 3.0 6 0
19 Lovallo 1 7 7.0 7 0
34 Hamilton 1 8 8.0 8 0
24 Snyder 1 8 8.0 8 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
19 Lovallo 39 19 306 7.8 80 3 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
87 Wiggins 5 82 16.4 13 50 1
82 Godfrey 4 115 28.7 60 80 1
89 Longwell 3 22 7.3 4 10 0
48 Dotson 2 7 3.5 0 5 0
83 Windham 2 25 12.5 2 16 0
80 Sperr 2 34 17.0 0 18 1
84 Kennedy 1 21 21.0 4 21 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
80 Sperr 1 9 9.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
82 Godfrey 8 122 15.2 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Turner 5 203 40.6 49 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
10 Kemp 1 1 25 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
99 Langhoff 9 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Hendon 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
27 Burnett 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
93 Boatright 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Downs 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 McAfee 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
83 Windham 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
32 Wilson 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Kroinek 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
98 Lofton 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Pritchett 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
73 Money 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
76 Boyer 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
24 Snyder 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
85 Ansley 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
62 Bradley 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
46 Bearden 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
71 Harris 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
35 Feagles 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
66 O'Neill 0 0 0 0 0 1
68 Dreyer 0 0 0 0 3 0
67 Nixon 0 0 0 0 2 0
50 Sanderson 0 0 0 0 1 0
48 Dotson 0 0 0 0 1 0
96 Downs 0 1 0 0 0 0
89 Longwell 0 0 0 0 1 0
43 Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0
83 Windham 0 1 0 0 0 0
62 Bradley 0 0 0 0 1 0
74 Wayne 0 0 1 0 0 0

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
34 Anderson 13 73 5.6 22 0
33 LaFleur 8 13 1.6 4 0
23 Salcido 2 -2 -1.0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Ackerman 35 26 394 11.2 63 7 0 0
12 Alves 3 3 34 11.3 23 1 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
83 Dahnke 6 85 14.1 8 23 2
23 Salcido 5 35 7.0 15 13 2
88 Grier 5 138 27.6 20 63 0
80 Chapman 3 49 16.3 4 19 1
34 Anderson 3 34 11.3 10 17 0
89 Copeland 3 34 11.3 6 18 1
84 Angelo 2 16 8.0 2 9 0
86 Shillingford 2 37 18.5 3 28 2

[JeffW]

Ackerman goes down in week 16 with another rotator cuff injury. Looks like CHargers fans are going to get a taste of the future a little sooner than they'd like.

Box Score: Kansas City at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Week 17, 2021

Attendance: 88,100 (99,900).


Weather: 60 degrees, rain.

1Q: 10:15 KCY - Phil Coles 24 field goal.
1Q: 02:47 SDO - Rondell Cunningham 41 field goal.
2Q: 14:00 SDO - Drew Grier 10 pass from Luke Alves.
2Q: 14:00 SDO - Rondell Cunningham extra point.
2Q: 10:21 SDO - Luke Alves 9 run.
2Q: 10:21 SDO - Rondell Cunningham extra point failed.
3Q: 06:41 SDO - Graham Shillingford 6 pass from Luke Alves.
3Q: 06:41 SDO - Rondell Cunningham extra point.
4Q: 09:47 SDO - Mario Anderson 17 run.
4Q: 09:47 SDO - Rondell Cunningham extra point.

Game MVP: SDO 12 Luke Alves

Kansas City 3 0 0 0 - 3
San Diego 3 13 7 7 - 30

Team Statistics KCY SDO

First Downs 10 23

Total Rushes 22 18
Rushing Yards 58 70
Yards Per Carry 2.6 3.8
Pass Attempts 38 44
Completions 19 25
Passing Yards 156 359
Yards Per Attempt 4.1 8.1
Sacked 4 2
Yards Lost 20 11
Interceptions 2 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1

Total Plays 64 64
Total Yards 194 418
Yards Per Play 3.0 6.5

3rd Down Plays 5/17 1/9
Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.7 13.7
4th Down Plays 1/1 0/0

Penalties 11 8
Penalty Yards 80 60

Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 33
Time Of Possession 29:27 30:33

Kansas City Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
25 Poston 12 29 2.4 9 0
35 Franz 5 10 2.0 3 0
6 Noblitt 4 18 4.5 6 0
43 Lynch 1 1 1.0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Noblitt 38 19 156 4.1 16 0 2 4

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
82 Terry 5 47 9.4 10 15 0
35 Franz 3 19 6.3 2 14 0
43 Lynch 2 15 7.5 0 9 0
33 Honaker 2 6 3.0 3 3 0
88 Davidson 2 13 6.5 0 7 0
83 Miller 2 31 15.5 2 16 0
86 Vaughn 2 16 8.0 5 11 0
80 Norris 1 9 9.0 0 9 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
82 Terry 1 11 11.0 0
84 O'Donnell 1 13 13.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
82 Terry 3 55 18.3 0
48 Gunn 1 6 6.0 0
35 Franz 1 16 16.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Luzar 10 391 39.1 49 3

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Coles 1 1 24 0 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
32 Stephenson 7 0 0.0 0 0 0
42 Wilbur 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Cowsette 5 4 1.0 0 0 0
39 Hernandez 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
40 Huntley 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
95 Shapiro 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
52 Wheeler 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Branch 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
31 Zimmerman 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
72 Carpenter 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Thompson 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
48 Gunn 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Walsh 1 0 0.5 0 0 0
74 Douglas 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
43 Lynch 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
93 Ward 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
82 Terry 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
60 King 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
21 Schiff 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
73 Young 0 1 0.5 0 0 0
28 Curtis 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
63 Pinner 0 0 0 0 1 2
50 Browning 0 0 0 0 0 1
61 Goodwin 0 0 0 0 0 1
68 Henry 0 0 0 0 1 0
74 Douglas 0 0 1 0 0 0
35 Franz 1 0 0 0 0 0
42 Wilbur 0 1 0 0 0 0

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
34 Anderson 8 43 5.3 24 1
33 LaFleur 5 13 2.6 9 0
32 Case 3 3 1.0 1 0
23 Salcido 1 2 2.0 2 0
12 Alves 1 9 9.0 9 1

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
12 Alves 44 25 359 8.1 43 2 0 2

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
89 Copeland 6 126 21.0 6 43 0
84 Angelo 5 56 11.2 25 34 0
23 Salcido 4 37 9.2 14 15 0
80 Chapman 2 43 21.5 11 27 0
86 Shillingford 2 13 6.5 0 7 1
83 Dahnke 2 34 17.0 8 23 0
88 Grier 2 32 16.0 5 22 1
34 Anderson 1 16 16.0 0 16 0
33 LaFleur 1 2 2.0 0 2 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
88 Grier 3 13 4.3 0
80 Chapman 1 9 9.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
30 Andrews 2 41 20.5 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
7 Fletcher 7 285 40.7 54 3

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
2 Cunningham 1 1 41 3 4

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
28 Compton 7 3 0.0 0 0 0
97 Hooper 6 3 0.0 0 0 0
55 Aridge 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
56 Wooden 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Blair 4 2 1.5 0 0 0
24 McCarthy 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Stephenson 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
47 Shula 2 1 0.5 1 22 0
44 Jordan 2 1 0.0 1 0 0
35 Clarke 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
76 Flannery 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Currie 1 1 1.5 0 0 0
99 Holguin 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
84 Angelo 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
23 Salcido 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Whitfield 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
49 Meier 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Franz 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
53 Compton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Hutchins 0 1 0.5 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
67 Blythe 0 0 0 0 0 1
58 Bernard 0 0 0 0 1 1
65 Goodwin 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 Anderson 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 Salcido 0 0 0 0 1 0
97 Hooper 0 1 0 0 0 0
28 Compton 0 0 1 0 0 0
68 Pettersson 0 0 0 0 1 0

Kansas City Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:25 OWN 9 3 8 Punt
1 12:27 2:12 OPP 32 4 25 Field Goal
1 7:26 2:42 OWN 3 5 32 Interception
1 2:47 1:49 OWN 28 3 -8 Punt
2 14:00 1:10 OWN 20 3 -6 Punt
2 10:21 6:32 OWN 22 14 26 Punt
2 3:08 1:24 OPP 48 3 4 Punt
3 10:24 1:02 OWN 20 3 5 Punt
3 8:22 0:08 OWN 36 1 2 Fumble
3 6:41 1:29 OWN 31 4 15 Interception
3 2:24 2:24 OWN 10 6 17 Punt
4 13:15 2:40 OWN 20 6 6 Punt
4 9:47 3:44 OWN 21 6 11 Punt
4 4:12 1:27 OWN 32 4 17 Punt

San Diego Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:35 0:08 OWN 31 1 1 Fumble
1 10:15 2:49 OWN 31 6 18 Punt
1 4:44 1:57 OWN 18 5 58 Field Goal
1 0:58 1:58 OWN 46 5 54 Touchdown
2 12:50 2:29 OWN 40 5 60 Touchdown
2 3:49 0:41 OWN 14 3 0 Punt
2 1:44 1:44 OWN 16 5 40 Half
3 15:00 4:36 OWN 28 10 38 Punt
3 9:22 1:00 OWN 29 3 2 Punt
3 8:14 1:33 OPP 38 4 38 Touchdown
3 5:12 2:48 OPP 37 6 -1 Punt
4 15:00 1:45 OWN 42 3 4 Punt
4 10:35 0:48 OWN 40 2 60 Touchdown
4 6:03 1:51 OWN 37 3 1 Punt
4 2:45 2:45 OWN 12 4 15 Game


Good game, Alves. 3 more like that, please. I'd like a championship ring for my right big toe. We are 13-3, #1 seed in the AFC and owners of the best record in the NFL.

[JeffW]

We advance to the Super Bowl to face the 13-6 Green Bay Packers. We are 9 point favorites, but Alves has been unreliable and we're going to need the defense to carry us if we want to win.

Box Score: Green Bay vs San Diego
San Jose, CA.

Front Office Championship, 2021

Attendance: 85,500 (85,500).


Weather: 50 degrees, rain.

1Q: 09:38 SDO - Donald Chapman 1 pass from Luke Alves.
1Q: 09:38 SDO - Michael Hicks extra point.
1Q: 02:08 GBY - Earl Harrison 52 field goal.
2Q: 14:10 SDO - Donald Chapman 15 pass from Luke Alves.
2Q: 14:10 SDO - Michael Hicks extra point.
3Q: 11:18 GBY - Earl Harrison 51 field goal.
3Q: 06:25 SDO - George Angelo 10 pass from Luke Alves.
3Q: 06:25 SDO - Michael Hicks extra point.
3Q: 02:31 GBY - Earl Harrison 21 field goal.
4Q: 10:27 GBY - Earl Harrison 45 field goal.
4Q: 02:05 SDO - Michael Hicks 40 field goal.

Game MVP: SDO 12 Luke Alves

Green Bay 3 0 6 3 - 12
San Diego 7 7 7 3 - 24

Team Statistics GBY SDO

First Downs 13 24

Total Rushes 29 22
Rushing Yards 116 84
Yards Per Carry 4.0 3.8
Pass Attempts 30 49
Completions 14 24
Passing Yards 195 308
Yards Per Attempt 6.5 6.2
Sacked 1 1
Yards Lost 8 6
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/1

Total Plays 60 72
Total Yards 303 386
Yards Per Play 5.0 5.3

3rd Down Plays 4/14 9/16
Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.2 8.0
4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0

Penalties 5 2
Penalty Yards 25 20

Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 32
Time Of Possession 28:29 31:31

Green Bay Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
41 Webster 20 66 3.3 23 0
13 Doebler 7 43 6.1 8 0
28 Henry 1 3 3.0 3 0
39 Spetz 1 4 4.0 4 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
13 Doebler 30 14 195 6.5 47 0 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
80 Diaz 5 81 16.2 25 47 0
89 Schilz 3 38 12.6 2 13 0
83 Francis 2 34 17.0 6 18 0
28 Henry 2 9 4.5 3 5 0
84 Mayes 1 19 19.0 2 19 0
82 Anhalt 1 14 14.0 2 14 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
83 Francis 2 36 18.0 0
82 Anhalt 1 27 27.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
7 Newman 5 199 39.8 50 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
15 Harrison 4 4 52 0 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
92 Selander 8 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Flowers 5 1 0.0 1 0 0
47 Smith 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Martin 4 2 1.0 0 0 0
26 Sartori 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
34 Walton 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
31 Hoffman 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
72 Kelley 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
54 O'Neill 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Henson 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
55 Talley 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
83 Francis 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Parnell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Spetz 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Keeton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 Harpold 0 2 0.0 0 0 0
96 Garrison 0 2 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
79 Cyr 0 0 0 0 1 1
31 Hoffman 0 2 0 0 0 0
53 Jackson 0 0 1 0 0 0
70 Runyan 0 0 0 0 1 0
89 Schilz 0 0 0 0 1 0
63 House 0 0 0 0 1 0
95 Harpold 0 0 1 0 0 0
41 Webster 1 0 0 0 0 0

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
34 Anderson 13 65 5.0 22 0
12 Alves 5 11 2.2 5 0
23 Salcido 2 5 2.5 7 0
33 LaFleur 2 3 1.5 4 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
12 Alves 49 24 308 6.2 33 3 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
84 Angelo 7 75 10.7 9 16 1
80 Chapman 5 73 14.6 5 33 2
23 Salcido 3 23 7.6 14 15 0
88 Grier 3 39 13.0 1 16 0
34 Anderson 2 29 14.5 5 24 0
83 Dahnke 2 29 14.5 6 21 0
89 Copeland 2 40 20.0 5 31 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
88 Grier 1 0 0.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
80 Chapman 2 50 25.0 0
30 Andrews 1 31 31.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
7 Fletcher 3 103 34.3 40 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
1 Hicks 1 2 40 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
97 Hooper 9 2 0.0 0 0 0
79 Blair 5 2 1.0 0 0 0
29 Whitfield 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Franz 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
51 Roberson 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 McCarthy 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
28 Compton 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
35 Clarke 3 0 0.0 1 58 0
76 Flannery 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
77 Currie 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
44 Jordan 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
91 Hutchins 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
71 McNeil 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
86 Shillingford 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
23 Salcido 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
49 Meier 0 2 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
60 Alameda 0 0 0 0 2 0
69 Diaz 0 0 0 0 0 1
65 Goodwin 0 0 0 0 1 0
58 Bernard 0 0 0 0 1 0
76 Flannery 0 1 0 0 0 0
32 Case 0 0 1 0 0 0
84 Angelo 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 Salcido 1 0 0 0 0 0
62 Nahm 0 0 0 0 1 0

Green Bay Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:38 1:33 OWN 16 3 2 Punt
1 6:39 4:31 OWN 26 8 39 Field Goal
2 14:10 3:32 OWN 32 6 27 Punt
2 8:02 2:43 OWN 29 6 16 Punt
2 2:13 0:55 OWN 20 5 22 Punt
3 15:00 3:42 OWN 41 5 25 Field Goal
3 6:25 3:54 OWN 20 7 76 Field Goal
4 14:39 4:12 OWN 16 9 56 Field Goal
4 7:39 2:06 OWN 33 5 23 Punt
4 3:09 0:31 OPP 30 2 4 Interception
4 2:05 1:08 OWN 20 5 13 Downs

San Diego Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:22 OWN 24 11 76 Touchdown
1 8:05 1:26 OWN 32 3 25 Interception
1 2:08 2:58 OWN 20 9 80 Touchdown
2 10:38 2:36 OWN 20 6 16 Punt
2 5:19 3:06 OWN 27 7 33 Punt
2 1:18 1:18 OWN 17 3 15 Half
3 11:18 4:53 OWN 45 11 55 Touchdown
3 2:31 2:52 OWN 45 6 11 Punt
4 10:27 2:48 OWN 20 6 54 Missed FG
4 5:33 2:24 OWN 5 4 25 Fumble
4 2:38 0:33 OPP 28 3 5 Field Goal
4 0:57 0:57 OPP 33 3 -4 Game

Rumors of our demise were greatly exaggerated. #11.

[JeffW]

Front Office Football 2004
2021 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 16-3
Winning Pct.: .842

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 350 32
Rushing Yards 1387 32
Yards Per Carry 3.96 21
Pass Attempts 677 1
Completions 381 1
Passing Yards 5489 1
Yards Per Attempt 8.10 3 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 44.1 17
Points Per Game 28.9 1
Turnovers 28 22
Turnover Margin -1 17 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 408 4
Rushing Yards 1484 2
Yards Per Carry 3.63 2
Pass Attempts 621 32
Completions 305 10 (T)
Passing Yards 3670 14
Yards Per Attempt 5.90 1
3rd Down Conversions 38.2 3
Points Per Game 16.8 2 (T)
Turnovers 27 7 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 55 OAK 24
2 34 DAL 7
3 30 at MIA 23
4 31 at PIT 9
6 24 at BAL 12
7 27 CLE 28
8 31 DEN 28
9 35 at OAK 23
10 24 CIN 17
11 10 at KCY 0
12 27 at WAS 34
13 41 JAX 10
14 16 NYK 20
15 24 at DEN 16
16 24 at PHI 16
17 30 KCY 3
$$CS 27 NED 0
$$CF 31 HOU 15
**FB 24 vs GBY 12

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 600 337 4964 8.27 47 15
12 Alves QB 76 43 521 6.85 5 1
**Team --- 677 381 5489 8.10 52 16

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
34 Anderson RB 194 800 4.12 3
33 LaFleur RB 100 381 3.81 2
**Team --- 350 1387 3.96 6

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
83 Dahnke WR 133 78 1286 16.4 234 13
84 Angelo TE 89 58 771 13.2 161 9
88 Grier WR 117 53 948 17.8 128 5
23 Salcido FB 72 52 481 9.2 170 7
89 Copeland WR 81 48 788 16.4 76 5
86 Shillingford WR 47 27 470 17.4 68 4
80 Chapman WR 70 25 392 15.6 59 5
34 Anderson RB 39 25 245 9.8 86 3
**Team --- 677 381 5489 14.4 1009 52

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
97 Hooper OLB 67 28 2.0 2 3 8
55 Aridge ILB 67 20 1.0 1 0 11
35 Clarke CB 62 11 0.0 0 4 10
77 Currie DT 61 25 7.0 38 0 0
44 Jordan S 61 15 0.0 0 5 19
28 Compton S 60 34 0.0 0 2 10
24 McCarthy CB 57 8 0.0 0 0 10
47 Shula CB 53 16 0.5 0 3 19
76 Flannery DE 40 20 3.0 10 0 0
79 Blair DE 37 23 13.5 43 0 1
51 Roberson OLB 36 9 0.0 0 0 3
29 Whitfield CB 34 5 0.0 0 2 2
91 Hutchins DE 31 11 6.0 8 0 1
56 Wooden OLB 26 5 0.0 0 0 1
71 McNeil DT 20 16 1.0 4 0 1
**Team --- 813 258 35.0 106 20 100

QB Luke Alves wins the Championship MVP. We hope it's the first of many.

Free Agent addition DE Jackie Blair is named 1st team all pro.

FB Howie Salcido, TE George Angelo and WR Eddie Dahnke are all named 2nd team all pro.

DT Donnell Currie fails to win a post season award this year.

Ackerman easily deserved MVP again this year...another absurd snub. He passed 60,000 career yards and fell 1 short of 600 TDs. Maybe that will be motivation for him to return for 17th season despite the Torn Rotator Cuff.

[JeffW]

Staff Hiring: The Fab Four is back intact.

Free Agency:

I signed QB Ackerman to a ticking time bomb contract with a backloaded voidable 3rd year, maxed bonus. If he doesn't retire or void that year, the Chargers are going to sink faster than the Titanic. I rarely see players in their 19th year, but Ackerman is the motherfcking comeback kid--this is his second return from a season ending rotator cuff tear and he's still 78/83 in his 17th season.

We are alreadyin cap trouble and I couldn't sign any new free agents. $11.4m of dead money, mostly from Ackerman's voided third year in the last contract, is eating up our cap. NExt year should be smoother. I do resign some minor reserve players and starting DE Hutchins.

Amateur Draft Report:

It's good to be last. It's been too long. :D

Rnd 1 - Matthew Lima, CB, Humboldt State - 33/60 4.4 21rep 6.8agi
Rnd 2 - Les Felkey, ILB, Eastern Michigan - 25/50 4.8 27rep 7.5agi
Rnd 3 - Johnny Bouse, ILB, Louisiana State - 24/54 4.8 28rep 7.3agi
Rnd 4 - Jerome Jenkins, RB, Wisconsin - 32/41 4.6 13rep 7.3agi
Rnd 5 - Kelly Hernandez, DE, Morgan State - 18/39 5.1 29rep 7.5agi
Rnd 6 - Les Shannon, DT, Brigham Young - 20/47 4.9 27rep 7.7agi
Rnd 7 - Roman Schramm, RB, Utah - 22/36 4.8 13rep 7.3agi

Shannon is a DE->DT convert.

[JeffW]

2022 Opening Day

San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 17 78 83 3 yrs
Alves, Luke 12 QB 3 61 78 2 yrs
Reilly, Cole 13 QB 6 39 63 1 yr.
Levine, Brenden 27 RB RB 2 33 45 1 yr.
##LaFleur, Cole 33 RB 3 33 41 1 yr.
Anderson, Mario 34 RB 8 35 35 1 yr.
Salcido, Howie 23 FB FB 4 82 82 4 yrs
Case, Kelly 32 FB 5 76 76 2 yrs
Angelo, George 84 TE TE 5 74 74 3 yrs
Bramsn s, Ethan 87 TE 1 22 36 2 yrs
Grier, Drew 88 FL FL 2 56 61 4 yrs
Dahnke, Eddie 83 FL 5 52 52 2 yrs
Shillingford, Graham 86 FL 5 41 47 3 yrs
Boehner, Troy 82 FL 6 40 45 1 yr.
Copeland, Bernie 89 SE SE 2 39 52 2 yrs
Fung, Toby 81 SE 1 15 34 2 yrs
Luchene, B.J. 52 C C 6 52 53 1 yr.
Bernard, Adam 58 C 12 48 52 1 yr.
Rivera, Keith 57 C 2 40 47 1 yr.
Nahm, Jesse 62 LG LG 4 61 61 3 yrs
Pettersson, Dominic 68 RG RG 3 27 35 1 yr.
Diaz, Marty 69 LT RT 10 53 53 3 yrs
Goodwin, Ross 65 LT LT 14 47 50 1 yr.
DeLoach, Preston 66 LT 1 26 43 2 yrs
##Brennan, Artie 64 LT 1 17 31 2 yrs
Burton, Chester 18 P 1 38 55 2 yrs
Hicks, Michael 1 K 2 54 65 2 yrs
Blair, Jackie 79 LDE LDE 6 74 74 4 yrs
Hutchins, Jonathan 91 LDE RDE 7 49 49 3 yrs
Elliott, Rex 90 LDE 2 22 46 2 yrs
##Stokes, Kirk 76 LDE 1 30 36 2 yrs
##Foulger, Kevin 92 LDE 2 14 35 1 yr.
**Starr, Tim 73 RDE 2 10 21 1 yr.
Currie, Donnell 77 LDT LDT 9 86 86 2 yrs
White, Cole 70 RDT 1 15 35 2 yrs
Foley, Bubba 74 NT RDT 6 48 52 2 yrs
Compton, Kendall 53 SILB 2 17 40 1 yr.
Felkey, Les 50 WILB SLB 1 26 46 3 yrs
Franz, Pat 96 WILB 2 23 38 1 yr.
Bouse, Johnny 59 MLB MLB 1 29 58 3 yrs
Aridge, Brock 55 MLB 3 34 38 2 yrs
Wooden, Ethan 56 SLB 9 35 40 1 yr.
##Whittenburg, Duane 54 SLB 1 16 33 2 yrs
Roberson, Marshall 51 WLB WLB 3 30 50 1 yr.
##Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB 10 30 34 1 yr.
Shula, Nick 47 LCB LCB 7 78 78 2 yrs
Lima, Matthew 22 LCB 1 41 62 4 yrs
**Clarke, Dan 35 LCB 9 43 49 1 yr.
Roca, Andrew 31 LCB 1 16 32 2 yrs
McCarthy, Leslie 24 RCB RCB 9 58 65 2 yrs
Whitfield, Tim 29 RCB 3 37 48 1 yr.
Meier, Marvin 49 SS FS 3 49 73 1 yr.
Compton, J.J. 28 SS SS 4 71 71 1 yr.
Stephenson, Neil 45 SS 5 33 45 2 yrs
Wallace, Clarence 41 SS 1 23 43 2 yrs

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 55
Inactive: 6
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $830,000

This is our best chance to win a superbowl in the immediate. Ackerman might not be back next year. Alves is up to 61/78, good progress.

[JeffW]

Don't even ask how we pulled it out this year... we were underdogs at home in 2 playoff games and also underdogs in the superbowl. Ackerman missed most of the season with a broken fibula.


Front Office Football 2004
2022 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 15-4
Winning Pct.: .789

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 391 32
Rushing Yards 1540 30
Yards Per Carry 3.93 22 (T)
Pass Attempts 654 1
Completions 364 1
Passing Yards 4964 1
Yards Per Attempt 7.59 7
3rd Down Conversions 41.4 21
Points Per Game 25.8 2
Turnovers 24 16 (T)
Turnover Margin -1 18 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 424 5
Rushing Yards 1898 18
Yards Per Carry 4.47 30
Pass Attempts 566 30 (T)
Completions 286 5
Passing Yards 3046 1
Yards Per Attempt 5.38 1
3rd Down Conversions 32.4 1
Points Per Game 14.8 2
Turnovers 23 13 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 24 DEN 7
2 23 at SEA 12
3 23 BAL 19
4 35 HOU 7
5 17 at IND 21
6 38 OAK 15
8 28 at DEN 31
9 16 at TEN 13
10 27 JAX 7
11 30 at KCY 3
12 20 STL 13
13 17 at MIA 40
14 28 SFO 9
15 20 KCY 21
16 21 at ARI 10
17 47 at OAK 10
$$CS 21 NJY 10
$$CF 35 CIN 21
**FB 15 vs NYK 0

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
12 Alves QB 435 249 3323 7.63 27 8
6 Ackerman QB 214 114 1634 7.63 14 9
**Team --- 654 364 4964 7.59 41 18

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
27 Levine RB 206 850 4.12 1
34 Anderson RB 118 443 3.75 0
23 Salcido FB 42 162 3.85 0
**Team --- 391 1540 3.93 4

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
88 Grier WR 168 89 1497 16.8 231 12
86 Shillingford WR 99 57 868 15.2 107 9
84 Angelo TE 91 54 638 11.8 167 8
89 Copeland WR 96 49 747 15.2 79 3
23 Salcido FB 61 40 323 8.0 126 1
81 Fung WR 68 29 471 16.2 48 3
32 Case FB 23 17 111 6.5 40 3
**Team --- 653 364 4964 13.6 853 41

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
28 Compton S 78 27 0.0 1 5 4
47 Shula CB 67 18 0.0 0 6 24
24 McCarthy CB 62 10 0.0 0 2 23
49 Meier S 56 33 1.0 1 0 12
59 Bouse ILB 49 17 2.5 3 1 10
79 Blair DE 46 15 9.5 38 0 1
55 Aridge ILB 45 17 0.0 0 2 4
22 Lima CB 45 11 1.0 0 1 5
74 Foley DT 42 16 3.0 6 0 0
50 Felkey ILB 39 16 4.0 2 0 0
56 Wooden OLB 37 21 2.0 1 0 1
29 Whitfield CB 35 3 1.0 1 0 2
51 Roberson OLB 31 14 1.0 1 0 2
96 Franz ILB 30 11 0.5 0 1 1
91 Hutchins DE 27 12 7.0 25 0 1
77 Currie DT 17 9 2.0 6 0 0
**Team --- 805 260 36.0 89 18 93

We allowed only 2.8 yards/play in the Championship. Domination...

QB Luke Alves - Championship MVP
WR Drew Grier - 1st Team All Pro
DE Jackie Blair - 1st Team All Pro
CB Nick Shula - 1st Team All Pro
DT Donnell Currie - League's Strongest Man

[JeffW]

The man, the myth, the legend, QB Ryan Ackerman returns for his 18th season... to be continued.

[JeffW]

2023 Off Season

No retirements.

Staff Hiring: Same 4 back.

Free Agency:

Goodwin, Ross 65 LT 2013 UFA 15
Bernard, Adam 58 C 2015 UFA 13
Holguin, Ryan 99 WLB 2013 UFA 11
Wooden, Ethan 56 SLB 2014 UFA 10
Clarke, Dan 35 LCB 2014 UFA 10
Anderson, Mario 34 RB 2020 UFA 9
Reilly, Cole 13 QB 2017 UFA 7
Boehner, Troy 82 FL 2017 UFA 7
Luchene, B.J. 52 C 2017 UFA 7
Compton, J.J. 28 SS 2019 UFA 5
LaFleur, Cole 33 RB 2020 ---- 4
**Pettersson, Dominic 68 RG 2020 ---- 4
Roberson, Marshall 51 WLB 2020 ---- 4
Whitfield, Tim 29 RCB 2020 ---- 4
Meier, Marvin 49 SS 2020 ---- 4
Levine, Brenden 27 RB 2021 ---- 3
Rivera, Keith 57 C 2021 ---- 3
Starr, Tim 73 RDE 2021 ---- 3
Franz, Pat 96 WILB 2021 ---- 3
Compton, Kendall 53 SILB 2021 ---- 3
Foulger, Kevin 92 LDE 2021 ---- 3
Kellenberger, Winston 11 QB 2022 ---- 2

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

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

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $21,250,000

Most of the UFAs will be gone. This is a bit of a reloading year. There is a possibility we're going to eat a huge cap hit next year from Ackerman, so I'll try to keep roster moves to a minimum if I can.

[JeffW]

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - Hunter Vecchio, OLB, North Carolina State - Rat: 23/67 40: 4.5 BP: 19 AD: 7.1
Rnd 2 - Casey Laporte, OLB, Kentucky - Rat: 23/56 40: 4.5 BP: 18 AD: 7.3
Rnd 3 - Jamal Arnold, OLB, Truman State - Rat: 32/51 40: 4.5 BP: 31 AD: 7.3
Rnd 4 - Johnny Wallentine, RB, Oregon State - Rat: 36/50 40: 4.6 BP: 15 AD: 7.3
Rnd 5 - Kent Ivory, RB, San Diego State - Rat: 36/48 40: 4.6 BP: 17 AD: 7.6
Rnd 6 - Trump Baskerville, RB, Purdue - Rat: 37/48 40: 4.6 BP: 20 AD: 7.3
Rnd 7 - Edward Whiting, RB, Penn State - Rat: 35/46 40: 4.7 BP: 11 AD: 7.3

Wow, I wish I'd checked how deep the draft is before I'd signed a free agent RB. The OLBs and RBs just kept hanging around, so I reloaded at those two positions, which have been sources of weakness in recent years. I wouldn't be surprised if all 3 OLBs become starters and 2 of the RBs become breakout star potentials.

There's a treasurre trove of 3rd round calibre undrafted rookie RBs in the free agent pool. Maybe I can switch some of them to TE/WR.

[JeffW]

I have a huge problem.

Ackerman is now 77/81, clearly the second best QB behind 80/80 Luke Alves.

However, if I don't start Ackerman, and he doesn't retire, I'm going to have to eat an extra $10m cap hit next year. Alves is a free agent, so I would be forced to cut Ackerman to resign him for the huge deal he'll seek.

If I do start Ackerman, Alves may become disgrunted etc and I'm going to get inferior production at this point.

Right now, I'm leaning towards starting Ackerman, but it might be the wrong choice.

[JeffW]

Opening Day Roster:

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut Cntrct
Ackerman, Ryan 6 QB QB 18 77 81 2 yrs
Alves, Luke 12 QB 4 80 80 1 yr.
Reilly, Cole 13 QB 7 42 63 3 yrs
Bundy, Adam 46 RB RB 7 51 52 3 yrs
Baskerville, Trump 36 RB 1 38 48 3 yrs
##Houghtlin, Shawn 48 RB 1 36 47 2 yrs
##Whiting, Edward 44 RB 1 36 43 3 yrs
Salcido, Howie 23 FB FB 5 81 81 3 yrs
Case, Kelly 32 FB 6 80 80 1 yr.
Angelo, George 84 TE TE 6 75 75 2 yrs
Bramsn s, Ethan 87 TE 2 24 35 1 yr.
Grier, Drew 88 FL FL 3 67 67 3 yrs
Dahnke, Eddie 83 FL 6 48 48 1 yr.
Shillingford, Graham 86 FL 6 42 47 2 yrs
##Boehner, Troy 82 FL 7 40 45 1 yr.
Copeland, Bernie 89 SE SE 3 45 53 1 yr.
Way, Brandon 38 SE 1 14 40 2 yrs
Luchene, B.J. 52 C C 7 52 53 3 yrs
Bernard, Adam 58 C RG 13 41 46 3 yrs
Rivera, Keith 57 C 3 48 49 3 yrs
Nahm, Jesse 62 LG LG 5 64 64 2 yrs
Brennan, Artie 64 RG 2 17 32 1 yr.
Diaz, Marty 69 LT LT 11 53 53 2 yrs
Goodwin, Ross 65 LT RT 15 45 49 3 yrs
DeLoach, Preston 66 LT 2 37 43 1 yr.
Aguila, Andy 10 P 1 40 54 2 yrs
Hicks, Michael 1 K 3 68 68 1 yr.
Blair, Jackie 79 LDE LDE 7 73 73 3 yrs
Hutchins, Jonathan 91 LDE RDE 8 43 44 2 yrs
Elliott, Rex 90 LDE 3 25 46 1 yr.
##Foulger, Kevin 92 LDE 3 18 36 1 yr.
Currie, Donnell 77 LDT NT 10 80 80 1 yr.
##Gunn, Otis 18 LDT 1 12 37 2 yrs
White, Cole 70 RDT 2 18 35 1 yr.
Foley, Bubba 74 NT 7 47 51 1 yr.
Felkey, Les 50 WILB WILB 2 32 42 2 yrs
Franz, Pat 96 WILB 3 26 38 2 yrs
Bouse, Johnny 59 MLB SILB 2 42 61 2 yrs
Aridge, Brock 55 MLB 4 38 39 1 yr.
Laporte, Casey 93 SLB 1 27 53 3 yrs
Blanchard, Fred 8 SLB 1 18 34 2 yrs
##Hoover, Henry 8 SLB 1 10 35 2 yrs
Arnold, Jamal 98 WLB SLB 1 38 56 3 yrs
Vecchio, Hunter 97 WLB WLB 1 30 66 4 yrs
Roberson, Marshall 51 WLB 4 35 50 3 yrs
Shula, Nick 47 LCB LCB 8 79 79 1 yr.
Lima, Matthew 22 LCB FS 2 62 64 3 yrs
Clarke, Dan 35 LCB 10 36 40 2 yrs
**Flores, Jay 25 LCB 1 18 34 2 yrs
McCarthy, Leslie 24 RCB RCB 10 58 64 1 yr.
##Whitfield, Tim 29 RCB 4 52 52 3 yrs
Meier, Marvin 49 SS SS 4 62 74 5 yrs
Wallace, Clarence 41 SS 2 27 43 1 yr.
Sweeney, Darryl 28 SS 1 18 33 2 yrs
**Stephenson, Neil 45 SS 6 35 45 1 yr.

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 55
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $6,770,000

[JeffW]

Is this Ackerman's Swan Song? Will the Chargers win an unprecedented 13th championship? News @ 11. :D


Front Office Football 2004
2023 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 16-2
Winning Pct.: .888

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 377 31
Rushing Yards 1586 27
Yards Per Carry 4.20 7
Pass Attempts 610 1
Completions 357 2
Passing Yards 5764 1
Yards Per Attempt 9.44 1
3rd Down Conversions 47.5 9
Points Per Game 35.7 1
Turnovers 18 5 (T)
Turnover Margin +17 1

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 420 8 (T)
Rushing Yards 1666 8
Yards Per Carry 3.96 9
Pass Attempts 570 29
Completions 299 8 (T)
Passing Yards 3547 9
Yards Per Attempt 6.22 2
3rd Down Conversions 37.2 3
Points Per Game 15.6 2
Turnovers 35 1

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 27 at KCY 13
2 41 MIN 6
3 35 PIT 17
5 36 MIA 6
6 42 NJY 7
7 49 at DEN 16
8 17 at BUF 16
9 38 at NED 17
10 41 OAK 13
11 23 KCY 16
12 38 at CHI 13
13 47 at IND 27
14 21 at DET 27
15 42 at OAK 23
16 38 GBY 24
17 37 DEN 10
$$CS 22 OAK 10
$$CF 28 BAL 31

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
6 Ackerman QB 593 346 5623 9.48 64 11
**Team --- 610 357 5764 9.44 67 11

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
46 Bundy RB 253 1093 4.32 1
36 Baskerville RB 71 290 4.08 1
**Team --- 377 1586 4.20 4

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
88 Grier WR 170 102 1874 18.3 359 18
89 Copeland WR 107 61 1108 18.1 221 14
83 Dahnke WR 117 59 1031 17.4 153 13
84 Angelo TE 73 51 757 14.8 233 9
23 Salcido FB 47 31 248 8.0 144 6
32 Case FB 24 19 191 10.0 83 1
38 Way WR 43 18 291 16.1 16 3
**Team --- 610 357 5764 16.1 1237 67

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
22 Lima CB 92 24 0.0 0 7 18
49 Meier S 83 34 0.0 0 5 14
47 Shula CB 61 19 0.0 0 5 18
24 McCarthy CB 55 16 0.0 1 3 22
77 Currie DT 54 29 10.5 22 0 0
50 Felkey ILB 53 20 1.0 2 1 5
98 Arnold OLB 53 21 12.0 2 0 6
29 Whitfield CB 52 11 0.0 0 2 6
59 Bouse ILB 47 11 0.5 3 1 2
55 Aridge ILB 30 10 1.0 0 0 0
96 Franz ILB 29 9 0.0 0 0 0
97 Vecchio OLB 27 8 1.0 0 0 1
41 Wallace S 26 10 0.0 0 2 1
91 Hutchins DE 22 2 5.5 11 0 1
79 Blair DE 22 7 7.0 19 0 0
93 Laporte OLB 19 2 1.5 0 0 1
28 Sweeney S 17 6 0.0 0 0 1
**Team --- 839 264 45.0 70 26 97

Okay, who saw that coming? Ackerman broke the Passing Yardage record he set in 2011 and the TD record he set in 2012. If he returns in 2024, he would likely break 70,000 yards passing and 700 touchdowns.

The playoff loss was because Ackerman pulled a calf muscle and Alves ended up throwing 3 picks in an offense that was not configured to his strengths. The regular season loss was to 14-2 Detroit. All in all, this was a very strong team--one of the strongest--that just got unlucky in one game. C'est la vie.

QB Ackerman captures his first League MVP Award since 2018 and also gains Offensive Player of the Year and 1st Team QB awards.

WR Drew Grier garners a 1st team WR award for the second year running.

Sophomore Matthew Lima is named 1st team All Pro CB, though he played the year at safety/nickelback.

DT Donnell Currie is named 2nd team all pro DT.

This offseason could get ugly if Ackerman plays hardball and forces us to eat his contract.

[JeffW]

Breaking News

QB Ryan Ackerman retires.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5476/ackermanretireshy5.jpg

He was born in Monroe, NC on 5-17-1982. He attented college at Iowa and was drafted 1(1) (http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8720/qbryanackermandm3.jpg) by the San Diego Chargers in the inaugural empty cupboard draft. He is one of the best prospects I've ever seen in FOF(Rating: 47/95 Dash: 4.6 BP: 19 Agi: 7.0 Sole: 46) and his career statistics are unlikely to be matched.

He seemed to possess intangibles beyond his ratings--several times coming back from career threatening injuries to post MVP seasons. He will be sorely missed and never replaced.

Career Awards:

League MVP: 6 times
Championship MVP: 9 times
Offensive Player of the Year: 5 times
1st Team Quarterback: 7 times(He got robbed...should be 11 times)
2nd Team Quarterback: 1 time

Other Stats:

Only 30 fumbles in 220 career games.
Rushing: 271-1170-6 with 4.3 Yards/Carry.

Ackerman's records could fill a book. He not only holds the record for every single season, single game and career(except completion%) passing category, but in most single season/game categories he hold the 2nd, 3rd, etc best seasons as well. For example, he has the top 10 single seasons for passing touchdowns and the top 7 passing yards seasons. He leads the next best QB by nearly 13,000 yards despite playing in 26 less games.

Ryan Ackerman, we salute you. Good luck in your future endeavours.

[JeffW]

Here is the conference championship for those so interested:

Box Score: Baltimore at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Conference Finals, 2023

Attendance: 88,000 (99,900).


Weather: 48 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:57 SDO - Michael Hicks 31 field goal.
1Q: 05:38 SDO - Drew Grier 13 pass from Luke Alves.
1Q: 05:38 SDO - Michael Hicks extra point.
1Q: 00:46 BAL - Tyrone Cupp 3 run.
1Q: 00:46 BAL - Joel Knight extra point.
2Q: 13:05 BAL - Tyrone Cupp 6 run.
2Q: 13:05 BAL - Joel Knight extra point.
2Q: 06:47 BAL - Tyrone Cupp 46 pass from Jon Fleming.
2Q: 06:47 BAL - Joel Knight extra point.
2Q: 01:50 SDO - Adam Bundy 17 run.
2Q: 01:50 SDO - Michael Hicks extra point.
3Q: 05:21 BAL - Cory Magana 1 run.
3Q: 05:21 BAL - Joel Knight extra point.
3Q: 00:38 SDO - Michael Hicks 40 field goal.
4Q: 10:43 SDO - Drew Grier 7 pass from Cole Reilly.
4Q: 10:43 SDO - Luke Alves pass to Drew Grier for conversion
4Q: 04:52 BAL - Joel Knight 37 field goal.

Game MVP: BAL 34 Tyrone Cupp

Baltimore 7 14 7 3 - 31
San Diego 10 7 3 8 - 28

Team Statistics BAL SDO

First Downs 23 25

Total Rushes 38 15
Rushing Yards 159 100
Yards Per Carry 4.1 6.6
Pass Attempts 27 44
Completions 17 20
Passing Yards 224 290
Yards Per Attempt 8.2 6.5
Sacked 1 1
Yards Lost 9 5
Interceptions 0 3
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1

Total Plays 66 60
Total Yards 374 385
Yards Per Play 5.6 6.4

3rd Down Plays 7/13 3/10
Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.5 7.0
4th Down Plays 0/0 3/4

Penalties 8 6
Penalty Yards 58 35

Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 31
Time Of Possession 33:54 26:06

Baltimore Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
34 Cupp 25 119 4.7 17 2
38 Magana 8 22 2.7 8 1
29 Windsor 3 16 5.3 9 0
16 Fleming 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0
44 Bensen 1 4 4.0 4 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
16 Fleming 27 17 224 8.2 46 1 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
81 Leonavicius 4 55 13.7 12 28 0
85 Vaughn 3 28 9.3 0 13 0
89 Drain 3 42 14.0 8 20 0
83 Gordon 2 18 9.0 3 9 0
29 Windsor 2 16 8.0 11 8 0
38 Magana 1 12 12.0 2 12 0
34 Cupp 1 46 46.0 38 46 1
84 Nichols 1 7 7.0 0 7 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
83 Gordon 3 76 25.3 0
42 Richmond 1 21 21.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
10 Hines 5 205 41.0 52 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
6 Knight 1 1 37 4 4

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
51 Kelly 8 0 0.0 0 0 0
20 Ellard 5 2 0.0 1 8 0
36 Miles 3 2 0.0 1 0 0
79 Diamond 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
87 Singleton 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
59 Grassia 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Kingsley 2 2 0.0 1 1 0
39 Dunlap 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Bensen 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Claire 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
93 Cardoza 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
90 Kennedy 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
23 Murray 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
95 Osorio 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
38 Magana 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
73 Sayre 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Windsor 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
26 Foreman 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
97 Shaw 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
63 O'Connor 0 0 0 0 3 0
29 Windsor 0 0 0 0 0 1
69 King 0 0 0 0 4 0
55 Weber 0 0 0 0 3 0
74 Tennyson 0 0 0 0 3 0
64 Giefeke 0 0 0 0 2 0
85 Vaughn 0 0 0 0 2 0
39 Dunlap 0 1 0 0 0 0
26 Foreman 0 0 1 0 0 0

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
46 Bundy 13 84 6.4 17 1
12 Alves 2 16 8.0 11 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
12 Alves 33 14 216 6.5 36 1 3 0
6 Ackerman 10 5 67 6.7 19 0 0 1
13 Reilly 1 1 7 7.0 7 1 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
88 Grier 6 78 13.0 12 19 2
84 Angelo 4 40 10.0 2 17 0
23 Salcido 4 51 12.7 23 25 0
89 Copeland 3 63 21.0 17 30 0
83 Dahnke 2 43 21.5 13 36 0
46 Bundy 1 15 15.0 0 15 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
88 Grier 3 64 21.3 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
38 Way 3 59 19.6 0
35 Clarke 2 39 19.5 0
24 McCarthy 1 17 17.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
1 Hicks 2 2 40 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
50 Felkey 11 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 McCarthy 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
49 Meier 6 3 0.0 0 0 0
59 Bouse 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
22 Lima 5 3 0.0 0 0 0
98 Arnold 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Blair 3 1 1.0 0 0 0
74 Foley 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
97 Vecchio 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
29 Whitfield 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
32 Case 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
23 Salcido 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
12 Alves 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
55 Aridge 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
88 Grier 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
87 Bramsnæs 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
70 White 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
28 Sweeney 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Clarke 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
90 Elliott 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Franz 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
52 Luchene 0 0 0 0 3 1
57 Rivera 0 0 0 0 2 0
35 Clarke 1 0 0 0 0 0
66 DeLoach 0 0 0 0 1 0

Baltimore Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:57 1:18 OWN 20 3 4 Punt
1 5:38 4:52 OWN 41 9 59 Touchdown
1 0:36 2:31 OPP 23 5 23 Touchdown
2 10:02 3:15 OWN 13 6 87 Touchdown
2 1:50 1:39 OWN 20 4 23 Punt
3 15:00 1:43 OWN 31 3 8 Punt
3 12:31 7:10 OWN 20 13 80 Touchdown
3 0:38 1:15 OWN 26 3 6 Punt
4 10:43 5:51 OWN 30 11 50 Field Goal
4 4:25 2:20 OWN 44 6 5 Punt
4 1:31 1:31 OWN 42 3 19 Game

San Diego Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:03 OWN 27 12 59 Field Goal
1 7:39 2:01 OPP 46 7 46 Touchdown
2 13:05 3:03 OWN 40 6 38 Interception
2 6:47 4:57 OWN 22 10 78 Touchdown
2 0:11 0:11 OWN 20 1 5 Half
3 13:17 0:46 OWN 24 2 30 Interception
3 5:21 4:43 OWN 19 9 58 Field Goal
4 14:23 3:40 OWN 23 8 77 Touchdown
4 4:52 0:27 OWN 34 2 0 Interception
4 2:05 0:34 OPP 49 4 7 Downs

-4 in turnovers and only lost by 3 points, so typical of some of the missed opportunities in this dynasty.

[JeffW]

2024 Off Season:

Staff returns intact.

Free Agency:

I make another big splash in FA. In a surprise move, I kick 2 time Championship MVP Luke Alves to the curb and lock up 84/84 Eddie Dobler for the next 7 years at a below market price.

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6809/qbeddiedoblerqz9.jpg

I resign WR Eddie Dahnke to a 3-yr, 4m deal and CB Leslie McCarthy to a 1-yr 4m deal. The rest of my signings were minor and I lose starters at CB(Shula), TE and DT(Currie). I have $10.7 in cap space still available. My biggest weakness is DL right now, but not coincidentally, great DTs and DEs are hard to find.

[MizzouRah]

What an awesome career!!!!!!

[JeffW]

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - Herb Meier, DT, Arkansas - Rat: 30/54 40: 5.1 BP: 29 AD: 7.3
Rnd 2 - Grant Babinchak, DT, Ohio State - Rat: 27/47 40: 5.0 BP: 32 AD: 7.7
Rnd 3 - Jimmie Forbes, WR, Shippensburg - Rat: 19/47 40: 4.6 BP: 12 AD: 7.0
Rnd 4 - Phillip Terrell, WR, Clemson - Rat: 26/44 40: 4.4 BP: 13 AD: 6.8
Rnd 5 - Leonard Hohlt, C, Louisiana State - Rat: 19/47 40: 5.2 BP: 30 AD: 7.9
Rnd 6 - Reggie Sutton, DT, UCLA - Rat: 12/42 40: 5.0 BP: 26 AD: 7.7
Rnd 7 - Ronnie Jarvie, WR, Kansas - Rat: 20/35 40: 4.5 BP: 20 AD: 7.0

The player I really wanted in Rd 1(a much better DT) was taken 1 spot ahead of me. :rolleyes:

Forbes is a bust, I am not going to make skill-based picks any more... I passed up better combine guys for him. Really, no one to get excited about from this draft. Went for need in RD 1/2 instead of BPA because of how thin I'm getting at DT.

[tanglewood]

Wow, Ackerman was the MAN. Like some kind of uber-McNair, immense talent but can't stay healthy, he missed 68 games in his career by my count. Just imagine if he had stayed on the field more in the latter half of his career.. 1000 TDs would have been in reach, maybe even 100,000 yards if he had a few super duper seasons.

[JeffW]

What an awesome career!!!!!!


Wow, Ackerman was the MAN. Like some kind of uber-McNair, immense talent but can't stay healthy, he missed 68 games in his career by my count. Just imagine if he had stayed on the field more in the latter half of his career.. 1000 TDs would have been in reach, maybe even 100,000 yards if he had a few super duper seasons.

Yeah, Ackerman was ridiculous. As hard it is to believe, it seems like he played above his ratings.

If he had not missed those 68 games, we might have been able to expect:

21,610 yards
209 TDs

Going by his career averages(though he actually missed time in the peak of his career). That would put him above 90,000 Passing Yards and within shouting distance of 900 Passing TDs.

Alas, we are left to wonder what might have been. His final year was amazingly the best year of his career and he had less talent at WR and OL than the earlier peak years.

Also, I think I sabotaged his stats somewhat. When I had Banks and Forbes in their peaks, I would rest Ackerman whenever he had any injury except a cold or chlamydia or whatever that wouldn't threaten a season ending injury. Even still, he was very injury prone and I was lucky his career wasn't ended several times over by injuries.

[JeffW]

2024 Opening Day:

San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Dobler, Eddie 19 QB QB 6 85 85 7 yrs
Reilly, Cole 13 QB 8 48 64 2 yrs
Pitt, Donny 5 QB 1 19 35 2 yrs
Baskerville, Trump 36 RB RB 2 48 56 2 yrs
Houghtlin, Shawn 48 RB 2 40 50 1 yr.
##Bundy, Adam 46 RB 8 47 48 2 yrs
##Whiting, Edward 44 RB 2 37 40 2 yrs
Salcido, Howie 23 FB FB 6 81 81 2 yrs
Case, Kelly 32 FB TE 7 78 78 3 yrs
Norris, Horace 12 TE 1 18 37 2 yrs
Bramsn s, Ethan 87 TE 3 25 34 1 yr.
Grier, Drew 88 FL FL 4 68 68 2 yrs
Dahnke, Eddie 83 FL 7 49 49 3 yrs
Shillingford, Graham 86 FL 7 42 47 1 yr.
Boehner, Troy 82 FL 8 41 45 1 yr.
##Terrell, Phillip 80 FL 1 30 48 3 yrs
Copeland, Bernie 89 SE SE 4 45 54 3 yrs
Rivera, Keith 57 C C 4 56 56 2 yrs
Luchene, B.J. 52 C RG 8 53 54 2 yrs
Hohlt, Leonard 53 C 1 22 47 3 yrs
##White, Louie 15 C 1 21 43 2 yrs
**Antonides, Doug 4 C 1 20 38 2 yrs
Nahm, Jesse 62 LG LG 6 64 64 1 yr.
##Toviessi, Darryl 63 LG 1 18 38 2 yrs
Brennan, Artie 64 RG 3 20 32 1 yr.
Goodwin, Ross 65 LT LT 16 43 47 2 yrs
DeLoach, Preston 66 LT RT 3 43 44 3 yrs
Spamer, Nathan 76 LT 2 25 38 1 yr.
##Bailey, Tyrone 17 LT 1 17 33 2 yrs
Aguila, Andy 10 P 2 45 54 1 yr.
Dunlap, Quentin 11 K 1 32 55 2 yrs
Blair, Jackie 79 LDE LDE 8 73 73 2 yrs
Elliott, Rex 90 LDE RDE 4 31 46 1 yr.
Babinchak, Grant 71 LDE 1 25 45 3 yrs
Foulger, Kevin 92 LDE 4 22 36 1 yr.
**Hutchins, Jonathan 91 LDE 9 38 38 1 yr.
Meier, Herb 95 LDT NT 1 37 53 4 yrs
White, Cole 70 RDT 3 19 34 1 yr.
Foley, Bubba 74 NT 8 44 48 2 yrs
##Natkin, Doug 27 NT 1 23 34 2 yrs
Felkey, Les 50 WILB 3 38 40 1 yr.
Bouse, Johnny 59 MLB SILB 3 54 64 1 yr.
Aridge, Brock 55 MLB 5 39 39 1 yr.
Laporte, Casey 93 SLB 2 31 51 2 yrs
Branch, Winfred 17 SLB 1 25 38 2 yrs
Arnold, Jamal 98 WLB SLB 2 45 59 2 yrs
Vecchio, Hunter 97 WLB WILB 2 39 65 3 yrs
Roberson, Marshall 51 WLB WLB 5 39 50 2 yrs
Lima, Matthew 22 LCB LCB 3 60 60 2 yrs
Clarke, Dan 35 LCB 11 34 38 1 yr.
McCarthy, Leslie 24 RCB RCB 11 57 57 1 yr.
Whitfield, Tim 29 RCB 5 54 54 2 yrs
Meier, Marvin 49 SS SS 5 79 79 4 yrs
Wallace, Clarence 41 SS FS 3 32 44 1 yr.
Rhodes, Isaac 21 SS 1 20 38 2 yrs
**Stephenson, Neil 45 SS 7 29 37 1 yr.
**Burgess, Bryant 33 FS 1 26 39 2 yrs

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 57
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $6,090,000

First time we open the season without Ackerman at QB#1, but we think his replacement can handle the reins.

[JeffW]

Dobler to unbelievers: I'm pretty good.

Box Score: San Diego at Oakland
Oakland, CA.

Week 1, 2024

Attendance: 38,200 (76,100).


Weather: 82 degrees, fair.

1Q: 12:46 SDO - Eddie Dobler 7 run.
1Q: 12:46 SDO - Quentin Dunlap extra point.
1Q: 08:06 OAK - Travis Freeman 49 field goal.
2Q: 13:41 OAK - Randy Kemp 8 fumble return.
2Q: 13:41 OAK - Travis Freeman extra point.
2Q: 11:47 SDO - Trump Baskerville 33 pass from Eddie Dobler.
2Q: 11:47 SDO - Quentin Dunlap extra point.
2Q: 10:16 SDO - Bernie Copeland 9 pass from Eddie Dobler.
2Q: 10:16 SDO - Quentin Dunlap extra point.
2Q: 09:12 SDO - Graham Shillingford 23 pass from Eddie Dobler.
2Q: 09:12 SDO - Quentin Dunlap extra point.
2Q: 02:43 SDO - Trump Baskerville 3 pass from Eddie Dobler.
2Q: 02:43 SDO - Quentin Dunlap extra point.
2Q: 00:13 OAK - Travis Freeman 26 field goal.
3Q: 08:02 OAK - Nate Kennedy 6 pass from Andy Lovallo.
3Q: 08:02 OAK - Travis Freeman extra point.
3Q: 02:19 OAK - Wesley Godfrey 4 pass from Andy Lovallo.
3Q: 02:19 OAK - Travis Freeman extra point.
4Q: 12:10 SDO - Quentin Dunlap 25 field goal.
4Q: 06:09 OAK - Quinn Poston 1 pass from Andy Lovallo.
4Q: 06:09 OAK - Andy Lovallo pass to Rodney Torres for conversion
4Q: 02:23 SDO - Bernie Copeland 5 pass from Eddie Dobler.
4Q: 02:23 SDO - Quentin Dunlap extra point.

Game MVP: SDO 19 Eddie Dobler

San Diego 7 28 0 10 - 45
Oakland 3 10 14 8 - 35

Team Statistics SDO OAK

First Downs 25 29

Total Rushes 22 28
Rushing Yards 159 97
Yards Per Carry 7.2 3.4
Pass Attempts 31 47
Completions 20 29
Passing Yards 343 272
Yards Per Attempt 11.0 5.7
Sacked 1 1
Yards Lost 7 4
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 3/2 3/1

Total Plays 54 76
Total Yards 495 365
Yards Per Play 9.1 4.8

3rd Down Plays 5/7 9/14
Avg. YTG on 3rd 9.2 5.7
4th Down Plays 0/0 0/1

Penalties 10 3
Penalty Yards 62 25

Avg. Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 30
Time Of Possession 27:09 32:51

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
36 Baskerville 14 108 7.7 38 0
19 Dobler 7 43 6.1 18 1
48 Houghtlin 1 8 8.0 8 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
19 Dobler 31 20 343 11.0 34 5 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
88 Grier 6 120 20.0 23 34 0
89 Copeland 5 80 16.0 8 27 2
83 Dahnke 4 60 15.0 3 17 0
36 Baskerville 3 45 15.0 25 33 2
32 Case 1 15 15.0 16 15 0
86 Shillingford 1 23 23.0 0 23 1

[JeffW]

We sit at 4-0, but I've lost 3 of my top 4 cornerbacks, a starting safety, my starting TE(FB Kelly Case) and both my starting DEs... many of them are out for the season. 8 players are on Injured reserve.


Front Office Football 2004
San Diego Chargers Roster, Injury Report

Player # Pos Start Health Injury Full Strn.
##Lima, Matthew 22 LCB Out Torn Wrist Tendon4 Weeks
**Burgess, Bryant 33 FS Out Torn Rotator Cuff12 Weeks
##Clarke, Dan 35 LCB Out Strained Patellar4 Weeks
##Case, Kelly 32 FB Out Strained Deltoid 4 Weeks
**Andersen, Robbie 20 LCB Out Separated Shoulde4 Weeks
**McCarthy, Leslie 24 RCB Out Repetitive Concus69 Weeks
**Antonides, Doug 4 C Out Reconstructive Kn35 Weeks
**Aridge, Brock 55 MLB Out Hyperextended Kne3 Weeks
**Stephenson, Neil 45 SS Out Back Surgery 25 Weeks
##Blair, Jackie 79 LDE Questionable Strained Patellar3 Weeks
**Hutchins, Jonathan 91 LDE Probable Torn Deltoid Musc5 Weeks
Roberson, Marshall 51 WLB WLB Probable Strained HamstrinUnknown
Whitfield, Tim 29 RCB LCB Probable Sprained Thumb 2 Weeks
Copeland, Bernie 89 SE Probable Sprained Neck 3 Weeks
Luchene, B.J. 52 C RG Probable Sprained Knee 1 Week
Nahm, Jesse 62 LG LG Probable Bruised Sternum 1 Week


$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 61
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

On the bright side, Eddie Dobler is on pace to break Ackerman's TD record.

Player Pos Team GP GS Att Cmp Pct Yards Avg Lg TD Int
Dobler, Eddie QB SDO 4 4 152 88 57.8 1336 8.78 43 17 3

Player Pos Team Sck Yards Rating
Dobler, Eddie QB SDO 4 25 115.9

[JeffW]

Another season in the books:


Front Office Football 2004
2024 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 17-2
Winning Pct.: .894

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 368 32
Rushing Yards 1717 26
Yards Per Carry 4.66 2
Pass Attempts 607 1
Completions 376 1
Passing Yards 5860 1
Yards Per Attempt 9.65 1
3rd Down Conversions 53.4 1
Points Per Game 35.2 1
Turnovers 26 18
Turnover Margin -4 22 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 406 6
Rushing Yards 1527 2
Yards Per Carry 3.76 1
Pass Attempts 640 32
Completions 355 31
Passing Yards 4505 31
Yards Per Attempt 7.03 11
3rd Down Conversions 45.6 23 (T)
Points Per Game 22.8 21 (T)
Turnovers 22 22 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 45 at OAK 35
2 31 ATL 3
3 44 NJY 38
4 34 at PIT 3
6 24 at BAL 37
7 38 CLE 24
8 34 at DEN 28
9 42 OAK 24
10 24 CIN 14
11 34 KCY 24
12 24 at TBY 27
13 28 at HOU 17
14 38 at NOS 13
15 52 DEN 31
16 42 CAR 23
17 30 at KCY 24
$$CS 33 MIA 21
$$CF 24 NED 10
**FB 35 vs GBY 6

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
19 Dobler QB 605 375 5853 9.67 55 19
**Team --- 607 376 5860 9.65 55 19

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
36 Baskerville RB 200 868 4.34 6
19 Dobler QB 85 514 6.04 9
48 Houghtlin RB 33 109 3.30 0
**Team --- 368 1717 4.66 19

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
88 Grier WR 181 109 2090 19.1 381 10
83 Dahnke WR 108 71 1177 16.5 168 8
89 Copeland WR 93 55 885 16.0 102 12
32 Case FB 61 45 442 9.8 166 10
36 Baskerville RB 39 24 252 10.5 71 3
23 Salcido FB 29 20 200 10.0 84 2
86 Shillingford WR 34 19 435 22.8 50 4
**Team --- 607 376 5860 15.5 1090 55

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
49 Meier S 79 33 0.0 0 3 12
41 Wallace S 73 19 0.0 0 2 5
29 Whitfield CB 72 17 0.0 0 0 11
97 Vecchio OLB 71 18 1.5 0 0 8
98 Arnold OLB 60 14 9.0 6 1 5
59 Bouse ILB 59 19 0.0 0 1 2
22 Lima CB 54 15 0.0 0 4 16
51 Roberson OLB 52 15 0.0 0 2 3
55 Aridge ILB 46 14 0.0 1 0 6
35 Clarke CB 44 8 0.0 1 1 3
79 Blair DE 40 16 11.0 39 0 1
21 Rhodes S 28 8 0.0 0 3 6
90 Elliott DE 19 10 3.5 8 0 2
31 Bennett CB 18 8 0.0 0 0 3
89 Copeland WR 16 0 0.0 0 0 0
**Team --- 859 259 29.0 84 17 91

13 championships. Eddie Dobler breaks Ackerman's single season Passing Yards record in his first season! He was also a spectacular run threat, going 514 yards on 85 carries and scoring 9 rushing touchdowns. He easily wins the quadfecta: League MVP, Championship MVP, Offensive POTY, 1st Team QB.

WR Drew Grier shatters the previous single season Receiving record set by our own Wesley Francis(1947 yards) with a 2090 yard season. He'll be back for his 5th year with the Chargers next year. He is named 1st team all pro.

No other Chargers won awards.

An early season injury epidemic wiped out nearly the entire starting secondary and I was forced to rework my defensive game plan. We ended up first in stopping the run(yards/carry) this year instead of our usual 1st in yards/attempt allowed. Because of my house rules, I had to start several 11/23 etc level undrafted rookies at defensive back positions. Our investment into LBs in the last few years has really paid off. This offseason we need to improve the DL and DBs after losing a lot of our best talent their and failing to reload.

[JeffW]

2025 Off Season:

16th Year LT Ross Goodwin retires. He was our starting Left Tackle for the last 12 straight seasons, but he was not particularly special, just an affordable and effective pass blocker. We will look for a replacement in free agency and the draft.

8th year DT Bubba Foley retired. He was out first round draft pick in 2017, but he never lived up to his billing despite starting 6/8 seasons. In 2024 he was benched in favor of rookie Meier in our 3-4 alignment.

Former Chargers draft pick WR Jeffrey Ochs was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He caught 800 balls out of 1406 targets for 12,674 yards and 91 TDs in his career in his 11 year career. He chose to enter as a New York Giant despite earning 3 of his 4 championship rings with the Chargers.

We return all of our staff from 2024.

Free Agents:

Clarke, Dan 35 LCB 2014 UFA 12
**McCarthy, Leslie 24 RCB 2014 UFA 12
Hutchins, Jonathan 91 LDE 2016 UFA 10
Boehner, Troy 82 FL 2017 UFA 9
Blair, Jackie 79 LDE 2021 UFA 9
Shillingford, Graham 86 FL 2018 UFA 8
Stephenson, Neil 45 SS 2018 UFA 8
Nahm, Jesse 62 LG 2019 UFA 7
Aridge, Brock 55 MLB 2020 UFA 6
Elliott, Rex 90 LDE 2021 UFA 5
Foulger, Kevin 92 LDE 2021 UFA 5
Bramsn s, Ethan 87 TE 2022 ---- 4
Brennan, Artie 64 RG 2022 ---- 4
White, Cole 70 RDT 2022 ---- 4
Felkey, Les 50 WILB 2022 ---- 4
Bouse, Johnny 59 MLB 2022 ---- 4
Wallace, Clarence 41 SS 2022 ---- 4
Houghtlin, Shawn 48 RB 2023 ---- 3
Spamer, Nathan 76 LT 2023 ---- 3
Aguila, Andy 10 P 2023 ---- 3
Merchberger, John 81 TE 2024 ---- 2
Ursino, Brock 78 LDT 2024 ---- 2
Lofton, J.C. 96 MLB 2024 ---- 2
Andersen, Robbie 20 LCB 2024 ---- 2
Duncan, Ethan 25 RCB 2024 ---- 2
Bennett, Mitchell 31 RCB 2024 ---- 2
Buchanan, Otis 30 SS 2024 ---- 2

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

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

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $36,600,000

I'd like to return DEs Hutchins and Blair if they have reasonable demands. I think I'll be able to return 1-2 of the WRs as well. We have the cap room to sign a big free agent this year.

[JeffW]

DE Blair returns for 3 years at 8m/per. I'm not thrilled about the cost, but with how far I am under the cap I can afford to overpay to keep on of my most important players. It's too bad I had to let go over Currie in 2024. I sign an 11-year LT who is 59/66 overall to a 4-year deal at 3.2m/yr. Not bad, I needed a new LT who can pass block. LT Deloach is better off on the right side.

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - Nick Sales, DT, Michigan State - Rat: 42/56 40: 5.0 BP: 35 AD: 7.6
Rnd 2 - Ricardo Fields, DT, Oklahoma State - Rat: 20/52 40: 5.3 BP: 31 AD: 7.8
Rnd 3 - Lawrence Lindsay, S, Texas - Rat: 28/53 40: 4.5 BP: 18 AD: 7.2
Rnd 4 - Toby Mayes, S, Auburn - Rat: 13/48 40: 4.5 BP: 15 AD: 7.4
Rnd 5 - Kirk Keith, WR, Alabama - Rat: 26/46 40: 4.4 BP: 14 AD: 7.1
Rnd 6 - Robbie Gindin, WR, Eastern Michigan - Rat: 17/38 40: 4.5 BP: 26 AD: 7.0
Rnd 7 - Roger Cole, RB, Boston College - Rat: 23/38 40: 4.7 BP: 11 AD: 7.1

This is a very deep draft on the DL and I take advantage. I love Sales--how often do you get a 42/56 DT with great measurables at 1(32)? He might be a better fit at DE though. It will be a tough call whether to convert him or not.

Fields looks pretty good as well and increased by 01/01 after the draft.

[MizzouRah]

You are doing one heck of a job here!

[JeffW]

You are doing one heck of a job here!

Thanks! I'm glad people are enjoying it. As long as you guys like winning about my ridiculous uberdynasty, I suppose I'll keep pulling more championships out of my hat.

[JeffW]

2025 Opening Day Roster:

San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut Cntrc
Dobler, Eddie 19 QB QB 7 80 83 6 yrs
Reilly, Cole 13 QB 9 52 64 1 yr.
Cole, Roman 7 QB 1 18 40 2 yrs
Baskerville, Trump 36 RB RB 3 59 60 1 yr.
Houghtlin, Shawn 48 RB 3 43 52 3 yrs
##Whiting, Edward 44 RB 3 37 40 1 yr.
Salcido, Howie 23 FB FB 7 79 79 1 yr.
Case, Kelly 32 FB TE 8 78 78 2 yrs
Norris, Horace 12 TE 2 21 37 1 yr.
Bramsn s, Ethan 87 TE 4 27 34 1 yr.
Grier, Drew 88 FL FL 5 68 68 1 yr.
Dahnke, Eddie 83 FL SE 8 49 49 2 yrs
Terrell, Phillip 80 FL 2 35 51 2 yrs
Shillingford, Graham 86 FL 8 40 46 3 yrs
**Boehner, Troy 82 FL 9 41 46 1 yr.
Copeland, Bernie 89 SE 5 45 54 2 yrs
##Keith, Kirk 85 SE 1 30 50 3 yrs
Rivera, Keith 57 C C 5 58 58 1 yr.
Luchene, B.J. 52 C RG 9 54 55 1 yr.
Hohlt, Leonard 53 C 2 26 48 2 yrs
**Antonides, Doug 4 C 2 8 19 1 yr.
Joyner, Jeffrey 61 LG 1 16 40 2 yrs
Toviessi, Darryl 63 LG 2 21 39 1 yr.
Atkinson, Andy 60 LT LT 11 59 66 4 yrs
Spamer, Nathan 76 LT LG 3 33 39 2 yrs
DeLoach, Preston 66 LT RT 4 45 45 2 yrs
##Albin, Robert 68 RT 1 18 35 2 yrs
Aguila, Andy 10 P 3 45 55 3 yrs
Sciuto, Dennis 18 K 1 37 60 2 yrs
Blair, Jackie 79 LDE LDE 9 71 71 3 yrs
Elliott, Rex 90 LDE 5 37 47 1 yr.
Babinchak, Grant 71 LDE 2 31 46 2 yrs
Burroughs, Oliver 9 LDE 1 22 38 2 yrs
Foulger, Kevin 92 LDE 5 26 36 2 yrs
Sales, Nick 94 RDE RDE 1 32 50 4 yrs
Meier, Herb 95 LDT NT 2 43 52 3 yrs
Ursino, Brock 78 LDT 2 33 47 1 yr.
Natkin, Doug 27 NT 2 25 34 1 yr.
Felkey, Les 50 WILB 4 37 40 3 yrs
Bouse, Johnny 59 MLB SILB 4 60 65 5 yrs
##Aridge, Brock 55 MLB 6 40 40 2 yrs
**Lofton, J.C. 96 MLB 2 34 56 3 yrs
Laporte, Casey 93 SLB 3 36 48 1 yr.
**Branch, Winfred 17 SLB 2 28 37 1 yr.
Vecchio, Hunter 97 WLB SLB 3 46 65 2 yrs
Arnold, Jamal 98 WLB WILB 3 53 61 1 yr.
Roberson, Marshall 51 WLB WLB 6 46 51 1 yr.
Lima, Matthew 22 LCB LCB 4 61 61 1 yr.
Lindsay, Lawrence 34 LCB 1 25 50 3 yrs
Mayes, Toby 38 LCB 1 14 46 3 yrs
##Clarke, Dan 35 LCB 12 23 27 2 yrs
Whitfield, Tim 29 RCB RCB 6 55 55 1 yr.
##Benson, Kendall 40 RCB 1 19 31 2 yrs
Meier, Marvin 49 SS SS 6 80 80 3 yrs
Wallace, Clarence 41 SS FS 4 41 44 2 yrs
##Rhodes, Isaac 21 SS 2 28 38 1 yr.
Burgess, Bryant 33 FS 2 30 40 1 yr.

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 57
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $12,010,000

Dobler declined from 86/86 to 80/83. Very worrisome considering how much I've got invested in him. This team is better than last year's I think. Our front 7 is really coming together--we have 7 quality starters there and I don't have to platoon too much at DL.

[JeffW]

Thanks! I'm glad people are enjoying it. As long as you guys like winning about my ridiculous uberdynasty, I suppose I'll keep pulling more championships out of my hat.

Speak of the devil.


Front Office Football 2004
2025 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 19-0
Winning Pct.: 1.000

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 403 32
Rushing Yards 1693 27
Yards Per Carry 4.20 11
Pass Attempts 537 14
Completions 339 6
Passing Yards 5256 1
Yards Per Attempt 9.78 1
3rd Down Conversions 53.7 2
Points Per Game 33.7 1
Turnovers 14 1
Turnover Margin +13 2

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 405 3
Rushing Yards 1752 10
Yards Per Carry 4.32 27
Pass Attempts 570 31
Completions 304 9 (T)
Passing Yards 3190 2
Yards Per Attempt 5.59 1
3rd Down Conversions 47.4 26
Points Per Game 14.0 1
Turnovers 27 8 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 20 at DEN 10
2 35 at DAL 6
3 28 at BAL 24
4 45 HOU 13
5 22 at IND 21
6 28 at OAK 17
8 37 DEN 16
9 45 at TEN 26
10 20 JAX 10
11 45 at KCY 6
12 48 WAS 18
13 27 NED 13
14 28 at NYK 20
15 52 KCY 3
16 23 PHI 13
17 37 OAK 9
$$CS 37 HOU 0
$$CF 40 MIA 13
**FB 42 vs TBY 12

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
19 Dobler QB 522 329 5176 9.91 57 9
**Team --- 537 339 5256 9.78 58 9

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
36 Baskerville RB 245 982 4.00 5
19 Dobler QB 70 398 5.68 3
48 Houghtlin RB 48 165 3.43 1
23 Salcido FB 32 99 3.09 0
**Team --- 403 1693 4.20 9

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
83 Dahnke WR 90 53 888 16.7 144 11
88 Grier WR 89 53 1065 20.0 199 14
89 Copeland WR 84 48 907 18.8 174 8
32 Case FB 53 42 485 11.5 130 4
23 Salcido FB 52 35 302 8.6 177 6
85 Keith WR 38 25 413 16.5 54 3
80 Terrell WR 45 23 492 21.3 90 4
87 Bramsn s TE 32 22 206 9.3 35 3
36 Baskerville RB 26 18 251 13.9 135 2
**Team --- 537 339 5256 15.5 1192 58

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
59 Bouse ILB 104 39 2.0 1 2 6
41 Wallace S 86 25 1.0 0 2 12
97 Vecchio OLB 81 21 5.5 3 0 2
49 Meier S 77 42 0.0 0 1 16
22 Lima CB 51 19 1.0 0 4 15
34 Lindsay CB 47 9 0.0 0 3 7
51 Roberson OLB 46 19 1.0 0 0 8
79 Blair DE 44 13 16.0 38 0 1
93 Laporte OLB 30 9 4.0 0 0 3
29 Whitfield CB 26 9 0.0 0 2 11
98 Arnold OLB 26 10 2.5 5 0 3
94 Sales DE 26 7 9.0 10 0 0
38 Mayes CB 23 2 0.0 0 5 7
95 Meier DT 22 12 2.0 1 0 0
35 Clarke CB 19 2 1.0 0 2 0
33 Burgess S 18 3 0.0 1 1 2
50 Felkey ILB 17 4 0.0 0 0 0
**Team --- 834 258 50.0 74 22 94

Eddie Dobler sweeps the big 4 awards for the second year in a row.

DE Jackie Blair makes me look good with a 16 sack, 38 hurry season in the first year of his contract en route to being named 2nd team DE.

This is our fourth 19-0 season, but it's our first since 2016. We've appeared to easily weather the loss of Ryan Ackerman--Eddie Dobler's numbers with us the last two seasons are well above Ackerman's career averages and Dobler has yet to miss a game. Dobler's QB Rating in the last two years is 117.6 compared to 105.6 for Ackerman's career.

Drew Grier doesn't win any awards, but he eeks onto 1st place in receiving yards, catches and 3rd place in receiving touchdowns on the Charger's career leaderboard with a fine 53 catch season for 1065 yards and 14 touchdowns in 12 starts.

[JeffW]

2026 Off Season:

No retirements. Staff returns intact... again.

I'm not hit too hard by UFAs this year:

Reilly, Cole 13 QB 2017 UFA 10
Boehner, Troy 82 FL 2017 UFA 10
Luchene, B.J. 52 C 2017 UFA 10
Salcido, Howie 23 FB 2019 UFA 8
Roberson, Marshall 51 WLB 2020 UFA 7
Whitfield, Tim 29 RCB 2020 UFA 7
Grier, Drew 88 FL 2021 UFA 6
Rivera, Keith 57 C 2021 UFA 6
Elliott, Rex 90 LDE 2021 UFA 6
Bramsn s, Ethan 87 TE 2022 UFA 5
Lima, Matthew 22 LCB 2022 UFA 5
Whiting, Edward 44 RB 2023 ---- 4
Baskerville, Trump 36 RB 2023 ---- 4
Arnold, Jamal 98 WLB 2023 ---- 4
Laporte, Casey 93 SLB 2023 ---- 4
Norris, Horace 12 TE 2024 ---- 3
Antonides, Doug 4 C 2024 ---- 3
Toviessi, Darryl 63 LG 2024 ---- 3
Ursino, Brock 78 LDT 2024 ---- 3
Natkin, Doug 27 NT 2024 ---- 3
Branch, Winfred 17 SLB 2024 ---- 3
Rhodes, Isaac 21 SS 2024 ---- 3
Burgess, Bryant 33 FS 2024 ---- 3

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

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

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $30,420,000

My main resigning targets(demands allowing):

C Luchene, B.J
FB Salcido, Howie
LB Roberson, Marshall

I might also resign Lima on a huge 1 year bonus-heavy deal since I have so much cap space. An impact free agent is not out of the question, but I also could use a quality backup QB if I can't resign 10th year backup Cole Reilly.

I can almost gaurantee Grier is gone. He'll ask for 10m/year surely. Same for Whitfield except $6m/year.

[JeffW]

Meet the newest member of the 2026 Chargers:

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8646/dtianleechsc5.jpg

Yep, big contract--mainly the bonus, but I have to use my cap room or lose it and with no renegotiations allowed, I have no mechanism to use up extra cap room. Even after his signing, I'm $14.7m under the cap.

I resign both my starting centers to reasonable deals and sign Lima to a 3-year deal worth around 4 million a year--much less than I expected. OLB Roberson and DE Rex are resigned to minor deals as well. I lose out on the rest of the major players I mentioned.

In the draft, I'm looking for Defensive Backs and Wide Receivers--two positions where I've historically been very effective at finding excellent bargains. I also would like to find an impact TE or FB if circumstances permit.

[JeffW]

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - Kim Davison, CB, St. Mary's, Cal. - Rat: 34/59 40: 4.4 BP: 23 AD: 7.0
Rnd 2 - Josh Garza, OLB, Cincinnati - Rat: 29/47 40: 4.6 BP: 22 AD: 7.3
Rnd 3 - Harvey Mathis, OLB, Arizona - Rat: 35/59 40: 4.5 BP: 22 AD: 7.0
Rnd 4 - Cory Garrison, T, Arizona State - Rat: 18/40 40: 5.3 BP: 33 AD: 7.8
Rnd 5 - Bob Dunlap, RB, Virginia Tech - Rat: 37/42 40: 4.7 BP: 17 AD: 7.2
Rnd 6 - Bucky Hanes, WR, Georgia - Rat: 14/42 40: 4.5 BP: 13 AD: 7.1
Rnd 7 - Mel Ganser, P, Mississippi State - Rat: 70/79 40: 4.8 BP: 10 AD: 7.3

Huge impact draft. The 1st, 3rd and 4th(and 7th) rounders are potential starters. Dunlap can fill a reserve RB role or possibly see a conversion to another position. OLB Garza and LT Garrison busted down a few points or I'd be talking them up as well.

[JeffW]

Very busy offseason. I make some key signings and uncharacteristically resign my top CB and WR to reasonable contracts--about 4m/yr each.

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/845/2026transactionszd2.jpg

Is anyone having a hard time keeping up with the roster? I've been flying through seasons and not going over individual players too much, but I can do a summary of each position group if that would be helpful and interesting.

[JeffW]

2026 Opening Roster:

San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Dobler, Eddie 19 QB QB 8 80 83 5 yrs
Reilly, Cole 13 QB 10 59 65 3 yrs
Cole, Roman 7 QB 2 21 38 1 yr.
Baskerville, Trump 36 RB RB 4 63 63 5 yrs
Houghtlin, Shawn 48 RB 4 47 54 2 yrs
##Dunlap, Bob 30 RB 1 38 42 3 yrs
Logan, Lewis 24 FB FB 1 29 43 2 yrs
Case, Kelly 32 FB TE 9 78 78 1 yr.
Norris, Horace 12 TE 3 22 37 1 yr.
Bramsn s, Ethan 87 TE 5 29 34 2 yrs
Grier, Drew 88 FL FL 6 69 69 4 yrs
Dahnke, Eddie 83 FL SE 9 50 50 1 yr.
Terrell, Phillip 80 FL 3 44 54 1 yr.
Shillingford, Graham 86 FL 9 40 46 2 yrs
Copeland, Bernie 89 SE 6 42 50 1 yr.
##Keith, Kirk 85 SE 2 38 53 2 yrs
Rivera, Keith 57 C C 6 58 58 4 yrs
Luchene, B.J. 52 C RG 10 54 55 3 yrs
Hohlt, Leonard 53 C 3 29 49 1 yr.
Toviessi, Darryl 63 LG LG 3 26 40 2 yrs
Joyner, Jeffrey 61 LG 2 20 41 1 yr.
Bunch, Renaldo 56 RG 1 16 40 2 yrs
Atkinson, Andy 60 LT LT 12 58 65 3 yrs
Spamer, Nathan 76 LT RT 4 40 40 1 yr.
##DeLoach, Preston 66 LT 5 45 46 1 yr.
Ganser, Mel 3 P 1 72 75 3 yrs
Sciuto, Dennis 18 K 2 45 58 1 yr.
Blair, Jackie 79 LDE LDE 10 71 71 2 yrs
Elliott, Rex 90 LDE 6 40 46 1 yr.
Babinchak, Grant 71 LDE 3 34 46 1 yr.
##Burroughs, Oliver 9 LDE 2 26 40 1 yr.
Sales, Nick 94 RDE 2 41 50 3 yrs
Leech, Ian 91 LDT NT 7 82 82 6 yrs
Meier, Herb 95 LDT RDE 3 49 52 2 yrs
Ursino, Brock 78 LDT 3 36 46 1 yr.
##Felkey, Les 50 WILB 5 35 39 2 yrs
Lofton, J.C. 96 MLB SILB 3 40 59 2 yrs
Bouse, Johnny 59 MLB WILB 5 62 65 4 yrs
Aridge, Brock 55 MLB 7 40 40 1 yr.
Laporte, Casey 93 SLB 4 42 48 2 yrs
Vecchio, Hunter 97 WLB SLB 4 60 66 1 yr.
Roberson, Marshall 51 WLB WLB 7 46 51 2 yrs
Mathis, Harvey 99 WLB 1 30 64 3 yrs
Garza, Josh 54 WLB 1 31 46 3 yrs
Lima, Matthew 22 LCB LCB 5 69 69 3 yrs
Lindsay, Lawrence 34 LCB 2 40 50 2 yrs
Mayes, Toby 38 LCB 2 26 42 2 yrs
Davison, Kim 26 RCB RCB 1 40 59 4 yrs
##Benson, Kendall 40 RCB 2 21 31 1 yr.
Meier, Marvin 49 SS SS 7 81 81 2 yrs
Wallace, Clarence 41 SS 5 40 44 1 yr.
##Rhodes, Isaac 21 SS 3 31 39 1 yr.
Burgess, Bryant 33 FS FS 3 36 41 1 yr.

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Dobler, Eddie 19 QB QB 8 80 83 5 yrs
Reilly, Cole 13 QB 10 59 65 3 yrs
Cole, Roman 7 QB 2 21 38 1 yr.
Baskerville, Trump 36 RB RB 4 63 63 5 yrs
Houghtlin, Shawn 48 RB 4 47 54 2 yrs
##Dunlap, Bob 30 RB 1 38 42 3 yrs
Logan, Lewis 24 FB FB 1 29 43 2 yrs
Case, Kelly 32 FB TE 9 78 78 1 yr.
Norris, Horace 12 TE 3 22 37 1 yr.
Bramsn s, Ethan 87 TE 5 29 34 2 yrs
Grier, Drew 88 FL FL 6 69 69 4 yrs
Dahnke, Eddie 83 FL SE 9 50 50 1 yr.
Terrell, Phillip 80 FL 3 44 54 1 yr.
Shillingford, Graham 86 FL 9 40 46 2 yrs
Copeland, Bernie 89 SE 6 42 50 1 yr.
##Keith, Kirk 85 SE 2 38 53 2 yrs
Rivera, Keith 57 C C 6 58 58 4 yrs
Luchene, B.J. 52 C RG 10 54 55 3 yrs
Hohlt, Leonard 53 C 3 29 49 1 yr.
Toviessi, Darryl 63 LG LG 3 26 40 2 yrs
Joyner, Jeffrey 61 LG 2 20 41 1 yr.
Bunch, Renaldo 56 RG 1 16 40 2 yrs
Atkinson, Andy 60 LT LT 12 58 65 3 yrs
Spamer, Nathan 76 LT RT 4 40 40 1 yr.
##DeLoach, Preston 66 LT 5 45 46 1 yr.
Ganser, Mel 3 P 1 72 75 3 yrs
Sciuto, Dennis 18 K 2 45 58 1 yr.
Blair, Jackie 79 LDE LDE 10 71 71 2 yrs
Elliott, Rex 90 LDE 6 40 46 1 yr.
Babinchak, Grant 71 LDE 3 34 46 1 yr.
##Burroughs, Oliver 9 LDE 2 26 40 1 yr.
Sales, Nick 94 RDE 2 41 50 3 yrs
Leech, Ian 91 LDT NT 7 82 82 6 yrs
Meier, Herb 95 LDT RDE 3 49 52 2 yrs
Ursino, Brock 78 LDT 3 36 46 1 yr.
##Felkey, Les 50 WILB 5 35 39 2 yrs
Lofton, J.C. 96 MLB SILB 3 40 59 2 yrs
Bouse, Johnny 59 MLB WILB 5 62 65 4 yrs
Aridge, Brock 55 MLB 7 40 40 1 yr.
Laporte, Casey 93 SLB 4 42 48 2 yrs
Vecchio, Hunter 97 WLB SLB 4 60 66 1 yr.
Roberson, Marshall 51 WLB WLB 7 46 51 2 yrs
Mathis, Harvey 99 WLB 1 30 64 3 yrs
Garza, Josh 54 WLB 1 31 46 3 yrs
Lima, Matthew 22 LCB LCB 5 69 69 3 yrs
Lindsay, Lawrence 34 LCB 2 40 50 2 yrs
Mayes, Toby 38 LCB 2 26 42 2 yrs
Davison, Kim 26 RCB RCB 1 40 59 4 yrs
##Benson, Kendall 40 RCB 2 21 31 1 yr.
Meier, Marvin 49 SS SS 7 81 81 2 yrs
Wallace, Clarence 41 SS 5 40 44 1 yr.
##Rhodes, Isaac 21 SS 3 31 39 1 yr.
Burgess, Bryant 33 FS FS 3 36 41 1 yr.

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $3,110,000
Cap Room: $3,110,000

I'm trying a platoon between DT Meier(92 Run Stopping) and DE Nick Sales at RDE after deciding I have too much linebacking talent to use the 4-3.

[JeffW]

46 Consecutive wins folks dating back to week 13, 2024. Scary.


Front Office Football 2004
2026 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 19-0
Winning Pct.: 1.000

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 398 29
Rushing Yards 1614 27
Yards Per Carry 4.05 17 (T)
Pass Attempts 534 14 (T)
Completions 352 2
Passing Yards 5386 1
Yards Per Attempt 10.08 1
3rd Down Conversions 46.3 8
Points Per Game 35.2 1
Turnovers 15 3 (T)
Turnover Margin +13 1

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 396 3
Rushing Yards 1651 6
Yards Per Carry 4.16 20
Pass Attempts 569 30
Completions 288 3
Passing Yards 3264 3
Yards Per Attempt 5.73 1
3rd Down Conversions 36.1 1
Points Per Game 13.3 1
Turnovers 28 6 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 29 KCY 10
2 30 at SEA 10
3 33 at CLE 9
5 45 at MIA 13
6 45 NJY 3
7 27 DEN 20
8 45 at BUF 7
9 34 NED 31
10 45 at OAK 10
11 34 at KCY 10
12 28 STL 18
13 34 HOU 20
14 21 at SFO 19
15 41 OAK 7
16 38 ARI 0
17 35 at DEN 27
$$CS 27 CIN 24
$$CF 24 NJY 20
**FB 29 vs PHI 7

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
19 Dobler QB 448 300 4742 10.58 49 9
13 Reilly QB 84 52 644 7.66 8 2
**Team --- 534 352 5386 10.08 57 11

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
36 Baskerville RB 251 1127 4.49 2
48 Houghtlin RB 54 144 2.66 1
19 Dobler QB 43 208 4.83 5
**Team --- 398 1614 4.05 10

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
83 Dahnke WR 103 63 1117 17.7 169 10
88 Grier WR 84 55 1010 18.3 149 12
36 Baskerville RB 82 55 534 9.7 113 6
80 Terrell WR 74 53 798 15.0 92 10
89 Copeland WR 73 43 742 17.2 129 8
32 Case FB 46 32 458 14.3 141 4
87 Bramsn s TE 23 16 276 17.2 67 2
**Team --- 534 352 5386 15.3 963 57

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
49 Meier S 95 28 0.0 0 3 16
59 Bouse ILB 77 35 2.0 1 0 7
33 Burgess S 61 18 0.0 0 3 9
91 Leech DT 53 20 6.5 30 0 0
51 Roberson OLB 46 16 1.5 0 1 2
34 Lindsay CB 44 7 0.0 0 0 10
26 Davison CB 42 21 0.0 1 1 14
97 Vecchio OLB 41 12 1.5 5 1 2
22 Lima CB 39 11 0.0 0 4 9
41 Wallace S 31 5 0.0 0 0 2
93 Laporte OLB 31 12 2.0 5 1 1
79 Blair DE 29 19 12.5 43 0 0
96 Lofton ILB 26 12 0.0 1 0 2
54 Garza OLB 26 5 0.0 0 0 1
38 Mayes CB 25 5 0.0 0 2 1
95 Meier DT 24 13 4.0 8 0 0
50 Felkey ILB 16 4 1.0 0 0 0
**Team --- 804 264 36.0 108 17 79

Dobler wins his 3rd straight quadfecta(MVP, Champ MVP, Off. POTY, 1st Team QB). Play for play, this was his best year, but he missed 2 games.

SS Marvin Meier was named 2nd team all pro. He recorded 95 tackles, 3 interceptions, 16 defensed passes and 3 forced fumbles.

This is our 15th championship. We've won 15 of the last 19 championships and we're nearing 80% career winning percentage(remember, I went 21-43 my first 4 years. Since then we're 268-35-1!!!!)

[JeffW]

2027 Offseason

No players retire, but my long time ubercoach Robert Lindsay Retires. He went 328-88-3 in 23 years and won 12 championships. He finished his career at Excellent in every HC category.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4017/hcrobertlindsaylk6.jpg

:cool:

I have to replace him with a scrub for a year.

I also replace my D. coordinator with a very marginally better one.

Free Agents:

Case, Kelly 32 FB 2018 UFA 10
Dahnke, Eddie 83 FL 2018 UFA 10
Aridge, Brock 55 MLB 2020 UFA 8
Copeland, Bernie 89 SE 2021 UFA 7
Elliott, Rex 90 LDE 2021 UFA 7
DeLoach, Preston 66 LT 2022 UFA 6
Wallace, Clarence 41 SS 2022 UFA 6
Spamer, Nathan 76 LT 2023 UFA 5
Vecchio, Hunter 97 WLB 2023 UFA 5
Norris, Horace 12 TE 2024 ---- 4
Terrell, Phillip 80 FL 2024 ---- 4
Hohlt, Leonard 53 C 2024 ---- 4
Babinchak, Grant 71 LDE 2024 ---- 4
Ursino, Brock 78 LDT 2024 ---- 4
Rhodes, Isaac 21 SS 2024 ---- 4
Burgess, Bryant 33 FS 2024 ---- 4
Cole, Roman 7 QB 2025 ---- 3
Joyner, Jeffrey 61 LG 2025 ---- 3
Sciuto, Dennis 18 K 2025 ---- 3
Burroughs, Oliver 9 LDE 2025 ---- 3
Benson, Kendall 40 RCB 2025 ---- 3

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

Players Under Contract: 32
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 32

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $15,340,000

Main targets are LT DeLoach, FB Case and OLB Vecchio. None are critical, but they'd be pretty hard to replace this year. If I can bring back the WRs cheaply, I will.

[JeffW]

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - Walter Debaere, TE, Washington State - Rat: 25/68 40: 4.94 BP: 29 AD: 7.59
Rnd 2 - Blake Fitzgerald, FB, Harvard - Rat: 38/72 40: 4.63 BP: 26 AD: 7.47
Rnd 3 - Joseph Park, WR, Northwestern - Rat: 21/46 40: 4.45 BP: 7 AD: 6.95
Rnd 4 - Jorge Bidney, S, UCLA - Rat: 24/52 40: 4.42 BP: 20 AD: 6.88
Rnd 5 - Kennedy Trippi, T, Indiana - Rat: 18/46 40: 5.10 BP: 33 AD: 7.80
Rnd 6 - Calvin Lofton, T, Oregon State - Rat: 13/34 40: 5.60 BP: 35 AD: 7.97
Rnd 7 - Ian Lashley, CB, Bentley - Rat: 20/41 40: 4.49 BP: 12 AD: 6.95

Round 6 LT is a big bust(-01/-06), but the rest look like keepers.

First two rounds give me some good utility players. The best receiver of the two will start at TE. Blitzgerald(lol typo but lets make it a nickname) could see time at RB depending on how his ratings look post camp--especially in 3rd down and short where I lack a good option.

I love Bidney in the 4th. Players like that are the meat and potatoes of FOF2k4 drafting.

[JeffW]

Off Season Transaction Summary:

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/7983/2027transactionsqk1.jpg

Opening Day Roster:

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut Cntrc
Dobler, Eddie 19 QB QB 9 80 83 4 yrs
Baskerville, Trump 36 RB RB 5 63 63 4 yrs
Fitzgerald, Blake 29 FB FB 1 42 70 3 yrs
Case, Kelly 32 FB TE 10 75 77 3 yrs
Grier, Drew 88 FL FL 7 69 69 3 yrs
Keith, Kirk 85 SE SE 3 45 55 1 yr.
Atkinson, Andy 60 LT LT 13 53 60 2 yrs
Toviessi, Darryl 63 LG LG 4 35 40 1 yr.
Singh, Dwayne 58 C C 12 89 89 4 yrs
Luchene, B.J. 52 C RG 11 55 56 2 yrs
Rivera, Keith 57 C RT 7 59 59 3 yrs
Blair, Jackie 79 LDE LDE 11 67 67 1 yr.
Leech, Ian 91 LDT LDT 8 82 82 5 yrs
Meier, Herb 95 LDT RDT 4 53 53 1 yr.
Sales, Nick 94 RDE RDE 3 46 49 2 yrs
Lofton, J.C. 96 MLB SLB 4 54 61 1 yr.
Bouse, Johnny 59 MLB MLB 6 63 65 3 yrs
Roberson, Marshall 51 WLB WLB 8 47 52 1 yr.
Lima, Matthew 22 LCB LCB 6 69 69 2 yrs
Davison, Kim 26 RCB RCB 2 61 61 3 yrs
Meier, Marvin 49 SS SS 8 82 82 1 yr.
Burgess, Bryant 33 FS FS 4 42 42 3 yrs
Reilly, Cole 13 QB 11 60 66 2 yrs
Hampton, Leonard 1 QB 1 16 50 2 yrs
Houghtlin, Shawn 48 RB 5 45 48 1 yr.
Debaere, Walter 81 TE 1 30 64 4 yrs
Harper, Glenn 82 TE 1 16 37 2 yrs
Terrell, Phillip 80 FL 4 55 55 3 yrs
Dahnke, Eddie 83 FL 10 44 44 3 yrs
Copeland, Bernie 89 SE 7 42 50 3 yrs
Dawley, Anthony 72 LG 1 18 43 2 yrs
Joyner, Jeffrey 61 LG 3 25 42 1 yr.
Trippi, Kennedy 62 LT 1 21 47 3 yrs
Lofton, Calvin 67 LT 1 13 27 ---
Ganser, Mel 3 P 2 76 76 2 yrs
Sciuto, Dennis 18 K 3 47 57 2 yrs
Elliott, Rex 90 LDE 7 42 47 1 yr.
Goodlink, Jackie 65 LDT 1 23 37 2 yrs
Felkey, Les 50 WILB 6 36 39 1 yr.
Aridge, Brock 55 MLB 8 39 39 2 yrs
Laporte, Casey 93 SLB 5 42 47 1 yr.
Mathis, Harvey 99 WLB 2 38 67 2 yrs
Garza, Josh 54 WLB 2 32 45 2 yrs
Lashley, Ian 35 LCB 1 24 42 3 yrs
Mayes, Toby 38 LCB 3 31 39 1 yr.
Mahoney, Vernon 25 LCB 1 14 34 2 yrs
Bidney, Jorge 37 SS 1 30 56 3 yrs
##Dunlap, Bob 30 RB 2 41 43 2 yrs
##Park, Joseph 84 FL 1 23 43 3 yrs
##Burroughs, Oliver 9 LDE 3 28 40 1 yr.
##Duran, Deion 97 RDT 1 22 40 2 yrs
##Lindsay, Lawrence 34 LCB 3 54 54 1 yr.
##Rhodes, Isaac 21 SS 4 37 40 1 yr.
**Graham, Percy 98 LDT 1 28 40 2 yrs

$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.

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

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $1,260,000

[JeffW]

2027 Summary for San Diego Chargers

Record: 14-3
Winning Pct.: .823

San Diego Chargers Team Rank
Rushes 421 25 (T)
Rushing Yards 1662 26
Yards Per Carry 3.94 23
Pass Attempts 603 1
Completions 353 2 (T)
Passing Yards 5095 1
Yards Per Attempt 8.44 2
3rd Down Conversions 51.7 2
Points Per Game 30.2 1
Turnovers 23 17 (T)
Turnover Margin +8 6

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 390 2
Rushing Yards 1524 1
Yards Per Carry 3.90 6
Pass Attempts 558 24
Completions 291 3
Passing Yards 3107 1
Yards Per Attempt 5.56 1
3rd Down Conversions 39.0 4
Points Per Game 13.1 1
Turnovers 31 3

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 30 OAK 33
2 47 MIN 0
3 31 at NJY 27
4 54 PIT 0
6 33 at BAL 31
7 27 at CLE 7
8 19 DEN 16
9 20 at OAK 17
10 49 CIN 0
11 37 KCY 6
12 13 at CHI 16
13 21 TEN 20
14 27 at DET 17
15 24 at DEN 0
16 28 GBY 14
17 24 at KCY 6
$$CS 17 BAL 22

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
19 Dobler QB 546 315 4582 8.39 38 13
13 Reilly QB 50 33 446 8.92 5 4
**Team --- 603 353 5095 8.44 45 17

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
48 Houghtlin RB 135 479 3.54 2
30 Dunlap RB 112 412 3.67 3
19 Dobler QB 68 408 6.00 3
36 Baskerville RB 55 193 3.50 1
29 Fitzgerald FB 32 93 2.90 0
**Team --- 421 1662 3.94 9

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
88 Grier WR 155 77 1294 16.8 212 10
80 Terrell WR 113 61 1120 18.3 220 6
85 Keith WR 80 47 763 16.2 114 4
32 Case FB 64 45 447 9.9 94 5
89 Copeland WR 63 37 601 16.2 83 5
83 Dahnke WR 37 22 315 14.3 47 2
**Team --- 603 353 5095 14.4 978 45

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
59 Bouse ILB 71 27 1.0 0 2 11
91 Leech DT 58 16 6.5 20 0 0
33 Burgess S 55 22 0.0 0 2 8
51 Roberson OLB 53 21 1.5 0 0 4
26 Davison CB 53 16 0.0 0 1 13
96 Lofton ILB 49 17 1.0 4 1 5
22 Lima CB 44 15 0.0 0 3 14
37 Bidney S 41 18 0.0 0 3 2
95 Meier DT 37 15 2.0 4 0 0
79 Blair DE 34 19 4.5 22 0 0
21 Rhodes S 33 12 0.0 0 2 2
49 Meier S 29 14 0.0 0 1 5
94 Sales DE 28 9 10.0 17 0 0
38 Mayes CB 24 4 0.0 0 1 4
99 Mathis OLB 21 2 0.0 0 1 2
34 Lindsay CB 20 5 0.0 0 2 5
55 Aridge ILB 19 4 0.0 0 1 4
**Team --- 793 267 35.0 83 21 84

What a joke... when you lose your 4 best players and several other starters, you're just not going anywhere no matter how good your game planning and roster management are.

This is our earliest playoff exit ever.

Box Score: Baltimore at San Diego
San Diego, CA.

Conference Semifinals, 2027

Attendance: 88,500 (99,900).


Weather: 59 degrees, fair.

1Q: 14:54 SDO - Brock Aridge 11 fumble return.
1Q: 14:54 SDO - Dennis Sciuto extra point.
1Q: 08:05 BAL - Albert Jamison 23 field goal.
2Q: 13:31 SDO - Dennis Sciuto 28 field goal.
2Q: 06:29 BAL - Albert Jamison 19 field goal.
2Q: 00:07 BAL - Albert Jamison 40 field goal.
4Q: 11:36 BAL - Donny Penrice 2 run.
4Q: 11:36 BAL - Donny Penrice run for conversion failed.
4Q: 07:31 BAL - Donny Penrice 5 pass from Les Magee.
4Q: 07:31 BAL - Albert Jamison extra point.
4Q: 00:00 SDO - Drew Grier 4 pass from Cole Reilly.
4Q: 00:00 SDO - Dennis Sciuto extra point.

Game MVP: BAL 43 Donny Penrice

Baltimore 3 6 0 13 - 22
San Diego 7 3 0 7 - 17

Team Statistics BAL SDO

First Downs 22 14

Total Rushes 39 13
Rushing Yards 137 46
Yards Per Carry 3.5 3.5
Pass Attempts 36 35
Completions 23 12
Passing Yards 239 221
Yards Per Attempt 6.6 6.3
Sacked 2 6
Yards Lost 14 40
Interceptions 0 3
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0

Total Plays 77 54
Total Yards 362 227
Yards Per Play 4.7 4.2

3rd Down Plays 9/19 3/12
Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.4 10.1
4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0

Penalties 7 5
Penalty Yards 63 30

Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 33
Time Of Possession 39:45 20:15

Baltimore Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
43 Penrice 30 104 3.4 16 1
31 Williams 7 24 3.4 10 0
81 Heath 1 3 3.0 3 0
84 Hanes 1 6 6.0 6 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
16 Fleming 22 14 145 6.5 17 0 0 1
13 Magee 14 9 94 6.7 21 1 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
88 Bensen 8 85 10.6 28 15 0
81 Heath 7 75 10.7 14 18 0
43 Penrice 3 40 13.3 2 21 1
85 Weaver 3 26 8.6 1 15 0
29 Windsor 2 13 6.5 7 11 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
49 Douglas 1 0 0.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
85 Weaver 1 19 19.0 0
81 Heath 1 10 10.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 McCarthy 7 284 40.5 46 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
19 Jamison 3 3 40 1 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
21 Mosher 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
77 Chrisman 5 0 2.0 0 0 0
28 Penrice 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
70 Cardoza 3 0 2.0 0 0 0
76 Wooldridge 3 1 1.0 0 0 0
92 Green 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
56 Kelly 2 1 0.0 2 37 0
73 Keenan 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
39 Hayes 1 2 0.0 1 2 0
46 Osterlund 1 3 0.0 0 0 0
37 Oliver 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
71 Duran 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
97 Langhoff 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
30 Hanson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
31 Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
47 Hancock 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
26 Foreman 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
65 Galyon 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
53 Capoccia 0 0 0 0 1 2
69 King 0 0 0 0 5 0
72 Gordon 0 0 0 0 2 0
65 Galyon 0 0 0 0 2 0
71 Duran 0 0 0 0 1 0
81 Heath 1 0 0 0 0 0
56 Kelly 0 1 0 0 0 0

San Diego Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
48 Houghtlin 7 26 3.7 19 0
13 Reilly 4 10 2.5 5 0
29 Fitzgerald 2 10 5.0 6 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
13 Reilly 35 12 221 6.3 48 1 3 6

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
88 Grier 3 40 13.3 1 19 1
80 Terrell 3 92 30.6 17 48 0
89 Copeland 2 31 15.5 6 18 0
81 Debaere 2 36 18.0 0 24 0
83 Dahnke 1 14 14.0 4 14 0
48 Houghtlin 1 8 8.0 6 8 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
88 Grier 2 39 19.5 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
20 Kelley 3 58 19.3 0
30 Dunlap 2 44 22.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
3 Ganser 6 306 51.0 59 3

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
18 Sciuto 1 2 28 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
59 Bouse 8 4 0.0 0 0 0
37 Bidney 8 2 0.0 0 0 0
26 Davison 8 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Lofton 6 2 0.5 0 0 0
34 Lindsay 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
94 Sales 5 0 1.0 0 0 0
51 Roberson 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
33 Burgess 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
55 Aridge 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 Meier 3 4 0.0 0 0 0
21 Rhodes 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
30 Dunlap 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Blair 1 3 0.5 0 0 0
88 Grier 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
89 Copeland 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
93 Laporte 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
80 Terrell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
61 Joyner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
30 Dunlap 0 1 0 0 0 1
52 Luchene 0 0 0 0 2 3
58 Singh 0 0 0 0 0 2
55 Aridge 0 0 1 1 0 0
48 Houghtlin 1 0 0 0 0 0
81 Debaere 0 0 1 0 0 0

Baltimore Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:54 6:49 OWN 20 13 74 Field Goal
1 5:49 1:32 OWN 20 3 9 Punt
1 3:46 2:07 OWN 12 3 2 Punt
2 13:31 7:02 OWN 33 13 65 Field Goal
2 4:16 4:09 OWN 2 11 75 Field Goal
3 13:27 1:49 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 9:21 1:32 OWN 13 3 5 Punt
3 6:51 1:17 OWN 22 3 2 Punt
3 3:59 7:23 OWN 22 15 78 Touchdown
4 9:42 2:11 OPP 24 4 24 Touchdown
4 5:15 1:54 OWN 18 3 2 Punt
4 1:56 0:35 OWN 36 3 6 Punt

San Diego Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:05 2:16 OWN 20 6 21 Punt
1 4:17 0:31 OWN 42 3 0 Punt
1 1:39 3:08 OPP 35 8 24 Field Goal
2 6:29 2:13 OWN 28 4 22 Punt
3 15:00 1:33 OWN 27 3 -6 Punt
3 11:38 2:17 OWN 15 6 22 Punt
3 7:49 0:58 OWN 28 2 24 Interception
3 5:34 1:35 OWN 37 3 -16 Punt
4 11:36 1:54 OWN 35 3 10 Interception
4 7:31 2:16 OWN 32 6 37 Interception
4 3:21 1:25 OWN 39 4 32 Missed FG
4 1:21 1:21 OWN 30 6 70 Touchdown

We were crippled by the loss of our coach. Our offensive numbers were way off. Despite all that, we got ourselves in a position to win(#1 Seed, 14-2) and just couldn't overcome injuries. Maybe 150 Injury setting is too high... I seem to lose an inordinate number of players each year, but maybe that is how it is in the real NFL.

[JeffW]

Offseason:

Surprising no one, Ryan Ackerman is inducted into the Hall of Fame with 100% of the vote.

I have two unexpected and harmful retirements: My starting LT Andy Atkinson and my starting DE Jackie Blair. As if things weren't bad enough.

I hire a pretty good coach with Ex Offense, VG Defense, Injury. He'll do.

Free Agency:

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut
Meier, Marvin 49 SS 9 82 82
Roberson, Marshall 51 WLB 9 47 52
Elliott, Rex 90 LDE 8 42 47
Lima, Matthew 22 LCB 7 69 69
Felkey, Les 50 WILB 7 36 39
Houghtlin, Shawn 48 RB 6 45 47
Laporte, Casey 93 SLB 6 42 47
Lofton, J.C. 96 MLB 5 61 61
Meier, Herb 95 LDT 5 53 53
Rhodes, Isaac 21 SS 5 39 40
Toviessi, Darryl 63 LG 5 36 40

Restricted:

Player # Pos Start Exp Cur/Fut
Lindsay, Lawrence 34 LCB 4 54 54
Keith, Kirk 85 SE 4 50 55
Mayes, Toby 38 LCB 4 34 39
Joyner, Jeffrey 61 LG 4 31 42
Burroughs, Oliver 9 LDE 4 29 40
Morrison, Hugh 44 RB 2 22 29
Hill, Leo 78 RG 2 21 40
Kelley, Wayne 20 RB 2 17 24
Dodge, Arnold 74 LT 2 14 34
Hansen, Curtis 2 QB 2 11 31
Lofton, Calvin 67 LT 1 13 34

Players Under Contract: 35
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 35

Salary Cap: $80,600,000
Cap Room: $21,010,000

[JeffW]

We lose everyone rated 60+ in FA and sign a veteran DE to a favorable 3 yr, 4m/yr contract.

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - John Kinzie, DE, Rutgers - 18/58 40: 4.76 BP: 29 AD: 7.40
Rnd 2 - Kenyon Friedgen, T, UCLA - 19/60 40: 5.15 BP: 45 AD: 7.44
Rnd 3 - Lionel Bailie, CB, Virginia Tech - 27/51 40: 4.48 BP: 14 AD: 6.98
Rnd 4 - Larry Mueller, ILB, Grambling - 27/46 40: 4.79 BP: 25 AD: 7.50
Rnd 5 - Darrin Hudson, S, Indiana - 20/47 40: 4.66 BP: 24 AD: 7.17
Rnd 6 - Rich Jarvis, RB, Washington - 25/37 40: 4.54 BP: 15 AD: 7.09
Rnd 7 - Bryce Hendrix, RB, Arkansas - 29/43 40: 4.70 BP: 11 AD: 7.24

DE John Kinzie busts slightly... I pray that he can be our starting DE, but he might be a mirage. RT Friedgen(huge breakout +08 potential IIRC) and CB Bailie are steals and will probably start on week one.

[JeffW]

I think I'm going to end it here. :eek: I finished out Ackerman's career and then proved that I could dominate without Ackerman. I really don't have anything more I'd like to do with the dynasty.

Here is the season by season breakdown:


Front Office Football 2004
GM Performance for Sanford Jeffries of the San Diego Chargers

Year Team Eval Perf Diff Proft FrVal Record Playoffs
2027 SDO 94 90 75 100 96 14-3-0 Division Final
2026 SDO 92 90 72 97 92 19-0-0 Bowl Winner
2025 SDO 92 90 73 100 83 19-0-0 Bowl Winner
2024 SDO 92 90 74 100 79 17-2-0 Bowl Winner
2023 SDO 94 90 74 100 91 16-2-0 Conference Final
2022 SDO 92 86 74 100 89 15-4-0 Bowl Winner
2021 SDO 93 90 74 100 89 16-3-0 Bowl Winner
2020 SDO 90 83 74 100 80 12-6-0 Conference Final
2019 SDO 83 63 74 100 73 13-6-0 Conference Final
2018 SDO 92 90 74 100 83 18-1-0 Bowl Winner
2017 SDO 92 86 74 100 90 16-3-0 Bowl Winner
2016 SDO 92 90 73 100 83 19-0-0 Bowl Winner
2015 SDO 92 90 73 100 78 17-2-0 Bowl Winner
2014 SDO 80 90 75 72 93 18-1-0 Bowl Winner
2013 SDO 81 90 76 73 100 18-0-1 Bowl Winner
2012 SDO 80 90 77 72 95 17-2-0 Bowl Winner
2011 SDO 72 90 80 66 57 19-0-0 Bowl Winner
2010 SDO 75 90 81 72 55 16-2-0 Conference Final
2009 SDO 80 90 85 85 45 19-0-0 Bowl Winner
2008 SDO 69 66 86 76 42 15-5-0 Bowl Winner
2007 SDO 59 45 87 68 42 9-7-0 None
2006 SDO 50 5 87 72 45 4-12-0 None
2005 SDO 58 0 84 92 47 0-16-0 None
2004 SDO 57 45 82 60 58 8-8-0 None

I'm pleased with my success, but I am weary of the constriction from the house rules--they force constant player turnover and in the end they didn't prevent my reign of terror. After the 2009 season when we went undefeated, the dynasty lost some of its magic--I started to focus mainly on the trials and triumphs of Ackerman and the rest of the team took a back seat.

[MizzouRah]

*sigh* we need a new version. :)

Excellent job!! The morale? A good QB can take you many, many places. ;)

Great read, btw!!

[hoopsguy]

Dean who?

Really nice job with the dynasty, thanks for providing a good story.

[JeffW]

*sigh* we need a new version. :)
Great read, btw!!

Thanks, I will probably do another dynasty in the future. Aside from an MP Dynasty, I don't really have any good ideas.


Excellent job!! The moral? A good QB can take you many, many places. ;)


Yep, great QBs are central to an optimal FOF 2k4 strategy. Give credit to the defense for allowing the fewest yards per pass attempt in the league nearly every year.

[JeffW]

Just to wrap things up, I'm going to post some screenshots of Chargers records, career stats, etc...

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/5347/2027careerrecordsej1.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8028/2027singleseasonyw3.jpg

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3079/2027singlegamekl6.jpg

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4645/2027singleplayoffcp2.jpg

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/72/2027careerteamzu7.jpg

As you can imagine, every Chargers individual and team, career, regular season and playoff passing and receiving record(except for single season receptions) is also a league record.

Former Chargers draft picks also litter the league records lists. The 1st pick I made in the dynasty, LT B.J. Montgomery, played 20 years and started a league record 268 games. Former Chargers 1(32) WR Wesley Francis in 2014, who won 3 1st team all pro awards from 2015-2017 with the Chargers is the career leader in receptions(1034), receiving yards(15,898) and receiving touchdowns(110)--he retired in 2026.

Passing Statistics

Player Pos Strt End GP GS Att Cmp Pct Yards Avg Lg
$$Dobler, Eddie QB 2024 2027 61 61 2121 1319 62.1 20353 9.59 76
Ackerman, Ryan QB 2006 2023 220 220 8077 4758 58.9 69905 8.65 87
$$Alves, Luke QB 2021 2023 24 11 528 303 57.3 3985 7.54 61
Forbes, Karl QB 2005 2020 59 29 1345 754 56.0 11105 8.25 86
Banks, Seth QB 2005 2015 60 41 1283 687 53.5 8466 6.59 79

Player Pos TD Int Sck Yards Rating
$$Dobler, Eddie QB 2024 199 50 94 632 115.3
Ackerman, Ryan QB 2006 677 184 383 2381 105.6
$$Alves, Luke QB 2021 35 9 16 105 96.3
Forbes, Karl QB 2005 96 38 61 380 95.1
Banks, Seth QB 2005 60 42 66 431 76.0


Rushing Statistics

Player Pos Strt End GP GS Att Yards Avg Lg TD
Warren, Bucky RB 2005 2012 125 96 1982 8071 4.07 69 40
Seidman, Ethan RB 2005 2014 153 52 1350 5516 4.08 86 23
Henderson, Ben RB 2014 2019 88 82 1053 5025 4.77 68 29
$$Baskerville, Trump RB 2023 2027 69 53 822 3460 4.20 38 15
Berry, Eric RB 2010 2017 128 11 594 2415 4.06 41 7
Anderson, Mario RB 2020 2022 48 32 537 2146 3.99 47 4
$$Dobler, Eddie QB 2024 2027 61 61 266 1528 5.74 21 20
Ackerman, Ryan QB 2006 2023 220 220 271 1170 4.31 26 6

Receiving Statistics

Player Pos Strt End GP GS Targ Ctch Yards Avg YAC Lg TD
$$Grier, Drew WR 2021 2027 103 99 964 538 9778 18.1 1659 83 81
$$Dahnke, Eddie WR 2019 2027 128 76 837 477 7858 16.4 1240 75 66
Francis, Wesley WR 2014 2017 64 64 627 385 6263 16.2 1141 81 50
Turner, Lenny WR 2013 2018 78 34 611 345 5935 17.2 1216 71 53
$$Copeland, Bernie WR 2021 2027 112 51 597 341 5778 16.9 864 70 55
McKelvey, Clay WR 2006 2013 126 79 709 364 5601 15.3 684 57 46
Ochs, Jeffrey WR 2010 2013 62 60 568 317 5395 17.0 1082 74 43
Hutchins, Bobby WR 2006 2011 88 65 594 331 5386 16.2 670 55 39
$$Shillingford, GrahamWR 2018 2026 129 36 464 252 4550 18.0 713 86 38
Fuld, Tony WR 2013 2015 47 38 421 238 4194 17.6 812 87 44
Dotson, Erik WR 2007 2009 46 40 416 228 4153 18.2 876 79 33

Player Pos Drp PPly TPct
$$Grier, Drew WR 2021 52 3481 27.6
$$Dahnke, Eddie WR 2019 42 3084 27.1
Francis, Wesley WR 2014 30 1918 32.6
Turner, Lenny WR 2013 48 1859 32.8
$$Copeland, Bernie WR 2021 32 2596 22.9
McKelvey, Clay WR 2006 36 3066 23.1
Ochs, Jeffrey WR 2010 37 2141 26.5
Hutchins, Bobby WR 2006 20 2289 25.9
$$Shillingford, GrahamWR 2018 45 2691 17.2
Fuld, Tony WR 2013 18 1199 35.1
Dotson, Erik WR 2007 13 1411 29.4


Defensive Statistics

Player Pos Strt End GP GS Tckl Asst Sack Blkd Hurr
Morici, Earl OLB 2010 2018 138 117 646 206 41.0 7 48
Tyler, Tom ILB 2008 2020 201 156 642 240 23.5 3 21
Paulson, Charles ILB 2005 2014 152 114 617 201 15.5 6 21
Van Dam, Kerry CB 2005 2018 199 160 553 204 2.0 0 2
Jacobs, Morris S 2008 2014 110 109 522 193 0.0 0 1
$$Meier, Marvin S 2020 2027 116 84 447 184 2.0 0 1
$$Shula, Nick CB 2016 2023 118 101 422 142 3.0 0 0
Clarke, Dan CB 2014 2025 134 67 408 82 1.0 0 4
$$Bouse, Johnny ILB 2022 2027 93 75 407 148 8.0 3 8
Abrams, Geoff S 2006 2011 92 92 398 148 1.0 0 0
Arends, Donovan CB 2005 2012 103 101 398 100 0.0 0 3
Hebert, Arnie CB 2009 2015 111 91 359 119 2.0 0 1
McCarthy, Leslie CB 2014 2024 148 45 349 64 1.0 1 3
Upshaw, Jared OLB 2008 2017 157 106 343 106 12.5 2 8
Currie, Donnell DT 2019 2023 70 70 327 127 43.0 15 126
$$Lima, Matthew CB 2022 2027 83 70 325 95 2.0 0 0
$$Jordan, Winfred S 2015 2021 106 85 317 127 2.0 0 1
$$Badger, Lee OLB 2016 2019 64 64 301 95 3.5 6 3
Runnels, Deon S 2005 2011 111 31 301 88 1.0 0 1
Miner, Cris S 2013 2017 79 56 288 93 2.0 1 2
$$Roberson, Marshall OLB 2020 2027 120 74 287 103 7.0 1 1
Joyner, Larry ILB 2005 2010 83 49 282 97 3.0 0 3
Urlacher, Chad OLB 2007 2012 72 72 278 111 29.5 13 30
Ferguson, Cris DE 2009 2019 150 102 262 106 40.5 36 105
Blair, Jackie DE 2021 2027 99 99 252 112 74.0 37 242
Messerly, Vernon DE 2010 2016 98 95 244 87 70.0 34 190
Katt, Tim DE 2007 2011 75 75 193 74 30.0 22 80
Flannery, Junior DE 2015 2021 101 70 179 84 24.5 14 77
Hutchins, Jonathan DE 2016 2023 114 73 166 67 41.0 26 92

Player Pos RPly PPly PRPct TkPct
Morici, Earl OLB 2010 2761 3919 2.4 12.7
Tyler, Tom ILB 2008 3289 4414 1.0 11.4
Paulson, Charles ILB 2005 2826 3589 1.1 12.7
Van Dam, Kerry CB 2005 3858 5461 0.0 8.1
Jacobs, Morris S 2008 2601 3959 0.0 10.8
$$Meier, Marvin S 2020 2051 3113 0.0 12.2
$$Shula, Nick CB 2016 2625 3796 0.0 8.7
Clarke, Dan CB 2014 2011 3536 0.1 8.8
$$Bouse, Johnny ILB 2022 1800 2397 0.7 13.2
Abrams, Geoff S 2006 2170 3091 0.0 10.3
Arends, Donovan CB 2005 2632 3475 0.0 8.1
Hebert, Arnie CB 2009 2298 3695 0.0 7.9
McCarthy, Leslie CB 2014 1591 2887 0.1 9.2
Upshaw, Jared OLB 2008 1940 2302 0.9 10.5
Currie, Donnell DT 2019 1813 2524 7.2 10.4
$$Lima, Matthew CB 2022 1684 2704 0.0 9.5
$$Jordan, Winfred S 2015 2214 3215 0.0 8.1
$$Badger, Lee OLB 2016 1377 1831 0.6 12.3
Runnels, Deon S 2005 1493 2032 0.0 11.0
Miner, Cris S 2013 1431 2301 0.2 10.2
$$Roberson, Marshall OLB 2020 1436 1713 0.5 12.3
Joyner, Larry ILB 2005 1105 1151 0.5 16.7
Urlacher, Chad OLB 2007 1673 2449 2.9 9.4
Ferguson, Cris DE 2009 2509 3479 5.2 6.1
Blair, Jackie DE 2021 2348 3519 10.0 6.2
Messerly, Vernon DE 2010 2194 3290 8.9 6.0
Katt, Tim DE 2007 1716 2485 5.3 6.3
Flannery, Junior DE 2015 1753 2661 4.3 5.9
Hutchins, Jonathan DE 2016 2089 3169 5.0 4.4

Note: I removed players who didn't play a significant role with the chargers, but still accumulated enough tackles to make the leaderboard.

Pass Coverage Statistics

Player Pos Strt End GP GS Ints IRYd TD Defn Cght PPly PDPct
Van Dam, Kerry CB 2005 2018 199 160 32 302 1 141 412 5461 20.0
Hebert, Arnie CB 2009 2015 111 91 15 160 1 125 255 3695 20.4
$$Shula, Nick CB 2016 2023 118 101 26 427 3 122 273 3796 20.5
Jacobs, Morris S 2008 2014 110 109 19 296 1 109 227 3959 20.4
Arends, Donovan CB 2005 2012 103 101 28 361 1 98 279 3475 20.1
Abrams, Geoff S 2006 2011 92 92 12 124 1 90 198 3091 20.2
$$Jordan, Winfred S 2015 2021 106 85 18 126 0 88 171 3215 20.6
Tyler, Tom ILB 2008 2020 201 156 4 53 1 86 275 4414 19.4
McCarthy, Leslie CB 2014 2024 148 45 8 141 0 81 203 2887 19.9
$$Lima, Matthew CB 2022 2027 83 70 23 222 0 77 191 2704 20.5
$$Meier, Marvin S 2020 2027 116 84 14 129 0 76 180 3113 20.2
Clarke, Dan CB 2014 2025 134 67 16 168 0 69 262 3536 19.5
Morici, Earl OLB 2010 2018 138 117 1 0 0 61 216 3919 19.4

Blocking Statistics

Player Pos Strt End GP GS KRB KRO BPct SkA
Bernard, Adam C 2015 2023 132 118 170 506 33.5 34
Diaz, Marty T 2013 2023 155 138 170 466 36.4 42
Goodwin, Ross T 2013 2024 160 159 148 425 34.8 43
$$Luchene, B.J. C 2017 2027 146 106 146 443 32.9 23
Jarvis, Frank C 2007 2013 92 85 145 443 32.7 39
Robbins, Pete C 2007 2014 97 97 140 425 32.9 19
Stennett, Timothy G 2010 2019 147 117 139 363 38.2 36
Montgomery, B.J. T 2005 2008 62 62 131 389 33.6 18
DeAngelis, J.T. G 2013 2018 96 85 107 302 35.4 28
Hall, Mao C 2009 2012 61 55 98 284 34.5 14
$$Rivera, Keith C 2021 2027 107 66 97 266 36.4 12
$$Nahm, Jesse G 2019 2024 95 82 93 306 30.3 29
Hoang, Les T 2008 2012 59 58 70 218 32.1 21
$$DeLoach, Preston T 2022 2026 74 56 69 209 33.0 28
Prescott, Leland G 2007 2012 72 54 69 198 34.8 16
Acevedo, Donovan FB 2006 2009 62 55 51 151 33.7 6
Gillespie, Ken FB 2014 2018 70 37 47 121 38.8 6

Okay, that should do it. Hope you enjoyed the show.

[JeffW]

Dean who?

Really nice job with the dynasty, thanks for providing a good story.

Thanks and your welcome. :cool: