GroupThink - 1995 offseason

[QuikSand]

GroupThink – Little Rock Rollers

This is a continuation of the GroupThink career, managing the Little Rock Rollers. The career started in 1990, and has been jointly managed by several of the regular FOFC members, with input from numerous others.

All are welcome to download the game files, and join in the discussions. (Note: the game files will rename your cities and teams, so back up your own universe directory before overwriting those files)

GroupThink Original File (http://unixweb1.brick.net/~agency/fofc_gt/FOFC_GT.zip)

For the detailed history of the Little Rock Rollers, here are previous threads that can get you up to speed:

GroupThink beginnings (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4831)
House Rules (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5279)
1991 offseason (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5700)
1991 regular season (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5809)
1992 offseason (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5944)
1992 regular season (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6159)
1993 offseason (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6242)
1993 regular season (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6422)
1994 season (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6496)


And, in case you’d rather cut to the chase – here is the club’s record of success to date, after our taking over the franchise in 1990 (after the original one-player universe settled into maturity):


Year Team Eval Perf Diff Proft FrVal Record Playoffs
1994 LTR 74 95 70 75 62 15-4-0 Conference Champion
1993 LTR 73 95 72 86 50 15-4-0 Conference Champion
1992 LTR 70 100 75 90 35 15-4-0 Bowl Winner
1991 LTR 54 66 76 80 22 12-6-0 Division Final



To download the GroupThink files:

Backup the contents of your current "universe" folder
Download the linked "Original File" above
Download the two update files attached to the posts later in this thread
Extract all three files into your universe directory
(you won't have the boxscores and game logs, but you'll be up to speed)


So, join in, play along, join the staff or just let us know what you think!

[QuikSand]

1995 offseason

Retirements

We start each year with a look at the retirement list. And as we may have feared, Roger Pritchett has decided he’s had enough. Probably fair of him – he comes off a season where he watched his understudy explode onto the league scene, but Roger showed everyone he was still getting it done when he was called upon late in the season to provide some leadership. An excellent career, and he’s one of those guys we’re glad to have gotten a ring. Way to go Roger!


Staff and Financial Decisions

Both our coach and scout remain under contract, and we have little reason to complain with either one. Both are young and good – and the team is playing well. No worries.

Financially, we dropped slightly back into the red this year, losing about $6.5 million. Our bonuses went up over $50 million, though, so part of that is illusory. No need to panic – we are doing pretty well on the books, as well as on the field.

We make a modest increase in ticket prices, keeping well below the nearest teams, and among the lowest in the nation. (I use Tijuana as a benchmark, theirs are very low)


Free agency situation

We may not use the franchise tag, since we used it last year on SS Donnie Bridgeman, and apparently the game enforces some weird rule that even though we have since re-worked a long term deal with him, he still essentially carries the tag. (I’ve heard people argue that this mirrors real life, I’m suspicions myself…) Regardless, it’s not an option for us this year – even if we wanted to, which I don’t know about.


As it stands, we have 37 players signed to contracts, and seven picks in the coming draft. That leaves us with nine real holes to fill, plus an additional seven rookie invitees to camp. We have $41.84m in cap room, with our draft expected to cost us $11.9 million – so we have something like $30 million to spend to fill those 9+7 spots. Fine.


Under our rules, we are obliged to make a contract offer to players who are fan favorites or idolized, and are the most popular player on the team at their position. For this year, that means we are compelled to put in the following offers:

MLB Lonnie Bell – 2yr, $6.3m, $3.1m this year
LT Hardy Woolridge – 3yr, $8.4m, $2.3m this year

Not too bad, after all – assuming we get them back, which seems very likely. Woolridge suffered a major injury, but at least he’s still a serviceable backup. Bell has just eroded from his once-solid self, and is now reserve material. And in both cases, let’s remember, they are coming out of much fatter contracts – so we are getting cap relief compared to last season, even if we re-sign them at these new deals.


Among our players now testing the free agent waters is 5th year CB Irv Boyd. He has been solid for us, as a former first round pick, but he will now cost us some $10 million this year and up after that, if we are to re-sign him. This may challenge the nature of our commitment to the CB position.


So, without further ado, I will post the files for updating, and we can look at all this together, and start formulating an offseason plan.

[QuikSand]

Here is the first file update

[QuikSand]

And here is the second:

[cthomer5000]

Oh god... look at Crawford. time to find an Idolized RB immediately.

EDIT: ugh, his popularity is a 98, it'll be tough to top.. :( At least he'll be cheap in 3 years.

[QuikSand]

Well, it seems to me that our main need areas are:

Left tackle (we’re now basically void there)
Running back (complement or backup to Biggs)
Cornerback (we might get by with our current starters, I guess)
Center (either re-sign Kramer :gulp: or else find someone to start)
Defensive tackle (could use improvement at starter, plus security past this year)
Defensive End (We could use more quality and depth than we have)
Kicker (Covington is asking for pretty big money)

[QuikSand]

Some fairly affordable free agents worth a look:

LG John Webb – at the very least, a solid 6th lineman
C Leo Johnstone – same thing, possible starter at center even
LT Lenny Bradley – cheap option at left tackle, perhaps
CB Wally Peterson – wants minsal, some reasonable skills


While T Tracy Pederson is no superstar, he is another cheap possibility at left tackle for us. He is a bit run-inclined (no longer in real keeping with our team philosophy) but still is passable.

At safety, I see that we started Richie Beyer all last year, but at this point, it seems that young Jerald Brooks might be a batter fit. However, there are a number of free agents who might work into the picture as well – like Melvin Houston (f we want to spend some real money) or Bubba Nichols (if we want to go cheap).

[cthomer5000]

I second the thoughts about taking a look at G John Webb and FS Bubba Nichols. They seem like pretty soild values. Making some moves like that could help us use cash to go after 1 real impact player.

[Doug5984]

Originally posted by QuikSand
Well, it seems to me that our main need areas are:

Left tackle (we’re now basically void there)
Running back (complement or backup to Biggs)
Cornerback (we might get by with our current starters, I guess)
Center (either re-sign Kramer :gulp: or else find someone to start)
Defensive tackle (could use improvement at starter, plus security past this year)
Defensive End (We could use more quality and depth than we have)
Kicker (Covington is asking for pretty big money)

Looking at the draft....
LT- It appears to be fairly week at this position, we have the # 7 pick in the 2nd round and I could see a guy like Tyrus Bensen being there, and being a solid pickup.
RB- Oh lord Crawford is horrible now....eh...That salary is gonna hurt us...In the draft if a player like TJ Aguillera fell to us at # 31, we should think about picking him, but I doubt he will last that long...after the top 2 guys in this class it isn't t hat strong, I have seen much better...I am not sure what we should do here.
CB- If one of the top 3 falls to us at # 10 I think we should pick one of them, Blaine Houston looks like he would be a great fit in our defense. (I am assuming we are letting Irv Boyd leave?)
C- this appears to be a 'normal' looking draft at this position, a guy like Mercury de Leon might be a good pickup in the 3rd round, if we don't sign someone in FA.
DT- I am gonna let prime handle this at DE, he is much better at spotting talent here than I am...one thing is though we need to be very careful when drafting a DT, I noticed quite a few guys who are to small to be moved to another DT position.
DE- Same thing as DT
K- I think we should look to FA to find our guy.

[primelord]

I won't have time to look through this until tonight. I hate to hold things up, but if you guys don't mind I'd rather we didn't move forward until I can look at the files this evening. Thanks.

[QuikSand]

My inclination is that we probably do have sufficient cap space this year to pursue one star-caliber player. If we book the contracts for our fan favorites at $5.4, that still leaves us with $25 million for 14 open spots. Assuming that the last 7 of those wil only costs us a total of something like $4m, that calculates to around $21 million for 7 slots. If we figure veteran minsal is average for five of those - maybe $1m each - that gets us to $16 milion left for two players. In my mind, that could easily be a $10 million impact signing, plus another $5m or so to spend on a solid player, or else distribute among a few minor upgrades in several places (up those $1m guys to $2m guys, that sort of thing).

So, I'm thinking that our cap plan for this year can, and probably should, include one solid free agent acquisition. For those of you looking at potential signings, let's keep that in mind - nobody has to be off the table.

[QuikSand]

I'd like to go after a monster DT (would be a good fit for our system and upcoming needs) and I think DT Karl Sinard might be the right guy. He plays on the left side, which means we'd have to move Clifton Ramsey back to the right side - where he actually has more experience (he will benefit from teh move).

Sinard can probably be gotten fomr something like $10-11 million a year.

The twist here is that Clifton Ramsey is:

a) up for a new contract next year;
b) asking for a huge truckload of money already; and
c) a fan favorite.

So, it looks like we will have little choice but to pursue him at some godawful sum... which we may need to plan for here a bit.

Maybe if we go after a big-time free agent, we only offer a one year deal? Consider this: we sign a guy like Sinard to a deal for 1yr, $12 million. Next year, we have both Sinard and Ramsey to deal with, and we probably can only sign one of them... but since they are both our own free agents, we work the market. If we get outbid on Ramsey, we put in a bid for Sinard. If not, we probably don't.

Mostly just thinking out loud here... but for right now, if we want to spend up to the cap, maybe Sinard is the best guy to go after.

[Bee]

At LT I like Irving Armstrong a lot as a free agent.

The G John Webb that cthomer mentioned also looks good to me. Also, C Leo Johnstone is decent looking as well. I wouldn't mind keeping our options open with our backup center Donovan Jackson as well.

Also, RT Bryan Fassero might also be a decent backup.

Edit: All these guys are cheap, always a good thing. ;)

[QuikSand]

Since we hold the #10 pick overall, I thought I'd toss out a few possible directions to go with that pick, if they come to pass.

CB Blaine Houston looks like a good fit, at a need area. He should develop intoa dominant zone defender, and good all-around player.

LT Jeffrey Del Greco is probably the best at that position, also one of serious need. Some possible doubt about his development, but I'd be optimistic. He should be a stellar pass blocker. If not, I do see several LT prospects who should be there at #31 or #42 - I'd be optimistic we could get a starter in this draft, if we so desire.

[primelord]

Quik,

Do you like DT Sinard more than DT Hammontree just because of the salary difference? Or do you see something else in the ratings that makes you like Sinard more?

[primelord]

Another guy who is interesting at a need position is LCB Joel Chan. He is a guy we considered drafting and has developed quite nicely. His skills are perfect for our system and despite being better than Irv Boyd he is actually looking for a good deal less money. The amount of money he is looking for is very reasonable compared to the top CB's in the league. Is there anyway we could make a push for him and a stud DT.

I know we may be able to get a guy like Houston in the draft, but Chan is already ready for primetime. Just something to think about.

[QuikSand]

Originally posted by primelord
Quik,

Do you like DT Sinard more than DT Hammontree just because of the salary difference? Or do you see something else in the ratings that makes you like Sinard more?

Actually, primelord, I'm following your lead here. While my usual inclination is to look for run stoopers at DT, you have previously (and properly) indicated that in our defensive scheme, we need get maximum QB pressure from our front four, meaning that the tackles need to be in on the act.

In Sinard, I see a guy whose lkast two seaons marked 5.6 and 5.8 in PRPct, which are pretty solid for a DT. He posted 12.5 sacks last year, showing that given full playing time, he can definitely contribute to the pass rush. He's certainly adequatre against the run as well.

Hammontree seems to be somewhat more balanced, but as is often true in this game, balance often means mediocity. Look at his PRPct ratings - he averages 3.2 over the last three years of full-time play. He might be a bit better against the run, but it seems like we give up a lot against the pass with him.

So, overall, for our system, I think Sinard is the best fit. He'd be able to start full time, and should help with pass pressure as well as overall play on the line - he'd be a monstrous upgrade over what we have, and is far better than anyone I see in this draft.

[QuikSand]

Affording a DT and a CB from free agency, probably totaling $18-20 million between them, would clearly cause us serious hardship - both immediately and especially on the future. Looking to next season, we'll have a huge contract demand from DT Ramsey, and will need to offer one to DT Hammond as well. Tough to say how big a crisis we'd be in, but two major escvalating contracts wouuld certainly make things tougher.

[QuikSand]

Bee, what is our plan for this year at LG? I see we went with Penick there last year - is he going to start again? ARe you happy about that?

There may be an opportunity to upgrade there via free agency - and at the same time save money, by cutting Penick and signing a FA. Please check it out, from your perspective. I'd like to take the cut there if we can still feel good about what's on the field.

[primelord]

Quik,

Your thoughts on Sinard sound good to me. I agree we should go after him. I understand if we can't go after both a DT and CB. And it probably wouldn't make much sense since there may be a guy perfect for us available at our first draft pick.

Just to float another thought out there is it possible to pursue a 1 year deal with Chan? He isn't a fan favorite so the financial burden would be limited to one season and then if we took Houston he could take over the following year. That may not be the best way to sepnd our money, and I won't be terribly disappointed if we do go that route. It was just something I wanted to throw out there.

[Bee]

Originally posted by QuikSand
Bee, what is our plan for this year at LG? I see we went with Penick there last year - is he going to start again? ARe you happy about that?

There may be an opportunity to upgrade there via free agency - and at the same time save money, by cutting Penick and signing a FA. Please check it out, from your perspective. I'd like to take the cut there if we can still feel good about what's on the field.

If we can pick up Webb I have no problems letting Penick go. Actually, I have no problems letting Penick go immediately, since I would guess Gaines will still be available after free agency if we are unable to sign Webb for some reason.

[QuikSand]

Fair enough, Bee - that helps.

[QuikSand]

primelord, if we want to offer a one year deal to CB Chan, it's going to cost us something like $11 million just to get him to accept. That looks awfully steep to me - and rather tough to afford.

I understand your interests in getting him - I agree he'd be a great fit - but it would take an awful lot of work to do so. Stay tuned.

[QuikSand]

At the moment, I have the following offers pending for the first week of free agency:

C Johnstone - 2yrs, $2.5m
G Webb - 2yrs, $2.8m
T Woolridge - 3yrs, $8.4m
DT Sinard - 1yr, $12m
LB Bell - 3yr, $6.3m
S Nichols - 3yr, $5.8m

If we got all these guys, we'd have some decent depth at safety, some decent options at the OL, and a new star addition to our defensive line.

I don't have any idea how likely it would be to get DT Sinard this way - I'm just guessing with the $12m offer - dunno how he'll feel about 1yr/$12m versus, say, 5yrs/$55m... any thoughts?

[QuikSand]

I've added a cheap offer to young CB Leslie Cobbs - a decent guy who could serve for a year or two as our #4 or #5 corner, if needed. No risk - two year minsal deal.

[strait8]

Hi Guys, hope its ok if I join in?

If you are going to draft a tacle which is a bit of gamble in any round, I would look to sign this guy as a bridge starter or solid backup. He can be had for about 2 mill/Year including bonus.

Not great but cheap and solid.

[strait8]

This guy has good skills but lacks blocking strength. He looks like a possible backup. He is asking 1.3 mill no bonus

[strait8]

It looks like the team needs a solid backup at MLB. take a look at this player. good potential against the run and possibly a great pass rusher.

he comes with the virtue of being a thrifty pick.

[Bee]

Originally posted by strait8
Hi Guys, hope its ok if I join in?

If you are going to draft a tacle which is a bit of gamble in any round, I would look to sign this guy as a bridge starter or solid backup. He can be had for about 2 mill/Year including bonus.

Not great but cheap and solid.

I like Armstrong a lot too. I think he could start for us the first year if we draft someone in the second round and next year we could use him as a backup.

[wade moore]

Again a busy weekend for me.. I agree with all talk on the offensive side of the ball.. we seem to have moved to more of a passing offense, so Crawfords slide isn't as big of a hit as it could have been... on that note though, it would be nice tog et someon ein the draft that can step in to spell Biggs... McAfee did his part, but a more solid answer incase of injury would be nice..

[QuikSand]

strait8, we're glad to have you checking in. I wonder about MLB - we probably will end up re-signing our old man former starter Lonnie Bell, which would give us a passable backup MLB. The guy you noted there is decent, but a little weak in zone coverage - which our defensive scheme uses very heavily.

Bee, what do you think of this guy Armstrong at tackle? There are a fair number of decent cheap guys out there... Armstrong is solid, but not great against the pass. Do you think we shoud pursue someone to play LT?

[primelord]

Assuming we land Sinard, Bell, and we get our CB in the draft then we still probably need a little depth at DE and at WLB.

A guy like WLB Edward Pearson may make some sense as a backup. He is only looking for 4.5 Mil over 2 years and has put up pretty decent numbers when he has had playing time. Thenw e could look for some depth at DE in the draft.

[primelord]

Dola,

We could also look at bringing Donnell Wilkerson back. He still has pretty decent ratings and is looking for a cheap contract. We could either move him back to WLB (I am sure he has a lot more experience at that position so he should make the switch easily) or we could shift Peabody over to WLB.

[QuikSand]

Hmmm... I kinda like the idea of bringing back Wilkerson. He's still very strong against the run, and solid in coverage. Good fit for our system, and not asking for much money. I've put in an offer at his initial request.

[QuikSand]

I have also added a bid for T Irving Armstrong - he'll be a backup plan in case we don't get a ready-to-go tackle in the draft (as we hope to).

[QuikSand]

Free Agency

We have a reasonable set of target players in free agency this year – if we land everyone, we will probably fill up all our cap room (maybe a little bit more). But our team comes into this season fairly intact – we’re not really falling apart.


After the first week, we have the top pending offer to each and every one of our pursuits – that’s a good sign. Even with DT Sinard, where I half expected a battle, we have the only offer on the table to him.

However, in week three, there’s bad news. Pensacola has signed C Rondell Kramer, our former starter inside. And in addition, they have put a good offer up for DT Karl Sinard, making our pursuit there less likely to pan out.

It takes until week six to untangle, but eventually DT Karl Sinard chooses our one-year deal for $12 million ahead of Pensacola’s 5-year offer for $51. I guess that worked out well, then.

I release G Andre Penick from our squad, in order to make a little cap room. C Leo Johnston is the last FA to sign with us, in week 10. That wraps everything up – once again, we got all our pursuits.


Here we are with $17m in cap room, meaning just over $5m after we settle up with our draft picks. That should be fine – I’m already eyeing up a new deal with QB Benjamin Newton, who looks like he’ll be our backup this season.


Rookie Draft

We have four early picks this year – at 10, 31, 39, and 63. That should net us several players who can help right away. Our top need spots seem to be CB and LT in some order – I see CB Blaine Houston as our top pursuit with this early selection, if he’s available.


1. Manhattan - Rachmaninoff, Tim, RB, Utah
2. Norfolk - McGregor, Harris, WR, California
3. Fort Knox - Keith, Jake, T, Mississippi State
4. Tijuana - Kerr, Thurman, CB, Wisconsin
5. Ypsilanti - Del Greco, Jeffrey, T, Kansas State
6. Tulsa - Preece, Carl, DT, Fordham
7. Niagara Falls - Londerville, Michael, WR, Arizona State
8. Death Valley - Morton, Al, DE, Southern University
9. Champaign - Perreault, Cris, DT, Illinois


Personally, I saw LT Jeffrey Del Greco as the other contender for this pick – so in my mind, I know where I want to go. I’ll stop the progress here, and we’ll let everyone have a look before we collectively leap.

[QuikSand]

Here is the first file:

[primelord]

No shock here but my vote is for Houston.

[QuikSand]

Here is the second:

[Doug5984]

I'll second a vote for CB Houston.

[wade moore]

Houston even works for me.. I'm quite happy with what we have coming intot he offense at this point..

Just a heads up.. Blaine, McAlister, and Morrell all will end their contracts this year.. we may want to look into picking up an SE?

[QuikSand]

Good point, wade. Do you think we'll need to keep any of the above? I see taht even Morrell is asking for big bucks.

This WR corps could go down in history... these are five guys who are probably all among the top 25 receivers in the league, in terms of skill. We'll be seeing our former players for years, I'm guessing.

[QuikSand]

Okay, here is the draft so far:


10. Little Rock - Houston, Blaine, CB, Boston College

11. Thunder Bay - Aguillard, T.J., RB, Duke
12. Nashua - Kirk, Jerry, CB, Michigan
13. Napa Valley - Bourne, Brock, T, Arizona
14. Providence - Woodworth, Quentin, DE, Bucknell
15. Memphis - Doyle, Luke, QB, Northern Arizona
16. Key West - Wells, Marvin, G, St. Peter's, NJ.
17. Athens - Benson, Tyrus, T, Rutgers
18. Hawk Mountain - Damico, Craig, T, Texas Tech
19. Mazatlan - Stephens, J.J., DE, Illinois
20. Cheyenne - Lincoln, Vinny, WR, Wisconsin
21. Providence - Newsome, Ethan, T, Tulane
22. Wheeling - Sutter, Cris, DE, Arizona State
23. Fort Wayne - Johnston, George, T, Vanderbilt
24. Pensacola - Dixon, Jason, OLB, Notre Dame
25. Cheyenne - Ramczyk, Alvin, CB, Tulane
26. Bermuda - Rickard, Lewis, G, Virginia
27. Sacramento - Stroup, Tommy, TE, Boston College
28. Louisville - Crichton, Nick, T, UCLA
29. Key West - Sizemore, Timothy, QB, Duke
30. Sault Ste. Marie - Johnstone, Adrian, T, Notre Dame


The OT pickings have really thinned out at this point... if we want a future starter, we probably have to pick now, and settle for what's here. Otherwise, we try to get by for a year, and do better next time. Best guys left seem to be Cedric McGee and Rodney Everett - both of whom look like really nice third round picks to me.

But there aren't a lot of tempting options elsewhere, as I see it... there are several solid receivers, but past that I don't see much to love out there.

[QuikSand]

Well, with two tackles left on the board, not much else that looks too appetizing, and another pick coming up pretty shortly... do we want to again put on the table the idea of trading up to get an additional first rounder next season?

Your GM has been on the phone already...Fort Knox, who holds pick #3 this year, will accept our immediate pick, plus next year's 4th and 5th, in exchange for their #1 next year.

[primelord]

I say pull the trigger on that deal.

[Bee]

Originally posted by primelord
I say pull the trigger on that deal.

ditto

[QuikSand]

So, we accept the deal with Fort Knox, and gain an extra pick in next year's draft - hopefully another top ten pick, as we've gotten this way before. The draft unfolds more or less in our favor:


31. Fort Knox - Cox, Kim, T, Temple
32. Texarkana - Schrock, Andrew, DE, Texas - El Paso
33. Manhattan - Briggs, Vernon, G, Middle Tenn. St.
34. Norfolk - Londerville, Greg, G, Minnesota - Duluth
35. Fort Knox - Field, Alfred, WR, Western Kentucky
36. Tijuana - Sanderson, Charles, DE, Arizona
37. Ypsilanti - Hopper, Leslie, T, Maryland
38. Tulsa - Lowe, Randall, S, Michigan State
39. Little Rock - McGee, Cedric, T, Southern California
40. Napa Valley - Beamon, Bucky, DE, Wake Forest
41. Champaign - Rice, Randy, DE, South Carolina
42. Ocean City - Money, Cole, G, Oregon State
43. Kitty Hawk - Stamps, Max, DE, Appalachian State
44. Nashua - Avery, Dixon, WR, Kentucky
45. Napa Valley - Waldron, Vinny, T, Alabama
46. Lake Erie - Barrere, Jeffrey, OLB, Oklahoma
47. Memphis - Fletcher, Harris, DT, Stanford
48. Puget Sound - Alexander, Corey, S, Brigham Young
49. Athens - Goodin, Stan, CB, Texas A&M
50. Hawk Mountain - Mueller, Scottie, G, Michigan State
51. Mazatlan - Kornblatt, Rusty, DT, Syracuse
52. Thunder Bay - Arnett, Jeffrey, ILB, Notre Dame
53. Providence - Doelle, Harvey, TE, Murray State
54. Fort Wayne - Donovan, Hardy, QB, Tennessee
55. Fort Wayne - Bookout, Nicky, ILB, Ball State
56. Pensacola - Deese, Ralph, QB, Michigan State
57. Cheyenne - Huffman, Heath, S, Oregon
58. Bermuda - Clinton, Neil, QB, Mansfield
59. Sacramento - Coakley, Howard, WR, Oregon
60. Louisville - Malone, Joe, OLB, UCLA
61. Key West - Bush, Jamie, DT, Missouri
62. Sault Ste. Marie - Newsome, Graham, DT, Auburn


That brings us to our late second round pick... seems like a good point to stop, and solicit thoughts and input.

[QuikSand]

Here is the first file:

[QuikSand]

Here is the second update file:

[QuikSand]

On my list of "hold your nose and take 'em" picks here are:

TE K.C. Newhart
LB Randall Diable (lousy zone rating, otherwise very solid)
G Derek Lofton
DT Calvin Loshbaugh (upside?)
WR Martin Ward (returner, plus decent reserve wideout)
WR Karl Dockery (anticipating next year's need for WR)
DE Shaun FLick (maybe some upside?)
S Ted Knight (might switch to corner, good zone skills)
LB Jermaine Joseph (upside?)
LT Rodney Everett (upside - but just picked there)
LB Randall harmon (mtm void not a major issue for us)
RT Alex Weatherspoon

These are mostly guys I'd like to be grabbing in about round four or five of a given draft, but that seems to be the "cream of the crap" where we are now.

[wade moore]

Just a quick note on the WRs... What we keep depends on what we get... if we don't get a solid SE, we may want to make a push to keep one that we have (probably McAlister, due to his past skills and we already pay him big bucks so it wouldn't really affect our salary cap)... Unless we get a stud RB, we could be hurting losing ALL of these guys at WR..

[wade moore]

If we're going to get a wideout, I would lean towards one that is more of a contributor as a receiver than a returner at this point.. I would have a hard time keeping Ward on our roster this year with all of the other guys we have... Dockery I could find more of an argument for, although he is still obviously quite lacking compared to our current options..

Of this group, I would go with Derek Lofton. LG is a relatively weak position for us, and I would like to see us infuse more youth into the line... He is balanced and a very strong blocker already, I wouldn't even mind seeing him get playing time this year..

[QuikSand]

Here's how the draft has gone thus far...


63. Little Rock - Lofton, Derek, G, Tulane

64. Texarkana - Lyle, Stanley, QB, Texas
65. Manhattan - Pierce, Mario, C, Mississippi State
66. Norfolk - Cash, Conrad, RB, Oregon State
67. Fort Knox - Diable, Randal, OLB, Georgia Tech
68. Tijuana - Newhart, K.C., TE, Ithaca
69. Ypsilanti - Hojnacki, Vernon, C, UCLA
70. Tulsa - Mattison, Neil, OLB, Arizona
71. Wheeling - Chmielewski, Oscar, G, Louisiana-Lafayette
73. Champaign - de Leon, Mercury, C, Houston
74. Ocean City - Chesser, Grady, DE, Texas A&M
75. Kitty Hawk - Strayhorn, Stanley, ILB, Kansas
76. Nashua - Luther, Isaac, DE, Colorado
77. Napa Valley - Knudson, Ethan, CB, Indiana
78. Lake Erie - Bennett, Dominic, DE, Virginia
79. Memphis - Ward, Martin, WR, Wake Forest
80. Puget Sound - Grolitzer, Eugene, DT, Washington
81. Athens - Palelei, Monty, RB, Brigham Young
82. Hawk Mountain - Peterson, Ernest, G, Fresno State
83. Ocean City - Hopper, Bart, RB, Florida
84. Thunder Bay - Farley, Kenneth, DT, Washington
85. Providence - Idler, Leland, ILB, West Virginia
86. Wheeling - Thomason, Toby, DT, Michigan State
87. Fort Wayne - Schwartz, Ted, DE, Norfolk State
88. Pensacola - Wansley, Norman, RB, Virginia Tech
89. Providence - Slone, Joel, OLB, Texas - El Paso
90. Bermuda - Rossi, Donny, DE, Washington
91. Sacramento - Harmon, Randal, OLB, Louisiana State
92. Louisville - Horner, Cary, S, Penn State
93. Key West - Page, Christian, OLB, Maryland
94. Sault Ste. Marie - Crawford, Tyrus, DE, Western Kentucky
95. Ocean City - Drake, J.J., QB, Boston College
96. Texarkana - Frederick, Paul, ILB, Stanford
97. Manhattan - Andersen, Louie, T, Vanderbilt
98. Norfolk - Irwin, Lance, OLB, Penn State
99. Fort Knox - Salmon, Matthew, WR, Temple
100. Tijuana - Davey, Jonathan, S, Boston College
101. Ypsilanti - Abernathy, Lance, OLB, Lafayette
102. Tulsa - Rubio, J.R., T, Vanderbilt
103. Niagara Falls - Lane, Deion, C, Alabama
104. Death Valley - Lester, Erik, T, Washington
105. Champaign - Singleton, David, DT, Pittsburgh
106. Ocean City - Glenn, D.J., C, Iowa
107. Kitty Hawk - Mathis, Calvin, T, West Virginia
108. Nashua - Loshbaugh, Calvin, DT, Iowa
109. Napa Valley - Kilpatrick, Xavier, G, Wisconsin
110. Lake Erie - Roman, Graham, DE, Southern Mississippi
111. Memphis - Kennedy, Percy, DT, Georgia Tech
112. Puget Sound - Lobert, Everett, CB, Wake Forest
113. Athens - Horton, Kendrick, CB, Eastern Kentucky
114. Hawk Mountain - Cailleteau, Dean, S, Alabama
115. Mazatlan - Wynn, C.J., DT, Kansas State
116. Thunder Bay - Cooper, Sammie, S, Florida State
117. Providence - Sims, Mickey, CB, UCLA
118. Wheeling - Duran, Harry, DT, Shippensburg
119. Fort Wayne - Cox, Terrell, C, Louisiana State
120. Pensacola - Bryant, David, G, Westminster
121. Cheyenne - Crane, Alvin, P, Louisiana Tech
122. Bermuda - Hastings, Clyde, TE, Alabama
123. Sacramento - Kruse, Wally, WR, Oklahoma
124. Louisville - Clements, Brian, DE, Kentucky
125. Key West - Scribner, J.B., G, Purdue
126. Sault Ste. Marie - White, Frank, CB, Notre Dame

127. Little Rock - Dockery, Karl, WR, Texas A&M

128. Texarkana - Everett, Rodney, T, Boston College
129. Manhattan - Cousin, O.J., CB, North Carolina State
130. Norfolk - Wallace, Alfred, QB, Pittsburgh
131. Fort Knox - Knight, Ted, S, Auburn
132. Tijuana - Burks, Andre, WR, North Carolina
133. Ypsilanti - Mungro, Sean, ILB, North Carolina
134. Tulsa - McDonald, Nathan, QB, Boston College
135. Niagara Falls - Wilmes, Randal, DT, Evansville
136. Death Valley - Moore, Neal, RB, Oklahoma
137. Champaign - Wells, David, OLB, Texas
138. Ocean City - Thomason, Richard, S, Wyoming
139. Kitty Hawk - Wagner, Kennedy, S, Evansville
140. Nashua - Lucio, Grant, TE, Maryland
141. Napa Valley - Dotson, Rondell, G, Arkansas State
142. Lake Erie - Oliveira, Lonnie, G, Kent
143. Memphis - Carr, Brandon, OLB, Notre Dame
144. Puget Sound - Stras, Rondell, OLB, Northwestern
145. Athens - Kirk, Shane, S, Humboldt State
146. Hawk Mountain - Mealey, Randy, S, Rutgers
147. Mazatlan - Wetnight, Roy, ILB, Michigan
148. Thunder Bay - Wachter, Lewis, OLB, Michigan
149. Providence - Eblen, J.B., RB, Southern California
150. Mazatlan - Paul, Winston, DE, Northern Michigan
151. Fort Wayne - Stokes, Xavier, OLB, Auburn
152. Pensacola - Richmond, Marcus, DE, Southern Mississippi
153. Cheyenne - Nardone, Gino, QB, Mississippi
154. Bermuda - Barber, Walt, G, Illinois
155. Tulsa - Louis, Jake, RB, Nebraska
156. Louisville - Starks, Donnell, WR, Iowa
157. Key West - Moore, Brad, TE, Southern California
158. Sault Ste. Marie - Dawkins, Dwight, G, Louisiana State
159. Ocean City - Roberts, Brad, S, Washington State
160. Texarkana - Boling, Thurman, TE, Tennessee - Martin
161. Manhattan - Weatherspoon, Alex, T, Southern California
162. Norfolk - Cipa, Dennis, OLB, Temple
163. Fort Knox - Paduano, Rich, RB, Wyoming
164. Key West - Barbee, Warren, RB, Montana State
165. Ypsilanti - Cribbs, Colin, G, Southern Mississippi
166. Tulsa - O'Donnell, Derek, DT, UNLV
167. Niagara Falls - Karl, Vinny, T, Arizona
168. Death Valley - Bellas, Ralph, DE, California
169. Texarkana - Strickland, Dana, G, Fayetteville St.
170. Memphis - Heath, Henry, OLB, Texas
171. Fort Knox - Tucker, Darren, FB, UCLA
172. Nashua - Fox, Luke, T, North Carolina State
173. Napa Valley - Page, Norman, OLB, South Carolina
174. Lake Erie - Weber, Timothy, T, Louisiana State
175. Memphis - Davison, Lonnie, S, Florida
176. Puget Sound - Reeves, Marc, WR, Georgia Tech
177. Athens - Lercius, Omar, OLB, South Carolina
178. Hawk Mountain - Bell, Dominic, CB, Bethune Cookman
179. Mazatlan - Wright, Toby, RB, Colorado
180. Thunder Bay - Shannon, Brian, OLB, Arkansas
181. Providence - St. Clair, Gary, S, UCLA
182. Fort Wayne - Witt, Jerry, DE, Pittsburgh
183. Fort Wayne - Burnett, Scott, CB, Arkansas Tech
184. Pensacola - MacLeod, Lonnie, DT, Eastern Illinois
185. Cheyenne - Pearson, Richie, ILB, Florida
186. Bermuda - Cepeda, Jessie, S, UNLV
187. Sacramento - Schultz, Wally, G, Tennessee
188. Louisville - Schneider, Ernest, WR, Kentucky
189. Key West - Robinson-Randall, Jon, G, Montana State
190. Sault Ste. Marie - Wissick, Eugene, OLB, Central Florida


There's a "squeaky wheel" parable that fits here, somewhere.

Anyway, this gets us to our sixth round pick... and I'll leave the floor open to suggestions.

[QuikSand]

Update file #1

[QuikSand]

Update file #2

[Bee]

I am pretty busy right now and haven't had much time to look at stuff. I'm hoping things will ease up at work next week sometime and I'll be able to concentrate on the important things like this dynasty. ;)

[QuikSand]

No worries, Bee - we've already grabbed two offensive linemen in this draft - so you should have plenty to work with upon your return to the fold. With a little luck, we'll see our new LT break out, and we'll be in fat city.

[wade moore]

At work, so I can't look until I get home.. Generally it would seem though that we could grab one of these positions here: RB, LB, C ..

Just from our past experience..

[primelord]

On the defensive side of the ball I kind of like SILB Allen Bronson at this pick. He has the size to move to any of LB positions we would need him to fill in at and has the ratings that fit our scheme very well.

Edit: Also are we thinking about making an offer to our RFA SS Ty Lincoln? He looks too good to just let walk. Especially considering Donnie Bridgeman can't have that many years left in him.

[primelord]

LDT James Beechler has that break out look to him.

Edit: Another guy who looks like he might make a capable backup is FS Byron Upshaw.

[QuikSand]

I, too, like DT Beechler - I think he's at the top of my list at the moment.

As for RB - this was a crappy draft for ball carriers, and I can't find anyone worth a hoot.

[cthomer5000]

I don't see anyone beyond who you guys have pointed out. I'd say wrap up the draft and lets move one.

[QuikSand]

Here is the rest of the draft:


191. Little Rock - Beechler, James, DT, Michigan
192. Tulsa - Paliwoda, Harvey, DE, Southern University
193. Providence - Peterson, Jerome, S, Southern California
194. Norfolk - Buxton, Michael, TE, Indiana
195. Fort Knox - Stuart, Edgar, CB, Florida State
196. Tijuana - Phillips, Monty, WR, Florida State
197. Ypsilanti - Banks, Stan, S, Iowa
198. Tulsa - Lane, Herb, CB, Houston
199. Niagara Falls - Knight, Gus, CB, San Diego State
200. Death Valley - Finn, Jessie, CB, Central Connecticut
201. Champaign - Earnest, Jackie, WR, Temple
202. Ocean City - Brandon, Louie, WR, Texas - El Paso
203. Kitty Hawk - Matthews, Levon, RB, Pittsburgh
204. Nashua - Schofer, Winston, WR, Arizona
205. Napa Valley - Benton, Kenyon, TE, Georgetown
206. Lake Erie - Batiste, A.J., T, Miami, Florida
207. Memphis - Upshaw, Byron, S, Minnesota
208. Puget Sound - Gabay, Patrick, OLB, Oklahoma
209. Athens - Meyer, Jake, OLB, North Texas
210. Hawk Mountain - Tench, Trevor, WR, Western Michigan
211. Mazatlan - Fox, Erik, TE, Louisville
212. Thunder Bay - Lane, Isaac, CB, South Carolina
213. Providence - Reeves, Ernie, WR, Ball State
214. Wheeling - Rayburn, Vince, C, Louisiana State
215. Fort Wayne - Abel, Jeff, CB, Georgia Tech
216. Pensacola - Lindsay, Todd, DT, West Texas A&M
217. Cheyenne - Reynolds, Cornell, C, Texas Christian
218. Nashua - Tucker, Maurice, CB, Arkansas State
219. Sacramento - Deluca, Billy, RB, Northwestern
220. Louisville - Probin, Bob, P, Bowling Green
221. Key West - Crouse, Derrick, WR, SW Texas St.
222. Sault Ste. Marie - Gaines, Rufus, G, Ohio State
223. Little Rock - Richmond, Lenny, RB, Cheyney
224. Texarkana - Weibel, Devin, CB, Missouri


I'll go ahead and sign a number of URFAs, and we'll get ready for training camp.

[QuikSand]

Here's an update file:

[QuikSand]

Here's the second update file:

[QuikSand]

I see now that I hjave nto re-signed K Covington, nor any rookie to replace him - so that's something we'd need to do. We also have a few million below the salary cap... and that might raise a question or two.

Should we, perhaps, try to re-sign CB Irv Boyd, whose demands have dropped? What about LB Alan Martinez, who is pretty affordable, and probably batter than most of the reserves we currently have?

Some things yet to resolve before training camp, I suppose.

[wade moore]

For some reason I can't d/l the files but it may be my system..

We obviously need a kicker.. what is covington asking for at this point?

[primelord]

What about SS Ty Lincoln?

[primelord]

Originally posted by primelord
What about SS Ty Lincoln?

Apparently we already signed him. :)

[primelord]

Do we really even want Covington back? He missed 8 FG's last season. Not exactly stellar. I can't imagine a guy like URFA Erik Buckner doing much worse.

As far as Irv Boyd I would love to resign him, but I think Houston is going to be better in the long run so it may not be the best place to tie up long term money. I agree resigning Alan Martinez probably makes a lot of sense here. He would provide us with a lot of good depth at LB.

[cthomer5000]

Covington has won us a lot of games, and has hit some from gigantic distances.. It's worth a least seriously considering keeping him.

[QuikSand]

I thought the decision on Covington was worth making as a group... we have the cash, but as I recall he wants something like $1.7 million. We can sign a rookie for $540,000 I believe.

I am pretty indifferent. I don't want things to come down to our kicker, so worrying about seems like planning to lose.

[QuikSand]

Originally posted by primelord
Apparently we already signed him. :)

Sorry, I forgot to note that. I re-signed him, and switched his spot - he might compete for a starting job this year and beyond.

primelord, you may need to evaluate the secondary, and decide who might need a position switch back there.

Are we going to start our young corners? I was surprised to see that our top young corner sat on the bench nearly all of last year - are we going to toss our young guns out there this season, or go with the seasoned guys with less upside?

[primelord]

Originally posted by QuikSand
Are we going to start our young corners? I was surprised to see that our top young corner sat on the bench nearly all of last year - are we going to toss our young guns out there this season, or go with the seasoned guys with less upside?

That was an accident. Maffett was originally the starter, but he was injured early and I just plain forgot to put him back in the lineup. I unfortunately didn't catch that until the championship game. :)

Our two young CB's will start this season.

[wade moore]

At K, I can't see spending the money for Covington.. I say we sign one of the URFAs, either Buckner or Wilke..

On another front... we now have 6 WRs... I wonder about our need/ability to keep 6 on the roster... do we need to consider trading one of our studs that we're going to lose anyways, so that we can get something out of him rather than just cutting him?

Elsewhere, I'm happy with what we have on offense.. I just looked through the line, and from top to bottom, this may be the best line we've had if you count the depth.. I've never been so sure that if someone gets hurt, we have a sub that is just as capable..

This season should be anohter good one...

[QuikSand]

I'd support trading a wideout. Good call, wade.

[wade moore]

In that case, I would say that we should trade either Perea or Blaine, as I would push for keeping McAlister next year...

[Bee]

Originally posted by wade moore
In that case, I would say that we should trade either Perea or Blaine, as I would push for keeping McAlister next year...

Keep an eye on the fan favorite rules. ;)

[QuikSand]

By my read, WR Wayne Hill is the most popular guy in the position group, leaving us to do as we wish with the rest of the crowd. If we separate Wr into two groups (SE and FL) then the other guy who gets protected is rookie Karl Dockery.

In either interpretation, both Perea and Blaine are available to be moved out.


Looking forward, keep in mind that WR Matthew Morrell, another guy without a deal after this season, will be a RFA for us - meaning we might get a shot at re-signing him fairly cheaply next year, if we needed to. Just tuck that away.

[primelord]

I suspect we won't get a lot for either Perea or Blaine. I don't think FOF considers WR's very valuable when it comes to trades. So with that being the case I would suggest we try and trade Perea and keep Blaine. We may need the depth as the year goes on.

[QuikSand]

I tend to think that first round picks are where it's at in this game. So - what would we have to give, along with WR Blaine (only one year left on his deal) to move into the first round?

We already dealt our 4th and 5th picks... how about Blaine plus a 3rd for somebody's 1st rounder?

[wade moore]

QS,

What is your experience with trading wideouts? I tend to not trade much in the game, so i don't have a gauge of it.. is prime on target? if we could get a 1st for blaine and a 3rd i say go for it for sure..

[cthomer5000]

why not play it safe and send Blaine and a 2nd for the 1st? I think it's better to perhaps give up too much then get burned and have to cut him.

Or Blaine and a 4th (or 3rd) for a 2nd rounder.

[QuikSand]

Hmmm... I really don't know, but Blaine is a pretty well-developed receiver, for certain. I would have guessed we'd get a first rounder straight up for him, but I tempered that based on primelord's caution. I certainly don't want to end up with nothing, and be forced into cutting him. I'm flexible.

[primelord]

My comments were meant more from a Blaine straight up for a pick perspective. I don't think there is anyway we would get a 1st rounder for Blaine straight up. I would say Blaine and a 3rd rounder would probably have a good shot of being successful.

[cthomer5000]

Well, in my experience the computer has always greatly overvalued 1st rounders in relation to other draft picks. I would think we could get a 2nd rounder fairly easily. Maybe straight up or by tossing in a 5th or 4th rounder.

I think it's better if we look at what we can get rather than focusing on what deal we might miss out on.


EDIT:
So in summary, I'm in favor of going for a 2nd round pick (unless we are dead-set on a first rounder). I'm still fleixble though and will fully support whatever decision is made.

[QuikSand]

Okay, we're in jeopardy of dying on the vine here... we've been sitting still for the last few days, it seems. I thought I was done with my leg, but I'm going to make an offer of Blaine and our 3rd rounder for soembody's 1st rounder next year.

After that, we'll look at what else we can come up with. Then, I will look at LB Alan Martinez and CB Irv Boyd - we'll see how to go forward from here, absent much input either way on these guys.

[QuikSand]

Okay, the trade for Blaine went through - we now have an extra first round pick next year. It's Champaign's, and they went 6-10 last year, so there's some hope that it will be another pretty good pick.

I re-signed LB Alan Martinez to a one year deal for a little over $3 million. If our youngsters at LB pan out, this might be superfluous, but it seemed like a worthwhile insurance policy to me. I couldn't get CB Irv Boyd to accept a one year deal that was at all reasonable.

I have run training camp, and am posting update files after camp is through. Hopwefully, our coordinators can lead the final cut-downs, and get us into the exhibition season.

[QuikSand]

Here is our first update file:

[QuikSand]

Here is the second update file:

[QuikSand]

Looks like we have some winners among our rookie class. G Derek Lofton loos very nice, and CB Blaine Houston ought to be a solid starter. URFA TE Juan Hatcher was a great value - I hope we can hold on to him, also.

LB Allen Bronson was a bust. The signs were there, but he was worth a training camp slot on spec, I suppose.

[cthomer5000]

great work on the Blaine trade, that should definitely come in handy.

[QuikSand]

Incidentally, here is our list of players who remain fan favorites or idolized - just to help us in planning roster moves down the road:


Front Office Football: The Fourth Edition
Little Rock Rollers Roster, Personality View

Player # Pos Leadrsp Intlgnc Loylty PlayWn FanPop
Wooldridge, Hardy 63 LT 51 62 72 33 100
Crawford, Duane 35 RB 19 55 23 93 98
Lincoln, Ty 36 FS 66 28 66 79 90
Flick, Shaun 72 LDE 33 53 41 25 89
Ramsey, Clifton 76 RDT 50 44 56 14 87
Coghill, Otis 5 QB 36 78 10 50 86
Maffett, Austin 49 RCB 57 91 26 19 85
Hill, Wayne 19 FL 22 44 100 86 83
Hammond, Howard 99 LDT 2 3 58 67 83
Bridgeman, Donnie 48 SS 26 4 65 66 83
Hatcher, Juan 80 TE 48 16 6 73 81
Dockery, Karl 84 SE 1 73 11 47 80
Newton, Benjamin 4 QB 79 98 8 9 79
Morrell, Matthew 87 FL 11 8 59 40 78
Joseph, Jermaine 96 WLB 88 93 59 26 75
Perea, Deion 83 FL 41 70 10 94 74
Bell, Lonnie 57 MLB 29 45 44 33 71



And yes, I have once again gotten us into trouble this way - a few of our lesser players are now fav faves, and we'll have to deal with that.

Honestly, I rather like the fact that this doesn't just go away for us. If I were being more vigilant, we could be refusing to sign players with high popularity ratings... but is that the kind if "realism" that we're gong for? Is that how real teams plan their roster moves?

Anyway - take this for what it's worth. (Perhaps we should waive the fan fave rule for players who have never played a game for us? Or never started a game for us? That might add some more sanity to the system we use)

[wade moore]

Personally, I like the "rudy's" that we're forced to keep on our team.. we are too competitive as it is, without easing up..

Just a heads up for everyone.. I will be going out of town for the weekend, so after Friday morning I won't be able to check the web at all (maybe slightly) or run games... We don't need to hold up for me, Bee can take on his role as the backup OC if he's willing, to run games, etc.. I can put in my settings tonight/tomorrow morning.. if prime has, I can run the preseason.. and then Bee and prime can move on from there..

Good job on the trade.. should have a good draft next season..

prime.. start bugging jim about th epatch.. we're creeping up on 2002 ;)

[cthomer5000]

I think we should keep signing players regardless of their popularity until it hits critical mass, then we can deal with that obstacle. Right now we still need a greater challenge. Also I'd say we definitely classify positions more generally for the popularity thing.

We should be forced to keep the most popular "wide receiver", not both the top SE and FL. If we don't take it that way we run into all kinds of issues with moving players.

a look at the roster popularity sorted by position. Blue players have to stay for now.<font face=courier>
Player Pos Leadrsp Intlgnc Loylty PlayWn FanPop<font color=blue>
Coghill, Otis QB 36 78 10 50 86</font>
Newton, Benjamin QB 79 98 8 9 79<font color=blue>
Crawford, Duane RB 19 55 23 93 98
Hatcher, Juan TE 48 16 6 73 81
Hill, Wayne WR 22 44 100 86 83</font>
Dockery, Karl WR 1 73 11 47 80
Morrell, Matt WR 11 8 59 40 78
Perea, Deion WR 41 70 10 94 74<font color=blue>
Wooldridge, Hardy LT 51 62 72 33 100
Ramsey, Clifton DT 50 44 56 14 87</font>
Hammond, Howard DT 2 3 58 67 83<font color=blue>
Flick, Shaun DE 33 53 41 25 89
Joseph, Jermaine LB 88 93 59 26 75</font>
Bell, Lonnie LB 29 45 44 33 71<font color=blue>
Maffett, Austin CB 57 91 26 19 85
Lincoln, Ty S 66 28 66 79 90</font>
Bridgeman, Donnie S 26 4 65 66 83</font>

So that's 10 players who are locked on the roster for the forseeable future. Fortunately most of them are good.

[QuikSand]

The offer we will be forced to make to DT Clifton Ramsey next year wil be colossal. Nd the year after that, it will be Coghill's turn. Both are star-caliber players, but they are going to cost an arm and a leg.

[QuikSand]

Interestingly enough - TE Lamont Dresow was a guy we were compelled to re-sign, since he was a fan favorite. However, after one year as our starter (and a very successful year at that) he has apparently fallen out of favor, and is now only "recognized."

Intriguing. That leaves us with a mandate on our new backup - a nice-looking rookie. We might have to deal Dresow in order to re-sign the rookie Hatcher after this season. Heh.

[primelord]

Originally posted by wade moore
prime.. start bugging jim about th epatch.. we're creeping up on 2002 ;)

Seeing that his son was just born I wouldn't hold your breath. :)

[Bee]

I won't be able to run games this weekend either, I'm dealing with the French invasion (in-laws) until Tuesday. I can stop in and make comments and the like, but I say just let primelord run the games.


We should be forced to keep the most popular "wide receiver", not both the top SE and FL. If we don't take it that way we run into all kinds of issues with moving players.

I kinda disagree here. I like the fact that the fan favorite issue is causing problems. I also like the fact that it's going to complicate issues with moving players. If anything we add another rule that says you can't change the position of the most popular player at his current position.

I think QS makes an interesting point about signing "unpopular" players, but we know this rating changes and I'm not totally convinced this strategy would be very effective. For one, it makes us choose lesser talent. For another, if a player keeps starting over a couple seasons I suspect they will become fan favorites.

If the group feels it's better to change or modify the rule that's fine with me, but at this point I think it's probably the most challenging and intriguing part of this dynasty to me.

[QuikSand]

I pretty much agree, Bee, after some thought - at leat conceptually. I think that without the "fan favorite" rule in place, we'd be way too far ahead of the rest of the world in this sim, and it wouldn't be fun at all. Heh, even with the numerous overpaid players, serious star injuries, and dead cap space - we still have made it to three straight title games. Even though it was (in my mind, at least) an afterthought, this has turned out to be the most compelling rule that we're following.

I'm not sure that saying we need to keep a guy at both LG and RG, or FL and SE, or whatever - serves that purpose any more than we had originally intended. But I generally agree that this game needs a serious kick in the ass to be at all challenging, and right now, the best thing we have going for us in that regard is this "fan favorite" rule.

[cthomer5000]

Is there a time of day that is generally best for all of us to contribute? Things have really been slowing down lately.

I can drop general opinions in here during the day, but can only look at the game itself between 6.30-11pm (eastern standard time).

also, Quik, do you want to reassign me to some sort of official position? I was technically head scout, but since everyone scouts it's essentially a meaningless position.

[QuikSand]

cthomer, if you have a position you'd like to assume control over, you'd be more than welcome to do so. Or, if you'd liek to assume control of scouting (and actualy run the game through the FA process and draft) that would be perfectly fine by me - I only started doing that myself because you were unavailable for a while. Your call, I'm sure our coordinators would be flexible, whatever you desire. (We don't have a second person manning the defense, as I recall)

[cthomer5000]

well, do we have a plan for when we're running this pre-season?

[wade moore]

If prime gets his stuff done before the morning, then I will do it in the morning.. otherwise prime will do it during the day i'm sure..

as for contributing time.. mine is weird.. i can't at work (sometimes on breaks), so i do early in the morning.. then as time permits from like 6pm to 11pm...

As for a role for you... I can think of several things... statistician/historian.. a true scouting lead (As quick said, run drafts, etc)... umm.. i'll think of more i'm sure ;)

[wade moore]

Here are the files with a few notes...

1) I bumped McAlister, Cog, and Biggs out of their spots to avoid injury...

2) McAfee is also a spot lower.. normally it would be Biggs and McAlister a spot higher.. Biggs also should be our #1 punt returner..

3) I'm undecided at the LT position.. I'd like to see both guys start two games in the preseason (McGee and Armstrong) and let Bee decide who will start..

That should be it.. good luck this weekend guys, sorry I couldn't be around.. I'll TRY to check in to see what's up, but probably can't until I get home sunday night..

[wade moore]

File 2..

[Bee]

I can drop general opinions in here during the day, but can only look at the game itself between 6.30-11pm (eastern standard time).


Basically the same for me.

[primelord]

Sorry Wade I meant to have my changes in so you could run pre season this morning, but we had some server problems that kept me working until very late last night. I figure since everyone seems pretty busy this weekend I will try and run pre season adn thenlike the first 8 games of the season today. And then I will run the rest over the weekend.

If everyone wants to we can probably end up just running the whole season today too. I guess we can just see what happens.

[QuikSand]

I'm game for anything... I'd like to make progress, if we can, just to avoid losing any more steam than we (clearly) already have in recent days. I'd hope that Bee or cthomer might be able to fill in for offensive decisions, if need be (or we coudl do major ones by consensus).

[cthomer5000]

I'm all for simming today.

[primelord]

Well on defense there aren't really many positions up for grabs in this preseason. There are a few things I will be interested in watching though.

I am curious to see how 2nd year DE A.J. Hitchcock does. He played well last preseason, but was actually outplayed by Casas despite the fact he got the bulk of the pass rushing downs. My plan was to use Casas in run sits and Hitchcock in pass sits, but he will have to play well to keep that job.

Also I think the job at FS is up for grabs. I have moved Richie Beyer over to SS. He had more experience at that position and benefitted nicely from that move. I think our GM favors Jerald Brooks, but I am kind of partial to Ty Lincoln. We also have the free agent we signed Bubba Nichols to think about. I will try and make sure all of them get some significant time this preseason. No matter what we have a lot of depth at safety this year.

Another thing to watch. will be starting Wellman, Harden, Maffett, and Houston in the pre season. They all are slated to be starters in the regular season for us so that could be risky, but I think they could use the development time. The rest of the "regulars" will sit the pre season out.

[cthomer5000]

It's going to be up to the offense to carry the young defense this year. I hope Coghill is up to it!

[primelord]

Sacramento (-1) at Little Rock

Box Score: Sacramento at Little Rock
Little Rock, TX.

Exhibition Week 1, 1995

Attendance: 65,800 (69,500).


Weather: 68 degrees, fair.

2Q: 14:12 LTR - Erik Buckner 27 field goal.
2Q: 00:40 LTR - Erik Buckner 20 field goal.
3Q: 06:17 LTR - Wayne Hill 3 pass from Benjamin Newton.
3Q: 06:17 LTR - Erik Buckner extra point.
3Q: 01:46 LTR - Levon Sheff 38 interception return.
3Q: 01:46 LTR - Erik Buckner extra point.
4Q: 09:28 LTR - Wayne Hill 66 pass from Benjamin Newton.
4Q: 09:28 LTR - Erik Buckner extra point.

Game MVP: LTR 4 Benjamin Newton

Sacramento 0 0 0 0 - 0
Little Rock 0 6 14 7 - 27

Team Statistics SAC LTR

First Downs 9 19

Total Rushes 13 36
Rushing Yards 41 116
Yards Per Carry 3.1 3.2
Pass Attempts 37 26
Completions 18 21
Passing Yards 131 277
Yards Per Attempt 3.5 10.6
Sacked 6 4
Yards Lost 47 29
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/2

Total Plays 50 62
Total Yards 172 393
Yards Per Play 3.4 6.3

3rd Down Plays 5/16 7/15

Avg. YTG on 3rd 9.0 5.5

4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 2 1
Penalty Yards 13 5

Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 29
Time Of Possession 23:00 37:00

Sacramento Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
39 Dawkins 9 19 2.1 7 0
33 Bright 4 22 5.5 15 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
4 Houston 37 18 131 3.5 16 0 1 6

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
80 Barlow 4 42 10.5 2 16 0
39 Dawkins 3 19 6.3 0 11 0
33 Bright 3 25 8.3 7 14 0
41 Chandler 2 5 2.5 1 6 0
34 Radford 2 6 3.0 3 4 0
89 Coakley 2 18 9.0 1 10 0
88 Honaker 1 2 2.0 2 2 0
12 Woods 1 14 14.0 0 14 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
80 Barlow 1 10 10.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
88 Honaker 4 75 18.7 0
30 Stone 1 6 6.0 0
39 Dawkins 1 28 28.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
7 Whiting 9 429 47.6 57 5

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
1 Farrell 0 2 0 0 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
59 Wilhite 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
29 Keyser 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
30 Stone 5 1 1.0 0 0 0
78 Lindsay 5 0 1.0 0 0 0
53 Joyner 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
37 Frisch 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
45 Pomeroy 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Van Pelt 3 0 0.5 0 0 0
56 Daniels 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
49 Linegar 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
26 Amaya 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
71 Sheehan 2 2 1.0 0 0 0
51 Luby 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
75 Waeltz 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
74 DiMatteo 1 2 0.5 0 0 0
91 Griffin 1 3 0.0 0 0 0
32 Westbrook 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
46 Parker 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
99 Hughes 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
88 Honaker 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
63 Race 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
61 Wyant 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 Golder 0 3 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
65 Lewinsky 0 0 0 0 0 1
63 Race 0 0 0 0 1 3
55 Hall 0 0 0 0 1 2
56 Daniels 0 2 0 0 0 0
30 Stone 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 Houston 1 0 0 0 0 0
58 McClurken 0 0 0 0 1 0
45 Pomeroy 0 0 1 0 0 0
68 Evans 0 0 0 0 1 0

Little Rock Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
34 Richmond 18 31 1.7 8 0
35 Crawford 7 31 4.4 11 0
24 McAfee 7 41 5.8 23 0
19 Hill 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0
25 Brock 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0
4 Newton 1 8 8.0 8 0
84 Dockery 1 7 7.0 7 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
4 Newton 26 21 277 10.6 66 2 0 4

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
19 Hill 8 137 17.1 83 66 2
88 Dresow 5 62 12.4 10 41 0
84 Dockery 4 47 11.7 6 16 0
24 McAfee 2 17 8.5 22 14 0
25 Brock 1 11 11.0 9 11 0
34 Richmond 1 3 3.0 0 3 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
42 Carlson 1 12 12.0 0
83 Perea 1 9 9.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
18 Messina 6 261 43.5 47 3

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
14 Buckner 2 2 27 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
45 Houston 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
42 Carlson 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
52 Harden 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
44 Nichols 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Wellman 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
79 Beechler 2 2 1.0 0 0 0
93 Peabody 2 1 1.0 0 0 0
75 Zessin 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
28 Sheff 2 0 0.0 1 38 1
20 Beyer 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
25 Brock 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 Hammond 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
46 Brooks 1 1 1.0 0 0 0
77 Hitchcock 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
72 Flick 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
66 Hill 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
43 Godfrey 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Crawford 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
51 Martinez 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
88 Dresow 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 McAfee 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
87 Morrell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Lincoln 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
80 Hatcher 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
49 Maffett 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
64 Cunningham 0 0 0 0 0 3
25 Brock 0 0 0 0 0 1
55 Jones 0 0 0 0 2 0
62 Armstrong 0 0 0 0 1 0
56 Johnstone 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Newton 1 0 0 0 0 0
77 Hitchcock 0 0 1 0 0 0
36 Lincoln 0 1 0 0 0 0
34 Richmond 1 0 0 0 0 0
73 Lofton 0 0 0 0 1 0
71 Ballard 0 0 0 0 1 0
70 McGee 0 0 0 0 1 0

Sacramento Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:31 3:26 OWN 23 7 31 Punt
1 7:08 1:15 50 3 -1 Punt
2 14:12 1:49 OWN 24 3 9 Punt
2 8:59 1:17 OWN 15 3 4 Punt
2 5:31 0:07 OWN 23 1 -11 Fumble
2 5:14 2:16 OWN 11 4 13 Punt
2 0:40 0:40 OWN 19 2 22 Half
3 15:00 1:20 OWN 38 3 -2 Punt
3 6:17 2:35 OWN 7 5 15 Punt
3 1:56 0:10 OWN 15 1 0 Interception
3 1:46 1:46 OWN 21 3 9 Punt
4 12:37 2:15 OPP 33 3 9 Missed FG
4 9:28 3:13 OWN 40 6 4 Punt
4 4:18 3:07 OWN 40 12 28 Missed FG

Little Rock Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:29 OWN 20 5 23 Punt
1 9:05 1:57 OWN 14 3 -6 Punt
1 5:53 6:41 OWN 20 12 70 Field Goal
2 12:23 3:24 OWN 19 7 26 Punt
2 7:42 2:11 OWN 28 3 5 Punt
2 5:24 0:10 OPP 6 1 2 Fumble
2 2:58 2:18 OWN 30 7 67 Field Goal
3 13:40 7:23 OWN 18 13 82 Touchdown
3 3:42 1:46 OWN 30 3 8 Punt
4 15:00 2:23 OWN 28 5 15 Fumble
4 10:22 0:54 OWN 31 2 69 Touchdown
4 6:15 1:57 OWN 9 3 7 Punt
4 1:11 1:11 OWN 39 2 1 Game

Sacramento Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
0 0 0

Little Rock Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
3 1 2

Sacramento Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 3 22 7.3
Middle 6 14 2.3
Right 4 5 1.2
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
55 Hall 1 3 10
68 Evans 1 2 13
63 Race 1 1 7
58 McClurken 1 1 4
57 Rydzak 0 2 3
77 Mangiafico 0 1 11
33 Bright 0 1 10
61 Wyant 0 1 7
67 Schultz 0 1 4
41 Chandler 0 0 6
65 Lewinsky 0 0 6
82 Shannon 0 0 5
86 Stroup 0 0 5

Sacramento Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 3 1 4 1.3
Short (0-8 Yds) 13 11 50 3.8
Medium (9-18 Yds) 13 6 77 5.9
Long (19+ Yds) 8 0 0 0.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
4 Houston 37 18 1 2 9 1 5 1

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
88 Honaker 6 1 0 2 30
80 Barlow 6 4 0 42 29
33 Bright 6 3 1 25 28
89 Coakley 6 2 0 18 23
39 Dawkins 4 3 0 19 13
41 Chandler 2 2 0 5 15
82 Shannon 2 0 0 0 18
34 Radford 2 2 0 6 9
86 Stroup 2 0 1 0 8
12 Woods 1 1 0 14 3

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
77 Mangiafico 0 31
33 Bright 0 28
55 Hall 2 27
61 Wyant 0 27
68 Evans 0 25
63 Race 3 24
58 McClurken 0 17
41 Chandler 0 15
67 Schultz 0 15
57 Rydzak 0 14
65 Lewinsky 1 5

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
71 Sheehan 1.0 0 0 20
78 Lindsay 1.0 0 1 10
30 Stone 1.0 0 0 15
96 Van Pelt 0.5 0 1 16
74 DiMatteo 0.5 0 0 20
97 Kieburtz 0.0 0 1 19
99 Hughes 0.0 0 1 12
37 Frisch 0.0 0 0 20
53 Joyner 0.0 0 0 17
32 Westbrook 0.0 0 0 17
56 Daniels 0.0 0 0 15
59 Wilhite 0.0 0 0 14
45 Pomeroy 0.0 0 0 14
29 Keyser 0.0 0 0 13
49 Linegar 0.0 0 0 13
24 Golder 0.0 0 0 13
26 Amaya 0.0 0 0 13
51 Luby 0.0 0 0 9
75 Waeltz 0.0 0 0 7
91 Griffin 0.0 0 0 5
46 Parker 0.0 0 0 4

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
59 Wilhite 4 0 0 14
29 Keyser 4 0 0 13
37 Frisch 3 0 0 20
53 Joyner 2 0 0 17
51 Luby 1 1 0 9
32 Westbrook 1 0 0 17
30 Stone 1 0 0 15
56 Daniels 1 0 0 15
45 Pomeroy 1 0 0 14
26 Amaya 1 0 0 13
75 Waeltz 1 0 0 7
46 Parker 1 0 0 4
71 Sheehan 0 0 0 20
74 DiMatteo 0 0 0 20
97 Kieburtz 0 0 0 19
96 Van Pelt 0 0 0 16
49 Linegar 0 0 0 13
24 Golder 0 0 0 13
99 Hughes 0 0 0 12
78 Lindsay 0 0 0 10
91 Griffin 0 0 0 5

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
59 Wilhite 6 1 14 14
29 Keyser 6 0 15 13
53 Joyner 5 2 26 17
30 Stone 5 1 20 15
37 Frisch 5 0 24 20
78 Lindsay 5 0 17 10
45 Pomeroy 4 1 27 14
56 Daniels 3 3 24 15
49 Linegar 3 2 22 13
26 Amaya 3 1 15 13
96 Van Pelt 3 0 18 16
71 Sheehan 2 2 28 20
51 Luby 2 2 15 9
75 Waeltz 2 0 12 7
91 Griffin 1 3 10 5
74 DiMatteo 1 2 30 20
32 Westbrook 1 2 11 17
99 Hughes 1 1 13 12
46 Parker 1 1 4 4
24 Golder 0 3 18 13
97 Kieburtz 0 0 22 19

Little Rock Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 14 48 3.4
Middle 15 46 3.0
Right 7 22 3.1
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
55 Jones 2 12 26
73 Lofton 1 6 30
70 McGee 1 2 28
71 Ballard 1 3 10
56 Johnstone 1 2 7
62 Armstrong 1 1 6
64 Cunningham 0 4 33
25 Brock 0 2 21
68 Gardner 0 1 26
88 Dresow 0 1 23
65 Webb 0 1 9
80 Hatcher 0 0 12
40 Colford 0 0 11

Little Rock Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 4 4 30 7.5
Short (0-8 Yds) 11 10 120 10.9
Medium (9-18 Yds) 7 6 86 12.2
Long (19+ Yds) 4 1 41 10.2

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
4 Newton 26 21 0 0 1 0 4 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
19 Hill 10 8 0 137 20
88 Dresow 5 5 0 62 20
84 Dockery 5 4 0 47 21
24 McAfee 2 2 0 17 6
25 Brock 1 1 0 11 18
83 Perea 1 0 0 0 7
87 Morrell 1 0 0 0 11
34 Richmond 1 1 0 3 8

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
73 Lofton 0 25
64 Cunningham 3 24
70 McGee 0 22
55 Jones 0 19
68 Gardner 0 19
25 Brock 1 18
65 Webb 0 7
56 Johnstone 0 6
71 Ballard 0 5
62 Armstrong 0 3
40 Colford 0 2

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
77 Hitchcock 1.0 0 2 35
75 Zessin 1.0 0 1 30
79 Beechler 1.0 0 0 28
93 Peabody 1.0 0 0 20
46 Brooks 1.0 0 0 14
72 Flick 1.0 0 0 9
66 Hill 0.0 1 0 34
42 Carlson 0.0 0 0 27
28 Sheff 0.0 0 1 16
36 Lincoln 0.0 0 0 26
52 Harden 0.0 0 1 15
49 Maffett 0.0 0 0 25
45 Houston 0.0 0 0 25
90 Wellman 0.0 0 0 24
20 Beyer 0.0 0 0 23
44 Nichols 0.0 0 0 16
96 Joseph 0.0 0 0 15
99 Hammond 0.0 0 0 12
43 Godfrey 0.0 0 0 7
51 Martinez 0.0 0 0 3
54 Bronson 0.0 0 0 3

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
45 Houston 4 0 0 25
20 Beyer 2 3 0 23
90 Wellman 2 1 0 24
52 Harden 2 1 0 15
42 Carlson 2 0 0 27
28 Sheff 1 0 1 16
93 Peabody 1 0 0 20
44 Nichols 1 0 0 16
99 Hammond 1 0 0 12
43 Godfrey 1 0 0 7
51 Martinez 1 0 0 3
49 Maffett 0 2 0 25
36 Lincoln 0 1 0 26
46 Brooks 0 1 0 14
77 Hitchcock 0 0 0 35
66 Hill 0 0 0 34
75 Zessin 0 0 0 30
79 Beechler 0 0 0 28
96 Joseph 0 0 0 15
72 Flick 0 0 0 9
54 Bronson 0 0 0 3

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
45 Houston 5 0 11 25
42 Carlson 4 2 8 27
52 Harden 4 1 9 15
44 Nichols 4 0 4 16
90 Wellman 3 2 10 24
79 Beechler 2 2 8 28
93 Peabody 2 1 5 20
75 Zessin 2 0 12 30
20 Beyer 2 0 7 23
28 Sheff 2 0 4 16
99 Hammond 2 0 7 12
66 Hill 1 2 11 34
46 Brooks 1 1 6 14
77 Hitchcock 1 0 11 35
36 Lincoln 1 0 9 26
72 Flick 1 0 3 9
43 Godfrey 1 0 0 7
51 Martinez 1 0 1 3
49 Maffett 0 1 8 25
96 Joseph 0 0 8 15
54 Bronson 0 0 1 3

Injuries

Edwin Casas, LDE - Strained Hamstring, Probable, return unknown.

Wayne Hill, FL - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome, Probable, return unknown.

Well a shutout is an excellent way to start the season off. :)

[primelord]

Little Rock at Sault Ste. Marie (-4)

Box Score: Little Rock at Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie, WI.

Exhibition Week 3, 1995

Attendance: 59,500 (60,900).


Weather: 52 degrees, rain.

1Q: 05:47 SSM - Grant Lowe 48 field goal.
1Q: 00:53 SSM - Brent Shepard 21 interception return.
1Q: 00:53 SSM - Grant Lowe extra point.
2Q: 11:04 SSM - Grant Lowe 47 field goal.
2Q: 10:54 LTR - Lenny Richmond 97 kickoff return.
2Q: 10:54 LTR - Erik Buckner extra point.
2Q: 10:13 SSM - Roy Freeney 83 run.
2Q: 10:13 SSM - Neal Harrison run for conversion failed.
2Q: 06:59 LTR - Erik Buckner 49 field goal.
2Q: 03:43 LTR - Lenny Richmond 1 run.
2Q: 03:43 LTR - Erik Buckner extra point.
2Q: 00:10 SSM - Grant Lowe 36 field goal.
3Q: 05:24 SSM - Michael Keith 6 pass from Dominic Bishop.
3Q: 05:24 SSM - Grant Lowe extra point.
4Q: 11:30 SSM - Johnny Childress 55 interception return.
4Q: 11:30 SSM - Grant Lowe extra point.
4Q: 05:11 LTR - Karl Dockery 2 run.
4Q: 05:11 LTR - Benjamin Newton pass to Lenny Richmond for conversion
4Q: 01:27 LTR - Karl Dockery 20 pass from Benjamin Newton.
4Q: 01:27 LTR - Benjamin Newton pass to Wayne Hill for conversion

Game MVP: SSM 41 Roy Freeney

Little Rock 0 17 0 16 - 33
Sault Ste. Marie 10 12 7 7 - 36

Team Statistics LTR SSM

First Downs 14 25

Total Rushes 21 37
Rushing Yards 85 230
Yards Per Carry 4.0 6.2
Pass Attempts 29 31
Completions 11 25
Passing Yards 192 186
Yards Per Attempt 6.6 6.0
Sacked 4 2
Yards Lost 24 10
Interceptions 3 2
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 3/0

Total Plays 50 68
Total Yards 277 416
Yards Per Play 5.5 6.1

3rd Down Plays 3/10 9/13

Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.2 6.0

4th Down Plays 0/2 0/1

Penalties 4 7
Penalty Yards 20 47

Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 25
Time Of Possession 22:38 37:22

Little Rock Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
35 Crawford 8 19 2.3 6 0
34 Richmond 6 22 3.6 8 1
4 Newton 3 16 5.3 7 0
84 Dockery 2 5 2.5 3 1
25 Brock 1 10 10.0 10 0
24 McAfee 1 13 13.0 13 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
4 Newton 29 11 192 6.6 35 1 3 4

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
19 Hill 4 62 15.5 8 23 0
88 Dresow 2 51 25.5 11 35 0
84 Dockery 2 41 20.5 3 21 1
25 Brock 1 6 6.0 0 6 0
83 Perea 1 20 20.0 2 20 0
40 Colford 1 12 12.0 7 12 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Richmond 3 142 47.3 1
83 Perea 2 44 22.0 0
42 Carlson 1 22 22.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
18 Messina 4 171 42.7 47 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
14 Buckner 1 1 49 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
79 Beechler 6 2 1.0 0 0 0
90 Wellman 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
20 Beyer 5 3 0.0 0 0 0
52 Harden 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
42 Carlson 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
75 Zessin 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Houston 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
44 Nichols 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Joseph 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
93 Peabody 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
66 Hill 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
36 Lincoln 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Godfrey 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
77 Hitchcock 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
99 Hammond 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
83 Perea 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
28 Sheff 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Bronson 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
49 Maffett 1 4 0.0 2 4 0
35 Crawford 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
51 Martinez 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
46 Brooks 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
87 Morrell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
70 McGee 0 0 1 0 1 1
64 Cunningham 0 0 0 0 1 1
4 Newton 2 0 0 0 0 0
36 Lincoln 0 2 0 0 0 0
65 Webb 0 0 0 0 0 1
55 Jones 0 0 0 0 0 1
68 Gardner 0 0 0 0 1 0
62 Armstrong 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 Brock 0 0 0 0 1 0
88 Dresow 0 0 0 0 1 0
49 Maffett 0 1 0 0 0 0
34 Richmond 0 0 1 0 0 0
71 Ballard 0 0 0 0 1 0

Sault Ste. Marie Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
41 Freeney 19 168 8.8 83 1
22 Harrison 9 28 3.1 11 0
35 Wyman 5 19 3.8 7 0
28 Seinfeld 2 3 1.5 5 0
82 Corlett 1 6 6.0 6 0
3 Bishop 1 6 6.0 6 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
3 Bishop 16 13 83 5.1 12 1 1 1
15 Zelenka 15 12 103 6.8 17 0 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
85 Dasilva 5 34 6.8 19 12 0
81 Jackson 4 36 9.0 3 17 0
84 Keith 4 30 7.5 1 12 1
41 Freeney 4 35 8.7 17 13 0
82 Corlett 3 24 8.0 4 10 0
28 Seinfeld 1 6 6.0 0 6 0
86 Galloway 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0
89 Anthony 1 13 13.0 1 13 0
22 Harrison 1 3 3.0 1 3 0
46 Wiley 1 6 6.0 3 6 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
84 Keith 4 56 14.0 0
81 Jackson 1 14 14.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
2 Cerqua 3 81 27.0 46 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
17 Lowe 3 3 48 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
39 Cochrane 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Childress 4 0 1.0 1 55 1
47 Mayes 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
92 Ramsey 3 0 0.5 0 0 0
34 Montgomery 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
45 Friesz 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
74 Rivers 2 0 2.0 0 0 0
98 Graham 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
84 Keith 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
59 Boehm 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
27 Armstrong 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
20 Bergeron 1 0 0.0 1 0 0
76 Crawford 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
68 Leibforth 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
81 Jackson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
51 Kemp 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
3 Bishop 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
73 Hand 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
30 Lyon 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
26 White 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Newsome 0 1 0.5 0 0 0
95 Shepard 0 0 0.0 1 21 1
94 Ackerman 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
57 Torres 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
62 Upshaw 0 0 0 0 1 1
70 Holliday 0 0 1 0 0 1
56 Weisenbach 0 0 0 0 4 0
28 Seinfeld 0 0 0 0 3 0
89 Anthony 1 0 1 0 0 0
55 Gordon 0 0 1 0 1 0
68 Leibforth 0 0 0 0 1 0
81 Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0
41 Freeney 1 0 0 0 0 0
66 Castillo 0 0 0 0 1 0
45 Friesz 0 1 0 0 0 0
46 Wiley 0 0 0 0 1 0
59 Boehm 0 1 0 0 0 0
60 Barker 0 0 0 0 1 0
79 Dawkins 0 0 0 0 1 0

Little Rock Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:11 OWN 22 7 34 Interception
1 5:47 1:14 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
1 1:01 0:08 OWN 14 1 0 Interception
1 0:53 1:09 OWN 20 3 4 Punt
2 10:13 3:14 OWN 38 5 30 Field Goal
2 6:15 2:32 OPP 39 6 39 Touchdown
3 5:24 3:22 OWN 27 5 28 Punt
4 12:40 1:10 OWN 20 3 8 Interception
4 11:30 2:21 OWN 26 5 20 Punt
4 7:21 2:10 OPP 48 8 48 Touchdown
4 1:39 0:12 OPP 20 1 20 Touchdown

Sault Ste. Marie Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:49 6:02 OWN 21 11 48 Field Goal
1 4:33 3:32 OWN 26 6 14 Punt
2 14:44 3:40 OWN 37 6 33 Field Goal
2 10:54 0:41 OWN 17 1 83 Touchdown
2 6:59 0:44 OWN 23 1 0 Interception
2 3:43 3:33 OWN 23 9 58 Field Goal
3 15:00 9:36 OWN 23 17 77 Touchdown
3 2:02 4:22 OWN 20 9 51 Interception
4 9:09 1:48 OWN 14 3 -1 Punt
4 5:11 3:32 OWN 20 8 16 Punt
4 1:20 1:20 OPP 39 7 10 Downs

Little Rock Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
2 2 0

Sault Ste. Marie Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
2 1 1

Little Rock Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 3 27 9.0
Middle 11 36 3.2
Right 7 22 3.1
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
64 Cunningham 1 5 17
70 McGee 1 1 15
62 Armstrong 1 2 4
88 Dresow 1 1 13
25 Brock 1 1 12
68 Gardner 1 1 11
71 Ballard 1 1 5
55 Jones 0 3 13
73 Lofton 0 1 14
65 Webb 0 1 7
40 Colford 0 1 5
56 Johnstone 0 0 4
80 Hatcher 0 0 2

Little Rock Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 1 0 0 0.0
Short (0-8 Yds) 4 3 28 7.0
Medium (9-18 Yds) 7 3 45 6.4
Long (19+ Yds) 15 5 119 7.9

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
4 Newton 29 11 0 1 5 1 6 3

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
19 Hill 8 4 0 62 24
84 Dockery 6 2 0 41 28
83 Perea 5 1 1 20 10
35 Crawford 2 0 0 0 17
25 Brock 2 1 0 6 13
88 Dresow 2 2 0 51 18
40 Colford 1 1 0 12 12
87 Morrell 1 0 0 0 10

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
73 Lofton 0 27
64 Cunningham 1 24
70 McGee 1 24
55 Jones 1 23
68 Gardner 0 18
25 Brock 0 13
40 Colford 0 12
65 Webb 1 9
71 Ballard 0 8
62 Armstrong 0 7
56 Johnstone 0 5

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
79 Beechler 1.0 0 0 25
43 Godfrey 1.0 0 0 2
66 Hill 0.0 1 0 25
77 Hitchcock 0.0 0 1 27
75 Zessin 0.0 0 0 26
49 Maffett 0.0 0 0 24
45 Houston 0.0 0 0 24
20 Beyer 0.0 0 0 23
36 Lincoln 0.0 0 0 23
90 Wellman 0.0 0 0 21
93 Peabody 0.0 0 0 20
42 Carlson 0.0 0 0 17
52 Harden 0.0 0 0 17
96 Joseph 0.0 0 0 13
99 Hammond 0.0 0 0 11
28 Sheff 0.0 0 0 10
72 Flick 0.0 0 0 10
44 Nichols 0.0 0 0 9
46 Brooks 0.0 0 0 7
54 Bronson 0.0 0 0 6
51 Martinez 0.0 0 0 1

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
45 Houston 3 0 0 24
93 Peabody 3 0 0 20
49 Maffett 2 1 2 24
20 Beyer 2 0 0 23
36 Lincoln 2 0 0 23
90 Wellman 2 0 0 21
42 Carlson 2 0 0 17
52 Harden 2 0 0 17
77 Hitchcock 1 0 0 27
75 Zessin 1 0 0 26
79 Beechler 1 0 0 25
96 Joseph 1 0 0 13
28 Sheff 1 0 0 10
44 Nichols 1 0 0 9
54 Bronson 1 0 0 6
66 Hill 0 0 0 25
99 Hammond 0 0 0 11
72 Flick 0 0 0 10
46 Brooks 0 0 0 7
43 Godfrey 0 0 0 2
51 Martinez 0 0 0 1

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
79 Beechler 6 2 25 25
90 Wellman 6 1 30 21
20 Beyer 5 3 22 23
52 Harden 4 3 23 17
75 Zessin 4 1 31 26
45 Houston 4 1 31 24
42 Carlson 4 1 19 17
44 Nichols 4 0 9 9
96 Joseph 3 2 20 13
66 Hill 3 1 30 25
93 Peabody 3 1 18 20
36 Lincoln 3 0 34 23
77 Hitchcock 2 2 34 27
99 Hammond 2 1 16 11
28 Sheff 2 0 8 10
54 Bronson 2 0 3 6
43 Godfrey 2 0 0 2
49 Maffett 1 4 26 24
46 Brooks 1 0 7 7
51 Martinez 1 0 2 1
72 Flick 0 0 8 10

Sault Ste. Marie Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 12 41 3.4
Middle 23 178 7.7
Right 2 11 5.5
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
56 Weisenbach 4 11 27
28 Seinfeld 3 3 23
79 Dawkins 1 6 26
68 Leibforth 1 5 26
66 Castillo 1 1 30
60 Barker 1 1 25
55 Gordon 1 2 13
62 Upshaw 1 2 10
46 Wiley 1 2 10
70 Holliday 0 3 23
85 Dasilva 0 0 25
86 Galloway 0 0 11
89 Anthony 0 0 6

Sault Ste. Marie Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 4 3 22 5.5
Short (0-8 Yds) 16 16 86 5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds) 6 6 78 13.0
Long (19+ Yds) 5 0 0 0.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
3 Bishop 16 13 1 0 0 1 0 1
15 Zelenka 15 12 0 0 1 0 1 1

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
84 Keith 6 4 0 30 15
81 Jackson 5 4 0 36 21
85 Dasilva 5 5 0 34 17
41 Freeney 5 4 0 35 18
82 Corlett 4 3 0 24 21
46 Wiley 2 1 0 6 8
28 Seinfeld 1 1 0 6 14
86 Galloway 1 1 0 -1 4
89 Anthony 1 1 0 13 12
22 Harrison 1 1 0 3 7

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
66 Castillo 0 28
79 Dawkins 0 24
68 Leibforth 0 22
56 Weisenbach 0 21
70 Holliday 1 20
28 Seinfeld 0 14
55 Gordon 0 14
62 Upshaw 1 13
60 Barker 0 13
46 Wiley 0 8

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
74 Rivers 2.0 0 2 19
54 Childress 1.0 0 0 11
92 Ramsey 0.5 1 1 23
77 Newsome 0.5 0 1 12
76 Crawford 0.0 0 1 22
27 Armstrong 0.0 0 0 27
94 Ackerman 0.0 0 0 25
73 Hand 0.0 0 1 15
45 Friesz 0.0 0 0 21
59 Boehm 0.0 0 0 18
26 White 0.0 0 0 18
39 Cochrane 0.0 0 0 17
30 Lyon 0.0 0 0 17
47 Mayes 0.0 0 0 16
34 Montgomery 0.0 0 0 13
20 Bergeron 0.0 0 0 13
95 Shepard 0.0 0 0 12
98 Graham 0.0 0 0 12
51 Kemp 0.0 0 0 6
57 Torres 0.0 0 0 2

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
45 Friesz 3 0 0 21
39 Cochrane 2 1 0 17
54 Childress 2 0 1 11
92 Ramsey 1 0 0 23
26 White 1 0 0 18
47 Mayes 1 0 0 16
98 Graham 1 0 0 12
27 Armstrong 0 1 0 27
59 Boehm 0 1 0 18
34 Montgomery 0 1 0 13
57 Torres 0 1 0 2
94 Ackerman 0 0 0 25
20 Bergeron 0 0 1 13
95 Shepard 0 0 1 12
76 Crawford 0 0 0 22
74 Rivers 0 0 0 19
30 Lyon 0 0 0 17
73 Hand 0 0 0 15
77 Newsome 0 0 0 12
51 Kemp 0 0 0 6

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
39 Cochrane 5 0 12 17
47 Mayes 4 1 15 16
54 Childress 4 0 12 11
34 Montgomery 3 2 9 13
45 Friesz 3 1 8 21
92 Ramsey 3 0 15 23
98 Graham 2 1 10 12
74 Rivers 2 0 10 19
59 Boehm 2 0 10 18
27 Armstrong 1 1 15 27
76 Crawford 1 1 9 22
73 Hand 1 0 16 15
26 White 1 0 9 18
30 Lyon 1 0 8 17
20 Bergeron 1 0 7 13
51 Kemp 1 0 6 6
94 Ackerman 0 1 15 25
77 Newsome 0 1 7 12
57 Torres 0 1 0 2
95 Shepard 0 0 5 12

Injuries

Edwin Casas, LDE - Strained Hamstring, Probable, return unknown.

Wayne Hill, FL - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome, Probable, return unknown.

Juan Hatcher, TE - Dislocated Shoulder, Out, full strength in about 6 weeks.


Well that wasn't nearly as fun as our shutout. :(

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Little Rock at Memphis (-4)

Box Score: Little Rock at Memphis
Memphis, MO.

Exhibition Week 4, 1995

Attendance: 54,300 (66,000).


Weather: 68 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:09 MEM - Ryan Dodge 5 run.
1Q: 08:09 MEM - Toby Nalen extra point.
1Q: 02:21 MEM - Toby Nalen 45 field goal.
2Q: 12:11 MEM - Norbert Martz 10 pass from Moe Blackwell.
2Q: 12:11 MEM - Toby Nalen extra point.
2Q: 06:38 LTR - Erik Buckner 26 field goal.
3Q: 10:17 LTR - Erik Buckner 23 field goal.
3Q: 07:27 MEM - Ryan Dodge 2 pass from Moe Blackwell.
3Q: 07:27 MEM - Toby Nalen extra point.
3Q: 03:53 LTR - Lenny Richmond 7 run.
3Q: 03:53 LTR - Erik Buckner extra point.
4Q: 13:08 LTR - Austin Maffett 66 interception return.
4Q: 13:08 LTR - Reuben Dobbins pass for conversion failed.
4Q: 03:03 MEM - Jonathan Brady 24 pass from Moe Blackwell.
4Q: 03:03 MEM - Toby Nalen extra point.
4Q: 00:02 MEM - Toby Nalen 34 field goal.

Game MVP: MEM 11 Moe Blackwell

Little Rock 0 3 10 6 - 19
Memphis 10 7 7 10 - 34

Team Statistics LTR MEM

First Downs 15 27

Total Rushes 26 31
Rushing Yards 117 109
Yards Per Carry 4.5 3.5
Pass Attempts 27 40
Completions 12 26
Passing Yards 153 285
Yards Per Attempt 5.6 7.1
Sacked 2 2
Yards Lost 14 11
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 2/1

Total Plays 53 71
Total Yards 270 394
Yards Per Play 5.0 5.5

3rd Down Plays 4/12 8/14

Avg. YTG on 3rd 7.9 8.5

4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0

Penalties 5 1
Penalty Yards 40 10

Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 33
Time Of Possession 26:25 33:35

Little Rock Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
34 Richmond 12 44 3.6 11 1
24 McAfee 7 27 3.8 11 0
35 Crawford 5 21 4.2 6 0
4 Newton 1 15 15.0 15 0
1 Dobbins 1 10 10.0 10 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
4 Newton 18 11 148 8.2 34 0 0 1
1 Dobbins 9 1 5 0.5 5 0 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
88 Dresow 3 42 14.0 20 19 0
35 Crawford 2 10 5.0 6 5 0
84 Dockery 2 46 23.0 28 34 0
19 Hill 1 17 17.0 5 17 0
25 Brock 1 17 17.0 17 17 0
24 McAfee 1 3 3.0 0 3 0
40 Colford 1 6 6.0 4 6 0
34 Richmond 1 12 12.0 15 12 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
83 Perea 3 71 23.6 0
42 Carlson 2 33 16.5 0
34 Richmond 1 23 23.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
18 Messina 5 221 44.2 51 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
14 Buckner 2 2 26 1 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
90 Wellman 9 2 0.0 0 0 0
20 Beyer 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
49 Maffett 4 1 0.0 1 66 1
52 Harden 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Houston 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
46 Brooks 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Hitchcock 3 0 2.0 0 0 0
44 Nichols 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
93 Peabody 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
79 Beechler 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
66 Hill 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
96 Joseph 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
28 Sheff 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
75 Zessin 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
83 Perea 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Lincoln 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
42 Carlson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
25 Brock 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
64 Cunningham 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
87 Morrell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
34 Richmond 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
73 Lofton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Bronson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Flick 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
70 McGee 0 0 0 0 0 1
71 Ballard 0 0 0 0 0 1
73 Lofton 0 0 0 0 5 0
68 Gardner 0 0 0 0 3 0
1 Dobbins 1 0 1 0 0 0
55 Jones 0 0 0 0 1 0
35 Crawford 1 0 0 0 0 0
65 Webb 0 0 1 0 0 0
64 Cunningham 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Newton 1 0 0 0 0 0
87 Morrell 0 1 0 0 0 0
84 Dockery 0 0 1 0 0 0
45 Houston 0 1 0 0 0 0

Memphis Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
34 Rodgers 12 39 3.2 18 0
36 Wampler 10 44 4.4 11 0
28 Dodge 7 28 4.0 12 1
3 Rivera 2 -2 -1.0 -1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
11 Blackwell 40 26 285 7.1 37 3 1 2
3 Rivera 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
80 Brady 7 80 11.4 4 24 1
35 Martz 5 40 8.0 20 13 1
85 Ward 5 85 17.0 7 31 0
83 Littlejohn 3 21 7.0 7 9 0
87 Erickson 2 10 5.0 3 6 0
28 Dodge 1 2 2.0 0 2 1
82 DeWalt 1 37 37.0 4 37 0
89 Tubbs 1 6 6.0 6 6 0
23 Henry 1 4 4.0 4 4 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
80 Brady 2 0 0.0 0
82 DeWalt 1 -4 -4.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
80 Brady 2 33 16.5 0
85 Ward 2 48 24.0 0
82 DeWalt 1 17 17.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
14 Fariman 4 156 39.0 44 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
2 Nalen 2 2 45 4 4

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
51 Whitfield 8 1 1.0 0 0 0
33 Norton 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
22 Whalen 4 2 0.0 1 6 0
40 Lyon 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
38 Nelson 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
36 Wampler 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Doyle 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Upshaw 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Moore 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
54 Buchans 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
91 Szabo 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
76 Gonzalez 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Burnette 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davidson 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
28 Dodge 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
32 Chan 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
97 Stuart 0 2 0.0 0 0 0
94 Hildebrandt 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
78 Moreland 0 0 0 0 2 2
53 Thompson 0 0 0 0 3 0
67 Meekin 0 0 0 0 2 0
75 Murray 0 0 0 0 2 0
64 Lewis 0 0 0 0 2 0
51 Whitfield 0 0 1 0 0 0
22 Whalen 0 1 0 0 0 0
38 Nelson 0 1 0 0 0 0
83 Littlejohn 0 0 1 0 0 0
33 Norton 0 1 0 0 0 0
81 Johnstone 0 0 0 0 1 0
80 Brady 1 0 0 0 0 0
85 Ward 1 0 0 0 0 0

Little Rock Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:09 2:10 OWN 22 4 15 Punt
1 2:21 1:57 OWN 16 3 3 Punt
2 12:11 5:33 OWN 26 10 65 Field Goal
2 4:40 0:57 OWN 45 2 -1 Fumble
2 1:50 1:50 OWN 8 5 26 Half
3 15:00 4:43 OWN 21 8 73 Field Goal
3 7:27 2:41 OWN 23 6 26 Punt
3 4:46 0:53 OPP 4 2 4 Touchdown
3 1:16 1:24 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
4 11:23 2:54 OWN 29 6 7 Punt
4 3:03 1:16 OWN 20 6 12 Interception

Memphis Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:51 OWN 28 14 72 Touchdown
1 5:59 3:38 OWN 15 10 57 Field Goal
1 0:24 3:13 OWN 45 7 55 Touchdown
2 6:38 1:58 OWN 14 3 5 Punt
2 3:43 1:53 OPP 33 3 -12 Punt
3 10:17 2:50 OWN 47 5 53 Touchdown
3 3:53 2:37 OWN 30 4 26 Punt
4 14:52 1:44 OWN 19 7 25 Interception
4 13:08 1:45 OWN 14 4 18 Punt
4 8:29 5:26 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
4 1:47 1:45 OPP 36 6 19 Field Goal

Little Rock Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
3 1 2

Memphis Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
4 3 1

Little Rock Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 5 19 3.8
Middle 11 52 4.7
Right 10 46 4.6
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
73 Lofton 5 7 23
68 Gardner 3 7 17
64 Cunningham 1 5 20
55 Jones 1 3 22
88 Dresow 0 1 16
25 Brock 0 0 18
70 McGee 0 0 18
40 Colford 0 1 6
65 Webb 0 0 7
62 Armstrong 0 0 6
71 Ballard 0 0 6
56 Johnstone 0 0 1

Little Rock Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 6 5 50 8.3
Short (0-8 Yds) 6 2 8 1.3
Medium (9-18 Yds) 10 5 95 9.5
Long (19+ Yds) 5 0 0 0.0

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
4 Newton 18 11 1 3 1 0 2 0
1 Dobbins 9 1 0 1 1 0 5 1

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
25 Brock 4 1 0 17 18
88 Dresow 4 3 0 42 14
83 Perea 4 0 2 0 10
84 Dockery 4 2 0 46 22
19 Hill 3 1 1 17 24
35 Crawford 2 2 0 10 13
40 Colford 2 1 0 6 11
34 Richmond 2 1 0 12 8
24 McAfee 1 1 0 3 5
87 Morrell 1 0 1 0 10

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
73 Lofton 0 26
64 Cunningham 0 25
55 Jones 0 22
70 McGee 1 20
68 Gardner 0 19
25 Brock 0 18
40 Colford 0 11
71 Ballard 1 8
62 Armstrong 0 7
65 Webb 0 5
56 Johnstone 0 3

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
77 Hitchcock 2.0 0 2 37
75 Zessin 0.0 0 5 29
66 Hill 0.0 0 0 34
49 Maffett 0.0 0 0 33
45 Houston 0.0 0 0 31
90 Wellman 0.0 0 0 30
79 Beechler 0.0 0 0 30
46 Brooks 0.0 0 0 29
96 Joseph 0.0 0 1 19
42 Carlson 0.0 0 0 24
93 Peabody 0.0 0 0 24
52 Harden 0.0 0 0 24
44 Nichols 0.0 0 0 19
20 Beyer 0.0 0 0 17
99 Hammond 0.0 0 0 16
36 Lincoln 0.0 0 0 14
72 Flick 0.0 0 0 14
28 Sheff 0.0 0 0 11
54 Bronson 0.0 0 0 4
51 Martinez 0.0 0 0 1

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
90 Wellman 6 0 0 30
49 Maffett 4 0 1 33
45 Houston 4 0 0 31
46 Brooks 3 0 0 29
93 Peabody 3 0 0 24
52 Harden 3 0 0 24
79 Beechler 1 0 0 30
42 Carlson 1 0 0 24
44 Nichols 1 0 0 19
77 Hitchcock 0 0 0 37
66 Hill 0 0 0 34
75 Zessin 0 0 0 29
96 Joseph 0 0 0 19
20 Beyer 0 0 0 17
99 Hammond 0 0 0 16
36 Lincoln 0 0 0 14
72 Flick 0 0 0 14
28 Sheff 0 0 0 11
54 Bronson 0 0 0 4
51 Martinez 0 0 0 1

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
90 Wellman 9 2 19 30
20 Beyer 6 1 14 17
45 Houston 4 1 24 31
49 Maffett 4 1 21 33
52 Harden 4 1 13 24
46 Brooks 4 0 19 29
93 Peabody 3 1 20 24
44 Nichols 3 1 16 19
77 Hitchcock 3 0 26 37
79 Beechler 3 0 25 30
66 Hill 2 2 28 34
96 Joseph 2 2 18 19
28 Sheff 2 1 10 11
75 Zessin 2 0 25 29
36 Lincoln 2 0 14 14
42 Carlson 1 0 17 24
54 Bronson 1 0 8 4
72 Flick 0 1 11 14
99 Hammond 0 0 9 16
51 Martinez 0 0 4 1

Memphis Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 5 37 7.4
Middle 15 45 3.0
Right 9 29 3.2
None 2 -2 -1.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
53 Thompson 3 4 24
75 Murray 2 7 22
78 Moreland 2 6 30
67 Meekin 2 5 29
64 Lewis 2 2 29
81 Johnstone 1 1 10
59 Vallery 0 2 11
89 Tubbs 0 1 12
63 Mitchell 0 1 10
35 Martz 0 0 18
87 Erickson 0 0 15
23 Henry 0 0 7

Memphis Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 2 2 11 5.5
Short (0-8 Yds) 19 12 66 3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds) 13 8 92 7.0
Long (19+ Yds) 6 4 116 19.3

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
11 Blackwell 40 26 3 2 0 0 8 1

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
83 Littlejohn 9 3 1 21 37
80 Brady 9 7 0 80 32
35 Martz 6 5 0 40 19
85 Ward 5 5 0 85 10
28 Dodge 3 1 1 2 15
82 DeWalt 2 1 0 37 18
87 Erickson 2 2 0 10 13
23 Henry 2 1 0 4 6
89 Tubbs 1 1 0 6 16
81 Johnstone 1 0 0 0 10

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
67 Meekin 0 38
78 Moreland 2 37
64 Lewis 0 35
53 Thompson 0 28
75 Murray 0 24
63 Mitchell 0 19
35 Martz 0 19
59 Vallery 0 19
23 Henry 0 6

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
51 Whitfield 1.0 0 0 26
77 Moore 1.0 0 1 12
76 Gonzalez 0.0 0 1 24
97 Stuart 0.0 0 1 20
91 Szabo 0.0 0 1 20
38 Nelson 0.0 0 1 19
94 Hildebrandt 0.0 0 1 15
22 Whalen 0.0 0 0 22
32 Chan 0.0 0 0 22
41 Burnette 0.0 0 0 21
40 Lyon 0.0 0 0 19
33 Norton 0.0 0 0 17
95 Myers 0.0 0 1 7
92 Davidson 0.0 0 0 15
98 Doyle 0.0 0 0 13
55 Whitney 0.0 0 0 10
39 Upshaw 0.0 0 0 7
54 Buchans 0.0 0 0 5
71 Butler 0.0 0 0 3

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
98 Doyle 3 0 0 13
41 Burnette 2 0 0 21
51 Whitfield 1 0 0 26
76 Gonzalez 1 0 0 24
91 Szabo 1 0 0 20
38 Nelson 1 0 0 19
40 Lyon 1 0 0 19
39 Upshaw 1 0 0 7
54 Buchans 1 0 0 5
32 Chan 0 1 0 22
33 Norton 0 1 0 17
22 Whalen 0 0 1 22
97 Stuart 0 0 0 20
94 Hildebrandt 0 0 0 15
92 Davidson 0 0 0 15
77 Moore 0 0 0 12
55 Whitney 0 0 0 10
95 Myers 0 0 0 7
71 Butler 0 0 0 3

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
51 Whitfield 8 1 24 26
33 Norton 5 2 19 17
22 Whalen 4 2 20 22
40 Lyon 3 3 14 19
38 Nelson 3 2 21 19
98 Doyle 3 0 7 13
39 Upshaw 3 0 10 7
91 Szabo 2 1 15 20
54 Buchans 2 1 3 5
76 Gonzalez 2 0 18 24
41 Burnette 2 0 18 21
77 Moore 2 0 17 12
92 Davidson 1 2 17 15
32 Chan 1 0 17 22
97 Stuart 0 2 22 20
94 Hildebrandt 0 1 7 15
55 Whitney 0 0 7 10
95 Myers 0 0 2 7
71 Butler 0 0 6 3

Injuries

Edwin Casas, LDE - Strained Hamstring, Probable, return unknown.

Wayne Hill, FL - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome, Probable, return unknown.

Juan Hatcher, TE - Dislocated Shoulder, Out, full strength in about 5 weeks.


Just remember these are our backups for the most part. :)

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Champaign at Little Rock (E)

Box Score: Champaign at Little Rock
Little Rock, TX.

Exhibition Week 5, 1995

Attendance: 66,600 (69,500).


Weather: 68 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:07 LTR - Duane Crawford 9 run.
1Q: 10:07 LTR - Erik Buckner extra point.
1Q: 01:51 LTR - Erik Buckner 26 field goal.
2Q: 06:39 LTR - Duane Crawford 2 run.
2Q: 06:39 LTR - Erik Buckner extra point.
2Q: 01:24 CHA - Martin Hiller 6 run.
2Q: 01:24 CHA - Herman Browning extra point.
4Q: 14:54 CHA - Derek Miller 2 pass from Nicky Wilton.
4Q: 14:54 CHA - Herman Browning extra point.
4Q: 05:15 CHA - Herman Browning 43 field goal.
4Q: 00:06 CHA - Brent Kolsrud 1 run.
4Q: 00:06 CHA - Herman Browning extra point.

Game MVP: CHA 47 Quinn Mayes

Champaign 0 7 0 17 - 24
Little Rock 10 7 0 0 - 17

Team Statistics CHA LTR

First Downs 22 20

Total Rushes 24 24
Rushing Yards 115 91
Yards Per Carry 4.7 3.7
Pass Attempts 35 38
Completions 20 26
Passing Yards 272 260
Yards Per Attempt 7.7 6.8
Sacked 1 5
Yards Lost 4 35
Interceptions 2 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0

Total Plays 59 62
Total Yards 387 351
Yards Per Play 6.5 5.6

3rd Down Plays 3/9 7/15

Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.8 9.2

4th Down Plays 1/1 0/0

Penalties 6 5
Penalty Yards 47 35

Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 34
Time Of Possession 24:35 35:25

Champaign Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
42 Kolsrud 12 66 5.5 21 1
45 Meier 6 39 6.5 16 0
24 Bradford 4 2 0.5 3 0
36 Miller 1 2 2.0 2 0
81 Hiller 1 6 6.0 6 1

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
11 Loftis 24 13 181 7.5 42 0 2 1
9 Wilton 11 7 91 8.2 30 1 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
88 Carson 5 63 12.6 3 18 0
36 Miller 4 25 6.2 18 10 1
81 Hiller 4 84 21.0 10 42 0
89 Blaine 3 68 22.6 3 30 0
84 Davies 2 9 4.5 1 7 0
45 Meier 1 8 8.0 0 8 0
86 Jones 1 15 15.0 0 15 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
81 Hiller 3 57 19.0 0
47 Mayes 1 24 24.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
19 Browning 4 154 38.5 51 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
19 Browning 1 1 43 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
37 Weaver 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
47 Mayes 5 0 1.0 1 13 0
94 May 5 1 1.0 0 0 0
55 Alston 5 3 0.0 0 0 0
97 Anthony 4 1 1.0 0 0 0
30 Harrison 4 0 1.0 0 0 0
27 Coppa 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
49 Tate 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
41 Rayburn 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
54 Brandon 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
50 McGregor 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
34 Dimry 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
23 Andrews 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Rice 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
92 Scholl 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
79 Perreault 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
81 Hiller 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
59 Mosby 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
84 Davies 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
85 Gomez 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Singleton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Krueger 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
61 Samuels 0 0 0 0 4 1
51 Allen 0 0 0 0 1 0
76 Waldteufel 0 0 0 0 1 0
47 Mayes 0 1 0 0 0 0
77 Johnston 0 0 0 0 1 0
43 Turley 0 0 0 0 1 0
63 Barclay 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Loftis 1 0 0 0 0 0

Little Rock Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
35 Crawford 12 35 2.9 9 2
34 Richmond 7 23 3.2 12 0
24 McAfee 3 26 8.6 14 0
4 Newton 2 7 3.5 5 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
4 Newton 26 18 145 5.5 21 0 0 3
1 Dobbins 12 8 115 9.5 48 0 1 2

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
19 Hill 5 103 20.6 23 48 0
25 Brock 5 37 7.4 32 12 0
84 Dockery 4 31 7.7 5 12 0
87 Morrell 3 23 7.6 0 15 0
24 McAfee 2 2 1.0 2 3 0
83 Perea 2 37 18.5 1 21 0
40 Colford 2 9 4.5 7 6 0
34 Richmond 2 4 2.0 7 3 0
35 Crawford 1 14 14.0 0 14 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Richmond 2 49 24.5 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
18 Messina 6 251 41.8 48 3

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
14 Buckner 1 2 26 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
44 Nichols 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Joseph 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
42 Carlson 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
93 Peabody 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
46 Brooks 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
20 Beyer 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Lincoln 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Wellman 2 4 1.0 0 0 0
66 Hill 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
24 McAfee 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Hitchcock 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Beechler 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
49 Maffett 1 2 0.0 1 37 0
51 Martinez 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
99 Hammond 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
52 Harden 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
45 Houston 1 0 0.0 1 0 0
43 Godfrey 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
19 Hill 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
88 Dresow 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
28 Sheff 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Flick 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Bronson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
70 McGee 0 0 0 0 1 1
73 Lofton 0 0 0 0 0 1
64 Cunningham 0 0 0 0 1 1
56 Johnstone 0 0 0 0 0 1
55 Jones 0 0 0 0 1 1
68 Gardner 0 0 0 0 2 0
25 Brock 0 0 1 0 1 0
4 Newton 1 0 0 0 0 0
99 Hammond 0 0 1 0 0 0
49 Maffett 0 1 0 0 0 0

Champaign Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:07 1:57 OWN 27 3 7 Punt
1 5:44 0:28 OPP 48 2 12 Fumble
1 1:51 1:01 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 12:32 1:38 OWN 2 3 4 Punt
2 9:12 1:18 OWN 20 3 18 Interception
2 6:39 5:15 OWN 14 9 86 Touchdown
2 0:02 0:02 OWN 16 1 8 Half
3 15:00 2:55 OWN 23 5 14 Punt
3 7:41 2:13 OWN 10 7 37 Interception
3 3:43 3:49 OWN 26 9 74 Touchdown
4 8:30 3:15 OWN 20 8 54 Field Goal
4 1:48 1:42 OWN 41 7 59 Touchdown

Little Rock Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:53 OWN 20 10 80 Touchdown
1 8:10 2:26 OWN 15 3 -3 Punt
1 5:16 3:25 OWN 37 8 54 Field Goal
1 0:50 3:18 OWN 36 8 22 Punt
2 10:54 1:42 OPP 44 3 -4 Punt
2 7:54 1:15 OPP 9 3 9 Touchdown
2 1:24 1:22 OWN 32 3 8 Punt
3 12:05 4:24 OWN 37 8 14 Punt
3 5:28 1:45 OWN 31 3 -1 Punt
4 14:54 6:24 OWN 26 11 68 Missed FG
4 5:15 3:27 OWN 11 7 39 Interception
4 0:06 0:06 OWN 20 1 21 Game

Champaign Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
3 3 0

Little Rock Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
4 2 1

Champaign Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 4 39 9.7
Middle 17 65 3.8
Right 3 11 3.6
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
61 Samuels 4 5 20
76 Waldteufel 1 5 20
51 Allen 1 5 18
77 Johnston 1 3 23
43 Turley 1 1 9
63 Barclay 1 1 7
70 Luther 0 4 5
65 Shepherd 0 0 20
36 Miller 0 0 18
84 Davies 0 0 15
57 de Leon 0 0 6
85 Gomez 0 0 5
67 Ebbitt 0 0 1

Champaign Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 3 2 13 4.3
Short (0-8 Yds) 9 5 27 3.0
Medium (9-18 Yds) 17 10 135 7.9
Long (19+ Yds) 6 3 97 16.1

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
11 Loftis 24 13 3 0 3 2 1 2
9 Wilton 11 7 1 0 1 0 2 0

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
88 Carson 11 5 0 63 32
36 Miller 5 4 0 25 16
81 Hiller 5 4 0 84 15
89 Blaine 5 3 0 68 24
84 Davies 3 2 0 9 19
86 Jones 2 1 0 15 12
45 Meier 1 1 0 8 5
42 Kolsrud 1 0 0 0 17
43 Turley 1 0 0 0 12
85 Gomez 1 0 0 0 11

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
76 Waldteufel 0 34
77 Johnston 0 34
51 Allen 0 31
65 Shepherd 0 26
61 Samuels 1 26
36 Miller 0 16
63 Barclay 0 14
43 Turley 0 12
57 de Leon 0 8
70 Luther 0 1
67 Ebbitt 0 1

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
97 Anthony 1.0 1 1 30
94 May 1.0 0 0 31
47 Mayes 1.0 0 0 23
72 Rice 1.0 0 1 8
30 Harrison 1.0 0 0 14
95 Carrion 0.0 1 1 30
98 Krueger 0.0 0 1 29
41 Rayburn 0.0 0 0 28
34 Dimry 0.0 0 0 28
79 Perreault 0.0 0 0 27
37 Weaver 0.0 0 0 24
49 Tate 0.0 0 0 23
27 Coppa 0.0 0 0 22
55 Alston 0.0 0 0 18
96 Singleton 0.0 0 0 18
59 Mosby 0.0 0 0 14
23 Andrews 0.0 0 0 14
54 Brandon 0.0 0 0 14
90 Echols 0.0 0 0 10
92 Scholl 0.0 0 0 7
50 McGregor 0.0 0 0 6

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
49 Tate 4 0 0 23
55 Alston 4 0 0 18
54 Brandon 3 0 0 14
47 Mayes 2 1 1 23
37 Weaver 2 0 0 24
27 Coppa 2 0 0 22
50 McGregor 2 0 0 6
59 Mosby 1 1 0 14
94 May 1 0 0 31
41 Rayburn 1 0 0 28
34 Dimry 1 0 0 28
96 Singleton 1 0 0 18
23 Andrews 1 0 0 14
92 Scholl 1 0 0 7
95 Carrion 0 0 0 30
97 Anthony 0 0 0 30
98 Krueger 0 0 0 29
79 Perreault 0 0 0 27
30 Harrison 0 0 0 14
90 Echols 0 0 0 10
72 Rice 0 0 0 8

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
37 Weaver 6 0 10 24
55 Alston 5 3 10 18
94 May 5 1 15 31
47 Mayes 5 0 16 23
27 Coppa 4 3 11 22
49 Tate 4 2 11 23
97 Anthony 4 1 20 30
41 Rayburn 4 1 17 28
30 Harrison 4 0 10 14
54 Brandon 3 0 9 14
50 McGregor 2 1 3 6
34 Dimry 2 0 18 28
23 Andrews 2 0 8 14
79 Perreault 1 1 18 27
92 Scholl 1 1 7 7
96 Singleton 1 0 6 18
59 Mosby 1 0 9 14
72 Rice 1 0 2 8
98 Krueger 0 1 18 29
95 Carrion 0 0 20 30
90 Echols 0 0 4 10

Little Rock Rushing Breakdown

Direction Rush Yards Ave
Left 11 39 3.5
Middle 10 45 4.5
Right 3 7 2.3
None 0 0 0.0

Run Blocking KeyBlks BlkOpps RunPlays
68 Gardner 2 5 18
64 Cunningham 1 3 22
55 Jones 1 3 18
70 McGee 1 3 17
25 Brock 1 2 15
73 Lofton 0 2 18
88 Dresow 0 2 17
40 Colford 0 1 5
65 Webb 0 1 4
62 Armstrong 0 0 5
56 Johnstone 0 0 4
71 Ballard 0 0 4

Little Rock Passing Breakdown

Distance Pass Comp Yards Ave
Screen 10 8 42 4.2
Short (0-8 Yds) 11 9 43 3.9
Medium (9-18 Yds) 10 7 106 10.6
Long (19+ Yds) 7 2 69 9.8

Passing Attempt Comp BdThrw Dropd Defnsd Blockd Hurried Intrcpt
4 Newton 26 18 0 2 1 1 4 0
1 Dobbins 12 8 1 0 1 1 0 1

Receiving Target Caught Dropd Yards PassPlay
19 Hill 7 5 1 103 33
25 Brock 7 5 0 37 25
84 Dockery 7 4 1 31 24
87 Morrell 5 3 0 23 19
88 Dresow 3 0 0 0 25
24 McAfee 2 2 0 2 10
83 Perea 2 2 0 37 15
40 Colford 2 2 0 9 12
34 Richmond 2 2 0 4 12
35 Crawford 1 1 0 14 15

Pass Block SckAlwd PassPlay
64 Cunningham 1 36
73 Lofton 1 34
70 McGee 1 33
55 Jones 1 31
68 Gardner 0 29
25 Brock 0 25
40 Colford 0 12
71 Ballard 0 11
65 Webb 0 9
56 Johnstone 1 4
62 Armstrong 0 3

Pass Rush Sacks PsBlks Hurries PassPlay
90 Wellman 1.0 0 0 27
75 Zessin 0.0 1 2 26
77 Hitchcock 0.0 1 0 30
66 Hill 0.0 0 0 31
49 Maffett 0.0 0 0 29
79 Beechler 0.0 0 0 29
42 Carlson 0.0 0 1 18
45 Houston 0.0 0 0 28
44 Nichols 0.0 0 0 23
46 Brooks 0.0 0 0 23
93 Peabody 0.0 0 0 19
52 Harden 0.0 0 0 19
96 Joseph 0.0 0 0 18
72 Flick 0.0 0 0 14
20 Beyer 0.0 0 0 13
36 Lincoln 0.0 0 0 12
99 Hammond 0.0 0 0 10
28 Sheff 0.0 0 0 6
51 Martinez 0.0 0 0 5
54 Bronson 0.0 0 0 3
43 Godfrey 0.0 0 0 2

Pass Defense Caught Defnsd Intrcpt PassPlay
42 Carlson 4 0 0 18
44 Nichols 2 1 0 23
46 Brooks 2 1 0 23
49 Maffett 2 0 1 29
20 Beyer 2 0 0 13
36 Lincoln 2 0 0 12
52 Harden 1 1 0 19
45 Houston 1 0 1 28
77 Hitchcock 1 0 0 30
90 Wellman 1 0 0 27
96 Joseph 1 0 0 18
51 Martinez 1 0 0 5
93 Peabody 0 1 0 19
66 Hill 0 0 0 31
79 Beechler 0 0 0 29
75 Zessin 0 0 0 26
72 Flick 0 0 0 14
99 Hammond 0 0 0 10
28 Sheff 0 0 0 6
54 Bronson 0 0 0 3
43 Godfrey 0 0 0 2

Defense Tackles Assists RunPlay PassPlay
44 Nichols 5 1 17 23
96 Joseph 5 1 13 18
42 Carlson 4 1 14 18
46 Brooks 3 1 16 23
93 Peabody 3 1 16 19
20 Beyer 3 0 8 13
36 Lincoln 3 0 6 12
90 Wellman 2 4 18 27
66 Hill 2 1 21 31
77 Hitchcock 2 0 23 30
79 Beechler 2 0 19 29
49 Maffett 1 2 17 29
52 Harden 1 2 12 19
99 Hammond 1 2 7 10
51 Martinez 1 2 3 5
45 Houston 1 0 18 28
72 Flick 1 0 7 14
28 Sheff 1 0 5 6
54 Bronson 1 0 5 3
43 Godfrey 1 0 0 2
75 Zessin 0 0 19 26

Injuries

Edwin Casas, LDE - Strained Hamstring, Probable, return unknown.

Juan Hatcher, TE - Dislocated Shoulder, Out, full strength in about 4 weeks.

Blaine Houston, LCB - Sprained Neck, Probable, full strength in about 3 weeks.

[primelord]

Here is the look at how the dline performed in the pre season. Both Zessin and Hitchcock had very solid games.

Name Tkl Asst Sck Blk Hur Rply Pply TkP PrP
Zessin 8 1 1 1 8 87 111 4.5 9.0
Hitchck 8 2 3 1 5 94 129 4.5 7.0
Flick 2 1 1 0 0 29 47 3.9 2.1
Beechlr 13 4 2 0 0 77 112 9.0 1.8
Hill 8 6 0 2 0 90 124 6.5 1.6
Hammond 5 3 0 0 0 38 49 9.2 0.0

[primelord]

Here is a look at our DB's. I don't know how the PdPCT is calculated so I just made up a little +/- system real quick for the pass coverage. If a ball is caught on you it is -1, if you defend the pass it is +1, and if you intercept the pass it is +2.

Name Tkl Ast Cgt Dfn Int Rply Pply TkP +/-
Maffett 6 8 8 3 4 72 111 7.7 +3
Sheff 7 1 2 0 1 27 43 11.4 0
Brooks 9 2 5 2 0 48 73 9.1 -3
Lincoln 9 0 4 1 0 63 75 6.5 -3
Nichols 16 2 5 1 0 46 57 17.5 -4
Beyer 16 4 7 3 0 51 76 15.7 -4
Carlson 13 4 9 0 0 58 86 11.8 -9
Houston 14 2 12 0 1 84 108 8.3 -10

[cthomer5000]

Originally posted by primelord
Here is a look at our DB's. I don't know how the PdPCT is calculated so I just made up a little +/- system real quick for the pass coverage. If a ball is caught on you it is -1, if you defend the pass it is +1, and if you intercept the pass it is +2.

I also find the calculation a mystery (although it's probably in the help file). I really wish there was a 'targeted' number as their is with wide recievers. It would be nice to know who's getting picked on.

[primelord]

A couple of things jump out at me from these stats.

1) I think the opposition is going to pick on Houston quite a bit this year. He gave up a lot of catches in the pre season.

2) It looks to me like Nichols won the battle for the FS starting slot. He was easily the best tackler this pre season and he only had a slightly worse +/-. Although the +/- system doesn't take into account that Brooks and Lincoln were on the field more.

3) Maffett looks like he is developing very nicely.

[primelord]

I am almost positive I saw ez post the formula for the PdPCT somewhere on the old board, but I can't find it. I think he linked to it in one of the Journal threads, but the link he used is broken.

[primelord]

Dola,

I found it. :)

PDQ = 20 + 1500 * INTrate + 600 * DEFrate - 100 * CAUGHTrate

INTrate = interceptions/pass plays
DEFrate = passes defensed/pass plays
CAUGHTrate = catches allowed/pass plays

[primelord]

Of course that formula says Maffet had a 86.0 PdPCT so I am not certain that is right. :)

[Anrhydeddu]

Are you saying that a fan favorite from an opposing team instantly becomes a fan favorite for your team? Also, a fan favorite coming out of college instantly becomes a fan favorite for your team? That doesn't make much sense.

[cthomer5000]

Originally posted by Anrhydeddu
Are you saying that a fan favorite from an opposing team instantly becomes a fan favorite for your team? Also, a fan favorite coming out of college instantly becomes a fan favorite for your team? That doesn't make much sense.

we don't say it, the game does.

Certainly in real life some players popularity does transfer (every team sells a ton of Jerseys of it's #1 draft pick), but FOF could use a lot more work in dealing with popularity.

[primelord]

Yea there has been several complaints in the past that there are far too many fan favorites in the game. We are seeing this first hand since we have house rule involving it. :) Although in our case it's not such a bad thing since it is making things tougher for us.

[primelord]

Ok guys I need some help setting the offense up. We don't need to cut anyone from the offense. I made enough cuts from the defense. Here are my questions.

QB: Easy enough. 1. Coghill 2. Newton 3. Dobbins

RB: Who do we want to sit here? I am thinking of our 4 RB's Crawford is now the worst of the lot. I am guessing we make him inactive and then it goes. 1. Biggs 2. McAfee 3. Crawford?

The FB's and TE's are easy enough.

What about at WR? Same as the last few years? Hill and Perea at FL and McAllister and I guess Morrell at SE? Do we want to try and get Morrell more PT?

Come to think of it. I am just going to upload the files as is. Bee, Quik, ct etc. When you guys get a chance if you can look at the files and let me know who we should start that would be great. If it doesn't happen today thats fine, but it would be nice to get some games in today. Either way it doesn't matter.

Wade obviously if you see this let me know who you want in, but I don't think you can look at the files until sunday.

[primelord]

Updated File #1

[primelord]

Updated File #2

[cthomer5000]

we should definitely make Crawford inactive. The best we can hope for is him getting pissed of and either retiring/refusing to re-sign when the contract is up.

[QuikSand]

On offense, it's a tough call at LT... we have three options, none perfect. Woolridge actually put up good numbers last year, despite having dropped off greatly following his injury. Armstrong is a good run blocker, but in our offense his skills are a mismatch. McGee, our promising rookie, need splaying time to develop - but on a contending team, do you "bring a guy along" at a key position like left tackle?

I think I vote for McGee to start - the tendency in FOF seems to be for players to play somewhat "to theur potential," and I suspect that by the end of the season, he'll be appreciably better than the other guys even in current skills.

[Bee]

I agree with QS about McGee on LT.

[cthomer5000]

I'd so we go with McGee but definitely keep an eye on him.

[QuikSand]

By the way, as you may have noticed, the PDQ statistic (reference above, with formula) is no longer used in the game... that was in FOF 2001.

[QuikSand]

Looks like the formula in FOF4 is more like:

PDPct = 20 + 120 * INTrate + 60 * DEFrate - 30 * CAUGHTrate

INTrate = interceptions/pass plays
DEFrate = passes defensed/pass plays
CAUGHTrate = catches allowed/pass plays

[QuikSand]

Are we stalled waiting for more input, or just stalled?

[wade moore]

I'm back.. I can sim the games, I agree with what has been said.. prime, let me know if d is done, and I can take over and do the first 4 games of the regular season...

[primelord]

Originally posted by QuikSand
Are we stalled waiting for more input, or just stalled?

Sorry we were just stalled. I ended up being very busy this weekend. Wade go ahead and sim the first four games just so I am certain the offense is set the way you want it.