Rebuilding The Raiders: The First FOF7 Dynasty Thread

[Ben E Lou]

Wow. Looking around the default rosters, the Raiders are a pretty clear choice for "biggest challenge."

I start out and...

Roster = #32
Stadium = #29
Fan Support = #28
Franchise Value = #32

I'm going to move relatively quickly, at least early on.

Injuries at 150. Combine Accuracy at 50. Cap Increase Range default. Chemistry off.

I'm going to let the coaches handle all depth charts.

EDIT: Here are a couple of house rules that I've been using pretty much all the way through that I'm now adding as "official" ones, given how I'm actually playing:
All contracts offered--both to free agents and for contract renegotiations--must be for at least the requested number of years. (No reducing the number of years, in other words.) One exception: for renegs, cap-outs (full or partial) are allowed.
During the offseason, offers to free agents may only be made during the following stages: FA1:2, FA2:1, and the pre-TC stage. (This will cause me to have to offer a little more to guys who are unwanted, but it allows the pre-TC stage for clean-up offers to fill out the roster.)

[Ben E Lou]

2013 SUMMARY

Yeah, we suck.


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2013 Summary for Oakland Raiders

Year 2013
Record 2-14
Winning Pct. .125
All-Time 2-14
Winning Pct. .125
Playoffs 0-0
Playoff Visits 0
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Dennis Allen
Record 2-14
Winning Pct. .125
Off. Coord. G. Olson
Def. Coord. J. Tarver
Asst. Coach T. Sparano
Stren. Coord. A. Miller

Oakland Raiders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 27.1 15
Rushing Yards 114.8 13
Yards Per Carry 4.23 10 (T)
Pass Attempts 32.3 25
Completions 15.9 32
Completion Pct. 49.2 32
Passing Yards 170.9 30
Yards Per Attempt 5.30 30
Yards Per Catch 10.76 12
Total Yardage Gained 272.7 31
3rd Down Conversions 28.6 30 (T)
Points Per Game 14.3 30
Pass Rush Pct. 17.3 30
Pass Defense Pct. 37.6 32
Turnovers 23 11 (T)
Turnover Margin -3 20 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 32.1 29
Rushing Yards 132.1 28
Yards Per Carry 4.11 20
Pass Attempts 31.5 3
Completions 20.9 14 (T)
Completion Pct. 66.5 32
Passing Yards 222.7 15
Yards Per Attempt 7.07 27
Yards Per Catch 10.64 16
Total Yardage Gained 347.6 26
3rd Down Conversions 33.9 17 (T)
Points Per Game 23.9 29
Pass Rush Pct. 22.2 31
Pass Defense Pct. 73.6 32
Turnovers 20 23 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 20 at IND 23
2 16 JAX 23
3 10 at DEN 30
4 14 WAS 16
5 28 SDO 27
6 12 at KCY 17
8 13 PIT 31
9 10 PHI 26
10 24 at NYK 30
11 6 at HOU 20
12 30 TEN 7
13 6 at DAL 33
14 7 at NJY 26
15 6 KCY 31
16 12 at SDO 17
17 14 DEN 26

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
13 B. Quinn QB 330 156 1496 4.53 3 10 50.7
6 T. Pryor QB 186 98 1238 6.66 4 4 71.9
**Team --- 516 254 2734 5.30 7 14 58.3
$$Opp --- 504 335 3563 7.07 21 13 90.0

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
20 D. McFadden RB 173 749 4.33 4 1
27 R. Jennings RB 91 271 2.98 3 5
34 L. Murray RB 75 414 5.52 3 2
32 J. Stewart RB 42 166 3.95 0 3
6 T. Pryor QB 32 152 4.75 0 2
**Team --- 434 1837 4.23 10 23
$$Opp --- 514 2113 4.11 13 16

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
17 D. Moore WR 107 50 537 10.74 5.02 7 0
12 J. Ford WR 83 42 422 10.05 5.08 2 2
80 R. Streater WR 81 34 406 11.94 5.01 5 1
19 B. Butler WR 69 31 424 13.68 6.14 7 0
88 N. Kasa TE 40 22 254 11.55 6.35 6 0
20 D. McFadden RB 31 20 195 9.75 6.29 1 1
48 J. Mastrud TE 33 19 256 13.47 7.76 3 2
45 M. Reece FB 25 16 92 5.75 3.68 0 1

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
56 M. Burris ILB 79 25 0.5 1 1 2 74.7
24 C. Woodson S 73 26 0.0 0 0 2 75.4
25 D. Hayden CB 72 12 0.0 0 5 10 76.9
94 K. Burnett OLB 70 21 7.0 21 0 3 78.5
21 M. Jenkins CB 69 15 0.0 0 3 5 74.7
33 T. Branch S 63 36 0.0 1 0 2 75.7
53 N. Roach OLB 44 16 3.5 2 1 1 74.4
50 K. Maiava ILB 40 10 0.0 0 0 3 73.1
99 L. Houston DE 39 17 2.0 11 0 0 80.7
26 U. Young S 38 10 0.0 0 2 4 81.9
51 T. Goethel ILB 36 12 1.0 0 1 1 76.1
54 M. Fokou ILB 26 6 0.0 1 0 1 63.4
91 J. Crawford DE 26 14 1.0 5 0 0 82.2
55 S. Moore OLB 25 11 1.0 0 0 1 77.3
90 P. Sims DT 24 11 2.0 2 0 0 81.7
92 S. McGee DT 23 14 1.0 1 0 1 81.9
97 A. Carter DE 19 6 1.5 6 0 0 81.3
23 T. Porter CB 19 6 0.0 0 0 1 77.0 

[Ben E Lou]

Stadium Stage: Just tried to renovate turf to improve it from "Fair."
Staff Draft: I end up with an entirely new staff, focused heavily on scouting, young talent, and player development.
Ticket Prices: Loving the new Rex button there.

No one is franchised.

We have the 1(1). Heading to bed now. Couple of stud WRs available and a "maybe" at QB.

[Rawhide]

Congratulations on starting the first FOF7 dynasty - may there be many more to follow!

[Ben E Lou]

FA1:1--The Great Purge. In short, if you suck and are making $1M or more, you're gone. It's not quite Empty Cupboard, but we're down to just 9 guys rated 50 or more future:

RB DMC
FB Reece
C Wisniewski
LT Willie Smith
RT Menelik Watson
K Janikowski
LDE Houston
SILB Burris
LCB Hayden

The good news is that I have a ton of cap room.

[Ben E Lou]

2014 Free Agency

I decide to SPEND

Jay Cutler and Luke McCown are the top QBs available, and there are a couple of intriguing QBs in the draft class. I think I'm going to play it safe at 1.1 and go with one of the can't miss WRs and try to sign McCown, who wants far less than Cutler. Given that I have DMC and 3/5 of a strong o-line, I decide to fill it out by signing two guards also.

I posted this in the main thread: I got creamed early on. Both of my guard targets and my top TE target went to AI teams. Nice!

[Ben E Lou]

Dagnabbit! Make that my top TWO TE targets. I missed on the 2nd guy I tried to sign, too. :rant:

[Ben E Lou]

Signees in FA:

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
McCown, Luke 9 QB 11 50 50 3 yrs
Davis, Kellen 82 TE 7 51 51 2 yrs
Jackson, DeSean 87 FL 7 63 63 4 yrs
Turner, Robert 73 LG 7 68 68 4 yrs
McQuistan, Paul 72 RG 9 59 59 3 yrs
Jones, Donnie 1 P 11 51 51 3 yrs
Wootton, Corey 97 LDE 5 61 61 4 yrs
Evans, Fred 98 LDT 8 58 58 3 yrs
Ellerbe, Dannell 94 MLB 6 40 40 2 yrs
Hughes, Jerry 93 SLB 5 45 45 4 yrs
Sanford, Jamarca 44 FS 6 38 38 3 yrs
Clemons, Chris 40 FS 6 47 47 3 yrs

OK. So at least now we look competitive. On to the draft.

[revrew]

Quick Q as this is all new. You're using real NFL names. Did game come with those? If not, how did you insert them all?

[BYU 14]

Quick Q as this is all new. You're using real NFL names. Did game come with those? If not, how did you insert them all?

Yes real names are in the default file, you have the option to start with fictional :)

[Ben E Lou]

2014 Draftees

Rnd 1 - Caleb Garrett, WR, Canisius, 39/58...looks like a stud
Rnd 2 - Erick James, QB, Michigan--VU QB, 18/49..not sure what i have here
Rnd 3 - Jamie Mathis, TE, Louisiana State--22/52..i don't hvae terribly high hopes for him
Rnd 4 - Jackson Horn, OLB, Kentucky--14/27...his combines looked good at least!
Rnd 5 - Corey Howe, DE, Texas Christian--11/39...PRT guy
Rnd 6 - Keith Stone, RB, Georgia Tech--21/24..he needs to grow to be worth anything
Rnd 7 - Chance Bettis, S, North Carolina--10/30..meh

Turf renovations passed. Yay.

[Ben E Lou]

No big bumps or drops in TC, but after Preseason Week 2, I notice some significant changes. Most notably FA QB signee McCown drops from 50ish to 39/39 and rookie James jumps from 50ish future to 62 future. The AI is handling depth charts, and bumps him up to #1, at least for the preseason. 1.1 pick Garret jumps to 51/71, which isn't a big surprise. His combines were off the charts.

[Ben E Lou]

Preseason Over. Here's the 2014 Roster:

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
McCown, Luke 9 QB QB 11 39 39 3 yrs
McFadden, Darren 20 RB RB 7 65 65 3 yrs
Reece, Marcel 45 FB FB 6 72 72 4 yrs
Davis, Kellen 82 TE TE 7 51 51 2 yrs
Jackson, DeSean 87 FL FL 7 65 65 4 yrs
Garrett, Caleb 84 SE SE 1 51 71 4 yrs
Smith, Willie 78 LT LT 4 43 49 2 yrs
Turner, Robert 73 LG LG 7 69 69 4 yrs
Wisniewski, Stefen 61 C C 4 50 60 1 yr.
McQuistan, Paul 72 RG RG 9 59 59 3 yrs
Watson, Menelik 71 RT RT 2 51 55 3 yrs
Wootton, Corey 97 LDE LDE 5 59 59 4 yrs
Evans, Fred 98 NT NT 8 59 59 3 yrs
Houston, Lamarr 99 RDE RDE 5 55 55 4 yrs
Hughes, Jerry 93 SLB SLB 5 46 46 4 yrs
Burris, Miles 56 SILB SILB 3 62 62 2 yrs
Robertson, Craig 50 SILB WILB 3 46 46 3 yrs
Moore, Sio 55 WLB WLB 2 34 34 3 yrs
Hayden, D.J. 25 LCB LCB 2 75 75 3 yrs
Jones, Taiwan 22 LCB RCB 4 29 29 1 yr.
Clemons, Chris 40 SS SS 6 47 47 3 yrs
Sanford, Jamarca 44 FS FS 6 39 39 3 yrs
James, Erick 4 QB 1 27 62 4 yrs
Kerney, Giovanni 2 QB 1 14 35 1 yr.
Bradford, Sam 7 QB 5 20 31 2 yrs
Stone, Keith 47 RB 1 23 28 4 yrs
Murray, Latavius 34 RB 2 27 27 3 yrs
Talley, Tony 24 FB 2 36 36 2 yrs
Mathis, Jamie 89 TE 1 28 44 4 yrs
Hartsock, Ben 85 TE 11 8 8 2 yrs
Moore, Denarius 17 FL 4 42 42 1 yr.
Streater, Rod 80 FL 3 36 37 1 yr.
Butler, Brice 19 SE 2 34 38 3 yrs
Bergstrom, Tony 70 LG 3 1 1 2 yrs
Nix, Lucas 76 RG 3 37 45 1 yr.
Veldheer, Jared 68 LT 5 41 41 2 yrs
Jones, Donnie 1 P 11 48 48 3 yrs
Janikowski, Sebastian 11 K 15 71 71 3 yrs
Howe, Corey 75 RDE 1 17 36 4 yrs
Bilukidi, Christo 96 NT 3 23 28 2 yrs
Fokou, Moise 54 SILB 6 28 28 3 yrs
Ellerbe, Dannell 94 WILB 6 40 40 2 yrs
Kruger, Paul 57 SLB 6 29 29 3 yrs
Frantz, Javier 41 RCB 1 15 27 1 yr.
Bettis, Chance 21 FS 1 14 28 4 yrs
Straub, Jamal 59 LS 2 15 15 1 yr.
##Reynaud, Darius 37 RB 6 27 27 2 yrs
##Floyd, Malcom 86 FL 9 20 20 2 yrs
##Crawford, Jack 91 RDE 3 30 33 2 yrs
##Carrington, Alex 74 RDE 5 27 30 3 yrs
##McGee, Stacy 92 NT 2 25 32 3 yrs
##Horn, Jackson 53 SLB 1 16 27 4 yrs

I'm ok with the AI starting McCown at QB for now. I guess if things get really bad and I want James to start, I can just cut McCown. :D

As far as our outlook, I have no idea. We're tied for #12 in roster strength, but only at 44, but our cohesion has to stink. 6 starters on each side of the ball are new to the team this season.

[Ben E Lou]

2014 Weeks 1-4

We start out 3-1, our lone loss being to NE on the road, but that loss may have been crippling. High-dollar FA signee and #1 WR DeSean Jackson goes down with a Compound Leg Fracture in Week 4. Could be a career-ender.

McCown has an 81.4 passer rating after 4 games. DMC has rushed for 404 yards and also has 125 receiving yards. Rookie WR Garrett has 232 yards, but is going to be asked to step up significantly with Jackson gone.

[Ben E Lou]

Noticed a VERY nice feature for SP just now: the AI will make Out-injured guys inactive for you without signing anyone new. In other words, it is shuffling the Active/Inactive stuff for me. Very nice time-saver. It'll allow me to play at a higher injury setting without the annoyance of doing that crap manually. :thumbsup:

[Ben E Lou]

2014 Games 5-8

Another 3-1 to run the record to 6-2, but I'm not really sure how. Stats suggest either good dice rolls or the turnover ratio. We're #15 in offense, #12 in ppg, #17 in defense, #4 in defense ppg. The only numbers that stand out are that we only have 8 turnovers (tied for 4th best) and the margin is +6 (tied for 5th best). DM hasn't fumbled a single time and has 751 rushing yards. McCown is doing the "game manager" thing well enough for me: 82.7 rating, 1760 yards passing, only 6 picks to date.

[Ben E Lou]

Noticed a VERY nice feature for SP just now: the AI will make Out-injured guys inactive for you without signing anyone new. In other words, it is shuffling the Active/Inactive stuff for me. Very nice time-saver. It'll allow me to play at a higher injury setting without the annoyance of doing that crap manually. :thumbsup:And I now confirm what someone said earlier in the main thread: when these guys are healed, they are automatically put back on the Active roster. For SP for me...that...is....WONDERFUL.

[Ben E Lou]

2014 Games 9-12

We go 1-3 over this stretch to fall to 7-5 and in a very tight AFC West. SD is 7-5, we are 7-5, and Den/KC are both 6-6. McCown stunk it up over this stretch. His best passer rating in four starts was 69.1. He's down to 72.4 for the year but seems like our best option for making the playoffs...

[Ben E Lou]

2014 Games 13-16
DMC puts the team on his back and leads us to a division title at 11-5. We go 4-0 over this stretch as McFadden goes for 167, 130, 137, and 109 yards. Lowest ypc in any game in the last quarter of the season is 5.19.

[Ben E Lou]

2014 Playoffs...

That was short-lived. Peyton and the Broncos come to town and put us in our place in the WC Round, 34-10. It was 31-0 at halftime.

[Ben E Lou]

I'm not sure what to make of these numbers. They don't look like the results of a legit playoff team. The defense seemed to do a good job in keeping people from scoring, but I'm not really sure why. McFadden was clearly the team MVP on offense:


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2014 Summary for Oakland Raiders

Year 2014
Record 11-6
Winning Pct. .647
All-Time 13-19
Winning Pct. .406
Playoffs 0-1
Playoff Visits 1
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Bill Callahan
Record 11-6
Winning Pct. .647
Off. Coord. J. Brewer
Def. Coord. R. Castillo
Asst. Coach R. Wayne
Stren. Coord. M. Montgomery

Oakland Raiders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 27.8 14
Rushing Yards 122.3 10
Yards Per Carry 4.40 9
Pass Attempts 31.9 26
Completions 17.8 25 (T)
Completion Pct. 55.9 24
Passing Yards 201.9 25
Yards Per Attempt 6.33 18
Yards Per Catch 11.33 8
Total Yardage Gained 305.4 22
3rd Down Conversions 32.9 18
Points Per Game 19.9 18
Pass Rush Pct. 21.2 17 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 45.7 28 (T)
Turnovers 23 13 (T)
Turnover Margin +2 14 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 28.1 20
Rushing Yards 119.9 25
Yards Per Carry 4.27 20
Pass Attempts 34.7 12
Completions 20.9 19
Completion Pct. 60.2 18 (T)
Passing Yards 213.1 9
Yards Per Attempt 6.14 9
Yards Per Catch 10.21 3
Total Yardage Gained 322.1 15
3rd Down Conversions 31.6 10
Points Per Game 16.8 7 (T)
Pass Rush Pct. 24.4 27
Pass Defense Pct. 66.6 29
Turnovers 25 19 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 19 DEN 13
2 13 at SFO 9
3 33 HOU 14
4 6 at NED 10
5 13 at KCY 9
6 41 BUF 3
7 17 at NJY 36
9 26 MIA 20
10 3 SDO 12
11 34 at DEN 25
12 17 SEA 31
13 10 at CLE 38
14 24 ARI 20
15 36 at SDO 13
16 12 at STL 10
17 14 KCY 6
$$WC 10 DEN 34

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
9 L. McCown QB 469 265 3001 6.40 18 14 76.1
4 E. James QB 41 20 229 5.59 0 3 35.5
**Team --- 510 285 3230 6.33 18 17 72.9
$$Opp --- 555 334 3409 6.14 15 13 77.1

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
20 D. McFadden RB 324 1577 4.87 5 1
34 L. Murray RB 93 280 3.01 2 0
**Team --- 445 1957 4.40 7 11
$$Opp --- 449 1918 4.27 7 18

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
84 C. Garrett WR 110 61 878 14.39 7.98 4 4
19 B. Butler WR 85 43 557 12.95 6.55 3 5
20 D. McFadden RB 66 42 293 6.98 4.44 5 2
82 K. Davis TE 69 33 339 10.27 4.91 7 2
17 D. Moore WR 48 29 332 11.45 6.92 2 1
87 D. Jackson WR 36 20 303 15.15 8.42 1 0
45 M. Reece FB 24 17 82 4.82 3.42 1 3

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
40 C. Clemons S 107 36 2.0 0 6 7 82.7
56 M. Burris ILB 99 40 0.0 3 0 1 74.2
25 D. Hayden CB 79 14 0.0 0 2 13 77.4
93 J. Hughes OLB 66 9 6.5 3 0 6 75.3
22 T. Jones CB 65 12 0.0 1 2 10 77.7
50 C. Robertson ILB 64 25 1.0 0 0 3 74.0
44 J. Sanford S 57 20 0.0 0 2 1 77.9
99 L. Houston DE 36 21 2.5 14 0 0 81.7
98 F. Evans DT 30 12 4.0 12 0 0 81.1
41 J. Frantz CB 29 13 0.0 1 0 4 75.2
55 S. Moore OLB 25 14 5.0 9 1 1 81.6
21 C. Bettis S 25 5 0.0 0 0 3 78.6
97 C. Wootton DE 24 7 2.0 11 0 0 81.3
96 C. Bilukidi DT 24 12 3.5 9 0 0 80.8
57 P. Kruger OLB 18 4 0.0 0 0 1 71.2

[Ben E Lou]

SS Chris Clemons is our only award winner. With 6 picks, 2 pick-sixes, and 107 tackles, he wins 1st team honors.

[Ben E Lou]

No retirements. Jackson gets the "Watch Closely (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?p=2882539#post2882539)" label. With all those bonuses handed out for FA signings, we lost ~$60M, one of only 5 teams to lose money, and were #32 in finances. Hello, bottom of staff draft.

I think since all of our guys had multiple years left on their deals, none of them got poached. By the time our pick came around, our guys were far and away the best options left at their respective staff positions.

[Ben E Lou]

Not many money-saving renegs available to me in FA1:1. We could cap some guys out, but I'm wary of doing that en masse with the high-salary contracts. Right now, it looks like CB is the only strong position of need...depending on what happens with Jackson at WR, of course. And given that Jackson is our highest-salaried player, I definitely don't want to cap him out while I'm running the risk of him dying. Looking over the WRs and CBs available in FA, there's not really anyone that I'm gaga about anyway, so no cap outs. I'll pursue CB Brandon Flowers, who has a relatively modest salary request. If he doesn't sign, it looks like I'll have to stand pat with 29/29 Taiwan Jones as our 2nd CB. Definitely a position to look at for our 1(24) pick. Seems relatively certain that I'll grab a CB or WR there.

[Ben E Lou]

Flowers (46/46) signed at CB. Headed to the draft.

[Izulde]

I keep reading DMC as Demarcus Cousins :D

[Ben E Lou]

2015 Draft

When the 1(24) is up, my CB option makes me feel more confident than my top WR options, so he's the pick. Here's the draft in its entirety:

From: Front Office Football

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - Harry Snyder, CB, Virginia--34/66
Rnd 2 - Grayson Amey, WR, Vanderbilt--19/22--4 blue combines. I hope guys like this can grow significantly in FOF7.
Rnd 3 - Zion Matthews, OLB, Vanderbilt--10/25--Drafted as ILB, moved to WLB. Has 3-4 WLB skillz, it appears.
Rnd 4 - Nicolas Woolley, DE, Miami, Ohio--15/29
Rnd 5 - Scott Bookas, S, Colorado State--13/27
Rnd 6 - Ralph Gallo, C, Northwestern St., La.--13/37
Rnd 7 - Fred Fries, RB, Alabama St.--14/23

[Ben E Lou]

2 holdouts.

SS Chris Clemons, a free agent signed last year and set to make a $1.5M salary and cost $1.9M in cap room, is asking for a four-year deal that is a little more than twice that amount on a per-year basis.

SILB Miles Burris, on the last season of a cheap 4-year rookie contract, wants huge starter money.

By capping out DMC, I have *just* enough cap room to give these guys what they want and do the one contract extension for next year that needs to happen. However, I'll start next offseason at or over the cap.

With those moves I can afford nothing in FA2 besides rookie minsal guys. I offer a few guys with PR/KR skills and a couple more semi-interesting guys.

No big rookie movement in either direction in TC. (They do change a little there. It looks like after Pre2 is the "big stage" now, though.)

[Ben E Lou]

Heh. KC offers me the 1st round pick belonging to STL next year and a young mediocre DE for QB Erick James. The Rams went 4-12 last year and are starting a rookie QB (albeit a very promising one drafted a 1.3) this year. Interesting to see, but James is 18/49-->36/62 so far. A bird in the hand and all that. No deal.

[Ben E Lou]

Jackson holds at 64/64. {wipes sweat from brow}

In other news...

Rnd 1 - Harry Snyder, CB, Virginia--34/66-->40/69
Rnd 2 - Grayson Amey, WR, Vanderbilt--19/22-->22/28
Rnd 3 - Zion Matthews, OLB, Vanderbilt--10/25-->12/20
Rnd 4 - Nicolas Woolley, DE, Miami, Ohio--15/29-->20/36
Rnd 5 - Scott Bookas, S, Colorado State--13/27-->14/21
Rnd 6 - Ralph Gallo, C, Northwestern St., La.--13/37--16/31
Rnd 7 - Fred Fries, RB, Alabama St.--14/23-->15/22

Starting LT Jared Veldheer tears a biceps muscle in the last game of the preseason and is on the IR for the season. :(

Here's what we look like heading into the regular season:

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
James, Erick 4 QB QB 2 36 61 3 yrs
McFadden, Darren 20 RB RB 8 53 53 2 yrs
Reece, Marcel 45 FB FB 7 71 71 3 yrs
Davis, Kellen 82 TE TE 8 45 45 1 yr.
Jackson, DeSean 87 FL FL 8 64 64 3 yrs
Garrett, Caleb 84 SE SE 2 70 70 3 yrs
Smith, Willie 78 LT LT 5 52 52 4 yrs
Turner, Robert 73 LG LG 8 59 59 3 yrs
Wisniewski, Stefen 61 C C 5 62 62 5 yrs
McQuistan, Paul 72 RG RG 10 59 59 3 yrs
Gordon, Thomas 70 LT RT 3 21 27 1 yr.
Wootton, Corey 97 LDE LDE 6 59 59 3 yrs
Evans, Fred 98 NT NT 9 59 59 2 yrs
Houston, Lamarr 99 RDE RDE 6 54 54 4 yrs
Hughes, Jerry 93 SLB SLB 6 47 47 4 yrs
Burris, Miles 56 SILB SILB 4 59 59 3 yrs
Robertson, Craig 50 WILB WILB 4 47 47 2 yrs
Moore, Sio 55 WLB WLB 3 31 31 2 yrs
Hayden, D.J. 25 LCB LCB 3 75 75 2 yrs
Snyder, Harry 38 RCB RCB 1 41 69 4 yrs
Clemons, Chris 40 SS SS 7 46 46 4 yrs
Sanford, Jamarca 44 FS FS 7 36 36 2 yrs
Amey, Grayson 88 SE 1 22 28 4 yrs
Gallo, Ralph 58 C 1 16 31 4 yrs
Woolley, Nicolas 95 LDE 1 21 36 4 yrs
Matthews, Zion 52 WLB 1 13 20 4 yrs
Flowers, Brandon 39 LCB 8 47 47 3 yrs
Mathis, Jamie 89 TE 2 41 48 3 yrs
Howe, Corey 75 RDE 2 27 36 3 yrs
Bettis, Chance 21 FS 2 23 28 3 yrs
Janikowski, Sebastian 11 K 16 67 67 2 yrs
Jones, Donnie 1 P 12 46 46 2 yrs
McCown, Luke 9 QB 12 39 39 2 yrs
Ellerbe, Dannell 94 WILB 7 36 36 2 yrs
Streater, Rod 80 FL 4 36 36 2 yrs
Moore, Denarius 17 FL 5 42 42 2 yrs
McGee, Stacy 92 NT 3 29 32 2 yrs
Butler, Brice 19 SE 3 38 38 2 yrs
Murray, Latavius 34 RB 3 26 26 2 yrs
Bradford, Sam 7 QB 6 18 26 1 yr.
Straub, Jamal 59 LS 3 15 15 1 yr.
Talley, Tony 24 FB 3 38 38 1 yr.
Fuller, Aaron 35 RB 1 26 32 1 yr.
Van Pelt, Rusty 83 FL 1 13 22 1 yr.
Ahanotu, Asher 69 RG 1 18 28 1 yr.
Wallace, Abel 30 SS 1 11 16 1 yr.
##Stone, Keith 47 RB 2 25 29 3 yrs
##Fokou, Moise 54 SILB 7 28 28 2 yrs
##Carrington, Alex 74 RDE 6 22 22 2 yrs
##Watson, Menelik 71 RT 3 53 53 2 yrs
##Nix, Lucas 76 RG 4 46 46 2 yrs
##Reynaud, Darius 37 RB 7 16 16 1 yr.
##Crawford, Jack 91 RDE 4 26 26 1 yr.
%%Veldheer, Jared 68 LT 6 44 44 2 yrs

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

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

Salary Cap: $128,600,000
Cap Room: $1,560,000
Maximum for New Player: $1,980,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $12,770,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $570,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $128,690,000

It would appear that the Erick James era is about to begin in Oakland. We have a young QB, talented receivers, and a solid-looking defense. The roster rating has us in the middle of the pack.

[Ben E Lou]

2015 Games 1-4

1-3 Record. James looked
solid (89.0 rating) in two starts, but got a concussion in game 2. The defense has bad overall numbers, but much of that game in a 51-45 shootout loss to Detroit where they gave up over 600 yards of offense. :eek:

[Ben E Lou]

2015 Games 5-8
QB Erick James returned in Week 7. We are 2-2 in this stretch, 3-5 for the season. The defense is still #32 in yardage allowed and scoring. That Detroit game isn't looking like as much of an aberration now. Opponents have completed 68.3% of their passes against us so far...

[Ben E Lou]

2015 Games 9-12

Another 2-2 stretch, 5-7 for the season. Not much of interest to report. The offense is playing pretty well, not great. The defense is still playing badly, though they are up to #31 in yards allowed (still #32 in ppg).

[Ben E Lou]

2015 Games 13-16

We close out with another 2-2 stretch to finish 7-9.


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2015 Summary for Oakland Raiders

Year 2015
Record 7-9
Winning Pct. .437
All-Time 20-28
Winning Pct. .416
Playoffs 0-1
Playoff Visits 1
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Bill Callahan
Record 18-15
Winning Pct. .545
Off. Coord. J. Brewer
Def. Coord. R. Castillo
Asst. Coach R. Wayne
Stren. Coord. M. Montgomery

Oakland Raiders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 28.4 10
Rushing Yards 120.6 10
Yards Per Carry 4.25 9
Pass Attempts 31.4 27
Completions 18.8 27 (T)
Completion Pct. 60.0 13
Passing Yards 226.1 18
Yards Per Attempt 7.21 3 (T)
Yards Per Catch 12.02 2
Total Yardage Gained 336.3 13
3rd Down Conversions 37.0 9
Points Per Game 24.3 2
Pass Rush Pct. 18.2 28
Pass Defense Pct. 35.3 32
Turnovers 25 16 (T)
Turnover Margin -4 19 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 27.3 16
Rushing Yards 117.7 20
Yards Per Carry 4.31 24
Pass Attempts 37.5 28
Completions 24.3 30
Completion Pct. 64.8 31
Passing Yards 255.4 30
Yards Per Attempt 6.81 23
Yards Per Catch 10.50 8
Total Yardage Gained 361.6 31
3rd Down Conversions 39.1 30
Points Per Game 24.7 31
Pass Rush Pct. 17.5 1
Pass Defense Pct. 55.5 20
Turnovers 21 23 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 26 at SDO 20
2 45 at DET 51
3 24 at NED 26
4 24 at CIN 27
5 33 BAL 28
6 13 at CLE 28
7 33 at KCY 14
8 20 PIT 38
9 24 SDO 13
11 7 at DEN 19
12 7 MIN 31
13 19 HOU 10
14 24 GBY 35
15 17 KCY 24
16 30 at CHI 24
17 42 DEN 7

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
4 E. James QB 319 183 2070 6.49 14 12 75.8
9 L. McCown QB 182 117 1521 8.36 10 3 101.9
**Team --- 502 301 3618 7.21 25 15 86.2
$$Opp --- 600 389 4086 6.81 25 9 92.1

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
20 D. McFadden RB 301 1260 4.19 11 3
4 E. James QB 49 245 5.00 0 4
34 L. Murray RB 41 178 4.34 1 1
35 A. Fuller RB 37 167 4.51 1 3
**Team --- 454 1930 4.25 13 19
$$Opp --- 437 1883 4.31 22 26

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
84 C. Garrett WR 139 76 998 13.13 7.18 8 7
87 D. Jackson WR 117 57 821 14.40 7.02 13 2
17 D. Moore WR 66 39 525 13.46 7.95 5 6
89 J. Mathis TE 58 39 334 8.56 5.76 4 1
20 D. McFadden RB 33 25 157 6.28 4.76 2 3
82 K. Davis TE 31 22 248 11.27 8.00 1 4
45 M. Reece FB 22 19 241 12.68 10.95 0 1

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
56 M. Burris ILB 106 29 1.0 2 1 4 74.7
40 C. Clemons S 100 33 0.0 0 1 7 77.9
44 J. Sanford S 81 24 1.0 0 5 4 76.8
25 D. Hayden CB 75 11 0.0 0 0 14 74.0
50 C. Robertson ILB 73 15 1.0 0 0 4 72.8
93 J. Hughes OLB 65 17 8.0 6 0 3 74.5
38 H. Snyder CB 49 6 0.0 0 1 3 72.2
55 S. Moore OLB 35 10 3.0 10 0 2 78.1
99 L. Houston DE 32 17 3.0 18 0 0 81.3
39 B. Flowers CB 31 13 0.0 0 1 6 78.8
21 C. Bettis S 25 4 0.0 0 0 2 75.6
98 F. Evans DT 23 12 3.0 7 0 1 81.7
97 C. Wootton DE 23 9 5.5 13 0 1 82.7
94 D. Ellerbe ILB 20 7 0.0 0 0 0 75.4
92 S. McGee DT 18 13 1.5 0 0 0 81.6
McFadden had a big ratings drop and corresponding stats drop. He is probably done as a Raider. I can't imagine that I'll be able to justify his 6M salary next year. James is up to 41/61 at the end of the season.

On defense, clearly we need some help.

[Ben E Lou]

No awards for us.

K Janikowski retires, and I let TE Kellen Davis head into free agency. He wanted too much to extend his deal.

Heading out for a run. 2016 season (and probably a few more) later today.

[MizzouRah]

Excellent as usual Ben!

[Ben E Lou]

Up to #27 in finances. We maintain our staff once again.

VERY lucky break: lots of teams in the middle of the pack. 10 went 7-9 last year, and we were #2 in tiebreakers among them, so we wind up with the #8 overall pick.

[hoopsguy]

I expect better things from your franchise now that you have removed the taint that is Kellen Davis.

Looks like #1/#2 picks from your first draft are already big contributors. Obviously bodes well to hit on those picks.

[jzicc]

Hey Ben,

Thanks for doing this...

Are you doing gameplanning at all (sorry if I missed it) -- or is everything rex'd?

[Ben E Lou]

I'm doing the game planning myself. I really enjoy that aspect of FOF.

After renegs and extensions in the 2016 offseason, I have roughly $11.5M to spend in free agency. Needs appear to be:

RB--With a good OL, I want to try going with a back good at HR and not much else. Jalen Parmele is a FA and is 81 HR, 75 End, and has a pretty cheap asking price. Seems like he could be a fit.
K--no FAs look terribly interesting. I may end up with a 45/45 cheap type.
WLB--FA Connor Barwin (62 PRT, 65 PRS), I got my eye on you!!!
S--Earl Thomas looks like a solid option here. After him, FA looks pretty barren.

I signed all four guys above. Overall ratings are...

RB Parmele: 45/45
K Hopkins: 47/47
WLB Barwin: 57/57
FS Thomas: 48/48

I'm hoping adding a legit pass-rusher and a safety with strong zone skills will beef up the defense. And I'm very curious about Parmele as a RB. It seems so far that the o-line is more important to the running game in this version. If that's actually true, I'd think it would logically follow that a good o-line would go well with a hole recognition back.

On to the draft...

[Ben E Lou]

2016 Amateur Draft

So I signed a RB fairly cheaply in FA, but there's a monster-stud rookie RB. If he falls past #3 or so, I might try to trade up. There's also a guy who looks like he could be a monster at SLB or SILB. It may be that when one of those guys goes, I trade up to get the other...

[Ben E Lou]

First five picks are OT, QB, QB, WR, CB. Woot!

[Grover]

Bill Callahan! Ha!

[Ben E Lou]

Heh. And 6-7 are ILB (not the OLB I like), DE. Both of my top targets are there.

[Ben E Lou]

Tough call. The RB looks like an uber-stud who could last a long time for a RB, but defense seems to be our greater need. Our DC sucks at interviewing, so I don't worry about the VO for the guy I get. Here's the whole draft:

Rnd 1 - Peyton Farrell, OLB, Colorado--41/65
Rnd 2 - Tanner Munn, G, Louisville--32/88--combine-skipper. Couldn't resist those BARZ!!!1
Rnd 3 - Roman Dillon, FB, Pittsburgh--23/60--My FB is getting old, and this guy had pretty strong combine scores.
Rnd 4 - Kirk Douthett, CB, Pittsburgh--13/33
Rnd 5 - Gael Sherman, TE, North Carolina State--16/38
Rnd 6 - Kennedy Rosenkrantz, WR, Hawaii--12/26
Rnd 7 - Nicky Hitchcock, S, Kentucky--14/37



(FWIW, the RB I liked, Ricky Forney, went #9, right after my pick.)

[Ben E Lou]

(Oh, DEN gets the RB. He is 56/77 and only 36% developed. MONSTER! Hope I don't regret picking Farrell.)

[Ben E Lou]

FA2 and Preseason are largely uneventful. Here's where we are heading to the regular season.


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
Oakland Raiders Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
James, Erick 4 QB QB 3 50 64 2 yrs
Parmele, Jalen 48 RB RB 7 40 40 3 yrs
Reece, Marcel 45 FB FB 8 71 71 2 yrs
Mathis, Jamie 89 TE TE 3 51 51 2 yrs
Garrett, Caleb 84 SE FL 3 70 70 2 yrs
Jackson, DeSean 87 FL SE 9 63 63 4 yrs
Smith, Willie 78 LT LT 6 52 52 3 yrs
McQuistan, Paul 72 RG LG 11 59 59 2 yrs
Wisniewski, Stefen 61 C C 6 62 62 4 yrs
Munn, Tanner 63 RG RG 1 44 88 4 yrs
Watson, Menelik 71 RT RT 4 53 53 4 yrs
Wootton, Corey 97 LDE LDE 7 60 60 2 yrs
Evans, Fred 98 NT NT 10 51 51 1 yr.
Houston, Lamarr 99 RDE RDE 7 53 53 3 yrs
Barwin, Connor 90 WLB SLB 8 57 57 3 yrs
Burris, Miles 56 SILB SILB 5 58 58 3 yrs
Robertson, Craig 50 WILB WILB 5 46 46 1 yr.
Farrell, Peyton 57 SLB WLB 1 48 60 4 yrs
Hayden, D.J. 25 LCB LCB 4 78 78 1 yr.
Snyder, Harry 38 RCB RCB 2 57 69 3 yrs
Clemons, Chris 40 SS SS 8 53 53 3 yrs
Thomas, Earl 20 FS FS 7 40 40 2 yrs
Dillon, Roman 46 FB 1 29 60 4 yrs
Sherman, Gael 81 TE 1 20 34 4 yrs
Douthett, Kirk 43 LCB 1 16 36 4 yrs
Hitchcock, Nicky 47 SS 1 20 39 4 yrs
Turner, Robert 73 LG 9 56 56 3 yrs
Hughes, Jerry 93 SLB 7 39 39 3 yrs
Keiser, Thomas 51 SLB 6 44 44 3 yrs
Nix, Lucas 76 RG 5 47 47 3 yrs
Hopkins, Dustin 12 K 4 52 52 3 yrs
Gallo, Ralph 58 C 2 18 33 3 yrs
Woolley, Nicolas 95 LDE 2 28 36 3 yrs
Flowers, Brandon 39 LCB 9 38 38 2 yrs
Allen, Cortez 32 LCB 6 36 36 2 yrs
Moore, Denarius 17 FL 6 43 43 2 yrs
Humphries, Marco 53 LS 2 19 19 2 yrs
Jones, Donnie 1 P 13 39 39 1 yr.
McCown, Luke 9 QB 13 37 37 1 yr.
Ellerbe, Dannell 94 WILB 8 26 26 1 yr.
Veldheer, Jared 68 LT 7 36 36 1 yr.
McGee, Stacy 92 NT 4 33 33 1 yr.
Butler, Brice 19 SE 4 38 38 1 yr.
Murray, Latavius 34 RB 4 26 26 1 yr.
Marais, Tim 14 QB 1 22 34 1 yr.
Mackowski, Camden 82 FL 1 24 34 1 yr.
##Rosenkrantz, Kennedy 85 SE 1 13 25 4 yrs
##Amey, Grayson 88 SE 2 24 27 3 yrs
##Reynolds, Garrett 62 RG 8 22 22 2 yrs
##Egnew, Michael 86 TE 5 32 32 2 yrs
##Howe, Corey 75 RDE 3 36 37 2 yrs
##Clemons, Luis 60 RT 1 21 33 2 yrs
##Delaroche, Grant 42 FB 1 21 33 1 yr.
%%Fokou, Moise 54 WLB 8 23 23 2 yrs

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

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

Salary Cap: $131,400,000
Cap Room: $2,340,000
Maximum for New Player: $2,780,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $5,790,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $340,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $117,020,000

On paper, we appear to be a very solid team, one without any obvious holes. We're tied with four other teams for 2nd overall roster rating.

[Ben E Lou]

2016 Games 1-4
We open the season 3-1 but the defense is still dreadful: #32 in ppg and #30 in yards allowed. James has an 88.5 passer rating. No major injuries.

[Ben E Lou]

2016 Games 5-8
1-3 over this stretch, dropping us to 4-4. The worst news is just as the defense--especially the pass defense--was improving, LCB D.J. Hayden (78/78) has gone down for the year with a Ruptured Elbow Tendon.

[Ben E Lou]

2016 Games 9-12
2-2, and QB James dislocates his shoulder in game 12, ending his season.

[Ben E Lou]

2016 Games 13-17
And we remain mediocre, closing out the year 2-2. Here's the summary:


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2016 Summary for Oakland Raiders

Year 2016
Record 8-8
Winning Pct. .500
All-Time 28-36
Winning Pct. .437
Playoffs 0-1
Playoff Visits 1
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Bill Callahan
Record 26-23
Winning Pct. .530
Off. Coord. J. Brewer
Def. Coord. R. Castillo
Asst. Coach R. Wayne
Stren. Coord. L. Rogers

Oakland Raiders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 32.5 3
Rushing Yards 147.2 4
Yards Per Carry 4.53 3
Pass Attempts 32.6 24
Completions 19.6 26
Completion Pct. 60.2 15
Passing Yards 241.4 10
Yards Per Attempt 7.40 2
Yards Per Catch 12.30 1
Total Yardage Gained 376.4 2
3rd Down Conversions 37.7 2
Points Per Game 21.9 5 (T)
Pass Rush Pct. 20.1 19
Pass Defense Pct. 34.3 32
Turnovers 28 23
Turnover Margin -12 30

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 23.9 3
Rushing Yards 78.1 1
Yards Per Carry 3.27 2
Pass Attempts 34.3 8 (T)
Completions 22.7 26
Completion Pct. 66.1 32
Passing Yards 266.4 31
Yards Per Attempt 7.76 32
Yards Per Catch 11.74 29
Total Yardage Gained 328.3 19
3rd Down Conversions 32.9 14
Points Per Game 22.4 27
Pass Rush Pct. 21.1 20
Pass Defense Pct. 52.9 17
Turnovers 16 32

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 20 KCY 17
2 9 at NOS 34
3 23 at NED 20
4 55 at JAX 45
5 14 HOU 20
6 12 at SDO 24
8 20 IND 17
9 17 at KCY 23
10 22 at TEN 16
11 16 at DEN 23
12 31 ATL 0
13 20 PIT 21
14 34 CAR 21
15 10 DEN 17
16 21 at TBY 48
17 27 SDO 12

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
4 E. James QB 332 198 2501 7.53 15 9 86.9
9 L. McCown QB 179 111 1314 7.34 8 3 92.2
**Team --- 522 314 3862 7.40 23 13 87.3
$$Opp --- 549 363 4262 7.76 25 8 98.6

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
48 J. Parmele RB 311 1245 4.00 5 7
21 L. Dillon RB 72 329 4.57 4 1
4 E. James QB 68 486 7.15 2 12
34 L. Murray RB 52 268 5.15 2 3
**Team --- 520 2355 4.53 13 31
$$Opp --- 382 1250 3.27 11 18

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
87 D. Jackson WR 139 84 1129 13.44 8.12 5 5
84 C. Garrett WR 143 80 1057 13.21 7.39 8 6
17 D. Moore WR 78 44 643 14.61 8.24 8 4
89 J. Mathis TE 70 42 374 8.90 5.34 2 3
45 M. Reece FB 18 16 129 8.06 7.17 0 0

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
56 M. Burris ILB 108 28 1.0 2 0 6 72.6
40 C. Clemons S 82 28 1.5 2 2 1 76.7
20 E. Thomas S 68 18 1.0 0 0 7 73.0
90 C. Barwin OLB 67 18 11.5 10 1 2 77.3
50 C. Robertson ILB 65 22 0.0 0 1 4 73.7
39 B. Flowers CB 57 11 0.0 0 1 5 74.3
38 H. Snyder CB 57 13 0.0 0 1 13 77.8
57 P. Farrell OLB 40 20 5.0 7 0 1 77.8
97 C. Wootton DE 32 14 9.0 11 0 0 82.0
99 L. Houston DE 32 10 4.5 9 0 0 81.6
92 S. McGee DT 26 12 3.5 8 0 0 81.7
98 F. Evans DT 20 7 2.0 8 0 0 82.5
47 N. Hitchcock S 16 4 0.0 0 1 2 79.0 

I'm wondering if my defensive game plan from FOF2K7 simply doesn't work now. I'm going to try Rexing defense next year and see if that improves things some.

On the offensive side of the ball, if D. Jackson has another solid year or two in him, I think we could make some noise in the next season or two.

[Ben E Lou]

FA signee Connor Barwin brings in 2nd Team All Pro honors.

I end the season and backup QB McCown retires. No other retirements. CB Hayden has 16 weeks left on his injury and therefore will not get the franchise tag that I'd intended for him.
Stadium renovation is complete and Turf improves from "Fair" to "Excellent." That oughta help with injuries.

[BYU 14]

Looks like Farrell was solid, how did the RB do for Denver?

[Ben E Lou]

Looks like Farrell was solid, how did the RB do for Denver?Heh. Forgot to check. Week 2, Very Serious Triceps Injury. Went on the IR. He looks fully healed to begin 2017. Rated 67/76.

[Ben E Lou]

2017 Offseason Begin

Changed strength training coach, no others.

No Franchise Tag.

After some renegs and cuts, I perceive the following as needs:

Backup QB
RB
P
NT
WILB
RCB
SS

We have roughly $22M in cap space to spend on free agents, but WR Caleb Garrett is in the final year of his deal and I'm concerned about a holdout. He wants a contract that would increase his cap cost by $8.5M. That said, he's 66 Loyalty and had a fairly pedestrian season last year: 80-1057-6-7.39ypt. Maybe he'll play it out. In any case, I think the wise move is to try to go with inexpensive options and keep it to ~$15M. If Garrett holds out, I can cap out a guy or two to afford him.

[Ben E Lou]

Here are my signees:

Backup QB--John Skelton (32/34) will fill this role.
RB--Lamar Miller (45/45)--More my style of back with high breakaway, decent HR, low elusiveness.
P--No one worth grabbing. I end up re-signing Donnie Jones for minsal. I may draft one.
NT--Two-headed monster here with Steve Farr as the run stopper and Frank Kearse as the pass rusher.
WILB--Orie Lemon (39/39) is 67 in run defense and 44 in zone.
RCB--Max Brady (45/45) has good coverage skill, terrible run defense.
SS--Matt Elam (52/52) is the only high-dollar signee of the group this year (4 yrs/$24.5M). He's strong at run defense, zone, and interceptions.

No real headline-grabbers here, but perhaps it's an upgrade. We head to the draft with no "need a first-rounder to step in and start" situations.

[Ben E Lou]

2017 AMATEUR DRAFT

We have the #16 pick. Though I have a starter in place everywhere, there are more than a few positions that could stand an upgrade, and we're getting old at WR, G, FB, and OLB.

For my first round pick, there will solid-looking options available at WR, NT, S, and RB. Looking at the FA pools, I decided to go with RB, as it seems to be the hardest of those positions to sign. Here's the draft in its entirety:

1(16): RB Leroy Stugg (48/70)--Two reds (dash/bench), and four blues. Looks like a big upgrade.
2(15): FL Butch Barrett (26/48)--blues in dash/agi/broad/pos drill. Doesn't look like a star, but a nice PR/KR/WR3 type.
3(14): SS Fernando Clark (30/50)--4 blues
4(13): P B.J. Hoag (49/61)--No idea when the "right" time to pull the trigger on the punter in the draft would be, but at the minsal + $480K bonus for four years cost and it being a need, it certainly doesn't seem like a waste to get him here.
5(19): LCB John Hughes (14/39)--Pretty decent combines across the board for a guy at this point.
6(18): SE Mason MacWhirter (18/32)--Looks like a really nice ST/PR/KR combo guy.
7(18): TE Gavin Begley (18/23)--Red agility plus blue strength and position drill. Very weird bars. Maybe nothing, but worth a 7th to see.

[Ben E Lou]

Camp/Preseason Changes of Note:

TE Begley: 18/23-->20/31
QB Skelton: 32/34-->24/24

[Ben E Lou]

2017 ROSTER/OUTLOOK

Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
Oakland Raiders Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
James, Erick 4 QB QB 4 60 61 5 yrs
Stugg, Leroy 33 RB RB 1 52 66 4 yrs
Reece, Marcel 45 FB FB 9 71 71 1 yr.
Mathis, Jamie 89 TE TE 4 50 50 1 yr.
Garrett, Caleb 84 SE FL 4 71 71 1 yr.
Jackson, DeSean 87 FL SE 10 59 59 3 yrs
Smith, Willie 78 LT LT 7 53 53 2 yrs
Turner, Robert 73 LG LG 10 56 56 3 yrs
Wisniewski, Stefen 61 C C 7 63 63 3 yrs
Munn, Tanner 63 RG RG 2 69 87 3 yrs
Watson, Menelik 71 RT RT 5 52 52 4 yrs
Wootton, Corey 97 LDE LDE 8 59 59 4 yrs
Farr, Steve 77 NT NT 5 47 47 3 yrs
Houston, Lamarr 99 RDE RDE 8 46 46 2 yrs
Farrell, Peyton 57 SLB SLB 2 58 58 3 yrs
Burris, Miles 56 SILB SILB 6 60 60 4 yrs
Lemon, Orie 91 WILB WILB 6 38 38 2 yrs
Barwin, Connor 90 WLB WLB 9 59 59 3 yrs
Snyder, Harry 38 LCB LCB 3 61 68 2 yrs
Brady, Max 39 RCB RCB 5 46 46 3 yrs
Elam, Matt 41 SS SS 5 52 52 4 yrs
Clark, Fernando 49 FS FS 1 37 56 4 yrs
Skelton, John 5 QB 8 24 24 2 yrs
Marais, Tim 14 QB 2 27 35 2 yrs
Parmele, Jalen 48 RB 8 40 40 2 yrs
Davis, Knile 35 RB 5 44 44 3 yrs
Dillon, Roman 46 FB 2 36 55 3 yrs
Sherman, Gael 81 TE 2 31 34 3 yrs
Begley, Gavin 2 TE 1 21 31 4 yrs
Moore, Denarius 17 FL 7 43 43 2 yrs
Montgomery, Mason 7 FL 1 30 37 2 yrs
Barrett, Butch 83 FL 1 31 49 4 yrs
MacWhirter, Mason 80 SE 1 20 27 4 yrs
Ferguson, Skip 59 C 1 25 44 2 yrs
Reynolds, Garrett 62 RG 9 17 17 1 yr.
Clemons, Luis 60 RT 2 22 30 1 yr.
Hoag, B.J. 19 P 1 49 60 4 yrs
Hopkins, Dustin 12 K 5 52 52 2 yrs
Woolley, Nicolas 95 LDE 3 33 35 2 yrs
Kearse, Frank 93 NT 7 42 42 2 yrs
Davis, DeMario 98 SILB 6 35 35 2 yrs
Keiser, Thomas 51 SLB 7 41 41 2 yrs
Allen, Cortez 32 LCB 7 32 32 1 yr.
Hughes, John 31 LCB 1 19 40 4 yrs
Thomas, Earl 20 FS 8 39 39 1 yr.
Humphries, Marco 53 LS 3 19 19 1 yr.
##Miller, Lamar 44 RB 6 37 37 3 yrs
##Egnew, Michael 86 TE 6 26 26 1 yr.
##Nix, Lucas 76 RG 6 48 48 2 yrs
##Jones, Donnie 1 P 14 37 37 2 yrs
##Howe, Corey 75 RDE 4 37 37 1 yr.
##Godfrey, Charles 27 SS 10 32 32 3 yrs
##Hitchcock, Nicky 47 SS 2 27 39 3 yrs
%%Fokou, Moise 54 WLB 9 20 20 1 yr.

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

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

Salary Cap: $134,200,000
Cap Room: $8,570,000
Maximum for New Player: $9,030,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $4,780,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $2,220,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $119,580,000

FOF says we have the #2 roster in the league. I'm going to start the season using my standard defensive game plan, but if the defense stinks early, I'll move to Rex. Offensively, I think we can throw it down the field a bit more now that QB James is starting to come into his own.

[Ben E Lou]

2017 GAMES 1-4
We open the season 3-1, though it might be the least impressive 3-1 I've ever seen. ;) James has a 64.9 passer rating, Stugg is averaging 2.91ypc, and the defense is #27 in yardage allowed and #26 in scoring allowed. And we're -4 in turnovers. :confused:

[Ben E Lou]

2017 GAMES 5-8
2-2 in this strech. The offense picks it up. The Rexed defense is doing a little worse than my custom one and gets abandoned after four games. Maybe it's the horrid defensive cohesion that I have. Maybe I need to be more patient or invest in a real star or two.

[Ben E Lou]

2017 GAMES 9-12
1-3, 6-6 on the season, tied with SD and DEN for the AFC West lead. KC is at 5-7. Anyone's division. We seem to be decidedly mediocre once again.

Oops. I overlooked that D. Jackson tore his ACL in Week 3. That would be why the offense has been so mediocre, I assume. :(

[Ben E Lou]

2017 GAMES 13-17
...and we finish 1-3 to go 7-9 again. So for the four seasons that this has been "my" team, we are...

11-5
7-9
8-8
7-9

Good sign for SP difficulty, I suppose.


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2017 Summary for Oakland Raiders

Year 2017
Record 7-9
Winning Pct. .437
All-Time 35-45
Winning Pct. .437
Playoffs 0-1
Playoff Visits 1
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Bill Callahan
Record 33-32
Winning Pct. .507
Off. Coord. J. Brewer
Def. Coord. R. Castillo
Asst. Coach R. Wayne
Stren. Coord. T. Perkins

Oakland Raiders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 28.1 13 (T)
Rushing Yards 111.2 12
Yards Per Carry 3.96 16
Pass Attempts 34.3 22
Completions 18.7 28
Completion Pct. 54.5 32
Passing Yards 228.8 20
Yards Per Attempt 6.67 14
Yards Per Catch 12.24 1
Total Yardage Gained 333.6 11
3rd Down Conversions 34.8 9
Points Per Game 20.8 15
Pass Rush Pct. 18.8 25 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 44.0 28
Turnovers 31 29
Turnover Margin -8 25 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 29.5 28
Rushing Yards 114.3 24
Yards Per Carry 3.87 11
Pass Attempts 34.6 9
Completions 21.8 15
Completion Pct. 63.1 28 (T)
Passing Yards 254.8 23
Yards Per Attempt 7.37 31
Yards Per Catch 11.68 29
Total Yardage Gained 359.3 28
3rd Down Conversions 38.1 31
Points Per Game 24.6 28
Pass Rush Pct. 19.5 15
Pass Defense Pct. 70.8 32
Turnovers 23 21

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 26 at DEN 23
2 35 WAS 28
3 23 CLE 20
4 13 at NED 20
5 27 KCY 35
6 30 BUF 20
7 17 at NJY 34
9 24 MIA 16
10 24 SDO 23
11 10 DEN 26
12 17 at DAL 27
13 25 at TEN 33
14 29 PHI 31
15 10 at SDO 20
16 13 at NYK 30
17 10 at KCY 7

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
4 E. James QB 549 299 3661 6.67 23 22 72.5
**Team --- 549 299 3661 6.67 23 22 72.5
$$Opp --- 553 349 4077 7.37 25 15 89.1

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
33 L. Stugg RB 244 919 3.77 4 8
35 K. Davis RB 106 389 3.67 5 2
4 E. James QB 75 367 4.89 0 4
**Team --- 449 1779 3.96 9 16
$$Opp --- 472 1828 3.87 14 22

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
84 C. Garrett WR 163 88 1268 14.41 7.78 9 7
89 J. Mathis TE 97 56 582 10.39 6.00 5 3
17 D. Moore WR 83 40 509 12.73 6.13 5 4
83 B. Barrett WR 56 28 330 11.79 5.89 5 3
45 M. Reece FB 29 22 258 11.73 8.90 2 2
80 M. MacWhirter WR 43 20 229 11.45 5.33 7 1

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
56 M. Burris ILB 107 28 4.0 2 1 5 72.9
41 M. Elam S 102 34 0.5 0 4 6 78.3
91 O. Lemon ILB 86 27 0.0 0 2 1 72.5
90 C. Barwin OLB 69 17 4.0 14 0 3 75.6
49 F. Clark S 64 21 1.0 0 5 10 81.8
57 P. Farrell OLB 62 17 7.5 11 0 2 78.5
38 H. Snyder CB 61 16 0.0 0 2 10 76.8
39 M. Brady CB 57 19 0.5 1 0 10 75.2
77 S. Farr DT 40 14 2.0 5 0 0 81.8
99 L. Houston DE 38 13 2.0 5 0 0 82.0
97 C. Wootton DE 32 5 2.0 10 0 0 81.6
93 F. Kearse DT 17 2 2.5 9 0 0 80.8 

[Ben E Lou]

BEGIN 2018
WLB Connor Barwin retires after 9 seasons, with one year left on a 3-year deal. He had a so-so season last year.

We hire a new defensive coordinator in Glen Warren.

No Franchise Tag.

We've got the #11 overall pick this year.

[Ben E Lou]

2018 FA1

I decided to just go with two big-ticket signings after a bunch of cap outs rather than grabbing a bunch of mediocre starters. LCB D.J. Hayden (78/78) is fully healed and back with us, and 5th-year SLB Nate Hudson (76/76) joins the club also. If these moves don't upgrade our defense, then I'm at a total loss. ;)

[Ben E Lou]

2018 AMATEUR DRAFT
1(11)--SE Wyatt Harman(35/56)--4.29 burner
2(13)--LG Greg Jeffery (28/67)
3(12)--WILB Jason Brooks (14/39)--4 blues
4(11)--RDT Nathaniel Haase (17/30)--pass-rushing specialist, it would appear
5(13)--QB Santiago VanderLey (15/25)--a 4-blue QB this late? Had to grab him.
6(12)--SLB Julio Rusieczky (14/42)--Needed depth here.
7(11)--RCB Lawrence STallings (16/38)--Return specialist

[Yoda]

I need to test it more, but it seems to me that it's better to mix it up quite a bit on defense and not go with just 1 or 2 coverages.

[Ben E Lou]

2018 Camp/Preseason Changes of Note:
5th round pick QB VanderLey shows some signs of promise: 15/25-->18/31
1st Round pick WR Hartman is looking like a MAJOR bust: 35/56-->19/25 :(
2nd round pick G Jefferey likewise: 28/67-->17/33. OUCH!So both my first and second round picks this year are looking like they're going to end up being useless. Lovely.

[Ben E Lou]

2018 ROSTER/OUTLOOK


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
Oakland Raiders Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
James, Erick 4 QB QB 5 62 62 4 yrs
Stugg, Leroy 33 RB RB 2 60 62 3 yrs
Dillon, Roman 46 FB FB 3 45 56 2 yrs
Mathis, Jamie 89 TE TE 5 49 49 4 yrs
Garrett, Caleb 84 SE FL 5 72 72 4 yrs
Moore, Denarius 17 FL SE 8 38 38 1 yr.
Smith, Willie 78 LT LT 8 53 53 1 yr.
Munn, Tanner 63 RG LG 3 87 87 2 yrs
Wisniewski, Stefen 61 C C 8 59 59 2 yrs
Turner, Robert 73 LG RG 11 46 46 2 yrs
Watson, Menelik 71 RT RT 6 52 52 3 yrs
Wootton, Corey 97 LDE LDE 9 59 59 3 yrs
Farr, Steve 77 NT NT 6 49 49 2 yrs
Jones, Chandler 92 RDE RDE 7 43 43 3 yrs
Hudson, Nate 55 WLB SLB 5 75 75 4 yrs
Burris, Miles 56 SILB SILB 7 58 58 3 yrs
Davis, DeMario 98 SILB WILB 7 38 38 1 yr.
Farrell, Peyton 57 SLB WLB 3 58 58 2 yrs
Hayden, D.J. 40 LCB LCB 6 79 79 4 yrs
Snyder, Harry 38 RCB RCB 4 59 59 3 yrs
Elam, Matt 41 SS SS 6 55 55 4 yrs
Clark, Fernando 49 FS FS 2 51 56 3 yrs
Kearse, Frank 93 NT 8 36 36 1 yr.
Allen, Cortez 32 LCB 8 28 28 2 yrs
Nix, Lucas 76 RG 7 41 41 1 yr.
Hopkins, Dustin 12 K 6 51 51 5 yrs
Davis, Knile 35 RB 6 44 44 2 yrs
Brady, Max 39 RCB 6 46 46 2 yrs
Humphries, Marco 53 LS 4 19 19 2 yrs
Woolley, Nicolas 95 LDE 4 30 30 1 yr.
Marais, Tim 14 QB 3 33 33 1 yr.
Sherman, Gael 81 TE 3 33 33 2 yrs
Hitchcock, Nicky 47 SS 3 45 48 2 yrs
Montgomery, Mason 7 FL 2 35 35 1 yr.
Barrett, Butch 83 FL 2 43 49 3 yrs
Ferguson, Skip 59 C 2 28 45 1 yr.
Hoag, B.J. 19 P 2 57 60 3 yrs
Hughes, John 31 LCB 2 28 41 3 yrs
VanderLey, Santiago 13 QB 1 18 31 4 yrs
Byrne, Chuck 45 RB 1 29 36 2 yrs
Reck, Francisco 22 RB 1 33 39 2 yrs
Jeffery, Greg 67 LG 1 17 33 4 yrs
Brooks, Jason 51 WILB 1 20 44 4 yrs
Rusieczky, Julio 94 WLB 1 19 34 4 yrs
Stallings, Lawrence 34 LCB 1 18 28 4 yrs
Binn, John 23 FS 1 18 28 2 yrs
##Godfrey, Charles 27 SS 11 23 23 2 yrs
##Jackson, DeSean 87 FL 11 49 49 3 yrs
##Skelton, John 5 QB 9 24 24 1 yr.
##Joscelyn, D.J. 90 SLB 6 29 29 2 yrs
##Horton, Cary 54 SILB 5 30 30 2 yrs
##Begley, Gavin 2 TE 2 26 29 3 yrs
##Haase, Nathaniel 74 NT 1 19 32 4 yrs
%%Hartman, Wyatt 88 SE 1 19 25 4 yrs

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

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

Salary Cap: $139,100,000
Cap Room: $4,110,000
Maximum for New Player: $4,580,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $8,950,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $470,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $149,230,000

For the first time in this career the game gives us the #1 roster rating. We just need to figure out how to translate that into on-field success now. *shurg*

[Ben E Lou]

2018 GAMES 1-4
We jump out to a 4-0 start and the defense gives up only 11.0 ppg in this stretch. James doesn't throw a ton (104 passes,) but puts up a 116.6 rating with only 1 pick. CB Harry Snyder breaks his foot and is going to miss a little more than half the season.

[Ben E Lou]

2018 GAMES 5-8
2-2, but both losses were close. At midseason we're 6-2 and QB James is looking like an MVP candidate.

[Ben E Lou]

2018 GAMES 9-12
3-1 with a 1-pount loss. James still has a QB rating over 100. We're tied for first in the West with Denver and close the season there.

[Ben E Lou]

2018 GAMES 13-16
2-2 with the finale in Denver being an overtime loss in a winner-take-the-division-and-number-one-seed battle.

[Ben E Lou]

2018 POSTSEASON AND STATS SUMMARY
One and done as we fall to 36-year-old Roethlisberger and the Steelers on the road 39-27.


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2018 Summary for Oakland Raiders

Year 2018
Record 11-6
Winning Pct. .647
All-Time 46-50
Winning Pct. .479
Playoffs 0-2
Playoff Visits 2
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Bill Callahan
Record 44-38
Winning Pct. .536
Off. Coord. J. Brewer
Def. Coord. G. Warren
Asst. Coach E. Stoyanovich
Stren. Coord. T. Perkins

Oakland Raiders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 32.9 3
Rushing Yards 146.6 2 (T)
Yards Per Carry 4.45 5
Pass Attempts 30.2 29
Completions 18.1 30
Completion Pct. 59.8 18 (T)
Passing Yards 229.0 19
Yards Per Attempt 7.59 1
Yards Per Catch 12.68 1
Total Yardage Gained 368.1 4
3rd Down Conversions 41.6 3
Points Per Game 24.9 3
Pass Rush Pct. 19.2 25
Pass Defense Pct. 46.1 21
Turnovers 16 3 (T)
Turnover Margin +4 10 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 25.1 12
Rushing Yards 109.8 19
Yards Per Carry 4.37 27
Pass Attempts 38.6 26 (T)
Completions 23.9 29
Completion Pct. 62.0 25
Passing Yards 274.1 31
Yards Per Attempt 7.10 29
Yards Per Catch 11.45 30
Total Yardage Gained 369.9 30
3rd Down Conversions 37.2 28
Points Per Game 19.6 16
Pass Rush Pct. 21.8 21 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 47.0 12
Turnovers 20 19 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 27 SDO 6
2 20 at SFO 13
3 31 NED 13
4 30 at CIN 12
5 17 BAL 23
6 24 at CLE 30
7 31 KCY 17
8 28 PIT 21
9 28 at SDO 27
11 17 DEN 18
12 31 SEA 27
13 14 at TEN 10
14 38 ARI 22
15 23 at KCY 31
16 23 at STL 20
17 17 at DEN 23
$$WC 29 at PIT 37

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
4 E. James QB 483 289 3664 7.59 31 6 99.7
**Team --- 483 289 3664 7.59 31 6 99.7
$$Opp --- 618 383 4386 7.10 20 10 87.3

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
33 L. Stugg RB 315 1465 4.65 6 6
35 K. Davis RB 131 452 3.45 4 3
4 E. James QB 79 419 5.30 2 3
**Team --- 527 2345 4.45 12 16
$$Opp --- 402 1756 4.37 12 21

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
84 C. Garrett WR 143 79 1127 14.27 7.88 6 8
89 J. Mathis TE 105 68 672 9.88 6.40 3 6
87 D. Jackson WR 88 52 808 15.54 9.18 7 7
33 L. Stugg RB 44 35 418 11.94 9.50 1 2
17 D. Moore WR 34 18 238 13.22 7.00 1 3
83 B. Barrett WR 37 17 166 9.76 4.49 1 3

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
56 M. Burris ILB 109 36 2.5 1 1 7 76.8
41 M. Elam S 99 35 1.0 0 2 7 78.9
55 N. Hudson OLB 89 22 9.0 10 0 10 76.4
49 F. Clark S 74 31 0.0 1 2 7 75.6
98 D. Davis ILB 63 14 0.0 2 2 3 74.7
57 P. Farrell OLB 60 13 7.5 16 0 0 78.1
40 D. Hayden CB 59 15 0.0 0 0 19 80.3
39 M. Brady CB 41 10 0.0 0 2 4 76.8
93 F. Kearse DT 32 11 3.5 15 0 1 81.0
77 S. Farr DT 25 13 2.0 6 0 0 80.1
92 C. Jones DE 22 8 3.5 11 0 0 81.7
31 J. Hughes CB 19 4 0.0 0 0 2 77.7

James led the league in passer rating, and Stugg led the league in rushing yards.

James wins MVP/OPOY/1st Team and Stugg is 2nd Team. No other awards.

[Ben E Lou]

BEGIN 2019 OFFSEASON
Minor staff change (strength coordinator)
No retirements
No franchise tag

I have just enough to reneg/extend the guys I want, and I'm fairly set at all starting positions. 'm pretty much standing pat this offseason, it appears. Maybe I'll try to sign a backup QB/mentor.

[Ben E Lou]

There are two top-tier WRs in this draft class and then two more who'd do. With D. Jackson getting really old and last year's pick Wyatt Hartman looking like a major bust, that seems like the primary focus for this draft. If the first one drops far enough, I may try to trade up for the second.

The first one goes at 1(8). That's far enough. I offer my 1st, 2nd, and my 2nd next year to move to 1(9). My draftees...

1(9): FL Donny Finley (50/80)--Looks realer than Real Deal Holyfield.
3(23): RDT-->NT Leroy Sheldon (20/32)--Strong overall combines. Especially looks like he can rush the passer.
4(23): LDE Ike Cassidy (21/35)--Pass-rushing DE.
5(23): LT Tyrell Sevcik (21/48)--We could use depth here. Only two guys under contract heading into draft.
6(23): C-->RG Axel Dotson (6/44)--OL also could stand some depth.
7(23): RB Lionel Komljenovich (25/40)--No-combine guy with some ST skills.

[jzicc]

So the AI still isn't valuing WR's appropriately?

[Ben E Lou]

So the AI still isn't valuing WR's appropriately?Perhaps 1.8 and 1.9 is exactly where a WR of that talent should go in the new engine. I think mouth-breathers are going to pick WRs too early for a while in MP.

[revrew]

Perhaps 1.8 and 1.9 is exactly where a WR of that talent should go in the new engine. I think mouth-breathers are going to pick WRs too early for a while in MP.

Yes, this ties directly into a question I have that I'm sure was answered elsewhere, but in a BenELou dynasty we may see tangible evidence. Am I correct that in the new version Jim sought to address the over-impact of elite WRs and BPR specifically? Where that's no longer the automatic success strategy (in theory)?

[jzicc]

this would be great!!!!

[Ben E Lou]

In 2016, the WRs were rated 70 and 63 and both had BPR over 70. Both played the entire season. That would have been good for at least a 105 QB rating and 8.5 ypa in the old game for me in SP with the slightly-above-average QBs I had that year. I put up 7.4ypa and an 87.3 rating. Judge for yourself.

[Ben E Lou]

2019 FA2 is uneventful. With very little cap room, I just re-sign John Skelton as our backup QB, and a handful of undrafted rookies.

TC/PRE CHANGES OF NOTE

First round pick Finley is 50/80-->53/73
5th round LT Tyrell Sevcik: 21/48-->25/51
Undrafted SLB Jesse Springer: 28/34-->33/41
3rd-year man and former 5th round pick LCB John Hughes is 31/41-->42/47 in this camp. He started at 14/39.

[Ben E Lou]

2019 ROSTER/OUTLOOK

Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
Oakland Raiders Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
James, Erick 4 QB QB 6 63 63 3 yrs
Stugg, Leroy 33 RB RB 3 65 65 2 yrs
Dillon, Roman 46 FB FB 4 55 55 5 yrs
Mathis, Jamie 89 TE TE 6 51 51 3 yrs
Garrett, Caleb 84 SE FL 6 72 72 3 yrs
Finley, Donny 81 FL SE 1 56 73 4 yrs
Smith, Willie 78 LT LT 9 50 50 2 yrs
Munn, Tanner 63 RG LG 4 89 89 5 yrs
Wisniewski, Stefen 61 C C 9 59 59 1 yr.
Turner, Robert 73 LG RG 12 41 41 1 yr.
Watson, Menelik 71 RT RT 7 50 50 3 yrs
Wootton, Corey 97 LDE LDE 10 56 56 2 yrs
Farr, Steve 77 NT NT 7 46 46 1 yr.
Jones, Chandler 92 RDE RDE 8 42 42 2 yrs
Hudson, Nate 55 SLB SLB 6 75 75 4 yrs
Burris, Miles 56 SILB SILB 8 59 59 2 yrs
Brooks, Jason 51 WILB WILB 2 31 42 3 yrs
Farrell, Peyton 57 WLB WLB 4 59 59 4 yrs
Hayden, D.J. 40 LCB LCB 7 74 74 3 yrs
Snyder, Harry 38 RCB RCB 5 59 59 2 yrs
Clark, Fernando 49 FS SS 3 57 57 2 yrs
Hitchcock, Nicky 47 SS FS 4 50 50 2 yrs
Hopkins, Dustin 12 K 7 51 51 4 yrs
Sevcik, Tyrell 65 LT 1 25 51 4 yrs
Cassidy, Ike 93 LDE 1 23 29 4 yrs
Sheldon, Leroy 98 NT 1 23 34 4 yrs
VanderLey, Santiago 13 QB 2 21 32 3 yrs
Hartman, Wyatt 88 SE 2 21 25 3 yrs
Jeffery, Greg 67 LG 2 22 34 3 yrs
Rusieczky, Julio 94 WLB 2 27 34 3 yrs
Jackson, DeSean 87 FL 12 42 42 2 yrs
Skelton, John 5 QB 10 16 16 2 yrs
Barrett, Butch 83 FL 3 46 46 2 yrs
Ferguson, Skip 59 C 3 26 35 2 yrs
Hoag, B.J. 19 P 3 59 59 2 yrs
Hughes, John 31 LCB 3 45 45 2 yrs
Jones, Bryce 20 RB 1 34 39 2 yrs
Johnston, Mike 24 FB 1 25 33 2 yrs
May, Wyatt 85 TE 1 25 42 2 yrs
Springer, Jesse 99 SLB 1 35 41 2 yrs
Cooley, Arnold 48 LCB 1 25 38 2 yrs
Davis, Knile 35 RB 7 36 36 1 yr.
Brady, Max 39 RCB 7 43 43 1 yr.
Humphries, Marco 53 LS 5 19 19 1 yr.
Reck, Francisco 22 RB 2 37 37 1 yr.
Binn, John 23 FS 2 26 30 1 yr.
##Dotson, Axel 52 RG 1 10 35 4 yrs
##Haase, Nathaniel 74 NT 2 22 33 3 yrs
##Peterson, Sedrick 30 FS 1 26 42 2 yrs
##Allen, Cortez 32 LCB 9 23 23 1 yr.
##Joscelyn, D.J. 90 SLB 7 21 21 1 yr.
##Horton, Cary 54 SILB 6 28 28 1 yr.
##Byrne, Chuck 45 RB 2 33 36 1 yr.

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

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

Salary Cap: $144,000,000
Cap Room: $2,010,000
Maximum for New Player: $2,500,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $2,420,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $2,420,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $173,600,000

We have a good-looking team now, #1 in roster rating. Cap troubles are looming next season, so I'm really hoping to make some noise this year.

[Ben E Lou]

2019 GAMES 1-4
We start out 3-1, though not impressively. We were heavy favorites the first three weeks, yet didn't win any of them by more than 5 points. James sat out week 4 with a minor injury and we lost that one.

[Ben E Lou]

2019 GAMES 5-8
2-2. Stats look good, but we're only 5-3. James has a 107.3 passer rating and the defense is #6 overall, #4 in ppg. I guess I just need to be patient...

[Ben E Lou]

2019 GAMES 9-12
4-0 and played up to our capabilities, it appears. We now have a comfortable 3-game lead in the AFC West as well. Both the running.0-4.5 and passing games are clicking.

[Ben E Lou]

2019 GAMES 13-16
We close out the season 3-1 to finish 12-4, our best record in the seven years I've run the team. However, the Jets have the tiebreaker for the #2 seed and we have to play in the WC Round.

Around the league, RB Ricky Forney (remember him?) led the league with 1695 yards rushing and had 5.45ypc. (Side note: I have no idea what's up wtih these guys reporting multiple 2000-yard seasons. Sample size? Alternate player file? The record in my league so far is 1,755.) Oh yeah, and he caught 71 passes for 563 yards. Two AI tight ends had 1000 yards receiving or more, and Cam Newton was the top rushing QB with 814 yards and 5 TDs.

[Ben E Lou]

2019 POSTSEASON
We open with the Patriots at home in the WC Round. No contest. We led 30-0 midway through the 2nd quarter, and cruised to a 39-3 victory. James threw for 371 yards with no picks.

In the divisional round, we head on the road to play the Jets. They knock James out of the game early in the second quarter, and we succumb quietly, 30-13.


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2019 Summary for Oakland Raiders

Year 2019
Record 13-5
Winning Pct. .722
All-Time 58-54
Winning Pct. .517
Playoffs 1-3
Playoff Visits 3
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Bill Callahan
Record 57-43
Winning Pct. .570
Off. Coord. J. Brewer
Def. Coord. G. Warren
Asst. Coach E. Stoyanovich
Stren. Coord. B. Roll

Oakland Raiders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 34.1 1 (T)
Rushing Yards 136.8 3
Yards Per Carry 4.01 11
Pass Attempts 28.1 32
Completions 16.6 32
Completion Pct. 59.1 17
Passing Yards 219.7 25
Yards Per Attempt 7.81 2
Yards Per Catch 13.21 1
Total Yardage Gained 348.4 6
3rd Down Conversions 37.2 6
Points Per Game 23.9 5 (T)
Pass Rush Pct. 22.6 7
Pass Defense Pct. 51.8 23
Turnovers 21 3 (T)
Turnover Margin +5 6 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 26.3 15
Rushing Yards 95.9 11
Yards Per Carry 3.65 10
Pass Attempts 32.9 2
Completions 19.4 2
Completion Pct. 58.9 15
Passing Yards 222.1 9
Yards Per Attempt 6.75 27
Yards Per Catch 11.46 25
Total Yardage Gained 299.9 4
3rd Down Conversions 31.4 10 (T)
Points Per Game 16.0 2
Pass Rush Pct. 23.4 29
Pass Defense Pct. 56.6 21
Turnovers 26 17 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 27 KCY 22
2 15 DET 10
3 20 MIA 17
4 6 at JAX 18
5 44 at HOU 17
6 27 SDO 16
8 14 IND 16
9 9 at KCY 13
10 35 TEN 31
11 40 DEN 7
12 24 at MIN 19
13 24 at CLE 10
14 27 at GBY 20
15 20 at DEN 24
16 34 CHI 3
17 17 at SDO 13
$$WC 39 NED 3
$$CS 13 at NJY 30

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
4 E. James QB 390 237 3248 8.33 30 12 100.2
13 S. VanderLey QB 60 29 267 4.45 1 4 38.7
**Team --- 450 266 3515 7.81 31 16 92.0
$$Opp --- 526 310 3553 6.75 11 12 76.8

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
33 L. Stugg RB 264 1280 4.85 2 2
22 F. Reck RB 111 261 2.35 3 1
35 K. Davis RB 75 284 3.79 1 4
4 E. James QB 57 278 4.88 1 1
**Team --- 546 2189 4.01 7 15
$$Opp --- 420 1535 3.65 6 29

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
81 D. Finley WR 124 76 1180 15.53 9.52 6 13
84 C. Garrett WR 129 69 1038 15.04 8.05 5 9
89 J. Mathis TE 73 38 328 8.63 4.49 3 1
83 B. Barrett WR 49 35 493 14.09 10.06 2 5
33 L. Stugg RB 33 22 219 9.95 6.64 1 0

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
49 F. Clark S 100 31 1.0 1 2 6 76.6
56 M. Burris ILB 94 32 6.0 0 1 4 75.6
55 N. Hudson OLB 81 18 9.0 8 2 7 79.5
57 P. Farrell OLB 60 17 12.0 20 0 1 77.1
47 N. Hitchcock S 52 20 0.5 0 0 4 77.1
40 D. Hayden CB 51 18 0.0 0 0 13 78.5
51 J. Brooks ILB 51 28 1.5 2 0 3 75.0
38 H. Snyder CB 41 14 0.0 0 3 9 81.2
97 C. Wootton DE 39 11 5.5 15 0 0 81.6
77 S. Farr DT 30 11 3.0 5 0 0 81.7
39 M. Brady CB 27 6 0.0 0 0 2 77.8
30 S. Peterson S 26 6 0.0 0 4 1 83.2
92 C. Jones DE 22 8 5.0 9 0 0 80.8
31 J. Hughes CB 16 3 0.0 0 0 2 79.5
93 I. Cassidy DE 16 4 3.0 8 0 1 82.1
98 L. Sheldon DT 16 9 2.5 3 0 1 82.8

[Ben E Lou]

Donny Finley brings home OROY honors. G Tanner Munn, T Willie Smith, and OLB Nate Hudson are all 2nd Team All Pros.

Two starters retire in the offseason: G Robert Turner and DE Corey Wootton.

Assistant Coach Erick Stoyanovich is hired away by Tennessee to be their Offensive Coordinator. We sign Jo-Lonn Dunbar, now age 35 and in the coach pool for the first time, to replace him.

[Ben E Lou]

We begin the 2020 offseason $28.4M over the cap. First, the cuts of note:

FL DeSean Jackson is down to 42/42 and was only in on 16 pass plays last year. He is now at best our #4 WR and I can't justify his salary of nearly $4M.

TE Jamie Mathis is a bit of a tougher call, but he has to go as well. His career 5.74ypt, including only 4.49 last year, makes him a liability. His $7M salary this year and $8.2M salary next year send him out the door.

[jzicc]

Two AI tight ends had 1000 yards receiving or more, and Cam Newton was the top rushing QB with 814 yards and 5 TDs.

that's some great stuff there

[Ben E Lou]

After renegotiations and a couple more minor cuts, I have no money to spend and two holes in the starting lineup: I'm going to have to go with rookies, non-promising-looking young former draftees, or minsal veterans at TE, DE, NT, and one OG slot. I'm also going to let starting LT Willie Smith and P B.J. Hoag become FAs after this season because I don't want to pay what it would take to extend them. And RB Leroy Stugg may hold out. He's in the last year of his deal, and there's no way I can extend him. The plan is to franchise him next year.

[jzicc]

Ben --

Most important question -- with your acumen with the prior version -- I'm assuming single player wasn't "fun" before; Is it now with this one?

[Ben E Lou]

Infinitely more fun because it is far more challenging. No comparison. I played FOF2K7 SP with all kinds of house rules and could still build a dominant team in just 2-3 seasons usually. I'm playing all-out and have 3 playoff appearances in 6 seasons and only one postseason victory--in the WC Round.

[jzicc]

That's what I was implicitly reading but it never hurts to have it spelled out---

great to hear!

[BYU 14]

That's what I was implicitly reading but it never hurts to have it spelled out---

great to hear!

I'll jump on that bandwagon as well, I never had to bother looking into the future before much and worry about the cap and filling needs. Definitely something you need to do in SP with this version.

[Ben E Lou]

2020 AMATEUR DRAFT

With four slots open for a rookie to step in and start, it seems to make sense to go with "best player available" at any of those positions. At 1(27), it looks like an offensive guard is the way to go. Here's my entire draft:

1(27): LG Frankie Hudson (18/74)--Raw, but great combines and potential.
3(27): TE Otis Coltharp (16/38)--3-blue guy with solid-looking run blocking potential.
4(27): RDE Jared Irwin (14/18)--Yeah, bad bars, but I like his pass-rushing possibilities.
5(27): RDT-->NT Antonio Lane (21/46)--Combine skipper with decent bars.
6(27): FL Brian Kirk (15/33)--We only had 3 WRs under contract heading into the draft. Kirk was a 3-blue guy with decent bars.
7(27): SE Maurice Sowers (13/28)--I looked at Sowers and his 6.93 agility drill in the 6th round and he was still there in the 7th. I like having at least 5 WRs anyway, so there's room on the roster.

[Ben E Lou]

2020 FA2--Most important news is that RB Suggs didn't hold out. Due to cap constraints, all signees were undrafted rookies.

2020 TC/Preseason

Starting center Steven Wisniewski breaks his foot in preseason and will miss the first quarter-ish of the regular season.
7th round draft pick WR Maurice Sowers outshines the other youngsters with a 13/28-->18/35 showing and thus earns the WR4 job.
6th-year CB Harry Snyder drops to 51/51, and I can't help but wonder if that's more of a "scout correction" than an actual change. He has never performed like the 60-65 guy his ratings indicated he might be.
And the worst of it, in the final preseason game, QB Erick James suffers a Compound Leg Fracture and will miss the season. Santiago Vanderley, a former 5th round pick who is 15/25-->25/32 over the course of his short career, will lead the team.

[Ben E Lou]

2020 ROSTER/OUTLOOK

Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
Oakland Raiders Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
VanderLey, Santiago 13 QB QB 3 25 32 2 yrs
Stugg, Leroy 33 RB RB 4 65 65 1 yr.
Dillon, Roman 46 FB FB 5 56 56 4 yrs
May, Wyatt 85 TE TE 2 35 41 1 yr.
Finley, Donny 81 FL FL 2 75 75 3 yrs
Garrett, Caleb 84 SE SE 7 62 62 3 yrs
Watson, Menelik 71 RT LT 8 52 52 2 yrs
Munn, Tanner 63 RG LG 5 88 88 4 yrs
Ferguson, Skip 59 C C 4 25 31 3 yrs
Hudson, Frankie 73 LG RG 1 25 71 4 yrs
Smith, Willie 78 LT RT 10 49 49 1 yr.
Jones, Chandler 92 RDE LDE 9 35 35 1 yr.
Sheldon, Leroy 98 NT NT 2 29 35 3 yrs
Cassidy, Ike 93 LDE RDE 2 28 29 3 yrs
Hudson, Nate 55 SLB SLB 7 75 75 3 yrs
Burris, Miles 56 SILB SILB 9 61 61 3 yrs
Brooks, Jason 51 WILB WILB 3 45 45 2 yrs
Farrell, Peyton 57 WLB WLB 5 60 60 3 yrs
Hayden, D.J. 40 LCB LCB 8 72 72 2 yrs
Snyder, Harry 38 RCB RCB 6 51 51 3 yrs
Clark, Fernando 49 FS SS 4 57 57 3 yrs
Hitchcock, Nicky 47 SS FS 5 49 49 4 yrs
Skelton, John 5 QB 11 12 12 1 yr.
Gora, Toby 11 QB 1 12 27 1 yr.
Jones, Bryce 20 RB 2 38 38 1 yr.
Fite, Ty 32 RB 1 32 42 1 yr.
Johnston, Mike 24 FB 2 33 33 1 yr.
Coltharp, Otis 82 TE 1 19 34 4 yrs
Barrett, Butch 83 FL 4 46 46 3 yrs
Stemke, Edgar 89 FL 1 16 34 1 yr.
Sowers, Maurice 87 SE 1 19 35 4 yrs
Jeffery, Greg 67 LG 3 24 35 2 yrs
Dotson, Axel 52 RG 2 12 34 3 yrs
Sevcik, Tyrell 65 LT 2 32 52 3 yrs
Hoag, B.J. 19 P 4 59 59 1 yr.
Hopkins, Dustin 12 K 8 48 48 3 yrs
Irwin, Jared 72 RDE 1 16 19 4 yrs
Haase, Nathaniel 74 NT 3 24 36 2 yrs
Lane, Antonio 70 NT 1 23 41 4 yrs
McWilliams, Jude 95 SILB 1 18 28 1 yr.
Springer, Jesse 99 SLB 2 43 43 1 yr.
Rusieczky, Julio 94 WLB 3 35 35 2 yrs
Hughes, John 31 LCB 4 44 44 2 yrs
Clemons, Neal 48 LCB 1 22 23 1 yr.
Peterson, Sedrick 30 FS 2 34 43 1 yr.
Evans, Warren 58 LS 1 21 21 1 yr.
##Rasby, Chad 43 RB 1 29 33 1 yr.
##Babinchak, Eduardo 86 TE 1 20 29 1 yr.
##Kirk, Brian 88 FL 1 16 26 4 yrs
##Wisniewski, Stefen 61 C 10 53 53 2 yrs
##Terhorst, Tracy 50 WLB 1 21 27 1 yr.
##Testaverde, Wesley 97 WLB 1 24 41 1 yr.
##Copeland, Harold 26 SS 1 12 29 1 yr.
%%James, Erick 4 QB 7 63 63 2 yrs

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

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

Salary Cap: $148,900,000
Cap Room: $80,000
Maximum for New Player: $570,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $16,160,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $6,360,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $168,820,000
The game shows us with the #2 roster in the league, but I think that assumes that James is playing. I really have no idea what to expect. We're going to try to run the ball more; that much is certain.

[Ben E Lou]

2020 WEEKS 1-4
We start out 2-2, and VanderLey is the big surprise: 89 for 134, 8 TDs, 2 INTs, 106.8 QB Rating, 8.57 ypa. Our running game is terrible early on, with just 3.08ypc. We suffered another huge injury blow in Week 1: D.J. Hayden had to have ACL Surgery.

[Ben E Lou]

2020 WEEKS 5-8
1-3. VanderLey cools off a bit, but it still looking very solid overall (97.5 rtg, 8.24ypa). The running game picks it up, but the pass defense has gone to hell in a handbasket with our best defender out.

[Ben E Lou]

2020 WEEKS 9-12
The schedule was kind to us during this phase: we played three teams with losing records; we won three games to even things up at 6-6. And the great news is that the entire division is down this year, so 6-6 gives us a 1-game lead heading into the final fourth of the season. VanderLey is still doing ok, though he has cooled off considerably. It's look like he'll set a team record or two for passing, though.

[Ben E Lou]

2020 WEEKS 13-16
We didn't exactly light it up, but going 2-1 at the beginning of this stretch clinched the division, so I was able to deactivate some key starters for Week 17, an ugly loss. We finish 8-8, but that's good enough for a division title in the league's worst division.

[Ben E Lou]

Not shockingly, we lose in the WC round at home against 11-5 New England. Our numbers for the season:


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2020 Summary for Oakland Raiders

Year 2020
Record 8-9
Winning Pct. .470
All-Time 66-62
Winning Pct. .515
Playoffs 1-4
Playoff Visits 4
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Bill Callahan
Record 65-52
Winning Pct. .555
Off. Coord. J. Brewer
Def. Coord. G. Warren
Asst. Coach J. Dunbar
Stren. Coord. B. Roll

Oakland Raiders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 28.8 9 (T)
Rushing Yards 121.7 9
Yards Per Carry 4.23 15
Pass Attempts 34.8 21
Completions 20.6 21
Completion Pct. 59.1 17
Passing Yards 272.6 6
Yards Per Attempt 7.83 2
Yards Per Catch 13.26 1
Total Yardage Gained 383.8 3
3rd Down Conversions 32.6 21
Points Per Game 22.5 9
Pass Rush Pct. 23.2 2
Pass Defense Pct. 47.5 21
Turnovers 33 29 (T)
Turnover Margin -7 26

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 28.1 24
Rushing Yards 110.9 18
Yards Per Carry 3.94 11
Pass Attempts 35.1 9
Completions 20.9 13
Completion Pct. 59.7 18 (T)
Passing Yards 263.8 30
Yards Per Attempt 7.52 32
Yards Per Catch 12.60 32
Total Yardage Gained 356.9 29
3rd Down Conversions 33.2 18
Points Per Game 21.9 24
Pass Rush Pct. 19.7 13 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 53.7 19
Turnovers 26 12 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 27 at DEN 24
2 17 NOS 20
3 34 at CLE 8
4 13 NED 27
5 3 at KCY 31
6 24 BUF 30
7 27 at NJY 40
9 19 at MIA 16
10 27 at SDO 12
11 23 DEN 7
12 27 at ATL 31
13 37 IND 17
14 26 at CAR 21
15 10 SDO 31
16 23 TBY 10
17 23 KCY 26
$$WC 17 NED 20

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
13 S. VanderLey QB 556 328 4355 7.83 20 17 83.1
**Team --- 557 329 4362 7.83 20 17 83.2
$$Opp --- 561 335 4221 7.52 29 12 91.5

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
33 L. Stugg RB 257 1099 4.28 5 1
20 B. Jones RB 95 317 3.34 1 1
32 T. Fite RB 63 345 5.48 2 3
13 S. VanderLey QB 39 175 4.49 2 8
**Team --- 460 1947 4.23 10 25
$$Opp --- 450 1774 3.94 9 23

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
81 D. Finley WR 173 98 1399 14.28 8.09 14 6
84 C. Garrett WR 137 81 1186 14.64 8.66 10 9
83 B. Barrett WR 70 36 466 12.94 6.66 9 1
33 L. Stugg RB 43 29 324 11.17 7.53 4 2
46 R. Dillon FB 31 25 259 10.36 8.35 1 1
85 W. May TE 32 20 247 12.35 7.72 0 1
82 O. Coltharp TE 28 17 128 7.53 4.57 1 0

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
56 M. Burris ILB 118 45 3.0 1 2 9 78.6
49 F. Clark S 95 28 1.0 0 4 11 82.3
55 N. Hudson OLB 82 17 9.0 7 0 4 72.0
51 J. Brooks ILB 71 23 0.0 0 1 3 76.2
38 H. Snyder CB 60 19 1.0 0 1 10 77.5
31 J. Hughes CB 59 16 0.0 0 0 3 70.3
47 N. Hitchcock S 53 11 0.0 0 2 6 80.2
57 P. Farrell OLB 46 16 9.5 21 0 0 78.8
48 N. Clemons CB 26 12 0.0 0 1 2 80.5
30 S. Peterson S 25 10 0.0 0 0 4 77.9
74 N. Haase DT 19 7 3.5 4 0 0 80.2
93 I. Cassidy DE 18 8 1.0 13 0 0 81.2
98 L. Sheldon DT 18 12 2.5 9 0 0 82.5
70 A. Lane DT 17 13 0.0 3 0 1 82.0
92 C. Jones DE 16 6 5.0 6 0 0 82.5
99 J. Springer OLB 16 2 1.5 2 1 0 82.4

VanderLey sets team records for completions, attempts, passing yards, and 300-yard games (5). And the 394.3 ypg is also a team record. QB controversy looming???

[Ben E Lou]

2021 OFFSEASON BEGIN
Bill Callahan gets the axe as Head Coach in favor of....a former Raider! Tony Pashos served as the Assistant Coach for Chicago from 2016-2020 and now appears ready to take on his first Head Coaching gig.

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Two cap casualties in FA1:1--C Stefen Wisniewski (49/49, yr 11) and K Dustin Hopkins are released.

QB James has the "Watch Closely" tag on him. He is in the final year of his contract. I can really use some cap space. My choices are:

A: Extend his contract with a high-bonus, low-first-year offer, saving me over $6M this year--enough to perhaps fill a hole or two in FA. The risk here is that if he can't perform like his old self, we'll take a huge cap hit.
B: Trade him and go with Santiago VanderLey, who may be "good enough." The main issue I have with that move is that VanderLey is also in the final year of his deal, and because he started last season, he wants a fairlybig contract. Extending VanderLey and trading James would give a net cap savings of around $8.5M this year and a bit less than that in future seasons.
C: There are four veteran QBs in free agency rated in the 41-48 range, all wanting modest money (around $3M this year). I could cut bait on both expensive QB options and go "game manager" all the way.In the end, I decide that I don't like the idea of having to pay VanderLey that much when last season could have been just good dice rolls. I decide against Option C because I don't think I have enough defensive talent to make a "game manager" work, and it doesn't appear that there will be enough in FA to build it quickly. So with some trepidation, I extend Erick James's contract at the beginning of FA1 so I can pursue some guys.

[Ben E Lou]

2021 FREE AGENCY/DRAFT

My positions of need for starters are C, DE (could really use two), and TE. I also need a punter and a kicker. Assessing each...

CENTER
27/27 Skip Ferguson is my only player under contract. The options in free agency are a bit limited as well. There are several guys in the upper 40s/lower 50s, but they would cost around 2/3 of the ~$8M I have to spend in FA. I decide to pursue a mediocre 44/44 guy here for a cheap deal.

DEFENSIVE END
I'm noticing what may be some increased effectiveness of "power rush" guys with high PRS. They don't get a lot of sacks, but they seem to get more hurries. There's an inexpensive guy who is 46/46 overall with 55 run defense and 64 PRS available. He is one target. For the other end, I pursue a more "traditional" PRT option.

TIGHT END
There is a monster-stud looking TE in the draft class. We wants him. I'll have to trade up to get him, so I extend my cheap RFA 40/40 TE (Wyatt May) just in case.

A couple of cheap decent-looking options are available in FA for P and K, so they get offers as well. Here are the signees:

RDE Winston Krenzel (44/44, yr 5)--52 Run Defense and 62 Pass Rush Strength.
P Tim Masthay (55/55, yr 12)--Pretty decent all around, and only $1.4M.
C Heath Gilmore (43/43, yr 5)--Another cheap signing ($1.2M), but looks like a decent upgrade.
LDE Corey Howe (40/40, yr 8)--He was my fifth round pick in 2014. Never started as a Raider, but bounced around the league and earned a couple of starting jobs. He had 7.5 sacks and 14 hurries for TBY last year. most expensive signee of the group at $2.7M this year.
K John Potter (54/54, yr 9)--A solid all around kicker who came to us for $1.4M.

This group isn't anything to write home about, but all appear to be decent upgrades from what I had. If I can trade up for that TE, I think this offseason can be deemed a successful one.

[Ben E Lou]

2021 AMATEUR DRAFT

Looking at the Amateur Draft History screen, the earliest a TE has gone so far is #14. This guy looks worthy of going higher than that, so I target #10 for a trade up. (I have the #21 pick.)

Grrrrr....and The Niners take him at #8. Here's who I missed:
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When 1(21) rolls around, there's not much at my positions of need. However, there is a good-looking fullback. With it appearing that BPR isn't so crucial, I decide to draft him and convert to TE. Here's the whole draft:

1(21): FB-->TE Micah Shaw (26/62-->24/57)--Very curious to see how this turns out.
2(21): RB Elijah Daniels (27/37)--I never would have drafted a backup RB in the 2nd round in FOF7, but it sure seems that you need actual talent here now, especially when your RB1 is only a 260ish carry guy. Daniels ran a 4.44 (red) and also has 3 blues. Seems like a steal this late.
3(21): C Brantley Stevenson (21/39)--Two reds and a blue. Could be a decent pickup here.
4(21): SILB Myles Cook (13/44)--4 blues, 1 green. Starting SILB is in year 10.
5(21): RDE Dana Giles (10/18)--Some semi-promising combines. Dismal bars.
6(21): LG Curtis Allen (21/33)--Mammoth dude with a big bench press.
7(21): SS/PR Harold Swift (10/19)--Drafted for his punt return potential.

[BYU 14]

Thinking Shaw will turn into a viable option for you at TE

[MacroGuru]

I like everything about Shaw at TE except for his height, it will be interesting to see how it pans out.

[Ben E Lou]

Heh. Glad y'all have more faith in Shaw panning out than I do. ;)

WILB Jason Brooks holds out. I can't afford his modest contract request, and don't really care to pay a WILB significantly.

I have enough cap room to sign mentors for my first and second round picks. Apart from that, I fill out the roster with minsal rookies.

TC Key Notes:

TE Shaw is 24/57-->25/50No other significant Preseason/TC Changes.


ROSTER/OUTLOOK

Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
Oakland Raiders Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
James, Erick 4 QB QB 8 64 64 5 yrs
Stugg, Leroy 33 RB RB 5 65 65 4 yrs
Dillon, Roman 46 FB FB 6 55 55 3 yrs
May, Wyatt 85 TE TE 3 40 40 3 yrs
Finley, Donny 81 FL FL 3 77 77 2 yrs
Garrett, Caleb 84 SE SE 8 55 55 2 yrs
Watson, Menelik 71 RT LT 9 50 50 3 yrs
Munn, Tanner 63 RG LG 6 88 88 3 yrs
Gilmore, Heath 54 C C 5 41 41 3 yrs
Hudson, Frankie 73 LG RG 2 49 73 3 yrs
Sevcik, Tyrell 65 LT RT 3 41 51 2 yrs
Krenzel, Winston 96 RDE LDE 5 43 43 2 yrs
Lane, Antonio 70 NT NT 2 29 38 3 yrs
Howe, Corey 77 LDE RDE 8 35 35 3 yrs
Hudson, Nate 55 SLB SLB 8 74 74 2 yrs
Burris, Miles 56 SILB SILB 10 58 58 2 yrs
Brooks, Jason 51 WILB WILB 4 44 44 1 yr.
Farrell, Peyton 57 WLB WLB 6 58 58 2 yrs
Hughes, John 31 LCB LCB 5 44 44 1 yr.
Snyder, Harry 38 RCB RCB 7 50 50 2 yrs
Clark, Fernando 49 FS SS 5 57 57 2 yrs
Hitchcock, Nicky 47 SS FS 6 48 48 3 yrs
VanderLey, Santiago 13 QB 4 31 31 1 yr.
McGettigan, Arnie 12 QB 1 20 35 2 yrs
Daniels, Elijah 37 RB 1 28 33 4 yrs
Clements, Archie 29 RB 1 30 35 2 yrs
Bradford, Isaac 25 FB 1 24 36 1 yr.
Gelbart, Allen 80 TE 8 27 27 2 yrs
Coltharp, Otis 82 TE 2 29 33 3 yrs
Shaw, Micah 39 TE 1 26 50 4 yrs
Barrett, Butch 83 FL 5 46 46 2 yrs
Kirk, Brian 88 FL 2 18 26 3 yrs
Cintron, Daryl 7 SE 1 22 35 2 yrs
Ferguson, Skip 59 C 5 28 28 2 yrs
Banks, Zach 68 LT 1 23 34 1 yr.
Pierce, Marc 67 LT 1 22 31 1 yr.
Masthay, Tim 1 P 12 52 52 3 yrs
Potter, John 10 K 9 54 54 3 yrs
Cassidy, Ike 93 LDE 3 29 29 2 yrs
Haase, Nathaniel 74 NT 4 29 35 1 yr.
Cook, Myles 90 SILB 1 18 40 4 yrs
Barton, Russell 53 WILB 1 19 28 1 yr.
Caldwell, Robert 21 LCB 1 25 31 1 yr.
Sughroue, Dan 42 LCB 1 26 30 2 yrs
Peterson, Sedrick 30 FS 3 45 45 2 yrs
Evans, Warren 58 LS 2 21 21 2 yrs
##Lacy, Eddie 22 RB 9 14 14 2 yrs
##Sowers, Maurice 87 SE 2 27 36 3 yrs
##Stevenson, Brantley 52 C 1 23 34 4 yrs
##Allen, Curtis 75 LG 1 23 35 4 yrs
##Sheldon, Leroy 98 NT 3 34 35 2 yrs
##Rusieczky, Julio 94 WLB 4 36 36 1 yr.
##Hayden, D.J. 40 LCB 9 67 67 1 yr.

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

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

Salary Cap: $153,800,000
Cap Room: $160,000
Maximum for New Player: $670,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $10,580,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $1,560,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $169,950,000
We have the league's #2 roster

[Ben E Lou]

2021 WEEKS 1-4
Tough start at 1-3. James, with an 80.8 passer rating, is not justifying his big contract early in the season.

[Ben E Lou]

2021 WEEKS 5-8
A 2-1-1 stretch gets us to 3-4-1, trailing 4-3 Denver for the division lead. The offense is starting to click now: #6 in passing, #1 in rushing. James's passer rating is up to 86.4. The defense is #27 in yards allowed, #28 in ppg.

[Ben E Lou]

2021 WEEKS 9-12
2-2, 5-6-1 for the year. The defense appears to be improving with the return of D.J. Hayden during this quarter of the year, but the offense will be without WR Garrett for most of the stretch run due to a minor injury.

[Ben E Lou]

2021 WEEKS 13-17
We played very well down the stretch, but a 35-34 loss at Philly doomed us. We close out the year 3-1 to finish 8-7-1. I tend to think part of our struggles this year were just bad dice rolls: we had four losses by a FG or less, and a tie. We were #1 in offense and ended up #21 in yards allowed and #16 in ppg allowed, so not terrible on defense, either. We outscored opponents 449-339. It's a setback, but I think we can recover.


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2021 Summary for Oakland Raiders

Year 2021
Record 8-7-1
Winning Pct. .531
All-Time 74-69-1
Winning Pct. .517
Playoffs 1-4
Playoff Visits 4
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Tony Pashos
Record 8-7-1
Winning Pct. .531
Off. Coord. J. Brewer
Def. Coord. G. Warren
Asst. Coach J. Dunbar
Stren. Coord. E. Sanders

Oakland Raiders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 31.7 2
Rushing Yards 148.3 2
Yards Per Carry 4.68 4
Pass Attempts 34.1 26
Completions 20.1 26 (T)
Completion Pct. 59.1 20
Passing Yards 242.9 14
Yards Per Attempt 7.13 6
Yards Per Catch 12.07 1
Total Yardage Gained 383.4 1
3rd Down Conversions 38.0 6
Points Per Game 28.1 1
Pass Rush Pct. 20.3 14
Pass Defense Pct. 54.6 11
Turnovers 15 1 (T)
Turnover Margin +16 1

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 26.0 16 (T)
Rushing Yards 118.2 25
Yards Per Carry 4.55 29
Pass Attempts 36.7 18
Completions 22.1 15 (T)
Completion Pct. 60.3 18
Passing Yards 240.9 18
Yards Per Attempt 6.57 19
Yards Per Catch 10.89 19
Total Yardage Gained 345.9 21
3rd Down Conversions 37.6 29 (T)
Points Per Game 21.2 16 (T)
Pass Rush Pct. 19.8 16
Pass Defense Pct. 55.0 21
Turnovers 31 4 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 47 at SDO 43
2 18 at WAS 35
3 14 at NJY 24
4 25 at CIN 33
5 34 BAL 9
6 17 at CLE 17
7 37 at KCY 17
8 22 PIT 24
9 21 SDO 22
11 41 at DEN 7
12 20 DAL 23
13 38 TEN 20
14 34 at PHI 35
15 17 KCY 10
16 34 NYK 13
17 30 DEN 7

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
4 E. James QB 545 322 3887 7.13 26 6 92.3
**Team --- 545 322 3887 7.13 26 6 92.3
$$Opp --- 587 354 3854 6.57 20 19 77.5

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
33 L. Stugg RB 285 1332 4.67 11 1
37 E. Daniels RB 132 550 4.17 2 1
4 E. James QB 64 403 6.30 3 7
**Team --- 507 2373 4.68 16 18
$$Opp --- 416 1891 4.55 15 23

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
81 D. Finley WR 155 88 1308 14.86 8.44 6 8
83 B. Barrett WR 88 54 651 12.06 7.40 3 2
84 C. Garrett WR 85 40 584 14.60 6.87 5 6
33 L. Stugg RB 46 34 285 8.38 6.20 2 1
7 D. Cintron WR 37 23 258 11.22 6.97 4 1
85 W. May TE 38 22 214 9.73 5.63 2 3

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
56 M. Burris ILB 122 31 1.0 0 1 9 72.7
49 F. Clark S 100 31 1.0 0 3 6 78.2
55 N. Hudson OLB 86 25 7.0 11 0 11 77.3
38 H. Snyder CB 59 15 1.0 0 4 10 80.5
57 P. Farrell OLB 51 13 10.5 19 0 1 79.3
30 S. Peterson S 41 14 0.0 2 3 5 79.2
31 J. Hughes CB 40 12 0.0 0 3 4 81.2
51 J. Brooks ILB 34 19 0.0 0 0 1 73.7
40 D. Hayden CB 30 7 0.0 0 3 12 85.5
77 C. Howe DE 30 10 4.0 6 0 0 80.0
47 N. Hitchcock S 26 6 0.0 0 0 0 80.1
70 A. Lane DT 23 10 2.5 6 0 0 81.7
21 R. Caldwell CB 23 10 0.0 0 1 4 80.1
96 W. Krenzel DE 21 9 4.0 9 0 0 81.1
93 I. Cassidy DE 18 8 4.0 5 0 0 81.4
90 M. Cook ILB 18 6 0.0 0 1 1 78.5
42 D. Sughroue CB 17 9 0.0 0 0 1 75.8 

[Ben E Lou]

2022 OFFSEASON BEGIN
Only one retirement: minsal mentor RB Eddie Lacy hangs 'em up. He didn't play a single snap in the regular season for us, so I'm not exactly weeping.

LCB D.J. Hayden, now in year 10, gets the franchise tag.

One starter gets cut: SS Nicky Hitchcock. Former undrafted rookie Sedrick Peterson has earned a starting job and is quite a bit cheaper than Hitchcock. Releasing him saves me $7M this year.

Last offseason, we signed two stopgaps at DE. Neither performed particular well. I cut both of them in favor of a couple of other DE signings:

LDE Bo Castillo (49/49, yr 4)--63PRT, 37 PRS. He had a decent year for JAX last season, his first as a starter.
RDE Reggie Jordan (54/54, yr 6)--74 Run Defense, 78 PRT, 33 PRS. He was hurt most of last year, and therefore came fairly cheaply. Had 6 sacks and a 5.1 PRPct in 2020 as a starter for the Lions.

We have the #17 pick in the draft. This time there is a MONSTER stud TE in the draft class: all red combines, and all bars but BPR in the 90ish-100ish range. Last year's stud went #8. I'd think this guy could go #5, so that's where I target my trade-up.

[sjshaw]

Two questions:

1. Which of your stock game plans is closest to what you're running here? Have you tried different ones?

2. How much attention are you paying to chemistry? How much harder is it to pull your standard chemistry tricks?

[LastWhiteSoxFanStanding]

Please include your trade offer (if it works) to snag the number five pick. Very enjoyable read so far!

[Ben E Lou]

2022 AMATEUR DRAFT

We are successful in trading up. We deal our 1st-3rd this year and our 2nd next year to KC for the 1(5) pick to draft the TE we covet.

1(5): TE J.R. Clancy (65/86)--Seems like a can't-miss stud.
4(17): RG Caiden Smith (19/36)--Red strength, blue agility, black in other categories
5(17): FS Alan Gabreleski (17/45)--3 blues, nice bars
6(17): C Ferdinand Zimmerman (11/45)--4 blues, 1 green
7(17): LT Harvey Fulton (22/33)--Red in Sol and STr, blue agi, green dash

[Ben E Lou]

Two questions:

1. Which of your stock game plans is closest to what you're running here? Have you tried different ones?

2. How much attention are you paying to chemistry? How much harder is it to pull your standard chemistry tricks?1. Sort of PAV with shorter long passes (35-35-15-10-5) most of the time.
2. I should have mentioned that I have chemistry turned off. I always turn it off in SP. It gives the human an advantage that the AI isn't set up to do. (I have the AI manage my depth charts for a similar reason: if I manage them myself, I can dominate on ST in a way the AI isn't set up to do.

[Ben E Lou]

2022 TRAINING CAMP/PRESEASON

TE Clancy emerges from the preseason rated 70/80
RCB Harry Snyder appears to be showing signs of age. He's down to 43/43
Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
Oakland Raiders Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
James, Erick 4 QB QB 9 65 65 4 yrs
Stugg, Leroy 33 RB RB 6 63 63 3 yrs
Dillon, Roman 46 FB FB 7 55 55 2 yrs
Clancy, J.R. 86 TE TE 1 70 80 4 yrs
Finley, Donny 81 FL FL 4 76 76 5 yrs
Garrett, Caleb 84 SE SE 9 52 52 3 yrs
Sevcik, Tyrell 65 LT LT 4 50 50 4 yrs
Munn, Tanner 63 RG LG 7 89 89 2 yrs
Gilmore, Heath 54 C C 6 42 42 2 yrs
Hudson, Frankie 73 LG RG 3 72 72 2 yrs
Watson, Menelik 71 RT RT 10 49 49 2 yrs
Jordan, Reggie 77 RDE LDE 6 52 52 3 yrs
Sheldon, Leroy 98 NT NT 4 37 37 1 yr.
Castillo, Bo 95 LDE RDE 4 48 48 3 yrs
Hudson, Nate 55 SLB SLB 9 71 71 1 yr.
Burris, Miles 56 SILB SILB 11 52 52 3 yrs
Cockerham, Earl 91 WILB WILB 4 31 35 2 yrs
Farrell, Peyton 57 WLB WLB 7 50 50 4 yrs
Hayden, D.J. 40 LCB LCB 10 64 64 3 yrs
Snyder, Harry 38 RCB RCB 8 43 43 3 yrs
Clark, Fernando 49 SS SS 6 55 55 5 yrs
Peterson, Sedrick 30 FS FS 4 43 43 4 yrs
Osieja, Drake 8 QB 7 18 22 2 yrs
McGettigan, Arnie 12 QB 2 17 27 1 yr.
Daniels, Elijah 37 RB 2 32 32 3 yrs
Clements, Archie 29 RB 2 32 37 1 yr.
Sacco, Dale 22 FB 8 33 33 3 yrs
May, Wyatt 85 TE 4 40 40 2 yrs
Shaw, Micah 39 TE 2 38 50 3 yrs
Barrett, Butch 83 FL 6 45 45 4 yrs
Sowers, Maurice 87 SE 3 36 38 2 yrs
Cintron, Daryl 7 SE 2 30 35 1 yr.
Stevenson, Brantley 52 C 2 26 34 3 yrs
Allen, Curtis 75 LG 2 27 35 3 yrs
Fulton, Harvey 72 LT 1 27 37 4 yrs
Masthay, Tim 1 P 13 51 51 2 yrs
Potter, John 10 K 10 55 55 2 yrs
Cassidy, Ike 93 LDE 4 29 29 1 yr.
Haase, Nathaniel 74 NT 5 32 32 2 yrs
Lane, Antonio 70 NT 3 35 39 2 yrs
Cook, Myles 90 SILB 2 26 39 3 yrs
Skuratovsky, Leo 51 SILB 1 21 37 2 yrs
Rusieczky, Julio 94 WLB 5 35 35 2 yrs
Sughroue, Dan 42 LCB 2 30 30 1 yr.
Gabreleski, Alan 23 FS 1 23 39 4 yrs
Evans, Warren 58 LS 3 21 21 1 yr.
##Gillespie, Bennett 27 RB 1 22 24 2 yrs
##Gelbart, Allen 80 TE 9 21 21 1 yr.
##Coltharp, Otis 82 TE 3 34 34 2 yrs
##Zimmerman, Ferdinand 50 C 1 15 41 4 yrs
##Smith, Caiden 69 RG 1 21 31 4 yrs
##Stokes, Luca 92 SLB 1 13 31 2 yrs
##Sommerfeld, Cooper 26 SS 1 10 26 2 yrs

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

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

Salary Cap: $161,600,000
Cap Room: ($10,000)
Maximum for New Player: $540,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $4,380,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $2,290,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $182,660,000


FOF credits us with the #1 roster by a fairly wide margin.

[Ben E Lou]

2022 WEEKS 1-4
We open up a very strong 3-1 with an average score of 33.0-17.5. Denver leads the division at 4-0. No key injuries.

[Ben E Lou]

2022 WEEKS 5-8
4-0, still looking strong. We're tied with Denver at 7-1 for the best record in the league. We suffer a key injury in Week 8: RCB Harry Snyder suffers a torn lateral knee ligament and will miss the rest of the season.

[Ben E Lou]

2022 WEEKS 9-12
Another 4-0 stretch. The defense is dominating and the offense is doing quite well. The big win during this segment is a 26-0 spanking of Denver in our stadium, giving us a leg up in the race for the division title and #1 seed.

[Ben E Lou]

2022 GAMES 13-16
We finish 4-0 to close out the year, but at great cost: QB James breaks his fibula in the #1-seed-clinching game and is going to miss the postseason. We turn to an old friend: Denver had signed Santiago VanderLey, but released him in Week 10. He comes back to Oakland and will lead us in the playoffs.

[Ben E Lou]

2022 POSTSEASON
We succumb to JAX 27-17 at home. The offense disappeared at halftime after building a 17-7 lead. :(


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2022 Summary for Oakland Raiders

Year 2022
Record 15-2
Winning Pct. .882
All-Time 89-70-1
Winning Pct. .559
Playoffs 1-5
Playoff Visits 5
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Tony Pashos
Record 23-9-1
Winning Pct. .712
Off. Coord. J. Fassel
Def. Coord. G. Warren
Asst. Coach J. Dunbar
Stren. Coord. E. Sanders

Oakland Raiders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 33.9 1
Rushing Yards 129.4 4
Yards Per Carry 3.82 23
Pass Attempts 32.2 30
Completions 22.4 20
Completion Pct. 69.5 1
Passing Yards 238.6 18
Yards Per Attempt 7.41 6
Yards Per Catch 10.66 18
Total Yardage Gained 358.2 8
3rd Down Conversions 45.9 1
Points Per Game 27.2 1
Pass Rush Pct. 22.3 6
Pass Defense Pct. 62.2 3
Turnovers 15 1
Turnover Margin +14 2

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 22.2 3
Rushing Yards 122.6 30
Yards Per Carry 5.53 32
Pass Attempts 35.1 6
Completions 19.1 1
Completion Pct. 54.5 1
Passing Yards 193.4 1
Yards Per Attempt 5.52 1
Yards Per Catch 10.11 4
Total Yardage Gained 300.2 3
3rd Down Conversions 30.6 6
Points Per Game 14.9 1
Pass Rush Pct. 16.9 3
Pass Defense Pct. 29.2 1
Turnovers 29 6 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 41 KCY 10
2 33 SFO 7
3 20 at BUF 26
4 38 at JAX 27
5 20 at HOU 0
6 19 at SDO 13
8 29 IND 21
9 34 at KCY 9
10 20 TEN 13
11 26 DEN 0
12 23 at SEA 20
13 45 PIT 22
14 24 at ARI 21
15 23 at DEN 20
16 20 STL 19
17 20 SDO 10
$$CS 17 JAX 27

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
4 E. James QB 471 331 3574 7.59 17 8 97.2
18 S. VanderLey QB 35 21 207 5.91 1 0 86.2
**Team --- 515 358 3818 7.41 18 8 96.0
$$Opp --- 561 306 3094 5.52 13 14 67.8

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
33 L. Stugg RB 219 1057 4.83 9 3
37 E. Daniels RB 218 620 2.84 8 5
4 E. James QB 59 314 5.32 4 2
**Team --- 542 2070 3.82 23 15
$$Opp --- 355 1962 5.53 9 21

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
84 C. Garrett WR 103 66 759 11.50 7.37 6 3
81 D. Finley WR 98 64 732 11.44 7.47 4 6
86 J. Clancy TE 79 60 627 10.45 7.94 2 3
33 L. Stugg RB 55 46 570 12.39 10.36 1 0
83 B. Barrett WR 45 32 337 10.53 7.49 4 0
46 R. Dillon FB 33 25 228 9.12 6.91 2 2
37 E. Daniels RB 23 19 137 7.21 5.96 0 0

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
49 F. Clark S 95 24 2.0 1 5 9 80.0
56 M. Burris ILB 92 26 1.0 2 0 5 76.2
30 S. Peterson S 55 14 0.0 0 6 12 83.7
55 N. Hudson OLB 53 20 6.0 12 1 8 81.1
40 D. Hayden CB 50 18 1.0 2 0 19 82.7
42 D. Sughroue CB 44 13 0.0 2 0 6 77.1
23 A. Gabreleski S 37 11 1.0 0 0 2 75.4
57 P. Farrell OLB 33 5 6.0 10 0 2 79.4
70 A. Lane DT 27 6 3.0 10 0 0 81.7
93 I. Cassidy DE 25 5 7.0 6 0 0 81.4
77 R. Jordan DE 23 11 5.0 7 0 0 81.2
95 B. Castillo DE 23 5 4.0 8 0 0 82.2
38 H. Snyder CB 21 4 1.0 0 1 4 78.2
44 J. Ulbricht CB 19 10 0.0 0 1 2 80.3
91 E. Cockerham ILB 18 4 0.0 0 0 0 72.9

Jax goes on to win the Bowl. SS Fernando Clark is our only award winner.

[Brian Swartz]

Ouch! That's a rough loss ...

[Ben E Lou]

First post in thread updated with the house rules that I'm using in Free Agency and the draft.

[dzilla77]

Just out of curiosity, why the house rules?

[jzicc]

to make it harder ...

[dzilla77]

to make it harder ...

Yeah, but what deficiency in the game is being compensated for?

[Ben E Lou]

2023 OFFSEASON BEGIN

Nothing major on the staff or retirements front.
SLB Hudson gets the franchise tag.
One starter is cut: RCB Harry Snyder. After 8 seasons with us, ratings are down to 42/42 and he only played half a season and was unimpressive as a pass defender. Was set to make just too much this year.

I head to free agency looking for help mainly at C, NT, and RCB.

[Ben E Lou]

I end up not having enough cap room to go high enough on the NT I wanted, so he signed elsewhere. RCB Landon Rhodes (42/42, yr 5,) a solid-looking cover corner, signs fairly cheaply for 3 years. He's also a mentor, so he'd be a nice fit to slide into the nickel slot if I draft a starting-caliber guy in the next few seasons.

[Ben E Lou]

2023 AMATEUR DRAFT
I have the 1(28) pick, and by the time it rolls around, there's no one left at C, NT, or CB who seems to be worth a first rounder. However, there is a monster FB left (4 reds, 2 blues, big bars.) I have no idea what sort of value he might bring, but I decide to grab him.

1(28): FB Darren Manusky (46/81)--Seems like he could help out as a run blocker, pass catcher, and ST guy. I'll also crank up the RB running to max.
3(28): C Clifton Tatum (16/47)-1 red and 2 blues, and a position of need.
4(28): P Bart Clayton (28/39)--My current punter is ancient, and this guy looks like he could be a very good one. (2 reds, 3 blues)
5(28): RDE Bryson Monroe (27/47)--DE isn't really a position of need, but seeing a 3-blue guy with decent bars this late made me pull the trigger.
6(28): NT Declan Barrett (29/44)--More of a bars and %developed pick. Looks like he could play soon.
7(28): FS Harry Moorhead (12/32)--Has some KR skills and solid zone. Maybe eventually a decent backup safety.

[Ben E Lou]

2023 TC/Preseason Notes

5th round draft choice RDE Bryson Monroe is 27/47-->35/56
Starting LCB D.J. Hayden shows a -11, from 64/64-->53/53
1st round pick FB Manusky is 46/81-->53/77
Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
Oakland Raiders Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
James, Erick 4 QB QB 10 65 65 3 yrs
Stugg, Leroy 33 RB RB 7 64 64 2 yrs
Manusky, Darren 28 FB FB 1 53 77 4 yrs
Clancy, J.R. 86 TE TE 2 84 84 3 yrs
Finley, Donny 81 FL FL 5 77 77 4 yrs
Garrett, Caleb 84 SE SE 10 47 47 2 yrs
Sevcik, Tyrell 65 LT LT 5 52 52 3 yrs
Munn, Tanner 63 RG LG 8 89 89 4 yrs
McWilliams, Jorge 66 C C 6 47 47 2 yrs
Hudson, Frankie 73 LG RG 4 69 69 4 yrs
Watson, Menelik 71 RT RT 11 50 50 3 yrs
Castillo, Bo 95 LDE LDE 5 49 49 2 yrs
Lane, Antonio 70 NT NT 4 41 41 1 yr.
Jordan, Reggie 77 RDE RDE 7 44 44 2 yrs
Hudson, Nate 55 SLB SLB 10 69 69 3 yrs
Burris, Miles 56 SILB SILB 12 45 45 3 yrs
Cockerham, Earl 91 WILB WILB 5 35 35 1 yr.
Farrell, Peyton 57 WLB WLB 8 41 41 3 yrs
Hayden, D.J. 40 LCB LCB 11 53 53 2 yrs
Hevey, Axel 35 LCB RCB 6 42 42 3 yrs
Clark, Fernando 49 SS SS 7 57 57 4 yrs
Peterson, Sedrick 30 FS FS 5 43 43 3 yrs
VanderLey, Santiago 18 QB 6 32 32 2 yrs
Godsey, Louie 3 QB 1 10 28 2 yrs
Daniels, Elijah 37 RB 3 32 32 2 yrs
Dillon, Roman 46 FB 8 55 55 4 yrs
May, Wyatt 85 TE 5 40 40 2 yrs
Shaw, Micah 39 TE 3 51 51 2 yrs
Barrett, Butch 83 FL 7 44 44 3 yrs
Bourne, Kyle 89 FL 1 28 41 2 yrs
Sowers, Maurice 87 SE 4 41 41 1 yr.
Cintron, Daryl 7 SE 3 34 34 2 yrs
Tatum, Clifton 53 C 1 23 50 4 yrs
Allen, Curtis 75 LG 3 32 36 2 yrs
Fulton, Harvey 72 LT 2 30 38 3 yrs
Clayton, Bart 14 P 1 30 41 4 yrs
Potter, John 10 K 11 55 55 1 yr.
Monroe, Bryson 79 RDE 1 35 56 4 yrs
Barrett, Declan 97 NT 1 31 42 4 yrs
Cook, Myles 90 SILB 3 33 39 2 yrs
Rusieczky, Julio 94 WLB 6 35 35 1 yr.
Rhodes, Landen 25 RCB 5 37 37 3 yrs
Corcoran, Rufus 24 RCB 1 27 35 2 yrs
Talley, Ernest 47 RCB 1 23 33 1 yr.
Gabreleski, Alan 23 FS 2 38 39 3 yrs
Evans, Warren 58 LS 4 21 21 2 yrs
##Gillespie, Bennett 27 RB 2 22 24 1 yr.
##Ware, Spencer 41 FB 11 19 19 1 yr.
##Gilmore, Heath 54 C 7 43 43 1 yr.
##Masthay, Tim 1 P 14 49 49 1 yr.
##Haase, Nathaniel 74 NT 6 32 32 1 yr.
##Hughes, Keith 20 RCB 2 23 39 3 yrs
##Moorhead, Harry 32 FS 1 14 30 4 yrs

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

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

Salary Cap: $169,400,000
Cap Room: $9,940,000
Maximum for New Player: $10,510,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $4,060,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $1,720,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $215,970,000


We're showing the #1 roster in the league. With the weapons that I have at TE and FB, I'm going to increase the short passing a bit.

[Ben E Lou]

2023 WEEKS 1-4
We open up the season on fire, 4-0 with an average score of 28.8-8.5. No major injuries.

[Ben E Lou]

2023 GAMES 5-8
Cooled off a little. 3-1. We're still playing very well, though. James has 16 Tds and only 2 picks. Stud RG Tanner Munn pulls a hammy in game 7 and will probably miss the rest of the season.

[Ben E Lou]

2023 GAMES 9-12
Rough stretch here. 1-3. Another major O-line injury: LG Frankie Hudson (69/69) ruptures an elbow tendon and may not be ready until late next season. Both the passing and running games appear to be struggling now. James's passer rating drops to 94.2. He has only 1 Td and 4 picks in this stretch.

[Ben E Lou]

2023 GAMES 13-16
We close out the season 4-0 to finish 12-4, good for the #2 seed in the AFC. The Ravens went 14-2.

[Ben E Lou]

2023 POSTSEASON
No contest. We outscore the opposition 110-22 in three games and cruise to our first title. James turned in a 118.9 passer rating in the playoffs and won the FO Bowl MVP by going 23 for 35 for 299 yards with 3 TDs and 0 INTs against the Redskins.


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2023 Summary for Oakland Raiders

Year 2023
Record 15-4
Winning Pct. .789
All-Time 101-74-1
Winning Pct. .576
Playoffs 4-5
Playoff Visits 6
Bowl Wins 1
Head Coach Tony Pashos
Record 38-13-1
Winning Pct. .740
Off. Coord. J. Fassel
Def. Coord. G. Warren
Asst. Coach J. Dunbar
Stren. Coord. T. Kuehler

Oakland Raiders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 32.1 4
Rushing Yards 136.4 3
Yards Per Carry 4.25 12
Pass Attempts 33.6 26
Completions 22.2 15
Completion Pct. 66.0 2
Passing Yards 242.5 13
Yards Per Attempt 7.21 4
Yards Per Catch 10.93 14
Total Yardage Gained 373.5 2
3rd Down Conversions 46.1 1
Points Per Game 27.8 1
Pass Rush Pct. 20.6 15
Pass Defense Pct. 60.6 8
Turnovers 14 4
Turnover Margin +11 7

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 22.0 2
Rushing Yards 93.8 6
Yards Per Carry 4.26 25
Pass Attempts 37.2 21 (T)
Completions 21.6 15 (T)
Completion Pct. 58.0 9 (T)
Passing Yards 228.4 11 (T)
Yards Per Attempt 6.14 10
Yards Per Catch 10.59 9
Total Yardage Gained 310.9 7
3rd Down Conversions 31.1 9
Points Per Game 15.1 4
Pass Rush Pct. 16.5 2
Pass Defense Pct. 35.2 1
Turnovers 25 12 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 40 DEN 13
2 20 at DET 15
3 27 CLE 3
4 28 NED 3
5 34 KCY 6
6 20 at BUF 26
7 40 at NJY 24
9 37 MIA 6
10 19 at SDO 23
11 13 at DEN 19
12 34 MIN 21
13 12 at JAX 15
14 30 GBY 17
15 37 SDO 17
16 31 at CHI 17
17 23 at KCY 16
$$CS 40 NJY 3
$$CF 33 HOU 6
**FB 37 vs WAS 13

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
4 E. James QB 538 355 3880 7.21 26 8 97.0
**Team --- 538 355 3880 7.21 26 8 97.0
$$Opp --- 595 345 3654 6.14 16 18 72.3

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
33 L. Stugg RB 229 1059 4.62 5 1
37 E. Daniels RB 148 483 3.26 5 1
4 E. James QB 78 462 5.92 5 3
28 D. Manusky FB 41 123 3.00 2 0
**Team --- 514 2182 4.25 18 13
$$Opp --- 352 1501 4.26 4 12

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
81 D. Finley WR 136 83 1069 12.88 7.86 9 5
86 J. Clancy TE 102 65 737 11.34 7.23 3 4
84 C. Garrett WR 100 60 632 10.53 6.32 4 3
33 L. Stugg RB 61 50 494 9.88 8.10 1 5
28 D. Manusky FB 41 30 259 8.63 6.32 2 2
83 B. Barrett WR 30 19 242 12.74 8.07 4 3
37 E. Daniels RB 20 16 153 9.56 7.65 1 0

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
49 F. Clark S 100 31 1.5 1 5 10 80.9
56 M. Burris ILB 96 28 1.5 1 1 4 75.1
35 A. Hevey CB 51 15 2.0 0 4 12 82.5
40 D. Hayden CB 46 21 1.0 0 0 15 79.7
25 L. Rhodes CB 46 13 0.0 1 1 1 76.2
55 N. Hudson OLB 41 16 3.0 2 2 10 84.1
23 A. Gabreleski S 41 8 0.0 0 0 5 78.9
77 R. Jordan DE 38 13 4.5 24 0 0 81.1
30 S. Peterson S 35 7 0.0 0 3 10 83.0
91 E. Cockerham ILB 29 5 0.0 0 0 0 67.6
57 P. Farrell OLB 27 15 2.0 6 0 3 78.8
95 B. Castillo DE 25 13 1.5 18 0 1 82.2
70 A. Lane DT 24 10 4.5 9 0 1 81.1
97 D. Barrett DT 18 8 4.0 3 0 0 81.6
94 J. Rusieczky OLB 17 9 2.5 12 0 1 78.5
90 M. Cook ILB 16 5 0.0 0 0 0 75.0 

[Ben E Lou]

LOOKING BACK 10 YEARS: THE 2014 AMATEUR DRAFT
Now that I've completed 10 seasons, I want to try to remember to do this every year. Original comments copied and pasted, 10-year update in red.

Rnd 1 - Caleb Garrett, WR, Canisius, 39/58...looks like a stud--Maxed out at around 72/72. Played 10 seasons with Raiders. Retired at begin 2024. 700 catches, 9527 yards, 62 TDs, 7.61ypt, 13.61ypc. Best all-around season was probably 2020: 81 catches, 1186 yards, 9 TDs, 8.66ypt.
Rnd 2 - Erick James, QB, Michigan--VU QB, 18/49..not sure what i have here--Grew to around 65/65. 10 years with Raiders and counting. Outstanding pick at 2(1).
Rnd 3 - Jamie Mathis, TE, Louisiana State--22/52..i don't hvae terribly high hopes for him--Maxed in the mid 50s. Was a Raider for six seasons, starting for 4 1/2, before I released him in 2020. He caught on in Buffalo for a year, then signed a long-term deal with Houston, where he is currently a backup. Pretty solid career for a 3(1) guy.
Rnd 4 - Jackson Horn, OLB, Kentucky--14/27...his combines looked good at least! FAIL! Ratings dropped and he never saw the field in a regular season game. Released in 2015 and no one picked him up.
Rnd 5 - Corey Howe, DE, Texas Christian--11/39...PRT guy. Played out all four years of his rookie contract in Oakland as a backup but was not re-signed. NE picked him up as a FA in 2018 and he started theree in 2019 and had 5.5 sacks and 15 hurries. From there he played for two other teams (including us for a season). Overall, he had three seasons as a starter. Maxed at 40/40 overall with 60 PRT.
Rnd 6 - Keith Stone, RB, Georgia Tech--21/24..he needs to grow to be worth anything. Played in five games in 2014. Cut in 2015 for roster room.
Rnd 7 - Chance Bettis, S, North Carolina--10/30..meh. Played two seasons in Oakland as a backup, then released in 2016. Never signed by anyone else.

[Ben E Lou]

2024 OFFSEASON BEGIN

SE Caleb Garrett is our only retirement. His career is chronicled in the post right before this one.

No big staff changes--just a new strength coordinator.

No one is franchised.

We head to free agency around $35M over the cap. We have some work to do.

[hoopsguy]

Congrats on the title. Tony Pashos is enjoying a pretty good run so far.

[Brian Swartz]

Well done! And excellent idea on the draft too.

[Ben E Lou]

I decide to keep most of the team together with a series of cap outs and renegs and only one starter cut: RDE Reggie Jordan. 2nd-year man Bryson Monroe looks ready. With the retirement of SE Garrett, I could use some help at WR, but there's only one guy in FA rated above 41/41: a 52/52 guy who wants much more than I can afford. I fix my gaze upon a 41/41 year 7 guy and make him my single FA1:2 offer. SE Kenny Woods (42/42, yr 7) signs a modest 2-year deal. He is 57 avdr, 37 GD, 42RR, 69BPR, and 23 End.

[Ben E Lou]

2024 AMATEUR DRAFT
1(32): WLB Randal Poore (35/53)--I neglected to mention that I released the starter (a 42/42 guy who had only 2 sacks) at this position as well. Poore seems to be a nice improvement there.
2(32): SE Greyson Adams (17/26)--Blue combines in dash, strength, posdrill, red Solecismic. Horrid bars. Worth a look.
3(32): RDT-->NT Kaiden Alder (23/45)--I've only got one NT on the roster, and Alder looks like he could be a decent run stopper one day.
4(32): SLB Aidan Bush (21/39)--Came into this draft with only one OLB under contract. Depth guy.
5(32): RG Bert Roberts (20/31)--Another position where depth is needed pretty quickly.
6(32): LCB Landon Sinclair (9/22)--Has some PR skill and we need one.
7(32): RB Jessie Whitworth (26/32)--Competition is open for RB2 and Whitworth looked like the best RB left.

[Ben E Lou]

2024 Training Camp/Preseason/Roster

RATINGS CHANGES OF NOTE

Former stud LG Frankie Hudson, coming off of a ruptured elbow tendon, takes a dive from 69/69 to 35/35. I capped him out, so he'll stick aroundthis season, but he's a certain cut for next year with his scheduled $9.5M salary.
4th round pick SLB Aidan Bush might be more than just the "depth guy" that I described him as above. He went from 21/39-->29/47 in TC/Preseason.
1st round pick WLB Poore is looking impressive: 35/53-->48/71. Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
James, Erick 4 QB QB 11 63 63 2 yrs
Stugg, Leroy 33 RB RB 8 56 56 3 yrs
Manusky, Darren 28 FB FB 2 77 77 3 yrs
Clancy, J.R. 86 TE TE 3 84 84 2 yrs
Finley, Donny 81 FL FL 6 73 73 3 yrs
Barrett, Butch 83 FL SE 8 44 44 3 yrs
Sevcik, Tyrell 65 LT LT 6 51 51 4 yrs
Munn, Tanner 63 RG LG 9 85 85 3 yrs
Tatum, Clifton 53 C C 2 30 48 3 yrs
Allen, Curtis 75 LG RG 4 35 35 1 yr.
Watson, Menelik 71 RT RT 12 46 46 3 yrs
Castillo, Bo 95 LDE LDE 6 49 49 1 yr.
Barrett, Declan 97 NT NT 2 33 37 3 yrs
Monroe, Bryson 79 RDE RDE 2 42 55 3 yrs
Hudson, Nate 55 SLB SLB 11 63 63 2 yrs
Burris, Miles 56 SILB SILB 13 40 40 2 yrs
Cook, Myles 90 SILB WILB 4 37 37 1 yr.
Poore, Randal 96 WLB WLB 1 48 71 4 yrs
Hayden, D.J. 40 LCB LCB 12 47 47 2 yrs
Hevey, Axel 35 LCB RCB 7 42 42 2 yrs
Clark, Fernando 49 SS SS 8 51 51 3 yrs
Peterson, Sedrick 30 FS FS 6 43 43 2 yrs
VanderLey, Santiago 18 QB 7 25 25 1 yr.
Godsey, Louie 3 QB 2 13 28 1 yr.
Daniels, Elijah 37 RB 4 32 32 1 yr.
Dole, Donny 31 RB 1 30 39 2 yrs
Dillon, Roman 46 FB 9 47 47 3 yrs
May, Wyatt 85 TE 6 34 34 1 yr.
Shaw, Micah 39 TE 4 43 43 1 yr.
Bourne, Kyle 89 FL 2 35 41 1 yr.
Sowers, Maurice 87 SE 5 42 42 1 yr.
Cintron, Daryl 7 SE 4 28 28 1 yr.
Adams, Greyson 80 SE 1 22 30 4 yrs
**McWilliams, Jorge 66 C 7 47 47 1 yr.
Roberts, Bert 62 RG 1 22 28 4 yrs
Fulton, Harvey 72 LT 3 33 37 2 yrs
Clayton, Bart 14 P 2 37 40 3 yrs
Green, Rob 1 K 1 36 49 2 yrs
Gaylor, Bob 77 RDE 1 26 36 2 yrs
Alder, Kaiden 93 NT 1 25 44 4 yrs
Allen, Maxwell 92 WILB 1 22 27 2 yrs
Bush, Aidan 98 SLB 1 29 47 4 yrs
Sinclair, Landen 38 LCB 1 17 30 4 yrs
Rhodes, Landen 25 RCB 6 37 37 2 yrs
Gabreleski, Alan 23 FS 3 39 39 2 yrs
Evans, Warren 58 LS 5 21 21 1 yr.
##Woods, Kenny 88 SE 7 38 38 2 yrs
##Hudson, Frankie 73 LG 5 35 35 3 yrs
##Hill, Jordan 99 NT 12 16 16 2 yrs
##Clemens, John 59 WLB 5 34 34 2 yrs
##Hughes, Keith 20 RCB 3 26 38 2 yrs
##Corcoran, Rufus 24 RCB 2 36 36 1 yr.
##Moorhead, Harry 32 FS 2 18 30 3 yrs

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

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

Salary Cap: $177,200,000
Cap Room: $320,000
Maximum for New Player: $920,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $11,130,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $3,760,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $208,350,000


Looks tight at the top in terms of roster: OAK, DAL, and WAS are tied for #1, and three other teams are at 86 or better. With only one true starter-quality WR, we're expecting (and perhaps needing) a breakout year from TE J.R. Clancy

[Ben E Lou]

2024 GAMES 1-4
We jump out to a 3-1 record and are #1 in both total offense and total defense. TE J.R. Clancy catches 6 TDs, and QB Jamee has a 102.8 rating.

[Ben E Lou]

2024 GAMES 5-8
2-2, but both losses were close ones, including a 20-17 loss on the road to the undefeated Steelers. Erick James has thrown 20 TDs and J.R. Clancy has caught 11 of them. Clancy is also on pace for 1,000 yards receiving.

[Ben E Lou]

2024 GAMES 9-12
James suffers a concussion early in game 9, and our old buddy Santiago VanderLey leads us to a 4-0 record while James sits. (James will be back in game 13.) Our 9-3 record gives us a 2-game lead over SD in the West J.r. Clancy keeps catching TDs. He has a league-leading 15 to date.

[Ben E Lou]

2024 GAMES 13-16
We close out the year 3-1 to finish 12-4 and the #2 seed in the AFC, behind the 13-3 Steelers.

[Ben E Lou]

2024 POSTSEASON
We take the Jets 23-17 at home in the Divisional Round, but the Steelers beat us in Pittsburgh again in the AFC title game, this time 15-10. Pittsburgh goes on to win the Super Bowl in a 44-7 blowout.


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2024 Summary for Oakland Raiders

Year 2024
Record 13-5
Winning Pct. .722
All-Time 113-78-1
Winning Pct. .591
Playoffs 5-6
Playoff Visits 7
Bowl Wins 1
Head Coach Tony Pashos
Record 51-18-1
Winning Pct. .735
Off. Coord. J. Fassel
Def. Coord. G. Warren
Asst. Coach J. Dunbar
Stren. Coord. K. Dupuis

Oakland Raiders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 29.6 4
Rushing Yards 127.1 2
Yards Per Carry 4.30 8
Pass Attempts 35.4 23
Completions 23.1 8
Completion Pct. 65.3 2
Passing Yards 262.8 3
Yards Per Attempt 7.42 2
Yards Per Catch 11.36 5
Total Yardage Gained 380.1 1
3rd Down Conversions 43.6 1
Points Per Game 24.1 4
Pass Rush Pct. 21.8 7 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 52.2 19
Turnovers 27 23
Turnover Margin -4 20

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 25.1 9 (T)
Rushing Yards 110.9 22
Yards Per Carry 4.41 30
Pass Attempts 34.0 7
Completions 19.8 2 (T)
Completion Pct. 58.3 10 (T)
Passing Yards 193.8 1
Yards Per Attempt 5.70 3
Yards Per Catch 9.78 2
Total Yardage Gained 293.3 1
3rd Down Conversions 32.4 10
Points Per Game 17.9 10
Pass Rush Pct. 16.2 1
Pass Defense Pct. 44.6 7
Turnovers 23 18 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 23 SDO 7
2 28 at NOS 21
3 20 NJY 23
4 41 at CIN 9
5 20 BAL 17
6 30 at CLE 38
7 21 KCY 17
8 17 PIT 20
9 29 at SDO 28
11 24 DEN 7
12 31 ATL 24
13 24 at HOU 6
14 24 CAR 16
15 13 at KCY 3
16 34 at TBY 10
17 7 at DEN 40
$$CS 23 NJY 17
$$CF 10 at PIT 15

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
4 E. James QB 446 281 3306 7.41 27 13 93.5
18 S. VanderLey QB 91 69 721 7.92 7 3 110.2
**Team --- 567 370 4205 7.42 35 17 95.4
$$Opp --- 544 317 3101 5.70 17 14 74.1

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
37 E. Daniels RB 150 555 3.70 2 2
33 L. Stugg RB 146 819 5.61 2 2
31 D. Dole RB 65 200 3.08 1 0
4 E. James QB 55 263 4.78 2 2
28 D. Manusky FB 42 122 2.90 1 1
**Team --- 473 2033 4.30 8 16
$$Opp --- 402 1774 4.41 9 24

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
81 D. Finley WR 148 97 1284 13.24 8.68 10 7
86 J. Clancy TE 131 83 1012 12.19 7.73 5 16
28 D. Manusky FB 54 46 326 7.09 6.04 1 3
83 B. Barrett WR 69 45 556 12.36 8.06 3 5
87 M. Sowers WR 72 40 527 13.18 7.32 5 1

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
56 M. Burris ILB 90 26 1.5 3 0 1 72.6
49 F. Clark S 81 48 1.0 1 6 7 85.8
55 N. Hudson OLB 79 12 7.0 10 1 8 77.1
35 A. Hevey CB 68 14 2.0 1 3 8 77.1
90 M. Cook ILB 53 16 0.0 1 0 1 71.5
25 L. Rhodes CB 49 13 0.0 0 3 7 80.7
23 A. Gabreleski S 44 11 0.0 1 0 7 79.1
96 R. Poore OLB 35 7 5.0 9 1 2 83.2
30 S. Peterson S 29 9 2.0 0 0 5 78.4
79 B. Monroe DE 25 17 3.0 18 0 0 81.7
95 B. Castillo DE 23 12 3.0 8 0 0 80.4
97 D. Barrett DT 23 4 1.5 9 0 1 82.5
40 D. Hayden CB 22 5 0.0 0 0 5 75.6
38 L. Sinclair CB 17 8 0.0 0 0 1 73.1
77 B. Gaylor DE 16 11 2.0 6 0 0 82.5 

2024 AWARD WINNERS
FB Darren Manusky--1st Team All-Pro. 13 for 37 KRB, 1 pancake. 46 catches for 326 yards and 3 TDs. 42 carries, 122 yards
TE J.R. Clancy--1st Team All-Pro. 83 catches, 1012 yards, 16 TDs, 7.73 ypt, 8 for 24 KRB

[Ben E Lou]

LOOKING BACK 10 YEAR: THE 2015 AMATEUR DRAFT
Post is here: Front Office Football Central - View Single Post - Rebuilding The Raiders: The First FOF7 Dynasty Thread (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showpost.php?p=2882575&postcount=27)

Rnd 1 - Harry Snyder, CB, Virginia--34/66--Maxed at 66/66. Played with Oakland for 8 seasons then finished career in Cleveland.
Rnd 2 - Grayson Amey, WR, Vanderbilt--19/22--4 blue combines. I hope guys like this can grow significantly in FOF7. Workout warrior, I guess. Maxed out at 24/30. Only played 7 games before retiring.
Rnd 3 - Zion Matthews, OLB, Vanderbilt--10/25--Drafted as ILB, moved to WLB. Has 3-4 WLB skillz, it appears. Backup for one season and then cut and never picked up with another team.
Rnd 4 - Nicolas Woolley, DE, Miami, Ohio--15/29--Played out all four seasons of his rookie contract with OAK. Started 8 games his fourth season. Became a FA and was never signed again. Maxed at 34/34.
Rnd 5 - Scott Bookas, S, Colorado State--13/27. Took a ratings dive in preseason of his rookie year. Never played a regular season game.
Rnd 6 - Ralph Gallo, C, Northwestern St., La.--13/37. Maxed out at 20/22. Bounced around the league as a backup until 2019, when KC released him in Regular Season Week 1, never to play again.
Rnd 7 - Fred Fries, RB, Alabama St.--14/23. Didn't make the team in 2015. Never played a regular season snap.


Well THAT was an underwhelming draft.

[johnnyshaka]

TE J.R. Clancy--1st Team All-Pro. 83 catches, 1012 yards, 16 TDs, 7.73 ypt, 8 for 24 KRB

That's a fine season for a TE, wow.

[ozias]

Well THAT was an underwhelming draft.

It's drafts like these that make FOF7 a much better game than FOF2007.

The 2nd round WR more than likely would of been a great WR with 4 blue combines in the previous version.

[Ben E Lou]

2025 OFFSEASON BEGIN
LCB D.J. Hayden and SILB Miles Burris, both starters, retire.
No staff changes
No franchise tag
We head to FA1:1 with 37 players under contract and $16.6M over the cap.

STARTERS CUT
G Frankie Hudson--Major ratings drop and major performance drop.
SE Kenny Woods--Not actually a "starter," but I wanted to list him here for my own info if I read back through and try to figure out what happened to the guy I signed in 2024 FA to start at WR: he basically sat the bench for a year and then got cut. GOOD SIGNING, BEN! :nono:

ROSTER HOLES/STARTER NEEDS
WR2
C
OG
DE
SILB
CB
LS

We're unquestionably going to go into this season with some sub-par guys in place at some of these slots. We have around $10M in cap room to spend in FA to help, and there's not much talent available. Here are our signings:

LDE Bo Castillo (48/48,yr7)--cohesion re-signing
SILB Roman Gray (43/43,yr7)--Pretty decent in run defense and zone.
LS Warren Evans (21/21,yr6)--He is rated 97 in long snapping and has been with us since his rookie season.
SE Maurice Sowers (42/42,yr6)--Cohesion re-signing. Former 7th round draft pick who has been a steady creeper. He might be the full-time WR2 this year.
RCB Ray Wynn (44/44,yr5)--Nothing special, but probably good enough to step in and start.

We head to the draft in need of help on the o-line pretty badly. Rookies could easily start at C and G, and our RT is 46/46 and in year 13.

[Ben E Lou]

2025 AMATEUR DRAFT RESULTS
1(29)--LG Connor Marshall (30/52)--This looked like a weak draft overall. Center, our other position of big need, was completely bereft of any obvious talent. Marshall was the best guard in the class.
2(29)--C Corbin Marshall (15/52)--I had this guy as the best center in the draft. *shurg*
3(29)--QB Wes Welch (12/29)--Terrible bars but very solid (5 blue) combines. We're going to need a QB soon, so it seemed like this guy was worth a shot here.
4(29)--RT Jessie Bullock (13/35)--Solid run blocker perhaps.
5(29)--SE Larry Starks (19/31)--Blues in dash, strength, and agility.
6(29)--RB Justin Blake (16/25)--Looks like he could become a solid RB2 option.
7(29)--TE Bruce Kayer (13/29)--Could be decent at run blocking and ST--a nice combo for a TE2.

[Ben E Lou]

2025 CAMP/PRESEASON/ROSTER REPORT

RATINGS CHANGES OF NOTE

QB Erick Jame: 63/63-->54/54
QB Wes Welch: 12/29-->16/34
SLB Nate Hudson: 63/63-->55/55
RCB Jacques Shelton (undrafted rookie): 22/26-->27/37PRESEASON INJURIES OF NOTE
None


ROSTER
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
James, Erick 4 QB QB 12 54 54 3 yrs
Stugg, Leroy 33 RB RB 9 55 55 2 yrs
Manusky, Darren 28 FB FB 3 78 78 2 yrs
Clancy, J.R. 86 TE TE 4 84 84 1 yr.
Finley, Donny 81 FL FL 7 72 72 2 yrs
Barrett, Butch 83 FL SE 9 45 45 2 yrs
Sevcik, Tyrell 65 LT LT 7 49 49 3 yrs
Munn, Tanner 63 RG LG 10 82 82 2 yrs
Tatum, Clifton 53 C C 3 36 50 2 yrs
Marshall, Connor 73 LG RG 1 33 49 4 yrs
Watson, Menelik 71 RT RT 13 41 41 2 yrs
Castillo, Bo 95 LDE LDE 7 41 41 3 yrs
Barrett, Declan 97 NT NT 3 36 36 2 yrs
Monroe, Bryson 79 RDE RDE 3 54 54 2 yrs
Poore, Randal 96 WLB SLB 2 68 68 3 yrs
Gray, Roman 91 SILB SILB 7 42 42 3 yrs
Cook, Myles 90 SILB WILB 5 37 37 3 yrs
Hudson, Nate 55 SLB WLB 12 55 55 2 yrs
Hevey, Axel 35 LCB LCB 8 43 43 1 yr.
Wynn, Ray 43 RCB RCB 5 44 44 2 yrs
Peterson, Sedrick 30 FS SS 7 41 41 3 yrs
Gabreleski, Alan 23 FS FS 4 38 38 1 yr.
Welch, Wes 13 QB 1 16 34 4 yrs
VanderLey, Santiago 18 QB 8 25 25 2 yrs
Blake, Justin 21 RB 1 18 26 4 yrs
Dillon, Roman 46 FB 10 43 43 3 yrs
May, Wyatt 85 TE 7 33 33 3 yrs
Starks, Larry 84 SE 1 22 33 4 yrs
Sowers, Maurice 87 SE 6 42 42 3 yrs
Adams, Greyson 80 SE 2 27 32 3 yrs
Marshall, Corbin 52 C 1 19 49 4 yrs
Jordan, Myles 54 C 1 27 47 2 yrs
Boyer, Kingston 60 LG 1 28 40 2 yrs
Fulton, Harvey 72 LT 4 33 35 1 yr.
Bullock, Jessie 78 RT 1 19 38 4 yrs
Clayton, Bart 14 P 3 39 39 2 yrs
Green, Rob 1 K 2 46 46 1 yr.
Gaylor, Bob 77 RDE 2 33 36 1 yr.
Alder, Kaiden 93 NT 2 33 43 3 yrs
Allen, Maxwell 92 WILB 2 26 26 1 yr.
Clemens, John 59 WLB 6 34 34 1 yr.
Sinclair, Landen 38 LCB 2 23 30 3 yrs
Carr, Robert 42 LCB 1 32 36 2 yrs
Shelton, Jacques 32 RCB 1 27 37 2 yrs
Hughes, Keith 20 RCB 4 34 37 1 yr.
Nitschke, Drake 22 SS 1 12 22 2 yrs
Evans, Warren 58 LS 6 21 21 2 yrs
##Dole, Donny 31 RB 2 36 37 1 yr.
##Rochelle, Clay 82 FL 1 28 41 1 yr.
##Roberts, Bert 62 RG 2 25 32 3 yrs
##Bush, Aidan 98 SLB 2 43 47 3 yrs
##Rhodes, Landen 25 RCB 7 33 33 3 yrs
##Clark, Fernando 49 SS 9 42 42 2 yrs

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

Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 6
On Active Roster: 47

Salary Cap: $185,000,000
Cap Room: $1,200,000
Maximum for New Player: $1,820,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $15,110,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $5,590,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $198,050,000


Tied for #4 roster in the league with a 76 rating. Division rival SD also has a 76.

[Ben E Lou]

12-4 regular season and #1 seed in the AFC. Despite losing Donny Finley, our #1 WR, to a knee injury in the first round of the playoffs, we roll to our 2nd title.


Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2025 Summary for Oakland Raiders

Year 2025
Record 15-4
Winning Pct. .789
All-Time 125-82-1
Winning Pct. .603
Playoffs 8-6
Playoff Visits 8
Bowl Wins 2
Head Coach Tony Pashos
Record 66-22-1
Winning Pct. .747
Off. Coord. J. Fassel
Def. Coord. G. Warren
Asst. Coach J. Dunbar
Stren. Coord. K. Dupuis

Oakland Raiders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 31.6 2
Rushing Yards 134.4 4
Yards Per Carry 4.25 14
Pass Attempts 33.5 23
Completions 21.9 16
Completion Pct. 65.5 2
Passing Yards 266.9 2
Yards Per Attempt 7.97 1
Yards Per Catch 12.17 2
Total Yardage Gained 391.6 1
3rd Down Conversions 50.2 1
Points Per Game 27.1 1
Pass Rush Pct. 21.9 7 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 44.7 24
Turnovers 27 21 (T)
Turnover Margin -3 21

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 22.8 1
Rushing Yards 96.1 6
Yards Per Carry 4.21 21
Pass Attempts 35.5 17
Completions 21.6 17
Completion Pct. 60.9 18
Passing Yards 218.0 6
Yards Per Attempt 6.14 5 (T)
Yards Per Catch 10.08 1
Total Yardage Gained 302.5 4
3rd Down Conversions 33.6 13 (T)
Points Per Game 16.6 5
Pass Rush Pct. 17.6 3
Pass Defense Pct. 43.1 5
Turnovers 24 17 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 13 KCY 10
2 34 WAS 22
3 6 at PIT 35
4 13 at JAX 37
5 24 at HOU 7
6 27 SDO 3
8 52 IND 6
9 10 at KCY 34
10 27 TEN 3
11 27 at DEN 14
12 32 at DAL 20
13 20 MIA 17
14 38 PHI 0
15 37 DEN 3
16 39 at NYK 17
17 35 at SDO 38
$$CS 21 SDO 9
$$CF 23 JAX 16
**FB 44 vs ATL 14

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
4 E. James QB 448 296 3638 8.12 22 13 95.3
13 W. Welch QB 60 41 474 7.90 4 1 107.2
**Team --- 536 351 4271 7.97 26 16 93.6
$$Opp --- 568 346 3488 6.14 16 12 79.0

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
33 L. Stugg RB 242 1245 5.14 11 3
21 J. Blake RB 112 334 2.98 2 2
31 D. Dole RB 83 325 3.92 3 2
4 E. James QB 47 169 3.60 2 2
**Team --- 506 2151 4.25 18 19
$$Opp --- 365 1537 4.21 11 22

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
86 J. Clancy TE 114 83 1071 12.90 9.39 3 6
81 D. Finley WR 125 74 1019 13.77 8.15 10 10
83 B. Barrett WR 91 60 800 13.33 8.79 4 5
28 D. Manusky FB 45 30 287 9.57 6.38 0 2
87 M. Sowers WR 53 26 378 14.54 7.13 3 0
33 L. Stugg RB 25 21 211 10.05 8.44 2 3

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
91 R. Gray ILB 89 31 3.0 4 1 7 74.9
49 F. Clark S 71 27 0.0 1 4 6 81.5
43 R. Wynn CB 68 16 1.0 0 1 8 72.6
35 A. Hevey CB 67 13 0.0 0 0 11 76.2
55 N. Hudson OLB 64 21 5.5 7 0 4 75.6
30 S. Peterson S 43 16 1.0 1 5 2 79.9
20 K. Hughes CB 35 12 0.0 0 0 3 75.0
95 B. Castillo DE 31 14 4.0 14 1 0 82.5
59 J. Clemens OLB 29 10 3.5 6 0 2 81.4
90 M. Cook ILB 29 7 2.0 4 0 1 77.9
79 B. Monroe DE 29 9 6.0 14 0 0 81.0
97 D. Barrett DT 27 12 4.0 11 0 0 82.5
42 R. Carr CB 22 7 0.0 0 0 2 77.9
96 R. Poore OLB 20 4 2.0 4 0 2 77.0
38 L. Sinclair CB 19 4 0.0 0 0 2 75.0
23 A. Gabreleski S 17 10 0.0 0 0 3 75.7