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Abe Sargent

02-04-2015, 05:18 PM

Where are our other strengths and weaknesses?

RB? We have Toby Gerhart, Denard Robinson and rookie Storm John, with one of my favorite names in RB history. The best is 44/44 Gerhart

TE Marcedes Lewis has a solid 52/52 rating, fairly close to real life obviously. I’d rate him better in blocking and lower in catching if this were me (he’s a great blocker in real life), but roughly the same overall. No issues here

Now, the WRs. In real life, this was a huge upgrade for a team that was hurting. Robinson, Lee, Hurns, all played well at times, and Robinson looks like he could be a real #2 WR for the future, and if either Lee or Blackmon are your #1, then you are set, while Hurns appears to be a strong #3 #4 guy with great big play ability. On the other hand, Cecil Shorts III was a major disappointment. So, where are the receivers here in my game?

FL Cecil Shorts – 30/39, great big play stuff, low everywhere else
FL Allen Robinson – 38/51, good, solid all-around stuff, with high endurance, and lower avoid drops, but potentials that are in the 40s (big play, ourage, route running) or 70s (downfield, third down, adjust to ball)
SE Justin Blackmon – 44/57, Solid everywhere, 84 big play, 21/31 downfield and 24/44 adjust to ball are lowest.
SE Ace Sanders - 34/42
SE Allen Hurns – 26/30 – lower Big play than I’d expect (just 70). Weak everywhere else.
SE Marqise Lee – 52/71 - Good stuff! 100 big play, lowest ranking is 16/44 avoid drops and 24/52 adjust. But just really good everywhere else.

So our offensive skill positions are pretty solid. Line?

C Luke Bowanko, 15/31, 6th round rookie. Weak as all get go

OG Zane Beadles is solid, and we have OG Brandon Linder, 3rd rounder, with 26/45. (In real life I’d probably put him at 31/55 or so, but that’s not bad, and he could creep this thing all up and such)

OT Luke Joeckel was solid, and OT Cameron Bradfield (29/41) undrafted, and adequate, but needs to grow

P Bryan Anger – Bust in this dynasty – 39/43

K Josh Scobee – 46/46

In real life, the D Line was the best of the defense of the Jags this year:

DE Tyson Alualu – 35/35
DE Red Bryan – 33/33
DE Chris Clemons – 37/37
DE Ryan Davis 29/40
LDT Roy Miller – 34/34
RDT Evander Hood – 52/52
RDT – Sen’Derrick Marks – 55/55

Well we have a strong DT tandem I can work with, but those DE folks do not represent how well they rolled in the season. Ah well.

LB corps? This was a huge weakness of the Jags this season, especially after Paul Poz was injured early on. What about here?

MLB Paul Posluszny – 47/47
SLB Telvin Smith – 29/47
WLB Dakota Watson – 31/31
WLB LaRoy Reynolds – 25/37

Weak, yuck.

Secondary?

LCB Will Blackman – Bust. 19/19
LCB Dwayne Gratz - 39/54 Last year’s 3nd rounder looks pretty sexy to me. No strengths or weaknesses, just a solid bar all around.
LCB Jeremy Harris – 30/52 – Last year’s 7th rounder? Dang that’s good stuff. Great run D, weak man-to-man D and picks.
RCB Alan ball – 39/39
SS Jonathan Cyprien – 37/37 – Sigh. That’s about right too.
FS Winston Guy – 22/25 – Yuck

And even rookie Aaron Colvin isn’t that good (20/35)

Long Snapper? Guys a 36 in long snapping

Abe Sargent

02-04-2015, 05:18 PM

Finally a FOF on the FOF forum! Hahaha.

Good luck with the Jaguars. You'll need it.

Thanks!!!

Abe Sargent

02-04-2015, 08:47 PM

Leadership and chemistry??

Two mentors – CB Will Blackmon and FB Will Ta’ufo’ou.

Leaders?

FB Will Ta’ufo’ou
TE Clay Harbor
RT Cameron Bradfield
DE Chris Clemons
RCB Alan Ball

Good stuff?

RB Gerhart exceptional affinity
DE Red Bryant strong affinity
SLB Telvin Smith mild affinity

BUT

LB Dakota Watson extreme conflict
DT Marks strong conflict
RB Robinson conflict

We don’t like that.

Now, I would like to pick up a mentor WR for my young corp.

Abe Sargent

02-05-2015, 05:34 PM

So we can make some immediate improvements without even thinking that hard.

Such as my Long Snapper and Punter.

It’s post-camp, and pre-season. So I make some offers immediately to see what I can do:

I sign some Undrafted Free-Agents still out there:

K Tyler Bernard, who’s 50/80
P Trenton Tucker, 33/53
LS Grayson Johnstone, 100 LS

I cut my old special teams players (P,K, LS)

Who else is looking good in my neighborhood?

LCB Alec Bowbliss, 23/57
RDE Kaden Rivera, 33/57, affinity with Chris Clemons
SS Rondell Darin, 19/53

If I’m not going to have great players with current stats, there’s no reason not to have players with solid future potential, right?

In order to avoid conflicts, I cut Denard Robinson and sign ufa RB Irv Hornung, strong affinity, 27/39

I trim some fat to get to 60 players for the pre-season

The game is forcing me to sign another QB. Sigh. I sign UFA Dwight Herndon, who has an 79 kick holding.

I sign OT Nicky Fitzgerald, move him to C, and now I have a 16/48 C, which is a big improvement

I sign a UFA MLB Deion Gardner 20/41 with an exceptional affinity with Chris Clemons, and cut MLB JT Thomas, who was a 13/14.

I sign LG UFA Nicholas Weaver, 22/37 to replace my 14/16 5th year man Jacques McClendon

After looking over at our depth chart, we have horrible punt returning. I cut RB Jordan Todman for UFA RB Corwin Shields, a 25/30 guy who is really good on special teams.

Abe Sargent

02-05-2015, 07:17 PM

Alright, we’re ready for the pre-season

We barely lose the first game 23-20 to Tampa Bay in Week 2

CB Jeremy Harris is out for 6 weeks.

Then we lose 17-24 on the road at Chicago, and an injury to a FB

We barely lose to Detroit 21-23 in week 4.

Finally, in week 5 of the preseason, we get rocked by the Falcons 37-17. No more major injuries, and we finish the preseason 0-4.

Time for some final massaging of my roster. Anyone cut from other squads that looks appealing? Not yet. So I trim more fat and I cut:

FL Tandon Doss
RG Tyler Shatley
RT Sam Young
RB Storm Johnson
DT Abry Jones
CB Aaron Colvin
DE Andre Branch

And so it begins!

Abe Sargent

02-05-2015, 08:00 PM

And so it begins!

Week 1 – We travel to Phily and come back losers 41-17. We were never really in the game. But Bortles? 31 of 29 for 354 yards, and 1 TD and 1 pick with a 102.3 QB rating. That’s good stuff! Marqise Lee grabbed 9 catches for 101 yards and Cecil Shorts III had 8 for 94. WR Ace Sanders on 2 grabs caught the TD as well. Meanwhile undrafted rookie Alec Bowbliss, starting for the injured Jeremy Harris, grabbed a pick. But we just couldn’t stop Philadelphia at all.

No major injuries. That’s not a bad start to our offense though at all.

Week 2 – We defeat the Redskins in a come-from-behind victory in the 4th 25-21 in their place. CB Alan Ball was Game MVP with a pick of RGIII plus a return for a score, 32 yards, and three kick returns for 61 yards and he led the team in tackles with 9 solos and 2 assist. Two more picks by CB Dwayne Gratz and CB Demetrius McCray. Meanwhile Bortles rocked 21 of 32 for 249 and 1:2 ratio, and hit Allen Robinson 6 times for 76 yards (TD by TE Lewis). Gerhart added a score on the ground (his 2nd in two weeks)

We scored the last 17 points, we were down 21-8 in the 3rd after Alfred Morris rushed for a score with 5:30 left in the 3rd quarter. Then FG, Ball’s pick/score and Gerhart’s 4 yard plunge. We missed a PAT early on.

Lots of injuries though this week. The biggest is that RB Corwin Shields is just out for 10 weeks. I toss him on injured reserve. Although not as good, I sign UFA RB Sean Stewart to a similar special teams role.

MLB Paul Pos is out for 2 weeks with a concussion. I deactivate him. MLB Deion Gardner is starting until he returns. Lots of probables. I’m de activating FS Winston Guy with a broken finger for a bit.

Week 3? We host Indy. We hold them to 19 and drop 24 on them. Not so Luck-y now, are you? We dropped Luck for 5 sacks and harassed him all day long. MVP is Bortles, with 26 of 35 for 307 and a 2:1 ratio, including Lee’s mega-day with 8 grabs, 161 yards and a score. Robinson added 1 score and 67 yards as well. UFA DE Kaden Rivera dropped Luck twice, and DT Evander Hood 1.5 times – shoot, even S Cyprien dropped him once on a safety blitz. They scored in the last minute to make things respectable.

CB Jeremy Harris is back to start for us.

Week 4 – We travel to San Diego to take on the Chargers. We leave losers, 24-29. We stopped Rivers cold, with just 181 yards and a pick, but RB Mathews was on fire. Bortles had his worst game thus far, 1 of 43 for 196 and 1:2. WR Blackmon caught his lone score. CB Alan Ball had a 94 yard KickOff return and WR Blackmon had a 94 yard kickoff return. So that was nice for both of those folks, but the double returned scores weren’t enough to put us over against the Chargers. (Ball had the pick as well).

Injuries? MLB Pos is back next week. SLB Geno Hayes was injured with a broken foot and will be out for 9 weeks. I IR him and sign 3 year vet SLB Emmanuel Lamur, with an exceptional affinity for Clemons and a 61 rating in special teams (16/22 overall)

FB Will Ta’ufo’fu is injured, doubtful, and I deactivate him.

Abe Sargent

02-05-2015, 08:53 PM

Week 5? The Steelers come to town. They leave victorious with a 35-28 victory. We fought for it though. RB Toby Gerhart had his first real week with 126 yards (on 10 carries) for 1 score and a 80 yard scamper for a score in there. He also caught a pass from Bortles on a 1 yard line for another TD, and a 3rd from the 22nd yard line. Bortles was a respectable 22 of 38 for 227 and 3:1. WR Lee caught the other score. One pick, by CB McCray.

Injuries? Yes, one major-ish one. Starting LT RT Cameron Bradfield is out for 89 weeks with a degenerative hip condition. I throw him on IR as well. I sign 21/34 UFA RT Larry Garcia who has a mild affinity with Cameron.

Week 6 arrives – We head to Tennessee and shut down the Titians 23-0. Dang! Bortles is MVP with 26 completions of 39 passes, 316 yards and 2:0. Despite two catches, WR Cecil Shorts III rocked 108 yards and a score, and TE Lewis had the other score. They pulled Locker after he sucked for Metterberger, who sucked, and then Whitehurst. Two picks were tossed to CB Ball and S Chris Prosinski. Even OT Joeckel rocked 5 KRB. Everyone was involved.

Injuries? SS Jonathan Cyprien will be questionable for a week or two. Meanwhile, newly signed RT Larry Garcia is doubtful with a hyperextended elbow. I massage my depth chart a bit.

Week 7 – With a chance to go up to 4-3, we lose at home against Cleveland 34-24. Bortles – 30 of 55, 339, 2:3. Too many picks. Too many passes. We need to get this kid a running game. Shorts III had 5 for 117, WR Blackmon a score before being knocked out of the game in the 1st quarter, and Robinson 80 yards and the other TD. MLB Paul Pos grabbed a pick of a Johnny Manziel toss. Meanwhile Pos had 11 solo tackles and 3 assists.

One major injury – Blackmon will be out for a month with a knee injury. But Bortles is questionable with a strained hammy for an unknown amount of time. He’ll remain starting though.

Week 8 – We host the Dolphins this week. Can we get to .500 for the halfway mark of the season? Yes!

We win 46-43. Get ready for Bortles stat line….

Bortles (MVP) 53 attempts, 35 compleitions, 442 yards, and 6:2. That’s SIX touchdowns. (Gerhart runs for 117 on 17 carries btw)

People who caught TDs, in order?

Shorts III (17 yard)
Robinson (25 yard)
Shorts III (94 yard)
Lee (9 yard)
Gerhart (11 yard)
TE Clay Harbor (12 yard)
Robinson (2 pt conversion)

Get this, with 2:04 on the clock and us driving downfield, down by a point, Bortles tosses a pick six. We are down by 8 now. Well, that’s basically game, right? Nope, the rookie drove the field, scored with 0:21 left to third string TE Harbor, and then hit the 2 point to tie things up. We win in OT with a 50 yard FG by UFA Tyler Bernard.

DANG!

Robinson rocked 120 yards on 6 catches
Shorts III grabbed 139 on 6
Lee had 10 catches for 84

Meanwhile CB Bowbliss had a pick. DT Sen’Derrick Marks had a fumble, sack, and recovery of QB Tannehill. OG Beadles had 4 KRb

No major injuries either.

Whew!

At the halfway mark:

We are 4-4. Surprise!

Bortles is 2nd in the league in passing yards after Ben Ben. He is tied with Cutler for 3rd in TDs with 18. However, his 12 picks are tied for 3rd most with Orton and Manziel.

But dang, there is no question we got a good one with Bortles. It’s about time Jacksonville. It’s Bortles Time Baby!

Two players (Julio Jones, Antonio Brown) already have 1000+ yard seasons. We don’t. Our most is Lee with 597 yards. We are the only team in the NFl at the halfway mark with at least one kickoff return for a score, and we have two.

Abe Sargent

02-05-2015, 09:53 PM

Let’s move to the 2nd half of this season

Week 9 – We are traveling to Cincinnati for a battle against the Bengals. OT Larry Garcia is back from injury. SS Cyprien is as well. He has blown up his rating and is suddenly looking very good (51/62) so we’ll see if he can keep to that. RG Brandon Linder is out for a couple of weeks with a knee injury. I massage my roster in various places. We lose to the 7-1 Bengals 24-38. Bortles was just 28 of 41, 1:0 for 211. Gerhart caught the lone TD. However, Blake scrambled for two scores. CB Bowbliss with a pick. We forced three fumbles on defense and recovered one. Beadles rocked 4 KRb.

Injuries – C Nicky Fitzgerald is out for a few weeks with a separated shoulder. C Bowanko is starting until he returns.

Week 10 – We host the hated Cowboys, rocking a, 8-1 record. And they leave 8-2, after we beat them 27-24. We kicked a FG to go up at the 2:00 minute warning and won. Backup RB Irv Hornung got a 1 yard score, and we had two fumble returns for scores. The first was by S Rondell Darin, 73 yards. The second by S Winston Guy, 89 yards. They had shut Bortles down all day long – 23 of 32, 233 but 0:2. Lee might have added 100 yards, but no scores. Gerhart rushed for 105 yards on 20 carries. CB Bowbliss with another pick. Poz also recovered a score. This was a smash mouth sort of game.

Now we are 5-5 and back to .500. Not that bad of a start to the second half of the season. Our schedule is rough. 8-2 Cowboys, 6-3 Texans we haven’t gone after yes (Colts are 3-6 right now), 8-1 Bengals, 7-3 Steelers, and so forth. So perhaps we can use this as a platform to leap onto the next level? We are currently in 2nd place in the AFC South, and it’s feasible we could catch up to the 6-3 Texans.

We have a BYE in Week 11

RG Linder is back from his injury.

Week 12 – Today we rock the Colts in Indiana. Hopefully. Damn it Colts you didn’t play the script! 31-14. Ah well. The Texans lost, we had a chance to catch up… Bortles is 16 of 33, pulled and had 2:2 and 135 yards (Scores to TE Lewis and RB Hornung). MLB Paul Pos with a pick. 15 tackles by S Cyprien and 2 assists.

WR Blackmon is back from injury.

Week 13 – We host and lose to the Giants. 23 us, 27 them. Gerhart had 12 carries for 126 yards, Bortles was 31 for 4 for 259 and 2:1. WR Lee rocked 8 grabs, 146 yards, and a TD (87 yards). TE Lewis with a score. CB Jeremy Harris with a pick. CB Bowbliss recovered a fumble on special teams (knocked out by Gerhart).

We are now 5-7. We went 1-3 in the last 4 games. Feh. We can do better, right? Right!

Abe Sargent

02-05-2015, 10:45 PM

Week 14 – We host Houston, now at 8-4. We lose, but it’s close – 33-28. Bortles was MVp with 29 of 38, 334 and 4:1. Dang! We drove and hit Robinson with 5:37 left, but weren’t able to get another score late and lost by five. Cecil Shorts III had a pair of scores and WR Blackmon the 4th. CB Harris rocked a pick from QB Fitzpatrick.

Injury? OG Nicholas Weaver is out for 31 weeks with a back surgery. So I IR him and sign 9 year vet Rob Sims, with a mild affinity for our leader. FB Ewing is doubtful for a couple of weeks.

Week 15 – We travel to Baltimore. We lose 27-20. Bortles (MVP) has 24 of 38, 303 and 1:0- He hit Robinson for a score. Both of our starting safeties, Cyprien and Guy got picks of Flacco. RB Sean Stewart had an 84 yard punt return for a score as well.

Great news, finally, Bortles ‘s hammy is cleared up and done.

Week 16 – We host the Titans. Can we crush them as badly here as we did in their place and put ourselves back in the winning column? So we win! 28-27. It may not be crushing, but I’ll take a win right now. Bortles (MVP) has just 14 of 25 for 183 and 3:0. Paul Pos got a 50 yard pick and return for another score as Tennessee’s random backup QB Burroughs was trying to drive for a score late to win. We hit Lee, Lewis and Gerhart for receiving scores. OLB Dakota Watson joined Pos with a pick.

Injuries: We lost CB Harris and DT Hood for the final game at Houston.

Week 17 – Houston is 10-5, and still has a shot, technically for the 2nd spot. Cincinnati is 13-2 and first, and we have KC a t11 wins out West, while the Jets and Pats are both 10-5 in the east. Meanwhile the Steelers and Broncos are 9-6, and if they go 10-6 could get the other wildcard spot. Those seven teams are all fighting for everything from the 2nd seed on down.

Can we play spoiler to the Texans? Nope. We lose 13-23, and we had two picks, one by Bowbliss and an 82 yard return for a score by Ball. Bortles was rookie-esque with 27 of 44 for 193, and 0:0. Beadles grabbed another 4 KRB.

We finish 6-10. We had some surprising wins in there (Cowboys, par example), we swept the Titans.

Final standings in AFC South – Houston (11-5), Jacksonville (6-10), Tennessee (6-10), Indy (5-11).

Abe Sargent

02-05-2015, 10:59 PM

2014 Playoffs!

Wild Card Weekend –

Chicago travels to Atlanta and wins 27-11

New York Giants to San Francisco and win 38-17

Kansas City hosts Denver and wins 28-24

Jets travel to Houston and win 35-16

Week 2 –

Chicago travels to, and loses to, Dallas – 31-20

Giants travel to tundra of Packers edge them win 16-15.

KC is shut down at New England 24-17

Jets are blasted in Cincinnati 45-24

Championships:

Three outta top four seeds held

Bengals host the Patriots

Cowboys host the Giants

Cowboys win 31 to 7
Patriots win 31-16 in snow

Your Super Bowl:

#2 Cowboys vs #2 seed Patriots

In the battle of the next-best teams, the Cowboys emerge victorious 26-24

Abe Sargent

02-05-2015, 11:27 PM

Season Awards:

Offensive Rookie of the Year: QB Blake Bortles

Season stats:

Passing:

QB Bortles was 4280 yards, 31:18 TD:Pick ratio, 88.3 QB Rating, and 64.1% completion rate. Sacked 44 times, 2 rushing TDs. No issues there.

Rushing:

RB Toby Gerhart – 973 yards on 206 attempts, for a 4.72 average, and 3 rushing TDs. Not good enough at all.

Receiving:

WR Marqise Lee – 93 catches, 1261 yards, 5 scores – 13th most receiving yards in NFL (Julio Jones had 2122 yards)
WR Allen Robinson, 89 grabs, 887 yards, 5 scores
RB Toby Gerhart, 86 catches, 631 yards, 5 scores – no RB had that many yards/catches as Gerhart did (although RB Arian Foster has many fewer catches, he has a 1000+ receiving season though)

TE Marcedes Lewis – 49 catches, 523 yards, 5 scores
WR Cecil Shorts III – 31, 536, 5 scores
WR Blackmon - 25, 228, 3 scores

I like my receiving corps.

Special teams –

K Tyler Bernard – 22/25 FGs, 42/43 PAT. Long of 57 and 5 50+ made.
P Trenton Tucker – average punt length 40.9 (one of the worst) 32 of 99 inside the 20.
CB Demetrius McCray, 20 tackles, 4 FF, 1 fumrec

Defense –

S Jonathan Cyprien, 14 starts, 101 solo tackles, 27 assists, 1 sack, 1 hurry, 1 pick, 6 pasdef, 3 Forfed Fum,
MLB Paul Posluszny – 14 starts, 90 solos, 30 solos, 1.5 sacks, 2 hurries, 3 picks, 1 ret TD, 5 pasdef, 1 fumrec, 2 FF
DE Kaden Rivera - 34 and 17 tackles 6 sacks, 4 blocked passes, 9 hurries, 1 knockdown
DT Evander Hood, 45 and 16, 5.5 sackes,4 blcoks, 9 hurries, 3 knockdown
DT Sen’Derrick Marks, 28 and 21, 1.2 sacks, 2 hurries,2 FF, 1 FumRec
DE Tyson Alualu, 27 and 6, 4.5 sacks, 2 blocked, 7 hurries, 2 knockdowns

CB Alec Bowbliss – 13 starts, 5 picks, 7 passes defended, 3 forced fum
CB Alan Ball, 4 picks, 2 returned for score,s 4 pasdef
CB Jeremy Harris, 2 picks, 3 pasdef

Nothing great, but Cyprien and Pos are keys to our defense, clearly.

Blocking –

OG Zane Beadles – 21 KRB, 6 sacks allowed
OT Luke Joeckel – 16 KRB and 14 allowed
OG Brandon Linder, 14 starts 12 KRB and 8 sacks
C Nicky Fitzgerald, 13 starts, 11 and 4

We can’t be this bad next year. Our blocking and running was horrible. That has to be a key for development next year.

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 12:03 AM

Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year – QB Blake Bortles – I don’t like handing out two awards to the same person, so check out Bortles’s strong performance, with 4000+ yards, 31 scores and a strong first showing. We have a great place to build off for the future!

Defensive Player of the Year – MLB Paul Posluzny – He’s good in pass protection, tackling, and rushing, and a solid rock in the middle of the defense. Pos had another very good outing for the Jaguars, and you can’t deny his impact. Unless you are blind, that is.

Special Teams Player of the Year – CB Demetrius McCray – He lead the team in tackles (by far) had a ton of forced fumbles, and even recovered one. His special teams play was just really strong from the outset of the season. Good job buddy!

Rookie of the Year – WR Marqise Lee – I’m going with a different choice here, since he rocked more than 1200 yards in his first go around the block. He’s a strong player with a lot of room for growth, and we think he’s got a bright future in teal!

Heart Award (Awarded to the player who really punched above their weight class) – LCB Alec Bowbliss – UFA signed to be an amazing potential guy, he was forced into the lineup a few times, led the team with picks, and passes defensed, but yet busted in terms of his outlook (31/31) Good stuff from the guy!

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 11:34 AM

I want to sign an UFA Donovan Marshak, RCB, to a contract, just to get him into our program, but we can’t.

Alright, let’s end 2014

Team Performance – 14
Franchise Value – 85
Profit/Loss – 86
Roster – 35

Year End Score - 61

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 11:43 AM

Several of our players busted on their profile, and others look tasty.

Our roster today?

DE Kaden Rivera is still a strong 41/63 from his first campaign and is looking strong

QB Blake Bortles? Uh oh. 31/56? Yuck?

SS Cyprien is up to 57/62

WR Lee is rocking 52/70

And that awesome K we signed? I feared a bust, but Tyler Bernard is 60/73

Now, our Punter Trenton Tucker dropped to 32/32. We can safely drop him I suspect.

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 01:52 PM

Major movement?

OG Rob Sims and OT Cameron Bradfield have retired. Bradfield from his injury, likely.

Other major retirees across the NFL universe?

OLB John Abraham
WR Larry Fitzgerald
WR Steve Smith
OLB Lance Briggs
CB Charles Tillman
CB Terence Newman
QB Peyton Manning
OLB Julius Peppers
K Adam Vinatieri
WR Reggie Wayne
OLB Robert Mathis
RB Adrian Peterson
S Charles Woodson
S Troy Palamalu
TE Heath Miller
TE Antonio Gates
WR Santana Moss

So, who do you think makes the HOF from this class? It’s a heavy retirement-oriented HOF stuff –

I’d go Manning, Palamalu, Gates, Fitzgerald, and Woodson for sure.

I think you have great arguments for Wayne, Peppers, Vinatieri and Mathis in here too. And Miller was no joke.

That’s a lot from one retiring class.

But the good news is that the retirement bug didn’t hit us too badly – I want to keep DE Chris Clemons since he’s been a strong leader for us.

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 02:10 PM

Major players on our team not under contract:

UFA –

CB Alan Ball, 9th year in league
FL Cecil Shorts III
FB Will Ta’ufo’ou

And some others I’m not that sure I want at all.

RFA –

LS Grayson Johnstone
SS Rondell Darin (Now just 22/36)
LCB Alec Bowbliss (31/31)
MLB Deion Gardner (busted to 17/20)
RDE Ryan Davis, 29/35, 4th year vet
DE Kaden Rivera, 41/63 – YAY
K Tyler Bernard
P Trenton Tuckner
RT Larry Garcia, 24/33
LB Nicholas Weaver, 23/36
C Nicky Fitzgerald, 22/52
SE Ace Sanders, 40/50, 3rd year
RB Sean Stewart, Corwin Shields, Irv Hornung

We have 31 under contract right now.

$51 mill in cap room too.

We have the 6th overall pick this year. That’s not bad. It’s Arizona, Oakland, Cleveland, Indy, San Diego, and then us.

We made 34 mill last year in good hard cash.

Our stadium is ranked 5th worst; Roster is 9th best; Support is 7th worst; Economy is 10th worst; franchise value is 636, 940,000 and that’s 9th lowest in the league. 79/1% attendance last year. No changes to ticket prices.

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 02:50 PM

Staff:

Our Head Coach is leaving, Duane Jongeling

I look at the others:

Defensive Coordinator – Abel Newsome, 2.02 mill, 54 years old, Nothing too great or bad in bars. DB specialization. 1 year left

Offensive Coordinator – Nathaniel Crownover, 3.98 mill, 58, specialization in development, young talent, and tight ends. 2 years left

Assistant Coach – Jameson Linthicum, 1.37 mill, QB focus, good in young talent, interviewing, and 38 years old, 2 years left.

Strength Coach – Frank Brost, 4 years, 920k, strength train focus, intelligent

I don’t give my DC a raise.

Staff Draft time

We pick 27th. I sign:

Head Coach Roosevelt Bonilla, an increase of 10 suitability from 58 to 68. 3.44 mill, 4 year deal, amazing motivation and very strong intelligence and young talent. Weaker scout and play call (in the 40s Ithink). 57 years old, specializes in d line.

Assistant Coach – Mike Walczak, an improvement of 6 from 50 to 56, and I got a lot better in scouting, which he was really bad at. TE focus. Good at motivation and young talent. 1.13 mill for 4 years

Strength Coor -0 Byron Conquergood, also a 6 point raise from 55 to 61. Great condition, 4 year deal, 690k. So we dropped salary and improved our staff in several areas. Can’t argue with that!

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 03:24 PM

I will not be using any tags prior to FA beginning

What do we need?

We have 51 mill under cap

RB – we could really use an improvement over Gerhart

O-Line – Man we need some upgrades here. I’d love to snatch a great OG at the RG spot or an RT. RT Bradfield retired, so we are missing an starter (and we weren’t exactly winning there anyway)

P – I could use a really good punter

DT – I need ot let go of Marks, he has a strong negative conflict with Clemons,and that’s hurting everyone I think -0 and that creates a hole in the DT spot if I do.

SLB, WLB – We really need a WLB that can find a player and shed blockers to do so. WLB Dakota Watson has a strong conflict as well, so I’m looking for an immediate upgrade here.

FS – I was hoping that Rondell Darin could grow into something really nice, but that wasn’t to be. I need a quality FS to go along with Cyprien

RCB – With Alan Ball not on the roster and Alec Bowbliss not 100% assured of a starting role, I need a good starter to go across from Jeremy Harris.

In order of need:

RT
WLB
RB
P
FS
RCB
SLB
RG
DT

What can I find out there?

QB Chad Henne is demanding a trade. But he has grown into a QB mentor.

I want to lock down my two major UFA victories

We sign RFA Kaden Rivera to a three year deal; K Tyler Bernard as well. Alec Bowbliss too earned enough for a three year deal and LS Johnstone to a one-year one.

That locks down some areas I don’t have to worry about long-term for now.

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 03:31 PM

I take a look at FA to see what’s available before we begin to interview rookies.

Players that intrigue me:

RB DeMArco Murray
RB LeSean McCoy
RB Knowshon Moreno
RDT Terrance Knighton – That would be hilarious

Tons of receivers – Desz Bryant, Torrey Smith, Michael Crabtree, Mike Wallace, etc.

I love C Rodney Hudson from the Chiefs.

Maybe a few good mentors out there too.

Let’s do some interviews:

We love this RB at the top of the draft, but it looks like we can get some great RBs in FA too. There’s no good OT talent near the top though.

Week 2 FA

I make offers to:

RB DeMarco Murray
LG Mike Iupati
RT Jamon Meredith
SLB Jabaal Sheard
RCB Patrick Robinson
FS Rahim Moore

Travis

02-06-2015, 03:50 PM

Man, you're tough on Toby.

292 touches, 1604 yards, 5.49 per touch and 8 touchdowns, that's a pretty good season.

Will be following, so many ex-Seahawks in Jacksonville, so I've got some guys I'm definitely pulling for!

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 03:56 PM

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 03:57 PM

Week 3? Not much.

Week 4 – We sign DeMarco Murray for 4 years and 26.71 mill

We lost Sheard to Cleveland and Moore back to Denver

I make an offer to a random Punter

I make an offer to RB Shane Vereen to join our team for a year to be a leader. Our new RB leader was RB Gerhart, and Murray conflicts with him, so Vereen can come in and make nice (and Bortles likes him too)

I go for the top DT in FA Ahtyba Rubin, since I lost out on some other targets and he’s in reach I feel.

My backup targets are brought in. I have to sign FS Quintin Demps – he comes in as a leader with six affinities.

Are there any major big names out there that are enticing me? Other than Dez Bryant. Not yet.

Week 5 – We sign RCB Patrick Robinson but miss out on DT Rubin. My next offer is to DT Kevin Williams to be a one-year patch for us.

Week 6 – We sign RT Jamon Meredith

Week 7 – Dallas signed the Punter we were chasing

Week 8 – We sign Kevin Williams

Week 9 – We sign RB Vereen, UFA from last year RCB Donovan Marshak, WLB Courtney Upshaw

I look for any hold over value sort of folks…

I still have 31 mill under the cap, and I want to keep a lot for later moves.

I waive DT Marks and OLB Watson now

I make an offer to LB Brian Orakpo as well.

Week 10 – CB Alan Ball signed with the Bucs.

Week 11 – Both LB Orakpo and Demps sign with us.

Anyone else left that entices me?

I sign SE Ace Sanders to a two year deal as a RFA, C Nicky Fitzgerald to a three year deal.

I picked up a lot of cheaper FA in case I need to be mobile in the draft or later on.

Let’s make an offer to another TE to help with Lewis

We sign TE Jermaine Gresham for a two year deal

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 04:55 PM

The Draft:

Arizona takes the first player off the board, OLB Cornelius Yachera, a stud I would have seriously considered taking at 1.6 if available.

Oakland takes the RB we really liked next
Then the Jets take another RB
Colts grab DE studly, best player in the draft at 1.4
And CB goes to San Diego

Who do I want?

I interviewed and was looking at getting lucky with the DE that went to the Colts, and the OLB Yachera and both RBs. All gone.

So, here’s people I like.

OG Marquis Satre. That’s funny because I’m Marquis D’Avignon.

I just signed an OG for my team, but this guy? He looks like your hoss to just use and abuse for years to come. We interviewed him, very underated, great bars already, fits in, great scores.

We don’t have as many interviews in FOF7, so I didn’t interview many folks. Uh oh.

Hmmmm…

CB Jonah Clayton? DT Drew Ellard (yuck)? Gamble for someone I didn’t interview? Or take the safe pick at OG?

What are my needs heading into here:

Backup Qb
Backup RB
FB
Backup TE
C
Backup OG
Backup OT
P
Studly DE would fit
Backup DTx2
Backup MLB
Backup OLB
Backup S

That’s it.

So I could use a starter C. But otherwise, we could use a star class guy at a lot of spots. I was hoping to sign enough talent that I could draft BAP. So let’s shut up and do it.

Our next pick arrives at the 2.5 spot

Who do I like here?

With no interviews:

FS Asher McElroy is very agile and smart to boot. Most agile safety in the draft

C Howie McCormick, best C on the board, dash and agility are good, but low intel marker

MLB Daryl Chandler, looks solid bar-wise

DT Cesar Vandenberg – Best DT on board and has an affinity

Meh – the S or the C. McElroy’s weakness is picks, and I have a SS who’s weak in picks as well. Not sure that’s a good combo.

I select C McCormick

Welcome to 3.13. The rest of my draft follows:

Jacksonville Jaguars 2015 NFL Draft

1. OG Marquis Satre, Mississippi State
2. C Howie McCormick, Oklahoma
3. DT Hardy McCleary, Methodist
4. FB Dennis Fortune, South Carolina
5. QB Teddy Cote, Portland State
6. OT Ron Linares, Oklahoma State
7. RB Johnnie Lindsay, Oregon

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 06:03 PM

Early ratings for my folks. This is very, very early, obviously:

OG Satre -54/98
C McCormick – 28/55
DT McCleary – 23/44
FB Dennis Fortune – 20/37 –Yuck
QB Teddy Cote – 11/46
OT Linares – 17/45
RB Lindsay – 23/31

Alright, let’s start with FA #2:

RB Toby Gerhart is holding out

I make an offer to a random Punter and a bunch of UFAs. I grab P Johnny Hekker

I pick up these UFAs:

FB Sherman Calabro
SE Will Wheeler
SS Warren Samuels
QB Bryson Howard
TE Ramon Doll
FL Jamie Turnbull
WLB Weston Bullock
DT Francisco Wayne

Many of those were the best in their genre

That gives me an even 60 players.

I sign a few more to add in some bodies for training camp

I grab RB Dylan Young, DE Juan Villasenor and CB Stephen Gadget

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 06:24 PM

CAMP TIME!

We sold 41,900 season tickets

Post Camp?

I’ll tell you about any UFAs or anything that’s a boom. Or a bust from a rookie

QBs - Bortles is still sitting at 36/56. My two rookies are 13/40 range. Henne is still pissed

RB DeMarco Murray is 70/70, and Gerhart is still holding out, and 47/47. Shane Vereen is 37/37 and I have lots of options for the 4th spot

FB I have a three way competition for our starting FB I suppose. No one is that good

TE Marcedes Lewis is 52/52 and Gresham 49/49. I can use these guys well, I hope, going forward.

FL Allen Robinson – 47/54
SE Marqise Lee – 65/70 – Yeah he is!
SE Justin Blackmon – 54/54 – final year of his deal too
SE Ace Sanders – 44/50

C Nicky Fitzgerald (28/52) vs Howie McCormick (28/54). Who will win out?
LG Marquis Satre 62/98 – really more about which OG won’t start:
OG Zane Beadles – 59/59 or OG Mike Iupati, 59/59
LT Luke Joeckel – 52/54
RT Jamon Meredith – 48/50

P Johnny Hekker – 51/51
K Tyler Bernard – 60/60 – potential dropped

RDE Kaden Rivera – 44/63
LDE Tyson Alualu – 36/36 – not that great
LDT – 53/53 Kevin Williams
RDT Evander Hood – 48/48

MLB Paul Posluszny – 39/39 – Wow did he drop due to age? That sucks!
SLB Courtney Upshaw – 46/48
WLB Brian Orakpo – 51/51

LCB Jeremy Harris – 46/46
RCB Patrick Robinson – 54/54
SS Jonathan Cyprien – 60/60
FS Quintin Demps – 42/42

LS Johnstone

Not bad stuff, right?

Much better than last time. Any major booms with my UFAs or lower round folks?

Nah

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 07:18 PM

Who’s left? Anyone who can come into my home and help this roster out?

I cut:

CB Dwayne Gratz
C Luke Bowanko
FB Dennis Fortune

Anyway, let’s take a look at our stud OG

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Yeah baby! Even if he eventually winds up in the 80/80 territory, he’s just obviously a studly OG. Right now he’s the 12th best OG in the league at 62 currently, and he could be the best. A 36/80 OG went to the Titans in the 1.10 spot as well. He is the rookie, by far, with the best potential in the league at 98. The next best is Punter Percy Martinez, and then OG Rosenbaum by the Titans. OG Satre is the top player on The Green Page.

Roster Strength?

4th best RB in league
5th best reserve TE in league
12 best WR in league, 1st reserve WR in league
6th best OG in league, and 2nd best reserve OG
9th best K in league
The worst DE, ILB in league, btw

My goal this offseason was to accumulate enough talent in the 40s and 50s that we aren’t embarrassing ourselves out there. But we still have needs – Alualu and maybe Pos are areas of weakness to focus on next year.

We are the 3rd youngest team in the league

We got a B- draft grade

MizzouRah

02-06-2015, 07:22 PM

That's an excellent pick!

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 07:27 PM

How far has Bortles, perhaps, fallen?

Get ready for Psychedelic Bortles!

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/AbeSargent/Bortles%20year%202_zpsjlusnxx4.jpg

That is not a good fall. He had great stats. Hopefully this does not reflect his new parabola and he’ll play past this.

We made a real commitment to the running game this year, so I wouldn’t be surprised if his stats drop off somewhat. DeMarco Murray and some real o-lineman are useful tools to help get some smash-ery behind. We’ve upgrade the OG and OT spots in two places, and s oforth.

The S I was wrestling with in the 2nd round was picked at the 2.8 mark by Detroit and is a bust at 22/32. We were the first team to take a C in the draft, and it looks like we got the best one, even if he’s not that good.

Manziel busted down to 38/55 too

Any Green Page players taken later?

At 2.4 the Colts got a 45/61 RB.
At 2.15 the Panthers got a 36/61 WR
At 4.20 the Cards got a 30/51 QB
At 4.6 the Lions grabbed a 36/52 RB

That’s it. Early money looks like the QB the Cards got, Logan Thomas, was the best value pick of the draft. But we’ll see.

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 07:27 PM

That's an excellent pick!

Thanks!! I hope to have a rock for Murray to use with determination.

Travis

02-06-2015, 07:28 PM

Fantastic offseason, nice job!

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 07:32 PM

Fantastic offseason, nice job!

I guess we'll see. I'm holding my breath. The roster was so bad it gives me the shudders. Basically, I think Murray and Satre are our major acquisitions, and I have to juts hope that we can do better with that sort of result, because we aren't exactly a top-heavy team, you know?

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 07:46 PM

Alright preseason:.

Week 2 - We travel to St Louis and defeat the Rams 10-3. No major injuries

Week 3 – We host and devastate the Bears 34-9.

Week 4 – We defeat the Cards in our place 13-10.

RB Toby Gerhart ended his holdout. I have to cut someone to make room. 7th round draft pick RB Johnnie Lindsay is going.

Week 5 – We crush the Vikings in Minnesota 34-7.

We finish the pre-season a strong 4-0, with 2 very decisive results.

Time to make some cuts.

CB Stephen Gadget
QB Bryson Howard
WR Jamie Turnbull
LCB Will Blackmon
LDE Red Bryant
FB Sherman Calabro
TE Clay Harbor

We have a few players ending their contract with us this year:

TE Marcedes Lewis
QB Chad Henne
FB Bradie Ewing
SE Justin Blackmon
DE Tyson Alualu
FS Winston Guy
DT Kevin Williams

I extend SE Blackmon by two years. It’s pretty cheap after this year down to 3 mill a year.

DT Beau Allen was released by the Eagles. He was a 7th rounder of theirs last year. I sign him and cut DT UFA Francisco Wayne. He’s just a 26/34 guy, with pass rushing specialization.

We have a few minor injuries. Players like Orakpo, Lee, Rivera, Lewis, Beadles, and Robinson have minor probables and such.

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 08:41 PM

Let’s go!

Week 1 – We open the season hosting the Colts, and we lose 38-21. RB Murray had 1 2rushes, 90 yards, and 1 score. Bortles was 19 of 34 for 195 and 2:3. Yuck. TDs to Lewis and Lee. Gerhart, Murray and Bortles all fumbled once each as well. (Although Gerhart and Bortles recovered theirs) . In his first game, rookie OG Marquis Satre had 4 KRB and OG Mike Iupati, starting for a probable Zane Beadles had 4 as well.

We need fewer picks. And more running. No additional injuries, and Orakpo, Robinson, Rivera, and Beadles are fine.

Week 2 – We face Tampa Bay cross state and come back winners 27-20. Bortles, MVP, 25 of 33, 272 yards, 1:1. 16 rushes, 93 yards, 1 score for Murray and another rushing score for Gerhart. WR Marqise Lee rocked 105 yards on 5 grabs and a score. Paul Pos forced a fumble. C Nicky Fitz rocked 6 KRB today.

Week 3 – For this week, we are heading out to Denver to face a Manning-less Bronco team. Their new Qb is Jimmy Clausen. We fly in hoping to emerge with a win. That’s not to be, we leave with a thumping – 31-7. Our sole score is a 94 yard score to Hurns from Bortles. Bortles wasn’t too bad, 21 of 38, 280, 1:1. They stopped our running game cold though. Hurns had 5 grabs and 130 on the day though. CB Harris notched a pick, CB McCray forced two fumbles, and not a whole lot else.

I change my formations to give us more runs. I want more Murray.

Week 4 – TE Lewis is back from injury, while DE Alualu and OT Joeckel are banged up a bit. The Jets arrive and leave winners 31-28. Murray had more rushes this time – 18, with 73 hard yards and two scores. Bortles was 22 of 33 for 276 and 1:1. Lee caught the score. CB Alec Bowbliss rocked a pick, and returned it 61 yards for a score. We were winning losing 21-7 in the last minute of the 3rd Quarter, and then we scored 21 points from the 0:51 mark of the 3rd through the 5:02 mark in the 4th to go up 28-21 Then they scored a TD, held us to a3 and out, and kicked a FG as time expired to win.

We finish the first quarter of the season a disappointing 1-3.

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 09:07 PM

Week 5 – We host the equally 1-3 Dolphins and emerge with a win, 26-21 victory. Bortles, MVP with 24 of 31, 290, and 2:1. Ace Sanders and Allen Robinson with scores. RB Murray was 29 rushes, 133 yards, and a score on the ground. C Nicky Fitz added another 5 KRB.

Week 6 – With a chance to get to 3-3, we head out to face the Colts. But they win to go to 4-2, 20-17. Murray was 16 for 43 and a score. Bortles was 29 of 41 for 247 and 1:0. RB Murrary caught that score. SS Cyprien had 14 solo tackles. OT Jamon Meredith is out for three weeks with a separated shoulder.

Week 7 – We host, and upend, the 3-3 Titans in our place 28-22. Bortles, MVP, 20 of 27, 214, 3:1. Rushes for a score too. RB DeMarco Murray was 7 catches, 60 yards, 3 scores; 17 carries, 93 yards. Picks by LB Upshaw, CB McCray and Bowbliss, and forced fumble by Upshaw as well.

We had a few folks banged around a bit – next week is a bye

Week 8 – BYE

As we prepare for the Buffalo game in New York, We have OT Josh Wells out for 3 more weeks with a strained foot ligament, but Meredith is probable, so I activate him and send Wells to the bench for a bit. Everybody else (DT Evander Hood, CB Patrick Robinson) healed up over the bye.

We are 3-4, and we have a chance to finish the first half at 4-4. That would be nice.

Week 9 – We don’t, and leave losers at 23-28. Winston Guy rocked a 93 yard kickoff return, Marqise Lee had a 89 yard completion from Bortles for a score. Murray held to 44 yards, and Bortles took over but couldn’t complete enough passes, 21 of 42, 319, 1:0. S Quintin Demps with a pick. DT Kevin Williams with a sack, strip, and recovery – the trifecta.

3-5 at the half, but we started 1-3 and then improved to 2-2. If we finish 4-4 we’d go 7-9 this season, and that’s a one game improvement.

What worries me so far is that we have scored – 21; 27; 7, 28; 26; 17; 28;23

There’s no 30+ point game in there at all.

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 10:17 PM

Week 10 – We head out to New England and come back losers, 44-24. They shut down Murray and Bortles rocked 5 picks. 39 of 62 for 375 and 3:5. Lee had 104 yards and 2 scores, Blackmon notched 107 and Robinson caught a TD. ILB Pos with a pick,

Week 11 – Can we get a win hosting the 6-3 Texans? We begin a four home game stand. They thump us 37-15. Ouch! Bortles hit Hurns and Blackmon. We’ll skip the rest. No major injuries.

Week 12 – For the next game, we host the 6-4 Panthers. Can we win this time? Oh yes. 41-15. Well, there was our signature win of the season! Bortles, MVP, had 24 of 31 for 267 and 4:0 while Murray rushed 17 times but was held to just 41 yards and a TD on the ground. WR Lee had 8, 158 yards, and 3 scores, and WR Sanders caught the other one. Robinson was dinged up and emerges questionable for a few weeks. Bortles was named Offensive Player of the Week for the NFl as well. S Guy rocked a pick, DT Hood had a pair of sacks, and so forth.

Week 13 – The next of our home games is against the Steelers. They’re just 4-7 this season, so we can send them to their first non-winning season in quite some time with a victory today. We win 31-21. Sorry Steel City! WLB Brian Orakpo had a 35 yard pick and return for a score in the second minute of the game. Bortles, MVP, with 24 of 27 for 276 and 2:0 – a good look. He hit Lee and TE Lewis for scores. Murray rushed 26 times for 119 and a score as well. We had another pick by FS Demps.

But we emerge with multiple injuries.

SS Jonathan Cyprien is out with a concussion for a couple of week.s LT Luke Joeckel is doubtful with turf toe. RT Jamon Meredith is questionable, as are DT Evander Hood and DE Kaden Rivera while C Nicky Fitzgerald is probable for a few weeks with knee tendinitis.

We finish the third fourth of the season with a 2-2 record after two blowouts to begin things but we grabbed a couple of games. The final quarter of the season sees us finish at home vs the Falcons, and then take three games on the road against the Titans, Saints, and Texans. After going to 4-2 with their victory over us, the Colts have lost 6 straight and are now behind us 4-8 on the season. The Titans are also 4-8.

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 11:00 PM

Week 14 – We upend the Falcons 31-21. Bortles, MVP, with 21 of 30, 252, 2:0, and Murray rushed for 96 yards and a score while catching another. Lee got the other score. CB Robinson grabs a pick.

But this week will cost us some.

RB Shane Vereen is out for a year (52 weeks) with ACL Knee Surgery. I IR him and sign UFA LCB Tyler Kilgore, because I like his potential. He came in at 17/49.

MLB Paul Pos is out for four weeks with a strained calf muscle. I IR him too (not enough time to come back) and sing UFA MLB Abraham Fulcher, with a strong affinity for Clemons, who is 15/38. SLB Telvin Smith will be starting for us in the middle.

RT Meredith is back healthy.

Week 15 - We are 6-7. Can we get to 7-7 today against the Titans? Nah, we lose 16-24. DeMarco had 15, 83, 1 score while rocking 6 catches for 119 yards.

Sigh. Another non-winning season.

OLB Telvin Smith is questionable with a sprained knee.

Week 16 – I would really like to win one of our final two roads games to improve our record by at least one game over last year. This one is against the 10-4 Saints though. But….any given Sunday….we win 21-10!!! Bortles was 20 of 34 for 256 and 2:0. He hit Lee and Blackmon for score,s and Gerhart rushed for one spelling Murray. Picks by S Guy and CB Harris. WR Robinson can return for the finale.

CB Harris is doubtful and I pull him.

Week 17 – We travel to the 9-6 Texans. They have won the AFC South In the AFC, we have the 11-5 Charger and Jets in front (the Jets have had wondrous results from Vick these past two years). And the Bengals are up 10-5 over the 9-6 Browns and the 10-5 Bills are in the #5 spot already. So, we can’t be spoiler to the Texans, and they are going to be the #3 or #4 seed. So, all we are playing for is to go 8-8 this season, a respectable 2 game improvement over last year.

We win. 34-19.

Bortles, MVP, 24 of 28 for 291 and 3:1. Murrary was 22 for 70 and 1 on the ground. WR Allen Robinson fresh back from injury and clearly wanting to get caught yup caught 7 balls for 105 yards and three scores. Picks bu FS Demps, Cb McCray, Bowbliss and recent signee Tyler Kilgore. DT Kevin Williams forced a fumble that DE Rivera recovered.

Nicely done!

AFC South, 2015:

Texans – 9-7
Jaguars – 8-8
Titans – 7-9
Colts – 5-11

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 11:28 PM

Playoffs:

Wild Card Week –

Cleveland wins at Houston 20-17 in OT
The Pats win in Cincinnati 31-28

Dallas loses in San Francisco 24-27 and the Champs will not repeat.
Chicago is blanked in Green Bay 21-0. That’ll be a cold winter in Chicago!

Week 2 -

Cleveland survives the Jets 38-31
New England survives the Chargers 22-20

Both Wild Cards make it to the AFC Championship – odd

Green Bay can’t win in New Orleans 0-6
San Fran can’t win in Phily, 23-34

And both top seeds win in the NFC to make it to the Championship.

The Championships -

#6 seed New England to #5 seed Cleveland

#2 seed New Orleans to #1 seed Philadelphia

Winners? Home teams. Cleveland puts 24-10 and 38-7 in Phily

The 2015 NFL Super Bowl –

Your AFC Champion Cleveland Browns

Vs

Your NFC Champion Philadelphia Eagles

Eagles win 31-27

Abe Sargent

02-06-2015, 11:39 PM

Season League Awards? None

Stats:

Passing –

QB Blake Bortles, 4361 yards (6th most in league), 67.2% (4th in league), 30:14 ratio (Tied for 3rd most TD in league with Luck and Eli Manning). QB Rating of 97.9. Sacked 35 times, 1 rush TD. Huge improvements over last year, and last year was good. Few picks, better completion, higher yardage, and so forth. QB rating rose by 9

Rushing –

RB DeMarco Murray – 268 attempts, 1127 yards, 4.21 ypc, 11 rush scores, 67 grabs, 654 yards, 5 receiving scores. (Barely missed out on two 2000+ yard rushing seasons by Marshawn Lynch and rookie Isaiah Tucker of the Jets picked 1.3).

Murray is doing what he needed to do. Now I’d like to see more of it next year.

Receiving –

WR Marqise Lee – 81 for 1150 and 12 scores. Tied for 2nd most scores with DeAndre Hopkins in Houston.
WR Allen Robinson – 12 starts, 49, 583 yards, 5 scores
TE Marcedes Lewis – 14 starts, 44, 600 yards, 2 scores
WR Blackmon, 4 starts, 33, 427, 2
WR Sanders, 42, 306, 2

No major concerns here at all. Even Marcedes Lewis looked good in his 10th year in the league. Can’t argue with 600 yards from a guy with 14 starts.

Special Teams –

K Tyler Bernard – 16 of 21 FG, 46 of 47 PAT, long of 52m
P Johnny Hekker – 42.7 average, (6th worst); 34 of 75 inside 20.
RB Toby Gerhart, 20 special teams tackles
CB Demetrius McCray, 20 special teams tables, 3 forced fumbles

Bad Punter season again, and Bernard just isn’t growing like I hoped he would continue to do. But, we don’t have a lot of opportunity to crap out, or to shine. No sense picking up a major K or P and spending tons of cash if you are punting 5th fewest times or kicking 3rd fewest FGs.

Defense –

FS Quentin Demps – 73 solo tacks, 21 assist, 1 sack, 2 hurries, 3 picks, 4 pasdef
CB Alec Bowbliss – 72 solo tackles, 19 assists, 3 picks, 6 pasdef
ILB Paul Posluzny – 13 starts, 68 solos, 25 assists, 2.5 sacks, 2 block passes, 2 hurries, 1 QB Knockdown, 1 pick
S Jonathan Cyprien, 12 starts, 68 and 22 tacks, 1 sack, 8 pasdef
DE Tyson Alualu, 20 and 5, 6.5 sacks, 2 blocked passes, 9 hurries, 1 knockdown
DT Kevin Williams – 47 and 14, 4.5 sacks, 1 block, 1 hurry
DT Evander Hood, 13 starts, 29 and 13, 4.5 sacks, 2 blocks, 5 hurries, 1 knokdown
OLB Upshaw – 65 and 20 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 blocks, 1 knockdown, 8 pasdef

CB Patrick Robinson, 1 pick, 10 pasdef
CB Jeremy Harris, 2 picks, 8 pasdef

Hmmm…

Not a good year for anyone here. It’s very blasé I think we have a few players, but we need to grab some studs here soon.

Blocking –

OG Zane Beadles – 15 starts, 31 KRB of 81 KRO, 6 sacks allowed
C Nicky Fitz – 29 of 60, 3 sacks, 1 pancake
OG Marquis Satre – 20 of 75, 3 sacks allowed, 4 pancakes
OG Mike Iupati – 5 starts – 14 of 34 and 7 allowed
OT Jamon Meredith -0 14 starts, 13 of 32, 5 allowed
OT Luke Joeckel – 12 starts, 11 of 38, 8 sacks

Joeckel simply cannot be the worst of my five starters and expect to retain his job. I would’ve liked more from Satre, but it’s a start. Pleasedontbust.

Abe Sargent

02-07-2015, 01:30 AM

Team Awards

Offensive Player of the Year – QB Blake Bortles – I hate to be a person who gives out the same award two years in a row, but he earned it, with stats in the top handful of the league in a variety of metrics (QB Rating, yards passing, TDs tossed, completion %). Good job buddy!

Defensive Player of the Year – FS Quentin Demps – There really wasn’t a standout player or season on the team by anyone on the defensive side of the ball. But Demps led the team in tackles and picks. From the free safety position, not the strong one. Plus he had a pick/score as well. Pretty saucy!

Special Teams Player of the Year – CB Demetrius McCray – Again, Mr. Tackles a Lot did a strong job of tackles and forced fumbles on the special teams side of things, and he has put together two really solid years for us in covering punts and kicks.

Rookie of the Year – OG Marquis Satre – There’s no other real option here. We wanted more, but he was still 3rd in KRB and 1st in pancakes and tied for fewest sacks allowed among starters. That’s a pretty good season to build off of for next year.

Heart Award – TE Marcedes Lewis – This might throw you off a bit get it. 10th year pro. Gets 44 grabs for 600 yards, and that’s 13.65 yards per catch. Among TEs in the league that started, that is the 3rd best yards/catch after TE Gronkowski and Pitta over in Baltimore. Now add in 2 scores. Did you know that while never fumbling the ball at all this season, Lewis recovered 3 fumbles other offensive players dropped to the ground? Did you know he had 6 KRB out of 8 KRO (my best percentage of any player by far)? Good stuff old man!

Abe Sargent

02-07-2015, 09:28 AM

Let’s end the 2015 Season folks!

Team Performance – 34
Franchise Value – 82
Profit/Loss – 85
Roster – 31

Year-End Score – 66

Abe Sargent

02-07-2015, 09:30 AM

Major retirements:

We lost no one.

Everywhere else?

DE Osi Umenyiora
OLB Terrell Suggs
WR Anquan Boldin
DE Jared Allen
RB Frank Gore
TE Jason Witten
P Shane Lechler
DE DeMarcus Ware
WR Andre Johnson
OLB Jason Babin
QB Tom Brady
QB Drew Brees
RB Darren Sproles
ILB DeMeco Ryans
OLB Dwight Freeney

Tons more talent gone. Again, who are HOF candidates? Brady surely, Brees probably. Witten has the stats. Andre Johnson was one of the best at his time, what about him? Players like Dwight Freeney, DeMarcus Ware and Terrell Suggs have strong resumes.

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 10:55 AM

We have 36 player sunder contract. Who ain’t?

UFAs:

DT Kevin Williams
RB Shane Vereen (injured badly)
FB Bradie Ewing
QB Chad Henne
FS Winston Guy
DE Tyson Alualu
TE Marcedes Lewis

RFAs of Note:

RDT Beau Allen
LS Grayson Johnstone
LCB Tyler Kilgore
SS Warren Samuels
TE Ramon Doll
WR Will Wheeler

None that major. Not like last year.

How have our views of major players shifted?

QB Bortles is 54/59
OG Satre – 82/92
RB Murray – 70/70
WR Lee – 70/70
SS Cyprien – 60/60
K Bernard – 59/59
DE Kaden Rivera – 49/49

No other major growths.

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 11:02 AM

We lost 16 mill last year. We had signed a lot of bonuses. Value dropped to 611 million which is 6th lowest. Stadium 6th worst, Roster 9th worst, support 7th worst, Economy 10th worst. Attendance last year was 72.3%.

Our Defensive Coordinator is out of contract, and our OC has one year left. Do I sign him to an increase in cash to keep him? I like him, so yes.

Staff Draft:

We draft 27th again.

I hire a new Defensive Coordinator.

Robert Geathers – 4 years, 1.5 mill, age 33, d line focus, very good everywhere except horrible motivation and not-great interviewing.

I choose not to tag anyone out.

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 11:45 AM

Free Agency:

We will be drafting 1.13 this year

I have 52 million under the cap. Anyone I want to resign pre-shopping?

I sign:

LS Johnstone to two year deal.
DT Beau Allen to three

That’s it.

Alright, Free Agency targets:

I need a backup QB that could go in when Bortles tumbles

We don’t have a FB at all on the roster

I wouldn’t kick a really good OT out of bed for eating crackers.

An upgrade at P isn’t a major priority, but if its there

We seriously need to upgrade our DE problems

DT Williams is gone, so a starter on the D Line is useful

With Pos aging, we need a real MLB

And a studly CB too.

So, in order of priority:

DE
DT
MLB
CB stud
Backup QB
FB

Maybe a good S or TE as well

And I’m looking to upgrade our roster again. We did it on the cheap last time, with only one major pickup. Who’s walking around this time?

LCB Kareem Jackson – best UFA out there
SLB Justin Houston is a star
MLB Mason Fason is the best one, but a distraction
MLB Brandon Spikes – next best MLB

And so forth

My initial offers:

LCB Kareem Jackson – 7th year vet, top target, I’m in the sweepstakes

FB will Johnson – why? He’s a leader and he ends the issues that Vereen did between Gerhart and Murray. And he’s the best FB out there. And he’s from WVU too, btw.

QB Nick Foles

Sigh… No cheap DE options, or really young hot guys either. I’ll drop down a bit for a cheaper one:

DE Rob Ninkovich

At 46/46 Kevin Williams is still the best DT in FA. That’s crazy.

DT Kevin Williams

I’m going to chase the best LB out there, and then move someone ot MLB.

SLB Justin Houston

FS Tavon Wilson (just another body, but cheap and get’s along)

We have a bit of a conflict with TE Gresham, our new receivers leader, and FL Allen Robinson. I look to sign someone that can change that dynamic.

TE Owen Daniels, is actually the best UFA TE out there at 50/50, and not looking for much either.

That’s a lot of offers, and it includes the two best FA out there – SLB Houston and CB Jackson. What’ll happen?

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 12:22 PM

Week 3 – Nothing major happens. I massage some of my offers to the best UFAs out there. I convert some salary to signing bonuses and offer some serious cash.

Week 4 – We sign three players: DE Rob Ninkovich, SLB Houston and LCB Jackson to major deals of 2 years 6.54 mill; 4 years 52.5 mill and 4 years 63 mill respectively.

We have spent a large chunk of cap room, but the result is two major upgrades for our squad.

We are still chasing Nick Foles, Will Johnson, Owen Daniels, Kevin Williams, and Tavon Wilson.

Week 5 – We sign Foles, Johnson, and Williams.

Week 6 – Quiet

Week 7 – We sign S Tavon Wilson

Week 8 – Owen Daniels is ours, and we have signed every one of our top targets

After this frenzy, we have 13 mill under the cap and room for 7.5 mill.

Now where are we in week 8?

We have Foles and Bortles, QB is set for now

RB has Gerhart and Murray. It’s fine

We signed a great FB

Grabbed two good, adequate TE in Daniels and Gresham

WR Corps is strong

We have two solid Cs and both busted a bit – we could use one light’s out C

Very good at the OG spot with three legit starters

Weaker at OT with Joeckel and Meredith not the best in the world,

Kicker is fine

Punter is upgradeable

DE we brought in 53/53 Ninkovich. We avoided the money trap of more expensive and bigger names (Mario Williams, for example) . Rivera is just 46/46 but that’s adequate

DT we brought back Kevin Williams and could use a better player later.

So I could still use a good C and OT and DT. So let’s begin some interviews.

I interview the top four DTs, the top C, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th DE, I want to ensure that I have scouted the top talent, and there are a ton of great players in this draft – true hosses. I might get a better than normal player because of all of the juts absolute top talent that pushes down the normal stuff.

There’s a good C out there if I wanted to make a play in FA but he’s in his 11th year – Chris Chester.

I’m not going to chase any more FA on this side of the draft. I could make some money by cutting Paul Pos and sign some other folks, but I want to keep things calm until post-draft.

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 01:07 PM

The 2016 NFL Amateur Draft

We have the 1.13 spot. The Vikings start things off by taking this absolutely studly ILB.

The players go DE, OLB, QB, DT, DT< DT, OLB, DE, CB, CB, and CB

Hmmm

Interesting

There are several players we interviewed that I like here.

My favorite is DE Cesar Velazquez, with three red solecismic scores in intel, dash, and agility. We interviewed him as very underrated, he fits in, and we likes him way much. He’s no super stud DE or anything, but he’s a great fit for us.

But…

We also have the best OTs in the draft still on the board… I interviewed a few, and we have some nice options… Such as OT Jesse Hoffman, OT Brayden Ledoux.

And…

Don’t forget NT Tyrell Emmons, that I like. He was the 4th best DT in the draft, and he’s still on the board, just chilling like a villain. Or DT Quentin Grossman and his 4 blue solecismic scores. Despite the DT run, they are still pretty sexy.

As is another DE we interviewed Dalton Corbett

Hmm…

Lots of options.

You know what? Would it be possible to try and trade down, pick up something nice, and then just take what’s left later on? That sounds like a winner, with this many strong guys here. I’m sure someone will be interested in jumping up.

We trade:

Our 1st.13 and 7.15 this year for Houston’s 1.22 and 2.21

They take a S, the first one off the board. I didn’t scout him, not sure how good that may have been for the Texans.

Carolina takes the next S. and then:

KC a WR
Denver S
Rams RB
Seattle WR
Giants – TE
Bills – QB
Chicago – OLB

And we are up again

Lots of offensive talent taken, and defensive stuff too.

I don’t want to keep dropping to take DE Velazquez. But still, not a single OT has been taken, and this strikes me as odd. Surely, one would go soon, right?

I grab DE Velazquez, our top target all along, but there is still some strong talent here it appears.

DT Grossman? OT Hoffman and OT Ledoux?

Velazquez was as the top of the board for a while by adjusted grade. The next four are OT Ledoux, a DT we don’t like, OT Hoffman, OT Huntley, and then DT Quentin.

Hmmm….

Could one of these strong players fall to me at the 2.16 spot?

Let’s take this slowly, because I can totally see myself making a move up to grab one. Particularly DT Grossman.

23. Cincinnati – CB
24. Dallas – ILB
25. San Francisco – CB
26. Green Bay – DT Peter Heybach, the one we scouted and did not like, at #2 on the board was just taken.
27. San Diego – OG
28. New York Jets – CB

Hmm…

Now we get into the danger zone. We get to teams that need a DT at the back of the 1st. Make a move up to grab DT Emmons?

What would it cost me?

I make a trade:

Our 2.16 and 2.21 to the Patriots for their 1.29, 4.29, 5.29, 6.29 and a future 7th

With his four blue Combine scores just taunting me, I take DT Quentin Grossman at the 1.29 spot.

So basically I traded my 7th into two first round picks and an extra 4th, 5th, 6th this year and a 7th next. I’m happy. I got my targeted guy at 1.13 instead at 1.22 and I grabbed a DT at the 1.29 who looks pretty solid as well.

Now, where do we go from here. Because if a great OT moves into the 2nd perhaps I’d move more stuff to pick up Joeckel’s replacement.

30. New Orleans – OT Brayden Ledoux, blast it – there’s one. Two more left.
31. Cleveland – RB
32. Philadelphia – DT Niebauer

Okay. Two of the OTs fell into the 2nd. Now what? They are both the top two players on the general board with an adjusted grade of 6.2, better than the next player, a RB, at 5.8

33. Oakland – NT Emmons, who I was looking at later in the 2nd ( I scouted him, he was pretty useful looking)
34. Washington – OT Hoffman. Ah well

OT Huntly goes in the 40th to Baltimore.

The top player on the board for a while has been this OG. OG Pearson. Potential affinity with our squad, no interview though, and a red in strength and blue in dash. Not bad at all. Pick after pick after pick goes. Could I draft him and move him to Center? Hmm…. That might work. If he’s good. Is it worth the flyer? At this, I don’t know anyone, because I have a lot of picks and I haven’t targeted folks in other rounds.

The top C, who wasn’t that good, is off to the Jets at 2.17. This guy looks naked and isolated on top of our board for about 15 picks now.

What would it cost for the current pick, 2.20 from Buffalo? I offered my third (3.15) and every New England pick they sent us but no dice. I swap their 4th for our 4th, which is 15 picks earlier. No dice. I do that with every round and offer two 6ths. That’s a lot of picks for the 2.20. Would it be worth a future 2nd? Not really. Could I blow through my 4ths and 3rd too instead?

I finally got them to agree to an offer. It’s a lot though.

I would give them my 3.15, 4.14, 4.29, 5.13 and 5.29 for their 2.20.

That’s basically the rest of my draft. Now previously I sucked the last of my draft – I cut two players before the season began, and another is off today. Without a lot of interviews to target folks in various rounds I like, it’s hard to do. But, there’s more chances of a hit that way. However, the lack of depth I can do by signing more FAs in the second period. I have enough money to sign some 30/40 level guys.

Even if this OG is a bust (and we have good bars, good combine scores, and an affinity on my squad, but no interview) it won’t be the end of all things.

I select LG Roger Pearson.

I see you again in the 6th round

6.16 is here

Who appeals to me? I could draft a Punter with three reds and one blue.

RB Skip Barlow, with high breakaway speed and special teams

6.29 last pick TE Efrain Noa

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 01:18 PM

The 2016 Jacksonville Jaguars Draft:

1.22 - DE Cesar Velazquez, Iowa
1.29 – DT Quentin Grossman, USC
2.20 – OG Roger Pearson, Clemson
6.16 – RB Skip Barlow
6.29 – TE Efrain Noa

I move Pearson over to C.

Early results for my rookies?

RB Barlow – 20/31
TE Noa – 19/23
C Roger Pearson – 25/63
RDE Velazquez – 33/68
RDT Grossman – 27/60

Not bad at all really

I still can’t draft later on in the draft worth a crap. Maybe playing trade hockey will be worth it laters.

We got a B- again, but I like it.

Two of our draftees are on the Green Page – DE and DT

Dang – OT Hoffman? 33/68; OT Ledoux? 17/65; NT Emmons, 36/56

So many of my targets were good too.

Early busts? 1.4 QB 14/38; 1/6 LDT 30/43, and some others we’ll skip for now

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 02:23 PM

2nd FA Period

Any UFAs strike my fancy?

I make offers to some FAs

MLB Koa Misi, 43/43
RT Juan Basile, 39/43
LCB Ellis Lankster, 40/40, from WVU, 7th year vet, with a solid punt return
WLB Antonia Randle, 2nd year WLB who was an UFA signing by the Colts last year, and now let go.

Week 2 – We sign RB Manusky, a UFA, and UFA FB Kenyon Strong and WLB Randle

Week 3 – We sign T Juan Basile, MLB Misi.

Week 4 – TE Marcedes Lewis signed with Pittsburgh. We sign CB Lanskter.

Week 5 – I lose a fight for FS Cole Shea from the 49ers, 30/41 to the Browns. I also grab UFA WR DJ Donaldson and DE Kenneth Butler. I make an offer to FS Brendan Tate from the Browns and he signs we me – 33/33

Orakpo has fallen pre-camp, I was intending to move him to MLB. Here are my current, pre-camp, LBs:

MLB Paul Pos – 39/39
MLB Koa Misi – 42/42
SLB Justin Houston – 73/73
SLB Courtney Upshaw – 51/51
SLB Telvin Smith – 44/44
WLB Brian Orakpo – 40/40
WLB Antonio Randle – 20/44

I want to make moves now, so they can grow via camp. Who are my best three guys now? Upshaw, Houston, and then Smith, although the others are really close. What combo gives me my best starters? All three are SLBs. How about moving Smith? Nope – only options are D Backs

I move Justin Houston to WLB. No change in ratings at all. Now I have him on the weak side, and I can run Upshaw at his SLB. Do I run Misi in the middle? Misi is a great special teamer, as well as other things. Okay, let’s stick with Pos/Misi here. Upshaw loses a lot, 80% to go to MLB – he’s too tall and heavy, and we can’t slim him down any more.

We have Mentors in FB, TE, OT, S, CB, OG for my folks. Any chance of a DE or DT for camp? RDE Frank Kearse to a 2 year vet min sal.

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 02:32 PM

Let’s take these 61 men to camp.

Post-Camp, where are we?

QB Blake Bortles – 57/57, Nick Foles is 41/51

RB DeMarco Murray 70/7, Gerhart is 45/45

FB we have Will Johnson at 61/61.

TE rocks Owen Daniels (50/50) and Jermaine Gresham (49/49)

At receiver we have FL Robinson at 51/51, Lee at 70/70, Blackmon at 52/52, Sanders at 50/50 and Hurns at 30/35

At C we have Nicky Fitz – 37/47; Roger Pearson – 28/60 and Howie McCormick – 31/42

OG rocks Satre – 88/92, Iupati – 56/56, and Beadles 58/58 and even Brandon Linder – 45/45

OT we have Joeckel 55/55, Meredith, 48/48, and Juan Basile 40/40

P Hekker is 48/48 and K Bernard rockes a 59/59 body

DE Ninkovich is 53/53; DE Rivera 46/46 and rookie Velazquez is 40/72

DT we have Kevin Williams at 46/46; Evander Hood at 48/48 and rookie Grossman at 31/59

WLB Justin Houston – 73/73; Orakpo is 40/40

SLB Upshaw – 51/51 with Smith at 44/44

MLB Pos at 39/39 and Misi at 42/42

CB? Take a look at sexy Kareem Jackson, 79/79. We also have Robinson at 44/44, Jeremy Harris at 47/47.

S? SS Jonathan Cyrpein is 61/61, FS Tavon Wilson 55/55 and Demps 40/40.

And Johnstone at LS again

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 02:40 PM

We do have some money to spend (around 7 mill) if we wanted too. And I could make a lot by cutting Paul Pos.

Before we do that, let’s have a bit of a rookie lookie:

DE Cesar Velazquez –

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/AbeSargent/1st%20rounder%203_zps05oechu1.jpg

Now second on the Green Page

You can see that he has a lot of potential, and getting a another 70+ potential rookie makes me happy. Especially since we needed to work on the D Line. Cesar is a good, solid addition to a defense that’s woeful at times.

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 02:44 PM

What about my other 1st rounder?

DT Quentin Grossman –

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/AbeSargent/1st%20rounder%204_zpsdul7kkrj.jpg

Not as good, obviously, but at the 1.29 spot, not a bad catch. A bit green, but with some strong potential, we hope. The highest rated DT on the Green Page. What happened to the others?

NT Emmons from the 2.1 pick to Oakland is 37/57 – not bad at all. He’s the only other on on the Page. What about the many other 1st rounders?

One is 36/46, another 35/52, another 43/53, another 28/46, and another 32/44. That’s a lot of average DTs from the draft that I thought was going to be thick with them. We got a solid guy and we’ll see how long that lasts. Some of these could be creepers very easily.

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 02:58 PM

How is Bortles? Same as last time, no growth or charges.

What about Bortles’ competition?

Manziel – 42/58, played, and lost in a Super Bowl

Bridgewater – 45/57, team was atrocious last year

Carr – 41/45, not looking good, stat wise. In 32 starts he had 26 TDs and 41 picks,

So the other 1st rounders are all around the same. Ours is 57/57.

Garoppolo busted to 17/27, and after Brady retired, the Patriots will instead be turning to QB Tyrod Taylor, a 6th round pick by the Ravens 6 years ago.

Did you know that? As of his second year, Marquis Satre is the best OG in the league:

Top five OGs:

Satre – 88/92, Jaguars
Zack Martin, 86/86, Cowboys
Evan Mathis, 82/82 Eagles
Brian Winters, 81/81 Jets
Kevin Zeitler, 78/78 Bengals

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 03:10 PM

Roster Strengths:

We are 9th best QB and 3rd best backup

3rd best RB
5th best FB
19th best TE, 2nd best Backup
8th best WR, 5th best backup
9th worst OC< 11th best backup
THE best OG, THE best backups
16th best OT, 12th worst backups

11th worst P
11th best K

5th worst DE, 4th worst backup
16th worst DT, 17th worst backup
13th worst MLB, the worst backups
7th best OLB, 8th best backups
10th best CB, 19th best backup
10th best S, 9th best backup

So the injection this year of multiple major talents (CB Kareem Jackson, SLB Justin Houston) and a draftee with some zest (DE Cesar Velazquez) has given us one great player at each level of the defense. Now add in newer stuff like better players here and there (FS Tavon Wilson over FS Demps last year) the potential future of DT Grossman, and more, and we have a much better defense. Meanwhile, we have developed offensive players like Bortles, Lee, Murray, Satre, and more. The only position with any green is at Center on offense. I hope that our offense clicks, and our defense keeps us in games.

Before preseason, post-camp, I cut Chris Clemons. He’s no longer the leader on this team for the defensive front after we signed Ninkovich and he’s not a mentor to Des. So we save some money and cut him.

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 03:37 PM

I’ll be starting Nick Foles in the preseason

Week 1 – We host and lose to the Cardinals 9-3. One of our players is doubtful for a few games.

Week 2 - BYE

Week 3 – We travel to Minnesota and defeat the Vikings 27-24

Week 4 - We host the Rams and win 17-7

Week 5 - We travel to Chicago and lost 24-7.

We have only a few injuries, all now healed or back to probable in the offseason.

I cut:

RT Ron Linares
DT Hardy McCleary
WR Allen Hurns
C Howie McCormick
FB Kenyon Strong
MLB Paul Posluszny
LCB Alec Bowbliss

We have just two players on our roster form last year’s draft. The stud OG Satre and 3rd string QB Teddy Cote. The only other player with 2 years of experience from last year is…undrafted WLB Antonio Randle, 24/47, We were going to cut him or Pos, but he’s cheaper, and has more upside.

We now have 18 mill in cash.

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 03:49 PM

Okay, whose contract is up this year?

SE Ace Sanders
OT Luke Joeckel
LCB Demetrius McCray
S Jonathan Cyprien
RB Toby Gerhart
TE Jermaine Gresham
RT Jamon Meredith
DT Kevn Williams
CB Jeremy Harris
SLB Courtney Upshaw

Of those, Williams is in his 14th year and was signed as a patch. I like Meredith, and he;s my leader, but hits in his 8th year. Can I really sign him to a large extension? What do folks want?

LCB Harris, 7th rounder from a few years ago, is currently on a vet minimum salary. In order to extend, he want to bump this year to 4 million and 5, 5.5, and 6 the next three years. Way too much.

McCray has been a special teamer we like, and he plays well. We would want to raise his salary this year to a 1.4 cap ht, and sit at 1.7 and 1.9 the next two years. Maybe. That’s a bit too high. I’d do 1 mill a year.

Cyprien? He’s at 1.7, and I sign him for a four year deal. It’s hard to find safeties in this league, and he’s good save for the very low pick stats. I extend him for three years, double the signing bonus they wanted to 6 mill, but lower the salaries to make it really flat. 5 mill this year, and 4.4 the next two year, and 5 the final one.

Joeckel is making 6.75 cap hit this year, and is willing to extend four more years at 8.82 hit this year, and 7, 7.5, 8.3 and 9.5 the next four years. That’s way too much for a guy who doesn’t perform on the pitch. Not right now.

Sanders wants a lot more money. This year;s figure would triple, and he’d be in the 2.9 mill-3 mill range in the future. That’s too much for a 4th wideout. I’m going to have to break up the band.

To extend Meredith is an increase to 3.9 mill this year (about 2 mill more) and then at 4.1, 4.4, and 4.9 the next three years. That’s a lot of financial commitment to a guy who’s aging. But he is my leader, and I don;’t want to lose both OTs. Alright, we’ll do it.

I drop Gerhart’s contract to 2.34 mill this season and extend him a year. He’s not a bad backup for us at all.

I extend Upshaw by two years

I also extend TE Gresham by one year. We’re only paying him 1.7 next year, so we have cap flexibility in case it’s needed.

Alright. That’s good stuff.

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 03:55 PM

Actually, I’m thinking of extending Bortles’s deal now. He has two years left, and I certainly don’t have to. He’s get an extra 10 million hit on this cap, and an extra 14 on next year’s. After that, it’d drop though. Right now hit cap hit would roughly be 20 a year if I do the deal now, for three extra years. On the other hand, if I wait until next year, it could raise to 25 mill or some such with inflation, cap increases, and things from this year. After all, if we have a winning season, and maybe even make it to the playoffs as a division champ or wild card, his price is rising.

I have some other major players with a deal ending, not this year at the end of 2016, but next year too:

WR Marqise Lee
WR Allen Robinson
WR Justin Blackmon
QB Bortles
RB Toby Gerhart

I’m not too concerned with folks like OG Linder, OC Fitzgerald, or DT Evander Hood. But these are the sorts that I really care about – that great offensive skill position and depth I have.

I have to extend Bortles and Lee, those are non starters. Here’s Marqise Lee, year 3:

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/AbeSargent/Lee%203_zps6gzkkmjq.jpg

That’s a huge big play guy, and strong everywhere save for avoiding drops. When you have a player like this on your team, you have to keep him. He’ll be expensive though, and my cap is going to take a hit to do so. He’ll probably rise to the 9-10 mill a year range to extend him, but I have too. There’s no other option with the guy.

Knowing that I have to extend Lee and Bortles next year, I need to Keep myself from doing too much with Robinson and Blackmon and Ace Sanders. Allen Robinson is replaceable, he’s 50/50. He ranges from 38 avoid drops to 72 adjust to ball (and 71 getting downfield but just 46 big play, 50 route running). He’s a solid flanker, but I can find another. He just wants 3-4 million cap hit range each year We can look at that next season when I get a better feel for our cap. There’s certainly a chance we’ll extend him.

Here are the roles my WRs sort of had:

Ace Sanders is that ideal 4th wideout who can be the reliable guy who catches the ball when you need a first down to keep momentum going. He has a 94 route running, but just a 19 big play, with a 546 drops, 60 downfield, and 56 3rd down. That’s his role. Nothing sexy.

Blackmon is the reliable 3rd option, moves into a starting role when there’s an injury easily, he has an 83 big play so he can get that huge play as your 3rd option in a normal three wideout set, and he’s a a good solid 3rd guy, but not a good #2.

Robinson’s stats work well as a #2. Lee’s are obviously a strong #1.

And I simply can’t commit 3 mill of next year’s cap to Ace Sanders because I need it for Bortles/Lee and maybe Robinson.

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 04:04 PM

Here, let me take a quick picture of the top non-kicker players in the NFL currently on rosters.

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/AbeSargent/Best%20players%20in%20league%20in%202016_zpsfb0gjr2o.jpg

Dang! Hello OG Marquis Satre!

It’s okay to take an OG at pick 6 if her ends up looking like that, right?

Honestly, with this developed offense, and with so much great reserves and backups (WR Blackmon, RB Gerhart, QB Foles, TE Owen Daniels, WR Ace Sanders, OG Mike Iupati, OC Nicky Fitz or OC Roger Pearson) in addition to DeMarco Murray, Bortles, Satre, Lee, and so forth. We have a developed offense that should be really in tune, and I expect this to be a top 5 offense this year.

With the defense a work-in-progress and hopefully no longer embarrassing, I think we have the pieces for a 9-7 or 10-6 run that puts us in the offseason question.

Julio Riddols

02-08-2015, 04:33 PM

Satre looks like a monster.

Abe Sargent

02-08-2015, 07:23 PM

Satre looks like a monster.

Yeah. I hope he plays like it!

Abe Sargent

02-09-2015, 04:32 PM

Let’s start the 2016 NFL Season

Week 1 – We begin by hosting division rivals the Titans. We use this as a chance to begin the season right and easily win 34-10. Marqise Lee was MVP with 6 grabs, 168 yards, and 3 scores. Bortles was 18 of 25 for 245 and 3:1, and Murray was 17 carries, 148 yards, and a score. CB Patrick Robinson grabbed a pick, OG Satre rocked 4 KRB.

We do have one injury of note. OC Pearson is doubtful with a pulled groin, and I bench him for a while.

Week 2 – We travel to Detroit to face the Lions this week. We thump them 44-24. Bortles, Game MVP and NFL Offensive Player of the Week, was 31 for 38, 423, and 4:0. He nailed Murray, Lee, and Gerhart twice for score,s and Murray added a 5th on the ground. Blackmon had 126 yards on 8 grabs. Meanwhile new signee Kareem Jackson grabbed a Stafford pick and OG Satre and FB Will Johnson each had 3 KRB. Shoot, CB McCray had 4 special teams tackles even. Guy was a force.

Week 3 – We fly over to Cleveland for a game against the Browns this week. We lose 27-21. They held us to little ground offense, and we were forced to throw too much -= Bortles was 30of 49 for 313 and 2:2. Murray and Blackmon netted scores and OLB Telvin Smith a pick. OT Luke Joeckel is out for a week with a concussion.

Week 4 – We host the hapless Raiders and send them home at the tail end of a 37-10 loss. Bortles, MVP, is 26 of 29 for 297 and 2:0 and Marqise Lee catches 11 for 131 and a score and Blackmon the other. Murray was banged up a bit and Gerhart grabbed 2 on the ground and 16 carries for 57 yards part way through. Murray finishes probable for next week with a twisted ankle, and we’ll rock him. CB Kareem Jackson grabbed another pick, and Satre and C Fitzgerald each grabbed a trifecta of KRB.

We finish the first quarter and very strong 3-1, with all three of our victories just blasting our foes by 20 or more points. That’s just nasty. Is this the beginning of the Jag-ernaut?

Abe Sargent

02-09-2015, 04:35 PM

DAMN!

i just began simming the next quarter. Week 5 is a bye, so I just did week 6. Wow! Just, get ready....

Abe Sargent

02-09-2015, 05:15 PM

Week 5 – BYE

Week 6 – For today’s match hosting the Colts, we have all injuries healed up. We win 27-10. Holy crap! OG Marquis Satre had 11 KRB and 4 pancakes in one game! DANG! OT Joeckel had 4 KRB and OG Zane Beadles 3. Satre was the Game MVP, and you don’t see that much from a O Lineman! Murray was 23 for 107 and 2 scores, Gerhart added 63 yards on the ground, and Bortles rushed 7 times for a score too. Oh, and we threw the ball around too – 24 of 27, 222, and 0:1. OLB Courtney Upshaw has a forced fumble and recovery on their RB. CB McCray ha 4 special teams tackles and forced a fumble on it and Kareem Jackson recovered it.

We have one injury – OT Meredith is out for a month or so with a strained calf muscle. Iupati will start for him. Will today’s game be the beginning of Satre’s All Pro legacy? In five games, against people in the league with 6, he hasn’t allowed a sack, he has the most KRB by 3, and the lost pancakes by 3. If he continues at this rate, he will dominate all o-lineman in every major stat at the end of the year.

Week 7 – This week we travel to our Titan foes, where their one-win team hopes to shock us with a win. We shut that down, 33-6. The unbeaten Texans finally lose, and they are 6-1 (we are 5-1). Bortles, MVP, 24 of 27, 222, 3:0. Murray was 24 and 86, and Blackmon, Lee, and Murray all caught TD Passes. CB Jeremy Harris grabbed a pick, FS Tavon Wilson forced a fumble that CB Jackson recovered. OLB Justin Huston was an animal with 12 solo tackles, 2 assists, and a sack, and a hurry. Sarte, Beadles each had 4 KRB and Joeckel 3. A few probables by backups (OLB Telvin Smith, FS Quintin Demps), nothing major in injury news.

Week 8 – A lot of our wins thus far this season haven’t come against top-flight talent. The Titans are 1-5 and the Colts 2-5, and that’s three of our five wins. Our first major test is today in Kansas City, against the 4-2 Chiefs. Denver is 5-1, and the Chiefs are trying to keep pace. So, it’s not a big victory, but we’ll take the 24-10 game we just won. Bortles, MVP, 20 of 29, 232, 2:0. RB Murray and WR Blackmon are the scorers. Murray is 14 for 86 and a score. CB Kareem Jackson notched two picks off Alex Smith and backup CB Ellis Lankster another. Kareem also had a forced fumble that OLB Houston recovered (from one mega-signee in the off season to the other!) OT Joeckel with 3 KRB.

C Nicky Fitzgerald is knocked out for a week with a concussion and C Pearson will be starting. T Meredith is probable for two more weeks – we’ll continue to keep him out.

Week 9 – Our next test is the 6-1 Broncos arriving here in North Florida. If we can win today, we will finish the first half of the season an incredibly strong 7-1, gone 4-0 over the last quarter, and have two victories against winning teams in there as well. But it’s not to be. We lose 27-20. Murray was 14 for 79 and a score, and Bortles was 24 of 39 for 250 and 1:2. TE Gresham caught the score. OG Satre rocked 4 KRB.

Injuries – C Nicky Fitz will be back. FS Brendan Tate is questionable for a week (cold) and OG Beadles injured his knee and is questionable for a few weeks. I bench both for a while. I put OT Meredith back into the lineup.

We are 6-2 and Houston 7-1 in the first half of the season.

Abe Sargent

02-09-2015, 07:53 PM

Week 10 – We are traveling to face the 4-4 Chargers. We come back victors 27-20. Meanwhile Houston lost to the Colts, so we are both 7-2. DeMarco Murray, MVP, with 14 rushes, 83 yards, and a score, and 7 catches, 57 yards, and a score. Lee had another score. Bortles was 21:32, 2:1, 215 yards. Pick by S Tavon Wilson. OG Iupati 4 KRB, Satre 3.

A few folks are healing up.

Week 11 – This is the most important game of our season thus far. We are traveling to Houston. If we win, get a game up over them, and we’ll have the tiebreaker. We have them at home in Week 15. Win here, and we put ourselves in a very good position. Lose, and it’s not the end of the world if we can at least hold our serve in then.

We score 31
They score 17

We defeat the Texans, and move into 1st place for the first time ever. Bortles, MVP, 14 of 20, 202, 3:1, hit Murray for 2 scores and WR Allen Robinson for another. Murray was 15 for 101 rushing. S Cyprien with a rare interception. Rookie DE Velazquez rocked 2 sacks. OG Iupati had 3 KRB.

We have a few injuries though. WR Blackmon broke his finger and LG Iupati his nose. We’ll play both this next week though.

Week 12 – Today we host the 4-6 Vikings. We win 31-17 same score as last week! Bortles is Game MVP, and NFL offensive Player of the Week, with 22 of 25, 269 and 2:0. He hits Lee and Robinson for scores. Murray rushes 24 for 116 and a score too. DT Hood and CB Jackson both get picks and SS forces a fumble that CB Jeremy Harris snatches up. C Nicky Fitz with 3 KRB.

We have a major injury. Signee, OLB Justin Houston strained his deltoid. He is out for a few weeks. I activate WLB Antonio Randle in his absence. Orakpo will start in his stead.

Meanwhile Bortles injured his ribs and is probable for a few weeks. OG Beadles is back from his injury.

Houston lost in Green Bay and we are now two games up.

Week 13 – We hope to defeat the 5-6 Brady-less Patriots in our own home. But nope. We drop a game and lose 24-13. Bortles – 24 of 44, 235, 1:3. Murray 20 for 57 yards. Lee caught a score. Not a great offensive performance. CB McCray as a dimeback got a pick. FS Quintin Demps forced a fumble. The Pats can still shut you down hard. Houston lost to the Bengals, so we didn’t drop a game on them

We have a few injuries again. DT Kevin Williams is out for the rest o the season with a damaged elbow. He’s out for 8 weeks with it. I go ahead and IR him. I sign Jacksonville native and 3 year vet Louis Nix, a NT< to replace him. He was a 3rd round pick by the Texans a few years ago. They cut him after pre-season this year, and he comes in as a 36/36 guy. Rookie Grossman is starting the rest of the year.

RCB Patrick Robinson is doubtful with turf toe, and we’re not sure when that will end. I deactivate him. Jeremy Harris will start instead.

We finish the next quarter with the same record as each of the other s3-1, and we are now 9-3, and in a good place to win the AFC North this year.

Abe Sargent

02-09-2015, 08:22 PM

Week 14 – We travel to the 4-8 Bears and try to get to 10 wins. Houston loses to Detroit and are now 7-6, and we win 38-9. Bortles, MVP, 25 of 34, 362, 4:1. He nailed FB Will Johnson one score, Lee 2 scores and 145 yards, and WR Blackmon the final score. 2 picks by Kareem Jackson, one of which was returned 62 yards for a score.

No major injuries.

Cincinnati is 10-3 and on top of the AFC North by 3 games.
Denver is 11-2 and on top by 4 games
Jets and Bills are 8-5 and the Pats 7-6 and all in a fight for that division.

So basically we are still in the running for a bye with three games to go. We are third with the Bengals beating us right now in a tie breaker.

Week 15 – We circled this week as a major game hosting the Texans. Now it’s not. We are hosting the Texans, the 9-4 Packers and then hit the road to finish at the 6-7 Colts. The Pack is now the big game left. Even if Houston wins today, they probably aren’t catching up to us and then winning the tiebreaker against us too. We hang 44 points on them to remind them of that. They score 17. Bortles, MVP< with 22 of 28, 328, 3:0, and he he Lee 5 times for 161 yards and s core, and WRs Robinson the other. Gerhart had fewer runs, broke two open, and had 85 yards and a pair of running scores (Murray had 87 yrds). Gerhart also caught a score. OLB Telvin Smith and DE Velazquez forced fumbles which CB McCray and DT Grossman recovered. Satre had 4 KRB and 4 pancakes. OT Meredith h had 3 KRb.

No major injuries. Denver lost to Oakland. So now we have three 11-3 teams atop the AFC charts.

Week 16 – Green Bay. At 10-4, Green Bay is a major, playoff caliber opponent. But we have them traveling from the arctic tundra to balmy Jacksonville, where we’ll be playing in 67 degree weather. Bortles’ rib injury was fully healed this week. I’m bringing back OLB Justin Huston a week earlier than expected from injury, because I need all of the help I can get this week. We take them down 34-20. Bortles, MVP, 26 of 32, 320 but 0:1. Murrary, Gerhard and FB Johnson all rushed for a score. Lee had 9 catches for 106 yards though, and S Tavon Wilsin got a pick and returned it 34 yards for a score. Other picks by OLB Telvin Smith and CB Jeremy Harris. OB Satre with 5 KRB and 3 pancakes.

That was a really nice victory for us!

DeMarco Murray injured his thumb and is probable for 2 weeks. FS Tavon Wilson is concussed and out for 3. RCB Patrick Robinson’s turf toe is over and he comes back. Robinson was banged up and dropped to 39/39 with that injury so I’m leaving Jeremy Harris in the lineup.

Week 17 - Denver lost again, this time to Atlanta. So if we win in Indianapolis today, then we will wind up with a bye. And we do, we win 24-7. Game MVP is Bortles with 25 of 26, 3:1 and 247 yards, and Allen Robinson was 6 grabs, 107 yards and a score. Murray rocked the other TD Catch, and OG Satre had 7 KRB and 2 pancakes.

Injuries – DE Kaden Rivera is out for 3 weeks with a concussion. LT Luke Joeckel is questionable with a sprained knee ligament for a few weeks.

Final Standings, AFC South

Jacksonville – 13-3
Houston – 8-8
Indianapolis – 7-9
Tennessee - 5-11

We have the top bye.

Jacksonville, 13-3
Denver, 12-4
Cincinnati, 12-4
New York, 11-5
Buffalo, 10-6
Pittsburgh, 9-7

That’s 1-6 in order.

Well, that was a much better season that I was expecting.

Abe Sargent

02-09-2015, 08:54 PM

The 2016 NFL Playoffs!

Wild Card Weekend

Bills lose at the Jets, 10-35
Steelers win at the Bengals 34-26

49ers can’t win at the Packers, 34-3
Seahawks can win at the Falcons 24-16

Week 2, NFL Playoffs:

Jacksonville hosts Steelers
Denver hosts Jets

Washington hosts Packers
St Louis hosts Seahawks (Both 13-3 teams from the same division – some are calling this the NFC Championship)

Lingering injuries for us?

Murray is back to 100%
FS Tavon Wlson still out for this week
DE Kaden Rivera the same – he’s my 3rd strong now behind Ninkovich and Velazquez – I have 5 De on my roster, so we’re fine.
LT Joeckel is upgraded to probable and will play today.

Before we begin, should we resign Joeckel? We’re losing him right now, and he has had his best season for us now, in his 3rd year – 26 KRB of 64, 6 sacks allowed. He had 27 KRB in both previous years combined and allowed 22 sacks. This is a major improvement. Even though his cap is in the 7-8 mill range for the next four years, it’s not worth it, not when I have Lee and Bortles to deal with. So, sorry Joeckel. But no.

This is our first playoff game in my tenure, and we have a great offense, and they have a number 6 seed, with a not-super-hot team. But they do have TE Marcedes Lewis starting for them, so we welcome him back warmly.

We win 34-27.

Their defense was on Bortles all day long and he was just 28 of 45, 315 and 3:3. He hit Robinson, Murray and Lee for scores. Murray was Game MVP with 1 rushing score too (Gerhart got a TD as well on the ground). CB Jackson rocked a pick. We forced three fumbles on the day, and both DT Hood and LB Houston forced and recovered their fumble. DT Hood had 2 sacks, 1 blocked pass, 2 hurrys, a forced fumble and a recovery. Great day for him. Jackson also defended 3 passes. OT Meredith had 3 KRB.

In other news, the Broncos edged the Jets 17-16, the Packers defeated the Redskins on the road 17-10 and the Seahawks won that battle on the road 20-13. Low scoring affairs.

FS Wilson will start next week.

DT Nix, whom we just signed is questionable with a pulled ligament for 8 weeks. I toss Rivera on IR since his time off appears to cover the next two weeks (Champ and Super Bowl) so I can sign RDE Byron Kelley, 3 year vet originally undrafted and brought into the Giants, Panthers and Patriots and now us, all for short spells. He’s 30/42, and in his third year. I deactivate him and activate RDT Beau Allen and deactivate Louis Nix as well.

Abe Sargent

02-09-2015, 09:07 PM

Championship Weekend:

The #5 Seed 13-3 Seahawks travel to the #2 seed 12-4 Green Bay Packers

And the #2 seed 12-4 Bronco travel to the #1 seed 13-3 Jaguars

If we win today, and the Super Bowl, it will have happened to teams with really good records. Earlier this year we lost to the Broncos and defeated the Packers. So we all know each other.

This time, we edge the Broncos. 34-28!

Game MVP was DeMarco Murray, with 21 carries, 88 yards, 3 scores, 5 catches, 28 yards, and another score. Bortles was 24 of 31, 292, and 1:1. CB Lankster forced a fumble that CB Robinson recovered. (On special teams) C Nicky Fitz was 4 KRB and OT Meredith 3.

Meanwhile, Seattle upends the Pack 38-13. Not even a game.

Going into the final game:

OT Luke Joeckel is still probable
QB Bortles was probable from that game and a sprained knee
OG Satre is questionable with a broken toe.

Everyone will be starting!

We made it a lot further this year than I was anticipating!

Travis

02-09-2015, 09:20 PM

Nicely done, congratulations and good luck!

Abe Sargent

02-09-2015, 09:46 PM

The 2016 NFL Super Bowl

Your NFC Champion #5 seed 13-3 Seattle Seahawks

Vs

Your AFC Champion #1 seed 13-3 Jacksonville Jaguars

I guess that attempt to turn Jacksonville into Seattle East paid off!

Seattle marches down the field and scores a FG in the first, and we tie it up as the first quarter ends. 3-3

Then score two more field goals as the second half opens and we keep them from the endzone twice.

Their defense is playing really stingy. Just before the halftime, a 2 yard pass from Russell Wilson to Sebastian Ratcliff gives them a 16-3 lead at the half,

Bortles opens the second half with a drive, that ends in a pick to CB Robert Alford. They drive down and Michael Crabtree catches a 13 yard ball for a score at the 11:05 mark. 23-3

Our next drive heads down, and we grind out a score with Ace Sanders on a 2nd yard play on the 1 yard line. 23-10

They grab the ball back and score on a drive that features Marshawn Lynch a few times. 30-10.

Bortles is picked off. We stop them and they punt. We get a great punt return by Justin Blackmon. 3rd quarter ends!

We open with a drive and Allen Robinson scores form a 14 yard pass by Bortles. 30-17. Seattle offense begins to stymie. Then DT Quentin Grossman, the rookie, gets a nasty sack on Wilson, forces a fumble, and DE Kenneth Butler spelling, DE Valazquez, recovers. We get the ball in dangerous territory.

A few plays later, and a nasty pass rush on us by the Seahawks forces Bortles to scramble, and he is hit and fumbles the ball right back. They drive a bit, stop, punt, and put in on their own two yard line.

The very next play Bortles is sacked for a safety. And that’s the game’s final score – 32-17. Seattle lifts another trophy. Congrats folks!

We came this close to that victory…

I was expecting a Super Bowl in 5 years when I took over, that would have been really fast!

Abe Sargent

02-09-2015, 09:46 PM

Nicely done, congratulations and good luck!

Thanks!....but.....

Edit - At least your Seahawks won though!

Abe Sargent

02-09-2015, 09:48 PM

Season Awards:

Player of the Year: QB Blake Bortles – Well, we probably should have signed him this year, his price is probably now a lot worse than it would have been. Sigh?

Offensive Player of the Year: QB Bortles

All League 1st Team:

QB Blake Bortles
OG Marquis Satre

All League 2nd Team:

CB Kareem Jackson

Abe Sargent

02-09-2015, 10:22 PM

Stats!

Passing

QB Blake Bortles, 4382 yards, 11.65 yards/catch, 73,2% completion (By far the best in the league), 35:14 TDs to Picks (most TDs through by 2 over Russell Wilson), 109.9 rating, by far, the best of the season (Andy Dalton was next with 103.5), 32 sacks, (3rd lowest among folks that started 16 games), 2 rush TD, 3 fumbles.

Wow. That’s just a great season for him. Now, it’s not a blow-you-off-your-seat 5000+ yard season led by 40+ TDs, but he had lethal accuracy and a great rating. In Blake we Trust Baby!

Rushing:

RB DeMarco Murray – 254 attempts, 1214 yards, 9 TDs, 5th most yards in NFL this season. Tied for 3rd most TDs rushing, 2 fumbles lost; 80 catches, 529 yards, 8 scoring receptions.

Dang is Murray doing well in receiving. Sure, I’d love him to have a better yards/catch., but he’s doing quite well, and accounted for 17 TDs.

Receiving:

WR Marqise Lee – 87 catches, 1429 yards, 11 TD – Was 3rd in yards heading into final game of season and was shut down fur just 2 catches and 13 yards there and dropped to 6th in yards receiving, which probably put him out of All Pro level. Tied for 2nd most TDs.

WR Justin Blackmon – 54 for 622 and 5

WR Allen Robinson, 44 for 626 and 5

Note the missing scores and yards of a TE. Neither Gresham nor Daniels really did much. Daniels had 145 yards and Gresham 132 and a score.

Special Teams:

K Tyler Bernard, 30 of 34 FGM, including long of 58 (longest FG made this year by 3 yards). 56/56 PAT

P Johnny Hekker – 77 punts, 41.1 average, 37 in 20. 4th lowest punting average and 8th lowest net average.

CB Demetrius McCray - 22 special teams tackles, 1 forced fumble, 1 special teams recover (1 in normal play too)

No one really excelled

(DE Robert Quinn had 30 sacks this season, by the way)

Defense –

DE Rob Ninkovich – 11.5 sacks, 1 blocked pass, 20 hurries
DE Cesar Velazquez – 8 sacks, 3 blocked passes, 20 hurries, 5 knockdowns.
DT Evander Hood, 5 sacks, 4 blocks, 10 hurries, 1 knockdown
DT Quentin Grossman, 7 starts, 2 sacks, 1 block, 6 hurry, 1 knockdown

OLB Courtney Upshaw – 75 tackles, 24 assits, 3.5 sacks, 10 pasdef
OLB Justin Houston – 13 starts, 68 tack, 26 assist, 3 sacks, 1 block, 1 knockdown, 9 pasdef
MLB Koa Misi, 54 tackles, 16 assst, 1 sack., 1 hurry, 1 pasdef
OLB Telvin Smith, 2 picks, 2 pasdef

SS Jonathan Cyprien, 104 tack, 32 assist, 1 sack, 1 pick, 9 pasdef
CB Jeremy Harris, 68 tack, 16 assist, , 2 picks, 12 pasdef
CB Kareem Jackson, 53 tack, 15 assist, 7 picks, 19 passes defensed
FE Tavon Wilson – 15 starts, 50 and 17, 2 picks, 14 passes def
CB Patrick Robinson – 34 and 9,1 pick and 4 pasdef

It’s about time someone had a pass rush. Thanks Ninkovich! DE Velazquez looked pretty good in his rookie year as well. Meanwhile, Upshaw had a strong year for us, and Kareem Jackson proved the money worth it. Houston could have been better, but he was out for a bit, so he’s alright.

Blocking

OG Marquis Satre – 57 KRB out of 132 KRO, 23 pancakes, ZERO sacks allowed.

I‘m just going to pause here a second. No sacks allowed. He led the league by 10 pancakes, and 4 KRB One guy had 53 KRB, the next highest had 43). And no sacks allowed obviously leads the league for 16 game starters on the O Line. That’s right, he won every single blocking stat in the NFL this year. The era of the Marquis has begun baby!

OT Luke Joeckel – 26 KRB out of 64 KRO, 6 sacks allowed
OG Zane Beadles – 13 starts, 15 out of 46, 7 sacks allowed
C Nicky Fitzgerald - 12 starts, 14 out of 50, 1 pancake, 5 sacks allowed
OT Jamon Meredith – 13 starts, 13 out of 33, 1 pancake, 6 sacks allowed
OG Mike Iupati - 7 starts, 12 out of 27, 4 sacks allowed

FB Will Johnson had a pair of pancakes (I would have loved to have seen those!) and8 KRB and no sacks allowed either.

Better stuff by many on my line. Although Beadles disappointed – his worst stat line in his three years of starting for us, although he had 3 fewer starts.

Not bad at all!

Abe Sargent

02-09-2015, 10:39 PM

Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year – I can’t not choose Blake Bortles a third year in a row. Sorry. His stats speak volumes!

Defensive Player of the Year – CB Kareem Jackson – I can’t deny that he has a lot of talent, but he also played well too, and got an All Pro nod. We needed a player in the secondary for us, and Jackson has performed that role quite admirably this year.

Special Teams Player of the Year – K Tyler Bernard – He kicked the longest FG in the league this year, he was a solid 30 of 34, and made all of his PAT, and there were a lot of games where he’d go 3/3 or 4/4 without any problem this year. Good job Tyler!

Rookie of the Year - DE Cesar Velazquez - What did Velazquez bring to the team? He rocked the 2nd most sacks (and more than most people ever got for the team in previous years), with 20 hurries and that’s pretty solid. In the NFL this year, the most hurries was 42 (Robert Quinn) and then 32. 20 that Velazquez got was tied for 9th in the league with Ninkovich, BJ Raji, and Charles Johnson. Pretty good stuff for a rookie, right?

Heart Award - DE Rob Ninkovich – Basically the Defensive PotY award came down to Ninkovich or Jackson. Jackson deserved it, barely. To be fair, that’s what we expected from Jackson, the highest rated free agent last year. Ninkovich isn’t that person. He’s an old, 11 year vet, with a 39/39 rating, and he rocked 11.5 sacks and 20 hurries, both of which led the team. He really played beyond himself, and deserves this award.

Abe Sargent

02-09-2015, 11:14 PM

End of 2016 NFL Season:

Team Performance – 86
Franchise Value – 83
Profit-Loss – 84
Roster Strength – 29 (Why?)

Year End Score – 80

Abe Sargent

02-10-2015, 12:33 AM

Retirements on our team?

DT Kevin Williams has retired. You have a good post-NFL life!

Other Retirements of Note:

DE jonathan Babineaux
DT Haloti Ngata
MLB D’Qwell Jackson
OT Michael Roos
MLB Derrick Johnson
WR Greg Jennings
DT Vince Wilfork
MLB Daryl Smith (Sad face)
K Sebastian Janikowski
RB Maurice Jones-Drew (sad face)
TE Marcedes Lewis (sad face)
TE Vernon Davis
OG Logan Mankins
RB Reggie Bush
CB DeAngelo Hall

Not as high a class as the last two, but a few that people might talk about in HOF conversations later. But not any that would make it in my book.

Abe Sargent

02-10-2015, 04:15 PM

Anyone not on my roster that I care about:

UFA:

SE Ace Sanders
OT Luke Joeckel
CB Jeremy Harris
CB Demetrius McCray

FA:

None that I care about that much

We have 43 players under contract. We currently have 17 million in cap space (12 million after accounting for our draft class)

Team Stuff:

We lost 12 mill last year. (Even more salary costs due to bonuses, and we’ll lose more this season with Bortles/Lee on tap)

Our value is 693 mill, 11th lowest
Stadium is 6th worst
Roster 3rd best
Support 10th worst
Economy 11th worst

87.5% attendance, a huge bonus

Abe Sargent

02-10-2015, 05:01 PM

All of our staff have 2 or more years on their deals.

Staff draft time!

We still pick 27th

I make no changes to our staff this year.

I don’t do that much to my ticket prices, but I touch them a little on the high-end stuff.

Do I want to tag someone? Anyone? Joeckel? Nah.

Abe Sargent

02-10-2015, 09:57 PM

Free Agency Time!

The two most important things I have to do this FA are to retain Bortles and Lee. That’s my priority.

I sign Bortles:

2017 - 14.4 Mill cap hit this year
2018 – 17.7 mill cap hit
2019 – 17.9 mill cap hit
2020 – 19.9 mill cap hit
2021 – 25 mill cap hit

Not bad for the Player of the Year last year.

Our scouts have Bortles now at 61/61

Now, what will it take to extend WR Marqise Lee?

Huge signing bonus and he wants an odd deal:

2017 – 6.15 mill cap this
2018 – 8.6 mill cap
2019 – 14.85 mill cap hit

Alright, we’ll do it. I can’t use it to build my team this year.

These two extensions give me 5.6 mill in cap room this year and just 240k in max for new player.

We need to make some adjustments. Such as cuts or stuff

I cut 30 year old OG Zane Beadles. This frees up 6.01 mill of cap space. I still have Mike Iupati, Satre, and Linder on my team. We’re good. And while I lose a mentor, Beadles wasn’t playing that well. So this was an obvious choice.

And now I have money again! I have 42 players under contract, add in 8 draftees ( I have two 7s this year) and that’s 49 folks. That’s not a lot of need on my roster…but…

I do have some holes...

TE Perhaps?
WRx2
Backup OG
Starter OT, backup OT
Better Punter
MLB for SURE
CB for SURE
1x CB backup

Others in their final year I might want to negotiate in order to make some cap space?

I extend Nick Foles for a year, drop his cap hit this year by 1 million

If I want, I can pay 200k more now to extend Gerhart by a two years really cheaply. I want to hold off though, because you never know if I can sign a backup RB cheaply later on.

CB Patrick Robinson has disappointed recently, and I could cut him for some good money, but I need to have a CB in hand in order to do that, with Jeremy Harris and Demetrius McCray off my roster.

I want to keep either Blackmon or Robinson past this year.

Abe Sargent

02-10-2015, 10:17 PM

So our team obviously benefitted from a hugely good rookie class four years ago when we drafted WR Marqise Lee, WR Allen Robinson, QB Blake Bortles, OG Brandon Linder, SLB Telvin Smith, and undrafted folks like WR Allen Hurns, K Tyler Bernard, DE Kaden Rivera, and C Nicky Fitzgerald. Were we just lucky?

Let’s take a look. Here are the best QBs in the league right now. Now we’ve had three major retirements – Peyton, Brady and Brees, that impact this.

Russell Wilson – 82
Andrew Luck – 76
Aaron Rogers – 72
Ben Roethlisberger – 63
Cam Newton -= 63
Philip Rivers – 62
Jay Cutler – 61
Blake Bortles – 61
Tony Romo – 54
Alex Smith – 52
Andy Dalton – 51
Teddy Bridgewater – 51
Matt Ryan – 50

Derek Carr’s 44/45, Johnny Manziel’s 47/60 don’t look that bad.

Any recent rookies that are intriguing?

What are the highest potential QBs 3 years or younger?

42/50 Jaylen Banks – St Louis Rams
20/46 Cesar Jones – Philadelphia Eagles
11/44 Jonah Cocozzo – 49ers
21/43 Percy Philips - Chargers
17/42 Corwin Hastings – Broncos
22/41 Richard Compton – Panthers

Will there be a time when every QB in the league is in the 40s or less?

We haven’t had one, major, QB guy come through the tanks at the level of Bortles/Bridgewater/Carr/Manziel. And Carr isn’t even that good.

I’m glad I extended Foles by a year. Nick Foles is a cheap 42/50. 2.4 mill this year and 1.8 mill next. If Bortles goes down in a career-ending injury, I can just keep things going with Foles. Not as well, but I should be okay.

My guess is that we’ve just had QB poor classes, or that we have some QBs that are growers out there that don’t look good yet, but perhaps this is a sign that FOF7 doesn’t make many good QBs.

Of the good list of Qbs, many are in the mid30s and likely to retire soon – Ben is 35, Rodgers 33, Phillip 35, Jay 33, Tony 36, Alex 32, and Eli (a unsigned FA at 44/44) is 36. And many of these players are on their way down if they stay for a lot longer.

The only U-30 Qbs in the top list are Wilson (28), Luck (27), Cam (27), Bortles (25), Andy (29) and Teddy (24).

That’s not a lot.

I extend RFA Deals:

DE Kenneth Butler

No one else at this time.

Abe Sargent

02-10-2015, 10:52 PM

I would love to pick up an MLB, OT, and CB in the FA pool.

There’s not a lot…

The top talent in the FA pool –

10 year vet CB Aqib Talib,62/62
11 year vet LDT Brian Mebane, 60/60
10 year vet LCB Brandon Carr, 59/59
P Brad Norman, 59/59
FB Mike Tolbert, 59/59
WLB Bruce Irvin – 56/56
K Justin Tucker – 56./56

And a few others

In fact, both Ace Sanders and Luke Joeckel are in the first page of current value in my list here. Ace is the top valued wideout at 50/50, and Joeckel the top OT at 54/54. Both are high in the Grey Sheet

Let’s move to week 2

Aqib wants a lot of money.

I really like Bruce Irvin. He’s cheap, solid, and from WVU. But I can sign OLBs until I’m blue in the face, it won’t help my MLB problem. But Bruce is a good, budget conscious player that I need right now

So, for example, the best RB in the FA class is LeGarrette Blount, at 53/53, and he doesn’t want that much, and he’s better than Gerhart (although not a good fast back nor power inside, he’s more of a receiving/blocking back.) Matt Forte doesn’t want much either.

The best combination of youth, talent, and price on the market is Manti Te’o at the MLB spot – he’s 45/45. No one is better than 49/49 though, so he’s just a step back.

The difference in prince between an OT at 54/54 and one at 44/44 is incredible. I have a lot of options there for a player who’s budget conscious.

Abe Sargent

02-10-2015, 11:48 PM

I make offers to:

MLB Manti Te’o
OT Derek Sherrod
RCB Darqueeze Dennard

Week 3 – Nothing

Week 4 – OT Luke Joeckel signed with Phily. For a lot of money.

Week 5 – Quiet

Week 6 – Ace Sanders signed with Phily too. I am the only one chasing our three targets.

Week 7 – RCB Darqueeze Dennard signs with us. I cut RCB Patrick Robinson.

Any major names still out there, now that I’ve freed some more cap space?

I make an offer to Punter Brad Nortman.

Anyone else appeal to me?

Nobody has made offers to RG Roger Saffold, 51/51, who I could sign for a song right now (1.6, 1.9 for two years)

SS George Iloka is a 50/50 guy….hold on….

He’ll come in with an affinity, cheap, and a mentor for safeties?

Now I have FS Quentin Demps who is 31, 40/40, mentor, and used to be my secondary leader, but Kareem Jackson apparently just took it over. This guy is better, also a mentor, younger, and cheaper, and has an affinity.

I make Iloka an offer

Actually, I’m not sure if Iloka is a splurge. I have Tavon Austin at 52/52 and Cyprien at 61/61. This would just be my 3rd string S. Although, to be fair, there is value, because my CB group is weak, so he could be a nickel/dime back. That’s fair. Let’s do it.

Week 8 – We sign – RT Derek Sherrod, SS George Iloka, and I release Demps.

I sign FA WR DJ Donaldson to a 2 year deal.

Week 9 – CB Jeremy Harris signed with the 49ers for about 4 mill a year.

Week 10 – P Brad Norman signed with us. He’s 59/59. I cut my 47/47 guy who was sucking. I also sign Manti Te’o

I have 6.9 mill in cap room, and 1.49 mill in max for a new player after those signings.

Anyone else? I can cut WLB Orakpo to make some room it seems. Maybe I should have gone after that WVU anyway 

I cut Orakpo now. Free up 4 mill. He’s not starting – I have on my roster a bunch of LBs better than he was. Now, if I want a quality LB backup, I can sign one. I have 5 under contract, and a RFA (Randle)I extend Randle for a year at the minimum which will take me to the draft.

Alright, now that OI know where we are, roster wise, time to interview some draftees. We are picking all the way back at 1.31, which is not that great, obviously. The key here is to always draft the best available player. In the first few picks, you can take the best player for your need, or take the secondary third best player because he better fits your system. Here you just grab the best body in order to give value to your pick.

I’d love a stud starting TE, OT, MLB, CB, DT. But I’ve signed talent enough to skip on folks for need.

We have 46 players on our roster right now, so here are the folks I need, in terms of backups and such:

RB
WR
OG
OT
DT
3xCB

I have my eye on Free Agent Jonathan Joseph, a great special teamer who’s a mentor to CBs. In case I draft one or three.

With those needs, where would I target for late 1st?

Three of the top four players on the board are QBs this year. One is from WVU! This is a good time to need one.

I begin my interviews. I interview all six of the CBs in spots 3 through 8. I also interview a other folks I think might fall (C, TE, a four MLBs) that sort of thing)

Alright, let’s hit the draft.

Week 11 – Zane Beadles signed with San Diego

tgray649

02-11-2015, 11:20 AM

Great Read!

Abe Sargent

02-11-2015, 06:20 PM

Thanks!

Abe Sargent

02-11-2015, 06:21 PM

The 2017 NFL Amateur Draft

The first three picks are the Qbs

Then the top ILB goes to the Rams.

The top OT< who looks like a pure stud, doesn’t go until 1.14 to the Cowboys. I suspect that could be a steal.

Our turn.

The best TE is still on the board, and we interviewed him, hoping that would be an awesome pick, since he has good scores and bars 0 but he comes back very overrated. Sad face. Sorry TE Kendall Metcalf!

What else fits here?

I like Melvin Robinson, the top MLB on the board, so I grab him.

Red, top of the line combine score in agility, (7.30, faster than any other by far), and then he’s blue combine marks (smart 6th smartest ILB with a 37 score) dash, and strength. Bars are fine too. Not a good pass rusher or bump and run, both otherwise he’s fine.

Round two arrives and one of my Cbs is still here. I take CB Shane Hopkins

Round three? Nobody is left that I scouted. So, I’m sort of gambling from here on out.

I take a Qb late with solid bars, red dash (4.44 40), blue strength (13) and position drills (79) just as a flyer.

I also take a TE with great combine numbers and awful bars late too.

I don’t like it already. We’ll see how it looks post-draft though!

Jacksonville Jaguars 2017 Draft

1. MLB Melvin Robinson, Syracuse
2. CB Shane Hopkins, Mississippi
3. OT Ezekiel Kamin, Virginia
4. DT Julian Small, Tulane
5. CB Andrew Doyle, Northwestern
6. QB Mack Andrews, UCLA
7. RB Theodore Goeken, Northwestern State Louisiana
TE Howie Coles, Catawba

Abe Sargent

02-11-2015, 06:55 PM

What do the early scouts think?

B+ drafted review. Huh.

Better than my others? Not really.

Here are the early results:

MLB Robinson is 17/48 and not a good 1st rounder at all, not even late. Maybe he’ll grow into it?
CB Hopkins looks good, 27/61, and a strong late 2nd rounder – my one, hopefully, bright star
OT Kamin is 24/41
DT Small is 21/34
CB Doyle is 23/35
QB Andrews is 6/27
RB Goeken is 21/26
TE Cole is 22/27

We’ll see what happens ,later, but that’s not good at all.

Anybody else that tempts me?

Let’s make some offers!

I make that offer to RCB Jonathan Joseph to be a mentor and gunner.

I really like Van Linn, a Flanker that was undrafted three years ago and brought into KC for two years. Van, 1 34/37 person, has an 88 big play receiving, with an solid courage (52) and adjust to the ball (36/42) and getting downfield 26/46),. Now add on that decent presence on special teams with 50 special teams, 53/63 kick return and 11 punt return.

I make offers to a few UFAs for potentials, special teams, and such.

According to the Green Page, the highest ranked rookie is RB Desmond shepherd 59/88) taken 1.7, That OT I mentioned is 37/80 right now for Dallas at 1.14. The triple QBs? They are 25/82 (Tampa at the 1.1), 19/80 (New Orleans at the1.2) and 28/54 (Baltimore at the 1.3)

Our CB Hopkins is on the Green Page, and is the highest ranked CB (just one other on the Green Page, Lincoln Atiles, 37/64, was grabbed by the Bengals at 1.24). We took the 6th CB selected in the draft, and our interviews helped know which one to take.

There’s a wideout with great bars but low rating that looks a lot better, so I’m making that UFA (Denzel Huntley) an offer too.

Week 2 – No changes

Week 3 – We sign some UFAs – QB Edgar Martinez, WR Huntley, We also sign RCB Joseph and WR Linn.

Week 4 – We sign UFA SS Hector Shillingford and WR Morici.

Week 5 – I sign two more UFA – OT Tim Walters and RB Oscar Myers

Abe Sargent

02-11-2015, 08:45 PM

Alright, are you ready for the camping?

Camp Time!

Any major booms or busts from my younger folks? Or my rookies?

RCB Shane Hopkins is a 32/59 guy, with a strong potential in things like picks and zone D, weaker in Run d and punishing hitter. We’ll start Hopkins out as a nickelback and then move up from there later on I hope.

Post-Camp Cuts – After having too many conflicts with folks, we are cutting Mack Andrews. He just doesn’t get along with anyone.

Other youth movements?

1st rounder last year, DE Cesar Velazquez is 60/78

Undrafted DE Kenneth Butler from last year has moved to a strong 36/59

1st rounder last year DT Quentin Grossman is 39/54.

1st rounder this year, MLB Melvin Robinson is 22/48 and not looking that good. Ah well. I had some hits (Satre, Velazquez) and Grossman’s not that bad, but you sometimes miss I suppose.

Any other undrafted angels this year that I like? None.

Mr. Great Bars is not there (Denzel Huntley)

I need to trim two more pre-pre-season, because I had 63 on my roster. I cut UFA RB Oscar Myers and QB Teddy Cote for undrafed FA Edgar Estevez to have our 3rd spot. Edgar has more potential, and a lot more kick holding.

I extend FL Allen Robinson for three more years.

We old 50,600 season tickets

Abe Sargent

02-11-2015, 09:14 PM

Pre-Season!

Week 1 – BYE

Week 2 – We take out the visiting Redskins 20-14

Week 3 – We lose to the road against the Falcons 22-19

Week 4 – We lose on the road against the Cowboys 19-20

5 of my O Line have minor injuries and are at probable or questionable

Week 5 – We eviscerate the Bucs 39-3 in our place and finish 2-2 in the pre-season

Final roster massaging:

I cut some folks:

TE Howie Coles
WR Raymond Morici
SS Hector Schillingford
WLB Antonio Randle
DE Frank Kearse
RB Theodore Goeken

In the pre-season, MLB Melvin Robinson grew to 27/51, rather than 22/48, after I started him. That’s….interesting. Do we have a grower, someone who needs to play and grows into a better player than they first seem to be? Or is this just an adjustment?

Post-camp, DT Evander Hood fell to 43/43. Need to keep an eye on that later.

Abe Sargent

02-11-2015, 09:29 PM

I’m thinking about starting DE Kenneth Butler this year, over Ninkovich. Ninkovich had a great year last year, but he dropped some as well to 35/35. Meanwhile Kenneth is 36/59 and could be a thing. So Kenneth is in. Ninkovich is now a mentor to DE(He didn’t use to be) so I cut the other mentor I had, Kearse – we didn’t need him anymore. I could also run DE Kaden Rivera again, but his 46/46 body is started two years and did nothing in year two when he got better. (Year one he had 6 sacks, year 2, none)

Hmmm….

I shop DE Kaden Rivera and trade him to the Steelers for their 4th and 6th rounders next year.

And there we are. No more issues with who to start at DE!

Final roster check:

QB Bortles and Foles are a strong one-two in case of injury and such. Bortles dropped back down to 57/57.

RB DeMarco Murray and Toby Gerhart again for the ride. Murray is down to 64/64.

FB Will Johnson is also fun. And still 60/60

TE We have Owen Daniels and Jermaine Gresham rocking the block but Daniels tumbled to 38/38. Gresham is the sole show now in many ways.

Marqise Lee (68/68) and Allen Robinson (52/52) are together for a while now, and Justin Blackmon (53/53) will be here for a year. Meanwhile, DJ Donaldson, Van Linn, and Denzel Huntley will play various roles on the team.

OC Nicky Fitz (46/46) and Roger Pearson (34/55) are still in a constant battle for who will start.

OG Satre (95/95) leads Mike Iupati (51/51) and Brandon Linder (41/41)

OT Jamon Meredith (49/49) is elading Derek Sherrod (43/43) and Juan Basile (41/41).

K Tyler Bernard is still 59/59; new signee P Brad Nortman rocks a 60/60 body, LS Grayson Johnstone.

At DE we have Cesar Velazquez (57/71), Kenneth Butler (36/59) and Ninkovich as a sub (35/35).

Meanwhile at DT we are starting Evander Hood (43/43) and Quentin Grossman (40/54)

The LB Corps is odd as always:

MLB features Manti Te’o started with a 47/47 look, and we’ll keep rookie Melvin Robinson (27/51)in mind.

SLB rocks Courtney Upshaw (54/54) and backup Telvin Smith (37/37)

WLB sees Justin Houston (69/69) rocking the block.

At CB we have LCB Kareem Jackson (69/69) and RCB Darqueeze Dennard (48/48) starting, with rookie Shane Hopkins (35/57) and other signees helping out.

At S we have SS Jonathan Cyprien (60/60) and Tavon Wilson (54/54) with backup George Iluka (49/49)

Abe Sargent

02-11-2015, 09:34 PM

Roster Strengths:

6th best QB, 6th best reserve
4th best RB, 6th best reserve
3rd best FB
18th best TE, 10th best reserve
7th best starting WR, 17th best reserve
18th best C, 6th best reserve
2nd best OG, 7th worst reserve
20th best OT, THE best reserve
10th best P
8th best K
6th worst DE, 13th worst reserve
12th worst DT, 19th best reserve
11th worst MLB, worst reserve
5th best OLB, 8th best reserve
7th best CB, 17th best reserve
11th best S, 2nd best reserve

Coming off a Super Bowl appearance and loss, where do I think we are at this time? We dropped in some areas in talent (OT, for example) and raised it in others (no one could do worse than Koa Misi last year at MLB). I think our defense will fall a bit and games will be closer, we’ll end up 11-5 or 12-4, and win the AFC North or be a wild card again, but I doubt we’ll get lucky enough for a #1 spot again.

Meanwhile, our offense is still fully developed everywhere, although I’d like more at TE and OT for later on.

Abe Sargent

02-11-2015, 09:38 PM

Any other thoughts I have on the 2017 draft, now that we are post-preseason?

I have made some really bad choices. Except for my 1st and 2nd I haven’t, gotten any major quality at all. I have been more effective with my undrafted free agents (CB Bowbliss, C Nicky Fitzgerald, DE Rivera, DE Butler, K Bernard., etc).

Unless MLB Robinson ends up being a grower, this will have also have been a bad draft too. And I can’t just waffle on my late 1sts simply because they are a late first. I have to hit on them too.

For example, we traded from 1.13 to 1.22, and still took DE Velazquez last year, and then traded back into the 1st at the 1.29 spot for a serviceable tackle. This year, in the 1.29 spot, the Packers took the 2nd best WR in the draft. 45/69, and on the Green Page. At 1.15, the Pats got the best, a 56/73 guy – in the middle of the draft’s first round. Two rookie Cbs have bounced above ours now, 3round pick 3 to the Vikings CB Giovanni McNeil (31/69) and 1st round pick 27 LCB Jeremy Moser, 54/57.

We can get lots of great players later on. DE Manuel Benson is 37/52 from the end of the 2nd round to the Browns (2.26). Even after 5 Rbs were taken in the 1st round, the Lions grabbed a 46/60 guy in the 2.9 spot. 35/65 OG Trey Brandon (2.20 to the Chiefs), and so forth. We’ve seen lots of talent late first. I need to do a better job drafting in the 1.31 spot.

Good example, let’s look at the 3rd round, where I took OT Ezekiel Kamin at the 3.31 spot. Any other players of any value that were taken in the back half of the round that are clearly better than Kamin, who’s so not good that he’s inactivated? RCB Mahony (30/54), FS Grier (36/48), FB Foley (36/63), LG Simmons (35/68), RG Baker (23/48), RG Gannon (28/49) – all are better than my 25/42 OT.

Only one player, QB CJ Ellison, has a potential of higher than 80 (its 86), the three Qbs have potentials of 86, 75, and 75.

There was an MLB, Lane Morris, taken 2.18 by the Giants that is 37/59, and looks pretty good. That’s the worst thing about drafting MLB Robinson. Knowing better was on the board.

Abe Sargent

02-11-2015, 10:02 PM

Contracts that end in 2017 that entice me to extend them?

Major Contracts:

WR Justin Blackmon
DT Evander Hood
K Tyler Bernard
DE Rob Ninkovich
RB Toby Gerhart
TE Owen Daniels
TE Jermaine Gresham
FS Tavon Wilson
CB Ellis Lankster
CB Johnathan Joseph
C Nicky Fitzgerald
LS Grayson Johnstone
RG Brandon Linder
SLB Telvin Smith

That’s not any of our major guys, but it’s a lot of our depth and such.

I extend Brandon Linder by a year, at almost min sal levels.

I’d like to extend Nicky Fitzgerald, but I’d have to make a big commitment to it (to around 4-5 mill a year) for a 46/46 Center. That’s worth it at all.

Hmmm…

Should I keep Nicky? I got a couple of trade offers for Nicky a while ago. I rejected them, but there is a market here. Maybe I could move Nicky and commit to Pearson, and then sign another C from Free agency. That way I don’t lose the time I invested in Nicky Fitzgerald.

Let’s see if anyone is even interested. And what it would cost.

No one is interested. Ah well.

I’d love to extend FS Tavon Wilson, but I’d have to increase his salary to 3.5 cap hit this year to do it for 3.8 next. Not too bad, but he’s 1.8 this year, and I’d only get one more year out of him.

I extend Blackmon’s deal instead.

2017 - 4.75 mill
2018 – 5.2 mill
2019 – 5.4 mill
2020 – 6.7 mill

And now we have all three receivers locked up, and Bortles as well. Yay offense!

If we don’t spend our remaining cap money on injury replacements, I can resign FS Tavon Wilson later. We have 2.5 mill right now left after extension’s

Abe Sargent

02-11-2015, 10:18 PM

Let’s take a quick look at CB Shane Hopkins for you

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/AbeSargent/2nd%20best%20CB%20in%202017%20draft_zps3fcedvrx.jpg

Basically, the only thing I drafted of any value at all. And he’s not busted, but he’s bent a little. This was a strong 2.31 pick. He has the ability to make picks, he’s fine in coverage, and he just isn;t strong as a hitter or in run d. That’s fine. Again, he’ll begin as our nickelback and dimeback packages, and be our primary replacement in case of injury to my starters. Let’s suppose he winds up as a 52/52 starter down the road. That’s good results from a late second rounder.

Now let’s head back to last year’s draft a moment, for players a year in. Where did we wind up?

Velazquez is the 8th highest potential non-kicker in the draft last year, and the 16th overall best player by current ability. For d-lineman, Cesar is the 3rd best one taken in the draft, behind Wes Winters (72/82 – taken 1.2 overall) and Telvin McPherson (63/83, taken 1.9). If it stands, Kenneth Butler, the UFA would be the 5th best potential as well. Among DTs, Our Grossman has the most potential tied with Omar Marsh (taken 1.6, who is 35/54). Right behind is Tyrell Emmons (40/53, taken 2.1). Those still stand as good, high quality picks.

Notbad at all!

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 03:45 PM

Week 1 – We host the Texans. They have been a good team the two and three year ago, and began hot last year. We can’t just assume that because we swept them last year that we can do the same. We have to take them seriously. But I don’t think the team got that message, because we lose 26-23 at home. Yuck. They won in OT. Murray rushed 25 times for 102 yards and Bortles was 19 of 33 for 209 and 1:2. Lee grabbed the score. We had three picks, one by new signee SS George Iloka was returned 56 yards for a score. New signee and starter Darqueze Dennard got a pick as did backup CB Ellis Lankster. Murray fumbled twice (Bortles once) while undrafted FA DE Kenneth Butler in his first start forced a fumble that Lankster recovered. CB Dennard also got sack (one of three we had on the day). Butler had a sack too. (OLB Houston had the third) Even Manti Te’o looked competent with a pair of passes defensed. (Dennard had a pair as well). OG iupati racked up 3 KRB.

Week 2 – We travel to the Rams, who were a filthy 13-3 last year. That’s okay, because we just stomped them 41-24. Maybe we needed a wake up game against the Texans? Bortles, MVP, with 25 of 26, 357 and 4:1. Gerhart rushes for a score, Lee has 7 for 139 and 1 score, WR Robinson got 2 scores and 72 yards and WR DJ Donaldson nets the final score (and 76 yards). CB Dennard grabbed another pick and 2 more passes defensed. OLB Upshaw and FS Tavon Wilson both force fumbles, and Hood recovered one of them. DE Velazquez racked up 1.5 sacks and 2 QB Knockdowns. DT Hood? Two blocked passes! Sacks by Grossman and Upshaw as well (even Te’o got a half sack). OG Satre allowed his first sack this season (sad) but grabbed 3 KRB.

Injury! LCB Lankster is out for afew weeks with a hyperextended elbow.

Week 3 – We travel to New York to face the Jets. We don’t score a lot, just 17, but we keep them from scoring too, and we win 17-10. No major injuries, either! Game MVP and NFL Defensive Player of the Week is Cesar Velazquez. He had 5 tackles, 2 assists, 3 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, (recovered by Grossman and Hood)and 3 hurries. Great stuff! (again, Te’o got a half sack) Murray was held to just 36 yards on 12 carries, Bortles a pedestrian 2:3 with 337 yards off 32 of 42. Scores by Murrary and Allen Robinson’s 127 yards.

Good job Velazquez!

Week 4 – We host the Bengals, another really good team. All four of our first quarter games are against teams that have been making it to the playoffs a lot. We win 37-22. Bortles, MVP< 27 of 30, 265, 3:0 – hit Robinson twice and WR Van Linn once for scores. Picks like Tavon Wilson, Dennard, and a 99 pick and return by….Manti Te’o. I kd you not. 4 KRB by Sherred and 3 by Iupati.

So at the first quarter mark, we hae a solid 3-1 record. BUT…

The AFC South

Indianapolis – 4-0
Houston – 3-1
Jacksonville – 3-1
Tennessee – 3-1

Uh oh….

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 04:32 PM

Week 5 – We host Cleveland, another team that has been pretty good recently, and was in the Super Bowl two years ago. They are just 1-3 though, and we have a chance to really push them into the loser’s bracket. We score 48 to their 12. Bortles is Game MVP and NFL Offensive Player of the Week with 28 of 36 for 309 and 6:0. It’s just raining TDs in north Florida! Who caught them? TE Owen Daniels, RB Gerhart, Marqise Lee, Marqise Lee, Marqise lee and DJ Donaldson. We picked off Manziel twice by CB Dennard and rookie Shane Hopkins. They were tired and pulled Manziel for someone else - it didn’t help. On just 12 carries, Murray still had 91 yards, and we just shot through the air today. Forced fumbles by RCB Jonathan Joseph (on special teams), FS Brendan Tate (on special teams) and and rookie MLB Melvin Robinson.

We have an injury. WR Allen Robinson is out for three weeks with a hyperextended knee, and Justin Blackmon starts for him.

All of the teams playing in the AFC South won.

Which sets up….

Week 6 – We host the 5-0 Colts. If we can deliver a loss, we pull them off their undeafeated streak. Maybe we ground them. Just them and the 4-0 Broncos are still unbeaten. Bortles is MVP as we win 30-27 in OT. In fact, we kicked a FG and then they responded to try to tie or beat us, and then we got a Luck pick (his 3rd of the day) to SS Cyprien and we win. Other picks by SS Iloka and OLB Justin Houston, who returned it 51 yards for a score. Bortles was 30 of 41, 310, 2:0, and he hit Murray twice for scores. Lee was 11 for 120, and Murray 17 rushes for 113. Sarte 4 KRB, Sherrod 3.

We have a few minor injuries, nothing worth bothering about.

That was close.

Week 7 – We head out to Pittsburgh, to have a rematch of last year’s playoff match, this time up north. Currently the AFC South all have 1 loss teams. Well, you knew that wasn’t going to last. We are defeated 24-31 by the Steelers, and three teams dropped a game this week, and Houston won to go to 5-1. Murray was stymied, Bortles was 30 of 42 for 328 but 2:2. Mad hit Blackmon and TW Daniels for score,s and WR DJ Donaldson rocked 6 catches for an even 100. Pick by rookie CB Hopkins. WR Huntley fumbled the ball, twice, on punt returns. Sherrod had 3 KRB.

Robinson will be back.

Week 8 – We head to Baltimore and get our winning groove back 37-27. Bortles, MVP, 24 of 27, 334, 3:1. TDs to Lee as he had 7, 121 yards, and Robinson had 4 catches, 86 yards and 2 scores. Murray rushes 22 for 84 and a pair of scores. Pick by CB Shane Hopkins. DE Keneth Butler had 1.5 sacks, 1 hurry, 1 knockdown on the day. OG Satre rocked 2 pancakes and 6 KRB and Iupati had 5 KRBs and a pair of pancakes as well.

We are 6-2 at the half.

AFC South:

Jacksonville – 6-2
Houston – 5-2
Indianapolis – 5-3
Tennessee – 4-3

Something unusual has happened. As of today, every, single, player on my team is healthy. That’s just…odd. We play on 150 injury setting. That’s an odd place to be right now!

Hopefully that won’t be a knock-on-wood comment that leads to WR Lee getting MCL surgery or something.

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 05:11 PM

Week 9 - Next up we host the Titans. You know how sometimes a really good team just lays an egg, and you aren’t sure why? Or how it happened? Well, that just happened we are shell-shocked ,in our own backyard, 44-17. That’s not a misprint. Damn. Bortles was 18 of 30 for 195 and 2:3. (TE Greshemn and WE Robinson with scores) Murray held, Bortles loses a fumble, WR Huntley does again, but Manti Te’o had a 11 tack, 2 assit, 1 sack, day, and OLB Houston rocked 2 sacks. Even DT Beau Allen and DE Velazquez had sacks, so we had pressure. OG Iupati was 4 KRB.

We come out of this stinker with a pair of lesser injuries.

DE Kenneth Butler – out for three weeks with a hyperextended knee
TE Own Daniels – out for 1 week with a hyperextended elbow

Week 10 – BYE

At the end of the bye, with everyone with nine games, we’ve dropped to 3rd in the division.

Week 11 – We travel to Houston to take on the 6-3 Texans. Will they suffer another half-time collapse? Maybe! We win 24-20. OG Satre rocked 6 KRB and 4 pancakes, but allowed a sack. DE Ninkovich and Velazquez each had 1.5 sacks. CB Shane Hopkins had a pick, returned 76 yards for a score in the 4th quarter at th e 7:36 mark. Lee caught 6 passes for 129 and 2 scores. Bortles was 24 of 31 for 314 and 2:1 (and MVP).

Another minor injury – FL Justin Blackmon is out for a week with a strained tendon as well.

In a battle of the division, Indy beat Tennessee, and we beat Houston, we both move up the ladder.

Week 12 - Now we have, what we hope, is a breather. The 3-7 Cardinals are coming to coming to town, and this is a breather in the midst of a nasty gauntlet of Browns, Bengals, Steelers, Ravens, and our own division coming alive and the Broncos and Seahawks we have later this year. We do, we win 33-7. Bortles, MVP, 22 of 35, and 243 yards for a 3:0 ratio and he hit Robinson twice and Lee one (lee also had 108 yards on the day). Meanwhile Murray was 21 for 98, and K Bernard was 4/4. 2 sacks by DE Velazquez. And MLB Te’o had 4 hurries.

Every one is back from injury. We have a minor one to RCB Jonathan Joseph.

Week 13 – We host the Broncos, who are 11-0. This is a team that beat us last year in the regular season, and then we beat them in the AFC Championship. Now what? We lose 23-27. Murray was 19 for 109 and a score, and Bortles was 241 yards on 19 of 33 and a 1:0 ratio. Lee caught the score. CB Dennard rocked a pick. C Pearson had 4 KRB and OG Satre 3.

We have several injuries.

FS Tate is doubtful (Groin) and WR Huntley doubtful as well (Triceps)

I bench them both,

Questionable? OG Iupati (Knee) and DT Hood (abdomen) – Both will start next week,

RB Gerhart and CB Joseph probable

We are 8-4 finishing up the 3rd quarter of the season, and we have the biggest game of the season next week

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 05:53 PM

Week 14 – We travel to face the 10-2 Seahawks, and a redo of last year’s Super Bowl matchup. Can we get the win on the road? No. We lost 20-17. They shut down Murray and Gerhart completely. Bortles was 21 of 34 for 291 and 2:1. He hit Lee 8 times for 95 yards and a scor,e Robinson 4 time for 117 yards and FB Johnson for a score. Satre had 3 KRB. Not a good day for the team.

We were winning 17-13 after, at 6:61 left a K from Bernard (who had earlier missed a 53 yard attempt, but was good from 37) and then they scored from a pass by Wilson in the 2:09 mark. And they won. We just can’t beat this team, but at least it was closer.

Week 15 – And now we head out to Indianapolis to face the 8-5 Colts. It’s time to get back into the winning side of the world, and we thump the Colts 33-14. DeMarco Murray MV with 25 for 174 and 2 scores, and Gerhart had another, and Bortles tossed a pick and was 24-31 and 264 and not a good passing game. OLB Telvin Smith with a pick, and a fumble recovery tool. K Bernard was 4/4. OG Ipati rocked 6 KRB and 2 pancakes and Satre 5 and 1 and C Pearson 4 KRB and Sherrod 3. Sometimes, you need to run to win.

That victory moved us to 1st place.

TE Gresham is questionable. I move Daniels up. I also resign FS Tavon Wilson.

Week 16 - It’s been a while since the 49ers were a winning franchise and this year’s 3-11 team isn’t going to do them any favors. We are hosting them here in Jacksonville. We’re 9-5 and looking to head to 10-5. They aren’t. Well they were pretty spunky. They made it close, 31-26, but Game MVP DE Cesar Velazquez contained them just enough with his 2 sacks, forced fumble (recovered by DT Beau Allen for a score), and they played good defense (Bortles was 20 of 30, 205, 2:3 – hit Lee and Blackmon) and we had picks by rookie LB Robinson and S Iloka (which was returned 52 yards for a score). We needed both of those defensive scores to win today. But I’ll take it!

We are 10-5 and one game up on Indy, and two up on Houston and Tennessee.

Week 17 - Earlier this season we hosted Tennessee and were spanked by them. They have hung 52 on Houston and 47 on Baltimore. They are not going away unless we put them away. They know that they are out of the playoff races. But I guarantee that they want to win today to go to 9-7 on the season – guaranteed. We get that victory 31-17.

Highlights?

DE Velazquez rocks another pair of sacks, 3 hurries, and 2 knockdowns
Murray is 22 for 119 and a score
Bortles, MVP, has 22 of 29 for 280 and 3:1
Lee is 6 for 64 and a score
WR Robinson is 6 for 81 and a score too
DJ Donaldson had a score
Pick by FS Tavon Wilson – ironic
OG Satre with 5 KRb, 1 pancake
OG Iupati 3 KRB

The final AFC South:

Jacksonville – 11-5
Indianapolis -10-6
Houston – 8-8
Tennessee – 8-8

Pretty good year for everyone.

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 06:31 PM

The 2017 NFL Playoffs!

We have the #3 seed.

AFC Seeds:

#1 Denver Broncos 16-0
#2 Buffalo Bills 13-3
#3 Jacksonville Jaguars – 11-5
#4 Cincinnati Bengals – 11-5
#5 Cleveland Browns – 10-6
#6 Indianapolis Colts – 10-6

We played the Browns, Colts, Colts, Bengals, and Broncos this year, so we had 5 games against teams in the AFC playoffs.

We host the Colts on Wild Card Weekend

In NFC News:

Phily at Green Bay
St Louis at Dallas

Results?

Wow

We win 44-41.

MVP?

Murray – 22 for 137 and 3 scores. Bortles was 21 of 30 for 187 and 2:1. Murray caught both scores an 93 yards. It was all Murray. DE Velazquez rocked a pick. Satre had 6 KRB and 3 pancakes to grade the road for Murray, but this was all Murray all day long. He just took this game over and didn’t let go!

Browns are thumped by Bengals 38-6.

Packers beat Eagles 23-7
Rams beat Cowboys 41-28

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 06:44 PM

Week 2, NFL Playoffs:

We travel to Buffalo and Cincinnati travels to undefeated Denver to try and pull the miracle. Good luck Andy Dalton!

NFC? Rams at Seahawks and Packers at Falcons

We have a few minor injuries I won’t bore you with an a questionable one with CB Kareem Jackson.

No major changes to the roster. Here we go…

We just trounce Buffalo.

Who is the Game MVP, QB Nick Foles… wait?

Foles is 21 of 30 for 249 and 3:0 and hit Marqise Lee for 8 catches 114 yards and 3 scores. FB Johnson added a score on the ground and we won 44-10. OLB Telvon Smith recovered a fumble and ran it in for a score. K Bernard was 3/3 and 5/5 on PAT. OG Satre with 3 KRB and a pancake.

But the major news is the Bortles was dropped on the first drive in the 1st quarter on the second play, and separated his shoulder. He is out for 4 weeks.

Uh oh.

Uh oh.

Uh oh.

Denver won 30-10 over Cincinnati.

Atlanta edged Green Bay 34-31 and Seattle handled the Rams 27-10.

So….now we find out…

Was signing Nick Foles worth it?

I sign a quick QB to give me three on the roster. I put Bortles on IR. I sign QB Derek Anderson, a mentor for QB and 23/23 veteran minimum salary and positive affinities to a deal.

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 07:01 PM

The 2017 NFL Championships:

Your #1 seed 16-0 Denver Broncos

Hosts

Your #3 seed 11-5 Jacksonville Jaguars

We beat the Broncos in the AFC Championships last year, but only in our place. We lost to them twice in the regular season. They are undefeated, and I’m without my starting QB.

Uh oh.

If we win this? If Foles does this. Wow…

Here we go…

Nick Foles is…28 of 43, 210, and 1:0. He hits Murray for a score. K Bernard puts through 4 Fgs to give us 19 points and….

Denver puts up 23.

It was closer than a lot of people thought it might be.

CB Hopkins had a pick, MLB Melvin Robinson, after Te’o is injured, leads the team with 12 tackles and 1 solo. Sacks by DT Grossman and DE Butler.

It just wasn’t to be this year either…

But, in a game result that shocked everyone, Atlanta upended Seattle 41-13. Dang. I think we were all expecting a Seattle-Denver showdown. Seattle might stop the Denver-train. Not sure the Falcons are the right bird for the job.

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 07:02 PM

2017 NFL Super Bowl –

#1 Seed AFC Champions Denver Broncos – 16-0

Vs

#2 Seed 12-4 NFC Champions Atlanta Falcons

And nope, the Falcons are not the one. And with a score of 23-13, the Broncos secure history and go 19-0 and undefeated in the modern era.

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 07:03 PM

Season Awards:

1st Team All Pro:

OG Marquis Satre

2nd Team All Pro:

DE Cesar Velazquez

Good job Velazquez!

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 07:16 PM

Stats!

Passing:

Bortles – 4482 yards (3rd most) 71.3% rate, (2nd most), 38 TD (most) 19 picks (2nd most), 104.9 ratings (3rd most). 37 sacks, 6 fumbles lost.

Clearly not as good of a season as he had last year. But he was still really good. Can’t fault Bortles for our inability to win against the Bronco Express either time we played them.

Rushing:

RB DeMarco Murray – 273 for 1261 (3rd most yards in NFL), 4.62 ypc, 6 TD, 66 catches, 452 yards, 3 receiving TD

Not as many TDs as I would like, but otherwise, Murray had a fine year. Can’t argue with that

Receiving:

WR Marqise Lee – 96 for 1321 yards, 13 scores. Tied for league leading TDs. 9th most yardage.

WR Allen Robinson – 14 starts, 66 for 912 and 11 TDs. If 16 starts probably would have had 1st 1000+ yard season.

WR Justin Blackmon – 32 for 374 and 2. Not as good as you would expect from him

WE DJ Donaldson – 36 for 438 and 3

Special Teams –

K Tyler Bernard, 34 of 41, long of 51, 50 of 51 PAT.
P Brad Nortman, 68 punts, 43.5 yards per average (better than before, still not great), 25 in 20
WR Justin Blackmon – 30 KR for 29.2 average, led the NFL in KR average, and yet didn’t get a score to inflate yardage totals.

Blackmon was good. The next highest PR average was 28.3, almost a full yard less, and he had a KR TD to help. Then it was two in the 27s and quickly falls from there,

Defense –

DE Cesar Velazquez – 59 tackls, 19 assists, 17 sacks (5th most in NFL), 1 blocked pass, 20 hurries, 11 QB Knocked down, 6 forced fumbles,
DE Rob Ninkovich – 6 starts, 18 and 8, 5.5 sacks, 2 (blocks) and 8 (Hurries) and 1 (QBKD).
DT Grossman, 33 and 17 tackles, 5 sacks, 1 blkm 7 hurry, 1 qbkd
DE Butler, 10 starts, 23 and 9 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 1 7 and 1, 2 forced fumles
DT Evander Hood, 19 and 8 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 5 blocked passes, 6 hurry

That’s the best pass rush I’ve had from my D Line in four years. By far!

OLB Houston – 60 and 12, 5 sacks, 3 hurries, 1 pick, 1 INT TD< 3 pasdef

CB Darqueze Dennard, 5 picks, 12 pasdef
CB Kareem Jackson – 0 picks, 3 pas def
CB Shane Hopkins – 4 picks, 6 pasdef, 1 INT TD, 2 forced fumbles
FS Tavon Wilson – 2 picks and 5 pasdef
SS Iloka – 3 picks and 5 pasdef, 2 INT TD
SS Cyprien – 1 pick, 3 pasdef

That was a horrible secondary, and the worst performances by far, were my “stars” Cyprien and Jackson. WTH? Cyprien was just 36 and 17 in tackles, when that’s his good thing.

Blocking –

OG Satre – 43 KRB, 13 pancakes, 4 sacks allowed
OG Iupati, 35 KRB, 4 pancakes, 8 sacks allowed
OT Sherrod 22 and 2, 9 sacks allowed
OC Pearson – 15 starts, 21 KRB and 6 sacks allowed
OT Meredith – 12 KRB and 10 sacksa allowed

FB Johnson was 8 KRb and 2 pancakes.

Satre was a down year and still All Pro. Iupati had a better year than Zane Beadles ever had. Sherrod was fine, not better or worse than Joeckel, but right about on target. This was a good year for Pearson to grow into the role, and OT Meredith was a bit of a let down, but to be fair, Meredith had the fewest KR opportunities with 49. Although to be fair also the lowest blocking percent at 24.5 by far (next worst was 36.8 by Iupati).

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 07:26 PM

Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year – OG Marquis Satre – Although not as good, he was still high enough to get All Pro 1st Team, and has been a revelation since we brought him in. He was 2nd best in KRB (one OG had one more KRB than him), and led in pancakes. The next highest was 9. He is a gift from the football gods and a force to be reckoned with. Welcome OG Satre!

Defensive Player of the Year – DE Velazquez – In his second year, rookie DE proved his worth. Did you know that his 6 FF led the league? No one had more than 5 except for him! He was 5th in sacks with 17, the best anyone ever had for us. He out-fought guys like JJ Watt and Robert Quinn. Just a great season!

Special Teams Player of the Year – WR Justin Blackmon – Leading the league in kick return average with 30 returns is pretty special, and you have to acknowledge that with this award.

Rookie of the Year – CB Shane Hopkins –Do you know who didn’t have a bad year in the secondary? This guy! 4 picks is fine for a nickelback and 6 pasdef is good stuff too. With Kareem’s hugely disappointing season after his strong All Pro debut for us, I’m deeply concerned. Maybe Hopkins can break that concern?

Heart Award – QB Nick Foles – Hey look, he came in with no additional prep time and won an NFL playoff game on the road at a 13-3 Buffalo. That’s not easy for anyone to do. Then he didn’t suck against the Broncos in their place, and he certainly could have. Can’t fault Foles!

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 07:46 PM

End of the 2017 Season:

Team Performance – 78
Franchise Value – 83
Profit/Loss – 82
Roster Strength – 26

Year End Score – 77

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 08:02 PM

Wait…what?

We have four retirements, and this is odd…

TE Owen Daniels – no surprise there
DE Rob Ninkovich – no surprise there
CB Jonathan Joseph – no surprise there

QB Nick Foles? And he’s named Legend of the Game too? (He won a Super Bowl with the Eagles)

Why would a sub-30 years old QB who just had a solid run retire?

Other Retirements:

WR Roddy White
K Billy Cundiff
WR Brandon Marshall
S Donte Whitner
DE Mario Williams

RB Matt Forte
RB Arian Foster
OLB Elvis Dumervil
CB Antonia Cromartie
ILB Karlos Dansby
OLB Tamba Hali
DE Jeremy Miney
CB Cortland Finnegan
S Antone Bethea
OT D’Brickashaw Ferguson
S Antrel Rolle
RB LeSea nMcCoy
DE Justin Tuck
OG Evan Mathis (who was fighting Satre for stats the last two years)
WR Vincent Jackson

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 08:28 PM

Staff?

I re-up deals with my head coach, assistant coach and strength coach.

Staff Draft – we pick 24th - i pass by

We lost 6.2 mill last year – we dropped in revenues and costs and well.

We are worth 695 mill, 11th lowest

5th worst stadium
4th best roster
8th worst support
11th worst economy

94.1% attendance

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 08:37 PM

Our UFAs:

QB Derek Anderson, technically
DT Evander Hood
RB Toby Gerhart
LCB Ellis Lankster
TE Jerome Gresham
SLB Telvin Smith
K Tyler Bernard
LS Grayson Johnstone
C Nicky Fitzgerald

And RFA?

QB Edgar Estevez
SE Denzel Huntley
LG Tim Walters
DC Devante Terrell

We have 37 players signed.

I’m considering franchising K Bernard. Hes the best one in FA by far. Yeah, I do.

I franchise a kicker!

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 08:57 PM

Let’s hit FA:

I get a trade offer for Manti Te’o for the Jets 6th rounder this year.

I sign K Bernard to a 5 year deal.

I sign FA –

QB Estevez

I don’t have a lot of cash – just 9 mill and 3.3 mill after the draft.

Don’t worry, I already know where I’m looking.

Now, I was expecting to re-negotiate with Kareem Jackson in the third year. I can extend his deal by a year, and drop his cap his this year by 4 mill, and next year by 5 mill, and he’d be an 11.8 in 2020. If I release him, I’ll save 10 mill.

How hot of a trade commodity would a 69/69 CB be who is two years removed from an All Pro award? But he had zero picks in 451 pass plays last year.

Both Kareem and Cyprien can be extended, drop their cap hits, but sucked for me last year. Do I want to extend a SS who already has weak stats in picks, but is great everywhere else, and yet this year had few tackles and fewer passes defensed?

Before I make any hasty decisions, here are my folks with a 2018 contract date:

RB DeMarco Murray
LG Mike Iupati
OG Brandon Linder
OGMarquis Satre
DE Kenneth Butler
OLB Courtney Upshaw
FS Tavon Wilson
SS George Iloka

So no one too big of a deal.

DeMarco Murray is 30. He’s making 7.5 mill, and 64/64. In order to extend his deal by two years, I have to increase his price, would you wouldn’t think likely in the final, escalated year of a FA deal I signed and with him older and dropping in ability.

Satre wants to bump his salary to 11 mill cap hit this year, and then 10, 10.4, 11.5 and 13 over the next four years. And he’s worth it. I run behind him all the time.

So I may have to start breaking up the team soon, but it never won any Super Bowls!

We signed Iupati as a cheap option to help, and he wants a lot more to keep with our team (3.3 mill this year and next) for just a one year extension, plus he’sin his 9th year. I’m comfortable not bothering with him.

So, now what?

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 09:21 PM

I need money. I shop Kareem Jackson.

No general manager has expressed an interest…

Just too expensive for their tastes.

So I can cut him. I can resign him. And that’s it. Those are my options.

People think SS Cyprien is in the range of the 5th rounder on the open market.

I would save 3 mill to cut him. I save 1.3 mill by extending him.

I extend SLB Courtney Upshaw for two years.

I could cut Koa Misi. But he has evolved into a mentor to MLBs for MLB Robinson and is just 1.36 against the cap.

I extend OG Brandon Linder for a year.

Sigh. I extend Cyprian by two years.

I’ll hold off on a Kareem Jackson decision until later in FA to see what happens and how our finances morph.

Again my goal is to target lower priority FA that will be worth less, in order to fit them onto my roster.

If I was confident that MLB Robinson was a grower, or not that bad, I’d swap him for Te’o and trade Te’o for the draft pick I was offered. I save 1.6 mill by moving him.

I take the deal and move him for a future 6th and 7th to the Jets. Let’s gamble. Goodbye Te’o

Alright let’s take this ting to Free Agency and look for some targets.

Do I want to sign a backup for DeMarco Murray or draft one? Sign.

I make an offer to RB Walter Gohl, a 52/53 4th year guy on the market from the Bills.

TE Jessie Maloney

None of ths CBs want a market shattering amount of money. Even the best, Janoris Jenkins at 52/52 wants 2-2.7 mill a year for four years. I make him an offer – mentor to Cbs, amazing special teams (87) and we could kick Kareem Jackson to the curb if we signed him. I push some finances his way as well.

Dang! The best MLB in the class, Irving Ward, wants very little. He’s 54/54 and you bring him in quite cheaply. Why commit to a 34/51 guy who may never be anything when I can take a swing at him? I take a shot at him too.

Nobody seems to want big money. Maybe because they are all in the 50s or lower?

Except for those d-line folks, and I need a new DT to replace Evander Hood.

Ah well, let’s see what happens with the ones I made offers to first, and then make changes to my cap status, and pick things up from there.

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 09:43 PM

Alright let’s do it.

Week 3 – The top two DTs sign.

Week 4 – We sign three of four – all but TE Maloney are in, and he is still thinking.

I signed:

RB Walter Gohl to a 4 year, 8.1 mill deal
MLB Irving Ward, 3 years, 6.5 mill
CB Janoris Jenkins, 4 years, 11.67 mill

I cut Kareem Jackson – CB Jenkins is now our secondary leader

I extend OG Marquis Satre for four more years, and he’s making roughly 10k a year.

Who else entices?

I make an offer to NT Jackson Turnbull a 47/47 guy for 4 mill this year, and increasing from there

QB Raul Hall

Week 5 – We lose out on NT Turnbull so I make an offer to NT Colin Hover.

Week 6 – NT Hover signs with us. 6.25 mill for 3 years

We have 41 players under contract, and despite the very budget-friendly desires of a lot of these folks, I sort of want to go to the draft, see who we pick up there, and then sign a few more folks.

Week 7 – TE Jessie Maloney joins us. CB Jeremy Harris, a former Jag, signed with Dallas. Ryan Fitz signed back with Houston, but Washington just picked up Flacco.

Week 8 – TE Gresham signs with Detroit and C Nicky Fitz with New Orleans.

Week 9 – CB Kareem Jackson signed with the Jets. We sign QB Raul Hall. DT Evander Hood signed with the Eagles.

Week 11 – We resign our LS to a vet minimum salary. 44 players under our roster now.

We pick 1.29 in the draft. Time to try and find someone that’s useful.

Needs:

Backup RB
TE star or backup
Back C
Back OG
DEx2, one back, either another back or a star
Back OLB
Backx2 CB

Let’s do a rookie scan.

Whoa I found a pair of very underrated folks with good combine scores and bars in areas of need at WLB and LCB that are 3rd and 4th at their position on the board. I could see one or both making it to 1.29. Let’s see what happens!

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 10:09 PM

The 2018 NFL Amateur Draft

The first player off the beard is DT Harry Humphries from WVU. Go West Virginia!

There are a variety of players that drop off the board quickly, including 7 DTs by the time our pick arrives at the 1.29 spot.

But you want to know something?

Not a single CB has left the board.

Now I was targeting CB later, maybe 2nd round. I checked out the Cbs 3 through 6 on the roster. I didn’t even bother with the first two (figured they’d be gone by now)

So here is who I targeted and like who is still on the board:

CB Bryan Meadows, the 3rd overall CB, and very underrated interview, 32% developed, blue combines in speed, agility, position, and the IQ test. Not bad at all. And I could grab a top corner instead. Their grade isn’t that much better, (5.1 for Meadows vs 5.3 for the top 2) and such. Meadows blows at bump and run, and endurance, but is amazing at special teams, and strong at everything else that’s not-returning.

Now I don’t need a starter CB that badly unless he’s really strong, and I don’t need to waste a 1st rounder on a CB right after bringing in two CBs in the draft and FA that are pretty solid. I have Janoris Jenkins, Darqueze Dennard and Shane Hopkins who are all solid in the high 40s. I’m not sure that a 1st rounder for Meadows is a great expenditure.

So, who else is left?

The best player on the board according to scouts of the world is OT Cedric Goldhammer. Red combine in dash, blue in strength and agility. He is a lot higher than the next guy – with a 5.7 grade (next highest is 5.0.)

Did Goldhammer fall to me? Or was he skipped for a reason? Just one OT was taken in the first 28 picks. So I could take the best corner off the board (maybe) or the 2nd best OT (maybe). That’s not bad for 1.29 if these end up being chumps…

I take a flyer. We take Goldhammer. My worst o-lineman last year was OT Meredith. My OTs are 25/43 for OT Kamin, RT Meredith at 49/49, 43/43 for Sherrod, and 41/41 for Juan Basile. I don’t need an OT. But he’s the best BPA on the board.

He’s even the best adjusted player on the board (the best adjusted player, at any position is his 6., and a RB is adjusted to 5.9, but at 5.6)

Let’s do it

Now, I still like CB Meadows. Maybe he’ll fall to 2.29 where I was looking to target him more.

By the end of the 1st round, still no CB was taken. Odd.

The first CB goes to the 49res in the 2.2 spot. 7 RBs go in the first 10 picks on the 2nd round. Including one from little WV school West Liberty State!

And then another RB At 2.11. Welcome to the Running Back draft! Another RB goes 49 to the Vikings, and then Houston at 49 takes the next Cb. Ours is on top of the CB board.

Do I want to trade up and grab him? I do like him in the 2nd anyway, and we are at Carolina’s 2.20. Carolina needs a CB (2nd biggest need). What would it take to jump up 9 spots in the 2nd round? I have an extra 4th and 6th this year. I offer my 6th and 4th instead, but nope. I trade the picks I got (4.14 and 6.14) to the Panthers to swap and move up.

I take Meadows

Two picks later, another CB is taken, and who knows if he’d been there for us. Carolina took CB at 2.29 too.

Enter the 3rd round.

I fast sim to 3.29 and look around.

I take a flyer on OG Deion Theophilakos, who looks like good bars, very high volatility, but no workouts at all and green as all get out. He’s the 5th rated OG on the board, but his only combine score is the IQ thing in the blue. I grab him.

4.29? I tag a OLB for my depth and DE at 5.29.

6.29 I decide to go for a RB that looks nice and developed – RB Chandler Hutchins.

Hmmmm….?

At 7.29 I take a flyer on a position not of need, since QB Bruce Hardy has a 4.3 grade, and affinities, and three strong combine scores.

The 2018 Jacksonville Jaguars Draft:

1. OT Cedric Goldhammer, San Diego
2. CB Bryan Meadows, Bowliing Green
3. OG Deion Theophilakos, Texas State
4. OLB Leon Russell,Vanderbilt
5. DE Oscar Freeman, Mississippi State
6. RB Chandler Hutchins, Ohio State
7. QB Bruce Hardy, Pittsburgh

And there we are.

Abe Sargent

02-12-2015, 11:19 PM

Early results?

LT Goldhammer is 21/59
LCB Meadows – 22/50
RG Theo – 19/56
SLB Russell – 19/37
DE Freeman – 17/33
RB Hutchins – 30/47
QB Hardy – 3/31 and he has a red flag…

We are rated with a B+ draft

But, we expected RG Theophilakos to come in good, he had good bars, but without combines, and with a huge volatility, he could go south like a duck in winter.

Just one player is on the Green Page – OT Goldhammer.

But that’s not a bad draft, if my top triad of folks can do well.

Begin Late FA!

I need a TE, CB, DE, C? (I could just do an extra OT instead, and I like them all), and any undrafted FA that I like.

I cut the red flag QB. That was a bad draft pick.

We have a lot of solid talent still in the FA pool. I make a few UFA offers to:

QB Bo Gerrity
TE JR Delaroche
CB Jacob Tudor

I also make a 2 year min-sal offer to 29/39 DE Glen Willis, a 4th year vet to be our backup at the position.

Week 2 – We sign RCB Tudor,

Week 3 – We sign QB Gerrity.

Week 4 – We sign TE Delaroche, and DE Willis. RB Toby Gerhart signed a deal with Chicago.

Near the end of the 2nd FA I still have around 3 mill left…

Anyone I want to extend:

RB DeMarco Murray? LG Mike Iupati? RT Juan Basile? DE Kenneth Butler? FS Tavon Wilson? SS George Iloka?

I just drafted depth and potential future starters at the OT and OG spots, so I’m not looking at Basile and Iupati right now. I have the replacement for Murray after this FA class (54/54 Walter Gohl). I can use one of my good S to have on my roster after this year, but both require a large jump I cash (both were signed for their cheap-ness, and then I was able to extend Tavon Wilson last year for one more year, but no more)

So let’s head to camp, and then we can process post-camp changes and such!

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 09:48 AM

Training Camp

We sell 49200 season tickets after a major increase in price in the off-season.

A look at the rook:

CB Meadows? 25/50
OG Theophilakos? 22/54
OT Goldhammer? 25/59

Cedric looks pretty sexy post-camp

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He has a good, solid, set of potential bars, but with low endurance stuff. For a lower first-round pick, that’s not bad. A later 2nd round OT boomed past everyone else, and he is the 3rd best OT in the draft, but none that are really hot.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 09:52 AM

How about Meadows?

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Again, as expected, with weaker stuff in endurance and bump n run, but pretty good potentials everywhere else. I like him. Four CBs in the NFL Draft are believed to have a potential in the 50+ range, none higher than 54. So we got one of the four best ones. However, one was taken at2.29 the spot we traded from, to the Panthers who swapped picks with us, so it looks like w could have stayed pat and still gotten a good CB from the draft. In this case, my trade was unsuccessful.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 09:56 AM

OG Theophilakos?

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Very green I suppose, but Deion is in a pretty good place. I can use him as my third/fourth option behind Iupati and Satre, let Iupati go, and then start him next year if he grows and keeps these potentials. He could be the first decent player I’ve drafted later than the 2nd round in this dynasty, but we’ll see.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 10:10 AM

I really like where DE Kenneth Butler is post-draft, so I extend him for three more years as well. This jumps his cost to the 3.3 range this year, and the 4-4.8 range the next three.

Roster Stuff?

QB Bortles is 57/57 still, and QB Raul Hall is 34/39 and signed for two years.

Meanwhile RB we have DeMarco Murray in his final year for us, and he’s 64/64, with 54/54/ Gohl as backup this year and probably the replacement for later.

FB is set at Will Johnson

TE Jessie Maloney is weaker at 41/41 but millions cheaper than resigning Gresham would’ve been. I need a real TE someday. But not today.

WR has Marqise Lee 68/68. Robinson 51/51 and Blackmon 53/53.

For the O Line, C Roger Pearson is the sole C on our roster and is 43/53., The 2nd round pick we traded up to snatch was converted from OG to C, and he could be a C for a while to come.

LG Mike Iupati – 51/51 is in the last year of his deal and starts. OG Satre, the stud of studs is rocking the place too, and we have OG Linder still as a 41/41 backup of quality.

For our tackles, we have a few changes. First, RT Jamon Meredith and Derek Sherrod (49/49 and 43/43 respectively) are starting, but Goldhammer at 25/59 is a rotational starter. RT Juan Basile is 41/41 and in his final year of a deal, and second round 3rd round pick Kamin has rising to 28/43. That’s a slight improvement over last year for Kamin

We signed LS Johnstone, K Bernard (59/59) and P Nortman (60/60) for our roster.

For the D Line, we are starting DE Cesar Velazquez, 70/70 and DE Butler, 49/59. My quality backups include DE Glen Willis, 33/37.

On the Defensive tackle side of life, we can rock DT Grossman – 48/54 and DT Colin Hover, a new signee, 2ith a 46/46 rating. Beau Allen is 31/31 and fine.

On the LB Side of life, we traded Te’o in the offseason. So I have MLB recent signee Irving Ward, 53/53. I was going to push Melvin Robinson, but whybother? Robinson is 38/51.

SLB Courtney Upshaw, 54/54 and WLB Justin Houston, 69/69, provide strong outside leadership.

We have a logjam of talent at the CB spot. Janoris Jenkins, a new signee, has a nice 49/49 self, while we rocking 48/48 Darqueze Dennard, who had a nice year starting for us. Meanwhile, Shane Hopkins has improved to 53/57 and rookie Meadows is 25/50.

For safety, Cyprien had a bad year but still features that 60/60 body, and we have FS Tavon Wilson, 54/54, starting. SS Iloka, 49/49 is the primary backup for us.

We have the youngest roster in the year.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 10:17 AM

Position Strength?

8th best QB, 11th worst backup
5th best RB, 3rd best backup
4th best FB
6th best WR, 9th best backups
22nd best C
2nd best OG, 11th worst backup
20th best OT, 13th best reserve
10th best P; 9th best K
11th best DE, 3rd worst backup
15th best DT, 13th worst reserves
14th best MLB, 2nd best reserves
5th best OLB, the worst reserves
17th best CB, 4th worst reserves
11th best S, 3rd best S

So, we still have an even defense (LB are good, D Line a mess, and secondary underperformed last year). But we have some stars - Velazquez, Houston, that help things out.

The WLB I liked going into the draft was taken 1/19 by the Texans and is looking at 43/76. That would have been nice.

I extend FS Brendan Tate for a year since we’ll be losing both Wilson and Iloka.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 10:25 AM

Pre-Season

Week 1 – BYE

Week 2 – We head out to Washington and defeat the Skins 17-16

Week 3 – We host Tampa and thump them 27-7, FB Johnson is questionable and WR Robinson doubtful

Week 4 –We head to Dallas and thump-ish them 41-20.

Week 5 – We host the Falcons and win 23-18.

We finish the preseason 4-0.

Let’s start this thing!

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 12:25 PM

Week 1 – We travel to the Colts to open the season. We come back 0-1 after losing 27-34. Bortles was 23 of 42 for 221 and 2:1. He hit Blackmon for 84 yards and a score, and Lee for 46 yards and the other. Blackmon returned a kickoff 88 yards for our third score. Bortles also fumbled – 3 times (twice were recovered by OT Meredith). OT Goldhammer opened his first game with 3 KRB.

No major injuries and several folks are getting better post-game.

Week 2 – We travel to Phily to take on the Eagles, and come back after a 37-30 game puts us at 1-1. Looks like Bortles shook off that rust from last game, he was MVp with 21 of 28, 275, and 3:0. Marqise Lee rocked 6 grabs, 149 yards, and all three scores. Meanwhile Murray had 21 for 83 yards and a score on the ground. CB Janoris Jenkins had a pick, and DE Butler and OLB Upshaw forced fumbles. Butler received his own. OG Satre had 4 KRB and OG Iupati 3.

CB Jenkins is probable with a strained rotator cuff, and we’ll keep him out there for now.

Week 3 – We continue our long away-game opening streak with a game here in Cincinnati, against a very good Bengals team. We win 27-21. MVP, Bortles, 35 of 43 for 322 and 3:0. WR Robinson had 7 catches and 97 yards for a score and RB Murray had 2 score.s Picks by new MLB Irving Ward and CB Hopkins. OG Satre rocked 4 KRB.

Back in the winning ways.

SS George Iloka is questionable with a strained triceps muscle.

Week 4 – Our first home game of the season is today against the Jets, who have been really good the last few years. They have the 2nd best RB in football, Isaiah Tucker and use him massively well. Tucker’s rushing yardage, with no injuries, his first three years in the league were 1977, 1339, and 1745. He’s a beast. We’re going to try to score past him, or stop him. Maybe both. We shut him down and keep him to 16 carries, 56 yards, and no scores as we win 34-9. Bortles is MVP with 20 of 24, 253, 2:0. Murray rushes for 3 scores, and Lee catches the other two. Pick by CB Hopkins. DT Colin Hover, a new signee, had a forced fumble which DT Beau Allen recovered. OG Satre with3 KRB and 2 pancakes.

We finish the first quarter 3-1 after a 0-1 start.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 12:49 PM

Week 5 –We host the South Florida Dolphins today. We win 33-3. We held them 163 total yards of offense. Bortles, MVP< was 22 of 27, 239, and 1:0. Murray had 13 carries for 80 yards and a score, and Bortles rushed for a TD too. TE JR Delaroche had a receiving score. CB Hopkins rocked a pick. Forced fumble by SS Cyprien, and recovery by MLB Robinson. OG Satre and C Pearson had 4 KRB and OT Meredith 3. Satre had 2 pancakes and Meredith one.

We have a few injuries after that game. OG Brandon Linder is probable, but CB Darqueze Dennard is questionable for four weeks with a sprained knee. I bench him.

Week 6 – After losing to the Colts in week one, we now host the 5-0 Colts. With Denver a confusing 1-3, they are the last undefeated team in the AFC (the 49ers are undefeated in the NFC). Can we upend them here in North Florida? We sure can’t. We lose 30-38. Bortles had 31 of 46 for 313 and 3:2. Blackmon (99 yards, 1 sscore) Robinson (50 yards, 1 score) and Lee (49 and a score) were the ones that got his TD Passes. We fumbled four times, including twice on special teams. DE Velazquez had a solid day with 1.5 sacks, 1 hurry, 2 knockdowns. OG Iupati and Satre each had 3 KRB.

We have a few probable folks post game. Not only did this loss drop us two behind the Colts, and basically three (since we need to be one game up to win now due ot tiebreakers) but it dropped us to 3rd place behind the 4-2 Texans.

Week 7 – Well, we get our groove back in Tennessee as we win 34-7. Bortles is MVP and has 28 of 32 for 267 and 3:0. Lee had 115 yards and a score, Robinson and Murray the others. FS Tavon Wilson had two picks. DE Butler forced a fumble that CB Hopkins recovered, while also having 2 sacks on the day.

Houston won, Indianapolis lost.

OT Meredith is out for 3 weeks with a strained Patellar tendon, and Sherrod is back in the starting saddle.

Week 8 – BYE – Indy won, Houston won.

Week 9 – We are traveling to face the 4-3 Bills. We beat them down 34-18. Bortles, MVP, 32 of 43, 347, 3:1. Nails Robinson twice and Lee once. Meanwhile backup RB Walter Gohl rushes for a score. Pick by CB Jacob Tudor. Forced fumble by DT Colin Hover and SS Cyprien.

We have two major injuries in that game:

CB Janoris Jenkins broke his fibula. He’ll be out for 7 weeks. We should have him back in time for the playoffs. Dennard will start again.

DT Beau Allen broke is ankle. He’ll also be out for 7 weeks.

At the half way mark:

AFC South:

Colts – 7-2
Texans – 6-2
Jaguars – 6-2
Titans – 2-7

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 01:52 PM

Week 10 – We are traveling to New England to face the 6-2 Patriots. We do not look good, losing 13-20. Bortles was 27 of 39, 278 and 1:2, and Murray held to 59 yards on the ground, but got 107 in the receiving game. TE Maloney caught our lone score. We fumbled twice more on special teams. OG Iupati had 4 KRB

The Colts tied the Titans. Miami crushed Houston.

No major injuries beyond TE Efrain Noa getting a cold.

Week 11 – We all know how important winning in your division can be. Today we host the Texans, and we need to get this one in our tight divisional race. We lose 34-37. Bortles was 20 of 27, 246,2:!. Amd <urray 16 for 125 and 2 scores. Lee and Blackmon caught the TD Passes. CB Hopkins with a pick and DE Velazquez with the forced fumble. DE Butler had a 3.5 sack day. We had 9 sacks on the day in fact.

That is a bad loss. We are now a solid 3rd in the division at 6-4.

OG Iupati is questionable for a month with a knee injury and I bench him for our rookie. OT Meredith is back though.

Week 12 - And now we travel to Dallas. We emerge victorious 35-14. Bortles was 23 of 31, 271, 3:2. And hit Lee for 164 yards and 2 score sand Robinson for a score as well. Gohl and Bortles rushed for scores. But MVP? That goes to backup DE Glen Willis, who had 3 sacks in 25 pass plays, and a forced fumble. DE Velazquez forced and recovered a fumble and MLB forced one too that CB Dennard recovered. OG Satre – 5 KRB and 3 pancakes. OT Meredith had 3 KRb.

Our major foes both lost.

In injury news, WR Dj Donaldson is questionable for 4 weeks with a sprained knee, FL Van Linn is questionable with a trained hammy for an unknown period of time.

Week 13 – I would have originally circled this week’s game as a major effort, but our hosting of the 5-6 Broncos doesn’t appear to have the same zing. Our 26-9 victory, while the rest of the division loses, puts paid to that. Murray rushes for 148 yards on 23 carries, Robinson catches 7 balls for 122 yards and 2 scores, Bortles is 22 of 28 for 202 and 2:0, and CB Dennard had a pick. DE Velazquez with 2 sacks, OG Satre with 5 KRB and a pancake, C Pearson 4 KRB,

Rookie DE Freeman is out with a strained foot ligament for a few weeks.

AFC South –

Jags – 8-4
Colts- 7-4-1
Texans – 7-5
Titans - 2-9-1

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 02:16 PM

Week 14 – We host and crush the Redskins 42-7. Bortles, MVP, was 20 of 23, 317, 3:0, and hit Lee for 118 yards and a score and Robinson for 80 and two more. Murray rushes for 3 on the ground. Picks by CB Dennard and SS Cyprien. DT Grossman forced a fumble and had 2.5 sacks on the day. OG Satre with 4 KRB, 1 pancake, and 2 sacks allowed. Pearson was 3 KRB.

The rest of the AFC South teams, even the titans, won this week as well.

DT Beau Allen exacerbated his injury and delayed it healing for a week or two. Iupati is back in the starting lineup.

Week 15 – In a week that might likely determine the future of the division, we host the Titans and the Texans and Colts square off. In a closer game than many expected we win at home 27-20. OG Satre had 7 KRB and 2 pancakes. CB Bryan Meadows his first pick of his career. Forced fumble by FS Tavon Wilson, recovered by backup and rookie SLB Leon Russell. Murray had 97 yards on 19 carries, and WR Lee rocked 5 grabs for 106 and a score, Robinson was 5 for 54 and a score and Blackmon 4 for 46 and a score. Bortles MVP and NFL Offensive Player of the Week, was 26 of 39 for 319 3:0.

The Texans thumped the Colts 55-21.

Meanwhile Cyprien is questionable with a virus. I bench him for Iloka.

Week 16 – With two games left in the season, our 10-4 record is tied for tops with Cleveland in the AFC> If we win our division, we are assured of a bye, the others are too far behind. We have won a spot, but we could come in third, but even if we do, we win the final wild card, so we are guaranteed a spot in the playoffs at 10-6. We host the 7-7 Giants, in a race with the 7-7 Redskins and 8-6 Eagles for the NFC East title. They have a lot on the line.

We win 30-27 in a close game on a final minute FG miss by the Giants to keep the game from OT. Murray had 16 for 97 and a score. Bortles had 29 of 41 for 2:1 and 308 yards (MVP). Lee? 12 for 147 and 1. FB Johnson the other score. DT Colin Hover a forced fumble that DE Butler recovered, and DE Butler had 2 sacks. C Pearson with 4 KRB, FB Johnson with 3 KRB. They targeted rookie RT Goldhammer who allowed 3 sacks, on the day.

DJ Donaldson, DE Freeman, DT Allen all are healthy again. OT Meredith is rocking a sprained neck and probable for a few weeks.

Houston won 37-17 over Dallas and the Colts lost, so now it comes down to the final game of the season….

Week 17 – We travel to Houston. They are 10-5, we are 11-4. We lost to them earlier, lose today, and despite being tied, the fact that they swept us will mean that we are knocked down to the wild card. Cleveland lost. Win, and we are getting the 1st spot and a Bye and home field. Lose, and you go down to 5th. With a win and a Cleveland loss, the Texans will leap to #1 as well. I’m not sure who would win a tiebreaker if both win.

And we don’t get it.

We lose 21-19.

Bortles? 25 of 37 for 322 and 2:0
Robinson? 7 for 115 and 1 score
Lee? 5 for 91 and a score too

We got the final TD with 0:55 left, and then missed the 2 point to tie things up.

Forced fumbles by MLB Ward. C Pearson rocked 3 KRB.

DAMN!!!

The AFC Playoff Standings:

#1 Houston Texans 11-5
#2 Cleveland Browns -10-6
#3 San Diego Chargers – 9-7
#4 Buffalo Bills – 9-7
#5 Jacksonville Jaguars - 11-5
#6 Indianapolis Colts – 9-6-1

Well, we got all three hot teams in there, and that’s nice. We were 2-4 in the division, getting swept by both the Texans and the Colts. That’s not what you want to see! Can’t win a division playing ball like that!

Good injury news:

Back are SS Cyprien,

Bad news?

OLB Upshaw is out for 3 weeks with a strained Achilles tendon.
OT Goldhammer is questionable with a broken toe.

I move Derek Sherrod to the starting spot and MLB Robinson will start on the SLB spot.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 02:26 PM

The 2018 NFL Playoffs

We travel to the Bills

Indianapolis heads out to face the Chargers.

Over at the NFC,

Vikings at Eagles, and Seahawks at Panthers

We win 26-19.

Bortles, MVP – 24 of 27, 232, 3:1
Murray had 26 for 117
Lee had 7 for 107 and a score
WR Robinson and DJ Donaldson had the others

OG Iupati with 4 KRB, Satre and Pearson with 3 each

We have a few minor injuries, and one pseudo-major one

DE Cesar Velazquez is questionable for one week with a pulled groin. I keep him in though.

The Chargers took out the Colts 12-7.
Vikings on the road took out the Eagles 23-7
Panthers took out Seahawks 24-9

Two wild carders won. Both featured the #5 seed over a #4 seed with a worth record.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 02:35 PM

NFL Playoffs - Week #2

We travel to Houston to try to keep them from beating us three times this year.

The Chargers hit the road and head to Cleveland.

Over at the NFC the Vikings bring another in-division matchup ot the Packers and Panthers to the 49ers.

Houston thumps us!

37-23. I’ll skip the score because I’m pissed.

Damn it Texans!

The Browns took down the Chargers 17-14

Pack over icings 49-21. Panthers lose 10-0

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 02:41 PM

NFL Conference Championships

Cleveland at Houston

49ers at Packers

It’s a battle of #2s vs #1s.

Both #1s stand

CHosuton wins 27-24 and the Pack 13-12

The 2018 NFL Super Bowl

Your #1 seed AFC Champion Houston Texans,11-5

Vs

Your #1 seed NFC Champion Green Bay Packers, 12-4

Green Bay wins 23-16

Well, so long to another season that disappointed in the post-season!

Stupid Texans

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 02:52 PM

Season Awards:

Player of the Year:

QB Blake Bortles

Offensive Player of the Year:

QB Blake Bortles

All-League First Team:

QB Blake Bortles
WR Marqise Lee
OG Marquis Satre

All-League Second Team:

K Tyler Bernard

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 03:07 PM

Stats!

Passing:

QB Blake Bortles – 4499 yards (4th most)73.3%, 38:10 ratio (most TD, 3rd fewest INT for 16 game starters), 112.6 QB Rating, (Best). 2 Rush TD< 35 sacks.

That’s his best season so far. Pretty good Bortles!

Rushing:

DeMarco Murray - 252 carries for 1200 yards, 12 TD, 59 catches, 440 yards, 3 TD. 8th most rushing yards, 2nd most rush TDs.

Not bad when your 31 year old running back can do that, right? He dropped to 61/61 in rating, but he’s still looking solid there.

Receiving:

WR Marqise Lee – 91 grabs, 1444 yards 93rd most), 16 TD(most), 15.87 yards/catch is 4th most among qualifiers

WR Allen Robinson – 80 for 951, and 12 TD (tied for 2nd most in NFL).

WR Justin Blackmon – 52 for 603 and 4

Lee’s best season thus far, but just a little more than normal. Robinson keeps flirting with that 1000+ plateau.

K Tyler Bernard, 34 of 41, long of 55, and 52 of %# PAT and led league in scoring
P Brad Nortman – 70 pounts, 25 in 20,m and 44.2 average – the most we’ve ever had. Middle of the pack
WR Blackmon, 1 KR, led league in average kick returns by 3.8 yards with 32.8 yards in 33 returns.

You can see one of the reasons I like to keep Blackmon around, despite adequate receiving stats. Guy can return punts all over the place.

Defense –

DE Kenneth Butler – 28 tack and 14 assist; 11 sacks, 3 blocked passes, 16 hurries, 1 QBknown, 2 FF, 2 FumRec
DE Cesar Velazquez – 52 and 13; 11 sacks, 3 blocked, 19 hurries, 28 knockdowns, 2 FF
DE Glen Willis – 14 and 7, 8 sacks, 1, 8 and 10
DT Quentin Grossman – 38 tack and 8 assist; 7 sacks, 3 block, 5 hur, 1 qb kd
DT Colin Hover – 29 and 10, 3.5 sacks, 3 blocks, 6 hurries, 3 QB Kd. 3 Forced Fumbles

Velazquez was 5th in knockdowns in the league. Getting two DEs with 11 sacks? That’s just really strong. Getting 8 more sacks from Willis, spelling them is even better! Meanwhile I really like getting 7 sacks up the middle with Grossman. Our D Line was a huge improvement from before, and for once, was not an embarrassment of the team. I’m glad I locked up Butler after Camp. The undrafted FA is in the 3rd year in the league and 2nd as a starter.

MLB Irving Ward – 66 tack and 26 assist; 2 sacks, 5 hurries 1 QB kd, 1 INT, 7 pasdef, 2 FF
WLB Justin Houston – 44 and 12; 1 sack, 1 hurry, 4 pasdef
SLB Courtney Upshaw – 44 and 8; 2 sacks, 1 hurry, 3 pasdef

SS Jonathan Cyprien – 14 starts, 55 tackles and 26 assist; 2 sacks, 1 pick, 6 pasdef, 2FF
FS Tavon Wilson – 51 and 19 tackles; 1 blocked pass, 3 pick, 3 pasdef
CB Shane Hopkins – 5 Int, 6 pasdef
CB Darqueze Dennard, 6 starts, 3 pick, 1 def
CB Janoris Jenkins – 10 start, 1 pick, 6 pasdef
CB Bryan Meadows – 1 pick, 8 pasdef

Wow, again, not great years from the secondary. Here I thought I was making my team deep, but cutting the cord of the underperforming Kareem Jackson didn’t do that much more. Not good stuff folks. Shane Hopkins has been good, and I can’t fault green Meadows with I 1 pick and a team leading 8 passes defensed.

Blocking –

OG Marquis Satre – 48 KRB, 13 pancakes, 4 sacks allowed -3rd most KRB, the most pancackes
C Roger Pearson – 30 KRB, 2 pancakes, 6 sacks allowed
OG Mike Iupati – 13 starts, 20 KRB and 1 pancake and 5 sacks allowed
OT Cedric Goldhammer – 15 sacks, 1 pancake, 12 allowed
OT Meredith – 13 starts, 13 KRB and 2 pancakes and 6 sacks

FB Will Johnson – 16 KRB, 1 pancake – 0 sacks allowed.

Johnson was the highest KRB in the NFL among non-O Line folks. No TE, FB, RB, or WR had as many as he did. Satre again had a great season, and Pearson seems o have fully adjusted to his C role.

Poli

02-13-2015, 03:23 PM

Poli

02-13-2015, 03:29 PM

RB Toby Gerhart is holding out

Sign a stud RB and Toby then holds out? I don't suspect he's going to like the result of his action.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 03:32 PM

Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year: WR Marqise Lee – He finally broke into the top receivers of the league stats wise, and has had 6605 yards and 57 scores in his first 5 seasons in the league. He hasn’t missed a game nor had fewer than 1150 yards in any season. Lee has been.

Defensive Player of the Year: DE Kenneth Butler – He rocked a bunch of sacks, forced fumbles and havoc in the back field. He is getting better and better according to our scouts (currently 58/58). We hope he’ll be a long term sack partner with DE Velazquez.

Special Teams Player of the Year – K Tyler Bernard – He the league in scoring, had the second most field goals made, and got an All Pro 2nd Team nod. I’m glad we decided to franchise him and py him some cash in order to keep him. Good job Bernard!

Rookie of the Year – CB Byran Meadows - There are three major choices here, but OG Theo didn’t start much. OT Goldhammer was in a learning year. But leading my team in pasdef from a nickel/dime back spot? That’s pretty solid.

Heart Award – DE Glen Willis – This 37/38 guy grabbed 8 sacks, in his previous career he had 0.5 sacks twice in two of the three seasons. We had signed Willis coming out of undrafted FA 4 years ago, then kept him on our roster for a year in 2015, and he had 0.5 sacks. We dropped him, and now he’s the 3rd DE on our roster and winning an MVP award in a game! He played some with Buffalo and Denver, and has been a journeyman with no stable homes. In three years out there, his totals were 2 blocks, 2 hurries, 1 QB Kn and 1 sack. Now he breaks things open for 8 sacks, 3 blocked passes, 10 hurries, and 11 knockdowns? Welcome back home!

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 03:32 PM

Late to the party, but that's what I was thinking as well.

Yeah, a bit late. But that's okay!

Everyone is welcome here!

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 05:10 PM

End of the 2018 Season:

Team Performance – 63
Value – 85
Profit – 83
Roster Str – 25

Year End – 73

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 05:41 PM

Retirements:

We lost OT Jamon Meredith

Elsewhere of note:

WR Jacoby Jones
DT Kyle Williams
TE Greg Olsen
DE Charles Johnson
CB Tim Jennings
RB Jamaal Charloes
OT Eugene Monroe(sad)
ILB AJ Hawk
OLB Chad greenway
CB Corey Graham
CB Robert McClain
CB Darrelle Revis
C Clark Harris
WR Mike Wallace
DE LaMarr Woodley
P Donnie Jones
WR Marques Colston
S Eric Weddle
DE Michawl Johnson
TE Zach Miller

Making into the HOF are Antonio Gates, P Manning, A Peterson and Troy Palamalu

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 05:46 PM

Our Team?

We made 22 mill last year

Our team is now worth 736 mill – 13th worst
Stadium – 4th worst
Roster 2nd best
Support – 9th worst
Economy – 15th worst

Attendance – 95%

Staff:

We have two staff in the final year of their deal. I extend our OC and DC.

We draft #24. I almost audibled to a new HC, but I stay firm.

Someone hired my Assistant Coach as a coordinator.

I hire Wyatt Colburn, 1.36 mill, D Line specialization. 61 years old, was a HC with a 36-46 record, with several year with the Steelers but was fired.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 06:02 PM

Major Openings:

What FA are up?:

RB DeMarco Murray
LG Mike Iupati
SS George Iloka
FS Tavon Wilson
FLVan Linn
RT Juan Basile
MLB Koa Misi
DT Beau Allen
LS Grayson Johnstone

And what RFAs:

SE DJ Donaldson
TE JR Delaroche
CB Jacob Tudor
QB Edgar Estevez

We have 39 players on our roster.

No tags necessary.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 06:22 PM

Let’s move to 2019 Free Agency !

We have the 1.28 pick in the draft

We also have 15.6 mill in cap space, and can spend 9.2 on players

I wanna begin with players that have a contract end this year:

WLB Justin Houston
RCB Darqueze Dennard
SE Marqise Lee
RG Brandon Linder
QB Raul Hall
FS Brendan Tate
TE Jessie Maloney
LDE Glen Willis
RB Skip Barlow
TE Efrain Noa
C Roger Pearson
RDE Cesar Velazquez
DT Quentin Grossman

And that’s obviously a bunch of issues. We need to lock up Velazquez and Lee. I would like to extend Willis, Grossman, Hall, Houston and Pearson. That’s a lot of extentions. Let’s begin to look on in here

I extend WLB Justin Houston by two years and drop his cap hit from 20 mill to 11 this year and 6.5 and 6.7 the next two years. Nicely done!

Justin might have dropped to 66/66 but I still like him. That got me a ton of money too.

Next has to be Lee. I drop Lee from a 15.6 hi this year to a 11.16 and extend for three more years for 9.38, 10.35 and 11.41.

Now we have some big money with 15 mill freed up just like that, while extending deals of two of my better players. That’s the kind of football I like to play!

Whoa! I just took a look at the draft and there is a potential stud TE rocking the block. I interview him now. Meh. Hard to read. I’d consider trading up for him. I need another weapon.

Meanwhile, more extensions.

The next place has to be Velazquez. This is going to be a huge hit – he’s just making 3 mill this year from his rookie deal. I sign him:

2019 – 8.72
2020 – 9.43
2021 – 10.3
2022 – 11.41

No question about that either.

Who else?

I extend QB Raul Hall for a year and OG Linder to a vet min salary for a year

I want to extend Pearson and/or Grossman next, and I certainly can. But both are huge jumps, so let’s wait. Maybe there’s other stuff I can do with the cash?

I extend these RFA – QB Estevez. I would like the others, but they are too pricey.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 06:35 PM

What are my current needs this offseason?

RB
TE
2xWR
OG
OT
C
LS
DT
LB
CB
FS
Sx2

Of those, I need a FS starter something fierce, and I can use upgrades at TE, RB, OT, DT, LB if we get someone really good.

Who is in this FA Class?

Damn! Russell Wilson?

Four of our players are #2-#6 in the FA pool – RB Murray, Iupati, Iloka, and Wilson.

Let’s advance a stage to get to the place where I can begin to offer deals

FS Wilson wants 50% of what he demanded last year.

I offer Wilson a deal to come back to us

I also need to sign a backup RB for my guy

I like RB Reggie Brooks, who is also 94 at punt returning and 47/47

I make an offer for LS Johnstone too.

I have the cash, but no players that just make me want to spend it, right?

There are a ton of players in the 50s, high 40s, but other than QB Wilson in the 83/83 spot, and then FB Raymond Heath (65/65) and RB Murray (62/62) there isn’t anything else.

And I’m not chasing Wilson.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 06:42 PM

Alright, let’s head out a week –

Week 3 – We sign Tavon Wilson back. OG Iupati heads to Cleveland.

QB Wilson may not head back, the Seahawks only have 26 mill in cap space. He costs 20 in his first year when I take a looksee.

I solved my major issue – at FS. Wilson is making 1.8 mill this year and we signed him to a 4 year deal – usually in the 2 mill range. Whe would have required 4 mill this year had we re-negotiated with him

Week 4 – Uh oh. QB Russell Wilson, the best QB in football, just signed with the Houston Texans. who let Ryan Fitzpatrick go….

DAMN TEXANS!

Week 5 – Murray signs with the Vikings. The Titans were leading, but a late Minnesota drive to bring him in worked. Meanwhile we signed RB Reggie Brroks to a 3 year 5.63 mill deal

Week 6 – I make an offer and resign Iloka. We get him for a 2 year, 3.65 mill deal

I extend DT Grossman – 4 more years, and his cap hit leaps to 7 this year, and then 7.5, 8, 9 and 10.

Week 8 – DT Evander Hood signed with Miami.

Week 9 – We sign LS Grayson. MLB Manti Te-o signs with the Colts.

We have 44 players under our roster.

We can safely move to the draft

I begin to do some more interviews. Trying to find talent that falls to 1.28

Wow is this a good year if someone needs an OG. There are around four or six OGs that look incredibly good. Damn there are some better players in there.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 07:13 PM

The 2019 NFL Amateur Draft

The first pick to the Steelers is an OT from Bowling Green.

Well the TE I covet went 1.8 and a bunch of other talent fell too. Just one WR has been taken though…

But…WR Joshua Wild, looks to have perfect bars. I grab him and see what happens. Red combines in speed, agility and position, and blue on IQ and strength. Bars and combine scores? I don’t need to interview Joshua Wild. I don’t need a WR. I have Blackmon, Lee, and Robinson. But if this is a truly an amazing opportunity, do I skip over to something else? He’s not the BAP according to the various scouts – but he is here. I take him. That’s too good of potential to screw up.

I fast sim to the second round…WLB Is the best guy on the board and he has some good looking combines. I grab him.

3rd? Because a lot of OG talent was early, I think a few folks fell later into the draft. I grab OG Percy Tinkis in case my OG last year busts and because he’s basically BAP.

After that it’s just BAP and needs

I have an extra 6th and 7th due to trades and such.

The 2019 Jacksonville Jaguars Draft Class

1. WR Joshua Wild, Mississippi State
2. OLB Roderick Mitchell, Central Florida
3. OG Percy Tinkis, Arizona
4. OT Harvey Jimoh, Auburn
5. DT Javier Fisk, Mississippi State
6. WR Donnie Crawford, Rhode Island; C Ross President, Arizona
7. RB Matthew Dorsey, Iowa State; FS Myles Clinton

There we are.

Early thoughts?

WR Wild comes in at 35/76 and this 4th on the Green Page. No one else comes in rocking a 50+ potential.

We got an A evaluation though. Let’s wait and see what they look like post-camp

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 07:21 PM

Post-draft, I still need a 3rd or 2nd TE, and a backup CB.

I begin by considering UFAs as well. An unusual trade offer arrives. The Panthers want to send me a 4th rounder for OT Ezekiel Kamin. I make them tack on a 6hth rounder to, and they agree.

I make an offer to:

UFA TE Eduardo Doctrow
UFA OT Artie Richardson
UFA LCB Colton Weston

I make an offer to FA OT Cordy Glenn, a 8 year vet and mentor to OT.

I also offer to re-sign LCB Jacob Tudor and TE Delaroche

Week 2 – We sign TE Delaroche, CB Weston, RT Richardson

Week 3 – We sign LCB Tudor,

Week 4 – We sign TE Doctrow and RT Cordy Glenn,

Before heading to camp I cut CB Andrew Doyle, he gained a red flag.

I extend C Pearson. His contract leaps to roughly 5 mill a year.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 07:29 PM

Let’s head to camp!!!

Players of Note Ending This Year:

TE Maloney
DE Willis
CB Dennard

I can sign Dennard for cheap. I just think I have a logjam at CB.

Rookies post camp?

Other than WR Wild, the best potential are C Ross President with 10/47 and undrafted RT Artie Richardson rocking 24/47 and FS Myles Clinton 21/47

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 07:29 PM

But Joshua Wild?

Take a look

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/AbeSargent/Wild%20Side_zpshhd2clhe.jpg

Wild is rocking a strong 42/76 body with that 96 big play receiving. That’s just a good receiver. According to our scouts, Wild is the 4th highest potential non-kicker in this year’s draft.

The players above Wild are RG, LT, and LG. Just 6 players have a potential of 70+ in the draft – a TE and CB are the others. This guy can give us another weapon n a very different way than the TE did.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 07:53 PM

I cut:

RB Skip Barlow
TE Efrain Noa
4th round pick RT Harvey Jimoh
LCB Colton Weston

We sell 50800 season tickets again

Roster Stuff

QB Bortles has risen to 61/61 again. QB Raul hall is the major backup with a 37/37 delivery service

RB Walter Gohl is taking over for us 53/53, and Reggie Brooks is 45/45 for us.

FB Will Johnson, 61/61 is still our guy

TE Jessie Maloney is 41/41 and Delaroche 35/43, they’ll be our two bodies out there right now.

Damn wideouts! We have four legit starters in the league with Lee – 69/69; Robinson – 51/51; Blackmon 53/53, and Wild – 42/76

C Pearson is 52/52 and extended to a new deal.

OG Satre (96/96) is everything a GM could want. Meanwhile we’ll be starting OG Theophilakos (31/57) across from him, and we have OG Linger, 38/38 as a backup.

OT Goldhammer,47/53 – should be a solid starter this year, and RT Derek Sherrod will be his 38/38 self, which will push 37/37 signee Cordy Glenn and UFA RT Artie Richardson at 24/47

P Nortman – 60/60; K Bernard – 60/60; LS – Johnstone

DE Butler is 58/58 and Velazquez 71/71. We have Glen Willis, 38/38 as a backup.

DT Quentin Grossman 53/53 and DT Colin Hover 43/43 are our primary starters, with 30/34 Julian Small the primary backup here.

MLB Irving Ward leads the inner part of our LB Corps, 51/51 and MLB Melvin Robinson has his 47/50 self getting close to adequate.

SLB Courtney Upshaw, 55/55 is on the strong end and 32/37 Leon Russell is his backup there, and WLB Houston, 66/66 hold the other.

CB Shane Hopkins, 59/59, probably my best 2nd round pick in the draft thus far, is rocking down one spot. Meanwhile we have a logjam at corner – CB Bryan Meadows in his second year at 43/53; Janoris Jenkins is 47/47 and Dennard rockes a 48/48. Even UFA from two years ago Jacob Tudor is a solid 34/41.

At the safety spot, we have SS Cyprien at 60/60; SS Iloka at 57/57 and FS Wilson 55/55. FS Tate is 34/34.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 07:57 PM

So, what does the league say about these folks?

7th best QB, 13th best reserve
15th best RB, 2nd best reserve
3rd best FB
11th worst TE, 7th worst reserve
8th best WR, 8th best reserve
14th best C
2nd best OG, 7th worst backups
10th worst OT, 11th worst backups
15th best P; 10th best K
3rd best De (YAY); 8th best reserve
15th best DT; 10th worst reserve
7th best ILB
8th best OLB, 13th worst reserve
12th best CB; 4th best reserve
7th best S; 2nd best reserve

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 08:04 PM

Who have I drafted myself, that I now have a full time, post-draft contract?

OG Marquis Satre
C Roger Pearson
DE Kenneth Butler – if a UFA counts
K Tyler Bernard – if a UFA counts
DE Cesar Velazquez
DT Quentin Grossman

Does DE Glen Willis count?

Now, who did I sign to a post-draft contract that someone before me drafted to the Jaguars?

QB Blake Bortles
WR Marqise Lee
WR Allen Robinson
WR Justin Blackmon
OG Brandon Linder
SS Jonathan Cyprien

These came through our UFA and draft ranks, and we’ve retained for our roster.

Year 6 – this time its personal. Can’t screw up like I did in the regular season, dropping so many in-division games and losing the AFC South.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 08:11 PM

Pre-Season –

Week 1 – BYE

Week 2 – We host the Seahawks and lose 20-17. RB Reggie Brooks is out for 3 weeks

Week 3 – We crush the Vikings 31-9 in their place. OT Cordy Glenn is out for a week with a concussion

Week 4 – We fly out to Arizona and upend them 20-10

Week 5 – We thump the Bears here 31-3.

Two injuries of note – CB Janoris Jenkins is out for 4 weeks with a concussion and NT Julian Small is out for an unknown amount of time with impaired vision. Glenn and Brooks are back though.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 08:24 PM

2019 NFL Regular Season

Week 1 – We open the season on the road at Tennessee. We win 20-3. Bortles, MVP< is 24 for 39 for 223 and 2:0. RB Gohl carries 18 for 67 in his first game for us. Lee and Blackmon with TD receptions and Lee was 89 for 119 too. We picked them 5 times – twice by CB Hopkins, and once by CB Bryan Meadows, and once each by OLB Russell and Upshaw. DE Velazquez forced a fumble and had 2.5 sacks. S Cyprien led the team with 13 tackles. OG Linder was subbing in for an injured Theo and got 3 KRB.

Not a bad opening. I increased my passing options and pushed 3 and 4 WR sets since we drafted Wild. Hopefully we’ll see some more gunslinging.

Week 2 – We host and thump the Bucs 45-26. Game MVP is….QB Raul Hall??? Uh oh! He came in after Bortles was injured (Borltes was 16 of 18 for 149 and 2:1) and was 15 of 18 for 216 and 4:0. Welcome to Jacksonville Raul! We hit Marqise Lee 12 times for 220 yards and 4 scores. Robinson was 7 for 58 and a score and TE Delaroche was 4 for 51 and a score too. CB Hopkins grabbed another pick, DE Butler forced a fumble that Velazquez recovered. Those DE guys. Dang. I love ’em so much. DE Willis, subbing in, netted 2 sacks. C Pearson rocked 3 KRB.

That’s it. I’m extending DE Willis’s deal. 3 more years at 2-2.4 mill. He’s our guy.

Meanwhile, Bortles is doubtful with abdominal strain. I move him to our emergency 3rd spot and Raul Hall will start next week. OG Satre is probable with a sprained ankle for two weeks.

Week 3 – We host the Bengals this week. We win 47-24. Hall is MVP with 28 of 35 for 308 and 1:1, and RB Gohl rushed 16 for 61 and 2 scores on the ground; Hall rushed for the other score. Lee 7 catches, 113 yards, and a score. Picks by FS Tavon Wilson – who grabbed two, and CB Hopkins, another. Forced fumbles by Wilson, NT Hover, and FS Wilson – all recovered by DE Willis, CB Dennard and CB Meadows. That’s SIX turnovers that the Bengals gave us, and just one back. C Pearson had 4 KRB.

QB Bortles is questionable for a week, and will remain benched for now.

Week 4 – We host, and lose, to Oakland 31-28. Hall was 28 of 42 for 290 and 3:0. TE Delaroche was 9 catches, 64 yards, and a score, and Lee 6 for 70 and 2. CB Hopkins with a pick. Hall fumbled twice, but Blackmon recovered both times. DE Velazquez with 4 sacks. C Pearson had 3 KRB.

OG Satre will be back to healthy next week. Bortles is back as well.

We finish the first third a strong 3-1 despite the noted lack of Bortles at the helm, and Hall plays a different sort of ball, hitting the TE and short stuff a lot more.

Week 5 – BYE

Back from injury is CB Janoris Jenkins.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 08:44 PM

Week 6 – If my pledge to win more in the division is important, then today’s trip to 5-0 Indianapolis is vital. We need to win. Whew! We edge them 38-37. That was close. Bortles is MVP, and NFL Offensive Player of the Week, with 37 for 52, 450 yards, and 5:2. Lee grabbed 97 yards and 3 scores, Robinson 160 yards, WR Joshua Wild was 4 for 29 and a score and WR Donnie Crawford rocked a score as well. CB Meadows grabbed a pick. Forced fumble by SS iloka – recovered by CB Hopkins.

No major injuries either.

Week 7 – We host the 2-3 Titans. We win 24-3. Bortles is MVP with 23 of 31 276 and 2:0. RB Gohl rushed 23 for 141 and a score. Lee was 98 yards and a score and TE Delaroche grabbed the other. S Tate added a pick, and both DE Butler and Velazquez added a pair of sacks to their totals. DT Grossman had 1.5 as well. OG Satre, clearly back from his injury, rocked 5 KRB, and a pancake, and C Pearson added 3 to his KRB total.

MLB Irving Ward has been a bit not-good, so I’m moving to MLB Robinson to push and see what I have there

Week 8 – We arrive in the Midwest to face the 4-2 Chiefs. We leave victors at 38-17. Bortles was MVP with 21 for 26, 190, and 3:0, and Gohl rushed 13 for 86 and 2 scores., Lee got 109 yard and a score and WR Blackmon the other two scores. Picks by CB Dennard, Hopkins, and DE Willis. CB Hopkins also forced a fumble that DE Velazquez recovered who had 2,5 sacks on the day. Satre with 4 KRB and a pancake.

Now WR Allen Robinson is injured for a couple of weeks with a sprained knee. I bench him, move Blackmon up.

Week 9 – We host Denver next. They are just 2-5. Bortles is NFL Offensive Player of the Week, and Game MVp, with 26 of 35 for 300 and 3:0. Lee grabbed 113 yards, WR Crawford 5 for 64 and a score, Blackmon and Wild each grabbed scores, Gohl added a rushing one on the ground. Picks by CB Jenkins, Meadows, and FS Tavon Wilson. Velazquez added 1.5 sacks, and MLB forced a fumble that DE Butler recovered. RT Sherrod and OG Theo had 3 KRB each.

Not bad lads!

We have an injury. C Roger Pearson is out for a much with a pulled calf muscle. FB Will Johnson is questionable for a week with a broken finger.

The AFC North:

Jags – 7-1
Colts – 6-2
Texans – 4-4
Titans – 3-5

I expected the Texans to be more of a threat this year. Haven’t seen it yet.

At the half-way mark, DE Velazquez leads the league with 12.5 sacks.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 09:12 PM

Week 10 – We head to 4-4 Chargers and come back with an adequate victory – 27-20. Bortles is MVP with 23 of 32 and 226 2:1., and Gohl rushed for a score. TE Delaroche and WR Crawford caught scores. Picks by CB Hopkins and Meadows. OG Satre had 5 KRB and a pancake.

FB Johnson and WR Robinson are back from injury.

DT Javier Fisk is doubtful with abdominal strain for 5 weeks.

I am down to just two DTs.

So I toss Julian Small on IR. I sign DT Beau Allen, who’s a guy we know well, to come back and help out out. He played 5 of his 6 years with us now.

Week 11 – We host the Texans. We crush them 38-12. Bortles, MVP, with 20 of 32 for 306 and 4:1. Gohl rushed for 106 yards and a score. Lee grabbed 138 yards and 2 scores, Blackmon and Crawford scores as well. Forced fumble by DT Grossman recovered by CB Meadows.

We have another injury – WR Robinson, hyperextended his elbow is his first game back and is doubtful for a pair of weeks, and I bench him. Again. SS Cyprien is out for two weeks with a triceps thing. S Iloka will start for him. This time I’m starting WR Wild in his spot to see what the rookie can do.

Week 12 – We head to Carolina to face the woeful 3-7 Panthers. We win 27-23, and Gohl rushed for 113 yards and a score while OG Satre paved the way with 5 KRb and a pancake. DE Butler racked up a pair of sacks. Pick by CB Hopkins, WR Wild had 4 for 85 and a score, and TE Delaroche a score as well.

In injury news, WLB Justin Houston is questionable with a triceps thing, but I’ll keep him in. LT Goldhammer is probable.

Week 13 – We have a game on the road against the 6-5 Patriots. I think this is setting up to be a trap game, so I sift our game plan a bit to push things around. And we win 40-24. Bortles is MVP with 28 of 40, 354 ,2:0. Rushign scores by Gohl and backup RB Brook. Lee added 107 yards to his total, and Blackmon and Crawford had scores. DT Grossman with 2.5 sacks and Velazquez added 2 himself.

Back from injury C Pearson, FL Robinson, SS Cyprien. TE Delaroche is injured and questionable for a few weeks.

We are 11-1, and the Colts are 10-2.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 09:42 PM

Week 14 – We head to Atlanta and win 28-20. DE Velazquez is NFL Defensive Player of the Week with 3 sacks, 5 hurries, and 4 QB knockdowns. OG Satre rocked 3 KRB and a pancake. And a pick by SS Iloka. Bortles, Game MVP and NFL Offensive Player of the Week, was 25 of 29 for 313 and 3:0. He hit Robinson for 8 grabs, 120 yards, and 2 scores and Wild for a 3rd score. RB Brooks rushed for the final score.

WLB Houston is back to 100%.

Week 15 – We head to Houston and….lose….35-30. Gohl and Brooks each rushed for a score, and Bortles was a frantic 33 for 46, 408 yards, but 2:4. He hit Lee for 1 score and Crawford for the other. Pick by CB Meadows.

QB Bortles is probable with a sprained thumb and Lee with knee tendinitis. Both will start next week.

Week 16 – We host the Saints. We thump them 38-13. Bortles is Game MVp with 27 of 34 for 3471 and 3:1 and Brooks added a rushing score on the ground, Lee was 7 of 143 for 2 scores and WR Wild the other one. SS Cyprien forced a fumble that CB Meadows recovered and scrambled 16 yards for a TD. C Pearson rocked 4 KRB and OT Goldhammer 3.

Indy lost to Atlanta, and for the first time since week 5 or 6, the Colts have not been one game behind us.

They can’t beat us next week, and we are locked into 2nd place in the AFC playoffs, the Ravens are 14-1. We are guaranteed a bye.

Week 17 – We host the Colts. No matter what happens today, we get a bye and the Colts are #5. It’s just for fun. But these are the Colts. I’m going all out – I can rest folks next week! The Colts can’t. I want momentum, and I want to push these guys around after they swept us last year.

We win 31-3.

RB Gohl was injured after collecting 106 yards on the ground and was spelled by Brooks, who scored.

Bortles, MVP, was 20 of 31 today and just had 193 yards and 2:1.

Lee had a score and 57 yards, and Blackmon the other TD Catch.

We had picks today by S Tavon Wilson, ILB Melvin Robinson and WLB justin Houston

CB Janoris Jenkins forced and recovered a fumble

OT Derek Sherrod rocked 5 KRB.

A few injuries of note –

CB Shane Hopkins is questionable with a strained hammy for an unknown about of time

RB Walter Gohl is questionable with a sprained knee

WR Lee, QB Bortles, and LT Goldhammer are all probable

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 09:57 PM

The 2019 NFL Playoffs!!!

The AFC Playoff Roster:

#1 Baltimore Ravens 15-1
#2 Jacksonville Jaguars 14-2
#3 Buffalo Bills 12-4
#4 San Diego Chargers 11-5
#5 Indianapolis Colts 11-5
#6 Pittsburgh Steelers 10-6

All have at least double digit wins. A strong group;

We are better than the NFC teams!

Wild Card Weekend!

The Colts travel to San Diego
The Steelers travel to Buffalo

The Lions head to the desert to take on the Cardinals
The 8-8 #6 seed 49ers head to the Bucs to face them here in Florida

3 of the 4 road teams hold

Arizona won 27-17
Indy stuffed them 33-9
Pittsburgh did the same 33-6
And the 49ers just edged the Bucs 17-13

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 10:09 PM

NFL Playoffs Week #2 –

The Cardinals are heading out to Green Bay
The 49ers to Dallas

In the AFC the Steelers at going to try and upend their division rival 15-1 Ravens. The only loss the Ravens had this year was to the Steelers. That could be a good matchup.

And we are hosting the Colts. Again. After the trouncing we gave them two weeks ago, do they have a hope? We won in their place early on, but barely, 38-37.

No major injury news.

We win 30-17

Bortles is our MVp with 32 of 43 for 316 and 3:0, and hit Robinson twice for cores and 16 yards and RB Gohl for a score. Pick by CB Bryan Meadows.

Baltimore won 20-17 in a close game, Green Bay defeated Arizona (22-10) and Dallas San Francisco (36-31)

OG Theophilakatosthisguysnameiswaytoobiglakos is probable but we’ll start him next week anyway.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 10:25 PM

The 2019 NFL Championship Games

NFC features #1 14-2 Cowboys vs the #2 11-5 Packers

And in the AFC…

A battle that the odds-makers call a push, The #2 seed 14-2 Jacksonville Jaguars head to Baltimore to take on the 15-1, #1 seed Ravens!!

We kick a FG with 0:03 seconds left in the game to go up 31-28 and we win!!!

RB Brooks had a score on the ground

Bortles was 19 of 31 for 266 and 3:1

Lee was 5 for 118 and 1
Robinson was 6 for 121 and 2

In the NFC the traveling Packers won 36-14

We have a few injuries

CB Bryan Meadows is out with a stress fracture.

OG Satre is questionable with a triceps
RG Theo exacerbated his injury and is now questionable as well

RCB Shane Hopkins is still questionable as well.

So, for the Super Bowl.

I place CB Bryan Meadows on IR. And I sign a vet who knows this situation – Aqib Talib.

At CB Jenkins and Dennard will start the Super Bowl.

Back from injury are Bortles, Lee, GOhl and Wild. Satre will still start…..

I move some of my starters to special teams for the big game too. For example, WLB Houston is now a gunner.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 10:33 PM

The 2019 NFL Super Bowl

In a battle of #2 seeds!

Your NFC Champion 11-5 Green Bay Packers

Vs

Your AFC Champion 14-2 Jacksonville Jaguars

Who will win? Check it out today, only on FOX!!!

On their opening drive, Green Bay drives down the field, and QB Aaron Rodgers hits JT Stuber for a 44 yard pass for a score….

It would be the last time Green Bay scored.

Bortles nails TE Delaroche for a 3 yard pass in the last 12st to answer.

Then Gohl nets a 2 yard rush in the 2nd, and Blackmon is hit by Bortles for 11 yards before the half.

Post half, Blackmon’s 34 yard catch and score is the lone score of the 3rd quarter.

And Tyler Bernard caps things off with a FG in the 4th.

We win 31-7

Bortles is the Super Bowl MVP with 23 of 32, 187, and 3:0.

Picks were had by FS Tavon Wilson and…..CB Aqib Talib, who we played as a dimeback. Dude clearly wanted to prove himself!

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 10:39 PM

League Awards:

Super Bowl MVP:

QB Blake Bortles

Defensive Player of the Year:

DE Cesar Velazquez

All-Pro First Team:

WR Marqise Lee
DE Cesar Velazquez

All-Pro Second Team:

CB Shane Hopkins

That’s right Hopkins!

And dang, hello Velazquez!

Travis

02-13-2015, 10:48 PM

NICELY DONE!

Here's hoping there's a title defense in the future!

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 10:58 PM

Stats:

Passing:

QB Blake Bortles – 14 starts, 346 of 476, 3996 yards, 73.3%, 37:12, 113.5 rating, 28 sacks,

Bortles looks solid in basically 13.5 games of stats.

QB Raul Hall, 2 starts, 71 of 95, 814 yards, 74.7%, 8:1, 123.7 Rating, 7 sacks

When your backup does that well, I think we would all agree that we have a strong sub. You cannot argue with that. And if we didn’t win that stretch earlier with Hall, we would have rocked the #5 seed and the Colts would have been #2. Would we still have won on the road and made it to the Super Bowl?

Rushing:

RB Walter Gohl – 244 for 1225, 11 rush TDs; 37 catches for 175 yards.

5th most rushing yards in the league, and tied for 2nd most TDs. That’s not a bad year, and I didn’t think we’d get a big reduction in production after dropping DeMarco Murray and I’m glad to see that was the case.

Receiving:

WR Marqise Lee, 119 for 1625 and 19 scores.
WR Robinson, 12 starts, 57 for 784 and 3 scores
WR Blackmon, 51 for 593 and 7
WR Wild, 43 for 557 and 5
TE Delaroche, ,38 for 410 and 5
WR Donnie Crawford, 15 for 254 and 6

Everybody was catching TD passes!

I like what TE Delaroche brought to the team. Delaroche has two things going for him – he’s an undrafted 2md year guy that’s 42/42 now, and can step in ans my starter next year, and he has an exceptional affinity with our receiving leader, Marqise Lee. Robinson does as well. It seems like Lee is always finding another level.

Special Teams:

WR Blackmon – Was 2nd in the league in KR Avg with 28.5. Only CB Justin Green ,who had two scores in 25 returns, had more.

RB Reggie Brooks – Signed in part to take over Punt Return duties, was 5th in the league among qualifiers for PR average of 11.6.

K Tyler Bernard, 22 of 24, 65 of 66 PAT. Long of 51
P Brad Nortman, 81 punts, 40.6 average - lowest in the league by far. 29 in 20

Defense:

DE Cesar Velazquez, 50 tackles, 18 assists; 22.5 sacks, 5 blocks passes, 25 hurries, 33 QB Kd
DE Kenneth Butler, 33 and 12; 8.5 sacks, 1 block, 16 huries, 2 QBKD
DE Glen Willis, 11 and 2 tackles; 6 sacks, 1 block, 13 hurries, 10 QB KD
DT Quentin Grossman, 33 and 6; 4 sacks, 2 blocks, 6 hurries, 4 QB KD
DT Colin Hover, 20 and 18; 3.5 sacks, 2 blocks, 5 hurries

Zang Cesar!

SLB Courtney Upshaw – 70 solos and 21 assists; 1 pick, 3 pasdef
MLB Melvin Robinson – 10 starts, 64 and 29, 1.5 sacks, 1 pick, 6 pasdef
WLB Houston – 34 and 11, 1 pick, 1 INT RET TD, 2 pasdef

Not a good year for my LB corps

CB Shane Hopkins – 8 picks, 18 pasdef
CB Bryan Meadows – 5 picks and 13 padef
FS Tavon Wilson – 4 picks and 6 pasdef
CB Darqueze Dennard – 1 pick, 10 pasdef
SS Jonathan Cyprien – 11 starts, 4 pasdef
SS George Iloka – 1 pick and 9 pasdef

I think it might be time to jettison Cyprien for Iloka. But we had strong CB play from my rookies the last two drafts in Meadows and Hopkins. Good job!

Blocking -

OG Marquis Satre, 29 KRB, 8 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
C Roger Pearson, 12 starts, 28 KRB, 1 pancake, 6 sacks allowed
RT Derek Sherrod, 20 KRB, 10 sacks allowed
OG Deion Theophilakos, 15 starts, 19 KRb and 8 sacks allowd
OT Cedric Goldhammer, 16 KRB and 10 sacks allowed

FB Will Johnson, 10 KRB, 3 pancakes. I love Will!

This was a down year for Satre, who suffered with minor injuries much of the season. And was still the best O-Line on a team, so I can’t complain that much. Meanwhile Pearson would have been something nice. Among qualifiers in the league with at least 12 games, Pearson had the 2nd best Block Percentage at 50.9; he was really on fire.

Come on Goldhammer! At some point in time you have to shake off that new car smell and step up to the plate! I’m really glad about extended Pearson. Hopefully Deion Theo will be a nice complement for Satre moving forward now that he got a lot of that green out of his system.

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 10:58 PM

NICELY DONE!

Here's hoping there's a title defense in the future!

Thanks!!!

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 11:22 PM

Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year – RB Walter Gohl – Despite a weak year in blocking for us, Gohl was still 5th most in rushing yards in the league and 2nd most in rushing TDs. And this isn’t exactly a guy like DeMarco Murray, you know? As of right now, our scouts place Gohl as the 14th best RB in the league. (Murray dropped to 51/51, so we cut him at precisely the right time, btw). To get these stats, on a pass-happy team, that didn’t give him great blocking, is pretty good stuff. Good job buddy! Gohl just fits us. And cheaply! We have him signed through 2021, this is just his 5th year he’s 25 years old, he’s a solid 54/54 guy and he’s a 1.98 cap hit this year)

Defensive Player of the Year – DE Cesar Velazquez – Velazquez pulled a Satre. What do I mean? He led the league in two key stats – sacks and QB knockdowns. He was a force of absolute disruption in the backfield and a key reason we went 14-2 in the regular season. My D Line has gone from a regret to a joy.

Special Teams Player of the Year – WR Justin Blackmon – Had another really good year returning the ball. He just continues to give us really good field position after our opponents score and we need momentum back. That hidden yardage really adds up!

Rookie of the Year – WR Joshua Wild – Virtually every rookie I signed and drafted either was inactive or so deep on the chart that little happened, with two exceptions. WR Wild and Crawford. Wild rocked a solid and respectable 12.95 yards/catch and 5 scores. Can’t argue with success!

Heart Award – WR Donnie Crawford – For a late round pick with little value behind four very good wideouts, Crawford did surprisingly well. When your 5th WR had 6 Tds during the year, that’s something worth spending some time giving out accolades. Thanks Donnie!

Abe Sargent

02-13-2015, 11:40 PM

After the season is over, and we won our first Super Bowl in year 6 of this dynasty, where are my players now, the ones we care about?

SE Joshua Wild is now 59/83. That’s a huge gain in skill, and he rose to the 2nd best player on the Green page. Here take a look:

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/AbeSargent/Post%20SB%20Wild%20_zpsijq44imr.jpg

You can just see a few differences here and there! As of right now, just as a 59 current, Wild is a strong WR. But now WR in the game has a potential (or current) in the 80s, other than Wild. So there is a chance that Wild could be the best receiver in the NFL is a year or two.

The first WR to go in the draft to the Bengals at 1/21 Is 59/78 right now. So both look really nice. We both won the NFL draft.

To be fair though, I thought I had won it last year when I took Goldhammer late in the 1st and he was clear and away the best player on the board and he’s been a weak link two years running.

WLB Houston dropped to 62/62. He’s 31, and he dropped his salary over the next two years for us to extend him. He’s fine, I wouldn’t need to move him.

Ideally, I’d like to see if I can trade for a major TE. There are 9 Tes that have a rating of 60 or more. I’d love to see if I could secure one for our team. None are slated to be FA. KC has two, since they drafted the stud in the draft this year, and they already had 66/66 Travis Kelce.

FB Johnson dropped ot 54/54

That’s look like its about all it for major changes to stuff.

Abe Sargent

02-14-2015, 12:14 AM

End of the 2019 Season –

Performance - 86
Value – 82
Profit – 79
Roster Strength – 25

77 Score

Salary cap rises 6.4 mill

Abe Sargent

02-14-2015, 12:26 AM

New Hall of Fame – Brady, Brees, Andre Johnson, Jared Allen, Jason Witten, DeMarcus Ware

Retirements:

We lose OLB Justin Houston and CB Aqib Talib. Damn it Justin!

Others of Note:

CB Leon Hall
TE Martellus Bennett
OT Joe Thomas
ILB Lawrence Timmons
RB Knowshown Moreno
QB Tony Romo
CB Cary Williams
OT Ryan Clady
WR Eric Decker
TE Jermaine Gresham (Bye Bye!)
WR Calvin Johnson
WR Dexter McCluster
CB Sam Shields
DE Chandler Jones
ILB Jerod Mayo
C Morgan Cox
CB Jerraud Powers
QB Eli Manning
CB Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie
CB Ellis Lankster (Bye Bye!)
QB Ben Roethlisberger
QB Phillp Rivers
DE Cliff Avril
RB Alfred Morris

Wow that’s a lot of QBs leaving. Romo, the other Manning, Rivers and Ben Ben. That really hurts the QB position in the league

As of right now:

QBs by current value

CJ Ellison – Ravens, took him 1.4 in the THREE AWESOME QB draft – 85/85
Andrew Luck – 77/77
Rich Dillon – Bucs, 1.1 pick in the Ubre QB draft, 75/75
Russell Wilson, 70/70 – dropped
Logan Thomas – 65/65
Cam Newton – 63/63
Blake Bortles – 61/61
Teddy Bridgewater – 59/59
Johnny Manziel – 58/58

And honorable mention to Rodney Drietzt, 58/73, with the Saints, the 3rd of the Ubre QBs taken 1.2,

Rodgers? 55/55
Dalton? 51/51
Matt Ryan? 50/50

Russell Wilson fell some in value post-signing with the Texans. Still threw for 5389 yards though.

It won’t be long before some others begin to drop and retire

Abe Sargent

02-14-2015, 12:44 AM

Team stuff?

We made 21 mill last year

We are now worth 776 mill, 14th lowest

3rs best Roster
18th best support
14th worst economy
5th worst stadium

96.5% attendance

Staff?

We pick 25th. Once again our Assistant Coach was promoted somewhere else. There is a better STR Coordinoatr there and I move ot him as well.

Str Coor – Wesley Lincoln. 34 yers old, 850k, strength is specialization, and solid bars, all in the 60s-ish.

Asst. Coach – Irv Richmond, 59, 1.38 mill, QB focus, I chose him because he was good with scouting and interviewing. Was 55/44 as a head coach of the Rams. (He’s basically Jeff Fisher)

Abe Sargent

02-14-2015, 12:50 AM

FAs:

TE Maloney
DT Allen
CB Dennard
FS Tate
LS Johnstone

No reason to use a tag on those folks!

RFA:

TE Doctrow
RT Richardson

And that’s it. I have 46 players under contract and just 11 mill under the cap – 4.2 for other non-draft acquisitions.

Let’s head to FA

My only major need is at LB to replace Houston.

Who am I losing at the end of 2020?

RT Derek Sherrod
P Brad Nortman
FB Will Johnson
SLB Courtney Upshaw
FL Justin Blackmon
FL Allen Robinson
QB Raul Hall
NT Colin Hover
MLB Irving Ward
RCB Shane Hopkins
LCB Jacob Tudor
TE JR Delaroche

There are a ton of good, quality Ps out there in FA. 6 Punters have a current rating of 50+. No reason to focus on Nortman.

MizzouRah

02-14-2015, 05:41 AM

Congratulations Champs!

Abe Sargent

02-14-2015, 10:34 AM

Congratulations Champs!

Yay champs!

Took 6 years, which is feasible. We got a great year in year three with a 13-3 season I didn't expect. Made it to the Bowl only to lose. Then we lost Bortles and ran against an undefeated Denver juggernaut the next year, and then we got a major in-season collapse that dropped us to #5 and we couldn't get out of the away-game problem while in-division Houston made it all of the way to the Bowl (but lost). This felt like our year, with only 15-1 Ravens a team that felt like it would be a threat, and when the Packers defeated their 14-2 NFC foes to make it out, it seemed like everything aligned perfectly this year. About time too!

Abe Sargent

02-15-2015, 10:21 AM

So here are my major requirements:

1 – sign CB Shane Hopkins to a new deal
2 – Find a good OLB to replace Houston
3 – See if I can trade for a really high quality TE
4 – Figure out my WR problem. I have one too many quality WRs.
5 – Figure out who my future is at MLB – Robinson or Irving – can’t extend both
6 – Hunt for some good deals in FA as always
7 – Prepare my roster for a good Best-Player Available draft again.
8 – Figure out and resign, or not, a few major players.

I sign RFA RT Richardson to a two year deal for us

I can lose a mill off this year’s cap by resigning FB Will Johnson to two more years. He’s 30 and already dropped once to 54/54. I think we can let him play this year, and then move on. Or cut him and save 3.5 mill. The only issue is that he’s my backfield leader.

Neither Blackmon nor Robinson are getting any trade offers on the market. No GM is interested, no matter how much cap space they have. Which is off I feel.

Who do I want more:

Blackmon is 30; Robinson 26

That’s really what it comes down to in my mind.

I extend WR Allen Robinson by three more years. I move Wild over to Flanker so him and Lee and start, and Robinson will be my 3rd guy now.

Abe Sargent

02-15-2015, 10:59 AM

I cut P Brad Nortman – I’ll sign another in FA.

I extend QB Raul Hall by a year

OLB Upshaw wants his contract tripled to be extended. Nope!

Do I want to move from Cyprien to iloka officially this season?

I trade Cyprien for the 4th and 6th round selections in next year’s draft to the Oakland Raiders.

I extend SS Iloka’s deal by two more years. We are now committed to him.

I only hope I can get a pick at the back of the 2nd round this year like I did a few years ago when I snagged CB Hopkins at the 2.31 spot. I extend him to a 5 year deal, with 7.39 mill cap hit this year.

Now we’ve got the Hopkins thing figured out. What else?

Ward or Robinson? Who’s to be my MLB?

Robinson wants twice as much money to be extended. He’s two years younger, and I have to admit that I’m fond of keeping my own draftees when they work out. I’ll hold off a decision for now.

For cap reasons, and to chase some FA, I cut FB Johnson. Sorry Will! I love ya!

Abe Sargent

02-15-2015, 11:10 AM

Now I have 4.8 mill in cap room to chase players pre-draft.

What about that TE? Could I acquire one?

I call up KC. Their #1 need is a starting MLB, and oh look, I have two.

They don’t want to trade away their stud they just drafted, he;s a fan favorite.

I trade MLB Melvin Robinson for TE Travels Kelce and their 3rd rounder in 2022

TE Travis Kelce – two years left, we are paying him 6 mill this year and next. 30 years old, 69/69 TE, welcome to the club.

I extend MLB Irving Ward for two more years. Even on the downside of his career, this is a major improvement, and I got a 3rd rounder in the future too. Winning!

I cut Justin Blackmon to make some more cap space to pursue FA, now that TE Kelce is on my roster.

Poli

02-16-2015, 11:16 AM

All caught up now! Congrats!

Abe Sargent

02-18-2015, 08:47 PM

All caught up now! Congrats!

Thanks!

Abe Sargent

04-20-2015, 02:15 PM

Let’s move forward

I look over the FA that I like, so see about a nice offer:

P Leslie Bridgeman – the best one in FA
SLB Shawn Branton – The best OLB in FA

I’m not going to prioritize getting a new FB right now.

There is a 53/53 TE out there and he wants more money his first year than Kelce get’s paid.

What are other areas of need?

FB
Backup TE
Backup WR
Future (or current) replacement for OT Derek Sherrod
P
Future starting DT, or none at all
Backup LB
Backup CBx2
Backup S

Not a lot. After cuts and trades, we are still rocking 43 players under contract

So I might as well make a stab at a cheap FB – FB Robbie Wheatley

Abe Sargent

04-20-2015, 03:29 PM

Any others that I like? Let’s push and see

Week 3 – Nothing

Week 4 – Nothing

Week 5 – CB Dennard signed with the Cowboys

Week 6 – OG Mike Iupati signed with Oakland

Week 7 – We sign SLB Shawn Branton. I slide him to WLB. He has an affinity with SLB Courtney Upshaw

Week 8 – We sign LS Grayson Johnstone; CB Jeremy Harris signs with Green Bay

Week 9 – We sign FB Wheatley. Meanwhile FB Johnson is heading to St. Lous and Manti Te’o to Cleveland

Week 10 – We sign P Bridgeman.

I have just 260,000 left in cap space after those signings. We have 47 players under our roster and look good for the draft.

I take a quick look to see if there are any others I want to attack. Any great deals? Nah, I’m ready to commit to the draft now.

Time to do some interviews. Try and find folks still at the 1.32 spot of quality. This is a very Center heavy draft with a ton of talent, including a Center who appears to be the next incarnation of OG Satre, as a C. I have Pearson, but would I be willing to swap him out? Nah, I’ve committed too much for Pearson financially. Hmm… could I move Pearson back to OG? If you’ll recall, I drafter Pearson as an OG in the 2nd and then moved him to C for me.

Week 11 – Blackmon signs with Houston. He’ll be catching balls from QB Russell Wilson. P Nortman signed with the Bucs.

Week 12 – CB Alec Bowbliss signed with the Steelers. TE Maloney with the Broncos

Abe Sargent

04-20-2015, 04:02 PM

The 2020 NFL Draft

The Skins take DT Alex Sweeney to open things up.

We are picking at X.32 each round, and we have the 4.17 and 6.15 as well

I interviewed both of the players at the top of the draft at the 1.32 spot. Both OTs, and both came back underrated. Either one looks adequate, but not sexy. One is a pass blocking specialist and very strong, but with little run blocking. The other is a blocking specialist for both, but with little strength. I take that one – Myron Starks.

A few good players head off the board and I look around to see what BAP sort of picks are rocking the block…. Ohh…RB? Last year’s huge run on RB, hundreds of quality ones went, has dropped the value of those out there and several RBs are here looking really nice at the 2.32 spot. RB Shawn McIntyre, for example, has a blue combine number is every single stat save for broad jump. I look at a few to find a special teams specialist that I like named Jose Rivers.

We’re at the back of the 3rd now, and it looks time to begin taking stuff I need. No RBs I don’t need ya, sorrys, you know? I grab CB Colton Hanks

Our 4.17 arrives, that we traded for. The best player on the board who is not something we already drafted, other than Qb, is ILB Brent Greer. So I grab Greer. He has a potential affinity, which is nice.

At the end of the 4th I decide to take the QB that is still on the board. I don’t need it. But QB Hardy Schaefer is quite the BAP here. He has an affinity and he looks to have really strong bars. But he is super green – 10% developed. I grab him

Another need pick arrives and I tag CB Owen Horn, who looks like a really strong returner and special teams guy for my team.

6.15 sees me snag a backup FB in case my signed guy sucks. Then at 6.32 I pick a WR and then a TE with my final selection.

The 2020 Jacksonville Jaguars Draft Class

1. OT Myron Starks, Stanford
2. RB Jose Rivers, Duke
3. CB Colton Hanks, Arizona
4. ILB Brent Grer, Temple; QB Hardy Schaefer, Notre Dame
5. CB Owen Horn, Central Michigan
6. FB Dashawn Chorak, Georgia Tech; WR Roman Fahey, North Texas
7. TE Skip Hillery, Oregon State

Abe Sargent

04-20-2015, 04:37 PM

Whoa!

We got an A+ draft report. That doesn’t happen. Let’s look at my rookies!

We have 2 on the Green Page:

OT Myron Starks is the 4th lowest player on the Page, but he’s there. RB Rivers is on there too. Two other RBs chart more highly than Rivers, all were taken in the 2nd round.

Early rookie impressions?

RT Starks – 23/66
RB Rivers – 43/63
FB Chorak – 21/50
QB Schaefer – 8/47
TE Hillery – 21/42
WR Fahey – 19/40
MLB Greer – 17/32
CB Hanks – 23/49
CB Horn – 15/33

So we had a lot of 40s potential in there. But OT Starks and RB Rivers appear to be really solid investments. Again, this is early days, but that looks promising.

Let’s move to Late FA

I have a hold out. SLB Courtney Upshaw.

I didn’t use a lot of money in draft stuff, so I have about 3 mill in spare cap room to extend Upshaw. I don’t have enough cap space to extend him, and I still need to sign more folks.

I need a 4th S on my roster. I make a vet minimum offer to bring back FS Tate.

I am way too far up against the cap for normal offers…

I can make some cuts though. Like RB. Even if Jose Rivers busts, I can comfortably drop a RB now for cap reasons. I cut RB Matthew Dorsey and QB Edgar Estevez.

I cut OT Sherrod to clear up cap space, but it’s a risk. He’s my O Line leader, but has no conflicts or affinities. My new leader is OT Glenn. Uh oh. I have three conflicts with him. He’s just a backup OT mentor guy. I cut Glenn as well. I make an offer to a veteran, mentor, OT that can come in and I make an offer to RT Terrance Richmond, 37/37; 7 years old, from the Bills, to come in. He’d be my leader, and mentor to OTs, and OG Tinkis and OT Starks are happy about that too.

I make an offer to UFA C Luis Dillon and WLB Lukas Schmadl

There are a few UFas that look really good I’m steering clear of for affinity reasons (22/49 TE Raymond Malio) and a logjam at the position (FB 18/52 Corbin Poole)

Week 2 – We sign C Dillon, FS Tate – I bump up my offer to WLB Schmadl to fend off competition

Week 3 – I sign RT Richmond. WR Van Linn agreed to teams with Seattle

Week 4 – WLB Schmadl is coming to Jacksonville

Anyone else out there that intrigues me?

Not really. I would re-sign Upshaw, but I’m pissed at the hold out, I’ma make him wait.

Abe Sargent

04-20-2015, 04:51 PM

Are you ready for the camp time?

Post-Camp, let’s look at my OT Myron

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/AbeSargent/Stark%20Love_zps8d4xlljd.jpg

He’s nothing too exciting with the 22 strength, but I think we’d all agree that he’s a solid 1.32 OT selection will can come in and start, and be a potential house down the road. If he winds up in the 60/60 area someday down the road, then Starks is a strong guy. Plus, he’s gotten a little bit better from the draft, when he was supposedly 23/66 and now 29/68.

Abe Sargent

04-20-2015, 04:58 PM

Any of my other rookies bust or boom significantly?

RB Rivers is 44/62 and looking fine. He started – 43/63, so the camp really didn’t help – odd.

Here’s the RB now:

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/AbeSargent/The%20River%20is%20Wide_zpsmaalzba6.jpg

He’s the 4th best RB in the draft, and a solid backup for Gohl, and who knows about the future?

Abe Sargent

04-20-2015, 05:37 PM

CB Colton Hanks from my 3.32 pick boomed a bit and is now 27/52,and that’s pretty sexy. He is the 6th best CB by current ability and the 5th by potential according to our scouts. Getting him 3.32 is strong stuff.

Some later picks waffled or dropped though. QB Schaefer as one example.

WR Wild is now 56/83 and 27/36 for Donnie Crawford. Other players from the 2019 draft have dropped or not climbed, and that draft is now just solely about Wild it seems. Guys we drafted like 3rd round OG Tinkis (22/36), are done. In fact, UFA RT Artie Richardson is the 2nd best player from last year’s draft at 29/43 on our team. 2nd rounder WLB Mitchell looks horrendous. This was all about Joshua Wild. Who may end up being something, so that’s a solid grab, but still…

In the rest of the 2020 draft, as I mentioned, there was a house of an OC Brady Stevenson, who went 1.22 to the Bucs, and post-Camp is 53/90.

The best O Lineman generated in the last six years is Satre at 95/59. The next highest is 2nd year OG 76/76 and then 75/75 OT Archie Chustz. C Stevenson can be a real house as you can see.

The best OT in the draft was 1.23 Aidan Veal, who is 48/83. We didn’t get that lucky. If I had realized, I would have traded up to get him. Starks is good, but just downright sinful. The Chargers just won that draft! You don’t get a player that good at that important of a position outside of the top ten. 1.8 Denver took the top OT on the board and he’s 45/68 which isn’t embarrassing or anything. Cooper Wayt also went to the Cards at the 1.26 spot, and he’s 22/63. So we have the solid 29/68 Starks. Three QBs went with potentials in the high 50s or low 60s in the first round as well.

Abe Sargent

04-20-2015, 06:41 PM

I have to make some post-Camp cuts:

C Ross President, last year’s 6th rounder
DE Oscar Freeman
WLB Roderick Mitchell, last year’s 2nd rounder

I sign UFA LDE Tyler Hastings, a 22/32 guy

I extend OLB Courtney Upshaw by two more years. He comes off of his hold-out.

We have 2.6 mill in cap space after that. His cost to extend dropped down after camp. Let’s look at our roster, and then begin to ask some questions:

QB Bortles 61/61 – Raul Hall has dropped to 28/28. I don’t see me using him for too much longer.

RB Walter Gohl (54/54) with Reggie Brooks at 45/45 and a good return man and rookie Rivers too.

FB Robbie Wheatley – 50/50 and cheap and our backfield leader too

TE Travis Kelce – 68/68; JR Delaroche, 42/42

WR Wild - 56/83 and Lee – 71/71 and Robinson – 50/50 are still rocking things hard-like

C Pearson – 52/52

OG Satre – 95/95 and studly; Theophilakos – 44/56 – and backup Linder is 41/41

OT sees Goldhammer at 53/53; Starks with 29/68 and backup/mentor Terrence Richmond at 38/38

P Leslie Bridgeman – 57/57; K Tyler Bernard – 60/60; LS Grayson Johnstone

DE Butler – Dropped to 48/48; Velazquez is 67/67 and DE Willis 38/38

DT Grossman is 54/54; Hover 43/43

At LB we have Irving Ward at MLB with 53/53; Upshaw at SLB with 53/53 and recent signee Shawn Branton, the best OLB in FA at 52/52. No good backups though - the best is OLB Leon Russell at 39/39

For CBs we have starters and draftees CB Bryan Meadows – 51/51 and Shane Hopkins – 59/59; backups include Janoris Jenkins at 49/49; Jacob Tudor at 40/40 and rookie Colton Hanks with a 27/52 spot.

Meanwhile at the safety spot we traded Cyprien in the offseason and are now committed to SS George Iloka (56/56) and FS Tavon Wilson returns – (53/53). Both are older (30 and 30 respectively) so this is not a permanent answer, but they both work.

Abe Sargent

04-20-2015, 07:41 PM

Here are players of note with their contract up at the end of the year:

DT Hover; TE Delaroche; CB Jacob Tudor; LG Brandon Linder

That’s not a lot, obviously. Hover is 29 years old, and I decide to extend his deal by two years at 2.5 mill. Even at 43/43, if I end up bringing in someone later who is a lot better, Hover can slide to back-up. And that locks up Hover.

We sold 55,600 season tickets after I increased prices in the post-season to reflect the Super Bowl win.

What do others think:

8th best QB, 3rd worst backup
16th best RB, 6th best reserves
12th best FB
5th best TE; 9th best reserve
5th best WR; 4th worst reserve
19th best C; 6th worst reserve
2nd best OG; 7thg worst reserve
12th worst OT; 9th worst reserve
15th best P; 11th best K
9th best DE; 6th worst reserve
18th best DT; 8th worst reserve
8th worst MLB
18th best OLB; 7th worst reserve
10th best CB; 12th worst reserve
14th best S; 4th worst reserve

Abe Sargent

04-21-2015, 08:55 PM

I’m considering extending OG Theophilakos this year, rather than next. The contract of Theo, CB Meadows, and OT Goldhammer all end 2021. Goldhammer has not played that well, and wants a ton of money to sign a post-draft deal, so I may just let him go. Meadows wants real money too. Last year he had 5 picks and 13 pasdef. Another year like that and I may just do that. Theo though is not fully developed. To sign him long term is just an upgrade this year from a 840k hit to 2.64 mill. Next year he bumps from 1 mill to 3.3, Then he is signed for 3.6 and 4. The benefit is that I lock him down now, when it’s a 44/56 guy. If he has a really good season, I don’t want to cost too much money to lock him up. I did that with DE Butler for example, and it worked out.

Another concern is that I remove any draft flexibility with great interior linemen by signing Theo full time. What if I get a really good high-quality player in the late 1st or into the 2nd? I probably lose some of my flexibility to chase whoever is still good on the board. For example, I grabbed Theo in the 3.29 spot. I also snagged C Pearson at the 52/52 spot, and he was an OG I moved over, and was better as an OG in the mid-60s, but I had o line flexibility built in. What happens if that falls off because I sign Theo.

I hold off for now. Might as well get through the Exhibition games!

Week 2 - We lose to Seattle 34-31. RB Rivers is questionable.

Week 3 – We beat the Vikings 35-24. CB Hopkins is out for 3 weeks.

Week 4 – We lose to Arizona 20-17.

Week 5 – We smash the Pack 38-7. TE Kelce has tonsillitis and will miss 3 weeks with it.

After busting post-camp, and showing nothing since, I cut 6th rounder FB Dashawn Chorak, and we are at 53.

Alright, folks, let’s go get another ring!

Abe Sargent

04-21-2015, 09:28 PM

The 2020 Regular Season

Week 1 – We travel to Houston to face the Texans in our opening game. We win 41-38. But, we have some bad news. Hold on though. MVP is Blake Bortles who has 32 of 44 for 312 and 1:0. RB Gohl caught that scout, and was 20 for 49 yards and a score in the ground. RB Brooks also had a rushing scores. With my offense just accounting for 3 scores, how did we get 41 points? RB Brookes had a 67 yard punt return for a score. DT Quentin Grossman a 8 yard fumble recovery for a score. Then add in 2 FGs, and that’s our 41 points. Pick by S Tavon Wilson, DE Velazquez and DT Hover with forced fumbles, 2 sacks by DE Velazquez, picking up right where he left off from last year’s Defensive MVP Campaign, 1 sack by Grossman. 3 KRB for backup OG Brandon Linder.

Next week, CB Hopkins will return to our lineup.

Multiple major injuries from the game though:

FL Joshua Wild is out for 3 weeks with a hyperextended elbow
CB Janoris Jenkins doubtful with pulled groin
RG Deoin Theo, doubtful with abdominal straing
QB Blake Bortles, questionable, strained quads

That’s not good.

I don’t want this season to be injury-apocalypse. I toss on inactive roster everyone but Bortles. Linder, Hopkins, and Allen Robinson are starting again.

Week 2 – We host and crush the Lions 38-10. Bortles injured, is still MVP of the game with 27 of 38 for 234 and 3:1. Lee has 10 catches 105 yards and 2 scores. RB Gohl carries the rock for 124 yards and 2 scores 20 carries, and backup RB Brooks rocks 12 for 68 while spelling him. TE Skip Hillery catches the final score. CB Bryan Meadows with 2 picks and S Wilson with one. Sacks by DE Butler, DE Willis, DE Velazquez. 5 KRB by C Pearson, 4 and a pancake by Satre. 3 by Linder and Goldhammer.

Bortles was upgraded to probable.

Week 3 – We host the Bills and send them back losers 24-13. Defensive Player of the Week and Game MVP is DE Velazquez with 9 tackles, 4.5 sacks, and 1 hurry and 3 knockdowns. He was a force all game long. 2 sacks by DT Hover too. S Iloka grabbed a pick. OG Satre had 3 KRB and another pancake. Bortles was 25 of 36 for 3:1, Golh was 14 carries for 59 yards, and Lee was 7 catches for 132 and 1 score, WR Robinson rocked a TD Catch as well as RB Hutchins, our 4th guy, just in for Wild and normally inactive. I mean Bortles will hit ya. Last week is was 3rd strong rookie and 7th rounder TE Hillery with a score. Have two hands? Are you standing? Bortles is going to nail you for a score. And one of those is negotiable.

New injury – DT Quentin Grossman, questionable with a bruised sternum for 6 weeks.

No one is coming back yet. I’ll leave Grossman in for now. He’s pretty key to our D Line.

Week 4 – We host the undefeated Bengals and win 27-10. Bortles was again MVp with 26 of 37 for 303 and 3:0 – WR Roman Fahey, our 6.32 rookie and 5th WR this year was 10 catches for 150 yards and 1 score. WR Robinson was 7 for 81, and FB Wheatley and WR Lee had the others. RB Gohl rocked 15 carries for 115 yards. Picks by CB Hopkins and Meadows. DE Velazquez added 2 sacks and 2 knockdowns, and S Iloka notched a sack as well. OT Goldhmamer with 4 KRB.

More injuries:

WR Lee is out for with a pulled calf muscle for 4 weeks.
TE JR Delaroche is out for 3 weeks with a concussion
RB Reggie Brooks is out for 2 weeks with a strained abductor muscle.

Coming back:

TE Kelce

I’m bringing WR Wild back one week early too.

That’s it.

Abe Sargent

04-21-2015, 09:50 PM

Week 5 – We host Cleveland and barely emerge winners 44-38. Bortles, MVP, 38 or 49, 492 and 4:2, WR Wild is 13 for 160 and 2 scores, TE Kelce, in his first game with us after trading for him is 7 for 101, and RB Gohl and FB Wheatley with receiving scores too. Meanwhile Gohl is 23 for 166 and a score on the ground, and 2nd rounder RB Jose Rivers rushes for another. CB Tuder with a pick, and No sacks on the day at all. OG Satre, Linder, and OT Goldhammer all had 4 KRB. FB Wheatley had 2 and a pancake.

There is a reason I kept extended Linder with min-sal contracts, and it was in case of a injuries to my peops. Right now, he has 13 KRB in 21 KRO for a large 61.9%, and just 1 sack allowed in 4 starts and one game subbed in for Theo. I don’t need to extend Theo. Even without Linder as my OG, we’ll be fine I think.

Back from injury – OG Theophilakos, CB Jenkins. Theo is back, but because he’s the hot-guy, Linder will remain in for now. No reason to punish success.

Week 6 – We host the 4-1 Colts, and this is a major game for us. Which we lose. 31 to 35. Argh. Bortles? 32 of 47 for 2:1 and 331 yards – WR Wild for 10 and 120, WR Fahey for 7 and 79 and 1 score, WR Robinson for another TD, RB Gohl for 19 and 104 and 1, WR Donnie Crawford rushes for a score on a reverse. No picks or fumbles by us, 2 sacks by S Iloka, 1 by Grossman. OG Satre with a pancakes and 4 KRB and OG Linder with 3 KRB on 4 KRO.

WR Allen Robinson is out with a strained Achilles tendon for 4 weeks.

Coming back is RB Brooks.

I am required to have 4 active and healthy WR on my roster, I currently have 3. I activate Lee, who is doubtful. I will not be playing him, Donnie Crawford is starting at SE.

Week 7 – We head to Pittsburgh to face the 2-4 Steelers. It’s not even close – 47-21 us. I was a little worried with injuries, but I didn’t need to be. We’re a professional team Bortles, MVP again, 30 of 44 for 228 and 4:1. WR Fahey with 9 for 65 and a score, WR Crawford with 5 for 47 and 2 scores, and TE Kelce with the other . RB Brooks, spelling Gohl, grabbed a ground TD. Picks by OLB Upshaw, S Iloka, And CB Hopkins. Fumbled recovered by Iloka as well. We had a crazy play where RB Brooks fumbled the ball away, our only fumble on the day. It was recovered, and then as it was being returned, WR Wild forces a fumble of his one, and OG Satre falls on it to end the play. Weird stuff. Sacks by DT Hover, DE Butler, and S Myles Clinton, OG Satre with 5 KRB and 3 pancakes. Linder was stymied, and I’ll move back to Theo next week,

Injury news – TE Delaroche is back from injury.

Week 8 – We travel to the 4-3 Ravens and barely emerge 35-34. We were down by 13 with 6 minutes left, and then Wild caught two TDs on back to back drives, the last at 0:36 to win the game. RB Gohl had 53 on 11 for 1 score, and Bortles rushed for a score too. He was 34 of 51 for 372 and 3:3. Kelce had 8 for 73, Wild 7 for 105 and 2, and RB Brookes added an aerial TD grab. Picks by OLB Upshaw and MLB Ward. 1.5 sacks by DT Fisk, and 1 by ILB Ward. C person with 5 KRB, and Satre with 3 and a pair of pancakes as well.

Injury news – RB Brooks s out again for 2 weeks wth a strained calf musle. FB Wheatly is probable with a bruised ribcage for a few weeks,

Coming back – Marqise Lee and Bortles’s injury is now over that he was nursing the first half of the season.

At the halfway mark:

AFC South

7-1 – Jaguars
5-3 Colts
4-3 Titans
3-4 Texans

In Afc Bengals are 7-1, and Jets 6-1 and both Broncos and Chiefs 6-1. Lots of top talent there. In the NFC, just one team with one loss and 2 with two losses. We have 5 with one though. So we aren’t in the clear by any means.

Stats?

Gohl is 3rd in rushing yards, tied for 4th in rush TD
Velazquez is in from of league in sacks,
Satre in league lead with KRB and more than twice as many pancakes (9) as the next highest (4)

Satre is an entire O Line by himself!

Alright, let’s keep this wagon train a-moving!

Abe Sargent

04-21-2015, 10:48 PM

Week 9 – The Titans head into town and leave 4-4 after we blast-hammer them 45-15. Bortles, Game MVP and Offensive Player of the Week rocked 28 of 32 for 450 and 5:0, hitting Lee for 156 yards and 3 scores, Wild for 137 and 1, and WR Fahey for 82 and a score as well. Gohl added 66 on 14 for a score, and Rivers had 58 on 8 as a backup. Very little running, today was all air. OG Theo, fresh off his stint on the bench, had 4 KRB out of 4 KRO and Goldhammer added 3 and a pancake. 2 sacks by DT Hover and 1 by DT Small. We even had a pick by rookie and backup CB Owen Horn.

We have a bye next week, but DT Grossman, FB Wheatley are all healed. Fl Robinson and RB Brooks will return post-bye as well

Everyone is back from all injuries, not even a single probable lingers!

Week 11 – We host the Texans fresh off their 42-16 thumping of the Colts last week. They clearly want to send out a message that they are still in this division. Don’t worry, we win 28-17. Bortles, MVP, 26 of 36 for 293 and 2:0; Wild with 105 yards and a score, RB Rivers with a catch; RB Golh rushes 20 for 80 and a score; picks by CBs Jenksins, Hopkins, and the other rookie CB Hanks. DE Velazquez with the game’s lone sack.

Injuries?

MLB Irving Ward, probable
LCB Jacob Tudor, out for one week
RB Jose Rivers, questionable for 2 weeks.

Week 12 – We travel to 6-4 Vikings and emerge victorious 45-25. Bortles is MVP and Offensive Player of the Week with 34 of 38 for 381 and 5:0, and hit Lee for 8 passes, 116 yards, 2 scores; WR Wild 10 for 80; WR Robinson 4 for 91 and a score; FB Wheatly and TE Kelce for scores as well. Gohl was 15 for 89 and a score. OLB Upshaw and CB Meadows grabbed picks, CB Shane Hopkins forced a fumble, DT Small, with the game’s lone sack, C Pearson with 3 KRB.

In injury news – CB Tudor is back. Meanwhile OLB Upshaw is doubtful for a month with a pulled groin, and I pull him for next game at least.

Week 13 – We head to San Diego back don’t have a any travelling woes as we emerge victorious 30-3. Bortles, MVP, 20 of 29, 299, 3:0, Lee with 129 and a score, WR Robinson with 69 and one, and TE Kelce with 20 and a score as well. Picks by S Iloka and CB Hanks. Forced Fumble by DE Velazquez, recovered by DE Butler. 2.5 sacks on the day by Cesar, and DT Small added 1 as well. C person with 3 KRB.

RB Rivers is back form injury. Meanwhile Iloka, is probable.

Abe Sargent

04-21-2015, 11:56 PM

Week 14 - We host, and just trounce the Bears, 42-3. GOhl rushed 16 for 58 and 3 scores, and Bortles, MPV, was 23 of 31 for 376 and 2:1. Lee was 7 for 78 and a score and Wild was 7 for 182 and the other score. CB Jenkins for a 23 yard pick and score, and CB Meadows and MLB Ward added a pick each as well. 7 players on our team got a sack, but no one had more than 1.0 on the day. Goldhmmaer with 3 KRB.

MLB Ward, Iloka, RCB Hanks are all done with minor injuries. TE Kelce is out for 3 weeks with a strained calf muscle though. Delaroche is back in to start. Meanwhile OG Marquis Satre is doubtful with turf toe. Linder will start again.

Week 15 – We host the Colts. If we win today then we win the AFC South. We don’t lose. We win 44-19. Denefive Player of the Week is DE Glen Willis, who subbing for our Des racked up 3 sacks. DE Velazquez was quiet with sacks, but had a blocked pass, 3 hurries and 2 knockdowns. Not like he wasn’t there! FB Wheatley had 3 KRB. Picks by MLB Ward and CB Meadows. Bortles was MVP with 23 of 27 for 262 and 3:0 and he he TE Delaroche for 677 yard and a score on the day, as well as FB Wheatley and WR Crawford for scores. Gohl rushed for 99 yards and a score.

In injury news DT Hover is doubtful for 2 weeks with a hyperextended knee and I bench him. DT Fisk will start. DT small has been a great pass rush specialist, but he’s not good against the run at all.

Week 16 – We head to Green Bay to take out the Pack. 24-6. This was closer than the score indicated. CB Bryan Meadows was Game MVP and Defensive Player of the week with 3 picks, 2 returned for 64 and 50 yard scores. DT Grossman grabbed 1.5 sacks. OT Goldhammer with 3 KRB and 1 pancake. QB Bortles was 24 of 34 for 238 and 1:0, and hit Robinson for a score and Lee for 105 yards.

Injuries? No major news, but a few people like DT Fisk and FS Wilson are now probable.

We have secured a first round bye.

Week 17 – We travel to Tennessee and win 21-17. DE Velazquez is MVP and Defensive Player of the Week with 2.5 sacks, OT Myron Starcks had 4 KRB and a pancacke, sacks by FS Tavon Wilson and 1.5 by Grossman. Pick by backup OLB Shawn Branton and forced fumble by Grossman, recovered by Meadow, who ran it back for a score. Gohl had 16 for 107 and a score. Bortles was 23 on 32 for 158 and 1:! And hit TE Delaroche for that score.

We finish 15-1.

Abe Sargent

04-22-2015, 12:41 AM

The 2020 NFL Playoffs!

The AFC Seeds:

#1 Jaguars, 15-1
#2 Bengals 13-3
#3 Chiefs 13-3
#4 Jets 11-5
#5 Broncos 10-6
#6 Colts 10-6

Both Houston and Tennessee finished 9-7. Every team in our division had a winning season.

This week the Colts travel to KC and the Broncos head to NY.

In the NFC, they have just 2 teams with 10+ wins in the playoffs, #1 seed 12-4 Seattle and #2 seed Dallas Cowboys with 11-5. Then they have 9-7 as two division winners and two 8-8 teams as Wild Card recipients.

Winners – Jets over Broncos 30=17
Chiefs over Colts 38-14
Bucs over Vikings 21-7
Packers over Lions 38-34

Week 2, Divisional Round

Several of our players are back from injury over the last two weeks.

Still out? OG Satre, CB Jenkins

The Jets travel to north Florida and the Chiefs head to Cincinnati

We win 38-27

Bortles, MPV – 27 of 33, 309, 5:0. Lee for 10 catches and 108 yards and a TD. Wild Had 7 for 82 and 2 scores. WR Robin 4 for 61 and a score, and TE Kelce the last one. Picks by CB Hopkins and Meadowns, Forced fumble by DE Butler, sacks by Butler and S Wilson,

But?

DE Cesar Velazquez is out for 6 weeks with a separated shoulder
RB Brooks is out with an appendectomy.

I place them both on injured reserve.

Meanwhile the Bengals won 21-16, the Cowboys over Pack 31-28 and the Seahawks over the Bucs 30-20.

Abe Sargent

04-22-2015, 01:17 AM

The AFC Championship

Your #1 seed 15-1 Jaguars host the #2 seed 13-3 Cincinnati Bengals!

We are favored by 4.

Meanwhile, Dallas is favored by 3 on the road.

Here we go!

Damn. We win 55-20.

Bortles? 23 of 32 for 370 and 4:2 – scores by Wild, lee, Lee, and Gohl, and Wild had 7 grabs for 203 yards. Gohl rushes 18 times for 100 yards and 2 scores, and Rivers rushed for another. Picks by Hopkins, Ward, Tudor, and Hopkins. DT hover with a sack.

For next week, OG Satre is back from turf toe. CB Jenkins is also back.

However, CB Colton Hanks is doubtful and backup C Luis Dillon out with a pulled calf muscle.

Meanwhile, Seattle won 23-0.

Now, if you’ll recall, we lost to Seattle in the 2016 Super Bowl. Then we defeated the Packers in last’s years 2019 Bowl.

Abe Sargent

04-22-2015, 08:45 AM

The 2020 Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #1 seed, returning Super Bowl Champion 15-1 Jacksonville jaguars

Vs

Your NFC Champion #1 seed 12-4 Seattle Seahawks

The Seahawks are without star WR Sebastian Ratcliff, and stud 75/75 FS Earl Thomas. We are without 4 players today. Despite being without reigning Defensive MVP of the League last year, DE Velazquez, we are favored by 9 points. Last year Green Bay wasn’t even in the game, and we won 31-7. Can we do the same to the Seahawks and revenge ourselves for the 2016 loss? Can we repeat as champions?

The Jaguars lose the toss and the Seahawks take the ball in the 2nd half. The Jaguars open with a four minute drive that RB Gohl breaks op for a 32 yard scamper for a TD at the 11:09 mark.

The first play by the Seahawks is a pass, picked by FS Tavon Wilson by the Jaguars. A few players late, Walter Gohl catches a 7 yard pass for a score with 10:03 on the 1st quarter clock.

Then the Seahwks drive a bit and punt. The Jags get it, drive, and then cap it with a RB Walter Gohl un for 6 yards for a score with 3:40 in the 1st and the Jags are up 21-0.

Not flummoxed, the Seahawks take the ball down the field and Parker Johnson breaks free for a 20 yard run to reciprocate, and its 21-8.

The Jags do the same, nonplussed, ad Joshua Wild catches a 7 yard pass from Bortles with 9:39 on the clock to make it 28-7. Then the Seahawks do the same, answering with a pass to Michael Crabtree for 4 yards with 6:39 left. The Jags are stopped by huge sack by OLB Ingram and go 3 and out. Inside the 2 minute warning, the Seahawks hit Parker Johnson for a 2 yard pass and the half its 28-21.

Both coaches make defensive adjustments in the second half, and where the first half was about offense, the second is about defense and its plays. Bortles his Joshua Wild in the middle of the 3rd for a score to go up 34-21, and that stands as the second halfs only score by either team.

Jags win 34-21.

Bortles, MVP, 27 of 34 for 3:0, 297 yards, Wild was 6 for 88 and 2 scores, Lee was 9 for 99. Gohl rushed for 110 yards and 2 scores. Pick by Wilson, Sacks by DE Willias and DT Hover. 3 KRB by Satre and Starks, and Satre had a pancake as well.

The Jaguars have won the 2020 Super Bowl Baby!

Abe Sargent

04-22-2015, 03:01 PM

Season Awards:

MVP of the Year: QB Blake Bortles
Super Bowl MVP: QB Blake Bortles
Offensive Player of the Year: QB Blake Bortles
Defensive PotY (Was Khalil Mack, in case you care)

All League First Team:

QB Blake Bortles; DE Cesar Velazquez

All League Second Team:

CB Bryan Meadows

Well, welcome to the award show Bryan!

Abe Sargent

04-22-2015, 03:20 PM

Stats!

This is Bortles’ best year for us, ever. Take a look:

QB Blake Bortles, 445 of 605, 5004 yards, 45:11; 73.6%, 115.0 Rating, 33 sacks, 2 fumbles

Led the league in…passing % (Next highest was Dalton with 72.2), passing yards (Next highest was Luck with 4896), passing TDs (45, next highest was Andy Dalton with 40), and was second in QB Rating behind Dalton who had 116. Among 16 game starters, Bortles was 4th fewest sacks, and fewest fumbles, by far.

His previous records in the first 6 years were 4499 yards, 38 TD, 113.5 Rating, and such. Even other stats are among his best, like 11 picks was his second fewest (He had 10 picks in 2018).

Rushing

Walter Gohl, 261 for 1321 yards, 5.06 ypc, 14 rush TD; 31 catches, 310 yards, 2 TD

Gohl had 3rd most rushing yards in the league and was tied for the most rush TD. Frankly, I think All League wouldn’t have been out of reach. Good job Gohl! His backup stated due to injury, and none had more than 311 yards. But Gohl was a rock for us. DeMarco who?

Receiving

WR Joshua Wild, 13 starts, 80 for 1124 and 7 scores
WE Lee, 12 starts for 70 for 930, and 11 scores
WR Robinson, 87 for 704 yards, 5 scores, 12 starts
WR Roman Fahey, 54 for 622 and 4
TE Travis Kelce – 9 games, 34 for 336 and 3
FB Wheatley, 32 for 220 and 4 scores
WR Crawford – 8 for 258 and 3
TE Delaroche – 24 for 271 and 2

Also catching TDs RB Jose Rivers, Reggie Brooks, Chandler Hutchins, TE Skip Hillery. Literally all four RB, our FB, all three TE, and all five WR. In fact, just four of those players only caught a single score.

Now our stats are a bit wonky due to the rotating WR problems we had when all of my big three were out for a while, and both starting TEs took a dive, and backup RBs of quality did so a well. So this isn’t the best look at my receivers this year.

Special Teams:

K Tyler Bernard, 21 of 22, long of 42, 71 of 71 PAT.
P Leslie Bridgeman 86 punts, average 44.6; 32 in 20.
RB Reggie Brooks, 1 PR RET TD; 7th best PR Average in league among qualifiers with at least 10 returns.
CB Colton Hanks, 1 KR RET TD; Among qualifiers, with at least 20 returns, was 9th best in league

Man, you can see how powerful our offense was. We has just 22 FG attempts and none were outside the 25 yard line?

Defense:

DE Cesar Velazquez, 40 solos and 16 assists, 17 sacks, 3 blocks, 22 hurries, 22 knockdowns; 2 forfum
DT Quentin Grossman – 37 and 7, 6 sacks, 2 blocks, 9 hurries, 7 Knockdowns;2 fumrec, 1 for TD
DT Colin Hover, 14 starts, 29 and 11, 6 sacks, 2 blocks, 10 hurries, 9 knockdowns
DE Glen Willis, 13 and 6 tackles; 5 sacks, 1 4 and 3.
DE Kenneth Butler – 26 and 7, 3 sacks, 4, 15 and 5.

I need to see more from Butler, that’s inexcusable.

SS George Iloka, 100 solo tackles, 24 assist, 3 sacks, 1 hurry, 3 picks, 3 pasdef
MLB Irving Ward, 78 and 30 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 hurries, 3 picks, 7 pasdef
FS Tavon Wilson55 and 14, 1 sack, 1 hurry, , 2 picks and 10 pass def
OLB Courtney Upshaw, 11 starts, 47 and 17 tack, 3 picks, 2 pasdef
WLB Shawn Branton, 26 and 3 tack, 1 pick, 4 pasdef

CB Shane Hopkins, 3 picks, 12 passdef
CB Bryan Meadows, 9 picks, 2 INT RET TD, 7 pasdef, 1 fum rec TD
CB Janoris Jenkins, 12 games, 2 picks, 1 INT RET TD, 5 pasdf

Man, Shane Hopkins last year had a ton of picks, and Meadow was low picks but high pasdef. Hopkins was All Pro. This year, Meadow sis all pro and Hopkins has the low pick, high pasdef season. That’s an odd switch up.

Blocking

OG Satre, 13 starts, 31 KRB and 9 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed
C Roger Pearson, 31 KRB, 1 pancacke, 7 sacks allowed
OT Goldhammer, 26 KRB, 2 pancackes, 15 sacks allowed
OT Myron Starks, 21 and 1 pancakes, and 3 sacks allowed
OG Brandon Linder – 17 KRB and 1 sack allowed
OG Deion Theo – 10 starts, 11 KRB and 2 sacks allowed

FB Robbie Wheatley, 8 KRB, 2 pancakes, 15 special teams tackles,

Satre slowed down for those four games after the half-way mark, and that was sad. But Pearson does as he always dos, and Goldhammer finally had a good KRB game, but man, he was a sieve over there. By the way, the 15 sacks allowed for Goldhammer in 16 starts is more than his rookie season (when he had 12) and even last year (when he had 10). Now, he has more KRB by far than the previous two years (15, and 16 respectively) but I didn’t want to see him abandon the passing game to that extent!

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 09:07 AM

Alright, awards!

Offensive Player of the Year: QB Blake Bortles. He broke his records all over the place and was the best in the league at numerous stats. At a time when he was nursing an injury for weeks, and he had rotating receivers all over, he was still racking up TDs, yards, and wins.

Defensive Player of the Year: CB Bryan Meadows. He had a very compelling season, including a Defensive Player of the Week award for the league. He won the All Pro award on the back of the last two weeks when he notched 3 picks and 1 fumble recovery, three of which were brought back for scores. But that stuff counts!

Special Teams Player of the Year: RB Reggie Brooks, he had good solid Punt returns averages, a score, and was a strong contributor on special teams all year long. Thanks buddy!

Rookie of the Year: OT Myron Starks – Sure, he was a highly touted 1st rounder, but he had a pretty strong rookie campaign anyway. Just three sacks allowed? 21 KRB and 1 pancake? That’s not a bad place to start at all. Especially the low sacks. He had a better season as a rookie than Goldhammer ever had in three seasons.

Heart Award: SE Roman Fahey, this 6th rounder was a great addition to the club, and when the big names were faltering, he really brought some aerial magic to the game. He ended with 622 yards and 4 scores – that’s a very good campaign for a 6th rounder, rookie, 5th on the depth chart sort of guy. And frankly, he pushed Myron for Rookie of the Year award. Meanwhile, 2nd year 6th rounder and last year’s Heart Award winner WR Donnie Crawford, fully developed, 4th on the depth chart, and even with a start or two in there, only managed 258 yards and 3 scores.

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 11:19 AM

Score!

Team Performance – 90
Franchise Value – 83
Profit/Loss – 83
Roster Strength – 24

Total Score – 80

Retirements of Note:

We lost no one.

QB Alex Smith
QB Joe Flacco
QB Ryan Fitzpatrick
TE Jared Cook
WR Percy Harvin
WR Michael Crabtree
WR Pierre Garcon
C Nick Mangold
C Nicky Fitzgerald
RG Jonathan Cooper
LT Tyron Smith
DE Ray McDonald
DE Michael Bennett
DT Tyson Jackson
SLB Clay Matthews
LCB Joe Haden
RCB Vontae Davis

Now super-major name there other than, perhaps, Matthews.

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 03:51 PM

This year we made 56.54 mill - last year we made 21.96 mill;
7th worst stadium
THE best Roster
11th best support
17th worst economy; 16th best economy
14th best franchise value – $852,620,000
98.6% attendance

Stadium Overview – Public Support for new Stadium is very low

We rose ticket prices much higher than our market would normally suggest after the Super Bowl win and our attendance rose by 2% and our revenue is way up. We also cut 6 mill from our costs at the same time.

The Jaguars Head Coach, Roosevelt Bonilla, won Coach of the Year.

New Inductees into the Hall of Fame – Kevin Williams, Vince Wilfork, Jason Peters

The salary cap rose 6.4 mill

We submit a stadium offer to renovate the parking lot, stadium turf, and double luxury boxes to 150 and increase club seats by 2100. That’s 207 million, and we off to pay 103,000,000. We’ll see what happens, J’ville doesn’t really have the funding, market, or desire for a major new pimp stadium, so we can renovate the one we have!

We give a raise to R. Bonilla to keep him on our staff as the head coach.

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 04:21 PM

Staff Draft

We now draft 18th.

When the OC comes up, we have two other choices that are a tiny bit better (Ours is 64, those are both 65 in suitability). I check them out to see if I want to make a play.

Ours – TE focus, 64 years old, 2 years left, 0 interviewing, halfway in scouting, poor INT, motivation, discipline, 3 bars of player dev, and 3.5 bars of young talent, and 2.5 bars of play calling. That’s the base line.

Yeah, I go elsewhere:

OC Trevor Dyrda, 64 years old, 3 bars, and a bit more in player dev, 3 bars, young talent, 1 bar int, nothing in motivation, 3.25 bars in discipline, 3.23 bars in playcalling, a little less than 2 in scouting, and 1 in interviewing.

Alright, DC time. I like our current guy and keep him

Assistant Coach? Our has a 54 suitability, and there are multiple people up there that are better.

I hire

Assist. Coach Tyler Polumbus, O Line, and 36 years old, and better in many places. 60 suitability.

We like the strength guy and keep him too,

Now let’s check out my roster:

We have these RFAs:

TE JR Delaroche
C Luis Dillon
DE Tyler Hastings
WLB Lukas Schmadl

And then these UFAs:

FS Brendan Tate
RG Brandon Linder
DT Julian Small

And that’s it! We have 45 players under contracts, and with the draftees, we’re a tad over our cap (we’re actually 6.1 under).

There’s no one there to feasibly franchise.

I move my ticket prices up again.

Are there any obvious, pre-FA cuts? Not really.

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 04:42 PM

Let’s enter free agency!

So, looking over my roster, here are the major players in the final year of their deals:

QB Blake Bortles
TE Travis Kelce
DE Kenneth Butler
CB Janoris Jenkins
LT Cedric Goldhammer
RB Walter Gohl
RB Reggie Brooks
QB Raul Hall
CB Bryan Meadows
LS Grayson Johnstone
RG Deion Theophilakos
CB Bryan Meadows

Do you remember when I drafted Deion and Cedric and mentioned that was a winning draft? Well, now it’s not. Cedric wants a pay upgrade from 2.6 mill to 8 mill this year, and it goes up from there. But he hasn’t played into it! Deion wants to bump to 2.5, and then 3, 3.3, and 3.7.. That’s not bad actually. Waiting on him worked out, in case I want to re-up him.

Blake Bortles signs a four year extension. It drops his cap hit from 25 mill to 19.5 this year, 19.9 next, and then 21, 23 and 26. That’s done and we can move on.

I need to get some cap space ready, because next year? These are the major players with contracts in the final year of their deal in 2022:

SE Marqise Lee
OG Marquis Satre
DE Cesar Velazquez
FL Joshua Wild

And then we have starters OLB Upshaw, FS Wilson, SS iloka, K Bernard, DT Hover, MLB Ward, P Bridgeman, WLB Branton, and backup DE Glen Willis. That’s a major year next year.

So I can’t do a lot of shopping this year in FA< because I want to save cap space for next year.

I want to bring back TE Delaroche but he wants 5 mill a year from the start, Sorry buddy!

None of my other RFAs are in the mix right now.

Of my UFas, the only one I want to bring back in Brandon Linder again.

So let’s work on the deals for this year’s expiring talent.

Here are my needs for FA:

1). Resign CB Bryan Meadows, if possible
2). Look at trade possibilities for Goldhammer
3). Figure out what to do with Theophilakatos, which can wait until post-draft if needed
4). Grab some depth at LB
5). Get a better backup at QB than Raul Hall,
6). Figure out TE Travis Kelce
7). Try to come up with a long-term RB plan.
8). To sign, or not to sign, DE Kenneth Butler, who had a down year last year.
9). Is it time to en-youthen one of my Safety positions? Both of them are 31 and in their 10th year in the league.
10). Find good, cap friendly deals as always
11). Are there any roster-defining studs that may change the plans?

Let’s begin!

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 04:46 PM

I begin by looking over the FA market to see what’s there. The best player is injured 67/67 5th year vet Giovanni McNeil, who has a repetitive concussion syndrome. That might be a good opportunity later, to take a flyer on.

We then had 66/66 MLB Perry Farley, and 63/63 DE Cameron Jones (11th year vet though, yuck).

I’ll take a gander at pricing later, but for right now, there are no lights-out sort of players for us.

I shop Goldhammer. Who is interested and has the cap space? The Packers, 39ers, and Giants are all really big fans. Doesn’t look like I can get too much beyond a 3rd rounder for him. So I turned a 1st high profile guy into a 3rd? That’s not good value. Ugh. But it’s worth it. I want to get the 2/5 from the Giants by offering Goldhammer and my 3rd, but I can’t get in a few more picks (like a 5th or anything) for it. Hmmm. The 49ers pick 2/14. What can I give up for that one? I try my 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th. But nothing.

I hold off for now. I can get a 3rd later after I look over my roster more.

Meadows increases his cap hit from 1.3 to 7.2, and then 8.8 and 9.57. And this is for a guy that’ 51/51. His pick production was 1, 5, and 9. His pas defe was 8, 13, and then 7. Did he get lucky this year? I am going to hold off. He might be the sort of player htat you keep for another year, go to FA< and then resign for a lot less dollars. And I can’t lock down a cap hit next year of 8.8 mill when I have to resign all of my other dorks.

Kelce wants to go from 6.6 this year to 6.8 and then 7.8 and 8.2. Again, I think he might be someone who’s price will drop after hitting FA.

And if not, that’s okay. I traded for two years of a stud TE and I can move on.

I want to take a look at RB, LB, and QB in FA to see what sort of folks are running around

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 05:30 PM

Alright, let’s hit FA

Alright, stage 2 has arrived, and now we can make offers for players out here.

I want to start with RB. Now I can wait on my RB plan until next year, because Gohl wants mad money for an extension.

Out in FA world we have a few high-40s folks, and we can resign DeMarco Murray, 46/46 to a 2.550 mill, one year deal. But I don’t need anyone this year. I’m in a good place in terms of RB, but three are expiring this year. I’ve often been able to pick up a good 50+ RB for cheap, but that’s not happening this year it seems. Ah well, RB will wait until next. We’ll know more about Jose Rivers then anyway! Maybe he’ll develop into my guy?

(Although he’s down to 44/52). Meanwhile OT Myron Starks has grown to 53/71

Alright, what about the LB world? I could use a cheap, cap-friendly body, particularly at WLB since Branton played poorly last year. Preferably younger. I could go for 47/47 WLB Sio Moore, but he’s in his 9th year. Maybe I could move someone over from SLB?

I make an offer to SLB 46/46, 6th year vet Bobby Turner, for 2 years, for 1.8 this year and 2.1 next. He’s unhappy with the Vikings and looking for a new place

If I trade Goldhammer, and I don’t draft a replacement, can I find one in FA? We’ll be fine, I have 41/41 Terrence Richmond if I need.

OG Brandon Linder wants 2.12 mill in cash, the first time he’s ever wanted real money in his career, so it’s time to cut the Linder cord as my reliable backup. Ah well. Good luck! Don’t forget to write!

Any cheaper safeties out there that bring a younger game? Yes, there’s a 50.50 4th year vet, hold on. He wants 4.00 mill first year though, so no thanks. Safeties are hard to find.

Okay, how about backup QB? I like 9th year vet QB Landry Jones, 33/33 who just wants a one-year deal or 31/31 7th year Bruce Roethlisberger who wants three years. Landry is the better deal. I make QB Jones an offer.

After having great depth for me at DE, Glen Willis, at age 28, has been a great player. His contract is up in two years, and he’s making 2.5 mill this year. There is a cheap DE out there, 8th year vet Howard Snyder, 47/47, wants 2.3, then 2.6 and then 2.9. If I were to let go of DE Butler, and perhaps push yup Snyder, that’s not much of a loss. Butler is 48/48, but he always played well:

His first five years:

2016 - 0 starts, 4.5 sacks, 1 block, 6 hurries
2017 – 10 starts, 4.5 sacks, 1 block, 7 hurries, 1 knockdown
2018 – 16 starts, 11 sacks, 3 blocks, 16 hurries, 1 knockdown
2019 – 16 starts, 8 sacks, 1 block, 16 hurries, 2 knockdwn
2020 – 16 starts, 3 sacks, 4 blocks, 15 hurries, 5 QB Kn

Now, the fact that his sack total drops to its lowest ever, is scary. The fact that it didn’t drop with other stats though may just be bad luck. If he’s getting me 8-11 sacks each year, along with the other stuff, he’s worth the price upgrade to 6-8 mill. But if he’s not? That’s bad money, He was an undrafted guy I really enjoyed. But that’s not worth it.

He might also be the sort of person that’ll drop in price when hitting FA.

Meanwhile, I can chase a cheaper DE that’s just as good. Butler is a run-stopping specialist after all.

Here’s my target – 46/46, DE, 4thyear vet, wants 2 mill deal worth 1.9 and 2.4. I make Webster an offer. Again, I want to hedge my bets for next year’s cap.

I renegotiate CB Shane’s deal from last year to free up some money. I now have 14.63 mill in cap space, and of it, 7.7 for new players. With my new cash I extend RB Reggie Brooks by two years. He’ll still be in the 2 mill range (2 mill this year, then 2.12 and 2.25)

I’m making an offer to NT Brant Missouri, 5th year man from Houston. 49.49. He’ll replace DT hover, whom I’ll likely cut if I sign. I like Brant a lot.

Alright that gives me four targets. Let’s advance a week.

Stage 2 – Nothing major to report. I increase DT Missouri’s deal by 450k in signing bonus to jump ahead of the Steelers.

Stage 3 – Nothing new to report. We are in front of all of our targets.

Stage 4 – DT Missouri signs with us for 11.58 million over 4 years! Technically, he was the best DT on the board as well. I move him to LDT. I release DT Hover.

We have a bit of a leader conflict in the secondary. CB Bryan Meadows is now my leader, and SS George Ilunga has a minor conflict and CB Colton Hanks a major one. I look for someone who can come in and be a new leader and make everyone happy.

Whoa! RCB Blaine Degrange would come in and make nice with three people on my team. But he wants 5.4 mill and he’s just 42/42. Nope! How about Camden Becker, a FS who would make a little nice and is 960k and is 41/41 and a 6th year vet. That’s much better.

Stage 5 - SE Justin Blackmon signed with the Seahawks, and RB Murray the Browns.

Stage 6 – RDE Dana Webster joins us. There are a lot of players that haven’t been made offers yet in FA so I check them out.

The most intriguing UFA no one has touched is SS 50/50 Paniagua, who is a 4 mill hit immediately, and just a 4th year vet. Not bad. And safeties are hard ot get, nd it’s a youth movement from Wilson. But, Wilson is 2.2 mill, signed through this and next year, and doesn’t have any holes, and Paniagua has a huge weakness at bump and run and just a 17 in zone d. If the price drops, maybe.

Stage 7 – Nothing major

Stage 8 – Nothing

Stage 9 – We sign QB Landry Jones, NE signed SS Paniagua.

Stage 10 – We sign SLB Bobby Turner. DT Small signed with the Jets.

Stage 11 – We sign FS Camden Becker

Anyone out there with reduced demands?

Brandon Linder has dropped his one to 1.6 mill, still more than he has ever made in a year. Idiot.

Anyone out there that fell through the cracks.

Other than the badly injured CB, there are a ton of FB (For of the top six players are FB) C, Three of the top 6 are C, and TE. There is a cheap backup TE since Delaroche doesn’t want to resign – TE KC Davison, 6 year vet, 47/47. I want to hold off until post draft though.

Time to look at the draft and do some interviews:

Looks like we have some good, high quality QB Talent in this years draft with two authentic stars on the
Board, and one maybe. We have what looks to be five strong starting candidates, 1st round talent OG folks. The kind you can swap in for Deion Theo.

I interview the top five OGs to see if any fit for a trade or fall to 1.32. There is a strong TE there as well, TE Flory. I interview him. I interview the 3rd and 4th OT on the board. I interview some safeties as well. There’s a strong WLB candidate at the 3rd best on the board I check out.

Alright let’s go.

Stage 12 – Brandon Linder signs with Minnesota for the inflated price.

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 06:10 PM

The 2021 NFL Draft

My goal is to come away with a stud OG if possible to replace OG Theo, or an OT to slide into Goldhammer’s spot. I’ve also looked at TE, S, DT, and OLB and scouted them.

Let’s go!

Chicago starts things with a draft of QB and the other studly one goes to Pittsburgh at 1.3

Just one of my OG targets goes in the top ten. My TE target went at 1.13. By 1.21, five OTs are off the board, and a 3rd QB has gone, the one that was “close” to Tennessee, that could be a problem later, guess we’ll see.

But that is looking like a potential OG draft for me. Then S and OG go and two of my targets are off the board. Then WLB and DT and CB and more of my targets fall. The Jets take WR at 27. Then OLB, OT and DE.

Of the players that I interviewed, who are still on the board?

SS Dexter Whorton, very overrated, next mind
OG OJ Lowe, hard to read
OG Steven Kelley, hard ot read

Kelley has the better bars. By far. Kelley is 23% developed to Lowe’s 40%. Lowe is a lot smarter, 32 to 13, but Satre is dumb as a rock. That doesn’t matter to me for o line. Lowe is faster, 5.03 to 5.21 in the dash. They are 34 and 32 in strength (Kelley in front). Kelley is a lot more agile – 7.50 to 7.84. He’s better in the broad jump – 8-06 to 7-10. Kelley is 87th in volatility and Lowe 76th. Frankly, each are legit choices. I am going to ride the bars and hope for a winner with Kelley.

Lowe goes to Pittsburgh at 2.2,

The 2.5 arrives, and this was a place that perhaps I could move up to with Goldhammer. Is there someone on the board I downright covet? The best players on the board by grade are GB, C, and an WLB named Evanswhite. Then C and RB again. By adjusted they are the RB< a DT (with a conflict) and some OTs.

I’m good. Let’s just run through the rest of the draft!

2.32 arrives Hmmm…. I take the top OT on the board with good bars OT Joel Cameron. Adjusted, he;s the 4th best payer on the board and the 2nd best non-QB on the board.

Then the 3.32 is here. There are two players here I’m eyeing. I like SLB Ezekiel Mueller and his strong bars and very very low volatility of 3. I also like DE Thurman Peterson. Got a red and blue combine scores, sitting here at the back of the 3rd round. Hmm… I go with the LB. I feel like he;’s a safer bet.

Our mid 4th arrives. DE Thurman went 108 to Oakland, and we are at 111. I take OC Luis Sutton. The best o lineman on the board by current grade, and not adjusted grade. At the end of the 4th there is a QB I like on the board named Frankie Peters that I grab.

The 5th round pick arrives at 160. I take a look to see if there are any BAP. There’s one. The top RB on the board, by far, in Randall Vance. I take him. In the mid 6th, I snag SE Mason Baillargeon, who appears ot have a very high special returns bar. A very high bar OG is the 9th one the top of the OG board, so I take a serious flyer on him at the 6.32 spot. But why not?

For Mr. Irrelevant we grab SS Alexander Tucker, the top safety on the board and he has some punt rerun ability as well.

The 2021 Jacksonville Jaguars Draft Report:

1st – OG Steven Kelley, Pittsburg State
2nd – OT Joel Cameron, Tulane
3rd – OLB Ezekiel Mueller, Southern Miss
4th - OC Gerald Upshaw, Notre Dame; QB Frankie Peters, Wisconsin
5th - RB Randall Vance, Temple
6th – WR Mason Baillargeon, Florida State; OG Mark Meadows, Louisiana State
7th – S Alexander Rucker, Brigham Young

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 06:31 PM

We have an A- draft.

Our stadium vote passes! I reject a trade offer for Bryan meadows that just offers a 4th rounder

Rookie Lookie Post Draft?

OG Steven Kelley is coming back as 31/70. The one I was considering, OG Lowe is 33/65. So it’s not like I screwed someone over by not snagging him. The other three OG have come back as 36/76, 28/85 and 21/69. None of those are losers. We would have done well with any of them really.

Anyone else that looks really strong? We have four players with a 50 or higher potential – QB peters, LT Cameron, RG Meadows, and OG Kelley. But two had stone bars that I just drafted to see what I;’d get later, they should look good now.

Let’s see about post-camp

Roster needs – I need a TE, DT, CB. Of those, two are backups.

Any amazing UFAs out there?

I have three veteran holdouts – CB Meadows, RB Gohl, and SS Iloka. Uh oh!

I make an offer to UFA:

RB Seth Jaco
TE Kenyon Page
DT Francisco Henderson

I cut QB Raul Hall

In other non-UFA news, what other free agents intrigue me?

A few players were just cut, and some RFAs not resigned were released. Any bargains?

Yeah. If I want to a good RB, I can chase 54/54 6th year vet Kendrick Glave, but I like Jaco. He’s 27/52 as a UFA. That doesn’t suck!

CB Giovanni McNeil has dropped in price, and kept dropping. Now you can sign the injured player for 4 mill this year and then 5.2 5.6 and 6.4. Not yet, but getting closer. Sign, place on IR, and if it works out, you might have a great player in the future.

I offer a deal to TE Josiah Logan. Let’s see what happens.

Someone made an offer to LCB Jacob Tudor, who I was considering offering a deal to. I make an offer to Tudor.

Stage 3 – We sign RB Jaco, TE Page,

Stage 4 – We sign TE Logan, DT Henderson, CB Jacob Tudor returns as well.

Alright, a few roster moves – I currently have 5.2 mill under the cap. I have 59 players on my roster pre-Camp.

I have money. I can cut some folks if needed. Does anyone else Intrigue?

I could chase 11th year vet Marcus Gilchrist, SS, 43/43 to be my starter and cut Iloka. I don’t want to commit that much money, 5+ mill to Iloka for a 10th year vet the year before this stuff matters. Meadows makes more sense. And I can cut Gohl if I want.

So I head ot the final week of FA. Oakland signs TE Delaroche for a lot of money – 10 mill over 3 years.

I want to offer CB McNeil that long term deal. Even if he busts down to a 55/55 or 50/50, it’s a solid pickup, with Meadows a question mark after this year. But, c’est la vie, I don’t want to tie up 4.5 mill next year if it never works out. I sign SS Gilchrist now, in case I need him later.

I head to camp to see about the hold-outs. Then I’ll make some decisions!

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 07:04 PM

Camp time!

Okay, one vet holdout, CB Meadows, ended. I am surprised that Gohl also didn’t. He doesn’t have a lot of leverage in this thing.

We sold 60300 season tickets!

Rookie Lookie!

OG Steven Kelley, here we go:

Well, he doesn’t suck! He’s very low on the Green page, but he makes the cut. 37/68 is no slouch at all. He’s like a puppy, very high loyalty, very low intelligence. Again, this is a strong upgrade for the OG position made possible by not extending Deoin’s deal.

OT Joel Cameron is 24/53, and will sub in for Goldhammer. What I’d like to do is trade Goldhammer, start Richmond this year, and then OT Cameron next.

Other good rookies? OG Meadows is 20/52 and looks like a strong future potential OG. TE Kenyon Page is 23/48, QB Peters is 23/47, RB Jaco 26/43, and so forth.

I sign 2nd year RT Shannon Milnes, who is 29/48, and was cut by Minnesota.

If you’ll recall, last year I drafted QB Hardy Schaefer, and he looks bad post-camp. Well guess what? He has gotten better and better and is now 17/46. My rookie QB Peters, hasn’t bust that hard either. We may end up with Landry Jones getting the cut.

I send Goldhammer to the Lions for their 3rd rounder next year.

I cut:

TE Skip Hillery
LG Percy Tinkis
RB Randall Vance

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 07:46 PM

Pre-Season

Week 2 – We win 16-6 over Dallas. Then we lose DE Willis, to questionable knee stuff

Week 3 – We lose 24-27 to the Bucs, and then DT Fisk is down to questionable.

Week 4 – 44-10 over the Jets. Injuries to CB Meadows and RB Hopkins (colds).

It’s very simple. I will cut any veterans holding out after next week.

Week 5 – We win 17-16.

Gohl has dropped to 47/47, so I cut him easily. That’s worth the loss of the headache. We’ll suss out starting stuff in a moment. Iloka, I’m not paying you 6 mill a year for three years. You are done. You are released.

McNeil’s price has dropped to 2 mill, but just for one year.

I cut:

QB Landry Jones, who dropped to 29/29.
C Gerald Upshaw, a huge bust for me in the 4th who has dropped to 18/30 after continuing to plummet.
SS Alexander Tucker – Not good enough to make the cut at 15/24
MLB Brent Greer
WR Mason Naillargeon - Special teams came in at 44/47, not where it looked at the time of the draft

I move SLB Mueller to MLB.

Seth Jaco went from 50+ potential to 23/28. Meanwhile RB Jose Rivers is down to 45/45 from 43/58 last year.

I cut 4 rookies I drafted already.

OLB Upshaw has dropped to 40/40. WR Wild is at 79/82. As of right now, he is the best WR in the NFL. Glen Howard and DeAndre Hopkins are 77/77, and JT Stuber 76/76, and then Donny Franklin 75/75. The next highest is 69/69 Dez Bryant. Get ready for a Wild ride!

OT Starks in his second year? 66/70

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 08:07 PM

Roster –

QB Bortles – Yup!
RB Jose Rivers – Starting early, did not develop as hoped, the best of a bad situation.
FB Robbie Wheatley – 51/51 he’s fine
TE Travis Kelce – 63/63 Also a strong, but older, guy who can do a lot of stuff from the TE spot.
FL Joshua Wild – It’s a Wild Wild World
SE Marqise Lee – He’s Wild too. Don’t forget Robinson at WR as well.
OT Joel Cameron – I decided to go ahead and start him
OG Marquis Satre – Him too!
OC Robert Pearson – Never a bad year
OG Steven Kelley – Not as good as Theo skill wise, but I’ma run with him
OT Myron Starks – Yeah!
P Leslie Bridgeman – 52/52
K Tyler Bernard – 59/59
DE Kenneth Butler – 47/47 – Bad year last year resulted in no extension. But if he starts hot?
DE Cesar Velazquez – Still a stud baby!
DT Brant Missouri – 49/49 How will our new signing do?
DT Quentin Grossman – Strong and permanent starter for us.
MLB Irving Ward – 52/52, in next year with us
WLB Shawn Branton – 51/51 downright awful last year
OLB Bobby Turner – 45/45 – Recent signee as well
CB Bryan Meadows – 51/51 – Fresh off an all pro year
CB Shane Hopkins – 60/60 All Pro two years ago
SS Marcus Gilchrist, 48/48 – 11th year vet coming in
FS Camden Becker 40/40 – FS Wilson dropped from 51 to 36 in one year post-camp and post-preseason
LS Grayson Johnstone

PR RB Reggie Brooks, KR Donnie Crawford

Roster Strength:

Just Starters:

QB – 8th in league
RB – 10th worst
FB - 12th best
TE - 5th best
WR THE Best
C 10th best
OGTHE best
OT 15th worst
P 13th worst
K 9th worst
DE 3rd best
DT 14th best
ILB THE worst
OLB 16th best
CB 8th best
S 9th worst

We are the youngest team in the NFL with an average age of 27.0

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 08:40 PM

We only have 24 players on our team from the rookie draft, the 5th lowest score and 10th lowest team.

I made several mistakes in this offseason. I had a weak draft. I should have chased that SS that was 50/50. I could have moved him to FS in an emergency. I should have brought in more UFas to press against the chance that RB Jace would bust, there were two more 50+ UFA Rbs I didn’t pursue., Or I should have brought in the cheap RB that was 45/45 or so in 2nd late FA that could have started in case Gohl busted. I should have figured out that RB Jose Rivers was a possible bust and not to lean on him too much. I should have chased the really good, but 4.5 mill level MLB, and I could have moved folks around to cover for Upshaw’s drop.

I screwed up. Drafts, FA, late FA, UFA, and post-Camp. This team could have been better.

For example, take my draft. In addition to having a horrible Center pick in the middle of the 4th round, 5 centers went in the draft or UFA who were much better. My “safe pick” at SLB in the 3rd round is right now a 16/40 after swapping to MLB to increase it’s potential from 37 to 40. The DE I was considering? He’s a strong 36/47 in Oakland. There are many impact players taken near or after my picks, like WR Roberto Mazor, taken by Tennessee at the late 2nd round, 41/70, that I could have seen and moved up to get with OT Goldhammer or just traded up to snag. Normally I see a player that good fall, but I missed him. I didn’t take TE 34/53 in the 3rd or so forth. For example, the pick after C Upshaw, my awful pick? Buffalo got a 29/48 DE. I could have used that. that was after Thurman Petersen was off the board. Other picks later in the 4th include the Colts 28/46 DT, great K and P, WILB that’s 24/47 to the Chiefs, QB that’s 22/44, even a 28/39 MLB to the Titans at 4/30 would have better! In the 6th round when I took WR Mason Baillargeon, a 17/27 guy I released, others grabbed Scarborough to Texans, 22/38 and 43/72 kick returns and 44/50 special teams, FL Terry Winters, 15/34 to Colts and FL Ellis Worthy, 18/35 to Broncos. All better than my 17/29 guy.

In the 5th after I take 5.32 RB Vance, who sucked to the turn of 25/28, other RBs taken the next round, in the 6th, are 28/33, 39/44, and 23/38 (Taken 6.30 a full round later) All of those are better, and were taken a round later.

You get the point. We had two picks that might, maybe, turn out of be decent later – OG Mark Meadows, at 6.32 was a flyer on a guy with strong bars, and high volatility, and QB Frankie Peters at 4.32 was a 24/38 player right now, and perhaps can grow to be a solid backup for us. That’s it. 4 QB or UFA taken after Peters have better potentials. I could have snagged one of those. Other OGs went late of quality too. For example at 6.25 Kansan City grabbed RDG Teddy Felllin from Eastern Michigan Univ. Teddy is 26/55. A better player. So we’re not the only one to mine OG depth this year. Taking OG Meadows was not unique, and it may not even work out. Plus he may bust up anyway.

Last year’s sterling A+ draft is looking less so with the loss to 2nd round RB Rivers.

You get the idea. Coming out of preseason, LG Kelley dropped to 33/60. That’s not what you what to see. Now, to be fair, OT Cameron boomed to 26/62, and that’s good news.

My draft was weak and uninspired. I draft a mid round or later QB regularly. To have finally gotten one that might not suck isn’t anything major. Only 8 rookies are making the cut on my final roster, and of those three – TE Page, RB Jaco and DT Henderson are UFAs. Despite having 9 picks, just 5 drafted players are making the grade. That’s not a good mark. Take DT for example. By waiting until FA to sing a UFA, I have the 14th best DT right now among rookies, and the 8th best potential. That’s not good. Two were taken in the 1st round at 1.2 and 1.26. But I could have had DT Chandler Richard from the 2nd round (late to, 2.23 to Colts), 4th rounder Dashawn Karpel,Rams., 2nd rounder NT Walker to the Giants, 4th rounder Fenton to the Colts 3rd rounder DT Sweeney to the ‘Phins. And so forth. I didn’t. Shoot, if I had grabbed DT Fenton instead of C Upshaw, my draft would look a lot better from that one pick.

With his bust, our OG, at the end of preseason, is now ranked 4th of the 5 OGs. OG Lowe? Bussted to 33/38. So there’s that I suppose. But a 2nd rounder, late, at 2.22 Deron Clark to the Lions? He a strong 30/58.

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 09:22 PM

Week 1 – We open hosting the Colts. But not with a loss. We win 51-17. Bortles, game MVP, has 23 of 30 for 4:0 and hit WR Wild twice, TE Kelce once and WR Robinson once for scores. Rivers carried 22 times for 90 and a score in his first start. Picks by CB Hopkins and Meadows. Reggie Brooks had a 72 yard PR for a core. 1.5 sacks by DT Grossman, 1 by new FS Camden Becker and 1 by DT Fisk. SS Gilchrist is out with a pulled calf muscle.

Week 2 – We host the Rams next. We barely win 20-16. Bortles, MVP, had 22 of 33 for 312 and 1:0. WR Lee with 124 yards and 1 TD and WR Wild with 125 yards. Chandler Hutchins, backup RB rushed for a score too. Pick by CB Meadows. 3 sacks by DE Butler, and 1 by Grossman and DE Dana Webster and DE Velazquez. In this game alone, Butler equaled his sack total from last year! 3 KRB by OT Starks and a pancake by him too.

Week 3 – Next we host the strong Bengals and upend them 38-3. Bortles, MVP, had 26 of 35 for 259 and 5:1. He hit Wild, Fahey, Fahey, RB Rivers and WR Donnie Crawford for scores. Picks by S Myles Clinton and MLB Irving War. CB Jacob Tudor had a FF and fumrec. DE Velazquez a sack. OG Satre had one of his dominating games with 6 KRB and 3 pancakes, and Starks added KRB as well.

We have two major issues though

OT Joel Cameron is out with a pulled calf muscle for 6 weeks.

And get ready

FL Allen Robinson is out with a ruptured Achilles tendon for the year. He won’t return until next year. That sucks. He’s never been that healthy to begin with, and now he’s out for the year.

OT Terrance Richmond’ll start until Cameron is back, that’s fine, I have coverage. And Robinson had moved to 3rd on the depth chart anyway. But that;s a hit, clearly. I sign 8th year vet Jeff Janis to a vet min salary. He’s 24/24 and has large big play game and some special teams stuff too.

Week 4 – 41-24 over the Jets in New York. Bortles, MVP, 32 of 47 and 365 for 5:1. Wild was 180 yard sand 2 scores and Lee 100 yards TE Kelce 1 scores and WR Fahey 2. RB Rivers rushed 19 for 94. 2 sacks by DE Velazquez, 1 by DT Missouri and DE Butler. SLB Bobby Turner is doubtful with a pulled groin for a few weeks and I bench him for Upshaw and bring in Mueller from inactivity.

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 10:07 PM

Week 5 – We have a quieter win over winless Miami 20-10. RB Rivers was 22 for 124 and a score, and Bortles was 28 of 33 for 271 and 1:0. He hit backup RB Hutchins for a score. Pick by rookie MLB Ezekiel Mueller, getting a backup play with the injury to our team, and that’s his first game, and a pick. Nicely done rookie! DT Missouri with the game’s solo sack. C Pearson was 5 KRB and 1 pancake, OT Starks 3 and 1, and Satre had 2 and 2 pancakes.

SS Gilchrist is back.

Week 6 – We head out and thump the Colts 49-27, and Bortles, MVP and Offiensive Player of the Week had 23 of 31 for 354 and 4:1. He his Lee for 193 yards and 2 scores, WR Crawford for a score and FB Wheatley for another. Picks by OLB Upshaw and CB Hopkins. 1.5 sacks by DT Missouri, and 3 KRb and a pancake for OG Satre. Baltimore lost and we are the last undefeated team in the league

The WR Allen Robinson injury has me a little frazzled, because with OG Linder gone, and now perhaps Robinson on the way out, it reminds me that we have a dwindling number of people that have been with us since the beginning. My first year, my roster inherited, (or I brought in pre-seaon) these people that are still with us:

QB Blake Bortles
WR Marqise Lee
WR Allen Robinson
K Tyler Bernard
LS Grayson Johnstone

I see if I can go shopping with OG Theophilakaostkatos. Maybe I can swap him for a Safety?

Players I think are solid choices and need an OG

Bears SS Benjamin Malone, 54/54

The value of trading for a S is that I finally get someone who doesn’t suck. The problem is that I commit salary to a solid player the next two years, when my prevaricating at the position has left me an opportunity to re-sign major players. SO I just trade Theo to the Cardinals for their 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th round picks in 2023 two years down the road.

Week 7 – We head to Tennessee and in what was clearly a trap game we lose 39-32. Despite the best efforts of Marqise Lee to win the game singlehandedly with 205 yards and 3 scores, it was not to be Bortles hit Fahey for a score as well, and wsas a solid 22/40 411 and 4:1 on the day. A token sack by CB Meadows. 3 KRB by Myron Starks.

We have a minor injury. WR Joshua Wild is out for two weeks with a strained Achilles.

6-1

Week 8 – BYE

Week 9 – We head to 5-2 Buffalo and come back losers, 38-31. Bortles was 24 of 36 for 466 and 4:2, and Lee had 230 yards and 1 score, WR Crawford, starting, had a score, and RB Hutchins and WR Jeff Janis, signed off the practice heap, also had TD Grabs. We like to call them Bortle Bombs. Two forced fumbles, from one Velazquez. DE Butler and Webster with sacks.

And we finish the first half 6-2 after a 6-0 start. Right now in the AFC Baltimore is 7-2 and in front, and then Buffalo (because they beat us) at 6-2 and us at 6-2 following things up. There are four teams with 5 wins, including the Titans after they rattled off 3 straight wins once they had started 2-4.

Weird… I try to extend CB Bryan Meadows, but due to past injustices, he doesn’t want to resign. What? He’s happy, not disgruntled or anything. What past injustice? The holdout? Well that sucks. And changes things.

Players I’m losing this year:

CB Bryan Meadows; TE Travis Kelce; DE Kenneth Butler; CB Janoris Jenkins; LS Grayson Johnstone

That sucks.

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 10:58 PM

Week 10 – We host the 5-3 Patriots this week. We send them back 33-21. Bortles, MVP and Offensive Player of the Week had a quiet 26 of 37 for 300 and 2:0. He hit Lee for 109 and a score and TE Kelce for 63 and another. Picks by CB Colton Hanks and Jacob Tudor, and Tudor returned his 32 yards for a score. 2 forced fumbles by DT Quentin Grossman, one o f which was recovered DE Willis. Two sacks by Velazquez, 1 by DT Missouri and Butler, and 1.5 each by Grossman and DE Willis.

WR Wild and LT Cameron are back from injury. Bortles is probable with a strained rotator cuff and C Pearson is out for four weeks with a strained foot ligament. FB Wheatley is doubtful with turf toe.

I sign FA C Stefen Wisniewski to a one year vet min sal deal to come in to our roster. We’ll be starting OG Mark Meadows, not him, until C Pearson is back though.

Week 11 – We head to Houston and crush them 38-17. Bortles is MVP but comes out later due to his injury and was 14 of 18 for 198 and 4:1. Rookie QB Frankie Peters was 8 of 13 for 83 and 0:0 in subbing for him. WR Wild caught 112 yards and 2 scores, Lee and RB Rivers the other TDs. MLB Irving Ward grabbed 2 picks and CB Hopkins had a pick and return 50 yards for a TD> 1 sack by CB Tudor and WLB Branton.

Week 12 – We travel to 3 win Arizona, and defeat them 382-. NFL Defensive Player of the Week, and Game MVP, DE Cesar Velazquez had 4 sacks, 2 blocked passes, 5 hurries, 4 knockdowns, and dang. RB Jose Rivers was back for the first time in a while with 136 yards and 2 scores on the ground, Bortles was 23 of 32 for 263 and 3:1 and hit Kelce and WR Fahey twice. Satre with 3 KRB too.

Backup RB Colton Hanks is out for a few weeks with a strained calf.

Week 13 – We lose in KC 34-31 in OT. Bortles was MVP in the loss, with 26 of 37 for 377 and 3:1. Lee had 163 and 2 and WR Crawford the other score, and backup RB Hutchins rushes for a score too. Pick by Bryan Meadows, we had 3 forced fumbles but no recovers, 2 sacks by DE Velazquez, 1 by SS Gilchrist,

Back from injury is C Pearson.

With the 9-3 record at the 75% way mark, we are now in 3rd place behind 10-2 Ravens and Bills. This week we travel to the 9-3 Seahawks.

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 11:16 PM

Week 14 – We lose 28-34, although Bortles winds up as NFL Offensive Player of the Week (but not Game MVP) with 29 of 41 for 340 and 3:0. Lee was 195 and a score, Wild and Fahey with the others. RB Rivers added a rushing score.

We are now 9-4.

CB Hanks I s back from injury.

However, RB Reggie Brooks is out for a few weeks with a pulled calf muscle.

Week 15 – We get back to our winning ways by just eviscerating the Titans 48-12 in our place. Bortles, MVP< 24 of 29 for 362 and 5:0. Lee with 114 yards and 2 scores, Wild with 120 yards and a score, and Fahey with 65 and 2 more. OLB Upshaw had a pick. DE Dana Webster forced and recover a fumble. 1 sack each by Velazquez, Butler, Webster, and Grossman. 3 KRB by Starks.

Both of the 2 loss teams lost in the last two weeks once each, so we are still one game back a t10-4 to their 11-3.

Week 16 –We host the 8 win 49ers and send them home losers 35-3. This is my 100th win with the Jaguars! Bortles, MVP, rocked 21 of 32 for 222 and 4:0 and hit Lee twice and Fahey and WR Janis for scores. Jose Rivers added a rushing score. Pick by CB Tudor. 3 sacks by DE Willis, 1 by Velazquez. 4 KRB and 4 pancackes for Satre, and 3 and 1 for Starks. DE Velazquez also had a forced fumble that he recovered.

We have a major bit of injury news. SLB Leon Russell had ACL damage to the knee and he’s out for the reason and won;t be back until a long time has past. I place him on IR. I activate backup SLB Bobby Turner.

Now, I sign, RCB Giovanni McNeil, the 5th year vet with repetitive concussion syndrome on the market, that’s 67/67 rated. He comes back from his injury in 3 weeks. He joins us for 2.25 mill this year only. And I deactivate him initially.

It’s a gamble, but I still have plenty of cap space for stuff.

FS Camden Becker is questionable for a month with a thumb injury. He stays in for now.

Both teams lost, and we are now in a neck and neck race for the #1 or #2 byes. And I want to get it. Badly.

We host Houston If they beat us, then they might make it as a wild card at 9-7, there are 2 nine win clubs and 2 eight win clubs.

Week 17 – We win 42-28. FB Wheatley is back from turf toe.

Bortles rocks 33 of 43 for 435 and 3:0 and hits Lee for 150 and a score and Wild for 115 and a score and TE Kecle for 70 and a score an WR Fahey for 76 yards but no score. RB Rivers added two scores on the ground and Wild rushes for a reverse and makes it into a score too. CB Meadows with a pick. DE Velazquez with 1.5 sacks and Grossman the same. Sack by SS Gilchrist.

Everybody lost again and we sort of stood still.

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 11:30 PM

The 2021 NFL Playoffs

AFC Standings:

#1, 12-4 Jaguars
#2, 11-5 Bills
#3, 11-5 Ravens
#4, 10-6 Chiefs
#5, 10-6 Pats
#6, 10-6 Steelers

There’s the roster.

Wild Card Week!

Atlanta wins in Washington 20-16.
St/ Louis wins in Detroit 30-17

Chiefs hold 31-24 over Pats
Ravens hold 27-20 over Steelers

So in the NFC, both wild cards won, and in the AFC, they both lost.

Any major non-injury news?

RB Brooks is back from injury.

Before hand, do I want to resign anyone? DE Butler rocked a solid 8.5 sack season. He came back. He’s just 47/47 but he always has done me proud. He has 40 sacks in 6 seasons. That’s not bad production. But I have Willis, Webster, and Velazquez on my roster, so I feel that we have enough depth. And again, got to save that cap space.

Abe Sargent

04-23-2015, 11:48 PM

Week 2 – The Divisional Playoffs

Kansas City at Jacksonville
Baltimore at Buffalo

Atlanta at Carolina
St. Louis at Seattle

Seattle and us are the #1 seeds this year. Ironic.

We lose. 27-24. Bortles was picked three times and was 24 of 32 for 258 and 2:3. Rivers was 19 for 121 yards, so he was fine. Lee and Wild caught scores. Satre was 5 KRB and 2 pancakes. But two of those picks were returned for scores. That’s just too big of a hole to dig yourself out of at NFL playoff season.

Buffalo 38, Baltimore 24

Seattle 38, St Louis 10
Atlanta 22 and Carolina 19

Nad news, CB McNeil busted to 40/40 after the injury finished. Ah well. I was hoping Mr. Concussion would be in the 50s and I had my apparent Meadows replacement, but that was not to be.

Championships:

Atlanta at Seattle
KC At Buffalo

Buffalo defeats KC 28-27
Seattle wins 19-3

The 2021 NFL Super Bowl

The NFC Champion #1 Seed 12-4 Seattle Seahawks

Vs

The AFC Champion #2 Seed 11-5 Buffalo Bills

Seattle 38, Buffalo 6

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 12:02 AM

Season Awards!

Player of the year – QB Blake Bortles
Offensive Player of the Year – QB Blake Bortles

All League 1st Team:

QB Blake Bortles
WR Marqise Lee

All League 2nd Team:

WR Joshua Wild
DE Cesar Velazquez

Welcome Wild!

Here are the best players non-kickers, in the league, at the end of the league in 2021
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You can see Satre at the top, and then Wild at 83/83. He’s the only WR on the list.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 12:32 AM

Stats!

QB Bortles – 396 of 554, 71.5%, 5225 yards, 55:9, 127.3 QB Rating. 42 sacks, 5 fumbles

Once again, he leads the league in yards, this time by 500 yards over Rich Dillon of the Bucs with 4715, and then the next is Luck with 4477. He has the highest QB % among 16 game starters. 55 TDs annihilates the Steelers QB Dominique Oxford’s 36. 9 INT is the lowest among 16 game starters. Zang! The game is Wild indeed.

Rushing:

RB Jose Rivers, 207 for 962, 4.65 average, 9 rush TD; 27 catches for 209 and 2 scores

Obviously not what I need or hope. It don’t matter how good our passing game can be if we can run.

Receiving:

WR Marqise Lee – 102 catches, 1886 yards, 17 TDs
WR Joshua Wild – 86 grabs for 1331 yards and 10 scores
TE Travis Kelce, 50 for 567 and 5 scores
WR Roman Fahey, 48 for 522 and 11 scores
WR Donnie Crawford, 33 for 316 and 4 scores

That’s just another level for my folks. Lee had 10 100+ games. He led the league in receiving yards by 446, WR Jameson Prior, Bucs was 1420, then Britt Galloway from Detroit at 1367, and Wild was 4th in receiving yards and tied for 5th in receiving TDs.

Special Teams:

K Tyler Bernard, 21 of 21, 72 of 72 PAT, long of 46

Well, he was perfect!

P Leslie Bridgeman, 85 punts, 44.6 average, 33 in 20.

RB Brooks, 1 PR RET TD, 3rd best PR in league among qualifiers with 10 retruns or more
WR Donnie Crawford, 34 KR, 28.8 average, 6th best in league among qualifiers and the best among those that did not have at least one score to skew the stats.

Defense:

DE Cesar Velazquez, 57 solo, 14 assists, 16 sacks (3rd best), 9 blocked passes (led league), 27 hurries (2nd most behind 28), 23 QB knockdown (5th best); 2 FF
DE Glen Willis, 12 and 8 tack, 5.5 sacks, 1 block, 11 hurries, 8 qbkn, 2 FF
DE Kenneth Butler, 34 and 17 tack, 8.5 sacks, 2 block, 7 hurr, 5 qbkd
DE Dana Webster, 15 and 10 tack, 5.5 sacks, 1 and 7 and 1; 3 FumRec;

Every one of my Des had at least 5.5 sacks on the season. That’s a strong rotational DLine!

DT Quentin Grossman – 21 and 15 tackles, 8 sacks, 1 block, 6 hurr, 4 QBKn; 2 FF
DT Brant Missouri -31 abd 10 tack, 5.5 sacks, 8 hurr, 3 QB KD

And solid enough stuff from my DTs. This was Grossman’s best year in production, with 8 sacks.

WLB Shawn Branton, 38 and 13 tacklers, 1 sack, 1 block
MLB Irving Ward, 68 and 31 tackles, 0.5 sacks, blocked passes, 3 hurries, 1 QB kd; 3 picks, 7 pasdef
OLB Upshaw, 4 starts, 29 and 7 tack, 2 picks, 1 INT RET TD, 2 pasdef
OLB Turner, 44 and 14 tack,

Not great years for backers, other than Ward

SS Marcus Gilchrist, 12 starts, 71 and 24 tackles(Led my team), 2.5 sacks, 1 QBKD;6 pasdef; 2 FF,
FS Camden Becker, 45 and 14 tack, 1 sack, 2 hurries, 6 pasdef

CB Bryan Meadows, 4 picks, 8 pasdef
CB Shane Hopkins, 3 picks, 15 pasdef, 2 INT RET TD

Horrible year for picks on my team. Meadows really didn’t earn a super long deal anyway. Although with the lowered play of my safeties, I thought I’d wnt ot lock him up and not worry as much about my Dbacks but hey, nevermind. Only Hopkins, and to a lesser degree Gilchrist, played with any value at all.

Blocking:

OG Marquis Satre -0 30 KRB and 14 pancakes, and 5 sacks allowed. Led league in pancakes by 4.
OT Myron Starks, 30 and 7. 8 sacks allowed
OG Steven Kelley – 17 and 1, 4 sacks allowed
OC Roger Pearson – 13 starts, 13 KRB, 1 pancake, and 6 sacks allowed

That’s not a great season. But we had injuries and rookies starting at three places at times along the line. So that’s understandable.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 12:47 AM

Season Awards!

Offensive Player of the Year: WR Marqise Lee. Dang did this guy just lead the league in TDs, yards, ypc, lots of stuff. Yay Lee!

Defensive Player of the Year: DT Quentin Grossman – In six years, had his best year for the club with 8 sacks, and great pressure all year long. He was a force in the interior all game long.

Special Teams Player of the Year – WR Donnie Crawford. Great returns and gave us great field position game after game. Thanks buddy!

Rookie of the Year – OG Steven Kelley – With 16 starts, had a solid 17 KRB, 1 pancake, and 4 sacks allowed performance. He allowed fewer sacks than OG partner Satre did! Solid job!

Heart Award – SE Roman Fahey – I know he got it last year, but 11 TDs and 522 yards from my 5th WR (4th after the Robinson injury) is just sterling.

So thanks guys!

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 12:56 AM

And now the End of Season stuff!

Team Performance – 90
Value – 90
Profit – 71
Roster – 22

Year End Score – 75

We had no retirements

Others of note:

RB DeMarco Murray
RB Eddie Lacy
FB Will Johnson
TE Joseph Fauria
TE Coby Fleener
TE Luke Wilson
TE Jordan Cameron
WR Dez Bryant
WR Kendall Writing
C Alex Mack
C Beau Brinkley
OG Mike Iupati
OG Louis Vasquez
OT Jake Long
OT Andre Smith
DE Cameron Jordan
DT Geno Atkins
ILB Brian Cushing
ILB Brandoe Spikes
ILB Sea Lee
ILB Patrick Willis
OLB Jabaal Sheard
OLB Jason Worilds
CB Patrick Robinson
CB Kareem Jackson
S Jairius Byrd
S Eric Berry
S Cole Shea

Arian Foster was the only HOF inductee

Cap rose 6.4 mill

We lost 12.5 mill last year. Our revenues dropped and we rose costs massively(34 mill went to stadium payments though, otherwise we would have made money)

Attendance was 99.1%

12th best Stadium
3rd best roster
7th best support
17th best economy

Franchise Value – 947 mill; 13th best in league.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 01:12 AM

I like my Defensive Coordinator and I up his contract

Staff Draft:

We pick 29th

I make no changes

I massage ticket prices a tad

Current RFas:

RB Seth Jaco
TE Kenyon Page
RT Artie Richardson
RT Shannon Milnes
DT Francisco Henderson

Current FA:

RB Chandler Hutchins
TE Travis Kelce
FL Jeff Janis
C Stefen Wisniewski
DE Kenneth Butler
SLB Leon Russell
CB Janoris Jenkins
CB Bryan Meadows
CB Giovanni McNeil
FS Camden Becker
LS Grayson Johnstone

We have 26 mill in cap room and 19 for new players

39 on the roster

Do I want to franchise Kelce? Butler? Meadows? Nope, we’re good

Let’s head to FA time!

Guys that matter with expiring deals:

LG Satre
SE Lee
DE Velazquez
WR Wild
SLB Upshaw
K Bernard
DE Willis
WLB Branton
MLB Irving Ward
DE Webster
P Bridgeman

And minors ones like WR Crawford, DE Dana Webster, etc.

Let’s get this started:

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 01:36 AM

We extend Satre by three years, and he makes 10 mill a year.

We extend Lee by two years and he’s 9.95 this year, 9.5 next, and then 10.19.

Now I have problems. Both Velazquez and Wild want more money than before. Wild wants...well...wild money. 15 mill a year money. I do it. Four year deal, and his contract leaps to 15 mill this year, and climbs from there. I also increase Velazquez by some cash as well.

Allen Robinson dropped to 44/44, but he’s injured for one more week, so I have to keep him until post-season and then I can cut him.

I resign:

TE Kenyon Page
RT Shannon Milnes

Alright, now:

1). Massage my cap by cutting or lowering the costs of aging players
2). Get a real RB
3). Figure out my P and K situation.
4). Make S and LB real offseason priorities
5). Figure out my LCB spot madly.
6). Kelce? Someone Else? TE please

I let go some folks hoping they might also drop their demands, and I could resign Butler or Kelce for lower deals all day long.

Let’s head to FA and look at week 2 targets:

Kelce is the best non-kicker available at 63/63 and wants 8 mill to start things off. Sorry 32 year ol guy!

Jimmy Graham, not as good as Kelce, wants more money and a one-year deal.

JR Delaroche was cut and now wants 1.9 mill for the first season. I wish he’d gone that way last year!

I have on my roster Josiah Logan who grew to a 41/41 guy last year, in case Kelce went elsewhere or was injured. I could hold off on TE at first

RB? Walter Gohl is there and wants 2.5 mill, but his now 47/47 physique scares me. But that’s the best guy out there. Could we go with RB in the draft instead?

I’ll hold off.

S? LB? We have a lot of older LB talent, the top 7 LB on the board are 10+ year vets. I can make offers to others later – they are all in the 40s.

The best S is George Iloka. New England cut Johnathan Paniagua. I make FS Irving Troy, 7th year vet, 49/49 an offer since he’s cheap.

I make an offer to K Marquis Danforth and P Conner Donovan

I like LCB Justin Talton, 47/47, 4th year, and he’s 2.6 this year and very reasonable. But I probably can move CB Colton Hanks over to Meadow’s spot. I don’t think we’ll have any major issues with that swap.

Stage 3 – CB Meadows signs with Minnesota for a ton of cash. RB Gohl signed to the Saints. LT Goldhammer went to the Giants for a ton of cash too.

Stage 4 – Kelce signs with Oakland for big bucks. Iloka to New England for the same.

Stage 5 – No major news

Stage 6 – No major news

Stage 7 – We sign P Donovan and I cut Bridgeman.

Stage 8 – OG Theo signed with the Ravens. LS Johnstone and K Danforth sign and I cut K Tyler Bernard.

I’ve freed up some cash with the signs.

Now let’s push some folks.

Who do I like still on the board?

I make an offer to WLB Ken Okobi, who has a great special teams (94) and is 43/43, and 7th year vet for the Bengals. Wants 1.7 and then 2 and 2.1

Stage 9 – No major news

Stage 10 – Delaroche signs with the Colts; FS Irving Troy sings a 4 year, 9.13 mill deal with us.

Stage 11 – We sign WLB Ken Okabi to 3 years, 6.61 mill, and FS Camden Becker was picked up by the 49ers.

Alright, rookie lookie

We pick 28th. Who falls?

I need S, CB, RB, and LB of various place all jumping into my lap.

Oh, and next year, I have, coming up, DT Quentin Grossman, C Roger Pearson, RT Myron Starks, CB Colton Hanks – those are all in two years from now.

I also need backups in OG, TE, WR, OC, DE too. Lots of depth needs.

Holy hell!

The top S, FS Collin Sham, came back very underrated, with a potential affinity, and he’salready the 7th best player by raw grade and 18th by adjusted on the board. That’s the sort of need-meets-awesome that can move me.

What else? The second best SS Whalen is also very underrated too. There are three certifiable studs at RB, and I scout them all three come back hard ot read, and one’s bars dropped. I scout #4 on the board too. I’d be happy to move up for one of them.

What else? Two ILBs are pretty sexy n the 7.0 raw grade place. They’ll be well gone. There’s no one really at old. I scout one. I also scout the 3rd best ILB. I scout two Cbs and the 3 and 4 safeties who also look solid.

Stage 12 – P Bridgeman signed with Dallas.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 02:40 AM

The 2022 NFL Amateur Draft

I have 3 later 3rds – 3.21, 3.28, and 3.30.

I’d like to grab a stud RB. I don’t think it’ll happen, but who knows?

The First seven picks take both of the top RBs off the board. Then #3 goes 8. Dang. There went my starters… Colin Sham goes #9 to the Bucs. So, many of my targets are gone.

Then OT, ILB, and CB. QB, the only good OLB, ILB #2. Then OT, OT, and QB round out the top 20.

So at #21, who’s in the conversation? SS Whalen and that’s about it. Will he fall to 28?

Yes he does. We grab him at 1.28

The 2.28 arrives. There were three strong-ish TE on the board, and two are gone. I grab the last one Bret Kovacs,

We are sitting at 3.4, and none of the top Centers have been taken. There is one with great bars. The first one goes at 3.6. I trade my 3.21 and 3.28 to Tampa for their 5th round next year and 3.7 this. Then I snag C Myron Leggin. He might be the BAP that fell into my lap, we’ll see.

I grab CB Burke at 3.30. Then great bar looking OG Wheeler.

In the 5th….hmmm…WLB CJ Kornblatt? Okay.

6th I grab RB Daman Euhus, and in the 7th I really like fast, potential affinity, strong Big-play getting downfield guy FL Bryan Cooley.

The 2022 Jacksonville Jaguars Draft:

1st – SS Jermaine Whalen, Villanova
2nd – TE Brett Kovacs, Valparaiso
3rd – C Myron Leggin, Colgate; CB Emmitt Burke, Washington
4th – OG Zachery Wheeler, Notre Dame
5th – WLB CJ Kornblatt, Oregon State
6th RB Damon Euhus, Maryland
7th – FL Bryan Cooley, Auburn

We get an A-, and we have no players in the Green Page. Ah well.

The early look?

OC Myron Leggin – 21/69
TE Brett Kovacs – 28/61
SS Jermaine Whalen – 35/58
RG Zachery Wheeler – 18/52
RCB Emmitt Burke – 23/50
WLB CJ Kornblatt – 14/35
FL Byran Cooley – 18/34
RB Damon Euhus -21/32

And many players were taken that had good bars at their place, but not necessarily great combines or anything. Whalen looks okay, but he had strong combines and came in very underrated so I hope he’ll rise.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 09:35 AM

Alright let’s head to late FA and see if we get any great RFA bargains that went unsigned or cuts.

I have 52 on my roster, and I still want/need:

RB
DE
DT
CB

We have a conflict at o line, and I cut leader OT Richmond. OT Starks is my new leader, and two issues with him. I need to bring in an issue fixer. Preferably an OT. But I really LT Carlson, a 31/54 4th year guy that was not resigned by the Panthers. He’s already partly there! Sigh, I make an offer to RT Owen Ofodile, a older guy to be my leader.

CB Jacob Tudor has a strong conflict with SS Marcus Gilchrist. Any options to smooth things over? I got an offer to someone to smooth things over as my new secondary leader

UFAs:

RB Graham Anderson
QB Emmanuel Shaw
RB Leroy Lengelder
DT Tevin Raffensperger

Non-UFA

RB Henry Tiessen

Stage 2 – We sign QB Shaw, RB Tiessen,

Stage 3 – We sign RB Anderson, CB Webster, DT Raffensperger

Stage 4 – RB Hutchens signed with the Colts, SLB Leon Russell went to the Saints, CB McNeil signs with the Saints too. Meanwhile we grabbed the RT Ofodile, and RB Lengfelder.

Are we all good? I sign UFA RB Jay Chapman and Arturo Baca for special teams.

Leads head to camp time!
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Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 09:58 AM

I have an odd trade offer post-camp. The Bucs are offereing me their 3rd in 2023 for RB Rivers. He didn’t boom and he wasn’t good last year. And I can hopefully trade for someone better because my shotgun approach to unearthing a decent RB didn’t seem to work.

The Bears. They drafted RB Butch Connell a 54/73 guy at the 1.4 spot when they had 3rd year Braxton Oliver, 70/70 0on their roster. Are they interested in sending me a spare RB? Sure, but not at an easy price. Hell, I offer my 1st rounder and they aren’t even close.

Who else has some depth? The Jets have a spare 53/53 Joel Gray, but they won’t even take a 2nd rounder. Anyone else with a real RB they’d consider moving?

Carolina has a 50/50 and a 59/59 RB.

I am going to wait one week.

Now Robinson is back from his injury, and is 43/43.

Most of the good RBs are either way too much money, or the teams don’t want to take on a huge cap hit for cutting them, or they are fan favorites and therefore not even in the conversation. I can’t even get a 50s guy for my first rounder next year. I can’t even get 53/53 RB Joel Gray from the Jets!

But there has been one player that is in the conversation. But the compensation to snag him has been way too high – RB Braxton Oliver, from the Bears, a 70/70 guy. They want two firsts. I countered with a 1st, 2nd and 4th, but nope. I can’t mortgage two first for him. But not that good.

The Bears offer:

1st, 2nd round picks, and DT Brant Missouri to the Bears for RB Braxton Oliver and DT Harris Poole.

Hmm…. Nah, I can’t mortgage my future that badly.

I cut WR Allen Robinson

Post-cut, I have a ton of cap space.

I cut:

RB Damon Euhus
RB Leroy Lengfelder

I’ll head to pre-season with 5 RB to make things difficult. It’ll likely be between RB Champan and RB Anderson for our special teams work. And Henry Tiessen is the primary backup.

I cut:

FS Tavon Wilson
WR Arture Baca

We may have a real fight at QB

Pre-Season –

Well the battle for RB was won by Jay Chapman after Graham Anderson busts his knee and is out for 15 weeks. I toss him on IR.

I cut QB Shaw,

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 10:11 AM

I finish up preaseason 3-1, and at the end of it, we have a few cuts from other teams that intrigue me:

50/50 RB Harry Moronkola
42/42 RCB EJ Gaines

While Gaines would be a leader on my team, that would disrupt chemistry, Moronkola is what the Doctor ordered!

Uh oh! We had a few people fall – WR Lee is now 58/58, and OG Satre is now 88/88. DE Velazquez fell to 58/58,

In rookies:

We had a bust. RG Zachery Wheeler – 18/52 from draft is now 14/25.

But, in other news – C Myron Leggin is 26/67 and solid looking and SS Jermaine Whalen rose to 50/66, and TE Kovacs is still 33/54.

Here’s Jermaine Whalen:

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He’s gotten better, and 50/66 is a real solid guy. Even if he finishes up 60/60. That’s a good return on my investment.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 10:33 AM

Se. we’ll see about TE Kovacs and C Leggin. C Roger Person is 29 years old, 54/54 and costs me 6.7 mill this year and 7.8 next, and to resign him is 8 mill a year. Leggin could be a cheaper, younger, better replacement who just fell into my lap.

Right now I have a ton of cap room - 9.7 mill, and even if I left some open for signings in case of injury, that’s a lot of cash. Is there anyone out that that appeals to me? Next year, again, I have expiring in two years OT Starks, C Pearson, DT Grossman, SS Gilchrist, and my P and K. No major players other than RB. Sure, CB Hanks or TE Logan or FB Wheatley are there. So I want to keep Starks for sure. Starks is 72/72 and a strong OT. He’ll want a serious pay upgrade to stay with me in the range of 10 mill a year. We’ll want on both though, for the re-signing.

I’ll likely resign Grossman, who’s falling off a bit in strength, so should be cheaper, and then use the cost savings for RB and OT.

Are there any folks expiring that I want to lock up, cheaply, right now? I don’t want to rely on my 1 or 2 next year to grab replacements in the draft reliably. OLB Upshaw, who already dropped to 36/36 isn’t someone I want to retain. DE Willis? He’s 29 now. We’d have to pay him in the 2.4 range for two more years.DE Dana Webster wants the same or a two year extension. That I do. I extend Webster. I have 4 of my LBs expiring this year:

OLB Upshaw
SLB Bobby Turner
MLB Irving Ward
WLB Shawn Brantan

It increases his salary to 3.1 mill, but I extend MLB Ward. I can’t lose all of my LB

I want to extend the underperforming Branton, he’s cheap, and 48/48 is solid. I can replace him, or not, as needed. He’s just 27, and I can’t feasibly replace that many LBs next year, and I signed a WLB to push him this year. I think part of his underperformance may be due to the position he plays, WLB is not a feature place for my roster. But if we have the lack of bodies, cash, or options next year, we can retain him. And it frees my cash up. SLB Turner wants too much money to resign.

I’m good letting go CB Jacob Tudor and SE Donnie Crawford and such.

Our Top Ten Contracts/Cap Hits This Year:

1. QB Blake Bortles,19.69 mill
2. DE Cesar Velazquez, 15.34 mill
3. WR Joshua Wild, 15.23
4. LG Marquis Satre, 10.35
5. WR Marqise Lee, 9.95
6. DT Quentin Grossman, 8.9
7. CB Shane Hopkins, 8.4
8. C Roger Pearson, 6.7
9. SLB Courtney Upshaw, 5.4
10. MLB Irving Ward, 4.1

And then the next are 3.9 for DE Willis, 2.5 for DE Webster and such.

When you have a good QB, you have to sacrifice your cap. And next year, I want to add OT Starks to that list.

I have let a lot of quality draftees, or other players, go recently, DE Butler, OG Theophilatos, WR Robinson, OT Goldhammer, CB Meadows, etc. But we have to keep churning that roster. The NFL is about replacement, not sustainment.

We leave with a few injuries. TE Page and SLB Upshaw are out, and multiple probables

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 12:29 PM

Any changes to our starting rotation from last year? Other than rookie TE Kovacs, DE Webster, RB Moronkola, CB Colton Hanks, FS Irving Troy and rookie SS Jermaine Whalen.

Last year’s pick, OG Kelley is getting not as good – currently 42/52. Continuing to drop in quality. The OGs from last year, the top five if you’ll recall, had one bust (OG Lowe, currently 36/47). Others look strong – OG Hastings 71/80, OG Derlange, 43/71, although one, OG Vanderhaak, is 48/59 and dropping. At 42/50, there are now 9 OGs from last year’s draft with a better potential than Kelley. Not what I want to see, especially with OG Mark Meadows and OG Zachery Wheeler busting on me.

Man I am just not doing as well in my drafts as I think, with guys like Goldhammer, Kelley, MLB Robinson that just never panned out in the 1st round.

I cut Courtney Upshaw after he fell to 33/33. I sign LDE Christopher Rhodes.

We have:

10th best QB
12th worst RB
13th best FB
11th worst TE
THE best WR
10th best C
3rd best OG
8th best OT
12th worst P
20th best K
14th best DE
13th best DT
6th worst MLB
15th best OLB
4th best CB
16th best S

We are the 3rd youngest team in the league

Let’s get this season started!

I make a few changes. I move my coaches to setting game plans and depth charts, and then just power sim the season to see how things go on a quick sim. I just want to see what happens when I’m not in charge of the day to day decisions. It won’t count, I want to slow roll it. We finish #1 13-3. I think that was overly fair, I see this more as a 11-5 team. But ;let’s see!

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 12:59 PM

Week 1 – We host the Titans again. It’s not a blow out, but we win 21-13. Bortles opens unevenly with 26 of 36 for 3:2, and Lee had 72 yards and 2 scores, Wild 153 yards, and FB Wheatly a score. Sack by Velazquez,

Week 2 – We head to Phily and thump them 40-16. Our Punter never punted! Bortles, MVP, rocked 18 of 25 for 303, 2:0 and rushed for a score. RB Moronkola was 20 for 84 and a score. WR Wild was 192 yard and a TD and TE Josiah Logan caught a score too. Pick by FS Irving Troy. OT Starks was 6 KRB and 2 pancakes, and Satre 5 and 2.

We have some folks back from injuries. Lots of probables and such though.,

Week 3 – We host the 2-0 Bills. We beat them 31-27, respectable for them. RB Moronkola was with a score, and Borles was a pedestrian 26 of 44 for 28-0 and 3:2, and hit Lee for 84 and a score and WR Donnie Crawford for two scores. Pick by CB Hopkins. 2 sacks by DE Velazquez, and 1 by CB Hanks. 3 KRB by Starks.

Week 4 - We host the 3-0 Raiders and send them back with their first loss of the season at 37-10. Bortles, MVP, 29 of 35, 329, 3:0 – Lee with 118 and 1, RB Harry M with a catching score TE Kovacs his first. Bortles rushes for a score too. SS Marcus Gilchrist had a pick, DE Glen Willis 2 sacks, and DT Raffensperger 2 sacks as well.

Just us and the Broncos are 4-0 in the league, every other team has at least one loss. We have a bye in week 5.

Week 5 –BYE

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 01:18 PM

Week 6 – We host the 3-2 Colts. The Texans are 4-1, and I don’t want another 4 win team this early competing with us. We crush them 38-16. Bortles, MVP, with 18 of 24 for 284 and 2:0 and hit Wild for 121 and Lee for 73 and a score and WR Cooley for a score too. RB Moronkola rushes 16 for 89 and 3 scores. Sacks by SS Whalen, DT Missouri, DT Raffensperger, DT Fisk and DE Velazquez. 6 KRB for Stars, 4 KRB and 3 pancakes for Satre and 4 KRB for OG Kelley.

We do have our first major injury of the season post-preseason. DE Dana Webster is out with a broken fibula for 9 weeks. That’s until Week 15. Or 16 or so. I consider IR. I decide to just deactivate him though. DE Glen Willis will start for us in his place. I activate signee DE Christopher Rhodes as well to cover.

Week 7 – We head to the 4-1 Titans, a team that played hard in our place. And we lose, 42-36. Nicely done Titans. Bortles was 37 of 49 for 427 and 5:4, and hit Wild for 150 and a score, RB Moronkola for a score and 74 yards, WR Lee and FB Wheatley and TE Logan as well. DT Grossman with a sack.

After the game, WR Donnie Crawford came out with a pulled muscle in his calf and is out for 2 weeks.

Week 8 – We continue the Kansas City woes as they lose to us 24-31. Bortles, MVP, 25 of 30, 353, 2:1. Lee has 136 and 1 score and TE Logan the other one. Moronkola rushes for a score. 2 picks by CB Hopkins. 2 point conversion pass to FB Whealtey. 1.5 sacks by DE Willis and 1 by DE Rhodes.

No major additional injuries.

Week 9 – We host the Broncos! And we beat them, 30-15. Bortles, MVP, 27 of 39 for 363 and 3:1. Lee is 76 yards and a score and WR Cooley with 117 and 2. We have picks by FS Irving Troy and CB Shane Hopkins 2 sacks by Velazquez, 1 by CB Hopkins. And DT Fisk. 3 KRB for Starks and Satre.

WR Crawford is back from his injury.

We finish the first half 7-1 and without any major injuries that stagger us. Let’s keep it up!

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 01:36 PM

Week 10 – The Chargers stun us 27-24 in our place to drop us to 7-2. Bortles was 27 of 52 for 355 and 3:1 and Wild had 151 yards and 2 scores and RB Tiessen grabbed the other. 3 KRB and apancacke by Satre.

WR Donnie Crawford is out again with a torn knee cartilage for 3 weeks.

Week 11 – We head to 6-3 Houston. NFL Offensive Player of the Week QB Blake Bortles wins, 37-24 with 30 of 36 for 352 and 2:0. He hits Lee for 178 and 1 score and TE Kenyon Page (off the bench for WR Crawford and still 3r don the depth chart) for another score. RB Moronkola rushes for 2 more. 2 poicks by CB Hanks. 1 sack by DE Rhodes and WLB Branton. 5 KRB and a pancake by OT Starks, 4 KRB and a pancake by Satre, and 3 and a pancake by C Pearson.

We have a major-ish injury. Backup (now after my draft) SS Marcus Gilchrist out for 13 weeks with a high ankle injury. I toss him on IR. I sign FS Johnnie Cassity, 29/29 and high affinity guy to be a body for him.

WR Fahey is questionable with a strained hammy. QB Bortles probable.

Week 12 – The 7-3 Cowboys arrive in North Florida and are sent back 30-10. Bortles, MVP was a solid 38 for 35 and 329 yrds with a 2:0 ratio and he hit Wild for both scores and 111 yards . CB Shane Hopkins picks and gets a 72 yard scamper for a score and CB hanks nails a pick as well. Sacks by FS Myles Clinton, MLB Irving Wad, DE Glen Willis. 4 KRB by OC Pearson, and 3 each by Satre and Starks.

Week 13 – We head to 10-1 Baltimore. We barely edge them 27-24. I’ll take that! Marqise Lee is MVP with 223 yards and 1 score. WR Wild had 54 and another plus a 2 point conversion. Bortles was 26 of 41 for 383 and 2:2. 1.5 sacks by DE RRhodes and another by DE Velazquez.

Lots of players coming back from injury, such as Crawford and Fahey.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 02:18 PM

Week 14 – Man, 5 win Washington pushes us hard, and we barely win 34-33. MVP is Bortles with 33 of 45 for 418 and 3:3. Wild had 110 yards, WR Lee a score and TE Kovacs the other two scores. Even FB Wheatley had 98 yards. RB Moronkola rushes for a score. Sacks by SLB Turner, DE Velazquez, Willis. 4 KRb and 2 pancakes by Sarte.

That was closer than I’d like!

Week 15 – Bortles is Offensive Player of the Week as he bombs Houston 41-23 with 23 of 29 foir 244 and 4:0. Wild was 10 for 134 and 1 score. RB Moronkola caught two and rushed for another, and FB Wheatley a 4th. 2 picks by CB Colton Hanks and 1 my FS Myles Clinton. 1 sack on the day was by DE Willis. 3 KRB and 1 pancake by OT Starks.

DE Webster is back from injury

Week 16 – We host the hapless 3 win Giants. We win 37-17. Bortles is MVP and has 23 of 28 for 302 and 3:0. He nails Lee for 107 and 2 scores and WR Wild for 107 yards and WR Cooley for a TD. RB Moronkola adds a ground pound score. S Whalen has a pick. Sacks by DT Fisk, MLB Wrad and DT Raffensperger. 6 KRb and 3 pancakes for OT Starks, 5 and 2 for Satre.

DT Grossman is questionable. We have the #1 seed guaranteed. No sense playing him, right?

Week 17 – We host the 10-5 Colts. They are guaranteed the Wild Card spot at #5, so even if they win, nothing happens, so we are both playing for nothing really. Just pride.

We barely beat them 32-24. Bortles is Offensive Player of the Week with 31 of 39 for 345 and 3:0. He nails Lee for 163 and 2, andRB Moronkola for a score, who also rushes for one too. Sacks by SS Whalen, DT Grossman, DE Velazquez (Whoops, I forgot to bench Grossman. Ah well).

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 02:47 PM

The 2022 NFL Playoffs!

The AFC South –

Jags 14-2
Colts 10-6
Titans 10-6
Texans 8 -8

Again, a difficult divison. We had a rough record, going through Baltimore, Dallas, Buffalo, lots of major talent.

The AFC Playoffs:

#1 Seed 14-2 Jaguars
#2 Seed 12-4 Baltimore Ravens
#3 Seed 9-7 Chargers
#4 Seed 8-8 Jets
#5 Seed 10-6 Titans
#6 Seed 10-6 Colts

Wild Card Weekend

Colts at Chargers, Titans at Jets!
49ers at Vikings, Saints at Bucs

Colts win 26-20
Titans win 27-15

Bucs over the Saints 26-20
49res over the Vikings 38-24

Week 2 – Divisional Week

We host the Colts
The Titans travel to Baltimore

We have 3 of 4 in the final four of the league.

In te hNFC you have Seattle hosting the 49ers and Dallas the Bucs

We win 38-24 over the Colts:

Borltes is MVp and hit 24 of 29 for 350 and 4:0. He breezed balls to Wild, Lee, Cooley and Kovacs for scores. Wild had 146 yards too. RB Moronkola added a score on the ground. Pick by WLB Branton and 2 sacks by SLB Turner.

We have some injuries of note:

DE Velazquez probable
SLB Turner probable
DT Grossman still injured
FB Wheatley probable
DT Missouri probable

Meanwhile We had a miracle in Baltimore and the Titans edged them 21-18.

In the NFC, Seattle won 22-6 over the 49ers and the Cowboys won 33-28 over the Bucs

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 03:09 PM

THE NFL Championships!

We are favored by 6. Tennessee has beaten Baltimore in their place and we lost to them earlier this season 36-42 after beating them 21-13 earlier. They have proven that they can beat us and beat the best. Meanwhile the Seahawks are favored by 2.

Here we go:

We win 44-16. This time, it ain’t close.

Bortles is MVP with 24 of 30 for 346 and 2:1. He hit Wild and Lee for scores. RB Moronkola rushes for two. CB Tudor with a pick and RB Jay Chapman had a kick returned for a score. 4 KRb and 2 pancakes by OG Satre.

Meanwhile Seattle womn 35-10 over the really good Cowboys.

That sets up a HUGE Super Bowl….

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 05:58 PM

The 2022 NFL Super Bowl

The #1 Seed AFC Champion 14-2 Jacksonville Jaguars

Vs

The #1 Seed NFC Champion 12-4 Seattle Seahawks

Seattle is clearly our nemesis

In 2016, the Seahawks defeated the Jaguars in the Super Bowl

In 2019, the Jaguars defeated the Green Bay Packers to win
In 2020, the Jaguars defeated the Seattle Seahawks to repeat as Bowl winners
In 2021 the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Buffalo Bills to win their next Bowl

Each of the last three winners is the Seahawks, Jaguars, Jaguars, and then they beat us in 2016.

That’s some history there.

Okay, I massage my roster. I have RT Owen Ofodile out with a concussion and DE Willis is out with a torn ankle ligament for 13 weeks.

Both head to IR.

I sign RT Travis Palmer and RDT Jackie Thompson

I activate Rhodes and keep Palmer out there benching Thompson.

We are favored by 6. They have only one major injury all season long, DE Ken Johnstone, 50/50 guy, and no probables, or questionable or anybody on IR nothing. Smooth injury sailing. DORKS!

After some early exchanges, a 5 yard pass from Bortles to RB Moronkola is a score with 8:40 in the 1st quarter

Seattle drives and scores, with ex-Jaguar Justin Blackmon catching a 14 yard pass and scoring with 4:38.

The Seahawks pick off Blake and then Parker Johnson scores on a 5 yard pass with 00:45 left in the 1st and it’s 14-7

But no worries Jaguar fans. On the 2nd play of the next drive Bortles nails Wild for a 69 yard play and scores with 00:07 in the quarter, and it’s 14-14 after one!

The Seahawks have a long, clock grinding drive and score with a 2 yard pass to Sebastian Ratcliff with 8:22 in the 2nd half and its 21-14 Seahawks.

The Jags are stopped and then the Seahawks stopped. The Jags get it back, and kick a FG inside the 2 minute mark at 1:52 and its 21-17 at the half

A few slow drives open, and then Bortles hits Joshua Wild for a 2 yards with 9:05 to go in the 3rd. 24-21 Jags.

Settle answers after a long drive and Parker Johnson rushes for 3 yards and scores with 3:07 left. 28-24.

Then Bortles tosses a 2nd pick, and the Seahawks score as the 4th open with a run by their QB for 18 yards. 34-24.

A few exchanges of control ensue, and a drive by the Jaguars is capped off by A FB 5 run by Robbie Wheatley with 3:44 left. But a pass for the 2 point conversation fails 34-30.

Seattle scores quickly with a 1 yard plunge by their backup RB at the 1:41 mark. And that’s the last score of the day. The Jags lost 42-30

But not a bad game

Bortles – 26 of 52 for 387 and 3:2.
Wild – 5 for 168 and 2
RB Harry Moronkola 7 grabs for 65 and a score
RB Whealtey with a RB rush.

We had 0 picks and 0 forced fumbles. They had 3 forced fumbles, one of which was lost, and then two picks. They were ballhawks.

Only sac kof ours was DE Velazquez. They had 6 sacks.

Silly Seattle!

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 06:18 PM

Season Awards:

Player of the Year:

QB Blake Bortles

Offensive Player of the Year:

QB Blake Bortles

All-League First Team:

QB Blake Bortles
WR Joshua Wild
OG Marquis Satre
OT Myron Starks
K Marquis Danforth

Not bad folks

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 06:35 PM

Stats:

QB Blake Bortles – 427 of 585, 73%, 5339 yards, 45:16, 115.2 rating, 36 sacks, 3 fumbles

Led the league in passing yards, (QB Russell Wilson had 4970 and Luck 4967, both in the AFC South). TDs (Dalton had 36 and Luck and Wilson and Rich Dillon of the Bucs 35.) % completion, and just obliterated folks in Rating. Dang Bortles! You don’t suck.

Rushing?

RB Harry Moronkola, 244 for 912, 3.74 ypc, 12 rush TD. 71 catches for 448 yards and 5 receiving scores.

Now, that’s the highest rush TD, to be fair. But ugh! And he was a better outlet for Bortles than normal. For us. But still. This experiment is over.

WR Joshua Wild – 107 for 1565, 8 TD
WR Marqise Lee – 90 for 1422, 15 TD
WR Bryan Cooley – 44 for 668 and 4
TE Brett Kovacs – 31 for 309 and 3
FB Wheatley – 22 for 226 and 3
WR Roman Fahey? 18 for 237 and 0
WR Donnie Crawford, 11 games, 13 for 125 and 2
TE Josiah Logan, 13 for 139 and 3

Other TD catches by TE Page and RB Tiessen. Wild was 2nd in the league in receiving yard behind a guy, Shane Terry, with 2015 for the Miami Dolphins. Lee was 7th in yards. Lee led the league in TDs though. But what happened to my Roman Fahey? Man, you went from hot to cold!

Special Teams:

K Marquis Danforth – 35 of 39, long of 58 yards, 55 of 56 PAT.
P Conner Donovan, 64 punts, 43.1 yards, 17 in 20

RB Jay Chapman – 31 PR, 7.8 average, 24 KR, 20.6 average. Neither very good at all.
WLB Ken Okobi grabbed 30 special teams tackles – 2nd highest in the NFL behind TE Wagaman with 32.

Defense:

DE Cesar Velazquez – 31 tackles, 12 assists, 9.5 sacks,4 blocks, 15 hurries, 19 QB Knockdown; 2 FF
DE Glen Willis, 14 and 8 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 2 blocked passes, 14 hurries, 10 QBKN
DT Quentin Grossman, 25 and 8 tack, 3 sacks, 3 hurries, 4 QBKD
DT Brant Missouri, 29 and 6, 1.5 sacks, 1 block, 6 hurries, 5 QBKD
DT Tevin Raffensperger, 4.5 sacks, 1 hurry
DT Javier Fisk, 4 sacks, 7 hurries, 3 QBKD; 2FF

Not great seasons by Grossman or Velazquez. Uh oh.

MLB Irving Ward, 75 solo and 18 assit; 2.5 sacks, 1 hurry, 1 QBKD, 6 pasdef, 2 FF, 2 FUMREc
SLB Bobby Turner, 61 and 22 tackles; 1 sack, 2 hurry, 2 QBKD, 2 pasdef, 2 FF,
WLB Shawn Branton, 44 and 10 tack; 1 sack, 1 hurry; 2 FF

Ward dropped to 43/43 this season. Not a single pick by a linebacker. Branton, a 16 game starter, didn’t even register a pass defended.

SS Jermaine Whalen, 92 solo and 36 assist, 2 sacks, 1 pick, 11 pasdef
FS Irving Troy, 2 picks 1 pass def; 2 FF
CB Shane Hopkins, 5 picks, 12 pasdef, 1 INT RET TD
CB Colton Hanks , 5 picks, 13 pasdef
CB Jacob Tudor, 13 pasdef; 2 FF

Well, Whalen led the team in tackles, had a pair of sacks from the SS spot, a pick and 11 pasdef. That’s a solid rookie campaign. FS Troy was weaker but didn’t always start. CB Hopkins and Hanks ehad a oslid 5 picks and double digit pasdef, so no major complaints there.

Blocking:

OG Marquis Satre – 42 KRB, 17 pancakes; 2 sacks allowed
OT Myron Starks – 40 KRB and 7 pancakes and 8 sacks allowed
C Roger Pearson – 20 and 3 and 5 sacks allowed
OG Steven Kelley – 18 and 6 sacks allowed

Well, good years by Satre and Starks for sure. Thanks guys!

Kelley? Hmmm…currently you are ranked as 53/53. We’ll see…

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 07:10 PM

Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year: OT Myron Starks – Put it to another level, had a great solid ALL Pro performance. Had the 5th most KRB in the league and 2nd among OTs. Welcome to the bigs!

Defensive Player of the Year: SS Jermaine Whalen – This isn’t a year when any of my defensive players really stuck out. My D Line disappointed, my secondary was okay at best and my LBs were woeful in places . SS Whalen actually had the best season for us. Thanks!

Special Teams Player of the Year: K Marquis Danforth. WLB Okobi was close. But at the end of the day, this was Danforth’s award, and the All Pro victory ,his first, is worth the award. We signed him to trim cost, and he had a strong season too!

Rookie of the Year: TE Brett Kovacs - I don’t like giving out awards twice. So this is 2nd place award and Kovacs wasn’t that bad out there. I’ve had similar seasons from 40/40 or 50//50 vets I signed, and this is a green rookie with some soli upside.

Heart Award: DT Tevin Raffersperger – The undrafted free agent brought a strong sack-game when rotating in, and was 3rd on the team in sacks. He had more sacks that highly touted Grossman or Missouri at the DT spot, so thanks!

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 07:15 PM

Let’s end this thing

Team Performance – 90
Value – 91
Profit – 78
Roster – 22

Year End Score - 79

Hall of Fame – Jamaal Charles and Darrelle Revis

Retirements:

None of ours

Of note?

RB Jeremy Hill
FB Charles Clay
TE Julius Thomas
TE Jimmy Graham
WR Julio Jones
WR Mike Williams
WR Demaryius Thomas
WR Victor Cruz
WR Randall Cobb
WR Ace Sanders – One of ours baby
WR Antonio Brown
WR Allen Robinson – Another of ours
C Max Unger
LT Trent Williams
RT Joe Staley
DE Phil Taylor
DE JJ Watt
DE Greg Hardy
DE Jason Pierre-Paul
DE Robert Quinn
DT Ndamukong Suh
MLB NaVorro Bowman
OLB Vontaze Burflict
OLB Von Miller
CB Patrick Petersson
CB Richard Sherman
CB Prince Amukamara
FS Kurt Coleman

That’s a ton of wideouts and dlinemen of note.

Cap rises 6.4 mill.

We made 25 mill last year, even with stadium payments

We were one of three clubs (Dallas, Cincinnati) with 100% attendance

We’re worth 954 mill

12th worst stadium
23rd best roster
5th best support
16th best economy

That’s a big roster fall!

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 07:43 PM

I raise the salary of our strength coordinator

Staff Draft:

We draft 27th.

Hmmm…there is another 64 suitability guy on the board when it’s time for us to choose, so I take a look at him. He’s a lot better at player development, young talent, is younger, slightly better at discipline, and better at scouting and interviewing. Much better at play calling However, our guy is better at intelligence, by a lot, and motivation.

I make the switch.

We hire:

43 year old Dennis Kennedy, the former OC of Carolina, with a focus in QBs.

We make no other changes. We cut our salary by 50%, go 22 years younger, and still have a strong guy. That’s worth it.

I bump ticket prices again.

Roster?

My RFAs out of a contract:

RB Henry Tiessen
RB Jay Chapman
TE Kenyon Page
DT Tevin Raffensperger
DT Jackie Thompson

UFA

RB Harry Moronkola
WR Donnie Crawford
RT Travis Palmer
DE Glen Willis
DE Christopher Rhodes
DE Dana Webster
DT Javier Fisk
SLB Bobby Turner
WLB Shawn Branton
LCB Jacob Tudor
FS Johnnie Cassity
FS Myles Clinton
LS Grayson Johnstone

We have 38 under contract

I don’t need to franchise those folks.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 07:57 PM

FA Time!

I sign OT Myron Starks to a new deal. He now makes 8.7 mill this, and it rises by around 1 mill each year for four years total.

After that we are down to 21 mill in cap space, 11 in non-draft space

Major players in the final year of their deal:

C Roger Pearson
P Donovan
K Danforth
DT Quentin Grossman
LCB Colton Hanks

Quentin Grossman is 28, but in his 8th year, and last year, he had a non-good season. We grabbed him at 1.28 and he’s been with us ever since. Is he worth 4 more years with his stats and body? I think so. It’s not hard to find DT, but he’s fair. He’ll be 6.1, 5.9, 6.3 and 6.9. That frees up cap this year.

I like FB Wheatley, but he;s not a major star for our club. I’ma hold off on my C Pearson decision until post-Camp when I see his competition.

Ditto my K and P.

Hanks wants too much money. 7 and 8 mill each year? For a 49/49 guy? Nah!

Let’s hit up FA

Meet my #1 target 0 57/57 RB Jermaine Woods, 5th year vet. He wants little cash. I throw some serious signing bonus at him, because he wants to sign in stage 2. I ain’t playing games with him.

I sign RFA RB Henry Tiessen and cut RB Brooks.

I make an offer to DE Ron Ketteridge, the 2nd best one out there, 47/47 8th year vet.

I make an offer to FS Miles Clinton to bring him back to my roster for two years.

What about LB? I offer to WLB Landon Bush, a 47/47 guy from Baltimore 5th year, and SLB Amari Snipes from Houston. I do like 60/60 TE Corwin Chubb, from Houston, but he wants a deal starting at 8 mill and rising.

Alright, let’s begin:

Week 2 – We sign RB Jermaine Woods and DE Ketteridge. RB Moronkola signed with the Saints, and there were other major RB singings as well.

Week 3, 4, 5 – No major news

Week 6 – WLB Shawn Branton signs with the 49ers, while WLB Landon Bush with us.

Week 10 – SLB Snipes signs. We also bring in LS Johnstone. FS Clinton Mylses is back with us the next week. Donnie Crawford signs with Atlanta.

Anyone else I want to pursue? Nah.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 08:34 PM

2023 NFL Amateur Draft

Draft check.

We pick 31st and we have the 3.27, 5.27 and picks in the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th from another team. We have a ton of picks. Maybe we can package to move up and target great players on our radar? Who knows.

We can sort of BAP this thing. My needs are:

Backup WR
Backup RBx2
Backup TE maybe
Backup DEx2
Backup DTx2
Backup CB

And I could use a starter at CB, any LB spot, DE, that’s about it unless we have a great boss player out there to snag.

Whoa! There is a DE on the board 66th down, Gregory Burton, who has no combine scor.es I checked him out and he came back pretty solid guy., That’s might be my guy.

Every player I scout is on defense. And a stud punter on the board too. This is not a good year to have a lot of picks, because it seems like a poor class with a noted lack of depth.

On a team with 57 players on roster post-draft, I won’t need many of these folks. Who can I target instead? No sense taking what falls, I can package picks to move up and grab my top targets that fall.

The Browns start things off by taking one of the studly QBs from the draft. Then DE, QB, CB (best player in the draft likely), Seattle moves up and takes a CB, DT, QB, DE, and OLB and RB finish the top ten.

So a few players we expected to go went.

The Bills go DT at 11, Then CB, DT, WR, TE, ILB, OG, RB, OG and finally OG finish the top 20.

Still on the board of note?

DE Burton, and I also like OLB Ezra Wilkerson as well.

Let’s begin to slow roll this. Jets take a OT at 21. ILB ot Vikings. DT to San Diego. DE to Saints. Uh oh. Getting close to my guy. DT to 49ers. OT to Colts. Ot to Bucs. WR to Ravens. Now we have a problem. The next two teams have DE as need. Will DE Burton make it to 1.31? Probably not. I can swap the 1.31 for the 1.29 and then make sure I get Burton. He can back underrated after interviewing. He is just bars and interview, no combine scores. He’s a risk. I could just relax and if Burton is taken (likely) grab my OLB instead. I need good LBs, but I also need a good, quality DE to push Velazquez, start across from him, and maybe replace him soon.

So, one simple question – is it worth trading up? What does it cost to move from 1.31 to 1.29?

I trade the Titans my 1st 31 and 4th 31 to move up, and I draft DE Burton.

He looks awesome. Will he play that way? I guess we’ll see!

Alright, slow again. Let’s finish the round. Dallas takes DE at 1.30, they grab the next DE on the board. Huh. The Titans grab ILB. And Seattle finishes with S.

First round done.

Yay!

I still have a certain OLB out there that I like. The more he may fall, the happier I’ll be to trade up and snag him.

Alright 2nd –

DT
ILB
Seattle trades up and takes another S

What would it cost to trade up right now and take my other top target from the 1st who is on the board? I offer my 2nd and both 3rds. But they aren’t interested. The Jets #1 need in the offseason is OLB> There is no chance that he falls past here. None. I added a 5th to my offer swap, and take OLB Ezra Wilkerson.

I move to the 4th round. I’ve traded up a few times, and snagged my two targets. No sense moving anymore. Now I can draft for depth and such We are at the 4.9. I grab DT Dana Korber. At 5.13 it’s a random RB and then DE Brown. I draft some depth and we are done.

The 2023 Jaguars Draft:

1st – DE Gregory Burton, Army
2nd – OLB Ezra Wilkerson, Maryland
4th – DT Dana Korber, New Haven
5th – RB Omar Barber, Virginia State; DT Randy Frederick, Oklahoma State
6th – DE Nathaniel Brown, Morris Brown; CB Irving Kang, Oklahoma State
7th – WR Cedric Banks, Ohio; OG Elias Harris, Colorado State

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 08:50 PM

Well, A- review for our club. Early?

DE Gregory Burton – 38/73
OLB Ezra Wilkerson – 23/62

And that’s there. No one cares about anyone else. Those are my players. DE Burton is 5th on the Green Page. But we have to wait and see post-camp and such.

I have 53 players on my roster heading into FA Take 2

I need:

TE
RB

That’s really it. I could use players of talent in some places too. We have 6.9 mill in cap space.

Any good UFAs? A few.

Because of the RB Fiasco we had I make an offer to a 44/44 guy that is available.

Stage 1 - We sign RB James, and TE Ballard – both UFA. Detroit is leading on the 44/4 guy so I up my offer.

Stage 2- We sign our RB target RB Brayden George. Meanwhile, we lose TE Kenyon Page to the 49res. We brought in a few RUFAs too. I’ll you in case any make the roster later. I also bump up some offers to skip past good stuff.

Stage 3 – QB Shaw from last year signs with the Steelers for a year. Our former SLB Bobby Turner heads to the Eagles. DE Webster, injured much of last year us going to Baltimore. We have brought in all of our UFA targets. CB Jacob Tuder heads to the Steelers We have 61 players on our roster and I head to camp.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 09:18 PM

CAMP TTIME

We sell 62900 season tickets.

Alright rookies and UFAs – who jumps out at me? DE Burton and OLB Wilkerson don’t look like they suck. No major changes in my players yet. We’ll see post- pre-season when a lot of changes are often made.

I extend QB Hardy Schaefer by a year. We’ll pay him 1 mill this and next year. He’s a 31/48 guy who we drafted in the 4th a few years ago, initially looked like a bust and then slowly has gotten better, and he has a 98 kick holding, so we use him on special teams as well. He fits us. No sense changing him up.

I cut WLB CJ Kornblatt. CB Irving Kang.

Pre-Season

We even lost to Seattle in the preseason 21-20. So ummm, HAH? (Stupid Seattle)

We defeat the Vikings by 1, have a few minor-ish injuries, and then lose to the Rams 10-7 before crushing the packers 48-21.

We managed the injuries well, and only TE Josiah Logan bears watching.

Time to massage this roster thing.

Both rookie RBs busted, so I cut the UFA one – RB James.

I cut rookie OG Elias Harris (who, to be fair, was the 7.31 pick, a virtual UFA) after his strong potential busted in camp. I have 5 rookies on the D Line, so I trim UFA Holstine.

MLB Ward had faded again to 37/37. I have to trim a MLB and I don’t want to. I like my 8. Amari Snipes, SLB is 43 and my 2nd best LB after MLB Ward and signee WLB Landon Bush dropped into the high 30s. I could use a good, solid, 50s WLB or MLB. Anyone trading?

We trade: 2nd rounder for the Giants for their MLB Lane Morris, 51/51 7th year, and they toss in a 7th rounder too. I move him from WILB to MLB. Now, MLB Morris is a cap hit off 6.1 mill this year, and then 7.2 next. I cut MLB Irving Ward so that I have money to do things with.

Now I still have one too many LB on my roster. I have 8, and I need to cut one – options MLB Mueller, MLB (UFA) Miceli, WLB Ken Okobi, WLB (UFA) Logan Sims. None are major players. Okobi and Miceli have great special teams and could be a pair of twin gunners. Since Okobi was so strong in that role last year, I’m not leaning in his direction.

I move SLB Amari Snipes to WLB. Instead I cut RT Shannon Milnes and carry a lot more LB than normal.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 09:19 PM

Rookies!

DE Gregory Burton

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/AbeSargent/Burton%20at%20DE_zpswvql4z2y.jpg

Our Army-teer is a solid 46/71, and still 5th on the Green Page. This is only a gentle edging down from the 73 potential he sparked post-draft looks. Whew! Now, if he can sack some folks I’ll be pretty happy. I don’t want Burton to be the next in my long list of high profile draftees that never really gelled. He interviewed with strong bars and underrated.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 09:31 PM

Now, because of how my draft was really about two people, let me show you the other:

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Here’s Ezra Wilkerson, SLB. 31/63 is perfectly solid. That’s where he was expected to be. Wilkerson is a intelligent and flashy guy. As scouted when interviewed. I traded up to grab him, and hopefully, he can be our first LB drafted to be something because I have relied exclusively on free agents to fill our LB needs. This is our first chance to do it right.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 09:34 PM

Now, I am making an executive decision that may alienate some fans, let me post to you why:
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This is C Myron Leggin, whom we grabbed in the 3rd randomly because he fell. After a year backing up 53/53 Roger Pearson, now 30 years old and in the last year of his deal, Leggin has not fallen. The OC from Colgate is showing it. I am moving to Myron to begin his advancement as the replacement for Pearson, which would have to happen eventually.

Pearson had originally great stats :

Year 2 – 21 of 54, 38.9% KR% - 6 sacks allowed
Year 3 – 30 of 79, 38.0%, 6 sacks allowed, 2 pancakes
Year 4 – 12 starts, 27 of 53, 50.09%, 6 sacks allowed, 1 pancake
Year 5 – 31 of 80, 38.8%, 7 sacks allowed, 1 pancake
Year 6 – 13 of 43, 30.2%, 6 sacks allowed, 1 pancake
Year 7 – 20 of 73, 27.4%, 5 sacks allowed, 3 pancakes

Now, that’s someone who went from reliably getting 38% KRB and 6 sacks allowed each year to dropped to 30 and then 27% two years in a row. That’s not what I want to see from my vet. Right now I’m paying him 7.7 milll, and to extend him by 3 more years to year 11 on that list, would be 6.1, 6.2, 6.5 and 7.2, Nothing he has done in the last two years warrants that. Plus, this is a 30 year old C. A guy I drafted in the 2nd and converted to C from OG. It’s Leggin’s time to see what he can do.

We have had some good C enter the NFL. But today, Myron Leggin has the potential to be the 2nd best C in the league if he grows to at least 72/72 (the 2nd best is clearly 71/71). I need to give my roster that opportunity. OG Satre is in his 9th year in the league and is 31. I have OT Starks and that’s it for my young squad. Right now, Pearson is the 14th best C in the league according to generic league scouts. If I can have the 2nd, I deserve it to find out now. Especially since Pearson has not shown stuff.

I tried to offer Pearson for trade, but no want wants him. I’ll move him to backup behind Leggin for a while and see what the 2nd year guy has.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 09:55 PM

The 2023 Jacksonville Jaguars

QB Blake Bortles – 55/55, 10th year, still doesn’t suck
RB Jermaine Woods, 55/55 RB, I’m hoping for a Walter Gohl like season, of 1100-1250 yards and 10 rush TD. After two woeful years of non having a good guy, we need it.
FB Robbie Wheatley – in his final year and 51/51
TE Brett Kovacs – 55/55 – The 2nd year man from the 2nd round is starting and will hopefully be a solid contributor
FL Joshua Wild – Duh
SE Marqise Lee – Duh
LT Joel Cameron – He has dropped from the 60+ potential he had to 45/45, and that sucks. But he’s still starting for me.
LG Marquis Satre – The man, the legend, and the myth
C Myron Leggin – 37/76?
RG Steven Kelley – Solidifying at 53/53. Now can he keep the job without being the 60+ guy we thought he’d be?
RT Myron Starks – Oh yes
K Marquis Danforth – Solid year, but expensive, and just a 51/51, I’m not sure I want to triple his salary to keep him, even if his name is Marquis (The GM’s name is Marquis too, FYI).
P Conner Donovan – Cheap, adequate
LDE Gregory Burton – The rookie, 44/71, needs to play like it. Here we go!
LDT Brant Missouri – 50/50 body who is solid.
RDT Quentin Grossman – Used to be a real force and contributor, but the 8th year vet has dropped to 51/51 and didn’t have a strong season last year.
RDE Cesar Velazquez – Speak of guys who lost a step, Cesar, post-camp and preseason has dropped to 50/50. That is sad.
SLB Ezra Wilkerson – 31/63 – Of whom much is expected
MLB – Lance Morris, 51/51 guy we traded for. Please don’t suck!
WLB Amari Snipes – 43/43 – The best I could do on short notice
LCB Colton Hanks – Last year of his rookie deal, 49/49 guy
RCB Shane Hopkins – 59/59 and fine. 7th year as a player for us too.
SS Jermaine Whalen – 2nd year guy is fully developed at 67/67. That is what I want to see.
FS Irving Troy – ebbed to 47/47 but will still start I guess.

LS Grayson Johnstone – Has a 100 Long Snapping – He is also a mentor to TE as well.

PR CB Owen Horn; KR Horn and CB Hopkins
Gunners – WLB Okobi, MLB Miceli.
Holder – QB Schaefer

Starting Roster Strength

16th best QB
14th best RB
14th best FB
6th best TE
THE best WR
15th best C
2nd best OG
8th best OT
11th worst P
10th worst K
10th best DE
16th best DT
8th worst ILB
11th worst OLB
3rd best CB
5th best S

Well hello secondary!

Lots of stud Qbs came out of the draft recently.

Currently:,

We have Qbs with current 89, 88, 81, 77, 73, 73, 71, 67, 65, 65, and 61. We also have additional QBs with potentials at 67, 66, 67, and 64. That means fully 15 QBs in the league have, or have the potential to have a Qb in the 60+ category. Bortles has been elevated because I surround him with scads of offensive talent. It’s like giving the 14th best QB in the league Calvin Johnson, DeMarco Murray (for a while, literally), Andre Johnson and Antonio Gates later in his career. That’s going to make you look like a QB master. Then add in one of the best OG of all time, a strong OT, and a solid enough o line around others like C Pearson and guys like OG Theo and OT Joeckel and such over the years. Remember, we had four Wideouts with 50+ ratings for years – Ace Sanders, Marqise Lee, Allen Robinson and Justin Blackmon. And Lee has been special, and now the lee and Wild show with great TE play and such had really unhinged Bortles statistically. But Bortles is just Bortles, just a 55/55 guy.

From his year, Manziel is 65/65, Logan Thomas 57/57, and Teddy Bridgewater 61/61 and Derek Carr, 57/57. Bortles is 5th best, but I have supported him lovingly.

We are the 5th youngest team in the NFL

Anyone else I want to extend? Not my P and K and not C Pearson. FB Wheatley? Nah, we always get great Fb options in FA> There’s no reason to extend a 29 year old guy.

SS Gilchrist? TE Josiah Logan? WR Roman Fahey? CB Owen Horn?? Nah.

The only possibility would be CB Colton Hanks.

So, who is expiring the next year that I care about that might affect my cap negatively that I need o worry about?

SE Marqise Lee; MLB Lance Morris; CB Shane Hopkins; RG Steven Kelley; OT Joel Cameron;

That’s it. No real major young core players. It’s possible that Cameron or Kelley could play their way into a major deal (although I doubt it). The biggest are SE Lee, CB Hopkins, and MLB Morris. None of those are going to jettison my cap by bouncing it up too highly.

For example, Lee is 10 mill against the cap next year, Morris 7.2 and Hopkins 10. They won’t require jumping of the cap too much.

The real year I need ot worry about is 2025 – QB Bortles, OG Satre, DE Velazquez, RB Woods, FL Wild, TE Kovacs, C Leggin, SS Whalen are all up there. And I think that Whalen, Leggin, and Kovacs could all make a strong case for contract extensions. Then major cap hits. Maybe Bortles would be down (from ebbing talent) and that might be time to let Cesar go. And Woods might get replaced by someone else sooner than that.

Anyway, let’s get this wagon train a moving

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 10:13 PM

Week 1 – We host the Texans, and get things started with a 24-14 victory. Bortles, Game MVP, is 22 of 31 for 311 and 2:1. He hits Wild for 109 and a score and lee for 89 and another. Woods rushes for 19 times and 78 yards in his debut for us, and RB Brayden George, assigned as his backup is 7 for 30 and a score. Pick by Colton Hanks, and DE Burton gets things started off with 1.5 scks, 2 hurries and a knockdown. 1 sack by DT Frederick, OLB Landon Bush and SLB Wilkerson. Both rookies starting strong! Satre has 5 KRb and a pancake, and in his first start for us, C Leggin collects 3 KRB.

That’s a great start for guys like Leggin, Wilkerson and Burton. Even hanks is telling us that he should be extended.

WR Roman Fahey s doubtful with a hyperextended knee for one week, WLB Landon Bush is questionable with a sprained knee for 3.

Week 2- We head across state and come back winners 27-20 against Tampa Bay. Bortles, Game MVP with 26 of 39 for 329 and 1:0 and Wild was 135 yards, lee 102, and WR Fahey is the score. Meanwhile RB Woods was 19 for 85 and 1 score and RB George rushed for another. Sacks by MLB Morris, his first for us, and CB Hanks, and DT Missouri. DE Burton nets another 1.5. 2 KRB and a pancake for Satre and Starks.

We have an injury FS Irving Tory is out for a month with a hyperextended knee. This is why I am glad I resigned FS Myles Clinton. He was a 7th rounder for us 5 years ago. And now, as a 44/44 backup, he’ll step in for Troy.

Week 3 – Even though the jets are favored to win by 3, we head to town and defeat them 24-20. Game MVP Is DE Velazquez with 2 sacks, 1 hurry, 1 knockdown. Sack by DT Grossman too, 5 KRB by Satre. RB George grabs a rushing score and Bortles is 25 of 34 for 240 and 2:1 an Wild has 114 and 1 score and Lee 129 and the other.

We have some probable folks post game, like Wild and Kelley. Nothing major

Week 4 – We host the Bengals. We haven’t had one of those dominant wins yet, they’ve all been closer than preferred. That changes. We win 34-15. Bortles, MVP, 20 of 22, 283 and 2:1. Lee had 105 and 2 scores, Wild 102 yards. RB Woods was 15 for 71 and 1 score. Picks by CB Hanks and backup CB Kayvon Webster gets a pick and returns it 10 yards for a score. Sacks by DT Grossman, DE Ketteridge, DE Brown. 4 KRB and a pancake for OT Starks and 2 and 1 for Satre.

At the quarter mark, we are 4-0. Other 4-0 teams include the Titians, Lions, Bears, Redskins and Cardinals. In the AFC West, every team is 1-3 or 0-4.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 10:29 PM

Week 5 – Next up, the 2-2 Browns. We thump them 42-18. Bortles is again the MVP. He gets 22 of 29 for 4:1 and nails FB Wheatley 2x, TE Kovacs and WR Fahey for scores. Meanwhile RB Woods added 108 yards and 2 scores on 22 carries. Picks by CB Hopkins and Hanks. 2 sacks by DT Frederick, 1 by SS Whalen, DE Ketteridge, and MLB Miceli. 4 KRB by Starks, and 3 by C Leggin. 2 and 2 pancakes by Satre.

Week 6? We host the 1-4 Colts. We are favored by…well…a lot of points. We cover the spread, 35-10. RB Woods is Game MVp with 16 for 95 and 2 scores. RB George rushes for a score, WR lee does too, and Bortles is just 25 of 35 for 216 and 1:1, although Wild still manages 111 yards in that. CB hanks with a pick. 1.5 sacks by DT Missouri, and DE Velazquez. 5 KRB by Satre.

TE Kovacs broke his nose, but he’ll be fine for the next game.

Week 7 – We head to Pittsburgh to take on the 4-2 Steelers. We win with a palindrome score 31-13. 3 KRB by Starks, Kelley, and Satre - 2 pancakes by Starks too. Sacks be DE Velazquez, CB Hanks, and DT Grossman. SS Whalen had a 3 passesdefensed day. And forced a fumble that was recovered by rookie SLB Wilkerson. Pick by Hopkins. Bortles was 18 of 22 for 210 and 3:1. Lee was 59 yards and 2 scores and RB George the other score. Woods rushes 19 for 133 and a score on the ground.

OT Starks is questionable for three weeks with a sprained knee Ima start him anyways.

Week 8 – Next is the 6-1 Ravens. We barely edge them 37-35. Bortles is 21 of 29 for 268 and 3:2. Lee has 74 yards, Wild 22 and 2 TD grabs, TE Kovacs 107 yards and RB Woods a catch. Meanwhile CB Colton Hanks picks off the best QB in the NFL and returns it 28 yards for a score and FS Myles Clinton adds another. SS Whalen forces a fumble that FS Clinton recovers. CB Hopkins also recovers a fumble. The day’s lone sack was by rookie DE Burton. 4 KRB by Satre.

FS Troy is back from injury. We are the league’s sole 8-0 team. The Titans dropped two games.

I extend CB Colton Hanks’ deal. He now makes 5.48 this year, and will go up from there.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 10:47 PM

Week 9 – We host and win, in a close OT game, 27-24 against the Titans. We win, sure, but we have a problem. RB Woods carried the rock 12 times for 49 yards and 2 scores, and WR Wild was 134 on the day with a score and lee with 116. Pick by rookie SLB Ezra Wilkerson. Sack by DE Burton, DE Ketteridge.

And here’s the issue:

Bortles 9 of 9 for 109 and then injured
Frankie Peters relieves him and is 23 of 31 for 301 and 1:1.

Bortles is out with a severe wrist sprain and out for 6 weeks.

I sign UFA rookie QB Tito Poston. I cut RB Omar Barber to make room on my roster.

Now QB Frankie Peters, 33/41, is slightly better than QB Hardy Schaefer, 31/45.

Schaefer vs Peters:

Schaefer 52/72 and 38/44 Peters - Screen
Schaefer 29/63 vs 34/53 for Peters – Short
Schaefer 44/67 vs 47/51 for Peters – Medium
Peters 22/43 vs 15/21 Schaefer – Long
Schaefer 22/43 vs 1 Peters – Deep

Schaefer 34 vs 28 Peters – 3rd Down Passing

Peters 15 vs Schaefer 13 = Accuracy
Peters 57/71 vs Schaefer 9/16 – Timing
Peters 48 vs Schaefer 34 – Sense Rush
Peters 39/50 vs Schaefer 16/21 Read Defense
Schaefer 44/77 vs 32/34 Peters – 2 Minute Offense

Peters 14 formations, vs Schaefer 12
Peters 86 scramble vs Schaefer 23

So Schaefer is the better technician at most passes, Peters is better at the mental stuff of the game – timing, sensing the rush, and reading the defense.

I am moving Schaefer to my starting spot. Peters is clearly better in an emergency role, but I want to see what Schaefer can do.

Week 10 BYE

Week 11 – We travel to Houston and defeat them 31-20. QB Hardy Schaefer is Game MVP with 24 of 32 for 2698 and 2:0. Wild caught 70 and a score, TE Kovacs a score, an dWoods added 19 for 78 and a score on the ground. WLB Ken Okobi picked off Russell Wilson and returned it 35 yards for a score. Sacks by SS Whalen, DT Missouri., 3 KRB by Starks and Satre (2 pancakes for the good old Marquis as well)

CB Hopkins is questionable with a strained hammy for an unknown period of time.

Week 12 – We host Carolina. We struggle hard ot beat 3 win Carolina in Jacksonville 14-10. Defensive Player of the Week and Game MVP DE Velazquez notches 4 sacks on the day, and DT Grossman 1.5. Pick by questionable Shane Hopkins. QB Schaefer was 32 of 40 for 255 and 2:2. Lee had the scores and 91 yards on the day.

SS Marcus Gilchrist is out for 2 weeks with a separated shoulder and MLB Morris doubtful with an elbow injury. It was just a smash mouth Sunday.

Week 13 – Next we host 2 win Chargers. We had a lot of our harder games earlier in the season. We win 31-6. QB Schaefer, MVP, has 22 of 32 for 303 and 3:0. Lee 121 yards and a score, Wild a score, FB Wheatley a score. RB Woods rushes for a score. Sacks by MLB Morris, FS Irving Troy, and 1.5 by DT Missouri 4 KRB by Satre and 3 by Starks.

RB Steven Kelley is out for 4 weeks with a concussion. OG Mark Meadows will start for him instead.

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 11:01 PM

Week 14 – We head to Atlanta and shut them out 26-0. Satre and OT Cameron both have 4 KRB (and Satre had four pancakes as well). 3 KRB by Leggin. Sacks by DE Velazquez and DT Frederick. Schaefer is MVP with 23 of 26 for 299 and 1:0. Wild has 103 yards and a score and Lee 82 yards. RB Woods has 103 on 21 carries and RB George a rushing score.

Bortles is back after Week 15.

Week 15 – We head to the 5-7-1 Colts. Players lie SS Gilchrist and MLB Morris are healthy again. Unfortunately the undefeated season is not to be and we lose 34-18 against Luck and the Colts. Schaefer was 30 of 37 for 352 and 2:0 – you can’t blame him. Wild had 149 yards, lee 113 and a score and TE Kovacs the other TD. MLB Morris forced a fumble that we didn’t get. No sacks, no picks, no turnovers, and no finesse. No finishing.

I deactivate our 4th QB as Borltes comes off the inactive roster. TE Logan is doubtful and I bench him for TE Stanley Ballard. The loss didn’t matter much. We locked up the #1 seed a long time ago.

Week 16 – RB Woods had 20 carries for 98 yards and three scores as we run over the Saints 35-23, 5th WR banks and FB Wheatlery catch Bortles Balls and he is 27 of 34 for 265 and 2:2 after his long stay off the bench. Wild still has 119 yards on the day. Pick by FS Troy. 1.5 sacks by DE Burton and 1 by SS Whalen 4 KRB by Satre.

SS Gilchrist is doubtful and I bench him. Again.

Week 17 – If the Titans win this week, then they finish 9-7. That would be enough for the playoffs is the 8-7 Jets lose. We win 28-23. Bortles, MVP, 23 of 29 for 311 and 3:1. Lee had 166 yards and 2 scores and FB Wheatley the other. Wods was 20 for 103 and 1 score too. 1 sacks by OLB Wilkerson. 3 KRB by Satre and Pearson, coming in for an inured Leggin.

Injuries – MLB Micei – out with a pulled calf muscle for a month
C Myron Leggin – doubtful with an elbow for 2 weeks

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 11:11 PM

The 2023 NFL Playoffs

The AFC:

#1 Seed 15-1 Jacksonville Jaguars
#2 Seed 12-4 Baltimore Ravens
#3 Seed 10-6 New England Patriots
#4 Seed 9-7 Oakland Raiders
#5 Seed 9-7 New York Jets
#6 Seed 9-7 Pittsburgh Steelers

Also playing this week:

Seattle at Carolina
San Francisco at Washington

Seattle has the top wild card spot at 11-5 record.

The Jets wins at Oakland 27-14. The Steelers at New England 30-24.

Meanwhile the Seahawks thump the Panthers 37-10. The Redskins are the only home team to win this weekend 34-10 over the 49ers

Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

We host the Pittsburgh Steelers
The Jets travel to Baltimore

The Seahawks have to beat division champion Arizona and the Redskins head to Chicago.

We crush the Steelers 38-10. Bortles, MVP, with 18 of 21 for 204 and 2:0 and hit WR Fahey and WR Banks for scores and RB Woods added 166 yards on 30 carries and 2 scors and evn backup RB Henry Tiessen rushed for a score. Picks by Hanks and Troy. Sack by Velazquez. 5 pancakes and 5 KRB by Satre, and OG Mark Meadows got 4 KRB subbing for an injured Steven Kelley.

Meanwhile Seattle was the only wild card team to win – 20-13 over Arizona. Chicago over Washington 28-13 and Baltimore dominated New York 31-10.

WR Marqise Lee is out for a week with a strained calf muscle. I’ll have all three TE active. WR Roman Fahey will be starting/

Abe Sargent

04-24-2015, 11:17 PM

The NFL Championship Weekend!

We host the Baltimore Ravens

And the Bears host the Seahawks

People are talking all over America about the chance for another Jaguars-Seahawks Super Bowl!

Can it happen? Will destiny give us a great story line?

The NFC Game is played first and….Chicago blows out Seattle 31-6. It’s not even close.

Then the AFC game happens.

And Baltimore can’t be stopped either, and they beat us 20-9.

They held our offense down. Bortles was 22 of 41 for 248 and 0:1. Woods was held to 38 yards on the ground. We forced fumbles three times and…? Never recovered any. No picks either. Sacks by SS Whalen, DE Burton, and that’s it. 2 passes defended by FS Troy and WLB Okobi, but that’s it. DE Velazquez rocked a clocked pass, hurry and knockdown, but no sacks. Poor blocking, not a lot of anything else.

And neither team makes it to the Super Bowl this year. That’s anticlimactic!

Baltimore wins 29-19 over the Bears.

Congrats Baltimore! You have consistently been our major foe in the AFC playoffs the last few years, and done very well year after year You deserve this victory. You earned it with a lot of sweat and blood over the years. Kind of like McNabb’s Eagles at their peak or Manning;s Colts. You got this. You earned it.

Up until now, the last four Super Bowls were won by the Seahawks and the Jaguars, and 5 times in the last 7 years.

So you get this Baltimore…

But we’ve got next!