"Action Points" Test.
OK. I had an old saved career with a dominant team. I simmed to the end of that season, and I can take over any team. I thought I'd start out with a team in a pretty "average" situation for cap room, players under contract, and roster strength. Throwing out the top six and bottom six in each category I get:
Cap Room: $27.79M<--->$43.45M Under Contract: 23<--->30 Roster Strength: 30<--->69 ...and I also want the team to pick somewhere in the middle 20 spots in the first round as well. Looking around, Washington falls well into all of those categories: Cap Room: $32.65M Under Contract: 27 Roster Strength: 31 Draft Pick: #20 So I take the 'Skins. Here's the initial roster: Code:
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FORWARD-THINKING/BUDGET
I don't have a good feel for staff/renegs/draft/free agency/trading, so I thought the best thing to do for now is look ahead to camp/in-season/salary cap and figure out what I'll spend there, then use the rest on the earlier stages.
STAFF HIRING Ouch. Big trouble here. NO staff members under contract. I'd like to get a long-term coach, and I probably won't be using interviews any time soon so no need to spend on a scout. I decide to make the requested offer on a coach early. He signs. The others get signed in stage three as freebies. 2 points used this stage. RUNNING TOTAL: 34 |
INTERNAL CONTRACT MOVES
RUNNING TOTAL: 42 points. |
So, if I want to use a fully custom game plan, I have 18 points to spend on signing 25 players, including draft picks. I also have four more points to play with that I currently have allocated for in-season pickups.
I'm guessing that the draft is going to cost me 12ish points, so I really only have 6 points to spend on free agents, 10 if I want to risk not being able to sign any decent in-season players. Looking over the roster, I would like to acquire starting-quality players at the following positions: RB, FB, WR2, WR3, C, RDE, WILB* Most critical are WR2, C and RDE, because we have no centers, one WR, and one DE under contract. Sounds like the prudent thing to do here is to spend points on those positions, and go with draftees or free players at the other slots. Off to fix lunch. More in a bit. *--Looking at the personnel on defense that's currently under contract, it seems to make the most sense to switch to the 3-4. |
Looking carefully over the FA menu, I'm pretty certain that I can allow myself 3 more points of the budget. My goal, which should be very attainable this year, will be to leave 10% of the cap unused.
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OK. I end up making six offers in early free agency:
RB: flat (2) FB: flat (2) WR: requested (1) WR: requested (1) C: requested (1) DE: flat (2) So, if all sign, I'll use nine points, leaving me 12 for the draft (assuming I can come in 10% under the cap.) |
And here's how free agency went.
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Ok. Signed no-bonus old guys at WR-OL-DL-CB to help get us up to leg. Upon further review, I kind of like it. I'll be pretty much forced to draft at certain positions. Budget update forthcoming.
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I sort of like it, too, for the same reason. |
So here's where we are....
And here's the budget for the rest of the way....
So, it looks like I do have a little wiggle room if I want to go crazy in the draft. |
So I went with a modified version of the points for the draft. It ended up costing me 14.5.
I can still come in ok at this level, and I'm pleased with who we've added. |
That puts me at 33.5 points spent. Between custom game plans, 10% of the cap, and expensive players, that's 25 more points. I don't have any huge holes left, although rookies and marginal players will play in several slots. With injuries set at 200, I'll hold back that last AP to sign a decent rookie in-season if needed. So, I sit out late free agency.
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Heh. I can't QUITE get to the 10% unused mark without a handful of cap outs. DT Jarvis, K Barlow and G Lauer get capped out right before camp, leaving me with $14.05M available on a $138M cap. Perfect!
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Camp notes...
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Heading into preseason, here are position-by-position comments.
Hendrick was +1 this year, but with the AI handling the depth charts (no way around that at this point), he's probably the backup this year unless Thomas gets hurts. None of the others gave us reason to hope in camp this year.
Nothing magical on the offensive line, but we're young everywhere but center.
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RATING: 72 (11th overall)
COHESION: 83-72-100-94 |
No need to get into nitty-gritty details, but no huge surprise that Davidson-to-Zimmerman was a winning combination. 12 wins. Loss in the NFC Championship Game. Zimmerman had 101 catches for 1520 yards and 16 TDs. Given the personnel I inherited at key positions, it's certainly no cause for alarm. I really should have looked more closely at the team, rather than going by the general numbers. The 'Skins have now been to four of the last five NFC Championship Games, so this is nothing out of the ordinary. The real test of the AP system will be over a few seasons when Davison retires.
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Heh, my AP testing team is in exactly the same situation. |
Only one retirement, the starting SS.
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2026 Prelims...
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FYI - in the point system, if you are still with a coach that you hired under a 2-pt contract (as I think you are), he'll cost you 2 pts per year. (I have probably rewritten that section since you copied it, but that was my intent all along - cost is not just in the hiring year) |
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