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FOF2k7, Favre retires! Rebuilding the Packers

Dynasty notes:

- Starting roster file is Yabanci's 2006 1.1 (great job on this)
- I have simmed the 2006 season, Favre retired at the start of the offseason so I'll take the team from then to rebuild it.
- Injuries are set at 200.
- I will take care of everything, gameplans, rosters etc.
- Not any special house rule but to try to play on a realistic way, without trying to fool the AI on trades, player's contracts, etc.

The first thing I did in the office was to meet with the financial team. They gave me a small resume of the team economy:

2006 Franchise value:

We are on the average of the NFL teams, our franchise value is: $558,090,000

Stadium: Average (38)
Roster: Good (64)
Economy: Fair (32)
Fan support: Excellent (92)

2006 Income statement:

2007 cap resume:

Players Under Contract: 37
Salary Cap: $105,700,000
Cap Room: $41,490,000
Maximum for New Player: $33,490,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $3,570,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $65,760,000

This should be good. :)

I don’t like the Packers but I will read.

Good luck Icy.

Without Favre throwing 3-4 INTs per game, maybe the Packers might win a few now. ;)

After the meeting with the economical team, i schedulled another one with
the staff.

GB Head Coach Alfred Coleman is a good coach too, only lacking a bit of discipline. I told him he needs to be a bit harder with the players to gain their respect. Hew is on contract for 3 years more.

GB Defensive Coordinator Jack O'Neill is very good developing the Defensive line and also young players but not that good with the linebackers and secondary. He is in his last contract year.

GB Scout Bart Marshall is a great one, specially scouting the offensive players. He has a 4 years contract so he should be with the team for a long time:

We need to hire an Offensive coordinator as we don't have any under contract.

2006 season resume:

The Packers finished 3rd in the NC North with a 4-11 (2-4) record past season.

The team ended being the worst team in Rushing offense, the 6th in Passing Offense, 16th in rushing defense and 12th in passing defense.

Favre was the league 5th QB in passing yards, but with a crap rating of 68.2 mainly because he was the QB who threw the most INT's, for a total of 26.

ILB Barnett Nick ended as the 4th defensive player by number of trackles (126)

Not any other GB player is in the top players from 2006.

Favre retired at the end of the season becoming the 2006 legend of the game because his incredible numbers during his NFL career.

2007 roster at the start of the offseason:

Here is the full roster including players that just became FA's. I'll analyze it by positions later.

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Green Bay Packers Roster, Scout Overview

   

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntr

Rodgers, Aaron          12  QB          3    22                49                3 

Martin, Ingle           7   QB          2    5                 33                2 

Green, Ahman            30  RB          10   35                35                --

Morency, Vernand        34  RB          3    23                25                1 

Herron, Noah            23  RB          3    15                23                1 

Leach, Vonta            48  FB          3    17                50                1 

Franks, Bubba           88  TE          8    59                59                2 

Lee, Donald             86  TE          5    36                44                --

Martin, David           87  TE          7    36                36                --

Driver, Donald          80  FL          9    56                56                3 

Jennings, Greg          85  SE          2    48                54                3 

Ferguson, Robert        89  SE          7    46                46                2 

Robinson, Koren         81  SE          7    44                44                1 

Martin, Ruvell          18  SE          2    11                28                1 

Hamilton, Derrick       82  SE          4    27                42                --

White, Chris            68  C           3    14                46                1 

Wells, Scott            63  C           4    38                50                --

Colledge, Daryn         73  LG          2    35                47                3 

Palmer, Tony            75  RG          2    21                40                2 

Richard, Morris         69  RG          2    27                55                --

Clifton, Chad           76  LT          8    40                40                3 

Whitticker, Will        79  LT          3    23                48                1 

Tauscher, Mark          65  RT          8    50                50                2 

Ryan, Jon               11  P           2    29                37                1 

Rayner, Dave            16  K           3    35                43                1 

Marler, Seth            19  K           6    63                73                --

Kampman, Aaron          74  LDE         6    67                67                3 

Peterson, Kenny         98  LDE         5    32                32                --

Gbaja-Biamila, Kabeer   94  RDE         8    35                35                3 

Tollefson, Dave         91  RDE         2    11                38                2 

Hunter, Jason           57  RDE         2    22                40                1 

Pickett, Ryan           92  LDT         7    42                42                3 

Jolly, Johnny           93  LDT         2    13                40                2 

Williams, Corey         99  RDT         4    22                36                --

Booker, Omar            77  RDT         2    23                43                --

Barnett, Nick           56  MLB         5    63                63                3 

Hodge, Abdul            55  MLB         2    25                49                3 

Hawk, A.J.              50  SLB         2    49                65                5 

Manning, Roy            54  SLB         3    16                42                --

Taylor, Ben             58  WLB         6    48                48                --

Poppinga, Brady         51  WLB         3    23                44                2 

Campbell, Kurt          52  WLB         3    17                39                1 

Woodson, Charles        21  LCB         10   53                53                6 

Patton, Ricky           35  LCB         2    21                58                --

Harris, Al              31  RCB         11   42                42                3 

Bush, Jarrett           24  RCB         2    9                 32                1 

Fair, Terry             39  RCB         10   34                34                --

Manuel, Marquand        22  SS          6    32                32                4 

Thornburg, Jeremy       38  SS          3    28                50                1 

Collins, Nick           36  FS          3    44                52                2 

Peprah, Charlie         47  FS          2    21                51                2 

Liles, Bucky            44  FS          2    23                53                --

   

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,  

** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.  

   

Players Under Contract: 37

The Packers?

I hope you lose every season. :)

My first decission to take was to sign an Offensive Coordinator.

We approached the 45 years old coach Seth Sneed. He comes from College football and has zero experience as NFL coach, but he looks like one of the best possible heac coaches, rated very good working with QB, RB, WR and good with OL and K/P. He is average working with Young talent.

He wants $2,500,000 per year for 3 years, we offer him 2,700,000 per year for 4 years trying to tie him for a long time.

After 3 weeks of negotiations, he signs with Green Bay, here is his card:

Hehe i see big love for the team, at least i'll have you guys reading even if it's to watch us lose every game :D

Next decision, we need to set the tickets prices. Our prices are the 6th cheaper ones in the NFL and knowing the love for the team in Green Bay (98% of the stadium's capacity last year), we have decided to raised them a 10%, so our prices will be just a bit under the league average.

Before starting the FA period, we need to analyze our roster:

2007 Green Bay roster analysis:

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QB's                    #   Pos        Exp  Current            Future          Cntr

Rodgers, Aaron          12  QB          3    22                49                3 

Martin, Ingle           7   QB          2    5                 33                2

Without Favre we have nothign here. A.Rodgers could be a starter until we can find a replacement, but this is out main need right now as expected.

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Runningbacks

Green, Ahman            30  RB          10   35                35                --

Morency, Vernand        34  RB          3    23                25                1 

Herron, Noah            23  RB          3    15                23                1

A.Green is the only RB that we can use, and he just became FA so before trying to resign him we wil take a look at the FA poll.
Green is also the backfield leader and nobody has affinities or conflicts with him, maybe we should keep him for this reason too.
Another position that we need to address this offseason.

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Fullbacks

Leach, Vonta            48  FB          3    17                50                1

V.Leach has a good future as blocker and also good receiver hands. He is in his last year of a cheap contract, we will try to renew his contract but we also need a veteran in this position.

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Tight Ends

Franks, Bubba           88  TE          8    59                59                2 

Lee, Donald             86  TE          5    36                44                --

Martin, David           87  TE          7    36                36                --

B.Franks is a great receiving TE, not that good blocking but he should be our starter. He is also a mentor to TE's.
The other two TE just became FA's, we might try to resign D.Lee as he is good blocking, not that good receiving.
We will try to draft a good future TE to learn from Bubba.
David Martin is the receivers leader and has zero affinities or conflicts, we will need to be careful with who replaces him.

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Receivers

Driver, Donald          80  FL          9    56                56                3 

Jennings, Greg          85  SE          2    48                54                3 

Ferguson, Robert        89  SE          7    46                46                2 

Robinson, Koren         81  SE          7    44                44                1 

Martin, Ruvell          18  SE          2    11                28                1 

Hamilton, Derrick       82  SE          4    27                42                --

We are well served of receivers. All them could be starters and we don't need to upgrade a lot this position.
Maybe we will draft a good future WR to learn from mentor Ferguson.
We might try to resign D.Hamilton who just became FA, but we can also search for other options.

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Centers

White, Chris            68  C           3    14                46                1 

Wells, Scott            63  C           4    38                50                --

We definelty need an starting C. Wells is good enought as backup, but not as starter.
White has a great future as run blocker, but is not developed at all. He is the OLine leader and has a mid affinity with LT Chad Clifton.
We need to sign an starting C from FA in this position.

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Guards

Colledge, Daryn         73  LG          2    35                47                3 

Palmer, Tony            75  RG          2    21                40                2 

Richard, Morris         69  RG          2    27                55                --

The only good G that we had, Richard Morris, just became FA.
Daryn could serve as backup, Palmer will be cut probably.
We will try to resign Morris and we also need to find a vet or two to start this year.

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Tackles

Clifton, Chad           76  LT          8    40                40                3 

Whitticker, Will        79  LT          3    23                48                1 

Tauscher, Mark          65  RT          8    50                50                2

We are served at RT with M.Tauscher, but we need an starting LT.
Clifton is a strong blocker but his blocking technique is almost zero for both running and pass blocking.
Whitticker is exactly the opposite, good future technique but not strong enough. We will try to develop him anyway.

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Kickers:

Ryan, Jon               11  P           2    29                37                1 

Rayner, Dave            16  K           3    35                43                1 

Marler, Seth            19  K           6    63                73                --

The only good kicker we have is Marler but he is an FA now. The other two will be cut, we need to improve this position through FA and the draft.

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Defensive Ends

Kampman, Aaron          74  LDE         6    67                67                3 

Peterson, Kenny         98  LDE         5    32                32                --

Gbaja-Biamila, Kabeer   94  RDE         8    35                35                3 

Tollefson, Dave         91  RDE         2    11                38                2 

Hunter, Jason           57  RDE         2    22                40                1

Kampman is a beast, one of the best pass rushers in the league. He scored 7.5 sacks past year.
Kampman is also the DLine leader and has a strong affinity with RDE Jason Hunte, with WLB Poppinga and mid affinity with WLB Taylor.
The rest are just average backups, only Tollefson can become a good pass rusher in the future.

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Defensive Tackles

Pickett, Ryan           92  LDT         7    42                42                3 

Jolly, Johnny           93  LDT         2    13                40                2 

Williams, Corey         99  RDT         4    22                36                --

Booker, Omar            77  RDT         2    23                43                --

Uff, we need to improve the DT position a lot. We don't have any starter here.
Jolly, Johnny can become a good pass rusher but is not developed enought yet.
Both Williams and booker are RFA but i doubt we will renew them unless we can't find any replacement in the FA pool.

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Linebackers

Barnett, Nick           56  MLB         5    63                63                3 

Hodge, Abdul            55  MLB         2    25                49                3 

Hawk, A.J.              50  SLB         2    49                65                5 

Manning, Roy            54  SLB         3    16                42                --

Taylor, Ben             58  WLB         6    48                48                --

Poppinga, Brady         51  WLB         3    23                44                2 

Campbell, Kurt          52  WLB         3    17                39                1

Barnett and Hodge are quality starters.
Maning could become a good SLB, the rest are just fillers.
We need to sign a starting WLB or resign UFA Ben Taylor.

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Cornerbacks

Woodson, Charles        21  LCB         10   53                53                6 

Patton, Ricky           35  LCB         2    21                58                --

Harris, Al              31  RCB         11   42                42                3 

Bush, Jarrett           24  RCB         2    9                 32                1 

Fair, Terry             39  RCB         10   34                34                --

Woodson is very good on M2M, punishing and intercepting, will be our starter.
Patton will be a quality CB in the future.
Harris is a mentor to CB's, he has good ratings in zone and diagnosing the play.
Fair is the secondary leader but has an strong conflict with Harris and Exceptional affinities with LCB Bush and SS Thornburg.

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Safeties

Manuel, Marquand        22  SS          6    32                32                4 

Thornburg, Jeremy       38  SS          3    28                50                1 

Collins, Nick           36  FS          3    44                52                2 

Peprah, Charlie         47  FS          2    21                51                2 

Liles, Bucky            44  FS          2    23                53                --

We have good future here with Thornburg, Collins and Peprah.
Liles has a great future too and just became UFA, we will try to resign him.
Marquand Manuel will be gone probably.
We need to sign a starter as Safety or just to be patient and play the young players to develop them.

We decided to not to Franchise any player. The only one that could deserve it is RB A.Green but he is not good enoguht to be paid close to 5M.

The first week of FA is when you try to resign your RFA and we have already some decissions to take:

SE Hamilton, Derrick (27/42)
He asks for 700k and while not being so bad, i think there are guys like him or better in the FA pool. We won't resign him at this point.

C Wells, Scott (38/50) - Resigned
I like him as backup C or even starter if we can't find any other. The problem is that he asks for a 350k bonus plus $740k in one season. Maybe too big bonus for him but as he started past season and he had a blocking pct of 43.9 he wants starter money. We end agreeing at 370k bonus and a total contract of 4,160,000 for 3 years, the bastard knew we needed him.

RG Richard, Morris (25/53) - Resigned
Even not being developed enought, he was our starter past year and wants big money. He asks for a bonus of 450k and a 650k salary for 1 year. I want to tie him for more time as once developed he will be a good starter, also to spread the cap. After some tought negotiations we agree at 450k bonus and 3 years contract for a total value of $3.8M

CB Patton, Ricky (20/53) - Resigned
He can become a good enought backup at CB.
He asks for 490k for 1 year. I offer 970k for 2 years with 20k bonus, he accepts

FS Liles, Bucky (23/51) - Resigned
He can become a really good FS.
He asks for 490k for 1 year. I offer 970k for 2 years with 20k bonus, he accepts

RDT Williams, Corey (22/36)
Not good enought, we won't offer him anything.

RDT Booker, Omar (23/44)
Not good enought, we won't offer him anything.

SLB Manning, Roy (15/39)
Not good enought, we won't offer him anything.

About the draft:
A quick look at the draft pool shows us that the top two players as a great QB and a great RB, but we have the 3rd overal pick. the 3rd one is a top LT. We might consider trading up to 1st to get the QB, but...maybe too costly and we should just keep the 3rd to see which of those 3 players end with us. Any of them would be a great and much needed addiction. I'll start to interview draftees to consider what to do.

Trade offer:
We have also received a trade offer from the Panthers:

Panthers offer:
2007 - 2(28)
DE Grsiby, Otis (pure garbage)

In exchange of:
MLB Barnet, Nick

Umm Barnet is a monster with 3 years remaining of a cheap contract. I must say no to this.

The AI certainly makes some bogus trade offers. I've never had one that I'd accept. It would be nice if this was a bit more realistic.

The #1 pick will be the QB. Definitely.

Anyway, nice read Icy. Keep it up.

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Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord (Post 1312833)

0-16! 0-16! 0-16!

I second this request. :p

I will third the 0-16 motion.

Good read so far keep it up.

Go Pack Go!

16-0 baby!

I'm playing as the Pack in my game as well - except Favre is demanding a trade because I'm starting Rodgers.

Edit- In mop-up duty, Favre is 8/35 with 0 TDs and 4 Ints.