2033 Season
Benchmarks:
Roster Rating – 100 (2nd best is 89)
Cohesion – 85-76-64-88
My predictions:
QB Jose Swartz, flush with cash and comfy, posts about 3,800 and 30/15
DE Ronald Harmon arrives at stardom with 50 tackles and 12 sacks
CB Omar Carlisle steps into a starting job with a PR% over 80
We get a few breaks and put together an 11-win season to claim a bye week
Season narrative:
We beat Carolina in the opener 20-17, but no thanks to RB Bennie Thornton, who posts a measly 15 carries for 17 yards against his old team. Through the first half we play pretty well on defense, okay on offense, and manage to get out to a 6-2 record and the division lead. QB Timothy Murphy (forer first round pick) actually has played really well in relief for us, and will likely get another start or two while Swartz heals up from an ankle injury.
We sit at 7-2 when we are struck with injuries at CB, including “severe anxiety” from Omar Carlisle – ugh. We also have lost DE Ronald Harmon to a massive knee injury that might be career-threatening. And We have lose our best inside LB Kelley Chancey for the year as well. Suddenly, we are in really deep trouble on defense.
We get to 11-3, and have a game on the whole conference now. Our defense, in tatters, still is playing very well together. And Jose Swartz and company on offense have gotten their groove back, and are hitting on all cylinders of late. Bennie Thornton is not the 5+ ypc guy we thought we were getting, but we are running with the lead and getting it done okay.
We finish with two wins, and secure the top seed and possibly a perch for a major playoff run.
Code:
Front Office Football 2007
2032 Summary for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Year 2032
Record 13-3
Winning Pct. .812
All-Time 204-228
Winning Pct. .472
Playoffs 6-7
Playoff Visits 8
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Carlos Browning
Record 89-50
Winning Pct. .640
Off. Coord. A. Stewart
Def. Coord. B. McKenzie
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 34.6 1
Rushing Yards 139.9 2
Yards Per Carry 4.05 18
Pass Attempts 27.8 30
Completions 17.6 29
Completion Pct. 63.1 6
Passing Yards 250.8 10
Yards Per Attempt 9.02 1
Yards Per Catch 14.28 1
Total Yardage Gained 385.1 3
3rd Down Conversions 47.3 3
Points Per Game 27.9 6
Pass Rush Pct. 22.5 8
Pass Defense Pct. 61.8 7
Turnovers 20 3
Turnover Margin +9 5
Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 27.3 17
Rushing Yards 105.3 9 (T)
Yards Per Carry 3.86 7
Pass Attempts 30.9 5
Completions 18.2 2
Completion Pct. 58.9 12
Passing Yards 186.1 2
Yards Per Attempt 6.03 5
Yards Per Catch 10.23 1
Total Yardage Gained 277.4 1
3rd Down Conversions 36.5 9
Points Per Game 17.8 2
Pass Rush Pct. 18.5 8
Pass Defense Pct. 46.0 7
Turnovers 29 8 (T)
Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 20 CAR 17
2 35 KCY 21
3 34 PHI 29
4 24 ATL 0
5 13 at MIN 31
6 17 at NOS 24
7 38 at DET 12
9 34 GBY 10
10 31 CHI 3
11 19 at CAR 7
12 34 at SDO 21
13 24 at ARI 17
14 21 DEN 24
15 31 NOS 17
16 45 at OAK 28
17 26 at ATL 23
Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
4 J. Swartz QB 406 255 3639 8.96 26 9 103.9
15 T. Murphy QB 39 26 373 9.56 3 0 123.1
**Team --- 445 281 4012 9.02 29 9 105.5
$$Opp --- 494 291 2977 6.03 23 21 74.0
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
24 B. Thornton RB 367 1452 3.96 13 10
32 T. Sullivan RB 123 508 4.13 6 8
4 J. Swartz QB 58 263 4.53 1 6
**Team --- 553 2239 4.05 20 25
$$Opp --- 436 1685 3.86 7 19
Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
89 K. Lindsay WR 113 68 1265 18.60 11.19 6 9
8 B. Czyz WR 120 65 1058 16.28 8.82 1 8
18 W. Dickens WR 64 44 651 14.80 10.17 1 4
84 D. Edwards TE 44 31 362 11.68 8.23 3 2
24 B. Thornton RB 32 24 223 9.29 6.97 1 2
Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
49 B. Terry S 106 31 1.0 0 2 12 80.8
48 B. Shea CB 68 18 0.0 0 6 15 82.6
54 K. Devine ILB 58 17 1.0 0 1 1 77.8
59 E. Gerald OLB 57 19 8.0 24 1 2 79.6
79 A. Fernyhough DT 50 21 4.5 5 0 0 81.9
94 H. Augustine OLB 49 16 2.5 1 1 2 74.7
30 R. Woodson S 47 12 0.0 0 5 3 83.4
92 L. Hanrahan DE 34 9 2.5 10 0 1 82.5
33 C. Kemnitzer CB 30 5 0.0 0 0 6 75.6
93 J. Thorp DE 28 6 4.5 19 0 0 80.0
51 D. Hastings ILB 28 22 0.0 1 0 1 76.0
39 O. Carlisle CB 27 4 0.0 0 3 8 84.9
50 K. Chancey ILB 23 10 0.0 1 0 1 73.5
42 G. Pujols CB 22 7 1.0 0 0 1 76.0
97 R. Harmon DE 20 8 4.0 3 0 0 80.7
90 A. Wilkerson DT 18 4 1.0 0 0 0 82.5
26 L. Thornton OLB 16 6 0.5 0 0 1 74.9
So, welcome to the upside-down world, where so many of our top defenders are gone completely with massive injuries, and we post probably our best-ever defensive season. Go figure. Maybe the transition at NT to Fernyhough made a difference there? I’m at a loss. Maybe just good luck.
On offense, Swartz really had his best year, posting a really solid 9 yards per attempt, which means the offense was just really humming along. Despite the pretty shabby rushing average, we were effective moving the ball on the ground overall. That no doubt sets up the downfield passing game for Swartz.
We’re in position to make a run – let’s see if this thing works.