2035 Season
Benchmarks:
Roster Rating – 88 (3rd)
Cohesion – 100-99-67-90
My predictions:
Another solid year from Swartz – maybe tops the 30 TD mark for first time?
RB Chester Kelly up to 4 yards per carry, but just barely, for 1,000 yards
Jake Rolfe leads team in sacks and hurries, wherever he plays
Defense slips from elite level, but is still above average against run and pass
We are not a #1 seed, but we do win 11 games and the division
Season narrative:
We open the season with DE Newman still holding out. I am using DT Rolfe in his starting DE slot, and he delivers in the opening game with 4 tackles and a sack. We get off to a decent start at 3-2, but we simply do not have the luster from last season. Then Newman decides to come back, and we can put together the defensive front the way I had it in mind.
We reel of three straight wins, two of them behind QB Murphy, to get to 6-2 at the midpoint. Two more wins, and we seem to have started to cruise – a 30-6 win over Carolina gives us a four game lead in the division already, and we are already plotting our playoff seeding and pathway.
With two games left in the season, we are 12-2, but have lost WR Bryant Czyz to an injury for the year. We are tripped up in our finale with a few nicked-up starters resting, but still finish with a solid 13-3 record, another #1 seed, and a statistically superb season once again.
Code:
Front Office Football 2007
2035 Summary for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Year 2035
Record 13-3
Winning Pct. .812
All-Time 240-240
Winning Pct. .500
Playoffs 8-9
Playoff Visits 10
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Shaun Grier
Record 38-13
Winning Pct. .745
Off. Coord. J. Helmuth
Def. Coord. B. McKenzie
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 35.4 1
Rushing Yards 134.4 4
Yards Per Carry 3.79 31
Pass Attempts 28.4 31
Completions 17.8 29 (T)
Completion Pct. 62.6 7
Passing Yards 266.5 4
Yards Per Attempt 9.39 1
Yards Per Catch 15.01 1
Total Yardage Gained 392.7 1
3rd Down Conversions 50.2 1
Points Per Game 27.6 2
Pass Rush Pct. 25.6 2
Pass Defense Pct. 54.9 16
Turnovers 23 11 (T)
Turnover Margin +8 4 (T)
Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 22.8 3
Rushing Yards 96.9 2
Yards Per Carry 4.25 14
Pass Attempts 36.7 27
Completions 20.6 22 (T)
Completion Pct. 56.0 7 (T)
Passing Yards 214.1 7
Yards Per Attempt 5.84 2
Yards Per Catch 10.41 1
Total Yardage Gained 297.9 1
3rd Down Conversions 34.4 4
Points Per Game 15.9 1
Pass Rush Pct. 18.2 5
Pass Defense Pct. 53.6 18
Turnovers 31 3 (T)
Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 23 CAR 7
2 24 JAX 13
3 17 at PHI 34
4 17 at ATL 0
5 35 at MIN 38
6 21 NOS 6
7 34 at DET 21
9 44 GBY 6
10 37 CHI 21
11 30 at CAR 6
12 17 at LRK 3
13 20 SFO 16
14 37 IND 14
15 27 at NOS 24
16 31 at TEN 16
17 27 ATL 30
Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
4 J. Swartz QB 364 230 3517 9.66 33 13 110.3
15 T. Murphy QB 75 47 643 8.57 5 1 106.7
**Team --- 454 284 4264 9.39 38 15 107.5
$$Opp --- 587 329 3426 5.84 17 17 70.7
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
38 C. Kelly RB 314 1163 3.70 7 6
32 T. Sullivan RB 191 742 3.88 6 4
4 J. Swartz QB 56 243 4.34 0 2
**Team --- 567 2151 3.79 13 18
$$Opp --- 365 1550 4.25 7 29
Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
8 B. Czyz WR 96 58 1019 17.57 10.61 2 9
89 K. Lindsay WR 87 52 848 16.31 9.75 5 11
80 T. Montgomery WR 84 44 769 17.48 9.15 3 9
84 D. Edwards TE 56 40 507 12.68 9.05 2 5
81 K. Warren WR 45 28 523 18.68 11.62 4 1
44 L. Murray FB 31 28 209 7.46 6.74 1 1
Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
49 B. Terry S 82 39 2.0 1 2 8 80.6
91 G. Samuels OLB 60 20 1.0 4 1 8 77.9
39 O. Carlisle CB 51 14 0.0 0 7 7 81.5
93 R. Ramaswami ILB 47 27 1.5 1 1 2 77.8
30 R. Woodson S 46 10 0.0 1 2 7 80.4
20 C. Booker CB 46 12 1.0 0 1 15 80.4
75 J. Rolfe DT 45 12 3.0 13 0 0 81.9
59 E. Gerald OLB 40 20 10.5 20 0 2 80.2
54 K. Devine ILB 38 18 2.0 1 0 1 74.3
42 G. Pujols CB 37 6 0.0 0 1 5 77.2
96 H. Harlow ILB 31 10 0.0 1 0 0 71.5
97 R. Harmon DE 31 15 5.0 15 0 0 81.0
72 D. Newman DE 21 6 5.5 24 0 0 80.8
50 C. Peters ILB 18 2 0.0 0 0 0 59.1
79 A. Fernyhough DT 17 4 1.0 4 0 0 82.1
92 J. Thomason DE 16 3 1.0 5 0 0 81.7
Well, we didn’t get our running backs up to 4 yards a carry this year, but we did get our QB up to 30 TD passes, and that’s only playing 14 games. I have no idea why the passing game picked it up a bit this year, but that seems to be what happened, in any case. Bryant Czyz had another solid season, but a serious injury hurts us for these playoffs and maybe beyond, if it had lasting effects.
The defense was solid – our pass rush was still pretty elite overall – but not ferocious like last season. CB Booker had a very solid first full season as a starter, and he is going to be really good for us. DE Newman came back and played well, and the front seven were solid. But our teamwide pass defense numbers were way down – with shaky numbers from guys like LB Devine and Harlow, suggesting we were a little bit soft in shallow coverage. Some work to be done there, but it wasn’t bad.