2041 Season
Benchmarks:
Roster Rating – 68 (11th)
Cohesion – 76-100/94-75-80
My predictions:
(this got awfully repetetive, with a 12 year stable QB here every year)
QB Blakely works out okay, stays above water, and posts 3100 and 24/18
Running game by committee slips to just under 4 ypc
Defensive pass pressure slips also, as older players are declining
We slip from the elite level of teams, post a 9-7 record and miss the playoffs
Season narrative:
We open up with a loss, and look just awful. Blakely has two picks and a 42 passer rating, Freddie Emerson is dreadful as our main RB, and we lose 19-13 despite playing decent defense. We get to 2-2, and things are better – but this doesn’t feel like a power team at all. At least Emerson and Bates are running well behind our super line, and the QB isn’t killing us any more.
We are 5-3 at the halfway point, and it’s tough to decide what to do here. It looks like we are in the playoff hunt, so I don’t want to just bail on the season and stuff the rookie in there – I think we will leave the depth chart up to Otto and go from here, taking our chances with Blakely. Carolina is 9-0, so we are already thinking wild card at best.
Two more wins, and we have nipped Carolina to get within two games. Blakely has a 100 passer rating, and we look like a postseason player now. WR Rex Franklin is already up and over 1,000 yards for the season, and DE Newman has 12 sacks. Looking pretty good.
We cannot catch mighty Carolina, but we do manage to finish out pretty strong at 11-5, and earn ourselves the #5 seed. It’s the tough path, but we are a player once again.
Code:
Front Office Football 2007
2041 Summary for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Year 2041
Record 11-5
Winning Pct. .687
All-Time 318-258
Winning Pct. .552
Playoffs 16-14
Playoff Visits 16
Bowl Wins 1
Head Coach Shaun Grier
Record 124-36
Winning Pct. .775
Off. Coord. C. Fredrickson
Def. Coord. V. Irwin
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 30.4 12
Rushing Yards 127.4 13
Yards Per Carry 4.18 16
Pass Attempts 29.1 27
Completions 17.6 25 (T)
Completion Pct. 60.4 13 (T)
Passing Yards 248.2 10
Yards Per Attempt 8.54 2
Yards Per Catch 14.13 1
Total Yardage Gained 368.2 5
3rd Down Conversions 43.3 7 (T)
Points Per Game 27.5 3
Pass Rush Pct. 26.5 1
Pass Defense Pct. 62.5 8
Turnovers 24 13 (T)
Turnover Margin -2 18 (T)
Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 31.6 26
Rushing Yards 117.1 17
Yards Per Carry 3.71 3
Pass Attempts 30.7 5
Completions 17.1 1
Completion Pct. 55.8 7
Passing Yards 207.7 6
Yards Per Attempt 6.77 14
Yards Per Catch 12.13 25
Total Yardage Gained 305.4 6
3rd Down Conversions 37.7 11
Points Per Game 16.4 4
Pass Rush Pct. 17.8 6 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 56.3 18
Turnovers 22 21 (T)
Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 13 CAR 19
2 35 MIA 17
3 20 at WAS 27
4 34 at ATL 10
5 10 at MIN 22
6 38 NOS 3
7 34 at DET 14
9 33 GBY 16
10 44 CHI 14
11 30 at CAR 24
12 31 at NYJ 14
13 30 SFO 10
14 17 BUF 21
15 27 at NOS 7
16 31 at NED 24
17 13 ATL 20
$$WC at MIN
Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
7 D. Blakely QB 463 280 3964 8.56 34 18 96.4
**Team --- 465 281 3971 8.54 34 18 96.2
$$Opp --- 491 274 3323 6.77 15 13 75.9
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
6 A. Bennett RB 208 863 4.15 6 3
43 F. Emerson RB 179 780 4.36 6 2
28 H. Bates RB 69 307 4.45 4 2
**Team --- 487 2038 4.18 16 15
$$Opp --- 505 1874 3.71 12 22
Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
81 R. Franklin WR 154 87 1597 18.36 10.37 7 15
80 T. Montgomery WR 86 47 832 17.70 9.67 8 9
86 G. Poysky WR 37 27 339 12.56 9.16 2 0
83 R. Shipp WR 41 22 368 16.73 8.98 3 3
43 F. Emerson RB 26 21 169 8.05 6.50 2 1
85 M. Lucas TE 32 20 190 9.50 5.94 3 1
48 A. Chiaverini TE 29 20 212 10.60 7.31 2 2
6 A. Bennett RB 30 18 139 7.72 4.63 1 1
Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
90 B. Hester ILB 105 44 2.5 0 1 1 76.3
97 C. Zaccardelli OLB 73 16 8.0 9 3 5 80.4
23 S. Upshaw S 72 24 0.0 0 1 5 77.0
95 B. Dotson ILB 65 17 1.5 0 0 2 73.6
39 J. Werenka S 57 22 1.5 1 2 4 79.9
21 B. Soto CB 55 15 1.5 1 2 19 84.8
72 D. Newman DE 52 23 14.5 27 0 1 82.7
32 S. Nakamura CB 45 4 0.5 0 3 13 82.1
20 C. Booker CB 34 6 0.0 0 0 2 73.0
93 E. Ashenfelter DT 32 20 2.5 10 0 1 81.5
35 X. Andrews S 28 9 0.0 0 1 3 81.8
46 C. Ventura S 25 12 0.0 0 0 6 83.7
91 R. Riley ILB 25 10 0.0 1 0 1 80.0
56 M. Goodwin OLB 22 8 4.5 8 0 0 80.5
92 C. Mueller DE 20 13 4.0 3 0 1 82.8
59 T. Jizmejian OLB 18 5 2.5 6 0 0 77.8
78 D. Burns DE 16 8 3.0 7 0 0 80.6
So, we toss in a guy-off-the-street at QB, and get pretty much the same numbers we were used to with our supposed hall-of-famer. I guess that’s testament to the quality at WR and OL… and maybe a little bit to the gameplan as well. WR Rex Franklin didn’t seem to mind at all – he put up his best year ever and is definitely heading to Hawai’i.
Darren Newman continues to be a really useful engine for us in the pass rush. LB Mel Goodwin was playing okay, but was felled by a serious injury midseason. Eventually, I had to move Zaccardelli over to play the blitzbacker slot, where he played very well and may have earned the starting job going forward. We were shot a CB for several weeks (Booker) and our depth there was tested – but Booker is ready for the postseason, at least. DT Ashenfelter may not be an impact player, but he is contributing okay as a starter for us in the middle.