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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkeley
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2031 Richmond Archetypes Season in Review
Beginning of Season and Free Agency
I don't make any changes at coach or scout again this year. I have no retirements to report.
My guard of the future, Terrance Winslett is an unrestricted free agent this year. Unfortunately he was demanding to be traded right up until his contract expired and I doubt he will even return my calls this offseason. He is however, my only UFA so I decide to franchise to keep him around another year while I search for a replacement. I might not keep him around, but it's a nice revenge for refusing to sign with me. I also notice my great up-and-coming safety refuses to renegotiate due to being happy despite the fact that he now has four rings in his first four years in the league and started every game last year with a PDQ of 54. Seems he should be thrilled. I wish players weren't permanently unhappy in FOF2k1, but I guess forgive and forget doesn't hold true in this game. I like the way you can "reassure" players in CM00/01 of their value to the team to increase their morale and if I could I would surely assure Goel he has a long future with my club.
I head into free agency this year with $35 million in cap room and 32 players under contract. I think I'll actually be able to afford to grab a good player this year. My needs appear to be at guard and safety which is frustrating cause I have been developing players for those positions for the last few years and now need to look outside my system for replacements. Bugs (at least I consider this a bug.. it might have been intentional) like this make me feel glad I ordered the full version of Championship Manager today. I can't wait to guide the Nagoya Grampus Eight to the top of the Japanese First League (I just think the name is cool). Luckily the top rated player (by my scout) in this year's free agent pool is a 27-year old guard by the name of Rex Corbett who played last year for the Cincinnati Bengals. I don't think he's as good as my guy, but he'll have to do I guess. I make him a four year, $44 million dollar offer. I notice in week two that my starting fullback for the last nine years has been offered a three year $16 million dollar contract by Minnesota and has several teams willing to give him $10 mil for two years. Pretty good deals for a guy who got barely over 500 rushing yards total in his nice years as a starter. He did catch 52 balls for 495 yards and four touchdowns in 2029 so he can play. Perhaps I never utilized him to his full potential and I call him to wish him good luck with whichever team he chooses to sign. Rex Corbett signs my offer in the third week. My 14 year veteran tackle, Stanley Beyer signs a two year $21 million deal with Cincinnati in week four as we essentially trade offensive lineman.. I think got the better end of this deal though. Marty Winslett, a fourth year running back who has never started a game in his career and didn't break 800 yards total in four years as a backup with the A's somehow fleeces Pittsburgh out of $49 million over four years. In week 11 I sign a second year OT to a long term deal and advance to the draft.
Amateur Draft
With the 36th pick in the draft I take Kenyon Lewis should develop into a great pass-blocking guard and fill a need at backup guard for next year. In the second round I get a pretty decent OT with potential to develop into a solid starter in a few years. I grab a kicker in the third round to replace my 41-year old kicker Wesley Holmberg who is the lone player left from my inaugural season. At the end of the fourth round I grab a backup QB. In the fifth round I take a pretty decent QB who fits the bust profile almost perfectly. I grab a FB in the sixth round. I get a pretty good center with the last pick in the draft.
Preseaon
The QB I took in the fifth round busts as expected, but a rookie free agent TE pickup now looks like he'll be all-world in a few years.
Position/Player Current Est Future Est Exp Sgnd
QB Levon Summers 18 18 8 2034
QB Scottie Knight 6 13 1 2032
QB Alan McConnell 1 3 1 2033
RB Toby Habib 9 11 2 2032
RB Howard Hayes 8 10 3 2031
RB Sammie Diamond 7 7 2 2032
RB Bill Vail 5 9 1 2031
FB Ethan Shepherd 10 12 3 2032
FB Nathan Aceves 8 11 1 2032
TE Victor Baker 12 12 4 2033
TE Don McCarthy 9 14 1 2031
TE Marvin Thorstenson 5 6 2 2032
WR Myron Keister 16 16 6 2033
WR Marvin Kadletz 15 16 9 2033
WR Karl Thweat 10 10 2 2033
WR Alvin Anthony 7 7 1 2031
WR Roosevelt Donovan 6 8 1 2031
WR Marc Graham 5 9 1 2031
C Benjamin Vasquez 17 17 9 2032
C Malcolm De Coteau 12 15 2 2033
C Ted Ibanez 6 11 1 2032
G Rusty Clancy 14 15 9 2031
G Terrance Winslett 12 14 6 2031
G Kyle Kozak 9 11 5 2033
G Kenyon Lewis 8 13 1 2034
T Aaron Craig 16 16 11 2033
T Ronnie Weaver 7 15 1 2034
T Earnest Hutchins 6 8 2 2037
T Blake Urquoila 6 8 8 2031
P Clay Hane 19 19 5 2032
K Sam Perry 11 16 1 2033
DE Austin Porras 13 13 11 2032
DE Cory Matthews 11 11 11 2032
DE Robert Harden 7 9 4 2031
DT Ernie Sweeney 15 15 5 2034
DT Hardy Nieuwstadt 8 10 7 2032
DT Kent Winslett 4 9 1 2031
DT Bryant Towns 2 10 1 2031
LB Bernie McClay 16 16 7 2032
LB Edwin Heller 10 15 2 2034
LB Deron Barlow 9 12 2 2031
LB Chester Rico 5 6 1 2031
LB Luther Arevalo 3 4 1 2031
LB Dwight Shannon 2 10 1 2031
CB Bryant Beuerlein 15 15 5 2032
CB Mark Estevez 11 14 3 2033
CB Darrell Ross 10 10 13 2031
CB Reuben Rowland 3 5 1 2031
CB Bart Currie 3 5 1 2031
S R.J. Harvey 13 13 14 2031
S Otis Goel 12 14 5 2031
S Nate Humphries 9 12 3 2033
S Van Sawyer 8 11 3 2036
Name # Pos OnTm Ctrc Exp Stat Cap Cost
Summers, Levon * 4 QB 2024 2034 8 ----- $21,880,000
Matthews, Cory 95 DE 2021 2032 11 ----- $12,920,000
Porras, Austin 92 DE 2021 2032 11 ----- $12,890,000
Keister, Myron 81 WR 2026 2033 6 ----- $11,540,000
Sweeney, Ernie 70 DT 2027 2034 5 ----- $10,620,000
Kadletz, Marvin 84 WR 2023 2033 9 ----- $10,250,000
Ross, Darrell 40 CB 2019 2031 13 ----- $9,440,000
Craig, Aaron 72 T 2027 2033 11 ----- $9,440,000
Beuerlein, Bryant 49 CB 2027 2032 5 ----- $8,190,000
McClay, Bernie 53 LB 2025 2032 7 ----- $8,020,000
Kozak, Kyle 79 G 2027 2033 5 ----- $8,020,000
Clancy, Rusty 67 G 2023 2033 9 ----- $7,730,000
Winslett, Terrance + 65 G 2026 2031 6 ----- $7,620,000
Vasquez, Benjamin 51 C 2030 2032 9 ----- $7,000,000
Goel, Otis + 48 S 2027 2031 5 ----- $5,550,000
Baker, Victor 87 TE 2028 2033 4 ----- $5,500,000
Estevez, Mark 46 CB 2029 2033 3 ----- $4,860,000
Harvey, R.J. 26 S 2018 2031 14 ----- $4,760,000
Heller, Edwin 50 LB 2030 2034 2 ----- $3,990,000
Harden, Robert + 91 DE 2028 2031 4 ----- $3,540,000
Lewis, Kenyon 77 G 2031 2034 R ----- $3,390,000
Humphries, Nate 44 S 2029 2033 3 ----- $3,320,000
Shepherd, Ethan 45 FB 2029 2032 3 ----- $2,920,000
Nieuwstadt, Hardy + 96 DT 2026 2032 7 ----- $2,650,000
Urquoila, Blake + 66 T 2025 2031 8 Inact $2,600,000
Thweat, Karl 82 WR 2030 2033 2 ----- $2,460,000
Hane, Clay 19 P 2027 2032 5 ----- $2,100,000
De Coteau, Malcolm 55 C 2030 2033 2 ----- $2,010,000
Sawyer, Van 32 S 2030 2036 3 ----- $1,950,000
Weaver, Ronnie 76 T 2031 2034 R ----- $1,910,000
Hutchins, Earnest 73 T 2031 2037 2 ----- $1,790,000
Hayes, Howard 20 RB 2029 2031 3 ----- $1,580,000
Perry, Sam 17 K 2031 2033 R ----- $1,500,000
Habib, Toby 28 RB 2030 2032 2 ----- $1,390,000
Barlow, Deron 58 LB 2030 2031 2 ----- $1,250,000
Diamond, Sammie 29 RB 2030 2032 2 ----- $1,170,000
Thorstenson, Marvin 89 TE 2030 2032 2 ----- $1,100,000
Knight, Scottie 16 QB 2031 2032 R ----- $1,040,000
McConnell, Alan 18 QB 2031 2033 R ----- $860,000
Vail, Bill 47 RB 2031 2031 1 Inact $810,000
McCarthy, Don 80 TE 2031 2031 1 ----- $810,000
Graham, Marc 15 WR 2031 2031 1 Inact $810,000
Anthony, Alvin 86 WR 2031 2031 1 ----- $810,000
Donovan, Roosevelt 83 WR 2031 2031 1 ----- $810,000
Rico, Chester 56 LB 2031 2031 1 ----- $810,000
Shannon, Dwight 52 LB 2031 2031 1 Inact $810,000
Arevalo, Luther 54 LB 2031 2031 1 ----- $810,000
Currie, Bart 41 CB 2031 2031 1 Inact $810,000
Rowland, Reuben 39 CB 2031 2031 1 ----- $810,000
Aceves, Nathan 43 FB 2031 2032 R ----- $800,000
Winslett, Kent 99 DT 2031 2031 1 ----- $770,000
Towns, Bryant 98 DT 2031 2031 1 Inact $770,000
Ibanez, Ted 59 C 2031 2032 R Inact $720,000
Honestly, I think this team has lost a lot and probably shouln't be that great this year. Austin Porras, Cory Matthews, and RJ Harvey, the real cornerstones of my defense for the last 10 years are now well into their 30's. I think we can still be competitive this year because of Summers, but I would not bet the farm on a fifth Super Bowl victory.
[This message has been edited by Daimyo (edited 01-27-2001).]
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