We have a weird situation where our 3rd year stud LB Aidan Benson (78/78) has almost no chance of resigning with us in two years. He also weighs 275 lbs and can only bulk up. We're looking at a move to bulk him up with an eye toward... playing him at DT for the next two years. He was a 1.6 pick a few years ago, and he's already asking for insane money on any kind of extension ($25-30m/yr). That might be good insight again into what does and doesn't make sense for us from a drafting perspective. We might never be able to extend one of those top pick types. The bulk up and DT move is probably just a bizarre curiosity. But I'm curious.
Ultimately, not curious enough. Glad I typed my way through that. We'll leave him at LB and probably a lot of MLB. He's one of the best linebackers in this universe. I probably shouldn't cut his legs off or something just for sport. Maybe next year...
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Front Office Football Eight
Hanalei Dragons Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Logan, Caiden 111 QB QB 5 33 36 3 yrs.
Alley, Jameson 103 QB 2 28 45 2 yrs.
##Bowles, Francisco 106 QB 1 15 37 4 yrs.
##Pyatt, Marlon 108 QB 1 19 50 2 yrs.
Bates, Archie 243 RB 1 39 47 2 yrs.
Curtis, Rufus 221 RB RB 1 35 45 4 yrs.
Glenn, Nathan 324 FB FB 1 38 63 4 yrs.
Woodson, Wendell 488 TE 9 30 30 3 yrs.
Murray, Dustin 486 TE 3 40 40 2 yrs.
McWilliams, Michael 481 TE TE 1 36 55 4 yrs.
Jacobs, Lester 518 FL 1 22 42 2 yrs.
Blanchard, Cooper 515 FL FL 1 23 36 2 yrs.
Ackerman, Isaiah 589 SE 4 50 52 3 yrs.
Neumeyer, Darrell 513 SE SE 2 63 63 3 yrs.
Boyd, Amos 510 SE 1 32 46 2 yrs.
Wuagneux, Aidan 658 C C 2 54 68 3 yrs.
Shepard, Douglas 769 LG LG 7 69 69 3 yrs.
Minnich, Vince 772 LG 4 51 51 1 yr.
Houston, Denzel 778 RG RG 1 14 52 2 yrs.
Ellison, George 860 LT LT 1 29 52 4 yrs.
Harper, Vincent 863 RT 10 27 27 2 yrs.
Girling, Keith 873 RT RT 1 24 47 2 yrs.
Buchanan, Edwin 901 P 1 68 71 4 yrs.
Winters, Pat 1016K 1 54 54 2 yrs.
Boone, Salvador 1170LDE RDE 2 77 77 4 yrs.
Carlisle, Ruben 1194LDE 1 22 44 2 yrs.
Blackledge, Arnie 1175RDE LDE 4 78 78 5 yrs.
Rodgers, Edward 1197RDE 1 34 64 4 yrs.
Washington, Ike 1298LDT 9 46 46 1 yr.
Southern, Joe 1293LDT 1 22 51 2 yrs.
Buckley, Jeremy 1277LDT 1 28 48 2 yrs.
Meche, Rodney 1291RDT LDT 3 47 47 2 yrs.
Wolcott, Jace 1271NT RDT 1 46 72 4 yrs.
Ferguson, Heath 1355MLB MLB 1 37 60 4 yrs.
Benson, Aidan 1454WLB SLB 3 80 80 2 yrs.
Flory, Otis 1453WLB 1 25 28 2 yrs.
McCormick, Rico 1492WLB 1 29 48 2 yrs.
Henry, Devan 1459WLB WLB 1 44 73 4 yrs.
Armstrong, Junior 1542LCB LCB 4 58 58 1 yr.
Branham, Chuck 1544LCB 2 37 37 3 yrs.
Owens, Shane 1538LCB RCB 1 38 54 4 yrs.
Roth, Richard 1533RCB 6 37 37 2 yrs.
Upshaw, Terrell 1634SS 11 22 22 1 yr.
Matthews, Ted 1637SS SS 1 43 73 4 yrs.
Krelovich, Marcus 1622SS 1 17 45 2 yrs.
Foudray, J.C. 1630FS FS 3 46 46 2 yrs.
##Welch, Marc 1631FS 1 28 47 2 yrs.
Murray, Louis 1628FS 1 26 54 4 yrs.
Carr, Austin 651 LS 2 12 12 1 yr.
$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.
Players Under Contract: 49
Inactive: 3
On Active Roster: 46
Salary Cap: $255,000,000
Cap Room: $6,820,000
Maximum for New Player: $6,820,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $12,290,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $9,210,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $115,040,000
We have quite a bit of talent, but the QB spot is a killer. We're going to try to run the ball a lot. Too much youth and an offense that's probably going to murder us. We'll look to optimize or mess more with gameplanning in future years. Ready to sim through and get on with this one though.