No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge
Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team
Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default
2021 - Year 2
Draft
Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1
Great looking first two picks with C Jerald Simmons and DT Jim Norton both scouted over 90. Another pass rusher in DE Brody Lamb with some more help at LB in Donte Thiel and Josue Hopkins. Both QB prospects this year look better initially than last years. While Collier is a scrambling QB like I want, Carrington might be the better overall player. We'll see what happens after camp and preseason but most likely one of these two will get the Week 1 start.
Code:
Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut
1.1 Simmons, Jerald 650 C 1 39 91
2.1 Norton, Jim 1295LDT 1 58 94
3.1 Land, Brody 1190RDE 1 27 74
4.1 Thiel, Donte 1391MLB 1 19 50
5.1 Hopkins, Josue 1457WLB 1 21 58
6.1 Carrington, Jason 105 QB 1 15 51
7.1 Collier, Dalton 117 QB 1 15 41
Although not much, and still highly scouted, disappointing to see Simmons, Norton, and Land go down. With both QBs and OLB Hopkins also going down, only MLB Donte Thiel went up in scouted rating after training camp and preseason. Still a good class, unintentionally building through the trenches, with the OL and DL both coming along nicely at this stage in the teams development.
Code:
Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut
1.1 Simmons, Jerald 650 C 1 46 90
2.1 Norton, Jim 1295LDT 1 63 91
3.1 Land, Brody 1190RDE 1 32 72
4.1 Thiel, Donte 1391MLB 1 25 56
5.1 Hopkins, Josue 1457WLB 1 24 41
6.1 Carrington, Jason 105 QB 1 19 45
7.1 Collier, Dalton 117 QB 1 18 40
QB Room
Ultimately I think all of these QBs ends up about the same, just different strengths and weakness. None of them is ideal for a pass only offense but since he has the highest ceiling, despite being on a downward trajectory, I'm going to roll with Jason Carrington all season. Its going to be tough to find the perfect QB available in the 6th so I need to work with what I have and build some cohesion. For better or for worse, this is Jason Carrington's team; at least this season
Code:
Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut Cntrct OnTeam
Carrington, Jason 105 QB QB 1 19 45 4 yrs. 2021
Collier, Dalton 117 QB 1 18 40 4 yrs. 2021
Biegen, Justics 114 QB 2 13 33 3 yrs. 2020
Weed, Nathan 108 QB 2 20 30 3 yrs. 2020
Season - 3-13, last in AFC East
Moving in the right direction with 3 wins to 1 win last season things are looking up. Carrington didn't have a better year than any of the 3 QBs last season would have had but WR Andres Devine is furthered improved along with the OL. Another class of draft picks should hopefully tip the needle towards slightly competitive. Its tricky with an all passing gameplan but in the testing I did before starting this I know you can win and put up nice numbers. My stadium measure passed so hopefully I can start turning a profit in a few seasons and get a better staff to help find the 6th/7th round QB who will make this all work.
Code:
Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
5 J. Carrington QB 819 467 4508 5.50 16 24 66.8
**Team --- 839 474 4591 5.47 17 25 66.3
$$Opp --- 510 328 3354 6.58 23 16 85.0
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
5 J. Carrington QB 149 392 2.63 5 7
**Team --- 151 409 2.71 5 27
$$Opp --- 521 2190 4.20 13 14
Individual Stats
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Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
82 A. Devine WR 310 155 2048 13.21 6.61 16 7
81 B. Wells TE 136 78 612 7.85 4.50 7 2
15 A. Hoffman WR 105 61 543 8.90 5.17 3 4
87 H. Erofeev TE 87 59 423 7.17 4.86 6 2
37 J. Finley RB 92 58 421 7.26 4.58 4 1
20 G. Rasmussen RB 55 32 272 8.50 4.95 1 1
Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
53 Z. Coder OLB 125 34 3.0 1 1 9 75.7
21 T. Leinaweaver S 123 36 1.0 1 1 10 78.0
43 R. Drake CB 97 32 0.0 2 2 8 77.3
52 R. Praw ILB 86 27 1.0 0 2 10 75.1
93 D. Shea DT 63 25 4.5 12 0 0 81.2
95 J. Norton DT 53 30 1.5 3 1 0 81.5
29 C. Prior CB 49 19 0.0 0 6 4 80.8
78 N. DeWoody DE 47 18 12.0 18 0 0 81.6
96 E. Doyle DE 31 17 5.5 16 0 1 80.5
36 R. Prior CB 31 7 0.0 0 0 6 76.9
34 D. Middleton S 28 7 0.0 0 0 2 74.0
57 J. Hopkins OLB 26 6 0.0 1 2 0 76.0
91 D. Thiel ILB 20 5 1.0 1 1 2 78.8
26 N. Malone S 19 15 0.0 0 0 3 79.8
Team Stats
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New England Patriots Team Rank
Rushes per Game 9.4 32
Rushing Yards 25.6 32
Yards Per Carry 2.71 32
Pass Attempts 52.4 1
Completions 29.6 1
Completion Pct. 56.5 32
Passing Yards 286.9 1
Yards Per Attempt 5.47 32
Yards Per Catch 9.69 30
Total Yardage Gained 285.8 30
3rd Down Conversions 27.9 30
Points Per Game 14.9 32
Pass Rush Pct. 21.1 10
Pass Defense Pct. 48.9 13 (T)
Turnovers 36 30 (T)
Turnover Margin -12 29
Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 32.6 32
Rushing Yards 136.9 31
Yards Per Carry 4.20 17
Pass Attempts 31.9 1
Completions 20.5 3
Completion Pct. 64.3 30
Passing Yards 209.6 1
Yards Per Attempt 6.58 14
Yards Per Catch 10.23 8
Total Yardage Gained 334.9 14
3rd Down Conversions 36.0 21
Points Per Game 27.2 30
Pass Rush Pct. 23.2 30
Pass Defense Pct. 60.9 30
Turnovers 24 10 (T)