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
2030 - Year 11
Draft
Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1
Well, aside from my 1st round pick DE Conner Linquist, this draft looks awful. Really surprised by Sandlin, he looked like near max for static bars, low elusiveness, and very high route running and getting downfield. Mickey DeJesus looks interesting, but not an obvious replacement to Max Sinclair. The draft got an 'A-' grade, which it certainly doesn't look like at first glance. Either way, it looks like I added a strong pass rusher, another receiving option out of the backfield, and some depth.
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Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut
1.30 Linquist, Conner 1176RDE 1 43 83
2.30 Sandlin, Tevin 241 RB 1 42 51
4.30 Sinclair, Patrick 1275LDT 1 23 53
5.30 Swanson, Blake 1532RCB 1 22 50
6.30 DeJesus, Mickey 113 QB 1 12 50
7.30 Beavers, Alvin 103 QB 1 5 36
No idea how this class graded as an 'A-', everyone got worse. Another monster drop like I normally never see with Tevin Sandlin. So odd given his bars and combines. Not much to say, I got one player out of this and a bunch destined to be cut.
Code:
Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut
1.30 Linquist, Conner 1176RDE 1 47 78
2.30 Sandlin, Tevin 241 RB 1 24 29
4.30 Sinclair, Patrick 1275LDT 1 27 49
5.30 Swanson, Blake 1532RCB 1 27 45
6.30 DeJesus, Mickey 113 QB 1 17 41
7.30 Beavers, Alvin 103 QB 1 8 29
QB Room
Easy decision heading into Week 1 with Sinclair posting two strong seasons to start his career and the team making the AFC Championship last season. Given my poor drafts, especially the most recent, I think I'm going to stop even looking for QBs for at least a few seasons. It might cost me that rare random late round stud but it will help me better maintain the rest of the roster. Sinclair seems to be the right type of QB for an all pass gameplan that I'm running so why not see what kind of numbers he can put up uncontested as a starter?
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Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut Cntrct OnTeam
Sinclair, Max 106 QB QB 3 33 50 2 yrs. 2028
DeJesus, Mickey 113 QB 1 17 41 4 yrs. 2030
Beavers, Alvin 103 QB 1 8 29 4 yrs. 2030
Season - 13-3, 1st in AFC East
Another pretty strong year for the pass only Patriots and QB Max Sinclair. Not quite 50 TDs, but 7+ YPA and nearly a 2:1 TD to INT ratio, Sinclair had a nice 3rd season as a starter leading the team to a division title and first round bye going 13-3. With Devine regressing a bit in his 11th season led to a slightly more balanced passing offense with more players involved. Better than last year, 5 players broke 7 YPT with 3 over 8 YPT - and TE Deron Joseph over 10 YPT. All and all pretty successful season leading the league in yards and scoring again. The main issue with the offense is TOs. With 25 INTs and 15 fumbles from QB Max Sinclair alone it makes games more difficult. The defense continues to create TOs better than anyone thanks to some strong coverage in the secondary. While they led the league in INTs, the team also generated a fair number of fumbles ranking 5th, and finishing 1st in TOs again. The first year in the playoffs the team was bounced their first game, next year they won a game and then lost the AFC Championship. This year they finally won the Super Bowl. With 8.3+ YPA and a 91.1 QB rating during the playoff run, Max Sinclair got the first of hopefully 6 Super Bowl victories for the NRiTBECC.
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Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
6 M. Sinclair QB 837 525 6101 7.29 46 25 90.6
13 M. DeJesus QB 34 22 223 6.56 2 2 78.4
**Team --- 871 547 6324 7.26 48 27 90.2
$$Opp --- 687 386 4147 6.04 22 24 70.1
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
6 M. Sinclair QB 127 518 4.08 5 15
**Team --- 151 588 3.89 5 21
$$Opp --- 397 1550 3.90 7 17
Individual Stats
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Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
82 A. Devine WR 275 163 2018 12.38 7.34 19 7
81 G. Lofton TE 171 114 1028 9.02 6.01 3 11
88 L. Al Shawa WR 112 73 913 12.51 8.15 3 6
86 B. Dennis WR 111 66 870 13.18 7.84 4 8
45 D. Tramontana FB 52 34 234 6.88 4.50 3 2
11 E. Terry WR 47 32 387 12.09 8.23 1 5
80 D. Joseph TE 46 26 465 17.88 10.11 4 3
43 C. Griffin RB 34 23 229 9.96 6.74 1 5
Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
58 T. Weir ILB 109 26 3.0 2 2 14 75.7
51 J. Armstrong OLB 103 29 4.5 3 1 15 77.5
46 C. Snyder CB 86 24 0.0 1 6 14 81.4
25 D. Turner CB 71 22 1.5 3 5 8 79.6
95 J. Norton DT 63 19 6.0 12 1 0 82.5
21 N. Bennett CB 61 14 0.0 0 3 6 79.9
42 C. Wolsic S 60 19 0.0 0 2 10 80.2
96 N. Cassidy DT 58 28 7.5 12 0 0 81.3
20 C. Alstatt S 40 17 0.0 0 1 8 80.4
57 D. Bernard OLB 37 13 1.0 0 1 10 82.8
77 W. Stone DE 26 7 4.0 13 0 0 82.3
55 J. Whiting DE 25 16 5.5 14 1 2 82.8
36 K. Bullock CB 17 3 1.0 0 1 4 81.5
Team Stats
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New England Patriots Team Rank
Rushes per Game 9.4 32
Rushing Yards 36.8 32
Yards Per Carry 3.89 27
Pass Attempts 54.4 1
Completions 34.2 1
Completion Pct. 62.8 8
Passing Yards 395.3 1
Yards Per Attempt 7.26 3
Yards Per Catch 11.56 3
Total Yardage Gained 413.9 1
3rd Down Conversions 37.0 8
Points Per Game 31.4 1
Pass Rush Pct. 19.6 15 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 65.7 1
Turnovers 37 32
Turnover Margin -2 20 (T)
Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 24.8 7
Rushing Yards 96.9 5
Yards Per Carry 3.90 6
Pass Attempts 42.9 32
Completions 24.1 26
Completion Pct. 56.2 1
Passing Yards 259.2 26
Yards Per Attempt 6.04 9
Yards Per Catch 10.74 21
Total Yardage Gained 339.5 17
3rd Down Conversions 33.5 11 (T)
Points Per Game 19.2 7
Pass Rush Pct. 18.6 8 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 50.1 13
Turnovers 35 1