[MIJB#19]

General Manager Notes: Winfred England to Maassluis after all?
And we got a center and running back!

QB Winfred England might come to Maassluis after all. The Augusta Greenjackets today agreed terms with the Chicago Norsemen for another quarterback, paving the way for them to have a suitable replacement, all that a result of the Norsemen re-signing their starter from last season. We ended up making the same deal, sending our 4th and 6th round draft picks to Augusta. The trade has still run through the league office, but we might be getting there now. It creates an interesting situation with the incumbent QB Earnest Ashley, 2nd round rookie QB Randy Walters, QB/KH Malachi Manning and the recently re-signed 2nd year QB Jay Bates. The latter likely will be released sooner or later, Ashley's situation could be the most peculiar one, being our most expensive player at a cap cost of $70.12M on the $558.8M salary cap.

Our 5th round pick in between is supposed to be traded to Bordeaux for the rights of C Tevin Bratsch. Yes, the same guy that turned us down, but the hiring of Robbie Zinn made Bratsch expendable there. This trade too still has to run through the league office, but it's likely to pass, because although Bratsch signed his new contract in Bordeaux today, he was originally on their team as a left over from last season.

That almost wraps up our 2103 draft actually, as we're down to just the 7th round pick now, after we used our 3rd round pick on RB Bennett Holmes. The 5'7" 210 pounder caught my eye as soon as we decided to not hang onto RB Vincent Dorenbos. Holmes probably lacks the endurance to carry it 25 times per game, so we'll have to make work on getting another RB, or work in the two second-year pro's. And probably keep our eyes open for a mentor for the threesome as well.