[Ben E Lou]

2018

Roster Shaping

Mentioned above already.

Key Preseason Injuries

No new ones, but RT Allen Livanis, almost recovered, shows a severe ratings drop to 35/39, and he's costing me $8.59M in cap room. Ouch.

REGULAR SEASON RECAP

KEY INJURIES: None. Kyle England returned in Week 13, having dropped to 48/48.

2018 Regular Season (6-10)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	20	Carolina Panthers	23	B.Steller 16-34-234	A.Ballard 23-79	M.Claybrooks 6-156	79,000
Week 2	21	at Cleveland Browns	24	B.Steller 12-23-178	A.Ballard 20-102	M.Claybrooks 2-63	65,300
Week 3	24	St. Louis Rams	17	B.Steller 12-27-128	A.Ballard 13-55	M.Claybrooks 7-96	78,100
Week 4	16	at Philadelphia Eagles	10	B.Steller 17-27-231	A.Ballard 23-105	K.Gordon 6-96	60,900
Week 5	17	Washington Redskins	20	D.Sims 15-22-162	A.Ballard 14-60	B.Compton 9-65	79,000
Week 6	13	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	D.Sims 20-37-185	A.Ballard 21-100	M.Claybrooks 6-84	79,000
Week 7	16	at Carolina Panthers	19	D.Sims 11-24-102	A.Ballard 20-108	M.Claybrooks 4-53	78,000
Week 8	Bye Week
Week 9	20	at Dallas Cowboys	14	D.Sims 21-36-203	A.Ballard 24-66	M.Claybrooks 4-73	63,100
Week 10	10	New York Giants	16	D.Sims 21-32-216	A.Ballard 24-131	M.Claybrooks 7-98	78,100
Week 11	3	at New Orleans Saints	27	D.Sims 7-24-97	D.Sims 9-27	L.Schultz 2-43	70,800
Week 12	9	at Pittsburgh Steelers	41	B.Steller 19-39-258	A.Ballard 11-30	M.Claybrooks 4-65	64,500
Week 13	7	at Minnesota Vikings	16	B.Steller 11-22-114	A.Ballard 20-68	B.Compton 4-44	73,400
Week 14	20	Cincinnati Bengals	17	B.Steller 17-33-114	A.Ballard 19-104	B.Compton 4-33	77,300
Week 15	13	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23	B.Steller 22-31-229	A.Ballard 15-80	M.Claybrooks 5-51	49,900
Week 16	13	Baltimore Ravens	9	B.Steller 20-38-167	A.Ballard 20-52	K.England 5-60	79,000
Week 17	23	New Orleans Saints	17	B.Steller 26-42-253	A.Ballard 23-109	K.Gordon 4-66	78,100

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
Ben Steller	325	178	1955	6.01	9	12
Duane Sims	175	95	965	5.51	5	7
Team	500	273	2920	5.84	14	19

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
Adam Ballard	RB	297	1276	4.29	7
Barry Compton	FB	100	444	4.44	3
Team	---	456	1958	4.29	10

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Mario Claybrooks	FL	131	64	978	15.2	114	5
Barry Compton	FB	82	60	472	7.8	232	2
Kris Gordon	TE	69	37	386	10.4	82	4
Adam Ballard	RB	52	33	295	8.9	86	2
Larry Schultz	SE	68	31	369	11.9	77	1
Team	---	499	273	2920	10.6	620	14

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Bruce Falkenberg	MLB	83	33	2.0	3	0	4
Mel Fletcher	SLB	79	30	3.0	3	2	6
Archie Stephens	RCB	69	20	0.0	0	7	5
Donovan Rawls	RDT	68	30	7.5	8	0	0
Bo Shields	WLB	66	19	4.5	1	2	9
Alfred Wilcox	LCB	65	14	0.0	0	3	7
Preston Armijo	SS	58	19	0.0	0	1	11
Burt Kletch	RDE	48	20	6.5	20	0	1
Leo Herndon	RDT	43	23	6.5	12	0	0
Amos Fulcher	FS	43	24	1.0	0	0	3
Andy Wishon	LCB	35	11	1.0	0	1	3
Travis Walsh	LDE	31	20	3.5	15	0	1
Jeffrey Lofton	FS	26	13	0.0	0	0	5
Aaron DiCaprio	FS	25	8	0.0	0	0	4
Donny Holmes	RB	22	0	0.0	0	0	0
Team	---	866	296	41.0	70	16	61

Atlanta Team Rank Rushes 456 18 Rushing Yards 1958 13 Yards Per Carry 4.29 11 Pass Attempts 500 25 (T) Completions 273 31 Passing Yards 2920 29 Yards Per Attempt 5.84 25 (T) 3rd Down Conversions 36.1 31 (T) Points Per Game 15.3 29 Turnovers 28 25 (T) Turnover Margin -6 25 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes 463 21 Rushing Yards 1922 19 Yards Per Carry 4.15 17 Pass Attempts 514 14 Completions 302 10 Passing Yards 3531 20 Yards Per Attempt 6.86 26 3rd Down Conversions 37.8 5 Points Per Game 19.3 14 (T) Turnovers 22 22 (T) Turnover Margin +6 7 (T)

No real surprise that we struggled., but the particularly difficult thing about this season was that, given the lack of even one solid receiver for most of the year, I can't really judge whether or not Ben Steller is a viable option at QB.

No players get extensions after the regular season is over, given that the only FA options were England (too expensive), K Flowers (no paying that kind of money to K while struggling), and backup FS Lofton. All others whose contracts run out are in third year or less. My cap used next year is $104.89M, and the cap should be aroudn $150M next year, so I'll have some room to maneuver and make decisions after several seasons when I didn't.

PLAYOFF RECAP

None.

AWARDS

RB Adam Ballard--Offensive Rookie Of The Year

FB Barry Compton--1st Team All Pro

DT Donovan Rawls--2nd Team All Pro (Good to see him back to pre-injury form.)

RT Allen Livanis--League's Strongest Man