I'm going to try to find a balance of the added immersion of chronicling, without getting bogged down time-wise as I have at times when trying to write a dynasty. I'm years into an all-out career that started off Empty Cupboard. Basically, this career has played out like most Empty Cupboard ones, cycle-wise:
Famine: (2005-2006) horrid seasons as we're way behind in talent and cohesion
Respectability (2007-2008)
Easy Street: (2009-2011) Many were still in original contracts and therefore a team with multiple superstars was on the field
Salary Cap Struggles: (2012-2013) All those stars want to get PAID. In this particular career, I went a couple of seasons above the cap, trading away all draft picks and keeping 45-50 players around. Still winning, but capping out all over the place just to field a legal roster.
Stars 'N' Rookies: (2014-2015) I have a hard time parting with a handful of marquee players who have been around since the famine years, so in order to keep them, and with all those cap outs coming home to roost, I had to start multiple undrafted free agents the last couple of years.
I was able to get a few low-round draft picks in 2014 and 2015, but didn't really do a full draft from 2012-2015
I'm now in 2016. Here are the results up to now:
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Front Office Football 2004
GM Performance for Ben Lewis of the Atlanta Falcons
Year Team Eval Perf Diff Proft FrVal Record Playoffs
2015 ATL 50 63 74 36 61 9-8-0 Wild Card Round
2014 ATL 56 83 75 36 67 15-4-0 Bowl Winner
2013 ATL 54 83 77 31 67 16-3-0 Bowl Winner
2012 ATL 61 83 78 46 67 14-5-0 Bowl Winner
2011 ATL 54 90 80 27 64 14-2-1 Division Final
2010 ATL 76 90 79 77 44 16-3-0 Bowl Winner
2009 ATL 66 86 82 60 40 13-5-0 Conference Final
2008 ATL 50 40 81 55 39 7-9-0 None
2007 ATL 57 40 81 70 37 7-9-0 None
2006 ATL 46 0 80 71 40 2-14-0 None
2005 ATL 57 0 74 93 42 1-15-0 None
2004 ATL 45 0 73 67 45 3-13-0 None
I'll be posting key draft picks, key free agency decisions, and year-end stats.