We head into 2012 flushed with unexpected success and eager to defend our championship. Let's see how our roster is shaping up after the offseason:
Code:
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Hogan, Milan "Colonel" 4 QB 14 61 66 2 yrs
Weinke, Artie 9 QB 6 30 52 3 yrs
Goodwin, Kent 19 QB 3 62 66 5 yrs
Hodges, Kenny 47 RB 10 31 34 2 yrs
Holliday, Drew 42 RB 7 60 63 5 yrs
Fawcett, Frankie 24 RB 5 33 35 ---
Stallings, Andy 21 RB 4 21 25 ---
Jenkins, O.J. 43 FB 7 32 35 2 yrs
Jeffries, Corwin 26 FB 7 53 53 4 yrs
Torres, Anthony 82 TE 6 73 73 4 yrs
Joyner, Marlon 84 TE 6 55 55 3 yrs
Chandler, Colin 83 TE 3 37 50 3 yrs
Armitage, Sydney 89 FL 12 54 61 1 yr.
Hodges, Courtney 81 FL 5 37 43 2 yrs
Garcia, Brent 85 FL 5 39 45 1 yr.
Higginbotham, Demetrius 80 SE 10 43 43 4 yrs
Emerson, Jake 87 SE 2 28 42 3 yrs
Reeves, Casey 54 C 5 61 61 4 yrs
Buckley, Luther 59 C 5 44 49 3 yrs
Poplawski, Ross 60 LG 5 71 71 5 yrs
Connell, Kelvin 64 RG 6 61 61 4 yrs
Van Buren, Sean 78 RG 3 39 47 ---
Lyle, Stan 65 LT 6 41 43 1 yr.
Puente, Rob 69 LT 4 37 42 1 yr.
Kudrow, Shane 68 LT 4 65 67 2 yrs
Franck, Chris 71 RT 16 46 47 2 yrs
**Pitman, Matthew 63 RT 8 64 69 3 yrs
Blunt, Robbie 67 RT 3 17 45 ---
Winters, Edward 15 P 5 67 67 3 yrs
Eckard, Hugo 12 K 11 60 68 3 yrs
Smith, Carl 73 LDE 11 47 49 2 yrs
Grier, Howie 75 LDE 9 56 59 3 yrs
Bernard, Ted 72 RDE 8 38 38 2 yrs
Horn, Albert 97 RDE 8 49 49 2 yrs
Cochrane, Bennie 74 LDT 4 37 44 2 yrs
Van Brocklin, Gary 94 LDT 2 29 37 3 yrs
Neubauer, Kenneth 70 RDT 10 55 60 3 yrs
Stoltzfus, Harold 95 RDT 10 92 93 1 yr.
Brisby, Cornelius 53 SILB 7 31 37 ---
Wash, Grant 52 MLB 15 59 59 2 yrs
Jarrard, Josh 90 MLB 10 47 50 3 yrs
Trujillo, Buster 55 SLB 11 62 66 1 yr.
King, Jerry 93 SLB 12 54 60 1 yr.
Watford, Joseph 58 WLB 12 64 69 2 yrs
Crane, Bob 98 WLB 8 38 45 3 yrs
Biggs, Keven 40 LCB 12 67 74 ---
Callis, Bernie 48 LCB 9 36 43 ---
McGarrity, Cris 34 LCB 4 40 47 4 yrs
Giles, Bobby 35 LCB 3 55 55 4 yrs
Minahan, Ray 38 RCB 8 53 54 ---
Rosenberry, Cheap Shot 37 RCB 12 39 46 2 yrs
Enoch, Mitchel 31 SS 12 75 83 2 yrs
Hartung, Kenneth 32 FS 12 55 55 3 yrs
The only retirement of note was FS Carl Stine - he was a huge addition to our secondary last season, but was evidently willing to call it a career after winning a ring. Hard to blame him.
Our secondary will be our biggest concern this offseason. We were unable to get Biggs to negotiate a reasonable extension late last season, so he's going to be allowed to test the waters. It'll be unfortunate if he goes elsewhere, but I won't be heartbroken. He's a nice player, but he never seemed to perform
quite up to his supposed abilities. He never picked off more than 2 passes in a single season. Given the kind of money he wants ($6m in bonus money for a 2-yr deal) I'd expect much better performances than that.
Otherwise, we don't have many gaping holes. We franchised poor DT Harold Stoltzfus again (3rd year running!), and this year his cap number was actually lower than last year ($6.1m vs. $6.29m). We're most going to need depth, so we'll target a few minor FAs and aim for improvement via the draft. We've renegotiated quite a bit to get under the cap, and have about $1.7m in free cap space. I might try to cap out a few contracts to free up some more room, if needed.
One particularly happy note: the scout ratings above didn't change much at all in the offseason (we have the same scout as last year), but Kent Goodwin is now rated 62/66 after finishing last year 59/65. I love him.