Okay, we have a crop of quarterbacks who look to have a little promise, and we have a mishmash of players who will either contribute via their modest skills (here and there) or through their chemistry (profile on that coming soon). A +6 training camp is pretty good for Wesley Montgomery, and we will slot him as our #1 option and hope to see him eventually get that overall rating up north of 40 or so. His best skills (not saying much) right now are in third down passing and timing, so he might do well in a run-first offense, which I definitely expect we will be committing to.
And yes – I invested a lot into chemistry for this team – we’re going to have to have something on our side, it surely won’t be talent. So here’s the snapshot of my team’s affinity structure, as we are down to 54 players and ready for the preseason games:
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Golden Hill Hoplites Roster, Attitude Advisory
Player # Pos Start Noted Playing Time Chemistry
Baker, Lamont 2 QB Content 3 Affinities with lead
Montgomery, Wesley 9 QB Content 3 Affinities with lead
Mirer, Herman 5 QB Content 3 Affinities with lead
Mahoney, Kurt 1 QB Content
Greene, Jose 20 RB Content Affinity
Bush, Leland 22 RB Content Affinity
McDonald, Daniel 43 RB Content Affinity
Fling, Jack 44 RB Content
Rivera, Devin 42 FB Content Backfield Leader
Oliver, A.J. 40 FB Content Mild Affinity
Snee, Lorenzo 88 TE Content Exceptional Affinity
Clancy, Marty 82 TE Content Mild Affinity
Reynolds, Leon 81 TE Content
Rivera, Darryl 86 FL Content Receivers Leader
Ramsey, Lawrence 80 FL Content
Okobi, William 89 FL Content
Stevenson, Glenn 83 SE Content Affinity
Turnbull, Preston 15 SE Content
Crawford, Luke 59 C Content Exceptional Affinity
Wolfe, Randy 50 C Content
Halama, Harvey 53 LG Content
Hanks, Lionel 62 LG Content
Crawford, Bucky 66 RG Content Mild Affinity
Sheldon, Jim 73 RG Content
McDaniel, Roy 79 LT Content Offensive Line Leader
Banks, Arnold 68 LT Content Strong Affinity
Perry, Mickey 64 LT Content
Melchior, Timothy 65 RT Content
Clayton, Robert 14 P Content
Bass, Joel 4 K Content
Samuels, Winfred 97 LDE Content Defensive Front Leader
Wilkins, Daniel 74 LDE Content Exceptional Affinity
Malcomson, Willie 95 RDE Content
Perry, Ike 96 RDE Content
Brody, Darrell 78 NT Content Affinity
Nomellini, Bucky 90 NT Content
Fenno, Zach 92 NT Content
Swift, Zack 93 SILB Content Mild Affinity
Coleman, Rico 54 SILB Content
O'Neal, Emmitt 98 WILB Content
Malchow, Gilbert 67 WILB Content
Houston, Toby 51 SLB Content Mild Affinity
Sudano, Vinny 94 WLB Content Exceptional Affinity
Barton, Leo 25 WLB Content Strong Affinity
Campbell, Lorenzo 91 WLB Content
Buchanan, Jonathan 24 LCB Content Secondary Leader
Gottschalk, Korey 34 LCB Content Exceptional Affinity
Martins, Johnnie 23 LCB Content Mild Affinity
Hartwell, Max 21 RCB Content Exceptional Affinity
Newhart, Leonard 29 RCB Content Mild Affinity
Inzinna, Seth 27 SS Content
Gomez, Trevor 30 SS Content
Nichols, Terrance 47 FS Content Affinity
Weaver, Dwight 41 FS Content
My guiding principle was basically that a player had to show me enough in training camp that he would be a major contributor, or else he would get cut without having an affinity. I selected my position leaders pretty carefully, finding two guys on offense named Devin and Darryl Rivera, both of whom are strong leadership types, and who have been “split up” to play WR and FB for this team, being leaders at both position groups. I love that – plus, they are themselves in the same affinity group, making it fairly easy for them to mesh with my three QBs who link up with them via chemistry.
My thinking is probably to use a couple of our running backs (namely Leland Bush and converted CB Daniel McDonald as “slot back” types – and to try to use their versatility in both RB and WR positions. We are not deep at true WR, I realize, so we will need everyone we can get in the mix. I am thinking that Jose Greene, with his +2 camp and creeper ratings profile, will start out with the #1 RB job, but I have Jack Fling in the mix as a solid fallback as well.
On defense, I am going with a 3-4 front – which has really never served me very well. I just don’t have a ton of talent along the DL on this team, and think if there ever was a team that suited a 3-4, it might be this one. We will pin LB Lorenzo Campbell into a full-time pass rushing job, and will try to use a nickel package frequently to get a slightly more talented lineup out there fairly often. My gameplan will be to send out 5 DBs fairly often, but not to play the aggressive pass formations (3-deep and 4-deep zones very much). Hopefully, we have just enough skill on defense to make this…umm…passable.