Limited-Reported Atlanta Falcons Dynasty

Ben E Lou · 10-31-2005, 08:18 PM

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.

Ben E Lou · 10-31-2005, 08:23 PM

Key players...

Ben E Lou · 11-01-2005, 03:45 AM

A few other guys worth noting...

RB Gabe Garner is in his 12^th season, his tenth with Atlanta. He's been the backfield leader and part of an effective 1-2 punch with Frierson. He's rushed for 7,415 yards and a 4.14 ypc average in his career. Twice, due to injuries to Frierson, he's rushed for 1000+ yards and 10+ TD's in a season. He's also the backfield leader and has a strong affinity with Frierson.

FL Mario Claybrooks is an 8^th-year veteran who plays WR3. Mario was an undrafted FA who stuck around the team through the lean cap years and earned playing time.

RDT Donovan Rawls is in his 6^th season, drafted 1(32) in 2011. He's developed into a real stud. He recorded 81 tackles, 16 assists, 6 sacks, 2 blocks and 12 hurries last year.

LDT Leo Herndon was also a 1^st round pick in 2011, going 1(5). His ratings are lower than those of Rawls, but he's put up more consistent numbers, particularly when it comes to pass rushing. HE's had a PRPCt in the 4.9-5.6 range in each of the last three seasons.

LG Troy Horton has good ratings, and was signed as a FA this year from Tennessee.

RT Allen Livanis was picked up as a FA after his second season, and has been pretty solid for us.

Everywhere else, assume we're starting someone with ratings of 45 or less, with the exception of some of the rookies draft this year getting the chance to start...

ROOKIES

As mentioned earlier, each of the past several years we've traded away most, if not all, of our draft picks. This (2016) is the first year since 2011 that we've kept a first rounder. As a result, we had a few picks stockpiled. Here's a look at this year's draftees:

FB Barry Compton—1(24)--49/77. Good all-around FB. Will start.

LDE Travis Walsh—1(5)--41/70. Should be good at run defense and pass rushing. Will start.

C Wesley Johnson—5(24)--14/58. Balanced skills. Will start.

SS Amos Fulcher—2(5)--22/56. Very fast (4.43) for a SS and has good skills. Will start.

LT T.J. Baker—2(32)--11/54. Better at run than pass blocking. Will start.

RCB Archie Stephens—3(24)--27/54. Pretty solid all-around. Nickle or dime back.

LCB Alfred Wilcox—1(32)--23/53. Good speed and agility. Nickle or dime back.

RG Grady Madera—3(9)--20/52. Strong run blocker. Maybe mediocre passing. Will start.

SLB Mel Fletcher—2(24)--27/49. Better at diagnosis/punishing than run/pass defense. Should start.

MLB Bruce Falkenberg—4(24)--19/43--Not very good skills, but could see the field some this year.

WLB Bo Shields—4(22)--20/42--Also could see the field due to no better options.

RB Casey Maxwell—6(24)--23/38--May get some playing time down the road. My two best backs are definitely old.

You can see by the mediocre-looking rookies penciled in to start that we've had some third-class citizens in the starting lineup the last few seasons.

Ben E Lou · 11-01-2005, 07:02 AM

2016 REPORT

Key Preseason Injuries

2^nd-round pick SS Amos Fulcher is going to miss the entire year with a degenerative hip condition.

New Starters This Season

FB Barry Compton
TE David Wilhide
LT Hugh Vaughn
C Wesley Johnston
RG Grady Madera
LDE Travis Walsh
SLB Mel Fletcher
MLB Bruce Falkenberg
WLB Bo Shields
SS Mitch Duffy

8 rookies starting overall, highlighted by an all-rookie linebacking corps.

Of course, we do have some veteran starts in other positions. This should be interesting.

Regular Season Recap

The season started with rookie RB Casey Maxwell taking the first game's opening kickoff back for a TD, and three Derek Kirk TD passes in the same quarter, and we never really looked back from there. We jumped out to a 9-0 start and finished 12-4. Kirk missed four games with an injury, and backup rookie Jamie Ingram played fairly decently during that stretch. Here are the details of the season...


2016 Regular Season (12-4)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	45	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	22	D.Kirk 16-22-197	D.Frierson 20-69	K.England 4-64	50,500
Week 2	29	at San Diego Chargers	27	D.Kirk 26-38-366	D.Kirk 6-46	K.England 9-213	48,200
Week 3	17	at Green Bay Packers	10	D.Kirk 20-37-290	D.Frierson 14-43	K.England 3-94	81,900
Week 4	33	Seattle Seahawks	21	D.Kirk 15-35-235	D.Frierson 13-67	G.Gardner 5-89	69,100
Week 5	Bye Week
Week 6	23	at Arizona Cardinals	10	D.Kirk 22-32-220	D.Frierson 14-48	T.Humble 5-60	44,100
Week 7	17	Carolina Panthers	13	D.Kirk 19-27-229	D.Frierson 20-107	T.Humble 7-115	70,000
Week 8	23	at San Francisco 49ers	20	D.Kirk 21-41-260	D.Frierson 16-96	M.Mabe 4-78	81,900
Week 9	26	St. Louis Rams	14	D.Kirk 15-28-189	D.Frierson 21-73	M.Claybrooks 1-44	70,700
Week 10	28	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	18	D.Kirk 20-28-284	D.Frierson 16-98	M.Claybrooks 6-105	71,700
Week 11	17	at New Orleans Saints	20	D.Kirk 24-32-243	G.Gardner 9-49	D.Aghajafari 2-47	73,800
Week 12	23	at Oakland Raiders	27	D.Kirk 22-25-283	G.Gardner 16-67	K.England 4-61	37,300
Week 13	0	Washington Redskins	28	J.Ingram 18-36-155	D.Frierson 12-55	M.Claybrooks 3-37	70,700
Week 14	17	Kansas City Chiefs	14	J.Ingram 21-31-211	G.Gardner 13-46	K.England 6-79	70,000
Week 15	22	New Orleans Saints	17	J.Ingram 17-32-207	G.Gardner 12-50	T.Humble 1-45	70,700
Week 16	45	Denver Broncos	3	J.Ingram 18-26-190	D.Frierson 16-98	T.Humble 2-45	71,700
Week 17	7	at Carolina Panthers	19	D.Kirk 14-24-219	G.Gardner 10-32	M.Mabe 3-83	80,300


	Passing		Att						Comp				Yards						Yd/Att					TD					Int
	Derek Kirk		369						234				3015						8.17					18					5
	Jamie Ingram		130						76				766						5.89					4					6
	Team		500						311				3788						7.57					22					11

	Rushing							Pos				Att					Yards					Yd/Att						TD
	Dominic Frierson							RB				243					948					3.90						5
	Gabe Gardner							RB				158					636					4.02						6
	Derek Kirk							QB				48					230					4.79						3
	Team							---				483					1918					3.97						16

	Receiving			Pos		Target					Catch					Yards				Yd/Ctch					YAC					TD
	Thomas Humble			FL		86					49					688				14.0					138					5
	Gabe Gardner			RB		63					48					411				8.5					239					4
	Mario Claybrooks			FL		86					47					659				14.0					121					5
	Kyle England			SE		75					41					715				17.4					228					2
	Barry Compton			FB		41					32					264				8.2					122					2
	Malcolm Mabe			FL		51					29					409				14.1					78					1
	David Wilhide			TE		41					25					239				9.5					42					1
	Dominic Frierson			RB		26					18					161				8.9					72					0
	Team			---		497					311					3788				12.1					1118					22

	Defense				Pos					Tackle				Assist				Sack			Hurr		Ints				Dfnsd
	Donovan Rawls				RDT					91				29				10.0			15		0				0
	Bruce Falkenberg				MLB					74				28				1.0			2		2				5
	Mel Fletcher				SLB					70				25				4.5			4		0				7
	Stan Chandler				LCB					64				26				0.0			0		6				22
	Alfred Wilcox				LCB					53				18				0.0			0		0				8
	Leo Herndon				RDT					51				15				10.5			15		0				0
	Burt Kletch				RDE					48				15				2.5			27		0				0
	Travis Walsh				LDE					45				16				8.0			8		0				0
	Rex Pillmeier				LCB					44				24				0.0			0		2				9
	Andy Wishon				LCB					40				14				0.0			0		0				2
	Archie Stephens				RCB					40				5				0.0			0		1				4
	Bo Shields				WLB					37				13				2.5			0		0				3
	Chad Brockermeyer				LCB					28				10				1.0			0		0				4
	Reuben Amos				FS					21				4				0.0			0		0				2
	Team				---					815				267				43.0			78		11				76


Atlanta		Team					Rank								Opponents											Team					Rank
Rushes		483					6								Rushes											411					7
Rushing Yards		1918					12								Rushing Yards											1655					7
Yards Per Carry		3.97					23								Yards Per Carry											4.02					11
Pass Attempts		500					29								Pass Attempts											538					15
Completions		311					18 (T)								Completions											298					6 (T)
Passing Yards		3788					7								Passing Yards											3290					7
Yards Per Attempt		7.57					3								Yards Per Attempt											6.11					4 (T)
3rd Down Conversions		40.6					22								3rd Down Conversions											38.9					7
Points Per Game		23.2					3								Points Per Game											17.6					6
Turnovers		16					5								Turnovers											22					21 (T)
Turnover Margin		+6					5								Turnover Margin											-6					28

Playoff Recap


2016 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Division	16	St. Louis Rams	7	D.Kirk 19-33-197	D.Frierson 17-73	K.England 5-82	71,700
Conf.	34	at Chicago Bears	7	D.Kirk 24-33-332	D.Frierson 16-49	D.Wilhide 6-79	57,500
Champ.	21	vs Jacksonville Jaguars	11	D.Kirk 17-32-221	D.Frierson 9-56	K.England 6-122	76,800

The influx of rookies helps us return to glory! It sure helped that we only had one major injury all year long (Injuries=200.) Kirk get his fourth Super Bowl MVP. DT Rawls and CB Chandler win first-team All Pro Awards, and SE England is the league's fastest man at age 32. A great year. Here's hoping that with the obvious decline of RB Frierson I can win another title or two before it is time to rebuild.

Ben E Lou · 11-04-2005, 02:23 AM

2017

Roster Shaping

More cap problems this year cause me to make some trades. I franchise-and-trade LCB Pillmeier, and trade 12^th-year FL Humble, who was in the last year of his contract. I also trade away RB Frierson (final year), which makes me sad, but he didn't produce last year. Finally, I deal away some current-year draft picks for players. Here are the new players acquire as a result of the trades of Pillmeier, Humble, and the draft picks:

TE Kris Gordon—(62/62): 4^th-year man who had 62 catches for Chicago last year, and KRBPct over 50.0. He'll start at a position where I had below average talent last year.

RCB Russell McDonald—(67/67): 5^th-year man who has steadily improved since being a 4(2) pick by the Rams. He had a 20.2 PDPct last year.

K Donnie Flowers--(68/68)--He's in his 6^th season, and has hit 77.7% of his FG's.

SS Preston Armijo--(58/67)--With SS Fulcher still recovering from degenerative hip condition from last year, it makes sense to get another one in, and this guy looks like a good one.

I also moved a number of picks in and out, including all of my picks from this year. These moves will allow me to keep 49 players on my roster this year, just a little more than enough to field a legal roster. I'll have 15 undrafted FA's among those. None, though, enter preseason penciled in to start.

No big changes in training camp.

Ugh, having traded away FL Humble, we suffer a big injury in preseason. FL Claybrooks, who was set to start, suffers ACL damage in the penultimate preseason game, and is listed as Out (14).

Surprisingly, at the beginning of the regular season, SS Fulcher loses no ratings points as he recovers from the hip condition.

REGULAR SEASON RECAP

KEYINJURIES: I lost RT Allen Livanis to a torn quad in Week 13. He was listed as Out (33) at the time of the injury. Ouch.

The most pleasant surprise of the regular season was the play of undrafted rookie FA running back Norman Pike. Pike wrestled the starting job from Gabe Gardner at around midseason, and never relinquished it. The numbers:


2017 Regular Season (12-4)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	20	at New Orleans Saints	13	D.Kirk 13-22-153	G.Gardner 18-93	K.England 5-73	66,700
Week 2	12	New York Jets	7	D.Kirk 17-25-205	G.Gardner 23-67	B.Compton 4-53	77,400
Week 3	25	at New York Giants	7	D.Kirk 15-28-168	G.Gardner 26-90	K.Gordon 6-59	91,900
Week 4	17	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	26	D.Kirk 16-31-247	G.Gardner 22-82	K.England 5-95	78,300
Week 5	12	at Carolina Panthers	9	D.Kirk 12-21-119	N.Pike 24-72	K.England 3-30	79,600
Week 6	27	Minnesota Vikings	17	D.Kirk 14-22-156	N.Pike 19-87	B.Compton 3-47	77,400
Week 7	17	at Green Bay Packers	13	D.Kirk 25-36-211	B.Compton 18-65	L.Schultz 4-71	82,600
Week 8	20	Detroit Lions	28	D.Kirk 15-26-249	N.Pike 10-65	K.England 8-167	77,400
Week 9	31	at Chicago Bears	17	D.Kirk 18-26-315	N.Pike 21-68	K.England 7-168	56,300
Week 10	24	New Orleans Saints	21	D.Kirk 31-41-336	G.Gardner 7-52	K.England 8-110	78,300
Week 11	Bye Week
Week 12	16	New England Patriots	0	D.Kirk 10-17-191	N.Pike 16-84	K.England 2-101	78,300
Week 13	27	St. Louis Rams	17	J.Ingram 22-40-242	N.Pike 15-46	B.Littleton 4-90	79,300
Week 14	14	at Miami Dolphins	31	D.Kirk 11-20-119	N.Pike 12-68	B.Littleton 4-53	88,700
Week 15	20	Carolina Panthers	17	D.Kirk 18-28-282	N.Pike 17-77	K.England 5-88	78,300
Week 16	30	at Buffalo Bills	24	D.Kirk 24-36-311	N.Pike 17-76	M.Claybrooks 6-131	74,000
Week 17	10	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20	D.Kirk 16-26-193	N.Pike 10-58	L.Schultz 2-67	54,400

The 12-4 season only got me the Wild Card. Tampa Bay won the division at 14-2.


	Passing		Att						Comp						Yards				Yd/Att					TD					Int
	Derek Kirk		405						255						3255				8.03					14					11
	Jamie Ingram		51						29						299				5.86					2					4
	Team		456						284						3554				7.79					16					15

	Rushing					Pos					Att					Yards						Yd/Att						TD
	Norman Pike					RB					214					922						4.30						7
	Gabe Gardner					RB					170					698						4.10						5
	Derek Kirk					QB					65					341						5.24						0
	Barry Compton					FB					61					242						3.96						4
	Team					---					534					2350						4.40						16

	Receiving			Pos			Target					Catch					Yards			Yd/Ctch					YAC						TD
	Kyle England			SE			96					58					990			17.0					193						2
	Barry Compton			FB			74					53					464			8.7					238						4
	Kris Gordon			TE			73					51					461			9.0					61						6
	Larry Schultz			SE			57					32					518			16.1					72						1
	Brad Littleton			FL			44					27					389			14.4					66						0
	Mario Claybrooks			FL			35					18					310			17.2					43						2
	Xavier Shirey			FL			32					16					160			10.0					15						0
	Team			---			455					284					3554			12.5					798						16

	Defense				Pos					Tackle			Assist					Sack			Hurr		Ints				Dfnsd
	Bruce Falkenberg				MLB					84			31					1.0			4		0				8
	Russell McDonald				RCB					79			19					0.0			0		4				18
	Mel Fletcher				SLB					77			35					4.0			2		4				7
	Preston Armijo				SS					71			20					0.0			0		0				7
	Stan Chandler				LCB					62			25					0.0			0		4				13
	Bo Shields				WLB					61			21					1.0			2		1				2
	Carl Caraba				FS					48			21					0.0			0		2				11
	Donovan Rawls				RDT					43			16					0.5			8		0				0
	Leo Herndon				RDT					39			18					5.5			6		0				1
	Travis Walsh				LDE					34			17					5.5			12		0				0
	Amos Fulcher				SS					29			10					0.0			0		5				2
	Ted Guthrie				LDT					29			10					2.5			1		0				0
	Alfred Wilcox				LCB					26			15					0.5			2		0				2
	Burt Kletch				RDE					23			7					6.0			11		0				0
	Russell Kapp				RDE					20			9					1.0			4		0				0
	Team				---					815			289					30.0			55		22				71


Atlanta		Team						Rank						Opponents												Team				Rank
Rushes		534						2						Rushes												454				20
Rushing Yards		2350						3						Rushing Yards												1878				15
Yards Per Carry		4.40						8						Yards Per Carry												4.13				12 (T)
Pass Attempts		456						31						Pass Attempts												499				7 (T)
Completions		284						28						Completions												276				1
Passing Yards		3554						15						Passing Yards												3111				1
Yards Per Attempt		7.79						5						Yards Per Attempt												6.23				6
3rd Down Conversions		47.7						7						3rd Down Conversions												43.4				21
Points Per Game		20.1						10						Points Per Game												16.6				6 (T)
Turnovers		19						8 (T)						Turnovers												25				16 (T)
Turnover Margin		+6						4 (T)						Turnover Margin												-6				26 (T)

PLAYOFF RECAP


2017 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
W. Card	27	at Detroit Lions	0	D.Kirk 20-27-214	N.Pike 21-81	M.Claybrooks 7-71	51,200
Division	21	at Washington Redskins	41	D.Kirk 16-31-176	D.Kirk 6-28	M.Claybrooks 4-59	67,700

We just didn't have enough firepower in the end to overcome 13-3 Washington. What's worse, though, is that SE England tore his patellar tendon in the playoffs. That could be very bad.

Ben E Lou · 11-04-2005, 03:03 AM

The chickens have finally come home to roost. After year after year of multiple cap-outs, I'm at the end of my rope financially. I will be forced to trade QB Derek Kirk in order to free up the cap room to field a legal team. I see no other way around it.

StanGunner · 11-04-2005, 12:48 PM

That's gonna hurt!

Ben E Lou · 01-28-2006, 11:14 AM

Back in the saddle. I traded away QB Derek Kirk for 2 1sts and a 2nd, and LCB Stan Chandler for 2 2nds. I only had two draft picks left this year (2018). I grabbed RB Adam Ballard (45/60) with 1(21), and QB Duane Sims (21/51) with the 2(28) pick. Also, SE Kyle England is Out (19) with a torn patellar tendon. This team looks pretty decimated. We signed a cheap FA QB in 6th-year man Ben Steller, who is 7-8 overall with an 81.8 lifetime passer rating in 471 attempts. He started 12 games for NY in '16, and had a decent season, finishing with an 85/8 passer ratings, 19 TD's and 11 INT's, and a 61.1 completion percentage. We won't throw deep much with him at the helm:

Ben E Lou · 01-28-2006, 02:51 PM

I'll do a post like this every 5 or 6 years, I think...

Player	Pos	Exp	Cur	Fut	Con	Comment
Steller, Ben	QB	6	40	42	1	Short passer. Strong aff. with OL, RB ldrs.
Sims, Duane	QB	1	25	52	4	Likes to run. Potential ratings show no glaring strengths or weaknesses.
Cano, Brant	QB	1	12	48	1	Unlikely to play much.
Maxwell, Casey	RB	3	24	37	2	Roster filler.
Pike, Norman	RB	2	30	38	1	922 yards and 4.30 ypc last year.
Holmes, Donny	RB	2	23	26	1	Roster filler.
Ballard, Adam	RB	1	46	59	5	Should be a good power back who can catch the football, too.
Compton, Barry	FB	3	77	77	2	A do-it-all FB. Should be a stud for years.
Rodriguez, Leslie	FB	1	17	38	2	Will only play if Compton is hurt.
Gordon, Kris	TE	5	65	65	4	Outstanding run blocker, good receiver but conflict with ldr K. England.
Schokora, Darrell	TE	2	19	43	1	Roster filler.
Claybrooks, Mario	FL	10	39	39	2	Has never been a full-time starter, and isn't all that good.
Littleton, Brad	FL	2	14	30	1	Roster filler.
Shirey, Xavier	FL	2	20	39	1	Good return man. Not much as a receiver
**England, Kyle	SE	12	77	77	1	Injured for 19 weeks.
Nielson, Johnnie	SE	1	12	49	1	Pretty decent potential for this undrafted FA, but he's got to start. Uh-oh.
Schultz, Larry	SE	2	19	40	1	WR3 this year.
Johnstone, Wesley	C	3	28	49	1	Has been a decent run blocker the last two seasons.
Johnson, Ernest	C	2	13	37	1	Cheap roster filler
Ellison, Tommie	C	1	11	35	2	Ditto
Horton, Troy	LG	8	60	60	4	41.4 BPCt last year and only 1 sack allowed. A stud.
Williams, Monty	LG	1	13	27	2	Roster filler.
Flannery, Adam	RG	3	24	36	1	OK backup last year.
Madera, Grady	RG	3	39	49	1	33.3 BPct and 2 sacks allowed last year. Mediocre
Randle, Brian	LT	2	21	41	1	Really struggled in 3 starts last season.
Galloway, Cris	LT	1	11	36	2	Roster filler.
Sanders, Ben	LT	1	20	49	2	Undrafted FA with decent potential starts at key slot.
**Livanis, Allen	RT	8	59	64	4	Out 7 weeks, so should start by Week 2 or 3.
Coleman, Fernando	P	14	65	70	2	43.3 yards per punt career.
Flowers, Donnie	K	7	66	66	1	77% FG kicker career
Walsh, Travis	LDE	3	59	69	3	Very solid guy here.
Starks, Zack	LDE	2	21	34	1	Roster filler.
Kletch, Burt	RDE	10	61	67	2	Been with us for entire career. 63.5 sacks, 140 hurries
Kapp, Russell	RDE	2	24	30	1	Started 8 games due to injuries last year. Unimpressive.
Guthrie, Ted	LDT	2	30	33	1	Decent backup
Rawls, Donovan	RDT	8	65	65	5	Was all-world in '16 with 91 tackles and 10 sacks. Injuries last year.
Herndon, Leo	RDT	8	55	55	5	Ironman has started 112 straight games for us
Falkenberg, Bruce	MLB	3	42	55	2	Not too impressive, but the best we've got for now.
Baumhackl, Ricardo	MLB	2	17	33	1	Could develop into decent backup.
Garrett, Nathan	MLB	2	18	35	1	Roster filler.
Fletcher, Mel	SLB	3	46	51	1	70+ tackles in each of his first two seasons.
Shields, Bo	WLB	3	39	51	2	Came on last year to record 61 tackles.
Arnold, Harvey	WLB	2	14	34	1	Roster filler.
Wishon, Andy	LCB	5	47	47	3	Horrid run defense, but solid nickel back.
Wilcox, Alfred	LCB	3	56	58	3	Decent guy, but not a lock-down corner by any means.
Corrigan, Jeffrey	LCB	1	14	36	2	Could be a decent nickel or dime guy eventually.
Stephens, Archie	RCB	3	46	57	2	Similar to Wilcox
Little, K.C.	RCB	1	16	34	2	Roster filler.
Armijo, Preston	SS	3	64	65	1	Very good in most categories, but horrid at play diagnosis.
Lofton, Jeffrey	FS	4	33	39	1	Solid backup
Fulcher, Amos	FS	3	29	57	3	Former backup SS steps into starting FS role.
DiCaprio, Aaron	FS	1	15	29	1	Roster filler.

Ben E Lou · 01-29-2006, 04:44 AM

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

Ben E Lou · 01-29-2006, 11:24 AM

2019

Roster Shaping

Given that there was no WR available in free agency rated better than 53, I decide that the time is not now to invest in a big-dollar FA QB who could get hurt before I can get him any serious receiving help.. Kyle England is the 2nd-best WR available via free agency, so I re-sign him, also re-sign QB Steller. I also trade away TE Kris Gordon, who has a conflict with England, for a draft choice. Here are the new FA's I sign in the main stage:

TE Kim Hutton (67/72), 3yrs/$16.8M-- He's a 9-year veteran who usually catches 50-70 passes per year and has been an all-pro once.

C Jeremy Allen (44/48), 2ys/$4M-- Not much available at this position, but this journeyman is an upgrade who has an affinity with...

RG Jeremy Dunn (57/57), 3yrs/$9.6M--Dunn has a lifetime 40.3 BPct, but appears to be somewhat injury-prone. He steps in as o-line leader, and creates several affinities besides the one wiht Allen.

LT Brenden Brady (54/57), 2yrs/$6.0M--7th-year man who was a four-year starter and one-time All-Pro in Minnesota, but lost his starting spot (appears due to injury). He's got solid ratings across the board.

FS Jessie Prieto (48/50), 5yrs/$24M--He's been a very solid performer for KC in his four years up to now.

FL Herb Battle (46/46), 2yrs/$3.13M--Not all that good, but has an affinity with Kyle England and appears to be good enough to start for us and give an upgrade at the position from last year. Battle's a fourth year man who spent the last three as the WR3/WR4 for Carolina, it would appear from his stats. He'll probably start and move Mario Claybrooks to WR3.

K Torrin Guthrie (39/48), 2yrs/$2.5M)--Signed to a no-bonus contract. Has hit 80% of his FG's in 3 seasons prior to now.

DRAFT

1(17): LT Jessie Kerley (19/67)--Will get moved to RT and will see playing time there this year.

1(31): FL Omar Hurm (23/59)--Will be WR3 or WR4 this year in all likelihood. Pretty solid possession receiver.

2(14): C Ernest Kramer (24/63)--Has the potential to be our starter in a couple of years.

2(31): LCB Joseph McElroy (26/53)--Agile corner who could be a starter one day. Nickel or dime guy for now.

3(2): QB Dan Stevens (21/49)--QB who likes to stretch the field. Looks like he should have at least decent ratings across the board. Knows 11 formations. I may sign a mentor to help bring him along.

3(23): TE Dan Hansen (23/72)--I only have one TE under contract, and Hansen looks like a good all-around TE for the future.

Key Preseason Injuries

None.

REGULAR SEASON RECAP

KEY INJURIES: SS Preston Armijo tore his rotator cuff in Week 4, and missed the balance of the season..

2019 Regular Season (8-8)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	11	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	27	B.Steller 10-20-128	A.Ballard 4-37	O.Hurm 3-76	79,000
Week 2	20	at Houston Texans	23	B.Steller 13-26-197	A.Ballard 18-91	K.England 3-101	64,600
Week 3	26	at New York Giants	20	B.Steller 21-31-218	A.Ballard 30-104	K.England 7-59	89,000
Week 4	21	Seattle Seahawks	6	B.Steller 15-22-117	A.Ballard 24-190	H.Battle 4-39	78,100
Week 5	Bye Week
Week 6	16	at Arizona Cardinals	21	B.Steller 19-30-192	A.Ballard 24-108	H.Battle 5-88	41,300
Week 7	14	Carolina Panthers	20	B.Steller 17-28-223	A.Ballard 16-69	H.Battle 5-94	79,000
Week 8	27	at San Francisco 49ers	45	B.Steller 10-21-217	A.Ballard 8-33	H.Battle 4-105	80,800
Week 9	12	St. Louis Rams	7	D.Sims 10-21-113	A.Ballard 20-94	K.England 3-34	77,300
Week 10	13	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23	D.Stevens 14-27-156	A.Ballard 14-52	L.Teel 2-53	55,700
Week 11	17	New Orleans Saints	7	B.Steller 15-27-194	B.Compton 8-49	H.Battle 1-63	78,100
Week 12	19	at Tennessee Titans	7	B.Steller 23-37-285	A.Ballard 22-64	H.Battle 4-56	41,200
Week 13	31	Chicago Bears	7	B.Steller 13-16-154	A.Ballard 24-150	H.Battle 2-44	79,000
Week 14	23	Jacksonville Jaguars	38	B.Steller 11-21-111	B.Compton 6-56	H.Battle 2-56	80,000
Week 15	7	at New Orleans Saints	24	B.Steller 21-31-174	B.Compton 5-26	H.Battle 5-50	66,800
Week 16	17	Indianapolis Colts	7	B.Steller 20-27-231	A.Ballard 38-125	H.Battle 6-94	79,000
Week 17	31	at Carolina Panthers	6	B.Steller 17-23-199	B.Compton 18-93	B.Compton 6-75	79,500

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
Ben Steller	360	225	2640	7.33	12	15
Duane Sims	44	21	337	7.65	1	2
Dan Stevens	42	23	301	7.16	1	3
Team	447	270	3278	7.33	14	20

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
Adam Ballard	RB	300	1279	4.26	11
Barry Compton	FB	102	488	4.78	4
Team	---	437	1895	4.33	18

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Herb Battle	FL	91	53	916	17.2	185	4
Barry Compton	FB	71	46	341	7.4	175	1
Adam Ballard	RB	55	33	222	6.7	88	1
Kyle England	SE	59	32	467	14.5	135	3
Omar Hurm	FL	53	30	415	13.8	54	1
Mario Claybrooks	FL	44	26	343	13.1	54	2
Kim Hutton	TE	31	23	248	10.7	77	1
Team	---	447	270	3278	12.1	806	14

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Jessie Prieto	FS	84	34	0.0	0	3	10
Bruce Falkenberg	MLB	84	24	2.0	2	1	4
Archie Stephens	RCB	73	21	0.0	0	3	13
Alfred Wilcox	LCB	66	17	0.0	0	1	6
Mel Fletcher	SLB	63	23	5.0	2	1	7
Donovan Rawls	RDT	61	27	3.5	8	0	0
Bo Shields	WLB	56	14	3.0	1	0	2
Leo Herndon	LDT	55	21	6.5	16	0	2
Stanley Tubbs	FS	48	16	0.0	0	1	3
Vernon Stephenson	WLB	41	9	0.0	1	0	1
Travis Walsh	LDE	35	8	5.5	19	0	0
Andy Wishon	LCB	31	8	1.0	0	1	8
Burt Kletch	RDE	28	16	9.5	23	0	0
Orlando Lechler	MLB	27	2	0.0	0	1	2
Maurice Buchanan	LDT	21	8	1.5	9	0	1
Preston Armijo	SS	19	9	0.0	0	0	2
Cory Burbank	LDT	16	8	2.5	1	0	0
Team	---	903	275	40.0	83	13	63

Atlanta	Team	Rank
Rushes	437	22 (T)
Rushing Yards	1895	12
Yards Per Carry	4.33	9 (T)
Pass Attempts	447	32
Completions	270	29 (T)
Passing Yards	3278	24
Yards Per Attempt	7.33	7
3rd Down Conversions	38.5	30
Points Per Game	19.0	16 (T)
Turnovers	26	24 (T)
Turnover Margin	-7	26 (T)

Opponents	Team	Rank
Rushes	508	28 (T)
Rushing Yards	1927	20
Yards Per Carry	3.79	4
Pass Attempts	531	23
Completions	308	16
Passing Yards	3579	24
Yards Per Attempt	6.74	13
3rd Down Conversions	45.5	22
Points Per Game	18.0	12
Turnovers	19	25
Turnover Margin	+7	5 (T)

With mediocre receivers, Steller's QB rating climbs up to near the league average. He's probably worth one more season as the starter if I can get a 65-to-75-rated receiver in the lineup.

PLAYOFF RECAP

None.

AWARDS

FB Barry Compton--1st Team All Pro

LT Grenden Brady--1st Team All Pro

RCB Archie Stephens--2nd Team All Pro

Ben E Lou · 01-29-2006, 03:41 PM

I accidentally deleted the first part of the 2020 report. We signed a good FA SE, and drafted one, too. Season started off great, but injuries really nailed us this year. We finish 7-8-1. QB Steller was doing great early on, with a QB rating in the low 90's, but tailed off as the personnel around him deterioriated. By the last game, we had 12 players "Out."

The details...

2020 Regular Season (7-8-1)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	27	Anaheim Saints	16	B.Steller 20-31-169	B.Compton 7-64	H.Battle 7-84	78,100
Week 2	27	San Diego Chargers	17	B.Steller 20-27-291	A.Ballard 25-82	H.Battle 6-136	79,000
Week 3	31	Dallas Cowboys	10	B.Steller 28-38-273	A.Ballard 22-78	A.Brewer 6-100	79,000
Week 4	12	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	B.Steller 15-25-150	A.Ballard 23-94	H.Battle 3-35	51,800
Week 5	28	Carolina Panthers	35	B.Steller 19-27-251	A.Ballard 12-84	K.Hutton 2-55	79,000
Week 6	14	Minnesota Vikings	12	B.Steller 16-27-172	A.Ballard 18-82	A.Brewer 2-54	79,000
Week 7	25	at Green Bay Packers	40	B.Steller 17-43-273	A.Ballard 14-65	H.Battle 7-114	82,500
Week 8	3	Detroit Lions	31	B.Steller 8-19-84	A.Ballard 12-75	A.Brewer 3-44	80,000
Week 9	7	at Chicago Bears	13	B.Steller 21-39-230	A.Ballard 20-49	K.Hutton 2-54	51,400
Week 10	17	at Anaheim Saints	38	B.Steller 17-29-207	B.Compton 3-15	H.Battle 6-95	25,500
Week 11	Bye Week
Week 12	22	Oakland Raiders	19	B.Steller 17-29-183	A.Ballard 20-80	H.Battle 4-72	80,000
Week 13	0	at Arizona Cardinals	16	B.Steller 15-24-129	A.Ballard 20-87	O.Hurm 3-33	39,900
Week 14	38	at Kansas City Chiefs	6	B.Steller 29-37-332	A.Ballard 15-77	A.Brewer 5-94	67,700
Week 15	14	at Carolina Panthers	24	B.Steller 25-40-276	A.Ballard 20-40	H.Battle 7-86	77,000
Week 16	20	at Denver Broncos	20	B.Steller 26-47-283	A.Ballard 17-85	H.Battle 9-130	65,300
Week 17	20	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	B.Steller 22-35-189	A.Ballard 18-71	H.Battle 6-69	80,000

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
Ben Steller	517	315	3492	6.75	18	16
Team	540	325	3663	6.78	18	17

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
Adam Ballard	RB	278	1099	3.95	8
Barry Compton	FB	90	391	4.34	1
Team	---	411	1598	3.88	12

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Herb Battle	FL	124	72	1010	14.0	143	4
Adam Ballard	RB	77	57	405	7.1	262	3
Antoine Brewer	SE	88	49	817	16.6	170	6
Kim Hutton	TE	69	37	421	11.3	82	1
Barry Compton	FB	46	34	199	5.8	89	2
Brandon Jorgenson	TE	36	26	140	5.3	65	0
Omar Hurm	FL	51	24	377	15.7	35	1
Bernard Lively	SE	35	20	234	11.7	28	0
Team	---	537	325	3663	11.2	874	18

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Preston Armijo	SS	78	24	0.0	0	1	7
Rex Gomez	MLB	64	23	0.0	2	1	7
Travis Walsh	LDE	61	20	8.0	14	0	0
Luther Banks	WLB	53	26	1.5	6	0	4
Alfred Wilcox	LCB	51	18	0.0	0	4	7
Eugene Horton	RCB	47	13	0.0	0	0	4
Earl Reese	SLB	45	9	2.0	2	0	5
Kyle White	MLB	42	10	2.0	0	0	4
Cory Burbank	LDT	41	16	3.5	4	0	0
Jessie Prieto	FS	37	13	0.0	0	2	3
Amos Fulcher	FS	36	20	0.0	0	0	5
Burt Kletch	RDE	31	13	5.0	10	0	0
Vernon Stephenson	WLB	28	6	0.0	2	0	3
Leo Herndon	LDT	27	15	3.0	6	0	0
Joseph McElroy	LCB	25	6	2.0	2	1	2
Chester Cherney	RDE	19	15	3.5	18	0	0
Shawn Gibson	RCB	17	9	0.0	0	1	6
Team	---	861	289	36.0	73	13	62

Atlanta	Team	Rank
Rushes	411	27
Rushing Yards	1598	26
Yards Per Carry	3.88	22
Pass Attempts	540	10
Completions	325	13
Passing Yards	3663	14
Yards Per Attempt	6.78	20
3rd Down Conversions	37.9	29
Points Per Game	19.0	23
Turnovers	24	19 (T)
Turnover Margin	-3	22 (T)

Opponents	Team	Rank
Rushes	460	18 (T)
Rushing Yards	1674	10
Yards Per Carry	3.63	5
Pass Attempts	546	25
Completions	334	24
Passing Yards	3545	11
Yards Per Attempt	6.49	7
3rd Down Conversions	47.0	24
Points Per Game	20.1	13 (T)
Turnovers	21	22 (T)
Turnover Margin	+3	10 (T)

Ben E Lou · 01-30-2006, 08:47 AM

2021...

Sims took over at QB, and things improved. Lots of injuries again (seemed abnormally high the last few years), and I realized that I'd left "Play Injured Players" at 65 from the last time I was in the playoffs.

Should be better going forward now. Duh. Looking forward to next season.

2021 Regular Season (8-8)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	7	at Carolina Panthers	24	B.Steller 21-37-168	A.Ballard 14-108	B.Compton 5-43	72,700
Week 2	23	at New York Jets	17	B.Steller 20-30-214	A.Ballard 27-113	K.Hutton 6-90	47,700
Week 3	17	at Seattle Seahawks	18	B.Steller 20-29-167	A.Ballard 19-82	B.Compton 4-39	72,600
Week 4	6	at Philadelphia Eagles	31	B.Steller 11-34-115	B.Compton 4-16	A.Brewer 3-30	55,200
Week 5	35	Washington Redskins	7	B.Steller 24-32-267	A.Ballard 16-70	O.Hurm 4-67	77,900
Week 6	7	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23	B.Steller 9-22-92	A.Ballard 24-59	B.Lively 1-23	60,700
Week 7	34	Carolina Panthers	0	D.Sims 16-28-226	A.Ballard 19-113	A.Brewer 4-95	77,200
Week 8	Bye Week
Week 9	13	at Dallas Cowboys	3	D.Sims 14-25-208	A.Ballard 19-64	O.Hurm 4-106	61,500
Week 10	27	New York Giants	14	D.Sims 19-30-206	A.Ballard 28-135	B.Lively 4-86	77,200
Week 11	13	Anaheim Saints	27	D.Sims 14-33-157	B.Compton 4-33	A.Brewer 3-74	79,800
Week 12	34	at New England Patriots	10	D.Sims 23-30-281	A.Ballard 31-86	O.Hurm 5-91	58,600
Week 13	14	Minnesota Vikings	21	D.Sims 21-38-228	A.Ballard 18-79	O.Hurm 3-60	78,800
Week 14	27	Miami Dolphins	7	D.Sims 17-22-190	A.Ballard 22-114	B.Lively 3-57	79,800
Week 15	20	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3	D.Sims 18-27-207	A.Ballard 23-83	B.Lively 4-70	79,800
Week 16	23	Buffalo Bills	30	D.Sims 18-33-243	A.Ballard 16-42	E.Burton 4-64	79,800
Week 17	17	at Anaheim Saints	19	D.Sims 14-25-124	A.Ballard 19-72	K.England 2-35	39,800

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
Duane Sims	304	178	2093	6.88	9	7
Ben Steller	186	107	1061	5.70	4	3
Team	490	285	3154	6.43	13	10

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
Adam Ballard	RB	321	1268	3.95	16
Barry Compton	FB	103	549	5.33	5
Duane Sims	QB	54	185	3.42	1
Team	---	498	2068	4.15	22

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Barry Compton	FB	79	54	407	7.5	192	4
Bernard Lively	SE	74	43	567	13.1	85	0
Antoine Brewer	SE	82	36	502	13.9	113	2
Adam Ballard	RB	51	36	285	7.9	83	2
Omar Hurm	FL	58	30	510	17.0	126	2
Kyle England	SE	55	28	311	11.1	35	2
Kim Hutton	TE	43	25	239	9.5	52	0
Team	---	488	285	3154	11.0	761	13

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Rex Gomez	MLB	85	27	1.0	2	0	13
Brenden Diaz	SLB	66	31	5.0	1	0	8
Luther Banks	WLB	63	22	0.0	4	0	3
Amos Fulcher	FS	61	28	0.0	0	3	6
Casey Haitsuka	SS	53	13	0.0	1	1	1
Jessie Prieto	SS	51	17	0.0	0	1	10
Eugene Horton	RCB	47	21	0.5	0	5	13
Leo Herndon	LDT	43	14	11.5	7	0	0
Andy Wishon	LCB	37	11	0.5	1	1	7
Vernon Stephenson	WLB	33	10	5.0	8	0	1
Travis Walsh	LDE	28	8	3.5	4	0	0
Harvey McDaniel	LCB	28	6	0.0	0	2	7
Mel Fletcher	SLB	27	8	1.0	1	0	0
Jesse Nastasi	MLB	23	8	0.0	0	0	2
Chester Cherney	RDE	22	7	9.5	10	0	1
Joseph McElroy	LCB	19	5	0.0	0	0	2
Team	---	814	267	47.0	52	13	76

Atlanta	Team	Rank
Rushes	498	4
Rushing Yards	2068	6
Yards Per Carry	4.15	11 (T)
Pass Attempts	490	27
Completions	285	31
Passing Yards	3154	29
Yards Per Attempt	6.43	25
3rd Down Conversions	41.3	21
Points Per Game	19.8	17
Turnovers	17	3 (T)
Turnover Margin	+1	11 (T)

Opponents	Team	Rank
Rushes	430	7
Rushing Yards	1567	2
Yards Per Carry	3.64	2
Pass Attempts	511	10
Completions	282	1
Passing Yards	3439	8
Yards Per Attempt	6.72	14
3rd Down Conversions	41.4	10 (T)
Points Per Game	15.8	1
Turnovers	18	28 (T)
Turnover Margin	-1	20 (T)

Ben E Lou · 01-30-2006, 09:06 AM

SE Kyle England retires at the beginning of 2022 after 15 years. He was a 1(31) pick in 2007 who earned five rings, and 3 league's fastest man awards.

Year	Team	GP	GS	Targ	Ctch	Yards	Avg	YAC	Lg	TD	Drop	PPly	TPct
2007	ATL	16	16	98	43	552	12.8	76	46	4	6	505	19.4
2008	ATL	16	15	122	53	734	13.8	190	80	5	11	557	21.9
2009	ATL	16	14	108	65	950	14.6	198	48	9	6	431	25.0
2010	ATL	16	16	94	62	916	14.7	226	40	5	2	391	24.0
2011	ATL	16	16	81	53	799	15.0	169	50	2	1	356	22.7
2012	ATL	14	12	56	31	441	14.2	98	29	2	4	251	22.3
2013	ATL	16	16	99	61	983	16.1	216	41	2	2	375	26.4
2014	ATL	16	13	97	56	932	16.6	207	42	5	5	367	26.4
2015	ATL	15	12	85	53	903	17.0	226	93	10	3	269	31.5
2016	ATL	13	12	75	41	715	17.4	228	74	2	3	304	24.6
2017	ATL	14	13	96	58	990	17.0	193	60	2	5	355	27.0
2018	ATL	3	3	25	14	141	10.0	11	26	0	1	104	24.0
2019	ATL	15	11	59	32	467	14.5	135	80	3	4	249	23.6
2020	ATL	14	0	8	4	50	12.5	0	16	0	2	58	13.7
2021	ATL	16	2	55	28	311	11.1	35	27	2	3	266	20.6
Career	---	216	171	1158	654	9884	15.1	2208	93	53	58	4838	23.9

10-31-2005, 08:23 PM	#2
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Key players... __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

11-01-2005, 03:45 AM	#3
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	A few other guys worth noting... RB Gabe Garner is in his 12^th season, his tenth with Atlanta. He's been the backfield leader and part of an effective 1-2 punch with Frierson. He's rushed for 7,415 yards and a 4.14 ypc average in his career. Twice, due to injuries to Frierson, he's rushed for 1000+ yards and 10+ TD's in a season. He's also the backfield leader and has a strong affinity with Frierson. FL Mario Claybrooks is an 8^th-year veteran who plays WR3. Mario was an undrafted FA who stuck around the team through the lean cap years and earned playing time. RDT Donovan Rawls is in his 6^th season, drafted 1(32) in 2011. He's developed into a real stud. He recorded 81 tackles, 16 assists, 6 sacks, 2 blocks and 12 hurries last year. LDT Leo Herndon was also a 1^st round pick in 2011, going 1(5). His ratings are lower than those of Rawls, but he's put up more consistent numbers, particularly when it comes to pass rushing. HE's had a PRPCt in the 4.9-5.6 range in each of the last three seasons. LG Troy Horton has good ratings, and was signed as a FA this year from Tennessee. RT Allen Livanis was picked up as a FA after his second season, and has been pretty solid for us. Everywhere else, assume we're starting someone with ratings of 45 or less, with the exception of some of the rookies draft this year getting the chance to start... ROOKIES As mentioned earlier, each of the past several years we've traded away most, if not all, of our draft picks. This (2016) is the first year since 2011 that we've kept a first rounder. As a result, we had a few picks stockpiled. Here's a look at this year's draftees: FB Barry Compton—1(24)--49/77. Good all-around FB. Will start. LDE Travis Walsh—1(5)--41/70. Should be good at run defense and pass rushing. Will start. C Wesley Johnson—5(24)--14/58. Balanced skills. Will start. SS Amos Fulcher—2(5)--22/56. Very fast (4.43) for a SS and has good skills. Will start. LT T.J. Baker—2(32)--11/54. Better at run than pass blocking. Will start. RCB Archie Stephens—3(24)--27/54. Pretty solid all-around. Nickle or dime back. LCB Alfred Wilcox—1(32)--23/53. Good speed and agility. Nickle or dime back. RG Grady Madera—3(9)--20/52. Strong run blocker. Maybe mediocre passing. Will start. SLB Mel Fletcher—2(24)--27/49. Better at diagnosis/punishing than run/pass defense. Should start. MLB Bruce Falkenberg—4(24)--19/43--Not very good skills, but could see the field some this year. WLB Bo Shields—4(22)--20/42--Also could see the field due to no better options. RB Casey Maxwell—6(24)--23/38--May get some playing time down the road. My two best backs are definitely old. You can see by the mediocre-looking rookies penciled in to start that we've had some third-class citizens in the starting lineup the last few seasons. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

11-04-2005, 03:03 AM	#6
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	The chickens have finally come home to roost. After year after year of multiple cap-outs, I'm at the end of my rope financially. I will be forced to trade QB Derek Kirk in order to free up the cap room to field a legal team. I see no other way around it. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

01-28-2006, 11:14 AM	#8
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Back in the saddle. I traded away QB Derek Kirk for 2 1sts and a 2nd, and LCB Stan Chandler for 2 2nds. I only had two draft picks left this year (2018). I grabbed RB Adam Ballard (45/60) with 1(21), and QB Duane Sims (21/51) with the 2(28) pick. Also, SE Kyle England is Out (19) with a torn patellar tendon. This team looks pretty decimated. We signed a cheap FA QB in 6th-year man Ben Steller, who is 7-8 overall with an 81.8 lifetime passer rating in 471 attempts. He started 12 games for NY in '16, and had a decent season, finishing with an 85/8 passer ratings, 19 TD's and 11 INT's, and a 61.1 completion percentage. We won't throw deep much with him at the helm: __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

11-04-2005, 12:48 PM	#7
StanGunner Mascot Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Rural Western NY	That's gonna hurt!

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