No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge [FOF SP]

triplykely · 05-30-2020, 03:24 AM

No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge
Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team
Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default

2020 - Year 1
Draft
Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1

Protecting the blindside of either Biegen or Weed with LT Russell Grolsko seemed like the smart choice with the #1 overall pick. I think he was the best player in the draft, regardless, at least initially he looks like a great pick. Catching WR Andres Devine with my 2nd round pick felt like a steal as he looked to be the best WR in the draft. The trio of picks from 3rd through 5th were all 'best player available' according to my board, while QB Justics Biegen and Nathan Weed appeared the best QBs left in the 6th and 7th. Only a 'C-' grade, probably dragged down because of the QBs.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.1	Grolsko, Russell        860 LT          1    39   84
2.1	Devine, Andres          582 SE          1    35   78
3.1	Shea, Derek             1293RDT         1    37   72
4.1	DeWoody, Neal           1278RDT         1    43   66
5.1	Leinaweaver, Terrance   1621SS          1    31   59
6.1	Biegen, Justics         114 QB          1    6    31
7.1	Weed, Nathan            108 QB          1    15   30

Not great to see LT Grolsko get a lower rating after preseason but WR Devine, DT Shea, and all 3 QBs went up (albeit slightly). Still not quite sure about the 'C-' grade, I think this is a pretty nice class with 3 players who should peak in the mid-70s or better. Next season something similar with a stud OL and WR/TE with some defensive players would be nice. And obviously a 6th round or later QB with crazy potential.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.1	Grolsko, Russell        860 LT          1    48   80
2.1	Devine, Andres          582 SE          1    40   84
3.1	Shea, Derek             1293RDT         1    46   74
4.1	DeWoody, Neal           1278RDT         1    53   63
5.1	Leinaweaver, Terrance   1621SS          1    31   59
6.1	Biegen, Justics         114 QB          1    9    33
7.1	Weed, Nathan            108 QB          1    17   30

QB Room
When clicking on the ratings, Gustavo Kidd shows a 51 potential, Biegen a 48, and Weed a 43. Both Kidd and Biegen are pretty high in scrambling and fairly fast while Weed is more of a pocket passer. Given that the idea is to only pass, a scrambling QB makes the most sense as an option for when nobody is open. Although a good LT and WR are key to a successful pass only offense, having no other support - and pretty poor raw skills - means this season is all but assured to finish winless. Given the slightly higher potential, and being better in accuracy and timing, UDFA Gustavo Kidd will get the Week 1 start and first crack at the NRiTBECC. Unless something surprising happens, I'll probably given each QB 4 starts and see who does best for the final 4 games of the season.

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Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut  Cntrct OnTeam  
Biegen, Justics         114 QB    QB    1    9    33   4 yrs. 2020    
Kidd, Gustavo           111 QB          1    8    31   1 yr.  2020    
Weed, Nathan            108 QB          1    17   30   4 yrs. 2020

Season - 1-15, last in AFC East
Ended up splitting snaps almost evenly between the 3 QBs to see if either of them stood out. Unfortunately, they all had pretty similar seasons, although Weed might have had the best. He led the QBs in YPC while having the fewest TOs and the highest QB rating, while winning the teams only game of the season. All of the QBs threw for less than 6 YPA and ran for less than 4 YPC while committing more TOs than TDs. Although they only have one draft class of talent around them, I think its safe to say none of these QBs is the answer to the NRiTBECC.

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Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
8 N. Weed               QB    240   139   1291  5.38  3     6     66.5    
11 G. Kidd              QB    239   132   1381  5.78  4     9     62.0    
14 J. Biegen            QB    225   127   1245  5.53  1     7     60.7    
**Team                  ---   704   398   3917  5.56  8     22    63.1    
$$Opp                   ---   527   344   3403  6.46  21    10    88.7    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
11 G. Kidd              QB    65    151   2.32  0     7       
14 J. Biegen            QB    49    186   3.80  0     5       
8 N. Weed               QB    47    181   3.85  1     3       
**Team                  ---   161   518   3.22  1     21      
$$Opp                   ---   573   3010  5.25  22    10

Individual Stats

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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
82 A. Devine            WR    161   88    955   10.85 5.93  8     3       
20 G. Rasmussen         RB    97    63    610   9.68  6.29  6     0       
81 B. Wells             TE    100   50    578   11.56 5.78  8     2       
80 B. Carter            TE    75    41    310   7.56  4.13  4     1       
85 L. Rutherford        WR    67    41    483   11.78 7.21  5     1       
10 J. Berry             WR    60    31    244   7.87  4.07  1     0       
12 M. Figley            WR    42    22    181   8.23  4.31  3     1       
31 K. Caldwell          RB    32    21    140   6.67  4.38  0     0       
37 J. Finley            RB    27    17    169   9.94  6.26  2     0       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
94 R. Horvath           ILB   118   32    2.0   6     1     9     72.0    
21 T. Leinaweaver       S     104   42    0.0   0     1     5     76.8    
43 R. Drake             CB    96    25    0.0   1     2     6     75.7    
92 K. Elias             OLB   90    28    1.0   3     0     5     74.0    
78 N. DeWoody           DT    68    38    3.5   8     1     0     81.2    
93 D. Shea              DT    63    25    3.5   9     0     1     80.9    
97 C. Jordan            DE    46    18    6.0   14    0     1     81.2    
39 J. Kemp              CB    42    7     0.0   0     1     5     77.7    
22 O. Counts            S     40    17    0.0   0     0     0     75.5    
53 Z. Coder             OLB   39    12    1.0   0     0     4     70.3    
36 R. Prior             CB    38    8     0.5   0     0     6     77.2    
55 S. Hanson            OLB   33    11    0.0   0     0     3     74.1    
96 E. Doyle             DE    28    7     1.5   10    0     0     80.0    
98 C. Cox               ILB   21    12    0.0   0     0     4     79.0    
41 A. Alcott            CB    18    7     0.0   0     3     2     84.8    
29 C. Prior             CB    18    8     0.0   0     1     2     82.8

Team Stats

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New England Patriots    Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         10.1      32          
Rushing Yards           32.4      32          
Yards Per Carry         3.22      31          
Pass Attempts           44.0      1           
Completions             24.9      1           
Completion Pct.         56.5      30 (T)      
Passing Yards           244.8     15          
Yards Per Attempt       5.56      31          
Yards Per Catch         9.84      31          
Total Yardage Gained    250.1     32          
3rd Down Conversions    25.2      31          
Points Per Game         9.1       32          
Pass Rush Pct.          17.3      29          
Pass Defense Pct.       39.7      30          
Turnovers               31        28 (T)      
Turnover Margin         -17       31 (T)      
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         35.8      32          
Rushing Yards           188.1     32          
Yards Per Carry         5.25      29          
Pass Attempts           32.9      7           
Completions             21.5      12          
Completion Pct.         65.3      29 (T)      
Passing Yards           212.7     2           
Yards Per Attempt       6.46      7 (T)       
Yards Per Catch         9.89      2           
Total Yardage Gained    393.9     32          
3rd Down Conversions    42.5      32          
Points Per Game         28.6      32          
Pass Rush Pct.          22.2      29          
Pass Defense Pct.       61.3      31          
Turnovers               14        32

triplykely · 05-30-2020, 01:32 PM

No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge
Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team
Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default

2021 - Year 2
Draft
Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1

Great looking first two picks with C Jerald Simmons and DT Jim Norton both scouted over 90. Another pass rusher in DE Brody Lamb with some more help at LB in Donte Thiel and Josue Hopkins. Both QB prospects this year look better initially than last years. While Collier is a scrambling QB like I want, Carrington might be the better overall player. We'll see what happens after camp and preseason but most likely one of these two will get the Week 1 start.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.1	Simmons, Jerald         650 C           1    39   91
2.1	Norton, Jim             1295LDT         1    58   94
3.1	Land, Brody             1190RDE         1    27   74
4.1	Thiel, Donte            1391MLB         1    19   50
5.1	Hopkins, Josue          1457WLB         1    21   58
6.1	Carrington, Jason       105 QB          1    15   51
7.1	Collier, Dalton         117 QB          1    15   41

Although not much, and still highly scouted, disappointing to see Simmons, Norton, and Land go down. With both QBs and OLB Hopkins also going down, only MLB Donte Thiel went up in scouted rating after training camp and preseason. Still a good class, unintentionally building through the trenches, with the OL and DL both coming along nicely at this stage in the teams development.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.1	Simmons, Jerald         650 C           1    46   90
2.1	Norton, Jim             1295LDT         1    63   91
3.1	Land, Brody             1190RDE         1    32   72
4.1	Thiel, Donte            1391MLB         1    25   56
5.1	Hopkins, Josue          1457WLB         1    24   41
6.1	Carrington, Jason       105 QB          1    19   45
7.1	Collier, Dalton         117 QB          1    18   40

QB Room
Ultimately I think all of these QBs ends up about the same, just different strengths and weakness. None of them is ideal for a pass only offense but since he has the highest ceiling, despite being on a downward trajectory, I'm going to roll with Jason Carrington all season. Its going to be tough to find the perfect QB available in the 6th so I need to work with what I have and build some cohesion. For better or for worse, this is Jason Carrington's team; at least this season

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Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut  Cntrct OnTeam  
Carrington, Jason       105 QB    QB    1    19   45   4 yrs. 2021    
Collier, Dalton         117 QB          1    18   40   4 yrs. 2021    
Biegen, Justics         114 QB          2    13   33   3 yrs. 2020    
Weed, Nathan            108 QB          2    20   30   3 yrs. 2020

Season - 3-13, last in AFC East
Moving in the right direction with 3 wins to 1 win last season things are looking up. Carrington didn't have a better year than any of the 3 QBs last season would have had but WR Andres Devine is furthered improved along with the OL. Another class of draft picks should hopefully tip the needle towards slightly competitive. Its tricky with an all passing gameplan but in the testing I did before starting this I know you can win and put up nice numbers. My stadium measure passed so hopefully I can start turning a profit in a few seasons and get a better staff to help find the 6th/7th round QB who will make this all work.

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Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
5 J. Carrington         QB    819   467   4508  5.50  16    24    66.8    
**Team                  ---   839   474   4591  5.47  17    25    66.3    
$$Opp                   ---   510   328   3354  6.58  23    16    85.0    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
5 J. Carrington         QB    149   392   2.63  5     7       
**Team                  ---   151   409   2.71  5     27      
$$Opp                   ---   521   2190  4.20  13    14

Individual Stats

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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
82 A. Devine            WR    310   155   2048  13.21 6.61  16    7       
81 B. Wells             TE    136   78    612   7.85  4.50  7     2       
15 A. Hoffman           WR    105   61    543   8.90  5.17  3     4       
87 H. Erofeev           TE    87    59    423   7.17  4.86  6     2       
37 J. Finley            RB    92    58    421   7.26  4.58  4     1       
20 G. Rasmussen         RB    55    32    272   8.50  4.95  1     1       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
53 Z. Coder             OLB   125   34    3.0   1     1     9     75.7    
21 T. Leinaweaver       S     123   36    1.0   1     1     10    78.0    
43 R. Drake             CB    97    32    0.0   2     2     8     77.3    
52 R. Praw              ILB   86    27    1.0   0     2     10    75.1    
93 D. Shea              DT    63    25    4.5   12    0     0     81.2    
95 J. Norton            DT    53    30    1.5   3     1     0     81.5    
29 C. Prior             CB    49    19    0.0   0     6     4     80.8    
78 N. DeWoody           DE    47    18    12.0  18    0     0     81.6    
96 E. Doyle             DE    31    17    5.5   16    0     1     80.5    
36 R. Prior             CB    31    7     0.0   0     0     6     76.9    
34 D. Middleton         S     28    7     0.0   0     0     2     74.0    
57 J. Hopkins           OLB   26    6     0.0   1     2     0     76.0    
91 D. Thiel             ILB   20    5     1.0   1     1     2     78.8    
26 N. Malone            S     19    15    0.0   0     0     3     79.8

Team Stats

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New England Patriots    Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         9.4       32          
Rushing Yards           25.6      32          
Yards Per Carry         2.71      32          
Pass Attempts           52.4      1           
Completions             29.6      1           
Completion Pct.         56.5      32          
Passing Yards           286.9     1           
Yards Per Attempt       5.47      32          
Yards Per Catch         9.69      30          
Total Yardage Gained    285.8     30          
3rd Down Conversions    27.9      30          
Points Per Game         14.9      32          
Pass Rush Pct.          21.1      10          
Pass Defense Pct.       48.9      13 (T)      
Turnovers               36        30 (T)      
Turnover Margin         -12       29          
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         32.6      32          
Rushing Yards           136.9     31          
Yards Per Carry         4.20      17          
Pass Attempts           31.9      1           
Completions             20.5      3           
Completion Pct.         64.3      30          
Passing Yards           209.6     1           
Yards Per Attempt       6.58      14          
Yards Per Catch         10.23     8           
Total Yardage Gained    334.9     14          
3rd Down Conversions    36.0      21          
Points Per Game         27.2      30          
Pass Rush Pct.          23.2      30          
Pass Defense Pct.       60.9      30          
Turnovers               24        10 (T)

triplykely · 05-30-2020, 03:19 PM

No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge
Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team
Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default

2022 - Year 3
Trades
With the Chargers offering me a 4th and an average CB for last years starting QB Jason Carrington it makes me think my scouts may be off on him. Regardless, he isn't a scrambler, and its only year 3 of the NRiTBECC. Done deal.

Draft
Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1

Compared to the first 2 drafts this is my worst yet. Obviously most/all of these players will see snaps but I'm not overly excited about any of them. It was tough with the 1st pick, Newhart and another guy looked close as the best players in the draft aside from a stud QB who I obviously had to pass on. Albertson will do ok at G and Thompson should be a solid MLB. Even though he isn't rated well, Wooden may be the guy moving forward. He has high scrambling, a pretty good 40 yard dash with solid accuracy and timing. I think its time to just pick a QB an run with them until I luck into a 6th/7th round sleeper.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.1	Newhart, Emmitt         1538LCB         1    41   75
2.2	Albertson, Myles        774 RG          1    25   66
3.1	Thompson, Luis          1355MLB         1    33   70
4.2	Meteer, Neal            1532RCB         1    29   53
4.13	Sawyer, Wendell         1156LDE         1    35   65
5.1	Mitchell, Bill          1646SS          1    26   58
6.2	Wooden, Jeffrey         102 QB          1    11   35
7.1	Lujan, Marquis          651 C           1    28   56

Well, that didn't go well. After camp and preseason its official, this is the worst draft yet for the NRiTBECC. About the only bright spot was QB Jeffrey Wooden seeing a bump in scouted ratings, which is good considering I had all but decided he was the starter. Big shame about all of the other picks, especially the #1 overall.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.1	Newhart, Emmitt         1538LCB         1    42   65
2.2	Albertson, Myles        774 RG          1    31   64
3.1	Thompson, Luis          1355MLB         1    38   59
4.2	Meteer, Neal            1532RCB         1    33   55
4.13	Sawyer, Wendell         1156LDE         1    38   60
5.1	Mitchell, Bill          1646SS          1    30   48
6.2	Wooden, Jeffrey         102 QB          1    18   44
7.1	Lujan, Marquis          651 C           1    32   51

Trade
After the draft the Texans offered a 6th round pick for Justics Biegen. With 4 QBs on the roster, all of them looking equally terrible, I took the trade figuring next season I will have had 4 draft classes - roughly half the team - and should be competitive. And oddly, after trading for QB Carrington before the draft, the Chargers offered a 4th and bad CB for Collier. Because I'm going to ride with rookie Jeffrey Wooden, and can't initiate trades, this is a done deal.

QB Room
With Wooden the defacto starter due to Biegen, Collier, and Carrington getting traded away its a good thing his ratings saw a preseason bump. I haven't done a good job getting receiving options so he really just has WR Andres Devine. That has to be an area of focus for next years draft - WR and TE.

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Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut  Cntrct OnTeam  
Wooden, Jeffrey         108 QB    QB    1    20   44   4 yrs. 2022        
Weed, Nathan            108 QB          3    23   30   2 yrs. 2020
Erickson, Santiago	111 QB	        1    5    33   1 yrs. 2022

Season - 6-10, 2nd in AFC East
The AFC East was horrific so 6-10 came in 2nd this year. Still a long ways to go in building a team that can win Super Bowls with only pass plays from a 6th round QB, but with twice as many wins as last year the team is moving in the right direction. With nearly 4 YPC and 6 YPA, and almost a 1 to 1 TD to INT ratio, QB Jeffrey Wooden had a solid rookie season. Overall the team moved from 30th in yards and 32nd in scoring last year to 23rd in yards and 26th in scoring this year. With Wooden fairly quick and a good scrambler, the rushing game (if you can call it that) saw the biggest jump in efficiency with over 1 YPC more than last year. While YPA was improved it wasn't as significant of a jump, but increasing yards/play is key to making this whole thing work.

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Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
2 J. Wooden             QB    715   429   4212  5.89  18    21    72.8    
8 N. Weed               QB    60    33    343   5.72  0     1     64.8    
**Team                  ---   775   462   4555  5.88  18    22    72.1    
$$Opp                   ---   567   357   3588  6.33  25    13    86.0    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
2 J. Wooden             QB    219   857   3.91  5     11      
**Team                  ---   224   880   3.93  5     18      
$$Opp                   ---   456   1875  4.11  18    17

Individual Stats

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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
82 A. Devine            WR    304   173   1978  11.43 6.51  13    11      
81 B. Wells             TE    120   66    651   9.86  5.43  7     2       
10 K. Lowe              WR    102   60    522   8.70  5.12  8     2       
37 J. Finley            RB    64    46    359   7.80  5.61  2     0       
20 G. Rasmussen         RB    45    33    213   6.45  4.73  0     1       
15 A. Hoffman           WR    50    32    339   10.59 6.78  0     0       
87 H. Erofeev           TE    48    26    284   10.92 5.92  4     0       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
53 Z. Coder             OLB   108   33    0.5   0     0     9     74.0    
21 T. Leinaweaver       S     106   27    1.0   0     0     18    80.8    
52 R. Praw              ILB   101   31    2.5   0     4     6     75.9    
36 R. Prior             CB    63    15    0.0   0     4     7     79.2    
95 J. Norton            DT    54    27    3.5   11    1     0     81.8    
43 R. Drake             CB    53    16    0.5   0     2     7     78.5    
38 E. Newhart           CB    53    14    0.0   0     1     7     76.1    
93 D. Shea              DT    50    23    7.5   9     0     0     81.8    
78 N. DeWoody           DE    41    19    6.0   16    0     2     82.2    
46 B. Mitchell          S     41    9     0.0   0     1     2     75.6    
57 J. Hopkins           OLB   35    15    0.5   0     0     2     72.5    
96 E. Doyle             DE    23    6     6.5   14    0     2     82.6    
34 D. Middleton         S     16    8     0.0   0     0     1     77.3

Team Stats

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New England Patriots    Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         14.0      32          
Rushing Yards           55.0      32          
Yards Per Carry         3.93      24          
Pass Attempts           48.4      1           
Completions             28.9      1           
Completion Pct.         59.6      25          
Passing Yards           284.7     1           
Yards Per Attempt       5.88      31          
Yards Per Catch         9.86      28          
Total Yardage Gained    322.6     23          
3rd Down Conversions    34.8      18          
Points Per Game         18.3      26          
Pass Rush Pct.          17.7      27          
Pass Defense Pct.       51.6      13 (T)      
Turnovers               36        32          
Turnover Margin         -17       32          
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         28.5      27          
Rushing Yards           117.2     15          
Yards Per Carry         4.11      11          
Pass Attempts           35.4      14          
Completions             22.3      17 (T)      
Completion Pct.         63.0      20 (T)      
Passing Yards           224.3     7           
Yards Per Attempt       6.33      6           
Yards Per Catch         10.05     4           
Total Yardage Gained    328.5     12          
3rd Down Conversions    33.9      9           
Points Per Game         26.4      30 (T)      
Pass Rush Pct.          18.1      9           
Pass Defense Pct.       55.0      25          
Turnovers               19        20 (T)

triplykely · 05-30-2020, 05:14 PM

No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge
Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team
Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default

2023 - Year 4
Trades
The benefit of stocking up on quality front seven players is beginning to pay off as the Raiders offered the 3.2 pick and a 52/64 MLB entering his 3rd season for former 4.1 pick DE Neal DeWoody. Since DeWoody isn't my best DE, and I have a solid rotation with strong DTs I pulled the trigger. Hopefully I can utilize that pick to help get QB Jeffrey Wooden some weapons in this years draft.

Draft
Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1

Definitely forced the issue of trying to get some weapons on offense aside from 4th year WR Andres Devine. We'll see how camp and preseason playout for FB Berry and WRs Keith and Dennis, fingers crossed on a bump. All of them were interviewed as underrated but my staff still isn't great. The stadium is finished so expenses will be much less this season, ideally its a profitable year that leads to a better staff. Stone Wade with the 1st round pick was 'best player available' as the DL is in good shape already. Finally decided to address K and P, and added more depth at LB and CB. Graham Schwantes is intriguing, he had the highest agility and player specific drills as well as what my scouts saw as max sense rush plus was underrated. In theory he should be great at screens and short passes with high accuracy and timing while being great at avoiding sacks. I just thought he'd show better than the 11/37 he shows now.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.7	Stone, Wade             1177LDE         1    53   80
2.8	Keith, Alan             513 SE          1    39   57
3.2	Berry, J.C.             333 FB          1    24   60
3.7	Dennis, Bernard         586 SE          1    40   54
4.8	Walton, Roy             1528LCB         1    21   55
4.26	Everett, Aidan          1498WLB         1    27   59
5.7	Jennings, Moe           754 LG          1    16   52
6.8	White, Jeff             919 P           1    55   73
6.22	Emmons, Antonio         1017K           1    40   69
7.7	Schwantes, Graham       107 QB          1    11   37

Maybe not the sexiest draft, but with 5 of 10 picks receiving a higher scouted grade after preseason I'll take it. Outside of WR Dennis Bernard the forced addition of a FB and WR don't look like they'll pay off too much. I should have K locked down for a decade plus and another nice pass rusher for the DL rotation. It was nice to see QB Graham Schwantes take a jump as well, if he didn't I'd swear I have no idea what I'm doing in the draft.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.7	Stone, Wade             1177LDE         1    60   78
2.8	Keith, Alan             513 SE          1    42   54
3.2	Berry, J.C.             333 FB          1    29   56
3.7	Dennis, Bernard         586 SE          1    44   60
4.8	Walton, Roy             1528LCB         1    25   60
4.26	Everett, Aidan          1498WLB         1    32   54
5.7	Jennings, Moe           754 LG          1    21   54
6.8	White, Jeff             919 P           1    57   69
6.22	Emmons, Antonio         1017K           1    50   78
7.7	Schwantes, Graham       107 QB          1    15   45

Trades
A nice surprise offer from Seattle trading a 3rd round pick for my backup C and last years 7th round pick, Marquis Lujan. In addition, 4th year OLB and former UDFA Zack Coder got shipped to the Giants after they offered a 4th round pick.

QB Room
Tough decision but I declined an offer for a 4th round pick in exchange for Jeffrey Wooden. Both him and Schwantes have interesting bars so I'm not sure who will run the offense best. Wooden is the faster and better dual threat, but Schwantes looks to be a better passer. Since Wooden started last year, he is going to get the starting gig to begin this season. I'll have the QB sub setting at 9 to put Schwantes in when Wooden struggles and see how the production compares after a few games. The team isn't last in the Power Ratings for the first time, ranked 25th, so it could be an interesting year.

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Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut  Cntrct OnTeam  
Wooden, Jeffrey         102 QB    QB    2    24   45   3 yrs. 2022    
Schwantes, Graham       107 QB          1    15   45   4 yrs. 2023    
Weed, Nathan            108 QB          4    25   28   1 yr.  2020

Season - 8-8, 2nd in AFC East
After starting 1-3 with Wooden as the QB I pulled the plug and decided to roll with the rookie Schwantes. Turns out it was the right choice as he won 4 straight and guided the team to an 8-8 season - barely missing the playoffs with a 3-way tie between the Dolphins, Bills, and my Patriots. Both QBs broke 4 YPC with Wooden over 5 YPC, and Schwantes actually broke 6 YPA with better than a 1 to 1 TD to INT ratio. Next year I need to hit on at least a WR or TE, ideally both, to give Schwantes more options. Then again the WRs from last year and some UDFAs actually look like they might be solid next season after progressing. Still moving in the right direction, hopefully my last season missing the playoffs.

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Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
7 G. Schwantes          QB    556   338   3508  6.31  20    19    76.7    
2 J. Wooden             QB    234   138   1376  5.88  4     13    58.3    
**Team                  ---   790   476   4884  6.18  24    32    71.3  
$$Opp                   ---   606   356   3317  5.47  13    15    70.7    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
7 G. Schwantes          QB    144   651   4.52  3     7       
2 J. Wooden             QB    63    328   5.21  3     1       
**Team                  ---   207   979   4.73  6     19      
$$Opp                   ---   471   2076  4.41  12    18

Individual Stats

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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
82 A. Devine            WR    315   176   2001  11.37 6.35  15    11      
81 B. Wells             TE    145   89    825   9.27  5.69  16    4       
15 A. Hoffman           WR    89    60    752   12.53 8.45  2     4       
10 K. Lowe              WR    75    48    573   11.94 7.64  4     1       
80 M. Borders           TE    57    34    224   6.59  3.93  3     1       
20 S. Laflamme          RB    35    22    206   9.36  5.89  1     2       
25 D. Rose              RB    20    16    58    3.63  2.90  0     0       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
52 R. Praw              ILB   105   33    2.5   1     2     8     75.7    
21 T. Leinaweaver       S     100   27    0.0   0     4     6     79.4    
55 L. Thompson          OLB   95    20    1.0   2     1     6     72.4    
38 E. Newhart           CB    85    22    1.0   2     2     18    79.2    
95 J. Norton            DT    61    34    4.0   14    0     1     81.3    
43 R. Drake             CB    58    18    0.0   1     1     6     76.9    
93 D. Shea              DT    54    23    4.0   14    0     0     81.0    
46 B. Mitchell          S     44    11    0.0   0     0     4     78.0    
90 B. Land              DE    39    9     6.5   9     0     0     81.4    
36 R. Prior             CB    35    14    0.0   0     2     7     83.5    
57 J. Hopkins           OLB   34    15    0.0   1     0     8     80.9    
77 W. Stone             DE    31    14    7.5   14    0     1     82.0    
34 D. Middleton         S     23    6     0.0   0     1     3     80.0    
45 C. Boykin            CB    18    2     0.0   0     0     3     77.6    
98 A. Everett           OLB   18    5     2.0   1     2     1     78.5

Team Stats

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New England Patriots    Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         12.9      32          
Rushing Yards           61.2      32          
Yards Per Carry         4.73      7           
Pass Attempts           49.4      1           
Completions             29.8      1           
Completion Pct.         60.3      21          
Passing Yards           305.3     1           
Yards Per Attempt       6.18      22          
Yards Per Catch         10.26     22          
Total Yardage Gained    354.1     8           
3rd Down Conversions    30.1      29          
Points Per Game         19.8      21          
Pass Rush Pct.          19.6      17 (T)      
Pass Defense Pct.       54.5      9           
Turnovers               43        32          
Turnover Margin         -18       32          
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         29.4      29          
Rushing Yards           129.8     29          
Yards Per Carry         4.41      23          
Pass Attempts           37.9      27          
Completions             22.3      14          
Completion Pct.         58.7      5           
Passing Yards           207.3     1           
Yards Per Attempt       5.47      1           
Yards Per Catch         9.32      1           
Total Yardage Gained    325.4     10          
3rd Down Conversions    31.1      5 (T)       
Points Per Game         22.2      22          
Pass Rush Pct.          17.1      3           
Pass Defense Pct.       57.5      27          
Turnovers               25        15 (T)

triplykely · 05-30-2020, 07:04 PM

No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge
Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team
Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default

2024 - Year 5
Draft
Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1

The OL is pretty good but adding Copeland looks to make it even better. Hopefully Weir pans out at MLB unlike the previous players who've held the position. A few picks were strictly depth due to who looked to be the 'best player available' but others were somewhat strategic. Mike O'Neill looks to be an excellent receiver and solid at blitz pickup, which are the only things I need a RB to do. Unfortunately this draft didn't really have many receiving TEs that looked good so I settled for an adequate receiver and strong blocker in Terry Borrego. I didn't scout QB Tristan Campbell but his bars looked really nice for a 7th round QB. Somehow this class got the highest grade of all my drafts with an 'A+' - maybe that means everyone is about to get better, because it doesn't look that great to me.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.14	Copeland, Jay           867 LT          1    41   74
2.17	Weir, Toby              1358MLB         1    27   71
3.3	Borrego, Terry          484 TE          1    31   55
3.16	Al Shawa, Lenny         588 FL          1    35   56
4.15	O'Neill, Mike           235 RB          1    43   47
4.30	Haase, Larry            764 RG          1    31   64
5.14	Jurkiewicz, Gino        1194RDE         1    28   55
6.17	Petherick, Stan         1642SS          1    24   55
7.16	Campbell, Tristan       101 QB          1    3    44

Still not entirely sure how this draft got an 'A+' but here we are, a few players up and a few players down. Haase looks like a nice find in the 4th and RB Mike O'Neill looks even better as a receiver out of the backfield and extra blocker in pass protection. Lenny Al Shawa saw a slight bump as did TE Terry Borrego.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.14	Copeland, Jay           867 RT          1    38   70
2.17	Weir, Toby              1358MLB         1    34   66
3.3	Borrego, Terry          484 TE          1    35   56
3.16	Al Shawa, Lenny         588 FL          1    41   58
4.15	O'Neill, Mike           235 RB          1    47   53
4.30	Haase, Larry            764 RG          1    38   70
5.14	Jurkiewicz, Gino        1194RDE         1    31   51
6.17	Petherick, Stan         1642SS          1    27   51
7.16	Campbell, Tristan       101 QB          1    7    44

Trade
Minnesota offered a 2nd round pick for last years 2nd round pick WR Alan Keith. Since I like a few of the other receivers on the roster more than Keith I went with the trade. The team still lacks a legit #2 option but I think the receivers as a whole are fairly solid. Maybe with another 2nd round pick next year I can snag a real difference maker at the position.

QB Room
With a new staff in place many player ratings changed with the new scouting abilities. Not sure if they're more or less accurate but interesting to see Wooden go up a tick. Having the best year of any QB yet Graham Schwantes will start again this season. Like last year, if the team isn't doing well I may make a change; but ranked 7th in the Power Ratings, the team really just needs a QB. When clicking on the ratings Schwantes still has the highest potential so I think it makes the most sense to ride him the whole year and shoot for him to be near maxed out in progression for next season. Having gone 8-8 last year, and ranked in the top-10, I'm thinking playoffs for the first time.

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Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut  Cntrct OnTeam  
Wooden, Jeffrey         102 QB    QB    3    29   46   2 yrs. 2022    
Schwantes, Graham       107 QB          2    21   44   3 yrs. 2023    
Campbell, Tristan       101 QB          1    7    44   4 yr.  2024

Season - 8-8, 2nd in AFC East
Another year of .500 football finishing 2nd in the division and barely missing the playoffs. Starting all 16 games Schwantes increased his completion percentage and YPA a little bit in a slightly better season than his rookie year. Again averaging over 4 YPC when scrambling and scored more rushing TDs than fumbles he was solid when scrambling. I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong at this point, I feel like I should be able to pass for over 7 YPA but may need another year of progression/cohesion. Andres Devine had his best YPT by far with several other quality receiving options. He might be the first WR I've ever had in SP that breaks Jerry Rice's records. I feel like the defense should be playing better than it is but forget how many TOs my team has with 26 INTs and 7 fumbles just from the QB. Next season should be the year, this team is too good on paper to miss the playoffs again.

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Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
7 G. Schwantes          QB    767   471   5114  6.67  26    26    78.2    
**Team                  ---   773   477   5181  6.70  27    26    79.1    
$$Opp                   ---   648   385   4049  6.25  19    15    77.7   
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
7 G. Schwantes          QB    206   852   4.14  8     7       
**Team                  ---   214   881   4.12  8     20      
$$Opp                   ---   437   1863  4.26  11    19

Individual Stats

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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
82 A. Devine            WR    289   163   2170  13.31 7.51  20    12      
81 B. Wells             TE    144   85    901   10.60 6.26  7     2       
86 B. Dennis            WR    86    60    709   11.82 8.24  5     6       
22 R. Starks            RB    58    37    211   5.70  3.64  6     2       
80 M. Borders           TE    51    35    262   7.49  5.14  3     0       
35 M. O'Neill           RB    47    35    321   9.17  6.83  1     2       
88 L. Al Shawa          WR    45    28    251   8.96  5.58  1     2       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
52 R. Praw              ILB   118   27    0.5   1     1     9     73.4    
21 T. Leinaweaver       S     103   34    0.0   0     3     11    80.4    
55 L. Thompson          OLB   88    26    1.0   0     2     9     77.1    
38 E. Newhart           CB    84    19    0.0   0     1     14    77.2    
32 N. Meteer            CB    60    16    0.0   0     3     12    80.2    
95 J. Norton            DT    58    30    10.0  14    0     2     81.8    
46 B. Mitchell          S     49    13    0.0   0     2     10    81.5    
90 B. Land              DE    48    13    9.0   21    0     1     81.3    
77 W. Stone             DE    46    19    8.5   21    0     0     81.5    
93 D. Shea              DT    44    19    5.0   14    1     2     83.3    
98 A. Everett           OLB   37    18    2.0   1     1     7     80.3    
36 R. Prior             CB    34    11    0.0   0     1     5     77.2    
42 S. Petherick         S     18    6     0.0   0     0     4     78.2

Team Stats

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New England Patriots    Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         13.4      32          
Rushing Yards           55.1      32          
Yards Per Carry         4.12      19          
Pass Attempts           48.3      1           
Completions             29.8      1           
Completion Pct.         61.7      13 (T)      
Passing Yards           323.8     1           
Yards Per Attempt       6.70      13          
Yards Per Catch         10.86     14          
Total Yardage Gained    369.1     7           
3rd Down Conversions    29.3      31          
Points Per Game         22.9      12 (T)      
Pass Rush Pct.          20.7      14          
Pass Defense Pct.       58.1      4           
Turnovers               36        32          
Turnover Margin         -11       30          
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         27.3      21 (T)      
Rushing Yards           116.4     20          
Yards Per Carry         4.26      19          
Pass Attempts           40.5      31          
Completions             24.1      32          
Completion Pct.         59.4      9 (T)       
Passing Yards           253.1     26          
Yards Per Attempt       6.25      5           
Yards Per Catch         10.52     6           
Total Yardage Gained    356.8     27          
3rd Down Conversions    33.2      13          
Points Per Game         21.7      18 (T)      
Pass Rush Pct.          16.9      4           
Pass Defense Pct.       50.6      17          
Turnovers               25        9 (T)

triplykely · 05-31-2020, 01:41 AM

No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge
Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team
Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default

2025 - Year 6
Draft
Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1

We might have a winner for the new worst draft of this playthrough. Really a reach for Burgess in the 1st but my desperation for a TE got the better of me. Abrams looks like the best player of the draft with Turner a nice 3rd round CB. As usual most depth picks as a result of a lackluster draft with QB Joe Amari picked simply because he ran the fastest 40 yard dash and had no green combine scores. Really not sure if this years class moves the needle at all for the team, if we have better success it will be because of progression and cohesion as their wasn't a big talent influx.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.12	Burgess, Camden         440 TE          1    34   68
2.16	Ballard, Adam           1547LCB         1    32   57
2.17	Abrams, Sergio          768 RG          1    25   75
3.16	Turner, Dwight          1525RCB         1    36   65
4.15	Whiting, Shaquille      1637SS          1    19   49
5.14	De Jongh, Gavin         1497WLB         1    24   59
6.13	Burrell, Marshall       1457WLB         1    11   45
7.12	Amari, Joe              103 QB          1    7    26

Well I seem to be on a run of bad drafts, this year headlined but a bust with my 1st round pick, TE Camden Burgess. In addition to a big drop from the scouts for Burgess, every other draft pick went down in scouted rating. Burgess is my own fault as I didn't trust the 'overrated' interview, but most of the others are a bit surprising. Since progression is non-linear we'll see how they pan out, maybe a nice bump in year two.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.12	Burgess, Camden         440 TE          1    34   54
2.16	Ballard, Adam           1547LCB         1    36   54
2.17	Abrams, Sergio          768 RG          1    30   74
3.16	Turner, Dwight          1525RCB         1    41   63
4.15	Whiting, Shaquille      1637SS          1    24   44
5.14	De Jongh, Gavin         1497WLB         1    31   53
6.13	Burrell, Marshall       1457WLB         1    14   36
7.12	Amari, Joe              103 QB          1    8    25

QB Room
Some changes were made to the staff last year and Wooden might need to start. Since Schwantes didn't really improve in his 2nd year, despite better weapons and improved cohesion, maybe its time to switch back. If I trust my scouts I think I may be able to actually find a good QB in the 6th/7th round as I've done it before. Until then its between Wooden and Schwantes to lead this team to the playoffs.

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Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut  Cntrct OnTeam  
Wooden, Jeffrey         102 QB          4    35   50   1 yr.  2022    
Schwantes, Graham       107 QB    QB    3    27   45   2 yrs. 2023    
Campbell, Tristan       101 QB          2    10   39   3 yrs. 2024    
Amari, Joe              103 QB          1    8    25   4 yrs. 2025

Season - 9-7, 2nd in AFC East
Schwantes struggled early in the year so I made the switch to Wooden and he took the Patriots to the playoffs for the first time. The biggest difference in their play was INTs with Wooden posting over a 1.5 to 1 TD to INT ratio. Ultimately making the playoffs would be symbolic getting bounced in the Wild Card round but either way shows the team still moving in the right direction. Given the lack of success compared to the testing I did when making the playbook I think I may need to start from scratch before next training camp. When I did it the team makeup was similar except the QB was much better because my initial idea was to see what a great QB could do. We'll see if I can have any better success making a playbook more specific to a low rated QB.

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Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
2 J. Wooden             QB    677   395   4328  6.39  29    19    79.9    
7 G. Schwantes          QB    118   70    777   6.58  5     5     75.4    
**Team                  ---   795   465   5105  6.42  34    24    79.3    
$$Opp                   ---   671   412   4208  6.27  20    10    83.1    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
2 J. Wooden             QB    163   732   4.49  1     7       
**Team                  ---   191   864   4.52  4     22      
$$Opp                   ---   461   2269  4.92  14    13

Individual Stats

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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
82 A. Devine            WR    306   163   2056  12.61 6.72  18    15      
86 B. Dennis            WR    118   70    830   11.86 7.03  4     7       
80 M. Borders           TE    106   65    690   10.62 6.51  1     5       
88 L. Al Shawa          WR    83    51    498   9.76  6.00  3     2       
33 J. Berry             FB    38    31    333   10.74 8.76  0     2       
83 C. Burgess           TE    35    22    173   7.86  4.94  2     0       
35 M. O'Neill           RB    21    16    92    5.75  4.38  0     1       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
21 T. Leinaweaver       S     139   33    0.5   1     1     11    75.1    
58 T. Weir              ILB   92    36    0.0   1     0     8     75.3    
55 L. Thompson          OLB   80    22    2.5   2     1     1     79.4    
98 A. Everett           OLB   78    30    4.0   5     1     10    79.8    
32 N. Meteer            CB    58    25    0.5   2     2     13    77.5    
95 J. Norton            DT    53    20    7.0   21    0     1     81.4    
46 B. Mitchell          S     53    15    0.0   0     1     6     77.9    
38 E. Newhart           CB    50    27    0.5   1     1     7     78.6    
77 W. Stone             DE    47    14    8.0   20    0     0     81.2    
28 R. Walton            CB    44    4     0.0   0     2     10    77.8    
93 D. Shea              DT    35    8     3.0   21    0     0     81.5    
56 W. Sawyer            DE    33    13    1.0   0     0     2     73.7    
42 S. Petherick         S     32    8     0.0   1     1     3     76.8    
90 B. Land              DE    28    11    4.5   12    0     0     81.4    
97 G. De Jongh          OLB   18    9     0.0   0     0     1     76.6

Team Stats

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New England Patriots    Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         11.9      32          
Rushing Yards           54.0      32          
Yards Per Carry         4.52      12          
Pass Attempts           49.7      1           
Completions             29.1      1           
Completion Pct.         58.5      29          
Passing Yards           319.1     1           
Yards Per Attempt       6.42      18 (T)      
Yards Per Catch         10.98     13          
Total Yardage Gained    358.7     11          
3rd Down Conversions    36.4      16 (T)      
Points Per Game         25.4      6           
Pass Rush Pct.          21.1      11          
Pass Defense Pct.       44.6      25 (T)      
Turnovers               33        31          
Turnover Margin         -15       31          
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         28.8      26          
Rushing Yards           141.8     31          
Yards Per Carry         4.92      31          
Pass Attempts           41.9      32          
Completions             25.8      32          
Completion Pct.         61.4      18          
Passing Yards           263.0     26 (T)      
Yards Per Attempt       6.27      6           
Yards Per Catch         10.21     5           
Total Yardage Gained    392.4     32          
3rd Down Conversions    35.8      18 (T)      
Points Per Game         23.3      26          
Pass Rush Pct.          21.7      23 (T)      
Pass Defense Pct.       56.0      28          
Turnovers               18        21 (T)

triplykely · 05-31-2020, 04:47 PM

No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge
Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team
Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default

2026 - Year 7
Trade
Not really a positive value trade, but I opted to accept the 4.14 pick from Baltimore for former 3.1 pick OLB Luis Thompson. Switching back to a 34 because of superior coaches, Thompson doesn't fit the scheme and was only in the solid/good category as is.

Draft
Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1

This is an interesting class, at first glance it appears wholly average with 1 player having a ceiling of 60+. Both LBs and the NT better fit the 34 than the players I have on roster currently however they don't look very skilled. Griffin looks like another receiving RB, which is good because O'Neill has almost no endurance, and Martin Herndon could be something at QB. I would have had to give Wooden the franchise tag and decided barely making the playoffs wasn't worth it. If I didn't have the restrictions on trades I would have moved back instead of taking Ellis at 1.21 but both he and Whiting interviewed as 'very underrated'. The AI also graded my class an 'A-' which leads me to believe there is going to be some improvement after camp and preseason. I'm not entirely sure what is and what isn't predetermined, I just know some aspects of progression are each, and the grade seems to correlate in some way. Realistically I think I just rushed this draft. I didn't spend much time looking over players before deciding on my interviews and was quick in making each rounds selection. Given the success I've had in recent SP games I didn't anticipate the struggles I'd have with this playthrough. Before this season I'll be reworking the playbook and seeing if I can't better optimize it before training camp. And next year I'll make myself pay more attention to the draft - I need to get some stud players, the ones I drafted early are getting old.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut          
1.21	Terry, Ellis            511 FL          1    42   57
2.21	Whiting, Willie         518 FL          1    30   55
3.21	Armstrong, Jamie        1451WLB         1    45   61
4.14	Snyder, Chance          1546LCB         1    27   59
4.21	Contois, Marshall       1352SILB        1    24   53
5.21	Chandler, Benjamin      1270NT          1    32   50
6.21	Herndon, Martin         114 QB          1    11   41
7.21	Griffin, Irving         239 RB          1    32   42

Better improvement to the draft class than the last few years with more players going up than down. A little disappointing that WR Willing Whiting didn't go up as he was 'very underrated' like WR Terry Ellis. Herndon looks like a possible QB who could work but Schwantes is only in year 4 so no need to rush a replacement. The front seven is made stronger with a real 34 OLB in Jamie Armstrong and the secondary improves with a quality CB in Chance Snyder.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.21	Terry, Ellis            511 FL          1    50   66
2.21	Whiting, Willie         518 FL          1    33   52
3.21	Armstrong, Jamie        1451WLB         1    53   69
4.14	Snyder, Chance          1546LCB         1    33   62
4.21	Contois, Marshall       1352SILB        1    28   46
5.21	Chandler, Benjamin      1270NT          1    34   44
6.21	Herndon, Martin         114 QB          1    15   44
7.21	Griffin, Irving         239 RB          1    33   42

Trade
When Indianapolis offered a 4th round pick for TE Terry Borrego I had to take it. I knew Borrego wasn't much of a receiver when I drafted him but he turned out to be worse than expected. Getting a 4th for a TE who doesn't fit my scheme and is 3rd on my depth chart is a no brainer.

QB Room
Although Herndon saw a bump after preseason I'm still going to roll with Schwantes. I should have stuck with him last season since I knew I'd need to franchise Wooden to have kept him. Now I've got a 4th year QB who still isn't fully developed. Either way, the tentative plan moving forward is to keep Schwantes as the starter until a clear cut replacement is found. In tweaking the playbook and gameplans I think I can post better numbers with a higher YPA and better TD to INT ratio but the variance was fairly high in testing. We'll see how the season goes, the team is good, I just can't seem to figure out how to consistently win with a below average QB and pass only gameplans.

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Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut  Cntrct OnTeam  
Schwantes, Graham       107 QB    QB    4    32   45   3 yrs. 2023    
Herndon, Martin         114 QB          1    15   44   4 yrs. 2026    
Campbell, Tristan       101 QB          3    13   39   2 yrs. 2024    
Amari, Joe              103 QB          2    10   26   3 yrs. 2025

Season - 8-8, 3rd in AFC East
Nice to see the playbook/gameplan tweaking pay off - too bad I neutered the defense by switching to a 34. At the time it seemed like a good idea to get better scouting, but in hindsight I had a nice 43 defense built and essentially turned studs into duds in several cases. Next offseason I will need to do a better job putting everyone in the best position with the new scheme or switch back to a 43; which may be preferrable as I find it easier to build with more defined roles. Either way, easily the best season yet for the offense in the NRiTBECC with over 7 YPA and better than a 2 to 1 TD to INT ratio. Also, and I think because the passing game was better, when scrambling Schwantes YPC went up as well. Unfortunately because of the defense the team finished 8-8 missing the playoffs. Now that I've got a better playbook/gameplans for a mediocre QB to only pass, it will be easier to get this team back in contention. Schwantes will be maxed out progression all next year so if I can fix the defense and he puts up similar numbers I think a Super Bowl run is possible.

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Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
7 G. Schwantes          QB    839   519   6125  7.30  40    18    91.0    
**Team                  ---   852   523   6163  7.23  40    18    90.2    
$$Opp                   ---   644   386   4208  6.53  25    14    83.1  
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
7 G. Schwantes          QB    144   746   5.18  5     8       
**Team                  ---   164   806   4.91  5     16      
$$Opp                   ---   447   1963  4.39  9     12

Individual Stats

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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
82 A. Devine            WR    302   183   2568  14.03 8.50  16    17      
86 B. Dennis            WR    121   82    863   10.52 7.13  5     9       
88 L. Al Shawa          WR    150   82    1035  12.62 6.90  10    5       
33 J. Berry             FB    58    37    367   9.92  6.33  3     1       
83 C. Burgess           TE    58    36    285   7.92  4.91  5     1       
22 R. Starks            RB    49    32    229   7.16  4.67  6     1       
89 N. Giles             TE    45    32    307   9.59  6.82  1     2       
35 M. O'Neill           RB    43    25    321   12.84 7.47  1     4       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
21 T. Leinaweaver       S     113   30    0.0   0     1     10    76.8    
58 T. Weir              ILB   107   49    1.0   0     0     8     75.1    
98 A. Everett           OLB   86    25    5.5   11    2     8     78.3    
25 D. Turner            CB    74    11    1.0   0     4     12    77.2    
95 J. Norton            DT    66    16    5.0   23    0     2     82.8    
42 S. Petherick         S     64    32    0.0   0     0     5     75.1    
38 E. Newhart           CB    56    22    1.0   3     2     9     81.0    
51 J. Armstrong         OLB   51    22    3.5   7     1     5     81.2    
28 R. Walton            CB    46    9     0.0   0     2     10    80.1    
52 M. Contois           ILB   32    18    0.0   0     0     2     68.9    
77 W. Stone             DE    31    15    2.0   11    0     0     81.1    
90 B. Land              DE    24    12    1.5   8     1     0     83.1    
97 G. De Jongh          OLB   19    7     1.0   1     0     1     75.7

Team Stats

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New England Patriots    Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         10.3      32          
Rushing Yards           50.4      32          
Yards Per Carry         4.91      4           
Pass Attempts           53.3      1           
Completions             32.7      1           
Completion Pct.         61.4      20 (T)      
Passing Yards           385.2     1           
Yards Per Attempt       7.23      5           
Yards Per Catch         11.78     2           
Total Yardage Gained    425.6     1           
3rd Down Conversions    31.8      25          
Points Per Game         28.5      1           
Pass Rush Pct.          19.1      19 (T)      
Pass Defense Pct.       51.5      11          
Turnovers               23        21 (T)      
Turnover Margin         -3        20 (T)      
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         27.9      25          
Rushing Yards           122.7     21          
Yards Per Carry         4.39      16          
Pass Attempts           40.3      31          
Completions             24.1      29          
Completion Pct.         59.9      7           
Passing Yards           263.0     31          
Yards Per Attempt       6.53      14          
Yards Per Catch         10.90     23          
Total Yardage Gained    375.6     30          
3rd Down Conversions    38.1      27          
Points Per Game         21.7      17 (T)      
Pass Rush Pct.          18.2      8 (T)       
Pass Defense Pct.       45.4      10          
Turnovers               20        17 (T)

triplykely · 05-31-2020, 06:27 PM

No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge
Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team
Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default

2027 - Year 8
Draft
Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1

Surprised to see Spencer available at 15th as he looked to be the best OL in the draft. I have a strong LT in his 8th season so the pick fills a near-future need as well. Since I opted to switch back to a 43 under I acquired several more front seven players to return to the old scheme. They look solid but not spectacular, and with a 'B' for a draft grade (oddly, only one team had better than a 'B'), I'm not optimistic about preseason progression. Both QBs look promising so far with Yanez interviewed as 'underrated'. While I didn't interview Rezac, his bars looked pretty good and he's a scrambler so I figured he was worth a 7th round gamble. If either of the rookie QBs see a bump after preseason they will get the Week 1 start. With a better playbook/gameplan and the goal being to win 6 or more Super Bowls, it makes sense to start a promising rookie.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.15	Spencer, Tyrell         873 LT          1    33   84
2.14	Bernard, Darnell        1357MLB         1    19   66
3.13	Cassidy, Neal           1296RDT         1    33   66
4.17	Whiting, Jesse          1155LDE         1    32   59
4.32	Alstatt, Collin         1620SS          1    18   57
5.16	Davis, Clifton          227 RB          1    26   41
6.15	Yanez, Lenny            102 QB          1    13   45
7.14	Rezac, Bryson           108 QB          1    25   44

A nice jump for DE Jesse Whiting but an otherwise uneventful camp and preseason. Still happy with Spencer at LT despite him going down slightly, but S Collin Alstatt and MLB Darnell Bernard are disappointments dropping fairly significantly. Oddly, the QB I interviewed as 'underrated', Lenny Yanez, dropped from 45 to 44, while Bryson Rezac went up from 44 to 48. Interesting class and an interesting situtation at QB.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.15	Spencer, Tyrell         873 LT          1    41   82
2.14	Bernard, Darnell        1357MLB         1    23   60
3.13	Cassidy, Neal           1296RDT         1    40   65
4.17	Whiting, Jesse          1155LDE         1    43   70
4.32	Alstatt, Collin         1620SS          1    24   50
5.16	Davis, Clifton          227 RB          1    26   32
6.15	Yanez, Lenny            102 QB          1    17   44
7.14	Rezac, Bryson           108 QB          1    29   48

QB Room
Schwantes held out before camp, which put me in an awkward situation. Not knowing if the rookies would be worth playing over him, and having had a revolving door for a while, I decided to pay him. And now the team is in a cap pickle for the first time. I imagine that will start being an issue moving forward as contracts are all exactly what a player requests. If I could go back I would not have paid Schwantes and started Rezac over him, saving money for a few years. However, since I cannot go back and I've paid Schwantes, he will get the Week 1 start with the QB sub setting left at 9. Rezac didn't do a combine but has 90+ scrambling, really curious how fast he is. As long as the changes to the defense work I think Schwantes can get us to the playoffs and make a run, but the rookie Rezac is a tempting play. Actually, even Yanez is tempting as his bars make it seem like his overall should be higher.

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Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut  Cntrct OnTeam  
Schwantes, Graham       107 QB    QB    5    39   45   4 yrs. 2023    
Rezac, Bryson           108 QB          1    29   48   4 yrs. 2027    
Herndon, Martin         114 QB          2    19   42   3 yrs. 2026    
Yanez, Lenny            102 QB          1    17   44   4 yrs. 2027

Season - 6-10, 3rd in AFC East
With last year on the better end of the variance curve, this season fell below what I saw in testing. Basically flipping the TD to INT ratio while losing about .8 YPA the offense did not do well. One bright spot was Schwantes only fumbling once while rushing for 14 TDs. Now with 8 seasons under his belt, and 7 straight of 150+ receptions and 1975+ yards, Andres Devine again led the team in receiving. Switching back to a 43 didn't seem to help the defense any even though my players are mostly all better suited for it. All of this leads to some frustration as the team regressed going 6-10 missing the playoffs again. Not sure where to point the blame other than the playbook and gameplans. Next season I'll do some more testing before the official sim to see if I can get things back on track with 7+ YPA and a 2 to 1 TD to INT ratio.

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Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
7 G. Schwantes          QB    807   484   5292  6.56  18    29    71.8    
8 B. Rezac              QB    54    27    298   5.52  1     1     65.2    
**Team                  ---   861   511   5590  6.49  19    30    71.4    
$$Opp                   ---   578   373   3951  6.84  23    11    89.6    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
7 G. Schwantes          QB    150   827   5.51  14    1       
**Team                  ---   166   897   5.40  14    7       
$$Opp                   ---   440   1826  4.15  15    17

Individual Stats

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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
82 A. Devine            WR    279   154   2065  13.41 7.40  9     6       
86 B. Dennis            WR    137   86    1005  11.69 7.34  5     3       
88 L. Al Shawa          WR    142   84    921   10.96 6.49  6     4       
83 C. Burgess           TE    136   76    834   10.97 6.13  6     4       
35 M. O'Neill           RB    50    34    196   5.76  3.92  1     0       
33 J. Berry             FB    29    24    194   8.08  6.69  0     1       
39 I. Griffin           RB    35    23    148   6.43  4.23  4     1       
11 E. Terry             WR    30    16    112   7.00  3.73  1     0       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
58 T. Weir              ILB   133   28    5.0   2     0     7     70.7    
21 T. Leinaweaver       S     104   25    0.0   0     0     8     76.6    
51 J. Armstrong         OLB   91    32    0.5   4     3     8     76.1    
38 E. Newhart           CB    82    20    2.0   1     1     12    78.0    
25 D. Turner            CB    70    14    0.0   0     3     5     72.6    
95 J. Norton            DT    48    27    6.5   9     0     1     80.9    
37 S. Whiting           S     48    15    0.0   0     3     6     81.3    
90 B. Land              DE    42    22    4.5   14    0     0     80.8    
97 G. De Jongh          OLB   39    9     1.0   0     0     0     70.6    
77 W. Stone             DE    35    10    4.0   12    1     2     83.3    
47 A. Ballard           CB    34    19    0.0   1     0     7     78.5    
93 D. Shea              DT    33    13    2.5   11    0     0     81.9

Team Stats

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New England Patriots    Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         10.4      32          
Rushing Yards           56.1      32          
Yards Per Carry         5.40      2           
Pass Attempts           53.8      1           
Completions             31.9      1           
Completion Pct.         59.3      29          
Passing Yards           349.4     1           
Yards Per Attempt       6.49      16          
Yards Per Catch         10.94     10          
Total Yardage Gained    391.4     1           
3rd Down Conversions    35.5      16          
Points Per Game         21.4      22          
Pass Rush Pct.          16.5      28          
Pass Defense Pct.       42.3      27          
Turnovers               37        31 (T)      
Turnover Margin         -18       32          
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         27.5      22          
Rushing Yards           114.1     15          
Yards Per Carry         4.15      8           
Pass Attempts           36.1      18 (T)      
Completions             23.3      24 (T)      
Completion Pct.         64.5      25 (T)      
Passing Yards           246.9     22 (T)      
Yards Per Attempt       6.84      24          
Yards Per Catch         10.59     15          
Total Yardage Gained    350.9     22          
3rd Down Conversions    37.7      20          
Points Per Game         25.8      29          
Pass Rush Pct.          20.0      24          
Pass Defense Pct.       58.4      29          
Turnovers               19        24 (T)

triplykely · 05-31-2020, 09:28 PM

No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge
Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team
Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default

2028 - Year 9
Draft
Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1

There was a WR I really wanted with the 1st round pick, someone to replace Andres Devine, but he was snagged 5th so I got who might be the best rookie this year with RG Mickey Gutsche. One thing I realized, a reason why my drafts aren't as good as other playthroughs, is I'm mainly only interviewing late round QBs and have taken away the ability to move around the draft. I'm still doing better than the AI with one of the best classes routinely, I've just yet to have the best class. Either way, this year was the closest with an 'A-' ranking 2nd. I think I'm going to get a pleasant surprise on QB Max Sinclair based on his interview, scouting, and that grade. Lofton interviewed underrated so hopefully he's the TE I've been looking for. At first glance this doesn't look like an 'A-' to me, but that typically means I'll see some progression.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.8	Gutsche, Mickey         761 RG          1    42   88
2.7	Lofton, Gage            440 TE          1    40   71
4.10	Tramontana, Dalton      345 FB          1    36   57
5.9	Wolsic, Clay            1642FS          1    21   54
6.8	Sinclair, Max           106 QB          1    16   47
7.7	Griffin, Carson         243 RB          1    42   49

Sinclair saw a bump as I expected, although not as much of one, and surprisingly RB Carson Griffin saw the best increase to his scouted rating. Lofton and Gutsche still look like good picks, although a little disappointed to see them dip. My current FB is in the last year of his deal and a 6th year vet so I thought I might have found his replacement in Tramontana. It looks like I was wrong. Since I'm 5+ million over the cap this season there will be some losses next year, although nobody overly significant.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.8	Gutsche, Mickey         761 RG          1    52   86
2.7	Lofton, Gage            440 TE          1    45   69
4.10	Tramontana, Dalton      345 FB          1    39   51
5.9	Wolsic, Clay            1642FS          1    29   60
6.8	Sinclair, Max           106 QB          1    20   50
7.7	Griffin, Carson         243 RB          1    47   58

QB Room
If Schwantes would have repeated the success of 2026 last year I would start him for the season no questions asked. However, he's in his 6th year and played poorly last season despite having the same playbook. Because of what I saw before the draft with Max Sinclair, and him seeing a slight bump after preseason, I'm going to run with him no matter what. Instead of waffling on which QB to play I'm going to play him regardless of how the team does because he appears to be on the best trajectory. He has some really high bars in key areas with no major weaknesses; it seems like his overall rating should be higher. Anyways, thats the plan - run with Max Sinclair at QB until I find an obvious replacement.

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Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut  Cntrct OnTeam  
Schwantes, Graham       107 QB          6    43   43
Rezac, Bryson           108 QB          2    33   47
Herndon, Martin         114 QB          3    22   44
Yanez, Lenny            102 QB          2    21   44
Sinclair, Max           106 QB    QB    1    20   50

Season - 11-5, 1st in AFC East
Winning the AFC East and making the playoffs for only the 2nd time in 10 seasons, I'm back to thinking the NRiTBECC is possible. The rookie QB Max Sinclair had a killer first season with 7.1 YPA and nearly a 2 to 1 TD to INT ratio. With 6155 yards he threw for more yards than anyone yet by beating Schwantes 2026 season. The offense as a whole was also 1st in yards and scoring while finishing 7th on 3rd down. Another monster year for WR Andres Devine where he put up 2300+ yards while scoring 17 TDs. Now a 9 year vet, he's behind Jerry Rice's career records by 111 receptions, 4697 yards, and 98 TDs. Receptions is easy, yards seems do-able, but TDs are tricky unless I specifically gameplan to do it. Rookie TE Gage Lofton looked solid and should only get better, while RB Mike O'Neill led the team with 8.45 YPT. Defensively it was an interesting year with the 32nd ranked pass rush and 1st ranked pass defense percentage. Despite being poor against the run and struggling to generate a pass rush, the strength of the coverage led to the 5th fewest YPA allowed and league leading 35 TOs. With 3 players recording 5 or more INTs the defense relied heavily on the secondary. Unfortunately after a first round bye, hosting the Indianapolis Colts, the secondary wouldn't create TOs and the offense wouldn't click as the team would lose 13-30. A nice season despite going one-and-done in the playoffs. This QB Max Sinclair may be the one to achieve the NRiTBECC.

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Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
6 M. Sinclair           QB    867   507   6155  7.10  47    25    86.4    
7 G. Schwantes          QB    40    18    210   5.25  2     1     67.7    
**Team                  ---   907   525   6365  7.02  49    26    85.6    
$$Opp                   ---   649   369   3991  6.15  15    23    68.0    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
6 M. Sinclair           QB    106   425   4.01  6     7       
**Team                  ---   129   521   4.04  8     18      
$$Opp                   ---   453   1954  4.31  10    21

Individual Stats

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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
82 A. Devine            WR    320   163   2357  14.46 7.37  20    17      
86 B. Dennis            WR    133   82    980   11.95 7.37  9     9       
40 G. Lofton            TE    119   77    747   9.70  6.28  1     5       
11 E. Terry             WR    112   67    790   11.79 7.05  7     8       
35 M. O'Neill           RB    67    49    566   11.55 8.45  4     3       
83 C. Burgess           TE    68    37    445   12.03 6.54  3     5       
43 C. Griffin           RB    32    22    158   7.18  4.94  3     0       
88 L. Al Shawa          WR    38    21    285   13.57 7.50  2     2       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
58 T. Weir              ILB   115   39    0.0   3     1     5     75.3    
21 T. Leinaweaver       S     106   32    0.0   0     1     11    78.5    
51 J. Armstrong         OLB   101   32    3.5   2     1     10    80.2    
25 D. Turner            CB    95    23    0.0   0     6     12    79.0    
38 E. Newhart           CB    62    19    2.0   0     5     15    81.7    
95 J. Norton            DT    58    27    7.5   17    0     0     81.7    
47 A. Ballard           CB    49    8     0.0   0     5     15    83.7    
96 N. Cassidy           DT    43    19    2.0   6     0     1     79.7    
20 C. Alstatt           S     43    4     0.0   0     2     5     78.5    
77 W. Stone             DE    38    10    4.0   8     0     0     81.1    
97 G. De Jongh          OLB   33    12    1.0   4     1     3     80.4    
55 J. Whiting           DE    18    7     4.0   13    0     2     83.1    
42 C. Wolsic            S     17    10    0.0   0     1     7     84.8    
90 B. Land              DE    16    5     1.0   16    0     0     81.1

Team Stats

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New England Patriots    Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         8.1       32          
Rushing Yards           32.6      32          
Yards Per Carry         4.04      22          
Pass Attempts           56.7      1           
Completions             32.8      1           
Completion Pct.         57.9      28          
Passing Yards           397.8     1           
Yards Per Attempt       7.02      7           
Yards Per Catch         12.12     1           
Total Yardage Gained    419.9     1           
3rd Down Conversions    38.3      7           
Points Per Game         32.9      1           
Pass Rush Pct.          17.3      31          
Pass Defense Pct.       64.8      1           
Turnovers               37        32          
Turnover Margin         -2        18 (T)      
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         28.3      29          
Rushing Yards           122.1     23          
Yards Per Carry         4.31      16          
Pass Attempts           40.6      31          
Completions             23.1      21          
Completion Pct.         56.9      1           
Passing Yards           249.4     23          
Yards Per Attempt       6.15      5           
Yards Per Catch         10.82     21          
Total Yardage Gained    361.3     26          
3rd Down Conversions    33.2      10          
Points Per Game         19.2      9           
Pass Rush Pct.          18.6      10          
Pass Defense Pct.       54.8      22          
Turnovers               35        1

triplykely · 06-01-2020, 01:10 PM

No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge
Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team
Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default

2029 - Year 10
Trade
Took the offer of the 3.12 pick from Chicago for 2027s 7.14 pick QB Bryson Rezac. Since Sinclair had a killer rookie season, and I already decided I was running with him until I draft someone better, the trade is a slam dunk.

Draft
Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1

Definitely pushed the issue on receiving options again this year but TE Deron Joseph was interviewed as 'underrated' so hopefully he gets even better. I'm pretty happy with the 5th and 6th round picks with both players better than expected; Meerdink a nice receiver out of the backfield. For the first time I didn't draft a QB, although there was a few that were somewhat tempting nobody jumped out at me. Ranked in maybe the top third among all teams, this class received a 'B+' which looks about right - aside from no obvious stud pick.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.26	Joseph, Deron           480 TE          1    35   65
2.28	Hanson, Leo             584 FL          1    35   61
3.12	Wooden, Demetrius       1192RDE         1    39   61
4.26	Barrett, Tyrone         1353MLB         1    22   56
5.28	Cobb, Mitch             1454WLB         1    32   67
6.27	Meerdink, Brady         237 RB          1    42   55
7.26	Summers, Walter         449 TE          1    23   40

A few nice jumps with TE Deron Joseph, OLB Mitch Cobb, and RB Brady Meerdink. Possibly the biggest drop I've ever seen however with DE Demetrius Wooden dropping from 61 to 33 as a ceiling. Aside from him I'm pretty happy with this draft. Its too bad I can't hand it off, because I think Meerdink could put up yards easily.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.26	Joseph, Deron           480 TE          1    43   72
2.28	Hanson, Leo             584 FL          1    39   59
3.12	Wooden, Demetrius       1192RDE         1    26   33
4.26	Barrett, Tyrone         1353MLB         1    28   52
5.28	Cobb, Mitch             1454WLB         1    41   71
6.27	Meerdink, Brady         237 RB          1    46   63
7.26	Summers, Walter         449 TE          1    25   40

QB Room
Same plan as last year, especially after a strong rookie season, roll with Max Sinclair at QB. Schwantes looks significantly worse than years past with Yanez destined to never fully develop as well. We'll see how the season goes but if Sinclair can post another 7+ YPA with a 2 to 1 TD to INT ratio I think the team has a shot at a postseason run. Granted, last year could have been a fluke but I think we can make it two years in a row in the playoffs. My main concern is WR Andres Devine is getting older and I don't have a stud WR to replace him. Then again, the team may actually do better spreading the ball around more to good players instead of funneling it to a great player.

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Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut  Cntrct OnTeam  
Schwantes, Graham       107 QB          7    36   36   2 yrs. 2023    
Sinclair, Max           106 QB    QB    2    27   48   3 yrs. 2028    
Yanez, Lenny            102 QB          3    24   43   2 yrs. 2027

Season - 12-4, 1st in AFC East
Things are starting to click with another year making the playoffs, winning the AFC East, finishing 12-4. Sinclair looked better in his sophomore season and easily posted the best statline of any QB in the NRiTBECC. With 4 players averaging over 7 YPT, and two over 8 YPT, Max Sinclair's deep passing is paying off. Still not fully developed, my scouts have him reaching a 99 on deep passes. The offense was again arguably the NFLs best ranking 1st in scoring and yards. My biggest surprise was the defense having even more TOs ranking 1st with 41. I need to dive into the personnel, numbers, and logs a bit to see how I achieved so many - because that needs to continue. For the first time the Patriots won a playoff game, beating the Titans 26-0 by forcing 4 INTs while Sinclair threw for 400 yards 2 TDs and an INT in the blowout. Unfortunately the good times would end in the AFC Championship with Sinclair tossing 4 INTs in the 21-26 loss. Easily the best season yet, one game away from a shot at the first Super Bowl, I'm pretty optimistic moving forward. Next year will be Sinclair's 3rd season and he has started every game since being drafted. Since he should be maxed out in progression or close to it, I think next season we make another Super Bowl run.

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Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
6 M. Sinclair           QB    870   542   6351  7.30  52    23    93.3    
**Team                  ---   882   549   6423  7.28  52    23    93.1    
$$Opp                   ---   668   416   4240  6.35  24    26    76.1    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
6 M. Sinclair           QB    123   368   2.99  8     3       
**Team                  ---   134   399   2.98  9     14      
$$Opp                   ---   412   1941  4.71  11    23

Individual Stats

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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
82 A. Devine            WR    284   172   2103  12.23 7.40  14    26      
88 L. Al Shawa          WR    131   86    1049  12.20 8.01  7     7       
80 D. Joseph            TE    102   61    669   10.97 6.56  7     3       
86 B. Dennis            WR    100   55    747   13.58 7.47  2     3       
43 C. Griffin           RB    76    54    465   8.61  6.12  3     2       
40 G. Lofton            TE    88    51    773   15.16 8.78  3     4       
45 D. Tramontana        FB    39    27    213   7.89  5.46  1     0       
11 E. Terry             WR    35    24    243   10.13 6.94  3     4       
35 M. O'Neill           RB    25    17    132   7.76  5.28  0     3       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
25 D. Turner            CB    120   19    0.0   1     1     20    72.6    
58 T. Weir              ILB   102   34    1.0   2     3     7     78.9    
51 J. Armstrong         OLB   91    37    1.0   2     2     10    78.7    
95 J. Norton            DT    70    24    7.5   14    0     1     81.3    
46 C. Snyder            CB    65    16    0.5   0     6     15    80.5    
21 N. Bennett           CB    58    17    0.0   1     3     7     79.9    
42 C. Wolsic            S     57    6     0.0   0     1     8     78.4    
97 G. De Jongh          OLB   48    10    0.0   0     3     3     74.5    
20 C. Alstatt           S     48    13    0.0   0     4     5     82.3    
96 N. Cassidy           DT    39    28    4.5   11    1     2     82.5    
77 W. Stone             DE    35    11    4.0   16    0     2     81.9    
55 J. Whiting           DE    28    8     5.5   12    0     0     81.7    
90 B. Land              DE    17    5     4.0   7     1     1     82.4    
36 K. Bullock           CB    16    11    0.0   0     0     6     82.9

Team Stats

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New England Patriots    Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         8.4       32          
Rushing Yards           24.9      32          
Yards Per Carry         2.98      31          
Pass Attempts           55.1      1           
Completions             34.3      1           
Completion Pct.         62.2      16 (T)      
Passing Yards           401.4     1           
Yards Per Attempt       7.28      3           
Yards Per Catch         11.70     1           
Total Yardage Gained    415.7     1           
3rd Down Conversions    38.6      9           
Points Per Game         33.5      1           
Pass Rush Pct.          16.9      31          
Pass Defense Pct.       60.1      2           
Turnovers               30        29 (T)      
Turnover Margin         +11       3           
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         25.8      14          
Rushing Yards           121.3     25 (T)      
Yards Per Carry         4.71      28          
Pass Attempts           41.8      32          
Completions             26.0      32          
Completion Pct.         62.3      18 (T)      
Passing Yards           265.0     31          
Yards Per Attempt       6.35      14          
Yards Per Catch         10.19     9           
Total Yardage Gained    374.4     32          
3rd Down Conversions    33.8      12          
Points Per Game         21.8      23          
Pass Rush Pct.          17.5      7           
Pass Defense Pct.       49.9      20          
Turnovers               41        1

triplykely · 06-01-2020, 05:51 PM

No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge
Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team
Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default

2030 - Year 11
Draft
Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1

Well, aside from my 1st round pick DE Conner Linquist, this draft looks awful. Really surprised by Sandlin, he looked like near max for static bars, low elusiveness, and very high route running and getting downfield. Mickey DeJesus looks interesting, but not an obvious replacement to Max Sinclair. The draft got an 'A-' grade, which it certainly doesn't look like at first glance. Either way, it looks like I added a strong pass rusher, another receiving option out of the backfield, and some depth.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.30	Linquist, Conner        1176RDE         1    43   83
2.30	Sandlin, Tevin          241 RB          1    42   51
4.30	Sinclair, Patrick       1275LDT         1    23   53
5.30	Swanson, Blake          1532RCB         1    22   50
6.30	DeJesus, Mickey         113 QB          1    12   50
7.30	Beavers, Alvin          103 QB          1    5    36

No idea how this class graded as an 'A-', everyone got worse. Another monster drop like I normally never see with Tevin Sandlin. So odd given his bars and combines. Not much to say, I got one player out of this and a bunch destined to be cut.

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.30	Linquist, Conner        1176RDE         1    47   78
2.30	Sandlin, Tevin          241 RB          1    24   29
4.30	Sinclair, Patrick       1275LDT         1    27   49
5.30	Swanson, Blake          1532RCB         1    27   45
6.30	DeJesus, Mickey         113 QB          1    17   41
7.30	Beavers, Alvin          103 QB          1    8    29

QB Room
Easy decision heading into Week 1 with Sinclair posting two strong seasons to start his career and the team making the AFC Championship last season. Given my poor drafts, especially the most recent, I think I'm going to stop even looking for QBs for at least a few seasons. It might cost me that rare random late round stud but it will help me better maintain the rest of the roster. Sinclair seems to be the right type of QB for an all pass gameplan that I'm running so why not see what kind of numbers he can put up uncontested as a starter?

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Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut  Cntrct OnTeam  
Sinclair, Max           106 QB    QB    3    33   50   2 yrs. 2028    
DeJesus, Mickey         113 QB          1    17   41   4 yrs. 2030    
Beavers, Alvin          103 QB          1    8    29   4 yrs. 2030

Season - 13-3, 1st in AFC East
Another pretty strong year for the pass only Patriots and QB Max Sinclair. Not quite 50 TDs, but 7+ YPA and nearly a 2:1 TD to INT ratio, Sinclair had a nice 3rd season as a starter leading the team to a division title and first round bye going 13-3. With Devine regressing a bit in his 11th season led to a slightly more balanced passing offense with more players involved. Better than last year, 5 players broke 7 YPT with 3 over 8 YPT - and TE Deron Joseph over 10 YPT. All and all pretty successful season leading the league in yards and scoring again. The main issue with the offense is TOs. With 25 INTs and 15 fumbles from QB Max Sinclair alone it makes games more difficult. The defense continues to create TOs better than anyone thanks to some strong coverage in the secondary. While they led the league in INTs, the team also generated a fair number of fumbles ranking 5th, and finishing 1st in TOs again. The first year in the playoffs the team was bounced their first game, next year they won a game and then lost the AFC Championship. This year they finally won the Super Bowl. With 8.3+ YPA and a 91.1 QB rating during the playoff run, Max Sinclair got the first of hopefully 6 Super Bowl victories for the NRiTBECC.

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Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate 
6 M. Sinclair           QB    837   525   6101  7.29  46    25    90.6    
13 M. DeJesus           QB    34    22    223   6.56  2     2     78.4    
**Team                  ---   871   547   6324  7.26  48    27    90.2    
$$Opp                   ---   687   386   4147  6.04  22    24    70.1    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
6 M. Sinclair           QB    127   518   4.08  5     15      
**Team                  ---   151   588   3.89  5     21      
$$Opp                   ---   397   1550  3.90  7     17

Individual Stats

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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
82 A. Devine            WR    275   163   2018  12.38 7.34  19    7       
81 G. Lofton            TE    171   114   1028  9.02  6.01  3     11      
88 L. Al Shawa          WR    112   73    913   12.51 8.15  3     6       
86 B. Dennis            WR    111   66    870   13.18 7.84  4     8       
45 D. Tramontana        FB    52    34    234   6.88  4.50  3     2       
11 E. Terry             WR    47    32    387   12.09 8.23  1     5       
80 D. Joseph            TE    46    26    465   17.88 10.11 4     3       
43 C. Griffin           RB    34    23    229   9.96  6.74  1     5       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
58 T. Weir              ILB   109   26    3.0   2     2     14    75.7    
51 J. Armstrong         OLB   103   29    4.5   3     1     15    77.5    
46 C. Snyder            CB    86    24    0.0   1     6     14    81.4    
25 D. Turner            CB    71    22    1.5   3     5     8     79.6    
95 J. Norton            DT    63    19    6.0   12    1     0     82.5    
21 N. Bennett           CB    61    14    0.0   0     3     6     79.9    
42 C. Wolsic            S     60    19    0.0   0     2     10    80.2    
96 N. Cassidy           DT    58    28    7.5   12    0     0     81.3    
20 C. Alstatt           S     40    17    0.0   0     1     8     80.4    
57 D. Bernard           OLB   37    13    1.0   0     1     10    82.8    
77 W. Stone             DE    26    7     4.0   13    0     0     82.3    
55 J. Whiting           DE    25    16    5.5   14    1     2     82.8    
36 K. Bullock           CB    17    3     1.0   0     1     4     81.5

Team Stats

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New England Patriots    Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         9.4       32          
Rushing Yards           36.8      32          
Yards Per Carry         3.89      27          
Pass Attempts           54.4      1           
Completions             34.2      1           
Completion Pct.         62.8      8           
Passing Yards           395.3     1           
Yards Per Attempt       7.26      3           
Yards Per Catch         11.56     3           
Total Yardage Gained    413.9     1           
3rd Down Conversions    37.0      8           
Points Per Game         31.4      1           
Pass Rush Pct.          19.6      15 (T)      
Pass Defense Pct.       65.7      1           
Turnovers               37        32          
Turnover Margin         -2        20 (T)      
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         24.8      7           
Rushing Yards           96.9      5           
Yards Per Carry         3.90      6           
Pass Attempts           42.9      32          
Completions             24.1      26          
Completion Pct.         56.2      1           
Passing Yards           259.2     26          
Yards Per Attempt       6.04      9           
Yards Per Catch         10.74     21          
Total Yardage Gained    339.5     17          
3rd Down Conversions    33.5      11 (T)      
Points Per Game         19.2      7           
Pass Rush Pct.          18.6      8 (T)       
Pass Defense Pct.       50.1      13          
Turnovers               35        1

triplykely · 06-03-2020, 02:27 PM

No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge
Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team
Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default

2031 - Year 12
Draft
Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1

Selecting Torres adds youth to a T position thats aging but nobody else really stands out in a class some inexplicably received an 'A+'. As the highest rated class in the draft, I'm curious to see how progression plays out because on the surface this class looks like a dud to me. I keep drafting RBs because I'm looking to get a quality trio with good receiving skills to better help the passing game. All of the RBs I have know have average or worse endurance so I can't lean to heavily on any of them. Other than that its a uneventful draft that hopefully gets better after camp and preseason, otherwise what does the draft grade even mean?

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Pick	Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut      
1.32	Torres, Brenden         862 LT          1    24   73
2.32	Lyons, Peter            1171RDE         1    29   62
3.32	Shabazz, Cooper         1398MLB         1    21   55
4.32	Dunn, Antonio           348 FB          1    16   43
5.32	Hamill, Camden          652 C           1    15   56
6.32	Grant, Leon             228 RB          1    32   47
7.32	Zavala, Tyrus           1633FS          1    21   42

I accidentally forgot to save the roster at Week 1 so ratings are at the end of the season

After camp, preseason, and the regular season, this years rookie class looks horrific outside of 1st round pick LT Peter Lyons. I've been tweaking weights in DA and think my tweaks are obviously not working. More fiddling and tinkering before the next draft hopefully yields some quality players past the 1st round.

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1.32	Torres, Brenden         862 LT          1    34   78
2.32	Lyons, Peter            1171RDE         1    30   44
3.32	Shabazz, Cooper         1398MLB         1    21   55
4.32	Dunn, Antonio           348 FB          1    18   38
5.32	Hamill, Camden          652 C           1    27   57
6.32	Grant, Leon             228 RB          1    34   45
7.32	Zavala, Tyrus           1633FS          1    29   39

QB Room
Once again it will be Max Sinclair under center looking for Super Bowl win #2. Almost fully developed we'll see how he does in year 4 with 18000+ yards passing at 7+ YPA and 145 TDs to 73 INTs in his first 3 seasons.

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Player                  #   Pos   Start Exp  Cur  Fut  Cntrct OnTeam  
Sinclair, Max           106 QB    QB    4    43   48   5 yrs. 2028    
DeJesus, Mickey         113 QB          2    20   43   3 yrs. 2030    
Beavers, Alvin          103 QB          2    11   30   3 yrs. 2030

Season - 13-3, 1st in AFC East
Winning the AFC East for the 4th year in a row with a 13-3 record the team played well despite lower offensive efficiency. Sinclair failed to break 7 YPA or 6000 yards for the first time in his career as no receiver averaged over 7.25 YPT. With WR Andres Devine further regressed in his 12 season the passing game more evenly distrubuted the ball with 4 players recording 100+ receptions and 1000+ yards. While still leading the league in scoring the team finished 2nd in yards. Defensively the same MO of creating TOs was on display with an improved effort against the pass. Leading the league in opponent completion percentage, YPA, and pass defense percentage, the secondary led the way to the 3rd fewest points allowed. Given the dip in offense, its nice to see the defense do its part to win games this season. Unfortunately in their first playoff game, at home against the Broncos, QB Max Sinclair would throw his 3rd INT late in the 4th allowing Denver to win 28-27. Sitting on 1 Super Bowl win, with a QB entering his prime and 5th season, winning the division 4 years running, some more tweaks to my playbook, and I think the NRiTBECC is officially on its way.

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Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
6 M. Sinclair           QB    847   532   5900  6.97  41    26    86.8    
13 M. DeJesus           QB    33    19    172   5.21  2     1     79.3    
**Team                  ---   880   551   6072  6.90  43    27    86.5    
$$Opp                   ---   654   366   3652  5.58  21    24    67.4    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
6 M. Sinclair           QB    133   509   3.83  12    3       
**Team                  ---   154   555   3.60  13    11      
$$Opp                   ---   433   1955  4.52  4     19

Individual Stats

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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
82 A. Devine            WR    178   126   1275  10.12 7.16  2     4       
88 L. Al Shawa          WR    196   117   1420  12.14 7.24  10    15      
80 D. Joseph            TE    171   111   1046  9.42  6.12  13    5       
11 E. Terry             WR    180   103   1378  13.38 7.66  14    13      
37 B. Meerdink          RB    55    42    382   9.10  6.95  1     2       
81 G. Lofton            TE    51    23    321   13.96 6.29  2     2       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
53 T. Barrett           ILB   89    27    2.0   1     2     7     75.8    
54 M. Cobb              OLB   85    29    3.0   3     5     5     79.9    
25 D. Turner            CB    78    33    0.0   0     1     15    77.9    
51 J. Armstrong         OLB   65    15    0.0   0     1     9     75.5    
42 C. Wolsic            S     65    31    0.0   0     5     7     84.7    
95 J. Norton            DT    63    29    4.5   18    0     0     81.1    
46 C. Snyder            CB    57    12    0.0   0     4     17    83.7    
96 N. Cassidy           DT    46    18    2.5   16    1     2     83.6    
20 C. Alstatt           S     38    12    0.0   0     3     9     82.9    
55 J. Whiting           DE    36    19    5.0   21    0     3     83.5    
21 N. Bennett           CB    34    7     0.0   1     0     6     78.9    
33 T. Zavala            S     34    7     0.0   0     0     8     79.7    
76 C. Linquist          DE    27    17    4.5   10    0     1     82.0    
98 C. Shabazz           ILB   26    6     0.0   0     1     4     74.2

Team Stats

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New England Patriots    Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         9.6       32          
Rushing Yards           34.7      32          
Yards Per Carry         3.60      31          
Pass Attempts           55.0      1           
Completions             34.4      1           
Completion Pct.         62.6      10          
Passing Yards           379.5     1           
Yards Per Attempt       6.90      8           
Yards Per Catch         11.02     11          
Total Yardage Gained    403.1     2           
3rd Down Conversions    38.9      4           
Points Per Game         30.6      1           
Pass Rush Pct.          18.0      26          
Pass Defense Pct.       71.9      1           
Turnovers               31        30 (T)      
Turnover Margin         +4        9           
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         27.1      22          
Rushing Yards           122.2     24          
Yards Per Carry         4.52      25          
Pass Attempts           40.9      32          
Completions             22.9      20 (T)      
Completion Pct.         56.0      1           
Passing Yards           228.3     7           
Yards Per Attempt       5.58      1           
Yards Per Catch         9.98      4           
Total Yardage Gained    340.3     19          
3rd Down Conversions    32.1      7           
Points Per Game         16.8      3           
Pass Rush Pct.          15.7      1           
Pass Defense Pct.       49.2      13          
Turnovers               35        1

05-30-2020, 03:19 PM	#3
triplykely Mascot Join Date: Mar 2020	No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default 2022 - Year 3 Trades With the Chargers offering me a 4th and an average CB for last years starting QB Jason Carrington it makes me think my scouts may be off on him. Regardless, he isn't a scrambler, and its only year 3 of the NRiTBECC. Done deal. Draft Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1 Compared to the first 2 drafts this is my worst yet. Obviously most/all of these players will see snaps but I'm not overly excited about any of them. It was tough with the 1st pick, Newhart and another guy looked close as the best players in the draft aside from a stud QB who I obviously had to pass on. Albertson will do ok at G and Thompson should be a solid MLB. Even though he isn't rated well, Wooden may be the guy moving forward. He has high scrambling, a pretty good 40 yard dash with solid accuracy and timing. I think its time to just pick a QB an run with them until I luck into a 6th/7th round sleeper. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.1 Newhart, Emmitt 1538LCB 1 41 75 2.2 Albertson, Myles 774 RG 1 25 66 3.1 Thompson, Luis 1355MLB 1 33 70 4.2 Meteer, Neal 1532RCB 1 29 53 4.13 Sawyer, Wendell 1156LDE 1 35 65 5.1 Mitchell, Bill 1646SS 1 26 58 6.2 Wooden, Jeffrey 102 QB 1 11 35 7.1 Lujan, Marquis 651 C 1 28 56 Well, that didn't go well. After camp and preseason its official, this is the worst draft yet for the NRiTBECC. About the only bright spot was QB Jeffrey Wooden seeing a bump in scouted ratings, which is good considering I had all but decided he was the starter. Big shame about all of the other picks, especially the #1 overall. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.1 Newhart, Emmitt 1538LCB 1 42 65 2.2 Albertson, Myles 774 RG 1 31 64 3.1 Thompson, Luis 1355MLB 1 38 59 4.2 Meteer, Neal 1532RCB 1 33 55 4.13 Sawyer, Wendell 1156LDE 1 38 60 5.1 Mitchell, Bill 1646SS 1 30 48 6.2 Wooden, Jeffrey 102 QB 1 18 44 7.1 Lujan, Marquis 651 C 1 32 51 Trade After the draft the Texans offered a 6th round pick for Justics Biegen. With 4 QBs on the roster, all of them looking equally terrible, I took the trade figuring next season I will have had 4 draft classes - roughly half the team - and should be competitive. And oddly, after trading for QB Carrington before the draft, the Chargers offered a 4th and bad CB for Collier. Because I'm going to ride with rookie Jeffrey Wooden, and can't initiate trades, this is a done deal. QB Room With Wooden the defacto starter due to Biegen, Collier, and Carrington getting traded away its a good thing his ratings saw a preseason bump. I haven't done a good job getting receiving options so he really just has WR Andres Devine. That has to be an area of focus for next years draft - WR and TE. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut Cntrct OnTeam Wooden, Jeffrey 108 QB QB 1 20 44 4 yrs. 2022 Weed, Nathan 108 QB 3 23 30 2 yrs. 2020 Erickson, Santiago 111 QB 1 5 33 1 yrs. 2022 Season - 6-10, 2nd in AFC East The AFC East was horrific so 6-10 came in 2nd this year. Still a long ways to go in building a team that can win Super Bowls with only pass plays from a 6th round QB, but with twice as many wins as last year the team is moving in the right direction. With nearly 4 YPC and 6 YPA, and almost a 1 to 1 TD to INT ratio, QB Jeffrey Wooden had a solid rookie season. Overall the team moved from 30th in yards and 32nd in scoring last year to 23rd in yards and 26th in scoring this year. With Wooden fairly quick and a good scrambler, the rushing game (if you can call it that) saw the biggest jump in efficiency with over 1 YPC more than last year. While YPA was improved it wasn't as significant of a jump, but increasing yards/play is key to making this whole thing work. Code: Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 2 J. Wooden QB 715 429 4212 5.89 18 21 72.8 8 N. Weed QB 60 33 343 5.72 0 1 64.8 Team --- 775 462 4555 5.88 18 22 72.1 $$Opp --- 567 357 3588 6.33 25 13 86.0 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 2 J. Wooden QB 219 857 3.91 5 11 Team --- 224 880 3.93 5 18 $$Opp --- 456 1875 4.11 18 17 Individual Stats Code: Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 82 A. Devine WR 304 173 1978 11.43 6.51 13 11 81 B. Wells TE 120 66 651 9.86 5.43 7 2 10 K. Lowe WR 102 60 522 8.70 5.12 8 2 37 J. Finley RB 64 46 359 7.80 5.61 2 0 20 G. Rasmussen RB 45 33 213 6.45 4.73 0 1 15 A. Hoffman WR 50 32 339 10.59 6.78 0 0 87 H. Erofeev TE 48 26 284 10.92 5.92 4 0 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 53 Z. Coder OLB 108 33 0.5 0 0 9 74.0 21 T. Leinaweaver S 106 27 1.0 0 0 18 80.8 52 R. Praw ILB 101 31 2.5 0 4 6 75.9 36 R. Prior CB 63 15 0.0 0 4 7 79.2 95 J. Norton DT 54 27 3.5 11 1 0 81.8 43 R. Drake CB 53 16 0.5 0 2 7 78.5 38 E. Newhart CB 53 14 0.0 0 1 7 76.1 93 D. Shea DT 50 23 7.5 9 0 0 81.8 78 N. DeWoody DE 41 19 6.0 16 0 2 82.2 46 B. Mitchell S 41 9 0.0 0 1 2 75.6 57 J. Hopkins OLB 35 15 0.5 0 0 2 72.5 96 E. Doyle DE 23 6 6.5 14 0 2 82.6 34 D. Middleton S 16 8 0.0 0 0 1 77.3 Team Stats Code: New England Patriots Team Rank Rushes per Game 14.0 32 Rushing Yards 55.0 32 Yards Per Carry 3.93 24 Pass Attempts 48.4 1 Completions 28.9 1 Completion Pct. 59.6 25 Passing Yards 284.7 1 Yards Per Attempt 5.88 31 Yards Per Catch 9.86 28 Total Yardage Gained 322.6 23 3rd Down Conversions 34.8 18 Points Per Game 18.3 26 Pass Rush Pct. 17.7 27 Pass Defense Pct. 51.6 13 (T) Turnovers 36 32 Turnover Margin -17 32 Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 28.5 27 Rushing Yards 117.2 15 Yards Per Carry 4.11 11 Pass Attempts 35.4 14 Completions 22.3 17 (T) Completion Pct. 63.0 20 (T) Passing Yards 224.3 7 Yards Per Attempt 6.33 6 Yards Per Catch 10.05 4 Total Yardage Gained 328.5 12 3rd Down Conversions 33.9 9 Points Per Game 26.4 30 (T) Pass Rush Pct. 18.1 9 Pass Defense Pct. 55.0 25 Turnovers 19 20 (T)

05-30-2020, 05:14 PM	#4
triplykely Mascot Join Date: Mar 2020	No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default 2023 - Year 4 Trades The benefit of stocking up on quality front seven players is beginning to pay off as the Raiders offered the 3.2 pick and a 52/64 MLB entering his 3rd season for former 4.1 pick DE Neal DeWoody. Since DeWoody isn't my best DE, and I have a solid rotation with strong DTs I pulled the trigger. Hopefully I can utilize that pick to help get QB Jeffrey Wooden some weapons in this years draft. Draft Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1 Definitely forced the issue of trying to get some weapons on offense aside from 4th year WR Andres Devine. We'll see how camp and preseason playout for FB Berry and WRs Keith and Dennis, fingers crossed on a bump. All of them were interviewed as underrated but my staff still isn't great. The stadium is finished so expenses will be much less this season, ideally its a profitable year that leads to a better staff. Stone Wade with the 1st round pick was 'best player available' as the DL is in good shape already. Finally decided to address K and P, and added more depth at LB and CB. Graham Schwantes is intriguing, he had the highest agility and player specific drills as well as what my scouts saw as max sense rush plus was underrated. In theory he should be great at screens and short passes with high accuracy and timing while being great at avoiding sacks. I just thought he'd show better than the 11/37 he shows now. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.7 Stone, Wade 1177LDE 1 53 80 2.8 Keith, Alan 513 SE 1 39 57 3.2 Berry, J.C. 333 FB 1 24 60 3.7 Dennis, Bernard 586 SE 1 40 54 4.8 Walton, Roy 1528LCB 1 21 55 4.26 Everett, Aidan 1498WLB 1 27 59 5.7 Jennings, Moe 754 LG 1 16 52 6.8 White, Jeff 919 P 1 55 73 6.22 Emmons, Antonio 1017K 1 40 69 7.7 Schwantes, Graham 107 QB 1 11 37 Maybe not the sexiest draft, but with 5 of 10 picks receiving a higher scouted grade after preseason I'll take it. Outside of WR Dennis Bernard the forced addition of a FB and WR don't look like they'll pay off too much. I should have K locked down for a decade plus and another nice pass rusher for the DL rotation. It was nice to see QB Graham Schwantes take a jump as well, if he didn't I'd swear I have no idea what I'm doing in the draft. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.7 Stone, Wade 1177LDE 1 60 78 2.8 Keith, Alan 513 SE 1 42 54 3.2 Berry, J.C. 333 FB 1 29 56 3.7 Dennis, Bernard 586 SE 1 44 60 4.8 Walton, Roy 1528LCB 1 25 60 4.26 Everett, Aidan 1498WLB 1 32 54 5.7 Jennings, Moe 754 LG 1 21 54 6.8 White, Jeff 919 P 1 57 69 6.22 Emmons, Antonio 1017K 1 50 78 7.7 Schwantes, Graham 107 QB 1 15 45 Trades A nice surprise offer from Seattle trading a 3rd round pick for my backup C and last years 7th round pick, Marquis Lujan. In addition, 4th year OLB and former UDFA Zack Coder got shipped to the Giants after they offered a 4th round pick. QB Room Tough decision but I declined an offer for a 4th round pick in exchange for Jeffrey Wooden. Both him and Schwantes have interesting bars so I'm not sure who will run the offense best. Wooden is the faster and better dual threat, but Schwantes looks to be a better passer. Since Wooden started last year, he is going to get the starting gig to begin this season. I'll have the QB sub setting at 9 to put Schwantes in when Wooden struggles and see how the production compares after a few games. The team isn't last in the Power Ratings for the first time, ranked 25th, so it could be an interesting year. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut Cntrct OnTeam Wooden, Jeffrey 102 QB QB 2 24 45 3 yrs. 2022 Schwantes, Graham 107 QB 1 15 45 4 yrs. 2023 Weed, Nathan 108 QB 4 25 28 1 yr. 2020 Season - 8-8, 2nd in AFC East After starting 1-3 with Wooden as the QB I pulled the plug and decided to roll with the rookie Schwantes. Turns out it was the right choice as he won 4 straight and guided the team to an 8-8 season - barely missing the playoffs with a 3-way tie between the Dolphins, Bills, and my Patriots. Both QBs broke 4 YPC with Wooden over 5 YPC, and Schwantes actually broke 6 YPA with better than a 1 to 1 TD to INT ratio. Next year I need to hit on at least a WR or TE, ideally both, to give Schwantes more options. Then again the WRs from last year and some UDFAs actually look like they might be solid next season after progressing. Still moving in the right direction, hopefully my last season missing the playoffs. Code: Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 7 G. Schwantes QB 556 338 3508 6.31 20 19 76.7 2 J. Wooden QB 234 138 1376 5.88 4 13 58.3 Team --- 790 476 4884 6.18 24 32 71.3 $$Opp --- 606 356 3317 5.47 13 15 70.7 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 7 G. Schwantes QB 144 651 4.52 3 7 2 J. Wooden QB 63 328 5.21 3 1 Team --- 207 979 4.73 6 19 $$Opp --- 471 2076 4.41 12 18 Individual Stats Code: Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 82 A. Devine WR 315 176 2001 11.37 6.35 15 11 81 B. Wells TE 145 89 825 9.27 5.69 16 4 15 A. Hoffman WR 89 60 752 12.53 8.45 2 4 10 K. Lowe WR 75 48 573 11.94 7.64 4 1 80 M. Borders TE 57 34 224 6.59 3.93 3 1 20 S. Laflamme RB 35 22 206 9.36 5.89 1 2 25 D. Rose RB 20 16 58 3.63 2.90 0 0 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 52 R. Praw ILB 105 33 2.5 1 2 8 75.7 21 T. Leinaweaver S 100 27 0.0 0 4 6 79.4 55 L. Thompson OLB 95 20 1.0 2 1 6 72.4 38 E. Newhart CB 85 22 1.0 2 2 18 79.2 95 J. Norton DT 61 34 4.0 14 0 1 81.3 43 R. Drake CB 58 18 0.0 1 1 6 76.9 93 D. Shea DT 54 23 4.0 14 0 0 81.0 46 B. Mitchell S 44 11 0.0 0 0 4 78.0 90 B. Land DE 39 9 6.5 9 0 0 81.4 36 R. Prior CB 35 14 0.0 0 2 7 83.5 57 J. Hopkins OLB 34 15 0.0 1 0 8 80.9 77 W. Stone DE 31 14 7.5 14 0 1 82.0 34 D. Middleton S 23 6 0.0 0 1 3 80.0 45 C. Boykin CB 18 2 0.0 0 0 3 77.6 98 A. Everett OLB 18 5 2.0 1 2 1 78.5 Team Stats Code: New England Patriots Team Rank Rushes per Game 12.9 32 Rushing Yards 61.2 32 Yards Per Carry 4.73 7 Pass Attempts 49.4 1 Completions 29.8 1 Completion Pct. 60.3 21 Passing Yards 305.3 1 Yards Per Attempt 6.18 22 Yards Per Catch 10.26 22 Total Yardage Gained 354.1 8 3rd Down Conversions 30.1 29 Points Per Game 19.8 21 Pass Rush Pct. 19.6 17 (T) Pass Defense Pct. 54.5 9 Turnovers 43 32 Turnover Margin -18 32 Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 29.4 29 Rushing Yards 129.8 29 Yards Per Carry 4.41 23 Pass Attempts 37.9 27 Completions 22.3 14 Completion Pct. 58.7 5 Passing Yards 207.3 1 Yards Per Attempt 5.47 1 Yards Per Catch 9.32 1 Total Yardage Gained 325.4 10 3rd Down Conversions 31.1 5 (T) Points Per Game 22.2 22 Pass Rush Pct. 17.1 3 Pass Defense Pct. 57.5 27 Turnovers 25 15 (T)

05-30-2020, 07:04 PM	#5
triplykely Mascot Join Date: Mar 2020	No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default 2024 - Year 5 Draft Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1 The OL is pretty good but adding Copeland looks to make it even better. Hopefully Weir pans out at MLB unlike the previous players who've held the position. A few picks were strictly depth due to who looked to be the 'best player available' but others were somewhat strategic. Mike O'Neill looks to be an excellent receiver and solid at blitz pickup, which are the only things I need a RB to do. Unfortunately this draft didn't really have many receiving TEs that looked good so I settled for an adequate receiver and strong blocker in Terry Borrego. I didn't scout QB Tristan Campbell but his bars looked really nice for a 7th round QB. Somehow this class got the highest grade of all my drafts with an 'A+' - maybe that means everyone is about to get better, because it doesn't look that great to me. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.14 Copeland, Jay 867 LT 1 41 74 2.17 Weir, Toby 1358MLB 1 27 71 3.3 Borrego, Terry 484 TE 1 31 55 3.16 Al Shawa, Lenny 588 FL 1 35 56 4.15 O'Neill, Mike 235 RB 1 43 47 4.30 Haase, Larry 764 RG 1 31 64 5.14 Jurkiewicz, Gino 1194RDE 1 28 55 6.17 Petherick, Stan 1642SS 1 24 55 7.16 Campbell, Tristan 101 QB 1 3 44 Still not entirely sure how this draft got an 'A+' but here we are, a few players up and a few players down. Haase looks like a nice find in the 4th and RB Mike O'Neill looks even better as a receiver out of the backfield and extra blocker in pass protection. Lenny Al Shawa saw a slight bump as did TE Terry Borrego. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.14 Copeland, Jay 867 RT 1 38 70 2.17 Weir, Toby 1358MLB 1 34 66 3.3 Borrego, Terry 484 TE 1 35 56 3.16 Al Shawa, Lenny 588 FL 1 41 58 4.15 O'Neill, Mike 235 RB 1 47 53 4.30 Haase, Larry 764 RG 1 38 70 5.14 Jurkiewicz, Gino 1194RDE 1 31 51 6.17 Petherick, Stan 1642SS 1 27 51 7.16 Campbell, Tristan 101 QB 1 7 44 Trade Minnesota offered a 2nd round pick for last years 2nd round pick WR Alan Keith. Since I like a few of the other receivers on the roster more than Keith I went with the trade. The team still lacks a legit #2 option but I think the receivers as a whole are fairly solid. Maybe with another 2nd round pick next year I can snag a real difference maker at the position. QB Room With a new staff in place many player ratings changed with the new scouting abilities. Not sure if they're more or less accurate but interesting to see Wooden go up a tick. Having the best year of any QB yet Graham Schwantes will start again this season. Like last year, if the team isn't doing well I may make a change; but ranked 7th in the Power Ratings, the team really just needs a QB. When clicking on the ratings Schwantes still has the highest potential so I think it makes the most sense to ride him the whole year and shoot for him to be near maxed out in progression for next season. Having gone 8-8 last year, and ranked in the top-10, I'm thinking playoffs for the first time. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut Cntrct OnTeam Wooden, Jeffrey 102 QB QB 3 29 46 2 yrs. 2022 Schwantes, Graham 107 QB 2 21 44 3 yrs. 2023 Campbell, Tristan 101 QB 1 7 44 4 yr. 2024 Season - 8-8, 2nd in AFC East Another year of .500 football finishing 2nd in the division and barely missing the playoffs. Starting all 16 games Schwantes increased his completion percentage and YPA a little bit in a slightly better season than his rookie year. Again averaging over 4 YPC when scrambling and scored more rushing TDs than fumbles he was solid when scrambling. I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong at this point, I feel like I should be able to pass for over 7 YPA but may need another year of progression/cohesion. Andres Devine had his best YPT by far with several other quality receiving options. He might be the first WR I've ever had in SP that breaks Jerry Rice's records. I feel like the defense should be playing better than it is but forget how many TOs my team has with 26 INTs and 7 fumbles just from the QB. Next season should be the year, this team is too good on paper to miss the playoffs again. Code: Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 7 G. Schwantes QB 767 471 5114 6.67 26 26 78.2 Team --- 773 477 5181 6.70 27 26 79.1 $$Opp --- 648 385 4049 6.25 19 15 77.7 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 7 G. Schwantes QB 206 852 4.14 8 7 Team --- 214 881 4.12 8 20 $$Opp --- 437 1863 4.26 11 19 Individual Stats Code: Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 82 A. Devine WR 289 163 2170 13.31 7.51 20 12 81 B. Wells TE 144 85 901 10.60 6.26 7 2 86 B. Dennis WR 86 60 709 11.82 8.24 5 6 22 R. Starks RB 58 37 211 5.70 3.64 6 2 80 M. Borders TE 51 35 262 7.49 5.14 3 0 35 M. O'Neill RB 47 35 321 9.17 6.83 1 2 88 L. Al Shawa WR 45 28 251 8.96 5.58 1 2 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 52 R. Praw ILB 118 27 0.5 1 1 9 73.4 21 T. Leinaweaver S 103 34 0.0 0 3 11 80.4 55 L. Thompson OLB 88 26 1.0 0 2 9 77.1 38 E. Newhart CB 84 19 0.0 0 1 14 77.2 32 N. Meteer CB 60 16 0.0 0 3 12 80.2 95 J. Norton DT 58 30 10.0 14 0 2 81.8 46 B. Mitchell S 49 13 0.0 0 2 10 81.5 90 B. Land DE 48 13 9.0 21 0 1 81.3 77 W. Stone DE 46 19 8.5 21 0 0 81.5 93 D. Shea DT 44 19 5.0 14 1 2 83.3 98 A. Everett OLB 37 18 2.0 1 1 7 80.3 36 R. Prior CB 34 11 0.0 0 1 5 77.2 42 S. Petherick S 18 6 0.0 0 0 4 78.2 Team Stats Code: New England Patriots Team Rank Rushes per Game 13.4 32 Rushing Yards 55.1 32 Yards Per Carry 4.12 19 Pass Attempts 48.3 1 Completions 29.8 1 Completion Pct. 61.7 13 (T) Passing Yards 323.8 1 Yards Per Attempt 6.70 13 Yards Per Catch 10.86 14 Total Yardage Gained 369.1 7 3rd Down Conversions 29.3 31 Points Per Game 22.9 12 (T) Pass Rush Pct. 20.7 14 Pass Defense Pct. 58.1 4 Turnovers 36 32 Turnover Margin -11 30 Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 27.3 21 (T) Rushing Yards 116.4 20 Yards Per Carry 4.26 19 Pass Attempts 40.5 31 Completions 24.1 32 Completion Pct. 59.4 9 (T) Passing Yards 253.1 26 Yards Per Attempt 6.25 5 Yards Per Catch 10.52 6 Total Yardage Gained 356.8 27 3rd Down Conversions 33.2 13 Points Per Game 21.7 18 (T) Pass Rush Pct. 16.9 4 Pass Defense Pct. 50.6 17 Turnovers 25 9 (T)

05-31-2020, 04:47 PM	#7
triplykely Mascot Join Date: Mar 2020	No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default 2026 - Year 7 Trade Not really a positive value trade, but I opted to accept the 4.14 pick from Baltimore for former 3.1 pick OLB Luis Thompson. Switching back to a 34 because of superior coaches, Thompson doesn't fit the scheme and was only in the solid/good category as is. Draft Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1 This is an interesting class, at first glance it appears wholly average with 1 player having a ceiling of 60+. Both LBs and the NT better fit the 34 than the players I have on roster currently however they don't look very skilled. Griffin looks like another receiving RB, which is good because O'Neill has almost no endurance, and Martin Herndon could be something at QB. I would have had to give Wooden the franchise tag and decided barely making the playoffs wasn't worth it. If I didn't have the restrictions on trades I would have moved back instead of taking Ellis at 1.21 but both he and Whiting interviewed as 'very underrated'. The AI also graded my class an 'A-' which leads me to believe there is going to be some improvement after camp and preseason. I'm not entirely sure what is and what isn't predetermined, I just know some aspects of progression are each, and the grade seems to correlate in some way. Realistically I think I just rushed this draft. I didn't spend much time looking over players before deciding on my interviews and was quick in making each rounds selection. Given the success I've had in recent SP games I didn't anticipate the struggles I'd have with this playthrough. Before this season I'll be reworking the playbook and seeing if I can't better optimize it before training camp. And next year I'll make myself pay more attention to the draft - I need to get some stud players, the ones I drafted early are getting old. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.21 Terry, Ellis 511 FL 1 42 57 2.21 Whiting, Willie 518 FL 1 30 55 3.21 Armstrong, Jamie 1451WLB 1 45 61 4.14 Snyder, Chance 1546LCB 1 27 59 4.21 Contois, Marshall 1352SILB 1 24 53 5.21 Chandler, Benjamin 1270NT 1 32 50 6.21 Herndon, Martin 114 QB 1 11 41 7.21 Griffin, Irving 239 RB 1 32 42 Better improvement to the draft class than the last few years with more players going up than down. A little disappointing that WR Willing Whiting didn't go up as he was 'very underrated' like WR Terry Ellis. Herndon looks like a possible QB who could work but Schwantes is only in year 4 so no need to rush a replacement. The front seven is made stronger with a real 34 OLB in Jamie Armstrong and the secondary improves with a quality CB in Chance Snyder. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.21 Terry, Ellis 511 FL 1 50 66 2.21 Whiting, Willie 518 FL 1 33 52 3.21 Armstrong, Jamie 1451WLB 1 53 69 4.14 Snyder, Chance 1546LCB 1 33 62 4.21 Contois, Marshall 1352SILB 1 28 46 5.21 Chandler, Benjamin 1270NT 1 34 44 6.21 Herndon, Martin 114 QB 1 15 44 7.21 Griffin, Irving 239 RB 1 33 42 Trade When Indianapolis offered a 4th round pick for TE Terry Borrego I had to take it. I knew Borrego wasn't much of a receiver when I drafted him but he turned out to be worse than expected. Getting a 4th for a TE who doesn't fit my scheme and is 3rd on my depth chart is a no brainer. QB Room Although Herndon saw a bump after preseason I'm still going to roll with Schwantes. I should have stuck with him last season since I knew I'd need to franchise Wooden to have kept him. Now I've got a 4th year QB who still isn't fully developed. Either way, the tentative plan moving forward is to keep Schwantes as the starter until a clear cut replacement is found. In tweaking the playbook and gameplans I think I can post better numbers with a higher YPA and better TD to INT ratio but the variance was fairly high in testing. We'll see how the season goes, the team is good, I just can't seem to figure out how to consistently win with a below average QB and pass only gameplans. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut Cntrct OnTeam Schwantes, Graham 107 QB QB 4 32 45 3 yrs. 2023 Herndon, Martin 114 QB 1 15 44 4 yrs. 2026 Campbell, Tristan 101 QB 3 13 39 2 yrs. 2024 Amari, Joe 103 QB 2 10 26 3 yrs. 2025 Season - 8-8, 3rd in AFC East Nice to see the playbook/gameplan tweaking pay off - too bad I neutered the defense by switching to a 34. At the time it seemed like a good idea to get better scouting, but in hindsight I had a nice 43 defense built and essentially turned studs into duds in several cases. Next offseason I will need to do a better job putting everyone in the best position with the new scheme or switch back to a 43; which may be preferrable as I find it easier to build with more defined roles. Either way, easily the best season yet for the offense in the NRiTBECC with over 7 YPA and better than a 2 to 1 TD to INT ratio. Also, and I think because the passing game was better, when scrambling Schwantes YPC went up as well. Unfortunately because of the defense the team finished 8-8 missing the playoffs. Now that I've got a better playbook/gameplans for a mediocre QB to only pass, it will be easier to get this team back in contention. Schwantes will be maxed out progression all next year so if I can fix the defense and he puts up similar numbers I think a Super Bowl run is possible. Code: Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 7 G. Schwantes QB 839 519 6125 7.30 40 18 91.0 Team --- 852 523 6163 7.23 40 18 90.2 $$Opp --- 644 386 4208 6.53 25 14 83.1 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 7 G. Schwantes QB 144 746 5.18 5 8 Team --- 164 806 4.91 5 16 $$Opp --- 447 1963 4.39 9 12 Individual Stats Code: Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 82 A. Devine WR 302 183 2568 14.03 8.50 16 17 86 B. Dennis WR 121 82 863 10.52 7.13 5 9 88 L. Al Shawa WR 150 82 1035 12.62 6.90 10 5 33 J. Berry FB 58 37 367 9.92 6.33 3 1 83 C. Burgess TE 58 36 285 7.92 4.91 5 1 22 R. Starks RB 49 32 229 7.16 4.67 6 1 89 N. Giles TE 45 32 307 9.59 6.82 1 2 35 M. O'Neill RB 43 25 321 12.84 7.47 1 4 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 21 T. Leinaweaver S 113 30 0.0 0 1 10 76.8 58 T. Weir ILB 107 49 1.0 0 0 8 75.1 98 A. Everett OLB 86 25 5.5 11 2 8 78.3 25 D. Turner CB 74 11 1.0 0 4 12 77.2 95 J. Norton DT 66 16 5.0 23 0 2 82.8 42 S. Petherick S 64 32 0.0 0 0 5 75.1 38 E. Newhart CB 56 22 1.0 3 2 9 81.0 51 J. Armstrong OLB 51 22 3.5 7 1 5 81.2 28 R. Walton CB 46 9 0.0 0 2 10 80.1 52 M. Contois ILB 32 18 0.0 0 0 2 68.9 77 W. Stone DE 31 15 2.0 11 0 0 81.1 90 B. Land DE 24 12 1.5 8 1 0 83.1 97 G. De Jongh OLB 19 7 1.0 1 0 1 75.7 Team Stats Code: New England Patriots Team Rank Rushes per Game 10.3 32 Rushing Yards 50.4 32 Yards Per Carry 4.91 4 Pass Attempts 53.3 1 Completions 32.7 1 Completion Pct. 61.4 20 (T) Passing Yards 385.2 1 Yards Per Attempt 7.23 5 Yards Per Catch 11.78 2 Total Yardage Gained 425.6 1 3rd Down Conversions 31.8 25 Points Per Game 28.5 1 Pass Rush Pct. 19.1 19 (T) Pass Defense Pct. 51.5 11 Turnovers 23 21 (T) Turnover Margin -3 20 (T) Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 27.9 25 Rushing Yards 122.7 21 Yards Per Carry 4.39 16 Pass Attempts 40.3 31 Completions 24.1 29 Completion Pct. 59.9 7 Passing Yards 263.0 31 Yards Per Attempt 6.53 14 Yards Per Catch 10.90 23 Total Yardage Gained 375.6 30 3rd Down Conversions 38.1 27 Points Per Game 21.7 17 (T) Pass Rush Pct. 18.2 8 (T) Pass Defense Pct. 45.4 10 Turnovers 20 17 (T)

05-31-2020, 06:27 PM	#8
triplykely Mascot Join Date: Mar 2020	No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default 2027 - Year 8 Draft Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1 Surprised to see Spencer available at 15th as he looked to be the best OL in the draft. I have a strong LT in his 8th season so the pick fills a near-future need as well. Since I opted to switch back to a 43 under I acquired several more front seven players to return to the old scheme. They look solid but not spectacular, and with a 'B' for a draft grade (oddly, only one team had better than a 'B'), I'm not optimistic about preseason progression. Both QBs look promising so far with Yanez interviewed as 'underrated'. While I didn't interview Rezac, his bars looked pretty good and he's a scrambler so I figured he was worth a 7th round gamble. If either of the rookie QBs see a bump after preseason they will get the Week 1 start. With a better playbook/gameplan and the goal being to win 6 or more Super Bowls, it makes sense to start a promising rookie. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.15 Spencer, Tyrell 873 LT 1 33 84 2.14 Bernard, Darnell 1357MLB 1 19 66 3.13 Cassidy, Neal 1296RDT 1 33 66 4.17 Whiting, Jesse 1155LDE 1 32 59 4.32 Alstatt, Collin 1620SS 1 18 57 5.16 Davis, Clifton 227 RB 1 26 41 6.15 Yanez, Lenny 102 QB 1 13 45 7.14 Rezac, Bryson 108 QB 1 25 44 A nice jump for DE Jesse Whiting but an otherwise uneventful camp and preseason. Still happy with Spencer at LT despite him going down slightly, but S Collin Alstatt and MLB Darnell Bernard are disappointments dropping fairly significantly. Oddly, the QB I interviewed as 'underrated', Lenny Yanez, dropped from 45 to 44, while Bryson Rezac went up from 44 to 48. Interesting class and an interesting situtation at QB. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.15 Spencer, Tyrell 873 LT 1 41 82 2.14 Bernard, Darnell 1357MLB 1 23 60 3.13 Cassidy, Neal 1296RDT 1 40 65 4.17 Whiting, Jesse 1155LDE 1 43 70 4.32 Alstatt, Collin 1620SS 1 24 50 5.16 Davis, Clifton 227 RB 1 26 32 6.15 Yanez, Lenny 102 QB 1 17 44 7.14 Rezac, Bryson 108 QB 1 29 48 QB Room Schwantes held out before camp, which put me in an awkward situation. Not knowing if the rookies would be worth playing over him, and having had a revolving door for a while, I decided to pay him. And now the team is in a cap pickle for the first time. I imagine that will start being an issue moving forward as contracts are all exactly what a player requests. If I could go back I would not have paid Schwantes and started Rezac over him, saving money for a few years. However, since I cannot go back and I've paid Schwantes, he will get the Week 1 start with the QB sub setting left at 9. Rezac didn't do a combine but has 90+ scrambling, really curious how fast he is. As long as the changes to the defense work I think Schwantes can get us to the playoffs and make a run, but the rookie Rezac is a tempting play. Actually, even Yanez is tempting as his bars make it seem like his overall should be higher. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut Cntrct OnTeam Schwantes, Graham 107 QB QB 5 39 45 4 yrs. 2023 Rezac, Bryson 108 QB 1 29 48 4 yrs. 2027 Herndon, Martin 114 QB 2 19 42 3 yrs. 2026 Yanez, Lenny 102 QB 1 17 44 4 yrs. 2027 Season - 6-10, 3rd in AFC East With last year on the better end of the variance curve, this season fell below what I saw in testing. Basically flipping the TD to INT ratio while losing about .8 YPA the offense did not do well. One bright spot was Schwantes only fumbling once while rushing for 14 TDs. Now with 8 seasons under his belt, and 7 straight of 150+ receptions and 1975+ yards, Andres Devine again led the team in receiving. Switching back to a 43 didn't seem to help the defense any even though my players are mostly all better suited for it. All of this leads to some frustration as the team regressed going 6-10 missing the playoffs again. Not sure where to point the blame other than the playbook and gameplans. Next season I'll do some more testing before the official sim to see if I can get things back on track with 7+ YPA and a 2 to 1 TD to INT ratio. Code: Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 7 G. Schwantes QB 807 484 5292 6.56 18 29 71.8 8 B. Rezac QB 54 27 298 5.52 1 1 65.2 Team --- 861 511 5590 6.49 19 30 71.4 $$Opp --- 578 373 3951 6.84 23 11 89.6 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 7 G. Schwantes QB 150 827 5.51 14 1 Team --- 166 897 5.40 14 7 $$Opp --- 440 1826 4.15 15 17 Individual Stats Code: Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 82 A. Devine WR 279 154 2065 13.41 7.40 9 6 86 B. Dennis WR 137 86 1005 11.69 7.34 5 3 88 L. Al Shawa WR 142 84 921 10.96 6.49 6 4 83 C. Burgess TE 136 76 834 10.97 6.13 6 4 35 M. O'Neill RB 50 34 196 5.76 3.92 1 0 33 J. Berry FB 29 24 194 8.08 6.69 0 1 39 I. Griffin RB 35 23 148 6.43 4.23 4 1 11 E. Terry WR 30 16 112 7.00 3.73 1 0 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 58 T. Weir ILB 133 28 5.0 2 0 7 70.7 21 T. Leinaweaver S 104 25 0.0 0 0 8 76.6 51 J. Armstrong OLB 91 32 0.5 4 3 8 76.1 38 E. Newhart CB 82 20 2.0 1 1 12 78.0 25 D. Turner CB 70 14 0.0 0 3 5 72.6 95 J. Norton DT 48 27 6.5 9 0 1 80.9 37 S. Whiting S 48 15 0.0 0 3 6 81.3 90 B. Land DE 42 22 4.5 14 0 0 80.8 97 G. De Jongh OLB 39 9 1.0 0 0 0 70.6 77 W. Stone DE 35 10 4.0 12 1 2 83.3 47 A. Ballard CB 34 19 0.0 1 0 7 78.5 93 D. Shea DT 33 13 2.5 11 0 0 81.9 Team Stats Code: New England Patriots Team Rank Rushes per Game 10.4 32 Rushing Yards 56.1 32 Yards Per Carry 5.40 2 Pass Attempts 53.8 1 Completions 31.9 1 Completion Pct. 59.3 29 Passing Yards 349.4 1 Yards Per Attempt 6.49 16 Yards Per Catch 10.94 10 Total Yardage Gained 391.4 1 3rd Down Conversions 35.5 16 Points Per Game 21.4 22 Pass Rush Pct. 16.5 28 Pass Defense Pct. 42.3 27 Turnovers 37 31 (T) Turnover Margin -18 32 Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 27.5 22 Rushing Yards 114.1 15 Yards Per Carry 4.15 8 Pass Attempts 36.1 18 (T) Completions 23.3 24 (T) Completion Pct. 64.5 25 (T) Passing Yards 246.9 22 (T) Yards Per Attempt 6.84 24 Yards Per Catch 10.59 15 Total Yardage Gained 350.9 22 3rd Down Conversions 37.7 20 Points Per Game 25.8 29 Pass Rush Pct. 20.0 24 Pass Defense Pct. 58.4 29 Turnovers 19 24 (T)

05-31-2020, 09:28 PM	#9
triplykely Mascot Join Date: Mar 2020	No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default 2028 - Year 9 Draft Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1 There was a WR I really wanted with the 1st round pick, someone to replace Andres Devine, but he was snagged 5th so I got who might be the best rookie this year with RG Mickey Gutsche. One thing I realized, a reason why my drafts aren't as good as other playthroughs, is I'm mainly only interviewing late round QBs and have taken away the ability to move around the draft. I'm still doing better than the AI with one of the best classes routinely, I've just yet to have the best class. Either way, this year was the closest with an 'A-' ranking 2nd. I think I'm going to get a pleasant surprise on QB Max Sinclair based on his interview, scouting, and that grade. Lofton interviewed underrated so hopefully he's the TE I've been looking for. At first glance this doesn't look like an 'A-' to me, but that typically means I'll see some progression. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.8 Gutsche, Mickey 761 RG 1 42 88 2.7 Lofton, Gage 440 TE 1 40 71 4.10 Tramontana, Dalton 345 FB 1 36 57 5.9 Wolsic, Clay 1642FS 1 21 54 6.8 Sinclair, Max 106 QB 1 16 47 7.7 Griffin, Carson 243 RB 1 42 49 Sinclair saw a bump as I expected, although not as much of one, and surprisingly RB Carson Griffin saw the best increase to his scouted rating. Lofton and Gutsche still look like good picks, although a little disappointed to see them dip. My current FB is in the last year of his deal and a 6th year vet so I thought I might have found his replacement in Tramontana. It looks like I was wrong. Since I'm 5+ million over the cap this season there will be some losses next year, although nobody overly significant. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.8 Gutsche, Mickey 761 RG 1 52 86 2.7 Lofton, Gage 440 TE 1 45 69 4.10 Tramontana, Dalton 345 FB 1 39 51 5.9 Wolsic, Clay 1642FS 1 29 60 6.8 Sinclair, Max 106 QB 1 20 50 7.7 Griffin, Carson 243 RB 1 47 58 QB Room If Schwantes would have repeated the success of 2026 last year I would start him for the season no questions asked. However, he's in his 6th year and played poorly last season despite having the same playbook. Because of what I saw before the draft with Max Sinclair, and him seeing a slight bump after preseason, I'm going to run with him no matter what. Instead of waffling on which QB to play I'm going to play him regardless of how the team does because he appears to be on the best trajectory. He has some really high bars in key areas with no major weaknesses; it seems like his overall rating should be higher. Anyways, thats the plan - run with Max Sinclair at QB until I find an obvious replacement. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut Cntrct OnTeam Schwantes, Graham 107 QB 6 43 43 Rezac, Bryson 108 QB 2 33 47 Herndon, Martin 114 QB 3 22 44 Yanez, Lenny 102 QB 2 21 44 Sinclair, Max 106 QB QB 1 20 50 Season - 11-5, 1st in AFC East Winning the AFC East and making the playoffs for only the 2nd time in 10 seasons, I'm back to thinking the NRiTBECC is possible. The rookie QB Max Sinclair had a killer first season with 7.1 YPA and nearly a 2 to 1 TD to INT ratio. With 6155 yards he threw for more yards than anyone yet by beating Schwantes 2026 season. The offense as a whole was also 1st in yards and scoring while finishing 7th on 3rd down. Another monster year for WR Andres Devine where he put up 2300+ yards while scoring 17 TDs. Now a 9 year vet, he's behind Jerry Rice's career records by 111 receptions, 4697 yards, and 98 TDs. Receptions is easy, yards seems do-able, but TDs are tricky unless I specifically gameplan to do it. Rookie TE Gage Lofton looked solid and should only get better, while RB Mike O'Neill led the team with 8.45 YPT. Defensively it was an interesting year with the 32nd ranked pass rush and 1st ranked pass defense percentage. Despite being poor against the run and struggling to generate a pass rush, the strength of the coverage led to the 5th fewest YPA allowed and league leading 35 TOs. With 3 players recording 5 or more INTs the defense relied heavily on the secondary. Unfortunately after a first round bye, hosting the Indianapolis Colts, the secondary wouldn't create TOs and the offense wouldn't click as the team would lose 13-30. A nice season despite going one-and-done in the playoffs. This QB Max Sinclair may be the one to achieve the NRiTBECC. Code: Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 6 M. Sinclair QB 867 507 6155 7.10 47 25 86.4 7 G. Schwantes QB 40 18 210 5.25 2 1 67.7 Team --- 907 525 6365 7.02 49 26 85.6 $$Opp --- 649 369 3991 6.15 15 23 68.0 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 6 M. Sinclair QB 106 425 4.01 6 7 Team --- 129 521 4.04 8 18 $$Opp --- 453 1954 4.31 10 21 Individual Stats Code: Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 82 A. Devine WR 320 163 2357 14.46 7.37 20 17 86 B. Dennis WR 133 82 980 11.95 7.37 9 9 40 G. Lofton TE 119 77 747 9.70 6.28 1 5 11 E. Terry WR 112 67 790 11.79 7.05 7 8 35 M. O'Neill RB 67 49 566 11.55 8.45 4 3 83 C. Burgess TE 68 37 445 12.03 6.54 3 5 43 C. Griffin RB 32 22 158 7.18 4.94 3 0 88 L. Al Shawa WR 38 21 285 13.57 7.50 2 2 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 58 T. Weir ILB 115 39 0.0 3 1 5 75.3 21 T. Leinaweaver S 106 32 0.0 0 1 11 78.5 51 J. Armstrong OLB 101 32 3.5 2 1 10 80.2 25 D. Turner CB 95 23 0.0 0 6 12 79.0 38 E. Newhart CB 62 19 2.0 0 5 15 81.7 95 J. Norton DT 58 27 7.5 17 0 0 81.7 47 A. Ballard CB 49 8 0.0 0 5 15 83.7 96 N. Cassidy DT 43 19 2.0 6 0 1 79.7 20 C. Alstatt S 43 4 0.0 0 2 5 78.5 77 W. Stone DE 38 10 4.0 8 0 0 81.1 97 G. De Jongh OLB 33 12 1.0 4 1 3 80.4 55 J. Whiting DE 18 7 4.0 13 0 2 83.1 42 C. Wolsic S 17 10 0.0 0 1 7 84.8 90 B. Land DE 16 5 1.0 16 0 0 81.1 Team Stats Code: New England Patriots Team Rank Rushes per Game 8.1 32 Rushing Yards 32.6 32 Yards Per Carry 4.04 22 Pass Attempts 56.7 1 Completions 32.8 1 Completion Pct. 57.9 28 Passing Yards 397.8 1 Yards Per Attempt 7.02 7 Yards Per Catch 12.12 1 Total Yardage Gained 419.9 1 3rd Down Conversions 38.3 7 Points Per Game 32.9 1 Pass Rush Pct. 17.3 31 Pass Defense Pct. 64.8 1 Turnovers 37 32 Turnover Margin -2 18 (T) Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 28.3 29 Rushing Yards 122.1 23 Yards Per Carry 4.31 16 Pass Attempts 40.6 31 Completions 23.1 21 Completion Pct. 56.9 1 Passing Yards 249.4 23 Yards Per Attempt 6.15 5 Yards Per Catch 10.82 21 Total Yardage Gained 361.3 26 3rd Down Conversions 33.2 10 Points Per Game 19.2 9 Pass Rush Pct. 18.6 10 Pass Defense Pct. 54.8 22 Turnovers 35 1 Last edited by triplykely : 05-31-2020 at 09:34 PM.

06-01-2020, 01:10 PM	#10
triplykely Mascot Join Date: Mar 2020	No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default 2029 - Year 10 Trade Took the offer of the 3.12 pick from Chicago for 2027s 7.14 pick QB Bryson Rezac. Since Sinclair had a killer rookie season, and I already decided I was running with him until I draft someone better, the trade is a slam dunk. Draft Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1 Definitely pushed the issue on receiving options again this year but TE Deron Joseph was interviewed as 'underrated' so hopefully he gets even better. I'm pretty happy with the 5th and 6th round picks with both players better than expected; Meerdink a nice receiver out of the backfield. For the first time I didn't draft a QB, although there was a few that were somewhat tempting nobody jumped out at me. Ranked in maybe the top third among all teams, this class received a 'B+' which looks about right - aside from no obvious stud pick. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.26 Joseph, Deron 480 TE 1 35 65 2.28 Hanson, Leo 584 FL 1 35 61 3.12 Wooden, Demetrius 1192RDE 1 39 61 4.26 Barrett, Tyrone 1353MLB 1 22 56 5.28 Cobb, Mitch 1454WLB 1 32 67 6.27 Meerdink, Brady 237 RB 1 42 55 7.26 Summers, Walter 449 TE 1 23 40 A few nice jumps with TE Deron Joseph, OLB Mitch Cobb, and RB Brady Meerdink. Possibly the biggest drop I've ever seen however with DE Demetrius Wooden dropping from 61 to 33 as a ceiling. Aside from him I'm pretty happy with this draft. Its too bad I can't hand it off, because I think Meerdink could put up yards easily. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.26 Joseph, Deron 480 TE 1 43 72 2.28 Hanson, Leo 584 FL 1 39 59 3.12 Wooden, Demetrius 1192RDE 1 26 33 4.26 Barrett, Tyrone 1353MLB 1 28 52 5.28 Cobb, Mitch 1454WLB 1 41 71 6.27 Meerdink, Brady 237 RB 1 46 63 7.26 Summers, Walter 449 TE 1 25 40 QB Room Same plan as last year, especially after a strong rookie season, roll with Max Sinclair at QB. Schwantes looks significantly worse than years past with Yanez destined to never fully develop as well. We'll see how the season goes but if Sinclair can post another 7+ YPA with a 2 to 1 TD to INT ratio I think the team has a shot at a postseason run. Granted, last year could have been a fluke but I think we can make it two years in a row in the playoffs. My main concern is WR Andres Devine is getting older and I don't have a stud WR to replace him. Then again, the team may actually do better spreading the ball around more to good players instead of funneling it to a great player. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut Cntrct OnTeam Schwantes, Graham 107 QB 7 36 36 2 yrs. 2023 Sinclair, Max 106 QB QB 2 27 48 3 yrs. 2028 Yanez, Lenny 102 QB 3 24 43 2 yrs. 2027 Season - 12-4, 1st in AFC East Things are starting to click with another year making the playoffs, winning the AFC East, finishing 12-4. Sinclair looked better in his sophomore season and easily posted the best statline of any QB in the NRiTBECC. With 4 players averaging over 7 YPT, and two over 8 YPT, Max Sinclair's deep passing is paying off. Still not fully developed, my scouts have him reaching a 99 on deep passes. The offense was again arguably the NFLs best ranking 1st in scoring and yards. My biggest surprise was the defense having even more TOs ranking 1st with 41. I need to dive into the personnel, numbers, and logs a bit to see how I achieved so many - because that needs to continue. For the first time the Patriots won a playoff game, beating the Titans 26-0 by forcing 4 INTs while Sinclair threw for 400 yards 2 TDs and an INT in the blowout. Unfortunately the good times would end in the AFC Championship with Sinclair tossing 4 INTs in the 21-26 loss. Easily the best season yet, one game away from a shot at the first Super Bowl, I'm pretty optimistic moving forward. Next year will be Sinclair's 3rd season and he has started every game since being drafted. Since he should be maxed out in progression or close to it, I think next season we make another Super Bowl run. Code: Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 6 M. Sinclair QB 870 542 6351 7.30 52 23 93.3 Team --- 882 549 6423 7.28 52 23 93.1 $$Opp --- 668 416 4240 6.35 24 26 76.1 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 6 M. Sinclair QB 123 368 2.99 8 3 Team --- 134 399 2.98 9 14 $$Opp --- 412 1941 4.71 11 23 Individual Stats Code: Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 82 A. Devine WR 284 172 2103 12.23 7.40 14 26 88 L. Al Shawa WR 131 86 1049 12.20 8.01 7 7 80 D. Joseph TE 102 61 669 10.97 6.56 7 3 86 B. Dennis WR 100 55 747 13.58 7.47 2 3 43 C. Griffin RB 76 54 465 8.61 6.12 3 2 40 G. Lofton TE 88 51 773 15.16 8.78 3 4 45 D. Tramontana FB 39 27 213 7.89 5.46 1 0 11 E. Terry WR 35 24 243 10.13 6.94 3 4 35 M. O'Neill RB 25 17 132 7.76 5.28 0 3 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 25 D. Turner CB 120 19 0.0 1 1 20 72.6 58 T. Weir ILB 102 34 1.0 2 3 7 78.9 51 J. Armstrong OLB 91 37 1.0 2 2 10 78.7 95 J. Norton DT 70 24 7.5 14 0 1 81.3 46 C. Snyder CB 65 16 0.5 0 6 15 80.5 21 N. Bennett CB 58 17 0.0 1 3 7 79.9 42 C. Wolsic S 57 6 0.0 0 1 8 78.4 97 G. De Jongh OLB 48 10 0.0 0 3 3 74.5 20 C. Alstatt S 48 13 0.0 0 4 5 82.3 96 N. Cassidy DT 39 28 4.5 11 1 2 82.5 77 W. Stone DE 35 11 4.0 16 0 2 81.9 55 J. Whiting DE 28 8 5.5 12 0 0 81.7 90 B. Land DE 17 5 4.0 7 1 1 82.4 36 K. Bullock CB 16 11 0.0 0 0 6 82.9 Team Stats Code: New England Patriots Team Rank Rushes per Game 8.4 32 Rushing Yards 24.9 32 Yards Per Carry 2.98 31 Pass Attempts 55.1 1 Completions 34.3 1 Completion Pct. 62.2 16 (T) Passing Yards 401.4 1 Yards Per Attempt 7.28 3 Yards Per Catch 11.70 1 Total Yardage Gained 415.7 1 3rd Down Conversions 38.6 9 Points Per Game 33.5 1 Pass Rush Pct. 16.9 31 Pass Defense Pct. 60.1 2 Turnovers 30 29 (T) Turnover Margin +11 3 Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 25.8 14 Rushing Yards 121.3 25 (T) Yards Per Carry 4.71 28 Pass Attempts 41.8 32 Completions 26.0 32 Completion Pct. 62.3 18 (T) Passing Yards 265.0 31 Yards Per Attempt 6.35 14 Yards Per Catch 10.19 9 Total Yardage Gained 374.4 32 3rd Down Conversions 33.8 12 Points Per Game 21.8 23 Pass Rush Pct. 17.5 7 Pass Defense Pct. 49.9 20 Turnovers 41 1

06-01-2020, 05:51 PM	#11
triplykely Mascot Join Date: Mar 2020	No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default 2030 - Year 11 Draft Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1 Well, aside from my 1st round pick DE Conner Linquist, this draft looks awful. Really surprised by Sandlin, he looked like near max for static bars, low elusiveness, and very high route running and getting downfield. Mickey DeJesus looks interesting, but not an obvious replacement to Max Sinclair. The draft got an 'A-' grade, which it certainly doesn't look like at first glance. Either way, it looks like I added a strong pass rusher, another receiving option out of the backfield, and some depth. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.30 Linquist, Conner 1176RDE 1 43 83 2.30 Sandlin, Tevin 241 RB 1 42 51 4.30 Sinclair, Patrick 1275LDT 1 23 53 5.30 Swanson, Blake 1532RCB 1 22 50 6.30 DeJesus, Mickey 113 QB 1 12 50 7.30 Beavers, Alvin 103 QB 1 5 36 No idea how this class graded as an 'A-', everyone got worse. Another monster drop like I normally never see with Tevin Sandlin. So odd given his bars and combines. Not much to say, I got one player out of this and a bunch destined to be cut. Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.30 Linquist, Conner 1176RDE 1 47 78 2.30 Sandlin, Tevin 241 RB 1 24 29 4.30 Sinclair, Patrick 1275LDT 1 27 49 5.30 Swanson, Blake 1532RCB 1 27 45 6.30 DeJesus, Mickey 113 QB 1 17 41 7.30 Beavers, Alvin 103 QB 1 8 29 QB Room Easy decision heading into Week 1 with Sinclair posting two strong seasons to start his career and the team making the AFC Championship last season. Given my poor drafts, especially the most recent, I think I'm going to stop even looking for QBs for at least a few seasons. It might cost me that rare random late round stud but it will help me better maintain the rest of the roster. Sinclair seems to be the right type of QB for an all pass gameplan that I'm running so why not see what kind of numbers he can put up uncontested as a starter? Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut Cntrct OnTeam Sinclair, Max 106 QB QB 3 33 50 2 yrs. 2028 DeJesus, Mickey 113 QB 1 17 41 4 yrs. 2030 Beavers, Alvin 103 QB 1 8 29 4 yrs. 2030 Season - 13-3, 1st in AFC East Another pretty strong year for the pass only Patriots and QB Max Sinclair. Not quite 50 TDs, but 7+ YPA and nearly a 2:1 TD to INT ratio, Sinclair had a nice 3rd season as a starter leading the team to a division title and first round bye going 13-3. With Devine regressing a bit in his 11th season led to a slightly more balanced passing offense with more players involved. Better than last year, 5 players broke 7 YPT with 3 over 8 YPT - and TE Deron Joseph over 10 YPT. All and all pretty successful season leading the league in yards and scoring again. The main issue with the offense is TOs. With 25 INTs and 15 fumbles from QB Max Sinclair alone it makes games more difficult. The defense continues to create TOs better than anyone thanks to some strong coverage in the secondary. While they led the league in INTs, the team also generated a fair number of fumbles ranking 5th, and finishing 1st in TOs again. The first year in the playoffs the team was bounced their first game, next year they won a game and then lost the AFC Championship. This year they finally won the Super Bowl. With 8.3+ YPA and a 91.1 QB rating during the playoff run, Max Sinclair got the first of hopefully 6 Super Bowl victories for the NRiTBECC. Code: Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 6 M. Sinclair QB 837 525 6101 7.29 46 25 90.6 13 M. DeJesus QB 34 22 223 6.56 2 2 78.4 Team --- 871 547 6324 7.26 48 27 90.2 $$Opp --- 687 386 4147 6.04 22 24 70.1 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 6 M. Sinclair QB 127 518 4.08 5 15 Team --- 151 588 3.89 5 21 $$Opp --- 397 1550 3.90 7 17 Individual Stats Code: Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 82 A. Devine WR 275 163 2018 12.38 7.34 19 7 81 G. Lofton TE 171 114 1028 9.02 6.01 3 11 88 L. Al Shawa WR 112 73 913 12.51 8.15 3 6 86 B. Dennis WR 111 66 870 13.18 7.84 4 8 45 D. Tramontana FB 52 34 234 6.88 4.50 3 2 11 E. Terry WR 47 32 387 12.09 8.23 1 5 80 D. Joseph TE 46 26 465 17.88 10.11 4 3 43 C. Griffin RB 34 23 229 9.96 6.74 1 5 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 58 T. Weir ILB 109 26 3.0 2 2 14 75.7 51 J. Armstrong OLB 103 29 4.5 3 1 15 77.5 46 C. Snyder CB 86 24 0.0 1 6 14 81.4 25 D. Turner CB 71 22 1.5 3 5 8 79.6 95 J. Norton DT 63 19 6.0 12 1 0 82.5 21 N. Bennett CB 61 14 0.0 0 3 6 79.9 42 C. Wolsic S 60 19 0.0 0 2 10 80.2 96 N. Cassidy DT 58 28 7.5 12 0 0 81.3 20 C. Alstatt S 40 17 0.0 0 1 8 80.4 57 D. Bernard OLB 37 13 1.0 0 1 10 82.8 77 W. Stone DE 26 7 4.0 13 0 0 82.3 55 J. Whiting DE 25 16 5.5 14 1 2 82.8 36 K. Bullock CB 17 3 1.0 0 1 4 81.5 Team Stats Code: New England Patriots Team Rank Rushes per Game 9.4 32 Rushing Yards 36.8 32 Yards Per Carry 3.89 27 Pass Attempts 54.4 1 Completions 34.2 1 Completion Pct. 62.8 8 Passing Yards 395.3 1 Yards Per Attempt 7.26 3 Yards Per Catch 11.56 3 Total Yardage Gained 413.9 1 3rd Down Conversions 37.0 8 Points Per Game 31.4 1 Pass Rush Pct. 19.6 15 (T) Pass Defense Pct. 65.7 1 Turnovers 37 32 Turnover Margin -2 20 (T) Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 24.8 7 Rushing Yards 96.9 5 Yards Per Carry 3.90 6 Pass Attempts 42.9 32 Completions 24.1 26 Completion Pct. 56.2 1 Passing Yards 259.2 26 Yards Per Attempt 6.04 9 Yards Per Catch 10.74 21 Total Yardage Gained 339.5 17 3rd Down Conversions 33.5 11 (T) Points Per Game 19.2 7 Pass Rush Pct. 18.6 8 (T) Pass Defense Pct. 50.1 13 Turnovers 35 1

06-03-2020, 02:27 PM	#12
triplykely Mascot Join Date: Mar 2020	No Running in Tom Brady's Empty Cupboard Challenge Premise: Draft a QB in the 6th round or later (UDFA also) that wins 6 or more Super Bowls using an all passing gameplan after beginning with a random player file draft where the worst players are chosen to start the team Conditions: Contract extensions must be exactly what the player requests, cannot sign another teams FAs, only AI initiated trades, UDFAs to fill roster, injuries off, salary cap and scouting at default 2031 - Year 12 Draft Scouted ratings are after the draft and then before Week 1 Selecting Torres adds youth to a T position thats aging but nobody else really stands out in a class some inexplicably received an 'A+'. As the highest rated class in the draft, I'm curious to see how progression plays out because on the surface this class looks like a dud to me. I keep drafting RBs because I'm looking to get a quality trio with good receiving skills to better help the passing game. All of the RBs I have know have average or worse endurance so I can't lean to heavily on any of them. Other than that its a uneventful draft that hopefully gets better after camp and preseason, otherwise what does the draft grade even mean? Code: Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut 1.32 Torres, Brenden 862 LT 1 24 73 2.32 Lyons, Peter 1171RDE 1 29 62 3.32 Shabazz, Cooper 1398MLB 1 21 55 4.32 Dunn, Antonio 348 FB 1 16 43 5.32 Hamill, Camden 652 C 1 15 56 6.32 Grant, Leon 228 RB 1 32 47 7.32 Zavala, Tyrus 1633FS 1 21 42 I accidentally forgot to save the roster at Week 1 so ratings are at the end of the season After camp, preseason, and the regular season, this years rookie class looks horrific outside of 1st round pick LT Peter Lyons. I've been tweaking weights in DA and think my tweaks are obviously not working. More fiddling and tinkering before the next draft hopefully yields some quality players past the 1st round. Code: 1.32 Torres, Brenden 862 LT 1 34 78 2.32 Lyons, Peter 1171RDE 1 30 44 3.32 Shabazz, Cooper 1398MLB 1 21 55 4.32 Dunn, Antonio 348 FB 1 18 38 5.32 Hamill, Camden 652 C 1 27 57 6.32 Grant, Leon 228 RB 1 34 45 7.32 Zavala, Tyrus 1633FS 1 29 39 QB Room Once again it will be Max Sinclair under center looking for Super Bowl win #2. Almost fully developed we'll see how he does in year 4 with 18000+ yards passing at 7+ YPA and 145 TDs to 73 INTs in his first 3 seasons. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut Cntrct OnTeam Sinclair, Max 106 QB QB 4 43 48 5 yrs. 2028 DeJesus, Mickey 113 QB 2 20 43 3 yrs. 2030 Beavers, Alvin 103 QB 2 11 30 3 yrs. 2030 Season - 13-3, 1st in AFC East Winning the AFC East for the 4th year in a row with a 13-3 record the team played well despite lower offensive efficiency. Sinclair failed to break 7 YPA or 6000 yards for the first time in his career as no receiver averaged over 7.25 YPT. With WR Andres Devine further regressed in his 12 season the passing game more evenly distrubuted the ball with 4 players recording 100+ receptions and 1000+ yards. While still leading the league in scoring the team finished 2nd in yards. Defensively the same MO of creating TOs was on display with an improved effort against the pass. Leading the league in opponent completion percentage, YPA, and pass defense percentage, the secondary led the way to the 3rd fewest points allowed. Given the dip in offense, its nice to see the defense do its part to win games this season. Unfortunately in their first playoff game, at home against the Broncos, QB Max Sinclair would throw his 3rd INT late in the 4th allowing Denver to win 28-27. Sitting on 1 Super Bowl win, with a QB entering his prime and 5th season, winning the division 4 years running, some more tweaks to my playbook, and I think the NRiTBECC is officially on its way. Code: Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 6 M. Sinclair QB 847 532 5900 6.97 41 26 86.8 13 M. DeJesus QB 33 19 172 5.21 2 1 79.3 Team --- 880 551 6072 6.90 43 27 86.5 $$Opp --- 654 366 3652 5.58 21 24 67.4 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 6 M. Sinclair QB 133 509 3.83 12 3 Team --- 154 555 3.60 13 11 $$Opp --- 433 1955 4.52 4 19 Individual Stats Code: Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 82 A. Devine WR 178 126 1275 10.12 7.16 2 4 88 L. Al Shawa WR 196 117 1420 12.14 7.24 10 15 80 D. Joseph TE 171 111 1046 9.42 6.12 13 5 11 E. Terry WR 180 103 1378 13.38 7.66 14 13 37 B. Meerdink RB 55 42 382 9.10 6.95 1 2 81 G. Lofton TE 51 23 321 13.96 6.29 2 2 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 53 T. Barrett ILB 89 27 2.0 1 2 7 75.8 54 M. Cobb OLB 85 29 3.0 3 5 5 79.9 25 D. Turner CB 78 33 0.0 0 1 15 77.9 51 J. Armstrong OLB 65 15 0.0 0 1 9 75.5 42 C. Wolsic S 65 31 0.0 0 5 7 84.7 95 J. Norton DT 63 29 4.5 18 0 0 81.1 46 C. Snyder CB 57 12 0.0 0 4 17 83.7 96 N. Cassidy DT 46 18 2.5 16 1 2 83.6 20 C. Alstatt S 38 12 0.0 0 3 9 82.9 55 J. Whiting DE 36 19 5.0 21 0 3 83.5 21 N. Bennett CB 34 7 0.0 1 0 6 78.9 33 T. Zavala S 34 7 0.0 0 0 8 79.7 76 C. Linquist DE 27 17 4.5 10 0 1 82.0 98 C. Shabazz ILB 26 6 0.0 0 1 4 74.2 Team Stats Code: New England Patriots Team Rank Rushes per Game 9.6 32 Rushing Yards 34.7 32 Yards Per Carry 3.60 31 Pass Attempts 55.0 1 Completions 34.4 1 Completion Pct. 62.6 10 Passing Yards 379.5 1 Yards Per Attempt 6.90 8 Yards Per Catch 11.02 11 Total Yardage Gained 403.1 2 3rd Down Conversions 38.9 4 Points Per Game 30.6 1 Pass Rush Pct. 18.0 26 Pass Defense Pct. 71.9 1 Turnovers 31 30 (T) Turnover Margin +4 9 Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 27.1 22 Rushing Yards 122.2 24 Yards Per Carry 4.52 25 Pass Attempts 40.9 32 Completions 22.9 20 (T) Completion Pct. 56.0 1 Passing Yards 228.3 7 Yards Per Attempt 5.58 1 Yards Per Catch 9.98 4 Total Yardage Gained 340.3 19 3rd Down Conversions 32.1 7 Points Per Game 16.8 3 Pass Rush Pct. 15.7 1 Pass Defense Pct. 49.2 13 Turnovers 35 1 Last edited by triplykely : 06-03-2020 at 02:29 PM.

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