FOF9 Dynasty with 2024 Player File - Carolina!!!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – At LA Rams – We win 29-26. Berton, Fiste and Mar all scores. Fiste 20 of 31 for 286, Sternberger 4 for 103, no TOs, 1 sack, 4 KRB by Montano, 3 b yFesta and Robert,

LB MacMillian doubtful for 6 weeks

Week 15 – At New England – Quiet 27-19 win. Fiste just 19 of 22 for a smaller 168 but 3:0. Legette, Pitts and Sternbegre the scores. Three picks by Smith-Wade, S Cavoretto and Meade. Light KRB day

Week 16 – At New Orleans – Rough normally but they are on a win steak and 8-1 in the last 9 games. They are 9-5. We cannot let their turnaround stop our quest for the top seed. Their run ends today!!! We win a low scoring game 21-13. Fiste 20 of 30 for 306 and 3:1. Catching scores are Gonzalez 5 for 113, Legette and Sternberger, no TOs, sacks, 3 RB by Robert and Montano.

Week 17 – New York Jets – Back to home with the penultimate game of the season. We win big 48-19. Bigger than that! Rush scores by Barton, Mar and RB Currie. Fiste was 23 of 28 for 300 even and 3:1. Scores by Sternberger 7 for 113 and Legette and Pitts. Picks by Horn and Holland. Flashback! 2 sacks by Howells. Nine KRB by Montano, 3 by everyone else save Marroquin with 2.

Heading into the final game, we are at 15-1 both Chicago and Philadelphia are 13-3m so we won 1st. The next game is just for fun!!!

Week 18 – At Tampa Bay - 3-13? TRAP game!!! We beat them ,but they show up 35-28. RB Berton si 17 for 101 Mar a rush score, Fiste is 22 of 30 for 231 and 4:0. 2 TDs by Bruseloff, 1 by Legette and Pitts, pick by S Meade, FF by Horn rec by Cashman, 1.5 sacks by Tae, 5 KRb by Montano 4 by Robert, 4 by Festa and Bailey.


The 2032 NFC South:

Carolina Panthers, 16-1, Champ
New Orleans – 10-7, WC
Atlanta 6-11
Tampa Bay, 3-14


We accomplished our #1 seed instead of wildcard,that was the only time we made it to the Super Bowl, and we lost…now? Can we head back and win? Let’s find out!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2032 NFL Playoffs:


Wild Card Weekend:

Since the Eagles beat us by one at our place, I’d like them to get knocked out, and we lost to Chicago last year.

Results:

Bills over Jags 33-30
Browns over Steelers 20-14
Chiefs over Colts 33-13

Bears over Pack 23-9 - bad
Saints over Eagles – nice!
Seahawks over Lions 13-6

We host the Saints. They owe us and are a better team, and they just beat the Super Bowl winning team at home as a WC which we could a few years ago.


Divisional Champion Weekend:

Can we go 3-0 against the Saints this year? I’d love that to happen and then the Seahawks knockout the Bears. We win a close and high scoring 38-30.

Fiste is 24 o’ 36, 243 and 4:0. TDs by Sternberger, Bruseloff, Currie and Gonzalez.
S O’Shea PR RET TD!!!
FF by Winfield and recc bu DT Graham
A pair of sacks by Tae
4 KRBby Festa, 3 by Montnao


The bad news is that all home teams won

Chicago 36-10 over Seahawks

Raiders over Browns 25-13
Bills over Chiefs 33-17


The Conference Championship:

We host the 14-3 Bears who beat us in the playoffs last year, revenge!!!

We win a lower score 23-21.

Berton 15 for 116; Fiste 17 of 23 166 and 2:0. Scores by Sibley and Sternberger! Pick by Horn jus tone sack, 6 KRb byFEsta 3 by Montano


Also the Bills won the road 36-33. We’ll be getting the rough and nasty Josh Allen in a Super Bowl. He’s still a strong QB in the league at 65/65.


The 2032 NFL Super Bowl:

Your #2 Seed 11-6 AFC Champion Buffalo Bills

Vs

Your #1 Seed 16-1 NFC Champion Carolina Panthers


Can we win our first Championship in our dynasty, Fiste’s career and ever? Last time it was Patrick Mahomes we faced, this time…Josh Allen and….we win with a normal game score of 24-16.

Fiste was 1 rush score, 25 of 32, 266 and 2;0. Catching was Bruseloff and Gonzalez.
Pick by Winfield, 5 KRB bby Montano, 4 each by rookie Young and Bailey.


It’ll be rough to go against the Saints again next year who won the last three years, but we took our window of opportunity!!!

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards:

Player of the Year: QB Harold Fiste
Super Bowl MVP: QB Harold Fiste
Offensive MVP: QB Harold Fiste

All-Pro First Team:

QB Harold Fiste
OG Lonnie Montano

OLB Howells robbed in my opinion.

Fiste won the quadfecta!


Rookie Lookie #3:


1.28 – RT Jacoby Young , Wisconsin– 35/63, 42/64, 57/64
2.28 - LT Owen Parr, Boston College, 28/58, 33/57, 33/57
3.28 – ILB Markus Grimble, Nebraska, 30/57, 33/48, 33/48
3.36 – CB Leslie Marler, Shippenburg, 34/50, 35/45, 35/45
4.28 – WR William Bonura, California, 29/40, 30/39, 34/42
5.28 – S Titus Chaney, Syracuse, 29/41, 30/39, CUT,
6.28 – RB Diego Under, Montana, 36/41, 35/41, CUT
7.27 – OG Alvin Petruzzi, Arizona, 24/50, 26/48, 28/48

I’m sad that Parr didn’t start for Bailey’s injury.

UFAs:

FS Reid Romero, 26/46, 26/31, CUT
RB Troy Currie, 43/51, 43/47, 44/47
QB Steven Nguyen, 28/44, 30/41, CUT
WLB Glenn Hildebrand, 17/37, 18/26, 18/26
OC Hakeem Fravert, 19/47, 24/44, CUT



Stats:

Offense:

Fiste – 387 of 514 for 4635 (5th most), 44:09, 2nd most TDs, 123.6 Qb rating, the highest by starter.; 107 for 605, 8 scores

RB Burton – 234 for 1166, ypc of 4.98, 6 score, 9th best rush yards
RB Mar – 175 for 890, ypc of 5.09, 6 score stoo

Good stuff and high ypcs.

Catching that Ball:

WR Legette – 95 for 1036, 11 scores.
WR Sternberger – 67 for 987, 6 scores
WR Gonzalez – 52 for 892, 12 scores
TE Bruseloff – 69 for 580, 6 scores,
TE Pitts 47 for 382, 7 scores

Bad year for Legette you can see his drop to 50/50. You might have thought Steinberger would step in but nope. Gonzalez did.


Blocking that Ball:

OG Montano – 65 KRB, 10 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
OG Robert, 51 KRB, 5 and 2 sacks
OC Festa – 42 KRB, 3 and 3 sacks
RT Young – 31 KRB, 6 sacks

Montano led the league in KRBs. 2nd most pancakes, nasty year from Robert.


Special Teams:

S O’Shea playoff game winning Return TD.

K Aubrey – 34 of 40, 52 long, 61 of 64 PAT

Not as good as before, but tons of PATs

P Allen – 40 punts, net of 38.98, 19 in

Net down from last year.


Defense:

SLB Howells – 12 sacks, 2nd most at LB, 10 TFL, 1 block, 6 hurries, 13 QBKD, 1 INT,2 FF,
DE McKendrick – 7 sacks, 4 TFL, 4 nblock, 13 hurries, 11 QBKD, 3 FF, 2 rec
DE Hockenhull – 5.5 sacks, 3, 5 hurrie, 6 QBKD, 3 FF
DT Tae - 4.5 sacks, 2 TFL, 3 blocks, 17 hurries and 8 QBKD
ILB Cashman, 3 sacks, 2 FF, 3 fumrec, 9 TFL, 1 block, 4 hurries and QB KD too.

See why Howells should have gotten 2nd? Sacks!!! McKendrick 2nd on sacks. DE Salazar 4, Kidder 3.5 in rotation, and ILB Cashman a rare 3 sacks and 2 FF better than normal. Good sack year!

Coverage:

CB Horn – 3 picks as dimeback, 5 padef
CB Smith-Wade 2 and 9
S Meade – 2 and 1
CB Caputo – 1 and 16 pasdef led team

Bad year here, to be expected with talent drop.


Team Awards:


Offensive Player of the Year; QB Harold Fiste – Dude won Super Bowl, netted a 16-1 record, and got all four eligible awards! He has earned this massively!!!

Defensive Player of the Year – SLB Gerardo Howells – Notched double digit sacks in sophomore year, n slump here, led my team in tackles for loss too, and was 2nd at his position by a half a sack. Love him all up and down!!

Special Teams Player of the Year – S Jaiden O’Shea – Dude gives us the points to win a playoff game with a PR RET score, dude has earned this!

Rookie of the Year - RT Jacoby Young – Started for me all year, notched 30+ KRB as a green rookie. Welcome to the team and let’s hope your development will lead to great things!!!

Heart Award – CB Jaycee Horn – With a 41/41 skill this vet pushed down to dimeback just led my team in picks!!! I hope your retirement is awesome!!


See you next year!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2033 NFL Offseason:

We get a score of 76.

Our new Stadium opens!!! I keep tix the same to see if we can sellout again! I raise boxes since we are always selling them more price.

Who is coming back?

TE Pitts, FS Holland, FB Valentine, K Aubrey, Legette, LS Deckers, Smith-Wade,

Retiring is Horn, Winfield

Staff Draft:

No changes

We are drafting 1.32 The draft is revealed . I need depth at S. This is a one QB draft at the top named Neil Munoz at 9.3 and then low 6s for another, two 8.1 and one 7.0 RB, a 6.2 TE! He’s Iman and As Scouted, and could go very high. Just one 6.6 WR, and the rest are50s. two OGsm 3 7.0 OT and four 6s, 7 Des in the 6.0ss, 5DTs, WLB? 5 OLB and one 7.6 As Scouted 6 mLB< just four CBs and two S.

Tag: I have coming free of value:

CB Caputo, LT Bailey, OLB MacMillian, WR Sternberger, Sibley, S O’Shea,

No tag. I’ll see you in FA!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2033 NFL Early Free Agency:

Day 1 – I have in cash free 38.05 mill. I have on my roster 37 and up to 51 free.

Who do I want to make offers to that are gone:

WR Sternberger wants too much – 59.8 over three years
WR Sibley- We sign to minsal, one year
TE McAlister -
TE Pitts – At 46/46 wants 3.61 this year. 13 year vet, should I spend or keep? Let’s look at extensions first.
FS O’Shea – We sign to 6.26 for 2 years, cap hit this year of 2.92
LS Deckers – 2 years 3.05 mill
CB Caputo – wants 8.9 for 2years, cap hit of 4.18, I hold off until extensions
LB MacMillian – Wants 8.58 for 2 yers, cap hit of 3.85, I holdoff until extensions

I need money to chase WR, WLB, CB and SS.

Extensions:

OG Montano – Cap hit of 11.88 wants two years, 18.05, same cap hit this year, done
CB Smith-Wade – Cap hit of 4.99, wants 2 at 8.2, this year 4.75. done
TE Bruseloff – Wants 2 years at 19.8 for 5 mill cap hit, no thanks
LG Robert – Cap hit of 16.4, wants 2 year deal for 22.4, cap drop to 12.03. Done!
DE Hockenhull – Cap hit of 11.56. Wants 26.3 mill and raise to 12.54. he’s so solid and consistent I do it.
DE Salazar – Cap hit 3.82; wants 10.39 for 3.28. pass rush of 63 Signed.
DE Kidder – Cap hit of 4.7, pass rush of 62,w ants 2 years at 7.45 Hit of 4.41, dropped to 40/40, will let go.
DE McKendrick – 61/61, rookie, cap hit of 2.64, wants 53.29 for four years, cap hit of 10.56. Done.

WR Legette – 50/50, age 32, 10 year vet, cap hit of 19.11, wants 28.11, drop hit to 15.7. But he dropped, will he want the same? Should I let him finish or cut and resign tomorrow like I did with Winfield? I would free by cutting him 16.24. I hold off to see later, if I can just extend or cut him after what my cap looks like.


For Pitts, Caputo and MacMillian, Legette I have 28.58 and around 19 mill left in the kitty. If I resigned all three, total this year of 11.64 and then extended Legette and saved 3.41 mill, that would be left 8.23 off 19 so around 11 mill left. That’s not much for a renovated 2ndary and WR corps. I cut Legette. If he’s too pricey or signs elsewhere, I can use that cash. He won his Super Bowl. I resign the three. I have left 33.36. Around 24 mill for FAs

Day 2 –

WR Legette wants 12.34 mil for 2 years, cap hit this year of 5.75. I offer up to 6.0. 18 mill left

WR is deep but high value stuff. Three are in the low 50s. I need to replace Sternberger and then also others. I cut WLB Streb and free up 15 mill. That gives me 47.63. and 32 after Legette to chase better WRs

The best young one:

WR Ken Buysse - 63/63 - 7th year vet, age 28, wants 59.45 mill for 3 years, cap hit this year of 16.5

Or

WR Duke Daniel – 7th year vet, age 27, 62/62, wants 54.14 mill 3 years, cap hit of 15.07

Daniel is just one worse and a year younger. If I offered Daniel for 15.5, that would leave free 16.5 mill for others

What about Ss? With Winfield retiring, I only have FS on my roster, and that’s 43/43 Meade.

SS Ronald Van Dusan – 8th year vet, age 28, 64/64 The top SS, wants 37.83 for three years, cap hit this one of 10.7.

He’s a temporary measure, but a younger 8th year.

Also free at SS and not retirement age is 55/55 Troy Kisner, who wants 2 20.59 cap hit of 9.5 and is 26.

The budget option:

SS Jeffery Albert – Age 27 5th year, 54/54, wants 11.22 for three years, cap hit of 3.16

Albert is just one year younger than Van Dusan though.

FS to replace Holland or Meade?

FS Butch Lebowitz – 7th year, age 29, 55/55, wants 3 for 31.45 cap hit of 8.89.

The only budget “young” option is:

FS JJ Arana - 8th year, 51/51,wants 9.78 for 3 years, cap hit of 2.9.

If I offer Arana as a cheap backup at 3.2 or starter based on the draft, SS Van Dusan at 11 and Daniel at 16, that’s 30.2 used offered. That uses up most of my cap space,

What about cheap WLB?

WLB Asher Robinson - Age? 27 5tth year, 53/53, pass rush of 77, str of 69, wants 37.5 mil for 3 and cap hit of 10 mill.

There are no good cheap young pass rushers that are well rounded…

WLB Kaden Bednarski – 51/51, All Pro last year, age 25, 5th year vet, pass rush of 84, str of 100, 46 run def, wants 3 years and 13.91 and cap hit of 3.88. Nasty good.

That would let SLB Howells play his natural position at SLB by my staff I am sure. Last year he had 12 sacks, just like Howells. And in 2031 too, as well as two 9.5 sacks years as 1st and 2nd year player. In four years he has 43 sacks. I do like him, if I offered him 4.25, I could bring in SS Albert instead, that’s leave me around 8.5 after the draft.

I offer Van Dusan, Arana, Bednarski and Daniel

Day 7 – Bednarski signs for much less elsewhere.

Day 9 – WR Daniel signs!

Day 10 – FS Arana joins

Day 13 – Legette and Van Dusan sign!

I head to the draft

[Abe Sargent]

The 2033 NFL Amateur Draft:

1st Round – 1/32 is here.

We need: stud RB, starting FS only, starting stud and backup CB, TE, backup RT, WLB starter, backup Qb for Koepke. Starter WR only.

Who fell to us at the end of the first?

My staff want CB Jace Clark. He’s 6.0, the top CB, and As Scouted. He doesn’t have great

There is a 6.8 RB Rudolph Coler As Scouted.

WR Chris Lobo is very underrated at 5.9, the 3rd top WR. Lobo looks good, I grab him in Xavier Leggette’s draft spot at 1.32.

2nd Round - I get a draft trade offer for this pick by the Bengals for their 10th pick next round and two 5th.

Hmm…

My staff here like DT Monty Hall, a 6.2 As Scouted and top on the board or his position. Three ILBs and one OLB in the 6.0s are there.

ILB Seth Lenard - 6.3, very underrated. Good bars, too, I take Lenard and decline the trade.

3rd Round – Our staff like here S Manny Girard. He’s the top S at 5.0 but very overrated, no thanks.

Who’s the BAP? RB Dee Jarosek , very underrated 6.0 is.

The top TE is 4.6 Cary Bonds underrated and at 4.4 a few more down is Humphries at very underrated.

CB Jenkins is 5.3 and underrated , not great bars

DT Topp is 5.5 and NT and very underrated. Bars are fine for here.

I do Humphries, since our TE is dwindling with age.

4th Round – My staff here like CB Malone , he is top 5.0 rated corner with a very overrated interview. No thanks

DT Topp fell.

RT Marco Shoup, 5.5 As Scouted is the top RT on the board.

RB Lewis – very underrated, 5.9? Let’s do it.

5th Round – Shoup still on the board, I want to grab him, but my staff like CB Tito baker. He’s also very underrated, I do Shoup

6th Round – My staff like CB Sawyer Cook a 4. Underrated CB I go for it.

7th Round – My staff here like OLB Di Pietro who is 4.5 and As Scouted. Fine.

The 2033 Carolina Panthers

1.32 – FL Chris Lobo, Penn State, 54/66
2.32 – WILB Seth Lenard, Missouri Southern State, 43/69
3.32 – TE Shaquille Humphries, Southern California, 26/41,
4.32 – RB Teddy Lewis, Memphis, 39/45
5.32 – RT Marco Shoup, Oklahoma, 27/41
6.32 – CB Sawyer Cook, Arizona State, 27/35
7.32 – WLB Ernie Di Pietro, Southern California, 26/39

In Lobo we trust! Remember ,he’s very underrated. Looking good!!! If Lenard holds, he can start after Grimble busted. Both very underrated. Humphries a bit raw, but otherwise hopefully will grow with very underrated too. Ditto Lewis. Di Pietro is a pass rushing stud with 86.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2033 NFL Late Free Agency:

We have a roster of 52, and cap space of 11.4

Day 1 -

I offer these UFAs:

CB Harris Whitcomb – 26/51, three years
SS Mitch Brisker – 25/51 = ditto
QB Reggie Looney - 28/42 ditto
TE Evan Mitika, 29/45 – ditto
DT Dallas Sears – 30/47 -ditto

There is a strong 2nd year 55/55 DE that wants 2 mill to sign per year, but that’s a spot I am loaded at. Even backup. He’s 33/34 rush, but 86 strength and 68 run, I would offer if he was better at the rushing

Fiste has risen to 6th best QB, by the by.

Day 2 – Looney joins

Day 3 – Mitika joins!!

Day 4 – Brisker joins, there are 7 offers for Sears and 5 for Whitcomb so I update mine

Day 5 – Both sign!

UFAs:

CB Harris Whitcomb – 25/47
SS Mitch Brisker – 25/46
QB Reggie Looney - 28/41 ditto
TE Evan Mitika, 27/42 –
DT Dallas Sears – 30/47

Sears the same, everyone else worse.


We head to preseason!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2033 NFL Preseason:

I didn’t resign Holland. I have 57 on my roster

Week 2 - Baltimore – They edge us 28-27 in a close battle, no injures

Week 3 – At New York Jets – We win 23-7.

Week 4 – At Buffalo – Can we win the preseason at 2-1? Yes 21-6. But TE Melitika is doubtful

Rookie Lookie #2:

1.32 – FL Chris Lobo, Penn State, 54/66, 37/43
2.32 – WILB Seth Lenard, Missouri Southern State, 43/69, 48/57
3.32 – TE Shaquille Humphries, Southern California, 26/41, 28/36
4.32 – RB Teddy Lewis, Memphis, 39/45, 39/42
5.32 – RT Marco Shoup, Oklahoma, 27/41, 30/42
6.32 – CB Sawyer Cook, Arizona State, 27/35, 30/43
7.32 – WLB Ernie Di Pietro, Southern California, 26/39, 30/41

I don’t like that back to back very underrated’s busted. Rough. Lobo. A big miss, Lenard dropped 12. Humphries 5 another very underrated miss, ditto Lewis. Rise by Cook doesn’t make up for it.

UFAs:

CB Harris Whitcomb – 25/47, 26/36
SS Mitch Brisker – 25/46, 26/36
QB Reggie Looney - 28/41, 30/40
TE Evan Mitika, 27/42, 30/38
DT Dallas Sears – 30/47, 31/42

Big tumble by Whitcomb and Brisker. Less by Mitika, Sears

Horrible tumbles. Just one at 50 and will start Lenard.

Here is Seth:



Dropped 12, but still WILB better than 52/52, actually Ederman rose to 56/56 in preseason. You can see that Lenard is good at run, diag, and okay and rush and man-to-man.


I cut these 5:

RG Petrucci
WLB Hildebrand
SS Brisker
RB Lewis
Wr Bonura

Here’s my starters:


The 2033 Carolina Panthers:



Here we go!!! Legette fell to 41/41, FS JJ Arana to 42/42. Parr isn’t starting at LT. Should I cut Marroquin? We are down with the draft and Lobo is slot. Caputo down to 49/49. Meade starting at FS. Not a great roster at secondary or WR outside of Daniel. He dropped to 57/57 from 62/62.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2033 Regular Season:

Can we win back to back Super Bowls? Always rough. Also the Saints won’t have given us a window of opportunity with a bad early 0-5 start before going 10—2 to get to the playoff as a Wild Card. With my draft busts and Legette and Daniel not looking as strong, what will happen without a strong WR core? In a spread offense? I also don’t have RB Taylor to lean on and win them.

Week 1 – At New Orleans – Well they aren’t setting us up for a great start. We are going up against the Big Bad. At their place. I feel like the Bills or Dolphins when the Patriots were at their best, and in the year that they stumbled we won, but now? We gotta get out! Can we win, or even just show up? 24-9 us, yes we can! Rush score by RB Currie, Fiste 20 of 30 for 2:0 and 189 yards, scores by Gonzalez, FF bY Howells and ILB O’Rourke, rec by Kidder and Hockenhull, 2.5 sacks by Tae, 4 KRB by Montano. Great start!!

Week 2 – Cincinnati – We host recent Super Bowl winner. We shut them out 27-0!!! Goood jorb D! Curries 16 for 142 and 1 score, Fiste is 24 of 28, efficient, for 229 and 2:0. Daniel is 10 for 106 and TD snags by Currie and Gonzalez. No tos? In a shut out? 3 sacks feels light. Montano 6 KRB, and 4 each by Festa and Robert

Week 3 – At Chicago – Our first close game we win 24-21. 2 rush scores by Currie, Fiste is 22 fo 32 for 255 and 1:3, rough day picks. Lobo 4 for 112, score by Currie, all three. FF by Caputo rec by Smith-Wade. Just 1 sack, 3 KRb by Young

TE Melitika’s injury is finished

Week 4 – At SF – Against Purdy away? Nasty opener too. We show up 43, they…don’t 7. Rush score by RB Orta, Fiste is 23 of 31 for 389 and 2:0, hitting for scores Gonzalez and Daniel for 151 yards. THREE PICKS by Caputo! Two by Smith-Wade. 1 FumRec score by LS Deckers! 0 sacks, 5 KRB by Montano, 3 b yRobert

1st quarter mark we are 4-0, just like the last two years.
Everyone else is 2-2 or 1-3

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – Las Vegas – We win a one score shoot out 35-30. Currie one rush TD Berton 2, Fiste is 24 of 30 for 313 and 2:0. Daniel and Bruseloff scores. FF by Tae rec by Hockenhull, 1.5 sacks by Hockenhull, 5 KRB by Young, 4 by Montano, 3 by Marroquin,

Week 6 – Los Angeles Rams – We run all over them 25-13 ,literally with Currie 18 for 175 and Fiste and Berton rush scores. Fiste was also 15 of 29 for 151 and 1:0. Score by Currie, pick by S Meade, FF by CB Selle rec by LB MacMillian, just one sack, but it was a strip sack by Selle! 6 KRB by Marroquin, 5 by Robert, 4 by Young

Week 7 – Seattle – We beat them 35-28. They showed up for a cross-nation game, respect! Currie 21 for 107 and Mar rush score. Fiste a quiet 18 of 24 for182 and 3:0. Scores by Mar, Sibley and Currie. Pick by FS Arana, Fumrec by Tae, but 4 FF on the day. 5 KRB by Montano, 3 by Festa

Week 8 – At Atlanta – Can we win and go 8-0 in the first half? Yes, 24-17! FIste is 24 of 34 for 235 and 3:1, hitting for scores Bruseloff 2 for 130 yards and Gonzalez 1. Pick by Caputo, CB Selle and ILB O’Rourke, just one sack, 5 KRB by Robert, 4 by Montano

We are 8-0, everyone else is 4-3.

Stats:

QB Fiste – 1943 yards, 9th most, his fewest at this point
RB Currie – 745 yards, 5th best
WR Daniel – 563 yards
NT Tae - 5 sacks
CB Caputo – 4 picks

We aren’t winning with air stuff but ground stuff. Good job stepping up!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 9 – New Orleans – We…thump them good, 42-10. Rush TD by Orta, Berton and Currie, Fiste is 25 of 37 for 455 and 2:0, Gonzalez is 12 of 184, Daniel 7 of 122, scores by Lobo and Currie. Picks by Smith-Wade and Di Pietro, just one sack, 5 KRB by Festa, 4 by Montano

Week 10 – At Arizona – We lose 22-35. Fiste is 25 of 31 for 305 and 3:1, Daniel 136 and TDs by Gonzalez, Orta and Currie, he was 13 for 104, just one sack, 3 KRB by Robert. Well, we won’t be undefeated!

Week 11 - BYE BYE BYE

Week 12 – At Tampa Bay – Can we win and continue our NFC South wins? We win a messy 27-20. Fiste? 26 of 30 for 275a and 2:1, WR Daniel was 11 for 130 and 2, we won with a pick six by ILB Cashman and another pick by Di Pietro, 4 sacks, nice, but low KRB.

TE Pitts questionable

Week 13 – Baltimore - The rough game! They are 8-3. We win by two scores 27-10.Currie is 23 for 114, rush by Lobo on reverse, Fiste is 21 of 30 for 222 and 2:1, scores by Orta and Gonzalez, 2 Fumrec by CB Caputo, 2 sacks each by McKendrick and DT Hermann, and 8 on the day, 4 KRB by Robert, Marroquin and 3 by Young.

At the 3rd quarter mark, we are 11-1, the same as last year, in front of the NFC Suth by tons, and one game in front of Eagles at 10-2.

Stats:

Fiste – 3200, now 5th most, 25:7
Currie – 203 for 1100 even! 5th most still.
Daniel has just crossed 1k at 1020 and is now 9th

5 games left!!!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – Philadelphia – We lost this game last year, and if we lose today, we could lose Tiebreaks for top seed. We’ve got win!!! We edge them in an ugly game 23-20. Fiste is 20 of 27 for 242 and 1:0, TE Mikita scores, FumRec SCORE by McKendrick for win, just 1 sack, 4 KRB by Robert, 3 each by Festa and Montano,

LB Howells questionable for a couple of weeks

Week 15 – At Cleveland – Rough matchup with Super Bowl Winner – We win one score 32-24,. Fiste is just 18 of 28, 214, no picks or TDs, rushed for one, and another by Currie,Pick SIX by S Meade and FumRec RET Score by WR Sibley on PR to give us the win. Just one sack, 4 KRB b Marroquin and 3 by Festa

Week 16 – Tampa Bay – Can we edge them? Let’s find out together! Nope, they beat us 29-27. RB Currie rush score, Fiste is 21 of 30 for 324 and 1:2, ugh, Daniel was 11 for 191 and TD, pick six by Arana, 2 sacks by Howells, 6 KRB by Festa, 3 by Robert.

TE Bruseloff doubtful for 5 weeks wow they’ve really been on my TEs this year..

Week 17 – At Pittsburgh – Uh oh… - They are 2-12-2, is this a trap game? Yes, we lose 35-38. We were looking forward to the Atlanta game next week. Currie and Fiste rush scores, Fiste is uneven 18 of 38 for 322 and 2:2. Daniel 6 for 121 and score, Gonzalez the other, picks by FS Arana and Van Dusen, no sacks, 3 KRB by Festa and Montano

WR Gonzalez questionable for 2 week.

The Eagles, lost, so we have won the #1 seed in the NFC with a game to go

Week 18 – Atlanta – We lost two close in a row, can we get a win heading into the playoffs? Can we o =g 6-0 in the NFC South? We thump them 35-13, Fiste? 22 of 29 for 272 and 1:0. Mitika score, Currie two rushes, and Fiste another, pick six by Smith-Wade, FF by Van Dunsan rec by Arana, 2.5 sacks by Hockenhull, 2 by Tae, 4 KRb by Montano 3 by Young.

We finish 14-3!!!

The NFC South:

Carolina Panthers – 14-3
New Orleans Saints – 12-5, WC
Atlanta Falcons – 7-10
Tampa Bay Buccaneers – 7-10

[Abe Sargent]

The 2033 NFL Playoffs:

Can we defend the Super Bowl? Let’s find out this year!

Wild Card Weekend:

The Giants won the AFC East, by a half game.

The Patriots over the Jets 24-20
Browns over Texans 22--6
Raiders over Broncos 38-35 rough

Two away wins with Browns and Raiders

Giants over Bears 31-24
Eagles over Vikings 41-24
Saints over Cards 24-9

We host the Eagles…rough they just beat the Cards at home cross country and won the Super Bowl a few years ago on the road.


Divisional Champs Weekend:

We host the Eagles! They beat us last year at home and are very much in this. Also, remember that Gonzalez and Bruseloff are injured. But probable. We defeat them 26-17.

RB Mar, rush score, Fiste is 17 of 24 for 286 and 2:1, Gonzalez the score, zero TOs or sacks, 5 KRB by Robert, 4 by Marroqiun, 3 by Montano

Also:

Giants defeated the Saints on the road 32-25. We’ll host them next week

Raiders over Patriots 44-13
Ravens over Browns 37-10

Two blowouts


Conference Championship:

We host the 11-5-1 Giants! We win 24-20

Fiste – 27 of 35, 235 and 2:0, WR Lobo and Pitts scores, pick by S Meade, FumREC score by Howells to give us the win, and fumrec by MacMillian FF by Tae and McKendrick, 2 sacks by Howells, lighter KRB day.

Also, the #1 seed the Ravens won 33-22

That sets up a rough Super Bowl against another powerhouse, like our previous two of the Bills and Chiefs. Rough…


The 2033 NFL Super Bowl:

Your AFC Champion #1 Seed 13-4 Baltimore Ravens


Vs


Your NFC Champion #1 Seed Carolina Panthers


Who will win? Can we defend our title? Nope, close, we lose by a FG 33-30

Currie 13 for 127, a rush score; Fiste is 24 of 38 for 323 and 3:1. Lobo, Daniel and Gonzalez those scores, FF and rec by Van Dusen, 4 KRB by Festa

Good job Baltimore!

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards:

No All Pros

I feel like Duke Daniel and P Allen were robbed of All Pro.


Stats:

Offense:

Fiste, 365 of 518, 4584 yards, 5th most, 30:11, top was 41, 107.7 QBR, 7th best among starters; 82 for 341, 4 scores

Not great years

Running that Ball:

RB Troy Currie – 290 for 1487, 6th most, ypc of 5.13, great, 11 TDs, led the league,
RB Berton – 97 for 491, 5.06 ypc and 4 scores

Catching that Ball:

WR Daniel – 111 for 1525 yards, 6 scores. 3rd best in league yards but low TDs
WR Gonzalez – 73 for 1011 yards, 8 scores – 2 1k seasons
WR Lobo – 30 for 710 and 1 score
TE Bruseloff – 49 for 507 and 3 scores

Not great years by everyone not starting, Gonzalez was solid for his ratings and Daniel picked up.

Blocking that Ball:

OG Montano – 54 KRB, 4 pancakes, 7 sacks – was 5th most for Ogs
OG Robert – 45 KRB, 1 and 6 sacks allowed
C Festa – 42, 3 and 1 sack
RT Young – 30 and 11 sacks


LT Marroquin allowed 15 sacks. He’s leaving this year.


Special Teams:

K Aubrey – 28 of 31, long of 50, 50 of 54 PAT

Just missed three FG but more PAT than last year.

P Allen – 71 punts, 43.27 net average!!! 36 in 20

Great stuff!!!

21 special teams tackles by Legette. 19 by Milika


Defense:

Rushing that Ball:

NT Tae – 8 sacks, 1 tfl, 2 blocks, 13 hurries, 12 QBKD, 2FF
DE Hockenhull – 6.5 sacks, 5 tfl, 2 blocks, 5 hurries, 6 QKKD, 2 fumrec
SLB Howells – 6 sacks, 2 tfl, 4 blocks, 6 hurries, 11 QBKD, 3 FF
DE McKendrick - 5 sacks, 2 blocks, 8 hurries, 8 QBKD
ILB Ederson – 1 sac,k 9 TFL, 2 QBKD
LB MacMillian – 1, 8 tfl, 1 QBKD


Tae led my team in sacks, QBKD and hurries, great year! Ederson led in TFL with 9, Howells 4 blocks, and led in FF too.


Stopping that Ball:

CB Caputo – 4 picks, 11 pas def, 2 FF, 2 fumrec,
CB Smith-Wade – 4 and 4
FS Arana – 3, 1 picksix, 5 pasded
SS Van Dusen – 132 tackles, 5 TFL, 1 block, 3 hurries, 1 INT, 6 pasdef, 2 FF,
FS Meade – 2 picks, 1 pick six, 8 pasdef, 2 FF
WLB Di Pietro – 2 picks, 1 def

Caputo led with both picks and pasdef. Low year in pasdef. Number of picks good though.



Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year: RB Troy Currie – Stepped in for Berton after he dropped who stepped in for Robinson who stepped in for Taylor and just led the league in rushing scores, and 6th best rushing yards!!! Great stuff Currie!

Defensive Player of the Year: NT Tae Krykhtine – Led my team in tons of key rushing stats like sacks and QB hurries and their knockdowns! Great stuff Tae!

Special Teams Player of the Year: P Coby Allen – Just scored his best punting net average ever. He led the league there! Great job Coby!!!

Rookie of the Year: WR Chris Lobo – Sure he might have been a bust, but he still was 3rd in catches, and yards on my team at the Slot.

Heart Award: LS Evan Deckers - Recovered an opposing fumble and returned it for a score!! Great job Deckers!


Rookie Lookie #3:

1.32 – FL Chris Lobo, Penn State, 54/66, 37/43, 40/43
2.32 – WILB Seth Lenard, Missouri Southern State, 43/69, 48/57, 48/57
3.32 – TE Shaquille Humphries, Southern California, 26/41, 28/36, 29/36
4.32 – RB Teddy Lewis, Memphis, 39/45, 39/42, CUT by HC
5.32 – RT Marco Shoup, Oklahoma, 27/41, 30/42, 30/42
6.32 – CB Sawyer Cook, Arizona State, 27/35, 30/43, 30/43
7.32 – WLB Ernie Di Pietro, Southern California, 26/39, 30/41, 39-39

Fall back by Di Pietro

UFAs:

CB Harris Whitcomb – 25/47, 26/36, CUT,
SS Mitch Brisker – 25/46, 26/36, CUT
QB Reggie Looney - 28/41, 30/40, 30/42
TE Evan Mitika, 27/42, 30/38, 35/38
DT Dallas Sears – 30/47, 31/42, 31/42

Rise in pot by Looney,

Not great. We’ll see you next year!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season:

The 2034 NFL Offseason:

Before I do I have 53 on my roster.

After I do, i have 52. I think TE Pitts retired. I have 43 active. We score a 79

We sold 99.7% of our tickets. I massage our prices a bit

Staff draft:

I extend AC Daryl Starnes, also free are HC Austin and OC Zeidan. Austin doesn’t want to come back.

I like GB OC Adam Stanovich, 51, 100 youth, scout, likes OL and balanced, 80 dev and playcalling, 70 inter, 60 INT, 50 dis, weakness 20 motivation.

Or OC Zac Taylor, Eagles, 100 youth and scout, 90 dis, 80 playcalling, inter, 50 dev and int, weakness 30 mot,

I hire Taylor

I reup Zaidan

Draft is revealed and there is one stud QB atop it. We have 6 Wrs in the 6.0 to draft, 2 7.0 RBs, one 5.7 TE above them all, and with Bruseloff down to 44/44 that’ s not bad, just one C, 5 Gs, and 6 Ots. 4 Des and 3 Dts about right. 7 total 6.0 LBs about typical too, and then just 3 total low 6.0s CB and S, so this is not that year, I’ll need to mine for FS in FA.

Tag – I have coming free no one in the 50s or more. I sign no one.

See you at FA Day 1 for negotiations!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2034 NFL Early Free Agency:

Day 1 – This will be a rough day. I have just 3 mil in cap space.

I have these folks leaving:

WR Sibley, TE Bruseloff, LT Marroquin, FS Meade, RB Orta, DE Kidder, FL Bonura, QB Cadogen, C Knobel

Before I look at signing them, I need to free up cap space.

Who is coming free I can extend? And save cash?

Rookies I want to extend:

SLB Howells – cap hit of 5.89 wants 141 mil, 5 years, cap hit of 22.772. Rough!
C Festa – Cap hit of 2.53, wants 3 years, 45 mill and cap hit this year of 12.9 mill. Rough.

Festa is the 5th best OC in the league. Howells is the 8th. They are worth keeping. Tae at 71 is 10th best.


Extension questions:

P Allen – Cap hit of 3.9, wants 11.72 cap rise of 4.5
NT Tae – 6th year, 71/71, the best non-specialist or QB, cap hit of 20.1 mill, wants cap drop to 15.32 on three year 50.47 deal. If I cut him, I’d free 18.97
RG Montano – 10 mill cap hit, wants extension to drop to 9.68, done
LG Robert – Cap hit of 11.85, wants two year deal of 17.14 to raise by 12.29 , no thanks,
SILB Cashman – Cap hit of 18.38. Wants 2 year drop of 31.71 cap hit of 15.11 – if cut 17.56 freed
CB Selle = 8th year, 51/51, wants two years for 11.01 cap rise from 5.27 to 5.97

QB Fiste - Has two years left and cap hit of 68.21. He wants 248.07 for 5 years, drop in cap this year of 20 mill. I cut Cashman and move Ederson to SILB.

I extend:

ILB Ederson, 3 years, 9.25
P Allen
LS Deckers
LG Robert
CB Smith-Wade – 2 years, 9.88, cap hit rise to 4.66 from 4.10
FS O’Shea – 2 years, 4.39, cap hit 2.64


I have 41.420 cap space. 31 for extensions, re-ups and FA.

I extend Tae. 46.2 free

I extend Festa and Howells.

I have free 18.86 for retentions and FA. So 9 mill.

DE Hockenhull dropped to 53/53. Cap hit of 14.55, wants two year 30.63 cap hit rise to 15.89. Do I cut him for 12.34 and try to sign him FA? Or just let him expire next year and resign for a cheaper rate then? Let it expire, since it seems about right for a 53/53 DE.

Who is out of a job:

WR Sibley - 46/46, wants 11.45 for two years at 5.13. Normally fine, but with me so close e to the cap, can I offer half of my remaining cap?

FS Meade – 43/43 – Wants 10 mill for three years at 2.85 this year. Not bad for bust for Arana, who si 42/42. I do it

I could save enough money to sign Sibley by cutting K Aubrey. I don’t think that’s the smart money though.

With 6 mill I head to FA needing another WR, or 3rd cheap CB or starting FS,

Day 2 – Who do I like that’s cheap and young at WR, CB or FS?

Also I am waiting to see FA for CB Selle.

WR:

WR Zay Flowers, older, 56/55, wants 12.19 two years, 5.27 cap hit

WR Johnny Wilson, 32, 54/54, wants 12.19 same cash

WR Dallas Lyon – 51/51 - -5th year vet, wants 12.72 a bit more

So I can fight for one mid or low 50s WR for 6 mill

CB/FS:

CB Kamari Lester – 31 years old, 57/57, wants just 2 years of 9.9, cap hit of 4.6

CB Dale Sunseri – 7 year vet, age 27, 52/52, wants 8.7, two years, 3.96

FS Damian Yano – Older, age 32, 56/56, wants 2 years at 6.9 total of 3.31 this year

FS Dixon Martinez – younger, 7 year vet at 27, 54/54, wants just one year deal at 3.19

FS Colin Mondragon – younger 6th year vet, 52/52, wants 2 years of 6.78, cap hit of 3.19

I could offer either Lester or Sunseri and then any of the FS. Or older 56/56 Flowers/Wilson at 54/54.

I do Flowers, since Legette busted to 41/41 and isn’t even slot, and Lobo busted, and I need a 2nd WR alongside of Daniel. Hopefully I’ll draft a good one too. Flowers has All Pro previously.

I offer him 6.19 cap hit boosted bonus

I also extend CB Selle.

Day 3 – Flowers signs!

I head to the draft!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2034 NFL Amateur Draft:

The 1st round is here! I need starter/slot WR, backup QB, stud RB, starter TE, backup C, backup OG, backup LT, rotation DE for Kidder, stud WLB or backup OLB, stud CB, starting FS,

All but four of my backups signed. WR Gibley too

1st round – We pick at 1.31. Who’s free? My staff like RB Jay Mullins. He’s Overrated and 6.6. the next highest is 6.3.no thanks, his bars aren’t super 1st round amazing.

The best player is 7.1 DE for 3-4 Erick Pyle, Very underrated. I am not interested here since I have McKendrick and Hockenhull, but the latter is in the last year of his deal and dropped to 53/53. I could draft him and replace Hockenhull fi he doesn’t bust. Pyle’s bars are good for rush def first, pass rush and strength in the 50s, diag high, not bad here, not that dissimilar to Hockenhull’s.

All 6 6.0 WRs are gone. The next are two 5.7, one As Scouted (Forest Harvey) the other overrated (Abraham Reynolds). Harvey looks like 2nd or 3rd rounder I’ be forcing here.

At FS/CB we have CB t 5.8 and 5.7 overrated or very. Ditto S, who’s highest is 5.5

Te? There is a 5.7 Overrated on the board named Dustin Serafin, who’s overrated, the next are 5.3 hard to read.

LB? WLB? There are two low 6.s LB left, ILB Chuck Bayes, 6.1, best as 4-3 WLB, As Scouted. Bars are fine but like Harvey a bit high for here.

At 5.8 are two OLB that are both overrated or very much so. The 5.8 natural 3-4 WLB is just overrated named Marc Davidson.

That leaves the okay WR Harvey, ILB Bayes or studly looking and very underrated but not needed BAP DE Pyle? I go Pyle.

2nd Round – 2.31 is here! My staff like CB Corey Alston here who is 5.5 and underrated. Is Harvey still there? Nope the next best is 5.0 Jude Mihm. Hard to read. The last 5.0 TE on the board is Ashton Willows as As scouted, I snag him.

3rd Round – My staff still like Corey Ashton. I do it.

4th Round - My staff here like DT Kendall Wilkins. Since I have three and that’s not a need, but he’s 5.4 overrated.

Who else fell? Many OLBs left have a low 5+ rating. Who is the best pass rusher that’s not overrated or very? None are good, the only good left is Hard to read OLB Mack Park.

Any good WR left? 4.9 hard to read Pelletier and 4.8 As Scouted Shamar Miser and very underrated 4.7 Cory Jones. Jones, or Park? I go Park.

4.36 is here. It’s a comp pick. Still on the board is DT Wilkins. There are three low 5.0 OT for backup for Parr. I also need backup OC and OG. The only one not overrated is 5.1 LT Julio Baskin. I grab him.

5th Round – Who’s fallen? My staff like DT here too, Cam Quincy, As Scouted 5.5. OC or OG? WR Or DE? I look and my staff rafted RB Mullins in round 1. I like Quincy’s bars, done.

6th Round – My staff here like WR Darian MacCardell. He’s 4.6 and overrated

There is a 5+ DE left named Antigua. He’s underrated, I snag him.

7th Round – Who fell? My staff like OG Manual Harstad who is 4.3 an d As scouted, done

We have the comp pick at 7.34 too. My staff like OG Liska, no thanks, we just grabbed one. I grab the top S that’s not overrated.

The 2034 Carolina Panthers:

1.31 – RB Jay Mullins, Colorado, 42/43
2.31 – TE Ashton Wellons, Delaware, 41/59
3.31 – CB Corey Ashton, Oklahoma, 37/46
4.31 – SLB Mack Park, Bentley, 30/47,
4.36 – LT Julio Baskin, Missouri, 24/44
5.31 – DT Cam Quincy, East Carolina, 32/55
6.31 – DE Kyler Antigua, Iowa State, 27/39
7.31 – OG Manual Harstad, NC State, 22/41
7.34 – S Josue Castillo, Mississippi, 27/35


It looks like we accidently selected Mullins. There are two buttons who you ‘re selecting and who your staff wants. I must have clicked and then saved.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2034 NFL Late Free Agency:

Day 1 – I have 53 on my roster and cap space for 9 mill

I offer to these UFAs:

DE Alonzo Black – three years, 26/53
CB Cameron Odea – 36/52, three years
RB Leroy Groff – 40/49, three years
QB Blake Early – 27/43
WR Matthew Jordan – 25/47

DE Tywan Myers- 2nd year, 56/56, wants two years, 5.38, cap hit of 2.37 I offer more to 2.5

Cowboys are moving to Fort Lauderdale

Day 2 – Early and Groff accept

Day 3 - Black is ours ; I increase offers to Odea and Jordan

Day 4 - Jordan is ours!

Day 5 - Odea and Myers sign!!!

UFAs:

DE Alonzo Black – 26/46,
CB Cameron Odea – 34/51
RB Leroy Groff – 40/47,
QB Blake Early – 27/42
WR Matthew Jordan – 25/47

Black big drop, not that much for Odea,

I head to preseason!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2034 NFL Preseason:

I have on my roster 59.

Week 2 – At Denver – We lose an exciting 32-31. No injuries.

Week 3 – Houston – CJ Stroud much? We win another exciting 33-30. No injuries

Week 4 - LA Chargers - We win 24-21.

QB Looney injured and out for 5 weeks.

Rookie Lookie #2:

1.31 – RB Jay Mullins, Colorado, 42/43, 36/36
2.31 – TE Ashton Wellons, Delaware, 41/59, 45/57
3.31 – CB Corey Ashton, Oklahoma, 37/46, 44/52
4.31 – SLB Mack Park, Bentley, 30/47, 36/47,
4.36 – LT Julio Baskin, Missouri, 24/44, 28/45
5.31 – DT Cam Quincy, East Carolina, 32/55, 35/49
6.31 – DE Kyler Antigua, Iowa State, 27/39, 30/42
7.31 – OG Manual Harstad, NC State, 22/41, 26/43
7.34 – S Josue Castillo, Mississippi, 27/35, 29/36

If Mullins had grown to a starting level RB I wouldn’t be as upset. But 36? Yuck! Minor loss by Wellons,, rise by Ashton, Park held, is Baskin rising? Drop by Quincy. Rise by BAP Antigua, minor one by Harstad. Is Castillo rising?

UFAs:

DE Alonzo Black – 26/46, 26/34, CUT
CB Cameron Odea – 34/51, 35/49
RB Leroy Groff – 40/47, 40/44
QB Blake Early – 27/42, 24/29
WR Matthew Jordan – 25/47, 23/38, CUT

Big bust by Jordan, Early, Black, slight one by Groff, Odea,

I have to cut seven:

RB Mar – Dropped to 34/34
RG Barton
DE Black
DE Myers
DT Sears
FS Arana, dropped to 31/31
CB Cook
WR Jordan

I forgot to get a backup C. I hire C Zane Winarske, 14/42

The 2034 Carolina Panthers Starters:



Here’s my roster! Fiste rose. Flowers and Daniel busted to 51/51 each, Parr busted to 39/47 probably because he wasn’t starting for two years, too bad I don’t control the depth chart but I could have cut Maroquin last year. OG Montano ebbed to 54/54. OG Robert to 53/53. Big busts in my secondary again with Smith-Wade dropping to 49/49, and Caputo to 44/44, Selle to 40/40. Ashton starts. Van Dusen dropped to 50/50.

My top rookie was a bust and not mine, how about TE Wellons?




TE Wellons is great at Run blocking, strength, catching in traffic, okay at pass blocking, speed, hands, adjust, route, running, bad at securing the ball, defeat jam, blitz pickup and special teams. Welcome to the club!!

Let’s head to the Regular Season!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2034 NFL Regular Season:


Week 1 – At Tampa Bay – We are opening rough. We win a low scoring 20-14. Rush TD by Curries, Fiste is a rough 13 of 25 for 155 and 1:1. Score by Daniel, no TOs, 4 KRb by Festa. Quiet game.

Week 2 – At Indianapolis – We thump them, 38-13. Fiste is 24 of 28, 333 and 3:0, Daniel 128 yards, 1 score, 2 by Gonzalez, pick six by CB Ashton, 1.5 sacks each by Howells and Hockenhull, 5 KRB by Robert

Week 3 – Arizona – They were in the playoffs last year. But they are here. We also thump them 44-14. Rush TD by Berton, Fiste and Currie, Fiste is also 24 of 31 for 347 and 3:1. Scores by Daniel on 6 for 125, Wellons and Flowers. FF and rec by Van Dusen. 6 KRB by Robert, 4 by Parr, 3 by Festa and Montano.

Week 4 – Chicago – They have a stud QB named Caleb Williams at Fiste’s level, and…we win a shootout 37-35. Their QB was 26 of 38 for 337 and 3:0. Fiste was 26 of 33 for 270, less yards 4:1. More TDs, but pick. He outdueled us, but we won. Daniel was 8 for 107, 1 score, 2 by Gonzalez, 1 by Currie. 3 RB bY Robert light KRB day, no TOs.

QB Looney is back from injury.

We are 4-0. The NFC South sees NOT a rough start for the Saints, just one game back 3-1.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – Atlanta – They are 1-3. They leave 1-4 as we win 44-17. 2 rush scores by Fiste, 1 by Berton and FB Kratz. Fiste in the air is 17of 23 for 212 and 1:0, Gonzalez the score. Pick SIX by FS Meade, 6 KRB each by Festa, Montano, 3 by Robert,

Week 6 - Green Bay – We win 24-17 – normal scores. Rush score by Currie, Fiste an efficient 22 of 25, 257 and 2:0, both scores by Daniel, pick by CB Alston, 2 sacks by Howells, 1.5 by DE McKendrick, 7 KRB by Festa, 4 by Montano, 3 by Young,

Week 7 - At New England – 42-21. We doubled their score! Fiste 2 rush scores, 1 by Berton, Fiste was 24 of 28 for 300 and 3:0. Scores by Flowers 9 for 191, Daniel and TE Humphries. 3 FF by O’Shea, Van Dusen and Hockenhull recovered by Smith-Wade and 2 by Howells. 1 sack, 5 KR by Robert,

Week 8 – At Minnesota – Can we win to go 8-0? Nope, we lose 28-21. Fiste is 23 of 31 for 244 and 3:0. Scores by Flowers, Gonzalez and Currie. No TOs just one sack, 4 KRB by Robert, 3 by Young and Festa

We are 7-1. Saints are 5-3.

Stats:

Fiste – 2118, 6th most, 20-3, 1 TD behind 1st, 130. Rating, 2 best
Howells leading the league with 8.5 sacks
Currie – 119 for 570
Daniel – 40 for 618

[Abe Sargent]

Week 9 – At New Orleans – Uh oh. At least it’s mid-season! We win a tight one 30-28. Rush scores by FB Kratz and RB Mullins, Fiste is 27 of 32 for 320 and 2:0, Flowers is 8 for 108, scores by TE Militiak and Wellon. FF By by CB Marler, rec by Tae, 3 KRBby Festa and Montano

Week 10 – At Detroit - Uh oh. We are facing a rough NFC powerhouse in their space. We win 31-24. Fiste rushes for 2, and in the air is 24 of 28, 288 and 2:0, scores by Gonzalez and Daniel, pick by Alston, just one sack, 3 KRB by Festa. Not a pretty win anywhere.

Week 11 – BYE

Week 12 – Tampa Bay – We win 27-9. RB Currie is 16 for 102, 1 rush score by Berton, Fiste is 23 of 31 for 262 and 3:0. He hit for scores Daniel once, and Gonzalez 2 times. No TOS, 6 KRB by Montano, 5 by Festra 4 each by Parr and Robert

Week 13 – At Jacksonville – Uh oh. We win a defensive slugfest 19-16. Berton rush score, Fiste 20 of 34, 243, 0:0. No tos, 1.5 sacks by DT Hermann, s3 KRb by Robert

We are 11-1. Saints 8-4.

Stats:

Fiste – 3213 7th, 27:3, 2nd, 126.6 top
RB Currie – 880 yards
WR Daniel – 888 yards
Howells 10.5 sacks, just crossed 10, leads all OlBs 1 behind DE leader.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – At New York Giants – Not easy. We hold them from scoring more than a TD 27-7. Rush score by Mullins, Fiste a quiet 20 of 29 for 178 and 2:0, both scores by Gonzalez, FOUR Picks by Smith-Wade, Van Dusen, S Meade and CB Alston, 4 KRB by Robert, Montano, Festa, 3 by Parr

CB Alston questionable for a week

Week 15 – Tennessee – We beat the 9 win team 34-27, Fiste is 26 of 34 for 300 and 3:0, 2 score sby Flowers, one by Daniel, Currie rush score, pick by Alston, Strip sack and rec by DE McKendrick, 2 sacks by him, 8 RBb Montano, 5 by Parr, 4 by Festa, 3 by Robert

Week 16 – At Atlanta – Can we win here? We smash-hammer them 34-6, with the running game four scores by Currie, Mullins, 2 by Fiste, who is 12 of 20 for 159 and 0:0. Pick by LB O’Rourke, FF by MacMillian rec by Tae, 6 KRB by Festa and Robert

S O’Shea questionable for a few week.s

Week 17 – Houston - Rough home game with the big bad next week. We win 26-10, Fiste 17 of 28 for 203 and 1:0. Score by Daniel, -pick SIX by Alston, FF b YDi Pietro rec by McKendrick, 1.5 sacks by Di Pietro, 3 KRB by Montano, light blocking day

We are 15-1 and the Cowboys are 14-2 one game back, so we need to win to hold.

Week 18 - New Orleans – We win a shoot out 41-35. Fiste is 38 o 46, 457 and 4:1, Gonzalez is 11 for 148 and 1 score, Flowers 8 for 121, Daniel 8 for 104 1 score, the other two by Wellons and Burton,Berton also a rush score, 1.5 sacks by Hockenhull, 4 KRb b Parr, 3 by Festa,

We finish 16-1

The 2034 NFC South:

Carolina Panthers, 16-1
New Orleans Saints, 11-6, WC
Tampa Bay Buccaneers – 8-9
Atlanta Falcons, 5-12

[Abe Sargent]

The 2034 NFL Playoffs:

Three times Fiste had the top ranking team in the NFC and made the Super Bowl every year, from rookie losing to the Chiefs, but outdueling Mahomes and winning Super Bowl MVP, two years ago winning his first against the Bills or last year losing to the Ravens. Can he make it to the Super Bowl 4 times and then win his 2nd?


Wild Card Weekend:

We want the Lions to knock out the Cowboys, the Eagles the Vikings who beat us at home, the Cards the Saints at home.


Results? None of that happened!

Saints obliterate the Cardinals 63-21
Cowboys over Lions 27-20
Vikings sandblast the Eagles 44-16

All of the heavies survived.

Bengals over Titans 18-15
Raiders over Dolphins 24-9
Broncos over Patriots 23-18

We host the rough and ready Saints


The Divisional Champs Weekend:

We host divisional foe the Saints…can we beat them 3-0? We do! 35-24.

Currie a rush score, Fiste is 35 of 44 for 379 and 3;0, hitting Gonzalez 11 for 132 and 1 score, scores by Daniel and TE Militia. 3 KRB each by Festa and Robert.

Also:

The Cowboys knocked out the Vikings 19-12

Chargers over Bengals 41-21
Bills over Broncos 23-21


The Conference Championships:

We host the Cowboys…rough… We edge them 28-23.

Mullins rush score; Fiste 21 of 29 for 168 and 3:2. 2 score sby TE Wellons, 1 by Daniel, pcik by CB Marler, strip sacks by McKendrick he recovered. 2 by Salazar, six KRB by Festa, 4 by Robert and Young


We repeat…

Also, the Bills won dominatingly 37-13

Repeat!!! Can we repeat the results and go 2-2 in Super Bowls?


The 2034 NFL Super Bowl:

Your AFC Champion #1 Seed 13-4 Buffalo Bills


Vs.


Your NFC Champion #1 Seed 16-1 Carolina Panthers


Who will win?

We do, 31-17!!!

Rush scores by Berton and Fiste who is 25 of 37, 355, 2:0, connecting with Daniel 9 for 164 yards, scores by Wellons and Gonzalez, TWO picks by Smith-Allen, just one sack, 5 KRB by Festa, 4 by Montano

We do a 2nd Super Bowl!!! Can we repeat next year? We EARNED that Super bowl with the Saints ,Cowboys and Bills to win.

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards:

Player of the Year: QB Harold Fiste
Super Bowl MVP: QB Harold Fiste
Offensive Player of the Year: QB Harold Fiste

All-Pro First Team:

QB Harold Fiste
SLB Gerardo Howells!!
CB Cory Alston!!!

That was Howells first All Pro finally and Alston’s rookie year!


Stats:

Throwing that Ball:

QB Fiste – 380 of 506, 4529, 7th, 37:4, 3rd, 123.0 QB Rating, the best

Fun stuff!!!

Running that Ball:

QB Fiste - 114 for 631, ypc of 5.54 = 3rd most, 9 TDs, the most
RB Currie – 269 for 1254, 10th best ypc fo 4.66, 5 scores
RB Berton – 108 for 633, ypc of 5.86, 6 scores

Great rushing year by Fiste, another 1k year by Currie!!

Catching that Ball:

WR Daniel – 83 for 1191, 12 scores, tied for 4th most.
WR Flowers – 77 for 998, 5 scores
WR Gonzalez – 73 for 895, 12 scores…nasty scorefest.
TE Wellons - 41 for 491 and 3 scores

Flowers just 2 yards shy of 1k , close!!!

Blocking that Ball:

OC Festa – 58 KRB, 4 pancakes, 3 sacks – 3rd highest among OCs.
OG Robert – 56, 5 and 4 sacks allowed
OG Montano – 52 KRB, 5 pancakes 4 sacks allowed
LT Parr – 34 KRB, 9 sacks allowed

Great year by Festa for his first non-rookie deal.


Special Teams:

Kicking that Ball:

K Aubrey – 25 of 32, long of 46, 58 of 63 PAT

Ugh…

Punting that Ball:

P Allen – 55 punts for net of 42.51, 22 in 20

Nice

Returning that Ball:

KR/PR O’Shea - 1 PR RET

Nice!!!


Rushing that Ball:

SLB Howells – 13.5 sacks, 6 TFL, 1 block, 3 hurries, 14 QBKN, 2 FF, 2 Fumrec
NT Tae – 5 sacks, 2 TFL, 6 blocks, 11 hurries, 7 QBND, 2 FumRec
DE McKendrick – 5 sacks, 2 TFL, 9 hurries, 7 QBKD, 3 FF, 2 Fumrec
DE Salazar – 4.5 sacks, 1 lock 3 hurries, 6 QBKD
DT Hermann – 4.5 sacks, 4 blocks, 9 hurr, 8 QBKD
DE Hockenhull – 3.5 sacks, 7 TFL, 4 blocks, 4 hurries, 7 QBKD
ILB Edeson – 0.5 sack, 8 TFL, 1 QBKD

Howells led all LBs in sacks , 2nd in league, Hockenhull a down year. Great year for those sacks!!!


Stopping that Ball:

CB Alston – 6 INT, 2 INT RET, 16 pasdef
FS Meade – 2 INT, 1 INT RE, 3 pasdef
CB Smith-Wade = 1 and 6
SS VanDusen – 1 and 5, 2 FF


CB Alston led our team in both categories.


Rookie Lookie #3:

1.31 – RB Jay Mullins, Colorado, 42/43, 36/36, 36/36
2.31 – TE Ashton Wellons, Delaware, 41/59, 45/57, 56/57
3.31 – CB Corey Ashton, Oklahoma, 37/46, 44/52, 53/53
4.31 – SLB Mack Park, Bentley, 30/47, 36/47,47/47
4.36 – LT Julio Baskin, Missouri, 24/44, 28/45, 28/45
5.31 – DT Cam Quincy, East Carolina, 32/55, 35/49, 35/49
6.31 – DE Kyler Antigua, Iowa State, 27/39, 30/42, 30/42
7.31 – OG Manual Harstad, NC State, 22/41, 26/43, 26/43
7.34 – S Josue Castillo, Mississippi, 27/35, 29/36, 39/36

Big growth by current with Wellons.

UFAs:

DE Alonzo Black – 26/46, 26/34, CUT
CB Cameron Odea – 34/51, 35/49, 35/49
RB Leroy Groff – 40/47, 40/44, Cut by HC
QB Blake Early – 27/42, 24/29, 24/29
WR Matthew Jordan – 25/47, 23/38, CUT

Not great.


Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year: OC Reggie Festa – Was 3rd In the league in KRB at position, led team, few sacks, great year Reggie!!!!

Defensive Player of the Year: SLB Gerard Howells – Led the position and 2nd in league in sacks and won first All Pro! Great job!!!

Special Teams Player of the Year - S/PR Jaiden O’Shea - Yet another PR score! Jaiden is the stud that will not be locked out!!!

Rookie of the Year: CB Corey Alston - Led our team in picks, passes defensed and got All Pro…as a rookie, could anyone else be here?

Heart Award – TE Evan Mikita – 18 special teams tackles, 10 more than next, 3 TDs. Great job Evan!!!


See you next year!!! We will try to win back to back Super Bowls, make to a 4th in a row, and win 3 of the last 4.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2035 NFL Offseason:

I end the season and have on my roster 53. Now 51, I noticed Legette and Smith-Wade left.

Coming back are everyone else! I score an 84.

Stadium tix – We sold out non-boxes. I raise a bit.

Staff Draft:

DC Quinn Carver and Head Trainer Cabral are up next year. I extend Carver and Cabral too.

The draft is revealed. We need WR. Deep for our 1.32 pick. Just three, but one a stud 7.7 As scouted. One stud QB, 2 7.0s RBs, one 5.4 FB, 5.8, and 5.7 TE on top. No C , three 6 Ogs, 7 Ots deep D Line with 12 total selections. 4 ILB in 6, 3 OLB, 3 6. CB, 4 S

Tag?

I don’t tag Hockenhull, MacMillian or O’Rourke.

Ready for FA?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2035 NFL Free Agency:

Day 1 – I have on my roster signed 40. And 11 open. I have cap space of 38.09.

Free in the 50s are:

DE Hockenhull – Dropped to 57/57, wanted more to extend in final year than we could afford, hence him free. By bringing in him late, and expire, he wants just two years at 8.24, cap hit of 3.9, signed

FB Kratz – Signed by HC, 53/53, one All Pro, wants 2 years at 4.22 mill, 2.06 cap hit.

WLB MacMillian – 51/51, 9.18 mill, 2 years, caphit 4.15, I’ll hold off, since he’s not a strong pass rush option and 7th year vet 29 years old

ILB O’Rourke - 50/50, age 25, wants 2 years, cap hit of 3.84, total of 8.57. I start Ederson and Lenard in the middle, but a cheap one here is nice

Under 50 free are:

DT Hermann – 48/48, pass rush good, wants 8.33 for 2 years, cap hit of 3.76
WR Gonzalez – 47/47, wants 4 years, 27.07, cap hit of 5.22
RB Currie – 47/47 - wants 10.68 for 3 years, cap hit of 2.94.

Rookie Extensions:

LT Parr – 51/51 – one good year, wants 20.66 mill for 3 years cap hit of 6.07 rise from 2.51

RT Young – 63/63 – Doesn’t play well statistically. KRB of 31, 30, 24. 26 sacks. Wants 71.38 mill for 4 years, cap hit rise from 5.53 to 15.70. He is the 16th best OT at RT/LT total.

Other Extensions:

WR Zay Flowers – 51/51, cap hit of 6.97, letting expire
WR Daniel – 51/51, cap hit of 20.85 cap hit, letting expire
K Aubrey – Wants 2 year 10.58 mill, cap hit of 6.4, done
S/PR O’Shea – Wants 2 years, 5.09, cap hit of 3.1 done
SS Van Busen – 50/50, cap hit of 14.62, letting expire
DE Salazar – 39/39 – cap hit of 3.89, dropped fro,m 47/47, pass rush now 52, will let go
OG Robert – Cap hit, 9.22, 53/53, wants two year 13.1, drop to 7.8 done
OG Montano – 54/54, cap hit 9.8, wants 2 years, 13.89, cap hit drop to 7.97, done

I have free cash of 37.06 prior to extensions with Parr and Young. One played well in one start and is cheap but not great, and the other was just okay, but pricey. If I extend Young, that will drop my cap to 26.89., Parr is 33.5. I extend just Young, and will leave the extension of Parr after the draft, just like I used to do with that cheap low 50s guy. I will leave the 3.5 mill in cash. So, I’ll only chase down 13.5 mill.

I have free 26.89.

Anyone else I want to bring back? Ideally, Currie, Gonzalez, MacMillian and O’Rourke and DT Hermann. But that’s a lot of cash for them.

I release CB Selle, at 40/40 and free up 5.28 mill. That will give me for FA 19.5 cash.

I head to Day 2 to see who/what is free.

I need a cheap 3rd WR slot, starting RB, starting cheap CB like Caputo or Selle. Starting FS.

Day 2 –

RB:

Who is cheap and good and young? The best is 67/67 7th year vet named Kameron Arbaugh who wants 32.87, three years, cap hit of 9.25, he’s 28 years old.

Reasonable, for a 67/67 but he’s pretty old. That would leave us 10 mill for the rest of our FA.

RB Benner – 56/56, 5th year vet, also 28, wants 2 years at 8.59, cap hit of 3.95. That would leave us around 14.5 mill.

They are both good value, but 28 years old.

WR:

I need a cheap WR I can slot this year, and then start next after Daniel and Flowers leave. This is ideally isn’t a cheap part time rental, like Flowers, but a cheaper younger guy.

SE Ronald Davis – 50/50, 5 year vet, age 27, wants 19.65 deal, 3 years, cap hit of 5.42. That’s it. Just 50/50 though.

FS/CB:

CB Charlie Villa – 10th year vet, age 31, 54/54, wants 2 years at 9.32 for cap hit of 4.38

CB RJ Zimmermann -10th year vet, age 30, 53/53, wants 2 years 8.89, cap hit of 4.2

Both are older and cheaper just like Selle/Caputo

FS Byron Tessier – age 28, 7th year, 49/49, wants one year deal of 3.28.

Byron the cheapest and 2nd highest FS on the board. With FS Meade 43/43 just a few behind, that’s not really feasible.

I also like LS upgrade to Darion Byran, who’s 82 long snapping from 56 and younger. He wants 2 years at 3.36 for 2 years, cap hit of 1.52, and I add a few to raise it to 1.60. I can cut our LS when he signs

I could offer Arbaugh, 9.50, SE Davis at 5.5, and either Villa or Zimmermann for 4.5 and be at what I need to spend. Or I could offer the cheaper Benner for 4.25, and leave 5.75 cash for other good FAs

Who would I like?

Other great cheap FA to offer:

TE O’Callaghan – 52/52, wants two years at 7.28 for cap hit of 3.39, 8th year vet
DE Dale Mitchell – 6th year vet, run stopping, 9.70, 2 years, cap hit of 4.46 for 27 year old at 58/58
DE Gustavo Van Anden – 5th year vet, 63/63, great at run stopping, pass strength, just okay at rushing, wants 4 years at 24.87, cap hit of 4.81.
ILB Harris Gates – 56/56, 7th year, wants 2 years of 7.4, 3.6 this year
WLB Clarence Peoples – 14.69 mill for 3 years, cap hit of 4.07, age 27, 55/55, pass rush specialist

I could snag Peoples, and then send back to SLB Howells at his natural position, Gates could play for 51/51 Ederson, I like having two strong TEs, one a cheaper one that’s a bit longer like Pitts. Or I could just resign WLB MacMillian or O’Rourke. DE Mitchell and Van Anden are great, but Mitchell just for subbing. The issue with Peoples is that Howells has been owning the rushing with 12 and 13.5 sack seasons and would be less dynamic, since his rush is just 39 and strength 59. That might hurt his choices for future seasons with All Pro and thus his Hall of Fame, since he’d rush less at SLB and his rush score isn’t that hot.

Also, if signed, RB Arbaugh would be 8th best RB and is a younger 7th year. That’s not nothing. A 67/67 vs 56/56 could break things open. But if I sign 56/56 I could still leaving open drafting a better one if it falls 1.32 and not hurting me fiscally if he falls at an older 27. But Arbaugh and my great blocking line could just devastate the league. But spread offense doesn’t give him the rushes. Let’s not overthink it. Which ever we sign the other would have been better. The fiscally reasonable one man wrecking crew or the cheap investment and WLB Peoples too.

I really like Arbaugh and Peoples. Could I skip CB or WR and offer them both and draft the other? This is not a strong draft for either though, and I need a nickelback too for CB. But I could trade up for 7.7 WR As Scouted stud Carson Jackson, and sign Arbaugh, Peoples and CB. But that would hurt me for a while and then also I need draft picks not FA since I have a huge cap hit QB at his prime with two Super Bowl wins in the last three years.

I offer Arbaugh, 9.5, Peoples 4.6 and Zimerman, 4.5. I was thinking about Carson Jackon trade anyway, so now we can.

Day 3 – Peoples resigns with Baltimore. I offer WR Davis.

Day 5 – Arbaugh signs!!!

Day 12 – LS Bryan signs, I cut mine.

Day 13 – Davis and Zimmerman sign!

I head to the draft!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2035 NFL Amateur Draft:

1st Round: We draft 1.32. I still like the idea of trading up and snagging WR Carson Jackson which is 7.7 and the 5th highest graded player. The top QB is 9.9 Jarrett Robinson. No one will pass that up. Then over the WR is three D Line, at 8.6, 7.9 and 7.8. I suspect 1.2. That’s Green Bay. That want the next two 1st next years and then the 2nd too. I do it. I still have the 1.32.

Who do I like at 1.32? There is 6.9 ILB named Tucker Breeden that’s As Scouted, best as 4-3 WLB. He looks like a stud too. My staff like S Kameron Hawkins who is very underrated but 5.7. Not the bars that are bad, around a 2nd or 3rd rounder. I grab stud Breeden to move to WLB.

2nd Round: We pick 2.32! Who do I like here? My staff like S Howard Drumm who is 5.1 and on top and As scouted, not bad bars, about the same as Hawkins. Any studs left though? The two LTs in the low 6.0s are overrated, CB Downs is underrated and 5.8. His bars are a bit better than Drumm, and he’s s underrated. The more needed FS which is worse or the less needed but better player who can move Zimmerman to nickelback. Downs. Or Drumm? Since they are both secondary, I go with the better player, Downs.

3rd Round: I really like Drumm, and he is still on the board at 3.15 but the next few need S bad, so I want to trade with Washington our 3rd.32 and 5th and 6th next year. But they want next year’s 3rd when I am missing my 2nd, instead of this year’s 3rd. I don’t. He’s drafted by the Chiefs at 3.17.

3.32 is here. Who do I like? My staff like DT Bergeron, who is 5.5 and very overrated. Nope! Any good Safeties left? Lts? There is a 6.0 hard to read DT called Mateo left. I grab him.

4th Round: Who do I like here? My staff want OG Dale Azevedo, who is 4.7 and hard to read. Any good RB or FS fall? FS 4.5 As scouted Manuel Boardman? Dale is bad at run blocking. But not As Scouted OG Kristopher Jackson, I grab him.

5th Round: Our next round is next! My staff here like S Steve Dahnke who is 4.4 but underrated. Any good looking ones below him that aren’t? There is hard to read 4.4 Geno who is great at run, rush and pick but horrible at coverage. I like the bars of 4.1 As Scouted Edwin Hennessy and grab him.

6th Round: Who does my staff like here? They like DE Ezra Tolentino, he’s overrated 4.8 run stopping specialist. How about As Scouted De pass rusher Brett Petty? Petty.

7th Round: My staff here like WR Kennedy Fifield who is 4.6 and overrated. There is a QB who fell As Scouted named Camden Parrish I grab.

The 2035 NFL Panther Draft:

1.2 – WR Carson Jackson, Kansas State, 64/81.
1.32 – ILB Tucker Breeden, West Virginia University, 57/84
2.32 – CB Joshua Downs, Carolina, 44/57,
3.32 –DT Mateo McCutcheon Clemson, 39/52
4.32 - OG Kristopher Jackson, Idaho State, 22/49
5.32 – FS Edwin Hennessy, Baylor, 34/42
6.32 – DE Brett Petty, Ohio State, 31/42,
7.32 – QB Camden Parrish, Florida, 27/42

WR Jackson a stud!!! If he holds…hello Breeden!!! Two 80s studs in one draft. Good stuff, win tough!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2035 NFL Late Free Agency:

Day 1 – I cannot extend Parr. My cap rose with the trade for 1.2 and without trading up, to just 1.28. I could cut Daniel, free up 18.23 and extend Parr, and have around 15 mill for late fa. I do that.

I move Breeden to WLB. He drops to 55/82.

I am at 50 signed, and I offer these UFA:

CB Jude Keppel – 23/53 – three years
WLB Tito Beaulieu, 24/51 – three years
RB Jonah Germany, 29/50 – three years
RT Kent Wagner, 25/50 – three years
SS Horace Murphy, 18/49, three years
WR Wade Hughes, 30/42, three years too
TE Dillion Zhang, 23/43, three years too

I make offers to:

FB Kingsley Kratz, 53/53, 1.75 one year
OC Guillermo Emmer, 2nd year, 35/52, three years, 7.15,

Day 2 – Zhang, Keppel and Hughes signed! I up my offer for RB Germany and OT Wagner with competition.

Will Daniel resign a one year deal? He signed Day 2.

Day 3 – Beaulieu signs!! I up SS Murphy also chased by others.

Day 4 – Everyone but Kratz signed.

Day 5 – Kratz joins!

UFA:

CB Jude Keppel – 22/46
WLB Tito Beaulieu, 23/45
RB Jonah Germany, 29/42
RT Kent Wagner, 24/47
SS Horace Murphy, 18/43
WR Wade Hughes, 29/40
TE Dillion Zhang, 23/43,

Zhang identical, the only one that didn’t fall.

I end late FA and head to preseason!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2035 NFL Preseason:

I have 60 on my roster.

Week 2 – Denver – We win 34-28, no injuries

Week 3 - At Jacksonville – We win 21-3, no injures

Week 4 – At Indianapolis – We lose 9-16, no injuries


Rookie Lookie #2:

1.2 – WR Carson Jackson, Kansas State, 64/81, 68/79
1.32 – ILB Tucker Breeden, West Virginia University, 57/84, 61/81
2.32 – CB Joshua Downs, Carolina, 44/57, 50/57
3.32 – DT Mateo McCutcheon Clemson, 39/52, 43/43
4.32 - OG Kristopher Jackson, Idaho State, 22/49, 27/50
5.32 – FS Edwin Hennessy, Baylor, 34/42, 39/50
6.32 – DE Brett Petty, Ohio State, 31/42, 31/43
7.32 – QB Camden Parrish, Florida, 27/42, 30/42

I don’t mind a two point fall for Carson Jackson. Hold by Down, drop by Mateo, big boom by Hennessy.

UFA:

CB Jude Keppel – 22/46, 22/41
WLB Tito Beaulieu, 23/45, 23/34
RB Jonah Germany, 29/42, 30/37
RT Kent Wagner, 24/47, 27/45
SS Horace Murphy, 18/43, 21/35
WR Wade Hughes, 29/40, 30/39
TE Dillion Zhang, 23/43, 25/41

Big fall by Murphy,

I need to trim 7:

QB Early
RT Shoup
SS Murphy
DE Salazar
TE Humphries
CB Keppel
S Castillo

The 2035 Carolina Panthers:






Here’s my roster!!! RB Arbaugh busted to 50/50. Young to 53/53. K Aubey down to 59/59, P Allen down to 64/64, DE Hockenhull is 51/51 from 57/57, They are starting Meade at Fs over Hennesy. Van Dusen at SS busted to 40/40, CB Zimmerman down to 42/42, Zay Flowers to 48/48 at slot, they are starting 1st round bust last year Mullins. FB Kratz dropped a few to 48/48.

Now let’s at my two stud 1st round rookies:




Here’s my stud SE early 1st round. He’s just okay at speed with 50s. Studly everyone else, and amazing at returner for kickoffs and gunner too. Love his power and potential, and good chemistry with Fiste? Get ready for the balls!

Now my late 1st BAP!



Here he is! As you can see, Tucker is okay at picks and man to man pass def and zone pass. Studly everywhere else! And he graduated from my Alma Mater. He’s already a fan fave, by the by.

Let’s play a game…which of these two are more likely to win Rookie of the Year…WR Jackson or WLB Breeden?

Regular Season time!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2035 NFL Regular Season:

Week 1 – Atlanta – We open at home. We lose a lower scoring 27-16. Rush score sby FB Kratz, RB Mullins. Fiste is a quiet 14 of 24 for just 141 and 1:1 ratio. Score by WR Davis. Picks by CB Marter and DE McKendrick. 2 sacks by Breeden in is debut game, 5 KRB b yRobert, Festa, 4 by Montano, Yougn 3 by Parr

Week 2 – At Denver – Not easy. We…lose 26-31. Fiste is 31 of 38 for 366 and 4:1, scores by Flowersx2, TE Wellons 11 for 104 and Jackson 9 for 106. No TOs, sacks, 4 KRB b yMontano. We won the first game with defense, the second my offense showed up, can we connect them next week?

Week 3 – At Arizona – We edge them 23-20. Fiste is 26 of 34 for 330, 1:0,, score by Wellons who is 8 for 120, rush score by Mullins. Pick y Odea, light KRB day.

Week 4 – At Dallas – Uh oh. Rough early game. Can we win and go 3-1? Yes in an ugly defense 13-12 struggle. Fiste with 14 of 24 for 181 and 1:0 connecting with Wellons score, and then pick by Meade, 0 sacks, 4 KRb by Robert, 3 each by Parr and Montano

Rough win, but I’ll take it

We are 3-1 at the first quarter

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – New York Giants – We win 29-16. Arbaugh is 23 for 101, Fiste 20 of 31, 212 3:1, hitting Jackson 9 for 10 2and 2 scores, the other one is RB Arbaugh. Oick by OLB Pack, FF by Meade rec by CB Downs. 2 sacks by DT Tae, 5 KRB by Montano, 3 by Robert and Festa

Week 6 - At Philadelphia – Uh oh…we lose 22-31 no surprise. Fiste is 20 of 30 for 238 and 2:0, scores by Wr Beethoven and Kratz, rush by Mullins, pick by Howells, FF by S Hennessy rec by Meade. Light KRB day

Week 7 – At Atlanta – Is this a good get right game? We win strongly 45-20. Fiste is 26 of 33 for 366 and 4:0, Jackson was 7 for 140 and 1 score, the others by Davis, 2 by Fratz , rush score by Mullins, pick SIX by Hennessy, sackless, 3 KRB by Parr

Week 8 – Washington – We win 35-18. Rush score by Mullins, Fiste is 25 of 34 for 250 and 3:0, Jackson 2, 1 score by Kratz, pick by Zimmerman, 2 FF by McKendrick, rec by Edeson and Downs.just 1 sack, 5 KRB by Montano, 4 by Robert, 3 by Festa

We are 6-2 at the half. The Saints are 2-5. The Lions and Vikings are 6-1 each,

Stats:

Fiste – 2054, 5th, 19:3, 2nd most
Jackson – 53 for 675, 7th,

[Abe Sargent]

Week 9 – New Orleans – They smash us 38-44. Fiste is rush score, 30 o’ 46 for398 and 3:2, hitting Jackosn for 140 and 2 scores, 1 by Mikita. 1 fumrec by CB Down. 2 sacks by Breeden, 4 KRB by Festa

Week 10 – Cincinnati – Can we take them out at home? Yes, 34-12. Fiste was 20 of 28 for 297, 4:0, scores to Davis for 139 and 3 to Carson. Pick by Meade, FF by Antigua rec by Hennessy. Very bad blocking day

Week 11 – BYEEEEEEEE

Week 12 – Tampa Bay – Quiet win 20-18. Fiste is 29 of 43 for 333 and 2:0, Jackson is 12 for 148 amd 1 score, th other by TE Wellons. Pick by Zimmerman, big sack day but none for Breeden, light KRB day again

Week 13 – At Kansas City – Uh oh… we surprisingly win 34-17. Fiste 17 of 24 for 226 and 3:1. Scores by Wellonsx2 and Lobo, pick SIX by CB Downs, pick by Park, F by Breedon re cby Downs, 5 KRb by Parr, 4 by Young

At the third quarter mark we are 9-3. The Lions and Vikings are 9-3 and 11-1 respectively.

Stats:

Fiste – 3278 – 3rd. 31:6, tops,
Jackson – 1142 – 5th most, 12 scores 2nd most
Breeden 7 sacks

5 games left!!!
 

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – Minnesota – Uh oh. Win and we get tiebreaker and one back from them. Quiet win 24-16, which I will take all day long. Fiste is 17 of 24 for 196 an 3:1, connecting with Jackson, Davis and Wellons for TD grabs. FF by Ashton, rec by Tae, 3 KRB by Montano and Robert

Week 15 – Las Vegas - Rough match to a playoff favorite. We win a shoot out 37-34. Fiste is 30 of 44, 405, 2;0, Jackson is 9 for 131 and 2 scores. Rush score by Arbaugh, picks by Van Dusaen and Hennessy. No sacks, 4 KRB by Festa, 3 each by Montano and Robert

Week 16 – At New Orleans – We lost to them at our home. They sweep us 20-31. Fiste is 18 of 29 for 224 and 1:1, Jackson12 for 160 and score, pick six by Alston, light blocking day.

Week 17 – LA Chargers – We have a nice get right game!!! We win shoot out 33—30. Mullins and Germany rush cores. Fiste is 21 of 28 for 327 and 2:0, Jackson is 8 fo r 163 and 1 score, the other Kratz. Pick b yDowns, fumrec by Tae and LS Bryan, FF by Tae and CB Alston. 3 KR b yMontano

Detroit is one game ahead, with one game left.

Week 18 – At Tampa Bay – We lose a close one 26-23. Fiste? 32 of 45 for 355 and 2:1, Jackson 15 for 162, Zhang and Arbauchg scores, Fumrec by Van Dusen and Hennessey, 4 KRB by Festa

We finish 12-5 and won the NFC South!

The 2035 NFC South:

Carolina Panthers, 12-5 – won
New Orleans Saints – 9-8 WC
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 7-10
Atlanta Falcons, 5-12

[Abe Sargent]

The 2035 NFL Playoffs:

Out, FB Kratz 2 weeks; DE McKendrick one week.

Wild Card Weekend:

We have the #2 seed and will play at home for two weeks. We host the Saints who swept us. Rough task. We really haven’t had a complete game where our rushing, passing and D were all in sync…can this be it? We edge them 27-24.

Fiste is 23 of 34 for 295, 3:1, Jackosn 11 for 131 and scores by Davis once and twice Wellons, 1.5 sacks b Breeden, no TO,s, 5 KRB by Festa and Robert.

Also:

Texans over Raiders 27-24
Titans over Chiefs 31-18
Broncos over Bengals 33-13

Eagles over Commanders
Vikings lose to Cardinals on the road – 17-13

Nice to see the Vikings fall who beat us at home twice, but Eagles is rough

We host the Eagles next week.

Divisional Champs Weekend:

We don’t even show up. The Eagles sandblast us 33-17.

Fiste is pulled chasing the win for Looney. Fiste was 9 of 18 and 86, 1:1, Looney 8 of 15 for 101 and 1:0. Score sby Beethoven and Wellons. Pick by Downs, light KRB day

Also:

Texans beat Dolphins 28-27
Titans over Broncos 44-17

Lions over Cardinals 36-27


The Conference Championship:

Titans over Texans 24-18

Lions over Eagles 41-13


The 2035 NFL Super Bowl:

Lions thump Titans 38-14

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards:

Was QB Fiste denied All Pro or bigger stuff? Was WR Jackson denied the rookie of the year award?

All-Pro 1st Team:

WR Carson Jackson!!!

All-Pro 2nd Team:

FB Kingsley Kratz

Jackson‘s debut. The man who won OFF Rookie was QB Jarret Robertson who was 329 of 509, 3930, 26:11. 15th best season. Top half of the league or a WR who got All Pro?


Rookie Lookie #3:


1.2 – WR Carson Jackson, Kansas State, 64/81, 68/79, 79/79
1.32 – ILB Tucker Breeden, West Virginia University, 57/84, 61/81, 61/81
2.32 – CB Joshua Downs, Carolina, 44/57, 50/57, 60/60
3.32 – DT Mateo McCutcheon Clemson, 39/52, 43/43, 49/49
4.32 - OG Kristopher Jackson, Idaho State, 22/49, 27/50, 27/50
5.32 – FS Edwin Hennessy, Baylor, 34/42, 39/50, 47/47
6.32 – DE Brett Petty, Ohio State, 31/42, 31/43, 31/43
7.32 – QB Camden Parrish, Florida, 27/42, 30/42, 30/42

Carson developed fast! Is Breeden going to be capped at 61 in the future? Raise by Downs! ‘m very happy I took him over that S. Mateo close to where he was. Henessey fell back a bit.

UFA:

CB Jude Keppel – 22/46, 22/41, CUT
WLB Tito Beaulieu, 23/45, 23/34, 23/34
RB Jonah Germany, 29/42, 30/37, 30/37
RT Kent Wagner, 24/47, 27/45, 27/45
SS Horace Murphy, 18/43, 21/35, CUT
WR Wade Hughes, 29/40, 30/39, 30/39
TE Dillion Zhang, 23/43, 25/41, 27/41

Okay!!!


Stats:

Throwing that Ball:

Fiste – 392 of 562, 4785, led league, 41:9, led league, 113.1, 3rd

Running that Ball:

RB Arbaugh – 204 for 971, 4.76 ypc, 1 score
RB Mullins – 165 for 598, 3.62, 6 scores
QB Fiste – 95 for 473, 1 scor

Bad year running and Arbaugh, bad KRB

Catching that Ball:

WR Jackson, 136 for 1821, 17 scores,
TE Wellons – 72 for 739, 7 scores
WR Davis, 60 for 759, 4 scores

Jackson led in scores and yards. Wellons 2nd on my team. Our best TE season yet!

Blocking that Ball:

OG Montano, 38 KRB, 6 pancakes, 6 sacks allowed
C Festa – 35, 1 and 4 sacks
OB Robert – 34, 3 and 8 sacks

Ots in the 20s.

Kicking that Ball:

K Aubrey – 35 of 38, 51 long, 44 of 47 PAAT

Just three missed FG? Back to usual!

Punting that Ball:

P Allen – 70 for net of 40.34, 23 in 20

Lower year there

Rushing that Ball:

WLB Breeden – 10 sacks, 3 TFL, 4 blocks,3 hurries,. 12 QBKD, 2 FFs
NT Tae - 7.5 sacks, 1 tfl, 3 blocks, 12 hurries, 9 QBKD, 2 FF
DE McKendrick – 2.5 sacks, 5 tlf, 5 blocks, 10 hurries, 2 FF
DE McClotheon – 5 sacks, 2 tfl, 4 blocks, 2 and 8 QBKD, 2 FF
DE Hockenhull – 4.5 sacks, 3 tfl, 3 blocks
SLB Howells – 0.5 sacks, 10 tfl, 2 block, 1 QKBD

Breeden led team in sacks and QBKD, Howells in tfl

Stopping that Ball:

CB Zimmerman, 2 picks and 8 pasdef
S Hennessy, 2 and 8
CB Downs, 2 and 7, 7 fumrec
FS Meade – 2 and 6, 2 FF
SLB Park – 2 and 3
CB Alston – 1 and 14, 3 FF

Alston led in pasdef and forced fumbles.


Team Awards:


Offensive Player of the Year: TE Ashton Wellons – In his Sophomore year, Wellons just had my best year by a TE on the dynasty with ahead of starter WRs. Great stuff Ashton!!!

Defensive Player of the Year: WLB Tucker Breeden – He just led my team in sacks and QB knockdowns in his first year with us. Welcome to the team Tucker!!!

Special Teams Player of the Year: K Brandon Aubrey – Back to get stuff kicker. Just three FGs missed!

Rookie of the Year: WR Carson Jackson - He led the league in yards, scores, notched All Pro. What didn’t Carson do?

Heart Award: DE Mateo McCutcheon – This 48/48 rookie with a rush score of 49 while spelling real DEs just notched 5 sacks. Great job Mateo!!!

Thanks for the hard work all!!!!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2036 NFL Offseason:

Before I leave we have a roster of 53. WR Zay Flowers retires. Everyone else returns. We have signed 44. I score 68.

Tix? – We sold out non-boxes, prices raised.

Staff Draft:

No one is coming free, I hire none.

The draft is revealed, one QB draft at 9.0 named Juan Clymer who is underrated. 7 RB in the mid to low 6.0, just three WRs, no C, two OG, 8 OT, there is a stud K from WV, my home state. Tevin Nichols. 5 Des, four Dts, 6 LBs, one S and a handful of CB,

Tag? We’ve got coming free no major players, unless you consider FB Kratz. I head to FA!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2036 NFL Free Agency:

Day 1 - Remind me to release busted OT Young and then resign Day 2. What do I do with Arbaugh

I have on my roster 44 signed. I have free cap space of 33.12 mill, and these are free:

SS Van Dusen; FB Kratz, QB Looney, TE Mitika, CB Marler, RB Hartwig, WR Beethoven, WILB Grimble, none of those are starters save for Van Dusen at 40/40 and FB Kratz at 48/48. They are both older.

Who is coming free to extend?

Rookies:

WILB Seth Lenard – 57/57, cap hit of 2.53 mill, wants 28.66 for three years, cap hit of 8.16 this year, rise of 5.63 cap hit. His stats of starting two years at 157 total tacks, 1 sack, 13 tFL, 1 hurry and QBKD, 12 pasdef, 3 FF. He’s a run stopper. Since I am unlikely to draft a replacement with my lack of selections, I resign him.


That’s it. This is bust Lobo’s rookie year, so I won’t extend.


Others:

OG Robert – Cap hit of 7.01, wants one year extension of 13.95, 2 years, increase of cap hit to 7.82. Done.
OG Montano – cap hit of 7.4, two years, increase cap hit to 8.96.done
OC Festa – cap hit 17.4, wants 5 year deal for 65.42 mill, cap hit drop to 11.7, done
NT Tae – 69/69, cap hit of 18.75 two years at 34.42, cap of 17.87. Done
DE McKendrick – 60/60, cap hit of 16.05, wants 3 years, 30.01 to drop cap hit to 11.29. done.
DE Hockenhull – Dropped to 53/53, run stopper, cap hit of just 4.34, wants to reup 13.45 mil for 2 year cap rise of 7.15. Done
SILB Conor Edeson, 9th year, 51/51, cap hit of 3.37, wants two years at 6.37, cap hit of 3.51 rise a bit. Done, but look for draftee or UFA.


RT Young is cut and frees 16.53

After I have free 50.18, so 40 for FA. What to do with Arbaugh? Cut, or try for another year? His cap hit is 11.95, and if freed would give me 9.99 enough for another RB. I’ll wait to see who is free Day 2.

Day 2 – Who is free and I need to Extend Young? I need a 3rd WR to start, with Davis at SLOT as a 50/50, I also need RT if there is a better one than Young. I also need SS for Winfield and Van Dusen, another rental; is fine. Hennessy is 47/47 at FS. Since Zimmerman busted to s42/42, a nickelback, hard to get mid and late draft. So, RT likely Young, SS, nickel CB , and WR. Maybe RB too. For 40 mill, doable.

RT: Let’s start with the key needed at Oline:

RT 5th year, Young wants 9.07, 2 years, cap hit of 4.07, 52/52.

Other cheap RTs ar58/5ound his age? Remember he never really got great KRB #s despite his value.

RT Randall Rivas – Age 28, RB specialist, 8th year vet, wants 14.41 for 3 years, cap hit of 4.25, 59/59. He’s older, but better.

RT Roberto Garza - Age 26, 66/66 – the best young RT, wants Young money – three years of 46.75, cap hit of 13 mill. Garza is worth it.

WR: With Zay Flowers’ retirement we need a 3rd body. A cheap rental is fine here, like Flowers, or a pricey better one too.

WR Winfred Carachure – 12th year vet, 58/58, wants 2 years at just 12.95 for cap hit of 6.06, the highest rated cheap guy.

WR Mac Carrara – 5th year vet, 55/55, age 28, wants 55.85 mill, 3 years, cap hit of 14.96 mill

WR Leonardo Fuchs – 52/52 5th year vet, wants 4 years, 96.19 mill, cap hit of 18 even. The only good young one.

Carrara the best young, but he’s an older 5th year vet. Do I want a rental with Carachure or a three year pricey 55/55 guy?

SS/CB: Now let’s turn to secondary and dbacks.

SS Kody Spencer – Age 27, 7th year vet, 66/66. Wants 3 years of 38.86, cap hit this year of 10.89. The best SS in the FA. Mid age. FOUR All Pros and Def rookie of the year. Like Winfield.

SS Octavio Robertson – Age 27, 6 year vet, 58/58, wants just 7.66 mill for 2 years, cap hit of 3.47. The cheap version, but also not bad and same age.

CB Nicky Cam- Age 26, 55/55, wants 16.52 for 3 years, cap hit of 4.6. Very cheap for his age and ability at 55/55.

RB? What about Arbaugh’s bad year?


RB Bucky Hampton – 54/54, age 26, 5th year, wants just 3 years of 13.74 of cap hit of 3.9 mil. Strong stuff cap wise and age wise. 3rd best and youngest RB in FA. I could chase him, cut Arbaugh after signing and making a ton of cash.

The cap for Cam, Spencer is 16 mill, Young is 4.5 Carrara 32 mill, and that’d leave me 13.5 mill for 3.5 mill deals and depth since I won’t be drafting much. Or I could cut Arbaugh, offer Hampton and RT Garza for 14 mill. Let’s do it.

I cut Arbaugh, and offer CB Cam, SS Spencer, WR Carrera, RB Hampton and RT Garza.

Day 3 – CB Cam signs!

Day 4 – RT Garza signs

Day 5 – WR Carrera resigns for a ton less to head back to the Rams. I offer 62/62 Ken Buysse, 10 year vet, with two All Pros for 2 years at 28.75 for 13 mill cap hit.

Day 6 – RB Bucky Hampton heads back to the Bills for way less. I offer 7th year vet, 54/54 Zachary Sanchez for 2 years, 10.01, cap hit of 4.73

Day 9 – WR Buysse signs with Cleveland, I offer Carachure

Day 10 – SS Spencer signs!

Day 12 – RB Sanchez signs.

Day 13 – WR Carachure signs.

I have 16.97 after my WR swapped. I have 7 mill. Any great deals?

FS Jerry Apple – age 32, 52/52, wants 6.12, cap hit of 2.85 – the best FS left.

TE Roy Montanez - 54/54, 9th year vet, wants 2 years, 3.03 cap hit.

I could offer both. You know how much I like deep TE benches,

I offer TE Montanez and FB Kratz. To use up 6 mill total.

They both sign! See you at the draft!

By the by, Carson Jackson is the 2nd best WR in the league!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2036 NFL Amateur Draft:

2nd Round – The 2.28 pick is here. I get a trade offer from Jaguars for 3/1 this year a few pics later and 4/24. I could use another pick. But not if I’ve got talent that may not fall.

My staff like OT Jonas Martinez who is 5.7 and overrated. I need depth for backup OG, but mine 3rd is 50. FS starter, ILB backup for Grimble and starter for Ederson, backup CB, there is a very underrated 7.6 ILB Randall Keats I could snag. That’s probably who the Jaguars are trading up for. I snag him and move him to SILB for Ederson.

3rd Round – My staff here like OG Cris Raichle, who is 4.9 and As scouted. What about secondary? CB Darius Delgallio is 4.8 and very underrated. Caiden is 5.0 but Hard ot Read. He’s good at coverage I I snag him.

4th Round – My staff here like OT Marc Thomas who is 5.5 and Underrated. There is a DE on the board good at pass rushing named Cameron Meraz, 5.5, hard to read. I snag him.

5th Round – Our next pick is here! My staff like OT Teddy Leonas, 5.4, as scouted. I like run blocking OG Ronnie Riley, 4.4, As scouted, I grab Riley.

The 5.34 is here. My staff like OT Leonas. The last 5+ QB at 5.6 Hard to Read is there, and the next is 4.7. I grab him since I need a backup. He wasn’t invited to the Combine.

5.35 – I grab Leonas

5.40 is here. My staff like S Nelson Puskar, 4.2 overrated, I grab hard to read FS 4.2 Kenneth Johnson.

6th Round – Here my staff like FB Brandon Lee. He’s 3.8 and overrated. What about RB instead? I like NT Hector Major, run stopper, 4.9, As Scouted. I snag him

7th Round – My staff here like FB again, this time Jack McKechnie who is 3.6 and hard to read. There is a 3.5 very underrated FB Shane McKechnie. I snag very underrated RB Kerry Kim.


The 2036 Carolina Panthers:

2.28 – SILB Randall Keats, USC, 64/73
3.28 – CB Caiden McNertney, Old Dominion, 37/51
4.28 – DE Cameron Meraz, Oregon, 24/53
5.28 – OG Ronnie Riley, Ball State, 24/47
5.34 – QB George Higginbotham, Tulane, 30/53
5.35 – OT Teddy Leonas, Michigan State, 22/41
5.40 - FS Kenneth Johnston, Ohio State, 30/44
6.28 – NT Hector Major, Memphis, 31/47
7.28 – RB Kerry Kim, Central Michigan, 28/42


Keats is a stud!!! Caiden could be a solid dimeback this year. Meraz a great rotational pass rusher. If Higginbotham holds, that could be our future post-Fiste, or good trade.

[Abe Sargent]

2036 Late Free Agency:

After that long comp pick draft, and FA, I have on my roster 58, cap space for 10.49 mill.

The Eagles are moving to Boise.

Day 1 – I look around.

I offer these UFAs:

All are offered three year plus bonuses

ILB Tyrel O’Daniel, 30/52
CB Christopher McClure, 26/52 – PR specialist
CB Derek Patton, 20/52 -KR AND PR
WILB Demarcus Williams, 27/50
FS Conor Mattos, 28/50

I head to the next day

Day 2 – WILB Williams and FS Matts sign! I increase ILB O’Daniel’s offer as more are chasing him

Day 3 – He signs and CB Patton too. I increase McClure’s offer with interest.

Day 4 – He signs!!!

UFAs:

ILB Tyrel O’Daniel, 29/50
CB Christopher McClure, 25/47 – PR specialist
CB Derek Patton, 18/48 -KR AND PR
WILB Demarcus Williams, 26/45
FS Conor Mattos, 27/45

All drops, let’s see what camping will do!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2036 NFL Preseason:

I have on my roster 63, I cut three:

CB Zimmerman
DE Antigua
WLB Beaulieu

Week 2 – At Cincinnati – We win 30-13, no injuries

Week 3 – Miami – We lose 20-25 no injuries

Week 4 – Pittsburgh – We win 31-13 no injuries


Rookie Lookie #2:

2.28 – SILB Randall Keats, USC, 64/73, 76/76
3.28 – CB Caiden McNertney, Old Dominion, 37/51, 36/49
4.28 – DE Cameron Meraz, Oregon, 24/53, 38/50
5.28 – OG Ronnie Riley, Ball State, 24/47, 27/47
5.34 – QB George Higginbotham, Tulane, 30/53, 32/51
5.35 – OT Teddy Leonas, Michigan State, 22/41, 24/37, CUT
5.40 - FS Kenneth Johnston, Ohio State, 30/44, 31/40
6.28 – NT Hector Major, Memphis, 31/47, 32/43
7.28 – RB Kerry Kim, Central Michigan, 38/42, 41/44

Wow Keats! You developed fast! Also a bit of growth too. Slight fall by Caiden and Meraz. Higginbotham, but that’s not bad. Drops by Hector, Johnson and Leonas. Slight rise by Kim.


UFAs:

ILB Tyrel O’Daniel, 29/50, 32/43
CB Christopher McClure, 25/47, 28/36 – PR specialist, CUT
CB Derek Patton, 18/48, 19/44 -KR AND PR
WILB Demarcus Williams, 26/45, 27/33, CUT
FS Conor Mattos, 27/45, 28/40


I cut 7:

OT Teddy Leonas
WILB Williams
RB Germany
DE Hockenhull – dropped to 33/33
CB McClure
FS Meade – Dropped to 36/36
FS Jaiden O’Shea - that hurt, but he fell

Here’s 2nd round stud SiLB Keats!



At 76/76 he’s one of my best players already. He’s the 3rd best ILB in the league. He’s bad at zone and pass picking, okay at physical, and studly everywhere else. He’s already a fan favorite! Get his jerseys now!!!

Here’s my roster!

The 2036 Carolina Panthers:





Here you go! WLB Tucker Breeden settled in at 77. With his addiction, Keats and Lenard’s deal, that means all of my starting LBs are at least 60. Nasty! With DE Hockenhull’s bust and release, I was hoping at DRE they’d start rookie Meraz, but instead Mateo. Carachure busted as thought down to 44/44 and is slot now. RB Sanchez busted to 49/49, and FB Kratz to 38/38. All of my secondary, save for FS Hennessey, are now in the 50s min, with 61/61 for SS Spencer and 60/60 for CB Downs. TE Montanez busted to 48/48.


Regular Season time!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2036 Regular Season:

We begin our season with FOUR away games…rough… including the Lions, Saints and Bills, all strong playoff teams.

Week 1 – At New Orleans – Uh oh. We win low scoring 17-7. Running game worked with Mullins of 105 and rush score, Fiste is 13 of 19 for 136 and score, by Davis, pick by CB Cam and FS Hennessy. 5 KRB by Montano, 4 by Festa 3 by RT Garza. Good defense, with sacks and 2 picks. Rookie Keats a sack. I’m just happy we won.

Week 2 – At Tennessee – Another weird offensive effort, but we win 24-16. Mullins a rush score, Fiste is 20 of 26 for 194 and 2:1. Scores by TE Wellons x2. Pick by CB Odea, FF by WILB Lenard, rec by sCB Downs. 2 sacks by Tae, 4 KRB by Montano and Festa, 3 by Robert, another strong running and defensive day, but not great passing game.

Week 3 - At Buffalo – I’ll just take a win here, even 9-8. We lose a one point shoot out 30-31. RB Sanchez 2 rush scores, Fiste just 14 of 22 for 159 and 0:1 , Jackson is 7 for 115, 2 picks by Hennessey, pick six by Howells and SS Spencer to keep us in the game. FF by Spencer, rec by Hennesey. 4 KRB by Festa

Week 4 – At Detroit – Wowzers. Again, I’ll take any win here, an ugly one all around the block. We win one where my defense doesn’t show up, 28-20. No sacks or TOs. Rush scores by Sanchez and Fiste who is 20 of 30 for 197 and 2:0, scores by Davis and Jackson. 3 KRB b Festa and Montano

We are a rough 3-1 at the break.

[Abe Sargent]

We have THREE away games in a row for the 2nd quarter too.

Week 5 – San Francisco – We host the 49ers in the 2nd quarter of the season. We thump them 29-3. Rookie RB Kim the rush score, Fiste is 22 of 31 for 265 and 2:0. Scores by Sanchez and Carachure, pick b Cam, just one sack, by rookie SILB Keats, 3 KRB b yGarza

Week 6 – At LA Rams – Another away game. We win a shootout 31-24. Rush scores by Sanchez and Mullins, Fiste is 27 of 37 for 351 and 2:0 connecting for scores with Jackosn 9 for 159 and 1 TD and Davis one too. No TOs, 2 sacks by Mateo, 3 KRB yGArza.

CB Cam is out for a week,

Week 7 – At Seattle – We win by 14, 30-16. Fiste 15 of 25, 267, and 2:0, hitting for scores, Wellons and Davis, WR KR/PR Carson Jackson got us a RET TD! FF by SS Spencer rec by SLB Howells, 1.5 sacks by DT Quincy, bad blocking day.

Week 8 – At Atlanta – Can we go 2-0 in the NFC South? They are 2-5. Trap game with New Orleans next week? We thump them 41-13. Fiste is 24 of 33 for 269 and 5:0. 2 scores by Wellons with 9 for 115, TE Montanez and 1 by Jackson, pick by CB Odea, FF by Breeden rrec by CB Cam, also on special teams, FF bY TE Montanez rec by LS Bryan, 2 sacks by Breeden, 4 KRB by Festa ,

DE Petty out for two weeks.

We are 7-1. We are in front of NFC South by four over Tampa Bay, Dallas is 7-1, Green Bay 6-2.

Stats:

Fiste – 1838 yards, 16:2, way down statistically…
WR Jackson – …501 yards as is Jackson.
Keats – 4 sacks, leads team
SS Spencer – leads league with 9 TFl
3 picks by Hennessey, one off leader at 4.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 9 – New Orleans – We host them! We win a complete 31-17 offense with rushing Mullins is 9 for 112 and rush scores by Sanchez and Kim and passing Fiste is 24 of 30 for 282 and 2:0, Jackson is 8 for 115 and 1 score, Sanchez the other, FF by Kratz, rec by C Emmer on special teams, just two sacks though, and 4 KRB By Garza and Festa, but our TO was special teams, so not as strong defensively.

Week 10 – Arizona – We host the playoff Cardinals. They lose one score but showed up for cross country game 31-35. Fiste is 20 of 33 for 289 and 0:0. WR Davis was 7 for 123. Rush scores by Sanchez, Mullins and Kim, pick SIX by SS Spencer to give us the win, 2 sacks by Breeden, 4 KRB by Parr, Festa, Montano, 3 by Robert.

Week 11 – BYE BYE BYE

Week 12 – Tampa Bay – We smash-hammer them 42-13. We rush all over them with Mullins 2 and Sanchz one rush scores, Fiste is 25 of 35 for 3:0, 260, scores by Jackson, Davis and Kratz, stripsck by McKendrick that he rec, another fumrec by SILB Keats, 3 sacks by McKendrick, 6 kRB by Montano, 5 by Festa, 4 by Parr.

Week 13 – At Miami – They are 7-4. We win a low scoring one 17-14, Fiste is 21 of 36 for 217 and 1:0, Davis the TD, pick SIX by Odea for the win, pick by Hennessy and Alston, just 2 sacks, 3 KRB by Festa and Montano

We are 11-1, so are the Cowboys.

Stats:

Fiste – 2866, 15th best, 22:2. Not great there.
WR Jackson – 63 for 808, rough
4 picks by Hennessy, 2 off leader
McKendrick lead in sack for us at 6.5

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – Eagles - Remember, they are moving to Boise. They are not great this season. We win 31-23. Fiste a rush score, in the air 20 of 31, 220, and 3:0. 2 TDs by Jackson, the last by TE Montanez, 1 pick bY Howells, just 2 sacks, 4 KRB by Garza

Dallas lost and are a game behind

Week 15 – New England – We win against playoff team 25-13, Fiste is 26 fo 39 for 296 and 3;0, scores by Jackson on 9 for 99, Carachure and Wellons. Pick by Henessey, FF by CB Cam, rec by DE McKendrick, two sacks,4 KRB by Montnao, 3 by Robert

LT Parr doubtful for 3 games.

Week 16 – At Tampa Bay – Our last away game. Can we go to 5-0 in the NFC South? It’s a bad news good news thing, No, they beat us 28-27. But the Cowboys lost too so we are still up a game. Rush scores by Sanchez and Fiste, and he was 23 of 31 for 252 and 1:0 Jackson was 10 for 104 and score by Davis.FF by McKendrick rec by SS Spencer, 1.5 sacks by DE Petty, 3 KRB by Festa and LT Baskin.

Week 17 – New York Jets – The penultimate game of the season. Can we avenge last week’s loss? We beat them 49-24. Fiste is 31 of 38, 358, 5:0, scores to Jackson 3, Davis and Carachure one each, Kim 20 for 105 and rush score another by Sanchez. No Tos, just one sack, my D didn’t really show up.

Week 18 – Atlanta – We beat them 28-10 in a game not that dominant statistically. Fiste 16 of 22 for 211 and 2:0, Jackson 6 for 114 and 1 score, the other by Lobo. Rush scores by Fiste and Sanchez, pick by SS Spencer, FF by Petty rec by him, 2 sacks by Petty, 5 KRB by Montano, 3 by Robert

We are 15-2. We got the #1 seed.

The 2036 NFC South:

Carolina Panthers, 15-2 won
New Orlean Saints, 8-9
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 6-10-1
Atlanta Falcons, 6-11


Ready for the playoffs!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2036 NFL Playoffs:


Wild Card Weekends:

We need 14-3 Dallas and 13-4 SF to lose. I don’t care about the Packers as much. It looks like NO were wild cards at 8-9.

Results:

New Orleans over Cowboys 28-21
49ers over Eagles 26-24
Vikings WC over the Packers 24-18

Two away victories.

Bengals over Jaguars 32-16
Colts over Dolphins 31-21
Broncos over Ravens 27-10

We host the Saints.

Divisional Champ Weekend:

We lost to the Saints 44-36.

Fiste is 28 of 48 for 451 and 5:3, rough ratio, hitting Davis 8 for 165 and 2 scores, Jackson 8 for 131 and 2, and the last by Montanez. Pick by CB Downs, just one sack not a great blocking day.

Also:

Texans over Colts 33-3.
Bengals over Broncos, 24-21

Vikings over 49ers, 30-12


The Conference Championship:

Texans over Bengals 31-7

Saints over Vikings in all WC Conference 20-14


The 2036 NFL Super Bowl:

Texans win 26-22.

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards:

League MVP: QB Harold Fiste
Off. Player of the Year: QB Harold Fiste

All-Pro 1st Team:

QB Harold Fiste
SS Kody Spencer

All-Pro 2nd Team:

C Reggie Festa!!!
RT Robert Garza

Festa’s first All Pro! Welcome to the team Garza, that’s his first too. Spencer’s 5th All Pro.


Stats:

Throwing that Ball:

QB Fiste – 360 of 514, 4223 yards, 10th best, 36:2, 4th best, after Purdy, the fewest INT with 17 starts, 115.3 rating, 2nd best among starters.

Not bad, but I;m not sure it was All Pro level or MVP

Running that Ball:

RB Mullins – 178 for 878, ypc of 4.93, 6 scores
RB Sanchez – 179 for 807, ypc of 4.51, 10 scores
QB Fiste – 88 for 525, 4 scores

Good ypc by Mullins and even Sanchez. We need to dedicate more carries to get over 1k.

Catching that Ball:

WR Jackson – 104 for 1257, 14th best, 12 scores, tied for 8th most
WR Davis – 63 for 836, 8 scores
TE Wellons – 52 for 685, 6 scores
WR Carachure – 38 for 440, 3
TE Montanez – 40 for 426, 3 scores too

Not a great year for Carachure. Another good one with Wellons.

Blocking that Ball:

OG Montano – 47 KRB, 1 pancake, 11 sacks
OC Festa – 47 KRB, 2 sacks
OG Robert – 33 KRB, 7 sacks
RT Garza – 33, 3 sacks,
LT Parr – 14 starts, 25 KRB, 1 and 3 sacks

Montano was 5th best KRB for Ogs.

Returning that Ball:

WR/KR 1 RETTD Jackson

Punting that Ball:

P Allen – 82 punts for 40.16 net, 37 in 20

Nasty!

Kicking that Ball:

K Brandon Aubrey – 22 of 25, long 48, 58 of 63 PAT

Fewer kick opportunities, but missing 5 PATs is rough.

Rushing that Ball:

DE Petty – 8 sacks, 2 blocks, 9 hurries, 11 QBKN, 3 FF,
DE McKendrick – 7 sacks, 4 TFL, 2 blocks, 11 hurries, 6 QBKD, 4 FF, 2 FumRecs
WLB Breeden – 6.5 sacks, 11 TFl, 2 blocks, 10 hurie s7 QBKD
NT Tae – 5.5 sacks, 7 tfl, 2 blocks, 10 hurries, 7 QBKD
DT Quincy – 4.5 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 blocks, 3 hrruies 4 QNKD, 2 FF,
DE Mateo – 4 sacks, 2 TFl, 4 blocks 3 hutties 2 QBKD
SILB Keats – 3.5 sacks, 9 TFL, 2 hurries, 5 QBKD
SLB Howells - 7 TFL, 1 block, 2 hurries, 2 INT,

Petty led my team in sacks and tied Tae for QBKD; McKendrick in hurries and FF, DE Mateo in blocks,

Covering that Ball:

FS Hennessy - 5 picks, 17 pasdef
SS Spencer - 153 tackles, 1 sack, 12 TFL, 1 QBKD, 3 picks, 18 pasdef, 2 INT RET, 3 FF<
CB Odea – 3 INT, 1 INT RET TD, 5 pasdef
CB Cam – 2 and 6
CB Alston – 1 and 6
CB Downs - 0 and 12, 4 FumRec,

Hennessey was 3 back from lead 8 picks, 4th best in pasdef.


Rookie Lookie #3:

2.28 – SILB Randall Keats, USC, 64/73, 76/76, 78/78
3.28 – CB Caiden McNertney, Old Dominion, 37/51, 36/49, 37/49
4.28 – DE Cameron Meraz, Oregon, 24/53, 38/50, 48/50
5.28 – OG Ronnie Riley, Ball State, 24/47, 27/47, CUT by HC
5.34 – QB George Higginbotham, Tulane, 30/53, 32/51, 34/51
5.35 – OT Teddy Leonas, Michigan State, 22/41, 24/37, CUT
5.40 - FS Kenneth Johnston, Ohio State, 30/44, 31/40, 33/40
6.28 – NT Hector Major, Memphis, 31/47, 32/43, 32/43
7.28 – RB Kerry Kim, Central Michigan, 38/42, 41/44, 43/44

Keats rose TWICE! Nasty.

UFAs:

ILB Tyrel O’Daniel, 29/50, 32/43, 32/43
CB Christopher McClure, 25/47, 28/36 – PR specialist, CUT
CB Derek Patton, 18/48, 19/44 -KR AND PR, 19/44
WILB Demarcus Williams, 26/45, 27/33, CUT
FS Conor Mattos, 27/45, 28/40, 28/40

No news


Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year: OC Reggie Festa - Notched his first All Pro in his 6th year. OCs are very hard to earn awards for, since there are just two total instead of four total, and then they often lead in Key run opportunities and have loads of KRB as a result. This is my first OC All Pro this dynasty. Good job Festa!!

Defensive Player of the Year: SS Kody Spencer – Got his 5th All Pro, led our team in tons of stats from tackles, to pasdef, to tackles for loss. He notched 3 FF and picks, and returned two for scores, one of which won us the game. Great job Kody!!!

Special Teams Player of the Year: WR/KR Carson Jackon – Got us a KR RET that won a game! Sure, I’d prefer he do it offensively, but hey, any shelter in a storm, right?

Rookie of the Year: SILB Randall Keats – Notched more than 100 tackles, 3.5 sacks, not that common from SILB, a massive 9 tackles for loss, added 2 hurries, and QBKD, and then also 1 FF and rec, Welcome rookie!!!

Heart Award: CB Camreon Odea – At 43/43, this guy essentially our dimeback just netted three picks, was 2nd and in front of many on the team starting.

Next year? We’ll see!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2037 NFL Offseason:

I end the season with 53. Retiring are K Aubrey and OG Walter Robert. We got a player in the Hall of Fame wearing our cap.

CB Jaycee Horn – 1.8 pick in 2021 – Four All Pros, 1 ring, career 31 picks, 153 pasdef, 84% of votes

Also making it are WR Justin Jefferson, CeeDee Lamb and OLB Joe Tryon-Shoyinka

I got an achievement!

Our eval was 64/100

Tix – We sold out and I massage my prices a bit.

Staff Draft:

Coming free are HC Zac Taylor; OC Keion Zaiden and AC Daryl Starnes.

HC:

HC Zac Taylor doesn’t want to reup, he’s:

50 dev and INT, 100 youth and scouting, 90 discipline, 80 playcalling, 70 interviews and just 30 Motivation, his only bad stat.

I like

Arizona DC Matt Prater – age 52, 90 youth, 70 scouting, INT and dis, 60 play clling, player dev, motivation, 20 interviews

Buffalo OC Joe Brady – age 47, 90 INT, 80 playcalling, youth, 70 moti, discipline, 50 interviews and dev, 40 scouting.

If you want a strong middle three of playcalling, motivation and discip, that’s Brady. Also smart.

Also…

Tampa Bay DC Jonathan Gannon – age 54, 100 youth, 80 playcalling, 70 dev, 60 motivation, 50 interviews, INT, discipline, 30 scouting

Gannon better at youth and development oo

I offer Brady.

I rehire OC Zeidon

AC:

I hire AC Harvey Gillaspia with: 90 scouting, interviews, motivation, 80 playcalling, 70 dis, 30 youth, 20 INT and player dev.


Draft Revealed:

This is also a 1 QB draft at the top, 8.3 As scouted Jim Ford. One stud RB at 7.4, Hard to read, and then a few 6.0s, two 4.5 FBs that have strong bars, a 6.7 AND 6.3 TE on the board…just three WR 6.0s, one stud OC at 6.4, just three 6.0s OG. We’ll need to replace OG Robert either draft, or FA, or trade, and I have a 50 pot if not. Stud 7.4 OT, and 5 more in the 6s, there are two mid4s Ks named Ricky Brotherton and Marc Hinkle to replace K Aubrey, stud 8.3 DE, and two 7.1 and a 6,6, 6/4 that’s it. Three mid 6.s DT, one 7.1 ILB, 2 low 6s, and four 6s OLB. One 7.0 CB, 6.8, and then a few low 6.s that weren’t invited to the Combine which are often missed by others, just like QB Zimmermann from last year. One stud S at 7.2, and one at 6.6 that’s it. I still need FS, but Hennessey was fine at coverage with the picks.

Tag? P Allen is the only good one free. Also free is WR Carachure, Lobo, WLB Di Pietro and FB Kratz.

See you in FA!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2037 NFL Free Agency:

Day 1 – I have signed on my roster 44 and a free FAs. I also have free 36 mill without the draft, so 26 for FA and extensions. LG Jackson is 29/52 and could start if needed. He is a run blocking specialist.

Free:

P Allen wants 4.47, 2 years, cap hit of 2.19, done
CB Odea - Wants 11.91 for three years, cap hit of 3.29 – I’ll let him go free.
WLB Di Pietro wants one year at just 1.85. He is better at pass rushing than Breeden a bit at 80 vs 74. I’l hold off to see what happens with my cap later.

Extensions, Rookie:

TE Wellons – cap hit, 2.6, wants 84.96 for 5 years, cap hit rise to 12.23. He is the 14th best TE in the league, and wants to be paid like it. Cap rise of around 10 mill.

CB Cory Alston - 53/53, cap hit of 2.03, wants extension of 4 years, for 49.76, cap hit rise to 9.58. Rise of 7.55 mill.

DT Cam Quincey – 50/50 - cap hit of 1.81, wants 3 years at 11.14 run stopping specialist, cap hit rise to 3.18.

Luckily, this is the year of RB Mullins in the 1st, so only Wellons and Alston are the starters from here. Ideally I want to sign Wellons and chase FS, G and K in the FA or draft. Alston at 53/53 got a All Pro, but that’s it. Wants a ton of cash, if he wanted Wade-Smith money, that’d be one thing.

Other Extensions to Save Cash:

RG Montano – cap hit of 8.26, wants two years at 16.76 cap rise of 9.25. I’ll let him expire and resign in Day 1 next year.
NT Tae – Cap hit of 18.95, wants extension 2 years at 17.19 for 30.79. Done.

I could free up around 11 mill by extending SLB Howells two years early, with a cap hit of 31.51,for 60.78 three years, drop cap hit this year to 20.69. That would let me bring back Wellons and chase FAs. I do it.

I extend Di Pietro

I now have free 34.91 for chasing 25 mill of FAs for RG, also a 3rd WR to help Fiste and, K although there are two in the draft as well as FB, so don’t overcommit. Or FS too, although Hennessy played well I doubt that would last.

Day 2 – Let’s look to see who is free!

K: Let’s start with a must=of.

K Emmanuel Simmons – 66/66; age 26, wants 4.52, two years at cap hit of 2.1.

Simmons is the best K and not a bad cheap consolation prize. I offer him 2.7 mill cap hit. That leaves me 22.3 mill left.

FS: Other than Holland I’ve never really had a great long term FS. Who’s free?

FS Brice Eng – 7th year vet, age 28 60/60 wants 5 years of 83.06, cap hit of 11.7.

FS Clayton Berliner – 10th year vet, age 31, 57/57, wants just 2 years at 7.53, cap hit of 3.57.

FS Chris Arce – 8th year vet, age of 31, 53/53 – wants 3 years at just 12.27, cap hit of 3.63

FS Tank Heiman – 5th year, age 27, 52/52, wants 4 years at 17.1, cap hit of 3.39.

Eng is younger, but not as young as I’d like for that big of a deal. He’s the best FS in FA. Berliner is 2nd best and an older cheap like Arana who busted fast. Arce is an older 8th year also cheap. Heiman is younger and cheaper and not as good. If I grabbed the best Eng, it would preclude me from snagging a high quality FS draftee, but not the other three. I like Heiman and Eng. Who else is free?

LG: Less of a need with a 52 potential there, I shouldn’t break the bank there. But if I do, his would make sense, since Robert wasn’t drafted but FAd.

OG Monty Cornish – 76/76, year 7, age 27, the best OG, wants 52 mill for three years with a cap hit of 14.77. Run blocking of 89, pass block and strength 79

Cornish at 76 is tied for the 6th best OG in the league, and the dude wants that cash. But…another one in the 70s is also free…

OG Butch Planish – 71/71 – year 7, age 28, from West Virginia and went to WV State, run blocking 71, pass 100, strength 52, is the 9th best player, wants 3 years at 35.38, cap hit this year of 9.89.

Planish wants way less for a worse run-blocking and another Top Ten OG. If I offered Planish 11 mill, and Heiman 4 mill, that would leave me 7.3 mill for other dorks. There is a 5th year 60/60 LG that wants Planish money, so he is the best bet.

WR: With me losing out on two good WRs last year and my top RB, I still would like a strong 3rd WR option and push Davis to slot. I also feel that defensives pulled out Jackson this year, but another strong WR would free him up, ideally. Or it could backfire and Jackson’s numbers could drop further.

FL Tory Huseman – 62/62, 5th year, age 24, wants 3 years at 62.24 for 16.67.

SE Doug Shousie – 8th year vet, age 29, 55/55, wants 14.86 for cap hit of 6.78

FL Neal Pedraza – 5th year, age 27, 52/52, wants 3 years at 20.28 mill, cap hit of 5.6

Huseman is the best WR, and young too. But pricey. There are many older and not as good pricier. Shousie is the cheaper older option. I could offer Pedraza 6.5 to give me a longer term, but not as good as Huseman and just a bit better than Davis. Is it worth the cap hit to signing another low 50s guy like Davis? Pedraza also an older 5th year vet

RB: What about RB since Sanchez busted and was older anyway?

RB Chester Corbett – 5th year, 63/63, wants 3 years of 32 a cap hit of 9.05

I like Corbett, and 10 mill is worth it, but I need my line, FS and K upgraded.

I offer FS Heiman, cheap and young, replaceable, FL Pedraza to give me a better and, again draftable replacement, OG Planish the stud and cheaper option.

Day 5 – OG Planish signs!

Day 10 – K Simmons signs! FS Heiman heads elsewhere for less cash.

I just never seem to get the FS stuff to work, other than Holland. I cannot get good FSs to drop to draft, or get them late, and when I do, they bust, like Hennessy in the low 50s I had to start Meade for years. After I signed Arana, he busted past Meade that offseason. I didn’t either good S at either spot like Wade-Smith and Horn at CB. But at SS, the same rules are true for growing our own, at least I had the studs of Winfield, Van Dusen and now Spencer. But other than the one bright light of Holland nothing.

I have left WR Pedraza with a cap hit of 6.5. I have free in cash 20.66 so 4 mill. Any good deals left to bring in for 4 mill or less?

DT Jaiden Goldsten – 6th year vet, 59/59, okay run stopping of 71, pass rush of 51, pass rush strength of 63. Age 25 wants 3 years at 12.06, cap hit of 3.5.

DE Kai Stutts – 58/58, pass rush specialist, age 27, 7th year, wants just 7.61 for 2 years, 3.46 cap hit

Goldsten? Stutts. Remember Hockenhull busted and was let go last year. Not bad.

CB Daimon Stewart – 10th eyar vet, 58/58, wants 2 years at 8.79, caphit of 4.13

Good swap in for CB Alston I cannot afford.

FS Berliner is still free the older 57/57 cheap guy.

TE Beau Del Toro- 58/58, age 26, wants 3 years at 11.01 caphit of 3.22.

Del Toro is strong.

Loads of strong talent fell. I offer DE Stutts who can be my guy until I draft another and is cheap 4.0 mill cap hit this year.

Grab K in Draft 3rd round; draft FB;

Day 11 – Stutts signs!

Day 14 - WR Pedraza signs!

I head to the draft!s

[Abe Sargent]

The 2037 NFL Amateur Draft:

We don’t have our 1st or 2nd this year from our trade.

3rd Round: 3.28 is here! Ideally, I want to grab K Ricky Brotherton or Marc Hinkle in Draft 3rd round; or draft 4.5 FB Ashton Kish or Robbie Prater. All are there. My staff like OG Dickey, but that’s not a position, of need, although I could use a backup. K Brotherton is very underrated, 4.6. Hinkle is better bars and As scouted and from WV and Marshall. Hinkle has massive accuracy but not a great leg. Brotherton is the strong leg, but just okay accuracy. The leg is very underrated the WV accuracy one is As scouted. Accuracy or length? I go the leg. He’s very underrated. Sorry Marshall.

See you tomorrow

4th Round – At 4.9, FB Prater was taken. Is FB Kish going to fall? Should I trade up to 4.10? What would it cost me? It’s the Chargers and they want our 5th 28 this year and a 4th in 2038 and a 6th in 2039. I would keep my 4.28. I don’t mind losing a future 4th and this year’s 5.28 or 6th. Kish is 4.5 and As Scouted. I do it, and I draft Kish 4.10. Ironically this is who my staff like too.

At the 4.28, who do I like? My staff like OT Eubank who is 5.5 and hard to read, LT Addition is As Scouted, same rating, and I still need an LT better than Parr. But this is too late to unearth a starter. There are a few high 5s RBs left. Any that look good? Most are overrated. I need a 5th WR to replace Lobo. Three are 5.0. Who has the best bars? Max Vander Esch. I grab him

6th Round: My staff here like OG Lester Dolezal. He Is 4.4, top OG, and overrated, not bad bars for this late. There is a 5.4 DE left very underrated named Darrin Saxe...him? Not bad for here, with very underrated could grow into a starter, Saxe? Dolezal? What about 5.0 very underrated CB who massive picks? Bob Hull. I go Hull. He’s a bit worse than Dolezal but not overrated.

7th Round: My staff here still like OG Dolezal. Is Saxe there? Yes! Same argument. Dolezal, bigger need,


The 2037 Carolina Panthers:

3.28 – K Rickey Brotherton, Duke, 61/73;
4.10 - FB Ashton Kish, Clemson, 39/49
4.28 – WR Max Vander Esch, Texas,23/40
6.28 – CB Bob Hull, Syracuse, 40/40
7.28 – OG Lester Dolezal, Arkansas, 16/44

We need rises in Kish to get to 50, but his bars were better than Prater who was overrated. Brotherton could be a stud in the kicking game. All of my last three are okay subs or emergency/injury starters.