FOF Take 2 with the Browns

[Abe Sargent]

If you followed my Panthers dynasty you’ll know what we won 5 Super Bowls, QB retired, and then I traded a few 1st up to the 1.1 spot to draft an as scouted 1.1 QB at 9.5, but a game save, auto crash, then I hit my save and grabbing the auto-draft rather than moving to the next pick but not autodrafting and save, I grabbed a stud RB my staff liked and saved in the 2nd round prior to drafting.

Let’s do this again, but this time let’s add a degree of difficulty since I got 5 Super Bowls from our 2nd stud QB Fiste after Plamondon busted after his first year by 2042. Who now?

I want another team without winning a Super Bowl, with a bad QB situation, and likely to lose again. Obviously this disincludes stud CJ Stroud from the Texans, the Bills with their stud QB, My Jags with T. Lawrence, how about 46/46 Deshawn Watson from the Browns? Done!

[Abe Sargent]

X Factor on, combine accuracy 100, injuries 100,

The 2024 NFL Preseason:

I have 78, I need to cut 18, I do so. I cut:

TE Whiteheart
RB Jerome Ford
OG Javian Cohen
WR Michael Woods
WR Khardarius Toney
WR Cedric Tillman
RT Germain Ifedi
RT Roy Mbaeteka
RT Lorenzo Thompson
LT Michael Dunn
DT Quinton Jefferson
DT Siaki Iki
LB Luiji Villain
CB Tony Brown
SS D’Anthony Bell
SS Chris Edmonds
CB Cameron Mitchell
MLB Mohamoud Diabate

60 roster

I have cap space of 37.24 mill.

We are 4-3 Under and Air Coryell.

Any great UFAs I can bring in?

OC X’Zauvea Gadlin – 20/59 great pass and run blocking, I offer him three years,

He signs and I cut OC Nick Harris

Week 2 – Green Bay – QB Jameis Winston questionable for 7 weeks, we win 17-10

Week 3 – Minnesota – We win 30-17, WR James Prohe questionable for 3 weeks; DT Shelby Harris also questionable for 3 weeks

Week 4 – At Seattle – We…win 17-10. No injuries

I cut these 7:

RB Nyheim Hines
TE Cameron Lutu
WR Jaelon Darden
RT Jack Conklin
DE Isiah McGuire
I want to cut injured DT Harris, but I cannot.
OG Luke Wypler
CB Khalef Hailassie


Here’s my starting roster and depth:

The 2024 Cleveland Browns






Here you go! QB Watson busted to 41/41, RB Chubb to 52/52 , WR Cooper to 56/56, OC Gadlin to 19/50, rookie OG Zinter rose to 44/71. I have studly front seven with Garrett, I’m shocked that my DC likes Sam Kamara at DT with 39/43 over 69/69 Tomlinson, but I tried twice. Our two CBs are studs like Jaycee Downs and young like him. Bad S though, and Ots too, and WR, TE and skill positions. Our d should keep us in game, but with a dropping Chubb that may not be easy to run over foes.

Ready?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2024 NFL Regular Season:

Week 1 – Dallas – OT Willis doubtful for 7 weeks; we lose 36-20. QB Watson 2 rush scores and is 23 of 42 for 231 and 1:0.TE Swaim the score, no TOs, just one sack, 4 KRB by OG Teller and three by rookie C Gadlin

Week 2 – At Jacksonville – We win a defensive struggle 7-6. We AFC Northed them. Watson was 18 of 36 for 131 and 1:0. Score by TE Njoku. FF bY CB Newsome rec by DE Smith, 2 sacks by DT Tomlinson. 3 KRB by OG Teller,

WR Jerry Jeudy out for two weeks

Week 3 – New York Giants – We host the G Men. We thump them 21-6. WLB Khaleke Hudson a safety sack, Watson is 19 of 26 for 263 and 1:0 ,score by TE Njoku, Fumrec for a TD by DE smith, FF by DT Garrett and DT Hurst, another rec by DT Kamara, 6 sacks, 5 KRb y C Gadlin, 4 by OG Bitonio.

Week 4 – At Las Vegas – Hello Raiders! We lose a low scoring 13-14. Chubb 19 for 67 and 1 score, Watson 20 of 29 for 211 0:0, picks by CB Ward and Emerson, 4 KRB By Teller, 3 by Bitonio,

We are 2-2 at the 1st quarter, tied with Pittsburgh and Cincinnati at 2-2, with Baltimore 1-3

WR Jeudy back from injury

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At Winless Washington – We beat them 20-17. Watson is 31 of 46 for 227 and 2:0, scores by TEs Njoku and Swaim, three picks by CB Newsome, S Thornhill and Delpit, no sacks, 4 KRB by OG Teller. We now have a winning record….

Week 6 – At Philadelphia – …which will hopefully end today. We lose 19-35. Ouch, Watson shows up for his first bad game at 32 of 46 for 384 but 2:3. Cooper 11 for 133, scores by WR Moore and Jeudy, no TOs, 2 sacks by DT Hurst, 3 KRB b Y OG Bitonio, light blocking day.

Week 7 – Cincinnati – We host our cross state AFC North rivals. They thump us 33-24. Rush score by RB Chubb, Watson is 23 of 40 for 198 and 2:2. Ugh ratio. Scores by Njoku and Jeudy. FF bY ILB Bush, rec by DT Kamara, 2 sacks by Garrett,

Week 8 – Baltimore – We host them. We lose a close one 24-27. Watson is 21 of 29 for 132 and 3:0, scores by WRs Cooper, Moore, and RB Chubb. Pick by OLB Hudson, 2 sacks by DT Hurst, 3 KRB By OT Willis and OC Gadlin

We are 3-5. So is Baltimore, but we lost to them so they are in front.

[Abe Sargent]

Oh, both Garrett and Hurst are with 5.5 sacks, the league lead is 7.5

Week 9 – 3-4 LA Chargers – Can we beat them and Herbert on the road with the continental travel? We lose a close defensive one 17-16. Chubb rush score, Watson is 22 of 36 for 266 and 1:2, ouch. Catching that score is WR Thrash and WR Moore is 11 for 133; pick by SLB Hudson, 2 sacks by Garrett, 1.5 by LB Owusu-Koramoah. 7 KRB by OG Teller, 3 by OT Willis

All injuries done

Week 10 – BYE

Week 11 – At 6-3 New Orleans – Uh oh…we score 34 on the road! They score 40. Rush score by RB Strong, Watson is 21 of 35 for 162 and 1:3, ouch. He hit for that score WR Cooper, Moore is 11 for 101. Pick SIX by S Delpit, we also had three FF into Fumrec, one FF each by TE Swaim on special teams, DE Garrett and DT Hurst, rec by S Macleod, DT Tomlinson and OLB Fields. 2 sacks by Hurst, 4 KRB by OG Teller.

Week 12 – 5-5 Pittsburgh – We host the .500 Steelers looking to go a winning record and win here in Cleveland. We lose 24-11. Watson is 20 of 39 for 227 and 1:1, score by WR Cooper. TWO picks bY OLB Hudson, just 2 sacks, none by Hurst or Garrett, one by Hudson though light KRB da


Week 13 – At 1 win Denver – We win a shootout 34-26. Chubb 21 for 105 his first 100 rushing sday of the season, Watson is 22 of 30 for 198 and 4:0 and scores by TE Swaim, RB Chubb, Strong and WR Moore, THREE Picks by CB Emerson and one each by CD Ward and S Delpit. 3 sacks by DT Tomlinson, 1 by Garrett.7 KRB by OG Teller, 4 by OT Hudson, 3 each by everyone else!!!

We are 4-8, Baltimore 5-8, the Bengals are 8-4 Steelers back to .500 at 6-6

Stats:

DE Garrett – 8.5 sacks, league leader 10.5,
DT Hurst – 7.5 sacks, 3rd best DT
OLB Hudson - 4 picks, 3 behind leader, the highest LB
CB Emerson - 4 picks, 3 behind leader
DT Tomlison – 7 sacks
SS Delpit 3 picks,

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – At 6-6 Pittsburgh - Can we win there like they did in our home? We lose 7-20. Watson is 22 of 29, 206 and 1:1. He hits for the score Cooper. Pick by CB Ward, just 2 sacks on the day, but 1.5 by Garrett. Light blocking day

Week 15 – 11-2 Kansas City – Uh oh…we surprisingly lose a shoot out! 29-27. Rush score b Y Watson who is aerially 25 of 38 for 307 and 2:0. WR Moore is 7 for 117 and the score the other by Njoku. No TOs, 3 sacks on the day, one by Garrett. Light blocking day with 3 KRB by Bitonio.

Week 16 – At 9-5 Cincinnati – We hold them to 10! But just score 7. Watson is 20 of 33 for 210 and 1:0, score by TE Swaim. Picks by CB Ward and S Delpit. Strip sack and rec by Garrett who is with 2 of them today, also 1.5 by WLB Hudson.3 KRB by OT Willis, another light blocking day.

Week 17 – 14-1 Miami – Uh ohh….are we going to show up like KC but lose a shoot out? We lose a low scoring game 16-10. Watson is 26 of 39 for 294 and 1:1, Moore is 7 for 155; score by WR Thrash, no TOs, 6 sack day, 1.5 by DT Tomlinson, one by Garett,

Week 18 – At 6-10 Baltimore – We lose a close one 24-21. They pull Watson chasing win for Winston. 1:0 score by Thrash, pick by Emerson, fumrec TD by Tomlinson, and another rec by LS Huglett in special teams from FFs by WR Jeudy. 3 sacks on the day, but none by Garrett. Light blocking day,

We finish 4-13. For the pick position next year, there are 4 teams with a worse schedule and wo other two win teams. We need to upgrade Watson strongly.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2024 NFL Playoffs:

Wild Card Weekend:

Results:

Chiefs over Raiders 34 – 28
Jags over Colts 26-23
Bills over Bengals 27-22

Saints over Vikings 19-13
Eagles over Lions 27-21
49ers over Falcons 32-23 – palindrome!!!


Divisional Champ Weekend

Results:

Dolphins over Bills 24-21
Chiefs over Jags 43-13

Cowboys over Eagles 17-14
Saints over 49ers 27-21


Conference Championships:

Results:

Chiefs over Dolphins 23-6

Cowboys over Saints 26-7


The 2024 NFL Super Bowl:

The Chiefs win 45-34

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards:

All-Pro 1st Team:

DE Myles Garrett – age 29


All-Pro 2nd Team:

OG Wyatt Teller – age 30
CB Martin Emerson – age 24
P Corey Bojorquez – age 28

Was Tomlinson robbed? Four All Pros is nice.


Stats:

Throwing that Ball:

QB Watson – 378 of 590 for 3723, yuck, 24;13. QBR of 86.1.

Nope!

Running that Ball:

RB Chubb – 208 for 879, ypc of 4.23, 3 scores
RB Strong – 171 for 599, ypc of 4.25, 1 score
QB Watson -74 for 360, 3 scores

We need to upgrade that OT spot. And OC too to improve the ypc.

Catching that Ball:

WR Moore – 110 for 1234, 4 scores
WR Cooper – 68 for 898, 4 scores
TE Njoku – 49 for 442 and 5 scores
WR Thrash – 47 for 315, 3 scores

Not bad Moore! You were 13th most in yards. Not great Amari.

Blocking that Ball:

OG Teller – 50 KRB, 4 pancakes, 14 sacks allowed
OG Bitonio – 31 KRB, 1 and 6 sacks
OC Gadlin – 24 and 5 sacks

Teller was 4th most in OGs. Not bad Bitonio, that’s it.

Kicking that Ball:

K Hopkins - 20 of 24, long of 47, 29 of 31 PAT

Not a bad year statistically for what he was called on, not great long though

Punting that Ball:

P Bojorquez – 105 punts for 38.79 net, 44 in the 20

Not bad All Pro!

Rushing that Ball:

DE Garrett – 14 sacks, 4 TFl, 4 blocks, 21 hurries, 15 QBKD,
DT Tomlinson – 9.5 sacks, 4 TFL< 11 hurries and 13 QBKD
DT Hurst – 7.5 sacks, 2 blocks, 2 hurries and 8 QBKD.
WLB Hudson – 6.5 sacks, 2 tfl, 2 hurries, 11 QQBKD, 4 INT, 3 pasdef
MLB Bush – 158 tackles, 0.5 sakcs, 11 TFL,

Garrett one off leader who as WLB and won Def. Player of the Year, he led our team in hurries too, as well as QBKD. Tomlinson was 3rd in the league in sacks at DT. Bush led our team in TFL,

Covering that Ball:

SS Delpit – 1 sack, 8 TFL, 4 picks, and 10 pasdef
CB Emerson – 5 picks and 14 pasdef
CB Ward – 4 picks and 2 pasdef
CB Newsome – 1 and 21 pasdef

Newsome led in pasdef and Emerson picks. Ward is our nickelback. Good year here and in sacks too.


Team Awards:


Offensive Player of the Year: OG Wyatt Teller – Dude got more than 50 KRB and was our sole offensive All-Pro! In a team not running since we didn’t have the lead much…Nasty good!

Defensive Player of the Year: DE Myles Garrett – Loads of great options, from CB Emerson to WLB Hudson, but he was one sack from the leader, and led his position, and won All Pro. And…we weren’t sacking from the lead, just like Teller with the lack of runs.

Special Teams Player of the Year: P Corey Bojorquez – He won an All Pro, great job Corey!!!

Rookie of the Year: C X’Zauvea Gadlin – The previous GM traded the 1st round, so these are DT Hall, C Gadlin, SLOT WR Thrash, and that’s it for starters. The C had fewer sacks and more KRB than both Ots. Good stuff rookie!!!

Heart Award: WR Elijah Moore and CB Denzel Ward – The WR Moore is just 39/39 and netted 1200 yards, led my team and was 13th in yardage!!! Ward is just a 50/50 nickelback, but notched a strong 4 picks and then that’s 2nd on my team. Great stuff Denzel!!!!

We need a better offense next year at the skill positions and OT. Maybe OC too since Gadlin busted after the preseason.

[Abe Sargent]

My worst move might have been not starting rookie 3rd rounder stud OG Zak Zinter who is 44/71 over Joel Bitonio I could have traded for fun stuff or cut.

The 2025 NFL Offseason:

Before I end my season, here are my old school players – FS Macleod – 13 years; 11 years – LG Bitonio, 10 years – QB Winston, TE Swaim, SE Cooper, K Hopkins, DE Smith, DT Harris, ILB Hicks. LS Hughlett. My hope is that Bitonio retires, or we’ll cut/trade him if not.

Retiring are FS MacLeod and TE Swaim

I got an eval of 22.

TIX: We have a Stadium size of 67431, all sold out, and boxes of 143, we sold 100. I massage our prices.

Staff Draft:

Get Ready for a Deep Dive!!!

HC:

Our guy is Keven Stefanski with no weaknesses, 70 motivation, discipline, intelligence, 60 playcalling and 50s elsewhere. Age of 42. First year here, good with QBs.

Who do I like here?

Teryl Austin – DC for Pittsburgh – I hired him with the Panthers, age 60, cares about secondary, 100 motivation, 90 playcalling and discipline, 80 scouting and interviews, 50 youth, bad dev and INT. I hired him and we made the playoffs in two years later and Super Bowl but lost two years later. I like this more here since we are divisional rivals. He’s a stud!!! I hire him.



OC:

Ken Dorsey, Air Coryell, age of 43, cares about Qbs, 80 youth, 60 dev, playcalling, scouting, 50 INT, weaknesses in interviews, dis and motiv.

I don’t like Dorsey here, although his Air Coryell might work for our new draftee QB and WR. We need a better playcaller than 60 and we need real scouting/interviews. Since my HC is a DC, I need the best here. Who do I like?

There are no OCs with Air Coryell better playcalling but they are also good with the scouting and interviews, outside:

Shane Waldorn – Smashmouth TE, age 45 – 90 playcalling, scouting, 50 interviews, dis, mot, and bad at INT, youth and dev

Thurman Hanson – Erhardt Perkins, age of 55, RB, 90 playcalling, mot, interviews, never mind.

Keenan Layne – Smashmouth, age 61, cares about QB, playcalling of 80, INT, player dev, 70 youth, interviews, 90 scouting, bad motivation and discipline.

Layne is amazing everywhere I need, but smashmouth? Do I want that? Great for a stud O Line and RB, sure, but is that the right offense for a new rookie QB and WRs like I got with Legette and Jackson and the Panthers? Smashmouth does feel AFC North too. I hire Layne.


DC:

Jim Schwartz – Age 58, 4-3 Eagle, cares about LBs, 100 motivation, 90 playcalling, 80 dis, 60 scouting, bad in dev, youth, interviews and INT.

I do like how studly Schwartz is with the playcalling. I need a better scouting and interviews though, and 4-3 Eagle since that’s how to emphasize our studly D Line.


Darren Rizzi – 4-3 Over, age 54, playcalling 80, motivation and dev too, 60 youth, scout interviews, bad at INT and disc.

Rodrigo Willis – 4-3 Under, age 51, secondary, 100 motivation, 80 playcalling, 70 interview. 60 scouting, INT, dev and dis, only bad at motivation.

Our AC is Raymond Ventrone – age 42, 4-3 Under, cares about secondary, no weaknesses, 80 playcalling, interviews, 70 dev, 60 mot, 50 elsewhere. Great!!! Him for DC?

I hire Willis.

AC:

Raymond Ventrone – age 42, 4-3 Under, cares about secondary, no weaknesses, 80 playcalling, interviews, 70 dev, 60 mot, 50 elsewhere. Great!!! No new hires


Head Trainer:

Larry Jackson – age 53, 30/40/30. Ugh.

I hire Kevin King – age 48, str of 90, Con of 70 INT of 60


The Rookie Draft:

I need a strong studly QB to push my team. Remember with the Panthers in year 3 I drafted at 1.2 the best of two QBs left named Plamondon, he was in the low 50s, we made it to playoffs, busted , made the playoffs with Dalton, then I traded up for 1.1 to draft Fiste who was Super Bowl but lost as a rookie to the Chiefs in the low 70s. I need a stud, and am happy to trade for one.

This is a two QB draft with an As Scouted 9.9 QB at the top named Martin Perron. There is also an 8.0 overrated KC Weiss. There are three low 6.0s QBs too. We are drafting1.7. There are 12 7.0s and more. An underrated RB 7.2 John Leek looks studly. Three more RBs in the 6.0s. Just two low 6.0s WR, two 6.1 Ogs, 8.2 RT, 7.3 LT, and 9 more 6.s 4 7s DEs, and 3 6.0s one 7.1 DT, 7 6s, one 7.8 OLB, 5 6s at both ILB and OLB. Two mid 6.5s S and one low. 5 6.0.s CBs

Tag: MLB Devin Bush is 66/66, would tag with 30 mill. Also free are WR Cooper, OLB Hudson, RB Chubb and OT Willis. Nope to tags.


See you day 1!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2025 NFL Free Agency

Day 1 – I have on my roster signed 32 out of 51. I am OVER the cap by 48 mill. I cut Watson at 72.94, but only free up 46 mill when released. 26.5 mill on next year’s cap hit too.

I now am over by 2.3 mill. No one wants Bitonio, I cut him and save 15 mill off 22.29. Now I am under by 12.72, enough for my UFAs post draft.

TE Njoku - 42/42, cap hit of 22.19, cut, frees up 15.25 mill. Done. Free is 27.95 mill.

In the Last Year of Extensions to Reduce Cap:

OG Wyatt Teller – 74/74, year 8, All Pro, cap hit of 21.91, wants one year extension of 31.31, cap hit move to 21.33 not much of a change
CB Newsome – 70/70. Year five, cap hit of 13.38, wants 4 years, of 73.17, cap hit rise to 13.92. He was 1st round draft pick with an extension. Rough but worth it, but just 52 pick rating
DE Smith – 60/60, year 11, cap hit of 9.43, wants one year extension of 18.22 to raise to 13.88, to free is 4.10, not much. I’ll keep but not a pass rush specialist.
DE Okoronkwo – 54/54. age 29, pass rush specialist. Cap hit of 5.35, wants one year extension to 6.46, rise to 5.62, but next year just 3.47
P Bojorquez – Age 28, 60/60, cap hit of 2.44 wants raise to 3.39 at three years for 10.53. All Pro last year…

Rookies Needing Extension of Value:

CB Emerson – All Pro, year 4, 76/76, cap hit of 1.74, wants real money of 113.34 for 5 years at cap hit rise to 16.22. That would use up my cap space, but he’s a stud.


CB Ward – 50/50, year 8. Cap hit of 24.6 mill. I cut to free up 14.040. I now have free 42.03 mill
OC Pocic – 17/17, cap hit of 7.89, I cut for 6 mill.

I extend Teller.

Resigns:

I sign RB Chubb to 6.9 mill over 2 years, cap hit of 3.25. I have free 45.36

What does MLB Bush want? 66/66, year 7, age 26 - wants 71.25 over three years, cap hit of 20.15 Nope!

WLB Hudson – 54/54 – age 27, wants 38.75 for three years, cap hit of 10.89. Nope. He’s not worth it no pass rush specialist.

WR Cooper – 57/57, year 11, wants two years, 29 mill, cap hit of 13.3. Nope. I can probably do that for younger or older and cheaper.

LT Adenji - 3rd year, 27/45 – wants one year at 1 mill, done

LT Willis – 6th year, 50/50, age 25 wants 10.52 over three years for cap hit of 2.95, done

FS Thornhill – 45/45, year 7, age 29, studly picks at 89. Wants three year deal of 9.06, cap hit of 2.61. Done

QB Winston – 31/31, year 11, wants just 1.38 to resign. Our other backup is 18/26 3rd year QB Thompson-Robinson. Done.

I have cap hit after that of 37.40. I have signed 32. I need one starter WR, a better LS (Mine is 36 LS), better Kicker for 46/46 Hopkins, starter TE, starter at WLB and MLB , RT in the draft too, FS starter, and also keep cap space for UFAs post and then, Ideally keep open space for the 15 ish mill, but I doubt it.

I head to Day 2!

Day 2 – Any great QB to sign? My team could use a vet since it’s older. 54/54 Sam Darnold wants mad cash. I want to keep the cap free for the more pricey 1st round pick, owned by the Broncos. They want my 1.7 and the next two firsts. Done. I now have free 33.85, and I’d like to keep free at least 10 mill for Late Fa. Probably a bit more since I just have signed 32.

TE:

All of my TEs left, retired, or are cut, so I could use a cheap starter TE.

TE Mark Andrews – 55/55, age 29, wants 46.82 mill, cap hit of 13.42

TE Evan Engram – year 9, age 30, 50/50, wants two years at 5.82, cap hit of just 2.76

TE Josh Oliver – year 7, age 28, 50/50, wants 3 years at 2.55 cap hit for a total of 8.8.

I like both Oliver and Engram for cost.

WR:

I have just two WRs, and the pricey Jeudy is one in the 39s, with a cap hit of 7s but I’d ply free up 1 mill by cutting him. I’d love to bring back Cooper, but he’s too pricery.

WR Cooper Kupp – Year 9, age 31, 61/61, wants 16.96 over 3 years for a cap hit of 4.89

WR Christian Kirk - Year 8. Age 28, 57/57, wants 2 years at 10.880 for cap hit of 4.89 too



Love them both, I wanted to sign someone and keep Cooper and then draft a replacement when Cooper left. Nope. Those are the best cheap WRs. I prefer Kupp’s three year cap hit, since I could offer him more bonus to sign without hurting the cap much, but I prefer that Kirk’s is three eyars younger too. Kupp WILL bust, but he’s cheap. Kirk might not for a year or two, or might.

RT:

RT Matt Pryor – Age 30, 57/57, run block specialist with 85. Wants 3 years deal for a total of 10.62, cap hit of 3.13. I like the three year deal for the same reason as Kupp, great patch until I draft or sign a better starter.

LB:

I have just the studly 62/62 OLB Owusu-Koramoah. I need two cheaper starters, but these can wait until the draft or later years, since we are 4-3.

MLB Elliot Gillespie – 57/57, age 27, wants a cheaper 12.88 over 3 years, cap hit of 3.58. Love his youth.

SLB Jonathan Greenard – Age 27, 54/54, wants two years of 6.65, cap hit of 3.08, run stopper

I love them both, they are young and cheaper and mid 50s.

FS:

FS Kevin Byard -56/56, age 31, older, wants two years of 6.53 for cap hit of 3.08 – good picks at 72

FS Jevon Holland – age 25, 55/55, wants three years at 9.87 for a cap hit of 2.79, picks are a little worse at 62.

Byard is old but cheap. Holland is young and cheap.

LS:

LS Zach Triner – LS of 68, age 34, ouch, wants 2.73 2 years for cap hit of 1.28

K:

K Harry Jeffries 2nd year, 64 but cannot sign until 2nd FA. Cutting my K Hopkins will free up 2 mill

P:

P Bojorquez is solid at 60/60 and just won Punter, but he’s not highly rated at 60/60. He is tied for the 24th best P with a few others. If we can pin them deep, we can really push, and with a rookie QB, we’ll need that studly Punter. To cut him would free up 2 mill even.

There are three Ps in the 80s in FA

P Cameron Johnson – 86/86, age 33, wants 2 years of total of 7.89 for cap hit of 3.59 – best leg at 100

P Riley Dixon – 85/85, age 31, wants 3 years at 11.98 cap hit of 3.54, 85 leg, best accuracy at 100

P Rigoberto Sanchez – 81/81, age 30. Wants 3 years at 12.16 for cap hit of 3.46, 85 leg

I have a cap under of 33.85. If I keep 12 mill for more UFA,s that’s 21.5 mill.

My biggest needs are WR, TE, RT, K, LS, and then since I signed a couple of backup FS, I’d go LB and FS and then P.

If I were to offer TE Oliver 3 mill, WR Kupp/Kirk 5.5 mill and RT Pryor 3.75 that’s12.25, then LS Triner at 1.75 is 14 mill, and I’d need to keep free for K post draft. MLB Gillespie is 4.25 mill, 18.25 total, SLB Greenard is 3.75 for 22 mill, and then FS Holland is 3.25 for a total of 25.25. If I were to offer Holland but not Greenard that would be 21.5 even to what I want. All offers made for the amount mentioned, and I first offer Kirk. I don’t have the cap space for P.

Day 7 - TE Oliver and MLB Gillespie sign.

Day 9 – RT Pryor signs, Holland heads back for a cheaper deal to Miami.

Is FS Byard still free? Yeah he’d be a 3.5 to beat others, but he’s old. And that’s a bit higher than my 3.25 mill budget for Holland. He wants 2.71 for a two year deal, I could just offer 3.25 and see if he signs for that. Or SS Marcus Epps is 29 and 55/55 good at all overage stuff and wants just 7.97 for three years so a cap hit of 2.31. I offer him 2.85. That’ll keep free more cash.

Day 10 - LS Triner signs! I cut LS Hughlett and free 1.26 mill. I have 35 under signed now with that swap. SS Epps and WR Kirk left!

Day 12 – They both accept! I have signed 37 and cap space left of 14.45, I’ll wait until post draft since I’ll need space for a new K that get’s freed, or a UFA too.

See you at the draft!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2025 NFL Amateur Draft:

1st Round – We obviously take QB Martin Perron who my staff like too…See you tomorrow!

2nd Round – At the 2.6, my staff like SLB Lukas Kus who is 6.7, the top player on the board, and as scouted, to replace Hudson who left in FA. He’s a stud, true. He’s great at run, pass and strength, and us investing in great D is very Browns. Any good WRs for m y 2nd spot here? RB Minnack at 6.5 As Scouted since we are Smashmouth now? I go Kus.

3rd Round – Our 3.5 arrives and I’ve got a trade offer for this pick from the Saints for their 3.29 and then their 3rd next year in 2026 and 7th that year too.

Who is here?

My staff like CB Kim Kinsler who is I 6.1 and hard to read. I could use a nickelback after cutting 50/50 Ward, and who knows what’ll happen with my 4th year Emerson and extend him. CB 5.9 German Dickerson is very underrated though. I do him, sorry Saints. He’s strong at everything but picks, but very underrated vs hard to read for my staff? I do him.

4th Round – My staff here like DT KJ Welch who is 5.4 and overrated, nope. I kinda like K Brandin Hatley, very good accuracy, okay leg, 4.3, as scouted. I draft him. He’s also from Ohio, good karma. Our rookie QB might move us, but not score, we need that K upgrade from Hopkins

5th Round - I get a trade offer from New England for this pick and they’ll give us their 6.4 and 6th next year.

My staff here like RB Frankie Perritt who is 5.7 and As scouted. His bars aren’t great. I need a starter WR across from Kirk, 1 backup WR, 2 backup TEs, 1 backup RB, FB since I am smashmouth, starter OC for Gadlin, backup if not, 2 backup OGs, backup DT, backup LB, FS starter, two backup CBs.

On the board is as scouted FB Dan Klecko at 4.1. TE very underrated 4.2 Bird, 4.9 As scouted WR Sammie Bray, or 4.8 Chaplin with better bars also as scouted, I do Chaplin. He’s from Marshall in WV my home state.

6th Round – The 6.5 is here!!! My staff here still like Perritt, is TE Bird or FB Klecko on the board? No to Klecko we are down at FB a few more to 3.6 , but Bird is there. Also falling is 5.9 CB Brandon Weber who is as scouted, I still need two more. He’s not great at picks, but then Dickerson wasn’t either. DT Pope, underrated 5.7? I need a backup? I prefer Weber’s bars. I do very underrated CB Ian Ruble with studly pick and good bars too. He’s also good karma from an Ohio school,

7th Round – The 7.7 is here! My staff like RB Tracy McBride who is 5.5 and as scouted. He’s fine. He is the 199th pick so we got an achievement for drafting at Brady’s spot. He’s fine for here, is Bird on the board? Yup! I snag his very underrated self. He’s from my alma mater WVU


The 2025 Cleveland Browns Draft:

1.1 – QB Martin Perron, Notre Dame, 59/78
2.6 – SLB Lukas Kus, Maryland, 51/68
3.5 – CB German Dickerson, Colorado State, 47/59
4.7 – K Brandin Hatley, Toledo, 49/75
5.6 – WR Alexis Chaplin, Marshall, 35/48
6.5 – CB Ian Ruble, Miami of Ohio, 43/59
7.7 – TE Norman Bird, WVU, 23/35


In Perron’s Persona we trust!!! He’ better than Fiste who we took here and traded for, will he stay though? He is as scouted. Kus is studly…if he grows he’ll be the 7th best OLB at 68. Dickerson and Hatley both are starters or strong special teams. Chaplin is better than Jeudy and will start barring a better backup or 2nd FA signing. Two strong CB with Ruble falling, if I knew he’d be there and better at picks, I would have gone elsewhere with 3.5. He’s also very underrated. Ditto Bird but not great looks.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2025 NFL Late Free Agency:

Day 1 – I cut K Hopkins and free 2 mill. I have signed now 43 with cap space of 16.47 cash.

I extend P Bojorquez…since there wasn’t a good rookie or UFA and do I want to extend CB Newsome? He’s 70/70 and 52 at picks, and then wants 73.71 for four years to rise to cap hit this year of 13.92 against 13.38 so a cap rise, but my two drafted high 50s CBs make this harder, and Ruble is studly at picks and very underrated. I will wait until the end of preseason to see if I need to sign Newsome. I have free 15.52

I offer these UFAs three year and 60k bonus deals with cap hit of 840k

OC Carlos Hogg – 29/53 – I offer more bonus
CB Enrique Bullock – 33/51
OG Tariq Gaziano – 22/44
OG Trey Latimer – 25/42
QB Isaac Ansara – 31/46
TE Scott Torain – 25/44
RB Nicholas Ballou – 39/47
WR Marvin Hileman – 20/37
DT Marquez Timmons – 27/43
SLB Wally Bosch – 32/44

10 would bring me to 53 with a cut for 3rd string for QB Ansara and…

I offer:

FB Khalil Rankin – 59/61 2nd year, 3 years of 4.31, cap hit of 1.3

That would get me to my roster stuff if they all signed. But…I wouldn’t have any depth.

Day 2 – Five sign, C Hogg, TE Torain, QB Ansara, SLB Bush and CB Bullock

I increase the many chasing FB Rankin and raise cap hit to 1.61

Day 3 – OG Latimer signs!!!

Day 4 – FB Rankin and WR Hilleman sign!

Day 5 – All three left sign! I have cap space of 5.46 mill for emergencies

Here are my UFAs after signing!

UFAs:

OC Carlos Hogg – 28/50
CB Enrique Bullock – 34/51
OG Tariq Gaziano – 21/50
OG Trey Latimer – 25/42
QB Isaac Ansara – 30/44
TE Scott Torain – 25/42
RB Nicholas Ballou – 37/44
WR Marvin Hileman –19/37
DT Marquez Timmons – 27/41
SLB Wally Bosch – 34/49

Ansara dropped but is still way better than our 3rd string or even 2nd string Winston. RB Ballou a bit of a drop, ditto TE Torain, but not Hileman. A bit of a drop by C Hogg, I was hoping he could be a cheap temp starter. BIG rise by OG Gaziano! Same as OG Latimer, small drop by DT Timmons, nice rise by SLB Bosh and CB Bullock the same so I have three strong 50+ starters, subs in UFA.

I head to preseason!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2025 NFL Preseason:

Week 1 – At Atlanta - We are on the road!!! Last year we went 3-0 and undefeated can we repeat with a rookie QB in his first game away? We win a high scoring 30-18, no injuries

Week 2 – BYE

Week 3 – Minnesota – We host the Vikings! We edge them 26-21. No injuries either

Week 4 – At Tampa Bay – Can we go 3-0 again with a rookie on the road closing? Yes a defensive 10-3 game win.


Rookie Lookie #2:

1.1 – QB Martin Perron, Notre Dame, 59/78; 62/76
2.6 – SLB Lukas Kus, Maryland, 51/68; 60/71
3.5 – CB German Dickerson, Colorado State, 47/59; 56/65
4.7 – K Brandin Hatley, Toledo, 49/75; 56/75
5.6 – WR Alexis Chaplin, Marshall, 35/48; 39/50
6.5 – CB Ian Ruble, Miami of Ohio, 43/59; 57/69
7.7 – TE Norman Bird, WVU, 23/35; 27/33

A small drop by Perron, but if he evens out at 76 he was worth it. A small rise by Kus, he was worth it. A huge rise by Dickerson, since he was very underrated that was expected. Hatley no changes, nice. Good small rise by Chaplin at 50 pot. Ruble stud boomed to 69 too. Fall by TE Bird sad.

UFAs:

OC Carlos Hogg – 28/50; 31/48
CB Enrique Bullock – 34/51; 41/57
OG Tariq Gaziano – 21/50; 28/49
OG Trey Latimer – 25/42; 30/41
QB Isaac Ansara – 30/44; 34/47
TE Scott Torain – 25/42; 28/43
RB Nicholas Ballou – 37/44; 39/42;
WR Marvin Hileman –19/37; 22/33
DT Marquez Timmons – 27/41; 24/26
SLB Wally Bosch – 34/49; 43/52

Fall by Hogg, wow Bullock boomed to FIFTY SEVEN!!! Three 50+ CBs that fell in draft…QB Ansara rose 3. Fall by Hileman. BIG by Timmons, Another big rise by Bosch!!!

I cut QB Thompson-Robinson. I have free 6.46 mill

I need to talk about extending CB Newsome no thanks I just drafted an entire secondary in one draft.

Here’s my pretty solid upgrades from the Draft, UFA and FA:


The 2025 Cleveland Browns!





Here you go! Only Chubb who fell to 46/46, TE Oliver to 47/47, RT Pryor to 49/49, SS Delpit at FS and then for some random reason they are not starting SE Chaplain at SE across from Kirk. I don’t know, I hit it a few times. Those are my only non-50+ starters. New signees SS Epps, FB Rankin, MLB Gillespie, RT Pryor, TE Oliver are starting. I have draftees starting at QB, K, nickelback, SLB. Nice!!! You can see all depth sorted by future and that’s mostly green or more.

Here's my first rounder:



QB Perron! He’s only bad at improv. Like me, he’s a scrambler like Watson. He’s amazing in strength, quality potential, pass timing, sense the rush, footwork, strong in accuracy, decisions, reading the defense, solid 50s and 60s in touch, two minute offense. Love him if he doesn’t bust….

How about 1st round grade SLB Kus?





Here he is! The 38th pick in the draft! With a 60/71 size right now. His run, pass, and pass strength are all 80s. His coverage and picks are fine, and then he’s at 65 diagnosis, nice and well rounded for where he was picked!!!



Can Perron give us a winning playoff season? If you’ll recall with our Panthers, Andy Dalton didn’t in years 1 and 2, then new low 50s QB in his debut season QB Plamondon did, then he busted, and Dalton kept us there, and then Fiste in the 5th year and first got us to the playoffs and then the Super Bowl and lost to Mahomes but still won Super Bowl MVP and outdueled him. We only have one year of talent acquisition, but we already had studs all over the D, and kept all but 66/66 MLB Devin Bush. But we signed 57/57 and for much cheaper.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2025 NFL Regular Season:

Week 1 – At Cincinnati – They won the division last year and we start there, rough. We…THUMP them 27-3. Rush score by RB Ballou, QB Perron is 26 of 36 for 252 and 1:1. Score by WR Jeudy. Et ready for my D shout out – Rookie CB Ruble has…THREE Picks in his debut game. FF bY CB Emerson that Ruble recovered, four TOs, and then DE Garret? He notches 4.5 sacks!!! Light blocking day, just 2 KRB by everyone combined.

Nasty! That’s how I want to win, dominant D! That was a Browns win, I called my Browns D era Juggernaut in FOF8 the Brown Out. They were just Brown outted.

Week 2 – Atlanta – We host the Falcons!!! We win a closer one 20-16. Running score by RB Ballou again, Perron is 23 of 33 for 274 and 1:2, not great ratio, score by TE Oliver, pick by CB Emerson, FF by DT Tomlinson rec by rookie SLB Kus, 1.5 sacks by DT Hall, light KRB day today too,

Week 3 – Denver – They were 1-16 last year and we traded with the 1stround with them. Can we guarantee Perron wins the first quarter of the season? We smash their mouth 23-7, rush score by Perron, who is 31 of 40 for 295 and 1:0, Kirk 9 for 109, score by Ballou too, no TOs, 5 KRB by Ogs Teller, Zinter and 3 by RT Pryor

Week 4 – Tennessee – We host the Titans!!! We lose 21-14 in a battle of undefeated, rush score by Chubb, Perron is 19 of 26 for 134 and 0:0. 2 picks by Emerson, Pick SIX by new signee MLB Gillespie, 2 sacks by Tomlinson, 4 KRB by Teller

We are 3-1 and in 2nd behind 4-0 Baltimore and tied with 3-1 Pittsburgh

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At Jacksonville – Hello Lawrence! Battle of 1.1 QBs!!! We AFC North the AFC South in their home, 14-10 win. Rush score by RB Ballou, Perron is 9 of 17 for 87 and 0:0, pick SIX for win by rookie SLB Kus, pick by rookie CB Ruble, 2.5 sacks by DE Smith, 2 by Garrett, 3 KRB by RT Pryor, weak elsewise. BROWN OUT!

Week 6 – Washington – We host the Commanders! We win another AFC North D game 6-3. Perron is 14 of 31 for 126 and 0:1. Picks by S Delpit, CB Emerson and rookie SLB Kus, 1.5 sacks by Garrett, 3 KRB by OG Teller and RT Pryor. BROWN OUT!!!

WR Thrash is questionable for 5 weeks

Week 7 – At Houston – At CJ Stroud? Uh oh…We run over them in a close 18-17 victory. Perron is 18 of 33 for 170 and 1:1, score by rookie 7th round pick TE Bird, his first. Pick SIX By Emerson for the win, and pick by rookie CB Ruble. They are nasty duo together. I cannot keep Emerson the All Pro from last year, but you can see their teamwork.1.5 sacks bY Garrett in a 2 sack day, 4 KRB by Teller, OG Zinter and OT Pryor.

Week 8 – 6-1 Baltimore – We host for 1st place sole spot of the AFC North heading into the break. We win what passes in the AFC North a shootout of 33-24. Chubb rush score, Perron is 25 of 38 for 314 and 2:0, and Kirk is 8 for 103 and 1 score, the other by TE Torain. No TOS, just one sack, 5 KRB By Zinter, 4 by Teller and 3 by Pryor.

We are 7-1 and in front of the AFC North

Stats:

Perron – 165 for 254 and 1652 yards, 6:5.
DE Garrett league lead with 11.5 sacks, 2.5 in front of league leader
5 picks each by CB Emerson and rookie Ruble, in front by 2 each.
OG Teller – 23 KRB, the 2nd in the league behind by 8, the lead OG.

[Abe Sargent]

Our defense is carrying us, many Brown Outs.

Week 9 – 2-6 Indianapolis – We host the Colts!!! We smash them 27-6 – Perron is 19 of 30 for 206 and 3:1, scores by TE Oliver, TE Bird and Kirk, FF by SLB Kus rec by WLB Owusu-Koramoah. 1.5 sacks by new signee MLB Gillespie, not normally a rushing spot, 5 KRB by Teller, light by everyone else.

Week 10 – At 4-5 Pittsburgh – They know us and want to get back to a .500 record at their place…trap game? We win another “shoot out” 31-25. Perron a rush score and is 16 of 25 for 193 and 2:1, scores by Kirk and TE Oliver, pick SIX for the win by SLB Kus, picks by S Delpit and Emerson, 2 sacks by DT Hall, 3 KRB By OG Teller

Week 11 – BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WR Thrash is healed

Week 12 – 3-6 Cincinnati – They are having a rough year. Can we got 2-0 in Ohio? Yes, 24-7. Perron is 22 of 36 for 205 and 2:0, scores by TE Bird twice, pick by SLB Kus, 5 sacks on the day but one by Garrett, 4 KRB by Zinter, 3 by Teller and Pryor

Week 13 – At 5-6 New Orleans – We aerially thump them 37-14. Perron is 25 of 36 for 345 and 3:1, Kirk 10 for 121 and 2 scores, one by TE Oliver, pick by rookie RB Ruble, fumrec score by rookie SLB Kus, another recovery by CB Newsome, 2.5 sacks by DE Okoronkwo 1 by Garrett. 4 KRB y Teller 3 by Pryor

We are 11-1. Next in the division is 9-3 Baltimore, and for the #1 seed Jacksonville also 9-3 and two are 8-4.

Stats:

Perron – 247 of 381 for 2601 and 16:8, nice 3rd quarter statistically.
DE Garrett – 15.5 sacks, 2 in front
DT Tomlinson – 7.5 sacks, the most for a DT
CB Emerson and Ruble – 6 picks each, one behind the leader
SLB Kus – 4 picks leads all LB
OG Teller – 38 KRB, tied with OC Deiter in league lead, leads all Ogs by 6

5 games left!!!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – At 4-8 New England - Can we edge them? We win a D struggle 13-3. Perron the lone score on the ground was 18 of 29 for 201 and 0:0, no TOs, just two sacks but 1.5 by Garrett, 3 KRB By Teller and Zinter.

Week 15 – 6-7 Carolina – They are winning the NFC South despite their losing record. They signed QB Darnold. I keep wanting to look at the Carolina side since that was my old team. We win 29-21. Perron is 22 of 30 for 223 and 2:0, both scores by TE Oliver, FumREC SCORE by DT Tomlinson, another recovery by S Delpit, FF by DE Smith and Garret, Garret was…3.5 sacks today, he crossed 20 for the season with 3 games left. 3 kRB b Taylor, otherwise light

Week 16 – 6-8 Pittsburgh - We host the Steelers!!! We rush them 30-13. Rush score by Chubb who is 18 for 98, and others by Ballou and Perron who was 20 of 32 for 208 and 1:1, score by WR Jeudy, pick by new signee SS Epps, FF by Garrett that he recovered, just three sacks, Garett one, 8 KRB by Teller, 3 by Pryor

Week 17 – At 2-13 Tampa Bay – Next week is at Baltimore between two AFC North games…trap game? We win a close one 23-21. RB Ballou rush score, Perron is 18 of 29 for 241 and 1:0. Score by Oliver, pick by SLB rookie Kus, just 2 sacks, 4 KRB by LT Pryor, C Gadlin, 3 by Zinter and Teller

Week 18 – At 12-4 Baltimore -They are in front as the top WC but if they lose they might drop to #2. This is a tough test. We lose a shoot out 31-27. Perron is 35 of 47 for 348 and 3:0, hitting Kirk 16 for 168 and 2 scores, another score by Chaplin, no TOs, just one sack, 4 KRB by Gadlin, 3 by Zinter

We kept all teams to 250 points or fewer and unlocked an achievement.

The 2025 AFC North:

Cleveland Browns – 15-2, Won, #1 Seed
Baltimore Ravens – 13-4, WC, #5 Seed
Cincinnati – 6-11
Pittsburgh – 6-11

We have the top seed and the 1st round bye!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2025 NFL Playoffs:

Can we duplicate getting to the Super Bowl in his debut year with Perron just like Fiste, but this time winning it all?

Wild Card Weekend:

I want the Ravens to lose on the road to the 10-7 Dolphins. I’d also love the Raiders WC to defeat Mahomes’s Chiefs and Titans to beat the Jags at home too. Two WC wins, one loss.

NONE of those happen, so we are going to earn each week we advance…

The Jags won 29-15 over the Titans
The Chiefs won 25-17 over the 12-5 Raiders
The Ravens on the road knocked out the Dolphins 33-17

The Packers over the Lions 20-18
The 49ers over the Vikings 41-20
The Panthers 16-10 over the Eagles

We host the Ravens, the team that beat us, but in their space, and…last game…they have momentum


The Divisional Champ Weekend:

We each won at home! Can we one up the Ravens and go 2-1 on the season? Yes, we win 30-13 against the similarly constructed Ravens.

Perron is 20 of 27 for 201 and 2:0, scores to WR Thrash and UFA rookie TE Torrain. DT Tomlinson, Furec SCORE, also rec by DE Okoronkwo, 2 FF by Kus, 2 sacks by Garrett, 3 KRB by RT Pryor, Teller and Zinter.

Also:

The Jags won at home against Mahomes 40-23

Carolina lost 43-35 to the Cowboys
The 49ers knocked out the Packers 36-13


The Conference Championship:

We host the Jags and Trever Lawrence and we won in their place earlier this year, can we sweep them here? Again, the battle of 1.1 picks! We win a close one 28-24

RB Ballou is 16 for 104, rush score by Chubb, Perron is 25 of 31 for 249 and 3:0, scores by TE Torain, WR Thrash and FB Rankin. Pick by SS Epps, 1.5 sacks by Garrett, 3 KRB by Gadlin, light otherwise

Also:

The 49ers on the road knocked out their #1 seed the Cowboys 43-31. Ouch.


The NFL 2025 Super Bowl:

Your AFC Champion #1 Seed 15-2 Cleveland Browns


Vs


Your NFC Champion #4 Seed 9-8 San Francisco 49ers


Can we beat them? Can Perron win a debut rookie 1.1 to Super Bowl Champion in one year?

Nope, they edge defensively 13-3.

Perron was 25 for 35 for 235 and 0:1, pick by Emerson, 3 sacks by WLB Owusu-Koramoah, light blocking day.


That happened with Fiste too, but I was hoping for my stud D and people like Garrett to win one before retiring.

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards:

Def. Player of the Year: DE Myles Garrett
Super Bowl MVP: WLB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah
Off. Rookie of the Year: QB Martin Perron

All-Pro 1st Team:

OG Wyatt Teller
RT Matt Pryor!!
DE Myles Garrett
DT Dalvin Tomlinson!!!
CB Martin Emerson


All-Pro 2nd Team:

SLB Lukas Kus!!!!

We did get an achievement for Four First Team All Pros. Rookie Kus with a debut year All Pro, and Perron the expected Rookie of the Year for his position, but I like Kus for 2nd, was CB Ruble robbed of an All Pro? Garrett was studly all up and down this year. I never got Def. Player of the Year with the Panthers, so it’s nice that’s my first FOF9 one. And he’s worth it. Now let’s come back and win him the Super Bowl he deserves! That’s Tomlinson’s first All Pro and he should have gotten one last year. I was shocked that RT Pryor, a older run blocking spehttps://forums.operationsports.com/fofc/images/editor/separator.gifcialist who fell did that well in his first season with us since he’s a rental.


Rookie Lookie #3:

1.1 – QB Martin Perron, Notre Dame, 59/78; 62/76; 70/76
2.6 – SLB Lukas Kus, Maryland, 51/68; 60/71; 72/72
3.5 – CB German Dickerson, Colorado State, 47/59; 56/65; 65/65
4.7 – K Brandin Hatley, Toledo, 49/75; 56/75; 68/68
5.6 – WR Alexis Chaplin, Marshall, 35/48; 39/50; 43/50
6.5 – CB Ian Ruble, Miami of Ohio, 43/59; 57/69; 72/72
7.7 – TE Norman Bird, WVU, 23/35; 27/33; 30/33

Please Perron don’t fall next year…Kus nasty. Bit of a bust by K Hatley but still okay. Ruble another rise.

UFAs:

OC Carlos Hogg – 28/50; 31/48; 31/48
CB Enrique Bullock – 34/51; 41/57; 42/57
OG Tariq Gaziano – 21/50; 28/49; 28/48
OG Trey Latimer – 25/42; 30/41; 31/41
QB Isaac Ansara – 30/44; 34/47; 35/47
TE Scott Torain – 25/42; 28/43; 34/43
RB Nicholas Ballou – 37/44; 39/42; 42/42
WR Marvin Hileman –19/37; 22/33; 25/33
DT Marquez Timmons – 27/41; 24/26; 24/26
SLB Wally Bosch – 34/49; 43/52; 54/54

Another rise by SLB Bosch! Good stuff here too.


Stats:

Passing that Ball:

QB Perron – 360 of 548, 3822, 23:9, QBR of 93.0

Is Perron in the right system at Smashmouth? Ugh all

Rushing that Ball:

RB Chubb – 200 for 837; ypc of 4.19, 3 scores. Ugh
RB Ballou – 143 for 522, ypc of 3.65, 5 scores

Not great here either for Smashmouth

Catching that Ball:

WR Kirk - 96 for 1129 yards, 7 scores
TE Oliver - 58 for 501 and 7 scores too
WR Chaplin – 45 for 470 and 1 score

Not bad for Kirk or Oliver. We got to get Chaplin the ball more.

Blocking that Ball:

OG Teller – 54 KRB, 5 pancakes, 6 sacks allowed
RT Pryor – 38 KRB, 2 pancakes, 7 sacks allowed
OG Zinter – 32 KRB, 10 sacks allowed

Teller led the league in KRB!!! Pryor was tied for 5th, surprised he won All Pro.

Kicking that Ball:

K Hatley – 33 of 35, long of 35, 39 of 40 PAT

Great stuff here rookie, just two missing FGs and one PAT in your debut year!!!

Punting that Ball:

P Bojorquez – 104 punts for a net of 34.63, 41 in the 20…

…bad average….

Rushing that Ball:

DE Garrett – 21.5 sacks, 3 TFL, 14 blocks, 24 hurries 28 QBKD
DT Tomlinson – 9.5 sacks, 6 TFL, 3 block, 9 hurries, 10 QBKD
DE Smith – 7.5 sacks, 5 TFL, 2 block, 14 hurries, 11 QBKD
DE Okoronkwo - 7.5 sacks, 4 blocks, 6 hurries, 12 QBKD
DT Hall – 6.5 sacks, 2 TFL, 4 blocks, 8 hurries, 11 QBKD
WLB Owusu-Koramoah – 5 sacks, 4 TFL, 5 hurries, 9 QBKD
MLB Gillespie – 3 sacks, 8 TFL, 3 blocks, 2 hurries, 6 QBKD; 1 pick, 1 IT RET TD, 6 pasdef
SLB Kus – 2 sacks, 5 TFL, 6 hurries, 2 QBKD; 5 INT, 2 INT RET TD, 15 pasdef


That’s obviously my best year with a single player in FOF9. Studly!!! Tomlinson led all DTs in sacks. We obviously did well in rushing that passer!!! Even MLB Gillespie got a few, and led our team in TFL. Hello Kus in pass coverage alone.

Covering that Ball:

CB Emerson – 6 picks, 1 INT RET TD, 25 pasdef
CB Ruble – 6 picks, 11 pasdef
S Delpit – 2 and 9 pasdef
SS Epps – 1 and 14 pasdef

Great year in picks, but was Ruble robbed of an All Pro with the same # of picks but not even All Pro 2nd Team…

What’s going to happen with Emerson next year since he just got two All Pros back to back and is just 25 in his 4th year, his picks are 82 and he’s 75/75 overall…what’s he going to want with his deal ending? And is that good salary cap management with two other 50+ CBS from that draft


Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year – OG Wyatt Teller – Dude just won 2nd All Pro and led league in KRB overall, not just for his position, I hate to give this award twice, but there you go old man.

Defensive Player of the Year – DE Myles Garrett – I don’t like giving this out twice, but…this also old man just earned it with a League Def. MVP!!! He led the league in sacks by tons, and our team by tons of defensive rushing that passer ones. I hope to give this to him next year….

Special Teams Player of the Year – K Brandin Hatley – Just two missed FGs and one PAT is great stuff rookie!!! Normally I’d give this to Rookie of the Year but you can see two great candidates there.

Rookie of the Year - SLB Lukas Kus- With the off year statistically that Off. Rookie of the Year had, I’m going to reward 2nd round pick that won All Pro in his debut year in the league!!! Love him if he can keep that picks and pasdef up, but we do need that sack number to rise up since he’s good at it.

Heart Award - RT Matt Pryor – Dude just won All Pro as a 49/49 RT and fell from 57/57 where we signed him at the age of 31. Great job old man!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2026 NFL Offseason:

I have on my roster prior 4 11 year vets – DE Smith, QB Winston, DT Harris and MLB Hicks. No 10s, then these 9s – DE Garrett and DT Tomlinson. That’s it for vets. Retiring is DE Smith, 55/55 at an old time, good luck in retirement!!!

Welcome to next year!!!

I score a 49. I have 42 under contract.

TIX: We sold out again, I raise prices again

Staff Draft:

As you know, last year I hired the best OC on the board, who was Smashmouth, and we had a rookie QB do well wins and playoffs, but not statistically. I am worried he’s a much worse QB under there, and will bust 2nd year. If that was just rookie nerves, then a 2nd year should work and see improvement, now that he’s 70/76. If not I’ll replace my OC next year.

I don’t hire anyone

Rookie Draft is Revealed:

I need a better RB than busted 9th year vet Nick Chubb, starter LT for Wills and RT Taylor and C Gadlin, strong stud WR to unlock Perron, better starter TE than older 47/47 Oliver, better P for Bojorquez, a stud DE for retiring Smith although 54/54 pass rush Okoronkwo is fine without, and draft/sign in FA a starter at FS. We are drafting 31st in each round obviously, but not 1.31 that was traded.

This is a two QB draft at 8.1(Ernie Crank, as scouted) and 7.8, (James Oliver, overrated). At RB two in the 70. The best is 7.9 overrated Nelson Amerson, and 7.3 Dominic Mann is also overrated, then four in the 6s. Light. TWO stud TEs at 6.3 and 6.0 and a bunch of high 5s. Deep, maybe one will fall…just two 6s WR, no strong OC, one stud OG at 7.6, and three low 6.0, at OT? One stud 7.4 LT and NO sixes, rough this is normally deep when I need both. A stud leg and hang time P as scouted but weak accuracy, named Rosborough, 3.8. stud DE at 7.7 not invited to the combine, tons of 6.s., at DT stud at 7.8, and then a handful of 6s. just one 6.2 ILB and OLB has 7.1 and a few 6.2s that’s it, CB has the best non-Qb in the draft, 8.0 Bert Videl and 7.3 just one 6.7. Light, at S just 6.1 that’s it rough.

Tag? Tag time!!! There are three starters, CB 76/76 Emerson, 66/66 Newsome, and 54/54 DE Okoronkwo. I don’t have the need for Newsome, and the Tag is too much for Okoronkwo – Emerson is worth it, but I need to see my cap first at FA. That would be 24.9 mill.

I head to FA!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2026 NFL Free Agency:

Day 1 - I have on my roster 42 and a strong cap of 57.15, and I’d like to save 10 mill so 47 cap space.

Resigns:

CB Emerson – 5th year vet, back to back All Pros, stud 76/76, I like to keep future Hall of Famers, wants real money of 136.900 mill, for a cap hit of 19.66. He is the CB Jaycee Horn I inherited on the Panthers who had four All Pros and finished with a Hall of Fame career and was our first HOF player and for the Panther period. That would drop cap space to 27.5 mill for FA

DE Okoronkwo – 8th year vet, age 30, 54/54, pass rush, could sub in unless I draft a better one, wants 2 years of 19.11 for cap hit of 8.78 this year, that would drop my cap space to 38.25 and if both 18.75 left.

Also free are ILB Hicks, LT Adenjii, DT Harris, RB Strong, QB Winston, FS Hickman, and DE Wright.

There are no rookies in final year needing extensions, they were cut.

Other Extensions Needed:

DE Garrett – Cap hit of 20.37, wants one year extension of 28.78 to rise to 32.28 but drop next year to 15.57. Nope. That’s too pricey an increase of the cap.
DT Tomlinson – Cap hit 19.54, wants one year extension of 34.51, rise to 20.98, increase in cap of 1.44, done
OG Teller – Cap hit of 17.08 and wants one year extension of 22.06 to drop to 14.25 done
WR Kirk – 6.51 cap hit, 58/58, age 29, wants real money of 30.39 to raise to 15.25, nope
SS Grant Delpit – 47/47 age of 27, cap hit of 8.03, wants three year deal for 26.9 for a cap hit rise to 13.6, nope. If I cut him I’d free just 1.98 because of how heavy the previous GM gave bonuses. I’l just let him play it out,
OC Gadlin – 46/52, year 3, cap hit of 1.06 wants 2 year deal at 4.56 for a cap hit rise to 2.03. I’ll wait until late FA to see if I draft or UFA one better.

I don’t extend Chubb, LS Zach Triner at 68/68 last year but age 35 dropped o 58/58 long snapping, so I wont resign him either, and hope to bring in a better one in FA.

I want https://forums.operationsports.com/f.../separator.gifto resign both Emerson and Okoronkwo. But that’d leave me less than 19 for a starter FS, RB, WR, LT for Willis, C for Gadlin, better starting TE, P and LS. Although those can be draftees too, but I don’t have a 1.31 to draft one. I retain both. I need to keep my talent. I have free in cap space 30.1 so 20 mill for FA. We’ll need to spend it well like last year’s 1k season with Kirk, RT Taylors All Pro or the solid year with MLB Gillespie.

Day 2 – Who do I like?

LS/P:

The best P are bad. No great LS either or cheap TEs.

FS:

FS Demarcco Hellams – 52/55 – year 4, age 25, wants budget one year at 2.31 mill

RB:

RB Devin Singeltary – year 8, age 28, 57/57. Wants two year deal of 7.32, cap hit of 3.45

RB James Cook, year 5 age 26, 52/52 wants 2 years of 7.24, cap hit of 3.42

RB Breece Hall, year 5, age 24, 51/51, wants 3 years at 11.35, cap hit of 3.3

I like the cheap and Hall is he youngest but also the worst, and wants a 3 year deal.

WR:

WR Jauan Jennings – 58/58, age 28, wants 3 years at 5.54 cap hit off a deal at 19.58

WR Alec Pierce – 53/53, age 25, wants 3 years too at 16.36 total for a cap hit of 4.55

Jennings is better, but older by three years. Both want three year deals easy to up offers without cap hit. Each is value for high 50s and low 50s.

Any good deals? If I offer Hellams 3.25, Hall 3.75 and Jennings 6.5 that uses up just 13.5 mill, I’d have 7.5 for a good OC/RT/LT

OC/OT:

OC is talent poor, and Gadlin is the 17th best at a pot of 52. His run blocking is 58/68. OC Hogg’s is better at 35/73. The free ones with better ratings are worse in run blocking by bunches or in their 30s. OT too aren’t cheap or young.

I offer the Hall at 3.75, Jennings 6.5 and then Hellams at 3.5 since I have the cap space and he’s young.

Day 5 – WR Jennings signs!!!

Day 6 – RB Hall resigns with the Giants for less, is Cook free? Nope he signed. Singletary is free but he’ll bust. I’ll skip

Any FAs free for 10.5 mill now that that’s not free?

OC Jake Brendel – 71/71, age 33, wants 2 years, 24.16 mill and cap hit of 10.89. 100 run blocking, good patch.

TE Mark Andrews – 60/60 age 30, wants 21.39 2 years cap hit of 9.777

Nice ability and cost on Andrews, too old though. If he were two years younger, done.

Nope to both

Day 11 – FS Hellams signs!! I have signed 46. C Brendrel drops his demand, I offer 10.2 mill cap hit.

Day 12 – He signs! I head to the draft

[Abe Sargent]

The 2026 NFL Amateur Draft:

2nd Round – Our pick arrives! I could use starters at TE, RB, backup QB, RB, starter L/RT and backup LT if not, 2 backup DEs, backup DT, backup ILB, nothing in the secondary

My staff here like DE Phillip Porcher who is overrated and 5.6. There is a stud 6.3 OG very underrated with amazing bars on the board named Shawn Bucci. Even the 6.1 OG after him as scouted has great bars. Do I grab Wayne Teller’s guy since he fell, and Teller is 31 and now 67/67 and fell. When you are drafting here you are often just BAPing. He is pretty green though. Looks better than Teller.

What about RT/LT? All of the top five in the top 5.0s are overrated. Ditto RB, there is a very underrated TE Bynum that’s 4.5. DT Pao since a need backup an he’s underrated. He’s amazing at pass rush strength, not that well rounded. OG Bucci or DT Pao? This is where I drafted my stud and HOF player OG Montano, late 2nd, and this guy is studly, but green, so if I drafted I could cut Teller to force my OC to start him now, and then keep him. Could I trade Teller at a 67/67 OG? I’d keep him if he were a Cleveland Browns since he’d go to my HOF, but he’s a Bill.

I draft Shawn Bucci!

3rd Round – Is P Rosborough on the board? Yup! My staff here like ILB Bryce Greenburg who is 5.7 and overrated. DT Pao is drafted. TE Bynum? Yup! I’d like to snag both Bynum and Rosborough. I grab Bynum. Rosborough is not taken in the 3rd.

4th Round - I trade for 4.8 for the Bills and give them my 4.31, 6.19 from Detroit and 2028s 5th. I draft him!

5th Round – We arrive and our staff here like ILB Owen Kelemen who is 5.2 and As Scouted. He’s okay for here, but MLB is my least spot of need, especially since I have 54/54 backup OLB from last year’s UFA. DE? WLB Vanover is As scouted, I like underrated DT Harris Northup who is good at pass rush here.

6th Round – My staff here like ILB Tre McClennan who is 5.5 and overrated. I take a flyer on very underrated 4.7 LT named Adrian Wilder.

7th Round - Our 7.19 traded for pick arrives, and I get a trade offer for it from the Titans offering us two future 7ths. Who is here that they are trading for or that I could use?

My staff here like ILB Johnny Tilley who is 4.6 and underrated. Are they going for 5.8 As scouted QB Pierre Barnhart? I do need drafting one, and I need a backup one, I draft him.


The 2026 Carolina Panthers Draft:

2.21 – OG Shawn Bucci, Stanford, 45/75
3.31- TE Cornelius Bynum, Iowa, 35/44
4.8 - P Taylor Rosborough, Kansas State, 71/76
5.31 – DT Harris Northrop, Oklahoma, 35/43
6.31 – LT Adrian Wilder, Southern Mississippi, 24/38,
7.19 – QB Pierre Barnhart, Oklahoma, 37/50

Hopefully Bynum will grow as well very underrated Bucci too. Underrated by Northrop too and very by Wilder. Barnhart is bust insurance for Perron.

See you at Late FA where I need to trade/cut Teller

[Abe Sargent]

The 2026 NFL Late Free Agency:

Day 1 - I need to cut/trade Teller. I cut him no one wants to trade for him. I free up 7.34 cash. I also cut P Bojorquez and free 3.21 mill.

I have free 21.57 cap, and signed 50.

Any great value players I can offer to?

No LSs in the rookie class came through.

TE George Kittle – Age 32, 53/53, wants one year deal of 9.04, which I have with my freeing of P and OG. He WILL drop, but that patch would be nice. Will Bynum grow?

I offer:

DT Zion Logue – 3rd year, 46/54 – 3 years at min sal and 500k bonus
DE Trumane Rossel – 2nd year, 30/50, three years min sal and 250k bonus

I offer these UFAs three years and a bonus:

ILB Giovanni Hart – 20/51
ILB Dashawn Cannon – 27/49
RB Winston Zartman – 38/43
DE Manny Jacobson – 19/49 – run and pass stopping
CB Pat Sinnott – 27/47 – punt ret of 51/76
OC Harrison Velarde – 25/50

Do I offer Kittle? I have the cap space. But he’ll fall just like TE Oliver. Nope, I’ll keep the cash for post UFA singings for emergencies like injury subs. If he were younger and not falling, sure, a one year deal would be fine.

Day 2 -Four players sign. DT Logue, Cannon, Velarde and Jacobson.

I increase offers to DE Rossel, RB Zartman

Day 3 – Zartman accepts his offer

I increase ILB Hart’s offer 6 teams are chasing him

Day 4 – ILB Hart signs. 2 left!

Day 5 – They both sign!

UFAs:

ILB Giovanni Hart – 19/41
ILB Dashawn Cannon – 27/48
RB Winston Zartman – 39/42
DE Manny Jacobson – 20/49 – run and pass stopping
CB Pat Sinnott – 27/45 – punt ret of 51/76
OC Harrison Velarde – 25/46

Big drop with Velarde, Hart, same by DE Jacobson,

Ready for preseason? I hope so!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2026 NFL Preseason:

I have signed 58 no need for cuts prior to games

Week 2 – At San Francisco – A replay of the Super Bowl in their home! Uh oh…they smash-hammer us 30-3, but no injuries.

Week 3 – LA Rams – We host them his time. We win low scoring defensively 13-7. No injuries, too

Week 4 - At New York Giants – We head there and if we win we win our 3rd preseason of three. They smash hammered us more than the 49ers 14-43. No injuries though.


Rookie Lookie #2:

2.21 – OG Shawn Bucci, Stanford, 45/75; 53/74
3.31- TE Cornelius Bynum, Iowa, 35/44; 40/47
4.8 - P Taylor Rosborough, Kansas State, 71/76; 68/70
5.31 – DT Harris Northrop, Oklahoma, 35/43; 41/49
6.31 – LT Adrian Wilder, Southern Mississippi, 24/38; 24/36
7.19 – QB Pierre Barnhart, Oklahoma, 37/50; 40/48

Bucci dropped just one. Modest growth by TE Bynum, fall by P Rosborough, nice rise by DT Northrop, drop b y Wilder not rise, sad, small fall by Barnhart not as great as rises as I’d hoped. Just a sad fall by Rosborough but overall not bad!!!

UFAs:

ILB Giovanni Hart – 19/41; 22/37
ILB Dashawn Cannon – 27/48; 31/43
RB Winston Zartman – 39/42; 41/45
DE Manny Jacobson – 20/49; 26/48 – run and pass stopping
CB Pat Sinnott – 27/45; 30/39 – punt ret of 51/76
OC Harrison Velarde – 25/46; 29/40 - CUT

Wow Hart…also a fall by Cannon. Nice rise by Zartman, big fall by Sinnott, and Velarde.

I cut these five:

TE Bird
WR Hileman
C Velarde
ILB Reid
DT Timmons

Here’s my starting roster, with some good news…

The 2026 Cleveland Browns






As you can see, Perron rose, not fell to 75/77 so if this season is like last statistically, I’ll swap systems from smashmouth to more QB Friendly stuff, and I have two starting WRs in 50+. Kirk fell to 52/52 from 58/58,Jennings is still 58/58 and last year’s Chaplin still not SLOT Thrash is. Rookie TE Bynum will start, new signee FS Hellams is now 51/51 not 55 pot, sadly DE Okoronkwo fell to 45/45, FA signee C Brendel studly didn’t fall.

Let’s look at our studly OG pick!





Here he is! With a fall despite very underrated but a 53/74 guy after camp and preseason is solid. Then he’s got pot of 80 in run, 77 in pass blocking, 63 in the pancake making strength, and smart scheme acquisition. Great value where we snagged him! Can he be our Montano with HOF Career?

Let’s get this year started!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2026 NFL Regular Season:

Week 1 – Pittsburgh – At least we’ll open with the hated Steelers here in our house…we win a shoot out 40-34, Perron is 27 of 39 for 312 and 4:0 connecting with new signee WR Jennings 9 for 164 and 2 scores, TE Oliver and WR Thrash the other scores. We had two picks, one by Emerson the other by Ruble, FF by FS Hellams and WR Thrash on special teams, rec by OLB Bosch and CB Ruble, light 1 sack day since they weren’t chasing a lead, but it’s by Garrett, just two KRB sine we weren’t milking a lead.

Week 2 - At San Francisco – Can we show up better than in the preseason? They are such a studly offensive at home. We win another close shoot out for the AFC North, 30-24, rushing score by rookie RB Zartman, Perron is 18 of 32 for 212 and 1;0, score by Jennings, pick SIX for the win by CB Ruble,, FF by MLB Gillespie rec by Garrett who was 1.5 sacks, 7 KRB bY RT Pryer, 3 by rookie OG Bucci,

Week 3 - Miami – We host Tua and his Dolphins. We send them home losing badly, 27-9. Perron is 21 fo 32, for 179 and 2:0, scores by Kirk and Jennings, pick SIX by CB Ruble, picks by SS Delpit and Epps, 5 sacks day, but just one by Garrett, 6 KRB by new signee C Brendel, 5 by RT Taylor and 3 by OG Zinter.

Week 4 – BYE BYE BYE

Week 5 – At Denver – We lose a close one 22-19. Perron is 26 for 44 for 299 and 1:1 score by Wr Chaplin, pick by CB Ruble, strip sack by DT Logue he recovered, FF by D Delpit rec by CB Harden, 2.5 sacks by DE Okoronkwo, 1.5 by Garrett, 3 KRB by Zinter

We are 3-1. Cincinnati is 3-2,

[Abe Sargent]

Week 6 – Las Vegas – We host the Raiders!!! They were 12 win WC last year, so we’ll need to show up, unlike the Broncos game, we win 20-13. Rush scores by RB Zartman and Perron who was 12 for 18 for 215 and 0;1. Jennings was 3 for 118, 2 picks by Emerson who was clearly sad Ruble was in front, and another by SS Epps, FF by DT Hall rec by DE Okoronkwo, 1.5 sacks by DT Hall and Garrett, 4 KRB by RT Pryor, LT Wills, 3 by C Brendel,

DE Okoronkwo is doubtful for two weeks

Week 7 – Green Bay – We host the Jordan Love-led Packers. He scores 24 on us, we counter with 38 of our own. Rush scores by RB Zartman, and Perron who in the air is 13 of 21 for 127 and 1:0, score by Chubb, Strip Sack, fum rec and returned for a score DE Garrett, who is 75% of our sacks with 3 outta four, and then in blocking C Brendel a strong 7 KRB, RT Taylor and OG Zinter 4 each

Week 8 – 4-2 LA Chargers – We host Justin Herbert in his cross country show. They have studly RB Derrick Henry too. Can we beat them here too like the Raiders and Packers? We hold them to 10…we score 3. Perron is 17of 30 for 192 and 0:0, Jennings is 7 for 127, picks by MLB Gillespie and CB Dickerson, rare for him, just two sacks 0.5 by Garrett, 4 KRB bY Pryor, 3 by OG Zinter

Week 9 – At 6-1 Kansas City – Uh ohh…we lost to the Broncos on the road and the Chargers here in Cleveland, can we beat the juggernaut Chiefs in their place? We show up, they do too we lose 21-26. Rush score by Chubb, Perron is 26 of 36 for 209 and 2:0, scores by WR Chaplin and Jennings, pick by FS Hellams, Strip sack rec by Okoronkwo who is 2 sacks on a 2 sack day.

We are 5-3. So are the Bengals so we are tied. The Bills are also 5-3, Houston 7-2 and the Titans and Colts 5-4, Chargers 6- 2 and Chiefs 7-1. We may need to win the AFC North to make it in with double digit WC may not make it in. Us and the Bills are the only 5-3 teams in front, the others are 7.

Stats;

QB Perron – 1745 – 11:2, QBR of 87.7. He started well but slowed down this quarter.
WR Jennings – 46 for 676, 5 scores
DE Garrett in front by 1.5 sacks with 10 sacks,
CB Ruble – 4 picks, back by 1, 3 by Emerson,
OC Brendel - 26 KRB – 3rd best by an OC; 24 bY RT Taylor, also 3rd best

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – 3-5-1 Baltimore – We host the rough Ravens, but Lamar is amazing at comebacks and they love defense too. Next week is At Pittsburgh, we cannot trap game, we need to get back to winning ways this week. We shut them out 20-0. Perron is 16 of 22 for 209 and 2:0 scores by WR Chaplin and Thrash, strip sack by DT Tomlinson he recovers, three sacks on the day, one by Garrett, 5 KRB by C Brendel, 4 by rookie OG Bucci, 3 by OG Zinter,

Week 11- At 3-6 Pittsburgh – They beat us 16-7, rush score by RB Zartman, QB Perron is 18 of 37 for 181 and 0:1, 3 sacks by WLB Owusu-Koramoah, 2 by DT Tomlinson 1.5 by Garrett, light blocking day.

QB Perron questionable for the next game.

Week 12 – At 7-3 Cincinnati – They are in front of us. We need this win to get tiebreaker and tie us back again. We edge them 22-19, Perron is 26 of 43 for 225 and 1:0, score by Jennings, Zartman a rush score, pick by CB Emerson, 2 sacks by SLB Kus, 1.5 all by DT Logue, DT Hall, DE
Okoronkwo, none by Garrett, 6 KRB by OG Zinter, 3 by Brendel

Rookie OG Bucci is questionable for 5 weeks.

Week 13 – 7-4 LA Rams – We host their cross country trek!!! We send them back losers 30-22. Rush score by RB Ballou; Perron is 21 of 31 for 264 and 1:0, Kirk is 7 for 104, score by rookie TE Byrum, his first of the year pick SIX by FS Hellams, pick by CB Emerson, 1.5 sacks by Garrett.

We are 8-4, in front by a game the Bengals lost Week 13. KC 11-1, Houston 10-2, Buffalo fell to 6-5-1.

Stats:

Perron – 2443, yuck, 15:2, not bad picks, 96.1 QBR
Jennings – 850 yards, 10 scores
Garrett - 14 sacks, in front by 3.5. DE Okoronkwo is 8.5; WLB Owusu-Koramoah 7
Emerson 5 picks, 3rd best; Ruble has 4
OC Brendel – 37 KRB, still 3rd in C, RT Pryor – 32, one behind leader at 33

5 games left!!!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – At 5-6-1 Jacksonville – Is this their get right game? They are one game out of .500 and are looking for a strong finish to get to WC status. We barely beat them by one, 17-16. Perron is 17 of 26 for 178 and 2:1, scores by TE Oliver and WR Jennings, pick by FS Hellams, 2.5 sacks by DE Okoronkwo, 2 by Garrett, 3 KRB by OT Pryor

Week 15 – At 5-8 Seattle – Another 5 win away game. Next week is At Baltimore, we are also in the West Coast…trap game? We also score a consistent 17 away points, this time they score 5. RB Zartman is 24 for 115 and 1 score, Perron is 17 of 35 for 180 and 1:1, Jennings is 9 for 125 and the score; 2 picks by MLB Gillespie, 1.5 sacks by DE Okoronkwo, none by Garrett, 5 KRB by Brendel and Zinter,

Week 16 – At 5-9-1 Baltimore – We lose 13-10. Perron is 19 of 33 for 173 and 0:1, pick by SS Epps and pick SIX by CB Bullock, just 3 sacks, one by Garrett, light blocking day

Week 17 – 10-4-1 Arizona – Uh oh…we lose another low scoring game 17-13. Perron is 16 for 30 of 147 for 1:0, score by Jennings, pick by CB Ruble, 3 sacks day but one by Garrett, 5 KRB by Brendel, 3 nb yZinter and RT Pryor

OG Bucci’s injury is over,

Week 18 – 9-7 Cincinnati – We have to win today to have the tiebreaker against them. We blow them out 41-13. That’s a signature win, Perron’s first signature win! Rush score by RB Zartman, Perron is 24 of 33 for 284 and 3:0, scores by Jennings, TEs Bynum and Oliver, picks by SS Epps and Delpit, the latter a pick six, FF by DE Okoronkwo and DT Logue, rec by Garrett and DT Hall, DE Okoronkwo was with 3 sacks on the day, 3 KRB by Zinter, we swept Ohio in the regular season! But….

The 2026 AFC North:

Cleveland Browns – 11-6, Won, #3 Seed
Cincinnati Bengals – 9-8, WC #6 Seed
Baltimore Ravens - 7-9-1
Pittsburgh Steelers – 5-12

…we host the Bengals next week, and they know us…and they want revenge!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2026 NFL Playoffs:


Wild Card Weekend:

Can we show up against the Bengals like we did last week? It’s very tough to beat a divisional rival three times in a year…

Also making are the Broncos that beat us, Texans, Colts, Bills, and the big bad Chiefs. I am rooting for the Broncos at Houston since they are the #2 seed, and Colts over Bills. We win 24-10, not the blow out of before.

Perron is 20 of 33 for 3:2 and 249, hitting Thrash, Oliver and Chubb for scores. no TOs, 1.5 sacks bY Garrett, s6 KRB by rookie Bucci, 3 by RT Pryor

Also:

Texans over Broncos 39-22
Bills over Colts 45-34

All home teams won, none of my hopes held so we are going to have to win this on the road from here on out.

Cards over Rams 33-21
Cowboys over Bears 17-7
Eagles over Panthers 34-28

Two WC wins there, the two NFC East teams.

We head to Houston

Divisional Champ Weekend:

I am rooting for the Bills at KC and us against the Texans so we can host the AFC Championship next win. One of those happens!!! But it’s not us. We lose 14-30.

Perron is 25 of 39 for 225 and 2:0, scores by Oliver and Jennings, no TOs, 1 sack by Kus, that’s it, 3 KRB by OG Zinter

Also:

Buffalo won 20-12 over the Chiefs in a low scoring match

Cards over Eagles 23-6
Giants over Cowboys 28-25


The Conference Championship:

Texans over Bills 24-20

Giants over Cards 40-37


The 2026 NFL Super Bowl:

If the Texans win today, that’d be their first win of a Super Bowl. This is their first appearance.

They do win 42-35 shoot out.

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards:

Def. Player of the Year – DE Myles Garrett

All-Pro 1st Team:

DE Myles Garrett

All-Pro 2nd Team:

RT Matt Pryor
DE Ogbonnia Okoronkwo!!!

Just three, I am happy I resigned Okoronkwo!

Rookie Lookie #3:

2.21 – OG Shawn Bucci, Stanford, 45/75; 53/74; 65/74
3.31- TE Cornelius Bynum, Iowa, 35/44; 40/47; 46/47
4.8 - P Taylor Rosborough, Kansas State, 71/76; 68/70; 70/70
5.31 – DT Harris Northrop, Oklahoma, 35/43; 41/49; 48/48
6.31 – LT Adrian Wilder, Southern Mississippi, 24/38; 24/36; 24/36
7.19 – QB Pierre Barnhart, Oklahoma, 37/50; 40/48 ; 41/48

Not bad, no major falls by my key ones…next year…

UFAs:

ILB Giovanni Hart – 19/41; 22/37; 22/37
ILB Dashawn Cannon – 27/48; 31/43; 43/43
RB Winston Zartman – 39/42; 41/45; 44/45
DE Manny Jacobson – 20/49; 26/48; 26/48 – run and pass stopping
CB Pat Sinnott – 27/45; 30/39; 30/39 – punt ret of 51/76
OC Harrison Velarde – 25/46; 29/40 - CUT

Okay Dokey!!!! No more major things here of any sort.


Stats:

Throwing that Ball:

QB Perron – 314 of 511 for 3405; 22:5, QBR of 91.3

Ugh, we gotta change from Smashmouth.

Running that Ball:

RB Zartman – 234 for 900 yards even, ypc of 3.85, 7 scores
RB Chubb – 118 for 668, ypc of 5.47, 1 score
QB Perron - 120 of 477, 3.98 ypc, 2 scores

Not great, we gotta get better with that YPC

Catching that Ball:

WR Jennings – 91 for 1185; 10 scores
TE Bynum – 41 for 505 and 2 scores
TE Oliver – 38 for 399
WR Kirk – 42 for 377 1 score

Jennings was a good addition. TEs were okay, not Kirk though.

Blocking that Ball:

OC Brendel – 54 KRB, 4 pancakes just 2 sacks allowed, 3rd best Center
OG Zinter – 48 KRB, 9 pancakes, 8 sacks allowed
RT Pryor – 43 KRB, 3 and 11 sacks


Was Zinter robbed of a Pro Bowl, he was tied for 4th with one more, had more pancakes and fewer sacks allowed. OG Bucci was injured for 5 games, so we won’t be testy with him.

Returning that Ball:

KR/CB Dickerson – 1 KR RET TD

Kicking that Ball:

K Hatley – 33 of 35, long of 45, 39 of 39 pAT

Stud year by him.

Punting that Ball:

P Rosborough – 97 punts for a net average of 41.91, 38 inht e20

Much better.

Rushing that Ball:

DE Garrett – 18.5 sacks, 2 TFL, 9 blocks, 17 hurries, 26 QBKD, 2 FF, 3 FumRec, 1 FumRET TD
DE Okoronkwo - 15.5 sacks, 2 TFL, 3 blocks, 6 Hurries, 20 QBKD, 4 FF, 2 FumRec
WLB Owusu-Koramoah – 8.5 sacks, 2 TFL, 2 hurries, 10 QBKD
DT Hall – 7 sacks, 5 TFL, 5 TFL, 13 hurries, 13 QBKD,2 FF
DT Tomlinson – 4.5 sacks, 3 TFL, 4 blcoks, 8 hurries, 9 QBKD
SLB Kus – 3.5 sacks, 5 TFL, 2 blocks, 8 hurries, 4 QKD
MLB Gillespie – 4 sacks, 4 TFL, 7 hurries, 5 QBKD, 3 INT,7 pasdef, 2FF

I think we rushed that passer good!!! Okoronkwo led our team with FF.

Covering that Ball:

CB Ruble – 5 picks, 2 INT Scores, 20 pasdef
CB Emerson – 5 and 12 pasdef
SS Epps - 4 and 14 pasdef, 3 FF
FS Hellams – 3 1 INT RET TD and 3 pasdef
S Delpit – 2 and 1 score and 2 pasdef, 2 FF; 25 special teams tackles led team

Another strong year for picks and pass rush. Good job D!!!


Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year: WR Jaquan Jennings – Knotted a strong season with almost 1200 yards and double digit scores despite a down year from our QB spot. Welcome to the team Jennings!!!

Defensive Player of the Year: DE Myles Garrett – You know how much I hate giving awards two or three times, but he got TWO consecutive league Def. POTWs how could I not here?

Special Teams Player of the Year: K Brandin Hatley – Just two missed FGs and no missed PAT!!! No sophomore slump here!

Rookie of the Year: P Taylor Rosborough – Tons of punts, but got me great field position and tons in the 20 too.

Heart Award: DE Ogbonnia Okoronkwo – Dude just got All Pro after dropping to 45/45 from 54/54, and his pass rush is just 70 now. Not bad, but not All Pro good. He went from a long term rotation guy to owning that start!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2027 NFL Offseason:

Retirements – Please don’t retire Garrett! We need to get you that Super Bowl!!!! He doesn’t and OC Rendel doesn’t either, but DT Tomlinson does. Just him.

We get an achievement for best roster in the league.

Our score is 56/100

TIX – We sold 100% and I massage our prices

Staff Draft:

We got to replace our OC in the Staff Draft; our AC Ventrone comes up next year.

OC:

Who do I like in non Smashmouth QB Friendly OCs?

Brian Johnson – age 40, Air Coryell, QB – 90 playcalling, dis, smarts, 70 mot, 80 dev, 50 interviews, bad scouting and youth

Chad Heitner – age 44, balanced, RB – 80 playcalling, dis, 70 in INT and scouting, 50 youth, bad interviews, mot and development

Eric Suarez – age 42, RB, balanced – 80 playcalling, 70 youth, motivation, not really

Jaylen Crosen – age 35, balanced – just one bad score in INT, 80 playcalling, dev, motivation, 70 interviews, 60 dis, 50 scouting and youth.

I like Jaylen for balanced…is that far enough though?

Terence Jarnagin – age 46, spread, QB – just one bad in INT too, 70 playcalling, 80 youth and60 scouting and dis, 80 mot, 50 interviews

Jarnagin may be the best spread, but I’d prefer someone better at interviews than 50.

I hire him.

AC:

I retain Ventrone

Head Trainer:

I hire a new one named Deron Mulhern age 50, with a 100 STR, 70 CON and INT too.

The Amateur Draft is Revealed:

I need a LT/RT, new RB for Zartman, although less needed with us spread, we have three 50s WRs for Spread, but a stud to push us in the draft would be great, I need a stud DT for retiring Tomlinson, although rotational 54/54 Logue is good at pass rushing like Okoronkwo. We are drafting 27th, but our 1.27 was traded for Perron.

There is one clear QB 9.5 As Scouted in front named Jason Paramo, then another Hard to Read at 7.7 with less than amazing bars. Just one 6.2 RB, light, 5.9 TE named Landon Arellano with underrated, three 6.s WR, one 6.3 OG, tons of great LT/RT like normal, 5 in the 7.0s and 4 in 6.s four 6s DE, no plus 6 DTs, ouch, ditto ILB, ouch, OLB too, oucher, 5 CB 6s, 3 S. No 7s on offense.

Tag: Free are Garrett who wanted too much to raise his cap, FS Hellams, with a one year deal, WR Kirk and LS Triner. I do like tagging Garrett although it’s 23.2 not bad for a two time Def Player of the Year and 75/75 DE. I tag Garrett

See you in FA!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2027 NFL Free Agency:

Day 1 – I have signed 46 and have cap space of 84.25 after tagging Garrett. This is our first year after the cap is freed from QB Deshawn Watson’s cap hit cut in year 2, and then others are gone.

I have free and asking:

LS Triner – Dropped to 54/54 with 58 long snapping, wants 3.18, two years, 1.49, done
WR Kirk – Age 30, 52/52, wants 11.06 mill for 2 years, cap hit of 5.16
FS Hellams – 51/51, age 26, wants 3 years, 10.39 mill for 2.95 cap hit - done

I let free OT Jones, SS Delpit, RB Chubb,

Tagged:

DE Garrett - Wants two year deal for 48.44 for a cap hit this year drop to 22.24, done

Rookie Year Wanting Real Deal, I inherited the first Three:

OG Zinter – Cap hit of 1.83, 70/70, wants 5 year deal at 60.09 mill, cap hit of 8.51 - done

DT Logue - Cap hit of 1.32, 54/54, wants 4 years 14.11 for cap hit of 2.88, pass rush of 80 -done

DT Hall – 55/55 cap hit of 2.25, pass and run stopping of 66. Wants 20.15 over 4 years, cap hit rise to 5.88, done

SLB Bosch – 58/58 – UFA year 3, cap hit of 1.1 mill, wants one year extension of 6.21for cap rise to 2.73 good at run d and man to man and pass d, done. I didn’t inherit him, and signed him in the year of QB Perron, but I cannot sign UFAs for more than three years.

CB Bullock – 53/55 – UFA, year three, cap hit of 1.1 wants three year deal of 11.55 for cap hit of 3.14 – I have three great ahead, he is my dimeback, not yet.

Last Year of Deal of Note:

FB Rankin – 64/64 – year 4, cap hit of 1.9, wants 4 years 7.6 cap hit of 2.18 raise done
SS Epps – 57/57, year 9, age 31, cap hit of 3.45, wants extension of one year for real money of 19.71 to raise cap to 9.79. Nope too pricey for an older guy like him
LT Wills – 51/51, year 8, age 27, cap hit of 3.99, wants real money extension of 2 years, 25.56 to raise to 12.003 Nope too pricey for a 51/51 LT with 22 run blocking
RT Pryor – 47/47, age 32, 67 run blocking, cap hit of 4.43, wants 2 year 16.74 for cap hit of 8.79. nope
MLB Gillespie – 58/58, age 29, cap hit of 5.38, wants extension to raise it to 18.83, nope
WLB Owusu-Koramoah – 60/60, age 27, cap hit of 8.33 wants one year extension of 7.02 to raise to 9.39 since his salary was so heavy in cap, but next year of3.83, done
DE Okoronkwo – Cap hit of 10.33, age 31, 45/45, wants one year extension of 13.45, drop cap hit to 7.99, done
OC Brendel – 69/69, age 34, cap hit of 12.12, wants a one year extension of 23.26 to rise to13.98, I’ll wait until post draft

I have free 68.27 cash.

I still need in FA/Draft a better LS, TE, DE, FS, RT/LT, WR for Kirk, stud DT For Tomlinson, better RB than Zartman, next year is the rookie contract done of QB Perron in his 4th year, what does he want now? 208 for 5 years, cap rise to 38.12 from 11.83. I’ll wait to see how he is in the spread offense. I don’t want to spend that cash with his stats in the first two years. I’ll need to keep cash free. And I can do 5th year extension next year too.

Day 2 – There is no LS with a better long snapping

WR:

WR Amon-Re St. Brown – 64/64 – year 7, age 27, wants 3 years of 45.16, cap hit of 12.59 mill, best WR in FA

RB:

RB Tyjae Spears – 58/58, age of 25, wants 3 year 30.69 mill deal with a cap hit of 8.62

RB Dameon Pierce – 56/56 – age of 27, wants 2 year deal for a total of 6.69, 3.31 mill this year

Spears is much more pricey, but a little better and two years younger makes him worth for cap-free teams. Pierce is cheap but old and likely to bust.

TE:

TE Cade Otten – 59/59, year 6, age 27 – Wants 39.94 mil over three years for a cap hit this year of 11.01.

TE Trey McBride - 50/50, age 27 –wants two years at 6.3, cap hit of 2.91

DT:

DT Keondre Coburn = 68/68 - year 5, age 26, wants 4 year deal for 51.99 cap hit of 9.72. Pass rush of 72, run stopping too, the best DT in FA

DT Soloman Thomas – 65/65, age 31 – pass rush of 89, wants two year budget deal of 8.45, cap hit of 3.97

DT John Ridgway – 55/55, age 27, pass rush of 98. 11.22 for 3 years, and us cap hit o f3.12

Thomas will likely bust, but 65/65 down to 50s is still fine. DT Coburn is great since he’s young and likely not to fall for a while.

DE:

DE Demarcus Walker – 71/71, age 32, wants two year deal at 25.12 for cap hit this year of 11.55, pass rush of 85 and str too

Walker is a nice DE patch until he retires in a couple of years.

DE Samson Ebukam – 59/59, pass rush of 83, 70 str, age 31, wants cap friendly 6.56 two years cap hit of 3.11

Nice backup cheap option.

If I offer St. Brown 13 mill that leaves me 42 mill. TE Otten at 11.5 leaves me 30 mill, DT Coburn 10.25 19 mill, and that would leave me 9 mill cash for RB Spears, or Walker/Ebukam too.

Also coming free next year as a rookie in addition to QB Perron are SLB Kus and CB Ruble…and I need the cap for all three, since one is QB, one is All Pro and the other is a threat to at 92 picks on a 70/70 body and 71/71 Kus. Three in their 70s from one draft. I cannot spend too much, when there are needs there.

So, yeah, with 58 mill in FA leaving 10 for post-FA, I could sign pretty much the best from all of these spots, I need that cash for next year’s three rookie extensions. As, a counter example, if I offered RB Pierce 4.25, Amon-Ra 13 mil still, TE McBride 3.75, DT Thomas 4.75 even though he’ll likely bust after preseason and none at DE since I have Garrett/Okoronkwo, or DE Ebukam for rotation at 3.75 that’s a total spent prior to Ebukam of 25.75, out of 68.27 leaving 42.52 for next year’s cap for my big three. Or swap Coburn for 2 year temp older stamp for another 5.5 mill. I have signed 48.

Heading into the draft, if I offered them, what could I draft feasibly early as starters? LT/RT, FS, DT stud for I start two, WR stud for SLOT if I sign St . Brown, stud RB if Pierce, and TE for McBride.

I need a stud WR for Kirk, and if he signed, St. Brown would be my first 60s or higher skill player not QB for us. I don’t need DE or RB as much, DE since I have four and RB since I am Spread now. I just need one, since Chubb is leaving, but they should be better than Zartman. We saw how bad he was last year. Do I draft an RB or sign one that’s in their 50s. Pierce or Spears? I don’t need TE as much either since I have three, but Otten/McBride would each be the starter now. I could cut TE Oliver, 41/41 age 30, and save 2.81 mill. He’s my 3rd one.

I am not going to offer TE or DE. Normally I would, but I need that cap space. That leaves RB, WR, and DT. I do offer St. Brown, he’s the stud I need to unlock spread and Perron hopefully, and he’s my first pricey WR I’ll bring in after the budgets of Kirk and Jennings. I need him, and will offer 13.25 a little more, in order to snag him.

RB? I could go either way here. Both are good, one is better and youngers by a couple of years. Spears the pricey 58/58 at 8.62 is about what you’d pay for this level of ability and youth. Pierce the cheaper two years older 56/56 is likely to bust now, but cheap as all up and down. I feel like Pierce isn’t good value age wise, but is fiscally wise. I could skip this altogether and draft/UFA RB. I’ll feel stupid signing Spears and then a good RB falls to us in the 2nd. Spears is tied for the 11th best RB. I offer Spears 9.15

DT? I need this for retiring Tomlinson. I love Coburn here, he’s a stud and I need to invest in my DLine since I am the Browns and I am missing a 1st and if I sign him I can draft stud in the future that falls to me for my mid 50s stuff. Corburn isn’t the best pass rusher, but 72 is fine, and he wants 9.72 cap, I offer 10.25

That’s it.

Day 4 - DT Coburn signs.

Day 5 - Many chasing Amon-Re St. Brown I increase the bonus by one mill and this year salary by a bunch to 16.92, but next year just 17.09.

Day 6 – He signs with us

Day 10 – RB Spears signs with us. We have left 31.95 mill cash and then signed 51 see you at the draft!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2027 NFL Amateur Draft:

We traded our 1st for QB Perron. This is my final trade, next year we’ll have our 1sts again. We need starter RT/LT, OC for Brendel, starter quality TE, backup RT if I don’t draft starter, FS starter or backup,

2nd Round – Our pick arrives and my staff like RT Deshaun Emmons, a 5.9 overrated. Nope! Also on the board is LT very underrated 5.9 Dave Dent. He would need to grow to start for LT Wills. 6.1 DE as scouted Zuidema is very strong at pass rush; LT 5.7 Alvarez is As Scouted and better bars and blocking strength specialist. The growth potential but not as strong bars of Dent or as scouted but a bit better bars of Alvarez. Dent is best at scheme acquisition. Neither are great picks here. I do Alvarez who is the better run/pass blocker.

3rd Round – The 27th pick is here! We are picking and my staff like DE Ivan Benedetto who is 5.9, top one on the board, overrated. QB 6.0 very underrated PJ Ceniceros is the last 6+ dude left. Do I grab him as my primary QB backup for Perron? I don’t want to waste a draft pick this high. RT Archie is as scouted and 5.7, very underrated TE Maquis Reese? SS Davion Blythe at 4.8 as scouted? I do TE Reese.

4th Round – Our 4.26 arrives! My staff here like DE Coby Oelslagher who is 5.3 and overrated. Above him at 5.4 is as scouted DE Kennedy Fast. I grab him, he’s good at diagnosis.

5th Round – My staff here at 5.27 like WR Mohammed Margotta who is 4.9 and hard to read. Also at 4.9 is very underrated WR Hardy Honeycutt. I snag the project of Honeycutt.

6th Round – Here at the 26th pick my staff like WR Jamison Cottell but we just took Honeycutt. I grab the top RT on the board who is very underrated named Bob Sutton at 4.9.

7th Round – Here my staff like WR Corbin Ostman. I like grabbing the best S on the board. That’s underrated 4.1 Caiden Styron.

We have a comp pick at 7.40, my staff here like WR Benjamin Welliver. I take very underrated OC Donte Garson,


The 2027 Carolina Panthers Draft:

2.26 – LT Tommy Alvarez, Arkansas – Pine Bluff, 25/54
3.27 – TE Marquise Reese, Mississippi State, 28/45
4.26 – DE Kennedy Fast, North Carolina, 31/52
5.27 – WR Hardy Honeycutt ,Toledo, 23/40
6.26 – RT Bob Sutton, Vanderbilt, 16/34
7.27 – SS Caiden Styron, Vanderbilt, 33/42
7.40 – C Donte Garson, Arizona State, 22/42,

There we are!!! We will need Reese to hit and grow. Ditto Honeycutt and Sutton and Stryon and Garson. Not a great draft.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2027 Late Free Agency:

I have 58 players on my roster and cap space of 31.95

Day 1 - I extend OC Brendel post draft since I didn’t find a replacement here or good UFAs here that fell too.

I offer these UFAs with three year deals and bonuses:

DE Kyler Christensen – 37/54; pass rush str and run stopping DEE
OG Jamar Agredano – 16/50 – run blocking specialist
DE Neil Kalk – 29/50 – well rounded
FS Ramon Trice – 24/43 – special teams and PR returner

Day 2 – I sign Christensen!

Day 3 – Naik and Agredano sign

Day 4 – Trice does too!

UFAs:

DE Kyler Christensen – 37/50; pass rush str and run stopping DE
OG Jamar Agredano – 16/45 – run blocking specialist
DE Neil Kalk – 28/44 – well rounded
FS Ramon Trice – 23/39 – special teams and PR returner

Everyone fell in pots lots

I head to preseason!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2027 NFL Preseason:

I cut two:

LG Latimer
TE Oliver

Week 2 – At SF – We faced them last year there and then in the regular season where we won. We lose 22-20. No injuries.

Week 3 – Dallas - We host their stud faces. We lose 13-30, no injuries

Week 4 – NY Giants – We host NY! We win 30-26 and no injuries


Rookie Lookie #2:

2.26 – LT Tommy Alvarez, Arkansas – Pine Bluff, 25/54; 30/61
3.27 – TE Marquise Reese, Mississippi State, 28/45; 31/42
4.26 – DE Kennedy Fast, North Carolina, 31/52; 36/54
5.27 – WR Hardy Honeycutt ,Toledo, 23/40; 25/37
6.26 – RT Bob Sutton, Vanderbilt, 16/34; 18/31
7.27 – SS Caiden Styron, Vanderbilt, 33/42; 38/46
7.40 – C Donte Garson, Arizona State, 22/42; 26/39, CUT

Nice boom Tommy!!! Bad way to go Reese. Nice growth Fast. Bad way to go Honeycutt and Sutton for underrated and very. Ditto Garson.

UFAs:

DE Kyler Christensen – 37/50; 39/50; pass rush str and run stopping DE
OG Jamar Agredano – 16/45; 19/37 – run blocking specialist
DE Neil Kalk – 28/44; 31/38 – well rounded; CUT
FS Ramon Trice – 23/39; 26/34, CUT


I cut 7:

I try to trade LT Wills, no one wants, I cut
FS Trice
DE Kalk
DE Rossel
C Garson
WR Jeudy
FS Thornhill

Here’s my starting roster!

The 2027 Carolina Panthers



New signee RB Spears busted to 43/43. Zartman starting again. Him and TE Bynum starting, as well as RT Taylor at 45/45 under 50. That’s it not a rookie with 50+ pot like LT Alvarez or DE Christensen. DE Okorongwe fell to 35/35. New signee DT Coburn fell to 59/59 not great, we’ll to chase replacements for Coburn and Spears since they were pricey. Sophomore OG Buccci fell to 66/66. SS Epps dropped to 52/52.


Here's my one decent draftee:





Here’s the booming 30/61 green LT! He’s studly in strength, and strong in run block, and scheming, but just okay at pass block.

I head to the season!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2027 NFL Regular Season:

This is year 3 of QB Perron and he hasn’t played like he should, although the first two were in Smashmouth offense and now we’ve moved to spread! Will he look better but lose more? What will happen this year? Let’s find out together!!

Week 1 – At Baltimore – We’ll start out at AFC North rival’s home. We thump them 38-14. In their home! RB Spears a rush score, Perron is 20 of 28 for 165 and 2:1, scores by St. Brown and Jennings. Fumrec TD by rookie DE Fast, 1.5 sacks by Garrett, 8 KRB by C Brendel, 3 each by OG Zinter and Bucci,

Week 2 – At Washington – We win 30-24. WR Thrash two rush scores, Perron is 22 of 29 for 231 and 2:0, both scores by Jennings. FF by SS Epps rec by rookie S Styron. 1.5 sacks by Garrett, 4 KRB by C Brendel, 3 by rookie LT Alvarez.

TE Torain is doubtful for 5 weeks.

Week 3 – Houston – Uh oh…at least we are here…We thump them 48-21. RB Zartman is 28 for 131 and rush score by RB Spears and WR Jennings, Perron is 22 of 31 for 230 and 4:1, scores by TE Bynum, St. Brown, Jennings and Zartman, pick by WLB Owusu-Koramoah and FF by DT Hall recovered by DE Fast. 2 sacks by new signee DT Coburn, just a half by Garrett. ELEVEN KRB by Brendel…5 by Bucci, 4 by Zinter.

Week 4 – Buffalo…uh oh…but we thumped Houston last week. We thump them 34-9. 2 rush scores by Perron, 1 by Zartman, Perron was 22 of 26 for 208 and 0:0, pick by FS Hellams and CB Ruble, strip sack rec for score by DT Logue, rec fumble by dT Coburn from a FF by DT Hall, 2 sacks by Hall, none by Garrett, 6 KRB by RT Pryor, 4 by Zinter,

At the break we are 4-0, as are the Dolphins, Broncos, and the Texans are 3-1.

[Abe Sargent]

The Bengals are 2-2 and behind us, by the by.

Week 5 – At Pittsburgh – Rough and rougher… we win an AFC North classic 14-13. Perron is 16 of 24 for 147 and 2:0, scores by TE Reese and Zartman, no TOs, a ton of sacks, 2 by WLB Owusu-Koramoah, 1.5 by DE Christensen, none by Garrett, 4 KRB by OG Bucci

Week 6 – At Miami – Rough facing Tua away…we lose a shoot out 28-33. Perron is 27 of 43 for 271 and 3:0, scores by St Brown who is 10 for 139, Reese and Jennings, we had a KR RET TD by CB Dickerman, no TOs, just two sacks, none by Garrett, 6 KRB by Bucci, 3 by LT Alvarez.

TE Torain is healed

Week 7 – At New York Jets – Another away game!!! We win a good game for my D, but bad for m offense 26-12 rush score by Zartman, Perron is 13 of 19 for 116 and 2:0, scores by FB Rankin and TE Byrum, pick by CB Dickerson, a ton of sacks, 1.5 by Garrett, and DE Fast too. 5 KRB by Brendel, 4 by Zinter,

Week 8 – New England – We host the Pats!!! We rush them hard 17-10. Zartman is 22 for 148 and 1 score, Perron is 16 of 23 for 128 and 0:0. Pick by CB Ruble, 2 sacks by Garrett, 4 KRB by Bucci and Zinter, 3 by Brendel

We are 7-1 at the half way mark, with a loss to the Dolphins, they are 7-0, Houston is 7-1 too.

Stats:

Perron – 1498 – 15:2. Ouch…for spread? His stats are still very Smashmouth ish
Zartman – 162 for 688, leads league
Garrett – 7.5 sacks, 1.5 behind league at 4th,
Brendel – 36 KRb 6 in front of the league

[Abe Sargent]

Week 9 – At 6-2 Carolina – Hello old team!!! We win a surprising shoot out 33-27. Rush score by RB Spears, Perron is 21 of 39 for 272 and 2:0, scores by Thrash and Bynum, pick by SS Epps, he also had a FUMRC TD for the winning score from FF by Garrett, 1.5 sacks by DE Fast, 4 KRB by Zinter an Bucci.

MLB Gillespie and DT Hall questionable for 2 weeks each

Week 10 – 1-7 Baltimore – We host the Ravens! We thump them 41-14 palindrome score our first signature win this year. Rush score by Spears, Perron is 23 of 30 for 306 and 4:0 connecting with Jennins 6 for 106 4 scores by St. Brown, picks by SS Epps and SLB Kus, 1.5 sacks b YDT Logue none by Garrett, 8 KRB by Zinter, who had two pancakes too

Week 11 – BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Both injuries done.

Week 12 - 5-5 Cincinnati – The Bengals arrive looking for a winning record against their cross state rivals! They show up and smash us hard, 24 but we score 3 more. Perron is 20 of 28 for 173 and 3:0, scores by St. Brown, TE Torain and WR Jennings, 2 Fumrec by SS Epps and DE Fast, by FF DE Garrett and CB Ruble, 2 sacks by Garrett, 6 KRB by Zinter, 4 by Brendel,

Week 13 – At 3-8 Philadelphia – Can we keep our momentum? Yeah we win a closer one than expected 27-22. Perron a rushing score, in the air is 16 of 26 for 278 and 2:0,both scores by St. Brow 6 for 150. DT Hall is 2 sacks on a 2 sack day, pick by SS Epps, FF by new signee DT Cobern rec by DT Hall, 3 KRB by Brendel. Light day elsewhere.

We are 11-1; the Bengals are 6-6, Miami are 9-3, Buffalo 8-4, Housing 11-1, Tennessee 10-2 Chargers 8-4.

Stats:

Perron – 2525, 26:2, 112.4 rating. That’s 3rd best rating among starters. 3rd best TDs tossed too
Zartman – 210 for 922, 4th, 3 scores
Garrett – 10.5 sacks, 1 off leader at 11.5, but several in front; DT Hall - 8 sacks
Brendel 46 KRB – now 3rd best for OC; OG Zinter is 2nd best for Ogs, Bucci tied for 5th.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – At 6-6 Kansas City – Uh oh…I don’t want to play against desperate Mahomes…in their place even less…yup, they beat us by two scores 30-17. Perron is 27 of 44 for 29 9 and 2:0, scores by Jennings and St. Brown was 7 for 125, no Tos, just one sack, light KRB with no one more than 1 …not great.

Week 15 – 7-6 New York Giants - We host them…not too bad with their record for a get right game. Houston lost last week we are back to tying them. We rush them hard 28-15. Zartman is 27 for 129 and 1 score, rush score by QB Perron who is 15 for 19 and 159, 1:0, score by FB Rankin, Fumrec by SS Epps for a TD and FF by him too, and CB Emerson from a FF by FS Hellams, just two sacks, both by SLB Kus, 6 KRB by Zinter, 4 by rookie LT Alvarez, 3 each by Brendel and Bucci

Houston lost again, that moves us to #1 seed

Week 16 – At 8-6 Cincinnati - We beat them here, can we edge them on the road and sweep them? Nope! They edge us 27-29. Rush scores by Zartman and Spears, Perron is 14 of 28 for 247 and 1:2, ouch. Score by St. Brown. FF by CB Ruble, rec by SLB Kus, just two sacks, 4 KRB by Zinter, 3 by Brendel

Houston won, we are tied again.

Week 17 – 9-6 Dallas – We host the Cowboys. We thump them 30-10. Perron rush and aerially was 21 of 29 for 239 and 2:0, scores by FB Rankin and TE Bryum, FF by WLB Owusu-Koramoah, rec by SLB Kus, 2 sacks by Kus none by Garrett, 4 KRB by Brendel and Bucci, 3 by Pryor and Zinter

Houston lost, Miami won and are one game back again. We need to win to win top seed.

Week 18 – 5-11 Pittsburgh – We host our rivals and they WILL show up to knock us out here at Cleveland. We thump them 34-7. Zartman is 23 for 128, rush score, Perron is 12 of 22 for 123 and 2:1. Scores by Jennings x2. Pick SIX by CB Bullock, pick by S Stryon, FF b Y DT Hall, rec by DT Northrup, 1.5 sacks b yGarrett on a 6 sack day, 9 KRB by Brendel, 4 by Zinter, 5 by Bucci and Pryor, great blocking day!

The 2027 AFC North:

Cleveland Browns, 14-3, Won, #1 Seed
Cincinnati Bengals, 10-7, missed WC after tying with KC.
Pittsburgh Steelers, 5-12
Baltimore Ravens – 3-14

I am not sure if I like that the Bengals failed to make it past the 10-7 Chiefs or not.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2027 NFL Playoffs:

Wild Card Weekend:

I am rooting for Chargers at home vs the Tua led Dolphins, Titans on the road vs the Bills, and I don’t want to play either the Chiefs or the Texans next week.

Results:

Texans over Chiefs 20-19
Titans over the Bills 47-40
Chargers over the Dolphins 27-24

We host the team that just hung 40 in the Winter in Buffalo, the Titans

49ers over the Cards 24-13
Rams over Packers 10-8 on the road
Lions over Cowboys 16-13

All wild card teams won.

Divisional Champs Weekend:

Can we defeat the Titans? I’d love to win and then see the Chargers take out the Texans on the road. They win and…we do too! 30-22

Perron is 14 of 24 for 227 and 3:1. Scores by Thrash, TE Byrum and FB Rankin, pick SIX by CB Emerson and pick by CB Ruble, FF by DT Northrop rec by LB Bosch, 2 sacks by Garrett, light blocking day

Also:

Chargers over the Texans 28-21

Panthers over 49ers 13-20
Lions over Rams 34-27


The Conference Championship:

We have the possibility for a Cleveland-Carolina Super Bowl between my old club and my new one.

Can we get past the Chargers to get there and will their #1 seed home field win against the Lions?

We AFC North the Chargers 10-6.

Perron is 13 of 20 for 1:1 and 127 yards. Score by TE Byrum, 2 Fumrec bY DE fast and CB Bullock, FF by DE Fast and ILB Gillespie, 1.5 sacks bY Fast and DT Logue, 5 KRB by Zinter, 4 by Brendel

Also:

The Panthers won 30-13


The 2027 NFL Super Bowl:

Your AFC Champion #1 Seed 14-3 Cleveland Browns


Vs


Your NFC Champion #1 Seed 11-6 Carolina Panthers


That means that one of two recent expansion teams will win their FIRST SUPER BOWL today…this is Perron’s second appearance in three years after a rookie loss to the 49ers. We’ve got to win this for Miles Garrett!!! Dude has EARNED it….

Ready?

We AFC North them 16-12

Rush score bY Zartman; Perron is 12 of 19 for 135 and 0:0, three Fumrec 1 by DE Fast with the FF too, one by ILB Gillespie with the FF too and CB Ruble FF by WLB Owusu-Koramoah, 2 sacks by DE Fast, 2 by Garrett!! 3 Krb by Zinter and Brendel…

Nice!!!

Let’s do it twice next year…

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards:

Super Bowl MVP – DE Kennedy Fast

All-Pro 1st Team:

FB Khalil Rankin!!
OG Zak Zinter!!!
SLB Lukas Kus

All-Pro 2nd Team:

OC Jake Brendel
OG Shaun Bucci!!!!
DE Myles Garrett
DT Michael Hall!!!!!


Loads of great years!!! That’s the first All Pro for Rankin, Zinter, Bucci and Hall, and the 2nd for Brendel but first for us, 2nd for Kus in three years, and Garrett’s 4th straight in 4 years here.


Rookie Lookie #3:

2.26 – LT Tommy Alvarez, Arkansas – Pine Bluff, 25/54; 30/61; 41/61
3.27 – TE Marquise Reese, Mississippi State, 28/45; 31/42; 34/42
4.26 – DE Kennedy Fast, North Carolina, 31/52; 36/54; 53/53
5.27 – WR Hardy Honeycutt ,Toledo, 23/40; 25/37; 29/37
6.26 – RT Bob Sutton, Vanderbilt, 16/34; 18/31; 18/31
7.27 – SS Caiden Styron, Vanderbilt, 33/42; 38/46; 42/46
7.40 – C Donte Garson, Arizona State, 22/42; 26/39, CUT

Good growth in current ability Alvarez!!!

UFAs:

DE Kyler Christensen – 37/50; 39/50; 47/50, pass rush str and run stopping DE
OG Jamar Agredano – 16/45; 19/37; 19/37 – run blocking specialist
DE Neil Kalk – 28/44; 31/38 – well rounded; CUT
FS Ramon Trice – 23/39; 26/34, CUT

Nice rotational growth Christensen!


Stats:

Throwing that Ball:

QB Perron – 327 of 491, for 3592; 34:5. 106.9 QBR

Not greet. There are…12 players with 4k+ seasons and two with 5k. Are we still in Smashmouth or did we update the playbook if not? Rough. Perron is the 4th best QB in the league at 77/77, we’ve got to unlock that power. I’ll check and see if we updated the playbook in preseason.

Running that Ball:

RB Zartman – 285 for 1290 – 4th most; ypc of 4.53, scores of 6
QB Perron – 142 for 781 yards, 5 scores
RB Spears – 172 for 776 and 5 scores

But this was very nice this year with more than 2750 yards from my top three rushers.

Catching that Ball:

WR St. Brown – 91 for 1180, 11 scores, 19th best by yards, tied for 5th best in scores
WR Jennings – 81 for 989, 10 scores
TE Bynum – 26 for 364 and 4 scores
FB Rankin – 33 for 356 and 3 scores

There always seems to be one stud each year of Perron to net around 1200 yards, Kirk, Jennings and St. Brown. Great year for him and Rankin, but Bynum was rough.

Blocking that Ball:

C Brendel – 66 KRB, 10 pancakes, 7 sacks allowed – 3rd best year 2nd best OC
OG Zinter – 59 KRb, 11 pancakes, 4 sacks allowed – 2nd best for Ogs.
OG Bucci – 48 KRB, 2 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed – tied for 5th best Ogs KRB, but was very strong in sacks allowed.
RT Pryor – 26 KRB, 1 and 11 sacks allowed

Great All Pro year for my interior lineman. I do wanna mention how hard is for an C to chart, since only two do, vs four for OGs and OT, and since they get so many KROs it’s harder to do well. And we got HALF of the All Pro OG Spots from my roster, strong stuff. All charted here! LT Alvarez did allow 15 sacks…but a rookie LT will get rushed a lot by DCs. But his pass rush is 50, he’ll never be good there.

Kicking that Ball:

K Hatley – 29 of 31, long of 43, 54 of 55 PAT

Again, strong season! Just 2 missed FGs and one PAT

Punting that Ball:

P Rosborough – 75 punts for net of 42.51, 35 in the 20

Just a few shy of half in the 20! Nasty!

Returning that Ball:

CB/KR - Dickerson – 1 KR RET TD

Rushing that Ball:

DE Garrett – 12.5 sacks, 2 TFL, 10 blocks, 14 hurries, 15 QBKN, 3 FF
DT Hall – 9.5 sacks, 5 TFL, 2 blocks, 8 hurries, 12 QBKN, 3 FF
DE Fast – 9.5 sacks, 1 block, 9 hurries, 12 QBKn, 3 Fumrec, 1 for TD
SLB Kus – 7 sacks, 5 TFL, 1 block, 14 hurries, 10 QBKn, 3 F,F, 2 FumRec
DT Logue – 5.5 sacks, 2TFL, 1 block,4 hurries, 6 QBKD, 1 FumREc TD,
DE Christiansen – 5.0 sacks, 3 blocks, 2 hurries, 5 QBKD
WLB Owusu-Koramoah – 4.5 sacks, 2 TFL, 1 lock, 2 hurries, 4 QBKD
MLB Gillespie, 3.5, 9 TFL, 6 hurries, 3 QBKD


Garrett is 2 sacks behind league leader, and 4th best DE in sacks DT Hall was tied with the most sacks for a DT in the league. Garrett led our team in blocks, tied with Kus on hurries and QBKN, and Gillespie in TFL, Strong rookie year starting Fast! Good year with the pass rushing.

Covering that Ball:

SS Epps, 3 picks, 10 pas def, 4 FF, 3 Fumrec, 2 for TDs
CB Ruble - 2 picks, 10 pasdef, 2 FF
CB Emerson – 0 and15 pasdef

Down year in picks. Many of my TOs were fumbles recovered. Epps led in FF.


Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year: OG Zak Zinter – Won his first All Pro, was 2nd in the league at his position for KRB, just had a massive 11 pancakes, allowed 4 sacks, his fewest. Great job Zinter!!!

Defensive Player of the Year: DT Michael Hall – This guy just led all DTs in sacks in his fourth year for us. Great job!!!

Special Teams Player of the Year: K Brandin Hatley – This guy continues to miss little, but since he’s not a great leg, just accuracy, we could use a better long.

Rookie of the Year: DE Kennedy Fast – This guy was rushed into starting due to the fall of my DE and grabbed me 9.5 sacks. Great job rookie!!!

Heart Award: FB Khalil Rankin - This guy just got 5 KRB, 1 behind the league leader, led all FBs with 180 yards and scores by 1! Love him!

We’ll need to make sure the playbook got updated at the preseason to win again next year…

[Abe Sargent]

The 2028 NFL Offseason:

Retirements - I start with 53 on my rooster the 11th year vets are C Brendel, DE Garrett,10th year are RT Pryor and DE Okoronkwo. Our sole 9th is SS Epps. Will any retire? I am not wedded to Pryor and Okoronkwo but I’d love to keep Garrett and Brendel who just had All Pro years. Everyone returns, they want another Super Bowl!!!

Stadium Stuff - Do I want to try and build another Stadium? I am just selling 100 boxes, but my stadium size is just 67,431, pretty small. Only 9 teams are smaller. I do it. I order max stadium size of 87,500 folks and 150 luxury boxes like now. Do I want open air and turf or closed stadium and grass like the Vikings? I want open air and grass. I want the outdoors cold effect. The cost is $1,864,280,000 and we’ll pay half. We sold out but it looks like there is an issue happening and we are recommended by our Accountant to lower, so we do.

We score 75.

Staff Draft:

Up next year are Head Coach Teryl Austin and DC Rodrigo Willis. Austin doesn’t want to redo his deal. He’ll leave next year. Our spread OC was hired as the Head Coach of the Eagles. Do I want to hire Austin’s replacement this year? Yup

Head Coach:

Adam Stanovich - Age 45, Green Bay OC, just one bad stat interviewing, OL cares, 90 playcalling, scouting, 80 INT , 70 disciple and motivation, 60 youth and player dev

I hire him.

OC:

I need to do this again. This time the pickings are fewer…

Spread:

Alejandro Harris – age 48, cares about RB, 70 playcalling; dev, 80 motivation, 50 youth and smarts, bad scouting, interviews and discipline. Harris is the ONLY 70+ playcalling spread OC that’s hirable

Wyatt Jun – age 53, cares about WR, 60 playcalling, interviews, 80 scouting, 50 dis and youth, bad mot, youth and smarts. Good scouting and okay interviews

Dashawn McCaleb – age 41, RB, 60 playcalling, discipline, scouting, 70 dev, INT, 80 motivation, bad interviews and Youth. Okay scouting, bad interviews, but stats are strong elsewhere save 60 playcalling

Air Coryell:

Kevin Patullo – age 46, QB, Eagles AC, 80 playcalling, scouting, 60 discipline, 50 interviews, player dev, and bad in youth, INT and motivation – 80 playcalling, stud scouting and okay interviews. Not great elsewhere

Deshaun Saldivar – age 40, OL, 80 playcalling, 70 youth, 60 dev, dis, INT 50 mov, just bad scouting and interviews

That’s it. Wyatt Jun is just okay at playcalling, and interviews but a stud at scouting, but bad in three places, and just 60s and 50s, no stronger stuff, Harris is the best playcalling with bad interviews and scouting in spread. McCaleb an okay play caller, smart as a rock, just two bad scores, but one is interviews. Patullo stud playcaller in Air Coryell, and scouting, okay interviews, but bad in three things including Smarts, and just 50s for the good stuff rather than higher. Saldivar an 80 playcalling sure, but the bad scouting and interviews scare me. Only Jun and Patullo are good at playcalling and scouting and interviews. I hire Patullo the best playcaller out there. We’ll shift to Air Coryell.

DC:

I retain DC Willis

The Rookie Draft is Revealed:

I am picking 1.32. We have first rounders again. This is a one QB 8.4 Hard to Read Freddy Kata at the top. I will need DE for Okoronkwo after cutting, DT for the falling Cobern, FS for Hallems, RB for Spears, starting TE, RT for Pryor who finished his deal, MLB for Gillespie who was too pricey, ditto SS Epps, who is there?

Just four 6’s RBs, no 7.s at TE 5.5 and 5.4 and 5.3, just two low 6.0s WRs, 6.5 Center, no Ogs, one 7.5 RT and the rest are 3 6.0s, 7.5 and 7.2 Des, studs, and then 7 6s, one 7.5 DT, 4 mid 6.s one 6.7 ILB, two low 7s for OLB at 7.3 and 7.1, 6.2 that’s it, 7.9 CB, a trio of 6s, one 7.3 S, none more than 5.7.

I need to cut RB Spears and DE Okoronkwo; Preseason: Check playbook

Tag – Coming free at 50+ are CB Bullock, SS Epps, ILB Gillespie, and that’s it. I don’t tag any.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2028 NFL Free Agency:


Day 1 - I have signed 41 and cap space of 69.37 mill I cash, needing 10 mil free, so 59 mill for stuff. I need to cut RB Spears and DE Okoronkwo; RB Spears was signed last year and busted, and then DE Okoronkwo dropped in ability to 35/35. I cut them both, and have free cap space of 83.76.

I have these free, and what they want:

MLB Gillespie – year 8, 58/58, age 30, wants 71.58 mill over 3 years, nope!
SS Epps – year 10, age 32, 52/52, wants 20 mill, 2 years, nope
RT Pryor – year 11, age 33, 45/45, wants 7.10, two years, cap hit of 3.56
CB Bullock – year 4, age 25, 55/55, wants 2 years at 7.95.

I will let go CB Harden and Bullock, QB Ansara, FL Thrash, TE Torain, WLB Watson, C Hogg, OG Gaziano, RB Ballou,

Let’s do the Big Stuff First!

Rookies in the last year of their deal:

QB Perron – Cap hit of 13.57, wants 199.48 to raise cap hit to 36.6. Done.

CB Ian Ruble – 69/69 – cap hit of 1.53, wants three year deal of 39.9 mill, cap hit of 10.64. Done.

SLB Kus – 70/70 – two All Pros, cap hit of 3.23, wants 132.33 mill for 5 years, cap hit rise to 19.89, done.

K Hatley – 68/68, cap hit of 1.73, wants a big deal at 5 years, 33.36 cap hit rise to 5.07. Done

CB/KR Dickerson – 63/63, cap hit of 1.83, wants 37.2 deal over 3 years, cap hit rise to 10.24. Nope, too pricey, cheaper? Yes.

WR Chaplin – 51/51, cap hit of s1.57, wants 3 year 15.79 deal to raise to 4.4. Done

Should I sign Bullock and trade Dickerson as my primary nickelback? What could I trade him for? Phily will offer a 7.32 this year, and 2nd and 4th round in 2030. Done.

Final Year of Deal:

C Brendel – cap hit of 12.66, wants one year extension to rise to 24.24 to cap hit of 14.85. Nope. I’ll wait until post draft to see if I can grab a perma-better player.
DE Garrett – cap hit of 26.20 wants extension at 33.19, drop to 21.33. Done
WR Jennings – 57/57, age 30 – cap hit 8.09, wants 27.24 mill over two years for cap hit rise to 14.24, nope
WLB Owusu-Koramoah – 61/61, age 28, cap hit of 3.83, wants one year of 6.73 to 3.69, done
SLB Bosch – 58/58 - age 26, cap hit of 3.41, wants 3 year deal at 10.48, cap hit fallish to 3.28 – done
DE Jacobson - 32/48, age 23, cap hit of 1.15, I extend for one year at minsal

I extend LS Triner, and sign RT Pryor. I have signed 40, and have free cap space for 29.43, enough for 19.

Day 2 - I can use new LS with a better than 58 long snapping, MLB for Gillespie, SS for Epps, another DT for busting Coburn, RB for Spears, starting TE.

DT:

DT McKinney Jackson – 5th year, 67/67, age of 26, pass rush of 99, wants just 11.40 mill for 3 years, cap hit of 3.19.

DT T’vondre Sweat – 5th year, age 26, 67/67, more well rounded, 72 pass and run stopping, wants 16.55 four year deal, 3.28 cap hit

Wow those are cheap, I could sign Jackson and cut Coburn and SAVE money. Both singed are cheaper than him.

RB:

RB Brian Robinson – 61/61,age 29, wants 29.9 mill deal for three years, cap hit of 8.4. This was the guy I got after RB Taylor dropped and retired from the Panthers. Do I want to invest that cash?

RB Saquan Barkley – 59/59, age 31, wants a fast and cheap one year deal of 3.77

RB Kenneth Walker – 57/57, age 27, wants 2 years, 7.75, cap hit of 3.51.

I know that’s Barkley and Robinson are likely busts due to age, and Walker might too.

TE:

TE Adam Trautman – 55/55, age 31, wants just 6.93 over two years for a cap hit this one of 3.28. two All Pros, cheap option patch likely to drop.

LS:

LS Christian Kuntz – age of 33, long snapping of 64/64, a bit better than my 58/58.

SS:

SS Kamren Curl – 60/60, age 28, wants 31.3 over three years for 8.84 this year. He is the best youngish, SS. He’ll possibly bust as soon as he signs.

SS Jerry Legins – 55/55, age 25, wants three year deal of 30.80 for a cap hit of 8.17 the best younger mid 20s guy, roughly the same cap hit. There are no budget SS options.


If I offered Legins 8.75, TE Trautman 3.75, Walker 4 mill, that’s 16.5, DT Jackson 4 mill 20.5, so then if Jackson signed I could cut Cobern and save 11.73 cash to get me to around 20 mill, another 10 mill for cap space. Should I offer DT Sweat too, and then cut Hall for who is just 72 pass rush and benefits from lining up with the heavily chased Garrett? Nope,

Could I aim for a better DE than Fast’s 64 who started there last year as a rookie? I could cut Cobern now and chase a good DE with my other 10 mill in space.

DE:

DE Kayvon Thibodaux – age 27, 71/71, wants 3 years, 38 mill, cap hit of 10.67, I could offer 11.25 mill for my cap hit space. Young, great at run stopping, less of a pass rush stopping fiend.

DE Marshawn Kneeland – age 26, 70/70, pass rush of 83, str of 73 and run stopping of 76. Wants three year deal at 41.28, cap hit this year of 11.14, I could offer him 12 mill, a bit younger, and better at what I need, and would really push our sacks back to where we were with DT Tomlinson, and DE Smith too in the high 60s. 2 All Pros.

DE Isaiah Loudermilk - 67/67, age 30, wants just two years at 8.03 cap hit of 3.72, pass rush of 83, run stopping of 96.

Wow is Loudermilk a cheap, older, patch until Garrett retires in a year or two when his deal will end. He’ll fall, sure, but that’s cheap. I could offer Loudermilk now and cut Cobern after singing DT Jackson, but I love DE Kneeland too much, and that’s pretty cheap for a 70/70 young guy. I cut Cobern, and offer Kneeland and everyone else. I like Kneeland since he’ll be around after Garrett retires and isn’t just a patch,


Day 4 - DE Kneeland signs! Let’s bring that Brown out to Cleveland!! Should I cut DE Jacobsen? Yes!

Day 5 – DT Jackson signs, yay!!

Day 7 – RB Walker signs!!!

Day 11 - Someone offers me a trade, it’s the Rams, they want St. Brown and are offering a pair of 4ths. No thanks. A first? A pair of 2nd. Maybe, but mid draft picks? Not really…

Day 12 – Signing today are SS Legins and TE Trautman.

That’s everyone, I have left on my cap 9.81 for post-draft FA! I have signed 44, see you at the draft!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2028 NFL Amateur Draft:

Here I need a backup QB, RB, better longer term non-patch TE, RT, starting ILB for Gillespie< FS for Hellams, LS for Triner late if there is a good one, one backup at OC, one backup CB, SS for Legins not 55/55 and is on cheap patch, backup OG, WR, backup LB.

1st Round – Picked 1st is stud DE Perrera. QB Hard to read Kata heads to Raiders at 1.2. Our 1st round arrives. Who is left? We have no 7.0 studs left. My staff like SS Will Kennedy who is 5.6 three above the next one at 5.3, and very underrated! Tempting, and not bad overall, but I have a trade offer from the Commanders for this, and their 2/4 and 6/3 this year and 4 in 2030. If that future were a 2nd round in two year sure, but we are only dropping five spots and picking up two picks.

I think about it.

Also here are 6.7 ILB AJ Yang who looks nasty good but is overrated for Gillespie, 6.2 hard to read RT Devon Coolidge, not great bars. TE Rashad Christianson is 5.4 hard to read and 5.3 underrated Moises Kuhn. I do Kuhn sorry traders and Kennedy is great but a stud underrated TE? Gotta go for…he’s also a nearby alumni from Ohio, maybe good karma there.

2nd Round – Can I trade up for SS Kennedy or will he fall to us in the 2nd at the end? He is taken at 2.1 I cannot get him near me. Maybe that’s who the Commanders were trading up to snag…who is here?

My staff like 5.3 S Steven Julian, as scouted. ILB Yang and RT Coolidge off, who was pass block specialist. All 6.0 players are gone. RB 5.9 very underrated RB Block? RT Hartz very underrated 5.8? 5.8 as scouted SILB Elias Montano?

Montano is just okay at everything. I need ILB, but I need a backup RB and Block’s very underrated and good bars are great too. Block backup need, who could become my starter after growth, or SILB Montano a position of need, but not amazing at it. I don’t need RB, although I do need backup there. I do need a starter at ILB. Since Block is the top Rb and player on the board and Montano is the 3rd best ILB, I go with Block. Maybe Montano will fall or I can trade up in the 3rd.

3rd Round – I feel that he’ll go early 20s since he is the top ILB now at 3.16 and then the top player at 3.22. for 3.22, the Cardinals want 4.32, my future 4th from 2029, the Eagles from 2030, and do I want to lose three fourths for this guy? I just figured it’d be my current 3rd and a future 3rd. This guy is just okay, not amazing at anything. He won’t knock down walls. He’s not Kus. I do it. I draft him.

3.32 - Who do I like here? My staff like WR Israel Stegell, who is 5.3, and very underrated. I do need a backup. What about LS? Have any been taken yet? Nope, one stud, but he’s overrated. I still need backup WR, OG, OC, LB, starter FS/backup, backup CB, starting RT, but not backup.

Also on the board are 5.5 As Scouted CB Dean, 5.4 as scouted CB Verdell, FS Evan Zawacki, underrated 4.9, CB Clarke, 5.2, underrated, Zawacki or Wr Hargett , both are very underrated and need to grow to goodness. I like a WR here I can grow into a starter for the leaving Jennings. This is his last year with us. I like a starter potential FS too with Zawacki, I don’t have a 4th, so they won’t fall. WR or FS? I need more players at secondary, but none would start unless they grew into it, since my FS is 50/50 and SLOT WR is 51/51. I do Zawacki.

6th Round – My staff here like OC Oscar Rhimes who is 4.4 and hard to read, nope. Hard to read 5.3 OG Seligman? OLB Darian Anaya, As Scouted? Done.

7th Round – OC Rhimes still on the board, okay.


The 2028 Cleveland Browns Draft:

1.32 – TE Moises Kuhn, Youngstown State, 46/66
2.32 – RB Louie Block, Cincinnati, 44/52
3.22 - SILB Elias Montano, Wisconsin, 37/55
3.32 – FS Evan Zawacki, Iowa, 33/46
6.32 – WLB Darian Anaya, Mississippi State, 36/58
7.32 – OC Oscar Rhimes, Alabama, 19/40

Remember Kuhn is underrated; and Block very much so, but Zawacki just underrated.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2028 NFL Late Free Agency:

Our Stadium vote passes!

Day 1 – I have signed 49 and have cap free 9.72.

I extend C Brendel and offer these UFAs:

QB Quentin Bodnar – 28/46
ILB Henry Zuniga – 30/54
ILB Rashod Rasmussen – 30/54
CB Chris Salmon – 26/50
OC Bubba Nyland – 20/49
OG Roberto Hisle – 18/41
WR Alonzo Kimble – 30/41

Day 2 – I up our offer to CB Salmon, WR Kimble

Day 3 – Four sign – Kimble, Zuniga, Rasmussen, Salmon

Day 4 - Nyland signs.

Day 5 – Bodnar and Hisle sign, that’s them all!

UFAs:

QB Quentin Bodnar – 27/45
ILB Henry Zuniga – 30/55
ILB Rashod Rasmussen – 29/51
CB Chris Salmon – 20/49
OC Bubba Nyland – 20/49
OG Roberto Hisle – 19/48
WR Alonzo Kimble – 29/40

Zuniga grew a bit, OG Hisle too,