FOF8 - Jets Ascending - Empty Cupboard and Only Draftees - Now with the Miners!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2048 NFL Preseason

I hand out rests and massage my depth chart.

I expect we’ll go 10-6 and have our first winning record with the Bucs in year 4. Gelenaw is better at KR now that Brandenfeis faded and I will start him there.

I extend Lemoine

Week 1 – At the Bills – My nemesis with the Jets! We win 29-21

Week 2 – Bye

Week 3 – Broncos – We lose 20-23

Week 4 – At the Dolphins – We lose 14-19

Week 5 – Raiders – We win 20-13

We are 2-2 in the preseason

Rookie Lookie #3

1.6 – CB Zach Foreman, Colombia, 50/85; 58/82; 59/84
2.4 – SS Drew Kempthorne, Georgia, 37/45; 44/52; 53/74
3.3 – FB Silas Bensen, West Virginia, 36/59; 42/63; 48/72
4.2 – RB Paxton Patterson, Virginia, 41/43; 42/47; 44/54
5.1 - OT Landon Horner, East Carolina, 29/45; 35/48; 38/58
6.5 – WR Ricardo Compton, Texas, 28/47; 30/47; 33/57
7.4 – CB Jerry Gionfriddo, Central Michigan, 21/44; 25/52; 24/34

Wow I thought Gionfriddo would boom and he fell hard. You can see booms for Bensen, Kempthorne, Patterson, Compton and Horner, so that’s good. And Foreman recovered!


Ufas


QB Kurt Buckner, 16/45; 20/39; 20/36
MLB Leo Adams, 24/69; 30/71; 30/69
DE Leslie Schneider, 33/59; 36/62; 38/55
Rb Eli Wodarz, 34/57; 37/56; 36/53
WILB Dan Sakry, 30/55; 33/51; 24/36
OG Axel Palmer, 14/49; 17/50; 19/51

And there we are!

I cut

QB Harry Terrell
RB Brad Kelly
R b Tre Hartman
CB Jerry Gionfriddo
SILB Bubba Keith
Fb Preston Particelli
WR Drake Storm

[Abe Sargent]

Extend Brandenfeis? Nope, he fell to 43/43

Any others? Schultz dropped to 45/45. Nope!

I have 70 mill in cap. Any two years players I want to extend now?

Qb Abrams,150 mill, 5 years – I do so. No others.

Rookies?




Here is my 1.5 pick, Foreman! As you can see, he’s very very very studly! No weaknesses, strong everywhere.




Here’s Kempthorne! He’s a weaker stud but still a stud! I was hoping for low 60s not low 70s, so he very nice. Welcome to the team!

[Abe Sargent]

Green Page? Just Foreman

Rookie Investigation

At RB, Patterson is 6th and Wodarz 8th

At Fb Bensen is the best and if he hits 72/72 then he’d be the best FB in the league! (He’s be a TE at 88% of his value so if I hadn’t signed a starter then I might move him to TE)

WR Compton is 4th best in potential

At OT Horner is 5th best. OT Haynes the 1.1 pick I was hoping would fall to 1.5 was 56/87 and the best player in the draft overall!

After booming MLB UFA Adams is tied for best pot. Two others also have 69 pot.

Foreman is the best CB and d back in the draft and the 2nd best player overall to Haynes. After booming, Kempthorne is the best S and the 3rd best d back in the draft. This was a deep d back draft and there are 1 80s, 4 70s and 6 more 60s.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2048 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Front Office Football Eight
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

Abrams, Alejandro 114 QB QB 3 61 72 5 yrs. 2046
Buckner, Kurt 107 QB 1 20 36 1 yr. 2048
Patterson, Paxton 228 RB 1 44 54 4 yrs. 2048
Lemoine, Cesar 238 RB RB 4 63 63 3 yrs. 2045
Wodarz, Eli 235 RB 1 36 53 1 yr. 2048
Bensen, Silas 333 FB FB 1 48 72 4 yrs. 2048
Flynn, Carter 480 TE TE 5 64 64 5 yrs. 2048
Dixon, Francisco 481 TE 6 47 47 3 yrs. 2047
##Chandler, Ruben 443 TE 4 45 45 2 yrs. 2045
Schultz, Percy 488 TE 9 45 45 1 yr. 2047
Compton, Ricardo 515 FL 1 33 57 4 yrs. 2048
Cleghorn, Wesley 518 FL FL 2 82 82 3 yrs. 2047
Vila, Greg 517 SE 2 48 60 3 yrs. 2047
Wilcox, Braxton 586 SE SE 11 53 53 2 yrs. 2048
Brandenfeis, Marco 584 SE 11 43 43 1 yr. 2045
Macias, Chandler 651 C C 2 67 78 3 yrs. 2047
##Owens, Desmond 653 C 4 29 40 2 yrs. 2045
Peterman, Johnnie 775 LG LG 4 61 61 4 yrs. 2045
##Heath, Damien 778 LG 4 34 40 1 yr. 2045
Palmer, Axel 771 LG 1 19 51 1 yr. 2048
Coffey, Raymond 763 RG RG 3 45 57 2 yrs. 2046
Hymes, DeAndre 862 LT LT 4 67 67 3 yrs. 2045
Horner, Landon 877 RT 1 38 58 4 yrs. 2048
Shannon, Mackenzie 873 RT RT 3 63 63 2 yrs. 2046
##Lyle, Grady 868 RT 4 22 26 1 yr. 2045
Holdgate, Quinn 902 P 11 52 52 2 yrs. 2044
Poston, Ricky 1004K 3 68 68 2 yrs. 2046
Pinkney, Kim 1193LDE LDE 4 64 64 4 yrs. 2045
##Henson, J.J. 1190LDE 4 43 57 2 yrs. 2045
Densmore, Mitch 1196LDE 4 60 60 1 yr. 2045
Schneider, Leslie 1174LDE 1 38 55 1 yr. 2048
Conyers, Wayne 1172RDE RDE 8 62 62 2 yrs. 2045
Jordan, Edward 1176RDE 3 39 61 2 yrs. 2046
Drew, Alexis 1270NT NT 4 63 63 3 yrs. 2045
Newman, Brody 1291NT 3 66 66 2 yrs. 2046
Carney, Will 1399SILB WILB 2 59 69 3 yrs. 2047
Butler, Rick 1398WILB SILB 6 67 67 4 yrs. 2048
Sakry, Dan 1352WILB 1 24 36 1 yr. 2048
Willey, Toby 1354MLB 4 45 45 3 yrs. 2045
Adams, Leo 1350MLB 1 30 69 1 yr. 2048
Carpenter, Vernon 1456SLB SLB 8 62 62 3 yrs. 2045
Nemecheck, Allen 1495SLB 3 56 56 2 yrs. 2046
Hopkins, Clay 1492WLB WLB 3 56 56 2 yrs. 2046
##Assesi, Brandon 1457WLB 3 46 46 1 yr. 2046
Miller, Sammy 1539LCB RCB 2 49 49 3 yrs. 2047
Gelenaw, Trent 1540LCB 7 39 39 1 yr. 2045
Foreman, Zach 1523RCB LCB 1 59 84 4 yrs. 2048
Cavoretto, Brett 1527RCB 2 38 47 3 yrs. 2047
##Palmer, Liam 1526RCB 4 41 41 1 yr. 2045
Davidson, Morris 1620SS 10 41 41 2 yrs. 2047
Kempthorne, Drew 1629FS FS 1 53 74 4 yrs. 2048
Boyd, Raul 1645FS SS 3 55 55 2 yrs. 2046
Berry, Dan 667 LS 4 19 19 2 yrs. 2045

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.
Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46
Salary Cap: $357,700,000
Cap Room: $52,820,000
Maximum for New Player: $53,870,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $13,760,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $1,350,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $274,670,000

There you are! Enjoy!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2048 NFL Regular Season

Do you know what my least favorite part of FOFC is? Playing the season! I have to get through a mental block to do it.

Week 1 – At the Saints – Back on the road and in the NFC South! We win 24-21! Game MVP is Abrams, 18 of 28, 264 and 3:0. Cleghorn was 8 for 137 and 3 scores. Nasty! Lemoine was 26 for 106. Pick by ILB Carney.

Week 2 – At the Chiefs – We win 21-13. MVp is Abrams, 31 of 49, 334 and 1:0. TE Dixon the score. Poston was 5 for 6.. Picks by rookie Foreman and Boyd.

Week 3 – 49ers – We thump them 41-13. That is our first signature win! MVP is Abrams, 24 of 29, 240 and 4:0. Scores by Cleghorn, Wilcox, TE Flynn and RB Lemoine. Lemoine was 33 for 144 and 1 score. FF bY DE Densmore recovered by Carpenter. 2.5 sacks by Conyers.

We have two injuries – OG Coffey and ILB Willey. I massage my roster and starting is OG Palmer.

Week 4 – At DC – We win 16-10. Abrams, MVp, 17 of 27, 136, 1:0. Wilcox the score. 2 picks by Davidson. 3 FF by Boyd, Hopkins and Carney and recoveries by Hopkins, Densmore. 4 KRB by OT Shannon

We are 4-0!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – Cowboys, also 4-0 – We win 24-17. Abrams, MVP again, 30 of 44, 346 and 2:0. Cleghorn 9 for 133 and 1 score. Score by Lemoine. Another pick by CB Foreman.

Week 6 – At the 4-1 Falcons – We lose 35-20. Abrams was 29 of 43, 315 and 2:1. Scores by Cleghorn and Lemoine who was 7 for 113 catching and 17 for 63.

Week 7 – Eagles – We win 26-23. Close! TE Dixon is MVP with 8 for 148 and 1 score. Score by Cleghorn and a rushing one by Lemoine. Abrams was 27 of 46, 289 and 2:2. FF by Boyd.

OG Coffey is back

DT Drew hurt himself with an 18 week injury and I place him on IR. We have too few DTs so I sign DT Jared Ellard a 13th year vet that’s 37/37.

Week 8 – BYE

Week 9 – At the Giants – We tie 24-24. Abrams was 34 of 52, 283 and 2:2. Scores by Wilcox and Vila. Lemoine a rush TD. 3 pasdef by Kempthorne.

We are 6-1-1!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – Saints – We win 27-11. MVp is Abrams, 23 of 31, 225 and 2:0. Wilcox and Vila with scores. Cleghorn was 8 for 113. Lemoine was 24 for 138 and 1 score. Pick by Boyd.

Week 11 – Panthers – Who are 6-3. Can we beat them? We win 19-9. K Poston Game MVp with 4 of 4. Abrams was 20 of 37, 240 and 1:0. Catch score by Cleghorn. 4 KRB by Shannon

CB Miller is out for the season and I toss him on IR> Davison will start for him and Gelenaw will move into nickelback.

Week 12 - Chargers – We win 20-13. MVP is Abrams, 29 of 45, 287 and 1:1, Cleghorn the score, Lemoine a rush TD. FF by Hopkins.

Week 13 – At the Lions – We lose 3-20. Abrams 18 of 30, 242, 0:0. Picks by Gelenaw and Foreman.

LB Willey is back

We are 9-2-1

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 - At the Broncos – We win 19-9. MVp is WLB Hopkins with 2.5 sacks. Pick six by Gelenaw. Abrams was 20 of 37, 202, 0:2. Pick by Kempthorne as well.

Week 15 – Falcons – They have lost a lot recently. We add to their misery 38-10. Game MVp is Abrams, 22 of 33, 276 and 3:1. Scores by Wilcox, Flynn and Wilcox. Lemoine was 26 for 122 and 1 score. Pick b Gelenaw.

Week 16 – Raiders – We shut them out 37-0! Sorry! (not really0 Abrams, MVP, 25 of 32, 297 and 1:0. Cleghorn 9 for 160 and 1 score. Lemoine 24 for 104 and 2 score, a rush TD by Abrams.

OT Shannon is out for a few games

Week 17 – At the Panthers – They are 7-8. Can we sweep them and give them a losing season? We win 20-13! There’s a new power in the NFC South baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Game MVP is Abrams who is 28 of 36, 287 and 1:1. Score by Lemoine who was 25 for 103 and 1 score as well. Picks by Boyd and Carney. FF by Pinkney.

We finish the season 13-2-1 and top in the NFC South and with the #1 seed!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2048 NFL Playoffs

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

Cards over Bears 24-12
Vikings over Packers 20-13

Chiefs over Texans 33-26
Colts over Titans 24-17


Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

Cards at Cowboys
Vikings at Bucs

Chiefs at Jets
Colts at Steelers

Results?

Cowboys 23-17

Steelers 13-9
Jet 24-13

And…


We lose our first playoff game 24-20.

Abrams, 27 of 35, 313 and 2:0
Cleghorn 11 for 174 and 1 score
Catch TD by Lemoine
Lemoine 27 of 101 and 1 score

5 KRB by Peterman

Week 3 – Conference Championships

AFC – 11-5 Jets at 12-4 Steelers

NFC – 8-7-1 Vikings at 12-4 Cowboys

Results?

Dallas 16-15

Steelers 17-14

The 2048 NFL Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #1 Seed Pittsburgh Steelers

Vs

Your NFC Champion #2 Seed Dallas Cowboys


Steelers 26-16

Pittsburgh also went from 4-12 to deep into the playoffs and winning the conference top seed!

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

League MVP – QB Alejandro Abrams!!!

Off. Player of the Year - QB Alejandro Abrams

All-Pro 1st Team

QB Alejandro Abrams
RB Cesar Lemoine
K Rickey Poston


All-Pro 2nd Team

WR Wesley Cleghorn

League’s Fastest man

WR Wesley Cleghorn

Good stuff! Abrams has arrived in his 4th year with us.

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.5 – CB Zach Foreman, Colombia, 50/85; 58/82; 59/84; 80/84
2.4 – SS Drew Kempthorne, Georgia, 37/45; 44/52; 53/74; 68/74
3.3 – FB Silas Bensen, West Virginia, 36/59; 42/63; 48/72; 54/72
4.2 – RB Paxton Patterson, Virginia, 41/43; 42/47; 44/54; 44/54
5.1 - OT Landon Horner, East Carolina, 29/45; 35/48; 38/58; 40/58
6.5 – WR Ricardo Compton, Texas, 28/47; 30/47; 33/57; 34/57
7.4 – CB Jerry Gionfriddo, Central Michigan, 21/44; 25/52; 24/34; CUT


Ufas


QB Kurt Buckner, 16/45; 20/39; 20/36; 20/36
MLB Leo Adams, 24/69; 30/71; 30/69; 32/59
DE Leslie Schneider, 33/59; 36/62; 38/55; 38/55
Rb Eli Wodarz, 34/57; 37/56; 36/53; 40/53
WILB Dan Sakry, 30/55; 33/51; 24/36; 25/36
OG Axel Palmer, 14/49; 17/50; 19/51; 23/51

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Abrams – 404 of 612, 4258 yards, 26:11, 92.7 rating

Those are all great stats by him. He was top in rating, 2nd in yards, 2nd in completion %, tied for 1st in TDs, and has a very strong season! Well I don’t have to worry about him like Pritchett who never actually did anything and I had to win through RB Bonnell. Great job Abrams and I’m glad I signed you to a 150 mill 5 year deal before the season because my guess is that after the NFL MVP and other awards he’d want more like 200.


Rushing

RB Lemoine – 381 for 1370, 3.60 ypc, 10 scores

That was tops in attempts, yards, and 2nd in scores. That was a horrible ypc performance. We have to get that up a 381 rush season should be getting in around 1500 yards.

Receiving



I bet Wilcox was happy to sign with us and get another 580 yards, 6 scores, and get another postseason run to his credit. Cleghorn’s 1381 yards off 117 and 10 scores was 4th in yards and tied for 2nd in scores. TE Flynn added 695 yards as my top TE which is a solid number.


Blocking




Here you go with my blocking! It was a very down year for us as you can see. We have to do better here and it may start with me grabbing better O Line. I might make that a point of emphasis next year.

Special Teams

K Poston – 39 of 43, 34 of 46 PAT, Long of 58

Much more improved year! Good job Poston!

P Holdgate – 83 punts, 49.3 avg, 32 in 20

That’s the best Average again and it rose from last year. Dude is nasty

We had 0 returns for scores this year

[Abe Sargent]

Defense




Butler led my team in tackles with a nasty 114. Welcome to the club my WILB! SILB Carney was 2nd. A nasty 7 sacks by Hopkins, but Carpenter was held sackless and he dropped to 62/62 this year so my guess is that Adams will start there for him next year barring a stud that can change my 3-4 team;s heartbeat. As for D Line fun times, Pinkney another 8.5 sacks and Conyers with 5.5 and was stymied. We had an injury to Drew mid year so that position rotated over, no judgment here.


Pass Coverage



Several players grabbed 3 picks including rookie Foreman. I still need more pasdef from my club.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – RB Cesar Lemoine – This is not only his first All Pro season, but it’s his first season with more than 1000 rush yards!

Def. Player of the Year - S Raul Boyd – Led my team in picks and was 2nd in pasdef with 11, and has s olid season. Good job Boyd!

Special Teams Player of the Year – K Rickey Poston – Dude wins an All Pro…

Rookie of the Year - CB Zach Foreman – Led my team in picks, and while I’d like to see double digit pasdef I understand the rookie. Good job rookie!


Heart Award – TE Francisco Dixon. Dude had a 100+ receiving day and an MVP as a backup. Good job!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season, I score a 45?

The 2049 NFL Offseason

Hall of Fame

QB BJ Vance – A nasty Miami QB that made our team hum. He had 2 Rings, tons of All Pros, MVPs, and Off. PotYs. Welcome home buddy!


Retirements of Note

None. Not even Wilcox!


Other Abe’s Boys

None

Staff Draft


We draft 27th. I make no changes to my staff roster

We have 8 UFAs but none are worthy of tags

I massage my ticket prices.

I’ll see you at FA!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2049 NFL FA Period #1

My goal this draft is to target OGs and OTs at the back of the 1st round, likely the former rather than the latter. We draft 1.28. I interview OTs and Ogs but I doubt the good ones will fall. I interview a few others that may be there at the back of the 1st.

I have 39 under contract but I make offers to my RFAs of quality. I am at 46 players and I have 58 mill in cap space to play around with.

I extend my K, P, and LS which are all needed

Before planning my extensions I fast forward and look at who is available in FA


RB Anderson is back and got cut after his big 80 mill contract last year but I won’t make a play for him

I won’t be making any offers to anyone out there.

CB Gelenaw wants 25 mill for 4 years. Nope. DE Densmore wants way too much as well. I won’t be keeping any of my players, so all of my free cap can be used on extensions.


Final Years of Note

SE Braxton Wilcox

Old Rookies

OG Coffey – 9 mill 2 years
OT Shannon – 45 mill 4 years
NT Newman – 64 mill, 4 years
WLB Hopkins – 50 mill, 3 years
FS Boyd – 47 mill, 4 years

That’s a lot for Hopkins. I’ll hold off on these for now. I may draft replacements

Week 2 – Anderson signs back with the Panthers, Densmore heads to Dallas


See you at the draft!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2049 NFL Amateur Draft

Picking at the 1.1 spot is the Cleveland Browns who take DT Lewis Migette


Our pick arrives at 1.28 and who do I like?

SLB Rex Madison, very underrated, top player on the board, stud
DE Kenneth Davis – 4th best player on the board, Hard to Read, weak bars

All of the OGs I interviewed are gone. Two OTs are left but they are very overrated and overrated and don’t even have good bars to begin with.



I’m probably going with Madison, here let me show you




Look at this guy! He’s a hoss already by bars with weakness (sorta) in zone D. And he’s very underrated as well? A guy this developed who grows in camp could be the best player in the draft and he feels like a homerun. Now the position of least need is LB. but Madison could be my Burkley or my Norton that will unlock power of my defense. Carpenter is 31 years old and a 9th year vet and he dropped to 62/62 last year. Hopkins wants way too much money to keep for a mid-50s WLB so I’ll likely be moving on from him. I have Adams, Carney and Hunter and then add in this stud at SLB? He seems like the best choice.

So let me think about it and I’ll come back and see where I am with him later. This isn't a position of need, and I might want to reach for O Line.

I still could use DE as this is Conyers’ last year and I am going to be letting him go. Maybe I want to do DE Davis or something else?

[Abe Sargent]

I take Madison. He’s too temping not to!

2nd Round - Who’s still on the board? Let me check! How about OT Randy Blair? He’s very green!

3rd Round – I draft KR/PR WR named Brian Langlois to replace Brandenfeis.

4th Round – How about FS Darren Arpaijian? He’s doesn’t look that bad. Sorta like a potential grower.

5th Round – NT Emmitt Morton doesn’t look too bad although he’s more of a run stopper.

6th Round – Hmmm…not sure. I still need a 4th TE. How about Gary Benson? He also looks like a grower.

7th Round – How about DE Cory Lang? He has nice bars for the back of the 7th.

Rookie Lookie #1

1.28 – SLB Rex Madison, Kutztown, 53/89
2.28 – OT Randy Blair, NC State, 23/61
3.28 – WR Brian Langlois, California, 28/39
4.28 – FS Darren Arpaijian, Michigan State, 21/37
5.28 – NT Emmitt Morton, Liberty, 33/62
6.28 – TE Gary Benson, Oregon State, 21/41
7.28 - DE Cory Lang, Duke, 24/58

And there you are! Man I hope Madison breaks out as his potential shows and plays up to it!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2049 NFL FA Period #2

It’s probably time to replace Holdgate as he has faded to 52/52 and 87 kicking power from 100.

I have 53 under contract

I need a better LS, mine the long snapping has dropped to 88/100.

I make offers to these UFAs

QB Ray Santana
OT Carlton Hoke
P Terrance Bruce – he looks like a grower
LS Aces Kinney
WR Denzel Pujols
OC Edwin Johanningmeier – I love that last name!
DE Maxwell Cook
SILB Chase Whiting
Cb Raymond Fletcher

Week 1 – Woodard signs with the Falcons. We sign 1

Week 2 – Tito Bobo signs with DC. We sign 6. Brandenfeis is heading to the Chargers

Week 3 – We sign 2. Everyone signs.

Week 4 – Schultz signs with Cincinnati

UFAs

QB Ray Santana, 14/46
OT Carlton Hoke, 19/47
P Terrance Bruce, 41/42
LS Aces Kinney, 21/21
WR Denzel Pujols, 23/49
OC Edwin Johanningmeier, 14/58
DE Maxwell Cook, 14/49
SILB Chase Whiting, 21/52
Cb Raymond Fletcher, 18/53

There you go!

I feel like camping…

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2

1.28 – SLB Rex Madison, Kutztown, 53/89; 61/92
2.28 – OT Randy Blair, NC State, 23/61; 29/63
3.28 – WR Brian Langlois, California, 28/39; 29/38 – 52/74 PR and 66/80 KR.
4.28 – FS Darren Arpaijian, Michigan State, 21/37; 26/35
5.28 – NT Emmitt Morton, Liberty, 33/62; 37/61
6.28 – TE Gary Benson, Oregon State, 21/41; 25/43
7.28 - DE Cory Lang, Duke, 24/58; 26/41

That’s a big bust by Lang! I was hoping Arpaijian would boom but he’s going in the wrong direction. Good job at growing Madison! Langlois looks good as a returner but not much else.

UFAs

QB Ray Santana, 14/46; 17/43
OT Carlton Hoke, 19/47; 23/49
P Terrance Bruce, 41/42; 46/46
LS Aces Kinney, 21/21; 21/21 – 98 long snapping
WR Denzel Pujols, 23/49; 25/47
OC Edwin Johanningmeier, 14/58; 21/59
DE Maxwell Cook, 14/49; 18/42
SILB Chase Whiting, 21/52; 25/49
Cb Raymond Fletcher, 18/53; 21/50

Lots of smaller busts here, I hope it won’t continue

I have 62 I have to cut 2

I cut

OC Desmond Owens
LS Dan Berry

[Abe Sargent]

The 2049 NFL Preseason

LB Carney has dropped to 67/67. DE Conyers to 62/62, Davidson to 41/41

I massage my depth chart and drop down to 46 active

Week 1 – At the Steelers -We lose 7-24

Week 2- BYE

Week 3 – Titans – We lose 17-33

Week 4 – Ravens – We lose 16-24

Week 5 – At the Colts – We lose 24-27

We go a surprising 0-4

Rookie Lookie #3

1.28 – SLB Rex Madison, Kutztown, 53/89; 61/92; 60/91
2.28 – OT Randy Blair, NC State, 23/61; 29/63; 31/72
3.28 – WR Brian Langlois, California, 28/39; 29/38 – 52/74 PR and 66/80 KR. ; 28/35
4.28 – FS Darren Arpaijian, Michigan State, 21/37; 26/35; 28/50
5.28 – NT Emmitt Morton, Liberty, 33/62; 37/61; 37/59
6.28 – TE Gary Benson, Oregon State, 21/41; 25/43; 25/48
7.28 - DE Cory Lang, Duke, 24/58; 26/41; 24/32

Madison held! Hello Blair! I’ll bench Shannon for him. I won’t extend Shannon. Arpaijian didn’t grow as much as I hoped… but I’ll take it. Lang was a big disappointment.


UFAs

QB Ray Santana, 14/46; 17/43; 18/32
OT Carlton Hoke, 19/47; 23/49; 23/50
P Terrance Bruce, 41/42; 46/46; 48/82
LS Aces Kinney, 21/21; 21/21 – 98 long snapping; 21/21
WR Denzel Pujols, 23/49; 25/47; 23/42
OC Edwin Johanningmeier, 14/58; 21/59; 21/57
DE Maxwell Cook, 14/49; 18/42; 19/40
SILB Chase Whiting, 21/52; 25/49; 26/45
Cb Raymond Fletcher, 18/53; 21/50; 23/42

Lots of bustings!

I cut these 7 players

P Holdgate – Sorry!

QB Ray Santana
WR Denzel Pujols
DE J.J. Henson
DE Cory Lang
WILB Dan Sakry
MLB Toby Willey

[Abe Sargent]

Who do I want to extend? I have 62 mill in cap space – Wilcox dropped to 47/47 so not him. I extend OG Coffey, S Boyd, and NT Newman.

Anyone with 2 years left I want to extend? Cleghorn wants 118 mill over 4 years so I would only get two. Nope. I sign OC Macias.

I do not extend Wilcox, Conyers, Davidson, Nemecheck, Hopkins, and Shannon.


Wanna see my top two rookies?

Sure!



Isn’t he a brute? Nasty right! If he plays up to his ability the world will end.



Here’s the booming Blair. He’s a well rounded but green guy and a quality addition near the back of the 2nd round. I likes him a lot if, again, he plays to his ability.

[Abe Sargent]

On the Green Page are both Blair and Madison.

Rookie Investigation –

Madison is the best potential player in the draft at 91. The next best is DE Lewis Midgette taken 1.1 who is 69/90.

At WR Langlois is 19th best. But he’s one of the best returners.

At OC, our UFA Johanningmeier is 3rd best.

At OT, Blair is 3rd after his growth

Bruce is the best P

NT Morton is the 6th best

Madison is obviously the best LB

Arpaijian is the 6th best S.

There you are!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2049 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Front Office Football Eight
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

Abrams, Alejandro 114 QB QB 4 72 72 4 yrs. 2046
Buckner, Kurt 107 QB 2 21 38 2 yrs. 2048
Lemoine, Cesar 238 RB RB 5 57 57 2 yrs. 2045
Wodarz, Eli 235 RB 2 44 57 2 yrs. 2048
Patterson, Paxton 228 RB 2 49 51 3 yrs. 2048
Bensen, Silas 333 FB FB 2 62 72 3 yrs. 2048
Dixon, Francisco 481 TE 7 47 47 2 yrs. 2047
Flynn, Carter 480 TE TE 6 63 63 4 yrs. 2048
##Chandler, Ruben 443 TE 5 37 37 1 yr. 2045
Benson, Gary 485 TE 1 25 48 4 yrs. 2049
Cleghorn, Wesley 518 FL FL 3 82 82 2 yrs. 2047
Compton, Ricardo 515 FL 2 39 56 3 yrs. 2048
Langlois, Brian 519 FL 1 28 35 4 yrs. 2049
Wilcox, Braxton 586 SE 12 47 47 1 yr. 2048
Vila, Greg 517 SE SE 3 60 60 2 yrs. 2047
Macias, Chandler 651 C C 3 77 77 5 yrs. 2047
Johanningmeier, Edwin 655 C 1 21 57 1 yr. 2049
Peterman, Johnnie 775 LG LG 5 61 61 3 yrs. 2045
##Palmer, Axel 771 LG 2 26 51 2 yrs. 2048
Coffey, Raymond 763 RG RG 4 59 59 3 yrs. 2046
Hymes, DeAndre 862 LT LT 5 67 67 2 yrs. 2045
Blair, Randy 879 LT RT 1 31 72 4 yrs. 2049
Shannon, Mackenzie 873 RT 4 62 62 1 yr. 2046
Horner, Landon 877 RT 2 38 50 3 yrs. 2048
##Hoke, Carlton 861 RT 1 23 50 1 yr. 2049
Bruce, Terrance 901 P 1 48 82 1 yr. 2049
Poston, Ricky 1004K 4 69 69 4 yrs. 2046
Pinkney, Kim 1193LDE LDE 5 60 60 3 yrs. 2045
Schneider, Leslie 1174LDE 2 42 56 2 yrs. 2048
##Cook, Maxwell 1169LDE 1 19 40 1 yr. 2049
Conyers, Wayne 1172RDE RDE 9 61 61 1 yr. 2045
Jordan, Edward 1176RDE 4 46 58 2 yrs. 2046
Drew, Alexis 1270NT 5 58 58 2 yrs. 2045
Newman, Brody 1291NT NT 4 66 66 4 yrs. 2046
Morton, Emmett 1296NT 1 37 59 4 yrs. 2049
Carney, Will 1399SILB SILB 3 67 67 2 yrs. 2047
##Whiting, Chase 1358SILB 1 26 45 1 yr. 2049
Butler, Rick 1398WILB WILB 7 61 61 3 yrs. 2048
Carpenter, Vernon 1456SLB 9 56 56 2 yrs. 2045
Nemecheck, Allen 1495SLB 4 55 55 1 yr. 2046
Madison, Rex 1497SLB SLB 1 60 91 4 yrs. 2049
Hopkins, Clay 1492WLB 4 55 55 1 yr. 2046
##Assesi, Brandon 1457WLB 4 43 43 2 yrs. 2046
Adams, Leo 1450WLB WLB 2 42 59 2 yrs. 2048
Miller, Sammy 1539LCB RCB 3 49 49 2 yrs. 2047
##Cavoretto, Brett 1527RCB 3 21 24 2 yrs. 2047
Foreman, Zach 1523RCB LCB 2 83 83 3 yrs. 2048
Fletcher, Raymond 1534RCB 1 23 42 1 yr. 2049
Davidson, Morris 1620SS 11 36 36 1 yr. 2047
Boyd, Raul 1645FS FS 4 55 55 4 yrs. 2046
Kempthorne, Drew 1629FS SS 2 71 71 3 yrs. 2048
Arpaijian, Darren 1622FS 1 28 50 4 yrs. 2049
Kinney, Aces 659 LS 1 21 21 1 yr. 2049

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.
Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46
Salary Cap: $360,600,000
Cap Room: $33,030,000
Maximum for New Player: $34,080,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $5,120,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $1,760,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $284,020,000

Here is Year 5 of the Bucs Project!

Ready…let’s do it!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2049 NFL Regular Season

My prediction is 12-4.

Week 1 – At the Falcons – On the road again in the NFC South! I don’t know what I’d do if we started at home… it’d feel wrong. Ready for the final year of the 2040s? Can we win? We thump them 31-10! Good start! MVp is Abrams, 21 of 35, 203 and 2:0. Scores by Dixon and Lemoine. 2 picks by Kempthorne. FF by Nemecheck.

Week 2 – Dolphins. – Hello old team! We win 28-20. MVP is Abrams, 23 of 36, 311 and 2:0 scores by Flynn and Vila. Cleghorn was 8 for 109. A rush score by Lemoine. A pick six by Kempthorne. FF by Davidson.4 KRB by OC Macias

Week 3 – At the Cowboys - We win 40-20. Nice! MVP is Abrams 29 of 39, 397 and 3:0. Scores by FLynnx2 (8 for 1190 and Lemoine, who was with another rush score. Picks by Davison and Madison. FF and rec by Madison.

Week 4 – Cardinals – We win 31-19. Abrams, MVP, 17 of 25, 293 and 2:0. Scores by Flynn who was 6 for 101 and 2 scores. Pick six by Kempthorne. FF by Butler.

We are 4-0!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – 49ers – We win 20-0. MVP is DE Pinkney with 3 sacks. Abrams is 26 of 39 for 246 and 1:2. Score by Wilcox. Pick by Foreman, FF by Nemecheck and Pinkney.

Week 6 – At the Rams – We win 15-6, MVP is rookie Madison! 1 Pick and 2 sacks by Madison. 2 sacks by Conyers. Abrams is 21 of 28, 179, FF by Kempthorne and Foreman.

Week 7 – BYE

Week 8 – At the Seahawks – We win 20-9. MVP is Abrams, 29 of 35, 270 and 2:0 hitting for scores Vila and Wilcox.

Week 9 – At the Saints – We win 34-14. MVP is Abrams, 18 of 27, 192 and 3:0 scores by Flynn, Vilax2, rush score by backup RB Patterson, 2 picks by Foreman, FF by Pinkney and Butler, 2.5 sacks by Pinkney, 5 KRB by OC Macias

We are 8-0 at the half!!!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – Falcons – We win 41-21. MVP is Abrams, 15 of 24, 149 and 3:0. Scores by Benson, Vila and Flynn. Lemoine 27 for 100 and 2 scores that’s his firsts 100 yard game of the season, wow. Picks by Boyd, Foreman, and Miller.

Week 11 – At the Panthers – This is our worst chance for a win this season…can we keep up our undefeated momentum? We win 24-16! SLB Rex Madison ANOTHER Game Mvp – nasty rookie. He was with pick six, 1 FF, 1.5 sacks. Good job! Abrams 12 of 24, 90 and 0:! – Yuck. Rush score by Abrams.

Week 12 – At the Jets – Another game against an old team! We lose 12-22. Well there goes our 16-0 chance. Abrams was 22 of 37, 222, 1:1, score by RB Patterson, 4 KRb by Coffey

Week 13 – Packers – We lose 13-35. Abrams was 24of 31, 242, 1:1, score by Wilcox.

We are 10-2 at the 3rd quarter.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – Bills – We win 24-21. Lemoine is MVP with 31 for 114 and 2 scores. Abrams is 22 of 38, 233 and 1:0 hitting Vila for the score. 2 picks by Kempthorne.

Week 15 – Panthers – We win 20-17 – MVP is Abrams, 25 of 39, 229 and 1:0, hitting for a score Vila. Pick six by Madison, pick by Davidson,

Week 16 – At the Patriots – We win 20-17 again. MVP this time is Lemoine, 24 for 134, rush score by Abrams who was 21 of 30 for 168 and 1:1. Score by Vila. FF by Pinkney and Boyd. 4 KRB by Peterman.

Week 17 – Saints – We win 27-14. Game MVP is Pinkney again with 2.5 sacks and FF. Lemoine rush scor,e Abrams with 17 of 28, 219, 1:0, score by Wilcox, pick six by Madison, pick by Kempthorne, FF by Madison, 5 KRb by Coffey

We finish 14-2 with the top seed in the NFC.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2049 NFL Playoffs

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

Cards over Panthers 19-13
Lions over Cowboys 20-13

Titans over Chargers 26-20 in OT
Texans over Ravens 20-13


Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

Cards at Packers
Lions at Bucs

Texans at Colts
Titans at Bills

Results?

Packers 43-18

Titans 19-17
Colts 23-20

And




We win our first playoff game! 31-0. Nasty!

Abrams, MVP, 19 of 30, 202, 2:0
Lemoine, 27 for 101 and 1 score
Catch TDs by Lemoine and Flynn

Picks by Madison and Davidson.
2 FF by DT Newman 1 by Nemecheck
FumRec for score by Pinkney

2 sakcs by Newman

Good win!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – Conference Championships

AFC – 9-7 Augusta Titans at 11-5 Indianapolis Colts

NFC – 12-4 Green Bay Packers at 14-2 Tamp Bay Buccaneers

We have the battle of the bays!

Results?

Colts win 20-7


We win 20-13

Our Game MVP is OC Macias! He was with 5 KRb and 2 pancakes

Abrams, 19 of 33, 248, 1:0
Cleghorn 4 for 109 and 1 score
Lemoine the other score rushing

4 FF on the day by
Butler
Hopkins
Madison
Foreman


We have made it to our first Super Bowl!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2049 NFL Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #1 Seed 11-5 Colts

Vs

Your NFC Champion #1 Seed 14-2 Bucs


Can we win?

NOPE!

We lose by a single point 19-20

Abrams, 24 of 43, 189 and 2:0.
Scores by FB Bensen and Wilcox

Good year!

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards – GET READY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

League MVP – QB Alejandro Abrams

Off. Player of the Year – QB Alejandro Abrams
Def. Player of the Year – SLB Rex Madison – The rookie got major plays!
Def. Rookie of the Year – SLB Rex Madison

All Pro 1st Team

QB Alejandro Abrams
OC Chandler Macias
SLB Rex Madison
SS Drew Kempthorne


All Pro 2nd Team

RB Cesar Lemoine
TE Carter Flynn
CB Zach Foreman

Wow! That’s a lot of new All Pros. New awards to Flynn, Foreman, Kempthorne, Macias, and Madison.

Well I guess Madison was worth the pick!

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Abrams – 341 of 518, 3625, 24:7, 95.9 rating

This was a down year in yards and TDs but it was his best rating which led the league.

Rushing

RB Lemoine – 339 for 1161, 3.42 ypc,8 scores. He was 5th in yards not sure why he got an All Pro.

Receiving



Cleghorn had a down year as you can see, although Abrams had a down year so that’s probably why. Vila had a solid year with 767 yards and 75 snags, and Flynn was great!

Blocking



Macias was my team leader with KRB and locked in just 2 sacks which is pretty good. His All Pro is the first for someone on my line in 5 years with the Bucs, but this was a down year.

Special Teams

K Poston - 32 of 40, Long of 55, 43 of 43 PAT

I love the PAT % but that was too many missed FGS

P Bruce – 97 punts, 43.9 avg, 25 in 20

Not great stats for my rookie

Langlois had 1 PR RET TD.

[Abe Sargent]

Defense



Kempthorne led my team with 100 tackles and Madison was right behind him with 99. Madison rocked 5.5 sacks was my best LB in the sacks. Pinkney led my team with 12 sacks. Pinkney led my team with 5 FF.

Pass Coverage




Kempthorne led my team in 7 picks as well as the league and his 10 pasdef tied the best on my team. Madison was 2nd with 5 picks and 3 pick sixes. Foreman 3rd with 4 picks.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – TE Carter Flynn - Despite his experience and quality, this is Flynn’s first All Pro. Good job!

Def. Player of the Year – SS Drew Kempthorne – He led the league in picks and got my first All Pro for S in a long long time. Davidson with his obscene pick numbers doesn’t have a single All Pro. Good job!

Special Teams Player of the Year – LB Allen Nemecheck – 26 special teams tackles, 3 FF, great job!

Rookie of the Year – SLB Rex Madison – Duh! During this entire dynasty I’ve only had three DPotY;s – DE Rieke, DE Shea, and now SLB Madison, and he is the first one not a DE. Nasty right? Right! Like I’ve said, a stud SLB will unlock a 3-4 as you just saw. Compare our All Pros on defense this year to last…

Heart Award – SS Morris Davidson – My nickelback notched 2 picks, 6 pasdef, 2 sacks, 1 FF. Good job old man!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.28 – SLB Rex Madison, Kutztown, 53/89; 61/92; 60/91; 90/90
2.28 – OT Randy Blair, NC State, 23/61; 29/63; 31/72; 46/72
3.28 – WR Brian Langlois, California, 28/39; 29/38 – 52/74 PR and 66/80 KR. ; 28/35; 31/35
4.28 – FS Darren Arpaijian, Michigan State, 21/37; 26/35; 28/50; 30/50
5.28 – NT Emmitt Morton, Liberty, 33/62; 37/61; 37/59; 37/59
6.28 – TE Gary Benson, Oregon State, 21/41; 25/43; 25/48; 31/48
7.28 - DE Cory Lang, Duke, 24/58; 26/41; 24/32; CUT


UFAs

QB Ray Santana, 14/46; 17/43; 18/32, CUT
OT Carlton Hoke, 19/47; 23/49; 23/50; 23/50
P Terrance Bruce, 41/42; 46/46; 48/82; 57/82
LS Aces Kinney, 21/21; 21/21 – 98 long snapping; 21/21; 21/21
WR Denzel Pujols, 23/49; 25/47; 23/42; CUT
OC Edwin Johanningmeier, 14/58; 21/59; 21/57; 21/57
DE Maxwell Cook, 14/49; 18/42; 19/40; 19/40
SILB Chase Whiting, 21/52; 25/49; 26/45; 26/45
Cb Raymond Fletcher, 18/53; 21/50; 23/42; 26/42

There you are! Madison is full at 90/90 after one year! Dude is a weapon…

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season, and I score a 55?

The 2050 NFL Offseason

Welcome to the 2050s!

The Cowboys have finished their relocation to Greenville, SC


Hall of Fame

No Abe’s Boys

Retirements of Note

None on our team, not even Wilcox!


Abe’s Boys

OG Dwayne Mota – Drafted by the Panthers, played by them and the Bucs.



Staff Draft

I retain my staff. We pick 20th

We make no changes

Do I franchise any players, namely Conyers?

Nope!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2050 NFL FA Period #1

We draft 1.31. I’d still like to target an OG here to improve myself. We have a poor class though so not this year. I interview some folks. Maybe a CB will drop for my open hole. I interview 5 OTs I could draft and then move over.

These are our UFas

Nemecheck
Wilcox
Davidson
Shannon
Conyers
Butler
TE Chandler


I have 66 mill available for new players. I may have been mistaken in letting Nemecheck walk as he’s great at special teams and he’s a suitable 55/55 as a backup and notched 4.5 sacks last year in a backup role. I’ll see what he wants and if it’s fair I may make an offer.

But first we have some business and it’s called Cleghorn. This double All Pro in three years needs to be resigned. For how much? 158 mill and 5 years? That’s a lot, but we have to make it so.

Who else is left to resign?

RB Cesar Lemoine – Dropped to 58/58, wants 53 mill over 4 years, reduce this year’s cap hit by 3 mill

SLB Carpenter – We’ll let the 10 year vet leave

TE Dixon – We’ll let him go as well

OT Hymes – wants 71 mill for 4 years, cost rise this year of 4 mill

NT Drew - - wants 18 mill for 4 years, has dropped into the high 50s. No thanks

WR Vila – Wants 77 mill over 5 years. Too pricey, but I do like him.

SILB Carney – Wants 55 mill over 3 years, Pricey

CB Miller – Despite 49/49, wants 42 mill over 4 years

I have 49 mill in cash. I will wait until post draft for Hymes as I could draft his replacement.

I might run into a better RB in the draft, as well as LB for Carey so I’ll hold off for now on all of these

Anyone I want to chase?

Nemecheck – 14 mill, 3 years – I make the offer and add 2 mill bonus

I am not chasing anyone else

Week 2 – Shannon signs with Denver.

Week 4 – Conyers signs with Greenville

Week 6 – Nemecheck resigns!

Week 7 – Wilcox signs with the Jets

Week 8 – Hopkins signs with the Bills

Let’s go drafting!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2050 NFL Amateur Draft

Are you ready? Let’s get ‘er done!

Drafting in the first spot are the Jags and they select QB Tristan Barlow

I fast forward to the 1.31 spot.

Who is available?

OT Keegan Briley, As Scouted – fine blocking skills, horrible endurance
OG Eugene Barlow – great run blocking, horrible pass, Hard to Read
OG Dusty Upshaw – Same bars but worse at run blocking as Barlow, As scouted
OG Eugene Tubbs – Better bars and more consistent but we have not interviewed Tubbs.
OT Earnest Farmer – Worst stat is run blocking which is average, but grows from there. Hard to Read
WLB Andres Arellano – Best player on the board, no interviews, and looks okay but not Madison-esque.
CB Brian King – Top D Back on the board and 5th overall player but bad bars. No interview.
CB Louis Parsley – Much better bars, no interview either.

There is an outside the box option, TE Wally Hammond who looks pretty good. No interview.

Arellano isn’t as good as Madison but with Carpenter’s drop Carney likely leaving barring a big contract, Arellano could be my replacement. But I really need a new OG.


So who do I want? Barlow? Briley? Farmer? Arellano? Tubbs? Maybe Hammond? Parsley?

I am a 3-4 and I can’t pass up great LBs. I do Arellano.




No interview but he’s the top player on the board and should play well for me!

2.31 – Who do I like here? I need a new backup WR since Vila is leaving at the end of the year and I could grab WR Billy Shelton. WR Vinny Mimick looks pretty solid as well if I want to dig into that route. OT Lenny Armour is a pass blocking specialist but could be a hold over for me until I find a better option. Parsley is still on the board so do I want to go with him at CB? I go CB!

3.31 – How about near the back of the third? How about WR Adam Henderson?

4.31 – How about here? I need a backup Qb better than my UFAs and only two have gone. I grab QB Dominic Tewkesbury. He’s very green but he’ll get some development time.

5.31 – What do I want to do here? DE Denzel Lemons? He’s good at everything save for pass rush, which is probably why he fell this far down the draft. I grab him.

6.31 – Or here? How about OT Shane Bauer? I select him.

7.31 – The penultimate pick of the 2050 draft is here and who do I like? NT Jamie Williamson? Cb Grayson Madison? I go NT.


Rookie Lookie #1

1.31 – WLB Andres Arellano, UCLA, 39/66
2.31 – CB Louis Parsley, Oklahoma State, 30/56
3.31 – WR Adam Henderson, Northwestern, 39/56
4.31 – QB Dominic Tewksbury, New Mexico, 8/48
5.31 – DE Denzel Lemons, Notre Dame, 29/53
6.31 – OT Shane Bauer, NC State, 23/41
7.31 – NT Jamie Williamson, California, 26/61

There you are!

Two move votes were held this offseason

Minnesota is moving to Richmond
Cleveland is not heading to Memphis

[Abe Sargent]

The 2050 NFL FA Period #2

Who do I want to chase?

CB Grayson Madison – he looks like a grower
CB Graham Campbell – he looks like a shower
WLB Allen Hammond
TE Conner Sweeney
Rb Randy Stephens

Week 1 – 1 signs

Week 2 – 2 sign

Week 3 – 2 sign

UFAs

CB Grayson Madison, 28/41
CB Graham Campbell, 13/48
WLB Allen Hammond, 22/52
TE Conner Sweeney, 22/49
Rb Randy Stephens, 26/44

Let’s go camping!

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2

1.31 – WLB Andres Arellano, UCLA, 39/66; 46/69
2.31 – CB Louis Parsley, Oklahoma State, 30/56; 34/56
3.31 – WR Adam Henderson, Northwestern, 39/56; 41/58
4.31 – QB Dominic Tewksbury, New Mexico, 8/48; 11/48
5.31 – DE Denzel Lemons, Notre Dame, 29/53; 34/52
6.31 – OT Shane Bauer, NC State, 23/41; 26/42
7.31 – NT Jamie Williamson, California, 26/61; 30/60

Arellano looks like he’s booming!

UFAs

CB Grayson Madison, 28/41; 35/43
CB Graham Campbell, 13/48; 16/40
WLB Allen Hammond, 22/52; 26/50
TE Conner Sweeney, 22/49; 25/47
Rb Randy Stephens, 26/44; 27/40

Most of my UFAs are dropping, sadly.

I have 58 under contract so I don’t need to make any cuts!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2050 NFL Preseason

I hand out rests and massage my depth chart.

I cut Vernon Carpenter to let him sign elsewhere and free up some cap.

Week 2 – Bengals – We lose 10-17

Week 3 – At the Titans – We lose 10-16

Week 4 – Ravens – We lose 23-27

Week 5 – At the Colts – We win 26-12

We are 1-3

Rookie Lookie #3


1.31 – WLB Andres Arellano, UCLA, 39/66; 46/69; 46/69
2.31 – CB Louis Parsley, Oklahoma State, 30/56; 34/56; 36/62
3.31 – WR Adam Henderson, Northwestern, 39/56; 41/58; 41/54
4.31 – QB Dominic Tewksbury, New Mexico, 8/48; 11/48; 12/50
5.31 – DE Denzel Lemons, Notre Dame, 29/53; 34/52; 39/62
6.31 – OT Shane Bauer, NC State, 23/41; 26/42; 27/45
7.31 – NT Jamie Williamson, California, 26/61; 30/60; 30/59


UFAs

CB Grayson Madison, 28/41; 35/43; 35/56
CB Graham Campbell, 13/48; 16/40; 15/29
WLB Allen Hammond, 22/52; 26/50; 26/44
TE Conner Sweeney, 22/49; 25/47; 25/48
Rb Randy Stephens, 26/44; 27/40; 27/33

Well we had some growths like Parsley and some losses like Campbell.

I cut these to get to 53

CB Graham Campbell
RB Randy Stephens
QB Kurt Buckner
CB Brett Cavoretto

[Abe Sargent]

I have 52 mil under contract.

I head back to extension for my folks – anyone I wanna extend?

Here are my keys

Lemoine – I will let him go as I have Wodarz who is 52/58. I extend Wodarz for 4 years, 12 mill

Hymes – 68 mill, 4 years is his new demand… I keep him in his final year and then I can franchise him next year to see if I grab a replacement in the draft. This was a horrible O Line draft.

Vila – I’ll let go

Will Carney – I extend for 52 mill and 3 years

How about 2 years left? Those are Kempthorne and Foreman.

Foreman – 144 mill, 5 years – Wow – I’ll hold off

Kempthorne – 68 mill, 4 years - Done


Wanna see my top two rookies?



Here is Arellano who I am starting at WLB rather than Adams or my lost Hopkins. He’s solid everywhere save for play D.

Here’s my 2nd rounder CB Parsley, who is a decently well rounded CB on everything save for play D as well. He winds up a solid at the punching and the picking as well and is starting across from Foreman.

[Abe Sargent]

On the Green Page we have…Lemons!

Rookie Investigation

At QB, we have Tewksbury, who is tied for 2nd with 50 pot! Barlow is at 39/65.

At TE, UFA Sweeney is 6th

At Wr Henderson is 9th best.

At OT Bauer is 12th best

At NT Williamson is 4th best

At DE Denzel Lemons is 5th best

Arellano is the 5th best LB in the draft

Parsley is the 5th best CB; Madison the 8th

[Abe Sargent]

The 2050 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Front Office Football Eight
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

Abrams, Alejandro 114 QB QB 5 72 72 3 yrs. 2046
Tewkesbury, Dominic 106 QB 1 12 50 4 yrs. 2050
Lemoine, Cesar 238 RB RB 6 58 58 1 yr. 2045
Wodarz, Eli 235 RB 3 52 58 4 yrs. 2048
Patterson, Paxton 228 RB 3 50 53 2 yrs. 2048
Bensen, Silas 333 FB FB 3 71 71 2 yrs. 2048
Dixon, Francisco 481 TE 8 43 43 1 yr. 2047
Flynn, Carter 480 TE TE 7 59 59 3 yrs. 2048
Benson, Gary 485 TE 2 36 48 3 yrs. 2049
##Sweeney, Conner 482 TE 1 25 48 1 yr. 2050
Cleghorn, Wesley 518 FL FL 4 81 81 5 yrs. 2047
Compton, Ricardo 515 FL 3 49 55 2 yrs. 2048
Langlois, Brian 519 FL 2 34 36 3 yrs. 2049
Henderson, Adam 586 FL 1 41 54 4 yrs. 2050
Vila, Greg 517 SE SE 4 59 59 1 yr. 2047
Macias, Chandler 651 C C 4 74 74 4 yrs. 2047
Johanningmeier, Edwin 655 C 2 26 57 1 yr. 2049
Peterman, Johnnie 775 LG LG 6 61 61 2 yrs. 2045
##Palmer, Axel 771 LG 3 22 38 1 yr. 2048
Coffey, Raymond 763 RG RG 5 55 55 2 yrs. 2046
Hymes, DeAndre 862 LT LT 6 63 63 1 yr. 2045
Blair, Randy 879 LT 2 52 69 3 yrs. 2049
Horner, Landon 877 RT RT 3 43 49 2 yrs. 2048
##Hoke, Carlton 861 RT 2 25 48 2 yrs. 2049
Bauer, Shane 873 RT 1 27 45 4 yrs. 2050
Bruce, Terrance 901 P 2 62 81 2 yrs. 2049
Poston, Ricky 1004K 5 90 90 3 yrs. 2046
Pinkney, Kim 1193LDE LDE 6 59 59 2 yrs. 2045
Schneider, Leslie 1174LDE RDE 3 46 59 1 yr. 2048
Jordan, Edward 1176RDE 5 55 63 1 yr. 2046
Lemons, Denzel 1190RDE 1 39 62 4 yrs. 2050
Drew, Alexis 1270NT 6 60 60 1 yr. 2045
Newman, Brody 1291NT NT 5 62 62 3 yrs. 2046
##Morton, Emmett 1296NT 2 42 59 3 yrs. 2049
Williamson, Jamie 1278NT 1 30 59 4 yrs. 2050
Carney, Will 1399SILB SILB 4 67 67 3 yrs. 2047
##Whiting, Chase 1358SILB 2 30 42 2 yrs. 2049
Butler, Rick 1398WILB WILB 8 60 60 2 yrs. 2048
Nemecheck, Allen 1495SLB 5 54 54 3 yrs. 2046
Madison, Rex 1497SLB SLB 2 87 87 3 yrs. 2049
##Assesi, Brandon 1457WLB 5 33 33 1 yr. 2046
Adams, Leo 1450WLB 3 60 64 1 yr. 2048
Arellano, Andres 1494WLB WLB 1 46 69 4 yrs. 2050
Hammond, Allen 1452WLB 1 26 44 1 yr. 2050
Miller, Sammy 1539LCB 4 49 49 1 yr. 2047
Parsley, Louis 1530LCB RCB 1 36 62 4 yrs. 2050
Foreman, Zach 1523RCB LCB 3 82 82 2 yrs. 2048
##Fletcher, Raymond 1534RCB 2 29 49 1 yr. 2049
Madison, Grayson 1536RCB 1 35 56 1 yr. 2050
Boyd, Raul 1645FS FS 5 55 55 3 yrs. 2046
Kempthorne, Drew 1629FS SS 3 74 74 4 yrs. 2048
Arpaijian, Darren 1622FS 2 38 43 3 yrs. 2049
Kinney, Aces 659 LS 2 21 21 1 yr. 2049

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.
Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46
Salary Cap: $363,500,000
Cap Room: $27,370,000
Maximum for New Player: $28,430,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $5,760,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $290,490,000

Here you go!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2050 Regular Season

I think we’ll go 13-3. We were 13-2-1 in 2048 and 14-2 last year. Still no Super Bowl victory though… will 2050 be the year the Bucs take it all home? Let’s find out!

Week 1 – Carolina – We open with a home NFC South game! Can we win against our old team the Panthers? We have 5 questionables and 1 doubtful coming out of the preseason by the by. We win 21-3. Game MVP is Lemoine with 21 of 63, 2 scores. Abrams is 22 of 35, 230 and 1:1. Score by Flynn. We had 4 picks – 2 by Butler, 1 by DE Jordon and one by Boyd. FF by Kempthorne recovered by Parsley. 4 pasdef by Boyd. 4 KRB by Hymes.

FS Arpaijian is out for a few weeks.

Week 2 – At Baltimore – We win 26-16. MVP is Abrams,21 of 30, 266 and 1:0. Score by Cleghorn. Madison a fumrec score. FF by Pinkey and DT Newman, and another recovery by CB Foreman. 5 KRb by Hymes.

FS Boyd is out and I massage my roster. I start CB Fletcher for him.

Week 3 – Greenville – We win 20-13. MVP is Abrams, 23 of 35, 245 and 2:0. Scores by Dixon and Lemoine. Picks by Kempthorne and rookie Parsley’s first. FF by Nemecheck. 2 sacks by rookie Arellano. 4 KRB by Hymes.

We have an influenza outbreak strike.

Week 4 – Atlanta – We win 19-13. Lemoine, MVP, 27 of 92, 1 score. Abrams was 19 of 36, 192 and 1:0. Score by Lemoine. Pick by Kempthorne. 2 FF by Nemecheck. 4 KRB by Peterman.

We are 4-0 at the first quarter but it’s been a rough 4 game stretch.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At Minnesota – We lose 20-22. Abrams 19 of 30, 206 and 2:0. Cleghorn and Lemoine with TD grabs. 6 KRB by Macias

WR Vila is out for a month. Langlois starts for him

Week 6 – At New Orleans – We win 13-6. Abrams, MVP, 19 of 30, 206 and 1:0. Score by Cleghorn. Pick by Kempthorne as well as a FF. 3 pasdef by CB Miller.

Arpaijian is back

Week 7 – At Detroit – We win 27-21. MVP is Lemoine who si 24 for 112 and 2 scores – his first 100 yard game. Abrams 17 of 24, 314 and 1:0, Cleghorn 8 for 154 and 1 score.

Week 8 – BYE

Week 9 – Green Bay – We lose 14-22. Abrams was 23 of 41, 215, rush TD

Boyd is back

We are 6-2.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – Chicago – We win 14-6. MVP is Abrams who is 17 of 25, 161 and 2:0. Scores by FB Bensen and Compton. Picks by Foreman and Boyd.

TE Dixon is out and I massage my roster. Rookie Sweeney is starting for him.

Week 11 – At Carolina – We have swept the Panthers 33-27. MVP is Abrams, 24 of 40, 369 and 3:0. Vila 8 for 136 and 1 score. Compton 8 for 107 and 1 score. Score by Lemoine. Picks by Boyd and Miller. FF by Butler.

Week 12 – At Cincinnati – We win 37-10, our first big win of the season. MVP is SLB Rex Madison with 2.5 sacks and 1 pick. Lemoine 23 for 109 and 3 scores. Abrams was 17 of 23, 128. Backup Tewksbury was in for a bit and 8 of 12, 121 and 1:0. Score by Compton. Pick by Foreman. FF by Miller, recovered by Foreman. 5 KRb by Coffey

OT Blair is out for a few weeks and OT Horner will start for him.

Week 13 – At Arizona – We win 40-6 – Nasty. Arellano, the rookie, Game MVP with 3 sacks. Lemoine was 22 for 134 and 1 score, rush score by Wodarz. Abrams was 26 of 35, 259 and 2:1. Scores by Benson and Lemoine. Picks by Carney and Kempthorne. 2 sacks by Madison. 5 KRB by Macias.

We are 10-2.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – Pittsburgh – We win 37-13. Did we get our mojo back? Rex Madison MVP again with pick six, another pick, fumrec, 1.5 sacks. Nasty! Lemoine 24 of 112. Abrams was 19 of 27, 165 and 2:0 score sby Flynn and Lemoine. Picks by Arellano and Carney. FF by Pinkney.

DE Jordan is out for a few weeks. I massage my roster again.

Week 15 – New Orleans – They thump us 31-10. Abrams 26 of 41, 255 and 1:0. TE Sweeney the score.

Week 16 – Cleveland – We win 30-13 – Abrams, MVP, 23 of 32, 276 and 2:1. Scores by Cleghornx2 who was 9 for 132. Pick by Parsley. 3 pasdef by Foreman. 4 KRB by Coffey

Abrams is questionable but he’ll start

Week 17 – At Atlanta – We loose 27-30. Rush scores lie Lemoine and Wodarz. Abrams 22 of 36, 321. FF by Arellano and Adams. Rec by Pinkney and Boyd.

Our TE is back from injury and I massage my roster.

We finish 12-4 and are with a bye.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2050 NFL Playoffs

Week 1 - Wild Card Weekend

Chicago over Green Bay 13-10
New Orleans over SF 33-10

Indy over Mimi 24-10
Baltimore over Cleveland 34-20

Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

Baltimore at Buffalo
Indy at LA

Chicago at New York
New Orleans at Tampa Bay

Results?

Buffalo 13-7
Indy 21-20


Chicago 24-17



We score 40!!!!!!!!!!!

They score 43

We lose

Abrams, 33 of 52, 436 and 3:0.
Cleghorn 14 of 256 and 2 scores
TE Dixon score
Lemoine rush TD

We are out!

Week 3 – Conference Championships

AFC – 10-6 Indy at 13-3 Buffalo

NFC – 9-7 New Orleans at 11-5-1 Chicago

Results

Indy 30-27

New Orleans 26-20 in OT

That brings up the first Super Bowl of the 2050s

The 2050 NFL Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #5 Seed 10-6 Indianapolis Colts


Vs

Your NFC Champion #6 Seed 9-7 New Orleans Saints


It’s the battle of the Wild Cards!


New Orleans wins a low scoring contest 16-9.

In the last few years the Panthers and Saints have won Super Bowls. Can we?