Blast from the Past - FOF 2001 Dynasty!!! (With a New Team)

[Abe Sargent]

We have 28 players under contract.

QB Rufus Richardson dropped with the new scout.

As did, ugh, TE Brant Carman.

I extend RB Grady Pender’s contract by two years.

I have 35.7 million under the cap in negotiating room.

I trade OT RJ Freedman to the Rail Runners for their 2/15 pick this year. Freedman is good, but the past two years he has been injured for much of the year, and when he has played, he’s just been okay.

S Justin Sotiroff is not interested in a new contract right now.

I sign DE Bert Curtain to a three year deal overtop his rookie contract.

I extend P Leo Rayburn by a year.

WR Kenny Marshall is signed to a new deal for three years.

OG Bruce Holliday for four years.

I trade TE Irving O’Neill to the Lions for their 4/6 pick.

I make an offer to K Christian Huffman.

OT Beaver busted a bit. So did DT Stanley Allen

This is not as good of a roster as it should have been.

I trade DT Fitzpatrick to the Saints for their 3 and 6 rounders. Fitz had busted a bit and did not have a good starting year.

25 players. 15 draft picks.

I am starting to question my decision to give Mercury Greene a new contract last year. He is not performing at the level you expect a 14 mill/year player to perform at.

My scout hates every QB in the draft except maybe Wade Grant from North Carolina A&T.

I extend CB McGowan by two more years.


Week 5 - Sam Albriktsen signs with the Colts.

Week 14 - K Huffman finally signs with us.

[Abe Sargent]

Draft Time!

The 2027 NFL Amateur Draft

Starting Needs:

FB, WR, OT, OT, C, CB, LB, S, DT

I have a lot of needs.

We draft 33rd in each round

Our pick arrives. Here is who I like:

FB Al Gilley - Very good, could be All Pro. Not worth the pick. FB Tracy Kramer almost as good

S Ross Vaughn - Great at coverage, only adequate at picks, other good S includes S Everett McGarrahan

DE Floyd Garner - 72/76 potentials with 52 endurance. That’s very respectable. See also DE Mitch Dodge.

DT Joey Springer - 80/62 with 67 endurance. Very doable.

OG Neil Lee - 71/75 with 51 end

All of the OT left suck

I grab Joey Springer. It’s an obvious choice. The FB, DE, OG on the board are better but not as positions of need. Joey is need meeting value, almost.


Our 2/15 pick arrives. DE Garner is still on the board. LB and S and FB are not immediate needs. I have Westbrook at S this year. I can get a FB off the scrap heap. I have three LB for this year. What I really need are WR and OTx2 if available, but at least one OT.

All of the OT in this draft suck. I’m not reaching severely out of depth for a crappy OT. I’d rather get value for the pick.

Screw it, I’m BAPing this pick.

At 2/33 I take a starting C.


The rest of my draft is a mix of need and value.





Draft Recap:

1 - DT Joey Springer, Missouri
2/15 - DE Floyd Gardner, Montana
2/33 - C Steven Marshall, Mississippi
2/36 - FB Tracy Kramer, Air Force.
3/5 - S Troy Gracia, North Carolina State
3/30 - OT Roger Fisher, Florida State
3/33 - OG Neil Lee, Washington State
4/6 - QB Wade Grant, North Carolina A&T
4/33 - RB JR Barnes, Ohio State
5/30 - LB Lionel Garcia, Furman
5/33 - C Wayne Collier, Michigan State
6/5 - WR Herman Alston, Pittsburgh
6/8 - LB Ted Parliman, Mississippi State
6/33 - CB Winston Snyder, California - KR/PR too
7 - TE Jack Giron, West Virginia University

[Abe Sargent]

I sign a few UFA:

OT Mack Buckley, Kansas State
DT Billy Joe Streets, Wisconsin
RB Cornell Freysinger, Nevada
CB Marvin Ward, Kansas State
TE Robert Elliot, Washington State
S Van McWilliams, UTEP



With no $$ at all. I look to camp.

I just have 47 under contract, so I may have to make a decision here or there.

The easy way is to trade Justin Sotirofff, the S in his final year who won’t sign a new deal. I hate losing All Pros I drafted, but I have to. I trade him to the Saints for their 3rd next year.

More UFA offers:

FB AJ Morris, Texas
DT Chris Applegate, Stanford


Okay, NOW let’s hit the camp.

[Abe Sargent]

We sell just 20,000 season tickets


More UFA signees:

S Malcolm Colley, North Carolina
OT Norbert Enos, Mississippi State
WR Joe Jamison, Georgia Tech


WR Nate Blades is in the FA pool and I’d love to bring him in but he is charging 6 million for just a patch. I have like 2 million left.

[Abe Sargent]

In order to be worth, what I call a Professional Contract (the non-rookie, multi year contracts), a player needs to perform at a very high level of play. They don’t have to be All Pro every year, but I want them to have that potential, if that makes sense.

Let’s look at the players with pro contracts on my team as examples:

QB Ernest Mayes - Totally worth a pro contract, All Pro year, one of best QB in league.
RB Grady Pender - Duh
WR Kenny Marshall - I expect 1200+ and 8 TD seasons, not necessarily All Pro every year.
OG Bruce Holliday - Two all pro seasons in three years.
P Leo Rayburn - Totally worth the $$
K Christian Huffman - Hopefully will prove worth it
DE Brock Woods - Last year was a bit of a let down. I am watching to make sure he returns
DE Bert Curtain - 2 All Pro years in three years. Still has not had a double sack season and that’s going to have to start soon.
DT Stanley Allen - A solid DT who is getting long in the tooth but is worth it
LB Quinn Burroughs - Performing at a high level for a few years until I can find permanent replacements
LB Cole Rhodes - Ditto, only not as high a level
CB Rufus McGowan - 2 All Pro Years but stats have dropped off recently. Again, need a return to form please.
CB Mercury Greene - Never been a pick master, but has been okay. I question this contract
S Travis Westbrook - Just a patch for a couple of years


That’s it. Just 14 players on my team are getting paid professional contracts. The rest are on rookies or one year deals. Since 2 of those twelve are my K and P, then you know that I have just 12 of 22 starters on offense and defense on a professional contract.

[Abe Sargent]

Just got back from a long week and a half vacation. Expect me to pick this back up this week sometime

[Abe Sargent]

The 2027 Huntington Highlanders:

QB Ernest Mayes - A house with a bad year last year
RB Grady Pender - A house that can run through you really well
FB Tracy Kramer - Rookie with a lot of potential.
TE Brant Carman - Still really strong and now very developed, just not as good as we had thought with the new scout
WR Kenny Marshall - Fresh off All Pro season and new contract inked, nothing stands in way of greatness
WR Shannon Kaplan - Won the “Which of These if the Least Crappy” Contest.
C Steven Marshall - Rookie with solid potential starting
OG Bruce Holliday - Fully developed.
OG Riddick Wilkerson - Needs to upgrade stats because there are two starting caliber OG behind him
OT Darnell Beaver - We saw improvement statistically from his rookie year, but dropped with new scout
OT Roger Fisher - Rookie who is totally not ready and is a crappy OT. Totally a patch.
P Leo Rayburn - Awesome
K Christian Huffman - Awesome?
DE Brock Woods - Reestablish dominance
DE Bert Curtain - Get me 10+ sacks please.
DT Stanley Allen - 10th year. Hope he still has some in the tank
DT Joey Springer - A rookie in whom I have a lot of faith
LB Quinn Burroughs - Can he get All Pro once more?
LB Cole Rhodes - Just a patch with a longer term of service
LB Jeff Grier - Just developed, not good
CB Rufus McGowan - Need to refresh memory as to why he is good
CB Mercury Greene - Come on, just give me one good year to hang my hat on
S Travis Westbrook - Surprised he did not retire last year. 15th year in league
S Troy Gracia - Rookie starting for us. Rar.

KR/PR - CB Devin Williamson with assistance from CB Winston Snyder

[Abe Sargent]

And the league’s thoughts on our team?

2nd best QB
THE best RB
15th best FB
5th best TE
11th best WR
3rd worst C
6th best OG
4th worst OT
THE best P
THE best K
2nd best DE
15th best DT
14th best LB
THE best CB
17th worst S

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Overview:

DE Floyd Gardner, 30/78
FB Tracy Kramer, 42/76
DT Joey Springer, 32/76
S Troy Gracia, 39/72
C Wayne Collier, 20/66
OG Neil Lee, 28/65
LB Lionel Garcia, 16/64
C Steven Marshall, 25/60
QB Wade Grant, 28/58
RB JR Barnes, 37/57
LB Ted Parliman, 20/55
WR Joe Jamison, 28/52
OT Roger Fisher, 20/50
CB Winston Snyder, 26/48
WR Herman Alston, 22/46
TE Jack Giron, 32/36


I usually have a paucity of OGs on my roster but great C and OT, but for the past few years, that has been the opposite here. That’s odd.


We finish the pre-season 3-1. We have a couple of players banged up including C Marshall and RB Pender.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 1 - We lose on the road against the Cardinals 17-31. Kaplan had 106 yards, 1 TD on 6 catches. Kramer had a rushing TD.

Week 2 - We win 20-7. Westbrook is out for a few weeks with a knee injury. Pender is Game MVP With 128 yards on 27 rushes, 41 receiving yards and a rec TD. TE Brant Carman caught our other TD. Beaver had 4 KRB.

Week 3 - We win our first home game 32-24 vs. the Titans. K Christian Huffman is Game MVP with 4 of 4 for 12 of our points. CB Greene had a pick, DE Woods notched 2 sacks. Pender had just 50 yards but a rushing TD. Mayes rushed for 2 Tds. Marshall had 107 yards on 7 catches. C Marshall is doubtful and will rest for a few weeks.

Week 4 - We take down the Jaguars 27-10. QB Ernest Mayes is Game MVP with 20 of 26 for 249 and 3:0. He hit Marshall, Carman and Kramer for scores. Marshall had 134 yards on 9 catches too. Pender had 31 rushes for 111 yards. Gracia and Woods had picks. No sacks. TE Carman had 4 KRB. K Huffman is injured and may be out for a week or two. Nah, he’s just questionable and I’ll start him.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 - We lose 20-31 to the Ravens. Pender had 73 yards in 13 carries. Mayes hit Kaplan and Carman for scores. Marshall had 118 yards on 8 catches.

Week 6 - We lose 12-24 to the Steelers. Marshall had 132 yards on 8 catches. Pender 117 yards on 26 carries.

Week 7 - BYE

I don’t like being 3-3 right now. It’s not a good start to the year.


Week 8 - The Jaguars fall before us 34-21. Mayes is Game MVP with 23 of 32, 251, 4:1. Kaplan had a score. WR Marshall was 121 on 7 catches and 2 TD, and Jamison had a TD. Pender had 22 carries for 111 yards. Snyder, Gracia and McGowan had picks. No sacks.

Week 9 - Another win, 20-3 over the Ravens. Mayes is MVP again with 25 of 36, 299, 2:0. He hit Marshall and WR Ponder for scores. Marshall had 124 yards on 10 catches. Pender added 103 yards on 24 carries. Gracia had a pick.

DT Springer is doubtful and will sit. Westbrook is back.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 - We edge the Chiefs 26-24. K Huffman is again Game MVP with 4 of 4 FG. Pender was knocked out after 51 yards, and Mayes was knocked out after 3 quarters. McWilliams and Greene had picks and Curtain had 2 sacks while Woods notched 2.5. Marshall caught a TD and Pender rushed for another.

Pender is probable, Mayes is questionable, Carman is probable. All will start this week.

Week 11 - 37-3 over the Steelers. Pender is Game MVP with 95 yards on 13 carries and 2 rush TD> Mayes hit WR Ponder and TE Carman for scores. Ward had a pick.


Week 12 - Pender is Game MVP in out romp over the Titans 33-6. 138 yards on 30 carries plus a score. Mayes rushes for a score and hits Kaplan for another.

Week 13 - We lose to the Cowboys 20-21. Pender had 88 yards on 23 rushes. Mayes hit Marshall twice for scores. Greene had a pick and recovered a fumble. Beaver notched 4 KRB.

We are now tied with the Bengals at 8-4 and play them twice in the final four weeks of the season.

DT Springer is back.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 - We defeat the Bengals 38-28. Pender is NFL Offensive Player of the Week with 129 yards and a TD on 22 carries, 71 rec yards and a rec TD. LB Burroughs is Game MVP with 75 yards pick ret for a score plus a sack. Mayes hit Marshall and Carman for scores too. We had four picks, Burroughs, Westbrook, Ward and Snyder. Woods had 2 sacks. Holliday had 5 KRB.

Week 15 - Denver falls before us 30-27. Pender is Game MVP with 111 yards, 26 carries, 1 rush TD. Mayes hits Carman for a score. Williamson had a 79 yard punt return for a score. Greene had a pick.

Week 16 - We defeat the Colts 35 to 31. QB Ernest Mayes is the Offensive Player of the Week and Game MVP with 1 rushing TD, 27 of 38, 382, 2:0. Marshall had 136 yards, 10 catches and a score. Ponder caught the other score. Pender rushes for 102 yards, 19 carries, 2 TD. Greene grabs another pick. Collier grabs 4 KRB.

We are 11-4 and finish with 10-5 Cincinnati. Let’s hope we can take them out.


Week 17 - We win 27-20. Pender has 81 yards, 2 TD, 20 rushes. Carman adds 126 yards on 8 catches. Ponder catches a TD. McGowan and McWilliams have picks. Sackless.

[Abe Sargent]

2027 AFC Playoffs



Wild Card Weekend

Ravens over Bengals 37-13

Patriots over Raider 41-7.



Divisional Weekend


We host the Ravens


We win 31-3. WR Shannon Kaplan is out and will be deactivated.

Pender is Game MVP with 160 yards, 2 TD, 29 carries. Ponder had 106 yards, 6 catches and a TD. FB Kramer added a score. McWilliams had a pikc, Ward had two, O’Donnell had two sacks. Holliday had an incredible 7 KRB.


Denver hung 43 on the Patriots who only manage a FG.


(Richmond lost to Green Bay)

[Abe Sargent]

AFC Championship:


#1 seed 12-4 Huntington Highlanders vs.

#2 seed 11-5 Denver Broncos



We win 35-20.


Pender is Game MVP with 155 yards, 34 rushes, 4 rush TD. Marshall caught our 5th TD. Westbrook had a pick. Holliday had 5 KRB.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2027 Super Bowl


Your AFC Champion, #1 seed 12-4 Huntington Highlanders

vs.

Your NFC Champion #2 seed 12-4 Green Bay Packers


They score 31
We score 32


QB Ernest Mayes is Game MVP with 19 of 30 for 310, 3:0.

Pender had 90 yards on 24 carries

Marshall had 7 catches, 121 yards, 1 TD
Ponder had 3 catches, 99 yards, 1 TD
Jamison has a score.
Carman had 40 yards on 4 catches

[Abe Sargent]

Awards:

NFL MVP - QB Ernest Mayes
NFL Offensive Player of the Year - QB Ernest Mayes
Super Bowl MVP - QB Ernest Mayes
All-Pro 1st Team - QB Ernest Mayes, RB Grady Pender, TE Brant Carman, WR Kenny Marshall
All-Pro 2nd Team - OG Bruce Holliday, P Leo Rayburn, K Christian Huffman, DE Brock Woods


I can’t recall ever having a QB with the quadfecta before. Awesome! Note the presence of Carman. Marshall got his second nod, and this is beginning to look at lot like this:

Tony Clements, Heath Shepherd, Ed Gardener, Jerome Baker. Remember that lineup from Albuquerque?

Now I have Mayes, Pender, Carman and Marshall.

Nice to see Woods back in the saddle, Holliday got another All Pro, his third in four years. P and K here are no surprise.

Other Awards of note:

C Jesse Tate, Richmond, 2nd Team All Pro - his 5th
FB Zach Taylor, Denver, 1st team All Pro - his 4th

[Abe Sargent]

Player’s I’ve Drafted in the League with Major Awards:

RB Grady Pender, Countless
S Justin Sotiroff, Saints, 1 honor
FB Sam Albriktsen, 1 honor
OG Bruce Holliday, 3 honors
RB Calvin Garrison, 2 honors, Skins
LB Quinn Burroughs, Rail, 5 honors
OG Scott Pintsak, Rail, 2 honors
C Jesse Tate, Snakes, 5 honors
CB Jesse Pirtle, Snakes, 1 honor
DT Danny Phelan, Snakes, 1 honor
DE Jackie Greene, Snakes, 1 honor
RB Ralph Barrett, Snakes, 6 honors
C Marty Brennan, Rail., 5 honors
FB Warren Dole, Rail, 2 honors
OT Tyrone Rathbone, Rail, 3 honors
C Ray Hampton, Stars, 1 honor
DE Bert Curtain, 2 honors
CB Rufus McGowan, 2 honors
S Jose Stevens, 1 honor
FB Zach Taylor, Broncos, 4 honors
TE Brant Carman, 1 honor
WR Kenny Marshall, 2 honors
S Travis Westbrook, 2 honors
TE Ronnie Meadows, Cardinals, 1 honor

[Abe Sargent]

Team Stats:

5th most rushing yards in league, 2nd most ypc
4th most passing yards in league, 2nd most ypc

AWESOME offense. RAR!

3rd fewest rushing yards allowed, tied for 16th fewest ypc allowed
14th fewest pass yards allwed, tied for 6th fewest ypc allowed

And that is pretty strong

Tied for 2nd fewest sacks in the NFL with 33
Tied for 6th fewest sacks allowed with 35

Need more sacks.

+7 TO margin

Hmm

More sacks, and a few more TO would be nice.

[Abe Sargent]

Individual Stats:

QB Ernest Mayes - 63.2%, 4028 yards, 27:11 ratio, 96.8 rating, 5 fumbles lost

2nd most yards in league, highest %, highest QB Rating by bunches, 4th most TD


RB Grady Pender - 1456 yards, 4.5 ypc, 11 TD

3rd most rush yards, tied for 7th most rushing TD. He did not deserve 1st team All Pro.



WR Kenny Marshall led the league in yards with 1443 yards, 9 TD, 105 catches. That’s a great season.
TE Brant Carman had 54 catches, 683 yards, 6 TD
WR Shannon Kaplan rocked 51 grabs, 681 yards, and 4 TD
WR Ryan Ponder had 42, 570 and 4.

CB Williamson had a PR TD.

K Huffman was 31 of 35 with a long of 57.
P Rayburn was 34 of 77 inside the 20 and 8 of 10 FG when subbing for Huffman.

DE Brock Woods led the team with 12 sacks, 8 QB hurries and 4 blocked passes.
DE Curtain had 6 sacks, 8 hurries and 1 blocked pass with 64 tackles.

CB Mercury Greene led the team with 5 picks, 4 pasdef, and was 2nd in the league in fumbles recovered with 4
CB Rufus McGowan led the team with 8 pasdef, 2 picks
S Westbrook with 1 pick and 2 pasdef in 10 starts
S Gracia had 3 picks, 2 pasdef in his rookie debut

OG Holliday had 36 KRB., 5 sacks allowed
OT Darnell Beaver had 29 KRB, 5 sacks allowed

FB Tracy Kramer had 15 KRB
TE Brant Carman had 10 KRB


I would not be surprised to see Westbrook retire or C Marty Brennan.


Important players leaving us at the end of the year:

WR Shannon Kaplan
CB Devin Williamson

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year: QB Ernest Mayes. Hello dominance. Hail your new king. Like I said before, I don’t ever recall getting the quadfecta with a QB (MVP, Super Bowl MVP, O or D PotY, and All Pro 1st Team). This was just a great, great, great season by a guy in his 10th season.

Defensive Player of the Year: DE Brock Woods. He was the only defensive player to get an All Pro nomination, and he was pretty good. 12 sacks is back in double digits. On a team with a woefully low number of sacks, he still produced, plus he had very respectable QB Hurry and Blocked Pass numbers.

Special Teams Player of the Year: P Leo Rayburn - Not just for the punter award, but also going 8 of 10 when spelling an injured K Hoffman in FG. That was really good.

Rookie of the Year: S Troy Gracia - We had other rookies with higher profile draft picks or positions, like OT and DT, but Troy had a strong season and I have every confidence that he can be our starting S for a while to go.

Heart Award: C Wayne Collier, drafted to be C Marshall’s backup, Collier had several starts under his belt and managed 22 KRB, third most on the team. That’s very respectable.


Person Awards:

This season, C Marty Brennan moved in front with the most KRB in a career with 515.

[Abe Sargent]

Next season, here we go:


Team Performance: 100
Value: 42
Profit: 67
Difficulty: 78

Total Score: 65


Nice on profit!


Hall of Fame Inductees:

QB Jermaine Grant, 83%, from Oklahoma State, 1 honor, 372 pass TD, 63250 pass yards
QB Tony Clements, 90% from UVA, 377 TD (In two less years than Grant), 4 honors, 55388 yards
DE Bernie Stokes, Texas Tech, 80%, 3 honors, 151 sacks
CB Leon Morabito, Southern Methodist, 93%, 6 honors, 64 picks
WR Donald Wagner, Kent, 80%, 69 TD, 12259 yards, 2 honors

I feel like a proud pappa with THREE of my players in the Hall of Fame today.

Morabito, Wagner, Clements, Gardener and Meadows all made it from my Rail Runners dynasty so far, with others like S Eric Carlson and RB Heath Shepherd on the horizon and S Westbrook and LB Burroughs and C Brennan still in the league.

[Abe Sargent]

Retirees:

S Travis Westbrook retires from my team. C Marty Brennan and OT Tyrone Rathbone retire from Albuquerque.

Another friend, S Tyrone Rexin, retired today.

So some aren’t in the league any more.


Franchise Stuff:

16th most valuable franchise in league by value
18th best stadium in the league
THE best roster
Tied for 5th lowest support
18th best economy
Lowest attendance by #, 12th lowest by %


Two years ago, our final year in Cleveland, we lost 140 million. Last year, we made 39 million. Our revenues jumped 60%.

The VR boxes appear to be a big hit.

[Abe Sargent]

We have to hire a new Head Coach.

If we want to stay in the black, we need to keep away from a majorly expensive head coach. The most expensive HC in the league with the Saints is at 21 million annually, and Skins also have a 21 million a year coach. That’s just ridiculous.

Our head coach wants 8.3 million, which would still be in the bottom 10 in the league, but it’s a lot of $$ to throw around.

I wait a week then offer my guy 5,500,000 for 5 years and he accepts.

6th lowest salary to a HC but it was still a pay raise.

I increase ticket prices a bit. I jack up VR boxes to 45k.

[Abe Sargent]

Free Agency begins and I get a nice offer from Baltimore. They will give us their late round 1st and a OG I drafted 5 years ago for Brock Woods. The good: I have a great DE just sitting on my bench because I BAP’ed last year. Woods is costing us 14 million or so and is in his 9th year. The bad: He is just off an All Pro year and I need sacks, not to trade my sackers.

I make the trade. The cap room is nice.

I now have 5 legitimate starters at the OG position. This is not going to work.

I trade OG Wilkerson and my 4/36 pick to the Lions for their 1/26 pick.

I extend P Rayburn’s contract by a year

I cut DE Vincent O’Donnell

I trade OG Curtis Mayes, who we got the DE Woods trade, to the Skins for their 3/5 pick.

We are now 32 million under the cap with 33 player sunder contract with 9 draft picks.

I trade LB Cole Rhodes to the Saints for their 4/13 pick.

I extend LB Jeff Grier’s contract by two years.

[Abe Sargent]

Spots of need:

Starters: S, CB perhaps, LB, LB, DT perhaps, OT, OT perhaps, WR


I am not grabbing any FA this year. Not at first any way.

C Jesse Tate signed with the Titans. WR Mickey Baum signed with the Chargers

Week 17 - If I had some money, I’d sign very green DE Gino Koonce and develop him and trade him for a very good pick because he has a lot of talent.


The 2028 Amateur Draft


We have trip 1sts, but all at the back of the round.

The 26th arrives and I take a look at the best players on the board:

OG Wade Beverly - Seriously, there is a great OG here. OGs have become a dime a dozen it seems.
LB Sedrick Rhinehart - Okay. Not great, probably not worth a 1st rounder but an early 2nd would be okay.
S Derek Long - Amazing run stopping, solid pass stopping but low picks.
CB Al Newman - Very big weakness in man-to-man D but great everywhere else.
CB Jim Ackerman - No weaknesses, just strong


Once again - NO GOOD OT. DAMN.


Not a single OT was taken so far, so I could take any DT in the draft, and they all suck.


BAP suggests Jim Ackerman, need suggests Long or Rhinehart. However, there are three legit late 1st round CB on the board, so I can pass on Ackerman and get a good CB later I suspect. There are no other good S left that I would really want to start for me. There’s jus ttoo much of a drop off in talent at the S position.

At 29 do I take BAP when there are two other CB on the board I’d be happy ot take at 36, or do I go with a lesser player at a position of need?

I just have one 2nd at 2/36. I am not getting any players that fall out of 1.

I take the LB. Sigh.

Damn, Ackerman is still on the board and 3 CB went since the Rhinehart pick. I take him and thank my lucky stars.

Jonas is pretty well developed so I like him.

There’s a solid DT on the board at 3/5 so I grab him.




Draft Recap:

1/26 - S Derek Long, Garner-Webb
1/29 - LB Sedrick Rhinehart, Colorado State
1/36 - CB Jim Ackerman, Michigan
2 - WR Eugene Jonas, Cornell
3/5 - DT Raymond Stargell, South Carolina
3/15 - OT Marco Goguen, North Carolina State - Need pick
3/36 - RB Butch Carlson, UCLA - BAP pick
4/13 - QB Jesse Floyd, Florida -BAP
5 - WR Greg Wilkins, San Diego
6 - LB Cory Battle, Marshall
7 - TE Gary Geer, WVU

Two WV players at the end there makes me happy.

[Abe Sargent]

With a paucity of OT in the league over the last few years, I think I may need to reassess my OT needs.

LB Burroughs is not interested in a new contract.


I trade CB Rufus McGowan and my 7th rounder to the Cowboys for their 2nd rounder. I love McGowan but he is in his 10th years. Now I can focus on Ackerman at the starting CB position.

I sign OT Rex Vera for two years to be a patch for me.



UFA:

RB BJ Cooley, Ohio State
FB Daryl Lake, Missouri - Rolla
OG Kurt Sims, Syracuse
DE Gene Urquoila, Appalachian State
DE Randal Dresback, Missouri
DT Sedrick Galloway, Wayne State, Nebraska
CB Jimmy Ordona, Vanderbilt
CB Daniel Dupont, Dartmouth
S Rex Quinn, San Diego State
S Phillip Wollmuth, Louisville
DT Stan Madison, Georgia


54 players, nice and even.


I trade DT Allen, in his 11th year, to Austin for their 2nd rounder next year.

[Abe Sargent]

Camp Time.





We sold 22,300 season tickets



I sign OT Derrick Collier to a one year patch deal.

I trade OT Darnell Beaver to the Vikings for their 3rd and 7th.



Let’s look at the rooks:

CB Jim Ackerman, 58/90 - Awesome!
RB Butch Carlson, 58/86 - Totally worth the BAP pick
S Derek Long, 47/86 - Glad I pickeded him.
LB Sedrick Rhinehart, 43/79 - Not bad for a position of need in the 1st.
DT Raymond Stargell, 40/71 - Allowed me to trade Allen
QB Jesse Floyd, 42/62 - Solid
TE Gary Geer, 34/62 - Not as good as this number says
OT Marco Goguen, 13/60 - Tres verte
WR Eugene Jonas, 56/59 - Like I said, already very developed
WR Greg Wilkins, 38/46 - Okay at best
LB Cory Battle, 8/40 - Amazingly green



Whew! No busts. I think this is one of my best draft classes, potentially, in this dynasty. I feel very good about it. 5 of these players (Jonas, Ackerman, Long, Rhinehart and Stargell) will start immediately.

Carlson is a franchise quality RB, but a step below Pender, Santoro, Barrett and Shepherd, which have been my best backs. He’s be about Aaron Witt level of play. Guy has 90 breakaway, 60 short yard potential, 71 3rd down, 63 ypc potential. He is really strong. This draft had two Pender/Barrett/Shepherd/Santoro level RBs in in, and they went 1/1 and 1/4. There is some competition out there for my guys.

To be fair, Pender is in his 9th year, and his skills are eroding a bit each of the last two years. I could run Pender for a couple of years and then slide to a fully developed Carlson.

I just checked and the 1/1 guy busted somewhat and now looks like a decent UFA back. The 1/4 guy is the best in the draft. He is playing for the Rams, name of Rondell Pride.

[Abe Sargent]

I love my QB. I have 4, and I think they are all good.

Let’s look (These are potential scores):

Screen Passes: Mayes is at 84. Richardson - 81, Grant 76, Floyd 79
Short: Mayes 89. Richardson - 82, Grant 84, Floyd 47
Medium: Mayes 95. Richardson - 60, Grant 38, Floyd 53
Long: Mayes 86. Richardson - 83, Grant 94, Floyd 74
Deep: Mayes 81. Richardson - 59, Grant 90, Floyd 82
3rd Down: Mayes 75. Richardson - 67, Grant 68, Floyd 84
Accuracy: Mayes 96. Richardson - 73, Grant 79, Floyd 59
Power: Mayes 96. Richardson - 29, Grant 44, Floyd 63
Scramble Freq: Mayes 72, Richardson - 54, Grant 58, Floyd 65
Carrying: Mayes 82, Richardson - 81, Grant 31, Floyd 51

So, obviously Ernest Mayes is a hoss. That’s obvious.

Take a look at Richardson. He is 59, 60, 81, 82, and 83 at the 5 passing ranges - strong. Solid accuracy. Got a noodle for an arm, but fumbles rarely. Kind of like a Chad Pennington QB.

Look at Grant. Great passing ranges except for one weakness. Again, great accuracy and better power than Richardson. A fumble guy, but arguably a better passer than Richardson.

Now look at Floyd. Very balanced power and accuracy, which is very important. Short and medium passes aren’t his thing, but he is a great long and deep ball.

All of these players would be solid starters at the QB position. All could slide in wit an injury to Mayes and not suck. I like the corps.

Richardson and Grant are having their contracts end after this and next year, so I may look to move them. But they are really good.

[Abe Sargent]

I’m looking at some of my old draft classes to see who is still around. From 7 years ago, my first draft class with the Browns, I drafted a backup QB named Norman Westbrook, and he is still playing, but the really good Sam Marshall from 6 years ago is out of the league.

Although that first draft class was not very impact on my team, and all of the players got jettisoned sooner or later, most are still in the league as 7th year vets. That’s something.


From my draft 6 years ago, I still have Mercury Greene and Kenny Marshall as starters. Some of the players are gone from 2nd round OG Chad Chadwick to Defensive Rookie of the Year S Jose Stevens.

5 years ago was the Bruce Holliday and Bert Curtain draft that gave me two starters today.


It is fun to look back.

[Abe Sargent]

Your 2028 Huntington Highlanders

QB Ernest Mayes - Fresh off the Quadfecta
RB Grady Pender - Starting to get a little long in the tooth.
FB Tracy Kramer - Now fully developed
TE Brant Carman - Off his 1st All Pro season
WR Kenny Marshall - Off his 2nd
WR Eugene Jonas - Rookie is pretty developed
C Steven Marshall - Will start again this year
OG Bruce Holliday - 3 All Pros in 4 years. Our most consistent O Lineman
OG Neil Lee - Jumped over Thomas Cobb in the competition for a starter
OT Roger Fisher - Very developed, but not that great or anything
OT Derrick Collier - Patch
P Leo Rayburn - Awesome
K Christian Huffman - Awesome
DE Bert Curtain - Please get back to your 9-10 sacks/year.
DE Floyd Gardner - BAP draft two years ago and now starting. You are never upset with a BAP pick
DT Joey Springer - Has developed very well.
DT Raymond Stargell - Very good for a 3rd rounder, looks like a late 1st
LB Quinn Burroughs - Final year with the team as he would not re up for us
LB Jeff Grier - Signed him to a small professional contract but is just a patch.
LB Sedrick Rhinehart - Will start and decently developed already
CB Mercury Greene - Ennhhh
CB Jim Ackerman - Has the potential to be Leon Morabito.
S Troy Gracia - He’s pretty solid
S Derek Long - Run stopping specialist with solid pass coverage skills.

PR will be Eugene Jonas and KR will be CB Winston Snyder with help from Jonas

[Abe Sargent]

What does the league think?

2nd best QB
2nd best RB
3rd best FB
Tied for 3rd best TE
Tied for 4th best WR
16th worst C
10th best OG
16th best OT
2nd best P
THE best K
9th best DE
14th worst DT
Tied for 15th best LB
7th best CB
18th best S

[Abe Sargent]

Let’s go.

We go 2-2 in the preseason. LB Lionel Garcia is out for several months. I toss him on IR and sign LB Corey Wagner.

Week 1 - Ernest Mayes is Offensive Player of the Week and Game MVP as we win 47-27 against the Packers. Mayes was 28 of 34, 297 and 4:0 while also rushing for a score. Carman and Wilkins each caught two TD Passes. Pender was injured and Carlson got 21 carries for 133 yards and a score. Told ya rookie Carlson could easily carry the load. C Marshall had 4 KRB.

FB Kramer is doubtful and deactivated. OG Holliday is out for a few months, but luckily I have good coverage for that.

Week 2 - We lose 12-14 to the Lions. Pender is held to 39 yards on 14 carries. Mayes hits Pender for a score.

Week 3 - We get back to winning with a 31-14 showing over the Jags. Pender is Offensive Player of the Week and Game MVP with 189 yards on 28 carries and a TD. Mayes rushed for a score too. Marshall and Carman caught TD passes while Jonas had 113 yards on 5 catches - his first 100+ receiving day. Gardner had 2.5 sacks while Curtain got 2. Collier had 5 KRB.

Week 4 - We edge our rivals, the Bengals, 26-24. Pender is again Offensive Player of the Week and Game MVP with 110 yards on 32 carries, 2 rushing TD. Snyder and Greene had picks while Ackerman had two. Fisher and Marshall each had 4 KRB.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 - We kick a FG with 40 seconds left to win 23-20 over the Ravens. Pender is GAME MVP with 99 yards on 18 carries, a rush TD and 54 yards rec and a rec TD. Gardner has another 2.5 sacks and Curtain another 2.


FB Tracy Kramer is back next week.

Week 6 - 37-17 over the Steelers. Quinn Burroughs is Game MVP with 71 yard pick returned for a score. DE Urquoila had 3 sacks. Ackerman had a pick. C Marshall had 6 KRB. Pender added 117 yards on 25 carries and a rush TD. Mayes hit Carman and Ponder for scores.

Week 7 - BYE

Week 8 - The Bengals fall 31-3. Pender is O. Player of the Week and G MVP with 142 yards, 2 scores on 34 carries. Barnes added a rushing score. Mayes hit Carman for a score. Ackerman had a pick. Collier and Marshall with 5 KRB each, Fisher and Lee with 4 each. Even Carman had 3.

OG Holliday is back.

Week 9 - Pender is O Player of the Week and Game MVP with our 30-27 win over the Ravens and a 7 seconds remaining FG to win it. Pender with 209 yards, 27 carries, 2 TD. Ponder had a 79 yard fumble recovery for a TD> Marshall with 5 KRB.

Mayes has been looking average bad the first half of this season:

60%, 1667 yards, 11:7, 85.8 rating - That’s not what an MVP does the next year.

S Troy Garcia is doubtful and benched.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 - 37-23 over the Raiders. Pender is O PotW and G MVP with 183 yards, 30 carries, 2 TD. Mayes hits Ponder and Marshall for scores. Greene has 2 picks. Ordona, a UFA CB I really like had one. Curtain adds 2.5 sacks. OG Lee grabbed 4 KRB.

Week 11 - 30-24 over the Steelers and Pender is AGAIN OPOTW AND MVP - Sheesh. It’s getting boring typing his name. 113 yards, 27 carries, 89 rec yards on 7 catches. Mayes hits Carman, Marshall and Kramer for scores.

Week 12 - We win again, 38-35 over the Jags. This time, Mayes is OPotW and MVP with 27 of 38, 361, 5:0. He hits Carman, Wilkins, Marshall, Jonas and Ponder for scores. Pender is banged and knocked out early. Rhinehart, Ackerman and Wollmuth have picks. OG Lee has 4 KRB.

At 10-1 we are 2 games in front of everyone else in the AFC and 4 games in front of our next closest team in the AFC Central.

Week 13 - Richmond falls 37-13. Pender is Game MVP with 138 yards, 29 carries and a TD. Carlson adds another score on the ground. Mayes hits Marshall twice for score.s


Mayes is knocked out and is doubtful. Rufus Richardson will be starting for us. S Troy Garcia is back next week.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 - We win 19-3 over the Titans. Pender is OPotW, Game MVP with 140 on 29 and a score. Richardson was 19 of 29 for 191 and 0:0. Greene and Long had picks. DE Urquoila had 2 sacks. Marshall and Lee had 4 KRB each.

Week 15 - We defeat the 10 win Broncos 21-7. Pender is Game MVP with 102 on 19 with 1. Richardson goes 18 of 31, 180, 1:0 hitting Wilkins for a score.

Week 16 - We lose 13-34 against the Patriots. Richardson hits Carman for a score. Pender is hold to 56 yards. Gracia and Long have picks.


Week 17 - We win 17-14 vs. the Titans. LB Jeff Grier is Game MVP with a pick and team leading 8 solo tackles. Pender is held to 56 yards but gets a TD. Richardson goes 22 of 28 for 178 and 1:0, hitting Pender for a score.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2028 AFC Playoffs

The Bengals upend the Broncos 22-20.

Lone Stars over Dolphins 27-10




Divisional Weekend:


We host the Bengals.

QB Mayes is back.

We win 41-10.

Pender is Game MVP with 216 yards, 27 carries, FIVE rushing TD - RAR! Gracia and Ordona had picks. Holliday logged 5 KRB.

Colts over Lone Stars 37-12.

[Abe Sargent]

2028 AFC Championship

Your #1 seed 14-2 Huntington Highlanders host

Your #3 seed 11-5 Indianapolis Colts


We win 36-14


Pender is MVP with 99 yards, 3 td, 31 runs
Mayes hits Jonas for a score
Snyder had 2 int
Collier had 6 KRB

[Abe Sargent]

The 2028 Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #1 seed 14-2 Huntington Highlanders

vs.

Your NFC Champion #2 seed 13-3 Minnesota Vikings




We lose 21-28.

Pender is hold to 71 yards and a score
Mayes is 22 of 36 for 342 and 2:2
Marshall and Jonas catch scores
No sacks, no picks

[Abe Sargent]

Season Awards:

NFL MVP - RB Grady Pender
NFL Offensive Player of the Year: RB Grady Pender
All-Pro 1st Team - QB Ernest Mayes, RB Grady Pender, TE Brant Carman, K Christian Huffman, LB Quinn Burroughs


A few comments - Mayes was sucking at the half way mark and sat out the last four games. WTF? I feel like we must have robbed someone for that award.

Yay for another All Pro for Burroughs and Carman! Burroughs will retire soon (this year?) and I’m happy that he grabbed another pair of All Pro seasons for me before his retirement. 6 All Pro seasons for a LB is a pretty good resume for Canton. (Remember, these are not merely Pro Bowl awards, but All Pro ones).


Others of note:

FB Zach Taylor
C Bo Austin
C Ray Hampton
CB Rufus McGowan
OG Riddick Wilkerson

All had All Pro years

Wow, I just found out that 20 year vet C Gerald Wright is still in the league, and he had an All Pro season for me back in 2010. He is playing for the 49ers right now. Wow. I thought he had retired long ago and pulled him off my list.

[Abe Sargent]

My Peops:

RB Grady Pender, Countless
S Justin Sotiroff, Saints, 1 honor
FB Sam Albriktsen, 1 honor
OG Bruce Holliday, 3 honors
RB Calvin Garrison, 2 honors, Skins
LB Quinn Burroughs, 6 honors
OG Scott Pintsak, Rail, 2 honors
C Jesse Tate, Titans, 5 honors
CB Jesse Pirtle, Snakes, 1 honor
DT Danny Phelan, Panthers, 1 honor
DE Jackie Greene, Snakes, 1 honor
RB Ralph Barrett, Snakes, 6 honors
OT Tyrone Rathbone, Rail, 3 honors
C Ray Hampton, Lone Stars, 2 honors
DE Bert Curtain, 2 honors
CB Rufus McGowan, Cowboys, 3 honors
FB Zach Taylor, Chargers, 5 honors
TE Brant Carman, 1 honors
WR Kenny Marshall, 2 honors
S Travis Westbrook, 2 honors
TE Ronnie Meadows, Cardinals, 1 honor
C Bo Austin, Dolphins, 1 honor
C Gerald Wright, 49ers, 1 honor
OG Riddick Wilkerson, Lions, 1 honor


Other than Burroughs and Pender, I’m not sure I have any HoF players running around right now. Marshall or Carman or Holliday might take it later if they keep it up. Would they actually elect a FB to the HoF in Zach Taylor? I doubt it.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Stats:

Most rushing yards by far, far, far ,(300 most than competition), 2nd most ypc
15th most passing yards, tied for 4th most ypc
Fewest rushing yards allowed by 175 over the next best. Tied for best ypc allowed
Allowed 2nd most passing yards, Tied for worst ypc allowed
44 sacks, tied for 7th most. 35 allowed, 14th fewest
+18 TO Margin, led league (barely, San Antonio was at +17)

Rushing O and D were unparallel. Top in both. That’s how you win games. Passing D very suspect and Passing O not that great. Consequence of getting ahead a lot and a backup QB the final quarter of season?

[Abe Sargent]

Individual Stats:

QB Ernest Mayes, 63.7%, 2742, 23:7, 101.3 rating. He really brought his game back up. Tied for 2nd most TD, best QB Rating by far far far, but 28th in passing yards.

RB Grady Pender, 1784 yards (led league), 15 rush TD (led league), 4.8 ypc. I love Grady Pender.

WR Kenny Marshall, 64 grabs, 742 yards, 6 TD
RB Grady Pender, 59 catches, 666 yards, 3 TD
TE Brant Carman, 53, 565, 9
WR Eugene Jonas, 40, 563, 1


No question Carman is All Pro caliber. This was a down year in passing, so I’m okay with the down year in stats for Marshall.

K Huffman - 37 of 45, most FG in league, 56 long
P Rayburn - 29 of 80 in 20, poor average

DE Bert Curtain, 13.5 sacks, 4 blocked passes, 5 QB Hurries - Very good stats Bert!
DE Floyd Gardner, 13 sacks, 2 blocked passes and 3 QB hurries - Solid 1st year since he is still green
DE Gene Urquoila, 5 sacks, UFA player
DT Joey Springer, 4.5 sacks, 3 b passes, 2 QB H

LB Quinn Burroughs, 97 solo tackles (Tied for 8th most in league), 1.5 sacks, 2 b passes, 2 QB Hurries, 8 pasdef, 1 pick for a TD, 2 fumrec

CB Jim Ackerman, 5 picks (led team), 5 pas def
S Derek Long, 2 picks, 10 pas def (led team)
CB Mercury Greene, 4 picks, 8 pasdef


C Steven Marshall, 44 KRB, 7 sacks allowed - 2nd in the league in KRB and no All Pro? That’s lame.
OG Neil Lee, 33 KRB, 6 sacks allowed - Tied for 7th most KRB in league. Only one OG in the league had more KRB than him (Wilkerson, one of my own draftees), and yet no All Pro? (Remember 4 OGs make All Pro instead of 2 like C)

They were robbed

OT Derrick Collier, 23 KRB, 6 sacks allowed
OT Roger Fisher, 19 and 7
Holliday, 14 and 2, 10 starts

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards:


Offensive Player of the Year: C Steven Marshall - Sometimes I like to stay away from the obvious. 44 KRB clearly helped Pender to a great season. Good job Marshall!

Defensive Player of the Year: DE Bert Curtain - This is about as good as he will get. 13.5 sacks, and a strong presence in hurries and blocked passes. Thanks Curtain!

Special Teams Player of the Year: K Huffman. Another All Pro season with a league leading number of FGs. He is a weapon.

Rookie of the Year: CB Jim Ackerman. S Derek Long led the team in pasdef, Jonas was not as present as I’d hoped, DT Stargell was solid but unspectacular and Rhinehart was at the WLB spot where he can grow and rarely get high stats. I’m giving it to Ackerman with his team leading 5 picks and 5 passes defensed. This was a good outing by a CB I hope to see more of in the future.

Heart Award: DE Gene Urquoila - It wasn;t just that he had 5 sacks as a backup UFA that gets this award. He dominated in the two games that he notched these sacks - 3 in one and 2 in another. When a backup UFA just establishes dominance like that, you have to give credit here.

[Abe Sargent]

Important Players Leaving:

LB Quinn Burroughs
WR Ryan Ponder
OT Derrick Collier
OG Kurt Syms - A UFA I really like
CB Jimmy Ordona - a UFA I really like
C Wayne Collier



Records:

This season, K Claude Johnston replaces Olindo Mare as the one with the most career FG

Grady Pender tied a playoff record he set himself in 2024 with 5 TD scored in one game.


The Top 10 rushing TD career includes Pender, Barrett, Santoro, Witt and Shepherd - four of my draftees and Witt who was on my team for a while.

The Top 10 picks in a career includes S Eric Carlson, CB Leon Morabito, S Donovin Darius and S Travis Westbrook is at 11th, Tyron Rexin at 12 and

Top 10 KRB includes C Marty Brennan and OG Scot Pintsak

[Abe Sargent]

Here we go:

Team Performance: 95
Value: 47
Profit: 65
Difficulty: 77

Year End Score - 65



Hall of Fame Inductees:

S Eric Carlson (YAY) - 82%, Vanderbilt, 70 picks, 6 honors
K Raymond Atkins - 83% from Minnesota, 491 of 631 FG, 1 honor
DE Donald Riley - 80% from Louisiana State, 3 honors, 125.5 sacks
WR Britt Lang - 87%, 6 honors, Northwestern, 84 TD, 14717 yards
WR Sherman McCormick - 88%, 6 honors, Texas, 99 TD, 15720 yards





Retirees:

LB Quinn Burroughs. Thanks!
C Gerald Wright - Because he didn‘t apparently want to return for a 21st year!

[Abe Sargent]

Franchise:

We made 58 million last year, an increase of 20 million over the previous year (and that’s with an 8 million increase in coaching costs)

16th best value
20th best stadium
2nd best roster
6th lowest fan support
Tied for 17th best economy
2nd lowest attendance by #, 12th lowest by %


How many teams made $$ this year? Just 8 others besides ourself. We were about 5th in the league in terms of most money made.

I increase my prices a bit again and VR boxes to 50k

[Abe Sargent]

Free Agency:

I get some junky offers for my players. A 7th for TE Carman? A 1/36 for Mercury Greene? The 2/30 for OG Holliday?


We have 36 players under contract with 18 million in cap room.

A lot of players are in their final year.


I extend QB Mayes’ contract by two years

I extend WR Kenny Marshall’s contract by two years

RB Grady Pender has a year added to his deal

DE Bert Curtain by 3 years

TE Brant Carman gets his first “professional” contract and a two year extension.

K Christian Huffman gets two more years

P Leo Rayburn for two more years


In his final year, I call up some GM friends and see who wants QB Rufus Richardson. He’s good. He’s either a great backup or a serviceable starter, plus he has developed.

I trade him to the Bears for their 1/18 pick. I think that’s a decent realistic offer, so I take it. The guy had a 88.1 QB Rating in his four starts last year.


I make a tough decision. He will never be worth his contract. Time to move on.

I trade CB Mercury Greene to the Vikings for their 1/36 pick as per their offer.

UFA CB Jimmy Ordona, who I will need to sign, broke open even more, so I intend to sign him later to my starting spot if needed.

I trade OG Thomas Cobb to the Saints for their 3rd and 6th round picks. He’s a solid starter.

Now, with the $$ cleared up, I give OG Neil Lee his first professional contract for two more years. You keep getting high KRB like you were, and I’ll be very happy with this $$ paid.

I trade QB Wade Grant to the Skins for their late 4th rounder.

Still in their final year are C Marshall, DE Gardner and S Gracia

Troy Gracia dropped a bit post-injury and I just don’t know if he is worth 8-10 million annually. He’s had 4 picks and 4 pas def in 2 years as a starter. Is that really what I want from a starter?


33 players and 49 million. I need a lot of $$ for my rookie class, plus I want to keep some dough for resigning my good players. I’d sign Marshall and Gardner now but they each want just one year deals.

My Starter Needs:

OT
LB
LB?
CB?
S?


There are some studs in FA in LB and S areas.

I’ll hit up the draft though, I have 3 1sts (18, 35, 36), 3 late 2nds, and much more. I have 16 picks, plenty of space to find good players.

I cut OT Rex Vera.

OG Wilkerson signed with Phily

Week 17 - I sign RFA CB Jimmy Ordona to a four year deal

I sign RFA OG Kurt Syms to a 3 year deal

[Abe Sargent]

The 2029 NFL Amateur Draft

Our pick arrives at 1/18.

Here is who I am looking at.:

LB Mo Razo - Very good. Very good indeed. No weaknesses, easy MLB candidate
WR Rico Follette - Solid.
WR Brock Warren - Even Better
WR Roy Hammond - Pretty good
CB Rex London - Not as good as Ackerman last year, but nice.
S Irving Jarvis - Great except for poor man-to-man
C Les Morris - Amazing
QB Johnny Hernandez - Just putting his name out here for later if available


Frankly, this is easy. Needs meets BAP.

Now we have two picks in a row. Suck, All three WR left.

Bob Longo, WR is still on the board, and he’s pretty good. Travis Parrish similarly.
S Jon Prescott is tempting
I could grab C Les Morris and trade C Marshall, since he doesn’t want to re-sign. Hmm. Wonder if I can trade C Marshall right now?

I trade C Steven Marshall to the Jaguars for their 6 and 7 next year

I take Les Morris here.

I trade S Troy Garcia and the Jaguars 7th next year for the Eagles 3rd next year.

I then take Jon Prescott.

Now I used those two picks to “fix” my roster. Besides, Morris is incredibly good looking.

I use the rest of the draft to collect talent (aka BAP)







Draft Recap:

1/18 - LB Mo Razo, North Carolina
1/35 - C Les Morris, Arkansas State
1/36 - S Jon Prescott, Southern Illinois
2/28 - WR Travis Parrish, Oklahoma
2/34 - QB Johnny Hernandez, Miami, Florida
2/35 - RB Maurice Carlisle, Jacksonville
3/1 - OT Blaine Preston, Eastern Illinois
3/35 - S James Cronin, Ohio State
3/36 - DT Mo Webb, Maryland
4/29 - WR Oliver Clemons, Purdue
4/35 - FB Eric Thornton, Oregon
5/35 - RB Glen Bates, Weber State
6/1 - LB Bernie Kitchens, Syracuse
6/35 - C Ken Kwan, Louisiana State
7/33 - DE Edward Harper, Arkansas
7/35 - S Emmanuel Malecki, Florida State


I would like to apologize to the league for the drafting of Maurice Carlisle. I now have three amazingly good RB on my roster.

[Abe Sargent]

Alright, let’s look around the league.

I sign some UFA:

OG Kenyon Wallace, Auburn
CB John Benton, Penn State
CB Phil Swift, Louisiana State
DE Russell Boland, California
DT Freddie Ely, New Mexico
OT Craig Riley, Alabama