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

[Abe Sargent]

The 2053 NFL Preseason

I hand out rests and massage my depth chart. I start Pingeton at OG. I am starting Adams at WILB, and Willis at SILB.

Week 2- At Cincinnati – We lose 27-34

Week 3 – Augusta – We win 27-34

Week 4 – Pittsburgh – We win 23-20

Week 5 – At Jacksonville – We lose 14-27

We go 2-2


Rookie Lookie #3

1.32 – DT Amari McGovern, Tennessee, 54/67, 59/71; 63/80
2.32 – DE Devon Heilprin, Villanova, 36/74, 45/76; 46/75
3.32 – WR Luis Fairfield, Tulane, 25/56, 30/56; 31/55
4.32 – OG Eric Pingeton, South Carolina, 25/54, 30/56; 32/65
5.32 – WR Emmitt Rombach, Arkansas, 25/47, 28/47; 31/53
6.32 – TE Shaun Van Nus, Mississippi State, 25/44; 28/43; 28/43
7.32 – RB Daniel Harrison, Charleston Southern, 36/47, 38/48; 39/52

Rombach didn’t grow much and Van Nus not at all, but I’ll take the boom of McGovern and Pingeton all day long.

UFAs

CB Maxwell Richmond, 17/52; 20/47; 19/38
CB Bert Fannon, 33/39, 38/48; 41/59
MLB Shaun Hastings, 27/58, 33/58; 34/57
WLB Dylan Blackwell,11/51, 15/42; 14/32
OT Dustin Hartman, 21/48, 23/47; 19/35

Fannon and Hastings are good but the rest dropped…


I cut these players to get to 53

CB Richmond
WLB Blackwell
WR Krebs
WR Lustyk
OT Hartman
DT Meechan

[Abe Sargent]

I have 38 mill for extensions. Who gets one?

LB Adams. Check
LB Arellano. Check

OT Hymes? No, too expensive and long for a 9th year vet who dropped to 62/62

Any two year extensions?

The obvious one is TE Riley…what does the best TE in the league want? 68 mill, 4 years. Done

Moyad wants 125 mill over 5 years and we’ll hold of on that until next year

Wanna see my rookies?



This is McGovern after camp and the preseason! As you can see Amari has a great run d, pass run str, and is good at thinking and punching, but his pass rush technique is only okay. He’s a great option down the middle and could really help my nasty D. Now…here’s the question…will he be my FIFTH first round Rookie of the Year in a row? I guess we’ll find out!

Here’s my 2.32 pick




Heilprin is starting across from Moyad and looks like a solid adjunct to my defense. He’s good in run d, pass rush technique, and okay at thinking and pass rush punchery. Welcome to the team!

[Abe Sargent]

Wanna see something cool?



These are all of the players in the league that aren’t kickers sorted by pot. As you can see we have 1 90, and 16 80s. Of those, we have Foreman, Cleghorn, Kirk, and Madison.

[Abe Sargent]

On The Green Page

We have McGovern at 4th and 5th is Heilprin.

Rookie Investigation

This was a one QB draft with a 76 pot, and then a single one in the 50s, and that was it.

The RB on the draft board that I was considering at 1.32 was 47/63 after the draft. Harrison is the 10th best RB in the deep draft.

There is an 81 pot TE taken at 1.20 that would be the best in the league if he develops.

There are no WRs better than 65 pot. Fairfield was the 5th best and Rombach the 7th.

The best OC in this draft was 57 pot. Wow

At OG Pingeton is 4th best.

Dt NT McGovern boomed into the best at his position and best D Line. We have 4 D Line in the 70s,and a bunch in the 60s

Hastings is the 7th best LB in the draft, and he was a UFA

After booming in camp UFA Fannon is the 6th best CB

[Abe Sargent]

The 2053 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 8 73 73 4 yrs. 2046
Tewkesbury, Dominic 106 QB 4 28 46 2 yrs. 2050
Kirk, Shawn 221 RB RB 2 72 80 3 yrs. 2052
##Harrison, Daniel 226 RB 1 39 52 4 yrs. 2053
Wodarz, Eli 235 RB 6 50 50 3 yrs. 2048
Bensen, Silas 333 FB FB 6 72 72 3 yrs. 2048
Riley, Darnell 449 TE TE 3 71 71 4 yrs. 2051
Preston, Bradley 481 TE 3 46 53 2 yrs. 2051
Van Nus, Shaun 485 TE 1 28 43 4 yrs. 2053
Cleghorn, Wesley 518 FL FL 7 80 80 2 yrs. 2047
Fairfield, Luis 516 FL 1 31 55 4 yrs. 2053
Henderson, Adam 586 FL 4 52 52 2 yrs. 2050
Langlois, Brian 519 FL 5 36 36 2 yrs. 2049
Rombach, Emmitt 582 SE SE 1 31 53 4 yrs. 2053
Macias, Chandler 651 C C 7 77 77 3 yrs. 2047
Dorsey, Amir 656 C 3 21 42 1 yr. 2051
Johnston, Craig 769 LG RG 2 52 74 3 yrs. 2052
Pingeton, Eric 772 LG LG 1 32 65 4 yrs. 2053
Shelby, Peyton 767 RG 3 48 54 2 yrs. 2051
Blair, Randy 879 LT LT 5 71 71 3 yrs. 2049
Hymes, DeAndre 862 LT RT 9 62 62 1 yr. 2045
Horner, Landon 877 RT 6 48 48 2 yrs. 2048
##Bauer, Shane 873 RT 4 35 41 1 yr. 2050
Voinovich, Peyton 870 RT 2 29 40 3 yrs. 2052
Bruce, Terrance 901 P 5 67 67 3 yrs. 2049
Poston, Ricky 1004K 8 73 73 3 yrs. 2046
Moyad, Corey 1192LDE LDE 3 66 66 2 yrs. 2051
Heilprin, Devon 1199RDE RDE 1 46 75 4 yrs. 2053
Lemons, Denzel 1190RDE 4 49 49 2 yrs. 2050
##Zaiser, Leroy 1276RDT 2 32 49 2 yrs. 2052
McGovern, Amari 1291NT NT 1 63 80 4 yrs. 2053
Morton, Emmett 1296NT 5 59 59 2 yrs. 2049
Williamson, Jamie 1278NT 4 53 56 2 yrs. 2050
Willis, Dashawn 1354WILB SILB 3 58 58 2 yrs. 2051
Hastings, Shaun 1398MLB 1 34 57 1 yr. 2053
##Bradford, Jerome 1393MLB 2 23 40 3 yrs. 2052
Madison, Rex 1497SLB SLB 5 87 87 3 yrs. 2049
Nemecheck, Allen 1495SLB 8 54 54 2 yrs. 2046
Sellars, Hugh 1447SLB 3 40 48 1 yr. 2051
Arellano, Andres 1494WLB WLB 4 73 73 3 yrs. 2050
Adams, Leo 1450WLB WILB 6 58 58 3 yrs. 2048
##Crafton, Jake 1453WLB 3 38 49 1 yr. 2051
Foreman, Zach 1523LCB LCB 6 85 85 2 yrs. 2048
Fannon, Bert 1540LCB 1 41 59 1 yr. 2053
##Parsley, Louis 1530LCB 4 45 45 1 yr. 2050
Hutchins, Roderick 1542RCB RCB 2 60 71 3 yrs. 2052
Coomes, Rodney 1537RCB 3 48 52 2 yrs. 2051
Anderson, Gary 1544RCB 2 28 45 3 yrs. 2052
##Madison, Grayson 1536RCB 4 36 36 1 yr. 2050
Grembowski, Antonio 1648SS FS 3 62 62 2 yrs. 2051
Kempthorne, Drew 1629FS SS 6 70 70 4 yrs. 2048
Boyd, Raul 1645FS 8 56 56 3 yrs. 2046
Kinney, Aces 659 LS 5 21 21 2 yrs. 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: $377,800,000
Cap Room: $15,180,000
Maximum for New Player: $16,340,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $1,580,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $280,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $370,980,000

Here’s muh roster!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2053 NFL Regular Season

I predict 12-4.


Week 1 – Carolina – We open with a home game? That’s weird. Please note that the 4 Super Bowl winning stud Qb for the Panthers retired in the offseason so what team will show up this time? Let’s find out! I have 3 questionables and 1 doubtful coming out of the preseason – We lose 20-24. Kirk was 26 for 123, 1 score; Abrams was 25 of 40, 266 and 1:0, score by FB Bensen, pick by Hutchins, FF by Boyd, 4 KRB by Blair

TE Van Nus is out for a while. I massage my roster after placing him on IR and signing TE Caleb Deisig an 11 year vet


Week 2 – Miami – Another old team. We win 46-21. MVp is Abrams, 16 of 29, 213 and 3:0, scores by Langlois, Cleghorn and Henderson. He was benched for backup QB Tewkesbury to give him some experience. RB Kirk was 20 for 168 and 1 scor,e rush TD by Abrams, picks by Foreman and Madison, FF by Hutchins and Arellano, 4 KRB by Macias

I have three injuries. TE Deisig is also out for the year, and I place him on IR and sign TE Hunter Ballard a 9th year vet.

QB Tewkesbury is out for a few weeks.

WLB Arellano also had a major game ending injury that will knock him out for 62 weeks. I place him on IR and sign LB Jumbo Shepherd.

Week 3 – At New York (Giants) – We win 26-20. MVP is Abrams, 22 of 33, 167, 1:0, score by Cleghorn, rush score. Kirk was 28 for 133.

Week 4 – At the Falcons – We win 37-16. MVP is Madison with pick six, 2 picks by Grembowski with one a pick six, 2.5 sacks by Moyad, 5 pasdef by Madison, Kirk held to 90 yards rushing, Abrams was 14 of 21, 122 and 2:2, scores by Cleghorn and Henderson, FF by Moyad and Grembowski,


We are an injury plagued rough 3-1 with three players on IR.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At Minnesota – We win 23-3. MVP is Abrams with 21 of 35, 214 and 2:0, scores by Riley and Henderson. Kirk is 27 for 137. Pick by CB Coomes. FF by Moyad, Heilprin, and Grembowski. 2.5 sacks by Heilprin.

We have two major new injuries. WR Cleghorn is out for a few weeks as is S Boyd. I massage my roster

Week 6 – New Orleans – We barely edge the team 17-16. Kirk, MVP, 25 for 136, Abrams, 21 of 38, 199 and 2:1, Kirk and Henderson with scores, pick by Grembowski, 6 KRB by Macias, 4 by Johnston and Blair.


Week 7 – At Detroit – We win 24-17. MVp is Kirk with 25 for 96, 1 score. Abrams was 18 of 29 for 204 and 1:0, score to Riley, picks by Adams, Coomes, and ILB Hastings, FF by Willis, Hutchins and Willis, recovery by Foreman,

Week 8 – BYE

Cleghorn is back

Week 9 – Green Bay – This is last year’s rematch of the NFC Conference Game! Can we win at home as well? They are 6-2. We win 28-14! MVP is Kirk with 28 for 167 and 1 score, Abrams, 18 of 30, 247 and 2:1, FB Bensen and Cleghorn scores, 3 pasdef by Kempthorne,

OT Hymes is out for a bit and I massage my roster

We are 7-1!

[Abe Sargent]

8 games into the season Kirk has more than 1000 yards…is he about to clock 2k?

Week 10 – Chicago – We win 45-20. MVP is Kirk with 23 of 171, 2 scores, Abrams is 16 of 24, 156, 2:0. Preston and Kirk with TD grabs. Pick six by Coomes, pick six by Fannon. 4 pasdef by Madison. 6 KRB by Macias

Week 11 – At Carolina – Can we keep ourselves from sweepage? Yup! We win 23-10. MVP is Kirk again with 29 for 147 and 1 score, Abrams was 19 of 29 for 189 and 1:2, Langlois the score, pick by Hutchins, FF by Adams, 2 sacks by Moyad, 6 KRB by Macias

Hymes is back; TE Preston is out. I IR Preston and sign TE James Bishop

Week 12 – At New York Jets – We lose 24-33. Kirk was 23 for 92, Abrams 33 of 51, 298 and 2:1, Cleghorn 12 for 152 and 1 score, TE Ballard with a score, FF by Madison. Nemecheck, and Anderson, rec by Madison, Adams, 4 KRB byMacias

Kempthrone is out for a month. I massage my roster

Week 13 – Arizona – We win in a low scoring 16-3 game. Kirk, MVP, 28 of 133, 1 score; Abrams 22 of33, 214, 0:1. Pick by Hutchins.FF by McGovern. 6 KRB by Macias.

Boyd is back

We are 10-2!

[Abe Sargent]

With four games left, Kirk is sitting at 1571 yards and is on pace for 2k.

Week 14 – Buffalo – We win 37-27. MVP is Corey Moyad with 4.5 sacks. Nasty! Kirk was 30 for 92 and 2 score, Abrams is 24 of 39, 366 and 2:2, Riley 9 for 144, Henderson and Kirk with TD scores, Grembowski a pick, FF and rec by Madison,

Week 15 - At New Orleans – They are 9-4. This is not a give me game. We win 34-11. MVP is Madison with 2.5 sacks and INT. Kirk was held to his lowest total at 22 for 56 and 2 scores. Abrams was 27 of 39,288 and 1:1. Score by Kirk. FF by McGovern, rec by Madison, 2.5 sacks by McGovern,

Kirk needs 289 to get to 2k. Rough!

Week 16 – At New England – We win 31-24. MVP is Moyad with 4 sacks and a pick and 2 FF. Kirk was 22 for 178 and 2 scores! Good job! Abrams, 21 of 36, 288 and 2:2, Kirk and Rombach for scores, FF by Madison, and 2 recoveries by him, 5 KRB by Blair

WR Fairfield is out for 5 weeks. I massage my roster.

Kirk needs 103 to cross 2k, doable!

Week 17 – Atlanta - The Falcons are 6-9 and this is a doable home win. Ready? We finish 17-10. MVP is Kirk, who was….30 for….112 and 1 score! Good job buddy! Abrams 20 of 34, 177 and 1:1, score by Riley, pick by Coomes, 2 sacks by Madison, 4 passdef by Willis, 3 by Grembowski,

LB Adams broke his tibia and is out for the season. I place him on IR and hire LB Luther Pape

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

[Abe Sargent]

The NFL 2053 Postseason

Week 1 Wild Card Weekend –

New Orleans over New York 23-3
Arizona over SF 13-3

Miami over Pittsburgh, 23-9
LA over Denver, 16-10


Week 2 Divisional Weekend

New Orleans at Tampa Bay
Arizona at Green Bay

Miami at Houston
LA at Baltimore

Results?

Green Bay, 27-7

Baltimore 23-20
Houston 31-24

And….


Us!

We win 21-19

Abrams, MVP, 18 of 28, 255, 1:0
Kirk, 23 for 98 and 2 scores
Rombach TD score

3 pasdef by Hutchins

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – Conference Championships

AFC - #2 Seed 10-6 Houston at #1 Seed 12-3-1 Baltimore


NFC - #2 Seed 11-5 Green Bay at #1 Seed 14-2 Tampa Bay


This is a back to back replay of last year’s NFC ones. The Battle of the Bay, Take Two…


Results?

Baltimore 55-27

We lose 27-45

Abrams, 23 of 42, 299 and 2:1
Rombach and Cleghorn, scores
Kirk 13 of 104

2 FF by Moyad, 1 by McGovern
2 sacks by Moyad

Ah well, I thought we were getting through and winning our 2nd Bowl


The 2053 NFL Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #1 Seed 12-3-1 Baltimore Ravens



Vs



Your NFC Champion #2 Seed 11-5 Green Bay Packers


Results

Pack 29-26. Well at least we kept it in the NFC

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

League MVP – RB Shawn Kirk

Off. Player of the Year – RB Shawn Kirk
Def. Player of the Year – SLB Rex Madison

All Pro 1st Team

RB Shawn Kirk
C Chandler Macias
DE Corey Moyad
SLB Rex Madison


All Pro 2nd Team

K Rickey Poston




We did not get a rookie award and broke our streak… ah well. No new All Pros this year, all five of those have All Pros already.

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Abrams – 332 of 543, 3569 yards, 25:14, 85.0 rating

He’s just okay for the last few years and I need to accept that. This is Kirk’s team now.

Speaking of which…


Rushing

RB Kirk – 408 for 2009 yards, 4.92 ypc, 16 rush scores

His ypc was up from last year, he had 500 more rush yards and 4 more rush TDs, and he led in rush scores and yards by bunches. Good job Kirk!


Receiving



I don’t know what’s happening with Cleghorn…. Riley led my team with 920 yards and 3 scores – good job TE!

Blocking




As you can see Macias dominated in KRb and was 2nd most in the league to an OG with 52, he led all Cs in KRBs. Just 2 sacks allowed and 4 pancakes. Macias is just a weapon for my team!

Special Teams

K Poston – 38 of 43, Long of 58, 43 of 46 PAT

That is Poston’s 4th All Pro season! Good job K!

P Bruce – 94 punts, 44.6 avg, 29 in 20

Okay


Langlois had 1 KR and PR TD each.

Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

Defense




Madison led my team in tackles again, and rocked a nasty 6 sacks, which led my LB Corps in sacks. Moyad grabbed a nasty 18 sacks, with that being the most in the NFL by 3.5 sacks. I was a little surprised he wasn’t the Def PotY instead of Madison. Rookie McGovern notched a strong 7 sacks, which is great for a DT so I thought he was in line for Rookie of the Year for Def. Heilprin with 6.5 as a rookie. With 4 FF, Moyad led my team. Good stuff!


Pass Coverage




Coomes and Grembowski both clocked in 4 picks, and Madison led my team with 17 pasdef and 3 picks. Loads of injuries on y roster. Good stuff team!

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year - RB Shawn Kirk – Dude gets 2k rushing yards…dude wins this award!

Def. Player of the Year – DE Corey Moyad – Dude has the most sacks in the league by 3.5, dude wins this award!

Special Teams Player of the Year – K Rickey Poston – Dude wins his 4th All Pro, dude wins this award as well.

Rookie of the Year – DT Amari McGovern – 7 sacks as a rookie at DT? Great job!

Heart Award – WR Brian Langlois – 2 RET TDs, and as my 5th WR he got 2 rec TDs as well. Good job!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4


1.32 – DT Amari McGovern, Tennessee, 54/67, 59/71; 63/80; 78/80
2.32 – DE Devon Heilprin, Villanova, 36/74, 45/76; 46/75; 64/75
3.32 – WR Luis Fairfield, Tulane, 25/56, 30/56; 31/55; 39/55
4.32 – OG Eric Pingeton, South Carolina, 25/54, 30/56; 32/65; 42/65
5.32 – WR Emmitt Rombach, Arkansas, 25/47, 28/47; 31/53; 41/53
6.32 – TE Shaun Van Nus, Mississippi State, 25/44; 28/43; 28/43; 28/43
7.32 – RB Daniel Harrison, Charleston Southern, 36/47, 38/48; 39/52; 39/52

UFAs

CB Maxwell Richmond, 17/52; 20/47; 19/38; CUT
CB Bert Fannon, 33/39, 38/48; 41/59; 43/59
MLB Shaun Hastings, 27/58, 33/58; 34/57; 39/57
WLB Dylan Blackwell,11/51, 15/42; 14/32; CUT
OT Dustin Hartman, 21/48, 23/47; 19/35; CUT

There you go!!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season and score a … 49

The 2054 NFL Offseason


Hall of Fame

OT Emmitt Kufahl, Miami, Dolphins OT, 4 All Pros, 2 rings with Miami


Retirements of Note

No Bucs


Abe’s Boys Elsewhere

None


Staff Draft

I retain my HC and DC. I make no changes



I have 12 mill under the cap and I need 14 for rookies so we’ll need to massage my cap. No tags for Hymes or anyone else. (Hymes would be 18 mill)

I’ll see you in FA!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2054 NFL FA Period #1

I review the OTs as that’s my main need for the back of the 1st. I interview the top 6 OTs and then some OGs and LBs and a TE

I cannot sign my RFAs until I’ve freed some cap

I cut Nemecheck and Horner and free up 8 mill. I sign my RFAs. MLB Hastings won’t resign with me due to complaints about playing time. Ditto C Dorsey. I have 45 roster and no more cash


Here are my non-backup players coming free in a year…

WR Cleghorn – Wants 120 mil, 4 years, cap drop of 10 mill – 29 years old – do I want to resign a guy without 1000 yards rec in the last two years?

CB Foreman – 29 years old, 119 mill, 4 years, 2.5 mill cap drop… Is this too pricey for a 29 year old player? Can I just let him go and lean into Hutchins?

DE Moyad – 122 milll, 5 years, increase of 15 mill this year – I have two sign this two All Pros in 3 years guy, right? Or could I just go with Heilprin instead and let him go as a luxury?

WILB Willis – 60 mill, 5 years – A solid price for him. Increase this year of 7 mill.

SS Grembowski – 50 mill, 4 years, increase in 7.5 mill

I cut NT Morton and free up another 5 mill, I cut WR Henderson and save another 5 mill

I’ll wait to extend these folks until post draft to see what happens. I’d hate to extend Cleghorn and then have a stud WR fall to us.

Do I want to fight for any of my UFas? Nope! Anyone else I want to chase? Nope.

Week 2 – Hymes signs with Denver,

Week 9 – Horner signs with Detroit

Week 10 – Morton signs with Indy,

I’m feeling a little…….draft…………….

[Abe Sargent]

The 2054 NFL Amateur Draft

Picking at the 1.1 spot is New England and they take… QB Harold Bey. See you at the 1.30!

Our pick arrives…who do I like here?


OT Jerry Porter – Great pass and run block, weak elsewhere, Hard to Read
OT Cole Armendariz – Poor rankings, As Scouted
SLB Bubba Griggs – Top player on the board, underrated

Those are my only interviews still on the board. With the injury to Arellano I may not have him as a starter any more due to the knee ACL injury. I might want to target Griggs here. Or I could go Porter at OT which is a bigger position of need.

Here’s let’s look!




Let’s begin with the top player on the board, Griggs. His weakness is Man to Man and pass rush tech and str. But Underrated? And he’s a solid body here. I could take Griggs and then cut Arellano when he comes back from his injury assuming a hit. (Arellano is currently 74/74) if Arellano doesn’t fall, or he doesn’t fall hard, then I can move Griggs to an inside LB role a SILB and move Willis to WILB.

On the other hand…



Here is Porter, and OT is a bigger position of need with Hymes leaving my squad. But Porter is Hard to Read and a gamble. He’s very green though.

Which would you do?

I'll think on it!

[Abe Sargent]

I have been looking for another OT for a while. I grab Porter.


2.30 – I’d still like a good LB. The best are MLB Colin McWilliams and WLB John Alston. Do I wanna grab one? I prefer Alston.


3.30 – TE Clay Sanford? I need a 4th Te for my team and he seems to be a solid one.


4.30 – There is a very green OG on the board named Norman Ramirez. Do I want him? CB Travis Hamilton seems solid as well, but I prefer the OG. Ramirez has good bars like my new OT but no combines to measure by.


5.30 – I need another DLine. DT Tito Crane? DT C.J. Luong? I do Luong.


6.30 – RB Derrick Burns looks like a nice grower… I could grab him and them if he grows I could cut Wodarz and his cap…


7.30 – OC Stan Baker? CB Brad Duffy? I go Baker.


Rookie Lookie #1

1.30 – OT Jeffrey Porter, Temple, 15/75
2.30 – WLB John Alston, New Mexico, 37/56
3.30 – TE Clay Sanford, Utah, 35/54
4.30 – OG Norman Ramirez, Houston, 7/66
5.30 – DT C.J. Luong, Stanford, 27/53
6.30 – RB Derrick Burns, Kentucky, 49/61
7.30 – C Stan Baker, Tulsa, 21/65

There we are!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2054 NFL FA Period #2

Willis is holding out.

I have a roster of 50 so I chase these folks

FS Herb Duran
CB Brad Duffy
WR Branden Freibergs
OG Casey Devitt
SLB Bo Laskanic
WLB Leonard Keith
CB Mitchell Gardinaer

Week 1 – 2 sign

Week 2 – Another does

Week 3 – MLB Hasting joins New Oreleans. We sign the others

UFAs

FS Herb Duran, 19/48
CB Brad Duffy, 25/41
WR Branden Freibergs, 18/44
OG Casey Devitt, 20/54
SLB Bo Laskanic, 23/51
WLB Leonard Keith, 20/49
CB Mitchell Gardinaer, 18/48

There you are!

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2

1.30 – OT Jeffrey Porter, Temple, 15/75; 23/74
2.30 – WLB John Alston, New Mexico, 37/56; 43/59
3.30 – TE Clay Sanford, Utah, 35/54; 39/55
4.30 – OG Norman Ramirez, Houston, 7/66; 13/67
5.30 – DT C.J. Luong, Stanford, 27/53; 30/51
6.30 – RB Derrick Burns, Kentucky, 49/61; 53/64
7.30 – C Stan Baker, Tulsa, 21/65; 27/65


UFAs

FS Herb Duran, 19/48; 23/52
CB Brad Duffy, 25/41; 30/47
WR Branden Freibergs, 18/44; 23/46
OG Casey Devitt, 20/54; 23/54
SLB Bo Laskanic, 23/51; 26/49
WLB Leonard Keith, 20/49; 21/43
CB Mitchell Gardinaer, 18/48; 21/40

Some have fallen and some have risen!


I place Arellano on IR as he has 30 more weeks before he returns from his injury

[Abe Sargent]

The 2054 NFL Preseason

I hand out deactives and make my depth chart. I will start Porter and Alston in the preseason.

I cut Eli Wodarz to free up some cash.

Week 2 – Cincinnati – We win 24-23

Week 3 – At Augusta – We lose 16-10

Week 4 – Baltimore – We win 26-15

Week 5 – At Houston – We lose 14-20

We go 2-2 in the preseason

Rookie Lookie #3

1.30 – OT Jeffrey Porter, Temple, 15/75; 23/74; 27/76
2.30 – WLB John Alston, New Mexico, 37/56; 43/59; 46/64
3.30 – TE Clay Sanford, Utah, 35/54; 39/55; 42/62
4.30 – OG Norman Ramirez, Houston, 7/66; 13/67; 13/69
5.30 – DT C.J. Luong, Stanford, 27/53; 30/51; 29/40
6.30 – RB Derrick Burns, Kentucky, 49/61; 53/64; 59/72
7.30 – C Stan Baker, Tulsa, 21/65; 27/65; 27/65

UFAs

FS Herb Duran, 19/48; 23/52; 25/46
CB Brad Duffy, 25/41; 30/47; 31/52
WR Branden Freibergs, 18/44; 23/46; 23/46
OG Casey Devitt, 20/54; 23/54; 23/56
SLB Bo Laskanic, 23/51; 26/49; 25/35
WLB Leonard Keith, 20/49; 21/43; 23/34

I cut these players

WLB Keith
Cb Mitchell Gardinaer
MLB Jerome Bradford

[Abe Sargent]

Contracts…

I extend these

WR Cleghorn
CB Foreman
LB Willis who will now end his holdout
DE Moyad

I have 3.3 mill left

The only one we didn’t extend of high quality is SS Grembowski

I massage my roster now that Willis is back.

Wanna see my top two rookies?



Here is Porter! As you can see his block str and end grew and his blocking skills are pretty good. If he develops to this he’ll be a solid OT!



Here’s my 2nd rounder SILB John Alston. As you can see, he’s fine with run d, and pass rush technique, but his strength isn’t a strength. His coverage is uneven and his thinking is better than his punching.

[Abe Sargent]

On the Green Page is… RB Burns who boomed and OT Porter


Rookie Investigation

At Qb this was, again, a one QB draft with a 37/71 at the top, and then a single QB in the 50s.

At RB after Burns boomed he is the best RB in the draft in the 6th round. Good stuff!

At TE Sanford was 2nd best after he held and others busted. The best TE is 46/71.

This was a horrible WR Draft with the best at 56, and only 4 in the 50s.

OC Baker is 2nd best in the draft

OG Ramirez is 4th best and UFA Devitt is 8th best

At OT, Porter is 3rd best behind two 78 pots.

At DT Luong isn’t even on the top 20 list.

At LB, Alston boomed and is sitting at 4th best. Griggs whom we were considering hard at 1.30 was taken 2.2 and is 59/82. Nasty.

Cool stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2054 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 9 74 74 3 yrs. 2046
Tewkesbury, Dominic 106 QB 5 32 46 2 yrs. 2050
Kirk, Shawn 221 RB RB 3 82 82 2 yrs. 2052
Burns, Derek 227 RB 1 59 72 4 yrs. 2054
##Harrison, Daniel 226 RB 2 41 53 3 yrs. 2053
Bensen, Silas 333 FB FB 7 70 70 2 yrs. 2048
Riley, Darnell 449 TE TE 4 72 72 3 yrs. 2051
Sanford, Clay 487 TE 1 42 62 4 yrs. 2054
Preston, Bradley 481 TE 4 53 53 1 yr. 2051
##Van Nus, Shaun 485 TE 2 31 44 3 yrs. 2053
Cleghorn, Wesley 518 FL FL 8 75 75 4 yrs. 2047
##Freibergs, Branden 589 FL 1 23 46 1 yr. 2054
Fairfield, Luis 516 FL 2 37 45 3 yrs. 2053
Langlois, Brian 519 FL 6 31 31 3 yrs. 2049
Rombach, Emmitt 582 SE SE 2 46 53 3 yrs. 2053
Macias, Chandler 651 C C 8 77 77 2 yrs. 2047
Baker, Stan 658 C 1 27 65 4 yrs. 2054
Johnston, Craig 769 LG LG 3 73 73 5 yrs. 2052
Ramirez, Norman 764 LG 1 13 69 4 yrs. 2054
Pingeton, Eric 772 LG RG 2 48 64 3 yrs. 2053
##Devitt, Casey 771 RG 1 23 56 1 yr. 2054
Shelby, Peyton 767 RG 4 55 55 1 yr. 2051
Blair, Randy 879 LT LT 6 72 72 2 yrs. 2049
Porter, Jeffrey 861 RT RT 1 27 76 4 yrs. 2054
Voinovich, Peyton 870 RT 3 26 37 2 yrs. 2052
Bruce, Terrance 901 P 6 71 71 2 yrs. 2049
Poston, Ricky 1004K 9 73 73 2 yrs. 2046
Moyad, Corey 1192LDE RDE 4 67 67 5 yrs. 2051
Heilprin, Devon 1199RDE LDE 2 76 76 3 yrs. 2053
Lemons, Denzel 1190RDE 5 47 47 1 yr. 2050
Luong, C.J. 1274LDT 1 29 40 4 yrs. 2054
##Zaiser, Leroy 1276RDT 3 35 48 1 yr. 2052
McGovern, Amari 1291NT NT 2 79 79 3 yrs. 2053
Williamson, Jamie 1278NT 5 57 57 1 yr. 2050
Alston, John 1396SILB SILB 1 46 65 4 yrs. 2054
Laskanic, Bo 1398SILB 1 25 35 1 yr. 2054
Willis, Dashawn 1354WILB WILB 4 63 63 5 yrs. 2051
Sellars, Hugh 1347WILB 4 55 55 3 yrs. 2051
Madison, Rex 1497SLB SLB 6 87 87 2 yrs. 2049
%%Arellano, Andres 1494WLB 5 72 72 2 yrs. 2050
Adams, Leo 1450WLB WLB 7 58 58 2 yrs. 2048
Crafton, Jake 1453WLB 4 37 42 1 yr. 2051
Foreman, Zach 1523LCB LCB 7 85 85 4 yrs. 2048
Fannon, Bert 1540LCB 2 52 52 2 yrs. 2053
##Duffy, Brad 1532LCB 1 31 52 1 yr. 2054
Hutchins, Roderick 1542RCB RCB 3 69 69 2 yrs. 2052
Coomes, Rodney 1537RCB 4 51 51 1 yr. 2051
Anderson, Gary 1544RCB 3 36 50 2 yrs. 2052
Grembowski, Antonio 1648SS FS 4 62 62 1 yr. 2051
Kempthorne, Drew 1629FS SS 7 74 74 3 yrs. 2048
Boyd, Raul 1645FS 9 56 56 2 yrs. 2046
Duran, Herb 1631FS 1 25 46 1 yr. 2054
Kinney, Aces 659 LS 6 21 21 2 yrs. 2049

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.
Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 6
On Active Roster: 46
Salary Cap: $383,500,000
Cap Room: $2,620,000
Maximum for New Player: $3,730,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $5,620,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $930,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $387,900,000

Ready for Year 10 of the Bucs? We’ve not had the same success here with just 1 Bowl can we notch another now that we have entered double digits?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2054 NFL Regular Season

Week 1 – At New Orleans – back to opening in the NFC South on the road against a team that made the playoffs last year. Can we kick things off with a win? Let’s find out!!!!!!!! In a close game we win 34-31. Kirk, 25 of 166, 1 score, Abrams 16 of 35, 198 and 2:2, Kirk and Cleghorn scores, pick six by Foreman. FF by Adams.

Week 2 – At Baltimore – We win 34-17 – MVP is Kirk, 32 for 171, 1 score, Abrams 15 of 26, 156 3:0, 2 scores by Kirk, 1 by Preston, pick by Hutchins, FF and rec by Moyad, FF by McGovern and Willis.

Week 3 – At Green Bay – Ready for our clear NFC rival away? We win 37-21. Nasty! MVP is Abrams, 28 of 41, 384 and 2:0, Cleghorn was 8 for 114 and 1 score, Riley 8 for 108, 1 score. Rushing scores by Kirk and Abrams. Picks by Foreman and Fannon. 2.5 sacks by Heilprin.

Week 4 – At DC – We win 40-25. MVP is Abrams, 21 of 38, 322 and 2:0, Riley 7 for 109 and 1 score, Kirk had 91 yards and a score in the air, and was 25 for 116 on the ground for more than 200 from scrimmage. Pick six by Kempthorne and pick by Fannon. FF by Madison, rec by McGovern for a score. 5 KRb by Johnston

We ae 4-0 at the quarter.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – Greenville – We win 38-14. MVP is Abrams, 22 of 33,244 and 4:1, scores by Rombachx2, Riley and Cleghorn, Kirk was 24 of 104, pick six by Kempthrone, picksby Grembowski, Hutchins, 5 KRb by Blair

Week 6 – At Atlanta – We win 25-13. Kirk is 26 for 118, Abrams 21 of 33, 233 and 2:1. Scores by Fairfield and Riley. FF by Madison and Willis. 4 KRb by Blair

Week 7 – Raleigh – We win 27-11. MVP is Leo Adams with 2.5 sacks. Kirk was 25 for 122 and 2 scores. . Abrams was 25 of 37, 272 and 1:2, Cleghorn 11 for 154 and 1 score, pick by Kempthorne, ff by Kempthorn as well, 2 sacks by McGovern,

Week 8 – BYE

Week 9 – At New York Giants – We win 23-14. MVP is Moyad with 3.5 sacks, Kirk was 23 of 115, rush score by Abrams who was 22 of 35, 176 and fum rec TD by Foreman, ff by Fannon.

We are 8-0

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – New Orleans – We win 30-13. MVP is Abrams, 18 of 31, 246 and 2:0. 2 scores by Riley. Kirk held to 96 yards, pick by Hutchins, 3 pasdef by Kempthorne,

Week 11 – Carolina – We win 33-6. MVP is Kirk, 29 of 163, 2 scores, Abrams 27 of 43, 313, 1:0,Cleghorn 8 for 138, score by Fairfield, Ff and rec by Willis, FF by Hutchins,

Week 12 – Cincinnati – We win 31-3. MVP is Abrams 16 of 24, 173 and 2:0, Fairfield and Rombach with scores, Kirk 24 for 102, 1 score, picks by Hutchins and Grembowsi, fumrec TD by MvGovern, We had 6 FF I’ll skip the recap.


Week 13 – Arizona – We win 23-8. MVP is Abrams with 21 of 25, 219 and 1:0. Score by TE Sanford. Kirk held to 97 yards. FF by Heilprin and Alston.

We are 12-0!

[Abe Sargent]

Heading into the final quarter, Kirk is sitting at 1389 yards and would be unlikely to hit 2k. Sorry Kirk!

Week 14 – Steelers – These are 11-1 and I take them seriously! We lose 17-20. There goes another possible undefeated season. Kirk held to 85 yards, rush score by Cleghorn, Abrams 20 of 33, 213, 1:1, score by Riley, INT by Kempthorne, 3 pasdef by Willis,

Week 15 – Atlanta – We win 38-11. MVP is Abrams, 25 of 34, 307 and 4:2, scores by Farifieldx2, FB Bensen and Cleghorn, Kirk 29 for 116, 1 score, 2 picks by Kempthorne, FF by McGovern, 3 pasdef by Hutchins, 5 KRb by Macias

Kirk is doubtful for a few weeks but we’ll start him – he’s my offense.

Week 16 – Cleveland – We win 35-17. MVP is K Poston with SEVEN FGs. Nasty! Kirk didn’t start by my Coach and rookie Burns was 38 for 185. Abrams was 18 of 26, 226 and 2:0. Scores by Burns and Fairfield. Hutchins a pick. FF by Willis and FF and rec by Moyad. 2 sacks by Heilprin. 4 KRB by Macias and Johnston

WR Fairfield is out for a few weeks and I massage my roster, Kirk is back to probable

Week 17 – At Carolina – We win 28-19. Kirk held to 76 yards and a score, Abrams was 19 of 33, 266 and 2:1. Preston and Riley scores

We finish 15-1 and with the top seed in the NFC

[Abe Sargent]

The 2054 NFL Playoffs

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

Both New Orleans and Carolina are in the playoffs again with both Wild Cards.

New Orleans over Green Bay 25-20 – Wow they knocked out our rival!
New York over Carolina 20-17

Buffalo over Baltimore, 20-10
Las Vegas over Houston 17-12


Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

New Orleans at Tampa Bay
New York at SF

Buffalo at Jacksonville
Las Vegas at Pittsburgh



Results?

Pittsburgh 44-13
Jacksonville, 20-7

SF 27-13


And then we won 31-24. We defeated the Saints in week 2 of the playoffs last year as well….

Abrams, MVP, 24 of 35, 296, 3:0
Kirk, 22 of 96, 1 score
Freibergs, Riley, Kirk TD grabs

Pick by Foreman
FF by Grembowski

4 KRb by Johnston

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – Conference Championships –

AFC - #2 Seed 13-3 Jacksonville at #1 Seed 14-2 Pittsburgh


NFC - #2 Seed 12-4 SF at #1 Seed 15-1 Tampa Bay


Will the top seeds hold?


Results?


Pittsburgh won 26-24


And GET READY FOR MY BIGGEST WIN IN THE PLAYOFFS, REGULAR SEASON, OR PREASEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




We win 55-0! Nasty!

DE Moyad, MVP, 2 FF, 4.5 sacks. Nasty!

Kirk, 29 of 89, 1 score
Abrams, 17 of 24, 255, 5:0
2 scores by FB Bensen, 2 by Kirk, 1 by Rombach

Pick by Boyd
Pick six by Fannon

FF by Madison and Coomes
Rec by McGovern, Heilprin

Ready for our 3rd Super Bowl Appearance?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2054 NFL Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #1 Seed 14-2 Pittsburgh Steelers


Vs



Your NFC Champion #1 Seed 15-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers


We lost at home to the Steelers earlier this year. Is this a sweep for them or are we taking this bad boy home?

We win 33-27!

MVP, Abrams, 31 of 50, 443, 3:1
Cleghorn, 12 for 120
Riley, 8 for 142 and 2 scores
Score by Rombach
Kirk, 20 for 85

Pick six by Fannon
FF by Hutchins recovered by Coomes

We finish 18-1!

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

Super Bowl MVP – QB Alejandro Abrams

All Pro 1st Team

QB Alejandro Abrams
OT Randy Blair
K Ricky Poston
DT Amari McGovern
SS Drew Kempthorne

All Pro 2nd Team

RB Shawn Kirk
WR Wesley Cleghorn
C Chandler Macias



Are we back in the groove? Abrams and Cleghorn with awards again. New awards for Blair, McGovern. As you might recall, Abrams was a two time league MVP early in his career when this team was his. Welcome back!

[Abe Sargent]

Alright it’s time…



Time to move on from the Bucs. The Panthers, Saints, and Bucs are powerhouses, so the obvious place to move to is the Falcons, if they’ll have me. I’ll finish my postseason stuff and then move on.

This was my career in ten years with the Bucs.

2045 – 1-14-1
2046 – 2-14
2047 – 4-12
2048 – 12-3-1 – Lost Week 2
2049 – 13-3 – Lost in Super Bowl
2050 – 11-5 – Lost in Week 2
2051 – 10-6
2052 – 12-3-1 – Won Super Bowl
2053 – 13-3 – Lost in Week 3
2054 – 15-1 – Won Super Bowl

This was my toughest team with three years before the playoffs rather than 2 and a 10-6 season there were we didn’t make the playoffs.

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.30 – OT Jeffrey Porter, Temple, 15/75; 23/74; 27/76; 40/76
2.30 – WLB John Alston, New Mexico, 37/56; 43/59; 46/64; 56/64
3.30 – TE Clay Sanford, Utah, 35/54; 39/55; 42/62; 47/62
4.30 – OG Norman Ramirez, Houston, 7/66; 13/67; 13/69; 13/69
5.30 – DT C.J. Luong, Stanford, 27/53; 30/51; 29/40; 29/40
6.30 – RB Derrick Burns, Kentucky, 49/61; 53/64; 59/72; 64/72
7.30 – C Stan Baker, Tulsa, 21/65; 27/65; 27/65; 27/65


UFAs

FS Herb Duran, 19/48; 23/52; 25/46; 25/46
CB Brad Duffy, 25/41; 30/47; 31/52; 31/52
WR Branden Freibergs, 18/44; 23/46; 23/46; 24/46
OG Casey Devitt, 20/54; 23/54; 23/56; 23/56
SLB Bo Laskanic, 23/51; 26/49; 25/35; CUT
WLB Leonard Keith, 20/49; 21/43; 23/34; CUT

There you go!

[Abe Sargent]

Stats


Offensive

Passing

QB Abrams – 332 of 527, 3913, 31:10, 97.2 rating

Great rating, picks were down, that’s a record TD number. Welcome back!

Rushing

RB Kirk – 361 for 1569, 4.35 ypc, 10 scores

That’s leading all RBs in yards by 9, and has a down year in ypc, and 2nd in rush scores. Good stuff Kirk!

Receiving



Cleghorn is back! His 1271 yards was 2nd most by just 5 yards. Good stuff! Riley another great year catching that ball. Kirk was 3rd with 552 yards putting him over 2100 yards from scrimmage.

Blocking



Macias another All Pro, and Blair had his first All Pro as well. Good stuff! Rookie Porter was fine with 16 KRB with 44 KRO and a better than average % and just 2 sacks allowed.

Special Teams

K Poston – 43 of 50, Long of 54, 51 of 51

DANG PATs. Good stuff!


P Bruce – 77 punts, 43.9 avg, 29 in 20.

Okay again

Langlois – 1 KR RET TD

LB Willis – 27 special teams tackles

[Abe Sargent]

Defense



Kempthorne and Madison have swapped tackle numbers. Our most sacks was Heilprin with 12 which was pretty good, and came in 1.5 sacks behind the league leader. Moyad tied McGovern with 10 sacks, and as you can see, in a few years I have renovated my D Line. Nice right? Madison led my LB corps with 5 sacks. Willis led my team with 5 FF

Pass Coverage



Kempthorne had a great year in picks and led my team in pasdef. The league leader in INT was 9 and there was just one person with it, and no one had 8 or 7, so Kempthorne was tied with the 2nd highest picks with 2 other people. Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – QB Alejandro Abrams – Dude won a Super Bowl and was MVP thereof, and got his first All Pro in a long time. Good job!

Def. Player of the Year – SS Drew Kempthorne – Dude got an All Pro and led my team in pasdef, picks, and tackles. Good job!

Special Teams Player of the Year – K Rickey Poston – Dude wins his 5th All Pro, dude wins this award…

Rookie of the Year – OT Jeffrey Porter – Had a great freshman campaign for us with 2 sacks allowed, and solid KRB, KR%. Welcome to the team!

Heart Award – RB Derek Burns – Rookie RB with a nasty game spelling Kirk. Good job Burns.

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season… I score a 50…weird I know

The 2055 NFL Offseason

The Vikings have finished their move to Richmond

We want move to the Falcons, but they won’t have us…

Who am I going to instead?

Only three teams will take us… Las Vegas, Richmond, and Greenville. Who has the worst historical record? Who needs us?

Let’s try and take a team right after they moved and head to Richmond to take on the Vikings? They are also in the division with the heavy Green Bay Packers who won the Super Bowl two years ago


Hall of Fame

WR Braxton Wilcox – Our great WR with the Panthers, finished with 3 rings and 6 All Pros. Was my worst WR that filled that #1 role by talent but the most consistent. Picked at the top of the 2nd round.

OG Sammy Tatum -Was the best O Line during his run, drafted him in the 1st round with the Panthers in their first year, and finished with 5 All Pros, and 3 rings


Retirements of Note


From the Bucs –

S Raul Boyd – One of the oldest players with the team, won two Rings, no All Pros.


Other Abe’s Boys of Note

RB Cesar Lemoine – The first pick with the Bucs, three All Pros, no rings.

DE Edward Jordon – long time UFA player with the Bucs.


I’m surprised that Arellano didn’t retire on doctor’s orders -he dropped from 74/74 to 51/51 after his injury…


Staff Draft

We pick 17th

Our HC is Oliver Vernon and there is a much better guy on the board – Blaine Ferrell the DC from Arizona, with a suitability rating of 67.


At the OC our guy is Lionel Pinard, and he likes balanced offenses. I keep him as he is the best on the board with a suitability of 72.

At DC our current guy is Joey Parcells with a 62 suit and 43 Under. I grab the top DC on the board who is Giovanni Guthrie, with a 71 suitability and he likes True 3-4 so we will be building my 3rd 3-4.

The AC pick arrives. Our guy is Curtis McGregor and he is the best so I keep him.

At SC our guy is Byron Ramirez and he is way better than anyone else by 8 suitability so I make no changes

I make no changes to franchising anyone

[Abe Sargent]

The 2055 NFL FA Period #1

With a 4-12 record last year we pick #2. The problem with this is obvious. If this is a one QB draft like the last few, then we won’t be getting a QB at the 1.2 spot. We need either a 2 QB draft with two studs available for us, or a 1 QB draft where the 1.1 heads elsewhere. Drafting at 1.1 is New England and they have the stud QB from last year’s draft at 45/70, so we may be lucky here. Is there a great QB in the draft?

There are three top QBs that I interview and we’ll look at come draft time! They are As Scouted, Very Underrated and Overrated. I interview some that may be there at 2.2.

I look at my roster. Any Abe’s Boys here? Nope

I cut everyone.

I have 267 mill ready for new players. Over on the Bucs, they did not franchise anyone which is good news for us.

Abe’s Boys UFAs to chase

P Hunter Greer OR Terrance Bruce

K Rickey Poston

Te Bradley Preston

OG Peyton Shelby

LB Andres Arellano

MLB Will Carney

S Antonio Grembowski

CB Raymond Fletcher

CB Rodney Coomes

DE Denzel Lemons

NT Jamie Williamson

I make some offers

Arellano wants 87 mill so I skip him. Carney won’t sign with me as he played with us at one point in time and didn’t like it. I offer P Bruce

Week 2 – NT Williamson signs.

Week 3 - Shelby and Preston sign for less money by millions to head back to the Bucs. We sign Fletcher and Poston.

Week 4 – Coomes and Grembowski sign

Week 9 – DE Lemons signs

Week 10 – P Bruce signs

Arellano’s demand has dropped to 68 mill but no one is knocking

Who’s ready for the draft?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2055 NFL Amateur Draft

At the top spot, the Patriots take…they trade the pick to Buffalo who takes… ILB Jon Limbert.

That leaves us three Qbs.

Lets’ unpack the two that aren’t overrated

Neither of these are absolute studs.




We’ll begin with the As Scouted and top QB on the board, Denzel Morrison. He’s good at most passing skills, but his accuracy isn’t good at all. He is low on the scrambling, which I prefer, I don’t want him taking carries away from my precious RB.

Now here’s the next QB on the board…



This is Ryan Ferguson. Unlike the other option, accuracy is arguably his best stat but his timing os off. Unfortunately, this is a big scrambler. He has no combines to look at. But this is the Very Underrated guy. I hate drafting a scrambler and runner, but do I have a choice?

What do you think?

[Abe Sargent]

I go with Ferguson…



Now let’s BAP this thang…

2.2 – I enjoy LT Rickey McDonald. Want a good LB? LB Devan Fox seems like a good option. Or SLB Elijah Gray. FS Calvin Schwartz? I do McDonald.


3.2 – Do I like RB Rod McElroy? I think Kirk might be let go next year since Tampa Bay has a stud backup and there’s no need to push RB here fiscally. How about DE Graham Snyder who looks pretty nice. MLB Ricardo Flowers? I like Snyder.


4.2 – Do I like OG Herb Brand? What about RT Ron Rivers? I prefer Rivers. Also I like DT Colin Sica.


5.2 – WLB John Horton?


6.2 – DE Mackenzie Malewitz? CB Avery Terry the best CB on the board? I go Terry.


7.2 – How about here? SS Taylor Dunlap is good at Punt Ret.

Rookie Lookie

1 – QB Ryan Ferguson, Iowa, 20/72
2 – LT Rickey McDonald, Western Michigan, 25/71
3 – DE Graham Snyder, 32/63
4 - RT Ron Rivers, 18/59
5 – WLB John Horton, 34/68
6 - CB Avery Terry, Texas A&M, 28/56
7 – SS Taylor Dunlap, 16/48

There you go!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2055 NFL FA Period #2

I take a look at LB Arellano now. What does he want? 56 mill over 4 years. He’s only 52/52. I make the offer, I have the cash.

I make offers to tons of UFAs


Week 1 – We sign many.

Week 2 – Arellano signs with us. We sign many more UFAs.

Week 3 – The rest sign!

Here are my top 5 UFAs

DE Darrell Sellers, 11/60
DE Marc Magazine, 17/60
CB Riley Druckenmiller, 16/58
C Wyatt Lynn, 23/57
CB Zachary Roberson, 14/55

There you are!

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp


Rookie Lookie #2

1 – QB Ryan Ferguson, Iowa, 20/72; 27/73
2 – LT Rickey McDonald, Western Michigan, 25/71; 31/73
3– DE Graham Snyder, 32/63; 36/73
4 – RT Ron Rivers, 18/59; 24/60
5– WLB John Horton, 34/68; 36/66
6 - CB Avery Terry, Texas A&M, 28/56; 28/54
7 – SS Taylor Dunlap, 16/48; 20/47

UFAs

DE Darrell Sellers, 11/60; 15/49
DE Marc Magazine, 17/60; 22/51
CB Riley Druckenmiller, 16/58; 19/52
C Wyatt Lynn, 23/57; 28/53
CB Zachary Roberson, 14/55; 16/55

Meh. Too many busts!

I had a DE boom in camp, DE Mitch Kirk who is now 12/54;

I have 63 under contract and I trim to get to the preseason

[Abe Sargent]

The 2055 NFL Preseason

I hand out 14 deactives and massage my depth chart. I move Horton to SLB.


Week 2 – At Cleveland – We lose 0-7

Week 3 – Augusta – We lose 23-13

Week 4 – Baltimore – We lose 27-13

Week 5 – At Houston – We lose 0-27

We go 0-4





Rookie Lookie #3

1 – QB Ryan Ferguson, Iowa, 20/72; 27/73; 27/64
2 – LT Rickey McDonald, Western Michigan, 25/71; 31/73; 33/74
3– DE Graham Snyder, 32/63; 36/73; 36/55
4 – RT Ron Rivers, 18/59; 24/60; 24/56
5– WLB John Horton, 34/68; 36/66; 31/40
6 - CB Avery Terry, Texas A&M, 28/56; 28/54; 27/49
7 – SS Taylor Dunlap, 16/48; 20/47; 17/20


WOW! We busted at every pick save my 2nd rounder! That’s just…..uncanny bad!

UFAs

DE Darrell Sellers, 11/60; 15/49; 15/45
DE Marc Magazine, 17/60; 22/51; 19/46
CB Riley Druckenmiller, 16/58; 19/52; 18/36
C Wyatt Lynn, 23/57; 28/53; 32/60
CB Zachary Roberson, 14/55; 16/55; 17/33

Wow. We also busted here HARD as well………..

I cut 7 of these idiots to get to 53.

[Abe Sargent]

Here are my rookies



Ryan Ferguson dropped. A mid 60’s QB might still get me there, but I’m not holding my breath. Abrams was my worst of my franchise QBs in the low 70s and he never really dominated. We’ll see what this guy can do after some development.



Here’s my only draft pick that did well. Good job McDonald!

[Abe Sargent]

On The Green Page we have those two players and none others.

Rookie Investigation

After busting, our QB wound up the FOURTH BEST QB. That’s sad. The best was 14/72 and was taken 2.7. The overrated one wound up 38/68… A 6th Round QB is just behind our 1.2 with 28/62!

This was a horrible year for Rbs, the best is 57 pot. Ditto TEs with 56. This was a bad year for WR. Only one had 60+ pot and he was at 62.

Our UFA C is the 3rd best

OT McDonald is 2nd best; OT Rivers is 7th best.

DE Snyder is 6th best DE.

After busting badly Horton is out of the top 20!

CB Avery Terry is the 18th best d back

Wow that was a bad draft….

[Abe Sargent]

The 2055 Richmond Vikings

Front Office Football Eight
Richmond Vikings Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

Ferguson, Ryan 110 QB QB 1 27 64 4 yrs. 2055
Fisk, Demetrius 106 QB 1 12 34 1 yr. 2055
Kaminski, Dexter 227 RB 1 33 40 1 yr. 2055
Harvey, Scottie 247 RB RB 1 39 39 1 yr. 2055
Lee, Mercury 221 RB 1 26 36 1 yr. 2055
Enloe, Micah 320 FB FB 1 22 40 1 yr. 2055
Hawkins, Oscar 441 TE 1 22 42 1 yr. 2055
##Ivory, Kristopher 482 TE 1 18 30 1 yr. 2055
Bagette, Rod 442 TE TE 1 19 29 1 yr. 2055
Poole, Dean 485 TE 1 22 28 1 yr. 2055
Fina, Cornelius 584 FL FL 1 27 42 1 yr. 2055
Leibforth, Mickey 516 FL 1 18 27 1 yr. 2055
##Nyland, Otis 581 FL 1 14 24 1 yr. 2055
Parker, Irving 589 SE SE 1 19 44 1 yr. 2055
Mason, Kaden 583 SE 1 27 38 1 yr. 2055
Lynn, Wyatt 656 C C 1 32 60 1 yr. 2055
Haven, Emmanuel 659 C 1 18 42 1 yr. 2055
Clemons, Dale 774 LG 1 16 37 1 yr. 2055
Harrison, Grant 775 LG LG 1 16 31 1 yr. 2055
McPhillips, Rodney 771 RG RG 1 15 35 1 yr. 2055
McDonald, Rickey 865 LT LT 1 33 74 4 yrs. 2055
Arnold, Myles 863 LT 1 19 30 1 yr. 2055
Rivers, Ron 860 RT RT 1 24 56 4 yrs. 2055
Korth, James 861 RT 1 15 29 1 yr. 2055
Bruce, Terrance 919 P 7 70 70 2 yrs. 2055
Poston, Ricky 1007K 10 82 82 3 yrs. 2055
##Sellers, Darrell 1197LDE 1 15 45 1 yr. 2055
Snyder, Graham 1196RDE LDE 1 36 55 4 yrs. 2055
VanKirk, Walt 1176RDE 1 20 54 1 yr. 2055
Magazine, Marc 1193RDE 1 19 46 1 yr. 2055
Lemons, Denzel 1195RDE RDE 6 40 40 2 yrs. 2055
##Simmons, Horace 1178RDE 1 22 32 1 yr. 2055
Kirk, Mitch 1173RDE 1 12 24 1 yr. 2055
Williamson, Jamie 1298NT NT 6 48 48 3 yrs. 2055
Newhart, Vincent 1270NT 1 24 32 1 yr. 2055
Razo, Alejandro 1354SILB 1 40 43 1 yr. 2055
Fadiman, Erick 1394WILB SILB 1 21 36 1 yr. 2055
Horton, John 1499SLB SLB 1 31 40 4 yrs. 2055
Dirks, Neil 1450SLB 1 21 23 1 yr. 2055
Arellano, Andres 1490WLB WLB 6 48 48 4 yrs. 2055
Grier, Bruce 1492WLB WILB 1 24 30 1 yr. 2055
##Dole, Devonte 1458WLB 1 18 29 1 yr. 2055
Bach, Horace 1491WLB 1 17 27 1 yr. 2055
Wright, Les 1529LCB 1 26 50 1 yr. 2055
##Roberson, Zachary 1528LCB 1 17 33 1 yr. 2055
Terry, Avery 1524RCB RCB 1 27 49 4 yrs. 2055
Fletcher, Raymond 1535RCB 7 42 42 3 yrs. 2055
Coomes, Rodney 1539RCB LCB 5 40 40 3 yrs. 2055
Druckenmiller, Riley 1533RCB 1 18 36 1 yr. 2055
##Gregg, Julio 1522RCB 1 21 29 1 yr. 2055
Grembowski, Antonio 1645SS SS 5 60 60 4 yrs. 2055
Dunlap, Darnell 1626SS FS 1 28 55 1 yr. 2055
Ingram, Chester 440 LS 1 19 19 1 yr. 2055

$$ - 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: $389,200,000
Cap Room: $167,380,000
Maximum for New Player: $168,410,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $97,050,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $74,730,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $171,290,000

Welcome the suck

[Abe Sargent]

The 2055 Regular Season

We’ll fast sim this…

Week 1 – At Chicago – We lose 9-34

Week 2 – LA Chargers – We lose 17-13

Week 3 – At Atlanta – We lose 14-30

Week 4 – At Raleigh – We lose 10-16

Week 5 – At Green Bay – We lose 3-40 to the juggernaut

Week 6 – BYE

Week 7 – At Greenville – We lose 6-32

Week 8 – DC – We lose 13-6

Week 9 – NY Giants – We lose 10-17

We are 0-8