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

[Abe Sargent]

Defense




I was surprised that Carter didn’t get Def. Player of the Year as he was 1st in sacks by 2.5! Webb led my team in tackles again with 126 and grabbed me 2 sacks, down from his rookie year of 4 last year, but still good for a MLB. Smith in his sophomore year netted 6 sacks and was 2nd on the team in those, and Plumier netted 3.5 sacks, still a down year for him, and Andersen 5 sacks beside him. Carter led my team with 5 FF. He was 2nd in the league with them.

Pass Coverage



Rookie Horn, starting at CB, grabbed me 6 sacks with 1 pick six. 17 pasdef and 4 picks by Webb. Westbrook and Fox each added 3 picks as well. Horn was tied for league lead and I was surprised that he couldn’t get Def. Rookie of the Year or All Pro. He probably needed more pasdef. His picks are 98 but his coverage is less than ideal.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – RB Lester Brookins – Dude gets ALL of the Awards, dude wins this award.

Def. Player of the Year – DE Rufus Carter – He’s been putting together some nice years!

Special Teams Player of the Year – K Cris Kanpurwala – Dude just has 4 missed FGs on 48 attempts, dude gets this award.

Rookie of the Year – CB Bryce Horn – Dude leads my team and the NFL in picks, dude wins this award.

Heart Award – WR Shannon Deyo – Despite Deyo being my 5th WR active and not starting on any of my formations, he grabbed 243 yards and 2 scores.

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.30 – OG Francisco Stokes, Arizona State, 33/70; 40/70; 40/71; 43/71
2.30 – RB Lester Brookins, Notre Dame, 45/55; 48/56; 50/60; 55/60
3.30 – SS Bryce Horn, Miami, FL, 33/54; 37/55; 37/52; 44/51
4.30 – WR Mel Brock, Indiana, 28/51; 31/51; 35/51; 40/51
5.30 – OC Harold Keller, Fort Lewis, 23/62; 27/60; 29/61; 39/61
6.30 – OG Myles Hoover, Georgetown, 14/51; 18/50; 19/48; 19/48
7.30 – OT Geoff Nichols, Arizona, 6/51; 10/50; 10/47; 10/47

UFAs

WR Weston Hudson, 26/49; 30/49; 32/53; 34/53
RB Joseph Spencer, 27/36; 30/36; 30/36; 30/36
SLB Marco Galloway, 19/51; 23/48; 22/43; Cut

There you are!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season and score…63

The 2063 NFL Offseason

Hall of Fame

WR Wesley Cleghorn – Stud WR with the Bucs. Grabbed me 3 Rings and 5 All Pros.


Retirements of Note

Rattlesnakes

None

Bucs

S Kempthorne – We drafted him in the 2nd round at 2.4 with the Bucs. He had 4 Rings and 3 All Pros. HOF?

TE Preston – UFA with the Bucs, played with us with the Snakes, 3 Rings, no awards

DE Corey Moyad – Stud DE with the Bucs taken at 1.28 spot. 2 rings, 2 All Pros, Def. Rookie of the Year.


Staff Draft

We pick 21st

No changes

I massage my ticket prices

I have 43 mill in cap space and 27.6 for new players. Do I want to tag any of my players? Nope!

See you at the FA time.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2063 NFL FA Period #1

I review the draft. Anyone that might still be there at 1.32 I review. The top OC has worse bars than last year but came back very underrated. I interview a few WRs, DBs, and so forth.

I sign my RFAs. Everyone save for CB Fisher. I have 45 under contract and 16.8 mill in cap room

Key players in the final year of their deal

FS Ferguson – Wants 40 mill over 3 years, drop of 1.5 mill cap

QB Kennedy – 227 mill, 4 years, 5 mill drop in cap

DT Plumier – 152 mill, 4 years, drop in cap of 6 mill

TE Moy – 83 mill, 4 years, increase of cap hit of 2.1 mil

I extend LS and K and QB Joyner

OT Mangold – 85 mill, increase of cap hit 6.9 mill

DT Andersen – 122 mill,4 years, increase of cap hit by 21 mill

FS Fox – 85 mill, 4 years, 13.9 mill increase of cap hit.


If I cut Plumier I free… 38.5 mill for a guy that only nets a small number of sacks.

I cut Plumier and I extend Kennedy. Then I’ll hold off on the others until later to see what we manufacture in the draft.

I have 62 mill in cap space for new players.

Any of my UFAs I want to chase? Nope!

Others?

Nope

Week 2 – OG Porter signs with Raleigh

Week 4 – Reynolds heads to New Orleans

Week 5 – Whelihan heads to NY Jets

Week 6 – Glenn also heads to the Jets

Week 7 – Plumier heads to another of our old teams, Tampa Bay.

Week 10 – Linares heads to Arizona


Who’s ready for some drafting…

[Abe Sargent]

The 2063 NFL Amateur Draft

Picking at the 1.1 spot is… Green Bay and they take… DT Lee Gonzalez.

I fast forward to our pick at the 1.32. Who do I like here?

OC Spolane went at 1.27…sad… all WRs I interviewed are off the board.

WLB Jesse Witt – The top player on the board, looks great with the bars. If I were a 3-4 I’d be more interested…could Witt replace Troutman at SLB?
MLB Antoine Francis – 3rd best player on the board, looks good but not as good as Witt
OG Glen Smith – Overrated, Good at everything but strength.
OG Francisco Davis – Worse bars than Smith, very overrated
OG Brady Martinez – 3rd OG on the board, better bars in everything save endurance, no interview
DT Landon Sutton – The best DT on the board, not the best with the bars
DT Gus Gaddy – 2nd best DT on the board, great pass rush stuff, poor run d,
TE Brett Mayes – Weaker bars, overrated
FB Lucas Hernandez – Stud looking FB. Could I take him, convert him to TE, and replace Moy this year? (He’s not good at catching, but great at blocking and power inside and blitz pickup.


Here’s let’s drill down and make a decision later



Here’s the top rated rookie on the board, Witt. As you can see, he’s very well rounded everywhere save for play D. I could draft him, and if he winds up looking strong, replace SLB Troutman who is a 60/60 SLB and only 5 mill on cap so no major commitment was made to replace him. Or I might leave him at WLB and replace my starter there. Do I do Witt?




Here’s the stud looking FB Hernandez. Now, I didn’t interview him or think about checking FB as my FB was so good, but he would be a high rated TE if he doesn’t bust in camp or preseason. He’s a good runner and blocker. Could I move him to RB instead of TE and get a good RB to go with my high playing Brookins? Do I do Hernandez?



Here’s the pass rushing DT Gaddy. He’s the 2nd best DT on the board and looks pretty good at everything save run d, which I like my DTs to be better at. Do I grab him and make him my new DT for the cut Plumier? Do I draft Gaddy?


Or do I go with a 4th dark option?


What would you do?

[Abe Sargent]

Hmmmm…

Let’s talk it over

Gaddy - DT is my biggest position of need, and Gaddy seems like he’ll be fine there. Sure, I’d like a better Run D guy, but this is the sort of DT you’ll get at the end of the 1st round. He’s not perfect. But he’ll suffice.

Witt – Witt is probably the best player on the board as my FB to TE won’t keep that level but will drop it. He’s a strong option at SLB as he’ll be good at rushing, run d, and coverage. Getting a guy as good as Witt looks to be at 1.32 is what BAP is all about, and he’s the BAP.


Hernandez -Sure, he’s not the best receiver in the world, but you saw how good a not-good receiver Brookins did last year for me. Moy Is more than 80 mill to extend and is pricey, and he hasn’t played well the last year or two. Even if Hernandez drops in quality at pass catching, you may not miss it. He’s better at blocking than Moy is.


I like all three and my team wants all three. The biggest need (DT) is the worst player. Although DT Greene is a 56/58 guy so that’s not too bad if I can’t emerge from this draft with a better starter.

BAP?
Replace an underperforming TE with a worse catching one and save 80 mill?
Worst player but biggest need?

Hmmm…


I do Gaddy. He’s the biggest position of need. I know he’s the worst player, but I need another DT.

2.32 – TE Chase Polasek? DT Darrin Ring? Ring is also a pass rush specialist although not as well wounded as Gaddy. CB Angel Bernard? I like Bernard. I need more dbacks of quality.

3.32 – Is TE Chase Polasek still on the board? I take him.

4.32 – OT Sebastian Langfahl?

5.32 – WR Carlos Blackledge? Let’s do it!

6.32 – FS Eugene Moore? I take Moore. He’s poor at picks by at the 6.32 you can’t be too choosy. This seems a pretty deep d back draft. He looks like a grower.

7.32 – OG Alexander Chaffee? CB Quinn Monroe? I go OG.

Rookie Lookie #1

1.32 – DT Gus Gaddy, Brigham Young, 32/58
2.32 – CB Angel Bernard, Wyoming, 31/66
3.32 – TE Chase Polasek, Mississippi State, 37/59
4.32 – OT Sebastian Langfahl, Buffalo, 32/60
5.32 – WR Carlos Blackledge, Virginia, 27/53
6.32 – FS Eugene Moore, Texas A&M, 17/49
7.32 – OG Alex Chaffee, Boston College, 32/51

There you go!

The Seahawks had a relocation vote for Albany, NY but it failed.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2063 NFL FA Period #2

Axel Fox is holding out. I don’t resign him right now. I want to see what happens with my rookies.

I have 51 under contract and I make offers to these rookies

RB Kenneth Gomez
RB Bernie Sapia
WR Don Baxter – Good at PRs
WR Jessie Bordano – Good at KRs
CB Quinn Monroe
CB Justin Crawford
DE Dillon Ogden

Week 1 – Two join us

Week 2 – Three do so now

Week 3 – The last two do

UFAs

RB Kenneth Gomez, 31/50
RB Bernie Sapia, 30/44
WR Don Baxter, 18/50
WR Jessie Bordano, 21/45
CB Quinn Monroe, 16/48
CB Justin Crawford, 18/49
DE Dillon Ogden, 17/50

Let’s do some camping…

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Fox ends his holdout.

Rookie Lookie #2

1.32 – DT Gus Gaddy, Brigham Young, 32/58; 35/57
2.32 – CB Angel Bernard, Wyoming, 31/66; 37/64
3.32 – TE Chase Polasek, Mississippi State, 37/59; 41/60
4.32 – OT Sebastian Langfahl, Buffalo, 32/60; 38/62
5.32 – WR Carlos Blackledge, Virginia, 27/53; 30/52
6.32 – FS Eugene Moore, Texas A&M, 17/49; 22/48
7.32 – OG Alex Chaffee, Boston College, 32/51; 26/48

Not great yet.


UFAs

RB Kenneth Gomez, 31/50; 33/49
RB Bernie Sapia, 30/44; 31/42
WR Don Baxter, 18/50; 21/48
WR Jessie Bordano, 21/45; 23/45
CB Quinn Monroe, 16/48; 18/47
CB Justin Crawford, 18/49; 23/48
DE Dillon Ogden, 17/50; 22/48

Not great either with my UFAs


I have 58 so no need for cuts

[Abe Sargent]

The 2063 NFL Preseason

I hand out 12 rests and massage my depth charts

Greene has grown as a DT to 60/60 and is better than Gaddy, but hopefully Gaddy will grow into a starter.

I’ll start Bernard at CB and Horn at nickelback, a more natural fit for his skill set.

Week 2 – Cincinnati – We win 33-7

Week 3 – At Indy – We lose 19-22

Week 4 – At Pittsburgh – We win 25-18

Week 5 – Jacksonville – We lose 16-17

We finish 2-2

Rookie Lookie #3

1.32 – DT Gus Gaddy, Brigham Young, 32/58; 35/57; 35/48
2.32 – CB Angel Bernard, Wyoming, 31/66; 37/64; 39/66
3.32 – TE Chase Polasek, Mississippi State, 37/59; 41/60; 42/68
4.32 – OT Sebastian Langfahl, Buffalo, 32/60; 38/62; 40/70
5.32 – WR Carlos Blackledge, Virginia, 27/53; 30/52; 30/50
6.32 – FS Eugene Moore, Texas A&M, 17/49; 22/48; 24/51
7.32 – OG Alex Chaffee, Boston College, 32/51; 26/48; 26/50

Langfahl booms and Gaddy falls. I’m shocked that Moore didn’t boom like I thought he was that was lined up based on his combines.


UFAs

RB Kenneth Gomez, 31/50; 33/49; 33/45
RB Bernie Sapia, 30/44; 31/42; 30/36
WR Don Baxter, 18/50; 21/48; 21/42
WR Jessie Bordano, 21/45; 23/45; 22/41
CB Quinn Monroe, 16/48; 18/47; 15/33
CB Justin Crawford, 18/49; 23/48; 21/33
DE Dillon Ogden, 17/50; 22/48; 19/39



I cut

OT Jamie Bennett – We’ll move to my rookie.

CB Quinn Monroe
CB Justin Crawford
DE Dillon Ogden
RB Joseph Spencer

[Abe Sargent]

I have 80 mill for new players.

I make these extensions

FS Ferguson
OT Mangold
DT Andersen

Fox won’t resign with my team due to past injustices… I guess I could franchise him next year if that’s needed. Not? CB Drake, RB Erickson, TE Moy, LB Lavalais, LB Ismail

I sign early…

FB Eastman
MLB Webb

Not Carter Smith or MLB Barrett.

Wanna see my non-1st round bust picks?



Here is Bernard, who is very hot and cold that I picked up at the 2.32 spot. As you can see he’s good at run D, bump and run, and picks. But he’s bad at play D and punching and just okay at man to man and zone.




Here’s my 3rd round pick instead of my 1st, and as you can see Polasek is very well rounded, not amazing anywhere, and not weak anywhere. Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

On The Green Page is…

Bernard and Langfahl

Rookie Investigation

At QB, we had another horrible year with the best QB just 49 pot.

At RB, there was a 54, and a 50 and that was it for 50+ pot, another poor year.

The FB I was looking at wound up busting to 33/63. Another FB was 62. Good year for them

After booming a bit, Polasek wound up the best TE in the draft. There were four more in the 50s and just those 5 50+.

Wide receiver was the opposite of top heavy – very bottom heavy. 8 in the 50s, 1 60s, 1 80s. I couldn’t have done much better than Blackledge with a 50 pot.


OC Spolane wound up with a 92 pot and was the best player in the draft. Man I wish I could have gotten him… Just 2 Cs in the 50s and that was it for Cs.

OG was deep-ish, like normal, 2 in 70s, 3 in 60s, 7 in 50s.

At OT, Langfahl wound up 3rd best at 70 pot. There was an 83 pot and 76 pot above him. I drafted him as a shower and he grew! I just thought it was a good 4th to grab an OT that looks low 60s, and then wound up with a starter.

At D Line we had an 82, 6 60s, 9 50s, and another deep ish draft there. Gaddy busted and wasn’t even 50.

At LB we had 1 72, 2 60s, and 9 50s. Witt which we were looking at with the 1.32 pick wound up at the 72 and best LB in the draft.

Db? Bernard the 5th best DB and 3rd best CB. This did wind up deep for D Backs like I said in the draft, with 4 70s, 4 60s, 7 50s.

Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2063 Richmond Rattlesnakes

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

Kennedy, Wayne 102 QB QB 7 84 84 4 yrs. 2057
Joyner, Rodolfo 104 QB 5 48 56 2 yrs. 2059
Brookins, Lester 230 RB RB 2 58 60 3 yrs. 2062
Erickson, Mitch 239 RB 4 48 48 1 yr. 2060
Gomez, Kenneth 228 RB 1 33 45 1 yr. 2063
##Sapia, Bernie 233 RB 1 30 36 1 yr. 2063
Eastman, Shaun 342 FB FB 3 80 80 5 yrs. 2061
Polasek, Chase 488 TE 1 42 68 4 yrs. 2063
Moy, Ricky 443 TE TE 6 66 66 1 yr. 2058
Chaplin, Siddeeq 482 TE 3 42 46 2 yrs. 2061
##Williamson, Carson 486 TE 4 16 24 3 yrs. 2060
Watson, Heath 516 FL FL 6 86 86 3 yrs. 2058
Brock, Mel 510 FL 2 44 51 3 yrs. 2062
Hudson, Weston 585 SE SE 2 39 54 2 yrs. 2062
Blackledge, Carlos 519 SE 1 30 50 4 yrs. 2063
Baxter, Don 589 SE 1 21 42 1 yr. 2063
##Bordano, Jessie 514 SE 1 22 41 1 yr. 2063
Doebert, Devon 650 C C 5 68 68 3 yrs. 2059
Keller, Harold 657 C 2 44 62 3 yrs. 2062
Stokes, Francisco 769 LG LG 2 49 72 3 yrs. 2062
Chaffee, Alexander 768 LG 1 26 50 4 yrs. 2063
Cone, Arnold 770 RG RG 5 75 75 3 yrs. 2059
Hoover, Myles 767 RG 2 22 49 3 yrs. 2062
Langfahl, Sebastian 865 LT RT 1 40 70 4 yrs. 2063
Mangold, Graham 875 RT LT 4 65 65 5 yrs. 2060
Schwartz, Javier 866 RT 3 47 51 2 yrs. 2061
##Nichols, Geoff 876 RT 2 14 48 3 yrs. 2062
Gonzalez, Liam 905 P 7 98 98 2 yrs. 2057
Kanpurwala, Cris 1003K 6 83 83 3 yrs. 2058
Smith, Carter 1177LDE RDE 3 69 69 2 yrs. 2061
Flowers, Amos 1172LDE 3 36 58 1 yr. 2061
Carter, Rufus 1194RDE LDE 5 75 75 3 yrs. 2059
##Barnes, Alfredo 1178RDE 3 31 50 1 yr. 2061
Greene, Les 1291LDT LDT 3 58 58 3 yrs. 2061
Gaddy, Gus 1279LDT 1 35 49 4 yrs. 2063
Andersen, Renaldo 1274NT RDT 4 70 70 4 yrs. 2060
Webb, Dwayne 1352MLB MLB 3 81 81 4 yrs. 2061
Barrett, Scott 1392MLB 3 57 65 2 yrs. 2061
##Clancy, Damon 1355MLB 4 34 45 2 yrs. 2060
Troutman, Dashawn 1495SLB SLB 5 57 57 2 yrs. 2059
Lavalais, Thurman 1499SLB 4 50 50 1 yr. 2060
Luciano, Courtney 1451WLB WLB 5 67 67 3 yrs. 2059
Isbell, Percy 1493WLB 4 52 52 1 yr. 2060
Horn, Bryce 1548LCB RCB 2 49 52 3 yrs. 2062
##Henry, Cris 1520LCB 3 37 47 2 yrs. 2061
Westbrook, Devante 1537RCB LCB 6 78 78 2 yrs. 2058
Bernard, Angel 1541RCB 1 39 66 4 yrs. 2063
Drake, Ezekiel 1538RCB 6 51 51 1 yr. 2058
Hocking, Braden 1634SS 5 42 42 3 yrs. 2059
Fox, Axel 1632FS SS 4 66 66 1 yr. 2060
Ferguson, Percy 1644FS FS 8 61 61 3 yrs. 2056
Moore, Eugene 1636FS 1 24 51 4 yrs. 2063
Mendola, Edwin 656 LS 4 21 21 2 yrs. 2060

$$ - 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: $450,300,000
Cap Room: $27,690,000
Maximum for New Player: $28,990,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $11,010,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $9,520,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $427,600,000

Team Time!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2063 NFL Regular Season

We were 15-1 last year and 14-2 the previous one, but I think we’ll fall back to 13-3 this season. This is our 9th year with the Rattlesnakes…ready? Can we win back to back Super Bowls?

We finished the preseason with no injuries. We had a few minor ones in the first week but those finished up. We had a 1 week injury in the third game which finished this week. That means we’ll have 3-4 players that have a nasty injury that places them on IR.

Week 1 – Green Bay - They finished with the worst record in the league last year, so hopefully…this should kick our year off with a win. We thump them 36-6. MVP was Kennedy, 20 of 33, 245 and 3:1, Watson was 5 for 122 and 2 scores, another score by Moy, Kanpurwala 5 of 6 FGs, picks by Horn, Luciano and Troutman, FF by Fox, rec by Westbrook, 5 KRB by Cone.


Week 2 – At LA Chargers – We win 23-10, MVP is Kennedy, 21 of 31, 250 and 1:0,Watson 6 for 108 and 1 score, Brookins a rush score, pick by Westbrook, FF by Horn,

Week 3 – At Atlanta – We win 47-20. Noise! MVP is Kennedy, 25 of 38, 311 and 3:0, Erickson, Watson and Brock with scores. Brookins was 31 for 169 and 2 scores, pick by Webb, 2 FF by Fox, 1 by Webb, rec by Carter and Barrett. 4 pasdef by Westbrook, 5 KRB by Cone


Week 4 – BYE

Week 5 - Seattle – They are 4-0. Who will be defeated after this week? We win 34-19. MVP is Kennedy, 19 of 26, 260. 3:0, scores by Moy and Eastmanx2, rush score by Erickson, Ferguson with pick, Westbrook with FF, 4 KRB by Cone.

OC Doebert is out for a while and Keller will start for him.

We are 4-0 at the first quarter

[Abe Sargent]

Week 6 – At Arizona – We win 20-17. MVP is Fox with a pick six and picks by Hocking and Ferguson. FF by Smith, rec by Andersen. Kennedy went out in the first quarter and Joyner was 18 of 32, 177 and 1:1, hitting for a score Eastman, Watson 7 for 102, 3 pasdef by Fox,

QB Kennedy is out for 7 weeks, FS Ferguson is out for 3 weeks, and NT Andersen is doubtful but we’ll start the latter. Nasty week.

Week 7 – LA Rams – We thump them 40-3. Dang! Maybe I should injure Kennedy more often! Joyner, MVP, 26 of 38, 368 and 2:1, Watson 10 for 115, scores by Eastman and Brock, Drake a KR RET TD, 2 picks by Horn, 1 a pick six, pick by Fox

Week 8 – Chicago – They are 5-2. Can we defeat them? We win 37-9. MVP is LB Luciano with a pick, 2.5 sacks. Brookins was 32 for 145, 2 scores. Joyner was 13 of 27, 144 and 2:0, scores by Brookins and Chaplain, picks by Webbx2, Horn and Westbrook, we had 5 FF on the day, 4 KRB by Mangolds

Doebert and Ferguson are back, Andersen’s injury is over.

Week 9 – At SF – We win 54-31. Dang Joyner! He’s the MVP with 26 of 38, 363, and 4:0, Brookins was 7 for 122 and 1 score, scores by Hudson, Watson and Chaplain, pick by Horn and….TWO PICK RETURNS by WEBB. Blast it that’s awesome! 3 pasdef by Ferguson,

We are 8-0 at the second quarter and Joyful Joyner is looking…not bad…

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – At Green Bay – Can Joyful Joyner keep up the undefeated mojo? Let’s find out as the 2nd half kicks off away in the NFC North. We win 31-20, and MVP is Brookins with 28 of 142, 3 scores, Joyner his first bad game with 19 of 35, 202 and 1:2, score by Moy, FF by Carter, Ferguson and Bernard rec by Carter Greene and Webb. 2.5 sacks by Carter, 4 KRB by Doebert


Week 11 – Detroit – We thump them 41-6. MVP is Joyful Joyner, 23 of 28, 381 and 5:0, Watson 8 for 113, 1 score, 3 scores by Moy, 1 by Hudson, pick by Webb, 2 sacks by Webb

Week 12 – At Las Vegas – We win 26-15. Brookins, MVP, 23 of 142, 1 score. Another bad day by Joyner, 25 of 40, 245, 1:3, Watson the score. 2 picks by Horn, 1 by Fox. FF by Barrett, Fox, and Bernard. 2 sacks by Luciano. 5 KRb by Cone, Stokes, and 4 by Doebert.

Week 13 – Greenville – We win 22-0 = MVp is Kanpurwala with 5/5 Fgs, Brookins is 29 of 109, Joyner 21 of 31, 209 and 1:1, score by Brookins, picks by Horn and Bernard, 2 FF by Webb, 1 by Horn, 2 sacks by Carter, 4 KRB by Stokes.

We are 12-0!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – Denver – We win 58-37. MVP is Joyful Joyner, 24 of 34, 328 and 5:0, Watson 7 for 119, 2 scores, scores by Moy, Blackledge and Brock. Brookins 27 for 132, 1 score. Pick six by Westbrook. FF by Smith rec by Greene. 7 KRB by Doebert,

Kennedy is back. Thanks Joyner!

CB Bernard Is out for the year after breaking his tibia and I put him on IR. Sucks for a rookie playing nicely!

Week 15 – At Chicago – We lose 10-20. Damn it Kennedy! He’s 18 for 33, 139 and 1:0, score by Watson, 2.5 sacks by Smith, 5 KRB by Cone.

WR Baxter is out for a month

Week 16 – KC – We win 40-25. MVP is Brookins with 22 of 111, 2 scores, Kennedy was 20 of 33, 206, and 1:1, score to Brookins, pick by Fox, FF by Webb and Fox, rec by Carter, 2 sacks by Greene, 4 KRB by Mangold

Week 17 – At Detroit – We win a close one 30-27. Kennedy, MVP, 27 of 38, 277 and 2:0, Watson 8 for 157, Hudson and Chaplain with scores, Brookins a rush score, pick 6 by Westbrook, pick by DT Greene

We finish 15-1 with the top seed!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2063 NFL Playoffs

Chicago has made the playoffs with a 10-6 record.

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

New York over Atlanta, 37-27
Chicago over LA 17-14

Miami over Houston 20-6
Buffalo over LA 34-10


Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

Chicago at Richmond
NY at Tampa Bay

Miami at Cincinnati
Buffalo at NY

Results?

Buffalo 19-16
Cincinnati 34-9

Tampa Bay 24-7
Us 39-13

Brookins, 19 for 122 and 1 score
Kennedy, MVP, 24 of 31, 283 and 3:0
Hudson, Moy, and Eastman with scores

Picks by Drake, Westbrook and Horn
FF by Hocking and Smith

8 KRb y Cone!
5 by Doebert

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – Conference Championships

AFC - #5 10-6 Buffalo at #1 13-3 Cincinnati


NFC - #2 12-4 Tampa Bay at #1 15-1 Richmond


Results?

Cincinnati 37-21

And?


We lose 21-16

Kennedy, 27 of 50, 245 and 1:1
Score by Moy

Pick by Drake
FF bY Greene and Webb, rec by Ferguson

3 pasdef by Luciano


The 2063 NFL Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #1 Seed 13-3 Cincinnati Bengals


Vs


Your NFC Champion #2 Seed 12-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers


Results?

Tampa Bay wins 35-21

Another win for one of my teams!

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

League MVP – RB Lester Brookins
Off. Player of the Year – RB Lester Brookins

All-Pro 1st Team

RB Lester Brookins
FB Shaun Eastman
OG Arnold Cone
K Cris Kanpurwala
MLB Dwayne Webb
CB Devante Westbrook

All-Pro 2nd Team

WR Heath Watson


Good stuff! All of these All Pros are players we’ve already had gotten that award but its nice to keep up the theme! Even in a down year at QB where the starter swapped, Watson had a bounce back season.

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Kennedy – 156 of 241, 1760, 14:2, 102.4 rating
QB Joyner – 194 of 313, 2391, 22:8, 98.3 rating

We combined for more than 4k yards. Good stuff!

Rushing

RB Brookins – 371 for 1578, 4.25 ypc, 13 scores

He led the league in yards and was 2nd in scores. Good stuff!

Receiving



Take a look at Watson’s numbers here. 97 grabs, 1345 yards, and 10 scores. I think he had a good connection with Joyner. He was 3rd in yards and top in scores. Brookins’ 541 yards and 4 scores catching was solid as he netted 2.1+K yards from scrimmage. Good stuff! Moy was 3rd and had a ton of scores, and Eastman grabbed 462 yards and 4 scores. Dude is a weapon.


Blocking



Great year for Blocking. Cone led my team and the league in KRB and he’s 9 pancakes were 2nd in the league. Stokes was a solid 2nd with 32 KRB and Doebert was fine despite being out for a few days. Good stuff blockings!


Special Teams

K Kanpurwala – 48 of 54, Long of 58, 56 of 57 PAT

Dude is a weapon!

P Gonzalez – 76 punts, 48.9 avg, 31 in 20

Dude is a great Punter.

CB Drake – Two KR RET TDs.

Fox led my team with 26 special teams tackles

[Abe Sargent]

Defense





Webb had a TON of tackles and was…the most tackles in the league. Those 5 sacks are his best and a great number for a MLB that doesn’t rush as much as WLB or SLB. Speaking of WLB, Luciano grabbed me 6.5 sacks. Carter was down but 8.5 is a fine number in a down year. Andersen netted me 7 sacks and was solid at the Dt spot. His party planner DT Green was with 5 sacks in his first starting season. Smith netted me 8.5 sacks, which is great for a non-sacks guy. Good stuff! Fox led my team with 6 FF and Webb netted 5.


Pass Coverage



I’m shocked that Horn doesn’t have an All Pro yet. Last year he led the league with 6 ints and this year? And this year? He led the league with 8! Webb rocked 6 picks and had the most picks among LBs in the league. Westbrook a very respectable 4 and 18 pasdef. Fox a solid year as well. Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – OG Arnold Cone – Led the league in KRBs, 2nd in pancakes, and was a great force of blocking nature for my team. Good stuff!

Def. Player of the Year – CB Bryce Horn – Dude was robbed of an All Pro with all of the picks. Good stuff Horn!

Special Teams Player of the Year – CB Ezekiel Drake – 2 KR Ret Scores. Good stuff Drake!

Rookie of the Year – OT Sebastian Langfahl – Just 1 sack, 19 KRB as a rookie OT? Pretty good rookie!

Heart Award - QB Rodolfo Joyner – Could there be anyone else here?

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.32 – DT Gus Gaddy, Brigham Young, 32/58; 35/57; 35/48; 37/49
2.32 – CB Angel Bernard, Wyoming, 31/66; 37/64; 39/66; 47/66
3.32 – TE Chase Polasek, Mississippi State, 37/59; 41/60; 42/68; 44/68
4.32 – OT Sebastian Langfahl, Buffalo, 32/60; 38/62; 40/70; 53/70
5.32 – WR Carlos Blackledge, Virginia, 27/53; 30/52; 30/50; 32/50
6.32 – FS Eugene Moore, Texas A&M, 17/49; 22/48; 24/51; 24/51
7.32 – OG Alex Chaffee, Boston College, 32/51; 26/48; 26/50; 26/50


UFAs

RB Kenneth Gomez, 31/50; 33/49; 33/45; 33/45
RB Bernie Sapia, 30/44; 31/42; 30/36; 30/36
WR Don Baxter, 18/50; 21/48; 21/42; 22/42
WR Jessie Bordano, 21/45; 23/45; 22/41; 22/41
CB Quinn Monroe, 16/48; 18/47; 15/33; CUT
CB Justin Crawford, 18/49; 23/48; 21/33, CUT
DE Dillon Ogden, 17/50; 22/48; 19/30, CUT

There you go!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season…I score a 61.

The 2064 NFL Offseason

Do I want to hop to another team? The Broncos have moved to Portland and I could move over and inaugurate another move much like I did with Richmond…

Let me think about it…

They won’t take me. No Super Bowls, a losing record, but they won’t take me. They have changed their names to the Pioneers in honor of Portland’s history. And it’s alliterative. Alright let’s win that 3rd Super Bowl with the Rattlesnakes!


Hall of Fame

None


Retirements of Note

Rattlesnakes

None

Other Abe’s Boys

WR Luis Fairfield – 3rd round pick with the Bucs, 2 Rings, no awards, played with us at Fairfield for a year.


Staff Draft

I give a raise to my HC, OC and DC. No changes made


I have 31 mill in cap space and 15 for new players. I have coming free Fox because he wouldn’t resign. Do I want to franchise him? It’s be 20 mill.

I may want to extend DE Smith (although I doubt it) so I’ll hold off on the tag. He won’t resign with me anyway.

I head to FA after massaging my ticket prices.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2064 NFL FA Period #1

I review the players that might be available at 1.30. We have another stud OC who’s very underrated, there are FOUR stud OGs and we might have one available but…I have Cone who’s stud and Stokes who’s studly, so I’m not sure it’s needed. Maybe I could move it to OC if we really have a good one so I interview all four. We do not have such riches at OT however, so you need to look elsewhere. For talent. I interview two WR and then the rest D back replacements for Fox.

I sign my RFAs – except RB Sapia, WR Baxter

I have 45 under contract and 9 mill left for new players.

I extend QB Joyner, (Who costs more now), LS and P.

I have these players in their last year

CB Westbrook - 7th year vet, wants 144 mill, 4 years, Drop in cap hit of 7 mill. I do so. Dude has three All Pros and 2 Rings in 6 years, so he is on a HOF parabola. I like to keep them close to the vest.

SLB Dashawn Troutman – 6th year vet, wants 15 mill over 3 years. I hold off in case I find someone better in the draft

DE Carter Smith – 4th year vet, wants 126 mill and 5 years, increase of 13 mll this year. I’ll hold off until post draft in case we find a replacement as that’s pricey for a great run stopping DE that’s as weak as he is in rushing that QB, hitting, or play D. I said he was probably just a temporary guy when I showed him post draft, but I haven’t found any better though. If he were half of that cost I’d do it and move on, but I’ll look for another place holder for him in this year’s draft.


I extend a few backups like TE Chaplain.
Do I want to chase anyone or resign my UFAs of Moy, Fox (Can’t) or the four backups? Nope!

Actually…do I want to chase Drake?

7th year vet, 51/51, low picks, high run d, okay cover, 66 PR and 48 KR? Nope. I’ll let him and the 20 mill 3 year deal head out. I kept him around for a while and the UFA CB has 2 Rings, I’m sure he’s happy.

OT Bennett is available as a FA

Week 2 – Bennett signs with KC; Fox signs with NY J

Week 3 – Moy signs with Miami. Is another of my players heading to Carolina and a 4th to Tampa Bay?

Week 5 – Erickson signs with Detroit. Nope!

Week 6 – Drake signs with Detroit as well

Who’s ready for some drafting fun times????????????

[Abe Sargent]

The 2064 NFL Amateur Draft

Picking first is Greenville. They select OLB Scott Flowers.

Who is on the board at the 1.30 spot?

The last stud CB/S in the draft went at 1.28 to the Jets, wow that was close. All four stud OGs went and… the stud OC went too….sad…

Alright so who do I like here or is feasible

WLB Dillon Browder – Top player on the board, not great bars
SILB Corwin Lowther – 3rd best player on the board, looks very good with the bars.
DE Marcos Rhodes – 4th best player on the board, top DE, great run d and pass rush t, weak pass rush s, hitter and okay play D.
FS Jimmy McElroy – Overrated, not great bars
SS Kaden Reeves – Worse bars save for picks, very overrated



Let me show you Lowther and Rhodes as they appear to be the best running around.



Here’s Lowther. I wish I had taken Witt last year as he finished nicely as the best LB in the class. Is Lowther my make up pick? He’s good at everything save for hitting. I could move him to SLB and he’d replace Troutman. Now that I’ve moved to a 4-3 I’m finally getting the LBs I needed for a 3-4! :0



Here’s Rhodes, which is at DE and a bigger position of need as I won’t be likely able to keep the pricey Smith around. But Rhodes? He could be a Smith replacement and he’s good at run D just like Smith!


Who do I take? Rhodes or Lowther? Or do I take a reach at S or a player like the best WR?

[Abe Sargent]

I grab Lowther, even if he busts (likely given the fact that three of my 1sts have busted in my Rattlesnakes era) he can replace my underwhelming Troutman at SLB


2.30 – WR Cedric D'Arcy? FS Courtney Linquist? I like D’Arcy.


3.30 – DT Luis Roller? RB Monty Loseth? I like Roller.


4.30 – TE Denzel Scott? DE Courtney Linquist? SS Tony Vance? I like Linquist


5.30 – Who do I like here? I grab the best player on the board, WILB C.J. Esparza. Could be a bit of a grower.


6.30 – Cb Dominique Rozanski? Done.


7.30 – CB Brendan Dole? He has a good potential pick rating. OG Ruben Hutchins? Dole



Rookie Lookie #1

1.30 – LB Corwin Lowther, Oklahoma State, 40/76
2.30 – WR Cedric D’Arcy, Rice, 35/56
3.30 – DT Luis Roller, Missouri, 23/67
4.30 - DE Courtney Linquist, Texas – El Paso, 27/60
5.30 - WILB C.J. Esparza, Virginia, 27/47
6.30 – CB Dominique Rozanski, San Jose State, 26/46
7.30 – CB Brendan Dole, Oregon, 18/55

There you are!!!

DC failed to relocate their team to Norfolk

[Abe Sargent]

The 2064 NFL FA Period #2

I have 52 under contract and I make offers to these rookies…


RB Sammie Starks
RB Rich Delgado
Cb Ricardo Courage – looks like a grower
CB Nick Giedt
TE Shaun Finch
RT Josue McDaniel

Week 1 – 1 signs with us

Week 2 – None do

Week 3 – All five left join us

UFAs

RB Sammie Starks, 42/48
RB Rich Delgado, 29/48
Cb Ricardo Courage, 27/36
CB Nick Giedt, 23/48
TE Shaun Finch, 19/38
RT Josue McDaniel, 18/41


There you go!

Ready for a lil’…camping?

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2

1.30 – LB Corwin Lowther, Oklahoma State, 40/76; 45/75
2.30 – WR Cedric D’Arcy, Rice, 35/56; 38/58
3.30 – DT Luis Roller, Missouri, 23/67; 29/67
4.30 - DE Courtney Linquist, Texas – El Paso, 27/60; 32/57
5.30 - WILB C.J. Esparza, Virginia, 27/47; 33/47
6.30 – CB Dominique Rozanski, San Jose State, 26/46; 34/50
7.30 – CB Brendan Dole, Oregon, 18/55; 20/50


UFAs

RB Sammie Starks, 42/48,45/51
RB Rich Delgado, 29/48; 30/46
Cb Ricardo Courage, 27/36; 31/42
CB Nick Giedt, 23/48; 27/47
TE Shaun Finch, 19/38; 21/37


There you are! I have 58 so no cuts needed.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2064 NFL Preseason

I massage my depth chart and give some benches

I cut SS Hocking as he’s moved down to resting and I don’t want the vet to drop in ability.

We’ll start in these four games these rookies – Lowther at SLB, D’Arcy, Roller at DT and Linquist at DE.

Week 2 – At Baltimore – We edge them 21-20

Week 3 – Augusta – We win 21-7

Week 4 – At Cincinnati – We lose 17-27

Week 5 – Houston – We win 20-17.

We are 3-1 in the preseason


Rookie Lookie #3

1.30 – LB Corwin Lowther, Oklahoma State, 40/76; 45/75; 40/64
2.30 – WR Cedric D’Arcy, Rice, 35/56; 38/58; 40/61
3.30 – DT Luis Roller, Missouri, 23/67; 29/67; 29/59
4.30 - DE Courtney Linquist, Texas – El Paso, 27/60; 32/57; 34/62
5.30 - WILB C.J. Esparza, Virginia, 27/47; 33/47; 31/57
6.30 – CB Dominique Rozanski, San Jose State, 26/46; 34/50; 34/47
7.30 – CB Brendan Dole, Oregon, 18/55; 20/50; 31/44

Well…the good news is D’Arcy and Linquist are fine, and Esparza did grow like I thought. Not as much, but hey any port in a bad storm. Ugh Lowther. You are my 4th drop of 10 or more pot of 1sts in the draft with the Rattlesnakes! Man… Roller dropped sadly.

UFAs

RB Sammie Starks, 42/48,45/51; 48/56
RB Rich Delgado, 29/48; 30/46; 29/41
Cb Ricardo Courage, 27/36; 31/42; 32/50
CB Nick Giedt, 23/48; 27/47; 27/43
TE Shaun Finch, 19/38; 21/37; 20/31

Hello Starks! Nice boom there…

I move Smith and Greene back to my D Line.


I cut these players

DT Gaddy – Go away…

WR Jesse Bordano
OT McDaniel
CB Nick Geidt

[Abe Sargent]

I extend these players

OG Stokes


I am not extending – Troutman, Smith



Here’s Lowther, and as you can see, he’s pretty falling at most places save pass rush tech and run d. He’s weak pretty much everywhere else. Sad face.



Here’s my 2nd rounder, D’Arcy. He’s pretty well-rounded save for adjustments. My goal when picking him was to turn him into my Glenn and he looks pretty good.

[Abe Sargent]

On The Green Page?

Just Linquist

Rookie Investigation –

At QB we had three QBs above 50, and all were in the 50s

At RB, we had a 72, 70, 66, and then 2 in the 50s. Ours is the 5th best RB in the draft.

At Fb there are 3 with a pot more than 60.

At TE, 3 in the 60s, and then one at 50.

At WR, D’Arcy was 6th best in a deep draft with 7 WRs in the 60s, and 9 more in the 50s.

The Stud OC wound up with an 89 pot.

At OG, the four studs are at 80, 76, 71 and 70. None busted.

OTs were weak with 2 60s and 4 50s.

At Dline, Roller is the 5th best DT and Linquist the best DE. Rhodes finished 43/61 that we were looking at 1.30.

At LB, Cowther, even busting, was the 3rd best. The 1.1 finished 46/75.

This was a good draft for DBacks and we were trying to get some talent here. We have 1 80s, 1 70s, 4 60s, 7 50s, and none wound up on my team… FS Childress I was looking at drafting wound up 42/72. Had I known that? Ah well…

Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2064 Richmond Rattlesnakes

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

Kennedy, Wayne 102 QB QB 8 85 85 3 yrs. 2057
Joyner, Rodolfo 104 QB 6 55 55 2 yrs. 2059
Brookins, Lester 230 RB RB 3 61 61 2 yrs. 2062
Starks, Sammie 232 RB 1 48 56 1 yr. 2064
##Gomez, Kenneth 228 RB 2 35 45 1 yr. 2063
##Delgado, Rich 240 RB 1 29 41 1 yr. 2064
Eastman, Shaun 342 FB FB 4 81 81 4 yrs. 2061
Polasek, Chase 488 TE TE 2 52 67 3 yrs. 2063
Chaplin, Siddeeq 482 TE 4 46 46 2 yrs. 2061
Fitch, Shaun 447 TE 1 20 31 1 yr. 2064
##Williamson, Carson 486 TE 5 14 19 2 yrs. 2060
Watson, Heath 516 FL FL 7 78 78 2 yrs. 2058
D'Arcy, Cedric 517 FL 1 40 61 4 yrs. 2064
Brock, Mel 510 FL 3 52 52 2 yrs. 2062
Hudson, Weston 585 SE SE 3 53 53 1 yr. 2062
Blackledge, Carlos 519 SE 2 35 50 3 yrs. 2063
Doebert, Devon 650 C C 6 71 71 2 yrs. 2059
Keller, Harold 657 C 3 52 62 2 yrs. 2062
Stokes, Francisco 769 LG LG 3 64 72 4 yrs. 2062
Chaffee, Alexander 768 LG 2 30 50 3 yrs. 2063
Cone, Arnold 770 RG RG 6 75 75 2 yrs. 2059
Hoover, Myles 767 RG 3 23 41 2 yrs. 2062
Langfahl, Sebastian 865 LT LT 2 61 70 3 yrs. 2063
Mangold, Graham 875 RT RT 5 68 68 4 yrs. 2060
Schwartz, Javier 866 RT 4 52 52 1 yr. 2061
##Nichols, Geoff 876 RT 3 16 42 2 yrs. 2062
Gonzalez, Liam 905 P 8 98 98 3 yrs. 2057
Kanpurwala, Cris 1003K 7 82 82 2 yrs. 2058
Smith, Carter 1177LDE RDE 4 68 68 1 yr. 2061
Flowers, Amos 1172LDE 4 41 50 1 yr. 2061
Carter, Rufus 1194RDE LDE 6 75 75 2 yrs. 2059
Linquist, Courtney 1193RDE 1 34 62 4 yrs. 2064
##Barnes, Alfredo 1178RDE 4 30 40 1 yr. 2061
Andersen, Renaldo 1274LDT LDT 5 71 71 3 yrs. 2060
Greene, Les 1291LDT RDT 4 57 57 2 yrs. 2061
Roller, Luis 1271RDT 1 29 59 4 yrs. 2064
Webb, Dwayne 1352MLB MLB 4 79 79 3 yrs. 2061
Barrett, Scott 1392MLB 4 53 53 2 yrs. 2061
##Clancy, Damon 1355MLB 5 32 35 1 yr. 2060
Lowther, Corwin 1490SLB SLB 1 40 64 4 yrs. 2064
Troutman, Dashawn 1495SLB 6 57 57 1 yr. 2059
Luciano, Courtney 1451WLB WLB 6 67 67 2 yrs. 2059
Esparza, C.J. 1454WLB 1 31 50 4 yrs. 2064
Horn, Bryce 1548LCB FS 3 49 49 2 yrs. 2062
##Henry, Cris 1520LCB 4 43 47 1 yr. 2061
Rozanski, Dominique 1527LCB 1 34 47 4 yrs. 2064
Dole, Brendan 1543LCB 1 21 44 4 yrs. 2064
Westbrook, Devante 1537RCB LCB 7 78 78 4 yrs. 2058
Bernard, Angel 1541RCB RCB 2 51 63 3 yrs. 2063
Courage, Ricardo 1538RCB 1 32 50 1 yr. 2064
Ferguson, Percy 1644FS SS 9 59 59 2 yrs. 2056
Moore, Eugene 1636FS 2 29 48 3 yrs. 2063
Mendola, Edwin 656 LS 5 20 20 3 yrs. 2060

$$ - 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: $459,100,000
Cap Room: $14,260,000
Maximum for New Player: $15,590,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $13,830,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $7,550,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $449,340,000

Let's get year 9 of the Rattlesnakes on!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2064 NFL Regular Season

After back to back 15-1 seasons and a 14-2, I predict 14-2 this time. It’s just good odds. And last year we had our backup QB start and win a bunch of games and keep that jo-mentum going.

Week 1 – Chicago – They were 10-6 last year and in the playoffs and won a game. And yet….we are favored by 22 to win… will we win? Or cover? We win! But’s we don’t cover by 2 points and win 30-10. MVP is Brookins, 28 for 144, 1 score, rush score by Kennedy who was 21 of 35, 252, picks by Horn and Westbrook, FF, rec, and TD by Smith, FF by Carter rec by Ferguson, 5 KRb by Cone and Mangold.

Week 2 – At Indy – We are favored by 17. And…we cover the spread 48-24! MVP is Kennedy, 28 of 34, 308, 3:0, Watson 7 for 119, 2 scors, rookie D’arcy his first, Brookins 30 for 126, 1 score, pick by Horn, pick six by Westbrook, 2 FF by Smith one by Barrett, rec by Ferguson, Troutman, 4 KRB by Cone.


Week 3 – At LA Rams – We are only favored by 3. And…we lose 28-31. Kennedy was injured and Joyner finished. Kennedy is questionable for next game and will start. Joyner, 21 of 36, 219 and 2:1. Watson score, Hudson 7 for 102, Brookins 16 for 166, 1 score, rush score by Kennedy, FF by Ferguson, rec by Westbrook, 3 sacks by Smith, 4 KRB by Doebert


Week 4 – At Raleigh – We are favored by 4 and…we thump them 41-14. MVP is Brookins, 26 for 151 and 2 scores, Joyner was 18 of 29, 284, and 3:2, Watson 6 for 174, 2 scores, Polasek a score, FF by Webb, who’s been quiet.


Kennedy injured his knee and will need surgery to repair and he is out for the season. In Joyner we trust! I place Kennedy on IR and sign QB Mark LaStarza. Ferguson is also out for a few weeks.

Kennedy's injury is for 25 weeks so it'll be for a while.

We are 3-1…but can we sustain with Joyful Joyner for the entire season???

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – Green Bay – They have recovered their form and are 4-0 and we are favored by 4 and… we thump them 33-17. MVP is Brookins, 24 for 143, Joyner is 24 of 40, 249 and 3:1, scores by Brookins, Watson and Polasek, pick by Horn, FF by Westbrook rec by Horn, 7 KRB by Cone.

Week 6 – BYE

Week 7 – At Greenville – We are favored by 8 and…we cover winning 30-6. MVP is Joyner, 22 of 36, 241 and 3:0, scores by Watson, 7 for 102, Brock and Polasek, Brookins was 31 for 149 and picks by Moore and Bernard, FF by Bernard, 6 KRB by Cone

Week 8 – DC – We are favored by 16. They cover and we win 30-22. Brookins 19 for 131 and 1 score, Joyner, 34 of 49, 367 and 1:3. Yuck. Polasek was 11 for 122 and score, and D’Arcy was 7 for 104. Pick by Westbrook, FF by Webb rec by Bernard, 7 KRB by Doebert

Ferguson is back from his injury.

Week 9 – New York Giants, 7-1 – We are favored by 6…wow. We cover massively and crush them 35-3. MVP is Joyner, who was benched for LaStarza in the 4th quarter of the blowout. He was 14 for 17, 214 and 4:0, scores to Polasekx3 and Hudson, Brookins 22 for 153, 1 score, picks by Horn and Westbrook 2 sacks by Andersen, 6 KRB by Mangold

We are 7-1 at the second quarter and looking pretty aggressively good.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – At Chicago – They have dropped 5 games and have dropped to 3-5 this season thus far. We are favored by 9 and…they thump us 39 – 21. That’s Joyner’s first loss for us as a starter. Brookins held to 55 yards, Joyner 27 of 48, 329 and…….3:6! SIX PICK…nasty stuff. Watson was 7 for 134 and 1 score, score by D’Arcy and Polasek, pick by Westbrook,

Ugly stuff Joyner. Is he coming back down?

Week 11 – Detroit – We are favored by 8 and… we win 29-20. MVP is Brookins, 35 for 148, 1 score; Joyner is 29 of 39, 309 and 2:1, Watson and Brock with scores, 3 pasdef by Horn, 6 KRB by Langfahl and Cone

Week 12 – At Jacksonville – We are favored by 13. And…we win 34-27. We don’t cover.MVP is Joyful Joyner with 20 of 31, 274 and 4:0, scores to Hudson 5 for 104 and Polasekx3. Brookins 24 for 190. 5 KRB by Langfahl, 4 each by Cone and Doebert.

Week 13 – Tampa Bay – We are favored by a TD and… we only win by 4 – 27-23. MVP is Brookins, 30 for 180, 1 score, Joyner 23 of 35, 241 and 2:0, Brock 5 for 111, 2 scores by Watson, 2 sacks by Greene and Carter, 5 KRb by Cone, 4 by Stokes and Mangold


We are 10-2 at the third quarter mark

[Abe Sargent]

DT Andersen is out for 11 weeks and I place him on IR and massage my roster. We’ll start rookie Roller in his spot for the year. It sucks because he was having a good possible All Pro season but ah well.

Week 14 – Augusta – We are favored by 8. We barely win 27-25 and didn’t cover. Brookins is held to 64 yards with a score, Hudson with a score rushing, Joyner is 24 of 35, 224 and 1:0. Score by Brock.


Week 15 – At Detroit- We are favored by 10…We thump them 40-17 – MVP is Webb with a pick six and another pick and 1 sack. Brookins was 21 for 103 and 1 score, 1 rush score by Watson, Joyner 24 of 37, 228 and 2:0, Polasek and D’Arcy with scores, 2 picks by Horn one a pick six, pick by Bernard. 3 pasdef by Webb.


Ferguson is out for the year and I place him on IR. I sign SS Dave Willingham

Week 16 – 10-4 Houston Arrives and we are favored by 6 – We win 31-0. Shut down city! MVP is Brookins, 29 for 131, and 1 score. Joyner was replaced later in the blow out again and was just 17 of 31, 318 and 3:1, scores by Watsonx2 and Brock. Picks by Webb and Bernard. 2 FF by Smith, 1 rec by Webb. 2.5 sacks by Smith

Brookins is past 2k yards with a game to go…

Week 17 – At Green Bay – They are down to 6-7-2 and we are favored by 9. Ready for our last game of the regular season? We win a low scoring game 17-3. MVP is Joyner, 27 of 34, 257 and 2:0, Watson 10 for 131 and 2 scores; Brookins 27 for 126, pick by Courage, 5 pasdef bY Webb, 5 KRB by Cone

Our new S Willingham is out for the season and send him to IR and sign… SS Martin Garner who’s a nice rookie with a solid current and pot.

We finish 14-2 and have the top seed in the NFC. Chicago made the playoffs as a wild card again.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2064 NFL Playoffs

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

New York over Chicago 21-17
Seattle over New Orleans 24-22

Jacksonville over Buffalo 27-20
KC over Cleveland – 25-20


Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

KC at Houston
Jacksonville at Cincinnati

New York at Richmond
Seattle at Atlanta


Results?

Cincinnati 27-7
Houston 26-16

Atlanta 35-28

US! 33-26

Brookins, 25 of 127, 2 scores
Joyner, MVP, 27 of 39, 268 and 1:0
Watson 8 for 104, score

FF by Carter and Smith, rec by Greene and Luciano


2 sacks by Greene

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – Conference Championships

AFC - #2 11-5 Houston at #1 13-3 Cincinnati


NFC - #2 12-4 Atlanta at #1 14-2 Richmond


Results?

Cincinnati 32-14

Us…24-10

Brookins, MVP, 29 for 127, 2 scores
Joyner, 26 of 37, 242 and 0:1


Pick by Webb
FF by Lowther, rec by CB Rozanski for a score

3 pasdef by Westbrook
4 KRB by Mangold and Cone

Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2064 NFL Super Bowl


Your AFC Champion #1 13-3 Cincinnati Bengals


Vs


Your NFC Champion #1 14-2 Richmond Rattlesnakes

Can we win our 3rd Super Bowl in 5 years with a undrafted rookie QB? Let’s find out!

We win 24-17!!!

Brookins, MVP, 24 for 120 and 2 scores
Joyner, 27 of 38, 225, 0:1


Pick six by Horn
Picks by Moore and Rozanski
FF by Bernard


We won! I was hoping that Joyner would net a Super Bowl MVP but that was not in cards. Sadly.

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

League MVP – RB Lester Brookins
Super Bowl MVP – RB Lester Brookins

Off. Player of the Year – RB Lester Brookins

All-Pro 1st Team

RB Lester Brookins
TE Chase Polasek
OG Arnold Cone
MLB Dwayne Webb


All-Pro 2nd Team

WR Heath Watson
OT Graham Mangold
DE Carter Smith
DT Les Greene
CB Devante Westbrook


Wow that was a lot of All Pros for my d. New All Pros are for Polasek in his 2nd year, Smith, Greene.

Great stuff!

Will I need to franchise Smith next year or grab a replacement. Can I afford a franchise tag? Was it a one of?

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offense


Passing

QB Joyner – 12 starts, 14 games, 326 of 501, 3756 yards, 33:16, 96.1 rating

He led the league in TDs by 8, but his picks were higher than I’d like. Dude had a 6 pick game… He led the league with rating too. Good stuff Joyner!

Rushing

RB Brookins – 392 for 2177 yards, 5.55 ypc, 12 TD

He set a career record in rush yards. His ypc was nasty and 12 scores was tied for the most.


Receiving



Watson led out team with 15 TDs and 1200 yards, and TE Polasek was 2nd with 899 yards and 12 scores, both great for TEs. Joyner didn’t have the same connection with Eastman that Kennedy had and his scores and yards are way down. Brookins added 522 yards and finished with 2.6k+ yards from scrimmage. Good stuff!

Blocking



Cone dominated KRBs and led the league. I checked the record and it’s 61 set by Incognito for Vegas in 2021. This is the second best year in my dynasty, as Tatum once had 56 with the Panthers. Mangold had an amazing 57% block and tons of KRBs and was great! This was a strong year for my Line.


Special Teams

K Kanpurwala – 30 of 38, Long of 54, 56 of 58

Not bad for most Ks, but just okay for us!

P Gonzalez – 69 punts, 47 avg, 33 in 20

Gonzalez was injured for 6 weeks and I think it shows.

Watson – 1 KR RET TD

LB Barrett led my team with 24 special teams tackles

[Abe Sargent]

Defense




Webb led my team in tackles again, and had a solid 125 number, with down-ish year for him with 3.5 sacks. Smith notched me an amazing 13 sacks! That was 1.5 sacks off he leader and the 3rd most in the league!!! Nasty for a guy who’s not good at that. Carter added 8.5 sacks, which seems the reverse of their talent level. After injury, Andersen was with 3.5 sacks. Greene got me 7.5 sacks which is a very strong number for a starting DT. Smith also led my team with 5 FF


Pass Coverage



For the 3rd year in a row, Horn has led my team in picks with at least 6. He started at S for Fox. Still no All Pro for him which is bizarre. Westbrook was 2nd in picks and had a great number of pasdef with 11, and Webb led my team in pasdef and notched 3 picks. Bernard, after his injury plagued debut year last year seems to have settled down across from Westbrook with 3 picks and 10 pasdef.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – RB Lester Brookins – Dude set some records, dude wins this award

Def. Player of the Year – DE Carter Smith – If you had told me that Smith was netting an All Pro and getting 1.5 sacks away from the league leader, I would have thought you silly. But…there it is!

Special Teams Player of the Year – K Cris Kanpurwala – He had a down ish year but was the best option available…

Rookie of the Year – LB Corwin Lowther – Most of my rookies didn’t start or didn’t play well, but Lowther notched 10 pasdef, 1 sack, and was 3rd in tackles at 78. He didn’t suck….

Heart Award – DE Luis Roller – You might have thought this was for Joyner again, but this was par for the course for the lad. But Roller? He subbed in for four games and grabbed 2 sacks. Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.30 – LB Corwin Lowther, Oklahoma State, 40/76; 45/75; 40/64; 61/61
2.30 – WR Cedric D’Arcy, Rice, 35/56; 38/58; 40/61; 47/61
3.30 – DT Luis Roller, Missouri, 23/67; 29/67; 29/59; 35/59
4.30 - DE Courtney Linquist, Texas – El Paso, 27/60; 32/57; 34/62; 34/62
5.30 - WILB C.J. Esparza, Virginia, 27/47; 33/47; 31/50; 31/50
6.30 – CB Dominique Rozanski, San Jose State, 26/46; 34/50; 34/47; 38/47
7.30 – CB Brendan Dole, Oregon, 18/55; 20/50; 31/44; 24/44

Lowther dropped even more!

UFAs

RB Sammie Starks, 42/48,45/51; 48/56; 50/56
RB Rich Delgado, 29/48; 30/46; 29/41; 29/41
Cb Ricardo Courage, 27/36; 31/42; 32/50; 35/50
CB Nick Giedt, 23/48; 27/47; 27/43; CUT
TE Shaun Finch, 19/38; 21/37; 20/31,20/31

Meh

[Abe Sargent]

I may be swapping teams again. If I do, here was the Rollercoaster Richmond Rattlesnakes

2055 – 1-15
2056 – 2-14
2057 – 3-13
2058 – 6-9-1
2059 – 12-4 – Lost in Super Bowl
2060 – 14-2 – Won Super Bowl
2061 – 13-3 – Lost in NFC Championship
2062 – 15-1 – Won Super Bowl
2063 – 14-2 – Lost in NFC Championship
2064 – 14-2 – Won Super Bowl

Good stuff!

I don’t know what team I’d like either…

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season and score a 68

The 2065 NFL Offseason

Hall of Fame

We have three from the Bucs

SLB Rex Madison – Stud LB, 5 time Def. Player of the Year, 3 Rings.

OC Chandler Macias – 5th round pick, 3 Rings, 4 All Pros

CB Zach Foreman – 1.5 pick, stud CB for the Bucs, 3 Rings, 3 All Pros


Retirements of Note –

Rattlesnakes

Kennedy did not retire. No one else did either


Other Abe’s Boys

None that I see


What team do I want to try out?

14 will have me. Which one has the worst overall record? New England and they aren’t interested. Neither is Detroit in the NFC North to deal with my Richmond Juggernaut. Neither does Chicago, or Green Bay, all three of which have multiple Super Bowls, as well as 3 for Richmond.

The 2nd worst team historically is the Browns, and they don’t have a Super Bowl to lean on. They were a pretty reasonable 12-4 last year and looking to build so no thanks…

Who else? The Chargers? 4th worst team historically, just 13 playoff appearances, they were 7-9 last year so that will be harder to build around as I’m not heading in with a top 3 pick.

Only four teams haven’t even been to the Super Bowl since this dynasty started, let alone win one –

Chargers
Browns
Texans
Eagles

I could stay in the NFC and head to Raleigh. They were 7-8-1 last year

Of those four, which are willing to hire me? Everyone but the Texans, who actually have a winning record of 376-352—2

Who has the most wins? The Panthers with 5.

Alright…let me think about it. Had Kennedy retired?? I would have stayed with him and the Snakes.

[Chas in Cinti]

What do Webb's career PassDef numbers look like... seems like he's had a TON of picks and pdef's in his career... especially for an inside linebacker...

[Abe Sargent]

We’ve be moving to one of those, and not Tampa Bay or Jacksonville or Greenville as they were my team, or have multiple Super Bowl wins…actually, why NOT Greenville? They have a big losing record. They were 4-12 last year and need some help. I have a great nickname in mind for them as the “Cowboys” feels a little off for South Carolina… however they have not won a Super Bowl but they have 4 appearances…

Or, alternatively, why not DC? They finished 3-13 last year with the worst record? They are big losers. Just 1 Bowl appearance, no victories…

Or, again, if you are heading to NFC East, why not Raleigh Eagles with their horrible losses and no Bowl apps or victories. They were 7-8-1 which is harder to build off of.

Let’s do…..

Greenville!

And we change the name to the alliterative Grizzlies.