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

[Abe Sargent]

The Playoffs

The AFC Playoffs

We finish 11-5 and have the top seed in the playoffs, so we have a bye

Week 1 – Wild Card Round

Baltimore at Indy
Denver at Cleveland

Detroit at New Orleans
Green Bay at Philadelphia

Game results

Ravens 21-7
Broncos 17-15
Lions 37-23
Pack 27-20

Week 2 -Divisional Playoffs

Baltimore at Kansas City
Denver at New York

Detroit at Chicago
Green Bay at Seattle


Us

We win 26-22. WR Kirk Barber was MVP with 10 for 153 and 1 score. Rhem was 28 of 43 for 330 and 3:2. Zercie and Fyie with scores. Mansell was 17 for 88. Picks by Stone and Sutton.
Nice!

The rest

Ravens 23-16
Bears 24-16
Packers 30-24

Week 3 – Conference Championships

NFC – Green Bay at Chicago

AFC

Your #1 Seed 11-5 New York Jets

Host

Your #6 Seed 9-6-1 Baltimore Ravens

We…

Lose

33-27

Rhem was 23 of 36, 267 and 2:2 and hit Mansell and Zercie for scores. Mansell added a ground TD. FF by CB Cunningham, recovered by LB Adam.

Green Bay 27-17

Your 2022 Super Bowl

Green Bay

Vs

Baltimore

Baltimore wins 23-20

That was a pretty good season!

[Abe Sargent]

Awards

League MVP – QB Tony Rhem

All-Pro First Team –

QB Tony Rhem


All-Pro Second Team

LB Jeremy Burkley


In Rhem we trust! From Offensive Rookie of the Year to league MVP in one year. Nice!

Like I said, this team will go as far as Rhem will take us, and right now? That’s pretty high!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1st Round - WR Kirk Barber, Illinois, 50/81; 56/81; 57/81; 75/81
2nd Round, NT Kyle Fontaine, Clemson, 51/74; 59/74; 56/73; 72/72
3rd Round – WILB Edward Raynor, Stanford, 20/70; 27/67; 27/61; 36/61
4th Round – WR Richard Hall, Northwestern, 35/57; 39/55; 36/53; 39/53
5th Round – RB Francisco Mansell, South Carolina, 44/52; 46/54; 48/58; 58/58
6th Round – CB Grayson Willis, Ohio State, 26/52; 31/53; 32/58; 38/58
7th Round – TE Alfredo Hoffman, Arizona State, 31/51; 34/51; 35/53; 35/53


C Bryce Jackson, 36/68; 41/72; 43/75; 52/75
SE Fred Shumway, 20/51; 23/49; 22/42 - CUT
OT Julian Isaacs, 16/52; 18/52; 18/50; 18/50

As you can see Barber, Fontaine and Mansell developed fully as starters very nicely.

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

Tony Rhem, 383 of 598, 4130 yards, 29:9, 94.1 rating, 27 sacks

Those numbers in context. Tony had the most yards, had the most TDs, has the second best QB Rating to Mahomes.

Rushing

RB Mansell, 276 for 1139, 4.13 ypc, 5 tds
QB Rhem, 92 for 362, 2 TDs


Mansell was 9th in the league in yards.

Receiving

WR Barber, 92 for 1022 yards, 7 scores
WR Zercie, 78 for 1055 yards, 8 scores
TE Fyie, 48 for 453, 2 scores
RB Mansell, 45 for 332, 4 scores

We have two 1000 receivers and my tandem has arrived.

Blocking

OG Freitas, 33 KRB out of 78 KRO, 2 sacks allowed
OT Vaughn, 21 of 59, 9 sacks allowed
OG Banks, 19 KRB of 89, 8 sacks
OC Jackson, 17 of 57, 2 sacks allowed
OT Armstrong, 15 of 54, 1 sack allowed

Great year for Freitas! That guy has played well in his first two years and is my best okaying O Line.

Special Teams –

K Rabbitt – 24 FG of 30, Long of 52, 36 of 37 PAT

Dude has been great with PATs these two years.

P Petherick – 104 punts, 45.9 avg, 43 in 20

Great year again for the weapon

[Abe Sargent]

Defense



Here’s my defensive stats. Thomason again leading my tackles and Burkley has a lot more than last year. 118 is 7th most in the league. Burkley notched 6 sacks a solid number, and LB Adam led my team with 8.5. DE Sawyer’s 5.5 sacks, 2 blocks, 21 hurries and 6 QBKD were solid numbers. He was 9th in hurries in the league.

Burkley led our team with 5 FF, which also led the league again. Dude has a nose for the ball.

Pass Coverage



Stone only had 5 picks this year, but the dude is a 44/44 guy so that’s fine. He also led in pasdef. Our picks were down. Thomason only had 2 picks and 10 pasdef.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Offensive Player of the Year – QB Tony Rhem – He led the league in many metrics, and won MVP. How could anyone else get this?

Defensive Player of the Year – LB Jeremy Burkley – He was 2nd with tackles, 2nd with sacks, 3rd in pasdef with 9, and had a solid year for us overall.

Special Teams of the Year – K Randall Rabbitt – He has the best PAT % in the league over the last two years, and has done a great job for us kicking that FG.


Rookie of the Year – WR Kirk Barber – He noticed 7 scores and 1000+ yards in his first season and helped to spark a nice offense. Now we’ll need him to help us more next year now that he’s fully developed. Hopefully he won’t fall.

Heart Award – CB Alonzo Stone – Stone, at 44/44, does not start for me but is my primary nickelback option. He has led my team in picks and pasdef this year from that role, and how could I give this to anyone else?


I end the season

I score an 82

[Abe Sargent]

The 2023 NFL Offseason

I move to retain my staff. I offer to keep all of my staff. I cannot let them go after that year.

We are drafting 2nd

I don’t change my head coach even though a better one is available

There are two better OCs. But nope

No DC has ever been better than Joe Judge and not this year either

I skip picking up an AC or SC

No one poached my staff

I head to FA

[Abe Sargent]

2023 FA Period #1

I have 42 players under contract.

I make offers to all of my RFAs.

Now I need upgrades at these spots:

FS
WLB
TE
OT
CB

And studs only –

RB
OG

These I need some serious talent. If I can upgrade them I’ll be happy.

So now I am looking for BAP. We pick back at 1.29 so we need to target falling talent which means we’ll be grabbing BAPs. Our best player will typically be one of three things

1. A heavy talent like NT Fontaine last year that fell when that position was deep
2. Someone in the 60s rather than the 80s.
3. A position that’s not pursued much, like C or FB

And that’s pretty much it. Now I am set with great guys in their 70s at OC and OG, and Vaughn is pretty solid with a 46/58 upper window, but we can go over my current OT and OG if they fall to us.

I interview the top five safeties on the board. I may have to make a reach, this is not that deep. I interview a few OGs, and four CBs

OC Fox is demanding a trade and won’t sign with us

I have a roster now of 52


I skip FA

[Abe Sargent]

The 2023 NFL Amateur Draft


Jacksonville gets lucky. There is a stud QB in the draft that looks better than Rhem and they grab him at the 1.1 spot. QB Arnold Cote.

I resume and our pick arrives. Who is left for us at 1.29?

ILB Junior Gilliam and I could move him to WLB. He is BAP.
OG Cory Kinzie- Very underrated
OG Gavin Curry, Underrated
TE Max Lempke
SS Lukas Ford, very overrated (no thanks)
FB Josiah Derr and move to TE
CB Josiah Sanders, overrated
FS Tony Tirman, hard ot read – best FS in the draft but weak bars
RB Turner Wallace – only one RB has gone off the board
OG Montgomery has better bars but no interview
CB Frisch, the best one on the board

So it looks like OG or S.

My current WLB is ADAM who’s 57/57 and not bad. Is Gilliam that much better? SILB Sutton is 61/61, WILB Raynor is 34/71, and SLB Burkley is 69/69. I don’t wanna invest a 1st rounder in a guy who might wind up as a backup.

I wanna do OG or ILB as those are my most open spot and FS Tirman is too much of a reach at this spot

Hmmm….

I grab Gilliam, I’ll move him to WLB. He’s the BAP.

2.29 is here

I take FB Derr. I also like SS Cunningham but I need a better TE.


3.29?

FS Shaun Casher the best on the board

4.29?

OT Jack Kurtz. He wasn’t invited to the combine and I like his bars.

5.29?

CB Pat Schwake. He’s also a non-invitee with solid bars

6.29?

RB Rodney King. Flyer, best RB on the board.

7.29

ILB Silas Whittington. BAP.


Rookie Lookie #1

1st Round, WLB Junior Gilliam, Louisiana, 38/72
2nd Round, TE Josiah Derr, Tulsa, 25/66
3rd Round, FS Shaun Casher, Air Force, 25/45
4th Round, OT Jack Kurtz, Memphis, 8/64
5th Round, CB Pat Schwake, Missouri, 32/54
6th Round, RB Rodney King, Minnesota, 28/46
7th Round, ILB Silas Whittington, Boise State, 21/49

[Abe Sargent]

2023 FA Period #2

I make offers to these UFA rookies

UFA OC Walter Kormelink
UFA CB Jonah Ramirez
UFA DE Joel Svitak

Those are the only players with a 50+ potential by my scouts


Week 1 – Svitak signs

Week 2 – Ramirez signs

Week 3 – My OC signs

Here are my UFAs

UFA OC Walter Kormelink, 20/54
UFA CB Jonah Ramirez; 20/51
UFA DE Joel Svitak, 28/61

Ready for camp?

I have a holdout Denzel Adam and I offer him what he is looking for.

[Abe Sargent]

2023 Training Camp


I have 62 people on my roster


Rookie Lookie #2

1st Round, WLB Junior Gilliam, Louisiana, 38/72; 45/69
2nd Round, TE Josiah Derr, Tulsa, 25/66; 31/64
3rd Round, FS Shaun Casher, Air Force, 25/45; 30/46
4th Round, OT Jack Kurtz, Memphis, 8/64; 13/66
5th Round, CB Pat Schwake, Missouri, 32/54; 37/55
6th Round, RB Rodney King, Minnesota, 28/46; 30/45
7th Round, ILB Silas Whittington, Boise State, 21/49; 26/49

Uh oh for Gilliam…

And maybe for Derr as well…



Here are my UFAs

UFA OC Walter Kormelink, 20/54; 24/50
UFA CB Jonah Ramirez; 20/51; 24/50
UFA DE Joel Svitak, 28/61; 31/59

All three of these dropped off on potentials, and that’s not good.

I cut these players to get to 60

OT Julian Isaacs
SS Corbin Leuthe

[Abe Sargent]

The 2023 Preseason

Week 2 – New Orleans – We lose 17-24

Week 3 – At Phily – We lose 26-21.

Week 4 – At Tampa Bay – We lose 3-13

Week 5 – New York – We win 41-10

Rookie Lookie #3

1st Round, WLB Junior Gilliam, Louisiana, 38/72; 45/69; 47/69
2nd Round, TE Josiah Derr, Tulsa, 25/66; 31/64; 33/69
3rd Round, FS Shaun Casher, Air Force, 25/45; 30/46; 30/42
4th Round, OT Jack Kurtz, Memphis, 8/64; 13/66; 14/62
5th Round, CB Pat Schwake, Missouri, 32/54; 37/55; 38/56
6th Round, RB Rodney King, Minnesota, 28/46; 30/45; 29/40
7th Round, ILB Silas Whittington, Boise State, 21/49; 26/49; 25/47

Gilliam didn’t keep dropping and Derr actually rose.

Casher fell a bit as did Kurtz. King, wow

Here are my UFAs

UFA OC Walter Kormelink, 20/54; 24/50; 23/52
UFA CB Jonah Ramirez; 20/51; 24/50; 23/45
UFA DE Joel Svitak, 28/61; 31/59; 31/59


I don’t think Ramirez is long for this team

My cuts to get to 53

RB Rodney King
TE Randall Bauer
RG Kurt Johnson
DE Marty Gaudi
CB Jonah Ramirez
WILB Justics mcGarity
MLB Howie Pelissar

I’m glad I am at a place where I can cut draftees in that year as they disappoint in cap and such. DE Marty Gaudi is my first big cut since I’ve been here. But’s he’s my 5th best DE and that cut makes sense, but if I need coverage later I might happily grab him.

[Abe Sargent]

Wanna see my 1.29 pick?



Here you go! This is Junior Gilliam who was the BAP at the 1.29 spot and is a solid entrant into my LB Corps. If he remains at 69 then he’d wind up better than Burkley in ability who is sitting at 64.

Wanna see my FB into a TE?



Here you go! As you can see he is a blocking force of will and not as good in the receiving game. I do need a good solid TE for a spread offense like we are running with my OC. So investing the 2.30 pick into such a good player was the right call to my mind, barring he actually develops to the level needed.

[Abe Sargent]

Here are all TEs in the league by potential. As you can see three rookies are in the 60s. Damian Lane was a late 1st taken before us and Jared Devine was an early 2nd and unable to be grabbed at the 2.30 spot. I’m happy with this result and, as you can see, Derr is tied for 4th best potential in the league.

[Abe Sargent]

DE Svitak in on the Green Page as a UFA rookie! He’s our only one on the page.

My predication this year is 12-4. We should have gotten better and we added another draft of talent. We finished the top seed in the AFC last year and I hope to do some damage this as well.

The first few years of a empty cupboard team you are in a luxury. What? You are stockpiling young talent, but you cannot keep all of the pieces. Starting next year my first draft rookie class will have their contracts up, and we can’t resign everybody. Just Rhem and Barber will be massive contracts on their own.

Football is not a game of sustaining, but one of replacement.

So this is the last year that I won’t lose players, other than Gaudi whom I cut as he was my 5th DE. I have built around my first rookie class. Now what?

I guess we’ll find out!

But I think a little bit better with more talent and experienced players. We made it to the AFC Championship last year. Can we make it to the Super Bowl this one? I hope things are lining up that way.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2023 New York Jets

Front Office Football Eight
New Jersey Jets Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

Rhem, Tony 119 QB QB 3 79 84 2 yrs. 2021
Weiss, Corbin 106 QB 3 27 46 2 yrs. 2021
##Benton, Stanley 113 QB 4 26 42 1 yr. 2020
Mansell, Francisco 240 RB 2 59 59 3 yrs. 2022
Williams, Aaron 232 RB RB 4 51 51 1 yr. 2020
##Gaylord, Tevin 227 RB 3 44 48 1 yr. 2021
Walton, Neil 239 RB 4 47 47 1 yr. 2020
Derr, Josiah 443 TE TE 1 33 69 4 yrs. 2023
Hoffman, Alfredo 448 TE FB 2 38 53 3 yrs. 2022
Fyie, Junior 446 TE 4 49 49 2 yrs. 2020
##Cook, Branden 444 TE 4 47 47 2 yrs. 2020
Richardson, Buddy 584 FL FL 4 52 52 1 yr. 2020
##Sorrells, Liam 580 FL 4 44 44 1 yr. 2020
Barber, Kirk 586 SE SE 2 81 81 3 yrs. 2022
Zercie, Jonah 510 SE 3 62 62 2 yrs. 2021
Hall, Richard 589 SE 2 43 53 3 yrs. 2022
Jackson, Bryce 655 C C 2 60 70 4 yrs. 2022
Kormelink, Walter 659 C 1 23 52 1 yr. 2023
Freitas, Terry 776 LG LG 3 80 80 2 yrs. 2021
##Nagurski, Kenyon 761 LG 4 33 33 1 yr. 2020
Banks, Efrain 767 RG RG 4 65 65 1 yr. 2020
Kurtz, Jack 860 LT 1 14 62 4 yrs. 2023
Armstrong, Derek 868 LT LT 4 55 55 1 yr. 2020
Vaughn, Ezekiel 870 RT RT 3 53 59 2 yrs. 2021
Cottrell, Morris 869 RT 4 45 48 1 yr. 2020
Petherick, Roosevelt 918 P 4 68 68 2 yrs. 2020
Rabbitt, Randall 1004K 3 79 79 2 yrs. 2021
Stevenson, Norm 1171LDE LDE 3 66 66 2 yrs. 2021
Foley, Dexter 1177LDE 3 47 59 1 yr. 2021
Svitak, Joel 1178LDE 1 31 59 1 yr. 2023
Sawyer, Henry 1175RDE 4 60 60 3 yrs. 2020
##Cole, Clifton 1290LDT 4 44 44 3 yrs. 2020
Fontaine, Kyle 1295NT NT 2 72 72 3 yrs. 2022
Heinlein, Allen 1296NT 4 54 54 1 yr. 2020
Sutton, Phil 1351SILB SILB 3 62 62 2 yrs. 2021
Hitt, Percy 1399SILB 4 50 50 1 yr. 2020
Whittington, Silas 1398SILB 1 25 47 4 yrs. 2023
Raynor, Edward 1358WILB WILB 2 42 61 3 yrs. 2022
Burkley, Jeremy 1453SLB SLB 4 64 64 1 yr. 2020
Gilliam, Junior 1450WLB WLB 1 47 69 4 yrs. 2023
Fredrickson, Marshall 1456WLB 3 55 55 1 yr. 2021
Adam, Denzel 1491WLB 4 50 50 5 yrs. 2020
Willis, Grayson 1541LCB 2 43 57 3 yrs. 2022
Schwake, Pat 1538LCB LCB 1 38 56 4 yrs. 2023
Cunningham, Richard 1522LCB RCB 4 48 48 1 yr. 2020
Swift, Nicky 1542RCB 4 47 47 1 yr. 2020
Stone, Alonzo 1536RCB 4 43 43 1 yr. 2020
Mongeon, Geoff 1549RCB 4 42 42 2 yrs. 2020
##Forest, Tanner 1531RCB 3 34 40 1 yr. 2021
Thomason, Alvin 1602SS SS 4 61 61 1 yr. 2020
Flannery, Kendall 1625FS FS 4 49 49 1 yr. 2020
Casher, Shaun 1629FS 1 30 42 4 yrs. 2023
Glenn, Brad 654 LS 4 20 20 2 yrs. 2020


$$ - 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: $214,600,000
Cap Room: $113,600,000
Maximum for New Player: $114,330,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $1,900,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $340,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $69,440,000

WLB Gilliam will start this year for me. Adam is 50/50 and he’s 45/69 so that’s the better play to my mind. TE Derr is also starting over Frie. Schwake is also being given some play time. Stone is my primary nickel back again with 14 picks in three years. That guy is nasty. I do maybe like OT Kurtz later but he needs serious dev time and won’t be starting for me.

Rookies?

Gilliam is the 3rd best LB by potential in the draft at any position. There is one at 79 and another at 70. The great 79 one was taken right before us at 1.28 by Seattle.

Kurtz is actually the best potential OT in the draft after some others fell but it was a weak OT draft.

Svitak is the 6th best DE in the rookie class by potential.

Casher however is really down the list. A lot. He’s the 11th best safety on the board. That wound up being not a great pick.

[Abe Sargent]

2023 Regular Season

Week 1 – I have four questionable injuries coming out of the preseason – At Miami – We lose 17-27. Rhem was 24 of 40 for 250 and 2:2. He hit rookie Derr for his first score and RB Walton for another. FF by DE Foley. That’s it. Quiet loss.

Week 2 – New York – We win 27-14. MVP of the Game was Rhem with 23 of 28 for 201 and 2:0 and hit Richardson 9 times for 103 yards and 1 score, and WR Barber for another score. Mansell added a score on the ground. ILB Phil Sutton with a pick. 2 sacks by DE Sawyer.

Week 3 – Indy – Crush them 33-3. MVP was Rhem with 19 of 27, 247 and 2:0 and he hit Zercie and Richardson for scores. He also rushed for a score as did RB Marshall. Pick by Stone. That’s his 15th. FF by Thomason that he recovered. 2 sacks each by WLB Gilliam and Sawyer. Get ready for this. OG Terry Freitas had SEVEN KRBs!

Week 4 – At Kansas City – This is the battle of Mahomes and Rhem. We lose 19-27. Rhem was 31 of 46 for 362 and 1:0, hitting Barber 11 times for 154 yards and 1 score. Mahomes won this battle and the Chiefs are 4-0.

We are 2-2 at the first quarter.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At New England – We dominate this 37-13. MVP is Rhem with 22 of 31, 286,. 4:0. He hits for scores, Richardson 6 times for 100 yards and 2 scores, Barber for 1 score, and RB Mansell. Mansell was 16 for 101 his first 100 yard rushing day. Picks by Schwake and Adam. 4 KRB By banks, another 4 by Frietas.

Derr is out for a few weeks. That sucks

Week 6 – At LA Chargers – We win 38-14. Rhem, MVP, 20 of 25, 232, 2:1, Richardson two scores, Mansell added a score on the ground. Pick by CB Cunningham returned for a score. Pick by Thomason.

Week 7 – Vegas – We win 25-18. Rhem was MVp, 19 of 39, 171 yards, 1:0, he rushed for another score. Barber with a catch for goal. Picks by CB Willis and Thomason. OT Thompson is out for a few weeks. Morris Cottrell will start for him.

Week 8 – BYE. Derr is back from injury

Week 9 – At Buffalo – We win 29-18. K Rabbitt was MVP with five FGs. Williams scored on the ground. Rhem was held to 18 of 32, 203, and 1:0. He hit Derr 6 times for 98 yards and a score. Pick by CB Willis. 5 KRB by OG Banks. OT Vaughn is out for a few weeks and my rookie will start.

We are 6-2 at the half

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – Denver – We lose 6-20. Rhem was 31 of 48 for 299 and 0:1. Zercie was 10 for 147. FF By Fontaine and Raynor. Bad loss

Week 11 – Miami is 7-2 this year – We beat them 40-34. Nice! Rhem, MVP, 28 of 37, 362 yards, 4:0. He hits Ricardson, Baber, Zercie and Mansell for scores. Pick by rookie Fs Casher.

OT Cottrell is out but OT Armstrong is probable so I’ll start him instead

Week 12 – At DC – They are 7-3 like us. – We lose 34-37. Rhem was 23 of 36, 340 and 3:0. He hit Barber six times for 141 yards and 2 scores. Zercie with the other score. FF by Burkley.

Week 13 – At Cleveland – Our foes are 8-3. We lose 17-20. Rhem was 20 of 31, 251 and 0:0. Scores by Mansell and Rhem on the ground. FF by Fontaine.

We are 7-5 at the three quarter mark.

We have two OT news. Vaughn is back. Kurtz is out.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – At Phily – They are also 7-5. We win 27-7. Rhem was held to 13 of 25m 153, and 1:1. He hit Zercie for TD. Williams rushed for a score. ILB Sutton was MVP with 2 picks on the day. Another pick by Thomason. 2 FF by Sawyer, 2 by Thomason, 1 by Fontaine. Burkley had 4 pasdef. Cottrell is back

Week 15 – At New England – We win 14-6. Mansell, MVP, 17 for 71 and 1 score. Rhem was 17 of 28 for 1:2 and 211. He hit Zercie for score. We had 4 picks on the day by Sutton, Thomason, Willis, and Schwake, FF By FS Flannery and Burkley. 4 KRB by Banks.

Week 16 – Dallas, 8-6. We crush them 33-7. Rhem, MVP, 20 of 28, 232, 3:0. Barber, Mansell and Williams with TDs. FF by Thomason. 2 sacks by DE Stevenson. 4 KRB By OT Vaughn

Week 17 – Buffalo- We win 27-17. Rhem, MVP, 20 of 28, 202, 1:0, Mansell with the grab. Mansell also was 16 for 93 and a score. Thomason with a pick and an INT RET TD. 4 KRB by Freitas.

We finish 11-5, the same record as last year, but we had a much rougher road to walk this year as our NFC Foes, the NFC East, had three teams make the playoffs.



We finish 3rd in the AFC.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2023 Playoffs

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

Denver at New York
Cleveland at Jacksonville

Dallas at Phily
DC at Carolina

Jacks, 34-27
Phily, 34-10
Carolina, 27-6

Us?

We win 55-19

Rhem is Game MVP with 26 of 36, 374, and 4:0. He hit for scores Zercie, Barber with 143 yards, Williams and Mansell. Mansell was 14 for 78 and 2 scores. Picks by Thomason, returned for a score, Sutton, and Casher, returned for a score. FF by Burkley and Fontane, and recovered by DE Sawyer. 2 sacks by Gilliam.

Dominant win!

Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

Carolina at Green Bay
Phily at Seattle

New York at Baltimore
Jacksonville at KC

Green Bay, 31-3
Seattle, 30-17
KC 24-0

We lose 24-30 to Lamar Jackson’s Ravens, which sets up a Jackson-Mahomes AFC Championship next week

Rhem was 33 of 55, 288 and 2:1 and hit Barber for 84 yards a score, and another for Derr. Mansell was 18 for 156 and 1 score. FF by Sawyer and Thomason. Recovered by Sutton. 2 Sacks by Sawyer. 5 KRB by Vaughn


Week 3 – The Championship

AFC – Baltimore at KC

NFC – Seattle at Green Bay


Baltimore, 43, KC 24
Green Bay 17, Seattle 9

The 2023 Super Bowl

The #1 seed 15-1 Green Bay Packers

Vs

The #2 seed 12-4 Baltimore Ravens

Baltimore wins 34-21

[Abe Sargent]

Season Awards

League MVP – Tony Rhem

Off. Player of the Year – Tony Rhem

All-Pro First Team-

QB Tony Rhem
K Randall Rabbitt


That’s Rabbitt’s first All Pro for me. Nice! He’s my best 7th round pick in this dynasty.

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

Rhem, 348 of 531, 4003 yards, 28:7, 100.2 QB Rating, 24 sacks

That’s a pretty solid year. He was 6th in yards, 2nd in TDs, and top in rating.

Rushing

Mansell, 212, 830, 5 scores
Williams, 131, 553, 3 scores
Rhem, 62 of 325, 3 scores

Mansell had a down year, and Williams spelled him as well as the 3rd and 1 or 3rd and goal from the 2 style runner over Mansell.

Receiving

Barber, 76 for 1080, 8 scores
Richardson, 66 for 774, 7 scores
Zercie, 59 for 787, 5 scores
Mansell, 27 for 281, 4 TDs
Derr, 40 for 327, 2


As Richardson is my 3rd WR and most of my packages started 3 or more WRs, he had an up season although Zercie was down.

Blocking

OG Freitas, 34 KRB out of 93 KRO, 4 sacks allowed
OG Banks, 32 KRB of 90, 7 sacks allowed
C Jackson,23 KRb of 77, 1 sack allowed
OT Armstrong, 13 starts, 19 KRb of 48, 4 sacks allowed
OT Vaughn, 12 starts, 18 of 54, 3 sacks

That’s not too bad for my O Line, although I’d like more KRBs from some of them

[Abe Sargent]

Defense




This was a down year for Thomason’s tackling as well as Burkley, and Sutton led down at 85. This was a down year for sacks, with Stevenson leading with 9 sacks to Sawyer’s 8. 4.5 by NT Fontaine, and then a few for my LB corpse here and there. Rookie Gilliam finished with 3. Sawyer was great in hurries and finished 4th in the league. Fontaine’s 21 was 9th. Fontaine led our team with 7 FF which led the league as well. Thomason’s 5 FF was tied for 2nd.

Pass Coverage



Thomason led our team with 5 picks, but Stone returned to normal with 1. This was a down year for picks, Burkley led our team in pasdef with 13.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Offensive Player of the Year – OG Terry Freitas – This was his highest year of KRB and he has a 7 KRB game. Nicely done.

Defensive Player of the Year – NT Kyle Fontaine- He was 3rd in sacks, 2nd in hurries, 1st in blocked passed and QB knockdowns and FF. He was a disruptive force on the line and was everything we hope he’d be when we drafted him. Nice!

Special Team Player of the Year – K Randall Rabbitt – I say this at least once a year. Dude wins All Pro, dude (likely) wins his group. Rabbitt was 43 of 48, with a ton of FGs, and he had a long of 57 yards, his career long, and he was 38 of 40 on PAT, and he was a weapon.

Rookie of the Year – WLB Junior Gilliam – 3 sacks and 2 in the playoffs, and he was never out classed on defense. He finished with 5 pasdef among other things. Good job Gilliam!

Heart Award – RB Williams – He looks better now that he’s not starting than he did when he was. His YPC are up, as are his scored. Good job Williams!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1st Round, WLB Junior Gilliam, Louisiana, 38/72; 45/69; 47/69; 60/69
2nd Round, TE Josiah Derr, Tulsa, 25/66; 31/64; 33/69; 46/69
3rd Round, FS Shaun Casher, Air Force, 25/45; 30/46; 30/42; 33/42
4th Round, OT Jack Kurtz, Memphis, 8/64; 13/66; 14/62; 17/62
5th Round, CB Pat Schwake, Missouri, 32/54; 37/55; 38/56; 46/56
6th Round, RB Rodney King, Minnesota, 28/46; 30/45; 29/40; CUT
7th Round, ILB Silas Whittington, Boise State, 21/49; 26/49; 25/47; 25/47


Here are my UFAs

UFA OC Walter Kormelink, 20/54; 24/50; 23/52; 24/52
UFA CB Jonah Ramirez; 20/51; 24/50; 23/45. CUT
UFA DE Joel Svitak, 28/61; 31/59; 31/59; 31/59

And there we are!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season…

I score an 84


The 2024 NFL Offseason

The staff draft

I make no offers unless one of our staff is poached. Are any? We draft 2nd. I’ve been surprised that DC Joe Judge hasn’t been brought in as a head coach yet as he’s that good. We make no changes

We pick 1.28.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2024 FA Period #1

This is big as this is the first year I don’t have just RFAs.

I have 30 players on my roster. I sign my RFAs

I cannot sign WLB Marshall Frederickson. He is unhappy due to playing time.

I am now at 35 players

I forgot to extend a bunch of players last year so we’ll be making offers this year for key players and key backups.

MLB Hitt won’t resign with me, neither will OT Morris Cottrell.

I make offers to 15 players.

I extend these players now while I’m thinking


QB Tony Rhem
OG Frietas
K Rabbitt
WR Zercie

I look at the draft. I still need a real starter at FS, as well as a stud at CB, I’d take a stud at DE, OT, a stud RB, and more. I interview some folks.



Week 2 – I sign OT Armstrong

Week 3 – I sign NT Heinlein, SLB Burkley, and OG Banks

Week 4 – I sign FL Sorrells

Week 5 – I sign RB Williams, FL Richardson, and SS Thomason.

Those are my biggest targets and starters locked in.

Week 6 – OT Cottrell signed with New England. We sign OG Nagurski, CB Cunningham.

Week 7 – We sign CB Swift and FS Flannery who is still my starter.

Week 8 – We sign QB Benton

Week 9 – We sign CB Alonzo Stone

Week 10 – We sign RB Walton

We sign all of our targets

We have 66.53 mill left in cap space

We finish the 1st FA period

[Abe Sargent]

The 2024 NFL Amateur Draft

I’m looking for BAPs again as we don’t have studs in most places on our team other than positions like QB, WR, or C and my LB corps and NT.

Picking at 1.1 is Tennessee and they grab RB Andre Kanervala

Our pick arrives at 1.28. Who is available?

The best non-LB player is DE Tyrell Gionfriddo

These are others of note

TE Blaine Walsh
RB Max Tweedle
OT Britt Froehlich
DE Jason Burroughs
DE Levi Monroe
RB Lester Irwin

But there is a stud still on the board. ILB Bruce Norton. He looks nasty.



I’ll show you. He’s not at a position of need but that guy is studly

It’s the position of least need. Do I go for Norton?

Here are my starting LBs

SLB Burkley, 64/64
SILB Phil Sutton, 62/62
WLB Junior Gilliam, 60/68
WILB Edward Raynor, 53/61

This guy could be my next hoss after both Burkley and Gilliam dropped. Imagine I draft him and if he winds up as a great player I could move him to SLB which is key on my 3-4 team.

My backup LBs of quality are

WLB Adam – 50/50

I do need some other LBs as Hitt and Frederickson aren’t resigning.

I can’t pass up a stud at the end of the 1st round. I take him.

2.28.

TE Austin Tito
DE Sawyer Hill
CB Griffin Strobel
OT Amir Werenka

I like them all. Hmm…. Strobel is great at covering but worthless at the picks.

I go Hill.

3.28.

Hmmm…. I’m looking but not finding anything that sells me. OT Sedrick Frimodt? I do FS Ernie Weber, good coverage but bad at the picking.

4.28

WLB Malachi Baines. I need two LBs in this draft.

5.28

Not sure. How about RB Tommy Hines?

6.28

TE Britt Hojnacki, a pass catching specialist

7.28

FS Marcus Liang, in case of a bust by Weber.

Alright!

Rookie Lookie #1

1.28, ILB Bruce Norton, Purdue, 49/84
2.28, DE Sawyer Hill, Duke, 39/71
3.28, FS Ernie Weber, Kentucky, 24/71
4.28, WLB Malachi Baines, AZ State, 35/59
5.28, RB Tommy Hines, New Mexico State, 28/35
6.28,TE Britt Hojnacki, Kentucky, 24/33
7.28, FS Marcus Liang, Arizona, 24/54

And there you are! My top three picks all look strong.

[Abe Sargent]

2024 FA Period #2

I have a vet hold out with Phil Sutton. I agree and extend him a few years

I make offers to these UFA Rookies:

OG Tyrone Hester


I offer an extension to Petherick although he’s dropped to 69/69.

Week 3 – Hester signs

OG Tyrone Hester, 14/50

DE Hill and LB Norton are on The Green Page

[Abe Sargent]

The 2024 Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2

1.28, ILB Bruce Norton, Purdue, 49/84; 57/82
2.28, DE Sawyer Hill, Duke, 39/71; 44/72
3.28, FS Ernie Weber, Kentucky, 24/71; 31/72
4.28, WLB Malachi Baines, AZ State, 35/59; 41/58
5.28, RB Tommy Hines, New Mexico State, 28/35; 29/33
6.28,TE Britt Hojnacki, Kentucky, 24/33; 25/32
7.28, FS Marcus Liang, Arizona, 24/54; 30/54

OG Tyrone Hester, 14/50; 18/50

Not bad! Are Hill and Weber rising? Is Norton dropping?

I have 58 on my roster. No cuts needed right now

[Abe Sargent]

The 2024 Preseason

I move Burkley to WILB and we’ll run Norton at SLB.

Week 2 – New Orleans – We win 27-17

Week 3 – At Dallas – We lose 31-34

Week 4 – Carolina – We lose 15-20

Week 5 – At Phily - We lose 24-21.

We finish 1-3.


Cuts

RB Neil Walton I cut RB Neil Walton as he has a red card.
FS Shaun Casher
DE Joel Svitak
TE Britt Hojnacki
CB Tanner Forest

Rookie Lookie #3

1.28, ILB Bruce Norton, Purdue, 49/84; 57/82; 60/80
2.28, DE Sawyer Hill, Duke, 39/71; 44/72; 36/60
3.28, FS Ernie Weber, Kentucky, 24/71; 31/72; 32/75
4.28, WLB Malachi Baines, AZ State, 35/59; 41/58; 38/57
5.28, RB Tommy Hines, New Mexico State, 28/35; 29/33; 28/31
6.28,TE Britt Hojnacki, Kentucky, 24/33; 25/32, CUT
7.28, FS Marcus Liang, Arizona, 24/54; 30/54; 32/59

OG Tyrone Hester, 14/50; 18/50; 16/41

Busts by Hill, and Hester. But Marcus Liang rose and that’s good.

I extend DE Stevenson by four years

[Abe Sargent]

Here’s Norton



As you can see he’s developed well and looks like a strong LB for our SLB spot. He’s very well rounded in coverage, run d, and pressure.



Here’s my other good pick after my 2nd round DE broke. As you can see FS Weber has very good coverage and run defense numbers, but suffers at picks. A lot. That’s okay if he nets me a lot of pasdef we’ll be fine. He’s also grown and looks like a strong option for us.

[Abe Sargent]

Wanna see my roster? Sure thing!

The 2024 New York Jets

Front Office Football Eight
New Jersey Jets Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

##Benton, Stanley 113 QB 5 31 40 2 yrs. 2020
Weiss, Corbin 106 QB 4 27 41 1 yr. 2021
Rhem, Tony 119 QB QB 4 87 87 4 yrs. 2021
Williams, Aaron 232 RB 5 51 51 3 yrs. 2020
Gaylord, Tevin 227 RB 4 39 40 1 yr. 2021
Mansell, Francisco 240 RB RB 3 64 64 2 yrs. 2022
##Hines, Tommy 221 RB 1 28 31 4 yrs. 2024
Fyie, Junior 446 TE FB 5 50 50 1 yr. 2020
##Cook, Branden 444 TE 5 47 47 1 yr. 2020
Hoffman, Alfredo 448 TE 3 47 53 2 yrs. 2022
Derr, Josiah 443 TE TE 2 53 69 3 yrs. 2023
Richardson, Buddy 584 FL 5 51 51 3 yrs. 2020
##Sorrells, Liam 580 FL 5 36 36 2 yrs. 2020
Zercie, Jonah 510 FL FL 4 63 63 5 yrs. 2021
Barber, Kirk 586 SE SE 3 80 80 2 yrs. 2022
Hall, Richard 589 SE 3 43 45 2 yrs. 2022
Jackson, Bryce 655 C C 3 73 73 3 yrs. 2022
Kormelink, Walter 659 C 2 28 48 1 yr. 2023
##Nagurski, Kenyon 761 LG 5 21 21 2 yrs. 2020
Freitas, Terry 776 LG LG 4 79 79 4 yrs. 2021
Hester, Tyrone 762 LG 1 16 41 1 yr. 2024
Banks, Efrain 767 RG RG 5 65 65 4 yrs. 2020
Armstrong, Derek 868 LT LT 5 54 54 3 yrs. 2020
Kurtz, Jack 860 LT 2 22 67 3 yrs. 2023
Vaughn, Ezekiel 870 RT RT 4 58 58 1 yr. 2021
Petherick, Roosevelt 918 P 5 68 68 5 yrs. 2020
Rabbitt, Randall 1004K 4 79 79 4 yrs. 2021
Stevenson, Norm 1171LDE LDE 4 66 66 5 yrs. 2021
Foley, Dexter 1177LDE 4 57 57 3 yrs. 2021
Hill, Sawyer 1193LDE 1 36 60 4 yrs. 2024
Sawyer, Henry 1175RDE RDE 5 60 60 2 yrs. 2020
##Cole, Clifton 1290LDT 5 36 36 2 yrs. 2020
Heinlein, Allen 1296NT 5 54 54 3 yrs. 2020
Fontaine, Kyle 1295NT NT 3 74 74 2 yrs. 2022
Sutton, Phil 1351SILB SILB 4 62 62 3 yrs. 2021
##Whittington, Silas 1398SILB 2 31 46 3 yrs. 2023
Burkley, Jeremy 1353WILB WILB 5 67 67 5 yrs. 2020
Raynor, Edward 1358WILB 3 60 60 2 yrs. 2022
Norton, Bruce 1494SLB SLB 1 60 80 4 yrs. 2024
Adam, Denzel 1491WLB 5 49 49 4 yrs. 2020
Gilliam, Junior 1450WLB WLB 2 70 70 3 yrs. 2023
Baines, Malachi 1452WLB 1 38 57 4 yrs. 2024
Cunningham, Richard 1522LCB 5 48 48 3 yrs. 2020
Willis, Grayson 1541LCB LCB 3 58 60 2 yrs. 2022
Schwake, Pat 1538LCB RCB 2 50 55 3 yrs. 2023
Stone, Alonzo 1536RCB 5 43 43 3 yrs. 2020
Swift, Nicky 1542RCB 5 38 38 3 yrs. 2020
Mongeon, Geoff 1549RCB 5 42 42 1 yr. 2020
Thomason, Alvin 1602SS SS 5 66 66 5 yrs. 2020
Flannery, Kendall 1625FS 5 45 45 3 yrs. 2020
Weber, Ernie 1633FS FS 1 32 75 4 yrs. 2024
Liang, Marcus 1620FS 1 32 59 4 yrs. 2024
Glenn, Brad 654 LS 5 20 20 2 yrs. 2020

$$ - 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: $221,200,000
Cap Room: $52,150,000
Maximum for New Player: $52,900,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $970,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $1,270,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $182,850,000

There you are! DE Swayeris starting for me again with Hill’s bust. I have no one on The Green Page. QB Tony Rhem has risen to 87/87 and is now 10 more than any competition. RB Mansell is now 64/64. That makes Mansell the 11th best RB in the league. All but one of the top ten were in the 1st round and one a top 2nd and we grabbed Mansell in the 5th. That’s a nice result from that pick.

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Check

DE Hill is now the 5th best DE by potential in the draft

OLB Horton is the best LB by potential in the draft. Malachi Baines is 6th best

Weber is the best S, and Liang the 3rd best by potential

RB Hines is one of the worst.

I extend TE Fyie by a year. At 50/50 he’s the 24th best TE by current ability in the league and is a valueable adjunct to Derr.

Do I extend OT Vaughn who has dropped to 58/58? He wants 27 mill over four years, and he’s a run blocking specialist. I could move to Kurtz next year barring a better option. Let’s do that. I won’t extend Vaughn right now. I want to save some cap because I have a lot of big name rookies that will be in the final year of their rookie deal next year inc. WR Barber, RB Mansell, C Jackson and NT Fontaine, and CB Willis. I doubt I’ll be able to keep all five although I really want to. All of those are vital to me and have been my best at those position groups.

I extend backup QB Weiss by a year

As of right now I’ll be losing TE Cook, RB Gaylord, CB Mungeon, and OT Vaughn. Cook is my 4th best TE, and the other two are among my worst options.

I suspect we’ll finish 12-4 this year with an easier schedule. Within one game up or down.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2024 Regular Season


Week 1 – New England – We dominate the Patriots 43-17. Rhem, MVP, with 26 of 33 for 371, 2:0 hitting Barber for a score and Richardson for another and Zercie 6 for 155 yards. Mansell was 20 for 113 and three scores. FF by NT Fontaine. 2 sacks by WLB Gilliam. 4 KRB by OG Freitas.

A nice opening win

Week 2 – At LA Chargers – We lose 17-20. Rhem was 24 of 35 for 211 and 2:0. Mansell was 20 for 105. Barber and Richardson with scores. Pick by CB Pat Schwake. 4 KRB by OT Vaughn.

Week 3 – At KC – Against Mahomes, we lost here last year…. We win 33-25. MVP was Rhem with 20 of 33, 237 and 3:0. He hit for scores WR Barber twice with 5 grabs for 106 yards, and TE Derr for 85 yards and the 3rd TD. RB Mansell with his 3rd straight 100+ yard game with 23 for 124. Picks by CB Stone and Burkley. THREE FF by NT Fontaine! One by rookie SLB Norton. Stone with a FF REC.

OG Freitas is out for a month; starting in his stead is OT Kurtz.

Week 4 – At Jacksonville – This is the battle of the two powerful 1.1 picks at QB. They were 12-4 last year and this is not a laughing team. We lose 24-27. Rhem was 22 of 38, 304, 1:1. He hit Zercie 5 times for 111 yards and TE Derr for 54 yards and a score. Mansell was 16 for 87 and 2 scores. FF by LB Burkley. 5 KRB by OG Banks and 4 by C Jackson.

We finish the first quarter 2-2

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At Houston – They are 4-0. We hand them their first loss 26-10. MVP was Mansell with 21 for 128 and 1 score. Rhem was 17 of 28 for 198 and 1:0., hitting Barber for the score. FF by rookie SLB Norton. 6 KRB by OT Vaughn.

Week 6 -BYE BYE BYE

Week 7 – Indy – We defeat the 4-2 Colts 28-3 Game MVP is Rhem with 22 of 33 for 274 and 2:0. He connected with Barber and Fyie for TDs. Mansell was 18 for 88 and 1 score and Rhem rushed for a TD. FF BY Burkley, DE Stevenson, and LB Gilliam. NT Fontaine recovered. 2 sacks by Fontaine and Stevenson. 3 pasdef by Thomason.

Week 8 – At New England- Can we thump them again? Nope, but we win 24-17 and I’ll take it. Rhem was MVP With 27 of 38, 284, and 2:0. Richardson and Zercie with TDs. Pick by Thomason. 4 KRB BY C
Jackson.

OG Freitas is back.

Week 9 – Tennessee – We crush them 45-9. Rhem, MVP, 22 of 28, 237, 2:0. TE Hoffman and WR Hall with TDs. Mansell was 17 for 151 and 2 scores, and RB Williams was with 2 more. 2 sacks by WLB Gilliam. 3 pasdef by Thomason.

OT Vaughn is out for a few weeks and Kurtz starts

We are 6-2 at the half. Again. That’s our third year in a row with that record.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – At Buffalo – They are 6-2. We lose 24-31. Rhem was 26 of 45, 272 and 3:0. 2 scores by Barber and Derr was 6 for 98 and 1 score. FF by Sawyer, recovered by Fontaine. 3 pasdef by CB Schwake.


Week 11 – Miami – They are 7-2. We defeat them 34-17. Rhem is MVP with 34 of 48, 302 and 4:0 hitting Mansell,Barber, Richardson and Zercie for scores. CB Willis with a pick. FF by Thomson and recovered by FS Weber. 3 pasdef by Weber. 4 KRB by OT Armstrong

DE Sawyer is out for two weeks. Starting for him is DE Foley.

Week 12 – At Seattle – We thump them 33-10. MVP Was 29 of 36, 402, 2:0, Derr was 8 for 91 and 1, Zercie 4 for 109 and 1, RB Williams added another score. FF by Stevenson, recovered by WLB Gilliam. 2 sacks each by SLB Norton and WLB Gilliam, 4 KRB by C Jackson.

We have another injury. CB Stone is out for a month. Cunningham will be my nickelback. OT Vaughn is back from his injury.


Week 13 – Baltimore – 9-2. Lamar Jackson has arrived. We win 36-30. Game MVP was Rhem with 21 of 35, 348 and 4:0. Barber was 6 for 104 and 1 score, Zercie 4 for 115 and 2 scores, and Derr was 4 for 68 and 1 score. 4 pasdef by SLB Norton. 4 KRB by Vaughn.


We finish the three quarter mark at 9-3.

[Abe Sargent]

We emerge with a number of injuries. CBs Cunningham and Swift are out. FS Liang is my new nickelback.

Week 14 – San Francisco – We win 41-11. Game MVP was Rhem with 28 of 32 for 287 and 4:1 and he hit for scores Richardson, Zercie, Mansell and Richardson. Mansell was 19 for 104 and 1 score. Rookie FS Weber with his first pick of his career. 4 KRB by Jackson, Banks, and Armstrong.

Week 15 – Buffalo – We beat them 33-18. Rhem, MVP, 22 of 37 for 223, 3:0. Barber caught 2 and TE Derr one. Mansell was 20 for 115. FF by Liang and Gilliam, one recovered by DE Foley. 6 KRB by Jackson, 4 by Freitas and Armstrong.

DE Sawyer is back

Week 16 – Arizona – We win 34-18. MVp was Mansell with 21 for 144 and 1 score. Rhem 19 of 28, 228 and 2:0 hitting Mansell and Williams for scores. Pick by Burkley and another by Liang returned for a score. 5 KRb by Vaughn,4 by Freitas.

Stone is back but I leave Liang as nickel back for now. He’s hot.

Week 17 – At Miami- We win 28-13. MVP was Rhem, 23 of 30 for 178 and 3:0, hitting Derr twice and Barber once for scores and Mansell add a 4th score on the ground. Pick by DE Stevenson. 2 sacks by SLB Norton. 4 KRB by C Jackson.

We finish 13-3 with a bye

[Abe Sargent]

The 2024 NFL Playoffs –

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend.

Buffalo at Indy
Cincy at Baltimore

New Orleans at Atlanta
New York at Seattle

Indy, 31, 15
Cincy, 27-22
Atlanta, 22-19
NyG, 27-3


Week 2 – Division Champs

Cincy at KC
Indy at NY Jets

New York at DC
Atlanta at Detroit


Detroit ,37-10
DC 27-26

Cincy 24-23

We win 30-24

Game MVP was Rhem, 22 of 33, 289, 2:0, Barbe was 9 for 158 and both scores. FF by Fontaine. Mansell was 17 of 81 with 2 TDS.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – The Conference Championships

NFC – Detroit at DC

AFC

Your #1 seed 13-3 New York Jets

Vs

Your #6 seed 8-8 Cincinnati Bengals


The Bengals took out both of our rivals in KC and Baltimore. Can we get past them for our first Super Bowl appearance since Joe Namath?

Let’s find out!

Their defense s pretty good and they hold us to just 20 point.

Ours is better as they only score 3

Game MVP was Rhem, 21 of 33, 221 and 2:0. He hit Zercie for both TDs. Picks by Burkley and Willis. FF by Sawyer and Stevenson, and recovery by WLB Gilliam.


DC over Detroit 36-10

[Abe Sargent]

The 2024 NFL Super Bowl

The AFC Champion #1 Seed 13-3 New York Jets

Vs

The NFC Champion #1 Seed 13-3 Washington National Football Team


Is a battle of equal spots and records, who will win?


We do 24-8.

Super Bowl MVP, Tony Rhem, 29 of 41 for 340 and 2:1, 8 fo r23, and 1 rush TD

Mansell, 17 for 93
Zercie, 6 for 61, 1 TD
TE Alfredo Hoffman, 1 for 48, 1 score

Pick,FS Marcus Liang
Pick, ILB Jeremy Burkley

FF, DE Norm Stevenson

2.5 sacks, WLB Junior Gilliam
2.0 sacks, SLB Bruce Norton

5 KRB, OG Terry Freitas

We won!

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

League MVP – Tony Rhem
Super Bowl MVP – Tony Rhem
Offensive Player of the Year – Tony Rhem
Defensive Rookie of the Year- SLB Bruce Norton

All-Pro 1st Team

Tony Rhem
Francisco Mansell
Junior Gilliam

All-Pro 2nd Team –

Randall Rabbitt
Bruce Norton

This was a huge year for my team. QB Tony Rhem won the quad-fecta, and Mansell broke out. Norton was a great BAP pick up and hopefully he won’t ebb unlike Burkley next year.

These players on my current roster have at least one all-pro

CB Stone
SS Thomason
LB Burkley
LB Gilliam
LB Norton
QB Rhem
RB Mansell
P Petherick
K Rabbitt

Nice!

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Tony Rhem, 383 for 569, 4366 yards, 40:2, 112.1 rating, 21 sacks

This is all record numbers of Rhem in TDs, fewest picks, yards, and fewest sacks. Nicely done. He led the league in yard,s the next highest TD total was just 31, his rating dominated the league. Nicely done!

Rushing

RB Mansell, 306 for 1483, 4.85 ypc, 12 scores,
RB Williams, 91 for 359, 3 scores
QB Rhem, 83 for 387, 1 score

Mansell led the league in yards and rushing scores. This was the first year that my team felt like a team. That a 5th round draftee would do this well is something we talked about earlier and isn’t happening in the league. Good job Mansell!

Receiving

Barber, 82 for 1047, 13 scores
Zercie, 74 for 1117, 6 scores
Derr, 75 for 750, 8 scores
Richardson, 59 for 451, 3 score
Fyie, 33 for 214, 3 scores

Zercie was 3rd in yards in the league and Barber led in scores and it wasn’t close. Derr was the best receiving TE in the league and was robbed of All Pro. He was 2nd in yards and top in scores. This was his coming out season.

Blocking

C Jackson, 42 KRB out of 102 KRO, 3 sacks allowed
Banks, 36 of 99, 3 sacks allowed
Vaughn, 13 starts, 33 of 86, 2 sacks
Freitas, 12 stars, 25 of 75, 0 sacks
Armstrong, 23 of 69, 4 sacks

My best year for my O Line since I’ve been here. They road graded very nicely. Jackson was 6th in the league in KRB.

Special Teams

K Rabbitt – 34 of 39, long of 56, 50 of 50 PAT

Dude made every PAT! That’s nasty.


P Petherick – 81 punts, 46.9 avg, 29 in 20

Pretty solid but obviously quiet year given how good my team was

[Abe Sargent]

Defense



After moving him inside, Burkley led my team in tackles and Thomason was 2nd. WLB Gilliam led my team with 9.5 sacks, which was a solid number for the guy. Norton collected 7 in his debut year. Stevenson notched 7.5 sacks and was my best DE. DT Fontaine had another great year with loads of pressure up the middle. He also led our team with 4 FF.

Pass Coverage



This was a very light year for picks. Burkley was the only player with more than one. Thomason grabbed another 17 pasdef, and was tied for 6th in the league. In his debut Weber finished with 1 pick and 8 pasdef. Norton in his debut at SLB was 2nd on my team with 11 pasdef. I had three players with 10 inc. WLB Gilliam.

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.28, ILB Bruce Norton, Purdue, 49/84; 57/82; 60/80; 79/80
2.28, DE Sawyer Hill, Duke, 39/71; 44/72; 36/60; 36/60
3.28, FS Ernie Weber, Kentucky, 24/71; 31/72; 32/75; 52/75
4.28, WLB Malachi Baines, AZ State, 35/59; 41/58; 38/57; 38/57
5.28, RB Tommy Hines, New Mexico State, 28/35; 29/33; 28/31; 28/31
6.28,TE Britt Hojnacki, Kentucky, 24/33; 25/32, CUT
7.28, FS Marcus Liang, Arizona, 24/54; 30/54; 32/59; 36/59

OG Tyrone Hester, 14/50; 18/50; 16/41; 16/41

As you can see Norton really had a strong year for me. Weber grew up a lot as well after starting for me.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards


Offensive Player of the Year - RB Mansell, got his first All Pro, broke out in a major way, and led the league in two pertinent stats. Good job Mansell!

Defensive Player of the Year – WLB Gilliam – He got his first All Pro, led my team in sacks, had some great pasdef numbers and worked well. Good job!

Special Teams Player of the Year – K Rabbitt – He went 50 for 50 in PAT and notched his 2nd All Pro for us. Dude earned it.

Rookie of the Year – SLB Norton – How could anyone else be here?

Heart Award – CB Geoff Mongeon – This guy is my dimeback, but he grabbed me 7 pasdef on the season. Great job Geoff!

[Abe Sargent]

I finish the season. I score an 83

The 2025 NFL Offseason


The Staff Draft

We pick 10th. Do any of my staff get poached by others?

I don’t change my staff even though there are many better at HC.

I make no changes to my staff

Should I franchise Vaughn? Nah

We draft 1.32

[Abe Sargent]

The 2025 FA Period #1

We have 47 under contract. I sign both of my RFAs to go to 49

I have leaving TE Cook, Rb Gaylord, CB Mongeon and OT Vaughn.

Here is who is in the last year of their deal of note that aren’t bad backups.

WR Kirk Barber
WR Richard Hall
TE Junior Fyie
TE Alfredo Hoffman
RB Francisco Mansell
Both backup Qbs
DE Henry Sawyer
NT Kyle Fontaine
ILB Edward Raynor
CB Grayson Willis


I cannot keep them all, but I have a few starters in here and key players like Barber, Mansell, and Fontaine. I’ll let Willis and Raynor go for sure as well as WR Hall.

I only have 40 mill under cap and we need 8 for the draft giving me 32.

Barber is my first target. He has to be.

The best WR in the league is going to be paid 73 over 4 years.

My next target is Mansell but he wants 94 mill over 5 years and I cannot do that… I could franchise him next year if I don’t have any other options.

Fontaine? 46 mill over 5 years. Done.

If Willis just wanted a small amount of cash I’d do it, but that’s too much. He wants 48 mill over 5 years. Nope!

Do I want to extend a TE? They only want 2 mill each. I do both for one extra year each.


Going into the draft I need these players

A replacement for Mansell if possible
4th backup RB
4th TE
5th WR – replace Sorrels
A prospect WR for Hall
Better OT than Kurtz if possible
A stud CB
Backup OT
Backup OG replace Nagurski who has slipped a bit
Backup NT better than Cole
Backup CB better than Nicky Swift
Better mid-round backup QB
Considering DE Hills bust I could use a stud DE as well

I need starters at RB, OT, CB, and I interview those.



Week 3 - Vaughn signs with Cleveland

Week 7 – Mongeon signs with Detroit

Week 9 – TE Cook signs with Dallas

[Abe Sargent]

The 2025 NFL Amateur Draft


Las Vegas drafts first and they draft at 1.1 S Dashawn Beyer

Our pick arrives at 1.32

Who is the best player on the board? OC Bubba Marsh with max stats. I could draft him and move him to OT. All of the top 6 CBs are off the board, I interviewed 2-6.

Dt Bubba Washington, 2nd best player – Could I move him to DE?
OT Earnest Marshall – Overrated
TE David Norton – None have been taken and he’s pretty good.
DE Juan Cauthen – I like him a lot.
RB Shaun Myre, 5.4, As Scouted -with a very low breakaway speed. There;s another very overrated back available
FS Ben Anderson looks great with the bars. Could I take him and move him to CB?
WR Cody Poston looks good as well
CB Leon Cochran – If you didn’t want to try and make it work. He’s more developed.

QB RJ Ellis looks good as does some others.


There are several QBs of quality still on the board

I take Anderson, Cauthen or… Poston? I like them all. Anderson/Cochran or Cauthen? I move from Poston. I can get good WRs later in the draft. I do Anderson over Cochran because he’s better at picks.

2.32

QB Ellis is still on the board.
I like LT Gabriel Flynn.
DE Carson spatz?
WILB Amari Highland?

I like Ellis a lot and he’s the BAP. But he won’t develop behind Rhem. I take Spatz. Ellis goes a few picks later.

3.32

Watch QB Caden Groff

I take WR Jalen Frohbieter. He looks like a grower

4.32

I take Groff.

5.32

TE Lionel Bergman?
Or OT Harris Gaylor?

I go Gaylor


6.32

OG Gino Tapeh

7.32

RB Norm Hawthorne

I move Anderson


Rookie Lookie #1

1.32 - RCB Ben Anderson, Alabama, 22/64
2.32 - DE Carson Spatz, Ohio State; 22/64
3.32 - WR Jalen Frohbieter, Oklahoma, 29/44
4.32 – QB Caden Groff, Augustana, 15/53
5.32 – OT Harris Gaylor, Liberty, 29/50
6.32 – OG Gino Tapeh, OK State; 18/45
7.32 – RB Norm Hawthorne, LA State, 38/53

I hope Frohbieter will grow. The QB I was following? Wound up looking like a stud.