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

[Abe Sargent]

Let’s talk about it more.

By need: DE, FB, MLB, OT

I just signed a 59 pot guy in FA at OT that drops my need there, but I do need a much better O Line, and finding a better OT here at 1.28 is rarer than a good FB or LB or even DE. So OT might be the best way to go. But Hard to Read is rough on the eyes. He might finish in the mid 60s with the big gap in strength.

Now if Wolfe’s bars were on Dennis? As Scouted? This decision would be easy, with that great rushing, but at ILB it’s less usable and the coverage isn’t as good as I like on my LBs. Wolfe is a better WLB, which I already have. But he’ll be better than Burgess.

The problem is that none of these non-FBs look like studs. They’ll likely be in the 60s. So I decide to go BAP and take Engelberger.




2.28 – Alright…who fell and who do I like here at 2.28? OT George Vilma looks fine. He looks like a pretty solid OT back here. I grab him.




Here he is! I interviewed him and he’s As Scouted and a stud at run blocking.


3.28 – Who do I like here? Hmm…the BAP is 5.5 rated MLB Riley Pillmeier so I grab him.


4.28 – DE Bryson Moorehead is okay. Not amazing, but fine. RB Miles Kovacs looks solid… I go Moorehead a position of need.


5.28 – How about TE Mark Webb? He’s not the best blocker but he’s good at catching that ball. I also like SS Santiago Hoover who is good at punt returns. I go TE.


6.28 – WR Shaun Blackwell?


7.28 – I found him. CB Hector Wellins looks pretty good with the bars.


Rookie Lookie #1

1.28 – FB Dan Engelberger, USC, 44/70
2.28 – OT George Vilma, Georgia,
3.28 - MLB Riley Pillmeier, Minnesota
4.28 - DE Bryson Moorehead, Southern Mississippi
5.28 – TE Mark Webb, Minnesota
6.28 – WR Shaun Blackwell, Washington State
7.28 – CB Hector Wellins, Arizona

Thither you goeth!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2079 NFL FA Period #2


I cut ILB Fowler is dropped to the mid 40s and is 13 mill. I now have 20 mill for new players.

I also cut QB Bentley

I chase a few rookies.


CB Jorge Blake
CB Rico Rodham
RB Leonardo Heard
WILB Travis Davison
WR Billy Ellis – Good at PR and KR


Week 1 – 3 sign

Week 2 – 1 signs

Week 3 – 1 signs. Fowler heads to Atlanta

UFAs


CB Jorge Blake, 19/51
CB Rico Rodham, 19/50
RB Leonardo Heard, 25/47
WILB Travis Davison, 27/48
WR Billy Ellis, 27/45

Good stuff!

Ready for camping?

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp


Rookie Lookie #2


1.28 – FB Dan Engelberger, USC, 44/70; 49/70
2.28 – OT George Vilma, Georgia, 25/52
3.28 - MLB Riley Pillmeier, Minnesota, 38/55
4.28 - DE Bryson Moorehead, Southern Mississippi, 34/51
5.28 – TE Mark Webb, Minnesota, 27/38
6.28 – WR Shaun Blackwell, Washington State, 21/41
7.28 – CB Hector Wellins, Arizona, 31/40

Sorry I didn’t record their rookie stuff save for Dan post draft, Vilma dropped from high 50s. Pillmeier dropped from 61 pot. Moorehead rose from 49. Webb dropped 4.

UFAs


CB Jorge Blake, 19/51; 22/46
CB Rico Rodham, 19/50; 23/49
RB Leonardo Heard, 25/47; 26/44
WILB Travis Davison, 27/48; 31/51
WR Billy Ellis, 27/45, 29/45

Only Davison rose, the rest fell or stayed the same

[Abe Sargent]

The 2079 NFL Preseason

I hand out 12 deactives and make my depth chart.

Week 2 – At LV – We lose 14-16

Week 3 – Buffalo – We win 20-24

Week 4 – LA Chargers – We win 26-23

Week 5 – At New England – We win 24-31. All close games

We finish 3-1


Rookie Lookie #3

1.28 – FB Dan Engelberger, USC, 44/70; 49/70; 46/65
2.28 – OT George Vilma, Georgia, 25/52; 25/55
3.28 - MLB Riley Pillmeier, Minnesota, 38/55; 35/52
4.28 - DE Bryson Moorehead, Southern Mississippi, 34/51; 37/58
5.28 – TE Mark Webb, Minnesota, 27/38; 28/38
6.28 – WR Shaun Blackwell, Washington State, 21/41; 26/56
7.28 – CB Hector Wellins, Arizona, 31/40; 32/49

Dan busted a bit, sad. Pilllmeier busted more. Moorehead rose some, as did my last two picks.


UFAs


CB Jorge Blake, 19/51; 22/46; 23/40
CB Rico Rodham, 19/50; 23/49; 22/43
RB Leonardo Heard, 25/47; 26/44; 27/41
WILB Travis Davison, 27/48; 31/51; 32/54
WR Billy Ellis, 27/45, 29/45; 29/35

I cut these players

WR Jason Duncan
WR Jason Maloney
WR Richard Harding
RB Leonardo Heard
C Kirk Ristic
SILB Johnnie Gaines
CB Blake Blume

[Abe Sargent]

Extensions

I don’t extend Bowman he wants too much 100 mill 4 years.

I extend these 2 years left players

RB Lincoln, 210 5 years


I leave the last 10 mill for players I might need to sign this season

Top Rookie?



Here’s Engelberger post bust and as you can see, he’s great in blocking, running is fine save for blitz pickup, and he’s okay in catching. I was hoping for a more studly body, but we’ll take it

I’ll skip my busted OT Vilma who you saw in the draft. No one else wound up in the 60s or higher save for Dan. This was not a good draft

[Abe Sargent]

The Green Page? None

QB – 69 and that’s it

RB – Zero above 50!

FB – My guy was the best in the league, one 55. That’s it

TE – 60, 57. That’s it

WR – 63, 3 50,s ,and we had one of those in the 6th round who wound up the 3rd best WR in the draft.

OC – 2 60s, 2 50s

OG – 1 80s, 1 70s, 1 60s, 3 50s

OT – 2 70s, 1 60s, 3 50s. Our target at1.28 wound up at 27/57 and Vilma was 55 pot.

DL – 2 80s, 4 70s, 1 60, 5 50s. Moorehead is 8th best. Our choice at 1/28 wound up… 37/51. Ouch!

LB – 3 60s, 6 50s. Davidson 6th best in the draft. Wolfe was 51/68 and the best pot of the 1.28 options.

DB – 1 70, 5 60s, 6 50s. We had none 50+

There you are!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2079 Raleigh Eagles

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

Curtis, Efrain 108 QB QB 8 82 82 5 yrs. 2076
**Bonilla, Brant 119 QB 2 18 40 3 yrs. 2078
Lincoln, Harold 239 RB RB 3 75 75 5 yrs. 2077
Fuller, Abel 230 RB 7 45 45 2 yrs. 2078
##Turner, Darnell 240 RB 2 34 45 2 yrs. 2078
Engelberger, Dan 333 FB FB 1 49 65 4 yrs. 2079
Flanagan, Conrad 449 TE TE 3 66 66 2 yrs. 2077
Barker, Trey 442 TE 4 50 50 2 yrs. 2076
##Webb, Mark 443 TE 1 28 38 4 yrs. 2079
McNeil, Erik 488 TE 3 25 30 1 yr. 2077
Skudris, Demetrius 580 FL FL 13 47 47 1 yr. 2079
Springfield, Dean 513 SE SE 4 65 65 3 yrs. 2076
Blackwell, Shaun 581 SE 1 26 56 4 yrs. 2079
Robinson, Manuel 586 SE 11 50 50 3 yrs. 2079
Ellis, Billy 510 SE 1 29 35 1 yr. 2079
Richardson, Kelvin 653 C C 4 68 68 3 yrs. 2076
Mitchell, Roberto 652 C 4 48 48 3 yrs. 2076
Schau, Neal 763 LG LG 2 53 65 3 yrs. 2078
Smithwick, Jordan 767 LG 3 37 46 2 yrs. 2077
Powell, Erik 769 RG RG 2 59 70 3 yrs. 2078
Hitchcock, Louis 878 LT LT 5 41 51 2 yrs. 2079
England, Andre 861 LT 10 47 47 2 yrs. 2076
Davidson, Kody 875 RT RT 8 55 55 2 yrs. 2076
Vilma, George 873 RT 1 25 55 4 yrs. 2079
##Terry, Alex 868 RT 4 27 36 1 yr. 2076
Polley, Heath 916 P 2 82 85 3 yrs. 2078
Ramirez, Britt 1007K 3 82 82 2 yrs. 2077
Cox, Diego 1170LDE LDE 3 58 58 2 yrs. 2077
Moorehead, Bryson 1198LDE RDE 1 37 58 4 yrs. 2079
##Grisso, Wes 1177LDE 3 32 41 2 yrs. 2077
Arnold, Johnny 1299RDT 1 23 52 1 yr. 2079
Sloan, Joel 1276NT NT 2 77 77 3 yrs. 2078
Givens, Griffin 1296NT 4 43 43 2 yrs. 2076
##Wunder, Eugene 1290NT 4 20 24 1 yr. 2076
Wagener, Charles 1354SILB SILB 4 69 69 4 yrs. 2076
Burgess, Thurman 1394WILB WILB 8 59 59 3 yrs. 2076
Davison, Travis 1395WILB 1 32 54 1 yr. 2079
Law, Liam 1358WILB 3 49 53 1 yr. 2077
Pillmeier, Riley 1356MLB 1 35 52 4 yrs. 2079
Hampton, Les 1497SLB SLB 4 83 83 4 yrs. 2076
Hedges, Dusty 1457WLB WLB 3 72 72 2 yrs. 2077
Michl, Donnell 1492WLB 3 51 51 2 yrs. 2077
Bowman, Paul 1524LCB RCB 8 55 55 1 yr. 2076
Linquist, Lawrence 1546LCB 2 36 47 2 yrs. 2078
##Maese, Bennett 1526LCB 3 31 36 1 yr. 2077
Riley, Winston 1538RCB LCB 4 80 80 3 yrs. 2076
##Wellins, Hector 1536RCB 1 32 49 4 yrs. 2079
Rodham, Rico 1522RCB 1 22 43 1 yr. 2079
Blake, Jorge 1529RCB 1 23 40 1 yr. 2079
Harper, Dustin 1548RCB 1 11 25 1 yr. 2079
Anthony, Griffin 1621SS SS 4 59 59 3 yrs. 2076
Conway, Tyler 1631FS FS 2 48 60 3 yrs. 2078
Woodson, Warren 482 LS 2 21 21 3 yrs. 2078

$$ - 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: $593,700,000
Cap Room: $8,390,000
Maximum for New Player: $10,070,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $36,500,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $25,270,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $542,580,000

There you go!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2079 NFL Regular Season

I estimate one more win than last year at 13-3.

I have two doubtfuls and one out (backup QB) coming out of preseason.

Week 1 – At NY – Hello Giants Fans! Can we open with an away win? Let’s find out! We win 31-17. MVP? LB Liam Law, pick return for score, rush score by Lincoln, Curtis 19 of 31, 209 and 2:0, Springfield 8 for 113 and 1 score, score by Flanagan, FF by Law and Hampton, rec by Moorehead, 2 sacks by Hampton,

Week 2 – Buffalo – We lose 17-23. Lincoln, 17 of 107, 1 score, Curtis 24 of 37, 227 and 1:0, score by Engelberger, 2 FF by Burgess, 1 by Cox, rec by Wagener,

Week 3 – At Seattle – We edge them 26-23 – SLB Hampton, MVP, pick ret score, 2 sacks, Curtis is 26 of 44, 344 and 2:1. Lincoln 7 for 121 and 1 rec TD, and rec score by Flanagan. Pick by Bowman and Riley, FF by Hedges, 3 pasdef by Bowman and Burgess,


Week 4 – Richmond – We win 30-3. Nasty. MVP? Curtis, 28 of 34, 321 and 2:0, scores by Skudris and Engelberger, Lincoln rush score, FF by Hedges rec by Wagener,

All of my preseason injuries are over.


We are 3-1 at the 1st quarter.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – Detroit – We win 27-10. MVP? Curtis, 23 of 36, 259 and 2:0, Engelberger and Lincoln with rec TDs, Lincoln was 26 for 144 and 1 score,

Week 6 – At Green Bay – We lose 25-27. Curtis, 27 of 41 291 and 1:1, score by Flanagan, pick by Burgess, FF b yBowman and Anthony, rec by Sloan and Rodham,

Week 7 – DC – Who are 5-0. We defeat them 23-3. Lincoln, MVP, 30 on 108 for 2 scores, Curtis 22 of 33, 199 and 0:1, pick by Conway, FF by Wagener, rec by Burgess, 4 KRB by Schau

Week 8 – BYE BYE BYE

Week 9 – At Chicago – We win 19-3. MVP? Lincoln, 29 for 111, Curtis 24 of 35, 188 and 1:1, score by Robinson, picks by Rodham, Anthony and Conway, 4 KRB By Schau and Richardson

We are 6-2 at the 2nd quarter

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – NY – They are 5-3 and a solid foe… - We win 26-7. MVP? Lincoln, 29 for 119, 1 score, Curtis is 20 of 30, 288 and 1:0, score by Robinson, 7 for 106 by Springfield, picks by Burgess, Conway and Bowman, 4 KRB by Richardson and Hitchcock.

We are injury free which means some bad juju is about to smash home…


Week 11 – At Greenville – We win 34-21 – That’s our first win over Greenville! MVP is Lincoln 24 for 111 and 1 score, Curtis 21 of 28, 229, 2:1, scores by Skudris and Springfield, pick six by Wagener, sFF by Anthony rec by Bowman,


Week 12 – Miami – We win 34-13. MVP? Lincoln, 27 for 169, 1 score, Curtis is 28 of 39, 256 and 3:1, scores by Springfield 9 for 119 and 1 score, Skudris and Flanagan, 2 picks by Hedges, 2 sacks by Hampton, 4 KRB by Davidson

We have two injuries now.

Week 13 – Atlanta – We thump them 43-17! MVP? Lincoln, 37 for 218, 2 scores, Curtis was 19 of 29,212 and 3:0, scores by Engelberger, Flanagan and Springfield, 2 picks by Bowman, 4 KRB by Hitchcock,

We are 10-2 at the 3rd quarter

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – At NY Jets – We win 36-20. MVP? Curtis, 24 of 35, 310 and 3:0, 2 scores by Skudris, 1 by Flanagan, Lincoln 29 of 148, 1 score, 4 KRB by Hitchcock

Week 15 – Greenville – We win 27-3. We swept Greenville! MVP? SLB Hampton, 2 sacks, FF, Lincoln and Robinson rush scores, Curtis just 18 of 25, 181 and 1:0, score by Robinson, FF rec by Moorehead, 3 pasdef by Hampton,

All injuries are over again…

Week 16 – At New England – We win 31-27. Lincoln, MVP, 27 for 177, 1 score, Curtis 28 of 41, 299 and 3:1, scores by Lincoln, Springfieldx2, 4 KRB by Richardson and Schau

Week 17 – At 12-3 DC – We edge them in a low scoring 19-16 game. LB Law is MVP with 2 sacks, 2 by Sloan, Lincoln 23 for 167, 1 score, Curtis 21 of 30, 166, pick by Riley, FF by Sloan, rec by Cox,

We finish 14-2 and with the top record in the NFC

[Abe Sargent]

The 2079 NFL Playoffs

DC made the playoffs as well.

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

Atlanta over Green Bay 31-10
DC over Arizona 21-17

Baltimore over New England 23-13
LA over KC 30-27


Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

Atlanta at Raleigh
DC at New Orleans

Baltimore at Cincinnati
LA at Jacksonville

Results?

Baltimore 33-18
LA 27-12

DC 26-6
Us 27-16


Lincoln, 30 for 107, 1 TD
Curtis, MVP, 25 of 34, 244 and 2:0
Scores by Robinson and Springfield

Pick by Rodham

4 KRB by Powell


We have made it to our first Conference Championship and this time a different NFC East foe may block us…

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – Conference Championships


AFC - #5 12-4 Baltimore at #3 10-6 LA


NFC - #5 12-4 DC at #1 14-2 Raleigh


Both have #5 seeds making it.


Results?

Baltimore 30-24
Raleigh 14-3

Lincoln, MVP, 29 for 148, 1 score
Curtis, 17 of 22, 116, 1:1,
Springfield the score

Wagener, Hampton and Riley with picks

5 KRB by Richardson


Ready for our first Super Bowl?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2079 NFL Super Bowl


Your AFC Champion #5 Seed 12-4 Baltimore Ravens


Vs


Your NFC Champion #1 Seed 14-2 Raleigh Eagles


Results?

We win 34-20.


Lincoln, MVP, 32 for 152, 2 scores
Curtis, 27 of 34, 277 and 2:1
Scores by Springfield who was 5 for 107 and TE Tre Barker

Pick by Riley
FF by Hedges

2 sacks by Hedges
3 pasdef by Hampton

4 KRB by Richardson and Mitchell.


We win our first Super Bowl and this is the Eagles’ first bowl in this uber dynasty as well.

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

NFL MVP – RB Harold Lincoln
Super Bowl MVP – RB Harold Lincoln
Off. Player of the Year – RB Harold Lincoln
Def. Player of the Year – SLB Les Hampton

All Pro 1st Team

QB Efraim Curtis
RB Harold Lincoln
FB Dan Engelberger
DT Joel Sloan
SLB Les Hampton


All Pro 2nd Team

TE Conrad Flanagan
WR Dean Springfield



This is the first awards for Lincoln, Engelberger, Curtis, Sloan, and Springfield. We got 7 All Pros in a Bowl winning season about right. We got a quadfecta!

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Curtis – 374 of 570, 3942 yards, 27:7, 96.2 rating

He had the most yards, 3rd most scores, and best rating. Good stuff Curtis!


Rushing

RB Lincoln – 413 for 1818, 4.39 ypc, 15 scores

Nasty! That’s a great year for the 3rd year veteran. He led in yards by 500+ and scores by 5.


Receiving





Here are my catchers of the ball! Springfield another solid year, that guy has been so solid. Lincoln had a nasty 770 yards catching and over 2.6k yards from scrimmage. Flanagan had a great year again and got his 3rd All Pro in as many years, and Robinson and Skudris rounded out my starting crew.


Blocking




This year wasn’t great, but it was the best I’ve had with the Eagles. Good stuff O line. Richardson led my team with KRB and my OTs came through as well. Good stuff for Schau this year too.

Special Teams

K Ramirez – 41 of 50, Long of 61, 41 of 46 PAT

Way too many missed PATs and FGs. Good long kick though!

P Polley – 82 punts, 48.2 avg, 40 in 20

Almost 50% in the 20 and a great avg…Polley did quite well!

WR Springfield, KR RET TD

Dusty Hedges led my team with 22 special teams tackles

[Abe Sargent]

Defensive



Wagener’s tackle numbers dropped, and he only grabbed me 2 sacks. Did you see how many sacks Hampton had? This is the first time a LB had netted me more than 10 sacks! Hampton… led the league in sacks! That was awesome SLB! Sloan’s 7.5 sacks are what I like for my NTs and especially ones taken 1.4 and a stud. Cox was down to 8.5 but that’s fine for a 59/59 guy, and rookie Moorehead was 1.5 sacks. Hedges was down a few sacks to 6.5 sacks.


Pass Coverage



Our picks weren’t as good as last year. Nor our pasdef. Hampton led my team in pasdef and Bowman with 4 picks was my best. Riley is back with 2 pick, but I still need those picks to rise.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – FB Harold Lincoln – Dude wins a quadfecta…dude wins this award for my team.

Def. Player of the Year – SLB Les Hampton – Dude wins DPOTY for the league…dude wins this for my club.

Special Teams Player of the Year – P Heath Polley – Great year for the guy with a great in 20 % and punt avg.

Rookie of the Year – FB Dan Engelberger – Dude won an All Pro! Grabbed me 245 yards and 4 scores! Good stuff rookie!

Heart Award – WR Demetrius Skudris – This old, savvy vet netted me 5 scores, as my #3 WR and he willingly accepted the role for the Super Bowl winning Eagles!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

Maybe some of these horrible picks will rise?

1.28 – FB Dan Engelberger, USC, 44/70; 49/70; 46/65; 59/65
2.28 – OT George Vilma, Georgia, 25/52; 25/55; 25/55
3.28 - MLB Riley Pillmeier, Minnesota, 38/55; 35/52; 36/52
4.28 - DE Bryson Moorehead, Southern Mississippi, 34/51; 37/58; 47/58
5.28 – TE Mark Webb, Minnesota, 27/38; 28/38; 28/38
6.28 – WR Shaun Blackwell, Washington State, 21/41; 26/56; 30/56
7.28 – CB Hector Wellins, Arizona, 31/40; 32/49; 32/49

Nope!

UFAs


CB Jorge Blake, 19/51; 22/46; 23/40; 24/40
CB Rico Rodham, 19/50; 23/49; 22/43; 25/43
RB Leonardo Heard, 25/47; 26/44; 27/41; CUT
WILB Travis Davison, 27/48; 31/51; 32/54; 32/54
WR Billy Ellis, 27/45, 29/45; 29/35; CUT

There you go!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season and with it the 2070s!

We score a 38

The 2080 NFL Offseason

Ready for the 2080s?

I didn’t get another e-mail from my owner about driving down cost


Hall of Fame

TE Deron Prior – Stud TE for Greenville, drafted 2.2, in 2065, 3 Rings, 1 All Pro. Good stuff Prior!


Retirements of Note

Eagles?

WR Demetrius Skudris – Stud WR for the Grizzlies, 1.3 pick, 2067, 5 Rings, 2 All Pros, will he be getting the HOF with just 2 All Pros? 5 rings is a lot of Rings.

We also lost our AC coach.

Grizzlies?

DE Rondell Dorn – Stud DE we drafted in the same draft as Xavier Russell at 2.20, 2068, 4 Rings, 7 All Pros, obvious HOF career!

Other Abe’s Boys

WILB Kai Fowler – Solid LB drafted at Greenville 4.30, 2069, 3 Rings, no honors


Two of those are possible HOFs.


Staff Draft

We draft 32nd still

My new AC is Donovan Gaines, 48, suitability of 53


I’m glad I won a Super Bowl for Raleigh before leaving for WV.

I do not franchise Bowman, I may make him a normal offer though if his cost drops

[Abe Sargent]

The 2080 NFL FA Period #1

We draft 32nd and I interview many folks. I focus on LB for Burgess and CB

I sign my RFAs that I care to and wind up with… I leave 4 unsigned at DB and TE. We have 45 on the roster and 24 mill for new players

Extensions

I cut RB Fuller and free up 8 mill – he dropped to 44/44

K Ramirez – Wants 44 mill,3 years. I sign him
TE Flanagan – Wants 121 mill, 4 years. I sign him

WLB Dusty Hedges – Wants 111 mill over 4 years, I’d like to sign him, but that’s an increase of cash of 18 mill this year.

I hold off on Hedges until post draft.

How much does Bowman want? Just 58 mill for 3 years. He’s a 9 year vet. But that’s a big cap hit of 20 mill for one year.

I cut Ot Andre England and get 10 mill.

I extend OT Davidson by a year and drop his cap hit by 6 mill


Week 2 – Bowman signs with Richmond,

Week 7 – Fuller heads to Portland

Week 9 – England heads to the Giants.

Are you ready????

[Abe Sargent]

The 2080 NFL Amateur Draft

Ready for the first set of rookies for the decade? Let’s do it!

Picking 1.1 is Portland and I think they’ll take Qb Ron Pyne a studly guy and the best player on the board. They do so. See you in 31!

Who do I like

OT Branden Floyd – Not great bars, very overrated, top o line on the board
OG Geoff Badalaty – Very overrated, next best O Line on the board
WLB Ernest Marquardt - Okay bars, very underrated, could be my next Burgess or maybe Dusty Hedges.
WLB Marty Hoang – Hard to Read, worse bars that Marquardt
RCB Cornelius Falcon – Overrated, top db on the board

Is this the Marquardt draft pick?



Is this my pick? He’s not bad anywhere and weakest at run d, which is still fine. But very underrated leads me to think that he might be a solid investment for my 3-4 team. I could run him over Hedges or Burgess and run this guy out there.


Or am I going to do a secret player that I didn’t interview? This guy is just okay, not amazing…

Lemme think...

[Abe Sargent]

I’m just not sold on him.

Hmmm…

WR Herman Nelson?
OG Timothy Mathis?
CB Phillip Geer? I do Geer. I need a new Bowman.



Here is Geer. As you can see he has great bars, and he’s the 9th CB on the board so we are digging deep but I need a new Bowman and even if he busts he’ll still likely be better than my leaving 55/55 9th year vet



2.32 – LT Ezra Saenz? DE Henry McGregor? I prefer the ability of the latter.


3.32 – Who do I like here? WR Hector Wilkerson looks good and I grab him. He’ll replace Skudris who retired. He’s a looker.


4.32 – Who has fallen? MLB Dwight Ansell has. I grab him.



I interviewed him and Hard to Read is bad early but worth it here at the back of the 4th round.

5.32 – Who is the BAP here? OC Neal Boyer is. I don’t need a new OC, but my backup isn’t that good anymore…wanna grab him? I grab the 2nd best player 5.5 rated Alan Ducharme LB instead. He looks like a grower.


6.32 - CB Rico Harmon – This guy looks good! He fell! Hard! No run D but great everywhere else.



7.32 – TE Kelvin Cheshier?

Rookie Lookie #1

1.32 – CB Phillip Geer, Alabama, 28/74
2.32 – DE Henry McGregor, Penn State, 38/71
3.32 – WR Hector Wilkerson, Vanderbilt, 36/67
4.32 – MLB Dwight Ansell, Boston College, 28/73
5.32 – SLB Alan Ducharme, Oklahoma State, 29/45
6.32 – CB Rico Harmon, Central Connecticut, 22/57
7.32 – TE Kelvin Cheshier, Georgia Tech, 29/59

Ready for the 2070s with these warriors?

Kansas City will be moving to….Anchorage!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2080 NFL FA Period #2

I chase these rookies

RB Peyton Kinney
C Terrell Linville
SLB Arnold McAllister

Week 1 – We sign 1

Week 2 – We sign another 1

Week 3 – We sign the last 1

UFAs


RB Peyton Kinney, 27/45
C Terrell Linville , 13/46
SLB Arnold McAllister, 26/56

Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2


1.32 – CB Phillip Geer, Alabama, 28/74; 36/74
2.32 – DE Henry McGregor, Penn State, 38/71; 45/73
3.32 – WR Hector Wilkerson, Vanderbilt, 36/67; 42/66
4.32 – MLB Dwight Ansell, Boston College, 28/73; 36/74
5.32 – SLB Alan Ducharme, Oklahoma State, 29/45; 32/43
6.32 – CB Rico Harmon, Central Connecticut, 22/57; 27/55
7.32 – TE Kelvin Cheshier, Georgia Tech, 29/59; 33/62

Ducharme and Harmon are dropping, sad, but hello Cheshier! And McGregor too.

UFAs

RB Peyton Kinney, 27/45; 31/44
C Terrell Linville , 13/46; 15/43
SLB Arnold McAllister, 26/56; 30/55

Meh

Ready for the preseason?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2080 NFL Preseason

I hand out rests and make my depth chart.

Week 2 – LV – We win 17-6

Week 3 – At Miami – We lose 16-20

Week 4 – LA Chargers – We win 35-13

Week 5 – At New England – We win 36-30

We finish 3-1


Rookie Lookie #3

1.32 – CB Phillip Geer, Alabama, 28/74; 36/74; 37/76
2.32 – DE Henry McGregor, Penn State, 38/71; 45/73; 47/75
3.32 – WR Hector Wilkerson, Vanderbilt, 36/67; 42/66; 41/63
4.32 – MLB Dwight Ansell, Boston College, 28/73; 36/74; 36/72
5.32 – SLB Alan Ducharme, Oklahoma State, 29/45; 32/43; 33/43
6.32 – CB Rico Harmon, Central Connecticut, 22/57; 27/55; 26/49
7.32 – TE Kelvin Cheshier, Georgia Tech, 29/59; 33/62; 34/70

Bust by Harmon sadly. Whoa Cheshier! Do I keep him and lose Flanagan? Got 4 70+ studs in this draft! Cheshier was a looker that grew! A 59 pot guy at the back of the draft was already great value!

UFAs

RB Peyton Kinney, 27/45; 31/44; 29/42
C Terrell Linville , 13/46; 15/43; 16/35
SLB Arnold McAllister, 26/56; 30/55; 30/47

Drops are sad here.

[Abe Sargent]

Extensions

No to Dusty Hedges. I’ll run Ansell as WILB this year for Burgess and then WLB next year.I hate losing that name though!

I extend Cox for 3 years, 70 mill

Rookies post draft?




Here’s Geer after the preseason and camp. Other than run d, he’s pretty sexy! I like what he brings to the table, and his pick bar is pretty solid as well.



Here’s my #2 pick. McGregor is a stud at DE and I hope he’ll play that way! He replaces Moorehead who wasn’t playing well. He’s good at rushing that backfield and alright at punching and thinking and he’s bad bad at coverage. Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

On the Green Page?

Both of those.

Rookie Investigation

QB - 68 for the 1.1 guy and that’s it. None of 50+

RB – 71, 4 50s

FB – 66, 58, that’s it

TE – 1 70s, ours the best TE in the draft, 2 60s, 3 50s. A very nice triangle.

WR – 6 60s, 8 50s. Pretty deep. Our Wilkerson is the 4th best WR in the draft

OC – 4 50s

OG – 1 80s, 1 70s, 2 60s, 4 50s that’s an odd symmetrical – 1+1 =2, 1+1+2=4, the next would be 1+1+2+4=8 40s. The 74 guy was on the board at 1.32 and we missed him.

OT – 89 -best player in the draft, 2 60s, 6 50s. Another triangle.

D Line – 2 80s, 3 70s, McGregor is the 4th best D Line in the draft, 2 60s, 12 50s

LB – 1 80s, 2 70s, 9 50s. Ansell is the 2nd best LB in the draft, and the one I was looking at with the 1..32 went…30/56. Glad I passed on him.

DB – 1 80, 2 70s, Geer is 2nd best in the draft, 2 60s, 9 50s

Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2070 Raleigh Eagles

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

Curtis, Efrain 108 QB QB 9 82 82 4 yrs. 2076
Bonilla, Brant 119 QB 3 23 41 2 yrs. 2078
Lincoln, Harold 239 RB RB 4 74 74 4 yrs. 2077
Turner, Darnell 240 RB 3 37 44 1 yr. 2078
##Kinney, Peyton 224 RB 1 29 42 1 yr. 2080
Engelberger, Dan 333 FB FB 2 66 66 3 yrs. 2079
Cheshier, Kelvin 487 TE 1 34 70 4 yrs. 2080
Flanagan, Conrad 449 TE TE 4 66 66 4 yrs. 2077
Barker, Trey 442 TE 5 51 51 1 yr. 2076
##Webb, Mark 443 TE 2 29 39 3 yrs. 2079
Robinson, Manuel 586 FL FL 12 46 46 2 yrs. 2079
Springfield, Dean 513 SE SE 5 65 65 2 yrs. 2076
Wilkerson, Hector 580 SE 1 41 63 4 yrs. 2080
Blackwell, Shaun 581 SE 2 40 54 3 yrs. 2079
##Ellis, Billy 510 SE 2 35 38 2 yrs. 2079
Richardson, Kelvin 653 C C 5 65 65 2 yrs. 2076
Mitchell, Roberto 652 C 5 41 41 2 yrs. 2076
##Linville, Terrell 655 C 1 16 35 1 yr. 2080
Schau, Neal 763 LG LG 3 62 64 2 yrs. 2078
Smithwick, Jordan 767 LG 4 32 35 1 yr. 2077
Powell, Erik 769 RG RG 3 73 73 2 yrs. 2078
Hitchcock, Louis 878 LT RT 6 50 50 1 yr. 2079
Vilma, George 873 RT LT 2 35 61 3 yrs. 2079
Davidson, Kody 875 RT 9 46 46 2 yrs. 2076
Polley, Heath 916 P 3 78 78 2 yrs. 2078
Ramirez, Britt 1007K 4 88 88 3 yrs. 2077
Cox, Diego 1170LDE RDE 4 58 58 3 yrs. 2077
Moorehead, Bryson 1198LDE 2 50 56 3 yrs. 2079
##Grisso, Wes 1177LDE 4 35 39 1 yr. 2077
McGregor, Henry 1179RDE LDE 1 47 75 4 yrs. 2080
Arnold, Johnny 1299RDT 2 28 51 2 yrs. 2079
Sloan, Joel 1276NT NT 3 77 77 2 yrs. 2078
Givens, Griffin 1296NT 5 33 33 3 yrs. 2076
Wagener, Charles 1354SILB SILB 5 69 69 3 yrs. 2076
Ansell, Dwight 1351WILB WILB 1 36 72 4 yrs. 2080
Davison, Travis 1395WILB 2 37 53 1 yr. 2079
Law, Liam 1358WILB 4 51 51 3 yrs. 2077
Burgess, Thurman 1394WILB 9 51 51 2 yrs. 2076
Pillmeier, Riley 1356MLB 2 41 51 3 yrs. 2079
Hampton, Les 1497SLB SLB 5 82 82 3 yrs. 2076
McAllister, Arnold 1491SLB 1 30 47 1 yr. 2080
Hedges, Dusty 1457WLB WLB 4 73 73 1 yr. 2077
Michl, Donnell 1492WLB 4 52 52 1 yr. 2077
##Ducharme, Alan 1493WLB 1 33 43 4 yrs. 2080
Harmon, Rico 1541LCB 1 26 49 4 yrs. 2080
Linquist, Lawrence 1546LCB 3 48 48 1 yr. 2078
Riley, Winston 1538RCB LCB 5 82 82 2 yrs. 2076
Geer, Phillip 1545RCB RCB 1 37 76 4 yrs. 2080
Wellins, Hector 1536RCB 2 37 48 3 yrs. 2079
##Rodham, Rico 1522RCB 2 28 38 4 yrs. 2079
Anthony, Griffin 1621SS SS 5 58 58 2 yrs. 2076
Conway, Tyler 1631FS FS 3 57 57 2 yrs. 2078
Woodson, Warren 482 LS 3 20 20 2 yrs. 2078

$$ - 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: $603,200,000
Cap Room: $650,000
Maximum for New Player: $2,360,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $34,120,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $567,200,000

Here you go!!!!!!!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2080 NFL Regular Season

I think we’ll drop a game and finish 13-3. Can we win back to back Super Bowls? Its hard.

We have 5 injuries coming out of preseason inc. 3 quest and 1 doubtful.


Week 1 – At Greenville - They had a losing season last year at 6-10 will they bounce back? They have a good shot to do so by hosting us in the season opener – We win 20-10. MVP? Lincoln, 28 for 101, 2 scores, Curtis was 21 of 37, 239 and 0:1, pick by CB Wellins, FF by Riley and Sloan, rec by Geer and McGregor, 2 sacks by Cox,


Week 2 – At Cincinnati – We thump them 36-12, MVP? Curtis, 32 of 46, 325, 2:0, Flanagan was 8 for 120 and scores by Springfield and Lincoln who had a rush score too, 2 picks by Geer, one a picksix – hello rookie, FF and re by rookie McGregor, both of those are looking nice, 2 sacks by Sloan, 5 KRb by Richardson,

Week 3 – At New Orleans – We have a lot of away games to begin this season! We win 20-13. MVP? Sloan with 1.5 sacks, 2 fum rec and a rec TD, Curtis 23 of 35, 221 and 0:3! Nasty! FF by Hedges, Burgess and Hampton,

Week 4 – BYE BYE BYE

Week 5 – At Seattle – The Away Train Continues – We edge them 30-27, MVP is Curtis, 25 of 44, 364 and 2:0, Wilkerson is 7 for 113 and 1 score, score by Engelberger, rush TD by Lincoln, FF by Hampton, rec by Burgess,


We are 4-0 at the 1st quarter.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 6 – Arizona – Our first home game! We win 33-6. MVP? Lincoln, 27 of 114, 1 score. Curtis is 28 of 36, 250; Int Ret TD by Conway AND Riley, pick by Hampton, FF by Riley, Sloan and McGregor, rec by Hedges,

Week 7 – DC – Can we defeat our recent rival at home? They are 2-5… We win 23-17. MVP? Curtis, 23 of 30, 208, 2:0, Flanagan and Robsinson with scores, Lincoln is 23 of 126 and 1 score, picks by Harmon and Anthony, FF by Geer and Wagener, rec by Anthony and Riley, 5 KRB by Richardson,

Week 8 – At NY – Back to the road baby! We win 34-20. MVP is Lincoln, 22 of 126 and 1 score, Curtis is 17 of 34, 177 and 1:2, score by Lincoln, Sloan a 54 yard fumble ret for a score, pick by Conway, 2 FF bY Sloan and 2 by Hedges, rec by McGregor,

Week 9 – At 6-1 LA Rams – We win 34-17 – MVP? Dusty Hedges with pick return for a score and 2 sacks, Lincoln 24 for 127, Curtis 22 of 31, 266 and 2:0, scores by Engelberger and Springfield, pick by Anthony, FF by Hampton rec by Cox, 4 KRB bY Richardson

We are 8-0 at the 2nd quarter.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – SF – We win 29-17, Lincoln, MVP, 25 of 159, 2 scores, Curtis is 19 of 28, 188 and 2:0, scores by Robinson and Wilkerson, pick by Michl, FF by Hedges, 2 sacks by Sloan, 4 KRB by Schau

Week 11 – Greenville – We win 31-13. MVP? Curtis, 31 of 42, 288 and 4:0, scores by Robisnon, Springfield, Flanaganx2, 98 yards by Lincoln, pick by Wagener,3 sacks by Hampton 2 by Cox, 4 pasdef by Hampton,

Week 12 – Cleveland, 7-3 – Are they going to rip our undefeated season? Nope! We win 30-6. MVP is Curtis, 22 of 33, 194 and 2:0, scores by Springfield and Robinson, Lincoln is 27 for 113, pick six by Anthony, pick by Conway, FF by Sloan, Hampton and Anthony, rec by Hampton, Wagener and Cox, 5 KRB By Schau, 4 by Richardson

Week 13 – Green Bay – We win 26-23 – Lincoln, MVp, 38 for 157, 2 scores, Curtis 17 of 25, 288 and 1:1, score by Wilkerson who was 4 for 115 and Springfield was 9 for 106, picks by Conway and Hampton, FF by Wagener rec by Riley, 2 sacks by Wagener,

We are 12-0 at the 3rd quarter mark.

We are 4 games away…

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – At 8-4 Baltimore – This is another big one… We win 34-12. Curtis, MVP, 21 of 30, 288 and 3:0, scores by Flanaganx2 and Springfield who was 7 for 101 and 1 score. Lincoln was 29 of 203, 1 score, 5 KRB by Richardson

Week 15 – At DC – Uh oh…. – We win 29-3, they aren’t stopping us… Curtis, MVP, 19 of 30, 255 and 2:0, scores by Wilkerson and Springfield, pick by Conway, FF by Sloan, rec by Cox,

Week 16 – 9-5 Pittsburgh – Are they going to drop us? They….beat us 26-14. Sad. Lincoln rush score on 82 yards, Curtis was 20 of 29, 147 and 0:1, Turner PR RET TD, FF by Cox, 3 pasdef by Conway,

Week 17 – NY – We win 28-3. MVP? SLB Hampton who is with 3 sacks and 1 pick, Lincoln two rush scores on 78 yards, Curtis is 24 of 33, 299 and 2:0, Wilkerson 5 for 105 and 1 score, Springfield 6 for 112 and 1 score, pick by Linquist, FF by Riley, rec by Burgess, 2 sacks by Cox,

Riley is out for the playoffs. I massage my depth chart

We finish 15-1

[Abe Sargent]

The 2080 NFL Playoffs

DC made it in again

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend


DC over New Orleans 33-20
Seattle over Carolina 24-10

KC over Pittsburgh 40-13
Cincinnati over Buffalo 44-27


Week 2 –

DC at Raleigh
Seattle at Detroit

Cincinnati at LA
KC at Augusta

Results?

Raleigh 34-27
Seattle 29-17

KC 34-18
LA 13-10


Lincoln, MVP, 31 for 222 yards, 3 scores
Curtis 22 of 33, 258 and 2:1
Scores by Springfield 4 for 101 and Engelberger

Picks by Anthony and Conway

2 sacks by Cox
3 pasdef by Anthony

4 KRB y Hitchcock

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – Conference Championships

AFC - #6 9-7 KC at #2 11-5 LA


NFC - #3 – 10-6 Seattle at #1 15-1 Raleigh


Results?

KC 19-10
We lose 13-12….

Lincoln, 25 for 112,
Curtis, 27 of 44, 269

Picks by Anthony and Hampton

4 KRB by Richardson and Powell


We have lost! It’s hard to win back to back bowls even off a 15-1 season!


The 2080 Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #6 Seed 9-7 Kansas City Chiefs


Vs



Your NFC Champion #3 Seed 10-6 Seattle Seahawks


Winner?


KC from the 6th seed big 38-17

Good job!

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

League MVP – RB Harold Lincoln
Def. Player of the Year – SLB Les Hampton
Off. Rookie of the Year – WR Hector Wilkerson

All-Pro 1st Team

RB Harold Lincoln
FB Dan Engelberger
DT Joel Sloan
SLB Les Hampton


All-Pro 2nd Team

OC Kelvin Richardson
WLB Dusty Hedges

Those are the first All Pros for Richardson and Hedges and the first All Pro for any of my O line!

I have repeating DPOTY and League MVPs!

[Abe Sargent]

Stats


Offensive


Passing

QB Curtis – 364 of 546, 3868, 25:8, 96.3 rating

Despite the big record this was a down year for Curtis. We need to get his numbers back up.

Rushing

RB Lincoln – 426 for 1696, 3.98 ypc, 15 scores

6 more scores than #2, 336 more yards than #2. Good stuff Lincoln!


Receiving



Another great year by Springfield and he was 4th in yards but no All Pro again. Insert sad face here. Wilkerson was 2nd on the team in yards and grabs and netted a Rookie award too, which is solid and fun. Flanagan was 3rd with a down year at 617 yards and Engelberger was 4th in yards with a massive 500+! Nasty stuff FB! He had more yards than Lincoln!


Blocking




Our blocking was up and down! Great year by Richardson and Schau was fine, but the other three were sub 20 KRBs. We have to get better…

Special Teams

K Ramirez – 37 of 42 FG, Long of 54, 43 of 46 PAT

Not bad Ramirez, better than last year by far.

P Polley – 91 punts, 49.3 avg, 40 in 20.

Another great season by Polley and he led the league in avg again.

RB Turner – 1 PR RET TD

Dusty Hedges led my team with 24 special teams tackles

[Abe Sargent]

Defensive






Hampton was not a one hit wonder last year. Dude rocked 13.5 sacks and led my team in tackles again this year! Nasty stuff SLB! Sloan led my team and the league in sacks! His 14.5 sacks were the best in the year by a whole sack, Hampton was 2nd in the league. A DT led the league? NASTY! I love you Sloan. Like serious man love here. Now, on the other side of the realm, Hedges grabbed me a nasty 9.5 sacks and was the 3rd highest LB in the league for LBs in sacks. DE Cox was 8.5 sacks, which again is about what you’d expect for a 58/58 DE that has a good year, and rookie McGregor gave me a solid 7 sacks, and I hope to rise. This was an amazing year for sacks.



Pass Coverage




Conway nabbed me 5 picks and 14 pasdef, great years for the S. Hampton was 2nd in picks and top in pasdef that guy is a weapon. 3 picks by fellow S Anthony was solid. Riley’s 1 pick is again a worry. Geer, my 1.32 pick, gave me 2 picks and 1 RET TD and 8 pasdef which is solid for a rookie

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – OC Kelvin Richardson – My first All Pro for the O Line and for this guy was a solid year by the man at a position OC, that’s hard to get All Pro as there are only two per year. Good stuff!

Def. Player of the Year – NT Joel Sloan – It’s rare that a DT gets double digit sacks in a year, and has almost never happened for me. To notch 14.5? The best on the team? The best in the league? Nasty stuff Joel! He also led our team and the league with SEVEN FF!

Special Teams Player of the Year – P Heath Polley – I have teams where my default player for this award is the K, but Polley is so good and consistent and has such a high % of kicks in the 0 that he’s my default here. Good stuff!

Rookie Award – WR Hector Wilkerson – This wasn’t easy as McGregor pushed him all the way to the end, but dude won Off. Rookie of the Year, was 2nd on my team in catching, so dude wins this award.

Heart Award – LB Donnell Michl – How did a guy buried on my depth chart this much get a pick and a pasdef and 2 FF? Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.32 – CB Phillip Geer, Alabama, 28/74; 36/74; 37/76; 53/76
2.32 – DE Henry McGregor, Penn State, 38/71; 45/73; 47/75; 58/75
3.32 – WR Hector Wilkerson, Vanderbilt, 36/67; 42/66; 41/63; 54/63
4.32 – MLB Dwight Ansell, Boston College, 28/73; 36/74; 36/72; 41/72
5.32 – SLB Alan Ducharme, Oklahoma State, 29/45; 32/43; 33/43; 33/43
6.32 – CB Rico Harmon, Central Connecticut, 22/57; 27/55; 26/49; 28/49
7.32 – TE Kelvin Cheshier, Georgia Tech, 29/59; 33/62; 34/70; 35/70

UFAs

RB Peyton Kinney, 27/45; 31/44; 29/42; 29/42
C Terrell Linville , 13/46; 15/43; 16/35; 16/35
SLB Arnold McAllister, 26/56; 30/55; 30/47; 30/47

There you are!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season and score a 38!

The 2081 NFL Offseason

We have moved to Charleston, WV!

What am I naming the franchise?


The Charleston Charlies - This was the old name for the minor league ballclub, it’s alliterative which is hard with Charleston.

The Charleston Wheelers – This was also the name for a minor league ballclub, it honors the Sternwheel Regatta history of the city.

The Charleston Glassblowers or Glaziers – This used to be the home of major glassmaking and this name would honor that history

The Charleston Mountaineers – The entire state of WV honors the idea of Mountaineer, as the state motto is “Mountaineers are Always Free.” Take it from WVU and use it here.

The Charleston Power – The entire region is about power production. This is name of the current minor league ball club

The Charleston Miners – Another key way to tap into the old history of the region.

The Charleston Coal Miners – A longer name but alliterative.




So which am I doing?

I am leaning towards Wheelers and Miners….

Let’s do…

The Miners. It’s obvious

[Abe Sargent]

Hall of Fame

RB Roldolfo Grogg – Awesome! We drafted him 1.1 with the Grizzlies, back in 2066, and he won 2 Super Bowls with them, 3 All Pros, 2 Super Bowl MVPs, 1 Off. Rookie of the Year. Welcome home good buddy!


Retirements of Note


Miners

None


Grizzlies

SLB Gavin Uribe – Drafted 1.32, 2071, 3 rings, 5 time All Pro, 2 time, Def. Player of the Year, a likely HOF.


Other Abe’s Boys

DE Xavier Russell – Stud DE that was the best in the league we drafted 1.20 in 2068, 3 Rings, 3 All Pros, maybe HOF.

WLB Jimmy Ingram – Solid LB drafted 3.30 in year 2069, 2 Rings with the Grizzlies, 1 All Pro

CB Tyrone Freestone – Solid CB drafted 3.28 in 2070, 3 Rings, no awards



Staff Draft

I retain my staff

We draft 32nd

I make no changes

I don’t tag any of my UFAs. Like Hedges.

I’ll see you at FA!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2081 NFL FA Period #1

We pick at 1.30. I interview many. I would love a draft as deep as last year that yielded me 4 70+ pot players. That’s not happening, but hey, any port in a storm right? Right!

My biggest need is LB where I want to replace Burgess as my rookie last year moves to WLB to replace Hedges.

I sign my RFAs that I care too. LB Davison won’t resign.

I have 44 on my roster and 14 mill available for new players

Extensions Needed

FL Robinson – I cut him. He dropped to 43/43, and I save 9.7 mill in cash, I have three solid WRs in Springfield, Wilkerson and Blackwell.

P Polley – I sign him to a 55 mill 5 year deal

OG Powell – wants 129 mill, 5 years

OG Schau – Wants 58 mill, 4 years

DT Sloan – Wants 207 mill, 5 years

S Conway – Wants 50 mill, 3 years


I want all four of those but I cannot afford them all.


In priority I want Sloan, Powell, Schau and Conway.

I’ll wait until post draft as I might find a new OG or SS. Sloan;s deal is an increase of 21 mil which is more than the 18.8 mill I have. I cut OT Kody Davidson which frees up 12 mill.

WR Springfield – Wants 269 mill over 5 years which increases his cap hit by 8 mill

OC Richardson – Wants 74 mill over 4 years and this drops his cap hit by 2 mill so I extend my All Pro.

I hold off Springfield and my four year players of note and we’ll hold off until they play in and around stuff. I might wind up with a replacement in the draft after all. Springfield only has one All Pro in 5 years and hasn’t really played to an HOF level yet, do I want to screw up my cap on the Altar of Springfield?

I’ll hold off.

If I cut Springfield I could get 30 mill which should be enough for many of my rookies from four years ago that need extensions.


Week 2 – Hedges signs with DC

Week 3 – Hitchcock signs with Greenville

Week 9 – Robinson signs with Tampa Bay and Michl with Jacksonville

Week 10 – Davidson signs with New Orleans

I’ll see you at the draft

[Abe Sargent]

The 2081 NFL Amateur Draft

Drafting 1.1 is the Indy Colts. My guess is they’ll grab OT Xavier Moniz a stud on the board and the top player in the draft…they go… S Haberman, Derrick. Moniz goes pick 2 to Chicago.


The 1.30 arrives. Who do I like?

NT - Marc Casas – Stud mtop player on the board, could be my new Sloan.
WLB – 3rd best player on the board, weird bars, Hard to Read – not really
OG Evan Thornton – Great bars for here, didn’t interview as OT was a need but not OG, so no interview for him.
OT Manuel Whiting – Not great bars, Overrated


Let’s look at Casas and Thornton



Look how nasty Casas looks! This is a game of replacement. I love Sloan, but dude wants more than 200 mill to resign, and that’s not cap friendly. I could draft Casas and then save a ton of money and move on. However, Sloan has produced this year, and moving on would be unknown as I have no idea if Casas will play at a Sloan level of play. Sloan has two All Pros in three years and if he continues would be a HOF player. Do you replace a HOF player?



Here’s Thornton, who looks fine and dandy although he’s very green so I could rest him a year and then start him a year after letting Powell or Schau go. He’s also good in the run blocking which I like.

Who do you like?

[Abe Sargent]

I’m leaning towards Thornton as Powell hasn’t really pushed the boundaries like Sloan has.



2.30 – Who has fallen that I like? WR Ted Keith looks okay, not amazing, and would be a nice way to supplement Springfield. OT Kaden Cornyn isn’t the best OT I’ve ever seen, but he’s an okay starter. I grab Cornyn. I need a feasible starter at OT this draft after losing two.


3.30 – CB Larry Kocurek? Okay! He seems like a grower.


4.30 – How about WR Tito Robinson? I like Robinson a lot and take him.


5.30 – NT Henry Cote? He looks pretty sexy. A pass rush specialist.


6.30 – Who do I like here? The BAP is OC Landon Ellard and I grab him.


7.30 – WLB Pat Hastings? He really fell! Looks good!


Rookie Lookie #1

1.30 – OG Evan Thornton, Central Connecticut, 18/78
2.30 – OT Kaden Cornyn, California, 30/53
3.30 – CB Larry Korucek, Iowa, 31/51
4.30 – WR Tito Robinson, Mississippi State, 26/50
5.30 – NT Henry Cote, Pace, 39/71
6.30 – OC Landon Ellard, North Carolina State, 14/46
7.30 – WLB Pat Hastings, Colorado, 14/55

There we go!

Have I gotten a replacement for Sloan in the 5th round? Or is he going to bust?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2081 NFL FA Period #2

I chase these rookies

Quinn Gaines RB
Cesar Pritchett TE
Alec Legband LT
Buddy McCarthy C
Mason Fleishman LDE
Ruben Vaughn RCB
Herman Charter RCB

Week 1 – LB Davison signs with Green Bay, we sign 2

Week 2 – We sign 3

Week 3 – We sign the last 2

Week 4 – TE Barker signs with Carolina

UFAs

Quinn Gaines RB, 28/45
Cesar Pritchett TE, 16/44
Alec Legband LT, 16/50
Buddy McCarthy C, 24/49
Mason Fleishman LDE, 27/56
Ruben Vaughn RCB, 19/42
Herman Charter RCB, 14/47

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2


1.30 – OG Evan Thornton, Central Connecticut, 18/78, 25/80
2.30 – OT Kaden Cornyn, California, 30/53; 35/54
3.30 – CB Larry Korucek, Iowa, 31/51; 39/49
4.30 – WR Tito Robinson, Mississippi State, 26/50; 29/49
5.30 – NT Henry Cote, Pace, 39/71; 44/70
6.30 – OC Landon Ellard, North Carolina State, 14/46; 17/43
7.30 – WLB Pat Hastings, Colorado, 14/55; 18/50

Some busts no rises save for Thornton.

UFAs

Quinn Gaines RB, 28/45; 30/42
Cesar Pritchett TE, 16/44; 19/42
Alec Legband LT, 16/50; 19/48
Buddy McCarthy C, 24/49; 29/48
Mason Fleishman LDE, 27/56; 31/55
Ruben Vaughn RCB, 19/42; 21/33
Herman Charter RCB, 14/47; 18/41

Lots of busts here as well

[Abe Sargent]

The 2081 NFL Preseason

I hand out rests and massage my depth chart. I give Thornton a start now but may pull him back after the preseason. Burgess has dropped to 51/51.

Week 2 – Augusta – We tie 16-16

Week 3 – At Pittsburgh – We lose 20-23

Week 4 – At Houston – We win 19-10

Week 5 – Baltimore – We win 27-24.

We are 2-1-1 in the preseason


Rookie Lookie #3

1.30 – OG Evan Thornton, Central Connecticut, 18/78, 25/80; 25/74
2.30 – OT Kaden Cornyn, California, 30/53; 35/54; 36/55
3.30 – CB Larry Korucek, Iowa, 31/51; 39/49; 41/65
4.30 – WR Tito Robinson, Mississippi State, 26/50; 29/49; 36/60
5.30 – NT Henry Cote, Pace, 39/71; 44/70; 44/69
6.30 – OC Landon Ellard, North Carolina State, 14/46; 17/43; 17/35
7.30 – WLB Pat Hastings, Colorado, 14/55; 18/50; 18/44

Bust by Thornton a bit. Korucek grew and I move him to nickelback. Robinson grew as well, and that’s a 4th WR with a 50+ pot, which makes Springfield…duplicative… I’ll run Springfield as my #1 guy this year to give him another shot at All Pro and Super Bowl but I won’t resign him. Hastings looked so good too I;m sad at the bust.

UFAs

Quinn Gaines RB, 28/45; 30/42; 22/27
Cesar Pritchett TE, 16/44; 19/42; 19/39
Alec Legband LT, 16/50; 19/48; 20/49
Buddy McCarthy C, 24/49; 29/48; 31/47
Mason Fleishman LDE, 27/56; 31/55; 31/63
Ruben Vaughn RCB, 19/42; 21/33; 20/24
Herman Charter RCB, 14/47; 18/41; 17/31


I cut:

OC Landon Ellard
CB Ruben Vaughn

[Abe Sargent]

Do I move Thornton off OG for Schau? Nope I keep him in


Extensions

I extend these players

OG Schau


Sloan? Yes or no? I have Cote who’s 69 to Sloan’s 77. Sloan is 74 pass rush and 70 pass rush str and 80 run d, and Cote? 31/68 run d, 40/80 rush and 99 strength. He’s better at rushing but worse at stopping the run. Cote is just 25 at play D and 26 at hitting. Sloan is 95 play d and 85 hitting.

Sloan is the better class of player. I extend him.

Springfield only wants 204 and dropped a bit to 63/63 is probably why.

I extend FS Conway and SS Anthony

I extend 2 years left FB Engelberger and I do OT Vilma as well since he’s very cheap.

I have 19 mill in cap space after that.

Rookies?




Here’s Thornton after his bust. He’s a stud at run blocking and fine at pass blocking. He’s a good body of blocking love. His strength isn’t much of anything, but that’s fine.

I’ll skip my merely adequate 2.30 pick.



Here’s my 3rd round pick instead. Check out Kocurek! He’s not good at the Run D, but he’s fine everywhere else and has solid even bars for the most part. Good stuff rooks!

[Abe Sargent]

On The Green Page?

Cote and Kocurek!

Rookie Investigation

QB – The best QB in this draft? A 45 pot. That’s not a typo…

RB – 1 60, 2 50s. Light

FB – 1 70, 2 60s, 1 50s. Square.

TE – 2 50s. Wow

WR – 69, 63, Tito Robinson 3rd at 60, 4 50s

C – 61, 53. That’s it

OG – 74, we led the league, 2 50. Wow that’s normally a deep slate of options, but not this time.

OT – 89 – top player in the draft, 74, 2 60s, 2 50s.

DL – 1 80, 3 70s, 8 60s, 4 50s. Cote was 5th best D Line at 69 pot.

LB – 64, 59, 54 – that’s it. Wow

DB – 1 70s, 9 60s, 7 50s – At 65, our 3.30 guy is the 6th best in the league.

Good stuff!