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

[Abe Sargent]

Defense





Wagener led my team in tackles but not dominatingly. McGregor led my team with 12 sacks and was pretty solid and Cox netted another solid year starting at DE across from McGregor. Sloan was down with just 6 sacks. SLB Hampton led all LBS in the league with 9.5 sacks and I was expecting him to make All Pro again but it wasn’t to be. He was robbed! This is Ansell’s best sack numbers for us this year – good stuff WLB!


Pass Coverage





Anthony led my team with 6 picks and had a great 10 pasdef by we were weak in other places. Just one other player with double digit pasdef? No one else with more than 2 picks? Nope!


 

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – RB Harold Lincoln – This is his third League MVP! Dude deserved our team award!

Def. Player of the Year – SLB Les Hampton – Dude led all LBs in the league in sacks and was robbed of an All Pro. Dude wins this award

Sp. Teams Player of the Year - K Britt Ramirez – Ramirez won his 2nd All pro with my team. He’s the best player on my team, and he led the league in FGs made and has a 100% PAT record. Good stuff Ramirez!

Rookie of the Year – CB Shawn Theurer – Despite injury rocked 10 pasdef and was 2nd on my team. Good stuff rookie!

Heart Award – CB Lawrence Linquist – My dimeback got 2 picks, 1 RET TD, and 9 pasdef. Great year buddy!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2084 NFL Offseason

I score a 49

Hall of Fame

Mine

WR Demetrius Skudris – 1.3 pick at Greenville in 2067, 5 Rings, 2 All Pros,

DE Rondell Dorn – 2.20 pick in 2068, 4 Rings, 7 All Pros,


Retirements of Note

Us? None

Other Abe’s Boys

None

Staff Draft

I retain three staff and…I make no changes


Tag time

I have going free

WLB Ansell
WR Wilkerson
CB Geer


We have 54 ready for a new player. Who would I like to retain? I tag Wilkerson for 42 mill

[Abe Sargent]

The 2084 NFL FA Period #1

We draft 31 and I interview LBs.

I cut OC Richardson

I extend Wilkerson for 5 years, 195 mll and drop his cap hit by 21 mill

I sign 4 RFAs and we have 36 mill available

Current Folks in Final Year of Deal

QB Curtis – Wants 3 years, 197 mill, inc. cap by 16 mill

FB Engelberger – Wants 3 years for 16.6 mill and that cuts his cap by 4 mill. I do it

NT Cote – Stud backup NT who is really, really good. Wants 22 mill and 3 years and that increase cap hit by 3 mill

WR Tito Robinson – Wants 4 years, 87 mill, cap hit of 15 mill

CB Kocurek – 64 mill over 3 years, 14 mil cap hit

LT Cornyn – 109 mill, 5 years – Nope

I’ll hold off on my cap raises other than Cornyn


I head to week 2 to see what my UFAs want
Ansell – 65 mill, 3 years. Too pricey?
Geer – 119 mill 4 years. Too pricey as well
I’ll wait until post draft

Week 2 – Geer heads to Chicago

Week 7 – Richardson heads to Jax

Ansell’s price has dropped to 48 mill over three years and I make him an offer

Week 9 – Ansell joins us

I’ll see you at the draft!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2084 NFL Amateur Draft

Drafting at the top spot is… Cincny and I think they’ll grab WR Ronald Newby a studly stud.

They go….OT Ronald Darby, and Newby heads 1.3 to Portland.

The 1.31 pick arrives!

Who do I like here

Ike Zabriskie SLB – Top player on the board, As scouted
Paul Hartshorn MLB – 2nd best player on the board, overrated
Bart Lodish MLB – 3rd best player on the board, amazing bars, overrated
Avery Cudney SLB – 4th best player on the board, Hard to Read
Rick Goodwin LDE – No interview, great bars – from WVU!
Austin Castillo TE – Looks good with the bars

Antoine Belyeu FS – Top DBack on the bord, not bad bars

I’m really thinking Lodish…let me show you



The only thing Lodish isn’t good at is run d, which you want for a ILB. I need a ILB badly and he’s the best one left although he’s overrated. What do you think? Do you do it? With those bars? Or is the lack of Run D too big of an issue to overcome?

What do you think?

[Abe Sargent]

I can’t stick with the low run D.

What else is here?

How about…OT Renaldo Laurain? I could use an upgrade at OT. A lot. He looks like a grower.







2.31 – WR Wade Olshansky? RT Henry Simmons? WILB Grayson Goodwin? SLB Ike Zabriskie is still on the board. Hmm…Goodwin. Underrated and looks like a grower.


3.31 - SS Branden Ogeary? I like him a lot.


4.31 – DE Stephen Slye?


5.31 – WR Chester Baca? Looks like a grower as well


6.31 – DE Tito Forster? Run stopping specialist


7.31 – DT Gabe Field?


Rookie Lookie #1

1.31 – OT Renaldo Laurain, Ball State, 31/61
2.31 – ILB Grayson Goodwin, Nebraska, 24/66
3.31 – SS Branden Ogeary, California, 22/50
4.31 – DE Stephen Slye, Illinois State, 30/61
5.31 – WR Chester Baca, Oklahoma State, 26/43
6.31 – DE Tito Forster, Iowa, 18/51
7.31 – DT Gabe Field, Liberty, 25/48

There you are!

[Abe Sargent]

The NFL 2084 FA Period #2

I make offer to these UFAs

DT Brad Bloomington
C Herman Humphries
CB Malachi Upshaw
TE Weston Snyder
WILB Jim Velasquez


Week 2 – 4 sign

Week 3 – The other signs

UFAs

DT Brad Bloomington, 25/53
C Herman Humphries, 22/54
CB Malachi Upshaw, 25/50
TE Weston Snyder, 18/43
WILB Jim Velasquez, 14/59

Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2084 NFL Preseason

I move TE Cheshier to my starting role. I start OT Laurain, WILB Goodwin, and rookie SS Ogeaery at nickelback.

Week 2 – At Chargers – We lose 20-19

Week 3 – We crush Miami 44-7

Week 4 – We head to KC and lose 20-23

Week 5 – Jets – 27-21 us

We finish 2-2

Rookie Lookie #3


1.31 – OT Renaldo Laurain, Ball State, 31/61, 37/61, 39/71
2.31 – ILB Grayson Goodwin, Nebraska, 24/66, 30/68, 33/71
3.31 – SS Branden Ogeary, California, 22/50, 26/51, 27/52
4.31 – DE Stephen Slye, Illinois State, 30/61, 36/65, 37/66
5.31 – WR Chester Baca, Oklahoma State, 26/43, 31/43, 32/49
6.31 – DE Tito Forster, Iowa, 18/51, 24/53, 26/59
7.31 – DT Gabe Field, Liberty, 25/48, 31/52, 32/55

Nice boom by Laurain! Lesser booms by Goodwin and Slye and Field.

UFAs

DT Brad Bloomington, 25/53, 28/52, 27/44
C Herman Humphries, 22/54, 26/51, 25/45
CB Malachi Upshaw, 25/50, 27/45, 27/38
TE Weston Snyder, 18/43, 22/43, 23/39
WILB Jim Velasquez, 14/59, 20/60, 21/59

Well the good news is that Velasquez didn’t bust!

[Abe Sargent]

Extensions


I extend Curtis and I have 8 mill left. Anyone else? Nope, not enough money. Anyone with two years left? Nope



Wanna see my rookies?




This is my top pick in the draft, RT Laurain! As you can see he’s pretty saucy and sexy and keen and cool and nifty and noice. Very much so! He’s not weak anywhere and good with the strength. Welcome to my starting role dude!



Here’s Goodwin! As you can see he’s very good at run d and then not great at the pass rush, he’s fine at coverage, and weaker at play d and hitting is his worst stat. He’s starting for me as a rookie.

Good stuff rookies!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Investigation

QB – 51, 51, that’s it
RB – 66, 51, 51 that’s it
FB – 70, 61, that;s it
TE – 4 in the 50s
WR - Wade Olshansky wound up in the 59 pot spot. 71 for the best WR, and then none others save in the 50s. Baca is the 6th best WR in the draft at 49
C – 2 60s and 2 50s
OG – 86, 2 70s, 3 60s, 4 50s. Very much a cool trend there
OT – 85, 2 70s and ours is 2nd best, 2 60s, 1 50
DL – 1 80s, 1 70s, 9 60s, 8 50s. Deep. Skye is 5th best.
LB – 71, 4 60s, 11 50s. We have the best LB in the draft
DB – 2 70s, 4 60s, 6 50s. Another cool trend.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2084 NFL Charleston Miners

Here you are!

Front Office Football Eight
Charleston (WV) Miners Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

Curtis, Efrain 108 QB QB 13 70 70 3 yrs. 2076
Moya, Norman 114 QB 3 39 66 3 yrs. 2082
Lincoln, Harold 239 RB RB 8 68 68 3 yrs. 2077
Flanders, Jameson 227 RB 3 58 58 4 yrs. 2082
Deering, Alexis 225 RB 3 46 52 2 yrs. 2082
Engelberger, Dan 333 FB FB 6 71 71 3 yrs. 2079
##Vaughn, Salvador 332 FB 2 29 42 3 yrs. 2083
Cheshier, Kelvin 487 TE TE 5 68 68 2 yrs. 2080
Flanagan, Conrad 449 TE 8 59 59 3 yrs. 2077
Snyder, Weston 484 TE 1 23 39 1 yr. 2084
Robinson, Tito 517 FL FL 4 66 66 1 yr. 2081
Wilkerson, Hector 580 SE SE 5 65 65 5 yrs. 2080
Martin, Cody 586 SE 3 52 52 2 yrs. 2082
Baca, Chester 510 SE 1 32 49 4 yrs. 2084
Elsea, Mercury 511 SE 3 39 39 2 yrs. 2082
Stephenson, Cris 672 C C 3 61 68 2 yrs. 2082
Humphries, Herman 655 C 1 25 45 1 yr. 2084
Thornton, Evan 777 LG LG 4 77 77 5 yrs. 2081
Witcher, Bryson 765 RG RG 3 60 72 2 yrs. 2082
Brown, Donovan 767 RG 3 32 55 2 yrs. 2082
Cornyn, Kaden 878 LT 4 55 55 1 yr. 2081
##Legband, Alec 860 LT 4 35 48 1 yr. 2081
Laurain, Renaldo 868 RT LT 1 39 71 4 yrs. 2084
Vilma, George 873 RT RT 6 58 58 5 yrs. 2079
##Conway, J.B. 864 RT 2 29 44 3 yrs. 2083
Polley, Heath 916 P 7 81 81 2 yrs. 2078
Ramirez, Britt 1007K 8 69 69 2 yrs. 2077
##Fleishman, Mason 1190LDE 4 43 53 2 yrs. 2081
Cox, Diego 1170LDE RDE 8 52 52 2 yrs. 2077
McGregor, Henry 1179RDE LDE 5 72 72 3 yrs. 2080
Slye, Stephen 1198RDE 1 37 66 4 yrs. 2084
Forster, Tito 1195RDE 1 26 59 4 yrs. 2084
Sloan, Joel 1276NT NT 7 74 74 2 yrs. 2078
Cote, Henry 1292NT 4 65 65 1 yr. 2081
Field, Gabe 1299NT 1 32 55 4 yrs. 2084
##Bloomgarden, Brad 1275NT 1 27 44 1 yr. 2084
Wagener, Charles 1354SILB SILB 9 52 52 2 yrs. 2076
Goodwin, Grayson 1356WILB WILB 1 33 71 4 yrs. 2084
Velasquez, Jim 1394WILB 1 21 59 1 yr. 2084
Prescott, Vincent 1352WILB 3 44 46 3 yrs. 2082
Sienkiewicz, Roderick 1357MLB 3 46 52 2 yrs. 2082
Hampton, Les 1497SLB SLB 9 67 67 2 yrs. 2076
Ansell, Dwight 1451WLB WLB 5 58 58 3 yrs. 2080
##Hastings, Pat 1459WLB 4 30 43 1 yr. 2081
Theurer, Shawn 1540LCB RCB 2 52 65 3 yrs. 2083
Kocurek, Larry 1526LCB LCB 4 58 58 1 yr. 2081
Linquist, Lawrence 1546LCB 7 49 49 1 yr. 2078
##Upshaw, Malachi 1523LCB 1 27 38 1 yr. 2084
Ogeary, Branden 1642SS 1 27 52 4 yrs. 2084
Anthony, Griffin 1621SS SS 9 46 46 2 yrs. 2076
Conway, Tyler 1631FS FS 7 57 57 2 yrs. 2078
Harmon, Rico 1641FS 5 34 36 2 yrs. 2080
Woodson, Warren 482 LS 7 21 21 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: $638,800,000
Cap Room: $5,300,000
Maximum for New Player: $7,090,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $11,770,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $2,180,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $624,460,000

[Abe Sargent]

Note that some players have dropped like 9 year vet S Anthony at 46/46 and another similarly aged vet SILB Wagener at 52/52 who had a Def. Player of the Year for me in his rookie year but never equalized that again. I swap Goodwin and Wagener and move Wagener to WILB and start him less and Goodwin to SILB and start him more. TE Flanagan is down to 59/59 and now 2nd on my team despite his 4 All Pros he had a bad year last year in a good year for yards for my QB and passing game. RB Lincoln is down to 68/68 but he’s an 8th year vet who has NOT gone down like you’d expect, which is pretty good and nifty. He’s 29 years young with a ton of carries each season due to my smashmouth ways and yet, still hasn’t dropped off. He’s my most enduring RB I’ve had in this uber dynasty, although I wish he had a 2k s season.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2084 NFL Regular Season

I think we’ll equal our record last year of 14-2. I come out of preseason with 1 doubtful (backup QB Moya) and 6 other injuries. None out though.

Week 1 – At DC – We win 27-3. MVP? Curtis, 23 of 32, 269 and 3:0 hitting for scores Robinson for 9 grabs, 111 yards and 3 scores. 2 FF by Hampton, 1 by WR Martin on special teams, rec by Anthony. 2 sacks by Hampton, 3 pasdef by Anthony who isn’t playing like he;s 46 so far, and

Week 2 – Cincinnati – We win a closer game than normal 24-17. Curtis? MVP? 22 of 30, 234 and 2:0 hitting for scores Robinson twice, FF by McGregor that is recovered and returned by Hampton for a score, 2.5 sacks by McGregor, our d helped us win that game.


Week 3 – At Seattle – We thump them 33-10. Back to our ways! Curtis, MVP, 25 of 37, 306, 1:0, pulled in the 4th quarter for Moya, Robinson was 10 for 121, catch score by Martin, pick by rookie Ogeary, FF by Hampton and Wagener, rec by Sloan and McGregor, 2 sacks by Hampton,

TE Flanagan is out for the year and I place him on IR and sign a replacement off FA TE Howie MacNeil, a rookie.

Week 4 – Atlanta – We win 35-21 – MVP? Curtis, 24 of 35, 308 and 2:0 hitting for scores Cheshier and Robinson, Lincoln and Engelberger with rush scores, 2 sacks by WLB Ansell, 4 KRB by Thornton,

OG Witcher is out for a few weeks. Brown starts for him.

We are an injury riddled 4-0

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – New Orleans – We win 39-12. Curtis, MVP, 281 and 2:1, scores to Robinson who was 8 for 103 and 2 scores, 2 rush scores by Lincoln, 2 picks by Conway, 1 each by Wagener, Lindquist and Theurer, FF by Cox rec by McGregor,

OT Vilma is out for a few weeks as well. Wow. Cornyn starts for him

Week 6 – At Carolina – We win 31-3. McGregor, MVP, 2 sacks, 2 rush scores by Lincoln, Curtis held to 15 of 24, 159 and 1:0, catch TD by Lincoln, pick by Ogeary and pick six by Theurer, 5 KRB by Stephenson,
SLB Hampton is now out! Wow. I move Witcher back as he is probable
Week 7 – At Tampa Bay – We thump the 0-6 team 42-14. MVP? Curtis with 20 of 29, 246 and 4:0, Moya subbed in the 4th quarter and got another score; TDs by Robinson, Wilkerson, Cheshier, Engelberger, and Martin, pick six by Conway, picks by Anthony and Theurer, FF by Sloan and McGregor, rec by Cox, 2 sacks by McGregor,

Vilma is probable and I move him to start

Week 8 – NYG – We win a close game 23-20 and MVP is Lincoln with 22 for 111 and 2 scores, his first 100+ game of the season, Cutis was 28 of 52, 283 and 0:1, pick by Anthony, FF by S Harmon and Sloan, 4 KRB by OG Thornton.

I move the probable Hampton back to start

We are 8-0 at the half

[Abe Sargent]

Week 9 – DC – We win 30-16. MVP is Curtis who is 25 of 32, 226 and 3:0 scores by Robinso ( 8 for 111 and 1 score) and 2 by Engelberger, pick six by Anthony, 3 pasdef by Conway, 4 KRB BY Witcher and Thornton

Backup TE MacNeil is out for 7 weeks. I toss him on IR and sign….TE Chandler Trice. DE Cox is out for a few weeks. Rookie Slye will start for Cox.

Week 10 – 7-2 Greenville – We lose 3-28. I’ll skip the bad blowout stats

Week 11 – BYE BYE BYE

I start Cox who is now probable

Week 12 – At 3-7 Cleveland – We win a closer game 31-24. Curtis, MVP, 29 of 40, 299 and 3:2, scores by Lincoln, Engelberger and Cheshier, Robinson was 9 for 144, pick six by Theurer and pick by SS Ogeary, FF by Kocurek and rec by Ogeary, 3 pasdef by Conway, 4 KRB by Stephenson

Week 13 – 6-5 Green Bay – We win 23-6 – MVP is Curtis, 26 of 40, 255 and 2:0, scores by Engelberger and Cheshier, FF by McGregor and rec by Ogeary, 2 sacks by McGregor, 3 pasdef by Goodwin,

We are 11-1 at the 13 week mark

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – 9-3 Baltimore – We win a nasty shoot out 41-38. MVP? Curtis, 32 of 45, 377 and 4:2, scores by Robinson who was 11 for 188 and Wilkerson, Engelberger and Martin, Lincoln a rush score, FF by Kocurek and McGregor rec by Ansell,

Week 15 – At 5-8 NYG – We win 40-10. MVP? Curtis 24 of 32, for 208 and 2:0, scores by Wilkerson and Cheshier, Robinson was 8 for 111, Lincoln 24 for 129, rush score by Flanders and Curtis, pick by DE McGregor, 5 KRB by Thornton,

Week 16 – At 8-6 Pittsburgh – We win 42-28. Curtis, MVP, 31 of 38, 409 and 5:0 nasty, scores by Wilkerson who was 8 for 146, Martin who was 7 for 105, Robinson, Engelberger and Lincoln, pick by Ogeary, FF by McGregor, McGregor and Anthony, rec by Ansell, Cox and Goodwin, 4 KRB by Witcher

Two folks are out – WR Elsea and OC Stephenson. I’ll start OG Brown

Week 17 – At 10-5 Greenville - This is the only team to beat us this year. Can we keep them from sweeping us on the road? We are favored by 10! And…We thump them 31-3! MVP is backup QB Moya? Curtis was knocked questionable in the game and had 9 of 12 for 119 and 1:1 and Moya was 13 of 15 for 188 and 1:0. Rush scores by Engelberger and Lincoln. TD Grabs by Robinsonx2 who was 9 for 119, pick by Theurer, FF by Hampton rec by Sloan,

We finish the season 15-1! Greenville, our old team, has the 6 seed

[Abe Sargent]

The 2084 NFL Playoffs


Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend –

Detroit over New Orleans 28-14
Greenville over SF 30-20

Pittsburgh over NYJ 26-20
KC over Miami 27-20

All away teams won! Crazy!


Week 2 – Divisional Weekend –


Greenville at Charleston
Detroit at Richmond

Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
KC at Baltimore


Results?

Richmond 27-6
Us 24-17

Baltimore 20 13
Jacksonville 27-13


Lincoln, 24 of 150, MVP, 1 score
Curtis, 19 of 29, 177 and 1:0
Wilkerson the score

Pick six by Theurer

2 sacks by Ansell and Cox

4 KRB by Thornton

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – Conf. Championships –

AFC - #2 11-5 Baltimore at #1 13-2-1 Jacksonville

And


NFC - #2 12-4 Richmond at #1 15-1 Charleston


All seeds held!


Results

Jax 21-13

Us 41-10!

Lincoln, 24 for 94 and 1 score
Curtis, 18 for 26, 282 and 4:1
Scores by Robinson, Lincoln, Martin and Engelberger

DE McGregor, MVP, pick
Pick by S Harman
FF by Korucek and rec by Cote

2 sacks by McGregor

[Abe Sargent]

The 2084 NFL Super Bowl

We are back to the Super Bowl!

Your AFC Champion #1 Seed 13-2-1 Jacksonville Jaguars


Vs


Your NFC Champion #1 Seed 15-1 Charleston Miners


Both #1 seeds are here and we only have 3 losses between us and are the clear juggernauts of the era. Who will win today?




We win a close one 24-21

Lincoln, 18 for 71,
Rush score by Engelberger
Curtis 22 of 37, 289 and 2:2
Scores by Lincoln and Wilkerson

2 sacks by Cox and McGregor

5 KRB by Thornton


Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

League MVP – QB Efrain Curtis
Off. Player of the Year – QB Efrain Curtis
Def. Player of the Year – DE Henry McGregor

All Pro 1st Team

QB Efrain Curtis
RB Harold Lincoln
WR Tito Robinson
DE Henry McGregor



I now have five years of D POTY on my squad – Wagener 1, Hampton 2, McGregor 2. This is Robinson’s first All Pro.

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Curtis – 365 of 527, 4215 yards, 35:7,107.0 rating

He led in every stat save for yards where he was 2nd. Good year buddy!

Rushing

RB Lincoln – 316 for 1220 yards, 3.86 ypc, 11 scores

3rd in yards, 1st in scores

Receiving





Robinson was 2nd in yards and 1st in scores by 3. Cheshier was fine as a starter in his first year doing so but I’d like a little more yardage. Wilkerson had a down year with just 687 yards, and Engelberger was without an All Pro despite his SEVEN scores. Dude was robbed.


Blocking



As you can see Thornton led my team with pancakes and KRBs and we had a good year but this was a down year for my O Line otherwise. As you can see, rookie Laurain was 17 KRB and just 4 sacks allowed which is pretty good for an OT. Not a bad debut


Special Teams

K Ramirez – 32 of 35, Long of 50, 53 of 55 PAT

Much better % on FG this year but the attempts were really down.

K Polley – 84 for 48.8, 25 inside the 20

He led in league avg for punts

[Abe Sargent]

Defensive




Anthony led my team in tackles but just by two over the injured Hampton. McGregor’s 16 sacks were…2nd in the league to a guy with 17. He led the league in QBKD and was tied for 2nd in Swats. He led our team and the league with 6 FF. Cox just 7 sacks on the other end wasn’t what you want, and Ansell was 2nd on my team with 8 sacks. Hampton just 5.5. Rookie Goodwin wasn’t as good as we’d hoped just 3rd in tackles and no sacks generated.


Pass Coverage



As you can see, Theurer led my team with a solid 5 picks, 13 pasdef and 2 RET TD. Good year CB! Ogeary was 2nd in picks despite a nickelback role, Anthony and Conway are, like always, very consistent and fine, but rarely amazing. Not a whole lot of good coverage by my LBs.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – QB Efrain Curtis – Dude wins the league Off. Player of the Year? Dude likely wins this one as well.

Def. Player of the Year – DE Henry McGregor – This is his 2nd DPLTY by the league and All Pro in his 5th year. He’s a very good player! Good stuff McGregor!

Special Teams Player of the Year – P Heath Polley – He led the league in avg yards per punt which is very pertinent.

Rookie of the Year – OT Renaldo Laurain – Dude had 17 KRB out of 36 KRO, not bad, and just 4 sacks allowed starting at the key LT spot where some great pass rushers come. A very solid year for the dude!

Heart Award – CB Lawrence Linquist – Dude was my dimeback and netted me 1 pick and that was pretty good!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4


1.31 – OT Renaldo Laurain, Ball State, 31/61, 37/61, 39/71, 50/71
2.31 – ILB Grayson Goodwin, Nebraska, 24/66, 30/68, 33/71, 53/71
3.31 – SS Branden Ogeary, California, 22/50, 26/51, 27/52, 30/52
4.31 – DE Stephen Slye, Illinois State, 30/61, 36/65, 37/66; 39/66
5.31 – WR Chester Baca, Oklahoma State, 26/43, 31/43, 32/49; 36/49
6.31 – DE Tito Forster, Iowa, 18/51, 24/53, 26/59, 31/59
7.31 – DT Gabe Field, Liberty, 25/48, 31/52, 32/55, 33/55


UFAs

DT Brad Bloomington, 25/53, 28/52, 27/44, 27/44
C Herman Humphries, 22/54, 26/51, 25/45, 25/45
CB Malachi Upshaw, 25/50, 27/45, 27/38, 27/38
TE Weston Snyder, 18/43, 22/43, 23/39, 23/39
WILB Jim Velasquez, 14/59, 20/60, 21/59, 25/59

There you are!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2085 NFL Offseason

I score a 49

The Chiefs have finished their move to Anchorage and are changing their name to the Anglers which is alterative.

Hall of Fame

LB Gavin Uribe – 1.32 pick of Grizzlies in 2071, 3 Rings, 2 time DPOTY, 5 All Pros, Stud for me

DE Xavier Russell – 1.20 pick of Grizzlies in 2068, 3 Rings, best DE in league during his run, 3 All Pros, We let him go after year 5 as he was too pricey.


Retirements

Charleston

None

Others

WR Maurice Hudson – 2.30 pick in 2074 our penultimate year in Greenville, 2 rings, no league awards

P Owen Ellison – Our stud P at Greenville, 4.28 pick in 2070, 3 rings, 2 All pros

SLB Edgardo Andersen – 4.32 round pick in our final year in Greenville in 2075, 2 Rings, no league awards


Staff Draft

I reup a coach. Any changes? None

I massage my ticket prices.




Tags?

I have these upcoming FAs coming up in the conversation

WR Tito Robinson
CB Larry Korosec


We have just 400k in new cap cash to resign FAs.

I cannot afford the 47 mill that Robinson would be. It sucks. You know what. I think I have a way out. I do it

[Abe Sargent]

The 2085 NFL FA Period #1

I interview folks to target at 1.32 including a stud OC, LBs and S

I cut two players. DE Cox (freeing 20 mill) and SS Griffin (freeing 14 mill)

I resign Robinson for 150 mill over 4 years which drops his cap hit by 26

I have 6 mill ready for new players

I extend my P, K, and LS. I sing my RFAs and have 3.8 mill left

In their final year of note

Wagener, year 10, wants 33 mill over 2 years which would drop his cap hit to 21 mill this year. Cutting him would free up 27 mill

Hampton, year 10, cap hit of 60 mill, wants 145 mill over 3 years and clear up 5 mill, but he’s still a 67/67 body. Freeing him would be 48 mill

Sloan – Year 8, wants 66 mill over 3 years which drops his cap hit to just 28 mil from 37

Conway – year 8, wants 40 mill ove 3 years for a reduced cap hit of 3 mill

Cheshier – Year 6, wants 120 mill over 4 years for a raise of 17 mill

Rookies

Stephenson – 67 mill, rise of 13 mill

Witcher – 71 mill 4 years, rise of 11 mill


I can cut Wagener and then sign my two O Line and then extend everyone else and free up cash for Cheshier. But let’s go to the draft and see what I have there first because if that stud OC falls to me at 1.32 then I don’t need to extend Stephenson for example. Maybe a stud OG will fall or a stud S/CB for Conway. You get the idea.

I can also cut Flanagan and free up 27 mill against the cap as well.


Larry Kocurek only wants 133 mill over 5 years with a cap hit around 20 mill this year. Do I want to cut Wagener or Flanagan and make him an offer? I need a starter CB right now through the draft. He is just 58/58 and that’s a lot for the guy so I won’t chase him.

Week 2 – OT Cornyn signs with the Giants, Cote with Indy and Kocurek with Houston,

Week 7 – Cox heads to Arizona

Week 9 – Lindquist heads to Detroit

Week 10 – Anthony heads to DC

Let’s head to the draft!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2085 NFL Amateur Draft

Drafting at 1.1 are the Colts and I think they’ll take DT Kristopher Alcott a studly stud DT. And…They go OT Douglas Price instead and…Alcott heads off the board 1.4 to Houston. Does the C fall to us? Nope he falls 1.16

Our pick arrives…

WLB Roger Bailey – Top player on the board, very underrated, okay bars
OC Austin Winters – Underrated, good everywhere but pass block
SLB Elias LaGrange – overrated
SILB Reuben Edwards – very overrated
MLB Terrell O'Donnell – hard to read
CB Theodore Jeffries – Good bars, no interview, looks like he fell


Who do you like?



Here is Jeffries. He’s a big gamble but could be a big reward and I have a need at CB after letting go my guy.




Here’s Winters. As you can see he is great at run block, str, and end, but not the best at pass blocking ,but he’s underrated. My current guy is a 68, will he be much better?




Here’s O’Donnell and he is a big gamble as well, Hard to Read and no combine invite to help either, but he looks good and I could grab him all day long and cut Wagener and move him to WILB.



Here’s the top player on the board, WLB Bailey who is very underrated. Note that he looks a lot better than Ansell so he could step in immediately into that role and start for me on the weak side. But..WLB is my least position of need of these four spots.

Who do you like here? All four have reasons to do so!

[Abe Sargent]

I grab the top player Bailey. And then I hit auto draft and save which is next to load. I reboot the offseason and we’ll get you caught back up.

I make no changes in FA, I interview and head to the draft take two. No stud C in this year’s draft

[Abe Sargent]

The Draft Take 2

The Colts take QB Rico Buckley, the 2nd player in the draft


Our pick arrives and who do I like?

DT Dillon Houshmandzadeh – the BAP
CB - Douglas Woodard – The top db on the board, okay bars, but horrible picks
SLB George Sherman - Hard to Read, 2nd best player on the board


Here are the top three



Hello stud! The BAP looks pretty good for way back at 1.32, right? Right!



Here’s the top DB on the board and the 5th best overall player, but he’s a gamble…



Here’s the one I interviewed, Sherman. Since he is hard to read, which one do you like? All are gambles…


Or do I go somewhere else that's less of a gamble?

[Abe Sargent]

I’m leaning towards Sherman. He seems the best risk of the lot since I know more about his bars.



2.32 – WR Horace Mathai? DT K.C. Yaussy? I go DT to see if I found my Sloan replacement.


3.32 – SS Richard Arton? He seems like a grower.


4.32 – LT Terrell Bunyan? Also looks like a grower


5.32 – WR Lewis Harkless was just taken. Who do I like instead.? Cb Antoine Waddle who has a very high INT score.


6.32 - SLB Dashawn Hassler?


7.32 – Hmmm… C Robert Gardinaer



Rookie Lookie #1

1.32 – SLB George Sherman, Kansas State, 31/73
2.32 – DT K.C. Yaussey, Central Florida, 42/64
3.32 - SS Richard Arton, Buffalo, 29/42
4.32 – LT Terrell Bunyan, Baylor, 22/51
5.32 - CB Antoine Waddle, Akron, 22/36
6.32 – SLB Dashawn Hassler, Arizona, 26/50
7.32 – C Robert Gardinaer, Northwestern, 19/53

Augusta is moving to Knoxville

[Abe Sargent]

The 2085 NFL FA Period #2

I cut Wagener as I drafted two more LBs that can play. I want to give him a chance to get signed elsewhere.

I have 51 players under contract and I pursue these UFAs


I move Sherman to WLB.

DE Chase Lynch
CB Carson McIntyre
OG Arturo Griffin
CB Rick Leat

Week 1 – 1 signs

Week 2 – Wagener heads to Buffalo, OT Legband heads to Baltimore

Week 3 – 3 sign


UFA

DE Chase Lynch, 27/52
CB Carson McIntyre, 23/52
OG Arturo Griffin, 21/48
CB Rick Leat, 21/50


Are you ready for some camping baby?

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2

1.32 – SLB George Sherman, Kansas State, 31/73, 38/73
2.32 – DT K.C. Yaussey, Central Florida, 42/64, 48/63
3.32 - SS Richard Arton, Buffalo, 29/42, 33/43
4.32 – LT Terrell Bunyan, Baylor, 22/51, 27/52
5.32 - CB Antoine Waddle, Akron, 22/36, 25/35
6.32 – SLB Dashawn Hassler, Arizona, 26/50, 32/51
7.32 – C Robert Gardinaer, Northwestern, 19/53, 25/53

Hmmm….

UFA

DE Chase Lynch, 27/52, 30/52
CB Carson McIntyre, 23/52, 27/52
OG Arturo Griffin, 21/48, 25/45
CB Rick Leat, 21/50, 26/52


Not the typical falls save for one

I have 55 under my contract – no cuts

[Abe Sargent]

The 2085 NFL Preseason

I massage my active roster and I head to create my depth chart. I am starting Sherman. Flanagan is back from his injury last year, and WILB Velazquez is starting and I moved S Harmon to CB and am giving him a start at CB.

Week 2 – At Jacksonville - Super Bowl? We lose 17-20

Week 3 – Baltimore – We win 36-30

Week 4 – Houston – We win 27-5

Week 5 – At Cincinnati – We win 16-10


Rookie Lookie #3

1.32 – SLB George Sherman, Kansas State, 31/73, 38/73, 42/71
2.32 – DT K.C. Yaussey, Central Florida, 42/64, 48/63, 51/71
3.32 - SS Richard Arton, Buffalo, 29/42, 33/43, 36/54
4.32 – LT Terrell Bunyan, Baylor, 22/51, 27/52, 28/61
5.32 - CB Antoine Waddle, Akron, 22/36, 25/35, 25/35
6.32 – SLB Dashawn Hassler, Arizona, 26/50, 32/51, 30/50
7.32 – C Robert Gardinaer, Northwestern, 19/53, 25/53, 27/58

Not bad! Yaussey boomed and Sherman fell a bit but stayed above 70, and Bunyan boomed as well!

UFA

DE Chase Lynch, 27/52, 30/52, 30/49
CB Carson McIntyre, 23/52, 27/52, 28/50
OG Arturo Griffin, 21/48, 25/45, 25/44
CB Rick Leat, 21/50, 26/52, 28/52

I cut two players

OG Griffin
FB Salvador Vaughn

I make some changes to my starters

I move Arton to be my nickelback, I cut Sloan and give him a chance to play elsewhere. I move Yaussey to start in the NT spot. I sign OG Oliver Jefferson who is an undrafted rookie who is 19/44.

[Abe Sargent]

Extensions

I have 56 mill to sign new players

I extend these players

TE Cheshier - 116 mill, 4 years
SLB Hampton = 145 mill, 3 years
CB Harmon – 24 mill, 3 years
FS Anthony – 46 mill, 3 years
C Stephenson – 67 mill, 3 years
OG Witcher – 118 mill, 4 years

I have 14 mill left. Any 2 years old rookie contract I want to extend?

CB Theurer? He wants 176 mill for 5 years a cap rise this year of 21 mill which is isn’t doable. Ah well!

Top Two Rookies?



Here is Sherman after dropping to 71 pot from 73. Not bad, right? Right!



And here is my 2.32 pick that grew and replaced Sloan the 8 year vet with 4 All Pros who dropped a bit. Not bad here either, right? Right!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Investigation

QB – 75. That’s it, and that’s the one that went 1.1 to the Colts
RB – 73, 6 50s.
FB – 67, 55
TE – 77 – best player in the draft at any spot, 71, and that’s it
WR – 70, 2 60s, 6 50s. Mathai that I was considering at 2.32 was 65 and the 2nd best WR in the draft…ah well…
C – 70, 5 50s
OG – 3 60s, 7 50s
OT – 3 60s, 5 50s – Our Bunyan grew into the 3rd best
DL – 5 70s, 4 60, 5 50s. We have the 3rd best D Line after Yaussy boomed,,
LB – 71 Sherman, 4 60s, 5 50s
DB – 2 70s, 5 60s, 4 50s.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2085 NFL Charleston Miners

Front Office Football Eight
Charleston (WV) Miners Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

Curtis, Efrain 108 QB QB 14 70 70 2 yrs. 2076
Moya, Norman 114 QB 4 49 67 3 yrs. 2082
Lincoln, Harold 239 RB RB 9 58 58 2 yrs. 2077
Flanders, Jameson 227 RB 4 58 58 3 yrs. 2082
Deering, Alexis 225 RB 4 40 40 1 yr. 2082
Engelberger, Dan 333 FB FB 7 71 71 2 yrs. 2079
Cheshier, Kelvin 487 TE TE 6 65 65 4 yrs. 2080
Flanagan, Conrad 449 TE 9 54 54 2 yrs. 2077
McNeil, Howie 488 TE 2 34 39 2 yrs. 2084
##Snyder, Weston 484 TE 2 26 40 3 yrs. 2084
Robinson, Tito 517 FL FL 5 57 57 4 yrs. 2081
Wilkerson, Hector 580 SE SE 6 66 66 4 yrs. 2080
Martin, Cody 586 SE 4 43 43 1 yr. 2082
Baca, Chester 510 SE 2 40 48 3 yrs. 2084
Elsea, Mercury 511 SE 4 38 38 1 yr. 2082
Stephenson, Cris 672 C C 4 67 67 3 yrs. 2082
Gardinaer, Robert 650 C 1 27 58 4 yrs. 2085
Thornton, Evan 777 LG LG 5 66 66 4 yrs. 2081
Jefferson, Oliver 761 LG 1 19 44 1 yr. 2085
Witcher, Bryson 765 RG RG 4 68 68 4 yrs. 2082
Brown, Donovan 767 RG 4 37 54 1 yr. 2082
Bunyan, Terrell 870 LT 1 28 61 4 yrs. 2085
Vilma, George 873 RT RT 7 57 57 4 yrs. 2079
Laurain, Renaldo 868 RT LT 2 54 70 3 yrs. 2084
##Conway, J.B. 864 RT 3 24 31 2 yrs. 2083
Polley, Heath 916 P 8 82 82 3 yrs. 2078
Ramirez, Britt 1007K 9 68 68 4 yrs. 2077
Slye, Stephen 1198LDE RDE 2 48 65 3 yrs. 2084
Fleishman, Mason 1190LDE 5 41 45 1 yr. 2081
##Lynch, Chase 1193LDE 1 30 49 1 yr. 2085
McGregor, Henry 1179RDE LDE 6 73 73 2 yrs. 2080
Forster, Tito 1195RDE 2 36 58 3 yrs. 2084
Yaussy, K.C. 1296NT NT 1 51 73 4 yrs. 2085
Field, Gabe 1299NT 2 41 55 3 yrs. 2084
##Bloomgarden, Brad 1275NT 2 32 46 1 yr. 2084
Goodwin, Grayson 1356SILB SILB 2 63 68 3 yrs. 2084
Prescott, Vincent 1352WILB 4 49 49 2 yrs. 2082
Velasquez, Jim 1394WILB WILB 2 31 60 1 yr. 2084
Sienkiewicz, Roderick 1357MLB 4 46 46 1 yr. 2082
Hampton, Les 1497SLB SLB 10 63 63 3 yrs. 2076
##Hassler, Dashawn 1491SLB 1 30 50 4 yrs. 2085
Ansell, Dwight 1451WLB 6 55 55 2 yrs. 2080
Sherman, George 1453WLB WLB 1 42 71 4 yrs. 2085
Theurer, Shawn 1540LCB LCB 3 65 65 2 yrs. 2083
Harmon, Rico 1541LCB RCB 6 44 44 3 yrs. 2080
##Upshaw, Malachi 1523LCB 2 32 40 1 yr. 2084
Leat, Rick 1529LCB 1 28 52 1 yr. 2085
McIntyre, Carson 1548RCB 1 28 50 1 yr. 2085
##Waddle, Antoine 1530RCB 1 25 35 4 yrs. 2085
Arton, Richard 1634SS 1 36 54 4 yrs. 2085
Ogeary, Branden 1642SS SS 2 35 52 3 yrs. 2084
Conway, Tyler 1631FS FS 8 53 53 3 yrs. 2078
Woodson, Warren 482 LS 8 20 20 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: $647,500,000
Cap Room: $12,910,000
Maximum for New Player: $14,740,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $26,180,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $520,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $626,400,000

Alons-y!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2085 NFL Regular Season

I expect that we’ll finish in the 14-2 area. We were 15-1 last year after all and 14-2 the year before and 11—5 the year before that after a 7-1 start collapsed.


Week 1 – At NYG – We open on the road. We win 29-23 – closer than you might think. MVP? Wilkerson with 10 for 144 and 1 score, Flanders a rush score, Curtis was 26 of 47, 394 and 2:2, score by Cheshier, 5 KRB by Witcher

Week 2 – Portland – We win 23-9. MVP is Curtis who Is 22 of 33, 289 and 3:1, scores by Robinson and Cheshierx2, Harmon a pick, FF by McGregor rec by Yaussy, 2 sacks by rookie WLB Sherman,

Week 3 – New Orleans – We thump them 34-3. Curtis, MVP, 31 of 42, 266 and 1:1, score by Martin, Lincoln was 22 for 144 and 2 scores, 1 rush score by Flanders, Wilkerson 11 for 102, Hampton a pick, 3 FF by Slye, Harman and Yaussy, rec by Slye, LB Sienkiewicz and Goodwin, 2 sacks by Goodwin, 4 KRB each by Thornton and Robertson

RB Lincoln is out for 3 weeks. Flanders starts. He’s been pretty durable considering his role so I cannot complain now.

Week 4 – Richmond – We win 40-17. MVP? Curtis 31 of 43, 288 and 2:0, scores by 9 for 107 and 2 scores for Wilkerson, rush score by RB Deering, pick sx by Harman, pick by Ogeary,

We finish 4-0 at the 1st quarter

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – Detroit – We win 36-10.Curtis, MVP, 30 of 40, 369 and 3:0, scores by Wilkerson who was 9 for 116 and 1 score, Robinson who was 7 for 135 and Cheshier. Pick six by rookie Arton, FF by Hampton and Ogeary and rec by Ogeary and Arton. 2 sacks by rookie Yaussy.

Lincoln is probable and I bring him back.

Week 6 – At Green Bay – We lose 9-17. I’ll skip our failure to show up

Week 7 – At DC – We lose again on the road 26-30. Curtis was 22 of 33, 255 and 1:1, score by Robinson, Lincoln was 25 of 122 and 2 scores, pick by Conway, 4 KRB by Stephenson

Week 8 – BYE BYE

Week 9 – At Chicago – We win 24-10. Curtis, MVP, 27 of 34, 256 and 3:0 scores by Wilkerson who is 13 for 122 and 1 score and Lincoln and Cheshier. Picks by Ogeary and Ansell, FF by Arton rec by Ansell, 2.5 sacks by Hampton,

We are 6-2 at the 2nd quarter mark after dropping back to back games on the road.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – 4-4 NyG – We win closer than expected 31-28. MVP? Curtis 21 of 32, 188 and 2:0 scores by Wilkerson and Lincoln, Lincoln was 22 for 108 and 1 score and rush score by Flanders, FF by Slye rec by Hampton,

My stud McGregor is out for a week with a concussion – DE Forster starts.

Week 11 – At 4-4-1 Greenville – We win 22-10. Rookie Yaussy is MVP with 2.5 sacks, Curtis is with 22 of 34, 158 and 0:0. Lincoln 25 for 114 and 0 scores. Pick six by Sherman and picks by Conway and Ogeary, FF by Hampton and Ansell, 5 KRb bY Stephenson and 4 by Laurain.

McGregor is back, WR Elsea is out for 6 weeks

Week 12 – 4-6 Anchorage – We win 33-17. MVP? Curtis, 23 of 29, 266, 3:0 scores by Wilkerson who is 11 for 145 and 1 score and by Martin and Flanagan. Picks by Arton and Harman, 2 sacks by McGregor, 4 KRb by Stephenson and Laurain again

Week 13 – At 4-7 SF – We win 28-23. MVP? Curtis 21 of 28, 257 and 2:0 scores by Wilkerson who is 7 for 113 and Lincoln who is 22 for 128 and 2 other scores, pick by Ogeary, FF by Hampton and RB Deering, 2 sacks by McGregor, 4 KRB by Thornton

We are 10-2 at the 3rd quarter mark!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – At 8-4 LV – We…win 30-20! Curtis, MVP, 28 of 44, 365 and 3:1, scores by Wilkerson who is 8 for 122 and Martin who is 7 for 112 and Cheshier. FF by Ogeary and Ansell, rec by Harman and Ansell,

C Stephenson is out for 6 weeks, Robert Gardinaer will start for him

Week 15 – 4-8-1 Greenville – Wow we sent them for a spin down after rebuffing them a few weeks ago when they were 4-4-1. We win 34-7 MVP? Curtis 19 of 27 250 and 4:1, scores by Wilkerson who was 7 for 130 and Robinson, Cheshier and Martin. Picks by Conway and Ogeary, FFF by Ansell,

A backup LB is out

Week 16 – At 5-9 LAC – We win 34-18, MVP is Curtis with 22 of 30, 204 and 3:0 scores to Wilkersonx2 and Martin, Flanders 24 for 161 and 1 score. Pick by Harmon, FF by McGregor rec by CB Leat,

Week 17 – 8-7 DC – We lose 41-16. I’ll skip it.

We finish 13-3. We have the top seed in the NFC.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2085 NFL Playoffs


Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

Portland over Augusta 24-6
Miami over NYJ 31-10

Green Bay over Arizona 27-20
Atlanta over Tampa Bay 14-6


Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

Atlanta at Richmond
Green Bay at Charleston

Miami at Baltimore
Portland at Jacksonville

Results?


Jacksonville 47-31
Baltimore 27-24

Richmond 45=27
Us 29-27


Lincoln, 18 for 96,
Curtis, MVP, 36 of 55, 401, 2:2
Scores by Flanders and Robinson
Robinson – 7 for 101
Wilkerson – 8 for 133

Theurer and Ogeary with picks
FF by Yaussy

4 KRB by Witcher

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – Conf. Championships

Harmon is out for a few weeks, rookie McGregor is starting for him


AFC - #2 Seed 10-5-1 Baltimore at #1 Seed 12-4 Jacksonville


And


NFC - #2 Seed 12-4 Richmond at #1 Seed 13-3 Charleston




Results?

Jacksonville 30-13

Us, 23-14


Lincoln, 23 for 31
Curtis, MVP, 27 of 35, 333 and 1:0
Score by Flanagan

FF by OG Witcher after Curtis fumbled, rec for a score by C Woodson.

2 sacks by rookie WLB Sherman
3 pasdef by Conway

[Abe Sargent]

The 2085 Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #1 Seed 12-4 Jacksonville Jaguars

Vs


Your NFC Champion #1 Seed 13-3 Charleston Miners


Well we both made it again! We beat them last year, what about this one? Can we win back to back Super Bowls?




Nope we lose 24-31

That’s 3 Super Bowls made in the last three years but just one win = good job Jags. Like I said they are our main foes.

Lincoln, 25 for 111
Curtis, 21 of 36, 287 and 3:1
Scores by Robinson, Cheshier and Lincoln
Wilkerson 7 for 126

5 KRB by Laurain

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

League MVP – QB Efrain Curtis
Off. Player of the Year – QB Efrain Curtis
Def. Rookie of the Year – WLB George Sherman

All Pro 1st Team

QB Efrain Curtis
FB Dan Engelberger
WR Hector Wilkerson
OT Renaldo Laurain
SLB Les Hampton



Great job Sherman! That’s the first All Pro for Laurain, Wilkerson. Hampton’s 5th All Pro and first in a long time as the dude is a 10th year vet who’s 32. Hopefully the two time DFPOTY will have locked up his HOF quals with a 5th All Pro.

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Curtis – 382 of 587, 4291 yards, 32:10, 97 rating

He led in yards, was 2nd in TDs, and was 2nd in rating.

Rushing

RB Lincoln – 14 starts, 235 of 1264, 8 scores

He was 3rd in rushing and 5th in scores. He was still solid despite missing a pair of scores


Receiving



Wilkerson led the league in yards by almost 250. Nice! His 13 TDs led by 2. He had a great year and he is my #2 WR. Is the 6th year vet having a career renaissance? Robinson was a down year but he was my #1 guy. You can see that Robinson gets better ypc. A down year for Cheshier in yards although he got a ton of scores with 7.


Blocking



This might be my best year for my O Line with three at 30+ KRB and lots of pancakes and low sacks allowed. Rookie Bunyan was with 16 KRB and just 5 sacks allowed at the LT spot.


Special Teams

K Ramirez – 32 of 35, Long of 57, 45 of 48 PAT

Another fine year for my Kicker!

P Polley – 92 for 49.2 avg, 46 in 20

Great year!

WR Martin, 1 KR RET TD

Martin led my team with 19 special teams tackles

[Abe Sargent]

Defensive




Hampton led my team in tackles with quite a few and he also notched me a solid 6 sacks. Leading my team in sacks with just 9 is McGregor with a poor year and DE Slye was with 8 spelling longtime starter Cox. Rookie Sherman was with 7 sacks and Yaussy just had 3.5 and we’ll need more from the guy.

Pass Coverage




Harmon and Ogeary each grabbed me 5 picks which is great, but this was a bad year for pasdef and Hampton was my only player with double digit pasdef. Good first years starting for my top two pick makers though at CB and SS respectively.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – WR Harold Wilkerson – Dominated foes and led the league for his position and notched his first All Pro doing so, his first league award since Off Rookie of the Year. Good job Wilkerson!

Def. Player of the Year – SLB Les Hampton – Notched his 5th All Pro and led my team is pasdef and grabbed me a lot of sacks.

Special Teams Player of the Year – P Heath Polley – Led the league in punt average and % inside 20. Awesome stuff!

Rookie of the Year – WLB George Sherman – Dude wins Def. Rookie of the Year, dude wins this award. He was 3rd in sacks on my team, notched a pick six, and grabbed 5 pasdef. Good stuff rookie!


Heart Award – WR Cody Martin – 1 KR RET TD and led my team in special teams tackles? Great stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.32 – SLB George Sherman, Kansas State, 31/73, 38/73, 42/71, 59/71
2.32 – DT K.C. Yaussy, Central Florida, 42/64, 48/63, 51/71, 61/73
3.32 - SS Richard Arton, Buffalo, 29/42, 33/43, 36/54, 40/54
4.32 – LT Terrell Bunyan, Baylor, 22/51, 27/52, 28/61, 32/61
5.32 - CB Antoine Waddle, Akron, 22/36, 25/35, 25/35, 25/35
6.32 – SLB Dashawn Hassler, Arizona, 26/50, 32/51, 30/50, 30/50
7.32 – C Robert Gardinaer, Northwestern, 19/53, 25/53, 27/58, 29/58

Yaussy has grown!

UFA

DE Chase Lynch, 27/52, 30/52, 30/49,30/49
CB Carson McIntyre, 23/52, 27/52, 28/50, 31/50
OG Arturo Griffin, 21/48, 25/45, 25/44, CUT
CB Rick Leat, 21/50, 26/52, 28/52, 29/52

Alright!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2086 NFL Offseason

I score a 49

I have a big retirement and a small one

Retirements

WLB Ansell after not starting last year retired after a small number of years. 4.32 pick for the Miners back in 2080.

QB Efrain Curtis – 6.28 pick by the Grizzlies in 2072 that I signed with me when I came to the Miners. 14 years in the league. 5 Rings, 3 as a starter. 3 League MVPs, loads of other awards

We are handing the reigns over to 50/67 Norman Moya a 5th year vet.

Other Retirements of Note

TE Jason Pearson, 3.28 pick by Grizzlies in 2074, 2 Rings, 1 All Pro

CB JJ Mapes, 2.32 pick In 2073 by Grizzlies, 2 Rings, no league awards

An era has ended for the Miners.


Hall of Fame

QB Carson Maumau – Stud for Greenville, 1.2 pick 2065, 4 Rings, 4 time League MVP tons of other awards


Staff Draft

I retain my AC, and then… no other changes

Tag Time

Here are my UFAs with a value that could warrant the tag

WR Cody Martin – stud on special teams and RET, would be to pricey

That’s it.

No tag needed. I have tons of cap room with the retirement of Curtis.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2086 NFL FA Period #1

I look at my draft and I need a better CB and FS so I spend my time there.

I sign my RFAs and I have 60 mill in cash available. Moya’s cap hit is just 4.45 mill and I have him signed for another years. I sign him to a 4 year 50 mill deal that increases his cap hit this year to 10 mill but that will make him cheaper later.

Vets in Final Year of their Deal

TE Flanagan, 10th year, 54/54 wants 41 mill over 3 years and drops cap hit to 19 mill from 36. I do so I like him as my #2.

RB Lincoln, 10th year, 59/59, wants 57 mill over 2 years and I hold off until post preseason to see if his numbers drop

FB Engelberger – 7tth year 71/71, wants 9 mill for 2 years and I do so

DE McGregor – 73/73, 7th year vet, wants 138 mill over 4 years which drops cap hit by 10 mill, I so do


Rookies

CB Shawn Theurer -Wants 105 mill over 4 years, I do so

I extend SILB Goodwin by a year and keep his cap hit low

I extend 2 years left RT Laurain to 76 mill over 4 years

I hold off on DE Slye until post draft

What does WR Martin want to resign with us? How about Elsea?

I make a 35 mill 3 year offer for Martin

I make a 7.6 mill 2 year offer for Elsea

Week 3 – NT Sloan heads to LV

Week 7 – Both WRs rejoin us!

See you at the draft!