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

[Abe Sargent]

The NFL 2025 FA Period #2.

I make offers to these nine players.

UFA Rookie Offers

C Ted DeWaters
LB Harvey McDaniel
WILB Kim Brown
CB JB Patterson
RB Devin Wheeler
LT Ian Chambliss
TE Terrance Singh
DT Kai Perkins
OG Zach Cunningham

Week 1 – 5 sign

Week 2 – 3 more sign

Week 3 – The last signs

Here are the ones over 50 pot

C DeWaters, 34/59
OG Zach Cunningham, 18/59
LB Kim Brown, 20/57
LB Harvey McDaniel, 25/53

[Abe Sargent]

The 2025 NFL Training Camp

I have 65 under contract

Rookie Lookie #2

1.32 - RCB Ben Anderson, Alabama, 22/64; 29/66
2.32 - DE Carson Spatz, Ohio State; 22/64; 29/62
3.32 - WR Jalen Frohbieter, Oklahoma, 29/44; 32/47
4.32 – QB Caden Groff, Augustana, 15/53; 19/53
5.32 – OT Harris Gaylor, Liberty, 29/50; 34/51
6.32 – OG Gino Tapeh, OK State; 18/45; 21/41
7.32 – RB Norm Hawthorne, LA State, 38/53; 42/52

UFAs

C DeWaters, 34/59; 38/59
OG Zach Cunningham, 18/59; 23/60
LB Kim Brown, 20/57; 26/55
LB Harvey McDaniel, 25/53; 29/54

Am I going to have another 2nd round DE bust? Come on Spatz! Tapeh is not looking good for the home team. Anderson looks a little bit better. Will that continue?

Frohbieter is growing! Maybe that will continue!


In order to get to 60 I cut these players

QB Stanley Benton – He was my first draftee and started, and was going to be my primary backup, but he has dropped in ability and I am cutting him and saving some cap dollars.

CB Nicky Swift – I’ve had Swift with me since we started, but he’s been my worst CB and the one inactive every year so it’s time to head on. Another pro contract is saved.

OG Kenyon Nagurski – My worst o line, 6 years as well, but another pro I am cutting.

NT Clifton Cole – One of my oldest and another pro that I am letting go, who is normally on my deactive list.

WR Liam Sorrels – Another pro contract. Been with the team for 6 years and has started. He’s been my primary inactive guy and I am letting him go

[Abe Sargent]

The 2025 NFL Offseason

That drops me to 60 and I hand out inactives

Week 2 – 27-20 over Detroit

Week 3 – 34-20 over Seattle

Week 4 – 16-9 over Minnesota

Week 5 – 10-13 Arizona

We finish 3-1


Rookie Lookie #3

1.32 - RCB Ben Anderson, Alabama, 22/64; 29/66; 30/65
2.32 - DE Carson Spatz, Ohio State; 22/64; 29/62; 30/60
3.32 - WR Jalen Frohbieter, Oklahoma, 29/44; 32/47; 39/62
4.32 – QB Caden Groff, Augustana, 15/53; 19/53; 19/52
5.32 – OT Harris Gaylor, Liberty, 29/50; 34/51; 34/50
6.32 – OG Gino Tapeh, OK State; 18/45; 21/41; 24/46
7.32 – RB Norm Hawthorne, LA State, 38/53; 42/52; 42/52

UFAs

C DeWaters, 34/59; 38/59; 39/56
OG Zach Cunningham, 18/59; 23/60; 23/64
LB Kim Brown, 20/57; 26/55; 27/54
LB Harvey McDaniel, 25/53; 29/54; 29/57

More falling from Spatz isn’t good. But check out the boom of Frohbieter! He had great numbers with his combines and I was hoping he was a grower not a shower after, and that happened. Nice! That’s a nice boom by Cunningham as well.

I had two booms with a UFA in camp

RB Devin Wheeler, 41/56
DT Kai Perkins, 33/53

I cut these players


QB Corbin Weiss
RB Tommy Hines
C Walter Kormelink
OG Tyrone Hester

DE Dexter Foley – he lost a step in camp and the preseason and he has a red flag so I let him go

LB Silas Whittington
LB Kim Brown

[Abe Sargent]

The 2025 New York Jets

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

Rhem, Tony 119 QB QB 5 87 87 3 yrs. 2021
Groff, Caden 103 QB 1 19 52 4 yrs. 2025
Mansell, Francisco 240 RB 4 64 64 1 yr. 2022
Wheeler, Devin 228 RB 1 41 56 1 yr. 2025
Hawthorne, Norm 245 RB FB 1 42 52 4 yrs. 2025
##Williams, Aaron 232 RB RB 6 50 50 2 yrs. 2020
Derr, Josiah 443 TE TE 3 68 68 2 yrs. 2023
Hoffman, Alfredo 448 TE 4 53 53 2 yrs. 2022
Fyie, Junior 446 TE 6 50 50 2 yrs. 2020
##Singh, Terrance 481 TE 1 24 39 1 yr. 2025
Zercie, Jonah 510 FL FL 5 63 63 4 yrs. 2021
Richardson, Buddy 584 FL 6 51 51 2 yrs. 2020
Barber, Kirk 586 SE SE 4 80 80 4 yrs. 2022
Frohbieter, Jalen 585 SE 1 39 62 4 yrs. 2025
##Hall, Richard 589 SE 4 45 45 1 yr. 2022
Jackson, Bryce 655 C C 4 75 75 2 yrs. 2022
DeWaters, Ted 657 C 1 39 56 1 yr. 2025
Freitas, Terry 776 LG LG 5 80 80 3 yrs. 2021
Cunningham, Zach 765 LG 1 23 64 1 yr. 2025
Banks, Efrain 767 RG RG 6 55 55 3 yrs. 2020
Tapeh, Gino 773 RG 1 24 46 4 yrs. 2025
Armstrong, Derek 868 LT LT 6 54 54 2 yrs. 2020
##Chambliss, Ian 864 LT 1 16 42 1 yr. 2025
Kurtz, Jack 860 RT RT 3 29 63 2 yrs. 2023
Gaylor, Harris 870 RT 1 34 50 4 yrs. 2025
Petherick, Roosevelt 918 P 6 75 75 4 yrs. 2020
Rabbitt, Randall 1004K 5 80 80 3 yrs. 2021
Stevenson, Norm 1171LDE LDE 5 65 65 4 yrs. 2021
Hill, Sawyer 1193LDE 2 42 60 3 yrs. 2024
Sawyer, Henry 1175RDE 6 61 61 1 yr. 2020
Spatz, Carson 1179RDE RDE 1 30 60 4 yrs. 2025
Perkins, Kai 1297LDT 1 33 53 1 yr. 2025
Fontaine, Kyle 1295NT NT 4 73 73 5 yrs. 2022
Heinlein, Allen 1296NT 6 54 54 2 yrs. 2020
Sutton, Phil 1351SILB 5 61 61 2 yrs. 2021
Burkley, Jeremy 1353WILB SILB 6 67 67 4 yrs. 2020
Raynor, Edward 1358WILB WILB 4 54 54 1 yr. 2022
Norton, Bruce 1494SLB SLB 2 82 82 3 yrs. 2024
Gilliam, Junior 1450WLB WLB 3 71 71 2 yrs. 2023
##McDaniel, Harvey 1456WLB 1 29 57 1 yr. 2025
Baines, Malachi 1452WLB 2 41 52 3 yrs. 2024
Adam, Denzel 1491WLB 6 41 41 3 yrs. 2020
Willis, Grayson 1541LCB LCB 4 61 61 1 yr. 2022
Schwake, Pat 1538LCB 3 55 55 2 yrs. 2023
##Cunningham, Richard 1522LCB 6 47 47 2 yrs. 2020
Andersen, Ben 1524RCB RCB 1 30 65 4 yrs. 2025
Stone, Alonzo 1536RCB 6 44 44 2 yrs. 2020
Patterson, J.B. 1549RCB 1 25 42 1 yr. 2025
Thomason, Alvin 1602SS FS 6 67 67 4 yrs. 2020
Weber, Ernie 1633FS SS 2 62 73 3 yrs. 2024
Liang, Marcus 1620FS 2 43 58 3 yrs. 2024
##Flannery, Kendall 1625FS 6 44 44 2 yrs. 2020
Glenn, Brad 654 LS 6 20 20 2 yrs. 2020

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.
Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46
Salary Cap: $227,800,000
Cap Room: $27,430,000
Maximum for New Player: $28,130,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $3,500,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $970,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $199,580,000

Frohbiter replaces Richardson as my 3rd WR. Anderson will start at nickel this year and then move to CB Willis’s spot. Unlike Burkley, Norton has not busted and is sitting at 82/82.

On the Green Page, we have no one. The QB that dropped is 20/79. If we were allowing trading I would have taken him, kept him years as injury insurance for Rhem, and then traded for a high 1st.

[Abe Sargent]

Here’s our first round pick at the 1.32 pick



We’ll be running him out there in the nickel this year with his high picks and then starting next year for Willis after a year of development.

I’m skipping my 2nd busting DE for my 3rd again




Instead of maxing at one or a few places and minimized in others he’s actually very well rounded. I may look to move him into my 2nd role after he develops fully over Zercie although most of my formations start 3 or more WR in my spread offense. He’ll replace Richardson later on. He’s a fun mid-draft guy who has boomed in camp and the preseason. Although maybe not a Zercie is 63/63 to his 62 max barring more growth.

[Abe Sargent]

This year needed to be a youth movement and it proved to be, given upcoming salary cap expenses

Here is my rookie news

QB Groff is the 3rd highest potential in the draft

RB Wheeler is 6th in pot, RB Hawthrone is 11th

Frohbieter is 4th best.

C DeWaters is 3rd

OG Cunningham is 4th.

OT Gaylor is 5th

DE Carson Spatz is 6th at DE

LB McDaniel is 7th among all LBs.

CB Ben Anderson is tied for 4th

Good job everyone!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2025 NFL Regular Season

Week 1 – Buffalo – We win 31-20. Rhem was MVP with 20 of 26 for 223 and 1:0. He hit Zercie for a score. Mansell was 19 for 142 and 2 scores. FF by Burkley. 4 pasdef by Thomason.

CB Schwake is out for a week. Anderson starts for him and Liang for a doubtful Willis

Week 2 – At Atlanta – We lose 28-34. Rhem was 37 of 57 for 368 and 4:2. He hits for scores Frohbieter, Mansell, Barber, and Zercie. Pick by Thomason.

Schwake is back from injury

Week 3 – Indy – We win 27-20. Mansell is Game MVP with 25 of 163 and 1 score. Rookie Hawthorne scored a rush TD. Rhem was 18 of 30 for 198. FF by Norton and Liang. 6 KRB by Banks, 4 by Frietas.

TE Fyie is out for a few weeks

Week 4 – Baltimore – We win 34-15 against our rival. Rhem, Game MVP, 25 of 30 for 329 and 3:0. He hits Zercie, Barber and Barber for scores. Mansell was 20 for 90 and 1. 2 sacks by DE Sawyer. 5 KRB by
Freitas.

LB Burkley is out for a few weeks, and Sutton will start for him.

Willis is back from his injury

We are 3-1 with a win against the Lamar Jackson Ravens

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At Cincinnati – We lose 24-31. Rhem was 26 of 42 for 264 and 2:0 hitting TE Singh and Zercie for scores. Mansell rushes for a score. FF by Thomson.


Week 6 – At New England- We edge them 20-19. Rhem, MVP, 23 of 35, 198, 2:0. He hit for scores TE Hoffman and Zercie. Pick by Thomason.


Week 7 – Cleveland- They are 5-1. No longer after we also edge them 26-24. Rhem, MVP, 23 of 29 for 163 and 1:0, with Barber the score. Mansell was 19 for 105 and 2 scores. Pick by CB Willis. 2 sacks by Sawyer. FF BY Fontaine.

TE Fyie is back from injury.

Week 8 – At Buffalo – We win 23-17. MVP was Rhem, 19 of 27, 176, 2:0, Derr and Barber with scores. Pick by Stone. 4 LRB by Armstrong.

We are 6-2 at the half

[Abe Sargent]

Week 9 - At Pittsburgh – We win 16-7. Rhem, MVP, 21 for 33, 181, 1:0, TE Derr with the score. Picks by Thomason and Schwake, 3 pasdef by Thomason. Rhem is probable

Week 10 – BYE

Burkley is back

Week 11 – Miami – We lose 21-31. Rhem was 32 of 48, 2:2, 370 hitting Derr and Zercie for scores. Rhem rushed for a score. Pick by Stone.

Week 12 – Tampa Bay – We win 27-12, MVP, Rhem, 17 of 23, 162, 2:0, Zercie and Frohbieter with scores. 2 picks by Thomason, 1 by Norton, 1 by Willis. FF by Stevenson. 3 pasdef by Norton.

Rhem is no longer injured

Week 13 – At KC – Hello Mahomes! We win 28-17. Rhem, MVP, 22 of 33, 318, 3:0. TDs by Barber, Mansell, and Derr. Mansell was 20 of 93 and a TD. Picks by Schwake, and Burkley. FF by Willis recovered by Burkley.

We are 9-3

[cubboyroy1826]

Following along and enjoying this. How are you able to track the ratings progression of the rookies?

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – New Orleans – They are 11-1. We win 34-20. Tony Rhem was again the Game MVP with 16 of 25, 145 and 3:0 hitting Derr once and Barber twice for scores. Mansell was 21 for 136 and 1 score. Gilliam with a pick. FF by Fontaine. 5 KRB by Jackson, 4 by Freitas

Week 15 – At Miami – We win 35-30. MVP is Rhem with 35 of 46, 368 and 3:0 and grabbing scores are Barber, 8 for 117 and 1 score, Frohbieter and Zercie. Mansell and Hawthorne rush for scores. 4 Krb by Armstrong.

Week 16 – At Carolina – We win 28-17. Rhem, MVP, 20 of 27, 198, 2:0. He hits Barber and Zercie for scores. INT RET TD for Willis. LB Adam with a fumble recovery on special teams for a score.FF by Thomason. 3 sacks by Gilliam.

CB Stone is out.

Week 17 – New England – We win 20-17. Game MVP was Rhem with 18 of 30, 213 and 1:0, hitting Frohbieter for a score. CB Anderson with a pick returned for a score. FF by Sutton and Fontaine. 4 KRB by Banks

We finish with a tough and rough 13-3 and were close in a lot more game than last year and down years for my key stars.

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by cubboyroy1826

Following along and enjoying this. How are you able to track the ratings progression of the rookies?

Welcome! I just check in and follow along by looking at my roster, I don't use any software.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2025 NFL Playoffs

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

Atlanta at New York
Seattle at Minnesota

Cincinnati at Houston
Baltimore at Denver


Atlanta 16-12
Seattle 26-6

Denver 32-3
Cincinnati 28-17


Week 2 – Divisional Weekend -

Atlanta at SF
Seattle at New Orleans

Denver at Cleveland
Cincinnati at New York

We beat Cincinnati at home last year in the playoffs, can we do so again this?


Atlanta, 27-16
New Orleans 17-3

Denver 34-17

We lose 20-12

Rhem was 23 of 42, 293, 0:0.
Mansell was 18 of 49

Pick by Schwacke

We scored four FGS


Week 3 – Conference Champions

NFC – Atlanta at New Orleans

AFC – Cincinnati at Denver

Atlanta, 23 – 17

Denver 31-28

The 2025 NFL Super Bowl

11-5 Atlanta vs 12-4 Denver.

Atlanta wins 27-20

[Abe Sargent]

Season Awards

League MVP – Tony Rhem – I’m not sure why

Off. Player of the Year – Rhem

All-Pro First Team – OG Terry Freitas

All-Pro Second Team – SS Alvin Thomason

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offense

Passing – QB Tony Rhem – 369 of 540, 3871, 32:5, 104.8 rating, 23 sacks

He led in rating and that’s it. I don’t know why he got those awards. He was 5th in yards, 3rd in TDs and 2nd in %.

Rushing

RB Mansell – 277 for 1300, 4.69 ypc, 10 scores
QB Tony Rhem – 91 for 410, 2 scores
RB Hawthorne – 80 for 308 and 2 scores

Mansell is 4th in yards, and led in TDs rushing


Receiving

WR Zercie – 76 for 744 and 9 scores
WR Barber – 61 for 868, 10 scores
WR Frohbieter – 64 for 567 and 4
TE Derr – 56 for 568, 5


Down years for every one with no 1000 yards anywhere to be found.

Blocking

Freitas – 43 KRB out of 104 KRO, 5 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed
Jackson - 31 KRB of 103, 2, 3 sacks
Banks – 28 of 92, 1 and 6
Kurtz – 28 of 60, 0 and 5
Armstrong – 23 of 62, 1 and 3

Good years for Freitas and Jackson

[Abe Sargent]

Defense



As you can see, Thomason again leads my team in tackles. It was a down year in sacks, and Sawyer with 7 was my best. Norton and Gilliam were held to 6 each, and Stevenson held to 4. Fontaine just 3.5 sacks and down years for the other stats for him. With 3 FF Fontaine led my team.


Pass Coverage



Thomason also led my team in picks and pasdef with 14. Willis a solid year in his final year for me. Anderson as my nickelback was rocking 1 pick and 3 pasdef and an INT RET TD. FS Weber rocked 12 pasdef and was 2nd on my team.


This was a down year for my defense and my offense. Where was Norton? Where was Rhem? Where was Barber?

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – OG Terry Freitas – Won his first All Pro. He was 2nd among all OGs for KRBs. He did very well for us!

Def. Player of the Year – SS Alvin Thomason – Won his second All Pro, led my team in tackles, picks, and pasdef. Good job!

Special Teams Player of the Year – OLB Adam, FF, and fumble recovery for a score on a punt. Good job Adam!

Rookie of the Year – WR Jalen Frohbieter – Was 2nd on grabs, 3rd on yards. Good job rook!

Heart Award – CB Alonzo Stone – Stone wasn’t even my dimeback but he still notched two picks for us.

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.32 - RCB Ben Anderson, Alabama, 22/64; 29/66; 30/65; 35/65
2.32 - DE Carson Spatz, Ohio State; 22/64; 29/62; 30/60; 30/60
3.32 - WR Jalen Frohbieter, Oklahoma, 29/44; 32/47; 39/62; 48/62
4.32 – QB Caden Groff, Augustana, 15/53; 19/53; 19/52; 19/52
5.32 – OT Harris Gaylor, Liberty, 29/50; 34/51; 34/50; 34/50
6.32 – OG Gino Tapeh, OK State; 18/45; 21/41; 24/46; 24/46
7.32 – RB Norm Hawthorne, LA State, 38/53; 42/52; 42/52; 45/52

UFAs

C DeWaters, 34/59; 38/59; 39/56; 39/56
OG Zach Cunningham, 18/59; 23/60; 23/64; 23/64
LB Kim Brown, 20/57; 26/55; 27/54; CUT
LB Harvey McDaniel, 25/53; 29/54; 29/57; 29/57
RB Devin Wheeler, 41/56; 44/56
DT Kai Perkins, 33/53; 37/53

[Abe Sargent]

The 2026 NFL Offseason

I end the season and I score a 87 more than last year with my Super Bowl Win. Weird


Staff Draft

I retain all of my staff and offer them new deals

We draft 8th

I make no changes to my staff

I have 40 mill under the cap and need 10 for my folks. Do I franchise Mansell? It’s 13.7 mill if I do. I have coming open these folks:

C Bryce Jackson
WLB Junior Gilliam
TE Josiah Derr
TE Frie
TE Hoffman
RT Jack Kurtz
CB Pat Schwake
LT Derek Armstrong
RB Aaron Williams
DT Heinlein
LB Sutton


I don’t think I’ll have enough cash to resign my keys.

I franchise him anyway. I may have a plan...

[Abe Sargent]

The 2026 NFL FA Period #1

I make offers to my RFAs – we are now at 48

Leaving this year is DE Henry Sawyer, WR Richard Hall, ILB Edward Raynor, and CB Grayson Willis

Wow. Mansell wants a lot less cash this year.

TE Kerr is too expensive, as is Armstrong. And Gilliam.

I extend C Jackson.

I extend TE Hoffman and Fyie.

I extend RB Mansell by three years.

I extend Phil Sutton and drop his cap hit. I extend CB Schwake Because he’s cheap right now I extend OT Kurtz by two years. I extend Alonzo Stone by a year.

I have 7 mill in cap space. I leave that open for my UFAs

WR Richardson appears to have retired. Not sure why.

We draft 1.28.

I need…

2 WR
DE
2 LB
CB

Now in open spots and I have three backup upgrades possible with

Backup S better than Flannery
Backup 2 LB better than Adam and Baines

For now

And for future starters

OT for Armstrong
TE for Derr

I interview 5 CBs, four OTs and a few LBs and the top TE.

I may wanna chase WR Hall in FA since Richardson retired if he’s cheap enough. I have 6 open spots and 3 open backups and two future starters for 7 draft picks. We’ll see his cost in Week 2

I might wanna tag Gilliam, Derr, or Armstrong next year, but probably just the first two.

Week 1 - I make an offer for Hall as it’s just a bit more than a UFA rookie with a 100,000 signing bonus for three years.

Week 2 – DE Sawyer signs with the Patriots

Week 8 – ILB Raynor signs with Carolina

Week 9 – CB Willis signs.

Week 11 – Hall signs with us

[Abe Sargent]

The 2026 NFL Amateur Draft

Picking at 1.1 is Las Vegas again. They take QB Monty Spencer

As a reminder I need

WR
DE
2 LB
CB
Backup S better than Flannery
Backup 2 LB better than Adam and Baines

And for future starters

OT
TE

Our pick at 1.28 has arrived. Who is available?

OLB Bucky McIntyre – Overrated. No thanks!
OLB Omar Brenner – No interview
DE Fernando Shepherd – No interview
OG Norm Schraeder – No interview
OG Aiden Boone – Good bars, no combine scores
OT Kyle Fulcher – Hard to Read, not great bars
OT Tony Turnbull – No interview, better bars
OT Don Cortez – Better bars
CB Chandler Deloach, Very Overrated
CB Randell Menzer – Great potential combines, medium bars, no interview
WR Gene Lyons – No interview, good bars
WR Spencer Galarza – Looks better in the bars, and is a stud returner.

Who do I want?

I go Don Cortez

The 2.28 spot arrives. Who do I like here?

DE Shepherd is still on the board. I like SLB Marco Garcia. RCB Richard Bruce looks great. Do I want to risk a 3rd straight 2nd rounder to a DE? I take Bruce.

3.28 is here

LB Marco Garcia is on the board to I grab him he looks strong. He looks to have fallen and is one of the BAP.

4.28

Who do I like now?

OC Ray Irwin is a stud. If I hadn’t signed my C in the FA Period I’d consider him. I could grab him and move him to OG to replace Banks. The top player other than Irwin is DE Colby Shields. I grab Shields I also think FS Russell Poole has fallen, but Shields is better.

At 5.28 Irwin is off the board. I was hoping he’d be there.

I grab LB Frankie Gleason.

At 6.28 I snatch RB Artie Pollard which is a flyer.

At the 7.28 spot I’m unsure. Hmmmmm…. How about DT Tanner Kinney whom is the best BAP on the board?

Rookie Lookie #1

1.28 - OT Don Cortez, Michigan State; 37/59
2.28 – CB Ricard Bruce, Colorado; 24/62
3.28 – MLB Marco Garcia, Westminster; 28/64
4.28 - DE Colby Shields, Ohio State; 34/71
5.28 – LB Frankie Gleason, Georgia; 24/49
6.28 – RB Artie Pollard, Notre Dame; 33/47
7.28 – DT Tanner Kinney; 20/48

And there we are!

[Abe Sargent]

2026 FA Period #2

UFA Targets

WR Mickey Burton
WR Devin DeLong
QB Danny Monroe
NT Kurt Dylla
CB Bob Cote
ILB Hugh Upshaw

Week 1 – I sign two

Week 2 – I sign three

Week 3 – I sign the last one

UFAs with 50 or more pot.

ILB Hugh Upshaw, 16/50

[Abe Sargent]

The 2026 Preseason


I hand out deactivations to drop my active players to 46. Let’s play!


Week 2 – At Chicago – We lose 13-31

Week 3 – Arizona – We win 27-17

Week 4 – At Minnesota – We win 34-7

Week 5 – SF - We win 28-0

Rookie Lookie #3

1.28 - OT Don Cortez, Michigan State; 37/59; 42/61; 44/64
2.28 – CB Ricard Bruce, Colorado; 24/62; 29/61; 30/62
3.28 – MLB Marco Garcia, Westminster; 28/64; 55/65; 56/70
4.28 - DE Colby Shields, Ohio State; 34/71; 40/70; 41/73
5.28 – LB Frankie Gleason, Georgia; 24/49; 29/50; 29/45
6.28 – RB Artie Pollard, Notre Dame; 33/47; 34/48; 35/47
7.28 – DT Tanner Kinney; 20/48; 24/44; 25/40

Kinney is still dropping and Cortez is still rising. Shields is my first DE in a while that hasn’t busted!

Marco Garcia? Hello boom!


UFAs

ILB Hugh Upshaw, 16/50; 20/49; 20/49


I cut

RB Aaron Williams – Dropped a step from 50/50 to 42/42

WR Richard Hall – He dropped to 34/34.

OT Ian Chambliss

DT Tanner Kinney – Duh

NT Kurt Dylla

WLB Denzel Adam – My worst LB

CB Alonzo Stone – I hate this but he dropped to 39/39

We now have 18 mill in cap space after losing some vets. Should I extend Derr or Gilliam?

Derr wants 63 mil over 5 years

Gilliam wants 40 mill over 4 and his demands have really dropped. I agree to an extension with the WLB and my 2nd best LB

Rookies I am starting

CB Bruce
DE Shields
OT Cortez
LB Garcia at SILB

Schwake is my top nickelback and Liang my dimeback

[Abe Sargent]

Here’s my top pick OT Cortez, and this is my first top pick to my o line. Getting a mid 60s OT at the back of the 1st is about as well as you can do given the high profile nature of the position. As you can see he’s well rounded and not a specialist.

Which other rookie will I show you? #2? Or how about my highest rated rookie by potential?



Sure for the potential! Here is The Shields. As you can see he’s better at run stopping than rushing, but he’s fine there as well. He’s a big nasty hitter and good at play diagnosis as well.

On the Green Page? Shields is 5th. He’s our only one on it.

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Investigation

At Rb? Pollard is 6th best by potential.

At OT Cortez is 4th best. The three better were higher picks in the 1st. Three 1sts were taken later that he’s better than.

DE Shields is the 3rd best DE in the draft by potential.

LB Garcia is the best LB in the draft. LB Gleason is 14th best

CB Bruce is the 7th best CB. It was a deep draft for them.

[Abe Sargent]

Wanna see my roster?

The 2026 New York Jets

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

Rhem, Tony 119 QB QB 6 87 87 2 yrs. 2021
Groff, Caden 103 QB 2 27 48 3 yrs. 2025
Mansell, Francisco 240 RB 5 63 63 4 yrs. 2022
Wheeler, Devin 228 RB RB 2 48 55 2 yrs. 2025
Hawthorne, Norm 245 RB 2 49 52 3 yrs. 2025
##Pollard, Artie 231 RB 1 35 47 4 yrs. 2026
Derr, Josiah 443 TE TE 4 68 68 1 yr. 2023
Hoffman, Alfredo 448 TE 5 53 53 3 yrs. 2022
Fyie, Junior 446 TE FB 7 41 41 2 yrs. 2020
##Singh, Terrance 481 TE 2 28 40 1 yr. 2025
Zercie, Jonah 510 FL FL 6 62 62 3 yrs. 2021
Burton, Mickey 515 FL 1 30 40 1 yr. 2026
Barber, Kirk 586 SE SE 5 81 81 3 yrs. 2022
Frohbieter, Jalen 585 SE 2 55 61 3 yrs. 2025
Delong, Devin 588 SE 1 27 43 1 yr. 2026
Jackson, Bryce 655 C C 5 75 75 3 yrs. 2022
##DeWaters, Ted 657 C 2 44 54 2 yrs. 2025
Freitas, Terry 776 LG LG 6 80 80 2 yrs. 2021
Cunningham, Zach 765 LG 2 30 66 1 yr. 2025
Banks, Efrain 767 RG RG 7 56 56 2 yrs. 2020
Cortez, Don 875 LT LT 1 41 63 4 yrs. 2026
Armstrong, Derek 868 LT 7 53 53 1 yr. 2020
Kurtz, Jack 860 RT RT 4 46 57 3 yrs. 2023
Gaylor, Harris 870 RT 2 39 51 3 yrs. 2025
Petherick, Roosevelt 918 P 7 68 68 3 yrs. 2020
Rabbitt, Randall 1004K 6 79 79 2 yrs. 2021
Stevenson, Norm 1171LDE LDE 6 65 65 3 yrs. 2021
Hill, Sawyer 1193LDE 3 50 60 2 yrs. 2024
Shields, Colby 1198RDE RDE 1 41 73 4 yrs. 2026
Spatz, Carson 1179RDE 2 32 56 3 yrs. 2025
Perkins, Kai 1297LDT 2 41 53 2 yrs. 2025
Fontaine, Kyle 1295NT NT 5 72 72 4 yrs. 2022
Heinlein, Allen 1296NT 7 68 68 1 yr. 2020
Sutton, Phil 1351SILB WILB 6 61 61 3 yrs. 2021
Upshaw, Hugh 1399SILB 1 20 49 1 yr. 2026
Burkley, Jeremy 1353WILB SILB 7 67 67 3 yrs. 2020
Norton, Bruce 1494SLB SLB 3 81 81 2 yrs. 2024
Garcia, Marco 1492SLB 1 56 70 4 yrs. 2026
Gilliam, Junior 1450WLB WLB 4 71 71 4 yrs. 2023
McDaniel, Harvey 1456WLB 2 30 57 2 yrs. 2025
##Baines, Malachi 1452WLB 3 39 46 2 yrs. 2024
Geason, Frankie 1459WLB 1 29 45 4 yrs. 2026
Schwake, Pat 1538LCB 4 57 57 5 yrs. 2023
Cunningham, Richard 1522LCB 7 48 48 1 yr. 2020
Cote, Bob 1530LCB 1 27 41 1 yr. 2026
Andersen, Ben 1524RCB RCB 2 42 66 3 yrs. 2025
Bruce, Richard 1527RCB LCB 1 30 62 4 yrs. 2026
##Patterson, J.B. 1549RCB 2 28 39 2 yrs. 2025
Thomason, Alvin 1602SS SS 7 59 59 3 yrs. 2020
Weber, Ernie 1633FS FS 3 70 70 2 yrs. 2024
Liang, Marcus 1620FS 3 51 60 2 yrs. 2024
##Flannery, Kendall 1625FS 7 44 44 1 yr. 2020
Glenn, Brad 654 LS 7 20 20 2 yrs. 2020


$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.
Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 6
On Active Roster: 47
Salary Cap: $234,500,000
Cap Room: $12,930,000
Maximum for New Player: $13,650,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $4,460,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $1,520,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $226,290,000

Sure thing! Nt Heinlein exploded this year despite his age. Nice!

[Abe Sargent]

Wanna see something cool?



Here are all safeties in the league sorted by potential. FB Weber is 5th. Thomason has dropped to 59/59 and I may wind up moving Liang over and you can see my three safeties there. I wish I had taken that stud FS Russell Poole that was falling as I could have moved it to SS. Ah well. I had a great draft so no real issues here on my behalf.

Rhem is still the best QB in the league at 87/87. Mansell has crept into the back part of the top 10 at RB. Derr is 3rd. Barber is 2nd. Jackson is 5th. Freitas is 4th, Fontaine is 6th. LB Norton is 3rd.


We need to get our defense and offense back to where they were after down years last year. But I don’t control it so I just have to hope that my guys can do so.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2026 NFL Regular Season


Week 1 – Miami – We win 41-27. Game MVP was Rhem who was 24 of 46 for 317 and 5:0 with TDs to Barberx2, OT Armstrong, Derr and Fyie. Picks by Thomson and Liang. Mansell was 19 for 112. 2 FF by Burkley, 3 pasdef by Thomason, 5 KRB By Freitas.

That was a good start!

Week 2 – Minnesota – We win 20-17. MVP, Rhem, 28 of 42, 284, 2:1, Mansell and Hoffman for scores, Mansell 14 for 81. Quiet win statistically


Week 3 – At Houston – We win 37-31. The Game MVP is Rhem who went 31 of 41 for 342 and 3:0. Barber was 11 for 114 and Derr, Hoffman, and Hawthorne with scores. Mansell was 13 of 76 and 2 TDs. FF by OLB McDaniel, 2 sacks by OLB Gilliam, 3 pasdef by Thomason, 4 KRB by Jackson

Week 4 – At KC – Hello Mahomes! We’ve defeated you the last two years. Can we win today? We do and win 30-20. Rhem, MVP, 23 of 33, 265 and 3:0 and he hit Zercie, Barber and Derr for scores. Pick by Anderson. FF by Thomason recovered by Weber. 3 pasdef by Thomason.

We are up 4-0 at the first quarter mark

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At New England – We win 34-6. MVP is Rhem with 15 of 22 for 263 and 4:0 and hitting for scores Barberx2, Zercie, and Hoffman. Pick by Anderson. FF and recovery by Norton. 3 pasdef by FS Weber.

Week 6 – At LA Chargers – We lose 27-31. Barber was the Game MVP with 10 of 149 and 2. Zercie the other score. Rhem was 23 of 47 for 302 and 3:1. Mansell added 94 on the ground. Picks by Thomason and Anderson.

Week 7 – Las Vegas – We win 33-25. Game MVP is Mansell who is 17 for 88 and 1 score. Rhem 24 of 38 for 272 and 1:1, hitting Mansell for a score. Pick by CB Schwake. 4 pasdef by Thomason.

C Jackson is out for a weekish

Week 8 – BYE!

Jackson is still out.

Week 9 – Buffalo - We lose 31-26. Rhem is MVP with 27 of 38,396 and 2:0. Derr was 5 for 108 and a score, Barber the other score. 4 KRB by OT Cortez.

Jackson is back

We are 6-2 at the half

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – Denver – We win 27-20. SLB Norton is Game MVP with 2 picks, 2 sacks. Another pick by Schwake. Rhem 22 of 30, 280, and 3:1, and hit for scores Barber 7 times for 117 yards and 1 score, and two scores to Zercie. Mansell added 99 yards on the ground.

Week 11 – At Miami – We win 21-10. Game MVP is Rhem with 23 of 32 for 244 and 2:1. Mansell adds a ground score. Hoffman and Barber with TDs. Picks by Thomason and Schwake.

Week 12 – At Chicago – They are 9-.1. Can we defeat them? Yup! 28-21. Mansell is Game MVP with 17 for 127 and 1 score. Rhem also rushed for a score. He was 25 of 39, 284, and 2:3. They picked him a lot. Barber was 5 for 101, 1 score and the last TD was Frohbieter. 2 picks by Thomason, 1 by CB Cunningham. 5 KRB by Freitas.

Cb Ben Anderson is doubtful with turf toe and I’ll spell him until he is healed. I am starting Liang for him

Week 13 – Cleveland – We lose 42-45 in OT. Rhem was 36 of 52 for 475 and 3:2. Frohbieter is 7 for 141 and 3 scores. Barber 6 of 103. FF by Liang, recovered for a score. 4 KRB by Frietas.

We are 9-3 at the three quarter mark.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – Green Bay – We win 34-9. MVP is Rhem who went 17 of 30, 245, 1:0 and rushed for a score. He hit Barber for the score. Mansell added two ground scores. 2 FF by Fontaine, 1 by Liang. 6 KRB by OC Jackson

Week 15 – New England – We win 31-24. MVp was Rhem, 20 of 30, 163 and 2:0 hitting Hoffman and Barber for scores. Pick and ret for a score by Thomason. Picks by Liang and LB Marco Garcia. 2 sacks by Norton.

Week 16 – At Detroit – We win 24-20. MVP is Rhem who’s 25 of 36, 222 and 2:1. Derr with two TDs. Rhem added a rush score. Pick by Liang. FF by Stevenson and Burkley.

Week 17 – At Buffalo – We with 26-19. Rhem was 19 of 26, 213, 2:0, 2 scores by Frohbieter. Mansell was 21 for 121. Ff by Thomason. 4 KRB by Banks

We finish 13-3.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2026 NFL Playoffs

Week 1 – Wild Card Week

Dallas at LA Rams
New Orleans at Carolina

Houston at Baltimore
Las Vegas at KC


Dallas 14-6
New Orleans 27-24

Baltimore 31-12
Las Vegas 34-17


Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

Baltimore at Indy
Las Vegas at New York

New Orleans at DC
Dallas at Chicago


Indy 30-17

New Orleans 30-23
Chicago 22-17


New York….

We win 27-20

MVP – Rhem, 31 of 45, 302, 2:1,
RB Wheeler rushed for a score
Mansell 17 of 128
Derr 6 for 100 and 1 score
WR Burton a score

Pick by Weber
4 KRB by Jackson

Nicely Done!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – Championship Weekend

NFC – 9-5-1 New Orleans at 11-5 Chicago

AFC – 9-7 Indy at 13-3 New York



Chicago, 27-20

We win 27-10

MVP was Rhem, 28 of 43, 312, and 3:0.
Zercie all three TDs
Mansell was 19 of 93

Pick by Gilliam

[Abe Sargent]

The 2026 NFL Super Bowl

NFC Champion #2 Seed 11-5 Chicago Bears

Vs

AFC Champion #1 Seed 13-3 New York Jets





We lose 17-21


Rhem, 21 of 45, 221, 1:1, 1 rush TD

Mansell 20 for 123
Zercie TD

Pick by Thomason
FF by Thomason and Fontaine
Burkley recover

4 KRb by Jackson
5 KRB by Freitas

Ah well!

[Abe Sargent]

Season Awards

League MVP – QB Tony Rhem

Off. Player of the Year – QB Tony Rhem

All Pro 1st Team

QB Tony Rhem
WR Kirk Barber
SLB Bruce Norton
SS Alvin Thomason

All Pro 2nd Team

RB Francisco Mansell


We are back to form!

That is Mansell’s 2nd All Pro, Thomason’s 3rd, and Barber and Norton’s first. Great job!

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Tony Rhem, 381 of 578, 4567 yards, 40:11, 105.4 QB Rating, 19 sacks

That’s his best year on yards and sacks, and the 40 tosses ties his record. He led the league in most QB stats from yards per completion to rating to TDs. Nicely done!

Rushing

RB Francisco Mansell - 245 for 1216, 4.96 ypc, 7 TDs
QB Tony Rhem – 86 for 474, 3 scores

Mansell was 3rd in yards and tied for 6th in rush TDs.


Receiving



Barber had his best year with 1291 yards and a ton of scores. He led the league in catching TDs, and was 7th in yards. Derr had a great year for us and was one of the best TEs receiving. Mansell added more than 500 yards to take his yards from scrimmage to more than 1700. Another down year for Zercie and Frohbieter was down as well from his rookie season last year.

Blocking

OG Terry Freitas, 31 KRB out of 91 KRO, 5 sacks allowed
OG Efrain Banks, 27 of 86, 5 sacks
C Bryce Jackson, 25 of 70, 1 sack
OT Don Cortez, 25 of 59, 1 sack
OT Jack Kurtz, 13 of 44, 1 sack

This was a down year for my blocking across the table. Cortez was fine in his first year.


Special Teams

K Rabbitt – 34 of 39, Long of 55, 49 of 50 PAT

Not too shabby

P Petherick – 73 punts, 45.8 avg, 29 in 20

His average is down.

[Abe Sargent]

Defense



Thomason led our team in tackles again and Norton was 2nd. Norton led our team with 8 sacks, with 5 for Gilliam, 4.5 for Fontaine, among others. With 4 FF Burkley led my team. Not bad folks!

Pass Coverage



Thomason led in picks and pasdef. Good job. His 16 pasdef is tied for 5th in the league. Anderson with 3 picks and Schwake with 3 as well as Liang. This was a good year for picks in my secondary but a low year for my LB Corps who only had 3 picks total.



Not bad!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.28 - OT Don Cortez, Michigan State; 37/59; 42/61; 44/64; 54/63
2.28 – CB Ricard Bruce, Colorado; 24/62; 29/61; 30/62; 40/62
3.28 – MLB Marco Garcia, Westminster; 28/64; 55/65; 56/70; 69/72
4.28 - DE Colby Shields, Ohio State; 34/71; 40/70; 41/73; 60/73
5.28 – LB Frankie Gleason, Georgia; 24/49; 29/50; 29/45; 31/45
6.28 – RB Artie Pollard, Notre Dame; 33/47; 34/48; 35/47; 35/47
7.28 – DT Tanner Kinney; 20/48; 24/44; 25/40; CUT

UFAs

ILB Hugh Upshaw, 16/50; 20/49; 20/49; 21/49

Not bad here either!

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – WR Kirk Barber – Notched his 1st All Pro, and had a personal best year in TDs and yards, Good job Barber!

Def. Player of the Year – SS Thomason – Another All Pro, led our team in three key areas, and really had a strong showing.

Special Teams Player of the Year – K Rabbitt – Another low quality PATs,a and good K %. Good job Rabbitt!

Rookie of the Year – OT Don Cortez – Just one sack allowed, and a good % of KRB in KRB. Welcome to the team frosh!

Heart Award – WR Jalen Frohbieter – As a KR his had my first returning TD in my career, and had a great avg. Good job!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season

I score a 85


The 2027 NFL Offseason

Staff draft

We draft 9th and…no changes needed

We have 42 players under contract and these players of note now free

OT Armstrong
TE Derr
NT Heinlein
CB Cunningham
FS Flannery

We have 14.9 mill in cap space and we only have 6.5 for new players and I’ll need that for my RFAs.

So can I keep Derr?

I think so. I have a plan

I franchise him

[Abe Sargent]

The 2027 FA Period #1

We are 3 mill over the cap

I have a lot of players in the last year of their deal –

I extend Tony Rhem by four years and drop his cap his this year

I cut WILB Burkley. He’s 30, and he’s been dropping in things like pass rush as well as stats. He’s my most paid LB and this frees up 9.6 mill in salary cap.

Now I can I sign Derr to 65 mill over 5 years

I sign my RFAs and am at 48 folks

I extend Freitas and save 3 mill this year

I extend K Rabbitt by thee years

I now have 13 mill

I extend SLB Bruce Norton for 66 mill and 4 years

I extend Marcus Liang three years for 6 mill

I cannot do FS Weber right now and will look for a franchise tag next year maybe

Do I want to extend OG Banks? Nope I’ll swap to OG Cunningham. He’s making 11 mill this year we’ll lose next.

I extend RB Devin Wheeler for another year

Weber is the only big miss next year. He wants 64 mill over 5 years. I could give him Bank’s contract next year.


What do I need for my roster?

OT backup
OG Backup
NT backup
1 new LB backup ish
CB backup
S backup


Roster options

Backup LB better than Gleason
Backup CB better than Cote
Backup TE to replace a dropping Fyie


I don’t have many open places in my starters.

I could go with a stud OG for Banks or Cunningham, or a stud OT for Kurtz. I’ll need, long erm, a replacement for DE Stevenson who’s 29 and expensive for someone that doesn’t get me a lot of sacks.

Studs

DE
OT
OG

We pick 1.31

I interview OT, OG, and DE and a RB or two and a pair of S for projects to replace Thomason.


Week 2 – OT Armstrong signs with Denver,

Week 3 – DT Heinlein signs with Houston

Week 5 – CB Cunningham signs with Detroit

Kendall Flannery doesn’t sign

[Abe Sargent]

The 2027 NFL Amateur Draft

Miami drafts first and at the 1.1 spot they take ILB Duane Hammond

The 1.31 pick arrives. Who am I looking at?

Here is what I need:

Backups:

OT backup
OG Backup
NT backup
1 new LB backup ish
CB backup
S backup

Roster options:

Backup LB better than Gleason
Backup CB better than Cote
Backup TE to replace a dropping Fyie

Studs:

DE
OT
OG

Who is available?

OT Bucky Hicks – No interview, 2nd best OT in the draft
OT Carlton Crichton – Underrated
OT Ronald Lynn – Hard to Read
OG Oliver Brewer – Very Underrated
OG Luis Hanks – I like his bars
TE Brock Lindquist – Looks studly
DE Al Hickey – No interview
DT Toby Franklin – No interview
SLB Francisco Rodman – No Interview
ILB Brent Sampson – No interview

BAP are Franklin and Lindquist and a C named Benjamin Loveless.

Could I take Franklin and turn him into a DE?


I like TE Lindquist because this is a TE poor TE talent league and getting two would be great. I could run them both in many settings. And then I could let Derr go and keep Lindquist if he worked out. I like Franklin because he appears from here to be the BAP and if I need a DT, I’d grab him. Or if Fontaine was dropping or unsignable or something else. But he is 27 year old stud.

So what do I do and where do I go?

I could draft Franklin. But what else?

OT Hicks? I thought he’d be gone and I didn’t interview him. Or Luis Hanks who looks great? Let’s do Hanks as OG in Banks’ last year is more of a need than OT and he has better combines and looks to be a good growth target like my OT Last year


2.31

RT Gerald O’Neill?
TE Lindquist is still on the board.

O Neill is the last best OT on the board. I take him as he looks swank.

3.31

Lindquist is gone but TE Darryl Kirwan? I do need a replacement for Fyie and he looks really really strong in the bars. I grab Kirwan.

4.31

I like DE Sammie Doran who seems to have fallen as well as DE Jalen Bullock. I grab the better pass rusher which is Bullock

5.31

RDT Myles Trujillo is the best DT on the board and we need one, so I grab him.


6.31

LB Darien Wheeler has fallen and looks nice. Very BAP with good bars


7.31

FS Micah Shonek – The best S on the board. This is a flyer. But he has better combines than his bars,


Rookie Lookie #1

1.31 – OG Luis Hanks, New Mexico, 32/64
2.31 – OT Gerald O’neill , Notre Dame, 24/69
3.31 – TE Darryl Kirwan, Kentucky, 34/66
4.31 – DE Jalen Bullock, California, 37/68
5.31 – DT Myles Trujillo, Purdue, 27/47
6.31 – OLB Darien Wheeler, Yale, 31/58
7.31 – S Micah Shonek, Oregon State, 16/45


Alright! That’s four players with pots in the 60s, and if that holds, that was a solid end of the round draft. IF it holds….

[Abe Sargent]

2027 FA Period #2

I have 55 players under contract. I cut TE Fyie to let him get picked up. I hate to see him go but he has dropped.

I make offers to these UFAs

C Roberto Hoffman
DE Christopher Austin
QB Russell Malone
TE Sean Cortez
CB Rodney Sawyer
WR Daniel Mayes

Week 1 – We sign 3

Week 2 – We sign the rest

My 50s pots

C Roberto Hoffman - 24/59
DE Christopher Allen – 22/51

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

We have 60 under contract

Rookie Lookie #2

1.31 – OG Luis Hanks, New Mexico, 32/64; 39/69
2.31 – OT Gerald O’neill , Notre Dame, 24/69; 31/69
3.31 – TE Darryl Kirwan, Kentucky, 34/66; 40/68
4.31 – DE Jalen Bullock, California, 37/68; 48/68
5.31 – DT Myles Trujillo, Purdue, 27/47; 30/44
6.31 – OLB Darien Wheeler, Yale, 31/58; 36/57
7.31 – S Micah Shonek, Oregon State, 16/45; 20/43

Hanks looks to be growing and I’m happy to see that! Is Kirwan a grower? Trujillo might be a bust.

My 50s pots

C Roberto Hoffman - 24/59; 28/58
DE Christopher Allen – 22/51; 27/50

Meh

I cut DE Norm Stevenson. He was my best DE and worth 15 mill. He only has 31.5 sacks in 6 yeas of starting, and that’s not enough. We are moving to DE Bullock and others, and I am letting him go now, freeing up space on the cap, and moving on. Good luck Norm!

I also cut QB Malone who dropped. I also cut TE Cortez.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2027 Preseason

Week 1 – At Carolina – We win 10-0

Week 2 – Bye

Week 3 – DC – We win 27-13

Week 4 – Atlanta – We win 23-21

Week 5 – At New York – We lose 22-24


Rookie Lookie #3

1.31 – OG Luis Hanks, New Mexico, 32/64; 39/69; 41/72
2.31 – OT Gerald O’neill , Notre Dame, 24/69; 31/69; 32/68
3.31 – TE Darryl Kirwan, Kentucky, 34/66; 40/68; 43/74
4.31 – DE Jalen Bullock, California, 37/68; 48/68; 44/68
5.31 – DT Myles Trujillo, Purdue, 27/47; 30/44; 30/44
6.31 – OLB Darien Wheeler, Yale, 31/58; 36/57; 37/55
7.31 – S Micah Shonek, Oregon State, 16/45; 20/43; 20/45

Hanks looks to have boomed! Nicely done lad. Kirwan has also boomed and we now have two TEs that are in the top 10.

My 50s pots

C Roberto Hoffman - 24/59; 28/58; 28/56
DE Christopher Allen – 22/51; 27/50; 26/50

Meh again

I make these roster changes

OG Banks - I cut my long term starter for Hanks. He was in his last year, and I wanna give him room elsewhere. He was my longest starter at 8 years. Good luck!

The only other 8 year vets are Thomason, Petherick and LS Glenn.

WR Daniel Mayes
OC Ted DeWaters
LB Malachi Baines

Mansell has dropped to 56/56…
ILB Phil Sutton has dropped to 52/52
Weber dropped to 64/64 – he’s cheaper now and I extend him for 45 mill over 5 years

I start DE Shields and Bullock. I also start both of my O line folks.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2027 New York Jets

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


Rhem, Tony 119 QB QB 7 87 87 5 yrs. 2021
Groff, Caden 103 QB 3 29 47 2 yrs. 2025
Wheeler, Devin 228 RB RB 3 57 57 2 yrs. 2025
Mansell, Francisco 240 RB 6 56 56 3 yrs. 2022
Hawthorne, Norm 245 RB 3 56 56 2 yrs. 2025
##Pollard, Artie 231 RB 2 36 46 3 yrs. 2026
Kirwan, Darryl 489 TE FB 1 43 74 4 yrs. 2027
Derr, Josiah 443 TE TE 5 67 67 5 yrs. 2023
Hoffman, Alfredo 448 TE 6 53 53 2 yrs. 2022
##Singh, Terrance 481 TE 3 28 37 2 yrs. 2025
Zercie, Jonah 510 FL FL 7 61 61 2 yrs. 2021
Burton, Mickey 515 FL 2 38 42 2 yrs. 2026
Barber, Kirk 586 SE SE 6 80 80 2 yrs. 2022
Frohbieter, Jalen 585 SE 3 50 50 2 yrs. 2025
Delong, Devin 588 SE 2 31 46 3 yrs. 2026
Jackson, Bryce 655 C C 6 74 74 2 yrs. 2022
Hoffman, Roberto 658 C 1 28 56 1 yr. 2027
Freitas, Terry 776 LG LG 7 80 80 4 yrs. 2021
Hanks, Luis 764 LG 1 41 72 4 yrs. 2027
Cunningham, Zach 765 RG RG 3 35 58 2 yrs. 2025
Cortez, Don 875 LT LT 2 60 62 3 yrs. 2026
O'Neill, Gerald 863 RT 1 32 68 4 yrs. 2027
Kurtz, Jack 860 RT RT 5 56 56 2 yrs. 2023
Gaylor, Harris 870 RT 3 47 53 2 yrs. 2025
Petherick, Roosevelt 918 P 8 67 67 2 yrs. 2020
Rabbitt, Randall 1004K 7 79 79 3 yrs. 2021
Bullock, Jalen 1172LDE RDE 1 44 68 4 yrs. 2027
Hill, Sawyer 1193LDE 4 57 57 1 yr. 2024
##Austin, Christopher 1178LDE 1 26 50 1 yr. 2027
Shields, Colby 1198RDE LDE 2 71 71 3 yrs. 2026
Spatz, Carson 1179RDE 3 40 60 2 yrs. 2025
##Perkins, Kai 1297LDT 3 45 53 1 yr. 2025
Trujillo, Myles 1274RDT 1 30 44 4 yrs. 2027
Fontaine, Kyle 1295NT NT 6 73 73 3 yrs. 2022
Sutton, Phil 1351SILB WILB 7 52 52 2 yrs. 2021
Upshaw, Hugh 1399SILB 2 28 47 2 yrs. 2026
Garcia, Marco 1392WILB SILB 2 71 71 3 yrs. 2026
Norton, Bruce 1494SLB SLB 4 81 81 4 yrs. 2024
Gilliam, Junior 1450WLB WLB 5 71 71 3 yrs. 2023
McDaniel, Harvey 1456WLB 3 29 56 2 yrs. 2025
Wheeler, Darien 1453WLB 1 37 55 4 yrs. 2027
##Geason, Frankie 1459WLB 2 36 45 3 yrs. 2026
Schwake, Pat 1538LCB 5 56 56 4 yrs. 2023
Cote, Bob 1530LCB 2 34 41 2 yrs. 2026
Andersen, Ben 1524RCB RCB 3 57 67 2 yrs. 2025
Bruce, Richard 1527RCB LCB 2 49 63 3 yrs. 2026
##Patterson, J.B. 1549RCB 3 32 39 1 yr. 2025
Sawyer, Rodney 1535RCB 1 15 34 1 yr. 2027
Thomason, Alvin 1602SS SS 8 59 59 2 yrs. 2020
##Shonek, Micah 1642SS 1 20 45 4 yrs. 2027
Weber, Ernie 1633FS FS 4 64 64 5 yrs. 2024
Liang, Marcus 1620FS 4 58 58 3 yrs. 2024
Glenn, Brad 654 LS 8 20 20 2 yrs. 2020

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.
Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46
Salary Cap: $241,200,000
Cap Room: $20,320,000
Maximum for New Player: $21,060,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $8,630,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $3,850,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $236,130,000

There you are! As you can see my youth movement is ongoing. Football is a game of replacement not sustainment.

[Abe Sargent]

On The Green Page, we have DE Bullock 7th, and OT O’Neill.

Rookie investigation

TE – At TE Kirwan was the top TE after booming. We have 2 others in the 70s,anda few more in the 60ss ,it was a big draft for TEs. Lindquist is 49/69.

OG Luis Hanks is the 4th best by potential. The 3 ahead were taken earlier. None taken earlier busted, and this class was very consistent as the 4th OG taken was the 4th in potential value.

O’Neill is also 4th best at OT by potential. Many went off the board but we did well and most of the good ones were taken before us in the 2nd round.

DE Jalen Bullock is 4th at DE. The other one that fell, DE Doran, was 2nd best by pot.

At LB Wheeler is 7th best among all LBs.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2027 NFL Regular Season

Let’s kick bad thang off!

Week 1 – New England – We win 26-3. Rhem, MVP, 16 of 24, 163, 1:0, rush TD, Barber with the score. Picks by Schwake and Thomason, and Thomason’s is returned for a score. 2 sacks by DE Shields, 2.5 by rookie DE Bullock in his first game.

Week 2 – New York – We win 28—16. Rhem, MVP, 19 of 25, 224, 3:0. He hits Hoffman, rookie TE Kriwan, and Zercie for scores and Zercie rushes on a reverse for another score. Special teams FF by Wheeler recovered by Wheeler.

WR Mickey Burton is out for a while. I bench him .

Week 3 – KC – We win 30-27. Rhem, MVP, 27 of 39, 407 and 2:0. He hits Zercie 4 for 114 and 1 score, TE Derr the other score. Picks by SLB Norton and CB Anderson. Wheeler rushed for a score. FF by Norton and Shields. 4 pasdef by Norton, 3 by Thomason.

Week 4 – At Jacksonville – We win 40-17. MVP is Rhem, 21 of 33, 336 and 2:0, TDs to Derr and Zercie. Mansell was 25 for 201 and 1 score. Another rush score by Rhem. Pick by CB Cote. 6 KRB by C Jackson

We are 4-0 at the quarter

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At Houston – We win 40-17. Rhem, MVP, 26 of 40,281, 3:0, Barber one score, Zercie the other two. Pick and return by SLB Norton. TE Derr is doubtful

Week 6 – BYE

Week 7 – Indy – We win 27-21. MVP is Rhem with 27 of 39, 306, 2:0, TDs by Frohbieter and Zercie. 2 FF by Weber, 1 returned for a score. 1 FF by LB Wheeler. 3 pasdef by Weber. 5 KRb by Freitas.

Week 8 – At New England – We win 19-7. MVP is K Rabbitt with 4 FGs. We also had a 45 yard INT Return by CB Bruce. Rhem was held to 12 of 18 for 102. FF by Schwake and Anderson.

Week 9 – Tennessee – We lose 20-27. Rhem, 27 of 47, 285 and 2:0, Barber 8 of 122 and 2. Pick by Norton.

We are 7-1 at the half

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – Buffalo – They are 7-1 too. We lose 9-20. Rhem was injured early and Caden Groff was 15 of 32, 175 and 0:2. Mansell 18 for 101 his 2nd 100+ yard game. FF by ILB Garcia. 4 pasdef by ILB Sutton.

Rhem is probable after the game. He’ll start

Week 11 – Miami – We win 23-10. Rhem. Game MVP, 26 of 46, 369, 1:1, Zercie 9 for 132, score by Barber with 5 for 109. Two Picks by LB Garcia, one returned for a score. FF by Garcia.

Week 12 – At DC – We win 44-10. MVP is Rhem , 24 of 32, 325, 2;1, Berber was 10 for 188 and 2 scores, Mansell 24 of 95 and 2 scores, 1 score by RB Wheeler, 4 picks by Thomason, Anderson, Schwake, Wheeler, FF by Bruce and Bruce. 5 KRB by Frietas.

Week 13 – At Baltimore – We win 38-20. MVP is Mansell with 14 of 123, 1 TD, 5 catches 74 yards 1 score. Rhem was 15 of 23, 233 and 2:0. Barber the other scores. INT RET TD by LB Wheeler. FF by Garcia. 4 pasdef by CB Anderson. 3 by Norton.

We are 10-2 at the 3rd quarter