Snakebitten: A Real-Time MP FOF thread

[QuikSand]

Busy (in the negative) 8-9 stage for the Ravens, though:

-let WR Webster walk in free agency - I put in an offer, but allowed AVAILABLE to take him... big cohesion loss but he was <4 ypt last season, terrible production at this late stage in his career

-got flat out beat in free agency for a mediocre DL, whom I liked for chemistry purposes... doesn't happen all that often but we just got outfoxed there

-I also lost out on a DE whom I thought could lose weight and convert to ILB, kinda wanted him as a novelty/chem addition to a weak spot on the roster

So... infrequent stage with multiple disappointments, I usually land a pretty high share of "guys I want" and here missed on two that I expected to land.

[QuikSand]

Late free agency done in one big swoop, Baltimore had a lot of roster slots, and we...err...filled em up.

	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	LS Cody Ascencao	2 years, $10,140,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $5.1M, $5.1M.)	14	14
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	LDT Sawyer Cady	2 years, $5,410,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.5M, $2.9M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	TE Elijah Cole	2 years, $7,240,000 (Bonus: $80K. Salary: $3.3M, $3.8M.)	29	35
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	WLB Jeffrey Craig	2 years, $5,880,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	LS Ike Forbes	1 year, $2,900,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $2.9M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	FB Corwin Hutton	2 years, $8,120,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.8M, $4.3M.)	29	46
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	LS Rex Lester	1 year, $2,900,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $2.9M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	LS Branden Maloney	2 years, $5,410,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.5M, $2.9M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	SILB Juan Panetta	2 years, $5,880,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	RCB Steven Parker	1 year, $5,700,000 (Bonus: $640K. Salary: $5.1M.)	30	30
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	FB Cameron Perez	2 years, $6,290,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $3.3M.)	21	35
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	RB Korey Samuelson	2 years, $5,880,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	WILB Silas Somogyi	1 year, $4,500,000 (Bonus: $1.2M. Salary: $3.3M.)	36	45
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	RG Nicholas Terry	2 years, $5,880,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	TE Derek Turnbull	1 year, $3,200,000 (Bonus: $740K. Salary: $2.5M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	RDT Damian Weber	2 years, $10,200,000 (Bonus: $80K. Salary: $5.1M, $5.1M.)	39	39

TE Palmer was a holdout re-sign (dummy me). DT Weber is actually kinda important, a guy we expect go log real playing time and get out there on special teams. Lots of long snappers just in case, as our incumbent guy is moving to "play TE" and become our WR/TE leader for life.

RB Samuelson may have a real role as an undrafted rookie, I like the cut of his jib and maybe also his 72 breakaway speed rating.

TE Derek Turnbull is the classic "only a few ratings, but they are the right ones" and could become a long term TE3.

LB Juan Panetta is a coverage first guy who might have a legit shot, even though our top two draft picks were basically for the same role. (That 2nd rounder is not only a miss, but also now looks not much better than this after-draft dude)

So it goes.

[QuikSand]

WFT also hit late free agency hard:

	Washington Football Team	KickStand	QB Irving Bronson	4 years, $44,000,000 (Bonus: $16.0M. Salary: $7.0M, $7.0M, $7.0M, $7.0M.)	29	29
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	WLB Dustin Chelle	1 year, $5,000,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $5.0M.)	36	36
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	RCB Reggie Edelstein	1 year, $6,000,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $6.0M.)	45	45
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	LT Ray Enloe	1 year, $4,600,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $4.6M.)	22	38
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	TE Drew Goodspeed	3 years, $16,370,000 (Bonus: $30K. Salary: $5.1M, $5.6M, $5.6M.)	23	23
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	TE Floyd Heubeck	2 years, $5,880,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	RB Frank Killian	2 years, $5,880,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	LCB Greg Leadbetter	1 year, $5,500,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $5.5M.)	35	35
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	RB Billy Palmer	2 years, $5,880,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $2.9M.)
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	SE Jimmie Quackenbush	2 years, $8,140,000 (Bonus: $40K. Salary: $3.8M, $4.3M.)	28	28
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	RB Sammie Tibbetts	2 years, $6,290,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.9M, $3.3M.)	17	17

Coupled with an ample draft of "people" as well:

30

WAS

KickStand

2(26) LDE Walt Estrada 33/54 1(31) RG Parker Tate 29/58 5(31) P Rich Denham 46/66 3(31) SE Braden Hutchings 16/41 2(31) FS Damien Peterson 20/52 4(31) SLB Darnell Mueller 21/41

2(26) LDE Walt Estrada 33/54 1(31) RG Parker Tate 29/58 5(31) P Rich Denham 46/66 3(31) SE Braden Hutchings 16/41 2(31) FS Damien Peterson 20/52 4(31) SLB Darnell Mueller 21/41

52.4

...and yes the 30 on the left is indeed that we ranked 30 out of 32 teams. That's why we stink. (checks notes) Well, anyway...

Among the young'ns, noteworthy:

RB Killian looks useful
G/C Tate very disappointing, bad scouting there
FS Peterson should make the team and contribute

Not exactly stirring. 30th sounds about right I guess.

[QuikSand]

So, it's after 9pm, I'm shot, I just cut down to 60 and that's it. No capacity to tinker, work out chem, nothing.

Incidentally, I have a near three way dead heat in my race to start at QB in Washington. Two guys each have one winning but meh season under their belts, and new guy off the scrapheap seems roughly as talented. I think Bronson might have the edge.

[QuikSand]

Regular season file sent for Ravens. Bad news is this does not look like a power team roster to me, not a bye week feel here. Good news, I felt exactly the same way the last two years, and we defied low expectations both times. Maybe we have it in us again - I'm expecting big offensive seasons again from our principals on offense, and I guess Marty will keep his YOLO style leading to interceptions leading to the need for more slingin' it. I'm in.

12-4

[QuikSand]

Washington - some bad luck. Our second round pick got hit by the volatility stick, he's a cut (Ravens cut our 2nd rounder too, just a bad pick trending the wrong way, no real excuse there)

I settle on Bronson to stat at QB, but it was not easy. May regret it. Kinda fun drawing names out of a hat like that. Nobody is genuinely good. Similar to the Ravens situation, I don't sense a power team here, but we got the Baskin Robbins trophy last year without being great, maybe we can strong together some more wins.

10-6

[QuikSand]

[QuikSand]

Okay so regular season in the bag, and my hunches were pretty good:


(formatting fuckup above, as usual, sorry)


Full regular season results: http://gml.fof-belco.com/forum/showt...ll=1#post64455


Ravens 12-4, #3 seed: GML: Baltimore Ravens 2136



WFT 8-8, #7 seed and out: GML: Washington Football Team 2136



Ravens did indeed slide a bit, and with the #3 seed have to fight it out the hard way. WFT slid a lot, and are out of the payoffs amidst a trainwreck NFC East (familiar, right?) mashup.


And it looks like Juggernaut might be closer than I am, right now, to being the first guy to get both of his teams into the Bowl at the same time. Two near misses for us, but maybe the WFT is fading away from its window of opportunity.

[QuikSand]

Ravens one and out at home in the postseason, Ben's Falcons win it all. Yawn.

[QuikSand]

So, the WFT is in a precarious spot right here. Roster is kinda meh... RB group is basically barren (ready for a reboot) and chem along the OL is tenuous. DB is settling in a bit, I hope. But the team isn't "good." So, what now?

To Do List:
-rebuild RB/FB group both chem and talent
-sort out chem leadership and add talent along D7
-decide on a direction at QB, hopefully
-fill in DB group

[QuikSand]

If I had the time/inclination, I think this situation with the WFT is really interesting, as a which-path-to-take scenario.

Team is only one year removed from a SuperBowl run. However, there are signs that we're in real trouble of not getting back there. Major flux at the QB position, and some of the smoke and mirrors that apparently was making things look good for a couple years came unraveled.

And... we are on the clock (whoa) and I don't know what to do. The in-game #1 overall player is there for my pick at 1.17, he's a DL who looks good but he's a DL. There's a good not great looking RB. There's a mysterious QB who would fit my likely new triad. Oh the humanity.

[QuikSand]

Went with my perceived BPA, and resisted the lure of the "impact position" guys with less clear outlook. This guy looks like a sure thing to be very effective at DT/DE, for whatever that is worth. With pick 1.3 maybe not, but with pick 1.17, at this point I feel like I'll take advantage of the popular effort to pursue flashy positions, and just go after some fundamentals, which this roster needs. I hope he is a build-around player for us for a long time.




Washington: KickStand takes DT Wally Quinn with the 1.17 pick.

Run Defense		68<->99
Pass Rush Technique		59<->91
Pass Rush Strength		58<->90
Man-to-Man Defense		12<->43
Zone Defense		36<->67
Bump-and-Run Defense		6<->37
Play Diagnosis		55<->86
Punishing Hitter		66<->97
Endurance		49<->81
Special Teams		66<->97

HT	WT	RAW	ADJ	DASH	SOL	BENCH	AGI	BRJU	POS	%DEV
73	307	7.1	7.6	4.95	34	37	7.55	117	-	63

[QuikSand]

So, perhaps I spoke to soon about the WFT RB/FB situation. In the light of a chilly Monday morning, I actually see two things that suggest... perhaps not. -RB Pat Shipway has no actual football skills, but is a lovely 8-9, 89/94 chem gimp -RB Frank Killian is a 2nd year guy who looks good enough to play as RB2 ...and in theory we could squeeze another season at RB1 out of Xavier Bush, who is fading but did indeed give us nearly 5ypc last season, and he's chem-friendly with Shipway as leader. So... maybe hold the phone on the hurry to reboot.

[QuikSand]

wait i cant use carraige returns now? . . . awesome

[Kodos]

Maybe if you could use them responsibly.

And not all willy-nilly.

[QuikSand]

Yeah, well, I'm bad with that, but you should see my use of dashes. Ugh.

[QuikSand]

Anyway... draft has wrapped, early free agency wraps tomorrow. We'll have a clearer picture then. Nothing really alarming, for either team.

Rumors of a big RB/FB shakeup at Washington were overblown. We grabbed a rookie, maybe two, but only to fit in around the pieces that we have in place already. And likely sticking with the incumbent at QB, too. So, probably, just more of the mediocre same ahead.

[QuikSand]

So... with the way I draft using tunnel vision, I tend to get low ratings for my overall talent acquired. The BenBot ratings are often unkind. I'm used to it, and the fact that many of my teams remain competitive (and sometimes even better than that) despite this buoys my faith. Regardless... both teams drafted a full class today, and I'll brace for the harsh assessment in today's stage.

...braces...

27

BAL

QuikSand

2(26) RB Abraham Campbell 35/56 4(24) RB Nolan Hauser 33/52 5(24) MLB Floyd Warkentien 26/39 2(24) RT Lewis Willis 15/62 7(24) LDT Tyrus Schiman 26/45 1(24) LT Quentin Evers 15/54 6(24) RCB Micah Crassweller 16/40 3(24) RCB Damian DeVito 15/41

2(26) RB Abraham Campbell 35/56 4(24) RB Nolan Hauser 33/52 5(24) MLB Floyd Warkentien 26/39 2(24) RT Lewis Willis 15/62 7(24) LDT Tyrus Schiman 26/45 1(24) LT Quentin Evers 15/54 6(24) RCB Micah Crassweller 16/40 3(24) RCB Damian DeVito 15/41

59.3

So yeah, that's 27th of 32 even with an extra 2nd rounder. I mean... yeah, that's often how it goes. I really liked the look of the OT we took in round 1... BenBot, not so much. Drat. We'll see if we end up with a few gems amidst this pile of rubble. Sometimes we do.

And...

21

WAS

KickStand

1(17) RDT Wally Quinn 55/73 2(16) SE Leland Tubbs 41/55 4(16) RB Avery Watson 30/45 6(16) FS Douglas Horst 24/43 3(17) LG Earl Perkins 19/45

1(17) RDT Wally Quinn 55/73 2(16) SE Leland Tubbs 41/55 4(16) RB Avery Watson 30/45 6(16) FS Douglas Horst 24/43 3(17) LG Earl Perkins 19/45

66.1

Cool. Not bad. Multiple guys not even getting honorable mention here, but the Bot likes my BPA top pick, and... well, that's enough. Mid-pack is better than we're used to.

[QuikSand]

well, even after the WFT situation fell apart last season...

2134-2136 TOP TEAMS

Atlanta (42-6-0)

Baltimore (41-7-0)

Detroit (35-13-0)

San Francisco (34-14-0)

Washington (33-15-0)

[QuikSand]

Okay, some actual content for this thread. I am genuinely excited about two young ILBs we have brought aboard for the Ravens in recent stages... let's have a look.

Shaun Farr was a one-year guy in Tennessee, but presumably wanted too much money for their tastes. Okay. He got three offers in late free agency, but we had cap space and blew their doors off with a one year offer. What I see here is a potential long term WILB guy, who can stop the run and be a non-liability in coverage. High endurance is a plus. Punishing hitter is, well whatever it is, it's high. 95 personality in the right triad is a major plus.

Floyd Warkentein was our 5th rounder this year, and I already sense good things, as does the BenBot auto-insulter. That combination of endurance and (potential) zone coverage up into the high 80s is really encouraging. Not the same battery of complementary stuff like Farr, but I see a potential long term role for him as well - maybe as SILB in 3WR and other pass situations.

And, while not a new face in the same way, I'll mention another guy I like:

Silas Somogyi is a nice complementary fit for us, a max special teamer and affinity fit. He's a low endurance guy we can plug in pretty much anywhere, but ideally he will get work as a gunner, and then fill in for maybe 25 tackles as a 5th/6th LB type. I like it.



I have fallen out of the habit of this sort of write-up... but this is, for me, the quiet joy of this game. Love having these guys coming together and letting me feel like they will stay around, and over time become major cohesion assets along with reasonably useful (but not too expensive) talents.

[QuikSand]

Ok, preseason in the books... today's file is the "whole one-shot regular season" stage, so need to get this right.

BAL - Marty Stancil is rated 22/22 overall, but has a 42-10 record and yes wins are a QB stat. Too many picks but he pushes the ball up the field... YOLO. (That big timing bar...didn't tzach say something about that, too?) Anyway, we play to our strengths... new RB but whatevs, we've got a WR1/ET1 combo that's solid and I expect our offense to again be well above average.

1st rounder looks like a minor miss, and 3rd rounder is a cut - that's not great. We have hobos off the street stepping into roles where they will get targets, also not great. Chem is fine, cohesion is good, defense is unknown. I think this looks like a 9-win team, and the last few years that's been good enough to churn out 11 wins... I'll figure we pull it off again, and go 11-5.

[QuikSand]

In WAS, tougher read on the situation. QB Rod Swift was a late-season cut to avoid his anger, now he's back on a cheap 2yr deal and i think starts this year, whatevs. Xavier Bush is a shell of a RB, we'll try to squeeze one more part time season out of his carcass. We lop off the top of the TE depth chart as he's dying too, another preseason pruning.

OL is a bit of a mess, both talent and chem and even plan-wise. Defensive front chem is in disarray for want of the right leader, secondary is probably one quality guy short of where I'd want it.

I think this is roughly a .500 club... I'll guess we squeeze 9-7 from the group, but wouldn't be shocked by either 5-11 or 11-5.

[QuikSand]

So, regular season in the books. I predicted 20 wins between the two teams, let's see how things played out. Spoiler: weird AF

9-7 Ravens Miss Postseason

Okay, maybe the fickle finger of fuckery caught up with us... and our always-gamble QB ran out of luck. -11 in turnover margin is awful, the running game was awful, and maybe the chem fall-apart was a factor, too. So, we'll sit this one out, after a pretty nice run in recent seasons. Dammit.

WFT Cruises To #1 Seed

This makes sense, how exactly? Swift was stable at QB, running game was really solid (Bush still has it), and things just generally worked well. How about that.

[Chas in Cinti]

Wow... I was thinking 5-11 for WFT... thought you were being optimistic... congrats, though!

[QuikSand]

GML POSTSEASON RECAP

GAME RESULTS
Wild Card Round	BOX		Carolina Panthers (AVAILABLE)	14-30	Detroit Lions (AVAILABLE)		LOG
Wild Card Round	BOX		Indianapolis Colts (SBLemstrom)	22-3	Jacksonville Jaguars (finkellll)		LOG
Wild Card Round	BOX		Pittsburgh Steelers (sabotai)	31-19	San Diego Chargers (Jops)		LOG
Wild Card Round	BOX		St. Louis Rams (AVAILABLE)	13-19	San Francisco 49ers (Juggernaut)		LOG
Divisional Round	BOX		Detroit Lions (AVAILABLE)	28-34	Washington Football Team (KickStand)		LOG
Divisional Round	BOX		Indianapolis Colts (SBLemstrom)	19-14	Cleveland Browns (Scrooge)		LOG
Divisional Round	BOX		Pittsburgh Steelers (sabotai)	3-31	New England Patriots (pyser)		LOG
Divisional Round	BOX		San Francisco 49ers (Juggernaut)	45-52	Atlanta Falcons (Ben E Lou)		LOG
Conference Round	BOX		Atlanta Falcons (Ben E Lou)	17-24	Washington Football Team (KickStand)		LOG
Conference Round	BOX		Indianapolis Colts (SBLemstrom)	18-3	New England Patriots (pyser)		LOG

The GM Challenge Bowl Result
Front Office Bowl	BOX		Indianapolis Colts (SBLemstrom)	27-21	Washington Football Team (KickStand)		LOG

So, fun run... held our seed but couldn't quite get it over the line. Per usual.

[QuikSand]

Ravens are going to have a devil of a time this year, we got really hurt on chemistry via retirements, and... I don't know what our plan will be there.

[Chas in Cinti]

Awesome season!

[QuikSand]

Yeah, pretty nuts. I guess he was the right guy at QB after all, and he will now hold out in search of a fat deal, I'd guess. Or something like that. Anyway, an unexpected ace when I thought I was holding a seven.

[QuikSand]

Ravens situation is compounded by my blunder... the young LB Shaun Farr I posted as liking a lot, Rex didn't put him into the lineup, and I failed to correct that - so he ended up sidelined all year and is now "Angry," so won't re-sign with us. For a crap season anyway, that's just another big L. Dammit.

[QuikSand]

Ravens on the clock at pick 1.20... a pretty obvious play is a good but not great OT, but there's a non-affinity WR there too. Tiny guy, my scout sees pretty good but not great bars, but he is a receiver. Kind of a tough call.

The vanilla play here is to fill the need... we have been decimated at OL (modern usage, not archaic usage) so landing a LT we could start this year at G and let drift outward in time makes a ton of sense, even if it's unexciting. It also lets me push back my worries about the direction at DB and maybe elsewhere a while.

Lineman it is.

...my scout sees maxed-out run blocking and blocking strength, let's see what the BenBot ratings look like:




Baltimore: QuikSand takes T Donald Burton with the 1.20 pick.

Run Blocking		67<->100
Pass Blocking		54<->88
Blocking Strength		66<->100
Endurance		37<->70

HT	WT	RAW	ADJ	DASH	SOL	BENCH	AGI	BRJU	POS	%DEV
77	313	5.8	6.3	5.09	32	34	7.76	97	-	23

Great sign, he matches up. So, not sure where his long term position is, but he looks like a long term OL asset. Fine.

[QuikSand]

This season for the Ravens is starting to feel like the "maybe we just get some of our young guys some experience so they can really contribute down the line when we have rebuilt up as a major contender" vibe. Meh.

[QuikSand]

Hmmm... we did a whole "thing" years ago around building for a specific year. It's 2138 now... maybe, uhh, 2142? Could be a thing. We'd need, you know, a quarterback and stuff. But...hmmmm.


(Spoiler: the Rush 2112 thing did not work out, I napped at the absolutely wrong time, the AI submitted a terrible roster for the year I had focused on, and it all fell to shit... but it was kinda fun building that way for a while)

[QuikSand]

Okay, on to the WFT, right now the more interesting project here.


Front Office Football Eight
Washington Football Team Roster, Scout Overview

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct 
Swift, Rod              106 QB          10   32               32               1 yr.  
Wallack, Garrett        131 QB          8    23               23               ---    

Well, Swift was solid again, the team won behind him, so... he's our guy? Maybe? I guess?

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct 
Killian, Frank          232 RB          3    41               41               ---    
Watson, Avery           246 RB          2    38               40               3 yrs. 
Shipway, Pat            233 RB          7    4                6                ---    

Nothing special here, but I usually don't really demand anything special at RB. Watson posted 5.35 ypc last season, so he gets at least RB2 duties, but I'd be open to investing at this position if there's a good plan.

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct 
Lehmann, Elijah         486 TE          5    45               45               ---    
Fasani, Ernie           482 TE          6    40               40               1 yr.  
Schulz, Jared           448 TE          7    37               37               ---    

Again, nothing really special. Fasani/Lehmann are both solid TE2 types... again, open to investing here. Otherwise, this is a good-blocking unit that likely eats up 150-60 targets for under 1,000 yards.

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct 
Botte, Andrew           588 FL          6    58               58               2 yrs. 
Hines, Winfred          581 FL          10   48               48               1 yr.  
Forster, Andrew         510 FL          3    29               41               1 yr.  
Palmer, Billy           589 FL          3    24               40               ---    
Kramer, Gerald          583 FL          4    33               39               1 yr.  
Shepard, Johnny         512 FL          7    34               34               3 yrs. 
Finch, Jake             529 FL          7    11               11               ---    
Tubbs, Leland           518 SE          2    41               49               3 yrs. 
Quackenbush, Jimmie     513 SE          6    16               16               ---    

Okay, what worked here? Hines close to 8 ypt, Botte under 7. Wait, this team actually won games? Like, many of them?

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct 
Tate, Parker            661 C           3    52               52               2 yrs. 
Champagne, Luke         777 LG          9    71               71               ---    
Perkins, Earl           768 LG          2    23               40               3 yrs. 
Pommier, Ernest         776 RG          5    61               61               2 yrs. 
Davidson, Tom           873 LT          4    76               76               1 yr.  
Whitfield, Antonio      862 LT          6    45               45               2 yrs. 
Finneran, Brayden       875 LT          12   38               38               ---    
Enloe, Ray              874 LT          4    21               32               1 yr.  
Atkins, Carl            871 RT          9    30               30               1 yr.  
Frye, Howie             864 RT          2    20               30               1 yr.  

Okay, I had not been thinking of this team being in "hold it together and run it back" mode here, so I exposed Champagne (and Finneran) to free agency. Now what?

Tate wants phat lewt. Perkins is good enough to start at G. Whitfield is a mess - bad chem (90/43) has him perched as our chem leader, and he's pissed about sitting last year. So, cut?

T Davidson is going to get his fat extension, well deserved, he's the build-around guy here.

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct 
Dodge, Gavin            904 P           5    66               66               ---    
Pehrson, Rick           1003K           7    75               75               ---    

Okay, whatevs. We have cap space, so... who knows.

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct 
Quinn, Wally            1199LDE         2    73               73               3 yrs. 
Estrada, Walt           1195LDE         3    34               34               2 yrs. 
Hatch, Miguel           1197RDE         8    62               62               2 yrs. 
Cauthen, Corbin         1193RDE         5    34               34               2 yrs. 
Compton, Alonzo         1291NT          7    68               68               2 yrs. 
Baker, Les              1296NT          6    44               44               1 yr.  
Sherman, Bubba          1290NT          13   40               40               ---    

Quinn looks like a really nice player, good 10.5 sack rookie campaign, great. Good to see BPA pay off. Hatch doesn't have great endurance, but is a nice role playing pass rusher.

DT Compton is the central run stopper, expensive but useful there. DT Baker another pass rusher, and DT Sherman an uber-cohesion guy.

So, we have enough here to play out this season... additions are either for long term benefit, or just gravy.

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct 
Brew, Manuel            1350SILB        14   34               34               ---    
Mattis, Britt           1353SILB        9    33               33               1 yr.  
Figurelle, Sammy        1459SLB         7    65               65               1 yr.  
Harding, Conner         1445WLB         2    54               54               1 yr.  
Halela, Jason           1458WLB         6    45               45               2 yrs. 
Drozd, Dusty            1452WLB         7    38               38               1 yr.  

Figurelle is the build-around guy here, and Harding comes out of the undrafted patch and becomes our stuff-the-middle WILB (and maybe future chem anchor). Love that.

So, if we re-sign Brew (cohesion +++) we are probably good enough for now, but could withstand a talent infusion.

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct 
Bradley, Derek          1517LCB         5    76               76               2 yrs. 
Leadbetter, Greg        1527LCB         8    23               23               1 yr.  
Horst, Douglas          1525RCB         2    34               45               3 yrs. 
Rex, Manuel             1521RCB         10   42               42               1 yr.  
Hansen, Elliot          1542RCB         3    33               33               2 yrs. 
Cummings, Bobby         1647SS          6    46               46               2 yrs. 
Houston, Tony           1636FS          9    55               55               3 yrs. 
Ottesen, Liam           1626FS          4    35               35               2 yrs. 
Donhoff, Bennett        1624FS          2    29               33               1 yr.  
Bush, Marquis           669 LS          14   20               20               ---    

Okay, this group came together nicely, and quickly. Bradley is the obvious go-to shut-down guy, that's great to have. Have to keep in mind he will need big money soon.

Rex and Houston are great short term utility pieces, but we need productive young guys now. S Ottesen is a maybe, Donhoff fringe but great chem/ST so he'll stick, and I think Horst will develop into a CB2 type.

So, an early pick or a fat contract might make sense here. Would love to get an impact nickel/ballhawk who fits the scheme.

   
$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,  
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.  
   
Players Under Contract: 37
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 37
   
Salary Cap: $789,500,000
Cap Room: $332,700,000
Maximum for New Player: $304,850,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $12,100,000
   
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $287,400,000

So, a lot of cap space to use. I'm thinking the roster priorities short term look like:

WR
DB
RB
QB
LB
TE
DB

...and if there's a no brainer guy at pick 1.31 for any of the above, I'll be very pleased.

[QuikSand]

And naturally, I'm trying to trade up to get a BPA from none of those groups...

[QuikSand]

So, in the opening round of free agency, WFT was busy:

	Washington Football Team	KickStand	LG Luke Champagne	3 years, $129,000,000 (Bonus: $105.0M. Salary: $8.0M, $8.0M, $8.0M.)	74	74
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	FB Ray Kinney	3 years, $21,600,000 (Bonus: $3.6M. Salary: $6.0M, $6.0M, $6.0M.)	58	58
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	FL Ellis Moorehead	2 years, $30,000,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $15.0M, $15.0M.)	44	44
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	FS Dylan Robertson	3 years, $24,000,000 (Bonus: $30K. Salary: $8.0M, $8.0M, $8.0M.)	39	39
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	NT Grayson Schmitz	3 years, $165,000,000 (Bonus: $30K. Salary: $55.0M, $55.0M, $55.0M.)	60	60
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	SE Duane Vanderpool	3 years, $45,000,000 (Bonus: $30K. Salary: $15.0M, $15.0M, $15.0M.)	46	46

Let's keep an eye on the bonuses for context here... but I remain surprised how much command I can still get when I have cap space.

However, the big news is right here:

Juggles

KCY

QB Daryl Daniels (85/85) (Yr. 6)

signed as an unrestricted free agent from Oakland

3yrs, $461.8M (Bonus: $341.8M. Salary: $40.0M, $40.0M, $40.0M.)

I honestly tried to sign this guy...

Washington Football Team

QB Daryl Daniels

5 years, $655,000,000

85

85

...made the rank amateur mistake of going for the long term deal, rather than the obvious short term. He had a higher possible bonus number so I don't even know that I would have won out, but... dammit.

[QuikSand]

So, want to hear a funny one? I remained pretty much resigned to the ravens team being in the toilet for a while, because reasons. Last season just fell apart, no two ways about it. So the team must be in massive decline, right?

So, I'm just perusing the lineup now... for FA Stage 1:3, mind you, and...


PASSING

NAME	G	GS	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	YPA	YPC	TD	INT	SKD	YDS	QB_RTG	PEN
Donte Wallace	16	16	402	635	63.3%	4616	7.27	11.48	29	20	37	261	87.2	3
Marty Stancil	2	0	13	21	61.9%	206	9.81	15.85	1	1	1	8	90.6	0

REX STARTED THE WRONG FUCKING QUARTERBACK.

(and I didn't notice it)

So there's that.

[QuikSand]

Well, anyway... free agency will wrap up tomorrow morning, and we'll get a first peek at the rookie draftees. I'm not that optimistic, as usual. Filling needs, but I wasn't as hands-on as I ought to have been. Will post the BenBot wrap up that ranks our (full) drafts #26 and #31 or something like that... and that'll be fine.

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Will post the BenBot wrap up that ranks our (full) drafts #26 and #31 or something like that... and that'll be fine.

You can't make this shit up...

25

BAL

QuikSand

2(19) C Marlon Miranda 35/68 1(20) LT Donald Burton 32/73 3(18) SLB Alfred Corbett 27/39 4(20) RB Gabriel Zavala 26/40 7(20) LG R.J. Brennan 16/45 6(18) LT Rodolfo Lugar 21/44 5(19) FB Johnny Sanders 22/45

2(19) C Marlon Miranda 35/68 1(20) LT Donald Burton 32/73 3(18) SLB Alfred Corbett 27/39 4(20) RB Gabriel Zavala 26/40 7(20) LG R.J. Brennan 16/45 6(18) LT Rodolfo Lugar 21/44 5(19) FB Johnny Sanders 22/45

63.6

...

30

WAS

KickStand

1(31) RCB Asher Shelton 29/55 2(31) WLB Lawrence Cranwell 24/55 5(31) RB Tracy Perreault 33/40 4(31) FL Scott Mogolov 22/43

1(31) RCB Asher Shelton 29/55 2(31) WLB Lawrence Cranwell 24/55 5(31) RB Tracy Perreault 33/40 4(31) FL Scott Mogolov 22/43

55.9

[QuikSand]

Anyway, it's all good. I'm used to that. We compete despite it. Or perhaps because of it.

Looking at the Ravens, I see some rookie contributors: both top OL look good not great, LB Corbett is a weird-bars guy I like a bit, and WR Mason is one of those all-but-RR empty suits. We can work with it.

The rookie class brings Washington some guys worth a look, CB Shelton looks like a CB1 or possibly a SS (wha?) and LB Cranwell will patrol the inside nicely, I think. WR Mogolov has two standout bars... courage and kick returning. Maybe worthwhile?

With the WFT, Rod Swift is predictably holding out, and I just didn't plan for this properly. Can fix, it will just cost me the DE we signed risk-free early in the FA process, and whom I now wish I had been more honest with.

[QuikSand]

Files in for preseason. Time tomorrow for the set-it cycle. Hope we don't choke, it's a tough day slated.

[QuikSand]

Files sent. Whatevs. Maybe 10 wins each team.

[QuikSand]

[QuikSand]

Ah, of course, my posts disappear

[QuikSand]

WFT Powers to 14-2 Record and Top Seed
GML: Washington Football Team 2138

Ravens Sputter at 8-8 and Miss Postseason
GML: Baltimore Ravens 2138

[QuikSand]

Wow, the WFT team...

2138 TEAM STATISTICS
TOTAL OFFENSE: 362.5 ypg (#9)
RUSHING OFFENSE: 93.1 ypg (#27)
PASSING OFFENSE: 279.1 ypg (#1)
SCORING OFFENSE: 26.4 ppg (#3)
TOTAL DEFENSE: 325.6 ypg (#6)
RUSHING DEFENSE: 110.6 ypg (#14)
PASSING DEFENSE: 228.0 ypg (#8)
SCORING DEFENSE: 17.6 ppg (#1)

Not feeling a POWER TEAM there. Passing game was strong and effective, pass defense same, I guess that's basically enough?

[Chas in Cinti]

Wow...

[QuikSand]

So, turns out WFT as the #2 seed, and we basically held our seed... lost a close game on the road in the conference championship game to eventual champions SF.

Juggernaut has a good thing going there, and also in the IHOF... he's a serious manager in the current iteration of the FOF universe. Hats off to him, once again.

[QuikSand]

Okay, Ravens, where are we?

[QuikSand]

Front Office Football Eight
Baltimore Ravens Roster, Scout Overview

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct 
Stancil, Marty          111 QB          8    18               18               1 yr.  
Campbell, Albert        125 QB          13   6                6                ---    
Scribner, Oliver        105 QB          12   5                5                1 yr.  

Okay, at this point, we understand who Stancil is. 18 out of 100 is unfair, but he's just too YOLO unless you've got a ton of firepower, and we really don't. I think this year's starter at QB is not on this roster now.

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Campbell, Abraham       232 RB          3    47               47               2 yrs. 
Hauser, Nolan           237 RB          3    38               46               2 yrs. 
Murray, K.C.            236 RB          4    39               39               ---    
Sewell, Austin          216 RB          7    0                1                1 yr.  

Campbell looks like he shoudl be pretty decent - in two seasons, he has been awful. Murray, he oz the Hole Rec void, was the only decent performer here. Could we just start over? Perhaps, to suit a new QB.

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Spaulding, Amari        338 FB          5    42               42               3 yrs. 
Sanders, Johnny         331 FB          2    26               38               ---    
Clayton, J.R.           347 FB          3    27               36               ---    

Nothing at all special here.

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Palmer, Jose            448 TE          11   48               48               1 yr.  
Makofske, Van           446 TE          5    37               37               ---    
Turnbull, Derek         481 TE          4    37               37               ---    
Minter, Darien          449 TE          4    23               33               ---    

Palmer has been my "good enough to be a TE1 guy" for a while, despite never really putting up numbers north of 7 ypt. Again, all disposable here.

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Douglas, Matt           529 FL          7    51               51               3 yrs. 
Strickland, Phil        518 FL          5    39               39               1 yr.  
Freedman, Roger         587 FL          7    36               36               ---    
Jackson, Alec           580 FL          8    26               26               1 yr.  
Pearson, Juan           588 SE          13   55               55               1 yr.  
Mason, Daquan           589 SE          2    30               41               1 yr.  

I extended Douglas because we needed someone around, but am not thrilled there either. Wow, we have either overlooked or just whiffed at offense of late, haven't we?

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Miranda, Marlon         663 C           2    45               62               3 yrs. 
Leatherwood, Louie      650 C           2    11               22               ---    
Nichols, Chase          669 C           7    0                0                1 yr.  
Mangiafico, Jim         764 LG          7    48               48               1 yr.  
Baude, Wes              773 LG          6    19               27               1 yr.  
Burton, Donald          879 LT          2    46               66               3 yrs. 
Lugar, Rodolfo          861 LT          2    41               58               3 yrs. 
Evers, Quentin          874 LT          3    36               53               2 yrs. 
Argentati, Terrance     870 LT          6    48               48               2 yrs. 
Willis, Lewis           875 RT          3    47               59               2 yrs. 

Yeah, lots of early picks here. Line is fine, just wish they were blocking for a better group of players.

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Hughes, Shane           904 P           8    51               51               2 yrs. 
Wynn, Rusty             1003K           10   38               38               1 yr.  

okay

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Lemmon, Juan            1198LDE         6    51               51               1 yr.  
Rushe, Malachi          1190LDE         5    46               46               ---    
Garrison, Melvin        1192LDE         10   33               33               ---    
Andrews, Bart           1194RDE         8    43               43               2 yrs. 
Dotson, Kim             1191RDE         8    43               43               2 yrs. 
Schultz, J.C.           1272NT          5    31               31               ---    
Cady, Sawyer            1295NT          4    29               29               1 yr.  
Weber, Damian           1293NT          10   28               28               2 yrs. 

Wow, nobody really special here, either. Dotson the best overall player, but he's in his 8th year. Not awful, but... not innspiring.

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Burge, D.J.             1357SILB        4    59               59               1 yr.  
Warkentien, Floyd       1353SILB        3    38               40               2 yrs. 
Somogyi, Silas          1355WILB        6    38               38               1 yr.  
Sitz, Caleb             1441SLB         5    55               55               ---    
Wehmeyer, Kyle          1458SLB         9    33               33               2 yrs. 
Craig, Jeffrey          1451WLB         4    45               45               3 yrs. 
Evans, Russell          1452WLB         12   37               37               ---    
Corbett, Alfred         1445WLB         2    32               35               3 yrs. 

Ok, Wehmeyer is the solid chem leader, and we can use him for a while as a rotation player and special teamer. Burge and Sitz are both 1st rounders, and nonplussed by his elevation to the top job there.

Without them, what do we have to work with? Warkentien is good enough to play as a rotation guy in a 6-way LB blur, mostl in coverage. Somogyi is a special teams ace and decent at everything as a backup. Craig has two big bars, but they're good ones - RunD and Zone, so he can be SILB.

We have options here, including re-signing/extending the quality guys without affinities, but I'm flexible.

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Hoover, Ezekiel         1527LCB         9    65               65               ---    
McCabe, Bob             1535LCB         5    50               50               1 yr.  
Cote, Kirk              1534LCB         5    43               43               2 yrs. 
Stuart, Malik           1533LCB         2    26               36               1 yr.  
Jaynes, Keegan          1523RCB         11   68               68               ---    
Isaacs, Winston         1526RCB         5    36               36               ---    
Rolfe, Chris            1630FS          9    28               28               2 yrs. 

Okay. CB Jaymes has been our chem leader, but with only 73 personality. I don't love that. And in 11th season, time to move on, I think. This group needs repair, maybe a rebuild.

I signed CB McCabe last year on a risk-free deal, and he's good enough to consider extending now as a build-around guy. Seriously, nobody else in this gposition group is worth much... so this could easily be a "sign a chem leader and two veterans, and draft three more guys" situation here.

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Forbes, Ike             666 LS          4    18               18               ---    
Kadela, Keith           442 LS          2    1                1                ---    

okay

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct   
$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,  
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.  
   
Players Under Contract: 38
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 38
   
Salary Cap: $794,500,000
Cap Room: $355,480,000
Maximum for New Player: $323,790,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $39,350,000
   
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $204,540,000

We have a lot of cap space. From the ho-hum above... we are going to need it.

[QuikSand]

That was, very easily, the least inspiring roster rundown I have typed up in any career thread here, ever.