Snakebitten: A Real-Time MP FOF thread

[QuikSand]

So, none of this is a big deal... but sitting for hours and hours in a slow-drop draft has its own pitfalls.

Three picks away from my 3rd rounder for WTF, I was really excited with the pass blocking OT I expected to get, and somewhat waffling between him and an intriguing pass rushing DE. I get to contemplate this for a full day or so.

They they are both gone by my actual pick. Naturally.

Anyway, got a lineman, probably a guy we move inside to play, I reckon...




Washington: KickStand takes T Rodney Caldwell with the 3.13 pick.

Run Blocking		55<->83
Pass Blocking		45<->73
Blocking Strength		1<->30
Endurance		50<->78

HT	WT	RAW	ADJ	DASH	SOL	BENCH	AGI	BRJU	POS	%DEV
74	303	5.3	5.8	5.14	28	25	7.63	91	-	51

meh

[QuikSand]

Busy day here IRL, but Ravens last three picks have been a punt returner, kick returner, and a longshot quarterback. It's possible that one or both return men become long term assets, at least, the other guy is just 4th round grist tossing darts at an important but far away target.

[QuikSand]

Super tired after long day in real life, and find that Ben/Commish has posted his intent to quit from running this league. I'm in no situation to put up a fight. Might be an off-ramp.

[Chas in Cinti]

Don't make this affect me... I still expect my Quik Dynasty Thread... hope you have some ideas...

[QuikSand]

I'm flattered. We'll see.

If I were to cut back to, say, two slower-moving FOF leagues, would I be on balance happier with my life or not? Not certain of that.

[QuikSand]

So, stuff going on I guess...

Baltimore transactions, the last few stages:

LG Bryant Billig	FA Stage 5	re-signed as an unrestricted free agent
C Chase Nichols	FA Stage 6	re-signed as an unrestricted free agent
SILB Rich Ogle	FA Stage 6	signed as a free agent: 3yrs, $22,500,000.
WLB Shaun Farr	FA Stage 6	signed as an unrestricted free agent from St. Louis: 2yrs, $10,660,000.
FL Kenneth Duran	FA Stage 7	signed as an unrestricted free agent from New Orleans: 3yrs, $30,000,000.
RT Cristian Morris	FA Stage 7	turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $30,600,000.
RCB Jorge Crews	FA Stage 8	re-signed as an unrestricted free agent
SLB Hunter Phillips	FA Stage 8	signed as a free agent: 3yrs, $31,500,000.
SE Desmond Lee	FA Stage 8	signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $10,000,000.
SS Charles Sawahata	FA Stage 8	signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $7,560,000.
RT Lance Carlson	FA Stage 8	signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $6,630,000.
RG Tommy Lucido	FA Stage 9	turned down a contract offer: 2yrs, $17,000,000.
SS Corwin Pritchett	FA Stage 9	signed as an unrestricted free agent from Green Bay: 3yrs, $21,000,000.
SE Gilbert Alaniz	FA Stage 9	signed as a free agent: 1yrs, $5,000,000.

Nothing too dramatic here. Retained one OL, lost one to Ben's Falcons. Fine with that outcome.

Am not really excited about this team, I'm sure it shows. It's possible the team is pretty good, that's not it. The week off definitely dulled any mental momentum. And the sense that the league may fold has me, semi-consciously, committing even less mental energy than usual here.

[QuikSand]

Washington transactions:

SE Colby Hollins	FA Stage 4	signed as an unrestricted free agent from Jacksonville: 2yrs, $12,000,000.
SLB Jameson Upshaw	FA Stage 4	turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $132,000,000.
QB Tyrell Gaines	FA Stage 5	turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $160,000,000.
TE Lonnie Mabon	FA Stage 5	signed as an unrestricted free agent from St. Louis: 3yrs, $153,000,000.
FL Wendell Emerson	FA Stage 5	signed as an unrestricted free agent from Cincinnati: 2yrs, $18,000,000.
WILB Arnie Lewis	FA Stage 5	signed as an unrestricted free agent from St. Louis: 3yrs, $27,000,000.
QB Korey Iacuessa	FA Stage 6	re-signed as an unrestricted free agent
SS Hector Harris	FA Stage 7	signed as an unrestricted free agent from Cleveland: 4yrs, $108,000,000.
P Phil Walley	FA Stage 7	turned down a contract offer: 1yrs, $10,000,000.
RB Ruben Tiller	FA Stage 7	turned down a contract offer: 1yrs, $6,500,000.
SLB Riley Long	FA Stage 7	signed to a new contract: 3yrs, $30,520,000.
RT Benjamin Phillips	FA Stage 7	signed to a new contract: 3yrs, $13,400,000.
QB Rod Swift	FA Stage 8	re-signed as an unrestricted free agent
RCB Asher Shelton	FA Stage 8	re-signed as an unrestricted free agent
LG Sedrick Stephenson	FA Stage 8	signed as an unrestricted free agent from San Diego: 3yrs, $31,500,000.
RDE Darien Ringwood	FA Stage 8	signed as an unrestricted free agent from Dallas: 2yrs, $26,000,000.
K Riley Emerson	FA Stage 9	re-signed as an unrestricted free agent
FS Melvin Knight	FA Stage 9	signed as an unrestricted free agent from Buffalo: 2yrs, $12,800,000.
RDT Don Van Pelt	FA Stage 9	signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $8,000,000.

Everything following the multi-year plan, thus far, basically. Having an organizing principle has me thinking a bit here, but... still not exactly abuzz, mentally.

[QuikSand]

Well, for a clue to my FOF mentality right now... it's late on a leisurely Sunday morning and I'm just now opening up this league to have a sneak peek at my rookies, and sift through late free agency. Nominally one of the best stages in a season. Alas.

(the file was posted Friday morning, next one due Monday morning)

[QuikSand]

Input from the BenBot is standard hectoring of my objectively rotten drafts:

30

BAL

QuikSand

1(21) SS Wesley McCormick 29/65 7(21) RB Brett Horn 36/42 6(21) RT Abraham Armstrong 27/51 2(30) TE Weston Quinn 28/46

1(21) SS Wesley McCormick 29/65 7(21) RB Brett Horn 36/42 6(21) RT Abraham Armstrong 27/51 2(30) TE Weston Quinn 28/46

60.0

I see McCormick looking really good (CB1 or S1 material) and then flotsam, mostly... WR Delgado as KR fine, TE Quinn as a long term TE2 but low endurance, maybe the tackle could play a bit.

[QuikSand]

[QuikSand]

oh fuck all of this, that was a 10m post with some formatted stuff

[QuikSand]

in brief, i have a wave of decent young BAL WRs, but the obvious guy to be the chem leader might have to go to make it all click

[QuikSand]

Washington draft not at all sucky like the Ravens (in the 30s), but wayyyyy better (in the 20s)!

29

WAS

KickStand

1(11) RB Carl Blouir 54/71 7(13) RDT Avery Wiggins 26/45 2(10) QB Rob Sicotte 7/43 5(11) SLB Kyle Willis 28/51 6(10) RDT Stephen Buckley 11/43 3(13) RT Rodney Caldwell 20/43

1(11) RB Carl Blouir 54/71 7(13) RDT Avery Wiggins 26/45 2(10) QB Rob Sicotte 7/43 5(11) SLB Kyle Willis 28/51 6(10) RDT Stephen Buckley 11/43 3(13) RT Rodney Caldwell 20/43

60.1

...sigh.


Anyway, based on my sneak peek, I see:


QB Sicotte might actually get a season in the saddle to see if he might be the guy. RB Blouir looks very good... I really do not want to blow it with a position switch, but... T Caldwell a bit disappointing, maybe a long term G...LB Willis might stick as a WILB run-stopper.


Honestly not awful. If Sicotte actually looks okay, and gets through his rookie jitters, that would make the whole draft worth it, of course. He got auto-assigned jersey #2 and that's likely the right role for him forever, but... well, you know, beggars, choosers, that whole perpetual misquote* serves here.






* - (technically, the quote is "beggars can be no choosers" but nobody says it that way)

[QuikSand]

Late free agency... both teams pretty busy:

	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	LCB Chester Canada	2 years, $5,710,000 (Bonus: $40K. Salary: $2.6M, $3.1M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	QB Darrin Ferrari	2 years, $6,610,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.1M, $3.5M.)	17	44
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	RB Sammie Foster	2 years, $6,220,000 (Bonus: $60K. Salary: $3.1M, $3.1M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	NT Reginald Gruden	2 years, $13,500,000 (Bonus: $4.5M. Salary: $4.5M, $4.5M.)	40	40
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	SE Christian Harris	1 year, $4,500,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $4.5M.)	31	39
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	SILB Aidan Hatcher	2 years, $5,690,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.6M, $3.1M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	FB Noah Karenina	2 years, $6,260,000 (Bonus: $100K. Salary: $3.1M, $3.1M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	LCB Chandler Koopman	1 year, $6,000,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $6.0M.)	43	43
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	QB Fernando Lake	2 years, $6,180,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.1M, $3.1M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	RB Richie Medzihradsky	2 years, $6,180,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.1M, $3.1M.)
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	RB K.C. Murray	1 year, $6,000,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $6.0M.)	28	28
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	SE Joe Parker	1 year, $4,800,000 (Bonus: $1.7M. Salary: $3.1M.)	23	44
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	SS Pat Stemke	1 year, $9,300,000 (Bonus: $6.2M. Salary: $3.1M.)	37	49
	Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	TE Jace Tormenti	1 year, $4,900,000 (Bonus: $1.8M. Salary: $3.1M.)	28	45

I'm not in full-on "play for the future" with the Ravens, but a few of these young guys are with that sort of mindset. And with cap space, short term deals on guys who'd be RFAs afterward seems smart to me.


DT Gruden looks like a fringe talent, but a great long term chem leader, thus the heavy push for him.

[QuikSand]

...oh, and a run-around QB named Ferrari? Have to love that. (He might actually be useful, tbh)

[QuikSand]

WFT signed lots of guys too...

	Washington Football Team	KickStand	SILB Dillon Baxley	2 years, $6,630,000 (Bonus: $40K. Salary: $3.1M, $3.5M.)	12	28
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	RB Irving Burgess	1 year, $3,400,000 (Bonus: $810K. Salary: $2.6M.)
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	RCB Clarence Durham	2 years, $6,800,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.4M, $3.4M.)
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	RT Rich Finley	2 years, $6,800,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.4M, $3.4M.)
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	LS Moe Gottesmann	1 year, $3,600,000 (Bonus: $520K. Salary: $3.1M.)	21	21
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	FS Darrell Hubbard	1 year, $3,400,000 (Bonus: $810K. Salary: $2.6M.)
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	RB Kaden Joyner	2 years, $8,320,000 (Bonus: $300K. Salary: $4.0M, $4.0M.)	30	42
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	SLB Butch Kane	2 years, $12,000,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $6.0M, $6.0M.)	50	50
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	LG Robbie Kersey	2 years, $5,690,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.6M, $3.1M.)
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	LCB Stephen Lester	1 year, $5,500,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $5.5M.)	36	43
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	TE Jonah McAdams	2 years, $7,040,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.5M, $3.5M.)	25	38
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	FL Marvin Mobley	2 years, $22,000,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $11.0M, $11.0M.)	41	41
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	SLB Richie Money	2 years, $6,180,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.1M, $3.1M.)
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	QB Eric Nielsen	2 years, $6,610,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $3.1M, $3.5M.)	16	32
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	P Phil Walley	1 year, $10,750,000 (Bonus: $5.4M. Salary: $5.4M.)	56	70
	Washington Football Team	KickStand	WLB Mark Witt	1 year, $3,400,000 (Bonus: $810K. Salary: $2.6M.)

Like, absurdly too many.

Thing is, I sense this league isn't going to last until our "target year." The conversation about its future has fizzled out without any kind of solution. I think the GML is basically dunzo. Alas.

[QuikSand]

Posted (by me) in the league forum:

Sorry to be a jerk here... but if the league is done after this season, I'm not likely to find the time over my next few rather busy days to tinker small-scale with my rosters and submit an honest file. Apologies overall, though I doubt either of my teams was truly poised for anything special this season, regardless, so whatever loss occurs shouldn't alter the high end of the league much.

I'm sitting here looking at making a zillion cutdowns on both teams... and honestly, to what end? To target 8.2 wins rather than 7.9 wins this year? Can't do it, I don't think.

I suspect I'm just done with this.

[Chas in Cinti]

[Rapidly scanning for a new thread with new dynasty by Quik]

[Kodos]

Thanks for all the work you've put into this thread over the years. It's been fun to peruse this thread.

[tzach]

to me this thread is integral part of GML -- there wasn't a single day that i wouldn't check here while i was engaged in the league. and when i wasn;t involved with the league, i'd still check from time to time to catch up



thanks a lot quik

[QuikSand]

thanks for the feedback, it has been a fun ride


quick coda... both teams left untethered went 10-6, earned a playoff win, but got knocked out before the title game... okay then

[QuikSand]

might f around and create a similar thread, as i have perhaps unwisely taken on a new team in some batshit not-really-the-NFL league, and my first offseason is underway

[Chas in Cinti]

OH YEAH!