SkyDog's Last FOF2K7 Solo Dynasty Thread (I Hope).

[Ben E Lou]

2056 DRAFT/TRAINING CAMP

POSITION NEED ASSESSMENT

QB: OK

RB: Could improve.

FB: OK

TE: Could improve

WR: OK.

C: OK.

G: OK

T: Need backup

DE: Need future starter

DT: Need starter

ILB: Need future starter

OB: OK

CB: OK

S: Need starter

Would love to acquire guys who can step in and start immediately at DT and FS.

Pick

Pos

NAME

Grd/Adj

40

Sol

BP

Agi

BJ

PDrl

Dev

Init Rtg

Comments

CmpChg

1(22)

DT

Grady Murray

5.4/5.8

+

+

+

xxx

28%

23/55

He was easily the best remaining option at DT. Not excited that he's not well-developed, but he'll do.

-13/-30

2(24)

S

Kirk Bishop

4.4/4.1

!

+

-

+

27%

27/56

Void or near-void in run defense, but he's a free safety, so I'm hoping that's ok.

+5/-2

3(23)

RB

Dale Ramsey

4.9/5.2

!

+

34%

26/35

BPA by my Analyzer weights, and at a position where I could stand to improve.

+6/+8

4(22)

T

Zach Barrett

4.6/5.1

+

+

xxx

41%

17/23

Solid combines. I'm hoping those bars jump up.

+3/+5

5(24)

QB

Carl Mobley

4.0/4.6

40%

12/40

I need a backup QB, and Mobley's development, decent bars, and decent combines give him a shot.

+3/-3

6(23)

TE

Rufus Howard

4.6/4.0

+

+

-

28%

23/54

Looks like he could be a decent blocker, if nothing else.

+2/-3

7(22)

OLB

T.J. Klekamp

4.1/3.9

33%

10/26

Depth pick. Doubt he pans out.

+3/+1

UNDRAFTED FA PICKUP: QB Arnie Yancey (15/29-->18/31)

Ouch. 1st-round pick Murray gets hit by the VSoD, really hurting this draft.

OTHER CAMP NEWS OF NOTE

• Ancient FB Maurice Fairly put up a big +9/+9 in camp.
• SS Barginski was +10/+10

[Ben E Lou]

2056 ROSTER/OUTLOOK

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntrct 
Schultz, Levon          7   QB    QB    8    54                54                5 yrs
Yancey, Arnie           9   QB          1    18                31                2 yrs
Mobley, Carl            5   QB          1    15                37                3 yrs
Ramsey, Dale            47  RB    RB    1    33                43                3 yrs
Brooks, Jerry           48  RB          2    31                42                3 yrs
Griffith, Rich          25  RB          3    27                35                1 yr.
##Fairley, Maurice      34  FB          10   61                61                1 yr.
Rivers, Gino            44  FB    FB    2    55                58                2 yrs
Hodges, Gerald          40  FB          3    50                50                1 yr.
Gaylor, Johnnie         84  TE    TE    2    47                47                2 yrs
Burnett, Reuben         83  TE          3    27                37                1 yr.
Howard, Rufus           81  TE          1    25                51                3 yrs
Hill, Jeremy            85  FL    FL    4    56                56                3 yrs
Fulton, Dwight          80  FL          3    43                43                1 yr.
##Zaoussis, Thurman     86  FL          5    28                28                2 yrs
Lane, Troy              14  SE    SE    3    52                52                1 yr.
Zimmerman, Tito         82  SE          7    49                49                4 yrs
Dodge, Wendell          88  SE          2    21                40                2 yrs
Stanton, Bo             55  C     C     11   63                63                2 yrs
Shepard, Leland         50  C           3    36                45                1 yr.
Griffin, Edward         72  LG    LG    5    56                56                3 yrs
Dockett, Donovan        63  LG    RG    5    49                49                3 yrs
Haynes, Leo             66  LG          2    20                29                2 yrs
Chaplain, Dennis        64  RG          2    30                38                1 yr.
Orta, Richie            75  LT    LT    5    68                68                3 yrs
Cortez, Edgar           60  LT    RT    8    52                52                2 yrs
##Barrett, Zach         68  RT          1    22                28                3 yrs
Hutton, Ross            13  P           12   41                41                1 yr.
Lyle, Kennedy           15  K           10   52                52                1 yr.
Rivera, Ron             91  LDE   LDE   8    67                67                3 yrs
Fisk, Courtney          94  LDE         5    35                35                1 yr.
Reid, Ronald            73  LDE         4    32                32                1 yr.
Conley, Pat             74  RDE   RDE   3    55                55                2 yrs
Szumnarski, T.J.        79  LDT   RDT   5    40                43                2 yrs
Dunn, Jerome            70  LDT         3    28                32                1 yr.
##Murray, Grady         76  LDT         1    10                25                4 yrs
Fulton, K.C.            97  RDT   LDT   6    49                49                1 yr.
Bailey, Trent           99  MLB   MLB   9    55                55                1 yr.
Hutton, Kelly           90  MLB         4    37                37                1 yr.
Sellers, Victor         95  SLB   SLB   7    53                53                3 yrs
Healey, Jake            52  WLB   WLB   4    49                49                5 yrs
Fisk, Stephen           96  WLB         8    35                35                1 yr.
##Klekamp, T.J.         54  WLB         1    13                27                3 yrs
Chapman, Jonathan       22  LCB   RCB   7    63                63                3 yrs
Diaz, Orlando           38  LCB         2    31                31                2 yrs
Devine, Renaldo         39  RCB   LCB   8    70                70                3 yrs
Barker, Kyle            24  RCB         6    57                57                2 yrs
Lowe, Kris              46  RCB         4    34                34                2 yrs
Barginski, Tony         32  SS    SS    6    64                64                3 yrs
Snyder, Artie           45  SS          2    26                42                2 yrs
Bishop, Kirk            41  FS    FS    1    34                54                3 yrs

We look decent at most positions. The only real standout group are the corners. If rookie RB Dale Ramsey can perform well before what looks to be a solid offensive line, and rookie FS Kirk Bishop can hold things down back there, we should improve.

[Ben E Lou]

INJURY: 2055 1st round pick RB Jerry Brooks (RB2 this year) tears his ACL in Week 6 (O27).

[Ben E Lou]

2056 SUMMARY

Year                2056                                      
Record              11-7                                      
Winning Pct.        .611                                      
All-Time            497-302-1                                 
Winning Pct.        .621                                      
Playoffs            48-28                                     
Playoff Visits      34                                        
Bowl Wins           6                                         
Head Coach          Pat Cooley                                
Record              30-22                                     
Winning Pct.        .576                                      
Off. Coord.         M. Ploehn                                 
Def. Coord.         B. Kirkaldie                              
   
Atlanta Falcons         Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         30.3      6           
Rushing Yards           123.4     7           
Yards Per Carry         4.08      24          
Pass Attempts           32.0      22          
Completions             20.1      20          
Completion Pct.         62.7      9 (T)       
Passing Yards           255.2     5           
Yards Per Attempt       7.97      2           
Yards Per Catch         12.72     3           
Total Yardage Gained    362.6     5           
3rd Down Conversions    47.0      1           
Points Per Game         24.9      5           
Pass Rush Pct.          23.5      3           
Pass Defense Pct.       72.4      2           
Turnovers               29        20          
Turnover Margin         -4        21          
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         24.5      10          
Rushing Yards           106.3     16          
Yards Per Carry         4.34      22          
Pass Attempts           31.1      4           
Completions             16.5      1           
Completion Pct.         53.1      2           
Passing Yards           170.4     1           
Yards Per Attempt       5.48      1           
Yards Per Catch         10.33     1           
Total Yardage Gained    258.4     1           
3rd Down Conversions    29.9      1           
Points Per Game         14.0      1           
Pass Rush Pct.          20.3      18          
Pass Defense Pct.       50.4      11          
Turnovers               25        22 (T)      
   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
1     24    NOS           10      
2     37    SDO           10      
3     27    DAL           7       
4     34    at TBY        7       
5     27    CAR           0       
6     34    MIN           3       
7     10    at GBY        17      
8     17    DET           20      
9     10    at CHI        16      
10    27    at NOS        13      
12    17    OAK           27      
13    17    at STL        12      
14    24    at KCY        30      
15    41    at CAR        17      
16    14    at DEN        21      
17    38    TBY           14      
$$WC  23    DET           10      
$$CS  21    at GBY        25      
   
Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
7 L. Schultz            QB    512   321   4083  7.97  39    19    97.4    
**Team                  ---   512   321   4083  7.97  39    19    97.4    
$$Opp                   ---   497   264   2726  5.48  14    13    67.7    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum 
47 D. Ramsey            RB    259   1075  4.15  5     5       
25 R. Griffith          RB    124   499   4.02  0     1       
7 L. Schultz            QB    40    174   4.35  0     5       
48 J. Brooks            RB    40    115   2.88  2     1       
**Team                  ---   484   1974  4.08  8     19      
$$Opp                   ---   392   1701  4.34  4     21      
   
Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
14 T. Lane              WR    102   69    1086  15.74 10.65 4     10      
85 J. Hill              WR    71    52    802   15.42 11.30 3     11      
82 T. Zimmerman         WR    74    51    660   12.94 8.92  0     6       
80 D. Fulton            WR    81    43    557   12.95 6.88  6     8       
83 R. Burnett           TE    56    29    286   9.86  5.11  5     2       
88 W. Dodge             WR    33    18    180   10.00 5.45  5     0       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
32 T. Barginski         S     94    26    2.0   0     2     14    82.2    
99 T. Bailey            ILB   68    28    4.0   1     1     6     81.0    
52 J. Healey            OLB   53    23    1.0   0     3     3     78.0    
91 R. Rivera            DE    48    9     15.5  27    0     0     80.4    
95 V. Sellers           OLB   48    7     1.0   3     0     4     74.3    
74 P. Conley            DE    42    13    10.0  16    0     0     81.3    
39 R. Devine            CB    41    16    1.0   0     2     14    84.2    
22 J. Chapman           CB    36    7     0.0   0     0     14    83.6    
24 K. Barker            CB    34    17    0.0   0     2     10    84.2    
45 A. Snyder            S     34    10    0.0   0     1     4     79.3    
97 K. Fulton            DT    31    18    4.5   5     0     0     82.3    
41 K. Bishop            S     30    10    0.0   0     0     6     78.0    
90 K. Hutton            ILB   25    7     0.0   1     0     0     75.0    
79 T. Szumnarski        DT    19    10    2.0   7     0     0     82.1    
46 K. Lowe              CB    19    6     0.0   0     0     4     79.6    
96 S. Fisk              OLB   17    5     0.0   0     1     1     79.6   

For the first time since putting these house rules in, I feel like we took a small step forward, and could take another next year. Looking at our players' contract status situations, I will be able to franchise the one FA-to-be I really want to keep if he doesn't retire.

[Ben E Lou]

2057 OFFSEASON BEGIN

RETIREMENTS
C Bo Stanton--Bo was drafted by as at 2(30) in 2046 as a 29/64 player. He started 6 games that year, and was the full-time starter for the next 10, only missing two starts in those 160 games. His ratings climbed as high as 75/75, and he collected 3 rings. He was a two-time All Pro, and finished his career 2nd in ATL KRB, 3rd in pancakes, and 5th in games started. He does have a capable and creeping replacement in Leland Shepard ready to step in.

FRANCHISE: MLB Trent Bailey

SUMMER: QB Arnie Yancey (undrafted FA)

[Ben E Lou]

2057 INTERNAL MOVES

REQUESTED RENEG 1: LT Cortez

REQUESTED RENEG 2: WR Hill

REQUESTED RENEG 3: DE Conley

RFA MULTI-YEAR 1: WR Troy Lane

RFA MULTI-YEAR 2: C Shepard

RFA ONE-YEAR 1: DT Dunn

RFA ONE-YEAR 2: G Chaplain

RFA ONE-YEAR 3: FB Hodges

CAP OUT 1: QB Schultz

CAP OUT 2: T Orta

CAP OUT 3: DE Rivera

CUTS
MLB Trent Bailey--Ouch. Past injustices message, I'm guessing from the holdout. I can't afford him at the franchise price, so he's gone.
RB Jerry Brooks--1st round pick from 2 years ago who just hasn't panned out.

[Ben E Lou]

2057 FREE AGENCY

STARTERS NEEDED: P, K, MLB
PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT: 37

PLAYERS RATED 50+ WHO BECAME FREE AGENTS THIS YEAR:
FB Maurice Fairley (61/61), K Kennedy Lyle (52/52)


FLAT CONTRACT OFFER: MLB Jermaine Blake (55/55)--Should be a good replacement for Trent Bailey.

ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 1 (Yr8+): P Benjamin Swift (59/59)--New Punter
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 2 (Yr8+): K Kennedy Lyle (52/52)--Returning kicker.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 3 (Yr8+): C Mitchell Bollin (34/50)--Should be a pretty solid backup center.

[Ben E Lou]

2057 DRAFT/TRAINING CAMP

POSITION NEED ASSESSMENT

QB: OK

RB: Need backup.

FB: OK

TE: Could improve

WR: Could use youngster

C: OK.

G: OK

T: Could use future starter

DE: Only two under contract. Need DE3

DT: Play by ear*

ILB: Play by ear*

OLB: Need backup

CB: Could use youngster

S: OK

*--Right now we have one decent DT, and three decent LBs. I'll pay close attention to what positions are available in this year's draft. It might make sense to switch to the 3-4.

We need someone to step in and start at either DT or ILB.

Pick

Pos

NAME

Grd/Adj

40

Sol

BP

Agi

BJ

PDrl

Dev

Init Rtg

Comments

CmpChg

1(23)

ILB

Korey Haskins

5.9/5.7

!

+

+

51%

45/57

Solid development there. We're switching to 3-4.

+5/+0

2(22)

CB

Zack Daniels

5.2/5.4

!

-

48%

19/28

Crazy agility (6.78) and some tell-tale bars. He's gonna creep, and creep a lot.

+5/+8

3(23)

WR

Jon Doreski

4.7/4.9

+

!

+

+

-

20%

13/22

Strong combine performance and plays a position where I could use youth.

+2/+2

4(22)

DE

Cornelius Karney

4.7/5.2

+

xxx

43%

19/35

I don't expect him to creep much, if at all, but I needed a backup, and he has solid development.

+4/+1

5(23)

QB

Matt Walters

4.9/5.6

!

31%

14/40

Schultz is in his 9th season, and that Position Drill raised an eyebrow.

+3/-1

6(22)

ILB

Thomas Goguen

4.5/4.4

+

26%

17/41

With the 3-4 switch, I need another decent ILB.

+3/+1

7(23)

FB-->TE

Steven Wright

4.8/3.9

+

+

+

19%

19/33-->15/31

I've needed a good TE for a while, and Wright looks like he can convert. Worth a shot here.

+2/+4

UNDRAFTED FA PICKUP: CB Bo Ames (21/46-->25/47)

Draft looking pretty solid. Haskins looks like he'll be huge.

OTHER CAMP NEWS OF NOTE

• P Benjamin Swift dropped -14/-14 to 46/46.

[Ben E Lou]

2057 ROSTER/OUTLOOK

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntrct 
Schultz, Levon          7   QB    QB    9    57                57                4 yrs
Yancey, Arnie           9   QB          2    23                32                1 yr.
Walters, Matt           3   QB          1    18                39                3 yrs
Ramsey, Dale            47  RB    RB    2    43                47                5 yrs
##Griffith, Rich        25  RB          4    28                28                1 yr.
Barton, Alan            27  RB          2    26                34                1 yr.
Rivers, Gino            44  FB    FB    3    68                68                1 yr.
Hodges, Gerald          40  FB          4    52                52                1 yr.
Gaylor, Johnnie         84  TE    TE    3    46                46                1 yr.
Howard, Rufus           81  TE          2    30                50                2 yrs
Wright, Steven          49  TE          1    17                35                3 yrs
Hill, Jeremy            85  FL    FL    5    57                57                6 yrs
Zimmerman, Tito         82  FL          8    49                49                3 yrs
##Zaoussis, Thurman     86  FL          6    27                27                1 yr.
Lane, Troy              14  SE    SE    4    52                52                4 yrs
Dodge, Wendell          88  SE          3    26                36                1 yr.
Dobreski, Jon           87  SE          1    15                24                3 yrs
Bollin, Mitchell        59  C           8    42                52                1 yr.
Shepard, Leland         50  C     C     4    42                45                3 yrs
Griffin, Edward         72  LG    LG    6    57                57                2 yrs
Dockett, Donovan        63  LG    RG    6    49                49                2 yrs
##Haynes, Leo           66  LG          3    27                32                1 yr.
Chaplain, Dennis        64  RG          3    42                42                1 yr.
Orta, Richie            75  LT    LT    6    69                69                2 yrs
Cortez, Edgar           60  LT    RT    9    52                52                3 yrs
Barrett, Zach           68  RT          2    32                32                2 yrs
Swift, Benjamin         11  P           11   46                46                1 yr.
Lyle, Kennedy           15  K           11   51                51                1 yr.
Rivera, Ron             91  LDE   LDE   9    62                62                2 yrs
Conley, Pat             74  RDE   RDE   4    54                54                3 yrs
Karney, Cornelius       93  RDE         1    23                36                3 yrs
Szumnarski, T.J.        79  NT    NT    6    38                42                1 yr.
Dunn, Jerome            70  NT          4    26                32                1 yr.
Wischhof, Bryan         71  NT          1    5                 19                1 yr.
Haskins, Korey          98  SILB  SILB  1    55                57                4 yrs
Goguen, Thomas          97  SILB        1    20                42                3 yrs
Blake, Jermaine         56  WILB  WILB  7    49                49                3 yrs
Hutton, Kelly           90  WILB        5    37                37                1 yr.
Sellers, Victor         95  SLB   SLB   8    53                53                2 yrs
Healey, Jake            52  WLB   WLB   5    51                51                4 yrs
Klekamp, T.J.           54  WLB         2    16                28                2 yrs
##Chapman, Jonathan     22  LCB         8    59                59                2 yrs
Diaz, Orlando           38  LCB         3    34                34                1 yr.
Daniels, Zack           35  LCB         1    26                36                3 yrs
Ames, Bo                33  LCB         1    26                47                2 yrs
Devine, Renaldo         39  RCB   LCB   9    71                71                2 yrs
Barker, Kyle            24  RCB   RCB   7    58                58                1 yr.
Barginski, Tony         32  SS    SS    7    60                60                2 yrs
Snyder, Artie           45  SS          3    37                44                1 yr.
Bishop, Kirk            41  FS    FS    2    42                51                2 yrs

We look like the best team I've had since switching to these house rules.

[Ben E Lou]

2057 RECAP

Year                2057                                      
Record              16-2                                      
Winning Pct.        .888                                      
All-Time            512-303-1                                 
Winning Pct.        .628                                      
Playoffs            49-29                                     
Playoff Visits      35                                        
Bowl Wins           6                                         
Head Coach          Pat Cooley                                
Record              46-24                                     
Winning Pct.        .657                                      
Off. Coord.         M. Ploehn                                 
Def. Coord.         B. Kirkaldie                              
   
Atlanta Falcons         Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         29.9      7           
Rushing Yards           109.0     17          
Yards Per Carry         3.64      31          
Pass Attempts           30.3      29 (T)      
Completions             21.1      12 (T)      
Completion Pct.         69.8      1           
Passing Yards           264.0     2           
Yards Per Attempt       8.73      1           
Yards Per Catch         12.50     6           
Total Yardage Gained    358.3     5           
3rd Down Conversions    48.8      1           
Points Per Game         26.7      2           
Pass Rush Pct.          23.8      3           
Pass Defense Pct.       62.9      5           
Turnovers               29        20 (T)      
Turnover Margin         -3        18          
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         24.5      7           
Rushing Yards           94.1      4           
Yards Per Carry         3.84      4           
Pass Attempts           33.3      8           
Completions             18.0      1           
Completion Pct.         54.1      3           
Passing Yards           177.5     1           
Yards Per Attempt       5.34      1           
Yards Per Catch         9.86      1           
Total Yardage Gained    258.0     1           
3rd Down Conversions    32.2      2           
Points Per Game         13.8      1           
Pass Rush Pct.          17.1      2           
Pass Defense Pct.       35.6      1           
Turnovers               26        16 (T)      
   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
1     38    at CAR        17      
2     21    at NJY        17      
3     13    GBY           10      
4     20    at PHI        3       
5     7     WAS           23      
6     20    at TBY        3       
7     37    CAR           7       
9     24    at DAL        17      
10    20    NYK           16      
11    37    NOS           14      
12    34    at NED        20      
13    20    at SEA        17      
14    44    MIA           9       
15    34    TBY           17      
16    38    BUF           24      
17    20    at NOS        6       
$$CS  35    GBY           0       
$$CF  28    at WAS        31      
   
Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
7 L. Schultz            QB    350   244   3114  8.90  36    11    118.4   
9 A. Yancey             QB    134   94    1110  8.28  5     5     91.9    
**Team                  ---   484   338   4224  8.73  41    16    111.1   
$$Opp                   ---   532   288   2840  5.34  17    12    70.6    
   
Front Office Football 2007
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
47 D. Ramsey            RB    303   1130  3.73  4     6       
27 A. Barton            RB    99    391   3.95  1     9       
7 L. Schultz            QB    43    142   3.30  0     5       
**Team                  ---   479   1744  3.64  5     29      
$$Opp                   ---   392   1505  3.84  6     27      
   
Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
85 J. Hill              WR    154   108   1723  15.95 11.19 7     20      
14 T. Lane              WR    89    56    718   12.82 8.07  4     10      
82 T. Zimmerman         WR    46    29    351   12.10 7.63  3     4       
44 G. Rivers            FB    33    26    219   8.42  6.64  2     0       
87 J. Dobreski          WR    33    26    277   10.65 8.39  2     3       
86 T. Zaoussis          WR    33    20    202   10.10 6.12  1     2       
81 R. Howard            TE    25    20    213   10.65 8.52  1     1       
84 J. Gaylor            TE    18    17    195   11.47 10.83 0     0       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
98 K. Haskins           ILB   78    31    1.5   0     0     8     77.3    
32 T. Barginski         S     76    26    0.0   1     5     17    88.3    
39 R. Devine            CB    67    20    0.0   0     0     17    78.6    
52 J. Healey            OLB   65    17    8.5   23    1     3     79.2    
56 J. Blake             ILB   51    12    2.5   1     0     4     76.9    
74 P. Conley            DE    49    23    9.5   11    0     0     80.4    
79 T. Szumnarski        DT    41    12    1.0   13    0     1     81.4    
95 V. Sellers           OLB   34    16    2.0   4     0     3     77.6    
41 K. Bishop            S     34    12    0.0   0     1     4     79.5    
24 K. Barker            CB    26    12    0.0   0     3     8     84.1    
91 R. Rivera            DE    24    7     6.5   19    0     0     81.4    
38 O. Diaz              CB    24    5     0.0   0     0     2     76.8    
45 A. Snyder            S     21    9     0.0   0     0     4     77.2    
22 J. Chapman           CB    17    4     0.0   0     1     1     81.1    
93 C. Karney            DE    16    1     2.0   5     0     0     79.9    
35 Z. Daniels           CB    16    5     0.0   0     1     0     76.8    

Dominant performance from Schulz and Hill. Hill got hurt in the first playoff game, and we lost to the eventual champs. The fun news is this: I don't think we can keep this team together for even one more season. We will start next season roughly 5% over the cap. Losing 10% of the cap with the few renegs I have is going to be costly in terms of a talented player or two.

[Ben E Lou]

2058 OFFSEASON BEGIN

RETIREMENTS
None.

FRANCHISE: CB Kyle Barker. I'm pretty certain I won't keep the number of solid corners I've had, but franchising Barker gives me flexibility.

SUMMER: CB Bo Ames (undrafted FA)

[Ben E Lou]

Just start playing with it financially. This is going to be tough. It won't be Empty Cupboard, but it does look like multiple contributors are gonna have to go.

[Ben E Lou]

To give you an idea of where things stand, we begin FA1 $89.88M away from where we need to be. If we just plain released our top three guys, we could free up that much...

...but then we'd only have 28 players under contract.

[Ben E Lou]

...and the five RFAs I would like to re-sign will cost $18.66M. Minsal is $1.29M. Best-case scenario is freeing up roughly $60M via my three renegs and three cap outs.

Time to get busy.

[Ben E Lou]

Given that this is going to be a major dismantling, I'm going to look at this position by position.

OVERALL THOUGHTS
Adding in the undrafted rookies that I'll need to stay legal, and accounting for renegotiations and cap outs, it appears that I need to ditch around $125M in salary to make this happen. I do think that can be done while still remaining competitive. Specifically, if I keep Schultz and two good receivers, I don't think we're a 6-10 team or anything like that.

QUARTERBACK
As mentioned, gotta keep Schultz. He renegotiates, saving me roughly $13.5M

RUNNING BACK
Dale Ramsey is now in his third year, and is 26/35-->51/51. He's not terribly expensive. He sticks.

FULLBACK
RFA Gino Rivers is included in the budget of signees. He'll cost $5.26M this year. I'll wait to do the signing until I'm 100% sure I can afford it, but the plan is to keep him.

TIGHT END
Young, cheap Steven Wright is the future here. Third-year man Rufus Howard is cheap enough to stay in all likelihood.

WIDE RECEIVER
Tito Zimmerman (50/50) is in his 9th year and has never been a big-time producer. (He has been a solid one for a 7th-rounder, though.) He only caught 29 balls for 351 yards and 7.63 ypt last year. He gets released, saving us $12.05M.
Jeremy Hill (57/57) was a 1st Team All Pro last year, and has a career 9.98 ypt. Capping him out saves us around $9M.
Troy Lane (53/53) is a former undrafted FA who is now starting, and only in his fifth season. He's very likely to stay, and is a potential reneg/cap out. He would save us roughly $6M either way.

OFFENSIVE LINE
We're inexpensive at center at guard. Tackle is another story. What I want to do at tackle is extend Richie Orta (70/70, yr7), which would save us $8M this year, and release 10th-year man Edgar Cortez (52/52), saving $11.9M. I may need to release Orta, though, which would save me almost $29M.

DEFENSIVE LINE
DE Ron Rivera (61/61) is in year 10, has the biggest cap hit on the team, and only had 6.5 sacks last year. I release him, saving over $22M.

LINEBACKERS
I could save $10M-$12M by releasing either OLB. It may need to happen.

SECONDARY
No way I can afford to keep franchisee Barker for the price he wants for renegotiation. He's released.


So after that round, I'm estimating that I need to free up approximately $33M more. *sigh*

[Ben E Lou]

Looking over everything, I release T Orta.

[direct.entropy]

Hey, I'm wondering what happened here. Did you ever finish this season? Did the house rules you developed stick you into a tight spot enough so you actually had to 'make a push' for a title and 'enter rebuilding' as real NFL teams go?