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

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season. I score an 80. Nice!

The 2041 NFL Offseason

Retirements

LB Edward Fuller – We drafted him in my first draft with the Dolphins and he was a stud we kept for a while and then I inherited the man with the Panthers and kept him here. He is retired after finishing 13 seasons in the league. One All Pro

That’s it

Abe’s Boys

RB TJ Mahoney – My post-Fones RB for the Dolphins, and a 5th round drafted pick who did quite well for us.

TE Lawrence Fulton – 3rd round pick for the Dolphins that was one of the better TEs in the league during his run in a certain stud TE’s shadow.

CB Joshua Trunsky – Drafted in the 5th round by the Dolphins, this starting CB started a long time for me.


The Staff Draft

I retain my HC and DC. We pick 3rd and… I make no changes to our staff.

I massage my ticket prices

Here is who I have coming free not as an RFA

…..

That’s it! So no franchises obviously

I head to FA

[Abe Sargent]

The 2041 NFL FA Period #1

I look at the draft. We are drafting 1.28. That’s back there. I need to target talent that might fall. I’d like talent at D Line, a stud OG only, better FS. And I’d take studs at pretty much any place that falls to 1.28. I Interview O Line and D Line.

I sign my RFAs. I have 52 under contract and room for 60 mill after my draft which we are about to use. Heavily.

Here are my players coming free that I am looking to resign, in order of their importance

QB Pritchett
FL Wilcox
OG Tatum
CB Zaiser
OT Gillespie
DT Benson
Wr Brandenfeis
CB Collier

5 backups

I sign Pritchett first as he’s a must despite not playing super well. He wants 200 mill over 5 years, which increases the cap hit by 22 mill this year alone

I also extend LS Belott while talking about it.

Who’s next?

Here are their demands

FL Wilcox – 5 years, 109 mill
OG Tatum – 5 years, 99 mill
CB Zaiser – 4 years, 63 mill
OT Gillespie – 4 years, 57 mill
DT Benson – 4 years, 36 mill
Wr Brandenfeis – 5 years, 62 mill
CB Collier – 3 years, 25 mill


I can replace Collier with the 7th rounder I took and save myself a lotta cash there.

I sign Gillespie now as he’s the best deal in my opinion.

I extend some backups while thinking about it.

And now who? I have 29 mill left in my cap?

I move forward a week to see if anyone is signable.

OC Deion Horton is available but I’m set at C.

WLB David Suzaka is available if I want to bring in a new WLB but I’m fine.

26 mill left. Let’s say 20 for UFAs

Wilcox alone would go from a cap hit of 4 mill this year to 17 mill and would eat up all but 7 mill of what I have left. I need to cut some players in order to free up some cash.

I cut

OG Petrovic – I’ll start a draftee or my signing last year -I save 7 mill

OT Castaneda – I’ll start Farly this year. I save 12.5 mill

With those savings alone I extend Wilcox and Tatum – I am left with 22 mil for new players – 6 – 16 mill.

I extend Rieke by a year and drop his cap this year. I extend Brandenfeis who is my key PR/KR and a great WR.

I cut WR Collier and save 10 mill. I extend Zaiser.

I’ll wait until post draft to sign Benson in case I draft a better DT.


Let’s hit up FA!

Week 2 – Suzaka signs with the Texans.

Week 9 – Petrovic signs with the Giants

I head to the draft

[Abe Sargent]

The 2041 NFL Amateur Draft

Drafting first is the Patriots. They grab at 1.1 QB Walter Flowers, the top Qb and 3rd best player in the draft overall.

Our pick arrives at 1.28. Who is left?

DE Colby Shea, As scouted, 2nd best player on the board
DE Henry Hepburn, Hard to Read
SLB Bryson Sherman – Stud LB, top player on the board. I could grab him and move him to WLB.
OG Neal Ramirez – Nice bars, Overrated
OG Josh Bell – Good run blocking, Hard to Read
DT Marco Walker, As Scouted, not great bars




I like Shea. He meets need and is one of the best players on the board so I grab him

The 2.28 arrives. Who do I like? OG Omar Higbee? I grab him.

3.28 – Dt Colby Hampton? CB Tito Bobo? I do Bobo – he looks like a grower

4.28 – Wanna really push DE? How about Wayne Conyers? Or I could go with S Lamont Dundas. I do Conyers who seems like he fell for some random reason.

5.28 – Hmmm… How about the top OT on the board - Clayton Ottesen?

6.28 – How about a LB? The top one is WLB Vernon Carpenter

7.28 – Who is the Bap? CB Horace Holsey with a 5.1 rating. I grab him.


Rookie Lookie #1

1.28 – DE Colby Shea, Florida, 39/77
2.28 – OG Omar Higbee, Wake Forest, 28/64
3.28 – CB Tito Bobo, Iowa State, 42/55
4.28 – DE Wayne Conyers, Army, 25/65
5.28 – OT Clayton Ottesen, Stanford, 22/43
6.28 – WLB Vernon Carpenter, Mississippi State, 19/42
7.28 – CB Horace Holsey, Ohio State, 21/43

And there we are! I hope Shea won’t bust on me like a certain As Scouted SS did last year…

[Abe Sargent]

The 2041 NFL FA Period #2

Rieke has dropped to 25/25 and I cut him and save 15 mill. I extend Benson. I hope Rieke will end nicely!

I chase these UFAs

WR D.J. Mundt
LB Rickey Chesnut
LB Sherman Brentley
CB Luther Cheung

Week 1 – 1 signs

Week 2 – Collier signs with the Giants, we sign two

Week 3 – I cut CB Brennan. We sign our last FA

Our UFAs

WR D.J. Mundt, 18/39
LB Rickey Chesnut, 17/55
LB Sherman Brentley, 16/52
CB Luther Cheung, 19/47

I have 58 on my roster – let’s head camping!

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2

1.28 – DE Colby Shea, Florida, 39/77; 45/76
2.28 – OG Omar Higbee, Wake Forest, 28/64; 33/64
3.28 – CB Tito Bobo, Iowa State, 42/55; 47/58
4.28 – DE Wayne Conyers, Army, 25/65; 31/60
5.28 – OT Clayton Ottesen, Stanford, 22/43; 25/44
6.28 – WLB Vernon Carpenter, Mississippi State, 19/42; 24/42
7.28 – CB Horace Holsey, Ohio State, 21/43; 24/40


Our UFAs

WR D.J. Mundt, 18/39; 20/37
LB Rickey Chesnut, 17/55; 23/54
LB Sherman Brentley, 16/52; 19/49
CB Luther Cheung, 19/47; 23/45

Sad drop by Conyers! But Bobo may be rising as I’d hoped.

No cuts needed.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2041 NFL Preseason

I hand out some deactives

I am starting Higbee at OG. I massage my depth chart.

Week 2 – At the Bengals – We lose 10-20

Week 3 – Colts – We win 23-20

Week 4 – Steelers- We lose 17-19

Week 5 – At the Texans – We lose 26-28

We go 1-3 in the preseason. Forboding?

Rookie Lookie #3

1.28 – DE Colby Shea, Florida, 39/77; 45/76; 50/74
2.28 – OG Omar Higbee, Wake Forest, 28/64; 33/64; 16/31
3.28 – CB Tito Bobo, Iowa State, 42/55; 47/58; 56/59
4.28 – DE Wayne Conyers, Army, 25/65; 31/60; 32/61
5.28 – OT Clayton Ottesen, Stanford, 22/43; 25/44; 25/46
6.28 – WLB Vernon Carpenter, Mississippi State, 19/42; 24/42; 33/65
7.28 – CB Horace Holsey, Ohio State, 21/43; 24/40; 25/38


Our UFAs

WR D.J. Mundt, 18/39; 20/37; 19/33
LB Rickey Chesnut, 17/55; 23/54; 23/52
LB Sherman Brentley, 16/52; 19/49; 20/44
CB Luther Cheung, 19/47; 23/45; 22/36

WHOA! I did not see the Higbee bust! That’s nasty. I’ll start Lenny Cote at OG this year instead. Actually I have a better Idea. I move OT Mota to OG and will start him. However we got a big boom from Carpenter! I move him to start.

I cut these players

Cb Brian Dudgeon
Cb Horace Holsey
DE Irving Mickell
LB Amos Kramer
LB Sherman Brentley

[Abe Sargent]

Wanna see my rookies?



This is my first rounder DE Colby Shea. As you can see he is pretty solid, and well rounded in a few ways. He’s not a coverage guy, but that’s not why I draft and play DEs. He can be confused by a really smart puppy but he hits like a bull.

Let’s skip my #2 and head to #3



Here is Tito Bobo! As you can see he’s okay in a lot of areas, weak at the hitting, and then will start for us at FS and I have Davidson at nickelback.

[Abe Sargent]

Any offers for next year with my 28+ mill?

How much Bonnell will want to extend now two years early? 133 mill , 5 years. I do it

On the Green Page we have Shea, Bobo, and Conyers. I am starting all three

Rookie Investigation

After busting, Higbee is the worst OG in the draft.

Shea is the 2nd best DE in the draft. Conyers is the 4th best. Miami got the best DE and the best D Line in the draft at 1.27 right before us. Their new GM is nailing their drafts.

After booming in preseason, Carpenter is 5th best among all LBs.

After booming as well, Bobo is the best CB and d back.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2041 Carolina Panthers

Front Office Football Eight
Carolina Panthers Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

Pritchett, Wayne 101 QB QB 4 73 73 5 yrs. 2038
Van Pelt, Maxwell 102 QB 4 39 52 2 yrs. 2038
Bonnell, Ronald 241 RB RB 3 77 77 5 yrs. 2039
Turner, Brendan 238 RB 4 44 44 2 yrs. 2038
##Clark, B.J. 230 RB 2 37 44 1 yr. 2040
Buggelli, Brendan 249 RB FB 4 36 36 1 yr. 2038
Schultz, Percy 440 TE TE 2 46 56 3 yrs. 2040
Lemmon, Teddy 480 TE 2 35 52 2 yrs. 2040
Duffy, Charles 448 TE 4 48 48 2 yrs. 2038
##Schwartz, Steve 443 TE 8 38 38 3 yrs. 2040
Wilcox, Braxton 510 FL FL 4 66 66 5 yrs. 2038
DuBois, Harold 587 FL 3 57 57 2 yrs. 2039
##Mundt, D.J. 582 FL 1 19 33 1 yr. 2041
Brandenfeis, Marco 583 SE SE 4 59 59 5 yrs. 2038
Woodard, Bryson 511 SE 2 45 54 1 yr. 2040
Lynch, Al 650 C C 2 71 81 3 yrs. 2040
Briggs, Billy 655 C 2 31 54 1 yr. 2040
Tatum, Sammy 770 LG LG 4 92 92 5 yrs. 2038
Nixon, Amos 764 LG 3 27 45 3 yrs. 2039
##Higbee, Omar 761 LG 1 16 31 4 yrs. 2041
Mota, Duane 763 RG RG 3 22 58 2 yrs. 2039
Cote, Lenny 762 RG 7 47 47 2 yrs. 2040
Gillespie, Kurt 865 LT LT 4 71 71 4 yrs. 2038
Ottesen, Clayton 875 LT 1 25 46 4 yrs. 2041
Farley, Grant 860 RT RT 2 33 66 3 yrs. 2040
Holdgate, Quinn 908 P 4 51 51 3 yrs. 2038
Mergen, Brent 1018K 3 68 68 2 yrs. 2039
Shea, Colby 1177LDE LDE 1 50 74 4 yrs. 2041
Conyers, Wayne 1191RDE RDE 1 32 61 4 yrs. 2041
Compton, Jamal 1172RDE 3 45 58 2 yrs. 2039
Malone, Leonard 1178RDE 2 29 49 3 yrs. 2040
Joseph, Jonah 1279LDT RDT 13 54 54 1 yr. 2040
##Henry, Amir 1297LDT 2 33 40 3 yrs. 2040
Cogdell, Joe 1296RDT 3 53 53 2 yrs. 2039
Benson, Taylor 1273RDT LDT 4 45 45 4 yrs. 2038
Chesnut, Rickey 1351MLB 1 23 52 1 yr. 2041
Hartman, Lonnie 1395MLB MLB 9 50 50 2 yrs. 2038
Stone, Alvin 1452SLB SLB 6 66 66 2 yrs. 2040
Carpenter, Vernon 1457WLB WLB 1 33 65 4 yrs. 2041
Donaldson, Shaun 1492WLB 8 49 49 1 yr. 2038
Ragonesi, Jerald 1458WLB 11 46 46 1 yr. 2039
Ellingson, Marc 1498WLB 4 40 40 3 yrs. 2038
Bobo, Tito 1546LCB FS 1 56 69 4 yrs. 2041
Zaiser, Eli 1545LCB LCB 4 59 59 4 yrs. 2038
Collier, Miles 1529LCB 4 51 51 1 yr. 2038
Ackerman, Owen 1533LCB 10 44 44 2 yrs. 2039
##Cheung, Luther 1528LCB 1 22 36 1 yr. 2041
Boucvalt, Theodore 1524RCB RCB 2 44 56 3 yrs. 2040
Schneider, Dominique 1635SS SS 2 67 74 3 yrs. 2040
Davidson, Morris 1632SS 3 45 45 2 yrs. 2039
Ogden, Mike 1634FS 4 42 42 1 yr. 2038
##Sadler, Lester 1625FS 2 35 38 2 yrs. 2040
Belott, Vinny 444 LS 4 21 21 2 yrs. 2038

$$ - 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: $333,800,000
Cap Room: $12,660,000
Maximum for New Player: $13,640,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $28,170,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $16,400,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $294,330,000

We have drops in vets like Ackerman, Ragonesi and Te Schwartz.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2041 NFL Regular Season

Week 1 – At the Bucs – Can we start with an away win? We lose 20-36. Nope! Pritchett was 18 of 27, 204 and 1:2, TE Schultz with the score, Chestnut recovered a fumble on a punt and scored. 2 FF by Stone

Week 2 – At the Bills – Hello Buffalo! We lose 17-27. Bonnell is Game MVP with 22 for 126 and 2 scores. Pritchett is 21 of 39,171 and 0:3 picks. 2 picks by Stone. 4 pasdef by Schneider and 3 by Bobo. 5 KRb by Tatum

Week 3 -At the Giants- We win 24-21. Pritchett, Game MVP, 26 of 38, 323, 3:1, Wilcox 9 for 102 and 1 score, scores by Brandenfeis and Bonnell. 4 KRB by Gillespie

TE Duffy is out for a bit.

Week 4 – Bears – We win 30-27. Bonnell was 22 of 111 and 1 score. Pritchett, 28 of 39, 209, pick by CB Collier, Ackerman a KR return, 5 for 5 in FGs by Mergen, 4 KRb by Lynch and Tatum.

We’re 2-2 at the 1st quarter mark

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – Falcons – We win 27-18. Pritchett is MVP with 23 of 38, 257 and 3:1. He hit for scores Schultz, DuBois and Bonnell, who was 24 for 103. Pick by Schneider. Mota with 5 KRB

Week 6 – Packers – We win 25-19. MVP is Pritchett with 32 of 55, 447 and 0:1. Wilcox was 7 for 110 and Dubois 11 for 177. Bonnell a rush TD. Fum Rec TD by Bobo, FF by Stone.

Week 7 – At the Vikings - We win 24-7. Pritchett, MVP, 21 of 32, 212, 2:0, Scores by DuBois and Schultz. Bonnell with 29 for 108 and 1 score. 3 pasdef by Schneider. 4 KRB by Tatum.

Duffy is back.

Week 8 – At the Saints – We lose 14-31. Pritchett is 26 of 44, 297 and 1:0. Two scores by Bonnell, one each catching and rushing.

WR DuBois is injured for a month or so

We are 5-3 at the half.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 9 – At the Lions – We lose 20-27. Pritchett is 22 of 40, 206 and 0:2. Pick by Davidson and Pick six by Schneider. FF by Hartman recovered by Boucvalt.

Week 10 – BYE

Week 11 – Bucs – We get back to our winning ways 21-10. MVP is Bonnell with 35 for 143 and 1 score, rush score by Pritchett who was 17 of 27, 196 and 1:0. That score was Bonnell. FF by Zaiser recovered by Bobo. 7 KRB by Tatum!

DuBois is back.

Week 12 – At the Dolphins!!!!!!!!! – Uh Oh…We lose 14-31. Pritchett, 22 of 40, 222 and 1:1, scre by Schultz, Wilcox 9 for 110, pick six by LB Ragonesi, pick by Davidson,

Week 13 – The 10-1 Seahawks are here – We win! 16-3. Bonnell, MVP, 28 of 146, Pritchett was 20 of 32, 186 and 1:1 hitting for a score Bonnell. Picks by Stone and Donaldson. 6 KRB by tatum.

We are 7-5 at the three quarter mark.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – Patriots – We win 24-0! Our first shutout with the Panthers. Pritchett, MVP, 24 of 31, 309, 3:1. Wilcox 8 for 131 and 1 score. Scores by DuBois and Brandenfeis. Stone with another pick. 2.5 sacks by Shea. 4 KB by Tatum.

Week 15 – At the Falcons – We lose 34-40. Game MVP Is Pritchett despit ethe loss with 29 of 40, 461 and 3:1. Wilcox 9 for 161 and 2 scores. DuBois the other. Bonnell the other score. FF bY Stone and Collier. 3 pasdef by Schneider. 4 KRB By Tatum

Week 16 – Jets – We are facing both of my old teams this year! We win 28-12. MVp is Pritchett with 23 of 25, 310 and 3:0. Wilcox 10 for 133, 1 score. Scores by Duffy and DuBois. Bonnell was26 for 133 and1 score. 7 KRB by Lynch and 5 by Tatum.

Week 17 – Saints – We win 23-3. Game MVP is Pritchett with 26 of 31, 288 and 2:0, and Wilcox was 12 for 131 and 2 scores Bonnell was 24 for 103, pick by Schneider. 4 KRB by OT Farley

We are 10-6 and won the NFC South but we do not have a bye.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2041 NFL Playoffs

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

Lions at Packers
Rams at Panthers

Dolphins at Chiefs
Texans at Jets

All of my teams are in the playoffs!

Results?

Detroit 27-24

Dolphins 30-27
Jets 24-17

Us, 28-14

Pritchett, MVP, 34 of 46, 307, 2:1
Wilcox 17 for 148
Scores by Duffy and DuBois
Bonnell, 19 of 81, 1 score

Pick by Zaiser

6 KRb by Lynch

All of my teams won!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

Panthers at Eagles
Lions at Seahawks

Dolphins at Bengals
Jets at Colts

Results?

Jets 20-17
Bengals 28-21
Seahawks 41-17

And…



We lose 10-20

Pritchett, 18 of 33, 197, 0:3 – That Pritchett showed up…
Pick by Davison
Rush score by Bonnell


Week 3 – Conference Championships

NFC – 11-5 Raleigh Eagles at 13-3 Seattle Seahawks

AFC – 10-6 New York Jets at 11-4-1 Cincinnati Bengals

Winners?

Jets 31-9
Seahawks 22-20



The 2041 NFL Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #4 Seed 10-6 New York Jets

Vs

Your NFC Champion #1 Seed 13-3 Seattle Seahawks

Jets win 33-6. The Jets keep on winning after we Juggernauted them!

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

League MVP – RB Ronald Bonnell
Off. Player of the Year – RB Ronald Bonnell

All Pro 1st Team

RB Ronald Bonnell
WR Braxton Wilcox
OG Sammy Tatum
SS Dominique Schneider


All Pro 2nd Team

P Quinn Holdgate

Good stuff! We have two new players with All Pro on my roster!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.28 – DE Colby Shea, Florida, 39/77; 45/76; 50/74; 66/74
2.28 – OG Omar Higbee, Wake Forest, 28/64; 33/64; 16/31; 16/31
3.28 – CB Tito Bobo, Iowa State, 42/55; 47/58; 56/59; 67/69
4.28 – DE Wayne Conyers, Army, 25/65; 31/60; 32/61; 45/61
5.28 – OT Clayton Ottesen, Stanford, 22/43; 25/44; 25/46; 25/46
6.28 – WLB Vernon Carpenter, Mississippi State, 19/42; 24/42; 33/65; 40/65
7.28 – CB Horace Holsey, Ohio State, 21/43; 24/40; 25/38; CUT


Our UFAs

WR D.J. Mundt, 18/39; 20/37; 19/33, 19/33
LB Rickey Chesnut, 17/55; 23/54; 23/52; 31/52
LB Sherman Brentley, 16/52; 19/49; 20/44, CUT
CB Luther Cheung, 19/47; 23/45; 22/36, CUT

And there you have it!

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Pritchett – 380 of 588, 4298, 24:14, 88.6 rating, 28 sacks

2nd in yards, tied for 5th in TDs, 8th in rating.

Rushing

RB Bonnell – 367 for 1489, 4.06 ypc, 10 scores

He was first by 125 yards, tied for the most TDs

Receiving






Wilcox finished with a studly 1444 yards and 7 scores on 119 grabs. He had the most yards in the league. Bonnell was 2nd in grabs and added another 550 yards to his total to go over 2k again as well as 5 more scores. Good stuff!

Blocking




Here you go! Tatum owned those KRB this year. Just one player grabbed 50, and he was 2nd by one KRB. Just 2 sacks by Tatum is nice. Lynch had another great year and others were fine

Special Teams

K Mergen – 19 of 22, Long 48, 28 of 29 PAT

It was a down year for my offense and he wasn’t used as much

P Holdgate – 93 punts, 48.8 avg,34 in 20

Great year by the guy!

Ackerman with a RET TD.

[Abe Sargent]

Defense



Here are our defensive numbers. Stone led in tackles, not Hartman who had a down year. Note the nice 8.5 debut by Shea in his rookie year! I thought he might get Def. Rookie of the Year. Rookie Conyers was right behind him with 8. Good stuff! Joseph with a down year, to be expected given his age. Benson as well.

Pass Coverage



Stone led my team in picks and was solid in pasdef at 9. For a guy bad at picks, Schneider certainly delivered! Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – OG Sammy Tatum – Tatum was great with the KRbs and only allowed a pair of sacks on the year. He also won another AllPro. Good stuff Tatum!

Def. Player of the Year – SS Dominique Schneider – Got his first All Pro, 3 picks, a pick six and led my team in pasdef. Great stuff!

Special Teams Player of the Year – P Quinn Holdgate- Dude wins All Pro…

Rookie of the Year – DE Colby Shea – Led my team in sacks and hurries. Good job rookie!

Heart Award – LB Mark Ellington – We play him on special teams where he grabbed 24 tackles, 3 FF, 1 rec, and was a great gunner! Good job Ellington!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season and score a 74 Uh oh

The 2042 NFL Offseason

Retirements

DT Jonah Joseph - Tons of all pros, definitely a Hall of Fame player. Have a good life!

DE Kirk Rieke – Our only NFL Def. PotY in or career. Lots of AllPros, another HOF player!


CB Owen Ackerman – one All Pro, played his whole career for us with the Dolphins and then the Panthers. He was one of my best UFA acquisitions in the dynasty.

Abe’s Boys Elsewhere

OG Alec Petrovic – One All Pro, was a stud for me at OG, and he is heading out for his next career.


Staff Draft

We draft 6th. Any changes?

Our OC was hired as a head coach so we need to hire someone else. The top OC option is Earnest Dillon, a balanced lover, and I hire him

No other changes


I look at my roster. I have one RB FA, two LBs with Ragonesi and Donaldson, and CB Collier and S Ogden. The rest are RFAs so I make no changes.

What do I need to draft?

Backup – RBx2, A better backup than Ven Pelt at Qb if possible, CB, LBx2, WR,
Starter – OG, DT, FS,

Let’s head to FA!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2042 NFL FA Period #1

We are drafting 1.27. I interview OGs, DBs and DTs

We have 48 mill under our cap and 36 for new deals.

Who is coming up this year?

MLB Lonnie Hartman who has dropped to 50/50 – I will not resign
OG Lenny Cote – Probably not resigning
SLB Alvin Stone – 7th year vet,66/66. I may want to resign. What does he want? 54 mill 4 years. Let’s wait until post-draft
WR Harold DuBois – Wants 51 mill, 4 years. Nope
OG Mota – Wants 23 mill over 5 years. Done
S Davidson – Wants 15 mill for three years. Done

I sign some backups

I extend my K and LS

I add MLB to my starter want list in the draft.

I have 25 mill left in my cap

Any 2 years left I want to extend? I extend OT Farley. How about Schneider? He wants 51 mill over 4 years. Done.

Any targets I want to chase in FA?

Should I make an offer for FB Stanley Delgado – he is the 6th best FB in the league. But it would be 4 years and 26 mill so no thanks…


Week 9 – RB Brendan Buggelli signs with the Bucs

Week 10 – LB Donaldson signs with the Giants and CB Collier with the Bears

I’ll see you at the draft!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2042 NFL Amateur Draft

Drafting at the 1.1 spot is DC. Who do they take? OT Kirk Meier, the top overall player on the board.

Our pick arrives at 1.27.

Who is left?

Here are my needs….

Backup – RBx2, A better backup than Ven Pelt at Qb if possible, CB, LBx2, WR,
Starter – OG, DT, FS, MLB

If I could come away with a S (or a CB I move over), DT, OG or LB or quality here I’ll be happy.

Who do we have?

SS Clayton Jacke – Overrated- 3rd player on the board and top S
SS Carlton Winters – Hard to Read, 4th player and 2nd S on the board
OG Joe Wynn - Overrated – 5th player on the board, top OG
FS Roman Hicks – Ran out of interviews, 6th S on the board but looks good with the bars
LB Brock Pauley – Top player on the board, looks studly
OG Phillip Parrish – Very underrated


I like Parrish, Hicks or Pauley here


Wanna See?



Here’s the very underrated OG. As you can see, he’s nice and well rounded.



Here’s the top player on the board, Brock Pauley, with no major weaknesses save for play d. He would be a great new MLB for me to replace Hartman.



Here’s Roman Hicks. Not the best at the bump and run and weaker st run d, but he looks pretty sexy

You need all three and it’s 1.27 so you are getting a solid contributor to the three needs on my roster. Who do I like?

[Abe Sargent]

Reasons for Each –

For Parrish – I have interviewed him and like him. That’s big. His bars are consistent.

Against Parrish - I get OGs all of the time later and it’s not uncommon to get them here at the back or the 1st or 2nd. Or even later. It’s the position of least need. Mota is 88 in run blocking pot and I don’t need the best OG in the world especially given my contract.

For LB Pauley – The MLB is a big need in a 4-3. This would be a big increase in value from 50/50 currently.

Against Pauley – I don’t need Pauley that much. I don’t need to be spending 1sts for LBs in a 4-3 when I have a better option, and I have studs elsewhere on the board I can snag.

For Hicks – DBs this good this good this late are rare. The OG and LB here isn’t that uncommon. Hicks is. Getting another stud in the defensive backfield could really shut things down.

Against Hicks – Will I be able to afford a nasty stud at each S? Am I just renting Hicks for a few years and then moving on? Isn’t this guy superfluous when I can start FS Davidson?

Hm…………………….

Parrish’s very underrated is valuable. Pauley’s bigger upgrade is valuable. Hicks’ rare studery this late is valuable….

Hicks, Pauley, or Parrish?

I do Hicks. It’s too rare not too. Without an interview it’s a gamble…but we lost on an As Scouted SS so I’ll take it.

2nd Round? Any starting talent left at OG, DT, or LB? It’s a reach, but the top OG is Russell Finch. Do I grab him? He’s a run blocking specialist which I like. I take him. Maybe he’ll boom like my LB did last year!

3rd Round? How about DT Jared Heard? Or LB Gabriel Miley? Or CB Omar McDonald? I do Heard. DT is a bigger need than LB. He looks like a grower.

4th round – The BAP is DE Dillon Becker but I don’t need DE, right? WR Enrique Ruth? I do Ruth.

5th Round – I need another D Back….who is the top one? Donald Sinclair is. I draft him.

6.26 – RB Marty Anderson?

7.27 – WLB Giovanni Huffman


Rookie Lookie #1

1.27 – S Roman Hicks, Davidsson; 32/73
2.26 – OG Russell Finch, Stanford; 33/55
3.27 – DT Jared Heard, Air Force; 33/42
4.26 – WR Enrique Ruth, Weber State; 29/42
5.27 – CB Donald Sinclair, Abilene Christian; 24/48
6.26 – RB Marty Anderson, Pittsburgh; 41/50
7.27 – WLB Giovanni Huffman, Stanford; 22/62

Not the best later part of the draft but I think it wasn’t as strong a draft as it could have been. In Hicks we Trust.

[Abe Sargent]

We have three franchise move votes. Here is what is happening

The Baltimore Ravens wanna move to Columbia in SC. That measure failed
The Jets wanna move to Richmond. That measure succeeds

Tennessee Titans want to move to Augusta. That move…also succeeds!


The NFL 2042 FA Period #2

I extend LB Stone

I have 17 mill left for UFAs

I have 53 under my contract.

I make offers to these UFA Rookies

CB Trent Gelenaw
RB Marlon Krzys
DE Peyton Schwarzhaupt
LB Mitchell Ellard

Week 1 – one signs

Week 2 – two more join us.

Week 3 – The last is ours

UFAs


CB Trent Gelenaw, 27/49
RB Marlon Krzys, 32/46
DE Peyton Schwarzhaupt, 20/45
LB Mitchell Ellard, 18/48

There we are!

Time for a little camping…

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2

1.27 – S Roman Hicks, Davidsson; 32/73; 38/73
2.26 – OG Russell Finch, Stanford; 33/55; 36/56
3.27 – DT Jared Heard, Air Force; 33/42; 36/44
4.26 – WR Enrique Ruth, Weber State; 29/42; 30/43
5.27 – CB Donald Sinclair, Abilene Christian; 24/48; 28/45
6.26 – RB Marty Anderson, Pittsburgh; 41/50; 46/52
7.27 – WLB Giovanni Huffman, Stanford; 22/62; 28/58

Is Heard growing? Please don’t bust Hicks…

UFAs


CB Trent Gelenaw, 27/49; 30/47
RB Marlon Krzys, 32/46; 34/46
DE Peyton Schwarzhaupt, 20/45; 23/40
LB Mitchell Ellard, 18/48; 22/45

Man our UFas are not doing well…

I have 57 on my roster so I head to the preaseason.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2042 NFL Preseason

I had out deactives and massage my depth chart

Week 2 – Ravens – We win 20-19

Week 3 – At the Jaguars – We lose 10-24

Week 4 – Bengals – We win 24-7

Week 5 – At the Colts – We win 16-13

We go 3-1 in the preseason

Rookie Lookie #3

1.27 – S Roman Hicks, Davidsson; 32/73; 38/73; 41/76
2.26 – OG Russell Finch, Stanford; 33/55; 36/56; 39/60
3.27 – DT Jared Heard, Air Force; 33/42; 36/44; 41/56
4.26 – WR Enrique Ruth, Weber State; 29/42; 30/43; 32/46
5.27 – CB Donald Sinclair, Abilene Christian; 24/48; 28/45; 29/51
6.26 – RB Marty Anderson, Pittsburgh; 41/50; 46/52; 50/59
7.27 – WLB Giovanni Huffman, Stanford; 22/62; 28/58; 26/51

A decent rise by Heard as expected. Hello Anderson! Bust by Huffman.

UFAs


CB Trent Gelenaw, 27/49; 30/47; 30/40
RB Marlon Krzys, 32/46; 34/46; 34/45
DE Peyton Schwarzhaupt, 20/45; 23/40; 22/34
LB Mitchell Ellard, 18/48; 22/45; 22/39

Lots of busts by these guys

I cut these players to get to 53

WR DJ Mundt
RB Brendan Turner
OG Omar Higbee
DE Peyton Schwarzhaupt

I have 16 mill under the cap. Any 2 year extensions I wanna offer? OC Lynch? He wants 62 mill for 4 years. I agree

[Abe Sargent]

Wanna see my rookies?



Hicks is a pick-a-saurus-rex. He is the opposite of Ernie Weber! If he can pay like it? I’ll be pretty happy. I moved S Davidson to nickelback.

How about my 2nd round?
 


Here is Finch. Here’s not this amazing guy, and I wish some of that STR were in pass blocking, but he should prove solid in the run blocking game should he be called upon to do so.

[Abe Sargent]

On The Green Page we have nobody.

This rookie class feels disappointing so how did I actually do? Was it a weak draft?

Let’s look!

At RB, after booming in preseason, RB Anderson is now the 5th best Rb in the draft. This was a RB draft with three studs in the 70s. Only two in the 50s.

At WR Ruth, is 8th best

At OG Finch is the 4th best. The OG I was looking at at 1.27 was drafted 1.30 and is the 3rd best OG after busting at 41/64.

This was a non-draft for Dts. Heard was 2nd best.

LB Huffman is the 10th best at any position. My SLB I was eyeing at 1.27 is 45/67

At d-backs, Hicks is not only the best S but he’s the best DBack.

So when you look at that,the draft felt pretty weak.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2042 Carolina Panthers

Front Office Football Eight
Carolina Panthers Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

Pritchett, Wayne 101 QB QB 5 73 73 4 yrs. 2038
Van Pelt, Maxwell 102 QB 5 44 51 2 yrs. 2038
Bonnell, Ronald 241 RB RB 4 76 76 4 yrs. 2039
Anderson, Marty 249 RB FB 1 50 59 4 yrs. 2042
Krzys, Marlon 222 RB 1 37 45 1 yr. 2042
##Clark, B.J. 230 RB 3 38 42 1 yr. 2040
Schultz, Percy 440 TE TE 3 53 54 2 yrs. 2040
Lemmon, Teddy 480 TE 3 42 52 2 yrs. 2040
Duffy, Charles 448 TE 5 47 47 1 yr. 2038
##Schwartz, Steve 443 TE 9 27 27 2 yrs. 2040
Wilcox, Braxton 510 FL FL 5 66 66 4 yrs. 2038
DuBois, Harold 587 FL 4 56 56 1 yr. 2039
Brandenfeis, Marco 583 SE SE 5 59 59 4 yrs. 2038
Woodard, Bryson 511 SE 3 54 54 2 yrs. 2040
Ruth, Enrique 585 SE 1 32 46 4 yrs. 2042
Lynch, Al 650 C C 3 83 83 4 yrs. 2040
Briggs, Billy 655 C 3 27 43 1 yr. 2040
Tatum, Sammy 770 LG LG 5 94 94 4 yrs. 2038
Finch, Russell 766 LG 1 39 60 4 yrs. 2042
##Nixon, Amos 764 LG 4 29 43 2 yrs. 2039
Mota, Duane 763 RG RG 4 40 57 5 yrs. 2039
Cote, Lenny 762 RG 8 43 43 1 yr. 2040
Gillespie, Kurt 865 LT LT 5 70 70 3 yrs. 2038
##Ottesen, Clayton 875 LT 2 28 48 3 yrs. 2041
Farley, Grant 860 RT RT 3 55 68 5 yrs. 2040
Holdgate, Quinn 908 P 5 49 49 2 yrs. 2038
Mergen, Brent 1018K 4 71 71 2 yrs. 2039
Shea, Colby 1177LDE LDE 2 72 72 3 yrs. 2041
Compton, Jamal 1172RDE 4 59 59 1 yr. 2039
Conyers, Wayne 1191RDE RDE 2 52 58 3 yrs. 2041
Malone, Leonard 1178RDE 3 34 50 2 yrs. 2040
Heard, Jared 1276LDT 1 41 56 4 yrs. 2042
##Henry, Amir 1297LDT 3 38 42 2 yrs. 2040
Cogdell, Joe 1296RDT LDT 4 56 56 1 yr. 2039
Benson, Taylor 1273RDT RDT 5 45 45 3 yrs. 2038
Ellard, Mitchell 1353SILB 1 22 39 1 yr. 2042
Chesnut, Rickey 1351MLB 2 37 53 1 yr. 2041
Hartman, Lonnie 1395MLB MLB 10 44 44 1 yr. 2038
Stone, Alvin 1452SLB SLB 7 68 68 4 yrs. 2040
Carpenter, Vernon 1457WLB WLB 2 53 67 3 yrs. 2041
Huffman, Giovanni 1454WLB 1 26 51 4 yrs. 2042
Ellingson, Marc 1498WLB 5 33 33 2 yrs. 2038
Bobo, Tito 1546LCB LCB 2 70 70 3 yrs. 2041
Zaiser, Eli 1545LCB RCB 5 62 62 3 yrs. 2038
Sinclair, Donald 1523LCB 1 29 51 4 yrs. 2042
Gelenaw, Trent 1539LCB 1 30 40 1 yr. 2042
##Cheung, Luther 1528LCB 2 24 34 2 yrs. 2041
Boucvalt, Theodore 1524RCB 3 61 61 2 yrs. 2040
Schneider, Dominique 1635SS SS 3 75 75 4 yrs. 2040
Hicks, Roman 1629FS FS 1 41 76 4 yrs. 2042
Davidson, Morris 1632FS 4 49 49 3 yrs. 2039
##Sadler, Lester 1625FS 3 37 37 1 yr. 2040
Belott, Vinny 444 LS 5 21 21 2 yrs. 2038

$$ - 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: $338,500,000
Cap Room: $7,000,000
Maximum for New Player: $8,000,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $18,730,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $1,220,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $289,950,000

[Abe Sargent]

The 2042 NFL Regular Season

Last year we were 10-6. The previous year we were 12-4. This year I think we’ll split the difference and come in at 11-5.

Week 1 – At the Falcons – We begin this season on the road and in the division, just like last season. Can we win? We lose 17-31, which we did last season as well. Pritchett was 30 of 52, 371 and 2:1, Wilcox and Brandenfeis with scores. Pick by DE Shea. A pick.

Week 2 – Bengals – We win 23-13. MVP is Bonnell with 27 for 120 and 1 score, Pritchett was 22 of 40 for 288 and 1:1 Wilcox with the score. Pick by Schneider. 5 KRB by Tatum 4 each by Lynch and Farley.

Week 3 – At the Packers – We win 24-17. MVP is Pritchett with 19 of 26, 211, 2:1, Schultz and DuBois with scores. Bonnell is 25 for 108 and 1 score. Pick by Stone. FF by Hicks and Hartman. 5 KRB by Mota

Week 4 – Cowboys – We thump them 41-14! MVP is Bonnell with 27 for 132 and 3 scores. Pritchett was 22 of 31, 255 and 1:0. Brandenfeis the score. Picks by Hicks and Stone. 6 KRB by Cote, 5 by Mota, 4 by Farley

We are 3-1 a the 1st quarter

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At the Giants – We win 31-21. Bonnell was 24 for 118 and 2 scores. Pritchett 15 for 25, 109 and 2:0 hitting scores Wilcox and DuBois. FF bY Stone and Schneider. 1 recoverd by Zaiser. 4 KRb by Cote.

QB Pritchett is out for 6 weeks!

Uh oh…

Week 6 – Eagles – We win 30-27! Van Pelt was 19 of 25, 249 and 2:1. Wilcox 8 for 137 and 1 score. TE Schultz another score and Bonnell rushed for a score. FF by DE Compton and Shea, rec by Conyers and Dt Cogdell. 2 sacks by DE Compton.

Week 7 – Falcons – We win 24-6. MVP is Van Pelt with 20 of 24,200 and 3:0. Scores by DuBois and Schultzx2. Picks by Davidson, Stone, and Davidson.

Week 8 – At DC – We lose 13-16 – Van Pelt was 20 of 37, 237 and 1:1, DuBois the score, pick by Stone, FF by Stone and Boucvalt. 2.5 sacks by Conyers, 4 KRB by Conley.

We are 6-2 at the half…

[Abe Sargent]

Week 9 – Saints – They are 6-1. We win 36-31. Nice! Bonnell was 23 for 123, Van Pelt was 26 of 41, 396 and 3:4. Wilcox was 9 of 110 and 1 score. DuBois was 8 for 119. Brandenfeis and Schultz with scores. Picks by Hicks, Zaiser and Stone. FF by Stone and Carpenter. 3 pasdef by Zaiser.


Out is a backup CB

Week 10 – BYE

Week 11 – At the Bucs. We lose 7-10. I’ll skip the stats. They aren’t many

Pritchett is back! We did well in his absence.

Week 12 – Ravens – We win 29-7. Bonnell, MVP, 30 of 178, 1 score. Pritchett 19 of 32, 199 and 1:1. Bonnell the TD grab, Picks by Hicks and Davidson. FF by Schneider and WLB Carpenter with a rec by DE Shea. 4 KRB by Tatum

Week 13 – Seahawks – We win 28-0 MVP is Pritchett with 19 of 28, 264, and 4:1. Scores by Wilcox, Bonnell, Anderson and Duffy. Bonnell was 7 grabs for 111 yards and 28 for 101 yards. Picks by Davidson, Boucvalt, and Carpenter. FF by Davidson and DE Compton, rec by DE Shea. 4 KRB by Tatum

DE Conyers is out for a few weeks.

We are 9-3

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – At the Browns – We win 23-20. Game MVP Is DE Compton! With 2.5 sacks and a FF. That fumble was recovered by Davidson who returned it for a score. FF by Hicks and Cogdell. Bonnell, 22 for 129, Pritchett was 19 of 37, 180 and 2:2 hitting for scores Wilcox and Bonnell. 4 KRB by Mota.

Week 15 -At the Saints – We win 31-7. MVP is Pritchett with 21 of 28, 196 and 2:0. Wilcox was 6 for 101, scores by Duffy and Schultz. Bonnell was 28 for 149 and 2 scores. Pick by Davidson. 6 KRB by Tatum, 4 by Farley.

Week 16 – At the Steelers – We win 22-7. K Mergen Game MVP with all of the FGs. Bonnell 18 for 101, 1 score. Pritchett is 22 of 35, 252 and 0:1. Stone with a pick. 4 KRb by Lynch

DE Conyers is back

Week 17 -Bucs – They are 10-5. Can we defeat them? We win 34-6. Game MVP is Pritchett with 16 of 32, 268 and 2:0. Scores by DuBois and Wilcox. Bonnell is with 32 for 122 and 1 score. We had four picks on the day. A pick six by Boucvalt. Picks by DT Benson, Hicks and Carpenter. FF by Hicks and Bobo, recovery by Hicks and Schneider.

We finish 13-3 and have a bye as DC was also 13-3.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2042 NFL Playoffs

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

Dolphins over Colts 23-3
Bengals over Browns 13-7

Rams over Saints 30-10
Pack over Bucs 27-7

Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

Bengals at the Jets
Dolphins at the Chiefs

Rams at Panthers
Pack at DC


Results

Chiefs 29-27
Bengals 27-17

Pack 31-17


And











We win and make it to the Conference Championship for the first time In four goes

24-20

Pritchett, MVP, 18 of22, 183, 2:0
TE Lemon and WR Woodard with the score
Bonnell 27 for 151 and 1 score

Pick bY Schneider
FF by Carpenter


4 pasdef by Schneider

4 KRb by Lynch, Tatum and Farley

Good job

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – Conference Championships

AFC – 10-6 Bengals at 12-4 Chiefs

NFC – 9-7 Packers at 13-3 Panthers

Results – Bengals 23-6




Us!

23-20

Pritchett, 30 of 42, 292
Bonnell, MVP, 27 for 153 and 2 scores
Wilcox 8 for 143

Pick by Davidson
FF by Carpenter

2 sacks by Conyers
3 pasdef by Hicks

4 KRB by Mota, Lynch and Tatum,

Ready for our first Super Bowl Appearance?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2042 NFL Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #4 Seed 10-6 Cincinnati Bengals

Vs

Your NFC Champion #2 Seed 13-3 Carolina Panthers

And










We……………………………………………………………………







Win 31-24!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pritchett, Game MVP, 30-41, 257, 4:1,
2 scores each by Dubois and Brandenfeis
Bonnell held to 71 on 17 carries

Pick by Davidson

2 sacks by Conyers

Good job!!!!!!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

League MVP – RB Ronald Bonnell
Super Bowl MVP – QB Wayne Pritchett

Off. Player of the Year – RB Ronald Bonnell

All Pro 1st Team

RB Ronald Bonnell
WR Braxton Wilcox
OT Grant Farley


Not as many All Pros as we should have had, I’m shocked Stone wasn’t an All Pro. This is Pritchett’s first league award. Farley with his first All Pro, good job!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.27 – S Roman Hicks, Davidsson; 32/73; 38/73; 41/76; 56/76
2.26 – OG Russell Finch, Stanford; 33/55; 36/56; 39/60; 39/6
3.27 – DT Jared Heard, Air Force; 33/42; 36/44; 41/56; 45/56
4.26 – WR Enrique Ruth, Weber State; 29/42; 30/43; 32/46; 33/46
5.27 – CB Donald Sinclair, Abilene Christian; 24/48; 28/45; 29/51; 29/51
6.26 – RB Marty Anderson, Pittsburgh; 41/50; 46/52; 50/59; 55/59
7.27 – WLB Giovanni Huffman, Stanford; 22/62; 28/58; 26/51; 26/51


UFAs

CB Trent Gelenaw, 27/49; 30/47; 30/40; 33/40
RB Marlon Krzys, 32/46; 34/46; 34/45; 39/45
DE Peyton Schwarzhaupt, 20/45; 23/40; 22/34; CUT
LB Mitchell Ellard, 18/48; 22/45; 22/39; 22/39

And there you are!

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Pritchett – 224 of 356, 2583 yards, 19:9, 92.0 rating
QB Van Pelt – 114 of 177, 1252 yards, 10:9, 82.8 rating

A down year with injury

Rushing

RB Bonnell – 398 for 1689, 4.24 ypc, 13 scores

Bonnell was first in yards and scores.

Receiving




Here you go! This was a down year for Wilcox, but his 1188 yards were 4th in the league, and his 8 scores tied for 1st. DuBois a solid season in his final year with us. Bonnell a solid 548 yards on 56 grabs and he was more than 2.1k yards from scrimmage.

Blocking




Farley had a great year for us in the KRBs with 3 pancakes and 5 sacks allowed. Tatum was2nd with 36 but his KRO was down so his KRB is obviously down as well. He had the highest blocking % by far. I can’t fault him for not being used that‘s a coaching decision.

Special Teams

K Mergen – 31 of 37, Long of 52; 45 of 45 PAT

A much better season this year!

P Holdgate – 86 punts, 49.1 average – nasty, 27 in 20 – not good

He was hot and cold. Nasty average that led the league but a lower % in 20.

We had no returns for scores this year

[Abe Sargent]

Defense



Stone led my team in tackles and added 2.5 sacks. Three of my DEs rocked more than 5 sacks but this is a disappointing total for Shea. Benson only added 4.5 sacks. This was a down year for my sacks

Pass Coverage



Stone led my team in picks with 6 and notched a nice 9 pasdef. No LB got as many picks as he did and yet…no All Pro. We had a lot of picks with Davidson notching 5 picks and rookie Hicks 4. We had a lot of pasdef out there as well. It was a good year in this area!

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – Ot Grant Farley – His first All Pro! Good job sir!

Def. Player of the Year – SLB Alvin Stone – He led my team in two key assists and was robbed of an All Pro…

Special Teams Player of the Year – K Brent Mergen – Had no missed PATs! Solid FG numbers and one Game MVP.

Rookie of the Year – FS Roman Hicks – He was 3rd in picks, had a great pick six, notched double digit pasdef. Good job!

Heart Award – QB Maxwell Van Pelt – Stepped into the starting role for a serious stretch of games and did quite well for us in the wins. Good job!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season and I score an 88

The 2043 NFL Offseason

Retirements of Note

Our AC retires at the age of 68

No Players on our team

Abe’s Boys

OC Derrick Dixon – 7th round draftee early in Dolphins, only was with the team for a few years before heading out to other teams

MLB Josiah Shaw – A nasty 4t rounder we played at MLB for a few years, and a franchise tag, but let go as he was too expensive. We replaced him with Hartman. All Pro 1x

WLB Jerald Ragonesi – A player with the Dolphins and with us as well

CB Bryan Hutcheson – Our 7th round wonder who broke out and won 5 All Pros!


Staff Draft

We draft 1st!

I hire Garrett Boles as our new AC, he’s 51, likes Off. Lineman, and has a 78 suitability.

No other changes happen


I have coming free 6 players including Hartman, DuBois, and Codgell and Compton. Do any make sense as franchise tags? Not really

What do I need for my team?

Starter – OG, TE maybe, DT, MLB,
Backup – TE, WR, C, OT, DE, LB, Cb

FA time!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

2043 NFL FA Period #1

I look at my draft for DT or OG talent that might fall as those are my biggest needs. Will they be there a the 1.32 is the biggest question. I interview 4 OGs, 4 TE, and 4 DT,

Let’s look at my roster


I cut TE Steve Schwartz. He has dropped to 26/26 and I cannot keep the 10 year vet on my team

I sign the RFA’s I want to. That leaves us with 42

I extend my K, P and LS

Which of my players with a 1 year left are of note?

CB Boucvalt, 19 mill, 4 years
TE Schultz – 29 mill, 3 years
WR Bryson Woodard – 12 mill, 2 years

I extend a few cheap backups I like, like LB Ellingson who is a special teams hoss. I sign Boucvalt and Woodard but Schultz is too pricey now. I’ll wait until post draft before making an offer for him

Now the next question. Do I wanna chase DE Jamal Compton? He didn’t want o resign last year as I didn’t use him enough but he’s a strong rotational guy. How much does he want?

I fast forward a week

Compton wants 89 mill, 5 years. No thanks!

I have 47 mill under the cap and I need 12 for draftees so we have 35, which is a lot. But I don’t have that much. Good luck Jamal!

Anyone else in FA I’d like to chase?

Nope!

Week 2 – DuBois signs with Pittsburgh, Cogdell signs with the Falcons

Week 4 – Compton is heading to Denver and yes, he got that cash.

The 12 weeks ends. We have four UFAs left. Ready for the draft?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2043 NFL Amateur Draft

Ready?

Drafting first is the Chargers and they grab QB Van Sutter. Our pick arrives at 1.32. Who do I like?

TE Scott Westbrook – 3rd best player on the board, okay bars, Overrated
WLB Donovan Wooden – Best player on the board, looks pretty good in the bars save for Man to Man, Zone and Play D.
DE Kendrick Hanks - 5th player on the board, okay bars,
DT Cory Henderson – Overrated
DT Darren Coffey – Hard to Read
DT Ray de Young – Better bars, no interview
OG Daquan Beaty – Underrated – top OG on he board – just okay run blocking

The top three TEs on the board are no longer so. Beaty is the only OG left I interviewed.

Who do I want?





I take de Young. He’s a gamble but one I’ll take as he could be a shower and drop. But he looks like a good shower.

2.32

TE Everett Ackerman? He’s a good pass catching specialist. WR Josue Zaccardelli seems pretty solid as well. DE Hanks is still on the board. Grab him? I don’t need a DE I have two but he’s the BAP. He’s not great at the pressure. I also really like SLB Jack Gaines. I do Gaines. He’s a position of need. Also a gamble as he didn’t go to the combine, but I like his bars.

3.32 – How about the top undrafted FB: Rasheed Whiting?

4.32 – OT Miles Cote has fallen and I need a backup. Do I snag him?

5.32 – OG Arturo Dole is solid but bad at the run blocking. How about backup Rick Butler at MLB?

6.32 – How about TE Francisco Dixon?

7.32 - RB Deion Westbrook? Or RB Steven Hawkins? Both look solid. I do Hawkins…


Rookie Lookie #1

1.32 – DT Ray de Young, Clemson, 44/83
2.32 – SLB Jack Gaines, Washington, 37/71
3.32 – FB Rashad Whiting, Mississippi State, 36/54
4.32 – OT Miles Cote, Tulane, 26/52
5.32 – MLB Rick Butler, Air Force, 28/52
6.32 – TE Francisco Dixon, Kansas, 25/44
7.32 – RB Steven Hawkins, Stanford, 39/51

There we are! This may be a two player draft but we’ll see! I move Gaines to MLB.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2043 NFL FA Period #2

I chase these rookie UFAs


Rb Deion Westbrook
C Andrew Everett
P Hunter Grier
Dt Dixon Nesbit
TE Aaron Clements
WR Shannon Lincoln
LB Toby Bethea
Cb J.T. Newsome


Week 1 – We sign 2

Week 2 – We sign 2 more.

Week 3 – We sign the rest. OG Cote signs with the Steelers

UFAs

Rb Deion Westbrook, 39/52
C Andrew Everett, 16/44
P Hunter Grier, 48/61
Dt Dixon Nesbit, 28/57
TE Aaron Clements, 23/43
WR Shannon Lincoln, 27/44
LB Toby Bethea, 24/54
Cb J.T. Newsome, 25/48

A few fun UFAs in here like the DT Nesbit.

Ready for camping?

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp


Rookie Lookie #2


1.32 – DT Ray de Young, Clemson, 44/83; 50/85
2.32 – SLB Jack Gaines, Washington, 37/71; 44/79
3.32 – FB Rashad Whiting, Mississippi State, 36/54; 40/57
4.32 – OT Miles Cote, Tulane, 26/52; 31/54
5.32 – MLB Rick Butler, Air Force, 28/52; 32/55
6.32 – TE Francisco Dixon, Kansas, 25/44; 28/46
7.32 – RB Steven Hawkins, Stanford, 39/51; 44/52

Is de Young my new Jonah Joseph? He was picked just one slot apart, 1.32 vs 2.1. I can only hope!

In other news…hello Gaines! I love you to!

UFAs

Rb Deion Westbrook, 39/52; 41/48
C Andrew Everett, 16/44; 20/39
P Hunter Grier, 48/61; 51/68
Dt Dixon Nesbit, 28/57; 32/56
TE Aaron Clements, 23/43; 24/41
WR Shannon Lincoln, 27/44; 29/46
LB Toby Bethea, 24/54; 29/51
Cb J.T. Newsome, 25/48; 28/48

Our UFAs giveth and taketh.

We have 57 players on my roster, no cuts needed.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2043 NFL Preseason

I hand out 11 deactives and massage my depth chart.


Week 2 – At the Jets – We win 26-18

Week 3 – Chiefs – We lose 15-31

Week 4 – Pats – We win 38-10

Week 5 – At the Raiders – We win 26-3

We are 3-1 in the preseason

Rookie Lookie #3

1.32 – DT Ray de Young, Clemson, 44/83; 50/85; 50/79
2.32 – SLB Jack Gaines, Washington, 37/71; 44/79; 47/71
3.32 – FB Rashad Whiting, Mississippi State, 36/54; 40/57; 46/66
4.32 – OT Miles Cote, Tulane, 26/52; 31/54; 34/66
5.32 – MLB Rick Butler, Air Force, 28/52; 32/55; 34/64
6.32 – TE Francisco Dixon, Kansas, 25/44; 28/46; 29/51
7.32 – RB Steven Hawkins, Stanford, 39/51; 44/52; 43/59

We had some later booms but some earlier fades. Gaines is back to where he was and de Young dropped as well. Ah well.

UFAs

Rb Deion Westbrook, 39/52; 41/48; 39/45
C Andrew Everett, 16/44; 20/39;19/37
P Hunter Grier, 48/61; 51/68; 54/69
Dt Dixon Nesbit, 28/57; 32/56; 32/61
TE Aaron Clements, 23/43; 24/41; 24/37
WR Shannon Lincoln, 27/44; 29/46; 31/50
LB Toby Bethea, 24/54; 29/51; 28/44
Cb J.T. Newsome, 25/48; 28/48; 28/40


I cut these players:

RB Marlon Krzys
OC Andrew Everett
CB Luther Cheung


Which P am I doing…

Holdgate has a power of 98, and that’s it. 14 hang time, 16 directional punting, and a 6 holding. Dude has a nasty long leg, but that’s it. But he’s done well with that.

Grier is 64/76 in power, 54/65 hang time, 35/58 directional. He’s more well rounded. I keep Grier

[Abe Sargent]

Wanna see my rookies?



Here is Ray de Young, my 1.32 selection. As you can see he’s not great as the coverage but that’s not why we have a D Line. His hitting is his weakest spot. And that’s ain’t bad. He’s good at rush and run d. Welcome to the team!



And here is Gaines whom we added at the end of the 2nd round. He’s well rounded and not weak in anything and he hits like a bear in heat. I look forward to his development!

[Abe Sargent]

On the Green Page we have de Young. At the 4 spot!

This draft had no non-K/P player with a potential more than 79. And we got one!

Rookie Investigation

At TE, Dixon was 8th, it was deep.

After booming in the preseason, Miles Cote is now the 4th best!

At P Grier is the best.

De Young is the best DT and the best D Line period. Okay! Nesbit is the 6th best DT after booming and he has a nasty 97 pass rush tech and 100 pass rush strength! After I grow him he’ll likely be my new Benson.

At LB Gaines is the 3rd best. Butler is 7th best.
 
Good stuff!