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

[Abe Sargent]

Do I want to extend two years or do I wanna extend TE Schultz? I have 36 mill available. Who is left with two years that’s a key player?

DE Shea.

And…

CB Bobo

And that’s it. What do they want?

Shea – 4 years, 73 mill
Bobo – 4 years, 73 mill

Huh!

What’s their cap hit? 13 mill for Bobo and 11 mill for Shea

I extend them both.

I have 10 mill under cap and won’t make any more offers for now.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2043 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 6 73 73 3 yrs. 2038
Van Pelt, Maxwell 102 QB 6 51 51 2 yrs. 2038
Bonnell, Ronald 241 RB RB 5 78 78 3 yrs. 2039
Anderson, Marty 249 RB 2 59 59 3 yrs. 2042
Hawkins, Steven 248 RB 1 43 59 4 yrs. 2043
##Westbrook, Deion 236 RB 1 39 45 1 yr. 2043
Whiting, Rasheed 343 FB FB 1 46 66 4 yrs. 2043
Schultz, Percy 440 TE TE 4 55 55 1 yr. 2040
Lemmon, Teddy 480 TE 4 50 51 2 yrs. 2040
Dixon, Francisco 487 TE 1 29 51 4 yrs. 2043
##Clements, Aaron 447 TE 1 24 37 1 yr. 2043
Wilcox, Braxton 510 FL FL 6 66 66 3 yrs. 2038
Brandenfeis, Marco 583 SE SE 6 59 59 3 yrs. 2038
Woodard, Bryson 511 SE 4 53 53 2 yrs. 2040
##Lincoln, Shannon 586 SE 1 31 50 1 yr. 2043
Ruth, Enrique 585 SE 2 36 47 3 yrs. 2042
Lynch, Al 650 C C 4 84 84 3 yrs. 2040
Tatum, Sammy 770 LG LG 6 95 95 3 yrs. 2038
Finch, Russell 766 LG 2 44 57 3 yrs. 2042
##Nixon, Amos 764 LG 5 32 41 1 yr. 2039
Mota, Duane 763 RG RG 5 57 57 4 yrs. 2039
Gillespie, Kurt 865 LT LT 6 74 74 2 yrs. 2038
Cote, Miles 861 LT 1 34 66 4 yrs. 2043
Ottesen, Clayton 875 LT 3 24 34 2 yrs. 2041
Farley, Grant 860 RT RT 4 70 70 4 yrs. 2040
Grier, Hunter 903 P 1 54 69 1 yr. 2043
Mergen, Brent 1018K 5 73 73 4 yrs. 2039
Shea, Colby 1177LDE LDE 3 77 77 4 yrs. 2041
Conyers, Wayne 1191RDE RDE 3 58 58 2 yrs. 2041
Malone, Leonard 1178RDE 4 37 44 1 yr. 2040
Heard, Jared 1276LDT 2 53 56 3 yrs. 2042
##Henry, Amir 1297LDT 4 42 43 1 yr. 2040
de Young, Ray 1294RDT RDT 1 50 79 4 yrs. 2043
Nesbit, Dixon 1272RDT 1 32 61 1 yr. 2043
Benson, Taylor 1273RDT LDT 6 45 45 2 yrs. 2038
Gaines, Jack 1399MLB MLB 1 47 71 4 yrs. 2043
Butler, Rick 1359MLB 1 34 64 4 yrs. 2043
Chesnut, Rickey 1351MLB 3 44 52 2 yrs. 2041
Stone, Alvin 1452SLB SLB 8 68 68 3 yrs. 2040
Bethea, Toby 1456SLB 1 28 44 1 yr. 2043
Carpenter, Vernon 1457WLB WLB 3 64 64 2 yrs. 2041
##Huffman, Giovanni 1454WLB 2 35 53 3 yrs. 2042
Ellingson, Marc 1498WLB 6 33 33 2 yrs. 2038
Bobo, Tito 1546LCB LCB 3 70 70 4 yrs. 2041
Zaiser, Eli 1545LCB RCB 6 62 62 2 yrs. 2038
##Sinclair, Donald 1523LCB 2 38 58 3 yrs. 2042
Gelenaw, Trent 1539LCB 2 36 38 2 yrs. 2042
Boucvalt, Theodore 1524RCB 4 56 56 4 yrs. 2040
Newsome, J.T. 1537RCB 1 28 40 1 yr. 2043
Schneider, Dominique 1635SS SS 4 75 75 3 yrs. 2040
Hicks, Roman 1629FS FS 2 68 76 3 yrs. 2042
Davidson, Morris 1632FS 5 48 48 2 yrs. 2039
Belott, Vinny 444 LS 6 22 22 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: $343,200,000
Cap Room: $10,720,000
Maximum for New Player: $11,730,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $4,060,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $1,680,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $348,150,000

There’s my roster!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2043 NFL Regular Season

I expect 12-4 this year as we are keeping adding in talent in the draft.

Week 1 – At the Saints – Again, an away game the NFC South to begin our season. We have lost this game the last two years. Can we switch things up this year? We lose 28-35, Pritchett is injured on the second possession and Van Pelt finished the game with 22 of 29, 207 and 1:0. Wilcox was 12 for 129 and TE Schultz with the score. Bonnell was 23 for 147 and 2 scores. 5 KRB by Gillespie

Pritchett is doubtful with turf toe for an unknown period of time and I won’t start him until he returns.

Week 2 – Colts – We win 48-6. Van Pelt is MVP with 21 of 26, 260 and 3:0. Bonnell, Schultz and Woodard with scores. Bonnell held to 78 yards and a score. Rush TD by Van Pelt. Three Picks by Davidson! One a pick six. 3 FF by Boucvalt, Stone and DE Conyers. 3 pasdef by Boucvalt. 4 KRB by Farley.

Week 3 – At DC – We win 28-16 and MVp is DE Colby Shea, his first. He grabbed 3 sacks, 1 block, 1 hurry and 3 QB Knockdowns. Bonnell was 22 for 128 and 1 score. Van Pelt was 21 of 28, 246 and 2:1. 2 scores by Wilcox. Pick six by WLB Carpenter. 5 KRB by Tatum and Lynch

Week 4 – 49ers – We win 29-14. Another Game MVP by Shea! Shea had…..FIVE SACKS. Dang! 1 block, 4 hurries, 6 QB knockdowns. Dude is a force. Bonnell held to 78 yards and a score, Van Pelt was 18 of 29, 239 and 2:1, scores by Bonnell and Wilcox. Pick by Boucvalt. 2 sacks by Conyers. That is the most sacks I've had in one game in this dynasty.

We are 3-1 at the first quarter mark. Can Van Pelt sustain it?

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At the Rams – We lose 22-38. Bonnell 19 for 109 and Van Pelt was 25 of 37, 315 and 3:0. Dixon, Brandenfeis and Wilcox with scores. 4 Krb by Lynch.

Week 6 – At the Seahawks – We win 48-31. MVP is Van Pelt with 21 of 33, 240 and 3:0, hitting for scores Brandenfeisx2 and Wilcox. Bonnell was 16 for 178 and 1 score, another rush score by Anderson. Pick six by Davidson and another pick by rookie Gaines, his first. 2 FF by Benson, 1 by Shea, 2 sacks by Benson. 4 KRb b yLynch.

Our for a few weeks is Schneider rand I’ll move Davidson to his starting role.

Week 7 – At the Falcons – We win 43-10. MVP is Van Pelt, 25 of 43, 303 and 2:0, Wilcox 9 for 114 and 1 score, Woodard 5 for 130 1 score. Bonnell held to 92 yards on 13 carries. Picks by Davidson and Bobo, and Bobo returned his for a score.

Week 8 – Saints – We win 37-10. MVP is Van Pelt with 19 of 25, 248 and 2:0, Woodard and Brandenfeis with scores, Bonnell is 28 of 157, Van Pelt a rush TD. Pick by Stone. FF by Shea and Benson. 6 KRb by Tatum, 4 by Gillespie.

DT Jared Heard is out for the season and I place him on IR.

Schneider is back

We are 6-2!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 9 – Cardinals – We in 26—20 – MVP is Bonnell with 24 for 112 and 1 score. Van Pelt 20 of 32, 177 and 1;1. Score by Bonnell. Pick by Hicks. 2 sacks by Conyers. 5 KRB by Tatum

Week 10 – Bye

Week 11 – At the Bucs – We win 31-20. MVP is Van Pelt with 19 of 24, 198 and 3:0. Scores by Woodard, Wilcox and FB Whiting. Bonnell is 29 for 158 and 1 score. Pick by Hicks. 2 sacks by Conyers. 5 KRB bY Gillespie, 4 by Tatum and Mota

WR Brandenfeis is out for a few weeks

Week 12 – Jaguars – We win 38-13. Van Pelt, MVP, 17 of 20, 114 and 3:0, Wilcox, Woodard, Schultz with scores. Bonnell is 25 of 165 and 1 score. Wilcox a PR RET TD. Pick by Hicks. Ff b Conyers and Bobo. 2 sacks by Shea. 3 pasdef by Bobo. 4 KRB by Tatum. Mota and Lynch.


Week 13 – Packers – We win 28-21. Colby Shea MVP again with 3 sacks. Bonnell was held to 85 yards, Van Pelt was 22 of 33, 237 and 1:2. Bonnell the score. Bobo a pick six. 3 pasdef by Schneider. 5 KRb by Tatum

We are 10-2 and Pritchett is still doubtful with his turf toe

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – At the Titans – We win 29-6. Shea is AGAIN MVP. 4.5 sacks! (2 by Benson). Bonnell was injured and didn’t do well. Van Pelt was 19 of 31, 137 and 2:1, scores by Ruth and Anderson. Picks by Hicks and Gaines. FF by Shea and Boucvalt.

Week 15 – Bucs – We win 37-3. MVP is Bonnell with 27 for 197 and 1 score. Van Pelt was 18 of 34, 238 and 3:1. Scores to Wilcox who was 5 for 110, and 2 for Bonnell. Pick by Davidson. 5 KRB by Tatum, 4 by Farley and Gillespie.

Week 16 – At the Texans – They are 10-4. Can we win away? We win 33-16 – MVP is Van Pelt with 24 of 33, 356 and 3:0 hitting Wilcox for two scores and Schultz for one. Bonnell is 23 for 137 and 1 score. 3 sacks by Benson. 4 KRB by Lynch

Brandenfeis is back from injury

Week 17 – Falcons – We thump them 43-20. MVp is Van Pelt with 20 of 29, 248 and 2:1. Scores by Schultz and Wilcox. Bonnell was 22 for 112 and 2 scores. 2 picks by Hicks, 1 by Zaiser and Boucvalt. 4 KRB by Tatum.

We finish 14-2!

And guess who is still injured. With my luck he’ll come back after they bye and have one of his 1:3 games.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2043 NFL Post-Season

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

Texans over Broncos 17-7
Bengals over Jets 33-32

Eagles over Seahawks 13-10
Packers over 49ers 13-10

Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

Bengals at Dolphins
Texans at Chiefs

Packers at Giants
Eagles at Panthers

Results?

Bengals 30-27
Chiefs 34—31

Giants 27-20


We lose 10-9

Bonnell, 16 for 111
Van Pelt, 21 of 37, 171 and 0:1

FF by Zaiser

Week 3 – Conference Championships

AFC – 10-6 Bengals at 11-5 Chiefs

And

NFC – 8-8 Eagles at 11-4-1 Giants


Results?

Chiefs 23-17
Giants 33-16


The 2043 Super Bowl

Your NFC Champion #2 Seed 11-4-1 New York Giants

Vs

Your AFC Champion #2 Seed 11-5 Kansas City Chiefs



Giants 29-27

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

League MVP – RB Ronald Bonnell

Off. Player of the Year – RB Ronald Bonnell
Def. Player of the Year – DE Colby Shea

All Pro 1st Team

QB Maxwell Van Pelt
RB Ronald Bonnell
FB Rasheed Whiting
WR Braxton Wilcox
OG Sammy Tatum
DE Colby Shea
DT Taylor Benson

All Pro 2nd Team

OT Grant Farley
DE Wayne Conyers


That is a TON of All Pros. New All Prots for Shea, Whiting, Conyers and…Van Pelt!!!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4


1.32 – DT Ray de Young, Clemson, 44/83; 50/85; 50/79; 62/79
2.32 – SLB Jack Gaines, Washington, 37/71; 44/79; 47/71; 63/71
3.32 – FB Rashad Whiting, Mississippi State, 36/54; 40/57; 46/66; 56/66
4.32 – OT Miles Cote, Tulane, 26/52; 31/54; 34/66; 34/66
5.32 – MLB Rick Butler, Air Force, 28/52; 32/55; 34/64; 34/64
6.32 – TE Francisco Dixon, Kansas, 25/44; 28/46; 29/51; 30/51
7.32 – RB Steven Hawkins, Stanford, 39/51; 44/52; 43/59; 44/59

UFAs

Rb Deion Westbrook, 39/52; 41/48; 39/45; 39/45
C Andrew Everett, 16/44; 20/39;19/37; CUT
P Hunter Grier, 48/61; 51/68; 54/69; 63/69
Dt Dixon Nesbit, 28/57; 32/56; 32/61; 33/61
TE Aaron Clements, 23/43; 24/41; 24/37; 24/37
WR Shannon Lincoln, 27/44; 29/46; 31/50; 31/50
LB Toby Bethea, 24/54; 29/51; 28/44; 28/44
Cb J.T. Newsome, 25/48; 28/48; 28/40; 30/40

There you are!

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Van Pelt – 329 of 488, 3762, 36:8, 108.1

He led in rating by a bunch, TDs by a bunch, but was middle of the pack for yards. That was arguably a better year than Pritchett with the Picks. He had more TDs, fewer picks, and a better rating than Pritchett ever did. So…now what?

Rushing

RB Bonnell – 326 for 1903, 5.84 ypc, 13 scores

Nasty! He almost got 2k yards rushing and was 600 yards in front of the next guy. Bonnell is a weapon!

Receiving



Here you go! Obviously with a Qb that has shorter tosses and fewer yards these guys won’t have as great a season. But Wilcox owned the TD record by 4 scores. We only had 9 WRs with 1000+ yards so there were a few places to send the scores. Bonnell a reduced received role as well as you saw but he was still a solid player!

Blocking




That’s an amazing year by Tatum! He led all players with 54 KRB! Nice! Use that line! Farley a 2nd All Pro, and I’m happy with that.

Special Teams

K Mergen – 33 of 39, Long of 47, 60 of 61 Pat

Solid year by Mergen – tons of PATS.

P Grier – 65 punts, 45.4 avg, 27 in 20

Now a bad year for the rookie

1 PR RET TD by Brandenfeis; two by Wilcox

Great!

[Abe Sargent]

Defense



As you can see, Stone led my team in tackles again. Shea notched TWENTY-THREE SACKS!!! Holy crap! That’s a lot of sacks. Conyers also crossed into double digits and was 4th most in sacks in the league! Benson notched 9 sacks and got All Pro, which is nice. Good job everyone! We exploded in sacks all over!


Pass Coverage



Davidson and Hicks each with 6 picks. Good job folks! I am shocked they were not All Pro. They were tied for 2nd most picks in the league and were the most among Ss. How did that not get them an All Pro? Silly! Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – RB Ronald Bonnell – Another league MVP and he dominated. Good job Bonnell!

Def. Player of the Year – DE Colby Shea – He won my 2nd Def. Player of the Year for the league and had my best season for a DE in this dynasty and had 4 Game MVPs and 5 sacks in one game and 4.5 in another!!!

Special Teams Player of the Year – WR Braxton Wilcox – He grabbed two returns for us while Brandenfeis was injured. Good job!

Rookie of the Year – FB Rasheed Whiting – A rookie with an All Pro! Nice!

Heart Award – QB Maxwell Van Pelt – Dude turned in my best season at QB for the Panthers! Good job!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season and I score a 91

The 2044 NFL Offseason

Retirements of Note

No one on our team

Abe’s Boys

WR Brandon Lim – That feels. Hopefully our studly Wr will make the HOF! He retired with 3 rings and four All Pros. That’s it

Staff Draft

I retain my DC and HC and give them raises. We draft 3r. Any changes? Our AC was hired as a coordinator. I hire Tre'Davious White a 49 year old that loves secondary.

I have four players that aren’t RFAs – TE Schultz, DT Henry, DE Malone and OG Nixon

A tag for Schultz is 14 mill. No thanks!

I am over the cap and we’ll need some fun stuff.

Needs

Starter – TE, Stud OG only
Backup – LB, DBack, DE, DT, OG if no stud taken, TE

We don’t need that much so I’ll likely just BAP and hope to cut some contracts.

We head to FA!

[Abe Sargent]

Oh I forgot to check but QB Tony Rhem made the Hall of Fame with 100% of the vote!

OLB Bruce Norton made it last year!!! Of course his five All Pros, Def Rookie of the Year and 4 Super Bowl victories may have helped!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2044 NFL FA Period #1

We are drafting 1.27. Who do I like?

I interview a stud FB, some TEs and OGs. I also interview some OTs in case I wanna draft one and move it to OG.

I have 42 under contract without signing my RFAs. We have 2 mill over the cap and we need some for rookies and UFAs so we need to clear up some space. Any big names in the final year of their deal I can cut cap space for to extend?

In order to extend Van Pelt beyond this year (his last year) we need 4 years and 105 mill dollars. I cannot do that so my QB situation isn’t going budget by embracing Van Pelt. Sad. I cannot commit to him as my salary cap option.


I extend Pritchett and his cap hit this year drops to 20 from 42. I hate it! But the cap requires me to

I now have 7 mill free for players. I reach out to sign my RFAs

DT Nesbit won’t resign due to playing time issues

I cannot extend these backups due to cost:

TE Lemmon
WR Woodard


My starters that are in the last year of their deal and what they want…

OT Kurt Gillespie – 7th year vet, 4 years, 62 mill, drop in cap by 1 mill this year
DT Taylor Benson – 7th year vet, 4 years, 44 mill, drop in cap by 600k
WLB Vernon Carpenter – 4th year vet, 17.5 mill, 4 years, increase in cap hit of 1.7 mill
FS Morris Davidson – 6th year vet, 3 years, 11 mill, 1.6 mill drop
CB Eli Zaiser – 7th year vet, 2 years, 20 mill, 6 mill drop
DE Wayne Conyers – 4th year vet, 64 mill, 4 years, 10 mill hit

Hmmm… I extend Davidson.

I’ll hold off of Zaiser, I’ll let him go at the end of the year. I’ll also not extend Gillespie as I may draft a replacement given his 7th year and no All Pro status. I extend Benson. I was going to cut him for Nesbit now that he’s developed enough as he is a better pass rusher, but that is no longer an option. Carpenter is cheap, which I love, and getting a 64/64 starter for years at that price is very nice, but I suspect I’ll start Butler at WLB once Carpenter leaves barring a replacement in the draft.


I have 6.4 mill left but I won’t chase anyone or extend anyone else right now

Wait… TE Percy Schultz only wants 18 mill for 4 years. Do I chase him in FA? He wanted 9 mill per year to extend him… I hold off. I am too tight to the cap.

Week 7 – Schultz signs with the Bills

I’ll see you at the draft!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2044 NFL Amateur Draft

Picking at the top spot is Dallas. They take WR Jonah Shepherd.

Our pick arrives at 1.27. Who do I like?

No TEs have been taken but this is not a very good draft for them. I was targeted FB Carter Flynn, Hard to Read. He’s a gamble, but he looks good with the bars. My hope is that Flynn will be my next TE Derr or Freeman. I am comfortable with this game here as we have a developed team. Anyone else I like? It was a weak O Line draft.

OG Mercury Horn – Very overrated
OG Don Kirk – Horrible bars, very underrated
OT Orlando Kelley – As Scouted – not great bars

I grab Flynn. I’ll see you at the 2.28!

2.28 – DE Steven Thornton is the BAP. Do I grab him? How about OG Don Kirk who I scouted? Kirk is raw and needs serious development. I take Kirk. He’s a gamble, but he should be a grower.

3rd round! Who do I like? How about FS Darien Fitzgerald?

4th round – DE Stan Cromwell is the best on the board by a lot and I take him.

5th Round - OC Colby Pollack is undrafted and has fallen. A LOT. I grab him.

6th round – I snag the best LB on the board MLB Cole Albritton.

7th round – CB Maxwell Wyden is the best on the board… bad picks though. No thanks. How about Te Ray Fender, 2nd best on the board and good at snagging the ball.

I move Flynn to TE.

Rookie Lookie #1

1.27 – TE/FB Carter Flynn, Wisconsin – Platteville, 35/68
2.28 – OG Don Kirk, Wake Forest, 17/64
3.27 – FS Darien Fitzgerald, Oklahoma State, 19/47
4.28 – DE Stan Cromwell, Ohio State, 21/53
5.27 – OC Colby Pollack, Arkansas State, 42/74
6.28 - LB Cole Albritton, Washington, 28/47
7.27 – TE Ray Fender, North Carolina, 18/44

There you go!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2044 NFL FA Period #2

I make offers to these UFA rookies

UFAs

TE A.J. Lindsay
TE Ivan Kempe
DE Orlando Johnson
DE Tito Franz
CB Maxwell Wyden
CB Colby Lang

Week 1 – I sign two. DT Nesbitt signed with the Chiefs.

Week 2 – I sign three.

Week 3 – All with us. DT Amir Henry is heading to the Giants



UFAs

TE A.J. Lindsay, 20/43
TE Ivan Kempe, 20/48
DE Orlando Johnson, 24/51
DE Tito Franz, 32/51
CB Maxwell Wyden, 26/54
CB Colby Lang, 20/44

There you are! I head camping

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2

1.27 – TE/FB Carter Flynn, Wisconsin – Platteville, 35/68, 40/68
2.28 – OG Don Kirk, Wake Forest, 17/64, 24/67
3.27 – FS Darien Fitzgerald, Oklahoma State, 19/47, 25/45
4.28 – DE Stan Cromwell, Ohio State, 21/53, 26/53
5.27 – OC Colby Pollack, Arkansas State, 42/74, 50/73
6.28 - LB Cole Albritton, Washington, 28/47, 32/45
7.27 – TE Ray Fender, North Carolina, 18/44, 20/42

UFAs

TE A.J. Lindsay, 20/43, 23/44
TE Ivan Kempe, 20/48, 22/46
DE Orlando Johnson, 24/51, 28/50
DE Tito Franz, 32/51, 35/53
CB Maxwell Wyden, 26/54, 31/51
CB Colby Lang, 20/44, 23/37

I have 58 under contract – see you in a few.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2044 NFL Preseason

I massage my depth charts and deactive folks.

I do start OC Pollack and OG Kirk for the preseason to see what they have.

Week 2 – Patriots – We win 30-10

Week 3 – At the Raiders – We win 29-7

Week 4 – Dolphins – We lose 24-34

Week 5 - At the Chiefs – We win 35-13

We finish 3-1


Rookie Lookie #3

1.27 – TE/FB Carter Flynn, Wisconsin – Platteville, 35/68, 40/68; 39/63
2.28 – OG Don Kirk, Wake Forest, 17/64, 24/67; 30/81
3.27 – FS Darien Fitzgerald, Oklahoma State, 19/47, 25/45; 25/53
4.28 – DE Stan Cromwell, Ohio State, 21/53, 26/53; 25/43
5.27 – OC Colby Pollack, Arkansas State, 42/74, 50/73; 51/81
6.28 - LB Cole Albritton, Washington, 28/47, 32/45; 34/55
7.27 – TE Ray Fender, North Carolina, 18/44, 20/42; 19/38

UFAs

TE A.J. Lindsay, 20/43, 23/44; 24/50
TE Ivan Kempe, 20/48, 22/46; 22/39
DE Orlando Johnson, 24/51, 28/50; 28/47
DE Tito Franz, 32/51, 35/53; 35/52
CB Maxwell Wyden, 26/54, 31/51; 30/47
CB Colby Lang, 20/44, 23/37; 21/36

Well the random numbers giveth and taketh away!

As you can see Kirk boomed like we thought he would which is great! OC Pollack also boomed, good job! Fitzgerald, Albritton also grew, but TE Flynn, DE Cromwell, and TE Fender dropped and most of my UFAs fell with them!

I cut these players

OG Duane Mota – He has started for me, but his 56/56 body is finally replaced by Kirk years after I tried to find a permanent fixture

OC Al Lynch – He’s on a stud contract, he’s never gotten me an All Pro or anything else. I have his replacement as well.

That frees up 20 mill on my cap

Other cuts

TE Ray Fender
TE Ivan Kempe
Cb Colby Lang

[Abe Sargent]

I have 25 mill left. Any 2 years folks I want to keep?

The big one on that list is FS Hicks. He wants 95 mill, 5 years. I do it.

Wanna see our rookies?



Here’s Flynn. As you can see, he’s not a stud at the run blocking like my others. He is well rounded with few weaknesses and few strengths. I hope he can Derr it up!



Here’s the very green Don Kirk. You can see him there needing development. We’ll start him to help with that! I’ve been looking for a stud OG for a while and had a famous Higbee bust previously. He’s solid!

[Abe Sargent]

On The Green Page is Kirk.

Rookie Investigation

There are four rookies in the league with a potential of 80 or more. We have 2 with Kirk and Pollack! A stud DE was on the board at our pick at 1.27 and went 2.3. He’s 52/81. We also have a 55/85 MLB.

This was not a good year for QBing as the best one is at 46 pot.

At TE Flynn is the best at 39/63. There is one at 33/61 right behind us.

Pollack and Kirk are the best, obviously

DE Tito Franz is waaaay down on the DE list at 15.

LB Albritton is the 12th best LB from the draft

FS Fitzgerald is the 9th best dback and the 6th best S

And there we are!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2044 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 7 73 73 3 yrs. 2038
Van Pelt, Maxwell 102 QB 7 52 52 1 yr. 2038
Bonnell, Ronald 241 RB RB 6 70 70 2 yrs. 2039
Anderson, Marty 249 RB 3 64 64 2 yrs. 2042
##Westbrook, Deion 236 RB 2 39 47 2 yrs. 2043
Hawkins, Steven 248 RB 2 46 58 3 yrs. 2043
Whiting, Rasheed 343 FB FB 2 63 67 3 yrs. 2043
Lemmon, Teddy 480 TE 5 51 51 1 yr. 2040
Dixon, Francisco 487 TE 2 34 50 3 yrs. 2043
Flynn, Carter 433 TE TE 1 39 63 4 yrs. 2044
##Lindsay, A.J. 442 TE 1 24 50 1 yr. 2044
Wilcox, Braxton 510 FL FL 7 66 66 2 yrs. 2038
Brandenfeis, Marco 583 SE SE 7 58 58 2 yrs. 2038
Woodard, Bryson 511 SE 5 54 54 1 yr. 2040
##Ruth, Enrique 585 SE 3 40 45 2 yrs. 2042
Lincoln, Shannon 586 SE 2 34 50 2 yrs. 2043
Pollack, Colby 655 C C 1 51 81 4 yrs. 2044
Tatum, Sammy 770 LG LG 7 94 94 2 yrs. 2038
Finch, Russell 766 LG 3 49 55 2 yrs. 2042
Kirk, Don 771 RG RG 1 30 81 4 yrs. 2044
Gillespie, Kurt 865 LT LT 7 67 67 4 yrs. 2038
Ottesen, Clayton 875 LT 4 21 24 1 yr. 2041
Cote, Miles 861 LT 2 41 64 3 yrs. 2043
Farley, Grant 860 RT RT 5 67 67 3 yrs. 2040
Grier, Hunter 903 P 2 64 64 3 yrs. 2043
Mergen, Brent 1018K 6 71 71 3 yrs. 2039
Shea, Colby 1177LDE LDE 4 76 76 3 yrs. 2041
Cromwell, Stan 1196LDE 1 25 43 4 yrs. 2044
Conyers, Wayne 1191RDE RDE 4 57 57 1 yr. 2041
##Johnson, Orlando 1190RDE 1 28 47 1 yr. 2044
Franz, Tito 1172RDE 1 35 52 1 yr. 2044
Heard, Jared 1276LDT 3 52 52 2 yrs. 2042
Benson, Taylor 1273RDT LDT 7 46 46 4 yrs. 2038
de Young, Ray 1294RDT RDT 2 73 82 3 yrs. 2043
##Chesnut, Rickey 1351MLB 4 52 52 1 yr. 2041
Butler, Rick 1359MLB 2 45 63 3 yrs. 2043
Gaines, Jack 1399MLB MLB 2 63 63 3 yrs. 2043
Albritton, Cole 1392MLB 1 34 55 4 yrs. 2044
Stone, Alvin 1452SLB SLB 9 67 67 2 yrs. 2040
Ellingson, Marc 1498WLB 7 27 27 2 yrs. 2038
Carpenter, Vernon 1457WLB WLB 4 64 64 1 yr. 2041
Huffman, Giovanni 1454WLB 3 40 53 2 yrs. 2042
Zaiser, Eli 1545LCB RCB 7 61 61 1 yr. 2038
Bobo, Tito 1546LCB LCB 4 61 61 3 yrs. 2041
##Gelenaw, Trent 1539LCB 3 39 39 1 yr. 2042
Sinclair, Donald 1523LCB 3 41 53 2 yrs. 2042
Wyden, Maxwell 1538LCB 1 30 47 1 yr. 2044
Boucvalt, Theodore 1524RCB 5 59 59 3 yrs. 2040
Schneider, Dominique 1635SS SS 5 75 75 2 yrs. 2040
Davidson, Morris 1632FS 6 47 47 3 yrs. 2039
Hicks, Roman 1629FS FS 3 73 73 5 yrs. 2042
##Fitzgerald, Darien 1625FS 1 25 53 4 yrs. 2044
Belott, Vinny 444 LS 7 22 22 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: $346,100,000
Cap Room: $13,920,000
Maximum for New Player: $14,940,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $4,550,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $3,230,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $329,540,000

You’ll notice that players like Bonnell have dropped a bit. MLB Gaines dropped from his rookie year last year! Sad. CB Bobo dropped as well. RB Anderson rose to 64/64/.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2044 NFL Regular Season

Week 1 – At the Bucs – We can’t get a break with these games! We have lost this away game 3 years in a row. Can we open with a win this time? We win 34-28! Pritchett, MVP, 22 of 26. 288 and 3:1. Brandenfeis, TE Flynn and Woodward with the scores. Bonnell was 23 for 129 and 2 scores. Pick by Zaiser. FF bY Gaines recovered by de Young. 2 sacks by Shea. We won!

Week 2- Broncos – We win 35-23. Bonnell, MVP, 22 for 151 and 2 scores. Pritchett was 17 of 23, 200 and 2:0. Scores by Bonnell and Woodard. Picks by Hicks and Bouvcalt. 2.5 sacks by Shea. 3 pasdef by Hicks. 4 KRB by Tatum and Kirk.

Week 3 – Giants – We win 23-0. Shutout! Pritchett, MVP, 21 of 33, 209 and 1:0. Brandenfeis a TD score and a PR RET tD. Picks by Hicks and Gaines. 4 pasdef by Hicks.

Week 4 – Bears – We win 38-20. Pritchett, MVp, 30 of 42, 353, 4:1, Woodard 1 score, Wilcox was 7 for 113 and 2 scores, TE Lemmon the other score; Bonnell was 26 for 105 and 1 score. 2.5 sacks by Benson.


We are 4-0 at the 1st quarter mark!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At the Falcons – We win 34-20. MVp is… DE Colby Shea with 3.5 sacks! Bonnell was 28 or 99 and 2 scores, Pritchett was 21 of 35 and 248 and 1:1. Brandenfeis was 7 for 113. Score by Bonnell. 2 picks by Stone.

RB Anderson is out for 10 weeks with ligament damage. I massage my roster.

Week 6 – Packers – This is an ugly 23-9 win. Game MVp is Benson with 2 sacks, FF and recovery. Bonnell held to 67 yards and a score. Pritchett 19 of 31, 185 and 1:0. Score to Woodard. We had three picks – Hicks, Gaines and Boucvalt.

Week 7 – At the Vikings – We win 29-11. Game MVP is again Shea! 3.5 sacks. Pritchett a rush score, and 25 of 40, 318 and 1:1, Wilcox 10 for 136 and a score. Three picks by Boucvalt, Hicks and Gaines. FF by Shea.

Week 8 – Saints – We win 33-3. Pritchett, MVP, 21 of 30, 206 and 3:0. Scores by Wilcox Bonnell and Wilcox. (Sounds like a law firm…) Pick by Stone. Bonnell 20 for 127 and 1 score. 5 KRB by Pollack.


We are 8-0 at the halfway mark!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 9 – At the Lions – We win 29-23 in OT. Bonnell a bad game with 6 9 yards, Pritchett was 22 of 32, 242 and 2:1. 2 scores by Woodard. FUM REC TD by Benson. 3 pasdef by Bobo.


DT Heard is out for 4 weeks.


Week 10 – BYE
 
Week 11 – Bucs – We win 22-17. MVP is Bonnell with 22 for 125, 1 score. Pritchett was 21 of 40, 234 and 1:0 hitting for a score Woodard. Picks by Schneider and Gaines.

Week 12 – At the Chiefs – We win 31-27. Close! MLB is Jack Gaines with a pick six. Bonnell with 19 for 140 and 2 score. Pritchett with 16 of 26, 174 and 1:2 hitting Wilcox for the score. 2 picks by Stone. FF By Bobo and Conyers.

Week 13 – At the Seahawks – We win 41-21. Pritchett, MVP, 26 of 43, 329 and 4:1. Brandenfeis 9 for 113 1 score. TD Grabs by Wilcox, Woodard and FB Whiting. FF b yShea recovered by Conyers. 2.5 sacks by Shea. 4 KRb by Tatum

Heard is back.

We are 12-0

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – Raiders – We win 38-17. MVP is Bonnell with 27 of 258, 3 scores. Pritchett was 23 of 31, 181 and 2:1 hitting TDs to Bonnell and Woodard. FF by de Young. 4 pasdef by Gaines, 3 by Boucvalt. 4 KRb by Kirk.

Week 15 – Falcons – We win 20-6 MVP is Bonnell with 26 of 133, 1 score. Pritchett was 22 of 39, 170 and 1:0. Whiting the score. 2 picks by Gaines. 4 KRB by Kirk

Anderson is back.

Week 16 – At the Chargers – We win 37-24. MVP is Pritchett, 28 of 43, 259 and 5:0. Wilcox was 12 for 157 and 4 scores. Nasty. The other score was Bonnell, who was 30 for 202 rushing. 2 sacks by Benson. 6 KRB by Tatum and Kirk and 4 by Gillespie.



Week 17 – At the Saints – Can we get to 16-0 for the first time in this dynasty? We win 27-20! Bonnell injured early and Anderson finished as the MVP with 24 for 144, 1 score. Pritchett was 18 of 32, 143 and 1:1 score by Flynn. Picks by Gaines and Boucvalt. 6 KRB by Gillespie, 5 by Farley.


We finish 16-0!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2044 NFL Playoffs

Bonnell is out for three weeks.


Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

Chiefs over Bills 37-13
Pats over Chargers 27-20

Lions over Eagles 27-24
Rams over Seahawks 31-17

Week 2 – Division Champs

Lions at Giants
Rams at Panthers

Pats at Ravens
Chiefs at Titans

Results?

Giants 23-20

Titans 34-31 OT
Ravens 30-20


And……..




Us 31-7

Pritchett, MVP, 27 of 39, 355 and 3:2
Anderson 24 of 112, 1 score
Wilcox, Woodard and Whiting with scores – the “W” Squad!

Bonnell is probable and I start him next week.

This is just the 2nd time I’ve made it past this week in the playoffs!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – Conference Championships

AFC – 10-6 Ravens at 10-6 Titans

NFC – 12-4 Giants at 16-0 Panthers

Ready?

Titans 20-10

We win 30-14!

Pritchett, MVP, 23 of 35, 298 and 3:0.
Bonnell was 28 for 101
Wilcox 6 for 158 1 score
Scores by Flynn and Bonnell

Pick by Hicks
FF by Davidson, recovered by Benson

2 sacks by Shea

Bobo broke his tibia and is out for the Super Bowl!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2044 NFL Super Bowl

Your #1 Seed NFC Champion 16-0 Carolina Panthers

Vs

Your #1 Seed AFC Champion 10-6 Tennessee Titans

Welcome!




We win 41-35 in OT!

Pritchett, MVP, 25 of 39, 284 and 2:1
Bonnell, 23 for 140, 2 scores
Wilcox 9 for 110 and 1 score
Score by Woodard

Pick by Hicks

4 KRB by Tatum

Good job…we are the first 19-0 team in history!

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

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

Off. Player of the Year – RB Ronald Bonnell
Def. Player of the Year – DE Colby Shea


All Pro 1st Team

RB Ronald Bonnell
OG Sammy Tatum
DE Colby Shea
DT Taylor Benson
MLB Jack Gaines


All Pro 2nd Team

QB Wayne Pritchett
WR Braxton Wilcox


Pritchett final notched an All Pro! Good job! This is Gaines’ first All Pro as well!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.27 – TE/FB Carter Flynn, Wisconsin – Platteville, 35/68, 40/68; 39/63; 49/63
2.28 – OG Don Kirk, Wake Forest, 17/64, 24/67; 30/81; 45/81
3.27 – FS Darien Fitzgerald, Oklahoma State, 19/47, 25/45; 25/53; 25/53
4.28 – DE Stan Cromwell, Ohio State, 21/53, 26/53; 25/43; 25/43
5.27 – OC Colby Pollack, Arkansas State, 42/74, 50/73; 51/81; 62/81
6.28 - LB Cole Albritton, Washington, 28/47, 32/45; 34/55; 34/55
7.27 – TE Ray Fender, North Carolina, 18/44, 20/42; 19/38; CUT

UFAs

TE A.J. Lindsay, 20/43, 23/44; 24/50; 24/50
TE Ivan Kempe, 20/48, 22/46; 22/39; CUT
DE Orlando Johnson, 24/51, 28/50; 28/47; 28/47
DE Tito Franz, 32/51, 35/53; 35/52; 37/52
CB Maxwell Wyden, 26/54, 31/51; 30/47; 31/47
CB Colby Lang, 20/44, 23/37; 21/36; CUT

There you go!

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Pritchett – 352 of 543, 3737, 33:10, 97.3 rating

That was not where he normally is in the yards, but that was a personal best for him in rating, TDs and fewest picks.

Rushing

RB Bonnell – 362 for 1843, 5.09 ypc, 18 scores

He led the league in yards, TDs, and his ypc was 2nd among qualifiers. Good job!


Receiving



Here you can see Wilcox is back to getting around 1200 yards on the season. He has a better connection with Pritchett than Van Pelt. Bonnell was down with just 350 yards. Flynn was fine in his debut year.

Blocking




I know he got an All Pro, but Tatum needs to do better with that many KROs. Kirk and Pollack were fine in their debut years.

Special Teams

K Mergen – 29 of 31, Long of 49, 53 of 59 PAT

That was fine until the PAT line.

P Grier – 91 punts, 45.6 avg, 32 in 20

Not bad. Not great

Brandenfeis clocked in THREE PR RET TDs.Nasty!

[Abe Sargent]

Defense




Gaines led my team in tackles this year, and you can see he grabbed 4.5 sacks as well. Good job. Shea with another 20+ sack year and this time Benson cracked double digits! Conyers gave me another 7.5 sacks, down from last year and he’s heading out to FA. De Young didn’t come on like we needed, but Shea was quiet until year three last year as well.

Pass Coverage




Gaines got a ton of picks and led my team in picks and had 3rd most pasdef t 14. He also led the league in picks. Stone’s 5 was solid and Hicks and Boucvalt also got 4 each with Hicks’ leading my pasdef. Good job!

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – QB Wayne Pritchett – He finally put it all tighter and we have a perfect season! Good job!

Def. Player of the Year – MLB Jack Gaines – I know Shea got Def. PotY for the league, but this guy got his first all pro, led the league in picks, and had a great sophomore season!

Special Teams Player of the Year – PR/KR Marco Brandenfeis – Three returns for scores? Duh!

Rookie of the Year – OG Don Kirk – The best of my rookie O Lineman. Solid. Good job!

Heart Award – RB Marty Anderson – Really did a good job spelling Bonnell in the last game of the year and a playoff game. Good job Anderson!

[Abe Sargent]

It’s time

We took over the Panthers after they finished 0-16. Now they were 19-0. That symmetry is too perfect to mess with.

Here is my record with the Panthers

2038 – 3-13
2039 – 6-10
2040 – 12-4, Lost Week 2 in Playoffs
2041 -10-6 – Lost Week 2 in Playoffs
2042 – 13-3 – Won Super Bowl
2043 – 14-2 – Lost Week 2 in Playoffs
2044 – 16-0 – Won Super Bowl

Seven years and two bowls!

Who do I want next?

How about the 5-10-1 Bucs? Same division as the Panthers, but they won’t come in with the top pick. There is one 3-13 team and one 5-11s so they’ll draft 3rd or 4th as another team had the same record…

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season – I score a 97

The 2045 NFL Offseason

Hall of Fame

RB Preston Fones – Was a stud for me with the Dolphins, got a 2k yard season, was a great guy!

Retirements of Note

QB BJ Vance – Played with Fones over at the Dolphins. Just two rings and tons of awards.

TE Wyatt Freeman – Another played from my Dolphins dynasty. Never won an All Pro.

WR Marshall Collier- A solid WR I drafted at the Dolphins and then let go and signed with the Panthers.

LB Louis Hartman – Drafted by Miami and with us for a few years as a starter with the Panthers



I swap to the Bucs

They have the 3rd largest losing record and no Super Bowl since 2018.

[Abe Sargent]

Staff Draft

We draft 30th. Yuck!

Our Head Coach is Ty Cassidy, with a solid set of stats, 64 years old and helps the TEs. Our pick arrives and I swap to Ryan Smith, 52 years old, works well with the secondary. He was the better HC by quite a bit


Our OC is Jackie McGee who is with the spread offense. The top is a guy with the West Coast offensive. I grab the top balanced offensive coach on the board - Devan Hunziker, 52, strong with QBs, but he’s weak at player d.

At defense our DC is Thomas McGaughey who is 72 years old and likes the True 3-4. I hire my Panthers AC who is the best on the board - Tre'Davious White, also a True 3-4.

My AC is Curtis Crompton and I keep him. I also keep our SC Neil Raglin

We are 30 million over the cap!

Any Abe’s Boys I want to franchise? Nope!

I’ll see you at the FA'ing!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2045 FA Period #1

We draft 1.4

There are no Qbs that are draftable after I interview them. There’s a stud RB that’s As Scouted but I’m not sure it’ll come.

I cut all of my players save for these:

P Quinn Holdgate
RCB Tanner Prior

I now have 180 mill for new players…

I advance FA by one week

I make offers to these UFAs

QB Maxwell Van Pelt – 35 mill, 3 years
TE Teddy Lemmon – 13 mill, 3 years
WR Bryson Woodard – 32 mill, 4 years
OC Al Lynch – 56 mill, 3 years
OG Duane Mota – 33 mill, 3 years
DE Wayne Conyers – 101 mill, 5 years
WLB Vernon Carpenter – 15 mill, 3 years
SLB Carson Warren – 8 mill, 2 years
MLB Rickey Chesnut – 12 mill,3 years
CB Tito Bobo - 50 mill, 4 years
CB Eli Zaiser – 34 mill, 3 years

Week 2 – We sign Lemmon and Zaiser.

Week 3 – Chestnut signs with Carolina for less money. We sign Lynch, Carpenter, Bobo and Conyers.

Week 4 – We sign Van Pelt

Week 6 – We sign Mota

Week 9 – Warren signs

I have 98 mill for new players.

I head to the draft

[Abe Sargent]

The 2045 NFL Amateur Draft

My goal is that the As Scouted RB stud is on the board at 1.4 I can take and build around. I’d love to build around Van Pelt and see if I can get him to the playoffs again as an undrafted QB. My one regret with the Panthers wasn’t getting him a ring as the starter two years ago. If I could get Zachery Weaver at 1.4 I’d be pretty happy. But I doubt it’ll happen. Let’s look…


At the 1.1 spot is the Packers. They take… QB Edgar Goodlink. Good. Two picks left…

1.2 – RB Zachary Weaver. Blast it!
1.3 – QB Nate Buie


Who do I like now?

TE Howie Rodriguez – Underrated – Top Player on the Board
CB Alan Lang – Underrated, absolute stud
RB Riddick Lang – Overrated – not as good bars
WR Trey Walkley – Hard to Read ,pretty good
WR Kris Malone – Very Underrated – pretty good but weak at avoid drops and 3rd down catching


I’m leaning towards Walkley or Malone. Netting a strong WR may not be that needed. Kirk Barber was taken early and was one of the best but he never played up to it. Lim was early and did play up to it. Wilcox wasn’t as good as either and was a 2nd rounder, but he still played to it. I don’t think I need to waste a 1.4 on WR based on my Panthers performance. But I do need to come away with a solid WR, and I think either would do. So which one? Better bars or very underrated?



Here’s Walkley. As you can see he’s great everywhere save for big play and adjust where he’s strong.

And here is Malone. As you can see, he’s not good with two things and worse in others, but very underrated vs Hard to Read is an interesting choice. Who would you go with?



I'll see you later!


I'll sleep on it...

This is a classic case of Shower vs Grower.

[Abe Sargent]

Let’s pause.

What would the Panthers want for Davidson? He’s a fan favorite so nothing he’s not available. How about Benson? Not even a 4th rounder. Too high. How about OT Miles Cote? Not even a 2nd! Not even a 2ndf for 3rd string RB Steven Hawkins. Ah well.


A good reason for Malone that I missed is that he’s also good at returning and can be my Brandenfeis in that role. Who am I taking? Walkley. He looks good. He’s a gamble which I don’t like in my first year. But I think he’s fine even if he drops a bit.

Alright I’ll see you at the 2.3 spot!

I accidentally hit the Staff Draft button and then I accidentally hit the save button instead of the load button (they are next to each other) and that saved over my draft. I don’t save scum so I only had one save for the offseason… I’d have to restart the offseason….

That’s another big punch in the stomach this dynasty had had.

[Abe Sargent]

I play it again! I’ll keep the old stuff as a relic for consideration

These changes…

Staff Draft – my HC change is the same, my OC is not on the board and the best balanced is worse than our guy so I take a different Offseason dork - Winston Logan, West Coast Offense, 64 years old. Same DC.


In FA I am chasing these players as well – WR Marco Brandenfeis, whom we sign. We keep our targets although I had to play more defense and some are on more expensive deals (Lynch)

[Abe Sargent]

The 2045 NFL Amateur Draft Take 2

The packers take at 1.1 QB Demetrius Potter

1.2– Cb – good
1.3 – QB – good

That leaves me with the best Rb on the board, Hard to Read Cesar Lemoine. He’s not nearly as good the top Rb in the previous draft though. The next RB, Silas Kanou, is better at power inside and breakaway but is also Hard to Read.

There aren’t even any stud OTs for me to slide into. I take Lemoine and hope he turns out okay.

I’ll see you in 31.

2.3 – I like OT DeAndre Hymes. DE Efrain Echols is nasty! WLB Thurman Roupenian? Hymes.

3.4 - Wade Pederson TE? I also like DE Mitch Densmore. FS Alec Spradling? Let’s do Densmore.

4.3 – OG Johnnie Peterman?

5.4 - DT Alexis Drew?

6.3 – DE J.J. Henson? - BAP

7.4 – SLB Zack Newman?

Rookie Lookie #1

1.4 – RB Cesar Lemoine, Harvard, 53/73
2.3 – OT DeAndre Hymes, Cincinnati, 32/67
3.4 – DE Mitch Densmore, Georgia Tech, 27/64
4.3 – OG Johnnie Peterman, Prairie View A&M, 30/47
5.4 – DT Alexis Drew, North Carolina, 32/59
6.3 – DE JJ Henson, Nebraska, 21/65
7.4 – SLB Zack Newman, Minnesota, 17/61

Dallas is moving to Greenville SC

[Abe Sargent]

The 2045 NFL FA Period #2 –

I make an offer to former RFA CB Trent Gelenaw from the Panthers. He is a very good picks and could be my nickelback

I make offers to a ton of UFAs.

Week 1 – Trent signs and many join us.

Week 2- Many more join

Week 3 – The rest do as well.

Top Five UFAs by Pot – not inc. K/P

C Andy Mayhew, 19/59
DT Jace Pritchett, 20/56
CB Chad Hudson, 23/52
DE Jonah Connell, 31/51
CB Liam Palmer, 24/51

And there you are!

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2

1.4 – RB Cesar Lemoine, Harvard, 53/73; 54/67
2.3 – OT DeAndre Hymes, Cincinnati, 32/67; 37/67
3.4 – DE Mitch Densmore, Georgia Tech, 27/64; 32/64
4.3 – OG Johnnie Peterman, Prairie View A&M, 30/47; 36/57
5.4 – DT Alexis Drew, North Carolina, 32/59; 39/64
6.3 – DE JJ Henson, Nebraska, 21/65; 27/60
7.4 – SLB Zack Newman, Minnesota, 17/61; 21/50

Two drops at the back and the big bust at RB but we also have some growths.

UFAs

C Andy Mayhew, 19/59; 24/57
DT Jace Pritchett, 20/56; 24/58
CB Chad Hudson, 23/52; 25/47
DE Jonah Connell, 31/51; 33/43
CB Liam Palmer, 24/51; 27/51

Most dropped by Pritchett might be getting better.

I have 60 on my roster so no cuts needed yet

[Abe Sargent]

The 2045 NFL Preseason

I hand out deactives and massage my depth chart

Week 2 – Browns – We lose 27-6

Week 3 – At the Jags – We lose 17-24

Week 4 – At the Bengals – We lose 24-31

Week 5 – Texans – We lose 44-3.

We are 0-4

Rookie Lookie #3

1.4 - – RB Cesar Lemoine, Harvard, 53/73; 54/67; 51/67
2.3 – OT DeAndre Hymes, Cincinnati, 32/67; 37/67; 37/61
3.4 – DE Mitch Densmore, Georgia Tech, 27/64; 32/64; 33/62
4.3 – OG Johnnie Peterman, Prairie View A&M, 30/47; 36/57; 40/65
5.4 – DT Alexis Drew, North Carolina, 32/59; 39/64; 42/65
6.3 – DE JJ Henson, Nebraska, 21/65; 27/60; 26/57
7.4 – SLB Zack Newman, Minnesota, 17/61; 21/50; 20/39

Yuck! Too many busts – Lemoine, Hymes, Newman….

UFAs

C Andy Mayhew, 19/59; 24/57; 23/47
DT Jace Pritchett, 20/56; 24/58; 21/49
CB Chad Hudson, 23/52; 25/47; 23/44
DE Jonah Connell, 31/51; 33/43; 33/51
CB Liam Palmer, 24/51; 27/51; 28/36

Feh

I cut and drop to 53

[Abe Sargent]

Wanna see my rookies?


Okay!



Here’s my top pick, Cesar Lemoine! He’s okay. I’ll try to ride him like I have Fones and Bonnell. He’s not great inside, but he’s solid at breaking away and he’s well rounded in a lot of places with no major weaknesses.

I’ll skip my 2nd round bust-ish OT and give you my biggest boom OG Peterman




Here you go! He’s a solid player with good run and pass blocking.

[Abe Sargent]

On The Green Page we have Lemoine and DT Drew.

Rookie Investigation

At RB, Lemoine was the best in the league. The other guy I was looking at finished at 52/62. It sucks I had to spend a 1.4 for it, but we got it.

After booming, Peterman is the 2nd best OG

Despite busting, OT Hymes was 3rd best.

This was a deep D Line draft with 3 80s, 4 70s,and 11 60s in the draft! We got the DT and DE that are in the 60s.

This was a weak LB draft across all ILBs and Slbs, there are only 4 players with a 50 or more pot. One of those was UFA Wiley, 4th best

[Abe Sargent]

The 2045 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Front Office Football Eight
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

Van Pelt, Maxwell 105 QB QB 8 45 45 3 yrs. 2045
Burgess, Orlando 106 QB 1 13 30 1 yr. 2045
Musgrove, Donald 237 RB 1 25 35 1 yr. 2045
##Donner, Billy 232 RB 1 26 32 1 yr. 2045
Lemoine, Cesar 238 RB RB 1 51 67 4 yrs. 2045
Kelly, Brad 248 RB 1 33 40 1 yr. 2045
Particelli, Preston 330 FB FB 1 22 42 1 yr. 2045
Lemmon, Teddy 441 TE TE 6 42 42 3 yrs. 2045
Chandler, Ruben 443 TE 1 30 40 1 yr. 2045
##Feingold, Ezra 485 TE 1 19 32 1 yr. 2045
Wheat, Jeffrey 446 TE 1 26 41 1 yr. 2045
Woodard, Bryson 587 FL FL 6 52 52 4 yrs. 2045
Brandenfeis, Marco 584 SE SE 8 53 53 4 yrs. 2045
Wolfe, Bruce 510 SE 1 24 41 1 yr. 2045
##Johns, Lamont 589 SE 1 17 36 1 yr. 2045
Mauriello, Emmitt 511 SE 1 22 40 1 yr. 2045
Lynch, Al 650 C C 6 85 85 4 yrs. 2045
Owens, Desmond 653 C 1 16 53 1 yr. 2045
**Mayhew, Andy 655 C 1 23 47 1 yr. 2045
Peterman, Johnnie 775 LG LG 1 40 65 4 yrs. 2045
##Bitkowski, Reuben 774 LG 1 20 45 1 yr. 2045
Heath, Damien 778 LG 1 25 43 1 yr. 2045
Mota, Duane 777 RG RG 7 59 59 3 yrs. 2045
Hymes, DeAndre 862 LT LT 1 37 61 4 yrs. 2045
##Watkins, J.B. 869 RT RT 1 16 33 1 yr. 2045
Lyle, Grady 868 RT 1 17 38 1 yr. 2045
Holdgate, Quinn 902 P 8 50 50 4 yrs. 2044
Shannon, Leslie 1015K 1 23 64 1 yr. 2045
Pinkney, Kim 1193LDE LDE 1 26 64 1 yr. 2045
Connell, Jonah 1171LDE 1 33 51 1 yr. 2045
Densmore, Mitch 1196LDE WILB 1 33 62 4 yrs. 2045
Henson, J.J. 1190LDE 1 26 57 4 yrs. 2045
Conyers, Wayne 1172RDE RDE 5 57 57 5 yrs. 2045
Pritchett, Jace 1299NT 1 21 49 1 yr. 2045
Drew, Alexis 1270NT NT 1 42 65 4 yrs. 2045
##Willey, Toby 1354MLB 1 34 51 1 yr. 2045
Ballard, Jake 1359MLB SILB 1 26 38 1 yr. 2045
Warren, Carson 1498SLB WLB 10 45 45 2 yrs. 2045
Newman, Zack 1458SLB 1 20 39 4 yrs. 2045
Carpenter, Vernon 1456WLB SLB 5 65 65 3 yrs. 2045
Kean, Micah 1451WLB 1 17 34 1 yr. 2045
Harris, Tony 1497WLB 1 21 29 1 yr. 2045
Lane, Marquis 1452WLB 1 16 33 1 yr. 2045
Zaiser, Eli 1531LCB RCB 8 53 53 3 yrs. 2045
Bobo, Tito 1544LCB LCB 5 60 60 4 yrs. 2045
Gelenaw, Trent 1540LCB 4 38 38 1 yr. 2045
Hudson, Chad 1535RCB 1 23 44 1 yr. 2045
##Mueller, Jackie 1549RCB 1 27 44 1 yr. 2045
Boyle, Kurt 1522RCB 1 21 35 1 yr. 2045
Palmer, Liam 1526RCB 1 28 36 1 yr. 2045
Grasmanis, Bobby 1647SS SS 1 26 36 1 yr. 2045
Prior, Tanner 1642FS FS 9 33 33 2 yrs. 2043
Berry, Dan 667 LS 1 20 20 1 yr. 2045

$$ - 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: $349,000,000
Cap Room: $54,730,000
Maximum for New Player: $55,650,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $132,060,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $111,610,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $264,520,000

Van Pelt dropped from 53 to 45 so my idea of building around him won’t hold up any longer.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2045 NFL Regular Season

As a reminder, I speed through the first year of a team. I’ll skip injuries as well.

Week 1 – Saints – We lose 37-21

Week 2 – At the Dolphins – We lose 29-37

Week 3 – At the Cards – We lose 0-6

Week 4 – DC – We lose 21-27.

At least the losses are close.


Week 5 – At the Cowboys – We lose 7-26

Week 6 – Falcons – We lose 17-35

Week 7 – Eagles – We lose 40-12

Lemoine is out for the season with a nasty injury.

Week 8 – BYE

Week 9 – At the Giants – We lose 10-37

We are 0-8 at the half

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – At the Saints – We lose 17-14

Week 11 – At the Panthers – We lose 31-0

Week 12 – Jets – We had all three of my old teams on our regular season! We lose 20-14

Week 13 – Packers – We lose 30-14

Week 14 – At the Bills – We lose 0-20

Week 15 – At the Falcons – We tie 18-18!!!!!!!!

Week 16 – Pats – We lose 33-13

Week 17 – Panthers – We win 30-13! We defeated our old team!

We finish 1-14-1, with the top seed in the draft.