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

[Ben E Lou]

2050 DRAFT/TRAINING CAMP

We have the #24 pick this year, and it is used on....

Rnd 1 - Jonathan Chapman, CB, Rutgers: 20/44-->26/52
Rnd 2 - Victor Sellers, OLB, Southern University: 17/38-->19/45
Rnd 3 - Myron Horton, OLB, Arizona: 22/52-->26/48
Rnd 4 - Kennedy Hammond, RB, North Texas:19/37 -->20/35
Rnd 5 - Roman Brewer, DT, Villanova: 15/42-->17/41
Rnd 6 - Andrew Carlisle, RB, Memphis: 30/39-->31/40
Rnd 7 - Tito Zimmerman, WR, Georgia: 18/34-->21/37

A couple of very nice pickups at the top of the draft, and maybe some help at the bottom as well.

From: Gus Meyer
I have decided to hold out until I receive a new contract.
I believe I made a huge difference on defense last season. I believe I'm very seriously underpaid, and will not report to camp without a new contract.
From: Roosevelt Whalen
I have decided to hold out until I receive a new contract.
I believe I made a huge difference on defense last season. I believe I'm very seriously underpaid, and will not report to camp without a new contract.

Well, Whalen is impressed with himself because he had 100+ tackles. His coverage was well below average for a strong safety, though, so that's probably why he had the high tackle total. I'm not giving him the case. Meyer is an entirely different story. I signed him very cheaply two years ago as a FA, because he'd never been a starter, and now he is wanting the big bucks. My plan was to franchise him next year. I'll let this situation run through camp and into a couple of weeks of the preseason before I decide what to do. I'm pretty sure that if I want to keep him, I'm going to have to release someone else.

OTHER CAMP NEWS OF NOTE

• Big ol' random volatility boom for G Kelvin Goodwin.
• Nice +5 out of no-combine rookie DE Grant Bruschi.
• I dropped rookie LB Horton's weight, and he's moving to FS. (He has a very low run defense bar.)
• Both holdouts are still holding out.

Name	Pos	Team	2048c Current	2048c Future	2048d Current	2048d Future	2049c Current	2049c Future	2049d Current	2049d Future	2050c Current	2050c Future	2050d Current	2050d Future	Overall Current Change	Overall Future Change
Dobler, Nate	QB	Atlanta									30	30	32 (2)	32 (2)	2	2
Schultz, Levon	QB	Atlanta					5	28	9 (4)	35 (7)	15 (6)	40 (5)	18 (3)	41 (1)	13	13
Torres, Rich	QB	Atlanta	46	46	47 (1)	47 (1)	44 (-3)	44 (-3)	45 (1)	45 (1)	44 (-1)	44 (-1)	45 (1)	45 (1)	-1	-1
Airey, Jack	RB	Atlanta	76	76	76 (0)	76 (0)	76 (0)	76 (0)	76 (0)	76 (0)	76 (0)	76 (0)	76 (0)	76 (0)	0	0
Carlisle, Andrew	RB	Atlanta									30	39	31 (1)	40 (1)	1	1
Hammond, Kennedy	RB	Atlanta									19	37	20 (1)	35 (-2)	1	-2
Adam, Dana	FB	Atlanta					13	19	14 (1)	22 (3)	18 (4)	23 (1)	19 (1)	23 (0)	6	4
Woods, Patrick	FB	Atlanta	71	71	62 (-9)	62 (-9)	62 (0)	62 (0)	62 (0)	62 (0)	60 (-2)	60 (-2)	53 (-7)	53 (-7)	-18	-18
Flores, Rusty	TE	Atlanta	18	38	21 (3)	40 (2)	24 (3)	40 (0)	31 (7)	44 (4)	37 (6)	45 (1)	41 (4)	45 (0)	23	7
Fulton, Jose	TE	Atlanta									22	43	24 (2)	39 (-4)	2	-4
Pena, Tracy	TE	Atlanta	68	68	69 (1)	69 (1)	72 (3)	72 (3)	72 (0)	72 (0)	74 (2)	74 (2)	75 (1)	75 (1)	7	7
Williamson, Juan	FL	Atlanta			71	71	73 (2)	73 (2)	73 (0)	73 (0)	74 (1)	74 (1)	74 (0)	74 (0)	3	3
Liszt, Ed	SE	Atlanta	55	55	55 (0)	55 (0)	53 (-2)	53 (-2)	54 (1)	54 (1)	53 (-1)	53 (-1)	53 (0)	53 (0)	-2	-2
McMillen, Dustin	SE	Atlanta					19	31	20 (1)	32 (1)	25 (5)	34 (2)	27 (2)	34 (0)	8	3
Meredith, Bernard	SE	Atlanta	32	57	36 (4)	58 (1)	37 (1)	50 (-8)	40 (3)	50 (0)	48 (8)	48 (-2)	47 (-1)	47 (-1)	15	-10
Zimmerman, Tito	SE	Atlanta									18	34	21 (3)	37 (3)	3	3
Zuniga, D.J.	SE	Atlanta									23	23	18 (-5)	18 (-5)	-5	-5
Hemond, Floyd	C	Atlanta	55	55	55 (0)	55 (0)	54 (-1)	54 (-1)	55 (1)	55 (1)	54 (-1)	54 (-1)	55 (1)	55 (1)	0	0
Stanton, Bo	C	Atlanta	70	70	69 (-1)	69 (-1)	70 (1)	70 (1)	71 (1)	71 (1)	71 (0)	71 (0)	73 (2)	73 (2)	3	3
Delgado, Toby	LG	Atlanta	16	32	20 (4)	39 (7)	23 (3)	44 (5)	27 (4)	44 (0)	31 (4)	49 (5)	35 (4)	49 (0)	19	17
McDermott, Roy	LG	Atlanta			54	62	63 (9)	63 (1)	69 (6)	69 (6)	69 (0)	69 (0)	69 (0)	69 (0)	15	7
Brady, Sherman	RG	Atlanta	34	50	38 (4)	50 (0)	45 (7)	55 (5)	49 (4)	55 (0)	55 (6)	57 (2)	61 (6)	61 (4)	27	11
Goodwin, Kelvin	RG	Atlanta	58	58	57 (-1)	57 (-1)	57 (0)	57 (0)	55 (-2)	55 (-2)	54 (-1)	54 (-1)	72 (18)	72 (18)	14	14
Collier, Johnnie	LT	Atlanta			53	56	58 (5)	58 (2)	59 (1)	59 (1)	59 (0)	59 (0)	60 (1)	60 (1)	7	4
Cortez, Edgar	LT	Atlanta					13	41	21 (8)	47 (6)	25 (4)	47 (0)	29 (4)	48 (1)	16	7
Packwood, Harvey	LT	Atlanta	48	48	48 (0)	48 (0)	46 (-2)	46 (-2)	47 (1)	47 (1)	47 (0)	47 (0)	47 (0)	47 (0)	-1	-1
Turner, Sammie	LT	Atlanta									46	46	46 (0)	46 (0)	0	0
Conway, Luther	K	Atlanta	66	66	65 (-1)	65 (-1)	65 (0)	65 (0)	64 (-1)	64 (-1)	64 (0)	64 (0)	64 (0)	64 (0)	-2	-2
Jarvis, Charlie	P	Atlanta	49	49	48 (-1)	48 (-1)	50 (2)	50 (2)	50 (0)	50 (0)	50 (0)	50 (0)	51 (1)	51 (1)	2	2
Galiardo, Marshall	LDE	Atlanta	18	34	21 (3)	35 (1)	27 (6)	36 (1)	30 (3)	36 (0)	37 (7)	37 (1)	37 (0)	37 (0)	19	3
McNeil, Kendrick	LDE	Atlanta					49	49	48 (-1)	48 (-1)	49 (1)	49 (1)	43 (-6)	43 (-6)	-6	-6
Garcia, Al	LDT	Atlanta	60	60	53 (-7)	53 (-7)	53 (0)	53 (0)	52 (-1)	52 (-1)	52 (0)	52 (0)	45 (-7)	45 (-7)	-15	-15
Styles, Kenneth	LDT	Atlanta	39	44	51 (12)	51 (7)	50 (-1)	50 (-1)	54 (4)	54 (4)	52 (-2)	52 (-2)	53 (1)	53 (1)	14	9
Brewer, Roman	RDT	Atlanta									15	42	17 (2)	41 (-1)	2	-1
Rivera, Jack	RDT	Atlanta	17	25	20 (3)	29 (4)	21 (1)	32 (3)	23 (2)	32 (0)	26 (3)	36 (4)	29 (3)	36 (0)	12	11
Stroup, Ed	RDT	Atlanta			58	58	60 (2)	60 (2)	52 (-8)	52 (-8)	53 (1)	53 (1)	54 (1)	54 (1)	-4	-4
Bruschi, Grant	RDE	Atlanta									12	27	15 (3)	32 (5)	3	5
Tamayo, Oliver	RDE	Atlanta	50	50	50 (0)	50 (0)	51 (1)	51 (1)	51 (0)	51 (0)	52 (1)	52 (1)	52 (0)	52 (0)	2	2
Horton, Myron	SLB	Atlanta									22	52	26 (4)	48 (-4)	4	-4
Jamison, Colin	SLB	Atlanta	75	75	76 (1)	76 (1)	75 (-1)	75 (-1)	66 (-9)	66 (-9)	67 (1)	67 (1)	68 (1)	68 (1)	-7	-7
Sellers, Victor	SLB	Atlanta									17	38	19 (2)	45 (7)	2	7
Bailey, Trent	MLB	Atlanta	24	54	30 (6)	56 (2)	44 (14)	57 (1)	49 (5)	57 (0)	58 (9)	58 (1)	59 (1)	59 (1)	35	5
Meyer, Gus	MLB	Atlanta	57	57	57 (0)	57 (0)	57 (0)	57 (0)	58 (1)	58 (1)	58 (0)	58 (0)	59 (1)	59 (1)	2	2
Patton, Russell	MLB	Atlanta	14	25	16 (2)	27 (2)	19 (3)	28 (1)	21 (2)	29 (1)	25 (4)	30 (1)	27 (2)	30 (0)	13	5
Kevorkian, Bert	WLB	Atlanta									44	45	46 (2)	46 (1)	2	1
Sanderson, Lionel	WLB	Atlanta	23	34	25 (2)	34 (0)	28 (3)	31 (-3)	30 (2)	30 (-1)	30 (0)	30 (0)	31 (1)	31 (1)	8	-3
Chapman, Jonathan	LCB	Atlanta									20	44	26 (6)	52 (8)	6	8
Devine, Renaldo	LCB	Atlanta					16	34	19 (3)	44 (10)	33 (14)	50 (6)	36 (3)	50 (0)	20	16
Grant, Louie	LCB	Atlanta	50	50	52 (2)	52 (2)	52 (0)	52 (0)	52 (0)	52 (0)	52 (0)	52 (0)	52 (0)	52 (0)	2	2
Hopkins, Leroy	LCB	Atlanta					10	26	13 (3)	29 (3)	17 (4)	31 (2)	19 (2)	31 (0)	9	5
Singleton, Jim	SS	Atlanta					21	58	21 (0)	56 (-2)	32 (11)	54 (-2)	36 (4)	54 (0)	15	-4
Whalen, Roosevelt	SS	Atlanta	54	54	54 (0)	54 (0)	55 (1)	55 (1)	54 (-1)	54 (-1)	56 (2)	56 (2)	51 (-5)	51 (-5)	-3	-3
Burdette, Casey	FS	Atlanta	55	55	51 (-4)	51 (-4)	51 (0)	51 (0)	50 (-1)	50 (-1)	49 (-1)	49 (-1)	43 (-6)	43 (-6)	-12	-12

[Ben E Lou]

Heh. I missed MLB Trent Bailey's continued development and creeping I'm not so concerned about Meyer's holdout now...

[Ben E Lou]

2050 ROSTER AND OUTLOOK

Player	Pos	Start	Exp	Cur	Fut	Cntrct
Torres, Rich	QB	QB	6	45	45	2 yrs
Dobler, Nate	QB		5	32	32	2 yrs
Schultz, Levon	QB		2	20	41	3 yrs
Airey, Jack	RB	RB	6	76	76	3 yrs
Carlisle, Andrew	RB		1	32	40	3 yrs
##Hammond, Kennedy	RB		1	21	35	4 yrs
Woods, Patrick	FB	FB	11	53	53	2 yrs
Adam, Dana	FB		2	19	23	2 yrs
Pena, Tracy	TE	TE	6	75	75	2 yrs
Flores, Rusty	TE		3	42	45	1 yr.
Fulton, Jose	TE		1	24	39	1 yr.
##Williamson, Juan	FL		7	74	74	2 yrs
Liszt, Ed	SE	FL	8	53	53	3 yrs
Meredith, Bernard	SE	SE	4	47	47	1 yr.
McMillen, Dustin	SE		2	29	34	2 yrs
Zimmerman, Tito	SE		1	23	37	3 yrs
Zuniga, D.J.	SE		10	18	18	2 yrs
Stanton, Bo	C	C	5	73	73	4 yrs
Hemond, Floyd	C		8	55	55	3 yrs
McDermott, Roy	LG	RG	6	69	69	5 yrs
##Delgado, Toby	LG		3	35	49	1 yr.
Goodwin, Kelvin	RG	LG	7	72	72	4 yrs
Brady, Sherman	RG		4	61	61	4 yrs
Collier, Johnnie	LT	LT	6	60	60	5 yrs
Packwood, Harvey	LT	RT	8	47	47	4 yrs
Turner, Sammie	LT		10	46	46	2 yrs
Cortez, Edgar	LT		2	31	48	2 yrs
Jarvis, Charlie	P		11	51	51	1 yr.
Conway, Luther	K		8	64	64	4 yrs
McNeil, Kendrick	LDE	RDE	8	43	43	1 yr.
Galiardo, Marshall	LDE		3	37	37	2 yrs
Tamayo, Oliver	RDE	LDE	7	52	52	2 yrs
##Bruschi, Grant	RDE		1	16	32	1 yr.
##Styles, Kenneth	LDT		5	53	53	4 yrs
Garcia, Al	LDT	RDT	11	45	45	2 yrs
Stroup, Ed	RDT	LDT	8	54	54	3 yrs
Rivera, Jack	RDT		3	29	36	1 yr.
Brewer, Roman	RDT		1	17	41	3 yrs
$$Meyer, Gus	MLB		7	59	59	1 yr.
Bailey, Trent	MLB	MLB	3	59	59	3 yrs
Patton, Russell	MLB		3	27	30	1 yr.
Jamison, Colin	SLB	SLB	9	68	68	2 yrs
Sellers, Victor	SLB		1	19	45	3 yrs
Kevorkian, Bert	WLB	WLB	5	46	46	2 yrs
Sanderson, Lionel	WLB		4	31	31	1 yr.
Grant, Louie	LCB	LCB	5	52	52	3 yrs
Devine, Renaldo	LCB		2	36	50	2 yrs
Chapman, Jonathan	LCB	RCB	1	29	52	4 yrs
Hopkins, Leroy	LCB		2	20	31	2 yrs
Whalen, Roosevelt	SS	FS	7	51	51	2 yrs
Singleton, Jim	SS		2	41	54	3 yrs
##Burdette, Casey	FS		10	43	43	2 yrs
Horton, Myron	FS	SS	1	10	46	4 yrs

COHESION: 76-100-90-67
ROSTER: 100. Next-best team is 93.

We're going to give teams a healthy dose of Jack Airey this year. No surprise there.

[Ben E Lou]

Meyer ended his holdout after week 1 of the regular season.

[Ben E Lou]

Intriguing season, with a storybook ending.

Intriguing, because the first signs of less depth being an issue hit us. We were limping along to a 7-6 record with Torres sporting a sub-70 QB Rating.

Storybook, because Levon Schultz came in at the end of the season to save the day and lead us to a most improbable championship. He was Livid about his playing time, and when a guy with a low-20s current rating is Livid about not playing over a guy with a mid-40s current rating, I take notice. You can see his regular season numbers in his three starts below, and he had a 116.5 rating in the postseason. The annoying thing is that with my house rules about the AI setting the lineups, I had to manipulate the roster (sign low-rated QBs and make good veteran backups inactive) to make sure he started. He should develop nicely next year, so there shouldn't be that much of that.

DE Tamayo was DPOY. TE Pena and OLB Jamison were All Pros, but all the buzz in the A-T-L is about the 24-year-old 4th round pick who came off the bench and led the Falcons back to glory, and won the Super Bowl MVP. Levon Schultz, the stage is yours.

[Ben E Lou]

2051 OFFSEASON BEGIN

RETIREMENTS

Just one of the stiff QBs I signed to get Schultz in the lineup. I am pretty much shocked that FB Patrick Woods elected to stick around for another season.

FRANCHISE: MLB Gus Meyer

SUMMER: CB Jonathan Chapman

[Ben E Lou]

2051 FA1

Some significant creeping at this stage this year. QB Schultz gets another +4/+5, making his overall 5/28-->31/47. Last year's first round pick, CB Jonathan Chapman, gets a +5/+5 (20/44-->47/57). And then there's one the likes of which I've never seen. CB Renaldo Devine goes 48/48-->57/57. I'm pretty sure that I've never seen a guy unmask that much in FA1, particularly not as a 3rd-year man.

CUTS/RENEGOTIATONS
I start off with -$8.9M available to sign FAs. (Current cap=$419.7M) The following starters from 2050 are in the final year of their contract, or are RFAs, and signing them would have the indicated approximate effect on their cap costs:

TE Tracy Pena (76/76): +5.5M
SLB Colin Jamison (69/69): +11M
MLB Gus Meyer (59/59): -12.5M
FB Patrick Woods (53/53): +0.5M
SS Roosevelt Whalen (52/52): -0.5M
P Charlie Jarvis (51/51): N/A (wants only a one-year deal)
DT Al Garcia (45/45): -1.0M

So, if I were to do all of these, I'd have negative money to spend, and I'm in need of help at DE and OT. Just signing the cheap ones isn't going to accomplish what I need to accomplish, so I'm going to make a couple of cuts. Gone are...

MLB Gus Meyer (59/59)--Franchisee gets the axe because Trent Bailey looks ready to roll at MLB.
QB Rich Torres (44/44)--No point in paying him starter money when Schultz is getting the ball this year from day 1.
DT Al Garcia (45/45)--12th-year man who wasn't going to start this year.
FS Casey Burdette (42/42)--Another aging vet who wouldn't start.

PERCENTAGE OF CAP AVAILABLE AFTER CUTS/EXTENSIONS: 7.8%
STARTERS NEEDED: LDE, RT

FA SIGNINGS
RT Wes Reynolds (58/58), year 9--Expensive guy, but he looks worth it.
LDE Craig Garcia (52/52), year 5--Pretty solid all around DE.

[Ben E Lou]

2051 DRAFT/TRAINING CAMP

1(32)

Barker gets moved to CB immediately

Rnd 1 - Kyle Barker, CB, Baylor: 20/50-->20/52
Rnd 2 - Tony Barginski, S, Maryland: 26/57-->31/56
Rnd 3 - K.C. Fulton, DT, Air Force: 27/48-->30/47
Rnd 4 - Marvin Diaz, OLB, Duke: 17/50-->20/43
Rnd 5 - Tyrus Lavan, TE, Ohio State: 22/42-->24/40
Rnd 6 - Peter Reed, ILB, Iowa State: 20/45-->22/39
Rnd 7 - Geoff Hickman, DT, Akron: 22/24-->25/29


OTHER CAMP NEWS OF NOTE

• Nothing really. Old guys dropping points. Creepers creeping. Just everyone doing their thing.
  

[Ben E Lou]

2051 ROSTER

 Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntrct 
Dobler, Nate            6   QB          6    32                32                1 yr.
Schultz, Levon          7   QB    QB    3    36                47                2 yrs
Kerr, Leroy             18  QB          1    8                 25                1 yr.
Airey, Jack             30  RB    RB    7    73                73                2 yrs
Carlisle, Andrew        33  RB          2    39                41                2 yrs
##Hammond, Kennedy      43  RB          2    23                33                3 yrs
##Woods, Patrick        20  FB          12   47                47                1 yr.
Adam, Dana              37  FB    FB    3    24                25                1 yr.
Pena, Tracy             84  TE    TE    7    72                72                4 yrs
Flores, Rusty           86  TE          4    45                45                1 yr.
Lavan, Tyrus            87  TE          1    24                40                3 yrs
Williamson, Juan        12  FL    FL    8    67                67                4 yrs
##Zuniga, D.J.          81  SE          11   16                16                1 yr.
Liszt, Ed               83  SE    SE    9    43                43                2 yrs
McMillen, Dustin        88  SE          3    35                35                1 yr.
Zimmerman, Tito         82  SE          2    37                39                2 yrs
Hemond, Floyd           59  C           9    53                53                2 yrs
Stanton, Bo             55  C     C     6    74                74                3 yrs
McDermott, Roy          66  LG    RG    7    69                69                4 yrs
Delgado, Toby           72  LG          4    44                52                1 yr.
Goodwin, Kelvin         56  RG    LG    8    72                72                3 yrs
Brady, Sherman          78  RG          5    63                63                3 yrs
Turner, Sammie          61  LT          11   40                40                1 yr.
Packwood, Harvey        70  LT          9    45                45                3 yrs
Collier, Johnnie        68  LT    RT    7    56                56                4 yrs
Cortez, Edgar           60  LT          3    44                49                1 yr.
Reynolds, Wes           67  RT    LT    9    58                58                2 yrs
Jarvis, Charlie         19  P           12   50                50                1 yr.
Conway, Luther          16  K           9    65                65                3 yrs
Garcia, Craig           92  LDE   LDE   5    52                52                3 yrs
##Galiardo, Marshall    74  LDE         4    38                38                1 yr.
Tamayo, Oliver          77  RDE   RDE   8    49                49                3 yrs
##Bruschi, Grant        96  RDE         2    20                35                1 yr.
Styles, Kenneth         93  LDT   LDT   6    53                53                3 yrs
Hickman, Geoff          76  LDT         1    26                29                3 yrs
Stroup, Ed              75  RDT   RDT   9    50                50                2 yrs
Brewer, Roman           64  RDT         2    22                41                2 yrs
Fulton, K.C.            97  RDT         1    31                47                3 yrs
Bailey, Trent           99  MLB   MLB   4    60                60                2 yrs
Reed, Peter             91  MLB         1    22                39                3 yrs
Jamison, Colin          95  SLB   SLB   10   64                64                1 yr.
Sellers, Victor         54  SLB         2    31                49                2 yrs
Diaz, Marvin            98  SLB         1    22                43                4 yrs
Kevorkian, Bert         90  WLB   WLB   6    45                45                1 yr.
Grant, Louie            42  LCB   RCB   6    52                52                2 yrs
Hopkins, Leroy          26  LCB         3    30                30                1 yr.
Devine, Renaldo         39  LCB   LCB   3    57                57                1 yr.
##Chapman, Jonathan     22  LCB         2    55                58                3 yrs
Barker, Kyle            24  RCB         1    20                52                4 yrs
##Whalen, Roosevelt     45  SS          8    49                49                4 yrs
Singleton, Jim          31  SS    SS    3    49                49                2 yrs
Barginski, Tony         32  SS    FS    1    32                56                3 yrs
Horton, Myron           58  FS          2    13                42                3 yrs

CB Chapman is pretty much out for the year, due to shoulder surgery.

I'm not really sure what to expect with a new QB and aging WRs.

[Ben E Lou]

2051 Summary

So, yeah, Levon Schultz. Same game plan and receivers as last season (but a bit worse in talent due to aging), but different result.

I'm adopting new rules next season--going 100% home-grown now. No new free agents except for undrafted rookies. This is in addition to the other rules already in place.

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

I'm adopting new rules next season--going 100% home-grown now. No new free agents except for undrafted rookies. This is in addition to the other rules already in place.

Yup. *sigh*

[Ben E Lou]

Picking this back up using the AP system of Quik's:

Action Point Values for FOF House Rules

Staff Hiring
3 – Scout or head coach who was hired with no contract restrictions
2 – Scout or head coach who was offered his requested contract before stage 3
0 – Scout or head coach who was offered his requested contract in stage 3
1 – Replacing scout or head coach currently under contract
2 – Hiring coordinator with no contract restrictions
1 – Hiring coordinator on requested contract before stage 3
0 – Hiring coordinator on requested contract in stage 3
0 – Hiring coordinator at half of his HC request in stage 3
1 – Replacing coordinator currently under contract

Internal Contract Moves
4 – Use franchise tag on player for third consecutive year or more
3 – Use franchise tag on player for second consecutive year
3 – Use franchise tag on player labeled as angry, livid or demanding trade
3 – Use franchise tag on player with loyalty rating of zero
2 – Use franchise tag on any other player
3 – Send former 1st round pick to European league
2 – Send former 2nd or 3rd round pick to European league
1 – Send former 4th or 5th round pick or undrafted rookie to European league
0 – Send former 6th or 7th round pick or former to European league
4 – Sign current player to unrestricted renegotiation
2 – Sign current player to his requested renegotiation
0 – Sign current player to a full or partial capout
2 – Sign RFA player on an unrestricted new contract
1 – Sign RFA player to his requested multi year contract
0 – Sign RFA player to his requested one year contract
1 – Additional cost of using any item above after its first three uses

Early Free Agency
4 – Offer FA player an unrestricted contract
3 – Offer FA player a flat contract with at least 25% bonus
2 – Offer FA player a flat contract with at least 50% bonus
1 – Additional cost of using any item above after its first three uses
1 – Offer FA player his requested contract
0 – Offer FA player 8th year+ requested contract 1yr no bonus
1 – Additional cost of using any item above after its first three uses
(Submitting an altered contract to a player already on offer list re-incurs same cost as original offer would have above)

Trading
2 – Initiating trade for player from another team
4 – Initiating trade of player(s) for a 1st round pick or more
2 – Initiating trade of player(s) for 2nd round pick or more
1 – Initiating trade of player(s) for less than 2nd round pick
2 – Accepting AI-initiated trade that fails “fairness test”
1 – Accepting AI-initiated trade that passes “fairness test”
2 – Trading down from Top 10 pick within current draft
1 – Any other trade within current draft
5 – Any trade involving future 1st round pick from another team
2 – Any other trade involving draft picks in future years
1 – Additional cost of using any item above after its first three uses

Rookie Draft
6 – Use up to 60 rookie interviews
5 – Use up to 40 rookie interviews
3 – Use up to 20 rookie interviews
6 – Manually use draft pick between 1.1 and 1.5
5 – Manually use draft picks between 1.6 and 1.16
4 – Manually use draft pick between 1.17 and 1.32
3 – Manually use 2nd round draft pick
2 – Manually use 3rd round draft pick
1 – Manually use 4th or 5th round draft pick
0 – Manually use 6th or 7th round draft pick
0 – Cost of allowing scout to select pick in any round
1 – Added cost if player drafted after first round has 2 or more red combines
1 – Added cost if player drafted after first round has 4 or more red + blue combines
-1 – Deduction from positive AP cost for selecting top player on position board

Late Free Agency
5 – Sign a FA player released during late free agency
4 – Sign a FA player in 2nd or 3rd year in league
3 – Sign a FA player in his 4th year in league
2 – Sign a FA rookie player
1 – Offer any other FA player his requested contract
1 – Offer any other FA player a one year contract
1 – Additional cost of using any item above after its first three uses

Training Camp
3 – Use custom training camp settings
0 – Use default training camp settings
5 – Carry up to 70 players into training camp
3 – Carry up to 60 players into training camp
2 – Carry up to 57 players into training camp
1 – Carry up to 55 players into training camp
0 – Carry up to 53 players into training camp

In-Season

10 – Implement custom gameplans at start of season
8 – Implement custom GP, with unchanged offensive gameplan from FOFC library
2 – Allow unlimited changes to offensive gameplan during season
2 – Allow unlimited changes to defensive gameplan during season
0 – Implement staff-controlled gameplans for full season
4 – Allow unlimited changes to depth chart during season
0 – Implement staff-controlled depth chart for full season
6 – Set injury rate at 100
3 – Set injury rate at 150
0 – Set injury rate at 200
3 – Sign veteran free agent to replace player placed onto IR
1 – Sign rookie free agent to replace player placed onto IR
0 – Sign lowest-rated rookie free agent to maintain legal roster

Salary Cap
15 – Use entire salary cap
12 – Leave 5% of cap unused as of start of season
9 – Leave 10% of cap unused as of start of season
6 – Leave 15% of cap unused as of start of season
3 – Leave 20% of cap unused as of start of season
0 – Leave 25% of cap unused as of start of season
3 – Each player on roster for week 1 occupying over 10% of cap
2 – Each player on roster for week 1 occupying 5-10% of cap

[Ben E Lou]

The game is saved right before free agency, so I can't be 100% certain what I've done, but it looks like...

3 – Scout or head coach who was hired with no contract restrictions
2 – Use franchise tag on any other player
0 – Send former 6th or 7th round pick or former to European league

I'm starting out with a 60-point budget, so I'm left with 55.

[Ben E Lou]

2052 OFFSEASON BEGIN

RETIREMENTS

FB Patrick Woods--Woods was our 2(32) pick back in 2040, and he held the starting job for all twelve of his seasons. For his career, he averaged a very good 6.77 yards per target coming out of the backfield, and was 80 for 254 in KRBs with 3 pancakes.

FRANCHISE: OLB Colin Jamison

SUMMER: DT Geoff Hickman

[Ben E Lou]

Heh. So just starting to put together my first budget, I realize I don't really want to track these, so what I think I'll do is go back to my Action Points test dynasty, take a look at what I did, and then just set an every-year type budget and use it as my house rules.

[Ben E Lou]

Putting this budget and resulting house rules together was actually pretty entertaining. Here's the total info. I'll update the first post in the thread with the new rules in a moment...

Staff Hiring--3 points per year.
3 – Scout or head coach who was hired with no contract restrictions
2 – Scout or head coach who was offered his requested contract before stage 3
0 – Scout or head coach who was offered his requested contract in stage 3
1 – Replacing scout or head coach currently under contract
2 – Hiring coordinator with no contract restrictions
1 – Hiring coordinator on requested contract before stage 3
0 – Hiring coordinator on requested contract in stage 3
0 – Hiring coordinator at half of his HC request in stage 3
1 – Replacing coordinator currently under contract
Easy way to approximate this one. I'll hire all coaches/coordinators to 5-year deals with no contract restrictions. No replacing anyone under contract. So over 5 years, I would expect:

2001: 3(HC)
2002: 3(Scout)
2003: 3(OC)
2004: 3(DC)
2005: None

So 12 points every 5 years charged for this. I'll round it up to 3 points per year. The resulting house rules are...

• All staff must be hired to 5-year deals.
• No replacing staff under contract.
• If a staff position in open in the third week, a requested offer may be given.

Internal Contract Moves--11 points per year
4 – Use franchise tag on player for third consecutive year or more
3 – Use franchise tag on player for second consecutive year
3 – Use franchise tag on player labeled as angry, livid or demanding trade
3 – Use franchise tag on player with loyalty rating of zero
2 – Use franchise tag on any other player
3 – Send former 1st round pick to European league
2 – Send former 2nd or 3rd round pick to European league
1 – Send former 4th or 5th round pick or undrafted rookie to European league
0 – Send former 6th or 7th round pick or former to European league
4 – Sign current player to unrestricted renegotiation: 4 points
2 – Sign current player to his requested renegotiation (three per year): 6 points
0 – Sign current player to a full or partial capout (three per year): 0 points.
2 – Sign RFA player on an unrestricted new contract
1 – Sign RFA player to his requested multi year contract (max two per year): 2 points
0 – Sign RFA player to his requested one year contract (max three per year): 0 points
1 – Additional cost of using any item above after its first three uses
I've bolded the options I'll use, and how many times. So from this section, we have...

• Franchise tag may be used, but it must be on a player with loyalty >0, not on an angry or worse player, and never for consecutive years.
• Summer league player must be from fourth round or later.
• I may offer renegotiations to three players per year, but for requested amounts only.
  
  Early Free Agency--2 points
  4 – Offer FA player an unrestricted contract--
  3 – Offer FA player a flat contract with at least 25% bonus
  2 – Offer FA player a flat contract with at least 50% bonus (one per year)
  1 – Additional cost of using any item above after its first three uses
  1 – Offer FA player his requested contract
  0 – Offer FA player 8th year+ requested contract 1yr no bonus (max three per year) 0 points.
  1 – Additional cost of using any item above after its first three uses
  (Submitting an altered contract to a player already on offer list re-incurs same cost as original offer would have above)

Resulting house rules are...

• I may offer one flat contract with at least 50% bonus per year in early free agency.
• I may offer up to three 8yr+ players who are requested no-bonus deals their requested contract.

The latter rule will allow me to pick up crappy mentors, and roster fillers if needed.


Trading--0 points
2 – Initiating trade for player from another team
4 – Initiating trade of player(s) for a 1st round pick or more
2 – Initiating trade of player(s) for 2nd round pick or more
1 – Initiating trade of player(s) for less than 2nd round pick
2 – Accepting AI-initiated trade that fails “fairness test”
1 – Accepting AI-initiated trade that passes “fairness test”
2 – Trading down from Top 10 pick within current draft
1 – Any other trade within current draft
5 – Any trade involving future 1st round pick from another team
2 – Any other trade involving draft picks in future years
1 – Additional cost of using any item above after its first three uses
I don't trade much in SP anyway, and I'd rather build my team otherwise, so just one house rule:

• No Trading.
  
  Rookie Draft--13 points
  6 – Use up to 60 rookie interviews
  5 – Use up to 40 rookie interviews
  3 – Use up to 20 rookie interviews
  6 – Manually use draft pick between 1.1 and 1.5
  5 – Manually use draft picks between 1.6 and 1.16
  4 – Manually use draft pick between 1.17 and 1.32
  3 – Manually use 2nd round draft pick
  2 – Manually use 3rd round draft pick
  1 – Manually use 4th or 5th round draft pick (twice)
  0 – Manually use 6th or 7th round draft pick (twice)
  0 – Cost of allowing scout to select pick in any round
  1 – Added cost if player drafted after first round has 2 or more red combines
  1 – Added cost if player drafted after first round has 4 or more red + blue combines
  -1 – Deduction from positive AP cost for selecting top player on position board
  Doing some approximating here, but I'll charge myself the average amount for first round picks, do no interviews, and based on my AP testing, I'm thinking I'll average picking two guys that cost extra per draft, and one top player on position board per draft. So the only rule to track here is...
• No interviews.

Late Free Agency--2 points
5 – Sign a FA player released during late free agency
4 – Sign a FA player in 2nd or 3rd year in league
3 – Sign a FA player in his 4th year in league
2 – Sign a FA rookie player
1 – Offer any other FA player his requested contract
1 – Offer any other FA player a one year contract
1 – Additional cost of using any item above after its first three uses
Just the one house rule then...

• One undrafted rookie per year may be signed to a contract during late free agency.
  
  Training Camp--0 points
  3 – Use custom training camp settings
  0 – Use default training camp settings
  5 – Carry up to 70 players into training camp
  3 – Carry up to 60 players into training camp
  2 – Carry up to 57 players into training camp
  1 – Carry up to 55 players into training camp
  0 – Carry up to 53 players into training camp

Straightforward again...

• Default training camp settings only.
• No more than 53 players carried to camp.
  
  In-Season--11 total points
  
  10 – Implement custom gameplans at start of season
  8 – Implement custom GP, with unchanged offensive gameplan from FOFC library
  2 – Allow unlimited changes to offensive gameplan during season
  2 – Allow unlimited changes to defensive gameplan during season
  0 – Implement staff-controlled gameplans for full season
  4 – Allow unlimited changes to depth chart during season
  0 – Implement staff-controlled depth chart for full season
  6 – Set injury rate at 100
  3 – Set injury rate at 150
  0 – Set injury rate at 200
  3 – Sign veteran free agent to replace player placed onto IR
  1 – Sign rookie free agent to replace player placed onto IR (once)
  0 – Sign lowest-rated rookie free agent to maintain legal roster

So pretty straightforward rules from this section...

• No changing the game plan during the season.
• AI will control all depth charts.
• Injury rate is 200
• One signing of any rookie FA per year to replace an IR player.
• No other in-season signings unless necessary to maintain legal roster, and those will be of the lowest-rated rookie at a given position.

Salary Cap--18 total points.
15 – Use entire salary cap--Just plain easier to track.
12 – Leave 5% of cap unused as of start of season
9 – Leave 10% of cap unused as of start of season
6 – Leave 15% of cap unused as of start of season
3 – Leave 20% of cap unused as of start of season
0 – Leave 25% of cap unused as of start of season
3 – Each player on roster for week 1 occupying over 10% of cap
2 – Each player on roster for week 1 occupying 5-10% of cap
Looking at my AP test career and at this team's current roster, 6 points for "expensive players" seems like the magic number here, so I'm not going to track this one, but just assume 6 points for it. So only one rule to track here:

• At the beginning of the season, I must have 5% of the cap unused.

__________________

Staff	3
Internal Contracts	11
Early Free Agency	2
Trades	0
Rookie Draft	13
LFA	2
Training Camp	0
In season	11
Salary Cap	18
	60

[Ben E Lou]

First post updated. On to the game.

[Ben E Lou]

2052 INTERNAL MOVES

The cap is currently $425.5M. We being this stage with 37 players under contract, and $9M in cap costs more than where we need to be. Definitely a bit of work to do.

REQUESTED RENEG 1: OLB Jamison (franchisee)

REQUESTED RENEG 2: TE Pena

REQUESTED RENEG 3: S Singleton

RFA MULTI-YEAR 1: CB Renaldo Devine

RFA MULTI-YEAR 2: T Cortez

RFA ONE-YEAR 1: WR McMillen

RFA ONE-YEAR 2: DE Bruschi

RFA ONE-YEAR 3: CB Hopkins

CAP OUT 1: WR Williamson

CAP OUT 2: G McDermott

CAP OUT 3: Not used.

CUTS
DT Ed Stroup (50/50)--10th-year guy. May have been a starter, but too expensive for the way things are right now.

PERCENTAGE OF CAP AVAILABLE AFTER CUTS/INTERNAL ROSTER MOVES: 8.1% (But recall I can't use all of that. Practically speaking, I have 3.1% of the cap to spend on FAs.)
STARTERS NEEDED: FB, P
PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT: 41


I definitely felt the crunch of the AP-Based House Rules this stage, and there will be obvious future ramifications as well. For one thing, I have two key players in the final year of their contracts and who did not get extensions: RB Jack Airey (74/74) and MLB Trent Bailey (61/61). So one of them definitely is exposed to free agency next year. Good, good.

[Ben E Lou]

2052 FREE AGENCY

FLAT CONTRACT OFFER: FB Maurice Fairley--Signed. He's a 69/69 6th-year guy who is solid all-around and has a 100 in Special Teams.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 1 (Yr8+): P Charlie Jarvis--Signed. He is my punter from last year.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 2 (Yr8+): QB Paul Carr--Signed. 40/40 backup.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 3 (Yr8+): S Arnie Whaley--Signed. 37/37 mentor.

An interesting twist here that I may need to address down the road is that I can only add a max of 17 new contracts to the roster each year (franchisee + 5 RFAs + 1 flat contract + 3 nobonus + 7 draftees). That's going to be problematic. For example, right now I have 28 guys who will be carryover contracts to next year, plus seven draftees, or 35 total. So I'll have a max of 52 next year, but some will retire. I'm thinking that I may need to add a rule here saying that after training camp I can sign as many rookies as it takes to field a legal roster that year, but for now it's fine.

[Ben E Lou]

2052 DRAFT/TRAINING CAMP

(Comments were written pre-camp.)

Rnd	Pick	Pos	NAME	Grd	Adj	40	Sol	BP	Agi	BJ	PDrl	Dev	Cur1	Fut1	Comments	CurChg	FutChg
1	30	T	Richie Orta	5.3	5.8	+		+	+	+	xxx	21%	24	43	Looks like a major creeper.	4	9
2	30	DT	T.J. Szumnarski	5.5	5.9	+	+	+	!		xxx	20%	15	36	Top of the board guy with great combines.	4	2
3	30	WR	Thurman Zaoussis	4.4	4.6		+	+	+	-		24%	16	32	Not sure about him, but I could use WRs	1	4

[Ben E Lou]

4	30	QB	Johnny Wolf	4.6	5.2		+		+	-		40%	12	24	Needed to fill a roster spot, and he looks like he has at least some masking.	3	2
5	30	DE	Courtney Fisk	4.6	5.1	+	+	+		-	xxx	45%	21	30	Very low bar in pass rush technique likely masked, considering his 40 time and overall rating.	3	1
6	30	G	Donovan Dockett	4.4	4.2	+	-	+		-	xxx	15%	19	40	Best guard remaining. Near-red bench press (35).	3	2
7	30	S	Lonnie O'Neill	4.6	4.3	+	+				+	38%	15	26	I need an OLB and none were available. He might be heavy enough with weight training to switch.	2	1

[Ben E Lou]

In order to fit under the cap constraints, I'm going to have to release a veteran. Starting DT Kenneth Styles goes bye-bye.

OTHER CAMP NEWS OF NOTE

• 3rd-year WR Tito Zimmerman, a former 7th round pick, had a +5/+5 and is now 47/47, and set to start.
• RB Airey dropped 8 points to 66/66.

[Ben E Lou]

2052 ROSTER

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntrct 
Schultz, Levon          7   QB    QB    4    46                46                1 yr.
Carr, Paul              5   QB          8    42                42                1 yr.
Wolf, Johnny            3   QB          1    15                26                3 yrs
Airey, Jack             30  RB    RB    8    66                66                1 yr.
Carlisle, Andrew        33  RB          3    43                43                1 yr.
Hammond, Kennedy        43  RB          3    26                32                2 yrs
Fairley, Maurice        34  FB    FB    6    70                70                5 yrs
##Cepeda, Harris        35  FB          6    30                30                1 yr.
Pena, Tracy             84  TE    TE    8    73                73                3 yrs
Lavan, Tyrus            87  TE          2    28                38                2 yrs
Williamson, Juan        12  FL    FL    9    67                67                3 yrs
Zaoussis, Thurman       86  FL          1    22                33                3 yrs
Zimmerman, Tito         82  SE    SE    3    47                47                1 yr.
Liszt, Ed               83  SE          10   38                38                1 yr.
##McMillen, Dustin      88  SE          4    37                37                1 yr.
Stanton, Bo             55  C     C     7    75                75                2 yrs
Hemond, Floyd           59  C           10   51                51                1 yr.
McDermott, Roy          66  LG          8    64                64                3 yrs
Dockett, Donovan        63  LG          1    22                42                3 yrs
Goodwin, Kelvin         56  RG    LG    9    70                70                2 yrs
Brady, Sherman          78  RG    RG    6    60                60                2 yrs
Collier, Johnnie        68  LT    LT    8    52                52                3 yrs
Cortez, Edgar           60  LT          4    48                48                3 yrs
##Packwood, Harvey      70  LT          10   41                41                2 yrs
Orta, Richie            75  LT          1    30                52                4 yrs
Reynolds, Wes           67  RT    RT    10   55                55                1 yr.
Jarvis, Charlie         19  P           13   40                40                1 yr.
Conway, Luther          16  K           10   65                65                2 yrs
Garcia, Craig           92  LDE   LDE   6    48                48                2 yrs
Fisk, Courtney          94  LDE         1    24                31                3 yrs
Tamayo, Oliver          77  RDE   RDE   9    40                40                2 yrs
Bruschi, Grant          96  RDE         3    26                38                1 yr.
Hickman, Geoff          76  LDT   LDT   2    35                35                2 yrs
Szumnarski, T.J.        79  LDT         1    20                38                3 yrs
Fulton, K.C.            97  RDT   RDT   2    42                46                2 yrs
Brewer, Roman           64  RDT         3    28                42                1 yr.
##Bailey, Trent         99  MLB         5    62                62                1 yr.
Reed, Peter             91  MLB   MLB   2    26                36                2 yrs
Jamison, Colin          95  SLB   SLB   11   59                59                2 yrs
Sellers, Victor         54  SLB         3    47                55                1 yr.
Webster, Raymond        50  SLB   WLB   8    36                36                1 yr.
##Diaz, Marvin          98  SLB         2    24                39                3 yrs
Coffey, Keith           57  WLB         1    9                 20                1 yr.
Chapman, Jonathan       22  LCB   LCB   3    65                65                2 yrs
Grant, Louie            42  LCB         7    51                51                1 yr.
Devine, Renaldo         39  RCB   RCB   4    61                61                3 yrs
Barker, Kyle            24  RCB         2    32                54                3 yrs
Singleton, Jim          31  SS    SS    4    49                49                4 yrs
Barginski, Tony         32  SS    FS    2    41                56                2 yrs
##Whalen, Roosevelt     45  FS          9    42                42                3 yrs
##Whaley, Arnie         38  FS          10   30                30                1 yr.
O'Neill, Lonnie         36  FS          1    18                27                3 yrs
Horton, Myron           58  FS          3    16                39                2 yrs

[Ben E Lou]

Our very strong roster definitely has taken a hit from the house rules, especially on defense. Hard to say what's going to happen here, particularly with regard to Levon Schultz being able to maintain the kind of performance he had last season.

[Ben E Lou]

Great year. Very surprised by the pass rush...

Front Office Football 2007
2052 Summary for Atlanta Falcons
   
Year                2052                                      
Record              16-3                                      
Winning Pct.        .842                                      
All-Time            454-281-1                                 
Winning Pct.        .617                                      
Playoffs            47-24                                     
Playoff Visits      30                                        
Bowl Wins           6                                         
Head Coach          Deion Sheldon                             
Record              236-111                                   
Winning Pct.        .680                                      
Off. Coord.         T. Leatherwood                            
Def. Coord.         D. Kappe                                  
   
Atlanta Falcons         Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         29.5      10          
Rushing Yards           127.3     5           
Yards Per Carry         4.32      10          
Pass Attempts           31.2      26          
Completions             20.8      14          
Completion Pct.         66.7      3           
Passing Yards           281.3     2           
Yards Per Attempt       9.02      1           
Yards Per Catch         13.51     1           
Total Yardage Gained    390.8     1           
3rd Down Conversions    44.8      4           
Points Per Game         34.0      1           
Pass Rush Pct.          26.0      2           
Pass Defense Pct.       74.7      1           
Turnovers               21        6           
Turnover Margin         +9        4           
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         24.3      5           
Rushing Yards           125.6     28          
Yards Per Carry         5.18      32          
Pass Attempts           34.1      17          
Completions             17.9      2           
Completion Pct.         52.6      1           
Passing Yards           177.9     1           
Yards Per Attempt       5.21      1           
Yards Per Catch         9.92      1           
Total Yardage Gained    286.5     2           
3rd Down Conversions    34.1      4           
Points Per Game         15.3      1           
Pass Rush Pct.          19.4      13 (T)      
Pass Defense Pct.       43.9      4           
Turnovers               30        8           
   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
1     41    at TBY        7       
2     17    at SDO        24      
3     17    WAS           31      
4     33    SEA           6       
6     23    at ARI        10      
7     37    CAR           14      
8     59    at SFO        3       
9     35    STL           28      
10    54    TBY           17      
11    41    at NOS        10      
12    37    at OAK        14      
13    33    at MIN        12      
14    28    KCY           3       
15    20    NOS           17      
16    42    DEN           17      
17    27    at CAR        31      
$$CS  38    WAS           21      
$$CF  27    SFO           7       
**FB  26    vs HOU        13      
   
Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
7 L. Schultz            QB    458   309   4115  8.98  42    12    115.4   
5 P. Carr               QB    41    24    385   9.39  7     2     109.3   
**Team                  ---   499   333   4500  9.02  49    14    116.3   
$$Opp                   ---   546   287   2847  5.21  14    17    63.2    
Front Office Football 2007
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
33 A. Carlisle          RB    241   1136  4.71  6     3       
30 J. Airey             RB    131   490   3.74  2     0       
43 K. Hammond           RB    62    227   3.66  1     2       
7 L. Schultz            QB    36    180   5.00  1     3       
**Team                  ---   472   2037  4.32  10    19      
$$Opp                   ---   388   2009  5.18  11    23      
   
Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
12 J. Williamson        WR    115   75    1116  14.88 9.70  2     10      
82 T. Zimmerman         WR    76    47    705   15.00 9.28  3     8       
86 T. Zaoussis          WR    78    44    542   12.32 6.95  8     5       
84 T. Pena              TE    54    38    570   15.00 10.56 2     7       
88 D. McMillen          WR    43    32    436   13.63 10.14 0     9       
83 E. Liszt             WR    44    31    456   14.71 10.36 4     5       
33 A. Carlisle          RB    19    18    175   9.72  9.21  0     3       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
99 T. Bailey            ILB   75    14    3.0   4     0     3     76.3    
31 J. Singleton         S     75    32    0.0   0     2     5     80.6    
42 L. Grant             CB    72    38    0.0   0     2     11    77.5    
39 R. Devine            CB    68    17    0.0   0     2     19    81.5    
95 C. Jamison           OLB   61    27    0.5   2     0     10    78.1    
45 R. Whalen            S     58    20    0.0   0     1     9     78.3    
92 C. Garcia            DE    46    26    10.0  21    0     0     81.4    
76 G. Hickman           DT    46    25    10.0  22    0     1     81.9    
77 O. Tamayo            DE    44    17    14.0  29    0     1     82.6    
22 J. Chapman           CB    41    18    0.0   0     4     22    88.5    
32 T. Barginski         S     18    14    0.0   0     4     4     91.5    

RB Airey missed a good chunk of the season with turf toe, but his backup did just fine. Schlutz was amazing again. That 8.98 ypa set a franchise all-time record.

[Ben E Lou]

2053 OFFSEASON BEGIN

RETIREMENTS

None.

FRANCHISE: QB Levon Schultz

SUMMER: G Donovan Dockett (6th round pick)

[Young Drachma]

Those are some pretty involved house rules. Man.

[Ben E Lou]

2053 INTERNAL MOVES

REQUESTED RENEG 1: QB Schultz (franchisee)

REQUESTED RENEG 2: G Brady

REQUESTED RENEG 3: CB Chapman

RFA MULTI-YEAR 1: WR Zimmerman

RFA MULTI-YEAR 2: RB Carlisle

RFA ONE-YEAR 1: OLB Coffey

RFA ONE-YEAR 2: DE Bruschi

RFA ONE-YEAR 3: DT Brewer

CAP OUT 1: WR Williamson

CAP OUT 2: CB Devine

CAP OUT 3: Not used.

CUTS
LT Harvey Packwood (41/41)--Backup T making too much.
FS Roosevelt Whalen (43/43)--Ditto safety.

STARTERS NEEDED: MLB, P, WLB
PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT: 38

PLAYERS RATED 50+ WHO BECAME FREE AGENTS THIS YEAR: RB Jack Airey (65/65), MLB Trent Bailey (62/62), RT Wes Reynolds (55/55), SLB Victor Sellers (54/54), LCB Louie Grant (52/52), C Floyd Hemond (50/50)

Heh. The ramped-up rules are definitely making a difference in terms of the talent I can keep

[Ben E Lou]

I just figured out how I want to handle getting the roster up to 53. Piece of cake, really. At the last minute, I'll just re-sign unwanted players who were on my roster the previous season to fill things out. I'll define those as such:

• In the stage immediately before training camp, I may re-sign any free agent who was on my roster last year and is not requesting a bonus.

That'll be enough to make sure that we always have a legal roster.

[Ben E Lou]

2053 FREE AGENCY

FLAT CONTRACT OFFER: MLB Trent Bailey--Signed. My MLB who became a FA.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 1 (Yr8+): P Ross Hutton--Signed. New punter. 2-time all-pro. Surprised he went no-bonus.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 2 (Yr8+): QB Paul Carr--Signed. Backup QB returns. (I offered him before I decided to put the new rule in, or I would have waited until later. Oh well.)
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 3 (Yr8+): WR Wesley Pemberton--Signed. As I am fairly likely to draft a WR this year, I probably should have a mentor WR, and this 13-year veteran does the trick.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Those are some pretty involved house rules. Man.

Coming up with the 60-point combination took some time, but once I got that down, they're actually VERY easy to implement. All I did was make templates that I use for the different stages containing spots to fill in my requested renegs, RFA deals, cap outs, etc. Once I've filled in everything, that's all I'm allowed to do in a given stage. Beyond the limits of renegs/free agents, there's nothing else that's difficult to remember at all.

[Ben E Lou]

2053 DRAFT/TRAINING CAMP

POSITION NEED ASSESSMENT

QB: OK

RB: OK

FB: OK. Could use future starter

TE: Need future starter

WR: Need future starter

C: Need backup

G: OK

T: OK

DE: Need future starter

DT: Have young players, but no standouts. A 60-future type could play immediately.

ILB: Need decent backup

OB: Need starting OLB

CB: Need dime corner

S: OK

So OLB, WR, and TE are the priority positions this year. And we draft...

Pick

Pos

NAME

Grd/Adj

40

Sol

BP

Agi

BJ

PDrl

Dev

Init Rtg

Pre-Camp Comments

CmpChg

1(32)

WR

Jeremy Hill

5.5/5.7

+

!

-

47%

30/37

Good speed, great agility, high development.

+8/+8

2(32)

OLB

Jake Healey

4.9/4.7

!

+

+

35%

16/34

His bars don't match his combines at all. Probable heavy masking.

+6/+6

3(32)

TE

Leon Capps

4.9/4.3

+

!

+

+

25%

14/34

Good red and blue here at a position of need

+4/+0

4(32)

DT

Ronald Reid

4.9/5.3

+

+

+

+

xxx

55%

20/25

Immediate position switch to DE and he is 19/25.

+2/+3

5(32)

S

Kris Lowe

4.8/4.5

+

+

+

-

54%

15/26

Immediate switch to CB (the dime guy we're looking for) and he's 13/23

+4/+3

6(32)

ILB

Kelly Hutton

4.5/4.4

+

+

+

31%

14/30

Looks like a solid option as a backup MLB

+3/+2

7(32)

FB

Junior Terry

4.2/3.4

+

+

+

-

31%

08/17

Probably nothing more than a backup FB.

+2/+3

UNDRAFTED FA PICKUP: C Courtney Lane: 22/48-->24/46

Solid-looking draft there. We should fill those needs at WR and OLB, and might be able to get solid players in these later-round picks.

OTHER CAMP NEWS OF NOTE

• C Bo Stanton dropped from 75/75 to 63/63 in only his 8th year.
• I knew that 12th-year SLB Colin Jamison was on borrowed time. He dropped from 59/59 to 48/48.

[Ben E Lou]

2053 ROSTER

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntrct 
Schultz, Levon          7   QB    QB    5    51                51                4 yrs
Carr, Paul              5   QB          9    41                41                1 yr.
Wolf, Johnny            3   QB          2    18                28                2 yrs
Carlisle, Andrew        33  RB    RB    4    43                43                2 yrs
##Hammond, Kennedy      43  RB          4    29                29                1 yr.
Summers, Bruce          45  RB          1    12                22                1 yr.
Fairley, Maurice        34  FB    FB    7    63                63                4 yrs
Terry, Junior           29  FB          1    11                20                3 yrs
Pena, Tracy             84  TE    TE    9    73                73                2 yrs
Lavan, Tyrus            87  TE          3    37                37                1 yr.
Capps, Leon             89  TE          1    18                34                3 yrs
Williamson, Juan        12  FL    FL    10   64                64                2 yrs
Hill, Jeremy            85  FL          1    40                45                4 yrs
Zaoussis, Thurman       86  FL          2    34                34                2 yrs
Zimmerman, Tito         82  SE    SE    4    47                47                3 yrs
Pemberton, Wesley       81  SE          13   28                28                1 yr.
Stanton, Bo             55  C     C     8    63                63                1 yr.
Lane, Courtney          54  C           1    25                46                2 yrs
McDermott, Roy          66  LG    RG    9    62                62                2 yrs
Dockett, Donovan        63  LG          2    31                44                2 yrs
Goodwin, Kelvin         56  RG    LG    10   71                71                1 yr.
Brady, Sherman          78  RG          7    61                61                3 yrs
Collier, Johnnie        68  LT    LT    9    51                51                2 yrs
Cortez, Edgar           60  LT    RT    5    49                49                2 yrs
Orta, Richie            75  LT          2    42                58                3 yrs
Hutton, Ross            18  P           9    51                51                1 yr.
Conway, Luther          16  K           11   65                65                1 yr.
Garcia, Craig           92  LDE   LDE   7    48                48                4 yrs
Fisk, Courtney          94  LDE         2    30                32                2 yrs
Reid, Ronald            73  LDE         1    21                28                3 yrs
##Bruschi, Grant        96  RDE         4    36                39                1 yr.
Tamayo, Oliver          77  RDE   RDE   10   34                34                1 yr.
##Hickman, Geoff        76  LDT         3    42                42                1 yr.
Szumnarski, T.J.        79  LDT         2    24                39                2 yrs
Fulton, K.C.            97  RDT   LDT   3    48                48                1 yr.
Brewer, Roman           64  RDT   RDT   4    33                43                1 yr.
Bailey, Trent           99  MLB   MLB   6    62                62                4 yrs
Reed, Peter             91  MLB         3    31                31                1 yr.
Hutton, Kelly           90  MLB         1    18                32                3 yrs
Jamison, Colin          95  SLB   SLB   12   48                48                1 yr.
Diaz, Marvin            98  SLB         3    27                34                2 yrs
Healey, Jake            52  WLB   WLB   1    22                40                3 yrs
Coffey, Keith           57  WLB         2    14                20                1 yr.
Chapman, Jonathan       22  LCB   LCB   4    67                67                6 yrs
Devine, Renaldo         39  RCB   RCB   5    64                64                2 yrs
Barker, Kyle            24  RCB         3    45                55                2 yrs
Lowe, Kris              46  RCB         1    17                26                3 yrs
Barginski, Tony         32  SS    SS    3    54                54                1 yr.
Singleton, Jim          31  SS    FS    5    48                48                3 yrs
##Whaley, Arnie         38  FS          11   26                26                1 yr.
ONeill, Lonnie          36  FS          2    24                27                2 yrs
##Horton, Myron         58  FS          4    22                37                1 yr.
   

The offense still looks very good, but the defense is looking more and more suspect each year.

[Ben E Lou]

2053 RESULTS

Year                2053                                      
Record              14-3                                      
Winning Pct.        .823                                      
All-Time            468-283-1                                 
Winning Pct.        .623                                      
Playoffs            47-25                                     
Playoff Visits      31                                        
Bowl Wins           6                                         
Head Coach          Deion Sheldon                             
Record              250-114                                   
Winning Pct.        .686                                      
Off. Coord.         T. Leatherwood                            
Def. Coord.         D. Kappe                                  
   
Atlanta Falcons         Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         32.2      8           
Rushing Yards           143.4     6           
Yards Per Carry         4.45      5           
Pass Attempts           30.1      23          
Completions             19.6      14          
Completion Pct.         65.1      8           
Passing Yards           247.4     9           
Yards Per Attempt       8.21      3           
Yards Per Catch         12.61     5           
Total Yardage Gained    376.7     2           
3rd Down Conversions    47.7      3           
Points Per Game         26.8      4           
Pass Rush Pct.          22.8      8           
Pass Defense Pct.       77.9      1           
Turnovers               20        6 (T)       
Turnover Margin         +11       4 (T)       
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         23.8      6           
Rushing Yards           103.9     9           
Yards Per Carry         4.38      26          
Pass Attempts           33.1      12          
Completions             17.4      3           
Completion Pct.         52.6      2           
Passing Yards           185.1     2           
Yards Per Attempt       5.60      1           
Yards Per Catch         10.65     4           
Total Yardage Gained    272.8     1           
3rd Down Conversions    36.2      5           
Points Per Game         13.9      2           
Pass Rush Pct.          21.7      18          
Pass Defense Pct.       34.0      4           
Turnovers               31        4           
   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
1     31    at NOS        10      
2     31    NJY           21      
3     23    at DAL        13      
4     32    TBY           0       
5     7     at CAR        31      
6     28    MIN           0       
7     40    at GBY        17      
8     30    DET           20      
9     20    at CHI        3       
10    17    NOS           27      
12    37    NED           9       
13    41    SFO           17      
14    17    at MIA        14      
15    16    CAR           13      
16    31    at BUF        14      
17    27    at TBY        14      
$$CS  24    CAR           28      
   
Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
7 L. Schultz            QB    471   309   3921  8.32  34    8     108.4   
**Team                  ---   482   314   3958  8.21  35    9     107.0   
$$Opp                   ---   529   278   2961  5.60  13    22    60.0    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
33 A. Carlisle          RB    295   1342  4.55  8     3       
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43 K. Hammond           RB    168   756   4.50  1     6       
7 L. Schultz            QB    46    191   4.15  3     7       
**Team                  ---   515   2294  4.45  12    23      
$$Opp                   ---   380   1663  4.38  11    22      
   
Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
12 J. Williamson        WR    113   74    995   13.45 8.81  4     9       
85 J. Hill              WR    120   74    1031  13.93 8.59  12    10      
82 T. Zimmerman         WR    59    32    492   15.38 8.34  6     2       
84 T. Pena              TE    43    30    322   10.73 7.49  3     3       
86 T. Zaoussis          WR    29    21    241   11.48 8.31  1     3       
87 T. Lavan             TE    29    19    214   11.26 7.38  2     3       
34 M. Fairley           FB    19    16    160   10.00 8.42  0     1       
43 K. Hammond           RB    17    16    106   6.63  6.24  0     1       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
99 T. Bailey            ILB   89    26    2.5   4     2     5     79.5    
32 T. Barginski         S     87    32    3.0   0     4     11    84.7    
95 C. Jamison           OLB   75    23    2.5   2     1     6     75.2    
22 J. Chapman           CB    62    13    1.0   0     5     20    84.6    
24 K. Barker            CB    44    15    0.0   0     2     11    81.3    
39 R. Devine            CB    41    17    0.5   0     3     12    84.7    
31 J. Singleton         S     41    12    2.0   0     4     5     82.3    
92 C. Garcia            DE    32    13    5.5   14    0     1     82.2    
52 J. Healey            OLB   29    12    0.5   1     0     2     73.8    
76 G. Hickman           DT    28    12    6.0   18    0     1     82.7    
38 A. Whaley            S     22    3     0.0   0     0     1     75.1    
96 G. Bruschi           DE    19    9     3.5   11    0     0     81.4    
97 K. Fulton            DT    17    6     5.0   5     0     0     82.5    

Good season overall. The passing game struggled relative to the last two seasons, and I'm pretty sure I know why. WR Williamson's endurance dropped to 42 and ended up limiting the number of pass plays he was in on. Rookie Hill did creep from 38/45 to 50/50 during the season, but has a big, fat zero in avoid drops. We'll have to see what develops there. The running game was just fine without Airey.

[Ben E Lou]

2054 OFFSEASON BEGIN

RETIREMENTS

WR Juan Williamson--Long-time go-to WR for the team. He retires third in team history in receptions and yards.
SLB Colin Jamison--Four-time All Pro OLB had 75 tackles last year and will be missed.
FS Arnie Whaley--One-year signee.

FRANCHISE: C Bo Stanton

SUMMER: DE Ronald Reid (4th round pick)

[Ben E Lou]

2054 INTERNAL MOVES

REQUESTED RENEG 1: CB Devine

REQUESTED RENEG 2: C Stanton

REQUESTED RENEG 3: T Cortez

RFA MULTI-YEAR 1: S Barginski

RFA MULTI-YEAR 2: DT Fulton

RFA ONE-YEAR 1: DT Hickman

RFA ONE-YEAR 2: OLB Coffey

RFA ONE-YEAR 3: TE Lavan

CAP OUT 1: Not used.

CAP OUT 2: Not used.

CAP OUT 3: Not used.

CUTS
none.

STARTERS NEEDED: WR3, P, K, RDE, SLB,
PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT: 39

PLAYERS RATED 50+ WHO BECAME FREE AGENTS THIS YEAR: RG Kelvin Goodwin (66/66), K Luther Conway (65/65), P Ross Hutton (51/51)

Perhaps reaching a bit of an equilibrium in terms of decent players I can keep around now?

[Ben E Lou]

2054 FREE AGENCY

FLAT CONTRACT OFFER: SLB Victor Sellers. Signed. Former Falcon who became a FA just last year. He'll start at SLB for quite some time now.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 1 (Yr8+): WR Scott Garner--WR/KR. Year 12.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 2 (Yr8+): P Scott Houston--Decent 47/47 guy.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 3 (Yr8+): K Kennedy Lyle--51/51 journeyman

I'm already finding myself looking evaluating the no-bonus offers in terms of whether or not the guy might contribute, rather than just doing what I had envisioned: using them to add mentors. This appears to be headed in the right direction.

[Ben E Lou]

2054 DRAFT/TRAINING CAMP

POSITION NEED ASSESSMENT

QB: OK

RB: Need backup

FB: Need future starter

TE: Need future starter

WR: Need WR3

C: Need backup

G: OK

T: OK

DE: Need starter at RDE

DT: Decent. Could stand to improve

ILB: OK

OLB: OK.

CB: OK.

S: OK

PLAYERS PICKED

Pick

Pos

NAME

Grd/Adj

40

Sol

BP

Agi

BJ

PDrl

Dev

Init Rtg

Comments

CmpChg

1(28)

DE

Pat Conley

5.2/5.7

+

+

+

xxx

19%

21/55

I'll have to manipulate the active roster to start him at first, but he should be a good one.

+5/+0

2(29)

WR

Dwight Fulton

4.7/4.9

!

+

+

24%

19/26

Should be a nice fit for now at WR3, and looks like he could develop into a starter, initial ratings be damned.

+3/+6

3(28)

TE

Reuben Burnett

5.0/4.4

+

!

+

30%

11/27

He's got a lot of creeping to do to be useful, but the combines incidate that he just might.

+3/+4

4(29)

C

Leland Shepard

4.6/4.0

+

+

+

xxx

21%

18/38

Three blue combines this late. I'll take him.

+5/+3

5(28)

RB

Rich Griffith

4.0/4.2

+

+

24%

23/49

Backup RB with solid-looking endurance. Future starter?

+1/-6

6(29)

FB

Gerald Hodges

4.8/3.9

+

40%

19/32

Needed a FB, and this guy's bars just don't look right at all.

+4/+6

7(28)

DT

Jerome Dunn

4.3/4.6

+

+

34%

17/29

Nothing terribly compelling. Just BPA by combines at a position where he's very likely to make the team.

+3/+1

UNDRAFTED FA PICKUP: WR Troy Lane: 24/41-->28/46

Solid-looking draft there. We should fill those needs at WR and OLB, and might be able to get solid players in these later-round picks.In order to fit under my cap constraints, I had to release recently-signed WR Scott Garner. No huge loss there, especially with the WRs I got this year. I also had to release former 4th round pick Marvin Diaz (17/50-->30/30).

OTHER CAMP NEWS OF NOTE

• P Scott Houston dropped 47/47-->37/37.

[Ben E Lou]

2054 ROSTER

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntrct 
Schultz, Levon          7   QB    QB    6    52                52                3 yrs
Wolf, Johnny            3   QB          3    22                29                1 yr.
Webb, Antoine           4   QB          1    6                 21                1 yr.
Carlisle, Andrew        33  RB    RB    5    43                43                1 yr.
##Hammond, Kennedy      43  RB          5    28                28                1 yr.
Griffith, Rich          25  RB          1    24                43                3 yrs
Fairley, Maurice        34  FB    FB    8    57                57                3 yrs
Hodges, Gerald          40  FB          1    25                38                3 yrs
Terry, Junior           29  FB          2    15                22                2 yrs
Pena, Tracy             84  TE    TE    10   71                71                1 yr.
Lavan, Tyrus            87  TE          4    38                38                1 yr.
Capps, Leon             89  TE          2    25                34                2 yrs
##Burnett, Reuben       83  TE          1    14                31                3 yrs
Hill, Jeremy            85  FL    FL    2    52                52                3 yrs
##Zaoussis, Thurman     86  FL          3    35                35                1 yr.
Fulton, Dwight          80  FL          1    23                32                3 yrs
Zimmerman, Tito         82  SE    SE    5    49                49                2 yrs
Lane, Troy              14  SE          1    30                46                2 yrs
##Pemberton, Wesley     81  SE          14   25                25                1 yr.
Stanton, Bo             55  C     C     9    64                64                4 yrs
Lane, Courtney          54  C           2    30                46                1 yr.
Shepard, Leland         50  C           1    23                41                3 yrs
McDermott, Roy          66  LG    LG    10   54                54                1 yr.
Dockett, Donovan        63  LG          3    39                47                1 yr.
Brady, Sherman          78  RG    RG    8    55                55                2 yrs
Orta, Richie            75  LT    LT    3    60                65                2 yrs
Cortez, Edgar           60  LT    RT    6    49                49                4 yrs
Collier, Johnnie        68  LT          10   42                42                1 yr.
Houston, Scott          19  P           9    37                37                1 yr.
Lyle, Kennedy           15  K           8    53                53                1 yr.
Garcia, Craig           92  LDE   LDE   8    43                43                3 yrs
Fisk, Courtney          94  LDE         3    35                35                1 yr.
Reid, Ronald            73  LDE         2    27                30                2 yrs
Conley, Pat             74  RDE   RDE   1    26                55                4 yrs
Hickman, Geoff          76  LDT   LDT   4    44                44                1 yr.
Szumnarski, T.J.        79  LDT         3    29                41                1 yr.
Dunn, Jerome            70  LDT         1    20                30                3 yrs
Fulton, K.C.            97  RDT   RDT   4    48                48                3 yrs
Bailey, Trent           99  MLB   MLB   7    62                62                3 yrs
Hutton, Kelly           90  MLB         2    26                33                2 yrs
Sellers, Victor         95  SLB   SLB   5    57                57                5 yrs
Healey, Jake            52  WLB   WLB   2    33                44                2 yrs
Coffey, Keith           57  WLB         3    19                23                1 yr.
Chapman, Jonathan       22  LCB   LCB   5    69                69                5 yrs
Devine, Renaldo         39  RCB   RCB   6    67                67                3 yrs
Barker, Kyle            24  RCB         4    55                55                1 yr.
Lowe, Kris              46  RCB         2    22                27                2 yrs
Barginski, Tony         32  SS    SS    4    54                54                5 yrs
Singleton, Jim          31  SS    FS    6    48                48                2 yrs
ONeill, Lonnie          36  FS          3    29                29                1 yr.
##Horton, Myron         58  FS          5    23                35                1 yr.

The roster is definitely depleted in terms of talent, but it's still pretty solid. We should still challenge for the playoffs.

[Ben E Lou]

Big injury: compound leg fracture to CB Renaldo Devine in Week 11.

[Ben E Lou]

If we have reached a point of near-equilibrium, I certainly hope this isn't it...

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2054 Summary for Atlanta Falcons
   
Year                2054                                      
Record              10-7                                      
Winning Pct.        .588                                      
All-Time            478-289-1                                 
Winning Pct.        .623                                      
Playoffs            47-26                                     
Playoff Visits      32                                        
Bowl Wins           6                                         
Head Coach          Pat Cooley                                
Record              10-7                                      
Winning Pct.        .588                                      
Off. Coord.         M. Ploehn                                 
Def. Coord.         D. Kappe                                  
   
Atlanta Falcons         Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         27.4      17          
Rushing Yards           119.5     15          
Yards Per Carry         4.36      10          
Pass Attempts           30.5      25          
Completions             19.3      17 (T)      
Completion Pct.         63.1      12          
Passing Yards           238.6     15          
Yards Per Attempt       7.82      4           
Yards Per Catch         12.39     3           
Total Yardage Gained    339.4     15          
3rd Down Conversions    44.1      6           
Points Per Game         22.5      14          
Pass Rush Pct.          19.3      21          
Pass Defense Pct.       61.8      6           
Turnovers               21        5 (T)       
Turnover Margin         +1        13          
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         27.6      16          
Rushing Yards           125.2     22          
Yards Per Carry         4.54      27          
Pass Attempts           34.1      19          
Completions             19.8      12          
Completion Pct.         58.1      12          
Passing Yards           202.6     1           
Yards Per Attempt       5.94      5           
Yards Per Catch         10.22     2           
Total Yardage Gained    315.8     10          
3rd Down Conversions    36.9      12 (T)      
Points Per Game         19.7      12          
Pass Rush Pct.          21.8      22          
Pass Defense Pct.       49.9      10 (T)      
Turnovers               22        26 (T)      
   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
1     27    CAR           20      
2     21    at CLE        24      
3     26    at DET        21      
4     37    at PHI        13      
5     28    WAS           24      
6     27    TBY           17      
7     7     at CAR        10      
9     21    at DAL        9       
10    20    NYK           15      
11    10    at NOS        33      
12    13    at PIT        19      
13    25    SEA           39      
14    20    CIN           10      
15    14    at TBY        26      
16    28    BAL           21      
17    36    NOS           14      
$$WC  7     at CAR        37      
   
Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
7 L. Schultz            QB    487   307   3812  7.83  27    10    97.1    
**Team                  ---   488   308   3817  7.82  27    10    97.2    
$$Opp                   ---   546   317   3241  5.94  16    13    75.0    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
33 A. Carlisle          RB    247   1127  4.56  5     4       
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25 R. Griffith          RB    141   578   4.10  3     1       
7 L. Schultz            QB    50    201   4.02  2     5       
**Team                  ---   439   1912  4.36  10    16      
$$Opp                   ---   441   2003  4.54  11    23      
   
Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
84 T. Pena              TE    81    56    691   12.34 8.53  2     3       
14 T. Lane              WR    76    51    604   11.84 7.95  3     2       
85 J. Hill              WR    68    44    632   14.36 9.29  4     9       
82 T. Zimmerman         WR    74    42    606   14.43 8.19  3     4       
80 D. Fulton            WR    78    41    671   16.37 8.60  2     5       
87 T. Lavan             TE    25    16    173   10.81 6.92  0     1       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
99 T. Bailey            ILB   90    29    2.0   6     1     1     74.5    
22 J. Chapman           CB    71    22    2.0   0     3     20    84.2    
32 T. Barginski         S     70    26    1.0   1     1     3     75.7    
95 V. Sellers           OLB   62    36    1.0   3     0     5     76.5    
24 K. Barker            CB    61    19    0.0   0     3     12    82.5    
31 J. Singleton         S     59    17    0.0   0     2     11    81.1    
52 J. Healey            OLB   53    13    2.0   0     0     5     74.8    
76 G. Hickman           DT    40    10    7.0   14    0     0     81.7    
92 C. Garcia            DE    38    13    6.5   16    0     0     82.0    
36 L. ONeill            S     36    12    0.0   0     1     5     81.5    
39 R. Devine            CB    35    10    0.0   0     2     14    84.0    
74 P. Conley            DE    30    8     4.0   4     0     0     81.1    
46 K. Lowe              CB    26    8     0.0   0     0     3     74.7    
97 K. Fulton            DT    23    12    3.5   3     0     0     81.3    

The only thing I can think of more boring than going between 12-4 and 16-0 nearly every year would be going between 8-8 and 10-6 every year.

As far as this year, Schutlz is still putting up very solid numbers, and now with a group of receivers that seems to be mediocre at best.

[Ben E Lou]

2055 OFFSEASON BEGIN

RETIREMENTS

WR Wesley Pemberton--just an old mentor
G Roy McDermott--He was a 7-year starter for us. We should still be ok at guard, but will need to draft/sign a backup.

In some very surprising news, CB Renaldo Devine comes back from the compound leg fracture looking as good as new at 67/67.

FRANCHISE: C Bo Stanton

SUMMER: WR Troy Lane (undrafted FA)

Tough decision on the franchise tag between TE Pena and CB Barker. Barker is much younger, but he is only our #3CB. In the end, I decided that signing him would help a key position remain stocked for longer. And of course Pena may take a crap in training camp.

[Ben E Lou]

2055 INTERNAL MOVES

REQUESTED RENEG 1: CB Barker

REQUESTED RENEG 2: T Orta

REQUESTED RENEG 3: WR Zimmerman

RFA MULTI-YEAR 1: DT Szumnarski

RFA MULTI-YEAR 2: WR Zaoussis

RFA ONE-YEAR 1: G Dockett

RFA ONE-YEAR 2: DE Fisk

RFA ONE-YEAR 3: FS O'Neill

CAP OUT 1: Not used.

CAP OUT 2: Not used.

CAP OUT 3: Not used.

CUTS
none.

STARTERS NEEDED: RB, TE, P, K, LDE, LDT
PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT: 36

PLAYERS RATED 50+ WHO BECAME FREE AGENTS THIS YEAR: TE Tracy Pena (71/71, yr11), K Kennedy Lyle (53/53,yr9)

[Ben E Lou]

2055 FREE AGENCY

FLAT CONTRACT OFFER: DE Ron Rivera (78/78)--Signed. 4-year deal with a year 7 player. That's a big investment that I hope pays off.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 1 (Yr8+): P Ross Hutton (50/50)--Signed. Returning punter.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 2 (Yr8+): K Kennedy Lyle (53/53)--Signed. Returning kicker.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 3 (Yr8+): DT Darryl Moses (40/40)--Signed. No guarantees by any means for this 8-year vet, but he might be good enough to start.


Definitely filled a hole at DE.

[Ben E Lou]

2055 DRAFT/TRAINING CAMP

POSITION NEED ASSESSMENT

QB: OK

RB: Need starter

FB: Need future starter

TE: Need starter

WR: OK. Could use improvement, but only if stud.

C: OK.

G: Need future starter

T: OK

DE: Need future starter

DT: Have young players, but no standouts. A 60-future type could play immediately.

ILB: OK.

OB: OK

CB: Need dime corner

S: OK

TE and RB are my top priorities, but there are several other directions to go here.

Pick

Pos

NAME

Grd/Adj

40

Sol

BP

Agi

BJ

PDrl

Dev

Init Rtg

Comments

CmpChg

1(20)

FB->RB

Jerry Brooks

6.9/5.6

!

+

+

+

!

!

37%

28/49

Never tried FB-->RB, but this guy is 218 pounds and has freakish combines. He was 50/69 as a FB.

0/-4

2(20)

TE

Johnnie Gaylor

5.7/5.0

+

+

+

57%

36/55

Well-developed solid-looking TE with strong combines, and I needed a starter.

4/-4

3(20)

CB

Orlando Diaz

5.4/5.6

+

+

+

-

+

47%

18/31

Dime guy this year who looks like he could develop into a good player.

4/0

4(20)

G

Leo Haynes

4.3/4.1

-

!

+

+

+

xxx

24%

13/25

Low bars, but strong combines save one. I'm hoping that 40 time was just a false read.

+3/+3

5(20)

S

Artie Snyder

4.4/4.1

+

+

+

-

+

15%

15/38

Four blue combines in the fifth round? Easy pick here.

+4/+2

6(20)

FB

Gino Rivers

4.4/3.6

+

+

+

24%

27/51

Best combines and pass-catching skills among remaining FBs

+9/+6

7(20)

WR

Wendell Dodge

4.0/4.2

-

!

-

21%

17/53

Pure single-combine pick here.

+2/-8

UNDRAFTED FA PICKUP: G Dennis Chaplain, 17/30-->20/34

After signing my rookies, I realize that I made a miscalculation somewhere with the cap, and have to release someone. Also, MLB Trent Bailey is holding out and I'd like to be able to afford to re-sign him. Starting SS Jim Singleton (48/48) seems to be the most replaceable of my more-expensive starters, and he's in the final year of his deal anyway, so I cut him.

Drafting for need early, we didn't very well. Things definitely picked up in the middle rounds, though.

OTHER CAMP NEWS OF NOTE

• Nothing terribly huge this year.

[Ben E Lou]

2055 ROSTER

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntrct 
Schultz, Levon          7   QB    QB    7    53                53                2 yrs
Wolf, Johnny            3   QB          4    27                29                1 yr.
Webb, Antoine           4   QB          2    8                 22                1 yr.
Brooks, Jerry           48  RB    RB    1    29                45                4 yrs
Griffith, Rich          25  RB          2    25                39                2 yrs
Fairley, Maurice        34  FB    FB    9    52                52                2 yrs
##Rivers, Gino          44  FB          1    39                57                3 yrs
Hodges, Gerald          40  FB          2    37                44                2 yrs
Terry, Junior           29  FB          3    20                25                1 yr.
Gaylor, Johnnie         84  TE    TE    1    41                51                3 yrs
Capps, Leon             89  TE          3    27                35                1 yr.
Burnett, Reuben         83  TE          2    19                34                2 yrs
Hill, Jeremy            85  FL    FL    3    55                55                2 yrs
Fulton, Dwight          80  FL          2    36                36                2 yrs
Zaoussis, Thurman       86  FL          4    27                27                3 yrs
Zimmerman, Tito         82  SE    SE    6    49                49                5 yrs
Lane, Troy              14  SE          2    48                48                1 yr.
##Dodge, Wendell        88  SE          1    19                45                3 yrs
Stanton, Bo             55  C     C     10   65                65                3 yrs
Shepard, Leland         50  C           2    28                43                2 yrs
Dockett, Donovan        63  LG    RG    4    44                46                1 yr.
##Haynes, Leo           66  LG          1    16                28                3 yrs
Brady, Sherman          78  RG    LG    9    47                47                1 yr.
Chaplain, Dennis        64  RG          1    22                34                2 yrs
Orta, Richie            75  LT    LT    4    64                64                4 yrs
Cortez, Edgar           60  LT    RT    7    50                50                3 yrs
Hutton, Ross            13  P           11   50                50                1 yr.
Lyle, Kennedy           15  K           9    52                52                1 yr.
Rivera, Ron             91  LDE   LDE   7    70                70                4 yrs
Garcia, Craig           92  LDE         9    35                35                2 yrs
Fisk, Courtney          94  LDE         4    35                35                1 yr.
Reid, Ronald            73  LDE         3    32                32                1 yr.
Conley, Pat             74  RDE   RDE   2    48                56                3 yrs
Moses, Darryl           71  LDT   RDT   8    40                40                1 yr.
Szumnarski, T.J.        79  LDT         4    34                42                3 yrs
Dunn, Jerome            70  LDT         2    24                31                2 yrs
Fulton, K.C.            97  RDT   LDT   5    48                48                2 yrs
##Norris, Chester       51  SILB        1    5                 12                1 yr.
Bailey, Trent           99  MLB   MLB   8    63                63                2 yrs
Hutton, Kelly           90  MLB         3    35                35                1 yr.
Sellers, Victor         95  SLB   SLB   6    58                58                4 yrs
Healey, Jake            52  WLB   WLB   3    44                49                1 yr.
Coffey, Keith           57  WLB         4    24                24                1 yr.
Chapman, Jonathan       22  LCB   RCB   6    65                65                4 yrs
Diaz, Orlando           38  LCB         1    22                31                3 yrs
Devine, Renaldo         39  RCB   LCB   7    68                68                2 yrs
Barker, Kyle            24  RCB         5    56                56                3 yrs
Lowe, Kris              46  RCB         3    34                34                1 yr.
Barginski, Tony         32  SS    SS    5    55                55                4 yrs
##Snyder, Artie         45  SS          1    19                40                3 yrs
ONeill, Lonnie          36  FS    FS    4    30                30                1 yr.

This year the defense looks a good bit better than the offense. Tough to say how that's going to pan out.

[Ben E Lou]

Meh.

Year                2055                                      
Record              9-7                                       
Winning Pct.        .562                                      
All-Time            487-296-1                                 
Winning Pct.        .621                                      
Playoffs            47-26                                     
Playoff Visits      33                                        
Bowl Wins           6                                         
Head Coach          Pat Cooley                                
Record              19-14                                     
Winning Pct.        .575                                      
Off. Coord.         M. Ploehn                                 
Def. Coord.         B. Kirkaldie                              
   
Atlanta Falcons         Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         29.3      12          
Rushing Yards           126.1     10          
Yards Per Carry         4.30      18          
Pass Attempts           32.6      21          
Completions             21.0      8 (T)       
Completion Pct.         64.5      4           
Passing Yards           258.0     5           
Yards Per Attempt       7.92      4           
Yards Per Catch         12.29     8           
Total Yardage Gained    354.6     10          
3rd Down Conversions    48.6      1           
Points Per Game         22.4      12 (T)      
Pass Rush Pct.          19.4      22 (T)      
Pass Defense Pct.       64.4      3           
Turnovers               30        27 (T)      
Turnover Margin         -3        20          
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         24.4      9           
Rushing Yards           105.2     8           
Yards Per Carry         4.32      21          
Pass Attempts           29.9      1           
Completions             17.5      2           
Completion Pct.         58.6      14          
Passing Yards           187.9     1           
Yards Per Attempt       6.29      4           
Yards Per Catch         10.74     1           
Total Yardage Gained    281.3     1           
3rd Down Conversions    33.5      4           
Points Per Game         19.0      9           
Pass Rush Pct.          25.2      31          
Pass Defense Pct.       46.2      9           
Turnovers               27        11          
   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
1     20    TBY           6       
2     45    at HOU        21      
3     7     CHI           35      
4     16    SEA           10      
6     35    at ARI        10      
7     17    CAR           27      
8     27    at SFO        10      
9     31    STL           18      
10    26    at TBY        14      
11    24    NOS           28      
12    24    at TEN        14      
13    31    at WAS        35      
14    6     JAX           20      
15    3     at NOS        30      
16    34    IND           10      
17    13    at CAR        16      
$$WC        at NYK                
   
Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
7 L. Schultz            QB    521   336   4128  7.92  34    13    100.2   
**Team                  ---   521   336   4128  7.92  34    13    100.2   
$$Opp                   ---   478   280   3006  6.29  19    19    73.7    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
25 R. Griffith          RB    191   877   4.59  2     5       
Front Office Football 2007
48 J. Brooks            RB    176   700   3.98  2     1       
42 N. Manderscheid      RB    57    300   5.26  0     5       
7 L. Schultz            QB    44    141   3.20  1     13      
**Team                  ---   469   2017  4.30  5     30      
$$Opp                   ---   390   1683  4.32  11    21      
   
Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
85 J. Hill              WR    120   71    1132  15.94 9.43  8     8       
86 T. Zaoussis          WR    86    53    586   11.06 6.81  3     8       
82 T. Zimmerman         WR    75    49    683   13.94 9.11  5     6       
14 T. Lane              WR    77    48    549   11.44 7.13  2     5       
80 D. Fulton            WR    41    27    330   12.22 8.05  3     2       
83 R. Burnett           TE    23    20    201   10.05 8.74  1     2       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
32 T. Barginski         S     91    33    0.0   1     3     7     80.6    
99 T. Bailey            ILB   85    22    2.0   3     1     2     74.0    
95 V. Sellers           OLB   60    18    2.0   2     1     1     74.7    
22 J. Chapman           CB    55    20    0.0   0     3     13    81.9    
52 J. Healey            OLB   54    12    2.0   1     3     1     80.6    
39 R. Devine            CB    48    13    0.0   0     3     15    82.1    
74 P. Conley            DE    35    12    4.5   9     0     1     80.9    
97 K. Fulton            DT    32    16    7.0   9     0     0     81.6    
91 R. Rivera            DE    29    20    10.5  17    0     0     81.4    
36 L. ONeill            S     28    10    0.0   0     2     6     80.2    
24 K. Barker            CB    23    10    0.0   0     3     9     89.0    
71 D. Moses             DT    21    2     2.5   2     0     0     80.0    
45 A. Snyder            S     20    2     0.0   0     0     1     72.3    
90 K. Hutton            ILB   19    12    0.0   0     0     1     77.1    
46 K. Lowe              CB    18    8     0.0   0     0     1     76.0    

[Ben E Lou]

2056 OFFSEASON BEGIN

RETIREMENTS

None.

FRANCHISE: G Donovan Dockett

SUMMER: FB Gino Rivers (6th round pick)

[Ben E Lou]

2056 INTERNAL MOVES

REQUESTED RENEG 1: QB Schultz

REQUESTED RENEG 2: CB Devine

REQUESTED RENEG 3: WR Hill

RFA MULTI-YEAR 1: WLB Jake Healey

RFA MULTI-YEAR 2: CB Lowe

RFA ONE-YEAR 1: WR Lane

RFA ONE-YEAR 2: MLB Hutton

RFA ONE-YEAR 3: DE Reid

CAP OUT 1: DE Rivera

CAP OUT 2: T Orta

CAP OUT 3: Not used.

CUTS
DE Craig Garcia (36/36)--Too expensive for what he brings these days.

STARTERS NEEDED: RG, P, K, FS
PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT: 38

PLAYERS RATED 50+ WHO BECAME FREE AGENTS THIS YEAR: K Kennedy Lyle, P Ross Hutton

[Ben E Lou]

2056 FREE AGENCY

FLAT CONTRACT OFFER: G Edward Griffith (53/53)--Signed. Hate to use this on a guard, but I needed a starter there and there were no available FAs rated above 59.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 1 (Yr8+): P Ross Hutton (50/50)--Signed. Returning punter.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 2 (Yr8+): K Kennedy Lyle (52/52)--Signed. Returning kicker.
ONE-YEAR, NO-BONUS 3 (Yr8+): OLB Stephen Fisk--Signed. Needed depth at LB.