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Old 11-20-2012, 06:38 PM   #1
Ben E Lou
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FOF2K7 Solo Dynasty

I'm going to give this a try. I've constructed a set of house rules that won't annoy me and that I hope will challenge me. I'll adjust them along the way if I find them too restrictive or too easy.

STARTUP--53-round draft, with the following restrictions.
  • I'm going to use draftpicklottery.com to pre-determine what positions I will draft in the first 22 rounds. I'll enter 22 "teams" (positions) with equal weights, and whatever order it spits out is the order in which I must pick my initial starters. Then for the next 16 rounds, I'll do the same to get one backup at each position group, a punter, and a kicker. The final 15 picks will also be pre-determined by position using the same site. This will keep me from doing what I would do if not restricted: draft offense with each of the first 20-25 rounds and pwn.
  • I am not allowed to pick any rookies in the initial draft. The SP AI undervalues these guys tremendously.
SETTINGS
  • Injuries=100. I want to move rather quickly.
  • Cap Range: 0 to 99. What the heck? Randomness ftw!
  • AI Handles Depth Charts: This will speed things up and keep me from having a tremendous and perpetual ST advantage.
  • Chemistry Turned Off: I've come to realize that this is another place in SP where the human just has a massive advantage, and it also slows me down.
GENERAL HOUSE RULES
  • 33% Cap Reduction starting in the 2nd year Best way I've found to increase the challenge in SP without having to do a bunch of other stuff.
  • Undrafted rookies must be signed to a one-year deal. If they end up playing, they'll cost a little more in future seasons.
  • Draftees must be signed to the 2nd/4th (most expensive/shortest) option. A little added difficulty, plus it helps move things along.
  • No trading FOR any future draft picks. I'm allowed to trade my own future picks away if I so choose, but no acquiring future picks. If I'm acquiring a draft pick, it must be for the current season.
  • No trading AWAY any picks after the third round. I'm going to force myself to draft and sign these guys.
  • Any contract offered to a non-rookie FA rated 45 future or better must be for 3 years, minsal all three years, and a bonus that makes the first year of the contract worth at least the following percentages of the effective salary cap:
QB 7.5%
RB 3.4%
FB 1.3%
TE 1.8%
WR 10.0%
OT 3.9%
OG 2.5%
C 2.2%
P 0.8%
K 1.3%
DE 2.8%
DT 2.8%
OLB 3.2%
ILB 2.7%
CB 4.2%
S 2.7%

QB/WR HOUSE RULES

I don't enjoy playing FOF when I am not allowed to have decent QBs and WRs, but I want to make acquiring and keeping quality talent at those positions to be a costly proposition. You'll note above that they will cost much more in FA, and the following additional rules apply to them:
  • No drafting a QB or WR outside of the top 10 in any amateur draft. If I want a QB or WR, I must trade up and go get one, and pay the big cap hit.
  • No extending the contract of any QB or WR. They will always hit FA, forcing me to pay the premium price continually for them if I want to keep them. They may be capped out, but that's it.
  • No franchising a QB or WR more than once in his career. In other words, if I want to keep a guy one extra year as a franchise player, I may do so, but then he hits FA the next year and he may hate me.
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Old 11-20-2012, 06:39 PM   #2
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The draft pick lottery isn't very kind to me. That FB in particular is going to hurt, I'm sure.


Pick 1:RB
Pick 2:FB
Pick 3:CB
Pick 4:OG
Pick 5:S
Pick 6:OT
Pick 7:S
Pick 8:ILB
Pick 9:DE
Pick 10:OLB
Pick 11:TE
Pick 12:WR
Pick 13:CB
Pick 14:OT
Pick 15:WR
Pick 16:OG
Pick 17:QB
Pick 18:DE
Pick 19:ILB
Pick 20:OLB
Pick 21:C
Pick 22:DT

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Old 11-20-2012, 07:36 PM   #3
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2010 Initial Draft

I get the #27 pick in the first round of the snake draft. Here are my picks in the first 22 rounds.

Pick 1:RB--Donnie Watson (59/81, yr 2)--We start off with a true stud RB. 97 Breakaway, 72/81 hole rec, 75/100 elusiveness, 63/86 endurance. He's not particularly good at pass-catching, but given that I have to draft a FB in the 2nd round, I'm thinking I can get a guy there who can take care of any needed out-of-the-backfield pass-catching.
Pick 2:FB--Mack Ostwald (55/69, yr 2)--Ostwald looks like a solid blocker and a great pass-catcher. He also has 92/93 endurance.
Pick 3:CB--Glen Covert (47/87, yr 2)--Monster cover guy with 96/100 interceptions and 81/91 KR skills to boot.
Pick 4:OG--Bart McIntyre (65/76, yr 6)--All-around G
Pick 5:S--Thomas Banks (77/77, yr 7)--He's older than I would have liked, but there were no high-quality young guys left. I didn't want a 63/63 type with 50 endurance, so Banks it is.
Pick 6:OT--Kenyon Brovins (47/64, yr 5)--More of a run blocker than pass blocker. Great endurance.
Pick 7:S--Jake Conley (37/61, yr 2)--And I end up grabbing the other safety who caught my eye at the #5 pick. Coverage guy.
Pick 8:ILB--Bubba Royster (54/62, yr 3)--Will provide good pass coverage and blitzing from ILB.
Pick 9:DE--Gerald McArthur (51/51, yr 8)--Pure pass rusher. 18 run defense, 81 PRT, 57 PRS.
Pick 10:OLB--Rex Spolane (52/52, yr 8)--Another strong pass-rush guy, though his endurance is only 45.
Pick 11:TE--Dave Morris (40/63, yr 2)--I'm concerned about his 40 Endurance, but otherwise should be a very solid pass-catching TE.
Pick 12:WR--Roosevelt Rogers (26/56, yr 3)--Our first WR is a solid all-around guy, no standout ratings in any category, but probably good enough to be a decent #1. 34/60 GD, 11/52 RR, 56 BPR, 60/72 Endurance
Pick 13:CB--Todd Messbauer (49/55, yr 5)--Solid all-around and has PR skills.
Pick 14:OT--Bernie Witt (25/46, yr 2)--High strength and endurance. Not sure if his run/pass blocking bars will end up above 40 or so, though.
Pick 15:WR--Rex Wicker (39/53, yr 4)--Good-looking WR with only 41 endurance
Pick 16:OG--Roderick Finch (33/54, yr 4)--Looks pretty solid.
Pick 17:QB--Benjamin Ward (43/43, yr 7)--Best at short passing, accuracy (90), and he's a scrambler (87). Also has 62 sense rush.
Pick 18:DE--Wally Jacobs (44/44, yr 6)--Not great at anything, but at least decent in everything.
Pick 19:ILB--Morris Barnes (36/50, yr 4)--Good at run defense and blitzing. Lousy coverage guy.
Pick 20:OLB--Frankie Quick (40/40, yr 8)--Pass rushing and coverage. Weak at run defense.
Pick 21:C--Kenneth Preston (46/46, yr 12)--Best Center remaining by my estimation.
Pick 22:DT--Earnest Umphenour (32/40, yr 3)--Good endurance and decent skills.

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Old 11-20-2012, 07:50 PM   #4
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Old 11-20-2012, 08:16 PM   #5
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Of course, the talent got worse as the draft continues. Not worth going into much detail. Here's a look at the roster:

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Front Office Football 2007 Atlanta Falcons Roster, Scout Overview Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Ward, Benjamin 17 QB QB 7 44 44 1 yr. Watson, Donnie 23 RB RB 2 63 81 6 yrs Ostwald, Mack 21 FB FB 2 56 68 2 yrs Morris, Dave 83 TE TE 2 39 60 2 yrs Rodgers, Roosevelt 87 FL FL 3 25 53 3 yrs Wicker, Rex 85 SE SE 4 38 51 1 yr. Witt, Bernie 64 LT LT 2 26 46 2 yrs McIntyre, Bart 60 LG LG 6 64 74 3 yrs Preston, Kenneth 52 C C 12 46 46 3 yrs Finch, Roderick 72 RG RG 4 35 54 2 yrs Brovins, Kenyon 68 RT RT 5 48 64 4 yrs McArthur, Gerald 95 LDE LDE 8 52 52 3 yrs Umphenour, Earnest 70 RDT LDT 3 32 41 1 yr. Patton, C.J. 78 NT RDT 9 41 41 2 yrs Bratzke, Ian 71 RDE RDE 5 29 39 2 yrs Spolane, Rex 99 WLB SLB 8 52 52 2 yrs Royster, Bubba 93 WILB MLB 3 54 62 4 yrs Quick, Frankie 55 WLB WLB 8 41 41 3 yrs Messbauer, Todd 27 LCB LCB 5 49 55 3 yrs Covert, Glen 24 RCB RCB 2 47 86 5 yrs Banks, Thomas 26 SS SS 7 78 78 3 yrs Conley, Jake 46 FS FS 2 37 61 2 yrs Murray, Tim 3 K 16 44 44 1 yr. Goulet, Nathan 51 SILB 14 33 33 2 yrs Sham, Stan 41 SS 12 40 40 3 yrs Dunn, Cory 69 LT 11 31 31 2 yrs Brayton, Brady 59 C 11 33 33 1 yr. Ellison, Orlando 29 RB 11 34 34 2 yrs McElroy, Rodney 73 RG 10 39 39 3 yrs Manning, George 8 P 10 42 42 1 yr. Davidson, Walter 82 TE 9 28 31 1 yr. Hocking, Shane 31 RCB 8 28 28 2 yrs Benson, Ricky 22 FB 8 31 31 3 yrs Kriner, Jamie 1 QB 8 34 34 3 yrs Castillo, Earnest 80 SE 7 30 31 2 yrs Fulcher, Dana 88 FL 7 33 34 1 yr. Irwin, Tom 77 RT 6 43 43 1 yr. Ljunghammar, Irving 13 QB 6 23 29 2 yrs Morey, Antonio 62 RG 6 33 35 2 yrs Mazor, Jerry 30 LCB 6 36 36 1 yr. Jacobs, Wally 96 LDE 6 43 43 3 yrs Galloway, Bo 81 TE 5 42 42 1 yr. Beyer, Roman 92 WILB 5 29 30 2 yrs Cornell, Jermaine 33 RB 5 39 39 3 yrs Thomas, Kent 45 RCB 5 24 25 1 yr. Guthrie, Geoff 47 SS 5 33 33 2 yrs Copeland, Nate 94 WLB 5 26 26 3 yrs Hagelberg, Emmitt 54 C 5 37 37 2 yrs Fox, Gerald 97 NT 5 27 27 1 yr. Barnes, Morris 98 SILB 4 36 50 1 yr. Skudris, Toby 58 WLB 3 21 34 1 yr. Buckley, Andre 86 FL 3 21 39 2 yrs Levine, Dustin 91 LDE 2 27 40 2 yrs $$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive, ** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR. Players Under Contract: 53 Inactive: 0 On Active Roster: 53 Salary Cap: $131,900,000 Cap Room: $37,540,000 Maximum for New Player: $37,940,000 Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $0 Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0 Cap Room Required Next Year: $104,650,000
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Old 11-20-2012, 08:52 PM   #6
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QB Ward spent much of the year on the bench. I'm not sure that wasn't a good thing. His backup performed better...

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Front Office Football 2007 2010 Summary for Atlanta Falcons Year 2010 Record 7-9 Winning Pct. .437 All-Time 7-9 Winning Pct. .437 Playoffs 0-0 Playoff Visits 0 Bowl Wins 0 Head Coach Phil Carpenter Record 7-9 Winning Pct. .437 Off. Coord. C. Johnstone Def. Coord. T. Lavigne Atlanta Falcons Team Rank Rushes per Game 29.4 7 Rushing Yards 127.2 14 Yards Per Carry 4.32 21 Pass Attempts 31.6 23 (T) Completions 19.9 21 Completion Pct. 63.0 7 Passing Yards 172.4 29 Yards Per Attempt 5.46 30 Yards Per Catch 8.68 32 Total Yardage Gained 288.9 25 (T) 3rd Down Conversions 39.7 7 (T) Points Per Game 16.8 22 Pass Rush Pct. 21.2 4 Pass Defense Pct. 52.6 12 (T) Turnovers 23 9 (T) Turnover Margin +5 10 Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 28.6 22 Rushing Yards 125.5 17 Yards Per Carry 4.39 16 Pass Attempts 30.8 3 Completions 18.4 3 Completion Pct. 59.8 14 Passing Yards 204.1 13 Yards Per Attempt 6.64 25 Yards Per Catch 11.11 29 (T) Total Yardage Gained 316.8 16 3rd Down Conversions 38.9 20 Points Per Game 17.5 10 (T) Pass Rush Pct. 16.4 2 Pass Defense Pct. 53.9 19 Turnovers 28 13 (T) Week Team Versus Oppnt 1 17 at PIT 9 2 13 ARI 30 3 7 at NOS 20 4 21 SFO 20 5 13 at CLE 17 6 9 at PHI 10 7 23 CIN 20 9 24 TBY 31 10 36 BAL 24 11 23 at STL 7 12 28 GBY 26 13 6 at TBY 10 14 13 at CAR 14 15 13 at SEA 16 16 0 NOS 9 17 22 CAR 17 Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 1 J. Kriner QB 287 179 1575 5.49 10 5 81.2 17 B. Ward QB 218 139 1184 5.43 2 8 65.6 **Team --- 505 318 2759 5.46 12 13 74.5 $$Opp --- 492 294 3265 6.64 18 14 79.8 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 23 D. Watson RB 295 1172 3.97 7 3 33 J. Cornell RB 142 731 5.15 3 2 **Team --- 471 2035 4.32 10 21 $$Opp --- 457 2008 4.39 9 25 Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 85 R. Wicker WR 106 60 593 9.88 5.59 4 4 87 R. Rodgers WR 94 55 521 9.47 5.54 6 5 88 D. Fulcher WR 68 41 388 9.46 5.71 8 0 83 D. Morris TE 61 40 354 8.85 5.80 2 1 23 D. Watson RB 45 33 186 5.64 4.13 1 0 21 M. Ostwald FB 38 30 202 6.73 5.32 1 0 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 26 T. Banks S 112 35 0.0 0 6 10 83.9 55 F. Quick OLB 63 13 3.0 7 0 2 72.8 93 B. Royster ILB 58 22 2.5 1 1 6 78.4 99 R. Spolane OLB 53 12 11.0 19 0 2 80.4 27 T. Messbauer CB 51 14 0.0 0 0 12 78.1 46 J. Conley S 48 21 0.5 0 3 8 81.9 24 G. Covert CB 47 14 0.0 0 3 4 77.3 92 R. Beyer ILB 39 11 0.0 0 1 1 75.1 98 M. Barnes ILB 34 8 0.0 0 0 1 71.3 95 G. McArthur DE 32 11 2.0 7 0 0 81.0 71 I. Bratzke DE 30 12 4.0 8 0 0 81.0 41 S. Sham S 26 6 0.0 0 0 2 77.2 51 N. Goulet ILB 25 5 0.0 0 0 0 69.6 94 N. Copeland OLB 22 13 2.0 5 0 0 77.1 70 E. Umphenour DT 22 10 2.5 3 0 0 81.7

Other thoughts...
  • We were really bad throwing the ball. (Thanks, draft lottery!)
  • I'm quite surprised that RB Watson only had 3.97 ypc. I would have expected better from him.
  • Good to see that we generated a solid pass rush.
AWARDS
S Thomas Banks: 1st-Team All Pro.
G Bart McIntyre: 2nd Team All Pro
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Old 11-21-2012, 05:22 AM   #7
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2011 OFFSEASON

The early contracts really hurt me with the tight cap, and I'm forced to make cuts immediately. Gone are the following starters:

WR Rex Wicker (45/52)
G Roderick Finch (35/54)
C Kenneth Preston (46/46)
LT Bernie Witt (30/45)
DE Wally Jacobs (44/44)

Some other less significant guys are released as well such as the #3 QB (just gonna have a minsal rookie there.) We open up just enough cap room to extend a couple of contracts, not enough to sign anyone in FA besides minsal vets.

Also of note is that QB Benjamin Ward only signed a one-year deal last year, and is a Free Agent. There's no way I'm spending the required 6.9M per year on him, especially when his backup performed better.

On to the draft...

2031 AMATEUR DRAFT
I'm sitting at #14. I'm thinking this may be the year to trade up to #10 to get a QB or WR if one is there. Clearly I need some help in those areas. With my cap situation, I don't see trading any higher, though.

I actually end up having a tough decision at 1(10). Two WRs are there. One has a crazy-low 40 time, but his Endurance is showing up very low. That could be a big deal in a career where I don't foresee having much depth at WR. The other guy has solid-not-ZOMFG combines, but is showing a very strong Endurance bar. I decide to risk the fast guy. I do love me some speed. 1(14) and 2(13) go to Houston in exchange for 1(10) and 4(14) so I can draft Gabe Helm. Here's the draft in its entirety.

1(10)--SE Gabe Helm (25/42)--Obviously heavily masked, but is Endurance masked (and is RR high enough.)
3(12)--RDE Amos Barlow (27/47)--Pass-rush DE who will start immediately barring VSOD.
4(11)--C Bo Muterspaugh (21/64)--2 reds and a blue. Also a very likely starter
4(14)--LT Marco Lyon (18/36)--With me having cut our LT, this guy also has a clear path to a starting slot.
5(10)--K Steve Blanchard (24/36)--Our kicker was terrible last year. This guy looks like a 65-70 type.
6(16)--RDT Bernie Jefferson (20/25)--I let NT Umphenour's contract expire, and the only other guy under contract is in year 10. This 2-blue guy will see playing time.
7(15)--MLB Korey Taylor (19/31)--Same deal as above. I didn't extend SILB Morris Barnes, so there's playing time to be had at ILB.

FA2 is uneventful. Backups and roster-fillers. No one gets more than minsal as that's all I can afford.

2011 TRAINING CAMP
  • 1st-round pick Helm is +7/+9. He's showing 39/41 endurance and 22/44 RR. I suspect that those are going to have to improve by 20ish points for him to be the long-term solution there.
  • K Blanchard is +3/+9
  • Two big hits on defense to young-ish players. SILB Royster (yr 4) is -10/-10, and CB Messbauer (yr 6) is -11/-11.
FOF puts our roster strength at 40.
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Old 11-21-2012, 05:37 AM   #8
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2011 Roster/Outlook

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Front Office Football 2007 Atlanta Falcons Roster, Scout Overview Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Kriner, Jamie 1 QB QB 9 35 35 2 yrs Watson, Donnie 23 RB RB 3 72 81 5 yrs Ostwald, Mack 21 FB FB 3 70 70 5 yrs Morris, Dave 83 TE TE 3 60 65 5 yrs Rodgers, Roosevelt 87 FL FL 4 43 54 4 yrs Helm, Gabe 89 SE SE 1 34 51 5 yrs Brovins, Kenyon 68 RT LT 6 61 61 3 yrs McIntyre, Bart 60 LG LG 7 73 73 2 yrs Hagelberg, Emmitt 54 C C 6 36 36 1 yr. Morey, Antonio 62 RG RG 7 34 34 1 yr. Lyon, Marco 73 RT RT 1 22 35 3 yrs McArthur, Gerald 95 LDE LDE 9 52 52 2 yrs Patton, C.J. 78 NT NT 10 41 41 3 yrs Barlow, Amos 90 RDE RDE 1 29 43 3 yrs Quick, Frankie 55 SLB SLB 9 37 37 2 yrs Royster, Bubba 93 SILB SILB 4 50 50 3 yrs Beyer, Roman 92 WILB WILB 6 31 31 1 yr. Spolane, Rex 99 WLB WLB 9 53 53 1 yr. Covert, Glen 24 LCB LCB 3 68 87 4 yrs Messbauer, Todd 27 RCB RCB 6 47 47 2 yrs Banks, Thomas 26 SS SS 8 77 77 2 yrs Conley, Jake 46 FS FS 3 55 62 3 yrs Ljunghammar, Irving 19 QB 7 26 26 2 yrs Swann, Devin 18 QB 1 10 19 1 yr. Cornell, Jermaine 33 RB 6 41 41 2 yrs Henderson, Mel 32 RB 1 17 28 1 yr. Dedrickson, Andre 38 FB 1 20 27 1 yr. Galloway, Bo 81 TE 6 42 42 2 yrs Buckley, Andre 86 FL 4 31 39 1 yr. Castillo, Earnest 80 SE 8 33 33 1 yr. Pruitt, Donald 82 SE 7 40 40 3 yrs Muterspaugh, Bo 59 C 1 24 56 3 yrs Gordon, Harvey 79 LG 1 15 45 1 yr. Everett, Myron 66 RG 1 25 52 1 yr. Mulkey, Ike 75 RT 1 21 49 1 yr. Lincoln, Shane 7 P 1 29 45 1 yr. Blanchard, Steve 14 K 1 27 45 3 yrs Levine, Dustin 91 LDE 3 31 41 1 yr. Jefferson, Bernie 72 NT 1 22 29 3 yrs Taylor, Korey 50 SILB 1 21 31 3 yrs Copeland, Nate 52 WLB 6 26 26 3 yrs Hocking, Shane 31 RCB 9 29 29 1 yr. Thomas, Kent 45 RCB 6 25 25 2 yrs Oliver, Tommy 35 RCB 4 34 34 2 yrs Sham, Stan 41 SS 13 32 32 2 yrs Guthrie, Geoff 47 SS 6 33 33 1 yr. ##Gupta, Danny 85 TE 1 14 31 1 yr. ##Ramirez, Oscar 84 FL 6 20 20 1 yr. ##Richard, Donnie 56 C 1 11 18 1 yr. ##O'Donnell, Earnest 64 RT 1 21 35 1 yr. ##Butler, Irving 96 NT 1 18 21 1 yr. ##Clinton, Edward 53 WLB 1 14 18 1 yr. $$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive, ** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR. Players Under Contract: 52 Inactive: 6 On Active Roster: 46 Salary Cap: $137,200,000 Cap Room: $330,000 Maximum for New Player: $330,000 Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $48,020,000 Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $47,940,000 Cap Room Required Next Year: $148,940,000

I'm going with a balanced attack, keeping the FB and TE on the field a lot. We'll try to stretch the field some with the shiny new WR and see how that goes.
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Old 11-21-2012, 06:15 AM   #9
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A very surprising outcome. The defense and running game absolutely dominated, and the passing game was good enough. But then disappointment in the postseason:

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Front Office Football 2007 2011 Summary for Atlanta Falcons Year 2011 Record 14-3 Winning Pct. .823 All-Time 21-11 Winning Pct. .656 Playoffs 0-1 Playoff Visits 1 Bowl Wins 0 Head Coach Phil Carpenter Record 21-12 Winning Pct. .636 Off. Coord. C. Johnstone Def. Coord. T. Lavigne Atlanta Falcons Team Rank Rushes per Game 29.2 13 Rushing Yards 150.6 1 Yards Per Carry 5.16 1 Pass Attempts 30.3 24 Completions 17.5 30 Completion Pct. 57.9 24 (T) Passing Yards 236.8 12 Yards Per Attempt 7.83 3 Yards Per Catch 13.53 1 Total Yardage Gained 375.4 4 3rd Down Conversions 42.2 4 Points Per Game 29.1 2 Pass Rush Pct. 25.8 1 Pass Defense Pct. 60.1 3 Turnovers 31 28 Turnover Margin -3 20 (T) Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 27.3 20 Rushing Yards 102.4 4 Yards Per Carry 3.75 1 Pass Attempts 34.6 22 (T) Completions 18.8 3 Completion Pct. 54.2 1 Passing Yards 193.6 1 Yards Per Attempt 5.60 1 Yards Per Catch 10.32 4 (T) Total Yardage Gained 281.4 1 3rd Down Conversions 35.8 14 Points Per Game 16.5 3 Pass Rush Pct. 22.7 29 (T) Pass Defense Pct. 62.2 27 Turnovers 28 12 (T) Week Team Versus Oppnt 1 27 at NOS 24 2 17 HOU 7 3 34 at WAS 3 4 20 TBY 24 5 59 at CAR 9 6 20 MIN 6 7 16 at GBY 20 8 31 DET 19 9 30 at CHI 27 10 34 NOS 27 12 37 TEN 7 13 20 SFO 12 14 26 at JAX 21 15 26 CAR 23 16 27 at IND 15 17 42 at TBY 20 $$CS 13 DET 20 Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 1 J. Kriner QB 397 231 3154 7.94 29 15 92.3 19 I. Ljunghammar QB 87 49 635 7.30 6 5 78.4 **Team --- 484 280 3789 7.83 35 20 89.8 $$Opp --- 553 300 3097 5.60 15 11 71.4 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 23 D. Watson RB 334 1806 5.41 12 5 33 J. Cornell RB 89 475 5.34 3 2 **Team --- 467 2410 5.16 16 24 $$Opp --- 437 1639 3.75 10 28 Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 89 G. Helm WR 146 86 1250 14.53 8.56 1 9 87 R. Rodgers WR 125 72 1113 15.46 8.90 4 10 83 D. Morris TE 67 43 606 14.09 9.04 3 4 82 D. Pruitt WR 54 23 307 13.35 5.69 4 5 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 26 T. Banks S 132 41 1.0 0 2 8 78.0 93 B. Royster ILB 90 32 5.0 3 0 9 78.7 99 R. Spolane OLB 78 18 16.5 28 1 5 79.8 27 T. Messbauer CB 60 10 0.0 0 1 10 76.0 24 G. Covert CB 57 10 0.0 0 2 3 74.5 92 R. Beyer ILB 46 14 1.0 0 1 8 84.1 46 J. Conley S 35 14 0.0 0 2 9 89.6 95 G. McArthur DE 31 11 6.0 20 0 0 80.7 52 N. Copeland OLB 30 9 4.5 4 0 2 80.1 55 F. Quick OLB 27 12 1.0 3 0 1 74.6 35 T. Oliver CB 26 6 0.0 0 0 2 75.4 78 C. Patton DT 25 7 2.5 8 0 0 81.8 90 A. Barlow DE 21 11 1.5 10 0 2 82.1

Other thoughts...
  • I really can't say enough about the defense. Wow.
  • I've never seen running game numbers like that. I did increase the FB usage considerably, so maybe that paid off.
  • We head into next year over the cap again, so at this point I'm not terribly concerned about being too dominant, but we'll see.
AWARDS
WLB Rex Spolane: Defensive Player Of The Year and 1st Team All Pro
RB Donnie Watson: 1st Team All-Pro
SS Thomas Banks: 1st Team All-Pro (2nd year in a row)
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Old 11-21-2012, 07:53 AM   #10
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2012 Offseason

I slap the Franchise tag on DPOY Rex Spolane, which may have been a mistake. He wants considerably more than the required amount. I might have been able to get him more cheaply.

The initial-contract bloodletting is not yet done. The following starters get cut:

CB Todd Messbauer (47/47)
LB Frankie Quick (37/37)

No money to do anything in FA1. On to the draft...

2012 AMATEUR DRAFT
I'm sitting at #30 (ugh) and I can't afford to trade up.

1(30)--C Earnest Haggan (26/69)--A 3-red/2-blue guy at a position where my mediocre starter's contract has expired. No-brainer pick.
2(30)--RG Jason Wheeler (21/58)--Another position where my former mediocre starter has no contract. Wheeler has three blues and a red.
3(30)--LDT Scottie Tisdale (29/40)--Our 6th-round pick of Bernie Jefferson last year for NT isn't looking like it's going to pan out. Tisdale has one green combine, but it's in agility (run defense,) so I'm happy to see those other three blue ones.
4(30)--RDE Anthony Seiferling (24/36)--I'm in need of depth and youth at DE, and Seiferling looks like a solid pass-rusher.
5(30)--RT Barry Odle (16/35)--Probably nothing special, but I only have two tackles under contract.
6(30)--FB Casey Ricker (19/35)--Not much left in the draft at this point. This guy has three blues, so why not?
7(30)--LT Fred Gil (16/36)--Probably the BPA at this point.

FA2 is uneventful. Backups and roster-fillers. No one gets more than minsal as that's all I can afford.

2011 TRAINING CAMP NOTES
  • 1st-round pick Haggan is +7/+3. Nice.
  • 2nd-year WR Helm is up to 57/57 with 66 RR and 58 Endurance. Solid.
  • No other major hits.
FOF puts our roster strength at 22.
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Front Office Football 2007 Atlanta Falcons Roster, Scout Overview Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Kriner, Jamie 1 QB QB 10 35 35 1 yr. Watson, Donnie 23 RB RB 4 80 80 4 yrs Ostwald, Mack 21 FB FB 4 70 70 4 yrs Morris, Dave 83 TE TE 4 69 69 4 yrs Rodgers, Roosevelt 87 FL FL 5 52 52 3 yrs Helm, Gabe 89 SE SE 2 57 57 4 yrs Brovins, Kenyon 68 LT LT 7 41 48 4 yrs McIntyre, Bart 60 LG LG 8 74 74 1 yr. Haggan, Earnest 55 C C 1 35 72 4 yrs Wheeler, Jason 63 RG RG 1 27 55 3 yrs Lyon, Marco 73 RT RT 2 31 35 2 yrs McArthur, Gerald 95 LDE LDE 10 42 42 3 yrs Patton, C.J. 78 NT NT 11 40 40 2 yrs Seiferling, Anthony 70 RDE RDE 1 25 33 3 yrs Copeland, Nate 52 SLB SLB 7 27 27 2 yrs Royster, Bubba 93 SILB SILB 5 48 48 6 yrs Butler, Dale 54 WILB WILB 1 15 29 1 yr. Spolane, Rex 99 WLB WLB 10 52 52 3 yrs Covert, Glen 24 LCB LCB 4 93 93 3 yrs Casarez, Brady 41 RCB RCB 1 23 42 1 yr. Banks, Thomas 26 SS SS 9 77 77 1 yr. Conley, Jake 46 FS FS 4 64 64 2 yrs Ljunghammar, Irving 19 QB 8 27 27 1 yr. Swann, Devin 18 QB 2 13 22 2 yrs Cornell, Jermaine 33 RB 7 41 41 1 yr. Booker, Claude 45 RB 1 19 36 1 yr. DiCosomo, Mack 48 FB 5 35 35 2 yrs Dedrickson, Andre 38 FB 2 25 29 2 yrs Hanks, Phillip 80 TE 1 26 44 1 yr. Pruitt, Donald 82 FL 8 31 31 2 yrs Crawford, Jackie 81 SE 1 25 41 1 yr. Boettcher, Randal 3 SE 1 11 16 1 yr. Hamilton, Nicky 57 C 1 22 38 1 yr. Manning, Jessie 71 LG 1 21 40 1 yr. Gil, Fred 62 LT 1 19 36 3 yrs Odle, Barry 76 RT 1 18 35 3 yrs Parson, Cary 12 P 1 29 29 1 yr. Blanchard, Steve 14 K 2 38 51 2 yrs Barlow, Amos 90 RDE 2 25 34 2 yrs Tisdale, Scottie 94 NT 1 31 42 3 yrs Taylor, Korey 50 SILB 2 27 27 2 yrs Crumpler, Carlos 97 SLB 1 21 37 1 yr. Waugh, Seth 92 WLB 1 14 34 1 yr. Schulz, Dwight 28 RCB 1 17 23 1 yr. Romig, Bruce 37 SS 1 23 36 1 yr. Campbell, Austin 27 SS 1 21 40 1 yr. ##Arredondo, Jon 8 QB 1 4 22 1 yr. ##Ricker, Casey 43 FB 1 22 38 3 yrs ##Webster, Ike 88 TE 1 28 40 1 yr. ##Wentworth, Lance 59 C 8 29 29 1 yr. ##Finch, R.J. 66 RG 1 18 41 1 yr. ##Jefferson, Bernie 72 NT 2 26 31 2 yrs ##Oliver, Tommy 35 RCB 5 33 33 1 yr. $$ - 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: $142,500,000 Cap Room: $170,000 Maximum for New Player: $510,000 Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $50,740,000 Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $48,990,000 Cap Room Required Next Year: $149,480,000
Five rookies are set to start, but if the running game and defense can come close to last year's performance and the passing game improves a bit, I guess we could remain legit.
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Made it all the way to the Bowl, only to see both our running game and defense fail us.
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Front Office Football 2007 2012 Summary for Atlanta Falcons Year 2012 Record 15-4 Winning Pct. .789 All-Time 34-14 Winning Pct. .708 Playoffs 2-2 Playoff Visits 2 Bowl Wins 0 Head Coach Phil Carpenter Record 36-16 Winning Pct. .692 Off. Coord. C. Johnstone Def. Coord. T. Lavigne Atlanta Falcons Team Rank Rushes per Game 29.3 8 Rushing Yards 143.4 3 Yards Per Carry 4.89 1 Pass Attempts 32.7 23 Completions 19.2 24 (T) Completion Pct. 58.7 21 (T) Passing Yards 253.0 10 Yards Per Attempt 7.74 4 Yards Per Catch 13.19 1 Total Yardage Gained 386.4 1 3rd Down Conversions 38.5 11 Points Per Game 28.0 1 Pass Rush Pct. 20.1 15 Pass Defense Pct. 66.1 3 Turnovers 23 11 (T) Turnover Margin +14 2 Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 27.2 18 (T) Rushing Yards 124.6 26 Yards Per Carry 4.58 29 Pass Attempts 35.1 21 Completions 19.4 5 Completion Pct. 55.3 3 Passing Yards 207.8 3 Yards Per Attempt 5.93 1 Yards Per Catch 10.72 8 Total Yardage Gained 321.5 12 3rd Down Conversions 37.6 15 (T) Points Per Game 18.8 10 Pass Rush Pct. 21.9 28 Pass Defense Pct. 53.8 20 Turnovers 37 1 Week Team Versus Oppnt 1 20 CAR 7 2 26 at SDO 13 3 7 at CHI 14 4 20 at PHI 39 5 27 WAS 17 6 43 TBY 24 7 24 at CAR 14 9 27 at DAL 34 10 34 NYK 7 11 23 at NOS 9 12 23 at OAK 21 13 38 STL 35 14 27 KCY 20 15 24 at TBY 20 16 40 DEN 10 17 45 NOS 16 $$CS 34 ARI 24 $$CF 42 CHI 10 **FB 27 vs DEN 44 Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 1 J. Kriner QB 518 304 3972 7.67 25 16 86.1 **Team --- 523 307 4048 7.74 27 16 87.7 $$Opp --- 561 310 3324 5.93 19 23 67.0 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 23 D. Watson RB 342 1774 5.19 12 3 33 J. Cornell RB 95 436 4.59 3 2 **Team --- 469 2294 4.89 16 13 $$Opp --- 435 1994 4.58 14 27 Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 89 G. Helm WR 160 92 1427 15.51 8.92 4 12 87 R. Rodgers WR 157 88 1260 14.32 8.03 6 5 83 D. Morris TE 88 58 811 13.98 9.22 3 7 82 D. Pruitt WR 41 22 228 10.36 5.56 6 1 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 26 T. Banks S 119 44 0.0 0 4 10 83.2 93 B. Royster ILB 69 25 2.5 2 0 1 74.7 54 D. Butler ILB 56 14 0.0 0 0 1 71.3 46 J. Conley S 55 25 0.0 0 5 17 87.9 99 R. Spolane OLB 50 19 9.5 20 0 4 81.0 24 G. Covert CB 49 18 0.0 0 3 7 78.0 50 K. Taylor ILB 43 8 1.5 2 0 0 72.4 52 N. Copeland OLB 38 18 0.5 1 3 0 76.6 35 T. Oliver CB 32 6 0.0 1 5 9 85.8 28 D. Schulz CB 32 8 0.0 0 2 4 80.7 95 G. McArthur DE 29 7 3.0 13 0 0 81.3 41 B. Casarez CB 26 12 0.0 1 0 5 79.4 78 C. Patton DT 23 10 1.5 9 0 1 82.7 97 C. Crumpler OLB 22 8 1.0 1 0 3 78.8 37 B. Romig S 22 8 0.0 0 0 1 73.8 94 S. Tisdale DT 21 5 1.0 2 0 0 81.7 90 A. Barlow DE 16 7 2.0 4 0 0 81.3

Other thoughts...
  • The run defense disappeared this year, but the passing defense was still stellar. The former is no surprise, as the new defensive guys aren't good at run stopping.
  • RB Donnie Watson was a beast in the first two postseason games: 21 carries for 143 against ARI, and 23 for 203 against CHI.
  • The Bowl wasn't close. It was 44-13 with 3 minutes to go before we scored two cheap TDs. They shut down the running game and we were toast.
  • The passing game didn't really improve this year. I don't think Jamie Kriner can take us any farther than he has, and his contract is up. I don't think we can afford a real QB yet, so we'll have to find another 35/35 minsal type to take his place, I suspect. I'm guessing he'll want starter money in FA, and I don't see giving him that.
AWARDS
TE Dave Morris: 1st Team All-Pro: 58 catches, 811 yards, 7 Tds, 9.22ypt, 9 for 17 KRB with 1 pancake.
G Bart McIntyre: 1st Team All-Pro: 48 for 118 KRB, 10 pnk, 3 sk
SS Thomas Banks: 1st Team All-Pro (3rd year in a row): 119 tkl, 44 ast, 4 INT, 30 ctc, 10 def, 83.2 PDPct.
K Steve Blanchard, 2nd Team All-Pro: 37 for 42 FG, 7 for 9 from 50+
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FRANCHISE: SS Thomas Banks. Yeah, I couldn't afford an extension for him. I can, however, afford to extend him.

I make only one cut of a starter:

NT C.J. Patton (40/40)

However, it's worth noting that another key guy wasn't re-signed: LG Bart McIntyre (75/75) is a free agent and I can't afford to offer the contract he wants. I pursue a cheap QB with decent Accuracy and Sense Rush. It looks like the worst of the cap woes from the initial draft are about to pass, so this guy should hold us over.

NEW FA STARTER(S) SIGNED

QB HOWIE ROBERTS (43/43)--50 Accuracy, 48 Sense Rush, and knows all 18 formations. He gets a two-year deal for $4.9M.

2013 AMATEUR DRAFT
I'm sitting at #31. If there's a QB worth having, I could afford to get to 1(10), I think.

Well, both QBs worth having went too high for me to make a move, so I stick at 1(31). Here's my draft:

1(31)--SLB Jimmy Bullock (19/42)--A 2-red/3-blue guy. I don't have a particularly good SLB, so he should be a nice fit.
2(31)--LT Randy Myers (27/58)--Red strengh, blue in dash/agi.
3(31)--TE Edgar Dawkins (22/37)--I don't need a TE, but this guy is so far above everyone else left that I can't resist him. 5 blues, 1 red.
4(31)--RG Vincent Walker (25/33)--I could really use another guard with the departure of McIntyre. This guy looks like he could have a lot of masking.
5(31)--P Cornell Abrams (43/54)--4-blue punter. I haven't had a good one so far.
6(31)--SILB Travis Harward (18/43)--4 blue, 1 green. Could be a solid player.
7(31)--LT Andrew Szott (8/52)--No-combine guy with decent-looking bars.

FA2 is uneventful. Backups and roster-fillers. No one gets more than minsal as that's all I can afford.

2013 TRAINING CAMP NOTES
  • 1st-round pick SLB Bullock is +5/+7.
  • Ouch. Backup RB Jermaine Cornell is -11.
  • 3rd-round TE Edgar Dawkins is +4/+9.
FOF puts our roster strength at 52.
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Front Office Football 2007 Atlanta Falcons Roster, Scout Overview Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Roberts, Howie 4 QB QB 10 43 43 2 yrs Watson, Donnie 23 RB RB 5 80 80 3 yrs Ostwald, Mack 21 FB FB 5 70 70 3 yrs Morris, Dave 83 TE TE 5 71 71 3 yrs Rodgers, Roosevelt 87 FL FL 6 53 53 2 yrs Helm, Gabe 89 SE SE 3 67 67 3 yrs Brovins, Kenyon 68 LT LT 8 44 44 4 yrs Walker, Vincent 65 LG LG 1 28 34 3 yrs Haggan, Earnest 55 C C 2 61 73 3 yrs Wheeler, Jason 63 RG RG 2 37 54 2 yrs Myers, Randy 78 RT RT 1 33 56 3 yrs McArthur, Gerald 95 LDE LDE 11 36 36 3 yrs Tisdale, Scottie 94 NT NT 2 37 43 2 yrs Seiferling, Anthony 70 RDE RDE 2 28 32 2 yrs Bulluck, Jimmy 91 SLB SLB 1 25 49 4 yrs Royster, Bubba 93 SILB SILB 6 46 46 5 yrs Butler, Dale 54 WILB WILB 2 22 31 1 yr. Spolane, Rex 99 WLB WLB 11 45 45 2 yrs Covert, Glen 24 LCB LCB 5 94 94 2 yrs Oliver, Tommy 35 RCB RCB 6 34 34 2 yrs Banks, Thomas 26 SS SS 10 76 76 3 yrs Conley, Jake 46 FS FS 5 64 64 6 yrs Ljunghammar, Irving 19 QB 9 26 26 1 yr. Swann, Devin 18 QB 3 20 24 1 yr. Cornell, Jermaine 33 RB 8 30 30 2 yrs Mergen, Marshall 42 RB 1 24 28 1 yr. DiCosomo, Mack 48 FB 6 35 35 3 yrs Ricker, Casey 43 FB 2 28 40 2 yrs Dawkins, Edgar 84 TE 1 27 46 3 yrs Pruitt, Donald 82 FL 9 30 30 3 yrs Ginsberg, Archie 85 FL 4 43 43 2 yrs Torres, Jeffrey 86 SE 1 14 26 1 yr. Quarles, Russell 53 C 1 19 36 1 yr. Burton, Donkey 79 RG 1 22 31 1 yr. Odle, Barry 76 RT 2 22 36 2 yrs Abrams, Cornell 13 P 1 43 53 3 yrs Blanchard, Steve 14 K 3 54 54 1 yr. Barlow, Amos 90 RDE 3 28 32 1 yr. Warfield, Ted 77 NT 1 20 32 1 yr. Taylor, Korey 50 SILB 3 27 27 1 yr. Harward, Travis 98 SILB 1 22 43 3 yrs Crumpler, Carlos 97 SLB 2 27 38 1 yr. Mobley, Ronnie 44 RCB 1 22 34 1 yr. Osika, Erik 36 RCB 1 18 22 1 yr. Romig, Bruce 37 SS 2 28 36 1 yr. Holmes, Jerry 29 FS 1 24 39 1 yr. ##Hall, Jamie 47 RB 1 19 27 1 yr. ##Banks, Daniel 15 TE 1 23 36 1 yr. ##Szott, Andrew 67 LG 1 10 46 3 yrs ##Gil, Fred 62 LT 2 27 35 2 yrs ##Lyon, Marco 73 RT 3 36 36 1 yr. ##Jefferson, Bernie 72 NT 3 29 33 1 yr. ##Copeland, Nate 52 SLB 8 27 27 1 yr. $$ - 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: $147,800,000 Cap Room: $350,000 Maximum for New Player: $700,000 Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $49,050,000 Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0 Cap Room Required Next Year: $126,830,000

I'm not going to change much about the offense. Let's see what a higher-rated QB can do in it.
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Roberts did a better job at QB, but he we ran into a buzzsaw in the NFC Championship Game.
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Front Office Football 2007 2013 Summary for Atlanta Falcons Year 2013 Record 13-4 Winning Pct. .764 All-Time 47-17 Winning Pct. .734 Playoffs 2-3 Playoff Visits 3 Bowl Wins 0 Head Coach Phil Carpenter Record 49-20 Winning Pct. .710 Off. Coord. C. Johnstone Def. Coord. T. Lavigne Atlanta Falcons Team Rank Rushes per Game 28.8 10 Rushing Yards 118.5 11 Yards Per Carry 4.12 21 Pass Attempts 31.9 25 (T) Completions 18.2 30 Completion Pct. 57.1 27 Passing Yards 265.6 4 Yards Per Attempt 8.33 2 Yards Per Catch 14.60 1 Total Yardage Gained 372.8 3 3rd Down Conversions 37.0 21 Points Per Game 26.6 3 Pass Rush Pct. 24.1 3 Pass Defense Pct. 58.7 5 Turnovers 20 7 (T) Turnover Margin +3 12 Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 25.1 13 Rushing Yards 113.8 20 Yards Per Carry 4.53 25 Pass Attempts 34.9 17 (T) Completions 20.1 6 Completion Pct. 57.5 4 Passing Yards 210.0 4 Yards Per Attempt 6.02 3 Yards Per Catch 10.47 10 Total Yardage Gained 307.2 4 3rd Down Conversions 32.8 2 Points Per Game 15.4 1 Pass Rush Pct. 24.3 30 Pass Defense Pct. 51.4 16 Turnovers 23 21 (T) Week Team Versus Oppnt 1 35 TBY 25 2 38 NJY 24 3 15 at PHI 7 4 37 SEA 7 6 20 at ARI 10 7 40 CAR 17 8 10 at SFO 27 9 10 STL 13 10 33 at TBY 14 11 17 at NOS 16 12 34 NED 13 13 31 CHI 24 14 27 at MIA 3 15 42 NOS 14 16 7 at BUF 23 17 30 at CAR 10 $$CS 31 DET 59 Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 4 H. Roberts QB 499 288 4194 8.40 35 11 99.4 **Team --- 510 291 4249 8.33 36 11 98.9 $$Opp --- 558 321 3360 6.02 15 13 74.4 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 23 D. Watson RB 317 1464 4.62 9 2 33 J. Cornell RB 102 340 3.33 1 2 4 H. Roberts QB 35 99 2.83 1 5 **Team --- 460 1896 4.12 11 18 $$Opp --- 402 1820 4.53 8 20 Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 89 G. Helm WR 186 106 1795 16.93 9.65 9 18 87 R. Rodgers WR 113 56 907 16.20 8.03 9 8 84 E. Dawkins TE 47 30 360 12.00 7.66 2 3 85 A. Ginsberg WR 47 25 310 12.40 6.60 5 2 83 D. Morris TE 45 22 281 12.77 6.24 2 1 21 M. Ostwald FB 23 18 166 9.22 7.22 0 0 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 26 T. Banks S 105 45 0.0 1 1 7 78.1 93 B. Royster ILB 84 12 1.0 2 1 10 80.3 91 J. Bulluck OLB 74 25 5.0 2 0 4 73.9 99 R. Spolane OLB 61 18 13.5 28 0 1 80.4 24 G. Covert CB 55 15 0.0 0 1 15 80.6 46 J. Conley S 49 17 0.0 1 6 17 89.6 54 D. Butler ILB 43 20 0.0 0 1 1 73.2 35 T. Oliver CB 37 13 1.0 0 1 4 76.7 44 R. Mobley CB 37 11 0.0 0 0 6 78.3 70 A. Seiferling DE 29 12 4.5 10 0 0 81.2 77 T. Warfield DT 27 7 2.5 3 0 0 80.3 50 K. Taylor ILB 26 5 1.0 1 1 2 74.1 29 J. Holmes S 22 6 0.0 0 1 2 75.2 95 G. McArthur DE 20 8 7.0 11 0 1 81.5 94 S. Tisdale DT 20 13 1.5 8 0 1 82.2

Other thoughts...
  • We could stand to improve the run defense. No real complaints on offense, except for our weak 3rd down conversion percentage.
  • That said, the running game did take a step in the wrong direction.
  • WR Helm really stepped it up.
  • The QB on an AI team (Denver) had a monster year:
  • QB George Blair Denver 379-503 (75%, 30 bad, 304 suc) 4641 yds pass (9.23 ypa), 43 TD, 2 INT, 18 sacked, 130.2 rat, 28-134 yds rush (4.79 ypc), 1 TD, 0 forloss, 1 suc, 4 fumb (0 lost) ( 2017.974565 )
Um....wow.

AWARDS

WR Gabe Helm--1st Team All-Pro: 106 catches, 1795 yards, 18 TDs, 9.65 ypt.
WLB Rex Spolane--1st Team All-Pro: 13.5 sacks, 28 hurries, 61 tackles
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[*]No drafting a QB or WR outside of the top 10 in any amateur draft. If I want a QB or WR, I must trade up and go get one, and pay the big cap hit.
I realize you've began already, but for future tries (hah!), you might want to make that top6 for the real in-game big money contracts. the margin of difference between pick7 and pick11 is smaller than the margin between pick6 and pick7. Just a FYI.

Edit: never mind, actually. The gap from pick11 to pick12 is also pretty large, usually even bigger. Makes top10 make easier to work with and challenging enough. Nothing to see here, move along.
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[*]Any contract offered to a non-rookie FA rated 45 future or better must be for 3 years, minsal all three years, and a bonus that makes the first year of the contract worth at least the following percentages of the effective salary cap:[/list]
QB 7.5%
RB 3.4%
FB 1.3%
TE 1.8%
WR 10.0%
OT 3.9%
OG 2.5%
C 2.2%
P 0.8%
K 1.3%
DE 2.8%
DT 2.8%
OLB 3.2%
ILB 2.7%
CB 4.2%
S 2.7%
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Two questions:
* How'd you come up with these particular numbers?
* For the speed of the dynastry, won't it be easier to not go with the 3.4 and 2.2 kind of stuff, but keep 5 tiers or some such? (something like 10%, 7.5%, 4.0%, 2.0%, 1.0%) Or are they printed in memory already?
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Two questions:
* How'd you come up with these particular numbers?
* For the speed of the dynastry, won't it be easier to not go with the 3.4 and 2.2 kind of stuff, but keep 5 tiers or some such? (something like 10%, 7.5%, 4.0%, 2.0%, 1.0%) Or are they printed in memory already?
1. I did a data-dump from WOOF and CCFL (25% cap reduction leagues) a while ago of all FA signings rated in the 45-55 overall rating range and just figured out the averages from MP. And then I bumped up QB and WR considerably. Those are subject to change when I have actual cap room.
2. Neither. It wouldn't be easier and I don't have them memorized. What I do have is a very simple spreadsheet that does this for me. I only have to make one entry at the beginning of FA each year: the in-game salary cap. From there it tells me exactly how much a 3-year deal has to be to a FA of each position:


SALARY CAP 153.1

Effective Cap 102.6




RATE POS TOT CONTRACT CAP HIT
0.075 QB 23.08 7.7
0.034 RB 10.46 3.5
0.013 FB 4.00 1.3
0.018 TE 5.54 1.8
0.1 WR 30.77 10.3
0.039 OT 12.00 4.0
0.025 OG 7.69 2.6
0.022 C 6.77 2.3
0.008 P 2.46 0.8
0.013 K 4.00 1.3
0.028 DE 8.62 2.9
0.028 DT 8.62 2.9
0.032 OLB 9.85 3.3
0.027 ILB 8.31 2.8
0.042 CB 12.92 4.3
0.027 S 8.31 2.8

Column 4 tells me how much cap room at a quick glance, then when I enter the actual contract, I look at the third column to tell me the total value it needs to be. I've messed around with this idea in non-posted SP careers, and it's much faster than coming up with contracts on my own.
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Quick analysis: once again, challenging loses out to interesting
So far, yes. However, it turns out that a comment I made last season about cap relief coming was dead wrong: I had forgotten to put the reduction in for 2014, so I was off by over $50M on my cap room for this year; instead of starting off $20M over the cap, I'm $31M under. I'm about to do this season, and I think there will be significant cuts this year. We'll see where this goes...
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Yeah. Just entered the numbers into my other cap-related spreadsheet. I need to clear around $35M, and looking at my "Save If Release" numbers, that's not likely to be easy.
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Yeah, renegs only get me within ~$15M of where I need to be. Significant cuts coming...
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2014 Offseason Part I (Just the cuts)

FRANCHISE: None.

I start the cuts with the older guys. Gone are the following starters:

RB Donnie Watson--yr 6, 79/79. Every way I sliced it, this guy had to go. I suspect that these house rules simply don't allow a stud RB long-term.
WR Roosevelt Rodgers--yr 7, 54/54. I'm hoping my 42/42 former WR3 can be a "good enough" WR2, and I will use more 2-TE since I drafted that good one in the 3rd round last year.
LT Kenyon Brovins--yr 9, 44/44. Hasn't performed well enough to be making over minsal imho.
DE Gerald McArthur--yr 12, 36/36. He was the easiest cut with his production dropping off, but doesn't save us all that much, either.
DE Anthony Seiferling--yr 3, 28/28. Again, not expensive, but I can't afford a guy like this above minsal.
WLB Rex Spolane-yr 12, 45/45. Still had 76 PRT, 92 PRS, but old and expensive.
SS Thomas Banks--yr 12, 76/76. 3-time all-pro is old, expensive, and struggled a bit in pass coverage last year.

With these 7 starters gone, I am able to field a legal team. I'm thinking I will do no more than this, mostly sit out FA, and evaluate how things go. The monster-stud CB is in the final year of his deal, so there will be some flexibility next year, it appears.
I also cut some former draftees who were clearly not up to snuff.
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With the cuts above, I'll be able to field a legal roster with several minsal starters, but those will need to be picked up in FA2 after I know what I get in the draft.


2014 AMATEUR DRAFT
I'm sitting at #28, and can't really see trading up. We have tons of needs after those cuts.

1(28)--RG Vinny Bishop (26/45)--2 reds and 2 blues and we have only one decent guard under contract.
2(28)--RCB Glen Stokes (15/41)--2 reds and 2 blues. Only CB rated above the mid 30s under contract.
3(28)--RDT--->LDE Wade Martin (23/50)--We have zero DEs under contract and this guy is a pass-rush specialist weighing only 285. He switches with “no change to ratings.”
4(28)--SILB Darnell Kirk (14/36)--Another weak position. Hopefully this 2-blue dude can help out.
5(28)--RB Seth Bronson(19/32)--3 blues and obviously we have a huge void at this position now.
6(28)--WLB Kirk Bell (20/26)--Interesting combines: 3 blues, 2 greens. Looks like he should be able to get after the QB, and we've only got one OLB under contract.
7(28)--LT Bart Dodge (19/28)--Hey, I just cut my starter, so why not draft a mediocre replacement?

We have a small amount (less than $1.5M) to spend in FA2. We sign ok-looking guys at RB and WR:



RB Jimmy Gribble (42/42)--Good breakaway, but weak in HR and Elusiveness. Solid (52) endurance. Might end up being our RB1 this year.
FL Joel Huffman (40/42)--Could be a decent WR2/WR3, though his avoid drops rating of 20 isn't exactly getting me revved up. This third-year guy gets a one-year deal.


All other signees are rookie FAs.


2013 TRAINING CAMP NOTES
  • 1st-round pick RG-->LG Vinny Bishop is +4/+4.
  • Our 2nd and 3rd round picks, CB Stokes and DE Martin, are both +4/+5.
  • All other draftees dropped a hair or stayed the same in future. Meh.
FOF puts our roster strength at 44.
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Front Office Football 2007 Atlanta Falcons Roster, Scout Overview Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Roberts, Howie 4 QB QB 11 40 40 1 yr. Swann, Devin 18 QB 4 24 24 2 yrs %%Lester, Drew 7 QB 1 10 41 1 yr. Floyd, Sedrick 14 QB 1 7 23 1 yr. ##Cornell, Jermaine 33 RB 9 26 26 3 yrs Gribble, Jimmy 32 RB RB 7 38 38 3 yrs Mergen, Marshall 42 RB 2 26 28 1 yr. Shea, Tony 30 RB 1 31 32 1 yr. Hoedemaker, Nolan 26 RB 1 25 40 1 yr. ##DiCosomo, Mack 48 FB 7 26 26 2 yrs Ostwald, Mack 21 FB FB 6 70 70 2 yrs Ricker, Casey 43 FB 3 40 42 1 yr. Morris, Dave 83 TE TE 6 71 71 2 yrs Dawkins, Edgar 84 TE 2 39 52 2 yrs Buchanan, Russell 88 TE 1 30 43 1 yr. Ginsberg, Archie 85 FL 5 43 43 1 yr. Helm, Gabe 89 FL FL 4 68 68 2 yrs Huffman, Joel 81 SE SE 3 37 42 1 yr. Torres, Jeffrey 86 SE 2 17 27 2 yrs ##Cox, Ethan 87 SE 1 12 24 1 yr. Haggan, Earnest 55 C C 3 74 74 2 yrs Quarles, Russell 53 C 2 22 36 2 yrs ##Kresser, Mack 57 C 1 19 34 1 yr. Walker, Vincent 65 LG LG 2 33 34 2 yrs Wheeler, Jason 63 RG RG 3 46 52 4 yrs Bishop, Vinny 70 RG 1 32 49 4 yrs Dodge, Bart 64 LT LT 1 22 28 3 yrs Odle, Barry 76 RT 3 26 36 1 yr. Myers, Randy 78 RT RT 2 45 54 2 yrs Abrams, Cornell 13 P 2 51 54 2 yrs Schwartz, Kevin 5 K 1 33 63 1 yr. Rodriguez, Fernando 9 K 1 25 36 1 yr. ##Tiessen, Buddy 99 LDE 1 13 19 1 yr. Egan, Van 71 LDE 1 16 21 1 yr. Martin, Wade 75 LDE LDE 1 28 55 3 yrs Weideman, Ricardo 96 RDE RDE 1 18 37 1 yr. Tisdale, Scottie 94 NT NT 3 44 44 1 yr. Rubin, Brady 74 NT 1 12 21 1 yr. Royster, Bubba 93 SILB SILB 7 47 47 4 yrs ##Taylor, Korey 50 SILB 4 27 27 2 yrs Harward, Travis 98 SILB 2 26 42 2 yrs ##Kirk, Darnell 92 SILB 1 17 35 3 yrs Butler, Dale 54 WILB WILB 3 31 33 1 yr. Bulluck, Jimmy 91 SLB SLB 2 44 54 3 yrs Taylor, Eddie 95 SLB 1 20 32 1 yr. Bell, Kirk 59 WLB WLB 1 22 26 3 yrs Covert, Glen 24 LCB LCB 6 93 93 1 yr. Oliver, Tommy 35 RCB RCB 7 33 33 1 yr. Mobley, Ronnie 44 RCB 2 31 34 2 yrs Osika, Erik 36 RCB 2 23 23 2 yrs Stokes, Glen 34 RCB 1 22 46 3 yrs Romig, Bruce 37 SS SS 3 33 33 1 yr. Conley, Jake 46 FS FS 6 64 64 5 yrs Ennis, Quinn 39 FS 1 12 36 1 yr. $$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive, ** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR. Players Under Contract: 54 Inactive: 7 On Active Roster: 46 Salary Cap: $153,100,000 Cap Room: $1,060,000 Maximum for New Player: $1,430,000 Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $78,850,000 Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $73,600,000 Cap Room Required Next Year: $140,610,000

Lots of newness and our cohesion has dropped. I'm not really sure what to expect, though if I had to predict, I'd say something like 10-6/11-5.
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Yeah, 10-6. We upped 2-TE a bit on offense, and I think that paid off. I also instituted a couple of restraints on game planning that I probably should document. It's basically “no tricking the AI.” So...

  • 1st and 2nd and short must be 51% running or more.
  • 3rd and Long must be 30% running or less.

I wasn't violating the latter, but I was using 25% running on 1st and 5, and 40% passing on 2nd and short. Anyway, the numbers:


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2014 Summary for Atlanta Falcons Year 2014 Record 12-7 Winning Pct. .631 All-Time 57-23 Winning Pct. .712 Playoffs 4-4 Playoff Visits 4 Bowl Wins 0 Head Coach Phil Carpenter Record 61-27 Winning Pct. .693 Off. Coord. C. Johnstone Def. Coord. T. Lavigne Atlanta Falcons Team Rank Rushes per Game 28.2 7 Rushing Yards 124.6 12 Yards Per Carry 4.42 15 Pass Attempts 32.3 26 Completions 19.6 26 Completion Pct. 60.9 20 Passing Yards 235.4 14 Yards Per Attempt 7.30 8 Yards Per Catch 12.00 3 Total Yardage Gained 348.0 12 3rd Down Conversions 38.6 13 Points Per Game 24.3 5 Pass Rush Pct. 17.9 28 Pass Defense Pct. 48.8 18 Turnovers 39 30 Turnover Margin -9 27 Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 30.9 30 Rushing Yards 150.3 32 Yards Per Carry 4.87 29 Pass Attempts 31.6 4 Completions 19.5 3 Completion Pct. 61.8 16 (T) Passing Yards 179.7 1 Yards Per Attempt 5.69 1 Yards Per Catch 9.21 1 Total Yardage Gained 318.3 11 3rd Down Conversions 36.4 11 Points Per Game 20.7 16 Pass Rush Pct. 18.3 9 (T) Pass Defense Pct. 54.8 29 Turnovers 30 4 (T) Week Team Versus Oppnt 1 43 NOS 3 2 33 at CLE 6 3 33 NYK 13 4 24 at TBY 21 5 14 CAR 40 6 34 MIN 27 7 10 at GBY 6 8 27 DET 24 9 30 at CHI 27 10 24 at NOS 27 12 13 at PIT 34 13 14 at ARI 31 14 20 CIN 16 15 19 at CAR 23 16 13 BAL 27 17 38 TBY 6 $$WC 35 NOS 10 $$CS 37 at DET 31 $$CF 24 at STL 27 Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 4 H. Roberts QB 496 304 3651 7.36 28 16 89.2 **Team --- 516 314 3767 7.30 28 16 88.4 $$Opp --- 505 312 2875 5.69 17 13 77.8 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 32 J. Gribble RB 300 1294 4.31 8 12 30 T. Shea RB 117 582 4.97 3 3 **Team --- 451 1993 4.42 12 33 $$Opp --- 494 2404 4.87 16 24 Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 89 G. Helm WR 148 88 1137 12.92 7.68 7 6 83 D. Morris TE 81 52 653 12.56 8.06 1 7 84 E. Dawkins TE 67 45 587 13.04 8.76 1 5 81 J. Huffman WR 71 44 510 11.59 7.18 4 6 85 A. Ginsberg WR 64 34 430 12.65 6.72 4 0 21 M. Ostwald FB 26 18 118 6.56 4.54 1 1 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 54 D. Butler ILB 92 25 1.0 0 0 6 73.5 93 B. Royster ILB 89 40 2.5 2 1 2 76.4 91 J. Bulluck OLB 87 21 7.5 7 0 4 77.6 46 J. Conley S 66 28 0.5 0 1 8 80.0 24 G. Covert CB 64 15 0.0 0 6 14 82.5 37 B. Romig S 52 20 0.0 0 3 8 82.1 35 T. Oliver CB 37 14 0.0 0 0 5 74.8 59 K. Bell OLB 37 20 2.5 16 0 0 78.5 94 S. Tisdale DT 35 16 5.0 10 0 0 81.2 44 R. Mobley CB 34 12 0.0 0 0 3 75.3 98 T. Harward ILB 31 10 2.0 1 1 0 77.2 71 V. Egan DE 30 11 2.5 7 0 0 80.0 39 Q. Ennis S 26 8 1.0 0 0 2 77.6 75 W. Martin DE 25 4 3.0 5 0 0 81.0 34 G. Stokes CB 21 2 0.0 0 1 0 71.7 36 E. Osika CB 19 9 0.0 1 0 1 75.5 96 R. Weideman DE 17 6 1.5 1 0 0 81.9





Other thoughts...
  • Pass defense is still stellar. Run defense is still weak. Not sure I want to do much to change that.
  • 15 RB fumbles. Hmmmm...
  • Loved seeing the tight ends both have solid seasons. We didn't go all 2-TE, more like 50% in most situations. QB Roberts knows four of the five 2-TE sets.
  • We might be able to participate in FA1 a bit next year. Monster-stud CB Covert's contract expires and will be franchised, but even after signing him I think we will have $5M-$15M to spend

AWARDS

LCB Glen Covert, 1st Team All Pro: 6 ints, 48 catches, 14 passes defended, 82.5PDPCt.
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2015 Offseason Part I

CB Glen Covert gets tagged and extended.

As expected, I do have a bit to spend in FA: around $5M.



With only five players left from the initial draft, I think it's time for a detailed roster examination.


QB
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Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Code:
Roberts, Howie 4 QB 12 40 40 --- Swann, Devin 18 QB 5 25 25 1 yr. Lester, Drew 7 QB 2 10 40 --- Floyd, Sedrick 14 QB 2 10 23 ---



Roberts has been solid the last two years for us, but wants more than I would like to spend on a guy like him. That said, his major “bargaining chip” is that he knows 17 formations. Swann does know 3 of the 5 2-TE sets (as many as any of the QBs in FA right now,) so he could very well end up getting the call this season. He has 59 Sense Rush and 40 Accuracy, so I suspect that he wouldn't be terrible. The only QB in the draft that I'd want to spend top 10 money on is likely to go in the Top 3. I probably don't have the ammo to trade up to there, and if I did, I don't see affording it. So, all this said, it looks like I'm going to go with Devin Swann (25/25) as my QB this season. Yikes.


RB
Code:
Gribble, Jimmy 32 RB 8 38 38 2 yrs
Code:
Mergen, Marshall 42 RB 3 26 28 --- Shea, Tony 30 RB 2 31 31 --- Hoedemaker, Nolan 26 RB 2 24 38 ---

Gribble had 7 fumbles in 153 carries prior to last season's 12 in 300, so I suppose it shouldn't have been a surprise. There's a low-priced 44/44 FA RB with only 1 fumble in 300 carries. He's like to be a primary FA target.


FB
Code:
Ostwald, Mack 21 FB 7 67 67 4 yrs
Code:
Ricker, Casey 43 FB 4 44 44 2 yrs

We're set here. No complaints.


TE
Code:
Morris, Dave 83 TE 7 73 73 4 yrs
Code:
Dawkins, Edgar 84 TE 3 44 59 1 yr. Buchanan, Russell 88 TE 2 29 41 ---



Good to go here, though there's 40/40 guy in FA who could make a good #3 if, as I suspect, we continue to use a fair bit of 2-TE.


WR
Code:
Ginsberg, Archie 85 FL 6 43 43 ---
Code:
Helm, Gabe 89 FL 5 72 72 1 yr. Huffman, Joel 81 SE 4 40 42 3 yrs Torres, Jeffrey 86 SE 3 19 29 1 yr. Cox, Ethan 87 SE 2 13 25 ---

This could well be Helm's last season with us. Ginsberg isn't asking for much and will therefore be pursued in FA. Torres is a modest creeper (started out at 11/22.)




OL
Code:
Haggan, Earnest 55 C 4 74 74 5 yrs
Code:
Quarles, Russell 53 C 3 25 38 1 yr. Kresser, Mack 57 C 2 19 34 --- Walker, Vincent 65 LG 3 35 35 1 yr. Wheeler, Jason 63 RG 4 50 50 3 yrs Bishop, Vinny 70 RG 2 34 52 3 yrs Dodge, Bart 64 LT 2 24 29 2 yrs Odle, Barry 76 RT 4 27 36 --- Myers, Randy 78 RT 3 48 52 5 yrs

Pretty nice young offensive line, though we're lacking at LT. I wonder if another result of the house rules will be that I will go young here. I haven't really done this intentionally, but the fact that all 9 o-line guys are in year 4 or less is at the very least worth noting.


P/K
Code:
Abrams, Cornell 13 P 3 53 53 1 yr.
Code:
Schwartz, Kevin 5 K 2 39 57 ---

I suspect that these positions will be an endless parade of late-round draftees and minsal pickups.


DL
Code:
Tiessen, Buddy 99 LDE 2 15 20 ---
Code:
Egan, Van 71 LDE 2 19 21 --- Martin, Wade 75 LDE 2 34 57 2 yrs Weideman, Ricardo 96 RDE 2 18 33 --- Tisdale, Scottie 94 NT 4 45 45 3 yrs Rubin, Brady 74 NT 2 14 21 ---

Martin and Tisdale are guys I'd like to keep around long-term. It'd be nice to pick up another DE with a pulse.


LB
Code:
Royster, Bubba 93 SILB 8 47 47 3 yrs
Code:
Taylor, Korey 50 SILB 5 27 27 1 yr. Harward, Travis 98 SILB 3 28 42 1 yr. Kirk, Darnell 92 SILB 2 17 34 2 yrs Butler, Dale 54 WILB 4 34 34 --- Bulluck, Jimmy 91 SLB 3 60 60 2 yrs Taylor, Eddie 95 SLB 2 19 30 --- Bell, Kirk 59 WLB 2 26 26 2 yrs

Former undrafted FA Butler wants modest money. I'm thinking I'll just move Harward to WILB to avoid paying that. At WLB, I'm hoping Kirk Bell's very weak overall ratings will keep him cheap. He's got 65 PRT, 64 PRS, 52 Endurance, though, so he's looking like a pretty darned solid 3-4 WLB.


DB
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Covert, Glen 24 LCB 7 93 93 4 yrs
Code:
Oliver, Tommy 35 RCB 8 33 33 --- Mobley, Ronnie 44 RCB 3 34 34 1 yr. Osika, Erik 36 RCB 3 27 27 1 yr. Stokes, Glen 34 RCB 2 28 49 2 yrs Romig, Bruce 37 SS 4 32 32 --- Conley, Jake 46 FS 7 64 64 4 yrs Ennis, Quinn 39 FS 2 12 31 ---

Good pass defense has been the constant of this team through our 4-year playoff run. We've fluctuated in other stats, but we've been no worse than #4 in the league in passing yards allowed the past four seasons. We could use a safety.


NEEDS/GOALS


So, based on that more detailed look, I guess these need to be our offseason goals this year:
  • Resolve QB Situation
  • Pursue the low-fumbling (so far) RB in FA
  • Try to get the 40/40 TE in FA.
  • Keep WR Ginberg
  • Address LT, DE, and S, possibly through draft
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Old 11-25-2012, 05:34 AM   #28
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2015 FA1 SIGNINGS
  • DE Dustin Levin (35/35, yr 7)--Nothing special, but better than what I've had. Minbonus.
  • TE Brant Clinton (41/41, yr 6)--Pretty solid pass-catching skills as my third TE.
  • WR Archie Ginsberg (43/43, yr 6)--Re-signing.
  • RB Mercury Anderson (44/44, yr 6)--70 Endurance and has only fumbled once in 300 career carries. I'm hoping he'll keep that up.
  • SS Jim Garner (52/52, yr 5)--Garner becomes my first “in the money” FA signing. He gets ~$3M per year. The House Rule minimum for his position was $2.9M per year, but he wouldn't take that.

Signing Garner puts us in where LT and DE become our primary addressable needs in the draft. Looking at the class, I doubt we'll address LT. There are two guys I like, but both likely go in the Top 10. DE looks more promising, with one guy in particular that I might be willing to trade up to #15ish to grab if he's still there.
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Things go better than expected. The #1 DE in the class (I was looking at #2 when I made my comment about trading up to #15) fell. I started checking team-by-team at pick #11, and every team from 11 to 15 had two 60ish starting DEs, so I stood pat all the way to #16, where I trade 1(24) and 2(23) for 1(16) and 4(13) to grab a very solid DE.

1(16)--LDE Shane Turner(27/70)--Red dash and agility, blue strength and Sol.
3(24)--RDE Kelvin Fuller (18/39)--...and of course we get way down here and my Analzyer weights have a “good enough” DE to be by far the BPA. Oh well, I guess now we have depth and flexibility there. Fuller is a 3-blue, 1-red guy.
4(13)--RG Skip Schulz (4/39)--Interesting combine combo. Blues in Sol, Agi, BrJ, red in dash, but green in Bench.
4(23)--C Herb Reeves (13/40)--Blues in dash and agi. Depth at center.
5(24)--RB Alfred Bell (23/40)--Strong in elusiveness and breakaway speed.
6(23)--FS Roosevelt Monson (10/56)--Blue dash/agi/sol
7(24)--NT Glen Galloway (18/36)--Probably nothing special, but could use depth at DT.

2015 TRAINING CAMP NOTES
  • 1st-round pick Turner is +4/+2, up to 31/72.
  • 4th-round pick C Reeves gave us a +4/+5.
  • 4th-round pick G Schulz is +5/+4.
  • Undrafted RT Johnny Gordon is +3/+4.
  • Two undrafted FAs are -4 and -7 respectively. Other than the two of them and the three guys immediately above, no player is outside of the +2 to -2 range.
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Major preseason injury: TE Dave Morris (72/72) tears his ACL and will not play this season. Here's the roster:

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Front Office Football 2007 Atlanta Falcons Roster, Scout Overview Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Swann, Devin 18 QB QB 5 25 25 1 yr. DeJongh, Jerome 15 QB 1 3 16 1 yr. Wisbey, Scott 5 QB 1 8 24 1 yr. Gribble, Jimmy 32 RB 8 39 39 2 yrs Anderson, Mercury 27 RB RB 6 44 44 3 yrs ##Shea, Tony 30 RB 2 33 33 2 yrs Bell, Alfred 23 RB 1 25 40 3 yrs Ostwald, Mack 21 FB FB 7 67 67 4 yrs Ricker, Casey 43 FB 4 45 45 2 yrs %%Morris, Dave 83 TE 7 72 72 4 yrs Clinton, Brant 80 TE 6 41 41 3 yrs Ellison, Brad 88 TE 4 31 40 1 yr. Dawkins, Edgar 84 TE TE 3 44 59 1 yr. Ginsberg, Archie 85 FL 6 43 43 3 yrs Helm, Gabe 89 FL FL 5 71 71 1 yr. Foley, Teddy 17 FL 1 19 32 1 yr. Huffman, Joel 81 SE SE 4 45 45 3 yrs ##Torres, Jeffrey 86 SE 3 21 29 1 yr. ##Cox, Ethan 87 SE 2 15 25 2 yrs Jordan, Perry 82 SE 1 23 50 1 yr. Haggan, Earnest 55 C C 4 74 74 5 yrs ##Quarles, Russell 53 C 3 27 38 1 yr. Reeves, Herb 56 C 1 17 45 3 yrs ##Walker, Vincent 65 LG 3 35 35 1 yr. Bishop, Vinny 70 LG LG 2 36 51 3 yrs Wheeler, Jason 63 RG RG 4 49 49 3 yrs Schulz, Skip 61 RG 1 10 43 3 yrs Dodge, Bart 64 LT LT 2 27 29 2 yrs Myers, Randy 78 RT RT 3 53 53 5 yrs Shelly, Ryan 79 RT 1 18 41 1 yr. Gordon, Johnny 69 RT 1 16 27 1 yr. Abrams, Cornell 13 P 3 52 52 1 yr. Sumner, Toby 10 K 1 22 37 1 yr. ##Levine, Dustin 97 LDE 7 36 36 3 yrs Turner, Shane 77 LDE LDE 1 34 72 4 yrs Martin, Wade 75 RDE RDE 2 38 57 2 yrs Fuller, Kelvin 90 RDE 1 22 39 3 yrs Tisdale, Scottie 94 NT NT 4 45 45 3 yrs Galloway, Glen 73 NT 1 20 37 3 yrs Royster, Bubba 93 SILB SILB 8 46 46 3 yrs Taylor, Korey 50 SILB 5 26 26 2 yrs Harward, Travis 98 SILB WILB 3 32 43 1 yr. Kirk, Darnell 92 SILB 2 28 34 2 yrs Bulluck, Jimmy 91 SLB SLB 3 60 60 2 yrs Mills, Toby 54 SLB 1 21 33 1 yr. Bell, Kirk 59 WLB WLB 2 27 27 2 yrs Covert, Glen 24 LCB LCB 7 92 92 4 yrs Mobley, Ronnie 44 RCB RCB 3 35 35 1 yr. Osika, Erik 36 RCB 3 30 30 1 yr. ##Stokes, Glen 34 RCB 2 32 49 2 yrs Garner, Jim 25 SS SS 5 52 52 3 yrs Romig, Bruce 37 SS 4 32 32 1 yr. Conley, Jake 46 FS FS 7 64 64 4 yrs Monson, Roosevelt 40 FS 1 19 56 3 yrs $$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive, ** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR. Players Under Contract: 54 Inactive: 7 On Active Roster: 46 Salary Cap: $158,400,000 Cap Room: $450,000 Maximum for New Player: $830,000 Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $73,690,000 Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $54,030,000 Cap Room Required Next Year: $147,660,000

We'll scale back the 2-TE this season now...
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As far as outlook, I really have no idea what to expect. I'm going to guess 9-7, though.
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9-7 and a win in the WC Round. Not bad for missing a key player on offense. Swann did well enough at QB. I'm hoping his numbers were low enough that I can sign him to a cheap 3-year deal.


Code:
2015 Summary for Atlanta Falcons
Code:
Year 2015 Record 10-8 Winning Pct. .555 All-Time 66-30 Winning Pct. .687 Playoffs 5-5 Playoff Visits 5 Bowl Wins 0 Head Coach Phil Carpenter Record 71-35 Winning Pct. .669 Off. Coord. C. Johnstone Def. Coord. T. Lavigne Atlanta Falcons Team Rank Rushes per Game 28.4 6 Rushing Yards 115.6 12 Yards Per Carry 4.06 27 Pass Attempts 31.5 27 Completions 19.0 28 Completion Pct. 60.3 16 (T) Passing Yards 256.1 8 Yards Per Attempt 8.13 2 Yards Per Catch 13.48 1 Total Yardage Gained 360.0 7 3rd Down Conversions 42.8 3 Points Per Game 22.9 10 Pass Rush Pct. 21.8 11 Pass Defense Pct. 54.9 5 (T) Turnovers 23 15 (T) Turnover Margin +2 12 (T) Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 28.3 27 Rushing Yards 126.4 28 Yards Per Carry 4.47 20 Pass Attempts 34.8 10 Completions 20.9 10 (T) Completion Pct. 60.0 12 Passing Yards 223.3 8 Yards Per Attempt 6.41 10 (T) Yards Per Catch 10.69 11 Total Yardage Gained 334.8 16 3rd Down Conversions 38.2 20 Points Per Game 19.3 8 Pass Rush Pct. 19.9 13 (T) Pass Defense Pct. 52.0 19 (T) Turnovers 25 12 (T) Week Team Versus Oppnt 1 10 at CAR 37 2 21 HOU 13 3 41 DET 14 4 17 at PHI 20 5 24 WAS 16 6 34 at TBY 27 7 27 CAR 30 9 16 at DAL 13 10 20 NYK 3 11 35 NOS 12 12 16 TEN 13 13 20 at STL 24 14 24 at JAX 37 15 13 TBY 14 16 31 at IND 15 17 17 at NOS 20 $$WC 27 at CAR 21 $$CS 21 at STL 28 Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate 18 D. Swann QB 488 297 4016 8.23 24 18 88.1 **Team --- 504 304 4098 8.13 25 18 87.9 $$Opp --- 557 334 3572 6.41 21 20 76.4 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum 27 M. Anderson RB 273 1082 3.96 5 2 32 J. Gribble RB 151 729 4.83 8 2 **Team --- 455 1849 4.06 14 19 $$Opp --- 453 2023 4.47 10 11 Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD 89 G. Helm WR 157 87 1299 14.93 8.27 6 9 84 E. Dawkins TE 91 63 752 11.94 8.26 7 4 81 J. Huffman WR 99 56 918 16.39 9.27 11 6 82 P. Jordan WR 54 32 305 9.53 5.65 1 1 85 A. Ginsberg WR 40 24 399 16.63 9.98 4 3 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct 91 J. Bulluck OLB 106 26 10.5 7 2 4 74.0 25 J. Garner S 89 31 0.0 0 4 5 78.9 93 B. Royster ILB 68 20 0.0 0 1 2 73.0 24 G. Covert CB 54 14 0.0 0 7 14 85.9 46 J. Conley S 53 21 1.0 0 3 11 85.8 92 D. Kirk ILB 49 12 2.0 1 0 1 71.6 44 R. Mobley CB 45 17 0.0 0 1 7 77.6 59 K. Bell OLB 35 10 9.5 17 0 0 79.2 36 E. Osika CB 33 11 0.0 0 0 4 77.1 50 K. Taylor ILB 31 15 2.0 1 0 1 76.8 75 W. Martin DE 31 19 4.0 12 0 0 82.0 37 B. Romig S 30 8 0.0 0 0 0 71.0 94 S. Tisdale DT 27 9 4.5 12 0 1 83.1 98 T. Harward ILB 25 13 0.0 1 1 2 78.4 77 S. Turner DE 23 7 2.0 9 0 1 81.8 40 R. Monson S 22 4 0.0 0 0 1 75.6 73 G. Galloway DT 19 10 2.0 2 0 0 82.0 34 G. Stokes CB 16 4 1.0 0 1 2 80.9





Other thoughts...
  • As hoped, there was a drastic reduction in RB fumbles this year.
  • We might have enough cap room to re-sign WR Helm on the open market. That would be fun.
  • I'm not sure why the pass defense dropped off a bit.

AWARDS

LCB Glen Covert, 1st Team All Pro: 7 ints, 39 catches, 14 passes defended, 85.9PDPCt.

C Earnest Haggan, 2nd Team All Pro: 32 for 108 KRB, 6 pk, 5 sacks allowed
SLB Jimmy Bulluck, 2nd Team All Pro: 106 tkl, 26 ast, 10.5 sk, 2 INT.
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No franchise tag. (No one worthy that I'm allowed to tag.)

After renegs/extensions/RFAs, we have a little over $20M to spend in FA. Of course, our #1 WR and starting QB are both FAs, so most of it will probably go to those positions. Per my house rules, WR Helm (73/73) is due at least $11M per year, which is exactly his asking price. Of course, I have to do that with an all-bonus deal.



Interesting decision at QB. Swann (26/26) wants a very affordable contract and is in his 6th year on the team. There's also a 40/40 guy with 54 SR and 48 Accuracy in FA who would be even cheaper. I decide to go with Swann and his cohesion.


I'm going to assume Helm, with 100 Loyalty and a high-bonus contract for pretty much the same $$/yr as his asking price, is going to sign with us, and that Swann will be uncontested. That leaves me with around $7M to play with. I decide to go after an OT ($4.3M per year required). The 56/56 guy I want wants a little more than my minimum, and is offered $4.8M per year.



So, three deals offered prior to FA1:2. Signings in the next post...
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Old 11-25-2012, 02:33 PM   #34
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QB Devin Swann (26/26)--He re-signs immediately for 3yrs/$11.08M. I think it's the right move for us.
FL Gabe Helm (73/73)--Signs in stage 3 for flat deal of 3ys/$32.9M.
RT Ryan Friedlander (56/56)--3yrs/$14.4M. Very solid pass-blocking guy.

That leaves me a bit of cap room, but I'd like to keep that around just in case a trade-up scenario materializes in the draft. There are some solid-looking QBs that could fall a bit.
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Pffft. The three QBs I liked went 1-2-5.
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Pffft. The three QBs I liked went 1-2-5.



Yeah, sometimes the draft gods giveth, and some times they taketh away. You'll get someone soon!
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