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

[Abe Sargent]

Who do I extend?

Not QB Ferguson, OC Macias, TE Preston, OG Shelby, several backups.

I do sign some backups

I hold off on the 55 mill 4 years Grembowski would cost and instead I will franchise him next year for a year while I try to find another good D back.

Any good 2 years left? RB Londesbrough has dropped to 67/67 and wants 134 mill over 5 years which I do. I extend OT Bennett for 4 years and 56 mill. Ditto FS Ferguson for 49 mill 4 years

Wanna see my top two choices?

Your wish is my command!

Here is Watson



This is the well rounded Watson, and you can see that he has no real weaknesses nor is he poor at anything save kick returns. Good stuff rookie!



Here’s my 2.1 pickup TE Moy. He’s my first stud level TE that’s not a FB I converted. You can see him here and he’s good at run B and blocking str, and he’s fine at the catching. Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

Green Page? We have Watson, Westbrook, and Kennedy on the Green Page.

Rookie Investigation

This was a one QB draft with 1 QB of 22/70, another at 29/56 and then the next is down to 45 pot. Nasty.

At WR we had the best player with Watson. Gamez was right behind him with 56/77, and a 3rd WR came in 45/67 and a 4th 54/64, so there were 4 solid WRs in the draft and we could have gone Gamez and we wouldn’t have been disappointed. Wanna know something cool? If Watson hits 80, then he’ll be the best WR in the league. Gamez will be 2nd best. Prior to this the best WR in the league were in the low 70s. it reminds me of Kirk Barber and his QB both of whom were the best in the league with the Jets.

This was not good for Rb as the best was 61 pot

At TE, remember the other person at 2.1 that hadn’t been taken along with Moy, Trabash? He also finished with the 71 pot, so they were equal. He was grabbed by the Browns at 2.4.

Without the boom I expected, OC Bissett finished 5th best.

At OG, we had 3 studs of 70+ and 4 of 60+

This was a one OT draft with a 72 pot and then the next was 53

My K was the best in the draft

DT Kennedy is the best in the draft

RJ Woodson is 8th best LB in the draft

Westbrook is the 2nd best d back in the draft

Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2058 Richmond Rattlesnakes

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

Ferguson, Ryan 110 QB 4 65 65 1 yr. 2055
Kennedy, Wayne 102 QB QB 2 41 83 3 yrs. 2057
Harvey, Scottie 247 RB 4 34 34 2 yrs. 2055
##Kaminski, Dexter 227 RB 4 32 32 1 yr. 2055
Londesbrough, Stan 248 RB RB 3 67 67 5 yrs. 2056
Bensen, Silas 321 FB FB 11 47 47 2 yrs. 2057
Preston, Bradley 481 TE 8 53 53 1 yr. 2057
Sanford, Clay 442 TE 5 62 62 5 yrs. 2058
##Hawkins, Oscar 441 TE 4 43 43 2 yrs. 2055
Moy, Ricky 443 TE TE 1 47 71 4 yrs. 2058
Deyo, Shannon 518 FL FL 1 26 41 1 yr. 2058
Glenn, Christopher 588 SE 3 59 59 2 yrs. 2056
Reynolds, Rickey 583 SE 2 45 52 3 yrs. 2057
Bennett, Albert 585 SE 1 23 37 1 yr. 2058
Watson, Heath 516 SE SE 1 53 80 4 yrs. 2058
Macias, Chandler 651 C C 12 68 68 1 yr. 2056
Lynn, Wyatt 656 C 4 49 49 3 yrs. 2055
Bissett, Dustin 653 C 1 40 57 4 yrs. 2058
Porter, Jeffrey 763 LG LG 5 49 79 5 yrs. 2058
Storm, Cody 766 LG RG 3 58 58 2 yrs. 2056
Shelby, Peyton 769 RG 8 55 55 1 yr. 2056
##Woods, Bernie 774 RG 1 23 44 4 yrs. 2058
McDonald, Rickey 865 LT LT 4 71 71 3 yrs. 2055
Rivers, Ron 860 RT 4 56 56 2 yrs. 2055
Bennett, Jaime 862 RT RT 3 66 73 4 yrs. 2056
Gonzalez, Liam 905 P 2 94 94 3 yrs. 2057
Kanpurwala, Cris 1003K 1 65 79 4 yrs. 2058
Hailey, Marshall 1179LDE 3 53 53 2 yrs. 2056
Snyder, Graham 1196RDE LDE 4 70 70 4 yrs. 2055
Magazine, Marc 1193RDE RDE 4 30 40 2 yrs. 2055
Tapp, Arnie 1176RDE 2 40 54 2 yrs. 2057
##Garibaldi, Joel 1277NT 3 46 47 2 yrs. 2056
Plumier, Owen 1298NT NT 2 81 84 3 yrs. 2057
Kennedy, Pat 1297NT 1 38 66 1 yr. 2058
Razo, Alejandro 1354SILB 4 47 47 3 yrs. 2055
Woodson, R.J. 1357SILB WILB 1 29 53 4 yrs. 2058
Willis, Dashawn 1352WILB SILB 8 54 54 2 yrs. 2056
Sellars, Hugh 1391WILB WLB 8 50 50 2 yrs. 2057
##Cunningham, Sam 1359MLB 2 23 40 3 yrs. 2057
Horton, John 1499SLB 4 47 47 1 yr. 2055
Hitchcock, Sammy 1455SLB 3 49 49 1 yr. 2056
Sheldon, Enrique 1458SLB SLB 2 62 66 3 yrs. 2057
##Grier, Bruce 1492WLB 4 40 40 1 yr. 2055
Terry, Avery 1524LCB RCB 4 49 49 3 yrs. 2055
Wright, Les 1529LCB 4 42 42 2 yrs. 2055
##Coomes, Rodney 1539RCB 8 26 26 3 yrs. 2055
Drake, Ezekiel 1538RCB 1 29 51 1 yr. 2058
Jefferson, Robbie 1532RCB 1 20 33 1 yr. 2058
Westbrook, Devante 1537RCB LCB 1 35 73 4 yrs. 2058
Grembowski, Antonio 1645SS SS 8 60 60 1 yr. 2055
Dunlap, Darnell 1626SS 4 41 41 1 yr. 2055
Ferguson, Percy 1644FS FS 3 59 59 4 yrs. 2056
Ingram, Chester 440 LS 4 19 19 2 yrs. 2055

$$ - 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: $406,300,000
Cap Room: $45,280,000
Maximum for New Player: $46,470,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $16,520,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $2,630,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $295,600,000

Hither thou goest!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2058 NFL Regular Season

This year I still think we’ll be a little slower and get a record I haven’t gotten yet in this campaign. What is it? 8-8. I know that’s an odd prediction since I haven’t had it in decades of play, but that’s my best guess. With our bad first draft and UFAas busts all over Monday, and a sophomore very green QB in year 2 only having a 41 current ability, I don’t think we’ll be blowing up the leader board. We are also in the rough NFC North and that will lose us a game or two we might win in our first winning season. 8-8 with my normal +/- 1 game, so 7-9 (which we’ve never had either) or 9-7 (which I’ve only had once in Year 3 with Miami). Shoot I’ve only had one 6-10 season (year 2 Carolina) and one 5-11 season (Year two with the Jets). (I also don’t have an 0-16 season and my first 1-15 season was year 1 with Richmond just a few years ago).

Here were my Bowls I’ve won

Jets – 10 years, 2 Bowls
Dolphins – 9 Years, 3 bowls
Panthers – 7 years, 2 bowls
Bucs – 10 years, 2 Bowls
Vikings/Rattlesnakes – 3 years…

So I have 9 Bowls across 5 teams in 39 years, which feels pretty solid to me, right?

Do I wanna skip through the losses this season? I enjoy the deep dive into the game as I do it but it adds a lot of time to the dynasty and I never reread them when I go back and reread these later I skip by them. What do you do with my game reviews?

We’ll slow go this one and invest time into it. Year 4 should be our first winning season, or at least our first competitive one…

But let’s find out!!!!

Week 1 – Chicago – We open with a home game against last year’s Super Bowl winner… Like I said, playing against three teams with Super Bowls, playoffs, and good records in the NFC South will give me losses that I might take home otherwise. We win! 40-38! Wow! MVP is K Kanpurwala with 4 of 4 FGs. Londesbrough was 19 of 95. Kennedy? 23 of 37, 198, 2:1. Scores by Glenn and Londesbrough. Pick six by rookie Westbrook. 2 FF by Snyder, 1 by Plumier, FF rec by Plumier, 2 sacks by Snyder.

Good stuff!

Week 2 – New York Jets – We win 34-14. MVP was CB Avery Terry with TWO PICK SIXESs. Wow! Londesbrough 24 for 105, Kennedy 21 of 32, 267 and 2:1. Scores by Glenn and Deyo.

FB Bensen is out and I massage my roster.

Week 3 – Atlanta – We lose 23-7. Londesbrough, 15 for 97 and 1 score, Kennedy, 18 for 33, 243, 0:2, Watson 7 for 110 yards, his first 100+ game in his career. Pick by Ferguson. FF by Willis. 3 pasdef by CB Wright.


Week 4 – At Raleigh – We win 14-10. MVP is Kennedy with 17 of 29, 245 and 2:0. Glenn was 5 for 105 and 1 score the other score by RB Harvey. Londesbrough is 24 for 137, FF by LB Sellers and DE Hailey. 2 sacks by LB Sellars. 4 KRb by Macias

We are 3-1 and looking pretty…

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At Green Bay – Uh oh… We lose 8-22. Londesbrough 21 for 143, rush score by Ferguson who was starting for a banged up Kennedy (who finishes probable),

Week 6 – BYE

FB Bensen is back and I change my roster around.

Week 7 – At Greenville – We lose 31-36. Londesbrough, 19 for 124 and 2 scores, rush score by Kennedy, who was 31 of 45, 366 and 1:1. Glenn was 8 for 120, Moy was 7 for 115 and 1 score, FF by Ferguson, 6 KRB by OT McDonald.

WR Deyo is out for a few weeks. WR Bennett will start for him.

Week 8 – DC – We win 27-13. MVP is Kennedy, 25 of 35, 262, 2:0. RB Harvey a score. Glenn 7 for 110 and 1 score, score by Reynolds, pick by Westbroook

Week 9 – New York Giants – We tie 28-28. Kennedy, 25 of 41, 263, 3:1, scores by Bensenx2 and Harvey. Pick six by rookie LB Woodson and picks by CB Wright and Westbrook. FF by S Dunlap. 2 sacks by Snyder, 4 KRb by Macias

Londesbrough was injured in that game and is questionable, but we’ll start him.

We are 4-3-1

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – At Chicago – We lose 21-34 – FB Bensen 20 for 104, Kennedy 22 for 41, 166, 3:1, score by Watson, Moy and Bennett, pick by Sheldon, FF by Magazine, 4 KRB by McDonald.

Deyo is back from injury

Week 11 – Detroit – We win 30-6 – Our first big definitive win. Kennedy, MVP, 20 of 29, 297, 2:0, Watson 8 for 155, 1 score, Glenn the other score. Londesbrough is probable and grabbed me 25 for 178 and 1 score. Pick by Sheldon, 2 sacks by Snyder, 4 KRB by Mcdonald and Macias.

Week 12 – At Miami – We lose 17-20. Londesbrough, 21 for 119 and 1 score; Kennedy is 21 of 38, 199 and 1:1, score by Glenn, FF by terry,

NT Plumier is out for a week. We’ll start Kennedy for him.

Week 13 – At LA Rams – They are 9-2… We lose 20-23. Londesbrough 2 rush scores but just 76 yards, Kennedy 23 of 31, 258 ,FF by Terry, 4 KRB by Storm.


We are 5-6-1

[Abe Sargent]

Plumier is back

Week 14 – At Buffalo – We win 31-16. MVP is Londesbrough, 24 of 111, 1 rec score, Kennedy, 24 of 33, 262, 3:3, Scores by Moy, Bensen, and the RB, pick six by Westbrook, pick by Wright,

Week 15 – At Detroit – They thump us 7-35, Nasty! I’ll skip the deets

OG Porter is out for the year. I massage my roster and start OG Shelby.

Week 16 – New England – We lose 17-30. Londesbrough is 21 of 151, 1 score, Kennedy is 23 of 39, 141, 1:2. Score by Watson, CB wright a pick, 5 KRB by McDonald

LB Willis is out.

Week 17 – Green Bay – The Pack is 10-5 and looking for the post season. We lose 20-23. Londesbrough was 29 of 144, 1 score, Kennedy 24 of 35, 244, 1:1, score by Glenn, pick by Grembowski,FF by Horton and Westbrook, 5 KRB by Macias.

We finish 6-9-1, so how does that compare to my 8-8 prediction?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2058 NFL Playoffs

Green Bay won the NFC North at 11-5.

Week 1 - Wild Card Weekend

Buffalo over Baltimore, 16-9
KC over Cincinnati 24-10

Green Bay over SF 29-20
Carolina over Tampa Bay 24-12

Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

Jacksonville over Buffalo, 34-14
Pittsburgh over KC 23-17

Green Bay over New York 51-20
LA over Carolina, 28-10

Week 3 – Conference Championships

AFC - #2 11-5 Jacksonville at #1 Seed 13-3 Pittsburgh

And

NFC - #3 Seed 11-5 Green Bay at #2 Seed 12-4 LA


Results?


Green Bay wins 17-10

Jags win 40-21


The 2058 NFL Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #2 Seed 11-5 Jacksonville Jaguars


Vs


Your NFC Champion #3 Seed 11-5 Green Bay Packers


Who will win? Will GB win and bring home the crown to the NFC North once more?


Nope! The Jags win 27-24. That’s their 1st Super Bowl win in this dynasty. Good job Jags!

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

Def. Rookie of the Year – CB Devante Westbrook

All Pro 1st Team

RB Stan Londesbrough
FB Silas Bensen


Two All Pros and a Rookie award? I’ll take it!

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Kennedy – 346 of 549, 3681, 23:15, 85.1 rating

Not bad! He was 6th in TDs, but not in the top ten in rating or yards. We need more growth.

Rushing

RB Londesbrough – 292 for 1574, 5.39 ypc,9 scores

He led the league in yards despite his mid-season injuries, and had a great ypc, and was tied for 3rd in TDs. Good stuff! He now has more than 4k rush yards in his first three years.

Receiving



This was both a good and bad season for my three star catchers. All had great 800+ seasons but I’d like more from Watson even in his rookie year. Moy was good, as well as Glenn. I’m very happy with that. Londesbrough was 372 on 52 snags, still lower than I like.

Blocking



This was a great year for McDonald with that nasty % percent. You also have a great year by Macias again.


Special Teams

K Kanpurwala – 24 of 33, Long of 59, 40 of 40 PAT

Good rookie season!

P Gonzalez – 87 punts, 48.0 avg, 38 in 20

Another great year by Gonzalez!

Reynolds had 1 PR RET Td.

Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

Defense




Not a dominant year by my top three in tackles. Snyder notched 7.5 sacks which was the most on my team, but we have to improve that. Ditto Plumier with just 3.5 sacks. He was better last year!

Pass Coverage




Westbrook led my team in picks, grabbed two RET scores, and came in tied for 3rd in pasdef. We need to get those pasdef numbers up for my team…

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – RB Stan Londesbrough – How can you choose anyone else? Dude got his first All Pro!

Def. Player of the Year – CB Devante Westbrook – Led my team in picks and pick sixes. Good stuff!

Special Teams Player of the Year – P Liam Gonzalez – Nasty year with league leading avg and great inside the 20%.

Rookie of the Year – K Cris Kanpurwala – Got a game MVP, only had 9 missed FGs, made every PAT, and had a long of 59! Good stuff rookie!

Heart Award – CB Les Wright – My nickelback was 2nd with 3 picks and 2nd in pasdef. How could this go to anyone else?

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.1 - WR Heath Watson, Ohio State, 47/83; 54/84; 53/80; 72/80
2.1 – TE Rickey Moy, Cal – Poly, 41/68; 45/68; 47/71; 55/71
3.1 – OC Dustin Bissett, Utah State, 34/52; 40/54; 40/57; 42/57
4.1 – K Cris Kanpurwala, Kansas, 55/85; 64/84; 65/79; 77/79
5.1 – S Devante Westbrook, Wake Forest, 24/63; 31/64; 35/73; 53/73
6.1 – ILB R.J. Wilson, Notre Dame, 22/57; 27/57; 29/53; 45/53
7.1 – OG Bernie Woods, Memphis, 21/53; 24/52; 23/44; 23/44

UFAs

DT Pat Kennedy, 32/70; 37/70; 38/66; 41/66
WR Albert Bennett, 20/47; 23/44; 23/37; CUT
CB Robbie Jefferson, 17/44; 21/41; 23/33; 20/33
WR Shannon Deyo, 25/46; 27/45; 23/41; 30/41
Cb Ezekiel Drake, 23/49; 27/49; 29/51; 32/51


Good stuff rooks!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season – we score a 26

The 2059 NFL Offseason

I get another warning from the owner about the losing ness going on.


Hall of Fame

No Abe’s Boys


Retirements of Note

Richmond Rattlesnakes

None


Tampa Bay Bucs

WR Wesley Cleghorn – Their stud WR retires. 3 Rings, 5 All Pros, 1 league’s fastest man – HOF parabola probable.


Other Abe’s Boys

WR Greg Vila -7th round pick that played well with the Bucs, we didn’t retain him due to cost, no Rings

OT Mackenzie Shannon – 2nd round pick who played with us for a bit and then signed with the Broncos. No Rings or honors.

DE Leslie Schneider – Strong UFA pickup with the Bucs, finished with a Ring


Staff Draft

We pick 31st and… I make no changes


I have 9 UFAs. Do I want to tag Grembowski? It’s 15.5 mill. I do so. He downplayed, and he’s on my radar for replacement in the draft if possible.

I head to FA!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2059 NFL FA Period #1

We draft at the 1.10 spot.

My targets – OC, stud only. OG, stud only. Starters - CB, S, LB. My favorite at the 1.10 spot is WLB Dashawn Troutman a very underrated stud, but we’ll see if he is still there. There’s a great S as well we’ll look at later that I could see at the 10th pick.

I resign my RFAs – but not WR Bennett, he sucks.

We have 75 mill in cash after my draft and 43 on my roster.

Who’s contract is coming up soon?

FB Bensen – We’ll let him go
LB Willis – Ditto
LB Sellars – Ditto
SS Grembowski – I’ll hold off for now – he wants 40 mill over 3 years to extend his deal
WR Glenn – Wants 87 mill over 4 years. For a 59/59 guy? Nope!
OG Storm- Wants 69 mill over 5years. We’ll hold off for post draft
DE Hailey – Wants 18 mill over 3 years. Not that bad – but he’s a runs topping specialist and I won’t keep him. I want to try out Arnie Tapp who is a pass rush specialist. (Or a DE I might draft)
NT Garibaldi – No thanks, I have two great DTs


Do I want to chase a UFA?

Nope! Some are cheap, but nope…

Anyone else I want chase?

OG Norman Ramirez was drafted by…moi…for the Bucs. Should I offer him a cheap 11 mill over 2 years? He’s better than OG Shelby and cheaper…

I make him the offer. He could be a cheap backup for me on the O line.

Week 2 – Ramirez signs with us

Week 3 – Ferguson signs with Houston,

Week 4 – Macias stays in the NFC North and heads to GB.

Week 6 – Shelby signs with Cleveland.

Week 10 – Grier signs with New Orleans, Preston also stays in the NFC North and heads to Detroit.

Drafting fun times…commence!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2059 NFL Amateur Draft

Are you ready for the last draft of the 2050s?

Drafting at the 1.1 spot is the Raleigh Eagles. Let’s slow roll this. I’d like WLB Dashawn Troutman who is the top OLB on the board to be there at the 1.10 but there are some solid consolidation prizes like S Darius Wiggins or DE Hunter Mlazgar. Ready?


1.1 – Raleigh goes: Kleinsasser, Mackenzie, DT. That was the top DT on the board.
1.2 – New Orleans - Frederick, Evan, QB – Here goes the top QB on the board
1.3 – Houston - Sanders, Ivan, RB, - The top RB on the board and looks fine but unspectacular.
1.4 – Denver - Farley, Bo, DE – Denver did the 2nd best DE on the board when the 1st is still here. Hmm.
1.5 - Augusta (GA) - Newman, Nolan, CB – CBs this good rarely make it to the 10th spot, but we really liked him.
1.6 – NY Jets - New Jersey - Clancy, Minky, T – The first O Line goes and he’s okay. Good bars, overrated.
1.7 - New England - Brigham, Arnie, ILB – The first LB goes and it’s not Troutman but the best ILB on the draft. He was Hard to Read and adequate bars and not on my shortlist. I’m happy to see this pick move us one closer to the final pick of the Top Ten. 3 picks left!
1.8 – Cleveland – Traded to SF - Wiggins, Darius, S, -That’s not good. He was an absolute stud on bars, but Hard to Read, but I would have taken him all day long.
1.9 - Arizona - Feldman, Darnell, CB – The 3rd DB and 2nd CB heads off the board in the top 10. He’s not great with the bars and I didn’t even bother to interview him.


Our 10th pick arrives! Wanna see the guy I like here?




This is Troutman. As you can see this studly OLB is strong everywhere and very underrated and is pretty well developed. My goal is to turn this into a SLB Rex Madison of the Bucs who was nasty for years. He was the 3rd player on the draft regardless of position….

But the top player? He’s still here!



This is DE Mlazgar, and he’s very nasty in the bars from pass rush to run d to thinking and punching, and he’s not bad at coverage either. He is very very strong and could start for me immediately across from Snyder. But………he’s Hard to Read…

So which one would you do? Mlazgar, which is the cooler name, or Troutman, which is an okay name I suppose.

Or…is this a super secret player that’s still on the board?



This is the best O Line on the board going into the draft, and he’s an OG and underrated. Do I fill my need at OG, LB or DE?

I also need another WR to match with Watson as Glenn is too expensive to retain and……look who’s fallen…



How has a stud this studly still on the board? I know…hard to read…but seriously…how? Should I grab Morris and really set myself up for majestic receivership?



This will clearly be my last Top Ten pick with the Rattlesnakes…so who do I like here? Who will push my franchise forward?

[Abe Sargent]

I take…


Troutman. I’m a 3-4 that hasn’t gotten lucky with the later LBs. I need my Rex Madison for my team, and Troutman appears to be the best LB who’s been on the board at any spot thus far when I’ve been up… I grab him.

2.10 – Np FBs have gone yet. FB Alfredo Lachance? He’s a catching FB. WR Ezekiel Burke? DE Rufus Carter? Carter is a pass rush specialist. I like all three!

Why each?

Lachance would be my new Bensen.
Carter looks to be a solid starter at DE and pass rushes like a bear in heat.
WR Burke could be my new Glenn. And maybe a bit better.

I like all three. Carter feels like the biggest position of need right now so I go him.



Look at Carter! He’s the top player on the board.

3.10 – OG Arnold Cone? I like Cone. He looks full at run blocking and pass blcoking but no strength. Did Lachance or the 2nd FB Dominic Morrison fall? Nope.



4.10 – MLB Courtney Luciano looks to have fallen…I grab him.


5.10 – I need a backup QB. Should I grab Sebastian Lambeau? He looks like a grower.


6.10 – Who do I like here? Hmmm…I need a ….d back but they al have sucky bars and no one looks like a grower… I need a 4th TE, anyone here? The 2nd TE on the board might be a grower and I grab TE Neil Linares


7.10 – DE Alex Turner? OC Devon Doebert? OC Derek Garrett? Wanna see Doebert?



He was the 2nd OC on the board but no one has taken him….so we do! Alright Mr. Underrated, let’s see what you can do!




Rookie Lookie #1

1.10 - WLB Dashawn Troutman, Michigan State, 62/85
2.10 – DE Rufus Carter, Syracuse, 34/67
3.10 – OG Arnold Cone, WVU, 20/76
4.10 – MLB Courtney Luciano, Kansas State, 20/60
5.10 – QB Sebastian Lambeau, Duke, 16/43
6.10 – TE Neil Linares, Clemson, 25/41
7.10 – OC Devon Doebert, Tennessee, 44/65

There we go friends!!!


Two teams had move votes. Tampa Bay to Manchester….loses

However…

Denver to Portland, OR succeeds.

I move Troutman to SLB and my SLB Sheldon to WLB. I move Luciano to SILB.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2059 NFL FA Period #2

I have 51 under my contract, so I need a few RFAs.

I make offers to…

UFAs?

RB Leroy Denny
WR Steve Wynn
OG Tristan Manual
SILB Raymond Ellard
CB Bernard Donovan
CB Daryl Whelihan
CB Braden Hocking
QB Rodolfo Joyner - In case of a bust by Lambeau
DE Alex Turner – Looks like a grower and wasn’t taken in the 7th.

Week 1 – We sign 3

Week 2 – We sign 3 more

Week 3 – We sign the last 3


UFAs

RB Leroy Denny, 35/51
WR Steve Wynn, 24/44
OG Tristan Manula, 12/54
SILB Raymond Ellard, 28/48
CB Bernard Donovan, 19/53
CB Daryl Whelihan, 26/47
CB Braden Hocking, 22/57
QB Rodolfo Joyner, 19/46
DE Alex Turner, 24/51

There you are!

I’ll see you at camp time!

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp


Rookie Lookie #2

1.10 - WLB Dashawn Troutman, Michigan State, 62/85; 72/84
2.10 – DE Rufus Carter, Syracuse, 34/67; 40/70
3.10 – OG Arnold Cone, WVU, 20/76; 28/77
4.10 – MLB Courtney Luciano, Kansas State, 20/60; 27/63
5.10 – QB Sebastian Lambeau, Duke, 16/43; 21/45
6.10 – TE Neil Linares, Clemson, 25/41; 28/41
7.10 – OC Devon Doebert, Tennessee, 44/65; 53/67

Nice thus far!

UFAs

RB Leroy Denny, 35/51; 36/49
WR Steve Wynn, 24/44; 27/43
OG Tristan Manula, 12/54; 17/58
SILB Raymond Ellard, 28/48; 34/46
CB Bernard Donovan, 19/53; 24/52
CB Daryl Whelihan, 26/47; 33/47
CB Braden Hocking, 22/57; 25/54
QB Rodolfo Joyner, 19/46; 24/47
DE Alex Turner, 24/51; 28/53

Not that bad. Some grows, some drops.


We have 60 so no cuts needed.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2059 NFL Preseason

I hand out deactives and make my depth charts.

I will start Cone, Carter, Doebert, Luciano and Troutman at their spots for the preseason.

Week 2 – At Cleveland - We win 24-20

Week 3 – Houston – We lose 24-16

Week 4 – Cincinnati- We lose 17-20

Week 5 – At Indy – We win 31-21

We finish 2-2


Rookie Lookie #3

1.10 - WLB Dashawn Troutman, Michigan State, 62/85; 72/84; 49/59
2.10 – DE Rufus Carter, Syracuse, 34/67; 40/70; 43/76
3.10 – OG Arnold Cone, WVU, 20/76; 28/77; 30/77
4.10 – MLB Courtney Luciano, Kansas State, 20/60; 27/63; 31/64
5.10 – QB Sebastian Lambeau, Duke, 16/43; 21/45; 23/51
6.10 – TE Neil Linares, Clemson, 25/41; 28/41; 32/46
7.10 – OC Devon Doebert, Tennessee, 44/65; 53/67; 52/68

Well TE Linares did rise just not as much as I hoped. And blast it Troutman!!! That sucks. Another Top Ten first round very underrated bust in the Richmond dynasty! Nasty stuff!


UFAs

RB Leroy Denny, 35/51; 36/49; 36/41
WR Steve Wynn, 24/44; 27/43; 27/36
OG Tristan Manula, 12/54; 17/58; 17/60
SILB Raymond Ellard, 28/48; 34/46; 31/39
CB Bernard Donovan, 19/53; 24/52; 23/45
CB Daryl Whelihan, 26/47; 33/47; 33/51
CB Braden Hocking, 22/57; 25/54; 28/48
QB Rodolfo Joyner, 19/46; 24/47; 25/54
DE Alex Turner, 24/51; 28/53; 27/56

………….

Some good some bad…

I trim QB Lambeau and keep Joyner.

I cut these players to get to 53


OC Wyatt Lynn
OG Bernie Woods
DE Marc Magazine
CB Rodney Coomes
CB Robbie Jefferson
ILB Raymond Ellard

That draft gave me a lot of talent! But man what a disappointment at the 1.10!

[Abe Sargent]

Any extensions?

I have 80 mill. I extend no one with one year left.

My two years in stud QB Kennedy. We extend him for a nasty 225 mill, 5 years. WLB Sheldon and NT Plumier want too much right now (or too few years).

My rookies?



We’ll skip him



Carter on the other hand looks great with his pass rush t and s. Good stuff Carter!

[Abe Sargent]

On The Green Page we have Cone and Carter.

Rookie Investigation

At QB, our UFA Joyner is the best QB in the draft by potential! Only him had a 50+ pot.

Only three RB’s had a 50+ pot.

FB Lachance wound up with a 38/69 rating, and wound have been solid pick up. 2nd FB Morrison was with 67 pot.

Only two TEs had a 50+ rating, and one of those is at 64.

At WR, stud Morris wound up with a 47/79 rating, and to more in the 60s, and Burke that we were looking at 2.10 wound up with a 51/63 rating. Not bad at all. Just one WR in the 50s,

At OC, Doebert wound up the top OC by pot by 1.

Had we taken OG Strickland, we would have gotten the top O Line player in the draft at 52/84. There are four OGs in the 70s including ours, at the 2nd spot.

1 Ot in the 60s. The rest are in the 50s. That was taken in the 1st round top ten

Carter is the 2nd best DE in the draft and 3rd best D Line. This was deep there. Mlazgar was the best at 61/79.

After Troutman busted he’s the 9th best LB in the draft. And Luciano is 3rd. Anyone I would have taken at 1.10 over Troutman would have been a stud.

6 DBacks have 60s pot, and 13 to in the 50s, so this was an okay draft for them.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2059 Richmond Rattlesnakes

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

Kennedy, Wayne 102 QB QB 3 56 83 5 yrs. 2057
Joyner, Rodolfo 104 QB 1 25 54 1 yr. 2059
##Harvey, Scottie 247 RB 5 36 36 1 yr. 2055
Londesbrough, Stan 248 RB RB 4 67 67 4 yrs. 2056
Denny, Leroy 222 RB 1 36 41 1 yr. 2059
Bensen, Silas 321 FB FB 12 36 36 1 yr. 2057
Sanford, Clay 442 TE 6 61 61 4 yrs. 2058
Hawkins, Oscar 441 TE 5 35 35 1 yr. 2055
Moy, Ricky 443 TE TE 2 61 71 3 yrs. 2058
##Linares, Neil 480 TE 1 32 46 4 yrs. 2059
Deyo, Shannon 518 FL 2 32 41 4 yrs. 2058
Glenn, Christopher 588 SE 4 59 59 1 yr. 2056
Reynolds, Rickey 583 SE FL 3 53 53 3 yrs. 2057
Watson, Heath 516 SE SE 2 79 82 3 yrs. 2058
##Wynn, Steve 581 SE 1 27 36 1 yr. 2059
Bissett, Dustin 653 C 2 50 58 3 yrs. 2058
Doebert, Devon 650 C C 1 52 68 4 yrs. 2059
Ramirez, Norman 773 LG 6 63 69 2 yrs. 2059
Porter, Jeffrey 763 LG LG 6 67 79 4 yrs. 2058
Storm, Cody 766 LG 4 60 60 1 yr. 2056
Manula, Tristan 761 LG 1 17 60 1 yr. 2059
Cone, Arnold 770 RG RG 1 30 77 4 yrs. 2059
McDonald, Rickey 865 LT LT 5 68 68 2 yrs. 2055
Rivers, Ron 860 RT 5 49 49 3 yrs. 2055
Bennett, Jaime 862 RT RT 4 74 74 3 yrs. 2056
Gonzalez, Liam 905 P 3 98 98 2 yrs. 2057
Kanpurwala, Cris 1003K 2 82 82 3 yrs. 2058
Hailey, Marshall 1179LDE 4 52 52 1 yr. 2056
Snyder, Graham 1196RDE RDE 5 70 70 3 yrs. 2055
Tapp, Arnie 1176RDE 3 46 54 2 yrs. 2057
##Turner, Alex 1171RDE 1 27 56 1 yr. 2059
Carter, Rufus 1194RDE LDE 1 43 76 4 yrs. 2059
##Garibaldi, Joel 1277NT 4 33 33 1 yr. 2056
Plumier, Owen 1298NT NT 3 86 86 2 yrs. 2057
Kennedy, Pat 1297NT 2 46 65 2 yrs. 2058
Razo, Alejandro 1354SILB 5 48 48 2 yrs. 2055
Woodson, R.J. 1357SILB 2 50 54 3 yrs. 2058
Luciano, Courtney 1351SILB SILB 1 31 64 4 yrs. 2059
Willis, Dashawn 1352WILB WILB 9 55 55 1 yr. 2056
Sellars, Hugh 1391WILB 9 45 45 1 yr. 2057
##Cunningham, Sam 1359MLB 3 27 39 2 yrs. 2057
Troutman, Dashawn 1495SLB SLB 1 49 59 4 yrs. 2059
Sheldon, Enrique 1458WLB WLB 3 65 65 2 yrs. 2057
Terry, Avery 1524LCB RCB 5 50 50 2 yrs. 2055
##Wright, Les 1529LCB 5 42 42 1 yr. 2055
Whelihan, Daryl 1533LCB 1 33 51 1 yr. 2059
Drake, Ezekiel 1538RCB 2 38 51 2 yrs. 2058
Westbrook, Devante 1537RCB LCB 2 65 78 3 yrs. 2058
Donovan, Bernard 1520RCB 1 23 45 1 yr. 2059
Grembowski, Antonio 1645SS SS 9 53 53 1 yr. 2055
Hocking, Braden 1634SS 1 28 48 1 yr. 2059
Ferguson, Percy 1644FS FS 4 59 59 3 yrs. 2056
Ingram, Chester 440 LS 5 20 20 2 yrs. 2055

$$ - 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: $415,100,000
Cap Room: $49,310,000
Maximum for New Player: $50,520,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $4,350,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $1,950,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $305,320,000

There you are!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2059 NFL Regular Season

I think we’ll turn the curve and finish our 5th season 10-6 with 4 more wins.


Week 1 – At Detroit – Ready for our first game on the road in the NFC North? Let’s do it to it! We win 31-21 – MVP is QB Kennedy with 25 of 36, 276 and 3:0, scores by Watson, Bensen and Londesbrough, who was 27 for 144 and 1 score. INT by Ferguson


Week 2 – At LA Chargers – We win 35-16. MVP is Kennedy, 18 of 22, 174, 2:0, 2 scores by Watson, Londesbrough a rush score, Pick six by Ferguson and another by LB Luciano, INT by Ferguson in addition. 4 KRb by rookie C Doebert.


Week 3 – Raleigh – We barely win 30-27. Kennedy, MVP, 22 of 31, 272, 3:0, all three scores by Watson, Londesbrough 25 for 123, 4 KRb by OT Bennett


Week 4 – Green Bay – Can we beat the heavy? They started 1-2 and maybe we can catch them weakwindedly. We lose 20-23. Londesbrough 23 for 104, Kennedy 25 of 38, 236, 2:2, Watson 8 for 123 and 2 scores, pick by Sheldon, 5 pasdef by Grembowski, 3 by Troutman, 4 Doebert KRB.

DT Plumier is out for a month or so

We are 3-1 at the first quarter

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – Tampa Bay – Can we beat our former team? Let’s find out! We win 30-23. They held Londesbrough to 26 yards. Kennedy was 25 of 34, 285 and 1:2, score to Watson, Deyo a KR RET TD, which was enough for the win and was our MVP. Heath Watson a PR RET TD as well, so we were really in the returning space in this game… 3 pasdef by Luciano,


Week 6 – At Atlanta – We win 28-25 close. Kennedy, MVp, 22 of 27, 236 and 3:0, Bensen with a score, Reynolds with 2, Londesbrough 25 for 125, 1 score, FF by Sheldon, 4 KRB by Porter.


Week 7 – Carolina - Against another old team, can we emerge victorious? We win 34-27. Kennedy, MVP, 25 of 36, 290, 3:0, Watson two scores, Deyo one, Londesbrough is 26 for 152 and 1 score. 4 KRB by Bennett

Plumier is back.

Week 8 – At Chicago – Another tough NFC North game…We lose 31-43. Kennedy, 25 of 34, 281 and 3:0, rush TD, Glenn, Watson, Reynolds with scores, Londesbrough is 24 for 121, 4 KRB by Doebert.


We are 6-2 at the second quarter.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 9 – At New Orleans – We win 38-10. Londesbrough, MVP, 23 of 177, 2 scores, rush score by Kennedy, who was 18 of 25, 192 and 2:0. Scores by Glenn and Watson, picks by Sheldon and Ferguson, FF bY Willis, Sheldon, and Luciano, rec by Plumier and Troutman, 4 KRb by Cone.

Week 10 – BYE

Week 11 – Detroit – We win 34-18 – Kennedy, MVP, 28 of 39, 349 and 3:0, Glenn one score, Watson two, Londesbrough held to 82 yards on 24 carries, pick six by Sheldon, picks by Ferguson, Hocking and Luciano

Week 12 – At 8-2 Las Vegas – This is a rough match and…we win 29-16. MVP is K Kanpurwala with 5 scores and we had a pick six by Terry. Londesbrough held to 55 yards and a score, Kennedy 21 of 33, 306, Watson 7 for 144, Ff by Plumier rec by Willis, 4 KRB by Cone

WR Reynolds is out for a month ish and I massage my roster

Week 13 – At Arizona – We win 38-17 – Kennedy, MVP, 22 of 30, 252, 3:0,Watson, Sanford, RB Denny with scores, Londesbrough 26 for 112, pick six by Luciano, pick by Hocking, 4 KRB by C Bisset after Doering was knocked out early (he’s questionable for a few weeks)

We are 12-2 at the third quarter…

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – Denver – We win 40-38. Too close to a 1 win team. That was almost a trap loss. Londesbrough kept to 90 on 20, Kennedy 23 of 33, 301, 3:0, Watson 4 for 106 and 1 score, scores by Londesbrough and Moy. Fum Rec TD by Sheldon. FF by Plumier and Westbrook.

Week 15 – At Green Bay – They have dropped to 5-8 and are not looking good. They must have the Super Bowl Loser’s Curse. his is our best chance to win away against them and…We lose 34-37. Close! Londesbrough held to 19 for 88, Kennedy rush score and was 26 of 45, 255 and 2:1, scores by Moy and Glenn, pick six by Grembowski

Where are we with 2 games left? Kennedy is in front of yards by more than 100, Watson is 2nd in yards by 100 but has a massive 17 scores, Londy is more than 100 yards in front of 2nd place. My trinity is playing like it! Can we finish strong?

Week 16 – KC – They are 6-8…can we thump them and finish well with my trinity? We win 27-20. Kennedy, MVP, 24 of 34, 216 and 3:0, scores by Moy, Hopkins and Londesbrough and he was 27 for 146, but Watson held to 55 yards. Pick by Ferguson.

Reynolds is back from his injury.

Week 17 – Chicago – This game is for the NFC North. We are both 12-3. Who will win the division? Let’s find out! We do have home field advantage which may tip it. We win 30-10. Not even close! MVP is Kennedy, MVP, 22 of 30, 195, 3:0, scores by Watson, Glenn and Londesbrough who was 33 of 138, picks by Westbrook and Grembowski, THREE ff by Plumier, Troutman a rec, 2.5 sacks by Snyder,

We finish 13-3 and with the NFC North Win!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2059 NFL Playoffs

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

Chicago over Atlanta 20-7
SF over Ny 35-14

Cleveland over LV 37-19
New England over Indy 26-16


Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

Chicago at DC
SF at Richmond

New England at Buffalo
Cleveland at Pittsburgh


Results?

Cone is out and Storm will start for him in the playoffs

Chicago 21-16

Pittsburgh 47-28
Buffalo 27-26

And….

We win our first playoff game!

30-16

Londesbrough, MVP, 32 for 144
Kennedy, 21 of 33, 242, 2:2
Moy and Watson scores

Pick by Sheldon

We are into the next round!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – Conference Championships

AFC - #2 10-6 Buffalo at #1 14-2 Pittsburgh


NFC - #5 12-4 Chicago at #1 13-3 Richmond

Can we win at home against the Bears again?

Results

Pittsburgh 28-14

Us….38-17!

Londesbrough, MVP, 29 for 171, 3 scores
Kennedy, 20 of 26, 288, 2:0
Moy and Bensen scores

5 KRB by Porter
4 KRB by Storm

We have made it to the Super Bowl in our first season….but we have the nasty Steelers to get through…

[Abe Sargent]

The 2059 NFL Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #1 Seed 14-2 Pittsburgh Steelers


Vs


Your NFC Champion #1 Seed 13-3 Richmond Rattlesnakes


Can we win the last Super Bowl of the 2050s?

Nope!

We lose a low scoring game closely, 12-13

They had a KR RET score that gave them the game…

Londesbrough, MVP, 24 for 106,
Kennedy, 25 of 39, 234, 0:1

Pick by Hocking
FF by DE Carter

Close!!! And we got an MVP award so that’s nice.

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

League MVP – QB Wayne Kennedy
Super Bowl MVP – RB Stan Londesbrough

Off. Player of the Year – QB Wayne Kennedy


All Pro 1st Team

QB Wayne Kennedy
RB Stan Londesbrough
WR Heath Watson


My trinity of power all got All Pros, but we need to build support around them. We came close to a quinfecta!

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Kennedy – 365 of 532, 4190 yards, 39:5, 112.6

That’s one of my best QB seasons in a long time! He led in yards by 23, TDs by 8, rating by 18.8. Nasty stuff from the guy!

Rushing

RB Londesbrough – 402 for 1749, 4.35 ypc, 9 scores

His yards were way up from his previous high last year, but his scores and ypc are down. If he had last year’s ypc he would have gotten more than 2k yards with 401 carries. Good stuff!

Receiving



Watson was 2nd in the league in yards and dominated with 18 scores. Only 6 players netted 1000+ yards this year. Down years from Moy and Glenn from last when they had 800+ yards each. Londesbrough was good with 322 that put him over 2k for the year from scrimmage.


Blocking



Rookie Cone led my team n KRB and % and he had just one sack allowed. Good stuff rookie! A down-ish year from others. McDonald really fell from last year.

Special Teams

K Kanpurwala – 30 of 38, Long of 49, 59 of 60 PAT

Good PAT numbers and only 8 missed kicks but that felt a little inconsistent at times.

P Gonzalez – 80 punts, 47.9 avg, 39 in 20

Great almost 50% in 20. Lower avg than normal though

We had TWO RET TDs this year

OT Rivers led my team with 25 special teams tackles

[Abe Sargent]

Defense



Luciano led my team in tackles but not dominatingly. Snyder with a tired 7 sacks led my team, and rookie Troutman with 6.5 just a half sack behind him. Plumier was injured so no judgments there. Rookie Carter just 3. We have to do better with my D Line given their talent level. With 5 FF, Plumier led my team.

Pass Coverage



Ferguson had a great year with the picks and pasdef. He tied for 2nd most in the league. Hocking was my nickelback and played well there. He tied my team for 1st in pasdef and grabbed a pair of picks. Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – WR Heath Watson – His first All Pro, 1000+ yard season, and… he set an award for Rec. Tds of 18 since we began this dynasty for any player! The previous high? 14!

Def. Player of the Year – S Percy Ferguson – Led my team in picks and was tied for 2nd in the league, and was 2nd on my team in pasdef. Good stuff!

Special Teams Player of the Year – P Liam Gonzalez – Nasty year by the lad on inside the 20 and his avg was among the top in the league.

Rookie of the Year – OG Arnold Cone – Led my team in sacks allowed, KRB and block %. Never played like a rookie!

Heart Award – S Braden Hocking – We already established how good he was and how he outplayed starters. Good stuff UFA rookie!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.10 - WLB Dashawn Troutman, Michigan State, 62/85; 72/84; 49/59; 58/58
2.10 – DE Rufus Carter, Syracuse, 34/67; 40/70; 43/76; 57/76
3.10 – OG Arnold Cone, WVU, 20/76; 28/77; 30/77; 42/77
4.10 – MLB Courtney Luciano, Kansas State, 20/60; 27/63; 31/64; 49/64
5.10 – QB Sebastian Lambeau, Duke, 16/43; 21/45; 23/51; CUT
6.10 – TE Neil Linares, Clemson, 25/41; 28/41; 32/46; 32/46
7.10 – OC Devon Doebert, Tennessee, 44/65; 53/67; 52/68; 60/68

UFAs

RB Leroy Denny, 35/51; 36/49; 36/41; 39/41
WR Steve Wynn, 24/44; 27/43; 27/36; 27/36
OG Tristan Manula, 12/54; 17/58; 17/60; 17/60
SILB Raymond Ellard, 28/48; 34/46; 31/39; CUT
CB Bernard Donovan, 19/53; 24/52; 23/45; 23/45
CB Daryl Whelihan, 26/47; 33/47; 33/51; 35/51
CB Braden Hocking, 22/57; 25/54; 28/48; 36/48
QB Rodolfo Joyner, 19/46; 24/47; 25/54; 25/54
DE Alex Turner, 24/51; 28/53; 27/56; 27/56

There we are!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season and we score a…60!

The 2060 NFL Offseason

Ready for the first year of the 2060s?

No more warnings from management!

Hall of Fame

OG Don Kirk – Stud OG we had at Carolina, had 3 rings and 8 All Pros.

Retirements of Note

Rattlesnakes?

FB Silas Bensen – Stud FB with Bucs, was best FB in the league for years, 2 All Pros, 3 Rings!


Bucs?

Their HC Retires


Other Abe’s Boys?

Wr Adam Henderson, WR for my Bucs career drafted in the 3rd round, 1 ring


Staff Draft

We pick 17th, I cannot make any changes following a winning season unless my staff was poached… was it? Nope! No changes made

We have… 10 UFAs and I don’t franchise any

See you at the FA period!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2060 NFL FA Period #1

I look up at the draft to see what might be there at the 1.31 spot. There is a stud FB that’s overrated. This seems like a weak DB draft so I doubt we’ll see anyone fall there. I interview some LBs but this is a weak group of those as well.

I have 103 mill available for new players.

Here are players of note in the final year of their deal

OT McDonald – Wants 81 mill over 4 years, cap cut of 5 mill this year – I’ll wait until post draft in case we grab a stud somewhere
NT Plumier – Wants 151 mill over 4 years. I do it, but he needs to play up to his ability.
LB Sheldon – Wants 71 mill over 5 years. I do it as well


I extend my LS and P.

I sign my RFAs but not WR Wynn or CB Donovan.

I have 40 players and 51 mill for big stuff.

Anyone I want to chase in FA?

I make an offer to bring back Willis for two years. We need bodies at LB.

I make an offer to 13 year vet FS Drew Kempthorne for 11 mill/1 year to join us as I doubt we’ll get a good option in the draft at both CB and S.

WR Glenn wants 44 mill over 3 years…do I want to bring him back? Right now I have just Raleigh and Watson… I make him an offer as this seems like a weaker WR draft.


Week 3 – Glenn returns to us.

Week 4 – Storm heads to Arizona

Week 5 – We sign Kempthorne and Willis

Week 9 – Hailey signs with Augusta, Grembowski heads back to Tampa Bay

Week 11 – Sellars heads to Miami

I’ll see you in the draft!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2060 NFL Amateur Draft

This is the first injection of talent for the new decade!

Picking first is… Denver and they grab… WR Aiden McKnight

Who is left at the 1.31 spot?

Wow…not a lot…

The biggest falls appear to be a position of no need at DT. The four top players on the board, other than the overrated FB, are all DT. Wow I wish I hadn’t extended my guy now…

DT Gabriel Finacchiaro – 3rd best Dt on the board, the best by bars
OT DeAndre Fairley – Looks good with the two blocking stuff, weak at strength
OG Lewis Dunn – Looks good but I don’t really need an OG; I’m very strong there on my roster
SLB Brayden Blanchard – Best LB on the board, bad bars, very overrated. Overrated not under…
SLB Thurman Lavalais – 2nd best LB on the board, bad bars, very underrated
MLB Zane Eckert – Not great bars, As Scouted, 3rd LB on the board
FB Tom Conley – Overrated – Given how bad my predictions have been in the past, maybe this guy will boom, not bust?
CB B.J. Klech – Top D Back on the board, bars are…okay at best… poor at coverage, good at picks, play d and hitting.

Here’s a thought… take a stud DT. What am I doing? Then flip to 4-3 next year in the offseason staff draft since we’ve had such a problem with LBs here. Would that work?


What do I do? What makes sense? Do I grab Lavalais and hope? Take a stud DT and move to 4-3 next year? Go FB, a position of need, even though he’ll likely fall?




Here’s Lavalais…. Do I gamble on this guy growing? Those bars aren’t good…and I have no combine scores to compare him too or guess at growth… if I take him, am I throwing a good pick this year after my bad pick last at 1.10?

I’ll sleep on it

[Abe Sargent]

Okay, I still am unsure so let’s talk it out. I rule out the Bap of DT. Moving to a 4-3 would be a transformational shift that I am unwilling to do simply to get the BAP from this draft. I’m sure one of the 4 DTs at the top of the draft would wind up a studly stud.

So what’s left? CB Klech is a need with okay bars but no interview or anything to hang my hat on. FB Conley is a player of need but overrated. I could Lavalais, and I don’t need him to be a Madison, but an Arellano would be fine. OT Fairley, if he developed as he looks, could replace my expensive OT right now and save me money heading into a few big contracts coming up named Watson and….Moy. But OT is the least need right now.

So what do I do?

Could I go with the top WR Roberto Coles instead? Or the next OT who seems better in bars OT Graham Mangold?


I grab OT Mangold…if I am going to blind grab someone I’ve not interviewed he seems better. OT seems the best bet here…



There’s my Mangold. He’s the next OT down from the one I was looking at.



2.31 – Who do I like here? TE Santiago Roberts looks good. Is there a good WR on the board? Nope. FS Axel Fox looks pretty solid as well. I need D dbacks badly so I do Fox.


3.31 – Lavalais is still on the board here and I grab him.


4.31 – Who do I like here? I need a WR, and who is the best on the board? The 3rd WR Ralph Borders looks like a grower and I grab him.


5.31 – I could grab WILB Percy Isbell or SLB Desmond Wilson here. I take Isbell.


6.31 – DT Renaldo Andersen?


7.31 – Hmm…how about RB Mitch Erickson or CB Ivan Fisher? Erickson looks like a solid grower…


Rookie Lookie #1

1.31 – OT Graham Mangold, Clemson, 34/66
2.31 – FS Axel Fox, Oklahoma State, 30/63
3.31 – LB Thurman Lavalais, Oregon, 36/53
4.31 – WR Ralph Borders, Florida State, 23/38
5.31 – WILB Percy Isbell, Brigham Young, 31/51
6.31 – DT Renaldo Andersen, NC State, 32/62
7.31 – RB Mitch Erickson, Southern California, 35/38


There we are!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2060 NFL FA Period #2

We have 50 on my roster, so I make offers to…

CB Ivan Fisher
TE Carson Williamson
WR Carl Stephenson
DE Chase Clements
MLB Damon Clancy
LS Edwin Mendola – Our LS snapping is 90, so this one looks like he might be better..

It’s a weak UFA pool. Only 4 non-kickers have a pot of 50 or more…

Week 1 – Two sign.

Week 2 – Three sign

Week 3 – The last one signs

UFAs

CB Ivan Fisher, 23/42
TE Carson Williamson, 16/47
WR Carl Stephenson, 20/45
DE Chase Clements, 15/45
MLB Damon Clancy, 23/50
LS Edwin Mendola, 21/21


Ready for some camping?

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2

1.31 – OT Graham Mangold, Clemson, 34/66; 39/67
2.31 – FS Axel Fox, Oklahoma State, 30/63; 35/65
3.31 – LB Thurman Lavalais, Oregon, 36/53; 41/55
4.31 – WR Ralph Borders, Florida State, 23/38; 25/38
5.31 – WILB Percy Isbell, Brigham Young, 31/51; 37/54
6.31 – DT Renaldo Andersen, NC State, 32/62; 37/61
7.31 – RB Mitch Erickson, Southern California, 35/38; 37/39


UFAs

CB Ivan Fisher, 23/42; 27/43
TE Carson Williamson, 16/47; 18/44
WR Carl Stephenson, 20/45; 24/46
DE Chase Clements, 15/45; 19/43
MLB Damon Clancy, 23/50; 26/49
LS Edwin Mendola, 21/21 – 95 Long Snapping

I cut my LS and OT Rivers in order to get him on a team now.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2060 NFL Preseason

I hand out 8 deactives and make my depth chart.

I start Fox at RCB, and Mangold and Lavalais at WILB in the preseason…

Week 1 – At Baltimore – We lose 17-34.

OG Ramirez is out for a while

Week 2 - BYE

Week 3 – Jacksonville – We crush the recent Super Bowl winner 44-14

Week 4 – At Pittsburgh – We lose to last year’s Super Bowl winner 27-24

Week 5 – Indy – We win 45-18

We go 3-1

Rookie Lookie #3


1.31 – OT Graham Mangold, Clemson, 34/66; 39/67; 41/71
2.31 – FS Axel Fox, Oklahoma State, 30/63; 35/65; 36/66
3.31 – LB Thurman Lavalais, Oregon, 36/53; 41/55; 44/55
4.31 – WR Ralph Borders, Florida State, 23/38; 25/38; 25/38
5.31 – WILB Percy Isbell, Brigham Young, 31/51; 37/54; 41/63
6.31 – DT Renaldo Andersen, NC State, 32/62; 37/61; 46/78
7.31 – RB Mitch Erickson, Southern California, 35/38; 37/39; 39/48

Wow, hello booming Andersen! Nasty! I may want to move to 4-3 anyway…


UFAs

CB Ivan Fisher, 23/42; 27/43; 28/49
TE Carson Williamson, 16/47; 18/44; 18/39
WR Carl Stephenson, 20/45; 24/46; 24/42
DE Chase Clements, 15/45; 19/43; 18/36
MLB Damon Clancy, 23/50; 26/49; 26/47

I only have 54 on my roster, so I cut LB Sam Cunningham

[Abe Sargent]

Any extensions I wanna make? I have 26 mill in cap space.

TE Moy, dropped to 66/66 – Wants 91 mill, 5 years, and that’s a cap hit of 11 mill this year

WR Watson – Wants 201 mill, 5 years, Increase this year of 25 mill. No thanks.

CB Westbrook – Wants 185 mill, 5 years, cap hit of 24 mill.

I’ll hold off on all three. I’ll cut Sanford in the post season to afford Moy.


Top two rookies?

OT Mangold



Here is Mangold after development, and you can see where he wound up. Good stuff Graham!



And here is The Fox. As you can see, Axel looks sexy pretty much everywhere save punching and zoning. He’s a solid pickup in a weak D back draft. When I grabbed him he was the 5th best S on the board but he had actual, proper, bars.

[Abe Sargent]

On The Green Page is…….

Andersen 5th and Mangold 8th.

Rookie Investigation

QB – The best QB in the draft is 9/52 picked in round 6. Not a great draft for them

RB – Just 5 RBs with a pot in the 50s or more, one at 67

TE – The TE I was looking at 2.31, Roberts, wound up the best at 47/63

WR – 2 WRs at the 61 pot, and then 6 in the 50s. Not a graft draft for them either.

OC – The best one was a UFA with a 52 pot, and that was the only C with a 50+ pot.

OG – This was a deep OG draft with 1 83 (on the board at 1.31), 1 74, 3 60s, and 9 50s. We could have left with a stud OG and then cut someone if we had wanted to.

OT – After booming, Mangold was the 2nd best OT in the draft. We had 2 70s, 5 60s, and 10 50s so it was a deep draft for OTs

After booming massively, Andersen is the 2nd best DT in the draft and the 2nd best D Line as well. There were 3 in the 70s, 6 in the 60s, and 6 in the 50s, so this was a deep draft for D Line

At LB however, this was weak. 1 in the 70s, 3 in the 60s including our Isbell 3rd best in the draft, and just 3 LBs in the 50s, of which Lavalais was one. Lavalais didn’t boom as much as I’d hoped, but we didn’t waste a 1.31 pick on him either, so I’m happy about that.

At DB, there was a 81, a 71, and then 3 60s including Fox the 4th best, and just 6in the 50s, so it wasn’t super deep for CBs and Ss combined. We got lucky with Fox.

Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2060 Richmond Rattlesnakes

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

Kennedy, Wayne 102 QB QB 4 84 84 4 yrs. 2057
Joyner, Rodolfo 104 QB 2 31 55 2 yrs. 2059
Londesbrough, Stan 248 RB RB 5 59 59 3 yrs. 2056
Erickson, Mitch 239 RB FB 1 39 48 4 yrs. 2060
Denny, Leroy 222 RB 2 42 42 2 yrs. 2059
Moy, Ricky 443 TE TE 3 66 66 2 yrs. 2058
Sanford, Clay 442 TE 7 61 61 3 yrs. 2058
Linares, Neil 480 TE 2 38 46 3 yrs. 2059
##Williamson, Carson 486 TE 1 18 39 1 yr. 2060
Stephenson, Carl 519 FL 1 24 42 1 yr. 2060
Deyo, Shannon 518 FL 3 37 40 3 yrs. 2058
Watson, Heath 516 SE SE 3 85 85 2 yrs. 2058
Glenn, Christopher 588 SE FL 5 58 58 3 yrs. 2056
Reynolds, Rickey 583 SE 4 53 53 2 yrs. 2057
##Borders, Ralph 512 SE 1 25 38 4 yrs. 2060
Doebert, Devon 650 C C 2 70 70 3 yrs. 2059
Bissett, Dustin 653 C 3 55 55 2 yrs. 2058
Porter, Jeffrey 763 LG LG 7 77 77 3 yrs. 2058
**Ramirez, Norman 773 LG 7 65 65 1 yr. 2059
Manula, Tristan 761 LG 2 22 59 3 yrs. 2059
Cone, Arnold 770 RG RG 2 51 77 3 yrs. 2059
McDonald, Rickey 865 LT 6 66 66 1 yr. 2055
Bennett, Jaime 862 RT RT 5 75 75 2 yrs. 2056
Mangold, Graham 875 RT LT 1 41 71 4 yrs. 2060
Gonzalez, Liam 905 P 4 93 93 3 yrs. 2057
Kanpurwala, Cris 1003K 3 81 81 2 yrs. 2058
##Clements, Chase 1190LDE 1 18 36 1 yr. 2060
Carter, Rufus 1194RDE RDE 2 65 74 3 yrs. 2059
Snyder, Graham 1196RDE LDE 6 59 59 2 yrs. 2055
##Turner, Alex 1171RDE 2 33 54 1 yr. 2059
Tapp, Arnie 1176RDE 4 44 46 2 yrs. 2057
Plumier, Owen 1298NT NT 4 86 86 4 yrs. 2057
Andersen, Renaldo 1274NT 1 46 78 4 yrs. 2060
Kennedy, Pat 1297NT 3 52 65 2 yrs. 2058
Luciano, Courtney 1351SILB SILB 2 59 64 3 yrs. 2059
Woodson, R.J. 1357SILB 3 56 56 2 yrs. 2058
##Razo, Alejandro 1354SILB 6 47 47 1 yr. 2055
Isbell, Percy 1393WILB 1 41 63 4 yrs. 2060
Lavalais, Thurman 1399WILB WILB 1 44 55 4 yrs. 2060
Willis, Dashawn 1352WILB 10 29 29 2 yrs. 2056
##Clancy, Damon 1355MLB 1 26 47 1 yr. 2060
Troutman, Dashawn 1495SLB WLB 2 59 59 3 yrs. 2059
Sheldon, Enrique 1458WLB SLB 4 65 65 5 yrs. 2057
Whelihan, Daryl 1533LCB 2 38 51 2 yrs. 2059
Terry, Avery 1524LCB 6 50 50 3 yrs. 2055
Westbrook, Devante 1537RCB LCB 3 78 78 2 yrs. 2058
Drake, Ezekiel 1538RCB 3 49 54 2 yrs. 2058
##Fisher, Ivan 1535RCB 1 28 49 1 yr. 2060
Hocking, Braden 1634SS 2 42 49 2 yrs. 2059
Fox, Axel 1632FS RCB 1 36 66 4 yrs. 2060
Ferguson, Percy 1644FS SS 5 59 59 2 yrs. 2056
Kempthorne, Drew 1621FS FS 13 49 49 1 yr. 2060
Mendola, Edwin 656 LS 1 20 20 1 yr. 2060

$$ - 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: $423,900,000
Cap Room: $23,130,000
Maximum for New Player: $24,350,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $3,090,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $950,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $381,410,000

Ready to start things off well? Let’s do it to it!

[QuikSand]

(eyeballs)

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

(eyeballs)

[Abe Sargent]

The 2060 NFL Regular Season

I predict 12-4 in the rough NFC North, a drop of a game from last year.

I am coming out of preseason with a doubtful, one out, and three questionables.


Week 1 – At Green Bay – Well…we aren’t staring out our campaign in a good spot. We lost this game last year. Ready? We win 19-17, MVP is K Kasparwala with 4 of 4 FGs. Londesbrough (hereforth known as “Londy”) is rocking 19 of 141 and Kennedy is 26 of 35, 229 and 1:1, score by Watson, FF by Ferguson, rec by Plumier, 4 KRB by Porter


Week 2 – At Indy – We win 23-17. Kennedy, MVP, 22 of 31, 201 and 2:0, scores by Londy and Reynolds, Londy was 27 of 166, FF by Ferguson, rec by Kempthorne,


Week 3 – Atlanta – We lose 34-38. Londy was 18 for 88, Kennedy a rush score and 31 of 47, 300 and 3:2, Moy, Glenn, and Watson with scores, We had four picks – Sheldon, Westbrook, Lavalais and Fox. Two rookies on the chart.


Week 4 – BYE


Week 5 – Seattle – We thump them 41-17. Londy, 23 for 106, Kennedy, MVP, 20 of 30, 304 and 5:0, score by Watsonx2, Londy, Glenn, and Moy. FF by Kempthorne and Ferguson, rec by Carter, 3 pasdef by Luciano, 6 KRB by Bennett

We are 3-1 at the first quarter…

[Abe Sargent]

Week 6 – At Arizona – We shut down out 33-0! Kennedy, MVP, 23 of 28, 296, and 2:1, Glenn 9 for 161, 2 scores. Londy 24 for 116, 1 score. Pick by Ferguson. FF by Troutman, 4 KRB by rookie Mangold,


Week 7 – LA Rams – They are 5-1….We give them their 2nd win 26-20, MVp is Londy with 25 for 150, 1 score, Kennedy 24 of 38, 244 and 0:1, pick six by vet Kempthorne, pick by Westbrook, FF by Luciano, rec by Fox, 3 pasdef by CB Whelihan, 4 KRB by Doebert


Week 8 – At Chicago – Can we win away in the NFC North? Let’s find out! We lose 24-30. Londy was 20 for 121, 2 scores, Kennedy was 22 of 44, 277 and 1:2, score by Londy, 4 KRB by Doebert


Week 9 – At SF – We win 34-13. MVp is Londy with 25 for 175, 2 scores, Kennedy was just 16 of 31, 212 2:1, scores by Londy and Linares, 2 sacks by Plumier, EIGHT KRB by Cone, 5 by Doebert.


Sheldon is out for a while and I replace him with hsbell.

We are 6-2 at the second quarter mark.

[Abe Sargent]

Halfway into the season, Londy has 1051 yards and is on pace for 2k


Week 10 – Green Bay – They have really fallen and are 1-7. We win 23-16. MVP is Londy with 22 for 114 and Kennedy was injured and my backup QB had three quarters of pay (QB Kennedy will be probable after the game.). They will combine for around 235 yards and 3:2. Scores by Stephenson, and Reynoldsx2. Pick by Fox, sFF by Luciano, 4 KRB by Doebert


Week 11 – Detroit- We win 30-7. MVP is Londy with 31 for 158, 2 scores, Kennedy is 20 of 29, 261 and 1:1, score by Watson, pick by Kempthorne, 4 KRB by Cone.


Week 12 – At Jacksonville – At the AFC Heavy Hitter… we win a close one 24-21. MVP is Kennedy with 24 of 31, 266 and 3:0, 2 scores by Glenn, 1 by Reynolds, Londy is 19 for 113 and pick by Ferguson, 2 sacks by Troutman, 5 KRb by Porter


Week 13 – At 8-3 DC. Can we win? We win 20-6. MVP is Londy with 27 of 185, Kennedy was 17 of 24, 218 and 2:1, 2 scores by Watson, Glenn 7 for 111, FF bY Westbrook and Carter, rec by Terry, 3 pasdef by Fox, 5 KRB by Bennette, 4 by Cone,


We are 10-2 at the three quarter mark. Londy has 1621 yards with 4 games left and could have the best Rush Yards/Season in history… it’s 2,062 yards with Preston Fones of my Dolphins in 2034…