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

[Abe Sargent]

The 2072 NFL Amateur Draft

Picking first is…Cincinnati. They take…(my guess is RB Levon Greenburg, the 2nd best player in the draft at any position)…nope, they go WR. Levon Greenburg goes #3 to Seattle

The 1.28 arrives…who do I like here?

C Carlton Darby – As Scouted, the top OC that was very underrated went 1.14 to LA Rams.
OG Donnie Fitzgerald – 2nd best player on the board, Hard to Read, has a poor str, great everywhere else.
MLB Rickey Young – As Scouted, solid but not spectacular, might replace Ingram next year.

All of the DBs I interviewed are off the board.

Wanna see Darby?



Here you go! He’s strong at everything! He’s As Scouted. He should be a solid grab…but do I grab him?

[Abe Sargent]

I grab him.

2.28 – Who do I like here? RB Cristian Swager looks good and could be my new Starks. No TEs were taken in the 1st but a few good ones are left. I need a good one after letting mine go in UFA. TE Ian Ellison looks nice. I go Swager, he looks like a grower…


3.28 – OG Rod Kosteva? Did RT Kody Davidson fall to me, I really liked him and I’d like to come out of this draft with an OT that I can start if needed. I grab Davidson.


4.28 – DE Bucky Polk? SS Ian Knight? Hmmm…..I need d back more but Polk looks better… I grab Polk, he’s the BAP.


5.28 - SILB Thurman Burgess looks nice. I take him? Sure!


6.28 – QB Efrain Curtis? I love how good he looks. He’s a shower not a grower… I take him I need a better backup QB especially since Maumau is aging and thus more likely for the injury.


7.28 – How about….CB Paul Bowman? He looks like a grower…


Rookie Lookie #1

1.28 – C Carlton Darby, New Mexico, 28/74
2.28 – RB Christian Swager, Washington, 41/49
3.28 – OT Kody Davidson, Washington State, 27/55
4.28 – DE Bucky Polk, Central Florida, 30/70
5.28 – SILB Thurman Burgess, Iowa, 30/56
6.28 – QB Efrain Curtis, Buffalo, 30/60
7.28 – CB Paul Bowman, South Carolina, 22/42

There you are!!!!!!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2072 NFL FA Period #2

I have 53 on my roster.

I chase these rookies

TE DeAndre Bowens
WR Austin Rabe - Good, not amazing, a KR and PR and could be my new Cathey
WR Conner Ridgeway - Ditto
OT Deion Holliday

Week 1 – 2 sign, CB Hardy signs with Arizona

Week 2 – Another signs

Week 3 – The last joins us, Hoffman signs with the Saints

UFAs

TE DeAndre Bowens, 28/45
WR Austin Rabe, 20/47
WR Conner Ridgeway, 21/47
OT Deion Holliday, 12/46

There we are…….did I hear you wanted to camp somewhere fund tonight….ok!

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp


Rookie Lookie #2

1.28 – C Carlton Darby, New Mexico, 28/74; 34/73
2.28 – RB Christian Swager, Washington, 41/49; 43/49
3.28 – OT Kody Davidson, Washington State, 27/55; 32/59
4.28 – DE Bucky Polk, Central Florida, 30/70; 37/67
5.28 – SILB Thurman Burgess, Iowa, 30/56; 37/57
6.28 – QB Efrain Curtis, Buffalo, 30/60; 35/65
7.28 – CB Paul Bowman, South Carolina, 22/42; 26/43


Please don’t be busting Darby! Polk busted a bit. Hello Curtis!

UFAs

TE DeAndre Bowens, 28/45; 32/45
WR Austin Rabe, 20/47; 24/47
WR Conner Ridgeway, 21/47; 24/45
OT Deion Holliday, 12/46; 16/41

I don’t need to cut anyone as we have 57 under contract.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2072 NFL Preseason

I start Darby, Davison and England at LT.

I cut Cathey now to give him time to not drop in Preseason

I move Freestone to CB and he booms to 56/67 and I’ll start him in Ferguson’s spot as he dropped to 44/44. Ferguson will be my nickel.

Week 2 – At KC – We lose 28-31

Week 3 – Miami – We with 37-3

Week 4 – At LV – We shut them out 33-0

Week 5 – Ny Jets – We win 23-17.

We are 3-1


Rookie Lookie #3

1.28 – C Carlton Darby, New Mexico, 28/74; 34/73; 34/71
2.28 – RB Christian Swager, Washington, 41/49; 43/49, 50/63
3.28 – OT Kody Davidson, Washington State, 27/55; 32/59, 34/64
4.28 – DE Bucky Polk, Central Florida, 30/70; 37/67; 37/72
5.28 – SILB Thurman Burgess, Iowa, 30/56; 37/57; 38/61
6.28 – QB Efrain Curtis, Buffalo, 30/60; 35/65; 38/81
7.28 – CB Paul Bowman, South Carolina, 22/42; 26/43; 28/48

Darby dropped a bit. Sad. Swager boomed as I thought! Davidson grew, which is nice… Polk just grew nicely! As did Burgess.

But this draft is all about the shower who boomed….wow Curtis! Is Curtis going to be my Maumau in a few years? Is Swager going to be my Grogg as he drops? He dropped to 62/62 from 68/68 last year. Good stuff!

UFAs

TE DeAndre Bowens, 28/45; 32/45; 31/45
WR Austin Rabe, 20/47; 24/47; 24/43
WR Conner Ridgeway, 21/47; 24/45; 25/46
OT Deion Holliday, 12/46; 16/41; 16/35


I cut these three players

OT Holiday
WR Brant Anthony
WLB Leo Lyons

[Abe Sargent]

I don’t have money for extensions I only have 5.7 mill for new players and I want to hold that for injury stuff.

Let’s look at my rookies!




Here’s Darby after a bit of a bust. Two Cs drafted after Darby are better than him. Ah well, he’s fine. Not major issues with him save that that only ok run blocking.



Here’s Swager! As you can see he’s okay running and less than okay catching save for 3rd down. I like where he wound up and could see him carrying the brick if needed in a couple of years.



Here’s Davidson for you! As you can see…he’s alright after booming in camp and preseason. He’s also fine as my starter at OT. He’s well rounded, which you want for a, OT that’s blocking less and getting the stud DEs.


Now let’s show you who you really want to see…



This is Tom Brady…..er…..I mean Efrain Curtis (note the round drafted). Dude looks good! If he grows into a solid starter he could be my new starter after Maumau drops in a few years, as he’s an 8th year vet. He’ll also be ideal injury or 4th quarter relief for Maumau. He’s also 4 pot better than Maumau…

[Abe Sargent]

The Green Page?

Curtis #1, Polk, Swager and Davidson all on it!

Rookie Investigation

QB – Curtis is the best. We have one with 54 and that’s it

RB – We have a 76 hoss, a 66 pot and 64 pot and Swager at 63 is 4th. Then 6 in the 50s

FB – 2 in the 50s

TE – 68, 3 50s. The one I was looking at with the 2.28 spot busted to 42 pot, so that was a nice miss.

WR – 2 in 70s, 3 in 60s, 8 in 50s. A pretty deep crop. Our UFAs didn’t hit 50 pot, but they are both good returners to replace Robinson, Cathey and Starks.

Ridgeway – 43/59 PR; 30/43 KR
Rabe – 45/56 PR, 39/49 KR

They aren’t amazing like Starks/Robinson, but I cannot afford the latter and the former is too old.

OC - Darby was the 2nd OC taken and the 4th best one in the draft…. 1 80s, 3 70s, the 83 one was on the board when we drafted Darby and that was a missed opportunity…

OG – 92, 85, 70, 5 60s, 8 50s. This was a top heavy draft. The first two were not on the board at 1.28, but the third wasn’t taken until 1.31 so we could have walked away with a stud OG.

OT – 4 60s, 4 50s. Very similar. Davidson is tied for 3rd best OT in the draft

DLine – After booming DE Polk’s 72 pot in the 3rd best in the draft. 4 70s, 6 60s, 4 50s. That’s a palindrome of talent.

LB – 2 70s, 3 60s, 5 50s, light LB corps, Burgess was 5th best.

DB – 73, 67, 9 50s. Not a great draft for DBs.

Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2072 Greenville Grizzlies

Front Office Football Eight
Greenville (SC) Grizzlies Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

Curtis, Efrain 103 QB 1 38 81 4 yrs. 2072
Maumau, Carson 117 QB QB 8 77 77 4 yrs. 2065
##Roque, Giovanni 105 QB 6 31 35 2 yrs. 2067
Swager, Cristian 235 RB 1 50 63 4 yrs. 2072
Grogg, Rodolfo 228 RB RB 7 62 62 3 yrs. 2066
Starks, Sammie 237 RB 9 37 37 1 yr. 2066
Rose, Lester 334 FB FB 7 75 75 3 yrs. 2066
Prior, Deron 447 TE TE 8 70 70 3 yrs. 2065
Bowens, DeAndre 484 TE 1 31 45 1 yr. 2072
##Capurro, Kai 483 TE 2 27 44 2 yrs. 2071
Lindsay, Newton 446 TE 4 36 36 1 yr. 2069
Skudris, Demetrius 585 FL 6 74 74 3 yrs. 2067
Blanchard, Jeremy 512 FL FL 2 55 63 3 yrs. 2071
Ridgeway, Conner 580 FL 1 25 46 1 yr. 2072
Robinson, Manuel 589 SE SE 4 70 70 1 yr. 2069
Rabe, Austin 513 SE 1 24 43 1 yr. 2072
Darby, Carlton 655 C C 1 34 71 4 yrs. 2072
Dunlap, Chester 657 C 5 59 59 1 yr. 2068
Hutchins, Dana 659 C 3 25 39 1 yr. 2070
Mauriello, Gavin 763 LG LG 5 63 63 2 yrs. 2068
Poock, Troy 770 RG RG 3 55 64 2 yrs. 2070
##Raymond, Jackson 876 LT 5 45 45 1 yr. 2068
England, Andre 862 RT LT 3 64 64 2 yrs. 2070
Davidson, Kody 878 RT RT 1 34 64 4 yrs. 2072
Welles, DeAndre 861 RT 2 20 53 3 yrs. 2071
Ellison, Owen 906 P 3 70 70 2 yrs. 2070
Di Pietro, Marty 1016K 7 70 70 2 yrs. 2066
Polk, Bucky 1194LDE 1 37 72 4 yrs. 2072
Edwards, Alfred 1195LDE 2 32 51 2 yrs. 2071
##Oliver, Alfred 1192LDE 4 36 42 2 yrs. 2069
##Sinclair, Willie 1193LDE 4 27 40 2 yrs. 2069
Russell, Xavier 1179RDE LDE 5 89 89 4 yrs. 2068
Dorn, Rondell 1171RDE RDE 5 88 88 4 yrs. 2068
Spencer, Sebastian 1297LDT NT 2 75 88 3 yrs. 2071
Atkins, Jack 1273RDT 3 47 47 2 yrs. 2070
Burgess, Thurman 1354SILB 1 38 61 4 yrs. 2072
Fowler, Kai 1396WILB SILB 4 66 66 2 yrs. 2069
Lewis, Grant 1398MLB 3 42 59 2 yrs. 2070
##Simmons, Brent 1353MLB 2 32 52 3 yrs. 2071
Uribe, Gavin 1452SLB SLB 2 66 78 3 yrs. 2071
Lowe, Harvey 1491SLB 7 49 49 1 yr. 2066
##Gaylor, Alex 1499SLB 3 33 49 2 yrs. 2070
Hudson, Demetrius 1450WLB WLB 6 68 68 3 yrs. 2067
Ingram, Jimmie 1490WLB WILB 4 61 61 1 yr. 2069
Lash, Kelly 1456WLB 2 46 55 3 yrs. 2071
Kristosik, Arnold 1548LCB LCB 6 69 69 2 yrs. 2067
Bowman, Paul 1521LCB 1 28 48 4 yrs. 2072
Freestone, Tyrone 1549RCB RCB 3 56 65 3 yrs. 2070
Wilcox, Deon 1542RCB 2 38 50 3 yrs. 2071
Ferguson, Tony 1530RCB 8 41 41 2 yrs. 2065
Carr, Colin 1624SS SS 4 82 82 4 yrs. 2069
Phelan, Devan 1639FS FS 5 75 75 5 yrs. 2068
Torres, Craig 481 LS 5 21 21 2 yrs. 2068

$$ - 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: $528,100,000
Cap Room: $5,730,000
Maximum for New Player: $7,240,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $6,490,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $40,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $526,500,000

There you go!!!!!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2072 Regular Season

I predict another 14-2 season. We didn’t win back to back Super Bowls…sad…will we make up for it by winning this year?

I’ll skip the covers as I think the point was made last season.

Week 1 – NY – Ready for the first game? We win 29-9. MVP is Maumau, 20 of 27, 248, 2:1, scores by Robison and Skudris, picks by Carr and Phelan, 2 FF by Dorn, Fum Rec score by Hudson, 2 sacks by Dorn,

Week 2 - At Baltimore – We win 23-10. MVP is Freestone with pick six, another pick six by Ferguson, Maumau, 13 of 18, 118, FF by Carr and Dorn, rec by Dorn and Hudson, 4 pasdef by Carr,

Week 3 – At Arizona – We barely win 25-24. MVP is Maumau with 31 of 47, 336 and 1:0, Skudris 7 for 101, Robinson the score, Di Pietro 6 for 6 in FGs


Week 4 – At Carolina – Hello old friends and the only team in the dynasty I’ve gone 19-0 with! We win 23-14. Maumau, MVP, 25 of 33, 233, Grogg rush score, pick six by Phelan.


Well we don’t have the juggernaut nasty wins of last year, but we are 4-0 so I’ll take it!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At Tampa Bay – Hello another old friend! We win 31-27. Maumau, MVP, 28 for 41, 366, 2:1, Skudris 9 for 178, 2 scores by Prior, Grogg 19 for 116, 1 score, rush score by Maumau, pick by Carr, FF by Carr, rec by Phelan, 4 KRB by Poock.

Week 6 – 5-0 DC Arrives – The battle of NFC East Undefeated Teams is here! It helps that we are hosting and… We edge them 24-22. Another close one. Mamau, MVP, 17 of 22, 205, 1:0, score by Prior, rush by Grogg,

Week 7 – At NY – We win 23-3. MVP is Maumau, 24 of 37, 279 and 2:1, Skudris 6 for 118 and 1 score, score by Prior, pick by Uribe, Carr and Ferguson, FF by Ingram, 2 sacks by Dorn, 3 pasdef by Carr,

Week 8 – New Orleans – We win 28-17. MVP is Grogg, 27 of 78, 1 score, 4 for 60 and 1 score. Maumau, 2 rush scores, 17 of 28, 215 and 1:1, pick by Wilcox, FF by Uribe

We are 8-0 at the half!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 9 – Atlanta – We win 20-7. MVP is Maumau, 20 of 31, 214, 1:0, score by Prior, 2 picks by Ingram, 1 a pick six, 2 sacks by Hudson

Week 10 – At Raleigh – We win 34-21, MVP is Grogg, 28 for 118, 3 scores, rush score by Blanchard, Maumau was 17 for 26, 227, Blanchard 6 for 110, pick by Ferguson, FF by Uribe, rec by Carr, 5 KRB by C Darby.

Week 11 – BYE

Week 12 – Pittsburgh – We win 23-3 again. MVP is Maumau, 15 of 23, 147 and 1:0, score by Skudris, Grogg 31 for 131, 1 score, Carr a pick, FF by Russell, 3 pasdef by Freestone, 4 KRb by Poock,


Week 13 – 8-3 Green Bay – We win 19-9. Hudson, MVP, with 2 sacks, Maumau with 19 of 34, 219, 1:1, score by Skudris, pick by Phelan, FF by Dorn, rec by Uribe,

We are 12-0!!!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – At Cincinnati – We win a shoot out 35-31. MVP? Maumau, 27 of 35, 326, 4:1, 2 scores by Skudris, 1 by Grogg, 1 by Rose, Grogg added a rush score, DF b yLowe, Dorn, and Phelan, 4 KRB by ROSE!!!

Week 15 – At DC – Uh oh… we lose 21-19. Grogg, 25 of 107, Maumau 21 of 31, 208 and 2:0, Rose and Prior with scores, pick by Kristosik, FF by Hudson, 2 sacks by him,

DT Spencer is out for a while, Atkins will start for him

Week 16 – Cleveland – We win 34-14. MVP? Maumau, 23 of 31, 348 and 4:1, Robinson 6 for 173 and 3 scores, 1 score by Skudris, Grogg is 27 of 125, pick by Carr, FF by Hudson, rec by Ferguson, 4 KRB with Mauriello.

Week 17 – Raleigh – We win 25-17. MVP is Maumau, 21 of 35, 266 and 1:0, Prior the score, rush score by Maumau, pick six by Carr, FF b yCarr as well, rec by Wilcox,

We finish 15-1 and with the top seed!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2072 NFL Playoffs

DC made it in as a playoff team!

Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

DC over Green Bay 27-21
LA over Tampa Bay 20-9

Jacksonville over Portland 49-20
Baltimore over Cincinnati 27-24


Week 2 – Divisional Weekend


Jacksonville at Houston
Baltimore at Miami

LA at SF
DC at Greenville – Alright! We split the series and they are the only team we lost to, so this win Is redemption!

Results?

Baltimore, 30-6
Jacksonville 20-14

SF 34-10

And…………….



We win 17-3 in a lower scoring game for us

Grogg, MVP, 34 of 111 and 1 score
Maumau, 17 of 25, 158, 1 rush score

2 picks by Ferguson

5 KRB by Poock
4 by Darby


Rose is out

[Abe Sargent]

Week 3 – Conference Championships


AFC - #5 Seed 10-6 Jacksonville at #4 Seed 10-6 Baltimore


NFC - #2 Seed 11-5 SF at #1 Seed 15-1 Greenville


Results?

Baltimore 33-17



And




Us! 35-20

Grogg, 32 of 123 and 2 scores
Maumau, MVP, 19 of 25, 221 and 3:0
Skudris 8 for 104 and 1 score
Blanchard 6 for 103 and 1 score
Score by Robinson

Pick by Wilcox
FF by Dorn, rec by Uribe

4 KRB by Mauriello

We have made it to our 2nd Bowl!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2072 NFL Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #4 Seed 10-6 Baltimore Ravens


Vs


Your NFC Champion #1 Seed 15-1 Greenville Grizzlies


Results?

We win a close game 23-20

Grogg, MVP, 31 for 107, 1 score
Maumau, rush score, 21 of 30, 228 and 0:3!

Pick by Ingram
FF by Dorn, rec by Uribe

4 KRB by Poock

We win our second Bowl and finish 18-1.

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

Super Bowl MVP – RB Rodolfo Grogg

All Pro 1st Team

FB Lester Rose
OLB Gavin Uribe
S Colin Carr


All Pro 2nd Team

QB Carson Maumau
RB Rodolfo Grogg
DE Rondell Dorn

This is the first All Pro for Carr and Urbie.

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Offensive

Passing

QB Maumau – 339 of 510, 3932, 23:7, 98.8

A big down year for our Maumau from last year’s high! But he was fine!


Rushing

RB Grogg – 395 for 1291, 3.27 ypc, 9 scores
QB Maumau – 68 for 449, 4 scores

Grogg was barely 2nd in yards, and 4th in TDs.


Receiving




Another down year for Skudris. Prior led my team in grabs, but Skudris yards and they tied with 7 TDs each. This was a horrible year catching for Grogg and Robinson. Only Rose was up and he was pretty nice!


Blocking



Let me ask you a serious question…is this the worst year blocking I’ve ever had? No one hit 30 KRBs. Horrible %? Big sack numbers? This wasn’t good…


Special Teams

K Di Pietro – 33 of 37, Long of 48, 42 of 43

Just 4 missed FGs and one missed PAT? Great job!

P Ellison – 103 punts, 45.0 avg, 37 in 20

Ellison was just okay this year…

Returns – Robinson – 2 KR RET TDs!

Phelan led my team with 22 special teams tackles…

[Abe Sargent]

Defensive




Carr led my team in tackles with 106, which was nice. Dorn led my team with a lower sack amount but he still got All Pro which I care about. Hudson grabbed 8.5 sacks and was 2nd on the team. Russell just 5.5 needs to step it up. Spencer just 4.5 needs to do likewise… With 5 FF, Dorn led my team.


Pass Coverage




Carr led my team in picks and pasdef and had a strong year in the coverage. Uribe was 2nd in pasdef with 14 and Ferguson and Phelan were 2nd in picks with 3 each. Good stuff lads!

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – RB Rodolfo Grogg – Was MVP for my SB run, and had great year otherwise with a rare All Pro. Good stuff Grogg!

Def. Player of the Year – S Colin Carr – He led my team in three pertinent stats and got an All Pro while doing so. Good job Carr!

Special Teams Player of the Year – K Marty Di Pietro – He only missed 4 kicks and one PAT all year long! Good stuff Di Pietro!

Rookie of the Year – C Carlton Darby – He finished with 22 KRb, just 4 sacks allowed which was the best on my team, and looked good!

Heart Award – WR/R Manuel Robinson – 2 RET and multiple stuff catching? Good job!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.28 – C Carlton Darby, New Mexico, 28/74; 34/73; 34/71; 43/71
2.28 – RB Christian Swager, Washington, 41/49; 43/49, 50/63; 51/63
3.28 – OT Kody Davidson, Washington State, 27/55; 32/59, 34/64; 43/64
4.28 – DE Bucky Polk, Central Florida, 30/70; 37/67; 37/72; 37/72
5.28 – SILB Thurman Burgess, Iowa, 30/56; 37/57; 38/61; 38/61
6.28 – QB Efrain Curtis, Buffalo, 30/60; 35/65; 38/81; 43/81
7.28 – CB Paul Bowman, South Carolina, 22/42; 26/43; 28/48; 31/48


UFAs

TE DeAndre Bowens, 28/45; 32/45; 31/45; 34/45
WR Austin Rabe, 20/47; 24/47; 24/43; 26/43
WR Conner Ridgeway, 21/47; 24/45; 25/46; 27/46
OT Deion Holliday, 12/46; 16/41; 16/35; CUT


There you are!

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season 55 is my score

The 2073 NFL Offseason


Hall of Fame

No Abe’s Boys


Retirements of Note

Grizzlies

None

Rattlesnakes

OG Francisco Stokes – Stud, drafted at 1.30, 5 Rings, 1 All pro.


Other Abe’s Boys

TE Chase Polasek – Richmond player, drafted 3.32, 4 Rings, 2 All Pros

C Devon Doebert – 7.10 pick, stud, played for both Snakes and Bears, 2 Rings

OT Graham Mangold – Great OT, 6 Rings, 2 All Pros, 1.28 pickup back in 2060 the year Richmond began their dominance



Staff Draft

I make no changes


I do not franchise someone like Robinson or Ingram. I am already tight against the cap…

I head to FA!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2073 NFL FA Period #1

We draft 32nd and I interview 8 DBacks and others to see what I can find there. There are many studs but I doubt a Carr will fall to us. Again…



Here’s my roster and cap situation. As you can see, a few of my players have moved – Poock dropped as did Kristosik. I cannot extend anyone or sign my RFAs until I free up cash

I have two folks I’ll cut to do that. I cut QB Roque, and DE Russell. I’ll start my rookie stud at DE this year and save the Russell cash. Just one Al Pro in 5th years? I saved more than 40 mill with those moves

I sign my RFAs except for C Rabe, my P, K, and LS.

I have 35 mill for new players after those transactions

Now who do I want to extend?

Kristosik is on hold until post draft as he’s never been that good for picking.

Ditto Mauriello and Fowler that could be replaced. I do extend Poock for 26 mill 3 years.

England wants a massive 93 mill, 5 years, we’ll hold off.

Actually Fowler only wants 18 mill for 3 years so I do it.

Do I want to chase any of my UFAs? Nope the two I’d be happy to bring back in Ingram and Robinson are too pricey.

Week 5 – Robinson to Buffalo; Ingram to New England

Week 7 – Jackson to New Orleans

Week 10 – Dunlap to Portland

Week 11 – Starks to Seattle; Lowe to Richmond

See at the draft!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2073 NFL Amateur Draft

Picking first is Chicago and my guess is they’ll select stud QB Gino Gray and…they do so! I’ll see you in 31

Who do I like at 1.32?

All of my DBs are off the board, as are all of the O Line I targeted…crazy…

OC Emmitt Marek – Stud OC, I don’t need one so no interviews, top player on the board.
WLB Jon Alston – 5th best player and top OLB on the board. Looks pretty good. I wasn’t targeting LB here but with Ingram leaving I do have an open spot in the middle.
OG Eric Shaw – Top OG on the board, not great in run blocking
DE John Dennis – Holy…crap…you wanna replace Russell? 3rd DE on the board but looks nasty good.

Here is Alston and Dennis



Here is Alston, and as you can see, the dude looks pretty good right? Right! Not great at pass rush, but sexy elsewhere, would be a good ILB in a 3-4. '




Here’s the great Dennis as well! So who would you go for?

[Abe Sargent]

Dennis is better but Alston is more of a need so I grab Alston…


2.32 – How about SS J.J. Mapes? TE Richard Lester? OG Orlando Morrison? I do Mapes. I like his picking.


3.32 – Hmmmmmmmm….who do I like here? OG Rob Gonzalez looks fine. I grab him.


4.32 – WR Nate Cooper? He looks like a grower… Sorry he was taken right before me by Baltimore… I take the BAP WLB Isaac Adams.


5.32 – ILB Jon Shepherd?


6.32 – How about OC Grant Reese? He seems to have fallen and I need a backup OC.


7.32 – Who moves me? How about RB Abel Fuller? He looks like a grower.

Rookie Lookie #1

1.32 – WLB Jon Alston, Stanford, 31/71
2.32 - SS JJ Mapes, Houston, 29/63
3.32 - OG Rob Gonzalez, Auburn, 22/51
4.32 – WLB Isaac Adams, Bethune Cookman, 23/56
5.32 - ILB Jon Shepherd, Mississippi, 26/55
6.32 – OC Grant Reese, Brigham Young, 28/71
7.32 – RB Abel Fuller, Washington State, 32/43

There we go!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2073 NFL FA Period #2

I have 50 so I make offers to these rookies

WR Victor Gornitsky
TE Korey Greer
C Walt Blades
Cb Leslie Carter


I move Mapes to LCB.

Week 1 – We sign 3

Week 3 – The last signs

UFAs

WR Victor Gornitsky, 27/44
TE Korey Greer, 22/40
C Walt Blades, 12/60
Cb Leslie Carter, 14/44

There you go!

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2


1.32 – WLB Jon Alston, Stanford, 31/71; 37/68
2.32 - SS JJ Mapes, Houston, 29/63; 35/64
3.32 - OG Rob Gonzalez, Auburn, 22/51; 25/52
4.32 – WLB Isaac Adams, Bethune Cookman, 23/56; 29/55
5.32 - ILB Jon Shepherd, Mississippi, 26/55; 31/57
6.32 – OC Grant Reese, Brigham Young, 28/71; 35/70
7.32 – RB Abel Fuller, Washington State, 32/43; 34/46

Well some have risen like Mapes, Shepherd and Fuller. And some have dropped like Alston, Adams and Reese.

UFAs

WR Victor Gornitsky, 27/44; 27/43
TE Korey Greer, 22/40; 25/39
C Walt Blades, 12/60; 17/57
Cb Leslie Carter, 14/44; 18/43

No need for cuts prior to preseason.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2073 NFL Preseason

I move Alston to SILB.

I hand out rests and we’ll move some starters around. I will start Mapes at nickel and Alston at SILB.

Week 2 – At Houston – We win 23-20

Week 3 – Buffalo – We win 31-13

Week 4 - Augusta – We lose 24-27

Week 5 – At Pittsburgh – We thump them 31-3.

We are 3-1.


Rookie Lookie #3

1.32 – WLB Jon Alston, Stanford, 31/71; 37/68; 35/61
2.32 - SS JJ Mapes, Houston, 29/63; 35/64; 31/58
3.32 - OG Rob Gonzalez, Auburn, 22/51; 25/52; 28/54
4.32 – WLB Isaac Adams, Bethune Cookman, 23/56; 29/55; 24/43
5.32 - ILB Jon Shepherd, Mississippi, 26/55; 31/57; 31/59
6.32 – OC Grant Reese, Brigham Young, 28/71; 35/70; 35/72
7.32 – RB Abel Fuller, Washington State, 32/43; 34/46; 35/52

Both of my top two folks busted. Nasty! Adams dropped 13. This was one of my worst drafts ever…

UFAs

WR Victor Gornitsky, 27/44; 27/43; 27/40
TE Korey Greer, 22/40; 25/39; 24/34
C Walt Blades, 12/60; 17/57; 12/45
Cb Leslie Carter, 14/44; 18/43; 17/34

All busts here as well

I cut DE Willie Sinclair…

[Abe Sargent]

Grogg has dropped to 58/58. Who am I starting at RB? Let’s look!




Here’s Grogg




Here’s Swager. Grogg is better at speed, power inside, hole, speed to outside, and pickup. Overall he is the better runner so I’ll keep him in at my starter this year.

[Abe Sargent]

Extensions!

I extend…

Mauriello
England
Kristosik


Uribe who has 2 years left and an All Pro.

And that’s hit!

Rookies?



Another LB bust… I pulled him and won’t start him at SILB anymore I handed it to Burgess.



Another key bust. I was hoping that Mapes would be my new Kristosik and I wouldn’t have to resign him, but that’s not happening now…

[Abe Sargent]

On the Green Page…None


Rookie Investigation

QB – This was a two QB draft with one 73 and another 68 and none at 50+.

RB – 1 60s, 5 50s, and Abel is one in the 50+ area!

FB – 1 50

TE – 1 50

WR – 61, 5 50s

Wow for skill positions this draft!

C – Marek, on the board, wound up 52/85, top OC. Another two in the 70s, and ours is the 3rd best

OG – 2 70s; 3 60s; 11 50s

OT – 80, 62, 7 50s

DL – Dennis whom we were looking at wound up with a 79 pot! Man I should have grabbed him. 84, 3 70s, 6 60s, 9 50s

LB – 2 70s, the best LB was on the board when we grabbed Alston and was a 77 pot… that makes the Alston pick twice as bad. 1 60, 7 50s

DB – 1 80, 4 70s, 4 60s, 7 50s This was a deep draft but we wound up with a bust, which was a missed opportunity…

Ah well…

[Abe Sargent]

The 2073 Greenville Grizzlies

Front Office Football Eight
Greenville (SC) Grizzlies Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

Curtis, Efrain 103 QB 2 50 81 3 yrs. 2072
Maumau, Carson 117 QB QB 9 78 78 3 yrs. 2065
Swager, Cristian 235 RB 2 55 63 3 yrs. 2072
Grogg, Rodolfo 228 RB RB 8 58 58 2 yrs. 2066
##Fuller, Abel 237 RB 1 35 52 4 yrs. 2073
Rose, Lester 334 FB FB 8 74 74 2 yrs. 2066
Prior, Deron 447 TE TE 9 70 70 2 yrs. 2065
Bowens, DeAndre 484 TE 2 34 41 2 yrs. 2072
Capurro, Kai 483 TE 3 25 37 1 yr. 2071
##Greer, Korey 445 TE 1 24 34 1 yr. 2073
Skudris, Demetrius 585 FL 7 67 67 2 yrs. 2067
Blanchard, Jeremy 512 FL SE 3 62 62 2 yrs. 2071
Ridgeway, Conner 580 FL FL 2 33 44 3 yrs. 2072
Rabe, Austin 513 SE 2 30 43 1 yr. 2072
##Gornitsky, Victor 586 SE 1 27 40 1 yr. 2073
Darby, Carlton 655 C C 2 51 72 3 yrs. 2072
Reese, Grant 651 C 1 35 72 4 yrs. 2073
Blades, Walt 658 C 1 12 45 1 yr. 2073
Mauriello, Gavin 763 LG LG 6 62 62 4 yrs. 2068
Poock, Troy 770 RG RG 4 66 66 3 yrs. 2070
Gonzalez, Rob 775 RG 1 28 54 4 yrs. 2073
England, Andre 862 RT LT 4 65 65 5 yrs. 2070
Davidson, Kody 878 RT RT 2 49 64 3 yrs. 2072
##Welles, DeAndre 861 RT 3 23 51 2 yrs. 2071
Ellison, Owen 906 P 4 66 66 4 yrs. 2070
Di Pietro, Marty 1016K 8 63 63 3 yrs. 2066
Polk, Bucky 1194LDE RDE 2 45 69 3 yrs. 2072
Edwards, Alfred 1195LDE 3 41 51 2 yrs. 2071
Oliver, Alfred 1192LDE 5 35 35 1 yr. 2069
Dorn, Rondell 1171RDE LDE 6 87 87 3 yrs. 2068
Spencer, Sebastian 1297LDT NT 3 91 91 2 yrs. 2071
Atkins, Jack 1273RDT 4 47 47 1 yr. 2070
Burgess, Thurman 1354SILB 2 44 63 3 yrs. 2072
Alston, Jon 1357SILB SILB 1 35 61 4 yrs. 2073
Fowler, Kai 1396WILB WILB 5 63 63 3 yrs. 2069
Shepherd, Jon 1391MLB 1 31 59 4 yrs. 2073
##Simmons, Brent 1353MLB 3 36 56 2 yrs. 2071
Lewis, Grant 1398MLB 4 43 48 1 yr. 2070
Uribe, Gavin 1452SLB SLB 3 78 78 4 yrs. 2071
##Gaylor, Alex 1499SLB 4 31 41 1 yr. 2070
Hudson, Demetrius 1450WLB WLB 7 70 70 2 yrs. 2067
Lash, Kelly 1456WLB 3 55 55 2 yrs. 2071
Adams, Isaac 1490WLB 1 24 43 4 yrs. 2073
Kristosik, Arnold 1548LCB LCB 7 69 69 4 yrs. 2067
Mapes, J.J. 1527LCB 1 31 58 4 yrs. 2073
Bowman, Paul 1521LCB 2 37 52 3 yrs. 2072
Freestone, Tyrone 1549RCB RCB 4 66 66 2 yrs. 2070
Wilcox, Deon 1542RCB 3 46 50 2 yrs. 2071
##Carter, Leslie 1522RCB 1 17 34 1 yr. 2073
Ferguson, Tony 1530RCB 9 31 31 1 yr. 2065
Carr, Colin 1624SS SS 5 83 83 3 yrs. 2069
Phelan, Devan 1639FS FS 6 61 61 4 yrs. 2068
Torres, Craig 481 LS 6 20 20 2 yrs. 2068

$$ - 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: $536,700,000
Cap Room: $4,350,000
Maximum for New Player: $5,880,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $9,230,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $17,880,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $562,410,000

Can we win back to back Super Bowls this time?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2073 NFL Regular Season

I predict another 14-2 season.


Week 1 – DC – Ready to open the season at home? Me too!!!!!!!! We win 23-3. DE Dorn, MVP, 3 sacks, Grogg rush score, Maumau was injured after six passes and Curtis played the rest of the game and was 17 of 33, 166, pick six by Freestone, pick by Phelan, FF by Phelan, Carr and polk, rec by Spencer and Uribe, 3 pasdef by Fowler,

QB Maumau is probable and will start next week

Week 2 – LA Chargers – We lose 20-24. Maumau, 16 of 30, 194, 2:0, 2 scores by Skudris, quiet loss no tos, or major events. No injuries though.

Week 3 – Tampa Bay – We win a shootout 35-31. Grogg 18 for 101 and 1 score, Maumau and Curtis split scores after Maumau reinjured himself, we were 2:0 on the day, 2 scores by Skudris, pick sick by LB Lash,

Week 4 – Detroit – We win 30-13. MVP is Maumau, 20 of 28, 302, 2:0, scores by Swager and Prior, Maumau a rush score, pick by Uribe,

Maumau is healthy

We are 3-1!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At NY – We win 36-13. MVP is Maumau, 24 of 35, 281 and 2:0, Blanchard and Prior scores, Grogg 27 of 118, 1 score, FF by Carr and Uribe, rec by Mapes and Kristosik,

Week 6 – At Chicago – We thump them 33-6. MVP Maumau, 22 of 32, 288 and1:1, with rush score, Skudris the score, pick six by rookie Mapes, FF b yPolk rec by Burgess, 4 KRB by England

Week 7 – Richmond – We win 30-6. MVP? Maumau, 21 of 33, 242, 1:0, Skudris the score, Grogg 2 scores rush, FF by Uribe, rec by Phelan, 4 pasdef by Carr, 4 KRB by Poock

Week 8 – BYE

Week 9 – At DC – We lose 23-34. Gross, Maumau rush scores, Maumau is 28 of 39, 324, 0:1, Skudrik 8 for 172,

We are 6-2

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – At Green Bay – We smash them 38-10. MVP? Maumau who is 15 of 21, 213 and 2:0, and pulled in the 4th quarter for Curtis. Prior, Rose, Skudris with scores. Grogg a rush score. Pick six by Kristosik, 5 KRb by Poock, 4 by Mauriello.


Week 11 – Raleigh – We lose 24-30. Grogg and Maumau with rush scores, Maumau was 22 of34, 232, 1:1, score by Rose, pick by Phelan, 2 sacks by Uribe,

Maumau is probable again – I won’t pull him.

Week 12 – Las Vegas – We win 23-3. MVP is DE Polk with 2.5 sacks. Maumau was 15 of 28, 152, 1:1, score by Skudris, Grogg 20 for 109 and 1 score, pick by Fowler, FF by Dorn and Freestone, rec by Spencerx2, 5 KRB by Mauriello, 4 by Darby

Week 13 – At SF – We win 31-17 – MVP is Maumau, 13 of 20, 219 and 3:0, scores by Blanchard, prior and Skudris, Swager a rush score, picks by Freestone and Kristosik, FF by Phelan and Spencer. Rec by Lash, 2.5 sacks by Spencer, 5 KRb by Darby

We are 9-3!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – At KC – We lose 10-9. Grogg 27 for 131, Maumau 19 of 33, 179, 5 KRb by England

Maumau is healed

Week 15 – At Raleigh – We win 28-16 – MVP is Maumau, 24 of 39, 294, and 2:0, Skudris 6 for 107 and 1 score, score by TE Bowens, Grogg and Maumau rush scores, FF by Uribe rec by Dorn, 5 KRB by Poock,

Week 16 – At Portland – We win 34-12. MVP is Grogg, 22 for 177 and 3 scores, Maumau 20 of 34, 245 and 1:0, Skudris 6 for 101 and score by Ridgeway. Pick by Fowler, FF by Uribe, rec by Fowler, 7 KRB by Darby,

Week 17 – NY – We win 25-9. MVP? Uribe with 2.5 sacks. Maumau was 18 of 30, 255, 1:1, score by Prior, rush score. Pick by Mapes, 4 KRb by Mauriello.

We finish 12-4 and are…. Tied with Detroit with the same record.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2073 NFL Playoffs


Week 1 – Wild Card Weekend

Cincinnati over KC 27-24
Houston over Augusta 20-9

Tampa bay over Seattle 30-20
New Orleans over Green Bay 19-10

Week 2 – Divisional Weekend

Tampa Bay at Greenville – Hello old team!
New Orleans at Detroit

Houston at NY
Cincinnati at Cleveland


Results?

Cincinnati 24-21
NY 26-20

Detroit 20-13

And





We lost 30-24

Grogg, 15 of 57, 1 score
Maumau, 8 for 46, 2 scores; 18 of 29, 243

FF by Carr and Kristosik

No we won’t win back to back bowls… It’s not easy even for a heavy hitter.

Week 3 – Conference Championships

AFC - #5 10-6 Cincinnati at #2 10-5-1 New York


NFC - #4 8-8 Tampa Bay at #1 12-4 Detroit


Results?

Cincinnati 26-14
Detroit – 42-0 - wow


The 2073 NFL Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #5 Seed 10-6 Cincinnati Bengals

Vs

Your NFC Champion #1 Seed 12-4 Detroit Lions

Which cat will win? These are two losing-ish franchises.

The Lions win 24—17!

[Abe Sargent]

League Awards

All Pro 1st Team

FB Lester Rose
DE Rondell Dorn
DT Sebastian Spencer
SLB Gavin Uribe

All Pro 2nd Team

RB Rodolfo Grogg
TE Deron Prior
WR Demetrius Skudris
OG Troy Poock


Whoa!

That’s the first All Pro for Poock, Prior, Spencer. That’s also my first All Pro for an O Lineman since I’ve started my Grizzlies chapter of my career! Good stuff for a 12-4 season! 8 All Pros? Nice!

[Abe Sargent]

Stats


Offensive


Passing

QB Maumau – 293 of 464, 3557, 20:5, 96.5 rating

With his injuries? Understandable!


Rushing

RB Grogg – 343 of 1420, 4.14 ypc, 13 scores
QB Maumau – 62 for 427, 6 scores

Grogg was 3rd in yards and 1st in scores. Maumau had a big score season rushing that ball.


Receiving



As you can see Skudris led my team in everything this year, and he was 6th in yards and 2nd in scores. Not sure why he got All Pro. Prior has had better years but I ain;t turning away a long overdue All pro. See how good Rose was this year? More yards that Grogg, and 2 scores too. I can’t ever recall a FB with a 500+ yard season!

Blocking



Our Blocking is back! 3 with 30+ KRB seasons, much better block 5, an All Pro with 43 KRB and 8 pancakes, good stuff team!

Special Teams
 
K Di Pietro – 40 of 46, Long of 51, 44 of 45 PAT

Another solid season by my K!

P Ellison – 77 punts, 45.9 avg, 32 in 20

Meh

0 RET for TDs – expected without Starks and Robinson…

Carr led my team 2ith 21 special teams tackles

[Abe Sargent]

Defensive



Carr also led my team with 106 tackles and added a sack! 13.5 studly sacks for Dorn was the league leader by a half sack! Good stuff! Spencer finally came into his own, and his 10.5 sacks were 6th most in the league for any position and top among DTs! Nasty stuff Spencer! Uribe another All Pro and the 3rd year pro grabbed me 8.5 sacks and that 3rd on my team, and he had the most sacks in the league for LBs! Sophomore DE Polk’s 7.0 sacks in his first starting season is fine, although for a guy in his 70s I’d like to see more. But I’m fine with it for now. Hudson’s sack number was way too low at 2.5! Nasty year for sacks! Did you notice that CB Freestone netted two sacks? Uribe led my team in 4 FF


Pass Coverage




This was a very down year for us in picks… where was Carr? Rookie nickelback Mapes rocked 2 picks and 5 pasdef.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Off. Player of the Year – TE Deron Prior- Dude got a long past deserved All Pro! Good job buddy!

Def. Player of the Year – DT Sebastian Spencer – He has the talent and he finally put it all together. Great stuff Spencer!

Special Teams Player of the Year – K Marty Di Pietro – Yet another great year for our Kicker! Good stuff!

Rookie of the Year – CB JJ Mapes – 2 picks and 5 pasdef at the nickel? Good stuff rookie!

Heart Award – QB Efrain Curtis – Played a few games here and there and looked pretty good doing so with a good stat sheet!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.32 – WLB Jon Alston, Stanford, 31/71; 37/68; 35/61; 35/61
2.32 - SS JJ Mapes, Houston, 29/63; 35/64; 31/58; 36/58
3.32 - OG Rob Gonzalez, Auburn, 22/51; 25/52; 28/54; 28/54
4.32 – WLB Isaac Adams, Bethune Cookman, 23/56; 29/55; 24/43; 25/43
5.32 - ILB Jon Shepherd, Mississippi, 26/55; 31/57; 31/59; 31/59
6.32 – OC Grant Reese, Brigham Young, 28/71; 35/70; 35/72; 35/72
7.32 – RB Abel Fuller, Washington State, 32/43; 34/46; 35/52; 35/52


UFAs

WR Victor Gornitsky, 27/44; 27/43; 27/40; 27/40
TE Korey Greer, 22/40; 25/39; 24/34; 24/34
C Walt Blades, 12/60; 17/57; 12/45; 12/45
Cb Leslie Carter, 14/44; 18/43; 17/34; 17/34

Okay! Not a great draft...

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season and score a… 46

The 2074 NFL Offseason


Hall of Fame

CB Devante Westbrook, 5.1 pick for the Snakes in 2058, 5 Rings, 5 All Pros, Def. Rookie of the Year. Great player!


Retirements of Note

Grizzlies

None


Rattlesnakes

K Cris Kanpurwala – Stud K, 4.1 pick in 2058, 6 rings, 3 All Pros.


Other Abe’s Boys

QB Sebastian Lambeau, 5.10 in 2059 for the Snakes, 1 Ring, 1 Super Bowl MVP, 1 league MVP, 1 All Pro



Staff Draft

We make no changes to our staff. We missed out on a much better HC, DC and OC, but no changes to winning football teams.

We are 16 mill over the cap and I need 36 mill for new players, so we will not need a franchise tag. I have 5 UFAs heading into FA Period #1


Ready?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2074 NFL FA Period #1

We are drafting 1.28. We need more dbacks after Mapes busted, as well as a stud LB if there’s one out there for consideration and some improved O Lineery at OT. As well as a 3rd WR. I do some interviews hoping…


Alright, time to look at my roster



Here are my last year deals of note and my cap situation….

The easiest way for me to deal with this cap is to cut Grogg and start Swager. I cut the old man and save 31 mill, which almost gets me home.

I extend Rose and Skudris… because Skudris dropped in ability he’ll sign for a 20 mill cut this year and a much safer cap hit next year, and I freed up a half mill with Rose. Now I have 16.3 mill for new players and I sign my RFAs. I do not extend my RFA TEs that are really bad. Or CB Carter.

I have 10.8 mill after my RFAS join us and we have 44 on my roster.

I extend Hudson and save 10 mill. I extend Prior by another year.

I want to extend Spencer, Blanchard and Freestone, but two are going to hold off and the other is too much for my budget right now. I’ll wait until post draft to see where we wind up…

Week 6 – DT Atkins signs with Chicago

Week 7 – Grogg heads to Detroit.

Week 11 – MLB Grant heads to Jacksonville; DT Oliver to Tampa Bay

Draft?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2074 NFL Amateur Draft


Picking first are the NE Pats, and my guess is they’ll grab… CB Nicky Wolfe an absolute stud and the best player in the draft and…got it! That’s who they went with! Now let’s head 27 picks…


The 1.28 arrives. Who do I like here?

FB Monty May – Stud, As Scouted, top player on the board. If I hadn’t signed Rose… could I take him, convert to a TE, and then have a 2nd strong TE?
C Timothy Randle – 2nd best player on the board, stud OC – I have two studs on my roster at that spot
TE Warren Roberts – 4th best player on the board, okay, not great, poor blocking
DE Tim Cleland – 5th best player on the board, okay bars not as good as last year’s DE here.
MLB Zachery Andersen – 6th best player, good bars, As Scouted
OT Everett Compton – Top OT on the board, Hard to Read
SS Billy Neil – Top S on the board, very underrated

There’s a lot of qualified players there! Let’s look at four….




Here’s Neill. He’s bars are okay for a 2nd round DB,but very underrated makes me more interested in him than normal, right?



Here’s the run blocking stud OT Compton, who looks good, and is Hard to Read. Underrated? Very? Even As Scouted, I’d lean more here, but he still looks good in the bars.



Here’s the stud-ish Andersen. He’s pretty good looking and As Scouted. Worst at pass rush. He’s a solid MLB who I could easily move inside alongside of Fowler.



And finally, here’s the May of Monty Bay. He’s a strong FB that is As Scouted that I could move to TE and replace Prior when he retires, as Prior is in his 10th year and 33 years old and could retire anytime, so getting a FB into TE now could develop for a year or two and then replace Prior when he heads out. I also need to come away with a TE or two from this draft and UFA area, so May would help with that.

I like them all! Which one would you do?


Most need

Current 4th DB – Phelan, 61/61 or 66/66 Freestone if I cannot sign him.

TE – Prior, 70/70

SILB Burgess – 52/63

OT 60/63 Kody Davidson

All are in the low 60s save for Prior, but he’ll drop soon,

Who would you take?????????????????????

I don’t know, let me think about it….


We have a great surfeit of options here at the 1.28!!!!!!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

Hmmm…

There are also reasons against each of these players

OT? Hard to Read – best bars, biggest gamble

SS? Poor bars for 1.28, very underrated might not mean much. Bigger gamble

MLB? Worst position of need, although we are a 3-4.

FB/TE – Lowest need of the four, as we have studs at both, although I could do the FB into TE and then grow him as my #2 TE.

The SS would let me not spend 100+ on Freestone this year… it’s the best salary cap pick. (Or I could cut Phelan and sign Freestone who’s younger and better). The FB/TE is probably too early for that when I have other options…



I want to take SS, because it’s the best salary cap decision. And if he grows? He could really be worth it! But that’s too much of a risk given the low starting point. If Compton were As Scouted or better I’d take him. But Hard to read is too much of a risk… so instead, let’s go for less risk, and better bars with May or Andersen…

Hmmm…

Actually…have I talked myself into Compton? Even if he busts he’s still strong….

Let’s take a risk on Compton.


2.28 – Who fell? Who do I like here? DT Nickolas Sinclair? I need a 2nd DT. Is Andersen still on the board? Is TE Benjamin Shannon still on the board? Nope they just went WR Maurice Hudson is a reach but he’s okay. I go Hudson. I go reach over the better player as the WRs aren't that good in this draft.


3.28 – FB Jason Pearson? There’s another stud FB that fell here. Could I grab him? Is WR Jessie Bruce still on the board? I go FB, want to see him?



This guy is still on the board!


4.28 – DE Camden Wolf? CB Ivan Clinton? I do Clinton. He looks like a grower.


5.28 - OG Santiago McCollam looks like a solid option and another grower.


6.28 – SILB Hayden Clemons?


7.28 – TE Victor Hill? He looks like a grower as well.

I move Pearson to TE

Rookie Lookie #1

1.28 – OT Everett Compton, Jackson State, 28/75
2.28 – WR Maurice Hudson, Kentucky, 27/57
3.28 – TE Jason Pearson, Charleston Southern, 34/70
4.28 – CB Ivan Clinton, California, 54/63
5.28 – OG Santiago McCollam, WVU BABAY!!!!!!!!!!!!, 23/58
6.28 – SILB Hayden Clemons, Kent State, 18/55
7.28 – TE Victor Hill, East Carolina, 23/42


There you go!!!!!!

Two years ago when we were picking .28 we had an amazing draft, and I hope this one will do the same.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2074 NFL FA Period #2

We have 51 under salary so I offer to these

MLB Alexis Ricketts
DT Ike Malone
DE Freddie Zeigler

Week 1 – 1 signs

Week 3 – 2 sign


UFAs

MLB Alexis Ricketts, 23/56
DT Ike Malone, 31/50
DE Freddie Zeigler, 16/44


Ready for some camping?

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2

1.28 – OT Everett Compton, Jackson State, 28/75; 32/75
2.28 – WR Maurice Hudson, Kentucky, 27/57; 31/57
3.28 – TE Jason Pearson, Charleston Southern, 34/70; 39/71
4.28 – CB Ivan Clinton, California, 54/63; 62/66
5.28 – OG Santiago McCollam, WVU BABAY!!!!!!!!!!!!, 23/58, 27/60
6.28 – SILB Hayden Clemons, Kent State, 18/55; 23/53
7.28 – TE Victor Hill, East Carolina, 23/42; 27/42

Is Clinton my new Freestone? Clemons is falling a bit.

UFAs

MLB Alexis Ricketts, 23/56; 28/51
DT Ike Malone, 31/50; 33/49
DE Freddie Zeigler, 16/44; 21/43

Ah Ricketts…

[Abe Sargent]

The 2074 NFL Preseason

I hand out 8 deactives and make my depth chart. I start Compton, Hudson at 3rd WR, Pearson at #2 TE, Clinton at CB, McCollam at OG to give them all experience.

If Compton holds I can cut OT England and save some cash.

Clinton is a stud at PR and he’ll start there


Week 2 – Jacksonville – We win 24-10

Week 3 – At Baltimore – We win 33-17

Week 4 – Houston – We win 20-3

Week 5 – At Cleveland – We win 44-24.

We go 4-0 in the preseason


Rookie Lookie #3

1.28 – OT Everett Compton, Jackson State, 28/75; 32/75; 34/69
2.28 – WR Maurice Hudson, Kentucky, 27/57; 31/57; 33/58
3.28 – TE Jason Pearson, Charleston Southern, 34/70; 39/71; 39/69
4.28 – CB Ivan Clinton, California, 54/63; 62/66; 68/77
5.28 – OG Santiago McCollam, WVU BABAY!!!!!!!!!!!!, 23/58, 27/60; 31/68
6.28 – SILB Hayden Clemons, Kent State, 18/55; 23/53; 23/58
7.28 – TE Victor Hill, East Carolina, 23/42; 27/42; 29/49

Compton a bust, which is sad but not unexpected with the Hard to Read factor. Hudson and Pearson mostly stayed the same. Hello Clinton! Nasty! McCollam a big boom. Clemons bounced back. Hill rose as expected although not as much as I did so. Not bad, despite the fall of Compton.

UFAs

MLB Alexis Ricketts, 23/56; 28/51; 28/49
DT Ike Malone, 31/50; 33/49; 33/46
DE Freddie Zeigler, 16/44; 21/43; 19/37

I cut WR Victor Gornitsky

Starters?

What do I do with McCollam?

McCollam – Run blocking – 26/89; pass block, 14/48; str, 42, 70/88 end

Mauriello – Run – 79, pass – 40, str 68, end 48

Poock – Run - 83, pass 77, str 33, end 38

McCollam has a better run blocking and pass block than Mauriello and worse str. I move over to McCollam and leave Mauriello on the bench which we did during the preseason.

I cut England and save 12 mill on the cap. I sign an undrafted UFA Og named Ben Wolsic, 22/47

We will keep starting McCollam, Clinton, Compton.

[Abe Sargent]

Extensions

I want to extend Spencer and… with my freed up money from England I can. I have 9.4 mill left for new players

Rookies!

I’ll skip the 1st rounder you’ve already seen and the FB/TE you saw



Here’s my 2nd rounder Maurice Hudson, a solid 58 pot guy who probably was overpicked, but need forced my hand. He’s streaky and good in some things and horrible in others. He’ll start as my #3 player and then move up to #2 after Blanchard leaves in the offseason since I am too close to the cap to keep him.




Here’s my booming Clinton! He’s studly and good everywhere other than punching hard and to a lesser degree picks. I hope he plays like it! See his PR ability?

[Abe Sargent]

On the Green Page? We have… Clinton and Compton.

Rookie Investigation

QB – This was a 1 QB draft with one at 66 pot

RB – 3 60s, 6 50s.

FB – Monty May wound up 68 pot that we were considering in the 1st round. 2 50s.

TE – After moving Pearson to TE, he is the best TE in the draft at 69 pot. One 65, 5 50s

WR – 2 60s, 6 50s. We have the 4th best WR in the draft at 2.28.

OC – The stud on the board at 1/28 wound up 55/86 and being taken in the 3rd round. 2 60s, 3 50s

OG – 80, 5 60s, 4 50s, OG McCollam was 2nd best in the draft.

OT – 80, 74, 70, 69,64, 8 50s. Deep OT draft and Compton was 4th best in the draft. The 2nd best was on the board when we took Compton and that was a bad pick.

D Line – 1 80s, 2 70s, 5 60s, 4 50s.

LB – 1 80, 1 70, 1 60, 12 50s. Andersen wound up 68 and the 3rd best LB in the draft. But grabbing a 68 pot wouldn’t have been worth it, that’s only 5 better than my starter. Clemons in the 7th best LB in the draft.

DB – 3 70s, 5 60s, 3 50s – Very symmetrical numbers. We were 2nd best in the draft at DB

Good stuff!