Blast from the Past - FOF 2001 Dynasty!!! (With a New Team)

[Abe Sargent]

The 2040 NFL Super Bowl


Your AFC Champion #1 seed 16-0 Huntington Highlanders

vs.

Your NFC Champion #1 seed 13-3 Dallas Cowboys.


The NFC has sent the best team they had. Let’s see if its enough to dethrone us.


We score 37
They score 6


We are 19-0!!!


Rookie CB Dwight Stevenson is Super Bowl Game MVP with a 60 yard pick and run back for a score.


Doane also had a Super Bowl pick.

4 KRB by OG Fisk

Duffy - 24 carries, 109 yards

High 23 of 34, 360, 3:1. Platt with 2 scores and 104 yards, Owens with a score.

[Tellistto]

Grats!

[Abe Sargent]

Season Awards:

NFL MVP - RB Jake Duffy (QB Grady High was robbed)
NFL Offensive Player of the Year: RB Jake Duffy
Super Bowl MVP - CB Dwight Stevenson
All Pro 1st Team: QB Grady High, RB Jake Duffy, TE Rick Rivers, DE Sam Walden, CB Jim Ackerman
All Pro 2nd Team: OR Roosevelt Morin, P Bennie Bridges, K Darrin Maloney, LB Anthony McKnight, CB Bob Pearson

WTF was Don Covington?

Others of note:

DT Raymond Stargell, Rail Runners - 1st team
LB Joseph Martinez, Rams - 2nd Team

There are a lot of new names above - McKnight, Walden, Stevenson, Bridges, Maloney and Pearson.

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by Tellistto

Grats!

Thanks!!! It's nice to continue the dynasty and then get something I hadn't gotten so far - undefeated-ness.

[Abe Sargent]

My Peops:



DT Preston Cochrane, Ravens, 1 honor
TE Brant Carman, 5 honors
C Bo Austin, Dolphins, 1 honor
OG Riddick Wilkerson, Lions, 1 honor
CB Jim Ackerman, 10 honors
RB Butch Carlson, 49ers, 1 honor
RB Maurice Carlisle, 1 honor, Pittsburgh
LB Jeff Grier, 1 honor
OG Neil Lee, 4 honors
WR Pete Waddle, 1 honor
C Les Morris, 2 honors
DT Raymond Stargell, Rail Runners, 2 honor
P Russell Kelly, 1 honor
RB Jake Duffy, 20 honors
C Ken Kwan, Giants, 1 honor
CB Jimmy Ordona, Cowboys, 1 honor
OT Will Poston, 3 honors
QB Grady High, 6 honors
QB Rufus Richardson, Bears, 1 honor
C Archie Enbysk, 2 honors
S Derek Long, Bears, 1 honor
OG Donnie Hite, 1 honor
LB Joseph Martinez, 2 honors, Rams
TE Rick Rivers, 4 honors
LB Alonzo Scott, Indy, 2 honors
WR Ricky Doucette, 49ers, 2 honors
CB Arnold Dorrough, Snakes, 1 honor
S Dean Dawkins, 1 honor
OT Roosevelt Morin, 2 honors
P Bonnie Bridges, 1 honor
K Darrin Maloney, 1 honor
CB Dwight Stevenson, 1 honor
DE Sam Walden, 1 honor
LB Anthony McKnight, 1 honor
CB Bob Pearson, 1 honor

[Abe Sargent]

Team Stats:

6th in rush yards, tied for 14th worst ypc in league
1st pass yards, 8.7 yards per, 0.8 better than the next best.
Allowed the fewest rushing yards in the league. 3rd fewest ypc
Allowed 4th most pass yards, tied for 7th fewest pass yards per
57 sacks, 10 more than the 2nd highest team; 30 sacks allowed tied for 8th fewest
+22 TO margin, the best


Great stats. Awesome stats. Here, it looks like we deserved 19-0.


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[Abe Sargent]

Individual Stats:

QB Grady High, 64.5%, 4070 yards, 35:8 ratio, 111.1 Rating.

That is just an amazing season. You cannot doubt it or question it or anything. From every aspect, just a great season. I totally think High should have been NFL MVP over Duffy, and here’s why - No one threw for more yards, no one threw for more Tds, no one had a better QB rating, and no 16 game starter had fewer picks. Only one other 16 game starter has a better %. That is pure dominance.


RB Jake Duffy - 1498 yards, 4.3 ypc (poor), 17 rush TD; 52 catches, 600 yards, 9 rec TD

The rec is why he won, but he did not lead the league in TD and his ypc was woeful.

TE Rick Rivers, 74 grabs, 1098 yards, 8 td
WR Jerry Platt, 70, 1017, 9 TD
WR Roosevelt Beverly, 61, 963, 5 TD.

We came 37 yards away from having the very very rare three WR with 1000+ seasons. Rivers and Platt both had good seasons. Beverly was good in his first season. Rivers had the 7th most rec yards among all receivers in he league as a TE. Platt and Jake Duffy tied for 4th in the league with 9 rectd each. This was a banner year for passing and receiving.

CB Stevenson - 1 KR TD, 6th best KR avg in league
WR Hunter Carlisle - 1 KR TD

K Darrin Maloney - 34 of 39. long of 53.
P Bennie Bridges, 48 of 84 in 20, 41.8 average

Bridges is better than Russell Kelly already.


DE Sam Walden, 18 sacks - led league, 4 blcoks, 5 QB Hurries
DE Dan Covington, 17.5 sacks, 2nd in league behind Sam, 2 blocks, 5 hurries

That is a great, great, great tandem. Covington was obviously robbed of an All Pro.

DT Martin Solymos, 5.5 sacks, 2 and 4.

LB Anthony McKnight, 88 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 blocked pass, 1 pick, 8 pasdef

CB Jim Ackerman, 7 picks, 1 pick TD, 6 pasdef
CB Bob Pearson, 6 picks, 8 pasdef
S Clyde Del Greco, 6 and 7
S Dean Dawkins, 5 and 8

This is the first time in a long time that Both of my corners got All pro in the same year.

OT Will Poston, 25 KRB, 6 sacks allowed
OT Roosevelt Morin, 23 KRB, 4 sacks allowed
OG Steve Coffey, 22 and 3
C Archie Galloway, 13 starts, 21 and 2.
OG Kim Fisk, 17 and 8

A bit worse than last year, but we got younger across the board here. I think Morin getting All pro was weird. I would have been happier seeing DE Covington or S Del Greco getting All Pro over Mori.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year: TE Rick Rivers. This was close, QB Grady High came very, very close. However, I’ve had two or three lights out seasons by Qbs before, but this is the best season by a TE I’ve ever had, period.

Defensive Player of the Year: DE Sam Walden. Led the league in sacks, got All Pro after having just 1.5 sacks last year, really rejuvenated his career.

Special Teams Player of the Year: K Darrin Maloney - Finally put all of the pieces together for a great season. Thanks Darrin!

Rookie of the Year: P Bennie Bridges - The Bridges experiment was a success. He had a better average and better punts in 20 average than Kelly had the last several years, and this year as well. This is despite being green in some areas.


Heart Award: QB George Carrell - On several occasions, Carrell had to spell High after he had been dinged. Here are Carrell’s stats: 27 of 45, 347, 2:2, 79.9. These are good stats for a rookie green QB. If High had those 45 passes added to his total, he might have had a record breaking year instead of a really good one.

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Records:

Grady High set a record this year for finishing with the Highest QB rating in a season. The previous high was 107.9 by Johnny Orellana in 2010.

This year, Kent Berryhill, S for Cincinnati, had 6 picks and the record for most picks in a career sits at 80. Ackerman has 73. Two other current players are in the low 70s.

Jake Duffy has moved into 2nd place for most rush TD in a career with 140. The career leader, Shepherd, has 156.


Players leaving us:

WR Hunter Carlisle
C Conrad Shea

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End of Season:


Performance - 100
Value - 69
Profit - 47
Diff -79

Score - 70


Franchise Snapshot:

7th most valuable franchise
22nd most valuable stadium
THE best roster
7th best support
20th best economy
7th fewest attend by #, 8th most by %

Lost 102 million

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Retirees:

(S Kent Barryhill retired so no more pushing the record by him)

C Bo Austin
OG Riddick Wilkerson
DE Harvey Cox


Hall of Fame:

Albuquerque has an OG inducted, Broderick Hemingway - 6 All Pros, 476 KRB, good player. Rare to get an O Line person in. This is the first person they’ve gotten in since I left.

I got my second player in the team HOF. Will he make the NFL one in a few years?


I hire my Head Coach back for a few million less than before.


Next year I can do stadium renovations to my place.

[Abe Sargent]

Free Agency:


I reject some trade deals.

41 player s -me.

I sign Rick Rivers for two more years.


I trade DE Pyle to the Rams for their 3rd rounder next year.


Players in the final year of note:

QB Grady High
CB Jim Ackerman
WR Jerry Platt
OT Roosevelt Morin
DE Dan Covington
FB Courtney Pierce
LB Jason Northcutt
LB Anthony McKnight
S Clyde Del Greco
LB Vincent Newsome


I want to reup - High, Ackerman, Morin, Covington for sure.

I sign Grady High to four more years.

Done. 19 million in cap space left.

Remember< I do not have a 1st in this year’s draft, having traded it for WR Beverly last year, essentially.

I have 1 second, 4 thirds, 2 fourths, 2 fifths, 2 sixths, and a seventh.

I am not getting a starter there.

I need to go in with my starters from last year, with a few exceptions. My BAP drafting has given me strong depth in some areas I could trade the starter and promote the backup. For example, S Clyde Del Greco has played above his skills. At some point, this will end. I could move him, then turn to Dominic Gaylor to start for me for a few years.

Another way to make some cash is to trade Jerry Platt, then resign some other players, using his savings to help. Then I just lean on Beverly. However, Platt has turned in the best season in his career so far - 1017 and 9 TD. That’s good stuff. Do I punish a guy for giving me a career year by trading him?

I resign Jerry Platt for three more years. The new contracts trims 1.5 million off this year’s cap.

I hold off on the others for a few weeks.

I add a year to Dan Covington’s contract.


I trade WR Roger Finley to the Cowboys for their 2nd rounder next year.

I trade S Clyde Del Greco to the Rams for their 4th next year. I like Del Greco, but he’s an overachiever who will likely see his stats fall and I cannot afford him right now.

I sign OT Roosevelt Morin to a four year deal, his first as a professional.

I sign LB Anthony McKnight to a four year professional contract as well.

The Vikings have no QBs on their roster so I trade QB George Carrell to them for their 1st next year. Now they have a starter and I save some money on my cap.

I trade DT Ian Agrawell to the Lone Stars for their 2nd next year.

I still have Jim Ackerman, Courtney Pierce, Jason Northcutt and Vincent Newsome as starters in their final year. Time to move to the draft, and then afterwards, to see what I have.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2041 NFL Draft:


Needs:

QB, FB, TE, WRx2, C, OG, OTx2, DEx2, DT, LBx3, CBx2, S

These are all backups, except perhaps at DT, FB, and LB.

Okay, here we go…

What I am going to do is stop the draft at pick 36, just to see what I would have taken, and see if my trade was good.

There is a stud FB in this draft and if he gets to me, I’m taking him.
He went pick 28.

Okay, pick 36 is here. Who would I have taken?

OG Jeffrey Tuaolo, a really high quality player with a run blocking pot of 96.

Okay, let’s go to my pick in the back of round two.


Draft Recap:

2/36 - OG Jeffrey Tuaolo, Arkansas
3/11 - LB Bruce Bertelson, Fairfield
3/12 - CB Deion Kasischke, Purdue
3/35 - C Louie Sasser, Boston College
3/36 - TE Cary Turnbull, Miami (Fl)
4/10 - OT Howie Preston, Arizona
4/36 - WR Bert Battistone, Florida State
5/5 - QB Brian Glenn, Texas
5/36 - RB Rickey Stevenson, Kentucky
6/35 - WR Daniel Welch, UCLA
6/36 - LB Percy Glover, Maryland
7/36 - S Roman Knox, Duke

[Abe Sargent]

I cut RB Joseph Lincoln.


I sign some UFA:

OT Andrew Galloway, Maryland
DE Carl Givens, Purdue
DT Bruce Cobb, UNLV
DE Dwight Pirrup, Rutgers


I trade LB Jason Northcutt to the Cowboys for their 3rd rounder in two years.



I extend Jim Ackerman’s deal by three years.

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Okay, camping we will go!


We sold 43,200 season tickets

I laugh off four trade offers for various players of mine.


Let’s look at my rooks:

LB Bruce Bertelson, 20/75
OG Jeffrey Tuaolo, 17/73
QB Brian Glenn, 25/68
OT Howie Preston, 11/64
TE Cary Turnbull, 32/55
CB Deion Kasichke, 9/54
WR Daniel Welch, 20/49
S Roman Knox, 45/45
RB Rickey Stevenson, 27/45
WR Bert Battistone, 40/40
C Louie Sasser, 2/31 - BUST!!!
LB Percy Glover, 26/26


All this year is, is a patch to smooth over my team for a year or two so I can keep my starters I have in place.

I have not moved my WR, TE, FB, RB, QB, O-Line, DE, one DT, CB, P, K, one S, or two of my LB. All I have moved in one DT, one S and one LB.

[Abe Sargent]

Your 3041 Huntington Highlanders


QB Grady High - 10th year in league
RB Jake Duffy - 9th
FB Courtney Pierce - Enhh
TE Rick Rivers - Rocks. 6th year.
WR Jerry Platt - Solid. 6th year.
WR Roosevelt Beverly - I likes him.
C Archie Galloway - Already my best C since Marty Brennan. Can he play like it?
OG Steve Coffey - A very developed OG.
OG Kim Fisk - Solid
OT Roosevelt Morin - Very strong and given a professional contract.
OT Will Poston - Solid, stats not as good as he used to be. 9th year.
P Bennie Bridges - Hoss.
K Darrin Maloney - Hoss.
DE Don Covington - Looks good. Smells good. Great stats last year.
DE Sam Walden - Strong and had a strong year last year.
DT Marvin Solymos - A pretty good DT, I must say.
DT Robert Tower - A stop gap starter for now.
LB Anthony McKnight - All Pro last year seemed like a bit much. Can be build on it this year?
LB Vincent Newsome - Starting again.
LB Bruce Bertelson - Uber green, but great potential.
CB Jim Ackerman - The man.
CB Bob Pearson - I mad ea good decision with him last year, keeping him on.
S Dean Dawkins - Hoss
S Dominic Gaylor - Better potential than Del Greco anyway

KR/PR - CB Dwight Stevenson with help from CB Deon Kasischke


A solid roster, and more developed than last year. here’s what the peops say…

THE Best QB
5th best RB
Ties for 8th best FB
2nd best TE
THE Best WR
THE Best C
Tied for 8th best OG
Tied for 7th best OT
3rd best P
THE Best K
8th best DE
14th best DT
17th best LB
THE Best CB
3rd best S

Jake Duffy has begun to erode a bit in a few places, btw. He’s still Jake Duffy though.

[Abe Sargent]

We finish the preseason 3-1.


My prediction - 14-2, #1 seed.


Week 1 - 52-7 over the Saints. NFL Offensive Player of the Week and MVP is Grady High with 24 of 33, 365, 6:0. He hit Platt twice, Rivers three times and Beverly once for scores. Platt had 125 yards too. Duffy was held to 46 yards. Ackerman with 2 picks. Dawkins and Gaylor each with picks too.

Week 2 - 42-14 over the Panthers. Duffy Game MVP with 26 carries, 109 yards, 3 scores. High hit Owens and Platt for scores. DT Solymos with 2 sacks. No picks. Dwight Stevenson had a 97 yard KO RET TD.

Week 3 - We lose on the road at Pittsburgh 30-27, as they kick a FG with no time on the clock. Grady High is NFL Off Player of the Week and MVP with 26 of 33, 328, 2:0. He hit Rivers 12 times for 140 yards and 2 scores. No picks or sacks. S Hunter O’Rourke had a 20 yard fumble recovery for a score.

Week 4 - We win 45-7 against the Titans and High is again MVP and NFL Offensive Player of the Week with 23 of 36 for 275, and 6:0 again. Rivers and Platt each had a score. Pierce and Beverly each had two. Pick by Ackerman. 2 sacks by Covington, 1.5 by Solymos. Duffy with 120 yards on 18 carries.

That was the 76th pick by Ackerman. If Dave Fling had still held the record at 75 picks, Ackerman would now be the leader. However, as I mentioned before, Berryhill took the record to 80. One current player is at 77 as well.

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Week 5 - We lay an egg in Baltimore, 10-28. Ouch. High hit Beverly for a score. Duffy held to 59 yards. Pearson and Walden with picks. Not a good week.

Week 6 - 27-20 over the Jags and we are back to winning. LB Anthony McKnight is Game MVP with 12 solo tackles. No picks, just one sack. Duffy had 93 yards on 18 carries. High hit Duffy, Battistone, and Pierce for scores.

Week 7 - BYE

OG Steve Coffey is questionable but I’ll start him.

Week 8 - We crush the Titans 59-34 on the road. S Dean Dawkins is NFL Def Player of the Week plus MVP and QB Grady High Off Player of the Week. Dawkins had an 85 yard pick and return for a score, and another pick. Gaylor and Pearson with picks too. 2 sacks for Cobb and Walden, 1.5 for Pirrup and Tower. Deon Kasishke had a 87 yard KR RET TD. Duffy - 26 carries, 101 yards, 3 scores. High 18 of 21, 291, 3:0. Owens, Rivers and Battistone with score.s

Two injuries though of severity. Both WR Beverly and DT Plummer are out for a while. Owens will start in Beverly’s place.


Week 9 - 37-6 over the Ravens, Duffy is NFL Off Player of the Week and Game MVP with 28 carries, 128 yards, 1 score, 8 catches, 118 yards, 1 rec TD. The very rare double 100 game. I think I’ve seen it just once before in this dynasty. Platt with 2 scores and 108 yards. Ackerman with a pick. OT Poston notched 4 KRB.

With that win, we have moved into 1st in the AFC Central over the 5-3 Jaguars.

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Week 10 - 36-28 over the 49ers. Jerry Platt is Game MVP with 9 catches for 183 yards. Rivers and Owens with scores. Duffy rushes for 79 yards and a score. 3 sacks by Solymos. No picks. C Galloway with 6 KRB.


We emerge with many injuries: WR Kennedy Owens, doubtful; DE Dan Covington, questionable; CB Dwight Stevenson, questionable.

I slide Owens to the 5th receiver slot. I will play the others.


Week 11 - 45-7 over the Jags. NFL O. Player of the Week is High with 16 of 18, 242, 4:0. Rivers had 118 yards, Platt two rec TD, Duffy one, and Battistone one. Ackerman was Game MVP with a 82 yard pick and run back for a score. Dean Dawkins had a 35 yard spick and run back for a score too. O’Rourke and Kasishke had picks too. Just one sack.

DE Sam Walden is out with Arthroscopic knee surgery for a long time. I IR him. DE Pirrup, a UFA DE will be starting the rest of the season.


Week 12 - 30-27 over the Steelers. We win by the same score we lost to earlier this season. Maloney kicked a 51 yard FG with 3 seconds on the clock to win it. High is Game MVP with 27 of 40, 379, and 2:1. Rivers, 10 catches, 183 yards. Duffy and Pierce with rec TDs. Duffy added 72 yards and a score on the ground. No picks. 2 sacks by Solymos.


Week 13 - 32-7 over the Chargers, Duffy is Game MVP with 28 carries, 89 yards, 1 score, 7 catches for 97 yards. High hits Platt for 103 yards and a score. No picks, just one sack.

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Week 14 - 31-10 over the Bungles. Duffy is Game MVP with 22 carries, 97 yards, 2 scores, Pierce rushed for a score. High had an uncharacteristic 1:3 game. He hit Battistone for a score. Picks by Dawkins and Pearson. 1.5 sacks by Pirrup. 4 KRB by Fisk.

WR Beverly is back.

Week 15 - 39-0 over the Chiefs. Grady High MVP with 21 of 31, 272, 4:0. Platt with two receivering Tds and Rivers and Duffy with one each. Duffy had 104 yards on 24 carries. Newsome and Gaylor with picks.

Week 16 - 41-16 over the Bills. Duffy is MVP with 200 yards, 3 scores on 30 carrie.s High hit Rivers and Platt for scores. Dawkins and Gaylore with picks. Just one sack.

Week 17 - 27-13 over the Bengals. Duffy injured and just had 34 yards and a score. High hit platt for 104 yards and a score. Beverly had 102 yards. 2 sacks by Covington, 1.5 by Pirrup.

We have the #1 seed and a 14-2 record, just as I predicted!

[Abe Sargent]

The 3041 AFC Playoffs

Wild Card Weekend:


Baltimore 38
Jacksonville 35

Albuquerque 21
Buffalo 6


Divisional Weekend:

We host the Ravens - one of only two teams ot beat us this year, a 28-10 thrubbing.


41-9 victoire for us.

Lone Stars 17, Rail Runners 14.

Jerry Platt is Game Mvp with 160 yards, 3 score. Duffy had 87 yards to two rushing Tds on 11 carries. O’Rourke with a pick. Covington with 2,5 sacks.

[Abe Sargent]

The 304 AFC Championship

Your#1 14-2 Huntington Highlanders

Host

The #2 10-6 San Antonio Lone Stars



We win 20-3

Duffy is Game MVP with 31 carries, 161 yards, 1 score. Platt had a receiving TD. 2.5 sacks by Cobb. Pick by Ackerman.

[Abe Sargent]

The 3041 NFL Super Bowl


Your AFC Champion #1 seed 14-2 Huntington Highlanders

Vs.

Your NFC Champion #2 seed 11-5 Richmond Rattlesnakes


Here we go!

We win 41-3.

Super Bowl MVP is QB Grady High.

High - 25 of 33, 322, 5:0.

Dang.

He hit Rivers twice, Battistone, Duffy and Welch for scores.

Duffy held to 76 yards on 19 carries.

O’Rourke with a pick.

1.5 sacks by Cobb and Given

[Abe Sargent]

Season Awards:


NFL MVP - QB Grady High
NFL Offensive Player of the Year - QB Grady High
Super Bowl MVP - QB Grady High
All-Pro 1st Team - QB Grady High, RB Jake Duffy, TE Rick Rivers, WR Jerry Platt, CB Jim Ackerman
All-Pro 2nd Team - K Darrin Maloney, S Dean Dawkins

Grady High with the quadfecta. Nice. No surprises but nice to see Platt with a nod.

Other Awards of Note:

LB Joseph Martinez - 1st Team
C Archie Enbysk, - 2nd team, Denver
S Clyde Del Greco, 2nd team, Rams

[Abe Sargent]

My Peops:



DT Preston Cochrane, Ravens, 1 honor
TE Brant Carman, 5 honors
CB Jim Ackerman, 11 honors
RB Butch Carlson, 49ers, 1 honor
RB Maurice Carlisle, 1 honor, Pittsburgh
LB Jeff Grier, 1 honor
OG Neil Lee, 4 honors
WR Pete Waddle, 1 honor
C Les Morris, 2 honors
DT Raymond Stargell, Rail Runners, 2 honor
P Russell Kelly, 1 honor
RB Jake Duffy, 21 honors
CB Jimmy Ordona, Cowboys, 1 honor
OT Will Poston, 3 honors
QB Grady High, 10 honors
QB Rufus Richardson, Bears, 1 honor
C Archie Enbysk, 3 honors, Broncos
S Derek Long, Bears, 1 honor
OG Donnie Hite, 1 honor
LB Joseph Martinez, 3 honors, Rams
TE Rick Rivers, 5 honors
LB Alonzo Scott, Indy, 2 honors
WR Ricky Doucette, 49ers, 2 honors
CB Arnold Dorrough, Snakes, 1 honor
S Dean Dawkins, 2 honors
OT Roosevelt Morin, 2 honors
P Bonnie Bridges, 1 honor
K Darrin Maloney, 2 honors
CB Dwight Stevenson, 1 honor
DE Sam Walden, 1 honor
LB Anthony McKnight, 1 honor
CB Bob Pearson, 1 honor
WR Jerry Platt, 1 honor
S Clyde Del Greco, 1 honor, Rams

[Abe Sargent]

Team Stats:

4th most rush yards, tied for 11th best ypc
THE most pass yards by bunches (4898), 8.8 yards per, by far in front
3rd fewest rush yards allowed, tied for 11th most ypc allowed
10th most pass yards allowed, 15th fewest yards per allowed.
44 sacks, 8th most. 29 allowed, 8th best.
+11 TO margin


Looks good, but there’s more. Get ready for this…

[Abe Sargent]

Individual Stats:

QB Grady High, 66.0%, 4604 yards, 43:8 ratio, 117.4 QB Rating.

This is, simply put, the best QB season ever in the league. It sets a record for most passing yards in a season, and beats his own record for best QB Rating in a season set last year. He ties the most passing Tds in a season with 43. This is the best season in the league, and Grady High deserves a lot of credit.

RB Jake Duffy, 1368 yards, 16 rush TD - both led the league. 57 catches, 597 yards, 5 scores.

Duffy had a down year and was still the best back in the league. Duffy has tied Heath Shepherd for most rushing TDs in a career with 156.

WR Jerry Platt, 77 catches, 1293 yards, 13 TDs. This is a mammoth year from Platt. I’m glad I retained him! The most rec TD in the league and 3rd most yards.
TE Rick Rivers, 91 catches, 1290 yards, 10 TD. This is also stunning. 4th most yards and 2nd most TD in league for all receivers. This is a stunning year for him.
WR Roosevelt Beverly, 10 starts, 35 catches, 495 yards, 4 scores - Not great for Beverly, but I started him injured for 2-3 games so that hurts his scores a bit.

CB Dwight Stevenson had a KR TD and the 3rd best KR avg in the league.
CB Deon Kasischke had a KR TD and the 9th best KR avg in the league.

K Darrin Maloney, 34 of 43, long of 57
P Bennie Bridges, 43.8 avg (5th best in league), 29 of 68 in the 20

DT Marvin Solymos, 10.5 sacks, 8 QB Hurries.
DE Dwight Pirrup, 9 sacks, 1 blocked pass and 4 hurries.
DE Dan Covington, 7 sacks, 0 and 8

S Dean Dawkins, 6 picks, 7 pasdef
CB Jim Ackerman, 5 picks, 9 pasdef
S Dominic Gaylor, 4 and 6
CB Bob Pearson, 3 and 14. 2nd most pasdef in league

Solymos was robbed of an All Pro spot. A DT should never do that well unless they are top notch.

OT Will Poston, 24 and 6
OG Kim Fisk, 24 and 1
C Archie Galloway, 21 and 5
OT Roosevelt Morin, 17 and 6
OG Steve Coffey, 10 and 1

That is a bad, bad year for run blocking. With a developed O Line, I should have been making holes left and right.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year: QB Grady High. He obviously dominated. Rick Rivers and Jerry Platt would be great choices in other years.

Defensive Player of the Year: DT Marvin Solymos - When my DEs dropped the ball, Solymos stepped up and did very well in the pass rush, giving us a fighting chance.

Special Teams Player of the Year: CB Dwight Stevenson - Another return this year and a great KR average. He was a great retruner. Wish I could afford to keep him around longer.

Rookie of the Year: LB Bruce Bertelson - Kinda won it by default with 50 tackles, 16 assists, 4 pasdef. He was pretty green and starting at WLB so there are some limitations to what he could do.

Heart Award: DE Dwight Pirrup - There are years when this award is blatantly obvious, and this is one such year. Pirrup, with his 15 Run Defense and 9 Pass Rush just obliterated expectations with 9 sacks. This is exactly the sort of performance for the Heart Award and Pirrup totally deserves this.

[Abe Sargent]

Players Leaving:



FB Courtney Pierce
WR Kennedy Owens
LB Vincent Newsome
CB Dwight Stevenson
DE Dwight Pirrup


Here we go….

Perform - 100
Value - 77
Profit - 54
Diff -78

Score - 75


Franchise Snapshot:

8th most valuable franchise
1st roster
Tied for 1st support
21st economy
25th stadium
7th worst attendance by #, 5th best by %

We lost just 50 mill

[Abe Sargent]

Hall of Fame:

DE BERT CURTAIN!!!!! WHOOO! My first player from Huntington/Cleveland that I drafted to make the Hall. 83%, Florida State, 5 honors, 145.5 sacks.




Retirees:

QB Rufus Richardson
TE Brant Carman
P Russell Kelly

The two players near Ackerman on the career picks list, one at 75 and one at 79, have retired.


We hire our Lead Scout back again for 5 more years.



I make a Stadium Proposal:

Increase capacity to 65,000

Increase Club Seats to 19,500

Increase Luxury Boxes to 399

We offer to pay 300 million of the 612 mill costs.

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FA


I laugh at some trade offers that arrive.

I sign Bob Pearson to two more years.


We have the 2nd overall pick in the draft, btw.


I trade Will Poston to the Panthers for their 2nd and 5th next year.

I extend Dean Dawkins by two years.

I want to move more starters - Dan Covington and perhaps Sam Walden. Covington has not performed as he needed to. That‘s the easiest move.

I trade Covington and our 4th and 5th from this year to the Panthers for their 1st next year.

I give DT Marvin Solymos his first professional contract. Two more years.


Starters in final year I have yet to make decision son:

OG Kim Fisk
OG Steve Coffey
DE Sam Walden


I sign Sam Walden because I don’t have the depth to send him away.

Neither Coffey nor Fisk have truly dominated. I have an OG on my roster that can start.

I trade Coffey to the Rail Runners for their 1/31 pick this year.

I trade QB Ronnie Kinney to the packers for their 2nd and 5th next year. He instantly becomes their best QB.

Starters I need right now:

FB, DE, OT, DT, LB

I have 3 first rounders and 3 second rounders.

I cut C Louie Sasser.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2042 Amateur Draft:

Gotta use this pick wisely, considering how much $$ he will get paid.

RB Albert Hall - The next Jake Duffy, Grady Pender, Heath Shepherd, or Ralph Barrett.
LB Byron Adams - low 90s in all stats for potential except 100 man-to-man and 88 pass rush.


That’s it. There are other good players here, but none worth the pick.

I was expecting to get a replacement for Duffy soon. Every year for the past four years, he has less yards and Tds than the year prior. His skills continue to erode. How much longer can he be an elite back? I could trade him to a team that could use him, and draft Mr. Hall, and move my team to the future.

LB Adams does not appeal to me. I don’t want to take a LB this high, I have bad luck with them.


Right now, my plan is to trade Duffy, then draft Hall.

I need to think this over.


I moved to the Browns in 2022. Now it is 2042. How long did it take for me to draft my first HOF players?

2022 - 0
2023 - 1 - yet to be inducted, but will be next year.
2024 - 1 - DE Bert Curtain, but not Bruce Holliday.
2025 - 0
2026 - 1 probably (Brant Carman)
2027 - 0 probably (has Neil Lee, DT Joey Springer, DE Floyd Gardner, none of which get it)
2028 - ? Perhaps S Derek Long with the large # of S and CB that make it, Jim Ackerman for sure
2029 - 0 (maybe, as a stretch, S Jon Prescott)
2030 - 0 (Maybe Joe Martinez has a long and good finale of his career)
3031 - 0
3032 - 1 (Grady High)

And that’s it. Also note that UFA Jimmy Ordona might be one of those CBs to slide in.

11 drafts. How many HOF players? 5 for sure. Up to 2 more. Between 5-7 players in 11 drafts.

Here are my Albuquerque drafts:

11 in 8 drafts.

Obviously, I was better then.

How many players currently on my team are honestly on a HOF parabola - Grady High, Jake Duffy, Jim Ackerman, Rick Rivers. And? Darrin Maloney perhaps. Dean Dawkins and Bob Pearson, considering how easy it is for their positions to get in. And then? Jerry Platt? Roosevelt Morin? Probably not.

Ackerman, Duffy and High are already in. Each could retire right now and make it in. They really don’t count.

That leaves Rivers as the only true HOF player on my team that looks like HOF in the future.

I simply have to take Hall here. It’s the obvious play.

I trade RB Jake Duffy to the Patriots for their 2nd rounder next year.

Then I draft our future, RB Albert Hall, Southern Methodist

1/31 arrives. This is about need.

OG Lewis Scott - Awesome potential for this pick - 86 and 76
S Andre Lee - Great player, 81, 67, 76, 75 are potentials.
OT Colin Hampton - 86 and 64 potentials - strong player
WR Darnell Johnstone - Pretty solid WR - Rickey Doucette level of talent
WR Kenyon Crawford - Perhaps a tad better, but greener
DT Mercury Walczak - 73 and 69 pots, pretty developed already

There are some strong players there. I’d be happy with any of those. Walczak and Hampton fit needs. Scott and Crawford/Johnstone are the best players here.

Kim Fisk is in his final year. I could move him and grab the studly Lewis Scott.

I always like to get the starters and quality from my 1sts. However, I need starters at several positions, and Scott is not it. OT Hampton is the best player at a position of need.

Walczak is taken by 1/36 as is WR Johnstone.

That leaves me Scott, Crawford, Lee to choose from.

I take the best, OG Scott.

The first of my seconds is here at 2/30. Crawford is long since taken.

I need some new players to look at:

DT


Draft Recap:

1/2 RB Albert Hall, Southern Methodist
1/31 OT Colin Hampton, Miami, Florida
1/36 OG Lewis Scott, Fordham
2/30 DE Tom Comeaux, UCLA
2/32 OT Rickey Moss, USC
2/36 LB Oliver Nelson, Virginia
3/22 DT Dana Deskiewcz, Bucknell
3/36 FB Ernie Kinney, Tennessee - Martin

4/22 WR Chester Baxter, WVU
6/36 LB Henry Everett, Brigham Young
7/36 QB Horace Campbell, Boise State


Not a bad class actually.

[Abe Sargent]

Our stadium vote passed by 66%

Some UFA I sign:

C Trevor Toombs, Tulsa
RB Travis Fuller, Oregon
OG Johnnie Barnes, Rutgers
DE Brock Harris, WVU
S Jerald McGregor, Georgetown
CB Les Ballard, Louisiana State
DE Gus Arellano, California Lutheran
OG Sherman Covington, Georgia Tech

I trade OG Kim Fisk to the Raiders for their 2nd next year.

Let’s go camping.

HOLY BLAZES! Gus Arellano boomed like a bitch in heat. He went from 20s to 90s. DAMN!

He is now the highest potential DE I’ve ever had on my team except for maybe Brock Woods.

Of course, his contract is up this year, and I’ll have to make him a professional contract offer next year. I’m not sure my roster can handle that. Let’s see what I can do.


Players I have to make decisions about next year:

WR Beverly
C Galloway
S Gaylor

That’s not a bad list.

The problem is that I have 2 1sts next year already, and I doubt I can pay for a bunch of rookies and keep Arellano too.

I trade my 1st next year for Austin‘s 1st in two years.


We sold 45k tickets

[Abe Sargent]

My Draftees:

RB Albert Hall, 45/86
OG Lewis Scott, 11/79
OT Colin Hampton, 18/76
LB Henry Everett, 10/76
QB Horace Campbell, 20/73
DE Tom Comeaux, 8/70
FB Ernie Kinney, 23/69
OT Rickey Moss, 12/68
WR Chester Baxter, 26/65
LB Oliver Nelson, 21/62
DT Dana Deskiewcz, 6/52 - A bit of a bust


For comparison:

DE Gus Arellano, 34/94



OT Howie Preston, from last year, boomed a bit so I have four studly OT.

I was expecting DT Dana to be my starter this year, but with the bust, that’s no longer happening.

[Abe Sargent]

Your 3042 Huntington Highlanders

QB Grady High - 11th year. How many more goods ones left?
RB Albert Hall - The new era begins.
FB Ernie Kinney - Green but a lot of potential
TE Rick Rivers - Two amazing years.
WR Jerry Platt - 3 1000+ seasons in 4 years.
WR Roosevelt Beverly - Final season before I have to make a decision on him.
C Archie Galloway - Same here. Hasn’t wowed me yet.
OG Jeffrey Tualo - I’m ready for him to be redder than before.
OG Lewis Scott - The rookie is here
OT Roosevelt Morin - Had two All Pro year but has never just wowed me.
OT Colin Hampton - But I could start Moss or Preston all comfortably. Deepest position on my Roster.
K Darrin Maloney - 2 All Pros in the past two years
P Bennie Blades - Had a great season last year. Just continue!
DE Gus Arellano - Obviously
DE Sam Walden - Developed, one All Pro season.
DT Marvin Solymos - Had a great season last year, and now with a professional contract - which I do rarely for DTs, so he needs to continue to dominate.
DT Robert Tower - Just okay at best
LB Anthony McKnight - Final year before I move him if I don’t get something from him.
LB Bruce Bertelson - A serviceable LB
LB Oliver Nelson - A natural and strong choice for WLB, but very green
CB Jim Ackerman - The man, the legend
CB Bob Pearson - I likes him
S Dean Dawkins - I likes him too
S Dominic Gaylor - Solid

KR/PR - CB Deon Kasischke with help from WR Battistone

[Abe Sargent]

And others think?

THE best QB
12th worst RB
Tied for 5th worst FB
3rd best TE
THE best WR
2nd best C
7th worst OG
Tied for 15th best OT
THE best P
THE best K
15th worst DE
Tied for 14th best OT
Tied for 11th worst LB
THE best CB
3rd best S


We’ve gotten a bit more crazy this year with more green players at key positions like RB, FB, OG, OT, and DE.

I keep jettisoning older All Pros, but my roster still has 11 All Pros on it.

My prediction, 11-5, #3 seed.



During the preseason, LB Percy Glover is out VERY LONG TERM. I IR him. I sign UFA LB Alex Hughes from Findlay


3-1 in preseason

Daniel Welch is questionable. He’ll play anyway.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 1 - 21-7 over the Skins on the road. Jim Ackerman is Game MVP with 2 picks. In his debut, Albert Hall had just 16 carries but 87 yards and a score. High hit Battistone for a score. Dawkins added a pick.


With these two picks, Jim Ackerman has tied the record for most picks in a career.

CB Bob Pearson is dinged but will start next week.

Week 2 - We survive on the road against the Giants 15-13. Yup, 5 Fgs. Darrin Maloney was Game MVP. Rivers had 103 yards. Gaylor with a pick, Bertelson with 1.5 sacks.

Week 3 - Grady High is Offensive Player of the Week and Jim Ackerman is MVP and Defense Player of the Week. We win 44-6 over the Bengals in our place.

Jim Ackerman - 36 yard pick and return. 2 picks on the day. Now has the record for most picks in a career.
Grady High - 20 of 29, 268. 2:0. Hit Rivers and Hall for scores.
Albert Hall - 19 carries ,114 yards, 2 rush scores.
Knox and Pearson with picks.
DT Solymos rewards me with 3.5 sacks in one game.


Week 4 - 45-0 ON THE ROAD against the Jags. DE Gus Arellano is Game MVP with 3.5 sacks. Walden with 2 sacks. Knox with our sole pick. C Galloway with 4 KRB. Hall had 17 carries, 71 yards, 1 score. Stevenson rushes for a score. High hit Rivers, Platt and Hall for scores. Rivers had 121 yards.

Now we host the 4-0 Ravens for the early lead in the division.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 - We emerge victorious 30-20. Grady High is Game MVP with 20 of 32, 284, 2:0. He hit Rivers and Hall for scores. Ackerman with 2 more picks. No sacks.

Week 6 - 28-9 over the Steelers in our place. High is MVP with 18 of 21, 236, 2:0. Hehit Platt twice for score.s Hall adds two scores on the ground. Dawkins and McGregor with picks. Just one sack. OG Tualo with 4 KRB.

Week 7 - BYE

Week 8 - 34-6 over the Jags at our house. Albert Hall Game MVP with 25, 124 yards, 2 scores. Welch catches a score. No picks. Deon Kasischke with a 76 yard PR RET TD.

Next week we travel to the 7-1 Ravens and we are 7-0. This could be where Baltimore drops us and climbs back to our level.

Week 9 - We manage to win 16-10. High is Game MVP with a pass to Platt for a score in OT to win it. 28 of 45, 324, 2:0. Hall had 88 yards on 21 carries and the other rec TD. Beverly had 10 catches for 131 yards. Ackerman with a pick. 2 sacks by Walden.

Ackerman is putting on a clinic in his 15th year.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 - 26-10 over the Chargers at our place. High, MVP, 20 of 33, 256, 2:1 - hit Rivers and Baxter for scores. Beverly with 124 yards. Walden with 1.5 sacks. No picks.

Week 11 - We lose on the road at Pittsburgh 11-17. Hall held to 35 yards. High with 3 picks - ugh. Platt - 6 catches, 114 yards, 1 score. Pick by Gaylor, just one sack.

Week 12 - 33-6 over the Bengals in Cincinnati. Albert Hall, MVP, 27 carries, 172 yards, 2 scores. Pick by McGregor.

CB Bob Pearson is again dinged.

Week 13 - We host and defeat the Cowboys 24-10. Platt, MVP, 5 catches, 129 yards, 2 scores. Hall had 103 yards and a score. Dawkins with a pick. Arellano with 1.5 sacks. OT Hampton notches 4 KRB.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 - Albert Hall plunges it in from 12 yards with 1:43 left in OT to lead us to a 37-31 win over the Titans in Tennessee. MVP is Hall with 31 carries, a score, 184 yards. High rushes for a score. Platt< Welch and Battistone with score.s Platt with 123 yards. Rivers with 110 yards. No pikcs, just one sack. C Galloway notches 4 KRB.

Week 15 - We lose on the road to the Lone Stars 16-19. They kick a 55 yard FG in OT to win it. Hall, 11 carries, 65 yards, 1 score. High was knocked out of the game early. Picks by Gaylor and McGregor. 2 sacks by Comeaux.

Week 16 - 47-6 vs. the Rail Runners in our place. Bob Pearson the MVP with 8 tackles and a pick. McKnight, Ackerman and Dawkins with picks too. OT Morin with 4 KRB. Hall - 20 carries, 112 yards, 1 score. High hit Beverly twice and Platt once for scores.

Week 17 - We drop 56 on Tennessee in our place, 56-25 the final score. High MVP with 22 of 32, 297, 3:0. Hall had 27 carrie,s 140 yards, 4 scores. High hit Beverly, Rivers and Platt for scores. Beverly and Rivers had 100+ days. Dawkins with 2 picks. OG Scott with 5 KRB, OG Tuaolo with 4.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2042 AFC Playoffs:


WC Wknd:

Lone Stars 45
Ravens 32

Chiefs 44
Dolphins 10


Divisional Weekend:

We host the Lone Stars.

We win 45-17

Bills over Chiefs 28-26


Albert Hall MVP with 27, 137,2; 4 catches, 81 yards, 1 rec TD
High with 4:0 ratio hit Platt for 2 scores and 125 yards, and Beverly for a score.
Doane and McGregor with picks
No sacks

[Abe Sargent]

The 2042 AFC Championship:

The #1 seed 14-2 Huntington Highlanders host

The #2 seed 11-5 Buffalo Bills


41-3 over the Bills

MVP - Albert Hall with 14 carries, 142 yards, 5 scores.
Doane and Knox with picks.
1.5 sacks each for Hughes and Comeaux


Albert Hall tied a playoff record for 5 TD in one game. Other players with that record:

Grady Pender, 2024, vs. the Chiefs
Grady Pender, 2028, vs. the Bengals
Jake Duffy, 2036, vs. the Dolphins
Albert Hall, 2042, vs. the Bills

[Abe Sargent]

The 2042 NFL Super Bowl

Your AFC Champion #1 seed 14-2 Huntington Highlanders

vs

Your NFC Champion #2 seed 12-4 San Francisco 49ers

We have won the last two Super Bowls. The 49ers won the Bowl before that.


We lose 20-6.


No really good stats on our end.


So the 49ers are our new rival. The two of us have won each of the last four Super Bowls, and we have each won two. The 49ers beat us both times to win, so they had to beat good teams.

We have made the Super Bowl for 5 straight times, but lost to the Rams, lost to the 49ers, beat the Cowboys, beat the Rattlesnakes, lost to the 49ers.

[Abe Sargent]

Season Awards:

Offensive Rookie of the Year: RB Albert Hall
All-Pro 1st Team: QB Grady High, TE Rick Rivers, DT Marvin Solymos, CB Jim Ackerman
All-Pro 2nd Team: RB Albert Hall, K Darrin Maloney


Others of Note:

None

Nice to see Hall here already. I knew Solymos had the potential to be here. Ackerman is a miracle. I love Grady High. Maloney with 3 straight All Pros is something.

Ackerman has had 12 All Pro season in 15 years. Of those 12 All Pros, NINE are 1st Team. That man is a miracle in a football player’s uniform.

[Abe Sargent]

My Peops:



CB Jim Ackerman, 12 honors
RB Maurice Carlisle, 1 honor, Pittsburgh
WR Pete Waddle, 1 honor
DT Raymond Stargell, Rail Runners, 2 honor
RB Jake Duffy, 21 honors
CB Jimmy Ordona, Cowboys, 1 honor
OT Will Poston, 3 honors
QB Grady High, 11 honors
QB Rufus Richardson, Bears, 1 honor
C Archie Enbysk, 3 honors, Broncos
S Derek Long, Bears, 1 honor
OG Donnie Hite, 1 honor
LB Joseph Martinez, 3 honors, Rams
TE Rick Rivers, 6 honors
LB Alonzo Scott, Indy, 2 honors
WR Ricky Doucette, 49ers, 2 honors
CB Arnold Dorrough, Snakes, 1 honor
S Dean Dawkins, 2 honors
OT Roosevelt Morin, 2 honors
P Bonnie Bridges, 1 honor
K Darrin Maloney, 3 honors
CB Dwight Stevenson, 1 honor
DE Sam Walden, 1 honor
LB Anthony McKnight, 1 honor
CB Bob Pearson, 1 honor
WR Jerry Platt, 1 honor
S Clyde Del Greco, 1 honor, Rams
DT Marvin Solymos, 1 honor
RB Albert Hall, 2 honors

[Abe Sargent]

Team Stats:

5th most rush yards, tied for 3rd best ypc
3rd most pass yards, tied for 2nd best yards per
3rd fewest rush yards allowed, tied for 2nd fewest rush ypc allowed
14th most pas yards allowed, tied for 2nd fewest pass yards per allowed
43 sacks, tied for 13th most; 42 allowed, tied for 18th most
+11 TO margin

WTF sacks allowed? Amazing D though.

[Abe Sargent]

Individual Stats:

QB Grady High, 60.1%, 4022 yards, 27:12, 93.3 rating

Still a great year, but a severe drop off from the previous two, which were record setting.

RB Albert Hall, 1573 yards, 4.5 ypc, 19 rush TD; 39 catches, 404 yards, 4 rec TD

Albert Hall had a great year for a rookie with some green still to work out. There is nothing shameful here. The only reason he wasn‘t All Pro 1 or MVP or anything was a guy with 1873 yards and 21 TD this year.

TE Rick Rivers, 84 catches, 1197 yards, 6 TD
WR Jerry Platt, 71 catches, 1113 yards, 10 TD
WR Roosevelt Beverly, 76, 930, 3

It’s like Beverly has developed into a fine possession receiver, while Platt is my homerun hitter and Rivers my all around receiver. Great years by Rivers and Platt again.

CB Deon Kasiskchke, 1 PR TD

K Darrin Maloney, 35 of 41, long of 52
P Bennie Bridges, 43.5 average, 36 of 80 in 20

Great years by both.

DE Gus Arellano, 12.5 sacks, 4 blocked passes, 4 QB Hurries
DE Sam Walden, 8.5, 1 and 4.
DT Marvin Solymos, 7, 0 and 9 QB Hurries - 6th most in league

LB Anthony McKnight, 95 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 blocked pass, 1 hurries, 1 pick, 10 pasdef. - Not All Pro? If not, then close.

CB Jim Ackerman, 8 picks, 9 pasdef
CB Dean Dawkins, 6 picks, 9 pasdef
S Dominic Gaylor, 3 and 9
CB Bob Pearson, 2 and 5


Pearson is dropping the ball


OG Jeffrey Tuaolo - 25 and 7
C Archie Galloway - 24 and 3
OT Colin Hampton - 18 and 8
OT Roosevelt Morin - 18 and 6
OG Lewis Scott - 17 and 6

Galloway had 74 KRO and just 24 KRB. That saddens me.

I may be making some O Line changes for next year. Morin and Galloway are not safe anymore.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards:

Offensive Player of the Year: WR Jerry Platt - Another great year for the receiver. Thanks Jerry!

Defensive Player of the Year: CB Jim Ackerman - If he retires, this will be the last time he gets this award, and he was second in the league in picks in his 15th year. Amazing.

Special Teams Player of the Year: P Bennie Blades - No All Pro but he has one of the highest P averages and one of the highest punts in 20 averages.

Rookie of the Year: RB Albert Hall - Although DE Gus Arellano had a great year, Hall just had a great, All Pro, Offensive Rookie of the Year campaign, so he gets this award.

Heart Award: S Jerald McGregor - 3 picks for the UFA S who never started a game. Thanks for the help Jerald!

[Abe Sargent]

Records This year:

As I mentioned, RB Albert Hall tied the record for 5 TD in a playoff game.

TE Rick Rivers has more receiving yards than Ed Gardener in his career just this year, and just 3 less TD - all in 7 years.

Jim Ackerman has 86 picks, the most in a career.

Jake Duffy has the most rushing TD in a season with 159. He had a very down season for the Patriots with just 3 rush TD.


Players with Contracts Ending:

DE Gus Arellano
WR Daniel Welch
QB Brian Glenn
S Jerald McGregor

[Abe Sargent]

Okay, let’s see if Jim retires or not.


End of Season:

Performance - 95
Value - 84
Profit - 28
Diff - 78

Score - 68


Retirees:

None of Note
Yay - Ackerman is still around!


Franchise Snapshot:

6th most valuable
20th best economy
Tied for most support
THE best roster
21st best stadium
10th worst attend by #, Tied for best by % (100% full)

Lost 163 million. That includes a 100 million stadium payment.