Island of Misfit Toys, Take 6.3 - and an invitation to join in

[QuikSand]

Quik thoughts:

RB Meteer may be the most productive guy, but he's a fumbler, needs to go back to RB3/KR/PR slot... we need a real RB, it seems, as Richmond has been given 300 carries and is sitting on 3.3 ypc

Passing... Duran isn't actually playing too well, but Cobb is just a massive pick machine, it seems, and this team cannot overcome that by any means

By the yards per play, the offense is terrible, and the defense is passable and improving

[Barkeep49]

I am surprised you're fairing so poorly still with affinity. That has always been something I've remembered from your previous attempts with this.

[QuikSand]

To be honest... I/we have not been consistent with any approach. Had I been keeping around most of the no-good affinity veterans on this roster from the first season or two, we'd be in better shape there. But I have been lured off that path a bit by a few creepers here and big bars there, and really haven't committed to much. This year, I cut that first FB... long term guy, affinity, and ST skills to play as a gunner... but he'd be FB #4 on this roster by the skills. That's where this always gets tough-- cutting useful players to keep cohesion/chemistry stiffs around. I think it's probably best to go one way or the other, rather than trying to have it both ways like I basically am here.

[QuikSand]

Sorry, have lost steam, but don't think I'm done. Will try to buy a little time and post a file later today.

[QuikSand]

From the draft page, a few notes:

QB Rusty Trowbridge - 3 blues, incl 37 test
QB Craig Newsome - 3 blues, incl 35 test
FB Reggie Reid - like we need another
CB Mark VanDenBelt - 46 Pspec, big zone bar

[QuikSand]

Latest file... http://www.sevenshuffles.com/QuikSand/imtbuf2018.zip

[QuikSand]

Pretty modest invite list this year - I'm sick of spending 30 minutes on cutdown day. We have 55 guys returning, and 10 rookies. We'll see where things go from here.

[QuikSand]

Front Office Football 20	7
Buffalo Bills Roster, Sc	out	Overview
Player	#	Pos Start	Exp	Current Estimate	Future Estimate	Current Estimate	Future Estimate	dCE	dFE
Duran, Tommie	3	QB	8	31	31	31	31	0	0
Cobb, Patrick	12	QB	5	26	31	30	30	4	-1
Davison, Corey	11	QB	5	25	47	29	47	4	0
Trowbridge, Rusty	13	QB	1	14	32	18	34	4	2
Ross, Rich	7	QB	1	12	38	14	37	2	-1
Newsome, Craig	16	QB	1	2	31	5	34	3	3
Meteer, Alan	9	RB	4	36	36	36	36	0	0
Richmond, Happenstance	28	RB	3	35	35	35	35	0	0
McNulty, Tracy	34	RB	4	29	29	30	30	1	1
Schalman, Lamar	33	RB	1	25	31	27	31	2	0
DiGuardi, Les	35	RB	1	26	47	27	40	1	-7
Bennett, Blaine	48	RB	1	19	38	20	34	1	-4
Prado, Carl	36	FB	4	42	42	46	46	4	4
Huang, Kurt	46	FB	2	32	40	35	41	3	1
Reid, Reggie	32	FB	1	27	39	29	40	2	1
Manning, Vernon	45	FB	9	8	8	7	7	-1	-1
Fredrickson, Peter	41	TE	8	57	57	50	50	-7	-7
Milgate, Craig	80	TE	4	44	51	48	51	4	0
Rackley, D.J.	85	TE	8	32	32	32	32	0	0
Tucker, A.J.	81	TE	2	14	28	15	28	1	0
Staat, Raymond	18	FL	5	39	39	39	39	0	0
Keith, Terrell	84	FL	4	29	29	29	29	0	0
Torrence, Marco	88	FL	3	18	26	20	27	2	1
Penxa, Bucky	10	SE	7	40	40	40	40	0	0
Sansbury, Brock	87	SE	2	21	36	24	36	3	0
Brackett, Sean	8	SE	2	19	28	21	28	2	0
Messina, Drew	17	SE	2	19	24	21	24	2	0
Lee, Edward	86	SE	9	2	2	1	1	-1	-1
Bernstein, Marcus	59	C	6	43	43	41	41	-2	-2
Kelly, Andy	53	C	3	35	39	40	40	5	1
Musum, Ryan	67	LG	9	37	37	31	31	-6	-6
McLain, Rod	60	RG	9	37	37	38	38	1	1
McKnight, Steve	61	RG	4	37	37	38	38	1	1
Price, Everett	78	LT	5	35	35	34	34	-1	-1
Beyer, Alex	76	LT	9	29	29	29	29	0	0
Donovan, Tommie	62	RT	6	37	37	38	38	1	1
McElroy, Brian	73	RT	2	17	27	20	27	3	0
Springer, Curtis	14	P	8	47	47	48	48	1	1
Monroe, Marshall	19	K	5	38	38	38	38	0	0
May, Ted	90	LDE	6	37	37	37	37	0	0
Castillo, Benjamin	71	LDE	6	26	26	26	26	0	0
Morton, Wes	70	RDE	3	31	34	35	35	4	1
Godfrey, Justin	79	RDE	9	23	23	24	24	1	1
Ballard, Kendall	96	LDT	9	22	22	16	16	-6	-6
Batson, Kyle	75	RDT	1	23	33	25	33	2	0
Rodriguez, Bryan	72	NT	2	25	43	25	44	0	1
Cunningham, Jerome	98	NT	2	22	34	23	34	1	0
Grebene, Clarence	74	NT	8	14	14	10	10	-4	-4
Tanner, George	57	SILB	3	27	39	29	38	2	-1
Brownlee, Ben	50	SILB	8	36	36	27	27	-9	-9
Canady, Daniel	95	WILB	5	34	34	34	34	0	0
Hanaki, Bert	91	WILB	9	33	33	33	33	0	0
Israelson, Ray	54	SLB	9	37	37	33	33	-4	-4
Bordelon, Korey	52	SLB	4	28	28	28	28	0	0
Burbage, Lionel	58	WLB	3	24	24	25	25	1	1
Biletnikoff, O.J.	38	LCB	5	35	35	35	35	0	0
Davison, Leslie	24	LCB	6	25	25	25	25	0	0
Sawyer, Juan	37	RCB	7	26	26	27	27	1	1
VandenBelt, Mark	43	RCB	1	20	34	23	35	3	1
Ethridge, Leon	22	RCB	8	18	18	18	18	0	0
Rutter, Quentin	26	SS	9	41	41	33	33	-8	-8
Alexander, Kim	39	SS	8	32	32	28	28	-4	-4
Cepeda, Charles	31	SS	1	22	45	23	38	1	-7
Robinson, Otis	42	SS	9	8	8	5	5	-3	-3
Lynch, Antonio	30	FS	8	43	43	44	44	1	1

[QuikSand]

Quick notes on camp:

-A +2 QB move is good... he's a triple conflict, though. What to do?

-Another big hit to TE Fredrickson... he's still good, but getting worn down

-I don't think CB VandenBelt is really any good, but we did need a DB bump, we're getting really old and tired there

[MIJB#19]

I'll try to get back into the swing here, QS. That last list of names that I dug up at the very least learnt me quite a bit about rookies and drafting...

[QuikSand]

I'll try too, just been a bit crowded on my dance card of late.