Snakebitten: A Real-Time MP FOF thread - Page 26

QuikSand · 08-24-2020, 10:35 AM

Okay, late free agency... can be a biggish stage for me, as this is when I get to see rookie chemistry, and I tend to roll the dice on a few promising after-draft finds... plus the young RFAs who didn't get picked up for whatever reasons...

Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	SLB Jorge Copeland	2 years, $5,380,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.7M, $2.7M.)
Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	RDT Joey Espinosa	2 years, $8,000,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $4.0M, $4.0M.)
Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	RB Gary Grant	2 years, $5,380,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.7M, $2.7M.)
Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	TE Marcus Hartman	1 year, $7,300,000 (Bonus: $4.2M. Salary: $3.1M.)	36	36
Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	RB Donnie Joyner	3 years, $18,000,000 (Bonus: $30K. Salary: $6.0M, $6.0M, $6.0M.)	50	50
Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	LCB Matt Kindred	3 years, $24,900,000 (Bonus: $12.9M. Salary: $4.0M, $4.0M, $4.0M.)	37	49
Baltimore Ravens	QuikSand	RB Irving O'Neill	3 years, $10,560,000 (Bonus: $60K. Salary: $3.5M, $3.5M, $3.5M.)	34	48

Anything to be excited about here? Probably not.

I like young CB Kindred a lot as a future CB2, he will need starts to click in, but will be a strong chem asset once he does, so that's good, plus he's good enough at ST/KR to handle kickoff return duties, if called upon.

RB Joyner is another "option" at a position where we feel like we're at a crossroads. 94 HR is good, but he has little else to back it up. Tossing him out there as RB2 is not completely unthinkable this season. Same argument for RB O'Neil, who could be a 3rd down back.

DL Espinosa is a two-bar guy, but the two bars are RunD and PRTech, two good ones. The latter projects into the 80s so... maybe this guy actually has a future here? 53 personality is meh, though.

Nothing exciting about cutdowns, either. Some "visioning" work to do at OL and WR... I think the cuts to 53 will be more worthy of chatter here.

QuikSand · 08-24-2020, 10:55 AM

DC BUREAU

Late free agency, and I put in offers hoping to sculpt the short term picture at RB for us. Here we go...

TE Darrell Tafoya	Late FA Stage 1	released
LG Bryce Eagleton	Late FA Stage 1	released
RT Bart Burns	Late FA Stage 1	released
QB Cory Hitchcock	Late FA Stage 1	released
NT Aiden Sweeney	Late FA Stage 1	Changed position from RDT to DT
QB Bucky Hrynewych	Late FA Stage 1	signed as a free agent: 1yrs, $3,060,000.
RB Tevin Butler	Late FA Stage 1	signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $8,000,000.
TE Drew Franz	Late FA Stage 2	turned down a contract offer: 1yrs, $5,500,000.
RB Ruben Reed	Late FA Stage 2	signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $8,000,000.
RB Paul Buchanan	Late FA Stage 2	signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $4,960,000.
FL Chandler Schwartz	Late FA Stage 2	signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $4,960,000.
RCB Taylor Franz	Late FA Stage 3	signed as a free agent: 2yrs, $8,000,000.

The cuts should not be a shock - we'll tally up TE Tafoya as a miss. And this year's TE slots as a mystery.

At RB, Ruben Reed looks like a lovely spot player - some decent skills but no endurance. Does that work in FOF... we think it does not. I was also interested in rookie RB Butler, though now that he's here I see... not much to like.

So... not sure where the RB position goes this season and beyond. Rookie crop looks like a mixed bag.

QuikSand · 08-24-2020, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Okay, tracking for the 2121 season:

(WR Bridges 75 PR, 14 ST)
Punt returns: 16.8 (1st)
PR Allowed: 6.8 (9th)

(CB Burroughs 95 KR, 100 ST)
Kick returns: 36.2 (1st)
KR allowed: 24.4 (17th) a touch better, but still...

DC

(WR Robbins 73 PR, 2 ST)
Punt returns: 16.0 (4th)
PR Allowed: 6.5 (5th)

(WR Smith 89 KR, 47 ST)
Kick returns: 29.0 (5th)
KR allowed: 23.2 (10th)

So...we remain top drawer in special teams. BAL CB/KR Burroughs recovered his ratings drop from the year before and then some, he's now a great asset.

I let this slip for 2022... here it is

BALT

(WR Bridges 75 PR, 14 ST)
Punt returns: 17.6 (2nd)
PR Allowed: 7.8 (10th)

(CB Burroughs 95 KR, 100 ST)
Kick returns: 29.8 (5th)
KR allowed: 20.2 (1at) whoa!

DC

(WR Robbins 73 PR, 2 ST)
Punt returns: 16.3 (5th)
PR Allowed: 6.5 (3rd)

(WR Smith 89 KR, 47 ST)
Kick returns: 29.8 (5th)
KR allowed: 23.3 (10th)

Both teams very solid. Hard to see the effects of having excellent K and P here (in BAL but not DC), even over several years.

QuikSand · 08-25-2020, 03:42 PM

Camp news - nothing much here. Cutdown from 70 to 60 will probably mean sorting out our RB situation, that's a spot for several cuts.

* I've got $10m in bonus tied up in Zamora, and he posted north of 5ypc last season as RB1, so we'll just slot him in again. RB one, no chemistry effects to worry about, just here to tote the rock.

* If Liverwusrt stays, he's the chem leader as a 4-5, he'll click with two of the three QBs (not QB2 Justin), and he'd activate affinities with youngsters O'Neill and Grant, plus the two fullbacks. We'd likely keep the better of the two RBs after preseason (O'Neill?) and carry 5 players in the position group.

* If we cut Liverwurst, and move TE Polley to inactive FM gimp, he's a strong leader from the 2-3 group. The twist? Conflict with Zamora. Ouch, missed that. Also, 3rd year guy Andersen neutral with him, as is FB Ricker. Weak plan.

* Well, what else do we have? If we cut Liverwurst, our group leader is Andersen (3rd, 60/25) - that can't be all. I don't see any good, easy, options. I guess we're sticking with Liverwurst for another year.

* damn

Cuts to 60 are not interesting. Fin.

QuikSand · 08-25-2020, 03:47 PM

DC BUREAU

Cutdowns from 70 to 60. Lots of chaff at RB. I won't bore you.

QuikSand · 08-25-2020, 03:52 PM

Fun twist from the DC roster: 2nd round rookie RB Gillespie has 62 Hole Rec by the league scout, but my my scout he's 20/25. My OC is 60 in scouting, my HC 70. Awesome.

Chas in Cinti · 08-26-2020, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Fun twist from the DC roster: 2nd round rookie RB Gillespie has 62 Hole Rec by the league scout, but my my scout he's 20/25. My OC is 60 in scouting, my HC 70. Awesome.

I admit I've not played much FOF in years as I don't really like the interface (preferred the REALLY old one). But, how does something like this happen and how will it impact the game? Will your OC/HC not use the RB due to this?

QuikSand · 08-26-2020, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chas in Cinti

I admit I've not played much FOF in years as I don't really like the interface (preferred the REALLY old one). But, how does something like this happen and how will it impact the game? Will your OC/HC not use the RB due to this?

Well, usage isn't the black box it once was - in FOF8 we get to literally script the plays and formations and personnel for each situation, so if my gameplan calls for him to get the ball in a situation, he'll get it (injury/fatigue substitutions the only exception). So, that's not the real issue - here my worry is more that I might have bought a bill of goods, and spent a fairly early pick on a guy who is no better than the after-draft darts we toss every year. Him being at least pretty good in Hole Rec was a centerpiece of my "okay, just this once I will actually use a real draft pick on a running back," and it looks like I'm just getting my reward more quickly than usual (cf. Liverwurst in Baltimore).

QuikSand · 08-26-2020, 10:57 AM

In Baltimore, a big boom reveal for our 1st round lineman... we did indeed draft "a good guard" after all. Emmons looks like the real deal now, happy with that pick for sure - he could even play LT in a pinch (though I don't want to move him there for obvious reasons, it's a death knell in FOF to move to LT from another OL position).

As for the balance of the rookie class... well, mixed bag, but some good news:

-The TE Gilbertson we took at 1.24 looks pretty good, but more like a "nice grab in round three" as opposed to "savvy use of an early pick.) He will get the coveted swing TE role right away, in search of a pot of copper in the form of, say, 6.5 ypt. Meh.

-The WR McCormick we grabbed in round 4 just off combines had a camp boom and now looks...useful. Not like a star, but like a guy who could settle in as a WR4, take some targets out of a reserve FL role, and maybe give us 300 yards on 40 targets some day.

S Spangler from round 7 will have trouble getting starts, but looks like a rotation-filler guy long term for us or somebody. LB Gaynord from the 6th is a ST capable guy who also won't get starts here and likely gets cut as a result.

The gem is indeed, DL Espinosa (as I had mused before) our after-draft grab. League scout moved him from 29/38 to 35/49 in preseason, and we now line him up as a legit pass-rushing option with (by our scout, as well as the league scout) a maxed-out potential at PRTech. At 294 lb, not certain whether his future is at DT or DE, but I reckon he could be in that "ear pinner" conversation one day. I am unreasonably happy about this guy.

So... pretty good crop all told. BenBot ranked us 23rd overall, I see more here than that would suggest.

Cutdown to 60...

QuikSand · 08-26-2020, 10:59 AM

Oh, wow, DT Denby got SMASHED by the volatility stick of death. If that was a given, then I'm super glad he turned down some extension offers earlier this offseason. Ouch. Goes from being a semi-centerpiece to... hmm, maybe a cut?

QuikSand · 08-26-2020, 11:25 AM

Baltimore file is in. TE Ogden was spared the axe, but only by moving back to FB where he's an affinity and... I dunno, maybe has some value? Didn't get his fat extension, though.

Well, we're in new hands at QB with Lyle, who took a ratings drop - no shock since he's just been clipboarding for 3 seasons now. We'll hope that tzach is right and "he will be good." I do not really know what to do to gameplan for a "timing is my main skill" guy, so we will be running basically the same offense as we have been. Rookie will play the swing TE role, and we'll split up rushing duties across three guys - and otherwise a steady diet of 11 and 18 - all you can eat baby.

I will predict a solid 9-7 season and a few flickers of what could have been.

QuikSand · 08-26-2020, 02:58 PM

DC BUREAU

So, cutdown stage here too.

The RB situation, detailed a bit above, took a foreseeable bad turn - rookie RB Max Gillespie, 2nd round draft pick is closer to the bum they see, than the sleeper we saw. I bit the bullet and cut him, leaving three undrafted guys (one soph, two rooks) to split up the RB load this season. We don't win by running anyhow, we have been a top tier team without a serious rushing game anyway, so this doesn't seem like a major problem - just a missed opportunity.

We will give undrafted rookie TE Hartman every chance to win a long term role - mostly by lack of good options there. Just poor planning on my part - had I been willing all along to settle for a non-affinity guy, I surely could have found a 45/45 veteran who would be better than this longshot.

Past that... nothing special. Most of the team is back from the #1 seed group of last year. Young WR group is coming together - on paper, Carrubba has a case to make to steal some targets away from Malone. The OL group has a chem weakness (not a liability) and that's worrisome to me, but probably not a huge deal right away. The D should be okay - I'll hope to detail the state of our secondary soon, as I find it interesting all the little pieces that have fallen together for us there.

I think we're an honest 10-win team overall - if our division remains weak, we might squeak out a couple more and be in the bye week picture, which is basically my goal. Median projection would be more like 11-5 and the 3 seed.

QuikSand · 08-27-2020, 01:16 PM

QuikSand · 08-27-2020, 01:16 PM

oh right, that paste doesn't work, forgot

QuikSand · 08-27-2020, 01:24 PM

Baltimore goes 13-3, earning ... 5 seed, dammit

GML: Baltimore Ravens 2123

So, have to be pleased with 13 wins, didn't expect that
CLE remains a power team, so we're up the track a bit in WC

So, looking things over - HOW DID THIS TEAM WIN 13 GAMES?
QB Lyle was meh, 6.8 ypt, 31/16, 89 rating... fine i guess
Rushing game was lousy, under 4 ypc from RBs
#11 and #18 both around 6.5 ypt - why the f bother with talent?

Defense... pass rush 11th in PR%, decent but not great
DE Turnbull posts up 15.5 sacks, okay then, that's good
We held opponents to 5.8 ypa passing, that's good overall
A +13 turnover margin has to have been a major factor in the record

I think this is indeed a 10 win team that got lucky to no avail... we'd have been the 5 seed with 10-6 just the same. Ugh.

QuikSand · 08-27-2020, 01:41 PM

DC BUREAU

10-6 Gets Division Title But Only 4 Seed

GML: Washington Football Team 2123

About as expected - we're not a power team, after all.

Overall, QB Clancy prolific but not efficient - 4800 yds but...
...only 6.9 ypt, 35/24, and 82 rating - not good enough
RB Herb Clements major workhorse! 231-1,324 11TD on 5.73 ypc!
(I failed to adjust starters, all RBs are still potential affinities)
WR Malone still great - 1,444 yds on 7.93 ypt... Carrubba 837 9.0
TE Hartman dreadful in T role: 3.94 ypt, dammit (TE Sell 6.72 ypt)
Hard to complain a ton about being #2 offense 402/gm and #1 scoring 30.3

(note: I think i must have clicked to submit my file before it was done, some stuff I know I did must have been after I sent the file, drat)

Defense was solid - overall allowed 5.64 ypa passing, thats really good
PR% was 23.4, 3rd, with tons of hurries and decent number of sacks
LB Duda was brilliant overall, and signed his extension to stick around

-10 in turnovers is probably the explanation for the dropoff to 10 wins

Solid team. Some disappointment. Really need to figure out this swing TE thing.

QuikSand · 08-28-2020, 08:25 PM

In the postseason, both my teams manage to win in the wild card round, then lose in the divisional on the road. Sounds about right.

http://gml.fof-belco.com/forum/showt...ll=1#post60048

QuikSand · 08-28-2020, 08:28 PM

Ravens lose my favorite DB in Cody Lentzner, to retirement. The run of uber-affinity and top-talent secondary is over, with basically nothing much to show for it.

In DC, superb affinity leader LB Cannida retired, and we will have to weigh our options, but we kept DT Pascal to step back into the leadership role (98/75)... will I be content with a 75 personality leader there? Stay tuned.

QuikSand · 08-29-2020, 10:58 AM

Okay, into the 2124 offseason. Feeling a tiny bit refreshed with FOF, for whatever reason.

Baltimore Reset:

Code:

Front Office Football Eight
Baltimore Ravens Roster, Scout Overview
   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct 
Lyle, Austin            109 QB          5    42               46               2 yrs. 
Justin, Evan            114 QB          7    32               32               1 yr.  
Alonzo, Jamal           117 QB          6    19               23               1 yr.  
Zamora, Caiden          220 RB          7    57               57               1 yr.  
Joyner, Donnie          223 RB          5    46               46               2 yrs. 
Andersen, Darnell       235 RB          4    39               39               1 yr.  
Schweigert, Bernie      222 RB          10   32               32               ---    
Hillhouse, Kristopher   349 FB          6    66               66               1 yr.  
Ogden, Leon             348 FB          8    45               45               ---    
Ricker, Branden         344 FB          6    43               43               2 yrs. 
Gilbertson, Johnnie     440 TE          2    49               53               3 yrs. 
Hartman, Marcus         484 TE          4    37               37               ---    
Wesson, Reuben          487 TE          5    21               21               ---    
VanCaeyzeele, Parker    511 FL          6    66               66               3 yrs. 
Surry, Henry            581 FL          5    40               40               2 yrs. 
McCormick, Phil         583 FL          2    30               42               3 yrs. 
Schlafly, B.J.          588 FL          6    26               26               1 yr.  
Bridges, Buddy          585 FL          7    25               25               ---    
Behne, Warren           518 SE          6    81               81               3 yrs. 
Collins, William        580 SE          6    42               42               2 yrs. 
Hanley, Rodolfo         586 SE          4    24               41               1 yr.  
Cook, Shaun             663 C           6    56               56               2 yrs. 
Emmons, Blaine          762 LG          2    60               82               3 yrs. 
Carpenter, Roosevelt    779 LG          3    44               54               2 yrs. 
O'Donnell, Miguel       861 LT          9    75               75               ---    
Douglas, Kim            873 LT          7    20               20               ---    
Paullin, Terry          866 LT          13   2                2                1 yr.  
Sheldon, O.J.           871 RT          6    44               44               2 yrs. 
Moore, Reggie           902 P           5    83               83               2 yrs. 
Thomas, Mario           1003K           10   83               83               2 yrs. 
Turnbull, Kevin         1191LDE         6    59               59               2 yrs. 
Espinosa, Joey          1193LDE         2    45               50               1 yr.  
Baump, Jackson          1198RDE         4    66               66               4 yrs. 
Helming, Juan           1190RDE         9    59               59               ---    
Middleton, Tucker       1297NT          9    37               37               2 yrs. 
Douglas, Kim            1294NT          7    37               37               ---    
Crawford, Parker        1292NT          5    32               32               2 yrs. 
Rhodes, Carlos          1357SILB        6    57               57               1 yr.  
Schenk, Rich            1356WILB        8    52               52               2 yrs. 
Dawson, Dave            1352WILB        8    44               44               1 yr.  
Sorota, Tyrus           1415SLB         9    62               62               2 yrs. 
Gardner, Anthony        1453WLB         8    55               55               2 yrs. 
Thomas, Burt            1447WLB         7    44               44               ---    
Maas, Josue             1528LCB         12   51               51               ---    
Kindred, Matt           1532LCB         4    42               42               2 yrs. 
Bernardino, Shaun       1507RCB         10   68               68               2 yrs. 
Calmus, Collin          1539RCB         11   38               38               ---    
Burroughs, Darrell      1537RCB         6    27               27               ---    
Patterson, Mitchell     1536RCB         8    25               25               1 yr.  
Padilla, Dustin         1625FS          9    33               33               ---    
Spangler, Doug          1627FS          2    29               37               3 yrs. 
Leclair, Freddie        669 LS          8    20               20               ---    
   
$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,  
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.  
   
Players Under Contract: 37
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 37
   
Salary Cap: $719,500,000
Cap Room: $208,540,000
Maximum for New Player: $173,380,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $25,110,000
   
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $392,850,000

So, that's the snapshot, with more clarity than my narrative could add.

$200m in cap space sounds like a ton... is it? Not quite 30% of the total. Among our own free agents, the guys we let walk, I am not really super pressed to being anyone back - TE Hartman will likely get his $7m RFA deal, but the balance will likely be offers, nor priorities. So, that's not a "spoken for" slice of the pie. In-game it says our top contract offer is $173m, so we have to spend on a draft, but we're still in decent cap shape. QB Lyle thinks he's a $50 man now, so that is looming for either this year (holdout) or next, assuming we're sold that he's our guy.

Will do some mental gridding-out today, may or may not detail it here.

QuikSand · 08-31-2020, 04:48 AM

Okay, first free agent stage is in the books. Here's our shiny new object...

QuikSand

BAL

CB Ernest Boyd (70/70) (Yr. 5)

signed as an unrestricted free agent from Oakland

4yrs, $244.0M (Bonus: $188.0M. Salary: $14.0M, $14.0M, $14.0M, $14.0M.)

I didn't really push a lot of money around overall, but this guy was a top target. Out with the old, in with the new. Not a perfect specimen, but I've been able to assemble supporting cast level DB talent fairly easily, so having a guy like this for a while to just lock down the CB1/CB2 job has value to me. This year (while Bernardino remains a top cover option) he might actually start at safety, pending other happenings, but his future ought to be at corner.

So, that's good.

Have offers in to around 10 other guys, in the lead on most, as usual. Nothign shocking here.

I am making a play to move up in the first round of the draft targeting one player I did not expect to see slide this far... I'll be pleasantly surprised if it works out, but stay tuned.

QuikSand · 08-31-2020, 05:12 AM

DC BUREAU

Funny twist, I put in a fat free agent offer - 3y, $123m - to a running back with modest stats but good-looking ratings, thinking we might be able to get something out of him. Instead, he signs with Ben's Falcons (who, as we have noted, are competing in the same affinity triads as us):

Ben E Lou

ATL

RB Spencer Strauss (74/74) (Yr. 5)

signed as an unrestricted free agent from Minnesota

3yrs, $123.0M (Bonus: $90.0M. Salary: $11.0M, $11.0M, $11.0M.)

I'm not positive, but I think our offers might have been absolutely identical... $11m in salary and $30m/yr in bonus. Alas.

Our only actual news is re-signing fringe DE Timothy Jacobs, just a continuity move for us, really. Former 2nd round pick we had hoped would be an impact player, instead he's just ... a player.

We're in the lead on 9 more guys, trailing on none, situation normal.

QuikSand · 08-31-2020, 11:04 AM

Quote:

PHI sends 1.12

BAL sends 1.28, 2.28, 3.28, 5.28, 6.28, 7.28

Well, this does two things:

-it DEFINITELY cuts down on the time and energy I spend on this draft for the Ravens, presumably fiddling around with picks that will sandcastle into useless debris... so that's good

-it HOPEFULLY delivers a player who can be impactful right away for us, at least in an Art-of-War sense... details TBA after pick is effected

QuikSand · 08-31-2020, 11:37 AM

Okay, here's the prized possession...

Baltimore: QuikSand takes RB Christopher Webster with the 1.12 pick.

Breakaway Speed		71<->100
Power Inside		69<->99
Third Down Running		55<->85
Hole Recognition		30<->59
Elusiveness		0<->29
Speed to Outside		65<->94
Blitz Pickup		49<->79
Avoid Drops		16<->46
Getting Downfield		63<->92
Route Running		71<->100
Third Down Catching		71<->100
Punt Returning		0<->29
Kick Returning		0<->29
Endurance		71<->100
Special Teams		71<->100

HT	WT	RAW	ADJ	DASH	SOL	BENCH	AGI	BRJU	POS	%DEV
70	202	6.4	6.8	4.32	28	20	7.23	123	29	65

to paraphrase the yuletide carolers... "do you see what I see?"

QuikSand · 09-01-2020, 08:11 AM

So, I'm not thrilled at my good-fit options at pick 24, and end up dealing down to pick 31 (with tzach, who has figured out my typical draft ennui) -- and pick up a good veteran OL in the process.

G Josh Gaines

It costs my next year's BAL 3rd, but that's a pick I'd rather not keep anyway, so... I think I'm good with this. I suspect Meyer will start for us at LT this year and maybe for a while. He may be chem-neutral for a spell, but eventually should settle in as a fit, depending on how I build up the OL. Just felt like it filled a need.

tzach · 09-01-2020, 08:14 AM

It's G Gaines that is going to BAL!

QuikSand · 09-01-2020, 08:19 AM

DC BUREAU

Well, we make our pick at 1.25, after trying to trade away the entire draft class...this league is just not into fiddling around much, I fear.

Washington: KickStand takes OLB Paul Ruddick with the 1.25 pick.

Run Defense		63<->91
Pass Rush Technique		55<->83
Pass Rush Strength		1<->29
Man-to-Man Defense		40<->68
Zone Defense		12<->40
Bump-and-Run Defense		34<->62
Play Diagnosis		59<->86
Punishing Hitter		72<->100
Endurance		57<->85
Special Teams		0<->28

HT	WT	RAW	ADJ	DASH	SOL	BENCH	AGI	BRJU	POS	%DEV
73	245	5.9	5.6	4.57	37	18	7.26	109	28	57

Basically a scout pick, he came back VU from his interview, and the rest of my first round possibles all came back overrated or worse. So, I will hope he can grind up into a productive starter at LB.

In free agency, we land a couple veterans - a big money (non chemistry) LB with near-max PR Technique, thinking he could be an anchor caliber pass rusher for us (as it feels like Singleton is waning). Also an 8th year pass-rushing DE and a non-chemistry TE on pricey but bonus-free "team option" deals.

LT Jimmie Arnold turned down our offer and went to the Giants, which is fine, he's not really in our plans anyhow.

QuikSand · 09-01-2020, 09:32 AM

Baltimore grabs a 5th year RB who has been very effective, via free agency:

QuikSand

BAL

RB Jeffrey Allegretti (57/57) (Yr. 5)

signed as a free agent

3yrs, $111.0M (Bonus: $90.0M. Salary: $7.0M, $7.0M, $7.0M.)

So, gee, how might one reconcile taking a RB with our early trade-up draft pick, and then splurging on a RB in free agency? Well, cap space, I suppose. But... hmmmmmmm...

Incidentally, Allegretti is a 4-5 group guy, and won't click with Liverwurst if he returns and reclaims the chem leadership. So, that points us in the direction of re-orienting that group, after a pretty long, if not that noteworthy, run for our former 1st rounder.

Bernie Schweigert, aka Liverwurst

QuikSand · 09-01-2020, 10:06 AM

And by the way... just in case you never "got" the nickname, and were merely afraid to ask...

Braunschweiger Liver Sausage (Braunschweiger Leberwurst)

We'll let our friends over at meats-and-sausages-dot-com fill in the blanks on how Bernie Schweigert became "Liverwurst" in the minds and hearts of the Pikesville faithful.

hey, if you're actually reading this crap, i'm apparently not gonna deliver anything other than the blue moon championship, so you might as well get something from it, amirite

Chas in Cinti · 09-01-2020, 10:07 AM

The illogical attachments to middling Running Backs has gotten me more than once...

QuikSand · 09-01-2020, 11:38 AM

Well, I reckon we are turning another page here. The free agent will be RB1 for now, naturally, and I will earnestly hope to get him another 1,000 yard season.

That presumably leaves Zamora out in the cold. We'll never know which of his two BAL seasons was the anomaly -- the 814/5.12 season or the 484/4.14 season. I'll try to get some trade value for him - probably won't get any nibbles.

So, the rookie Webster... let's just say we are not yet ready to assign him a backfield role quite yet. His fascinating set of skills will be a camp adventure, perhaps we will see him in a hybrid role somehow. But not likely getting 200 carries between the tackles - that should be Allegretti.

QuikSand · 09-01-2020, 11:47 AM

Baltimore picks at 1.31, and we take a DB who we project as a nickel cover man - he looks maxed-out to us in both zone and bump, but probably isn't strong enough in run D to play a lot of safety. Not in love with the pick, but he has the most checked boxes I could find. (Sorry cannot post the thread item, it seems I bonked the auto poster when I made my pick, I got an error screen and the auto-post failed)

That should end our draft, save for one late 4th rounder, where I'll hope to grab... oh, something or another.

QuikSand · 09-02-2020, 09:58 AM

This is not a thrill ride.

Nothing too exciting for today.

BAL signed a DT on a no-bonus deal, and brought in CB Les Wiggins (a former 1st rounder of ours) as a rotation-level DB with leadership potential down the road. Yawn.

DC signed a big bruiser S with an eye toward getting a year or two out of him at LB, but that doesn't look too promising, so this likely amounts to nothing at all.

I'll post the DC draftees after the 3rd round guy registers, soon.

QuikSand · 09-02-2020, 11:06 AM

Baltimore's chemistry setup did improve, though... we signed away a FB from PHI, and he will become out 2-3 group leader. Clicks with Allegretti, Hillhouse, and even RB Joyner. So, we may well be set at that position chem-wise, and also talent-wise, with 5th year guy Joyner looking the part of a good-enough RB2 to me.

QuikSand · 09-02-2020, 11:44 AM

Ravens Roster Review

...with our draft all but done, here are my thoughts on what this year's roster is looking like:

Code:

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct 
Lyle, Austin            109 QB          5    42               46               2 yrs. 
Justin, Evan            114 QB          7    32               32               1 yr.  
Alonzo, Jamal           117 QB          6    19               23               1 yr.

Lyle is the guy, I guess. We'll try to stave off paying him like a starter for another year but that will come. Justin is the double strong affinity backup, in a no-injury league that's a safe roster spot. Austin was our Plan B for RB chemistry, now he's merely an afterthought... or perhaps trade bait?

Code:

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct 
Zamora, Caiden          220 RB          7    57               57               1 yr.  
Allegretti, Jeffrey     233 RB          5    54               54               3 yrs. 
Joyner, Donnie          223 RB          5    46               46               2 yrs. 
Andersen, Darnell       235 RB          4    39               39               1 yr.  
Schweigert, Bernie      222 RB          10   32               32               ---    
Hillhouse, Kristopher   349 FB          6    66               66               1 yr.  
Ogden, Leon             348 FB          8    45               45               ---    
Ricker, Branden         344 FB          6    43               43               2 yrs. 
Bryant, Nate            346 FB          5    13               14               2 yrs.

Crowded, but resolvable pretty easily. Let's start with FB Bryant as the bench-bound chem gimp, from the 2-3 chem group. That leaves FBs Ogden and Ricker as chem-neutral, not a great place to be unless you're a highly productive star for us. Also, Andersen looks like a nifty 3rd down back, but without an affinity, not likely to last.

So - this year I'm penciling in Allegretti as RB1, Hillhouse as the FB, and then we'll see. Zamora as a conflict... hard to see him sticking. Joyner didn't get starts last year but could this season and click in as RB2 for a while, he's an 88HR guy with some breakaway speed but no endurance. We'll see whether the group ends up being more than 4 total players, but for now that's the quartet we have in mind.

Code:

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct Gilbertson, Johnnie     440 TE          2    49               53               3 yrs. 
Hartman, Marcus         484 TE          4    37               37               3 yrs. 
Wesson, Reuben          487 TE          5    21               21               ---

Gilbertson looks like an okay starter, and Hartman is a versatile young guy who also plays special teams. They should remain in place long term. In a more nearly perfect world, I'd draft/sign someone to slot ahead of them both...sort of like trading for an ace pitcher and everyone else just drops a slot. Here... who knows. More likely, we'll just continue to starve our star receivers of 160 targets to instead get <1,100 yards from them out of this lot.

Code:

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct VanCaeyzeele, Parker    511 FL          6    66               66               3 yrs. 
Surry, Henry            581 FL          5    40               40               2 yrs. 
McCormick, Phil         583 FL          2    30               42               3 yrs. 
Schlafly, B.J.          588 FL          6    26               26               1 yr.  
Bridges, Buddy          585 FL          7    25               25               ---    
Behne, Warren           518 SE          6    81               81               3 yrs. 
Collins, William        580 SE          6    42               42               2 yrs. 
Hanley, Rodolfo         586 SE          4    24               41               1 yr.

#11 PVC and #18 Behne are the build-around guys on this roster, but I am not doing a great job maximizing them. Behne has endurance problems, and PVC is a good but not great all around guy. With a better gameplan, I'd shift them more targets away from our TE/FB group... odds of me committing the time to that, slim.

Nobody else here is particularly important... what is important is the incoming rookie. Nobody said anythign here, but to me he's a no brainer position switch to WR, and hopefully does so pretty seamlessly. I think he may be a butterfingers guy, but past that he should have very good WR skills, plus endurance and special teams. I don't know how to max out a trio of three quality WRs, so maybe the play (in a no injury league) would be to sell off one of these guys, perhaps?

Code:

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct Cook, Shaun             663 C           6    56               56               2 yrs. 
Emmons, Blaine          762 LG          2    60               82               3 yrs. 
Carpenter, Roosevelt    779 LG          3    44               54               2 yrs. 
Douglas, Kim            873 LT          7    20               20               ---    
Paullin, Terry          866 LT          13   2                2                1 yr.  
Sheldon, O.J.           871 RT          6    44               44               2 yrs.

Our trade target isn't showing up in game yet, but mentally add a high quality LG(/LT?) into this list. We're still on the fence on how exactly to steer the chemistry, but we'll need to exclude Carpenter from that consideration, as he is chemistry poison eventually. We're trying to grab a young so-so guy, but would prefer to have something fall out of the sky for us - like a second round draft pick next year, or maybe one of those RFA walkaways from another team who fits.

I don't hate where we are talent-wise, but we're kinda one quality guy short, I think. C Cook and RT Sheldon are... meh.

Code:

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct Moore, Reggie           902 P           5    83               83               2 yrs. 
Thomas, Mario           1003K           10   83               83               2 yrs.

Spending money here for no apparent gain.

Code:

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct Turnbull, Kevin         1191LDE         6    59               59               2 yrs. 
Espinosa, Joey          1193LDE         2    45               50               1 yr.  
Baump, Jackson          1198RDE         4    66               66               4 yrs. 
Norton, Michael         1290RDT         5    53               53               2 yrs. 
Middleton, Tucker       1297NT          9    37               37               2 yrs. 
Douglas, Kim            1294NT          7    37               37               ---    
Crawford, Parker        1292NT          5    32               32               2 yrs.

Okay, group is thin but it's okay. I'm trying to listen to what I'm hearing on these YouTube vids, and also take stock of what I'm doing. Bottom line seems to be - it is not hard to find decent one-skill guys to play the DL. DE Turnbull was a 3rd rounder, now he's an all-star pass rusher with 15.5 sacks last year. Espinosa was an after-draft find, now he fits into a useful rotation at DE/DT for us. DT Crawford was a 7th round pick who is now perfectly start-able in our base D. I paid to get and to re-sign Baump, but maybe that's unwise. Like the OL, I feel we are one quality guy away from being comfy here.

Code:

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct Rhodes, Carlos          1357SILB        6    57               57               1 yr.  
Schenk, Rich            1356WILB        8    52               52               2 yrs. 
Dawson, Dave            1352WILB        8    44               44               1 yr.  
Etten, Lincoln          1358MLB         4    43               43               1 yr.  
Sorota, Tyrus           1415SLB         9    62               62               2 yrs. 
Gardner, Anthony        1453WLB         8    55               55               2 yrs. 
Thomas, Burt            1447WLB         7    44               44               ---

Kinda the same story here? Sorota and Rhodes were both big money free agents, and are fine but not thrilling. Gardner was a castoff we signed young and developed here, now he's very good. Will just continue to grind out decent chaff through the usual channels to keep this group happy.

Code:

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct Boyd, Ernest            1526LCB         5    64               64               4 yrs. 
Maas, Josue             1528LCB         12   51               51               ---    
Kindred, Matt           1532LCB         4    42               42               2 yrs. 
Bernardino, Shaun       1507RCB         10   68               68               2 yrs. 
Wiggins, Les            1542RCB         8    44               44               3 yrs. 
Calmus, Collin          1539RCB         11   38               38               ---    
Burroughs, Darrell      1537RCB         6    27               27               ---    
Patterson, Mitchell     1536RCB         8    25               25               1 yr.  
Padilla, Dustin         1625FS          9    33               33               ---    
Spangler, Doug          1627FS          2    29               37               3 yrs.

Okay, the heyday is over. To no major avail. We didn't have the great offense that makes a pass D shine. So where are we? Bernardino has one or two years left as a CB1/2 and superb chem leader. Once he leaves, we'll have a conundrum - both Padilla and Wiggins are excellent potential group leaders from the 4-5 group, but our newly drafted rookie (NB or FS) is also a 4-5 guy. I have resolved to deal with this later, but it looms as a worry.

Talent-wise, if this year's rookie works out, we are... hmm... maybe a couple of players short of where we'd want to be after the fossils fade away.

Code:

   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct Leclair, Freddie        669 LS          8    20               20               ---

We're getting competition to re-sign Freddie, the only 20-rated LS in free agency. So it goes.

I don't hate where we are. We could be a B on offense and a B- on defense, and that might be worth... 10 wins. Sigh. Yawn.

QuikSand · 09-04-2020, 08:29 AM

Ok, draft is in the can, early free agency is wrapped, where are we now?

For the Ravens, the big news is the pre-reveal of our top rookie, RB Webster. He looks, to my scout, like a very highly developed guy (good), 100 Breakaway Speed (great), 39/46 Hole Rec (as expected), 61/87 Route Running (meh), and 61/85 Getting Downfield (meh). Mixed bag. End and ST both in the 70s, so he's a full time player -- but what do we do with him?

At 206 lbs, he's a 95% convert to FL, and that is Plan A. Quick look there (before the in-game adjustment) makes him look like a solid project WR, but not a build-around star -- he'll need to grow into his high RR rating, but has other stuff (GD and courage) to help, but surprisingly low BPR (33). Hmmm. He still looks like a quality first round pick, but not sure he'll be the guy who pushes me to shove #18 out the door anytime soon.

Chas in Cinti · 09-04-2020, 10:07 AM

Quik...

BPR? I'm not picking up that acronym... also, how tall is Webster that makes the change so high a %?

-Chas

QuikSand · 09-04-2020, 10:27 AM

DC BUREAU

Well, I never got around to documenting our draft picks... this will have to do:

24

WAS

KickStand

2(25) LCB Josiah Junker 28/48
1(25) SLB Paul Ruddick 33/56
3(25) TE Weston Wells 35/48
7(25) LDT Samuel Gillespie 22/44
4(25) SE Javier Duncan 16/43
6(25) LCB Tom Scott 19/45

61.8

What I see, from the sneak peek isn't all that terrible, though:

TE Weston Wells is going to be really useful, like he jumps right into a major workload...

LB Ruddick had better bump up, or else he's a pretty middling player for a first rounder... useful but not special. Looks like a run-stopper guy, the sort I poked fun at on the latest VideoChat

CB Junker was my 1A for round one, and he looks the part - mainly a bump guy but a few big bars and potentially more to come - useful, at worst

CB Tom Scott actually has the PR skills I hoped for, so he'll be an intriguing guy to contemplating getting in for "starts" - if that zone really develops to 90 or so, he could actually be a serious asset

QuikSand · 09-07-2020, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chas in Cinti

Quik...

BPR? I'm not picking up that acronym... also, how tall is Webster that makes the change so high a %?

-Chas

Big Play Receiving... typically a RB's rating in breakaway speed tracks to that bar as a WR. Webster is 5'10" 202 - and I think it's primarily (exclusively?) the weight that matters for his position switch - needs to be down close to 200 for it to work fairly seamlessly.

I didn't execute it in this stage, but I can't imagine what I'm waiting for...

QuikSand · 09-07-2020, 02:28 PM

So yeah, today is a game stage. Got it.

Ravens in cap clearing mode - wiped out a few guys to make cap space, RB Zamora the most notable, I think.

We signed some after-draft guys, but nothing exciting to write up. My CB/KR got poached by Ben's Falcons, so I'm looking for a KR option - a rookie RB will get a look, but it's likely WR who will keep that gig. 3rd year TE Alexander Huffman signs a 1yr deal with us, and likely plays as TE3 - he's got that curious skill set known as "only does a few things, but the right few things." In a league with injuries, I'd love him as a depth play - here, dunno what I do with him, short or long term.

Sneak peek on the rookies doesn't make anyone look a ton more noteworthy... I guess RB Cedrick Erickson will merit a legit shot at the RB3 job, and with 64/79 KR, he could be a factor there after all.

We head into camp 65 strong, and feeling like things are pointed a pretty good direction. Losing DL Denby last year hurt, broke up what felt like a streak of minor wins with drafts/signings. Perhaps things are pointing up after all. We'll have to see this rookie RB/WR hybrid after the dust has settled on this year to have a clearer sense, I reckon.

QuikSand · 09-07-2020, 08:13 PM

DC BUREAU

Meh.

Washington Football Team	KickStand	K Grady Brody	2 years, $4,990,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $2.3M, $2.7M.)
Washington Football Team	KickStand	P Dennis Burton	1 year, $4,500,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $4.5M.)
Washington Football Team	KickStand	TE Brody Freeman	2 years, $7,920,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $4.0M, $4.0M.)	28	28
Washington Football Team	KickStand	SLB Francisco Jasper	2 years, $8,000,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $4.0M, $4.0M.)
Washington Football Team	KickStand	RCB Clifton Rice	1 year, $5,500,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $5.5M.)	35	35
Washington Football Team	KickStand	NT Cesar Singleton	2 years, $8,000,000 (Bonus: $20K. Salary: $4.0M, $4.0M.)
Washington Football Team	KickStand	RB Renaldo Wheeler	1 year, $5,500,000 (Bonus: $0K. Salary: $5.5M.)

RB Wheeler was a guy I had in my draft queue but couldn't pull the trigger on. After the draft, I still liked him enough to offer up some dough, non-guaranteed of course. Hole Rec over 65 out of the chute - we might have something here.

LB Jasper also looks interesting, another guy I flat out missed during the draft but now looks attractive afterward. With some time, perhaps I could go and reverse engineer this a bit, see why I missed on this guy?

Some intriguing bits and pieces from this draft, looking forward to putting them together as we get to 60 then 53.

QuikSand · 09-08-2020, 12:38 PM

Camp done, not a big stage, since we've already sneak-peeked our rookies.

Anyway, RB-cum-WR Webster now looks like a pretty solid professional pass catcher, but I am definitely disappointed that his Big Play Receiving is not what I would have hoped.

My scout sees him projecting at 57, the league scout at 55, that's a good sign (cf. VideoChat). Curiously, though, the league scout sees him with... a complete void at ratings like BPR, Courage, and Adjust to Ball -- while mine sees him at 31, 65/79, and 17/42 respectively. That seems like a glitch to me, perhaps it will be resolved after the preseason adjustments? The flip side is that the league scout sees him as better than my scout does in RR and GD, two ratings I really do care about. Not sure what to take away from that, I hope it resolves in our favor, though.

It's cutdown to 60 today. Not a huge set of decisions here, usually. Typically guys I signed as flyers and Plan-Bs are the main chaff we locate at this stage, plus position-switchers who don't have the weight or carryover ratings to make the team at the new position.

LG Gaines is so weak in personality (4) that he doesn't even register an affinity - I kinda knew this was a possibility, but it's still visually disappointing. I'm shallow like that sometimes.

Moves made, file in, nothing alarming here.

QuikSand · 09-08-2020, 01:01 PM

DC BUREAU

Funny little twist here, we signed a FB who looks like a rotation-caliber guy, and in doing so apparently failed to do our due diligence - he'd been slapped with a suspension for off-field conduct. That makes us... well, I guess that makes us the DC franchise, right? Sigh.

Anyway, we'll sort out what that means for the team longer term, but for now... he makes the cut to 60, at least, as he might have value for us next season.

DE Singleton is likely, but not certain, to make this team. A sentimental favorite holdover, but he's fading and we may be in denial.

QuikSand · 09-09-2020, 01:16 PM

Gonna shortchange you a bit today, sorry. Files are in.

Projections:

BAL- Solid 11-5 campaign, not as many sweet dice rolls as last year
WAS- Slip a bit to 10-6, but remain in the playoffs and a factor

QuikSand · 09-10-2020, 07:46 AM

QuikSand · 09-10-2020, 08:04 AM

Ravens go 8-7-1 and miss postseason... dammit.

GML: Baltimore Ravens 2124

What went wrong?

QB had 21 picks, rating dropped from high 80s to low 80s, yuck
RB Allegretti got the lion's share of work as expected, >5yoc is fine
WR tandem was fine, #11 gets 7.8ypt, #18 gets 8.56 (limited work)
The TE role... ugh...Gilbertson only 5.5ypt, sinkhole (Huffman 6.8 though)
RB Allegretti, for whatever reason, was AWFUL receiving - 320y on 84 targets

Baump and Turnbull split up 25 sacks, and we were 3rd in PR%, solid
PD% though, really bad... 53.7 - everyone could throw on us, big worry

And with out -8 turnover margin, we end up barely above .500... yuck

Feels like we are just frittering away the prime years of these receivers, that sucks. Should we try out an all-pass offense or something to break up the monotony?

QuikSand · 09-10-2020, 08:05 AM

Oh, my bad, 8-7-1 good enough for the 6 seed and a trip to the Chargers. How bout that.

QuikSand · 09-10-2020, 08:19 AM

DC BUREAU

United Win Division at 11-5, Host Wild Card Round Game

GML: Washington Football Team 2124

QB Clancy had his best season with us: 5,261, 46/20, 7.67ypa, 97.4 rat
RB Clements and Wheeler returned to earth with about 4 ypc each, meh
WR Malone again tore it up: 1,769/14 on 194 targets
WR cast okay: Carrubba 937/10 on 7.32, Everhart 563/2 on 7.71
TE Dawkins okay in main role: 734/6 on 6.99 (Wells 491/3 on 6.22)
Offense basically did its job - 3rd in points per game, 4th in ypa

DT Pascal and LB Welch lead the pass rush w 11 sacks each, team=28.3% (1st)
S Chiba with huge year, 85 PD% 7 int and 89 tackles from the SS slot, boss
LB Duda and Shedd each posted 10+ PDs from LB slots, useful
Overall OD% was 63.8 - good for 6th in the league, not bad

Honestly, stats say a better team than 11-5, we had a good strong season

QuikSand · 09-10-2020, 08:24 AM

Oh, and for you ear-pinner fans...

http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93935

6.5 sacks on 10 total tackles is a BOSS ratio

QuikSand · 09-10-2020, 09:20 AM

If I were granted a window of spare time and restricted to only FOF use, I might really dig into the current tzack StL gameplan... he's already seemingly mastered the super-pass-heavy attack, and with this team has seemingly built up an unstoppable running game...

NAME	G	GS	KRB	KRBO	KRB%	PNK	SKA	SK%	RPLY	PPLY	PEN
C Michael Barringer	16	16	45	105	42.9	5	2	0.3	483	607	16
RG Brenden Parson	16	16	39	92	42.4	1	4	0.7	483	607	10
RG Gabe Meyer	16	16	32	79	40.5	3	5	0.8	508	607	20
LT Freezer Talley	16	16	32	77	41.6	6	0	0.0	508	607	12
LT Dakota Lichtenberg	16	16	22	53	41.5	0	5	0.8	500	607	13

BLOCKING

Getting 40% key run blocks is quite good for a lineman. And every guy on that team is posting that level. They're all good, I get that, but there's witchcraft involved here and it theoretically can't be as hard to uncork as the high-end passing game...right?

QuikSand · 09-10-2020, 09:23 AM

BTW, a key run block works like this in FOF:

-each designed run play has one blocker selected as the key blocker
-that selected blocker will be credited with one key run block opporutnity in-game
-the play gets run, presumably with that guy having extra influence in blocking dice rolls
-if the play is deemed a success, the key blocker is awarded a successful key run block

The determination of "success" seems to be based on some formula from Football Outsiders... I cannot recall it directly, but it's close to this:

On 1st down, get 5 yards
On 2nd down, get half (or maybe 40% of?) the distance for a 1st down
On 3rd/4th down, get the 1st down

08-26-2020, 10:57 AM	#1259
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	In Baltimore, a big boom reveal for our 1st round lineman... we did indeed draft "a good guard" after all. Emmons looks like the real deal now, happy with that pick for sure - he could even play LT in a pinch (though I don't want to move him there for obvious reasons, it's a death knell in FOF to move to LT from another OL position). As for the balance of the rookie class... well, mixed bag, but some good news: -The TE Gilbertson we took at 1.24 looks pretty good, but more like a "nice grab in round three" as opposed to "savvy use of an early pick.) He will get the coveted swing TE role right away, in search of a pot of copper in the form of, say, 6.5 ypt. Meh. -The WR McCormick we grabbed in round 4 just off combines had a camp boom and now looks...useful. Not like a star, but like a guy who could settle in as a WR4, take some targets out of a reserve FL role, and maybe give us 300 yards on 40 targets some day. S Spangler from round 7 will have trouble getting starts, but looks like a rotation-filler guy long term for us or somebody. LB Gaynord from the 6th is a ST capable guy who also won't get starts here and likely gets cut as a result. The gem is indeed, DL Espinosa (as I had mused before) our after-draft grab. League scout moved him from 29/38 to 35/49 in preseason, and we now line him up as a legit pass-rushing option with (by our scout, as well as the league scout) a maxed-out potential at PRTech. At 294 lb, not certain whether his future is at DT or DE, but I reckon he could be in that "ear pinner" conversation one day. I am unreasonably happy about this guy. So... pretty good crop all told. BenBot ranked us 23rd overall, I see more here than that would suggest. Cutdown to 60... Last edited by QuikSand : 08-26-2020 at 11:28 AM.

09-01-2020, 08:11 AM	#1274
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	So, I'm not thrilled at my good-fit options at pick 24, and end up dealing down to pick 31 (with tzach, who has figured out my typical draft ennui) -- and pick up a good veteran OL in the process. G Josh Gaines It costs my next year's BAL 3rd, but that's a pick I'd rather not keep anyway, so... I think I'm good with this. I suspect Meyer will start for us at LT this year and maybe for a while. He may be chem-neutral for a spell, but eventually should settle in as a fit, depending on how I build up the OL. Just felt like it filled a need. Last edited by QuikSand : 09-01-2020 at 08:20 AM.

09-01-2020, 10:07 AM	#1279
Chas in Cinti High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cincinnati, OH	The illogical attachments to middling Running Backs has gotten me more than once... __________________ Email: [email protected]

09-02-2020, 11:44 AM	#1284
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Ravens Roster Review ...with our draft all but done, here are my thoughts on what this year's roster is looking like: Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Lyle, Austin 109 QB 5 42 46 2 yrs. Justin, Evan 114 QB 7 32 32 1 yr. Alonzo, Jamal 117 QB 6 19 23 1 yr. Lyle is the guy, I guess. We'll try to stave off paying him like a starter for another year but that will come. Justin is the double strong affinity backup, in a no-injury league that's a safe roster spot. Austin was our Plan B for RB chemistry, now he's merely an afterthought... or perhaps trade bait? Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Zamora, Caiden 220 RB 7 57 57 1 yr. Allegretti, Jeffrey 233 RB 5 54 54 3 yrs. Joyner, Donnie 223 RB 5 46 46 2 yrs. Andersen, Darnell 235 RB 4 39 39 1 yr. Schweigert, Bernie 222 RB 10 32 32 --- Hillhouse, Kristopher 349 FB 6 66 66 1 yr. Ogden, Leon 348 FB 8 45 45 --- Ricker, Branden 344 FB 6 43 43 2 yrs. Bryant, Nate 346 FB 5 13 14 2 yrs. Crowded, but resolvable pretty easily. Let's start with FB Bryant as the bench-bound chem gimp, from the 2-3 chem group. That leaves FBs Ogden and Ricker as chem-neutral, not a great place to be unless you're a highly productive star for us. Also, Andersen looks like a nifty 3rd down back, but without an affinity, not likely to last. So - this year I'm penciling in Allegretti as RB1, Hillhouse as the FB, and then we'll see. Zamora as a conflict... hard to see him sticking. Joyner didn't get starts last year but could this season and click in as RB2 for a while, he's an 88HR guy with some breakaway speed but no endurance. We'll see whether the group ends up being more than 4 total players, but for now that's the quartet we have in mind. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Gilbertson, Johnnie 440 TE 2 49 53 3 yrs. Hartman, Marcus 484 TE 4 37 37 3 yrs. Wesson, Reuben 487 TE 5 21 21 --- Gilbertson looks like an okay starter, and Hartman is a versatile young guy who also plays special teams. They should remain in place long term. In a more nearly perfect world, I'd draft/sign someone to slot ahead of them both...sort of like trading for an ace pitcher and everyone else just drops a slot. Here... who knows. More likely, we'll just continue to starve our star receivers of 160 targets to instead get <1,100 yards from them out of this lot. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct VanCaeyzeele, Parker 511 FL 6 66 66 3 yrs. Surry, Henry 581 FL 5 40 40 2 yrs. McCormick, Phil 583 FL 2 30 42 3 yrs. Schlafly, B.J. 588 FL 6 26 26 1 yr. Bridges, Buddy 585 FL 7 25 25 --- Behne, Warren 518 SE 6 81 81 3 yrs. Collins, William 580 SE 6 42 42 2 yrs. Hanley, Rodolfo 586 SE 4 24 41 1 yr. #11 PVC and #18 Behne are the build-around guys on this roster, but I am not doing a great job maximizing them. Behne has endurance problems, and PVC is a good but not great all around guy. With a better gameplan, I'd shift them more targets away from our TE/FB group... odds of me committing the time to that, slim. Nobody else here is particularly important... what is important is the incoming rookie. Nobody said anythign here, but to me he's a no brainer position switch to WR, and hopefully does so pretty seamlessly. I think he may be a butterfingers guy, but past that he should have very good WR skills, plus endurance and special teams. I don't know how to max out a trio of three quality WRs, so maybe the play (in a no injury league) would be to sell off one of these guys, perhaps? Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Cook, Shaun 663 C 6 56 56 2 yrs. Emmons, Blaine 762 LG 2 60 82 3 yrs. Carpenter, Roosevelt 779 LG 3 44 54 2 yrs. Douglas, Kim 873 LT 7 20 20 --- Paullin, Terry 866 LT 13 2 2 1 yr. Sheldon, O.J. 871 RT 6 44 44 2 yrs. Our trade target isn't showing up in game yet, but mentally add a high quality LG(/LT?) into this list. We're still on the fence on how exactly to steer the chemistry, but we'll need to exclude Carpenter from that consideration, as he is chemistry poison eventually. We're trying to grab a young so-so guy, but would prefer to have something fall out of the sky for us - like a second round draft pick next year, or maybe one of those RFA walkaways from another team who fits. I don't hate where we are talent-wise, but we're kinda one quality guy short, I think. C Cook and RT Sheldon are... meh. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Moore, Reggie 902 P 5 83 83 2 yrs. Thomas, Mario 1003K 10 83 83 2 yrs. Spending money here for no apparent gain. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Turnbull, Kevin 1191LDE 6 59 59 2 yrs. Espinosa, Joey 1193LDE 2 45 50 1 yr. Baump, Jackson 1198RDE 4 66 66 4 yrs. Norton, Michael 1290RDT 5 53 53 2 yrs. Middleton, Tucker 1297NT 9 37 37 2 yrs. Douglas, Kim 1294NT 7 37 37 --- Crawford, Parker 1292NT 5 32 32 2 yrs. Okay, group is thin but it's okay. I'm trying to listen to what I'm hearing on these YouTube vids, and also take stock of what I'm doing. Bottom line seems to be - it is not hard to find decent one-skill guys to play the DL. DE Turnbull was a 3rd rounder, now he's an all-star pass rusher with 15.5 sacks last year. Espinosa was an after-draft find, now he fits into a useful rotation at DE/DT for us. DT Crawford was a 7th round pick who is now perfectly start-able in our base D. I paid to get and to re-sign Baump, but maybe that's unwise. Like the OL, I feel we are one quality guy away from being comfy here. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Rhodes, Carlos 1357SILB 6 57 57 1 yr. Schenk, Rich 1356WILB 8 52 52 2 yrs. Dawson, Dave 1352WILB 8 44 44 1 yr. Etten, Lincoln 1358MLB 4 43 43 1 yr. Sorota, Tyrus 1415SLB 9 62 62 2 yrs. Gardner, Anthony 1453WLB 8 55 55 2 yrs. Thomas, Burt 1447WLB 7 44 44 --- Kinda the same story here? Sorota and Rhodes were both big money free agents, and are fine but not thrilling. Gardner was a castoff we signed young and developed here, now he's very good. Will just continue to grind out decent chaff through the usual channels to keep this group happy. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Boyd, Ernest 1526LCB 5 64 64 4 yrs. Maas, Josue 1528LCB 12 51 51 --- Kindred, Matt 1532LCB 4 42 42 2 yrs. Bernardino, Shaun 1507RCB 10 68 68 2 yrs. Wiggins, Les 1542RCB 8 44 44 3 yrs. Calmus, Collin 1539RCB 11 38 38 --- Burroughs, Darrell 1537RCB 6 27 27 --- Patterson, Mitchell 1536RCB 8 25 25 1 yr. Padilla, Dustin 1625FS 9 33 33 --- Spangler, Doug 1627FS 2 29 37 3 yrs. Okay, the heyday is over. To no major avail. We didn't have the great offense that makes a pass D shine. So where are we? Bernardino has one or two years left as a CB1/2 and superb chem leader. Once he leaves, we'll have a conundrum - both Padilla and Wiggins are excellent potential group leaders from the 4-5 group, but our newly drafted rookie (NB or FS) is also a 4-5 guy. I have resolved to deal with this later, but it looms as a worry. Talent-wise, if this year's rookie works out, we are... hmm... maybe a couple of players short of where we'd want to be after the fossils fade away. Code: Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Leclair, Freddie 669 LS 8 20 20 --- We're getting competition to re-sign Freddie, the only 20-rated LS in free agency. So it goes. I don't hate where we are. We could be a B on offense and a B- on defense, and that might be worth... 10 wins. Sigh. Yawn.

09-04-2020, 10:07 AM	#1286
Chas in Cinti High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cincinnati, OH	Quik... BPR? I'm not picking up that acronym... also, how tall is Webster that makes the change so high a %? -Chas __________________ Email: [email protected]

08-25-2020, 03:42 PM	#1254
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Camp news - nothing much here. Cutdown from 70 to 60 will probably mean sorting out our RB situation, that's a spot for several cuts. * I've got $10m in bonus tied up in Zamora, and he posted north of 5ypc last season as RB1, so we'll just slot him in again. RB one, no chemistry effects to worry about, just here to tote the rock. * If Liverwusrt stays, he's the chem leader as a 4-5, he'll click with two of the three QBs (not QB2 Justin), and he'd activate affinities with youngsters O'Neill and Grant, plus the two fullbacks. We'd likely keep the better of the two RBs after preseason (O'Neill?) and carry 5 players in the position group. * If we cut Liverwurst, and move TE Polley to inactive FM gimp, he's a strong leader from the 2-3 group. The twist? Conflict with Zamora. Ouch, missed that. Also, 3rd year guy Andersen neutral with him, as is FB Ricker. Weak plan. * Well, what else do we have? If we cut Liverwurst, our group leader is Andersen (3rd, 60/25) - that can't be all. I don't see any good, easy, options. I guess we're sticking with Liverwurst for another year. * damn Cuts to 60 are not interesting. Fin.

08-25-2020, 03:47 PM	#1255
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	DC BUREAU Cutdowns from 70 to 60. Lots of chaff at RB. I won't bore you.

08-25-2020, 03:52 PM	#1256
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Fun twist from the DC roster: 2nd round rookie RB Gillespie has 62 Hole Rec by the league scout, but my my scout he's 20/25. My OC is 60 in scouting, my HC 70. Awesome.

08-26-2020, 10:59 AM	#1260
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Oh, wow, DT Denby got SMASHED by the volatility stick of death. If that was a given, then I'm super glad he turned down some extension offers earlier this offseason. Ouch. Goes from being a semi-centerpiece to... hmm, maybe a cut?

08-26-2020, 11:25 AM	#1261
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Baltimore file is in. TE Ogden was spared the axe, but only by moving back to FB where he's an affinity and... I dunno, maybe has some value? Didn't get his fat extension, though. Well, we're in new hands at QB with Lyle, who took a ratings drop - no shock since he's just been clipboarding for 3 seasons now. We'll hope that tzach is right and "he will be good." I do not really know what to do to gameplan for a "timing is my main skill" guy, so we will be running basically the same offense as we have been. Rookie will play the swing TE role, and we'll split up rushing duties across three guys - and otherwise a steady diet of 11 and 18 - all you can eat baby. I will predict a solid 9-7 season and a few flickers of what could have been.

08-26-2020, 02:58 PM	#1262
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	DC BUREAU So, cutdown stage here too. The RB situation, detailed a bit above, took a foreseeable bad turn - rookie RB Max Gillespie, 2nd round draft pick is closer to the bum they see, than the sleeper we saw. I bit the bullet and cut him, leaving three undrafted guys (one soph, two rooks) to split up the RB load this season. We don't win by running anyhow, we have been a top tier team without a serious rushing game anyway, so this doesn't seem like a major problem - just a missed opportunity. We will give undrafted rookie TE Hartman every chance to win a long term role - mostly by lack of good options there. Just poor planning on my part - had I been willing all along to settle for a non-affinity guy, I surely could have found a 45/45 veteran who would be better than this longshot. Past that... nothing special. Most of the team is back from the #1 seed group of last year. Young WR group is coming together - on paper, Carrubba has a case to make to steal some targets away from Malone. The OL group has a chem weakness (not a liability) and that's worrisome to me, but probably not a huge deal right away. The D should be okay - I'll hope to detail the state of our secondary soon, as I find it interesting all the little pieces that have fallen together for us there. I think we're an honest 10-win team overall - if our division remains weak, we might squeak out a couple more and be in the bye week picture, which is basically my goal. Median projection would be more like 11-5 and the 3 seed.

08-27-2020, 01:16 PM	#1263
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md

08-27-2020, 01:16 PM	#1264
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	oh right, that paste doesn't work, forgot

08-27-2020, 01:24 PM	#1265
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Baltimore goes 13-3, earning ... 5 seed, dammit GML: Baltimore Ravens 2123 So, have to be pleased with 13 wins, didn't expect that CLE remains a power team, so we're up the track a bit in WC So, looking things over - HOW DID THIS TEAM WIN 13 GAMES? QB Lyle was meh, 6.8 ypt, 31/16, 89 rating... fine i guess Rushing game was lousy, under 4 ypc from RBs #11 and #18 both around 6.5 ypt - why the f bother with talent? Defense... pass rush 11th in PR%, decent but not great DE Turnbull posts up 15.5 sacks, okay then, that's good We held opponents to 5.8 ypa passing, that's good overall A +13 turnover margin has to have been a major factor in the record I think this is indeed a 10 win team that got lucky to no avail... we'd have been the 5 seed with 10-6 just the same. Ugh.

08-27-2020, 01:41 PM	#1266
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	DC BUREAU 10-6 Gets Division Title But Only 4 Seed GML: Washington Football Team 2123 About as expected - we're not a power team, after all. Overall, QB Clancy prolific but not efficient - 4800 yds but... ...only 6.9 ypt, 35/24, and 82 rating - not good enough RB Herb Clements major workhorse! 231-1,324 11TD on 5.73 ypc! (I failed to adjust starters, all RBs are still potential affinities) WR Malone still great - 1,444 yds on 7.93 ypt... Carrubba 837 9.0 TE Hartman dreadful in T role: 3.94 ypt, dammit (TE Sell 6.72 ypt) Hard to complain a ton about being #2 offense 402/gm and #1 scoring 30.3 (note: I think i must have clicked to submit my file before it was done, some stuff I know I did must have been after I sent the file, drat) Defense was solid - overall allowed 5.64 ypa passing, thats really good PR% was 23.4, 3rd, with tons of hurries and decent number of sacks LB Duda was brilliant overall, and signed his extension to stick around -10 in turnovers is probably the explanation for the dropoff to 10 wins Solid team. Some disappointment. Really need to figure out this swing TE thing.

08-28-2020, 08:25 PM	#1267
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	In the postseason, both my teams manage to win in the wild card round, then lose in the divisional on the road. Sounds about right. http://gml.fof-belco.com/forum/showt...ll=1#post60048

08-28-2020, 08:28 PM	#1268
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Ravens lose my favorite DB in Cody Lentzner, to retirement. The run of uber-affinity and top-talent secondary is over, with basically nothing much to show for it. In DC, superb affinity leader LB Cannida retired, and we will have to weigh our options, but we kept DT Pascal to step back into the leadership role (98/75)... will I be content with a 75 personality leader there? Stay tuned.

09-01-2020, 08:14 AM	#1275
tzach High School JV Join Date: Mar 2015	It's G Gaines that is going to BAL!

09-01-2020, 10:06 AM	#1278
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	And by the way... just in case you never "got" the nickname, and were merely afraid to ask... Braunschweiger Liver Sausage (Braunschweiger Leberwurst) We'll let our friends over at meats-and-sausages-dot-com fill in the blanks on how Bernie Schweigert became "Liverwurst" in the minds and hearts of the Pikesville faithful. hey, if you're actually reading this crap, i'm apparently not gonna deliver anything other than the blue moon championship, so you might as well get something from it, amirite

09-01-2020, 11:38 AM	#1280
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Well, I reckon we are turning another page here. The free agent will be RB1 for now, naturally, and I will earnestly hope to get him another 1,000 yard season. That presumably leaves Zamora out in the cold. We'll never know which of his two BAL seasons was the anomaly -- the 814/5.12 season or the 484/4.14 season. I'll try to get some trade value for him - probably won't get any nibbles. So, the rookie Webster... let's just say we are not yet ready to assign him a backfield role quite yet. His fascinating set of skills will be a camp adventure, perhaps we will see him in a hybrid role somehow. But not likely getting 200 carries between the tackles - that should be Allegretti.

09-01-2020, 11:47 AM	#1281
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Baltimore picks at 1.31, and we take a DB who we project as a nickel cover man - he looks maxed-out to us in both zone and bump, but probably isn't strong enough in run D to play a lot of safety. Not in love with the pick, but he has the most checked boxes I could find. (Sorry cannot post the thread item, it seems I bonked the auto poster when I made my pick, I got an error screen and the auto-post failed) That should end our draft, save for one late 4th rounder, where I'll hope to grab... oh, something or another.

09-02-2020, 09:58 AM	#1282
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	This is not a thrill ride. Nothing too exciting for today. BAL signed a DT on a no-bonus deal, and brought in CB Les Wiggins (a former 1st rounder of ours) as a rotation-level DB with leadership potential down the road. Yawn. DC signed a big bruiser S with an eye toward getting a year or two out of him at LB, but that doesn't look too promising, so this likely amounts to nothing at all. I'll post the DC draftees after the 3rd round guy registers, soon.

09-02-2020, 11:06 AM	#1283
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Baltimore's chemistry setup did improve, though... we signed away a FB from PHI, and he will become out 2-3 group leader. Clicks with Allegretti, Hillhouse, and even RB Joyner. So, we may well be set at that position chem-wise, and also talent-wise, with 5th year guy Joyner looking the part of a good-enough RB2 to me.

09-04-2020, 08:29 AM	#1285
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Ok, draft is in the can, early free agency is wrapped, where are we now? For the Ravens, the big news is the pre-reveal of our top rookie, RB Webster. He looks, to my scout, like a very highly developed guy (good), 100 Breakaway Speed (great), 39/46 Hole Rec (as expected), 61/87 Route Running (meh), and 61/85 Getting Downfield (meh). Mixed bag. End and ST both in the 70s, so he's a full time player -- but what do we do with him? At 206 lbs, he's a 95% convert to FL, and that is Plan A. Quick look there (before the in-game adjustment) makes him look like a solid project WR, but not a build-around star -- he'll need to grow into his high RR rating, but has other stuff (GD and courage) to help, but surprisingly low BPR (33). Hmmm. He still looks like a quality first round pick, but not sure he'll be the guy who pushes me to shove #18 out the door anytime soon.

09-07-2020, 02:28 PM	#1289
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	So yeah, today is a game stage. Got it. Ravens in cap clearing mode - wiped out a few guys to make cap space, RB Zamora the most notable, I think. We signed some after-draft guys, but nothing exciting to write up. My CB/KR got poached by Ben's Falcons, so I'm looking for a KR option - a rookie RB will get a look, but it's likely WR who will keep that gig. 3rd year TE Alexander Huffman signs a 1yr deal with us, and likely plays as TE3 - he's got that curious skill set known as "only does a few things, but the right few things." In a league with injuries, I'd love him as a depth play - here, dunno what I do with him, short or long term. Sneak peek on the rookies doesn't make anyone look a ton more noteworthy... I guess RB Cedrick Erickson will merit a legit shot at the RB3 job, and with 64/79 KR, he could be a factor there after all. We head into camp 65 strong, and feeling like things are pointed a pretty good direction. Losing DL Denby last year hurt, broke up what felt like a streak of minor wins with drafts/signings. Perhaps things are pointing up after all. We'll have to see this rookie RB/WR hybrid after the dust has settled on this year to have a clearer sense, I reckon.

09-08-2020, 12:38 PM	#1291
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Camp done, not a big stage, since we've already sneak-peeked our rookies. Anyway, RB-cum-WR Webster now looks like a pretty solid professional pass catcher, but I am definitely disappointed that his Big Play Receiving is not what I would have hoped. My scout sees him projecting at 57, the league scout at 55, that's a good sign (cf. VideoChat). Curiously, though, the league scout sees him with... a complete void at ratings like BPR, Courage, and Adjust to Ball -- while mine sees him at 31, 65/79, and 17/42 respectively. That seems like a glitch to me, perhaps it will be resolved after the preseason adjustments? The flip side is that the league scout sees him as better than my scout does in RR and GD, two ratings I really do care about. Not sure what to take away from that, I hope it resolves in our favor, though. It's cutdown to 60 today. Not a huge set of decisions here, usually. Typically guys I signed as flyers and Plan-Bs are the main chaff we locate at this stage, plus position-switchers who don't have the weight or carryover ratings to make the team at the new position. LG Gaines is so weak in personality (4) that he doesn't even register an affinity - I kinda knew this was a possibility, but it's still visually disappointing. I'm shallow like that sometimes. Moves made, file in, nothing alarming here.

09-08-2020, 01:01 PM	#1292
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	DC BUREAU Funny little twist here, we signed a FB who looks like a rotation-caliber guy, and in doing so apparently failed to do our due diligence - he'd been slapped with a suspension for off-field conduct. That makes us... well, I guess that makes us the DC franchise, right? Sigh. Anyway, we'll sort out what that means for the team longer term, but for now... he makes the cut to 60, at least, as he might have value for us next season. DE Singleton is likely, but not certain, to make this team. A sentimental favorite holdover, but he's fading and we may be in denial.

09-09-2020, 01:16 PM	#1293
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Gonna shortchange you a bit today, sorry. Files are in. Projections: BAL- Solid 11-5 campaign, not as many sweet dice rolls as last year WAS- Slip a bit to 10-6, but remain in the playoffs and a factor

09-10-2020, 07:46 AM	#1294
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md

09-10-2020, 08:04 AM	#1295
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Ravens go 8-7-1 and miss postseason... dammit. GML: Baltimore Ravens 2124 What went wrong? QB had 21 picks, rating dropped from high 80s to low 80s, yuck RB Allegretti got the lion's share of work as expected, >5yoc is fine WR tandem was fine, #11 gets 7.8ypt, #18 gets 8.56 (limited work) The TE role... ugh...Gilbertson only 5.5ypt, sinkhole (Huffman 6.8 though) RB Allegretti, for whatever reason, was AWFUL receiving - 320y on 84 targets Baump and Turnbull split up 25 sacks, and we were 3rd in PR%, solid PD% though, really bad... 53.7 - everyone could throw on us, big worry And with out -8 turnover margin, we end up barely above .500... yuck Feels like we are just frittering away the prime years of these receivers, that sucks. Should we try out an all-pass offense or something to break up the monotony?

09-10-2020, 08:05 AM	#1296
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Oh, my bad, 8-7-1 good enough for the 6 seed and a trip to the Chargers. How bout that.

09-10-2020, 08:19 AM	#1297
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	DC BUREAU United Win Division at 11-5, Host Wild Card Round Game GML: Washington Football Team 2124 QB Clancy had his best season with us: 5,261, 46/20, 7.67ypa, 97.4 rat RB Clements and Wheeler returned to earth with about 4 ypc each, meh WR Malone again tore it up: 1,769/14 on 194 targets WR cast okay: Carrubba 937/10 on 7.32, Everhart 563/2 on 7.71 TE Dawkins okay in main role: 734/6 on 6.99 (Wells 491/3 on 6.22) Offense basically did its job - 3rd in points per game, 4th in ypa DT Pascal and LB Welch lead the pass rush w 11 sacks each, team=28.3% (1st) S Chiba with huge year, 85 PD% 7 int and 89 tackles from the SS slot, boss LB Duda and Shedd each posted 10+ PDs from LB slots, useful Overall OD% was 63.8 - good for 6th in the league, not bad Honestly, stats say a better team than 11-5, we had a good strong season

09-10-2020, 08:24 AM	#1298
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Oh, and for you ear-pinner fans... http://gml.fof-belco.com/playercard.php?playerid=93935 6.5 sacks on 10 total tackles is a BOSS ratio

09-10-2020, 09:23 AM	#1300
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	BTW, a key run block works like this in FOF: -each designed run play has one blocker selected as the key blocker -that selected blocker will be credited with one key run block opporutnity in-game -the play gets run, presumably with that guy having extra influence in blocking dice rolls -if the play is deemed a success, the key blocker is awarded a successful key run block The determination of "success" seems to be based on some formula from Football Outsiders... I cannot recall it directly, but it's close to this: On 1st down, get 5 yards On 2nd down, get half (or maybe 40% of?) the distance for a 1st down On 3rd/4th down, get the 1st down Last edited by QuikSand : 09-10-2020 at 09:35 AM.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)