The Mike Brown Challenge

[Scarecrow]

Seeing how Cincinatti is an intriging situation in real life, I decided to start a challenge based on Mike Brown and is GM'ing.

Start a New Game
Name: Mike Brown
Team: Cincinatti Bengals
Difficulty: Wall St
Allow expansion teams
Begin with player allocation draft
Make sure no other box is checked

Draft Preferences
QB, RB, WR, K: Max
OL, DL, LB, DB: Min
Potential/Experience: Full potential
Loyalty: None
Popularity: None

House Rules
1. Must be 10% below the cap
2. Hire a new coach each year with no experience
3. All fan favorites must be trades/released in the off-season (Carl Pickens rule)
4. The most disgruntled player must be franchised (Corey Dillon rule)
5. No signing FA during FA period
6. No one with over 7 years experience
7. Cannot sign FA with over 5 yrs experience
8. All reccomends in FA & Draft based on future potential
9. You must draft based on your strength (for instance: if you are Ex/Ex at WR, you draft a WR in the 1st round)
10. Depth charts are based on future estimates (for instance: if your star QB is VG/VG and you draft a QB Poor/Ex, the draftee starts)

Let's see how it goes...

[wignasty]

that sounds like an interesting challenge.

dolawig

[Blackwind]

Priceless!

[Ctown-Fan]

That is classic, I don't see much success (the game imitating life) but then again, roster evaluation will keep you really busy. Especially with those second year fa's who start griping because their ratings in the 0-10 range aren't enough for them to start. Does this mean you may have to tag players that spend a season on the inactive list?

[Kosta]

Hmm Interesting......

[Grego]

As a long suffering Bengals fan, I think 10% is a more realistic rule to follow. In the later years of this challenge, your challenge would be more true to life (sad as it may be.....)

[Z²+]

The Bungles

[Z²+]

No, it's now known as a Zfecta.

[FishFan]

I agree. We are ruining the integrity of the forum....

[Scarecrow]

This morning, this was one of the few dynasty posts that made it across from the old boards. Bringing back old memories, especially about how I lost everything when my HD died, I have decided to start it back up.

I have deleted the original posts so that I don't get confused.

[Scarecrow]

Front Office Football: The Fourth Edition
Cincinnati Bengals Roster, Contract View
     Player             #   Pos  OnTm   EndCnt Exp  Cap Cost        Save if Rlse  
King, Shaun             5   QB   2002   2005   4    $1,580,000      $1,020,000       
$$Garcia, Jeff          7   QB   2002   2005   4    $7,960,000      $4,550,000       
Couch, Tim              14  QB   2002   2003   4    $500,000        $500,000         
Smith, Lamar            39  RB   2002   2004   9    $2,160,000      $1,250,000       
$$Faulk, Marshall       43  RB   2002   2005   9    $5,680,000      $3,410,000       
Faulk, Kevin            26  RB   2002   2003   4    $900,000        $790,000         
Green, William          29  RB   2002   2004   1    $790,000        $680,000         
Centers, Larry          24  FB   2002   2004   13   $1,130,000      $910,000        
$$Christian, Bob        31  FB   2002   2006   9    $3,740,000      $2,040,000       
$$Gonzalez, Tony        84  TE   2002   2004   6    $2,600,000      $1,470,000      
Graham, Daniel          88  TE   2002   2005   1    $1,350,000      $960,000         

Shockey, Jeremy         89  TE   2002   2006   1    $3,400,000      $1,810,000       
$$Harrison, Marvin      86  FL   2002   2005   7    $4,540,000      $2,270,000       
Booker, Marty           87  FL   2002   2004   4    $1,690,000      $1,130,000       
$$Smith, Jimmy          80  SE   2002   2006   9    $5,110,000      $2,840,000       
Holt, Torry             82  SE   2002   2005   4    $3,120,000      $1,700,000       
Gaffney, Jabbar         83  SE   2002   2005   1    $1,980,000      $1,130,000       
$$Jones, Jermese        66  LG   2002   2003   1    $500,000        $500,000         
Shea, Lonnie            71  LG   2002   2003   1    $500,000        $500,000         
Starkey, Jason          54  C    2002   2003   3    $500,000        $500,000         
$$Zedalis, Zac          57  C    2002   2002   1    $500,000        $500,000         
$$Ta'Amu, Eddie         69  RG   2002   2004   1    $610,000        $560,000         
Perkins, Mo             73  RG   2002   2003   1    $500,000        $500,000         
Jones, Willie           64  RT   2002   2003   2    $500,000        $500,000         
$$Grennes, Jared        62  RT   2002   2004   1    $1,130,000      $910,000         
Dole, Rex               68  RT   2002   2002   1    $500,000        $500,000         
$$Pearson, Mike         74  RT   2002   2004   1    $1,350,000      $960,000         
Lofton, Preston         6   P    2002   2003   1    $500,000        $500,000         
Feely, Jay              4   K    2002   2003   2    $500,000        $500,000         
$$Emerson, Mickey       77  LDE  2002   2004   1    $500,000        $500,000         
$$Beasley, Chad         91  LDT  2002   2003   1    $790,000        $680,000         
$$Smith, Robaire        79  RDT  2002   2003   3    $610,000        $560,000         
Jenkins, Kris           93  RDT  2002   2002   2    $500,000        $500,000         
Levine, Quentin         78  RDT  2002   2003   1    $500,000        $500,000         
$$Vanden Bosch, Kyle    72  RDE  2002   2004   2    $1,580,000      $1,020,000       
Wyms, Ellis             75  RDE  2002   2004   2    $900,000        $790,000         
Pittman, Thomas         76  RDE  2002   2003   1    $500,000        $500,000         
$$Bulluck, Keith        98  SLB  2002   2003   3    $500,000        $500,000         
Hawkes, Michael         92  SLB  2002   2004   2    $500,000        $500,000         
Duckett, John           59  SLB  2002   2003   1    $500,000        $500,000         
Gryboski, Chuck         94  SILB 2002   2003   1    $500,000        $500,000         
$$Kelly, Jeff           58  MLB  2002   2003   4    $500,000        $500,000         
Bishop, Lamont          55  WILB 2002   2002   1    $500,000        $500,000         
$$Mallon, Tommy         90  WLB  2002   2003   1    $500,000        $500,000         
$$Simmons, Jason        47  LCB  2002   2003   5    $500,000        $500,000         
Walls, Raymond          27  LCB  2002   2003   2    $500,000        $500,000         
Edwards, Roosevelt      35  LCB  2002   2003   1    $500,000        $500,000         
Coleman, Calvin         32  RCB  2002   2003   1    $500,000        $500,000         
$$Kennedy, Claude       45  RCB  2002   2003   1    $500,000        $500,000         
$$Johnstone, Lewis      20  SS   2002   2003   1    $500,000        $500,000         
Fisk, Heath             44  SS   2002   2003   1    $500,000        $500,000         
$$McGraw, Jon           25  FS   2002   2004   1    $500,000        $500,000         
Anderson, Marques       38  FS   2002   2002   1    $500,000        $500,000         
$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.  
Players Under Contract: 53
On Active Roster: 53
Salary Cap: $71,100,000
Cap Room: $1,400,000
Maximum for New Player: $1,900,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $78,480,000
Players in Orange are to be traded/released due to age restrictions
Players in Green are to be traded/released due to popularity restrictions

[Kodos]

Zee thread-rating assassin strikes! One star for the Bungles!

[Kodos]

So when can we expect more of the Mike Brown Challenge? And what happened to the SportSims?