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

[Abe Sargent]

Hello All! I hope you are doing well and keeping yourself safe in our modern COVID-19 world! Today I was inspired to begin a new dynasty in FOF8, my 3rd for y’all!

Here are my first two:

The Otto Graham Challenge – Can I take an undrafted Qb and turn him into a Hall of Fame player who set passing records that still stand like Otto Graham? I begin with Otto’s team the Browns. The Otto Graham Challenge (FOF8) Now With the Chargers - Front Office Football Central

Find out!

Restore the Roar – Can I get the Lions back to relevance and make them a Super Bowl winner? FOF8 Dynasty - Restore the Roar! Lions Empty Cupboard and Draftees Only - Front Office Football Central Here is that dynasty.

Find Out!


I have take many teams that were not good during my FOF career. The Jags many times. They are my favorite team in real life. The Browns. The Lions a few times. The Cardinals. The Bengals. Other teams that have done poorly recently or historically. But wanna know a team I’ve never done? The Jets!

That changes today.

[Abe Sargent]

Ready to begin my latest FOF8 dynasty? Sure thing, let’s do it to it.

Now here are my rules for the dynasty to limit myself.

1. I am not a coach, I am a GM. I will auto all game plan decisions save for depth chart.
2. I will not call plays.
3. I will not set up training camp.
4. I will fast sim year 1 for the Jets, Rex everything, and take their results and natural draft position not to favor myself.
5. During the offseason I will release every Jet. I will not trade any.
6. During the first offseason period I will not sign any players, see below for the only exception.
7. I will never trade players nor picks, see below for the only exception. I can resign my players during this window. Or FA window #2.
8. I will draft the players in the draft with our natural picks.
9. I will sign players during the 2nd FA period that are undrafted rookies only.

Abe’s Boys - Any player that is drafted or a Undrafted FA rookie is given the tag, Abe’s Boy. Any player, once given that tag, is eligible for anything. I can sign one of Abe’s Boys in free agency. I can target them in trade.

Exception – I will sign a player in FA to replace injuries. So, as an example, suppose I drafted an OT Player X in the 4th round in Year 2. Player X starts three years. Then in year 5 I drafted a better one, Player X+1 in the 2nd round. When the first player’s deal comes up I let Player X go into FA and he signs with another team. If Player X+1 goes down in the first week of the season and is out for the year, I can trade for Player X as he is one of Abe’s Boys.

10. I cannot keep an injury FA signing longer than the end of the year. I cannot trade for injury replacement save for Abe’s Boys.
11. I am fireable.
12. Real player file and coaches, with 2019 squad and no X Factor.
13. I will treat my coaches fairly. If they are winning, I won’t replace them even if better are available.
14. Injury Setting 120




Ready?

[Abe Sargent]

2019 begins.

We finish the preseason 1-3. Sam Darnold is bad. Really bad. I don’t have high hopes for the roster.

We finish the regular season with a record of 6-10. Not as bad as I’d like. But it’ll be a challenge not to be really bad with the better draft picks.


New Orleans defeats Pittsburgh 37-27 to win the Super Bowl!

We win no awards.

CJ Mosley was 4th most in tackles and Jamal Adams 6th most.

Jamal Adams with 9th most in pasdef.

Our 3rd overall pick DE Williams is the top rated rookie in the league and the top player on The Green Page.

We had a strong year defensively. Not offensively. LeVeon Bell just had 651 rushing yards and 226 yards receiving.

I end the season

[Abe Sargent]

I earn a 68 score

Staff Draft

In my Lions dynasty where I had similar rules my first head coach I grabbed, Ken Norton, Jr stayed with us the entire dynasty and won a Super Bowl. So this is important, and after a double digit loss season, clearing coaching house makes sense.

We pick 10th

Who am I going with?

Our head coach is Adam Gase. He’s…not even a little good. I like Steve Spagnolo, the DC of KC, but he’s in his 60s. Ken Norton Jr is the second best coach prospect and is just one worse that Steve, but I hired him in Detroit. Another great option is Dennis Allen of the Saints, but let’s go with quality and take Steve.


Time for our OC. Our OC is Dowell Loggains and he’s better than Gase. I look for a replacement…

The best guy available? Andy Reid. He was just let go from KC. But having him work for the DC who just was hired feels odd. I want realistic hires. I go with Drew Walston. He’s 54, loves spread offenses and enjoys the RB spot. He went to Duke in the 80s and has spent time in the college and NFL ranks as an assistant.

Our DC is Greg Williams who is our best coach. But there is a stud available and I grab him – Joe Judge. And he’s young, he’s just 39 years old. He’s better than everyone. He was the A.C. for the Pats, and he loves a true 3-4 so I’ll commit to running that defense. He’s my best pickup thus far.

Our Assit. Coach is Shawn Jefferson who’s not bad at all. I hire 40 year old Lamont Allen. Our Strength Coordinator pick arrives. We have Justus Galac. I really like 49 year old Sebastian Bradley.


I like our new staff, especially Joe Judge. I see him as a good head coach someday soon.

[Abe Sargent]

I only have 26 players under contract and I release them all. I have no major injures.

Ready to head to FA and check out the draft that will change us?

2020 FA Period #1

We select 1.8, 2.7, 3.10, 4.9 and such. Not too bad but not great for a naked team.

I look at the rookies and set up some interviews.

I interview the top four QBs, a stud RB, a stud WR, 2 stud DEs, then LBs for the rest as I need a solid group.

I call it.

I make no moves in FA.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2020 Amateur Draft

At the 1.1 spot heads out…

Seattle, RB, Cole Gomes

1.2 S
1.3 OLB
1.4 DE
1.5 QB
1.6 QB
1.7 QB

That sucks. We aren’t getting our signal caller here. If we were higher then we could have grabbed it before the run.

What about the last guy?

QB Riddick Ford, very overrated

Do I go for the 5th QB and hope he doesn’t suck? He’s a drop off. We have a lot of talented players still here. I grab the stud LB Jeremy Burkley who is a stud and the best player on the board by ability and a 3-4 SLB. We’ll build around my defense. The top WR is great but has a red flag so I skip over that.

Round 2. I grab QB Walt Berryman. Or OG Efrain Banks? I do Banks.

Round 3 – I could take DE Marty Gaudi. Or how about WR Kris Howe? I do Gaudi.

Round 4 - I grab SS Jordan Nichols or OT Derek Armstrong. I do Armstrong.

Round 5 – I snatch OG Wayne Guyman. How about QB Stanley Benton? I take the QB.

Round 6 – How about ILB Percy Hitt?

Round 7 – And in this corner CB Richard Cunningham,

Rookie Lookie Take 1

1.8 SLB Jeremy Burkley, Rutgers, 55/83
2.9 OG Efrain Banks, Alabama, 32/60
3.10 DE Marty Gaudi, Stanford, 34/58
4.7 OT Derek Armstrong, Georgia, 24/54
5.8 QB Stanley Benton, Pitt, 6/50
6.9 ILB Percy Hitt, Kansas, 20/51
7.10 CB Richard Cunningham, Baylor, 27/55

DE Gaudi and OLB Burkley are on the Green Page of the best rookies. Burkley looks like a stud. I hope he plays like one!

[Chas in Cinti]

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[Abe Sargent]

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Welcome!

[Abe Sargent]

2020 UFA Round Two

I make offers to a ton of UFA rookies. I’ll let you know who makes my roster later

I sign 27 in week 1.

In week 2 I sign 20 more

In week 3 the rest sign.

Training Camp

Rookie Lookie Take 2

1.8 SLB Jeremy Burkley, Rutgers, 55/83; 62/81
2.9 OG Efrain Banks, Alabama, 32/60; 36/59
3.10 DE Marty Gaudi, Stanford, 34/58; 39/58
4.7 OT Derek Armstrong, Georgia, 24/54; 29/54
5.8 QB Stanley Benton, Pitt, 6/50; 12/54
6.9 ILB Percy Hitt, Kansas, 20/51; 26/51
7.10 CB Richard Cunningham, Baylor, 27/55; 33/54

And that’s not bad! Benton is going in the right direction.

My top five UFA Rookies

P Roosevelt Petherick, 67/73
DE Henry Sawyer, 30/58
SS Alvin Thomason, 32/58
NT Allen Heinlein, 26/54
C Karl Fox, 30/52

I have 33 players inactive for the preseason.

[Abe Sargent]

Preseason 2020 –

Week 2 – I trim down to 60. We lose 27-16 to the Saints
Week 3 – We lose 13-7 to Dallas
Week 4 – We tie 13-13 to the Giants
Week 5 – We lose 12-33 to the Panthers

We finish the preaseason 0-3-1


Rookie Lookie Take 3

1.8 SLB Jeremy Burkley, Rutgers, 55/83; 62/81; 67/81
2.9 OG Efrain Banks, Alabama, 32/60; 36/59; 37/60
3.10 DE Marty Gaudi, Stanford, 34/58; 39/58; 37/53
4.7 OT Derek Armstrong, Georgia, 24/54; 29/54; 30/53
5.8 QB Stanley Benton, Pitt, 6/50; 12/54; 12/51
6.9 ILB Percy Hitt, Kansas, 20/51; 26/51; 26/48
7.10 CB Richard Cunningham, Baylor, 27/55; 33/54; 30/48

Uh oh. DE Gaudi is going in the wrong direction, and both Hitt and Benton look worse in potential as does Cunningham. That’s not good.

My top five UFA Rookiess

P Roosevelt Petherick, 67/73; 71/82
DE Henry Sawyer, 30/58; 32/59
SS Alvin Thomason, 32/58; 36/58
NT Allen Heinlein, 26/54; 28/53
C Karl Fox, 30/52; 31/53

On the other hand, my P boomed and my UFA DE Sawyer didn’t drop like Gaudi did. I was hoping to start both across from each other. My P is the 3rd best in the league. Nice!

[Abe Sargent]

Here’s Burkley, the Tony Boselli of my franchise. The first pick in our new era. Check him out! He’s very well developed and I like him a lot. He’s the best LB in the draft. He’s still on the green page. I have made 3-4 SLBs this good into Hall of Fame players but my roster may be too weak to take advantage of it for a while. We’ll see.

[Abe Sargent]

The 1.7 3rd overall QB has wound up as the best one. Ah well…we came close! The 1st one off busted, as did several behind us and we wound up with the third best potential QB. Assuming he doesn’t continue to drop off. Our UFA Tyrus Silverman is the 6th best potential. I’m glad I didn’t reach for QB at 1.8. On the other hand the stud WR I would have taken save for the red card? 52/72 after camp. Our FA TEs are 3rd and 5th in potential in the class. OG Banks is 2nd best in the class. It was a weak CB draft ad Cunningham, despite his bust, is 6th best potential. SS Thomason was 4th best in potential. Sawyer is the 5th best DE.

So we didn’t do too badly.


I trim my players. Ready?

The 2020 New York Jets

Front Office Football Eight
New Jersey Jets Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam
Benton, Stanley 113 QB QB 1 12 51 4 yrs. 2020
Silverman, Tyrus 114 QB 1 11 43 1 yr. 2020
Williams, Aaron 232 RB 1 43 52 1 yr. 2020
Walton, Neil 239 RB RB 1 42 48 1 yr. 2020
Miranda, Fernando 220 RB 1 33 40 1 yr. 2020
##Whitehurst, Ricky 223 RB 1 28 36 1 yr. 2020
Fyie, Junior 446 TE TE 1 34 49 1 yr. 2020
Bauer, Randal 488 TE 1 28 47 1 yr. 2020
Cook, Branden 444 TE 1 30 44 1 yr. 2020
##Corbett, Leonardo 482 TE 1 24 43 1 yr. 2020
Richardson, Buddy 584 FL FL 1 33 50 1 yr. 2020
Sorrells, Liam 580 FL 1 29 44 1 yr. 2020
Griffith, Roman 511 FL 1 25 35 1 yr. 2020
Willis, Ethan 585 SE 1 23 41 1 yr. 2020
Kearns, Caden 516 SE SE 1 25 36 1 yr. 2020
Fox, Karl 652 C C 1 31 53 1 yr. 2020
Falls, Brant 659 C 1 22 42 1 yr. 2020
Nagurski, Kenyon 761 LG LG 1 24 38 1 yr. 2020
Banks, Efrain 767 RG RG 1 37 60 4 yrs. 2020
Johnson, Kurt 773 RG 1 24 44 1 yr. 2020
Watson, Darren 763 RG 1 30 39 1 yr. 2020
Armstrong, Derek 868 LT LT 1 30 53 4 yrs. 2020
##Newhart, Aidan 879 LT 1 16 28 1 yr. 2020
Bauer, Kendall 878 RT 1 20 47 1 yr. 2020
Cottrell, Morris 869 RT RT 1 23 46 1 yr. 2020
Petherick, Roosevelt 918 P 1 71 82 1 yr. 2020
Chandler, Eddie 1017K 1 49 49 1 yr. 2020
Sawyer, Henry 1175LDE 1 32 59 1 yr. 2020
Pasich, Nicolas 1195LDE 1 27 49 1 yr. 2020
##Carlisle, Avery 1197LDE 1 17 46 1 yr. 2020
Gaudi, Marty 1174RDE LDE 1 37 53 4 yrs. 2020
Cole, Clifton 1290LDT 1 36 48 1 yr. 2020
Heinlein, Allen 1296NT NT 1 28 53 1 yr. 2020
Dagen, Lewis 1293NT 1 26 52 1 yr. 2020
Hitt, Percy 1399SILB 1 26 48 4 yrs. 2020
Zellweger, Byron 1394SILB 1 18 35 1 yr. 2020
##Marzluf, Nate 1358SILB 1 18 28 1 yr. 2020
McGarity, Justics 1392WILB WILB 1 30 42 1 yr. 2020
Pelissier, Howie 1357MLB SILB 1 26 32 1 yr. 2020
Burkley, Jeremy 1453SLB SLB 1 67 81 4 yrs. 2020
Adam, Denzel 1491SLB RDE 1 31 52 1 yr. 2020
Cunningham, Richard 1522LCB LCB 1 30 48 4 yrs. 2020
Apolonio, Leslie 1521LCB 1 24 34 1 yr. 2020
Mohler, Dillon 1526RCB RCB 1 24 47 1 yr. 2020
Swift, Nicky 1542RCB 1 31 45 1 yr. 2020
Stone, Alonzo 1536RCB 1 37 45 1 yr. 2020
Mongeon, Geoff 1549RCB 1 33 43 1 yr. 2020
Murphy, Floyd 1543RCB 1 32 35 1 yr. 2020
Thomason, Alvin 1602SS SS 1 36 58 1 yr. 2020
##Luethje, Corbin 1601SS 1 20 38 1 yr. 2020
Flannery, Kendall 1625FS FS 1 27 48 1 yr. 2020
##Gorman, Casey 1633FS 1 22 34 1 yr. 2020
Glenn, Brad 654 LS 1 20 20 1 yr. 2020

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.
Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46
Salary Cap: $194,800,000
Cap Room: $122,380,000
Maximum for New Player: $122,920,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $38,000,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $33,460,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $44,410,000

These are Abe’s Guys! Note that DE Sawyer is starting in every formation save for one but that is not showing up here. I love the potential power of SS Thomason. Note that my starter at RB Neil Walton who is worse, technically, than RB Aaron Williams, but Williams is power RB specialist whereas Walker is well rounded. Williams has a 0 breakaway speed and 97 power inside.

This year I’ll be quickly simming the season. Normally I spend a paragraph summary for each game. In this case we’ll be spending one line on each week and that’s it.

Ready?

[Abe Sargent]

The 2020 Regular Season

Week 1 – Miami – We lose 12-30. We had 4 FGs. RB Williams was 12 for 88 yards, QB Benton was 17 of 29 for 188 yards, pick by CB Swift and we won the turnover battle.

Week 2 - Rams- We lose 10-38. Williams our lone score.

Week 3 – At Texans – We win 12-9. Our first victory! Williams was 21 for 38 yards and a TD. Rookie Burkley is the MVP with a sack and Thomason forced a fumble.

Week 4 – At Chiefs – We lose 7-37. Stanley Benton hit WR Richardson for a score. S Kendell Flannery with a pick.

Week 5 – At Pats – We win 20-12. DE Gaudi is the Game MVP with 1.5 sacks, picks by CB Murphy, CB Swift and CB Mongeon. Two were returned for scores.

Week 6 – At Chargers – We lose 6-24. RB Williams is out. RB Fernando our lone score. Pick by S Flannery.

Week 7 – Raiders – We lose 10-47. Rush score by our QB

Week 8 – BYE

Week 9 – Bills – We lose 6-24. Williams will be back next week. We are 2-6 at the half.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – Broncos – We lose 16-9. Pick by Flannery.

Week 11 – At Dolphins – We lose 3-19. Picks by CB Stone and Mongeon.

Week 12 – At Seattle – We lose 17-23 – TD scores by Sorrels and Richardson, pick by CB Murphy. C Fox is out.

Week 13 – Browns – We lose 10-26. RB Walton a receiving score.

Week 14 – 49ers - C Fox is back. We lose 12-27. Richardson with a score, LB Pelissier with a pick, Clifton Cole got us a safety

Week 15 – Patriots – We lose 6-16. LB Adam FF and recovery.

Week 16 – At Cardinals – We lose 3-32. Pick by Burkley.

Week 17 -At Bills – We lose 16-19. Pick by Burkley

We finish 2-14 and with the upcoming top pick.

2020 Super Bowl – 13-6 Dallas Cowboys vs 13-3 Las Vegas Raiders.

LV Wins 41-13

[Abe Sargent]

Awards

Defensive Rookie of the Year – SLB Burkley!

1st Team All Pro –

P Petherick

2nd Team All Pro –

SLB Burkley

Nice! Burkley looks like he was worth the pick. Dude looks sexy. Like I said, I think the SLB position is the most important position in a 3-4 defense and I've had great success with it before so I am happy to see Burkley work well within that defense.

[Abe Sargent]

Stats, Offense

QB Benton – 304 of 532, 2674 yards, 5 TD and 14 picks.

That was a horrible season by Benton. We need a better answer. But I can get the best QB in the draft this year.

RB Williams 171 for 428, 2 scores

Again, not great

WR Sorrels, 72 grabs for 831 yards, 1 score – Not bad
TE Fyie, 37 for 221 yards
WR Ethan Ellis, 36 for 319 yards
WR Richardson, 26 for 285, 3 scores

Wow

K Eddie Chandler, 25 FGs of 30, long of 55; 10 of 11 PAT

Not bad

P Petherick, 122 punts, 48.8 avg, 43 inside the 20

Weapon.

OT Armstrong – 22 KRB of 74 KRO, 9 sacks allowed
C Fox – 15 KRB of 73, 7 sacks allowed
OG Nagurski – 15 KRB of 47 KRO, 8 sacks
OG Banks – 7 KRB of 49, 6 sacks
OT Cottrell – 15 KRB of 47 KRO, 11 sacks

Armstrong was my best and Banks disappointed a lot.

[Abe Sargent]

Stats, Defensive




As you can see, Thomason led in tackles and Burkley was right behind. Each of my starting DEs had 5 sacks. LB Adam was solid with 5 more sacks, and DT Cole was solid when subbing in for pressure.

Want to check out pass coverage? Sure thing!



FS Flannery led the team with 3 picks, and Burkley had 2 picks and 11 pass def all of which was solid. Thomason wasn’t rocking picks but he led my team in pasdef with 17. He was tied for 5th most in the league.

Good job defense. You were fine most of the time. We have tons of picks. Next year I’d like to work on the offensive side of the ball at WR and QB and a better O Line.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Offensive MVP – WR Liam Sorrels – He had a solid year with good yardage and was the best receiver on my team. Good job!


Defensive MVP – LB Burkley – Duh. Dude gets All Pro and Def. Rook of the Year, dude wins MVP.


Special Teams MVP – P Petherick. Duh. Once again, dude gets All Pro, dude wins MVP.


Rookie of the Year – Since all of my players qualify, I am skipping this for my first year.


Heart Award – DT Cole – Featured as a rotational DT and got me a safety, notched sacks, and had great QB pressure. Good job backup!

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie Take 4

1.8 SLB Jeremy Burkley, Rutgers, 55/83; 62/81; 67/81; 83/83
2.9 OG Efrain Banks, Alabama, 32/60; 36/59; 37/60; 44/60
3.10 DE Marty Gaudi, Stanford, 34/58; 39/58; 37/53; 45/53
4.7 OT Derek Armstrong, Georgia, 24/54; 29/54; 30/53; 37/53
5.8 QB Stanley Benton, Pitt, 6/50; 12/54; 12/51; 15/51;
6.9 ILB Percy Hitt, Kansas, 20/51; 26/51; 26/48; 29/48
7.10 CB Richard Cunningham, Baylor, 27/55; 33/54; 30/48; 38/48

No major growth in potential nor any major fall back either.

My top five UFA Rookies

P Roosevelt Petherick, 67/73; 71/82; 81/82
DE Henry Sawyer, 30/58; 32/59; 42/59
SS Alvin Thomason, 32/58; 36/58; 48/58
NT Allen Heinlein, 26/54; 28/53; 33/53
C Karl Fox, 30/52; 31/53; 36/53

P Petherick with the All Pro as a rookie. Nice! Again, no major booms or busts for future ability.

[Abe Sargent]

I end the season

I score 58

2021 Offseason

Staff Draft

Given my 2-14 record, all positions are vulnerable.

We pick 6th. I keep Steve Spagnulo as my head coach. I keep my OC. And DC Judge as well, and then AC and SC.



The 2021 FA Period #1.

I resign every RFA I have.

I interview the top three QBs and the top one and #3 come back underrated and I’ll target one as my 1.1 pick. I need receivers and I interview the top 6. Most come back overrated.

I skip the rest of the period.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2021 NFL Amateur Draft

At the 1.1 spot I grab Tony Rhem, the best QB in the draft

At the 2.1 spot the best WR is also a red flag who is hard to read… This is a weak WR Draft so I need to invent a spot now. I take Jonah Zercie. He’s also the most developed WR in the draft.


At the 3.1 spot I like WR Theodore Zuzzin, a very underrated WR with good stats who will hopefully be a grower. He’s a hope. But he’s too much of a prayer. There is a very good C on the board, Buddy Kaplan. Typically I get good Centers later as they tend to fall, but he seems really. Is it worth a slot? Actually nevermind. I like OG Terry Freitas. I’ll grab Terry. He's probably the BAP.

4.1 I might take OT Griffin Walters. I also like WR Devin Burhart. Or maybe OT Ezekiel Vaughn? I do Vaughn.

At 5.1 I could snag DE Frederick Zellars or DE Norm Stevenson? Both are 4-3 DEs. I do Stevenson. Both of these appear to have fallen and this is a BAP pick.

At 6.1….hmmm…how about…. I really like QB Alfredo Farmer who seems to have fallen, but I don’t need a 4th QB. I could do LB Cameron Cassidy the top LB on the board. How about FS Darren Newton? Nope. I grab depth at CB – Sam Farr, the best one on the board.

At 7.1? CB Daryl Reeves is the best CB available. K Randall Rabbitt appears to be a stud and no Ks have gone yet. I do Rabbitt.

Rookie Lookie #1

1.1, QB Tony Rhem, Georgia, 36/82
2.1, WR Jonah Zercie, San Diego, 40/62
3.1, OG Terry Freitas, Florida State, 42/78
4.1, OT Ezekiel Vaughn, Missouri, 12/61
5.1, DE Norm Stevenson, Miss. Valley State, 40/67
6.1, CB Sam Farr, Minnesota, 19/39
7.1, K Randall Rabbitt, Texas Tech, 48/73

That looks good, but some of these are showers, not growers, and I wouldn’t be surprised if some ebb back.

[Abe Sargent]

2021 FA Period #2

I chase some UFA rookies….

UFA QB Corbin Weiss
UFA DE Dexter Foley
UFA RB Tevin Gaylord
UFA LB Phil Sutton
UFA LB Marshal Frederickson
UFA CB Tanner Forest
UFA OT Marco Driftlein
UFA K Stephen Browning in case of a bust for Rabbitt


Tony Rhem is the top player on the Green Page. Maybe we done well? Freitas is also on it as well.

Week 1 – I sign 3.

Week 2 – I sign 2 more

Week 3 – The rest sign

[Abe Sargent]

Training Camp, 2021

I have 68 under contract.

Rookie Lookie #2

1.1, QB Tony Rhem, Georgia, 36/82; 44/79
2.1, WR Jonah Zercie, San Diego, 40/62; 43/60
3.1, OG Terry Freitas, Florida State, 42/78; 48/79
4.1, OT Ezekiel Vaughn, Missouri, 12/61; 18/60
5.1, DE Norm Stevenson, Miss. Valley State, 40/67; 45/65
6.1, CB Sam Farr, Minnesota, 19/39; 23/40
7.1, K Randall Rabbitt, Texas Tech, 48/73; 56/78


Nice! Rhem’s pot dropped off a bit, as did Zercie’s, but the rest are fine.

Here are my best UFAs

ILB Phil Sutton – 36/62 – He boomed in camp
DE Dexter Foley – 35/58 – He looks noice

These are the ones with a potential more than 50

I cut K Browning, and I bench Chandler for preseason to see in Rabbittt finishes well.

I cut these players to drop to 60

RB Ricky Whitehurst
QB Tyrus Silverman
CB Leslie Apolionio
ILB Nate Marzulf
ILB Byron Zellwinger
OT Aiden Newhart
OG Darren Watson
DE Avery Carlisle

[Abe Sargent]

2021 Preseason

Week 2 – We lose 6-22 to Detroit

Week 3 – We lose 12-6 to Seattle

Week 4 – We tie 17-17 against the Vikings

Week 5 – We beat the 49ers 29-24

We finish the preseason 1-2-1

Rookie Lookie #3

1.1, QB Tony Rhem, Georgia, 36/82; 44/79; 43/83
2.1, WR Jonah Zercie, San Diego, 40/62; 43/60; 45/63
3.1, OG Terry Freitas, Florida State, 42/78; 48/79; 49/79
4.1, OT Ezekiel Vaughn, Missouri, 12/61; 18/60; 18/58
5.1, DE Norm Stevenson, Miss. Valley State, 40/67; 45/65; 46/66
6.1, CB Sam Farr, Minnesota, 19/39; 23/40; 23/30
7.1, K Randall Rabbitt, Texas Tech, 48/73; 56/78; 56/80

Looks like good news for Rhem and Zercie’s potentials.

Here are my best UFAs

ILB Phil Sutton – 36/62 ; 38/60
DE Dexter Foley – 35/58 ; 36/61

I cut these players

K Eddie Chandler
CB Dylan Mohser
OT Marco Dritlein
CB Sam Farr
WR Caden Kearns
DE Nicholas Pasich

That brings me to 53

[Abe Sargent]

Here is the hope of the Jets




He’s the best QB in the draft going in and coming out. Tony Rhem is very strong. This dynasty will go as far as Rhem goes. He’s a solid body and I likes him.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2021 Regular Season

The 2021 New York Jets

Front Office Football Eight
New Jersey Jets Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

Rhem, Tony 119 QB QB 1 43 83 4 yrs. 2021
Benton, Stanley 113 QB 2 19 43 3 yrs. 2020
##Weiss, Corbin 106 QB 1 18 42 1 yr. 2021
Williams, Aaron 232 RB 2 51 51 3 yrs. 2020
Gaylord, Tevin 227 RB FB 1 37 48 1 yr. 2021
Walton, Neil 239 RB RB 2 47 47 3 yrs. 2020
##Miranda, Fernando 220 RB 2 37 39 3 yrs. 2020
Fyie, Junior 446 TE TE 2 47 49 2 yrs. 2020
Cook, Branden 444 TE 2 38 47 2 yrs. 2020
Bauer, Randal 488 TE 2 33 47 2 yrs. 2020
##Corbett, Leonardo 482 TE 2 28 46 1 yr. 2020
Richardson, Buddy 584 FL FL 2 39 53 3 yrs. 2020
Sorrells, Liam 580 FL 2 35 44 3 yrs. 2020
##Griffith, Roman 511 FL 2 32 38 3 yrs. 2020
Zercie, Jonah 510 SE SE 1 45 63 4 yrs. 2021
Willis, Ethan 585 SE 2 34 40 3 yrs. 2020
Fox, Karl 652 C C 2 40 53 2 yrs. 2020
##Falls, Brant 659 C 2 25 45 2 yrs. 2020
Freitas, Terry 776 LG LG 1 49 79 4 yrs. 2021
Nagurski, Kenyon 761 LG 2 34 39 2 yrs. 2020
Banks, Efrain 767 RG RG 2 52 65 3 yrs. 2020
Johnson, Kurt 773 RG 2 27 44 1 yr. 2020
Armstrong, Derek 868 LT LT 2 47 56 3 yrs. 2020
Vaughn, Ezekiel 870 RT RT 1 18 58 4 yrs. 2021
Cottrell, Morris 869 RT 2 34 48 3 yrs. 2020
Bauer, Kendall 878 RT 2 23 43 2 yrs. 2020
Petherick, Roosevelt 918 P 2 74 74 4 yrs. 2020
Rabbitt, Randall 1004K 1 56 80 4 yrs. 2021
Stevenson, Norm 1171LDE LDE 1 46 66 4 yrs. 2021
Sawyer, Henry 1175LDE 2 49 62 2 yrs. 2020
Foley, Dexter 1177LDE 1 36 61 1 yr. 2021
Gaudi, Marty 1174RDE RDE 2 51 53 3 yrs. 2020
##Cole, Clifton 1290LDT 2 43 47 2 yrs. 2020
Heinlein, Allen 1296NT NT 2 40 54 3 yrs. 2020
Dagen, Lewis 1293NT 2 33 50 1 yr. 2020
Sutton, Phil 1351SILB SILB 1 38 60 1 yr. 2021
Hitt, Percy 1399SILB 2 35 48 3 yrs. 2020
McGarity, Justics 1392WILB WILB 2 42 42 4 yrs. 2020
Pelissier, Howie 1357MLB 2 32 32 3 yrs. 2020
Burkley, Jeremy 1453SLB SLB 2 63 63 3 yrs. 2020
Adam, Denzel 1491WLB WLB 2 49 51 3 yrs. 2020
Fredrickson, Marshall 1456WLB 1 31 50 1 yr. 2021
Cunningham, Richard 1522LCB LCB 2 46 46 3 yrs. 2020
Swift, Nicky 1542RCB 2 39 45 3 yrs. 2020
Forest, Tanner 1531RCB 1 25 45 1 yr. 2021
Stone, Alonzo 1536RCB RCB 2 43 43 3 yrs. 2020
Mongeon, Geoff 1549RCB 2 42 42 4 yrs. 2020
##Murphy, Floyd 1543RCB 2 35 35 3 yrs. 2020
Thomason, Alvin 1602SS SS 2 56 60 3 yrs. 2020
Luethje, Corbin 1601SS 2 25 38 2 yrs. 2020
Flannery, Kendall 1625FS FS 2 41 49 3 yrs. 2020
##Gorman, Casey 1633FS 2 26 35 2 yrs. 2020
Glenn, Brad 654 LS 2 20 20 2 yrs. 2020


$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.
Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 8
On Active Roster: 45
Salary Cap: $201,400,000
Cap Room: $99,500,000
Maximum for New Player: $100,100,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $34,470,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $1,370,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $78,050,000

I have four quality DEs now which I like. We are going with Stevenson and Sawyer in most of my packages although Gaudi is better against the run. We have a better defense to go with my stud at SLB Burkley. Although he has dropped off to 63/63 which sucks. Can’t do anything about it. Hopefully he’ll play better this year.

Rhem is still the top player on the Green Page. Stevenson, Freitas, and Foley are on the list as well

Zercie is the best WR from the draft but the 7th taken, probably because of the Red Card.

Freitas wound up the best OG. Those above him busted.

Vaughn is the 7th best OT

Rabbitt the best K obviously

Stevenson grew into the 3rd best DE and our other choice is 4th.

Foley is 6th

Sutton is the 5th best iLB

My prediction this year is 5-11, an improvement of 3 games. My players are better developed and we have this guy called Rhem.

This year expect me to give you a more detailed game overview.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 1 – New England – We win 24-10. The Rhem Era of the Jets has begun! MVP is Rhem with 19 of 28, 232 yards and 1 score, no picks. WR Sorrells was 7 for 111 yards and a score. CB Stone with a pick. RB Neil Walton with a rushing score as well as Rhem proper. We win!

An auspicious way to begin the dude’s career!

We have some minor injuries but I’ll skip anything but out for a starter or questionable or worse for my QB

Week 2 – Atlanta – We lose 37-34 in OT. Close! Rhem was 31 of 46, 348 yards, 3:1 ratio hitting TE Frie twice for scores and fellow rookie Zercie for one score. FF by SS Thomason and recovered by CB Stone. OG Banks is out for a week or two, Nagurski will start for him

Week 3 – At Cincinnati – We lose 7-22. Rhem was 23 of 41 for 167 yards. CB stone with two picks, one returned for our lone score. Another pick by Gaudi.

Week 4 – Jacksonville - Banks is back – We lose 13-44. Rhem was 25 of 33 for 263 and 1:1. He hit TE Cook for a score. We finish the first quarter 1-3.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At Houston – We lose 13-23. Rhem was 27 of 41 for 181 and 0:1. RB Gaylord rushed for a score. 2 FF by Burkley, one recovered by him.

Week 6 – BYE

Week 7 – Indy – We lose 10-16. C Fox is out and Brant Falls will start for him. Rhem was 22 of 32, 240 and 0:1 and he rushed for a score. FF by FS Flannery.

Week 8 – At New England – We lose 7-30. Rhem was 17 of 28 for 116 and 1:0, he hit Sorrells for a score. 2 FF by Burkley, one recovered by SS Thomason. 4 KRB by OG Friatas.

Week 9 – At Tennessee - We win 26-24. Rhem was 16 of 22 for 210 and 1:0 and he smashed RB Williams for a td. Williams and Walton rushed for scores. Williams was 14 for 114 yards. FF by Burkley and Mongeon. 5 KB by Derek Armstrong.

We finish the first half 2-6

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 – Buffalo – We lose barely 10-16 against the 7-1 team. Rhem was 24 of 33 for 181 and 1:0. He slides the ball to WR Sorrels. Burkley with a pick.

Week 11 – At Miami – We win 27-19. DE Sawyer was MOM with 2 sacks and a FF. Rhem was 18 of 30 for 188 and 1:0, netting a score to Sorrells. Williams and Walton with rushing scores. We had four picks by Mongeon, Stone, Sutton and Thomason. 4 KRB by OG Banks.

C Fox will return for Week 12

We have several injures:

Out

LB Frederickson
FL Griffith

We have a ton of injuries from our win.

Week 12 – At Tampa Bay – We lose 10-16. Rhem, 18 of 24, 161 yards. Score by Rhem rushing.

Week 13 – Kansas City – We win 30-20. Rhem was Game MVP with 13 of 20, 193, 1:0, and a rushing score. He hit TE Frie for a TD. Picks by Flannery and Leuthe. FF by Burkley, Hitt, and LB McGarity. DE Sawyer with a FumRec TD.

We are 4-8 at the 3rd quarter mark

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 – New Orleans – We win 26-19. SS Alvin Thomason is Game MVP with 1 Pick, RET For TD, 14 tackles, 3 pasdef. Dude’s a great UFA rookie pickup last year! Rhem was 18 of 38 for 237 and 1:0 and hit Richardson for goal. FF by Heinlein and Sutton, and recovery by DE Sawyer. Back to back wins baby!

Coming back from injury are both of my lads.

Week 15 – At Buffalo – We lose 10-16. Rhem was 21 of 35, 165, and 1:0 smashing WR Griffith for a score. We have three picks by Stone, CB Forest, and S Flannery. FF by Stone.

Week 16 – At Carolina – We lose 10-13. Rhem was 23 of 41 for 206 and 0:1. Rushing score by WR Sorrells on a reverse. FF and recovered by DE Gaudi on a strip sack. 4 KRB by Freitas. OT Vaughn is out.

Week 17 – OT Cottrell starts. We host Miami. Can we sweep them? We are both 5-10. We lose 16-20. Rhem was MVP with 34 of 52, 293, 1:1, TE Butler with his TD pass. Picks by Stone and Thomason. FF by NT Heinlein. 4 KRB by Freitas.


We finish 5-11 as expected. One team was 3-13. Six are 5-11.


Playoffs

The 2021 Super Bowl: Your 15-3 Pittsburgh Steelers vs Your 12-6 Los Angeles Rams.

30-24 Rams win

[Abe Sargent]

Awards

Offensive Rookie of the Year – QB Tony Rhem

1st Team All Pro

P Petherick – Dude is a weapon!

2nd Team All Pro –

CB Alonzo Stone
SS Alvin Thomason

Nice Defense!

I have had four of my players net All Pro in my first two years!

[Abe Sargent]

Stats, Offensive

Passing

QB Tony Rhem, 349 of 549, 3393 yards, 12:7, 82.8 rating, 32 sacks;

Not bad given a lack of talent at the WR and TE spot.

Rushing

RB Williams, 181 for 689 yards, 2 scores
QB Rhem, 95 for 371, 4 scores


We need a better option at RB. Williams is averaging 3.70 yards per carry.


Receiving

WR Sorrells – 64 for 720 and 3 scores
TE Fyie – 63 for 626. And 3 scores
WR Richardson – 50 for 592 and 1 score
RB Williams 44 for 322 and 1 score
WR Zercie – 26 or 299 and 1 score

We need to get Zercie more into the game

Blocking

OG Banks – 20 KRB out of 63 KRO, 2 sacks allowed
OG Freitas – 19 KRB out of 59 KRO, 5 sacks allowed
OT Armstrong – 17 KRB out of 71, 9 sacks allowed
C Fox – 12 KRB of 68, 6 sacks allowed
OT Vaughn – 12 of 39, 4 sacks allowed

Banks is my best, a big improvement from last year.

Special Teams –

K Rabbitt – 28 FG of 38 FGA, Long of 54; 25 of 26 PAT.

Nice rookie!

P Petherick – 109 punts, 48.2 avg, 45 in the 20

Nicely done!

[Abe Sargent]

Defense



Here are our defensive stats. Thomason led with a ton of tackles, and Burkley was 2nd as expected. Thomason led the league with that number! DE Sawyer’s 9 sacks led with the team with 7 by Gaudi and 4.5 by LB Adam and 4 by NT Heinlein. Our sacks are up this year.

Burkley led our team with 6 FF and that was the most in the league. No one else had more than 2.

Pass Coverage




Alonzo Stone notched a nasty 7 picks. That tied for 2nd most in the league. Thomason swapped more pasdef for 4 picks and a INT RET TD. Stone also led our team in pasdef along with Thomason. Our picks were up as well.

[Abe Sargent]

Team Awards

Offensive MVP – Tony Rhem – This guy won Off. Rookie of the Year. He has to win this too, right? Right!

Defensive MVP – SS Alvin Thomason – In addition to his All Pro he led the league in tackles, was 2nd on our team in picks, top in pasdef, and was great. He was our best defensive player!

Special Teams MVP – P Petherick – Duh. Again. Dude wins All Pro, dude wins my team award.

Rookie of the Year Award – OG Terry Freitas – This guy was 2nd on my team in KRB, only allowed 5 sacks to a rookie QB, and was a great addition to my team. He was my best playing rookie.

Heart Award – DE Gaudi – Demoted to my backup DE and notched 7 sacks and 18 hurries and a fumrec on a strip sack. He was a strong powerhouse for me coming off my bench and I love my DLine at the DE spot I just need a better NT to unlock them and really turn them loose.

[Abe Sargent]

Rookie Lookie #4

1.1, QB Tony Rhem, Georgia, 36/82; 44/79; 43/83; 51/83
2.1, WR Jonah Zercie, San Diego, 40/62; 43/60; 45/63; 51/63
3.1, OG Terry Freitas, Florida State, 42/78; 48/79; 49/79; 59/79
4.1, OT Ezekiel Vaughn, Missouri, 12/61; 18/60; 18/58; 27/58
5.1, DE Norm Stevenson, Miss. Valley State, 40/67; 45/65; 46/66; 56/66
6.1, CB Sam Farr, Minnesota, 19/39; 23/40; 23/30 - CUT
7.1, K Randall Rabbitt, Texas Tech, 48/73; 56/78; 56/80; 60/80

Nicely done folks! Now I can’t bust with my talent next year like I did this with last year’s study Burkley.

Here are my best UFAs

ILB Phil Sutton – 36/62 ; 38/60; 52/60
DE Dexter Foley – 35/58 ; 36/61; 40/61


I end the season

I score a 59

[Abe Sargent]

2022 Offseason

The Staff Draft –

I have the 6th spot. Again, a 5 win season allows me to move staff as needed

I keep my HC Steve Spags.

Josh McDaniels has come available at the OC and he’s a bit better than my guy. Do I wanna swap over? He uses Erhardt=Erkins style of play. He loves QBs and might be better than Drew Walston. But I’ve been building an offense for Drew so I stay.

I make no changes at DC. Or AC. Or Sc.

I massage my ticket prices up a little bit and then move to FA

2022 FA Period #1

We pick 1.4. I need a playmaker like a stud WR, and there are two and interview both and they are underrated. I interview some more WRs and some RBs. I also interview other 1.4 ranked candidates and a stud Fb I could take later and convert to TE. If I could come away from this draft with the best WR and a studly TE I’d be happy. This is WR heavy.


I have 44 players under contract and I sign all of my RFAs

I skip the rest of the FA.

[Abe Sargent]

2022 NFL Amateur Draft

At 1.1 Arizona takes QB Ray Wilkins

1.2 – RB
1.3 – DT

That leaves me free to take the top WR. I grab Kirk Barber.

2nd round I grab DT Kyle Fontaine that I’ll move to NT.

3rd round is the FB still there? Nope. I grab BAP WILB Edward Raynor. C Seth Lindsay is solid too. As is FS Phillip Dawson although I like Lindsay more.

4th round. RB Francisco Mansell? He’s the best RB left. WR Richard Hall? I take Hall.

5th? I take Mansell who is still on the board over my over choice Grayson Willis.

6th Round is here and I take CB Grayson Willis as he’s still on the board.

7th round and I grab TE Alfredo Hoffman.


Rookie Lookie #1

1st Round - WR Kirk Barber, Illinois, 50/81
2nd Round, DT Kyle Fontaine, Clemson, 51/74
3rd Round – WILB Edward Raynor, Stanford, 20/70
4th Round – WR Richard Hall, Northwestern, 35/57
5th Round – RB Francisco Mansell, South Carolina, 44/52
6th Round – CB Grayson Willis, Ohio State, 26/52
7th Round – TE Alfredo Hoffman, Arizona State, 31/51

I have three top talents and then decent depth.

[Abe Sargent]

2022 FA Period #1

I chase…

UFA OC Bryce Jackson
UFA OT Julian Isaacs
UFA SE Fred Shumway

That’s it. It’s a weaker FA Class

Week 1 – Two sign

Week 2 – Nothing

Week 3 – Shumway signs


I skip the rest of the FA

UFA Rookies Prior to Camp

C Bryce Jackson, 36/68
SE Fred Shumway, 20/51
OT Julian Isaacs, 16/52

All are above 50 in potential

[Abe Sargent]

2022 Training Camp

Rookie Lookie #2

1st Round - WR Kirk Barber, Illinois, 50/81; 56/81
2nd Round, NT Kyle Fontaine, Clemson, 51/74; 59/74
3rd Round – WILB Edward Raynor, Stanford, 20/70; 27/67
4th Round – WR Richard Hall, Northwestern, 35/57; 39/55
5th Round – RB Francisco Mansell, South Carolina, 44/52; 46/54
6th Round – CB Grayson Willis, Ohio State, 26/52; 31/53
7th Round – TE Alfredo Hoffman, Arizona State, 31/51; 34/51

Raynor may be fading which is sad, but the rest are holding hopefully.

C Bryce Jackson, 36/68; 41/72
SE Fred Shumway, 20/51; 23/49
OT Julian Isaacs, 16/52; 18/52

Jackson is looking like a great pickup and we’ll start him in the preseason. I am also starting my three top picks that all look solid.

On The Green Page we have Rhem, Barber, and Fontaine.

In order to get to 60 I cut

OC Brant Falls
WR Roman Griffith
NT Lewis Dagan

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by Abe Sargent

9. I will sign players during the 2nd FA period that are undrafted rookies only.

Abe’s Boys - Any player that is drafted or a Undrafted FA rookie is given the tag, Abe’s Boy. Any player, once given that tag, is eligible for anything. I can sign one of Abe’s Boys in free agency. I can target them in trade.

I think this is a clever wrinkle to the time-honored "empty cupboard" concept. I like it.

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

I think this is a clever wrinkle to the time-honored "empty cupboard" concept. I like it.

Glad it resonated with you!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2022 Preseason

Week 2 – We win 19-16 over Detroit

Week 3 – We lose 14 – 20 hosting the 49ers

Week 4 – We lose on the road against the Bears 32-10.

Week 5 – We lose 16-23 on the road against the Cardinals

We finish 1-3


Rookie Lookie #3

1st Round - WR Kirk Barber, Illinois, 50/81; 56/81; 57/81
2nd Round, NT Kyle Fontaine, Clemson, 51/74; 59/74; 56/73
3rd Round – WILB Edward Raynor, Stanford, 20/70; 27/67; 27/61
4th Round – WR Richard Hall, Northwestern, 35/57; 39/55; 36/53
5th Round – RB Francisco Mansell, South Carolina, 44/52; 46/54; 48/58
6th Round – CB Grayson Willis, Ohio State, 26/52; 31/53; 32/58
7th Round – TE Alfredo Hoffman, Arizona State, 31/51; 34/51; 35/53

Raynor looks like a bust. That’s sad. Mansell looks like a grower. As does Grayson Willis.

C Bryce Jackson, 36/68; 41/72; 43/75
SE Fred Shumway, 20/51; 23/49; 22/42
OT Julian Isaacs, 16/52; 18/52; 18/50


I make these cuts to get to 53

WR Fred Shumway
WR Ethan Willis
RB Fernando Miranda
TE Leonardo Corbett
OT Kendall Bauer
FS Casey Gorman
CB Floyd Murphy

[Abe Sargent]

Here’s my top pick! Hello Kirk Barber! I hope you do some sexy things for me! He’ll hopefully be the sort of playmaker we need to unlock our QBs next level. He’s studly.

On the Green Page are Barber, Rhem, and NT Fontaine. Wanna see Fontaine as well? Okay!



We grabbed him with the 2.3 spot and he was the 35th chosen player. Much like Kirk Barber will hopefully unlock my offense, this guy will hopefully do the same for my front seven. He is the best player on my D Line. 3-4s need a great NT to really make them sign and my hope is that Fontaine will perform that role for me and be a consistent pressure maker and run stopper thus freeing up my LB Corp to wreak havoc.

[Abe Sargent]

Here are some notes on the rookies:

At WR, Barber is the top best WR, as the #2 guy who we also liked held steady at 79 in camp and is sitting strongly. We would have been happy had a guy in front of us taken a stud WR with the #2 guy. Richard Hall is the 6th best by potential.

At RB, our guy Mansell is the 5th best by potential. That’s good for a mid-round back.

At OC our rookie is the 2nd best by potential.

For DTs, Fontaine is 3rd best by potential as this was a deep draft for them, probably why he wound up still on the board at the 2.3 spot.

Raynor at ILB is the 3rd best by potential despite his fall.

At CB Grayson Willis is 2nd best, as many above him busted and this was a weak class for them. The best? 61 potential.

My starting rookies are

CB Willis
RB Mansell
OC Jackson
WILB Raynor
WR Barber
NT Fontaine

This is still early enough in our dynasty that 6 rookies will start but I doubt that will happen moving forward.

I think we’ll finish 7-9. Maybe 8-8, maybe 6-10. A lot of talent developed last year and we have talent on both sides of the ball to push us.

I think next year is when we’ll see things clicking.

[Abe Sargent]

The 2022 New York Jets

Front Office Football Eight
New Jersey Jets Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct OnTeam

Rhem, Tony 119 QB QB 2 61 83 3 yrs. 2021
##Weiss, Corbin 106 QB 2 22 45 3 yrs. 2021
Benton, Stanley 113 QB 3 23 42 2 yrs. 2020
Mansell, Francisco 240 RB RB 1 48 58 4 yrs. 2022
Williams, Aaron 232 RB FB 3 51 51 2 yrs. 2020
Walton, Neil 239 RB 3 48 48 2 yrs. 2020
##Gaylord, Tevin 227 RB 2 42 48 2 yrs. 2021
Hoffman, Alfredo 448 TE 1 35 53 4 yrs. 2022
Fyie, Junior 446 TE TE 3 49 49 1 yr. 2020
Cook, Branden 444 TE 3 47 47 1 yr. 2020
##Bauer, Randal 488 TE 3 38 45 1 yr. 2020
Richardson, Buddy 584 FL 3 48 50 2 yrs. 2020
Sorrells, Liam 580 FL 3 44 44 2 yrs. 2020
Barber, Kirk 586 SE SE 1 57 81 4 yrs. 2022
Zercie, Jonah 510 SE FL 2 55 63 3 yrs. 2021
Hall, Richard 589 SE 1 36 53 4 yrs. 2022
Jackson, Bryce 655 C C 1 43 75 1 yr. 2022
Fox, Karl 652 C 3 49 52 1 yr. 2020
Freitas, Terry 776 LG LG 2 68 79 3 yrs. 2021
##Nagurski, Kenyon 761 LG 3 38 39 1 yr. 2020
Banks, Efrain 767 RG RG 3 64 64 2 yrs. 2020
Johnson, Kurt 773 RG 3 22 32 2 yrs. 2020
Armstrong, Derek 868 LT LT 3 55 55 2 yrs. 2020
Isaacs, Julian 862 LT 1 18 50 1 yr. 2022
Vaughn, Ezekiel 870 RT RT 2 33 58 3 yrs. 2021
Cottrell, Morris 869 RT 3 40 46 2 yrs. 2020
Petherick, Roosevelt 918 P 3 76 76 3 yrs. 2020
Rabbitt, Randall 1004K 2 68 78 3 yrs. 2021
Stevenson, Norm 1171LDE LDE 2 62 66 3 yrs. 2021
Foley, Dexter 1177LDE 2 44 57 2 yrs. 2021
Sawyer, Henry 1175RDE RDE 3 61 61 1 yr. 2020
Gaudi, Marty 1174RDE 3 52 52 2 yrs. 2020
##Cole, Clifton 1290LDT 3 46 46 1 yr. 2020
Fontaine, Kyle 1295NT NT 1 56 73 4 yrs. 2022
Heinlein, Allen 1296NT 3 53 53 2 yrs. 2020
Sutton, Phil 1351SILB SILB 2 58 60 3 yrs. 2021
Hitt, Percy 1399SILB 3 45 49 2 yrs. 2020
Raynor, Edward 1358WILB WILB 1 27 61 4 yrs. 2022
McGarity, Justics 1392WILB 3 42 42 3 yrs. 2020
##Pelissier, Howie 1357MLB 3 31 31 2 yrs. 2020
Burkley, Jeremy 1453SLB SLB 3 64 64 2 yrs. 2020
Adam, Denzel 1491WLB WLB 3 51 51 2 yrs. 2020
Fredrickson, Marshall 1456WLB 2 50 50 2 yrs. 2021
Willis, Grayson 1541LCB 1 32 58 4 yrs. 2022
Cunningham, Richard 1522LCB LCB 3 48 48 2 yrs. 2020
Swift, Nicky 1542RCB RCB 3 45 45 2 yrs. 2020
Stone, Alonzo 1536RCB 3 44 44 2 yrs. 2020
Mongeon, Geoff 1549RCB 3 42 42 3 yrs. 2020
Forest, Tanner 1531RCB 2 29 41 2 yrs. 2021
Thomason, Alvin 1602SS SS 3 60 60 2 yrs. 2020
##Luethje, Corbin 1601SS 3 30 38 1 yr. 2020
Flannery, Kendall 1625FS FS 3 49 49 2 yrs. 2020
Glenn, Brad 654 LS 3 20 20 1 yr. 2020


$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.
Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46
Salary Cap: $208,000,000
Cap Room: $118,700,000
Maximum for New Player: $119,350,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $2,640,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $1,110,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $85,600,000

And there we are! Good news, unlike Burkley who busted from year one to two, Tony Rhem is still rocking at 61/83. Zercie and Barber should hopefully be a solid enough tag team to partner with.

[Abe Sargent]

Wanna see something cool?



Here are all QBs in the league sorted by potential, including this year’s solid rookie class. See how Rhem is the only one in the 80s? And is 5 better than Mahomes? That’s nice.

Here’s another



As you can see, Kirk Barber is the best potential in the league right now. Noel who we would had taken had Barber been grabbed is 3rd overall. You can also see Zercie is on the page as well, which is solid. The Bills have two of the top ten with a nasty tandem. If they develop, what sort of damage can Rhem and Barber do?

I fear for defenses in the AFC East!

[Abe Sargent]

The 2022 Regular Season

Let’s get this thing started!

Week 1 – Buffalo – We win 17-16. Another winning opener! MVP was Rhem with 27 of 39 for 299 and 2:0. He hit Barber 7 times for 87 yards and a score in his debut game! Another TD Pass to RB Mansell is his first NFL game as well! 2 sacks by DE Sawyer
A great debut win for us!

Week 2 -At Minnesota – We win 28-20! MVP is RB Mansell who was 18 carries for 147 yard and a score. Nasty! Rhem was 23 of 41 for 232 and 2:1. He hit WR Zercie 8 times for 124 yards and a score, and Barber the other score. We had four FFs on the day by LB Fredrickson, DE Gaudi, NT Fontaine, and ILB Raynor, two FFs for starting rookies, nice. SS Thomason recovered one for a TD. Nice!

C Jackson is out and Fox will start

Week 3 – Denver – We win 23-22. MVP is Rhem with 27 of 39, 311 yards, and 2:0 score. Barber caught 7 for 103 and 1 score, his first 100 yard game of his career. WR Richardson the other score. CB Stone with a pick. FF and recovery by ILB Sutton. Mansell was 22 for 96 yards.

We have won three in a row baby!

Can we make it it four?

Week 4 – Baltimore – We lose 10-19. Not bad for the first quarter of the WR Barber Era. Rhem was 23 of 40 for 246 and…1:4. Yuck. Baltimore is still Baltimore. TE Cook our lone TD. FF by DE Stevenson, recovered by LB Burkley.

C Jackson is back from injury

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 – At Cincinnati – We win 27-14. Rhem is MVP with 17 of 31 for 205 and 2:0. He also rushed for a score. He hit RB Walton and TE Frie for TDs. Picks by Thomason and ILB Sutton. We came back to our surprisingly winning ways.

Week 6 – New England – We win 36-16. That is a statement win, our first. Game MVP is Rhem with 20 of 27, 4:0. He hit for scores these players – TE Cook, TE Cook, TE Cook, and TE Frie. Huh. RB Mansell was 22 for 126 and that’s his 2nd 100 game of the season. ILB Hitt with a pick. Burkley with 2 FF,one recovered by Thomason. 6 KRB by OG Freigas and 4 by OT Vaughn.

We have an injury – CB Willis is out for a few weeks

Week 7 – At Cleveland- We lose 30-32. Rhem was Game MVP despite losing with 26 of 48 for 316 and 3:0 and he hit for scores Zercie (who was 8 for 100 yards) Mansell and Richardson. Mansell was 13 of 38 and scored on the ground. CB Swift with a pick. FF by Thomason, recovered by CB Cunningham.

We have two injuries from this game that were knocking someone out

ILB Phil Sutton, out for a week or two

And…

LB Hitt, who is out for the year

I place Hitt on IR and I sign…

Wilb Oren Banks

Week 8 – at Buffalo – We win 24-17. Rhem is MVP with 33 of 41, 303 yards and 3:0. Barber was 11 for 98 and 1 score. Scored for Zercie and Hall. Pick by CB Swift.


We are 6-2 at the half! And Sutton is back.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 9 – Pittsburgh – We win 21-7 against the then 1 loss Steelers. Rhem is MVP with 24 of 36 and 295 with 2:0. He hits Zercie 8 times for 163 yards and two scores. Mansell added a score on the ground. We had three picks by CB Stone, CB Stone and…CB Stone. That’s nasty. We had 3 FF by Burkley, Sutton and Gaudi, and they were recovered by Burkley.

Willis is back

Week 10 – BYE

Week 11 – Miami- We lose 9-25. Rhem was 25 of 40 for 287 and 0:1. CB Stone with another pick. Two sacks by LB Adams.

Week 12 – Chicago – We lose 20-13. Them was 28 of 42 for 25 and 1:1. He hit RB Mansell for the score. FF by Burkley and Stone. 2 sacks by Burkley.

We had 10 injuries from this game. All were questionable or probable

Week 13 – At Tennessee – We win 13-6. It’s not a big win, but I’ll take it. Rhem is 18 of 36 for 169 and 1:0 with a TD grab by Barber. Pick by Thomason. 4 KRB by Frietas.

We are 8-4 at the three quarter mark! Will we finish in the playoffs? I hope so!

[Abe Sargent]

Week 14 -At Green Bay – We win 17-9 against a 9-3 team. Nice! Rhem was 26 of 34 for 246 and 1:0 and hit Zercie 10 times for 115 yards and 1 score. Pick by Sutton. Rushing score by Mansell. 2 sacks by Adam.

A strong road win!

Week 15 – At Miami – We prevent the sweep and win 31-27. Rhem was 22 of 38 for 303 and 2:2. Barber was 10 for 145 yards and a score. WR Zercie the other scorer. Rhem rushed for a score. C Brad Glenn grabbed a Rhem fumble and advanced it for a score. That was funny. FF by Stone and Frederickson, one recovery by CB Mongeon.

Week 16 – Detroit -They are a 9 win team. They leave a 9 win team after we beat them 27-24. Rhem, MVP with 21 of 32 for 252 and 2:0 hitting Zercie and Mansell for scores. Mansell was 17 for 99 and 1 score. FF by Fontaine and Burkley. 4 KRB by Banks

One game left!

Week 17 – At New England – We lose 10-23. Rhem was 23 of 37 or 203 and 1:0. He hit Barber for the score. Pick by Swift.

We finish the season with a 11-5 record.