[FOF7] Cap Hell Chronicles - A Steelers Dynasty

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Cap Hell Chronicles - A Steelers Dynasty

Settings:

Injury: 150
Cap: 28-80
Combine: 50

House Rules:

Not really at present time.

Philosophy:

I like physical football. Classic Steelers. Great defense and power running.

I do not like trading away 3 first round picks to move into 1st in the draft :-)

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Reserved...

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THE OFFENSE

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntr
Roethlisberger, Ben     7   QB    QB    10   63                63                3 
Gradkowski, Bruce       5   QB          8    30                39                3 
##Wilson, John Parker   4   QB          4    12                26                1 
Jones, Landry           3   QB          1    18                30                4 

Big Ben should be a solid starter for the next 4-5 years. Gradkowski is a solid backup for now.

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntr
Stephens-Howling, LaRod 34  RB          5    45                45                1 
Jones, Felix            23  RB          6    45                45                1 
Dwyer, Jonathan         27  RB          4    50                50                1 
Bell, Le'Veon           38  RB    RB    1    49                61                4 
Johnson, David          85  FB          5    26                39                1 
Johnson, Will           46  FB    FB    2    38                38                2 

Le'Veon Bell will be our feature back for the next years. He isn't the greatest runner but isgood out of the backfield and on returns. Felix Jones is the best runner.

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntr
Miller, Heath           83  TE    TE    9    73                73                2 
McCoy, Jamie            82  TE          1    20                31                1 
Tuitupou, Peter         47  TE          1    23                34                3 
Burress, Plaxico        80  FL    FL    12   50                50                1 
Sanders, Emmanuel       88  FL          4    47                47                1 
Gilreath, David         18  FL          2    23                37                1 
Wheaton, Markus         11  FL          1    36                43                4 
Brown, Antonio          84  SE    SE    4    53                61                5 
##Brown, Justin         15  SE          1    10                11                4

Heath Miller and Antonio Brown will be Ben's go-to-guys. Sanders is a decent slot reciever. However age is a factor for Burress and Miller.

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntr
##Wallace, Cody         74  C           4    16                35                1 
Velasco, Fernando       61  C     C     4    40                69                1 
Pouncey, Maurkice       53  C           4    49                67                2 
Foster, Ramon           73  LG          5    26                34                3 
Malecki, John           62  LG    LG    2    27                41                1 
DeCastro, David         66  RG    RG    2    28                52                3 
Brown, Levi             75  LT    LT    7    58                58                1 
##Beachum, Kelvin       68  LT          2    18                34                3 
Adams, Mike             76  LT          2    22                28                3 
Whimper, Guy            78  RT    RT    8    35                35                1

I will move Velasco to LG and hope for the best. Both Velasco and Pouncey are ruthless run blockers. But will this group be able to keep Ben off the ground. As in previous years. The O-Line are a major weakness on our team.

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THE DEFENSE

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current  Estimate Future Estimate Cntr
Hood, Ziggy             96  LDE   LDE   5    38                41                1 
Woods, Al               65  LDE         4    28                34                1 
##Keisel, Brett         99  RDE         12   25                25                1 
Heyward, Cameron        97  RDE   RDE   3    34                52                2 
##Williams, Nick        91  RDE         1    16                37                4 
Fangupo, Hebron         92  NT          1    22                29                3 
McLendon, Steve         90  NT    NT    4    35                39                3

Cameron Heyward the lone bright spot in this group. Will need serious work if we're to be considered contenders.

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntr
Foote, Larry            50  SILB        12   45                45                3 
##Williams, Vince       98  SILB        1    16                25                4 
Spence, Sean            51  SILB  SILB  2    36                56                3 
Timmons, Lawrence       94  WILB  WILB  7    69                69                4 
##McFadden, Marshall    59  WILB        1    18                36                1 
##Sylvester, Stevenson  55  WILB        4    22                29                1 
Woodley, LaMarr         56  SLB         7    41                41                4 
Jones, Jarvis           95  SLB   SLB   1    52                68                4 
##Robinson, Adrian      57  SLB         2    19                29                2 
Worilds, Jason          93  WLB   WLB   4    44                54                1 

Once the pride of the Steel City. And slowly building towards it again. Timmons is trying to justify his giant contract, while the talent of Jarvis Jones and Jason Worilds is pormising. We will stay as a 3-4 team due to the talent in this position.

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntr
Gay, William            22  LCB   LCB   7    47                47                3 
##Allen, Cortez         28  LCB         3    25                40                2 
Taylor, Ike             24  RCB   RCB   11   48                48                2 
##Victorian, Josh       35  RCB         1    17                25                1 
Brown, Curtis           31  RCB         3    26                30                2 
Polamalu, Troy          43  SS    SS    11   68                68                2 
##Cromartie-Smith, Da'Mo42  SS          1    13                27                1 
Thomas, Shamarko        29  SS          1    19                34                4 
Clark, Ryan             25  FS    FS    12   52                52                1 
##Blake, Antwon         41  FS          2    17                33                2 
Warren, Greg            60  LS          9    20                20                1 

A pretty good bunch of players. However they're getting old. While it will be difficult to get rid of a fan favourite like Polamalu, Taylor will need to fight for his job.

SPECIAL TEAMS

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntr
Butler, Drew            9   P           2    41                45                2 
McBriar, Mat            10  P           12   46                46                1 
Suisham, Shaun          6   K           9    47                47                2

Not much to see here...

[Olsson]

2013 Preseason

We finish 1-3 without any key injuries.

Rookie RB Bell unfortunately looks like he's having trouble holding onto the ball.

Pretty much all of our players dropped in future estimate, in a disappointing preseason. Among others we cut Brett Keisel who is making 5 million this year.

Here's what our starting lineup looks like entering the regular season:

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntr
Roethlisberger, Ben     7   QB    QB    10   57                57                3 
Bell, Le'Veon           38  RB    RB    1    57                60                4 
Johnson, Will           46  FB    FB    2    42                57                2 
Miller, Heath           83  TE    TE    9    70                70                2 
Sanders, Emmanuel       88  FL    FL    4    49                61                1 
Brown, Antonio          84  SE    SE    4    50                51                5 
Brown, Levi             75  LT    LT    7    43                43                1 
Velasco, Fernando       61  LG    LG    4    28                57                1 
Pouncey, Maurkice       53  C     C     4    45                60                2 
DeCastro, David         66  RG    RG    2    28                35                3 
Whimper, Guy            78  RT    RT    8    35                35                1 
Hood, Ziggy             96  LDE   LDE   5    43                47                1 
McLendon, Steve         90  NT    NT    4    37                41                3 
Heyward, Cameron        97  RDE   RDE   3    35                45                2 
Jones, Jarvis           95  SLB   SLB   1    48                65                4 
Timmons, Lawrence       94  WILB  SILB  7    69                69                4 
Spence, Sean            51  SILB  WILB  2    41                54                3 
Worilds, Jason          93  WLB   WLB   4    45                53                1 
Gay, William            22  LCB   LCB   7    49                49                3 
Taylor, Ike             24  RCB   RCB   11   50                50                2 
Polamalu, Troy          43  SS    SS    11   58                58                2 
Clark, Ryan             25  FS    FS    12   46                46                1 

[Olsson]

2013 - Quarterly update 1

21-20 vs Titans
6-9 at Bengals
7-13 vs Bears
17-35 at Vikings

1-3

We get off to a great start against Titans, although Suisham misses 3 FG's.

We can't seem to get going offensively. Ben have had 4 fumbles so far and have not been playing well. A grand total of 7 fumbles in 4 games will hurt you. On the bright side no INT's so far.

Defensively we're playing pretty good. DE Hood has had 2½ sacks. Our passing D is playing well, but we're getting shredded on the ground.

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2013 - Quarterly Report 2

6-13 at Jets
41-14 vs Ravens
30-7 at Raiders
11-26 at Patriots

3-5

After the Jets game we alter our gameplan to a mure run-oriented approach and it pays off. Ben Roethlisberger is still struggling, and throws his first pick in the Patriots game. Along with 3 others. His QB-rating is 80.2. Overal we're in the bottom third in terms of yards.

Defensively we're in the better half of the league. 308 yards/game and 17.1 ppg. A bunch of guys are getting pressure on the QB and we're a multiheaded threat. If only we had better players :-)

Incredibly enough 3-5 is enough to lead the division, where the standings looks like this:

Steelers 3-5
Ravens 3-5
Bengals 3-6
Cleveland 3-6

[jzicc]

No need to look at this -- I'm watching it in real life with the Steelers --

Jk

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2013 Quarterly Report 3

27-9 vs Bills
29-24 vs Lions
13-17 at Browns
13-21 at Ravens

5-7

We're still in the hunt. Ravenslead the division with 6-6. The wild cards are gone by now.

Not really much to report. Besides Ben not quite showing his skill. We're trying to go back to a more balanced approach in the final games of the season.

[Olsson]

Originally Posted by jzicc

No need to look at this -- I'm watching it in real life with the Steelers --

Jk

Excactly.. But this GM is gonna cut the deadweight.

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2013 quarterly report 4

29-3 vs Dolphins
6-7 vs Bengals
14-48 at Packers
19-21 vs Browns

6-10

We finish off weak. Loosing at home to both Bengals and Browns.

Antonio Brown does what he can to gain us some wins with 578 yards in the final 4 games. Ben only throw 2 TD's the final 6 games :-(

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SEASON SUMMARY

We end in the middle of nowhere. No top-5 pick and no playoffs. All in all an awful season.

New England Patriots beat Green Bay Packers in the SB. Rodgers folds and throws 5 picks, while Brady becomes MVP.

We have none on the all-league teams.

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2013 Summary for Pittsburgh Steelers
   
Year                2013                                      
Record              6-10                                      
Winning Pct.        .375                                      
All-Time            6-10                                      
Winning Pct.        .375                                      
Playoffs            0-0                                       
Playoff Visits      0                                         
Bowl Wins           0                                         
Head Coach          Mike Tomlin                               
Record              6-10                                      
Winning Pct.        .375                                      
Off. Coord.         T. Haley                                  
Def. Coord.         D. LeBeau                                 
Asst. Coach         J. Mitchell                               
Stren. Coord.       G. Giemont                                
   
Pittsburgh Steelers     Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         29.7      10          
Rushing Yards           106.9     18          
Yards Per Carry         3.60      24          
Pass Attempts           34.4      18 (T)      
Completions             20.3      20          
Completion Pct.         59.1      20          
Passing Yards           214.1     21          
Yards Per Attempt       6.23      19          
Yards Per Catch         10.54     21          
Total Yardage Gained    309.7     22          
3rd Down Conversions    32.4      19 (T)      
Points Per Game         18.1      22          
Pass Rush Pct.          20.0      17          
Pass Defense Pct.       69.7      3           
Turnovers               24        15          
Turnover Margin         +1        14 (T)      
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         26.0      9           
Rushing Yards           109.1     15          
Yards Per Carry         4.19      21          
Pass Attempts           34.4      14          
Completions             19.2      3           
Completion Pct.         55.7      3           
Passing Yards           204.5     5           
Yards Per Attempt       5.94      5           
Yards Per Catch         10.66     14          
Total Yardage Gained    298.5     7           
3rd Down Conversions    28.8      2           
Points Per Game         17.9      8           
Pass Rush Pct.          21.7      26          
Pass Defense Pct.       54.8      18          
Turnovers               25        13 (T)      
   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
1     21    TEN           20      
2     6     at CIN        9       
3     7     CHI           13      
4     17    at MIN        35      
6     6     at NJY        13      
7     41    BAL           14      
8     30    at OAK        7       
9     11    at NED        26      
10    27    BUF           9       
11    29    DET           24      
12    13    at CLE        17      
13    13    at BAL        21      
14    29    MIA           3       
15    6     CIN           7       
16    14    at GBY        48      
17    19    CLE           21      
   
Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
7 B. Roethlisberger     QB    550   325   3425  6.23  14    12    76.6    
**Team                  ---   550   325   3425  6.23  14    12    76.6    
$$Opp                   ---   551   307   3272  5.94  13    15    69.7    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
38 L. Bell              RB    299   884   2.96  2     5       
34 L. Stephens-Howling  RB    97    406   4.19  4     2       
7 B. Roethlisberger     QB    43    277   6.44  0     7       
**Team                  ---   475   1711  3.60  7     22      
$$Opp                   ---   416   1745  4.19  16    24      
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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
84 A. Brown             WR    135   81    1237  15.27 9.16  5     4       
83 H. Miller            TE    122   79    659   8.34  5.40  6     3       
88 E. Sanders           WR    111   57    567   9.95  5.11  7     2       
38 L. Bell              RB    46    38    294   7.74  6.39  2     3       
80 P. Burress           WR    73    30    337   11.23 4.62  11    1       
11 M. Wheaton           WR    25    17    205   12.06 8.20  1     1       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
94 L. Timmons           ILB   123   34    2.5   2     1     11    78.0    
43 T. Polamalu          S     78    36    1.0   3     3     16    82.9    
95 J. Jones             OLB   70    18    5.5   3     2     10    79.2    
25 R. Clark             S     53    16    0.0   1     3     16    85.0    
24 I. Taylor            CB    51    13    0.0   0     2     12    82.3    
22 W. Gay               CB    48    9     0.0   1     2     14    82.2    
28 C. Allen             CB    41    9     0.0   0     1     3     76.1    
51 S. Spence            ILB   41    16    0.0   0     0     2     73.5    
93 J. Worilds           OLB   36    18    6.0   13    0     0     79.8    
96 Z. Hood              DE    35    10    5.5   8     0     0     78.9    
65 A. Woods             DE    27    15    6.0   8     0     0     82.2    
97 C. Heyward           DE    24    7     2.0   8     0     0     82.5    
92 H. Fangupo           DT    22    6     4.5   7     0     0     81.1    
90 S. McLendon          DT    19    16    3.0   6     0     0     81.4    
29 S. Thomas            S     19    4     0.5   0     0     5     83.1    

[Olsson]

2014 OFFSEASON:

Big changes in the coaching apartment:

Head Coach - Richard Rogers (Former Panthers AC)
Offensive Coordinator - Anthony Lynn (Former Jets AC)
Defensive Coordinator - Bo Hucke
Assistant Coach - John Mitchell (Retained)
Strength Coordinator - Garrett Giemont (Retained)

We make a bunch of cuts. It's time for rebuilding:

G Foster - 1,750,000
DT McLendon - 2,430,000
ILB Foote - 1,500,000
OLB Woodley - 8,000,000

Knowing how much he means to the fans I don't have the stones to cut Polamalu, despite him earning more than I'd like. He has one year left. And he'll get to play that contract out.

Ike Taylor chooses to retire and saves us around 8 million as well.

[Olsson]

FREE AGENCY & DRAFT:

Needs:

Going into the later part of the offseason we're are looking to fill many needs, however the greatest needs are these: G, T, DT, CB, S

Free Agency Targets:

TE Michael Hoomanawanui - Signed
LT Brendan Albert - Signed
LG Matt Slauson - Signed
DT Clinton McDonald - Signed
LE Lamarr Houston - Signs with OAK
CB Tony Carter - Signed

Draft:

There's some sure-fire stars in this draft. And there should still be one or two at the 11th. I'll play it cool and let someone drop. As we have so many needs I'm happy with BPA.

I am hoping for CB Miller, QB Schlessinger, RB Griffle, WR Burnett or DT Norman though.

None of them fall. The last one, RB Riffle, goes at 8th

At 11th we have narrowed it down to the following people still on the board:

LG Wilson - 1 red, 3 blue - Very Underrated
SS Hutchings - 2 red, 4 blue - As Scouted

With the 11th overallpick in the 2014 NFL draft. The Pittsburgh Steelers select from Missisipi. SS Danny Hutchins. While we're scared of his high volatility, we're certain he's the next big safety. It's simply too high to pick Wilson who should be a solid late first round pick.

All in all the draft goes as follows:

1.11 - SS Hutchins 32/57
2.10 - LT Purnell 21/60
3.09 - FB Bishop 39/63
4.11 - CB George 14/41
5.10 - DT Miller 17/32
6.09 - QB Johnson 14/26
7.11 - OLB Talley 16/38

With all the needs we have I select a FB in the third? I think he might be worth it! Not really super excited over this class, however I have faith in the first three picks.

Late Free Agency

We sign some UDFA's

[Olsson]

PRESEASON 2014

We go 1-3 and loose UDFA DE Trabosh for the year. Besides that nothing special.

Rookie Watch:

1.11 - SS Hutchins 32/57 -> 39/62
2.10 - LT Purnell 21/60 -> 26/56
3.09 - FB Bishop 39/63 -> 44/64
4.11 - CB George 14/41 -> 23/36
5.10 - DT Miller 17/32 -> 21/32
6.09 - QB Johnson 14/26 -> 18/29
7.11 - OLB Talley 16/38 -> 19/37

Here's your 2014 Steelers

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntr
Roethlisberger, Ben     7   QB    QB    11   57                57                2 
Bell, Le'Veon           38  RB    RB    2    65                65                3 
Bishop, Shawn           32  FB    FB    1    44                64                4 
**Miller, Heath         83  TE    TE    10   69                69                1 
Sanders, Emmanuel       88  FL    FL    5    53                53                2 
Brown, Antonio          84  SE    SE    5    59                59                4 
Albert, Branden         72  LT    LT    7    54                54                3 
Slauson, Matt           79  RG    LG    6    49                49                3 
Pouncey, Maurkice       53  C     C     5    65                70                1 
Malecki, John           62  RG    RG    3    31                46                1 
Purnell, Darrell        63  LT    RT    1    26                56                4 
Hood, Ziggy             96  LDE   LDE   6    46                46                2 
McDonald, Clinton       99  RDT   NT    6    54                54                3 
Williams, Nick          91  RDE   RDE   2    18                27                3 
Jones, Jarvis           95  SLB   SLB   2    65                65                3 
Spence, Sean            51  SILB  SILB  3    50                57                2 
Timmons, Lawrence       94  WILB  WILB  8    73                73                3 
Worilds, Jason          93  WLB   WLB   5    52                55                2 
Gay, William            22  LCB   LCB   8    45                45                2 
Carter, Tony            26  RCB   RCB   6    50                50                2 
Hutchins, Danny         42  SS    SS    1    39                62                4 
Blake, Antwon           41  FS    FS    3    24                28                1 
Jones, Landry           3   QB          2    23                37                3 
Johnson, Abraham        14  QB          1    18                29                4 
Stephens-Howling, LaRod 34  RB          6    42                42                2 
Johnson, Will           46  FB          3    51                51                1 
Hoomanawanui, Michael   87  TE          5    45                45                3 
Wheaton, Markus         11  FL          2    44                52                3 
Bednarsh, Luther        86  FL          1    19                23                1 
Rutledge, Curtis        54  C           2    31                44                2 
Velasco, Fernando       61  LG          5    43                51                2 
**Leung, Brandon        77  LG          1    25                46                1 
Beachum, Kelvin         68  LT          3    14                20                2 
Butler, Drew            9   P           3    47                47                1 
Cash, Mel               16  K           1    39                58                1 
Sanford, Brian          70  LDE         4    26                32                1 
Miller, Ryder           90  LDT         1    21                32                4 
Fangupo, Hebron         92  NT          2    28                32                2 
Williams, Vince         98  SILB        2    19                27                3 
Robinson, Adrian        57  SLB         3    24                28                1 
Talley, Jared           50  WLB         1    19                37                4 
George, Matt            36  LCB         1    23                36                4 
Brown, Curtis           31  RCB         4    32                32                1 
Thomas, Shamarko        29  SS          2    29                35                3 
Polamalu, Troy          43  FS          12   52                52                1 
Brooks, Zander          85  LS          1    18                18                1 
##Tuitupou, Peter       47  TE          2    33                39                2 
##Adams, Mike           76  LT          3    16                20                2 
##Allen, Cortez         28  LCB         4    23                24                1 
%%Trabosh, Nick         73  LDE         1    21                42                1 

Not really a much stronger team than last year player-wise, but definately on the coaching side.

[Olsson]

2014 Quarterly report 1:

7-35 at Ravens
19-21 at Saints
7-26 at Miami
20-23 vs Houston

Three tough road games and a slow 0-4 start. Ben plays nothing like a franchise Qb that earns 19 million. Can't keep on the field on third down, and 7 turnovers in 4 games. Ugly.

On the bright side WR Brown has 287 yards recieving and RB Bell has 317 on the ground. Without a fumble.

Defensively we're in shambles. We lost a lot of cohesion, and is expecting lack of communication early on.

As a defense we've been hit by a bunch of injuries to our starters already.

[Olsson]

2014 Quarterly report 2:

17-30 at Colts
21-27 at Bengals
30-24 vs Jaguars
3-23 at Titans

1-7 ... We officially suck... But it's not easy when half your starters are playing through injuries.

Well at least we get to evaluate our cap money. At this moment I'm having a hard time figuring out how Ben's 19 millions are justified. Here's his stats through 8 games:

134-275, 1444 yards. 9 TD's, 6INT's, QB Rating of ... 66,4. Oh and 6 fumbles :-(

The defense is holding things together at the moment despite a ppg against of 26.1. (Pretty easy to score TD's when you're in the redzone everytime you take over the ball ;-))

At least we now realise we need to go fully into rebuilding mode. That means it will probably be the last season for QB Roethlisberger, TE Miller, FS Polamalu and ILB Timmons.

[Olsson]

2014 Quarterly report 3:

26-19 vs Browns
10-13 vs Ravens
44-17 vs Falcons
24-20 vs Raiders

4-8

Three home wins against weak opponents.

Offense: Roethlisberger has upped his game. Bell has already crossed 1000 yards and is 5th in the league. Our offense has been playing decently the last 4 weeks.

Defense: Our passing d is starting to perform. And in the game against Falcons the defense created a 7 turnovers. And made two scores. SLB Jarvis Jones are emerging as a star LB with 77 tackles, 7 sacks, 2 int's and the teams best PDPct.

[Olsson]

2014 Quarterly report 4

17-20 at Buccs
28-21 at Browns
14-23 vs Panthers
28-3 vs Bengals

6-10

Same record as last year. After an abysmal start with 6 losses I believe we've come back. RB Bell misses 3 of the last 4 games with a knee injury.

[Olsson]

2014 SEASON SUMMARY

Ben Roethlisberger finishes with a poor 74.1 QB Rating, and had 9 fumbles to go with an already not very flattering statistic. RB Bell ends up with 1216 yards despite only playing 13½ game. Defensively SLB Jarvis Jones has been the MVP. 106 tackles, 11,5 sacks, 3 ints and the teams best PDPct.

After serious consideration we decide not to renew the contracts of the following notable players: TE Miller, C Pouncey*, FS Polamalu.

Besides this we will be cutting QB Roethlisberger after two poor seasons. He's simply not worth the 19 million he will earn next year. We'll also be considering cutting ILB Timmons.

DENVER BRONCOS WINS THE SUPER BOWL AFTER BEATING PACKERS 17-7

OLB Jarvis Jones is selected for the All-league 2nd team

* = After not agreeing to a deal. Pouncey will probably get the franchise tag.

Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2014 Summary for Pittsburgh Steelers
   
Year                2014                                      
Record              6-10                                      
Winning Pct.        .375                                      
All-Time            12-20                                     
Winning Pct.        .375                                      
Playoffs            0-0                                       
Playoff Visits      0                                         
Bowl Wins           0                                         
Head Coach          Richard Rodgers                           
Record              6-10                                      
Winning Pct.        .375                                      
Off. Coord.         A. Lynn                                   
Def. Coord.         B. Hucke                                  
Asst. Coach         J. Mitchell                               
Stren. Coord.       G. Giemont                                
   
Pittsburgh Steelers     Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         27.8      11          
Rushing Yards           125.9     8           
Yards Per Carry         4.53      4           
Pass Attempts           36.5      16          
Completions             20.2      20          
Completion Pct.         55.3      22 (T)      
Passing Yards           212.9     22          
Yards Per Attempt       5.83      24          
Yards Per Catch         10.54     20          
Total Yardage Gained    328.1     11          
3rd Down Conversions    36.6      9           
Points Per Game         19.7      15          
Pass Rush Pct.          19.8      21          
Pass Defense Pct.       56.9      16 (T)      
Turnovers               26        16 (T)      
Turnover Margin         -4        22 (T)      
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         27.4      16          
Rushing Yards           118.9     25          
Yards Per Carry         4.33      24          
Pass Attempts           33.0      4           
Completions             19.1      3 (T)       
Completion Pct.         58.0      18          
Passing Yards           213.9     11          
Yards Per Attempt       6.48      24          
Yards Per Catch         11.18     25          
Total Yardage Gained    318.6     14          
3rd Down Conversions    32.9      15          
Points Per Game         21.6      21 (T)      
Pass Rush Pct.          21.9      24          
Pass Defense Pct.       62.3      21          
Turnovers               22        24 (T)      
   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
1     7     at BAL        35      
2     19    at NOS        21      
3     7     at MIA        26      
4     20    HOU           23      
5     17    at IND        30      
6     21    at CIN        27      
7     30    JAX           24      
8     3     at TEN        23      
9     26    CLE           19      
10    10    BAL           13      
12    44    ATL           17      
13    24    OAK           20      
14    17    at TBY        20      
15    28    at CLE        21      
16    14    CAR           23      
17    28    CIN           3       
   
Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
7 B. Roethlisberger     QB    542   300   3123  5.76  18    12    74.1    
**Team                  ---   584   323   3406  5.83  20    15    73.2    
$$Opp                   ---   528   306   3422  6.48  20    13    79.7    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
38 L. Bell              RB    247   1216  4.92  6     7       
34 L. Stephens-Howling  RB    125   371   2.97  5     1       
7 B. Roethlisberger     QB    32    243   7.59  0     9       
**Team                  ---   445   2015  4.53  12    25      
$$Opp                   ---   439   1903  4.33  11    19      
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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
84 A. Brown             WR    149   68    891   13.10 5.98  9     3       
11 M. Wheaton           WR    119   63    851   13.51 7.15  9     5       
83 H. Miller            TE    90    54    439   8.13  4.88  2     3       
38 L. Bell              RB    70    51    423   8.29  6.04  4     2       
32 S. Bishop            FB    36    27    183   6.78  5.08  1     1       
86 L. Bednarsh          WR    40    18    124   6.89  3.10  6     3       
88 E. Sanders           WR    30    16    208   13.00 6.93  2     1       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
94 L. Timmons           ILB   109   38    0.0   0     0     10    75.7    
95 J. Jones             OLB   85    21    11.5  6     3     11    83.2    
42 D. Hutchins          S     84    34    1.0   0     1     9     80.1    
26 T. Carter            CB    61    14    0.0   0     3     4     77.4    
22 W. Gay               CB    56    11    0.0   1     2     7     75.4    
43 T. Polamalu          S     44    14    0.0   1     1     10    79.4    
36 M. George            CB    43    7     0.0   0     1     8     79.1    
99 C. McDonald          DT    40    17    5.0   7     0     1     82.8    
51 S. Spence            ILB   39    19    1.0   1     1     3     79.2    
93 J. Worilds           OLB   38    16    7.0   11    0     1     81.3    
91 N. Williams          DE    26    12    5.0   8     0     0     81.2    
96 Z. Hood              DE    24    5     1.0   6     0     0     81.3    
92 H. Fangupo           DT    18    13    4.5   4     0     0     81.4    
41 A. Blake             S     17    3     0.0   0     0     0     75.7    

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2015 OFFSEASON:

Notable Retirements:

After winning his second SB, QB Peyton Manning decides to retire.

Staff:

Coaches going out:

OC Anthony Lynn gets the Head Coaching job in Tampa Bay.
AC John Mitchell replaced

Coaches going in:

Offensive Coordinator: Doug Pederson, previously OC at Chiefs
Assistant Coach: Chris Houston

Cuts:

QB Roethlisberger - 12,100,000

I decide to keep Timmons. He's been performing pretty well. And we're only saving 7 million if we cut him. At the moment we have 42,000,000 left under the cap.

Franchise Tag:

We tag C Maurkice Pouncey

[Olsson]

FREE AGENCY & DRAFT

FREE AGENCY & DRAFT:

Needs:

After cutting Big Ben our biggest needs are: QB, TE, RT, RDE, FS

Free Agency Targets:

QB Cassell 42/42 - Signed
TE Cook 47/47 - Signed
LT Clady 93/93 - Signs with Cardinals
RT Saffold 78/78 - Signs with Bengals
RT Free 44/44 - Signed
DE Heyward 48/48 - Signed
OLB Ingram 44/44 - Signed
CB Dennard 45/45 - Signed
SS Bird 66/66 - Signed

Draft:

We're once again sitting at 11th

We have a couple of targets we hope will fall. I'm not gonna trade up, as we need as many picks over the next couple of years.

I do however really like OLB Jamal Rivera in the 2nd round.

As the draft go by and QB Underwood is still there at 4th I seriously consider trading up for him. I decide not to. He goes at 4th.

When we were on theclock we have three players sitting there, and we decide to trade down and pick up an extra 3rd rounder. (I later trade my two 3rds for a 2nd and a 7th, to take Rivera)

At 15th we pick CB from Tulsa, Craig Riley.



The draft goes as follows:

Rnd	Pos	Name    	Cur/Fut	Dash	Sole	Stre	Agil	Bjum	Pos	Dev	Vol	Scout	Notes
1.11	CB	Riley   	38/61	+	+			-	+	49	2	Under	
2.10	LT	Hargrave	20/52	+	+	+	+	+		21	75		
2.16	OLB	Rivera  	19/37	++		++	++		-	33	26	Under	Move to WLB
4.11	DE	Hawkins 	18/26		+	+	+			46	80		Ex Pun
5.10	QB	Arsenault	18/46	+			+		-	30	25	Over	G SR
6.09	RB	Horne   	20/34	+	+	-	+			59	96		VG Blitz/Break
7.16	FS	Carr    	15/30		+				+	52	9		Ex Int/End

Late Free Agency

A bunch of UDFA's

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PRESEASON 2014

We go 0-4. We loose TE Cook for the first couple of games. Besides that a pretty decent preseason injury-wise

Rookie Watch:

1.11 CB Riley 38/61 -> 44/63
2.10 LT Hargrave 20/52 -> 26/48
2.16 OLB Rivera 19/37 -> 26/46
4.11 DE Hawkins 18/26 -> 21/32
5.10 QB Arsenault 18/46 -> 21/41
6.09 RB Horne 20/34 -> 22/25
7.16 FS Carr 15/30 -> 16/23

Here's your 2015 Steelers

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntr
Jones, Landry           3   QB    QB    3    30                37                2 
Bell, Le'Veon           38  RB    RB    3    66                66                2 
Bishop, Shawn           32  FB    FB    2    61                61                3 
Hoomanawanui, Michael   87  TE    TE    6    43                43                2 
Sanders, Emmanuel       88  FL    FL    6    53                53                1 
Brown, Antonio          84  SE    SE    6    59                59                3 
Albert, Branden         72  LT    LT    8    51                51                2 
Velasco, Fernando       61  LG    LG    6    42                42                1 
Pouncey, Maurkice       53  C     C     6    66                66                1 
Slauson, Matt           79  RG    RG    7    51                51                2 
Free, Doug              71  RT    RT    9    43                43                2 
Hood, Ziggy             96  LDE   LDE   7    44                44                1 
McDonald, Clinton       99  NT    NT    7    54                54                2 
Heyward, Cameron        78  RDE   RDE   5    45                45                2 
Jones, Jarvis           95  SLB   SLB   3    69                69                2 
Spence, Sean            51  SILB  SILB  4    54                54                1 
Timmons, Lawrence       94  WILB  WILB  9    70                70                2 
Worilds, Jason          93  WLB   WLB   6    49                49                1 
Riley, Craig            25  LCB   LCB   1    44                63                4 
Carter, Tony            26  RCB   RCB   7    49                49                1 
Byrd, Jairus            49  SS    SS    7    75                75                3 
Hutchins, Danny         42  FS    FS    2    51                61                3 
Cassel, Matt            15  QB          11   34                34                2 
Arsenault, Deron        10  QB          1    21                41                4 
Stephens-Howling, LaRod 34  RB          7    45                45                1 
Horne, Norbert          35  RB          1    22                25                4 
Tuitupou, Peter         47  TE          3    36                38                1 
Wheaton, Markus         11  FL          3    51                51                2 
Jizmejian, Jack         81  SE          2    29                37                2 
Rutledge, Curtis        54  C           3    30                40                1 
Malecki, John           62  RG          4    36                42                1 
Hargrave, Warren        76  LT          1    26                48                4 
McTermid, Alexis        2   P           1    57                62                1 
Cash, Mel               16  K           2    58                58                2 
Hawkins, Matt           74  LDE         1    21                32                4 
**McNair, Derrick       75  RDE         1    25                35                1 
Fangupo, Hebron         92  NT          3    30                35                1 
Miller, Ryder           90  NT          2    22                32                3 
Williams, Vince         98  SILB        3    23                26                2 
Ingram, Melvin          97  SLB         4    44                44                4 
Rivera, Jamal           58  WLB         1    26                45                4 
Gay, William            22  LCB         9    45                45                1 
George, Matt            36  LCB         2    33                35                3 
Dennard, Alfonzo        44  RCB         4    44                44                3 
Thomas, Shamarko        29  SS          3    30                30                2 
Brooks, Zander          80  LS          2    18                18                1 
##Johnson, Abraham      14  QB          2    23                28                3 
##Mahoney, Chester      23  RB          1    28                32                1 
##Cook, Jared           83  TE          7    38                38                2 
##Perkins, Cameron      60  RG          1    20                38                1 
##Purnell, Darrell      63  LT          2    40                60                3 
##Carr, Eddie           40  FS          1    16                23                4 
   
$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,  
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.  

I believe QB Landry Jones has more upside than the suggested future, so I go with him to start the season. We'll rely heavily on RB Le'Veon Bell. Defensively we should be okay. We have a secondary set that once they develop chemistry will become very good.

[Olsson]

2015 Quarterly report 1:

21-15 at Browns
23-13 vs Rams
9-24 vs Jets
23-41 vs Chargers

2-2

QB Landry Jones cuts down the teams turnovers in the first two games. And then plays horribly the two next. QB Matt Cassel replaces him in the latter and throws 3 TDs. Im gonna go with Cassell.

Defensively we're getting torched through the air.

[Olsson]

2015 Quarterly report 2:

Week 5    CINCINNATI BENGALS               W, 17-13  64,800  Sunny, 42, 2 mph.    
Week 6    DENVER BRONCOS                   W, 22-3   65,000  Sunny, 62, 5 mph.    
Week 7    OPEN                               
Week 8    at Oakland Raiders               W, 13-12  38,600  Sunny, 59, 10 mph.   
Week 9    KANSAS CITY CHIEFS               W, 9-6    64,900  Rain, 38, 3 mph.

6-2

A great string of games. Our defense is really stepping up. We're in the top-5 in rush d and ppg against. QB Matt Cassel avoids turnovers. He still hasn't thrown his first interception.

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Week 10   CLEVELAND BROWNS                 W, 16-9   65,100  Sunny, 43, 4 mph.    
Week 11   BALTIMORE RAVENS                 W, 23-10  65,100  Rain, 55, 9 mph.     
Week 12   at Seattle Seahawks              L, 14-19  67,000  Rain, 54, 14 mph.    
Week 13   at Jacksonville Jaguars          W, 22-16  55,900  Sunny, 47, 2 mph.

Say whaaat?! 9-3. Leading the division by two games. Playoff should be reachable.

QB Cassell are still holding turnovers to a minimum. Playing to a QB rating of 90.1 a lot higher than Big Ben. RB Bell is on pace for 1500 yards and the defense is a 15.1 ppg against. SS Byrd have been a major factor in our defenses succes.

We're good running and against the run. That means a lot of tight games. Let's see if we earn a playoff spot.

[Olsson]

Week 14   at Arizona Cardinals             L, 14-31  63,400  Sunny, 74, calm      
Week 15   at Cincinnati Bengals            L, 23-26  65,500  Rain, 34, 3 mph.     
Week 16   SAN FRANCISCO 49'ERS             W, 13-6   65,100  Sunny, 29, 1 mph.    
Week 17   at Baltimore Ravens              L, 17-24  71,000  Sunny, 36, 2 mph.

10-6! Even though we lost 3 of the final 4 we're in the playoffs!

  AC North              W   L   T   Pct   PF    PA    Conf    Div  
Pittsburgh              10  6   0   .625  279   268   8-4     4-2       
Cincinnati              9   7   0   .563  336   320   7-5     5-1       
Baltimore               6   10  0   .375  349   357   5-7     1-5       
Cleveland               5   10  1   .344  289   298   4-8     2-4 

The first game will be a Wild Card game against Houston Texans. Starring RB Arian Foster that lead the league in rushing with 1900 yards.

[Olsson]

Wild Card Weekend:
Houston Texans 20 at 17 Pittsburgh Steelers

 
1Q: 00:49 HOU - Bernard Pierce 2 run
2Q: 09:33 PIT - Le'Veon Bell 6 run
2Q: 00:03 PIT - Mel Cash 26 field goal
3Q: 09:19 HOU - Randy Bullock 51 field goal
3Q: 05:09 PIT - Le'Veon Bell 1 pass from Matt Cassel
4Q: 03:08 HOU - DeAndre Hopkins 15 pass from Matt Moore
4Q: 00:03 HOU - Randy Bullock 35 field goal

We loose to a last second field goal after a tight affair where our guys just didn't make the difference when it mattered. RB Bell collects 184 total yards. ILB Timmons has to leave the game early but collects 10 tackles and a sack on 22 plays. RT Albert and C Pouncey has 5 and 4 key run blocks respectively.

[Olsson]

2015 SEASON SUMMARY

A pretty nice turnaround from our rebuilding franchise. The replacement of QB Roethlisberger as our starter paid offas Cassell played with a QB Rating much higher than Ben. RB Bell finishedwith amazing 1500 yards. Defensively SS Byrd has been amazing for our team. 5 int's and 87.7 PDPct. OLB Jones lead the team in sacks with 8.0. The newlon-term deal for C Pouncey makes him play even better, and he end up with an amazing 56 key run blocks.

All-league first team: C Pouncey
All-league second team: FB Bishop, OLB Jones, S Byrd

AROUND THE LEAGUE:

Tom Brady wins his 5th SB, as the Patriots defeat Vikings 38-24.

Rookie RB Donnie Fisk rushed for 2027 yards and 15 TD's

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2015 Summary for Pittsburgh Steelers
   
Year                2015                                      
Record              10-7                                      
Winning Pct.        .588                                      
All-Time            22-26                                     
Winning Pct.        .458                                      
Playoffs            0-1                                       
Playoff Visits      1                                         
Bowl Wins           0                                         
Head Coach          Richard Rodgers                           
Record              16-17                                     
Winning Pct.        .484                                      
Off. Coord.         D. Pederson                               
Def. Coord.         B. Hucke                                  
Asst. Coach         C. Houston                                
Stren. Coord.       G. Giemont                                
   
Pittsburgh Steelers     Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         31.4      7           
Rushing Yards           125.1     7           
Yards Per Carry         3.99      13          
Pass Attempts           29.4      29 (T)      
Completions             16.9      30          
Completion Pct.         57.7      25          
Passing Yards           196.3     29          
Yards Per Attempt       6.68      12          
Yards Per Catch         11.59     5           
Total Yardage Gained    311.0     21          
3rd Down Conversions    30.9      24          
Points Per Game         17.4      22          
Pass Rush Pct.          19.8      24 (T)      
Pass Defense Pct.       54.2      20          
Turnovers               21        10 (T)      
Turnover Margin         +1        15 (T)      
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         27.4      18          
Rushing Yards           96.3      11          
Yards Per Carry         3.51      3           
Pass Attempts           35.0      11          
Completions             20.6      11          
Completion Pct.         58.9      19          
Passing Yards           247.9     27          
Yards Per Attempt       7.08      29          
Yards Per Catch         12.02     32          
Total Yardage Gained    334.4     20          
3rd Down Conversions    34.5      22          
Points Per Game         16.8      6 (T)       
Pass Rush Pct.          20.8      16 (T)      
Pass Defense Pct.       52.5      18          
Turnovers               22        20 (T)      
   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
1     21    at CLE        15      
2     23    STL           13      
3     9     NJY           24      
4     23    at SDO        41      
5     17    CIN           13      
6     22    DEN           3       
8     13    at OAK        12      
9     9     KCY           6       
10    16    CLE           9       
11    23    BAL           10      
12    14    at SEA        19      
13    22    at JAX        16      
14    14    at ARI        31      
15    23    at CIN        26      
16    13    SFO           6       
17    17    at BAL        24      
$$WC  17    HOU           20      
   
Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
15 M. Cassel            QB    345   209   2445  7.09  13    6     87.4    
3 L. Jones              QB    125   62    696   5.57  1     4     55.9    
**Team                  ---   470   271   3141  6.68  14    10    79.0    
$$Opp                   ---   560   330   3967  7.08  13    12    79.5    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
38 L. Bell              RB    384   1571  4.09  9     9       
34 L. Stephens-Howling  RB    81    346   4.27  3     1       
**Team                  ---   502   2001  3.99  12    23      
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$$Opp                   ---   439   1541  3.51  9     25      
   
Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
84 A. Brown             WR    111   59    884   14.98 7.96  11    3       
88 E. Sanders           WR    101   52    674   12.96 6.67  8     5       
38 L. Bell              RB    72    52    392   7.54  5.44  2     1       
11 M. Wheaton           WR    73    39    456   11.69 6.25  2     2       
32 S. Bishop            FB    45    34    345   10.15 7.67  1     3       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
51 S. Spence            ILB   97    26    0.5   1     0     4     73.9    
95 J. Jones             OLB   91    31    8.0   3     0     5     76.2    
42 D. Hutchins          S     85    30    0.0   0     2     7     76.9    
49 J. Byrd              S     84    26    1.0   1     5     21    87.7    
26 T. Carter            CB    65    10    1.0   0     3     12    79.7    
25 C. Riley             CB    60    15    0.5   0     2     15    79.2    
94 L. Timmons           ILB   52    17    1.0   0     0     0     73.1    
22 W. Gay               CB    51    16    0.0   0     0     2     75.9    
93 J. Worilds           OLB   46    14    3.5   15    0     2     81.0    
99 C. McDonald          DT    35    3     3.5   10    0     0     81.5    
96 Z. Hood              DE    19    10    2.5   5     0     0     81.4    
92 H. Fangupo           DT    16    11    1.0   7     0     0     80.3    
78 C. Heyward           DE    16    6     4.0   7     0     0     81.9    

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2015 OFFSEASON:

Notable Retirements:

QB Brady
RB Gore
WR Fitzgerald
DE Wake
DE Allen
SLB Suggs
CB Tillman
S Polamalu

Staff:

No coaching changes

Cuts:

After a good but injury-riddled season Timmons gets to play out the final year of his contract.

Franchise Tag:

We will not be needing the tag this year

[Olsson]

FREE AGENCY & DRAFT

NEEDS:

Our biggest needs this offseason are: QB, TE, LG, DE & CB

FREE AGENCY TARGETS:

QB Nick Foles 35/39 - Signed
TE Vance McDonald 54/54 - Signed
LG Joe Looney 57/57 - Signed
LDE Corey Wootton 48/48 -Signed
CB Julian Posey 54/54 -Signed

DRAFT:

We've actually found players for our most serious needs. That means we can draft for BPA. But I would like to draft a DE and a QB. We're sitting at 22th but this seem to be a pretty deep draft class.

At 22nd we've narrowed it down to a couple of players, however we believe we can get the one we want if we trade down around 8-10 spots. We could pick up another 3rd. We end up dealing with Green Bay at 29th. We up trading back up to 26th though as we think QB Krohn might have what it takes. His combines doesn't show much. But we seriously need a QB. We're taking a chance here...

Here's our draft class of 2015:

Rnd	Pos	Name    	Cur/Fut	Dash	Sole	Stre	Agil	Bjum	Pos	Dev	Vol	Scout	Notes
1.26	QB	Charles Krohn	10/44				+			18	78	Very U	G SR
2.23	DT	Scottie Kaplan	32/64	++	+	++	-			22	5	Over	Ex PR
3.29	CB	Dean Hammond	19/27		+		++	-		58	61	As	Boomer?
4.04	RG	Randall Tullo	20/35	+	++	++	-			29	55		VG BS
4.23	RB	Byron Lowe	18/26	+	+	++	+		+	42	27		ok physicals
5.22	FS	Philip Riddols	18/31	+	+	+		-		47	81		VG Pun
6.23	OLB	William Emerson	9/34	+	+	+	+		-	19	54		
7.05	QB	Ron Henry	10/36				++		++	15	5		VG SR

LATE FREE AGENCY

A bunch of UDFA's

[Olsson]

BREAKING NEWS: LE'VEON BELL LEAVES PITTSBURGH

25-year-old RB Le'Veon Bell, who's currently holding out, has been traded to the Kansas City Chiefs. The RB was on the last year of his contract and rumours has it, that the organization and Bell was miles apart, and therefore the team elected to trade him.

In a deal most Pittsburgh Steelers fans think is lopsided Pittsburgh sends Le'Veon Bell and their 2nd round pick in 2016 to the Chiefs, who returns their 1st rounder in 2016, and a 2015 6th round pick.

'He was demanding a lot of money' an anonimous source at the club said. 'But if he's holding onto the money as well as he holds on to the football he needs a lot!'. Referring to Bells fumbling problems which might have been the biggest reason why the Steelers won't hand out 11 million a year to him.

With the departure of Bell the offense of Steelers will be non-existant. At the same time the Chiefs has a very good team capable of going deep into the playoffs. The difference could end up being 7-8 places in the draft.

[Olsson]

PRESEASON 2015

0-4.. Nothing to see here...

Rookie Watch:

1.26 QB Charles Krohn 10/44 -> 13/30 Bust.. D'oh
2.23 DT Scottie Kaplan 32/64 -> 40/59
3.29 CB Dean Hammond 19/27 -> 23/30
4.04 RG Randall Tullo 20/35 -> 24/37
4.23 RB Byron Lowe 18/26 -> 21/27
5.22 FS Philip Riddols 18/31 -> 22/27
6.23 OLB William Emerson 9/34 -> 13/32
7.05 QB Ron Henry 10/36 -> 14/37



Here's your 2015 Steelers

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntr
Foles, Nick             19  QB    QB    5    39                39                2 
##Jones, Landry         3   QB          4    31                37                1 
Arsenault, Deron        10  QB          2    26                42                3 
Henry, Ron              9   QB          1    14                37                4 
##Krohn, Charles        4   QB          1    13                30                4 
Stephens-Howling, LaRod 34  RB    RB    8    42                42                1 
Lowe, Byron             37  RB          1    21                27                4 
Collier, Blake          43  RB          1    31                43                1 
Bishop, Shawn           32  FB    FB    3    66                66                2 
Cook, Jared             83  TE          8    29                29                1 
Hoomanawanui, Michael   87  TE          7    40                40                1 
McDonald, Vance         82  TE    TE    4    52                52                3 
Wheaton, Markus         11  FL    FL    4    50                50                1 
Cote, Silas             86  FL          1    17                28                1 
Brown, Antonio          84  SE    SE    7    59                59                2 
Jizmejian, Jack         81  SE          3    36                38                1 
Pouncey, Maurkice       53  C     C     7    66                66                3 
**Rutledge, Curtis      54  C           4    25                25                2 
Malecki, John           62  LG          5    35                40                1 
Looney, Joe             73  LG    LG    5    66                66                4 
Slauson, Matt           79  RG    RG    8    45                45                1 
Tullo, Randall          66  RG          1    24                37                4 
Purnell, Darrell        63  LT    LT    3    52                53                2 
Hargrave, Warren        76  LT          2    34                51                3 
Free, Doug              71  RT          10   38                38                1 
Albert, Branden         72  RT    RT    9    55                55                1 
McTermid, Alexis        2   P           2    61                62                2 
Cash, Mel               16  K           3    61                61                1 
Wootton, Corey          77  LDE   LDE   7    47                47                2 
Hawkins, Matt           74  LDE         2    28                32                3 
McDonald, Clinton       99  RDE   NT    8    43                43                1 
Heyward, Cameron        78  RDE   RDE   6    40                40                1 
##Miller, Ryder         90  NT          3    24                30                2 
Kaplan, Scottie         96  NT          1    37                59                4 
Williams, Vince         98  SILB  WILB  4    20                20                1 
##Spence, Sean          51  SILB        5    56                56                4 
Timmons, Lawrence       94  WILB  SILB  10   73                73                1 
Ingram, Melvin          97  SLB   SLB   5    43                43                3 
$$Jones, Jarvis         95  SLB         4    65                65                1 
Emerson, William        59  SLB         1    13                32                4 
Worilds, Jason          93  WLB   WLB   7    45                45                2 
Rivera, Jamal           58  WLB         2    36                44                3 
Posey, Julian           48  LCB   LCB   4    49                49                4 
##George, Matt          36  LCB         3    37                37                2 
Riley, Craig            25  LCB         2    59                63                3 
Dennard, Alfonzo        44  RCB   RCB   5    44                44                2 
Hammond, Dean           39  RCB         1    23                30                4 
Byrd, Jairus            49  SS    SS    8    70                70                2 
Thomas, Shamarko        29  SS          4    30                30                1 
Hutchins, Danny         42  FS    FS    3    56                56                2 
Riddols, Phillip        21  FS          1    22                27                4 
Ramsey, Zander          56  LS          2    18                18                1 

[Olsson]

Week 1    at Cincinnati Bengals            W, 30-23  58,800  Sunny, 90, 4 mph.    
Week 2    at New York Giants               L, 17-23  82,600  Rain, 78, 7 mph.     
Week 3    at Oakland Raiders               L, 3-26   37,200  Rain, 57, 15 mph.    
Week 4    NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS             W, 29-26  65,000  Sunny, 59, 4 mph.

2-2

Decent start to the season. WR Brown has singlehandedly held the offense going with 341 yards recieving.

We've had 9 interceptions in the 4 games. Second-year player CB Riley and S Byrd has 3 and a score each.

So despite being last in yards against our defense has changed games.

[Olsson]

Week 5    at Cleveland Browns              L, 30-37  62,500  Sunny, 68, 8 mph.    
Week 6    BUFFALO BILLS                    W, 32-6   62,700  Sunny, 49, 9 mph.    
Week 7    at Miami Dolphins                L, 7-9    47,100  Sunny, 68, 1 mph.    
Week 8    OPEN                               
Week 9    at New Jersey Jets               W, 23-6   72,100  Sunny, 49, 3 mph.

4-4

Still decent. Browns are 6-3, but the division seems very equal. 6 of our last 8 games are at home. So we're not out yet.

Yards wise we're not looking good on either side of the ball, but we have a very good turnover ratio which are keeping us alive.

Jarius Byrd are pleading his case for DPOY with 75 tackles, 1 sack, 6 int's and 2 TD's in 8 games.

[Olsson]

Week 10   CINCINNATI BENGALS               L, 3-9    65,100  Sunny, 52, 11 mph.   
Week 11   BALTIMORE RAVENS                 W, 34-21  65,000  Sunny, 55, 10 mph.   
Week 12   at Dallas Cowboys                W, 29-22  79,000  Sunny, 65, calm      
Week 13   INDIANAPOLIS COLTS               W, 23-10  65,100  Sunny, 25, 1 mph.

7-5

We're holding a wild card spot as Browns lead the division 9-3.

WR Brown reached 1000 yards already and we're still doing good because of takeaways.

But I'm afraid we have som bad news. S Byrd is out for the season. He managed 11 games and 5 plays. He has been incredible this year.

111 tackles, 1 sack, 7 interceptions, 3 ff, 1 fr and 3 defensive scores.

Elsewhere the Chiefs are leading their division, but are only 6-6.

[Olsson]

Week 14   WASHINGTON REDSKINS              W, 17-6   65,100  Snow, 22, 15 mph.    
Week 15   at Baltimore Ravens              W, 19-10  70,200  Sunny, 31, 1 mph.    
Week 16   PHILADELPHIA EAGLES              W, 34-13  65,100  Sunny, 44, 9 mph.    
Week 17   CLEVELAND BROWNS                 W, 37-20  65,100  Sunny, 29, 9 mph.

Say whaaaat?! 11-5 and homefield advantage. And that's from a strong division with both wild card teams.

Our defense have been on fire all season. 37 takeaways, and 7 defensive scores. They have been great.

Nick Foles controls our offense pretty nicely. He's playing with an 81.0 Qb Rating and have only thrown 10 interceptions. He has to cut down on the fumbles though.

[Olsson]

GAME CRASH

After a divisional final that I win with 2 TD's i try to print to file and the game crashes. My last save is in week 13 :-(

[Olsson]

Week 13   INDIANAPOLIS COLTS               L, 13-37  65,100  Sunny, 25, 1 mph.    
Week 14   WASHINGTON REDSKINS              W, 20-12  65,100  Sunny, 31, 5 mph.    
Week 15   at Baltimore Ravens              L, 19-21  70,800  Sunny, 43, 6 mph.    
Week 16   PHILADELPHIA EAGLES              W, 35-16  65,100  Snow, 17, 12 mph.    
Week 17   CLEVELAND BROWNS                 W, 30-27  65,100  Sunny, 24, 5 mph.

Instead of 11-5 and homefield advantage we go 9-7 and miss the playoffs. I'll wrap this season up pretty quickly as I'm too angry at the game to break down this season.

[Olsson]

2016 SEASON SUMMARY

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: JARIUS BYRD!!

All-League first team: FB Bishop, OLB Jones, CB Riley, S Byrd
All-League second team: WR Brown

AROUND THE LEAGUE:

Cleveland Browns win the Super Bowl... The Team I beat in the divisional playoffs in the crashed season. Typical.

Vikings RB Donnie Fisk rushed for 2059 yards

Browns RB Riffle has 1879+718 yards and 22 total TD's

Front Office Football: The Seventh Edition
2016 Summary for Pittsburgh Steelers
   
Year                2016                                      
Record              9-7                                       
Winning Pct.        .562                                      
All-Time            31-33                                     
Winning Pct.        .484                                      
Playoffs            0-1                                       
Playoff Visits      1                                         
Bowl Wins           0                                         
Head Coach          Richard Rodgers                           
Record              25-24                                     
Winning Pct.        .510                                      
Off. Coord.         D. Pederson                               
Def. Coord.         B. Hucke                                  
Asst. Coach         C. Houston                                
Stren. Coord.       G. Giemont                                
   
Pittsburgh Steelers     Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         24.0      23          
Rushing Yards           86.8      21          
Yards Per Carry         3.61      24          
Pass Attempts           37.6      16          
Completions             23.6      6 (T)       
Completion Pct.         62.9      6 (T)       
Passing Yards           258.3     11 (T)      
Yards Per Attempt       6.88      14          
Yards Per Catch         10.93     19          
Total Yardage Gained    336.1     17          
3rd Down Conversions    30.0      24 (T)      
Points Per Game         22.1      9 (T)       
Pass Rush Pct.          18.9      27          
Pass Defense Pct.       63.4      2           
Turnovers               24        15          
Turnover Margin         +8        5 (T)       
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes per Game         28.1      23 (T)      
Rushing Yards           118.9     27          
Yards Per Carry         4.24      20          
Pass Attempts           37.7      24          
Completions             21.6      19          
Completion Pct.         57.2      8           
Passing Yards           257.6     29          
Yards Per Attempt       6.83      22          
Yards Per Catch         11.94     29          
Total Yardage Gained    365.9     31          
3rd Down Conversions    36.8      26 (T)      
Points Per Game         20.1      16 (T)      
Pass Rush Pct.          19.4      10          
Pass Defense Pct.       44.6      5           
Turnovers               32        2 (T)       
   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
1     30    at CIN        23      
2     17    at NYK        23      
3     3     at OAK        26      
4     29    NED           26      
5     30    at CLE        37      
6     32    BUF           6       
7     7     at MIA        9       
9     23    at NJY        6       
10    3     CIN           9       
11    34    BAL           21      
12    29    at DAL        22      
13    13    IND           37      
14    20    WAS           12      
15    19    at BAL        21      
16    35    PHI           16      
17    30    CLE           27      
   
Passing                 Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int   Rate  
19 N. Foles             QB    509   319   3351  6.58  17    12    83.0    
10 D. Arsenault         QB    92    59    781   8.49  3     3     88.1    
**Team                  ---   601   378   4132  6.88  20    15    83.8    
$$Opp                   ---   603   345   4121  6.83  17    23    71.7    
   
Rushing                 Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Fum  
34 L. Stephens-Howling  RB    182   683   3.75  4     4       
43 B. Collier           RB    144   570   3.96  3     2       
**Team                  ---   384   1388  3.61  8     16      
$$Opp                   ---   449   1902  4.24  8     22      
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Receiving               Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD  
84 A. Brown             WR    181   109   1378  12.64 7.61  5     9       
11 M. Wheaton           WR    146   88    1096  12.45 7.51  2     5       
32 S. Bishop            FB    69    50    315   6.30  4.57  4     2       
82 V. McDonald          TE    58    38    435   11.45 7.50  2     0       
86 S. Cote              WR    61    38    496   13.05 8.13  2     2       
43 B. Collier           RB    26    19    143   7.53  5.50  1     2       
   
Defense                 Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct  
94 L. Timmons           ILB   133   35    0.5   0     2     6     75.2    
49 J. Byrd              S     118   41    1.0   1     9     11    83.3    
95 J. Jones             OLB   94    27    8.0   6     4     12    82.0    
44 A. Dennard           CB    74    17    0.0   0     1     10    74.7    
25 C. Riley             CB    69    21    0.0   0     5     14    80.6    
42 D. Hutchins          S     53    17    0.0   0     1     10    82.2    
93 J. Worilds           OLB   45    20    7.5   16    0     3     81.3    
48 J. Posey             CB    37    16    0.0   0     1     4     79.6    
98 V. Williams          ILB   32    12    0.0   0     0     1     71.8    
99 C. McDonald          DE    29    17    1.5   17    0     0     82.3    
77 C. Wootton           DE    22    7     3.0   11    0     0     81.8    
78 C. Heyward           DE    22    7     3.5   3     0     0     82.2    
74 M. Hawkins           DE    20    9     2.5   9     0     0     80.5    

[Olsson]

2017 OFFSEASON:

Notable Retirements:

QB Brees
RB Lynch
WR Andre Johnson
DE Ngata
DT Vilfork


Staff:

Staff going out:

OC Doug Pederson

Staff going in:

OC Chip Kelly, Previously HC at Eagles

Cuts:

OLB Worilds - 4,130,000

Franchise Tag:

We will not be needing the tag this year

[Olsson]

FREE AGENCY & DRAFT

NEEDS:

Our biggest needs this offseason are: QB, RB & RG. We could also use depth at TE/WR.

FREE AGENCY TARGETS:

RB Bell 66/66 - Signs with Bengals
WR Peterson 59/59 - Signs with Lions
LG Slauson 44/44 - Signed
DE Goodman 56/56 - Signs with Ravens
RB Ballard 44/44 - Signed
RB Thompson 46/46 - Signed
SS Reid 64/64 - Signs with Raiders

DRAFT:

We have two first round picks. 19 and 22. We hope for a quality QB that falls to 4th.. then We'll trade up. At 4th QB Marzano Harris looks interesting. However we're not convinced by some of his combine numbers despite our scouting reports. These just something about this guy that makes us say no. We stay at 19th.

At 19th there's some talent left. However we try to shop the pick for a pick next year, in the hopes of finding a QB next year. We end up trading it to the Texans for a 1st and a 4th next year.

This is what we ended up with:

Rnd	Pos	Name    	Cur/Fut	Dash	Sole	Stre	Agil	Bjum	Pos	Dev	Vol	Scout	Notes
1.22	TE	West    	34/66	+	+	++	+	+	+	23	61	H2R	VG BS
3.19	WR	Schroeder		+			+	-		17	34		VG 3rd
4.20	OLB	Brohm   		++	+	-				38	42		

I can't find anything in the lower end of this draft so we trade our last 4 picks for a 4th rounder next year. Generally I struggled during this draft. I think and hope West will become a beast though.

LATE FREE AGENCY:

We sign some UDFA and scrubs

[Olsson]

PRESEASON 2017

3-1... Backup TE McDonald out for most of the season.

Rookie Watch:

1.22 TE West 34/66 -> 39/60
3.19 WR Schroeder 23/47 -> 28/41
4.20 OLB Brohm 15/28 -> 18/33

Here's your 2017 Steelers

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntr
Foles, Nick             19  QB    QB    6    40                40                1 
Collier, Blake          43  RB    RB    2    35                40                3 
Bishop, Shawn           32  FB    FB    4    67                67                1 
West, Robbie            87  TE    TE    1    39                60                4 
Wheaton, Markus         11  FL    FL    5    51                51                3 
Brown, Antonio          84  SE    SE    8    60                60                1 
Purnell, Darrell        63  LT    LT    4    57                57                1 
Looney, Joe             73  LG    LG    6    64                64                3 
Pouncey, Maurkice       53  C     C     8    69                69                2 
Slauson, Matt           79  RG    RG    9    44                44                3 
Albert, Branden         72  RT    RT    10   53                53                1 
Wootton, Corey          77  LDE   LDE   8    42                42                1 
Kaplan, Scottie         96  NT    NT    2    42                52                3 
Heyward, Cameron        78  RDE   RDE   7    39                39                3 
Jones, Jarvis           95  SLB   SLB   5    65                65                4 
Spence, Sean            51  SILB  SILB  6    55                55                3 
Timmons, Lawrence       94  WILB  WILB  11   68                68                2 
Rivera, Jamal           58  WLB   WLB   3    45                45                2 
Riley, Craig            25  LCB   LCB   3    62                62                2 
Posey, Julian           48  RCB   RCB   5    49                49                3 
Byrd, Jairus            49  SS    SS    9    68                68                1 
Hutchins, Danny         42  FS    FS    4    55                55                1 
Arsenault, Deron        10  QB          3    32                39                2 
Henry, Ron              9   QB          2    19                38                3 
Ballard, Vick           30  RB          6    43                43                3 
Thompson, Chris         24  RB          5    47                47                2 
Hargett, Omar           86  TE          4    30                30                1 
Jizmejian, Jack         81  FL          4    38                38                1 
Schroeder, Edwin        88  SE          1    28                41                4 
Sierra, Michael         50  C           1    17                45                1 
Lerner, Rex             69  RG          1    23                41                1 
Hargrave, Warren        76  LT          3    42                52                2 
Giles, Winston          64  LT          1    16                47                1 
McTermid, Alexis        2   P           3    60                75                1 
Cash, Mel               16  K           4    62                62                3 
Blair, Adam             70  LDE         1    18                27                1 
Miller, Ryder           90  NT          4    17                20                1 
Robbins, Luca           99  SILB        1    22                47                1 
Ingram, Melvin          97  SLB         6    42                42                2 
Brohm, Easton           91  SLB         1    18                33                4 
George, Matt            36  LCB         4    38                38                1 
Dennard, Alfonzo        44  RCB         6    44                44                1 
Hammond, Dean           39  RCB         2    29                30                3 
Welch, Billy            40  SS          4    36                36                1 
Riddols, Phillip        21  FS          2    27                29                3 
Ramsey, Zander          56  LS          3    18                18                1 
##Bush, Damian          8   QB          1    15                30                1 
##McDonald, Vance       82  TE          5    53                53                2 
##Crites, Darius        75  RG          1    23                47                1 
##Hawkins, Matt         74  LDE         3    30                30                2 
##Emerson, William      59  SLB         2    17                32                3 
##Nakamura, Vince       57  SLB         1    13                28                1 

[Olsson]

Week 1    at Baltimore Ravens              W, 36-30  67,600  Stormy, 86, 12 mph.  
Week 2    DETROIT LIONS                    W, 17-12  65,100  Rain, 74, 2 mph.     
Week 3    MIAMI DOLPHINS                   L, 20-27  65,100  Sunny, 79, 1 mph.    
Week 4    HOUSTON TEXANS                   W, 20-12  65,100  Sunny, 69, 4 mph.

3-1 Tied for first place in the division with Browns and Bengals

Off to a good start. An important victory over Houston. we hold their 1st rounder remember :-)

Statistics wise nothing really stand out at the moment. Other than we're -1 in the turnover ratio and still winning games. That didn't happen last season!

[Olsson]

Week 5    at Indianapolis Colts            L, 16-37  62,400  Sunny, 45, calm      
Week 6    CINCINNATI BENGALS               W, 34-27  65,100  Rain, 56, 10 mph.    
Week 7    JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS             W, 41-14  64,700  Rain, 46, 15 mph.    
Week 8    at Tennessee Titans              W, 20-19  69,100  Sunny, 73, 3 mph.

6-2 and leading the division. 1 game ahead of Browns.

RB Thompson are on pace for 1300 yards rushing and WR Brown for 1300 yards recieving. We're pretty much in the middle of the league in every statistical category. Besides PPG :-)

[Olsson]

Week 9    at Cleveland Browns              L, 13-16  71,100  Rain, 47, 9 mph.     
Week 10   BALTIMORE RAVENS                 W, 20-17  65,100  Sunny, 52, 11 mph.   
Week 11   OPEN                               
Week 12   at Green Bay Packers             W, 33-0   80,800  Sunny, 41, 5 mph.    
Week 13   at Oakland Raiders               W, 28-24  66,800  Sunny, 66, 4 mph. 

9-3. Leading the division and battling out Colts for home-field advantage.

WR Brown has reached 1100 yards. QB Foles plays with a QBR of 83.8. Our defense is strong against the pass, and while we're not creating the amount of turnovers as last year CB Riley has snatched 5 ints.

[Olsson]

Week 14   at Minnesota Vikings             W, 27-23  65,000  Sunny, 25, 8 mph.    
Week 15   CLEVELAND BROWNS                 W, 26-10  65,100  Sunny, 40, 4 mph.    
Week 16   CHICAGO BEARS                    L, 26-29  65,100  Sunny, 29, 2 mph.    
Week 17   at Cincinnati Bengals            W, 34-7   65,500  Rain, 48, 12 mph.

12-4 and a first round bye.

Team statistics are still in the middle of the bunch. However we've improved to +7 in turnovers, and are very good in both red zones.

QB Foles are playing well with a QBR of 86.9. RB Thompson has overachieved and run for 1159 yards. WR Brown continues being our biggest factor on offense with 1448 yards. SLB Jones are still a very good alrounder on defense, with a bunch of tackles and 7 sacks. CB Riley ends the season with 6 int's.

[Olsson]

Divisional Playoffs:
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers

Patriots

Patriots are lead by QB Juan Besmer along with the recieveing trio of WR Dobson, WR Streater and TE Gronkowski who has nearly 3000 yards combined. The real strength of the offense is the offensive line. Which opens nice lanes for under-average RB Zolak and RB Thomas.

Defensively they're strong against the pass. Their passing defense is lead by all-pro S Tavon Wilson who's had 8 interceptions this year. Strongly helped by DE Jones that has racked up 13 sacks.

Fortunately for Steelers. RT Vollmer is out with a seperated shoulder and the right side of the offensive line looks shaky.

Steelers

Lead by reciever duo WR Brown at 1448 yards and WR Wheaton at 954, QB Foles has had a career year with a QB rating of 86.9. Behind him at tailback RB Thompson has been a pleasant surprise and has 1159 yards.

Defensively Steelers has 6 guys with at least 2 int's and 8 with at least 2 sacks. It's a wellrounded unit with few star players. CB Riley with 6 int's and OLB Jones with 7 sacks have been the highlight.

Healthwise we're looking pretty good!

[Olsson]

Divisional Playoffs:
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers 11-34

1Q: 10:44 PIT - Markus Wheaton 39 pass from Nick Foles (Mel Cash extra point) 
1Q: 00:34 NED - Zach Jarvis 47 field goal 
2Q: 12:13 PIT - Chris Thompson 3 run (Mel Cash extra point) 
3Q: 08:49 PIT - Chris Thompson 3 pass from Nick Foles (Mel Cash extra point) 
3Q: 07:55 NED - Aaron Dobson 66 pass from Juan Besmer (Daniel Thomas run for conversion) 
4Q: 04:14 PIT - Mel Cash 19 field goal 
4Q: 02:02 PIT - Sean Spence 91 interception return (Mel Cash extra point) 
4Q: 00:46 PIT - Mel Cash 38 field goal 

Although we nearly pissed it away with a bunch of turnovers in the second half. We held their ground game to 32 yards and that was one of the main reasons behind the win.

Game MVP, RB Thompson with 113 yards and a score on 24 carries.