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03-11-2017, 08:55 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Catonsville, MD
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Here’s our roster:
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So after an entire offseason of major acquisitions, targeting the best players in FA, and more, where are we? Nowhere. Notice the drop by OT Bubba Keith to 39, the drop by WR King to 63, my P dropped to 49 and there was still no better option from the two UFAs that looked pretty sexy. My new K is barely better than my old one. DE Cesar Lane, who looked like this great mid draft pick to push my D Line better than Amos might too fell hard. My new signee Tubbs dropped from 65 to 55. My 1st rounder I needed to nail and change this thing around already fell,. As did Kaplan. My S starters are horrible in the 47 and 45 territory. I got better a bit in LB, I brought in CB Henderson who’s still just 52/52, but was better than any other options I had, my new RB held serve at 60, so that was nice, and, um....that;s it. Not one single UFA boom. Despite my weak, weak, roster, I only have 8 first year players making the final cut. That’s not a positive off season. We have the 6th lowest power rating in the league. We are in the 10th or lower resister strength for these positions – Ogs, OTs, (13th worst for QB), (12th worst P), OLB, S, and CB. We have the worst starting tandem at S and OLB, and 3rd worst Cb, and even our ILBs are just 14th worst. Anyone with a 1 year deal I want to extend? I spend 30 mill to extend FL Thomas Hatcher, one of our starters, and one of the only talented young players we got. Did you notice that Ben Swift rose a little? I cut Ramon Graham and sign a UFA mentor for QBs. Maybe Swift will prove he wasn;t a bust after all? Y’all ready for this?
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03-11-2017, 09:51 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Catonsville, MD
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Normally I’ slow roll my season. Take my time, give you all of the details. But I don’t think this’ll be a good season at all. So I fast sim it.
Huh. That feels cheating. We finished 9-7, made the playoffs as the winner of our division, lost in the 1st round badly, had All Pros for RB Branch and OG Bodell. That doesn’t feel right. I check it out and saw that the leading QBs for my two in-division foes that are good both went down early with injury for the season, whereas we were healthy the entire time. So I try again. Without the best case scenario stuff going off, we finish 4-12, a full two game behind last year’s mark. No major long term injuries. Atlanta beats the Broncos 37-13. All Pro 1st team for OT Torres, 2nd tea, for DE Cobb and OG Laird. We finish with the 5th lowest power rating QB Guymon 272 of 457, 2937 yards, 12:10, 78.1 rating, spelling him, QB Swift was 49 of 79, 498, 5:2 and 90.5. RB Branch was 236 for 1111, 4.71 ypc. 9 rush scores, He was banged up with just 11 starts. RB Johnstone was 128 for 563, 7 scores, and 4.40 ypc. Branch still was 7th most rush yards in league, and tied for 3rd most rush scores. WR Frederick was 78, 793, and 3 scores, King was 43, 542 and 2, and WR Hatcher 37 for 528, and 3. TE Gretsky was 39, 414, and 4. I want to try Swift next year full time, unless I have a better option that falls on my lap. RB Lenny Watson had a PR RET TD, and K Carroll was 29 of 32 and 33 of 34 PAT while P Matlock had 91 punts, 45.2 avg, and 34 in 20. ON pass coverage, CB Henderson led with 4 picks, then Sanderson with 3, Tubs and Crawford each with 2, and then 1 each for CB Browning, S Barker, Sanford, CB Greshem and DE Cobb and DE Amos. Crawford and Browing returned a pick for score. Most pasdef was Grayson with 7 , then 5 each for Crawfod, Browning and LB Rivera and LB Coles, then 4 for Henderson, and 3 for Sanderson, Tubbs and Barker. On Defense? Cobb with 9.5 scks, 8.5 for DE Benton, and LB Crawford with 7 sacks, Sanderson 3, and DT Serne a low 2 sacks. The 25 hurries DE Cobb had led the league, while his 8 blocked passes tied for the league lead. Tubbs had 126 solo and 33 assist tackles, SS Barker had 94 and 32. Blocking? OT Torres had 43 KRB, and 8 pancakes but 8 sacks allowed. C Manning was 37 KRB and 4 pan, and 11 sacks, while OG Laird was 35 and 0 and 4 and OG Bodell was 32, 4 and 7, and OT Keith 6, 0 and 4. Sanderson led my team with 3 FF, and 2 each for CB Browning, LB Rivera and Tobbs, and DE Benton. Alright, so there we are. I’ll give abbreviated versions of my normal awards: Offensive Player of the Year: OT Torres Def PotY: DE Cobb Special Teams POTY: K Carroll Rookie OTY: LB Crawford – 10th most sacks in league at the LB position as a rookie. Heart Award – LB Ken Rivera, backup with a lot of good results We finish 4-12 Ready for next year?
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03-11-2017, 10:15 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Catonsville, MD
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Ready for next year?
2 Performance 61 Value 65 Profit 15 Roster 42 score Just one HOFers – Richard Sherman Retirements of note – We have two LB Leonard Floyd and SS Keegan Barker Cleveland had CB Cooper Schmidke and TE Hardy Downs retire Others of note? QB Paxton Lynch SE Will Fuller, with 10504 yards, 73 scores; 2 All Pros OG Tunsil, finishes with 362 KRm 43 pancakes, just 65 sacks allowed in a 13 year career, All Pro 4x. CB Hunter Craven, 11 years in league, 43 pick, 129 pas def, Defensive Player of the year once in 2021, 4 All Pros We have: The 11th worst stadium 3rd worst roster 9th worst support 11th best economy 7th lowest franchise value We made 34 mill last year Just 84.9% attendance, which was 9th worst in the league. I give a raise to my DC Staff Draft! We pick 23rd. I hire a better Head Coach, Vinny Mullis, with almost maxed motivation and discipline and a 74 suitability, 3 more than my current HC OC? I keep Steve Smith. I keep my DC too, who is so much better than the rest. I hire AC Alfred Lindquist, a little better guy. But my biggest upgrade fo the day is SC and my new guy is 14 higher suitability and a much better set of stats. Pre-FA, do I need to make any changes? We have 38 under contract. None of them are worth a franchise tag Enter FA!
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03-12-2017, 03:56 PM
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We have the #2 pick, and then alternative back and forth with Arizona 1 and 2 each round....but... we traded our 2nd rounder to San Diego, our 3rd to Cleveland and our 7th to Dallas.
So we just have four picks this round at 1.2, 4.1, 5.2, and 6.1. This was not a good year to trade those 2 and 3s. Do I want to target the 1.2 for a high quality player? Or would trading down and picking up some more picks make more sense? We are not 1 top flight 1.2 player away from competing, right? FA Time – I sign these RFAs – MLB Lujan, RB Gerhardt, and SS Franz I have a ton of cap space right now, but my biggest contracts are about to be signed... DE Nicky Cobb – 5 years, 84 mill NT Lenny Sterne, 4 years, 32 mill CB Derek Felker, 4 years, 15 mill TE Walter Perrone, 4 years, 11.5 mill All of those were drafted in the same year, the only major injection of young talent we have here. I extend LS Zirn for a year; FS Sanford by a year, SS Tatum by one, and while I live where CB Henderson played, he wants serious starter money and a big deal, so I hold off for now. Any of my rookies boom after a year of play? Or bust further? Crawford is 54/61, Carlisle 36/58, Sanderson, 52/57, Lane 39/49. Nah. I was hoping maybe Sanderson would rise up or something. But that was clearly dreaming on my part Time for FA action. Again, not the biggest and highest profile class ever... Who do I like: P Rob Emerson, my stud P from Cleveland was let go, signed by the Broncos, and now is free. He’s 65/65 these days, and pricey. Another 65/65 guy, Luther, is available. But also pricey. The best player is 29 year old 67 CB Middleton, but he injured is ACL and is still out for 11 weeks, and he’s pricey tooooo. Now he wants 4 years and 63 mill. Would I take a flyer on him later in the FA process and when his price drops? Sure. If I have the cap room. Who else? SE Rodney Riley is free from Cleveland. They let him go. But I’m fine for WR RB Diego Lorey from Cleveland is also let free, and to be fair is 31. I offer a 4 year, 13 mill deal to FS Cornelius Kaplan, the best S in FA Backup Rod Divirgilio, 1 year deal for 1.3 mill P Luther Michi, from Matewan, WV That’s it. Most of the talent here are at places we are fine like RB and D Line and WR. Week 2 – Diego Lorey heads to New England Baltimore made an odd choice and tossed 5 years and 95 mill at Middleton a 29 year old CB with an ACL injury. Bizarre. Week 3 – We sign LT Divirglio. WR Riley heads to San Francisco Week 4 – We sign FS Cornelius Kaplan That gives us a 56/56 Kaplan, and 35/56 OT that can be emergency starters or really high quality backups in case I move that way in the draft. Now what? Let’s look at the draft first: Studs in order of stud-ship DE RT-ish RCB-ish RT-ish WLB RCB-ish LT-Ish QB ish RG RG I interview a bunch of top talent. The best, ironically, is WLB Randall Flemming, underrated, absolutely house of a player. But there are a lot of quality players we could wind up with in case I trade down. So let’s head back to FA and finish up. Week 7 – WR Giovanni Moss heads to Denver. Week 9 – We sign our P.
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03-12-2017, 04:40 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Catonsville, MD
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The 2029 Amateur Draft!
Arizona drafts first and....goes in a direction I didn’t see. They take WR Curtis Ledford. That’s weird. They could use some serious talent. Now the draft is my oyster. Should I trade back? I need talent. How far back should I trade in order to get a future 1st? We are worth 2600 I swap to 1.7 and get a future first from the Panthers. They need a DE badly, so getting this best player in the draft stud all pro potential DE. Th rest of the draft is QB, OT, OT, and Dt. Now, who do I like that’s left other than the obvious stud LB? A great DE, a powerful OG, and a lesser but very, very good one. Good OT. CBs all over. Could i move down again? The best talent on the board that matches where we are are OGs, but I had two OGs with a strong year last year statistically, a good Cb, but none of the Cbs are top notch, and would likely be more in the 50s/60s than the 70s like I think. OT Titus is great. But if I wanted an OT I would have taken one earlier. I don’t need DE. So it’s really OLB Flemming, or someone else. I think Flemming would fall. WLBs are the least likely to go this early. But remember that I don’t get a 2nd or 3rd rounder, so whoever I take here is basically it for this year. Instead of dropping and grabbing another future first, could I intend drop and collect a few 2nd rounders? On the chart, I am worth 1500 points. A 2.10 is worth around 480. I would have to drop to 1.16 with the Eagles and get their 2.17 in order to find a dance partner. That’s the highest I can do. Now I think Flemming might make it to 1.16. But I would remove any chance I had of getting a stud OG, DT, or that good quality OT, or any of these three top solid, but not spectacular CBs. Is that worth it? I could probably head to 15 or 14 or 13 or something for a future 2nd easily enough. But we need talent badly. And we don’t have the 2nd or 3rd to collect it, so I think an immediate gain is worth it. Hmmmm.... Miami is at the 1.17 and 1.20 spots. That’s 950 and 850 in points, or 1800 points. That’s just 300 fewer than I have, or the equivalent of the 60th pick in the draft. I’m sure that Miami would likely take a future 2nd and my 1.7 for their 1.17 and 1.20, and I might even get them to toss in a late rounder, like a 6th or something too. Let’s see I get: 1.17 and 1.20 this year, 7.17 this year 7th rounder next I give: 1.7 this year 2nd rounder next And that still favors them a lot by the points on the board. Alright, I do it. 1.7 -OT 1.8 – CB 1.9 – CB 1.10 – DE 1.11 – CB 1.12 – OG 1.13 – CB 1.14 – OG 1.15 – CB 1.16 – WR And there we are. Now there are a few players that I think fell: DE Elias Upshaw, 2 reds, 3blues, 7.1 grade, 7.8 adjusted score, looks great. He is the player that fell the hardest... LB Flemming, 7.1, adjusted 6.8, FOUR red scores, 2 blues. Now I didn’t expect Upshaw to fall, so I never interviewed him. And I really don’t need a DE that badly. And he’s more of a 4-3 DE anyway. But talent shows. And it rises. So...Flemming or Upshaw? I could, conceivably, trade my 1st future first to grab the 1.18 pick here, or slide from 1.20 to ensrue I got Upshaw. And take them both. But again, I don’t know if I need another DE that badly. But this LB show help take my back LB offseason last year and dial it up massively. Let me show you Flemming and Upshaw  You can’t not take them. They are too high quality to play around with, right? Right! The only issue with Flemming is the super high volatility. But dude is. Alright, I’m taking the Flemming machine, as you expect. How long until Upshaw gets taken? 1.19 to Dallas. That’s just not fair. At 1.20, the best S is still on the board, so I go with my secondary instead of my D Line Alright, see you in a bunch of rounds. The top of the 4th arrives and there are a few sexy players here. K Elijah Fields as a 7.3 graded K, with multiple red and blue combines. Looks great. TE Miguel Mayers? CB Cochrane? DT Schultz? All look good here. But, I need a better K by far. Ks are weapons. I grab Fields. I then grab SE Shane Whalen in the 5th. Take LT Ross Dixon in 6th round, and then in my new 7th rounder...hmmm....CB Bryan Tubbs, Combine guy. With red speed, and smarts, and blue pspec, but green strength. Early post-draft results: WLB Flemming – 42/92 K Fields – 59/82 S Randall Clayton – 42/70 OT Dixon – 7/57 CB Tubbs – 13/54 SE Whalen – 25/50 This is all about Flemming and Clayton and then not busting with Fields. Good-ish deals
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03-12-2017, 05:23 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Catonsville, MD
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Alright, FA time.
We have a C+ draft again QB Guymon is holding out and wants real money, like a 3 year deal and 15 mill each year. Nah I make offers to these UFAs: C Tevin Lowe RB Nicky Willis QB JC Houari, QB Lukas Wheeler SE Allen Hudson TE Warren Grijalva DE Ricky Kerr CB Randal Weldon OG Gerald Wilkes FA TE Jake Browne, 3 years, 5 mill FA DT Alexis Lincoln, 3 years, 5 mill FA DE Heath Murphy, 2 years, 3 mill I make a 3 year minsal offer to mentor QB Brock Snyder I make a 2 year minsal offer to SLB Jordan Garcia, a former Browns lb mentor Stage 1 – We sign just 1 target. Stage 2 - another 6 join us. C Dar Dar signs with Miami. P Matlock heads to the Giants Stage 3 – Our other targets sign with us too. I am thinking about moving Flemming to SLB and then Sanderson to WILB to spot for Kaplan. I have Sanderson lose weight, and then move him to SILB. I sell 37500 season tix I cut: RB Lenny Watson TE Grijalva SE Hudson RT Upshaw CB Weldon SS Tatum DE Kerr WR Woodson I head to the preseason
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03-12-2017, 06:01 PM
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We win our first match, and then Guyman returns. I cut a rookie. We finish h the preseason 3-1. Final cuts include QB Houari, K Carroll, and OT Bubba Keith
Do I want to do any extensions? Is it worth extending Damon Henderson? I could do 4 years, 34 mill. He did lead my team in picks last year, but a 52/52 guy would not, hopefully, be my starter for the long time. I do have the cash though, I have 44 under the cap... So I do it. Here we go: Take a look at the ROSTER: Code:
You can see that my key three rookies are all looking pretty sexy. Much better than last year. In the middle, Tubbs, Sanderson, Kaplan are splitting reps. I slid to C Carlie because he’s more well rounded instead of a run blocking specialist with no pass blocking of C Manning. This off season many of my additions are much better. P Michi and K Fields. SLB Flemming. SS Clayton. FS Kaplan. Some players continue to drop, like Sanderson, and others, like TE Walter Perrone have gotten better. There are four players in the NFL with a current or future potential of 90 or more. One is Flemming. We have 2 90s – NT Damien Alcott for the Browns, OG Percy Duffy for the 49ers, and then 72/91 RT Sebastian Will for the Cards and.....52/92 LB Flemming for the Chiefs. If he reaches his potential,, and that’s always an if, he would be the best player in the league, period. There are only 5 Safeties in the NFl with a current or future potential of at least 70. The best is rookie Daniel Konkler, 38/76, that the Broncos got in the 31st pick and boomed in camp a bit. Then 73/73 Raiders, 72/72 Jets, 71/71 Texans, and our 53/72 guy as well. Only 4 kickers in the league have a current p potential higher than 70, and outs at 65/71, would be the second highest. A 77/77 is the best. Other than a few probables and minor questionables, like DE Cobb’;s sprained knee, we are ready to go. We are 12th lowest power rating We are worst 10 in QB, OT, and that’s it. Big improvement from last year. We are 2nd best TE, and have top tens in DE, S (at 12), DT (At 12), OLB (at 11), P, K, OG, Even with the weak QB and such, I’m thinking that we are about to unload some serious damage. I’ll be surprised if we don’t get at least 8 wins.
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03-12-2017, 09:11 PM
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Week 1 – We win 17-13 over the Chargers. MOM is DE Cobb with 1 FF, 2 sacks, and 3 hurries. FF by DT Sterne and LB Crawford as well. QB Guymon is 15 of 31, 231 yards, and 2:1 hitting WR Frederick for 103 yards and WR Hatcher and RB Johnstone for scores. 3 KRB by OG Laird.
No major injuries, although FS Kaplan is out for two weeks. Russell Sanford will start. Week 2 – We barely lose 27-30 vs the Giants. Guymon was 24 of 37, 308 yards, and 2:0 and hit Frederick for 96 yards and a score, WR King for 113 yards and a score. Before he went down with an injury, RB Branch had 17 carries for 89 yards, and Johnstone finished with 13 for 49 and a score. 5 KRB by C Manning. QB Guyman is questionable with a broken thumb, and RB Branch out for a week Week 3 – We lose 3-17 to Tennessee. Guymon a quiet 22 of 34 for 163, and the FF by DT Sterne, Kaplan and Branch return next game Week 4 – We take out the Jets 21-13. MO is Guymon with 15 f 28, 257 and2:1, hitting Hatcher for 100 yards and both scores. LB Flemming had a pair of picks. Week 5 – We barely manage to beat the winless Raiders 14-6 in our place. MOM is OLB Flemming with a pick and a sack. FF by DE Benton and LB Sanderson. Picks by Ss Kaplam and Clayton. 2.5 sacks by DE Cobb. Our scores are a lucky run by backup Jon Buckner which breaks free for 70 yards and a score, and then Guyman is 14 of 26, 168 and 1:1 and hit WR Hatcher for the other score. Week 6 – BYE Week 7 – I only have three probables coming off our bye. So we appear to be healthy. Ish. We just smash the 5-0 Pats 37-11. Guymon rocked the MOM award and had 18 of 29 for 194 and 2:0, and hit Hatcher for 107 yards and a score and TE Gretzky for the other. Branch was 18 for 84 on the ground, 2 picks returned for scores by S Randall Clayton and CB Paul Willing. 2 sacks by LB Crawford, 3 KRB by each of my OGs. No major injuries either. Week 8 – We defeat the 2 win Dolphins 22-6. K Fields is MOM with 5/5 on FGs. Guyan is 18 of 29, 224 and 1:0 and hit RB Branch for a score, and King for 124 yards. Branch had 17 for 81 on the ground, and picks by S Clayton and CB Derek Felker, and a FF by Felker too. 2 sacks by ILB Rivera. 4 KRB by OG Bodell. No major injures, but 4 starters were knocked to long term probables, like S Clayton’s hand. Week 9 – We thump Denver 34-14. MOM is Branch with 26 for 109, 1 score on the ground,. Guymon added 21 for 33, 217 and 2:1 and hit Hatcher for 2 scores. LB Flemming with a pick. 2 sacks by Cobb, and 6 KRB by OG Bodell and 4 by OT Torres. At the halfway mark we are a surprising 6-2, with all three of my key rookies playing very well. Right now Flemming is tied for league lead with 4 picks, and the 3 picks and one returned for a score by SS Clayton is really helpful too. Even K Fields has the longest long FGM at 58 yards and a solid performance thus far. DE Cobb isn’t setting any major records, but 7.5 sacks is fine. We’re looking solid. Even Guymon isn’t that bad... It’s probably going to all fall apart now! 
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03-12-2017, 09:52 PM
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Week 10 – We head to Buffalo and win 24-7. MOM is....QB Ben Swift with 14 of 17, 144 and 0), while Guyman was 9 of 12, 71 and 1:0. TE Perrone with that score. RB Johnstone was 26 for 98 and ascore, and Swift added a QB rush TD. 2 FF by LB Crawford, and 1 pick by CB Henderson. 5 KRB by Torres, and 3 each by C Carlie and OT Divirgilio.
Now....this was that game. Know how sometimes you almost wish you’d have a loss than that sort of a pyrrhic victory? That was this victory. Get ready for the injuries: QB Guymon, out for 5 weeks with a strained foot ligament RG Bodell – Out for 7 weeks with concussion C Carlisle – Out for 10 weeks with concussion RB Branch, doubtful, turf toe, until further notice I do the follow roster adjustments. 1. Deactivate Branch until he is healed, Johnstone starts 2. I place C Carlisle on IR. We’ll have C Manning step up. 3. I deactivate QB Guymon and start Ben Swift 4. I deactivate OG Bodell, and start OG David Drake 5. I sign RT Eugune Finch off FA Hey, at least we won though! Week 11 – We lose 41-24 to the Chargers. We had 262 yards passing, 2:0 from two QBS King had 130 of those and a score, and WR Whalen the other score. Johnstone was 13 for 42 and a score on the ground. Picks by Clayton and CB Felker. FF by Tubbs recovered by Clayton. 5 KRB by Torres No injury updates Week 12 – We lose 14-26 to the Eagles. QB Swift was 20 of 41, 148 and 2:1. King and Frederick with scores. 2 GG by Sanderson, 1 each by Rivera and CB Henderson, and Recoveries by DE Benton,Clayton and Crawford. FB Buckner is out for the rest of the season with a busted knee. I toss him on IR. And I sign FB Omar Nixon to my roster. Week 13 – We get back to winning with a37—10 drubbing of the Bengals. MOM is Cobb with a sack, FF, Fum Rec, returned for a TD. RB Johnstone adds ground scores, Swift is 23 of 31, 219, and 1:1, hitting RB Nicky Willis for a score. 5 KRB by OG Laird. In injury news, CB Tubbs is out for a month with a calf injury. Week 14 – We beat three-win Dallas strongly 44-19. MOM os Johnstone with 2 TDs on the ground and 2 more rec. Swift was 22 of 29, 230 and 2:1. Picks by Flemming, FS Cornelius Kaplan (returned for score) and LB Tubbs (returned for TD too). We have some more injuries news: WR Thomas Hatcher, out with a calf muscle for a few weeks TE Jake Brownse, out for 5 weeks. I toss him on IR. I sign random TE Jose Horn. QB Guymon returned. I’ma stick with Swift for now. Week 15 – We lose 16-14 to the Broncos. Swift was not good with 19 of 30 for 131 and 0:2. Johnstone held to just 42 yards on the ground and as core. CB Felker with 1 pick returned 98 yards for a scor eto keep it close. 4 KRB by Laird, no injury news Week 16 – We win 23-10 vs the Redskins. MOM is DE Amos Benton with 2.5 sacks, an he recovered a FF by Cobb too. Browning with a pick. Swift is 17 for 26, 138 and 1:1, hitting Frederick for 90 yards and TE Perrone for a score. Swift rushes for a score as well. LB Crawford is questionable but I’ll start him anyway. If we win next week, then we win the AFC West. Week 17 – We head to Oakland to face the 3-12 Raiders. They would love to play spoiler on us. We lose 13-23 to finish 10-6. We have a pick by Flemming, Swift was 11 of 28 for 162 and 1:1. He hit WR King for that score. Denver won, so they won the AFC West. At 10-6, we are a wild card. Ready for the playoffs Kansas City?
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03-12-2017, 10:43 PM
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The 2029 (and 30) NFL Playoffs:
AFC: #1 Ravens, 12-4 #2 Colts, 11-5 #3 Pats, 10-6 #4 Broncos, 10-6 #5 Steelers, 10-6 #6 Chiefs, 10-6 That’s a pretty even field. Everybody has double digits, 4 are 10 wins, and no one has more than 2 more than the least, so pretty open I’d think. (The same is true in the NFC where 4 teams are 10-6, one is 9-7, and the top seed 11-5). Wild Card Weekend: We head to New England. Denver hosts the Steelers In the NFC – LA hosts the G Men and Carolina the 49ers We lose 13-15. RB Lorey was MOM and we had Swift with 23 of 42, 167, 1:1, and 47 on the ground. WR King with the score. 1 FF and 2 FumRec by OLB Flemming, and 1 FF by Crawford. 2 Sacks by Crawford too. Rams 35, Giants 24 Denver 17, Pittsburgh 10 49ers 6, Panthers 3 Week 2 – Indy hosts Denver LA heads to Chicago New England at Baltimore San Fran at Phily Indy wins 31, 12 Chicago wins 34-20 New England wins 21-17 San Fran wins 10-9 And that brings up: Week 3, Conference Championships Pats at Colts 49er at Beats In both cases, away teams are favored a bit. But it doesn’t matter. The home teams both win, Colts 21-7, Bears 28-20 And that sets up your Colts vs Bears Super Bowl Colts 19 Bears 3 Colts win. Good jorb!
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03-12-2017, 11:11 PM
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Season awards....get ready to hold onto your butts:
Defensive Player of the Year: OLB Randall Flemming Defensive Rookie of the Year: OLB Randall Flemming All Pro First Team: DE Nicky Cobb, OLB Randall Flemming League’s Fastest Man: CB Damon Henderson Well, the era of the Flemming has begun. Stats: Passing – Guymon, 156 of 259, 1833, 13:4; Swift 143 of 238, 1441, 8:7. WR King – 891 yards, 4 scores, 67 grabs TE Perrone, 58 catches, 2 scores 539 WR Frederick, 43, 641, 2 WR Hatcher, 13 games, 37, 544, 7 scores Rush – RB Johnstone, 192 for 695, 3.62 ypc, 9 scores; RB Branch, 111 for 527,4.75 ypc, 1 score King had PR RET TD. I missed that. Good job King. K Elijah Fields, 27 of 32, long of 58, 41/42 PAT P Luther Michi, 98 punts, 44 in 20, 46.8 avg. P Avg was 6th best in league vs a guy who never had better than 16th previously Defense: DE Cobb, 13 sacks, 5 blocks, 16 hurries, 10 QBKD, 4 FF , 2 FumRec, DT Sterne, 6.5 sacks, 2, 7 DE Benton, 6.5 sacks, 2, 31 hurries and 23 QBKD – Benton led all players in hurries by Nine, and was 2nd in QBKd, I was hoping for a bigger nod, but people care more about sacks than anything else , 4 FF, 3 FumRec, LB Flemming, 5 sacks, 115 solo tack, 19 ass, 1 block, 10 hurries, 4 QBKD, 6 picks, 9 pasdef LB Crawford, 5 sacks, 6 hurr, 1 abkd, 5 FF, 1 FumRec, 1 pick, 4 pasdef, Flemming led my team in tackles and picks Coverage: SS Clayton – 4 picks, 1 INT RET, 13 pas def FS Kaplan – 3 picks, 15 pas def, 1 INT RET TD CB Felker – 2 and 6 pasd CB Henderson – 1 int, 9 pasdef Block? OT Torres, 30 KRB, 1 pac, 14 sacks OG Laird, 29, 0 and 5 OG Bodell, 9 games, 21 and 3 sacks allows OT Divirgilio, 14, 0 and 14. I need a good QB to make this team really work. My defense is getting to a good place quickly. I just need a little more from my QB. I’m not even getting early Arledge numbers from these two former #1 picks at QB. Team Awards: Off. Play of the Year: OG Bodell – Until he went down with injury, he was 5th in the league in KRB and on pace to have a great season, and with just 9 starts, he still finished 3rd on my team with KRB . Good job Bodell! Def. Player of the Year: LB Flemming – I hate to give it to a rookie, but dude gets Defensive Player of the Year for the league, Dude gets the same award for my team. Sp. Teams. Play of the Year: P Michi -Everybody had a good year, but Michi was the most improved from previous seasons, with a much higher % of punts inside the 20 and better average as well. Rookie of the Year: SS Clayton – Had a very good year. Only 3 safeties had more picks in the league. Heart Award: CB Browning – He was deactivated for the first 12 games, came in due to injury, was just a dimeback on one of my many formations, and still notched a pick on just 18 pass plays for the season. He made himself felt!
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03-13-2017, 09:44 AM
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End of the Year:
Perform – 63 Value – 61 Profit – 62 Roster – 50 Score – 61 New Hall fo Famer – Luke Kuechly, Joey Horner, and C Travis Frederick. Horner was one of the major pieces of my Cleveland juggernaut, and an undrafted house: Horner – 3 rings, 120 sacks, All Pro 5 times, Defensive Rookie of the year, Defensive Player of the Year in 2017. He was an undrafted guy who was always in the low 60s or so but played very well. He was 40/62 when I grabbed him, and then grew into 65/65 entering year 2. Was ever one of these 70s or 80s studs. But he played like it! Welcome to the HOF Horner! Only 20 players are in the HOF right now. And, Horner came in the first year of this dynasty so...I hope we’ll see others soon! Horner is the first of that lot to make it to the HOF. Unless you count OT Joe Thomas Frederick was made by the PC, and was All Pro 7 times, and finished with 414 KRB. Retirements of note: CB Browning and OT Torres are heading out there. From others? DE Julio Stanton, another in that era of my dynasty, and the best DE in the league during his era. QB Derek Carr, retires as legend of the game FL Bernard ODonnell, 10113 yards, 2 All Pros, LG Jeffrey Erickson, 355 KRB, 3 time All Pro DE Darryl Thomason – 98 sacks, 3 All Pros, 1 Super Bowl MVP, 1 Ring SS Charles Winter, 46 picks, 93 pasdef, 2 All Pros, 1 Def Play of the Year in 2025. LT Shon Coleman, spent his entire career with my Browns, 384 KRB, 21 pansacks, 91 sacks allowed, 5 Rings, 4 All Pros. Will Coleman make my HOF? Stanton certainly will with 2 DPotY and 7 All Pros Longtime LS Bo Newsome for my Browns team Value: We are 12th worst stadium, the worst roster, 8th worst support, 14th best economy, 5th lowest value We made 26 mill and improved to 87.6% attendance Staff Draft: We pick 22nd. I make no changes to my staff
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03-13-2017, 11:45 AM
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We have 42 players under contract. Anyone I want to franchise now? Only 4 UFAs – QB Guymon, LB Rivera, RT Divirgilio, and FB Nixon
We have the 21st and 22nd picks in the 1st round, no 2nd rounders, and then picks from there. Now, if I can get some quality to drop like they did last year with my FS and LB and even that DE who was close, I’ll be happy. Here’s who I need to start: Qb Maybe Rb, but only if the right one comes down my path OT OT Great Cb And I’d take a stud stud at OG, LB, or FS The draft seems to include a ton of different players. I make some interviews for top flash guys like WR, D Line, and more. It’s a top heavy WR draft, two strong CBs at the top, and others. But not the deep OTs that I would hope for this year. I sign RFAs – MLB Lujan, C Lowe, LG Wilkes, RT Finch and RB Willis. I am 60 mill under the cap and rom for 48 mill. Anyone is the last year of their contract I need to reup? Yes: I extend P Michi, LS Zirn, OG Bodell, OG Laird, SE King, OG Drake, FL Frederick I hand a 3 year, 39 mill deal to DE Amos Benton and that’s his first pro deal for us I leave C Manning, TE Gretsky, and RBs Johnstone and Branch in their final year. QB Swift too. Alright, FA Time: Who do I like as a good target? LT Darryl Raymond, best OT in FA, 50s guy, 3 years, 11 mill RB Ernest Barrett, 3 years, 10 mill FB Michael Bradford, 3 years, 7.25 mill WILB Ken Rivera, 2 years, 5 mill Week 2 – We sign RB Barrett and LB Rivera Week 3 – Raymond is next Week 6 – Guymon heads to Carolina Week 9 – FB Bradford signs Ready for the draft?
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03-13-2017, 05:45 PM
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The 2030 NFL Amateur Draft!!!
Now, who do I like? A couple of cool things. The 20th and 21st picks are worth 1650 points, and the 6th pick is 1600, so technically, I could swap up if I needed to. The best player goes at 1.1 CB Brady Runnels to Dallas. Then the rest of the top five is the stud QB I loved at 1.2, then CB, WR, and DT round it up. Now there is a lot of talent left. Top Ot, solid WRs, and such. This stud WLB ho looks a bit of a copy of my guy from last year, and more. I’m fine at WR right now, no need to trade up for a good one. Let’s slow roll. 1.6 DT 1.7 WR – best one 1.8 – WR 1.9 – TE 1.10 – CB Now I’m not sure who would fall. But I love the untaken LT BJ Fisk. We interviewed him as underrated, good combines, bars, and low volatility. What’s the 1.11 worth? 1250. And the person who holds it is San Diego. They need O Line help so they’d potentially go. I was offering my two firsts for their 1st and 2nd, and they won’t go, even if I offer a 4th this year. So no thanks. Will Fisk keep falling? Nope. They take him 1.11. 1.12 – WR 1.13 – CB 1.14 – T 1.15 – DE 1.16 – WR 1.17 – TE 1.18 – WR 1.19 – C 1.20 – S Alright, that leaves me my 21 and 22 picks. I want to go BAP to insure the quality of these picks. Who is that? OG Liam Guzy WLB DeAndre Jacobs Those are the two best players. But I have players on my roster with talent. I don’t need LBs and OGs right now. I need OTs and QBs. What’s the goal? Top flight talent? Or best player of need? Talent. I take them both. I’ll likely move Jacobs inside and Guzy could replace one of my old OGs or perhaps even move to OT. See you in the 3rd 3rd maybe Shaquille Justice, OLB? Could I have too many? I scouted him, he came back As Scouted, but red flag. But frankly, I don’t need another quality LB right now. Even a red flagged one. Hmmm.. how about CB Darren Moschetti? He’s one of the highest players still on the board. 4th time! I like DT Alonzo Stuart here. Seems to have enough to matter. I stick with helping my lines with 5th rounder QB Conrad Rhodes and 6th LT Darryl Skae 7th round – FL Zane Rood and WLB Sam Danieles Alright, and we are done!
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03-13-2017, 07:48 PM
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Training Camp!
I cut QB Harvey, FB Buckner, RB Burks, TE Thomason, FL Collins, C Rasby, OG Shepard, RB Vance, OG Wilkes, DT Lincoln, DE Murphy, We go 3-0-1 with a 20-20 tie in the 3rd game in the pre-season C Manning dropped a bunch, so I cut him and LB Rivera too. Let’s look at my QB situation. Preseason I started my new Rhodes. He grew when I drafted him from 48 to 51 in camp and 52 potential now, although a lot of players only grow once in their first year and then are locked in Our victories were 36-10, 30-17, 27-14, and then 20-20 tied. Actually, nm, my coaches stupidly played backup Brock Snyder despite me listing Rhodes as my starter. I have nothing to go on now. Dumb coaches. I should have moved up and grabbed the 2n d pick and taken that great Qb. He’s 79 potential heading into the season and looks solid. Ah well. I’ma start Rhodes, because we got nothing from Swift earlier. RB Branch busted, Barrett will start. I left Crawford inside and keeping my rookie at his natural spot to see if I can develop him there. Code:
You can see some fun players about to hit this thang
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03-13-2017, 08:15 PM
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Here we are:
Week 1 – We open with a OT loss to the Broncos 16-13. Rhodes was 18 of 29, 214, and 1:0 and hit King for that score. Barrett was 20 for 71 on the ground. 2 FF by Crawford. 3 sacks by Flemming. 4 KRB by new signee LT Raymond and 3 by rookie Guzy, starting at RT. No major injury news. Week 2 – We lose 29-33 to the Rams. Pick by CB Henderson, returned for a score. FF by Henderson. Rhodes was 19 of 28, 192 and 2:0, hitting both WR Frederick and Hatcher for scores. RB Johnstone added a score on the ground. We were held sockless, but OG Bodell had 6 KRB abd 3 each for Guzy and OG Laird. One minor injury of note. With a concussion, Hatcher is out for a few weeks. I bench him Week 3 – Get ready. Rhodes just had my first, “Brandan Arledge” game. We beat the Jags 30-12. Rhodes was MVP of the game with 21 of 26, 304 yards, 3:0 and hit TE Perrone, RB Johnstone, and WR King for scores. Picks by Flemming and FS Kaplan. You know how Arledge would look in the 40s, but often play better. Rhodes just played better. Post game, CB Henderson is doubtful for a month, CB Felker questionable with a hammy, and so forth. Week 4 – We barely edge the Ravens 24-23 on the road. Mom is Rhodes, with 18 of 23 for 178 and 1:0, and hit TE Greysky for a score. Johnstone added another on the ground and then S Kaplan got a pick returned for a score and S Clayton another pick. No major injury news. We are 2-2. Week 5 – BYE Thatcher healed over BYE
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03-13-2017, 08:38 PM
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Week 6 – We lose 20-31 to the Bengals. Rhodes tossed his first picks on the season, and had a 19 of 35, 287 and 2:2 game, hitting both RB Barret and Hatcher for scores. FF by Cobb. 3 KRB by Carlisle.
No major injury news again. Week 7 – We win 13-10 vs the Raiders. MOM was Flemmign with 2.5 sacks. Picks by Kaplan and Clayton, Kaplan returned for score. Rhodes wasn’t great – 16 of 27, 227, and 0:1. 5 KRB by OG Laird CB Henderson is back Week 8 – We win 30-24 over the Browns. Rhodes is MOM with 17 of 29, 239, 2:0 and rushed for another score. King had 126 yards and a score, and TE Perrone the other TD. All of my starting O Line had 3 KRB. Creepy I know. Week 9 – We win 16=13 over the Steelers. MOM is SS Clayton, with 2 picks, and ILB Sanderson with the other. 5 KRb by Bodell, 3 by LT Raymond. Rhodes was ineffective, with 14 of 21, 120, and 0:0. Barrett rushed for our lone score. At the midway point, only Felker is injured, and I have a 5-3 record despite some lower stats by a lot of my stars. DE Cobb has been nowhere. Just 3 sacks on the first half. Rhodes tends to spread the ball out a lot, so none of my receivers have a lot of yards. I just have 1 100 yard game with 1 players. 2nd half, here we come
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03-13-2017, 10:11 PM
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Week 10 – We lose 19-24 to the Broncos. Rhodes was just 19 of 32, 195, and 0:0, but he rushed for a score and TE Perrone had 119 yards. It’s like Cobb heard me and got 2 sacks.
Week 11 – We edge the two win Chargers 31-24 in their place on a last minute TD drive by Rhodes, MOM with 21 of 30, 2:1, 282 yards, and hit both RBs Barrett and Johnstone for scores, and Barrett added 2 on the ground. FF and 3 sacks by Cobb. He clearly hear me. Clearly. I gotta write more badly about others. Where are you CB Felker? Get me more picks! FF by Flemming and Tubbs too. 4 KRb by Carlisle and Raymond, 3 by Bodell We are 6-4 Week 12 – Good news? We beat Arizona 21-9, 3 scores each , but we got TDs. Kaplan with a 74 yard return off a pick for a score. MOM is DE Amos Benton, with 3.5 sacks. 3 KRB for Raymond. Rhodes was 17 of 29, 122, and 1:0 and hit Perrone for a score. Barrett rushes for the last score. Pick bt DT Sterne too. FF by Clayton. Okay, here’s the bad... Out = FS Sanford Out – LB Dexter Tubbs Questionable – Felker still Questionable – Carlisle Questionable – OG Laird I make changes tp my roster to accommodate Week 13 – We have a chance to go to 8-4 and then.....miss is and wind up 7-5 after losing 17-24 to the 9-3 Jets. Rhodes explodes with 16 of 30, 106 and 0:2. Looking like a rookie. Barrett rushes for a score. Fleming recovers a Fumble for a score. 4 KRB by Bodell and 3 by Carlisle.
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03-13-2017, 10:52 PM
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Hall Of Famer
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Week 14 – Next we host the 10 win Seahawks. We actually win 27-24. WR Hatcher with a Kickoff return for a score. RB Barrett rushes for a score, but OG Bodell is MOM with 6 KRB and a 2 pancakes. Rhodes? 18 of 27, 177, 1:1. RB Johnstone with the score. Picks by Kaplan, Dalton, and Flemming.
No injury news Week 15 – The Raiders beat us 22-17, and knock Rhodes out with a concussion. Swift finished the game with 14 of 19, 268 and 2:0. Hatcher and Frederick with scores, and Frederick has 111 yards. 2 picks by CB Dalton. Kaplan and Clayton with FF, Week 16 – We with and Swift has his best day ever for us, and is MOM with 20 of 36, 259, and 3:1 and hit Perrone for 100 yards and a score, and King and Johnstone for scores. SF falls 24-10. FF bu Sterne, on his 2 sacks day, recovered by Kaplan. We have two major injuries with O Line starters – Carlisle and Laird. I place Carlisle on IR. I sign back LG Gerald Wilkes. We’ll be starting C Lowe and OG Drake until they come back. I keep Swift tossing Week 17 – We are 9-6, Oakland and Denver are too. So this week’s game really matters. There are 3 other 9-6 teams in the AFC, so if we wind up 9-7, I doubt were’ making it in. Even if we win, it’s possible we may not make it in if we have a lot of competition. Today we play 4-11 San Diego, so all we have to do is hold serve. We do. We win 30-13. Pick by SS Clayton. 3 KRB by Guzy. Swift was 17 of 34 for 318 abd 2:2 and nailed Hatcher and Barrett for scores, and Hatcher was 105 yards and had a kick return for a score, Hatcher game MVP. No major injuries...
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03-13-2017, 11:34 PM
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The 2030 (and 31) NFL Playoffs
The AFC: 13-3 Jets 11-5 Titans 10-6 Ravens 10-6 Broncos 10-6 Texans 10-6 Chiefs Again, we are 10-6, and again we have a loss to the equally 10-6 Broncos, and again we head on the road. Games this week: Chiefs at Ravens Texans at Broncos Rams at Falcons Giants at Vikings I’ma leave in my hot hand of Swift and see what he can do. Alright, here we go... Well he can suck, We lose 33-3. Swift was 13 of 25 for 123 and 0:4. Wow Swift you suck so much. Denver wins 16-9 Falcons 17-13 Giants 42-27 Week 2 – Falcons at Eagles Ravens at Jets Broncos at Titans Giants at Seahawks And Seattle wins 23-20 Jets 27-21 Falcons 23-13 Broncos 35-34 And that brings up... Week 3 Conference Champs: Atlanta heads into Seattle and....loses 25-20. Denver heads into New York and.....wins 28-25 2030 Super Bowl – Broncos vs Seahawks Seattle wins 21-14 Good job ‘hawks
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03-14-2017, 01:36 AM
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Awards:
Defensive Player of the Year – OLB Flemming All Pro-1st Team – DT Lenny Sterne – long overdue. Flemming. SS Randall Clayton All Pro-2nd Team – OG Bodell, Did a certain S Kaplan, mine get robbed? We’ll see. If Clayton had had another pick or two, especially for returned, he may have pushed out Flemming. Stats: Code:
See my pass stats here. Swift is leaving us, and I’m not spending that much to keep him. Can Rhodes carry the burden from here on up? Barrett got 1015 yards, on 269 carries, and a low low 3.77 ypc. 5 rush TDs. Receiving: Code:
Perrone led my team in yards and catches and TDs. Pretty good year for him. You can see how much Rhodes spreads that ball out, but Perrone was a major emergency for Rhodes here. WR Hatcher had 2 KR RET TDs K Fields was 27 fr 32, and 37 for 38 PAT and long of 55 P Michi, 86 punts, 32 in 20, 46,5 avg Let me show you my D stats: Code:
Flemming and Cobb each had 9.5 sacks, and Sterne was right there with 9. Denton looked good too. Once again, Flemmign led my team in tackles, and this time, not picks, but sacks. Pass Cover: Code:
5 picks each by Clayton and Kaplan. 5 was the most any player had this year in the league, I thought Kaplan’s league-leading 5 picks and 3 ret TDs was All Pro worthy. But I was clearly wrong. But the 16 pasdef for Flemming, again, a team leading number. CB Dalton good with 3 and 12,and don’t forget that Felker was limited by injury the whole season. Bodell had 36 KRB, 2 pancakes, and 6 sacks allowed OT Raymond, 32, 0, and 9 allow OG Guzy, 28, 0 and 7 Carlisle, 14 games, 27, 0 and 4 allow Laird, 14 games, 21, 0 and 5
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03-14-2017, 02:04 AM
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Team Awards:
Off Player of the Year: TE Perrone – really put together a great year for us. Only 4 TEs had more receiving yards, and such. Good job Perrone! Def. Player – LB Flemming. Duh. Special Teams Player – WR Hatcher, with 2 KR RET RDs on the year. Nicely done sir! It’s harder in this era to get KR RET TD after they were hosed, so Hatcher really outperformed Rookie of the Year: OG Guzy, started, and never was kept back Heart Award – DE Lane – Our runs specialist had a good, solid year spelling our team, getting some pressure on the QB, and doing some damage. Good job Lane! Flemming is clearly a monster... The Flemming Watch – In two years, this SLB has: Two Defensive Player of the year awards 14.5 sacks 5 blockes 10 Hurries 219 solo tackles 44 Assists 27 QBKD 8 Ints, 25 PasDef 3 FF, 1 Fum Rec, 1 FR TD In real life, only Watt, Lawrence Taylor, Singletary, Bruce Smith, Reggie White, Ray Lewis, and Joe Greene have more than 1 Defensive Player of the year, so that is elite company already. Only two – Watt and LT have 3. No one has more. So we have a guy who has his entire career to beat those record. Just 1 other rookie, LT, won the award their rookie season. How many teams in the league have 3-4 defenses right now? 22 of 32. Crazy trend. So, given that, I;m even more surprised that Flemming fell. I usually have issues getting my Lbs in my 4-3 formats All Pros and more, because you are competing against teams with 3-4 configurations and more players to complete against as well, so I found All Pros just harder to crack. I know how to get All Pro in the secondary or D Line, what to emphasize and more. But still, I’m impressed that Flemming was this good this fast.
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03-14-2017, 02:12 AM
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End of Season:
Perform – 66 Value – 65 Profit – 64 Roster – 65 Score – 65 New Hall of Game entries – QBs Dalton, Newton and Bridgewater RB David Johnson DE Joey Bosa and Leonard Williams Retirements – We lost no one o Others of Note – QBs Wentz, Jamison, Mariota RB Diego Lorey – one of the architects of the Cleveland juggernaut – 3 rings, 4 All Pros, Off Rookie of the year, 12167 rushing yards, 84 rush scores. 4206 rec yards, 28 rec TDs. Future HOF? I;m not sure... Hopefully! FB Ralph Schuster, 3 rings, 5 All Pros, played for us (Browns) almost his whole career under they let him go to Green Bay last year. WR Clayton Bradley, 11692 yards, 1 ring, 4 All Pros, league’s fastest man 2x. WR Gabe Delany, 10425 yards, 2 All Procs, Longtime OG for Browns, Norman Maurer retired. Franchise Value - 14th least value 15th best roster 12th worst stadium 8th worst support 13th best economy We made 53 mill Rose to 91.4% attendance
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03-14-2017, 02:42 AM
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Staff –
I give a raise to OC Steve Smith, and then.... Staff Draft. We grab 18th. I make no staff changes We have 44 under roster. Anyone I want to tag? My UFAs: Swift, Willing, Dalton, Sanford, Gretsky, Branch, and Johnstone. Nah, we’re good. I raise my prices
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03-14-2017, 03:57 AM
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Free Agency, 2031
I move to FA and we draft 24th This is the first time we have real potential targets for signing – CB Dana Cortez, from Cleveland is 72 and 5 years old and DE Kody Benson is 70, 6 years, and even SE Dan Mercado is 63 and 8, and so forth. We even have top flight kickers available. I have a ton of money under the cap – 80 mill and 70 for new players. So I can chase pretty much anyone. I make offers to all three of my RFAs then, even a more than are pricier. Anyone I want to keep? P Michi by two more years LS Zirn by a year FL Hatcher – 4 year deal C Lowe by another year I hold onto players like C Carlisle, Crawford, Sanderson, SE King and such until after the draft, and perhaps even at the end of the pre-season games when I’ll know my roster better Any major moves or changes with my roster? Jacobs didn’t do much, but he’s 64/80 now. WLB did not work out for him. I got to find somewhere for him to blow up. Week 2 – Do I want to fight for Cortez? Right now he’s at 115 mill for 5 years. Very, very, expensive. He;s entering the prime of his career, but he only has 16 picks and 24 pasdef, so he would underplay his abilities. He’d replace Henderson as my longterm starter at CB, and Henderson, at 52 skill, and 30 years of age in his 78th year, is in a very different place. Cortez? Will Cortez help shut folks down? Do I have too many good quality DBacks to make him work? Other options for talent acquisition: I need: Starting QB only, backup otherwise Starting RB TE for depth Top flight WR Star CB That’s it I offer RB Dana Abrams, 3 years, 11.5 mill I have a few players out there I need to bring in for big contracts coming up = namely Flemming, SS Clayton, and even K Bridges. But I have so much money right now, no reason not to chase Cortex, my old guy. I make an offer for Dana Cortez – 5 years, 118 mill He is tied with two other CBs at 72 as the best CB in the league. You gotta pay to play.
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03-14-2017, 07:00 PM
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Week 3 – They both have signed
Alright, that’s serious fun. Our cap after we played that game is a simple 50 mill left, 42 after the draft. But again, I don’t want to blow that cash too easily. My cap for CB Cortez was simple – 21 mill for the first four years, and then 29 mill his final year. I wanted to keep it flat, as I had spent so much cash on him. Here let me show you... Here are the Cbs in this league, listed by potential ratings. I also put RB Adams up so you could see him too.  You can see Dana’s current high is better than everybody but 1 3rd year vet. Only 7 players in the league are at 70 or more potential, and Dana’s is pretty saucy. Now, is there anyone else I want? Any other targets that make sense? Now that his price dropped, I make an offer to bring back Ben, as my main or backup, for 2 years, 7 mill. I am going to make a cool change, by the by for y’all. No more trading for picks. I can trade picks for players, or vice versa, but no more draft manipulations. I don’t want to get accused too much, right? Even if the trades are, technically, in the favor of those I made them with by points. A lot of my solid backups are heading off. Do I want to fight to keep a CB Dalton? A RB Johnstone? A TE Gretsky? I make a 6 mill, 2 year deal offer for Gretsky, and then I wont chase my good backup CBs, now that I overlaid Cortez over Henderson. I can drop Henderson to their role as nickel or sub for injury. For depth: 1 S 1 CB 1 RB And then starters at QB, maybe a over-the-top WR given the age and reduction of my core three, ditto OT, and then maybe one for FS much later. Kaplan is good, but 30. Alright, anyone in FA that rubs my belly? Nah Week 5 – Johnstone heads to the Jets Week 7 – Swift signs, Branch heads to Denver Week 8 – Gretsky signs Let me looksee the draftsee I interview OTs, WRs, and QBs but find nothing. Nothing.
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03-14-2017, 08:51 PM
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The 2031 NFL Amateur Draft
DT Giles Washington heads at 1.1 to Washington. Think it’s because of the name? 1.24 arrives, who do I like? Two solid Lbs I can’t touch A DE who looks just top class A bunch of solid D Backs? SS Burks and move to FS? RB Jerome Osterhaus? Or a grower WR that has horrible bars and great just great combines, but without knowing where he’ll end up? Fastest player in the draft with 4.26 dash, reds in two other places, and two blues. But do I take him knowing he’s likely a long term project grower? You know what? Why not? I currently have good WRs on my roster, so I’m not losing anything by growing him now, right? I know a lot of folks who play FOF who would take the gamble. It’s not my style, but that doesn’t mean he won’t work out either. I take WR Curtis Holbert. 2.23? C Carlton Sellers? LB Malachi Shea? RT Bozeman? CB Brooks? I like them all. But none of those are positions of need. Shea is the best by far, and I could keep Shea, my two 1st rounders, and Crawford and Tubbs here, and let Sanderson and others go. Shea is an inside LB. Looks great. I would never normally go C this high, you can always get quality later, and I have a starter who’s 59/59, but Sellers looks sexy, but not stud-level sexy that would lead to me pulling the trigger, just really, really good. Brooks is great as a backup, but is the weakest of these three, and could be a solid dime or nickel back later. He may only be a good, high or mid 50s, but with o weaknesses. RT Bozeman appears the best of the OT lot that is left. So who and where? I think when you get past the 50th pick in the draft, including here at 55, you have to take high talent that is this good when you see it. Shea is quality quality nice. I have to go with him. 1 red (speed) and 5 blue stats in the combine too. 3.22? Bozeman is still on the board, oddly. Three other OTs went. I take Bozeman, and I don’t look back. The 4th arrives and with it a few players I like such as DE Walter and FS Allen. But I need Safety help and FS too, so I can grab Allen as a backup, with some large potential bars 5th? C McCarthy is a solid pickup this late. Very few Centers went. 6th? OG Tim Banks. 7th? CB Louie Perry. Many of these later picks are showers, not growers. We’ll see if they fall or rise later on.
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03-14-2017, 11:11 PM
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Holbert comes in 39/46. Just got to have faith in growing ness
That DE I liked in the 1st went the pick after me and is 36/76. Shea? 30/75 went three picks later. Chicago has voted to move to...... Colorado Springs. That....makes no sense to me at all. Now I had interviewed 6 QBs in this draft, all came back overrated or very overrated, and none had good bars to begin with. No QB came out with a potential higher than 54. Late FA! I have 58 players under contract. I don’t need to chase much: I make offers to UFA RB Norbert Mabe, RB Gregory Wolfe, I have holdouts by Perrone and Crawford. Perrone is the 5th best TE in the league and wants to be paid like it. I signed him, long term, to a now below market salary, and he’s making 3 mill this year and 3.5 mill next. He wants 5 years 65 mill. I do it. That’s fair. I’m not touching Crawford right now. We’re good with my offers. Week 2 – They all sign. Pre Camp, here is where my rookies are: 39/46 Holbert 30/76 Shea 20/62 Bozeman 31/52 McCarthy 20/52 Allen 21/50 Parry 28/56 Banks Draft Review B, no one on the Green page In Holbert I trust....
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03-14-2017, 11:17 PM
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Camping!
Crawford ended his hold out. SE Holbert rises to 43/54 Other rookie related moves? RT Bozeman fell to 25/54 C McCarthy to 36/60 No other major changes yet. I cut LB Jack Kaplan; WR Rood, We finish the preseason 3-1 and then I cut OT Divirglio, RG David Drake, CB Parrey dropped so I cut him Major changes of rookies post camp – Holbert now 47/63 OG Banks ebbed to 26/55 C McCarthy now 37/60 FS Allen rose to 28/60 Shea fell to 37/71 Bozeman is out for a few weeks I am going to reverse this script. Swift continues to look better on paper than Rhodes. And last year, other than the playoff egg, Swift was playing better. So, will Swift be the better QB this year? Let’s find out. Here’s muh roster: Code:
Anyone I want to extend? Only Crawford and Carlisle start for me. Carlisle can be replaced by people on the roster . Tubbs and Sanderson are buried in the middle. But Crawford is solid. But he is now banished to the WILB spot, the least likely to do anything spot on a 3-4, because of the additions of Shea, Flemming, and Jacobs. We’ll see if he does well this year there, but Sanderson didn’t last year. We’re good!
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03-15-2017, 12:18 AM
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Week 1 – We beat Oakland 27-20, and MOM is LB Crawford. It’s like he heard me. Sack, pick, FF by DT Stearne, picks by LB Shea in his first game, CB Felker, and SLB Flemming, returned for a score. 3 KRB each by Carlisle and Bodell. Swift was anemic with 18 of 24, 1:1 and hit Perrone for that score.
Swift you are going to have a quick hook. You know that, right? Duzy is questionable for a bit. OT Raymond out or 7 weeks with a torn elbow tendon OT Darryl Skae will start for him until his return Week 2 – We lose to the Pack 24-13. Swift, 15 of 33, 167 and 1:2. WR King with the score. Picks by Flemming and Kaplan. 4 KRB by Bodell No injury news. Week 3 – We beat Buffalo by 16. Swift is MOM with 20 of 30, 239 and 3:!, and hit Hatcher, WR Colbert, and RB abrams for scores, and Abraham, had 18 for 74 and a score on the ground. CB Felker rocked 2 picks. Carlise and Laird with 3 KRB each. No major injury news. Swift, you got a reprive. Don’t screw it up. Week 4 – BYE Week 5 -Tennessee falls before us 30-7. MOM is Flemming with 1 picks, 1 FF and 2.5 sacks. Henderson and Jacobs with picks too. Swift was 20 for 35, 272, 2:0 and nailed Hatcher and Frederick for scores. Both Abrams and Barrett rushed for scores. With a concussion, backup C Tevin Lowe is out for 10 weeks. I consider IR, but I go deactivations for now.
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03-15-2017, 01:45 AM
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Week 6 – We beat the Texans 24-20. MOM is Swift with 19 of 33, 239 and 1:0, hitting RB Abrams for a score, and Hatcher and Barrett rushed for scores. Abrams was knocked out and is out for a few weeks. Picks by Cortez and Henderson.
Week 7 – We edge the Colts 24-21. MOM is Cortez with a pick returned 80 yards for a score. Kaplan a pick as well. Swift was 17 of 28, 230 and 2:1 and hit Frederick for two scores. Week 8 – We lose to the undefeated Jaguars 10-35. Swift? 13 of 26, 146, 1:1, and Frederick with the score. Flemming with a pick. DE Benton with a FF that DE Cobb recovered. 2.5 sacks by Benton. OT Raymond is back from injury. Week 9 – We beat Oakland 24-10. MOM is Flemming with 4 sacks, 1 FF. Cobb had 2 FF and 2.5 sacks. Swift was 17 of 28, 205, and 3:1, and Frederick had 1 TD and Hatcher 2. INT by Sanderson RB Adams is back next week from injury. FS Allen is out with a concussion for a few weeks.
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03-15-2017, 01:50 AM
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Week 10 – We crush the Broncos 37-10. MOM is Flemming with 2 FF and 4 sacks. Pick by SS Kaplan returned for a score. 2 picks by LB Jacobs, 1 returned for a score. Swift is 20 of 35, 262, 2:1. Frederick both scores. Barrett rushes for a score too.
My defense is just crazy good right now. OT Skae out for 20 weeks with torn biceps. I IR him and sign LT Myron Anderson, a 41/41 guy to my squad. Week 11 – We beat San Diego 23-13. MOM is OG Laird, with 6 KRB, and Bodell had 5. Adams had 112 yards, and Barrett had 2 rushing scores. (Barrett is my short yardage RB). Swift was not with 14 of 19, 129 and 0:0. Picks by LB Crawford and Henderson. 2 FF by DT Sterne, 1 by Flemming, and 1 FumRec by Cobb Week 12 – We win strongly, 30-7 over the Lions. We have some odd statlines, here – look: QB Ben Swift, MOM, 20 for 30, 191 yards, 1:0, and then 8 carries, 26 yards, and 2 scores on the groun RB Barrett, 15 for 104 yards RB Abrams, 14 for 89 So we had more than 200 yards on the ground Perrone had 99 yards Cortez with 2 picks FF by Sterne, Rec by Flemming 2 sacks by Sterne, Cobb, and 2.5 by Flemming 5 KRB by Bodell, 4 by Guzy, 3 by Raymond and Carlisle Lots of stuff in this game. QB Rhodes is questionable for a month Week 13 – We blow out the Steelers 30-6. MOM is Swift with 24 of 30, 240 and 3:0 and hit Frederick for 109 and 2 scores and Hatcher for the other score. Abrams was 20 for 97 and a TD. SS Clayton with a pick. 2 sacks each by Flemming and Benton. 1 FF and Rec by Benton. 1 FF by Clayton, recovery by Cobb. Laird and Duzy each with 4 KRB
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03-15-2017, 02:17 AM
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Week 14 – We lose to the Bears 16-19. Swift was 29 of 42, 340 and 1:2 and rookie Curtis Holbert had 107 yards and the lone score. FF by Clayton, Rec by Felker. 3 KRB by Guzy
A few backups are returned from injury, like C Lowe. Week 15 – We win 40-37 in a crazy game. Tied 34-34, heads to OT, and we both make FGs on opening drive, and Fields finally gets us the winner with 1 minute left. Fields was 5 for 5. Despite the length of the game, no picks, no sacks, and no fumbles. Abrams was 21 for 102 and 1 score, and Swift was MOM with 38 of 52, 429 and 2:1, and hit Hatcher and Holbert for scores and Hatcher rushed for another. 7 KRB by Laird, 3 by Guzy and Raymond At 11-3, we are tied with the Jags for lead in the AFC. We won the AFC West this week. Denver, at 7-7, is the next closest team. We do not have a bye yet, there are competitors in other places too. Week 16 – The Vikings fall 13-23. Mom is Swift with 16 of 29, 191 and 1:0, ad 1 rush TD too. He his Hatcher for the score. 2 picks by CB Felker, 1 each by Kaplan and Jacobs. Abrams with 16 for 101 yards, and Duzy had 3 KRB. 2 sacks by Cobb TE Perrone broke some ribs and will be out for a month. Gretsky starts. Week 17 – We smash the Broncos 28-3. MOM Is Swift with 24 of 35, 3:0, and 408 yards, and he hit Frederick for 123 yards a 1 score, Hatcher for 100 yard, and Holbert and Gretsky for 1 score each. RB Adams added a score on the ground. 3 sacks by LB DeAndre Jacobs. 4 KRb by Guzy. We finish 13-3 and won the top seed in the AFC and a bye
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03-15-2017, 02:51 AM
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The 2031 NFL Playoffs
AFC: 1. Kansas City, 13-3 2. Bengals, 12-4 3. Jags, 11-5 4. Jets, 10-6 5. Steelers, 10-6 6. Ravens, 9-7 We have a blisteringly good defense, and Flemming continues to play just lights out top flight football. WC Round – Giants at Chicago 49ers at Seahawks Ravens at Jags Steelers at Jets Baltimore with 27-17 Jets win 16-10 Seahawks 20-3 Bears 30-23 Setting up... Week 2 – We host the Ravens Cincinnati hosts the Jets Reskins host Seahawks Falcons host Bears Can my defense continue to smother folks? Yes we can. We win 32-24. Appropriately, Flemming is MOM. 3 sacks and a FF. Picks by LB Tubbs and CB Henderson. Swift was 21 of 30, 252, and 2:1. He hit Hatcher for 130 yards and a score, ad RB Abrams for the other TD. Abrams rushed 19 for 79 and a score. 2.5 sacks by Cobb, and 1.5 by De Lane. 4 KRB by Guzy Atlanta over Chicago, 27-13 Bengals over Jets 27-21 Seattle over Washington 20-14 We do have an injury. Dana Cortez is out for a few weeks, and Henderson will be stepping into the lineup. Week 3 – Conference Champs We host Cincinnati Atlanta hosts Seattle Is this going to be my first Super Bowl appearance with this generation of the Chiefs? Am I about to make it? Nope We lose 16-13. Had to be Swift right? Well....21 of 39, 0:0, 215 yards ain;t amazing. Barrett rushed for a score, and Abrams had 18 for 101. 2 sacks by Cobb, no picks, no FF, no turnovers at all. Laird and Carlisle with 3 KRB each. Weak game. 13-3 at the beginning of the fourth, but it was tied at regulation after Cincy scored 10 in the 4th to bring them to 13-13, and then a FG to win it. They willed it. Atlanta 23, Seattle 7 Super Bowl Atlanta vs Cincy Atlanta wins 27-6
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03-15-2017, 04:27 PM
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Alright, Season Awards?
Defensive Player of the Year: SLB Randall Flemming All-Pro 1st Team: Flemming, SS Clayton All-Pro 2nd Team: OG Laird Fastest Man: WR Curtis Holbert STATS! Code:
Swift was an adequate starter. 3800 yards, 93.8 QB Rating, 27:12 TD:Int ratio. He was fine. I started Rhodes last year hoping he’d grow, but he didn’t but Swift had the QB spot from here until I can secure a real QB or a ufa that I was to try out as Otto Graham Rushes – Abrams – 203 for 878, 4.33 ypc, 4 scores Barrett – 191 for 620, 3.25 ypc, 6 scores Swift, 67 for 358, 5.34 ypc, 3 scores WR Hatcher, 9 for 92 2 scores We had a lot of yards with my Adams and Barrett committee, and Adams was injured too, if you’ll recall. Abrams is better, and I want to give him more of the ball moving forward though CATCH: Code:
Frederick really caught on as the receiver of choice for Swift this year. We had a lot of noise in the WR corp. With Rhodes, TE Perrone was the key receiver, but he’s not Swift’s. You can see the considerable drop in targets and catches, thus in yards and TDs. We use Hatcher like an athlete, with him as a returner, running reverses, and stretching the field. So he’s always a strong guy, and I like him for it. King was my 4th WR and got nothing. Swift had other targets and never cared. Holbert is the future of this receiving group. K Fields was 33 of 43, long of 55, 45/45 PAT P Michi, 90 punts, 46.3 avg, 43 in 20 almost half Check out DEF STATS! Code:
Flemming had 20.5 sacks. The next highest in the NFL was 13.5, so he led the league by SEVEN sacks. DE Benton;s 10 sacks, and DE Jacobs finally had a good season. I was afraid he might have busted after he had a poor rookie year, but he came back hard. DE Cobb with a down year, and Sterne looked good. Lane is ironic. He is a run stopping DE with a 26 pass rush tech, and 66 strength. But he got 4 sacks spelling others. Pass cover!!! Code:
5 picks by CB Felkner and 4 each bu Kaplan, Cortez, Flemming, and Jacobs was a solid year picking the ball. Genderson with 3? Crawford with 2? Clayton with 1? Shea with one? Good stuff. But I was surprised to see Clayton with an All Pro. Why? 1 pick? He led my team with 16 pasdef. And tied two others for most in the league. Just 2 FFs. I don’t know if that was enough, but I’ll take it. Cortez certainly fit in, with 4 picks and 1 returned for a score. Blocking: OG Laird – 40 KRB, 0 pancakes, 4 sacks allowed OG Bodell – 28, 5, and 6 sacks OG Guzy – 28, 0 and 2 sacks C Carlisle – 24, 0 and 2 OT Raymond, 9 starts, 13, 0, and 7 Laird was 2nd in the league in KRB, and other than Raymond, reduced sack numbers too, which is nice to see
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03-15-2017, 07:05 PM
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The Flemming Watch
Year 3, 3 Defensive Player of the Years: 338 solo tacks, 82 assists 35 sacks 8 locks, 23 hurries, 52 QBKD 12 picks, 35 pas def, 1 INT RT TD 10 FF, 2 FumRec, 1 FR RT TD Alright, hello 2032 – Team Perform – 83 Value – 69 Profit – 66 Roster - 68 Score – 71 Hall of Fame – Andrew Luck and OG Ali Marpet are it. Not sure why or how Marpet made it. Low KR numbers, no rings, just 3 All Pros Value: 19th highest value 5th best roster 9th worst support 12th worst stadium 12th best economy We made 63 mill 95.3% occupancy Retirements We have two. One I think we all saw coming, WR King. The other is OG Bodell, just 31, having a late career renaissance with me, not sure why he retired. Here, let me show you what I mean with Bodell. Started in 2023. Did not start. In 2024 started 8 games, had 8 KRB. 2025, 16 starts, 21 KRB. Then just 12 the next year. In 2027, 19. Then I arrive in 2028. We have him with 32, 21, 36, and 28, and the 21 was an injury aborted season with just games. He was an All Pro with me in 2030, and never lost a step statistically. Not sure why he would retire at 31. We’ll have to replace Bodell Other retirements of note: QB Dak Prescott, retured as Legend of the Game RB Floyd Conley, 10836 yards, 75 TDs, 2 All Pros, SE Blake King – 10417 yards, 3 All Pros, faded by the time I arrived, and just never had a good QB chucking at him. Was always a top 5 or 6 or 7 WR, sort of like a certain Larry Fitzgerald in Arizona. SE Dustin Wright, 4 rings, former one of my Browns, 3 All Pros, 12874 yards, 86 scores – Hall of Fame? Probably C Malachi Cortez, 4 All Pros, 414 KRb, 68 pancakes, 35 sacks allowed DE Michael Carlisle, 135 sacks, 7 All Pros, Def Player of Year in 2024. Definitely Canton bound SS Devon Reynolds, 6 time All Pro, Def Player of the Year 2022, 38 picks, 147 pasdef, SS Brandon Carlisle, 5 time AL Pro, 41 picks, 85 pasdef SS Scottie Kempthorn, one of mine for a while with Cleveland, got a few rings, retired
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03-15-2017, 07:35 PM
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Coaches:
I send missives to raise and retain four of my staff Coach Draft- We pick 16. I skip HC, I do hire a new OC, Cameron Fleming an O Line specialist with better play calling and some other expertise. I hire AJ Smith as a better AC. Alright, I have 40 players under contract with these UFas: QB Snyder TE Crawford, TE Browse DE Lane LT Anderson C Carlise ILB Sanderson ILB Crawford ILB Tubbs ILB Lujan DT Steussie None of those are taggable.
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03-15-2017, 08:31 PM
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It's a privilege to watch Randall Flemming play the game of football. He will go down as one of the all-time greats.
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03-15-2017, 08:49 PM
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2032 Free Agency!
I open FA with 64 mill under the cap, room for 54. That is about to change.... Flemming – 5 years, 143 mill Clayton – 4 years, 40 mill DE Benton 3 years, 40 mill DT Sterne, 3 years, 32 mill CB Felkner, 4 years, 45 mill I extend TE Gretsky by two more years, FB Bradford by one, LS Zirn, RB Barrett by 1 year, OG Laird by 1 year, I am going to keep Kaplan, Henderson, Raymond, in their final year, in case we get better, or they drop in camp or something later Swift wants real QB money. Nope! Alright, let’s advance to week 2 and review FA and see what’s too see: I need: Starting QB or backup Qb Backup RB TEx2 backup WR backup Backup OG OT Starter I can start OG Duzy in Bodell’s spot. Now I just need an RT again. Stud younger P only Backup DE Backup DT or DE 1 starter LB (Unless I want to move over 57/57 Danieles) 2-3 backup LBs Backup CB We have another apair pf studs on defense, CB Enrique Newton, 77/77 guy, and 74/74 DT Noah Downs, 6th year vet. Both in their primes And we have a few players in their 60s – C, SLB, and MLB and such. Tons of 50s too. And one feasible QB on the market, QB Arnold Nichols, 32, 56/56, from St Louis, Missouri, drafted by Jags, played there who career, only has 54 starts, and just stared 1 full season in 2029 when he had 3900, 22:11, and such. Never had a career year better than Swift. Sort of like Swift. 1st rounder, neve developed, but backup here and there for later talent to get drafted. Jax drafted a stud, but held onto Nichols as insurance and mentor for years, He wants real, starter level cash, like 16 mill/year cash No thanks There are no good OTs. The best is 51/51 12th year, and then 49/49. I was hoping Bozeman would grow into a starter but he dropped post-draft. Similarly, OG Banks fell a bit again to 27/52. Otherwise I could have slid Guzy back to OT and started him. I make an offer for 11 mill, 3 years, to RT Damian Valle There are some better LBs, but they are trouble causers with my leaders, So I make an offer for Crawford to return – 2 years, 7.25 mill I offer 3 years, 11.5 mill for DE Lane to return I make an offer for 3 mill, 2 years, for OG Harvey Gibbons By week 10 they have signed. C Cornelius went to San Francisco, Sanderson to Tampa, Tubbs to San Diego, Lujan to Tampa,
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I know. I was seriously blessed by the Football Gods with him!
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03-15-2017, 09:34 PM
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Wow, wow, wow, wow! Almost $30m a year for a linebacker?!
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03-15-2017, 09:55 PM
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The 2032 NFL Amateur Draft
Now the big question is.....am I getting a QB in this draft? We have five I copped out that are solid. One hit, and four okays. At 30, are they making it to me? Qbs go picks 1, 3, 6 and....? That’s it. QB hungry teams don’t tend to draft down the chart. Now here are those I scouted still on the board: QB Emmett Elliott – Hard to Read, 16 volatility, red core in screen, blue in smarts and agility. The 2nd smartest Qb in the draft, and 3rd fastest left. Bars? Ain;t great QB Al Fields – As scouted, high 76 volatility, 0 listed accuracy, blue speed and agility, black everywhere else. Other than accuracy, and a low sense rush and read d, very well rounded bars. Neither are amazing really. This is a very weak draft, so I may just want to take talent rather than a QB that sucks. LT Axel Kelley? TE Whalen? RT Marquardt? DT Hixon? I go with Kelley. He’s at need. Not quality, but he’ll work. 2nd round – C Carlos Germain? DT Donnie Newhart? TE Brooks? A few folks are here I like. I’m going best available, DT Newhart, who looks good, with 4 blues, and a specialist for 3-4 NT stuff. So I take him as a useful backup or trade bait and such. Run stopping specialist. 3rd – CB Howard Mayes 4th – DE Desmond Roberson 5th - C Sandemeyer 6th Round P Derek Grandon – looks like a rock solid stud 7th Round – MLB Owens Miles? WLB Jaffe? I go ILB Orlando Newhart
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When he's that good? Hell's yeah! How much would you pay for JJ Watt in his prime? To be fair, the cap is 267 mill this year too.
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03-15-2017, 10:46 PM
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Location: Catonsville, MD
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B+ draft results
Alright, here are my early players: OT Kelley, 23/67 C Sandmeyer – 26/69 DT Newhart – 33/71 P Grandon 60/69 DE Roberson 27/66 ILB Newhart – 20/48 CB Mayes – 22/39 So some good and some off The later round ones that look good, like Sandmeyer, are showers not growers, and could be busts later. That’s true of a lot of people here. This is a weak draft. Here I will show you – We gave 2 O Line with 80s – including C Carlos Germain. Should have grabbed him. And 5 more in the 60s. 7 total 60+, across 5 positions. We have two with Kelley and Sandmeyer. We gave 1 D Line in the 80s, 1 in the 70s, 3 in the 60s. We have two with Roberson and Newhart, but again, they may be showers that drop. We have just 1 LB with a 66 potential, no other 60 or higher LBs. We have 4 D Backs with a potential 60 or higher. No QB, other than the top pick, with a potential higher than 53. 1 Rb in the 60s at 62. No FBs. 3 TEs in the 60s. 1 WR at 62 and that’s it. Not what you might normally expect. But that’s what it is. Two of these players are in my trick to find good talent. Review players who have no combine scores as they were not invited. There are always three or four that have great bars much higher than their rating would suggest. I like to interview them and see what we can see. Both C Sandmeyer and DE Roberson were without combine invites. Next up:
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03-15-2017, 11:48 PM
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2032 Late Free Agency:
Targets: TE Roosevelt Hammers, 3 years, 5 mills UFas: Great P Zack Preston for competition There’s nothing wrong with P Michi, but he is an expensive, 58/58 old Punter entering his 15th year as a pro. So if I can come across a replacement, especially in weak draft like this one, I;m all in. RB Theodore Blackburn MLB Miles Owens – I may have missed on not drafting him, with a 27/59 start DT Trey Schmidtz QB Nicholas Delgado WLB Bryce Jaffe FS Ben Campbell RCB Reggie Stevenson TE Randall Burden WR Alexander Gardener RB Dylan Rose Week 2 – I bring in 7. Week 3 – 3 more as well Week 4 – Everybody else joins us
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03-16-2017, 12:06 AM
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CAMPING!
We sell 42500 season tix I cut RB Rose, Much like Bodell, Laird has had a late career renaissance. He had two All Pros during my time here with the Chiefs. Now he is 32, 10th year in the league, and dropped to 50/50. He’s not even one of my top two guards, even with the retirement of Bodell. I can have Duzy, my best O Line guy, and signee OG Harvey Gibbons as my starters,a nd both are better. Laird is pricey, old, and just 50/50 these days, nothing special. I cut Laird. It’s time. Thanks for your service! One of the things I love about Mayes is that he can be my KR and PR specialist for both. Hatcher is getting older, so pulling him off that duty makes a lot of sense. We finish the preseason 2-2, and we have a few injuries. RB Barrett, S Campbell, and C Tavin Lowe are out. I cut P Luther Michi, P grandon won the Punter wars with 70/80 ability post-camp and playing. Good stuff from him I cut disappointment OT Bozeman Rookie Sandmeyer grew to 37/75 in preseason and I will start him moving forward. Rookie DT Newhart is saucy with 36/67 left. Ah well. Sometimes showers boomed, like Sandmeyer, and others faded. And we have 35/63 DE Roberson who looks hot to trot too. I may have movement on my D Line later. Undrafted FA LB Jaffe has risen twice to 34/60. Newhart fell to 23/40. Owens dropped to 28/47. I cut 7th round pick Newhart I cut DT Schmidtz and FS Ben Campbell. In camp, FS Kaplan, a 10th year vet, dropped to 47.47, and I started FS Allen from last year’s draft, and he rose to 39/60. I’m going to start Allen this year. I cut CB Stevenson and my QB and I head into the season with just 2 QBs on my roster, Swift and Rhodes. I also have one more D Line than normal with my 3-4 team, due to the recent talent invasion there.
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03-16-2017, 12:08 AM
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Code:
Here’s Flemming in year 4, as with all players by current value. Flemming is the highest at 92. He is the best player in the league, period. 
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03-16-2017, 12:24 AM
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I extend:
K Elijah Fields by 3 years, 15 mill Won’t be extending starters Raymond, Henderson, Kaplan, Swift or backups CB Tubbs, SE Whalen, or RB Willis My prediction for this year? 12-4, #2 seed, make it to the Super Bowl and lose. Note some talent has dropped, like TE Perrone or WR Frederick, as well as the new youth of FS Allen and C Sandmeyer and LT Axel Kelley. Kelley may not have been the sexiest pick, and there may have been better players on the board, but getting a solid 60s Lt in the 1.30 spot is good value. We had some booming in camp with rookies, here let me show you, we were not the only ones:  Here are my rookies by potential. See the TE booms? Think I had a good draft? Check out Tennessee’s! They freaking broke this draft. Players on the board when I took Kelley included FS Henshaw, C Germain, TE Brooks, and such. Kelley is fine though. Other than QB Pancake, the stud in the draft taken 11, all fo the QBs in the draft fell and only one is at 50+ potential. Glad I went safe with Kelley there. I can see Kelley being a potential long term starter for me at LT, as well as Duzy and Sandmeyer.
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03-16-2017, 12:44 AM
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Week 1- Just like last year when we barely edged out our 1st week foe by a point, we do the same today, 24-23 over the Chargers. MOM is Swift with 23 of 31, 230 and 3:1. He his RB Abrams 2x and Frederick once for TDs. Hatcher catch 108 yards on the day. Pick by Cortez, FF by DE Cobb, and 4 KRB by Duzy.
C Devin Lowe returns from injury Week 2 – We have a bad win. We’ll talk about this alter and the injuries that came with it. MOM is Flemming – 2 picks, 1 returned for as core, and 3 sacks. We won16-10 over the Bucs. Swift was 19 of 38, 188 and 1:2, and hit rookie FL Gardener for a TD> Pick by CB Felker too. And injuries. These plaeyrs are out: FS Allen DE Lane OT Raymond Starting for them is Kaplan, no one he was a sub,and Lowe Week 3 – We lose 23-20 in OT to the Bengals. Pick by Cortez, 4 KRB by Duzy, Swift was 25 of 34 for 234 and 1:2 and rushed for a score. He hit WR Holbert for the other. Another injury. FB Bradford is out for 12 weeks. I deactivate him. I start TEs and RB Willis in his spots Week 4 – We beat the Jets 28-17. MOM is Swif with 21 of 32, 215 and 4:0. He hits WR Curtis Holbert for 3 TDs and HB Abrams for 1. Abrams adds 19 for 109 on the ground, 2 picks by backup S Franz, and 1 by Flemming. FF by Shea, recovered by Sterne. 3 KRB by Sandmeyer, Gibbons and 4 by Duzy No injury updates
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03-16-2017, 12:55 AM
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Week 5 – We barely lose to Oakland 34-31 . MOM is DE Cobb with 4 sacks. Picks by Henderson and Cortez. 1 FF by S Kaplan, and another by LB Jacobs. Felker recovered one. Swift was 32 of 46, 310, and 3:2, hitting TE Perrone, RB Abrams, and WE Hatcher for scores. Abrams added a score on the ground. 4 KRB by Gibbons, 3 by Duzy
Week 6 – BYE FOLKS RB Barrett is back from his injury. As is FS Allen. Week 7 -We host and crush the previously undefeated pats 34-13. Swif, MOM, is 23 of 33, 246, 4:0, and hit Abrams, Barrett, Holbert and Hatcher for scores. Abrams had 24 for 110 on the ground. Picks by Felker, Jacks and S Allen. Just 1 sack on the day. 5 KRB by Sandmeyer and 3 by Duzy Week 8 – We surprisingly manage to not lose vs 1 win Miami 26-21. MOM is Flemming with 2 sacks, 2 FF. Another FF by Jacobs, and a pick by Cortez. Swift? 21 of 31, 178, 2:1. Frederick and Holbert with the scores. Dana Abrams is 25 for 132 and 1 on the ground. 5 KRb by Lowe, 4 by Gibbons. Week 9 – We have a big challenge coming up – the 6-1 Broncos. We win 20-17 in a very important game. Swift is MOM with 26 of 33, 237 and 2:1 and hit WR Fredericka ndn TE Hammers for TDs. CB Henderson and LB Crawford with picks. FF by LB Sam Danieles. 4 KRB by Kelley, 3 by Gibbins and Sandmeyer Now we have a sad injury. Going into this game. DE Cobb was leading my team in sacks, but he was injured, and will be out for a few weeks. Rookie Roberson will start for him until his return.
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