FOF8: Life In A Sandbox (Empty Cupboard)

[Young Drachma]

I'm a well-documented tinkerer, so I can never really get a handle on FOF. That said, I bought FOF8 in a moment of weakness and maybe to get me to stop playing college basketball and building cities temporarily.

This omnibus dynasty should last me through whenever I get bored, I imagine unless I somehow start figuring out what the hell I'm doing.

We are headed into the 2059 season.

BACKGROUND

I created a fictional NFL with real team names, but put teams in non-NFL cities deliberately. I've also simmed like 30+ seasons to get some history. I originally started with the Orlando Titans (who now play in Anchorage) and then a few years ago in simming, moved over to the Sioux Falls Vikings (who have moved to Youngstown, OH) for this upcoming season.

The AI moved the Rams to Athens, GA and the Packers from Cheyenne, WY to Ann Arbor, MI. Hate that the game moves teams without any say, but it's partially why I just put them in ridiculous places to start.

Apparently Davenport are moving somewhere, too, but no idea where.


Here's how everyone has done up through the end of the 2058 season.

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Team Regular Season and Playoff Records
   
  Team            Reg. Season Pct    Playoff Record      Pct    Bowls  Champs  
Richmond Jets     392-292-4   .572   25      24-21       .533   4      4        
San Antonio Saints376-310-2   .547   21      21-17       .552   5      4        
Burlington (VT) Gi340-345-3   .496   16      24-12       .666   4      4        
Fargo (ND) Lions  376-308-4   .549   24      26-21       .553   6      3        
Grand Rapids Raven357-327-4   .521   16      18-13       .580   5      3        
Salt Lake City Sea383-304-1   .557   24      24-22       .521   5      2        
Las Vegas Raiders 375-312-1   .545   21      22-19       .536   6      2        
El Paso Browns    370-315-3   .539   19      19-17       .527   4      2        
Allentown Bills   363-322-3   .529   22      16-20       .444   3      2        
Albuquerque Charge361-325-2   .526   21      20-19       .512   4      2        
Rochester Eagles  353-333-2   .514   19      17-17       .500   3      2        
Boise Cardinals   352-335-1   .512   18      19-16       .542   4      2        
Little Rock Jaguar349-338-1   .507   15      17-13       .566   3      2        
Dayton Bengals    322-362-4   .470   15      16-13       .551   4      2        
Portland (OR) 49er374-310-4   .546   16      12-15       .444   2      1        
Birmingham Falcons361-325-2   .526   17      13-16       .448   3      1        
Worcester Patriots330-356-2   .481   14      11-13       .458   2      1        
Hartford Dolphins 326-361-1   .474   16      17-15       .531   2      1        
Anchorage Titans  313-374-1   .455   13      11-12       .478   1      1        
Chattanooga Panthe312-375-1   .454   12      8-11        .421   1      1        
Athens (GA) Rams  302-383-3   .441   10      9-9         .500   2      1        
Scranton Football 373-311-4   .545   19      18-19       .486   3      0        
Newark Cowboys    358-329-1   .521   15      11-15       .423   2      0        
Raleigh Colts     357-330-1   .519   16      13-16       .448   2      0        
Austin Texans     342-345-1   .497   17      10-17       .370   1      0        
Mobile Buccaneers 326-359-3   .476   12      5-12        .294   0      0        
**Youngstown Vikin320-365-3   .467   13      16-13       .551   3      0        
Omaha Chiefs      314-374-0   .456   12      11-12       .478   1      0        
Ann Arbor Packers 311-374-3   .454   14      10-14       .416   0      0        
Milwaukee Bears   302-386-0   .438   8       3-8         .272   0      0        
Honolulu Broncos  297-389-2   .433   9       9-9         .500   1      0        
Davenport (IA) Ste286-399-3   .417   7       3-7         .300   0      0        

[Young Drachma]

I'm not really good enough at FOF to have a ton of house rules constraining me, but here's how I'm playing:

INJURIES: 200 (I like realistic injury issues and giving backups a chance to shine.)

CAP VARIABILITY: 10-99. Because why not?

CHEMISTRY: Off.

AI HANDLED DEPTH CHARTS: I don't have time for this level of micromanaging.

GAMEPLANNING: Haha, right. Not happening.

EMPTY CUPBOARD: Because the league is fictional and I don't know these dudes, I'm just going to do an empty cupboard when I finally start taking over this team. We'll release everybody.

Borrowing from BELCO:

Cut every player. In staff draft, replace all staff members with staff who have never had a job. Start first season, with a roster consisting of 100% rookies and first-time staff members. Moving forward, every player on my roster and staff member on my payroll must be "home-grown." For players, that means they must be initially acquired by draft or as undrafted rookies. (If one of my guys hits FA, I am allowed to sign him on the open market, but no signing FAs who have played anywhere else.) For staff members, that means that they cannot be guys who have coached anywhere else.

I'm going to take over the Honolulu Broncos, mostly because they hadn't already been slated for a move in-game. I'm going to rename the franchise and have had a move to Stockton, CA already approved. We don't have enough CA teams in this league, anyway.

I'll take over during their first season in Stockton and begin the process of drop kicking everyone off the roster and starting from scratch building the franchise from the ground up. Even if it's a slow process for me, it'll surely give me an ability to get immersed into things over time.

[Young Drachma]

In 2062, the Steelers left Davenport, IA for Arizona.

The move to Stockton is complete in 2064. We become the Stockton Swarm



I've released everyone from our roster. This season (2064-65) is my first in the captain's chair. I'll fire all of our staff and then get started on getting our maiden roster out of the way and staff.

[Young Drachma]

If you notice a trend, it's that I'm going after guys who can develop young players and/or talent. I don't really have time for the fog of war shenanigans, so I have scouting ratings on 100.



STAFF DRAFT RESULTS

HEAD COACH:


OC:


DC:


AC:


Strength:

[Young Drachma]

FA STAGE
Skipping all of this, obviously.

DRAFT

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Amateur Draft Order
   
Pick   Rnd 1  Rnd 2  Rnd 3  Rnd 4  Rnd 5  Rnd 6  Rnd 7  
1      ANC    ANC    ANC    BUR    BUR    ANC    ANC      
2      OMA    PHX    xxx    PHX    OMA    PHX    OMA      
3      PHX    OMA    PHX    OMA    PHX    OMA    PHX      
4      MIL    SCR    MIL    SCR    MIL    SCR    MIL      
5      SCR    MIL    SCR    MIL    SCR    MIL    SCR      
6      CHA    RIC    CHA    RIC    CHA    RIC    CHA      
7      RIC    CHA    RIC    CHA    RIC    CHA    RIC      
8      AAR    FAR    RAL    HAR    ATH    BUR    AAR      
9      FAR    RAL    HAR    ATH    ROC    AAR    FAR      
10     RAL    HAR    ATH    AQU    AAR    FAR    RAL      
11     HAR    ATH    ROC    AAR    FAR    RAL    HAR      
12     ATH    AQU    AAR    FAR    RAL    HAR    ATH      
13     BUR    AAR    FAR    RAL    HAR    ATH    BUR      
14     **STK  BOI    SAO    ELP    **STK  BOI    SAO      
15     BOI    SAO    ELP    **STK  BOI    SAO    ELP      
16     SAO    ELP    **STK  BOI    SAO    ELP    **STK    
17     ELP    **STK  BOI    SAO    ELP    **STK  BOI      
18     LVS    AUS    POR    LVS    AUS    POR    LVS      
19     AUS    POR    LVS    AUS    POR    LVS    AUS      
20     POR    LVS    AUS    POR    LVS    AUS    POR      
21     MIL    YNG    YNG    YNG    YNG    YNG    YNG      
22     NWK    NWK    NWK    NWK    NWK    NWK    NWK      
23     LRK    DAY    LRK    DAY    LRK    DAY    LRK      
24     DAY    LRK    DAY    LRK    DAY    LRK    DAY      
25     AQU    MOB    AQU    MOB    AQU    MOB    AQU      
26     MOB    AQU    MOB    AQU    MOB    WOR    MOB      
27     SLC    WOR    SLC    WOR    SLC    WOR    SLC      
28     WOR    SLC    WOR    SLC    WOR    SLC    WOR      
29     GRP    GRP    GRP    GRP    GRP    GRP    GRP      
30     BIR    BIR    BIR    BIR    BIR    BIR    BIR      
31     ALL    ALL    ALL    ALL    ALL    ALL    ALL      
32     LRK    ROC    ROC    LRK    ROC    ROC    ROC      
   
Estimated Cap Cost, by Round
   
Round   Estimated Cost  
1       $2,860,000 - $10,170,000        
2       $1,260,000 - $2,110,000         
3       $1,130,000 - $1,210,000         
4       $1,070,000 - $1,120,000         
5       $940,000 - $960,000             
6       $900,000 - $920,000             
7       $880,000 - $880,000             
   
Number of First-Round Picks on Roster
   
  Team                #1 Picks  
Allentown               14        
Chattanooga             13        
Omaha                   12        
Rochester               12        
Boise                   11        
Newark                  11        
San Antonio             11        
Burlington (VT)         11        
Richmond                11        
Portland (OR)           11        
Scranton                11        
Little Rock             10        
Las Vegas               10        
Phoenix                 10        
Anchorage               10        
El Paso                 10        
Hartford                9         
Youngstown              9         
Birmingham              8         
Grand Rapids            8         
Dayton                  8         
Athens                  8         
Mobile                  8         
Austin                  8         
Milwaukee               7         
Ann Arbor               7         
Raleigh                 7         
Worcester               7         
Albuquerque             7         
Salt Lake City          7         
Fargo                   6         
**Stockton              0         

[Young Drachma]

Rnd 1 - Sevon Kennedy, OLB, Louisiana - Monroe
Rnd 2 - Tyzee Frazer, DE, Colorado
Rnd 3 - Somondre Gamble, QB, Texas A&M
Rnd 4 - Dereece Daniels, DE, Wisconsin - Stout
Rnd 5 - Earnell Sims, DE, Washington
Rnd 6 - Olin Dennis, K, New Mexico
Rnd 7 - Tavell Chapman, RB, UCLA

Needless to say, this whole having to sign a whole roster thing in an empty cupboard scenario is mondo tedious, but I am trudging along in spite of the temptation to let the AI just fill my roster.

But somehow, I managed to sign a full roster after LFA and not surprisingly, we have the youngest team in the league average age 23 years old.

Cheap tickets (lowest prices in the league) did not get us more fans despite being in a new market. Maybe the dire lack of talent is an issue?

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Stockton Swarm 2064 Regular Season Schedule
   
  Week    Opponent                         Result    Attend  Weather  
Week 1    at Albuquerque Chargers            
Week 2    at Chattanooga Panthers            
Week 3    EL PASO BROWNS                     
Week 4    RALEIGH COLTS                      
Week 5    OPEN                               
Week 6    ANCHORAGE TITANS                   
Week 7    at Austin Texans                   
Week 8    ALBUQUERQUE CHARGERS               
Week 9    at Little Rock Jaguars             
Week 10   at Omaha Chiefs                    
Week 11   LAS VEGAS RAIDERS                  
Week 12   SAN ANTONIO SAINTS                 
Week 13   at Hartford Dolphins               
Week 14   MOBILE BUCCANEERS                  
Week 15   at Las Vegas Raiders               
Week 16   at Birmingham Falcons              
Week 17   OMAHA CHIEFS                       
   
Home Games in ALL CAPS
   
Season Tickets Sold: 18,500
Stadium Capacity: 48,500

[Young Drachma]

Here's our initial roster. I'll need to get the roster down to 46 before the pre-season games can take place, but...we're gonna be so bad. At least I drafted a few players that have the potential to be good down the road. That bodes well. More later.

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Stockton Swarm Roster, Scout Overview
   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct 
Kennedy, Sevon          1495SLB   SLB   1    42               73               4 yrs. 
Dennis, Olin            1003K           1    51               70               4 yrs. 
Frazer, Tyzee           1178LDE   LDE   1    44               68               4 yrs. 
Adams, Evan             907 P           1    48               67               1 yr.  
Daniels, Dereece        1176LDE         1    36               61               4 yrs. 
Lear, Renaldo           657 C           1    19               59               3 yrs. 
Andrykovitch, Roy       654 C     C     1    27               59               1 yr.  
Ellis, Monty            1299RDT   NT    1    26               58               3 yrs. 
Sims, Earnell           1273NT          1    30               57               4 yrs. 
Willis, J.J.            1197LDE   RDE   1    25               56               2 yrs. 
Paxton, Shawn           1541RCB   RCB   1    26               56               1 yr.  
Schulz, Samuel          651 C           1    23               51               1 yr.  
Kasten, Richard         1353SILB  SILB  1    21               50               1 yr.  
Tucker, Jasheem         1177RDE         1    22               47               1 yr.  
Patterson, Frederick    1458WLB   WLB   1    15               47               1 yr.  
Davis, Lamar            1522RCB         1    23               47               1 yr.  
Carter-Harris, Bo       1169LDE         1    22               46               1 yr.  
Wonders, Neal           1627FS          1    16               46               2 yrs. 
Gamble, Somondre        116 QB    QB    1    21               45               4 yrs. 
Fasani, Max             223 RB          1    35               45               1 yr.  
Battle, Donte           1392WILB  WILB  1    28               44               1 yr.  
Hankins III, Jareece    224 RB    RB    1    26               43               2 yrs. 
Rodgers, Ontarrio       1179RDE         1    28               43               1 yr.  
Kelley, Julio           347 FB    FB    1    22               42               1 yr.  
Barlow, Scott           765 LG          1    14               42               1 yr.  
Smothers, Leon          1193LDE         1    26               42               1 yr.  
Richards, Patrick       1532LCB   LCB   1    24               42               2 yrs. 
Holstine, Raul          440 TE    TE    1    25               41               2 yrs. 
Robbins, Austin         584 FL    SE    1    19               40               2 yrs. 
Newsome, Xavier         770 RG    RG    1    25               40               1 yr.  
Stevenson, Frankie      1455SLB         2    17               39               2 yrs. 
Bradley, Tommy          118 QB          1    19               39               2 yrs. 
Reynolds, B.J.          119 QB          1    10               39               1 yr.  
##Alston, Karl          345 FB          1    30               39               1 yr.  
Dehning, Albert         761 LG    LG    1    19               39               1 yr.  
Pearson, Jamal          1174LDE         1    20               39               1 yr.  
Buchanan, J.B.          1636SS          1    26               39               2 yrs. 
Butler, Raynaldo        1190LDE         1    27               38               1 yr.  
Glasper, Amir           1637FS    FS    2    17               37               2 yrs. 
Carr, Alfred            488 TE          1    25               37               2 yrs. 
Sims, Willie            446 TE          1    21               37               2 yrs. 
Winters, Kadarious      1175LDE         1    24               37               1 yr.  
Dennis, Javier          1635FS    SS    2    26               36               1 yr.  
Chapman, Tavell         230 RB          1    29               36               4 yrs. 
Ridings, Daryl          1356SILB        1    19               36               1 yr.  
Sciascia, Dino          517 SE          1    13               35               1 yr.  
Scott, Zac              589 SE    FL    1    31               35               2 yrs. 
Jeffers-Cook, Rondae    1620SS          1    19               35               2 yrs. 
Fleming, Carson         581 SE          1    16               33               1 yr.  
Harris, Kenny           587 SE          1    25               31               1 yr.  
Freeze, Shaun           864 RT    RT    1    26               30               1 yr.  
Hildreth, K.C.          1494SLB         1    22               30               1 yr.  
Mazza, Cameron          585 FL          1    13               29               1 yr.  
Black, Benjamin         1534RCB         1    24               28               1 yr.  
Cooley, Semaar          1521LCB         1    13               28               2 yrs. 
##Page, Ike             483 TE          1    22               26               1 yr.  
Ritchie, Ty             514 FL          1    18               26               1 yr.  
##Jackson, Amir         108 QB          1    9                24               1 yr.  
Schneiter, Claude       1396SILB        1    12               24               1 yr.  
Hicks, Jace             486 LS          1    19               19               2 yrs. 
Reeves, Jermaine        871 LT    LT    1    18               19               1 yr.  
   
$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,  
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.  
   
Players Under Contract: 61
Inactive: 3
On Active Roster: 58
   
Salary Cap: $260,800,000
Cap Room: $168,690,000
Maximum for New Player: $169,440,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $44,260,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $39,760,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $74,120,000

[Young Drachma]

IF I HAVE A HEAD COACH WHY DOES THIS GAME REQUIRE ME TO MICROMANAGE EVERY DECISION ON THE ACTIVE ROSTER I AM GOING TO LOSE MY MIND. I DON'T CARE THAT MUCH.

[Young Drachma]

2046 SEASON RECAP

As expected, THE SWARM did not win a game. Didn't want to invest a lot of time with the roster knowing we were bad.

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2064 Regular Season Standings
   
  AC North              W   L   T   Pct   PF    PA    Conf    Div  
El Paso                 11  5   0   .688  378   257   8-4     4-2       
Dayton                  9   7   0   .563  383   339   8-4     5-1       
Grand Rapids            8   8   0   .500  329   350   7-5     2-4       
Phoenix                 5   11  0   .313  326   394   4-8     1-5       
   
  AC South              W   L   T   Pct   PF    PA    Conf    Div  
Raleigh                 9   6   1   .594  311   308   6-5-1   3-2-1     
Anchorage               9   6   1   .594  325   320   6-5-1   3-2-1     
Austin                  9   7   0   .563  328   296   7-5     3-3       
Little Rock             7   9   0   .438  391   358   6-6     2-4       
   
  AC East               W   L   T   Pct   PF    PA    Conf    Div  
Allentown               12  4   0   .750  369   280   9-3     5-1       
Worcester               9   7   0   .563  325   356   6-6     3-3       
Hartford                8   8   0   .500  353   333   4-8     2-4       
Richmond                4   12  0   .250  327   406   3-9     2-4       
   
  AC West               W   L   T   Pct   PF    PA    Conf    Div  
Las Vegas               11  5   0   .688  366   320   9-3     6-0       
Albuquerque             8   8   0   .500  301   273   6-6     4-2       
Omaha                   8   8   0   .500  302   312   6-6     2-4       
Stockton                0   16  0   .000  109   452   0-12    0-6       
   
  NC North              W   L   T   Pct   PF    PA    Conf    Div  
Fargo                   15  1   0   .938  506   334   12-0    6-0       
Milwaukee               9   7   0   .563  352   316   7-5     4-2       
Youngstown              3   13  0   .188  310   430   2-10    2-4       
Ann Arbor               3   13  0   .188  267   451   2-10    0-6       
   
  NC South              W   L   T   Pct   PF    PA    Conf    Div  
Mobile                  11  5   0   .688  358   318   7-5     4-2       
San Antonio             9   6   1   .594  408   328   7-4-1   4-1-1     
Chattanooga             9   6   1   .594  380   308   7-4-1   3-2-1     
Birmingham              8   8   0   .500  407   381   6-6     0-6       
   
  NC East               W   L   T   Pct   PF    PA    Conf    Div  
Newark                  13  3   0   .813  459   275   10-2    5-1       
Scranton                10  6   0   .625  424   338   7-5     3-3       
Rochester               7   9   0   .438  341   422   4-8     2-4       
Burlington (VT)         5   11  0   .313  343   357   4-8     2-4       
   
  NC West               W   L   T   Pct   PF    PA    Conf    Div  
Portland (OR)           7   9   0   .438  281   348   6-6     4-2       
Salt Lake City          7   9   0   .438  357   359   6-6     3-3       
Boise                   6   10  0   .375  350   369   4-8     4-2       
Athens                  5   11  0   .313  331   409   4-8     1-5       

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Stockton Swarm 2064 Regular Season Schedule
   
  Week    Opponent                         Result    Attend  Weather  
Week 1    at Albuquerque Chargers          L, 0-34   74,600  Sunny, 68, calm      
Week 2    at Chattanooga Panthers          L, 6-33   60,200  Sunny, 76, 2 mph.    
Week 3    EL PASO BROWNS                   L, 3-31   20,400  Sunny, 80, 5 mph.    
Week 4    RALEIGH COLTS                    L, 7-28   19,500  Sunny, 50, 5 mph.    
Week 5    OPEN                               
Week 6    ANCHORAGE TITANS                 L, 7-10   19,100  Sunny, 54, 1 mph.    
Week 7    at Austin Texans                 L, 6-31   73,500  Sunny, 86, 7 mph.    
Week 8    ALBUQUERQUE CHARGERS             L, 17-34  19,100  Sunny, 40, 1 mph.    
Week 9    at Little Rock Jaguars           L, 6-31   71,900  Sunny, 77, 1 mph.    
Week 10   at Omaha Chiefs                  L, 13-17  40,700  Rain, 34, 8 mph.     
Week 11   LAS VEGAS RAIDERS                L, 20-26  19,000  Sunny, 54, 7 mph.    
Week 12   SAN ANTONIO SAINTS               L, 0-41   19,000  Rain, 50, 5 mph.     
Week 13   at Hartford Dolphins             L, 21-26  77,700  Sunny, 45, calm      
Week 14   MOBILE BUCCANEERS                L, 0-27   19,000  Sunny, 55, 3 mph.    
Week 15   at Las Vegas Raiders             L, 0-22   52,300  Sunny, 33, 10 mph.   
Week 16   at Birmingham Falcons            L, 3-34   55,000  Sunny, 68, calm      
Week 17   OMAHA CHIEFS                     L, 0-27   19,000  Sunny, 33, 8 mph.    
   
Home Games in ALL CAPS
   
Season Tickets Sold: 18,500
Stadium Capacity: 48,500

Here's the team summary for this year: SPOILER WE AREN'T ANY GOOD.



I'm going to keep it up with this team though. Rome wasn't built in a day. Neither will this Swarm.

[Young Drachma]

Obviously, on the bright side, we'll end up with the #1 pick in this year's upcoming draft and that should at least give us some talent infusion though we'll still be bad. I've also done a decent job of identifying guys who can help us.

STAFF: No changes
TICKET PRICES: Slashing them more, because frankly we don't deserve the money.
FRANCHISE PLAYER: We're not ever going to be able to use the franchise tag. New house rule. Mostly because I don't want to have to figure out who to issue it to, once that's something we'd want to do.

FREE AGENCY:

I only have 27 guys on the active roster right now and I find signing dudes massively tedious. I'll come back to this though and we'll figure out what approach to take to signing more guys. By and large, we're just going to re-sign a lot of the dudes we already had for simplicity purposes and for the fact that if we're gonna be bad anyway, we might as well do it without a revolving door.

I'm not sure if I have the stomach for the slowness that is Empty Cupboard life, though. I might have to relax my standards, let the AI take over signing at least a bare minimum of guys so that we can just sim through the first few years of being bad. I just don't have the patience for that kind of tinkering just to get a baseline roster together when we're gonna suck anyway.

So that's what I'm going to do. It'll enable me to get through a second season, let me develop the young talent I do have and start to figure out what guys I like on this team.

[Young Drachma]

Milwaukee is moving to Akron in 2070. (Jim really needs to lower the time on these franchise moves. Real life moves don't happen over a million years anymore.)

2065 STOCKTON SWARM DRAFT PICKS:

Rnd 1 - Kaywonn Kerr, RB, Kansas
Rnd 2 - Camden Glover, T, West Virginia
Rnd 3 - Gilbert Bates, ILB, Southern Methodist
Rnd 4 - Marcos Witt, OLB, UCLA
Rnd 5 - Teddy Cesario, CB, Cornell
Rnd 6 - Silas Putnam, T, Vanderbilt
Rnd 7 - Colby Lane, S, Nebraska

Drafting a RB first overall is dumb, I know. But I just need guys I can identify with and I think he might be can't miss, so I took the plunge. YOLO.

[Young Drachma]

Not sure 3 wins is worth celebration, but it is when you went 0-fer in the first season.

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Stockton Swarm 2065 Regular Season Schedule
   
  Week    Opponent                         Result    Attend  Weather  
Week 1    LAS VEGAS RAIDERS                L, 20-27  21,100  Sunny, 97, 2 mph.    
Week 2    at Rochester Eagles              L, 20-24  65,500  Sunny, 43, 2 mph.    
Week 3    at Little Rock Jaguars           L, 10-27  72,000  Sunny, 89, 9 mph.    
Week 4    OPEN                               
Week 5    ALLENTOWN BILLS                  L, 17-41  21,100  Sunny, 89, 2 mph.    
Week 6    at Hartford Dolphins             L, 0-19   79,500  Sunny, 45, calm      
Week 7    at Albuquerque Chargers          W, 20-15  73,800  Sunny, 68, calm      
Week 8    WORCESTER PATRIOTS               W, 28-23  21,100  Sunny, 80, 2 mph.    
Week 9    at Omaha Chiefs                  L, 10-36  44,200  Sunny, 30, 8 mph.    
Week 10   at Richmond Jets                 L, 17-34  68,200  Sunny, 45, calm      
Week 11   at Las Vegas Raiders             L, 10-23  52,300  Sunny, 80, 6 mph.    
Week 12   BURLINGTON (VT) GIANTS           L, 9-21   21,000  Sunny, 36, calm      
Week 13   PHOENIX STEELERS                 L, 24-26  20,400  Sunny, 63, 7 mph.    
Week 14   at Scranton Football Club        L, 13-27  69,600  Sunny, 68, calm      
Week 15   OMAHA CHIEFS                     L, 0-24   20,400  Rain, 58, 8 mph.     
Week 16   NEWARK COWBOYS                   W, 23-17  21,200  Rain, 52, 3 mph.     
Week 17   ALBUQUERQUE CHARGERS             L, 10-17  20,400  Rain, 60, 10 mph.    
   
Home Games in ALL CAPS
   
Season Tickets Sold: 19,400
Stadium Capacity: 48,500

Here are the bars for my first two first rounders from last year and this year.





One nice thing about ending the empty cupboard charade is seeing what kinds of bottom feeders the AI can pick up for me. WR Buddy Kemp never got a shot to start anywhere else, he shows up in Stockton and he's a 1200 yard receiver, 5th best in the entire league this year. Not bad! To be fair he had ELEVEN DROPS which is why this former first-round probably flamed out of his other clubs. Geez.

[Young Drachma]

Our punter Evan Adams is a two-time All League selection. He was 1st team last year and 2nd this year.

Sevon Kennedy was named to the All-League First Team at OLB in his 2nd season.

As far as this off-season, I'm going to keep building the team. I'm still not able to sign anybody that we didn't draft or who wasn't a UDFA, but the AI only gets to fill the roster for me when I fall short. So it's still the spirit of the empty cupboard for my purposes, I just don't want to try to waste a lot of time trying to figure out what crappy third tier dudes to sign when I'm just gonna be bad anyway.

We'll see what the draft yields us this year. Back again soon, but committed to seeing this team eventually get good.