The Coaching Career of Michael Smith(a Bears Dynasty)

[Mike3207]

Here's the rest of my draft:

2-38-LT Ray Cody-Oregon
2-41-Traded to the Patriots for their 4th round(103rd), 6th round(192nd), and their 2010 2nd round pick.
2-45-Traded to the Browns for their 3rd round(69th), 5th round(147th), and 2010 4th round pick.
3-66-Traded RE Kyle Vanden Bosch to Packers for this pick, drafted LOLB from San Jose State.
3-69-CB Amos Bird-Wyoming
3-80-FB Phil kelly
3-87- Traded RT John Tait and 7th round(198) for this pick, drafted DT Sam Sosa from Texas.
4-103-WR Marc Collins-Tennessee State
4-112-RG Elvis Quinn-Iowa-I'll probably move him to LG
4-114-FS-Devin Gabriel-New Hampshire
5-131- CB Freddie Lewis-Minnesota
5-137-WR Dee Norwood-Midwestern State-My first mistake. I should have drafted the WR from North Carolina here, instead of getting him undrafted.
5-141-RT Josh Farms-
5-147-ROLB-Wally Martin-Iowa
5-158-MLB Nate Kennard-VMI
6-163-P Albert hayde-Rhode Island-He has 99 Kicking Power
6-179-WR-Eli Allan-Ohio State-the good Ohio State receiver
6-192-RE Dequan Henry-Brown
7-193-QB Tyshawn Parrish-Texas
7-199-FS Thomas Opoe-Oklahoma
7-201-HB Jamal Washington-Richmond
7-205-SS Ben Russel-Maine
7-208-LT-Warren Gilbert-West Carolina
7-210-LG-Eric McCracken-Lehigh

Undrafted:
WR-North Carolina-should have drafted him
K-Cornell
C-Michigan-in case I can't re-sign my starting center
CB-Pittsburgh State
FB-Northern Illinois

Comments: I may convert one of the CBs to free safety, they may be better than the FSs I drafted. I'll probably rotate the Wrs; I expect to carry 6 on my roster. There's a good chance Tillman will be my third CB, he's good, but I have better. I'd really like to shed Tillman's contract, but it may not be feasible at this time.

I'll list the rookie signings, and training camp moves next.

[Mike3207]

One thing is for sure, contract makes a big difference when you look to trade a player. I had signed Tony Gonzalez to that 2 year 16 million contract, and I couldn't get a single team to trade for him. I later cut Gonzalez and signed him to a 1 year 3 million dollar deal, and teams couldn't give away their draft picks fast enough. I eventually traded Tony Gonzalez to the 49ers for their 2010 1st round pick and their 2011 3rd round pick. Now to the rookie signings and other stuff:

Traded LE Adewale Ogunleye to the Rams for their 2010 3rd round pick and their 2011 5th round pick-I'll have to be careful on draft picks next year-my roster is close to full.

All rookie signing are without incentives.

TE Drew Carey-5 yrs, 36.5 million, with a 8 million signing bonus.
LE Doki Somanu-5 yrs, 19.0 million, 3.5 million signing bonus.
HB Ozzie Jones, 5 yr, 14.6 million, 2.5 million bonus.
RG Scott Burke-5 yr, 10.8 million, 2.0 million bonus
RT Ray Cody-Oregon-4 yr, 2.5 million, 500,000 bonus
LOLB Dejuan Simpkins-San Jose State-3 yr, 2.0 million, no bonus
CB Amos Bird-Wyoming-3 yr, 1.6 million, no bonus
FB Phil Kelly-Ohio-3 yr, 1.9 million bonus, no bonus.
WR Marc Collins, Tennessee State, 3 yr, 1.2 million, no bonus.
RG Elvis Quinn-Iowa-3 yr, 1.5 million, no bonus. I moved him to LG.
CB Freddie Lewis-Minnesota-3 yr, 780,000, no bonus.
WR Dee Norwood-Midwestern State-3 yr, 770,000, no bonus.
RT Josh Farms-North Texas-3 yr, 800,000, no bonus.
ROLB Wally Martin-Iowa-3 yr, 780,000, no bonus.
Traded FS Kelin Johnson to the Texans for their 2011 3rd round pick.
MLB Nate Kennard-VMI-3 yr, 760,000, no bonus.
WR Eli Allan- Ohio State-3yr, 680,000, no bonus.
RE Dequan Howry-Brown-3 yr, 650,000, no bonus.
QB Tyshawn Parrish-Texas-3 yr, 800,000, no bonus.
FS Thomas Opoe-Oklahoma-2 yr, 820,000, no bonus.
HB Jamal Washington-Richmond, 3 yr, 800,000, no bonus.
SS Ben Russel-Maine- 2 yr, 850,000, no bonus.
LT Darnell Gilbert-West Carolina-3 yr, 600,000 bonus.

Traded RG Roy Schuening to the Raiders for 2011 2nd round pick.
I bought Major School Insider for my GM.

DT-Sam Sosa-Texas-3 yr, 1.6 million, no bonus.
P-Albert Hayden-Rhode Island-3 yr, 680,000, no bonus.

That's about it for now, I expect I'll mostly do practices till the first preseason game. I'm going to try and get all of the plays in both playbooks to Mastery level, so I may be playing preseason games for awhile. It may be some time before I next update my dynasty.

*EDIT* I made one final move before the first preseason game. I traded CB Charles Tillman to the Redskins for their 2011 2nd round pick and 20111 5th round pick. I incurred a big penalty- 3 million bonus a year * 5 years= 15 million cap penalty. I had plenty of cap space though, and I had just drafted 2 very talented cornerbacks. It really will be a good move for my dynasty going forward.

[edward_1385]

Awesome draft, pretty much built a whole brand new team through the draft, btw was Doki's potential as a balanced de or balanced dt...

[Mike3207]

Quote: Originally Posted by edward_1385

Awesome draft, pretty much built a whole brand new team through the draft, btw was Doki's potential as a balanced de or balanced dt...

Balanced DE. LE was a big need for me going into this draft; I never even considered moving Doki to DT. Only one of my defensive formations, 4-2-5, uses more than 1 DT.

You really have to totally rebuild the Bears through the draft. They have a lot of players on the roster who are good at a particular scheme, but aren't very good overall. I think in particular of Adewale Ogunleye. He has a 87 overall under the Bears default philosophy, but only a 81 overall Balanced. There were a lot of players on the Bears default roster who were career backups or mediocre players that the Bears signed to long-term deals. I think I've done a good job of removing these players from the roster.

[edward_1385]

I am sorry I meant to say what is his potential as a balanced DE... (my bad, typing to fast and not checking my grammer)

Anyways I know what u mean I have had to do it to several teams, on my bear franchise I decided to use Super Chargers Attack on offense to take advantage of Greg Olsen and my newly aqriued HB Marion Barber... And on the defense I decided to just use Dungy Cover 2, since the bears were more set up to be a cover 2 team...

[Mike3207]

Spoiler

Doki Somanu has a 91 potential under the Balanced DE philosophy

I've got one other interesting tidbit to report. I'll recently been looking to upgrade special teams, and I noticed that there were hardly any placekickers with a overall over 90. I've seen my own kicker, Robbie Gould drop from a 91/94 overall to 89/91. It's beginning to make me regret trading Serna.

[edward_1385]

I have never had any luck out of Serna he always is costing me games in the clutch, I like very accurate kickers... But then I noticed that in this game kicking field goals and running are two very hard things to come by...

[Mike3207]

Ok, I've finally got all my plays in both playbooks to Learned Status, so I'll restart the career. My offensive playbook does have a few too many counters and screen passes, so I might consider deleting the unsuccessful ones onece the preseason is over. I did make one trade before the first preseason game, trading for P Mike Scifres of the Chargers for my 2010 5th and 2011 3 rd round pick. He's a 92 overall punter, and should upgrade my special teams.

Preseason game 1- Bears Beat Bucs 23-13. I super-simmed this game, and there were a lot of turnovers.

Passing:

Woodson-7-21-89-0-3
Johnson10-18-147-1-1

Rushing:

Jones- 4 for -5
Dunlap-9-45

Receiving:

Jackson-5-48
Rogers-3-39
Allan-3-64
Collins-2-20
Bennett-1-21
Carey-1-11
Doucet-1-15

Blocking-Carey-2 pancakes

Defensive:

Urlacher-7 Tackles, 3 TFL, 1 sack
Rivers-5 tackles
Campbell-5 tackles, 2 TFL, 2 sacks
Bake-4 tackles, 3 TFL, 3 sacks
Howry-3 tackles, 2 TFL, 2 sacks
Somanu-2 tackles, 1 TFL
Opoe- 2 tackles, 2 INT
Bowman, 1 tackle, 1 INT
Vasher-1 tackle, 1 INT