Lions Franchise-Default roster to present day

[Mbalmer]

I have just completed my first season of my Detroit Lions franchise. I started with default rosters and will be using Finn’s editor to put in real draft classes taking me up to the present day NFL. I will have a draft recap after I am finished with it. I am controlling all 32 teams and will be drafting for each team by what I feel that team needs.


I thought I would give a recap of my season with stats and awards.


Detroit Lions 2004 Season


Week One at Chicago Det.24 Chicago 17
Week Two Det. 7 Houston 24
Week Three Det. 15 Philadelphia 30
Week Four Bye
Week Five at Atlanta Det. 27 Atlanta 17
Week Six Det. 20 Green Bay 13
Week Seven at NY Det. 17 NY Giants 0 (My only shutout of the season!)
Week Eight at Dallas Det. 24 Dallas 21
*Week Nine Det. 17 Washington 42
Week Ten at Jacksonville Det. 24 Jacksonville 19
Week Eleven at Minnesota Det. 26 Minnesota 24 (Last second FG from 47 to win!)
Week Twelve Det. 17 Indianapolis 31
Week Thirteen Det. 16 Arizona 59 (Worst game of the year)
Week Fourteen at Green Bay Det. 17 Green Bay 38
Week Fifteen Det. 34 Minnesota 28 (Put me in tie for 1^st place in division)
Week Sixteen Det. 21 Chicago 24 (Crushing loss, fell out of 1^st place tie)
Week Seventeen at Tennessee Det. 16 Tennesse 31 (All hope for playoffs gone after this)


*In week 9 I looked at my overall record and thought that maybe the game was playing to easy for me so I used Finn’s editor and decreased my defensive run coverage and pass coverage by 15% for all my players. This made a world of difference and really made the game very hard for me. After doing this I finished out the season going 3-6. I seemed to enjoy it even more.>>


2004 FINAL STANDINGS


NFC NORTH
y-Vikings 10-6
Lions 8-8
Packers 8-8
Bears 4-12


NFC EAST
y-Eagles 10-6
x-Cowboys 10-6
Redskins 8-8
Giants 4-12


NFC SOUTH
yz-Panthers 10-6
x-Saints 10-6
Falcons 9-7
Buccaneers 5-11


NFC WEST
*yz-Seahawks 11-5
Rams 9-7
49ers 4-12
Cardinals 4-12


x-clinched playoff berth z-clinched first round bye
y-clinched division title *-clinched home field advantage


AFC NORTH
y-Steelers 10-6
Bengals 7-9
Ravens 7-9
Browns 6-10


AFC EAST
*yz-Bills 13-3
Jets 9-7
Patriots 8-8
Dolphins 7-9


AFC SOUTH
yz-Colts 12-4
x-Titans 12-4
x-Texans 9-7
Jaguars 6-10

AFC WEST
y-Raiders 7-9
Chiefs 7-9
Broncos 6-10
Chargers 6-10


x-clinched playoff berth z-clinched first round bye
y-clinched division title *-clinched home field advantage


LEAGUE LEADERS


PASSING
S. McNair 4372 yards, 34 TD, 12 INT
D. Bledsoe 4279 yards, 40 TD, 13 INT
P. Manning 4259 yards, 33 TD, 5 INT
T. Brady 4007 yards, 22TD, 11 INT
D. Brees 3937 yards, 35TD, 5 INT


RUSHING
E. James 1512 yards, 5.4avg, 11TD
D. McAllister 1418 yards, 4.5avg, 9TD
S. Alexander 1379yards, 4.3avg, 10TD
C. Brown 1266yards, 4.4avg, 14TD
C. Portis 1184yards, 4.2avg 8TD


Other rushing notables
M. Faulk 14TD 974 yards
R. Johnson 12TD 1028 yards
K. Jones 12TD 869 yards
C. Dillon 11TD 1088 yards
A. Green 10TD 1139 yards
S. Davis 10TD 958 yards
D. Staley 10TD 950 yards


RECEIVING
T. Owens 81-1088-5td
D. Bennett 76-1020-8td
L. Tomlinson 73-1028-12td also had 1066 rushing yards with 8 more td’s (huge year)
J. Walker 72-981-7td
A. Boldin 71-1053-7td


Other receiving notables
H. Ward 65-1129-10td
S. Moss 63-1091-10td
E. Moulds 68-1062-12td
J. Horn 70-1061-13td
R. Moss 57-1059-13td



DEFENSE


Tackles
B. Urlacher 118 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1int
D. Brooks 112 tackles, 4 sacks
Chad Brown 110 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 2 int
Al Wilson 107 tackles, 4.5 sacks
L. Milloy 106 tackles, 4 sacks, 3 int.


Sacks
Kevin Williams 14.5
D. Freeney 13
C. Hunt 12.5
John Henderson 11.5
Renaldo Wynn 11.5
J. Peppers 11
S. Rice 10.5
Tommie Harris 10.5
Aaron Smith 10.5
Bert Berry 10.5
James Hall 10.5
M. Strahan 10
Andre Carter 10


Interceptions
C. McAlister 10
P. Surtain 10
Several others tied with 6 and then down from there.

KICKING
Adam Vinatieri 26 of 33
M. Vanderjagt 23 of 28
Jason “look ma no” Hanson 23 of 27
Morten Anderson 22 of 27
Doug Brien 20 of 25
Josh Brown 20 of 26
Jeff Wilkins 20 of 26
No other kicker with more then 20fg’s

DETROIT LIONS PLAYERS STATS


PASSING
Joey Harrington 234/428 55%, 3716yards, 20td, 16int,
Rick Mirer 1/1 100%, 16yards


RUSHING
Kevin Jones 245att for 869yards, 3.5avg, 12td
Shawn Bryson 80att for 283yards, 3.5avg, 2td
Joey Harrington 39att for 239yards, 6.1avg
Cory Schlesinger 23att for 85yards, 3.7avg
Stephen Trejo 1att for 4yards,
Roy Williams 1att for -4yards,


RECEIVING


Roy Williams 57-896-1td
Charles Rogers 52-1009-5td (Was hurt the last 2 games)
Tai Streets 42-859-7td
Stephen Alexander 22-407-5tds
Kevin Jones 18-40-0td (Not a factor in passing game at all)
Az-Zahir Hakim 16-278-1td (Was hurt for most of the year)
Artose Pinner 2-3yards,1td (Had as many touchdowns as Roy Williams did!)


DEFENSE


Boss Bailey 62 tackles, 1 sack
B. Marion 57 tackles, 6 Int (Seemed to make a lot of big plays when needed too)
Vernon Fox 57 tackles, 6 Int
Teddy Lehman 51 tackles, (Solid rookie year, expect him to contribute more next season)
Earl Holmes 48 tackles
Dre’ Bly 45 tackles, 20 passes defended(led league) 1 int, (One of my favorite Players in real life going back to when he played for the Rams. I expected more from him this season.)


TEAM STATS


Ranked 15^th in league in total offense (5208 yards)
Ranked 12^th in league in passing offense (3732 yards)
Ranked 31^st in league in rushing yards (1476 yards) (ouch)
Ranked 19^th in league in total points scored (322)


Ranked 28^th in league in total yards allowed by defense (5627 yards) (ouch)
Ranked 19^th in league in passing yards allowed by defense (3593 yards)
Ranked 32^nd in league in rushing yards allowed by defense (2034 yards) (ouch x 2)
Ranked 32^nd in league in total points allowed by defense (418 points) (ouch x 4)

END OF SEASON AWARDS


STEVE MCNAIR MVP
DREW BLEDSOE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
CHARLES WOODSON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
BEN ROETHLISBERGER OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
3662yards, 30tds, 11int
D.J. WILLIAMS DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
100 tackles, 5 sacks, 2int, 1td, 2forced fumbles.
EDGERRIN JAMES RUSHING TITLE


PLAYOFFS WEEK 18 WILD CARD


AWAY HOME
Tennessee 12 Oakland 18 (Huge upset!)
Houston 21 Pittsburg 28
New Orleans 10 Philadelphia 24
Dallas 7 Minnesota 15
Then home team won every game this week.


PLAYOFFS WEEK 19 DIVISION CHAMP
AWAY HOME

Oakland 7 Buffalo 3 (Oakland did it AGAIN)
Pittsburg 13 Indianapolis 16
Philadelphia 28 Seattle 13
Minnesota 37 Carolina 24
Oakland (7-9 in regular season) beats Buffalo (13-3 in regular season)


PLAYOFFS WEEK 20 CONFERENCE CHAMP

AWAY HOME


Oakland 31 Indianapolis 28


Philadelphia 17 Minnesota 7


Oakland is going to the Super Bowl after going 7-9 in regular season.
First time in NFL History that a team with a losing record in the regular season will play in the Super Bowl


SUPER BOWL
Oakland 14 Philadelphia 7


Oakland becomes first team in NFL history to have a losing record in regular season and then go on to win Super Bowl. Jerry Porter is named Super Bowl MVP.

[dophin26]

Know what you need? A couple smiley faces to really jazz things up.

[JHarrison35]

I really like what ur doing... it'll be really cool to see players go on different teams in the future, like AP, Joe Thomas, Patrick Willis, Calvin Johnson (You might not need him anymore with the way Rogers is paying, lol. He's livin up to his draft status in this season) etc... All will be on different teams,

That's so crazy that Oakland won it all!!! lol.
Keep updatin us on this, I wanna see how the league shapes out

[stlstudios189]

I have been doing this as well. I was 8-8 in year one after finishing the season 3-5 Tim Couch is my QB and in year two I am off to an 0-4 start.

[Mbalmer]

I just started year two of this franchise (took some time off) and I thought I would post about the draft and what players teams got. I am only going to list a couple for each team. Some players are game generated because I wanted to have some people that were fake because I thought it would be more fun that way. Only going to list the 75+ rated and a few real players rated below. Rookie FB's are inflated because I raised thier run block rating.

49ers Overall
Josh Bullucks S 75
Mike Nugent K 88

Bears
Randal Griffen TE 83
Ronnie Brown RB 81
Trent Cole DE 78
Terry Wells WR 78
Alex Barron T 74
Bears had a good draft.

Bengals
Mark Bradley WR 80
Carnell Williams RB 80

Bills
Chris Henry WR 79
Khalif Barnes T 77
Ryan Fitzpatrick QB 75

Broncos
Andres Holmes P 82
Matt Cassel QB 79
Alfonso Tyler C 79
Derrick Johnson LB 78
Jared Hansen WR 77
Good draft

Browns
Ricky Walters FB 90
Marlin Jackson CB 72
Fabian Washington CB 72

Bucs
Alfred Franklin K 91
Brandon Jacobs RB 86 (Can you image him and Alstott in the same backfield)
Danny Simpson WR 78
Jeremiah Jacobs TE 76

Cardinals
Jason Campbell QB 84
Lonnie Kelley C 79
Frank Gore RB 77

Chargers
DeMarcus Ware LB 78
Mike Patterson DT 77
Nick Collins FS 74

Chiefs
Charlie Frye QB 82
Bad Draft

Colts
Bruce Daniel WR 80
Evan Mathis G 77


Cowboys
Jay Garcia WR 90
Ryan Moats RB 76

Dolphins
Claude Newman C 84
Thomas Davis SS 77
Leroy Hill LB 77
Roscoe Parrish WR 74

Eagles
Heath Miller TE 86
Simon Alexander DT 85
Roddy White WR 81
Chris Harris FS 75
Good draft here.

Falcons
Darryl Miles P 77
Raul Willis WR 75
Jammal Brown T 74

Giants
Duane Carroll FB 94
Russell Terry K 79
Clint Alexander LB 77
Adam Seward LB 77
Maurice Clarett RB 73

Jaguars
Arturo Chambers WR 82
Troy Williamson WR 81
Mark Clayton WR 80
Erik King C 78
Shaun Cody DT 78
Andrew Walter QB 76
Ron Bartell CB 70
I remember thinking to myself on this one, I can't believe I am going to draft them 3 WR, but they only had 1 on there roster. In a couple of years they are going to be throwing the ball all over the place.

Jets
Shannon Kim G 91
Kevin Everett TE 88
JJ. Arrington RB 74
Marion Barber RB 71 (Is he going to be a bust in my NFL?)

Lions (ME)
Erasmus James DE 82
David Greene QB 78
Steward Hayes G 76
Terrence Murphy WR 73
Anthony Bryant DT 72
D.D. Brown SS 70
Darryl Blackstock LB 69
Not a great draft, but we'll see what happens.

Packers
Matt Jones WR 92 (Freak. I am so Happy he is in my division.)
Derek Anderson QB 80 Brett Favre replacement in future?
Stefan Lefors QB 77
Cedrick Thomas WR 74
Frank Omiyale T 73
Bryant McFadden CB 70

Panthers
Henry Rowe K 86
Dan Orlovsky QB 75
Justin Miller CB 71

Patriots
Bert Pena K 83
Braylon Edwards WR 82
Daniel Moody FB 79

Raiders
Alex Smith QB 86
Marcus Spears DE 85
Julian Webb WR 83
And they won the Super Bowl last year!

Rams
Rodolfo Banks G 80
Justin Tuck DE 79
Isaac Richards P 78

Ravens
Mike Williams WR 89 (Their A. Boldin 5 years earlier?)
Aaron Rodgers QB 83 (Their Joe Flacco 5 years earlier?)
Gerard Butler P 81
Vincent Jackson WR 79
Tom Wright C 75
Great Draft for the Ravens

Redskins
Paul Crawford P 83
James Sanders SS 72
Matt Williams LB 72
Not a good draft

Saints
Nick Collins LB 74
Kerry Rhodes SS 71
BAD, BAD, draft. Had a couple of CB's but they are rated very poor.

Seahawks
Travis Johnson De 84
Bo Scaife TE 78
Lofa Tatupa LB 67 (ouch)

Steelers
Benny Pittman WR 86
Thomas Copeland K 79
Shawne Merriman LB 79 They are stacked at the LB position.
Ernest Cole SS 77
Ciatrick Fason RB 75

Texans
Shannon Anderson FB 92
Leroy James WR 76
Cedrick Benson RB 76
Brandon Jones WR 75

Titans
Adam Terry T 83
Reggie Brown WR 78
Darren Sproles RB 76
Rian Wallace LB 73

Vikings
Ellis Valdez Dt 82
Kyle Orton QB 81
Vincent Fuller FS 75


All-in-All it was a good, fun draft....There are quite a few fake players rated above real players which is good and bad, but for the most part the top level guys of the draft are real players. I think the Ravens did the best job. For my next draft I will have more real players rated higher before the draft.