puja21 Updated Roster-- MASSIVE update 1/7/07

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All details below. Thanks to all OSDCR contributors for the basefile.

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ALL THE DETAILS ON THE UPDATED JAN-7 FILE:

(Remember-- before you ask questions-- Control-F is your friend)

TRANSACTIONS LIST FOR ALL 32 TEAMS SINCE LAST POSTING

49ers
transactions: sign OLB Hannibal Navies, DT Damane Duckett, TE Billy Bajema (#47), DT Lance Legree (#92), OLB Roderick Green (#54)
ratings: FS Mike Adams, FS Deke Cooper, FS Marcus Hudson, FS Keith Lewis
number correction: Jay Foreman (#51), Hannibal Navies (#55), BJ Tucker (#22)

Bears
transactions: sign DE Mark Anderson (#97), OLB Darrell McClover (#58)
ratings: CB Devin Hester, FS Daniel Manning, FS Chris Harris, FB Jason McKie
number correction: JD Runnels (#48), Devin Hester (#23)

Bengals
transactions: cut ILB Odell Thurman (suspended), SS Anthony Mitchell, WR Skyler Green (#18), WR Reggie McNeal (#10), LB Andre Frazier (#57), DE Jonathan Fanene (#68)
ratings: FB Jeremy Johnson

Bills
transactions: sign OLB Roy Manning (#96), WR George Wilson (#15), ILB London Fletcher name changed to Fletcher-Baker
number correction: CB Ashton Youboty (#26)

Broncos
transactions: cut QB Preston Parsons, DT Amon Gordon, WR Todd Devoe, sign DE Kenny Peterson (#90), RB Damien Nash (#29), S Steve Cargile (#38)
ratings: T Erik Pears, TE Tony Scheffler
number correction: Brandon Marshall (#15), S Quentin Harris (#31)

Browns
transactions: cut T Ryan Tucker, CB Michael Hawkins (#37), sign DT Orien Harris (#93), DT J'Vonne Parker (#69), C Rob Smith (#50), OLB Nick Speegle (#56), ILB Mason Unck (#53), CB DeMario Minter
ratings: T Ryan Tucker (FA), T Kelly Butler, DT Ethan Kelley, ILB Kamerion Wimbley, ILB Matt Stewart, OLB D'Qwell Jackson, OLB Chaun Thompson
number correction: TE Darnell Dinkins (#87)

Buccaneers
transactions: cut DT Anthony Bryant, OLB Marquis Cooper, sign ILB Antoine Cash (#52), RB Lionel Gates (#28), FB Jerald Sowell (#33), G Jeb Terry (#77), DE Jovan Haye (#71), CB Torrie Cox (#27), SS Donte Nicholson (#30)
number correction: WR Paris Warren (#82), T Jeremy Trueblood (#65), G Davin Joseph (#75), T Torrin Tucker (#73), DT Jon Bradley (#98), OLB Jamie Winborn (#50), SS Blue Adams (#46), CB Alan Zemaitis (#29)
depth chart: pos swap ILB Antoine Cash to OLB

Cardinals
transactions: cut ILB Lance Mitchell, sign DE Chris Cooper, DT Jonathan Lewis, OLB Eric Johnson, CB Matt Ware, WR Micheal Spurlock (#15), S Jack Brewer (#41)
ratings: RB JJ Arrington, RB Marcel Shipp, ILB Gerald Hayes, ILB Monty Beisel
number correction: C Alex Stepanovich (#71), T Brandon Gorin (#72), DE Anton Palepoi (#96), DE Antonio Smith (#94), SS Hanik Milligan (#37)
depth chart: pos swap T Liewinski & G Wells; DL, change CB Lamont Reid to Darrell Hunter, change OLB Eric Johnson to Brandon Johnson

Chargers
transactions: cut RB Ray Perkins, G Jason Murphy, G Wes Sims, sign C Scott Mruczkowski (#63)
ratings: T Marcus McNeill, G Scott Mruczkowski, ILB Shaun Phillips
number correction: WR Malcolm Floyd (#80), TE Brandon Manumaleuna (#86), DT Brandon McKinney (#91), CB Cletis Gordon (#24)
depth chart: pos swap ILB Randall Godfrey & OLB Shaun Phillips, pos swap OLB Marques Harris & ILB Carlos Polk, pos swap ILB Stephen Cooper to OLB

Chiefs
transactions: DE Carlos Hall, DT Lional Dalton, FB JR Niklos, fix name-- Kershaw William (FA)
ratings: LT Jordan Black, G Chris Bober, DE Carlos Hall (FA), DT Ron Edwards, DE Erick Hicks, ILB Boomer Grigsby, ILB Rich Scanlon, K Lawrence Tynes, FB Ronnie Cruz, FB JR Niklos
number correction: QB Brodie Croyle (#12), RB Michael Bennett (#26), RB Dee Brown (#22), T Kyle Turley (#74), ILB Rich Scanlon (#55), CB Ty Law (#24)
depth chart: pos swap DE James Reed to DT

Colts
transactions: cut QB Josh Betts, RB Ran Carthon, DT Vincent Burns, sign DE Ryan LaCasse (#99), SS Dexter Reid (#36), DE Bo Schobel (#64)
ratings: fix DE Bo Schobel personal info
number correction: WR Terrence Wilkins (#10), CB Tim Jennings (#27)

Cowboys
transactions: cut QB Matt Baker, FB Keylon Kincade, DT J'Vonne Parker, sign FB Lousaka Polite (#39), DT Montavious Stanley (#60)
ratings: C Andre Gurode, C Al Johnson, FS, Keith Davis, FS Pat Watkins
number correction: T Kyle Kosier (#63)
depth chart: swap DE Jeremiah Ratliff to DT, pos swap OLB DeMarcus Ware & ILB Akin Ayodele, pos swap OLB Kevin Burnett & ILB Bobby Carpenter

Dolphins
transactions: cut C Trey Darilek, G Joe Berger, signed WR Marcus Vick, RB Patrick Cobbs (#38), C John Denney (#97), DT Fred Evans (#62), ILB Jim Maxwell (#53), SS Norman LeJeune (#42)
number correction: TE Tim Massaquoi (#89), G Toniu Fonoti (#71), G Bennie Anderson (#63), ILB Keith Adams (#57), Robert McCune (#51), CB Will Allen (#25), CB Michael Lehan (#30)
depth chart: pos swap C John Denney to DE

Eagles
transactions: cut Adrian Clarke, CB Bruce Perry, sign Sam Rayburn, WR Jeremy Bloom (#11)
ratings: FB Thomas Tapeh, C Jamaal Jackson, C Nick Cole, G Todd Heremens, SS Considine, FS Quintin Mikell
number correction: Jerome McDougle (#95), FB Thomas Tapeh (#38), WR Hank Baskett (#84), CB Joselio Hanson (#22)
depth chart: swap RB Bruce Perry to CB, T Tra Thomas name change to William Thomas

Falcons
transactions: cut SS Cam Newton, G Ben Claxton, DT Chad Lavalais, sign RB Corey McIntyre (#38), CB Derrick Johnson (#37)
ratings: OLB Michael Boley, FS Lance Schulters
number correction: DJ Shockley (#3), WR Ashley Lelie (#87), DT Grady Jackson (#90), OLB John Leake (#53)

Giants
transactions: cut FB Greg Hanoian, DT Damane Duckett, ILB Chris Claiborne, OLB Eric Moore, sign WR Darius Watts, DE Awasom, Adrian (#95)
ratings: DT Barry Cofield
number correction: C Grey Ruegamer (#65), T Bob Whitfield (#70)

Jaguars
transactions: cut WR Chad Owens, G Derrick Fletcher, DT Montavious Stanley, DT Anthony Maddox, sign CB Ahmad Carroll, TE Brian Jones (#86), OLB Jeremy Mincey (#94), DE James Wyche (#90), FS David Richardson (#26)
number correction: OLB Clint Ingram (#51)
depth chart: pos swap DE Brent Hawkins (#57) to OLB

Jets
transactions: cut G Doug Nienhuis, DE Trevor Johnson, DE Monsanto Pope, CB Derrick Strait, SS Andre Maddox, OLB Ryan Myers, WR Sloan Thomas (#14), sign RB Derrick Blaylock (#23), FB James Hodgins (#44), DT Sione Pouha (#91), CB Alphonso Hodge (#47), OLB Cody Spencer (#53)
ratings: T Anthony Clement, CB Drew Coleman, FS Erik Coleman
number correction: Rashad Moore (#77), Kevin Barlow (#32), TE Sean Ryan (#88), DT CJ Mosley (#95), CB Andre Dyson (#21), CB Drew Coleman (#30)
depth chart: swap pos DE Kimo von Oelhoffen to DT, swap pos OLB Bryan Thomas to DE, swap pos ILB Eric Barton to OLB, pos swap FS Rashad Washington to SS

Lions
transactions: cut WR Kevin Kasper, sign RB Arlen Harris, WR Corey Bradford, WR Devale Ellis, DT Anthony Bryant, OLB Alex Lewis
ratings: RB Brian Calhoun, G Stephen Peterman (#66), T Tyrone Hopson (#69), G Blaine Saipaia (#67), DT Langston Moore (#79), OLB Corey Smith (#93)
number correction: DE Tyoka Jackson (#91), Jamar Fletcher (#21), QB Dan Orlovsky (#6), RB Aveion Cason (#36), TE Dan Campbell (#89), OT Jonathan Scott (#72), SS Idrees Bashir (#33)

Packers
transactions: cut CB Ahmad Carroll, DE Kenny Peterson, FS Marviel Underwood, P Bryan Barker, DE Dave Tollefson, C Chris White, sign QB Todd Bouman, C Tyson Walter (#70), G Adrian Klemm (#70), OLB Tracy White (#59), DE Jason Hunter (#57), create P Jon Ryan (over FA P Tom Rouen)
ratings: OL Spitz, Colledge, Moll, Palmer
number correction: WR Carlyle Holiday (#18), WR Ruvell Martin (#82), CB Charles Woodson (#21), CB Jarrett Bush (#24), SS Marquand Manuel (#22)
depth chart: change SS Tra Boger to SS Tyrone Culver, pos swap DE Jason Hunter to OLB

Panthers
transactions: cut CB Reggie Howard, QB Stefan Lefors, T Rashad Butler, sign G D'Anthony Batiste (#76), CB Christian Morton (#35), SS Cam Newton (#29), CB Derrick Strait (#22)
ratings: FS Keith McCadam
number correction: RB Eric Shelton (#32), T Jeremy Bridges (#73), SS Colin Branch (#28)
depth chart: D'Anthony Batiste name fix

Patriots
transactions: cut DT Johnathan Sullivan, sign DT Mike Wright (#99), ILB Larry Izzo (#53), FB Garrett Mills (#45), WR Brandon Childress (#13), ILB Don Davis (#51), ILB Barry Gardner (#47), SS Mel Mitchell (#24)
ratings: FB Heath Evans, DT Mike Wright
number correction: DT Le Kevin Smith (#90), OLB Eric Alexander (#52), SS Tebucky Jones (#34)
depth chart: pos swap ILB Junior Seau & OLB Tully Banta-Cain, pos swap SS Artrell Hawkins to CB

Raiders
transactions: sign WR Doug Gabriel (#80), RB Adimchinobe Echemandu (#20), WR Carlos Francis (#82)
ratings: All OLB, FB Zack Crockett
number correction: WR Doug Gabriel (#80), CB Duane Starks (#22)
depth chart: pos swap RB ReShard Lee to FB, Robert Thomas (#55), Darnell Bing (#59)

Rams
transactions: cut G Ben Noll, ILB Michael Goolsby, T Adam Haayer, sign OLB Eric Moore, WR Willie Ponder, ILB Isaiah Kacyvenski (#58), FB Rich Alexis, (#32), FB Chris Massey (#45), T Adam Goldberg (#72)
ratings: G Setterstrom, FS Bartrell
number correction: Todd Steussie (#79), G Mark Setterstrom (#66), DT Jason Fisk (#96), DT Claude Wroten (#99), CB Fakhir Brown (#34), FS Dwaine Carpenter (#27), FB Paul Smith (#31), OLB John Alston (#57), DE Victor Adeyanju (#94), Raonall Smith (#56)
depth chart: pos swap OLB Eric Moore (#92) to DE, pos swap FS Ron Bartrell (#24) to CB

Ravens
transactions: sign FB Nick Luchey, RB PJ Daniels (#30), DT Aubrayo Franklin (#91), ILB Tim Johnson (#50), create Sam Koch (#4) (replaced FA P Bryan Barker)
ratings: SS Dawan Landry, SS Gerome Sapp, ILB Dennis Haley, FB Ovie Mughelli
number correction: ILB Dennis Haley (#58), DE Justin Bannan (#94), SS Gerome Sapp (#42)

Redskins
transactions: cut C Tyson Walter, FS Curry Burns, sign RB Nehemiah Broughton (#30)
ratings:FB Mike Sellers
number correction: David Patten (#80), Todd Yoder (#87), S Reed Doughty (#37), S Vernon Fox (#39)
depth chart: Pos Change SS Pierson Prioleau to FS

Saints
transactions: cut FB Corey McIntyre, TE Nate Lawrie, Jermane Mayberry (Retired), T Ben Archibald, DT Hollis Thomas, sign K Billy Cundiff, FB Keith Joseph (#33), DE Trevor Johnson (#95), T Rob Petitti (#79), DT Antwan Lake (#96), CB DeJuan Groce (#28), create TE Billy Miller (replaced FA OLB Marquis Cooper), create P Steve Weatherford (replaced FA P Sean Landeta)
number correction: C Jeff Faine (#52), DE Rob Ninkovich (#93), OLB Scott Fujita (#55), OLB Tommy Polley (#54), ILB Danny Clark (#54), ILB Scott Shanle (#58), ILB Mark Simoneau (#53), CB Curtis Deloatch (#39), SS Bryan Scott (#24)
depth chart: pos swap T Jamar Nesbit to G, pos swap ILB Scott Shanle to OLB, pos swap FS Omar Stoutmire & SS Josh Bullucks

Seahawks
transactions: cut WR Willie Ponder, ILB Isaiah Kacyvenski, sign RB Marquis Weeks (#30), OLB Marquis Cooper (#58), FB Leonard Weaver (#43), FB David Kirtman (#34), DE Kemp Rasmussen (#97), CB Rich Gardner (#25), CB Pete Hunter (#20)
ratings: FB Josh Parry
number correction: DT Russell Davis (#95), Mike Green (#43), Julian Peterson (#59)

Steelers
transactions: cut RB Duce Staley, DT Orien Harris, sign FB John Kuhn (#42),
ratings: DE Brett Keisel
Texans
transactions: cut WR Edell Shepherd, OLB Roy Manning, sign DT Lional Dalton (#75), DT Anthony Maddox (#95), QB Bradlee Van Pelt (#10), OLB Kailee Wong (#52), FS Michael Stone (#42), RB Chris Taylor (#27), FB Vonta Leach (#44), WR Charlie Adams (#19), CB Von Hutchins (#34), RB Domanick Davis name change to Williams
number correction: RB Domanick Davis/Williams (#31)
depth chart: pos swap FS Michael Stone to SS

Titans
transactions: cut QB Matt Mauck, DT Jared Clauss, OLB Cody Spencer, CB Michael Waddell, sign ILB LeVar Woods (#49), OLB Cody Bockwoldt (#52), G Justin Geisinger
ratings: SS Lamont Thompson
depth chart: DT Jesse Mahelona (#94), OLB Terna Nande (#57), Calvin Lowery (#37), Vincent Fuller (#22), ILB Stephen Tulloch (#55)

Vikings
transactions: cut OLB Marquis Cooper, WR Marcus Robinson, T Adam Goldberg, sign TE Jeff Dugan (#83), WR Jason Carter (#11), C Ryan Cook (#62), FB Naufahu Tahi, CB Michael Hawkins (#37)
number correction: Ross Kolodziej (#96), Jason Glenn (#55), Will Hunter (#31), CB Fred Smooth (#21)
depth chart: pos swap TE Jim Kleinsasser to FB





ATTACHMENT
There are 4 excel spreadsheets in the zipfile attachment for this post. The filenames are as follows:
01 - Released List (For Roster Limits)
02 - Created CAPs
03 - Missing CAPs
04 - NFL IR List Thru Xmas

SPREADSHEET EXPLANATION
01 - a list of players who could not fit on to their team's 54-man roster (limited by the game b/c there is no IR outside of Franchise mode). These players are located in free agency.

02 - a list of created players (CAPs) I added since my last posting. This has fields for what team they are on, what each player's OVR rating is, and what old player they overwrote.

03 - a COMPLETE list of the players (& their jersey #s) who did NOT make it into my file but are currently on 53-man rosters in real life. For the most part, they are borderline practice squaders and backups who were just signed to replace an injured reserve player. Every player on my 54-man rosters is currently on an active 53-man roster or on IR in real-life. Between my file and this list (200 players) every single active NFL player is covered. Use this list if you want to create the few guys who are missing from your favorite team's roster on your own.

04 - the COMPLETE list of NFL players who were on IR as of Christmas day 2006. This spreadsheet contains the IR player's name, what team he is on, & the DATE he went on IR. For each of the 32 teams, their IR list contains anywhere from 1 to 5 players shown in bold text. These are players were injured early in the season and, as a result, are at the bottom of the depth charts in my file. These players will be all be located on IR from day-1 in my Franchise file which will be posted later this week.

Spreadsheet 04 was designed to be used with your franchises-- use it to determine when players like Donovan McNabb should be placed on IR in your own franchise using Finn's editor.

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...CONTINUED DETAILS ON THE Jan-7 FILE:

SPECIAL TEAMS
All kickers and punters have updated ratings to correspond with 06-07 stats. The kicking accuracy rating was determined using a weighted avg of each player's career FGM% and 06-07 FGM%. Other stats (kick power, composure, consistency) were determined from scouting reports and-- to a lesser degree-- from Madden '07 out-of-the-box ratings and from the FBG Videogame Football Ratings website. All kicker & punter statistics and ratings data is included in the excel attachment of this post.

TIGHT ENDS & FULLBACKS
In addition to special teams, ALL tight ends & many fullbacks have new ratings based on 06-07 performance.

DEFENSIVE BACKS
The TOP-10 players in interceptions during the 06-07 season received a 10 pt CTH rating boost. So, now 10 cornerbacks have a CTH rating in the teens... all other DBs remain with CTH ratings between 1 and 6. The 06-07 leaders in category "passes defensed" received a small boost in CVR rating

PASS RUSHERS
The top sack getters received a boost in PASS RUSH RATING. NFL leader Shawne Merriman is now the best pass rushing linebacker with a 92 pass rush rating. Roosevelt Colvin dropped from 92 to the mid-80s as he was not among leaders in 06-07. Aaron's Schobel & Kampman were at the top for defensive ends and rose into the mid-90s for PRS rating as a result.

[leo1882]

There's no subtraction from Merriman from being on steroids?

[daflyboys]

Excellent bro....will check it out. Clearly you are doing massive homework!

(you see leo, that's how you say "thank you" to someone who has spent gobs of hours on this)

[dredogg90]

Merriman is a straight up beast. He missed 4 games, and he still had 17 sacks! If he played those 4 games, he could have easily had 21, which would have been tied for 3rd all-time in sacks in a season. Steroids or not, he still deserves that 92 pass rush rating, maybe even more.

Great job puja!

Oh yeah, if you want to free up a roster spot on the Bengals, you can release David Pollack. His NFL career is over. He suffered a broken neck in a game against the Browns this year and has to undergo surgery that will end is career.

[puja21]

thanks fellas- it's definitely a lot of work. i hope the IR list and missing players list helps people improve their own franchises.

Pollack will be most likely removed when I use this roster for my next "Real College Draft" Franchise post. i didn't realize that his surgery caused retirement to become almost certain.

[slapnutz2k2]

Great job as always, puja. I didn't really get into it because it seems you did your homework on this one, but a couple of things caught my eye.

Adrian Awasom is on your Falcon roster but I can't recall him ever being on the team.

You changed London's name to Fletcher-Baker. While this is correct, he has said that he won't change the name on his jersey. Don't know if that means much to you but it's very hard keeping up with all 32 teams.

Again, great job!