Bears Redux-A Bears Dynasty

[Mike3207]

Ok, I've decided to try another Bears dynasty.My first one went pretty well, so I'll try this team again.

HC-Mike Smith
Personality-Commander
Offensive Playbook-Garrett Pass Attack
Defensive Playbook-3-3-5
Skills: Team Chemistry 4, Playcall 4, Strategy 4, Performance 4.
Special Skills-None

Philosophies:

Coach Hire-Give Up no Control
Trade-Neutral/Normal
Draft-Biggest Need/Small School Focus(locked)
Contract-Normal/Normal/1 million/Re-sign on Talent/Normal/3 Biggest Needs/Very Flexible.

QB: Balanced(3)
HB: Balanced (3)
FB: Blocking (1)
WR: Balanced (4)
TE: Playmaker (3)
C: Balanced (2)
G: Balanced (4)
T: Balanced (4)
DE: Undersized Speed Rusher (4)
DT: Run Stopper (2)
OLB: Pass Rusher (4)
MLB: Power/Blitzer
CB: Man Coverage (4)
FS: Man Coverage (2)
SS: Coverage SS (3)
K: Balanced (1)
P: Balanced (1)

Evaluation-Build Thru Draft/Favors Upside
Playcall-Blitz Heavy/Man Coverage/ HC Offensive Control/Closer to 3-4/ Balanced/Balanced/HC Defensive Control/Spread
Depth Chart-Prefers to Bench/Prefers to Bench/Balanced after that.

[Mike3207]

Re: Bears Redux-A Bears Dynasty

Staff Overview

HC Mike Smith-14
OC Ron Turner-17-Better as a QB Coach, will fire.
DC Bob Babich-23-Performance to 2, will fire.
STC Dave Toub-79-The lone bright spot on the Bears staff. You won't find a better STC coach outside of Indianapolis. Performance goes to 4, all regular skills go to 4 or 5, and all development skills go to 5. Retaining.
QBC- Pep Hamilton-7-Performance to 2, fire
RBC- Tim Spencer-25-Performance to 2, fire.
WRC Daryl Drake-39-Performance to 3, will fire.
OLC Harry Hiestand-32-Performance to 2, fire.
LBC Lloyd Lee-5-Performance to 1, definite fire.
DBC Scott Wilson-25-Performance to 2, fire.
DLC Brick Haley-11-Performance to 1, definite fire.

GM Jim Andrews-Contract and Trade Negotiation to 4, defense and special teams skills to 5, OL and TE to 4, RB and WR to 3, and QB to 2. He already has Small School Insider. We'll see who's available after the 1st year.

Trainer Ando Smith-5- Definite Fire.

[Mike3207]

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Roster Overview:

Qb-No pot. over 75, definite need.
HB-No potential over 73, definite need.
FB-No potential over 73, need.
WR-Won't re-sign Berrian & I'll need some more WRs past Hester-need.
TE-Olsen ok for now.
LT-No pot. over 73, need.
LG-Ruben Brown is 35 and will be too expensive to re-sign.
C-Olin Kreutz ok for now, but he's past 30.
RG-Garva 77 overall a backup-another need.
RT-John Tait 85 overall-Ok for now, but overpaid. A future need.
LE-Ogunleye 87 overall. He's 32, so this will have to be addressed.
RE-M. Anderson-81/86-Ok for now, a future need.
DT-DT Tommy Harris doesn't fit the system, so will look to trade him.
LOLB-Hillenmeyer backup, will look to address. Future need.
MLB-Urlacher is 32, but my last dynasty his overall stayed around 92 or 93 the entire 5 years of my dynasty. I have bigger worries.
ROLB-Will look to re-sign Briggs unless I'm on the English path.
CB-Not sure on Tillman, Vasher's a Pro Bowler. Will depend on the path I'm on whether I trade Tillman in the future.

FS-No pot. over 80, need.
SS-Will look to trade Mike Brown for cap reasons, need 2 SS.
K-Gould's a keeper
P-Maynard is OK for now.

[Mike3207]

Re: Bears Redux-A Bears Dynasty

18 Day Countdown and FA Period

Franchise Tag-Bears- OLB Lance Briggs, Bengals-RE Justin Smith, Panthers-RT Jordan Gross, Seahawks, K Josh Brown, Ravens-OLB Terrell Suggs, Raiders-CB Nnamdi Asomugha, Cowboys-LT Flozell Adams

Season Goals-Get a 85+QB, 85+HB, and 85+LT. The only one I will meet is the LT one, unless I luck out and get McFadden.

RFAs-Gave WR Rasheed Davis 62 overall a Tender 1 offer(7th round).

Inside Info gamechanger-fully scouted WR Devin Thomas. He had a 79 potential with the Balanced WR philosophy.

Cuts:

Cut HB Cedric Benson, SS Adam Archueleta, CB Ricky Manning, QB Rex Grossman, ROLB Darrell McGlover, and DT Dusty Dvoracek. This gave me about 14.5 million in cap penalties for next year.

FA Period:

Traded TE Desmond Clark, HB Garrett Wolfe, and 6 (169) for LT Joe Staley-met LT goal.

Traded 2009 6th for FB Reagan Mauia.

Traded CB Truman McBride for Seahawks 6 (183) and 7 (218)

Mock Draft had me picking QB Joe Flacco at 14-I don't think so.

I signed a number of players during FA and traded them for picks. They will be listed below:

FS Eugene Wilson-Chargers 27th overall.
K Rob Bironas for Eagles 2 (49) and 2009 7th.
K Jason Elam-Chiefs 3 (66).
K Olindo Mare-Cowboys 5 (158) and 6 (189).
K John Carney-Titans 4 (121).
K Lawrence Tynes-Giants 3 (95).
P Mitch Berger-Vikings 4 (114).
P Matt Turk-Patriots 6 (191) and 2009 6th.
K Morten Anderson-Rams 6 (162) and 7 (202)

New Season Goals:

Draft a sleeper
Don't draft a bust.

The 2008 Draft is next.

[kdmajoslin]

Re: Bears Redux-A Bears Dynasty

who knew there was such a market for kickers?

[HeathyT]

Re: Bears Redux-A Bears Dynasty

love the title :P haha

i'll be following, just try lose to the pack twice a year for me

[Mike3207]

Re: Bears Redux-A Bears Dynasty

2008 Draft-Round 1

1-1-Dolphins-LT Jake Long
1-2-Rams-OLB Vernon Gholston
1-3-Falcons-OLB Keith Rivers
1-4-Raiders-RE Chris Long
1-5-Chiefs-DT Glen Dorsey
1-6-Jets-QB Matt Ryan
1-7-Patriots-HB Darren McFadden-A disappointment. I had hoped he would fall out of the top 8, but there are other elite HBs in the game.
1-8-Ravens-CB L. McKelvin
1-9-Bengals-DT Sedrick Ellis
1-10-Saints trade to Broncos for 1-12, 7 (212), and 2009 3rd-Broncos get LT R. Clady
1-11-Bills-LE Derrick Harvey
1-12-Saints-RT J. Otah
1-13-Panthers-LT C. Williams
1-14-Bears-traded to Raiders for their 2009 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Raiders almost always finish near the last in 2008, and get a high draft pick in 2009. Raiders select LOLB J. Mayo.
1-15-Lions-CB D. Cromartie
1-16-Cardinals-CB M. Jenkins
1-17-Chiefs-traded to Cowboys for 1-28 and 2009 2nd-Cowboys-HB C. Johnson
1-18-Texans-DT K. Balmer
1-19-Eagles-LG Brendon Albert
1-20-Bucs-RT G. Cherilus
1-21- Redskins-CB, forget the name
1-22-Cowboys-traded to Bills for 2 (41), 2 (58) and 2009 6th-CB A. Talib
1-23-Steelers-RE P. Merling
1-24-Titans-TE J. Carlson
1-25-Seahawks-HB R. Mendenhall
1-26-Jaguards-traded to Cowboys for 2 (41), 2009 3rd, and 2009 7th-LT S. Baker
1-27-Bears-SS Kenny Phillips
1-28-Chiefs-LE L. Jackson
1-29-49ers-QB J. Flacco
1-30-Packers-HB Felix Jones
1-31-Giants-WR J. Hardy
1-32-Dolphins-WR D. Avery

A few words from Coach Smith-"A good SS was a definite need for us. The coaching staff all wanted Joe Flacco at 14, but I felt there was more value in what we received from the Raiders. Besides, I don't think he's that good. We're pretty sure we can pick up our QB and HB in the remainder of the draft."

[Mike3207]

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2008 Draft-Remainder of My Draft

2-44-RE Calais Campbell
2-49-Traded to Packers for 2 (60) and 6 (168)
2-60-HB Ray Rice
3-66-DT Dre Moore-met Sleeper goal.
3-70-QB Andre Woodson
3-71-Traded P Steve Weatherford(I really loaded up on kickers), 3 (95) and 5 (137)-drafted WR Early Doucet.
3-90-SS Craig Steltz
4-106-traded up(forget the team) from 4-107 also giving up 7-202 and 7-207-drafted WR Mario Manningham
4-114-LG David Hale
4-121-CB Zack Bowman
5-129-traded 5(143), 7 (218) and 2009 6th-drafted RG Roy Schuening
5-158-WR Kevin Robinson
6-162-FB Carl Stewart
6-168-SS Kelin Johnson
6-183-RE Tony Bake
6-189-DT Athya Rubin
6-191-SS Chris Horton

Undrafted:

C Steve Justice
TE Mike Peterson
LOLB Barry Redd
HB Xavier Amon
K Alexis Serna

[Mike3207]

Re: Bears Redux-A Bears Dynasty

who knew there was such a market for kickers?

There's a lot of good kickers in the 2008 FA period, especially if the Seahawks didn't franchise theirs. Never did understand giving up 2nd round picks for 30 year old kickers, but OK. I have seen kickers lose kicking power as they get older, so it can be a risk.

Heathy T, its always a season goal for the Bears to beat the Packers, so don't count on it.

[Mike3207]

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Training Camp

At the start of training camp

Traded C Olin Kreutz to the Bills for 2009 2nd and 2010 7th.
Traded DT Tommy Harris to the Dolphins for 2009 2nd and a 2010 6th.

It's always a season goal to re-sign those 2, and I always take a big approval hit with the owner when I don't do it. I'm going to make sure it doesn't happen this time.

Traded CB Ricky Manning to the Patriots for their 2009 2nd.
Traded HB Aveion Cason to the Cardinals for their 2009 5th.
Traded HB Michael Pittman to the Eagle for their 2009 6th.
Traded FS Mike Brown to the Chiefs for 2009 2nd and a 2010 7th.
Traded CB Ty Law to the Seahawks for 2009 3rd and 2010 7th.
Traded 2009 5th and 6th for C Casey Rabach.

Season Goals:

Sign SS Kenny Phillips
Trade QB Trent Dilfer
Increase Brian Urlacher's Play Knowledge to 41%
Increase Lance Briggs PK to 41 %
Increase Nathan Vasher's PK to 38%

Traded QB Trent Dilfer to Falcons for 2009 6th and 7th
Traded FB Dan Kreider to 49ers for 2009 6th and 7th. I wish I hadn't done that one, because Stewart isn't a good blocking back. Oh, well.

Rookie deals:

SS Kenny Phillips-5 year, 9.6 million dollar deal, 2 million signing bonus, met goal.

RE Calais Campbell-4 year, 3.7 million, 500 K SB.

HB Ray Rice to 4 year, 12.2 million dollar deal, no signing bonus.

New Season Goals:

Play Dre Moore 50 downs
Play Calais Campbell 50 downs
Play Athya Rubin 50 downs

I've Mastered my defensive playbook and Learned my Offensive playbook, so I'm ready to play the 1st preseason games.

[Mike3207]

Re: Bears Redux-A Bears Dynasty

So I decided to run a test case with the 1st preseason game. I would sim a win, sim a loss, supersim a win, supersim a loss, and play a win/loss to see how many points my coach got. Here are the results:

Sim win-720
Sim loss-600
Supersim win-1,580
Supersim loss-840
Play 34-7 win-2,480 points

So the best thing to do to maximize your points for your HC is to play all the games if you have the time and patience. I think you could get 60,000 points in a season if you played and won all the games, 36,000 if you super-sim them, and 12,000 if you sim them. Here are the details of my 1st preseason win against the Falcons:

Urlacher-sack and INT TD
Steltz-INT TD
Campbell-2 sacks
Woodson 220 yds passing, Rice 82 yds rushing, Robinson 77 receiving yards.

Bought Major School Insider for my GM.
Signed K David Akers off waivers and traded him to the Saints for their 2009 3rd.

Just an observation about the game; my team played better than it previously had. I think it was related to having all my regular skills-strategy, performance,team chemistry, and playcalling at 4. I checked the practice when I did gameplanning after the game and the success rate was very high-around 97-100%. My offensive line played well, Rice hit the holes for big gains, the receivers caught the ball, and the defense sacked the QB and disrupted the passing game. It might be something to try next time someone creates a HC.

[kdmajoslin]

Re: Bears Redux-A Bears Dynasty

I agree that playing games will get you more points, but I am kind of enjoying running through a season in a day by simming.

I've also found that the computer reacts differently to plays in SIM than it does in actual Gameplay. For example, The Counter Play out of the Maryland I...when you sim that play...don't expect to do anything...I've had it in my playbook all my seasons in my current offense and it has a rating of like 15 averaging 1.3yds or something horrible like that...but when I play a game and run it, it dominates...especially with my FB2 subbed in for HB2...it's like taking a can opener to the D Line.

[Mike3207]

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Rest of Preseason

I played the 2nd preseason game, then got hit with a Lis Franc Foot for Doucet(4-9 months) and Hernia injury for Briggs (3-7 weeks). I then decided to supersim the rest of the preseason and probably the regular season. I went 4-0 for the preseason.

Game 2- Bears 14, Seahawks 6

Urlacher INT
DC Performance 2, LB-LB Phys Dev 2

Game 3-Bears 27, 49ers 21

Rice 90 rush yds, Woodson 2 TDs, Manningham 122 receiving yards
Schuening and Hale 5 pancakes, Urlacher and Campbell sack
Vasher and Steltz INTs
OC-Performance 2

Game 4-Bears 14, Browns 7

Rice 91 rush yards, Vasher 2 INTs, Phillips INT
DBC-Performance 2, DC Playcall 2

Preseason Promise-Win 3 games(keep expectations low)

Draft Path-Zazzali Path

Season Goals:

Win 3/4 games-Fast Start
Beat Packers in Week 11
Beat Packers on Monday Night in Week 16
Re-sign ROLB Lance Briggs
Win Defensive Rookie Of the Year
Have 75+ Approval

I'm using default sliders. I'll supersim the 1st season, then play all games. I'm playing 14 minute quarters the first season. I'll post my roster next.

[twl221]

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I decided to test it out too.
I started out with 16960 points.
Played the Raiders

Sim Win - Won 31-13 - 1055 points.
Supersim Win - Won 24-14 - 1780 Points
Play Win - Won 35-18 - 2230

So based on this and mrs844224's results (shown below)
Sim win-720
Sim loss-600
Supersim win-1,580
Supersim loss-840
Play 34-7 win-2,480 points

If ou go a perfect 19-0, you'll get these amounts, on average.

Sim Win - 16862
Supersim Win - 31920
Play win - 44745

So, it seems best to play (Obviously), but if you are pressed for time, it is much better to supersim than sim.

[Mike3207]

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2008 Roster

A few details. I'm going Position/Player/Overall/Potential/Total cap/Cap This Year/Bonus/Years Left from Left to Right. I'm also including Salary Cap information.

NFL Cap-116 million
Team Salary Cap-62.98 million
Cap Room-33 million
Penalties-20.02 million
Incentives-None
Next Year Penalties-8.85 million
2008 Cap-33 million
2009 Cap-55.41 million
2010 Cap-77.12 million
2011 Cap-88.47 million

QB1-Andre Woodson-/77/94/1.6 million/480K/0/3
QB2-Kyle Orton-70/75/1.5 million/440K/160K/1
QB3-Torrance Freeman-64/76/290K/290K/0/1
HB1-Ray Rice-79/87/2.2 million/480K/0/4
HB2-Xavier Amon-65/88/290K/290K/0/1
HB3-Landon Erickson-72/80/290K/290K/0/1
FB1-Reagan Mauia-80/88/1.6 million/390K/0/3
FB2-Jake Alford-73/83/290K/290K/0/1
WR1-Early Doucet-75/91/2.0 Million/590K/0/3
WR2-Mario Manningham-75/90/1.5 million/470K/0/3
WR3-Iwan Glover-68/87-290K/290K/0/1
WR4-Devin Hester-75/87/2.8 million/720K/1.6 million/2
WR5-Kevin Robinson-67/86/800K/240K/3
TE1-Greg Olsen-79/89/10.0 million/1.8 million/1.4 million/4
TE2-Mike Peterson-60/86/290K/290K/0/1
TE3-Spencer Anderson-68/79/290K/290K/0/1
LT1-Joe Staley-86/93/8.0 million/1.3 million/0/4
LT2-Tony Hills-68/85-290K/290K/0/1
LG1-David Hale-75/87/1.1 million/350K/0/3
LG2-Kareen Crawford-78/79/900K/900K/0/1
C1-Steve Justice-75/83/420K/420K/0/1
C2-Jordan Black-75/80/900K/900K/0/1
RG1-Roy Schuening-70/86/760K/230K/0/3
RG2-Chase Hilliard-73/79/290K/290K/0/1
RT1-John Tait-84/84/33.6 million/6.5 million/15.0 million/2
LE1-Adewale Ogunleye-87/87/33.4 million/6.3 million/15.0 million/2
LE2-Tony Bake-82/88/650K/200K/0/3
RE1-Calais Campbell-87/92/3.7 million/810K/500K/4
RE2-Mark Anderson-81/86/1.6 million/420K/200K/2
DT1-Dre Moore-87/92-2.0 million/600K/0/3
DT2-Athya Rubin-86/90/650K/200K/0/3
LOLB1-Hunter Hillenmeyer-79/81/13.0 million/2.4 million/500k/5
LOLB2-Angelo Craig-71/83-290K/290K/0/1
MLB1-Brian Urlacher-92/93-34.8 million/5.3 million/14.0 million/2
MLB2-Armond McCamey-75/81/900K/900K/0/1
ROLB1-Lance Briggs-90/91/8.4 million/8.4 million/0/1
ROLB2-Neil Dawson-70/78/290K/290K/0/1
CB1-Nathan Vasher-88/90/30.0 million/4.2 million/12.0 million/5
CB2-Charles Tillman-85/86/42.0 million/5.4 million/18.0 million/6
CB3-Zack Bowman-76/87/910K/270K/0/3
CB4-Cris Sanders-71/78/290K/290K/0/1
FS1-Kelin Johnson-78/83/650K/250K/0/3
FS2-Daniel Manning-75/80/2.6 million/680K/1.2 million/2
SS1-Kenny Phillips-85/93/9.6 million/1.6 million/2.0 million/5
SS2-Craig Steltz-79/86/1.8 million/540K/0/3
SS3-Chris Horton-74/79/680K/210K/0/3
K1-Robbie Gould-91/94/15.5 million/4.3 million/5
K2-Alexis Serna-83/92/290K/290K/0/1
P1-Brad Maynard-87/87/4.2 million/1.4 million/60K/3