Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

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Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

WEEK 16, DECEMBER 18, 2010 PANTHERS VS BROWNS

The Browns looked good over all. I am starting to lose faith in Joseph. He almost always runs back towards defenders so I am unsure of what to do with him at this time. He has had flashes of being very good...but then he overdoses on stupid pills... The defense once again gave up BIG yards to one receiver. I am seeing what is happening I just need to figure out how to stop it.

Well the Colts and the Patriots both lost so I have won the Conference. I am thinking very strongly of sitting my starters and just simming this last game against Pittsburgh. I wont gain anything by winning, but an injury would be lethal at this point. But that 16 win season would be nice...but a Super Bowl win would be nicer...

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	FINAL
Browns (15-0) vs	13	14	7	3		37
Panthers (6-9)	0	6	7	13		26

SCORING SUMMARY
1ST Quarter
Browns: (11:26) Simpkins 51 yrd INT (Serna kick missed) 6-0
Browns: (7:25) Joseph 13 yrd Pass from Anderson (Serna kick) 13-0
2nd Quarter
Panthers: (15:00) Keeler 22 yrd FG 13-3
Browns: (0:52) Witten 9 yrd Pass from Anderson (Serna kick) 20-3
Browns: (0:37) McDonald 39 yrd INT (Serna kick) 27-3
Panthers: (0:00) Keeler 43 yrd FG, after 23 yrd Pass interference call final play 27-6
3rd Quarter
Panthers: (10:42) Marshall 92 yrd Fumble return (Keeler kick) 27-13
Browns: (5:34) Stallworth 8 yrd Pass from Anderson (Serna kick) 34-13
4th Quarter
Panthers: (11:33) Lewis 3 yrd Pass from Rivers (Keeler kick missed) 34-19
Browns: (3:58) Serna 32 yrd FG 37-19
Panthers: (3:25) Thomas 72 yrd Pass from Rivers (Keeler kick) 37-26


GAME STATS

BROWNS
Passing	ATT	COMP	YDS	TDs	INT
Anderson	30	24	286	3	1
Rushing	ATT	YDS	YPC	TDs	FUM
Joseph	12	55	4.5	0	1
Anderson	2	(-4)	-2	0	0
Receiving	CTC	YDS	TDs	Drops
Kelly	5	68	0	1
Stallworth	5	72	1	0
Witten	4	36	1	0
Rudolph	4	59	0	1
Joseph	4	34	1	0
Cribbs	1	5	0	0
Vickers	1	12	0	0
Defense	Sacks	INTs	FF/FR
King	2	0	0
Simpkins	0	1	0
McDonald	0	1	1 FR
Pool	0	0	1 FF
Kicking	XPA	XPM	FGA	FGM
Serna	5	4	2	1
PANTHERS
Passing	ATT	COMP	YDS	TDs	INT
Rivers	36	25	356	2	2
Rushing	ATT	YDS	YPC	TDs	FUM
Lewis	22	56	2.5	0	0
Rivers	1	(-5)	-5	0	0
Receiving	CTC	YDS	TDs	Drops
Thomas	8	200	1	0
Smith	7	73	0	1
Lewis	2	18	1	0
Lockett	2	4	0	0
Wiggins	2	21	0	2
Hackett	2	22	0	0
Troupe	1	17	0	0
Jones	1	1	0	0
Defense	Sacks	INTs	FF/FR
Marshall	0	1	1 FR
Davis	0	0	1 FF
Kicking	XPA	XPM	FGA	FGM
Keeler	3	2	4	2

BRWNS		PANTHERS
37	Score	13
337	Total Offense	395
51	Rushing Yards	51
286	Passing Yards	344
16	First Downs	17
0	Punt Return Yards	0
106	Kick Return Yards	108
443	Total Yards	503
2	Turnovers	3
3-5 (60%)	3rd Down Conversions	6-13 (46%)
0-0 (0%)	4th Down Conversions	1-1 (100%)
0-0 (0%)	2-Pt Conversions	0-0 (0%)
3-5 (60%)	Red Zone Percentage	1-4 (25%)
3	Red Zone TDs	1
1	Red Zone FGs	1
4-52	Penalties	4-44
26:52	Time of Possession	33:07

[BrnwsBucksFanNC]

Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

PRO BOWL ROSTER

QB Anderson HB Joseph FB Vickers FB Thigpin WR Stallworth TE Witten K Serna LE Strickland RE Johnson DT Rubin ROLB Simpkins MLB King
FS Pool SS Bartell

[BrnwsBucksFanNC]

Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

I decided to just sim the final game of the season, in the big scheme of things it didnt matter if I won or not. I lost 27-24 to the Steelers. But I didnt risk injury to any of my key players.

I also signed MLB Gino King. I had been trying to sign him to a 5 year deal worth 10.8 million with a 2 million bonus. He kept dropping his demand, but he would not neogitate. He would make his demand, I would respond and he would do the "accept this deal or I walk" thing. I dont like paying incentives, so I was able to sign him to a 5 year deal worth 10.8 million, but the bonus was 5 million. He is young though and has been great in the middle of my defense.

HB Joseph is another story though. I didnt give him an offer for a couple of weeks yet he walked out every time after that. I looked at his numbers for progression and I may have to Franchise Tag him to try to get him to sign another year. He makes stupid mistakes...but he also makes great plays.

Year Awards
NFL MVP: QB Derek Anderson, Browns
O POY: HB Ray Rice, Ravens
D POY: CB Drayton Florence, Jaguars
O ROY: WR Ronyell Greenway, Ravens
D ROY: MLB Joey Hibbert, Steelers
COY: Me

[BrnwsBucksFanNC]

Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

STANDINGS

AFC North	AFC South	AFC East	AFC West
Z-Browns 15-1	Y-Colts 14-2	Y-Patriots 14-2	Y-Broncos 9-7
X-Ravens 10-6	X-Jaquars 9-5-2	Bills 8-8	Chargers 6-10
Steelers 9-7	Titans 6-9-1	Dolphins 5-11	Chiefs 6-10
Bengals 8-8	Texans 6-10	Jets 3-13	Raiders 4-12
NFC North	NFC South	NFC East	NFC West
Y-Vikings 10-6	Y-Tampa Bay 11-5	Z-Eagles 12-4	Y-Seahawks 11-5
Lions 8-8	X-Saints 9-7	X-Giants 11-4-1	Rams 8-8
Bears 7-9	Panthers 7-9	Cowboys 8-8	49ers 5-11
Packers 5-11	Falcons 4-12	Redskins 1-15	Cardinals 5-11

WILDCARD GAMES

Broncos: 20
Jaguars: 23

Ravens: 30
Patriots: 24

Vikings: 17
Giants: 20

Seahawks: 28
Saints: 42

DIVISONAL GAMES

Browns vs Ravens (I HATE playing them!!)
Colts vs Jaguars
Saints vs Eagles
Giants vs Tampa Bay

[BrnwsBucksFanNC]

Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

DIVISONAL PLAYOFFS, JANUARY 8, 2011 BROWNS VS RAVENS

Well this one was almost too much for the ole ticker. Did I say I HATE playing the Ravens? Maybe it is because I had 3 trips to the Red Zone in the first half, all inside the 15 and ended up having to kick 3 FGs. Maybe it is because I had a 28 pass interfernce call on a 3 and 18 that put them on the 38 where on the next play Rice broke 4 tackles on the way to the end zone. Or it might be the fact that I couldnt get a first down in the 2nd half until there was less than 3 minutes left in the 3rd.

But all is well that ends well. After they took the lead with 2 minutes left I stuffed them on the 2 point conversion. But after getting 1 1st Down I failed on a 4th Down conversion attempt and turned the ball over on my 48 with 1:56 left. My Defense stepped up though and forced a punt. I used 2 of my TOs to keep some time on the clock so I got the ball back at the 20 with 1:01 left and 1 time out, I was able to get to the 50, but once again was facing a 4th and 10 with 46 seconds left and 1 time out. I called a 4 wide comeback route and hit Rudolph at the 36 yard line. I hurriedly called another pass play and completed for a 1st and 10 at the 16 with 15 seconds left. I let the clock run down to 3 seconds and took my last time out. After lining up for the FG the Ravens called a time out. I once again called for a FG and Serna nailed it as the clock it 0:00 for the 2 point win! My heart bout jumped out of my chest! Did I say I HATE playing the Ravens??? CB ERic Wright has a strained MCL and is out 3-4 weeks.

The other games:
Jaguars 7 Saints 28 Giants 3
Colts 26 Eagles 26 Tampa Bay 27

So Conference Championship games:
Browns vs Colts Saints vs Tampa Bay

1^st Quarter
Browns: (6:37) Serna 23 yrd FG 3-0
2^nd Quarter
Browns: (9:15) Serna 30 yrd Fg 6-0
Browns: (1:57) Serna 22 yrd Fg 9-0
3^rd Quarter
Ravens: (10:04) Rice 38 yrd Run (Nugent kick) 9-7
Ravens: (0:03) Nugent 31 yrd FG 9-10
4^th Quarter
Browns: (13:17) Joseph 35 yrd Run (2 pt failed) 15-10
Browns: (13:10) Cameron 24 yrd INT (Serna kick) 22-10
Ravens: (9:17) Wells 8 yrd Pass from Boller (Nugent kick) 22-17
Ravens: (2:00) Rice 5 yrd Run (Nugent kick) 22-23
Browns: (0:03) Serna 33 yrd FG 25-23


GAME STATS

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	FINAL
Browns VS	3	6	0	16		25
Ravens	0	0	10	13		23

BROWNS
Passing	ATT	COMP	YDS	TDs	INT
Anderson	56	44	287	0	0
Rushing	ATT	YDS	YPC	TDs	FUM
Joseph	18	53	2.9	1	0
Receiving	CTC	YDS	TDs	Drops
Witten	8	104	0	1
Rudolph	6	81	0	1
Cribbs	3	57	0	1
Vickers	2	9	0	0
Stallworth	2	16	0	1
Joseph	2	4	0	0
Garrett	1	6	0	0
Kelly	1	10	0	2
Defense	Sacks	INTs	FF/FR
Cody	2	0	0
Johnson	2	0	0
Moore	1	0	0
Norton	1	0	0
Rubin	1	0	0
King	1	0	0
Bartell	0	2	0
Cameron	0	1	0
Kicking	XPA	XPM	FGA	FGM
Serna	1	1	5	4
RAVENS
Passing	ATT	COMP	YDS	TDs	INT
Boller	26	16	210	1	2
Scotland	8	2	33	0	1
Rushing	ATT	YDS	YPC	TDs	FUM
Rice	12	61	5	2	0
Boller	7	28	4	0	0
McGahee	1	1	1	0	0
Receiving	CTC	YDS	TDs	Drops
Clark	6	77	0	1
Rice	4	47	0	0
McGahee	2	9	0	1
Williams	2	38	0	2
Wells	1	8	1	0
Sydniewski	1	29	0	1
Steptoe	1	16	0	0
Greenway	1	19	0	0
Defense	Sacks	INTs	FF/FR
Ngata	1	0	0
Yardley	1	0	0
Zbikowski	1	0	0
Suggs	1	0	0
Kicking	XPA	XPM	FGA	FGM
Nugent	2	2	1	1

BRWNS		RAVENS
25	Score	23
316	Total Offense	311
53	Rushing Yards	90
253	Passing Yards	221
17	First Downs	16
6	Punt Return Yards	26
134	Kick Return Yards	0
456	Total Yards	337
0	Turnovers	3
2-14 (14%)	3rd Down Conversions	3-10 (30%)
2-3 (66%)	4th Down Conversions	1-1 (100%)
1-0 (0%)	2-Pt Conversions	0-1 (0%)
0-4 (0%)	Red Zone Percentage	2-3 (66%)
0	Red Zone TDs	2
4	Red Zone FGs	1
2-49	Penalties	7-75
35:40	Time of Possession	24:15

[BrnwsBucksFanNC]

Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP: BROWNS VS COLTS, JANUARY 16, 2011

I thought this one was going to end my run as I went down 9-0 at the end of the 1st. I had given up a Safety and the ensueing kick resulted in a TD. I had 0, zilch, nada yards of offense at the end of the Quarter and it didnt look much better as I started the 2nd. But then the team started to come alive. I shocked myself as Edwards finally got thrown to and held on to the ball! I scored 31 unanswered points to put the Browns in the Super Bowl. All I can say is...WOW!

The Saints beat Tampa Bay 27-24 so I will face them again....will see how that goes tomorrow.

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	FINAL
Browns VS	0	7	7	24		38
Colts	9	7	7	8		31

GAME STATS
1^st Quarter
Colts: (9:55) Freeney Safety 0-2
Colts: (7:24) Gonzalez 5 yrd Pass from Manning (Gramatica kick) 0-9
2^nd Quarter
Browns: (11:22) Joseph 11 yrd Run (Serna kick) 7-9
Colts: (6:22) Gonzalez 17 yrd Pass from Manning (Gramatica kick) 7-16
3^rd Quarter
Colts: (10:41) Clark 7 yrd Pass from Manning (Gramatica kick) 7-23
Browns: (6:26) Witten 7 yrd Pass from Anderson (Serna kick) 14-23
4^th Quarter
Browns: (11:19) Joseph 7 yrd Run (Serna kick) 21-23
Browns: (10:56) Norton 37 yrd INT (Serna kick) 28-23
Browns: (2:02) Joseph 7 yrd Run (Serna kick) 35-23
Browns: (0:51) Serna 34 yrd FG 38-23
Colts: (0:05) Boyd 21 yrd Pass from Manning (2 pt good) 38-31

BROWNS
Passing	ATT	COMP	YDS	TDs	INT
Anderson	21	14	266	1	0
Rushing	ATT	YDS	YPC	TDs	FUM
Joseph	27	109	4.1	3	1
Anderson	1	3	3	0	0
Receiving	CTC	YDS	TDs	Drops
Stallworth	5	90	0	1
Edwards	69	86	0	0
Kelly	14	57	0	1
Witten	7	9	1	0
Rudolph	1	16	0	0
Defense	Sacks	INTs	FF/FR
Bartell	1	0	0
Cody	1	0	0
Norton	0	2	0
King	0	1	0
Kicking	XPA	XPM	FGA	FGM
Serna	5	5	2	1
COLTS
Passing	ATT	COMP	YDS	TDs	INT
Manning	44	29	333	4	3
Rushing	ATT	YDS	YPC	TDs	FUM
Dillon	13	20	1.5	0	0
Wilkinson	1	13	13	0	0
Receiving	CTC	YDS	TDs	Drops
Gonzalez	10	116	2	1
Clark	5	60	1	2
Wayne	5	81	0	2
Boyd	5	56	1	0
Dillon	2	(-4)	0	0
Lane	1	14	0	0
Robinson	1	10	0	0
Defense	Sacks	INTs	FF/FR
Guion	1	0	1 FF
Brackett	0	0	1 FF/1 FR
Freeney	Safety	0	0
Kicking	XPA	XPM	FGA	FGM
Gramatica	3	3	1	0

BRWNS		COLTS
38	Score	31
374	Total Offense	311
112	Rushing Yards	90
262	Passing Yards	221
18	First Downs	16
0	Punt Return Yards	26
77	Kick Return Yards	0
451	Total Yards	337
1	Turnovers	3
1-5 (20%)	3rd Down Conversions	6-11 (54%)
0-0 (0%)	4th Down Conversions	0-0 (0%)
0-0 (0%)	2-Pt Conversions	1-1 (100%)
4-6 (66%)	Red Zone Percentage	3-3 (100%)
4	Red Zone TDs	3
1	Red Zone FGs	0
4-50	Penalties	2-12
25:14	Time of Possession	31:45

[BrnwsBucksFanNC]

Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

SUPER BOWL, JANUARY 30, 2011, BROWNS VS SAINTS

To be honest, this game was a little bit of a disappoitment after what the 2 previous games had been like. I thought it was going to be another "Brees/Colston Show" as they marched down the field on the opening drive, but OLB Cody picked off a Brees pass at the 8 and raced 92 yards for a TD, a fumble with a FG and another INT for a TD gave me a 17-0 lead at the end of the 1st and I never looked back. The only laughable part was the 2 Pass Interfernce calls I had, ironically on both of their scoring drives, a 36 yarder and a 41 yarder. But I will let the defense off of the hook for those considering they forced 5 turnovers. WR Donte Stallworth had a "mystery injury" on game day and didnt play. RB Reggie Bush was injured for the Saints.

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	FINAL
Browns VS	17	10	3	17		47
Saints	0	7	0	7		14

SCORING SUMMARY
1^st Quarter
Browns: (11:42) Cody 92 yrd INT (Serna kick) 7-0
Browns: (8:29) Serna 44 yrd FG 10-0
Browns: (4:56) Bartell 65 yrd INT (Serna kick) 17-0
2^nd Quarter
Browns: (7:07) Brooks 1 yrd Run (Serna kick) 24-0
Saints: (5:02) Shockey 22 yrd Pass from Brees (Feely kick) 24-7
Browns: (0:02) Serna 54 yrd FG 27-7
3^rd Quarter
Browns: (10:14) Serna 37 yrd FG 30-7
4^th Quarter
Browns: (12:41) Serna 43 yrd FG 33-7
Saints: (7:23) Charles 2 yrd Run (Feely kick) 33-14
Browns: (3:48) Joseph 3 yrd Run (Serna kick) 40-14
Browns: (2:47) Joseph 12 yrd Run (Serna kick) 47-14

BROWNS
Passing	ATT	COMP	YDS	TDs	INT
Anderson	32	21	237	0	0
Appling	1	1	12	0	0
Rushing	ATT	YDS	YPC	TDs	FUM
Joseph	15	74	4.9	2	0
Brooks	4	10	2.5	1	0
Receiving	CTC	YDS	TDs	Drops
Kelly	5	54	0	0
Edwards	5	83	0	2
Witten	4	45	0	0
Vickers	2	9	0	0
Rudolph	2	36	0	0
Joseph	2	5	0	0
Garrett	1	7	0	0
Humphrey	1	10	0	0
Defense	Sacks	INTs	FF/FR
King	2	0	1 FF
Cody	1	1	1 FR
Norton	0	1	0
Bartell	0	1	1 FF
Johnson	0	0	1 FF
McDonald	0	0	1 FR
Kicking	XPA	XPM	FGA	FGM
Serna	5	5	4	4
SAINTS
Passing	ATT	COMP	YDS	TDs	INT
Brees	38	26	280	1	3
Rushing	ATT	YDS	YPC	TDs	FUM
Charles	7	19	2.7	1	3
Receiving	CTC	YDS	TDs	Drops
Charles	7	45	0	0
Colston	6	72	0	2
McDonald	5	84	0	0
Green	4	11	0	0
Jurevicius	1	4	0	0
Shockey	1	22	1	0
Karney	1	15	0	0
Jackson	1	27	0	0
Defense	Sacks	INTs	FF/FR
Hovan	1	0	0
Kicking	XPA	XPM	FGA	FGM
Feely	2	2	0	0

BRWNS		SAINTS
47	Score	14
333	Total Offense	290
84	Rushing Yards	19
249	Passing Yards	271
17	First Downs	16
12	Punt Return Yards	0
78	Kick Return Yards	59
423	Total Yards	349
0	Turnovers	5
5-10 (50%)	3rd Down Conversions	3-7 (42%)
1-1 (100%)	4th Down Conversions	0-0 (0%)
0-0 (0%)	2-Pt Conversions	0-0 (0%)
3-4 (75%)	Red Zone Percentage	1-2 (50%)
3	Red Zone TDs	1
1	Red Zone FGs	0
5-107	Penalties	1-10
33:42	Time of Possession	26:14

[BrnwsBucksFanNC]

Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

I will be starting on the off-season things tonight. I will probably franchise Joseph. I am going to let Edwards go, as you can see, when he was a factor in the game, he had more drops than TDS...hence my nickname for him...Butterfingers Braylon.

My defensive secondary was AWFUL for 90% of the season...then in the post-season they actually started to play well. I guess it finally clicked. You can see that I gave up over 10,000 passing yards. That equal to over 500 yards a game! WAY TOO MUCH! So that is a BIG need I will be looking at.

The coaches all stayed so I am very pleased with that. I will post an update once I get some of this other stuff finished.

Here are some of the end-of-year stats.

Passing	ATMPTS	COMP	PCTGE	YRDS	TDs	INTs
Anderson	492	336	68.20%	4622	36	3
Rushing	ATMPTS	YRDS	YPC	TD	FUM
Joseph	239	1160	4.8	23	2
Brooks	39	90	2.3	2	0
Receiving	CATCHES	YRDS	TDs	DROPS
Witten	85	1104	11	11
Stallworth	73	1111	7	7
Edwards	55	733	2	6
Rudolph	49	637	8	3
Humphrey	27	518	2	5
Kelly	26	407	4	5
Joseph	22	219	3	3
Defense	TFL	SACKS	INTs	FF	FR
King	42	11		1	1
Simpkins	16	6	4	2	1
Cody	10	5	1	0	3
Strickland	11	5	1	2	0
Bartell	3	1	5	0	2
Pool	1	0	2	4	0
Kicking	FGA	FGM	PCTGE	XPA	XPM	PCTGE
Serna	31	24	77%	69	67	97%
	Browns	Opp.
Total Offense	6178	12498
Rushing	1336	1882
Passing	4842	10616
Pass TDs	38
Rush TDs	28
Sacks	41	23
INTs	19
Fumble Rec	13
Defensive TDS	4
3rd Down Conversion	41%
Turnover Ratio	26

[BrnwsBucksFanNC]

Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

Well after was all said and done...I decided not to Franchise Tag RB Joeseph. Okay, he had 1100 yards and went to the Pro Bowl. But it was going to cost $9.6 million. That was 3 million more than he wanted during the regular season. I also was looking at his numbers...I mean...he makes some really STUPID plays. He would miss a wide open hole, run out of bounds for no reason and when all he had to do was run down the field for a HUGE gain...he would...well...it seemed like..***n around in a circle almost until someone tackled him.

I remembered when I intially signed him that his awareness was low. I looked back and it was 45...well...when I was looking...trying to decide what to do about him...it was still 45. So that explains the bonehead plays.

I may try to sign him during FA. I am still not sure yet.

I have 3 goals for the off-season:

1. Sign a CB of over 85. This is probably not going to happen...
2. Sign a K of over 85. I will just keep Serna
3. Sign a HB of over 85. The jury is still out on this one...

My biggest need is my CBs. I have 2 on the roster now. Both of them were backups all season so that unit will be completely redone. However, the draft class looks weak and there are not any strong, younger names on the FA boards. Still trying to figure that one out.

[BrnwsBucksFanNC]

Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

Here are the major off-season coahcing changes:
Raiders: HC: Jon Gruden hired, Eric Mangini fired, hired as 49ers DC
Redskins: Al Saunders hired, John Mitchell fired, hired as Cardinals DC

I like to see ex-players hired as coaches, here are some:
Bears
QB: Jake Delhomme
49ers
RB: Warrick Dunn
Jets
OL: Stump Mitchell
RB: Earnet Byner
Lions
LB: Derrick Brooks
Panthers
LB: Zach Thomas
DL: Teddy Bruschi
Raiders
OL: Jon Runyen

[BrnwsBucksFanNC]

Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

During FA, the owner wanted me to sign three players:
1. A CB of over 85
2. A K of over 85
3. A RB of over 85

I tendered the following players and kept them:
K Serna: Level 2, 2nd Round
DT Rubin: Level 4, 1st and 3rd Round

I also signed 2 players in FA.

I decided to try to sign RB Joseph. I guess it doesnt make sense considering I am still not 100% sold on him. But I felt he could continue to improve. I will make sure I add as many of the things as I can to help him develop (Learning, Intangibles) as I can. So I signed him to a 5 year deal, $26 million, with a $4 million signing bonus.

I also spent alot of time looking at the CBs available. I saw alot of guys 32and older who wanted 3+ year contracts. I checked their health and no one was over 83% so I re-signed CB McDonald to a 4 year, $16 million deal with a $2.5 million bonus.

I was also interested in bringing CB Joe Norton and DT Dre Moore back, but they never came up for re-signing nor were they listed as FA after the pre-season started. I am not sure where they went.

[BrnwsBucksFanNC]

Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

DRAFT DAY, 2011

I had a very active draft day. I made 4 trades and ended up drafting 14 players.

1-32: HB Marcus Mercer, New Mexico State, sleeper and GM Recommendation. Signed to a 5 yr $12.33 million deal with $2.0 million bonus, no incentives. Hope he can compete with Joseph.
2-64: I rolled the dice here to wait a little longer to get a TE, but he was taken before I got him. But I traded this pick to the Lions, for their 3-89 and 4-114 picks.
3-89: I lost out on 2 players I wanted here so I traded this to the Falcons for their 5-132 and 2012 5th round pick, along with CB Chevis Jackson, who they had been trying to trade to me earlier.
3-96: No one I felt I had to take here so I traded to the Bears for their 4-109, 6-173 and 2012 6th Round.
4-98: Also traded to the Bears for their 2012 3rd and 2012 7th Round picks.
4-109: WR Charles Wilkes, Florida State, signed to a 3 year, $1.3 million deal.
4-114: DT Josh Adkins, GM recommendation, Kansas, 3 yr/$1.16 million deal
4-124: LOLB Vincent Gordon: Virginia Tech, 3 yr/$1.3 million
4-128: RG Tai Fitzgerald, Boise State, 3 yr/$1.14 million
5-132: QB Johnnie Gore, Bowling Green, 3 yr/$760 k
6-173: LE Sam Lewis, Walla Walla, 3 yr/$660 k
6-184: TE Bernard Fellow, 3 yr/$660 k
6-185: MLB Wesley Whitman, 3 yr/$680 k
6-189: SS Michael Dawson, SE Missouri State, 3 yr/$700 k
6-192: CB Cris Ricks, Wisconsin, 3 yr/$670 k
7-211: RT Eric Reeves, Iowa, 3 yr/$810 k
7-219: CB Moe Buckely, Virginia, 3 yr/$790 k
7-224: C Cornelius Hunter, Coastal Carolina, 2 yr/$810 k

Undrafted Free Agents:
C Zach Cannon, Miami
HB Bo Stevens, cut as soon as camp opened, bad legs
MLB Sean Blair, VMI
TE Brandon Lane, Wheaton
CB AShton Holmberg, cut as soon as camp opened, bad legs

GM Camp Invites:
P Marcus McComas, Cincinnati
P CJ Peterson, Florida
CB Corwin Miles, Penn
WR Rob Jackson, Hampton
LE Dan Finley, Coastal Carolina

Just a side note...QB Tom Brady is yet to be signed. He is 35, a 98 and his FA price is $6 million.

[HeathyT]

Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

Just caught up with your dynasty, looks very good. You thought about going to another team at all?

Also, what happened to Brady Quinn? lol (ND fan here :P)

[BrnwsBucksFanNC]

Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

Just caught up with your dynasty, looks very good. You thought about going to another team at all?

Also, what happened to Brady Quinn? lol (ND fan here :P)

Thanks, I was reading yours as well. I will be following it.

I am actually going to leave at the end of this season, and go to the worst team that offers me a job.

I cut him after the 2nd season. He was a FA this season but as of now is unsigned.

[BrnwsBucksFanNC]

Re: Bringing the Pride Back (HC 09)

Just to give you a quick update. I have played the first 3 Pre-season games:

Week 1: Browns 37, Bengals 30, overcame 5 turnovers in that one.

Week 2: Browns 16, Bears 17, I lost this game. I thought I only had 1 TO but I had 2 and the clock expired before I could kick the FG.

Week 3: Browns 41, Steelers 7. The running game showed some life...FINALLY. But it was Mercer who lite it up. Granted, it was against their 2nd string, but he seems to move much smoother than than Joseph with the ball. I am going to play him with the first string in the last pre-season game to see how he does. I may find that I wasted all that money on Joseph...

Trades:
C Hank Fraley: Jets for their 2013 3rd Round pick. They immediately cut him then re-signed him for $3.2 million, then promptly cut him again.

MLB Dan Ward: Broncos 2013 5th and 7th Round picks. The Rookies that I brought in made him expendable.

DT Shaun Rogers: The alabatros is gone! I traded him to the Redskins for their 2013 3rd Round pick. He spent the whole 2nd half of last season so injured he never even saw the game field, let alone the practice field. His health was a 42% at one point. His torso got down to 0 but yet he never went on IR. I took a $3 million hit to trade him, but his salary was wasted as he NEVER could play. I guess it is the game's version of the Redskins and Albert Haynesworth...

Overall most of the draft picks got cut. I will post a roster after the last pre-season game.