Well, I was playing the other day, and my son was laughing 'cause I was cutting a lot of dead weight and asked if I ever cut EVERYONE and started over... On Madden I have, but not HC. So, I figured I'd give it a go.
I took the Falcons and did it - I cut everyone (some people I traded and then cut whoever I ended up getting in the trade.) I wanted to have a clear roster come the draft - and try to rebuild the team via Free Agency and the draft. When the draft started I had zero players! LOL!!!
Now, I didn't load up on draft picks, and I didn't take the easy way out and take all the sleepers either.
So, at the start of Free Agency, my cap room was $63.63 million.
At the start of the draft it was $76.89 million, and at the start of the Preseason it was $64.44 million. It will be interesting when I get into the season and have to start re-signing guys or not. I did not sign anyone during the bidding section of FA. Except my rookies, my whole team will be on a one year deal. At the start of the season my cap is $40.84 million with current penalties of $36.67 million, and $14 million in incentives.
Here's my 7 draft picks (and 5 UDFA) - my "dirty dozen" that were my first players on the team. Again, I took spots I thought were needs, and tried to listen to the GM when I could. I purposely took a few guys that don't always "end up that great" because I didn't want to cheat through the draft. I also left it with the 7 picks I got via trades/cuts/etc. and didn't move draft spots once the draft started. (figured I might as well go all in, and it would be cheap to have like 20 picks! Although it could be interesting to have an entire team of rookies to start 2008 with.. something else I've done in Madden back in the day but obviously not HC)
My 2008 draft:
R1P3 Jake Long
R2P37 Chad Henne
R2 P48 Pat Lee
R3 p68 A. Molden
R4P100 B. Giacomini
R4P113 J. Shirley
R6 P166 W. Gilberry
UDFA
RG Flagler
WR Arrington (fig I had Henne, might as well get him one of his WRs)
MLB R. Jackson
CB D. Tribble (best name ever)
C J. Richard
So that was my 12.
Here's my starting roster... again, I could have snapped up a few more rookie UDFAs that were cut, but decided to keep that to a minimum. I think I only added Colt Brennan to be my 3 and Star Wells, a 'made up guy', because his name was cool and I needed another FS.
So, there you have it.
I was actually surprised at some of the talent I found, again, I didn't sign anyone till the preseason started, and didn't trade for anyone - I wanted to see who was in the heap. TE and OLB are huge concerns for me - but just about every other position I found at least some guys who had 80s for POT - whether they get there is something else entirely...
Our first game is vs the Lions, but I'm waiting till I have time to play a while with a new slider set (once I see Algoody's final sliders) before I get far into it, 'cause I don't want to skew anything, nor change sliders mid-season since I never sim. Plus, I might see if I can do the same thing with the 'Fins, or any other teams just for the heck of it and see what kinds of teams I can build, then settle on one and see if I can make 'em champions!
I took the Falcons and did it - I cut everyone (some people I traded and then cut whoever I ended up getting in the trade.) I wanted to have a clear roster come the draft - and try to rebuild the team via Free Agency and the draft. When the draft started I had zero players! LOL!!!
Now, I didn't load up on draft picks, and I didn't take the easy way out and take all the sleepers either.
So, at the start of Free Agency, my cap room was $63.63 million.
At the start of the draft it was $76.89 million, and at the start of the Preseason it was $64.44 million. It will be interesting when I get into the season and have to start re-signing guys or not. I did not sign anyone during the bidding section of FA. Except my rookies, my whole team will be on a one year deal. At the start of the season my cap is $40.84 million with current penalties of $36.67 million, and $14 million in incentives.
Here's my 7 draft picks (and 5 UDFA) - my "dirty dozen" that were my first players on the team. Again, I took spots I thought were needs, and tried to listen to the GM when I could. I purposely took a few guys that don't always "end up that great" because I didn't want to cheat through the draft. I also left it with the 7 picks I got via trades/cuts/etc. and didn't move draft spots once the draft started. (figured I might as well go all in, and it would be cheap to have like 20 picks! Although it could be interesting to have an entire team of rookies to start 2008 with.. something else I've done in Madden back in the day but obviously not HC)
My 2008 draft:
R1P3 Jake Long
R2P37 Chad Henne
R2 P48 Pat Lee
R3 p68 A. Molden
R4P100 B. Giacomini
R4P113 J. Shirley
R6 P166 W. Gilberry
UDFA
RG Flagler
WR Arrington (fig I had Henne, might as well get him one of his WRs)
MLB R. Jackson
CB D. Tribble (best name ever)
C J. Richard
So that was my 12.
Here's my starting roster... again, I could have snapped up a few more rookie UDFAs that were cut, but decided to keep that to a minimum. I think I only added Colt Brennan to be my 3 and Star Wells, a 'made up guy', because his name was cool and I needed another FS.
| Atlanta Falcons Depth Chart - 2008 | ||||
| Regular Offense | ||||
| STARTER | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | |
| WR | N Washigton | J Cribbs | T Perry | |
| TE | J Putzier | S. Chandler | T Johnson | |
| LT | J Long (r) | K Vollers | ||
| LG | E Mathis | M Flagler (r) | ||
| C | R Niswanger | J Richard (r) | ||
| RG | B Butler | K Forney | ||
| RT | B Giacomini (r) | J Parquet | ||
| WR | A Arrington (r) | C Jackson | A Jennigs | |
| QB | C Henne (r) | P Parsons | C Brennan (r) | |
| FB | O Hoyte | |||
| HB | A Hall | D Wright | P Daniels | |
| Base 4-3 Defense | ||||
| STARTER | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | |
| LDE | J Hatcher | B Smith | ||
| LDT | J Shirley | Q Pitcock | ||
| RDT | G Watson | A Branch | ||
| RDE | W Gilberry (r) | P Carrington | ||
| WLB | K Fox | DD Lewis | ||
| MLB | B Carpenter | J Beck | ||
| SLB | K Bell | P Tinoisamoa | ||
| CB | P Lee (r) | D Tribble (r) | A Molden (r) | |
| SS | W Andrews | K Lewis | ||
| FS | S Wells (r) | J Carter | ||
| CB | D Minter | M Waddell | ||
| Special Teams | ||||
| STARTER | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | |
| K | D Rayner | |||
| P | P Ernster | |||
| PR | J Cribbs | |||
| KR | J Cribbs | A Molden | ||
| LS | R Niswanger | |||
So, there you have it.
I was actually surprised at some of the talent I found, again, I didn't sign anyone till the preseason started, and didn't trade for anyone - I wanted to see who was in the heap. TE and OLB are huge concerns for me - but just about every other position I found at least some guys who had 80s for POT - whether they get there is something else entirely...
Our first game is vs the Lions, but I'm waiting till I have time to play a while with a new slider set (once I see Algoody's final sliders) before I get far into it, 'cause I don't want to skew anything, nor change sliders mid-season since I never sim. Plus, I might see if I can do the same thing with the 'Fins, or any other teams just for the heck of it and see what kinds of teams I can build, then settle on one and see if I can make 'em champions!
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