I decided to start a new CFM as the owner of the Dallas Cowboys. Don't worry, I'll GM too! In my first season, Dallas was off to a really hot start. They had won five of their first seven and appeared to be playoff bound. It was in week eight against Detroit that disaster struck. Tony Romo was having a career year but it would all be coming to an end when he took one hit too many. When Suh got past Livings in what seemed like a split second, he had Romo on the ground with a broken femur. The injury report came in, Romo was out for 46 weeks. This means he would miss the rest of the season and offseason.
Knowing my year was now done, I placed Romo and Lee on IR and simmed the rest of the season. Sure enough, we went 2-7 in our last nine games to finish the year 7-9. I was disappointed but happy about the story that would play out in my mind when Romo led the Cowboys the next year. But that is where the problem lies. The next season, Tony Romo was no longer on the roster. There was never anything in the news about him retiring due to injury. He wasn't a free agent obviously and he wasn't still on the injury report. By all accounts, Tony Romo had just vanished. Now my team is in trouble as I didn't think I needed to approach the Quarterback situation in Free Agency (Matt Ryan) or the draft (Something Garrett). Obviously in my head I can just say he retired due to injury and move on. It gives the Cowboys a new story and something to fresh to work with. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't concerned about the possibility of another player disappearing.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Knowing my year was now done, I placed Romo and Lee on IR and simmed the rest of the season. Sure enough, we went 2-7 in our last nine games to finish the year 7-9. I was disappointed but happy about the story that would play out in my mind when Romo led the Cowboys the next year. But that is where the problem lies. The next season, Tony Romo was no longer on the roster. There was never anything in the news about him retiring due to injury. He wasn't a free agent obviously and he wasn't still on the injury report. By all accounts, Tony Romo had just vanished. Now my team is in trouble as I didn't think I needed to approach the Quarterback situation in Free Agency (Matt Ryan) or the draft (Something Garrett). Obviously in my head I can just say he retired due to injury and move on. It gives the Cowboys a new story and something to fresh to work with. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't concerned about the possibility of another player disappearing.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Things just got dark.
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