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Offseason #1- Raiders sign new coach Benny Lava

Posted on November 10, 2008 at 07:54 PM.

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First off, I created a traditionalist coach.
-offensive playbook is the west coast, only I-form and singleback, and of course goal line

In my offensive playbook, which is exactly 100 plays, i have
-55 inside rushes
-8 outside rushes
-3 draws
-5 counters
-20 PA passes
-9 normal passes

of the 29 passes
-19 are short passes
-8 are mid range passes
-2 are deep passes

My Defensive playbook is an edit of the Tampa-2, with 4-3, nickel, and dime
I have 97 plays
-5 blitzes-ALL ARE FROM GOAL LINE FORMATION
-82 zone plays
-10 man coverage plays; 5 have LBs in man, and 5 have LBs in zone

Once I got the playbook, it was time to upgrade my coach's skills. I upgraded to level 5 for D-Line physical skills and level 5 for O-line physical skills. I upgraded to level 3 for HB intangibles. I have 3500 points left, and once I hit 5000, I'm gonna upgrade HB Intangibles to level 4.

Team Philosophy
QB: Field General
RB: Workhorse
FB: Blocking
WR: Quickness/Route Runner
TE: Balanced
OT: Run block specialist
OG: Run block specialist
C: Run block specialist
DE: Undersized Speed Rusher
DT: One-gap penetrator
OLB: Coverage
MLB: Coverage
CB: Balanced
FS: Centerfielder
SS: Coverage
Kicker: Power
Punter: Power

To start off, I did not franchise CB Nmandi Asomugha, since I was going to make a ton of cuts, as well as signing some big name FA's.

Cuts
LaMont Jordan
Dominic Rhodes
Robert Thomas
Justin Griffith
Terdell Sands
Cooper Carlisle
Sebastian Janikowski
Gerrard Warren
Robert Gallery
Jake Grove
Tony Stewart
Sam Williams
Stuart Schweigert
Jay Richardsen
Chris Morris
John Bowie
John Madsen
Hiram Eugene
Chris McFoy
Ricky Brown

Free Agency
FS Gibril Wilson: 5 years $10.5 million
RT Jordan Gross: 5 years $38 million
RG Stacy Andrews 5 years $27 million
C Jake Scott 4 years $23 million
LG Alan Faneca 5 years $43 million

Trades
QB Andrew Walter to the Cowboys for pick #158 in the 5th round
4th overall to the Cowboys for the 22nd, 28th, and 2(61) picks
22nd overall to the Lions for the 2(45), 4(108), and 5(148) picks
2(61) to the Bucs for 3(83) and 5(148)
4(108), 5(148), and 7(198) to the Pats for 3(94)
4(101) and 6(163) to the Dolphins for 4(97)
5(139) to Ravens for 6(167) and 2010 7th rounder

Draft
1(28): HB Rashard Mendenhall- Needed a RB, and he had the second highest potential of all the RBs i scouted after McFadden
2(13): DE Calais Campbell-Needed a DE, and he had no negatives
3(19): DT Dre Moore- Needed a DT. He was my second choice after DT Andre Fullen, who got picked one spot ahead
3(30): WR Harry Douglas-Needed a WR. Again, he was my second choice after WR Andre Caldwell, who got picked one spot ahead. Traded up because after him there were no WR's that I really wanted
4(1): OG Mike McGlynn-Hopefully a OG for the future
5(30): C John Sullivan- Hopefully a C for the future
6(7): QB Alex Brink-sleeper QB? Probably a cut, but i need someone to compete with Russel, who SUCKS
7(19): DE Tommy Blake- IRL was a potential top 5 pick before depression, so i think he's a sleeper in this game

Undrafted Rookie Free Agents
TE Mike Peterson-was compared to Antonio Gates
TE Keith Zinger-possibly a blocking TE
OLB David Vobora-Mr. Irrelevant IRL
SS Chris Horton-A beast IRL. Hope he's good in this game too.
DT Barry Booker-Needed DT depth.

Whole 1st Round(I didn't copy down all of the trades that happened)
1: Miami: LT Jake Long
2: St. Louis: ROLB Vernon Gholston
3: Tampa Bay: DT Glenn Dorsey
4: Dallas: RE Chris Long
5: Kansas City: QB Matt Ryan
6: New York Jets: ROLB Keith Rivers
7: New England: RB Darren McFadden
8: Baltimore: DE Derrick Harvey
9: Cincinnatti: DT Sedrick Ellis
10: New Orleans: CB Leodis McKelvin
11: Houston: RT Gosder Cherilus
12: Denver: LT Ryan Clady
13: Carolina: CB Mike Jenkins
14: Chicago: LG Branden Albert
15: Detroit: RT Jeff Otah
16: Arizona: LT Chris Williams
17: New England: CB Antoine Cason
18: Baltimore: DT Kentwan Balmer
19: Philadelphia: LT Sam Baker
20: Atlanta: CB Domanique Rodgers-Cromartie
21: Washington: RB Chris Johnson
22: Detroit: CB Aquib Talib
23: Pittsburgh: RE Phillip Merling
24: Tennessee: TE John Carlson
25: Seattle: TE Dustin Keller
26: Denver: LB Jerod Mayo
27: San Diego: QB Joe Flacco
28: Oakland: RB Rashard Mendenhall
29: San Fransisco: DE Lawrence Jackson
30: Green Bay: RB Felix Jones
31: St. Louis: CB Tracy Porter
32: Miami: SS Kenny Phillips