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Abe Sargent 12-01-2016 02:06 AM

Week 10 – We barely beat the Steelers – 16-14. MOM is Arledge – 23 of 35, 242, 1:0. Hit Lorey fro a score. Lorey is 23 for o 81. Pick by Banda. 2 sacks by Stanton

Baxter is back and heads back to FS and Tatum moves to SS



Week 11 – We beat the Bengals 30-23. MOM is Arledge with 300 yards, 2”0, and 21 of 29. He hit TE Walford twice for scores, and Lorey had 83 yards on the ground, Arledge rushed for as core. 2.5 sacks by Horner.

Unfortunately, TE Walford is out for a few weeks with a strained foot ligament. Downs will start for him.

Week 12 – We beat the 7-3 Bears by a similar score of 30-23. MOM is Lorey with 27 of 104, and Alrdge rushes for a score, and was 19 for 29 for 200 and 1:1. WR Wright with the grab. Picks by Harrison and Scmidtke,a dn Harrison returned his for a score.

Injuries – Dunn and OG Scherff are questionable.

Week 13 - We face the Bills. We win 28--21. Lorey stymied with just 60 on the ground. Arledge 24 of 30, 342 and 2:2. Wright 14 catches, 197 yards, 1 score, and WR Fisher the other score. MOM is Kirksey with 2 pick and 1 restored for a score. 1 pick by Banda.

12-2!

Abe Sargent 12-01-2016 02:27 AM

W14 – We host the 3-9 Lions and they gob smack us 33-22. Lorey had 87 yards, 2 scores, and Arleedge 24 of 39 for 1:1 and hit Lynch for a score.

TE Devalve is out just as Walford returns.

Week 15 – We head to the 9-3 Baltimore Ravens a…..lose 27-30. Lorey is 761 on the ground. Arledge 16 f 30, 0:2. We score from a Fisher KO return, a Joey Horner fumble return and a Clifford kickoff return. 3 non-offensive scores almost won us the game! Pick by Harrison,

LG Scherff is back from injury

With that loss the Ravens move into 1st in the AFC North and AFC #1 seed


Week 16 – We beat the Packers 28-10. Arledge is MOM with 16 of 21. 174 and 3:0. Lorey, TE walford, and WR Stone with TD catches, and Lorey adds 134 yards and 1 score on the ground. Tatum with a pick.

SS Joseph is back from injury. CB Schmidtke is out with a torn bisceps muscle. That is a long term injyr of the 23 weeks kind. I toss him on IR. CB Lincoln Howard start for him.

DE Julio Staton is doubtful for two weeks with a hyperextended knee. Dunn will play for him.

Week 17 – We beat Cincy 27-3. MOM is Lorey, with 131 yards and 2 scores on the ground, and arledge was 18 of 28 for 195 0:0.

Hawkins is doubtful for a few weeks with a pulled groin

The Ravens lost this week, so at 12-4, we win the AFC North. The Colts are also 12-4. We finish #2.

Abe Sargent 12-01-2016 02:32 AM

The 2021-22 NFL Playoffs!


Wild Card Craziness!

All home teams one, not a single wild card team made it, not even the Ravens


Stanton is healed.

In the NFC –Atlanta is heading to Minnesota while Dallas swings by the Rams out in LA.

In the AFC, we host the 11-5 Broncos and the Colts the 9-7 Dolphins


We win 23-20. Arledge is MOM with 23 of 27, 207, 2:0. WR Wright with two scores, They held Lorey to nothing. Harrison and Horton with picks. 3 has 3 FF, and 2 fumble recoveries. Sacks by Tatum, Horner, ad Stanton

Dallas wins 37-20, Atlanta loses 20-24 to the Vikings, and the Colts win 27-16

Abe Sargent 12-01-2016 02:37 AM

The Conference Championships!

We head to Indy

The Cowboys head to the Vikings.

Hawkins is back from his injury and all healed out. Lynch is questionable, but will play.

The Colts have the answer and beat us 19-13

Lore y60 yards, Arledge 29 of 48, 195, 1:2. Wright with the TD cath. Sack by Kirksey

Vikings over Cowboys



Your 2021-222 NFL Super Bowl!!!


Colts win, 24-17 over the Vikings

Abe Sargent 12-01-2016 02:46 AM

Season Awards:

Offensive Rookie of the Year – RB Diego Lorey

All-Pro 1st Team – DE Joey Horner, DE Julio Stanton

All-Pro 2nd Team – SLB Robert Banda, DT Bennie Logan

It just doesn’t stop with that d line!

Abe Sargent 12-01-2016 02:49 AM

Stats!


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Passing Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Att  Cmp  Pct  Yards Avg/C Avg/A Lg 
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  16 16 518  343  66.2  3785  11.03 7.31  80   
Kelley, Lukas        QB  CLE  5  0  17  10  58.8  74    7.40  4.35  21   
 
  Player              Pos Team  TD  Int  20+T 300+ Rating 
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  23  7    58  3    96.8 
Kelley, Lukas        QB  CLE  0    3    1    0    29.6 
 
Att - Attempts, Cmp - Completions, Pct - Completion Percentage, 
Yards - Passing Yards, Avg/C - Yards per Completion, Ave/A - Yards per Attempt, 
Lg - Longest Completion, TD - Passing Touchdowns, Int - Passes Intercepted, 
20+T - Completions of 20 or More Yards, 300+ - 300-yard Games, 
Rate - Quarterback Rating. 


It's not that Arledge wasn't being leaned on as much as previous years, He was. He also didn;t have the WR talent he needed. 45 scks



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Rushing Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Att  Yards Avg  Lg  TD  RZAtt Yards 
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  16 15 369  1580  4.28  52  12  53    92     
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  16 16 44  213  4.84  22  3    6    26     
Angus, Nathan        RB  CLE  16 0  22  71    3.23  16  0    6    20     
Strickland, Lorenzo  RB  CLE  16 0  14  23    1.64  7  0    1    -4     
Hawkins, Andrew      WR  CLE  16 11 8    18    2.25  12  0    1    0     
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  16 4  13  10    0.77  5  0    2    -3     
Wright, Dustin        WR  CLE  16 16 5    10    2.00  7  0    0    0     
Kelley, Lukas        QB  CLE  5  0  4    0    0.00  5  0    0    0 



Lorey had a great season! 1580 rushing yard, 12 rush scores is great. And gives us something from here on out to use and harness. But that's not everything....


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Receiving Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Targ Ctch Pct  Yards Avg/C Avg/T YAC 
Wright, Dustin        WR  CLE  16 16 156  91  58.3  1000  10.99 6.41  365   
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  16 15 104  68  65.4  700  10.29 6.73  395   
Lynch, Gabriel        WR  CLE  16 15 72  55  76.4  606  11.02 8.42  203   
Walford, Clive        TE  CLE  13 10 70  52  74.3  605  11.63 8.64  193   
Hawkins, Andrew      WR  CLE  16 11 42  27  64.3  376  13.93 8.95  82   
Downs, Hardy          TE  CLE  16 6  43  27  62.8  293  10.85 6.81  73   
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  16 4  29  20  69.0  147  7.35  5.07  58   
Stone, Zachery        WR  CLE  16 1  7    5    71.4  32    6.40  4.57  29   
Bamburg, Jerry        TE  CLE  16 1  4    4    100.0 59    14.75 14.75 34   
Fisher, Cooper        WR  CLE  16 0  5    3    60.0  27    9.00  5.40  2     
DeValve, Seth        TE  CLE  3  1  2    1    50.0  14    14.00 7.00  5     
 
  Player              Pos Team  Lg  TD  Drp  PPly TPct 20+C 100+ 
Wright, Dustin        WR  CLE  80  4    10  576  27.1  12  1     
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  36  5    9    546  19.0  11  0     
Lynch, Gabriel        WR  CLE  42  2    0    522  13.8  13  0     
Walford, Clive        TE  CLE  36  7    5    405  17.3  9    0     
Hawkins, Andrew      WR  CLE  51  2    1    294  14.3  5    0     
Downs, Hardy          TE  CLE  34  0    2    283  15.2  5    0     
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  29  0    0    172  16.9  2    0     
Stone, Zachery        WR  CLE  23  1    0    23  30.4  1    0     
Bamburg, Jerry        TE  CLE  39  1    0    28  14.3  1    0     
Fisher, Cooper        WR  CLE  13  1    0    16  31.3  0    0     
DeValve, Seth        TE  CLE  14  0    0    26  7.7  0    0     
 
Targ - Targeted with Pass, Ctch - Receptions, Pct - Reception Percentage, 
Yards - Receiving Yards, Avg/C - Yards per Catch, Avg/T - Yards per 
Target, YAC - Yards Gained After Catch, Lg - Longest Reception, 
TD - Receiving Touchdowns, Drp - Passes Dropped, PPly - Passing Plays 
on Field, TPct - Percentage of Passing Plays Targeted, 20+C - Catches 
of 20 Yards or More, 100+ - 100-Yard Games. 


As you can see, Lorey had 700 receiving yards an 5 catchign TDs as well. That is a lot o yards from scrimmage. Wright hit 1000 yards, precisely and had a down year/ TE Walford was having a nice season, too bad his injury stopped him from finishing, that would have been nice. He led the team in TD catches in 13 games.


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Blocking Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS KRB  KRO  BPct  Pnck SkA  PPly SPct 
Scherff, Brandon      G  CLE  12 12 33  88  37.5  7    6    419  1.4   
Coleman, Shon        T  CLE  16 16 30  76  39.5  2    5    581  0.9   
Hannam, Allen        T  CLE  16 16 28  64  43.8  2    8    581  1.4   
Graham, Andrew        C  CLE  16 16 28  82  34.1  0    11  581  1.9   
Bitonio, Joel        G  CLE  7  7  15  39  38.5  0    3    262  1.1   
Rivers, Juan          C  CLE  10 9  11  40  27.5  0    9    316  2.8   
Auguston, Duane      G  CLE  5  4  6    14  42.9  0    3    162  1.9   
Downs, Hardy          TE  CLE  16 6  4    12  33.3  0    0    283  0.0   
Walford, Clive        TE  CLE  13 10 2    5    40.0  0    0    405  0.0   
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  16 4  1    9    11.1  0    0    172  0.0   
Maurer, Norman        G  CLE  6  0  0    3    0.0  0    0    3    0.0 


Scherff was a great additions and played very well. Coleman looks nice and Hamman was no slouch. Graham with a few more sacks allowed than normal though.


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Defensive Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Tckl Asst Sack Blkd Hurr QBKd 
Banda, Robert        ILB CLE  16 16 120  27  4.5  0    1    0     
Kirksey, Chris        ILB CLE  16 16 105  35  1.0  0    2    1     
Harrison, Antoine    CB  CLE  16 16 75  18  0.0  0    0    0     
Stanton, Julio        DE  CLE  16 15 56  23  12.5 6    27  31   
Tatum, Miles          S  CLE  16 9  56  17  0.0  0    0    0     
Schmidtke, Cooper    CB  CLE  15 15 46  18  0.0  0    1    0     
Logan, Bennie        DT  CLE  16 16 43  20  8.0  1    11  13   
Horton, Vince        ILB CLE  16 5  43  12  1.5  0    2    1     
Baxter, Lincoln      S  CLE  16 13 39  17  0.0  0    0    0     
Raymond, Rex          DT  CLE  16 16 35  13  6.0  5    8    2     
Howard, Lincoln      CB  CLE  16 12 34  6    1.0  0    1    0     
Joseph, Karl          S  CLE  7  7  32  9    0.0  0    0    0     
Horner, Joey          DE  CLE  16 16 29  12  15.0 4    23  25   
Clifford, Rodolfo    CB  CLE  16 3  11  6    0.0  0    0    0     
Porter, Walter        CB  CLE  16 0  7    0    0.0  0    1    0     
Dunn, Michael        DE  CLE  16 1  5    2    2.5  0    1    0     
Staat, Scott          OLB CLE  7  0  4    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  16 15 3    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  16 4  2    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Wright, Dustin        WR  CLE  16 16 2    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Hawkins, Andrew      WR  CLE  16 11 1    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Walford, Clive        TE  CLE  13 10 1    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  16 16 1    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Lynch, Gabriel        WR  CLE  16 15 1    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Downs, Hardy          TE  CLE  16 6  1    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Newman, Enrique      DT  CLE  5  0  1    1    0.0  0    0    0     
Nelson, Sawyer        OLB CLE  13 0  1    0    0.0  0    0    0     


At 15 sacks, Horner led the league in sacks. Stanton led the league in both hurries and QB Knocked down, and 12.5 sacks was 7th among all players. 8 aacks for Logan is great as well, and his thrid al pro int eh last six years of this dynasty

In tackles, Banda looked nice as well.



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Pass Coverage Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Ints IRYd TD  Defn Cght PPly PDPct 
Banda, Robert        ILB CLE  16 16 3    63  0    5    55  580  74.5   
Schmidtke, Cooper    CB  CLE  15 15 3    71  0    5    43  563  77.1   
Kirksey, Chris        ILB CLE  16 16 2    50  1    4    48  533  74.1   
Harrison, Antoine    CB  CLE  16 16 2    47  1    8    46  613  77.2   
Joseph, Karl          S  CLE  7  7  1    0    0    2    14  234  78.7   
Tatum, Miles          S  CLE  16 9  1    0    0    8    23  413  81.0   
Logan, Bennie        DT  CLE  16 16 0    0    0    0    4    618  81.7   
Raymond, Rex          DT  CLE  16 16 0    0    0    0    5    447  81.1   
Dunn, Michael        DE  CLE  16 1  0    0    0    0    1    221  82.0   
Horner, Joey          DE  CLE  16 16 0    0    0    2    4    618  82.5   
Stanton, Julio        DE  CLE  16 15 0    0    0    0    6    538  81.0   
Clifford, Rodolfo    CB  CLE  16 3  0    0    0    2    8    122  77.7   
Baxter, Lincoln      S  CLE  16 13 0    0    0    8    27  503  79.2   
Horton, Vince        ILB CLE  16 5  0    0    0    4    26  215  70.7   
Staat, Scott          OLB CLE  7  0  0    0    0    2    4    13  78.7   
Nelson, Sawyer        OLB CLE  13 0  0    0    0    0    1    16  74.4   
Howard, Lincoln      CB  CLE  16 12 0    0    0    9    26  408  79.3   
Porter, Walter        CB  CLE  16 0  0    0    0    0    7    83  71.2   
 
Ints - Interceptions, IRYd - Interception Return Yardage, TD - Interception 
Return Touchdowns, Cght - Passes Caught by Covered Receiver, Defn - Passes 
Defensed, PPly - Passing Plays on Field, PDPct - Pass Defense Percentage. 


You can see we have a lot fewer picks this year. Baxter, Clifford, Tatum. Harrison all had a solid 8 pasdef. Don;t forget we had a lot of injuries in teh S and CB section of the team.

Abe Sargent 12-01-2016 03:10 AM

Team Awards:


Offensive MVP – OG Brandon Scherff – He was on his way to an All Pro season before his injury. He still finished with 33 KRB and 7 pancakes in 12 games. Good job Scherff!

Defensive MVP – LB Banda – First All Pro nod – 12- solo tackles, 27 assists, 4.5 sacks, 3 picks, 5 pasdef, 4 FF. 1 rec. He dud a great job and finally had he best season to date. Thanks buddy!

Special Teams MVP – CB Clifford He had 2 KR RET TDs What’s even weirder is he only had NIEN RETURNS ON THE SEASON! Normally Fisher is my primary returned, and he had one as well. In fact, Clifford is the only player with more than one KR TD this team.

Rookie of the Year – RB Lorey. This year was all about Lorey. And he was fine – 1580 and 12 is a fine rushing season. Add on 700 receiving yards and 5 rec TDS and it’s something good

Heart Award – DT Rex Raymond – 6 sacks as a 36/36 last man standing at the DT spot is great. He even had the 2nd most blocked passes for my team with 5. Dude was good!

Another Brown Out from the D Line. Three All Pros, a 6 sacks from Raymond. Even in a down year, we still had 42 sacks from those folks

Abe Sargent 12-01-2016 12:31 PM

I need to commit more to this challenge. I can’t be content getting my QB wins. I need him to set records. Right now, he’s more of a caretaker that hands the ball off and makes the safe pass. And that works. But… we need to get him fixed.

I need WR help.

After 6 years there are Arledge, Ryan. Newton, Luck, Goff, Dalton, Garoppolo,
It’s time to make some changes, I’m thinking…

End Season:

Team Performance 86
Value – 84
Profit – 76
Roster 2

76 score


Retirees of note:

TE Gronk, Fleener, Julis Thomas
WR Demaryius Thomas, Crabtree, Dez, Mcluster
OG Beadles, Nate Solder,
DE Robert Quinn, Cameron Jordan, NDam Suh, Derrocl LC Clay Matthews, Vontae Davis
S TJ Ward, Tashaun Gipson, Mike Mitchell, etc

Hall of fame inductees – Ware, Wilfork, and Witten

Our stadium reno is finished with a brand new parking lot

CraigSca 12-01-2016 06:36 PM

Roone must be so proud of his boy!

Abe Sargent 12-02-2016 02:40 PM

I suppose so!

Abe Sargent 12-02-2016 08:48 PM

Meet our new Head Coach – Mickey Harrison – was head coach of GB and Chicago. Better than our previous at everything that matters save Young talent, where he’s about 25 or so (around 50 vs 70).


Meet our new Defensive Coordinator – Tyrus Savea, a 3-4 Eagle enthusiasts!

I need to change this up.


I select a new AC – Brain Chu, specialist with secondary


For a cast of 13.8 mill, I tag Stanton

The person with the most sacks in a career is Bruce Smith at 200. Stanton has 75 in the first five years. Most sacks in a game was Thomas with 7.0, until someone got 7.5 baby. (Horner) Horner has 100 sacks in 6 seasons.


Major Players on FA:

DT Rex Raymond
TE Hardy Downs
That’s it actually

Abe Sargent 12-02-2016 09:15 PM

Free Agency!

We are 7.2 mill under the cap. We are below the cap needed with our draft picks. We do have 45 players on our roster right now. So we need to figure out our roster:


Major players in final year of their deal –

TE Walford, DeValve
FL Wright, Hawkins
DT Logan
SS Joseph
LT Hannam, Ellison
P Emerson
C Graham, Rivers
DE Dunn and Stanton
CB Clifford
FS Baxter
K Crosby
LS Newsome


That is a lot of players. Mission critical players include Wright, Coleman

I cut Hawkins. He’s dropped to 46/46, and he’s too pricey.

I have a liot of players entering year 7 that have been with my first draft or that FA Class – Shon Coleman, Devalve, Emerson, Newsome, Dunn, DT Raymond, DE Horner, C Graham and QB Arledge. But it’s time to cut some of these players I’ve had with me the whole dynasty.

Good bye Devalve. I need that 2 mill.

I extend Emerson two more years. Newsom for vet min sal.

At the age of 32, Logan has dropped to 57/57. Even if I extend him by one year, and drop his cap hit this year by 2 mill, and just 6 mill next, that’s a lot for a guy who’s aging and dropping. Cutting Logan is the key to clearing up space on my team. But it permanently breaks up the band in a major way.

Now a couple of things. Logan is my defensive front leader, idolized, and ideal front fit in as a DT in the 3-4. So I don’t have to find a different guy for my team. But I need to resign a lot of players as you can see.

So I cut Logan.

I make offers to some RFAs:

RB Angus and Strickland
LCB Fiebelkorn and RCB Porter

I can resign these starters for either small bonuses, or very little increases in salary – C Graham, Coleman, SS Joseph. Coleman is 30. Graham is okay but not amazing, and Joseph ahas been disappointing but not sucky.

But they aren’t about this year, but future years. I go ahead and extend Coleman, I hold off on graham, there are a pair of good OCs in the draft, in case I wind up with one.

I move forward a week to see what FAs want

Last yeaer, LT HHannam was 28 KRB and 8 sacks allowed and 2 pacackes. He is rated in the high 40s these days, and has 56 rub, 69 pass, 0 str, and 47 end.

There is a guy, same age, in the FA< who would have the same cap hit this year, and if I extend Hannam would be 2 mill fewer. So I make an offer to Lt Donovan Smith for three years. I sign UFA QB Kelley

Abe Sargent 12-02-2016 09:34 PM

I need:

TEx3
Staring WR
WR
OG
Starting DT for 3-4
LB? I have Kirksey, Banda, Horton and Nelson. But the 3-4 Eagle often starts a LB in the DT spot.
CB
S

I have 47 players under contract right now. I have no 2nd rounder, but 9 total picks. So I can build the depth and middle of my roster.

I start with some interviews. DT first. WR Second. There are 4 stud Qbs in the in the draft. And another very good TE. I need to renovate my receivers

WR Sterling shepherd is a FA, and 64/63, but 7th eyar and wants 32 mill over 4 years. I could see myself making a play for Shepard if I didn’t have to resign Wright. The next best is 52/52 Antoniio Brown or Ralph Conley.

There are no major options at DT that I love. The best is DT Bernard Brandon. So I move Dunn to NT. He’s better than a lot of these bums.

Do I want to make a play for Wright, or save him for tag next year?Let;s hold off for now

I’m good for now on chasing FAs

Week 4 - Uh oh. We sign Smith yay! But….RB Zeke signed with the Steelers. Yuck I cut Hannam

Given the number of draft picks I have, I move to the Draft!

Abe Sargent 12-02-2016 10:09 PM

The 2022 NFL Amateur Draft!

There are a lot of players with nearly perfect bars – MLB Matt Black, QB Cote, DE Hastings,

Black will go 1.14 and Hasting 1.15


First player taken is QB Chandler Cote to the Giants.

1.30 arrives. FS Zachery George? FL Rodney Riley? NT Cantwell? DEbailey?

Best two WR on the board are:

Weston Stacey, four red stats, 68 vol, impression is as scouted – good at avoid drops, getting down field, route, horrible 3rd down, adequate big play, low courage and adjust to ball.

Rodney Riley 0 1 red, 3 blues, 26 vol, underrated, grat avoid, downfield, and route, poor 3rd down, low big play, solid courage and adjust.

Who do I like more? The underrated one or the as scouted one with the great stats. Hey have identical avoid drops and downfield.

Stacey – worse, a bit, in route running; worse in 3rd down, a little better in big play, worse in courage, worse a bit in adjust to ball

So Riley has the better stats, and is a kick return specialist. Too.

The slightly better underrated bars, or the as scouted red stats.

Riley it is.



3.30 – OG Clinton? SS Kempthorn? Kempthron

4.4 – TE Frederickson or Timlin? Mackenzie Timlin

Mid 4 – OT Benson? WLB Krauchhick – Krauchick

Late 4th OT Benson

Late 5th – CB Jose Gonzalez

Mid 6th – OG Wyatt Sawyer

Late 6th - WR Larry Benning

7.30. WLB Dylan Nichols


Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - Rodney Riley, WR, Oregon State
Rnd 3 - Scottie Kempthorn, S, Southern California
Rnd 4 - Mackenzie Timlin, TE, Louisville
Rnd 4 - Willie Benson, T, Wisconsin
Rnd 4 - Dean Krauchick, OLB, Arizona State
Rnd 5 - Joseph Gonzalez, CB, Kansas
Rnd 6 - Larry Bening, WR, Houston
Rnd 6 - Wyatt Sawyer, G, Kansas
Rnd 7 - Dylan Nichols, OLB, West Virginia

Abe Sargent 12-02-2016 10:40 PM

Riley 30/67
Kemp 23/63
Nichols – 23/63
Krauchick – 33/75
Gonzalez – 29/51
Timlin – 21/48
Sawyer 12/47
Bening 16/38
Benson 22/54

Current post-draft feels B+ rating

I just keep getting LBs to fall. The rest of the league doesn’t respect it. And the best DE in ages, better than Stanton, just went 1.22, With a 100 potential rating.


There are a few UFAs of interest. The best is Buddy Hatcher , C, with a potential of 71 and I am also making an offer for P Lucas Robertson, with a 70+ potential as well. LCB Harvey Ellard, RB Les Kluge and a few more.

Now I still need some TE stuff. We only have two TEs under contract. I offer to UFA Amir Foudray and Edgar Ruddy


Week 2 – 2 sign with us.

Week 3 – Three more do

Week 4 – The last signs.

We have 62 people under roster. Anything else?

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 06:42 AM

CAMP!

Let’s take a look around.

Early results on rookies is a bust with P Robertson,

Here we are with the first batch:

LB KRau 39/75
FL Riley 39/64
SS Kemp 29/62
C Hatc 24/60
LB Nichols 31/60
P 30/57
CB Gonzalez 34/50
T Benson 26/4
CB Ellard 24/42
RB Kluge 35/39
TE Timlin 24/38
SE Bening 19/37
TE Ruddy 27/36
TE Foudray 24/45
RG Sawyer 15/43

I cut:

WR cooper Fisher, my returner. Bening is my new retuners, who is a better receiver as well as a potentially better returner

RB Les Kluge = Busted in camp
OG Duane Auguston
CB porter
OT Earnest Ellison

I extend SE Dustin Wright by 5 years, 60 mill


I decide to not make offers to retain either SS Karl Joseph or FS baxter.

I finish the preseason 30-1


I cut:

P Robertson
C Hatcher, dropped to 52 pot
CB Ellard
SLB Garcia

I extend C Graham by 4 years

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 07:16 AM

Code:


Front Office Football Eight
Cleveland Browns Roster, Scout Overview
 
  Player                #  Pos  Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Kelley, Lukas          108 QB          2    19              40              2 yrs.
Arledge, Brendan        114 QB    QB    7    39              39              2 yrs.
##Jones, Cardale        104 QB          7    34              34              1 yr. 
Lorey, Diego            222 RB    RB    2    76              76              3 yrs.
##Strickland, Lorenzo  220 RB          2    46              50              2 yrs.
Angus, Nathan          230 RB          2    47              47              1 yr. 
Stevison, Jace          229 RB          3    41              46              2 yrs.
Schuster, Ralph        331 FB    FB    4    65              65              3 yrs.
Walford, Clive          443 TE    TE    8    46              46              1 yr. 
Timlin, Mackenzie      482 TE          1    23              44              4 yrs.
Ruddy, Edgar            442 TE          1    28              41              1 yr. 
##Foudray, Amir        489 TE          1    26              35              1 yr. 
Riley, Rodney          586 FL    SE    1    39              72              4 yrs.
Lynch, Gabriel          513 FL          6    54              54              2 yrs.
Wright, Dustin          512 SE    FL    4    63              63              5 yrs.
Stone, Zachery          584 SE          3    39              41              2 yrs.
Bening, Larry          585 SE          1    19              36              4 yrs.
Graham, Andrew          679 C    C    7    57              57              4 yrs.
Rivers, Juan            654 C          4    54              54              1 yr. 
Scherff, Brandon        762 LG    LG    8    63              63              3 yrs.
Bitonio, Joel          775 RG    RG    9    67              67              3 yrs.
Maurer, Norman          764 RG          2    42              66              3 yrs.
Sawyer, Wyatt          767 RG          1    15              45              4 yrs.
Smith, Donovan          866 LT    LT    8    59              59              3 yrs.
Neumeyer, Bart          877 LT          2    30              44              3 yrs.
Coleman, Shon          872 RT    RT    7    66              66              3 yrs.
##Benson, Willie        869 RT          1    24              38              4 yrs.
Emerson, Rob            915 P          7    64              64              3 yrs.
Crosby, Mason          1017K          16  63              63              1 yr. 
##Clayton, Pete        1194LDE        2    24              44              3 yrs.
Stanton, Julio          1199RDE  LDE  6    86              86              1 yr. 
Horner, Joey            1193RDE  RDE  7    59              59              2 yrs.
Newman, Enrique        1298RDT        2    29              42              3 yrs.
Dunn, Michael          1278NT    NT    7    56              56              1 yr. 
Morton, Stephen        1276NT          2    46              46              3 yrs.
Nelson, Sawyer          1397WILB        2    61              77              3 yrs.
Horton, Vince          1396WILB  WILB  3    71              71              2 yrs.
Kirksey, Chris          1358WILB  SILB  9    65              65              2 yrs.
Banda, Robert          1495SLB  SLB  6    62              62              3 yrs.
##Staat, Scott          1452SLB        3    42              42              2 yrs.
Krauchick, Dean        1456WLB  WLB  1    39              71              4 yrs.
Nichols, Dylan          1457WLB        1    34              52              4 yrs.
Harrison, Antoine      1538LCB  RCB  6    61              61              2 yrs.
Gonzalez, Joseph        1523LCB        1    38              53              4 yrs.
Howard, Lincoln        1525LCB        2    44              47              3 yrs.
Clifford, Rodolfo      1537LCB        4    44              44              1 yr. 
##Fiebelkorn, Korey    1545LCB        2    38              38              2 yrs.
Schmidtke, Cooper      1549RCB  LCB  6    65              65              3 yrs.
Kempthorn, Scottie      1641SS          1    30              60              4 yrs.
Joseph, Karl            1636SS          7    51              51              1 yr. 
Tatum, Miles            1640FS    SS    3    56              56              2 yrs.
Baxter, Lincoln        1628FS    FS    4    55              55              1 yr. 
Newsome, Bo            659 LS          7    17              17              2 yrs.
 
$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive, 
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR. 
 
Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46
 
Salary Cap: $189,600,000
Cap Room: $7,830,000
Maximum for New Player: $8,470,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $12,550,000
 
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $50,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $151,730,000


It's like good linebackers just flock to me!

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 08:58 AM

I wanted to have my F Tag available next year, so I extend Stanton the big, giant cash he wants and needs. That guy is my JJ watt, and I’m not letting him out of my sight

Why is Stanton unwilling to sign for me? It says, due to past injustices my player is unwilling to sign with your team. What injustices? He likes me. He’s content.

Looks like the double franchise tag pisses him off. Had I known that, I could have fought for him in FA and not tagged him, or just traded him in the draft to move up higher than the stud DE there was available and just moved him.

For now, I’ll keep it as going, and look at potentially tagging Stanton next year and keep him tagged until I have a good replacement.


Week 1 – We win 26-6 over the Ravens. MOM is RB Diego Lorey with 23 carries, 153 yard and a score. Arledge was 18 of 29, 148 and 0:0. DE Horner had a fumble and return for a score. Picks by Baxter and Banda,

After the game, CB Harrison is injured with an Achilles tendon and out for a month. CB Lincoln Howard is starting until his return.

Week 2 – We crush the Falcons 31-13. Arledge, MOM, 20 of 32 and 3:0, 247 yards. He hits TE Walford Lynch and FB Schuster for a scores. Lorey adds 103 and a TD on the ground. Pick by Baxter.

Week 3 – We head to Mile High Stadium and lose 17-24. Lorey held to 64 yards, Arledge was 18 of 30 for 174 and 1:0 with Wright catching the score. 3 sacks by Stanton.

Week 4 – We beat the Bills 27-23. Arledge was MOM and hit Riley and Lynch for cores. Riley retired a KO 92 yards for a s core. Lorey 88 yards, pick by LB Nelson.

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 12:56 PM

Week 5 – We thump the Steelers 33-13. Arledge is MVp with 24 of 28, 264 and 3:0. He hits TE Walford twice for scores and FB Schuster once. Lorey rushes 77 on the ground plus a score. 2 sacks by Kirksey, another by Banda and one by Horner

CB antoine Harrison is healthy again and returns from his injury. RB Lorye broke his finger.

Week 6 – We beat Miami 21-9. MOM is NFL Defensive Player of the Week S Miles Tatum ad his two picks. Lorey has 21 for 131 yards, and Arledge 24 of 32 for 186 and 1:0 – hitting Wright for a score. Stanton knocks a field goal, and returns is 98 yards for as core!


Week 7 – In a battle of 5 win teams, our defenses wills a win when the Kets shut our offense down, keeping Arledge and Lorey scoreless and pedestrian. We have 3 forces fumbles, 5 picks, one of which is returned by Baxter for a score.


Week 8 – We lose at New England 34-31. They held Lorey to 5 yards on 17 carries, Arledge rushes or a score, and tosses 29 of 43 for 324 and 3:1 – hitting Wright twice for TD s and 106 yards, and Schuster for another TD.


We are 6-2

LT Smith is doubtful with a hyperextended elbow, and the broken finger is healed. OG Bitonio questionable for a few weeks. I start OG Maurer for Smith.

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 06:26 PM

Week 9 – We lose o the Ravens 24-30. Arledge is 22 of 39 for232 yards and a score. RB Lorey rushes for a score and 82 yards. And CB Harrison picks and returns it for a score as well.

Week 10 – BYE

Week 11 – We head to 6-3 Cincinnati and…on the first drive of the game, QB Arledge is injured and knocked out. QB Kelley is asked to step up, but this is really an opportunity for the coaches to lean on Lorey. Lowey has 215 yards, 1 TD on the ground, and Kelley another ground score. Kelley had 16 of 27 for 1:0, and hit WR Riley for a score. Meanwhile S Miles Tatum gets a pick and returns it for score. We win 34-14.

Arledge is questionable for 3 weeks with a sprained knee

I decide to go ahead and start him. LT Smith back.

Week 12 – We beat the 55- Saints 28-7. MOM is Arledge with 31 of 44, 318, and 3:1. He its Wright for 128 yards and as core and TE Walford for 103 yards, plus FB Schuster and RB Loery for scores. Lorey adds 105 yards on 21 carries and score on the ground. Pick by Baxter. 5 KRB by OT Shon Coleman. 2 sacks by LB Sawyer nelson.

Now unfortunately we have a pair of players out.

RG Joel Bitonio – Out for 7 weeks with a broken tibia
FS Miles Tatum – strained achilles tendon, out for 4 weeks
DE Julio Stanton, question with a strained hammy

OG Maurer and SS Thomas will start.

Week 13 – We host the 7-4 Colts and send them home, barely, 20-19. Karl Joseph is MVP with a pick and return 82 yards for as core. Kirksey with another pick. Lorey held 67 yards, and a score, and Arledge was damaged – 21 of 35, 191, 1:3. He hit Riley for that score

In other news, Stanton already came back from his injury

9-3

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 06:49 PM

ILB Horton is injured for 3 weeks with a separated shoulder. I’ll start rookie Krauchick.

Week 14 – We crush the 8-4 Panthers 30-3. MOM isi Arledge with 19 of 27, 223 and 3:0 – hitting TE Walford, RB Lorey and FB Schuster for scores. 19 for 72 by Lorey. We have three picks – Joseph, CB Harrison and S Baxter .

Week 15 – We lose a tough match against the 8-5 bengalss 34-27. They chose to shut down Lorey hard, hoping that would stop us. It didn’t. Arlddge was 33 of 46 for 353 and 2:0 and hit Riley and Lynch for scores Lynch with 122 yards. LB Banda with a pick and returned for a core. 2 sacks each by Horner and Stanton. This would have been a OT game by Cincinnati made a 54 yard punt return for a score. Ah well.

S Miles Tatum is well and back in the lineup.

Week 16 - We head to Tampa and don’t do much 13-3. But it’s a win. Arledge MOM with 24 for 31 and 219 0:0. Lorery had 19 for 104 and 1. We blocked a punt and backup LB Staat returned it for a score. That’s our line TD>

LB Horton is back.


Week 17 – We finish with the 9-6 Steelers. We beat them 30-17. Picks by Tatum and Baxter, and Tatum returned one for as core. Arledge, MVP, 20 of 29, 232, 1:0 – he hit WR Wright for that score. Lorey was 22 for 81, and 1 scores.

C Graham is out for 7 weeks. I bench him and start C Rivers. Rivers finished that game with 3 KRB.

We are 12-4, and have the #2 seed. The Broncos, at 14-2, re #1, and the Jets are 12-4 as well. Colts at 10-6, Bengals 11-5, and KC at 10-6 wrap to up. Every team at 10 or more wins. We also have a 9-7 Oakland and 9-7 Pittsburgh and 8-8 Ravens, so again, we have a rough divion.s Only two teams in the NFC have 10 digit wins, and the lead is the Vikes at 11-5 and then the Giants at 10-6

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 07:02 PM

The 2022 NFL Playoffs!!!!



Wild Wild CARD CARD Weekend –

Carolina heats to Tampa and gets thumped 30-13.
Dallas heads to Arizona and wins 29-26

Meanwhile in the AFC, which we clearly care about more, the Jets handle the Chefs 31-19 and the Bengals head to Indy and defeat the Colts 30-27

That sets up….


Week 2, Divisional Playoffs

OG Bitonio back from injury


12-4 Jets at 12-4 Cleveland
11-5 Bengals at 14-2 Broncos

Dallas heads to Minnesota
Tampa to New York


I am rooting hard for the Bengals!

Let’s go Ohio!


Dallas loses to the Vikings 35-14
New York beats the Bucs 23-13

Cincinnati just unloads 45-27.

What about us?

MOM is Arledge, 25 of 35, 282, 3:0, hits Lynch, TE Walford and Riley for scorse, Lorey adds 107 yards. Pick by Baxter,sacks by Stanton, Horner and Kirksey


No major injuries

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 07:10 PM

NFL Conference Championship:


#2 seed Cleveland Browns, 12-4

Vs

#5 seed Cincinnati Bengals 11-5


And some bums in the NFC – New York at Minnesota

We lost to the Bengals 27-34 in Cincy and then lost to us here 34-14. So we split our series earlier in the season


The Giants wen 31-17

And we win. By a lot. 45-3

Arledge, 19 of 25, 4:0. Hits Wright, Lorey, Walford and Lynch fro scores. Lorey adds 128 yards on the ground. 2 picks by Tatum and another by LB Vince Horton returned for a score. Sacks by Horner and Stanton. C Juan Rivers has 6 KRB.

We have some injuries.

CB Joe Gonzalez is out with a concussion for a Super Bowl.

OG Bitonio doubtful for a month. I bench him for OG Maurer

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 07:33 PM

The 2022-23 NFL Super Bowl

Featuring

Your NFC Champions, the #2 seed New York Giants

Vs

Your AFC Champion, the #2 seed 12-4 Cleveland Browns

The Browns are favored by a touchdown.

The Giants have four players out with injuries. TE Morgan, WR Martinez, both starters, FS Tartt and PB Mercier, their defensive stud a 70/70 guy.

Remember the stud QB Chandler Cote? Taken in the top pick this year in the draft? Well he’s taken by the Giants. He made it to the Super Bowl in his rookie season. Annoying right?

We have to end him. I’m feeling a strong Brown Out for today’s game!

Amiright??????????

They play us very, very hard. No Brown Out Here…

Drive 1 by Giants, ends with punt
Drive 1 by us, punt
They have a drive that ends with a pick by Tati,
We drive 23 yards for a score in two plays – Rodney Riley, 23 yard reception from Arledge scores. The rookie with a Super Bowl score!

That is going to be the last time we score a TD…..

They drive and it ends with a fumble. Forced by LB Sawyer Nelson, recovered by CB Howard.
We drive and score a FG to go up 10-0

End of 1st quarter

They drive and score a FG. 10-3.

Drive #4 sees us go three and out and punt
Their 5th drive is a…..10 play, 56 yard drive, with a TD. 10—10
We respond with a 6 play, 44 yard drive, that end with a FG. 13-10 us.

Their 6th drive is over on downs after 9 plays and 33 yards

We drive, go a great 3 players and -4 yards and put

They run out time,

HALF – we are up 13-10

We start with the ball. We man up. We need to make this game shorter. So we have a 12 play griding drive, 61 yards. We score a FG with 5:39 on the 3rd quarter clock to get a FG. 16-10

That will be the last time we score…

They get the ball and drove. 15 players, 68 yards. They score a FG. 16-13

We get it and a few plays later we are forced to punt.

End of 3rd quarter

They drive, and have to punt after 5 plays

We get the ball with 10:48 left. We drive. Hard, long, grinding. We just get 41 yards, but over 13 plays. We have the ball for 8:08 minutes, and punt it to them at the 2:40 mark .

They get the ball at their 20 yard line after P Rob Emerson gets a touchback

First play by rookie sensation Cote – complete to TE Wager, 12 yards, out of bounds
Second play – Cote hits WR Carthon for 11 yards, defensive penalty for defensive holding on CB Schmidtke declines, but stops the clock
Third play – Cote incomplete
Fourth play – Cote finds TE Wagner for 4 yards, and in bounds
TWO MINUTE WARNING

Fifth play Cote is forced to scramble as out 3-4 just blows through him, LB Banda brings him down after he gets 4 yards
Sixth Play – Cote hits TE Simon for 18 yards in bound
Seventh Play – Cote completed to TE Simon for 6 yards in bounds

TIME OUT BY NYG

Eighth Play – Cote hits WR Liam Dunn for 17 yards who goes out of bounds.

Cote has moved the ball very effectively from their 20 to the our 23 yard line with 1:10 left on the clock and a new set of downs.

Ninth Play, Giants run RB Walter Spiller for 3 yards. DT Michael Dunn tackles him, forces a fumble, which DE Horner recovers.

And that’s the game!

We win 16-13

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 07:40 PM

Season Awards:

Super Bowl MVP – QB Brendan Arledge

All League 1st Team – FB Ralph Schuster, DE Julio Stanton,
All League 2nd Team – FS Miles Tatum






Stats!!!

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Front Office Football Eight
Passing Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Att  Cmp  Pct  Yards Avg/C Avg/A Lg 
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  16 16 515  344  66.8  3483  10.13 6.76  58   
Kelley, Lukas        QB  CLE  4  0  37  23  62.2  204  8.87  5.51  27   
 
  Player              Pos Team  TD  Int  20+T 300+ Rating 
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  23  6    43  3    95.9 
Kelley, Lukas        QB  CLE  2    0    3    0    94.8 
 
Att - Attempts, Cmp - Completions, Pct - Completion Percentage, 
Yards - Passing Yards, Avg/C - Yards per Completion, Ave/A - Yards per Attempt, 
Lg - Longest Completion, TD - Passing Touchdowns, Int - Passes Intercepted, 
20+T - Completions of 20 or More Yards, 300+ - 300-yard Games, 
Rate - Quarterback Rating. 


Not a pretty year for Arledge. He was fine at the half, with 1 pick and like 13 TDs and yards. But the injuries and such slowed him down, and we had a weaker season. He finished 21st in passing yards, tied for 12th in pass TDs, 5th in QB rating


Rushing?


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Front Office Football Eight
Passing Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Att  Cmp  Pct  Yards Avg/C Avg/A Lg 
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  16 16 515  344  66.8  3483  10.13 6.76  58   
Kelley, Lukas        QB  CLE  4  0  37  23  62.2  204  8.87  5.51  27   
 
  Player              Pos Team  TD  Int  20+T 300+ Rating 
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  23  6    43  3    95.9 
Kelley, Lukas        QB  CLE  2    0    3    0    94.8 
 
Att - Attempts, Cmp - Completions, Pct - Completion Percentage, 
Yards - Passing Yards, Avg/C - Yards per Completion, Ave/A - Yards per Attempt, 
Lg - Longest Completion, TD - Passing Touchdowns, Int - Passes Intercepted, 
20+T - Completions of 20 or More Yards, 300+ - 300-yard Games, 
Rate - Quarterback Rating. 


Lorey was 3rd in the league in rushing yards



Catching?



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Front Office Football Eight
Receiving Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Targ Ctch Pct  Yards Avg/C Avg/T YAC 
Wright, Dustin        WR  CLE  16 13 121  84  69.4  989  11.77 8.17  398   
Walford, Clive        TE  CLE  16 16 108  69  63.9  693  10.04 6.42  147   
Riley, Rodney        WR  CLE  16 16 106  67  63.2  646  9.64  6.09  188   
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  16 16 85  66  77.6  399  6.05  4.69  197   
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  16 7  60  39  65.0  372  9.54  6.20  157   
Lynch, Gabriel        WR  CLE  16 9  56  37  66.1  492  13.30 8.79  136   
Timlin, Mackenzie    TE  CLE  16 3  8    2    25.0  49    24.50 6.13  23   
Ruddy, Edgar          TE  CLE  11 0  2    2    100.0 44    22.00 22.00 25   
Stone, Zachery        WR  CLE  16 0  4    1    25.0  3    3.00  0.75  0     
 
  Player              Pos Team  Lg  TD  Drp  PPly TPct 20+C 100+ 
Wright, Dustin        WR  CLE  48  7    3    518  23.4  11  2     
Walford, Clive        TE  CLE  36  4    7    541  20.0  8    1     
Riley, Rodney        WR  CLE  38  4    5    569  18.6  10  0     
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  35  2    2    543  15.7  4    0     
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  33  5    4    273  22.0  5    0     
Lynch, Gabriel        WR  CLE  58  3    2    350  16.0  6    1     
Timlin, Mackenzie    TE  CLE  32  0    0    70  11.4  1    0     
Ruddy, Edgar          TE  CLE  33  0    0    5    40.0  1    0     
Stone, Zachery        WR  CLE  3  0    1    52  7.7  0    0     
 
Targ - Targeted with Pass, Ctch - Receptions, Pct - Reception Percentage, 
Yards - Receiving Yards, Avg/C - Yards per Catch, Avg/T - Yards per 
Target, YAC - Yards Gained After Catch, Lg - Longest Reception, 
TD - Receiving Touchdowns, Drp - Passes Dropped, PPly - Passing Plays 
on Field, TPct - Percentage of Passing Plays Targeted, 20+C - Catches 
of 20 Yards or More, 100+ - 100-Yard Games. 


Down year for QB Arledge leads to a down year here as well

Blocking?

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Blocking Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS KRB  KRO  BPct  Pnck SkA  PPly SPct 
Scherff, Brandon      G  CLE  16 16 32  70  45.7  2    10  568  1.8   
Coleman, Shon        T  CLE  16 16 29  81  35.8  1    8    587  1.4   
Bitonio, Joel        G  CLE  11 11 24  67  35.8  0    2    360  0.6   
Graham, Andrew        C  CLE  16 16 22  76  28.9  0    3    558  0.5   
Smith, Donovan        T  CLE  15 15 12  36  33.3  0    9    526  1.7   
Walford, Clive        TE  CLE  16 16 6    10  60.0  0    0    541  0.0   
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  16 7  6    16  37.5  0    0    273  0.0   
Maurer, Norman        G  CLE  8  6  6    19  31.6  0    3    271  1.1   
Rivers, Juan          C  CLE  2  0  3    9    33.3  0    0    29  0.0   
Neumeyer, Bart        T  CLE  4  0  0    4    0.0  0    0    17  0.0   
Timlin, Mackenzie    TE  CLE  16 3  0    1    0.0  0    0    70  0.0   
Sawyer, Wyatt        G  CLE  2  0  0    3    0.0  0    0    19  0.0   
Benson, Willie        T  CLE  1  0  0    1    0.0  0    0    0    0.0 


Scherff was 4th for OGS for KRB. I was holding out hope for an AllPro 2nd team. Sacks allowed had to hold him back from him



1 KR RET TD FOR WR Rilery
K Crosby was 31 of 32 FG, but just 42 of 46 on PAT. Yuck
P Emerson - 98 punts, 48.3 avg, 37.6 net


DEFENSE!

How did the first year of my 3-4 defense do?

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Front Office Football Eight
Defensive Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Tckl Asst Sack Blkd Hurr QBKd 
Kirksey, Chris        ILB CLE  16 16 101  36  3.5  1    4    6     
Banda, Robert        OLB CLE  16 16 92  27  2.5  3    7    0     
Tatum, Miles          S  CLE  14 14 85  33  1.0  0    0    0     
Nelson, Sawyer        ILB CLE  16 16 84  26  4.5  4    4    1     
Baxter, Lincoln      S  CLE  16 16 61  31  0.0  0    0    0     
Stanton, Julio        DE  CLE  15 15 49  17  11.5 2    17  17   
Howard, Lincoln      CB  CLE  16 10 45  8    2.0  0    0    0     
Horton, Vince        ILB CLE  13 5  43  10  0.0  1    0    0     
Harrison, Antoine    CB  CLE  12 12 41  8    1.0  1    0    0     
Schmidtke, Cooper    CB  CLE  16 16 40  15  1.0  0    0    0     
Dunn, Michael        DT  CLE  16 16 38  19  4.5  2    11  0     
Joseph, Karl          S  CLE  16 5  37  5    0.0  0    0    0     
Horner, Joey          DE  CLE  16 16 32  19  10.5 5    21  15   
Krauchick, Dean      OLB CLE  4  2  11  2    0.0  0    2    0     
Nichols, Dylan        OLB CLE  14 1  5    2    0.0  0    0    0     
Gonzalez, Joseph      CB  CLE  10 0  5    1    0.0  0    0    0     
Clifford, Rodolfo    CB  CLE  16 0  4    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Staat, Scott          OLB CLE  3  0  4    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Graham, Andrew        C  CLE  16 16 2    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Morton, Stephen      DT  CLE  16 0  2    0    1.0  0    0    0     
Fiebelkorn, Korey    CB  CLE  6  0  2    1    0.0  0    0    0     
Riley, Rodney        WR  CLE  16 16 2    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Walford, Clive        TE  CLE  16 16 1    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Lynch, Gabriel        WR  CLE  16 9  1    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Wright, Dustin        WR  CLE  16 13 1    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  16 16 1    0    0.0  0    0    0     
Kempthorn, Scottie    S  CLE  8  0  1    1    0.0  0    0    0   


Stanton was tied for 3rd in the league with sacks, Horner was 5th. And Dunn was respectable in the DT spot.



Coverage?

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Front Office Football Eight
Pass Coverage Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Ints IRYd TD  Defn Cght PPly PDPct 
Baxter, Lincoln      S  CLE  16 16 6    106  1    13  43  646  83.1   
Tatum, Miles          S  CLE  14 14 5    108  2    9    37  542  82.1   
Banda, Robert        OLB CLE  16 16 3    67  1    6    51  637  76.4   
Kirksey, Chris        ILB CLE  16 16 2    8    0    4    43  640  76.6   
Joseph, Karl          S  CLE  16 5  2    82  1    4    25  183  75.0   
Harrison, Antoine    CB  CLE  12 12 2    70  1    6    29  450  79.3   
Horton, Vince        ILB CLE  13 5  1    0    0    0    17  173  72.3   
Nelson, Sawyer        ILB CLE  16 16 1    1    0    3    32  559  77.0   
Dunn, Michael        DT  CLE  16 16 0    0    0    0    6    623  81.2   
Horner, Joey          DE  CLE  16 16 0    0    0    0    5    649  81.5   
Stanton, Julio        DE  CLE  15 15 0    0    0    0    5    563  81.4   
Schmidtke, Cooper    CB  CLE  16 16 0    0    0    15  29  648  82.1   
Clifford, Rodolfo    CB  CLE  16 0  0    0    0    1    3    58  79.8   
Staat, Scott          OLB CLE  3  0  0    0    0    0    4    14  44.0   
Howard, Lincoln      CB  CLE  16 10 0    0    0    5    33  471  75.7   
Fiebelkorn, Korey    CB  CLE  6  0  0    0    0    0    2    18  67.5   
Nichols, Dylan        OLB CLE  14 1  0    0    0    0    1    78  80.9   
Krauchick, Dean      OLB CLE  4  2  0    0    0    0    3    78  77.4   
Gonzalez, Joseph      CB  CLE  10 0  0    0    0    0    5    64  72.1   
Kempthorn, Scottie    S  CLE  8  0  0    0    0    0    1    30  78.2   
 
Ints - Interceptions, IRYd - Interception Return Yardage, TD - Interception 
Return Touchdowns, Cght - Passes Caught by Covered Receiver, Defn - Passes 
Defensed, PPly - Passing Plays on Field, PDPct - Pass Defense Percentage. 


This was clearly the highlight of the year. CB Schmidtke was 2nd in the league among Cbs with pasdef. With 6 picks, Baxter was tied for the league lead in picks with a pair of corners. With 14 games, Tatum was tied for 2nd in the league in picks and led INT RET TD. Why no Baxeter All Pro? No clue.

Here let's look closer:

League stats for safeties:

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Front Office Football Eight
Pass Coverage Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Ints IRYd TD  Defn Cght PPly PDPct 
**Baxter, Lincoln    S  CLE  16 16 6    106  1    13  43  646  83.1   
Winter, Charlie      S  WAS  16 16 5    50  1    10  48  608  80.1   
Bumgarner, Salvador  S  NED  16 16 5    68  0    8    37  604  81.7   
**Tatum, Miles        S  CLE  14 14 5    108  2    9    37  542  82.1   
Cohan, Dale          S  IND  16 16 5    1    0    5    36  616  80.8   
Mathieu, Tyrann      S  ARI  16 16 4    26  0    9    37  538  81.1   
Maxey, Pete          S  ATL  16 16 4    14  0    5    38  507  78.9   
Burns, Zane          S  WAS  16 16 4    88  1    12  47  580  80.2   
Reynolds, Devon      S  NJY  16 16 4    183  2    18  37  584  84.8   
Carlisle, Brandon    S  PHI  16 16 4    151  2    6    50  584  77.0   
Clinton-Dix, Ha Ha    S  NOS  16 16 3    3    0    8    45  587  78.1   
Bible, Herman        S  ATL  14 7  3    27  0    4    23  351  80.8   
Logan, Carter        S  CIN  16 16 3    14  0    7    39  590  79.1   
Rutherford, Axel      S  TEN  16 16 3    24  0    3    39  443  75.8   
Reel, Lewis          S  GBY  16 16 3    14  1    6    29  598  81.0   
Chafee, Lewis        S  CHI  16 7  3    13  0    10  26  334  83.8   
Harden, Jon          S  BAL  16 16 3    32  0    7    33  590  80.5   
McGill, Keith        S  SDO  16 16 2    25  0    7    37  462  77.6   
Parrish, Hugh        S  LAS  16 16 2    24  0    6    38  548  77.7   
McLeod, Rodney        S  PHI  16 16 1    0    0    8    46  613  76.4   
Vaccaro, Kenny        S  SEA  15 9  1    28  0    6    23  374  79.5   
Boston, Tre          S  CAR  16 16 1    18  0    7    32  482  78.2   
Simmons, Justin      S  DEN  16 16 1    0    0    10  38  634  79.1   
Roberts, Donovan      S  NJY  16 14 1    0    0    7    42  524  75.9   
Fenton, Mercury      S  MIN  16 16 1    75  1    14  33  537  81.5   
Fitzgerald, Cooper    S  MIA  16 16 1    0    0    6    29  563  79.1   
Repko, Mercury        S  HOU  14 12 1    0    0    6    27  334  77.5   
Mitchell, Lamont      S  HOU  13 13 1    11  0    11  43  492  77.2   
Edwards, Clarence    S  KCY  16 2  1    22  0    7    15  215  83.3   
McDonald, T.J.        S  LAS  16 11 0    0    0    7    33  424  76.0   
Smith, Ryan          S  TBY  14 13 0    0    0    9    27  457  79.4   
Brandon, Cory        S  TEN  16 16 0    0    0    7    41  579  75.9   
Hoppe, Greg          S  SDO  16 16 0    0    0    13  38  566  79.1   
Anders, Cedric        S  SFO  16 16 0    0    0    7    30  512  78.0   
Opitz, Eduardo        S  NOS  16 15 0    0    0    8    25  467  79.5   
Borders, Craig        S  ARI  16 16 0    0    0    9    35  536  77.8   
Pantoja, Shannon      S  NYK  16 16 0    0    0    11  46  562  76.3   
Bourgeois, Jacob      S  DEN  9  8  0    0    0    9    13  288  83.9   
Griffith, Isaiah      S  DET  16 14 0    0    0    6    31  479  76.9   
Bobro, Bobby          S  DAL  16 14 0    0    0    9    30  446  78.4   
 
Ints - Interceptions, IRYd - Interception Return Yardage, TD - Interception 
Return Touchdowns, Cght - Passes Caught by Covered Receiver, Defn - Passes 
Defensed, PPly - Passing Plays on Field, PDPct - Pass Defense Percentage. 


Now SS Reynolds is NFL DPotY, led in pas def, had 4 picks, 2 returned. That;s fine. So the All Pros went to Reynolds, Bumgarner, Tatum and Hoppe. Why Hoppe? No clue! He had a sack? Did he have a bunch of FF? Nope just 1. I have no ideas!

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 08:13 PM

Team Awards:

Offensive MVP – FB Ralph Schuster. During the preseason I asked a stupid question. I have the best FB in football. Why am I not featuring him? So I put him in my #2 spot for TEs in every offense formation that required 2 or more Tes. And dude responded! He caught 5 scores and 372 yards. Which is a large % of the output of Arledge this year. Good job in the All Pro game!

Defensive MVP – Baxter – Robbed of an All Pro. Led league in picks, and had a very healthy 13 pasdef, plus a pick for a score. Can’t deny his awesome!


Special teams MVP – P Benson rose his average in the league to 3rd best average among qualifiers

Rookie of the Year – WR Rodney Riley – Caught a Super Bowl TD! That’s always fun. Was a solid, but improvable, part of the offense.


Heart Award – CB Lincoln Howard – He played as nickel in a few settings, and was moved to start for a handful of games. No picks. Just 5 pasdef. So why choose him? Dude had 2 sacks. When a CB has more sacks than picks, that’s funny. (CB Schmidtke had a sack too)

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 08:21 PM

End of Season –

Performance – 86
Franchise value 86
Profit 84
Roster 25

Score 80

We have no retirements!

Retirees of note:


RB LA Murray, Doug Martin, Dom Jones,
WR Julio Jones, Emmanuel Sanders, Tate, Antonio Brown, Norwood
OL – A bunch 0 like 218 O Lin e leave, including Alex Boone and Spain

DE Odrick, Clayborn,

LB Von Miller, Arturo Pierce

CB Jimmy Smith, Davon House, Cox, S Kim Chancellor, Gilchrist, Vacarro

Just one inductee – Adrian Peterson

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 08:36 PM

Last year was the first time we had 100% attendance!

We made 108 mill cash

We have the 10th best stadium, 21st best roster, the best fan support (GO Cleveland!), and 8th worst economy


We are the 9th e most valuable franchise

I give a raise to my OC to keep him around

Coach Time!!!

We pick 8th

WHOA!!!!

There is a 75 suitably for DC, with a true 34-4 defense. I hire…

Logan Giannino, linebackers,


I also hire a new AC – Jack Keith

I have a bunch of players that are FAs:

FS Baxter
CB Clofford
K Crosby
DT Dunn
QB Jones
C Rivers
DE Stanton
TE Walford
SS Joseph

Had I gotten Stanton to sign his deal, I would franchise Baxter, and then resign him after his great year. Before this he hadn’t done anything, and I figured that Id have Tatum and Kempthron start next year. But I was unable to sign Stanton

So question –

Do I tag Stanton or Baxter?

I feel like Baxter is more replaceable, and chase able in FA.

So I tag Stanton

He’ll make 16.53 mill

I’d like to consider bringing back Baster and Dunn. But we’ll see for sure

FREE AGENCY!!!

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 09:24 PM

I have 42 players under contract.

Players in the last year of their deal:

WILB Horton
LB Kirksey
CB Harrison
DE Horner
S Tatum
FL Lynch
SE Stone
Some backup RBs
QB Arledge

I extend Horner by 4 years. I extend Arledge to a 5 year 60 million deal. Graham’s gotta get paid 

I extend Horton by 2 more years


DE Stanton still doesn’t want his cash

Wait for better options before making decisions on CB Harrison, WR Lynch, or Stone, and Tatum

I have 31 mill in cash space

I advance a week. Anyone in FA I like?

I need four starters, and I have the cash for the splash

K
S?
DT
TE

And then:

Backups: QB, RB, TE, C, DT?, CB,S


In FA we have 3 good players at 73, 72, and 65 that can kick

I am a bad GM. I could have signed Baxter to a much cheaper deal last year. Ah well.

Baxter wants – 38 mill, and 5 years

He is the 3rd best S on the class, and just behind the 58 and 56 others at 55. Ironically, Hoppe, the SS the league thoughts was better, is out there. He wants less money. 28 over 4 years.


But Baxter has an exceptional affinity with Schmidtke, my leader. So he’s worth keeping around,

What about DT? I make an offer for 6 mill, 2 yeas for Dunn

I make an offer to TE Eugene Nail, would be a leader with three players liking him. 10 mill, 4 years, 2nd best TE in FA

I make an offer to K Brandon McManus.

Any other major talent I want to chase?

CB Jonathan Fox is 65/65, 5th year, wants 54 mill over 5 years, he is the 18th best CB in the league. I could sing him and let Harrison go. Although is 61 to 65 that much of an upgrade?

As of today, Stanton is now the 3rd best player in the league after an OG and Ss passed him

There’s really no other major FAs I want to bring in.

I submit an offer to Cardale Jones for two years min sal

My O Line is getting old – 10th year for Bitonio, 9th for Smith and Scherff, and 8th for Graham and Coleman.

Alright….

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 10:13 PM

Week 2 - We sign Dunn back to our squad


Week 5 – We sign TE Nail

With Nail I have – Affinities with TE Ruddy, and Jones and others.

Week 7 – We sign Cardale Jones

Week 8 = Baxter reups

Week 11 – We get K McManus

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 10:32 PM

The 2023 NFL Draft!!!

We pick 32nd. As a reminder we don’t have a 2nd round from the trade for Lorey. We have 2 fourths instead, and 7 picks total

At 1.1 the Bills take RB Alex Beeman

As he nears, I see a stud LB. I swap with the Giants, who need a stud LB the most and take him. I am not missing out on my LB again. I lose my 7th rounder this year

I take:

Karl Rincon, the best player in the board by 1.5 grade. When you look at him you er going to love him

8 volatility, 3-4 ILB< potential affinity, Rincon is a force of football nature

There were some other non-Rincon players there that if Rincon were taken, I would have considered.

CB Gregory Canada? SLB Walters? DT Eric Webb? DE Jason Miller looks amazing!

High RUN D, Pass rush, and strength, with lower play D and punishing hitter and very low endurance

But Rincon is worth the stretch

Seeing their need at LB, the Giants take Walters. So I was right thy were going Outside LB here.

Miller heads off the board to Tennessee at pick 39, Webb at 43.

Pick 60 arrives still Canada is on the board, as is the solid, I hope, CB Peter Davison. Then two corners and a safety head off in a row, leaving just Davidson and Canada at the top.

3rd round arrives. Will one of these two make ti to 3.32?

Atlanta comes up at 3.11. I make my move. I trade RB Strickland and move yup from 3.32 ot 11. (Which is a lot of points on the trade chart).

I draft Canada

At 3.13 Davidson heads off the board. Two more corners get drafted before 3-32, so neither were likely making it

At 4.4 I look around. Where is the talent? C Otis Schnebele

4.32? DT Graham Blades. Best DT on the board

5.32 – RB Moe Estell

6.32 – WLB Eduardo Gibbons



Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - Karl Rincon, OLB, Syracuse
Rnd 3 - Gregory Canada, CB, Florida
Rnd 4 - Otis Schnebele, C, Texas Southern
Rnd 4 - Graham Blades, DT, Louisville
Rnd 5 - Moe Estell, RB, Oklahoma
Rnd 6 - Eduardo Gibbons, OLB, Mississippi State

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 11:08 PM

Early Results?

Rincon – 45/80
Canada – 27/70
Estell – 39/65
C Schebele 25/65
Gibbons 33/65
DT Blades 41/62

A- grade

Now Estell and Canada feel a little bust-y t me. They weren’t amazing with the combine stats, just with good bars and support for them. So if they bust, I won’t be surprised. But given that I got Estell in the 5th round, even if he winds up in the 50/50 era I’ll be set. Meanwhile, I keep finding good LB talent. And even if some of these bust I’m still happy – every player leaving the draft has a potential of 62 or more

Now Schnebele has great combines, so I suspect e’s the one least likely to bust. 4 volatility.


Anyone I want from Free Agency Era #2?

UFAs:

I make an offer to C Dunkin, insurance for my own draftee, RB Colin Snyder, SS Brandan Fackleman, DE Norm Pucillo, LB Vernon Dolfinger, CB Zack Hill, TE Johnny Henselman

Week 1 – I sign one UFA, nope two, sorry, read that wrongly

Week 2 – 2 more join the powerful Browns

Week 3 – The rest join us.

I have 61 players contract. Anyone else I want to chase?

I make an offer to UFA Taylor Dembowski

There is a good RT out there, 4th year, was not made an offer, and no one else made a play. I offer to R Bryce Owens. There’s also a 56/56 RCB there too. Two years for 3 mill? That’s cheap. Amari Bone. Bringing in Boone is good insurance that Canada busts. I make that offer

Week 4 – We sign all three targets.

Camp time!!!

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 11:26 PM

Post Camp –

The Chargers offer me a 5th rounder for Cardale Jones. Sure. My 3rd string QB for a pick? I;m in

In an ironic wheel of fate I sign RG3 for a minsal contract. He gest along with TE Nail leader


I cut RT Willie Benson, CB ZackHill

Due to my absolute logjam of talent I have with the word “LineBacker” in it, I cut Scott Staat, a 4th year vet 43/43 and a solid backup. Another backup, DT Enrique newman heads out


DE Norm Pucillo boomed in camp to 36/63 – YAY!

Remember Horner was a booming UFA as well who grabbed 15 sacksa sa rookie and never looked back. H has 110.5 sacks, btw





Every few weeks I try to resign Stanton to no dice each time

Well clearing my cap was good, cause I have a major player next year to sign. RB Lorey


We go 4-0 in preseason

I cut –

RB Jace Stevinson
WR Dembowski
S Fackleman
DE Clayton


I’m confused by C. Both look similar – Dunkin is 42/63 and Schnebele 30/61. Who is my backup?

I deactivate Schnebele and cut OG Wyatt Sawyer. I’ll carry three OCs.

Banda busted to 58/58, Kirksey to 63. I cut Banda.

I cut CB Fiebelborn as well

My stud is out for a week with a concussion, I start the rookie Estell to see what he can bring to the table

WR Stone and OG Scherff are questionable for a while

Dt Dunn lost a step, and I move Blades to stare

Horner is down to 50/50. I will continue to start him until he proves he can’t start for me anymore. He’s earned my trust.

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 11:28 PM

Not sure if you saw this in the FOFC FOF8 thoughts thread.

Here are my four LBs:



Kirksey and Banda dropped, and yet I still have these four young powerhouses on my team. I;m trying to suss out who should go where, given as I'm so unaccustomed to a 3-4.

Recommend b teh game puts them at -

Rincon SLB
Nelson SILB
Horton WILB
Kraucheck WLB

Enjoy!

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 11:34 PM

Well, I;m waiting for figuring out which dance partners are going to sit in which chairs, let;s go ahead and look at my roster:

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Cleveland Browns Roster, Scout Overview
 
  Player                #  Pos  Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Kelley, Lukas          108 QB          3    28              46              1 yr. 
Arledge, Brendan        114 QB    QB    8    39              39              5 yrs.
##Griffin III, Robert  102 QB          12  21              21              1 yr. 
##Lorey, Diego          222 RB    RB    3    76              76              2 yrs.
Estell, Moe            220 RB          1    42              59              4 yrs.
Snyder, Colin          235 RB          1    41              57              1 yr. 
Angus, Nathan          230 RB          3    48              48              2 yrs.
Schuster, Ralph        331 FB    FB    5    65              65              2 yrs.
Nail, Eugene            487 TE    TE    7    46              46              4 yrs.
Ruddy, Edgar            442 TE          2    33              43              1 yr. 
Timlin, Mackenzie      482 TE          2    36              36              3 yrs.
##Henselman, Johnny    481 TE          1    20              30              1 yr. 
Riley, Rodney          586 FL    SE    2    60              71              3 yrs.
Lynch, Gabriel          513 FL          7    54              54              1 yr. 
Wright, Dustin          512 SE    FL    5    62              62              4 yrs.
Stone, Zachery          584 SE          4    42              42              1 yr. 
Bening, Larry          585 SE          2    28              36              3 yrs.
Dunkin, Zane            650 C          1    42              63              1 yr. 
##Schnebele, Otis      653 C    C    1    30              59              4 yrs.
Graham, Andrew          679 C          8    57              57              3 yrs.
Scherff, Brandon        762 LG    LG    9    63              63              2 yrs.
Maurer, Norman          764 RG          3    56              66              2 yrs.
Bitonio, Joel          775 RG    RG    10  62              62              2 yrs.
##Neumeyer, Bart        877 LT          3    39              58              2 yrs.
Smith, Donovan          866 LT    LT    9    54              54              2 yrs.
Coleman, Shon          872 RT    RT    8    64              64              2 yrs.
Owens, Bryce            873 RT          4    45              59              2 yrs.
Emerson, Rob            915 P          8    65              65              2 yrs.
McManus, Brandon        1019K          10  74              74              3 yrs.
Pucillo, Norm          1190LDE        1    41              64              1 yr. 
Stanton, Julio          1199RDE  LDE  7    87              87              1 yr. 
Horner, Joey            1193RDE  RDE  8    50              50              4 yrs.
Blades, Graham          1292LDT  NT    1    46              63              4 yrs.
Dunn, Michael          1278NT          8    46              46              2 yrs.
##Morton, Stephen      1276NT          3    46              46              2 yrs.
Nelson, Sawyer          1397WILB  SILB  3    75              75              2 yrs.
Horton, Vince          1396WILB  WILB  4    70              70              3 yrs.
Kirksey, Chris          1358WILB        10  63              63              1 yr. 
Rincon, Karl            1455SLB  SLB  1    56              79              4 yrs.
Krauchick, Dean        1456WLB  WLB  2    51              73              3 yrs.
Gibbons, Eduardo        1451WLB        1    40              65              4 yrs.
##Dolfinger, Vernon    1491WLB        1    32              61              1 yr. 
Nichols, Dylan          1457WLB        2    54              54              3 yrs.
Harrison, Antoine      1538LCB  RCB  7    57              57              1 yr. 
Gonzalez, Joseph        1523LCB        2    47              54              3 yrs.
Howard, Lincoln        1525LCB        3    46              46              2 yrs.
Canada, Gregory        1547RCB        1    35              68              4 yrs.
Schmidtke, Cooper      1549RCB  LCB  7    65              65              2 yrs.
Boone, Amari            1536RCB        4    55              55              2 yrs.
Kempthorn, Scottie      1641SS          2    44              58              3 yrs.
Tatum, Miles            1640FS    SS    4    56              56              1 yr. 
Baxter, Lincoln        1628FS    FS    5    55              55              5 yrs.
Newsome, Bo            659 LS          8    17              17              2 yrs.
 
$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive, 
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR. 
 
Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46
 
Salary Cap: $196,900,000
Cap Room: $23,820,000
Maximum for New Player: $24,400,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $2,510,000
 
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $2,380,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $137,130,000



I make offers to –

CB Harrison – 4 years, 27 mill
FS Miles Tatum, 4 years, 26 mill


I decide not to make an offer to FL Lynch. H;e s30 and just my 3rd wideout. Totally replaceable

I want to extend Stone, but he wants a ton of cash. 15 mill for 4 years. Dude is in his 40s permanently.

Nope

Alright I just talked myself into extending Lynch. 3 years 15 mill

Abe Sargent 12-03-2016 11:50 PM

Since we're pausing for now until I;m sure about my 3-4 backers, here are my other major draftees

You can see the major ones, and the undrafted DE that boomed in camp as well.


Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 10:15 AM

I posted this analysis post on another thread, but I like it, and it works for those that haven;t checked out the FOF Thread as well, so I am copyign and pasting it here:

So I inherited one great young LB on team, Kirksey, with a high 70s rating. I had 50s and 60s potential backers elsewhere. And I built my franchise very quickly around my front 7. FOr a while, all of my front 7 were set.

In particular, I had a stud D Line. A UFA got 15 sacks his first year as a rookie, and I played the crap out of him. He's now in his 8th year with me, and dropped this off season to 50/50, he has 110.5 sacks in 7 years, and had three ALL Pro and 1 Defensive Player fo tehj Year award, with 25 sacks in a season and 7 in a game, setting records for both of those. The following year I drafted DE Julio Stanton, who missed 11 games his first year, and DPotY twice, entering his 7th year, has 86.5 sacks, and 4 All Pros. Stanton was the best non-K in the league overall. And he played like it. Meanwhile I signed, in FA, DT McGee who the game rated as a 71/71 guy, and was great. He was injured for a year and a half, but he still came back and played strongly. The next year I signed Bennie Logan, DT from FA and paid him serious money. He was the 3rd best DT and was ALl Pro for me the year before I signed him, and two years for me. In fact twice in the three years they all played for me, Logan and my two DEs got ALl Pro.

I had to let McGee go. No one else could do as well as he could, I had an 86/86 guy at one end, mid 60s at the other, and two 70s in the middle. Then after a year of trying to make the D Line work, I swapped over to 3-4, adn planning on using Santon. But in his 31st year in th league, he was dropping, and was no longer someone I relayed on for, so I let him go.

Meanwhile at the backers, I drafted a solid guy named Banda, and resigned Ogbah, already on the Cleveland roster. I ran Ogbah at WLB because he could rush, Banda at SLB and Kirksey at center. Kirksey was all pro twice, once in 2016 when he was pretty much the only player on the team, and the other in 2020 when he led all LBs in sacks, picks, passes defensed, and if he had kept up his momentum in the last 2 weeks, I think he would have pushed Stanton for DPotY.

Ogbah did okay, but nothing amazing. Banda was fine. But he had an All Pro season in 2021.

So I drafted LB Vince Horton a back in 2020 in the back of the 5th round. He was a BAP pick, even though he preferred a 3-4. And I let him start at WLB and moved Ogbah, who was older and expensive and never that great, to start as a 2nd year player in the penultimate year of my 4-3 defense. Then in teh 2021 draft, Nelson fell to me at 2.32 and I grabbed him, as another 3-4 preference backer who was a BAP.

In 2022 draft, I wasn;t looking for LBs that much when Krauchick fell to me in the back of the 4th. Alright, that;s fine. I had just moved to 3-4 so I grabbed him.

Int eh first year of my 3-4, I started Banda, Kirksey, Stanton and Horton in these spots:

Horton - WILB
Nelson - WLB
Banda - SLB
Kirksey - SILB

In those four roles...

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Player              Pos Team  GP GS Tckl Asst Sack Blkd Hurr QBKd 
Kirksey, Chris        ILB CLE  16 16 101  36  3.5  1    4    6 
Banda, Robert        OLB CLE  16 16 92  27  2.5  3    7    0   
Nelson, Sawyer        ILB CLE  16 16 84  26  4.5  4    4    1
Horton, Vince        ILB CLE  13 5  43  10  0.0  1    0    0

Player              Pos Team  GP GS Ints IRYd TD  Defn Cght PPly PDPct 
Banda, Robert        OLB CLE  16 16 3    67  1    6    51  637  76.4   
Kirksey, Chris        ILB CLE  16 16 2    8    0    4    43  640  76.6
Horton, Vince        ILB CLE  13 5  1    0    0    0    17  173  72.3   
Nelson, Sawyer        ILB CLE  16 16 1    1    0    3    32  559  77.0 


So nothing amazing in there. Banda dropped again in training, and was in the high 50s. And these four all prefer 3-4s, and he didn;t. So i cut him. And Kirksey is still on my roster, but dropped to 63/63

Anyways, Krau and Rincon have never started in this role.

So I just want to make sure I have the right guys in the right seats, before I begin my season. There's no reason this lB corps shouldn;t dominate. I need to make that happen. I even went after a DC in the off-season with a great play calling.

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 10:27 AM

I took a quick pic of my new DC so you can see him, and Stanton, as well as all LBs in teh league listed by future potential, and you can see where my quad lines up



Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 11:00 AM

Let‘s just go ahead, and use the Rexxed suggestions for these four fine folks. My hope, is they dominate as much as Stanton, Logan, Horner and MCGee did when they were in


Brown Out Time!!!


Week 1 – We start this year as a rematch of the AFC Championship vs Cincinnati. RB Moe Estell is Game MVP and NFL Offensive Player oft eh Week with 30 for 138 and 3 scores on the ground. Arledge is just 0:1, 16 of 22 and 217. Pick by dimeback SS Kempthorn, OG Scherff has 7 KRB.


I have RB Lorey back from injury and RB Snyder, a backup, is out for a few weeks.

Week 2 – We blow through the 49ers. RB Lorey is NFL Offensive Player of the Week with 34 for 237, 2 scores, Arledge was 21 of 29, 196, and 0:1. Picks by LB Kauchik, returned for a score, and CB Canada. Scherff with another 5 KRB leads the team.

C Wright is out for a week with concussion

Week 3 – We head to Denver and barely emerge 34-31. Lorey with 15 for 161 and 1 scre, but MOM is arledge, 23 of 39, 269 and 3:0. Hitting WR Stone, RB Lorey, and WR Wright score scores. Picks by Tatum and Krauchick. Rincon has a FF and recovery, another FF by Horton, recover by Nelson.


I have a bunch of probables and questionables – fully 10 players on my team are one or the other right now

WR Riley is out for 3 weeks with a strained foot. Lynch starts.

Week 4 – We host and….beat the Titans 31-26. Arledge – 22 of 39, 236, 2:2/ Lorey 21 for 138, 1 core. WR Wright rushes for a score, and catches 116 yard and another. RB Lorey catches the othe score.


9 of my minor injurie send

We finish the first quarter a solid 4-0.

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 11:19 AM

Week 5 – Well that didn’t last long. We head to Jacksonville and lose to the Jags 26-24. Lorey held to 15 and 28. Arlegge was blown off 20 of 33, rushed for a score, 219 yards, 2:4, hit Wright and Lorey for scores. Pick by Tatum.

CB Schmidtke is out for a few weeks – Boone will start for him


Week 6 – We head to face 5-0 Texans. And we get blowt out 43-20. Lorey has 132 yards, Arledge 23 of 38 for 251 and 2:2, hitting Wright for 101 yards, Lunch and Lorey for scores.

Ouch

Week 7 _ We head to 4-2 Baltimore and lose 31-33. MM is Arledge,28 of 39, 298, 3:0, hits Wright twice and Lorey once for scores, and Lorey has 17 for 180 and a score on the ground. CB Canada with a pick.

CB schmidtke is back

Week 8 – This week we face the 1-6 Colts and hopefully get dialed back into winning. Nope 24-21. Lorey is 26 for 152, Arledge 35of 52 for 262 and 2:1. Riley and FB Schuster with TD catches, S Baxter with a pick, and we are 4-4 at the half.

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 12:01 PM

Week 9 – We host the equally 4-4 Steelers and win, 28-24. Arledge is MOM with 29 of 40, 307 yards, and 2:2, hitting Wright for 110 yards and a score, and Lync for the other score. Pick by Tatum. Lorey is 56 and 2 on the ground.


Week 10 – BYE

Week 11 – We defeat the Bengals against 28-23. They are having problems to and we send them to 5-5 with that victory. Arledge is MOM with 15 of 18 for 213 and 3::0 – hitting TE Nail, Riley and Lynch for scores, and Lorey was 20foro 125 and 1 score.


Week 12 – We win against the 6-4 Rams, 24-10. Arledge, MVP, 20 of 29, 189, 1”0, and hits Wright for that sore. Lorey has 82 on the ground. Picks by Tatum, returned 70 yards for a score, and Harrison. 2 sacks by Stanton.


Week 13 – We face the 12=0 Jets! We win 38-26 and they held Lorey to 55 yard and 1 score, but Arledge is MOM with 20 of 24, 248 and 4:0. He this Riley three times for scores and Schuster for another. S Baxter and Tatum with picks. 2 sacks by Stanton

8-4 with a very streak headed set.

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 12:30 PM

Week 14 – We head to Seattle but lose, 27-28. Lorey had 106 yards and a score on 23 carries, Arledge 19 of 24, 282 and 2:0. Riley 123 yards and a score, Wright the other TD. Picks by Kirksey, Harrison and Canada. 2 sacks by Rincon

Week 15 – We win, poorly 22-10 vs the Steelers. They blast our offense. 60 yards for Lorey, 13 of 30 and 125 and 1:2 for Arledge, 1 score for Lynch, but our defense was in it. 3 picks – Harrison, Baxter, and Schmidtke. Stanton was MOM with 3 sacks

Week 16 – We head to Arizona and win 23-17. Arledge is MOM with 24 of 30 for 238, 1:0 and a score on the ground. He hit riley for the TD> Lorey adds 23 for 92. Pick by Tatum.

We are 10-5 heading into week 17. So is Baltimore, who we face this week. The winner of this game wins the AFC North. But no bye. At 14-1, Houston and 13-2 New York have the top spots. We are just trying to win so we can host a winning game.


Week 17 – Well, we lose. 16 35. Nope. Lorey is 22 for 134 and 1. Arledge 24 of 38 for 137 and 0:2. Pick by Tatum, 2 sacks by LB Rincon,

We finish 10-6, and the #6 seed Wild Card, we lose the tie with 10-6 Jacksonville.

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 12:36 PM

The 2023 NFL Playoffs

Wild Card Weekend:

Jacksonville heads to Denver
Cleveland to Baltimore

Green Bay at LA
Dallas at Tampa

We are not favored in our game vs Baltimore

Dallas loses 27-20.
Greeen Bay wins 21-14
Jacksonville loses 220-32



We lose 13-17

Arledge, MVP< 28 of 44, 319, and 1:0. Riley had 102 yards. Lorey is held back hard. Pick by CB Canada. 2 sacks by Horner


Week 2 –

Baltimore loses 27-31 at Jets
Denver loses 16-20 at Houston

Pack lose 3-44 to Giants
Tampa lose 23-30 to Vikings


Week 3 – Conference Champs

Vikings lose 31-8. Houston wins 34-24



Super Bowl –

The Giants made it to the Super Bowl last year with their stud 1.1 overall pick in their rookie season, but we beat them. Can Houston beat them again this year? I hope so!

Let’s go Houston!!!


17-10, Houston wins

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 12:40 PM

Season Awards:

Defensive Rookie of the Year – OLB Karl Rincon

All Pro 1st Team – RB Diego Lorey, FB Ralph Schuster, OT Shon Coleman, DE Julio Stanton,
All Pro 2nd Team – LB Karl Rincon, S Miles Tatum

League’s Strongest Man – OG Joel Bitonio

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 12:42 PM

Stats!!!

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Passing Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Att  Cmp  Pct  Yards Avg/C Avg/A Lg 
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  16 16 534  352  65.9  3680  10.45 6.89  62   
Kelley, Lukas        QB  CLE  1  0  6    2    33.3  13    6.50  2.17  9   
 
  Player              Pos Team  TD  Int  20+T 300+ Rating 
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  28  17  55  1    89.9 
Kelley, Lukas        QB  CLE  0    0    0    0    42.4 
 
Att - Attempts, Cmp - Completions, Pct - Completion Percentage, 
Yards - Passing Yards, Avg/C - Yards per Completion, Ave/A - Yards per Attempt, 
Lg - Longest Completion, TD - Passing Touchdowns, Int - Passes Intercepted, 
20+T - Completions of 20 or More Yards, 300+ - 300-yard Games, 
Rate - Quarterback Rating. 


Arledge, Arledge, Arledge.....


Rushing!


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Rushing Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Att  Yards Avg  Lg  TD  RZAtt Yards 
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  15 15 318  1638  5.15  60  11  41    120   
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  16 16 36  200  5.56  36  2    3    6     
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  16 6  55  147  2.67  14  1    8    11     
Estell, Moe          RB  CLE  16 1  30  138  4.60  23  3    7    31     
Riley, Rodney        WR  CLE  14 13 11  56    5.09  18  1    2    8     
Wright, Dustin        WR  CLE  16 16 6    8    1.33  10  1    3    0     
Lynch, Gabriel        WR  CLE  16 12 1    3    3.00  3  0    0    0     
Stone, Zachery        WR  CLE  16 1  4    -4    -1.00 7  0    0    0     


Lorey led the league in rushing yards by a bunch - the next best was 1338. Lorey had fewer carries and better results. 11 rush scores is no joke either.


CATCHING!!!


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Receiving Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Targ Ctch Pct  Yards Avg/C Avg/T YAC 
Riley, Rodney        WR  CLE  14 13 110  72  65.5  791  10.99 7.19  384   
Wright, Dustin        WR  CLE  16 16 110  69  62.7  1023  14.83 9.30  410   
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  15 15 83  58  69.9  515  8.88  6.20  255   
Nail, Eugene          TE  CLE  16 16 67  40  59.7  366  9.15  5.46  103   
Lynch, Gabriel        WR  CLE  16 12 59  39  66.1  356  9.13  6.03  96   
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  16 6  41  29  70.7  301  10.38 7.34  112   
Stone, Zachery        WR  CLE  16 1  40  26  65.0  169  6.50  4.23  51   
Ruddy, Edgar          TE  CLE  14 0  11  7    63.6  36    5.14  3.27  0     
Estell, Moe          RB  CLE  16 1  5    5    100.0 60    12.00 12.00 41   
Timlin, Mackenzie    TE  CLE  16 0  5    4    80.0  28    7.00  5.60  1     
Bening, Larry        WR  CLE  16 0  8    4    50.0  44    11.00 5.50  0     
Angus, Nathan        RB  CLE  16 0  1    1    100.0 4    4.00  4.00  0     
 
  Player              Pos Team  Lg  TD  Drp  PPly TPct 20+C 100+ 
Riley, Rodney        WR  CLE  62  7    6    388  28.4  12  1     
Wright, Dustin        WR  CLE  49  8    5    527  20.9  21  4     
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  31  5    3    504  16.5  8    0     
Nail, Eugene          TE  CLE  38  1    5    498  13.5  5    0     
Lynch, Gabriel        WR  CLE  49  4    4    352  16.8  3    0     
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  37  2    0    279  14.7  4    0     
Stone, Zachery        WR  CLE  20  1    3    129  31.0  1    0     
Ruddy, Edgar          TE  CLE  9  0    0    37  29.7  0    0     
Estell, Moe          RB  CLE  32  0    0    24  20.8  1    0     
Timlin, Mackenzie    TE  CLE  11  0    0    89  5.6  0    0     
Bening, Larry        WR  CLE  15  0    0    21  38.1  0    0     
Angus, Nathan        RB  CLE  4  0    0    12  8.3  0    0     
 
Targ - Targeted with Pass, Ctch - Receptions, Pct - Reception Percentage, 
Yards - Receiving Yards, Avg/C - Yards per Catch, Avg/T - Yards per 
Target, YAC - Yards Gained After Catch, Lg - Longest Reception, 
TD - Receiving Touchdowns, Drp - Passes Dropped, PPly - Passing Plays 
on Field, TPct - Percentage of Passing Plays Targeted, 20+C - Catches 
of 20 Yards or More, 100+ - 100-Yard Games.


Arledge, Arledge, Arledge....

:)



BLOCKING!!!

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Blocking Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS KRB  KRO  BPct  Pnck SkA  PPly SPct 
Scherff, Brandon      G  CLE  16 16 43  98  43.9  7    8    572  1.4   
Coleman, Shon        T  CLE  16 16 36  97  37.1  3    4    572  0.7   
Smith, Donovan        T  CLE  16 16 29  67  43.3  2    8    572  1.4   
Bitonio, Joel        G  CLE  16 16 23  79  29.1  0    8    572  1.4   
Dunkin, Zane          C  CLE  15 14 13  47  27.7  0    0    517  0.0   
Graham, Andrew        C  CLE  2  2  6    14  42.9  0    2    55  3.6   
Nail, Eugene          TE  CLE  16 16 6    11  54.5  0    0    498  0.0   
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  16 6  3    11  27.3  0    1    279  0.4   
Maurer, Norman        G  CLE  1  0  2    2    100.0 0    0    0    0.0   


Because of how sack prone Arledge is, sometimes folks don;t get the All Pros they deserve. Scherff is 2nd in Gs for KRB and no All Pro. This was a very respectable year for us.

Huh. Looks like I forgot to move Graham back after his injury. And yet, rookie undrafted C Dunkin got no sacks allowed in 14 starts. Huh.

K McManus, 27 of 28 FG, 48/48 PAT
P Emerson 93 punts, 48.5 average, 40.5 net

Emerson had 3rd best net in league, and the best average in the league. Huh. Why no All Pro?



DEFENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!


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  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Tckl Asst Sack Blkd Hurr QBKd 
Nelson, Sawyer        ILB CLE  16 15 103  31  2.0  0    2    0     
Krauchick, Dean      OLB CLE  16 16 93  17  8.0  5    9    1     
Tatum, Miles          S  CLE  16 16 92  22  1.0  0    0    0     
Rincon, Karl          OLB CLE  16 16 84  24  11.5 0    9    2     
Baxter, Lincoln      S  CLE  16 16 63  20  0.0  0    0    0     
Harrison, Antoine    CB  CLE  16 16 62  22  0.0  2    1    0     
Stanton, Julio        DE  CLE  16 16 53  26  17.5 5    23  30   
Schmidtke, Cooper    CB  CLE  14 14 48  10  0.5  1    3    0     
Horton, Vince        ILB CLE  15 6  45  18  0.0  1    0    2     
Blades, Graham        DT  CLE  16 16 43  9    4.0  1    6    0     
Canada, Gregory      CB  CLE  16 6  33  9    0.0  0    1    0     
Horner, Joey          DE  CLE  16 16 28  15  5.5  1    13  9     
Boone, Amari          CB  CLE  16 7  27  6    0.0  0    0    0     
Kirksey, Chris        ILB CLE  16 0  7    3    0.0  0    0    0     
Kempthorn, Scottie    S  CLE  16 0  7    1    0.0  0    0    0     
Dunn, Michael        DT  CLE  16 0  4    0    0.0  0    0    0


Stanton was one half sack off the league leader and 2nd in sacks. Horner? 5.5 sacks is his worst ever. Blades, teh rookie, had a solid productive season

But look at rookie Rincon! He led all linebackers in the league with 11.5 sacks. Meanwhile Krauchick;s 8 sacks is great, and he led all lbs in the NFL for blocked passes. Nelson led my team in tackles, had a pair of sacks, and was very respectable. So when the defense needs just three backers, Stanton, Rincon and Krauchick are the three I use, so Horton is out there for fewer plays.


COVERAGE!


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Front Office Football Eight
Pass Coverage Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Ints IRYd TD  Defn Cght PPly PDPct 
Tatum, Miles          S  CLE  16 16 7    151  1    5    42  617  81.1   
Harrison, Antoine    CB  CLE  16 16 3    3    0    4    48  623  76.2   
Baxter, Lincoln      S  CLE  16 16 3    42  0    7    38  560  79.2   
Canada, Gregory      CB  CLE  16 6  3    17  0    2    27  334  77.7   
Krauchick, Dean      OLB CLE  16 16 2    17  1    1    35  617  76.9   
Kirksey, Chris        ILB CLE  16 0  1    4    0    0    1    36  92.7   
Schmidtke, Cooper    CB  CLE  14 14 1    11  0    6    35  543  77.5   
Kempthorn, Scottie    S  CLE  16 0  1    23  0    1    2    68  89.5   
Horner, Joey          DE  CLE  16 16 0    0    0    1    9    623  81.0   
Stanton, Julio        DE  CLE  16 16 0    0    0    0    6    623  81.2   
Horton, Vince        ILB CLE  15 6  0    0    0    5    21  289  76.9   
Boone, Amari          CB  CLE  16 7  0    0    0    2    16  216  74.8   
Nelson, Sawyer        ILB CLE  16 15 0    0    0    8    35  443  76.3   
Nichols, Dylan        OLB CLE  16 0  0    0    0    0    2    22  70.3   
Blades, Graham        DT  CLE  16 16 0    0    0    1    8    607  81.2   
Rincon, Karl          OLB CLE  16 16 0    0    0    5    44  607  74.8   
 
Ints - Interceptions, IRYd - Interception Return Yardage, TD - Interception 
Return Touchdowns, Cght - Passes Caught by Covered Receiver, Defn - Passes 
Defensed, PPly - Passing Plays on Field, PDPct - Pass Defense Percentage.



In the league, 2 corners have 8 picks, 3 players have 7 - 2 S and a CB. So Tatum tied for the lead for Ss for picks at 7.

Not as many pasdef from any of my backers or Dbacks. Weak year for defending the pass

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 01:11 PM

Team Awards –

Offensive MVP _ RB Diego Lorey – He led the league in rushing yards in just 15 games, and blew through defenses many times. Meanwhile he was 3rd among RBs in receiving yards, 2nd in receiving Tds, 1st in3rd in rushing TDs, and well, you get the idea. Good job Lorey!

Defensive MVP - FS miles Tatum – Was the major good news from the secondary. He was a bright light of awesome! Thanks Miles Tatum!

Special Teams MVP – K McManus . Both my P and K deserve this award. I have a kicker that only missed one FG and no PAT. I have a P who led the league in average, and 3rd in net average. Both did well. But I’m going with McManus.

Rookie of the Year: LB Karl Rincon. Duh

Heart Award – RB Moe Estell – Had to start his first NFL game due a concussion to Lorey and did very well in that role. Thanks Moe!

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 02:54 PM

End of Season 0

Performance – 63
Value 82
Profit 76Roster 26

Score 69



New Hall of Fame…. CB Derelle Revis, DE Cameron Wake and……

OT Joe Thomas! Yay!

Go Browns!

Major retirees of note:

QB Matt Ryan
RB Zeke
TE Rudolph
WR Hawkins, Shorts, Tavon Autin
C Mack, OT Gilbert , Beachum, Kalil,

DE Watt, Branch, Flowers, DT McCoy,
LB _ Telvin Smith, Bowman
CB Slay, Chris Harris, Morris Claiborne

Zeke was broken. He had 4 consecutive 2000+ yard seasons, with one at 2400. He finishes with 13373 yards, 89 rushing scores,

We made 53 mill. Just one of three teams with 1000% attendance,

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 03:18 PM

Brendan Arledge –

2016 - 10-6, Wild Card, knocked out in first round
2017 –12-4, Won Division, Lost in AFC Championship
2018 – 12-3-1. #1 seed, made it to Super Bowl, Won
2019 – 13-3, #1 seed, Lost in AFC Championship
2020 -16-0, #1 seed, Won Super Bowl, undefeated
2021 – 12-4, #2 seed, lost in AFC Championship
2022 – 12-4, #1 seed, Won Super Bowl
2023 – 10-6, #6 Wild Card, knocked out in first round

Not bad. Arledge in year 9 is about to begin

STAFF!!

I give a raise and retain my Str Coord.

We pick 21st. I make no changes to my staff

Here are my FAs:

RG3
LB Kirksey
WR Stone
DE Stanton

I tag Stanton

I also have 7 RFAS

Begin Free Agency!

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 03:41 PM

I have 43 players under contract:

Stanton is still not signing


Major Players in the Final Year of their deal:

RB Diego Lorey
LB Sawyer Nelson
RG Norman Maurer
P Emerson
CB Schmidtke
FB Schuster
LRT Coleman
OG Scherff
OG Bitonio
RT Owens
T Newmeyer
CB Amari Boone
LT Donovan Smith
RB Angus
NT Dunn
NT Morton
CV Lincoln Howard
LS Newsome



I have 30 mill under the cap, and 21 mill available

I sign RB Lorey for 3 years, 48 mill. I extend Newsome

I sign RFA – WLB Dolfinger, who is a 32-61 UFA I signed last year; DE Normal Pucillo, 47/64; TE Ruddy for two years


It will cost me real money to resign C Zane Dunkin, RB Colin Snyder. Snyder is 41/57 and Dunkin 52/62

I will wait n LB and O Line decisions until post draft and post-camp, when I see which of my old men fell, and what I was able to get in the draft.

I extend CB Schmidtke by 2 years and drop his cap hit this year by 5 mill. He’s my best Cb and my leader.

I extend P Emerson by 2 years. I Sign Schuster for 3 more years

LB Nelson wants, serious, serious money. Like 3 years 35 mill.

I end week 1

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 04:41 PM

We have a couple of great players out there – 76 CB Russell Mueller, 7th year vet,

What do I need:

Backup QB
Backup RB, maye,
Backup TE – or a stud to go over Nail
WR
OG?
Stud DT, or none
Great S or CB would be fine

But I don’t need a lot

I offer RG3 to reup for two years, vet min sal

There’s no one out there I want.

So I make offers to my RFAs – C Zane Dunkin and RB Snyder

Let’s look at the daft

I pick 1.24. We have 2 5th round selections, 8 total.

There is a guy, DT Damien Alcott, at the top fo the board, identifies as natural 3-4 NT, total stud. He is who I want the most. Hard to Read, 91 volatility, 4 red stats, one blue. He is the strongest, smartest and fastest DT in the draft. That’s pretty sexy

I interview a couple more 3-4 NT near te top

There’s a great underrated TE at the top o the board. TE Danny Meyer

I also interview some LB, CB and S I think would be there at 1.24

Week 5 – Kirkseey signs with the Steelers.

Week 7 – Griffin signs with us

I have 49 players on my roster:

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 05:15 PM

The 2024 NFL Amateur Draft!


At 1.1, Seattle takes QB Mitchell McGee

TE Meyer went 1.8. If he fell, I might have moved. Know who’s still on the board? Alcott

It’s 1.11. Should I make a play for Alcott? Alcott is 7.0 grade, 0.6 above any other raw players, and adjusted 7.6. Someone is takimg him before he gets to us.

Could I trade here for the 1.11 pick to ensure I get the only major player I want?

According to the draft pick value chart, the 1.24 is worth 740 and the 1.11 is 1250. So I would need to add 510 points. That’s the value of a high 2.nd round. Pick 39 over, 2.7 Is worth 510.

I can’t make this trade, so they grab a RB from the board . But at 1.12 is the first of defensive needy teams with Chicago. And I save 50 points by waiting until 1.12. Chicago needs LB, S, and Dt. I need 460 points to move up from 24 to 12. That’s pick 44 in the draft, 2.12.

The Bears won’t take a future 2nd for the trade.

You need a stud DT ot make 3-4 work right? I can’t not make this deal

I can’t get a future 6th or 7th and the 2nd as well

Players? They could seriously use a nice OG. Now I was hoping to extend OG Maurer as my starter, and then let either Bitonio or Scherff go, whichever falls in Camp. But I don’t have to. Chicago doesn’t want Maurer. Atlanta? San Diego? Sure! But not Chicago . They don’t want SS Kempthron either. Colts? Okay! Bears? Nah

I make an offer:

I give:

My 1/24
Next year’s 2nd rounder
The following year’s 3rd rounder

I get:
This year’s 1.12
Next year’s 4th
The following year’s 5th

I accept and I take Alcott and head to bed.


Who would have been there at 1.24?


LB Butch May? RT Dean Griffith? RB Frog Man Lotter? WR Erik Frederick?

The Bears take OT Griffith. I would have done the same. He’s BPA in my mind,

Frog Man goes 1.25

Frederick at pick 35

May 37

This great TE is falling. No one is grabbing him. Move up and make a play? Nah, I’m out of ammo for that. He goes to Oakland at 52, and we are at 56, so TE Hammers, almost made it to me!



At 2.23, take WR Colin Finch? LT Trenton henry? RB Jordan? LB Gerrity? I feel like Finch is the last good WR on the board. But Gerrity is good, and odd, while there are other OTs and Lbs out there. And yet, LT Henry is pretty solid. 1 red and three blues for Henry. He looks to be a pass locking specialist, which matches what you want from an LT generally, and someone guarding Arledge specifically. Both are good

But I have three Ots on my roster that can start. And yet, I have depth at LB and WR as well. So none of my three major targets are the top player that was needed.

So I go OT

Finch foes to GB two picks later

12 picks fall off the 3rd round. Is Garrity going to fall to me at 3?

Nape He goes 17th to the Bears. If you recall, they needed to up their D considerably.




3rd – With no obvious draftee that fell, who is my choice here? LG Harrison? Nope! TE Jon Franklin. Franklin is horrible at blocking, great at catching.

4th round? LG Salvador Harrison!

5.4 - LB Derek Newhart

5.23 – I’m taking a flyer on SS Zachary Jude. Horrible bars. Great combine stats for here, and affinity with my team

6th – LB Dexter tubs? Nah. A BAP on the board is DE Gibson. How is he still there?

7th - DT Tito Nelson

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - Damien Alcott, DT, Louisville
Rnd 2 - Trenton Henry, T, Virginia
Rnd 3 - Jon Franklin, TE, Georgia Tech
Rnd 4 - Salvador Harrison, G, Tennessee Tech
Rnd 5 - Derek Newhart, OLB, Southern Mississippi
Rnd 5 - Zachary Jude, S, Penn State
Rnd 6 - Willie Gibson, DE, UCLA
Rnd 7 - Tito Nelson, DT, Washington State

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 06:06 PM

Early draft results:

TE Franklin 25/53
SS Jude – 21/35
DT Nelson 21/63
LT Henry – 27/63
OG Harrison – 12/53
OLB Newhart 29/65
DE Gibson – 25/66

Oh, and Alcott?

53/91

He is the top rated rookie on the Green Page

Anyone I like in FA?

I make an offer to Lukas Kelley

These UFA:

QB Sebastian Pelfray
RB Alex Powell
WR Mitch Rivera
LB Dexter Tubbs
DE Shaun Yaros

LB Sawyer Nelson is holding out

Week 1 – I sign 2 players

Week 2 – I get another

Week 3 – All of my signings are done

Anyone else I want? No

CAMP!!!

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 06:51 PM

I make some cuts:

QB pelfrey
OG Harrison – He busted hard, down to 15/33
RB Powell


NT Michael Dunn. It was time. He was with me for 9 years



I trade backup DT Morton to the eagles for their 2027 4th rounder


I trade OT Bryce Owens to the Giants to swap our 6th for their 3rd in 20206

I extend LT Neumeyer by a year. He’s 44/58 and was cheaper than Owens to extend

We go 2-2 in the preseason


Final changes:

After the preseason, my OG competitions are Bitonio at 59, Maurer at 60 and Scherff at 56.

I extend OG Bitonio for a year

I want to give OG Maurer a 4 year, 10 mill deal, but he’s angry and won’t do it. Ah well. What about OT? Smith ebbed to 51/51. I am going to start him, and then move to Trenton Henry next year

SS Zachery Jude has dropped to 21/31. I cut him

CB Harrison dropped to 48/48. We start Canada instead.

I give Sawyer Nelson 4 years, 45 mill

DE Horner busted to 43/43. It’s time….

I have 4 dsolid Des.

Norm Pucillo – 52/65
Willie Gibson – 32/63
Shaun Yaros – 27/60
Horner 43/43
Stanton 87/87

It’s a great irony that the UFA, Yaros, this year and the UFA last year, Pucillo, will rpealce a UFA finding that was awesome. I’d love to keep him. Especially since I think this may be Stanton’s last year with us, I can’t keep increase his salary with the Tag each year.

With 116.0 sacks, I can only hope that Horner, he can find a landing pad, and get some more sacks. He will land between Suggs and Mathis, career wise at 116.

I trade LB Dylan Nichols to the Eagles for thier 4th in 2026. He was 54/54

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 06:52 PM

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Cleveland Browns Roster, Scout Overview
 
  Player                #  Pos  Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Kelley, Lukas          108 QB    QB    4    37              52              2 yrs.
Arledge, Brendan        114 QB          9    39              39              4 yrs.
##Griffin III, Robert  102 QB          13  18              18              2 yrs.
Lorey, Diego            222 RB    RB    4    76              76              3 yrs.
Estell, Moe            220 RB          2    47              58              3 yrs.
Snyder, Colin          235 RB          2    44              57              2 yrs.
##Angus, Nathan        230 RB          4    47              47              1 yr. 
Schuster, Ralph        331 FB    FB    6    65              65              4 yrs.
Franklin, Jon          446 TE          1    30              49              4 yrs.
Ruddy, Edgar            442 TE          3    39              44              2 yrs.
Nail, Eugene            487 TE    TE    8    37              37              3 yrs.
##Timlin, Mackenzie    482 TE          3    36              36              2 yrs.
Riley, Rodney          586 FL    SE    3    69              69              2 yrs.
Lynch, Gabriel          513 FL          8    55              55              2 yrs.
Wright, Dustin          512 SE    FL    6    62              62              3 yrs.
Bening, Larry          585 SE          3    35              36              2 yrs.
##Rivera, Mitch        580 SE          1    20              27              1 yr. 
Dunkin, Zane            650 C          2    56              62              3 yrs.
##Schnebele, Otis      653 C          2    37              59              3 yrs.
Graham, Andrew          679 C    C    9    58              58              2 yrs.
Scherff, Brandon        762 LG    LG    10  56              56              1 yr. 
Maurer, Norman          764 RG    RG    4    60              60              1 yr. 
Bitonio, Joel          775 RG          11  59              59              2 yrs.
Henry, Trenton          865 LT          1    31              60              4 yrs.
Smith, Donovan          866 LT    LT    10  51              51              1 yr. 
Neumeyer, Bart          877 LT          4    39              49              2 yrs.
Coleman, Shon          872 RT    RT    9    64              64              1 yr. 
Emerson, Rob            915 P          9    67              67              3 yrs.
McManus, Brandon        1019K          11  67              67              2 yrs.
Pucillo, Norm          1190LDE  RDE  2    52              65              2 yrs.
Gibson, Willie          1198LDE        1    32              63              4 yrs.
Stanton, Julio          1199RDE  LDE  8    87              87              1 yr. 
##Yaros, Shaun          1174RDE        1    27              60              1 yr. 
Alcott, Damien          1294LDT  NT    1    62              91              4 yrs.
Blades, Graham          1292LDT        2    59              62              3 yrs.
Nelson, Tito            1270RDT        1    33              60              4 yrs.
Nelson, Sawyer          1397WILB        4    75              75              4 yrs.
Horton, Vince          1396WILB        5    69              69              2 yrs.
Tubbs, Dexter          1354MLB  SILB  1    35              59              1 yr. 
Rincon, Karl            1455SLB  SLB  2    79              79              3 yrs.
Krauchick, Dean        1456WLB  WLB  3    73              73              2 yrs.
Gibbons, Eduardo        1451WLB        2    48              65              3 yrs.
Newhart, Derek          1495WLB  WILB  1    36              62              4 yrs.
Dolfinger, Vernon      1491WLB        2    42              61              2 yrs.
Gonzalez, Joseph        1523LCB        3    53              53              2 yrs.
Harrison, Antoine      1538LCB        8    48              48              3 yrs.
##Howard, Lincoln      1525LCB        4    47              47              1 yr. 
Canada, Gregory        1547RCB  RCB  2    52              66              3 yrs.
Schmidtke, Cooper      1549RCB  LCB  8    64              64              3 yrs.
Boone, Amari            1536RCB        5    56              56              1 yr. 
Kempthorn, Scottie      1641SS    SS    3    60              60              2 yrs.
Tatum, Miles            1640FS    FS    5    55              55              3 yrs.
Baxter, Lincoln        1628FS          6    51              51              4 yrs.
Newsome, Bo            659 LS          9    17              17              2 yrs.
 
$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive, 
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR. 
 
Players Under Contract: 54
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 47
 
Salary Cap: $204,200,000
Cap Room: $11,580,000
Maximum for New Player: $12,280,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $5,940,000
 
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $4,940,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $158,940,000


Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 06:54 PM

I think if I had built this dynasty as I intended, and built around a UFA QB only after building it up, Kelley might have been my man. Lukas Kelley is so much more consistent on the tats sheet.

Brian Swartz 12-04-2016 06:58 PM

For a guy that basically sucks, Arledge is all right.

I mean, Arledge rules! Arledge for President!! No, Emperor!!!

That should do it.

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 07:24 PM

I trade CB Lincoln Howard to the Vikes for their 5th the next two years

I extend Shon Coleman a year

I sign UFA WR Abel Phillips and cut WR Mitch Rivera

Week 1 - We beat the Steelers 27-14. Lorey is MOM with 28 for 185, and 1 TD Catch. Arledge is 22 of 29, 228, and 3:2, hitting new rookie TE Jon Franklin twice for scores. Pick by OLB Rincon. FF by Nelson, recovered by Stanton.

Week 2 – Next up is the Redskins, and we win 24-17. Arledge is MOM with 20 of 26, 271 and 2:0. Riley is 149 yards and 1 score and RB Lorey the other. Lorey adds 87 yards and another score on the ground. FF by Rincon recovered y DE Pucillo. OG Maurer wit h 5 KRB

Week 3 – We thump the 2-0 Bills 32-17 in their place. MOM is Arledge with 20 of 22, not a typo, 265, 3;0. Lynch grabs 110 yards and a score, and Riley and Lorey the other TD catches. Lorey had 34 for 133. Picks by Baxter, Pucillo, and Canada. 4 KRB by Graha,m


Week 4 – BYE

Week 5 – We lose to the Broncos in our place, 16-21. MOM was Arledge with 31 of 49, 283, and 1:0. He hit Franklin for his 3rd score on the season. RB Lorey had 17 for 134.

And that makes us 3-1 at the first quarter mark.

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Swartz (Post 3133769)
For a guy that basically sucks, Arledge is all right.

I mean, Arledge rules! Arledge for President!! No, Emperor!!!

That should do it.


LOL!

He both sucks and doesn't. I mean he has a 44 accuracy, so there's that.

Here he his in all of his glory, with the Lukas by comparisons


Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 07:30 PM

Oh and here's Alcott. Imagine him with those LBs!


Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 08:23 PM

Week 6 – We lose at Oakland 27-37. Lorey, 3 for 103 and a score, Arledge was 25 of 42, 285 and 2:3. He hits Lorey and Wright for scores. 7 KRB by OG Maurer. FF by Rincon, recovered by Tatum

LB Vernon Dolfinger is out with a torn calf muscle for 11 weeks. I bench him and activate Tubbs

Week 7 – We lose 25-28 to the Chargers. MOM is Arledge with 38 of 53, 404 and 3:0. He hits Riley for 177 yards and a score, Lunch and Schuster for scores, Lorey has 21 for 92. FF by Harrison, recovered by Stanton.

Week 8 – We get back in a major , winning way, when we thump the Chiefs 40-17. Arledge, MOM and NFL OPotW, with 34 of 40, 412, 2:0 – he hits Lynch for 114 yards and a score, TE Franklin for a sore too. Lorey adds 2 scores and 165 yards on the ground. Picks by Schmidtke and Canada,


Week 9 – We head to the ravens and emerge victorious 21-17. Arledge, MOM, 23 of 30, 252, and 1:0. He hits riley fro 111 yards and 1 scores. Lorey adds 110 on the ground on 27 carries. Picks by Harrison and krauchick.

We finish 5-3 at the half

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 08:37 PM

Week 10 – We host, and lose, to the 5-3 Eagles. Lorey is 21 for 164, and Arledge is 17 of 32, 194, 1:1. TE Franklin with the catch. CB Amari Boone with a pick. 2 sacks by Gibson spelling Pucillo.

Week 11 – We host the Bengals…And we beat them 27-21. This was one of those games our foe shuts down Arledge – 21 of 30, 168, 0:0. But Lorey had 26 for 138 and two scores. CB Schmidtke had a pick and ra return for 23 yards for a score. Tatum has a pick too.

Pucillo is healed

Week 12 – The 1 win Eagles fly in. They are feisty, but we finish them off, 38-28. Lorey is MVP with 20 of 154, 2 scores. Arledge is 16 of 26, 216, 1:1 and hits Wright for a TD. Pick by Tatum, an one by SLB Rincon returned 20 yards for a score. FF by Stanton, recovered and returned for a score by Baxter. 2.5 sacks by Stanton. But my choice for MOM? C Andrew Graham, 10 KRO, 9 KRB

We have a lot of probable and questionable stuff going on. Stanton probable, Maurer probable, Wright probable, Krauchic probable, Rincon questionable

No changes to my roster though

Week 13 - We host the 3-8 Jaguars. We crunch them 31-3. MOM is Arledge, 23 of 32, 272 1:0. Wrigth with the score. Lorey added 27 for 175 and 2 scores, and Arledge rushed for one as well. Oh, and Graham added another 7 KRB. Pick by Baxter.

We are 8-4 heading into the final stretch

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 09:01 PM

Week 14 - This game is against major competition. The Giants. With their super stud Cote, and their 2 year back to back Super Bowl appearances. But they are having a down year and are 5-7. We beat them 30-22. MOM is Arledge – 29 of 43, 281, and 1:1. Wright was 107 and 1 score. Lorey was held to 60 yards and 1 score. SS Kempthron with a pick and a return for a score. Nelson with a FF that DT Alcott scoops up.



OG Bitonio is injured and out. I start OG Scherff instead and will finish the year with Scherff. Bitonio should be healed by the playoffs.

Week 15 – We play the Ravens and smash them 34-16. MOPM is Arledge with 20 of 31, 233, and 3:1./ Jot this Riley, Schuster and Franklin for scores. Lorey added 21 for 144 and 1 score. Picks by Schmidtket, Nelson and Rincon.

We have a lot of new injuries.

Schmidtke – questionable
LT Smith – questionable
Joe Franklin probable
DT Alcott – questionable

Again, I make no changes

Week 16 – We play the 4 win Cowboys . We thump them 44-18. Arlesdge is MOM with 22 of 31, 200, 2:0. Schuster and Lynch with scores, and Lorey adds 2 scores and 90 yards on the ground, Arledge rushes for score too. Picks by Baxter, DE Pucillo and Rincon.

Going into week 17, we are 11-4. Houston, at 12-3, is currently #1, and we have the Jets and Raiders at 10-5. We need to defeat the Bengals

Week 17 – we win 23-21. Arledge was 27 of 50, 2295, and 0:1. Riley has 116 yards. Lorey 18 rushes, 99 yards and a score. Pick by Nelson. WR Bening got a 91 yard PR for a score.


Were 12-4. And we have a bye at the #2 seed

Get ready for season awards, I think we have a major award about to come my way for the first time. I think I have an NFL MVP and Offensive Player of the Year….

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 09:07 PM

The 2024 NFL Playoffs!

Wild Card Weekend:

In the NFC:

Atlanta flies in and takes out the LA Rams 20-6
Redskins hold vs Vikings and win 27-11

Jets crushed the Titans in NY, 23-9

Buffalo can’t find a win in Oakland, 9-24




Week 2, Divisional Champs

We host the Jets.

Oakland heads to Houston

Carolina hosts Atlanta
Washington at Green Bay


Carolina 26, Atlanta 6

Oakland 19, Houston 16

Green Bay 35, Washington 9

We beat the Jets 13-10.


Arledge is MOM with 24 of 35, 242, 0:0, and rushes for a score. Lorey held to 49 yards. Pick by LB Horton. 2 sacks by DT Alcott

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 09:15 PM

The Conference Championships!

Because the #1 seed fell, we host the Raiders – We are favored by 6.

In the NFC, the Packers heads to the Panthers. Both are 13-3.

The Packer loses 27-30

We win 29-14

Arledge, MOM, 26 of 40, 225, 1:0, hits Lynch for a score. Lorey is 166 and 1 on the ground. 4 KRB by Bitonio and Coleman. Sacks by Rincon, Alcott. FF by Stanton, recoved by Tatum.

We have a injury:

Riley is doubtful for the Super Bowl. I wish I could line up TEs as WRs but you can’t.

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 09:36 PM

The 2024 NFL Super Bowl!!!

Your AFC Champion, #2 seed 12-4 Cleveland BROWNS

VSs.

Your NFC Champion, #1 seed 13-3 Carolina PANTHERS


The Panthers are favored by 1


Now we have made it here three times, and won every time. Can Arledge make it four rings in four tries, and by his 9th year being a rock here? Or will he lose, and still have a solid and respectable 3-1 record in the Bowls.

The Panthers are the most difficult juggernaut we’ve faced in the Super Bowl. We’ve never been unfavored. And I don’t have my best receiver.

Who are the Panthers missing?

A random 4th string WR, 37/37
A Solid starting DE, 56/56
A LB, 39/39

That’s it

So nothing major.

Ready?


We begin the drive on our 37 yard line. Diego Lorey breaks wide, and rushes for a score on the first play of the game. 7-0

The Panthers have 4 plays, and punt

We get a huge return from Bening, who is tackled on their 16, Sensing vulnerability, Arledge goes for goal and hits TE Franklin, the rookie catches a TE score, 16 yards, on the second offensive pass of the game. 14-0

The Panthers go three and out and punt. After 5 players and 46 yards, Arledge tosses a pick suix, and thy score. 14-7

They are stopped. We get the ball, drive 8 plays and deep, and then another pick. They drive that pick for 15 plays, and 85 yards. Ten they score a TD in the 2nd quarter

14-14

We get the ball, drive 11 plays, 75 yards, and then kick a FG.

17-14 us

He Panthers punt

We Punt

The Panthers drive, and can’t do anything.


HALFTIME – We are up 17-14

They start with the ball, drive 12 plays, and then kick a FG to tie at 17-17


Arledge drives, hits Wright for a 55 yard pass with -10:17 left in the 3rd. 24-17 us


A fast score followed, with a 61 yard pass and they respond.

24-24

We go 3 and out and punt deep. Emerson drives it to their 11 yard line.

On the second play on their drive, CB Gregory Canada picks off their QB Cam Newton, and we get the ball on their 8. Diero Lorey rushes for a 2 yard run a few minutes later as the time ends on the 3rd

31-24 us

We force them three and out and they punt. We get the ball with 12:46 left. We drive 4 plays, 28 yards, and punt.

They get the ball at their 20 with a touchback. They get 4 plays, 19 yards, and punt.

We get it at our 12,. We go 3 and out and unt

They get it at their 34. They go three and -4 yards after the 3rd sack on the day by DT Allcott ends their drive. They punt

We get the ball with 5:31 left on our 19. We drive…8 plays, 61 yards. And we finish with a FG and make It 34-24 with under 2 minutes.


They get the ball at the 1:43 mark on their 25, and they turn it over on downs 12 yards and 7 plays later


We win 34-24

Super Bowl MVP – Lorey, 23 for 164, 2 scores. Arlsdge was 25 of 33, 261 and 2:2. He hit Bening an Wright for scores, and Lynch with 136 yards


Pick bu Canada. Our lone turnover of the day. We lose the TO battle -1

3 sacks by Alcott, sacks by Krauchick and Stanton and Pucillo and Rincon split a sack.

4 KRB by Maurer, 3 by Graham

Lots of people were involved. Great punting by Emerson to pin them deep and tat allowed the pick and momentum swinger by Canada. Alcott was all up in Newton’s grill. Returner Beinign had a great return to set up a score. Good stuff!

I think you might have just seen the rare quadfecta, but we’ll see…….

Brian Swartz 12-04-2016 09:38 PM

Sounds like a great Super Bowl!

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 09:40 PM

Season Awards!

Damn Green Bay!

We missed the big awards. And We may have been a little robbed too….


Super Bowl MV_ RB Diego Lorey

All Pro First Team – RB Diego Lorey, C Andrew Graham, OT Shon Coleman, DE Julio Stanton, LB Karl Rincon,

All Pro Second Team – QB BRANDEN ARLEDGE BABY, FB Ralph Schuster, WR Rodney Riley, K Brandon McManus,

So we had NINE All Pros this year. Dang!

And yet I am going to argue that we were robbed of both MVP and OPotY, which should have gone to Lorey. I’ll show you how in says in a moment…..

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Swartz (Post 3133805)
Sounds like a great Super Bowl!


IT was, and we beat Cam, so there;s that. :)

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 09:44 PM

STATS BABY!!!


Passing -


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Passing Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Att  Cmp  Pct  Yards Avg/C Avg/A Lg 
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  16 16 566  388  68.6  4259  10.98 7.52  87   
 
  Player              Pos Team  TD  Int  20+T 300+ Rating 
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  26  10  69  2    98.5 
 
Att - Attempts, Cmp - Completions, Pct - Completion Percentage, 
Yards - Passing Yards, Avg/C - Yards per Completion, Ave/A - Yards per Attempt, 
Lg - Longest Completion, TD - Passing Touchdowns, Int - Passes Intercepted, 
20+T - Completions of 20 or More Yards, 300+ - 300-yard Games, 
Rate - Quarterback Rating


Arledge was 2nd in passing yards behind Dak Prescott, by 50 yards, and 5th in rating, and 4th in passing TDs. Frankly, I thought the All Pros would be Prescott and the GB guy. So I am very okay with this....

but not this....


RUSHING:

Let me switch this up and show you the qualifiers at rushing for the whole league:

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Rushing Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Att  Yards Avg  Lg  TD  RZAtt Yards 
**Lorey, Diego        RB  CLE  16 16 382  2042  5.35  65  15  55    223   
Kerbis, Roman        RB  OAK  16 9  199  1371  6.89  58  11  19    106   
Mackey, Deon          RB  WAS  16 13 293  1341  4.58  52  8    42    141   
Barger, Mason        RB  DET  16 15 270  1313  4.86  38  12  35    104   
Champion, Alan        RB  TBY  16 10 276  1161  4.21  69  10  31    74     
Conley, Floyd        RB  MIN  15 8  267  1150  4.31  54  11  45    111   
Ricketts, Bill        RB  NOS  16 9  274  1120  4.09  80  8    38    93     
Kluge, Les            RB  SFO  15 14 280  1093  3.90  68  6    42    113   
Alcott, Pumpsie      RB  MIA  16 12 219  1034  4.72  75  11  44    149   
Tousha, Micah        RB  GBY  16 15 298  1012  3.40  41  9    32    78     
Ginste, Mercury      RB  DAL  16 9  195  982  5.04  93  6    27    50     
Schwartz, Brant      RB  ATL  16 8  241  957  3.97  56  11  39    94     
Coffey, Tod          RB  JAX  16 7  191  948  4.96  47  1    20    49     
Glover, Chester      RB  KCY  16 13 250  943  3.77  75  8    30    101   
Barton, Bubba        RB  DEN  16 11 220  938  4.26  47  7    30    71     
Dagen, Bennett        RB  TEN  16 8  258  930  3.60  68  5    32    60     
Spiller, Walter      RB  PIT  16 9  204  888  4.35  42  6    31    130   
Gibson, Fido          RB  NYK  16 6  172  884  5.14  24  2    14    55     
Fields, Marquis      RB  BUF  16 8  207  832  4.02  39  6    22    62     
Dole, Spencer        RB  NJY  16 12 225  818  3.64  53  6    22    78     
Longley, Pat          RB  PIT  16 7  174  773  4.44  39  2    9    41     
Bensen, Jose          RB  SEA  16 10 143  773  5.41  39  6    22    98     
Young, Ezra          RB  PHI  16 4  148  766  5.18  86  4    14    44     
Huntley, Lamont      QB  BAL  15 14 139  758  5.45  66  8    21    62     
Anzivino, J.T.        RB  HOU  15 10 187  746  3.99  80  9    26    71     
Epps, Donte          RB  LAS  16 10 138  736  5.33  49  5    17    62     
Johnson, David        RB  LAS  13 6  145  716  4.94  48  5    14    41     
Rodon, Heath          RB  IND  16 14 203  649  3.20  34  4    20    47     
Lincoln, Tracy        RB  CAR  16 7  160  633  3.96  36  4    25    50     
Ross, Steven          RB  SDO  16 7  169  624  3.69  41  4    16    47     
Davison, Joey        RB  MIA  16 3  125  624  4.99  39  3    14    61     
Ellard, Joseph        RB  CAR  16 8  150  610  4.07  30  7    26    51     
Beeman, Alex          RB  BUF  16 7  143  609  4.26  66  5    24    90     
Gomez, Randy          RB  BAL  16 5  127  605  4.76  67  2    15    27     
Augustynowicz, Myron  RB  CIN  16 4  136  605  4.45  75  7    20    86     
Keppler, Ralph        RB  ARI  16 4  137  588  4.29  61  4    20    78     
Givens, Dale          RB  NJY  16 3  178  578  3.25  52  5    28    53     
Cole, Jesse          RB  PHI  14 10 144  548  3.81  80  8    19    69     
Dearman, Rusty        RB  IND  16 7  143  530  3.71  39  4    24    46     
McGee, Mitchell      QB  SEA  11 9  107  526  4.92  37  3    12    69     
Burnett, Matthew      RB  ARI  16 11 158  476  3.01  26  1    19    61     
Watson, Lenny        RB  KCY  16 3  107  459  4.29  76  3    7    8     
Branch, Cornelius    RB  SDO  8  5  107  451  4.21  49  3    7    19     
Biamila, Louie        RB  CIN  14 10 176  445  2.53  41  3    27    66     
Dixon, Ezekiel        RB  NED  16 4  118  414  3.51  21  2    9    23     
Conger, Bernard      RB  NYK  16 4  126  409  3.25  20  5    17    50     
Buck, Edgar          RB  CHI  16 4  141  396  2.81  38  4    15    21     
Reeves, Tyrone        RB  HOU  16 4  145  392  2.70  25  0    13    18     
King, J.C.            RB  BAL  13 8  119  337  2.83  51  1    11    16     
Reilly, J.J.          RB  CHI  16 12 109  298  2.73  60  1    10    13     
Bloom, Jerome        RB  NED  16 11 119  277  2.33  26  2    18    29     
Archambeau, Jimmy    RB  DEN  15 2  106  120  1.13  10  1    21    11



As you can see, Lorey both hit the mythical level of 2000+ rushing yards, and led the rest of the pack by 700+ yards. He also led in rushing TDs. He also had 524 receiving yard and 4 catching scores, so he had mroe than 2500 yards from scrimmage and 19 TDs. That is not just good. That is, in my humble and clearly biased opinion, enough to be MVP and Off Player of the Year.


Catch that BALL!


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Receiving Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Targ Ctch Pct  Yards Avg/C Avg/T YAC 
Riley, Rodney        WR  CLE  16 16 160  107  66.9  1312  12.26 8.20  530   
Wright, Dustin        WR  CLE  16 16 114  88  77.2  982  11.16 8.61  405   
Lynch, Gabriel        WR  CLE  16 10 69  45  65.2  706  15.69 10.23 311   
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  16 16 92  66  71.7  524  7.94  5.70  398   
Franklin, Jon        TE  CLE  16 10 56  41  73.2  375  9.15  6.70  121   
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  16 6  43  28  65.1  205  7.32  4.77  71   
Ruddy, Edgar          TE  CLE  16 1  17  9    52.9  125  13.89 7.35  40   
Bening, Larry        WR  CLE  16 0  7    4    57.1  30    7.50  4.29  3     
Nail, Eugene          TE  CLE  16 5  3    0    0.0  0    0.00  0.00  0     
 
  Player              Pos Team  Lg  TD  Drp  PPly TPct 20+C 100+ 
Riley, Rodney        WR  CLE  61  5    6    593  27.0  22  4     
Wright, Dustin        WR  CLE  40  4    0    507  22.5  15  1     
Lynch, Gabriel        WR  CLE  87  5    3    400  17.3  15  2     
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  34  4    3    568  16.2  9    0     
Franklin, Jon        TE  CLE  34  5    6    399  14.0  5    0     
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  22  3    2    225  19.1  1    0     
Ruddy, Edgar          TE  CLE  32  0    2    98  17.3  2    0     
Bening, Larry        WR  CLE  12  0    2    61  11.5  0    0     
Nail, Eugene          TE  CLE  0  0    0    129  2.3  0    0     
 
Targ - Targeted with Pass, Ctch - Receptions, Pct - Reception Percentage, 
Yards - Receiving Yards, Avg/C - Yards per Catch, Avg/T - Yards per 
Target, YAC - Yards Gained After Catch, Lg - Longest Reception, 
TD - Receiving Touchdowns, Drp - Passes Dropped, PPly - Passing Plays 
on Field, TPct - Percentage of Passing Plays Targeted, 20+C - Catches 
of 20 Yards or More, 100+ - 100-Yard Games.



You can see the good stuff there. Riley was 2nd in the league in receiving yards. Receiving TE Franklin looked good as a mid round rookie as well.



BLOCKING BABY


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Blocking Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS KRB  KRO  BPct  Pnck SkA  PPly SPct 
Graham, Andrew        C  CLE  16 16 56  115  48.7  2    4    596  0.7   
Coleman, Shon        T  CLE  16 16 36  89  40.4  2    3    596  0.5   
Maurer, Norman        G  CLE  16 16 25  68  36.8  0    4    596  0.7   
Smith, Donovan        T  CLE  16 16 18  50  36.0  0    15  592  2.5   
Bitonio, Joel        G  CLE  13 13 17  53  32.1  2    2    468  0.4   
Scherff, Brandon      G  CLE  4  3  7    15  46.7  2    1    119  0.8   
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  16 6  4    9    44.4  0    0    225  0.0   
Nail, Eugene          TE  CLE  16 5  3    8    37.5  0    0    129  0.0   
Neumeyer, Bart        T  CLE  3  0  1    1    100.0 0    0    4    0.0   
Ruddy, Edgar          TE  CLE  16 1  1    2    50.0  0    0    98  0.0   
Franklin, Jon        TE  CLE  16 10 1    5    20.0  0    1    399  0.3   
Dunkin, Zane          C  CLE  2  0  0    2    0.0  0    0    9    0.0



Graham just annihilated the rest of teh league with his KRB. The next highest was 43. You need good blocking to get a 2000+ year season. And we have another ALl Pro from Coleman and Graham just being the best O Line player in the league. Maurer looks fine in his first year starting for me as well.

K McManus, 40 of 46, 45 of 47 PAT.
P Emerson, 75 punts, 49.4 avg, 41.7 net. That was the best average and net in the league and once again, Emerson was denined another All Pro. That would have made us 10th. Ah well.
KR/PR Bening, 1 KR RET TD, among qualifiers, 7th best KR average in league, adn 4th best PR avg




DEFENSE!


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Defensive Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Tckl Asst Sack Blkd Hurr QBKd 
Stanton, Julio        DE  CLE  16 16 56  17  13.5 4    19  25   
Rincon, Karl          OLB CLE  16 16 97  32  9.0  0    4    5     
Pucillo, Norm        DE  CLE  14 14 17  6    5.0  0    12  4     
Krauchick, Dean      OLB CLE  16 16 74  26  4.0  2    6    3     
Alcott, Damien        DT  CLE  15 15 36  13  4.0  0    6    4     
Gibson, Willie        DE  CLE  15 2  10  4    2.5  0    5    0     
Nelson, Sawyer        ILB CLE  16 15 98  44  1.0  1    3    1     
Horton, Vince        ILB CLE  16 8  50  18  1.0  0    0    0     
Blades, Graham        DT  CLE  16 1  5    3    1.0  0    4    1     
Kempthorn, Scottie    S  CLE  16 15 81  20  0.0  0    0    0     
Tatum, Miles          S  CLE  16 15 53  15  0.0  0    0    0     
Canada, Gregory      CB  CLE  16 16 50  7    0.0  0    1    0     
Schmidtke, Cooper    CB  CLE  16 16 41  9    0.0  0    2    0     
Boone, Amari          CB  CLE  16 8  33  5    0.0  0    0    0     
Baxter, Lincoln      S  CLE  16 1  14  3    0.0  1    0    0     
Harrison, Antoine    CB  CLE  16 1  13  5    0.0  0    1    0     
Gonzalez, Joseph      CB  CLE  15 1  5    0    0.0  0    0    0


Stanton;s 13.5 sacks were 1.5 behind the league leader, and 2nd most in the NFL. Rincon;s 9 sacks, 3rd best among all LBs. I know Pucillo was out for a couple of games, but I was hoping for more there. Especially if I can;t franchise Stanton again for like the 15000th season in a row. Alstott had more sacks in the post season than the regular season. I'll take it of course, especially 3 sacks in a Super Bowl, but I;d love to see from from the rookie next year.


COVER THAT BALL!


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Pass Coverage Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Ints IRYd TD  Defn Cght PPly PDPct 
Rincon, Karl          OLB CLE  16 16 4    42  1    6    45  602  78.3   
Schmidtke, Cooper    CB  CLE  16 16 3    23  1    3    25  564  80.6   
Baxter, Lincoln      S  CLE  16 1  3    19  0    2    12  181  84.6   
Tatum, Miles          S  CLE  16 15 2    3    0    7    32  546  79.6   
Nelson, Sawyer        ILB CLE  16 15 2    14  0    7    47  524  75.6   
Pucillo, Norm        DE  CLE  14 14 2    54  0    0    6    437  82.9   
Canada, Gregory      CB  CLE  16 16 2    15  0    4    33  448  77.1   
Harrison, Antoine    CB  CLE  16 1  1    7    0    6    11  208  84.7   
Boone, Amari          CB  CLE  16 8  1    13  0    6    25  417  79.2   
Krauchick, Dean      OLB CLE  16 16 1    0    0    6    32  584  78.5   
Kempthorn, Scottie    S  CLE  16 15 1    40  1    7    30  432  78.3   
Stanton, Julio        DE  CLE  16 16 0    0    0    1    11  579  80.4   
Horton, Vince        ILB CLE  16 8  0    0    0    3    24  204  70.2   
Gonzalez, Joseph      CB  CLE  15 1  0    0    0    3    4    72  85.0   
Blades, Graham        DT  CLE  16 1  0    0    0    0    2    190  81.1   
Gibson, Willie        DE  CLE  15 2  0    0    0    0    2    175  81.0   
Alcott, Damien        DT  CLE  15 15 0    0    0    0    6    413  80.6   
 
Ints - Interceptions, IRYd - Interception Return Yardage, TD - Interception 
Return Touchdowns, Cght - Passes Caught by Covered Receiver, Defn - Passes 
Defensed, PPly - Passing Plays on Field, PDPct - Pass Defense Percentage.


Rincon led my team in picks with 4. We had tons of people with picks, and lots of picks out there.

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 10:14 PM

Team Awards!

Offensive MVP - Hmmm….RB Diego Lorey maybe? I thought seriously about Graham here.


Defensive MVP – LB Rincon – I have to admit that I love how fast and powerful Rincon has dominated. In his first year years he has 20.5 sacks, 13 hurries, 7 QBKD, 4 picks, 1 INT RET TD, 4 FF. and one fumrec. He has been a disruptive force on the strong side.

Special Teams MVP – P Emerson deserves this one for the reasons cited above and leading the league in two pertinent stats.

Rookie of the Year- DT Alcott – He was never bothered, stepped right in, and had a good, solid season.

Heart Award – FB Schuster. We play him on special teams, where he had 24 special teams tackles, 8th best in the league. And then was good enough to rock his third All Pro award as well Dude has heart.

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 10:23 PM

Alright,let;s drill down into that QB who won MVP and OPotY

QB Bobby Briggs, Green Bay Packers:

The +++ for Briggs:

Briggs led the Packers to 13-3
Briggs was 5th in the league in passing yards with 4022
Briggs had 27 TDs, and 5th in passing TDs

The best thing you can say about Briggs, and this is big - just four picks, 103.2 rating, which was 4th best among qualifiers.

Briggs adds 4 TDs on the ground, and 344 yards

He wasn't top three in pass yards, TDs, or QB rating. He wasn;t the best scrambler. 5 Qbs had more than 4 Qbs. 13 more rushing yards

Why would Briggs be an Off Player of the Year, when I don't think you can make a convincing case he was the best at his position. Meanwhile, Lorey dominated this league, the competition, and is a clear and obvious choice, both for MVP and OPotY

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 10:35 PM

Arledge’s career stats after 9 years:

3283 completions, 35972 yards, 236 TDs, 106 picks, 67.2%, 95.8 rating,

As you know, 60k is sort of the Magic mark. Hit 60 and you are in Tom Brady (Right now), Dan Marino territory. And 50k is Warren Moon, Elway area. 10th best is Testeverde with 46k,. So Arledge could easily make the top ten of all time in passing yards.

Now, he’s not near the top in pass TDs. 236 would put you at around 25-30 all time. At 11 is Warren Moon with 291. So, get to 300 to be safe. 300 is Elway’s TD record.

How about completions? 10th best Is Testaverde at 3787. So Arledge almost has that in 9 years.

Abe Sargent 12-04-2016 10:52 PM

End of Season –

Performance – 81
Value 85
Profit – 81
Roster 26

Score 77

Hall of Fame – Aaron Rodgers and Earl Thomas

We made 122 mill last year, had a 100% attendance,


OT Donovan Smith retires from us

Major retirees of note:

QB Matt Stafford, EJ Manuel,
RTE David Moragn, Cri Wilson
WR AJ Green, Marvis Jones, TY Hilton, Brendan Coleman,
O Line – OG WChance Warmack, Justin Pugh, Lane Johnson and many others – 16 o line retire

D Line – Anthony Barr, Ansah, Fletcher CCox,

Our Bennie Logan retires

LB – Bobby wagner, CJK Mosley,

Our LB Ogbah retires

CB Richard Sherman, Eli Apple, S TJ McDonald

I give a raise to my HC and head to the coach draft


We draft 9th

There is a better OC out there, Sherman Cole. Balanced, WR, 62 players. Would I want to move from smashmouth or do I upgrade my OC and swap?

I think I upgrade!

Meet Sherman Cole, former OC of the Titians, a full 12 points suitability better

I make no other staff changes

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 02:27 AM

My FA:

Stanton
RB Nathan Angus
CB Amari Boone
RG maruer
LG Scherff


I wanted to retain both Mauirer and Stanton, but Maurer was angry in the offseason and I can’t sign players after the season begins, not even early on or once they see they are my starter moving forward.

Who to tag? Maurer and then resign? Or Stanton yet again.

I have 45 in cap space, 38 for new players. I have two rookies coming up that may cost a lto reoresign – WR Riley and LB Krauchick. I’m not sure I can do all three,. Stanton is up to 23.8 mill this year. F


I can’t not have Stanton. I franchise him.


FA TIME!

Which players of note are in the final year of their deals:

LB Krauchick
LB Horton
FL Riley
K McManus
DE Pucillo
OT Coleman
SS Kempthron
LB Dolflinger
OG Bitonio
C Graham
RB Snyder
WR Lynch
CB Joe Gon
QB Jelley
LT Neumet\yer
TE Ruddy
SE benig
Newsome

Newsome extended

I make offers to RFAs LB Tubbs and DE Yaros.

I currently have 47 players under contract

Im trying not to give major long term contracts to my older O Line. Take Bitonio -he’s in his 12th year. Currently 58/58. IF I had signed him to a big mega bucks deal, that’s likely to end on retirement of a drop in ability. He’s 33. How much longer does he really have as an O Line man? Coleman sis 33 too and is 10th year. Graham in his 9th is 30. I just had a O Line retire on me, so it happens right abbot now for these folks

I’ll wait until camp again, so see about ability, cap, and who I may have drafted

We are letting OG Scherff head off. I would like to sign Maurer. Maybe.

In the meantime, who do I want to extend?

K McManus wants 7 mill a year, a huge bump from his 5 mill deal. Nope

WR Lynch is 31 as well- I’m not giving him 20 mill for three more years.

Horton wants 14 mill for 4 years. But he;s the worst of my LB lot. Do I want to extend him?

I extend Bening by a year

Riley wants a ton of cash – like 77nill in5 years cash. TO be fair to Riley, he’s the 9th best WR in the league. Dustin Wright is 19th. There are only 21 at 60+ current rating. Only the Jets and Browns have 2 on their roster.

I would have to pay Pucillo serious 32 mill over 5 years type of money to keep him. That can’t happen until eh proves himself

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 11:56 AM

I have 8 picks this year, and Green Bay loves my RB Moe Estell. They offer me a player and their 2nd rounder for him. Let’s ehck out the draft.

I need:

DE for Stanton
Backup RB,
3rd WR
OG? OT? Long-term replacements for Bitonio or Coleman.
LB
Starting CB

I interview 5 Cbs, There are two I really like. I also interview a bunch fo DE/D T folk as well as some WR

Are there a bunch of others out there that really want Estell?

Actually….maybe..

Do I want another high 1st round draft pick?

The Cards really want Estelle. They offer me their 2.11 this year for Estel. And tha;s good. But I talk them into their 1.11 with some additional picks from myself. Now this is not the normal trade up and trades some 2nds for it. It’s a free #1.

And I could even push it. You, trade back for more future picks, restore my future draft stock, and then draft in the 20s or something, followed by my pick at 32.

So that is very, very tempting.

Is there anyone up that high that’s worth the rush? Some years we have seriously awesome talen at the 11 spot,a nd others we done. I traded up to 1.12 for my DT Alcott last year, and up for RB Lorey, both were for top flight, rarely in the daft, let alone available players. Right?

Any generational players up there?

Studs:

2 RB, another 2ish
2ish QBs
Multiple Safeties
OT
2 ish CB
1 WLB


TE Willie Woods?

I could use the Ot and a CB.

Let’s hash out the trade:

I give the Cards:

RB Moe Estell
My 2nd rounder next year
My 2nd rounder two years from now

For

1.11
4th next year
4th the following year

So basically I drop down two rounds from 2 to 4in those two years to get a 1.11 now. If a tp notch player is there, I can snag him. If not, I trade back and rack up picks.

I end stage one of FA

I make an offer to OG Norman Maurer. 3 of the top 7 players in FA are from me, Maurer, Amary Boone and Scherff, and Kirksey si also out there down.

I extend RB Colin Snyder by a year

I make no other offers

Week 5 – Maurer signs with us for 8.82 mill, 3 yearas

I skip the stages and head directly for the NFL Draft.

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 06:10 PM

The 2025 NFL Amateur Draft!

We are going to slow roll this

The first pick is RB Ellis Phillips of Auburn, to the Eagles

The players I was looking at, OT Bart McKnight, the two CBs, and more are all off the board. Three corners, 2 RBS, 2 QBs, DT, and S. McKnight went the pick before mine, Stupid Bucs!

I like DE Cornelius Watkins, SS Larry Shaw, FS Rico Akers, Burtner are all solid S. . If I wanted I could take CB Damon Comstock really, really earlier than I thought – 4th best Cb on the board. CB Ian Ridely? OT Malik Stimpson, who has low endurance but everything else? DT Kenny Shaw looks sick, but I don’t need another DT>

Hmmmmm…

When it doubt, trade back.

There is a heavy D Back draft, but too many went in the first 10. And yet folks I like aren’t here either

The 1.11 is worth 1250.

The 1.20 is 850. So I could get 400 points by dropping back 10 spots That;s enough for a high 2nd. For example, I could likely trade from 11.1 to 1.18 or 1.19 for someone’s future 2nd. Which would mean I only have traded one future 2 and my RB for this pick, and gotten 2 4s and this player

Seems like a good, deal, right?

I make an offer for 17th, future 2nd. That’s a drop of 300 points, but no dice. 300 is the 60th pick, back of the 2nd. I could just toss out a a 4th I trade dfor to make it work.

I trade:

My 1.11, 4.1 this year for

Steelers at 1.17, and their 2nd in 2027, two years from now

The Steelers grab S Rico Akers.

Then Stimpson, CB Comstock, DT Shaw, RB Farley and….RB Hernandez head off the clock…

And I still have these two great Safeties there.

Shaw: 4.42 dash, red agility blue strength, red pos spec 57,, hard to read, potential affinity. 13 volatility. 16% developed though

OR

Burtner – 2 reds, 1 blue. 37% dev, 71 volatility.


Now I could trade back again. I’m at 1.17. I could trade from here at 950 to about 1.30 or so and probably get another future 2nd. But shaw is good. He seems really, really strong. And bonus – jhe;s with an affinity!

I take Shaw

S Burtner goes 1.20 to the Saints

I;m watching four players very closely at 1.32, WR Chuck Jennings look pretty good. He;s falling, and would be a great pick up. There is LB McWilliams, arguably th best LB in the draft still on the board, and the 2nd is right behind and up there. And DE Parmely, a potential future DE star.


WR Chuck Jennings 1.30 to Pack1.29 WLB McWilliams

That leaves me at

1.32 MLB Dean Steinberg? DE Everett Parmely

As a reminder, I don’t have a 2nd this year. I have 1 4th lefts, 2 5ths.

This is not a draft where I need depth. So I was okay trading my extra 4th.

Hm….

Where am I looking? Who appeals to me?

Parmely. He might be my replacement for Stanton. He;s hard to read, 22% developed, the top DE on the board, This guy is a pass rush specialist. 3 blues one red.

I go Parmely . In previous years, I would have snagged LB Steinberg.

There are a few players I’m watching in two. TE Colton Seifert? OT Tubbs? OT Lane?

They all make it out. Of the 2nd round

Seifert goes 3.2. The last good TE in the draft. Tubbs goes 3 20. Is Lane falling?

So it’s my pick at 3.32. Two player I like. OT Lane – nocombine, looks to have good bars

The other is a WR that fell, Earl Boothroyd. Now Boothroyd might be a bust – combines don’t back up bars, high volatility. But there’s no combine for Lane at all to compare to. And Boothroyd has better bars than Lane…..

I’m not getting a good WR later. Might get a good OT later.

So I grab Boothroyd.

Lane feels good though. Could I trade my 4th up to take it? I’d probably have to package a future 6th? What I do instead if offer a future fourth from 2027 when I have 3 other 4ths and my 6th from 2027 as well. I grab Lane at the 107


The end of the 4th arrives. I take LB Randall Yockey, a 3-4 ILB

I have 2 picks in the 5th – 5.26 and 5.32,

No center has been taken yet. There are some good ones. Bu tI have three.

I offer C Schnebele for a trade o the Bills, Bears, Saints or Skins for their…..

I send Chicago’s 5th rounder and C Schnebele to the Bears for their 3rd in 3026.

I then take the top C in the draft, Marcos Henson. It’s not often you get a 6.0 rated player this deep into the draft not called a P or K. I then take a CB for depth

6th? I have a potential TE I want to take. Pat Reid, 2 rends, ad two blues. This deep. Maybe he I sa grower?

7th – RB Raul Lindsay depth and nice bars

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - Everett Parmely, DE, Southern California
Rnd 1 - Larry Shaw, S, Brigham Young
Rnd 3 - Earl Boothroyd, WR, Kansas
Rnd 4 - Mercury Lane, T, North Carolina State
Rnd 4 - Randall Yockey, ILB, Portland State
Rnd 5 - Marcos Henson, C, Northwestern
Rnd 5 - Clayton Nixon, CB, Louisville
Rnd 6 - Pat Reid, TE, Prairie View A&M
Rnd 7 - Raul Lindsay, RB, Houston

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 06:48 PM

We have a A- review

Early results”

SS Shaw – 25/73
DE Parmely 36/72
C Henson 32/61
LB Yockey 26/61
SE Boothroyd – 26/57
RT Lane – 18/56
RB Lindsay 29/46
CB Nixon – 22/46
TE Reid 23/33

Vet holdouts from Riley and Lynch, both receivers

I go ahead an ink a major extension for Riley – 67mill, 5 years

My cap is down to 2 mill under..

But…

I do have some players I can trim to make space if needed.

Meanwhile…

I look at signing –

C Matt Burmeister
RB Edgar Danek
QB Sebastian Nekolny
SE Marcus McDaniel
TE Archie Sowers
CB Darren Garner
CB Francisco Moss

Week 2- 6 of my targets agree to terms

Week 3 – QB Kekolny joins me

Are we ready for camp?????

I sign UFA Marlon kerr, LG Victor Washburn,

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 07:02 PM

CAMP TIME!!!!!

The Ravens need a QB badly and they offer me a 3rd for Lukas Kelley. I accept. I sign UFA QB Malcolm McIntyre who boomed.

I cut CB Antoine Harrison and S Lincoln Baxter. That frees up about 10 mill. I extend both Coleman and Bitonio by a year each.

I cut TE Timlin, RB Kerr,

I trade 51/61 backup LB Dolfinger to the Texans for their 4th and 5th in 20208

We go 4-0 in preseason.

Seattle and both NY teams want DE Pucillo. He wants to o much to stay, and I now have a replacement for him. But I can start him this year, and then start Parmely next. But I really do want to get Parmely up and running as soon as possible. For a young, low 60s DE, I should be able to get at least a 2nd rounder. Come on now! I would extend and keep him on my roster as a quality backup, but he;s too pricey, and he’ll get pissed quickly I‘m sure.

Do I want to trade him and a couple fo 4ths for a future Seahawks 2nd, or just straight up for 3? I trade him to the ‘hawks for their 3rd and 5th in 2028.

I cut RG3 and TE Eugene Nail, whom I signed a few years ago. He;s no longer my receivers leader, WR Wright is. And he’s faded to 37/37, and my 3rd best TE

C Zane Dunkin dropped in preseason. I cut him

I am not going to extend C Graham. I have C Marcos Henson at 41/70 post camp and preseason. Henson has grown from 61 pot to 70. I want to encourage that.

My two UFA Qbs dropped to potential 30s, and Arledge dropped to 32/32

Unfortunately SS KEmpthron boomed a bit in camp. Last year I started him as SS and he was 1 pick, 7 apsdef. But Shaw looks really good. And I don’t have the cash to pay Kempthorn. Next year I have to pay to keep Rincon and perhaps CB Canada. So I am using Kempthorn as a Nickelback. He’s also my starting CB against the run, because of how bad Schmidktke sis vs the run. Goalline packages and such.

Kempthorn is too valuable to trade, and too expensive to sign.

I extend K McManus by a year

I extend Vince Horton for 13 mill, 4 years

I sign Krauchick too 60 mill, 4 years

Alright, I suspect Stanton’s cap hit leaving will be where I sign Rincon moving forward

Lynch is still holding out

After dropping in camp, I cut LT Bart Neumeyer

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 07:17 PM

Week 1 – We win 17-10 vs the Bengals. In his first game with us, Shaw has a pick and a return for a score. Meanwhile DE Parmely has 1.5 sacks, Stanton the same, and each of Alcott and LB Krauchikck 2 sacks as well. Lorey was 18 of 71, and Arledge 17 of 29 for 1:1 and hit Wright for a score. Alcott was our MOM. 4 KRB for Maurer

Week 2 – We defeat the Vikes 26-21. MOM is Arledge with 24 of 27, 251 and 1:0. Riley had 129 yards and s core. Another pick and turned for a score by Shaw. 2.5 sacks by Parmely, 1.5 by Alcott. Just 45 yards for Lorey though.

Two major injuries:

OT Trenton Henry is out for 3 weeks = Henson starts
LB Vince Horton is out for 7 weeks – Gibbons and Tubbs both get some reps


Week 3 – Arledge goes down in the first quarter, and rookie Sebastian Nekolny comes in and inishes 15 of 19, 242 and 1:0. Nekolny is MOM. Lorey has 180 yards on the groudnd, and Riley rushes for as core and WR rookie earl Boothroyd with another catch Pick by LB Sawyer Nelson. We win 17-13.

Arledge is doubtful for a couple of weeks. I bench him for Nekolny


Week 4 – Can we beat the 3-0 Bills? We can – 19-9. 3 sacks by Stanton, 1 each by Alcott and Rincon. Nekolny is MVP with 25 of 35, 280 and 2:0. Wright has 125 yards and s core, Boothroyd another score. Lorey was 21 for 135. 4 KRB by Maurer.

A lot more injuries:

OT Colemon is out for 2 weeks
SE Bening is questionable
SE Boothroyd is out for a month

Because Henry is back to probable, I rush him back to start for Coleman. I activate WR McDaniel and move him into Boothroyd;s place in a few formations

We are 4-0!

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 07:18 PM

ROSTER!!!

Sorry forgot to give you a roster:



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Front Office Football Eight
Cleveland Browns Roster, Scout Overview
 
  Player                #  Pos  Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Nekolny, Sebastian      104 QB    QB    1    18              34              1 yr. 
##Arledge, Brendan      114 QB          10  32              32              3 yrs.
McIntyre, Malcolm      105 QB          1    17              31              1 yr. 
Lorey, Diego            222 RB    RB    5    78              78              2 yrs.
Snyder, Colin          235 RB          3    53              57              2 yrs.
Danek, Edgar            232 RB          1    33              47              1 yr. 
##Lindsay, Raul        243 RB          1    32              46              4 yrs.
Schuster, Ralph        331 FB    FB    7    66              66              3 yrs.
Franklin, Jon          446 TE    TE    2    42              49              3 yrs.
Ruddy, Edgar            442 TE          4    43              43              1 yr. 
Sowers, Archie          481 TE          1    24              36              1 yr. 
##Reid, Pat            484 TE          1    27              33              4 yrs.
Riley, Rodney          586 FL    SE    4    69              69              5 yrs.
$$Lynch, Gabriel        513 FL          9    52              52              1 yr. 
Wright, Dustin          512 SE    FL    7    60              60              2 yrs.
##Boothroyd, Earl      588 SE          1    31              51              4 yrs.
McDaniel, Marcus        583 SE          1    25              37              1 yr. 
Bening, Larry          585 SE          4    34              34              2 yrs.
Henson, Marcos          657 C    RT    1    44              70              4 yrs.
Burmeister, Matt        653 C          1    31              64              1 yr. 
Graham, Andrew          679 C    C    10  58              58              1 yr. 
Washburn, Victor        768 LG          1    26              35              1 yr. 
Maurer, Norman          764 RG    LG    5    60              60              3 yrs.
Bitonio, Joel          775 RG    RG    12  50              50              2 yrs.
Henry, Trenton          865 LT    LT    2    38              59              3 yrs.
##Coleman, Shon        872 RT          10  62              62              2 yrs.
Lane, Mercury          869 RT          1    24              53              4 yrs.
Emerson, Rob            915 P          10  68              68              2 yrs.
McManus, Brandon        1019K          12  66              66              2 yrs.
Parmely, Everett        1193LDE  RDE  1    45              75              4 yrs.
Gibson, Willie          1198LDE        2    44              65              3 yrs.
Stanton, Julio          1199RDE  LDE  9    84              84              1 yr. 
Yaros, Shaun            1174RDE        2    38              60              1 yr. 
Alcott, Damien          1294LDT  NT    2    88              91              3 yrs.
Blades, Graham          1292LDT        3    62              62              2 yrs.
Nelson, Tito            1270RDT        2    38              63              3 yrs.
Nelson, Sawyer          1397WILB  SILB  5    75              75              3 yrs.
##Horton, Vince        1396WILB        6    69              69              4 yrs.
Tubbs, Dexter          1354MLB  WILB  2    46              63              2 yrs.
Yockey, Randall        1352MLB        1    35              58              4 yrs.
Rincon, Karl            1455SLB  SLB  3    78              78              2 yrs.
Krauchick, Dean        1456WLB  WLB  4    73              73              4 yrs.
Gibbons, Eduardo        1451WLB        3    66              66              2 yrs.
Newhart, Derek          1495WLB        2    44              62              3 yrs.
Gonzalez, Joseph        1523LCB        4    52              52              1 yr. 
Garner, Darren          1534LCB        1    26              42              1 yr. 
Canada, Gregory        1547RCB  LCB  3    67              67              2 yrs.
Schmidtke, Cooper      1549RCB  RCB  9    65              65              2 yrs.
Moss, Francisco        1520RCB        1    27              51              1 yr. 
##Nixon, Clayton        1524RCB        1    26              35              4 yrs.
Shaw, Larry            1633SS    SS    1    32              71              4 yrs.
Kempthorn, Scottie      1641SS          4    60              60              1 yr. 
Tatum, Miles            1640FS    FS    6    56              56              2 yrs.
Newsome, Bo            659 LS          10  18              18              2 yrs.
 
$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive, 
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR. 
 
Players Under Contract: 54
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46
 
Salary Cap: $211,500,000
Cap Room: $3,290,000
Maximum for New Player: $3,900,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $8,760,000
 
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $4,610,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $166,440,000


Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 07:46 PM

Week 5 – We host and smash the Steeler 37-13. MOM is Wright with 146 yards and a score. Schuster with another TD grab. Nekolny is 22 of 33, 276 and 2:0. Lorey has 23 for 120 and 1 score. Pick returned for a score by Kempthron 2 sacks by Rincon.

More injuries. A bunch more:

C Graham is out for 14 weeks with a full ankle sprain. Given this is week 5, I go ahead nod put him on IR. It’s a sad way to end his 10 year career with us, nbut it’s not uncommon.

C Henson is out for 3 weeks. C Burmeister starts for Graham until Henson returns, and Coleman, probable, is rushed back for the OT spot.

CB Canada is questionable. Arledge returns

Week 6 - We host the winless Dolphins. We are favored by 13, so I hope this is a chance to play backups and get rested. We beat them 28-15. Arledge is MVP, 30 of 39, 317, 1:0. Wright has 134 and score. Lorey adds 30 for 122 on the ground and 2 scores. 2 picks by Miles Tatum. 4 KRB by Maurer

No. New. Injuries.

Yay!


Week 7 – We head to New York to face the 2 win Jets. We shut them out, 27-0. Arledge is MOM with 22 of 31, 239, and 3:0. RB Lorey with 2 td grabs and wright the other. Lorey adds 18 for 73 on the ground. Pick by Rincon.

SS Kempthron is questionable with a strained hammy.

Beneing is healed

Lynch ends his hold out. I bench McDaniel.

Week 8 – We host the 5-2 Pats. We beat them 32-14. 8-0. MOM is Arledge with 18 of 27, 1:0 . 2-04 yards, and TE Sowers got a score. Lorey adds 86 on the ground. Picks by Tatum and Rincon But we just blew up fumbles. We had 5 FF, 3 recovers. F2 FF by Parmely, 1 each by Tatum, DE Gibbons, and Schmidke. Recovery by Stanton, LB Tubbs, and LB Newhart. Both Stanton and Tubbs rushed their fumble recoveries for scores. Sacks by a bunch of folks too. 5 on the day.

Boothroyd and Henson are healthy.

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 08:09 PM

Week 9 – We have the Ravens swing by and send them home -40-6 BOOM! That is a thumping. About halfway through, Lorey injured his finger and broke it. Snyder replaced him. Both were okay. Arledge was 23 of 33, 292, 2:1, MOM, hit Riley for 115 yards and TE Franklin twice for scores. 2 picks by Tatu, pick s Shaw, returned for a score, and…ick by DE Everett Parmely, and returned for a score.

Another injury. OG Maurer is out for two weeks . I rotate my o line again to adjust

Horton is healthy.

Week 10 – BYE

Kempthron is healthy.

Week 11 – We head to the 0-9 Bengals. 41-25. Not a good day for my defense, 1 sack, no picks, no FF, nothing. But m offense? Lorey has 28 for 178 and 2 scores. Arledge is 17 of 24 for 231 and 3:1. Wright with 2 scores and Riley with 109 yards and the 3rd TD. 5 KRB by Bitnio.

Another injury. C Bermeiser is out for a couple of weeks. I move Maurer back a week early

Week 12 – We smash the Bears 34-3. Arledge, MOM, 32 of 35, 388 2:0, and hit Riley foro 100 a 1 score, and RB Lorey for another score. Lorey added 21 for 74 and 2 on the ground. 3 FF and 2 recoveries by my defense.



Wright is questionable.


Week 13 – We lose in Houston 22-33. Lorey was 19 for 61, Arledge 21 of 34, 272, and 2:2. Riley had 117 and 1 score and Lorey the other score. Not a great day.


11-1 at the three quarter mark

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 08:27 PM

Week 14 – Next up we host the 4-8 Lions. 30-16 we take them down. Pick by Rincon, Aleredge is MON with 27 of 34 for 326 and 1:0. TE Franklin with that TD scor.e Lorey was 25 for 147 and 2.

Wright is healthy, Burmester too


Week 15 – We host the Bengals, at 0-13. We win 13-9. C;pse than I would have liked, btu okay. Pick by Sawyer Nelson. Arledge was 21 of 26, 294, and 1:1. Franklin with the score. Lorey was 22 for 91. 2 sacks by Krauchick

Week 16 – MOM and NFL Offensive Player of the Week is WR Dustin Wright, 14 catches, 250 yards, 1 score. Arlede was 27 of 40, 349, 1:0. Lorey just 22 for 95 1 score. Pick by CB schmidtke. We ebat the pack.


But SS Shaw is out for a few weeks with separated shoulder. Well, I can slide my other strong safety right in


Week 17 – We host the 6-9 Steelers. We smash them 45-22. Arledge, MVP, 23 of 32, 363, 4:1, hits Riley 2x, Franklin 1, and Lynch once. Lorey has 23 for 86. Pick by Tatum, returned for a score 94 yards. 3 sacks by Alcott, 1 each by Rincon, Krauchik, Stanton, and ironically, CB Schmitdke.

We finish 15-1 and my defense dominated. We held our foes to 13.8 points/game The league aver is 22.2, we were the best. The next best were the Titans at 15.4, and then the eagles at 18.9. Meanwhile we have the 2nd highest ppg at 28.3, just behind the 49ers at 28.4.


So we just dominated.


We are 15-1, and the AFC still has the Ravens, Texans, Colts, Titans, Bills, Broncos, and Patriot s all at 10+ wins. 8 of the teams are 10+, or fully half the league! We have the 0-16 Bengals giving out a lot of gifts this year. There are two divisions in the NFC where there’s no 10 win team. The Eagles won the east with a 8-8 record.

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 08:33 PM

The 2025 NFL Playoffs!!!


Houston heads to Denver and wins 28-27
The Pats hold steady and beat the Colts 27-14

Bears head to the Vikings and just smash 46-17

49ers on the road with 17-16 over the Eagles

3 out of 4 road teams win

Not a trend I want to continue…



Week 2, Division Champ Round

Browns host Texans. Despite the 5 game gap in our wins this year, we are only favored by 1

Titans host Pats. Tennessee is favored by 9.

49ers head to Falcons
Bears at Cards

Ready?

Cards 37-10

Titans 26-17

Falcons 28-21

Us?

44-20

I think we just barely covered the spread on that one!

MOM is Arledge, 27 of 33m 338, 2:1. Lynch and Ruddy with scores. Lorey is 30 for 147 and 3. Picks by CB Moss , a Nickelback, and Kempthron. 3 sacks by Rincon. Another by Alcott and PArmely. 4 KRB b Maurer.

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 08:39 PM

NFL Conference Championship:


We have an injury. LT Trenton Henry is out for 5 weeks with a damaged patellar tendon. Burmeister starts

We host the Titans

In the NFC< the Cards host the Falcons

The Falcons win on the road 37-30.

We defeat the Titans 13-10.

MOM is Everett Parmely, with 2 sacks and a FF. Pick by Tatum. Lorery is held to 32 yards rushing, and Arledge to 26 of 37, 298, and 1:3. Riley had 116 yards abn Wright the TD>


I’ll take any sort of win.

No major injuries either.

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 09:09 PM

The 2025 NFL Super Bowl!!!

Featuring….


Your NFC Champion #2 seed 10-6 Atlanta Falcons !!!

VERSUS

Your AFC Champion, #1 seed 15-1 Cleveland Browns !!!


FS Shaw is probable. I activate him. And I play him at Nickelback.

You ready? We often have tough Super Bowls. I don’t think this is going to be one of them

They begin with the ball, drive 72 yard, 10 plays, each up 6 minutes mad score a TD. 7-0 Falcons

We drive three plays, and then they sack and force Arledge to fumble. They recover and drive to the 18 yard line before being brought down. On their first play from scrimmages, Stanton forces a fumble, Atlcott recovers, and we get the ball back

We start on our 22, go three and out

They ge it on their 37, drive 7 play s, score a TD with 2 minutes left in the quarter.

14-0 Falcons

We get the ball on our 25, and Arledge pushes the ball down te field rapidly. 8 plays alter he hits Riley for a 9 yard score for 14-7 Falcons

The Falcons get it at their 30. 12 plays and 70 yards and more tha 6 minutes later. They score another TD.

21-7 falcons

We get the ball at 8:19 left in the half. Two plays later, Arledge tosses a pic deep in our territory. Tey get the ball on our 22, and one TD pass later, they git us again

28-7 Falcons

We get the ball with 6:33 left. We drive 60 yards in 7 plays, and kick s FIG.

28-10 Falcons

Two plays into their response, Julio Stanton intercepts a pass and is brought down immediately. Turnover

We get the ball out out own 47 There is where we need momentum

And we get it. We finish with2:20 on the clock and our response of a score. Lynch caught a 32 yard pass from Arleedge. They run out of time.

28-17 Falcons at the half.

We start with the ball, and a 7 ball, 61 yard drive winds up with a FD

28-20 Falcons

The Falcons go 3 and out, with -5 yards, and punt

We get it at our 29. We go 6 and 23 and punt

They get it at their 30. They go 3 and out again and punt

We get the back at our 30. Time to man up. 6 plays. 70 yards. We score a TD as Lorey gets a 1 yard pass from Arledge.

28-27

They get the ball at their 25. 12 plays, 59 yards later…Alcott forces a fumble that Rincon collects.

We get the ball with 14:20 left in the game, on our 35. We drive. 7 plays. 65 yards. Just 3.:487. Lorey rushes for a 4 yard score. First time we lead in the game. But…McManus misses the PAT. Just a 5 point lead.

28-33 Browns

They get the ball at the 10:32 mark. They know they need to strike quickly. They fire a 75 yard, 5 play 2:25 yard drive and strike a TD. Now, they want to go up three, so they go for a 2 point conversion. They fail

34-33 Falcons. And suddenly that PAT miss by McManus looks huge.

We get the ball with 7:40 to go ans start our drive at the 34 after Bening gets it out. We need ot score. 8 plays, 38 yards late they stop us….McManus kicks a 45 yarder, his 3rd FG on the day.


34-36 -Browns

Now the Falcons get the ball back with 3:38 left at their 29. And then they are forced to punt and go three and out. We get the ball. They have their times out and the 2 minute warning. We get it at our 28. One, two, three plays, we are driven back 9 kicks, and punt from our 19. Emerson punted the ball 51 yards to give them as much push back as possible. Will it e be enough?

They get it with 1:45 left on their own 34. Now remember, they are only down by 2. They get to FG range, kick it, and it’s game.

The final drive…..


The first play, their QB, Teddy Bridgewater, passes to Dotson 7 yards out of bounds.

At 1:37 Bridgewater finds TE Kinzie for 12 yards in bounds. Penalty on S Larry Shaw, declined, stops clock

At 1:28, Bridgewater passes to TE Pritchett, incomplete

1:19, Brudgewater passes for Kinzie…and…PICKED OFF BY Schmidtke!!!

I will take that. Closer than it should have been, bit I’ll takes it

Arledge, Super Bowl MVP, 27 for 37, 379, 3:1.

Lorey, 27 foro 88, 1 score

Wright 130 yards

TD catches by Lorey, Riley, Lynch

Picks by Stanton and Schmidtke

2 forced fumbles and recoveries

We had 4 turnovers on the day

2 sacks by Rincon and Stanton, 1 each by Nelson and Alcott

4 KRB by Joel Bintonio

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 09:13 PM

Season Awards:

Whaoa!

MVP of the League – QB Brendan Arledge
Super Bowl MVP – Arledge
Defensive Rookie of the Year – DE Everett Parmely

All Pro First Team -RB Diego Lorey, WR Dustin Wright, DT Damien Alcott, LB Karl Rincon,
All Pro Second Team – L B Dean Krauchick


Notice players missing from that? FB Schuster, Stanton and Arledge. How did Arledge not get OPotY, or All Pros? He didn’t deserve them. Remember he was out for all but one drive of one game, and two more games

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 09:25 PM

STATS!!


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Front Office Football Eight
Passing Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Att  Cmp  Pct  Yards Avg/C Avg/A Lg 
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  14 14 414  305  73.7  3767  12.35 9.10  77   
Nekolny, Sebastian    QB  CLE  14 2  87  62  71.3  798  12.87 9.17  48   
 
  Player              Pos Team  TD  Int  20+T 300+ Rating 
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  23  7    60  5    112.8 
Nekolny, Sebastian    QB  CLE  5    0    13  0    118.8 
 
Att - Attempts, Cmp - Completions, Pct - Completion Percentage, 
Yards - Passing Yards, Avg/C - Yards per Completion, Ave/A - Yards per Attempt, 
Lg - Longest Completion, TD - Passing Touchdowns, Int - Passes Intercepted, 
20+T - Completions of 20 or More Yards, 300+ - 300-yard Games, 
Rate - Quarterback Rating. 


Arledge was 13th in yards, 10th in pass TDs but blew up in QB rating and led there by far. It's rare to see the league MVP not go the OpotY, but it happens, rarely.


Rushing:

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Rushing Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Att  Yards Avg  Lg  TD  RZAtt Yards 
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  16 16 364  1576  4.33  56  9    59    100   
Snyder, Colin        RB  CLE  16 0  61  156  2.56  32  0    7    4     
Arledge, Brendan      QB  CLE  14 14 24  82    3.42  17  1    5    14     
Riley, Rodney        WR  CLE  16 16 11  36    3.27  19  1    2    0     
Nekolny, Sebastian    QB  CLE  14 2  6    9    1.50  13  0    0    0     
Boothroyd, Earl      WR  CLE  12 2  1    1    1.00  1  0    0    0     
McIntyre, Malcolm    QB  CLE  1  0  1    -1    -1.00 0  0    1    -1   


Again, Lorey led the league in rushing, although it wasn't this amazing 2000+ yard season like last year. He also was down in rushing scores.

What about receiving?


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Receiving Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Targ Ctch Pct  Yards Avg/C Avg/T YAC 
Wright, Dustin        WR  CLE  16 15 149  109  73.2  1460  13.39 9.80  688   
Riley, Rodney        WR  CLE  16 16 112  73  65.2  1164  15.95 10.39 442   
Franklin, Jon        TE  CLE  16 15 55  48  87.3  574  11.96 10.44 282   
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  16 16 58  41  70.7  448  10.93 7.72  197   
Lynch, Gabriel        WR  CLE  9  3  30  25  83.3  266  10.64 8.87  101   
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  16 8  25  19  76.0  134  7.05  5.36  46   
Boothroyd, Earl      WR  CLE  12 2  22  17  77.3  215  12.65 9.77  64   
McDaniel, Marcus      WR  CLE  3  3  11  10  90.9  99    9.90  9.00  24   
Sowers, Archie        TE  CLE  15 1  12  9    75.0  64    7.11  5.33  12   
Ruddy, Edgar          TE  CLE  16 1  13  8    61.5  89    11.13 6.85  44   
Snyder, Colin        RB  CLE  16 0  10  5    50.0  24    4.80  2.40  10   
Bening, Larry        WR  CLE  16 0  4    3    75.0  28    9.33  7.00  0     
 
  Player              Pos Team  Lg  TD  Drp  PPly TPct 20+C 100+ 
Wright, Dustin        WR  CLE  52  8    5    469  31.8  27  4     
Riley, Rodney        WR  CLE  52  6    1    551  20.3  21  5     
Franklin, Jon        TE  CLE  63  5    0    489  11.2  10  0     
Lorey, Diego          RB  CLE  33  4    4    485  12.0  5    0     
Lynch, Gabriel        WR  CLE  77  1    0    198  15.2  2    0     
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  20  1    2    220  11.4  1    0     
Boothroyd, Earl      WR  CLE  44  2    1    97  22.7  4    0     
McDaniel, Marcus      WR  CLE  20  0    0    66  16.7  1    0     
Sowers, Archie        TE  CLE  14  1    1    44  27.3  0    0     
Ruddy, Edgar          TE  CLE  36  0    0    66  19.7  2    0     
Snyder, Colin        RB  CLE  10  0    2    44  22.7  0    0     
Bening, Larry        WR  CLE  13  0    0    46  8.7  0    0     
 
Targ - Targeted with Pass, Ctch - Receptions, Pct - Reception Percentage, 
Yards - Receiving Yards, Avg/C - Yards per Catch, Avg/T - Yards per 
Target, YAC - Yards Gained After Catch, Lg - Longest Reception, 
TD - Receiving Touchdowns, Drp - Passes Dropped, PPly - Passing Plays 
on Field, TPct - Percentage of Passing Plays Targeted, 20+C - Catches 
of 20 Yards or More, 100+ - 100-Yard Games.


I don't think I've had a double 1000+ season in this year yet, so that's nice. Wright is 120 yards in front of the rest of the league. Riley was 6th in receiving yards. Remember this is with a major injury to Wright for a few weeks. Lorey had a down year as well catching, and you can see Joe Franklin with a solid season.


Blocking!

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Front Office Football Eight
Blocking Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS KRB  KRO  BPct  Pnck SkA  PPly SPct 
Maurer, Norman        G  CLE  16 15 29  86  33.7  3    6    548  1.1   
Bitonio, Joel        G  CLE  16 16 26  85  30.6  1    15  556  2.7   
Coleman, Shon        T  CLE  15 15 21  70  30.0  3    7    474  1.5   
Henry, Trenton        T  CLE  14 14 16  56  28.6  0    12  464  2.6   
Henson, Marcos        C  CLE  11 11 12  38  31.6  0    6    353  1.7   
Graham, Andrew        C  CLE  5  5  9    38  23.7  0    1    152  0.7   
Franklin, Jon        TE  CLE  16 15 4    13  30.8  0    1    489  0.2   
Burmeister, Matt      C  CLE  7  4  4    25  16.0  0    2    125  1.6   
Schuster, Ralph      FB  CLE  16 8  3    17  17.6  0    0    220  0.0   
Lane, Mercury        T  CLE  8  0  1    13  7.7  0    3    103  2.9   
Ruddy, Edgar          TE  CLE  16 1  0    2    0.0  0    0    66  0.0   
Washburn, Victor      G  CLE  1  0  0    1    0.0  0    0    0    0.0   


We had a lot of injuries to my O Line. It was just beat up. Not a great year here from anyone


Special Teams?

Emerson, 87 punts, 48.7 avg, 37.8 net.
McManus, 35 of 40, 43 of 47 PAT
LB Gibbons, 25 special teams tackles
Bening was fine, but no TD



Defense:

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Defensive Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Tckl Asst Sack Blkd Hurr QBKd 
Rincon, Karl          OLB CLE  16 16 94  21  9.0  0    11  6     
Nelson, Sawyer        ILB CLE  16 15 81  31  0.0  0    1    0     
Krauchick, Dean      OLB CLE  16 16 80  34  12.0 2    8    4     
Tatum, Miles          S  CLE  16 16 68  16  1.0  0    0    0     
Shaw, Larry          S  CLE  15 15 57  17  0.0  0    1    0     
Alcott, Damien        DT  CLE  16 16 54  25  14.0 3    18  27   
Kempthorn, Scottie    S  CLE  14 7  51  10  0.0  0    2    0     
Canada, Gregory      CB  CLE  16 16 50  15  0.0  0    1    0     
Schmidtke, Cooper    CB  CLE  16 16 48  17  1.0  0    1    0     
Stanton, Julio        DE  CLE  16 16 32  16  10.0 3    23  20   
Parmely, Everett      DE  CLE  16 16 31  9    9.0  1    12  1     
Horton, Vince        ILB CLE  9  4  20  8    0.0  0    0    0     
Tubbs, Dexter        ILB CLE  13 5  17  3    0.0  0    0    0     
Garner, Darren        CB  CLE  15 1  12  5    0.0  0    0    0     
Gonzalez, Joseph      CB  CLE  16 1  11  2    0.0  0    0    0     
Gibbons, Eduardo      OLB CLE  16 0  8    1    0.0  0    0    0     
Moss, Francisco      CB  CLE  16 0  6    2    0.0  0    0    0


Alcott's 14 sacks is 4th in league for total, and leads all DTs by 3.5 sacks. Krauchick led all LBs in sacks, and was 8th highest in sacks, Stanton, Rincon and Parmely are all looking nice as well. But you can feel the swap over from Julio Stanton to these others.

Coverage?


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Pass Coverage Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Ints IRYd TD  Defn Cght PPly PDPct 
Tatum, Miles          S  CLE  16 16 6    129  1    3    47  609  78.4   
Rincon, Karl          OLB CLE  16 16 3    45  0    6    44  609  77.7   
Shaw, Larry          S  CLE  15 15 3    79  3    3    34  535  78.2   
Nelson, Sawyer        ILB CLE  16 15 2    15  0    5    32  451  77.9   
Schmidtke, Cooper    CB  CLE  16 16 1    0    0    6    44  562  75.5   
Kempthorn, Scottie    S  CLE  14 7  1    42  1    5    40  372  72.7   
Parmely, Everett      DE  CLE  16 16 1    26  1    1    4    557  82.8   
Stanton, Julio        DE  CLE  16 16 0    0    0    0    3    557  81.8   
Horton, Vince        ILB CLE  9  4  0    0    0    2    10  123  75.6   
Krauchick, Dean      OLB CLE  16 16 0    0    0    2    28  567  76.7   
Gonzalez, Joseph      CB  CLE  16 1  0    0    0    3    6    119  81.9   
Gibbons, Eduardo      OLB CLE  16 0  0    0    0    1    4    89  79.3   
Canada, Gregory      CB  CLE  16 16 0    0    0    4    25  527  78.0   
Yaros, Shaun          DE  CLE  16 0  0    0    0    0    1    56  80.2   
Gibson, Willie        DE  CLE  15 0  0    0    0    0    1    56  80.2   
Nelson, Tito          DT  CLE  14 0  0    0    0    1    0    14  99.6   
Alcott, Damien        DT  CLE  16 16 0    0    0    0    6    557  81.1   
Tubbs, Dexter        ILB CLE  13 5  0    0    0    2    6    96  79.2   
Yockey, Randall      ILB CLE  7  0  0    0    0    1    0    38  88.8   
Moss, Francisco      CB  CLE  16 0  0    0    0    0    5    68  72.7   
Garner, Darren        CB  CLE  15 1  0    0    0    0    13  131  69.2


I am sad Tatum was denied an All Pro - He was 2nd in S for picks, a couple had 5 and then more below him.

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 09:46 PM

Team Awards!

Offensive MVP – WR Dustin Wright – he had that 250 yard game, led the league in receiving yards, looking good doing it too. Good job Wright!


Defensive MVP – DT Damien Alcott – He had a better season that either McGee or Bennie did at DT. Great job Alcott! 14 sacks? Whew!

Special Teams MVP – Meh. Emerson?

Rookie of the Year: DE Everett Parmely – Defensive Rookie of the Year! Nuf said!

Heart Award – QB Sebastian Nekolny – Undrafted FA that walked into a 15-1 juggernaut when an injury hit Arledge, and didn’t miss a beat. Had a better QB rating, no picks, 5 TDs, and 798 yards in 2.5 games. Good stuff Nekolny!

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 09:47 PM

The Arledge Saga Continues...?

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 10:42 PM

End of Season –

Performance – 90
Value – 79
Profit 78
Roster 28
Score 78


Two Browns retire. OG Bitonio and C Graham, under doctor’s orders

Both spent their whole career with me!

Other major retirees of note –

RB Tod Coffey, one fo the first powerful RBs the game made
WR _ allen Hurns, DeAndre Hopkins,
O Line – Zach Fulton, and many Mamore….


But….

DC Jadeveon Clownery, and LBs Kiko Alonzo, Dee Ford, Trufant, Luechley and……


TWO players you will know:

DE Joey Horner – 120 sacks, 22 blocked, 150 hurries, 153 QBKD, 22 FF< 14 FumRec, 2 scores – Defensive Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, 5 time All Pro, set the season record for most sacks, set the game record for most sacks. PLEASE BE HALL OF FAME!!!

LB Chris Kirskey – 2 All Pros, 23 sacks, 5 blocks, 14 hurries, 15 QBKD, 939 solos, 285 assists, 23 picks, 4 INT RET TD, 46 pas def, 11 ff, 7 rec,

And that was just during the era Kirksey played for us, and does not reflect him pre-start of the dynasty. He was in his third year

We wish you well!

In one day, those four players, all with All Pro ties to my franchise and dynasty are gone 

Just one HOF Inductee Rob Grontkowski

We were the only team with 100% attendance last year, we made 89 mill

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 11:16 PM

STAFF TIME!

I gave raises to my DC and AC, and make no changes in the staff draft




I have….

56 mill in cap space, 37 players under roster. I need 10mill for my draftees.

Now I planned for life without Stanton….

Here are my players currently free:

Stanton
Kempthorn
CB Gonzalez
TE Ruddy
FL Lynch


That’s it
We also have 10 RFAs from my roster as well,

Now, we have these major players coming up that I need the cash to resign:

LB Rincon – All Pro all three years. Have to resign him
RB Lorey is final year of his deal. We need to deal with reupping him
CB Gregory Canada is going to be in the discussion.
CB Schmidtke is up for a new deal
Shon Coleman
WR Dustin Wright
FS Miles Tatum

Some good, quality backups like LB Tubbs and Gibbons and RB Snyder

That’s a lot

To franchise Stanton would be 28.5 mill. Basically, I could franchise him, and then…. I’m not sure what else. II’;d still have a good 18 mill and 38 players on my roster. I could probably keep Rincon and most of my reupping FAs for that. Extend RFAs too. Anyone with a bloated contract who’s no longer worth it?

It’s hard to imagine my team without Stanton. 8 All Pros, 2 DPotYs. 127.5 sacks and growing. And I only am forced to do this because the game mechanic of players not resigning after a second tag.

I so franchise Stanton. I don’t need any of these other bums that are FAs, and I’ll likely cut him in a few minutes after I Start reupping folks. But I want to give Stanton that chance!

Abe Sargent 12-05-2016 11:52 PM

FA!



I do not intentionally extend RT Coleman, K McManus,

I extend Emerson by a year. I have never wanted to move from Emerson. He’s good, quality, shows it, and not expensive like top punters tend to be,. I extend Newsome vet nmin sal and SE bening

Canada wants – 46.5 mill, 4 years
Rincon wants – 62 mill, 4 years

I pay Diego Lorey… 70 mill over 4 years

I like to make my big guys flat for 3 years, and then with a dummy year tacked at the end. I did that with Lorey. 16 mill cap hit first three years, then 22 mill at the end.

I sign these RFA:

DE Yaros, QB McIntyre, RB Danek, C Matt Burmesyer for 3 years, 4 mill, CB Moss,


I need 4 mill over 2 years for QB Nekolny

I resign Tatum for 3 more years, total 32 mill 4 years

Schmidtke is like my older guys. He’s 32, I’m waiting until camp to extend him a year

I sign Rincon: 4 years, 62 mill, for 14, 13, 13, and 22 cap hits

I cannot sign FAs, I cannot extend some others, I am now up against oy draft cap, and have just 420k left.


Goodbye Stanton!

DT Blades is my Defensive Front Leaders after Stanton heading to the hills. I have confluicts with LB Newhart and Gibbons and DT Nelson. That;s not good.

Oh, and with Graham gone, my nea leader on the O Line is Maurer and…he has pissed off OT Lae and C Burmeister…

Not what I want.

I advance a week

Abe Sargent 12-06-2016 12:59 AM

Anyone I want to chase?

Here is what I’m missing:



Stud/start TE?
Starting OG


Backups – Qb, TE, WR, OGx2, DE, CBx2 , S

There’s a good OG in the pool, 63/63, 9t year vet Corwin Fruth. Wants 18 mill over 3 years. Or I could try and hit up the draft.

I sign Canada for 48 mill, 4 years, with cap hits of 10.6, 10.3, 10.3, and 17,8. I have the cash for Fruth, but a 9th year vet doesn’t strike me a s solid answer. Let’s look at the draft first!

I interview a bunch of GOs, nothing is good. This is a deep OT draft, I could move an OT over.

Whoa!

There is a great, high bar CB in the 6th overall spot, with no combines but as scouted. Looks sexy – Bryant Crane. Will Crane fall? There are also some solid Tees near the top of the draft too

There are three just studly stud LBs on in the outside backer spots.

The dropoff in quality from OF Fruth to the next OG on the FA list is bad. And I don’t see any great OGs here But I could be tempted for OT into OG. If Fruth were 7th year, I’d do it. But I don’t want to sign a 31 year old OG who busts 10 points in camp. You know? I can do better than that.

I do not make an offer for Fruth

The best K in the league isn in fa. 14 ear vet Caleb Sturgis, 91/91. Also out there is 6 year vet, 78/78 SE Russell Martinez. Both quality.

I watch for a while

Int eh draft this year I have 1.32, 3.15, 3.19, 3.25, 4.30, 4.21, 4.32, 5.22, 5.32, 7.32

So I don’t need to go after anyone in FA that much. I can go after these folks!

Week 3 – Martinez signs a 100 mill deal with Dallas

Week 4 – Lynch heads to New Orleans. Good luck! You shouldn’t have held out… you have dropped what you wanted by 50% and I would have resigned you.

Week 5 – Fruth heads to SF 49ers

Week 6 =-Kempthorn to Denver, Gonzalez to Green Bay

Want to make on offer for a Kicker much better than McManus but a year older? Yes, I do. I make an offer. I have the cash, I don’t need anything else, might as well have the best K in the game, right?

Week 7 – We sign Sturgis for 20 mill, 3 yras, and that;s 1.2 mill more than McManus this year. I cut McManus. Remember Michael Dunn? He signs with the Bills.

Week 8 – McManus heads to Houston. Remember Antoine Harrison? Heads to Boston. Lincoln Baxter or the Jags

Week 9 – No one has made an offer to Stanton, even though he’s halved his contract demands to 36 mill over 3 years. He won’t take my offer. In real life, he would have, right? He liked playing for me, yadda yadda.

Week 10 – TEE Ruddy heads to Minnesota

End of FA

Stanton untouched

That is just bizarre.

Abe Sargent 12-06-2016 02:28 AM

The 2026 NFL Amateur Draft!

The Bengals kick of the draft with WR Mitchell Shreves coming off the board

CB Crane, I was interested in heads off at 1.18.

Then the second to last OT heads off at 1.19, . Hmpf.

This is not a very talented draft. I may trade some picks away for future picks, or to target the handful of quality here.

At 1.22, the Vikings biggest needs, and I am not kidding, are Ot, OT, and DT. Not a typo. The last good OT won’t make it past them. Right?

I offer my 1/.32 and 3.15 to move with the Saints to 1.11 and then I grab OT Lucas Lucas (not a typo) OT going 1.22 who I wanted. A lot. 4 reds, 1 blue. As scouted. Here we go

Who would I have taken at 1.32?

Some great players go in the late 20s, including two great Dts I liked, and a quality FS at 30.

A stud LB is left, WLB 3-4 guy Ethan Nelson. 3 reds, 3 blues. All stud. I would have gone him.

The Vikes take the top OT on the board and move on.

Player’s I’m following include OG Bill Potz, TE Perrone, and I want to see where Nelson winds up

None by pick 50

None in the first two rounds

How is Nelson still on the breaking board? And Plotz and Perrone are good too. I thought Perrone would be one of my 3rd rounders and scouted him. Plotz too. But Nelson? Wow. Even if a bad draft like this, there’s always somebody who tumbles

Uh oh. At picks 3.5 and 3.6 there is a run on TE, leaving Perrone on the board at the top.

3.10 at Dallas is the first team that needs TE on the board next. That pick is worth 220 points. I could throw a couple ofo 4ths at get it. Do I want Perrone that much? Nah. Wanna swap 3rds to get Plotz or Nelson? Nobody from here to us at 3.19 needs LB.

So let’s keep going.

Nelson goes 3.10 to Dallas

ARGH!!!

I didn’t see Dallas taking Nelson. Now I would have swapped 3rd so something. BLAST it. I could have gotten a 1st rounder here. Ah well, lesson learned.

Do I want to move up for Perrone? I could leap from 3.19 to 3.11 and move…nah it’s too pricey. I’ll just grab someone else.

Pick 76, Perrone heads to the Jets

At 3.19 I take LG Bill Plotz

At 3.25 – There are three intriguing people here. DT Marshal walker? He might “just” be a DT, but he’s good. DE Grayson Floyd and WR Grady Gillespie. Gillespie might be the last decent receiver on the board. But I go Floyd. Floyd is too good not to take here.


Walker goes 4.4 to the Jags



4th round –
I take FL Grady Gllsespie with my first pick in the 4th.
MLB Braxton Rhodes is next. Quality backup
S Julio Langley – just a body

5th? CB Cooley, again just for having a body.

7.32? RB Alexis Talley intrigues, especially as someone from MARSHALL

Amateur Draft Report:

Rnd 1 - Lucas Lucas, T, Wisconsin
Rnd 3 - Bill Plotz, G, Notre Dame
Rnd 3 - Grayson Floyd, DE, Toledo
Rnd 4 - Grady Gillespie, WR, North Carolina
Rnd 4 - Braxton Rhodes, ILB, Mississippi
Rnd 4 - Julio Langley, S, Maryland
Rnd 5 - Herb Cooley, CB, Lock Haven
Rnd 7 - Alexis Talley, RB, Marshall

Abe Sargent 12-06-2016 03:08 AM

Early draft results – not great. B rating

Plotz – 39/69
OT Lucas 32/68
LB Rhodes 32/66
Gillespie 29/51
Langley 25/40
Cooley 20/39
Talley 24/37
DE Floyd 31/64

Not the best I’ve ever had. But we’ll see if any pan out and who that might be if so.


I advance to late fa.

I offer spots to these UFAs:

QB Blake Kilgore
LG Cory Hammond
RCB Dustin Benton
FL Kristoher Dotson
TE WallY Ayers
RCB Quinn Hickman


And 2nd year TE Ezekiel Crews, let go by the Giants.

Stanton still doesn’t want to sign with us.

Week 1 – We sign 5 of our targets

Week 2 – Another joins us

Week 3 – Pur last target joins us

Stantons signs a vet min sal contacts with the Saints for one year. Wouldn’t you have signed a much bigger deal that that with me? Hardly realistic…

Abe Sargent 12-06-2016 09:39 PM

CAMP!


Major changes to my peopops?

With Alcott 90/90. He is rated as….

4th best player in the game behind OG Duffy, LT Schutlz and DE Hastings. K Sturgis is not only the best K by far, but the 5th best player in the NFL. Just 22 players are rated 80 or better. We have two – Sturgis and Alctot.

Rincon is 3rd best OL, Nelson 4th best, Krauchecki 6th best, and Horton, 11th best


I add a year to CB Schmidtke’s deal

I cut RB Talley And Cooley, who neither were better than UFAs I signed or other options I have on my roster. I cut Dotson and drop us to 54…


I extend RB Snyder by a year


I trade 63/63 LB Eduardo Gibbons, final year of his rookie deal, to the eagles for the 3rds in 2029/ I have too many LBs of quality to extended Gibbons Every LB I get is 60+ potential, with on e at 58 instead.


The only major thing left to figure out is my O Line. I am starting: C Henson, OT – Henry, Coleman, OG – Maurer and……PLotz? Lucas Lucas? Plotz is a huge run blocking, but just 1/6 for pass blocking, with 38/92 run, and 90 strength, 70/88 endurance. That’s what you get from a highly touted 3rd round OG,, a bit of a weakness. Look, Arledge gest sacked. A lot. We get that. But do I want this guy protecting him? On the other hand Lucas Lucas is 26/77 run, 10/36 pass, 85 str, 96 end, and just as run blocking, although not as much fo a specialist. Which is fine for himself as an RT, I would not play him at LT. I sort of envision him taking over for RT Coleman or moving him to LG. Coleman is 34 and drafting his replacement was not a bad plan given the draft’s heavy amount of talent at the OT spot.

This year we’ll use Lucas Lucas ajust like Matt Burmeister last, as a major emergency starter regardless of position. But I want to give PLotz, you know what? Screw it!

This is LL now…

26/77
10/36
85
75/96

I move him to LG

This is LL post-move
30/83
7/37
85
72/96

He is now a 37/73 guy there

We are starting Lucas Lucas as LG

I extend Dustin Wright by 45 mill and 4 year deal.

I pay DT Graham Blades 13 mill for 4 years. I extend MLB Dexter Tubbs by a year for 4 mill, 2 years total. I extend Coleman by two years

We go 4-0 in the preseason!

Arledge drops a little to 29/29

LS Newsom to 85 long snapping

Schmidtke is down to 57

All of my Des are more like run stoppers then pass rushers. Other than Parmely.

Yaros – 79/86 run, 38/47 pass rush, 38 pr str.
Gibson – 70/91 run ded, 39/53 pass run tech, 28 prs
Floyd 0 34/72 run d, 36/78 pass r t, 38, pr str

You know?

Hmmmm…..

Are you thinking what I’m thinking?

I move Krauchick to DE in a couple of pass rush formations where he;s not my WLB. And Floyd is my general DE starting in our base D and Yaros is my Run D DE

I have 14 mill in cap space. Anyone I want to make an offer to randomly in FA or anything?

Nah

Abe Sargent 12-06-2016 09:39 PM

Roster!

Code:


Front Office Football Eight
Cleveland Browns Roster, Scout Overview
 
  Player                #  Pos  Start Exp  Current Estimate Future Estimate  Cntrct
Kilgore, Blake          119 QB          1    18              34              1 yr. 
##McIntyre, Malcolm    105 QB          2    20              33              1 yr. 
Arledge, Brendan        114 QB    QB    11  29              29              2 yrs.
Lorey, Diego            222 RB    RB    6    77              77              4 yrs.
Snyder, Colin          235 RB          4    54              54              2 yrs.
##Lindsay, Raul        243 RB          2    38              48              3 yrs.
Danek, Edgar            232 RB          2    38              46              2 yrs.
Schuster, Ralph        331 FB    FB    8    60              60              2 yrs.
Franklin, Jon          446 TE    TE    3    48              48              2 yrs.
Crews, Ezekiel          441 TE          2    40              48              1 yr. 
Ayres, Wally            489 TE          1    23              42              1 yr. 
##Reid, Pat            484 TE          2    31              34              3 yrs.
Riley, Rodney          586 FL    SE    5    66              66              4 yrs.
Gillespie, Grady        513 FL          1    35              50              4 yrs.
Wright, Dustin          512 SE    FL    8    61              61              4 yrs.
Boothroyd, Earl        588 SE          2    37              51              3 yrs.
Bening, Larry          585 SE          5    34              34              2 yrs.
Henson, Marcos          657 C    C    2    60              69              3 yrs.
Burmeister, Matt        653 C          2    43              66              3 yrs.
Lucas, Lucas            771 LG    LG    1    38              70              4 yrs.
Plotz, Bill            761 LG          1    44              68              4 yrs.
##Hammond, Cory        776 LG          1    15              42              1 yr. 
Maurer, Norman          764 RG    RG    6    59              59              2 yrs.
Henry, Trenton          865 LT    LT    3    57              59              2 yrs.
Coleman, Shon          872 RT    RT    11  60              60              3 yrs.
Lane, Mercury          869 RT          2    30              53              3 yrs.
Emerson, Rob            915 P          11  68              68              2 yrs.
Sturgis, Caleb          1008K          14  73              73              3 yrs.
Parmely, Everett        1193LDE  LDE  2    69              73              3 yrs.
Floyd, Grayson          1179LDE  RDE  1    39              66              4 yrs.
##Gibson, Willie        1198LDE        3    49              61              2 yrs.
Yaros, Shaun            1174RDE        3    53              58              1 yr. 
Alcott, Damien          1294LDT  NT    3    90              90              2 yrs.
Blades, Graham          1292LDT        4    63              63              4 yrs.
Nelson, Tito            1270RDT        3    44              63              2 yrs.
Nelson, Sawyer          1397WILB  SILB  6    75              75              2 yrs.
Horton, Vince          1396WILB  WILB  7    68              68              3 yrs.
Tubbs, Dexter          1354MLB        3    60              63              2 yrs.
Rhodes, Braxton        1391MLB        1    40              62              4 yrs.
##Yockey, Randall      1352MLB        2    41              58              3 yrs.
Rincon, Karl            1455SLB  SLB  4    78              78              4 yrs.
Krauchick, Dean        1456WLB  WLB  5    74              74              3 yrs.
Newhart, Derek          1495WLB        3    57              60              2 yrs.
Canada, Gregory        1547RCB  LCB  4    67              67              4 yrs.
Schmidtke, Cooper      1549RCB  RCB  10  57              57              2 yrs.
Moss, Francisco        1520RCB        2    35              47              1 yr. 
Hickman, Quinn          1527RCB        1    24              42              1 yr. 
Benton, Dustin          1525RCB        1    16              37              1 yr. 
Nixon, Clayton          1524RCB        2    29              35              3 yrs.
Shaw, Larry            1633SS    SS    2    53              71              3 yrs.
Tatum, Miles            1640FS    FS    7    55              55              4 yrs.
##Langley, Julio        1644FS          1    29              40              4 yrs.
Newsome, Bo            659 LS          11  18              18              2 yrs.
 
$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive, 
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR. 
 
Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46
 
Salary Cap: $218,800,000
Cap Room: $14,990,000
Maximum for New Player: $15,630,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $7,660,000
 
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $270,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $194,780,000


Abe Sargent 12-06-2016 09:55 PM

We have a few minor injuries – RB Snyder, OLB Nelson, SE Bening, FL Riley are all probable and Schdmidtke is questionable. All will continue



Week 1 – We start the season against the hapless 0-16 Bungles from last year, with a 14 point favorite….and…beat them 34-13. I think we covered that spread! Arledge, MVP, 24 of 37, 309, 4:0. Lorey ads 21 for 95 on the ground. Wright – 143 yards, 1 score, Riley 107 and 2 and WR Boothroyd is the final scorer.

Week 2 – We host and defeat Atlanta 20-14. MOM is Arledge, 23 of 31, 256 and 2:0. Wright and Riley with scores. Lorey held to 44 yards on the ground, pick by Canada, 2 sacks by Parmely,

Week 3 – The Broncos arrive and we beat them 24-17. Again, Orey is nothing, but Arledge is MOM with 22 of 35, 277 and 3:0, and Wright, Riley, and WR Grady Gillespie have TD catches.

Week 4 – Today we have the 0-3 Titans and…we takes them to the cleaner 31-7. MOM is Arledge with 23 of 38, 301 and 2:0. He rushes for a score. Snyder has a score on the ground and Lorey is 27 of 55. Franklng and Wright with TDs. 2 picks by Schmidtke, 3 sacks by Krauchick and 2 by Rincon.

At 4-0. We are in an odd place. I expected we’d be leaning on Lorey more, and he’s the weak part of my offense right now. Arledge is off to a blistering pace at 1143 yards, 11:0 ratio. And Lorey is a pedestrian 230 o 84 carries, with 0 rushing scores.

Bening is injured a new injury, questionable, strained hammy

Abe Sargent 12-06-2016 10:07 PM

Week 5 – Our winning ways continue at Jacksonville 27-14. Arlege, MOM is 36 of 46, 390, and 2:1 – threw his first pic. He hits Wright for 184 and 1, and FB Schuster for the other. Lorey is 23 for 42 ad 1. Picks by schmidtke, Horton, and Tatum


Week 6 – We win at Houston 22-17. Arledge comes back down to earth. 28 of 36, 314, and 1:2. He hit Wright for 109 and a score. Lorey is 31 for 108. Sturgus is MVP with 5 of 5 FGs. Nelson with a pick, 2 sacks by Alcott

Week 7 – We head to 2-4 Baltimore to take on the Ravens. We are favord by double digits, but we lose anyways, 30-22. Lorey 20 of 67, 1 score, Arledge 24 of 35, 1:1, 286, and Wrigth has 107 yards, FB Schuster the TD sore.

We leave with a few injuries –

OT Coleman, probable
LB Rincon, questionable for 2 weeks
RB Lorey, probable 2 weeks

No roster changes or anything

Week 8 – We host and defeat the Colts 26-10. Arledge is MM with 23 of 36, 264, 2:0 – hitting Wright and Riley for scores. Lorey is 21 for 109, and FF by Parmely and he recovered. 3 sacks by Krauchic. 4 KRB by Coleman.

We are 7-1 at the halfway mark

Bening, Schmidtke, and Coleman all healed!


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