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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! |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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! |
Stats!
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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. Code:
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. Code:
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. Code:
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. |
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 |
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 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 |
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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 |
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 |
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! |
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 |
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? |
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 |
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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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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!!! Code:
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? Code:
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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: Code:
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! |
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) |
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 |
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!!! |
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…. |
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 |
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 |
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!!! |
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. |
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! |
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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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 |
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. ![]() |
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... Code:
Player Pos Team GP GS Tckl Asst Sack Blkd Hurr QBKd 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. |
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
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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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
Stats!!!
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Arledge, Arledge, Arledge..... Rushing! Code:
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!!! Code:
Arledge, Arledge, Arledge.... :) BLOCKING!!! Code:
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!!!!!!!!!!!! Code:
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! Code:
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 |
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! |
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, |
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! |
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 |
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: |
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 |
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!!! |
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 |
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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.
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For a guy that basically sucks, Arledge is all right.
I mean, Arledge rules! Arledge for President!! No, Emperor!!! That should do it. |
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. |
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Oh and here's Alcott. Imagine him with those LBs!
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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 |
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 |
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…. |
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 |
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. |
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……. |
Sounds like a great Super Bowl!
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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….. |
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STATS BABY!!!
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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: Code:
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! Code:
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 Code:
Front Office Football Eight 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! Code:
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! Code:
Rincon led my team in picks with 4. We had tons of people with picks, and lots of picks out there. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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, |
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 |
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! |
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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. |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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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! |
The Arledge Saga Continues...?
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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 |
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! |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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… |
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 |
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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 |
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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