2001 Offseason
How about that. Same W/L record as a year ago, and I move UP two spots in the draft.
Fortunately, two of my more key players, Howie Underwood and Wendel Hollier, are both RFA's, so I won't have to deal with a bid war for their services.
The other guys I'd like to keep were rent-a-players as a result of injury. Should be interesting to see if they want to stick around.
Since we made about $25 mil less this season than we did the previous year, I'm going to raise ticket prices slightly. No sense pissing off the owner on two fronts.
2001 Free Agency
We get an offer from the Ravens that looks tempting: LB Mitchell Ogden and the #6 pick in the draft for G Ruben Brown. When they also agree to throw in G Darryl Leavy, the deal is sealed. We downgrade slightly on the O-Line and improve our chances of snagging an impact player or two in the draft. Did I mention Leavy had a BPct of 45.3?
Before we hit the open market, there are a few RFAs to take care of.
S Howie Underwood -- 2 years/$1.73 mil
P Wendel Hollier -- 2 years/$1.31 mil
And now...time to attempt to resign the UFAs I wanna keep.
TE Rich Griffith -- $1.02 mil/2 years
C Kevin Mawae -- $1.02 mil/2 years
G Dan Neil -- $1.40 mil/2 years
DT Kendel Shello -- $24.30 mil/4 years
WR James Thrash -- $4.14 mil/2 years
I also submit an offer of $3.28 mil/3 years to FB Howard Griffith.
[This message has been edited by SackAttack (edited 10-24-2000).]
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