2019 Rookie Draft
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Amateur Draft Report:
Rnd 2 - Emmanuel Patterson, ILB, Rutgers
Rnd 3 - Ted Cunningham, C, Arizona State
Rnd 3 - Dixon Jarvis, CB, Southern California
Rnd 4 - Edgar Whiting, CB, UCLA
Rnd 5 - Kerry Donaldson, QB, Minnesota
Rnd 6 - Mitch Jefferson, K, Alabama
Rnd 7 - Daryl Sims, RB, Minn. St. – Mankato
We take what we can get – Patterson looks like he could become a starting-caliber linebacker, but my sneaking suspicion is that he won’t really develop that way. Several project players elsewhere – though I have a sneaking suspicion that we won’t end up getting a whole lot from this rookie draft.
Late Free Agency
QB Deion Brock is receptive to my offer now, and I come up with a solid deal – 4 years, $10 million. He listens – I’m willing to bump if needed, but that ought to get us locked up for a while with this solid performer. He accepts right away.
I lose out on CB Jermaine Cothran, though – he takes a multi-year offer from Buffalo instead of the one year deal I had on the table. I saw him as a starter for us – now I’m a bit more worried about our secondary for the season ahead.
At CB, we sign veteran Bucky Cottle, a man coverage specialist who fits fairly well with our scheme, but has a middling track record. We’ll see how he works out – he may get a shot to start for us.
QB Tyrell Goodwin is a late-bloomer, but played very well last season for Chiacgo, and I’m very surprised to see him sitting idle. We ink him to a three year deal to be our #2 – and our confidence should be high with him.
My last moves are re-signing C Monty Nunley and K Mo Crain to one year deals – we had the cap space to do it, and they kept their demands high enough that nobody else bit. Works out okay for this year, at least – both are potential all-pro players.
But at the end of the line, I simply cannot work out a deal with WR Austin Haass, who I am convinced will continue to get better. He’s looking for $6 million a year, and he wouldn’t come down appreciably from that figure – so I just couldn’t do it.
Training Camp
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Player # Pos Start Exp CE FE CE FE ChgC ChgF
Goodwin, Tyrell 17 QB 10 56 57 56 57 0 0
Brock, Deion 2 QB 7 55 55 55 55 0 0
Treadwell, Mo 14 QB 7 46 48 46 48 0 0
Donaldson, Kerry 13 QB 1 22 47 24 47 2 0
Gammon, Alvin 8 QB 1 12 30 16 38 4 8
Wright, Cary 10 QB 3 13 34 15 34 2 0
Stewart, Gus 39 RB 6 83 83 83 83 0 0
Barker, Terrance 44 RB 5 57 57 57 57 0 0
Baker, Joe 36 RB 5 44 52 45 52 1 0
Westbrook, Gerald 33 RB 2 28 36 29 36 1 0
Sims, Daryl 37 RB 1 27 43 27 40 0 -3
Wiggins, K.C. 43 RB 1 13 19 14 20 1 1
Brandon, Dean 45 FB 5 47 63 51 63 4 0
McConnell, Joseph 38 FB 9 47 47 47 47 0 0
Sellers, Karl 80 TE 4 80 80 80 80 0 0
Nichols, Ernest 85 TE 9 47 47 47 47 0 0
Tilton, Cornelius 83 FL 7 39 39 39 39 0 0
Colaianne, Arnie 84 FL 1 17 34 20 38 3 4
Pritchett, Don 89 SE 2 56 64 59 64 3 0
Harmon, Van 86 SE 9 52 52 52 52 0 0
Pendleton, Ted 82 SE 3 33 48 36 48 3 0
Nunley, Monty 54 C 9 81 81 81 81 0 0
Pond, Ellis 57 C 9 59 64 59 64 0 0
Rowell, Jeff 51 C 6 52 59 53 59 1 0
Fisher, Marcus 66 C 1 22 49 26 51 4 2
Cunningham, Ted 56 C 1 23 56 26 56 3 0
**Thornton, Mickey 53 LG 9 55 55 55 55 0 0
Banks, Arnold 73 LG 6 48 67 51 67 3 0
Gruber, Lincoln 63 RG 15 38 38 38 38 0 0
Dawkins, Artie 77 RG 2 26 41 27 41 1 0
Craig, Conrad 72 LT 6 46 63 49 63 3 0
Glaspie, Nathan 78 RT 7 39 39 39 39 0 0
Gardner, Hugh 65 RT 2 19 49 22 49 3 0
Hardy, Tony 79 RT 1 14 19 15 20 1 1
Burnette, Lance 3 P 2 45 48 47 48 2 0
Crain, Mo 15 K 6 97 97 97 97 0 0
Jefferson, Mitch 16 K 1 36 51 37 40 1 -11
Hartman, Seth 67 LDE 7 79 85 82 85 3 0
Quinn, Kim 71 LDE 5 44 54 47 54 3 0
Clements, Dexter 69 LDE 8 42 42 42 42 0 0
Fox, Jimmy 93 LDE 13 28 32 28 32 0 0
Lane, Blake 70 LDE 5 27 30 28 30 1 0
Jaramillo, Jerome 95 RDE 6 46 46 46 46 0 0
Pearson, Adam 64 RDE 5 39 45 42 45 3 0
Van Horn, Deron 74 RDE 1 18 26 19 27 1 1
Allen, Tommy 99 RDT 6 49 49 51 51 2 2
James, Marty 75 RDT 2 21 42 23 42 2 0
Farquhar, Omar 98 RDT 3 20 35 22 35 2 0
Rogers, Donald 90 NT 7 50 53 52 53 2 0
Upshaw, Jonathan 50 MLB 9 54 54 54 54 0 0
Wallace, Andrew 55 MLB 8 51 55 53 55 2 0
Patterson, Emmanuel 96 MLB 1 15 51 17 47 2 -4
Dodge, Kurt 91 SLB 9 51 51 51 51 0 0
Upshaw, Allen 52 SLB 8 44 48 47 48 3 0
Sinclair, Curtis 94 SLB 6 34 50 36 50 2 0
Regalado, Darrin 58 WLB 11 40 40 40 40 0 0
DiGiacomo, Ricky 59 WLB 12 26 26 26 26 0 0
Enochs, Ty 28 LCB 5 39 43 42 43 3 0
Cottle, Bucky 40 LCB 11 39 39 39 39 0 0
Helmuth, Pat 35 LCB 2 22 47 24 47 2 0
Caston, Adam 46 RCB 14 35 35 35 35 0 0
Jarvis, Dixon 48 RCB 1 11 44 13 39 2 -5
Whiting, Edgar 49 RCB 1 9 35 10 31 1 -4
Weed, Kirk 24 SS 11 48 48 48 48 0 0
Galloway, Richie 30 SS 2 11 24 12 24 1 0
Eskridge, Kenneth 20 FS 8 75 75 75 75 0 0
Trotter, Lonnie 21 FS 1 12 26 13 26 1 0
No huge surprises in training camp this year – LB Patterson dropped in his future ratings, suggesting to me that he will be a bit or a disappointment. RB Daryl Sims looks like he was a nice value pickup for us, and ought to make the team. WR Artie Coliaanne looks like he can help, but our top OL rookies are both centers and lack the size to move elsewhere – so those picks look rather wasted now.
Cutting down to 53 requires some tough decisions, including releasing LB Ricky DiGiacomo – but we make it to the target number.
Season Analysis
We have a roster rating of 87 – behind Cincinnati (!) and tied with Kansas City and the Giants. Our cohesion ratings are 94-100(99)-83-100(85) – we lost some ground with the DL over the last two seasons, but are generally in fine shape.
After getting to the Superbowl last year, we were able to bring back both our star RB and QB – and therefore, we’ll be expected to be major contenders this year. I think that’s fair – but I don’t know if we have the depth, especially defensively, enough to make it very far. I’m worried about our entire defensive rotation – we’ll have to get some good years out of borderline guys, no doubt about it.