Training Camp
We have 61 players in camp this year – a bit fewer than usual. Regardless, we ought to be in good shape at nearly every position. WR won’t be terribly deep, but we should be okay there. We’d like to get a young RB to pan out and help – but that’s not even essential.
Code:
Player Pos Start Exp CE FE CE FE ChgC ChgF
Clancy, Marco QB 5 64 64 69 69 5 5
Houston, James QB 3 47 59 51 59 4 0
Gordon, Howie QB 3 32 53 35 53 3 0
Brock, Deion QB 1 24 50 28 51 4 1
Poole, Dustin QB 1 16 29 17 28 1 -1
Arsenault, Roderick RB 10 42 42 42 42 0 0
Aguilera, Danny RB 3 35 35 35 35 0 0
Ramsey, Kendrick RB 8 32 32 32 32 0 0
Zimmerman, Lincoln RB 1 28 35 29 35 1 0
Poore, Martin RB 1 26 41 27 38 1 -3
Battle, Jeremy RB 1 24 38 24 34 0 -4
Pritchett, Eric FB 2 57 64 59 64 2 0
Goodwin, Ian FB 5 43 52 45 52 2 0
Woodson, Mickey FB 10 35 35 35 35 0 0
Norton, Devin TE 5 56 76 62 76 6 0
Pariso, Wade TE 4 34 43 37 43 3 0
Thomason, Tony TE 2 28 45 30 45 2 0
Blair, Zach FL 5 50 50 50 50 0 0
Ellard, Jimmy FL 8 46 46 46 46 0 0
Tilton, Cornelius FL 1 32 39 33 38 1 -1
Causey, Marvin SE 4 55 55 56 56 1 1
Elizondo, Harold SE 10 54 54 54 54 0 0
Owens, O.J. C 7 66 66 66 66 0 0
Pond, Ellis C 3 32 59 34 59 2 0
Meyer, Louie C 1 20 41 22 36 2 -5
Thornton, Mickey LG 3 53 61 56 61 3 0
Booker, Johnnie LG 1 12 37 14 38 2 1
Gruber, Lincoln RG 9 55 55 55 55 0 0
Heinlein, Bennie LT 9 55 56 55 56 0 0
Thornton, Donnie RT 7 63 63 63 63 0 0
Barber, Joseph RT 1 14 28 15 30 1 2
Creighton, Lamont P 3 68 68 68 68 0 0
Oskia, Edward K 1 19 43 21 25 2 -18
Fox, Jimmy LDE 7 52 52 52 52 0 0
Garner, Henry LDE 6 52 52 52 52 0 0
Bromley, Skip LDE 5 49 50 50 50 1 0
Limon, Lincoln LDE 10 43 43 43 43 0 0
Lynn, Neal LDE 1 28 51 28 52 0 1
Glendenning, Ricardo LDE 1 4 29 5 24 1 -5
Hendrix, Tim RDE 7 65 67 65 67 0 0
Lofton, Dwight RDE 1 23 46 25 42 2 -4
Cascadden, Gary LDT 7 70 71 70 71 0 0
Oliveira, Willie LDT 9 46 47 46 47 0 0
Bailey, Zach LDT 2 34 66 36 66 2 0
Lake, Ed SILB 6 44 73 48 73 4 0
Davis, Curtis MLB 8 68 68 68 68 0 0
Perez, K.C. MLB 7 54 62 58 62 4 0
Goodwin, Cedric MLB 10 56 56 56 56 0 0
Thomas, Joel MLB 1 22 44 25 49 3 5
Meyer, Herb SLB 1 21 49 24 49 3 0
Hamilton, Wendell SLB 2 20 50 23 50 3 0
Regalado, Darrin WLB 5 51 51 51 51 0 0
Wickliff, Calvin LCB 9 51 51 51 51 0 0
Freeman, Jamie LCB 3 30 57 34 57 4 0
Duesenberg, Blaine LCB 1 11 50 13 45 2 -5
Richmond, Deon RCB 8 55 55 55 55 0 0
Douglas, Darrell RCB 3 43 55 46 55 3 0
Callens, Zack RCB 10 44 44 44 44 0 0
Weed, Kirk SS 5 58 58 58 58 0 0
Eskridge, Kenneth FS 2 67 74 72 74 5 0
Ellery, Deron FS 6 62 62 62 62 0 0
Specter, Rex FS 3 35 50 39 50 4 0
It’s nice to see a really good camp from your QB – and Marco Clancy delivered there. he jumped up in both current and future ratings – not a monster leap forward, but noticeable for sure. Good sign.
Rookie Deion Brock jumped a little bit, too – and that might secure his spot on the roster for us. I admittedly had hoped for a jump from RB Lincoln Zimmerman – but instead we see that he’s just the only one of the lot who didn’t fall apart. Jeremy Battle is probably the most usable of the three rookies, but none look like great prospects.
TE Devin Norton was a great find, and I think he will be a suitable heir to the “dominating tight end” position on the offense. He could be every bit as good as his two predecessors, and the offense seems to lend itself to good production over the middle.
I’m encouraged by what we see so far of DE Neil Lynn – now we need to get him signed and ready to play. DE Dwight Lofton won’t end up being the superior DE I had hoped he could be – rather, he’ll probably end up being a passable pass rusher from time to time. About what I should be getting with a seventh round pick.
I realize that I inadvertently left us short at the OLB positions – and I do so only after releasing Wendell Hamilton. (D’Oh!) So, I slide DE Lofton back to SLB, and we pick up one free agent – another blast from the Browns’ distant past, Kim Jervey.
Bit of a shame – 2nd round pick CB Blaine Duesenberg is just not what I had hoped for at all – and I ultimately decide that we’ll just eat his cap hit now rather than waiting it out. He doesn’t even make the team. El Bust-o.
Season Analysis
Our cohesion is still very high: 85-100(94)-91-90, which puts us in the to five in every category. Our team chemistry remains strong – only two conflicts on the whole team (rookie WR Tilton and T Barber). We don’t have quite as many affinities as in the recent past, but we are still much to the positive in that regard.
Our roster rating is a 66 – second best in the league, far behind Jacksonville (new home to WR Marlon Sasser, incidentally) SF has a 61, for what that’s worth.
We come in as conference champions, and should be a favorite to get back to a top playoff spot again. New coach – might make a difference, of course. We have had to make some personnel changes, too – but this is largely the same team as last year’s offering. What to expect? We have to shoot for the top, once again.