House Arrest--FOF5.1b Style

[Ben E Lou]

HOUSE RULES

BEGINNING: Empty Cupboard fictional league. Sim through 2004, cut all players on my team, start Empty Cupboard in 2005.

TICKET PRICES: Price comparison may at no time exceed prices of Tennessee and Carolina.

STAFF: No hiring new staff until contracts run out on old staff.

RENEGOTIATIONS: Cap outs only. No extensions or other contract restructuring. If he's overpaid, I either have to suck it up, or cut him. If I want to keep a guy around, I have to sign him on the open market.

FRANCHISE TAG: A player may be given the franchise tag only once in his career. After that, I'd better hope he's still willing to sign with me on the open market.

DRAFTING: A few restrictions on when QB's can be taken. It can be too easy to acquire a solid QB in the draft at times. I want to restrict that as follows:

Round 1: If his future potential is 70 or better, I must trade up into the Top 5 picks to draft him if I want him.
Round 2: Future potential must be <55
Round 3: Future potential must be <50
Rounds 4 and beyond: Future potential must be <45

I think this will allow for a bit more realism in how I acquire QB's.

RESTRICTED FREE AGENCY: If I want to re-sign one of my RFA's, I must do it in the very first week of the 20-step process.

20-STEP PROCESS: I'll start with a version of the FOFL's house rule for FA signings: Any contract offer totaling more than 10% of the current salary cap must include at least 20% of its total value in a signing bonus.

8-STEP PROCESS: All offers to non-rookies in Late Free Agency must be made in the very first week of that stage.

TRADES: Pick(s) for picks or pick(s) for player(s) only. No trading away player(s) for pick(s). Trading only allowed during Amateur Draft stage.



To make this as difficult as possible. I quicksimmed a few times until my team won the Front Office Bowl in 2004, thus giving me the worst possible drafting situation with which to begin. Let's see how well I can do.

[Ben E Lou]

2005

DRAFT

1(32)--QB Norbert Nybo--18/61--Pretty impressive bars and combine. He's a potentially long-term solution.

2(32)--SE Clay Dresback--23/44--Pretty decent-looking punt return ratings, and I expect that he'll be much better than advertised as a receiver, too.

3(32)--MLB Donovan Stone--21/51--Solid run defender. Could be leading tackler for a long time.

4(32)--RCB Brett Raffensperge--18/47--Pretty decent coverage skills for this late in the draft.

5(32)--TE Roosevelt Polk--17/48--Could be a solid pass-catching TE.

6(32)--WLB Bernard Hoover--21/42--May be good enough to start at SLB.

7(32)--RB John Stine--27/38--Mr. Irrelevant, but he'll probably end up as a starter, at least for this season.

PLAYER REPORT

Name	Pos	Postdraft Current	Postdraft Future	Precamp Current	Precamp Future	Postcamp Current	Postcamp Future	Overall Current Change	Overall Future Change
Burke, Rob	QB			6	27	8 (2)	33 (6)	2	6
Dobson, Clarence	QB			12	41	14 (2)	38 (-3)	2	-3
Nybo, Norbert	QB	18	60	18 (0)	60 (0)	20 (2)	57 (-3)	2	-3
Stickney, Sherman	QB			8	44	10 (2)	38 (-6)	2	-6
Boettcher, Rufus	RB			23	39	24 (1)	35 (-4)	1	-4
Donaldson, Antoine	RB			27	40	27 (0)	38 (-2)	0	-2
Phan, Lamont	RB			20	33	20 (0)	31 (-2)	0	-2
Pierce, Lee	RB			21	45	21 (0)	40 (-5)	0	-5
Stine, John	RB	27	38	27 (0)	38 (0)	28 (1)	40 (2)	1	2
Conrath, Norm	FB			22	41	24 (2)	38 (-3)	2	-3
McMichael, Britt	FB			16	40	17 (1)	37 (-3)	1	-3
Ocasio, Brian	FB			27	37	29 (2)	39 (2)	2	2
Delap, Neal	TE			23	41	25 (2)	38 (-3)	2	-3
Polk, Roosevelt	TE	20	51	20 (0)	51 (0)	23 (3)	49 (-2)	3	-2
Schwartz, Sammy	TE			11	44	12 (1)	38 (-6)	1	-6
Sheldon, Curtis	TE			22	41	23 (1)	39 (-2)	1	-2
Terry, D.J.	TE			16	40	17 (1)	38 (-2)	1	-2
Berry, Darren	FL			13	26	15 (2)	26 (0)	2	0
Dresback, Clay	FL	24	44	24 (0)	44 (0)	27 (3)	49 (5)	3	5
Gonzalez, Ike	FL			14	31	15 (1)	30 (-1)	1	-1
Shifflett, Allen	FL			17	33	18 (1)	33 (0)	1	0
Carlson, Darryl	SE			14	32	15 (1)	30 (-2)	1	-2
Hahn, Jake	SE			19	34	21 (2)	35 (1)	2	1
Levine, Erik	SE			16	30	17 (1)	30 (0)	1	0
Preston, Shane	SE			19	30	20 (1)	32 (2)	1	2
Baker, Darrell	C			14	33	17 (3)	31 (-2)	3	-2
Lofton, Ian	C			22	42	26 (4)	47 (5)	4	5
Simmons, Harold	C			6	42	7 (1)	38 (-4)	1	-4
Farmer, Randall	LG			15	23	16 (1)	23 (0)	1	0
Lamarr, Keith	LG			8	38	9 (1)	35 (-3)	1	-3
Mathews, Doug	LG			16	32	18 (2)	32 (0)	2	0
Harmon, Harry	RG			20	33	22 (2)	35 (2)	2	2
McCarroll, Jake	RG			16	30	17 (1)	30 (0)	1	0
Fisher, Jack	RT			5	27	6 (1)	28 (1)	1	1
Powell, Larry	RT			10	32	11 (1)	30 (-2)	1	-2
Townsend, Lester	RT			9	25	12 (3)	26 (1)	3	1
Zinn, Leslie	RT			13	29	15 (2)	34 (5)	2	5
Galloway, Luther	K			6	43	6 (0)	35 (-8)	0	-8
Tolliver, Nick	P			20	57	20 (0)	50 (-7)	0	-7
Green, Sammie	LDE			16	35	18 (2)	35 (0)	2	0
Holmes, Erik	LDE			18	35	19 (1)	35 (0)	1	0
Ackerman, Antonio	LDT			13	29	13 (0)	28 (-1)	0	-1
Brewster, Leo	LDT			14	27	15 (1)	27 (0)	1	0
Curley, Mike	LDT			9	35	11 (2)	35 (0)	2	0
Everett, Blaine	LDT			15	25	16 (1)	25 (0)	1	0
Tyler, Bennie	RDT			21	28	22 (1)	27 (-1)	1	-1
Edwards, Ellis	RDE			15	31	17 (2)	30 (-1)	2	-1
Gougeon, B.J.	RDE			12	34	12 (0)	28 (-6)	0	-6
Hoover, Bernard	SLB			21	41	24 (3)	43 (2)	3	2
James, Rusty	SLB			14	37	16 (2)	39 (2)	2	2
Racz, Thurman	SLB			14	32	16 (2)	32 (0)	2	0
Desai, Rick	MLB			16	41	18 (2)	39 (-2)	2	-2
Grui, Corey	MLB			17	41	18 (1)	37 (-4)	1	-4
Liakos, Deion	MLB			11	40	12 (1)	37 (-3)	1	-3
McConnell, Derek	MLB			14	36	15 (1)	34 (-2)	1	-2
Stone, Donovan	MLB	20	50	20 (0)	50 (0)	20 (0)	45 (-5)	0	-5
Good, Steve	WLB			8	37	11 (3)	35 (-2)	3	-2
Rivera, Leslie	WLB			17	40	19 (2)	40 (0)	2	0
Bly, Quinn	LCB			17	36	19 (2)	34 (-2)	2	-2
Crawford, Earl	LCB			7	18	9 (2)	19 (1)	2	1
Garritano, Tommy	LCB			17	36	18 (1)	33 (-3)	1	-3
Mathis, John	LCB			10	31	12 (2)	33 (2)	2	2
Miller, Lester	LCB			16	36	18 (2)	37 (1)	2	1
Fleishman, J.C.	RCB			12	33	13 (1)	33 (0)	1	0
Goel, Dean	RCB			14	40	15 (1)	40 (0)	1	0
Raffensperger, Brett	RCB	17	47	17 (0)	47 (0)	20 (3)	47 (0)	3	0
Bernard, Leslie	SS			19	26	19 (0)	26 (0)	0	0
Levine, Brenden	SS			13	38	15 (2)	37 (-1)	2	-1
Ramsey, Ernie	SS			17	41	19 (2)	40 (-1)	2	-1
Cox, Leland	FS			26	41	28 (2)	41 (0)	2	0
Finch, Cory	FS			24	34	26 (2)	36 (2)	2	2

RESULTS

2005 Regular Season (4-12)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	11	at New Orleans Saints	27	N.Nybo 16-26-174	J.Stine 16-59	A.Shifflett 5-83	63,800
Week 2	19	New York Jets	16	N.Nybo 15-27-225	J.Stine 21-87	J.Hahn 3-84	69,500
Week 3	20	San Francisco 49ers	16	N.Nybo 16-28-149	J.Stine 26-74	A.Shifflett 4-55	70,200
Week 4	14	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	N.Nybo 22-36-234	J.Stine 23-70	J.Hahn 7-86	71,100
Week 5	6	at Carolina Panthers	17	N.Nybo 20-41-200	J.Stine 15-43	J.Hahn 6-82	66,800
Week 6	21	Minnesota Vikings	16	N.Nybo 19-34-200	J.Stine 24-80	J.Hahn 6-71	70,200
Week 7	7	at Green Bay Packers	34	N.Nybo 9-21-85	J.Stine 10-36	J.Hahn 5-70	70,800
Week 8	0	Detroit Lions	37	N.Nybo 10-23-68	J.Stine 10-38	J.Hahn 5-58	71,100
Week 9	0	at Chicago Bears	21	N.Nybo 14-40-189	J.Stine 14-26	J.Hahn 4-68	61,500
Week 10	13	New Orleans Saints	22	N.Nybo 18-35-210	J.Stine 10-14	J.Hahn 5-78	70,200
Week 11	Bye Week
Week 12	10	New England Patriots	22	N.Nybo 14-28-128	J.Stine 15-36	C.Dresback 3-39	69,500
Week 13	21	at New York Giants	37	N.Nybo 18-29-297	J.Stine 10-41	J.Hahn 5-98	79,700
Week 14	0	at Miami Dolphins	45	R.Burke 12-28-92	A.Donaldson 14-38	C.Dresback 4-35	73,900
Week 15	9	Carolina Panthers	21	R.Burke 10-32-125	A.Donaldson 8-34	C.Dresback 2-48	69,500
Week 16	31	at Buffalo Bills	27	N.Nybo 16-26-188	A.Donaldson 22-74	S.Preston 7-96	71,300
Week 17	8	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23	R.Burke 11-23-116	J.Stine 12-20	J.Hahn 4-43	60,600

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
Norbert Nybo	394	207	2347	5.95	9	11
Rob Burke	111	48	513	4.62	2	6
Team	529	265	2972	5.61	11	17

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
John Stine	RB	216	666	3.08	2
Antoine Donaldson	RB	88	336	3.81	3
Team	---	366	1236	3.37	6

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Jake Hahn	SE	119	64	897	14.0	73	5
Clay Dresback	FL	115	49	598	12.2	73	0
Allen Shifflett	FL	102	46	518	11.2	55	4
Shane Preston	SE	95	44	552	12.5	37	1
Roosevelt Polk	TE	36	18	139	7.7	21	0
Team	---	529	265	2972	11.2	343	11

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Donovan Stone	MLB	81	24	1.0	0	0	2
Lester Miller	LCB	65	23	1.0	0	2	6
Brett Raffensperger	RCB	64	16	0.0	0	1	8
Bernard Hoover	SLB	56	23	2.0	3	5	4
J.C. Fleishman	RCB	56	15	0.0	1	3	4
Leslie Rivera	WLB	53	12	2.0	0	0	4
Leland Cox	FS	53	21	0.0	0	1	9
Rusty James	SLB	46	22	3.0	0	1	4
Ellis Edwards	RDE	42	19	1.0	10	0	1
Erik Holmes	LDE	41	20	6.0	5	0	1
Ernie Ramsey	SS	39	21	0.0	0	0	4
Leo Brewster	LDT	37	16	3.0	5	0	0
Brenden Levine	SS	37	13	1.0	0	2	1
Rick Desai	MLB	35	13	0.0	1	0	1
Dean Goel	RCB	34	8	1.0	0	2	3
Sammie Green	LDE	32	15	5.0	12	0	0
Cory Finch	FS	25	11	0.0	0	1	6
Antonio Ackerman	LDT	22	6	1.0	3	0	0
Mike Curley	LDT	19	6	2.0	2	0	1
Team	---	914	316	29.0	43	18	59

Atlanta Team Rank Rushes 366 31 Rushing Yards 1236 32 Yards Per Carry 3.37 32 Pass Attempts 529 18 Completions 265 31 Passing Yards 2972 29 Yards Per Attempt 5.61 28 (T) 3rd Down Conversions 36.4 28 Points Per Game 11.8 31 Turnovers 26 18 (T) Turnover Margin +2 11 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes 533 32 Rushing Yards 2464 32 Yards Per Carry 4.62 31 Pass Attempts 504 7 Completions 323 23 Passing Yards 3477 15 Yards Per Attempt 6.89 25 3rd Down Conversions 49.5 31 Points Per Game 25.3 31 Turnovers 28 10 (T) Turnover Margin -2 20 (T)

Not many surprises here, although the play of SE Jake Hahn is worth noting. He might turn into a pretty good possession receiver for us. Considering that Dresback is more of a deep threat, they could be a pretty potent combination.

[Ben E Lou]

2006

DRAFT

1(4)--RDT Jeffrey Crawford--49/71--Big ol' run-stopping defensive tackle.

2(4)--RCB Carl Morris--29/55--Potentially very good cover corner.

3(4)--LT Phil Andrews--16/50--If he can live up to his decent potential, it would be nice. A bit of a reach, I think.

4(4)--RG Kent Boeck--14/44--A high performer at the combine.

5(4)--TE Glenn Buchanan--26/44--Nice combine. With a little luck, he can complete the starting receiver corps.

6(4)--LCB Fernando Buckner--19/34--6.88 agility score, decent elsewhere. Worth a shot this late, imho.

7(4)--RT Henry Price--8/40--Unlikely to pan out, but if he does, he could be an above average pass blocker.

PLAYER REPORT

Player	#	Pos	Start	Exp	Current Estimate	Future Estimate	Contract	On Team
Nybo, Norbert	11	QB	0	2	29	54	3 yrs.	2005
Burke, Rob	17	QB	99	2	13	37	1 yr.	2005
Melchior, Ted	15	QB	99	1	10	46	2 yrs.	2006
Stine, John	45	RB	99	2	33	42	2 yrs.	2005
Donaldson, Antoine	20	RB	1	2	30	37	1 yr.	2005
##Nader, Glenn	35	RB	100	1	26	30	2 yrs.	2006
Pierce, Lee	34	RB	99	2	22	36	1 yr.	2005
Ocasio, Brian	41	FB	2	2	34	40	1 yr.	2005
**Conrath, Norm	26	FB	101	2	24	36	1 yr.	2005
##McMichael, Britt	48	FB	100	2	18	35	1 yr.	2005
Polk, Roosevelt	87	TE	99	2	34	48	2 yrs.	2005
Buchanan, Glenn	84	TE	3	1	29	46	3 yrs.	2006
##Delap, Neal	83	TE	100	2	26	36	1 yr.	2005
Quinteros, Kenyon	88	TE	99	1	25	50	2 yrs.	2006
Dresback, Clay	86	WR	4	2	38	52	2 yrs.	2005
Shifflett, Allen	18	WR	99	2	24	33	1 yr.	2005
Hahn, Jake	85	C	5	2	30	35	1 yr.	2005
Preston, Shane	6	C	99	2	25	32	1 yr.	2005
Lofton, Ian	56	P	8	2	42	50	1 yr.	2005
##Pierce, Harris	58	P	100	2	18	34	1 yr.	2006
Coffey, Floyd	59	P	99	1	14	40	1 yr.	2006
Mathews, Doug	68	T	7	2	23	32	1 yr.	2005
**Harmon, Harry	62	K	101	2	23	35	1 yr.	2005
McCarroll, Jake	76	K	99	2	23	30	1 yr.	2005
Boeck, Kent	63	K	9	1	16	39	3 yrs.	2006
Andrews, Phil	64	G	6	1	18	49	3 yrs.	2006
Zinn, Leslie	69	DE	99	2	21	37	1 yr.	2005
Price, Henry	66	DE	10	1	18	58	3 yrs.	2006
Fisher, Jack	72	DE	99	2	10	29	1 yr.	2005
Ballard, Cris	1	DT	99	1	44	55	2 yrs.	2006
Galloway, Luther	9	ILB	99	2	10	28	1 yr.	2005
Holmes, Erik	77	OLB	13	2	24	35	1 yr.	2005
Green, Sammie	74	OLB	99	2	23	35	1 yr.	2005
Edwards, Ellis	95	17	17	2	19	29	1 yr.	2005
McConnell, Derek	50	17	99	2	16	34	1 yr.	2005
Brewster, Leo	92	CB	16	2	18	26	1 yr.	2005
Ackerman, Antonio	99	CB	99	2	16	27	1 yr.	2005
Curley, Mike	98	CB	14	2	16	36	1 yr.	2005
**Crawford, Jeffrey	93	16	101	1	52	71	5 yrs.	2006
Stone, Donovan	94	20	20	2	25	42	2 yrs.	2005
Desai, Rick	51	20	99	2	23	37	1 yr.	2005
Hoover, Bernard	96	18	18	2	33	45	2 yrs.	2005
James, Rusty	53	18	99	2	22	40	1 yr.	2005
Rivera, Leslie	54	22	22	2	22	40	1 yr.	2005
##Good, Steve	97	22	100	2	12	34	1 yr.	2005
Miller, Lester	46	23	23	2	30	38	1 yr.	2005
Buckner, Fernando	44	23	99	1	22	37	3 yrs.	2006
##Mathis, John	32	23	100	2	16	33	1 yr.	2005
##Crawford, Earl	49	23	100	2	11	21	1 yr.	2005
Morris, Carl	43	24	24	1	34	56	4 yrs.	2006
Raffensperger, Brett	30	24	99	2	33	47	2 yrs.	2005
Goel, Dean	37	24	99	2	20	40	1 yr.	2005
Ramsey, Ernie	24	25	99	2	27	40	1 yr.	2005
Levine, Brenden	39	25	99	2	22	37	1 yr.	2005
Cox, Leland	40	26	25	2	37	42	1 yr.	2005
Finch, Cory	42	26	26	2	31	37	1 yr.	2005

Of note is that 7th-round draft choice RT Price is an immediate breakout, and 3rd-rounder LT Andrews only dropped one point. It would be VERY nice to see these two guys pan out and become our bookend tackles. Also of note is that 1st-round pick Crawford ruptures his Achilles Tendon in the preseason and misses the entire season.

RESULTS

2006 Regular Season (4-12)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	13	Carolina Panthers	24	N.Nybo 14-37-141	A.Donaldson 16-44	S.Preston 3-43	70,200
Week 2	20	at Cleveland Browns	17	N.Nybo 13-24-119	J.Stine 24-86	J.Hahn 4-48	72,300
Week 3	0	Arizona Cardinals	22	R.Burke 10-22-78	J.Stine 14-36	A.Shifflett 4-30	69,500
Week 4	0	at Philadelphia Eagles	40	R.Burke 8-25-72	J.Stine 6-13	A.Shifflett 2-25	68,500
Week 5	0	Washington Redskins	30	N.Nybo 9-29-72	J.Stine 8-32	J.Hahn 4-40	69,500
Week 6	16	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	N.Nybo 15-35-136	J.Stine 13-56	A.Shifflett 2-37	69,500
Week 7	17	at Carolina Panthers	13	N.Nybo 14-43-197	J.Stine 15-51	C.Dresback 6-113	68,600
Week 8	Bye Week
Week 9	17	at Dallas Cowboys	27	N.Nybo 18-28-182	A.Donaldson 17-76	C.Dresback 5-73	61,000
Week 10	3	New York Giants	30	N.Nybo 15-39-134	A.Donaldson 12-53	C.Dresback 6-66	71,100
Week 11	0	at New Orleans Saints	26	N.Nybo 10-27-83	A.Donaldson 11-65	C.Dresback 5-42	58,000
Week 12	13	at Pittsburgh Steelers	10	N.Nybo 11-22-134	A.Donaldson 17-54	J.Hahn 4-70	63,000
Week 13	0	at Minnesota Vikings	33	N.Nybo 13-28-100	A.Donaldson 8-35	D.Brinsfield 5-50	61,000
Week 14	10	Cincinnati Bengals	13	N.Nybo 14-25-120	A.Donaldson 16-98	C.Dresback 5-38	69,500
Week 15	14	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	28	N.Nybo 19-39-219	A.Donaldson 12-52	C.Dresback 6-78	61,300
Week 16	7	Baltimore Ravens	21	N.Nybo 16-36-131	A.Donaldson 11-28	C.Dresback 4-43	70,200
Week 17	0	New Orleans Saints	7	N.Nybo 20-38-189	A.Donaldson 14-43	J.Hahn 7-63	68,100

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
Norbert Nybo	450	201	1957	4.34	6	15
Rob Burke	61	24	186	3.04	0	1
Team	521	227	2167	4.15	6	17

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
Antoine Donaldson	RB	139	557	4.00	2
John Stine	RB	127	416	3.27	4
Team	---	329	1241	3.77	7

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Clay Dresback	FL	124	53	606	11.4	94	3
Jake Hahn	SE	122	47	485	10.3	22	0
Allen Shifflett	FL	103	46	440	9.5	38	2
Dexter Brinsfield	FL	50	20	207	10.3	4	0
Team	---	521	227	2167	9.5	251	6

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Rusty James	SLB	85	25	4.5	2	1	4
Leland Cox	FS	66	34	0.0	0	2	7
Carl Morris	RCB	65	22	0.0	0	1	7
Leslie Rivera	WLB	63	22	2.0	2	0	1
Lester Miller	LCB	63	37	0.0	0	4	3
Donovan Stone	MLB	57	24	1.5	0	2	2
Rick Desai	MLB	52	12	1.0	0	0	5
Cory Finch	FS	51	22	0.0	0	5	9
Mike Curley	LDT	48	18	2.0	5	0	0
Erik Holmes	LDE	34	11	2.0	3	0	0
Ernie Ramsey	SS	32	16	0.0	0	0	3
Bernard Hoover	SLB	31	9	1.0	3	0	2
Brett Raffensperger	RCB	29	9	0.0	0	0	3
Leo Brewster	LDT	28	16	5.0	0	0	1
Sammie Green	LDE	27	17	5.0	10	0	0
Derek McConnell	RDE	27	13	3.0	5	0	0
Brenden Levine	SS	25	14	0.0	0	0	2
Fernando Buckner	LCB	25	7	0.0	1	2	2
Ellis Edwards	RDE	24	10	2.0	5	0	0
Buddy Morrison	LDE	22	9	0.5	4	0	0
Dean Goel	RCB	22	6	0.0	1	2	1
Antonio Ackerman	LDT	19	7	0.5	4	0	0
Team	---	966	363	30.0	46	19	52

Atlanta Team Rank Rushes 329 32 Rushing Yards 1241 32 Yards Per Carry 3.77 25 (T) Pass Attempts 521 18 Completions 227 32 Passing Yards 2167 32 Yards Per Attempt 4.15 32 3rd Down Conversions 29.1 32 Points Per Game 8.1 32 Turnovers 20 11 (T) Turnover Margin +15 2 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes 566 32 Rushing Yards 2440 32 Yards Per Carry 4.31 30 Pass Attempts 537 20 Completions 342 31 Passing Yards 3643 23 Yards Per Attempt 6.78 21 3rd Down Conversions 51.2 32 Points Per Game 22.1 29 Turnovers 35 2 Turnover Margin -15 30 (T)

Hmmmm....QB Nybo took a significant step back, stats-wise, using pretty much the same game plan as last year's. If he doesn't get it going better than this next year, I may be looking at another QB. A relatively bright spot was the play of RB Antoine Donaldson.

[Ben E Lou]

2007

For the first time, two of my staff members' contracts expire. I failed to mention that another thing hampering this career is that my scout is Poor in Young Talent. His contract runs out after this year. The Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator whose contracts run out this year are pretty good, but better options are available. I rehire my 51-year-old Head Coach (G/G/G/VG/VG) for a four-year stint, and I hire a new Offensive Coordinator (VG/G/G/VG/AVG/VG, age 53) to a 4-year deal.

I get two bits of really bad injury-related news: Last year's first round pick, RDT Jeffrey Crawford, dropped all the way from 52/71 to 23/41 in the offseason. Also, SLB Bernard Hoover drops from 36/45 to 18/24.

In free agency this year, I sign a 9 2nd and 3rd-year guys who are available and are better than my current starters, but at this point I'll only mention the three who graded at 4.0 or better....

K Richard Conway--5.7--Rated 67/96 in accuracy, mediocre elsewhere. Should be good enough at this point. 2-year deal.

FB Carl Singleton--4.1--Pretty good blocker and safety valve receiver.

SLB Jon McElroy--4.7--68/100 in run defense. Good pass rusher. Below average coverage skills. He gets a modest 3-year deal.

DRAFT

I have the 1(1) pick this year. With SO many needs, I decide to deal it to get more draft picks. I drop down to #5, and also pick up the 2(5), the 3(5), and the GB first round picks for the next two seasons.

1(5)--MLB Al Stephenson--50/89--A likely star in an important defensive position.

2(1)--RB Stan Hevey--29/48--4.45 speed and good-looking elsewhere.

2(5)--LCB Randall Lentz--22/41--Lots of signs are there that he could be a shut-down corner for us.

3(1)--SS Geoff Estell--21/37--Should help against both the run and the pass.

3(5)--FB Renaldo Wilcox--48/72--Yeah, I signed a FA, but this guy should be a stud.

4(1)--RCB Lawrence Hinojosa--12/48--With a little luck, this draft could now finish off our secondary.

5(1)--LT Antonio Huntley--13/43--I move him to RG.

6(1)--QB Brock Money--13/40--Just in case he's needed...

7(1)--SE Reggie Freeman--21/39--Only four WR's under contract, and this guy could be something.

Immediately after the draft, LCB Lentz drops to 13/26, but RCB Hinojosa jumps up to 13/54. Lentz may go unsigned.

SS Estell is up to

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53-MAN ROSTER

Player	#	Pos	Start	Exp	Current Estimate	Future Estimate	Contract	On Team
Nybo, Norbert	11	QB	0	3	36	51	2 yrs.	2005
Burke, Rob	17	QB	99	3	18	43	2 yrs.	2005
Money, Brock	16	QB	99	1	18	43	3 yrs.	2007
##Melchior, Ted	15	QB	100	2	13	48	1 yr.	2006
##Stine, John	45	RB	100	3	37	43	1 yr.	2005
Hevey, Stan	36	RB	1	1	31	42	3 yrs.	2007
Donaldson, Antoine	20	RB	99	3	29	36	3 yrs.	2005
Greene, Lionel	27	RB	99	1	26	34	2 yrs.	2007
Wilcox, Renaldo	38	FB	2	1	49	71	3 yrs.	2007
Singleton, Carl	26	FB	99	3	43	46	3 yrs.	2007
**Ocasio, Brian	41	FB	101	3	40	41	3 yrs.	2005
Polk, Roosevelt	87	TE	99	3	41	45	1 yr.	2005
Buchanan, Glenn	84	TE	3	2	34	47	2 yrs.	2006
##Quinteros, Kenyon	88	TE	100	2	28	47	1 yr.	2006
Dresback, Clay	86	WR	4	3	49	55	1 yr.	2005
Keeler, Randall	82	WR	99	3	31	40	2 yrs.	2007
Hahn, Jake	85	SE	5	3	38	38	2 yrs.	2005
Hines, Victor	80	SE	99	1	19	39	2 yrs.	2007
Lofton, Ian	56	C	8	3	54	54	2 yrs.	2005
Patton, Gabe	57	C	99	1	21	42	2 yrs.	2007
Huntley, Antonio	75	G	7	1	13	42	3 yrs.	2007
Blake, Charlie	61	G	99	1	22	34	2 yrs.	2007
Boeck, Kent	63	G	99	2	19	35	2 yrs.	2006
Isaia, Jose	70	G	9	3	18	39	2 yrs.	2007
Andrews, Phil	64	T	6	2	30	50	2 yrs.	2006
Price, Henry	66	T	10	2	31	57	2 yrs.	2006
Zinn, Leslie	69	T	99	3	27	41	2 yrs.	2005
##Lang, Emmitt	65	T	100	1	11	34	2 yrs.	2007
Joscelyn, Howie	13	P	99	2	39	49	2 yrs.	2007
Conway, Richard	5	K	99	2	57	71	4 yrs.	2007
Morrison, Buddy	90	DE	13	3	28	38	2 yrs.	2006
Green, Sammie	74	DE	99	3	27	35	1 yr.	2005
Holmes, Erik	77	DE	99	3	26	35	2 yrs.	2005
Upchurch, Mitch	71	DE	17	3	30	44	2 yrs.	2007
Desai, Rick	51	DE	99	3	19	40	1 yr.	2005
Preston, James	79	DT	14	3	36	47	2 yrs.	2007
Curley, Mike	98	DT	99	3	26	43	3 yrs.	2005
##Alcott, Scott	73	DT	100	1	19	33	2 yrs.	2007
Crawford, Jeffrey	93	DT	16	2	31	44	4 yrs.	2006
Stephenson, Al	91	MLB	20	1	54	86	5 yrs.	2007
Stone, Donovan	94	MLB	99	3	28	38	1 yr.	2005
McElroy, Jon	55	OLB	18	3	49	54	3 yrs.	2007
James, Rusty	53	OLB	22	3	29	41	2 yrs.	2005
Rivera, Leslie	54	OLB	99	3	25	40	2 yrs.	2005
Miller, Lester	46	CB	99	3	39	39	2 yrs.	2005
Dawson, Jim	21	CB	23	3	33	45	3 yrs.	2007
##Buckner, Fernando	44	CB	100	2	27	38	2 yrs.	2006
Morris, Carl	43	CB	24	2	49	56	3 yrs.	2006
Raffensperger, Brett	30	CB	99	3	38	47	1 yr.	2005
##Hinojosa, Lawrence	29	CB	100	1	17	56	3 yrs.	2007
Estell, Geoff	33	S	99	1	25	42	3 yrs.	2007
Cox, Leland	40	S	25	3	43	43	3 yrs.	2005
Finch, Cory	42	S	26	3	36	38	3 yrs.	2005
Loomis, Emmanuel	23	S	99	3	28	39	1 yr.	2007

No huge changes in training camp. We could have a decent passing offense this season.

RESULTS

2007 Regular Season (6-10)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	10	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	N.Nybo 20-38-249	S.Hevey 12-35	C.Dresback 6-111	70,200
Week 2	21	at Houston Texans	35	N.Nybo 24-40-255	S.Hevey 20-53	R.Keeler 8-89	63,900
Week 3	10	Green Bay Packers	9	N.Nybo 15-19-180	S.Hevey 18-81	J.Hahn 3-60	68,100
Week 4	7	Seattle Seahawks	19	N.Nybo 16-32-178	A.Donaldson 9-78	J.Hahn 3-63	69,500
Week 5	Bye Week
Week 6	0	at Arizona Cardinals	16	N.Nybo 10-34-105	A.Donaldson 12-25	R.Keeler 4-40	45,900
Week 7	19	Carolina Panthers	10	N.Nybo 14-25-162	A.Donaldson 18-80	C.Dresback 3-68	68,100
Week 8	6	at San Francisco 49ers	34	N.Nybo 17-35-148	A.Donaldson 9-32	J.Hahn 7-60	62,000
Week 9	20	St. Louis Rams	16	N.Nybo 21-30-163	A.Donaldson 23-101	C.Dresback 8-79	68,800
Week 10	22	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	N.Nybo 14-22-138	A.Donaldson 18-49	J.Hahn 7-89	61,200
Week 11	16	New Orleans Saints	13	R.Burke 23-40-156	A.Donaldson 17-95	J.Hahn 9-71	69,500
Week 12	6	at Tennessee Titans	34	R.Burke 19-34-107	S.Hevey 10-73	R.Keeler 7-46	60,500
Week 13	13	at Washington Redskins	30	R.Burke 10-27-117	S.Hevey 8-25	J.Hahn 6-63	79,400
Week 14	22	Jacksonville Jaguars	24	B.Money 12-22-146	A.Donaldson 11-38	C.Dresback 7-181	68,800
Week 15	6	at New Orleans Saints	30	B.Money 11-24-117	A.Donaldson 14-74	C.Dresback 3-40	61,200
Week 16	20	Indianapolis Colts	17	B.Money 17-24-236	A.Donaldson 14-57	C.Dresback 9-194	71,100
Week 17	10	at Carolina Panthers	29	B.Money 13-31-165	A.Donaldson 8-25	C.Dresback 5-114	65,300

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
Norbert Nybo	275	151	1578	5.73	6	9
Rob Burke	136	67	630	4.63	2	4
Brock Money	110	59	756	6.87	4	5
Team	522	278	2970	5.68	13	18

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
Antoine Donaldson	RB	179	706	3.94	4
Stan Hevey	RB	152	527	3.46	1
Team	---	384	1379	3.59	6

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Jake Hahn	SE	130	66	700	10.6	86	1
Clay Dresback	FL	130	64	1153	18.0	285	3
Randall Keeler	FL	91	51	497	9.7	41	3
Stan Hevey	RB	43	28	171	6.1	127	2
Victor Hines	SE	42	21	179	8.5	10	2
Glenn Buchanan	TE	32	19	115	6.0	15	2
Team	---	522	278	2970	10.6	599	13

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Jon McElroy	SLB	110	41	5.0	7	1	4
Al Stephenson	MLB	99	41	1.0	1	1	6
Rusty James	SLB	74	25	2.0	3	0	5
Cory Finch	FS	69	27	0.0	0	5	15
Carl Morris	RCB	62	27	0.0	1	2	13
Jim Dawson	LCB	58	10	0.0	0	1	8
Leland Cox	FS	55	22	0.0	0	1	7
Lester Miller	LCB	42	10	0.0	1	2	4
Jeffrey Crawford	RDT	41	22	2.0	7	0	1
Geoff Estell	SS	40	16	0.0	0	0	5
Mitch Upchurch	RDE	36	10	3.0	4	0	0
Buddy Morrison	LDE	33	4	0.5	4	0	0
James Preston	LDT	30	17	1.5	6	0	1
Sammie Green	LDE	20	3	3.0	10	0	1
Brett Raffensperger	RCB	18	3	1.0	0	0	0
Mike Curley	LDT	16	10	2.0	2	0	0
Team	---	923	307	23.0	49	13	72

Atlanta Team Rank Rushes 384 31 Rushing Yards 1379 32 Yards Per Carry 3.59 30 Pass Attempts 522 22 Completions 278 30 Passing Yards 2970 31 Yards Per Attempt 5.68 31 3rd Down Conversions 29.2 32 Points Per Game 13.0 31 Turnovers 24 14 (T) Turnover Margin 0 16 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes 506 29 Rushing Yards 2124 30 Yards Per Carry 4.19 25 Pass Attempts 568 27 Completions 342 32 Passing Yards 3437 9 Yards Per Attempt 6.05 5 3rd Down Conversions 42.0 22 Points Per Game 21.8 28 Turnovers 24 19 (T) Turnover Margin 0 15 (T)

QB Nybo suffered a compound leg fracture in week 10. Ouch! I'm also concerned about RCB Carl Morris, who suffered a 33-week torn quad in the last game of the season. Defensively, we didn't play all that poorly, and we were pretty good against the pass. Looks like I need a defensive lineman or two to help stop the run, and I'll be ok. The offense is still up in the air though.

[Ben E Lou]

Forgot to mention that MLB Al Stephenson was named defensive rookie of the year and SLB Jon McElroy was named 1st Team All Pro.

[Ben E Lou]

2008

I'm able to get rid of my horrid scout, and get a decent one. He's Good in Young Talent and Defensive Linemen. I sign him to a one-year deal.

QB Nybo drops all the way to 22/30, and can no longer be considered a serious candidate to lead this team. RCB Morris picks up one point, and is out for 8 more weeks. Hopefully, he'll fully recover.

A few key players become RFA's this year, and get decent-sized contracts. The biggest goes to FL Clay Dresback: 5 years, $39.5M. I'm still nowhere near the cap, so I can re-sign everyone I want. Most accept little to no bonus.

In free agency this year, I signed four defensive linemen with run-stopping skills, 3 tackles and 1 end. The best of them is LDT Clarence Bivins, who is rated 57/71 in run defense, 56/66 in diagnosis, and 42/48 overall. He's a fourth year man who started 24 games for Miami over the past two seasons. He gets a five-year deal worth $21.25M.

DRAFT

Due to my trade last year, I have the #7 pick in the first round, going along with the #8 pick in rounds 1-7. The player I want most is likely to go #1 overall. It takes both 1st-rounders and one first-rounder from next year, along with 2(7) and 3(7), but I'm thinking it will be worth it. Here's the draft:

1(1)--RDE Hunter Branch--51/84--If he pans out, he should be a GREAT player.

4(8)--SE Ernest Freeman--18/45--I could use another good receiver. Hopefully Freeman can fit the bill. He also has some kick return skills.

5(8)--TE Desmond Lieberman--26/48--Neither of the TE's I've drafted so far look like the solution there.

Counting the draft, I will have 59 players under contract, so I trade away 6(8) and 7(8) for a 5th rounder next year.

After preseason, former first-rounder Jeffrey Crawford gets cut. Might as well take the cap hit now. He's down to 35/40. He had a major injury in his very first season. As the season approaches, RCB Morris drop to 31/34 and gets put on IR for the season.

RESULTS

2008 Regular Season (3-13)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	7	New Orleans Saints	30	B.Money 21-39-192	L.Greene 11-27	C.Dresback 8-62	69,500
Week 2	17	San Diego Chargers	27	B.Money 22-33-249	L.Greene 15-79	C.Dresback 7-100	67,300
Week 3	3	Philadelphia Eagles	27	B.Money 6-17-64	L.Greene 10-38	C.Dresback 6-46	68,800
Week 4	3	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	B.Money 15-25-109	L.Greene 7-20	J.Hahn 7-56	57,400
Week 5	19	Carolina Panthers	20	B.Money 24-37-278	L.Greene 20-71	R.Keeler 9-113	65,900
Week 6	22	Minnesota Vikings	30	B.Money 20-37-250	L.Jarvis 6-30	R.Keeler 5-130	64,500
Week 7	10	at Green Bay Packers	15	B.Money 11-26-81	L.Jarvis 12-96	J.Hahn 6-67	64,900
Week 8	17	Detroit Lions	27	B.Money 14-26-114	L.Jarvis 17-103	J.Hahn 4-43	65,200
Week 9	10	at Chicago Bears	13	B.Money 21-40-208	L.Jarvis 13-49	R.Keeler 5-86	61,500
Week 10	3	at New Orleans Saints	35	B.Money 19-36-188	L.Jarvis 14-50	R.Keeler 10-100	62,900
Week 11	Bye Week
Week 12	14	Oakland Raiders	16	B.Money 16-25-154	L.Jarvis 16-52	R.Keeler 3-51	62,300
Week 13	24	at Arizona Cardinals	10	B.Money 23-29-226	A.Donaldson 22-134	J.Hahn 9-118	42,900
Week 14	3	at Kansas City Chiefs	31	B.Money 14-35-98	A.Donaldson 7-56	J.Hahn 5-39	78,900
Week 15	24	at Carolina Panthers	32	B.Money 24-35-192	L.Jarvis 16-62	C.Dresback 8-96	64,800
Week 16	16	at Denver Broncos	14	B.Money 14-26-194	L.Jarvis 21-120	R.Keeler 3-48	73,100
Week 17	17	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	9	B.Money 26-35-229	L.Jarvis 20-67	J.Hahn 6-71	63,700

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
Brock Money	501	290	2826	5.64	12	17
Team	525	301	2893	5.51	12	17

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
Lionel Jarvis	RB	172	784	4.55	5
Lionel Greene	RB	100	349	3.49	1
Antoine Donaldson	RB	58	337	5.81	2
Team	---	379	1654	4.36	10

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Jake Hahn	SE	122	72	823	11.4	101	8
Randall Keeler	FL	86	51	665	13.0	103	2
Clay Dresback	FL	75	43	448	10.4	106	1
Renaldo Wilcox	FB	49	32	176	5.5	110	0
Victor Hines	SE	61	31	324	10.4	55	0
Glenn Buchanan	TE	43	22	141	6.4	9	0
Team	---	523	301	2893	9.6	537	12

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Al Stephenson	MLB	134	50	4.0	1	1	1
Rusty James	SLB	89	24	0.0	2	0	8
Geoff Estell	SS	89	33	0.0	0	3	11
Hunter Branch	RDE	48	17	6.5	13	0	0
Jeff Salgado	RDT	46	20	2.5	5	0	0
Jim Dawson	LCB	44	13	0.0	0	0	1
Clarence Bivins	LDT	43	14	1.0	8	0	2
Brett Raffensperger	RCB	43	20	0.0	0	0	7
Jon McElroy	SLB	40	18	0.0	1	0	1
Leon Selleck	WLB	37	12	6.5	3	0	0
Emmanuel Loomis	FS	33	9	0.0	0	1	2
Lawrence Hinojosa	RCB	26	2	0.5	1	2	6
Lester Miller	LCB	25	11	0.0	0	0	4
Herman Grogan	LDE	24	8	2.0	3	0	0
Donovan Stone	MLB	20	3	0.0	0	0	2
Leland Cox	FS	18	15	0.0	0	0	2
Kenyon Middleton	FS	17	6	0.0	0	0	2
Team	---	893	308	26.0	47	8	50

Atlanta Team Rank Rushes 379 32 Rushing Yards 1654 29 Yards Per Carry 4.36 4 Pass Attempts 525 12 Completions 301 19 Passing Yards 2893 28 Yards Per Attempt 5.51 30 3rd Down Conversions 34.8 29 Points Per Game 13.0 32 Turnovers 26 19 Turnover Margin -9 24 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes 512 30 Rushing Yards 2043 24 Yards Per Carry 3.99 15 Pass Attempts 514 14 Completions 322 26 (T) Passing Yards 3564 22 Yards Per Attempt 6.93 22 3rd Down Conversions 48.6 30 Points Per Game 22.5 27 Turnovers 17 30 (T) Turnover Margin +9 8 (T)

Bottom line: I need to find a QB. Burke came back from injury, then got hurt again, but I doubt that he's the solution.

[jbmagic]

nice dynasty

i suppose your Atlanta right?

and how did you get that team to have the worse record in 2004? that so hard to do by resimming alot..

[Ben E Lou]

Working on 2009 right now, but had to go ahead and post this. I have the #2 pick in the draft. Meet Sammy "The Solution" Summers.

[Ben E Lou]

2009

This year brings a new scout and defensive coordinator. The scout is signed to a 3-year deal, and is best at young talent, QB's and RB's. The D-Coordinator is quite good overall, and is young. He gets a five-year deal.

Free agency rolls around, and a player that, to my experience, is a rarity in 5.1b is available: a very good QB in his 5th season. Jacksonville's QB Marty McKnight, drafted 1(14) in 2005, had an 87.7 rating last season. I pursue him hard, but he signs with Tampa Bay. Former 2(1) pick RB Stan Hevey gets cut. Also cut is former 2(4) pick Carl Morris, who was severely impacted by an injury. I also sign the following players worth noting:

RG Robert Tyler--6.9--This 5th-year man, drafted 1(13) by the Eagles, was All Pro last year. He should provide immediate help on the offensive line.

C Ian Lofton--5.7--I re-sign him on the open market.

DRAFT

I have the #2 pick in round 1, and the #1 in the other 6 rounds. I also have the 5(19) pick. As was mentioned in the previous post, I get a stud QB. Nice!

1(2)--QB Sammy "The Solution" Summers--35/74--There's really nothing that I don't like about this guy. Hopefully this phenom will pan out and avoid injury.

2(1)--LG Rodney Jeffries--35/57--LG is right now the weakest link along the offensive line. Looks like he can shore it up.

3(1)--WLB Rex Pierce--20/55--Another "weak link" position right now.

4(1)--LT Lionel Rice--15/47--Only two tackles are under contract.

5(1)--FL Bob Goldsmith--17/43--Has a chance to be a solid WR3.

5(19)--LCB Shawn Connell--22/37--Probably a stretch for him to pan out, but it is getting late in the draft.

6(1)--MLB Dixon Otis--22/38--Probably no better than a backup.

7(1)--RB Howard Conroy--33/36--Big and strong back.

In important post-camp news, "The Solution" is up to 41/75. Also of note is that Rodney Jeffries is now 41/63 and Shawn Connell is 26/47.

RESULTS

2009 Regular Season (9-7)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	17	at Carolina Panthers	6	S.Summers 25-32-234	L.Jarvis 20-67	C.Dresback 8-96	67,300
Week 2	30	at New York Jets	24	S.Summers 17-31-195	L.Jarvis 18-53	C.Dresback 3-74	95,400
Week 3	11	at Seattle Seahawks	26	S.Summers 24-40-327	L.Jarvis 11-36	J.Hahn 8-117	52,300
Week 4	16	at Philadelphia Eagles	13	S.Summers 15-31-163	A.Donaldson 7-57	C.Dresback 3-52	68,500
Week 5	12	Washington Redskins	10	S.Summers 16-41-198	A.Donaldson 24-142	C.Dresback 5-71	70,200
Week 6	14	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	S.Summers 17-31-184	S.Summers 5-24	J.Hahn 6-79	56,200
Week 7	16	Carolina Panthers	10	S.Summers 21-45-259	L.Jarvis 13-84	E.Freeman 6-88	70,200
Week 8	Bye Week
Week 9	10	at Dallas Cowboys	16	S.Summers 20-46-229	A.Donaldson 11-33	J.Hahn 9-167	74,800
Week 10	23	New York Giants	20	S.Summers 23-34-274	L.Jarvis 7-45	E.Freeman 6-87	71,100
Week 11	27	New Orleans Saints	14	S.Summers 12-22-157	A.Donaldson 21-70	J.Hahn 6-89	71,100
Week 12	3	at New England Patriots	15	S.Summers 20-32-254	A.Donaldson 12-54	J.Hahn 3-85	64,500
Week 13	24	Green Bay Packers	23	S.Summers 14-35-195	A.Donaldson 19-115	J.Hahn 5-101	71,100
Week 14	22	Miami Dolphins	27	S.Summers 16-37-223	A.Donaldson 13-53	G.Buchanan 5-62	71,100
Week 15	17	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	27	S.Summers 25-49-256	L.Jarvis 4-31	E.Freeman 9-133	71,100
Week 16	24	Buffalo Bills	27	S.Summers 28-46-323	A.Donaldson 13-45	E.Freeman 7-101	71,100
Week 17	27	at New Orleans Saints	24	S.Summers 20-28-237	A.Donaldson 12-67	B.Goldsmith 4-76	65,500
2009 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
W. Card	17	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20	S.Summers 10-24-171	A.Donaldson 22-89	J.Hahn 4-68	59,400

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
Sammy Summers	580	313	3708	6.39	17	13
Team	580	313	3708	6.39	17	13

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
Antoine Donaldson	RB	180	763	4.23	8
Lionel Jarvis	RB	148	508	3.43	1
Sammy Summers	QB	69	362	5.24	2
Team	---	459	1845	4.01	13

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Jake Hahn	SE	142	74	1076	14.5	140	4
Ernest Freeman	SE	110	61	825	13.5	156	7
Clay Dresback	FL	74	38	500	13.1	89	1
Renaldo Wilcox	FB	43	30	176	5.8	52	1
Glenn Buchanan	TE	42	27	244	9.0	37	1
Bob Goldsmith	FL	60	27	380	14.0	9	1
Alex Nicoloro	FL	51	27	294	10.8	38	1
Team	---	578	313	3708	11.8	573	17

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Jon McElroy	SLB	101	38	4.0	8	2	12
Al Stephenson	MLB	84	19	2.0	2	0	3
Geoff Estell	SS	74	30	0.0	0	4	12
Hunter Branch	RDE	62	23	15.0	17	0	0
Leland Cox	FS	58	25	0.5	0	2	12
Rex Pierce	WLB	42	17	1.0	0	1	6
Frank Hatcher	LCB	41	15	0.0	0	1	13
Lawrence Hinojosa	RCB	38	15	0.0	0	1	10
Jeff Salgado	RDT	34	14	2.5	1	0	0
Jim Dawson	LCB	33	6	4.0	0	2	2
Herman Grogan	LDE	25	9	6.0	15	0	0
Rusty James	SLB	22	5	1.0	0	1	0
Chad Gray	LDT	21	13	0.5	4	0	0
Clarence Bivins	LDT	20	10	1.0	5	0	0
Cory Finch	FS	20	3	0.0	0	3	4
Ernest Freeman	SE	16	0	0.0	0	0	0
Team	---	788	258	43.0	60	18	78

Atlanta Team Rank Rushes 459 15 (T) Rushing Yards 1845 15 Yards Per Carry 4.01 16 Pass Attempts 580 4 Completions 313 14 Passing Yards 3708 14 Yards Per Attempt 6.39 26 3rd Down Conversions 42.1 17 Points Per Game 18.3 23 (T) Turnovers 25 19 (T) Turnover Margin 0 14 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes 419 7 (T) Rushing Yards 1671 10 Yards Per Carry 3.98 18 Pass Attempts 496 5 (T) Completions 273 2 Passing Yards 3182 5 Yards Per Attempt 6.41 7 3rd Down Conversions 36.9 4 (T) Points Per Game 19.1 16 (T) Turnovers 25 12 (T) Turnover Margin 0 17 (T)

Sammy "The Solution" Summers leads us to our first playoff appearance--a wild card berth. The defense, led by 1st Team All Pro RDE Hunter Branch, stepped it up a notch as well. RT Henry Price was a First Team All-Pro, but suffered a ruptured achilles tendon in the playoff game. Here's hoping for a full recovery. All in all, I am pleased. What's better is that 15 of my 22 starters are under contract for next year--a very important figure considering the house rules I'm using.

[Ben E Lou]

2010

The entire staff remains this year. SLB Jon McElroy gets franchised and then signed to a five-year deal.

Most of my FA moves are simply re-signings of players from last year, with two exceptions:

FL Scott Macon--4.0--2yrs/$2.11M--He's a possession-type receiver. I sign him as insurance/WR3. He's a 6th-year man who has never caught more than 33 passes in a season to date.

RB Josh Finister--8.6--3yrs/$39.0M--He's a 6th-year man, rated 79/81. I figure with an improving offensive line and QB, and a still-pretty good cap situation for now, I'd spend big bucks on a flat 3-year contract fro a stud. I doubt I'll re-sign him for anything close to this kind of money when the contract is up, but I could use a rent-a-stud to help take us to the next level.

DRAFT

1(22)--RCB Richard Wiggins--30/66--Great coverage skills and solid punt returning to boot, and I only have four CB's under contract.

2(22)--SS Butch Humphrey--30/49--Good speed, size and strength.

3(22)--FL Randall Dodge--29/45--Could be quite good.

4(22)--RB Austin Kimble--32/38--Quite fast for a 244-pounder. A potential T.J. Duckett clone.

5(22)--FS Joel Randle--12/47--A smart and athletic player.

With a near-full roster, I trade my final two picks for a 5th rounder next year. The first four picks all increase in potential, and Randle only drops one point.

In training camp, FA rookie QB R.J. Mahoney gains from 20/44 to 25/50. Another undrafted player, MLB Rick Ball, goes from 24/41 to 29/46. Also, 4th-round pick RB Austin Kimble goes from 32/38-->34/42.

RESULTS

Sammy Summers was injured twice during the season, neither one major, but as a result only played in 7 games. He had a 92.1 passer rating in 166 attempts, and probably could have really been a difference-maker. In addition to the two injuries to Summers, two players suffer major injuries: RG Robert Tyler (Reconstructive Knee Surgery) and SLB Jon McElroy (Ruptured Achilles).

2010 Regular Season (7-9)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	17	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23	S.Summers 11-33-211	J.Finister 19-85	C.Dresback 3-99	64,700
Week 2	20	Cleveland Browns	17	R.Mahoney 13-34-133	J.Finister 17-45	J.Hahn 4-49	63,200
Week 3	19	at Chicago Bears	30	R.Mahoney 20-38-300	J.Finister 14-38	J.Hahn 6-146	62,100
Week 4	24	Seattle Seahawks	34	R.Mahoney 21-38-258	J.Finister 11-72	C.Dresback 5-81	63,900
Week 5	Bye Week
Week 6	37	at Arizona Cardinals	19	S.Summers 18-29-276	J.Finister 17-68	C.Dresback 7-114	40,200
Week 7	21	at Carolina Panthers	26	S.Summers 11-16-170	J.Finister 17-120	C.Dresback 6-92	66,000
Week 8	20	at San Francisco 49ers	34	S.Summers 26-37-383	J.Finister 17-69	C.Dresback 8-136	63,600
Week 9	27	St. Louis Rams	20	S.Summers 20-28-275	J.Finister 18-91	E.Freeman 6-81	62,600
Week 10	34	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	21	R.Mahoney 17-33-245	J.Finister 15-90	D.Lieberman 5-47	58,000
Week 11	6	at New Orleans Saints	16	R.Mahoney 21-43-245	J.Finister 12-42	J.Hahn 6-62	71,600
Week 12	9	Pittsburgh Steelers	20	R.Mahoney 19-35-233	J.Finister 23-89	R.Dodge 4-73	66,800
Week 13	31	Philadelphia Eagles	24	R.Mahoney 15-21-221	A.Kimble 35-165	J.Hahn 4-109	67,500
Week 14	23	at Cincinnati Bengals	15	R.Mahoney 23-35-279	A.Kimble 24-116	C.Dresback 7-104	63,000
Week 15	34	New Orleans Saints	24	R.Mahoney 23-33-342	A.Kimble 18-71	C.Dresback 6-102	67,500
Week 16	13	at Baltimore Ravens	16	S.Summers 11-20-115	A.Kimble 22-66	J.Hahn 6-67	62,600
Week 17	16	Carolina Panthers	24	R.Mahoney 14-26-198	J.Finister 20-92	C.Dresback 5-58	67,500

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
R.J. Mahoney	348	192	2518	7.23	14	14
Sammy Summers	166	100	1469	8.84	9	6
Team	514	292	3987	7.75	23	20

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
Josh Finister	RB	204	914	4.48	5
Austin Kimble	RB	182	730	4.01	4
Team	---	470	2048	4.35	13

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Clay Dresback	FL	119	66	1076	16.3	157	10
Jake Hahn	SE	110	60	934	15.5	107	5
Randall Dodge	FL	59	35	471	13.4	46	2
Desmond Lieberman	TE	60	33	429	13.0	105	1
Ernest Freeman	SE	60	29	481	16.5	61	2
Renaldo Wilcox	FB	36	27	195	7.2	73	1
Team	---	510	292	3987	13.6	622	23

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Al Stephenson	MLB	96	29	0.0	2	1	3
Butch Humphrey	SS	69	22	0.0	1	2	9
Hunter Branch	RDE	51	30	8.5	26	0	1
Leland Cox	FS	50	12	0.0	0	3	7
Richard Wiggins	LCB	47	11	0.0	0	4	6
Lawrence Hinojosa	RCB	46	17	0.0	0	0	7
Jon McElroy	SLB	45	10	2.0	0	0	2
Frank Hatcher	LCB	40	10	0.0	0	1	9
Rex Pierce	WLB	37	13	2.0	1	0	4
Herman Grogan	LDE	36	12	5.0	11	0	0
Jeff Salgado	RDT	36	17	1.0	2	0	0
Cory Finch	FS	31	9	0.0	0	0	2
Scott Dickenson	RCB	25	7	0.0	0	1	1
Rick Ball	MLB	25	7	0.0	0	0	2
Chad Gray	LDT	24	14	0.5	5	0	0
Clarence Bivins	LDT	22	7	2.5	1	0	0
Rusty James	SLB	20	12	1.5	1	0	0
Glenn Buchanan	TE	19	0	0.0	0	0	0
Team	---	833	254	28.0	62	13	55

Atlanta Team Rank Rushes 470 12 (T) Rushing Yards 2048 6 Yards Per Carry 4.35 4 Pass Attempts 514 18 Completions 292 28 Passing Yards 3987 2 Yards Per Attempt 7.75 4 3rd Down Conversions 41.7 21 (T) Points Per Game 21.9 9 Turnovers 28 20 (T) Turnover Margin -1 17 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes 454 13 Rushing Yards 1721 9 Yards Per Carry 3.79 10 Pass Attempts 497 8 Completions 296 10 Passing Yards 3532 18 Yards Per Attempt 7.10 23 3rd Down Conversions 43.9 18 Points Per Game 22.6 28 Turnovers 27 10 (T) Turnover Margin +1 15 (T)

Injuries taken into consideration, this was a pretty good year, and I won't lose that many key pieces to free agency, if any at all. If "The Solution" can play a full season next year, I could contend for a title.

[Ben E Lou]

2011

My head coach and o-coordinator both have contracts run out. I end up with a new o-coordinator with similar skills, and the same head coach. K Richard Conway gets the franchise tag.

For the first time, I have to make some actual hard decisions when free agency rolls around. Looking down the roster, the only position that I'd look to upgrade would be RDT, and it turns out that our FA, Jeff Salgado, is the best available 7-year-and-under guy. He gets a four-year deal worth $6M per year. In other FA news, I don't immediately attempt to re-sign SE Jake Hahn, despite his 134 catches for 2000+ yards over the last two seasons. He's only rated 41/41, and I hope to be able to re-sign him later on. If not, Ernest Freeman looks better ratings-wise anyway. No new players get signed.

DRAFT

1(16)--RG Johnnie Henderson--36/57--Starting RG Robert Tyler's future is uncertain, as he's still recovering from knee surgery.

2(16)--TE Timothy Prior--25/46--This guy had an other-worldly combine. I need a backup TE anyway, and I'm unsure whether or not I'll re-sign Glenn Buchanan in late free agency.

3(16)--LT Erik Buchanan--14/40--All three tackles on my roster are in the final year of a contract.

4(16)--LCB Bart Holmes--15/41--Signs of a breakout player.

5(4)--WLB Terry Mayes--12/41--I need depth here.

5(16)--RDT Mack Hoover--19/39--Has some pass-rushing skills, and I need a fourth DT on the roster.

6(16)--LDE Kent Garrison--17/39--Could be a decent backup.

In late free agency, I'm pushed right up against the cap and end up having to decide between SE Jake Hahn and TE Glenn Buchanan. Because Timothy Prior jumped up to 26/50 before training camp, I sign Hahn.

After camp, Prior continues to rise. His climb to 30/56 makes me feel very good about letting Glenn Buchanan fly. Also, Kent Garrison is up to 22/45, and Bart Holmes is up to 19/46. Looks like this will prove to be a productive draft for us.

The 2011 roster at the beginning of the regular season:

Player	Pos	Start	Exp	Cur	Fut	Cntrct	Comments
Summers, Sammy	QB	QB	3	78	78	3 yrs	Not much to dislike about this guy.
Mahoney, R.J.	QB		2	36	53	1 yr.	Undrafted FA is pretty solid backup.
Melchior, Ted	QB		6	32	54	1 yr.	Another undrafted FA who is improving each yr.
Finister, Josh	RB	RB	7	65	68	2 yrs	Gives us a legit thread in the backfield.
Kimble, Austin	RB		2	40	44	2 yrs	Could be a starter one day.
Conroy, Howard	RB	KR1	3	38	39	1 yr.	Improving also.
##Sterling, Lawrence	RB		1	24	27	2 yrs	Gained a point in training camp.
Wilcox, Renaldo	FB	FB	5	74	74	2 yrs	Very good all-around talent.
Singleton, Carl	FB		7	36	41	1 yr.	Blocking back. Backfield leader.
Lieberman, Desmond	TE	TE	4	55	59	4 yrs	Decent blocker. Good receiver
Prior, Timothy	TE		1	31	56	4 yrs	99 blocking strength. Potential breakout.
##Bronson, Joel	TE		1	14	34	2 yrs	Could be a decent blocker eventually
Dresback, Clay	FL	FL	7	61	61	2 yrs	Former 2(32) pick is good all0around receiver.
Dodge, Randall	FL	WR3/PR1	2	41	49	2 yrs	Best as a deep threat (78).
##Macon, Scott	FL		7	38	41	1 yr.	FA signee last year has only provided depth so far.
**Peterman, Courtney	FL		1	27	34	2 yrs	On IR with minor injury. Gained 2 pts in training camp.
Freeman, Ernest	SE	SE	4	51	53	1 yr.	He's mainly a possession receiver.
Hahn, Jake	SE	WR4	7	41	41	3 yrs	Has performed above his ratings for entire career.
Lofton, Ian	C	C	7	58	58	2 yrs	Former undrafted FA has been solid.
Hoover, Jackie	C		3	36	54	3 yrs	Another solid undrafted FA.
##Amador, George	C		1	21	35	2 yrs	Roster filler.
Jeffries, Rodney	LG	LG	3	80	80	2 yrs	He's +23pts since being drafted 2(1). All-around stud.
##Tyler, Robert	RG	RGx	7	55	55	3 yrs	Probable (2) from knee surgery recovery.
Farrell, Cole	RG	RG	6	43	50	1 yr.	Will start until Tyler fully recovers
Henderson, Johnnie	RG		1	40	57	4 yrs	1st-round pick this year will play eventually.
Andrews, Phil	LT	LT	6	46	50	1 yr.	Decen run and pass blocking. Nothing special.
Rice, Lionel	LT		3	24	38	1 yr.	Mainly a run-blocker.
**Buchanan, Erik	LT		1	16	35	3 yrs	Disappointing drop after draft.
Price, Henry	RT	RT	6	59	59	1 yr.	Former 7(4) pick, and former All Pro.
Galsworthy, Tommy	P	P	7	41	49	1 yr.	Decent all around.
Conway, Richard	K	K	6	65	65	4 yrs	Highly accurate, but not much power.
Grogan, Herman	LDE	LDE	7	50	50	2 yrs	Pretty good against run and pass rush.
Morrison, Buddy	LDE		7	41	41	1 yr.	Solid backup.
Branch, Hunter	RDE	RDE	4	80	84	3 yrs	All-around stud. 30 sacks in 3 seasons.
Garrison, Kent	RDE		1	23	45	3 yrs	He's +6 since the draft. May get moved to LDE next yr.
Bivins, Clarence	LDT	LDT	7	49	49	2 yrs	Solid run-stopper.
Curley, Mike	LDT		7	42	44	1 yr.	Good backup. Also best against the run.
Salgado, Jeff	RDT	RDT	6	53	53	4 yrs	Another run-stopper.
Hoover, Mack	RDT	RDTpr	1	23	42	3 yrs	Pretty good pass rusher. Will get 3rd-down nod this yr.
Stephenson, Al	MLB	MLB	5	82	82	1 yr.	Good to have a stud in the middle.
Ball, Rick	MLB		2	34	47	1 yr.	Could become decent backup.
McElroy, Jon	SLB	SLB	7	54	54	4 yrs	Outstanding against the run. Mediocre elsewhere.
Pierce, Rex	WLB	WLB	3	39	56	1 yr.	Improving. Could be solid this year.
Selleck, Leon	WLB		4	32	34	1 yr.	Pass-rush specialist. I use him if a DE is injured.
##Mayes, Terry	WLB		1	16	39	3 yrs	Could be a decent backup eventually.
Connell, Shawn	LCB	CB3	3	48	61	1 yr.	Frmr 5(19) pick is +24pts. Good all-around CB.
Wiggins, Richard	LCB	CB4/PR2	2	44	65	3 yrs	Bad against the run, but GREAT coverage numbers
Hatcher, Frank	LCB	LCB	6	43	45	1 yr.	Good coverage skills. Decent against the run.
##Holmes, Bart	LCB		1	20	46	4 yrs	Good potential vs. run. Could get moved to SS eventually.
Hinojosa, Lawrence	RCB	RCB	5	62	62	4 yrs	Outstanding cover corner with solid run-stopping skill.
Dickenson, Scott	RCB	KR2	3	35	44	2 yrs	Secondary depth.
Humphrey, Butch	SS		2	49	53	2 yrs	A bit of a liability against the run. Nice coverage skills.
Estell, Geoff	SS	SS	5	44	44	2 yrs	Starter because he's good against the run and pass.
Randle, Joel	SS		2	19	43	2 yrs	Could be a mediocre backup, probably not much more.
Cox, Leland	FS	FS	7	44	44	2 yrs	Has displayed nice pass coverage over the years.

RESULTS

2011 Regular Season (12-4)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	23	at New Orleans Saints	20	S.Summers 21-30-327	J.Finister 22-86	C.Dresback 6-85	72,700
Week 2	17	Houston Texans	10	S.Summers 9-21-132	H.Conroy 23-147	E.Freeman 4-79	53,200
Week 3	31	Arizona Cardinals	6	S.Summers 13-23-213	H.Conroy 22-85	C.Dresback 7-134	53,200
Week 4	31	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	S.Summers 15-23-269	H.Conroy 22-99	E.Freeman 3-136	53,900
Week 5	12	at Carolina Panthers	13	S.Summers 13-28-152	H.Conroy 21-65	C.Dresback 3-51	67,700
Week 6	22	Minnesota Vikings	23	S.Summers 29-39-430	H.Conroy 18-71	E.Freeman 7-152	56,000
Week 7	14	at Green Bay Packers	27	S.Summers 12-26-125	A.Kimble 14-47	C.Dresback 2-26	59,700
Week 8	37	Detroit Lions	20	S.Summers 22-33-377	J.Finister 15-70	C.Dresback 7-196	53,200
Week 9	34	at Chicago Bears	3	S.Summers 17-22-299	A.Kimble 10-53	C.Dresback 6-177	58,500
Week 10	22	New Orleans Saints	19	R.Mahoney 29-42-332	J.Finister 16-74	E.Freeman 8-84	55,300
Week 11	Bye Week
Week 12	34	Tennessee Titans	24	R.Mahoney 19-29-261	A.Kimble 17-90	C.Dresback 3-91	55,300
Week 13	17	at Washington Redskins	31	R.Mahoney 19-32-181	A.Kimble 25-116	E.Freeman 4-57	77,300
Week 14	19	at Jacksonville Jaguars	16	R.Mahoney 18-27-205	A.Kimble 20-119	D.Lieberman 4-69	62,600
Week 15	17	Carolina Panthers	10	S.Summers 18-33-275	A.Kimble 31-95	D.Lieberman 5-82	57,500
Week 16	30	at Indianapolis Colts	16	S.Summers 13-26-221	A.Kimble 18-116	D.Lieberman 5-77	76,600
Week 17	24	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	S.Summers 15-26-249	A.Kimble 28-100	C.Dresback 4-127	56,700
2011 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Division	41	New York Giants	24	S.Summers 25-36-349	J.Finister 18-100	E.Freeman 8-170	58,200
Conf.	9	at Green Bay Packers	24	S.Summers 19-39-216	J.Finister 15-62	E.Freeman 5-95	61,200

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
Sammy Summers	330	197	3069	9.30	22	7
R.J. Mahoney	148	97	1098	7.41	6	4
Team	478	294	4167	8.71	28	11

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
Austin Kimble	RB	189	836	4.42	8
Howard Conroy	RB	133	559	4.20	0
Josh Finister	RB	77	341	4.42	1
Renaldo Wilcox	FB	37	137	3.70	1
Sammy Summers	QB	35	164	4.68	0
Team	---	502	2147	4.27	11

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Ernest Freeman	SE	104	64	1039	16.2	111	5
Clay Dresback	FL	90	56	1171	20.9	299	10
Desmond Lieberman	TE	59	41	502	12.2	123	1
Renaldo Wilcox	FB	53	35	261	7.4	131	1
Jake Hahn	SE	64	31	410	13.2	42	3
Randall Dodge	FL	51	28	462	16.5	62	3
Team	---	478	294	4167	14.1	888	28

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Al Stephenson	MLB	115	34	1.0	4	0	5
Jon McElroy	SLB	63	15	2.5	1	2	3
Geoff Estell	SS	63	20	1.0	0	2	5
Leland Cox	FS	57	23	0.0	0	4	10
Lawrence Hinojosa	RCB	55	20	0.0	0	4	13
Rex Pierce	WLB	49	13	2.0	0	0	2
Shawn Connell	LCB	48	12	0.0	1	0	4
Jeff Salgado	RDT	44	12	2.5	2	0	0
Hunter Branch	RDE	43	32	10.5	28	0	1
Herman Grogan	LDE	32	13	7.0	12	0	1
Clarence Bivins	LDT	30	12	4.0	1	0	0
Buddy Morrison	LDE	25	7	2.5	5	0	0
Frank Hatcher	LCB	23	4	0.0	0	1	6
Butch Humphrey	SS	23	5	0.0	0	2	3
Mike Curley	LDT	21	11	2.0	1	0	0
Timothy Prior	TE	19	0	0.0	0	0	0
Scott Dickenson	RCB	16	2	0.0	0	1	1
Richard Wiggins	LCB	16	7	0.0	0	2	1
Team	---	827	260	37.0	60	19	58

Atlanta Team Rank Rushes 502 6 Rushing Yards 2147 4 Yards Per Carry 4.27 9 Pass Attempts 478 29 Completions 294 24 Passing Yards 4167 2 Yards Per Attempt 8.71 1 3rd Down Conversions 48.0 6 Points Per Game 24.0 5 Turnovers 18 8 (T) Turnover Margin +9 6 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes 421 7 (T) Rushing Yards 1608 4 Yards Per Carry 3.81 4 Pass Attempts 503 8 (T) Completions 308 15 Passing Yards 3203 4 Yards Per Attempt 6.36 5 3rd Down Conversions 40.8 7 Points Per Game 16.7 7 Turnovers 27 6 (T) Turnover Margin -9 25 (T)

Heh. The playoff loss was on the frozen tundra: 10 degrees at Green Bay for that one. On the whole, I am very, very pleased, although Sammy Summers is starting to show signs of being injury-prone, as do RB Finister and C Lofton. Lofton only played in 5 games this year, and had THREE different injuries, the last requiring ACL Surgery that may cause him to miss all of 2012. As is shown by the stats, we really didn't have any glaring weaknesses this year. However, several key players are FA-eligible next year, so keeping this team together will be a definite challenge. RDE Hunter Branch was named 1st-Team All Pro for the second time in his 4-year career.

[korme]

Originally Posted by jbmagic

nice dynasty

i suppose your Atlanta right?

and how did you get that team to have the worse record in 2004? that so hard to do by resimming alot..

Well since you never got an answer, I don't know how he did it, but I think it was Quik who made his offensive gameplan to where the offense runs the ball up the middle 100% of the plays. 0-16 easy.

But you read SD's post wrong, he actually got the best record, well maybe not best but he won the SB, so he had the worst pick.

I can only assume he re-loaded a few times to get his final happy results.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

Well since you never got an answer, I don't know how he did it, but I think it was Quik who made his offensive gameplan to where the offense runs the ball up the middle 100% of the plays. 0-16 easy.

But you read SD's post wrong, he actually got the best record, well maybe not best but he won the SB, so he had the worst pick.

I can only assume he re-loaded a few times to get his final happy results.

.

Originally Posted by SkyDog, oh 10 posts or so ago in this very thread...

To make this as difficult as possible. I quicksimmed a few times until my team won the Front Office Bowl in 2004, thus giving me the worst possible drafting situation with which to begin.

[Ben E Lou]

2012

Only my scout's contract is up, and I sign a better one. He's VG at young talent, and Good or Average everywhere else.

MLB Al Stephenson gets the franchise tag. Sammy Summers makes a nice 12-point jump to 90/90 in the offseason.

It is clear that these house rules are going to bring about some tough decisions, rather than just cap finagling. The first major one comes this offseason: RB Josh Finister, despite his pretty ratings, isn't worth the highest salary on this team, and he gets cut in the final year of his contract, saving me $8M in precious cap room. I *love* being forced to make that kind of decision. I'm getting solid production from far cheaper backs, so he's gone. I also have to make the tough decision to let 59/62 LCB Shawn Connell go elsewhere as an RFA. With Finister's salary freed up, I'm able to re-sign several starters and key backups, including SE Freeman, RT Price, and LCB Hatcher. I also keep QB Mahoney around as a backup, and sign a few new players:

RB Chris Parrish--3.4--2yrs/$1.94M--Could give us some decent carries.

LT Maurice Levens--4.8--2yrs/$4M--Will start at LT. Mediocre at both run and pass blocking.

DRAFT

1(28)-WLB Nate Bayer--31/60--Best player available, and I only have 3 OLB's under contract. Also big enough to play MLB.

2(28)--WLB Peter Sarmiento--30/51--Another BPA, but I have a plan for how to handle the positions.

3(28)--LDT Aaron Ogden--15/41--May be better suited to play DE, but I need one of those, too.

4(28)--RDT Conrad Wolfe--21/44--Primarily a pass-rusher. Backup RDT Hoover moves over to LDT.

5(28)--RG Joey Denis--17/36--Strong, smart and quick. Worth a shot in the late rounds...

6(6)--RB Billy Donovan--28/36--This kid outta Clemson caught my eye at one of the combines.

6(28)--QB Luke Lucas--13/41--Probably nothing better than roster filler at QB.

I move Bayer to MLB. Franchisee MLB Stephenson only has a one-year deal, so if all goes according to plan, Bayer takes over in middle next year, and Sarmiento fights for playing time at OLB. Bayer jumps to 32/68 as MLB. I also move Odgen to LDE, and he increases to 13/45. Denis moves over to LG. Bottom line: All seven picks increase in ratings right after the draft.

I got a new stadium approved. A big ol' 80,000 seat monster with natural grass. It'll be ready in 2017.

Training camp brings more good news. An undrafted player worth nothing is SLB Geoff Castillot, who went from 23/33 to 26/43 and causes me to cut last year's 5th-round pick, WLB Terry Mayes. Nate Bayer is up to 33/73, and pretty much assures that this will be Al Stephenson's last year in a Falcon uniform. Also, two undrafted WR's increase from 36 future potential to 41. Their names are Skip Hickman and Gerald Quinoz, and may be worth noting.

RESULTS

SLB Jon McElroy suffers a ruptured achilles tendon. SS Geoff Estell undergoes reconstructive knee surgery. Summers goes down with a high ankle sprain in Week 11, and misses nearly the entire postseason making me *very* glad that I figured out a way to keep R.J. Mahoney around. He's questionable for the Front Office Bowl, but he starts it....and WINS IT!

2012 Regular Season (10-6)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	24	Carolina Panthers	27	S.Summers 21-33-274	C.Parrish 23-102	R.Dodge 3-73	60,500
Week 2	10	at San Diego Chargers	27	S.Summers 21-47-323	C.Parrish 18-79	R.Dodge 4-131	59,200
Week 3	20	at Green Bay Packers	17	S.Summers 21-36-254	C.Parrish 18-100	C.Dresback 3-64	59,900
Week 4	21	at Philadelphia Eagles	14	S.Summers 20-33-236	C.Parrish 17-77	E.Freeman 7-97	68,200
Week 5	33	Washington Redskins	20	S.Summers 17-31-207	C.Parrish 25-148	E.Freeman 4-74	62,100
Week 6	20	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	R.Mahoney 26-44-369	H.Conroy 12-59	C.Peterman 7-113	59,100
Week 7	16	at Carolina Panthers	10	S.Summers 18-31-226	C.Parrish 21-93	E.Freeman 7-109	67,400
Week 8	Bye Week
Week 9	33	at Dallas Cowboys	7	S.Summers 16-28-271	H.Conroy 10-74	E.Freeman 4-101	71,200
Week 10	24	New York Giants	13	S.Summers 16-21-183	H.Conroy 20-81	E.Freeman 5-64	62,100
Week 11	31	at New Orleans Saints	30	S.Summers 19-42-262	C.Parrish 19-67	E.Freeman 9-105	74,200
Week 12	13	at Oakland Raiders	17	R.Mahoney 18-37-261	C.Parrish 19-71	E.Freeman 3-80	54,000
Week 13	17	St. Louis Rams	24	R.Mahoney 28-51-278	C.Parrish 14-72	C.Dresback 6-74	62,100
Week 14	31	Kansas City Chiefs	8	R.Mahoney 25-42-344	H.Conroy 16-95	C.Dresback 7-127	62,100
Week 15	24	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	R.Mahoney 22-44-238	C.Parrish 20-131	C.Dresback 5-85	53,600
Week 16	30	Denver Broncos	15	R.Mahoney 27-41-338	H.Conroy 15-78	R.Dodge 5-78	62,100
Week 17	17	New Orleans Saints	24	R.Mahoney 18-25-181	C.Parrish 13-55	R.Dodge 6-72	62,100
2012 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Division	30	Minnesota Vikings	27	R.Mahoney 21-27-334	C.Parrish 23-149	E.Freeman 6-94	62,100
Conf.	26	at Washington Redskins	23	R.Mahoney 21-36-323	C.Parrish 31-155	E.Freeman 12-215	76,300
Champ.	30	vs Oakland Raiders	20	S.Summers 20-39-264	C.Parrish 18-80	E.Freeman 8-134	56,600

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
Sammy Summers	302	169	2236	7.40	14	5
R.J. Mahoney	289	166	2054	7.10	8	12
Team	593	336	4303	7.25	22	17

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
Chris Parrish	RB	284	1289	4.53	7
Howard Conroy	RB	163	752	4.61	6
Team	---	521	2394	4.59	15

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Ernest Freeman	SE	148	79	1165	14.7	161	5
Clay Dresback	FL	82	46	732	15.9	157	4
Desmond Lieberman	TE	66	45	515	11.4	97	1
Jake Hahn	SE	80	39	501	12.8	71	2
Randall Dodge	FL	65	36	537	14.9	64	1
Courtney Peterman	FL	32	20	268	13.4	41	1
Timothy Prior	TE	26	16	142	8.8	46	1
Team	---	589	336	4303	12.8	830	22

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Al Stephenson	MLB	68	32	1.0	1	1	6
Geoff Castillo	SLB	57	12	1.0	3	0	7
Rex Pierce	WLB	52	14	2.0	0	0	2
Frank Hatcher	LCB	49	8	0.0	0	1	13
Clarence Bivins	LDT	48	19	2.5	7	0	0
Lawrence Hinojosa	RCB	46	15	0.0	0	1	20
Leland Cox	FS	42	21	0.0	0	1	6
Richard Wiggins	LCB	40	14	1.0	0	2	10
Butch Humphrey	SS	39	14	0.0	0	0	4
Hunter Branch	RDE	37	15	14.0	16	0	1
Jeff Salgado	RDT	34	14	4.0	3	0	0
Herman Grogan	LDE	26	10	6.5	13	0	0
Timothy Prior	TE	23	0	0.0	0	0	0
Joel Randle	SS	22	3	0.0	0	0	4
Nate Bayer	MLB	18	0	0.0	0	0	0
Bart Holmes	LCB	17	4	0.0	2	0	1
Peter Sarmiento	WLB	16	4	0.0	0	0	2
Team	---	750	231	40.0	58	6	82

Atlanta Team Rank Rushes 521 1 Rushing Yards 2394 1 Yards Per Carry 4.59 3 (T) Pass Attempts 593 1 Completions 336 5 (T) Passing Yards 4303 2 Yards Per Attempt 7.25 11 3rd Down Conversions 50.8 2 Points Per Game 22.7 5 Turnovers 23 16 (T) Turnover Margin -6 25 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes 376 1 Rushing Yards 1713 7 Yards Per Carry 4.55 30 Pass Attempts 481 3 Completions 274 1 Passing Yards 3194 4 Yards Per Attempt 6.64 9 (T) 3rd Down Conversions 36.8 1 (T) Points Per Game 18.1 4 Turnovers 17 28 (T) Turnover Margin +6 7 (T)

Well, uh, I guess "RB Chris Parrish--3.4--2yrs/$1.94M--Could give us some decent carries." was the understatement of the year, huh? This 35/38 running back got it DONE for us this year, and cost us a paltry $880K under the cap. I wonder if he'll hold out next year, as he'll only be making $1.06M. Heck, even if he does want big bucks, that one season was worth it. And, for those of you scoring at home, RB Josh Finister signed a fat four-year deal with the Bungles, and suffered a torn rotator cuff in Week 5, missing the rest of the season. His numbers? 67 carries, 265 yards, 3.95ypc, 1TD.

What's best about this title is that it shouldn't be terribly difficult to keep most of the team together. In all likelihood we'll say goodbye to MLB Al Stephenson because of the emergence of Nate Bayer, but otherwise I wouldn't be surprised to be able to afford to keep nearly every other key player. We may end up making a cut or two due to injury decline, though (looks in SLB Jon McElroy's direction), but the bottom line is that somewhere around 20-21 of the 22 Front Office Bowl starters will probably be Falcons again next year.

[Ben E Lou]

2013

All coaches/scouts remain under contract, so no changes there. First thing to note is that SLB Jon McElroy drops all the way to 27/28 and gets cut. He'll count 1.36M against the cap this year and next, so nothing huge lost there. I probably won't sign anyone to replace him. Undrafted rookie FA Geoff Castillo started 14 regular season games and the entire postseason, and we did, uh, well enough with him. No one else still under contract suffers a significant injury decline.

I use the franchise tag on LG Rodney Jeffries. The former 2(1) pick is rated 85/85, and is a two-time All Pro in only four seasons.

Well, I managed to get outbid in attempting to re-sign FB Renaldo Wilcox, so I sign another. In addition, I make a few decisions to fine-tune the team, specifically to address our defensive weakness last year--stopping the run. I let SS Butch Humphrey become a FA. He has good overall ratings, but mainly due to his coverage skills. He's only 38 in run defense--not the kind of strong safety I need right now. Here are the new guys:

FB Phil Farrish--6.5--5yrs/$17.5M--He's actually a better run blocker than Wilcox, and a decent safety-valve receiver as well. He's a 6th-year man.

SS Glen Nikaido--5.0--2yrs/$2.2M--Much better run defender than Humphrey was, and not bad coverage skills.

No earth-shattering changes for the reigning champs.

DRAFT

1(32)--SS Carlton Mooney--36/65--FA signee Nikaido is just a short-term fix. This guy could be long-term.

2(13)--RCB Junior Michl--25/52--I trade 2(32) and 3(32) to get this pick. He looks worth it to me.

4(32)--RCB Zach Bullock--17/43--I'll figure out how to keep 6 CB's happy for a year or two, but I can't pass him up.

5(32)--WLB Warren Webb--19/40--Only three OLB's under contract.

6(32)--P Bobby Perry--67/81--Already better than my current punter.

7(32)--RB Bruce Price--21/35--Here's hoping Mr. Irrelevant 2013 can be productive one day.

Looks like a nice draft.

NOTABLE POST-CAMP CHANGES

RCB Michl is up to 30/60

WLB Webb is 22/45

RCB Zach Bullock--22/50--(Told ya I couldn't pass him up. Moved to LCB)

RB Price drops and doesn't make the team.

RESULTS

2013 Regular Season (12-4)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	28	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	S.Summers 16-30-284	A.Kimble 23-97	E.Freeman 5-118	64,900
Week 2	35	New York Jets	7	S.Summers 18-23-202	A.Kimble 24-123	D.Lieberman 3-57	63,500
Week 3	30	at Washington Redskins	7	S.Summers 22-30-275	H.Conroy 20-65	E.Freeman 6-91	77,800
Week 4	16	Seattle Seahawks	3	S.Summers 22-32-230	C.Parrish 21-132	E.Freeman 6-61	64,900
Week 5	Bye Week
Week 6	34	at Arizona Cardinals	33	S.Summers 18-29-387	C.Parrish 14-70	J.Hahn 4-116	45,900
Week 7	31	Carolina Panthers	7	S.Summers 18-26-243	S.Summers 8-63	J.Hahn 4-92	64,900
Week 8	20	at Los Angeles 49ers	17	S.Summers 22-34-281	C.Parrish 18-42	C.Dresback 4-90	40,500
Week 9	10	St. Louis Rams	9	S.Summers 19-32-258	H.Conroy 19-79	C.Dresback 6-77	64,900
Week 10	38	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	S.Summers 23-33-331	H.Conroy 21-86	C.Dresback 8-128	55,600
Week 11	28	at New Orleans Saints	10	S.Summers 15-30-155	H.Conroy 24-94	D.Lieberman 5-53	74,200
Week 12	13	New England Patriots	38	S.Summers 16-31-225	C.Parrish 14-51	E.Freeman 4-79	64,900
Week 13	34	Minnesota Vikings	37	S.Summers 23-31-280	C.Parrish 14-78	E.Freeman 5-105	64,900
Week 14	31	at Miami Dolphins	12	S.Summers 20-32-265	A.Kimble 14-62	E.Freeman 8-95	85,900
Week 15	31	New Orleans Saints	21	S.Summers 21-31-264	C.Parrish 22-95	D.Lieberman 3-60	64,900
Week 16	10	at Buffalo Bills	27	S.Summers 17-30-185	A.Kimble 18-116	C.Dresback 5-62	75,200
Week 17	10	at Carolina Panthers	17	S.Summers 11-28-154	A.Kimble 16-81	E.Freeman 5-114	67,000
2013 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
W. Card	40	at Los Angeles 49ers	37	S.Summers 27-39-398	A.Kimble 25-118	E.Freeman 6-126	41,800
Division	20	at New York Giants	17	S.Summers 22-39-219	A.Kimble 17-49	E.Freeman 10-116	91,800
Conf.	14	at Carolina Panthers	19	S.Summers 14-27-231	A.Kimble 14-69	E.Freeman 5-140	67,000

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
Sammy Summers	482	301	4019	8.33	26	14
Team	483	301	4019	8.32	26	14

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
Austin Kimble	RB	160	765	4.78	8
Chris Parrish	RB	156	595	3.81	4
Howard Conroy	RB	127	493	3.88	5
Sammy Summers	QB	58	354	6.10	0
Team	---	561	2440	4.34	20

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Clay Dresback	FL	96	61	958	15.7	171	5
Ernest Freeman	SE	80	48	778	16.2	122	5
Desmond Lieberman	TE	62	44	534	12.1	128	4
Randall Dodge	FL	59	33	448	13.5	68	2
Jake Hahn	SE	49	30	523	17.4	77	3
Phil Farrish	FB	31	22	164	7.4	61	0
Austin Kimble	RB	20	16	110	6.8	84	1
Timothy Prior	TE	24	16	169	10.5	64	2
Skip Hickman	SE	35	16	209	13.0	27	1
Team	---	481	301	4019	13.3	816	26

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Nate Bayer	MLB	91	29	5.0	0	0	8
Geoff Castillo	SLB	76	25	2.5	2	0	10
Hunter Branch	RDE	67	20	12.0	37	0	0
Lawrence Hinojosa	RCB	51	16	0.0	0	2	16
Glen Nikaido	SS	48	19	1.0	0	1	5
Richard Wiggins	LCB	48	12	0.0	0	3	7
Leland Cox	FS	43	14	0.0	0	0	5
Frank Hatcher	LCB	29	5	0.0	0	1	8
Mack Hoover	LDT	29	14	3.5	2	0	0
Junior Michl	RCB	28	7	1.5	0	1	2
Carlton Mooney	SS	28	11	1.0	2	2	7
Jeff Salgado	RDT	25	13	1.0	1	0	0
Peter Sarmiento	WLB	24	10	1.0	0	0	1
Herman Grogan	LDE	21	11	2.5	8	0	0
Rick Ball	MLB	19	6	0.0	0	0	0
Team	---	777	250	36.0	65	14	74

Atlanta Team Rank Rushes 561 1 Rushing Yards 2440 1 Yards Per Carry 4.34 8 Pass Attempts 483 31 Completions 301 21 (T) Passing Yards 4019 5 Yards Per Attempt 8.32 2 3rd Down Conversions 54.5 1 Points Per Game 24.9 3 Turnovers 23 16 (T) Turnover Margin +1 15 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes 389 1 Rushing Yards 1600 3 Yards Per Carry 4.11 12 Pass Attempts 500 7 Completions 281 2 Passing Yards 3514 9 Yards Per Attempt 7.02 17 3rd Down Conversions 41.8 8 (T) Points Per Game 18.3 7 Turnovers 24 14 (T) Turnover Margin -1 15 (T)

The Panthers were our undoing this year, defeating us twice in a four-week span when it mattered most. That's a real shame, because our three best players--our three All-Pro's this year (QB Summers, LG Jeffries, and RDE Branch)--are becoming free agents after this year. It is highly doubtful that I'll be able to keep all three around. It may be transition time in Atlanta...

[Ben E Lou]

2014

BAD timing there, Ben. I've got an expensive stadium under construction, and my coach and both coordinators' salaries all run out, leaving me with having to hire all three after a season of heavy financial loss. I make sure everyone is signed past the time that the stadium will run out, and make offers to the cheapest decent-looking guys out there. I manage to grab a G/E/E/G/E d-coordinator in the first stage, a VG/G/A/G/VG/VG o-coordinator in the second, and a G/VG/VG/VG/E head coach in the third. All but the d-coordinator are a step down from the kinds of guys I had, but all are livable, so that's good.

Tough decision on the franchise tag. Summers would be a no-brainer, if it wasn't for R.J. Mahoney. Mahoney is also a FA this year, but surely could be kept on for MUCH less cash. On the other hand, there are no obvious on-roster replacements for RDE Branch or LG Jeffries. Looking over the FA list, though, it looks like I could find a solid-or-better guard more easily than an end or QB. Because I have two QB's to pursue, and the next-best DE to Branch in the current pool is only 58/58, I decide to put the franchise tag on RDE Hunter Branch. {Gulp.}

Free agency rolls around, and I get more of what I wanted with these house rules. When the dust settles, here are the key players who depart:

OUT WITH THE OLD...

QB Sammy "The Solution" Summers--He wanted an astronomical amount: 5yrs/$188.47M, with a $51M bonus. My owner wouldn't even allow that much bonus money to be paid out, and also wouldn't allow the salaries he wanted in the last three seasons of the deal. I tried to put together a shorter deal to his liking, but even that didn't work out. He signs a 5-year deal worth $196.18M with Oakland, with a bonus of $46.35M.

RB Howard Conroy--Only 3.88 ypc last year, and would have cost over $2M in cap space this year, so he gets cut.

RB Chris Parrish--one-year wonder, apparently. He becomes a FA.

SE Jake Hahn--The 10-year vet is still a pretty good possession receiver, but I have a bunch of good receivers.

LG Rodney Jeffries--I get outbid for him by San Diego, to the tune of a $24.55M signing bonus.

LDE Herman Grogan--I wanted the price to come down, and I waited too long. He immediately took the first offer get got, an $8.67M/3yr deal from Denver. He's not all that talented, but I liked his cheap price tag and cohesion help.

SLB Geoff Castillo--He wanted a pretty big contract, and I've got good young LB's. I move Rex Pierce over from WLB, and still have Sarmiento and Webb to battle for the starting job on the weak side.

LCB Richard Wiggins--His piss-poor run defense (0/2) always limited him to mainly being a nickel back, and he wants starter-caliber cash to remain a Falcon. Buh-Bye. Philly gives him a 13.7M signing bonus.

...AND IN WITH THE NEW

RG Gabe Harmon--5.2--3yrs/$7.5M--He'll start at left guard in place of Rodney Jeffries. Decent all around.

RDE Cary Cash--3.6--3yrs/$4.5M--He'll start at LDE. Pretty good run-stopping skill, which is the main thing I need there.

Most importantly, R.J. Mahoney decides to remain a Falcon. He gets a flat contract that'll cost me only $5M in cap room for each of the next four seasons. Here's hoping he can cut down on his INT's a bit. Everything else about him looks pretty good. Here's his player card, as of the time I sign him:

Pretty big changes this year, all made necessary by the impact of the House Arrest rules. Liking it so far.

Another thing worth mentioning as far as the dynasty goes is that our 2007 6(1) pick, QB Brock Money, signed a 5-year deal with Tampa Bay this year. He's improved over the years, and had a solid season with Buffalo last season: 326 for 540, 3780 yards, 21 TD's, 13 INT's, 84.4 QB rating. We'll be facing him in our own division now.

DRAFT

1(29)--QB Conrad Butterworth--18/59--R.J. Mahoney isn't exactly a sure thing anyway, and with some development, Butterworth might end up being better than Mahoney.

2(29)--SS Phillip Hoffman--25/60--Fast enough to play CB, but big and strong enough to be a run-stopper as well. Will get moved to FS due to his 4.42 speed, and the presence of young probable-stud-to-be SS Carlton Mooney.

3(29)--RT Allen Tom--20/43--Perhaps a bit of a reach. Will get moved to LT.

4(29)--SLB Jerome Sawyer--18/44--He had a pretty nice combine and may have some upside.

5(29)--RB Ryan Wright--25/38--I have only two under contract.

In late free agency, I pick up a pretty solid-looking FB as a backup, Omar Syvrud.

Sawyer and Wright are both cut after the pre-season.

RESULTS

2014 Regular Season (12-4)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	14	New Orleans Saints	6	R.Mahoney 14-26-212	A.Kimble 18-52	E.Freeman 4-63	62,900
Week 2	23	at Cleveland Browns	6	R.Mahoney 22-42-236	A.Kimble 15-44	C.Dresback 7-76	59,700
Week 3	20	at Arizona Cardinals	17	R.Mahoney 24-33-300	L.Sterling 20-71	D.Lieberman 8-115	34,600
Week 4	14	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	R.Mahoney 27-47-293	L.Sterling 17-61	D.Lieberman 6-79	49,800
Week 5	21	Carolina Panthers	18	R.Mahoney 23-37-293	L.Sterling 15-44	E.Freeman 3-86	63,600
Week 6	24	Minnesota Vikings	21	R.Mahoney 18-30-257	L.Sterling 14-38	E.Freeman 5-120	63,600
Week 7	17	at Green Bay Packers	20	R.Mahoney 22-52-288	L.Sterling 17-69	R.Dodge 6-84	54,700
Week 8	24	Detroit Lions	3	R.Mahoney 21-38-300	L.Sterling 10-32	R.Dodge 8-132	62,900
Week 9	32	at Chicago Bears	31	R.Mahoney 25-39-354	S.Weaver 4-40	C.Dresback 8-164	54,200
Week 10	24	at New Orleans Saints	20	R.Mahoney 15-21-279	S.Weaver 11-31	E.Freeman 8-128	74,400
Week 11	Bye Week
Week 12	17	at Pittsburgh Steelers	28	R.Mahoney 25-39-306	A.Kimble 9-39	R.Dodge 6-100	63,900
Week 13	24	Philadelphia Eagles	20	R.Mahoney 21-35-256	S.Weaver 13-95	E.Freeman 6-86	66,500
Week 14	27	Cincinnati Bengals	13	R.Mahoney 17-35-278	S.Weaver 20-61	E.Freeman 5-121	65,100
Week 15	3	at Carolina Panthers	30	R.Mahoney 13-40-165	S.Weaver 9-16	G.Quiroz 5-67	80,400
Week 16	24	Baltimore Ravens	21	R.Mahoney 20-34-323	S.Weaver 15-70	R.Dodge 6-146	65,100
Week 17	45	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	R.Mahoney 28-40-390	S.Weaver 14-84	E.Freeman 12-181	66,500
2014 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Division	24	Carolina Panthers	21	R.Mahoney 15-28-168	L.Sterling 16-141	T.Prior 5-42	66,500
Conf.	48	Arizona Cardinals	6	R.Mahoney 18-24-234	L.Sterling 18-65	C.Dresback 6-80	66,500
Champ.	14	vs New England Patriots	19	R.Mahoney 20-37-267	S.Weaver 18-38	R.Dodge 8-134	56,600

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
R.J. Mahoney	588	335	4530	7.70	25	10
Team	588	335	4530	7.70	25	10

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
Lawrence Sterling	RB	145	492	3.39	7
Scottie Weaver	RB	130	571	4.39	5
Austin Kimble	RB	53	180	3.39	1
Team	---	403	1549	3.84	18

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Ernest Freeman	SE	137	72	1154	16.0	202	7
Randall Dodge	FL	108	63	966	15.3	160	2
Clay Dresback	FL	115	60	927	15.4	180	8
Desmond Lieberman	TE	39	31	374	12.0	100	2
Gerald Quiroz	FL	54	30	469	15.6	81	2
Phil Farrish	FB	43	28	225	8.0	75	1
Timothy Prior	TE	34	17	139	8.1	74	0
Team	---	587	335	4530	13.5	975	25

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Rex Pierce	SLB	88	22	1.5	5	1	6
Leland Cox	FS	71	24	0.0	0	0	13
Nate Bayer	MLB	71	33	1.0	1	1	9
Hunter Branch	RDE	67	23	15.5	25	0	0
Peter Sarmiento	WLB	57	19	2.0	1	1	3
Frank Hatcher	LCB	51	13	0.0	0	1	7
Rick Ball	MLB	48	17	0.0	0	1	5
Carlton Mooney	SS	48	19	1.0	2	4	15
Josh Borkowski	RCB	42	10	0.0	0	3	3
Bart Holmes	LCB	36	10	0.0	0	0	9
Conrad Wolfe	RDT	27	15	3.0	8	0	1
Cary Cash	RDE	26	14	2.0	2	0	0
Mack Hoover	LDT	26	11	3.5	6	0	1
Zach Bullock	LCB	23	4	0.0	0	0	3
Jeff Salgado	RDT	22	7	3.5	2	0	0
Junior Michl	RCB	21	9	0.0	0	2	2
Lawrence Hinojosa	RCB	20	10	0.0	0	2	6
Clarence Bivins	LDT	19	16	1.0	5	0	0
Glen Nikaido	SS	16	4	0.0	1	0	3
Team	---	874	296	38.0	66	17	90

Atlanta Team Rank Rushes 403 27 Rushing Yards 1549 29 Yards Per Carry 3.84 26 (T) Pass Attempts 588 1 Completions 335 4 Passing Yards 4530 1 Yards Per Attempt 7.70 1 3rd Down Conversions 50.2 2 Points Per Game 22.0 6 Turnovers 23 15 Turnover Margin -1 16 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes 460 19 Rushing Yards 1929 19 Yards Per Carry 4.19 20 (T) Pass Attempts 583 31 Completions 324 25 (T) Passing Yards 3645 23 Yards Per Attempt 6.25 7 (T) 3rd Down Conversions 43.1 17 Points Per Game 17.7 11 (T) Turnovers 22 20 (T) Turnover Margin +1 16 (T)

Heh. I was thinking "transitional year" at the start of the season, but R.J. Mahoney was thinking otherwise, despite an anemic running game. But for an injury to leading receiver Ernest Freeman in the NFC Championship game that kept him out of the Front Office Bowl, we probably would have won the whole shebang. It was Mahoney, Mahoney, and more Mahoney this year. That $5M cap cost is right now looking like the best bargain in football, and he's signed at that level through 2017. Next year is a "good-news-bad-news" situation. The bad: 8 Front Office Bowl starters, and several other pretty key players become FA's after this year. The good: It looks like I'll start the year with nearly half of the salary cap free: over $70M. I should be able to craft the 2015 Falcons very much to my desires.

Oh yeah, RDE Hunter Branch won his fourth 1st-Team All Pro Award. The Raiders didn't put much of a team around Sammy "The Solution" Summers. He had a 91.5 rating, with 19 Td's and 5 INT's in 12 starts, but the Raiders only went 7-9.

[Ben E Lou]

2015

All staff members remain under contract, and none are liabilities.

It is a fairly easy decision to pin the franchise tag on RCB Lawrence Hinojosa. He's our best DB, and only two other CB's--both young--are under contract.

Yup. Hard decisions still abound. The frustrating part, however, is that I'm not sure I'll ever be able to hold on to a marquee player under these rules. I may add an exception to renegotiating--something along the lines of: "One player on your roster may be designated as a renegotiation exception. He may be renegotiated with at any time with no house rules. However, as long as he is on your my roster, all other player are subject to the house rules." This might allow me to be creative with a stud like Sammy Summers or Hunter Branch. I'll think more about it, and perhaps implement something next year. At any rate...

OUT WITH THE OLD...

RDE Hunter Branch--Under these house rules, I simply can't afford to keep a marquee player past his rookie contract and franchise year. I'll definitely make a change in that house rule next year. It lowers the fun factor when none of my top-tier players can stick around. The Raiders sing him to a 5 yr/$150.90M deal.

RT Henry Price--Former 7(4) pick is a 2-time All Pro, but suffered a big ratings drop after an injury. He has mentored former backup (and former undrafted FA,) 6th-year man Don Chauvlier to the point where the two are now equal in current ratings, and Chauvlier has some upside. I take a minor ($1.6M) cap hit this year and next year in cutting Price.

TE Timothy Prior--He has very nice pass-catching abilities, but never developed into having decent run-blocking skills, so I decide to keep Lieberman on as TE. Prior signs with Jax.

SE Ernest Freeman--Yeah, he caught 72 passes for 1,154 yards, but I saw what I perceived to be a better, cheaper option in free agency. I hope I don't regret not pursuing him. Da Bears sign him.

TE Desmond Lieberman--Well, I TRIED to keep Lieberman on as TE, but the ungrateful wretch signed with the Cowboys.

RDT Jeff Salgado--There was a better, younger, cheaper run-stopping RDT available.

SS Glen Nikaido--He'd been pushed out of a starting job last year anyway.

LT Allen Tom--Last year's 3(29) pick has a conflict with position leader, and dropped 3 points.

...AND IN WITH THE NEW

MLB Quinn Leff--5.5--3yrs/$6.0M--A steal at this price. He should provide a quality backup for Nate Bayer.

RDT J.C. Burns--3.7--3yrs/$4.5M--This third-year man is a pretty decent run-stopping DT. He should get decent playing time.

FL Renaldo Lowe--6.7--4yrs/$31M--9th-year WR who knows how to get open. Clay Dresback will move over to SE.

TE Eddie Graham--4.4--2yrs/$2.8M--Since I didn't get to keep either of my two solid TE's, I grabbed this guy. Former undrafted FA who is an excellent run-blocker, and half-decent receiver as well.

RB Chris Parrish--3.2--1yr/$1.18M--I bring him back as a cheap backup.

RDE Nolan Villagomez-6.9--3yrs/$6.9M--He's a liability against the run, but a pretty good pass-rusher.

More significant changes. I think with the addition of the keep-a-stud-exception, I'm *really* going to love this set of rules.

DRAFT

1(31)--TE Lee Morrison--44/70--There's not much to dislike about this guy. Could be all-around stud. Could start this year.

2(31)--C Mitch Douglas--21/63--Looks like he's got what it takes to eventually start.

3(31)--RG Junior Brkich--23/48--Better at pass blocking than run, but could be decent at run.

4(31)--LCB Corwin Drake--18/47--I'm thinking he'll improve.

5(10)--RT Mel Colbert--20/40--Best current rating of any remaining tackle.

5(31)--LDT Heath Seibert--20/43--Will get moved to LDE. Run-stopper.

6(31)--WLB Edwin Brady--20/34--Might be better than advertised. Will be moved to SLB.

7(31)--RB Dean Broome--26/35--Taking a flier on him.

In late free agency, I pick up a pretty solid-looking FB as a backup, Omar Syvrud.

Sawyer and Wright are both cut after the pre-season.

RESULTS

2015 Regular Season (14-2)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	30	at Carolina Panthers	6	R.Mahoney 19-32-236	L.Sterling 19-110	R.Lowe 6-103	81,800
Week 2	23	Houston Texans	10	R.Mahoney 20-32-270	L.Sterling 13-24	L.Morrison 2-61	68,300
Week 3	24	Green Bay Packers	43	R.Mahoney 16-34-232	L.Sterling 20-102	R.Lowe 7-126	68,300
Week 4	28	at Philadelphia Eagles	17	R.Mahoney 19-30-228	C.Parrish 22-105	R.Lowe 5-69	68,200
Week 5	20	Washington Redskins	18	R.Mahoney 18-39-235	C.Parrish 16-58	G.Quiroz 4-84	69,200
Week 6	23	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	7	R.Mahoney 19-33-272	C.Parrish 18-65	R.Lowe 7-120	51,100
Week 7	23	Carolina Panthers	17	R.Mahoney 25-42-368	C.Parrish 16-76	R.Lowe 7-163	69,200
Week 8	Bye Week
Week 9	20	at Dallas Cowboys	13	R.Mahoney 19-34-254	C.Parrish 15-61	C.Dresback 5-59	68,500
Week 10	28	New York Giants	9	R.Mahoney 18-29-291	C.Parrish 15-85	C.Dresback 6-90	69,200
Week 11	41	New Orleans Saints	9	R.Mahoney 18-28-265	C.Parrish 18-99	L.Morrison 3-68	69,200
Week 12	29	Tennessee Titans	23	R.Mahoney 20-31-262	C.Parrish 18-96	R.Lowe 10-142	69,200
Week 13	24	at Arizona Cardinals	21	R.Mahoney 20-28-226	L.Sterling 9-61	R.Lowe 5-85	44,700
Week 14	23	at Jacksonville Jaguars	14	R.Mahoney 20-39-259	C.Parrish 22-75	R.Lowe 7-103	58,900
Week 15	20	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	R.Mahoney 17-34-205	C.Parrish 14-66	R.Lowe 9-123	69,200
Week 16	34	at Indianapolis Colts	19	R.Mahoney 16-28-288	C.Parrish 21-80	L.Sterling 2-72	81,100
Week 17	19	at New Orleans Saints	20	R.Mahoney 13-20-146	C.Parrish 22-75	G.Quiroz 8-84	74,200
2015 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Division	10	Chicago Bears	13	R.Mahoney 23-50-235	C.Parrish 17-65	C.Dresback 6-94	69,200

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int
R.J. Mahoney	513	297	4037	7.86	22	23
Team	531	305	4111	7.74	22	24

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD
Chris Parrish	RB	233	962	4.12	10
Lawrence Sterling	RB	164	726	4.42	10
Team	---	494	1990	4.02	21

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	YAC	TD
Renaldo Lowe	FL	137	84	1334	15.8	239	7
Gerald Quiroz	FL	99	44	598	13.5	60	2
Randall Dodge	FL	65	37	499	13.4	69	1
Lee Morrison	TE	52	36	524	14.5	127	3
Clay Dresback	SE	64	28	447	15.9	78	0
Phil Farrish	FB	32	24	178	7.4	81	2
Lawrence Sterling	RB	25	17	162	9.5	57	2
Team	---	529	305	4111	13.4	803	22

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd
Nate Bayer	MLB	101	36	1.5	5	1	13
Rex Pierce	SLB	96	38	5.5	2	1	5
Peter Sarmiento	WLB	70	25	0.0	2	0	4
Phillip Hoffman	SS	57	22	0.0	0	2	10
Junior Michl	RCB	48	17	0.0	0	0	6
Josh Borkowski	RCB	47	15	0.0	0	3	8
Carlton Mooney	FS	45	17	0.0	0	1	11
Todd Gozinsky	SS	43	4	0.0	0	1	2
J.C. Burns	RDT	37	17	2.5	8	0	0
Leland Cox	FS	32	6	0.0	0	0	3
Frank Hatcher	LCB	32	9	0.5	1	1	8
Clarence Bivins	LDT	30	10	1.5	2	0	1
Nolan Villagomez	RDE	30	5	12.0	20	0	0
Zach Bullock	LCB	23	12	0.0	2	4	3
Mack Hoover	LDT	22	5	5.0	9	0	1
Cary Cash	RDE	17	10	1.0	4	0	0
Team	---	860	279	36.0	73	14	76

Atlanta Team Rank Rushes 494 5 Rushing Yards 1990 9 Yards Per Carry 4.02 14 (T) Pass Attempts 531 13 (T) Completions 305 23 Passing Yards 4111 4 Yards Per Attempt 7.74 3 3rd Down Conversions 45.0 15 (T) Points Per Game 25.5 2 Turnovers 34 29 (T) Turnover Margin -7 26

Opponents Team Rank Rushes 439 13 (T) Rushing Yards 1679 7 Yards Per Carry 3.82 8 Pass Attempts 536 20 (T) Completions 306 10 Passing Yards 3511 8 Yards Per Attempt 6.55 5 3rd Down Conversions 35.6 2 Points Per Game 16.0 3 Turnovers 27 9 Turnover Margin +7 7

Interesting season. We were inconsistent on offense all year, but still managed to go 14-2. However, the inconsistency bit us in the but in the playoffs. The main source of the inconsistency was QB R.J. Mahoney. He was The Good (4,037 yards, 7.86 ypa), The Bad (57.8 completion percentage), and The Ugly (23 Interceptions) all in the same year, and in our playoff loss, he was just plain ugly. Conrad Butterworth continues to develop, and I have to consider when he might be ready to take over for Mahoney if R.J. puts up another year like this.