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World League Challenge Optional 1 Year Posts
Here is where you put any one year updates for the World League Challenge. If you would like to join, or read the rules please go here http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/...ML/002118.html
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01-20-2001, 12:52 AM
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High School Varsity
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Richmond Ironclad - Season One (2017)
This will be edited several times in the interest of space - I'm going to keep this to one thread, with only key updates. This will make it easier for me to provide 5-year updates, if nothing else. Enjoy. Expansion Draft Results Position/Player Current Est Future Est Exp Sgnd QB Walt Hamilton 6 12 4 2018 RB Jimmy Duncan 8 10 8 2019 FB Leo Compton 10 11 6 2017 TE Dusty Sims 8 8 10 2017 TE Jared Myers 5 11 2 2017 WR Rusty Floyd 8 8 13 2018 WR Xavier Barrett 8 8 8 2017 WR Tim Kippen 6 7 2 2018 C Kenyon Edmond 6 9 6 2017 G Floyd Mayes 5 6 7 2017 T Calvin McDonald 2 7 2 2018 T Luther Dover 2 9 2 2018 DE Ronnie Jones 9 10 6 2017 DE Wade Babbitt 1 8 2 2018 DT Mark McClendon 5 6 4 2017 DT D.J. Miailovich 3 8 2 2018 LB Kerry O'Neal 10 11 7 2018 LB Charles Hardee 9 9 8 2018 LB Gene Koplitz 4 9 3 2017 LB Kahlil Vanderclute 3 11 2 2018 CB Kyle Cassidy 6 7 12 2017 CB Harry McClelland 2 8 2 2018 S Tommy Perry 9 10 9 2018 S Roman Philips 3 9 2 2017 S Donovan Fields 3 10 2 2021 Tried to build a solid defense through a surprisingly fruitful expansion draft... some of these high-priced guys won't make the cut, unless I fail during FA and the draft - but a good base is in place. Free Agency - 2017 Well, with one FA allowed for the 1st 10 weeks - there are a lot of good people to consider. The Ironclad will be built on defense, though, and will pursue LB Jesse Grant of Colorado Springs, a beast of a Penn State graduate. The 6 year vet should be the backbone of the "D". Grant signs in week 5 of the process, a 4-year, 26.48 million contract. T Kenny Cedeno and QB Randal Nelson (diamond in the rough!) signed in week 12 (Nelson at the expense of briefly former QB Hamilton), and C Everett Mahoney joined in week 13. There's the FA limit... on we go! 2017 Amateur Draft Amateur Draft Report: Rnd 1 - Butch Nunez, DT, East Carolina Rnd 2 - Ricky Siragusa, S, South Carolina Rnd 3 - D.J. Gardner, G, Oregon Rnd 4 - J.R. Wheeler, RB, Bethune Cookman Rnd 5 - Kent Alba, DT, Auburn Rnd 6 - Kenyon Pearson, LB, Ohio State Rnd 7 - Moe Driscoll, WR, Auburn It was easy to address my needs, which were everything. Again I started with defense, but only because I had no good offense worthy of my #1 choice. Time to sign a bunch of scrubs and head to TC. Training Camp 2017 Well, the good news is there were absolutely no draft busts... and #1 pick Butch Nunez should be a stud at DT. The bad news - my expertise took a bad dive after t-camp. Time to work on that cohesion. 2017 Exhibition Season Won the 1st game in franchise history, but finished 1-3. Hopefully not a sign of things to come, as I expect even my 1st year expansion team to contend. Set your goals high, or expect mediocrity. 2017 Regular Season 2017 Regular Season Schedule 77,600 Week Opponent Result Attend No-Shows Week 1 MINNESOTA VIKINGS W, 26-21 71,100 8,500 Week 2 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS L, 3-29 72,700 2,300 Week 3 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES W, 34-17 71,100 700 Week 4 New York Giants W, 20-17 66,900 5,800 Week 5 WASHINGTON REDSKINS L, 17-29 72,700 700 Week 6 CAROLINA PANTHERS W, 28-21 72,700 700 Week 7 NEW YORK GIANTS W, 27-6 70,300 3,800 Week 8 Miami Dolphins L, 14-28 52,200 2,000 Week 9 ARIZONA CARDINALS L, 7-17 72,700 5,400 Week 10 OPEN Week 11 Philadelphia Eagles L, 10-33 88,100 6,100 Week 12 Dallas Cowboys L, 30-56 46,400 5,200 Week 13 Arizona Cardinals L, 16-34 44,000 1,300 Week 14 Greensboro Swamp Ducks W, 19-14 54,600 2,800 Week 15 DALLAS COWBOYS W, 20-10 70,300 8,500 Week 16 Manchester Ice Weasels W, 30-20 29,500 6,600 Week 17 Washington Redskins W, 30-16 93,200 4,600 Well, 9-7 in the 1st season - and no clue how it happened. On the bad side - all it really did was hurt my draft position, as there was a 4-way tie for the division lead - and I came in 3rd and missed the playoffs.  Stats of Note Randal Nelson, QB: 3398 yds., 53.3%, 18/16, 75.2 rating J.R. Wheeler, RB: 980 yds., 4.6 avg, 6 TD Moe Driscoll, WR: 917 yds., 2 TD Rusty Floyd, WR: 846 yds., 6 TD Xavier Barrett, WR: 819 yds., 7 TD Jesse Grant, LB: 72/24 tackles, 3.0 sacks. Butch Nunez, DT: 37/18 tackles, 8.0 sacks. Super Bowl Indianapolis 31, Portland 17 Summary Statistics so far to contribute to 5-year totals: Regular season record: 9-7 Post-season record: N/A (almost!) Points Scored/Allowed: 331/368 Off-season summary: See above. No ticket chg. Post-season summary: No awards. Stats above. Herb scores: 48/31/49/70/43 9 wins = 9 points Season 2 to continue below. 2018 Summary Regular season record: 7-9 Post-season record: N/A (maybe some day) Points Scored/Allowed: 324/298 Off-season summary: Post-season summary: Herb scores: [This message has been edited by The Mike (edited 01-20-2001).]
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01-20-2001, 01:50 AM
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Richmond Voodoo Chiles 2017
Expansion Draft The results of my Expansion Draft. Tried to get cheap scrubs, nothing real special. The only excitment that was had was when the computer somehow made two choices for me, do not know how. It did not really effect me.
Free Agent Stages Well I am a sucker for a good lines, be it the O or D Line. I targeted a stud DT Pat Rogers, and he came to me. The deal was over three years for $29.56M. My three signings in the last 10 stages included 2 allright O Linemen. C Everett Mahoney ($4.74M / 3yrs) and Dale Nagel ($3.03M /2yrs). I also signed QB Bubba Barker ($7.74M/3yrs), a decent backup and possible starter if I do not find anyone in the draft. 2017 Draft Well witht he first pick I was tempted to draft the Stud RB, Kerry Carr. But I stood by my philopshy of building teams at the line and I drafted DE Steven Mueller. In the 2nd rd I took an excellent guard. At round three I eyed 3 players, and lucky for me I drafted all three in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th rounds. Rnd 1 DE Steven Mueller, Syracuse Rnd 2 G Patrick O'Donnel, Alabama Rnd 3 G Jamie Caniff, Syracuse Rnd 4 RB Jerry Crawford, Purdue Rnd 5 QB Kevin O'Neal, Indiana Rnd 6 WR Jose Zeppelin, Stonehill Rnd 7 WR Rufus Jamison, Baylor Proceeded to sign a lot of undrafted free agents to 1 yr contracts. Signed a good amount until my team had 70 players until training camp. 2017 53 Man Roster (Before Exhibition Season) Position/Player Current Est Future Est Exp Sgnd 2017 Regular Season Well it was a great start, 3 wins in a row. Mostly by good play of my defense and special teams. Within those 3 games i had two defensive TDs and 2 kickoff returns for scores. My offense was lacking. Well I finished 6-10(237/333) , and there was nothing really special except that I had a decent defense, especially secondary. None of my playes recieved any awards. Results Week Opponent Result Attend No-Shows Here was some stats on my players QB Kevin O'Neal: 51.4%, 2533yds, 14 TD, 24 Int, 55.2 RB Jerry Crawford: 788 yds, 3.9, 2TD WR Chris Snyder: 64, 699, 10.9, 3TD WR COnrad Horner: 58, 616, 10.6, 3TD DT Pat Rogers: 55 tck, 4.0 sacks DE Steven Mueller, 44, 3.5 LB K. Vanderclute, 95, 2.5 CB Kurt Altman, 8 INT, %47.0 PDQ Herb Score 9-29-52-70 (34) Superbowl Winner:Chiefs [This message has been edited by petrochile (edited 01-20-2001).] [This message has been edited by petrochile (edited 01-20-2001).] [This message has been edited by petrochile (edited 01-20-2001).]
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01-20-2001, 02:03 AM
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The Richmond Royals took players that they felt capable of building the foundation of their great franchise in the expansion draft...at least with the first 6 or 7 picks then they took some scrubs.
We set our Tick prices at: $65, $75, $90, $125, $0, $4,000, and $225,000 compared to the Redskins at $81, $81, $103, $157, $0, $5,000, and $255,000 The fans of Richmand won't see too many changes here any time soon. After the expansion draft, we are offered a 5th round pick for TE Jared Myers, a player we actually liked out of the expansion draft, but the choice between him for one year and someone younger for 2 or 3 is an easy choice, trade done. In Free Agency I target the QB to lead us through the first 5 years while I can afford one, Vincent Snyder, a vet out of Oakland. in week 3 he signs for 4 years, 67.16 millioin. 2nd half of FA sees me target an OL anchor in G Darrin Dorsett and a decent RB and CB, Jessie Reynolds and Martin Stephens respectively. I sign them all Dorsett 3/16.38 Reynolds 4/32.17 Stephens 3/15.55 I pick up a decent 2nd year tackle named Kenny Cedeno after the FA period for 1/1.13 DRAFT: 1 Ronald Mathis T North Texas 6-6 319 2 Tracy Leake FB San Diego State 5-11 226 3 Lamar Kamnik P Davidson 6-2 234 4 Greg Keith G Michigan State 6-3 333 5 Anthony Kidd WR Louisiana-Monroe 5-10 200 5 Corey Nastasi RB Ohio State 5-7 201 6 Mitch Corbett WR Morris Brown 5-10 199 7 Benjamin Garrison K Hawaii 5-11 182 Not what I was expecting to take in this draft, but that's how it fell After the draft I am offered a 3rd round pick for 6th round pick Corbett, this is too far fetched and is declined. I sign 1 year deals until I hit 70, go to camp and trim. I win my first ever game 23-17 against the Vikings in OT. Wk 4 sees DT Austin Drake go to IR and I pick up DT Ike Wells to replace him on a 1 year deal. I go on to finish 3-13 as the other expansion team, the Swamp Ducks finish 9-7 and make the playoffs. The Super Bowl sees Portland trounce Cleveland 38-9. I win no awards and Herb gives me scores of: 0, 29, 51, 70 and a total of 32. Thanks Herb. |
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01-20-2001, 02:04 AM
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High School Varsity
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FYI, these don't have to be that detailed . . .
Richmond Pond Frogs 2017 Now announcing your 2017 Richmond Pond Frogs. Ap Wire: This just annouced after the demise of Federal Express due to a long and involved worker's strike, Washington owner Daniel Snyder has renamed the Redskins the Washinton Senators. It is believed that even though there was pressure from many activists to do what is right and decent, he changed the name simply for the license revenue. Unexplainably however, the Senators are still not charging a seat license. With the first pick in the expansion draft the Pond Frogs select Jones, Ronnie, DE. Said owner Ctown-Fan, "I believe that Ronnie will be a hugh contributor to the team this year." Is it me or did anyone else really want to draft Jumbo Money? In the fifth week of free agency the Pond Frogs are glad to announce the signing of Darrin Dorsett out of Purdue. A fourth round draft pick in his fifth year of experince, he is just glad to have made the team! In week eleven put in bids for: Alanzo Flannery K 3 years 5.45Mil Joey Hogg C 3 years 17.91 mil Vincent Snyder QB 4 50.64 mil (I can't belive this guy hasn't gotten an offer). If I don't get snyder there are still several good qbs left in the pool and not much else. Week 12 both snyder and flannery signed quickly, good to have them aboard. Hogg signed with San Diego. Put in 3 year 3.54mil bid on C Everett Mahoney He snapps that up the next week and I am done with the FA period! Into the Draft . . . And with the first selection the Pond Frogs select Vinny Hitchcock WR out of Jacksonville. Rnd 2 - Sedrick Bell, T, Harvard Rnd 3 - Robbie Osborne, P, Tennessee - Martin Rnd 4 - Mario Epstein, S, Iowa Rnd 5 - Seth Schroeder, RB, Washington State Rnd 6 - Matt Schneiter, LB, North Carolina Rnd 7 - Gus Emerson, WR, Rice Already an AI Dilemna The number 2 pick in the draft QB Alvin Schurlock has been cut by the Greenville team. I will not sign him, however! I pick up my 70 (all rookies after the draft!). And am ready to go to camp. Post Camp Numbers: Dorsett: 66/73 Snyder: 65/86 Flannery:88/88 Mahoney: 40/52 Hitchcock:60/82 Bell:42/75 Osborne: 66/66 epstien:28/51 Schroder: 42/64 Schneiter:33/69 Emerson: 30/55 This was an excellent draft. Well, we got off to an excting start this year, going three and one until injuries decimated our offensive line (man, just becasue I am from Cleveland). We ended the season with a record of 7-9(292-352) although the official record shows that we were 8-8 (292-352). We faced a little VOODOO magic against Greensboro which altered history a little (I reverted back to the score before the crash). Seattle beat Tampa Bay 24-23 for the SuperBowl. Overall I was very impressed with the team for their expansion year. "Coach, how did we have such a good first year?" "well, by borrowing from the esteemed Morgado's playbook, we ran a 65run offense which helped us to control the ball and keep the games close. On defense we mixed up the alignments enough to keep our players fresh which allowed us to use more talented players that have a lower endurance. Maybe an off season conditioning program will help." Key Stats Snyder QB 51.1%, 3799yds, 16td, 14int, 75.6rtg Massicot RB 199att, 827yrd, 5td Hitchcock wr 89c,1595yds, 5td Flannery k 31/37, 25/25 Westfall 29t, 15.5s (and this guy has no ratings) Jones DE 63t, 6s (see I was right in the pre-season) Awards Offensive Rookie of the Year Hitchcock 2nd Team WR Hitchcock According to Hitchcock, "you haven't seen anything yet, we young and we will mature into a force in this league. With Snyder tossing me the rock we will be undefeatable in the future. if you have any more questions please see my agent." Ctown-Fan had this to say: "I am please with my players performance this year, however i would have been happier if we hadn't lost to that freak dan snyder in the last game of the season. I am going to get that bastard if it is the last thing i do alive!" Strong words, which hopefully can be turned into stronger actions next season. "In the final analysis of the season we go to fof expert herb. Well," Herb:"43, 43, 70, 59, 26" That is a man of few words and many numbers folks. . . see you next year." [This message has been edited by Ctown-Fan (edited 01-20-2001).]
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01-20-2001, 02:16 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Richmond Racers (2017)
Regular Season: 2-14-0 Post Season: It'll be awhile Pts Scored: 195(36th) Pts Against: 368 (34th) #1 Overall Draft Pick DE Chester"Molester"Smith 13gms 36 tckls 12 assts 4.5 sacks LB Kerry O'Neal-10th rd Expansion draft 99 tckls 38 assts 2 scks 3 ints 1 td 2nd team All-Pro QB-Terry Winchester 193-352 54.8% 1833 9td 23int 50.7rate RB-Ben Webb 217-845 3.8avg 5td WR-Jason Ishill 52-561 10.7avg 4 td WR-Andy Brown 52-507 9.7avg 3td Tackles- LB Kerry O'Neal(see above) Sacks- DE Toby Westfall 11.5 INT- s Tommy Perry 4 Offense Rush-407-1385 86.5gm Pass-245-474-2253 140.8gm Defense Rush-528-2079 129.9gm Pass-314-530-3383 211.4gm -12 in turnovers 3rd% us-.212 them .363 Redzone us 28-11/13 4.1 them 50-30/16 5.1 Herb says: 1,28,50,70,31 Greensoro: 10-6 1st NFC Central Lost to St. Louis in Div. Playoffs Super Bowl Seattle 16 NY Giants 14 First year saw a new injury every week. #2 WR was lost for the season in the 2nd week. The coach will be evaluated and probally released from his contract immediately....Stay tuned [This message has been edited by BShanny (edited 01-20-2001).] [This message has been edited by BShanny (edited 01-20-2001).] |
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01-20-2001, 12:11 PM
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High School Varsity
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Richmond Pond Frogs 2018
Ap Wire- After the 2017 season team GM Ctown collapsed from exhaustion. He claims it was from all the late hours he spent developing the expansion team. He is resting comfortable in his off-season home near Cleveland. Hitchock let stardom get to him and saw a dramatic decrease in his future potential. Hopefully his rookie ratings will get him through another year! Canned scout and Hired Jon Buckley to a 5 year 820,000 deal. Designated Ronnie Jones DE as a franchise player. He then resigned 20.38 for two years. Offer Nathan El Nino (s) 4 28.61mil signed in week six Johnny Matthews LB $15.72 mil., 3 yrs. week 11 Kris Cooley LB$7.83 mil., 2 yrs. week 11 No one else worth signing that would replace a player I could re-up from my own team. Amateur Draft Report: Rnd 1 - K.C. Borders, T, Kentucky Rnd 2 - Alonzo Buckner, DT, Arkansas Rnd 3 - Colin Duffy, QB, Miami, Florida Rnd 4 - Mario Witt, CB, Colgate Rnd 5 - Neil Paswater, QB, Wisconsin Rnd 6 - Thomas Bronson, RB, Washington State Rnd 7 - Lewis Sullivan, LB, Northwestern After Camp Results Nathan El Nino 75/86 Kris Cooley 49/51 Johnny Matthews 39/54 K.C. Borders 24/94 Alonzo Buckner 25/79 Colin Duffy 20/56 Mario Witt 24/44 Neil Paswater 34/46 Thomas Bronson 38/38 Lewis Sullivan 9/44 Week 9 Things just keep getting worse on the injury front . . .at one point in the season we had thirteen injured players. Week nine, however was the worst up to that point . . . Injury Report: Kris Cooley, LB - Sprained Neck, full strength in 0-2 Weeks Corey Ligeski, S - Sprained Neck, full strength in 3-5 Weeks Kurt Altman, CB - Concussion, full strength in 0-2 Weeks Nathan El Nino, S - Bruised Ribcage, full strength in 0-2 Weeks Everett Mahoney, C - Turf Toe, full strength in 0-2 Weeks Calvin McDonald, T - Broken Finger, full strength in 0-2 Weeks Vinny Hitchcock, WR - Bruised Ribcage, full strength in 0-2 Weeks Sedrick Bell, T - Turf Toe, full strength in 0-2 Weeks Bryce Barnes, S - Torn Thumb Ligament, full strength in 2019 Duane Sutton, C - Torn Calf Muscle, full strength in 2-3 Months Mario Witt, CB - Hip Pointer, full strength in 2-3 Months What a season, we finished nine and seven (402-366). We lost to Washington twice, and I must admit I am pretty unhappy about that and, despite losses to NYG and Arizona in the last two weeks, we made the playoffs as a wild card team. Next stop a visit to Atlanta . . . Wild Card (9-7) RIC v. (11-5) ATL Things are loooking bleak. We are down 28-18 with 8:59 to play. . . Atlant just downed a punt at our 1 yard line . . . Things stay that way and we loose by the same score. Super Bowl: St. Louis beat New England 17-14 in an exciting game. Key Stats Snyder QB: 60.2%, 3664yrd, 29td, 16int, 93.0rt Schroder RB: 247att, 1069yrd,4.3 avg, 7td Hitchcock WR: 111C, 1745yrd, 13td (I guess he didn't let the media get into his head as much as I thought) Jones DE: 34t, 7.5s El Nino S: 74t, 5int Dorsett G: 27krb, 36.9% Awards: 1st team QB Vincent Snyder 1st team wr Vinny Hitchcock Homer Simpson had this to say about the team's success, "Doh!" And finally we look to herb for his expert analysis, Herb, "50,63,70,51,38." Season Score 9 poins for wins 1 point for playoffs Final score 10 points
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01-20-2001, 12:24 PM
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High School Varsity
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Richmond Ironclad, Season Two (2018)
The Ironclad have pursued an up-and coming 37 year old scout, Allen Behrendt. Behrendt was lured from the Miami Dolphins with a lucrative 5-year, 1.2 mill/per deal. Ratings are: VG/VG/VG/G/VG/VG/G/VG. Ticket prices have been raised significantly to increase the 'ol profit margin, but are still a significant bargain over demographic rival Washington. Free Agency The Ironclad have a free agency coup and outbid several teams for 6-year CB Albert Lathon. Lathon is signed to a 5 year, 58 million dollar deal - and should bring immediate respectability to a previously horrible secondary. Weeks 11-20 welcome WR Mitchell Coleman, LB Conrad Ahn and G Carlos McKelvey. 2018 Amateur Draft Amateur Draft Report: Rnd 1 - Levon Hicks, WR, Arizona State Rnd 2 - Jim Weaver, RB, Mississippi State Rnd 3 - Lee Jeffrey, C, Houston Rnd 4 - Matthew Murphy, K, Arizona Rnd 5 - Jim Randle, TE, Western Kentucky Rnd 6 - Fernando Britton, P, Texas A&M Rnd 7 - Casey Bryant, LB, Boston College I needed to address the offense, and if his potential holds Weaver will be an absolute steal in round 2. Perhaps he can take some pressure off of the QB. Time to fill out the roster and head to TC. 2018 Training Camp Training camp sucked, but no draft busts. In the interest of time (mine and yours), these season posts will simply include compilations of the important 5 year updates - otherwise this will take forever. 7-9 in second season, a step back mainly due to SEVERE and FREQUENT injuries. This was a bad, bad year - perhaps it's time to get a new coach that has a better injury rating. Note: A more brief synopsis in the interest of time has been moved back to my 1st post. [This message has been edited by The Mike (edited 01-20-2001).]
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01-20-2001, 01:10 PM
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Richmond Voodoo Chiles 2018 Season
Hired a New Scout BJ Salo, for 550K/3yrs Free Agents[*] First 10 stages I eye QB Jay Winslett, an outatanding young QB. I manage to sign him to a $80.68M/4yrs. Hey have this cap room might use it.[*] Last 10 Stages T Ed Hulbert, Car $17.97M/3yrs LB Luther Norfleet, Jax $14.28M/3yrs DT Dixon Hellestrae, Det $8.28M/3yrs[*] Resigned FAs WR Cris Snyder $14.62M/3yrs FB Ben Fiedler $1.74M/2yrs Draft Went with a stud DT with the 5 pick overall. I am sad to say y game crashed after my first draft and that was a lot better. Oh well this one was allright, i got some decent players. Rnd 1 - Glen Giefeke, DT, Northwestern Rnd 2 - Daniel Gerald, S, Tennessee Rnd 3 - Wendell Medlock, WR, Wayne State (Neb.) Rnd 4 - Dwayne Slye, C, Louisville Rnd 5 - Fernando Wadsworth, CB, Arkansas Rnd 6 - Shaun Matthews, FB, Arizona State Rnd 7 - Kenny Hamilton, TE, Wisconsin 53 Man Roster Before Exhibition Season Position/Player Current Est Future Est Exp Sgnd 2018 Exhibition Season I go 3-1, look like a decent ball team, my onlyh loss is where I get shutout. It seems like if my team scores I do well and play a close game, if not my team goes to hell. Only One major injury, and that was too my starting RB Jerry Crawford, this keeps him out for the first quarter of the season. 2018 Regular Season Well things start out well for the Voodoo Chiles, going 3-1 in the first 4 games. The signing of QB Jay WInslett has helped ignite some offense. Even with RB Crawford out, RBs Prill and Phillips pick up the pace. Well I wished the next 8 games went the same way but I go 1-7, with numerous injuries to my DTs. Some of this games were close but my team was to young to know how to win those games. Luckily the last 4 games go well, I go 3-1, and lose to the Eagles, the league's best team at 15-1. Overall I finish 7-9 (370/389). I am very pleased, I was not expecting this. I defeated all the teams I should of, so that is a good sign. Here are my results Week Opponent Result Attend No-Shows WR Cris Snyder had a outstanding year as a 2nd year player. He does not have great skills but he has performed well. Last year he had an excellent season as my 3rd reciver, and this year he had a all-pro caliber season. QB Jay Winslett struggle din the middle part of the season, but he picked it up at the end which enabled him to post moderate stats, he did have career best in YRDs and TDs. Selected Individual Stats QB Jay Winslett: %56.1, 3834, 26/24, 75.2 RB Jerry Crawford: 663, 4.7, 4TDs. Was injured early but a decent season RB Corwin Phillips: 504, 5.2, 5TDs. Filled in well for Crawford, he definetly overachieved WR Cris Snyder: 89 Rec, 1188, 13.3, 7TDs. The team MVP, had a lot of big games for us WR Wendell Medlock: 58, 772, 13.3, 4. He was my 3rd round pick of this year, had an excellent rookie campaign. Was injured for three games DE Steven Mueller: 34 tckls, 9.5 sacks: Last year's #1 pick doing well, still needs to improve DT Glen Giefeke: 62 tckls, 2.0: Excellent rookie year, great runstopper LB Luther Norfleet: 115 tckls, 35 asst, 4.0 sacks: I FA pick up had an all-pro year S Daniel Gerald: 74 tckls, 7 ints, 39.0 PDQ: Defensive rookie of the year. Excellent pick up from the 2nd round. My first three picks this year were all impact players. I was worried about this draft but it has already paid dividends Season Awards S Daniel Gerald, Defensive Rookis of the Year LB Luther Norfleet: All-Pro 2nd Team Herb's Score 33-39-43-70 (41) What to look for in 2019 Well my defensive front is pretty decent. Been picking up nice depth at DT and LB, have spent picks developing my DEs and Safaties. I will pbe looking for a top nothc CB in FA or the draft. Offensively I have done decent in drafting good Offensice Lineman and WRs. I will be just seeing where i can upgrade there in the draft. Well with so much turnover these few years and for a few more anything can happened, so far I have been lucky in getting producitve people from not so talented players [This message has been edited by petrochile (edited 01-20-2001).]
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01-20-2001, 01:57 PM
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Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist
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RICHMOND SKYDOGS 2017
Expansion Draft I went after defensive talent here, but also recognize that expansion talnet isn't the kind of talent worthy of the dominant franchise I intend to build and therefore spend the last 15 picks or so on cheap guys and guys whose contracts will run out after this season. After the draft, KC offered a 5th-round choice for TE Jared Myers. With Myers in the last year of his contract, I accepted the offer. Free Agency Period With a strong "D" as my initial goal, I go after All-Pro LB Jesse Grant. He signs a 4-year, $34.5M deal Week 2. Here are my 3 WK 11-20 signees: T Kenny Cedeno: 4yrs,$8.25M QB Jerry Corbett: 4yrs,$14.04M S Deron Newton: 3yrs,$13.5M Amateur Draft 1(1) T Byron Krieger, Butler 2(1) RB Joe Washington, Illinois 3(1) C Kevin Hadavi, Tennessee Tech 4(1) FB Dale Gullett, Rutgers 5(1) QB Thomas Larimer, Alabama 5(17) WR Freddy Lincoln, Quincy University 6(1) RB Dale Harding, Miami(FL) 7(1) LB Howie Anthony, North Texas With an expansion team, I believe in going after "best available". Krieger looks like a franchise T, and Washington's endurance of 84 should allow him to be a workhorse back. After the amateur draft, I sign one-year deals and get up to 70 players. (Note: I signed three guys to contracts of more than one year, but remembered that rule before I was done with all of the signings. I dropped them all before proceeding to training camp. Just mentioning this now.) Post-Training Camp I had no real busts or breakouts from the draft. I get offered a 7th-round pick by Cleveland for one of my FA pickups, CB Roman Gunn. I accept the offer, then cut 16 more guys to cut the roster down to 53. Here they are: From the desk of Wesley Harper of the Richmond SkyDogs Regular Season We went 3-13. Points Scored: 190 (OUCH!) Points Allowed: 335 (not bad) Neither QB did much. Larimer had a 56.5 Rating in 11 starts, Corbett a 61.9. RB Washington was decent with 221 carries for 913 yards. During the postseason, I extended DE Ronald Jones' contract for two more years. New England beat Chicago 24-14 to win the Super Bowl. None of the SkyDogs won awards. HERB'S SCORES Performance: 4 Frnc. Value: 28 Profit/Loss: 54 Difficulty: 70 YREND SCORE: 33 POINTS: 3 [This message has been edited by SkyDog (edited 01-20-2001).] [This message has been edited by SkyDog (edited 01-20-2001).]
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The 2017 Richmond Archetypes Season in Review Expansion Draft and Free Agency The expansion draft is uneventful as usual, but I do manage to grab a decent run-stopping DE with my first pick. For the rest I look simply for good value players so as not to eat into my cap space with guys who won't amount to much more than dead weight anyway. As I enter into my first free agent period, the first thing i notice is the abundance of quality QB's at the top of my scout's list! There are two I mark as having both enough talent and youth around which to build my franchise. Luckily the one I want is ranked lowest of the four by my scout, so I figure he has a good chance of being left for the last ten weeks. With that in mind, I decide to look at other positions for my franchise's first FA pickup. I quickly find a great run-stopping DT and a nicely balanced G. I bid on the DT first... and loose. I go after the G... and he decides to play elsewhere for less money. At this I see that the two older QB's I didn't want have already been snatched up. A lot of attention is now suddenly being given to QB Snyder (the one I want less anyway). Fearing that once Snyder is picked up, my guy will become the next hottest item up for bid, I decide to swoop in and rescue him from free agency torment with a nice four year, $66mil ($5mil bonus) contract offer. He graciously accepts. It is more than I had hoped to pay, but a good $20mil less than the total contracts of the other three QB's. No impact players are left at the beginning of the second half so I decide to wait until week 19 and grab any good bargains. My three second half FA's are all second year guys signed in week 19 or so. I'm sure with my lack of overall talent they'll start for my first few years but hopefully won't be more than backups in two or three years. Amateur Draft There are actually several great players at the top of my scout's recommendation list for this draft. There are two great DE's, a future QB star, several good OL prospects, a really nice cover cornerback, a RB with about half his abilities maxed (including BA speed and potential YPC), and several other top ten quality picks. In a normal career of mine, I probably would take one of the DE's or OL's and try to build my team slowly. In this challenge, however, the first season's score counts just as much as any other season's so I decide to take the guy I think will give me the most wins now. So with the first pick in the 2017 amateur draft, The Richmond Archetypes choose Austin Coleman, 6-1", 224 lb running back out of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. His scores are 100, 32(54), 100, 56(100), 58, 47(85), 52, 100, 48. Not the prototypical 1st pick RB, but his BA speed, YPC, and Carrying all go to 100 and those are the three most important stats for and RB IMHO. I just hope the uniformity of his non 100 scores isn't an indicator of him being a bust!! I finish out my draft with a decent WR in round two, a decent DE in round three, a pretty good C in round four. This draft was great at the top, but not very deep at the bottom and thus my remaining picks aren't really of any worth I think. I fill my roster up to 70 players, hope for some breakouts and head to camp. Preseaon Luckily none of my picks busted (the RB lost a single pt of BAS and YPC only!) but no breakouts either. Actually in my hundreds of seasons playing FOF2k1 I don't think I ever had a real breakout player and I've only had maybe one or two real busts. Occasionally I have guys who change some or all of their stats, but never by more than 5-10 points. We go 2-2 in exhibition with no major injuries EXCEPT both my punter and kicker are out with injuries!! I almost never have one of my kickers out... let alone both of them! So I head to the free agent market and pick up replacements and head into the regular season. Regular Season We lose our first game 41-17 to Minnesota. Coleman got 86 yards on only 13 carries (6.6 avg) which makes the owners happy. Starting QB Nelson only made 6 passing attempts before getting pulled. He was 5/6 for 53 yds with no TD's or int's before being pulled. His replacement managed only 14/30 for 198 yds and TWO int's... This week New England comes to town and we win 24-14. WOOHOO! Coleman is really looking to be the real deal! He burned NE for 198 yds on 26 carries (7.6 avg) and two TD's. Nelson played the full game this time getting 20/30 for 181 yds with 1 TD and 2 interceptions. In light of Coleman's performances in the first two games its easy to overlook the four interceptions. Even though this is Nelson's 6th year in the league he never started a game before this season and only played in two. So despite his all-pro ratings we may be in for an adjustment period with him. The Eagles come to Richmond this week for an early season NFC East matchup. We win 32-20 to put us at 2-1 and atop the NFC East after three games. Coleman again has another extremely efficient game coming up with 71 yards on only 13 carries (5.4 avg). I don't understand why he has gotten so few carries in two of our games, but at least he is certainly making the most of them! Nelson plays pretty well as well with 18/30 for 190 yds and one TD. The team is really starting to become cautiously optimistic at this point. We're happy to be 2-1, but feel we could have been 3-0 had Nelson played the whole game against the Vikings. In an interesting note, our replacement kicker suffered a concussion in this game. I guess the position is just cursed for this team. Our top CB sprained his knee, but is expected to play in the next game. This week brings our second NFC East challenge. This time we pack our bags for Jersey to play the 1-2 New York Football Giants. The Giants barely nudge us 20-17. Coleman picked up 73 yards on 18 carries (4.0 avg). Nelson again only made 6 attempts before leaving the game with a hyperextended elbow. He shows questionable for next week but the hated Redskins are coming to town and we can't let him miss the first game in what should become a hotly contested regional rivalry. Against any other team we probably would have let Nelson sit out a week to heal, but this is the Redskins and we feel a game like this is important to help us establish our franchise's identity. I just noticed my replacement punter was injured in the last game and will be out 3-5 weeks for arthroscopic knee surgery. Wow.. maybe there is something to this curse. Washington takes round one 20-3. Coleman got 51 yards on only 10 carries. Efficient, but we need to get this guy more touches. His playing time is set to 6 which I think is pretty high for a rookie. Nelson has a poor game only getting around 120 yards passing, no TD's and one interception. This week 1-4 Carolina comes into Richmond. We feel we really need a win right now to get this season back on track, but unfortunately still fall 23-17. Coleman only managed 49 yards on 18 carries (2.7 avg) in the game. Nelson only completed 42% of his passes. Yet we still lost by less than a touchdown. This team still has reason for optimism, but the media and fans are already starting to loose faith for this season. We get a rematch with the 2-4 Giants at home this time and we take this one 21-20 on an Austin Coleman 46 TD yard run with 4 minutes left. Coleman finished the game with 108 yards on 17 carries and 2 TD's. Nelson passed for a TD, but also had three interceptions. He also passed for over 200 yards for the first time this season. After this win we are 3-4. If you told the coaches they would be 3-4 at the beginning of the season they would have been pleased. But now, we have the feeling that we could have been much better. Still we're only 1.5 games behind Arizona for first place in the division and we haven't played them yet so we still have a chance at the playoffs. However, six of our first seven games were at home so we could also still be in for a long season and high draft pick. We get to travel to Miami this week to face the 4-2 Dolphins in this inter-conference matchup. The team plays hard, but still falls 31-13. Coleman gets 64 yards on 13 attempts (4.9 avg), but Nelson really drags the team down with his 4.4 yards per attempt and one interception without a TD. Maybe this team's expectations got too high after our decent start. Nelson has been playing through a bit of injury with his hyper-extended elbow and he finally looks to be 100%. At the halfway point we sit at 3-5. This is much better than we expected at the start of the season, but we still feel disappointed as this team could have easily been at least 4-4 had Nelson not suffered through various minor injuries. This it’s the halfway point, lets look at some key stats from this season so far and grade the team by position. Key stats for first half of Season QB - Nelson - 108/197, 1161 yards, 4 TD, 9 int, 62.1 rating (33rd among qualifiers) RB - Coleman - 129 attempts, 706 yards (1st in league), 5.4 avg, 7 TD (2nd in league) OT - Kenny Cedeno - 2 Fumble Recoveries, 15 KRB, 46.8 B%, 3 SkA LB - Kerry O'Neal - 60 tackles, 2.0 sacks, 1 blk, 1 hurry, 1 int DE - Johnnie Burgess - 34 tackles, 5.0 sacks, 2 hurries No DB over 23 PDQ (only O'Neal has an interception on the whole team!!!) Back to the games. Today the five and two, division leading Arizona Cardinals come into the Richmond Coliseum (still taking bids for sponsorship rights). At 3-5 we need to really go 7-1 to make the playoffs. With only 2 home games left (including this one), we really can not afford to lose here, but we do… 24-17. Coleman gets 57 yards on only 7 carries (8.1 avg) and Nelson again stinks the place up. Management has repeated given the coach instructions to give Coleman more carries and so far we have been ignored. At this point he only has 136 caries (about 15 per game). If he doesn't have 275 by the end of the season (20 per game from here on out) a different man will be coaching the Archetypes next season. This week is our bye week. For their sakes, the coach and offensive coordinator better design some more plays for Coleman We travel to Philadelphia. With the playoffs essentially out of the picture for us, we just hope to make it through the year without major injuries. Of course, it would be nice if Coleman could league in rushing so maybe we could get our attendance to increase. Anyway, we win a shootout with Philly 34-31. The coach must have finally gotten our message as Austin Coleman gets 176 yards on 24 carries (7.3 avg) and 1 TD. Nelson completes less than 40% of his passes for 202 yards and 2 interceptions to go along with two TD's. He made almost as many bad passes (10) as completions (12). Nelson better be glad Coleman has carried us to a 4-6 record to cover up for his (Nelson's) terrible season. This week we travel to 6-4 Dallas and we win 26-23. Perhaps I had given up on this team too soon. Still at 5-6 we would need to win our next 5 games to get into the playoffs. Coleman rushed for 73 yards on 18 carries (4.0 avg) and 1 TD. Nelson actually played well going 20/33 for 204 yards with 1 TD and no interceptions. Our kicker really won this game for us going 4/4 on FG's and 2/2 on PAT's. This week we travel to division leading Arizona. At 7-4 they are a full two games ahead of us. Of course, a win would close that to just one game with four remaining. But since we lose 14-21, we fall to three games out. In one of the biggest games in this young team's history, you would think the coaches would try to get the most out of their young, emerging superstar. Well… not our coaches.. they gave Coleman the ball seven (7!!!) times for 17 yards (2.4 avg). He did get 2 receptions for 19 yards and a TD. Nelson passed for 150 yards, 2 TD's and an interception and led the team in rushing with 59 yards. At this point ownership is incredibly doubtful that Coach Bernstein will be back. The next four weeks will really make or break him depending on how hard the team plays in light of playoff elimination. This week we travel to Greensboro for probably our second most important rivalry as our franchises will forever be tied together. Greensboro is 7-5 and we would like nothing more than to defeat them and kill their playoff ambitions! Unfortunately they have other thoughts on the matter and smoke us 16-3. Coleman had a terrible game getting only 3 yards on 11 carries. Nelson wasn't much better after leaving the game with a concussion after just 12 attempts for 90 yards passing. Dallas comes calling at 7-6 and defeats us 13-10. We sure haven't been playing this playoff spoiler roll very well. Coleman gets 106 yards on 26 attempts (4.0 avg) as well as 4 catches for 20 yards and one TD. We travel to England this week to play Manchester. Well its probably not Manchester, England, but we tell our players it is so they feel like it’s a special game. Apparently it didn't work as they defeat us 14-7. Coleman rushed for 40 yards on 15 carries. We end our season against the much-hated Redskins on their home field. They defeated us earlier in the year on our home field and we really need this game. At 5-10, right now we care more for a pride than the higher draft pick a 5-11 record would net us. But I guess higher draft picks aren't so bad we tell ourselves after loosing 17-10. Coleman manages 120 yards on 20 carries but can't find the endzone. Nelson completes almost 65% of his passes for 191 yards, 1 TD, and 1 int. Season Recap So we end the season at 5-11. Lets have a look at the stats for the whole season QB Randal Nelson - 225/421, 2411 yards, 5.72 YPA, 11 TD, 14 INT, 65.3 QB Rating We still feel FA pickup Randal Nelson is a great prospect for the future and that this team can only go as far as he takes us. That said, we expect huge improvements from him next year and plan to give him better receivers to help him as best we can. RB Austin Coleman - 257 attempts, 1302 yards, 5.0 avg., 9 TD First overall pick of the draft Austin Coleman had a great season. His numbers, especially touchdowns, suffered in the second half but we still view him as the main reason we were able to win even five games. I see Nelson's improvement as the key to our future, but Coleman is definitely the guy who will carry us there. Coleman seems to be a big play RB who needs lots of carries to get his yards consistenly. I would have liked to have seen what he would have done with 300 carries. WR Carlton Barber - 62/131 catches, 800 yards, 12.9 avg. 3 TD, 9 drops My second round pick should make a good second WR, but really needs to raise his catches, lower his drops and find the endzone more to be relied on as a primary receiver. I doubt he has the talent to do so and perhaps a lot of Nelson's troubles can be blamed on the poor received corps. LB Kerry O'Neal - 110 tackles, 36 assists, 4 sacks, 1 int As a player acquired in the expansion draft he really played above his ratings this season as the anchor on a poor defense. Still you have to give him his props for the tackles and sacks. He has one more year left on his contract and I doubt I will resign him after it expires unless he is willing to take a large cut in pay. Team stats (in Quiksand format) J Rushing: 4.4 / 3.4 / 3.7 Passing: 5.7 / 7.3 / 6.6 We had a great running game and a pretty good rushing defense, but were extremely poor both ways in passing. We also finished near the bottom in turnover margin with -11. Chicago defeated Colorado Springs 13-10 for their second FOF Superbowl vistory. Player Awards Austin Coleman - Offensive Rookie of the Year, 2nd Team All-Pro Running Back Kerry O'Neal - 2nd Team All-Pro Linebacker |
