Chargers FOF 2k4 Dynasty

[Abe Sargent]

After playing around with 2k4 for a while, it's time for a dynasty. Now, I currently have a Madden 2004 dynasty going as the Las Vegas Copperheads. Normally, when I do a dynasty, I try to include a lot of press releases, news articles, press conferences, and other documents in order to build the story. My Madden 2004 dynasty will continue to be that sort of dynasty.

I'm going to try something different with the Chargers dynasty. Here, it will be more about stats and me as a GM and less about the stories. If you want that sort of dynasty, click on the link to the Madden 2004 dynasty and catch up. Otherwise, the Chargers dynasty is about to begin.


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Why the Chargers?

They have a weak roster. 3rd worst in AFC.

They are the second poorest team in the league.

They have few future stars.

Appear to be a challenge.


Here are a few things you'll want to know:

Injury is set at 90

Cap inflation is 30-70 (default was 28-80)

Wall Street, GMs fire-able, Cohesion and Leaders enabled


Arizona renamed Phoenix, Carolina renamed Charlotte, New England renamed Boston.


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

The initial roster:

Front Office Football 2004
San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview
   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntrct 
Flutie, Doug            7   QB          10   24                30                4 yrs
Brees, Drew             9   QB    QB    3    20                52                1 yr.
Tomlinson, LaDainian    21  RB    RB    3    68                72                3 yrs
Johnson, Leon           35  RB          6    35                39                1 yr.
Chatman, Jesse          24  RB          2    17                22                1 yr.
Neal, Lorenzo           41  FB    FB    10   79                79                3 yrs
Pinnock, Andrew         30  FB          1    34                56                3 yrs
Alexander, Stephen      80  TE    TE    6    53                56                4 yrs
Gates, Antonio          85  TE          1    13                27                2 yrs
Peelle, Justin          84  TE          2    12                25                2 yrs
Norman, Josh            83  TE          2    8                 19                1 yr.
Boston, David           89  FL    FL    5    62                62                5 yrs
Parker, Eric            88  FL          2    17                21                1 yr.
Osgood, Kassim          81  FL          1    15                30                2 yrs
Dwight, Tim             87  SE          6    37                40                4 yrs
Caldwell, Reche         82  SE    SE    2    35                48                3 yrs
Mattos, Grant           86  SE          1    11                23                2 yrs
Raymer, Cory            66  C           8    30                33                4 yrs
Ball, Jason             60  C     C     2    29                53                1 yr.
Binn, David             50  C           10   26                33                1 yr.
Fonoti, Toniu           71  LG    LG    2    33                60                3 yrs
Garmon, Kelvin          63  LG          3    14                33                1 yr.
Hallen, Bob             62  RG    RG    6    54                65                1 yr.
McIntosh, Damion        77  LT    LT    4    35                61                1 yr.
VanBuren, Courtney      72  LT          1    16                39                3 yrs
Page, Solomon           79  RT    RT    5    38                43                1 yr.
Parker, Vaughn          70  RT          10   36                40                2 yrs
Bogle, Phil             64  RT          1    12                32                2 yrs
Bennett, Darren         2   P           9    53                53                1 yr.
Christie, Steve         8   K           14   35                36                1 yr.
Scifres, Mike           5   K           1    18                29                3 yrs
Wiley, Marcellus        75  LDE   LDE   7    66                67                4 yrs
Leverette, Otis         93  LDE         3    15                27                1 yr.
Johnson, Ray Lee        99  RDE   RDE   10   60                61                2 yrs
Dingle, Adrian          90  RDE         5    26                40                3 yrs
Williams, Jamal         76  LDT   LDT   6    49                55                3 yrs
Carson, Leonardo        96  LDT         4    35                51                1 yr.
Cesaire, Jacques        74  LDT         1    25                52                2 yrs
Fisk, Jason             92  RDT   RDT   9    54                54                4 yrs
Scott, DeQuincy         78  RDT         4    12                21                1 yr.
Polk, Carlos            52  MLB   MLB   3    31                57                1 yr.
Moreno, Zeke            57  MLB         3    18                31                1 yr.
Leber, Ben              51  SLB         2    25                41                3 yrs
Waddy, Jude             54  SLB         5    21                37                1 yr.
Cooper, Stephen         94  SLB         1    16                30                2 yrs
Edwards, Donnie         59  WLB   SLB   8    67                67                4 yrs
Wilhelm, Matt           56  WLB   WLB   1    16                39                3 yrs
Jammer, Quentin         23  LCB   LCB   2    35                61                4 yrs
Florence, Drayton       29  LCB         1    16                34                4 yrs
Davis, Sammy            22  RCB   RCB   1    34                61                4 yrs
House, Kevin            32  RCB         3    13                23                1 yr.
Lassiter, Kwamie        42  SS    SS    9    70                70                3 yrs
Fox, Vernon             36  SS          2    10                30                1 yr.
Kiel, Terrence          48  FS    FS    1    26                49                4 yrs
Wilson, Jerry           20  FS          7    20                23                1 yr.
Milligan, Hanik         31  FS          1    9                 19                4 yrs
   
$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.  
   
Players Under Contract: 56
On Active Roster: 56
   
Salary Cap: $75,000,000
Cap Room: $18,640,000
Maximum for New Player: $18,870,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $0
   
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $68,780,000

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Number of Chargers on the Green Page: 0


Mentors:

FB Lorenzo Neal
P Darren Bennett
K Steve Christie
RDE Ray Lee Johnson


Leaders:

FB Lorenzo Neal
SE Tim Dwight
C Cory Raymer
SLB Jude Waddy
LCB Quentin Jammer


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Some Financials:

We sold 50,600 season tickets with 71,600 seats.


Qualcomm Stadium (Opened in 1967):
Outdoor/Natural Grass
71,600 Seats
113 Luxury Boxes
Fair condition
Very Good Parking Lot
Very Good Turf



Franchise Value: 311,250,000. Second lowest, only Phoenix is worth less.

Worst Stadium.

Roster is ranked 20th.

Support is second lowest, only Phoenix is lower.

Economy is fifth worst.



City Info:


San Diego:

Pop: 2.75 mill
Growth 1.8%
Avg Inc: $29,500
Poverty: 16.6%
Entertainment Competition: Very High (94%)
Trend-Setting: Very Low (0%)


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

I begin by trimming some fat from the roster. The following players are released:

K Mike Scifres
C David Binn
TE Josh Norman
FS Hanik Milligan


I sign:

QB Emmanuel Merola, 1 year, 230k


I deactivate:

FB Andrew Pinnock
TE Justin Peele
SE Grant Mattos
RT Phil Bogle
RDT DeQuincy Scott
SLB Stephen Cooper
SS Vernon Fox


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

My staff:

Lead Scout:

Roman Root
66 yrs old
280k, 5 years
Offense: VG, VG, G, G
Sp. Teams/Defense: A, A, G, A
Yng Tal: VG


Good offense, lackluster defense acuity, but strong at identifying young talent.



Head Coach:

Graham Sevcik
60 yrs old
1.52 mill, 2 years
Offense: VG, G, Ex, VG
Sp. Teams/Def: VG, A, F, A
Yng Tal: A
Skills: Ex, VG, G, A, A


Only average injury avoidance, not great at calling plays, average with the youngsters, I think we can do better.


Off. Coord.

Marc Hanson
52 yrs old
740k, 4 years
Off: A, Ex, G, A
Sp Teams/Def: A, A, G, A
Yng Tal: A
Skills: G, A, A, A, A


Completely average in almost every way except for his skill with running backs. I'd like somebody better than average.


Def. Coord.

Zach King
54 yrs old
820k, 5 years
Off: G, F, A, VG
Sp Teams/Def: VG, F, G, Ex
Yng Tal: G
Skills: G, A, G, A, G

Solid in special teams and excellent with the secondary but weak in the trenches. I might be able to do better.



What's with all of my coaches sounding like they're the Frat Boy Prep Club? Graham? Marc? Zach? That's crazy.

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

The Schedules:

Front Office Football 2004
San Diego Chargers 2003 Exhibition Season Schedule
   
  Week    Opponent                              Result    Attendance Weather  
Week 1    OPEN                                    
Week 2    at Seattle Seahawks                     
Week 3    PHOENIX CARDINALS                       
Week 4    at Houston Texans                       
Week 5    SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS                     
   
Home Games in ALL CAPS
   
Season Tickets Sold: 50,600
Stadium Capacity: 71,600

San Diego Chargers 2003 Regular Season Schedule
   
  Week    Opponent                              Result    Attendance Weather  
Week 1    at Kansas City Chiefs                   
Week 2    DENVER BRONCOS                          
Week 3    BALTIMORE RAVENS                        
Week 4    at Oakland Raiders                      
Week 5    at Jacksonville Jaguars                 
Week 6    OPEN                                    
Week 7    at Cleveland Browns                     
Week 8    MIAMI DOLPHINS                          
Week 9    at Chicago Bears                        
Week 10   MINNESOTA VIKINGS                       
Week 11   at Denver Broncos                       
Week 12   CINCINNATI BENGALS                      
Week 13   KANSAS CITY CHIEFS                      
Week 14   at Detroit Lions                        
Week 15   GREEN BAY PACKERS                       
Week 16   at Pittsburgh Steelers                  
Week 17   OAKLAND RAIDERS                         
   
Home Games in ALL CAPS
   
Season Tickets Sold: 50,600
Stadium Capacity: 71,600

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

We go 2-2 in the preseason. No players are injured.

Starters:

QB Drew Brees - I have serious concerns about Brees' ability to be a starter in the NFL. This is the last year of his rookie contract, so we'll see how he plays.

RB LT - Our offensive stud is, of course, LaDainian Tomlinson, or LT. He is a true franchise running back. Expect to see a lot of LT over the next few years.

FB Lorenzo Neal - Another stud performer is fullback Neal, with virtually maxed out categories in almost every pertinent stat.

TE Stephen Alexander - Steve has both strengths and weaknesses. He can go over the middle and he avoids drops. He's also a solid pass blocker. However, he is weak as a run blocker or big play threat. I'd like a more well-rounded threat.

FL David Boston - The newest high profile acquisition by the Chargers, Boston was picked up before I took over the GM position. He had great big play ability, with significant speed. His hands are merely average, and he will drop a few balls, but he is above average to good to great in everything else.

SE Reche Caldwell - In camp, Reche beat out Tim Dwight. Barely. Reche is another big play man, but slower. He also drops balls, fumbles, runs the wrong routes and can't read plays that well.

LT Damion McIntosh - Damion has tremendous run blocking potential, and is strong, but he is a poor pass blocker.

LG Toniu Fonoti - Another stong blocker, Toniu still needs to develop but is out best player currently. Toniu will never be great.

C Jason Ball - Yet another player with decent potential but not so hot current abilites. Still, Jason is our best center. He is very strong and a good snapper.

RG Bob Hallen - A decent guard, Bob has good skills but is the weakest starting O-Lineman of our group.

RT Solomon Page - A better pass blocker, Solomon is a poor run blocker. He may be our best current pass blocker.


LDE Marcellus Wiley - Although he is only adequate against the run, Wiley is very strong in every other area, and may be our best defensive player.

LDT Jamal Williams - Jamal is an adequate player who is good enough to keep offensive lines honest. Nothing special, however.

RDT Jason Fisk - Great pass rush, but merely average against the run. Not a punishing hitter and can often get confused by the offense.

RDE Ray Lee Johnson - The best player against the run on our D-Line is an end. Ray Lee simply shuts down runs, and has adequate pass rush skills. However, Ray Lee sometimes gets confused as well, plus he can get bowled off the line by stronger players.

SLB Donnie Edwards - Our good linebacker. Donnie is our best linebacker because he is good in coverage and pass rush, while adequate at best against the run. A quintessential WLB set of skills, but because we have such a poor linebacker corps, he'll lineup at SLB.

MLB Carlos Polk - Not that good right now, and only has potential to become acceptable someday.

WLB Matt Wilhelm - At best, a poor starter. That's generous.

LCB Quentin Jammer - Not as good as the hype, that's for sure. Can get beat right now, but could eventually grow into an above average corner. Not anything more.

RCB Sammy Davis - Strong hitter with a poor zone game. Average at best, and again, that's saying something.

SS Kwamie Lassiter - It seems like each of our defensive positional groups has one stud. Donnie Edwards, Marcellus Wiley, and Kwamie Lassiter. He could be our safety for a long while....

FS Terrence Kiel - ...but hopefully Terrence Kiel won't be, as he is the worst starter of our team. Nasty.

P Darren Bennett - Poor directional punting but good otherwise.

K Steve Christie - Barely adequate kicker. Definately a position of upgrade in the offseason.


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Week 1 -

We defeat the Chiefs as Kwamie Lassiter is named the Game MVP after notching two picks, one for a TD. LT rushed for a TD as we won 29-13.


Week 2 -

Drew Brees tosses four TDs and LT gets over 100 yards as we defeat the Broncos 35-10. Jason Fisk notched a pair of sacks. G Bob Hallen is probable for next week. Game MVP is Drew Brees.


Week 3 -

The Chargers defeat the Ravens 21-10. The Ravens sole score came on a return of a Brees' interception. Donnie Edwards likewise picked off Boller and ran it 84 yards for a score. Donnie was the game MVP with 2 Ints, 2.5 Sacks, and 11 tackles. Brees throws two TDs but 4 Ints. Tim Dwight goes over 100 yards receiving. Edwards is also the NFL Defensive Player of Week 3. Kwamie is probable for next week.


Week 4 -

We travel to Oakland and lose. Steve Christie misses an XP. FB Neal caught our lone TD as the Raiders score 27 to our 9. Brees threw 2 picks and LT only had 2 rushes for 13 yards due to injury.

We have two injuries. LT with a hyperextended knee, doubtful, Reche Caldwell probable with a sprained knee. LT should be out for a week or two.


We finish the first quarter of the season overachieving at 3-1.

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Week 5 -

We barely manage to defeat the winless Jags 20-17. Drew Brees is stupidly named the Game MVP, despite throwing one TD and 2 Picks. Marcellus Wiley recovers a fumble for a TD and notches two sacks - so I give him the Game Ball. Kay Lee also has a pair of sacks. Our defense led the way today. Marcellus Wiley is the NFL Defensive Player of Week 5, but not the Game MVP. Dumb.


Week 6 -

Bye


Week 7 -

LT is back in the lineup. We get surprised in Cleveland, losing 21-20. Our crappy safety Drayton Florence does pick off Kelly Holcomb's pass and returns it for a TD. LT rushes for our other TD. Brees tosses a pair of picks. Backup RB Leon Johnson is out for a while with a hyperextended elbow.


Week 8 -

We host and lose to the Dolphins 24-7. The Drew Brees of the first few games has all but disappeared as he threw one TD and FIVE picks. Kwamie will be out for a week or two with a strained foor ligament. Solomon Page is lightly injured and will be probable for a few weeks.


Week 9 -

We send Chicago to 0-8 as we win 28-20. Brees throws three TDs and just one pick. Nothing like a winless team to restore confidence, eh Drew? Kiel returned another pick for a TD.


We are 5-3 at the halfmark and well positioned for a playoff run in the second half.


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 -

We barely defeat Minnesota 27-20. I say barely because two of our touchdowns were not scored by the offense. Kay Lee ran a blocked punt in for a score and Kwamie Lassiter, who is back from injury, picked off Daunte Culpepper and returned it for a TD. David Boston had a 100 yard day with the solo offensive TD. Lassiter had two picks and Game MVP honors.

We have several injuries. Probable for next week are MLB Zeke Moreno, LCB Drayton Florence in addition to Solomon Page and RB Leon Johnson. LDT Jamal Williams is out for 5 weeks with a strained patella tendon. LDT Leonardo Carson will start in his stead for as long as he may be out.


Week 11 -

We travel to Denver and leave losers 24-28. Tomlinson registers 104 yards while Brees throws for 3 TDs. Donnie Edwards had 2 sacks and Ray Lee had 2.5. We have no additional injuries.


Week 12 -

We host Cincy but lose 21-23. Brees throws two TDs but also throws a pick that the Cincy defense returns for a TD. One of two picks on the day for Drew. Neal rushes for a TD and he just has to be accumlating a lot of TDs over the course of the year. Reche Caldwell catches both of the passing TDs. LT Damion McIntosh is questionable with a pulled groin. Reche Caldwell is questionable with a sprained ankle. Both may be out in the nest game. Maybe.


Week 13 -

McIntosh will start but Caldwell is benched for Tim Dwight but will still see some play. We need to rally against the Chiefs, but instead lose 14-13. Brees tosses a pair of picks while Donnie Edwards gets three sacks.


6-6 at the 75% mark. We need to run the table to make the playoffs.


Week 14 -

Reche will start again against the Lions. Detroit is the cure for many ills that teams have. For us as well since we win 21-7. Lorenzo Neal and LT both rush for TDs and Boston catches another TD. Drew Brees is the game MVP with no picks. Rare.


Week 15 -

We just hosted the Packers and lost 30-20 to put us at 7-7. CB Sammy Davis returns a pick for a TD while LT ran for a score. Pretty poor week by our defense.


Week 16 -

Jamal Williams is back in the lineup starting against the equally 7-7 Steelers. We lose 10-3. Brees throws up a pair of picks, bringing us to....


Week 17 -

We host the Raiders but lose 20-17 to finish the season at 7-9. Lorenzo Neal scores his 8th TD of the season while Boston catches another score and goes over 1000 yards receiving. Jason Fisk had another pair of sacks.

7-9.

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Playoffs -

Wild Card Weekend:

Cincinnati at Oakland, 28-10
Kansas City at Cleveland, 17-13
New York at New Orleans, 29-23
St. Louis at Green Bay, 27-29

Divisional Weekend:

Cincinnati at Tennessee, 24-17
Green Bay at Washington, 34-37
Kansas City at Miami, 10-30
New York at Seattle, 24-10


Conference Championships:

Cincinnati at Miami, 20-17

New York at Washington, 28-31


Super Bowl:

Cincinnati Bengals

vs

Washington Redskins



Cincinnati 39

Washington 3


Your 2004 NFL Champs - The Cincinnati Bengals


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

2003 in Review:

Awards:

All League First Team:

OLB Donnie Edwards
SS Kwamie Lassiter


Stats:

QB Drew Brees, 3699 yards, 21 TDs, 26 Ints

RB LaDainian Tomlinson, 195 rushes for 879 yards, 4 TDs, 37 catches for 273 yards, 1 TD

FB Lorenzo Neal, 63 carries for 201 yards and 4 TDs, 39 catches for 271 yards, 4 TDs.

WR David Boston, 65 catches for 1065 yards, 8 TDs

WR Reche Caldwell, 42 catches, 461 yards, 4 TDs

WR Tim Dwight, 39 catches, 587 yards, 2 TDs

TE Stephen Alexander, 53 catches for 589 yards and a TD

DT Jason Fisk, 52 Tacks, 21 Assts, 10.5 Sacks, 1 FF, 2 FumRec

DE Marcellus Wiley, 40 Tacks, 5 Assts, 10.5 Sacks, 1 FumRec, 1 FR TD

DE Ray Lee Johnson, 58 Tacks, 29 Assts, 8 Sacks, 1 FumRec, 1 FR TD

OLB Donnie Edwards, 113 Tacks, 18 Assts, 12 Sacks, 2 Ints, 1 Int TD, 4 PasDef, 2 FF, 1 FumRec

S Kwamie Lassiter, 99 Tacks, 35 Assts, 1 Sack, 6 Ints, 2 Int TDs, 18 PasDef, 5 FF, 2 FumRec

CB Quentin Jammer, 58 Tacks, 19 Assts, 2 Ints, 13 PasDef, 4 FF, 1 FumRec



-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

2003 GM Eval:

Team Performance: 28
Franchise Value: 62
Profit/Loss: 68
Roster Strength: 83

Overall: 56


The League has signed an 8 year TV deal, and the salary cap will increase 5.5 million each year over the length of the contract.


Balance Sheet:

Revenues: 70,070,000
Expenses: 62,750,000

Profit: 7,320,000


Phoenix's franchise value has leapt over ours, leaving us dead last in franchise value.

The San Diego economy has declined into the league worst.

Attendance at home games last year averaged 60,900 or 85% of capacity.


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Stadium Proposal:

With the worst stadium in the league, I think that it's time for a new stadium. I turn in a proposal for a new stadium with the following features:

Retractable Roof/Grass
High Quality Firm

80000 Capacity
19500 Club Seats
380 Luxury Boxes

Proposed Cost 431 Million

Since the Chargers have languished in pain in this archaic stadium for ages, I request that the public pay for everything.

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Staff Hiring:

I take a closer look at our current staff. I think we can look at better staff although we still have all of our staff under contract.

I make an offer to Gabe Shapiro for my D. Coord. position.

Bernie Lester for an O. Coor. position.

And I finally make an offer to the current Bears head coach.

We now have three standing offers so let's see what happens.


After the first week, Chicago blasts our offer and resigns their head coach. Cincinnati outbids us for Gabe Shapiro but we have time to rebut. And we are the highest bidder for Lester.

I make a bid to Shaun Peterson, the head coach of the Titans whose contract has expired. I also offer a position to Stanley Kovach, the previous defensive coordinator of the Chiefs.

We now have three offers out.

The following week, all three coaches sign, and we release our current staff. Here are our new coaches:


Head Coach Shaun Peterson
62
3.39 mill, 5 years
Off: VG, G, G, F
Sp. Teams/Def: A, VG, G, F
Yng Tal: Ex
Skills: A, VG, VG, VG, VG


Obviously, Shaun has very good skills, with great playcalling and injury avoidance skills. He is also amazing with the young 'uns.


Off. Coord. Bernie Lester
51
890k, 3 years
Off: A, G, VG, G
Sp. Teams/Def: Ex, VG, F, A
Yng Tal: VG
Skills: A, VG, A, A, G


Bernie is an amazingly good special teams coach. He's great with the youngsters as well, plus he can really help receivers.


Def. Coord. Stanley Kovach
37
1.16 mill, 4 years
Off: P, F, G, G
Sp. Teams/Def: A, G, G, G,
Yng Tal: VG
Skills: F, VG, G, G, A


Obviously not an offensively minded player. Yet another coach good with the newbies. He's solid through and through at all defensive position groups.


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

I slightly increase ticket prices. We have the second cheapest tickets in the league after accounted for by various economic factors.

We have 32 players under contract, but have only 12 million in cap room. I need to make some adjustments.

I release Doug Flutie. He didn't take a snap last year, and I free up 5 million in room if I cut Doug loose. I head into free agency with 17 million of space.

At the beginning of Free Agency, I take a look at renegotiating some contracts. Marcellus Wiley has a 9.64 mill cap hit this year. So I call up his agent.

We sign a new contract that will convert a bit of his current contract to a signing bonus, but not so much as to bankrupt us in future years. The cap hit goes down by 3 mill.

I release RT Vaughn Parker, since we didn't even play him last year.

We now have 24 million in maneuvering room.

I offer Drew Brees a managable contract - 3 years for 7.6 mill total, with a cap hit this year of only 1.28 mill. Since Drew was a restricted agent, we sign immediately.

We sign another restricted free agent - C Jason Ball for 2 years at 2.26 mill. Cap hit this year of 1.01 mill.

There are a lot of interesting free agents available and I have to peruse them carefully. With a limited amount of cash to work with, I want to focus on the players that make my team a bit better, not the superstars like Warren Sapp and Champ Bailey.

The positions I have of serious need:

Right Guard
Both Tackles
P
K
MLB
SLB
FS

I make offers to:

P Darren Bennett
T Everett Lindsay
T L.J. Shelton
FS Victor Green


We await word from the agents of these four players. Darren Bennett and L.J. Shelton take our offers after the first week.

Combined they have a cap hit of 4 mill for this year.

Houston has outbid us for Everett Lindsay, and we are currently the highest bidder for Victor Green's services. I decide to up our bid a bit.

Buffalo signs Victor Green and we are the highest bidder for Everett Lindsay.

I make an offer to FS Keion Carpenter and wait.

The following week we sign Keion for a small cap hit this year.

Everett waits five weeks, then signs with New England for less than we offered.

I make an offer to RT Matt Joyce. He signs with us two weeks later with a cap hit of a million.

I am content with our free agency moves thus far, we have 15 million under the cap, and I move to the draft.


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Areas of need pre-draft:

2x QB, both backups
2x RB, both backups
1x RG, starter
2x G, both backups
1x K
1x LDE, backup
1x RDT, backup
1x MLB, starter
1x MLB, backup
1x SLB, starter
2x CB, both backups
1x SS, backup


We draft in slot 11.

The linebacker we were eyeing went pick #10 to the Panthers. Yuk! I don't want to reach for a poor G or LB so I go for the stud TE in the draft, Chester Curtis from U of M.

In the second, we have an interesting choice. I have decent guards and linebackers to choose from. I decide to go for SLB Pat Larrabee from Nicholls State with a very low volatility.

In the third I take the first kicker off the board - Roman Perkins from USC.

In the fourth I take MLB Leslie Alstatt from Purdue.

QB Thomas Long from UTEP joins us in the fifth.

RB Mickey Baggette from Notre Dame in the 6th.

SS Stanley Blaine from Washington in the 7th.


The Stadium Vote failed by a 2:1 margin. Ah well.

We received a B for the draft.

I release TE Stephen Alexander post draft we no longer need him nor his big contract now that we have a first rounder joining us.

I resign MLB Carlos Polk for two years at a cap cost of 580k this year and LDE Otis Leverette to 480k and one year.

All of our rookies sign on the first round of offers. No holdouts.


In the second round of free agency I make offers to:

QB Chris Chandler
RB Amos Zereoue
LG Kenyatta Jones
RG Josh Warner
RDT Ryan Pickett
LCB Dale Carter

I sign G Brian Waters after Tennessee takes Jones. The rest sign with me.

I then sign G Jamar Nesbit.

Training Camp is around the corner.

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

I decide to bring in TE Christian Fauria who's a Mentor to Tight Ends for my rookie. I release TE Justin Peele.

I also sign RCB Jamar Fletcher.

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

I head into training camp with our roster as it currently stands. I hope for good camps from some of our rookies that we are depending on to step up.

We will use the default training camp schedule.

After camp, here are our impressions of the rookies:

TE Chester Curtis, the only member of the Chargers on the Green Page, TE Curtis has a great set of skills and potential. He is merely adequate in pass blocking, has the potential to be great at run blocking, is the strongest blocker on the team, and has great current and potential receiving stats. He even has good endurance and strong special teams stats. Lousy long snapper, though, as if anybody cares.

SLB Pat Larrabee, Pat is a tremendous disappointment for us. Pat has poor current abilites and a low projection into the future. I doubt Pat will be on our team for his entire contract.

K Roman Perkins, Roman is a highly developed kicker who is already better than many at the position. I am very happy with how he looked in camp.

MLB Leslie Alstatt, another poor linebacker that we selected, Leslie looks like a career backup at best.

QB Thomas Long, our fifth round selection did not pan out as we had hoped, but he'll be a decent enough clipboard carrier. I doubt he'll ever see any play sitting in the three spot on our roster like he is.

RB Mickey Baggette, Mikey has decent speed and power, but that's it. He'll be a servicable enough backup from deep on the depth chart.

SS Stanley Blaine, we took a flyer on a potential backup with a very high volatility just in case he broke out in the seventh. He didn;t and he'll just be roster filler for us.


Not a great draft in retrospect, and only our kicker and tight end look to be long term players for us.


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Our current leaders are:

FB Lorenzo Neal
TE Christian Fauria
C Cory Raymer
LDE Marcellus Wiley
LCB Dale Carter


Both of my other Tight Ends really dislike and have a strong conflict with Fauria. I go shopping to see if there is another option available. Unfortunately, there is not, so we will carry Fauria through the year and see how it works out.

I deactivate the following heading into the preseason:

TE Antonio Gates
FB Andrew Pinnock
SE Grant Mattos
RT Phil Bogle
SLB Stephen Cooper


-Anxiety
SS Stanley Blaine

[Abe Sargent]

Let's take a look at this year's roster:

Front Office Football 2004
San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview
   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntrct 
Chandler, Chris         1   QB          17   32                33                1 yr.
Brees, Drew             9   QB    QB    4    29                52                3 yrs
Long, Thomas            7   QB          1    16                39                3 yrs
Tomlinson, LaDainian    21  RB    RB    4    75                75                2 yrs
Zereoue, Amos           27  RB          6    44                49                3 yrs
Bagette, Mickey         31  RB          1    19                34                3 yrs
Neal, Lorenzo           41  FB    FB    11   76                76                2 yrs
##Pinnock, Andrew       30  FB          2    37                59                2 yrs
Curtis, Chester         83  TE    TE    1    55                81                5 yrs
Fauria, Christian       80  TE          10   38                38                1 yr.
##Gates, Antonio        85  TE          2    15                27                1 yr.
Boston, David           89  FL    FL    6    63                63                4 yrs
Osgood, Kassim          81  FL          2    19                30                1 yr.
Caldwell, Reche         82  SE    SE    3    41                48                2 yrs
Dwight, Tim             87  SE          7    40                40                3 yrs
##Mattos, Grant         86  SE          2    12                23                1 yr.
Ball, Jason             60  C     C     3    37                52                2 yrs
Raymer, Cory            66  C           9    31                32                3 yrs
Fonoti, Toniu           71  LG    LG    3    48                65                2 yrs
Waters, Brian           67  LG          5    34                50                3 yrs
Nesbit, Jamar           73  LG          6    21                30                2 yrs
Warner, Josh            77  RG    RG    4    28                50                1 yr.
Shelton, L.J.           69  LT    LT    6    71                71                4 yrs
VanBuren, Courtney      72  LT          2    18                39                2 yrs
Joyce, Matt             70  RT    RT    9    40                40                2 yrs
##Bogle, Phil           64  RT          2    14                31                1 yr.
Bennett, Darren         2   P           10   53                53                2 yrs
Perkins, Roman          6   K           1    39                46                4 yrs
Wiley, Marcellus        75  LDE   LDE   8    67                67                3 yrs
Leverette, Otis         93  LDE         4    19                27                1 yr.
Johnson, Ray Lee        99  RDE   RDE   11   59                60                1 yr.
Dingle, Adrian          90  RDE         6    28                40                2 yrs
Williams, Jamal         76  LDT   LDT   7    59                59                2 yrs
Cesaire, Jacques        74  LDT         2    26                48                1 yr.
Fisk, Jason             92  RDT   RDT   10   48                48                3 yrs
Pickett, Ryan           95  RDT         4    31                38                2 yrs
Polk, Carlos            52  MLB   MLB   4    35                51                2 yrs
Alstatt, Leslie         58  MLB         1    25                40                4 yrs
Leber, Ben              51  SLB         3    30                43                2 yrs
Larrabee, Pat           55  SLB         1    24                45                4 yrs
##Cooper, Stephen       94  SLB         2    17                30                1 yr.
Edwards, Donnie         59  WLB   SLB   9    67                67                3 yrs
Wilhelm, Matt           56  WLB   WLB   2    21                39                2 yrs
Jammer, Quentin         23  LCB   LCB   3    49                62                3 yrs
Carter, Dale            33  LCB         12   41                43                2 yrs
Florence, Drayton       29  LCB         2    21                34                3 yrs
Davis, Sammy            22  RCB   RCB   2    45                59                3 yrs
Fletcher, Jamar         46  RCB         4    31                51                3 yrs
Lassiter, Kwamie        42  SS    SS    10   68                68                2 yrs
##Blaine, Stanley       40  SS          1    13                38                3 yrs
Carpenter, Keion        43  FS    FS    6    60                60                3 yrs
Kiel, Terrence          48  FS          2    36                49                3 yrs
   
$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.  
   
Players Under Contract: 52
On Active Roster: 46
   
Salary Cap: $80,500,000
Cap Room: $7,320,000
Maximum for New Player: $7,320,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $2,680,000
   
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $3,320,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $83,450,000

-Anxiety

[tucker342]

Originally posted by Anxiety
After playing around with 2k4 for a while, it's time for a dynasty. Now, I currently have a Madden 2004 dynasty going as the Las Vegas Copperheads. Normally, when I do a dynasty, I try to include a lot of press releases, news articles, press conferences, and other documents in order to build the story. My Madden 2004 dynasty will continue to be that sort of dynasty.

-Anxiety

speaking of that, when are we going to get an update


Great dynasty by the way.

[Abe Sargent]

Originally posted by tucker342
speaking of that, when are we going to get an update


Great dynasty by the way.

Oh, probably after a few more days of playing around with FOF2k4. But its the newest toy on the block

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Regular Season Schedule:

Front Office Football 2004
San Diego Chargers 2004 Regular Season Schedule
   
  Week    Opponent                              Result    Attendance Weather  
Week 1    DENVER BRONCOS                          
Week 2    ATLANTA FALCONS                         
Week 3    PITTSBURGH STEELERS                     
Week 4    at Houston Texans                       
Week 5    at Indianapolis Colts                   
Week 6    OAKLAND RAIDERS                         
Week 7    OPEN                                    
Week 8    at Denver Broncos                       
Week 9    TENNESSEE TITANS                        
Week 10   JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS                    
Week 11   KANSAS CITY CHIEFS                      
Week 12   at Tampa Bay Buccaneers                 
Week 13   at Boston Patriots                      
Week 14   at New Orleans Saints                   
Week 15   at Kansas City Chiefs                   
Week 16   CHARLOTTE PANTHERS                      
Week 17   at Oakland Raiders                      
   
Home Games in ALL CAPS
   
Season Tickets Sold: 44,800
Stadium Capacity: 71,600

As you can see, we only sold 44.8k tix this year, a drop from last year. This is despite the second lowest ticket prices in the league. We have to do something about our lack of ticket revenue sooner or later.

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

We go 1-3 in the preseason.

FS Keion Carpenter is questionable for a week or two.

I turn up injuries to 120.


Let's take a look at our starters:

QB Drew Brees - Had a decent year last year but needs to produce less picks and more TDs.

RB LT - Had a subpar season last year. You can expect that he'll get more carries this year after adjustments to the Game Plan.

FB Loenzo Neal - With an 8 TD season last year, wil this year be a disappointment?

TE Chester Curtis - The first round draft pick will start. He'll need to do better than Stephen Alexander's 500+ yards last year to be considered worthwhile by the fans and media.

FL David Boston - A solid flanker and our best receiver. I'd like to get more receiving yards, but he had a decent enough year last year.

SE Reche Caldwell - Although Tim Dwight is still a good third option, Reche is simply a better big play receiver. Since Curtis and Boston can be our possession men when we need them, Reche offers the best home run ability of the remaining receivers.

LT L.J. Shelton - A mammoth run blocker, maybe the best in the league. He's also a pretty strong pass blocker. Not very strong though, and the other offensive linemen kid him about massaging the defens einstead of blocking them.

LG Toniu Fonoti - Our guards blow big blubbery chunks, but Toniu is the best of the lot so he starts. He;s not too bad, actually, just nothing amazing.

C Jason Ball - Adequate. I guess.

RG Josh Warner - Possibly our worst starter, and icky. Icky. Above average blocking strength, however.

RT Matt Joyce - Another not-so-hot starter. In fact, except for the left positions on our line, the entire things needs scrapped, starters and backups all.

K Roman Perkins - Looks goos. Weakness is accuracy, and he'll never have a great leg, but he's good.

P Darren Bennett - The Charger who's been on the roster the longest. Acceptable but nothing to punt home about.

LDE Marcellus Wiley - Our defensive front leader, best overall D-Line player and all around stud.

LDT Jamal Williams - Gets enough pressure to be worthwhile.

RDT Jason Fisk - Pass rush specialist but we need more run stopping in the middle.

RDE Ray Lee Johnson - The run stopping end with the hick name.

SLB Donnie Edwards - Despite being a WLB, Donnie remains our only good linebacker. Again.

MLB Carlos Polk - Barely adequate, and that's being generous.

WLB Matt Wilhelm - Matt would be a career backup on most teams. Most teams have a couple of good linebackers.

LCB Quentin Jammer - Quentin, you're halfway decent, and I like you. But don't get full of yourself, you're nothing special and you are emminently replaceable.

RCB Sammy Davis - Our kick returner and starting corner. He's learning.

SS Kwamie Lassiter - Strong strong safety, heh. Best in the secondary, which is pretty strong. Maybe our best position area on the team.

FS Keion Carpenter - Amazing Man-to-man man. Good against the run, which many free safeties are weak against. However, Keion is very poor understanding the field and being aware out there, also unlike many free safeties. Also really poor at bump and run, but seriously, how often is the free safety bumping receivers, eh?


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Week 1 -

We edge past Denver 29-28. Drew Brees is the game MVP as he threw 2 TDs, 2 Ints, and 319 yards. LT rushed for a TD. Perkins went 3 for 4 on the day in FGs. A few sacks and picks. All in all a decent enough game. Rookie Curtis had three receptions for 34 yards in his debut.


Week 2 -

We hammer Atlanta 24-3. Brees is again named the Game MVP. He tossed three TDs and no picks. Curtis only had one reception but it was for a TD. You'd think our defense would have done more, but they didn't. Jason Fisk is probable for a few weeks.


Week 3 -

We emerge victorious against the Steelers 27-24. LT is the Game MVP with 138 yards rushing and 3 TDs. Lorenzo Neal is out for a
few weeks.

LT wasn't the offensive player of the week. He was robbed. No other RB had more than two rushing TDs. No receiver had more than 2 receiving TDs. No QB threw for more than 3 TDs. The game who won tossed 2 TDs, 381 yards, and no picks. That's one less TD than LT got. No love for the RBs.


Week 4 -

We lose at Houston, 6-20. Our defense gets very little pressure. LT is questionable for a few weeks but I'll play him. Tim Dwight is probable and MLB Carlos Pol is questionable. I'll play him as well.


Week 5 -

Indy edges us out 14-13. Brees had three picks to one TD. We just haven't gotten much defensive pressure much this year so far.

Sammy Davis is out for a few weeks. Jamar Fletcher will start until he gets well. G Josh Warner is also out, and some random guard will start in his place. Lorenzo Neal is questionable and should sit one more week before we toss him back into the fray.

Week 6 -

We rally from a two game skid to defeat the Raiders and go to 4-2 on the season. Final Score 34-28. Drew Brees is the Game MVP but Tomlinson notched 134 yards and a rushing TD, 37 receiving yards and a receiving TD.

L.J. Shelton will be out for a couple of weeks as well with hip bursitis. Lorenzo is back in the starting lineup in two weeks after our Bye.


Week 7 - Bye Week


Week 8 -

We get crushed in Denver 13-35. Nobody on our team came out of that game looking good. All of our injuries have been upgraded to probable, however, and our initial starting lineup will be back for next week.


Week 9 -

We manage to defeat the Titans to finish the first half of the season 5-3 with a 22-7 win. The Game MVP was, kid you not, G Toniu Fonoti. He had 6 key run blocks. Both LT and Neal rushed for a TD and our defense notched a bunch of sacks.

5-3 and ready for a second half of fun.


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 -

Jax beats us in our own house, 20-3. Brees throws an astouding SIX interceptions. Donnie Edwards notched a pair of sacks. Everybody injured is still probable.


Week 11 -

KC also claims a victory in Qualcomm Stadium, 22-21. WR David Boston has 120 yards and 2 TDs, Brees has a 3:1 TD, Int ratio, and our defense again has no pressure.

Toniu is questionable but I play him next week. We are 5-5 and need to rally.


Week 12 -

We lose in Tampa by a field goal, 31-28. Are San Diego collapses in the second half of the season a given? LT caught two Brees TDs. However, Sammy Davis suffered a ruptured elbow tendon. He could be out for a year. I toss him on IR. I sign LCB Pete Hunter for 400k. He is a decent kick return man as well and will fill that hole. Jamar will start the duration of the season.


Week 13 -

We continue a nasty losing streak with a 24-27 defeat at the hand of the Patriots. At least we are losing close. Boston explodes for 187 yards and 2 TDs in Boston, which is sort of funny.


Week 14 -

We lose again, this time at the hands of a shootout against the Saints, 43-35. Kwamie Lassiter returned a pick for a TD. Reche Caldwell is out for a few weeks and Tim Dwight will start in his place.


Week 15 -

We are 5-8 and in the back end of a 5 game skid and we've lost the 6 of the last 7 games. I'd like to turn that around for morale. KC 20, SD 9. We're not even losing close anymore.


Week 16 -

Charlotte steals a win in our house, 26-15. Boring.


Week 17 -

Just looking for respect. We are 5-10. Can I buy a win? Nope 20-15 loss. Roman Perkins with 5 FGs was nice. He went 5 of 5. Donnie Edwards with a pair of sacks. Otherwise another boring loss.

Sigh.

5-11.


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

2004 Playoffs:

Wild Card Weekend:

Browns at Bills, 16-28
Broncos at Bengals, 9-24
Eagles at Bucs, 3-20
Redskins at Packers, 22-27


Divisional Weekend:

Bills at Chiefs, 30-9
Bengals at Titans, 24-10
Packers at Cardinals, 28-31
Bucs at Giants, 21-23


Comference Championships:

Bengals at Bills, 31-16

Cardinals at Giants, 19-27


The Super Bowl:


The Cincinnati Bengals

vs


The New York Giants


Bengals 31

Giants 34



NFL Champions New York Giants!!!



-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Some End of Season Stuff:


Awards:

All League First Team:

SS Kwamie Lassiter


Some Stats:

QB Brees - 3608 yards, 20 TDs, 23 Ints, 1 rush TD

RB LT - 1037 yards on 244 carries, 9 TDs, 61 cacthes for 541 yards, 3 receing TDs

WR David Boston - 78 catches for 1099 yards, 8 TDs.

WR Reche Caldwell - 44 snags for 485 yards and a TD, 1 PR TD

WR Tim Dwight - 40 grabs for 450 yards, 4 TDs

FB Lorenzo Neal - 20 rushes for 84 yards and a TD, 30 catches for 196 yards and 3 TDs

TE Chester Curtis - 40 catches, 371 yards, 2 TDs

K Roman Perkins, 24 of 32 FGs

SS Kwamie Lassiter - 115 Tackles, 30 Assts, 1 Sack, 3 Ints, 1 Int TD, 15 PasDef, 4 FF,

FS Keion Carpenter - 81 Tacks, 37 Assts, 3 Ints, 12 PasDef, 1 FumRec

MLB Carlos Polk - 92 Tacks, 32 Assts, 1 Sack, 3 FF, 10 PasDef, 1 FumRec

OLB Donnie Edwards - 83 Tacks, 36 Assts, 8 Sacks, 10 PasDef, 2 FumRec

DE Marcellus Wiley - 38 Tacks, 12 Assts, 7 Sacks

DE Ray Lee Johnson - 54 Tacks, 26 Assts, 6.5 Sacks, 1 FF

DT Jason Fisk - 40 Tacks, 22 Assts, 6.5 Sacks, 1 FF

LT L.J. Shelton - 35 KRB, 5 SkA

LG Toniu Fonoti - 34 KRB, 8 SkA



-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Some data:


The salary cap has risen to 86 million. We are currently 2.3 million under the cap and need to trim some fat.

Our Balance Sheet for the Fiscal Year 2004:

Revenues: 68.44 mill
Expenses: 105.13 mill

Total: (36.69 mill)


We lost almost 37 million dollars! Ticket revenues decreased as attendance dropped. Player salaries and bonuses rose tremendously despite little massive free agency spending.

We continue to have the lowest valued franchise. Our stadium remains the laughingstock of the league and our fan support, already second worse, is slipping.

Stadium attendance last year was 56,100 - second lowest. The percent of 78.3 of the seats filled is also second lowest. I'm tired of competing with the hapless Cardinals for the worst franchise in the league.

San Diego has moved to -0.1% population decrease. The economy is the worst in pro football.

And San Diego refused a stadium plan last year.

Time to consider a new home.


-Anxiety

[MizzouRah]

How come you're up so darn late in the evening or is it early in the morning?

Good luck on next year.


Todd

[Abe Sargent]

Originally posted by MizzouRah
How come you're up so darn late in the evening or is it early in the morning?

Good luck on next year.


Todd

It's definately late....


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Here are the cities that we are looking to relocate to:


By Population:

Portland
Sacramento
New Haven
San Antonio
Salt Lake City


By Distance to Other Teams:

Honolulu
Anchorage
Salt Lake City
Las Vegas


By Desire for a Team:

Salt Lake City
San Antonio
Austin


By Population Growth:

Las Vegas
Austin
Salt Lake City


By Average Income:

New Haven
Auston
Anchorage
Honolulu
Salt Lake City
Sacramento
Las Vegas


By Poverty Rate (Lowest):

Honolulu
Anchorage
Salt Lake City
Portland


By Competetion (Lowest):

New Haven


By Trend Setting:

Austin
Salt Lake City


Now, taking a look at that data, there is clearly one city that appears more than any other - Salt Lake City.

I also take a look at my homestate's entry - Huntington, WV -


Huntington

Closest Team - Bengals, 132 Miles
320,000 Population
0.2% Growth
Average Income $22,400
Poverty Level 21.7%
Low Competetion
Low Trend Setting
Low Desire


vs


Salt Lake City

Closest Team - Broncos, 422 miles
1,340,000 population
3.8% growth
$31,400 average income
10.2% poverty level
High Competetion
High Trend Setting
High Desire


Salt Lake is just a better place. Here in another option:

Honolulu

Closest Team - 49ers, 2385 miles
870,000 population
0.7% Growth
$31,500 average income
8.9% poverty
High Competition
Low Trend Setting
Medium Desire


Much better then Huntington, but worse that, say, Salt Lake.

I think that Salt Lake City is our best option. I contact the city officals and construct a stadium plan -


We submit a proposal to build a brand new outdoor/natural grass stadium through a quality construction firm with 90,000 capacity, 19500 club seats and 280 luxury boxes. I'll offer to pay 100M of the cost.

We'll see what happens in a few months

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

I increase ticket prices again.

My only starter of any worth that is out of contract is Ray Lee Johnson.

We need to slash salary in a major way. I take a look at our biggest contracts:

I cut Marcellus Wiley's price by a million by enxtending his contract for a year.

Davis Boston's salary is at 7.15 for the next three years with no inflation. I like that, but I also need breathing room. I decide to try and keep him at his current salary level this year.

I have to decide what to do with DT Jamal Williams. He is in the last year of his current deal. He's a good, solid defensive tackle. The Benglas have offered me their late second round pick and a cheap backup running back for Jamal. That would cut some money. I could also resign Jamal to a six year deal that would make him a Charger for a long time. His cap cost would be slashed to only 2 million this year, a savaings of over 2 million. And it wouldn't ever jump up exponentially, in case I want to jettison him in later years of the deal.

I sign him for six years and refuse the Bengal deal.

LT is in the last year of his deal, and h is only making 3 million. To extend his deal would cost us a lot right now, so I choose to let it expire and he'll play out this year.

I cut backup RDE Adrian Dingle. I think I can do better and his salary of 1.8 million will only be a 300k hit on the cap now.

I cut Darren Bennett for the same reason. I'll just have to find a new and cheaper punter and say goodbye to an old Charger.

We are now 8.5 million under the cap.

I need to find more money.

I extend Donnie's contract by a year and shave a million. Extension of Tim Dwight's contract and another 1.3 mill is found.

I release C Cory Raymer and find some more money.

We are now 12.8 under the cap. Excellent.

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

QB Chris Chandler has retired.

We cannot spend in free agency for the big players. I decide to wait for a few weeks to let some teams throw around the big bucks.

At Week 10 I take a look at who is left. I offer a contract to LDE Shaun Ellis. He signs the following week.

I sign P Josh Miller three weeks later.

At the end of the initial stages of free agency, we have signed two players for relatively cheap cash. Next up, the draft.

We have the fifth overall selection of the draft.

Here are our needs as I see them:

1 QB
2 TE
1 FL
1 SE
1 C
1 RG starting
1 RT
2 RDE
1 LDT
1 MLB starting only
1 SLB starting only
1 RCB


Let's head into the draft.

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

In the draft I take a look at top-flight players. The studs of today and tomorrow.

There's a CB, a DE, an SLB, an MLB, and maybe another pair of DEs. Obviously, I am hoping for a LB, and I think that my chances of landing one are pretty good at the five spot.

WRs and D-Line go in the first four picks, so I get my choice of LB. I go for the guy with the lower volatility and the higher development - SLB Randall Snyder.

There is a very strong looking RG sitting around in the second round, so I select RG Casey Matthews from Indiana.

In the third, I am beginning to look for the best available player. There is a very attractive free safety, three good centers, a decent looking middle linebacker and a solid looking tight end. I decide to go with the middle linebacker because it is such an area of need for our team. Welcome Eric Stephens of Villanova.

I take that good looking Tight End in the fourth when he is still there. Artie Vanderhaak from Notre Dame.

I draft QB Rick Gullett from Arkansas in the fifth to see what he looks like in camp.

C Carlton Navarrete from EMU is the 6th.

RT Darrin McKnight from Notre Dame in the 7th.


We get a B+ for the draft.

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Salt Lake City rejects our bid proposal with 59% voting against the stadium vote. Blast. We'll need to find a new home or try to foot more dough.

Every rookie except for our initial draft selection signs their first contract offer.

With 8.3 million left under the cap, I hit free agency to fill some holes on our roster.

I offer a contract to TE Hunter Goodwin who also serves as a mentor to TEs. Maybe he'll get along better than Christian did.

I also make an offer to FL Karl Williams, who is a very good kick returner as well. RCB Ken Lucas is a good punt returner and I offer him a contract.

I offer undrafted rookies RDEs Omar Reinhart and Adrian Mahon contracts.

Lastly, I make an offer to undrafted rookie LDT Dan Hanson.

That fills my requirements, and I have one roster spot open, so I sign the best undrafted rookie free agent, QB Jeffrey Brower.


All seven offers go through and we have filled our depth chart. I sign Dez White and we sign Randall Snyder heading into camp. We have 55 players on our roster. We'll see how they pan out.

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

We sold 27,500 season tickets. Ouch.

We have a really nice trade offer for Carlos Polk. I want to see if I can get rid of him.

Okay - here are how our rookies panned out, in draft order:

SLB Randall Snyder - Looks solid, but not great like we had thought. He'll definately be starting for us, but he's not a perfect answer. He is the hardest hitter we've ever seen, however. He will eventually be a mammoth run stooper who's a bit weak against the pass but can be a strong source of quarterback pressure.

RG Casey Matthews - Looks about how we imagined, and he'll start for us. He's not that good right now, but he'll grow into the role soon enough.

MLB Eric Stephens - Acceptable and may start this year. Looks like Carlos will be packing.

TE Artie Vanderhaak - Not as good as we'd thought. A decent enough third option. Maybe.

QB Rick Gullett - Rick will be our backup. Good enough for a backup, but will never be a starter,

C Carlton Navarrette - We were hoping for a guy who'd bust out, but Carlton didn't. He'll never be a great backup, and the Carlos Polk trade may send him packing as well.

RT Darrin McKnight - After he develops he'll be a passable enough backup, but for now he is quite poor.


Free Agent Rookies:

QB Jeffrey Brower - Have to compare him to last year's selection Thomas Long to see who stays and who goes.

RDE Adrian Mahon - Very strong but has virtually no skills whatsoever.

RDE Omar Reinhart - Also a strong candidate for a skill-less player.

LDT Dan Hanson - A good enough backup.


Our leaders for this year are:

FB Lorenzo Neal
FL Karl Williams
LT L.J. Shelton
LDE Marcellus Wiley
LCB Dale Carter


Anyways, here is the trade offer -

I ship MLB Carlos Polk to the Titans. Carlos isn't that great. In return, I get C Barret Robbins, a good starting center with a low contract this year and an inflated one next year, and a 3rd round selection.

I agree.

We swap.

I release the following players:

C Carlton Navarette
QB Jeffrey Brower


I deactivate the following:

CB Sammy Davis, who is still injured from last year
FB Andrew Pinnock
TE Artie Vanderhaak
RT Darrin McKnight
RDE Adrian Mahon
SLB Pat Larrabee
SS Stanley Blaine


-Anxiety

[MizzouRah]

Enjoying this one as well....


Todd

[Abe Sargent]

The 2005 Chargers:

Front Office Football 2004
San Diego Chargers Roster, Scout Overview
   
  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntrct 
Brees, Drew             9   QB    QB    5    41                53                2 yrs
Long, Thomas            7   QB          2    17                35                2 yrs
Gullett, Rick           11  QB          1    15                42                3 yrs
Tomlinson, LaDainian    21  RB    RB    5    76                76                1 yr.
Zereoue, Amos           27  RB          7    45                48                2 yrs
Bagette, Mickey         31  RB          2    19                31                2 yrs
Neal, Lorenzo           41  FB    FB    12   73                73                1 yr.
##Pinnock, Andrew       30  FB          3    42                61                1 yr.
Curtis, Chester         83  TE    TE    2    82                82                4 yrs
Goodwin, Hunter         14  TE          10   35                35                2 yrs
##Vanderhaak, Artie     84  TE          1    23                47                4 yrs
Boston, David           89  FL    FL    7    64                64                3 yrs
White, Dez              18  FL          6    44                44                2 yrs
Williams, Karl          88  FL          10   41                41                2 yrs
Caldwell, Reche         82  SE    SE    4    48                48                1 yr.
Dwight, Tim             87  SE          8    39                39                3 yrs
Robbins, Barret         57  C     C     11   62                64                2 yrs
Ball, Jason             60  C           4    48                51                1 yr.
Fonoti, Toniu           71  LG    LG    4    66                67                1 yr.
Waters, Brian           67  LG          6    39                50                2 yrs
Nesbit, Jamar           73  LG          7    23                30                1 yr.
Matthews, Casey         65  RG    RG    1    20                64                4 yrs
Shelton, L.J.           69  LT    LT    7    73                73                3 yrs
VanBuren, Courtney      72  LT          3    18                38                1 yr.
Joyce, Matt             70  RT    RT    10   41                41                1 yr.
##McKnight, Darrin      66  RT          1    3                 35                3 yrs
Miller, Josh            19  P           10   41                41                1 yr.
Perkins, Roman          6   K           2    43                43                3 yrs
Wiley, Marcellus        75  LDE   LDE   9    67                67                3 yrs
Ellis, Shaun            78  LDE   RDE   6    56                60                3 yrs
Reinhart, Omar          79  RDE         1    24                31                1 yr.
##Mahon, Adrian         97  RDE         1    18                21                1 yr.
Williams, Jamal         76  LDT   LDT   8    60                60                6 yrs
Hanson, Dan             77  LDT         1    23                34                1 yr.
Fisk, Jason             92  RDT   RDT   11   44                44                2 yrs
Pickett, Ryan           95  RDT         5    32                39                1 yr.
Alstatt, Leslie         58  MLB         2    26                32                3 yrs
Stephens, Eric          91  MLB   MLB   1    25                48                4 yrs
Snyder, Randall         90  SLB   SLB   1    41                68                5 yrs
Leber, Ben              51  SLB         4    35                45                1 yr.
##Larrabee, Pat         55  SLB         2    25                42                3 yrs
Edwards, Donnie         59  WLB   WLB   10   67                67                3 yrs
Wilhelm, Matt           56  WLB         3    33                50                1 yr.
Jammer, Quentin         23  LCB   LCB   4    67                67                2 yrs
Carter, Dale            33  LCB         13   41                43                1 yr.
Florence, Drayton       29  LCB         3    25                34                2 yrs
##Davis, Sammy          22  RCB         3    52                60                2 yrs
Fletcher, Jamar         46  RCB   RCB   5    40                52                2 yrs
Lucas, Ken              20  RCB         5    29                35                2 yrs
Lassiter, Kwamie        42  SS    SS    11   68                68                1 yr.
##Blaine, Stanley       40  SS          2    14                38                2 yrs
Carpenter, Keion        43  FS    FS    7    61                61                2 yrs
Kiel, Terrence          48  FS          3    45                56                2 yrs
   
$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.  
   
Players Under Contract: 53
On Active Roster: 46
   
Salary Cap: $86,000,000
Cap Room: $2,120,000
Maximum for New Player: $2,380,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $4,430,000
   
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $510,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $80,340,000

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Originally posted by MizzouRah
Enjoying this one as well....


Todd

Thanks a bunch!

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Only Randall Snyder is on The Green page from the Chargers. David Boston has registered in the league's Fastest Man contest.

I release Pat Larrabee during the preseason to replace Drew Brees who is out for a few weeks.

I bring in Shaun King to fill the third spot while Drew heals.


Here are our injuries at the end of our 0-4 preseason:

Drew Brees is doubtful for a few weeks with a strained patellar tendon. Rick Gullett will be starting and our game plan just went to super run.

MLB Eric Stephens is probable with a bad cold.

Sammy Davis is probable for a few weeks with his injury from last season, but we will not rush him back into the lineup.

Jason Fisk is questionable with a torn thumb ligament. I deactivate him for a while and Ryan Pickett will start.


We are ready to rumble. Here is the schedule:

Front Office Football 2004
San Diego Chargers 2005 Regular Season Schedule
   
  Week    Opponent                              Result    Attendance Weather  
Week 1    at Kansas City Chiefs                   
Week 2    at Dallas Cowboys                       
Week 3    at Houston Texans                       
Week 4    OPEN                                    
Week 5    MIAMI DOLPHINS                          
Week 6    NEW JERSEY JETS                         
Week 7    DENVER BRONCOS                          
Week 8    at Buffalo Bills                        
Week 9    at Boston Patriots                      
Week 10   at Oakland Raiders                      
Week 11   KANSAS CITY CHIEFS                      
Week 12   WASHINGTON REDSKINS                     
Week 13   BALTIMORE RAVENS                        
Week 14   at New York Giants                      
Week 15   OAKLAND RAIDERS                         
Week 16   PHILADELPHIA EAGLES                     
Week 17   at Denver Broncos                       
   
Home Games in ALL CAPS
   
Season Tickets Sold: 27,500
Stadium Capacity: 71,600

-Anxiety

[GoSeahawks]

Good job. I like the pace.

[Abe Sargent]

Week 1 -

We lose 14-3 at Kansas City. Gullett goes 20 for 44 for 210 yards and tosses a pick. Obviously my coaches didn't get the message about running the ball. Our defense didn't do much, just tackled a lot.

We have several players on probable, but none seriously injured. There are no changes on this front.


Week 2 -

We barely lose to the Cowboys 26-24. Rick Gullett gets on the Boston connection and tosses three TDs to him. Boston also had 130 yards. Drew Brees has been upgraded to probable and will start next week. Karl Williams is out for a few weeks.


Week 3 -

We get a win over Houston with Drew back at the helm - 30-27. Shaun Ellis is the Game MVP and NFL Defensive Player of Week 3 with 2.5 sacks and a fumble recovery. Brees tossed two TDs to Tomlinson while LT rushed for 116 yards and another TD. Tim Dwight is Questionable for next week. I'll play him anyway, and if he still needs rest when Karl Williams comes back, I'll give it to him.


Week 4 - BYE


Week 5 -

We defeat Miami 24-13. Drew is the game MVP with TD passes to TE Chester Curtis and Dez White. LT Rushes for a third TD. LG Toniu Fonoti is out for 8 weeks with a Torn Wrist Tendon. LG Brian Waters will start for him. Also, Karl Williams and Sammy Davis are back. Sammy has lost a serious step, so he'll be a backup for the rest of the year. Drayton was deactivated as was TE Artie.


Week 6 -

We shutout the Jets 17-0. DT Jamal Williams is the Game MVP with a pair of sacks. TE Curtis scored one TD and Zereoue ran in for the other. LT is questionable but he'll play.

Week 7 -

We defeat the Broncos to extend our winning streak to four games. 34-16. Boston caught another TD, Dale Carter returned a pick for a TD against his old team and LT was the Game MVP with a TD catch and 112 yards on the ground.

FS Keion Carpenter is out for 4 weeks. SS Blaine is activated and Terrance Kiel will start. RCB Jamar Fletcher is questionable, and I deactivate him. Dale Carter will start in his place.

DT Jason Fisk is back from injury and will start again.


Week 9 -

Boston ends our five game winning streak with a 38-24 loss. Ahhh. Curtis, Dez White, and LT all caught Brees passes. Dez had a 112 yard receiving day.


5-3 thus far on the season. Just have to hope that we do not again suffer a second half collapse of catastrophic proportions.


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Originally posted by GoSeahawks
Good job. I like the pace.

Thank you very kindly.


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Week 10 -

We defeat the Raiders with our defense 27-20. Kwamie Lassiter, the Game MVP and NFL Defensive Player of Week 10, returned two interceptions for TDs and Donnie Edwards, not to be outdone, also returned a pick for a score. LT had a receing score and our Kicker missed an extra point. Tsk, tsk. Drew Brees completed a mighty 9 passes out of 26 attempts. Dale Carter added a pick as a starter. Nice.

Jason Fisk is out again, just after getting healed. Ryan Pickett will again start.


Week 11 -

Kansas City beats us in our own house, 30-20. Reche Caldwell and Dez White each catch a TD. LT is stopped for 3 total yards on the day. On 8 carries. We have 21 rushing yards total between four ball carriers on 14 attempts. 44 Passing attempts by Brees. TE Curtis notched 132 yards receiving.

K Roman Perkins is doubtful for next week. P Josh Miller will kick and punt. Toniu Fonoti has been upgraded to probable and will start. Maybe he can bring us some better run blocking.


Week 12 -

We lose to the 'Skins 30-28. Lorenzo Neal catches a pair of TDs whiel Drew *rushes* for a TD. Add in a Reche Caldwell reception for a score. Punter Miller was 4 for 4 on XPs and had no FG attempts.

Roman Perkins will kick this week. RT Matt Joyce is questionable. LT VanBuren will get the start.


Week 13 -

We defeat the Ravens 17-6 to go to 7-5 on the season after three quarters is done. The Game MVP is L.J. Shelton who had 6 KRB. Amos rushed for both of our TDs. Jason Fisk will be starting again next week.


Week 14 -

We lose to the Giants 7-16. Boston caught our lone TD. Randall Snyder did manufacture a pair of picks. Otherwise, as the score indicates, it was a pretty boring game all around.


Week 15 -

The Raiders come and beat us in Qualcomm Stadium 30-23. Dez and Tim catch passes and Amos rushes for a score.


Week 16 -

We are 7-7 and close to respectability. One more win and we willo not have three consecutive losing seasons! The Eagles defeat us in San Diego, however, 20-14. Dez and Reche scored for us.


Week 17 -

Last game of the season, just for respect. We lose to Denver 29-34. Dez White returns a kickoff for a TD. Reche catches a TD and kicker Roman Perkins kicks 5 FGs in 5 attempts.


7-9 on the season. Another famed San Diego collapse.


-Anxiety

[sachmo71]

Great read!

A question...have you had a player with high votality work out for you yet?

[GoSeahawks]

I thought you would have an edge this year in the second half. 5 of your last 7 games were at home.