Jacksonville Jaguars: An FOF2K7 Hybrid Empty Cupboard House Arrest Dynasty

[Ben E Lou]

FOF2K7 "House Arrest" Dynasty

It's 2024. I've built a dominant Atlanta Falcons team through the draft, to the point that I'm bored with it. I decided to go with a career with some fairly restrictive house rules. I could pick any team in the league at this point, so I went with the one in a tough situation for an Empty Cupboad start. The rules highlighted in red should make the bigger differences in difficulty.

HOUSE RULES

STAFF

• No hiring new staff until contracts have run out.
• All staff members must be "home-grown." In other words, no staff members that have worked for another team.

STADIUM

• No restrictions.

FRANCHISE TAG

• Can only be used on a player once in his career.

TICKET PRICES

• No restrictions.

SUMMER LEAGUE

• Can only be used on a pick from the 5th round or later, or an undrafted free agent.

RENEGOTIATIONS

• Can do as many cap outs as I want.
• Apart from cap outs, only three renegotiations per year are allowed. They must be done in Week 1 of FA1, and the players must fit one of the following criteria:
  • a. started 8 or more games last year
  • b. has a current rating that would place him as a starter when ranked with the other players at his position group.
• Franchise player counts as one of the three renegotiations per year, if he's signed to a new contract.
• Holdouts are exempt from the three-per-year rule; I can sign them to a new deal to get them to play, since the new deal is always more of a cap hit than the old deal.

FREE AGENTS

• No signing FAs with future rating of 40 or above, unless it's a player whose most recent season was on my team, or he is a rookie.
  
• My own restricted free agents can only be signed in FA2 (on the open market).
• No one-year deals for free agents.
• No upping offers during free agency. (Once I've made an offer, it's there for good.)

TRADING

• No trading up more than 10 spots in the first round. No other restrictions.

GAME PLANS AND DEPTH CHARTS

• No restrictions on game plans (at least in the beginning). I will do these myself.
• The AI will be responsible for depth charts and playing time settings.

OTHER SETTINGS

• Injuries=200.
• Cap increase range from 60 to 90. I'm told this helps make it easier for the AI to keep its players.
• All draft picks must be signed to the shortest, most expensive option (the 2nd or 4th option, depending on when he was drafted).
  
• Modified Empty Cupboard start, with the team in the worst overall situation for such a start: Jacksonville. They have the 31st pick, but no pick in the 5th round, making them a slightly worst option than SFO, who has the #32. "Modified" start meaning that I will release all players on the roster, then adhere to my house rules the rest of the way. So, it won't be all first-year players the first season, but it will be a group of draft picks, undrafted free agents, and guys rated 40 or less. I'm doing this to allow myself to have mentors from the start.

[Ben E Lou]

2024 REPORT

RETIREMENTS

None.

PRELIMINARIES

SUMMER LEAGUE: None.

FRANCHISE TAG: None.

FREE AGENCY

I went absolutely formulaic here. Grabbed a guy rated future 39 or less at every position I could who was a mentor with high leadership and personality.

AMATEUR DRAFT

We had bad luck on the first draft class. It was top-heavy, and somewhat sparse in the middle. I decided in the first couple of rounds to go with more sure-thing best player available types, since I figure to draft very high for the next 2 or 3 seasons. Grabbed some riskier guys, including two QBs on the second day to get mentored and see if one might be able to pan out. Here are the details:

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Scout	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2	Best	Worst
1(31)	LCB	Farrell	Conrad	HTR	32	53	32	54	Bump/Int/Endurance	Run/M2M/Punish
2(31)	FS	Rodgers	Julio	VU	17	24	22	33	Zone/Punish	Run/Diagnose/M2M
3(31)	RDE	Stevens	Roderick	VO	22	50	22	42	Run/Strength	Technique/Punish
4(31)	QB	Micalles	Nolan	OR	12	54	12	51	Scrn/Timing/SenseRush	Medium/Third
6(31)	QB	Robertson	Hunter	VU	18	34	20	38	SenseRush/Scramble	Short/Third
7(31)	LT	Lefebvre	Wesley	HTR	13	46	14	46	PassBlk	RunBlk

The "Cur1" and "Fut1 are the initial, meaningless-for-most-players ratings. Cur2 and Fut2 are the post-training camp numbers. Farrell looks like he'll be a solid second corner if we can acquire a shutdown guy soon. Rodgers was an incredibly obvious pick for someone who'd make very large ratings gains. I suspect that he'll top out around 50 or so overall, and his zone defense looks like it will be in the 70s or even the 80s. I'm excited to see Hunter Robertson's jump, and Lefebvre staying right where he was. I may need to cut Micalles to get Robertson playing time.

For that matter, with these mentors on the team, I've decided to be a little more flexible with setting the depth charts, at least for the first few seasons. I don't want the vets starting over my future guys. I'll plug in my draftees (besides Micalles, of course) and the creepers mentioned below as starters, and let Coach Rex do the rest. Also, I'm going to just let the AI do the game planning for the first couple of seasons or so.

OTHER TRAINING CAMP NOTES

The following undrafted free agents showed us something in camp, and will probably earn starting spots this year as a result:

• C Leo Lockwood: 13/26-->17/30
• RG Ernest Booker: 17/29-->20/32
• SLB Ty Colbert: 19/23-->20/28
• MLB Joel Warfield: 16/19--->18/24
• RCB Dusty Carlisle: 10/23-->13/27

SEASON OUTLOOK

We're gonna suck. Duh.

SEASON RESULTS

We sucked, but not as badly as I would have guessed we would.

2024 Regular Season (6-10)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	6	at Indianapolis Colts	26	H.Robertson 19-41-171	R.Reynolds 15-62	K.Starr 4-46	61,100
Week 2	14	at Detroit Lions	20	H.Robertson 19-33-178	R.Reynolds 19-65	T.Lyle 4-51	59,000
Week 3	7	at Cleveland Browns	38	H.Robertson 19-26-160	C.Ferrell 5-32	G.Jefferson 6-78	84,100
Week 4	20	New Jersey Jets	3	H.Robertson 16-31-130	R.Reynolds 19-66	G.Jefferson 2-37	96,700
Week 5	7	Miami Dolphins	27	H.Robertson 15-23-126	R.Reynolds 10-33	K.Starr 5-61	96,700
Week 6	17	Indianapolis Colts	23	H.Robertson 17-33-154	H.Robertson 8-105	K.Starr 4-60	96,700
Week 7	10	at Tennessee Titans	23	H.Robertson 25-42-278	H.Robertson 6-56	T.Lyle 8-74	42,300
Week 8	Bye Week
Week 9	3	at Buffalo Bills	16	H.Robertson 20-37-165	R.Reynolds 14-80	K.Starr 7-71	54,100
Week 10	34	at New England Patriots	14	H.Robertson 17-27-143	R.Reynolds 25-82	G.Jefferson 4-35	67,600
Week 11	13	Houston Texans	35	H.Robertson 16-32-205	R.Reynolds 11-51	K.Starr 5-120	96,700
Week 12	14	Minnesota Vikings	10	H.Robertson 7-16-64	R.Reynolds 17-148	K.Starr 3-39	96,700
Week 13	31	San Diego Chargers	24	N.Micalles 24-35-261	X.Grier 30-103	T.Lyle 7-101	96,700
Week 14	3	at Chicago Bears	33	N.Micalles 5-18-64	R.Reynolds 8-30	G.Jefferson 3-27	63,200
Week 15	34	Tennessee Titans	28	H.Robertson 26-36-196	R.Reynolds 18-62	K.Starr 7-88	96,700
Week 16	27	Green Bay Packers	24	H.Robertson 22-32-188	C.Ferrell 7-55	K.Starr 8-73	96,700
Week 17	0	at Houston Texans	23	H.Robertson 10-17-62	H.Robertson 10-76	K.Starr 5-36	47,200

RB Ray Reynolds is an intriguing player from the first year. After the season, he's our second-highest current rated player (39) next to 1st round draft pick Farrell (45). The undrafted FA was 31/45 initially, 32/46 postcamp, and is now 39/46. He seemed to run pretty well, considering the offensive line he was running behind.

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int	Rate
Hunter Robertson	426	248	2220	5.21	12	12	69.9
Nolan Micalles	78	33	372	4.77	2	3	49.7
John Farris	53	23	123	2.32	0	2	35.0
Team	557	304	2715	4.87	14	17	63.5
Opp	476	290	3109	6.53	23	13	84.8

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Fum
Ray Reynolds	RB	213	826	3.88	9	8
Xavier Grier	RB	120	405	3.38	2	5
Hunter Robertson	QB	64	422	6.59	0	6
Team	---	426	1802	4.23	12	33
Opp	---	511	2037	3.99	16	25

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	Yd/Att	TD	Drop
Kevin Starr	SE	129	62	809	13.05	6.27	3	8
Teddy Lyle	FL	95	51	508	9.96	5.35	4	6
Grant Jefferson	FL	101	43	475	11.05	4.70	2	6
Blaine Loupe	SE	80	38	359	9.45	4.49	2	7
Ray Reynolds	RB	28	25	125	5.00	4.46	0	0
Bill Brewer	TE	38	23	167	7.26	4.39	2	3
Xavier Grier	RB	25	19	74	3.89	2.96	0	2

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd	PDPct
Dale Barton	MLB	88	27	2.0	1	2	2	74.8
Ty Colbert	SLB	81	23	1.0	0	2	10	78.5
Desmond Battle	SS	66	23	1.0	0	0	2	75.3
Dusty Carlisle	RCB	61	20	0.0	0	2	9	77.9
Conrad Farrell	LCB	55	16	1.0	1	5	16	85.7
Edgar Newhart	LDT	50	21	5.5	11	0	0	82.0
Donnie Fortier	WLB	42	9	0.0	0	0	0	68.1
Julio Rodgers	FS	36	8	0.0	0	0	8	81.5
Roderick Stevens	RDE	35	15	7.0	13	0	2	82.9
Randy Davison	RCB	30	15	2.0	0	1	6	80.3
Joel Warfield	MLB	28	7	0.0	0	0	2	67.8
Albert Brady	SS	28	9	0.0	1	0	7	80.4
Tim Guersch	RDT	27	11	2.0	4	0	0	81.5
Nolan Pukenas	LDE	27	8	6.5	5	0	0	79.7
Edward Gabree	LDE	26	15	1.5	3	0	0	82.5
Bubba Ballard	FS	25	10	0.0	0	1	4	83.6
Vincent Grier	LDT	21	5	0.0	1	0	1	77.2
Jack McDonald	LDT	16	3	0.5	2	0	0	82.5

Jacksonville Team Rank Rushes per Game 26.6 20 Rushing Yards 112.6 15 Yards Per Carry 4.23 7 Pass Attempts 34.8 9 Completions 19.0 21 (T) Completion Pct. 54.6 28 (T) Passing Yards 169.7 31 Yards Per Attempt 4.87 32 Yards Per Catch 8.93 32 Total Yards Gained 272.3 28 3rd Down Conversions 33.3 26 Points Per Game 15.0 30 Pass Rush Pct. 11.5 32 Pass Defense Pct. 59.5 7 Turnovers 36 31 Turnover Margin -8 26 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 31.9 30 Rushing Yards 127.3 29 Yards Per Carry 3.99 18 Pass Attempts 29.8 2 Completions 18.1 1 Completion Pct. 60.9 14 (T) Passing Yards 194.3 2 Yards Per Attempt 6.53 13 Yards Per Catch 10.72 8 Total Yards Gained 309.0 10 3rd Down Conversions 41.9 30 Points Per Game 22.9 28 Pass Rush Pct. 15.9 25 Pass Defense Pct. 62.5 26 Turnovers 28 14 (T) Turnover Margin +8 26 (T)

Nothing particularly notable in the stats. Pretty standard for year 1 Empty Cupboard.

AWARDS/RECORDS

LCB Conrad Farrell was 2nd-team All Pro. No big shocker there for our 1st-round pick. He and Rodgers combined to give us a pretty decent secondary, all things considered.

END-SEASON COMMENTS

We've got work to do. No surprise there. What is a surprise is that because we played better than expected, we start out with a Top 10 pick for next year. Ouchers.

[AlexB]

Nice find with Reynolds - I take it URFA's with future potential of more than 40 are allowed then

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by Jari Rantanen's Shorts

Nice find with Reynolds - I take it URFA's with future potential of more than 40 are allowed then

Oh yeah, absolutely rookies. I should have written that out. In my mind I meant vets there. The purpose of that house rule is so that I never go out and sign a veteran free agent to be a starter/impact player.

[Ben E Lou]

2025 REPORT

RETIREMENTS

My mentor safety, WR and RB retire. I'll just replace them. You don't care what their names are, and I don't know what their names are.

PRELIMINARIES

SUMMER LEAGUE: Easy choice. QB Robertson.

FRANCHISE TAG: None.

FREE AGENCY

First off, FS Julio Rodgers continues to have his true colors revealed. He's up to 31/38 at this juncture (was drafted at 17/24). Yup, he's +14, and hasn't seen his second training camp yet. QB Hunter Robertson also continues in ascent. He's at 26/40, but it's an absolutely fascinating draft class, with six QBs having adjusted ratings of 6.0 or higher. I should be able to get one of the four that my scout says is Underrated or Very Underrated, so I tend to doubt that Robertson is the future.

AMATEUR DRAFT

One of the QBs that I was eyeballing fell to #11, and after that, lots fell into place for what I believe will be a stellar draft, with five or six long-term starters coming out of it. Here are the details:

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2	Best	Worst
1(11)	QB	Kirk	Shannon	26	57	27	59	Third/Med/Scramble	Timing
2(10)	FS	Gleason	Mickey	22	45	26	53	Zone/Punish	Run
3(9)	LDT	Tully	Jeff	24	29	27	37	Punish/PR Strength	Run, Technique, Diag
4(12)	LCB	Totten	Mike	19	50	22	49	M2M	Punish, Run, Diag
5(11)	MLB	Reed	Morris	12	26	15	31	PR Strength, Zone	M2M, Bump
6(10)	WLB	Russell	Calvin	16	37	21	43	M2M, PR Strength	Punish, PR Tech
7(9)	SE	Blades	Mo	12	24	13	24	Big Play, Route Run	AvDrps,3rd Down

Kirk probably won't be a superstar, but should be a solid QB. Gleason is a 6'4", 227-pound guy who runs a 4.47. I'm moving him over to strong safety, due to Julio Rogers being solid at FS.

OTHER TRAINING CAMP NOTES

2nd-year undrafted FA RT Charles Spencer gained +7/+7 to get to 22/36, and gets a starting spot.

SEASON OUTLOOK

Hard to say. This bunch surprised me by winning six last year, and we're unquestionably better. Still, on paper we're lagging quite a bit behind the rest of the league. I'm not really sure what to expect this year.

SEASON RESULTS

I guess the 6-10 wasn't a fluke. On paper, we looked better this year, and we *were* better this year.

2025 Regular Season (9-7)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	38	at Tennessee Titans	20	S.Kirk 30-44-293	C.Ferrell 19-89	B.Loupe 6-99	41,300
Week 2	21	at St. Louis Rams	23	S.Kirk 18-30-192	R.Reynolds 21-72	B.Glenn 5-46	56,100
Week 3	13	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	S.Kirk 25-46-226	R.Reynolds 16-68	B.Glenn 4-73	95,500
Week 4	49	Oakland Raiders	24	S.Kirk 22-31-227	S.Kirk 3-77	B.Glenn 6-63	95,500
Week 5	Bye Week
Week 6	24	at Indianapolis Colts	21	S.Kirk 20-33-186	R.Reynolds 14-45	B.Glenn 4-59	57,700
Week 7	21	Tennessee Titans	20	S.Kirk 19-37-193	R.Reynolds 11-50	G.Jefferson 5-93	95,500
Week 8	14	at Kansas City Chiefs	9	S.Kirk 12-21-120	R.Reynolds 18-109	B.Glenn 3-37	50,900
Week 9	13	Denver Broncos	14	S.Kirk 20-37-213	B.Sharp 30-110	B.Loupe 7-97	95,500
Week 10	17	at San Diego Chargers	28	S.Kirk 28-53-265	B.Sharp 14-74	B.Loupe 5-70	77,500
Week 11	3	Houston Texans	10	S.Kirk 14-38-109	S.May 11-63	T.Lyle 3-34	95,500
Week 12	18	Arizona Cardinals	6	S.Kirk 15-33-149	S.Kirk 8-56	B.Glenn 5-73	95,500
Week 13	10	at New England Patriots	16	S.Kirk 16-39-113	B.Sharp 13-68	G.Jefferson 4-36	66,100
Week 14	10	at Seattle Seahawks	13	S.Kirk 17-31-219	B.Sharp 13-26	B.Sharp 1-80	56,700
Week 15	33	at Houston Texans	10	S.Kirk 17-26-113	R.Reynolds 15-78	R.Brittain 7-41	52,600
Week 16	27	San Francisco 49ers	3	S.Kirk 19-31-164	R.Reynolds 21-75	B.Loupe 5-47	95,500
Week 17	34	Indianapolis Colts	7	S.Kirk 22-32-234	R.Reynolds 21-46	B.Loupe 3-51	95,500

A 5-2 start, including that 49-24 thumping of an Oakland team that would go 10-6 and make the playoffs, gave us delusions of grandeur, but the three-game losing streak brought us back down to earth. Still, a winning season of year 2 Empty Cupboard is not something to which I'm accustomed, and I'm not sure why it happened. I handled the depth charts again, but the AI did all of the game planning.

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int	Rate
Shannon Kirk	562	314	3016	5.37	17	15	70.0
Team	562	314	3016	5.37	17	15	70.0
Opp	513	275	3082	6.01	16	16	69.2

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Fum
Ray Reynolds	RB	169	689	4.08	12	1
Billy Sharp	RB	125	472	3.78	0	3
Shannon Kirk	QB	62	390	6.29	1	8
C.J. Ferrell	RB	49	196	4.00	2	0
Stan May	RB	35	179	5.11	2	0
Team	---	448	1941	4.33	17	19
Opp	---	447	1817	4.06	8	27

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	Yd/Att	TD	Drop
Blaine Loupe	SE	113	60	737	12.28	6.52	2	13
Blaine Glenn	SE	99	51	606	11.88	6.12	5	10
Teddy Lyle	FL	99	47	419	8.91	4.23	3	6
Grant Jefferson	FL	90	38	417	10.97	4.63	1	5
Billy Sharp	RB	29	22	197	8.95	6.79	2	3
Ray Reynolds	RB	25	20	125	6.25	5.00	1	2
Ernest Rayburn	TE	28	17	149	8.76	5.32	1	1

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd	PDPct
Joel Warfield	MLB	88	25	0.0	3	0	8	76.6
Ty Colbert	SLB	87	32	1.5	1	1	10	78.4
Mickey Gleason	SS	84	23	1.0	1	4	17	86.1
Dusty Carlisle	RCB	58	18	0.0	0	2	3	74.9
Roderick Stevens	RDE	48	19	13.0	14	0	0	81.7
Julio Rodgers	FS	47	21	0.5	0	4	10	88.6
Mike Totten	RCB	39	5	1.0	1	3	10	82.8
Edgar Newhart	RDT	33	11	5.5	8	0	0	82.0
Irv Richard	LDT	31	14	3.5	8	0	0	82.5
Calvin Russell	WLB	31	11	0.0	0	0	2	70.8
Jeff Tully	LDT	24	12	5.0	6	0	1	81.9
Morris Reed	MLB	24	10	0.0	2	0	3	81.9
Edward Gabree	LDE	23	8	4.0	10	0	1	82.5
Conrad Farrell	LCB	21	11	1.0	0	1	6	81.1
Desmond Battle	SS	19	6	0.5	0	1	3	82.1

Jacksonville Team Rank Rushes per Game 28.0 12 Rushing Yards 121.3 9 Yards Per Carry 4.33 6 (T) Pass Attempts 35.1 9 Completions 19.6 24 Completion Pct. 55.9 26 (T) Passing Yards 188.5 28 Yards Per Attempt 5.37 30 Yards Per Catch 9.61 28 Total Yards Gained 297.2 24 3rd Down Conversions 38.0 15 Points Per Game 21.6 10 Pass Rush Pct. 15.4 11 (T) Pass Defense Pct. 73.4 2 Turnovers 20 5 Turnover Margin +7 6 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 27.9 19 Rushing Yards 113.6 19 Yards Per Carry 4.06 16 Pass Attempts 32.1 11 (T) Completions 17.2 1 Completion Pct. 53.6 2 (T) Passing Yards 192.6 4 Yards Per Attempt 6.01 6 (T) Yards Per Catch 11.21 24 Total Yards Gained 290.8 5 3rd Down Conversions 30.6 3 Points Per Game 15.0 5 Pass Rush Pct. 15.6 22 Pass Defense Pct. 61.4 26 Turnovers 27 14 (T) Turnover Margin -7 6 (T)

As you can see, the strengths of this team were in the running game and pass defense. Those youngsters patrolling the secondary in particular did a great job, and probably would have been ever more impressive were it not for an injury limiting LCB Conrad Farrell to playing only 8 games. 2nd-year man Dusty Carlisle struggled in his absence, but as figured, SS Mickey Gleason is an absolute beast, and FS Julio Rogers only allowed 18 catches versus 10 passes broken up in 12 games. QB Shannon Kirk did reasonably well for a rookie QB with no decent receivers, and he developed from 27/59 postcamp to 44/59 at the end of the season.

AWARDS/RECORDS

SS Mickey Gleason was Defensive Rookie Of The Year and a First-Team All Pro. He picked off 4 passes, running back two for TDs, defensed 17 passes versus 32 catches, and had 84 tackles, 23 assists, and 1 sack.

END-SEASON COMMENTS

I didn't expect to be in a position to target improving specific parts of my team quite this early, but it looks like the secondary is set for years to come, and the defense and running game overall are pretty dadgum good. I need to get some receiving targets for Shannon Kirk, probably more than anything else.

[Ben E Lou]

I need to add a house rule to go along with the no signing of RFAs until FA2.

The three extensions per year can not be used on players with less than 4 years of experience.

This way, I'll be forced to bid on all RFAs of any value.

[Ben E Lou]

2026 REPORT

RETIREMENTS

My mentors at T, S, TE and DT retired.

PRELIMINARIES

SUMMER LEAGUE: Last year's 4th round pick, RCB Mike Totten, gets sent overseas for some extra seasoning.

FRANCHISE TAG: None.

FREE AGENCY

UNMASKING OF NOTE

QB Hunter Robertson goes up another +7/+4 to 34/45. Looks like he'll be a very solid backup for Kirk. Undrafted FA RG Ernest Booker unmasks seven more 7 points, to 41/41. Guess there's one reason for our running game working well, eh? Our third round pick from last year, LDT Jeff Tully, is now at 36/42, up from 24/29 at the draft. SLB Ty Colbert, a FA rookie grab I made two years ago who was 19/23 at the time, is now 37/37 with a bullet (+6 at this stage). MLB Joel Warfied, a former 16/19 player, is now showing 33/33. Last year's sixth round pick, WLB Calvin Russell (16/37 at the time), evaluates at 30/46 now. And of course, our two likely-stud safeties continue revealing their true colors. Rogers is in only his third season and is already +23 (17/24-->47/47), and Gleason, in year 2, is +14 (22/45-->41/59). I should change the franchise nickname to the Jacksonville Creepers.

RENEGOTIATIONS

FS Julio Rodgers: He's in the last year of his rookie contract, and I know I want him long-term. I ink him to a 4-year deal.

AMATEUR DRAFT

This looks like a pretty sparse draft class, at least for the positions I'm after. I'm writing this before I start the draft, and I wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be one of my worst drafts ever.

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2	Best	Worst
1(16)	RDT	Fennell	Gabe	61	67	65	71	All but run defense.	Run Defense
2(19)	C	Shepherd	Sammie	27	51	30	51	RunBlk,PassBlk	BlkStr, End
3(18)	RDE	Vos	Omar	18	33	20	34	PRStr, Diag, End	PRTech, Punish
4(17)	FB	Nakamura	Antoine	22	36	27	46	BlkStr, PwrInside	Hole Recog, Blitz

I grabbed a few guys who I think could be of help, but then just traded out the last three picks. It's very unusual that there was literally only one player left that I would even consider wanting on my team when my fifth round pick came up, and he was a guy way down the board that I was certain I could pick up as an undrafted free agent. Considering how unimpressive this draft class was in terms of positions I needed, scoring hits on 2.5 out of 4 picks ain't that bad.

OTHER TRAINING CAMP NOTES

Nothing else really worth noting. Lots of unmasking at the beginning of FA1 this year, but not much movement in either direction in training camp apart from two of my draftees, mentioned above.

SEASON OUTLOOK

We improved mainly by experience this year, although adding Fennell to the D-line should certainly prove to be helpful. Our roster rating is 49 this year, a significant relative improvement from last year, when we were around 10. Still, I don't think we're a playoff team just yet.

Incidentally, I'm ready to make the switch to what my house rules demand: I'm running the game plan now, and the AI is controlling the depth chart.

SEASON RESULTS

I reckon I need to start believing in this team...

2026 Regular Season (10-6)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	38	at Houston Texans	16	S.Kirk 20-32-197	P.Lane 10-64	G.Jefferson 5-52	44,800
Week 2	37	Philadelphia Eagles	14	S.Kirk 26-40-234	R.Reynolds 15-71	B.Loupe 10-100	94,100
Week 3	31	at Oakland Raiders	12	S.Kirk 23-29-235	R.Reynolds 25-114	G.Jefferson 6-71	44,600
Week 4	13	Cincinnati Bengals	17	S.Kirk 11-22-107	R.Reynolds 15-70	B.Glenn 5-59	94,100
Week 5	34	Cleveland Browns	7	H.Robertson 19-32-234	R.Reynolds 18-41	J.Ross 7-90	94,100
Week 6	37	at Indianapolis Colts	14	H.Robertson 21-46-224	P.Lane 18-91	M.Terry 6-67	61,300
Week 7	23	at Pittsburgh Steelers	17	S.Kirk 21-30-271	P.Lane 15-45	J.Ross 5-89	59,100
Week 8	30	at Baltimore Ravens	10	S.Kirk 27-41-349	R.Reynolds 17-78	M.Terry 6-108	59,200
Week 9	7	Tennessee Titans	34	S.Kirk 22-36-218	R.Reynolds 13-69	B.Glenn 7-61	95,100
Week 10	Bye Week
Week 11	6	Houston Texans	27	S.Kirk 16-29-151	P.Lane 9-75	B.Loupe 5-50	95,100
Week 12	9	at Dallas Cowboys	14	S.Kirk 15-35-172	R.Reynolds 13-94	B.Loupe 5-67	79,400
Week 13	14	New England Patriots	34	S.Kirk 12-31-222	P.Lane 5-32	J.Ross 4-83	94,100
Week 14	38	Washington Redskins	10	S.Kirk 23-41-239	R.Reynolds 16-88	G.Jefferson 6-68	94,100
Week 15	42	Indianapolis Colts	27	S.Kirk 23-36-246	R.Reynolds 14-74	B.Loupe 5-53	95,100
Week 16	21	at New York Giants	14	S.Kirk 16-24-157	R.Reynolds 18-100	G.Jefferson 4-55	62,700
Week 17	10	at Tennessee Titans	38	S.Kirk 10-24-109	R.Reynolds 17-84	B.Loupe 5-54	54,900
2026 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
W. Card	21	at Miami Dolphins	27	S.Kirk 19-32-204	R.Reynolds 20-129	B.Brewer 4-75	73,700

With the lack of a solid crew of receivers, I went with a shorter-than-SkyDog-normal passing game, with a mixture of two backs in the running game, at it was pretty doggone effective. Injuries plagued the secondary, though, or we might have challenged for the division title even.

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int	Rate
Shannon Kirk	450	265	2907	6.46	26	11	87.1
Hunter Robertson	104	50	578	5.56	4	3	66.1
Team	563	319	3512	6.24	31	14	83.3
Opp	551	329	3669	6.66	24	19	79.7

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Fum
Ray Reynolds	RB	218	1035	4.75	4	6
Paul Lane	RB	145	678	4.68	5	4
Shannon Kirk	QB	54	247	4.57	3	2
Team	---	440	2032	4.62	13	22
Opp	---	436	1709	3.92	11	23

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	Yd/Att	TD	Drop
Blaine Loupe	SE	118	63	759	12.05	6.43	8	6
Jermaine Ross	FL	102	59	739	12.53	7.25	3	7
Grant Jefferson	FL	104	57	648	11.37	6.23	7	3
Blaine Glenn	SE	82	45	477	10.60	5.82	8	10
Mark Terry	FL	30	18	251	13.94	8.37	2	2
Paul Lane	RB	26	16	91	5.69	3.50	1	0

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd	PDPct
Ty Colbert	SLB	74	27	4.0	5	2	6	77.8
Dale Barton	MLB	59	23	0.5	1	1	2	71.7
Calvin Russell	WLB	55	14	0.0	2	0	4	73.4
Conrad Farrell	LCB	53	19	0.0	1	6	11	80.7
Joel Warfield	MLB	48	13	1.0	0	0	1	76.5
Mickey Gleason	SS	48	21	0.5	0	1	6	80.1
Dusty Carlisle	RCB	47	13	0.5	1	1	10	78.7
Roderick Stevens	RDE	45	9	5.0	12	0	0	80.8
Gabe Fennell	RDT	40	13	3.0	17	0	0	82.1
Fred Engott	LDT	34	15	1.5	11	0	0	81.1
Edgar Newhart	RDT	29	7	1.5	6	1	0	83.5
Julio Rodgers	FS	27	14	0.0	0	4	5	86.7
Kent Allen	SS	26	5	0.0	1	0	3	79.4
Albert Brady	RCB	22	5	0.0	0	0	2	72.3
Edward Gabree	LDE	19	8	4.0	4	0	0	80.0
Randy Davison	RCB	19	11	0.0	1	0	2	73.7
Omar Vos	RDE	18	5	2.0	4	0	0	80.8
Mike Totten	RCB	17	5	0.0	1	3	9	91.6

Jacksonville Team Rank Rushes per Game 27.5 16 Rushing Yards 127.0 6 Yards Per Carry 4.62 4 Pass Attempts 35.2 12 Completions 19.9 20 (T) Completion Pct. 56.7 26 Passing Yards 219.5 22 Yards Per Attempt 6.24 23 Yards Per Catch 11.01 13 Total Yards Gained 336.0 15 3rd Down Conversions 45.1 3 Points Per Game 24.4 5 Pass Rush Pct. 15.5 12 Pass Defense Pct. 56.6 12 Turnovers 21 7 (T) Turnover Margin +13 3 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 27.3 18 Rushing Yards 106.8 13 Yards Per Carry 3.92 10 Pass Attempts 34.4 18 (T) Completions 20.6 16 (T) Completion Pct. 59.7 12 (T) Passing Yards 229.3 22 Yards Per Attempt 6.66 16 Yards Per Catch 11.15 23 Total Yards Gained 325.6 19 3rd Down Conversions 41.1 20 Points Per Game 19.1 17 (T) Pass Rush Pct. 16.7 27 Pass Defense Pct. 56.9 23 (T) Turnovers 34 7 Turnover Margin -13 3 (T)

QB Shannon Kirk is starting to look like the real deal, even without anyone resembling a go-to receiver. Having the #5 scoring offense in the league is not something I remotely expect in the third year of an Empty Cupboard career.

AWARDS/RECORDS

None.

END-SEASON COMMENTS

Hard to think it this early, but this team appears to have arrived. If we can get a decent receiver or two, we look like we can be flat-out dangerous.

[Ben E Lou]

2027 REPORT

RETIREMENTS

Just my mentor G.

PRELIMINARIES

SUMMER LEAGUE: Bucky Griffith, an undrafted center I picked up as a FA, gets sent over.

FRANCHISE TAG: None.

FREE AGENCY

UNMASKING OF NOTE

FB Antoine Nakamura, 2nd year, drafted at 22/36, is up to 37/49.

C Leo Lockwood, 4th-year undrafted FA, is 13/26-->41/41

LDT Jeff Tully, the 3(9) pick from 2025 is 24/29--->45/45

RDT Gabe Fennell unmasked 23 points during the regular season last year, putting him at 94/94.

WLB Calvin Russell, our 6(10) pick in 2025, is 16/37--->47/51

SS Mickey Gleason continues to show that he is who I thought he was: 22/45-->60/67

Ditto FS Julio Rodgers: 17/24-->50/50

RENEGOTIATIONS

LCB Conrad Farrell: Locked up to a 4-year deal.

WLB Calvin Russell: Also a four-year deal.

RB Ray Reynolds: Was asking for a relatively low bonus ($1M per year) for a five-year deal, so I lock him up, knowing I can cut him if need be.

AMATEUR DRAFT

The class looks solid, and (typing this before training camp), I feel like I got some very nice steals, maybe six or seven starters, even. There are also two undrafted guys I think might be worth of wearing the Jaguar uniform. Here's the class:

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2	Best	Worst
1(23)	FL	Wright	Lorenzo	29	54	30	54	Getting Downfield, RR	AvDrops
2(25)	RG	Fletcher	Jerry	18	47	21	50	BlkStrength	RunBlk
3(24)	SLB	Burns	Aaron	28	40	30	43	Run Def	PlayDiag
4(23)	QB	Schwartz	Al	19	50	18	45	Scramble	LongPass
5(13)	RB	Burton	Ron	28	38	29	41	ThirdDown	Breakaway
5(25)	RG	Muka	Lamont	23	48	26	48	BlkStrength	PassBlk
6(12)	SE	Malone	Brant	18	31	19	32	Courage	BigPly
6(24)	SS	Gray	Irving	21	51	22	48	BnR	RunDef
7(23)	RDE	McCombs	Alan	16	31	18	35	PRStrength	PRTech

Looks like it won't turn out quite as good as I'd hoped, but it looks like I'll get five or six starter-quality players out of this draft, and that's certainly nothing to sneeze at.

OTHER TRAINING CAMP NOTES

Nothing else really worth noting. Several old crappy mentors dropped a bunch of points, but that's meaningless.

SEASON OUTLOOK

The roster rating is up to 82, and the team has been performing. At this point, we should expect to contend for a division title.

SEASON RESULTS

Yeah. We won the division. The conference, too. *Shurg*

2027 Regular Season (13-3)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	34	Indianapolis Colts	23	S.Kirk 29-45-278	R.Reynolds 13-36	L.Wright 6-71	95,500
Week 2	24	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	S.Kirk 23-39-277	R.Burton 14-79	B.Malone 6-105	68,700
Week 3	37	Pittsburgh Steelers	11	S.Kirk 19-36-193	R.Burton 18-86	J.Ross 6-62	95,500
Week 4	31	New Jersey Jets	15	S.Kirk 16-32-223	R.Burton 13-80	B.Malone 3-60	95,500
Week 5	12	Miami Dolphins	14	S.Kirk 22-45-201	R.Reynolds 23-75	L.Wright 8-92	96,700
Week 6	29	at Indianapolis Colts	24	S.Kirk 25-35-279	R.Reynolds 23-98	L.Wright 7-104	62,500
Week 7	12	Tennessee Titans	17	S.Kirk 24-37-222	R.Burton 4-37	L.Wright 8-90	95,500
Week 8	Bye Week
Week 9	21	at Buffalo Bills	14	S.Kirk 18-30-223	R.Reynolds 18-93	B.Glenn 8-77	54,500
Week 10	30	at New England Patriots	27	S.Kirk 28-49-283	R.Reynolds 20-58	J.Ross 7-77	62,300
Week 11	17	Houston Texans	10	S.Kirk 20-27-233	R.Reynolds 16-50	J.Ross 4-56	95,500
Week 12	30	Carolina Panthers	10	S.Kirk 25-41-281	R.Reynolds 10-29	J.Ross 5-76	95,500
Week 13	40	at Oakland Raiders	24	S.Kirk 34-44-348	R.Burton 15-74	B.Glenn 7-90	48,800
Week 14	25	Atlanta Falcons	14	S.Kirk 20-34-203	R.Burton 17-93	J.Stuart 5-55	96,700
Week 15	20	at Tennessee Titans	3	S.Kirk 24-36-230	R.Burton 14-60	J.Stuart 8-93	47,300
Week 16	17	at New Orleans Saints	20	S.Kirk 17-33-181	R.Burton 17-87	P.Lane 4-61	45,000
Week 17	30	at Houston Texans	24	S.Kirk 20-36-285	R.Burton 17-80	J.Ross 4-77	48,800
2027 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Division	30	Kansas City Chiefs	14	S.Kirk 23-34-271	R.Reynolds 21-102	J.Stuart 7-87	96,700
Conf.	34	Miami Dolphins	13	S.Kirk 16-26-216	R.Reynolds 23-119	J.Ross 5-79	96,700
Champ.	13	vs St. Louis Rams	20	S.Kirk 20-43-227	S.Kirk 5-48	B.Glenn 6-68	57,800

I wonder how good this team will be with actual starting-quality receivers. Good job, fellas.

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int	Rate
Shannon Kirk	599	364	3940	6.58	28	21	81.1
Team	603	365	3945	6.54	28	22	80.1
Opp	627	359	3840	6.12	22	21	73.0

Kirk did enough to get us that far, so I guess I can't complain too much. Once his receiving corps comes around, I'm sure he'll be able to cut down on the INTs.

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Fum
Ron Burton	RB	201	926	4.61	3	3
Ray Reynolds	RB	198	762	3.85	1	2
Shannon Kirk	QB	64	240	3.75	3	4
Team	---	493	2053	4.16	9	15
Opp	---	322	1060	3.29	7	22

Reynolds had a few nagging injuries, but Burton definitely helped pick up the slack.

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	Yd/Att	TD	Drop
Jermaine Ross	FL	130	68	809	11.90	6.22	7	8
Blaine Glenn	SE	93	53	617	11.64	6.63	8	5
Brant Malone	SE	90	52	574	11.04	6.38	3	5
Jamie Stuart	SE	79	46	514	11.17	6.51	2	5
Lorenzo Wright	FL	57	39	510	13.08	8.95	2	4
Antoine Nakamura	FB	29	24	215	8.96	7.41	2	2
Ron Burton	RB	27	19	125	6.58	4.63	0	1
Ray Reynolds	RB	24	18	143	7.94	5.96	2	2
Ernest Rayburn	TE	26	17	152	8.94	5.85	0	0

Once Wright gets up to speed, I think he'll be fine, but we definitely need better receivers.

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd	PDPct
Morris Reed	MLB	75	20	1.0	1	2	9	79.4
Ernest Neigebauer	LCB	57	12	0.0	0	4	14	79.5
Aaron Burns	SLB	53	22	6.5	5	2	5	79.9
Julio Rodgers	FS	52	16	0.0	0	4	8	80.8
Gabe Fennell	RDT	50	18	6.5	23	0	2	82.0
Conrad Farrell	RCB	49	17	2.0	0	2	15	80.9
Mike Totten	RCB	47	15	0.0	0	4	7	80.3
Mickey Gleason	SS	47	17	0.0	2	1	13	83.2
Calvin Russell	WLB	45	16	2.0	0	0	5	76.0
Irving Gray	SS	34	8	0.0	1	1	6	80.0
Fred Engott	LDT	26	12	2.5	3	0	0	81.7
Omar Vos	RDE	24	10	4.0	15	0	1	82.3
Roderick Stevens	LDE	23	12	6.0	11	0	0	81.1
Clifton Samuels	SS	21	3	1.0	0	1	4	83.3
Jeff Tully	LDT	19	8	2.0	4	0	0	80.6

No complaints whatsoever about the defense. #3 in total yards, #5 in scoring.

Jacksonville Team Rank Rushes per Game 30.8 5 Rushing Yards 128.3 5 Yards Per Carry 4.16 11 Pass Attempts 37.7 5 Completions 22.8 6 (T) Completion Pct. 60.5 16 (T) Passing Yards 246.6 11 Yards Per Attempt 6.54 19 (T) Yards Per Catch 10.81 18 Total Yards Gained 364.7 6 3rd Down Conversions 46.7 3 Points Per Game 25.6 3 Pass Rush Pct. 13.8 19 (T) Pass Defense Pct. 68.4 1 (T) Turnovers 29 21 (T) Turnover Margin +7 5

Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 20.1 1 Rushing Yards 66.3 1 Yards Per Carry 3.29 1 Pass Attempts 39.2 31 Completions 22.4 28 Completion Pct. 57.3 4 (T) Passing Yards 240.0 26 Yards Per Attempt 6.12 5 Yards Per Catch 10.70 12 Total Yards Gained 291.3 3 3rd Down Conversions 34.1 5 Points Per Game 16.7 5 (T) Pass Rush Pct. 14.4 13 (T) Pass Defense Pct. 60.4 24 Turnovers 36 3 Turnover Margin -7 5

AWARDS/RECORDS

K Floyd Butkiewicz, a former undrafted free agent, set a team record with 39 FGs, and was named First Team All-Pro.

END-SEASON COMMENTS

Guess these house rules aren't tough enough. Oh well. I'll keep playing, at least for a while. There's always the fun of having it chronicled.

[Ben E Lou]

House rule change:

It got a little too easy too quickly. Henceforth, this is a pure "Home-Grown" dynasty: no players who have ever played for another franchise, and no staff members who have ever been employed by another franchise. No exceptions for mentors. All other house rules still apply. In the upcoming season, I'll release every player who isn't home grown.

[Ben E Lou]

2028 REPORT

RETIREMENTS

None.

PRELIMINARIES

SUMMER LEAGUE: Ernest Neigebauer, an undrafted CB I picked up as a FA, gets sent over.

FRANCHISE TAG: None.

FREE AGENCY

UNMASKING OF NOTE

QB Shannon Kirk continues to reveal himself as the player I thought he was. He's up 5 more future points, to 67/67.

FB Antoine Nakamura, 3rd year, drafted at 22/36, is up to 56/56--six more future points than last year.

RENEGOTIATIONS

SS Mickey Gleason: Locked up to a 4-year deal.

FB Antoine Nakamura: We wants and receives a deal locking him up through 2033.

QB Hunter Robertson: Backup QB gets a three-year deal, although I'll probably end up trading him before it's over.

INJURY NOTE: Starting FS Julio Rodgers ruptured an elbow tendon in the Front Office Bowl last year, and is listed as Out (30 Weeks). He goes on IR and will miss all of 2028.

AMATEUR DRAFT

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2	Best	Worst
1(31)	RDE	Rudis	Steven	37	46	41	47	PR Tech, Endurance	Run Defense
2(31)	FL	Weber	Lorenzo	12	21	13	23	Adjust To Ball	Big Play
3(31)	SE	Gomez	Darnell	22	39	24	40	Courage, Big Play	Third Down
4(31)	LT	Doan	Ronald	18	47	16	47	RunBlk,BlkStrn	PassBlk,End
5(31)	LG	Lucky	Vernon	28	40	32	42	BlkStng	RunBlk
6(31)	RDT	Irwin	Vinny	22	43	24	46	PRTech	PlayDiag, End
7(31)	C	Hagans	Joe	25	84	31	85	RunBlk, BlkStrn	PssBlk, End

PRECAMP THOUGHTS: I felt pretty meh about this draft class when I saw it, and feel likewise about my draft. Grabbed two risky WRs since I need them. I feel good about the picks in rounds 4-6. I have zero reason to believe that Hagan is really an 84 player, but perhaps he won't drop too much, and he could end up being useful.

POSTCAMP THOUGHTS: It looks like Steven "Skyscraper" Rudis is going to be a player. (He's 6'8" tall, thus the moniker.) And Hagans gaining a point was a shocker. I didn't really need antoher center, so I switch him to right guard after camp. Looks like this draft class will turn out a lot better than I'd hoped.

OTHER TRAINING CAMP NOTES

We get offered a 2nd round pick and a player for QB Hunter Robertson, so I decide it's time to shop him, and sure enough, I'm able to get a 2nd and a 5th for him, so he's gone.

2028 ROSTER

Player	Pos	Start	Exp	Cur	Fut	Cntrct	Comments
Kirk, Shannon	QB	QB	4	68	68	2 yrs	He has been our starter from the day he was drafted. Threw 21 INTs last year, so I'm a little concerned about that aspect of his game.
Micalles, Nolan	QB		5	24	50	3 yrs	Former fourth round pick has fluctuated in ratings, but looks like a decent option as a backup.
Fulton, Doug	QB		1	6	40	1 yr.	Undrafted FA who was +5 in his first training camp. Will be watching him.
Reynolds, Ray	RB	RB	5	41	41	4 yrs	Tailed off to 3.85 ypc last season. I need a little more out of him.
##Burton, Ron	RB		2	39	43	2 yrs	Was a 28/38 player when drafted in the 5th round last year. Starts the season with a minor injury, but looks like he could be the future.
Hill, Mitch	RB		1	14	24	2 yrs	Roster filler who probably wouldn't have made the team if Burton didn't enter the regular season with a bad hammy.
Nakamura, Antoine	FB	FB	3	56	56	6 yrs	Dramatic ratings improvement since he was drafted 4(17) as a 22/36 player. Averages 6.35 yards per target receiving, and can block.
Godfrey, Calvin	FB		5	35	35	1 yr.	Decent-blocking backup.
Rayburn, Ernest	TE	TE	5	47	47	3 yrs	Undrafted free agent who's good at blocking but not a receiver.
Brewer, Bill	TE		5	41	41	1 yr.	Ditto Rayburn.
Wright, Lorenzo	FL	FL	2	38	54	3 yrs	1(23) pick looks like he'll be a decent receiver, but not a star. Only rated 6/11 in Avoid Drops.
Bullock, Jerome	FL		1	16	42	2 yrs	Converted RB who probably will never amount to much.
##Alexander, Vince	FL		1	15	31	2 yrs	Gained three future points in training camp this year. I'm hoping this undrafted rook will creep into being a useful player.
##Weber, Lorenzo	FL		1	13	23	3 yrs	2(31) pick who didn't improve as much as I'd hoped. Probably will never be starter quality, but I'll probably hang on to him through his rookie contract.
Gomez, Darnell	SE	SE	1	25	40	3 yrs	3(31) pick who probably won't be any better than WR4 quality, but is a starter for now.
Harwell, Chris	SE		1	21	41	2 yrs	Undrafted FA roster filler.
Griffith, Bucky	C	C	3	54	61	3 yrs	So far, this undrafted free agent is looking like a nice find.
Shepherd, Sammie	C		3	49	53	1 yr.	House rules may hurt me here. There are signs that Shepherd is a better player than Griffith. I may trade Griffith to get Shepherd playing time.
##Lockwood, Leo	C		5	43	43	1 yr.	Undrafted FA roster filler.
Booker, Ernest	LG	LG	5	43	43	1 yr.	Decent starter. Former undrafted FA.
Lucky, Vernon	LG		1	32	42	3 yrs	5th round pick who increased by a couple of points this year. Looks like a potential future starter.
Hagans, Joe	RG	RG	1	39	87	3 yrs	I may have gotten incredibly fortunate with this 7th round pick. Time will tell.
Fletcher, Jerry	RG		2	38	53	2 yrs	If Hagans pans out, I sense a trade in this young man's future.
Muka, Lamont	RG		2	38	47	2 yrs	Former 5(25) pick who is probably no better than a career backup.
Lefebvre, Wesley	LT	LT	5	35	35	1 yr.	This 7th round pick has performed pretty well as the starter at such a critical position.
Snyder, Timothy	LT		5	29	34	3 yrs	Has been a decent backup so far.
Doan, Ronald	RT		1	19	47	3 yrs	4(31) pick this season who seems to have a shot at being something decent.
Spencer, Charles	RT	RT	5	39	39	1 yr.	This guy has gone from being an 11/27 undrafted free agent to a pretty solid starter.
Thames, Reuben	P		3	55	55	2 yrs	Power=54, Hang Time=74, Directional=31
Butkiewicz, Floyd	K		5	60	60	3 yrs	Very accurate kicker who was 1st Team All-Pro last year. Has hit 86.1% of his FGs in his career.
Stevens, Roderick	LDE	LDE	5	38	41	1 yr.	Had 13 sacks back in 2025, but hasn't been all that impressive since then.
Rudis, Steven	RDE	RDE	1	42	47	4 yrs	Nicknamed "Skyscraper" for his 6'8" frame, this rook looks like he'll be a serious threat to QBs in the league.
Vos, Omar	RDE		3	38	38	2 yrs	Third round pick who hasn't shown us much so far.
McCombs, Alan	RDE		2	25	37	2 yrs	7th round pick from last year who has crept up six points so far.
##Wilson, Richie	RDE		1	11	24	1 yr.	Creeping undrafted guy.
Fennell, Gabe	LDT	LDT	3	94	94	2 yrs	Outstanding pickup at 1(16). I was pretty certain his ratings were too low, but I didn't think they'd increase 27 points.
Tully, Jeff	RDT	RDT	4	48	48	1 yr.	Has crept nicely since being a 24/29 3(9) pick.
Irwin, Vinny	RDT		1	25	46	3 yrs	Was +3 in training camp this year
Reed, Morris	MLB	MLB	4	41	41	1 yr.	Decent starter for a 5th round pick, but nothing special.
Warfield, Joel	MLB		5	36	36	1 yr.	Likewise, decent backup for an undrafted free agent.
Burns, Aaron	SLB	SLB	2	48	48	2 yrs	Has crept 8 points since last year, and seems like he may be able to become a very solid starter.
Colbert, Ty	SLB		5	41	41	2 yrs	Averaged over 80 tackles in three years as a starter.
Russell, Calvin	WLB	WLB	4	53	53	3 yrs	This guy was an outstanding find as a 16/37 6(10) draftee.
Cox, Carlton	WLB		2	26	33	1 yr.	Roster filler.
Neigebauer, Ernest	LCB	LCB	2	43	61	1 yr.	Talk about rags to riches, this undrafted rookie free agent started at left cornerback in the Front Office Bowl last year!
Farrell, Conrad	RCB	RCB	5	51	51	3 yrs	First pick made in this dynasty has yet to have a PDPct under 80.7 in any season.
Totten, Mike	RCB		4	42	42	3 yrs	Totten has settled in as a nice nickel back, putting up an 83.4 PDPct for his career.
Cooley, Jack	RCB		1	22	39	2 yrs	Undrafted FA who gained one point in training camp. Maybe a dime back one day.
Gleason, Mickey	SS	SS	4	68	68	4 yrs	Grabbed him at 2(10) as a 22/45 guy, extremely confident that he was much better than advertised. Won DROY and hasn't looked back since.
%%Rodgers, Julio	FS		5	53	53	2 yrs	Another big-time creeper. 2(31) draft pick as a 17/24 player. He's out for the year with a Ruptured Elbow Tendon.
##Gray, Irving	FS		2	30	47	2 yrs	Last year's 6(24) pick will miss over half the year with a High Ankle Sprain.
Samuels, Freddie	FS	FS	1	19	33	2 yrs	Pressed into duty due to injuries to starters. Because I decided to go strictly home grown this year, he's the best option I can get…
Stephens, John	FS		1	11	29	2 yrs	…and he's the second best.

SEASON OUTLOOK

The roster rating is up to 96. Division rival Tennessee has the only 100. We probably should contend for the whole shebang.

SEASON RESULTS

Man, our division turned out to be absolutely loaded this year. No team finished under .500, and both Wild Cards came from it.

2028 Regular Season (10-6)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	27	Tennessee Titans	14	S.Kirk 22-37-257	R.Reynolds 18-152	L.Wright 3-65	96,700
Week 2	24	at Detroit Lions	34	S.Kirk 16-29-167	R.Reynolds 10-42	J.Bullock 5-57	57,500
Week 3	22	Miami Dolphins	9	S.Kirk 20-29-221	R.Reynolds 21-97	D.Gomez 6-60	96,700
Week 4	20	Oakland Raiders	13	S.Kirk 12-22-141	R.Reynolds 13-99	L.Wright 3-55	96,700
Week 5	Bye Week
Week 6	27	Indianapolis Colts	24	S.Kirk 25-31-264	R.Reynolds 23-89	L.Wright 9-141	96,700
Week 7	22	at Tennessee Titans	37	S.Kirk 20-32-255	R.Reynolds 9-86	L.Wright 8-160	51,400
Week 8	19	at Kansas City Chiefs	24	S.Kirk 20-35-294	R.Reynolds 10-41	L.Wright 5-96	50,400
Week 9	17	Denver Broncos	24	S.Kirk 21-37-237	R.Reynolds 13-99	L.Wright 7-67	96,700
Week 10	28	at San Diego Chargers	24	S.Kirk 25-36-273	R.Reynolds 22-94	D.Gomez 6-73	68,500
Week 11	3	at Houston Texans	34	S.Kirk 17-41-161	R.Reynolds 11-85	J.Bullock 6-45	50,200
Week 12	23	Minnesota Vikings	20	S.Kirk 20-26-239	R.Reynolds 18-101	L.Wright 10-136	96,700
Week 13	48	at Pittsburgh Steelers	22	S.Kirk 24-34-341	R.Reynolds 13-52	L.Wright 3-74	62,100
Week 14	17	at Chicago Bears	10	S.Kirk 13-29-134	R.Reynolds 21-154	L.Weber 5-49	61,700
Week 15	35	Houston Texans	30	S.Kirk 17-27-209	R.Reynolds 14-63	J.Bullock 7-79	96,700
Week 16	13	Green Bay Packers	10	S.Kirk 25-36-225	R.Reynolds 30-130	J.Bullock 7-65	96,700
Week 17	10	at Indianapolis Colts	19	S.Kirk 14-37-186	R.Reynolds 13-73	J.Bullock 4-49	67,500
2028 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
W. Card	25	at New Jersey Jets	20	S.Kirk 17-28-180	R.Reynolds 20-164	J.Bullock 3-51	54,400
Division	17	at Indianapolis Colts	31	S.Kirk 17-26-225	R.Reynolds 20-126	L.Wright 7-118	67,500

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int	Rate
Shannon Kirk	518	311	3604	6.96	27	21	81.5
Team	529	315	3630	6.86	27	21	80.8
Opp	510	327	3543	6.95	27	17	88.2

I'm starting to get a bit worried about Kirk's propensity for interceptions, considering he has thrown over twenty two straight seasons. That being said, we really only have one good wide receiver, so that may be the issue.

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Fum
Ray Reynolds	RB	259	1457	5.63	3	3
Ron Burton	RB	106	480	4.53	5	4
Shannon Kirk	QB	80	470	5.88	1	4
Team	---	469	2531	5.40	11	21
Opp	---	426	1643	3.86	7	15

Concerns about Reynolds were perhaps overblown, shall we say? In the 23 seasons of the franchise's existence, no one has rushed for more yards or better ypc in a season. Great year for him, and Burton was no slouch as a backup, either.

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	Yd/Att	TD	Drop
Lorenzo Wright	FL	92	58	939	16.19	10.21	3	6
Jerome Bullock	FL	95	56	607	10.84	6.39	5	9
Darnell Gomez	SE	93	53	619	11.68	6.66	5	6
Chris Harwell	SE	87	48	524	10.92	6.02	5	7
Ron Burton	RB	37	25	146	5.84	3.95	0	2
Antoine Nakamura	FB	25	18	168	9.33	6.72	4	3

Wright missed a few games due to injury, and was sorely missed during that time. When your FB has your second-highest yards per target, you know your receivers aren't getting the job done.

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd	PDPct
Morris Reed	MLB	105	28	1.0	4	2	4	76.5
Aaron Burns	SLB	71	25	4.0	5	1	4	76.8
Gabe Fennell	LDT	64	31	10.0	9	0	0	82.3
Mickey Gleason	SS	63	23	0.0	0	4	5	81.2
Jeff Tully	RDT	59	17	4.0	7	0	0	79.6
Mike Totten	RCB	53	13	0.0	1	1	9	75.7
Ernest Neigebauer	LCB	49	14	1.0	1	1	8	74.7
Calvin Russell	WLB	44	12	0.0	2	0	2	73.2
Conrad Farrell	RCB	37	10	0.5	2	3	14	86.0
Roderick Stevens	LDE	28	7	3.0	11	0	0	81.2
Steven Rudis	RDE	27	16	8.5	16	0	1	81.6
Joel Warfield	MLB	22	3	0.0	0	0	0	59.4
Freddie Samuels	FS	22	12	0.0	0	1	2	79.2
Jack Cooley	RCB	19	7	0.0	0	3	1	82.1

Quite frankly, I forgot to set the defensive game plan before the season. Oops.

Jacksonville Team Rank Rushes per Game 29.3 9 Rushing Yards 158.2 1 Yards Per Carry 5.40 1 Pass Attempts 33.1 20 Completions 19.7 23 (T) Completion Pct. 59.5 22 (T) Passing Yards 226.9 13 Yards Per Attempt 6.86 11 Yards Per Catch 11.52 9 Total Yards Gained 377.9 4 3rd Down Conversions 41.5 13 Points Per Game 22.2 9 Pass Rush Pct. 15.5 9 (T) Pass Defense Pct. 50.5 17 Turnovers 35 30 (T) Turnover Margin -9 26 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 26.6 18 Rushing Yards 102.7 12 Yards Per Carry 3.86 7 Pass Attempts 31.9 10 Completions 20.4 18 Completion Pct. 64.1 25 (T) Passing Yards 221.4 16 (T) Yards Per Attempt 6.95 20 Yards Per Catch 10.83 12 Total Yards Gained 311.4 16 3rd Down Conversions 40.1 21 Points Per Game 21.8 25 Pass Rush Pct. 13.5 10 Pass Defense Pct. 63.3 29 Turnovers 26 11 (T) Turnover Margin +9 26 (T)

We were easily the best running team in the league. It sounds like a mantra, but we've GOT to improve the passing game if we're going to win a title.

AWARDS/RECORDS

• LDT Gabe Fennell was a First Team All Pro with 64 solo tackles, 31 assists, 10 sacks, 3 blocked passes, 9 hurries, and 24 QB knockdowns.
• RB Ray Reynolds set team records for yards per carry and rushing yards.

END-SEASON COMMENTS

Now that more players' contracts are coming to an end, and more of them are unmasked to the point that the AI might be interested in them, perhaps it'll start becoming a little more difficult to keep the team together. So far, no one else is going after the guys I'm re-signing on the open market.

[Ben E Lou]

2029 REPORT

RETIREMENTS

None.

PRELIMINARIES

SUMMER LEAGUE: FL Chris Harwell

FRANCHISE TAG: RDT Jeff Tully

FREE AGENCY

UNMASKING OF NOTE

SLB Aaron Burns continues to reward that 3(24) pick we spent on the then-28/40 player. He's now up to 54/54.

Not a big creep, but important to note that he still did despite the season-long injury. It's worth noting that FS Julio Rogers is fully healed, and gains two points, passing the +30 mark overall in his potential. He was 17/24 when drafted 2(31) in 2024. Now, he's 55/55.

RENEGOTIATIONS

Yeah, now that our star players are starting to have contracts nearing the end, I suppose some key decisions will start needing to be made. I have seven guys with future potential of 52 or higher in the final year of a contract (including franchisee Tully), and nine such players next year. The seven this year are LDT Fennell, QB Kirk, RG Fletcher, P Thames, FS Rodgers, SLB Burns and RDT Tully. Fennell and Kirk are automatics for the first two deals, and I also sign FS Rodgers to the third. I'll franchise one of the others next year, and have to sign the others on the open market. Fennell and Rodgers get five-year deals, and Kirk gets a six-year contract.

A LOOK BACK

(A look at our draft from five seasons ago.)

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2	CurNow	FutNow
1(31)	LCB	Farrell	Conrad	32	53	32	54	51	51
2(31)	FS	Rodgers	Julio	17	24	22	33	55	55
3(31)	RDE	Stevens	Roderick	22	50	22	42	36	36
4(31)	QB	Micalles	Nolan	12	54	12	51	22	50
6(31)	QB	Robertson	Hunter	18	34	20	38	53	53
7(31)	LT	Lefebvre	Wesley	13	46	14	46	37	37

Given that we had the 31st pick overall, and no fifth round pick, drafting three starting-quality players, including a QB, two decent backups and one other likely starting-quality QB ain't bad. Rodgers has played like a star, and Robertson got his first starting gig last year, for Seattle, and turned in an 88.1 QB Rating.

AMATEUR DRAFT

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2	Best	Worst
1(24)	SE	Hopkins	Thurman	27	37	32	43	Adjust	AvDrops
2(17)	NT->RDE	Clinton	Sam	18	59	20	53	PrTech, Run	PRStrength
2(23)	RDT	Favre	Sean	23	53	26	53	RunDef, PRStr	PrTech, PlayDiag
3(25)	MLB	May	Alex	13	23	15	23	PRTech, PRStr	Run, BnR
4(24)	RT	Torello	Calvin	21	34	20	32	BlkStrngth	PassBlk
5(23)	LDE	Perry	Scottie	12	37	11	33	RunDef	PRTech
6(25)	FL	Dolinko	Kris	22	50	23	50	Adjust	ThirdDown
7(24)	RG	Powell	Bo	21	34	24	32	End	BlkStr

PRECAMP THOUGHTS: I feel VERY good about getting Hopkins to help the WR corps. Because I don't need to fill many slots, I took some risks with the other picks. I'm guessing that at first glance, this draft will look like the worst we've had so far. Part of me thinks I should have just traded out after the 2nd round.

POSTCAMP THOUGHTS: Hopkins ain't gonna disappointment me, it would appear. I'm pleasantly surprised to see Favre and Dolinko hold their ratings, and a little disappointed to see May have no movement. The others don't really surprise me.

OTHER TRAINING CAMP NOTES

There was a LDT named Scottie Gillespie a good way down the draft list who I liked, but went undrafted. I don't need another DT, but I grabbed him as a FA. As expected, he had a nice climb in camp: 26/31-->29/36. I may trade one of the more unmasked DTs.

2028 ROSTER

Player	Pos	Start	Exp	Cur	Fut	Cntrct
Kirk, Shannon	QB	QB	5	68	68	6 yrs
Micalles, Nolan	QB		6	25	51	2 yrs
Fulton, Doug	QB		2	7	42	2 yrs
Reynolds, Ray	RB	RB	6	46	46	3 yrs
Burton, Ron	RB		3	42	42	1 yr.
Nakamura, Antoine	FB	FB	4	57	57	5 yrs
Godfrey, Calvin	FB		6	36	36	3 yrs
Rayburn, Ernest	TE	TE	6	47	47	2 yrs
Brewer, Bill	TE		6	41	41	3 yrs
Wright, Lorenzo	FL	FL	3	47	54	2 yrs
Dolinko, Kris	FL		1	25	50	3 yrs
%%Bullock, Jerome	FL		2	23	42	1 yr.
##Harwell, Chris	FL		2	22	39	1 yr.
Gomez, Darnell	SE	SE	2	35	40	2 yrs
Hopkins, Thurman	SE		1	32	43	4 yrs
##Griffith, Bucky	C		4	58	58	2 yrs
Shepherd, Sammie	C	C	4	57	57	3 yrs
Lockwood, Leo	C		6	45	45	2 yrs
Booker, Ernest	LG	LG	6	46	46	2 yrs
Lucky, Vernon	LG		2	37	43	2 yrs
##Powell, Bo	LG		1	24	32	3 yrs
Hagans, Joe	RG	RG	2	52	87	2 yrs
Fletcher, Jerry	RG		3	50	56	1 yr.
##Muka, Lamont	RG		3	36	46	1 yr.
Lefebvre, Wesley	LT	LT	6	37	37	2 yrs
Snyder, Timothy	LT		6	30	34	2 yrs
Doan, Ronald	RT	RT	2	29	45	2 yrs
%%Torello, Calvin	RT		1	21	32	3 yrs
Thames, Reuben	P		4	56	56	1 yr.
Butkiewicz, Floyd	K		6	59	59	2 yrs
Stevens, Roderick	LDE	LDE	6	35	35	3 yrs
Clinton, Sam	LDE		1	18	53	3 yrs
Rudis, Steven	RDE	RDE	2	50	50	3 yrs
Vos, Omar	RDE		4	44	44	1 yr.
##McCombs, Alan	RDE		3	29	41	1 yr.
Fennell, Gabe	LDT	LDT	4	93	93	5 yrs
##Gillespie, Scottie	LDT		1	29	36	2 yrs
Tully, Jeff	RDT	RDT	5	53	53	5 yrs
Irwin, Vinny	RDT		2	31	50	2 yrs
Favre, Sean	RDT		1	26	53	3 yrs
Reed, Morris	MLB	MLB	5	42	42	3 yrs
Warfield, Joel	MLB		6	36	36	3 yrs
Burns, Aaron	SLB	SLB	3	54	54	1 yr.
Colbert, Ty	SLB		6	42	42	1 yr.
Russell, Calvin	WLB	WLB	5	59	59	2 yrs
Cox, Carlton	WLB		3	25	33	2 yrs
Neigebauer, Ernest	LCB	LCB	3	46	59	3 yrs
##Hoover, Harold	LCB		1	14	30	2 yrs
Farrell, Conrad	RCB	RCB	6	45	45	2 yrs
Totten, Mike	RCB		5	42	42	2 yrs
Cooley, Jack	RCB		2	26	39	1 yr.
Gleason, Mickey	SS	SS	5	69	69	3 yrs
Rodgers, Julio	FS	FS	6	55	55	5 yrs
Gray, Irving	FS		3	34	45	1 yr.
Samuels, Freddie	FS		2	22	32	1 yr.

SEASON OUTLOOK

The roster rating has hit 100. GB is second in the league at 87, so we're allegedly the best team in the league by a decent margin. Can we show it?

SEASON RESULTS

We looked great, until we ran into the team that I built, before taking over Jax, in the Front Office Bowl.

2029 Regular Season (14-2)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	43	Houston Texans	27	S.Kirk 26-38-328	R.Reynolds 21-108	T.Hopkins 5-104	96,700
Week 2	24	at St. Louis Rams	7	S.Kirk 17-35-170	R.Reynolds 15-103	K.Dolinko 4-46	61,400
Week 3	30	at Buffalo Bills	27	S.Kirk 30-41-341	R.Reynolds 28-99	L.Wright 7-99	53,300
Week 4	31	Cincinnati Bengals	28	S.Kirk 22-32-267	R.Reynolds 25-99	K.Dolinko 7-96	96,700
Week 5	14	Cleveland Browns	10	S.Kirk 21-31-224	R.Reynolds 21-96	T.Hopkins 4-51	96,700
Week 6	28	Indianapolis Colts	17	S.Kirk 16-24-156	R.Reynolds 19-108	D.Gomez 6-56	96,700
Week 7	35	at Pittsburgh Steelers	10	S.Kirk 22-34-255	R.Reynolds 18-107	T.Hopkins 6-92	61,100
Week 8	34	at Baltimore Ravens	10	S.Kirk 15-22-214	R.Burton 14-103	L.Wright 5-89	57,500
Week 9	38	Tennessee Titans	24	S.Kirk 25-35-421	R.Reynolds 18-143	L.Wright 7-172	96,700
Week 10	Bye Week
Week 11	17	at Houston Texans	22	S.Kirk 14-24-221	R.Burton 9-55	L.Wright 3-61	43,100
Week 12	30	Arizona Cardinals	27	S.Kirk 14-30-256	R.Reynolds 29-71	T.Hopkins 4-111	96,700
Week 13	45	San Diego Chargers	10	S.Kirk 20-29-239	R.Reynolds 21-163	L.Wright 7-124	96,700
Week 14	17	at Seattle Seahawks	14	S.Kirk 17-32-153	R.Reynolds 27-170	C.Harwell 6-55	53,600
Week 15	7	at Indianapolis Colts	10	S.Kirk 12-19-129	R.Reynolds 19-95	C.Harwell 2-45	68,400
Week 16	35	San Francisco 49ers	13	S.Kirk 20-26-374	R.Reynolds 17-92	L.Wright 7-178	96,700
Week 17	38	at Tennessee Titans	13	S.Kirk 15-21-211	R.Reynolds 18-89	L.Wright 6-118	54,900
2029 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Division	31	Cleveland Browns	3	S.Kirk 23-33-325	R.Reynolds 20-101	L.Wright 5-109	96,700
Conf.	14	Kansas City Chiefs	7	S.Kirk 18-25-206	R.Reynolds 21-58	L.Wright 5-107	96,700
Champ.	10	vs Atlanta Falcons	20	S.Kirk 20-34-256	S.Kirk 3-60	L.Wright 11-156	66,900

Stellar season on all fronts until we ran into the buzzsaw in Atlanta.

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int	Rate
Shannon Kirk	473	306	3959	8.37	36	17	101.2
Team	473	306	3959	8.37	36	17	101.2
Opp	573	334	3596	6.28	17	22	70.7

With the improving receivers, Kirk has a breakthrough season. Nice!

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Fum
Ray Reynolds	RB	333	1654	4.97	10	5
Ron Burton	RB	176	870	4.94	4	4
Shannon Kirk	QB	45	194	4.31	2	1
Team	---	554	2718	4.91	16	19
Opp	---	345	1321	3.83	9	30

It's not often that you have a guy win the league rushing title AND have a backup rush for nearly 900 yards, but it happened for us. Reynolds and Burton once again are an outstanding one-two punch for us.

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	Yd/Att	TD	Drop
Lorenzo Wright	FL	100	62	1113	17.95	11.13	11	5
Thurman Hopkins	SE	76	50	755	15.10	9.93	4	6
Darnell Gomez	SE	86	47	637	13.55	7.41	4	10
Antoine Nakamura	FB	36	30	292	9.73	8.11	1	1
Ernest Rayburn	TE	32	27	264	9.78	8.25	3	1
Kris Dolinko	FL	38	23	290	12.61	7.63	3	3
Chris Harwell	FL	37	22	294	13.36	7.95	3	1
Ron Burton	RB	32	18	104	5.78	3.25	2	3

Lorenzo Wright really stepped up his game, and rookie Thurman Hopkins showed signs that he's going to be a force to contend with for a long time.

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd	PDPct
Mickey Gleason	SS	85	24	2.0	0	1	9	78.8
Morris Reed	MLB	79	27	6.5	1	3	7	81.3
Aaron Burns	SLB	69	27	4.0	2	0	5	76.1
Mike Totten	RCB	53	10	0.0	0	4	5	75.2
Julio Rodgers	FS	50	18	0.0	0	6	8	85.6
Conrad Farrell	RCB	49	10	0.0	2	3	6	77.9
Gabe Fennell	LDT	47	16	5.0	18	0	0	81.2
Calvin Russell	WLB	44	16	2.0	1	1	2	73.2
Ernest Neigebauer	LCB	44	15	0.0	1	0	15	79.4
Jeff Tully	RDT	36	17	3.0	9	0	0	81.7
Roderick Stevens	LDE	20	6	5.0	8	0	0	81.6
Vinny Irwin	RDT	16	6	0.0	1	1	0	82.3

No big numbers from any individual on defense, but the team numbers below speak for themselves.

Jacksonville Team Rank Rushes per Game 34.6 1 Rushing Yards 169.9 1 Yards Per Carry 4.91 3 Pass Attempts 29.6 28 Completions 19.1 21 Completion Pct. 64.7 5 (T) Passing Yards 247.4 8 Yards Per Attempt 8.37 2 Yards Per Catch 12.94 1 Total Yards Gained 408.7 1 3rd Down Conversions 48.2 1 Points Per Game 29.1 2 Pass Rush Pct. 14.2 26 Pass Defense Pct. 59.7 7 Turnovers 26 15 (T) Turnover Margin +13 4

Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 21.6 1 Rushing Yards 82.6 1 Yards Per Carry 3.83 5 Pass Attempts 35.8 25 Completions 20.9 20 Completion Pct. 58.3 7 (T) Passing Yards 224.8 17 Yards Per Attempt 6.28 9 (T) Yards Per Catch 10.77 17 Total Yards Gained 292.3 4 3rd Down Conversions 33.9 2 (T) Points Per Game 16.8 3 Pass Rush Pct. 14.6 14 Pass Defense Pct. 43.5 6 Turnovers 39 1 Turnover Margin -13 4

We're now a dominant team, despite the fact that we are using less than 70% of the cap. Right now, there's really nothing of concern, other than deciding which players to keep around with those three precious extensions per season.

AWARDS/RECORDS

FB Antoine Nakamura earned 2nd Team All Pro honors on the strength of 30 catches for 292 yards, and 14 for 35 KRB with 3 pancakes and 0 sacks allowed.

MLB Morris Reed was 2nd Team All Pro as well, hi candidacy no doubt bolstered by his 6.5 sacks and 3 interceptions.

END-SEASON COMMENTS

Well, my cap usage has increased, but it still hasn't hit the 70% mark. Still, AI teams are at least battling me on the open market for some of my players. It probably won't be challenging overall, but I do like the fact that these house rules are forcing me to make decisions that matter.

[Ben E Lou]

2030 REPORT

RETIREMENTS

None.

PRELIMINARIES

SUMMER LEAGUE: LCB Harold Hoover

FRANCHISE TAG: P Reuben Thames

FREE AGENCY

UNMASKING OF NOTE

Remember this guy?

Fulton, Doug QB 1 6 40 1 yr. Undrafted FA who was +5 in his first training camp. Will be watching him.

He's now up to 8/47, in year 3. Looks like he'll be at worst a solid backup QB.

Another undrafted FA, 2nd-year man LDT Scott Gillespie, gets a +4 to move to 32/40 (was 26/31 at draft).

RENEGOTIATIONS

Once again, seven guys with future potentials above 50 are in the final year of their respective contracts. They are RG Hagans, WLB Russell, C Griffith, K Butkiewicz, RDT Irwin, FL Wright, and QB Micalles. RG Hagans (64/87) is a no-brainer, and is WLB Russell (61/61). FL Lorenzo Wright isn't the highest-rated among the remaining group, but with 11.13 yards per target last year and 10.29 for his career, is the choice for the third long-term deal.

A LOOK BACK

(A look at our draft from five seasons ago.)

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2	CurNow	FutNow
1(11)	QB	Kirk	Shannon	26	57	27	59	68	68
2(10)	FS	Gleason	Mickey	22	45	26	53	71	71
3(9)	LDT	Tully	Jeff	24	29	27	37	55	55
4(12)	LCB	Totten	Mike	19	50	22	49	42	42
5(11)	MLB	Reed	Morris	12	26	15	31	43	43
6(10)	WLB	Russell	Calvin	16	37	21	43	61	61
7(9)	SE	Blades	Mo	12	24	13	24	Out of football

This was a pretty stellar draft. The QB of the future, a stud safety, three other starters, and a solid nickel back came out of it. I definitely can't complain about the Class of 2025.

GOODBYE

RDE Omar Vos was Angry over playing time and I was unable to re-sign him. He heads to Philly.

AMATEUR DRAFT

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2	Best	Worst
1(31)	LT	Giacalone	Lester	43	61	42	61	Endurance	Run Blk
2(31)	FL	Newhart	Mitchell	28	42	31	48	BigPlay, ThirdDown	AvDrops
6(31)	RT	Moln	Jackie	23	49	26	51	BlkStrngth	PassBlk, End

PRECAMP THOUGHTS: I simply don't have room on my roster for many more players. There's a Center out there who went undrafted. I would have taken him in the third or fourth round if I'd had a need. I'm thinking about grabbing him as an undrafted free agent and converting him to defense. As far as my draftees, I feel very good about all three becoming starters eventually.

POSTCAMP THOUGHTS: No change in that thinking. All three should be very solid players, as expected.

OTHER TRAINING CAMP NOTES

The C who I mentioned as an undrafted FA was picked up, converted to LDT, and went from 17/33-->19/39 in training camp. Nice! His name is Kevin Poel, and we may be hearing more from him later.

SEASON OUTLOOK

The next-best roster rating belongs to Atlanta, with a 76. This should be our year.

SEASON RESULTS

Grrrrrrrrrrr...This time we appeared to be rolling toward a title, when QB Shannon Kirk got hurt in the first drive of the AFC Championship game

2030 Regular Season (12-4)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	41	at Indianapolis Colts	14	S.Kirk 22-31-249	R.Burton 21-118	K.Dolinko 5-67	61,700
Week 2	10	at Philadelphia Eagles	12	S.Kirk 21-30-182	R.Burton 17-57	M.Newhart 6-63	35,200
Week 3	34	at Cincinnati Bengals	6	S.Kirk 19-29-195	R.Burton 21-54	T.Hopkins 5-85	47,200
Week 4	31	New Jersey Jets	20	S.Kirk 20-31-260	R.Burton 22-57	L.Wright 7-106	96,700
Week 5	10	Miami Dolphins	21	S.Kirk 22-31-280	R.Burton 20-53	D.Gomez 5-101	96,700
Week 6	34	Indianapolis Colts	14	S.Kirk 23-30-292	R.Burton 15-85	L.Wright 7-99	96,700
Week 7	17	at Tennessee Titans	21	S.Kirk 19-26-239	R.Burton 22-90	L.Wright 6-94	51,300
Week 8	Bye Week
Week 9	24	at Buffalo Bills	30	S.Kirk 17-36-235	R.Burton 12-91	L.Wright 6-98	49,200
Week 10	31	at New England Patriots	21	S.Kirk 18-26-232	R.Burton 23-79	L.Wright 4-74	54,500
Week 11	27	Houston Texans	11	S.Kirk 22-29-214	R.Burton 19-113	L.Wright 5-68	96,700
Week 12	20	at Dallas Cowboys	9	S.Kirk 11-17-130	R.Burton 17-81	M.Newhart 4-43	82,600
Week 13	23	Kansas City Chiefs	17	S.Kirk 27-39-340	R.Burton 21-159	L.Wright 5-97	96,700
Week 14	23	Washington Redskins	9	S.Kirk 21-35-247	R.Burton 14-75	M.Newhart 6-100	96,700
Week 15	34	Tennessee Titans	16	S.Kirk 26-34-298	R.Burton 23-146	L.Wright 7-119	96,700
Week 16	16	New York Giants	8	S.Kirk 22-45-350	R.Burton 17-95	L.Wright 6-120	96,700
Week 17	34	at Houston Texans	11	S.Kirk 24-35-294	R.Burton 23-141	T.Hopkins 7-119	66,000
2030 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Division	31	Miami Dolphins	21	S.Kirk 21-31-265	R.Burton 24-137	T.Hopkins 7-112	96,700
Conf.	10	at Kansas City Chiefs	13	N.Micalles 15-24-185	R.Burton 21-86	T.Hopkins 4-64	49,500

The sting of this loss is definitely eased by the fact that we're still one of the youngest teams in the league. Still, anything short of a championship has to be viewed as a disappointment at this point.

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int	Rate
Shannon Kirk	504	334	4037	8.01	28	17	95.1
Team	504	334	4037	8.01	28	17	95.1
Opp	587	343	3798	6.47	17	20	73.2

Kirk puts up his first 4,000-yard season, and is now clearly a top-tier QB.

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Fum
Ron Burton	RB	307	1494	4.87	10	9
Ray Reynolds	RB	150	640	4.27	3	4
Shannon Kirk	QB	51	197	3.86	2	2
Team	---	508	2331	4.59	15	21
Opp	---	323	1204	3.73	9	20

Burton's ratings are still climbing one or two points a year. (He's 28/38-->44/44 at the moment.) Reynolds is seeing a slight decline; he's down to 42/42. The AI switched their roles this year, and I certainly can't complain about the results. I was a little worried about Burton being able to be the feature back, but it looks like he'll be just fine until I can get a true stud.

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	Yd/Att	TD	Drop
Lorenzo Wright	FL	100	65	1050	16.15	10.50	9	7
Thurman Hopkins	SE	101	61	910	14.92	9.01	3	7
Mitchell Newhart	FL	86	57	639	11.21	7.43	3	7
Darnell Gomez	SE	53	37	515	13.92	9.72	6	1
Ernest Rayburn	TE	41	31	299	9.65	7.29	1	3
Ron Burton	RB	39	27	181	6.70	4.64	1	4

The young WRs continue to mature, and it looks like the top four can handle the load for quite some time considering that the eldest (Wright) is in only his fourth season. I could stand to find a TE who'll be more of a threat.

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd	PDPct
Morris Reed	MLB	91	27	4.0	2	4	5	77.8
Calvin Russell	WLB	73	22	2.5	3	0	17	80.2
Conrad Farrell	RCB	54	10	0.5	0	7	6	81.4
Julio Rodgers	FS	53	18	0.5	0	5	10	84.6
Aaron Burns	SLB	48	11	3.0	1	0	2	78.0
Irving Gray	FS	48	11	0.0	1	0	7	76.1
Ernest Neigebauer	LCB	48	8	0.0	0	2	8	77.9
Gabe Fennell	LDT	41	14	6.5	26	0	0	81.8
Jeff Tully	RDT	34	26	8.5	9	0	0	82.5
Harold Hoover	RCB	24	3	0.0	0	0	1	73.6
Mike Totten	RCB	23	6	1.0	0	0	0	73.2
Mickey Gleason	SS	22	13	0.0	1	0	2	80.1
Alan McCombs	RDE	22	9	6.5	10	0	1	82.6
Carlton Cox	WLB	19	2	0.0	1	1	2	70.4
Steven Rudis	RDE	19	12	9.0	22	0	0	81.9

This was one of the league's top defenses once again.

Jacksonville Team Rank Rushes per Game 31.8 5 Rushing Yards 145.7 1 Yards Per Carry 4.59 4 Pass Attempts 31.5 21 Completions 20.9 12 (T) Completion Pct. 66.3 5 Passing Yards 252.3 6 Yards Per Attempt 8.01 2 Yards Per Catch 12.09 5 Total Yards Gained 391.4 1 3rd Down Conversions 48.3 2 Points Per Game 25.6 5 Pass Rush Pct. 16.9 9 Pass Defense Pct. 57.8 9 Turnovers 25 19 (T) Turnover Margin +3 10 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 20.2 1 Rushing Yards 75.3 1 Yards Per Carry 3.73 1 Pass Attempts 36.7 28 Completions 21.4 23 (T) Completion Pct. 58.4 9 (T) Passing Yards 237.4 22 Yards Per Attempt 6.47 14 Yards Per Catch 11.07 21 Total Yards Gained 295.6 3 3rd Down Conversions 35.1 6 Points Per Game 15.0 2 (T) Pass Rush Pct. 12.2 3 Pass Defense Pct. 45.3 5 (T) Turnovers 28 7 (T) Turnover Margin -3 10 (T)

AWARDS/RECORDS

Rookie LT Lester Giacaolone was named First Team All-Pro: 31 for 69 KRB, 1 pancake, 6 sacks allowed.

END-SEASON COMMENTS

I used a little over 74% of the cap this year. I do have five starters who will be free agents, so maybe this will get a bit harder in the next few seasons.

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

... maybe this will get a bit harder in the next few seasons.

Can I get in on this action? I'll take the under.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Can I get in on this action? I'll take the under.

"a bit"="A starter might actually get signed to another team instead of me having ample cap room to overpay every single one that makes it into the open market."

[Ben E Lou]

OK. I'm going to try no renegotiations whatsoever. If a guy holds out; he holds out.

[Ben E Lou]

Adding one more house rule: trading is only allowed as picks for picks. In other words, no trading away any excess good players. If I don't use 'em, I lose 'em.

[Ben E Lou]

2031 REPORT

RETIREMENTS

RB Ray Reynolds--Picked up as an UDFA in the first year of the dynasty, Reynolds had a very strong career. He won a rushing title, had three 1,000-yard seasons, averaged 4.59 yards per carry in his career. His best season was 2029, when he had 333 carries for 1,654 yards and 10 TDs. He took on a backup role last season, and then called it quits.

LT Wesley Lefebvre--He was the 7(31) pick in my first season at the helm, and started for six seasons before being relegated to backing up a rookie last year. He never allowed more than 9 sacks in a year, and had a career 37.3 KRBPct. His mentorship of the young tackles will be missed.

PRELIMINARIES

SUMMER LEAGUE: LDT Kevin Poel

FRANCHISE TAG: K Floyd Butkiewicz (I had already made this move before I decided to change the house rules, so I cut him in FA1.)

FREE AGENCY

UNMASKING OF NOTE

• 2nd-year FL Mitchell Newhart, a 28/42 draftee, shows up 45/52.
• SE Thurman Hopkins, in his third year, is now 27/37-->52/52
• Undrafted LDTs Scottie Gillespie and Kevin Poel both look a good bit better. Gillespie is 26/31-->37/45, and Poel is 17/33-->23/43. Looks like they'll both be starting-quality players fairly soon.
• RT Ronald Doan's mask comes off significantly this year, showing him 18/47-->57/57

A LOOK BACK

(A look at our draft from five seasons ago.)

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2	CurNow	FutNow
1(16)	RDT	Fennell	Gabe	61	67	65	71	93	93
2(19)	C	Shepherd	Sammie	27	51	30	51	57	57
3(18)	RDE	Vos	Omar	18	33	20	34	44	44
4(17)	FB	Nakamura	Antoine	22	36	27	46	58	58

I certainly can't complain about this draft. Fennell is a perennial All-Pro candidate. Shepherd has repeatedly shown himself to be better than our other, high-rated center. The AI didn't see fit to play Vos enough, so he jumped shipped in free agency last year and had a solid year as a starter in Philly. And I can't say for sure, but I believe that Nakamura's blocking has been a *big* part of the outstanding success of our running game.

GOODBYE

QB Nolan Micalles is Angry over playing time, and would not re-sign. He gets signed by the Giants. All other FAs re-sign with us.

AMATEUR DRAFT

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2	Best	Worst
1(29)	FS-->RCB	Joyner	Rich	21	50	26	55	Interceptions	Zone Defense
2(28)	SE	Terry	Thomas	19	51	20	46	AvdDrops	RouteRun
3(27)	QB	Woodard	Wendell	25	49	26	52	Deep	Timing
4(1)	RDE	Green	Jamal	24	37	28	44	PRStr	PlayDiag
4(29)	WLB	Chinn	Eugene	31	37	36	43	Punish	Zone Defense
5(16)	LT	Barker	Emmitt	20	44	20	45	PassBlk	RunBlk
5(28)	FS	Fine	Marvin	12	30	15	36	Zone	RunDef
6(27)	FL	Haukioja	Adam	17	23	18	24	BigPly	Adjust
7(29)	K	Bradley	Karl	48	50	50	50	Kickoff Dist, Hang Time	KickAcc, KickPwr

PRECAMP THOUGHTS: I didn't need a second WR in this draft, but I just couldn't pass up my curiosity in finding out who Haukioja really is. I have low confidence in Woodard and Fine, very little experience in drafting kickers, and pretty strong confidence in the others.

POSTCAMP THOUGHTS: Heh. Probably neither WR is going to pan out, but everyone else looks like they have a shot to be long-term Jaguars, and probably starter-quality players. Can't argue with that.

OTHER TRAINING CAMP NOTES

SE Thurman Hopkins got hit with a big-time veteran bust: 52/52-->23/23. I release him.

RDT Sean Favre gets moved to LDE due to the overabundance of DTs that I have. His ratings go from 33/53--->32/47.

ROSTER/SEASON OUTLOOK

Player	Pos	Start	Exp	Cur	Fut	Cntrct
Kirk, Shannon	QB	QB	7	70	70	4 yrs
Woodard, Wendell	QB		1	28	52	3 yrs
Fulton, Doug	QB		4	14	49	3 yrs
Burton, Ron	RB	RB	5	44	44	2 yrs
Palmer, Vernon	RB		1	32	46	2 yrs
##Kitchen, Travis	RB		2	28	58	2 yrs
Nakamura, Antoine	FB	FB	6	58	58	3 yrs
Hoover, Darnell	FB		1	28	34	2 yrs
Rayburn, Ernest	TE	TE	8	49	49	3 yrs
Penrod, Tyrell	TE		1	14	22	2 yrs
Norris, Kendrick	TE		1	12	28	1 yr.
##Wright, Lorenzo	FL		5	55	55	4 yrs
Newhart, Mitchell	FL	FL	2	48	52	2 yrs
Dolinko, Kris	FL	SE	3	34	50	1 yr.
##Haukioja, Adam	FL		1	18	24	3 yrs
Gomez, Darnell	SE		4	42	42	1 yr.
Terry, Thomas	SE		1	21	46	3 yrs
Griffith, Bucky	C	C	6	59	59	2 yrs
##Shepherd, Sammie	C		6	57	57	1 yr.
Lucky, Vernon	LG	LG	4	47	47	3 yrs
Booker, Ernest	LG		8	45	45	2 yrs
Hagans, Joe	RG	RG	4	86	86	3 yrs
Fletcher, Jerry	RG		5	59	59	2 yrs
Giacalone, Lester	LT	LT	2	66	66	3 yrs
Barker, Emmitt	LT		1	21	45	3 yrs
Doan, Ronald	RT	RT	4	56	56	4 yrs
Moln, Jackie	RT		2	36	52	2 yrs
##Torello, Calvin	RT		3	31	37	1 yr.
Thames, Reuben	P		6	57	57	2 yrs
Bradley, Karl	K		1	51	51	3 yrs
Rudis, Steven	LDE	LDE	4	50	50	3 yrs
Green, Jamal	LDE		1	25	44	3 yrs
McCombs, Alan	RDE	RDE	5	40	42	2 yrs
Favre, Sean	RDE		3	32	47	1 yr.
Fennell, Gabe	LDT	LDT	6	93	93	3 yrs
Gillespie, Scottie	LDT		3	39	45	2 yrs
##Poel, Kevin	LDT		2	26	42	1 yr.
Tully, Jeff	RDT	RDT	7	54	54	3 yrs
Irwin, Vinny	RDT		4	40	55	3 yrs
##Reed, Morris	MLB		7	44	44	1 yr.
Shonek, Dave	MLB	MLB	1	10	27	1 yr.
Burns, Aaron	SLB	WLB	5	55	55	3 yrs
Russell, Calvin	WLB	SLB	7	62	62	3 yrs
Chinn, Eugene	WLB		1	37	43	3 yrs
Cox, Carlton	WLB		5	28	28	3 yrs
Neigebauer, Ernest	LCB	LCB	5	57	57	1 yr.
Farrell, Conrad	RCB	RCB	8	43	43	3 yrs
Totten, Mike	RCB		7	41	41	3 yrs
Joyner, Rich	RCB		1	26	55	4 yrs
Gleason, Mickey	SS	SS	7	65	65	1 yr.
Rodgers, Julio	FS	FS	8	55	55	3 yrs
Gray, Irving	FS		5	48	48	2 yrs
Fine, Marvin	FS		1	15	36	3 yrs

This team looks loaded in a number of key areas. However, given the talent at RB/WR, I have to wonder if we're capable of taking it all without a "go-to" offensive threat.

SEASON RESULTS

It really does appear that the lack of a true feature back or go-to receiver is holding us back from taking the next step.

2031 Regular Season (11-5)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving
Week 1	28	at Tennessee Titans	31	S.Kirk 22-31-251	R.Burton 14-58	K.Dolinko 5-80
Week 2	27	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	12	S.Kirk 20-23-269	R.Burton 19-51	M.Newhart 8-109
Week 3	20	at Miami Dolphins	21	W.Woodard 15-30-144	R.Burton 15-95	K.Dolinko 3-40
Week 4	17	Oakland Raiders	30	W.Woodard 20-31-202	R.Burton 8-34	L.Wright 5-65
Week 5	Bye Week
Week 6	31	at Indianapolis Colts	10	S.Kirk 17-28-201	R.Burton 17-79	M.Newhart 5-54
Week 7	44	Tennessee Titans	13	S.Kirk 25-42-300	R.Burton 22-60	D.Gomez 9-125
Week 8	31	at Kansas City Chiefs	6	S.Kirk 17-33-166	V.Palmer 13-77	D.Gomez 5-54
Week 9	45	Denver Broncos	21	S.Kirk 26-37-330	R.Burton 17-70	D.Gomez 7-82
Week 10	31	at San Diego Chargers	7	S.Kirk 25-46-319	V.Palmer 12-54	D.Gomez 6-85
Week 11	35	Houston Texans	7	S.Kirk 21-37-259	R.Burton 18-80	M.Newhart 7-87
Week 12	12	at Carolina Panthers	42	S.Kirk 12-30-136	R.Burton 15-65	K.Norris 4-60
Week 13	20	Cleveland Browns	3	S.Kirk 19-42-276	R.Burton 17-63	K.Dolinko 5-87
Week 14	24	at Atlanta Falcons	13	S.Kirk 22-34-275	R.Burton 17-113	D.Gomez 7-108
Week 15	17	at Houston Texans	14	S.Kirk 21-34-278	V.Palmer 18-55	L.Wright 7-140
Week 16	17	New Orleans Saints	24	S.Kirk 28-44-369	V.Palmer 13-57	M.Newhart 8-142
Week 17	41	Indianapolis Colts	10	S.Kirk 27-37-349	R.Burton 19-95	L.Wright 8-136
2031 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving
W. Card	27	New England Patriots	9	S.Kirk 18-36-250	R.Burton 17-103	K.Dolinko 6-77
Division	13	at Baltimore Ravens	27	W.Woodard 8-17-100	V.Palmer 7-76	M.Newhart 6-59

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int	Rate
Shannon Kirk	498	302	3778	7.59	33	19	90.4
Wendell Woodard	69	40	423	6.13	0	1	69.9
Team	567	342	4201	7.41	33	20	87.9
Opp	602	334	3727	6.19	25	26	70.0

Kirk's continued high interception numbers also are holding us back.

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Fum
Ron Burton	RB	228	965	4.23	7	5
Vernon Palmer	RB	133	568	4.27	4	2
Shannon Kirk	QB	47	288	6.13	2	2
Travis Kitchen	RB	44	173	3.93	1	2
Team	---	467	2060	4.41	15	17
Opp	---	341	1254	3.68	6	21

There's no particular place to point the finger here, but it just didn't feel like the running game could be counted upon in big games.

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	Yd/Att	TD	Drop
Lorenzo Wright	FL	110	66	983	14.89	8.94	9	9
Darnell Gomez	SE	99	60	810	13.50	8.18	8	4
Mitchell Newhart	FL	121	60	806	13.43	6.66	6	7
Kris Dolinko	FL	80	49	618	12.61	7.73	4	5
Ernest Rayburn	TE	30	22	237	10.77	7.90	0	0
Kendrick Norris	TE	29	22	228	10.36	7.86	0	2
Thomas Terry	SE	28	18	170	9.44	6.07	4	2

Too many drops and not enough yard per attempt for a championship team. The good news is that several of these guys are still improving.

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd	PDPct
Calvin Russell	WLB	69	15	2.0	2	0	8	76.3
Aaron Burns	SLB	63	16	2.0	1	0	4	76.6
Ernest Neigebauer	LCB	58	10	0.0	0	1	11	75.5
Mickey Gleason	SS	54	22	0.0	2	6	7	84.8
Gabe Fennell	LDT	47	25	7.0	25	0	0	82.1
Mike Totten	RCB	44	9	0.0	0	3	5	77.9
Conrad Farrell	RCB	42	10	1.5	1	3	7	81.2
Jeff Tully	RDT	37	18	5.5	9	0	0	81.8
Steven Rudis	LDE	34	17	9.5	32	0	1	81.6
Dave Shonek	MLB	33	5	2.0	1	1	1	79.4
Morris Reed	MLB	32	13	1.5	0	1	1	78.3
Julio Rodgers	FS	30	12	0.0	1	7	5	91.4
Irving Gray	FS	27	8	0.0	1	0	5	77.0
Alan McCombs	RDE	23	11	8.5	15	0	1	81.8
Eugene Chinn	WLB	19	7	0.0	2	0	1	71.9
Marvin Fine	FS	17	2	1.0	0	1	2	82.7

Jacksonville Team Rank Rushes per Game 29.2 8 (T) Rushing Yards 128.8 5 Yards Per Carry 4.41 8 Pass Attempts 35.4 12 (T) Completions 21.4 11 Completion Pct. 60.3 17 Passing Yards 262.6 4 Yards Per Attempt 7.41 5 Yards Per Catch 12.28 2 Total Yards Gained 384.1 2 3rd Down Conversions 40.7 11 Points Per Game 27.5 1 Pass Rush Pct. 20.4 1 Pass Defense Pct. 64.4 2 Turnovers 30 24 (T) Turnover Margin +6 8 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 21.3 1 Rushing Yards 78.4 1 Yards Per Carry 3.68 1 Pass Attempts 37.6 30 Completions 20.9 14 (T) Completion Pct. 55.5 3 (T) Passing Yards 232.9 21 Yards Per Attempt 6.19 6 Yards Per Catch 11.16 20 Total Yards Gained 294.8 5 3rd Down Conversions 31.5 2 Points Per Game 16.5 4 Pass Rush Pct. 17.2 26 Pass Defense Pct. 54.1 19 Turnovers 36 1 Turnover Margin -6 8 (T)

The defense remained among the best in the league.

AWARDS/RECORDS

RG Joe Hagans was 2nd Team All League. He had 11 pancakes to go along with a 39.4 KRB Pct and only 1 sack allowed.

The 91.4 PDPct that Julio Rodgers turned in this year was an all-time (26-season) Jax record.

Likewise Skyscraper Rudis set a team record with his 32 hurries this year.

END-SEASON COMMENTS

Cap usage is still hovering just a bit below 75%. I'm hoping that the House Rules change will begin to make keeping guys around a bit more difficult.

[Ben E Lou]

2032 REPORT

RETIREMENTS

LG Ernest Booker--Undrafted FA in 2024 who hung on to a starting position for six and a half seasons. He was 17/29-->44/44, as far as ratings go. Career 34.5KRB% and 10 pancakes. He lost his starting job in mid-2030, and had no starts last season.

PRELIMINARIES

SUMMER LEAGUE: RB Vernon Palmer

FRANCHISE TAG: No more.

FREE AGENCY

UNMASKING OF NOTE

• 3rd-year FL Mitchell Newhart, a 28/42 draftee, now shows 60/60 and could be that go-to guy I was seeking.
• 3rd-year LT Lester Giacalone, a 43/61 draftee, is now looking like a 72/72 player.
• K Karl Bradley, 48/50 in the draft, reports at 55/55
• Our old buddy Kevin Poel, the C--->DT who was 17/33, shows 8 more points than last year: 28/50.
• WLB Eugene Chinn, picked 4(29) as a 31/37 player in last year's draft, is 49/49.
• Several other players show 2-3 point increases from last season. Too many to name. Reckon I've been drafting pretty well lately.

A LOOK BACK

(A look at our draft from five seasons ago.)

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2	CurNow	FutNow
1(23)	FL	Wright	Lorenzo	29	54	30	54	52	52
2(25)	RG	Fletcher	Jerry	18	47	21	50	59	59
3(24)	SLB	Burns	Aaron	28	40	30	43	56	56
4(23)	QB	Schwartz	Al	19	50	18	45	out of football
5(13)	RB	Burton	Ron	28	38	29	41	45	45
5(25)	RG	Muka	Lamont	23	48	26	48	42	42
6(12)	SE	Malone	Brant	18	31	19	32	out of football
6(24)	SS	Gray	Irving	21	51	22	48	47	47
7(23)	RDE	McCombs	Alan	16	31	18	35	45	45

It wasn't the best draft, but it certainly wasn't the worst, either. Five starters and two solid backups, although no standout players.

GOODBYE

QB Nolan Micalles is Angry over playing time, and would not re-sign. He gets signed by the Giants. All other FAs re-sign with us.

AMATEUR DRAFT

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2	Best	Worst
1(27)	TE	Rubisch	Darren	31	52	35	58	BlkStr, AvoidDrop	RouteRun
2(26)	RB	Dancy	Rich	22	33	25	36	PwrInside	SpdOutside
3(25)	WR	Winslett	Gino	24	57	30	56	AvdDrops, GetDownfld	ThirdDown
4(27)	DE	Shields	Kim	19	44	21	44	PRStr	Punish
6(25)	WR	Tuupo	Toby	21	45	22	47	Adjust	GetDownfld
7(27)	CB	Houston	Keith	13	21	15	23	Diagnose	BnR

PRECAMP THOUGHTS: I should be able to get a little skill position help from these guys. Rubisch and Winslett in particular have me very hopeful.

POSTCAMP THOUGHTS: That big, fat +6 from Rubisch is *very* nice to see, and it looks like might have a thing or two to show me as well. Both Winslett and Tuupo could be starting-quality receivers when all is said and done, too.

OTHER TRAINING CAMP NOTES

K Karl Bradley creeps up three more points, to 58/58.

WLB Eugene Chin also creeps +3, making him 31/37--->52/52.

ROSTER/SEASON OUTLOOK

Player	Pos	Start	Exp	Cur	Fut	Cntrct
Kirk, Shannon	QB	QB	8	71	71	3 yrs
Woodard, Wendell	QB		2	38	54	2 yrs
Fulton, Doug	QB		5	15	50	2 yrs

We look to be very well set here for years to come. Fulton and Woodard are both creeping upward, and Kirk's one of the best in the league, interceptions notwithstanding. He's also a mentor and is helping Woodard's development nicely.

Burton, Ron	RB	RB	6	45	45	1 yr.
##Palmer, Vernon	RB		2	31	43	1 yr.
Dancy, Rich	RB		1	25	36	3 yrs

This has been a position of concern. Burton's not getting any younger, and he struggled with injuries last year. His ypc dropped from 4.87 to 4.23. Dancy's probably better than advertised, but I wonder how *much* better.

Nakamura, Antoine	FB	FB	7	60	60	2 yrs
Hoover, Darnell	FB		2	29	33	1 yr.

Nakamura is still one of the best fullbacks around. I'm adjusting my game plan this year to get him a few carries.

Rayburn, Ernest	TE		9	42	42	2 yrs
Rubisch, Darren	TE	TE	1	40	58	4 yrs
Penrod, Tyrell	TE		2	21	25	1 yr.

New blood here in Rubisch, with Rayburn to mentor him, could bring this position into play much more in the passing game.

Newhart, Mitchell	FL	FL	3	61	61	1 yr.
##Wright, Lorenzo	FL		6	52	52	3 yrs
Dolinko, Kris	FL	SE	4	45	50	3 yrs
##Tuupo, Toby	FL		1	23	47	3 yrs
##Brewer, Malcolm	FL		1	20	54	2 yrs
Gomez, Darnell	SE		5	43	43	3 yrs
Winslett, Gino	SE		1	31	56	3 yrs
Terry, Thomas	SE		2	24	44	2 yrs

Heh. Had a hard time getting rid of some of these guys, so I skimped elsewhere. I need for someone in this unit to step up. Newhart seems like the most likely candidate.

Griffith, Bucky	C	C	7	59	59	1 yr.
Shepherd, Sammie	C		7	58	58	1 yr.
Lucky, Vernon	LG		5	48	48	2 yrs
Hagans, Joe	RG	LG	5	86	86	2 yrs
Fletcher, Jerry	RG	RG	6	59	59	1 yr.
Giacalone, Lester	LT	LT	3	72	72	2 yrs
Barker, Emmitt	LT		2	21	45	2 yrs
Doan, Ronald	RT	RT	5	57	57	3 yrs
Moln, Jackie	RT		3	42	54	1 yr.

We're very solid here. The line has really been a big part of our rushing success.

Rudis, Steven	LDE	LDE	5	51	51	2 yrs
Green, Jamal	LDE		2	28	47	2 yrs
McCombs, Alan	RDE	RDE	6	46	46	1 yr.
Favre, Sean	RDE		4	34	47	3 yrs
##Shields, Kim	RDE		1	21	44	3 yrs
Fennell, Gabe	LDT	LDT	7	92	92	2 yrs
Gillespie, Scottie	LDT		4	44	47	1 yr.
##Poel, Kevin	LDT		3	31	49	2 yrs
Tully, Jeff	RDT	RDT	8	48	48	2 yrs
Irwin, Vinny	RDT		5	46	56	2 yrs

Fennell anchors this unit, and Skyscraper Rudis is a force in the pass rush. Good youth and depth here as well.

Reed, Morris	MLB	MLB	8	44	44	3 yrs
Shonek, Dave	MLB		2	12	28	1 yr.
Burns, Aaron	SLB	SLB	6	55	55	2 yrs
##Russell, Calvin	WLB		8	62	62	2 yrs
Chinn, Eugene	WLB	WLB	2	52	52	2 yrs
Cox, Carlton	WLB		6	28	28	2 yrs

This unit doesn't look all that impressive on paper, but it's actually, even on paper, one of the better ones in the league. There's a real lack of star linebackers right now. The league's best ILB is 70/70. Reed is a middle-of-the-pack starter there, ratings-wise. OLB is eevn more thin, considering that there are two starters for every team. Russell and Burns are both among the 10 highest-rated OLBs in the league. Russell is Out for 6 weeks with a broken tibia.

Neigebauer, Ernest	LCB	LCB	6	57	57	3 yrs
Farrell, Conrad	RCB		9	38	38	2 yrs
Joyner, Rich	RCB	RCB	2	33	57	3 yrs
Houston, Keith	RCB		1	16	23	3 yrs
Gleason, Mickey	SS	SS	8	67	67	4 yrs
Rodgers, Julio	FS	FS	9	55	55	2 yrs
%%Gray, Irving	FS		6	48	48	1 yr.
Fine, Marvin	FS		2	24	39	2 yrs

If Joyner can hold down his corner, this looks to be one of the better secondaries in the league again. Gleason and Rodgers continue to stop the deep ball well year-in and year-out.


OVERALL THOUGHTS: As said before, if I can get better RB/WR production, we should be in the thick of the championship hunt. There's not a team in the league that can touch our overall talent at this point.

SEASON RESULTS

The receiving corps stepped it up just enough. CHAMPS!!!

2032 Regular Season (14-2)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving
Week 1	44	at Houston Texans	20	S.Kirk 20-37-249	R.Burton 12-77	L.Wright 6-104
Week 2	27	Detroit Lions	19	S.Kirk 8-12-128	R.Burton 23-119	M.Newhart 5-76
Week 3	12	Miami Dolphins	25	D.Fulton 11-29-202	R.Dancy 9-61	M.Newhart 5-125
Week 4	23	Cincinnati Bengals	7	W.Woodard 14-21-180	R.Burton 29-130	E.Rayburn 4-56
Week 5	45	Cleveland Browns	20	W.Woodard 22-29-296	R.Burton 21-82	L.Wright 6-84
Week 6	34	at Indianapolis Colts	7	S.Kirk 17-23-199	R.Burton 21-119	L.Wright 4-62
Week 7	27	at Pittsburgh Steelers	7	S.Kirk 19-23-254	R.Burton 23-82	M.Newhart 6-93
Week 8	41	at Baltimore Ravens	22	S.Kirk 23-30-326	R.Burton 11-57	L.Wright 6-94
Week 9	14	Tennessee Titans	23	S.Kirk 18-42-247	R.Burton 13-67	D.Gomez 4-59
Week 10	Bye Week
Week 11	31	Houston Texans	7	S.Kirk 19-31-170	R.Burton 24-109	M.Newhart 5-60
Week 12	31	at Minnesota Vikings	29	W.Woodard 16-23-195	R.Burton 11-37	L.Wright 8-141
Week 13	35	at Oakland Raiders	9	S.Kirk 18-23-257	R.Burton 16-26	K.Dolinko 5-84
Week 14	21	Chicago Bears	17	S.Kirk 14-28-172	R.Burton 13-47	M.Newhart 6-95
Week 15	20	Indianapolis Colts	7	S.Kirk 21-32-178	R.Burton 23-77	M.Newhart 6-52
Week 16	42	at Green Bay Packers	0	S.Kirk 21-25-238	R.Burton 20-50	M.Newhart 9-103
Week 17	23	at Tennessee Titans	17	S.Kirk 18-33-251	R.Burton 20-72	D.Gomez 3-64
2032 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving
Division	30	Baltimore Ravens	16	S.Kirk 24-34-311	R.Dancy 11-36	L.Wright 6-116
Conf.	34	Denver Broncos	3	S.Kirk 20-31-256	R.Burton 16-117	D.Gomez 6-91
Champ.	14	vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers	11	S.Kirk 16-39-191	R.Burton 13-84	L.Wright 4-66

Great season! We overcame a couple of injuries to Kirk to finish 14-2, breezed through to the Front Office Bowl, and then won a defensive struggle with Tampa Bay for the title. Woohoo!!!

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int	Rate
Shannon Kirk	350	227	2808	8.02	33	12	106.7
Wendell Woodard	98	66	857	8.74	9	2	116.7
Doug Fulton	37	15	237	6.41	1	3	37.8
Team	485	308	3902	8.05	43	17	103.5
Opp	607	378	3990	6.57	18	14	81.6

Not only did Kirk have his best season ever in between injuries, but backup Wendell Woodard performed very, very well in his absences.

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Fum
Ron Burton	RB	295	1198	4.06	5	4
Rich Dancy	RB	110	426	3.87	4	1
Vernon Palmer	RB	53	181	3.42	2	0
Shannon Kirk	QB	34	190	5.59	1	1
Team	---	510	2021	3.96	12	14
Opp	---	333	1228	3.69	6	25

3.96 ypc is just not up to snuff, considering the offensive line that we have. We need to improve here.

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	Yd/Att	TD	Drop
Mitchell Newhart	FL	127	81	1039	12.83	8.18	15	3
Lorenzo Wright	FL	107	68	1003	14.75	9.37	10	7
Kris Dolinko	FL	58	34	494	14.53	8.52	5	3
Darren Rubisch	TE	46	33	326	9.88	7.09	2	0
Darnell Gomez	SE	48	29	428	14.76	8.92	3	2
Antoine Nakamura	FB	21	16	155	9.69	7.38	2	0

Newhart and Wright both had their best seasons. They weren't stellar, but very solid, and rookie TE Rubisch showed some very good hands this year.

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd	PDPct
Calvin Russell	WLB	85	20	1.0	6	0	9	75.6
Mickey Gleason	SS	81	20	1.0	1	0	10	79.0
Morris Reed	MLB	63	25	2.0	1	0	1	75.7
Rich Joyner	RCB	55	14	1.0	0	5	13	80.1
Ernest Neigebauer	LCB	50	16	2.0	0	2	10	78.5
Julio Rodgers	FS	45	12	0.0	0	4	4	80.5
Conrad Farrell	RCB	39	11	0.0	0	1	6	75.8
Gabe Fennell	LDT	36	14	10.0	13	0	1	82.2
Jeff Tully	RDT	35	14	1.0	6	0	1	81.9
Aaron Burns	SLB	33	10	0.0	0	0	3	76.3
Steven Rudis	LDE	31	12	11.0	27	1	0	82.8
Marvin Fine	FS	29	8	0.0	0	0	1	69.3
Keith Houston	RCB	29	9	0.0	0	1	2	75.5
Alan McCombs	RDE	22	10	9.0	18	0	0	81.8
Eugene Chinn	WLB	21	4	2.0	0	0	2	75.7
Irving Gray	FS	18	1	0.0	1	0	4	75.4

Jacksonville Team Rank Rushes per Game 31.9 4 (T) Rushing Yards 126.3 7 Yards Per Carry 3.96 22 (T) Pass Attempts 30.3 27 Completions 19.3 23 (T) Completion Pct. 63.5 11 (T) Passing Yards 243.9 8 Yards Per Attempt 8.05 2 Yards Per Catch 12.67 2 Total Yards Gained 360.1 6 3rd Down Conversions 46.6 2 Points Per Game 29.4 2 Pass Rush Pct. 15.4 12 (T) Pass Defense Pct. 47.9 21 Turnovers 19 5 (T) Turnover Margin +10 5

Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 20.8 1 Rushing Yards 76.8 1 Yards Per Carry 3.69 2 (T) Pass Attempts 37.9 29 Completions 23.6 31 Completion Pct. 62.3 23 (T) Passing Yards 249.4 31 Yards Per Attempt 6.57 18 Yards Per Catch 10.56 15 Total Yards Gained 306.6 10 3rd Down Conversions 34.7 7 (T) Points Per Game 14.8 3 Pass Rush Pct. 17.2 28 Pass Defense Pct. 47.6 12 Turnovers 29 7 (T) Turnover Margin -10 5

The front four in particular performed very well on defense. Teams couldn't run on us at all, and 14.8 ppg allowed certainly ain't too shabby, either.

AWARDS/RECORDS

Kirk won the Front Office Bowl MVP.

LT Lester Giacalone was named 2nd Team All Pro. He had more pancakes (7) than sacks allowed (5).

END-SEASON COMMENTS

Cap usage crept up to 78% for us, and I have seven starters (including Newhart) who will be FAs next year. This *might* at least start forcing a few meaningful roster decisions. Good to get that title monkey off of our backs. Now it's time to become a dynasty!

[Ben E Lou]

2033 REPORT

RETIREMENTS/PRELIMINARIES

None.

SUMMER LEAGUE: RCB Keith Houston

FREE AGENCY

UNMASKING OF NOTE

• QB Wendell Woodard continues his climb toward 60 or better. He's now 25/49-->44/56
• RB Rich Dancy's climb could be very important. He's now 22/33-->30/39.
• TE Darren Rubisch appears to be heading right where I was thinking. He's now 31/52-->57/62, in only his second season.
• LDE Jamal Green is really showing some good stuff. He's now 24/37-->31/55. I hope the AI starts getting this guy some playing time soon.
• 3rd-year WLB Eugene Chinn passes the +20 threshold already: 31/37-->58/58.
• RCB Keith Houston isn't going to let me count him out:13/21-->22/26, including +3 this stage.
• Converted S-->CB Rich Joyner is now 21/50-->52/62. He could be a star, I think.
• FS Marvin Fine continues to show that the 12/30 initial assessment of him was bogus. He picked up five more future points to go to 32/44.

SIGNINGS

All eligible players re-signed with us. However, the cap may become relevant soon. At the end of FA-1, we're projected that our draftees plus current contracts will use 85.6% of the cap. Newhart is the only RFA requested big money, so we'll be comfortably under the cap this year. However, looking ahead, our best three current-rated players are all up for new deals next year, and then QB Kirk the following season. If backup QB Woodard continues to play well, I could foresee him being handed the reigns after next season is over.

A LOOK BACK

(A look at our draft from five seasons ago.)

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	CurNow	FutNow
1(31)	RDE	Rudis	Steven	37	46	48	48
2(31)	FL	Weber	Lorenzo	12	21	out of football
3(31)	SE	Gomez	Darnell	22	39	43	43
4(31)	LT	Doan	Ronald	18	47	57	57
5(31)	LG	Lucky	Vernon	28	40	48	48
6(31)	RDT	Irwin	Vinny	22	43	48	55
7(31)	C	Hagans	Joe	25	84	86	86

Heh. We did better in the bottom half that in the top.

AMATEUR DRAFT

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2	Best	Worst
1(32)	FS	Marroso	Vincent	22	63	26	61	Zone	Interceptions
2(32)	C	Larkin	Billy	21	55	25	54	RunBlk, End	BlkStr

PRECAMP THOUGHTS: I just don't have room for many players on my roster at the moment, so I traded out after getting two picks. Neither of these picks are expected to be anything all that special. I did grab a handful of promising-looking undrafted free agents

POSTCAMP THOUGHTS: Nothing special, as expected. Both will probably be good enough to contribute.

OTHER TRAINING CAMP NOTES

• It looks like age has caught up with RB Ron Burton. He drops from 45/45-->39/39
• LDE Jamal Green unmasks even *more* in this stage. He's now showing 34/59, and looking like he'll be an outstanding fourth round pick.
• Calvin Russell becomes a +32 overall with his jump to 69/69 in camp. He was 16/37 when drafted 6(10).
• Age hits SS Mickey Gleason hard. He drops from 68/68-->57/57.
• The undrafted FAs all gain a few scouted points. The one most worth noting at this point is FS Benjamin Jaax. He goes from 16/35-->18/40.

ROSTER/SEASON OUTLOOK

Player	Pos	Strt	Exp	Cur	Fut	Cntrct
Kirk, Shannon	QB	QB	9	71	71	2 yrs
Woodard, Wendell	QB		3	48	57	1 yr.
Fulton, Doug	QB		6	16	51	1 yr.
Burton, Ron	RB	RB	7	36	36	3 yrs
Dancy, Rich	RB		2	32	39	2 yrs
Palmer, Vernon	RB		3	31	40	2 yrs
##Lindo, Herb	RB		1	19	23	2 yrs
Nakamura, Antoine	FB	FB	8	59	59	1 yr.
Rubisch, Darren	TE	TE	2	63	63	3 yrs
Rayburn, Ernest	TE		10	43	43	1 yr.
Penrod, Tyrell	TE		3	27	27	2 yrs
Newhart, Mitchell	FL	FL	4	62	62	4 yrs
Wright, Lorenzo	FL		7	51	51	2 yrs
##Dolinko, Kris	FL		5	51	51	2 yrs
Tuupo, Toby	FL	SE	2	25	48	2 yrs
Gomez, Darnell	SE		6	43	43	2 yrs
Winslett, Gino	SE		2	37	57	2 yrs
##Bidney, Andy	SE		1	14	24	2 yrs
Shepherd, Sammie	C	C	8	58	58	2 yrs
Griffith, Bucky	C		8	54	54	2 yrs
Larkin, Billy	C		1	26	54	3 yrs
Lucky, Vernon	LG		6	48	48	1 yr.
Hagans, Joe	RG	LG	6	87	87	1 yr.
Fletcher, Jerry	RG	RG	7	59	59	4 yrs
Giacalone, Lester	LT	LT	4	71	71	1 yr.
##Barker, Emmitt	LT		3	21	48	1 yr.
Doan, Ronald	RT	RT	6	58	58	2 yrs
Moln, Jackie	RT		4	48	56	3 yrs
Thames, Reuben	P		8	55	55	3 yrs
Bradley, Karl	K		3	57	57	1 yr.
Rudis, Steven	LDE	LDE	6	48	48	1 yr.
Green, Jamal	LDE	RDE	3	37	59	1 yr.
Favre, Sean	RDE		5	36	46	2 yrs
Shields, Kim	RDE		2	24	45	2 yrs
Fennell, Gabe	LDT	LDT	8	91	91	1 yr.
Gillespie, Scottie	LDT		5	46	47	3 yrs
##Poel, Kevin	LDT		4	35	50	1 yr.
Tully, Jeff	RDT		9	52	52	1 yr.
Irwin, Vinny	RDT	RDT	6	52	56	1 yr.
Reed, Morris	MLB	MLB	9	39	39	2 yrs
Burns, Aaron	SLB		7	47	47	1 yr.
Kolker, Stanley	SLB		2	16	28	2 yrs
Russell, Calvin	WLB	SLB	9	69	69	1 yr.
Chinn, Eugene	WLB	WLB	3	59	59	1 yr.
Cox, Carlton	WLB		7	20	20	1 yr.
Neigebauer, Ernest	LCB	LCB	7	39	39	2 yrs
Joyner, Rich	RCB	RCB	3	57	62	2 yrs
##Farrell, Conrad	RCB		10	41	41	1 yr.
Houston, Keith	RCB		2	26	26	2 yrs
%%Gleason, Mickey	SS		9	57	57	3 yrs
##Rodgers, Julio	FS		10	53	53	1 yr.
Fine, Marvin	FS	FS	3	35	45	1 yr.
Marroso, Vincent	FS	SS	1	27	61	4 yrs
Jaax, Benjamin	FS		1	20	40	2 yrs

OVERALL THOUGHTS: RB and S are the only areas of concern. Injuries really have our safety situation struggling. Gleason will miss the entire year, and Rodgers is Out for 8 weeks to begin the season. We could be vulnerable to the deep ball.

SEASON RESULTS

Very good season, but we ran into a buzzsaw in KC in the AFC Championship. The Chiefs went 15-1 in the regular season and led the league in scoring.

2033 Regular Season (14-2)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving
Week 1	41	Indianapolis Colts	11	S.Kirk 18-27-245	R.Burton 13-99	M.Newhart 5-63
Week 2	31	St. Louis Rams	23	S.Kirk 14-27-237	R.Burton 14-127	M.Newhart 5-97
Week 3	23	Baltimore Ravens	10	S.Kirk 16-36-210	R.Dancy 11-87	M.Newhart 3-71
Week 4	13	at New Jersey Jets	9	S.Kirk 15-29-227	R.Burton 12-43	M.Newhart 6-120
Week 5	20	Miami Dolphins	16	S.Kirk 19-32-279	R.Burton 9-61	M.Newhart 7-127
Week 6	33	at Indianapolis Colts	28	S.Kirk 23-36-333	R.Burton 16-77	M.Newhart 7-115
Week 7	27	at Tennessee Titans	24	S.Kirk 24-41-325	R.Dancy 13-79	L.Wright 7-104
Week 8	Bye Week
Week 9	10	at Buffalo Bills	26	S.Kirk 11-30-146	R.Burton 12-58	L.Wright 3-47
Week 10	21	New England Patriots	20	S.Kirk 15-30-201	R.Dancy 19-90	G.Winslett 3-60
Week 11	21	at Houston Texans	28	S.Kirk 20-34-250	R.Dancy 10-61	K.Dolinko 3-48
Week 12	31	at Arizona Cardinals	28	S.Kirk 29-44-398	R.Dancy 10-39	L.Wright 12-178
Week 13	31	at Denver Broncos	10	S.Kirk 21-30-247	R.Dancy 19-87	K.Dolinko 4-70
Week 14	34	at Seattle Seahawks	27	S.Kirk 26-39-312	R.Burton 13-67	D.Rubisch 6-68
Week 15	41	Tennessee Titans	20	S.Kirk 21-29-294	R.Dancy 16-149	L.Wright 3-76
Week 16	27	San Francisco 49ers	0	S.Kirk 17-30-258	S.Kirk 5-75	M.Newhart 9-116
Week 17	31	Houston Texans	3	S.Kirk 19-33-262	R.Dancy 22-72	L.Wright 5-87
2033 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving
Division	38	Miami Dolphins	8	S.Kirk 23-40-305	S.Kirk 5-24	L.Wright 6-104
Conf.	21	at Kansas City Chiefs	31	S.Kirk 19-36-272	R.Dancy 8-61	M.Newhart 6-120

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int	Rate
Shannon Kirk	527	308	4224	8.02	31	21	87.2
Team	527	308	4224	8.02	31	21	87.2
Opp	633	376	4272	6.75	19	17	78.5

As long as Kirk is my QB, it appears that I'm always going to be stuck with too many interceptions.

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Fum
Rich Dancy	RB	223	1057	4.74	8	4
Ron Burton	RB	129	753	5.84	5	3
Shannon Kirk	QB	47	242	5.15	4	1
Team	---	446	2213	4.96	18	16
Opp	---	376	1607	4.27	12	15

The running game was very strong this year, but unless Dancy's 16 endurance shows a significant increase, we're always going to need a strong backup for him.

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	Yd/Att	TD	Drop
Mitchell Newhart	FL	116	59	956	16.20	8.24	5	11
Lorenzo Wright	FL	76	50	759	15.18	9.99	4	6
Darren Rubisch	TE	77	47	655	13.94	8.51	7	3
Toby Tuupo	FL	47	32	416	13.00	8.85	5	3
Gino Winslett	SE	67	31	401	12.94	5.99	1	5
Kris Dolinko	FL	39	27	428	15.85	10.97	0	5
Darnell Gomez	SE	44	25	298	11.92	6.77	4	5
Antoine Nakamura	FB	21	16	132	8.25	6.29	3	0

We've now got lots of good receiving targets, and the ball is getting spread around as a result.

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd	PDPct
Morris Reed	MLB	87	28	1.5	2	2	6	77.8
Calvin Russell	WLB	84	40	2.0	6	1	13	79.2
Eugene Chinn	WLB	66	15	2.0	2	0	6	70.7
Ernest Neigebauer	LCB	51	19	1.0	1	3	9	79.5
Vincent Marroso	FS	51	16	0.0	1	1	5	75.6
Gabe Fennell	LDT	46	16	3.5	17	0	0	81.8
Keith Houston	RCB	45	11	0.0	0	0	5	74.8
Vinny Irwin	RDT	37	14	2.5	10	0	0	81.9
Julio Rodgers	FS	36	13	0.5	2	1	3	79.6
Steven Rudis	LDE	35	6	12.5	42	0	0	81.3
Jamal Green	LDE	34	11	8.5	14	0	0	81.8
Marvin Fine	FS	31	5	1.0	0	3	6	82.9
Benjamin Jaax	FS	31	9	0.0	0	1	5	73.4
Rich Joyner	RCB	27	13	0.5	1	4	5	82.9
B.J. Bishop	LCB	26	4	0.0	0	0	4	73.9
Jeff Tully	RDT	20	5	2.0	4	0	1	81.3

Jacksonville Team Rank Rushes per Game 27.9 13 Rushing Yards 138.3 3 Yards Per Carry 4.96 1 Pass Attempts 32.9 20 Completions 19.3 23 Completion Pct. 58.4 25 (T) Passing Yards 264.0 7 Yards Per Attempt 8.02 2 Yards Per Catch 13.71 1 Total Yards Gained 394.8 3 3rd Down Conversions 45.4 2 Points Per Game 27.2 2 Pass Rush Pct. 18.7 1 Pass Defense Pct. 52.1 15 Turnovers 31 27 Turnover Margin -9 24 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 23.5 6 Rushing Yards 100.4 5 Yards Per Carry 4.27 20 Pass Attempts 39.6 32 Completions 23.5 31 Completion Pct. 59.4 7 (T) Passing Yards 267.0 31 Yards Per Attempt 6.75 14 Yards Per Catch 11.36 23 (T) Total Yards Gained 350.9 25 3rd Down Conversions 36.1 14 Points Per Game 17.7 5 (T) Pass Rush Pct. 18.8 31 Pass Defense Pct. 57.3 27 Turnovers 22 22 (T) Turnover Margin +9 24 (T)

The pass defense REALLY struggled in the early part of the year. We were dead last in ypa allowed after 6 or 7 games had been played. After Julio Rodgers came back, though, things got a lot better in the secondary.

AWARDS/RECORDS

• In only his second season, TE Darren Rubisch earns 2nd Team All Pro honors on the strength of 47 catches for 655 with 7 TDs. He was also 9 for 24 in KRBs with 1 pancake.
• The 42 hurries that Skyscraper Rudis had were a team record.
• Gino Winslett had 378 punt return yards to set an all-time franchise mark in that category.

END-SEASON COMMENTS

We were up to 88% of the cap this year, and now we'll have 10 starters becoming free agents, including four of our five highest-rated players (LDT Fennell, RG Hagans, LT Giacalone, WLB Russell). Looks like next year will be decision time.

[Ben E Lou]

2034 REPORT

RETIREMENTS/PRELIMINARIES

None.

SUMMER LEAGUE: RB Herb Lindo

FREE AGENCY

UNMASKING OF NOTE

• Good news / bad news on RB Rich Dancy. The good news is that he continues to be revealed as better than scouted. The bad is that his endurance rating only crept to 19. He's now 22/33-->39/41.
• TE Darren Rubisch looks more and more like a top-tier TE as his career goes along. He shows 8 more points, making him now 31/52-->68/68

SIGNINGS/GOODBYES

Well, this is encouraging, and perhaps an effect of the increased cap range. The AI just plain outbid on two of my betters players, and grabbed 'em in Week 2. My highest-rated player, RG Joe Hagans, signs a three-year deal with Dallas. I don't remember the exact structure of my offer, but I know I had offered him a big contract--bigger than what he was requesting, but the AI offer was for more per-year money overall. The same thing is true for WLB Calvin Russell. The 70/70 rated former 6th round pick is stolen away by a two-year offer from Washington worth $30.71M. I offered $28M. This bad news for the team, but potentially good news for the challenge aspect of this. Heh, and after I'd written the first part of this paragraph, advancing farther along, LDT Fennell signed with the Dolphins. My three best free agents all jumped ship.

A LOOK BACK

(A look at our draft from five seasons ago.)

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	CurNow	FutNow
1(24)	SE	Hopkins	Thurman	27	37	out of football	(veteran bust)
2(17)	NT->RDE	Clinton	Sam	18	59	out of football
2(23)	RDT	Favre	Sean	23	53	36	45
3(25)	MLB	May	Alex	13	23	out of football
4(24)	RT	Torello	Calvin	21	34	40	40
5(23)	LDE	Perry	Scottie	12	37
6(25)	FL	Dolinko	Kris	22	50	51	51
7(24)	RG	Powell	Bo	21	34	24	32

This was easily my worst draft so far, although on the surface it may look worse than it was. Hopkins had all the signs of a good player, maybe even a star in the making. His ratings were creeping, and he was performing above his ratings, too. He averaged 9.41yards per target in his brief stine with us, but it appears that he just hit the plain ol' random veteran bust. His ratings nosedived from 52/52 to 23/23 in one training camp. Maybe he liked the wacky tobacky more than football, like Mr. Williams.

AMATEUR DRAFT

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2
1(30)	CB	Estes	Melvin	40	60	41	63
2(30)	G	Cassidy	Geoff	32	47	35	45
3(7)	G	Olevao	Marvin	29	61	31	61
3(30)	ILB	Knoyle	Mario	17	64	21	63

PRECAMP THOUGHTS: I forgot to do interviews this year, so I decided to stay close to the shallow end. I expect these guys to neither improve nor drop much.

POSTCAMP THOUGHTS: Yup. No surprises here.

OTHER TRAINING CAMP NOTES

• RB Ron Burton continues to age in a big way. 36/36-->25/25.
• Give the loss of stud DT Fennell, Scott Gillespie's continued unmasking (33/40-->52/52) is very timely.

ROSTER/SEASON OUTLOOK

OVERALL THOUGHTS: Still no reason to believe we won't be among the top contenders. The passing game should be stellar, only hampered by Kirk's penchant for INTs. I'm a little concerned about the running game.

SEASON RESULTS

As has already been mentioned in the FOF2K7 forum, we put up some crazy offensive numbers without altering the offensive game plan at all, and it was punctuated by another title.

2034 Regular Season (15-1)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Week 1	41	Tennessee Titans	14	S.Kirk 30-37-323	R.Dancy 13-89	G.Winslett 8-99	96,700
Week 2	48	at Philadelphia Eagles	23	S.Kirk 24-38-379	H.Lindo 10-55	M.Newhart 8-112	39,800
Week 3	56	Miami Dolphins	24	S.Kirk 16-19-207	R.Dancy 12-40	M.Newhart 7-91	96,700
Week 4	45	Oakland Raiders	17	S.Kirk 22-26-289	H.Lindo 12-52	M.Newhart 5-75	96,700
Week 5	Bye Week
Week 6	28	Indianapolis Colts	13	S.Kirk 19-29-265	R.Dancy 20-114	M.Newhart 5-75	96,700
Week 7	21	at Tennessee Titans	17	S.Kirk 21-27-205	R.Dancy 20-62	M.Newhart 5-60	44,400
Week 8	17	at Kansas City Chiefs	19	S.Kirk 20-25-236	R.Dancy 14-79	K.Dolinko 6-76	63,600
Week 9	45	Denver Broncos	10	S.Kirk 21-28-407	R.Dancy 13-46	M.Newhart 8-190	96,700
Week 10	23	at San Diego Chargers	6	S.Kirk 12-34-153	R.Dancy 15-56	M.Newhart 2-31	69,500
Week 11	35	at Houston Texans	7	S.Kirk 21-35-310	R.Dancy 19-99	L.Wright 5-77	58,400
Week 12	38	Dallas Cowboys	6	S.Kirk 22-35-309	R.Dancy 14-71	L.Wright 5-93	96,700
Week 13	26	at Baltimore Ravens	17	S.Kirk 18-30-277	R.Dancy 17-151	M.Newhart 6-151	52,400
Week 14	31	at Washington Redskins	27	S.Kirk 21-33-246	R.Dancy 18-112	M.Newhart 4-61	49,900
Week 15	34	Houston Texans	7	S.Kirk 23-33-331	R.Dancy 16-88	M.Newhart 9-144	96,700
Week 16	41	New York Giants	0	S.Kirk 24-34-258	H.Lindo 17-65	K.Dolinko 7-96	96,700
Week 17	34	at Indianapolis Colts	6	S.Kirk 17-31-266	R.Dancy 11-87	M.Newhart 6-121	65,800
2034 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving	Attendance
Division	44	New England Patriots	6	S.Kirk 23-33-337	R.Dancy 16-54	M.Newhart 6-108	96,700
Conf.	35	Denver Broncos	25	S.Kirk 22-39-363	R.Dancy 18-91	M.Newhart 7-145	96,700
Champ.	31	vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers	6	S.Kirk 22-37-274	H.Lindo 15-54	G.Winslett 4-74	51,200

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int	Rate
Shannon Kirk	494	331	4461	9.03	54	11	122.7
Team	517	336	4514	8.73	56	12	119.0
Opp	574	324	3476	6.06	16	19	69.8

Kirk just went plain hog-wild this season. His best season ever, by a long shot.

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Fum
Rich Dancy	RB	235	1207	5.14	4	7
Herb Lindo	RB	152	624	4.11	5	4
Shannon Kirk	QB	44	258	5.86	2	4
Team	---	458	2180	4.76	12	21
Opp	---	367	1526	4.16	5	16

Dancy has his second straight very strong season at RB, and his scouted ratings continue to climb as well. If only he had better endurance...

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	Yd/Att	TD	Drop
Mitchell Newhart	FL	139	80	1322	16.53	9.51	17	9
Kris Dolinko	SE	82	55	692	12.58	8.44	11	5
Darren Rubisch	TE	64	46	553	12.02	8.64	4	3
Gino Winslett	SE	81	46	688	14.96	8.49	7	3
Lorenzo Wright	FL	65	40	602	15.05	9.26	11	6
Toby Tuupo	FL	25	18	202	11.22	8.08	3	0

Newhart really stepped up to the mike this season. It's look like the former 2(21) pick may well be a star-quality player.

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd	PDPct
Eugene Chinn	WLB	71	23	6.0	2	3	9	81.1
Morris Reed	MLB	70	18	1.0	2	0	1	73.9
Melvin Estes	LCB	60	12	2.0	0	6	24	86.6
Rich Joyner	RCB	56	19	0.5	0	5	11	82.0
Steven Rudis	LDE	48	16	23.5	33	0	0	82.1
Mickey Gleason	SS	45	10	0.0	0	0	4	77.3
Scottie Gillespie	LDT	44	15	8.0	11	0	0	81.6
Julio Rodgers	FS	36	9	1.0	1	2	2	81.6
Vincent Marroso	FS	36	15	1.0	2	0	6	78.4
Marvin Fine	FS	33	10	1.0	0	1	2	77.9
Vinny Irwin	RDT	32	12	7.0	5	0	0	82.2
Conrad Farrell	RCB	30	6	0.0	0	2	3	80.2
Jamal Green	LDE	24	15	9.5	15	0	0	81.6
Aaron Burns	SLB	22	10	0.0	0	0	1	77.7
Benjamin Jaax	FS	18	6	0.0	0	0	3	75.3
Mario Knoyle	MLB	17	6	0.5	1	0	2	79.4

Jacksonville Team Rank Rushes per Game 28.6 12 Rushing Yards 136.3 7 Yards Per Carry 4.76 6 (T) Pass Attempts 32.3 24 Completions 21.0 17 Completion Pct. 65.0 8 (T) Passing Yards 282.1 1 Yards Per Attempt 8.73 1 Yards Per Catch 13.43 1 Total Yards Gained 412.4 1 3rd Down Conversions 51.1 1 Points Per Game 35.2 1 Pass Rush Pct. 15.8 12 Pass Defense Pct. 65.7 1 Turnovers 24 14 (T) Turnover Margin 0 15 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 22.9 6 Rushing Yards 95.4 5 Yards Per Carry 4.16 11 (T) Pass Attempts 35.9 29 Completions 20.3 8 (T) Completion Pct. 56.4 1 (T) Passing Yards 217.3 11 Yards Per Attempt 6.06 5 Yards Per Catch 10.73 17 Total Yards Gained 288.6 2 3rd Down Conversions 39.0 16 Points Per Game 13.3 1 Pass Rush Pct. 16.1 24 (T) Pass Defense Pct. 40.7 10 Turnovers 24 19 (T) Turnover Margin 0 15 (T)

Wow! I did make some changes to the defensive game plan, but the addition of rookie CB Estes seemed to be big, too. Skyscraper Rudis went nutso, and Estes appeared to have a Deion-esque impact on or defense, except Estes can tackle, too. This was a stellar year all around.

AWARDS/RECORDS

• QB Shannon Kirk earned the quadfecta this year with his other-worldly season: MVP, Front Office Bowl MVP, OPOY, 1st Team QB. To recap his numbers once again, he was 331 for 494 for 4461 yards with 54 TDs and 11 INTs.
• Steven "Skyscraper" Rudis was named Defensive Player Of The Year. He had 23.5 sacks, 33 hurries, 49 knockdowns, 48 tackles, and 16 assists. His sack total set a team record.
• LCB Melvin Estes was the Defensive Rookie Of The Year, and First Team All-Pro. He had 6 INTs, 24 passes defensed, 60 tackles, 12 assists, and 2 sacks.
• FL Mitchell Newhart was 2nd Team All Pro with his 80 catches for 1322 yards and 17 TDs. The 17 TDs were a team record.
• WLB Eugene Chin was another 2nd Team All Pro. He had 71 tackles and 6 sacks.
• Kirk's 54 TD passes were an all-time league record, shattering the previous mark of 48 set by C.J. Oliveras Kirk set several single-season team records as well.
• The 35.1ppg were an all-time league record.
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END-SEASON COMMENTS

So we lost our three highest-rated players to free agency, and responded by turning in our best season ever. With the AI teams seeming to have more of a shot in free agency now, I'm curious to see where this is heading. Kirk is going to be a free agent, so things should get quite interesting.

[Ben E Lou]

2035 REPORT

RETIREMENTS/PRELIMINARIES

RCB Conrad Farrell calls it a career after 11 seasons. He was our first draftee in this thread, picked 1(31) as a 32/53 player in 2024. He topped out at 51/51, and was a full-time starter for 8 seasons. He compiled a career 81.2 PDPct, and is the team all-time leader in passes defensed, and he's second in interceptions.

Former backup RB Vernon Palmer, an undrafted FA, also hangs 'em up, due to the dreaded R.C.S.

SUMMER LEAGUE: SS T.J. Binette

FREE AGENCY

UNMASKING OF NOTE

• FS Benjamin Jaax gets a +4, making him 16/35-->40/48 overall.

SIGNINGS/GOODBYES

We had to spend more money this time, but I was able to retain all free agents. That being said, we may not have enough to sign all RFAs.

A LOOK BACK

(A look at our draft from five seasons ago--2030.)

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	CurNow	FutNow
1(31)	LT	Giacalone	Lester	43	61	69	69
2(31)	FL	Newhart	Mitchell	28	42	65	65
6(31)	RT	Moln	Jackie	23	49	56	56

Very well done here. I didn't have room for many players, but grabbed three very solid starters out of three picks.

2035 AMATEUR DRAFT

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2
1(32)	LDT	Donaldson	Monty	31	45	33	50
2(32)	RG	Fitzgerald	Jeff	28	47	20	28
5(29)	QB	Franklin	Trent	7	36	7	36
6(32)	C	Wright	Kendrick	62	70	66	72
7(32)	RB	Wickman	Kris	18	21	19	24

PRECAMP THOUGHTS: I have high hopes for the first four picks. Wickman was a bit of a shot in the dark.

POSTCAMP THOUGHTS: I'm fairly certain that Fitzgerald wasn't a miss, but a random bust. I'm very disappointed to see Franklin post zero gains in training camp, though. I thought he'd be a steal. I wouldn't be surprised now if Wright ends up in the 90s

Due to financial concerns, we had to let long-time starter C Bucky Griffith become a FA. The 10-year vet who was undrafted is rated 50/50 still, and gets signed by Philly.

ROSTER/SEASON OUTLOOK

OVERALL THOUGHTS: Without question, we are in a position to repeat.

SEASON RESULTS

SO close to another title, despite Kirk's injury for the Front Office Bowl.

2035 Regular Season (15-1)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving
Week 1	23	Houston Texans	6	S.Kirk 18-31-223	H.Lindo 23-99	M.Newhart 8-81
Week 2	24	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	34	S.Kirk 26-41-376	K.Wickman 5-47	K.Dolinko 6-97
Week 3	28	at Miami Dolphins	0	S.Kirk 21-40-274	H.Lindo 17-88	M.Newhart 7-89
Week 4	13	Cincinnati Bengals	3	S.Kirk 23-48-248	R.Dancy 13-45	M.Newhart 6-65
Week 5	14	Cleveland Browns	7	S.Kirk 19-34-187	K.Wickman 9-66	D.Rubisch 6-74
Week 6	41	Indianapolis Colts	0	S.Kirk 17-22-209	R.Dancy 11-113	M.Newhart 9-107
Week 7	24	at Pittsburgh Steelers	10	W.Woodard 22-37-275	R.Dancy 14-50	L.Wright 3-74
Week 8	20	at Baltimore Ravens	14	W.Woodard 18-24-241	R.Dancy 19-64	K.Dolinko 5-62
Week 9	28	Tennessee Titans	0	W.Woodard 25-38-270	R.Dancy 20-89	G.Winslett 5-83
Week 10	Bye Week
Week 11	31	at Houston Texans	7	S.Kirk 21-33-191	R.Dancy 15-114	T.Tuupo 4-28
Week 12	31	Carolina Panthers	17	S.Kirk 20-33-273	R.Dancy 20-78	G.Winslett 6-102
Week 13	34	Denver Broncos	21	S.Kirk 18-39-219	R.Dancy 20-132	D.Rubisch 4-51
Week 14	59	Atlanta Falcons	21	S.Kirk 15-29-286	H.Lindo 10-56	M.Newhart 9-209
Week 15	52	at Indianapolis Colts	0	S.Kirk 16-16-183	R.Dancy 22-105	K.Dolinko 10-206
Week 16	14	at New Orleans Saints	3	S.Kirk 16-26-141	R.Dancy 20-80	K.Dolinko 5-48
Week 17	31	at Tennessee Titans	20	W.Woodard 22-33-219	R.Dancy 20-72	M.Newhart 7-76
2035 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving
Division	24	Denver Broncos	11	S.Kirk 19-31-250	K.Wickman 14-79	M.Newhart 6-98
Conf.	34	San Diego Chargers	0	S.Kirk 10-11-153	R.Dancy 19-66	G.Winslett 7-105
Champ.	27	vs Washington Redskins	34	W.Woodard 24-41-358	R.Dancy 16-96	M.Newhart 9-137

No real complaints here. Kirk got hurt early in the Conference title game, but Woodard had been playing well anyway.

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int	Rate
Shannon Kirk	392	230	2810	7.17	28	16	87.6
Wendell Woodard	173	104	1269	7.34	15	2	106.8
Team	569	337	4110	7.22	44	18	94.1
Opp	589	314	3155	5.36	13	20	62.0

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Fum
Rich Dancy	RB	209	1023	4.89	3	7
Herb Lindo	RB	115	479	4.17	1	2
Kris Wickman	RB	47	223	4.74	0	1
Shannon Kirk	QB	36	181	5.03	7	3
Team	---	448	2037	4.55	12	20
Opp	---	396	1765	4.46	3	20

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	Yd/Att	TD	Drop
Mitchell Newhart	FL	151	87	1077	12.38	7.13	15	9
Kris Dolinko	SE	105	59	748	12.68	7.12	6	3
Gino Winslett	SE	87	46	616	13.39	7.08	9	8
Darren Rubisch	TE	67	44	515	11.70	7.69	2	2
Toby Tuupo	FL	86	44	566	12.86	6.58	4	3

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd	PDPct
Eugene Chinn	WLB	86	33	2.0	2	2	7	77.8
Mario Knoyle	MLB	62	23	2.0	2	1	3	79.1
Scottie Gillespie	LDT	57	28	7.0	11	0	0	81.0
Melvin Estes	LCB	53	13	1.0	3	2	27	85.9
Steven Rudis	LDE	50	18	18.5	38	0	1	81.8
Rich Joyner	RCB	50	11	0.0	0	4	14	83.9
Mickey Gleason	SS	43	19	1.0	0	3	6	84.3
Jamal Green	LDE	43	26	9.0	17	0	0	80.3
Ernest Neigebauer	LCB	41	11	0.0	1	1	2	74.5
Marvin Fine	FS	37	13	0.0	1	4	8	84.6
Benjamin Jaax	FS	35	13	3.5	1	0	3	77.1
Julio Rodgers	FS	34	6	2.5	0	3	2	81.0
Jeff Tully	RDT	27	9	4.0	8	0	0	82.5
B.J. Bishop	LCB	27	8	0.0	0	0	1	75.8
T.J. Binette	SS	19	3	1.0	0	0	1	78.1

Jacksonville Team Rank Rushes per Game 28.0 13 (T) Rushing Yards 127.3 9 Yards Per Carry 4.55 6 Pass Attempts 35.6 11 Completions 21.1 14 (T) Completion Pct. 59.2 19 (T) Passing Yards 256.9 3 Yards Per Attempt 7.22 9 Yards Per Catch 12.20 6 Total Yards Gained 374.6 3 3rd Down Conversions 44.3 5 Points Per Game 29.2 2 Pass Rush Pct. 17.3 5 Pass Defense Pct. 69.3 1 Turnovers 30 25 (T) Turnover Margin +3 13 (T)

Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 24.8 7 Rushing Yards 110.3 10 Yards Per Carry 4.46 25 Pass Attempts 36.8 30 Completions 19.6 7 (T) Completion Pct. 53.3 1 Passing Yards 197.2 1 Yards Per Attempt 5.36 1 Yards Per Catch 10.05 1 (T) Total Yards Gained 287.3 3 3rd Down Conversions 31.5 1 Points Per Game 10.2 1 Pass Rush Pct. 17.9 29 Pass Defense Pct. 59.4 28 Turnovers 33 4 Turnover Margin -3 13 (T)

Kirk came back down to earth this year, but still played well enough to get us to the big game. The defense, which had been stellar all year long, kept us from this title. The offense played well enough in that one to win.

AWARDS/RECORDS

• QB Wendell Woodard won the Front Office Bowl MVP in a losing effort. Going 24 for 41 for 358 yards with 2 TDs and 0 INTs will do that.
• Steven "Skyscraper" Rudis was named Defensive Player Of The Year for the second consecutive season. The supposed 44/44 rated LDE. racked up 18.5 sacks, 38 hurries, 44 knockdowns, 50 tackles, and 18 assists. His sack total set a team record.
• LCB Melvin Estes was a Second-Team All-Pro, and set a team record with 27 passes defensed.
• The 10.1ppg allowed as a team set an all-time league record.

END-SEASON COMMENTS

We're up against the cap now, can't do renegotiations, and have seven starters whose contracts expire this year. Our current contracts have used $231.3M of what should be an approx $281M cap, but $50M probably won't be enough to keep everyone around and sign our draftees. We're not in danger of going 9-7 any time soon, but whether or not we can remain dominant with the house rule changes I've made remains to be seen.

[dj_morton]

great read

[Ben E Lou]

I'm doing 2036 right now, but I'm thinking that after that, I'll make a radical shift in House Rules to Isle Of Misfit Toys. I'll keep around the guys I have, because I want to see how their careers pan out. However, starting in 2037, I will trade all draft picks away to a division rival.

[dj_morton]

Very nice

[Ben E Lou]

2036 REPORT

RETIREMENTS/PRELIMINARIES

TE Ernest Rayburn hangs 'em up after an 12-year career with us. He was picked up as a 21/40 undrafted free agent back in 2024, got hurt in his very first preseason game, missed his entire rookie year, but then came back to have a long career with us. He was the starting TE for six seasons, and was rated as high as 49/49 before his numbers started to fall. He was more of a blocker than a receiver. His best receiving year was 2030, when he had a modest 31 catches for 299 yards with 1 TD.

The brittle FS Julio Rodgers finally calls it a career after 12 seasons. He was the 2(31) pick in 2024 for us, a guy scouted 17/24 but who was very obviously much better than that. His ratings got as high as 56/56, and he became the Jax all-time interception leader with 40. He also posted a career 83.6PDPct (third in team history). Due to injuries, he only played 16 games twice, but was listed as the starter for each one of his 12 seasons. 2031 was his best year, when he had 7 interceptions, 5 passes defensed, and only 19 catches allowed, good for a 91.4 PDPct.

SUMMER LEAGUE: RB Kris Wickman

FREE AGENCY

UNMASKING OF NOTE

• Backup QB Wendell Woodard is now up to 65/65. The former 3(27) pick is now the 7th-highest rated QB in the league.

SIGNINGS/GOODBYES

Well, we finally have to make multiple decisions to let players fly. The following veterans are not re-signed:

SS Mickey Gleason--He has been a stud when he's on the field. However, he has been too brittle lately to justify paying him the big bucks he wants. He signs a two-year high dollar deal with the Giants.

LG Vernon Lucky--This was a tough decision, since he was our only guard mentor, but in the end, I just couldn't afford to keep him around without him being a full-time starter. The Giants also get him.

A LOOK BACK

(A look at our draft from five seasons ago--2031.)

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	CurNow	FutNow
1(29)	FS-->RCB	Joyner	Rich	21	50	67	67
2(28)	SE	Terry	Thomas	19	51	out of football
3(27)	QB	Woodard	Wendell	25	49	65	65
4(1)	RDE	Green	Jamal	24	37	59	59
4(29)	WLB	Chinn	Eugene	31	37	62	62
5(16)	LT	Barker	Emmitt	20	44	24	48
5(28)	FS	Fine	Marvin	12	30	49	49
6(27)	FL	Haukioja	Adam	17	23	out of football
7(29)	K	Bradley	Karl	48	50	51	51

Any draft in which a QB and CB rated 65 or better can be acquired has to be considered a success. Add to that a 62/62 WLB, a 59/59 DE, and three solid role players, and the 2031 draft has to be looked at as a smashing success.

AMATEUR DRAFT

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	Cur2	Fut2
1(31)	RB	McIntyre	Renaldo	30	37	26	34
2(31)	SE	Cochrane	Terry	21	43	25	45
3(31)	SLB	Groce	Nathan	18	34	19	36
4(17)	SE	Clayton	Antonio	31	58	33	58

PRECAMP THOUGHTS: I didn't *really* need one WR, let alone two, but it was hard to pass up the "hard to read" no-combine Antonio Clayton still sitting there at 4(17). As this will be my final draft for this team, I decided to take some risks.

POSTCAMP THOUGHTS: Man, I felt really good about McIntyre, but it looks like I missed on him. The gamble on Clayton may pay off.

OTHER TRAINING CAMP NOTES

• Looks like age is catching up with Shannon Kirk. He dropped seven points to 66/66. Woodard gained a point to 66/66 as well. I wonder which one the AI will start.
• The picking of an extra receiver may have been a good thing, after all. FL Lorenzo Wright fell off 8 points to 41/41. I release the #2 receiver in Jax history, as a result.
• It looks like the Skyscraper is about to fall. Steven Rudis fell five points to 36/36.

ROSTER/SEASON OUTLOOK

Player	Pos	Start	Exp	Cur	Fut	Cntrct
Kirk, Shannon	QB		12	66	66	3 yrs
Woodard, Wendell	QB	QB	6	66	66	1 yr.
##Fulton, Doug	QB		9	16	53	1 yr.
Franklin, Trent	QB		2	11	37	2 yrs
Dancy, Rich	RB	RB	5	43	43	2 yrs
Lindo, Herb	RB		4	27	28	1 yr.
McIntyre, Renaldo	RB		1	26	34	4 yrs
##Wickman, Kris	RB		2	22	26	2 yrs
Nakamura, Antoine	FB	FB	11	46	46	1 yr.
Rivers, Kim	FB		1	14	38	1 yr.
Rubisch, Darren	TE	TE	5	72	72	4 yrs
Penrod, Tyrell	TE		6	31	31	2 yrs
Newhart, Mitchell	FL	FL	7	67	67	1 yr.
Tuupo, Toby	FL	SE	5	56	56	2 yrs
Winslett, Gino	SE		5	50	50	2 yrs
Dolinko, Kris	SE		8	45	45	2 yrs
Clayton, Antonio	SE		1	35	58	3 yrs
Cochrane, Terry	SE		1	26	45	3 yrs
%%Wright, Kendrick	C		2	89	89	2 yrs
Shepherd, Sammie	C	C	11	56	56	2 yrs
Larkin, Billy	C		4	45	45	3 yrs
Olevao, Marvin	LG	LG	3	56	56	1 yr.
Fletcher, Jerry	RG	RG	10	50	50	1 yr.
Cassidy, Geoff	RG		3	47	47	1 yr.
Gleason, Bennie	RG		1	9	30	1 yr.
Giacalone, Lester	LT	LT	7	65	65	3 yrs
Barker, Emmitt	LT		6	24	48	1 yr.
Moln, Jackie	RT	RT	7	55	55	4 yrs
##Doan, Ronald	RT		9	51	51	3 yrs
Thames, Reuben	P		11	55	55	3 yrs
Bradley, Karl	K		6	51	51	1 yr.
Green, Jamal	LDE	LDE	6	59	59	4 yrs
Rudis, Steven	LDE		9	36	36	3 yrs
Shields, Kim	RDE	RDE	5	32	44	2 yrs
Poel, Kevin	LDT	LDT	7	47	53	1 yr.
Gillespie, Scottie	LDT		8	46	46	3 yrs
Donaldson, Monty	LDT		2	43	55	3 yrs
Irwin, Vinny	RDT	RDT	9	47	47	1 yr.
Knoyle, Mario	MLB	MLB	3	43	64	1 yr.
Reed, Morris	MLB		12	30	30	2 yrs
Burns, Aaron	SLB	WLB	10	35	35	1 yr.
Groce, Nathan	SLB		1	19	36	3 yrs
Chinn, Eugene	WLB	SLB	6	62	62	4 yrs
Owens, Norbert	WLB		2	18	26	1 yr.
Estes, Melvin	LCB	LCB	3	71	71	2 yrs
##Neigebauer, Ernest	LCB		10	33	33	2 yrs
Bishop, B.J.	LCB		6	17	22	1 yr.
Joyner, Rich	RCB	RCB	6	67	67	5 yrs
%%McCarthy, Butch	RCB		1	9	19	1 yr.
##Binette, T.J.	SS		3	30	38	2 yrs
Marroso, Vincent	FS	SS	4	58	58	1 yr.
Jaax, Benjamin	FS	FS	4	51	51	2 yrs
Fine, Marvin	FS		6	49	49	1 yr.

OVERALL THOUGHTS: Due to a minor injury to Kirk to start the season, the AI has Woodard set to start. It looks like Kirk will be the starter, though, once he's 100%. The talent gap between us and the rest of the league is decreasing, and surely will continue to do so as I move into the IMT stage of this dynasty..

SEASON RESULTS

One word: domination.

2036 Regular Season (15-1)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving
Week 1	37	at Indianapolis Colts	3	W.Woodard 26-36-319	R.Dancy 18-130	M.Newhart 8-115
Week 2	27	at Detroit Lions	21	W.Woodard 32-42-458	R.Dancy 13-50	M.Newhart 13-208
Week 3	16	at Baltimore Ravens	13	W.Woodard 18-31-237	R.McIntyre 10-60	G.Winslett 6-76
Week 4	34	New Jersey Jets	17	W.Woodard 17-29-236	R.Dancy 13-58	G.Winslett 3-48
Week 5	31	Miami Dolphins	0	S.Kirk 19-34-288	R.Dancy 16-68	G.Winslett 6-127
Week 6	35	Indianapolis Colts	14	S.Kirk 24-37-290	R.Dancy 20-112	K.Dolinko 6-69
Week 7	20	at Tennessee Titans	21	S.Kirk 21-40-245	R.Dancy 11-54	A.Clayton 6-71
Week 8	Bye Week
Week 9	37	at Buffalo Bills	10	S.Kirk 16-25-179	R.McIntyre 6-61	T.Tuupo 5-77
Week 10	34	at New England Patriots	16	W.Woodard 12-19-178	R.McIntyre 14-83	M.Newhart 6-84
Week 11	41	Houston Texans	3	S.Kirk 19-30-246	R.Dancy 22-71	M.Newhart 10-145
Week 12	27	Minnesota Vikings	21	S.Kirk 22-27-260	R.Dancy 19-81	M.Newhart 10-127
Week 13	38	San Diego Chargers	17	S.Kirk 17-35-227	R.McIntyre 9-34	M.Newhart 5-67
Week 14	38	at Chicago Bears	17	S.Kirk 19-35-255	R.Dancy 13-120	T.Tuupo 4-80
Week 15	24	Tennessee Titans	6	W.Woodard 15-22-278	R.Dancy 19-93	T.Tuupo 4-89
Week 16	23	Green Bay Packers	9	W.Woodard 20-25-271	R.Dancy 22-90	M.Newhart 8-117
Week 17	56	at Houston Texans	31	W.Woodard 27-35-335	H.Lindo 12-54	G.Winslett 4-96
2036 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving
Division	38	Baltimore Ravens	3	W.Woodard 25-34-357	R.Dancy 14-47	M.Newhart 8-120
Conf.	20	Miami Dolphins	6	W.Woodard 17-32-207	R.McIntyre 8-35	M.Newhart 9-105
Champ.	38	vs Minnesota Vikings	0	W.Woodard 23-34-301	R.Dancy 17-92	M.Newhart 7-103

Kirk got hurt near the end of the year, and Woodard didn't miss a beat in leading us to a title.

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int	Rate
Shannon Kirk	271	162	2043	7.54	23	7	100.8
Wendell Woodard	254	175	2425	9.55	20	6	115.6
Team	526	338	4476	8.51	43	13	108.0
Opp	583	358	3474	5.96	19	19	75.3

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Fum
Rich Dancy	RB	233	1116	4.79	10	5
Renaldo McIntyre	RB	149	718	4.82	1	1
Team	---	441	2065	4.68	15	13
Opp	---	365	1694	4.64	5	28

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	Yd/Att	TD	Drop
Mitchell Newhart	FL	134	92	1239	13.47	9.25	11	7
Toby Tuupo	FL	103	64	915	14.30	8.88	8	5
Kris Dolinko	SE	77	45	597	13.27	7.75	4	3
Gino Winslett	SE	74	44	796	18.09	10.76	6	2
Darren Rubisch	TE	51	36	399	11.08	7.82	7	3

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd	PDPct
Eugene Chinn	WLB	93	30	2.5	4	0	6	75.2
Mario Knoyle	MLB	67	19	3.5	5	0	5	78.8
Jamal Green	LDE	55	12	13.5	32	0	0	81.2
Rich Joyner	RCB	55	21	0.0	0	5	6	78.1
Benjamin Jaax	FS	55	26	1.0	1	1	4	77.8
Vincent Marroso	FS	50	20	0.0	0	2	9	82.1
Melvin Estes	LCB	42	12	1.0	0	6	15	86.6
Marvin Fine	FS	41	16	0.0	1	3	4	79.6
B.J. Bishop	LCB	40	14	0.0	1	0	2	71.7
Kim Shields	RDE	37	11	9.0	7	0	1	80.7
Vinny Irwin	RDT	36	6	6.5	4	0	0	81.1
Kevin Poel	LDT	34	9	8.5	14	0	1	82.0
Aaron Burns	SLB	31	16	0.0	0	0	4	77.5
Ernest Neigebauer	LCB	24	6	1.5	1	0	3	74.7
T.J. Binette	SS	22	14	0.0	1	0	2	78.9

Jacksonville Team Rank Rushes per Game 27.6 17 Rushing Yards 129.1 9 Yards Per Carry 4.68 1 (T) Pass Attempts 32.9 17 Completions 21.1 13 Completion Pct. 64.3 7 (T) Passing Yards 279.8 2 Yards Per Attempt 8.51 2 Yards Per Catch 13.24 2 Total Yards Gained 397.4 1 3rd Down Conversions 46.6 1 Points Per Game 32.4 1 Pass Rush Pct. 15.9 9 Pass Defense Pct. 54.1 12 Turnovers 19 3 Turnover Margin +13 3

Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 22.8 4 Rushing Yards 105.9 9 Yards Per Carry 4.64 30 Pass Attempts 36.4 29 (T) Completions 22.4 31 Completion Pct. 61.4 17 (T) Passing Yards 217.1 13 Yards Per Attempt 5.96 3 Yards Per Catch 9.70 1 Total Yards Gained 303.2 5 3rd Down Conversions 33.2 2 Points Per Game 13.7 1 Pass Rush Pct. 14.6 16 Pass Defense Pct. 45.0 9 Turnovers 32 3 (T) Turnover Margin -13 3

There's really not a single aspect of this season to say much negative about. The switch to IMT is because this has just proven to be too easy, even with the house rules.

AWARDS/RECORDS

• QB Wendell Woodard won the Front Office Bowl MVP for the second year in a row, but this time in a win. He was 23 for 34 for 301 yards with 5 TDs and 0 Ints in the 38-0 thrashing of the Vikings.
• TE Darren Rubisch was 1st Team All Pro
• LCB Melvin Estes was a Second-Team All-Pro.

END-SEASON COMMENTS

As I make the transition to IMT, I'm looking forward to continuing to see how my draftees do, but also to having some genuine holes to fill.

[Ben E Lou]

OK. I've decided how I'll phase in IMT. All players who joined the team in 2036 will be subject to the following house rules, until they're all off the team:

1. No holds barred for keeping them on the team through their 8th season in the league.
2. All players in year 9 or later must be released immediately, with the exception that any UNDRAFTED players who joined the team in 2036 or earlier can remain throughout their careers. After all, they belong here.

[Ben E Lou]

2037 REPORT

RETIREMENTS/PRELIMINARIES

MLB Morris Reed's career is over after 12 seasons with us. He was the 5(11) pick back in 2025. Reed was scouted as 12/26 coming out of the draft, but grew to a 44/44 player, and played well enough to hold down the starting job for 8 seasons, and even earned 2nd Team All Pro honors once.

SUMMER LEAGUE: RB Kris Wickman

FREE AGENCY

UNMASKING OF NOTE

• 3rd-year LDT Marty Donaldson, a 31/45 draftee, is up to 53/60.

SIGNINGS/GOODBYES

Goodbye to a bunch of guys. No need to list here. See house rules above. New roster will be listed later in this post.

A LOOK BACK

(A look at our draft from five seasons ago--2032.)

Pick	POS	LAST	FIRST	Cur1	Fut1	CurNow	FutNow
1(27)	TE	Rubisch	Darren	31	52	74	74
2(26)	RB	Dancy	Rich	22	33	45	45
3(25)	WR	Winslett	Gino	24	57	51	51
4(27)	DE	Shields	Kim	19	44	36	44
6(25)	WR	Tuupo	Toby	21	45	57	57
7(27)	CB	Houston	Keith	13	21	out of football

Decent draft there.

TRAINING CAMP NOTES

• I wonder if the best find will be QB Lionel Madera. He was 10/25-->11/29, and has no zero ratings.
• Another nice find looks to be RG Trevor Rose. He was 23/43-->26/46 in his first camp.

ROSTER/SEASON OUTLOOK

Player	Pos	Start	Exp	Cur	Fut	Cntrct
Woodard, Wendell	QB	QB	7	68	68	6 yr
Fulton, Doug	QB		10	16	52	3 yr
Franklin, Trent	QB		3	13	37	1 yr
Madera, Lionel	QB		1	11	29	2 yr
Dancy, Rich	RB	RB	6	45	45	1 yr
McIntyre, Renaldo	RB		2	31	36	3 yr
##Wickman, Kris	RB		3	25	29	1 yr
Stevenson, T.J.	RB		1	24	30	2 yr
Godfrey, Randall	FB	FB	1	31	45	2 yr
Rubisch, Darren	TE	TE	6	74	74	3 yr
Penrod, Tyrell	TE		7	31	31	1 yr
Stull, Aaron	TE		1	16	30	2 yr
##Newhart, Mitchell	FL		8	68	68	4 yr
Tuupo, Toby	FL	FL	6	57	57	1 yr
Winslett, Gino	SE	SE	6	51	51	1 yr
Clayton, Antonio	SE		2	45	59	2 yr
Cochrane, Terry	SE		2	34	46	2 yr
Wright, Kendrick	C	C	3	92	92	1 yr
Orellana, Byron	C		1	21	34	2 yr
Olevao, Marvin	LG	LG	4	57	57	3 yr
Cassidy, Geoff	RG	RG	4	46	46	3 yr
Rose, Trevor	RG		1	26	46	2 yr
Hall, Tony	RG		1	16	31	2 yr
Giacalone, Lester	LT	LT	8	63	63	2 yr
Wilcox, Neal	LT	RT	1	15	34	2 yr
##Moln, Jackie	RT		8	51	51	3 yr
##Barker, Emmitt	RT		7	36	48	3 yr
Thames, Reuben	P		12	55	55	2 yr
Bradley, Karl	K		7	50	50	2 yr
Green, Jamal	LDE	LDE	7	60	60	3 yr
Ramirez, Shawn	LDE		1	21	45	2 yr
Shields, Kim	RDE	RDE	6	36	44	1 yr
Stephens, Dale	RDE		1	26	38	2 yr
Donaldson, Monty	LDT	LDT	3	59	60	2 yr
Gillespie, Scottie	LDT		9	46	46	2 yr
Poel, Kevin	RDT	RDT	8	52	53	4 yr
Petitgout, Clarence	RDT		1	15	21	2 yr
Knoyle, Mario	MLB	MLB	4	56	56	5 yr
##Wilson, R.J.	MLB		1	14	18	2 yr
Linquist, Desmond	SLB	WLB	1	22	44	2 yr
Groce, Nathan	SLB		2	20	37	2 yr
Chinn, Eugene	WLB	SLB	7	59	59	3 yr
Logan, Al	WLB		1	18	27	2 yr
##Estes, Melvin	LCB		4	73	73	1 yr
Bishop, B.J.	LCB	RCB	7	21	22	3 yr
Joyner, Rich	RCB	LCB	7	68	68	4 yr
Fortmann, Kent	RCB		1	13	24	2 yr
McCarthy, Butch	RCB		2	12	21	2 yr
Marroso, Vincent	SS	SS	5	56	56	3 yr
Binette, T.J.	SS		4	35	38	1 yr
##Cupp, Mike	SS		1	18	38	2 yr
Jaax, Benjamin	FS	FS	5	54	54	1 yr
Fine, Marvin	FS		7	50	50	4 yr

OVERALL THOUGHTS: With injuries at 200, some of my IMT guys should see significant playing time this year, and we've even got a couple who will be pressed into duty as full-time starters. As far as overall outlook, we should remain a very good team at least for this year and next. We've got a number of star players in years 6 and 7, though, so once they're gone, I expect to have to work a lot harder to win.

SEASON RESULTS

The releases of the vets definitely brought us back more into the pack of the top-tier teams, and we got smoked in the AFC Championship game. I have a feeling this is going to get more challenging pretty quickly.

2037 Regular Season (12-4)				Passing	Rushing	Receiving
Week 1	31	at Tennessee Titans	28	W.Woodard 16-30-222	R.McIntyre 8-65	T.Cochrane 4-76
Week 2	31	at St. Louis Rams	10	W.Woodard 19-37-251	R.Dancy 20-160	M.Newhart 8-124
Week 3	27	at Miami Dolphins	17	W.Woodard 19-35-168	R.Dancy 16-135	M.Newhart 6-57
Week 4	55	Oakland Raiders	3	W.Woodard 29-42-366	R.McIntyre 9-22	T.Tuupo 8-115
Week 5	Bye Week
Week 6	24	at Indianapolis Colts	10	W.Woodard 18-28-274	R.McIntyre 13-68	A.Clayton 5-114
Week 7	27	Tennessee Titans	10	W.Woodard 20-30-250	R.McIntyre 13-62	M.Newhart 7-92
Week 8	17	at Kansas City Chiefs	24	W.Woodard 24-32-233	R.McIntyre 12-51	A.Clayton 9-78
Week 9	17	Denver Broncos	20	W.Woodard 18-37-221	R.Dancy 11-36	M.Newhart 4-72
Week 10	31	at San Diego Chargers	7	W.Woodard 20-31-285	R.McIntyre 17-67	M.Newhart 7-102
Week 11	23	Houston Texans	21	W.Woodard 13-25-196	R.Dancy 24-94	M.Newhart 6-75
Week 12	21	Arizona Cardinals	17	W.Woodard 16-30-240	R.McIntyre 8-63	D.Rubisch 5-88
Week 13	30	Baltimore Ravens	17	W.Woodard 15-31-196	R.Dancy 12-101	M.Newhart 5-79
Week 14	23	at Seattle Seahawks	27	W.Woodard 22-34-338	R.Dancy 19-67	M.Newhart 9-141
Week 15	21	at Houston Texans	7	W.Woodard 20-30-212	R.McIntyre 11-56	D.Rubisch 7-75
Week 16	21	San Francisco 49ers	28	W.Woodard 16-27-219	R.Dancy 13-41	M.Newhart 4-117
Week 17	23	Indianapolis Colts	17	W.Woodard 25-37-297	R.Dancy 16-68	M.Newhart 7-83
2037 Playoffs				Passing	Rushing	Receiving
Division	27	Pittsburgh Steelers	20	W.Woodard 21-27-219	R.Dancy 17-79	D.Rubisch 5-56
Conf.	7	at Kansas City Chiefs	38	W.Woodard 19-51-286	R.Dancy 8-24	T.Tuupo 7-166

Passing	Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Int	Rate
Wendell Woodard	516	310	3968	7.69	38	10	100.6
Team	519	312	3985	7.68	38	10	100.5
Opp	583	336	3327	5.71	17	19	70.0

Rushing	Pos	Att	Yards	Yd/Att	TD	Fum
Rich Dancy	RB	231	1045	4.52	7	4
Renaldo McIntyre	RB	167	689	4.13	3	6
Wendell Woodard	QB	37	149	4.03	1	5
Team	---	444	1899	4.28	11	24
Opp	---	416	1818	4.37	12	30

Receiving	Pos	Target	Catch	Yards	Yd/Ctch	Yd/Att	TD	Drop
Mitchell Newhart	FL	143	87	1246	14.32	8.71	9	12
Toby Tuupo	FL	91	57	720	12.63	7.91	9	3
Antonio Clayton	SE	83	49	662	13.51	7.98	7	5
Darren Rubisch	TE	71	47	606	12.89	8.54	2	3
Gino Winslett	SE	62	27	385	14.26	6.21	4	5

Defense	Pos	Tackle	Assist	Sack	Hurr	Ints	Dfnsd	PDPct
Eugene Chinn	WLB	100	40	1.0	0	0	13	77.6
Mario Knoyle	MLB	81	30	1.0	5	2	6	80.6
Vincent Marroso	SS	78	28	0.0	0	1	14	79.3
Kent Fortmann	RCB	70	15	0.0	0	1	6	74.9
Monty Donaldson	LDT	65	17	11.5	16	0	2	82.5
Benjamin Jaax	FS	56	21	1.0	1	1	5	75.9
B.J. Bishop	LCB	50	19	0.0	1	3	2	75.7
Rich Joyner	RCB	48	13	1.0	1	6	6	81.5
Jamal Green	LDE	37	15	12.5	19	0	0	81.8
Kevin Poel	RDT	34	16	3.0	8	0	0	80.8
Marvin Fine	FS	23	3	0.0	0	3	4	87.5
Kim Shields	RDE	21	6	9.0	8	0	0	82.5
T.J. Binette	SS	21	8	0.0	0	0	0	76.9

Jacksonville Team Rank Rushes per Game 27.8 15 (T) Rushing Yards 118.7 13 Yards Per Carry 4.28 8 Pass Attempts 32.4 20 Completions 19.5 21 Completion Pct. 60.1 17 (T) Passing Yards 249.1 5 Yards Per Attempt 7.68 7 Yards Per Catch 12.77 4 Total Yards Gained 355.7 7 3rd Down Conversions 39.7 15 Points Per Game 26.4 5 Pass Rush Pct. 14.3 20 Pass Defense Pct. 59.5 7 Turnovers 23 10 Turnover Margin +9 7

Opponents Team Rank Rushes per Game 26.0 11 Rushing Yards 113.6 17 Yards Per Carry 4.37 26 Pass Attempts 36.4 30 (T) Completions 21.0 23 Completion Pct. 57.6 3 (T) Passing Yards 207.9 14 Yards Per Attempt 5.71 1 Yards Per Catch 9.90 3 Total Yards Gained 303.8 11 3rd Down Conversions 35.7 5 Points Per Game 16.4 3 Pass Rush Pct. 17.3 29 Pass Defense Pct. 51.8 17 Turnovers 32 6 (T) Turnover Margin -9 7

There's not a ton to comment on right now. Right now I'm playing out the string with my draftees to continue to track them.

AWARDS/RECORDS

• First Team: TE Darren Rubisch, LDT Monty Donaldson
• Second Team: QB Wendell Woodard, C Kendrick Wright