Making of the Perfect Franchise and Draft Class

[Noose]

Quote: Originally Posted by illQuille

I spent some time working on the projected fields and this is the firsts round from my first test: 1. Titans-Barkevious Mingo/LB/LSU 2. Bills-Geno Smith/QB/West Virginia 3. Colts-Jarvis Jones/LB/Georgia 4. Browns-Johnathan Hankins/DT/Ohio State 5. Dolphins-Keenan Allen/WR/Cal 6. Jags-Bjeorn Warner/DE/Florida State 7. Raiders-Star Lotulelei/DT/Utah 8. Chiefs-Matt Barkley/QB/USC 9. Panthers-DeMarcus Milliner/CB/Alabama 10. Bucs-Sam Montgomery/DE/LSU 11. Rams-Justin Hunter/WR/Tennessee 12. Lions-Eric Reid/S/LSU 13. Rams-Luke Joeckel/OT/Texas A&M 14. Bengals-Jackson Jeffcoat/DE/Texas 15. Jets-Jonathan Jenkins/DT/Georgia 16. Cowboys-Tyler Wilson/QB/Arkansas 17. Eagles-David Amerson/CB/N.C. State 18. Seahawks-Manti Te'o-LB-Notre Dame 19. Broncos-T.J. McDonald/S/USC 20. Cardinals-Tyler Bray/QB/Tennessee 21. Chargers-Barret Jones/C/Alabama 22. Steelers-Jonathan Banks/CB/Steelers 23. Bears-Dallas Thomas/OT/Tennessee 24. Ravens-Xaiver Rhodes/CB/Florida State 25. 49ers-Sylvester Williams/DT/Tennessee 26. Giants-Chance Warmack/OG/Alabama 27. Packers-Tyler Eifert/TE/Notre Dame 28. Falcons-Marcus Lattimore/HB/South Carolina 29. Vikings-Robert Woods/WR/USC 30. Patriots-Matt Elam/S/Florida 31. Texans-Terrence Williams/WR/Baylor 32. Saints-Kawaan Short/DT/Purdue So overall, this is a pretty beastly draft class. Thumbs up to those involved. Whoever did the portraits did a very good job. One suggestion I have is Donald Browns portrait for Logan Thomas.

Awesome man, thanks for that. That does look pretty good. And appears to be based on need and overalls which is good. Any chance you happened to take note of the scouting projected picks before the draft? I think that the pick settings in the editor are mostly tied to that, and might not really hold any importance in regards to overall draft position. That 1st round looks pretty good, and thanks for the help and kind words. Also I'll look into Thomas portrait here later.

Also an update, but I've gotten all offensive skill postions equipment edits done. I intend to use generic equipment edits for all O-line postions. And will do all defensive skill postions, and top rated players for D-line. Generic equipement setting for later round D tackles etc.

EDIT* Curious, but did you leave the pick settings as they were, or did you adjust them prior to your results?

[cursive]

Illquille, can you post your class when done?

[illQuille]

Yeah, I went through and redid all of the Pick round/Pick # based on my own personal rankings. So I changed Geno Smith, Barkevious Mingo, Johnathan Hankins, Matt Barkley, and Star Lotulelei to Pick Round 1/Pick #1, 2, 3, 4, 5 respectively and it yielded those results.

[illQuille]

Quote: Originally Posted by cursive

Illquille, can you post your class when done?

Sure, I was just editing a few ratings and such. Let me test it again and make sure everything still works, then I'll upload it.

[illQuille]

I did another simulation just to test how consistent it was and here are the results:

1. Bucs-Luke Joeckel/OT/Texas A&M
2. Bengals-Bjoren Werner/DE/Florida State
3. Panthers-Barkevious Mingo/LB/LSU
4. Cardinals-Matt Barkley/QB/USC
5. Rams-Jarvis Jones/LB/Georgia
6. Dolphins-Dee Milliner/CB/Alabama
7. Rams-Eric Reid/S/LSU
8. Chiefs-Geno Smith/QB/West Virginia
9. Jags-David Amerson/CB/N.C. State
10. 49ers-Johnathan Hankins/DT/Ohio State
11. Vikings-Star Lotulelei/DT/Utah
12. Broncos-Barrett Jones/C/Alabama
13. Jets-Chance Warmack/C/Alabama
14. Bears-D.J. Fluker/OT/Alabama
15. Raiders-Tyler Wilson/QB/Arkansas
16. Bills-Tyler Eifert/TE/Notre Dame
17. Eagles-Sam Montgomery/DE/LSU
18. Colts-Taylor Lewan/OT/Michigan
19. Browns-C.J. Mosley/LB/Alabama
20. Chargers-Jackson Jeffcoat/DE/Texas
21. Ravens-Jonathan Banks/CB/Mississippi State
22. Seahawks-Manti Te'o/LB/Notre Dame
23. Giants-T.J. McDonald/S/USC
24. Packers-Marcus Lattimore/HB/South Carolina
25. Bucs-Keenan Allen/WR/Cal
26. Titans-Brennan Williams/OT/North Carolina
27. Steelers-Tyler Bray/QB/Tennessee
28. Rams-Kenny Vaccaro/S/Texas
29. Falcons-Corey Lemonier/DE/Auburn
30. Patriots-Terrence Williams/WR/Baylor
31. Texans-Jonthan Jenkins/DT/Georgia
32. 49ers-Jonathan Cooper/OG/North Carolina

Aside from Tyler Bray to the Steelers, it was another solid draft. Anyways, I included the draft class I used below.

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?he57b8zd8f6fltn

[Noose]

Quote: Originally Posted by illQuille

Yeah, I went through and redid all of the Pick round/Pick # based on my own personal rankings. So I changed Geno Smith, Barkevious Mingo, Johnathan Hankins, Matt Barkley, and Star Lotulelei to Pick Round 1/Pick #1, 2, 3, 4, 5 respectively and it yielded those results.

Oh okay, yeah I was kind of wondering, because I thought it strange that Smith would leap frog Barkley. But thats cool, so it looks like setting the picks will determine draft results etc, which is kind of cool. But at the same time, kind of sucks to as it takes all the fun out of it. I'm still curious to find out if all the players draft projections were nulled what might happen. Not that I'm about to go through and zero them all out, but if and when Xans editor allows it, I'll surely give it a shot to see what sort or results come of it. Thanks for the findings illQuille

Edit* So was this second run with the same exact set picks? If so thats a good variety, and I like that. Especially if Smith and Barkley are swapped on CPU decision. But about Bray, lets be honest More concerning is my Raiders taking Wilson, lol. At least they must have had a record setting season to be drafting at 15

[illQuille]

Quote: Originally Posted by Noose

Oh okay, yeah I was kind of wondering, because I thought it strange that Smith would leap frog Barkley. But thats cool, so it looks like setting the picks will determine draft results etc, which is kind of cool. But at the same time, kind of sucks to as it takes all the fun out of it. I'm still curious to find out if all the players draft projections were nulled what might happen. Not that I'm about to go through and zero them all out, but if and when Xans editor allows it, I'll surely give it a shot to see what sort or results come of it. Thanks for the findings illQuille Edit* So was this second run with the same exact set picks? If so thats a good variety, and I like that. Especially if Smith and Barkley are swapped on CPU decision. But about Bray, lets be honest More concerning is my Raiders taking Wilson, lol. At least they must have had a record setting season to be drafting at 15

Yup, the exact same. It was interesting to say the least. Barkley was the first QB this time. Justin Hunter and Robert Woods fell to the top of the 2nd round. So it looks like it won't be the same everytime.

[Noose]

Quote: Originally Posted by illQuille

Yup, the exact same. It was interesting to say the least. Barkley was the first QB this time. Justin Hunter and Robert Woods fell to the top of the 2nd round. So it looks like it won't be the same everytime.

To be honest, and only speaking for myself, I'm kind of glad to know this, as it gives it a bit of less automation which can suck, nice to know that a player might be passed up, or that a team will draft for positional need, as I can see some of those teams would need some of those players based off the stock roster thats being used(unless of course you changed that) Makes potential more valuable and a better sim franchise IMO, hardly fun if CPU takes best available just because of the math. Thanks man!