vcczar Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 Free Agency! @matthewyoung123 @OrangeP47 @ebrk85 @Rezi @jnewt They have desired contracts, but you can underbid to try and get them as you may be the only person to make the bid. So bid anything, but you have to mention who you'll drop if it requires that. I'll sign any leftovers to 1 year contracts to teams at the end, unless they're red, in which case they'll retire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Cardinals will attempt to see if a CB signs at a D rating. Jaguars will offer C Kevin Glover the A contract he desires. Jets no moves. Lions no moves. Saints will offer DE Richard Dent a B contract (underbid), and CB Rod Woodson the S contract he desires. Seahawks will offer either of the DTs wanting a C level contract a C level contract and offer G Dave Szott a B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewyoung123 Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, vcczar said: Free Agency! @matthewyoung123 @OrangeP47 @ebrk85 @Rezi @jnewt They have desired contracts, but you can underbid to try and get them as you may be the only person to make the bid. So bid anything, but you have to mention who you'll drop if it requires that. I'll sign any leftovers to 1 year contracts to teams at the end, unless they're red, in which case they'll retire. Chiefs- Offer WR Woodson, SS Braxton, SS Lake, or CB Lewis an A Contract. Offer CB Daniel or CB Carter a B Contract. Offer MLB Cox or OLB Phifer a B Contract. Offer any K a C Contract. Offer FB Rathman or FB Schlesinger a C Contract. Offer WR Jackson, WR Ismail, or WR Jefferson a C Contract. 49'ers- Offer WR Woodson, SS Braxton, SS Lake, or CB Lewis an A Contract. Offer DE Johnson, OLB Harvey, OLB Slade, CB Dishman, CB Smith a C Contract. Sign any K and any P to a C Contract. Packers- Offer FB Rathman or FB Schlesinger a B Contract. Offer WR Jackson, WR Ismail, or WR Jefferson a D Contract. Offer any K and any P a D Contract. Patriots- Offer CB Daniel a B Contract. Offer WR Jackson, WR Ismail, or WR Jefferson a C Contract. Offer any K and any P a C Contract. Offer DE Entman, DE Johnson, OLB Harvey, DT Siragusa, or DT Casillas a C Contract. Redskins- Offer QB O'Donnell, QB Humphries, or QB Kitna a B Contract. Offer DT Stubblefield or DT Farr a B Contract. Offer any P a C Contract. Offer DE Johnson, OLB Harvey, OLB Slade, CB Dishman, or CB Smith a C Contract. Edited April 2, 2023 by matthewyoung123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 Just need @ebrk85 @Rezi @jnewt and myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrk85 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Colts - Offer DE Al Baker and CB Eugene Daniel a B-contract, any K a C-contract and KR/PR Glyn Milburn a C-contract Bengals- CUT QB Rodney Peete; Offer CB Rod Woodson a S-contract, QB Kerry Collins a B-contract, T Todd Steussie and OLB Roman Phifer a C-contract Eagles- Offer DE Richard Dent a A-contract (If he signs cut DE Trace Armstrong), MLB Ken Norton Jr a B-contract, FB Tom Rathman and C Kurt Lowermilk a C-contract Rams- Offer SS Tyrone Braxton OR SS Carnell Lake a A-contract (If one signs cut WR Ed McCaffrey), WR Mark Carrier OR WR Qadry Ismail a C-contract, any P to a C-contract Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 Bears - A WR, TE, G, T at C Broncos - Any run defense at C (4 of them) Cowboys - RB at B or C Oilers - Any DE, DT, OLB, SS - two at C's Panthers - SS Braxton or SS Lake at A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 Just need @jnewt @Rezi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewt Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Dolphins: Ken Harvey (C), Tony Siragusa (D), and Cris Dishman (C) (cut Stoyanovich if both Cs sign) Falcons: James Stewart OR Rodney Hampton OR Ki-Jana Carter OR Gary Brown (offer B to all), Kevin Glover (B if none of the RBs sign, C if they do), Dave Szott (C), Todd Steussie (C) (cut Lee Johnson and John Kasay if I run out of Cs) Raiders: Roman Phifer, Tony Casillas, Kevin Smith, Dana Stubblefield (all Cs), Tony Siragusa, Cris Dishman, Ken Harvey (all Ds) Steelers: Ken Harvey, D’Marco Farr, Chris Slade, (Cs) Tony Siragusa (D) Vikings: same RBs as Dolphins, but offer A contracts instead. Then offer Bs and Cs in the following order: Dave Szott; AND Todd Steussie OR Wayne Gandy OR James Williams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Bills go for DTs Tony Casillas and Tony Siragusa. Ravens go for CB Rod Woodson and MLB Mike Johnson Bucs go for WRs Sean Dawkins, Michael Jackson, Shawn Jefferson, and Qadry Ismail. Chargers go for MLB Ken Norton Jr Giants go for QB O'Donnell or Humphries 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 3, 2023 Author Share Posted April 3, 2023 Free Agency is done. I've assigned FAs not offered contracts to teams too. @matthewyoung123 @OrangeP47 @ebrk85 @Rezi @jnewt Now, I need to know who the starting QBs are for these teams: Bengals: Frerotte or Collins @ebrk85 Ravens: Stewart or Rypien @Rezi Bucs: Wilson or Holcomb @Rezi Chiefs: Fiedler or Kitna @matthewyoung123 Giants: Hebert or Humphries @Rezi Patriots: Banks or Peete @matthewyoung123 Rams: Flutie or Dilfer @ebrk85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewyoung123 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, vcczar said: Free Agency is done. I've assigned FAs not offered contracts to teams too. @matthewyoung123 @OrangeP47 @ebrk85 @Rezi @jnewt Now, I need to know who the starting QBs are for these teams: Bengals: Frerotte or Collins @ebrk85 Ravens: Stewart or Rypien @Rezi Bucs: Wilson or Holcomb @Rezi Chiefs: Fiedler or Kitna @matthewyoung123 Giants: Hebert or Humphries @Rezi Patriots: Banks or Peete @matthewyoung123 Rams: Flutie or Dilfer @ebrk85 Chiefs go with Fiedler. Patriots go with Peete. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 5 hours ago, vcczar said: Ravens: Stewart or Rypien @Rezi Bucs: Wilson or Holcomb @Rezi Giants: Hebert or Humphries @Rezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrk85 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 6 hours ago, vcczar said: Free Agency is done. I've assigned FAs not offered contracts to teams too. @matthewyoung123 @OrangeP47 @ebrk85 @Rezi @jnewt Now, I need to know who the starting QBs are for these teams: Bengals: Frerotte or Collins @ebrk85 Ravens: Stewart or Rypien @Rezi Bucs: Wilson or Holcomb @Rezi Chiefs: Fiedler or Kitna @matthewyoung123 Giants: Hebert or Humphries @Rezi Patriots: Banks or Peete @matthewyoung123 Rams: Flutie or Dilfer @ebrk85 Bengals will start Kerry Collins Rams will start Doug Flutie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 Pre-Boost/Penalty Power Rankings for 1996! Montana's 49ers are the top team going into Montana's final season ( @matthewyoung123). The Eagles are in their best position ever ( @ebrk85), and the Colts are looking pretty good. The defending SB Champs--the Patriots--have really collapsed. Marino's Broncos are at their weakest ever as are the Bills. The Giants are looking at the likely 1st pick in the 1997 draft. Note: Not sure when I'll get to boosts. Today, tomorrow, or Thursday. Team Division W L Total 49ers NFC West 1172 Eagles NFC East 1161.5 Colts AFC East 1144 Dolphins AFC East 1137 Packers NFC Central 1129 Buccaneers NFC Central 1128 Bears NFC Central 1124.5 Ravens AFC Central 1124 Vikings NFC Central 1120 Raiders AFC West 1118.5 Cardinals NFC East 1116 Lions NFC Central 1116 Oilers AFC Central 1115.5 Bengals AFC Central 1114.5 Steelers AFC Central 1114.5 Saints NFC West 1109.5 Panthers NFC West 1107.5 Falcons NFC West 1106 Cowboys NFC East 1105 Chargers AFC West 1087 Chiefs AFC West 1086 Rams NFC West 1084 Patriots AFC East 1083 Jets AFC East 1080.5 Broncos AFC West 1077 Bills AFC East 1071.5 Jaguars AFC Central 1066.5 Redskins NFC East 1050 Seahawks AFC West 1037.5 Giants NFC East 1033.5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 NFL 1996 Regular Season Standings! I skipped typing out all of the boosts to save time. I think it also makes presenting the standings more of a surprise. Eagles finished 1st, which was a possibility, while the 49ers lost more games than expected, despite winning their division. The Bengals manged to go 3rd! I think the Cowboys and Saints were the biggest underperformers, while the Dolphins and Jets were the greatest overperformers. The Jaguars will get the first pick, despite the Giants seeming like the worst team. Note: The strengths on the right are the post-boost/penalty #s. Team Division W L Total Eagles NFC East 13 3 1161.5 Ravens AFC Central 12 4 1120.5 Bengals AFC Central 12 4 1113 Colts AFC East 12 4 1133 Bears NFC Central 12 4 1109.5 Dolphins AFC East 10 6 1099.5 Jets AFC East 10 6 1073 Raiders AFC West 10 6 1108 Packers NFC Central 10 6 1109 49ers NFC West 10 6 1092 Panthers NFC West 10 6 1091 Bills AFC East 9 7 1058.5 Vikings NFC Central 9 7 1086.5 Lions NFC Central 9 7 1077.5 Saints NFC West 9 7 1108.5 Falcons NFC West 9 7 1067 Patriots AFC East 7 9 1053 Chargers AFC West 7 9 1075.5 Buccaneers NFC Central 7 9 1067 Cardinals NFC East 7 9 1067 Oilers AFC Central 6 10 1044.5 Broncos AFC West 6 10 1069 Rams NFC West 6 10 1026.5 Steelers AFC Central 5 11 1065 Seahawks AFC West 5 11 1019.5 Cowboys NFC East 5 11 1055 Chiefs AFC West 4 12 1050 Redskins NFC East 4 12 1016 Giants NFC East 3 13 1000.5 Jaguars AFC Central 2 14 1011.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 1996 NFL Passing Stats! Steve Young is the clear MVP and the probable favorite to to follow Montana in racking up individual points until Peyton Manning is drafted. This is the first time Young has had any real help on his team. Dave Krieg had a kind of career year on the Packers. Warner had a great year as did Cunningham. Montana had his statistically worst season, mainly because he now plays in a 5-team division, which allowed for more defenses to appy penalties. Montana is great, but he also had an advantage in a 4-team division for years, and against weak opponents in that division. Stan Humphries was the worst QB, but he also had the worst team to work with. Aikman barely threw the ball. QBs W Comp% Yards TD INT Eagles Young, Steve 13 63 5040 45 11 Packers Krieg, Dave 10 56 4000 40 15 Cowboys Favre, Brett 5 57 4130 35 24 Broncos Marino, Dan 6 61 4060 35 17 Vikings Warner, Kurt 9 67 5130 34 17 Cardinals Cunningham, Randall 7 59 3220 32 18 Colts Elway, John 12 54 3150 27 14 Dolphins Kelly, Jim 10 59 3080 26 13 Rams Flutie, Doug 6 50 4340 25 25 Panthers Moon, Warren 10 53 4270 24 24 Falcons Garcia, Jeff 9 59 4200 24 12 49ers Montana, Joe 10 65 3290 24 14 Chargers Brunell, Mark 7 58 3850 22 6 Jaguars Testaverde, Vinny 2 52 3920 20 20 Saints Erickson, Craig 9 49 3840 19 19 Raiders Bledsoe, Drew 10 56 3010 17 17 Bills Gannon, Rich 9 58 2940 17 13 Bengals Collins, Kerry 12 51 2800 16 16 Ravens Rypien, Mark 12 57 2730 16 12 Seahawks Harbaugh, Jim 5 55 2660 15 11 Chiefs Fiedler, Jay 4 55 2590 15 15 Jets McNair, Steve 10 54 2520 14 11 Oilers Esiason, Boomer 6 53 1960 14 11 Patriots Peete, Rodney 7 53 2870 12 21 Bears Green, Trent 12 61 2030 12 6 Redskins O'Donnell, Neil 4 54 2100 11 11 Buccaneers Wilson, Wade 7 61 1750 10 10 Lions Grbac, Elvis 9 56 1715 10 10 Giants Humphries, Stan 3 51 2380 7 17 Steelers Aikman, Troy 5 63 1650 7 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 1996 NFL Playoffs! I realized, I accidentally had Mark Rypien start for the Ravens, so this victory could be an asterisk, but I don't want to sim the entire season again. SB: Ravens def Eagles [this game might have double overtime!] NConf: Eagles def Bears [close game] AConf: Ravens def Bengals [not a blowout but clear victory] Div: Eagles def Packers [likely won in the 4th quarter] Div: Bears def 49ers [as is a near annual tradition. RB runs all over weak 49er run defense.] Div: Bengals def Colts [upset and close game due to relatively weak Colts rush defense] Div: Ravens def Raiders [likely overtime win] WC: Bengals def Dolphins [both an upset and a blowout] WC: Packers def Panthers [probably last second win] WC: Raiders def Jets [blowout] WC: 49ers def Vikings [blowout] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, vcczar said: 1996 NFL Playoffs! I realized, I accidentally had Mark Rypien start for the Ravens, so this victory could be an asterisk, but I don't want to sim the entire season again. fwiw Stewart is overall better than Rypien. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 Scoring After 1996 MatthewYoung VCCzar Jnewt Ebrk Rezi OrangeP SB Win 5 3 2 1 2 1 SB Loss 2 1 4 5 2 0 Playoffs (non-SB) 25 24 26 19 17 6 Most Wins 4 5 2 3 5 1 Least Wins 2 1 0 4 3 5 High Comp% 11 1 3 0 0 1 Lowest Comp% 1 2 2 3 3 7 Most Yards 3 7 1 2 0 1 Most TDs 6 3 2 4 0 0 Least INTs 6 3 1 0 2 3 Most INTs 5 2 6 1 1 0 Totals 136 105 97 72 68 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Rezi said: fwiw Stewart is overall better than Rypien. I think Rypien has better clutch which plays more of a role in playoff games. Stewart might be able to win more regular season games, but Rypien is going to win more playoff games or "close games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 Sorry for the delay. Resignings and Trades! @matthewyoung123 @OrangeP47 @ebrk85 @Rezi @jnewt Look at your teams. Anyone with a 0 for their contract year needs to be resigned to their desired (or better) contract shown next to the 0. You are allowed 1 S, and 5 of all other contract levels. Just let me know which people you are NOT signing or if you are adusting anyone's contract. I'm also going to change something up with the draft. When you draft someone, you will not have to drop someone unless the draftee doesn't have a spot to go position-wise. For instance, if you have 3 QBs (the max) and you draft a 4th. The whole dropping part will occur during free agency. I'm also going to change how I do free agency when we get there, mainly for expediency's sake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewyoung123 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 40 minutes ago, vcczar said: Sorry for the delay. Resignings and Trades! @matthewyoung123 @OrangeP47 @ebrk85 @Rezi @jnewt Chiefs- Resign QB Fiedler, DT Washington, MLB Clifton, P Hentrich 49'ers- No resigns (only 1 free agent and he can walk) Packers- Resign QB Kreig, WR Emanuel, KR/PR Gordon Patriots- Drop QB Banks. No resigns (let both free agents go) Redskins- Resign DT Maryland, K Christie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrk85 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Colts- Sign all but DE Al Baker Rams- Sign Thomas but do Do NOT sign QB Doug Flutie Bengals- Sign all and offering WR Michael Irvin a S-contract Eagles- Sign all but DT Tim Bowens 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Cardinals can resign everyone. Jaguars sign Testaverde to an S, don't resign the B level people but resign everyone else. Jets Bump Larry Allen to an S and resign everyone else as is. Lions Bump Rod Smith to an S and resign everyone else as is. Saints resign everyone. Seahawks resign everyone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 For any viewers out there, we are going to end this playtest as it's successfully given me enough feedback for playtest #2. I want to thank playtesters @OrangeP47 @matthewyoung123 @Rezi @jnewt and @ebrk85 for their time, patience, and excellence. I'll do one more post in this thread, showing how our QBs did for their careers in our alternate history. Finally, congrats to @matthewyoung123 for winning the game by having the highest score. 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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