Board 8 > Board 8 National Football League League (B8NFLL) Season 8: The Offseason

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Hub Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10gIP0JkVqOaoUc4aQX_NyDM8dB31FOPm_dUx6DVTWPk/edit?usp=sharing

Word Document
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RVeEIyjqIiEkS0VYvbsI02dWMDXyOgdVQAgThNJyIfc/edit?usp=sharing

Wiki Page
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Board_8_National_Football_League_League

Previous Topic (just the second sign-up topic for now)
https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/74935746
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Coaching changes have no impact in a pure sim like this since we can alter strategies as we please and playbooks are not a factor, so I just let the AI take care of that stuff. Here's some notable changes:

- Bears hire Hall of Fame OLB Derrick Brooks as DC
- Bears hire the late HC and former B8NFLL Cardinals/Wildcats HC Dennis Green as OC
- Bengals hire former 1000 yard rusher for the Broncos Mike Anderson as OC
- Browns hire former B8NFLL Giants HC P. Johnson as DC (they only give first initials and I can't place a name with the face)
- Buccaneers hire former HC and B8NFLL SB-winning coordinator for the Cowboys Marty Schottenheimer as HC
- Chiefs hire Hall of Fame coach and HC of the B8NFLL Cowboys and Ravens Bill Parcells as HC
- Chiefs hire failed HC Marc Trestman as OC
- Cowboys hire Ron Rivera as DC
- Jaguars hire NFL HB Ricky Williams and former B8NFLL Redskins OC as OC
- Jets hire former B8NFLL Bucs HC Jerry Gray as HC
- Jets hire Hall of Fame DE Michael Strahan as DC
- Jets hire NFL WR Eric Moulds as OC
- Packers hire real life SB-winning QB for the Bucs Brad Johnson as OC
- Patriots hire longtime offensive line coach and former B8NFLL Patriots (will be second stint) and Titans HC Dante Scarnecchia as HC
- Pioneers hire NFL WR Terrelll Owens as OC. As an aside, the other three coaching positions for the Pioneers (HC, DC, and ST) have been helmed by the same person for every season in B8NFLL. Most teams are lucky to have one person who has been with the team every season.
- Pumpkins have hired former NFL HC Gary Kubiak as OC
- Rams have hired SB-winning coach (NFL and B8NFLL) Jon Gruden as OC
- Ravens have promoted DC Rex Ryan (a position he has had for the first seven seasons) to HC
- Ravens have hired former B8NFLL Jets HC Herm Edwards as DC
- Seahawks have hired former NFL QB Trent Green as OC
- Seahawks have hired former Panthers HC John Fox as DC
- Titans have hired SB-winning coach and former B8NFLL Cougars coach Brian Billick as HC
- Wildcats have hired failed HC Romeo Crennel as HC
- Wildcats have hired NFL OLB Nate Wayne as DC
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NFL Draft Order
1. Wildcats
2. Lightning
3. Seahawks
4. Titans
5. Jets
6. Pioneers
7. Colts
8. Bengals
9. Lions
10. Giants
11. Raiders
12. Chiefs
13. Broncos
14. 49ers
15. Bears
16. Packers
17. Redskins
18. Pumpkins
19. Patriots
20. Steelers
21. Vikings
22. Jaguars
23. Panthers
24. Browns
25. Rams
26. Hawks
27. Buccaneers
28. Bills
29. Falcons
30. Ravens
31. Dolphins
32. Cowboys

Chiefs own the Panthers' 1st and 3rd round picks
Titans own the Bills' 4th and 5th round picks
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I can only faintly remember the retirements after the inaugural season, but if this season's retirements do not exceed that year's retirements in terms of size, talent, and impact, it is a close second.

Bears
C Mike Flanagan

Bengals
HB Anthony Thomas
MLB Orlando Ruff

Bills
QB Matt Hasselbeck
OLB Chris Claiborne
OT Victor Riley
MLB Kevin Lewis

Broncos
WR Peter Warrick
OT Todd Fordham
CB Daylon McCutcheon
CB Kevin Thomas

Browns
OLB Clark Haggans

Buccaneers
SS Mark Roman
HB Marcel Shipp
DE Mike Rucker
HB Travis Minor

Chiefs
TE Tony Gonzalez
OT Jason Fabini
WR Dante Hall
CB Anthony Henry

Colts
C Mike Flynn
SS Antuan Edwards
HB Reno Mahe

Cowboys
OT Fred Miller

Dolphins
SS Shaun Williams (*cries*)
CB Chris McAlister (*bawls*)
CB Antoine Winfield (*isonsuicidealert*)
QB Sage Rosenfels
QB Shaun King
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Falcons
WR Hines Ward
TE Billy Miller
OLB Barrett Green
MLB Kailee Wong
DE Greg Ellis

49ers
WR Torry Holt
HB Reuden Droughns
DT Vonnie Holliday
OLB Isaiah Kacyvenski

Giants
FB Patick Pass
TE Anthony Becht
OLB Raynoch Thompson

Hawks
C Jeff Mitchell
QB Chad Pennington
CB Dre Bly
G Kendyl Jacox

Jaguars
MLB Ray Lewis
OT Ross Verba
WR Todd Pinkston

Jets
OLB Rosevelt Colvin
DE Leonard Little
P Mitch Berger
QB Tim Hasselbeck

Lightning
MLB Mike Peterson
QB Aaron Brooks
TE Jim Kleinsasser
CB David Barrett
DT Jason Ferguson
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Lions
nobody

Packers
nobody

Panthers
QB Chad Hutchinson

Patriots
FB Heath Evans
G Chris Naeole
CB Deltha O'Neal
FS Matt Bowen
FS Brian Russell

Pioneers
DE Aaron Smith

Pumpkins
G Dan Neil
OLB Takeo Spikes
OLB Joey Porter
DT Seth Payne
DE Antonio Cochran

Raiders
nobody

Rams
HB Shaun Alexander
G Pete Kendall
G Edwin Mulitalo
OLB Jay Foreman
HB Verron Haynes

I'm sorry, but I have to head out right now, so I will post the final seven teams tomorrow. All retied players have been removed from the roster sheet and Anaheim Lightning through Buffalo Bills have their players' ratings updated.
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I hate posting from my phone, but I felt that I should wrap this up

Ravens
FB Nick Goings
OT Jon Runyan
OLB Paul Posluszny
FS Darren Sharper

Redskins
WR Plaxico Burress
OLB Adalius Thomas

Seahawks
OT Matt Lepsis
OLB Dhani Jones
WR Charles Lee
OLB Nick Greisen

Steelers
DT La'Roi Glover
C Trey Teague

Titans
nobody

Vikings
HB Thomas Jones
WR Peerless Price
CB Dante Wesley
DE Eric Hicks

Wildcats
nobody

Free Agents
HB Kevan Barlow
HB Dominic Rhodes
DE Grant Wistrom
DE Bertrand Berry
K Jeff Wilkins
K Ryan Longwell
K Olindo Mare
K Joe Nedney
P Brad Maynard
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RIP Dolphins secondary
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Oh wow, I escaped with only those 2 retirements? I expected a lot worse than that. I guess that will be next year!

I expected all of those, but Goings

Daaaang
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I misspoke. Every team up to the Columbus Pioneers have their ratings updated.
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Hey KCF, can you let me know what ratings these are for trade purposes? No worries if not.

FS Tony Cade + FS Corey Campbell

Holy ratings increases batman!
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ShatteredElysium posted...

Hey KCF, can you let me know what ratings these are for trade purposes? No worries if not.

FS Tony Cade + FS Corey Campbell

87 and 83
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As usual, no Titans retired because I dump all my players before they retire.

Torry Holt retired so we'll finally see someone else in the Top 5 receiving yards category.

Brian Billick about to lead the Titans to the Super Bowl.
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First off lol Pats hate.

2nd, are you kidding me CB Deltha O'Neal. REALLY??!?!?!?!?!?

Good lord
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As much as we'll miss Matt Hasselbeck, at least we don't have it as bad as KCF. He'll never recover from the loss of Sage Rosenfels.

KCF0107 posted...

ShatteredElysium posted...

Hey KCF, can you let me know what ratings these are for trade purposes? No worries if not.

FS Tony Cade + FS Corey Campbell

87 and 83

Ah no improvement for either then. Still might be worth trading though

Hell yes! I couldnt have asked for a better coach than Parcells.
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Voted I am MZero

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I feel bad for the good people of Birmingham. They get a team for like 4 years only to have it ripped away from them by none other than the city that gave up on them in the first place. Terrible.
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I think that unless Jukkie guides them to the playoffs this year (they were 9-7 last year I think), then he should have to move them back

Roster sheet and free agent sheet are completely updated, though the latter will look totally different by the time we get to free agency.
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To-Do List:
1. Update roster and free agent sheet for retired players and rating changes
2. Update team financial sheet for user/AI team changes and different contract figures
3. Determine new salary cap and update team financial sheet accordingly
4. Inform users who have players demanding trades and also explain trading for newcomers
5. Explain the almighty slashline
6. Update Wiki page for new season (and also check to see if Wikia will finally let me make a new page)
7. Mention all four offseason events again and start (and fully) explain the first one, Restricted Free Agency
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Well, I already did #1, so I forgot to leave that one off
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The Bills would like to remind everyone that WR Santana Moss (90 OVR) is available for a sign-and-trade if anyone's interested. Otherwise I plan to sign him to a contract that will last him the rest of his career and with a hefty signing bonus that would make him virtually untradeable.

TE Greg Olsen (86 OVR) is also on the market if anyone's interested. We'd be interested in pretty much any position or draft picks as compensation for either of these guys.

Oh wow, those changes were not that good for me. No improvement at all from my drafted QB (2nd round I think?), had been hoping for the rookie bump to he low 80s so I could start him this year.

Seems I'm good at drafting LB's though! Laurinaitis up to 88 (from 80 at draft?), Tufts to 86 (from 76) and McClain to 84 (from 78)

Anyone interested in some top-notch special teamers?
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Bump, lest we invoke the wrath of our great benefactor KCF
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All of the team financials are updated.

I have set this season's salary cap at $157 mil, $3 mil less than last season. I am assume that MZero and Tangicide know what a salary cap is, but feel free to ask me if you don't.
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To-Do List:
1. Inform users who have players demanding trades and also explain trading for newcomers
2. Explain the almighty slashline
3. Update Wiki page for new season (and also check to see if Wikia will finally let me make a new page)
4. Mention all four offseason events again and start (and fully) explain the first one, Restricted Free Agency

I can do at least the first one before I leave.
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Okay, so there are nine players that have demanded trades this offseason. Six are from user teams, three are from AI teams. All nine players are HBs. Thus, I spent some time last night coming up with potential three-way trades since I am of the opinion that it makes sense that all HBs are swapped for one another given their proximity in talent and also gives you a quality backup or starter at the position on a fully non-guaranteed contract that will enable you to release or trade them again in the future.

That being said, you are free to determine your own value for such players, and I also do not publicly reveal who is demanding a trade. When I send out PMs shortly, you can decide whether or not to reveal that info, but should multiple users do so, I will be willing to divulge what trades I came up with concerning all consenting parties.

As a reminder, this is the trade format that we use in B8NFLL

Team A receives:
Player B / Pick C

Team D receives:
Player E / Pick F

Then there's a 24 hour peer review period in which all users can voice their approval or veto the proposed trade. If it passes after that 24 hour period (no set number of vetoes, but I typically use the level of general sentiment), then the trade is made official and will go into effect once all users involved post saying that they agree to the parameters of the trade. It's best that involved users say they agree during the review period.
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87 Overall HB Brian Calhounage 29years left 5

Is one of the HB to demand a trade, I am willing to trade for one of the other HB's of equal value if anyone else is interested.

Thanks.
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The Slashline

This is really just for MZero (assuming he forgot all about it) and Tangicide. All contract related info that I post or PM during the offseason, and there will be plenty of it, will come in this format that you need to familiarize yourself with

Example slashline:
3 / $10.0 mil / $3.00 mil

3 = Length in years of the contract. All contracts can be anywhere from 1-7 years in length with two exceptions that we will get to later.

$10.0 mil = Total amount of money paid to the player during the life of the contract. Should the player receiving this contract play out the entire contract on your team, his combined cap hits during those seasons will equal this figure. However, with multi-year contracts, the cap hits won't be the same figure each season unless the third figure is $0.

They are always in ascending order, meaning the first year cap hit will be the lowest and will only rise from there. Using this particular contract, the first year might have a cap hit of $2.68 mil, $3.33 mil in the second year, and $3.99 mil in the final year. This is useful info to know when you determine how long you wish to sign a player for.

$3.00 mil = The amount of the total money that is guaranteed. Guaranteed money basically means how much the team who the player originally signed with is on the hook for no matter what. This is paid in equal installments every season, with this example being $1.00 mil ($3.00 mil / 3). Should he play out that contract with said team, this figure doesn't really matter. It does however matter when it comes to trading and releasing players.

Should you trade or release a player with guaranteed money on their contract, you will receive a cap penalty the following season (you might have heard the term "dead money" in real life) that equals the remaining amount of guaranteed money left on the contract. You know how much guaranteed money is left on a contract by looking at the Team Financial sheet. There is a tab labeled "Annual Bonus" for all user teams with a number attached to each player. If you multiply that number by the years remaining on their contract, you will know how much of a cap penalty you will receive the following year should you release or trade them.

If the player is traded, then the team who receives him will not have to pay the annual bonus for any subsequent season. Using this example, let's say this player was traded after the first season. Since I said his 2nd and 3rd year cap hits were $3.33 mil and $3.99 mil and the annual bonus was $1.00 mil, his cap hits for the new team for the final two years would be $2.33 mil and $2.99 mil.

If the player is released, then whatever new contract he signs will not have the previous one be a factor. If he signs the exact same contract with a new team, the old example figures would be essentially the same for the new team.
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As an aside, I rearranged the spreadsheet in a way that I think would make more sense. I assume that Roster and Team Financial sheets will be the most frequented, so I made sure those were the first two listed.
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To-Do List:
1. Update Wiki page for new season (and also check to see if Wikia will finally let me make a new page)
2. Mention all four offseason events again and start (and fully) explain the first one, Restricted Free Agency

I still can't make a new Wiki page, so I might look into seeing if there's a free blog site that I can use that has side tabs and stuff that the Wiki conveniently has.
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Jukkie posted...

87 Overall HB Brian Calhounage 29years left 5

Is one of the HB to demand a trade, I am willing to trade for one of the other HB's of equal value if anyone else is interested.

Thanks.

If nobody else starts talking about the PMs by early next week, I will let you know of an AI HB that would be suitable for a 1-on-1 trade. I am still holding out hoping that we can do all the three-way trades I came up with.
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KCF0107 posted...

Jukkie posted...

87 Overall HB Brian Calhounage 29years left 5

Is one of the HB to demand a trade, I am willing to trade for one of the other HB's of equal value if anyone else is interested.

Thanks.

If nobody else starts talking about the PMs by early next week, I will let you know of an AI HB that would be suitable for a 1-on-1 trade. I am still holding out hoping that we can do all the three-way trades I came up with.

Thank you sir!
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HB Justin Vincent (26 yo, 85 overall, under contract for 3 more years) is now on the trading block

this maaaaaaay be related to those player demands KCF posted about <_<
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49ers
WR Torry Holt
HB Reuden Droughns
DT Vonnie Holliday
OLB Isaiah Kacyvenski



Arrrgh whyyyyy
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According to the poll, we have a Pats sympathizer among us. We must find this person and ban them to protect the integrity of sim league football.
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3rd gentle soul. We welcome you into the Dynasty. We have many Diamond encrusted riches, and lovable goats.

It is a joyous place filled with wonder and glee. Join us!
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You're not in the NFC East anymore, Jukkie.
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You mean the NFC East that has won 5 out of the 7 Super Bowls? GOOD!
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