Board 8 > Board 8 National Football League League (B8NFLL) Season 10: Off + Preseason

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Lightning release G Drew Hodgdon

Bengals sign FS Ricardo Allen to a 3 year deal
Bucs sign HB Melwelde Moore to a 2 year deal
Bucs sign G Anthony Herrera to a 3 year deal
Bucs sign DT Anthony Adams to a 3 year deal
Bucs sign DE Cory Redding to a 3 year deal
Chiefs sign OLB Joshua Massey to a 4 year deal
Jets sign G Wade Smith to a 3 year deal
Jets sign CB Matt Ware to a 2 year deal
Lightning sign G Claude Terrell to a 3 year deal
Lightning sign WR Jabar Gaffney to a 3 year deal
Lions sign HB Brandon Jacobs to a 3 year deal
Pioneers sign OT Seth Wand to a 3 year deal
Pioneers sign RG Marc Colombo to a 3 year deal
Raiders sign QB Jared Zabransky to a 5 year deal
Raiders sign G Stephen Peterman to a 3 year deal
Rams sign OT Jacob Bell to a 3 year deal
Rams sign G Rich Seubert to a 3 year deal
Redskins sign C Mike Pucillo to a 2 year deal
Redskins sign DE Calvin Pace to a 2 year deal
Seahawks sign HB Chris Perry to a 3 year deal
Seahawks sign WR Reggie Brown to a 3 year deal
Seahawks sign OT Kenyatta Jones to a 3 year deal
Seahawks sign C Makoa Freitas to a 2 year deal
Steelers sign DE Paul Freeney to a 4 year deal
Vikings sign WR Tyrone Calico to a 3 year deal
Vikings sign DE Igor Olshansky to a 2 year deal
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There is one outstanding offer for the final round of free agency

WR Justin Harper (79 overall, 28 years old, 92 KR ability) - 1 / $3.57 mil / $650k (Bills)
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Deadline to submit offers for the final round of free agency will be 11:59 PM ET on Thursday, June 14th.
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Spreadsheet should have roster and free agent sheets updated.
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You missed C Kyle Scott
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Did Paul Freeney really drop from an 85 to an 84 after I signed him? Or was that a typo on his rating at some point?

I hate going into the season with a full roster, but there's a few guys on the bubble i want to give another shot. Plus I'm just too cheap to cut anyone.
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ShatteredElysium posted...

Did Paul Freeney really drop from an 85 to an 84 after I signed him? Or was that a typo on his rating at some point?

I will re-check later on.
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Free Agency is now over

Signings will be posted soon-ish.
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Including AI signings for user teams with holes:

Bills sign WR Justin Harper to a 1 year deal
Cowboys sign FB Dane Zaslaw to a 2 year deal
Cowboys sign MLB Harrison Gould to a 3 year deal
Cowboys sign TE Andrew Clarke to a 3 year deal
Cowboys sign SS Ryan Clark to a 3 year deal
Falcons sign WR Samie Parker to a 3 year deal
49ers sign OT Travita Thompson to a 3 year deal
49ers sign DT Roy Miller to a 4 year deal
Hawks sign G Scott Wells to a 2 year deal
Packers sign QB Jay Cutler to a 4 year deal
Packers sign TE Martin Rucker to a 4 year deal
Patriots sign OLB Ragin Haverfield to a 4 year deal
Pioneers sign HB Bernard Pierce to a 3 year deal
Rams sign WR Clarence Moore to a 3 year deal
Rams sign CB Roderick Hood to a 2 year deal
Redskins sign DT Cullen Jenkins to a 3 year deal
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I plan on simming the preseason on Wednesday, June 20th, so you have until an unspecified time that evening to make sure you are under the cap.

I have the cap spaces updated for all teams, but I still need to add in all new contracts from free agency, add in Round 3 signees on roster sheet, and also update the free agent sheet.

I will also be sending everyone a PM containing the current strategy set for your team. I will provide additional info at that time.
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Spreadsheet should now be fully updated
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Coaching Strategies
Each user has an opportunity to alter some portions of how their team operates on the field. Here are the following categories you can change and what they mean.

Base Defense
You have a choice of 4-3 or 3-4. Under a 4-3, you start 2 DTs and 1 MLB. Under a 3-4, you start 2 MLBs and 1 DT.

Run-Pass Offense
The ratio of plays that will be run or pass plays on offense. This is on a sliding 100 point scale.

Conservative-Aggressive Offense
The ratio of plays that will be risk-averse or risky on offense. This is on a sliding 100 point scale.

Running Back Splits
How carries will be split among the top two RBs on your depth chart. This is on a sliding 100 point scale. That being said, I feel like coaches ignore whatever you put under this category and do whatever they please. That or RB2 actually refers to all HBs/FBs/QBs/WRs/TEs who may run with the ball.

Run-Pass Defense
The ratio of plays that will be run or pass plays on defense. This is on a sliding 100 point scale.

Conservative-Aggressive Defense
The ratio of plays that will be risk-averse or risky on defense. This is on a sliding 100 point scale.
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All coaching strategy PMs should have been sent out
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Am i chopped liver over here or what
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Oh, you didn't get one? I have been really off for most of the off-season. I think that's the trade-off for running my smoothest live draft yet.
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Note to self:
- Meet Emerald in spreadsheet at 8 for sexy time
- Send Ranlom coaching strategy PM
- Change strategies for those who sent me PMs I haven't opened
- Make cuts for Team whose PM I haven't opened
- PRESEASON MADDEN TIERS!
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I told you that in confidence, now prof knows you're cheating on him with me. Ugh. Abort.
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Patriots cut WR Matt Caddell and RT Max Starks
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Panthers cut QB Chad Henne
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Don't the real life Panthers have Chad henne
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ESPN says he's currently on the Chiefs
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The following are preseason Madden Tiers based on the team rating. The tiers are ordered from best-to-worst and the teams within each are alphabetically ordered.

AFC Foes Quake in Their Presence
Broncos
Dolphins

Still NFC Favorites + Power of Big Ben
Cowboys
Ravens

Redeem Teams
Jaguars
Pumpkins
Rams
Redskins
Vikings

Recent Playoff Teams Plus Seahawks
Bengals
Giants
Jets
Panthers
Raiders
Seahawks
Steelers

Obligatory One-Third of the League Tier
Bills
Buccaneers
Colts
Falcons
49ers
Hawks
Lightning
Packers
Patriots
Pioneers
Titans

No Words of Comfort
Bears
Browns
Chiefs
Lions

Marcus Washington, Come Back!
Wildcats
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Not bad to maintain tier after what I lost to retirement

12-4 and superbowl

its coming 1/3 of the league teir
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Didn't you lose quite a few high rated players? Madden won't like that

and I traded away Big Ben

but I think I did pretty good filling my holes!
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KCF0107 posted...

Marcus Washington, Come Back!
Wildcats

I fully agree with and support this ranking.
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The goal for now is just to dig ourselves out of the bottom 5 offenses and defenses, and build off that. It all hinges on whether i get old-school Omar Jacobs, or broken Omar.

Developing future Hall of Famer Andrew Sendejo will of course be a top priority as well.
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I look forward to KCF's annual tradition of picking the Bills to finish last in our division.

Unless preseason injuries change things, I won't

Also, I think that I have only pegged the Bills to finish last twice.
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Oh, wow, so now you're trying to sabotage us by not picking us to be last! It never ends!

I feel like this is the most active I have been in any season

watch how I just suck completely
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Bump
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It just occurred to me that the two players most associated with the anthem protests (Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid) both play for the Toronto Wildcats here.
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I decided in the past week to compile a ranking of my Top 5 players at each position using recent production (like past 2-3 seasons) and perceived impact (team performance changes from season(s) they weren't part of club to season(s) they were field and splits from when said player was on the field and off of it).There are no writeups.

QB
1. Chris Leak (Pumpkins)
2. Sam Keller (Dolphins)
3. Ben Roethlisberger (Ravens)
4. Vince Young (Cowboys)
5. Michael Vick (Broncos)

HB
1. Adrian Peterson (Jaguars)
2. Romance Taylor (Jets)
3. Julius Jones (Vikings)
4. Tatum Bell (49ers)
5. Lamarcus Coker (Broncos)

FB
1. Brian Leonard (Broncos)
2. Greg Jones (Seahawks)
3. David Romaka (Ravens)
4. Jason Snelling (Rams)
5. Mike Tolbert (Pioneers)

WR
1. Andre Johnson (49ers)
2. Kelly Campbell (Dolphins)
3. Chad Johnson (Bills)
4. Ted Ginn (Pumpkins)
5. David Givens (Buccaneers)

TE
1. Brent Celek (Jaguars)
2. Dominque Byrd (Colts)
3. Antonio Gates (Rams)
4. Dane Guthrie (Wildcats)
5. Doug Jolley (Lions)

OT
1. Daniel Inman (Redskins)
2. Shane Olivea (Broncos)
3. Eugene Monroe (Ravens)
4. Mark Tauscher (49ers)
5. Kwame Harris (Steelers)

G
1. Tutan Reyes (Raiders)
2. Jake Grove (Jets)
3. Alan Faneca (Broncos)
4, Brian Waters (Redskins)
5. Max Jean-Gilles (Dolphins)

C
1.Chukky Okobi (Raiders)
2. Chris Spencer (49ers)
3. Roberto Garza (Bills)
4. Max Unger (Hawks)
5. Kyle Young (Jaguars)
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DE
1. Loren Howard (Giants)
2. Calais Campbell (Dolphins)
3. Travis Johnson (Dolphins)
4. Morris Chambers (Pumpkins)
5. Josh Julmiste (Falcons)

DT
1. Jerrell Powe (Cowboys)
2. Tommie Harris (Broncos)
3. Kevin Williams (Redskins)
4. Amobi Okoye (Hawks)
5. Claude Wroten (Panthers)

OLB
1. Daryl Smith (Dolphins)
2. Jashon Sykes (Falcons)
3. D.J. Williams (Dolphins)
4. Leroy Hill (49ers)
5. Spencer Adkins (Bengals)

MLB
1. Jonathan Vilma (Panthers)
2. Larry Foote (Raiders)
3. James Laurinaitis (Dolphins)
4. Gary Brackett (Falcons)
5. John Abbate (Hawks)

CB (even harder to evaluate than FBs and TEs)
1. Devin Hester (Vikings)
2. Phillip Buchanon (Broncos)
3. Sean Smith (49ers)
4. Zackary Bowman (Ravens)
5. Vontae Davis (Cowboys)

FS
1. Harrison Smith (Rams)
2. Bob Sanders (Jaguars)
3. Bryan Scott (Colts)
4. Lovon Ponder (Browns)
5. Earl Thomas (Pioneers)

SS
1. Michael Lewis (Jaguars)
2. Troy Polamalu (Cowboys)
3. Lewis Baker (Bills)
4. Roy Williams (Hawks)
5. Jessie Daniels (Pioneers)

K
1. LaRue Rucker (Falcons)
2. Lawrence Tynes (Jets)
3. Neil Rackers (Lightning)
4. Cedric Grier (Chiefs)
5. Sergio Aguayo (Dolphins)

* Free Agent Kris Brown would place 4th if he were on a team

P
1. Shane Lechler (Colts)
2. Kyle Larson (Pumpkins)
3. Kyle Richardson (Browns)
4. Tom Malone (Dolphins)
5. Kyle Basler (Lightning)
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I also did a Top 5 teams using team rankings in total offense, total defense, point differential, and turnover differential as well as the specific numbers associated with those to determine these.

1. S9 Cowboys
2. S9 Broncos
3. S2 Giants
4. S1 Chiefs
5. S8 Cowboys

Strangely, only two of these teams won the Super Bowl that season.
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Surprised Jamario Thomas didn't make the list given his production for me and that him being missing for most of last season likely cost me playoff qualification

I am not surprised that none of my other players made it (aside from traded Laurinaitis who was amazing) given their inconsistency. Tufts horrible last year screws him and I think my other solid performer was Jermaine Phillips who retired but I think most SS put up good numbers so not sure his numbers would even qualify him anyway

When I did my preliminary rankings, I had Thomas in the 10-19 range. I had Erik Haw, Willis McGehee, Darius Walker, Kevin Jones (in no particular order) ahead of him for 6-9 spots. The next group had a competition of Thomas, DeAngelo Williams, Steven Jackson, Willie Parker, Cornell Brockington, Laurence Maroney, Jacquizz Rodgers, Clinton Portis, Carnell Williams, and Chris Brown fighting for those next 10 spots.
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There's really that many half backs who averaged 1650+ yards a season? Yikes. Or did you factor in I'm run heavy so his numbers are inflated?

What sort of production were the SSs putting in?

There's more to HBs than simply yardage.

Most of the top SSs average over 100 tackles, multiple sacks, multiple INTs, and 3+ FFs/FRs.
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all those Niners (and Big Ben) but not enough results

Come on Niners this is our year!
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KCF0107 posted...

5. Michael Vick (Broncos)

If only he got injured less.

KCF0107 posted...

OLB

Where would Marcus Washington be on this list if he hadn't retired?
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Probably #1
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Reigning MVP not even ranked?

Ok

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Last year was his breakout season. If I were to rank players on just last season alone, Ryan Tannehill place #1 or 2 on the QB list. I need to see players have continued success.
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Maybe those early Chief teams get a ring if they had a stable of stud FBs.

Grier really has been one of the few bright spots during my time here. He could very well go down as a top two 7th rounder of all time, behind Aguayo probably.
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Two days away
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I'm surprised that QB is leading the poll.
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