Board 8 > Board 8 National Football League League (B8NFLL) Season 9: The Offseason

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Hub Spreadsheet
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Word Doc
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Wiki Page
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Previous Topics (alive as of this moment)
https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/75452112 (part of the regular season from S8)
https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/75547780 (awards and postseason)
https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/75625150 (sign-up topic)
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Coaching staffs have no on-field impact since everyone is free to change coaching strategies, but for fun, here are the coaching changes for this season

Head Coaches
Bengals hire Jaguars HC Lovie Smith
Bills hire Lightning HC Marvin Lewis
Browns promote DC Pepper Johnson
Colts hire former Titans HC Jeff Fisher
Jaguars promote DC Andy Reid
Lightning hire Rams HC Mike Holmgren
Rams hire Vikings HC Jim Johnson
Redskins hire Browns HC Jack Del Rio
Vikings hire Dolphins OC Brett Favre

Offensive Coordinators
Bills hire Colts OC Mike McCarthy
Colts hire former NFL HB Priest Holmes
Cowboys hire former Titans OC Maurice Carthon
Dolphins hire former NFL QB (and B8NFLL Dolphin) Kerry Collins
Falcons hire Steelers OC John Hufnagel
Lightning hire Bills OC Mike Martz
Raiders hire Cowboys OC Marvin Harrison
Ravens hire Raiders OC Jimmy Raye
Steelers hire Falcons OC Tom Clements

Defensive Coordinators
Bengals hire former NFL DT Pat Williams
Browns hire Steelers DC Mike Trgovac
49ers hire former NFL LB (and B8NFLL 49ers) Jim Nelson
Jaguars hire Lightning DC Wade Phillips
Lions hire 49ers DC Chuck Bresnahan
Packers hire Raiders DC Dave Campo
Raiders hire Bills HC Mike Zimmer
Rams hire former NFL LB Jamie Sharper
Steelers hire former Jets DC Jim Bates
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Player Retirements by Team

Bears
WR Jerry Porter

Bengals
HB Jamal Lewis
LE Adewale Ogunleye (97 career sacks)

Bills
TE Erron Kinney (started all 128 (16 x 8) B8NFLL games with Titans and Bills)
K Adam Vinatieri
SS Marques Anderson

Broncos
LT Walter Jones
SS Mike Brown
QB Daunte Culpepper

Browns
FB Kyle Johnson (started all 128 (16 x 8) B8NFLL games with Eagles and Browns)
QB Craig Nall

Buccaneers
LT Flozell Adams
LOLB Na'il Diggs
LOLB Rocky Boiman

Chiefs
WR T.J. Houshmandz
QB Marc Bulger
CB Brian Williams
FS Idrees Bashir

Colts
CB Champ Bailey (started all 128 (16 x 8) B8NFLL games with Colts)
WR Davis Boston (receiving TD for every 7.36 receptions)
QB David Garrard

Cowboys
C Casey Wiegmann
WR Drew Bennett
CB Renaldo Hill

Dolphins
MLB Al Wilson (1300+ tackles, 35+ sacks, 20+ INTs, 20+ FFs, 20+ FRs, 5 Def TD)
QB Tim Rattay
LT Cornell Green
QB Doug Johnson
LE Leonardo Carson
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Falcons
LT Jonathan Ogden
DT Jamal Williams
LE Jevon Kearse (98 career sacks)

49ers
HB Najeh Davenport

Giants
HB Edgerrin James (18149 rushing yards, 141 rushing+receiving TDs, 2x Madden MVP, 4x Pro Bowler)
MLB Dat Nguyen
SS Keion Carpenter
CB Travis Fisher
CB Andre Dyson

Hawks
WR Ernest Wilford
HB Lamont Jordan
CB Ken Lucas
C Cory Hulsey

Jaguars
P Todd Sauerbrun (54,803 career punting yards)
WR Cedrick Wilson
RT Javier Collins

Jets
LT Oliver Ross
ROLB James Davis
SS Derrick Gibson

Lightning
SS Kenoy Kennedy
WR Laveranues Coles
TE Jonathan Stupar
LOLB Boss Bailey

Lions
QB Peyton Manning (53,084 passing yards, 388 passing TDs, 65% passing completion
MLB Danny Clark
QB Brian St. Pierre

Packers
LT Barry Sims (started all 128 (16 x 8) B8NFLL games with Dolphins and Packers)
RG Joseph Andruzzi
FS Dwight Smith
DT Cletidus Hunt
CB Gary Baxter
QB Shaun Hill

Panthers
RG Benji Olson
RE Trevor Pryce (118 carrer sacks, only four with Panthers)
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Patriots
LT Frank Middleton
WR Travis Taylor
HB Travis Henry
DT Brandon Mitchell

Pioneers
RT Ryan Tucker
MLB Jeremiah Trotter
ROLB Eric Barton
LE Paul Spicer
HB B.J. Sams

Pumpkins
FB Derrick Wimbush
LOLB Jeff Ulbrich
RT L.J. Shelton

Raiders
QB A.J. Feeley
ROLB D.D. Lewis
CB Fred Smoot

Rams
HB Brian Westbrook
LOLB Andre Carter
LE Bryce Fisher
CB Jerametrius Butler

Ravens
ROLB Keith Bulluck
HB Deuce McAllister
FS Deke Cooper
CB Terence Newman

Redskins
WR Randy Moss (1064 receptions for 15858 yards, 145 TDs)
LE Chike Okeafor

Seahawks
FB Jameel Cook
TE Bubba Franks
RG Chris Liwienski
WR Rod Gardner
WR Ronald Curry
LE Brandon Short

Steelers
WR Chris Chambers

Titans
FB Ovie Mughelli
CB Will Allen

Vikings
RT Willie Anderson (400 blocks, 40 sacks allowed)
QB Donovan McNabb
WR Dennis Northcutt (10,200 career return yards, 10 career return TDs with Bengals and Vikings)
RT David Loverne
QB Quincy Carter
LG Bennie Anderson
HB Justin Fargas

Wildcats
RE Marques Douglas

Notable Free Agents
QB Josh McCown
HB Chester Taylor
HB Lee Suggs (one of 12 HBs with 1000 yard rushing seasons with multiple teams)
WR Eric Parker (#1 WR on infamous inaugural season Redskins team)
FS Deon Grant
DT Gerard Warren
RE Courtney Brown
K Martin Gramatica
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All retirees were removed from Roster, Team Financial, and Free Agent sheets.

First time in a long time (maybe since inaugural season) that every team had someone retire.

Edge was 207 yards from breaking Emmitt Smith's record for most career rushing yards
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NFL Draft Order (this won't be until likely October)
1. Bengals
2. Rams
3. Titans
4. Seahawks
5. Ravens
6. Pioneers
7. Wildcats
8. Browns
9. Lightning
10. Bills
11. Redskins
12. Panthers
13. Jets
14. Packers
15. Hawks
16. Chiefs
17. Colts
18. Bears
19. Falcons
20. Pumpkins
21. Raiders
22. Vikings
23. Patriots
24. Giants
25. Steelers
26. Broncos
27. 49ers
28. Lions
29. Jaguars
30. Buccaneers
31. Cowboys
32. Dolphins
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Man some big names out this year. Luckily I only had 2 people and I knew both of them would be gone anyway.
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Oh wow, I was not expecting Mughelli to retire. And I almost didn't bring him back last year too. A shame. Was hoping Will Allen would give it another go but I'll take the cap relief I suppose.

Also, whoo, 3rd pick!

Next offseason, we might start seeing players retire who entered the league after the inaugural season. Makes me feel old
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Holy retirements, Batman O__o

And tag
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We got rid of Peyton manning. Now about that Brady...
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Wow

Uuuh

Exactly who I expected to retire did retire

Sooooo I guess this is good
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the niners are open to talking trades
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No one is off limits on the packers
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DoubleTangicide posted...

No one is off limits on the Ravens

Especially Omar Jacobs (plz)
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Panthers own the cowboys 1st so that may be up for grabs. I'd like to see how roster development hits first before I get into it though
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KCF0107 posted...

Lions
QB Peyton Manning (53,084 passing yards, 388 passing TDs, 65% passing completion

WELP
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Sad to see Bulger go, but it was time to move on.
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Peyton Manning following in Chris Claiborne's footsteps and retiring after being snubbed in the postseason awards as I predicted!

Edge is a bona fide Hall of Famer holy shiy.

Also damn I knew Id be losing those guys but to lose all of them at once STINGS

Dat was so damn reliable
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Maybe this time I won't get injury fucked.

Maybe.
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I feel you progg i was having an awesome season than tebow got hurt
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I was planning on getting a lot done last night, but while doing offline edits, Google went on the fritz for me. If the offline edits I did do sync, which I hope they do, I will only have updated ratings for teams through the St. Louis Rams.

That will be tested in a few hours.
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None of my guards retired but my only good WR did? Fuck my life. I knew that would happen after I traded for Lutui.

Like I know I should be happy to keep highly rated people but that's going to be a nightmare to manage. Position swaps ahoy I guess

Tag

Sad to see Porter go
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I am assuming those changes did not go through since my roster is still the same
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Emeraldegg posted...

I am assuming those changes did not go through since my roster is still the same

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They did not, but I plan to get to it around midnight ET
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Noon up
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So after the travesty that was last season for the Ravens, I’m pretty much in a rebuilding phase. Like I said, any player is on the table, and the pieces I’d especially like to trade away are 86 OVR QB Omar Jacobs and 98 OVR DT Kris Jenkins.

Nearly anyone should be on the table, so just let me know if you’re interested.
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Ravens release QB Drew Weatherford

I need to update the free agent sheet and team financial sheets (latter will be far less time-consuming than previous seasons).

Then, I can go into the full off-season spiel and we can officially begin.
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What is proper etiquette as far as a sign-and-trade type deal? Like say I have interest in a player who's expiring, at what point would the trade be considered an official offer? Like if a team agrees to a trade right now, would it be binding at that point or would it wait until the user has officially re-signed the player? At what point can the user back out if they turn out to be able to get the player for cheaper than they expected or some other reason changes their mind?
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You can all agree in principle to trade, but I would prefer that you wait to put the trade up for peer review until it is able to be made in the game.

So to answer your question, a trade is legally binding once a trade has been posted for peer review and all users involved have confirmed its parameters.
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OLB Akin Ayodele (84, 33 y/o) and CB Michael Waddell (82, 32 y/o) are both up on the block. Both have 1 year remaining.
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To Do:
- Update Free Agent Sheet
- Update Team Financials
- Update Trading Blocks
- Inform teams who have players demanding trades
- Explain the Slash Line (really just for VI)
- Mention offseason events (really just for VI)
- Explain what happens if you idle
- Move to the next segment of the offseason
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Weatherford is not under contract, so I could not release him.
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I added LT Travelle Wharton (99 overall), RT Rob Pettiti (88 overall), DT Marcus Stroud (90 overall), and DT Darwin Walker (89 overall) to the trading block. I will probably only be willing to trade one from each position, but you never know.

Pettiti is currently under contract while the other three can only be acquired via sign-and-trades. I'm not sure that I want extra picks (Wharton would have to) and would prefer to go the route of upgrading picks and possibly collecting some depth players depending on the team.
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KCF0107 posted...

Weatherford is not under contract, so I could not release him.

oh lol whoops
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WalkingWiki posted...

KCF0107 posted...

Weatherford is not under contract, so I could not release him.

oh lol whoops

GJ
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profDEADPOOL posted...

WalkingWiki posted...

KCF0107 posted...

Weatherford is not under contract, so I could not release him.

oh lol whoops

GJ

there’s one player I won’t resign, whoop
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To Do:
- Update Team Financials (less than 10 teams to go)
- Inform teams who have players demanding trades
- Explain the Slash Line (really just for VI)
- Mention offseason events (really just for VI)
- Explain what happens if you idle
- Move to the next segment of the offseason
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Looking to trade QB Ben Mauk. 29 years old.

Very team friendly deal.

Looking for LT, CB or S.

Also all of my draft picks are on the table to sweeten any deal put forward. Thanks.
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All that's left is the Buccaneers, Titans, Wildcats, and Hawks.
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wrapping it up now
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The Almighty Slashline!

Throughout an offseason, I will be posting or PMing a thousand or so of these, so it is imperative that you understand this simple line of numbers. Here's an example slash line with descriptions on what each figure means:


3 / $7.50 mil / $1.50 mil


3 = the length in years that the contract encompasses. With few exceptions, you can offer just about everyone a contract between 1-7 years.


$7.50 mil = the total amount of money that the player will receive as long as he is not released.

The average cap hit that a player will count against the cap is this figure divided by the first figure. In this example, it is $7.50 mil / 3 = an average cap hit of $2.50 mil. However, nearly all multi-season contracts will have ascending cap hits. That not only means that every season will not have a $2.50 mil cap hit, but players will count more against the cap the further they are along in their current contract. The cap hits for the above contract might end up being $2.08 mil, $2.45 mil, $2.97 mil.

If a player plays out his entire contract with the team that signed him to the contract, only the first two figures will matter. If not...


$1.50 mil = the amount from the total that is guaranteed. This means that no matter what, the team who signed the player to the contract is on the hook for that amount whether he plays out the contract, is traded, or released. If a player retires under contract, you are no longer financially responsible for them, so that is not a factor.

This figure can essentially be seen on the Team Financial sheet as Annual Bonus. The Annual Bonus is the total guaranteed money divided by the length of the contract. In this example, it is $1.50 mil / 3 = $500k. Continuing to use this example, if you trade or release this player after the first season of the contract, you will incur cap penalty (aka dead money) of $1.00 mil for the offseason that follows the release/trade. It is not $1.50 mil because he already played out one year, so his annual bonus was $500k x 2 = $1.00 mil.

On the flip side, anyone who is traded a player not only pays a lower cap hit due to the annual bonus being erased, but that also means that they are only on the hook for non-guaranteed money and can subsequently release or trade that player in the future without any financial repercussions.
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This info is really just for you VI, so feel free to ask me any questions you may have about the slashline (or anything else).
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Order of Offseason Events
1. Player Retirements <-------we are here
2. Restricted Free Agency
3. Signing One's Unrestricted Free Agents
4. NFL Draft + Signing Rookies
5. Free Agency

Just to remind everyone
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You say it's just for him, but I need this explanation every season.
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^ So true. Its a good refresher on the basics.
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