Your Chance To Participate In A New Football Phenomenon (Sandbox Simulations)

[Rain Man]

I apologize if the mods think this is soliciting, and I guess it is, but at the same time it's beta testing a new product developed by long-time planeteers, and it's free.

cdcox and I have been developing a new football game for the thoughtful fan, where players build franchises and compete against each other. A description is below.

If you're interested, we're offering the game for free in Year 1 to Chiefsplanet members, with the goal of both giving the system a dry run and also hooking you like Phillip Morris. You can go to www.sandboxsimulations.com to sign up, and use the access code 6Lanier3.

Here's the overview:

Build and manage a full 53-player roster over multiple seasons, as an offseason activity to give you year-round football

Select your personnel to match your offensive and defensive scheme. Every position matters – even your blocking tight end.

Realistic and accurate simulations of league games based on head-to-head matchups against other teams in your league.


This is essentially a new concept in fantasy football that attempts to simulate as closely as possible the management of a real NFL franchise over a multi-year period. Unlike regular fantasy football, every position on the offense and defense contributes to your success or failure. On special teams, the punter, kicker, and kick returners matter.

In Sandbox Football you will build a team – an entire 53-man football team – via an initial draft, and will maintain it year after year in annual rookie drafts, trading periods, and free agency. You compete against teams in your league. In the first year of the game, before the start of the NFL season, you will build your roster by drafting veterans and rookies through separate drafts, and through trades with other teams in the league. Your roster is frozen at the beginning of the NFL season. During the real regular NFL season, you can focus on your traditional fantasy games and perhaps keep on eye on your Sandbox roster as our statistical models build the data on player performances. At the end of the regular NFL season, the Sandbox season begins. There will be 16 games in the season. In real time, the season will run about 8 weeks (2 alternate reality games per week).

Game outcomes will be simulated based on the performance of individual players during the just-completed NFL regular season. The simulations, developed by a PhD statistical expert, estimate how individual players will perform in the context of your alternate reality team competing head-to-head against other teams in the league and with the specific team that you have built. The simulations will consider the offensive and defensive schemes that you select. So you can build your roster to support a power running game or a high-flying passing attack. You can run a 3-4 or 4-3 base defense. You can run nickel formations or four-wide receiver sets. You can rotate your DL to keep them fresh.

The game is more about building a team than playing video games. So this isn't Madden, but you will have the ability to tweak your game plan to take the best advantage of your roster and the weaknesses of your opponent. Injuries are a factor in the game. If a player is unavailable during weeks 3 through 6 in the NFL, he is also unavailable during the same weeks in the alternate reality season. So roster depth matters. The game simulations are based on the most advanced statistics and the latest research regarding what matters in winning an NFL game. But, the outcomes of the games have a random component, just like real NFL games.

The calendar for the alternate reality league year will look something like this:
• Jan to Mid March: Alternate Reality regular season and playoffs.
• Mid-March to the beginning of NFL season: Roster building through trades, veteran draft (first year), free agent drafts (2nd year and beyond), and rookie draft.
• Beginning of NFL season to end of regular NFL season: Alternate reality league is dormant, but the NFL players are generating their performance stats for the up-coming AR league.
• Rinse and repeat.

Copyright Sandbox Simulations, all rights reserved.

We're still finalizing the cost structure, but this won't be an expensive game to play at all. It might range from a few bucks a year to $50 per year, depending on a few factors.

Year 1 will require a couple of days of drafting with rather high intensity, but we've got it set up where you can put your draft list together and do customized and automated drafting if you like.

So...go! Now! Time to get ready for the draft!




Note that we are still in beta testing, so things could change if we find problems in the system.


How Free Agency Works:

Free Agency will begin before the 2012 season after the rookie draft.

Our process is as follows for the 2012 season. In 2013 and beyond there will be minor changes as noted later.

1. We will unveil the list of available free agents so you can check out the talent pool.

2. If you look in "Standings", you will see that you have a salary account value of $1,300. You will use this to sign your veterans to contracts, sign your rookies to contracts, and (in a competitive bidding process) sign free agents to contracts.

The cost of a contract is as follows for players already on your roster (both veterans and rookies).

$0 - 1 season contract
$10 - 2 season contract
$22 - 3 season contract
$37 - 4 season contract
$55 - 5 season contract
$76 - 6 season contract
$100 - 7 season contract

You will sign your existing players to contracts using an interface that we will unveil shortly. If your 53-man roster is set you can spend your $1,300 on your current roster. However, it may be worthwhile to hold some money back so you can compete for free agents.

3. The free agency period begins.

Bidding for free agents will be open and competitive. As players come available, teams will be allowed to sign them if they are the high bidder. The contract length is automatically calculated by rounding down the bid to the chart below.

Contract Length (Seasons) Salary Points Bid
1 0 to 9
2 10 to 21
3 22 to 36
4 37 to 54
5 55 to 75
6 76 to 99
7 100 or more

For example, if you submit the winning bid for a player at a price of 25 salary points, that player becomes yours under a 3-year contract. If you submit a bid for 35 points and win, it’s also a 3-year contract. If you submit a bid for 38 points, it’s a 4-year contract. If you submit a bid for 120 points, it’s a 7-year contract.

For the 2012 free agency period, we will enforce the 53-man rule. You will need to cut down to 53 players before the free agency period starts, and if you sign a player to go above 53, you will need to cut a player to stay within the roster limit. NOTE: DON'T CUT YET UNLESS YOU WANT TO. WE'RE STILL FINALIZING THE SYSTEM AND WANT TO BE SURE THAT THIS RULE WORKS IN 2012.

4. Ending Bidding and Ending Free Agency.

Bids on an individual player will begin once the first player places a bid. For the 2012 season that bid must be $1 or more. Bidding ends when the existing high bid had not been raised for 72 hours. At that point, the high-bid team is awarded the player under the contract terms described in Step 3.

The free agency period in 2012 will end once there have been no bids on any players for 72 hours.

5. Unused Salary Points

If you do not use all of your salary points in a given year, they will roll over from year to year. This is experimental and we'll have to see how it works. If it doesn't work, they'll expire each year, or maybe a portion of the points can roll over. Right now, assume they all roll over.

6. Salary Points and Roster Management

In the Sandbox system, salary points and the salary cap are used only for acquiring players. You will never have to track the number of salary points “on your roster” and you will never have to cut a player for salary cap reasons.

Additionally, you are not obligated to keep a player for the full length of his contract. You can cut him or trade him at any time. However, recognize that it’s a waste of salary points to cut or trade a player before the end of his contract. But it doesn't hamstring you going forward - it's just past money that you wasted.

7. Free Agency and Contract Length - Retaining Your Current Players

When a player reaches the end of their contract, they go back into the free agency pool and teams will bid for their services. You are eligible to bid on them to get them back, just like you can bid on any free agents.

There is one exception to the rule of free agents going into the free agency pool, as follows:

• At the end of the bidding process, you have the opportunity to re-sign your own players by outbidding the high bidder. Your bid must be the minimum points to increase their contract period by a year over the high bid. (Example: your player goes to free agency, and another team bids 50 points for him, which equates to a 4-year contract. You can keep the player by paying 55 points for him, which is the minimum amount for a 5-year contract.) If the high bidder offered a contract of 100 points or more (7-years), you can keep the player by bidding 10% more points than the high bid.

8. Free Agency and Trades

If you trade for a player, their contract length is a consideration. Trading for a player with 6 years left on his contract will give you his services for that amount of time (unless you cut him or trade him, or he retires). Trading for a player with 1 year left on his contract means that he’ll go back into the free agency pool at the end of the season. (Of course, you can still retain him via Step 7.)

9. Future Years

In future years, the process will be identical to that shown above, with the following exceptions.

a. Because you will have a lot of veteran players under contract, you won't need $1,300. You'll get a new annual allotment of signing dollars. We're still working on the exact amount, but it looks like it'll be between $500 and $600.

b. In the 2012 season, we will introduce all free agents at once to catch up. In the 2013 season and beyond, the free agency period will occur during the actual NFL season. We will sprinkle the free agents in one division at a time over the course of the season. (The divisions may be randomly selected or we may release a calendar. It doesn't matter that much.) This system should be interesting because some free agents will come available early in the season when you don't know their performance for the year - greater risk, greater reward - while other free agents will come available later in the season when you know what their performance will be, but so does everyone else.

c. In the 2013 season and beyond, you will be able to retain more than 53 players through the rookie draft and the main free agency period. You will then have a cutdown period to get to 53 and we will have a final free agency period where you can sign any players who have been cut. In that final period you will have to enforce a 53-man roster, so if you sign a player you have to cut one.

10. When you think about the schedule in 2013 and beyond, it will go like this:

a. Sandbox season goes from February through April.
b. Rookie draft in May. No 53-man limit.
c. Free agency from (likely) September through December, with free agents sprinkled in throughout that period.
d. January. Roster cuts to 53.
e. Late January. Final free agency period to flesh out rosters and sign players cut in Step d.
f. New Sandbox season begins.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by brorth

OK, I had to pull this up from the second page.

CD - I hate to do this in public, but... Some in the group have been questioning your commitment to this project. Listen, if you've got stuff going on in your personal life - don't get me wrong, it happens to the best of us - but you can't bring that to the Sandbox. There are a lot of people depending on you. I know it's not fair, but like my Grandpa used to tell me, "You want fair? Go to Pueblo in August."
Rivalries are simmering, and you know what happens if you let something simmer too long? The vegetables you put in get all smushy. Nobody likes the smushy vegetables.
Can I please adopt a league 1 team? I don't care which one.

You want a League 1 team? I've got no problem with that. I'll put up the rosters, and let cdcox know which team you want.

[Rain Man]

Available League 1 team: Richmond Tigerhawks (8-8 in inaugural season)

(Ignore the 1's. I'm just copying the roster sheet.)


Jonathan Goodwin C 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Will Montgomery C 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brandon Harris CB 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Curtis Brown CB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
David Jones CB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheldon Brown CB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jeremy Jarmon DE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Stylez G. White DE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Israel Idonije DE4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Osi Umenyiora DE4 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Chris Canty DT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fred Robbins DT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mike Patterson DT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Terrance Knighton DT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tony Brown DT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Corey McIntyre FB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
John Conner FB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Courtney Greene FS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dashon Goldson FS 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Macho Harris FS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mark Legree FS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Quinton Carter FS 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Chris Williams G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Watkins G 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jake Scott G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kraig Urbik G 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
Mike McGlynn G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Isaac Redman HB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jamaal Charles HB 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Starks HB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
LaRod Stephens-Howling HB 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Derrick O. Johnson ILB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Joe Nedney K 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Josh Scobee K 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Barry Sims LT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sam Baker LT 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lofa Tatupu MLB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Clark Haggans OLB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Gabe Miller OLB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Kevin Huber P 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mark Sanchez QB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Matt Hasselbeck QB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tyler Thigpen QB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Andre Smith RT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Manny Lawson SLB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Melvin Bullitt SS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Evan Moore TE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Matt Spaeth TE 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Scott Chandler TE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tony Moeaki TE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Derrick Mason WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Donald Jones WR 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dwayne Harris WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Josh Morgan WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malcom Floyd WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mardy Gilyard WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Roy E. Williams WR 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

[Rain Man]

Available League 1 team: Pittsburgh Tacos (7-9 last season)


Hank Fraley C 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Samson Satele C 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jabari Greer CB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lardarius Webb CB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Nathan Vasher CB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ras-I Dowling CB 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Trevard Lindley CB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Greg Hardy DE4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jamaal Anderson DE4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jared Allen DE4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kroy Biermann DE4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sergio Kindle DE4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Eric Foster DT 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Justin Bannan DT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Matt Toeaina DT 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lousaka Polite FB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ryan Clark FS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kyle DeVan G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kyle Kosier G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Louis Vasquez G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Trai Essex G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
BenJarvus Green-Ellis HB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cadillac Williams HB 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cedric Benson HB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Deji Karim HB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Toby Gerhart HB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Corey Mays ILB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Keyaron Fox ILB 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
David Buehler K 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Paul Posluszny MLB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Stephen Tulloch MLB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Earl Mitchell NT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Markell Carter OLB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brandon Fields P 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Luke McCown QB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Peyton Manning QB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ryan Mallett QB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Seneca Wallace QB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Johnny Culbreath RT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jordan Black RT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
King Dunlap RT 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tyron Smith RT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Charlie Peprah SS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Chris Crocker SS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Troy Polamalu SS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fred Davis TE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jacob Tamme TE 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lee Smith TE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Clint Session WLB 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dannell Ellerbe WLB 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
Philip Wheeler WLB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aldrick Robinson WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Golden Tate WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hines Ward WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kelley Washington WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Micheal Spurlock WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Patrick Crayton WR 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

[Rain Man]

League 1 team available: Chula Vista Cripples (6-10 last season)

Jason Kelce C 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Roberto Garza C 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cary Williams CB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Chris Carr CB 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cortland Finnegan CB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Phillip Buchanon CB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Terrence McGee CB 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Jennings CB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
James Hall DE4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
John Abraham DE4 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ray Edwards DE4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Red Bryant DE4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Trevor Scott DE4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brandon Mebane DT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Linval Joseph DT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sammie Lee Hill DT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sione Fua DT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Brodney Pool FS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Geoff Schwartz G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jahri Evans G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Richie Incognito G 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ted Larsen G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Vernon Carey G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Alex Green HB 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Danny Woodhead HB 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Derrick Ward HB 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Dion Lewis HB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Steven Jackson HB 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Billy Cundiff K 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Chris Hairston LT 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
D'Brickashaw Ferguson LT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Andra Davis MLB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kirk Morrison MLB 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Amon Gordon NT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Gabe Watson NT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Chris Kluwe P 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
David Garrard QB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rex Grossman QB 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
T.J. Yates QB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jeff Linkenbach RT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tony Pashos RT 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
Eric Smith SS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
George Wilson SS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jarrad Page SS 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brandon Pettigrew TE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jared Cook TE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Reggie Kelly TE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Erin Henderson WLB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Scott Shanle WLB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Thomas Howard WLB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Will Witherspoon WLB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Anquan Boldin WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
Braylon Edwards WR 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Davone Bess WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Nate Washington WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Niles Paul WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ted Ginn WR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1

[brorth]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Available League 1 team: Pittsburgh Tacos (7-9 last season)

I'll send CD an email.

[brorth]

Originally Posted by brorth

I'll send CD an email.

Help? There is no stinking help.

Or I'll just wait to see if he sees this thread.

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Looks like he's going with Portland (wise choice).

I'll have him set up the account in the next day or two.

Okay, Foster is the official owner of Portland.

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by brorth

I'll send CD an email.

Done, the Taco's are yours.

Hope your QB doesn't snap his neck off or anything.

[brorth]

Originally Posted by cdcox

Done, the Taco's are yours.

Hope your QB doesn't snap his neck off or anything.

Oh, don't worry, that ****er is trade bait.

[brorth]

I hate to be a pain in the ass, but a quick question about picking up a new team just came up for me.

A quick perusal of the team roster this morning has revealed that I will be letting go of roughly twenty players because they are not in the NFL anymore. This doesn't include players who were season long backups, but I imagine there will be another 14-17 whose contribution make them comparable to or less valuable than a street free agent.

Will a new manager in the league just have to suffer 30-35 street free agents on his team until he can replace them through the draft, or will there be an "expansion team" style set up for newcomers to aid competitive balance?

I'll roll with whatever helps out more, but I could see a paying customer having an expectation of being able to fill his roster with players currently playing in the NFL prior to having to compete in a league.

[carlos3652]

Guys this looks like fun -

Can I sign up sometime in the near future?

[brorth]

Originally Posted by carlos3652

Guys this looks like fun -

Can I sign up sometime in the near future?

I'll bet CD or Rain Man could make that happen.

[carlos3652]

I signed up under carlos3652 - and stopped at the create a team page -

It seems this would be the dead time of the league - and i would have the option of researching what players are doing well this year before picking (not that there is a lot to choose from thats available based on the active rosters of whats left)

[brorth]

Originally Posted by carlos3652

I signed up under carlos3652 - and stopped at the create a team page -

It seems this would be the dead time of the league - and i would have the option of researching what players are doing well this year before picking (not that there is a lot to choose from thats available based on the active rosters of whats left)

If you want to get in League 1, you should mention if you want Chula Vista or Richmond.

I think it's Anchorage, Columbia and Independence in League 2. Here's a link to the League 2 thread to see the rosters Rain Man put up. Posts 10-12. http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ox#post8755220

[carlos3652]

brorth - whats the difference?