New season

Rock Lesnar

New season starts with a bang in Indianapolis, Dwight Freeney retires :eek: and Leaves the Colts with a massive hole in defence and no replacement :eek:

helimachoptor

Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!

madalig12

Must log on ASAP and see who decided to stay after my four win season:(

helimachoptor

Rock... as mod i can see your comments even when deleted...
Game on

Rock Lesnar

helimachoptor wrote: »

Rock... as mod i can see your comments even when deleted...
Game on

I deleted it because i wanted to make sure Forsett had somehow been released, so i got the wife to check xbox........it took a while :rolleyes:, anyway he has been released, how i'm not sure, cos he was only available for trade, doesnt matter now as ive resigned Jennings.

oh and after that above comment, Titans are definitely still going down........If i can find some OLB's .

PerrinV2

OLB's you say?
DJ Williams my ROLB is rated 87

Mikeyt086

Only loss from the Jags is LE Robert Geathers, 85 ovr who was being played out of position at RE as Jeremey Mincey is my starting LE. Not a big deal as I wanted to strengthen there anyway, but a nice pickup for someone.

Carroller

I haven't logged on in ages to madden! I don't even know what to do in off season

adrian522

You need to decide which of your players whose contracts are up you want to re-sign.

You then offer them new contracts and they either accept or reject.

Then we do Free Agency, where you offer out of contract players contracts and they choose which team they want to sign with.

Then we do the draft, where you can pick up 7 new players.

Finally we do the preseason where you can evaluate all your new players before you cut your roster down to 53 players for the new season.

guns4all

Rams say an emotional goodbye to RB Steven Jackson.

Here's hoping he goes to a team with a good O-line cos the Rams didn't have a good enough one for a team based on the Power Run!!!

Also didn't resign a bunch of squad players.

Resigned QB Jason Campbell, MLB Jay Dwyer and RG John Moffitt.

Still on the lookout of a QB if anyone has one available?

Rock Lesnar

guns4all wrote: »

Still on the lookout of a QB if anyone has one available?

You can take Christian Ponder from the Colts if ya want

mikemac1

guns4all wrote: »

Still on the lookout of a QB if anyone has one available?

Colt McCoy available for a pack of taytos

PADRAIC.M

Hey Ben/Heli am I still on auto?! Thought after the superbowl I'd have resigning a but "my actions" just has ready to advance ticked ?!

mikemac1

A good few Browns hitting FA

Most notable name is Ryan Grant 84

May suit a team that has many backs like the Steelers or Redskins

You don't get many snaps with Trent Richardson as starter!

Rock Lesnar

No Colts players hitting FA, They quickly realised they would'nt get a game anywhere else, so resigned for alot less money then they were originally looking for

helimachoptor

PADRAIC.M wrote: »

Hey Ben/Heli am I still on auto?! Thought after the superbowl I'd have resigning a but "my actions" just has ready to advance ticked ?!

Ben is still on charge... This wouldn't happen on my watch! Expect the CPU has cut your guys!

davetherave

Pats don't appear to have any retirees, so that is all good. Gronk hasn't decided to call it a day anyway.

I do appear to have a little problem with my salary cap availability, I don't have any

I presume that if I want to resign a player whose contract has expired, I need to cut somebody to get back into positive numbers first?

helimachoptor

Yeah I had a lot less than I thought and let Howard go, an 88 rated OLB...

Rock Lesnar

helimachoptor wrote: »

Yeah I had a lot less than I thought and let Howard go, an 88 rated OLB...

Sweeeeeeeeeeet!!! :pac:

Mikeyt086

I am hoping that the Cap space is not final, and we get more for FA, because I only had £6m and now only £2.6m

davetherave

I screwed up in season 1. Welker wanted a new contract so I happily gave him a new contract. What I thought was 10 million over 5 years, turned out to be 10 million a year FOR five years.
Time for some good team management me thinks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M2R3P-IN-Q

Edit: Yup, If I release Welker, I'll free up 6.78 Million in Cap Space, but it will cost me 17.50 million in a penalty. Guess I'll just have to make do and hang on to him so

PerrinV2

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

I am hoping that the Cap space is not final, and we get more for FA, because I only had £6m and now only £2.6m

I hope it is as I'm down for 26 million

Rock Lesnar

Colts have $24m

PADRAIC.M

helimachoptor wrote: »

Ben is still on charge... This wouldn't happen on my watch! Expect the CPU has cut your guys!

This is scandalous !

madalig12

I had two million signed two of four and have a million left, no bidding for me in FA. manningham will be in FA

Carroller

Iv no option to resign players think its because I'm on auto pilot

helimachoptor

Carroller wrote: »

Iv no option to resign players think its because I'm on auto pilot

May the CPU gods be with you!

PADRAIC.M

Carroller wrote: »

Iv no option to resign players think its because I'm on auto pilot

I feel your pain ;-(

PerrinV2

Carroller wrote: »

Iv no option to resign players think its because I'm on auto pilot

I think your ok anyway,the only players rated 80+ on the salaries thread for as having 1 year left are Dansy and your CB and they might just be heading into their final year of contract and not leaving at all.Plus you have over 30mil to spent in FA,your laughing so you are

Raoul

Haven't turned on the xbox in ages. Must get on to sort out my team.

Edit - and it was turned off pretty quick when I seen I am 2 mill over my cap salary.

PerrinV2

Raoul wrote: »

Haven't turned on the xbox in ages. Must get on to sort out my team.

Edit - and it was turned off pretty quick when I seen I am 2 mill over my cap salary.

Send a couple of them over the Broncos shure,we're rolling in money here

PADRAIC.M

Right, I'm trying to work out who I might be losing to FA this year as I'm stuck on auto, is it anyone with 1 year left I have to worry about and will this upcoming season be 2014?!
Think I might be losing my HB JACOBS to FA :-(

PerrinV2

PADRAIC.M wrote: »

Right, I'm trying to work out who I might be losing to FA this year as I'm stuck on auto, is it anyone with 1 year left I have to worry about and will this upcoming season be 2014?!
Think I might be losing my HB JACOBS to FA :-(

Are you sure you still can't go into the resign section even though "ready to advance" is clicked?
Like for example the other day when I finished up and clicked advance,I was still able to go into the resign section the next day.
*In fact just checking now I can still go into resign players and offer the franchise tag even though I've clicked ready to advance so you might be fine

PADRAIC.M

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Are you sure you still can't go into the resign section even though "ready to advance" is clicked?
Like for example the other day when I finished up and clicked advance,I was still able to go into the resign section the next day.
*In fact just checking now I can still go into resign players and offer the franchise tag even though I've clicked ready to advance so you might be fine

Yeah pretty sure! The ready to advance is the only option!!!

madalig12

PADRAIC.M wrote: »

Yeah pretty sure! The ready to advance is the only option!!!

Can you not turn urself off auto in user teams. And ye mite be able to keep Jacobs.

PADRAIC.M

madalig12 wrote: »

Can you not turn urself off auto in user teams. And ye mite be able to keep Jacobs.

Yeah tried that Ali still only option I have is ready to advance, it's just unticked. Think I have to wait until week is advanced.

Rock Lesnar

When does the FA Market open. I've got $27.7m to waste spend

Rock Lesnar

Colts plans for the new campaign has just gone from bad to worse, Reggie Wayne has joined Dwight Freeney going into retirement, and the defence rating has gone from 88 to 78 :eek:.

Yeah, not going to be a good season this year.

madalig12

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Colts plans for the new campaign has just gone from bad to worse, Reggie Wayne has just joined Dwight Freeney into retirement, and the defence rating has gone from 88 to 78 :eek:.

Yeah, not going to be a good season this year.

27.7m might help

mikemac1

Some of these FA demands are a bit pricy & greedy

I think I'll wait for Round 2 when demands are lower

mikemac1

Are the FA rules the same as last off season?

I've forgotten them at this stage, something about 4 year contract limit and max 20% of a signing bonus?


Last season some fool of a GM messed this up

PerrinV2

Ya someone should put up these rules for the new guys

Nelbert

PerrinV2 wrote: »

OLB's you say?
DJ Williams my ROLB is rated 87

What would you want for him???

Rock Lesnar

madalig12 wrote: »

27.7m might help

Over 30m now, but it doesnt matter how much i have, ive lost 2 players in the high 80's, very hard to replace them with ratings like that

PerrinV2

Nelbert wrote: »

What would you want for him???

Picks or players I guess,open to most deals,feels like I'm wasting him at the Broncos even though I sub him in a lot

FA:A lot of tasty players there that will suit my needs and noticed I'm picking 25th in the draft

giffney1991

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Picks or players I guess,open to most deals,feels like I'm wasting him at the Broncos even though I sub him in a lot

FA:A lot of tasty players there that will suit my needs and noticed I'm picking 25th in the draft

I'm not getting near a Xbox till later, any chance u could tell me where I am?

PerrinV2

giffney1991 wrote: »

I'm not getting near a Xbox till later, any chance u could tell me where I am?

Won't be back on madden for a bit but I imagine your probably just behind me in the draft unless you traded away your 1st round pick

*Ya you're 26th

madalig12

Reading on pfl that people can see the ratings of players in the upcoming draft. would it be best to just post this up to have a level playing field rather than some having an unfair advantage.

Nelbert

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Picks or players I guess,open to most deals,feels like I'm wasting him at the Broncos even though I sub him in a lot

FA:A lot of tasty players there that will suit my needs and noticed I'm picking 25th in the draft

Depending on FA I could offer you a picks

Mikeyt086

madalig12 wrote: »

Reading on pfl that people can see the ratings of players in the upcoming draft. would it be best to just post this up to have a level playing field rather than some having an unfair advantage.

That would totally ruin the draft if everybody knew the ratings.

helimachoptor

There's a spreadsheet which has the draft classes and about 25 players on it.

I drafted 2 (1st round picks)players using it(and scouting obviously)one has been awesome, the other not so much.
It's very hit and miss

Doesn't give ratings