FFMD 13 HQ: Welcome to Valhalla! (OTC - Pick Traded to KC)

[Eric dunn]

[[UMN]]

FYI - the roster spreadsheet is missing RB Matt Asiata.
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[The Gnat]

I'll gladly scout whatever and whom ever, I'm particularly good at scouting Emmy Rossum and other potential Vikings cheerleaders.
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[[UMN]]

Right now we are sitting at 16.48M in cap space. After we cut some of the dead weight listed below we will be at 21.31M.

PROBABLE CUTS
RB Joe Banyard - 0.405
WR Chris Summers - 0.405
TE Lamark Brown - 0.405
T Chase Baker - 0.405
T Kevin Murphy - 0.405
G Tyler Holmes - 0.405
DE George Johnson - 0.630
CB Bobby Felder - 0.405
CB Nick Taylor - 0.405
CB Greg McCoy - 0.405
P TJ Conley - 0.555

There are also a couple of guys we should think about restructuring/extending:

G Charlie Johnson - 4.5
DT Kevin Williams - 8
CB Antoine Winfield - 7.2
DE Jared Allen - 17.864
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[AP_allday2869]

Is it too late to be a part of this? Every year I am tempted to sign up, but I end up never doing it.

I'd love to help out anyway. Considering it would be my first year, I'd love to help scout out to help ease me into the entire process of how this works.
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[CriminalMind]

Players I would like to see return based on on-field production/need of position based on current roster.
Potential Contract not taken into consideration right now:

OT - Phil Loadholt
FB - Jerome Felton
SS - Jamarca Sanford
LB - Erin Henderson
LB - Marvin Mitchell
LB - Jasper Brinkley
OL - Geoff Schwartz
CB - AJ Jefferson

Players I would try and extend/restructure early in the process. (Order of importance / realisim)

DE - Jared Allen
DT Kevin Williams
G Charlie Johnson
CB Antoine Winfield

Players to be reevaluated at a later time:

OT - Troy Kropog
OL - Joe Berger
WR - Michael Jenkins
S - Andrew Sendejo
CB - Marcus Sherels
WR - Jerome Simpson
WR - Devin Aromashodu
RB - Matt Asiata
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[CriminalMind]

Play was clearly suspect this year:

Letroy Guion
John Carlson

Players who I would like to see retained longer term (at some point)

Percy Harvin
Chris Cook
Everson Griffen

Future still to be determined (currently signed):

George Johnson
Brandon Burton
Larry Dean
Stephen Burton
Audie Cole
Chase Ford
Joe Webb

[UMN] - List of Probable Cuts above is a realistic projection:

Everyone else on roster (not named in these 2 posts) I would consider adequate fits based on production (actual/expected).

[UMN] - What are your thoughts?
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[vikings209]

I would like to be part of the scouting department
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[Nzd07]

I'd like to be an offensive positional scout... preferably WR, TE, or RB.
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[[UMN]]

We get two restructures, which I would use on Jared Allen and Kevin Williams. We can say we are extending them, which has a much better chance of getting approved than just asking someone to take a pay cut. If we extend Allen for 4 years at 8-10M per year that will drop maybe 8M in cap hit, and with Kevin we can probably drop him down to 4M per year.

With Winfield I don’t think we would want to extend him to a longer deal, and considering how well he has played the last 2 years it isn’t really fair to ask for a paycut. Also, Charlie Johnson is definitely over-paid, but 4.5M isn’t going to kill us and 1.55 of that is guaranteed so we can’t cut off too much anyway.

In terms of salary cap, there really isn’t anyone I would cut purely on salary. Michael Jenkins only has a cap hit of 1.49, and .667 of that is guaranteed. I would keep him. John Carlson has a hit of 4.25 but 1.25 is guaranteed. If we can trade him and get someone to take the guaranteed money that is an option, but I’m guessing we will just keep him. Kluwe is paid 1.45 so if we think we can get an upgrade in the draft or with a UDFA that is an option.

We only get a chance to re-sign 1 guy before they hit the market, and that has to be Loadholt. I would also franchise Felton; the franchise tag for a FB won’t be bad at all. Guys like Sanford, Erin Henderson and Brinkley will be able to be brought back pretty cheaply and I doubt there will be much interest in them. Schwartz and Simpson might get some interest but if we lose them it isn’t the end of the world.

Jefferson is an RFA, and I would say we should put the lowest tender on him. Sherels is an ERFA, so we should bring him back on that tender. The other two ERFA’s are Troy Kropog and Andrew Sendejo. Both are replaceable, but the tender is cheap and we can always cut them later.
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[[UMN]]

I would say our plan moving into free agency should be:

Cuts:
RB Joe Banyard
WR Chris Summers
TE Lamark Brown
T Chase Baker
T Kevin Murphy
G Tyler Holmes
DE George Johnson
CB Bobby Felder
CB Nick Taylor
CB Greg McCoy
P TJ Conley

Initial Moves:
Restructure – Jared Allen (4 year extension at 8M per year)
Restructure – Kevin Williams (3 year extension at 4M per year)
Franchise – Jerome Felton
RFA – AJ Jefferson (lowest tender)
ERFA – Marcus Sherels, Troy Kropog, Andrew Sendejo
Re-sign – Phil Loadholt


From there we can go into FA and go after whoever fits best. Our remaining free agents would be:
WR Jerome Simpson
WR Devin Aromashodu
G Geoff Schwartz
C Joe Berger
LB Jasper Brinkley
LB Erin Henderson
LB Marvin Mitchell
S Jamarca Sanford

None of those guys are absolutely crucial, and we could probably find cheap FA's who are either comparable or an upgrade. We can either target those guys in FA, or grab a replacement.
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[[UMN]]

Per the NFC North liason, a FB who gets a franchise tag is the same price as a RB, which is roughly $8M. We will need to try to resign Felton in Free Agency.
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[CriminalMind]

[[UMN]]

The issue is that we can only re-sign 1 player before they go into free agency. I think that needs to be Loadholt. First of all because he is more important and a better player, but also because if he gets into free agency we will have a big bidding war. For Henderson/Brinkley I don’t foresee much of a bidding war.
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[PurpleNation22]