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Wed, 7/25 - Midweek
Thu, 7/26 - Preseason week 3
Fri, 7/27 - Midweek

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Well, here's how the Wolfpack fared:

1.7 LT Singleton +4/+6 - WOOHOO!
1.17 FS Horton +1/-1 - okay
1.25 WR Engleberger 0/0 - okay
2.20 RB Lewis -1/-7
2.26 RT Gillespie +3/-2
3.17 LDT Coffey +1/-6
4.12 RDE Billups +1/-5
4.16 FS Cherry +1/-2
5.9 RT Glenn +4/0
5.19 FB Henry -1/-4
6.8 P Alex Tong -2/-8

Overall: +12/-29

Actually a little better than what I was expecting. At least none of my 1st round picks busted.

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GM, Atlanta Wolfpack
Formerly of the Anchorage Wolfpack and Huntington Beach Wolfpack and now back as a mediocre GM
CFL Champs - 2026, 2029

[ubf8ff4b][bbf8ff4b]Biggest Ratings Changes Pre-TC to Post-TC[/bbf8ff4b][/ubf8ff4b]

[bbf8ff4b]League-Wide Biggest Drops[/bbf8ff4b]
SS Ron Sasa (3) -16/-34
WLB Rod Tkachuk (R) -9/-21
RB Horace Blushman (5) -13/-17
WLB Brian Ensley (7) -14/-14
MLB Wayne Garner (8) -14/-14

[bbf8ff4b]Rookie Biggest Drops[/bbf8ff4b]
WLB Rod Tkachuk -9/-21
RDE Aaron Pislask -3/-10
QB Brenden Cassidy -1/-11
SS Derek Meadows -5/-7
P Teddy Craig 0/-11
FS Benjamin Reed 0/-11

[bbf8ff4b]League-Wide Biggest Booms[/bbf8ff4b]
LDT Moe Bond (4) +15/+14
FS Andrew Gillham (2) +17/+10
TE Pierre Mahoney (4) +12/+13
RT Daniel Rogers (2) +15/+10
RCB Jeff Hulse (12) +26/-3

[bbf8ff4b]Rookie Biggest Booms[/bbf8ff4b]
LG Billy Joe Meusey +9/+9
RB J.C. Westbrook +11/+2
FS Robbie Hodges +5/+7
RDE Marlon Swindler +6/+6
RG Mario McDaniel +8/+3

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GM, Atlanta Wolfpack
Formerly of the Anchorage Wolfpack and Huntington Beach Wolfpack and now back as a mediocre GM
CFL Champs - 2026, 2029

Yeah, I was worried about Cassidy. Looks as though he will bust out, but we won't give up hope just yet. Benjamin Reed was a 6th rounder, and still has some decent potential. No booms again in Shreveport. The rest of our draft class looks decent, though.

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Deep South Division Champions
2006, 2009-10, 2019, 2023-24, 2027, 2031-32, 2034-35, 2040, 2044, 2046-47, 2051-53, 2055-56, 2058-62
Eastern Conference Champions
2009, 2031, 2055
CFL Champions
2031, 2055
Hall of Fame
Joshua Mask, Douglas Hartman, Carl Bradford, Leland Wellins, Wally Wooden (#80), Brantley Gilmore (#9), Mo Kirwan, Josh Stanton, Efrain Tate

Ouch, some fairly major hits across the board for us, including aging (and formerly holding out) WR [player]Tom Sonkin[/player]. Sure makes me glad that I didn't give in to his insane contract demand.

On the rookie front, nothing special going on...

DE Edwin Osborne 0/0
K Lincoln Gillespie +9/0
SS Kent Bryden 0/0
DT DJ Hansen 0/0
SS Levon Phenix 0/0
FB Dana Crayton 0/0
QB Ralph Campbell 0/-1
CB Moe Roberts 0/0
CB Bryce Kelley +1/-3

I guess I should be excited about all those 0/0's...usually I have negative numbers all over the place after camp.

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El Paso Rockets
2016, 2037 Wild Card Team
2005, 2006, 2015 Cavalry Divison champs

The Rounders netted -9/-110 on the entire roster of 69. Both pluses and minuses will be cut soon so those numbers might not mean much.

The draftee changes were posted in the draft results thread but here are some changes with the vets:

Our C, Tony Baker took the biggest hit going -10/-10. We've been waiting for Tony to start showing his age but that's why we've been carrying 3 centers for a couple of years now. His replacement, Sganga, went +6/+5 and is now at a 61 potential. Our transition is going well at Center.

Some other old guys that were expected to take hits are below:

[b69108f8]Terry Grayvil[/b69108f8] LCB -4 -4 (Josh Jammer was drafted to replace him but may be moved to SS)
[b69108f8]Lenny Olsen[/b69108f8] QB -5 -5 (Roderick Palmer went +6/+6 to lead the team in improvement and is now 69/75 according to my QB=VG scout)
[b69108f8]Isaac Rodgers[/b69108f8] RDE -5 -5 (DE addressed in the draft bt he will probably still be our sack leader)
[b69108f8]Norman Bunker[/b69108f8] FS -5 -5
[b69108f8]Chris Wisdom[/b69108f8] FB -6 -6 (getting older but still playing well)
[b69108f8]Buster Hall[/b69108f8] RDE -6 -6 (decided to end his holdout)
[b69108f8]Tony Straight[/b69108f8] QB -7 -7
[b69108f8]Herbert Buzzell[/b69108f8] TE -7 -7 (will now probably be cut unfortunately)

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ROF Division Champions: 2039 - 2043, 2045, 2047, 2054, 2056 - 2060, 2063, 2066-2067, 2070-2072
WFC Conference Champions: 2018, 2041, 2042, 2057-2058, 2060, 2062-2063
CFL Champions: 2018, 2041, 2057-2058, 2060, 2062

Thanks for the great news on Moe Bond!

I picked him up on a fluke last year hoping he would be a serviceable backup, but now he's making a legit push as a starter. I have some seriously good depth at DT and likely will need to put some players on the block.

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Well, with the big bust of RB Blushman after this year's training camp, the move down to draft RB Heupel looks to be a damn fine move. . . didn't anticipate the bust of Blushman, but pretty happy that the rookie will step in!

Looking over the roster, we actually are starting to look like a team that can compete this year. We're still a season or two away from challenging, but the Tigers are shaping up nicely. . .

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[quote="Stretch"][uef4ec9d][bef4ec9d]Biggest Ratings Changes Pre-TC to Post-TC[/bef4ec9d][/uef4ec9d]

[bef4ec9d]Rookie Biggest Drops[/bef4ec9d]
WLB Rod Tkachuk -9/-21
DE Casey Cha -14/-14

Ah Hell, what a punk.. He showed up to training camp out of shape and drunk most of the time.. Casey Cha and him just fucked around and didn't get any work done in the off season..

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omaha arrowheads

JJ Smitty's Record
Atlantic Division Champions - 2007, 2008, 2010, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2028, 2035, 2037, 2039, 2044, 2046, 2047
Eastern Conference Champions - 2008, 2039, 2047
CFL Champions - 2008, 2039, 2047

Here's our post draft outlook:

1.11 RCB Derek Meadows +4/-1
1.28 WR Damon Bates +3/0
2.22 LB Riddick Angelou +3/-6
5.11 DT Teddy Luckett +3/+1
5.22 TE Darnell Mitchell +1/+1

Total +14/-5

Rookies updated in the post draft thread. A pretty good camp overall for them, with an overall +15/+5.

The rest of the team, however, did not fare so well and is really showing its age.

Most of my star players, all at least 10 year vets, took huge hits, [player]Michael Thibeault[/player] -12 [player]Scott Flowers[/player] -11 [player]Chris Carleton[/player] -12, [player]Larry Peters[/player] -7.

With this and all the retirements earlier this offseason, it looks as if this mighty Vampire squad has finally reached the end of the road...

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Former Detroit Vampire owner

Great Lakes division champions -2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
Eastern Conference champions - 2005, 2006, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
CFL Champions - 2021, 2023

[quote6bb3e57="Hoosier"]Looking over the roster, we actually are starting to look like a team that can compete this year. . . .[/quote6bb3e57]

I hate to break it to you, but you currently have a roster value of 2 on the franchise value screen.

[quote6304c07="fantastic flying froggies"][quote6304c07="Hoosier"]Looking over the roster, we actually are starting to look like a team that can compete this year. . . .[/quote6304c07]

I hate to break it to you, but you currently have a roster value of 2 on the franchise value screen.[/quote6304c07]

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[quoted3aefab="fantastic flying froggies"][quoted3aefab="Hoosier"]Looking over the roster, we actually are starting to look like a team that can compete this year. . . .[/quoted3aefab]

I hate to break it to you, but you currently have a roster value of 2 on the franchise value screen.[/quoted3aefab]

He did not specify what he could compete with. Perhaps the Arena 2 league? We shouldn't talk, though, we're going young as well.

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Deep South Division Champions
2006, 2009-10, 2019, 2023-24, 2027, 2031-32, 2034-35, 2040, 2044, 2046-47, 2051-53, 2055-56, 2058-62
Eastern Conference Champions
2009, 2031, 2055
CFL Champions
2031, 2055
Hall of Fame
Joshua Mask, Douglas Hartman, Carl Bradford, Leland Wellins, Wally Wooden (#80), Brantley Gilmore (#9), Mo Kirwan, Josh Stanton, Efrain Tate

Two is better than 1!!!!!!!

Gotta be optimistic. . .besides, I've had teams ranked pretty low in the power rankings before the season and have had them creep up to the top three in the league over the course of a season.

I like the direction the team is taking. ..

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