Qwiksand's 2006 Titans Franchise

[QwikSand]

I decided to start my first franchise with the Titans. I wanted tio strart with 'garbage with a glimmer of hope'and since the 49ers are my favorite team and awful, I didn't want to use them. The Titans are just as bad so I chose them.

I signed Ty Law to beef up the secondary and made a few created players in the 70s. We have a $53.79 payroll and $31.71 cap room. I will have a website up once the regular season starts. Here are the position battles (rookie):
WR1 Callico / Nardella
TE Kinney / Troupe
LE Odom / Schobel
RE Goldberg / LaBoy
DT Haynesworth / Starks
MLB Kassell / Calmus
CB Jones / Woolfolk

6 minute quarters (all simmed)
Week 1 - W vs TB 34-14
Passing-
C.Kent 9/17 113 yds 1td/1int
S.McNair 5/13 25 yds

Rushing-
C. Brown 49 yds 2td
D. Nash 34 yds

Receiving-
Roby 4 rec 41 yds
Bennett 4 rec 23 yds
Williams 3 rec 57 yds 1 td

Kicking-
Kimrin 2/3 fg 4/4 xp

Returns-
Nardella 83 yds

Defense-
Woolfolk 8 tak
Kassell 1 sack
Bullock 1 sack
Starks 1 int
Goldberg 2 sacks/2 ff
Thompson 1 int

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Week 2 - W vs ATL 21-7
Passing-
McNair 13/22 164yds
Kent 11/19 161yds

Rushing-
Brown 42 yds
Nash 34 yds

Receiving-
Callico 5 rec 76 yds
Williams 4 rec 115 yds
C.Brown 4 rec 43 yds

Kicking-
Kimrin 7/8 fgs!

Returns-
Nardella 83 yds

Defense-
Calmus 6 tak/1 sack
Goldberg 1 sack
Starks 1 sack
LaBoy 1 ff

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Week 3 W vs SF 21-10
Passing-
Kent 3/9 79 yds
McNair 6/8 93 yds 1td

Rushing-
Nash 45 yds 1 td
Brown 38 yds 1 td

Receiving-
Roby 2 rec 67 yds
Bennet 2 rec 62 yds
Nardella 2 rec 24yds 1 td

Kicking-
Kimrin 0/1 fg 3/3 xp

Returns-
Nardella 79 yds

Defense-
Williams 5 tak
Spencer 4 tak
Bulluck 4 tak
Starks 4 tak
Haynesworth 4 tak

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Week 4 W vs GB 42-13
Passing-
McNair 10/19 84 yds 1 td/2 int
Kent 11/14 145 yds 2 td

Rushing-
Nash 37 yds 1 td
Brown 27 yds

Receiving-
Bennett 7 rec 118 yds 1 td
Callico 4 rec 15 yds 1 td
Troupe 3 rec 55 yds
B. Jones 2 rec 22 yds 1 td

Kicking-
Kimrin 0/0 fg 6/6 xp

Returns-
Nardella 78 yds

Defense-
Bulluck 5 tak
T. Williams 3 tak 1 sack 1 int
Spencer 3 tak 1 int
Law 3 tak 1 int
Starks 1 sack
Fuller 1 ff
Goldberg 1 sack
Haynesworth 1 sack

End of preseason stats

INDIVIDUAL STATS
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PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Clark Kent                       34   59  498   57   8.4    7    3    2   57   88.1
Steve McNair                    34   62  366   54   5.9    5    2    3   52   62.9

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Chris Brown                     42  156   3.7   10    3    2
Damien Nash                      49  149   3.0   12    2    0
Troy Fleming                    19   55   2.8    9    0    0

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
Drew Bennett                    14  231  16.5   52    1    2   55
Roydell Williams                 8  175  21.8   57    1    0   17
Courtney Roby                   11  140  12.7   47    0    0   47
Tyrone Calico                    9   91  10.1   35    1    3   35
Ben Troupe                       6   82  13.6   32    0    0   36
Chris Brown                      6   50   8.3   19    0    0   53
Brandon Jones                    4   38   9.5   19    1    1    6
Sandy Nardella                   4   31   7.7   18    1    0    3

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Ola Kimrin                       9   12   75          0   13   13  100          0       14          5
Craig Hentrich                   0    0    0          0    0    0    0          0       12          3

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Craig Hentrich                  22  962  43.7   64      0    7          3

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Sandy Nardella                    5  141  28.1    0   61
Courtney Roby                    2   42  21.0    0   23

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Sandy Nardella                  12  220  18.3   57    0
Adam Jones                      12   89   7.4   28    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Cody Spencer                    15     0     0     0     0     0     0     1     1    1.0            3         0
Andre Woolfolk                  15    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           3        0
Rocky Calmus                    15    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Keith Bulluck                   15    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           4        0
Tank Williams                   14    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1   1.0           2        0
Brad Kassell                    12    0    1    0    1    8    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Rocky Boiman                    12    1    0    0    1    6    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Peter Sirmon                    11    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Randy Starks                     9    1    2    1    1   67    1    0    0   0.0           2        0
Albert Haynesworth               9    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Ty Law                           7    0    0    0    0    0    1    1   26  26.0           1        0
Travis LaBoy                     6    0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Donnie Nickey                    6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           3        0
Lamont Thompson                  5    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0   0.0           2        0
Antwan Odom                      4    0    0    0    1    2    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Zach Piller                      3    0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Jacob Bell                       3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Tony Beckham                     3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Vincent Fuller                   2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Ben Herrell                      1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
David Stewart                    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Michael Roos                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Eugene Amano                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Bo Schobel                       1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Rien Long                        1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Justin Hartwig                   1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Bill Goldberg                    1    0    4    2    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Benji Olson                      1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Brad Hopkins                     1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Adam Jones                       0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1   35  35.0           1        0
Tyrone Calico                    0    0    0    0    1    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Michael Roos                        10             2
Todd Williams                        9             0
Benji Olson                          9             0
Eugene Amano                         7             5
Brad Hopkins                         6             2
Jacob Bell                           6             0
Justin Hartwig                       4             2
David Stewart                        3             0
Zach Piller                          3             0
Ben Herrell                          2             1

[realhawker]

any big position battle upsets?

What was your reasoning for signing Ty Law, are you making a run at the playoffs? He is an expensive pickup.

[QwikSand]

I was just writing this as you posted. Most of the winners of the position battles were upsets which are in bold:
QB McNair
WR2 Nardella
TE Troupe
LE Odom
RE Goldberg
DT Starks
MLB Calmus
CB Jones

I signed Ty Law as part of the rebuilding phase, because with his experience and ratings, he will be a good mentor to the young CBs I have now. I feel the price was worth it since I have PLENTY of cap room. You'll see in one of the next posts that he gets injured and a rookie will be starting for the next 6 weeks since I am simming the games right now and compling the stats.

[QwikSand]

As was mentioned, we had some pretty big upsets in the position battles. We're excited to see some of our newer players playing hard from the start. I got this email from the owner this morning:

"First off, I wanted to welcome you to the organization. I know it may be a little early since the ink is still drying, but signing on the line was the first step in the progression of our team.

I noticed you are already getting your hands dirty in the evaluating and management of our players. I just passed Ty Law in the hallway and he seems to be happy to be here. Good move. A player of his calliber and with his experience could only help our young secondary. Also I see you brought in some homegrown young talent at some prominent positions. You must have some pretty good faith to bring so many rookies in. I trust your judgement though, you wouldn't be here if I didn't.

We have had a lot of fan support in the past but lately it has been waning. I know we will get that back. One thing we have managed well is our salary cap. We still have room to make some more adjustments right away if we need to.

In closing, I have high hopes for the team, and I know you do as well. I will leave the big decisions in your hands as I know you are capable. thanks for coming aboard.

Phil McCracken"

That's comforting to know he has confidence in me. Here's hoping we can turn this franchise around. We're starting with fan support of 78%, a prestige of 60% and approval rating of 29% with McNair as our sole icon. Let's start the climb...

[realhawker]

I was just writing this as you posted. Most of the winners of the position battles were upsets which are in bold:
QB McNair
WR2 Nardella
TE Troupe
LE Odom
RE Goldberg
DT Starks
MLB Calmus
CB Jones

I signed Ty Law as part of the rebuilding phase, because with his experience and ratings, he will be a good mentor to the young CBs I have now. I feel the price was worth it since I have PLENTY of cap room. You'll see in the next post that he gets injured and a rookie will be starting for the next 6 weeks since I am simming the games right now and compling the stats.

whos nardella and what did he do to win the spot?

[QwikSand]

He's a friend I created. I honestly don't know why he won the spot but that's who the game chose. I posted all of the stats above and they're a little less than Calico's. They each had a touchdown but Calico had 60 more yards, however Nardella had zero drops and Calico had 3. Maybe they felt his sure hands got him the job?

[realhawker]

He's a friend I created. I honestly don't know why he won the spot but that's who the game chose. I posted all of the stats above and they're a little less than Calico's. They each had a touchdown but Calico had 60 more yards, however Nardella had zero drops and Calico had 3. Maybe they felt his sure hands got him the job?

yeah drops are killer.... stay away from calico.

in the next year youll find some great wr in the draft

[QwikSand]

yeah drops are killer.... stay away from calico.

in the next year youll find some great wr in the draft

that's the plan, to go for youth with potential. I am still learning a lot about the 'upsides' and attributes that don't change and what to look for so it'll take a few drafts to get it right.
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So, we made it through the preseason undefeated and injury free. If it gets to be too easy I will adjust the sliders accordingly. For now, I just wanna have fun with it and get used to it. Here is the progression report from the end of preseason (** rookies):

Law CB 1 ovr 1 awr 1 cth
Haynesworth DT 1 awr
McNair QB -1 ovr -1 awr
Williams SS 1 ovr 2 awr 1 cth
Sirmon LOLB 1 awr
Kassell MLB 1 ovr 2 awr
Starks DT 1 ovr 2 awr 2 tak
Calmus CB 1 ovr 2 awr
Jones CB 1 ovr 2 awr 1 cth
Goldberg RE 2 ovr 3 awr 3 tak
Woolfolk CB 1 ovr 2 awr 1 tak
Long DT 1 ovr 2 awr 1 tak
Kent QB 3 ovr 3 awr 2 tha
Boiman LOLB 1 ovr 3 awr
LaBoy RE 2 ovr 3 awr 3 tak
Odom LE 3 ovr 4 awr 3 tak
Kimrin K 1 ovr 2 awr 1 kac
Beckham CB 1 ovr 4 awr 1 tak
Nickey SS 2 ovr 4 awr 1 tak
Williams WR 2 ovr 2 awr 2 cth
Nash HB 2 awr 2 car 1 sta
Williams RG 2 ovr 3 awr 1 pbk 1 rbk 1 sta
Amano C 3 ovr 4 awr 2 pbk 2 rbk 2 sta
Spencer ROLB 3 ovr 5 awr 2 tak 3 sta

Nice to see some rookies progressing immediately. I'll be keeping an eye on their progress.


Week 1 vs PIT W 31-14
Passing-
McNair 13/26 148 yds 2td/2int

Rushing-
Brown 74 yds

Receiving-
Bennett 3 rec 24 yds
Calico 2 rec 49 yds 1 td
Fleming 1 rec 7 yds 1 td

Kicking-
Kimron 1/1 fg 4/4 xp

Returns-
vg Qwiksand 58 yds

Defense-
Bulluck 9 tak 1 int
Law 5 tak / 1 int
Haynesworth 5 tak
Odom 3 tak / 1 sack / 1 int
Olson 2 tak / 1int
Woolfolk 1 int

Attendance avg 45,380

Billy Volek seems to be unhappy that he is the backup. We'll see how McNair does before I make any changes. Odom wins his position battle and steps up right away.

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[QwikSand]

Week 2 vs BAL W 33-20
Passing-
McNair 2/3 23 yds
Volek 22/34 325 yds 3 td

Rushing-
Brown 109 yds 1td

Receiving-
Troupe 7 rec 100 yds 1 td
Bennett 7 rec 87 yds
vg Qwiksand 6 rec 137 yds 1 td
Calico 2 rec 15 yds 1 td

Kicking-
Kimrin 2/3 fg 3/4 xp

Returns-
vg Qwiksand 76 yds

Defense-
Sirmon 12 tak
Bulluck 8 tak
Haynesworth 3 tak 2 sack
T. Williams 2 tak 1 int
Boiman 1 tak 1 sack
Goldberg 1 tak 1 sack

Attendance avg 45,560

It looks like Volek got his wish for playing time, although not a start. McNair must have been benched or knocked out of the game. He's not listed as injured, however Ty Law Fractured his Upper Arm and is out for 7 weeks. This is bad news since he was a costly free agent, however it will give one of our top rookies, Adam Jones, a chance to shine in that role. I'll keep tabs on how he does.

[QwikSand]

Week 3 vs STL W 17-14
Passing-
McNair 17/35 113 yds 2td 3 int

Rushing-
Brown 127 yds

Receiving-
Troupe 6 rec 33 yds
vg Qwiksand 3 12 yds
Calico 2 rec 23 yds 1 td
Fleming 1 rec 1 yd 1 td

Kicking-
Kimrin 1/2 fg 2/2 xp

Returns-
vg Qwiksand 85 yds

Defense-
Calmus 7 tak 1 ff
Sirmon 6 tak
vg Realhawker 5 tak 1 int
Haynesworth 4 tak 1 sack
Starks 4 tak 1 sack
Woolfolk 3 tak 1 sack
Thompson 1 int
Jones 1 int

Attendance avg 45,560

Volek is complaining again. McNair's not doing too well but as long as we win he will start. Well, we were plagued with injuries this week. C Hartwig's high ankle strain will keep him out for 3 weeks, WR Roby is out for the season with a broken wrist and RT Roos's sprained elbow will sideline him for 3 weeks. Our prestige has raised from 60% to 70%, fan support from 78% to 89% and approval rating from 29% to 34%. We're on the right track. Our luxury boxes were $500 below the league average so we adjusted to match.

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[QwikSand]

Week 4 vs IND W 28-14
Passing-
McNair 14/25 113 yds 1 td

Rushing-
Brown 65 yds 1 td 1 fum
Nash 45 yds

Receiving-
Bennett 5 rec 70 yds 1 td
Troupe 5 rec 24 yds

Kicking-
Kimrin 2/2 fg 2/2 xp

Returns-
vg Qwiksand 134 yds

Defense-
Calmus 9 tak
Bulluck 7 tak 1 int
Starks 5 tak 1 sack 1 int
Woolfolk 5 tak
Haynesworth 4 tak
Jones 2 tak 1 int
Piller 1 tak 1 int

McNair seems to barely get over 100 yds a game plus throws a lot of INTs. I am benching him and going with Volek who has zero ints so far. Jones seems to be stepping up in his CB as a rookie with Law going down to injury. He has an INT in both games so far. Our fan support has risen from 89% to 98% and approval from 34% to 38%. We're still going in the right direction.

[QwikSand]

Week 5 vs HOU L 26-18

Passing-
Volek 23/44 184 yds 1 int

Rushing-
Brown 84 yds

Receiving-
Fleming 4 yds 1 td
Troupe 10 rec 85 yds
Bennett 9 rec 85 yds

Kicking-
Kimrin 4/4 fg

Returns-
vg Qwiksand 132 yds

Defense-
Sirmon 5 tak 1 sack
Bulluck 5 tak
Calmus 5 tak
Jones 4 tak 1 int
Goldberg 3 tak 1 sack
Haynesworth 2 tak 1 int
vg Realhawker 2 tak 1 int
Woolfolk 2 tak 1 ff
Thompson 1 tak 1 int

Well, the Volek experiment didn't work, so it's back to McNair. There was an injury to our RG Olson 10 weeks for broken ribs. Not good. That's 5 guys on the mend. Hopefully our backups/rookies can step up and keep us afloat.
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Progression:
Bulluck ROLB 1 ovr 1 awr
Haynesworth DT 1 ovr 1 awr
Brown RB 1 ovr 1 awr 2 car
McNair QB -1 ovr -1 awr -1 tha (this is two progressions that McNair went down. Volek may get more time)
Sirmon LOLB 1 ovr 1 awr
Starks DT 1 ovr 1 awr 1 tak
Jones CB 1 ovr 2 awr 1 cth
Troupe TE 1 ovr 2 awr 1 cth 1 rbk
Woolfolk CB 2 ovr 3 awr 1 cth
vg Qwiksand WR 1 ovr 1 awr 1 cth
Boiman LOLB 1 awr
Odom 1 ovr 2 awr 2 tak
Fleming FB 4 ovr 4 awr 5 pbk 3 rbk
Kimrin K -1 ovr -1 awr -1 kac
B. Jones WR -1 ovr -1 awr -1 cth
R. Williams WR -1 ovr -1 awr -1 cth
Spencer ROLB -1 ovr -1 awr -1 tak

Pretty good progression, especially Fleming, but the bottom 4 are oddly losing attributes.

[QwikSand]

I got a note from the owner that he felt McNair should start again. After watching the tapes, he does have some good movement as of late so he gets another shot against the Bengals this week.

Week 6 vs CIN W 38-20
Passing-
McNair 13/18 135 yds 1 td 1 int
Volek 7/11 82 yds 2td (odd)

Rushing-
Brown 115 yds 1 td 1 fum
Fleming 12 yds 1 td

Receiving-
Bennett 5 rec 69 yds 2 td
Troupe 5 rec 64 yds 1 td

Kicking-
Kimrin 1/1 fg 5/5 xp

Returns-
vg Qwiksand 58 yds

Defense-
Bulluck 9 tak 1 sack 1 ff
Sirmon 6 tak
Calmus 5 tak
vg Realhawker 3 tak
Woolfolk 3 tak 1 ff
Goldberg 1 tak 1 sack
Williams 1 tak 1 int

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Week 7 vs ARI W 19-17
Passing-
McNair 21/37 248 2 td (finally)

Rushing-
Brown 90 yds 1 td 1 fum

Receiving-
vg Qwiksand 7 rec 163 yds
Troupe 4 rec 19 yds

Kicking-
Kimrin 4/4 fg 1/1 xp

Returns-
vg Qwiksand 126 yds

Defense-
Sirmon 9 tak
Woolfolk 6 tak
Bulluck 5 tak
Goldberg 4 tak 2 sacks 1 ff
Jones 2 int

Finally McNair has a good game and no ints. Adam Jones, our rookie CB, has really been stepping up. He has 5 ints in 7 games. Some of our players will be returning from injury soon.

[QwikSand]

Week 8 vs OAK L 16-13
Passing-
McNair 23/38 193 yds 1 td 1 int

Rushing-
Brown 104 yds

Receiving-
Bennett 6 rec 73 yds
vg Qwiksand 6 rec 59 yds 1 td

Kicking-
Kimrin 2/3 fg

Returns-
vg Qwiksand 108 yds

Defense-
Bulluck 9 tak
Calmus 6 tak
vg Realhawker 5 tak
Starks 3 tak 1 sack
Woolfolk 2 tak 1 ff
Bell 1 tak 1 ff

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Week 9 vs CLE L 27-15
Passing-
McNair 21/35 199 yds 1 td 3 ints (!!!)

Rushing-
Brown 84 yds

Receiving-
Troupe 8 rec 84 yds
Bennett 6 rec 71 yds 1 td

Kicking-
Kimrin 3/3 fg

Returns-
vg Qwiksand 163 yds

Defense-
Sirmon 8 tak
Calmus 7 tak
Bulluck 6 tak
vg Realhawker 5 tak 1 sack 1 ff
Williams 1 int


Well McNair seems to be having some problems so Volek is probably going to get the next start. We have a bye in week 10 so the final decision will be made then.
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