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Greenville Marauders

Tentative starters in italics. My understanding is that we don't have to list our final starters until the end of the season. I list 3rd WR and FB as situational starters. I run a base 3-4.

Quarterbacks (3)
<code>
Pennington,Chad QB ACT MIA GM
Garrard,David QB ACT JAC GM <- could easily end up starting
Gradkowski,Bruce QB ACT OAK GM
</code>

Running Backs (6)
<code>
Bush,Michael RB ACT OAK GM
Rankin,Louis RB ACT OAK GM
Bradshaw,Ahmad RB ACT NYG GM
Williams,DeAngelo RB ACT CAR GM
McClain,Le'Ron FB ACT BAL GM <-situational starter
O'Neal,Oren FB ACT OAK GM
</code>

Wide Receivers (6)
<code>
Welker,Wes WR ACT NE GM
Higgins,Johnnie Lee WR ACT OAK GM <-return man
Walker,Javon WR ACT OAK GM
Austin,Miles WR ACT DAL GM
Hixon,Domenik WR ACT NYG GM
Maclin,Jeremy WR ACT PHI GM <-situational starter
</code>

Tight Ends (2)
<code>
Clark,Dallas TE ACT IND GM
Myers,Brandon TE ACT OAK GM
</code>

Offensive Linemen (9)
<code>
Hartwig,Justin C ACT PIT GM
Harris,Leroy C ACT TEN GM
Smiley,Justin G ACT MIA GM
Pitts,Chester G ACT HOU GM
Carlisle,Cooper G ACT OAK GM
Williams,Chris OT ACT CHI GM
Smith,Jason OT ACT STL GM
Barnes,Khalif T ACT OAK GM
Stinchcomb,Jonathan T ACT NO GM
</code>

Defensive Linemen (8)
<code>
Johnson,Michael DE ACT CIN GM
Richardson,Jay DE ACT OAK GM
Scott,Trevor DE ACT OAK GM
Abraham,John DE ACT ATL GM
Smith,Justin DE ACT SF GM
Knighton,Terrance NT ACT JAC GM
Sims,Pat NT ACT CIN GM
Warren,Gerard NT ACT OAK GM
</code>

Linebackers (8)
<code>
Ellis,Greg OLB ACT OAK GM
Vilma,Jonathan ILB ACT NO GM
Spikes,Takeo ILB ACT SF GM
Williams,DJ OLB ACT DEN GM
Jeanty,Rashad LB ACT CIN GM
Alston,Jon LB ACT OAK GM
Brown,Ricky LB ACT OAK GM
Williams,Sam LB ACT OAK GM
</code>

Defensive Backs (9)
<code>
Allen,Will CB ACT MIA GM
Goodman,Andre CB ACT DEN GM
Joseph,Johnathan CB ACT CIN GM <-Nickel corner
Branch,Tyvon CB ACT OAK GM <- starting at SS with Oakland this year, but I'm keeping him as a possible nickel corner
Griffin,Michael FS ACT TEN GM
Eugene,Hiram FS ACT OAK GM
Johnson,Michael FS ACT NYG GM
Sensabaugh,Gerald SS ACT DAL GM
Harris,Chris SS ACT CAR GM
</code>

Special Teams (2)
<code>
Lindell,Rian K ACT BUF GM
Huber,Kevin P ACT CIN GM
</code>

Reserves (2)
<code>
Huff,Michael FS ACT OAK GM
Ekejiuba,Isaiah LB ACT OAK GM
</code>

53 Man Roster for LOs Angeles Purple Cobras:

QB: (3)

7 Matt Cassel
4 Brett Farve
5 Kerry Collins

RB: (3)

28 Chris Johnson
31 Jamal Lewis
29 Glen Coffee

WR: (6)

89 Antonio Bryant
80 Kevin Curtis
87 Nate Washington
86 Reggie Brown
19 Brandon Gibson
15 Michael Crabtree

TE: (2)

81 Dustin Keller
82 Alex Smith

OG: (4)

73 Anthony Herrera
53 Antoine Caldwell
63 Kyle Kosier
78 Mike McGlynn

OT: (4)

70 Donald Penn
67 Kareem Mckenzie
71 Phil Loadholt
74 Winston Justice

C: (1)

63 Jeff Saturday

P: (1)

6 Donnie JOnes

K: (1)

2 Rob bironas

PR/KR: (1)

16 Josh Cribbs

NT: (2)

95 Jason Ferguson
92 Aubrayo Franklin

DE: (5)

90 Trevor Pryce
96 Marcus Spears
77 Matt Shaughnesy
90 Darren Howard
94 Victor Abiamiri

OLB: (6)

92 James Harrison
55 Terrell Suggs
50 Mike Vrabel
51 Marcus Freeman
54 Akeem JOrdan
96 Omar Gaither

ILB: (4)

52 Ray Lewis
58 Rey Maualuga
56 Scott McKilliop
51 Joe Mays

CB: (5)

24 Brandon Flowers
22 Tracy Porter
23 Daunta Robinson
37 Ellis Hobbs
35 Macho Harris

FS (3):

21 Antrel Rolle
39 Quinten Demps
26 Sean JOnes

SS (2):

36 Brandon Merriweather
27 Quintin Mikell

IR :

87 WR Brandon Tate
59 LB Brandon Williams

Ok so far I'm still doing some editing

So here's my plan. First, the offense.

My team is built for a powerful run game mixed with a fast-action short passing game that creates opportunities for YAC yards.

My quarterback is Kurt Warner, for whom that type of passing game is a strength. Running routes is a hobbit army of fast-cutting, good-route-running receivers: Santana Moss, Derrick Mason, Laveranues Coles, Chansi Stuckey, and Davone Bess, with Troy Williamson available to run our occasional fade routes in the end zone. All have speed for the deep routes off play-action, too.

Chris Cooley and Leonard Weaver are both good short-yardage guys out of the backfield, and Cooley might even play a little H-back/fullback, too. On third downs, Leonard Washington will come in as my third-down guy.

We have four pro bowlers from 2008 on our line: both tackles (Jake Long and Jammal Brown) and both guards (Chris Snee and Kris Dielman). Dominic Raiola is a strong center as well, and this group can run block like crazy and pass-protect as they need to.

Those guys will be blocking for a strong and reliable running back in Clinton Portis, who can carry the ball all day. When he needs a rest, we can bring in Joseph Addai to pound even harder.

On defense, we made a fundamental change in philosophy early in the draft. We were initially targeting a 46-style defense, which is why I went early on with two very strong CBs (Champ Bailey and Darrelle Revis), and two strong pass rushers (Mario Williams and Demarcus Ware). I then took Adrian Wilson as another of my many random pass rushers at other positions.

But then the opportunity arose to obtain Jared Allen, and I was also worried about my linebacker situation. So...the trade allowed us to make a strong shift in philosophy. Rather than have everybody randomly rushing, we instead went to more of a Steel Curtain philosophy. I put four very strong pass rushers up front (Mario Williams, Jared Allen, Tommie Harris, and Brandon Mebane) who combined for over 40 sacks last year. Yes, my front four AVERAGED 10 sacks each. That meant that I could then concentrate on linebackers who were fast and could cover.

Then in another trade I was fortunate to pick up Shaun Phillips, who can both cover and rush. So now my defense looks like this:

A front four that averaged 10 sacks per player in 2008
Two active back-seven guys who can cover and blitz strongly (Adrian Wilson and Shaun Phillips)
One sideline to sideline linebacker who can cover with the best of them (Keith Rivers)
One run-stuffer in the middle (either London Fletcher-Baker or Nick Barnett - not sure yet)
Two cornerbacks who can cover all day (Champ Bailey and Darelle Revis)
A ball-hawking strong safety in Jarrad Page who is going to be pushed by top rookie Louis Delmas.

On special teams, I went kicker early because I think my defense will keep scoring low, so field goals will be worth more in Super-Manatee games. For a similar reason, I took punter Mike Scifres, whose punts are rarely returned. This means that I won't give up any cheap return touchdowns. Conversely, we're stacked with good return guys, primarily Leon Washington on kick returns and Davone Bess on punt returns.

We're pretty much unbeatable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 6044750)

Yeah, the "reserve squad" isn't limited to rookies.

chiefs=good, I just glanced at your list, and just to confirm, you can't pick up waived people from other teams. It's your own roster only.

Really? ah that teh suck.. Na thats fine, one sec why i change some things...

* EDIT NO.3: For rules purposes...

Note: Starters in BOLD

Note: Rookies have a * next to their names

They include Nickle and Slot...

Offense
QB – Peyton Manning
QB – Derek Anderson
RB – Felix Jones
RB – LenDale White
RB – Mike Goodson*
FB – Madison Hedgecock
FB – Tony Fiammetta*
LT – Joe Staley
LG – Aaron Sears
C – Alex Mack*
RG – Mike Pollak
RT – Eric Winston
OG – Andrew Whitworth
OT – Jamon Meredith*
TE – Owen Daniels
WR – Steve Smith
WR – Michael Jenkins
WR – Lance Moore
WR – Jason Avant
WR – Ramses Barden*
WR – Derrick Williams*
WR – Dwayne Jarrett
WR – Muhsin Muhammad
WR – Kenneth Moore

Defense
CB – Marcus Trufant
CB – Nate Clements
CB – Nathan Vasher
CB – C.J. Wilson
DE – Patrick Kerney
DT – Albert Haynesworth
DT – Marcus Stroud
DE – Justin Tuck
DT – Jovan Haye
DE/DT – Calais Campbell
DT – Nick Hayden
DE – Lawrence Jackson
DE – Charles Johnson
DE – Tyler Brayton
DE/OLB – Vernon Gholston
ROLB – Lance Briggs
MLB – David Harris
LOLB – Brian Cushing*
MLB – E.J. Henderson
OLB – Justin Durant
OLB – Na'il Diggs
ILB – Dan Connor
FS – Oshiomogho Atogwe
FS – Charles Godfrey
SS – Tyrell Johnson
SS – James Butler

Special Teams
KR/PR – Danieal Manning
P – Pat McAfee*
K – John Kasay

Practice Squad
PS. – OG – Mackenzy Bernadeau
PS. – K – Rhys Lloyd[/QUOTE]

I consider Greenville to be in the equivalent to the post-Herm Edwards era, but I think we match up pretty well against Bradenton, as long as some of my key players progress.

Your power running game is going to crash on the rock of my nose tackle, Pat Sims. While not yet a household name among nose tackles, Sims (not that Sims!) is a real space eater that had the best initial campaign among the rookie DTs last year. He has a break out year this season and permanently clogs the middle of my defense. If he fails to develop in to the black hole I envision, you'll have your way running, but I'm counting on Pat. Justin Smith is also a very active run defender, racking up 70+ tackles per year from his RDE position.

After Pat and company have engulfed your blockers, my active group of linebackers will smash your smashmouth. Jonathan Vilma, Takeo Spikes, and DJ Williams are all good for 90+ tackles per year. They'll be making contact at the LOS and arriving in numbers.

This isn't going to leave many tackles for my head hunting strong safety Chris Harris, who has forced 10 fumbles over the last two seasons. That's okay, he'll take out his frustration and aggression on your smurfy little receivers. Better bring lots of stretchers.

While Harris is smashing the short routes, Michael Griffin is roaming the deep secondary. Teams tested him during his rookie year and paid for it to the tune of 7 interceptions. My starting corners aren't great, but there is very little fall off from 1 to 4 (Will Allen, Andre Goodman, Jonathan Joseph and Tyvon Branch). I can match up very well in your 3 and 4 receiver packages. LOOK OUT HERE COMES CHRIS HARRIS AGAIN. Ha ha, your surfs all have alligator arms.

If you get a chance to pass. I'm sending DE John Abraham and LB Greg Ellis (oh yes, I have not even mentioned these two yet!) from opposite sides of the field. Think Neil Smith and DT. Tremble. I also have depth on the DL to give enough rest to the stars so they'll have a 4th quarter burst. HERE COMES CHRIS HARRIS ON THE SAFETY BLITZ. <--Whoops, did you notice that I just sacked your QB? Oh yes, I know how how to disguise my blitzes.

Now I have the ball. Chad Pennington starts the game and he comes out passing. Every play. I've got a couple of book end tackles in (future all world) Jason Smith and Jonathan Stinchcomb. Solid guard play from Justin Smiley and Chester Pitts. Hartwig can hold his own as center, but I actually think my best center is Leroy Harris, but I might have to wait a year to prove that. And I can use FB Le'Ron McClain in max protect schemes. Yeah your pass rush gets to Chad once in a while. Maybe more than once in a while. Maybe you knock him out of the game. Good. I don't really like him as my QB anyway. I've got stout David Garrard waiting in the wings. My QBs aren't great but I've got two of them. And by doing this, I wear down your pass rush to the point where your big guys have their hands on their hips and tongues hanging out by the 3rd quarter. I further wear your guys down (and keep drives alive) by mixing in a few reverses (Maclin and Hixon) and screens (DeAngelo Williams). Your big guys legs are jello. Pass rush neutralized. Oh yes.

Sure you have two shut down corners, to take care of Welker (well maybe) and Hixon (another breakout player this season, wait and see). But who matches up with Dallas Clark, who plays like a 3rd wide out? Then I throw Jeremy Maclin into the mix and uh oh, who is going to cover him?

Now you have tired pass rushers and a bunch of defensive backs in the game to guard my four 1000 yard receivers. Here comes DeAngelo Williams, running out of the single back set. Oh yes.

Marauders 1-0.

Crested Butte-Holes ... starters are in bold.

Overall, I think this is a stellar team with the lone question mark really being the durability and health of the QBs. Schaub is always a risk for injury, but I made the decision to trade away Cassel and I think it will prove to be a wise move, at least early on this season.

Offensively, we have a lot of options... great pass catching WRs that love to rack up YAC and a stone cold stud at TE with Olsen. The ground game will be led by the punishing work of Jacobs, with Kevin Smith coming in for about 10 carries a game. And, while Hillis is not your 'stereotypical' FB... his well rounded game brings another dimension as he can be a RB and a great threat in the passing game, which should provide Schaub with a ton of opportunities.

Speaking of keeping Schaub healthy, that Oline is pretty tight and it's up to them to keep him vertical and I see no real issues with them at this point.

Defensively, Peppers gives us the ability to run a 4-3 or a 3-4 in the right situations. The DLINE has a lot of versatility and they should give the LBs a ton of opportunities to create turnovers. We have a lot of depth up front on the DLINE and with the LBs, the plan is to keep them fresh and healthy with a solid rotation throughout the game when needed.

And, when they do pass... good luck having success against this secondary!

Overall - I believe this is a fundamentally sound and well rounded team. And, as I scan the other rosters and look at the starters... there may be 2 teams that can stand toe to toe with this lineup on any given week.

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Matt Schaub, QB
Trent Edwards, QB
<o></o><code>Brunell,Mark QB ACT NO CBH</code><code><o></o></code>
WR/TE (8)
Anquan Boldin, WR
TJ Houshmandzadeh, WR
Roy Williams, WR
<o></o>Jordy Nelson, WR
Greg Olsen, TE
<o></o>Jeremy Shockey, TE
<o></o><code>Dinkins,Darnell TE ACT NO CBH<o></o></code>
<code>Woods,D'Juan WR RES NO CBH<o></o></code>
RB (6)
Brandon Jacobs, RB
Kevin Smith, RB
Peyton Hillis, FB
Correll Buckhalter, RB
<st1><st1:city w:st="on"><code>Bell</code></st1:city></st1><code>,Mike RB ACT NO CBH</code>
*<st1><st1:city u1:st="on">Jerious <st1><st1:city w:st="on">Norwood</st1:city></st1></st1:city></st1>, RB/KR (listed primarily as KR - shown in both places)
OL (11)
Marcus McNeil, LT
<st1><st1><st1><st1>Robert</st1></st1></st1> </st1><st1><st1>Gallery</st1></st1>, LG
Frank Omiyale, LT/LG
Olin Kreutz, C
<o></o>Chris Myers, C
Chris Kuper, RG
<o></o>Anthony Collins, RT
<o></o><code>Leckey,Nick C ACT NO CBH<o></o></code>
<code>Collins,Anthony T ACT CIN CBH</code>
<code>Omiyale,Frank T ACT CHI CBH</code>
<code>Bushrod,Jermon T ACT NO CBH<o></o></code>
ST (3)
Mason Crosby, K
Brad Maynard, P
*Jerious <st1><st1:city w:st="on"><st1><st1:city u1:st="on">Norwood</st1:city></st1></st1:city></st1>, KR/RB
DL (8)
Julius Peppers, DE/OLB
Ray Edwards, LDE
Kevin Williams, DT
Tommy Kelly, DT
<o></o>Domata Peko, DT
Darryl Tapp, RDE
<o></o><code>Clancy,Kendrick NT ACT NO CBH<o></o></code>
<st1><st1:city w:st="on"><code>Charleston</code></st1:city></st1><code>, Jeff DE ACT NO CBH</code>
LB (8)
Kirk Morrison, ILB
Zach Diles, OLB/SLB
Curtis Lofton, MLB
<o></o>Gerald Hayes, MLB/ILB
<o></o>Akeem Jordan, OLB
<o></o><code>Simoneau,Mark MLB RES NO CBH<o></o></code>
<st1><code>Dunbar</code></st1><code>,Jo-Lonn LB ACT NO CBH</code>
<code>Evans,<st1><st1:city w:st="on">Troy</st1:city></st1> LB ACT NO CBH<o></o></code>
DB (6)
Richard Marshall, CB
Charles Tillman, CB
Gibril Wilson, S
Roman Harper, S
Abram <st1><st1:country-region w:st="on">Elam</st1:country-region></st1>, S
<code>Torrence,Leigh DB ACT NO CBH

Practice Squad
</code><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CWINDOWS%5CTEMP%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><style>  </style><code>Nesbit,Jamar G ACT NO CBH</code>
<code>Harper,Rod WR ACT NO CBH</code>

Fear the mighty Cleveland Steamers!

Offense

Quarterback:
Drew Brees
Josh Freeman
Troy Smith

Running Back:
LaDanian Thomlinson
Knowshon Moreno
Jalen Parmele

Wide Reciever:
Randy Moss
Terrell Owens
Jared Cook
Patrick Turner
Kelly Washington
Demetrius Williams

Tight End:
Chase Coffman
LJ Smith

Offensive Line:
Chris Samuels
Steve Hutchinson
Andre Gurode
Alan Faneca
Flozell Adams
Sebastian Vollmer
Adam Terry
Tony Moll
TJ Lang
Chris Chester

Defense

Defensive Line:
John Henderson
Shawn Rogers
Ziggy Hood
Dwan Edwards
Sammie Lee Hill
Justin Bannan
Kelly Talavou

Line Backers:
Julian Peterson
James Laurinaitis
Dhani Jones
Brian Orakpo
Lawrence Sidbury
Jason Williams
Brendan Ayanbadejo
Antwan Barnes
Dannell Ellerbe

Defensive Backs:
Malcolm Jenkins
Leigh Bodden
Jarius Byrd
William Moore
Samari Rolle (PUP)
Sherrod Martin
Derek Cox
Ladarius Webb
Frank Walker
Chris Carr

Special Teams

Kicker:
Sebastian Janikowski

Long Snapper:
Matt Katula

Punter:
Is for pussies

The cobras play a hybrid d of the ravens and steelers. It is an agressive D which dares you to run on them. With the intense leadership of Ray Lewis and the intensity of Rey maualuga. The pass rush is lead by two of the best in the league in Terrell suggs and James Harrison. The young D back field has tons of talent.

The offense is a shotgun offense running one TE one RB three WR. We throw deep short agressive in the passing game. Chris Johnson is dynamic and will add a lot of flash to this O. While disapointed bout the whole crabtree situation but we have faith we will eventually sign him. Mean while we feel confident in the future of Matt cassel and made a bold move to acquire him to back him up 2 vets who are willing to jump in case of injury or ineffictiveness.

As I stated time and time again this is a team so special teams was built to be a factor as well. We have arguably the best KR in the game in Josh cribbs. The punter is the underated Donnie jones. With the best kicker in the game in rob bironas the special teams unit is one of the best in the league.

The Glitz and Glamour of football returns to LA get ready cause it's gonna be a fun season.

Bunch of teams didn't finalize their rosters. :shake:

So far tonight, Hartwig didn't play well, but Michael Griffin forced the game saving fumble against Holmes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chiefscafan (Post 6051225)

The best kicker in the game didn't look so great last night.

What happens with all these teams that didn't submit their final rosters? Have you sent them all a PM Rain Man?

We need 'em to submit. I'm swamped at work right now; can someone tally up who's done and who's AWOL? I'll then send 'em a PM.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 6056524)

We need 'em to submit. I'm swamped at work right now; can someone tally up who's done and who's AWOL? I'll then send 'em a PM.

From what I can tell, here's who has done them:

Fat Elvis
Mile High Mania
I=SUCK
chiefscafan
cdcox
Rain Man
Burger
jwazzie
truebigdog
doomy3
Pestilence

These are the people who DID NOT submit a roster:

bdeg
Mr. Arrowhead
Kyle DeLexus
rockio42
Ultra Peanut
darosa88
KCKing
Bowser

I know wrote the bironas comment b4 last night. I think it was opening night jitters but he looked awfull.

I wish crabtree would just sign or sign and then trade him.