Bmac!

So we have our new owner of Albuquerque. We have to get a hold of burmy still, so we're pretty close to being set for the draft.

Bmac, any announcements on plans for this season?

Updating Rosters & New Owner

Alright I've updated rosters, which means I've updated the ratings and I went ahead and replaced NFL Starters with Draft Prospects, they will be listed in red on the team's roster, that also means the Draft Prospect Document I sent out is subject to change. I will send an updated version of that which will include a "replacement" prospect because we are trying to keep the same amount of the players that were already there. Alright I will post the new Salary Caps for teams as well as any changes that have been made. I will send everyone the rosters, I need Throwback's email address, I think I have everyone elses but if you don't get it after I send it out comment me on here your email and I'll send it out. Also we need to decide who the replacement owner for Albuquerque is because we are moving onto season 2 with 10 teams. We should probably ask Bmac if he would be intrested in taking over Albuquerque since he was supposed to get a team last year. If he doesn't want them then Droozer they are all yours. Also we need to hear from Burmy to make sure he's still on board. After we settle who the new owner(s) is, then we can set a date on the Draft and move onto the start of the season.

Also remember the Salary Cap limit is 180. (+) = Rating Boost, (-) = Rating Dropped

I also put Draft Needs as a catagory, this is the needs for the team in my opinion, some positions I put could just use upgrades as in QB for Hawai'i and Louisville or HB for Boise and San Antonio. Positions like WR can use upgrades for almost every team. Really we need every owner to look at the roster and be there for the Draft, and if they can't be there, they need to pick someone to draft for them and tell them what players they want!

Alabama Gladiators

Salary Cap: 171 (Off: 88 Def. 86)

Roster Notes: Michael Smith replaces Darren Sproles at RB (RB Rating drops 4 points as well as 1 point in Salary).

Rating Changes:

QB Michael Vick (+2), WR Marcus Vick (+2), WR Korean Robinson (+4), DT Grady Jackson (-2), DT Kendrick Clancy (+2), LB Takeo Spikes (+2), LB Leon Williams (+2), CB Ty Law (+3), SS Adam Archuleta (+2).

Draft Needs: OG, DE

Albuquerque 47's

Salary Cap: 165 (Off: 84 Def. 81)

Roster Notes: DE Andre Coleman had the most tackles out of any DE, he was also the worst rated at 62, so he received a very large 13 point boost to 75. It also looks like the new owner will have to choose a starter at HB with both guys rated at 84. P Sam Koch (NFL) is replaced by P Scott Ravanesi/81.

Rating Changes: QB Chase Daniel (-4), RB Edgerrin James (-4), RB Dominic Rhodes (+1), WR Brandon Lloyd (+4), TE Tom Santi (+4), DT Jeff Zgonia (+5), DE Andre Coleman (+13), LB Jonathan Goff (+7), LB Robert James (+7), CB Michael Lehan (+5), SS C.C. Brown (+4), SS Brandon McGowan (-3).

Draft Needs: QB, OG, OT, TE, DE, FS

Boise Grizzlies

Salary Cap: 169 (Off. 88 Def. 81)

Roster Notes: Derrick Ballad replaces Karlos Dansby at MLB. P Shane Lechler (NFL) is replaced by P Justin Brantly/85. K Lawrence Tynes (NFL) is replaced by K Josh Huston/84.

Roster Changes: QB Shaun King (+4), WR Patrick Crayton (+5), WR Kieth Brown (+4), TE Travis McCall (+6), LB Tavares Gooden (+2), LB Rosevalt Colvin (+4), CB Marcus McCauley (+3), FS Lamont Thompson (+2), SS Corey Chavous (+3), K Lawrence Tynes (+1).

Draft Needs: DE, FS, RB

Connecticut Navy

Salary Cap: 167 (Off. 91 Def. 73)

Roster Notes: I moved Tank Williams from SS to FS seeing as he is a point better then the former starter at SS. K Mike Nugent (NFL) is with K Ryan Plackemeier/85.

Roster Changes: QB Jon Kitna (+3), RB Rudi Johnson (+3), WR Bobby Engram (+1), WR Quan Crosby (+3), TE Jim Kleinsasser (+4), LB D.D. Lewis (+5), LB Shawn Crable (+5), CB Adam Jones (+2), CB Daven Holly (+2), SS Michael Boulware (+5).

Draft Needs: OG, OT, DE, DT, LB

Hawai'i Tropics

Salary Cap: 159 (Off. 82 Def. 77)

Roster Notes: White drops 2 points because he had the 2nd least passing yards in the league. K Olindo Mare(NFL) is replaced by K Leigh Tiffin/83.

Roster Changes: QB Jason White (-2), RB Ian Johnson (+7), RB Ron Dayne (+1), WR Mario Manningham (+3), DT Chris Hovan (+2), LB Antwan Peek (+2), LB Jarod Mayo (+3), LB Clark Haggans (+4), CB David Irons (+4), FS Will Allen (+3), SS Marlon McCree (+3).

Draft Needs: OG, OT, DE, QB

Las Vegas Aces

Salary Cap: 168 (Off. 91 Def. 79)

Roster Notes: QB Ryan Leaf has been placed on the Active Roster giving the team 4 QBs, so they are in a position to cut/trade one of them. Leaf drops 3 points after missing the whole season last year. P Jeremy Kapinos(NFL) was replaced by P Derrick Frost/75.

Roster Changes: QB John Parker Wilson (+7), QB Ryan Leaf (-3), RB Kevin Jones (+1), RB Vernard Morency (+2), WR DJ Hall (+2), WR Eric Moulds (+5), RE Patrick Chukwurah (+2), LB Abdul Hodge (+2), LB Eric Barton (+3), SS Mike Doss (+3).

Draft Needs: FB, OG, CB

Louisville Shockers

Salary Cap: 162 (Off. 83 Def. 79)

Roster Notes: (None)

Roster Changes: RB Najeh Davenport (+3), WR Chad Jackson (+1), WR Bryant Johnson (+3), TE Jason Dunn (+4), DT John McCargo (+2), LB Warrick Holdman (+3), LB Andra Davis (+4), LB Robby Carpenter (+3).

Draft Needs: OT, DE, FS, SS, QB

Memphis Kings

Salary Cap: 164 (Off. 80 Def. 84)

Roster Notes: P Matt McBriar(NFL) is replaced by P Matt Allen/85.

Roster Changes: QB Graham Harrell (+3), WR Marvin Harrison (+4), WR David Boston (+1), WR Darrell Jackson (+3), DT Rod Coleman (-2), DE Kbeer Gbaja Biamila (-2), LB Al Wilson (+4), LB Barrett Rudd (+2), FS Greg Wesley (+3), SS Donovin Darius (+6).

Draft Needs: RB, TE, OG

Quebec Polaires

Salary Cap: 167 (Off. 84 Def. 83)

Roster Notes: CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie(NFL) is replaced by CB Jimmy Williams/86, K Niel Rackers(NFL) is replaced by K Brandon Coutu/85. ROLB Tim Shaw is moved to LOLB to be starter because is a point better the the former starter.

Roster Changes: QB Jake Plummer (+1), RB Deuce McAllister (+5), WR Joe Horn (+4), TE Nick Walker (+6), DE Orpheus Roye (+3), LB Tim Shaw (+8), LB Bradie James (+2), CB Ricky Manning (+5), FS Kevin Kaesviharn (+7), SS Dexter Jackson (+4)

Draft Needs: FB, OT, OG, DE

San Antonio Nightmare

Salary Cap: 164 (Off. 82 Def. 82)

Roster Notes: WR Joey Galloway drops 3 points because he was the 3rd leading reciever on the team, however the Furrey and Hall bumped up enough for the Nightmare to have 3 WRs at 87.

Roster Changes: QB David Carr (+1), RB Shaun Alexander (-2), WR Joey Galloway (-3), WR Mike Furrey (+4), WR Dante Hall (+5), TE Troy Humphrey (+4), LB Larry Foote (+2), LB Demorrio Williams (+2), CB Antoine Cason (+3), CB Trumaine McBride (+4), FS Jim Leonhard (+6)

Draft Needs: OT, OG, DE, K, TE, RB

Alright I am not going to post anymore of the Draft Prospects because the document has changed a lot now. I will just e-mail it to everyone, Throwback I need to know your e-mail, and if no one else gets it then just comment on here and give me your e-mail.

Stat Leaders

Well here they are!

QB Stats
Yards
JP Wilson(LV)- 1730
Shawn King(BOI)- 1491
David Carr(SA)- 1366

Touchdowns
Aaron Brooks(LOU)- 14
JP Wilson(LV)- 13
Graham Harrel(MEM)- 12

RB Stats
Yards
Rudi Johnson(CON)- 617
Duece McAllister(QUE)- 569
Darren Sproles(ALA)- 512

Touchdowns
Duece McAllister(QUE)- 7
Najeh Davenport(LOU)- 7
Rudi Johnson(CON)- 6
Darren Sproles(ALA)- 6

WR Stats
Yards
Patrick Crayton(BOI)- 395
Bobby Engram(CON)- 338
DJ Hall(LV)- 320

Touchdowns
DJ Hall(LV)- 4
Joey Galloway(SA)- 4
Joe Horn(QUE)- 4

Defensive stats
Tackles
A. Davis(LOU)-47
K. Kaeviharn(QUE)- 44
B. James(QUE)- 40
T. Spikes(ALA)- 40

Interceptions
A. Talib(MEM)-3
A. Carson(SA)-3
K. Dansby(BOI)-2

Sacks
J. McCargo(LOU)-4
P. CHukwurah(LV)-3
C. Hovan(HAW)-3

I'll post the MVP options from my opinion tomorrow. Comment your email and I'll hit up anyone with Microsoft Office.

Stats?

When do you think you are going to get done with stats Mykl? I need them to update rosters.

Now as far as salary and everything, we are going to use the same system this year. I wondered if we should drop 90 rated guys from 10 points to 6 or 7 points. Considering they aren't extremely better then 89 rated guys who are 5 points cheaper. Also if guys drop or rise in ratings they become cheaper or more expensive but they keep the same amount of years left on their contract. So for example, Ian Johnson was signed to a 3 year contract since he was an 80 overall, but he will probably be bumped up to 86 or 87 making him a little more expensive at 5 points instead of 3 but he still has 2 years left on his contract. That makes it just like real life where if certain players do well they get raises in bonuses and stuff like that.

MLF Championship 2

1st Quarter Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ErQGNLGgrY

2nd Quarter Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEOt5Mrlddk

3rd Quarter Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7mxrzFc3Is

4th Quarter Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jir-tRooTuo

Scoring Summary

ALB 0 0 0 0 0
QUE 3 7 7 3 20

2:04 left in the 1st – Rackers, Neil 27 Yard FG
3:36 left in the 2nd – Faulk, Kevin 4 Yard TD Run
1:16 left in the 3rd – Yoder, Todd 9 Yard TD Reception From Plummer, Jake
0:47 left in the 4th – Rackers, Neil 24 Yard FG

Statistics
Daniel, Chase (ALB) – 8/20, 97 Yds, 2 INT
Rhodes, Dominic (ALB) – 3 Rush, 3 Yds
McDonald, Shaun (ALB) – 3 Rec, 51 Yds

Plummer, Jake (QUE) – 18/25, 195 Yds, 1 TD
McAllister, Deuce (QUE) – 21 Att, 121 Yds
Faulk, Kevin (QUE) – 1 Att, 4 Yds, 1 TD
Jarret, Dwayne (QUE) – 5 Rec, 65 Yds
Yoder, Todd (QUE) – 3 Rec, 43 Yds, 1 TD
Barnes, Antwan (QUE) – 1 Int
Cromartie, Dominique (QUE) – 1 Int
Rackers, Neil (QUE) – 2/2 FG (27,24), 2/2 XP

Alabama signs HB Michael Smith

PRESS CONF. FROM HOOVER, AL 4-24-10: "Hello everyone, after a busy season and some busy scouting of the NFL Draft, the Alabama Gladiators have decided to announce Darren Sproles will not return to the team for the 2010 season. He has spent 2 seasons with the Gladiators and has been the face of our franchise, weather it was competing for the rushing title or returning kicks he was a true Superstar to this team and to the league. He has decided that he will focus on the NFL full-time now and retire from MLF because he has now become a bigger role for the San Diego Chargers. The Alabama Gladiators have decided to retire his #43 jersey since he has been the face of our franchise. We are very pleased with what he has done and sad it has come to an end but it is obviously the best thing he can do. Sproles will do the Coin Flip for the Gladiator's first home game and have his jersey retired before the game starts."

"Since Sproles is gone, we have been given the opportunity to sign a replacement runningback. We have decided to sign the #3 Runningback prospect for this year in Michael Smith of Arkansas. Smith is a very similar player to Sproles, he is a small speedy back at 5'9, 180. He spent most of last season injured for the Razorbacks which ruined his shot at the pros. In his Junior year he was a SEC rushing leader having 1,072 yards on 20 carries, with 10 total Touchdowns (2 Receiving). He had key games against big teams, rushing for over 500 yards against the Top 25 which was 6th nationally. He also had a 133 yard game against the National Champion Florida Gators, the most the team had given up all season. Although it will be tough to replace Sproles, we think Smith is our best shot. Sproles was evaluated at a 87 overall and would have probably been bumped to an 88 or 89 after an impressive season. Smith will come into the league rated at 84, we feel confidant that he will get the job done and maybe he will be as good as Sproles while starting for the Gladiators. He will be signed to a 4 point contract for 4 seasons."

- Alabama Gladiator Owner Michael Harbison

Semi-Finals

Albuquerque 7-14-7-7-35
Las Vegas 7-7-0-13-27

Quebec 3-21-7-7-38
Connecticut 7-0-0-16-23

Doing stats

This weekend, I'll see what I can do.

Through 5 games, JP Wilson has 1472 yards, 11 Tds, and just 4 INTs
:D

Also, since we're doing stats, and that we didn't have an ASG, and are considering a 1 division league...

We should just do a All-MLF team.

Gentlemen...

I WILL be returning for the summer season. I have had a lot of distractions during the school year, but with summer coming I will have a lot more time to dedicate to this. Also, San Antonio Nightmare FTW!

Developing story?

Gentlemen... and beast mode...

Well, since we kind of figured out that we'd do summer leagues, that gives me A LOT more time to help with here.

So with that being said, I will return for a summer season. Though I have some new ideas to make the league better. Now we all know that mike somehow got a crap load of talent, that being said, what if we selected keepers, then drafting players, just to spread out the talent pool. We will keep star players like JPW, and Pornstache, but retool for the future

I also think contracting to 8 teams would be better. I know NEP wont be coming back. Then Kevin has lots of distractions(don't ask). So if we had 8, would you guys be in favor in 1 big league? Instead of divisions, just a big 8 team conference. It seems like it would make it simpler to do a schedule. Like once vs every team, then an extra rival. So I'd play mike, BM would play TC.

I'll see what I can do with the stats from recent games, so we can get a good estimate on how we all did.

So comments? Thoughts? Opinions? Sarcastic remarks?

Also droozer, if you don't make the 8 team league, just be accepting please. I know you want in badly, but it'd be the way the cookie crumbled.

Good luck to the 4 teams left in the tournament. 2 for 2 in Vegas? I THINK SO.

Lastly, sorry I'm sorry I was a bitch. I had a lot on my plate. Just I need to get school together, and get my GPA up. And during the school year, dont expect to see much of me.

Rebuilding

Well this season was a complete failure, most of the blame is on me and raysox (more so me, since I wasn't as able/willing to sim during this season). It was nice to see Sizemore help out though and step up when this league was at its worst. The thing I miss the most is when this league was fun, we couldn't wait for games to be simmed and the whole atmosphere was fun, and that kind of just disappeared. I think one reason is because I got kind of tired of trying to sim all the games every weekend, it was just to much stress considering I'm usually with friends or just taking time out from a busy school schedule. I think it was a good idea to try and end the season on a high note with the Season Ending Tournament. I think for thee Championship game Sizemore you should do a "broadcast" for it since it is the Championship. The team will be Crowned Season 2 Champion and the Tournament Record will be displayed as the team's final record. I will be out of school in 4 and a half weeks, the week after I'll be on vacation at the beach, so the first week of June will be my most free, Between now and then I will work on getting draft prospects, and instead of having a Season 2 All-Star Game, it will just be played in Alabama for the Summer Season (or Season 3). One good thing about the summer is we have full weeks and all times of the day to sim, and now we have up to 3 or 4 people who can sim. I think what we should do is Supersim and stats from now on until playoffs. I also propose that we do Full-Game Broadcast for the playoffs and Sizemore can sim the East while I will sim the West, that way it can be fair.

One thing we need to do is address owners who are returning for Season 3.

East

Alabama - Big Mike (Returning)

Connecticut - Throwback (Returning)

Memphis - MBurmy (?)

Louisville - BJB (Returning)

Quebec - TC (Returning)

West

Albuquerque - New.Era.Panda (Not Returning!)

Boise - Beast Mode (Returning)

Las Vegas - Mykl (Returning)

Hawai'i - Sizemore (Returning)

San Antonio - Kevin (Returning)

Okay so I need to know if Memphis, Connecticut, and San Antonio's owners are returning for the 3rd season or not. I'm just assuming Mykl and New.Era. are still resigning from the league, if I am wrong please correct me. At the looks we have at least 2 teams possibly 5 teams to replace, so we will need replacements, obviously Droozer and Brian are the top 2 right now seeing as they have been paying a lot of attention to the league. We will probably make a topic asking for applicants and maybe post a thread on the boards looking for replacement owners if we need 3-5.

I don't think we should shoot for a Season 3 Start date just yet, I think we need to get everything organized and have the draft and everything settled first. The ratings will be changed due to 1st Half Season stats. There was just too much productivity out of some players to go unseen as well as some players doing worse then expected. I think Sizemore said the Championship will be this weekend so stick around and let's look for a good start to building Season 3 back up to what the MiLF used to be.

Season Ending Tournament Post

Well, here we go.

Round 1

Albuquerque - 7 - 7 - 3 - 7 - 24
San Antonio - 0 - 0 - 7 - 0 - 7

Memphis - 10 - 7 - 0 - 3 - 20
Quebec - 0 - 17 - 7 - 3 - 27
Quarterfinals

Las Vegas - 7 - 7 - 7 - 6 - 27
Hawai'i - 7 - 3 - 7 - 7 - 24

Albuquerque - 0 - 10 - 10 - 0 - 20
Boise - 7 - 0 - 0 - 7 - 14

Louisville - 3 - 0 - 14 - 7 - 24
Connecticut - 14 - 10 - 7 - 14 - 45

Quebec - 7 - 14 - 0 - 3 - 24
Alabama - 0 - 0 - 0 - 7 - 7

Lost Season

As much as I hate to say it, we might need to abandon this season and build for next season so we can...

-Start it on time around the beginning of June

-Get committed owners for the league

-Reduce the league back down to 8 teams?

So any thoughts on abandoning this year?

Midseason Check-In

Because we really need one, I wanna see who's actually checking the blog. Ever. Or who's even interested in this anymore. So, yeah comment below or die.