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Fanspeak Manage the Cap Whaaaat!?



Thank you to to the poster who pointed this site out to me..sorry I couldn't find it when I went back through the comments of posts but if it was you go ahead and take credit. This site is awesome. It's basically the off-season of dynasty mode in Madden.

Anyway, here's what I did with the Colts this off-season, without further ado...

First, I released the following players: Trent, Toler, Walden, Thomas, Lance Louis and a few other bottom-feeder guys. I also restructured Mathis and Davis. That gave me ~ $60M to play with.

Resignings: Hasselbeck, Wayne, Redding, Adams.

Free Agency!

I beefed up the defense big time here! Got McCourty and Suh - hey-o! Also upgraded to Walter Thurmond at the CB #2 spot, since Toler can't stay healthy. Darius Butler was too expensive, so I signed Chykie Brown to compete with Sheldon Price as the slot corner. Along the D-Line I also grabbed beefy Darnell Dockett and serviceable Robert Geathers. At LB I tabbed Malcolm Smith to help the pass rush and Jasper Brinkley to help inside.

On offense I grabbed the best G in free agency in Iupati and Eric Winston as a backup swing tackle. Key word backup. Lastly, I got Moreno on a short-term deal. He's a good veteran that catch the ball out of the backfield, pass block and run between the tackles. Banking on him staying healthy (also, I would have the team draft a RB in the 3rd/4th rd in this scenario).

All the good veteran receivers wanted too much money for my blood, especially with TY, Allen and Fleener coming up soon. I saved some money (~ $17M)to rollover for next season's big new deals while building a bonafide Super Bowl contender for now and in future years without crippling the cap (which is still expected to go up in future years).

Here's the breakdown of my 2015 Colts:

QB: Luck, Hasselbeck

RB: Moreno, Ballard, (draft pick), Boom Herron

WR: Hilton, Moncrief, Wayne, Carter, (draft pick)

TE: Allen, Fleener, Doyle

OT: Castonzo, Cherilus, Winston, (draft pick)

OG: Iupati, Mewhort, Thornton

C: Holmes, Shipley, (draft pick)

DL: Suh, Dockett, A. Jones, Kerr, Redding, Geathers, Hughes, Chapman

OLB: Mathis, Werner, Newsome, Smith, Adongo, (draft pick)

ILB: Freeman, D. Jackson, Brinkley, (draft pick)

CB: Davis, Thurmond, Price, Brown, (draft pick)

S: McCourty, Adams, McDonald, (draft pick)

ST: Vinatieri, Boomstick

That makes 53, ladies and gents!

What do y'all think?

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