FanSpeak Free Agency Simulator and Mock Draft

[rhapsody]

Merci mon ami, while I am not as hell-bent as some to draft RB high, I can understand the wanting of an offensive play-maker no matter the position. My heart's desire in the first three rounds (4 selections including our comp pick, barring trades) includes WR, TE, and O-line not in any particular order. If Ozzie's last draft includes Guice or Roquan Smith should they fall, so be it and I won't complain.
Your sentence in bold makes a lot of sense as I peruse various mock drafts. Question : could/should we trade down (1st round) into the 20's, then trade up (2nd round) into the 30's to choose two in that "sweet spot?" ... Bc

Yes, I am for that maneuvering, but we need a tango partner. I am not sure those players who are available at #16 are going to be so attractive to a team later in the round that they will want to move up for one of them. It might be easier to move up in the second or the third round.

If it happens that we are stuck at #16, I want one of my top WRs.

[Stevo]

Went to FanSpeak and did their FreeAgency Simulator, then their draft simulator/mock..This is what I came up with. Note: I did not follow college football much this year, so I am sure my mock draft will be pretty weak and uninformed.

SUMMARY AFTER FREE AGENCY
BALTIMORE RAVENS
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Salary Cap: 178,000,000
Player Salaries: 166,894,364
Dead Money: 2,333,338
Carryover: 2,000,000
Reserved for Draft Picks: 5,000,000
Cap Space Remaining: 5,772,298
ROSTER
SIGNED PLAYERS
Name Position Cap Hit
Mike Campanaro WR 1,600,000
Ryan Jensen C 5,250,000
Brent Urban DL 1,600,000
Jarvis Landry WR 7,800,000
Sheldon Richardson DL 5,600,000
REST OF ROSTER
Name Position Cap Hit
Austin Howard OT 5,000,000
Joe Flacco QB 24,750,000
Jimmy Smith CB 13,100,000
Brandon Williams DL 4,500,000
Marshal Yanda G 10,125,000
CJ Mosley LB 8,718,000
Tony Jefferson S 8,500,000
Eric Weddle S 8,250,000
Brandon Carr CB 7,000,000
Terrell Suggs EDGE 6,950,000
Ronnie Stanley OT 5,586,636
Justin Tucker K 4,450,000
Sam Koch P 3,550,000
Breshad Perriman WR 2,769,878
Marlon Humphrey CB 2,692,609
Kamalei Correa EDGE 1,568,083
Anthony Levine S 1,533,333
Albert McClellan DL 1,450,000
Maxx Williams TE 1,289,506
Tyus Bowser EDGE 1,267,091
Morgan Cox LS 1,140,000
Bronson Kaufusi EDGE 939,254
Carl Davis DL 877,021
Chris Wormley DL 850,661
Za'Darius Smith EDGE 825,788
Buck Allen RB 823,618
Tim Williams EDGE 809,670
Tavon Young CB 781,282
Chris Moore WR 779,090
Alex Lewis OT 752,974
Nick Boyle TE 744,118
Darren Waller TE 732,774
Kenneth Dixon RB 725,848
Willie Henry DL 725,848
Nico Siragusa G 710,357
Matt Judon EDGE 693,934
Maurice Canady CB 655,089
Stephane Nembot LB 634,168
Michael Pierce DL 633,334
Jermaine Eluemunor OT 621,791
Chuck Clark FS 598,705
Jaylen Hill CB 555,000
Alex Collins RB 583,904
ACTIONS
CUT
Name Position
Jeremy Maclin WR
Danny Woodhead RB
Lardarius Webb CB
RESTRUCTURED
Name Position
Brandon Williams DL
TRANSITION TAGGED
Name Position
FRANCHISE TAGGED
Name Position
SIGNED
Name Position
Mike Campanaro WR
Ryan Jensen C
Brent Urban DL
Jarvis Landry WR
Sheldon Richardson DL

VIEW EACH TEAM'S DRAFT
16: R1P16
WR CALVIN RIDLEY
ALABAMA

52: R2P20
TE DALLAS GOEDERT
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

83: R3P19
C JAMES DANIELS
IOWA

102: R3P38
RB NICK CHUBB
GEORGIA

120: R4P18
LB JOSEY JEWELL
IOWA

156: R5P17
OT BRANDON PARKER
NORTH CAROLINA A&T

193: R6P16
EDGE JUSTIN LAWLER
SMU

238: R7P20
G SEAN WELSH
IOWA

I see them resigning Camp, Jensen, Urban and Wallace. I also see them cutting Howard.
RD1 Goedert TE (trade back Buffalo, received a additional 4th rd pick)
RD2 Moore WR(Trade up, using extra 4th rd pick)
RD3 Cobbs WR
RD3 Brandon Parker OT (Comp pick)
RD4 Kyle Lauletta QB
RD 5 Rashaad Penny RB
RD 6 BJ Hill DT
RD7 Josey Jewell LB

[GOTA]

I see them resigning Camp, Jensen, Urban and Wallace. I also see them cutting Howard.
RD1 Goedert TE (trade back Buffalo, received a additional 4th rd pick)
RD2 Moore WR(Trade up, using extra 4th rd pick)
RD3 Cobbs WR
RD3 Brandon Parker OT (Comp pick)
RD4 Kyle Lauletta QB
RD 5 Rashaad Penny RB
RD 6 BJ Hill DT
RD7 Josey Jewell LB

The top 5 picks on offense for Ozzie's last draft? That I would love to see but I can't see it happening.

[wickedsolo]

Cut:
Austin Howard
Jeremy Maclin
Lardarius Webb
Danny Woodhead

Re-Signed:
Ryan Jensen @ 7.5 mill over 5 years.
Mike Wallace @ 6 mill over 1 year.

Restructured:
Tony Jefferson

Signed:
Jarvis Landry @ $14 mill per year over 5 years. [Obviously this won't happen now since he's getting tagged...]
Brice Butler @6 mill per year over 3 years.
Preston Brown @ 1.5 mill over 3 years.
EJ Manuel @ 3 million over 2 years.

[GreatWhiteNorthRaven]

Cut:
Austin Howard
Jeremy Maclin
Lardarius Webb
Danny Woodhead

Re-Signed:
Ryan Jensen @ 7.5 mill over 5 years.
Mike Wallace @ 6 mill over 1 year.

Restructured:
Tony Jefferson

Signed:
Jarvis Landry @ $14 mill per year over 5 years. [Obviously this won't happen now since he's getting tagged...]
Brice Butler @6 mill per year over 3 years.
Preston Brown @ 1.5 mill over 3 years.
EJ Manuel @ 3 million over 2 years.

Seems really light on Preston Brown. Didn't he have like 130 tackles last year? Great fit though.

[B-more Ravor]

Fanspeak is fun and all, and it does as good of a job with something like this as you can, I guess, but it's not particularly accurate.

1. The carryover number is wrong.
2. The amount needed for the rookies is wrong
3. Teams would like to have at least $3-5M in extra Cap space to carry into the season for injuries (not factored in)
4. The incentive adjustment also isn't factored in. Granted it's hard to know at this point, but - for instance - last year it was a negative $5M+ for the Ravens. I don't expect it to be that much this year, but it's still going to be a factor.
5. Za'Darius' PPE (added $1M to salary/Cap #) isn't factored in.

All that being said, any Cap space numbers that would come from that program will be much higher than they will really be.

[wickedsolo]

Fanspeak is fun and all, and it does as good of a job with something like this as you can, I guess, but it's not particularly accurate.

1. The carryover number is wrong.
2. The amount needed for the rookies is wrong
3. Teams would like to have at least $3-5M in extra Cap space to carry into the season for injuries (not factored in)
4. The incentive adjustment also isn't factored in. Granted it's hard to know at this point, but - for instance - last year it was a negative $5M+ for the Ravens. I don't expect it to be that much this year, but it's still going to be a factor.
5. Za'Darius' PPE (added $1M to salary/Cap #) isn't factored in.

All that being said, any Cap space numbers that would come from that program will be much higher than they will really be.

Well, there are players missing too...Peanut, Chuck Clark, they have Stephane Nembot as a LB...

[BcRaven]

Four free agents that make sense for the Ravens :

https://www.baltimorebeatdown.com/20...terrelle-pryor

... Bc

[trailhiker85]

Four free agents that make sense for the Ravens :

https://www.baltimorebeatdown.com/20...terrelle-pryor

... Bc

So ...TE Seferian-Jenkins, WR's Pryor and Richardson, and QB Daniel. I wouldn't hate that. One thing about Daniel, though: the author claims he "will likely command similar value" to Mallett. I'm not so sure. While it's true that Daniel's salary last year was comparable to Mallett's, I suspect Daniel may get one or more offers for more than just vet minimum. I'd be surprised if anyone wants Mallett.

[WNCRavensFan]

TE: If Sefarian-Jenkins has his head on right, he'd be a quality pickup. I think Richard Rodgers is the TE flying under the radar. He was severely underused last year with Martellus Bennett and Lance Kendricks taking snaps. But he logged a 500 yard, 8 TD season in 2015.

WR: Yes on Richardson, IF his price isn't too high. He is a burner, but not a #1 type. There are a lot of WRs I'd rather have than Pryor - don't trust him.

QB: I'd rather draft one early day three than sign a retread veteran. Chase Daniel doesn't have enough snaps for me to determine much, even after 8 seasons.

[trailhiker85]

QB: I'd rather draft one early day three than sign a retread veteran. Chase Daniel doesn't have enough snaps for me to determine much, even after 8 seasons.

For me it would depend on price. Daniel would be great at vet minimum, but I think he'll want a bit more than that. I'm all for drafting a QB Day 2 or Day 3. The question is, will that rookie be sufficiently pro-ready to step in as the team's No. 2 right away?

[GreatWhiteNorthRaven]

Well, there are players missing too...Peanut, Chuck Clark, they have Stephane Nembot as a LB...

Good god Wicked, don't give the brass reading the board any ideas!!!