The Columbus Cardinals, a cap-strapped team with a streak of losing seasons, may finally break their playoff drought! but it won't be this year...

Still burdened by nearly $70 million in dead cap, and unable to fill a 46 man roster, the GM decided to let go of every player unwilling to take a massive pay-cut and signed every hobo off the street he could find willing to work for table scraps.

After Joe Burreaux publicly announced that he'd be willing to play for anyone, even Cincy, as long as he didn't have to play for Columbus, many other draft-eligible prospects joined in with one even saying "I'd rather eat a week-old Spam sandwich while watching a mime have a stroke." Yet, somehow, the Cardinals still managed to bring 15 new rookies to camp this year.

TRAINING CAMP WAS AMAZING!!! ...for somebody, just not the Cardinals...
1.11 QB D.Wood -8
2.12 RB J.Osteen +3 (+ as in plus!)
2.26 WR W.Pearlman -1
3.11 LB D.West -3
4.12 WR L.Edwards -15
4.26 SS J.Johnson -3
5.11 FS E.Davis -1
6.12 CB P.Schreiber -1
7.11 WR F.Smith -2 (should have known better than to get a receiver from 7-11)
UFA QB R.Atkins -5
UFA RB M.Winkelman +2
UFA CB A.Brockway +1
UFA DE S.Thurman 0
UFA LB C.Zacharias 0
UFA WR B.Moats 0

In summary, ONE out of 9 draft picks had a positive training camp. 9 out of 15 rookies busted for a grand total of -33, which hey, for the Cardinals, ain't bad.

Buffalo also was looking forward to an opportunity to increase upon a 3 win season but the draft/training camp was not kind to us either. Only 3 of the 9 players selected actually trended up and 3 were cut immediately after training camp. On the good side my 2nd and 3rd rounders did make some nice gains and will be starters.

1/8 - Jess Saucedo RT R 10/-5
2/4 - Robert Rivera CB R 15/3
3/8 - Jonathan Avitia FS R 7/5
4/2 - James Thomas CB R 10/0
4/5 - Michael Lagrone WR R 0/-12 CUT
4/7 - Joe Silva WR R 2/-1
4/10 - Victor Brown RG R 3/-5 CUT
5/8 - John Conley FB R 8/4
6/7 - Paul Bulluck K R 1/-12 CUT

Not bad in tokyo. Got a steal at receiver(expect him to get some carries too) at 1.28. 2 and 3 went to linemen which resulted in a 2nd year starter and a good backup. After that, everyone was trash.

In a first for this team a draft boom happened!
1.27 SS +17/+1 36 volatility
2.27 CB +10/+5 56 vol
3.27 TE +17/+14 100 vol
4.27 K +4/0 22 vol
5.27 CB +11/+13 100 vol
6.27 WLB +6/+13 100 vol
7.27 SLB +14/+5 76 vol