2001 Season - Preseason Guide

...as the wonderful Daft Punk would say. Less than a month to go before the draft and you can now all lock the doors and stay in every August night as you study the form guide and plan your draft strategy. Don’t forget the draft is around 6pm on Saturday 1st September but everyone is invited over to see the England-Germany World Cup Qualifier earlier that afternoon. Player prices, last years scores and a rookie NFL draft order are attached. Expansion Continues We add two more franchises as we welcome Junior Bum Jnr and Wayne our second US (and first US based franchisee). Their draft positions are listed below together with the franchise players contracted for this season. Wayne goes last due to his insider knowledge Draft 2001/2002 Franchise Player 2000/1 Franchise Player Aaron 1st Extra pick at the end of Rd 3 Extra pick - end of Rd 5 David S 2nd RB Ahman Green 0.5m Cut - 0.5m Extra pick as above Gareth 3rd QB Daunte Culpepper 1m Cut - 1m Extra pick as above Daz 4th RB Ricky Williams 2m QB Peyton Manning 2m John 5th RB Jamal Lewis 1m QB Brad Johnson 1m A.P. 6th K Olindo Mare 2m RB Stephen Davis 0.5m Dave G 7th QB Brian Griese 1m RB James Stewart 2m Gully 8th K Matt Stover 1m RB Antowan Smith 1m Cheryl 9th QB Elvis Grbac 1m TE Wesley Walls 1m Marcus 10th QB Jeff Garcia 2m RB Tyronne Wheatley 0.5m Paul 11th TE Tony Gonzalez 2m QB Kurt Warner 0.5m Phil 12th RB Eddie George 2m QB Drew Bledsoe 2m Johnny 13th QB Donovan McNabb 0.5m RB Edgerrin James 1m Andy H 14th RB Lamar Smith 0.5m K Martin Gramatica 0.5m Mark 15th K Morten Andersen 0.5m RB Marshall Faulk 3m Wayne 16th Extra pick at the end of Rd 3 Extra pick - end of Rd 5 Two trading days are planned for prior to weeks 6 and 11- they may move by 1 week. New Head Coach scoring This season Head Coaches will be awarded 6 points for a win instead of the 3 they have previously received. Top scorer last year was Jeff Fisher (Tennessee) with 78 points, while the lowest was Mike Riley (San Diego) who scored just 6. All other scoring remains the same ie 3 points for a TD pass, 6 for a TD rush or reception, 1 pt for a 2pt conversion pass, 2 for a 2pt rush or catch, 3 pts for a field goal and 1 for a PAT.