Dairy of a Head Coach: Matt Chapman

[chappy]

If i take the cowboys job ...most likely will....biggest need are to fix the OL mostly thru FA maybe in draft depends on what drops to my lap in the thrid and fourth round. If I get a quality LG in FA like the real boys did then I will trade Larry Allen for picks I am undecided about the WR position if there is not a great WR in FA then i am keeping Johnson although I will draft wr in second round since johnson and gleen are getting up there in age. On defense i will choice the best DL/LB player available at the #18 draft slot and use that person oposite of Ware. and I need to address the safety position to play oposite of williams. DT i not sure, Glover is a great DT but not in the 3-4 so maybe a trade for picks again if i do that then i will need a back up/tackle for the nickle and dime probalby through FA. and of course the dreaded kicker the boys would of been 11-5 or maybe even 12-4 last yr if they had a really good kicker.

[chappy]

week one

Here was my offers
Dallas 2.4M for 2yr with a 32.60 salary cap
Saints 6.6M for 2yr 31.87
Bills 5.8M for 3yrs 34.31
Texans 6.3M for 3yrs 28.34
Rams 11.1M for 3yrs 42.96

Now the Texans is an attractive offer and it is still coaching in the state of Texas, but boy if i just wanted money the Rams would be the place to go. But i am following my childhood dream and going with the cowboys.
The meeting with the owner went well, we decided to keep the offense and defense strategy and he told me that he wanted to continue to rebuild the team make the playoffs, be in the top 8 for fewest sacks and pass yrd allowed, also the top 4 in redzone defense.
Staff meeting
fired my TE coach and kept the QB coach, every one else was under contract so I decided to keep them. Hired Gazaway for my new TE coach
the rest of the week I added some offense and defense plays and also fixed the depth chart(they had Adams LT on the bench)
more in week two later

[chappy]

Week Two
Owner meeting
said i was doing a good job and talked about Re-signs and that he liked the mentality that I bring to the table.
Staff Mtg
they did not have anything important to say
Scout players
QB McNeal
WR Hagan
WR Bloom
LG Pringle
RT Ojinnaka
LB Sims
FS Addae
Resigned/Released players during the RFA
LB shanle Release
LB James signed
LB fujita signed
WR crayton signed
TE Campbell released
FS davis signed
LT tucker signed
DE ellis signed
RB Thompson signed
DT johnson signed
CB jones signed
CB reeves signed
FS pile signed
P McBriar signed
TE Ryan signed
LT price release
K Cundift release
LB Ogbogu release
LB Barrow release

More in week three

[joe13linsco]

omg i cant wait till i get this game

[chappy]

week 3
meeting with the owner went pretty good he told me so far he likes the people I have resigned and agrees with the guys I had to let go.
To my dismay I discovered that Adams LT, Glenn Wr, and Glenn CB are all holdouts. The agent took my pants and shirt in resigning Adams, but both Glenn signed easily enough.
Staff Meeting
We talked about scouting for the combine, my staff made some good recommendations all though most of the names they mention would be picked in the secound day of the draft so they left it to me to scout for the first day.
I also spent some time developing three types of blitzes

[alca1992]

i saw you scouted mcneal i did the draft twice and he was drafted #94 and #93 those two times i signed him after he wasnt signed by the team who picked him and he is doing a great job he went from my 4th string to my 2nd string in 1 month! so what im trying to say is trade up to 89-92 and draft him

p.s. good job so far

[chappy]

week 4
Started with a bang the Bengals called and wanted to trade Braham C for Singleton LB, but I decided not to because i need big LB in my 3-4 and I got two slightly above average C already.
But I did make three trades on Monday
Allen LG and Rd 1 pick to the Cards for their 1,3,5 Rd pick
Glover DT and 2Rd pick to Pack for 2, 4 Rd pick
Nguyen and 3Rd pick to Seattle for 2Rd pick
added through FA
Turley RT 6.2M 3yr
Simmons LB 8.3M 4yr

Week 5
KC called and offered Gonzalez TE for Ellis DE even though I have a great Te in Witten I could not pass up the opertunity to run two tight end sets with Gonzalez and witten.. who need TO lol
did some scouting of players for the draft focus on WR

Week 6
Seahawks offered a trade Fisher DE for Adams LT I had to say no since Adams is my anchor on the left side
Scouting mostly OL for the draft

Week 7 and 8
scouted players for the draft

Week 9
Signed
Cochran DE to 6.17M 6yr
Compton LG to 5.92M 4yrs

week 10 and 11
nothing much

week 12
starts the draft
stay tune

[chappy]

The Draft
Just before the draft jerry jones walked into my office and told me three key goals that we needed to accomplish in this draft.
We needed to draft a QB, FS, and a RB, I just sat there and said ok but in the back of my mind I wonder what the heck he was thinking when he set the RB position as a goal. Oh well owners you cannot live with them but you cannot live without them.
due to trading player for pick here is my pick positions
R1P10, R2P37, R2P63, R3P82, R4P107, R4P114, R5P138, R5P146,
R5P178, R6P180
I am not going to bore you with every pick for all the teams but I will do the top 10 then list everyone i picked
1 Texans Hawk LB
2 Saints Leinart QB
3 Ten Williams DE
4 Jets Davis TE
5 Packers Gocong LE
6 49ers Bunkley DT
7 Raiders Bush RB
8 Bills Allen FS
9 Lions Jackson WR lol that is funny
10 Dallas (Ari) Young QB signed him to 5.4M 5yr & 850k bonus and first goal
with my other picks in order
Sims LOLB 3.96M 3yrs & 540K bonus
Dvoracek DT 3.76M 4yr & 400K bonus
Addae FS 2.1M 3yr &300K bonus second goal
Drew RB 1.65M 3yr & 180K bonus third goal and loved that he was still in the fourth round
Wilson WR 2.03M 3yr & 150K bonus
Fasano TE did not sign due to roster full
Walker did not sign due to roster full
Yaussi K 1.02M 3yr & 150K bonus yes the boys are still trying the cheap kickers
Smith DE did not sign due to roster full

Here is what my starting offense and defense is
QB Bledsoe
FB Polite
RB Jones
WR Johnson, Glenn, Crayton(when in the three WR set)
LT Adams
LG Compton
C Johnson
RG Rivera
RT Turley
TE Witten, Gonzalez (when in the two TE set)
Defense
LE Spears
DT Ferguson
RE Canty
LOLB Fujita
ILB Simmons
ILB James
ROLB Ware
SS Williams
RS Addae (R)
CB Newman, Henry

[alca1992]

why the hell didnt you get mcneal. ha detroit pick was funny

[chappy]

Since i picked up young in the first round i decided against it, maybe it was a bad call I dont know because i had really liked mcneal.

[chappy]

Training Camp
Boy i tell you what training camp is hard on a coach you tell the guys over and over what to do and still it took up until the last day of training camp to get everyone ready and on the same page. I have made up my game card for my first preseason game against seattle but i only scripted 9 plays due to the fact that my starting unit is only going to be in for one or two drives the first game.
next entry will be about preseason
finnally i get to coach a game..lol
the count so far is 17 hours spent in the game according to the game clock.

[chappy]

Well here I am my fist game as a head coach..even though it was preseason it felt like the superbowl. Not everything went off without a hitch though. The game plan that the OC and DC went over with me was lost so I had to call plays from what the computer gave me. My defense is something to worship though they held the seattle offense to 109 yrds and only 8% on third down. Thier "Great" QB threw 8 int 7 def knockdowns and had 5 sacks. Simmons was a great pick up for me he had 3 sacks 2 int with one being run back for a TD. My offense first team did great bledsoe had 129 yrds passing with a 132.8 QB rating and jones ran for 99yrds in the first half. Secound half belong to Young and Drew YOung had 3 int 60yrds passing with a 0.0 QB rating and drew ran for only 31 yrds. but at the end what matter is the score 38-0 dallas wins

[chappy]

second preseason game done against the Saints
I went into the game unable to get my QB, and DL reading the same book with me, so it did not surprise me when we went into the locker room at halftime tied 3-3.
My coaches keep on bugging me to put young in as starter but I am still scared of a rookie QB starting in this league, with that being said boy he lit up both the offense and defense players and the cowboys took over and ran all over the Saints. It all started with a 34 yrd run by Young for a 10-3 lead. Then my defense a few plays later created a safety and there it stayed until the fourth quarter when my DB took over and got 3 picks first and only turnover of the game. Final score 29-3
young 118.7 Rating 96yrds passing 1 TD with 2 TD runing in
Bledsoe 59.7 72yrds passing0TD
running
jones 64 4.2 avg
drew 28 3.5 avg
barber 23 5.7 avg

cowboys offense 307 141run 166 pass
saints offense 61 -1 run 62 pass
def
cowboys 4 sacks 3 int
saints 1 sack

[chappy]

third preseason game
another win
16-13 over the 49ers thanks to a int with 56 secs left on the clock
offense stunk up the place if it was not for my defense i would be S.O.L. I think it is because i put the sec string in at the half because bledsoe had good numbers just no one else did.

[chappy]

fourth preseason game wone 29-3
first game season wone 27-24 with new and improve sliders yeah i love sliders
game two won destroyed the redskins 55-3 here is the game log from the new utilities program I installed thanks to the football freaks site
NFL HEAD COACH PC v5.0.2.1 Game Log - REDSKINS at COWBOYS
Game Time: Thu Jul 06 15:01:40 2006
Skill Level: Pro
Quarter Length: 6 minute(s)

Slider Human CPU
QB Accuracy 56 56
Pass Blocking 50 54
Receiver Catching 50 52
Running Ability 50 52
Offensive line Run Blocking 50 53
Defensive Awareness 50 53
Defensive line Knockdowns 50 54
Interceptions 31 33
Defensive Break Blocks 50 52
Tackling 50 53
Fieldgoal Length 50 52
Fieldgoal Accuracy 50 52
Punt Length 50 53
Punt Accuracy 50 52
Kickoff Length 50 53

Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 1 mph
Temp: 66 degrees

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
REDSKINS 3 0 0 0 0 3
COWBOYS 14 14 10 17 0 55

Game Statistics: REDSKINS COWBOYS
First Downs 7 10
Third Down Conversions 1 9
Third Downs 12 16
Third Down Percentage 8.3% 56.3%
Forth Down Conversions 0 0
Fourth Downs 0 0
Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 0
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Offense Redzone Num 0 5
Offense Redzone TDs 0 4
Offense Redzone FGs 0 1
Offense Redzone Percentage 0.0% 100.0%
Rushing Attempts 23 36
Rushing Yards 58 96
Rushing Average 2.5 2.7
Rushing TDs 0 2
Passing Yards 79 233
Passing Completions 7 11
Passing Attempts 23 23
Completion Percentage 30.4% 47.8%
Passing Average 3.4 10.1
Passing TDs 0 3
Offensive Pass Interceptions 4 0
TOTAL OFFENSE 137 329
Defensive Pass Interceptions 0 4
Punt Return Yards 7 12
Kick Return Yards 161 56
Punts 8 4
Punt Avg 33.6 41.0
Fumbles 1 0
Fumbles Lost 1 0
Penalties 2 7
Penalty Yds 15 75
Turnovers 5 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 09:22 14:38

Individual Stats: COWBOYS
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Drew Bledsoe 11 23 240 47 10.4 2 3 0 69 125.0

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Julius Jones 21 56 2.6 10 0 0
Maurice Drew 10 27 2.6 7 0 0
Tyson Thompson 2 6 3.0 8 0 0
Lousaka Polite 1 3 3.0 3 0 0
Marion Barber 1 2 2.0 2 1 0
Drew Bledsoe 1 2 2.0 2 1 0

RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Patrick Crayton 5 175 35.0 69 1 0 40
Keyshawn Johnson 3 44 14.6 19 2 0 2
Jason Witten 2 12 6.0 8 0 0 6
Terry Glenn 1 9 9.0 9 0 2 0

KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Mat McBriar 2 2 100 0 7 7 100 0 0 0
Todd Sauerbrun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0

PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Todd Sauerbrun 4 164 41.0 52 0 2 0

KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Maurice Drew 2 56 28.0 0 33

PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Maurice Drew 3 12 4.0 7 0

DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Jahmile Addae 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Anthony Simmons 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Scott Fujita 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 27 27.0 0 0
Terence Newman 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Roy Williams 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 74 74.0 1 0
Demarcus Ware 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Travis Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Anthony Henry 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 53 53.0 0 0
Bradie James 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jason Ferguson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Aaron Glenn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
Ernie Sims 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Chris Canty 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Justin Beriault 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Marcus Spears 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dusty Dvoracek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Marc Colombo 9 0
Flozell Adams 8 0
Andre Gurode 7 0
Marco Rivera 7 1
Jacob Rogers 6 1
Jason Witten 3 0
Keyshawn Johnson 2 0
Lousaka Polite 2 0
Julius Jones 1 0


Individual Stats: REDSKINS
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Patrick Ramsey 7 23 91 30 3.9 3 0 4 22 4.3

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Clinton Portis 17 49 2.8 8 0 0
Chris Cooley 1 6 6.0 6 0 0
David Patten 1 4 4.0 4 0 0
Greg Jennings 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Rock Cartwright 3 -1 -0.3 5 0 0

RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Greg Jennings 4 49 12.2 22 0 0 3
Santana Moss 3 42 14.0 16 0 0 13

KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
John Hall 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Derrick Frost 8 269 33.6 37 0 0 0

KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Santana Moss 8 133 16.6 0 27
James Thrash 2 28 14.0 0 18

PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Santana Moss 1 7 7.0 7 0
James Thrash 0 0 0.0 0 0

DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Matt Bowen 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Sean Taylor 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Marcus Washington 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Robert McCune 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Shawn Springs 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
LaVar Arrington 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Carlos Rogers 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Pierson Prioleau 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Renaldo Wynn 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Robert Royal 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Lemar Marshall 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Brandon Whiting 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Randy Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Clinton Portis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Cornelius Griffin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Chris Clemons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Chad Greenway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Phillip Daniels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Walt Harris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Chris Samuels 13 0
Ray Brown 9 0
Randy Thomas 7 0
Jon Jansen 5 2
Casey Rabach 4 0
Derrick Dockery 1 0
Chris Cooley 1 0


Game Log Ends
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