PASSING THE TORCH. NFL TL.

[Ameck16]

PASSING THE TORCH. 1

30-01-2000, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia.

"Welcome to Super Bowl 34, this has been year full of surprises. 2 teams led by 2 unexpected Quarterbacks meet here today"

"I'm Al Michael, and I'm joined here by 2 Quarterbacks, who have each led both these teams to 4 Super Bowls with totally different results" Camera zooms out to show Joe Montana and Jim Kelly.

"Now Joe, Kurt Warner has been on a fairy tale run ever since your old back Steve went down against, what do you of his season?"

"Well Al, as you've said this has been a season straight out of child's fairy tale, the entire 9er fan base felt that with Steve out for the season with the concussions and coach Steve Mariucci deciding to go with Warner over Garcia that a chance for a run at the big one was over for the season. But credit where it is due to Kurt, 37 touchdowns in 13 games breaking the franchise record Steve set ironically last season to lead the team to the Super Bowl."

Al nods before turning to Jim Kelly "And your Bills have not let themselves be outdone, what do you make of Doug Flutie's seasons?"

"Doug has been terrific Al, since he came back from the CFL he has played like he had something to prove and this season he has done just that. 21 touchdowns, while not what Warner produce is still very respectable effort and his performance in the playoffs have warranted him to have a excellent season."

"Now Jim I know you're supporting the Bills, but how would your long like team mates be feeling now?"

"You know Al they'll be feeling nervous but they'll come out fired up and inspiring their teammates. Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed and the others that were with me in our 4 consecutive Super Bowl appearances will know this is their last chance at a title coming at the twilight of their playing careers"

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4th Quarter

"Now isn't this ironic, the 49ers are down by a point with the game at 20-19, and the special teams unit is coming on, needing Wade Richey to kick a 47 yard field goal with 3 second remaining."

"The Snap is good, Richey kicks it and its......No good, the Bills are celebrating the kick went wide right.....wait the referees are calling of the play"

"Oh no, coach Phillips tried to ice the kicker with his last time out" Camera focuses on Wade Phillips shaking his head.

"The kick is to be retaken, a life line for the 49ers. The Snap is good, the balls in the air.............. AND ITS GOOD!!"

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"And there you are folks, a good game with a great finale. The 49ers are back at the top of the mountain after a failed attempt to ice kicker.

 

[Nivek]

So Warner in 49ers...as long is better treated that Rams is not bad ( Cardinals fan here) and did were Bill more sucessful ittl or something?

Nice begin waiting to see how Will unfold.

 

[Gentleman Biaggi]

Goddamnit Wade

 

[OriiGiins]

Interesting premise with Warner, and Bills can never catch a break. Will definitely be watching for this one.

 

[Ameck16]

So Warner in 49ers...as long is better treated that Rams is not bad ( Cardinals fan here) and did were Bill more sucessful ittl or something?

Nice begin waiting to see how Will unfold.

Yeah warner garnered attention when he played arena football but this time the 49ers pounced before the rams. So this tl would see the torched passed to him. So with the decline of the 49ers certain teams can't also afford fall into decline.

Also Phillips didn't bench Flutie against Titans so no music city miracle.

Goddamnit Wade

Indeed, but in otl Wade made the mistake of benching Flutie so here he doesn't but he was bound to make a mistake. So why not a big one in the big game.

Bills can never catch a break.

Yep the 90s stared in heart break for the Bills, and end in a heart break. But they'll fine.

 

[Nivek]

Yeah warner garnered attention when he played arena football but this time the 49ers pounced before the rams. So this tl would see the torched passed to him. So with the decline of the 49ers certain teams can't also afford fall into decline.

Also Phillips didn't bench Floutie against Titans so no music city miracle.

Ah that explained, yeah that is now 5 superbowl loss in less that 10 years...jeez that is brutal.

Against is his before my cards are divisional rivals with 49ers...and still wonder what will be of the cardinals..we're in the end of jake plummer era and before the mediocrity of the pre larry and warner era... and we will not get warner here, that is a massive hole..ummm

Still wonder what will be of rams...without warner they migth thanks to faulk win a few games...but miss #1 pick...again i don't care the rams(ie our qb killer...that was palmer injured twice thanks to them)

 

[Ameck16]

#1 pick

They won't have the number 1 pick that goes to Cleveland. It also the 9ers can't make the trades with the skins and jets.

 

[Nivek]

They won't have the number 1 pick that goes to Cleveland. It also the 9ers can't make the trades with the skins and jets.

Yeah nothing major changes as OTL, at least for now..Still like alway my team worries me..

 

[Ameck16]

2000 NFL SEASON. Part 1

The 2000 NFL offseason was dominated by the 49ers, with the emergence of Kurt Warner, the franchise felt itself in good hands to allow longtime starter Steve Young to retire after his season-long concussion problem came to an end. The team was active in the market trading their first-round pick along with Jeff Garcia to their division rivals the Rams for their running back Marshall Faulk. They also extended the contract of Jerry Rice the MVP of Superbowl XXXIV, so that he would be a 9er until the conclusion of the 02 season.

Coaching changes.
Arizona Cardinals – Vince Tobin; replaced by Dave McGinnis who was fired during the 1999 season.
Cincinnati Bengals – Dick LeBeau; replaced Bruce Coslet who was fired during the 2000 season.
Dallas Cowboys – Dave Campo; replaced Chan Gailey who was fired after the 1999 season.
Green Bay Packers – Mike Sherman; replaced Ray Rhodes who was fired after the 1999 season.
Miami Dolphins – Dave Wannstedt; replaced Jimmy Johnson who retired after the 1999 season.
New England Patriots – Herm Edwards; replaced Pete Carroll who was fired after the 1999 season.
New Orleans Saints – Jim Haslett; replaced Mike Ditka who was fired after the 1999 season.
New York Jets – Bill Belichick; replaced Bill Parcells who retired to become the full-time General Manager after the 1999 season.

2000 NFL DRAFT*.
“With the 6th Overall Draft pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, the St. Louis Rams select...Thomas Jones, Runningback from University of Virginia.”

“With the 7th Overall Draft pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, the Arizona Cardinals select...Shaun Alexander, Runningback from the University of Alabama"

“With the 8th Overall Draft pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers select...Chris Samuels, Offensive Tackle from the University of Alabama"

"There has been a trade, the Oakland Raiders have traded their first-round pick the 16th overall to the Seahawks, in exchange for the Seahawks 1 rounds 18th overall and their second rounds 52nd overall."

“With the 16th Overall Draft pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, The Seattle Seahawks select...Chad Pennington, Quarterback, from Marshall University"

“With the 17th Overall Draft pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, the New York Jets select...Plaxico Burress Wide receiver, from Michigan State"

“With the 31st Overall Draft pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, the St. Louis Rams select...Marvel Smith, Offensive Tackle from the Arizona State University.”

“With the 78th Overall Draft pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, the New York Jets select...Giovanni Carmazzi Quarterback, from
Hofstra University"

“With the 163rd Overall Draft pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers select...Tom Brady Quarterback, from the University of Michigan"

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*When it comes to the draft in this series I will be showing only the big changes that occurred in the 1st and 2nd round and to big named players in the lower rounds. If no change is made to the draft from otl assume either the team ended up still selecting their original pick or I forgot. Same too for free agency.

 

[OriiGiins]

Alright I'm enjoying this already with the Steelers getting Brady

 

[Ameck16]

Alright I'm enjoying this already with the Steelers getting Brady

Cheers, hope you don't mind me copying the way you do your draft?

 

[OriiGiins]

Not at all, glad I can inspire

 

[Nivek]

Alright I'm enjoying this already with the Steelers getting Brady

And most Interesting Bellichik stuck with the jets, the jets have good team and that now means bad news for the patriots without either their start coach or QB. Again Brady will be in good hands, Cowher is an A-level coach would developt him as good as QB.

“With the 78th Overall Draft pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, the New York Jets select...Giovanni Carmazzi Quarterback, from

IIRC Bellichick rated both brady and rattay as a project...again as we don't know how bellichick thing so he would have draft anything.

What happened to sebastian janikowski? he was still drafted by the raiders?

 

[Ameck16]

Cowher is an A-level coach would developt him as good as QB.

Cowher was a miracle worker how he took to championship games and went to a Super Bowl before he had a decent QB, it kinda shows you how good the Steeler defense had been from the Noll era up until recently. Now with Brady don't expect him to start anytime soon.

IIRC Bellichick rated both brady and rattay as a project...again as we don't know how bellichick thing so he would have draft anything.

Unlike the Pats where Bellichick was given a lot of power by Kraft, here he's just has control of the football part, Parcells being the GM is the reason they Dafted Carmazzi.

What happened to sebastian janikowski? he was still drafted by the raiders?

I'll answer you with this quote.

*When it comes to the draft in this series I will be showing only the big changes that occurred in the 1st and 2nd round and to big named players in the lower rounds. If no change is made to the draft from otl assume either the team ended up still selecting their original pick or I forgot. Same too for free agency.

 

[Nivek]

Cowher was a miracle worker how he took to championship games and went to a Super Bowl before he had a decent QB, it kinda shows you how good the Steeler defense had been from the Noll era up until recently. Now with Brady don't expect him to start anytime soon.

They still have Stewart so yeah but again Stelers QB tends to get killed mid-season so anything can happen.

I'll answer you with this quote.

I asked as Janikowski was too high rated someone might jump over raiders but seems is was not.

 

[Ameck16]

They still have Stewart so yeah but again Stelers QB tends to get killed mid-season so anything can happen.

I'm trying to be original when giving Brady a chance.

I asked as Janikowski was too high rated someone might jump over raiders but seems is was not.

Yeah, when the raiders traded down they first got assurances from the Hawks, any way which team would use a 1st round pick on a special team player apart from the raiders

Edit: just kidding I know great kickers and punters sometime get drafted high, and not by the raiders only.

 

[Ameck16]

2000 NFL SEASON. Part 2

Regular Season.

The 2000 NFL season could be described as a season of 2 halves. In the first half, many teams saw themselves plagued by injury in the preseason. Aikman, Dilfer, Farve, Moss, Bettis, Lewis and many other critical players to their teams ended being sidelined for the majority of the season. The injury list for half teams in the league started to rack up. Even coach Cowher of the Steeler was effected, in his teams last preseason game against the Redskins, he was crashed into by Hines Ward who was pushed out of bounds by Deion Sanders. The hit to coach Cowher knocked him unconscious and broke his jaw, and made him unavailable on the sideline for the first 5 games of the season.


With the disastrous preseason gone, the League kicked off at Candlestick Park, were the returning champions 49ers swept aside the Falcons 44-10, with a dominant display by Kurt Warner and new running back Marshall Faulk. The 49ers would be last unbeaten team in the league, going 12-0 before their by and staking their claim to a repeat. The Bills being the only team in their division to sidestep the injury plague started the season hot going 9-0 before their week 11 home loss to the Bears. The season continued in such fashion with those affected by injury have a .500 or less record and the teams without severe injuries having a winning record.

This would quickly change, by the start week 8 many of those injured in the preseason started to return, and with this, the injury plague came back with a vengeance. Warner broke his fibia and was ruled out for the rest of the season in their first loss of the season against the Chargers after 49ers bye week. All of a sudden the season's script was turned on his head, teams like the Giants, Titans, Buccaneers, and Raiders that looked destined for the playoffs saw their key plays hit IR, allowing the Ravens, Cowboys, Packers, and Redskins to make up lost ground.

In the end, the regular season ended in thrilling fashion, going into the last week of the season 16 teams were in contention for 12 playoff spots.

Standings

AFC.
1. Bills 13-3
2. Raider 11-5
3. Ravens 11-5
4. Titans 11-5
5. Colts 10-6
6. Broncos 10-6

The AFC was swept by the Bills one of the few teams that didn't see their star players sidelined with injuries and were good enough to make it to the playoffs in any other season. *stares at 2-14 Browns who played 10 division games against opponents missing 4+ key players and lost all 10.* The Raider came second ahead of the Ravens based on head to head record against the same opponents. Due to their week 15 win over the Jets while the Ravens lost against the Jets in the last week of the season.

Titans came fourth they led their division until they were hit by injuries the Ravens recovered from theirs. Despite a similar record as the Ravens, they lost both their division games to them thus securing a wild-card spot. Colts and Broncos came fifth and sixth respectively due to their head to head and division records over the Jets, Chiefs and the Steelers losing their last game of the season to the Chargers and thus giving the first overall pick to the Browns.

NFC
1. 49ers 14-2
2. Eagles 11-5
3. Vikings 11-5
4. Buccaneers 10-6
5. Giants 10-6
6. Packers 10-6

The 49ers dominated the NFC until Warner went down against the Chargers, but by then even if they lost their last for they would have been the first seed, despite this they went from overwhelming favorites to a long-shot Super Bowl candidate. Eagle like the Bills didn't see the dramatic injury and played in a division were their opponents did see many players in IR. After the injury bug took the Giants the road to a home playoff game was cleared. The return of Randy Moss from injury immediately changed the team around. winning 7 of their last 8 they won their division after Farve led the Packer to an overtime victory at Lambeau field against the Bucs, who settled for the fourth seed.

The Giants started off strong going 5-2 before their bye week, but then the season hit a midseason lull with injuries and poor play costing them the division, losing three straight after the bye, they managed to pick themselves up and slide into the fifth seed. Favre like Moss was a made an instant impact when he returned. Matt Hasselbeck, the Packer backup QB played admirably filling in for Favre, leading them to a 4-4 start. While Favre lost his first game back against the Vikings he won 6 of the last 7 including a thriller against the Bucs on the last day of the season jumping above the 10-6 Cowboys who were in the playoff for 15 minutes until a 50-yard field goal by Ryan Longwell knocked out a Jerry Jones team, despite the efforts of a inspired Troy Aikman.

 

[Nivek]

Talk about an injury bug, That was egyptian plague level...with expansion coming soon they might want to reduce the preseason?

Well what a rollercoaster of injuries, waiting to see how playoff unfold.

 

[OriiGiins]

The level of injuries almost match this year's lmao. But good update.

 

[Ameck16]

Talk about an injury bug, That was egyptian plague level...with expansion coming soon they might want to reduce the preseason?

Well what a rollercoaster of injuries, waiting to see how playoff unfold.

Yep, with the Texans coming soon the preseason games will go from 5 to 4 like in otl.