AFL REDUX 2007: What if the Arena Football League didn’t collapse after the 2007 season, but was continuing to thrive to the point there are 24 teams in the league. After a successful 20-team season, the Arena Football League welcomes back the New Orleans VooDoo, returns to Albany, NY with the Conquest, brings back the Detroit Drive, returns to Hartford with a revised version of the New England Sea Wolves, rebrands the San Diego Seawolves as the Sharks and finally, brings in the last two champions of Arena Football 2 (af2) – the Memphis Xplorers and the Spokane Shock. The Columbus Destroyers will return in either 2008 or 2009.
The conference/division alignment for the 2007 season is as follows:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
North Division: Albany Conquest, New England Sea Wolves, New York Dragons and Philadelphia Soul
Southeast Division: Georgia Force, Nashville Kats, Orlando Predators and Tampa Bay Storm
Central Division: Chicago Rush, Detroit Drive, Grand Rapids Rampage and Kansas City Brigade
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Midwest Division: Austin Cannons, Dallas Desperados, Memphis Xplorers and New Orleans Voodoo
Mountain Division: Arizona Rattlers, Colorado Crush, Las Vegas Gladiators and Utah Blaze
Pacific Division: Los Angeles Avengers, San Diego Sharks, San Jose Sabercats and Spokane Shock
GAMEDAY ROSTERS
ARIZONA RATTLERS
(2006 REDUX: 8-10, 3rd in Pacific, lost to Chicago in Wild Card Round)
QB – Sherdrick Bonner (13), Nick Rolovich (12)
OS – Chris Horn (11)
DS – Joe Todd (19, Erin Damond (8)
OG/LE – Vince Amey (98), Zach Rupp (71)
TE/RE – Wendall Gaines (89), Jeff Ruffin (58)
C/NG – Steve Mascorro (73)
FB/LB – Marcus Mitchell (22), Asi Faoa (33), Kerry Taylor (44)
WR/LB – Curtis Fagan (24), Cosmo Dematteo (15)
WR/DB – Randy Gatewood (17), Talib Wise (21), Jeremiah Pope (6)
K – Gary Kral (3)
LOS ANGELES AVENGERS
(2006 REDUX: 9-9, 2nd in Pacific, lost to Colorado in Divisional Round 58-51)
QB – Matt Pike (6), Sonny Cumbie (15)
OS – Chris Doering (82), Chris Cole (80)
DS – Damen Wheeler (2), Mark Estelle (23)
OG/LE – Rod Manuel (97), Bernard Riley (99)
TE/RE – Silas Demary (90)
C/NG – Greg Krause (93), Sean McNamara (74)
FB/LB – Lonnie Ford (25), Josh Jeffries (44)
WR/LB – Rob Turner (9)
WR/DB – Kevin Ingram (5), Antoine Burns (10), Lenzie Jackson (18)
K – Remy Hamilton (19)
SAN JOSE SABERCATS
(2006 REDUX: 11-7, 1st in Pacific, lost Arena Bowl XX to Philadelphia 55-52)
QB Mark Grieb (16), Jeff Otis (5)
OS – Jason Geathers (7)
DS – Clevan Thomas (8), Rufus Brown (26)
OG/LE – Joe Jacobs (93), Albrey Battle (95)
TE/RE – Rex Richards (79), Sam Hernandez (55)
C/NG – Dan Loney (91), George Williams (97)
FB/LB – Phil Glover (31), Brin Johnson (27)
WR/LB – James Roe (9), Ben Nelson (80)
WR/DB – Charles Pauley (3), Rodney Wright (17)
K – Brian Schmitz (18)
