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A Season in Review
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03-01-2013 11:45am#1Pittsburgh Steelers:
I have to start by saying that I was surprised that The Steelers fell this far too me and I was delighted that they did. They maybe aging but they have stars in all the right positions and as I found out they drafted really well last summer.
Players who are not household names like Rainey, Spence, Adams and DeCastro all plaid their part this years and will feature heavily next season.
I had mixed feelings coming into this season.
I knew I had a tough schedule and I would be playing players I had never played before and the people I did play in the past I knew were good. And most of it was before my first divisional game!!
Take yourself back to the opening of the season and my opening 3 games were against The Broncos (Perrin), Jets (Danger “but not so much cause I screwed up my wrist” Dave) and the Raiders (Ibmax, remember him?) So yeah I was not looking forward to it. I would also have to play the 2 superstars of our league; Berty and Ben, although they have “weaker” teams, are looking very likely to face off in another Superbowl. (Yeah Dave, that was a dig). And then players who on any given day could beat me and I could beat them. I was thinking I will be lucky to get to 8-8.
The season started brightly with a win over The Broncos, but was followed with a crushing lose to The Jets. Luckily Ibmax dropped out so it was a win against the cpu Raiders and we were 2-1 heading into the bye.
Post bye we got on a bit of a run beating The Eagles, Bengals and a close game that should have been the other way around against the Titans. It was one of those games that if you season is going well goes your way. Heli out played me but threw crucial ints and I scraped by.
Next was The RGIII love in. This game was such a pain. We had connection issues and ended up playing 8 quarters of football over 2 nights. The most annoying thing was each of the game that we got disconnected I was hanging with Ben and the game that counts is the game littered with mistakes. I still convinced that The Commish scouted me over those 2 disconnects and cause them when I was getting on a roll. Once he figured how to play against my defence (avoid Polamalu) he allowed the result to stick!! Record 5-2.
We were able to get back to winning ways against, my old arch rival from M12, Empacher’s Giants (not only is he my rival he is using my team!!!!) and then another hammering at the hands of Berty’s Chiefs. 6-3
I went on holidays then and left my assistant A Pilot in charge and to be fair, him and the team did me proud. Running the high flying Ravens close and beating the Browns. 7-4
Biggest game of the season next: The Ravens. The Ravens GM passed the chance to play the cpu and waited until the last day of the week to play me. I won what was a close game which put us tied at the top of the division. All I had to do was win out and hope the Ravens slip up and he had to play The Redskins. Oh wait my poxy schedule!!
I was robbed of a chance of revenge over another onldM12 foe as Paully had left so it was the cpu Chargers and onto my first and last indoor game of the season away to Dallas. It was another of those games where I would have won had things been different. But The Steelers left Big D with a big L.9-5,
Still close at the top of the North.
Last 2 weeks and it’s against division rivals who want to play spoiler, but it doesn’t pan out like that and The Ravens loose, so heading into my last game against the Browns, so stars are rested after Mike “running back killer” Mac ends Chris Rainey’s rookie season as he is 40 yards short of the 1,000 yard mark. You will pay Mac!!!
Regular season 11-5
Onto the play offs and it’s against the Ravens….again….as if we won’t play each other enough in this league!! An inspired free agent pick up in the form of Jerious Norwood proves to be the difference and he rushes for 150 yards and another 100 receiving and 3tds marks an impressive debut.
This was my first play-off win in the BFL. Having been one and done in my first 2 appearances. I avoided being The Tony Romo of the BFL.:D
Onto The Jets and this one does not go well. Knowing the Jets coach quite well and having played him a lot I know he hates multiple receiver sets and can’t be given a 2 score lead. And for the first half all is going to plan but it all goes arse above face in the second half and a handful of pick later and I’m shut out 36-0. The Jets GM is heard saying that The Steelers GM’s pain sustains him but then karma swings a wrecking ball into his wrist. 1-1 Dave…. Sure he can probably play with one handand maybe he can hire someone to audible to his notorious “cover 10” formation but can he beat Berty…
Oh I’m now the Alex Smith of the BFL.:(
I managed to have a QB rating of 104.5, which was the best in the AFC, and Big Ben was the starting QB of the AFC probowl team. Also Mike Wallace and Antonio Brown both had over 1,000 receiving yards a piece. The James Harrison led defence had 43 sacks and 25 ints
All in all I’m delighted with my season; all my losses came to top players (and BigBadRob
).
Looking forward to next season and it’s another horrible schedule. As division winner I play the other winners, The Jets, Chiefs and Jags. Then there is my division, Raven, Browns and Bengals, then The NFC North, Packers, Bears, Lions and Vikings and finally the rest of the AFC South, Texans, Titans and Colts.
Another sweep (or near sweep) of the division would help but is unlikely. The Ravens could have issues if the loose Flacco but then Ray Rice is still a handful. The Browns have millions to spend so it’s likely they will have a better squad and The Bengals are always dangerous when Gresham is on the field.
Here’s hoping for 8-8 again, it worked last time.9
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I took over the Colts about half way through and they had lost all their games, done ok won 6 games i think in the end to finish up 6-10, defence was solid enuf for me, lost some games i possibly should've won, inexperience cost me in these games, my offence can mostly be summed up in 2 words COBY FLEENER
, although Donald Brown gained a good few rushing yards near the end of the season when i figured out the run game.
All in all happy enough with my start to this and we are looking forward to next season, if i manage to get a team together :eek:0 -
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The Jets
16-0 what can I say ? The pressure mounts game after game . The steelers and dolphins proved difficult early in the year but a solid run game and stifling defence got me to 3-0
The 49ers looked like a blow out but it was a very difficult game. 3 defensive TDs won me that game. 2 of them coming in the last 4 mins of 2nd quarter . Second half was a case of running the clock and playing good D .
Next the texans . A punt fest of the ages , eventually winning 20-7 was a real trench battle with the team with the least turn overs the winner. Gang green headed to foxboro 6-0
The jets won 41-14 with the offense finally being the strongest unit in a game. After a game against the CPU dolphins I went into the bye at 8-0.
The NFC west gave me to tough matches. The rams and the cardinals both played tough hard football again it was my defence that squeezed out turnovers for short fields . I really can't sing the praises of both new coaches enough, they both came in with game plans and tough D . The pats came to New York and the D bailed me out again allowing me to get a W.
12-0 heading to Jacksonville . What a game ! I only passed for 20 yards but rushed for over 300 yards. The jags pass D was excellent ! Could do a thing but with the formation set up it allowed for big runs for Greene. Mikey really did control the ball and refused to turn the ball over. OT loomed but a failed 2 point conversion but an end to that. Top game and top player . Jets win 27-25
I couldn't play against the titans but some how the titans lost !?!?? Allegations of match fixing and promises of kebabs were ignored ...
2cpu games and 16-0 . Out of my 16 games 6 were CPU. So I certainly didn't have the hardest Schedule but every human game was tough ,,,, except for the Steelers game , that was far to easy (it is fun to do this etloveslsd)
The play offs saw my D really pressure Big Ben . An unfortunate turnover for the steelers late in the 2nd killed it for ET.
So far so good. I've never gotten to the AFC championship game before . So looking forward to a battle with Berty !
Stand out players ?
Sanchez was above average . With a QB rating of 103 but 22 INTs.
I ran Greene into the ground was the only RB I trusted and hr finished with 1993 yards 20 TDs and an average of 5.4 per carry . Wish I had Danny Woodhead tho
My passing game was sketchy . Put Keller at TE was my security blanket Stephen hill my rookie WR should be a force next year . The best part of my offense has been my O-line ! Only allowing 15 sacks ! Boom ! Each one of my linemen went to the pro bowl ..
Now for the Defence ! Yes it win me most of my games . Making the offense work (which is a worry)
My Olbs in maybin and pace created pressure with 21 sacks between them. Revis with 18 INTs ! I found moving him around the field caused opposing offenses massive problems . LaRon Landry was pivotal for my defensive scheme , he played at a great level . 4 INTs , 5 FF , 2 FFR.
My review ?
Offense ain't great I need to run it down teams throats.
Defence ? I don't think I could be playing it at a higher level right now . I would like to thank Berty for early in the season , we sat down and discussed strategies and philosophy's and its paid dividends. The other person who's helped me out his Goonertaff on maddenpfl . His knowledge his unbelievable !
I'd also like to say the level of play has really improved , some of the rookie coaches are making real rumblings in there divisions !
Just look at the Bucc's /Cards/Rams/Colts/jags ! Ugh and the Vikings looking at the stats that he's been able to get with AP I'm glad I'm in the AFC !0 -
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Danger_dave1 wrote: »I sent Jesus to the Jags ...
And we embraced him as a Quarterback and made him part of the family.
What a season it was for the Jags. Starting out, I haven't really been playing Madden online at all before this, so I said to myself I wanted at least an 8-8 season, what I got was a 14-2 season and a hell of a lot of experience.
It all started in pre-season, actually before that, playing Paully and Perrin in the Boards community to see where I stood with the Jags, and it was after Paully gave me a good beating with the Chargers, I played Perrin and tried out a new defensive scheme... And won 32-0. So I got my defence in order, the next job was to find someone who could throw a pass!
Tebow has been brilliant for the Jags. While I haven't been using him on the run much at all (have been more in the last few games), his "clutch" trait has single handedly won me a few games. The scariest moments of the year were last min wins against Neko Chan and Nelbert. Neko and the Bengals played a blinder against me, but Tebow hit a game winning throw to MJD for 35 yards as the clock hit 0. And against Nelbert, my defensive MVP Jeremey Mincey picked off a flat in the end-zone with 20 seconds left and me ahead by 6! Linebacker52 and the Bears also were very unlucky against me.
At the end of the season I got 2 lessons courtesy of Dave and Berty. While the game against Dave was close, it didn't feel that way, and Berty just played a great game against me, I learned a lot from those two and hope to close the gap next season.
Gordon Bombay has done an excellent job as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.0 -
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Cleveland Browns 6-10
Which is daaaycent I suppose.
But disappointing as I was 4-1 at one stage and I thought I was playoff bound.
The Dawg Pound ain't happy, they were booing in my last home game.
I missed about 6 games overall and my assistant A Pilot is not the best.
Won't happen next season
Hero
Joe Haden my man!
Revis wishes he was Joe Haden.
Honourable mention to Trent Richardson and my Oline.
Despite my losing record T Rich was 5th in rushing yds at one stage
Donkey
Greg Little needs to be tossed into Lake Erie
Tall, physical reciever, well able to get open but he can't catch the ball!!
Which is kind of important for a WR :mad:
Underrated player
Ben Watson Tight End
Hands of gold!
His catch on the goaline in triple coverage against the Chiefs was a thing of beauty. :cool:
Bailed me out on 3rd down conversions so many times
Best performance
It was actually a loss.
Almost beat the Chiefs and Weedon launching longs bombs and burning their secondary all day.
I lost the game but to finish close to Berty is an achievment for me.
Ate my words
Made dire threats against RGIII and opened the cheque book for bounty money.
RGIII threw a pick, hammered my defensive back and forced a fumble.
To get tackled by a QB is just unspeakable
Embarresment
Reading an argument on boards about running up the score against the CPU and then I lost to the CPU Steelers. :rolleyes:
Plans for next year
- Poach Flacco, develop my young recievers and pound the rock.
- My pass rush is an embarrassment, my 4-3 is good against the run but I'm near bottom of the league in sacks.
Need another cornerback, an upgrade at linebacker and a safety. - Dish out some pain
Chris Rainey knows what I'm talking about :pac: - Go Dream Team with my 45 million in cap space!
0 - Poach Flacco, develop my young recievers and pound the rock.
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Season started and ended the same way and the same way a lot of my seasons have ended in the Boards franchise. A defeat to Santry.
First game was against Santry, contained his offence pretty well but was unable to convert good drives and good field position into TDs. The exact same reason I lost to him in the conference final.
Had some really good games this season, beating Berty was a highlight and probably one of the best I played all season, no mistakes offence or defence.
My luckiest win was against Matthew in our first divisional game. One score in it, in the last minute (I think), and Matthew let Lance Moore waltz past his coverage to catch a long bomb from Drew Brees. I also have to mention beating Matthew in our second game (can't find the score but it was comprehensive) was another highlight mainly due to all the trash talk that Matthew was doing at the start of the season about how he always beats me and I seem to play crap against him. But I think that I taught him a few things about his team in that game.
Two of the toughest games I had this year were against Perrins Broncos and then the Tampa Bay Buccs who stopped my clean sweep of the division and prevented me from finishing top of the division, just couldn't do much against either of these and both played really well. I was very surprised the Broncos didn't do more this year.
For next season, I plan to utilise Darrren Sproles more, he was unbelievable in the playoffs and teams couldn't handle him. This is where I went wrong a lot of this season, my passing plays were too obvious when I was passing too much. So hopefully with a good run game next year, Brees will be able to have a great season.
I have already started devising my game plan to beat Santry. 0 -
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