Madden NFL Simulation Franchise: 2007 and Beyond

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NFC Standings (after Week 8)

East
1) Dallas --- 5-2
2) Philadelphia --- 4-2-1
3) Washington --- 4-3
4) New York Giants --- 3-5

North
1) Chicago --- 5-3
2) Minnesota --- 3-4
3) Detroit --- 2-5
4) Green Bay --- 1-6

South
1) Tampa Bay --- 5-3
2) Atlanta --- 4-3
3) Carolina --- 3-4
4) New Orleans --- 2-5

West
1) St. Louis --- 6-2
2) Seattle --- 5-2
3) San Francisco --- 4-3
4) Arizona --- 3-4

NFC Players of the Week

Offense:
Bernard Berrian, WR, Chicago
6 rec. - 137 yds, 2 TD

Defense:
Cato June, OLB, Tampa Bay
3 tkls, 1 sack, 2 INT, TD

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Week 9 Schedule
(Note: Gold = Game of the Week, Bold = Sunday Night Football, Red = Monday Night Football)
(Note: All times EST)

Arizona @ Tampa Bay, Sun. 1:00 pm
Carolina @ Tennessee, Sun. 1:00 pm
Cincinnati @ Buffalo, Sun. 1:00 pm
Denver @ Detroit, Sun. 1:00 pm
Green Bay @ Kansas City, Sun. 1:00 pm
Jacksonville @ New Orleans, Sun. 1:00 pm
San Diego @ Minnesota, Sun. 1:00 pm
San Francisco @ Atlanta, Sun. 1:00 pm
Washington @ New York Jets, Sun. 1:00 pm
Seattle @ Cleveland, Sun. 4:05 pm
Houston @ Oakland, Sun. 4:15 pm
New England @ Indianapolis, Sun. 4:15 pm
Dallas @ Philadelphia, Sun. 8:15 pm
Baltimore @ Pittsburgh, Mon. 8:30 pm

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Dallas, Philadelphia to fight over NFC East lead
NFL News

The NFC East is about to heat up.

The Dallas Cowboys, holding a slim 1/2-game lead in the NFC East, travels to take on division rival Philadelphia in a highly-anticipated Sunday Night Football matchup. The Eagles have appeared in the Game of the Week segment twice this season, with a victory over Chicago and an overtime tie against the Jets. This will be the first of possibly more appearances for the Cowboys.

Fans, coaches and experts alike are expecting a very intense battle, considering the winner gets the top spot in the East. If the Cowboys win, they could extend their lead to 1.5 games, while the Eagles could re-claim the spot they held earlier.

The Eagles are playing at home, but are coming off an ugly 20-17 road loss to Minnesota. Dallas is fresh off their bye week and look hungry to show Philadephia who's "boss" in the East. I think Dallas will win a slobberknocker.

Dallas Ratings Philadelphia
87 ---Overall--- 90
88 ---Offense--- 90
87 ---Defense--- 89
86 ---Special Teams--- 90

Dallas Team Stats (NFL Rank) Philadelphia
20.0 (t-16th) ---Points Per Game--- 21.4 (12th)
2,066 (20th) ---Total Offense--- 2,419 (t-5th)
1,007 (8th) ---Rush Offense--- 954 (11th)
1,059 (25th) ---Pass Offense--- 1,465 (4th)
1,959 (4th) ---Total Defense--- 2,053 (11th)
698 (1st) ---Rush Defense--- 933 (21st)
1,261 (20th) ---Pass Defense--- 1,120 (7th)
-5 (t-27th) ---Turnover Diff.--- -5 (t-27th)

Prediction: Dallas 27, Philadelphia 21

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What are you going to do about Joe Flacco?

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Quote:

What are you going to do about Joe Flacco?

Unfortunately, any FCS players that have gotten drafted (i.e. Flacco, Rodgers-Cromartie, Tim Hightower, etc.) will not be in this sim. It will be hopefully be as realistic as possible excluding those guys. Granted, there aren't many FCS players that have gotten drafted the past few years.

thanks for following tho!

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Philadelphia wins ugly game to take lead in NFC East
NFL News

Just because you win doesn't mean it has to be pretty.

The Philadelphia Eagles jumped out to a 15-3 halftime lead and held on for an ugly 21-9 home victory over the Dallas Cowboys, boosting them to the NFC East lead. The Eagles played just good enough on offense and made the Cowboys look foolish with a strong defensive effort to pick up an important win.

Kicker David Akers nailed 3 field goals and QB Donovan McNabb scored on a 3-yard scramble to help the Eagles take a 15-3 lead into the break. The 3rd quarter was scoreless for both teams, but Dallas began to threaten in the final frame.

The Cowboys got 2 field goals to cut the lead to 15-9, but the Eagles put the game away late. With only 2:21 left, McNabb dumped off to RB Brian Westbrook for a 1-yard TD pass to clinch the win.

McNabb struggled throwing the ball but still accounted for both Eagle TDs. McNabb only threw for 205 yards on 13-of-30 passing, and got picked off once. He also added 25 yards rushing. Westbrook paced the running game with 101 yards.

The Dallas offense was terrible, amassing only 222 total yards. QB Tony Romo looked rattled, throwing 3 interceptions. RB Julius Jones added 113 yards rushing for the only bright spot.

The game featured 6 turnovers, 11 sacks and 17 penalties combined.

Box Score

DAL 3 : 0 : 0 : 6 - 9
PHI 9 : 6 : 0 : 6 - 21

1st Quarter
(13:36) PHI --- Akers 49 FG --- PHI 3-0
(11:09) DAL --- M. Gramatica 52 FG --- TIE 3-3
(9:08) PHI --- Akers 31 FG --- PHI 6-3
(4:24) PHI --- Akers 33 FG --- PHI 9-3

2nd Quarter
(5:47) PHI --- McNabb 3 run (conversion failed) --- PHI 15-3

4th Quarter
(13:50) DAL --- M. Gramatica 29 FG --- PHI 15-6
(4:27) DAL --- M. Gramatica 30 FG --- PHI 15-9
(2:21) PHI --- Westbrook 1 pass from McNabb (conversion failed) --- PHI 21-9

Team Stats

1st Downs:
DAL --- 16 ... PHI--- 13
Total Offense:
DAL --- 222 ... PHI --- 313
Rushes-Yards:
DAL --- 31-113 ... PHI --- 32-131
Passing (C-A-I):
DAL --- 15-30-3 ... PHI --- 13-30-1
Passing Yards:
DAL --- 109 ... PHI --- 182
Times Sacked:
DAL --- 7 ... PHI --- 4
3rd Down Conversions:
DAL --- 4-15 ... PHI --- 2-16
Turnovers:
DAL --- 4 ... PHI --- 2
Penalties-Yards:
DAL --- 8-48 ... PHI --- 9-58
Time of Possession:
DAL --- 31:39 ... PHI --- 28:21

Individual Stats

DALLAS

Tony Romo, QB --- 15 - 30 - 162 yds, 3 INT

Julius Jones, RB --- 29 att. - 113 yds

Terrell Owens, WR --- 4 rec. - 67 yds
Jason Witten, TE --- 4 rec. - 32 yds

Akin Ayodele, MLB --- 7 tkls, 2 sacks
Ken Hamlin, FS --- 6 tkls
Demarcus Ware, OLB --- 6 tkls
Marcus Spears, DE --- 5 tkls, 1 sack
Bradie James, MLB --- 3 tkls, INT

PHILADELPHIA

Donovan McNabb, QB --- 13 - 30 - 205 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT; 4 att. - 25 yds, TD

Brian Westbrook, RB --- 27 att. - 101 yds; 2 rec. - 4 yds, TD

Greg Lewis, WR --- 5 rec. - 32 yds

Jeremiah Trotter, MLB --- 7 tkls, 1 sack
Brian Dawkins, FS --- 6 tkls, INT
Chris Gocong, OLB --- 5 tkls, 1 sack, FF
Mike Peterson, DT --- 4 tkls, FF
Sheldon Brown, CB --- 1 tkl, 2 INT

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Game Recaps

Tampa Bay 21, Arizona 14

Tampa Bay holds their opponent scoreless in 2nd half for 2nd straight week, and score 11 points after halftime to win.

TB: Jerramy Stevens, TE --- 12 rec. - 83 yds, 2 TD
ARZ: Edgerrin James, RB --- 30 att. - 147 yds, TD

Carolina 31, Tennessee 24

Carolina builds 23-3 halftime lead, holds on to win despite 3 rushing TDs by QB Vince Young.

CAR: DeAngelo Williams, RB --- 33 att. - 121 yds, TD
TEN: Vince Young, QB --- 153 pass yds, 151 rush yds, 3 rush TD, 2 INT

Cincinnati 16, Buffalo 10

Cincinnati shuts out Buffalo in 2nd half to win.

CIN: Chad Ochocinco, WR --- 8 rec. - 136 yds, TD
BUF: Lee Evans, WR --- 5 rec. - 101 yds, TD

Detroit 28, Denver 21

Detroit shocks Denver, who had the league's best record, behind 3 TD passes from backup QB Drew Stanton.

DET: Drew Stanton, QB --- 19 - 26 - 224 yds, 3 TD
DEN: Only 209 yards of total offense

Kansas City 27, Green Bay 20

RB Larry Johnson scores on a 1-yard plunge with only 14 seconds left to lift the Chiefs past the Packers.

KC: Larry Johnson, RB --- 20 att. - 64 yds, GW TD
GB: Aaron Rodgers, QB --- 13 - 29 - 172 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

Jacksonville 26, New Orleans 7

FB Greg Jones scores 3 TDs and the Jaguar defense dominates in win over the Saints.

JAX: Greg Jones, FB --- 14 att. - 42 yds, 3 TD
NO: Drew Brees, QB --- 18 - 30 - 164 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

San Diego 28, Minnesota 16

Two return TDs and RB LaDainian Tomlinson help bring the Chargers back to .500, just before QB Phillip Rivers is set to return from injury.

SD: LaDainian Tomlinson, RB --- 227 total yds, 2 TD (1 rec)
MIN: Chester Taylor, RB --- 169 total yds, rush TD

San Francisco 20, Atlanta 7

The 49ers outscore the Falcons 13-0 in the 2nd half, riding their defense for their 5th straight win.

SF: Frank Gore, RB --- 41 att. - 168 yds, TD
ATL: Only 135 yards of total offense

Washington 25, New York Jets 22

Late field goal completes the Redskins' comeback in a road upset.

WAS: Mark Brunell, QB --- 22 - 34 - 230 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
NYJ: Thomas Jones, RB --- 27 att. - 113 yds, TD

Seattle 14, Cleveland 12

Failed 2-point conversion allows Seattle to escape with ugly win.

SEA: Shaun Alexander, RB --- 22 att. - 73 yds, TD
CLE: Jamal Lewis, RB --- 34 att. - 131 yds, TD

Houston 37, Oakland 13

Houston spanks the Raiders on the road.

HOU: Matt Schaub, QB --- 20 - 36 - 208 yds, 3 TD
OAK: Dominic Rhodes, RB --- 178 total yds (134 rush)

Indianapolis 35, New England 26

The Colts hold off the Patriots, snapping New England's 4-game win streak.

IND: Joseph Addai, RB --- 160 total yds, 3 TD (1 rec)
NE: Tom Brady, QB --- 24 - 44 - 266 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT

Pittsburgh 38, Baltimore 17

Pittsburgh thrashes the Ravens using their run game and defense on Monday Night Football.

PIT: Willie Parker, RB --- 34 att. - 126 yds, 2 TD
BAL: Willis McGahee, RB --- 27 att. - 106 yds, TD

Week 9 Notable Injuries

Cleveland QB Derek Anderson --- Out 2 weeks (strained pectoral)
Indianapolis C Jeff Saturday --- Out 2 weeks (hip pointer)
Tampa Bay OLB Derrick Brooks --- Out 8 weeks (broken collarbone)

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AFC Standings (after Week 9)

East
1) New England --- 6-3
2) Miami ---- 5-3
3) New York Jets --- 5-3-1
4) Buffalo --- 2-6

North
1) Cincinnati --- 4-4
2) Pittsburgh --- 4-4
3) Cleveland --- 2-6
4) Baltimore --- 2-6

South
1) Indianapolis --- 5-3
2) Houston --- 5-4
3) Jacksonville --- 4-4
4) Tennessee --- 2-6

West
1) Denver --- 6-2
2) Kansas City --- 5-3
3) San Diego --- 4-4
4) Oakland --- 2-6

AFC Players of the Week

Offense:
LaDainian Tomlinson, RB, San Diego
39 att. - 181 yds, TD; 6 rec. - 46 yds, TD

Defense:
Shawne Merriman, OLB, San Diego
9 tkls, INT, FF, TD