Down But Not Out |A NFL Expansion Dynasty

[vusa92troy]

Good luck. It has been several years since I have played Madden. This should be interesting.

[beast888]

will follow

[Lupine]

Bledsoe to give football one more chance
September 8th, 2010
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ESPN reported today that Drew Bledsoe, the former New England Patriot quarterback will be returning to football for one more year. "Drew saw that the Portland Bulldogs could use a good quarterback to help them out, he is very excited to meet coach Dixon and learn the Bulldog offense" said Max Carrel, who is Bledsoe's agent.

Bledsoe last played for the Dallas Cowboys in 2006 before announcing that he was hanging up his helmet. Coach Tyler Dixon had this to say of Bledsoe "I've watched Drew play ever since I was ten, we are very excited to bring Drew into our organization for this season, hopefully he can bring a great amount of success onto this team."

The Portland Bulldogs open up their season on Sunday, September 12th where they will face the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium.

Jason Whitlock

[Lupine]

Author's Note:
You guys can post if you want to, I just thought that since other dynasties tell people when they can post I thought I should. I want you guys involved with this dynasty as well, comment on moves I make, maybe make suggestions for us to improve. Also I made Bledsoe only a 75 OVR so its not like I just picked up Peyton Manning for my team.

This dynasty will end when I either:
Make it to the Super Bowl twice in a row and win both of them
Have 4 consecutive 11 or better win seasons

[hockeyplaya2724]

I've always been a fan of Bledsoe, for the short time I got to watch him play. You definitely made this dynasty a lot more interesting by adding Bledsoe. Good luck against the Patriots!

[Lupine]

Quote: Originally Posted by hockeyplaya2724

I've always been a fan of Bledsoe, for the short time I got to watch him play. You definitely made this dynasty a lot more interesting by adding Bledsoe. Good luck against the Patriots!

Spoiler

We are down by 6, with 3:44 left in the second quarter

[DrJanItor]

Good to see another expansion team trying it's luck. I'll be following.

[Lupine]

New England Creams Portland
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The New England Patriots beat the Portland Bulldogs today, 26 to 9. New England's coach Josh Moore ( Cough Cough Bill Belicheck) said this of their win, " Today's game was an all around team effort by us. We played hard nose defense and conservative offense, the Bulldogs did put up a very good fight but it was our experience that got the better of them." Tom Brady suffered a bruised shoulder and sat out the entire game, but he is expected to start next week.

On the other hand coach Tyler Dixon had this to say of his teams loss, " We were overwhelmed, the O-line couldn't protect our quarterback at all and our running game couldn't get going. Drew Bledsoe suffered an abdominal tear but will start next week. Our team needs to come out next week against the Ravens and lock down their offense, and pound the ball while winning the turnover battle. We have a lot of work to do before our next game."

The Portland Bulldogs (0-1) are at home against the Baltimore Ravens (0-1) next week.
Tim Graham
ESPN

Sep 12, 2010 - PB at NE
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New England Patriots (1-0)	10	0	10	6	26
Portland Bulldogs (0-1)	3	0	0	6	9

Team Stats Comparison
PB		NE
266	Total Offense	372
42	Rushing Yards	124
224	Passing Yards	248
11	First Downs	21
2	Punt Return Yards	52
100	Kick Return Yards	35
368	Total Yards	459
4(-3)	Turnovers	1(+3)
4-15(50%)	3rd Down Converstion	7-18(38%)
1-2(50%)	4th Down Conversion	0-0(0%)
0-1(0%)	2-Point Conversion	0-0(0%)
0,1	Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2,4
2-30	Penalties	1-5
13:15	Posession Time	18:45

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		PB	NE
6:47	(PB) L.Tiffin 25 Yard FG	3	0
5:01	(NE) S.Gostkowski 33 Yard FG	3	3
1:06	(NE) M.Slater 14 YD pass from T.Brady	3	10
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		PB	NE
4:31	(NE) S.Gostkowski 33 Yard FG	3	13
0:49	(NE) D.Branch 14 YD pass from B.Hoyer	3	20
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		PB	NE
7:56	(NE) S.Gostkowski 26 Yard FG	3	23
4:21	(NE) S.Gostkowski 33 Yard FG	3	26
0:00	(PB) A.Davis 89 YD pass from J.Crompton	9	26

New England Patriots Boxscore
PASSING	RATING	C/ATT	YDS	TD/INT	AVG
Brian Hoyer	95.8	21/30(70%)	175	1/0	5.8
Tom Brady	85.1	9/17(52%)	79	1/0	4.6
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Benjarvus Green-Ellis/ The Law Firm	20	73	3.6		18
Fred Taylor	7	53	7.5		20
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Deion Branch	17	165	9.7	1	22
Wes Welker	6	46	7.6		13
Fred Taylor	3	17	5.6
Alge Crumpler	2	10	5.0
Brandon Tate	1	2	2.0
Matthew Slater	1	14	14.0	1
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	PDEF	TD
Jerod Mayo	5
Tully Banta-Cain	4
Shawn Crable	3
Darius Butler	3			1
Vince Wilfork	3
Patrick Chung	2			1
Devin McCourty	2			3
Jonathan Wilhite	2		1
Brandon Spikes	2			1
Gerard Warren	2		1
Mike Wright	2
Taylor Price (WR)	1
Rob Ninkovich	1
Brandon Meriweather	1			2
KICKING	FGM/A	PCT	LONG	XPM/A	PTS
Stephen Gostkowski	4/6	66%	34	2/2	14
PUNTING	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	IN20	TB
Zoltan Mesko	4	133	33.2	2
KICK RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Julian Edelman	2	35	17.5	18
PUNT RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Julian Edelman	6	52	8.6	14

Portland Bulldogs Boxscore
PASSING	RATING	C/ATT	YDS	TD/INT	AVG
Jonathan Crompton	89.5	7/13(53%)	153	1/1	11.7
Drew Bledsoe	37.6	13/29(44%)	71	0/1	2.4
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Larry Johnson	15	39	2.6		9
James Davis	3	3	1.0		3
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Larry Johnson	8	39	4.8		16
Kyle Eckel	3	20	6.6		10
Marko Mitchell	3	26	8.6		12
Joey Haynos	1	17	17.0		17
Leigh Tiffin (Kicker)	1	16	16.0		16
Andre Davis	1	89	89.0	1	89
Tony Stewart	1	7	7.0		7
Chris Ogbonnaya	1	4	4.0		4
James Davis	1	6	6.0		6
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	PDEF	TD
Kawika Mitchell	8
Darrell Reid	5			1
Mike Richardson	5
Cody Brown	5			1
Scott Starks	4
Chris Draft	3
Victor Adeyanju	3
Marquis Johnson	3
Keiwan Ratliff	3			2
Clinton Hart	2			1
Kevin Ellison	2
Hollis Thomas	2
Ryan Denney	2
Myron Rolle	2			1
Anthony Montgomery	2
KICKING	FGM/A	PCT	LONG	XPM/A	PTS
Leigh Tiffin	1/1	100%	25	0/0	3
PUNTING	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	IN20	TB
Glenn Pakulak	7	312	44.5	1
KICK RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tye Hill	1	15	15.0	15
Mark Brandley	2	29	14.5	15
Scott Starks	4	56	14.0	16
PUNT RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Mark Bradley	1	2	2	2