Return to Prominence - A San Francisco 49ers CCM - Madden NFL 13

[daniel77733]

Week 3 Matchup Preview | September 23, 2012
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San Francisco 49ers (1-1, 0-1 Away)		Minnesota Vikings (0-2, 0-1 Home)
Game Notes After winning their home opener a week ago against the Detroit Lions, the San Francisco 49ers travel to the Twin Cities to play against the Minnesota Vikings and RB Adrian Peterson. This game will be the third straight NFC North opponent for the 49ers. For the Vikings, they come into this game 0-2 and have been outscored 94-45 in their two losses.

Minnesota Vikings
Pos	Player	Injury Report
CB	Antoine Winfield	Pectoral Tear / Out for 29 weeks

[daniel77733]

NFL NEWS - WEEK 3

-Colts re-signed ROLB Dwight Freeney to a 5 year/$60.0m contract extension.
-Colts re-signed LOLB Robert Mathis to a 5 year/$45.0m contract extension.
-Jaguars re-signed ROLB Daryl Smith to a 6 year/$49.2m contract extension.
-Ravens re-signed FS Ed Reed to a 3 year/$30.0m contract extension.

[daniel77733]

2013 NFL DRAFT STORIES - WEEK 3

-Arizona DE/OLB Willie Burns is a great, great pass rusher that has scouts eager to see what he can do this season.

[daniel77733]

PLAYER PROGRESSION - WEEK 3

FB Bruce Miller - consistency trait (4)
FB Anthony Dixon - consistency trait (3)
C Jonathan Goodwin - consistency trait (4)
C Brian Jennings - consistency trait (1)
RG Alex Boone - consistency trait (4)
RT Anthony Davis - consistency trait (4)
DT Isaac Sopoaga - consistency trait (4)
ROLB Clark Haggans - consistency trait (3)
CB Carlos Rogers - big hitter trait
CB Tarell Brown - consistency trait (4)

[timbeau0805]

Struggling against the run so far. Lets hope you turn that around. Should be tough trying to do that against the best back in football though, haha.

[daniel77733]

Quote: Originally Posted by timbeau0805

Struggling against the run so far. Lets hope you turn that around. Should be tough trying to do that against the best back in football though, haha.

My awesome run defense is horrible against the run but that's because I have the rush defense reaction time slider set at 10. 20 was way too easy and while I thought about moving it to 15, I just said forget it and left everything as is. What's actually bugging me more is the miss tackles and being shrugged off half the time. I have tackling at 50 to even out the reaction time and well, my defense isnt tackling as good as it should be. Peterson will be tough especially since I used the editor to rate him 100 overall. Thankfully, their QB is average at best and they're without the best player in the secondary. I'll be playing the game and the practice beforehand in a little while. Should have the game results posted by mid-afternoon.

[daniel77733]

As expected, Vikings RB Adrian Peterson runs rampant on the 49ers defense in the first half but gets shutout in the second half as the 49ers running game steals the show en route to a 35-21 victory

Matchup Review | September 23, 2012
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35San Francisco 49ers (2-1, 1-1 Away)		21Minnesota Vikings (0-3, 0-2 Home)
SUMMARY Everyone knew it was coming but not this quickly. On the second play of the game, Vikings RB Adrian Peterson rushed to his left, beat the blitz, broke two tackles and scored on a 72 yard TD run to kickoff the scoring for the Vikings. Peterson ran rampant over the 49ers bad rushing defense for over 150 yards and two touchdowns in the first half but near the end of the first half, the 49ers figured out the best defense against Peterson...dont give the Vikings offense the ball and thats exactly what they did. On a 4th and inches at the Vikings 31 yard line, 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh passed on the FG and decided to run the ball with Gore. That was huge because Gore rushed outside to his left and ran into the endzone for a 31 yard TD run. Second half belonged to the 49ers. The 49ers offense started the second half with the ball and like at the end of the first half, the momentum and game came down to a huge fourth down decision by head coach Jim Harbaugh. On 4th and 3 from their own 41 yard line, Harbaugh decided to go for it and once again, it paid off huge yet again. Smith completed a short five yard pass to Moss for the first down. The 49ers continued down the field that ended when LaMichael James eventually scored on an 8 yard TD run concluding a 14 play 8:46 scoring drive. After a quick punt by the Vikings, the 49ers scored yet again on a 58 yard TD run by James who had a huge game. Peterson was shutout in the second half and with the exception of a Percy Harvin TD that happened because Whitner took a bad angle and missed a tackle, the Vikings offense was non-existent. To add to the loss for the Vikings, TE Kyle Rudolph and SS Jamarca Sanford both got injured in the fourth quarter and did not return.

Minnesota Vikings
Pos	Player	Injury Note
TE	Kyle Rudolph	Ruptured Disk / Out for 6 weeks
SS	Jamarca Sanford	Quad Tear / Out for 4 weeks

[daniel77733]

San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings
September 23, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
San Francisco 49ers (2-1)	7	14	0	14	35
Minnesota Vikings (0-3)	7	7	0	7	21

Team Stats Comparison
	SF	MIN
Total Offense	453	291
Rushing Yards	318	172
Passing Yards	135	119
First Downs	19	5
Punt Return Yards	9	0
Kick Return Yards	45	0
Total Yards	507	291
Turnovers	0	0
3rd Down Converstion	6/8 (75%)	0/2 (0%)
4th Down Conversion	2/2 (100%)	0/0
2-Point Conversion	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/0	0/0
Penalties	0/0	1/5
Posession Time	28:05	3:55

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		SF	MIN
7:15	(MIN) Peterson: 72 yard TD run (Walsh xp)	0	7
0:03	(SF) Dixon: 3 yard TD run (Akers xp)	7	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		SF	MIN
7:45	(MIN) Peterson: 20 yard TD run (Walsh xp)	7	14
2:49	(SF) Hunter: 6 yard TD run (Akers xp)	14	14
0:38	(SF) Gore: 32 yard TD run (Akers xp)	21	14
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		SF	MIN
7:14	(SF) James: 8 yard TD run (Akers xp)	28	14
5:41	(SF) James: 58 yard TD run (Akers xp)	35	14
5:27	(MIN) Harvin: 69 yard TD run (Walsh xp)	35	21

San Francisco 49ers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Alex Smith 9/11 135 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Frank Gore 19 141 7.4 1 LaMichael James 8 126 15.7 2 Kendall Hunter 8 28 3.5 1 Anthony Dixon 6 25 4.1 1 Alex Smith 1 -2 -2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Randy Moss 3 60 20.0 0 Michael Crabtree 3 49 16.3 0 Mario Manningham 2 21 10.5 0 Delanie Walker 1 5 5.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Bruce Miller 3 0 Mike Iupati 2 0 Daniel Kilgore 1 0 Joe Staley 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Patrick Willis 3 0 0 0 Donte Whitner 2 0 0 0 Dashon Goldson 2 0 0 0 Perrish Cox 1 0 0 0 Ray McDonald 1 0 0 0 Ahmad Brooks 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG David Akers 0/0 5/5 5 NA KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD LaMichael James 2 45 22.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Ted Ginn 1 9 9.0 0

Minnesota Vikings PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Christian Ponder 7/12 119 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Adrian Peterson 6 172 28.6 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Kyle Rudolph 4 39 9.7 0 Percy Harvin 1 69 69.0 1 Michael Jenkins 1 8 8.0 0 Adrian Peterson 1 3 3.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Geoff Schwartz 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Harrison Smith 10 0 0 0 Jamarca Sanford 10 0 0 0 Jasper Brinkley 5 0 0 0 Chris Cook 5 0 0 0 Chad Greenway 4 0 0 0 Kyle Williams 3 0 0 0 Robert Blanton 2 0 0 0 Marvin Mitchell 2 0 0 0 Brandon Burton 2 0 0 0 Josh Robinson 1 0 0 0 A.J. Jefferson 1 0 0 0 Jared Allen 1 0 0 0 Erin Henderson 1 0 0 0 Jerome Felton 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Blair Walsh 0/0 3/3 3 NA PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Chris Kluwe 2 92 46.0 0