As my online leagues die down I decided that I wanted to my own CFM offline--which is something that I never really do. I don't enjoy playing the CPU normally and I normally only play in sim leagues or lobby games. An abysmal league record this year, however, has motivated to me commit to spending a little more time on my Madden skills and this is how I've decided to do it. Creating a dynasty thread is just to provide some interaction and accountability since I normally just end up simming a season or 3 and then deleting the file.
Why Green Bay? I'm a big Alabama fan and I wanted to use a team with at least 1 former Crimson Tide major contributor. I thought about Indy and Trent Richardson and Baltimore with CJ Mosely but the combo of Eddie Lacy and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix was too much to pass up. Add to that the fact that Bart Starr played in GB and the Paul Bryant is to CFB what Lombardi is to the NFL sentiment(Among some Bama fans) and this just seemed like the place to be.
Progression will be set to end of season and I will abide by this also. I will not use XP until the end of year 2.
I will not do any practices.
Quarter Length will be 13 minutes with auto run off to 16 seconds.
Game speed is Slow
House Rules
-Beyond the 1st season trades I'll do to rid the team of stars and acquire draft picks/Alabama players, I will not trade away/trade for any player 30 or under and no players that are 84+ OVR(unless 31 or older).
-I will sign no more than 1 player per year that is 84+ free agency. Any other FA's will be for depth only.
-Players 30 and under will require that their bonus be 50% of their salary (1M salary means 500k bonus). 25% for players 31+.
-No contract can take a player beyond age 32. After that, it's 1 year contracts only.
-An injured player must be out for at least 8 weeks and the injury must keep them out through the end of the regular season in order to be put on IR.
-Must keep 3 QB's on roster to allow for QB injuries.
I broke from reality and did the following:
Traded Away
Aaron Rogers
AJ Hawk
Clay Matthews
Tramon Williams
Acquired
Multiple 1st round picks
DT Terrance Cody
QB AJ McCarron
MLB CJ Mosely
Simmed season 1, made use of 4 1st round picks in the Manny Lara draft.
Drafted
MLB Oristes Fuqua
WR Rich Beech (seriously)
CB Bret Jeffcoat
DLE Jeremy Cooper
2014 Depth Chart
Green Bay Packers Depth Chart - 2014
Regular Offense
STARTER
2ND
3RD
4TH
WR
Jordy Nelson
Jerrett Boykin
Davante Adams
TE
Colt Lyerla
Jermaine Gresham
Brandon Bostick
LT
Antonio Richardson
David Bakhtiari
LG
Josh Sitton
Lane Taylor
C
Mike Pouncey
JC Tretter
RG
TJ Lang
Andrew Tiller
RT
Chris Hairston
Reed Ewy
WR
Randall Cobb
Chris Harper
Rich Beech (R)
QB
AJ McCarron (A)
Blaine Gabbert
Kirby Cook
FB
Will Johnson
HB
Eddie Lacy (A)
Jonathan Franklin
James Starks
Base 3-4 Defense
STARTER
2ND
3RD
4TH
LDE
Jeremy Cooper (R)
Datone Jones
Khyri Thornton
NT
BJ Raji
Terrance Cody (A)
Josh Boyd
RDE
Lawrence Guy
Jerel Worthy
Datone Jones
LOLB
Whitney Merciluss
Nick Perry
Nate Palmer
LILB
CJ Mosely (A)
Carl Bradford
RILB
Oristes Fuqua (R)
ROLB
Adrian Hubbard (A)
Nick Perry
Andy Mulumba
CB
Casey Howard
Bret Jeffcoat (R)
James Nixon
SS
Morgan Burnett
Chris Banjo
FS
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (A)
Nickoe Whitley
CB
Sam Shields
Demetri Goodson
Special Teams
STARTER
2ND
3RD
4TH
K
Mason Crosby
P
Tim Masthay
PR
Randall Cobb
KR
Randall Cobb
Playbooks will be my own Custom PB's that feature primarily 2 back sets (I have maybe 5 or 6 read option plays total) and the 3-4 defense.
[Edit]Played and lost but forgot to save. Replayed with the following results:
Out For Week 1
Pos
Player
Injury Note
DT
Terrance Cody
Broken Thumbs (2 weeks)
QB
AJ McCarron
Upper Arm Fracture (4 weeks)
LT
David Bakhtiari
Dislocated Ankle (5 weeks)
LDE
Lawrence Guy
Torn Bicep (7 weeks)
Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
Jun 1, 2014
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Green Bay Packers (1-0)
14
14
14
7
49
Chicago Bears (0-1)
7
17
0
7
31
Team Stats Comparison
GNB
CHI
Total Offense
583
588
Rushing Yards
157
103
Passing Yards
413
485
First Downs
24
23
Punt Return Yards
0
9
Kick Return Yards
175
78
Total Yards
736
675
Turnovers
1
5
3rd Down Converstion
10-12
4-7
4th Down Conversion
0
0
2-Point Conversion
0
0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
6-0
2-0
Penalties
0
1-11
Posession Time
35:14
16:46
Green Bay Packers
PASSING
C/A
YDS
TD
INT
B Gabbert
20
22
2
0
RUSHING
ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
Eddie Lacy
29
100
3.4
2
Jonathan Franklin
13
57
4.3
3
RECEIVING
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
J Nelson
5
106
21.2
0
J Boykin
4
68
17
2
R Cobb
4
92
23
0
C Lyerla
3
92
21.3
0
J Gresham
2
42
21
0
C Harper
1
34
34
-
E Lacy
1
-6
-6
0
BLOCKING
PANCAKE
SACK
A Richardson
1
0
J Sitton
1
0
C Hairston
1
0
W Johnson (FB)
1
0
DEFENSE
TACK
SACK
INT
TD
H Clinton-Dix
7
1
CJ Mosely
5
J Cooper
1
C Haywayrd
1
A Hubbard
1
D Goodson
1
PUNTING
NO
YDS
AVG
IN20
T Masthay
2
83
41.5
0
KICK RETURN
RET
YDS
AVG
TD
R Cobb
6
175
29.1
0
Chicago Bears
PASSING
C/A
YDS
TD
INT
J Cutler
26/37
338
1
4
RUSHING
ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
M Forte
13
89
6-8
3
RECEIVING
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
A Jeffery
6
106
17.6
M Bennett
6
62
10.3
J Janis
5
99
19.8
B Marshall
3
37
12.4
1
Bears RB M Forte was an ever present danger to break runs open but it was E Lacy who imposed his will on Soldier Field to open the 2014 season. His churning out of both punishment and 1st downs gave Gabbert time to throw and, to my surprise, Gabbert displayed a very nice touch dropping several passes just behind shallow LB's. As the Bears went into desperation mode late, it was former teammates Clinton-Dix and Hubbard (User-Pick) who created turnovers to seal the game.
I like these sliders but in both games--this one and the one I failed to save--points came way to easy and often. I'll look to make tweaks after the 4th game.
06-01-2014, 09:41 PM
The Big Cheese-A Green Bay Story
