California Dreamin'

[Manning2Harrison]

Quote: Originally Posted by R1zzo23

Damn so you play out every playoff game? That's dedication man. I'm too excited to move on to the next season to spend time playing extra games lol. I am also looking forward to Madden 18's graphics on Frostbite. I'm still playing NCAA 14 and documenting my own dynasty here and sometimes I take pics and think "wow, that's a good looking shot" after seeing the lighting, blurs and other details. I can't imagine what's going to happen when I start doing that with Madden 18 lol. Going back to NCAA will be very difficult. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I usually sim the playoffs but in this case I was so far behind on my posts that I played all of the games to slow myself down and not get to the 2019 season too quickly. I ended up enjoying playing the games so much that I may keep doing it- although the 2020 draft will include Keith Jackson and the spin-off franchise will start sooner if I sim next year's playoffs.

[R1zzo23]

Quote: Originally Posted by Manning2Harrison

I usually sim the playoffs but in this case I was so far behind on my posts that I played all of the games to slow myself down and not get to the 2019 season too quickly. I ended up enjoying playing the games so much that I may keep doing it- although the 2020 draft will include Keith Jackson and the spin-off franchise will start sooner if I sim next year's playoffs.

Ahh I gotcha. Man I can't wait to see what you do with Keith Jackson!

[Manning2Harrison]

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Pats Conduct In-House Rooney Rule Interview, No One "Serious" Scheduled Yet

The New England Patriots have "interviewed" their linebackers coach, Brian Flores, for their head coaching vacancy, paying lip service (more like giving the finger) to the "NFL's Rooney Rule", but have yet to schedule a meeting with a viable candidate. They have also not sought permission to speak with former coordinators Josh McDaniels or Matt Patricia. That strongly hints that the preferred candidate is on the staff of one of the "final four" teams left in the playoffs.

Dolphins Interview Schwartz, Will Still Talk To Smith

Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier confirmed that and interview with Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz was conducted on Thursday, but no decision will be made until team officials have also met with Bucs DC Mike Smith. That may have to wait until after the Super Bowl if Tampa Bay wins the NFC championship on Sunday. Both Schwartz (Lions) and Smith (Falcons) have prior NFL head coaching experience. Miami has not hired such a candidate since Dave Wannstedt in 2000, and has gone through five post-Wannstedt coaches in 14 seasons- an average tenure of less than 3 years.


Transactions

Seahawks place tight end Luke Willson (shoulder) on IR
Seahawks sign SS Drue Tranquill from practice squad

[Manning2Harrison]

Repeat of The Titans:

Bradford Fumbles Away Texans’ Super Bowl Ticket

Making his first start for the Houston Texans since the September injury that led to Mason Rudolph starting for the duration of the regular season and becoming the leading candidate for the AFC’s Offensive Rookie of the Year, Sam Bradford had the Houston Texans leading the defending AFC champion Tennessee Titans deep into the third quarter. After falling behind 7-3 on a DeMarco Murray touchdown run, the Texans scored 11 points in back-to-back possessions. Nick Novak closed out the first half with a 30 yard field goal, and Lamar Miller, otherwise stifled all day, capped the first drive of the second half with a 1 yard run. Bradford scored a two point conversion on a naked bootleg that completely fooled the Tennessee defense, and Houston was up a touchdown at 14-7. At the 4:22 mark of the third quarter, Ryan Succop booted a 42 yard field goal to cut the Titans’ offense. The only other offensive score for the remainder of the game was a 27-yarder by Succop with 12:53 to go. Theoretically this game could have ended up a 14-13 Houston victory for the first AFC title in franchise history. But in between those Succop kicks, the Texans were done in. In the final seconds of the third quarter, awesomely-named Titans backup safety Money Hunter delivered a sack that forced a Bradford fumble. Hunter then scooped up the loose ball and raced 40 yards to the end zone for a 17-14 Tennessee lead. Injury was added to insult when Bradford was unable to continue due to a strained back. With the Texans trailing 20-14 late in the game, in a drive that began at the Houston 1, they were in a 4th and 10 do-or-die situation at the Tennessee 20. Third-stringer Tom Savage was picked off in the end zone by rookie corner Brandon Facyson, and the Titans closed the books on their second consecutive (and third overall) AFC championship.

On a side note, the end of Houston's season concludes the five years of Bill O'Brien's contract and he is now officially a “free agent". If he means to remain a head coach in the NFL and it's not in Houston, the options are down to Miami and New England. No rocket science involved there.

Houston Texans at Tennessee Titans
Jan 20, 2019	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Houston Texans (8-8)	3	3	8	0	14
Tennessee Titans (12-4)	0	7	10	3	20

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		HOU	TEN
5:42	(HOU) Nick Novak 24 FG	3	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		HOU	TEN
12:58	(TEN) DeMarco Murray 13 run (R. Succop kick)	3	7
0:00	(HOU) Nick Novak 30 FG	6	7
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		HOU	TEN
12:53	(HOU) Lamar Miller 1 run (S. Bradford run)	14	7
4:22	(TEN) Ryan Succop 42 FG	14	10
0:04	(TEN) Money Hunter 40 fumble return (R. Succop kick)	14	17
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		HOU	TEN
12:53	(TEN) Ryan Succop 27 FG	14	20

Houston Texans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Sam Bradford (77.8) 20/34 218 0 0 Tom Savage (41.3) 9/17 80 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Lamar Miller 17 28 1.6 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD DeAndre Hopkins 4 52 13.0 0 Jaelen Strong 3 50 16.6 0 David Njoku 7 45 6.4 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Rayshawn Jenkins 10 0 1 0 Quintin Demps 8 0 0 0 Whitney Mercilus 6 0 0 0 Channing Stribling 6 0 0 0

Tennessee Titans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Marcus Mariota (65.6) 20/30 157 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD DeMarco Murray 18 97 5.3 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Delanie Walker 10 98 9.8 0 Kendall Wright 3 25 8.3 0 Tajae Sharpe 2 13 6.5 5 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Brandon Facyson (R) 7 0 1 0 Daquan Jones 7 0.5 0 0 Reshad Jones 7 0 0 0 Avery Williamson 7 0 0 0 Jurrell Casey 6 1 0 0 Kevin Dodd 6 2 0 0 Austin Johnson 2 0.5 0 0 Money Hunter 1 1 0 1

At the moment 2019 appears to be a huge question mark for Sam Bradford.


Playing in place of the injured Malik Hooker, Rayshawn Jenkins heads off Kendall Wright at the pass to make an interception.


After is STFU game last week, DeMarco Murray “only” rushed for 97 yards and a TD.


Rookie Brandon Facyson makes a game-saving pick.

[Manning2Harrison]

Rematch Set

Super Bowl LIII is going to be a rematch of SB LII, and the biggest difference this time is that Russell Wilson will be playing in it. If the Seattle Seahawks lose to the Tennessee Titans again, Seattle fans can stop their “what-iffing” about LII and acknowledge Tennessee’s superiority.

When Doug Martin followed a perfect Jon Ryan punt that died at 1 with a 99 touchdown run that left Seahawks strewn in his wake and which put the Tampa Bay Buccaneers up 10-0, it appeared that this postseason’s Cinderella was on the way to the Big Dance. But the Seahawks scored the game’s next 13 points, and its final 10 after Tampa knotted the score at 13. In the end, the only two playoff teams still with intact starting QB’s are the ones that made it to the Super Bowl. The Buccaneers are now 1-3 in NFC title games, while the Hawks have reached 5-1 in them overall and 4-0 in the Pete Carroll era.

Seattle Seahawks at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jan 20, 2019	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Seattle Seahawks (10-6)	0	7	6	10	23
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-6)	3	7	0	3	13

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		SEA	TAM
6:51	(TAM) Roberto Aguayo 29 FG	0	3
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		SEA	TAM
8:41	(TAM) Doug Martin 99 run (R. Aguayo kick)	0	10
0:15	(SEA) Marcel Reece 10 pass from Russell Wilson (S. Hauschka kick)	7	10
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		SEA	TAM
8:51	(SEA) Steven Hauschka 35 FG	10	10
4:24	(SEA) Steven Hauschka 48 FG	13	10
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		SEA	TAM
14:56	(TAM) Roberto Aguayo 46 FG	13	13
10:56	(SEA) Thomas Rawls 6 run (S. Hauschka kick)	20	13
1:57	(SEA) Steven Hauschka 20 FG	23	13

Seattle Seahawks PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Russell Wilson (114.2) 20/24 194 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jamaal Charles 18 100 5.5 0 Thomas Rawls 21 90 4.2 1 Marcel Reece 4 16 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jimmy Graham 6 56 9.3 0 Marcel Reece 2 35 17.5 1 Doug Baldwin 3 28 9.3 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Bobby Wagner 9 0 0 0 Brandon Ganaway 9 0 0 0 Cliff Avril 8 0 0 0 Earl Thomas 6 0 0 0 Richard Sherman 4 0 1 0 Tanoh Kpassagnon 3 0.5 0 0 Lowell Lotulelei (R) 1 0.5 0 0

Tampa Bay Buccaneers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Ryan Fitzpatrick (77.8) 20/28 209 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Doug Martin 14 156 11.1 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Doug Martin 8 79 9.8 0 Corey Davis 3 60 20.0 0 Tavon Austin 4 31 7.7 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Josh Jones 17 0 0 0 Micah Awe 16 0 0 0 Dwayne Gratz 13 0 0 0

Doug Martin’s 99 yard run was Tampa Bay’s only touchdown of the game.


Fullback Marcel Reece’s 10 yard TD reception got Seattle on the board with only 15 seconds remaining in the first half.


Richard Sherman, who helped the Seahawks get into the playoffs with 2 Week 17 picks of Alex Smith, gives a finger wag after denying Corey Davis a catch.


Sherman picks off a Ryan Fitzpatrick pass intended for Tavon Austin.

[Hushroom]

So who are you going to play as in the SB?

[Manning2Harrison]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hushroom

So who are you going to play as in the SB?

I played as the Seahawks. They became my team when the Rams went to St. Louis and they're still my no. 2 now that the Rams are back in LA. Makes it kind of awkward for me twice a year.

[Manning2Harrison]

2018 NFL Pro Bowl Rosters
AFC Offense	Pos	Team	NFC Offense	Pos	Team
Ben Roethlisberger	QB	PIT	Dak Prescott	QB	DAL
Marcus Mariota	QB	TEN	Aaron Rodgers	QB	GB
Tom Brady	QB	NE	Cam Newton	QB	CAR
Spencer Ware	HB	KC	Leonard Fournette	HB	PHI
Melvin Gordon	HB	POR	Jamaal Charles	HB	SEA
Gio Bernard	HB	CIN	Ameer Abdullah	HB	DET
Roosevelt Nix	FB	PIT	Patrick DiMarco	FB	ATL
Jalston Fowler	FB	TEN	Anthony Firkser	FB	LA
Antonio Brown	WR	PIT	Randall Cobb	WR	GB
Davante Adams	WR	KC	Dez Bryant	WR	DAL
Allen Robinson	WR	JAX	Kevin White	WR	CHI
Kendall Wright	WR	TEN	Doug Baldwin	WR	SEA
Markus Wheaton	WR	PIT	Jordy Nelson	WR	GB
Martavis Bryant	WR	PIT	Alshon Jeffery	WR	LA
Rob Gronkowski	TE	NE	Jason Witten	TE	DAL
Delanie Walker	TE	TEN	Jordan Reed	TE	WAS
David Njoku	TE	HOU	Richard Rodgers	TE	GB
Taylor Lewan	T	TEN	David Bakhtiari	T	GB
Kris Way	T	PIT	Jason Spriggs	T	GB
Shaq Mason	G	NE	Dan Feeney	G	SEA
Ramon Foster	G	PIT	Isaac Seumalo	G	PHI
Maurkice Pouncey	C	PIT	Corey Linsley	C	GB
Ben Jones	C	TEN	Frank Ragnow (R)	C	MIN
David DeCastro	G	PIT	David Sharpe	G	SEA
Chance Warmack	G	TEN	Zack Martin	G	DAL
Jack Conklin	T	TEN	Rob Havenstein	T	LA
Marcus Gilbert	T	PIT	Bryan Bulaga	T	GB
AFC Defense	Pos	Team	NFC Defense	Pos	Team
J.J. Watt	DE	HOU	Brandon Graham	DE	PHI
Lamarr Houston	DE	NYJ	Robert Nkemdiche	DE	ARI
Khalil Mack	DE	OAK	Demarcus Lawrence	DE	DAL
Jurrell Casey	DE	TEN	Cameron Jordan	DE	NO
Ndamukong Suh	DT	MIA	Bennie Logan	DT	PHI
Muhammad Wilkerson	DT	NYJ	Chris Wormley	DT	NYG
Geno Atkins	DT	CIN	Fletcher Cox	DT	PHI
Barkevious Mingo	OLB	NE	Aaron Lynch	OLB	SF
Justin Houston	OLB	KC	Ryan Anderson	OLB	LA
Jarrad Davis	MLB	KC	NaVorro Bowman	MLB	SF
Reuben Foster	MLB	MIA	Blake Martinez	MLB	GB
Derek Barnett	OLB	KC	Leonard Floyd	OLB	CHI
Josh Martin	OLB	NYJ	Clay Matthews	OLB	GB
Sean Smith	CB	OAK	Vernon Hargreaves III	CB	TB
Malcolm Butler	CB	NE	Josh Norman	CB	WAS
Tarvarus McFadden (R)	CB	NYJ	Xavier Rhodes	CB	MIN
Jalen Ramsey	CB	JAX	Desmond Trufant	CB	ATL
Darrelle Revis	FS	BAL	Tyrann Mathieu	FS	ARI
Marcus Maye	FS	JAX	Ricardo Allen	FS	ATL
Jamal Adams	SS	CLE	Malcolm Jenkins	SS	PHI
T.J. Ward	SS	DEN	Tavon Wilson	SS	DET
AFC Special Teams	Pos	Team	NFC Special Teams	Pos	Team
Brandon McManus	K	DEN	Greg Zuerlein	K	LA
Brett Kern	P	TEN	Johnny Hekker	P	LA
James White	KR	NE	Ted Ginn Jr.	KR	CAR
Quan Bray	PR	IND	Devin Fuller	PR	ATL