First of all, thanks for the sliders! I made a profile on this site just to post in this thread.
I've been playing madden since 02' but after the drop off in quality of the next gen titles I hadn't bought the game since 09. Nevertheless I figured EA had enough time to get it right so I bought M13 on a whim......Ahhh, not quite but thanks to your sliders have had the most rewarding (in a realistic way)non-user game to date:
I started a franchise with the Bucs under the notion that they actually spent some money and gave Raheem Morris a real shot.
First year:
Green sliders/ 10min qtr
(9-7) I was the only team in the nfc south w/ less than 10 wins, so no playoffs. L.Blount, E. Wright, and M. Barron make the pro bowl. Rhonde retires. Let Dallas Clark go and draft a beast TE out of LSU named Brandon Boss (basically Vernon Davis w/ 87 spd). Picked up B.Merriwether in FA to replace Rhonde @ FS.
Second year:
Red sliders/ 15min quarters
(10-6) beat the bears in the wild card, thanks to Cutler' s gun slinging (4-int). Lost to the saints in the divisional round, couldn't stop D. Sproles to save my life, LB' s were getting eaten alive.
A.Rodgers broke the passing record (111.1-5,482 yd-44 td/10int). B.Boss broke the receiving record (112 rec-1,923yd-14 td), he, A. Talib and M.Bennett made the pro bowl. J. Freeman threw for 43 td but had 36 int and 46 sacks. Let A. Hayward go to FA, Drafted a solid MLB with the 1st rnd (86 spd) and another MLB in the 2nd (to move to OLB).
3rd (current) year:
"Purple" sliders / 13min qtr 12sec
Picked up CJ Spiller in FA to handle KR/
PR. After a strong preseason D.Martin was promoted to starter L.Blount was traded to the Redskins for some draft picks. L. David showed promise @ ROLB and Roland Meyes (rookie from Michigan st) won the starting job at MLB and M. Foster was moved to LOLB.
Things really came together this year as D. Martin led the league in rushing w/ 1,681 and 15 td, M. Bennett led the league in sacks w/ 17 and they joined J. Freeman (114.7-4,269-33/18), V. Jackson (54-1,460-10), B. Boss (69-1,043-6), A. Talib (7 int), E. Wright (5 int), and DPOY / Best DB M. Barron (80 tkl-7 int) in the pro bowl.
Rookie MLB R. Meyes (79tkl-6 sacks-1int) was awarded DROY.
Finished the regular season (13-3) clinching home field advantage. Beat the 49'rs in the divisional 34-26. Then we invited league MVP and OPOY Aaron Rodgers, Best WR Greg Jennings, OROY Jayrone Harris (HB) and the 11-5 packers with their #1 (to my #9) rankd offense AND #1 (to my #15) ranked defense, down to Raymond James stadium for the conference championship....