Figures that I go back to my old stuff and have an excellent game, and exactly what I've been looking for. The ability to have the CPU still have sound offense, but not ALWAYS have the top stats.
I won this one 34-10 to start my season over the Bears. The score is a little dysfunctional, as I scored twice defensively in the 4th quarter, once on a muffed punt fumbled, and once on an Andre Goodman INT returned for 13 yards.
Chicago again is starting Johnathan Quinn over Grossman, and he looked terrible, as I figure he should.
Total O - 335/235
Rushing - 196/44 (Jones had a 40 yard scamper to set up a TD, and Pinner had a 24 yard carry after Jones left the game when I had a 31-3 lead.)
Passing 139/191
First Downs 18/13
Total Yards 430/340
Giveaways 1/4
3rd Down 6/14 - 2/12
Penalties 5/38 - 4/29
TOP 28:19/19:41
Individual Performances:
Harrington 15/26 107 yards 2 TD 1 INT 57% - 0 Sacks Long 11
McMahon 3/5 40 yards
Quinn 16/39 207 yards 1 TD 3 INT 41% Sacked 3 Times Long 25
K. Jones 25-142 Avg 5.6 Long 40 (Cancel out the long run and it's basically 4 per carry)
Pinner 9-44 Avg 4.8 Long 29
Bryson 1-9
Schlesinger 1-3
Thomas Jones 16/42 2.6 avg (They really had no choice but to abandon him trailing 20-0 halfway through the 3rd when they got the ball) I stuffed him fairly well, but not the way I was on the All-Pro sliders. Including sacks, I only had 6 tackles for loss in this game, even though I dominated throughout.
I just need to see if other backs are still capable of having strong games and the changing of the RB sliders to 16/16 is going to hold. The flow of the rushing game for the CPU actually felt real good, and it started off as though Jones was going to have at least a decent game, so we'll see how it goes with a team that has a QB that can actually move their team.