Entire Season Stats Using Madden IQ

[mdg1215]

I played an entire season with the Seattle Seahawks using the Madden IQ system. My final regular season IQ is 627, broken down as follows:
Passing 7
Rushing 15
Pass Defense 16
Rush Defense 19

Here are the house rules I set for myself:
1. Only rookies can be trained prior to each game.
2. Coaching options and strategy left alone for first season.
3. Coaching audibles left alone for first season.
4. All player moves, including the draft, are controlled by the CPU.

Here are my auto-sub settings:
QB 73/83
RB 87/97
WR 77/87
FB/TE 77/87
OL 73/83

DT 87/97
DE 87/97
LB 83/93
CB 77/87
S 73/83

Special Teams:
FG Power 55
FG Accuracy 25
Punt Power 50
Punt Accuracy 75
Kickoff Power 50

Weapons Settings:
All at default except Smart Weapons OFF.

Played 8 minute quarters with all penalties at 100. I would usually be a defensive lineman on defense.

Here are the season scores for the Seahawks:
Seattle 15 (0-1) at Buffalo 16
San Francisco 10 at Seattle 31 (1-1)
St. Louis 24 at Seattle 25 (2-1)
Seattle 30 (3-1) at New York Giants 27
Green Bay 14 at Seattle 38 (4-1)
Seattle 28 (5-1) at Tampa Bay 20
Seattle 17 (6-1) at San Francisco 13
Philadelphia 28 at Seattle 31 (7-1)
Seattle 27 (8-1) at Miami 24
Arizona 30 at Seattle 27 (8-2)
Washington 30 at Seattle 24 (8-3)
Seattle 34 (9-3) at Dallas 26
New England 35 at Seattle 34 (9-4)
Seattle 34 (10-4) at St. Louis 31
New York Jets 42 at Seattle 45 (11-4)
Seattle 17 (11-5) at Arizona 19

Here are the playoff teams:
Seattle 11-5
Tampa Bay 11-5
Washington 11-5
Minnesota 10-6
Philadelphia 10-6
Dallas 9-7

New England 15-1
San Diego 12-4
Pittsburgh 10-6
Indianapolis 10-6
Tennessee 10-6
Jacksonville 8-8

Here are the Seattle Pro Bowlers:
Leonard Weaver, starting FB
Jerramy Stevens, starting TE
Patrick Kerney, second string DE
Rocky Bernard, second string DT
Lofa Tatupu, second string MLB
Kelly Jennings, second string CB
Deon Grant, second string FS
Brian Russell, second string SS
Nate Burleson, starting KR

Here are the season stats and notes:

Passing:
Matt Hasselbeck - 85.8 rating, 387 for 520, 20 TD, 29 INT, 4006 yards, sacked 41 times
*I made poor decisions, trying to squeeze the ball into tight coverage which led to a lot of picks. I need to learn to throw it away more. I also rolled out a lot to better see coverage on the edge, which led to a lot of sacks.

Rushing
Julius Jones - 374 rushes for 1080 yards, 10 TD, 6 fumbles, 2.8 average
Maurice Mo
* I had trouble using the highlight stick and special moves to break more tackles, hence the poor rushing average.

Receiving
Nate Burleson - 91 catches for 952 yards, 4 TD, 3 drops
Jerramy Stevens - 74 catches for 807 yards, 3 TD, 5 drops
Deion Branch - 53 catches for 681 yards, 5 TD, 1 drop

Blocking
Shane Locklear, RT - 16 pancakes, 9 sacks
Walter Jones, LT - 12 pancakes, 1o sacks
*The tackles gave up the most sacks by far due to my rollouts that back-fired.

Defensive
Lofa Tatupu - 134 tackles, 11 for a loss, 2 INT
Julian Peterson - 90 tackles, 12 for a loss, 3 INT

Patrick Kerney - 54 tackles, 19 for a loss, 10 sacks
Rocky Bernard - 49 tackles, 14 for a loss, 7 sacks

Kelly Jennings - 91 tackles, 5 INT, 3 TD, 6 pass deflections
Brian Russell - 88 tackles, 5 INT, 7 pass deflections
Marcus Trufant - 72 tackles, 3 INT, 1 TD, 12 pass deflections

Kicking
Olindo Mare - 27 of 31 FG, 47 long, 50 of 51 XP
Brandon Couto - 92 kickoffs, 5 TB

Punting
Ryan Plackemeier - 43 punts for 1949 yards, 45.3 AVG, 11 inside 20, 60 long

Kick Return
Nate Burleson - 38 kick returns for 1282 yards, 33.7 AVG, 3 TD

Punt Return
Nate Burleson - 44 punt returns for 473 yards, 10.7 AVG

Changes or not:
1. Plays per game averaged around 67, so I'll stay with 8 minute quarters next season.
2. FG length was a joke, so I'll increase FG length by 5 points.
3. I'll change the RB subs to be 89/97. Julius Jones got way too many carries compared to Maurice Morris. Also, Jones got hurt a couple of times so Morris' carries aren't accurate for substitutions.

I think that's it! A lot of challenging games, a lot of dramatic finishes, a blast of a season to play. Now it's playoff time!