Sliders, Scores, and Stats! (PS2)

[crazyhorse]

I just finished the first regular season of my Cleveland Browns franchise. I will give you the sliders that I used, the scores of each game, the season statistics of my players, the rankings of my team, and the slider tweaks I'll make prior to starting the 2007 season.

My sliders for the 2006 season (Thanks to DBledsoe for a solid base):

12 minutes with Accelerated Clock
All-Pro

Sub In 92%, Sub Out 87%
QB Vision, Auto Pass, Auto Strafe - OFF
Offense Catch Assist, Defense Pass Assist - ON

Injuries - DEFAULT

Penalties - False Start 9, Holding 9, Roughing the Passer 6, all other penalties maximized

HUM, CPU
QB Accuracy 10, 11
Pass Blocking 5, 5
WR Catching 11, 11
RB Ability 10, 11
Run Blocking 3, 4
Offense Code JHjZFc11

Awareness 6, 13
Knockdowns 5, 10
Interceptions 0, 2
Break Block 5, 5
Tackling 6, 6
Defense Code uRz3JJP1

FG Length 10, 10
FG Accuracy 0, 0
Punt Length 10, 10
Punt Accuracy 10, 10
Kickoff Length 10, 10
Special Teams Code KyhtToM2

Offensive Strategy 49 Run, 51 Pass / 51 Conservative, 49 Aggressive
Rushing Strategy 30 RB2, 70 RB1
Defensive Strategy 43 Run, 57 Pass / 36 Conservative, 64 Aggressive

My scores for the 2006 season (12-4 Cleveland Browns):

9-27 vs Saints
34-27 at Bengals
23-6 vs Ravens
27-24 at Raiders
21-27 at Panthers
Bye
17-3 vs Broncos
21-24 vs Jets
51-25 at Chargers
20-27 at Falcons
24-17 vs Steelers
37-17 vs Bengals
34-31 vs Chiefs (host them in Divisional Playoff game)
27-20 at Steelers
27-9 at Ravens
30-28 vs Buccaneers
29-7 at Texans

Player stats for the 2006 season:

Passing
Charlie Frye 86.0 rating, 273-442 (61%), 3500 yards, 18 TD, 15 INT, long of 79
Bruce Gradkowski 83.5 rating, 59-99 (59%), 734 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT, long of 455

Rushing
Reuben Droughns 435-1499 (3.4 AVG), 10 TD, 77 BTk, 5 fumbles, long of 74
Jerome Harrison 70-290 (4.1 AVG), 4 TD, 21 BTk, 3 fumbles, long of 30

Receiving
Joe Jurevicius 62-878, 3 TD, 6 drops, long of 47
Dennis Northcutt 61-752, 4 TD, 6 drops, long of 49
Braylon Edwards 56-847, 4 TD, 7 drops, long of 79
Kellen Winslow 31-395, 1 TD, 9 drops, long of 28

Blocking
Kevin Shaffer 42 pancakes, 3 sacks
Cosey Coleman 38 pancakes, 3 sacks
Ryan Tucker 37 pancakes, 7 sacks
LeCharles Bentley 30 pancakes, 2 sacks
Joe Andruzzi 23 pancakes, 1 sack

Tackling
Andre Davis 72
Sean Jones 69
Kamerion Wimbley 53
Willie McGinest 50

Sacks
Willie McGinest 6
Kamerion Wimbley 6
Orpheus Roye 6
Ted Washington 5

Interceptions
Willie McGinest 3
Andre Davis 2
Gary Baxter 2
Daylon McCutcheon 2

Forced Fumbles
Orpheus Roye 3
Kamerion Wimbley 2

Kicking
Phil Dawson 34-36, long of 53

Punting
Dave Zastudil 44.5 AVG, long of 69

Kick Return
Dennis Northcutt 22.4 AVG, 1 TD, long of 100

Punt Return
Dennis Northcutt 6.0 AVG, 0 TD, long of 17

Pro Bowlers from the 2006 season:

QB Charlie Frye (3rd string), FB Terrelle Smith (2nd string), DT Ted Washington (2nd string), LOLB Willie McGinest (1st string), CB Daylon McCutcheon (1st string), K Phil Dawson

Team rankings for the 2006 season:

Offense:
Total Offense 6142 yards, 1st in the NFL
Passing Yards 3989 yards, 1st in the NFL
Rushing Yards 2153 yards, 6th in the NFL
Points per Game 26.9, 2nd in the NFL
Sacks Allowed 34, 2nd in the NFL

Defense:
Total Yards 4554 yards, 9th in the NFL
Passing Yards 2955 yards, 24th in the NFL
Rushing Yards 1599 yards, 3rd in the NFL
Average Points Against 19.9, 15th in the NFL
Sacks 42, 21st in the NFL
Interceptions 14, 23rd in the NFL

Penalties 66 for 604 yards, 1st in the NFL

Turnovers:
Interceptions Thrown 18, 20th in the NFL
Fumbles Lost 11, 8th in the NFL
Defensive Interceptions 14, 23rd in the NFL
Fumbles Recovered 4, 32nd in the NFL
Turnover Difference -11, 30th in the NFL

Slider effective for the 2007 season (changes and reasons in blue):

12 minutes with Accelerated Clock
All-Pro
Sub In 93%, Sub Out 88% (Droughns had too many carries)

Injuries
In-Game 105 (Not enough injuries throughout the season - The Browns and Patriots are the only teams to end the year with no injured players)

Penalties
Roughing the Passer 7, all other penalties maximized (Had the fewest penalties in the league this year)

HUM, CPU
QB Accuracy 10, 12 (Even though I ranked 24th against the pass, I gave up a lot of big plays - QB accuracy wasn't very good for the CPU overall)
Pass Blocking 4 (Ranked 2nd in sacks allowed), 4 (Ranked 21st in sacks)
WR Catching 12 (Considerably more drops than the rest of the league), 11
RB Ability 10, 12 (Ranked 3rd against the run)
Run Blocking 3, 5 (The top 5 players with tackles for a loss in the NFL were Browns)

Awareness 6, 14 (Later in the season I found it easier to move the ball on offense)
Knockdowns 4 (Led the NFL in passes defended), 10
Interceptions 1 (Interception leader was a LB with only 3), 2
Break Block 6 (Big Ted Washington was pushed backwards way too often), 5
Tackling 7 (Too few of forced fumbles), 6

FG Length 10, 10
FG Accuracy 0, 0
Punt Length 10, 10
Punt Accuracy 10, 11 (Too many punts were wild by the CPU)
Kickoff Length 11 (Not enough touchbacks for a Pro Bowler), 11 (Poor kick return average)

Offensive Strategy 49 Run, 51 Pass / 47 Conservative, 53 Aggressive (Looking to open it up a little more next year)
Rushing Strategy 35 RB2, 65 RB1 (Trying to get Harrison some more carries)
Defensive Strategy 35 Run, 65 Pass (Trying to influence the CPU to run the ball more) / 44 Conservative, 56 Aggressive (Trying to cut down on the big plays by the CPU)

There it is! A fun, fairly realistic year! Now it's time to face the Chiefs at home in the Divisional Playoff game! Again, these slider changes won't take effect until the start of the 2007 season.

Any feedback is appreciated!

[GMBreaker007]

Wow Cleveland with a 12-4 record and 6 Pro-Bowlers. You call that realistic?! Sorry man, it may have been fun but definitely not realistic.

I like the fact that you have adjusted the sliders for the next year in your franchise to address the fact that some of your stats were too high. There is no way that the Browns are even close to being in the top half in offensive and defensive numbers. I hope your slider adjustments bring your numbers to the true level.

[crazyhorse]

Quote: Originally Posted by GMBreaker007

Wow Cleveland with a 12-4 record and 6 Pro-Bowlers. You call that realistic?! Sorry man, it may have been fun but definitely not realistic. I like the fact that you have adjusted the sliders for the next year in your franchise to address the fact that some of your stats were too high. There is no way that the Browns are even close to being in the top half in offensive and defensive numbers. I hope your slider adjustments bring your numbers to the true level.

I agree about the Pro Bowler part, but I also made a lot of improvements via free agency and trades in the off season. Offensively, keep in mind that Maurice Carthon wasn't calling my plays!