How's Your Franchise Going- Madden 12 Edition

[Jarodd21]

Quote: Originally Posted by JHeyBraves

I did everything in iMovie. I went on YouTube and found some videos explaining how to do it. If you have access to iMovie and need some help, PM me. I'd be glad to try to help. Hopefully your other friends can pick up the slack your friend controlling Dallas left, haha.

I don't think I have that iMovie. I'll check it out though and get with you on that..

Well some of my friends haven't played Madden this year.. There schedule has been busy. That's why we are barely going to get it in together now so I'll probably be starting them off with the Red or Blue set until they adjust to the gameplay.. There's no excuse for my friend who uses the Cowboys. He's been playing Madden all year and using my sliders.. He just came over here and embarressed himself. Haha!

[Jarodd21]

Here's my superbowl Highlights from my game against the 15-1 Patriots.. I messed up and advanced to the offseason without getting the stats from my game against them but the score was 30-23.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzFmLS9EDPQ

The game was tough and tight.. T.Brady takes it down the field with a beautiful drive but the defense steps up and holds them to a FG. We get the ball and put together a nice drive until A.Bradshaw gets blasted by P.Chung and puts the ball on the ground which is recovered by the Patriots. Defense steps on the first play after the turnover when C.Webster comes down with the big pick after T.Brady trys to throw it deep to W.Welker. We do nothing with the ball and give it back to the Patriots with great field position and T.Brady puts together a nice drive with a big 20 yard pass to W.Welker and caps it off with a nice fade route to A.Gonzalez in the back of the endzone. I get the ball and put together a nice drive only to throw a pick to R.Dowling.. Defense steps up and we get the ball back and go on another good drive big receptions from J.Wallace and H.Nicks along with a few good runs from Bradshaw and Campbell. We cap off the drive with an out route to H.Nicks for the score to bring it to 10-7 with 3 mins left before the half. Defense steps up again with a quick 3 and out the first play of the drive Eli hits Nicks on a quick comeback route who then's spins off a few defenders and takes it to the house for the TD right before the half to go up 14-10.

2nd half we get the ball first and Eli hits J.Wallace on a short pass and he gets blasted and fumbles the ball which is recovered by NE with in my territory.. T.Brady hits B.Lloyd on a quick slant. Next play F.Kennedy(Stud rookie RB) gets the ball on a pitch for a good game.. T.Brady then hits S.Ridley on a screen who takes it in for the TD to go up 17-14. We get the ball back and a few plays later I roll out with Eli trying to hit J.Wallace in the flats and the pass gets picked off and returned down to the goaline. Once again the defense steps up big when C.Webster jumps in front of a slant route intended for W.Welker for the INT at the 5 yard line.. First play after that A.Bradshaw gets stuffed in the backfield at the one.. Feeling the pressure in my own endzone I call a pass and hit J.Lowen on a quick slant who takes it the distance for the 99 yard TD catch to go up 21-17 with less then 5 mins to go in the 3rd.. NE gets the ball and put together a nice drive with a big run from F.Kennedy and a couple of catches from W.Welker but the defense tightens up and holds then to another FG to bring the score to 21-20 going into the 4th..

At the start of the 4th we get the ball and do nothing with the ball giving NE a short field after the punt. Defense holds up again while the Patriots boot another FG to take the lead 23-21. First play after the kickoff I pitch it off the A.Bradshaw who takes it down the sideline for the 80 yard TD.. We go for 2 and get sacked. The score now being 27-23 with about 7 mins left... Both teams trade a few punts. I then get the ball and go on a drive milking as much clock as I can and settle for a FG to go up 30-23 with about 1:20 left in the 4th with no Timeouts. T.Brady comes out and hits W.Welker for a quick first down. Next play he hands it off to F.Kennedy for a good gain(AIs logic sometimes SMH). After that T.Brady takes a few shots at the endzone and with my secondary knocking down every pass as time finally expired with the Giants winning there 3rd straigh superbowl.

The Superbowl MVP was C.Webster with his 2 INTs. It should have been H.Nicks or A.Bradshaw who both had big games.. T.Brady had a decent game besides the 2 INTs and the RB F.Kennedy had 100 and something yards rushing on me.. He's a beast..

[AttackAttack]

After watching your video Jarodd,,

The players look wayyyy to bigh for the field.

[KBLover]

Patient, Methodical Offense Lightens Load on Defense. Bucs Defeat Redskins 34-10

This was one of the most clean games played by the offense in a long time. The defense didn't have much to do since the offense was holding the ball by being masterful on 3rd down and staying in convertible situations all day. Throw in the fact that Gabbert was also on point and the offense just kept slowing putting more and more weight on the Redskins' defense.

The team stayed patient with the run game. Initially, both Reed and Collins had a hard time finding room. Gabbert didn't get into too much of a rhythm early either as the pass rush was still putting pressure on. But over time, the persistence with the running game and the conversion of first downs, even if it led to no points, continued to wear the Redskins down. With the defense tired, the pass rush lost its sting and the Bucs gave up no sacks, keeping Gabbert largely clean.

On the other side, the defense, playing fresh, got after Redskins QB Waksmundzki for much of the game with a relentless pass rush. In all, the Bucs picked up 8 sacks, but give the young QB credit, he didn't make an interception. He did fumble once after not sliding and Gibson held him up so that CB Antonio Cohen could rip the ball out.

"I don't know 'bout the rest of the guys, but I feel like I can play another game. Did we play today? Felt like a bye week almost, " Gibson commented back in the locker room.

Meanwhile, both safeties left the game for the Bucs due to injury. 12th year player, SS Amari Spievey came in and promptly forced a second fumble, recovered by DE Stephen Hosey.

Speaking of Hosey, he had a career game. The defensive end picked up 8 tackles, four sacks and the aforementioned fumble recovery. Hosey lead the team in tackles while Gibson, Smith, and Brown all spread the tackles load around in the 46 scheme, each with at least 6. Gibson also picked up a sack.

Box Score:

Washington Redskins at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sep 19, Year 11	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Washington Redskins (0-1)	7	3	0	0	10
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-1)	7	7	6	14	34

Team Stats Comparison
	WAS	TAM
Total Offense	174	432
Rushing Yards	59	208
Passing Yards	115	224
First Downs	8	20
Punt Return Yards	1	72
Kick Return Yards	68	71
Total Yards	243	575
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Converstion	6-15 (40%)	11-17 (64%)
4th Down Conversion	1-1
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1/0	3/2
Penalties
Posession Time	18:37	29:23

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		WAS	TAM
2:06	(WAS) Dobbs 8 yd pass from Waksmundzki	7	0
1:14	(TAM) Saunders 80 yd pass from Gabbert	7	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		WAS	TAM
6:55	(TAM) Rucker 1 yd pass from Gabbert	7	14
2:14	(WAS) Pekick, 43 yd FG	10	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		WAS	TAM
7:35	(TAM) Vaclav, 29 yd FG	10	17
2:14	(TAM) Vaclav, 20 yd FG	10	20
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		WAS	TAM
10:47	(TAM) Collins 5 yd run	10	27
8:41	(TAM) Collins 9 yd run	10	34

Washington Redskins PASSING C/A YDS TD INT QB Brenden Waksmundzki 14/25 (56%) 158 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD HB Albert Watkins 9 31 3.4 0 HB Avery Hammond 4 8 2.0 0 QB Brenden Waksmundzki 3 22 7.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD HB Albert Watkins 5 34 6.8 0 TE Tony Thomason 4 46 11.5 0 WR Shaaheen Dobbs 2 14 7.0 0 WR Shaynon Price 1 55 55.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD FS Ethan Carrick 13 0 0 0 MLB Kyler Glass 12 0 0 0 MLB Brenden Daniel (1 FR) 11 0 0 0 OLB Taran Calloway (2 FF) 9 0 0 0 DE E.J. Sexton 7 0 0 0 CB Rayquez Tubbs 6 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Kevin Pekich 1/1 1/1 4 44

Tampa Bay Buccaneers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT QB Blaine Gabbert 18/27 (66%) 224 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD HB Easton Reed 22 97 4.4 0 HB Fabian Collins 13 62 4.7 2 FB Chytee Wells 8 27 3.3 0 QB Blaine Gabbert 2 19 9.5 0 HB Demetric Charles 1 3 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD WR Juliaus Saunders 6 141 23.5 1 TE Brenden Sullivan 4 36 9.0 0 WR Emmanuel Jefferson 2 30 15.0 0 HB Fabian Collins 2 6 3.0 0 WR Ephraim Wheeler 1 10 10.0 0 WR Letevin Rucker 1 0 0.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD DE Stephen Hosey (1 FR) 8 4 0 0 OLB Jamarcus Smith 7 0.5 0 0 MLB Jaelin Gibson 7 1 0 0 OLB Gerron Brown 6 0 0 0 SS Chauncey Cohen 4 0 0 0 SS Amari Spivey (1 FF) 3 0 0 0 CB Antonio Cohen (1 FF) 3 0 0 0 CB Carlos Cole (1 FR) 2 0 0 0 DE Octavious Banks 2 1 0 0 OLB Dennis Green 2 1.5 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Jaxon Vaclav 2/3 4/4 10 30

Notes: Rookie DE Octvious Banks picked up his first sack of his career. "I should give it to Gibson. He came in, forcing the tackle to deal with him, giving me the edge clean. I just did the easy part, hitting the QB." Injuries again mount for the Bucs...Holliday went down with a dislocated knee cap, out for next week's game, but will return the week after...Return ace CB Branden Smith tore his hamstring and will miss four more weeks... "This is bs, man...they were playing dirty all day on me...I know they scared of me and all but this [crap] is [messed] up, " Smith complained...These two join OLB Barker (Collarbone, 1 week) and G Monroy (Quad, 2 weeks) on the injury list for next week's game against the Giants.

[RogueHominid]

I have a question for you guys regarding scouting.

I can never seem to get enough critical info on players to make it through more than four rounds with even a modicum of hard data on players. I think I'm approaching it wrong because my drafts tend to be shallow and I even wind up messing up the first round often.

How do you approach scouting in specific terms? How many guys do you try to really focus on as the scouting sessions narrow, and how do you go about that? I've read the scouting thread but I'm curious what else you all have to add about that.

I'm thinking I may just have to scout the crap out of the first three rounds of potential players and then just accept the fact that rounds 4-7 will be complete rolls of the dice.

Also, how do you approach signing picks? I don't like the idea of signing my 4th round pick to a 4 year contract. I want to be able to cut that dude in the pre-season if he doesn't work out without paying 4 years in penalties. Do you guys lower the contract lengths for later picks or what?

[Cre8]

I feel like I might be done with this game... Just can't bring myself to finish a game anymore.

A lot of psychic LB/DB stuff and over 18 seasons finished between 3 different franchises.... yeah... Hopefully I find the itch again, but right now I am just enjoying your updates on this thread.

Nice job on the Super Bowl Jarrod!

[PacMan3000]

18 seasons...wow that's commitment. Are you playing every game or simming some?

I always enjoy reading your updates.

[KBLover]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trojan Man

How do you approach scouting in specific terms? How many guys do you try to really focus on as the scouting sessions narrow, and how do you go about that? I've read the scouting thread but I'm curious what else you all have to add about that.

I really don't have much in the way of specifics. I'm just adding guys at positions I feel are of great need (like OL) or maybe physical defenders (DL/LB) in hope of opening up the Hit Power rating.

Quote: Originally Posted by Trojan Man

I'm thinking I may just have to scout the crap out of the first three rounds of potential players and then just accept the fact that rounds 4-7 will be complete rolls of the dice.

Usually, I'll stay in the lower rounds, especially since I'm in the lower end of the order. I might try some first round projections if I think I might get lucky or earlier stages show him to be someone I would die for - and hope he's not a top 5/top 10 projection because then he pretty much won't fall.

If I start with the second round, chances are he'll be there unless there's a run on the position (happens lately with LBs in my franchise since there's so few in the league). If I start with the third round, anyone I find will be there.

I tend to focus around 3rd to 5th with a few 1st and 2nds at places of strong need (since I'm likely to draft multiples at that position), and a few 6th and 7ths for "nice to haves" like a 3rd/4th HB, 3rd TE, etc. Maybe find a diamond in the rough to try to develop - or a true diamond, like Hosey was for me - a projected 7th round kid.

Quote: Originally Posted by Trojan Man

Also, how do you approach signing picks? I don't like the idea of signing my 4th round pick to a 4 year contract. I want to be able to cut that dude in the pre-season if he doesn't work out without paying 4 years in penalties. Do you guys lower the contract lengths for later picks or what?

It depends. If this is a complete shot in the dark, I"ll likely got 1, maybe 2 years. If I know he's skills set, I'll sign him for 4 since I wouldn't have picked him as a known player if I didn't think he'd help and sometimes you pay for potential.

That said, I rarely cut my just-drafted players, even if he's not the best kid. Preseason is interesting, but seems to play WAAAAAAY different, even with the same sliders so you still don't get a good indication until the real games start. Plus, it's not often a UDFA actually bears out to be better in terms of skill set.