Connected Careers Mode.... A look past Year 1

**fearme504** · 08-23-2012, 06:28 PM

The jumps look good enough I agree with the 10 point jump for the linebacker. Thank you for this post I can't wait for season ticket to kick in!

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**ajk49er** · 08-23-2012, 06:30 PM

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could you do me a favor? I love all of this so please keep it up.

but, what about when say, a CPU team fires their coach. is there a bunch of fake coaches? is it like old madden with that, or is there a bunch of ex retired guys. I just cant believe they would allow a mike shannahan to still be coaching in 2030 in ccm.

**Cpterp22** · 08-23-2012, 06:31 PM

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Like I have told people.. Trading on this game is the best ive seen in any game in a long time. Very hard to rip off CPU..

Now I haven't looked at CPU-CPU trades yet

**illwill10** · 08-23-2012, 06:31 PM

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Originally posted by CWSapp757

First, wanted to start by confirming that I talked to Millennium and he gave me permission to go ahead and post. Anywho, most of you that know me from my NBA 2K stuff know that I spend most of my time DEEP in to my Dynasties/Franchises. So while I must admit that I am very impressed with what I have seen in this first year of simulating, I want to analyze how things look in the future.

To be quite honest, I usually don't believe a new feature is working properly until I see it myself. This year they are telling us that production actually matters so I wanted to do a quick little test before we got in to some other stuff. I took four players all under 80 ovr that overacheived in the first year of the connected careers mode (all CPU generated teams). I wanted to see if a player's performance would actually result in a big jump in ratings. Here's what I got:

Brian Quick/WR/Rams
2012 Connected Career Stats - 821 yards
2012 Rating - 70 ovr
2013 Rating - 72ovr

Brooks Reed/ROLB/Texans
2012 Connected Career Stats - 88 tackles 12 sacks
2012 Rating - 79ovr
2013 Rating - 83ovr

Dontay Moch/LOLB/Bengals
2012 Connected Career Stats - 121 tackles
2012 Rating - 59ovr
2013 Rating - 69ovr

Chris Rucker/CB/Colts
2012 Connected Career Stats - 6 Ints 56 tackles
2012 Rating - 69ovr
2013 Rating - 73ovr

Hmmm, not bad. I definitely like what I see with Dontay Moch. I don't think a player like Moch would have gotten a ten point jump over one season no matter what his stats were. Anyway, just wanted to do that quick test before I got into more stuff. Ill be back with another post once I get to season three. Maybe we can look at some CPU signing logic.

Like that Brooks Reed was able to get 12 sacks.

Off-Topic Moch seems out of place in that scheme. He seems like a 3-4 OLB opposed to a 43 OLB, he has the speed.

**CWSapp757** · 08-23-2012, 06:32 PM

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Yeah I'm definitely going to look at all of that. It just takes a reallllllly long time to get there because you literally have to simulate week by week. But I got you though man.

**Seriosam** · 08-23-2012, 06:32 PM

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Looks legit, but they are giving too much for defensive players.. How's the zoom cam on CCM?

Cant wait for tomorrow.

**CWSapp757** · 08-23-2012, 06:34 PM

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Haven't even played a game to be honest seriosam. Just been simulating.

**Helios12787** · 08-23-2012, 06:35 PM

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I see Dontay Moch still goin to be one of the best linebackers in the game lol.

**philliesphan026** · 08-23-2012, 06:36 PM

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Thanks for this! The way a franchise/dynasty/whatever holds up in the later years is crucial to me since I like to go deep into mine (I sim a lot and only play a few games per year usually). Looking forward to how the other seasons fare!

**LaW97** · 08-23-2012, 06:38 PM

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Originally posted by ajk49er

could you do me a favor? I love all of this so please keep it up.

but, what about when say, a CPU team fires their coach. is there a bunch of fake coaches? is it like old madden with that, or is there a bunch of ex retired guys. I just cant believe they would allow a mike shannahan to still be coaching in 2030 in ccm.

This is very important to me also.
I dont want to get some years into my CC and face a bunch of teams with generic gameplans because all the new coaches are fake guys with no variation

**davo1021** · 08-23-2012, 06:40 PM

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Only a 2 overall important for Brian Quick? That seems pretty low, but that might be completely based on how the Rams spent the points.

**CWSapp757** · 08-23-2012, 06:42 PM

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Ehhh, I hope this is just an isolated incident but I went to check stats midway through season 2 and the game froze. Luckily I had just saved it and I went back to check my roster and it has been stuck on the screen saying "retrieving data" for three minutes already and still going smh.

**sputney23** · 08-23-2012, 06:46 PM

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I love this..

**CWSapp757** · 08-23-2012, 07:12 PM

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Bobby Wagner/MLB/ Seahawks
2013 Connected Career Stats – 99 tackles, 2 Sacks,3 picks
2013 Rating – 71 ovr
2014 Rating – 77 ovr

Let’s look at some of the top players at the different positions. I would do all of the positions but for some reason they left out the option to look at the NFL as a whole so I have to go team by team which can be very time consuming and tedious.

QB
1) Aaron Rodgers/Packers/ 96 OVR
2) Tom Brady/Patriots/96 OVR
3) Big Ben/Steelers/ 95 OVR
4) Eli Manning/Giants/ 94 OVR
5) Drew Brees/Saints/92 OVR
6) Peyton Manning/Broncos/ 92 OVR
7) Phil Rivers/Chargers/91 OVR
8) Matt Stafford/Lions/ 90 OVR
9) Jay Cutler/Bears/ 90 OVR
10) Cam Newton/Panthers/89 OVR

Notables:
Andrew Luck/Colts/85 OVR (27 Tds and 22 Ints in his first year, 36 Tds and 21 Ints in second year)
Joe Flacco/Ravens/89 OVR
Robert Griffin/Redskins/84 OVR
Jason Merrian/Cheifs/82 OVR (Rookie drafted in the first round, 8<sup>th</sup> overall pick)
Andy Dalton/Bengals/86 OVR
Tim Tebow/Jets/77 OVR

Notable Free Agents:
Donovan McNabb/78 OVR
David Garrard/78 OVR
Matt Moore/ 77 OVR
Colt McCoy/75 OVR
Matt Leinart//74 OVR

What I have found interesting about the quarterbacks is that about 80 percent of the QBs have remained on the same team that they were on out of the box. More info to come later.

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