Back on Top | New England Patriots Franchise (Madden 12)

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Back on Top | A New England Patriots Franchise
Game: Madden NFL 12
System: Xbox 360
Difficulty: All-Madden (No Sliders)
Quarter Length: 15 Minutes
Pre-Existing Injuries: Off

Alright, hey guys. I've had a few franchises before, but got a new xbox and couldn't convert the saved games over, so I'm starting new again. Now that I know I won't have any problems with my hard drive or none of that I should have a long lasting franchise. What I plan to do with this franchise is build a better defense revolving around Jerod Mayo and Vince Wilfork. Also, at some point throughout the season, if I find out Ryan Mallett is not the answer, then I will draft someone else to take over the great Tom Brady. I am going to control everything from free agency, staff signing, draft picks, trades and releases, cuts, etc. I always do All-Madden as I feel that's the best challenge and I feel like I'm going to be catching a little break using this team as my former franchises included the Jaguars and Colts. Throughout this entire franchise I will gladly take anyone's opinions on how I can make this 'chise better so please I insist on some criticism. I know I will enjoy it and I hope you guys do as well. Btw I made the banner, thanks to kesleypro for the designs he does (that's where I got the entire design idea from).

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Season Recaps
2010 Season
Overall Record: 14-2
Divisional Record: 5-1
Conference Record: 10-2
Playoffs: Lost Divisional Round, New York Jets 28-21
Awards: Tom Brady - MVP, Bill Belichick - Coach of the Year

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Schedules
2010 Schedule

New England Patriots 2010-2011 Regular Season Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Week 1	vs Cincinnati Bengals	W 38-24
Week 2	at New York Jets	L 14-28
Week 3	vs Buffalo Bills	W 38-30
Week 4	at Miami Dolphins	W 41-14
Week 5	Bye Week
Week 6	vs Baltimore Ravens	W 23-20
Week 7	at San Diego Chargers	W 23-20
Week 8	vs Minnesota Vikings	W 28-18
Week 9	at Cleveland Browns	L 14-34
Week 10	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 39-26
Week 11	vs Indianapolis Colts	W 31-28
Week 12	at Detroit Lions	W 45-24
Week 13	vs New York Jets	W 45-3
Week 14	at Chicago Bears	W 36-7
Week 15	vs Green Bay Packers	W 31-27
Week 16	at Buffalo Bills	W 34-3
Week 17	vs Miami Dolphins	W 38-7

2011 Schedule

New England Patriots 2011-2012 Regular Season Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Week 1	at Miami Dolphins
Week 2	vs San Diego Chargers
Week 3	at Buffalo Bills
Week 4	at Oakland Raiders
Week 5	vs New York Jets
Week 6	vs Dallas Cowboys
Week 7	Bye Week
Week 8	at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 9	vs New York Giants
Week 10	at New York Jets
Week 11	vs Kansas City Chiefs
Week 12	at Philadelphia Eagles
Week 13	vs Indianapolis Colts
Week 14	at Washington Redskins
Week 15	at Denver Broncos
Week 16	vs Miami Dolphins
Week 17	vs Buffalo Bills

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Offseason
2011 Offseason
Free Agency Signings: WR Chad Ochocinco, DT Albert Haynesworth
Draft Picks

New England Patriots 2011 Draft Recap
Pick	Player	College	Pos	Ht	Wt
17	Nate Solder	Colorado	OT	6'8"	319
33	Ras-I Dowling	Virginia	CB	6'1"	198
56	Shane Vereen	Cal	HB	5'8"	203
73	Stevan Ridley	LSU	HB	5'11"	225
74	Ryan Mallett	Arkansas	QB	6'6"	253
138	Marcus Cannon	TCU	OG/OT	6'5"	358
159	Lee Smith	Marshall	TE	6'6"	268
194	Markell Carter	Central Arkansas	LB/DE	6'3"	240
219	Malcolm Williams	TCU	CB	5'11"	200

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Preseason Week 1
Patriots Make Their First Cuts Before the Game, All Offense
Foxborough, MA -- The Patriots have cut their first four players, which happen to be all offensive players. HB Kevin Faulk, TE Danny Aiken, C Ryan Wendell and RG Rich Ohrnberger have been cut. Kevin Faulk is the most surprising to us as he is a great receiving running back, but I guess the new rookie running backs will take his place.

Matchup Preview *|* Preseason Week 1
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Jacksonville Jaguars (0-0, 0-0 Away)		New England Patriots (0-0, 0-0 Home)
Injury Report None None Game Notes New England: I am looking forward to seeing the two rookie running backs, Shane Vereen and Stevan Ridley. I am interested in seeing if any of them can take over the number 2 spot or possibly the number 1 spot. I'm also looking forward to a couple of other rookies as well. Ryan Mallett is one to watch as he is going to be developed under Tom Brady until Brady retires, so it will be interesting to see how he plays. Also rookie corner Ras-I Dowling comes in under McCourty and Arrington. I would like to see how he plays against the slot receiver. Jacksonville: Blaine Gabbert will obviously be the one to watch for this team as he will probably be the starting quarterback. I would like to see how Gabbert does against a well known bad pass defense. New additions Paul Posluszny and Clint Session will take over at Linebacker. Paul Posluszny was 5th last year in total tackles and is coming from the Buffalo Bills to help out the Jaguars rush defense.

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Great detail and effort so far. Looking forward to watching!

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Hey thanks man. Alright guys I really can't stand pre-season and I really tried this time but it seems I just cant do it haha I really can't stand and I honestly don't know why. I am going to simulate every pre-season but Ill let you know who I cut throughout at least. I'm going to continue with week 1 so stay tuned. Sorry for the hiatus everyone.

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Preseason Wrap-Up
Record: 2-2
Cuts: QB Kirby Stewart
FB Aaron Douglas
HB Kevin Faulk
TE Danny Aiken
C Ryan Wendell, Nick McDonald
RG Rich Ohrnberger
RT Erik O'Neal
LE Brandon Deadrick, Eric Moore, Markell Carter
DT Myron Pryor, Kyle Love
LOLB Jeff Tarpinian
MLB Drew Boyd
CB Antwaun Molden, Nathan Jones
FS Ross Ventrone
SS James Ihedigbo
K Jackson Stewart
P Colby Sisco
Injury Report: None

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Patriots Release Official Depth Chart

New England Patriots Depth Chart - 2011
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Wes Welker	Julian Edelman	Matthew Slater
TE	Rob Gronkowski	Aaron Hernandez
LT	Matt Light	Devante' Seymour (R)	Dan Koppen
LG	Logan Mankins	Dan Koppen	Sebastian Vollmer
C	Dan Koppen	Dan Connolly	Logan Mankins
RG	Brian Waters	Donald Thomas	Dan Koppen
RT	Nate Solder (R)	Marcus Cannon (R)	Matt Light
WR	Deion Branch	Chad Ochocinco	Tiquan Underwood
QB	Tom Brady	Ryan Mallett (R)	Brian Hoyer
FB	Garrett Mills	Shawn Whigham (R)
HB	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	Stevan Ridley (R)	Danny Woodhead	Shane Vereen (R)
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Shaun Ellis	Jermaine Cunningham
LDT	Vince Wilfork	Ron Brace
RDT	Gerard Warren	Mike Wright
RDE	Andre Carter	Mark Anderson
WLB	Jerod Mayo	Tracy White
MLB	Brandon Spikes	Dane Fletcher	Niko Koutouvides
SLB	Rob Ninkovich	Gary Guyton
CB	Devin McCourty	Ras-I Dowling (R)
SS	Sergio Brown	Josh Barrett
FS	Pat Chung	Sterling Moore (R)
CB	Kyle Arrington	Nathan Jones	Malcolm Williams (R)
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Stephen Gostkowski
P	Zoltan Mesko
H	Zoltan Mesko
PR	Julian Edelman
KR	Matthew Slater	Julian Edelman
LS	Dan Koppen

It looks as if the running back battle was won by BenJarvus Green-Ellis followed close by Stevan Ridley. Something tells me that Ridley will take over later this year or by next year, this kid is a stud. Also, head coach Bill Belichick hinted that he might retire within the next two years, so New England has to wonder, who could possibly take his place? Will they continue with their heavy offense or will they hire a defensive minded coach to spruce up their terrible defense. We actually asked Bill if he was planning to do anything in the draft for helping the team defensively and he told us, "Well, as any coach knows, the middle linebacker is the core of the team, usually the one taking the role of captain of the team as he is the middle, the core. That's one position I will strongly be looking at this upcoming draft, but that's all I'll release for you guys." Well it looks like we might see a solid MLB playing for the Pats next year. The Patriots are coming to week 1 to go on the road to face the Miami Dolphins, one of their AFC East rivals. Miami's defense has been well ranked the past few years, but I don't think that will be too much trouble for the always amazing Tom Brady and his number 1 go to guy Wes Welker. Players to keep an eye out for are Stevan Ridley, Rob Gronkowski and the new addition of Chad Ochocinco.

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Week 1

New England Patriots @ Miami Dolphins

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Injury Report None None Game Notes New England: New England comes in this season off of a 14-2 season with a loss to the New York Jets in their opening playoff game last year. They want to become the repeating Superbowl Champions again and hope to by starting off against their division rivals, the Miami Dolphins. Miami Dolphins: Miami comes in this season off of a 7-9 season losing their last 3 games of the season. They will be looking to Matt Moore for the answer as quarterback. With New England's bad pass defense, Brandon Marshall should light them up so be looking for him in this one.

Ochocinco Shines in Debut Last Minute Win

Foxborough, MA -- It was a close one in Miami, but the Patriots came out as victors Monday. Chad Ochocinco had 2 touchdowns on 4 receptions for over 100 yards, one of them being at 0:50 seconds of the 4th quarter to seal the victory. Tom Brady seemed to have struggled in the first three quarters until the last quarter where he needed to step up. We had word with him after the game about how he felt about his performance, he said, "I thought I did okay. My accuracy was off, but I'll get back to normal on that. I have to say, this defense here is a top 10 defense in my eyes, maybe even top 5. They have the stingiest defense I have seen and I'm actually quite impressed. I couldn't get an inch of room with my receivers, but thank god Chad is so tall haha. They forced Wes and Gronk to drop a few balls which you don't see happen often with those guys, so hopefully it will be easier next game against them at home." We also talked to the MLB Brandon Spikes about his stellar defensive game. He had 12 tackles and an interception that forced the Dolphins to suffer their final drive. After Bill Belichick's comments about his future MLB we asked Spikes about that, he told us, "Haha yeah I heard about that. It's almost like fuel for me to go out there and prove I'm your man. If I keep this up will I be surprised that we draft a linebacker? No way man. I welcome anyone to this team and will gladly teach them all I know to give them the best career they can have. So, Bill, bring them in. Let's rebuild this defense." That's all we have for you today as the Patriots won 27-23. Here is the box score in case you missed the game.

New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
Week 1	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
New England Patriots (1-0)	3	10	0	14	-	27
Miami Dolphins (0-1)	3	3	7	10	-	23

Team Stats Comparison
	NWE	MIA
Total Offense	434	442
Rushing Yards	96	153
Passing Yards	338	289
First Downs	17	17
Punt Return Yards	12	34
Kick Return Yards	62	126
Total Yards	508	602
Turnovers	1 (+1)	2 (-1)
3rd Down Converstion	6-14 (42%)	6-15 (40%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0 (0%)	0-0 (0%)
2-Point Conversion	0-0 (0%)	0-0 (0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2/2	1/2
Penalties	4-36	7-55
Posession Time	18:20	29:40

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		NWE	MIA
5:35	(MIA) Dan Carpenter, 24 Yd FG	0	3
3:24	(NWE) Stephen Gostkowski, 27 Yd FG	3	3
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		NWE	MIA
11:24	(MIA) Dan Carpenter, 42 Yd FG	3	6
2:50	(NWE) Stephen Gostkowski, 22 Yd FG	6	6
1:30	(NWE) Chad Ochocinco 71 Yd pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)	13	6
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		NWE	MIA
0:37	(MIA) Brandon Marshall 10 Yd pass from Matt Moore (Dan Carpenter kick)	13	13
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		NWE	MIA
11:51	(MIA) Brian Hartline 58 Yd pass from Matt Moore (Dan Carpenter kick)	13	20
7:41	(NWE) Vince Wilfork returned fumble 22 Yds (Stephen Gostkowski kick)	20	20
2:10	(MIA) Dan Carpenter, 38 Yd FG	20	23
0:50	(NWE) Chad Ochocinco 19 Yd pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)	27	23

New England Patriots PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Tom Brady 20/43 338 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD BenJarvus Green-Ellis 15 80 5.3 0 Tom Brady 3 0 0.0 0 Danny Woodhead 1 15 15.0 0 Stevan Ridley 1 1 1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Chad Ochocinco 4 134 33.5 2 Wes Welker 4 57 14.2 0 Rob Gronkowski 4 42 10.5 0 Deion Branch 3 56 18.6 0 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 3 30 10.0 0 Danny Woodhead 1 13 13.0 0 Aaron Hernandez 1 6 6.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Nate Solder 3 0 Logan Mankins 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Brandon Spikes 12 0.0 1 0 Jerod Mayo 8 1.0 0 0 Devin McCourty 7 0.0 0 0 Ras-I Dowling 7 0.0 0 0 Pat Chung 6 0.0 0 0 Dane Fletcher 5 0.0 0 0 Sergio Brown 5 0.0 0 0 Kyle Arrington 4 0.0 0 0 Josh Barrett 3 0.0 0 0 Gary Guyton 3 0.0 0 0 Jermaine Cunningham 2 0.0 0 0 Shaun Ellis 2 0.0 0 0 Malcolm Williams 2 0.0 0 0 Mark Anderson 2 0.0 0 0 Vince Wilfork 1 0.0 0 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Stephen Gostkowski 2/2 3/3 9 28 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Zoltan Mesko 6 292 48.6 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Danny Woodhead 3 62 20.6 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Julian Edelman 2 12 6.0 0

Miami Dolphins PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Matt Moore 27/38 293 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Reggie Bush 18 101 5.6 0 Daniel Thomas 5 24 4.8 0 Steve Slaton 1 25 25.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Davone Bess 8 59 7.3 0 Anthony Fasano 6 28 4.6 0 Brian Hartline 5 126 25.2 1 Brandon Marshall 5 59 11.8 1 Reggie Bush 1 12 12.0 0 Clyde Gates 1 9 9.0 0 Charles Clay 1 0 0.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Reshad Jones 7 0.0 0 0 Yeremiah Bell 6 0.0 0 0 Will Allen 5 0.0 0 0 Kevin Burnett 4 0.0 0 0 Sean Smith 4 0.0 0 0 Jonathan Wade 4 0.0 1 0 Jason Taylor 3 0.0 0 0 Vontae Davis 3 0.0 0 0 Kendall Langford 3 0.0 0 0 Karlos Dansby 3 0.0 0 0 Cameron Wake 3 0.0 0 0 Paul Soliai 2 0.0 0 0 Randy Starks 1 0.0 0 0 Clyde Gates 1 0.0 0 0 Chris Clemons 1 0.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Dan Carpenter 3/3 2/2 11 43 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Brandon Fields 4 199 49.7 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Reggie Bush 4 79 19.7 0 Davone Bess 2 47 23.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Reggie Bush 4 34 8.5 0