3rd game for me on my test CCM and this one was brutal. Before I switched up from the default normal set I wanted to give a more difficult team, the Patriots a try. Only changes were what was recommended to me by Orion (Dropped 10 from run block & added 5 to run recognition and changed quarter length to 14:00).
As the Cardinals we were completely dominated the entire game. Could barely get any run game going but was playing from behind the entire game and was forced into the passing game. Passing game for 3 quarters was near impossible as well with Skelton being picked off 4 times. Brought in Kolb in the 4th and he preceded to lead the team to 3 scoring drives after recovering an onside kick, but it was too little too late.
Tom Brady was near unstoppable in the first half and Danny Woodhead was some sort of football god who would need 3-7 guys to bring him down (I think this new patch may have something to do with it and I will be raising human tackling because this has been an issue in all my games but extremely so in this one). He also was never replaced in the game and ran the ball 33 times.
| Arizona Cardinals at New England Patriots |
| Jan 11, 2012 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Arizona Cardinals () | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| New England Patriots () | 14 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 52 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| ARI | NWE |
| Total Offense | 413 | 462 |
| Rushing Yards | 75 | 203 |
| Passing Yards | 338 | 259 |
| First Downs | 17 | 19 |
| Punt Return Yards | 34 | 21 |
| Kick Return Yards | 129 | 3 |
| Total Yards | 576 | 486 |
| Turnovers | 6(-5) | 1(+5) |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 6-14 (42%) | 10-17 (58%) |
| 4th Down Conversion | 1-2 (50%) | 0-0 (0%) |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0 | 0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 2/0 (100%) | 5/0 (71%) |
| Penalties | 2-20 | 0-0 |
| Posession Time | 20:03 | 35;57 |
| Arizona Cardinals | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | J.Skelton | 12/31 | 128 | 0 | 4 | | K. Kolb | 16/25 | 225 | 2 | 1 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | B. Wells | 11 | 60 | 5.4 | 1 | | R. Williams | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | | J. James | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | L. Fitzgerald | 8 | 168 | 21 | 1 | | A. Roberts | 7 | 72 | 10.2 | 0 | | B. Wells | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 0 | | M. Floyd | 3 | 27 | 9 | 1 | | E. Doucet | 2 | 26 | 13 | 0 | | T. Heap | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | | A. Sherman | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | J. James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | New England Patriots | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | T. Brady | 25/36 | 267 | 3 | 0 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | D. Woodhead | 33 | 135 | 4.0 | 3 | | B. Lloyd | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 1 | | T. Brady | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | B. Lloyd | 14 | 119 | 8.5 | 2 | | W. Welker | 4 | 47 | 11.7 | 0 | | D. Branch | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | | D. Woodhead | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | | A. Hernandez | 1 | 42 | 42 | 1 |
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