Multi-Generational Journeyman | Madden 25 Player Career Mode

[jpfine]

Multi-Generational Journeyman
Madden 25 Player Career Mode

I always feel like I have to do a long introduction to any dynasty/career mode that I do, but I'll try to make this one shorter. It's the time of year where I get super in to football video games, specifically the NCAA series. This year, I've been wanting to do a teambuilder dynasty and share it on the ol' OS Forums, but my NCAA 14 disc is still broken from last year and you can't download teams on NCAA 13 because the servers are down. Unfortunately, because I don't have a job and have no easy way to make some coin, this means I'll have to wait until I find enough money to pay for another NCAA 14 disc (which are seemingly very expensive these days). With that said, I've been playing some Rocket League and some FIFA when I want to procrastinate, but this past Thanksgiving weekend, I found a story in the NFL quite intriguing and I wanted to implement that into a Madden Player Career Mode.

This past week, Ryan Fitzpatrick scored a touchdown against the Eagles. Typically, that may be a normal thing for a quarterback, but this touchdown was especially special because he became the first player in NFL history to throw a touchdown against one opponent (the Eagles) with seven different franchises. I know it's one of those stats that isn't even a stat, but I thought it was really interesting.

I got super interested in Fitzmagic's history for an hour or so. He's hopped around his entire career, playing for eight total teams. He's still chugging along at the ripe old age of 37 and he went to f-ing Harvard (which is my favorite part, tbh). He's the league quarterback who, if you need a starter, he'll do his best to win (I mean, the Dolphins are 3-9). He may not be the best quarterback on the team right now...

...but he's there and he plays. He's the definition of a journeyman in the NFL and I thought it would be a cool idea to try something like that in Madden.

(I know I'm going on long tangents, so I'll try to reel it in.)

The goal: This is might be pretty obvious, but the whole point of the career mode is to play for and win a Super Bowl with all 32 teams in the NFL. Obviously, that's nearly impossible for just one player to do by himself. To hurdle that problem, I've widen the parameters so that the goal is to play for all 32 teams in the NFL as a "football family." The head of the family is myself and, from there, I've randomized the number of kids in the family and the names (More about the family aspect in the House Rules/Settings post). I've decided to go with Madden 25 because... it's the most recent Madden that I have and it's the only one that I own that has the cool feature where you can control 32 different players at one time (I don't know if you can do that in the more recent Maddens, but I'm stuck with Madden 25 regardless).

Hopefully this all makes sense and if you need any clarification with the rules or the premise, then please let me know and I'll answer the question(s) to the best of my ability. I think I'm really bad at explaining these sorts of things, but it makes a lot of sense in my head, so bear with me because I know what I'm doing (probably).

Summary (TL;DR): Want to do a teambuilder dynasty in NCAA 14, but don't have the game, so looking to lose the rust and start another dynasty (player career mode). Multi-Generational Journeyman where I try to play on each team and win the Super Bowl at least once using a variety of players who are all related. (Again, might not make sense, please ask clarifying questions if you don't understand the idea)

[jpfine]

Important Events

I've tried to do a 'Table of Contents' for each of the dynasties that I've done before, but after a while, they seem to get super cluttered with literally every single post. With that, I will be doing something similar, but for only the most important games (playoffs, Super Bowls, barn burners, etc.). I'll also group the games under each one of the players that are in the career mode.

Jake Fine
Matt Fine
Lewis Fine
Nick Collins
Alex Fine
Luke Fine
Will Collins
Mike Fine
Tommy Fine

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House Rules/Settings

Career Mode House Rules and Settings

Settings
Video Game: EA Sports' Madden NFL 25
Console: Xbox 360
Difficulty Level: Pro
Quarter Length: 4 minutes

The only reason why I decided on a lower difficulty level is because I want a quick progression in terms of my team's performance and my player's overall. Also, it makes me happy when I win. I decided to go with shorter quarters than what most go with because I want to be able to play a quick game after school every now and then. I don't want to make this a big commitment and I don't want the seasons to go on forever.

House Rules
~ In a debut season with any player for a new team, I can only play 4 games in a season, excluding preseason
~ and playoffs. From there, I will be allowed to play one additional game each season that I play with a team. (If
~ I'm in season 4 with a team, I can play 7 games in that season)
~ A player may play for a team for a maximum of 5 seasons. This is to speed up the "journeyman" process.
~ A player may "demand release" if the player has gone to the Super Bowl twice with that team or the player has
~ won the MVP twice with that team.
~ The quarter length will be lengthened to 5 minutes during the playoffs.
~ If a player is forced to retire after the player "demands release" and the player isn't signed, and the player has
~ played less than 10 seasons, then a replacement player under the same name will continue the player's career.
~ If a game were to occur where two user teams play head-to-head, regardless of when, the game will be
~ simulated.

Goals/Objectives
~ To play for every NFL team
~ To win the Super Bowl with every NFL team
Notes:
Notes: ~ Once all are completed, I will stop the career mode.

[jpfine]

Career Mode Statistics

Before I decided to do a thread on this idea, I created a Google Sheets spreadsheet to keep all of the stats. Because I'm lazy and I don't want to redo my work, I've decided to keep storing my stats on the spreadsheet and to add a link so you can see it. I'm so tech-savvy (:

Here's the spreadsheet!!!

You should be able to navigate the spreadsheet by simply clicking any of the underlined words, all of which have a link to a sheet inside of the document. In essence, when you press a link, you won't be hopping from document to document, but rather hopping from sheet to sheet inside of the same document.

[jpfine]

Team Checklist

Team Checklist

❌Arizona Cardinals
❌Atlanta Falcons
❌Baltimore Ravens
❌Buffalo Bills
❌Carolina Panthers
❌Cincinnati Bengals
❌Chicago Bears
❌Cleveland Browns
❌Dallas Cowboys
❌Denver Broncos
❌Detroit Lions
❌Green Bay Packers
❌Houston Texans
❌Indianapolis Colts
❌Jacksonville Jaguards
❌Kansas City Chiefs
✔️Miami Dolphins
Jake Fine: 2013–Pres.

❌Minnesota Vikings
❌New England Patriots
❌New Orleans Saints
❌New York Giants
❌New York Jets
❌Oakland Raiders
❌Philadelphia Eagles
❌Pittsburgh Steelers
❌St. Louis Rams
❌San Diego Chargers
❌San Francisco 49ers
❌Seattle Seahawks
❌Tampa Bay Buccaneers
❌Tennessee Titans
❌Washington Redskins

[jpfine]

You are now free to post.

I'm pretty sure that I have all of the slots saved that I want to fix up for information, so feel free to post. Like I said, this is to kind up warm me up for the teambuilder dynasty that I plan to do once I get NCAA 14, so I might not finish this up and see it out. Regardless, I hope that you enjoy it (:

I know Madden threads don't typically get as much traction as NCAA threads do, but I hope that you guys enjoy it all the same. I also wanted to say that I won't be doing super in-depth recaps of games and such, so if you're in to that, this might not be the thread for you. I've just found that with my last two attempted dynasty threads that it's super draining to do in-depth recaps for every single game and this is meant to be a hobby and for fun.

Before we get into it, just wanted to give a quick shoutout to thesportsguru11, Nunyerbiz, xToXiCxSAVAGEx, Tearz49ers, and Deegeezy for getting me back in the mindset of a dynasty write-up. I've loved reading your threads and I've wanted to get back into doing this sort of thing because of you guys, so thanks. Not to say that anybody's threads are less in quality, it's just that these have been the guys that have stuck out to me.

With that, hope you all enjoy this thread!!

[jpfine]

2013 Draft Selection

With the 164th pick in the 2013 Draft, the Miami Dolphins select...

...Jake Fine, from Rutgers University.

At 6' 2" and 215 pounds, the rookie out of New Jersey may be the running back that the Dolphins need. With a lack of experience at the halfback position for the Dolphins, Fine has a chance at being named starter in his first season in the NFL. At 21 years of age, Fine looks to be a force to be reckoned with in his first season in the AFC East.

[jpfine]

2013 Miami Dolphins Preseason

Although the Miami Dolphins didn't have a great preseason as a team, all hope is not lost. Rookie Jake Fine has been named the starter for the foreseeable future after an impressive showing. Playing exclusively in the first quarter throughout the four preseason games, Jake Fine scored four times and rushed for over 40 yards each game, which is stellar considering he only played in four quarters total. The Dolphins seem to have found a gem in Fine and the Miami faithful hope to retain Jake Fine's talents for a long time.

[jpfine]

2013 Week 8: Miami Dolphins (4-2) @ New England Patriots (4-3)

Heading into Foxborough, Massachusetts without a game of over 100 yards, Jake Fine looked to have a breakout game against the New England Patriots. Early on, he had seemed to accomplish that with a 66-yard punt return to the house with his very first touch of the game. However, on his first offensive series, Fine was dropped for a loss early. He made up for it after a 4th-down conversion and 39-yard run for a score just moments later. Fine wrapped up the first half with a 5-yard score to give the Dolphins a 21-17 lead heading into the half.

The Dolphins launched a running attack to start off the second half that drained much of the 3rd quarter. Unable to come up with a score, the Dolphins' defense was able to come up with a stop to give the offense another chance to drain the clock even further. On the very last play of the game, Fine poured salt into the wound and sealed the win on a 38-yard rush for a score. Surpassing 100 yards, Jake Fine was a huge help in the Dolphins defeating their divisional foe and grabbing their 5th win of the season.

Miami Dolphins 28, New England Patriots 17

MIA: 7 // 14 // 0 // 7
NE: 3 // 14 // 0 // 0

J. Fine: 23 Car, 161 Yds, 3 TD, 1 PR TD

AFC East Standings
1. Miami Dolphins (5-2)
2. Buffalo Bills (4-3)
3. New England Patriots (4-4)
4. New York Jets (3-5)

[djp73]

Re: 2013 Week 8: Miami Dolphins (4-2) @ New England Patriots (4-3)

What a debut for Fine! This is a cool idea. Kind of assumed it would be QBs but I like that it's not limited. I'll be following for sure!

[jpfine]

What a debut for Fine! This is a cool idea. Kind of assumed it would be QBs but I like that it's not limited. I'll be following for sure!

Thanks for following along! I was thinking about doing QBs at first, but I felt I would have too much control, so I decided that being a RB to start would be for the best. I might have a QB or two in the family, but I think it's unlikely at this point.

[jpfine]

2013 Week 13: Miami Dolphins (7-4) @ New York Jets (3-8)

After the most recent game, the Dolphins have gone 2-2. Regardless, Fine has continued to rush for a solid amount of yardage each game and he heads into MetLife Stadium to face the Jets as the 10th best rusher in the league. Even though the Jets are dead last in the AFC East, the Dolphins can't let it get to their head.

Jake Fine did just that and ran for a 54-yard gain on the very first play from scrimmage. Unfortunately, the first drive was stalled after Ryan Tannehill threw for a 3-yard loss on first down and a 2-yard loss on second down. The Dolphins settled for a 23-yard field goal and was on the board first in New Jersey. The second drive was stalled after Tannehill was sacked, but the Jets weren't able to do anything better as they were forced to punt for the second time. Miami was able to capitalize on the punt, as Fine punched it in from 6 yards out to close out the half.

In the third quarter, Fine was able to overcome the 100-yard mark for the second-straight user game. On a drive that lasted most of the third quarter, Fine was able to grab his second touchdown of the game on a 9-yard rush. Heading into the fourth quarter with a 17-0 lead, the Dolphins attempted to run the clock out. Miami was stopped on the first drive with this mindset, but they were able to have a second shot at running out the clock after a turnover-on-downs caused by the defense. The Dolphins got the ball to the Jets' 9-yard line before the clock ran out, handing Fine over 175 rushing yards. With the win over the 3-9 Jets, the Dolphins were poised to grab a first-round bye in the playoffs and a division title in the AFC East.

Miami Dolphins 17, New York Jets 0

MIA: 3 // 7 // 7 // 0
NYJ: 0 // 0 // 0 // 0

J. Fine: 30 Car, 187 Yds, 2 TD

AFC East Standings
1. Miami Dolphins (8-4)
2. Buffalo Bills (5-7)
3. New England Patriots (4-8)
4. New York Jets (3-9)

[johnstone1987]

Re: Multi-Generational Journeyman | Madden 25 Player Career Mode

Very interesting idea

[jpfine]

2013 Week 16: Miami Dolphins (8-6) @ Buffalo Bills (6-8)

As an attempt to exact revenge against an earlier loss to the Bills at home, Jake Fine and the Dolphins looked to grab their third away divisional win this season at Orchard Park. Especially considering they were on a two-game skid, the Dolphins needed to win away from home to clinch the division and a playoff game. Individually, a huge game in the snow would put Fine in a position to gain Pro Bowl status.

Unfortunately, Fine was unable to punch it in the first quarter. However, he was able to dive in for a 1-yard score on 4th down, giving the Dolphins a much needed lead. On the second drive, the Dolphins were forced to punt away the football to the Buffalo offense. After a stop on defense, the Dolphins were able to score a field goal before the half closed.

Fine started off the second half strong as he lead Miami down the field for a field goal try. The Miami defense held the Bills scoreless in the third quarter and forced a turnover early in the fourth quarter, providing the offense with great field position. Fine was able to find the end zone for the second time this game when he muscled across the goal line for a 9-yard rush. The Dolphins' defense came up big, as they got a pick-six on the successive Bills drive. The Dolphins closed the game out with a huge win against the hosts. With the win, Miami clinched a playoff spot with the AFC East division title. Additionally, Jake Fine's performance boosted him up to 3rd on the rushing yards list in the league, putting him in prime position for a Pro Bowl accolade in his first season.

Miami Dolphins 27, Buffalo Bills 0

MIA: 0 // 10 // 3 // 14
BUF: 0 // 0 // 0 // 0

J. Fine: 28 Car, 144 Yds, 2 TD

AFC East Standings
1. Miami Dolphins (9-6) – Y
2. Buffalo Bills (6-9)
3. New England Patriots (6-9)
4. New York Jets (4-11)

[jpfine]

Statistics Update Before Week 17

Rushing
319 Car, 1495 Yds, 13 TD

Receiving
21 Rec, 156 Yds, 1 TD

Punt Returns
51 PR, 448 Yds, 1 TD

Kick Returns
27 KR, 712 Yds

Jake Fine is currently third in rushing yards behind Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice.



So, this begs the question: is Rutgers now RB U?

Easy Answer: Of course.

Also, how should Jake Fine feel about Ray Rice? I mean, the Rutgers football program and fanbase have basically shunned Ray Rice, but this is set in pre-domestic violence times, so he should be technically alright, right? Same university, both coached by Schiano (who I am stoked to have back in real life). I'm sure Fine and Rice would be besties and this friendly competition for more rushing yards would further ignite the friendship. I'm not sure how I feel about that, though.

Also, Adrian Peterson is on an entirely different playing field, so I don't think we'll have more yards than him by the end of the season. Maybe we can beat out Rice, but who knows.