Multi-Generational Journeyman | Vol. 2: Hudson Family | Madden 18 Player Career Mode

[jpfine]

Multi-Generational Journeyman
Volume 2: Hudson Family
Madden 18 Player Career Mode

Alright, so I've already done this idea before (hence the "Volume 2" in the title), but I had an issue with my Xbox 360. I figured buying a $30 game for a better console would be more worth it than trying to fix an old console for $80, so I have Madden 18 now (:

Anyways, I essentially copy and pasted the premise from the old one because I'm lazy and I think my introduction explained it well the first time.

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 now my Xbox 360 is broken, so that's a real shame.

With that said, I've been playing some Rocket League and some FIFA when I want to procrastinate, but during Thanksgiving weekend, I found a story in the NFL quite intriguing and I wanted to implement that into a Madden Player Career Mode.

Last 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).

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).

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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.

Sam Hudson

Spoiler

2017 Wild Card Playoff: S. Hudson's first playoff game and win
2017 NFC Championship: Overtime game to decide who was going to the Super Bowl
Super Bowl LII: S. Hudson's first Super Bowl appearance
Super Bowl LIII: S. Hudson's first Super Bowl win

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Career Mode House Rules and Settings

Settings
Video Game: EA Sports' Madden NFL 18
Console: Xbox One
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
~ I am allotted only 4 games in a season, excluding preseason and playoffs.
~ 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.
~ 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.

Logistics/How it works
~ The patriarch of this particular football family is Sam Hudson.
~ His children and his grandchildren will eventually be football stars in the NFL, just like him.
~ Each player will join the league when they are 21 years old. Their date of birth is indicated by the year
~ underneath their name in the statistics spreadsheet.
~ Each player will play the four games they are allotted in the regular season and the games that I will play
~ as each player will be my choice. For the most part, these games will be division games and away games.
~ If two user players on different teams play each other in the playoffs, then the game will be simulated.

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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.

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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
❌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
Sam Hudson: 2020–Pres.
✔️Washington Redskins
Sam Hudson: 2017–2019

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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!!

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2017 Draft Selection

With the 114th pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, the Washington Redskins select...

...Sam Hudson, from Rutgers University.

At 6' 2" and 195 pounds, the rookie out of New Jersey is the running back that Jay Gruden has been eyeing all season. With no real competition at the running back position, Hudson is a shoe-in for the running back position, unless the Redskins make a move before the season begins. At 21 years of age, Hudson looks to be a force to be reckoned with in his first season in the NFC East.

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2017 Week 7: Washington Redskins (3-1-1) @ Philadelphia Eagles (4-2)

Coming off of a bye week, the Redskins were able to come away with a 35-27 win against the 49ers at home. The Redskins look to continue their momentum with a Monday night match up against division foe, the Philadelphia Eagles. Sam Hudson looks to continue some momentum of his own and find the end zone at Lincoln Financial.

After a stop on defense, the Redskins set up shop at the 20-yard line and began the rushing attack. Unfortunately, Washington weren't able to find the end zone and the defense allowed the Eagles to score on their next drive. To close out the half, Colt McCoy lead the Redskins to a manageable field goal after Kirk Cousins went down with an injury.

Down by 4 points, the Redskins marched down the field and scored another field goal before the Eagles came down and scored a field goal of their own. Unfortunately, the Redskins were unable to get even a yard on their final drive, ending Washington's hopes of coming back.

Philadelphia Eagles 10, Washington Redskins 6

WAS: 0 // 3 // 0 // 3
PHI: 0 // 7 // 0 // 3

S. Hudson: 17 Car, 88 Yds

NFC East Standings
1. Philadelphia Eagles (5-2)
2. Washington Redskins (3-2-1)
3. Dallas Cowboys (3-3)
4. New York Giants (3-4)

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2017 Week 11: Washington Redskins (5-3-1) @ New Orleans Saints (5-4)

Heading into the game with a 2-game winning streak, the Redskins are looking to get closer and closer to a playoff spot with a win against the Saints.

After allowing a touchdown on the first drive, the Redskins were unable to get a score on their first drive. However, after a turnover by the Saints, the Redskins were able to get a field goal to decrease the lead.

In the second half, the Saints were able to score after the Redskins' drive stalled. However, after a spin move in the backfield, Sam Hudson took the ball to the house after a 73-yard run. The Redskins were able to cut it to a 3-point deficit after the two-point conversion was good. Washington grabbed their first lead of the game when Josh Norman took an interception 50 yards to the house. On the ensuing drive, the Redskins scored a field goal to seal the deal and give Washington a win away from home.

Washington Redskins 21, New Orleans Saints 14

WAS: 0 // 3 // 8 // 10
NO: 7 // 0 // 7 // 0

S. Hudson: 23 Car, 162 Yds, 1 TD

NFC East Standings
1. Philadelphia Eagles (8-2)
2. Washington Redskins (6-3-1)
3. Dallas Cowboys (5-5)
4. New York Giants (4-6)

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2017 Week 13: Washington Redskins (6-3-2) @ Dallas Cowboys (6-5)

After a tie against the Giants, the Washington Redskins look to continue their unbeaten streak in their game against the Dallas Cowboys.

After a Cowboys field goal on the first drive, the Redskins were unable to get anything going. This gave the Cowboys a chance to increase their lead, which they did by scoring a touchdown. However, with under a minute to go, Sam Hudson broke off two huge runs, one of which went for a touchdown, to bring the Redskins back into the game before the half.

On the first drive of the second half, the rushing attack continued to be seemingly unstoppable for the Cowboys defense, as Hudson was able to grab his second rushing touchdown of the game. After a stop on defense by Redskins, Washington was able to run out the clock and grab another win on the road.

Washington Redskins 14, Dallas Cowboys 10

WAS: 0 // 7 // 7 // 0
DAL: 3 // 7 // 0 // 0

S. Hudson: 23 Car, 173 Yds, 2 TD

NFC East Standings
1. Philadelphia Eagles (9-3)
2. Washington Redskins (7-3-2)
3. Dallas Cowboys (6-6)
4. New York Giants (4-7-1)

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2017 Week 17: Washington Redskins (9-4-2) @ New York Giants (6-8-1)

With a playoff spot already clinched, the outcome of the game against the Giants determines the seeding that the Redskins will get. With a win and an Eagles' loss, the Redskins will have home-field advantage in the Wildcard round. However, if the Redskins lose or the Redskins win and the Eagles win, the Redskins will be playing away for every single playoff round.

With a home-field advantage on the line, the Redskins were unable to get a touchdown, or any points for that matter, on their first drive after allowing a field goal. On their next drive, Washington was able to grab a field goal to even the score.

The Redskins were unable to score on their first drive of the second half, but they were able to chew out the clock and kick a field goal with 3 seconds to play. The field goal was good and it gave Washington a nail-biting 6-3 win against the Giants. The Eagles lost to the Cowboys, giving the Redskins the NFC East division title and the #4 seed.

Washington Redskins 6, New York Giants 3

WAS: 0 // 3 // 0 // 3
NYG: 3 // 0 // 0 // 0

S. Hudson: 24 Car, 113 Yds

NFC East Standings
1. Washington Redskins (10-4-2) – Y
2. Philadelphia Eagles (10-6)
3. Dallas Cowboys (7-9)
4. New York Giants (6-9-1)

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Re: Multi-Generational Journeyman | Vol. 2: Hudson Family | Madden 18 Player Career M

Very interesting premise, I'll be following along. Just make sure to save the Detroit Lions until last. I'm pretty sure the Lions even winning a fictional Super Bowl with the great-great-grandson of a fictional football player will cause the spontaneous combustion of the Operation Sports servers leading to a devastating chain reaction that ends the internet as we know it.

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Re: Multi-Generational Journeyman | Vol. 2: Hudson Family | Madden 18 Player Career M

Very interesting premise, I'll be following along. Just make sure to save the Detroit Lions until last. I'm pretty sure the Lions even winning a fictional Super Bowl with the great-great-grandson of a fictional football player will cause the spontaneous combustion of the Operation Sports servers leading to a devastating chain reaction that ends the internet as we know it.

Noted. Do not end the internet. Glad to have you along for the ride! (:

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Re: Multi-Generational Journeyman | Vol. 2: Hudson Family | Madden 18 Player Career M

Just wanted to give a little update, I won't be able to get any games in tonight, but I'll most likely be able to wrap up the playoffs either tomorrow or Thursday. I've had a lot of work due the past couple days, so I've been focusing on that rather than this, but I should be back to normal until this upcoming Monday when my finals begin. Next Thursday, we'll be back to normal for the foreseeable future and I'll be able to finish many seasons over winter break (at least that's the plan).

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Re: Multi-Generational Journeyman | Vol. 2: Hudson Family | Madden 18 Player Career M

Probably should've put this all in one post, but it's alright.

Just wanted to give a little update, I won't be able to get any games in tonight, but I'll most likely be able to wrap up the playoffs either tomorrow or Thursday. I've had a lot of work due the past couple days, so I've been focusing on that rather than this, but I should be back to normal until this upcoming Monday when my finals begin. Next Thursday, we'll be back to normal for the foreseeable future and I'll be able to finish many seasons over winter break (at least that's the plan).

Also, I meant to add that I've decided to add a 4th generation to the family tree on the spreadsheet because I realized that it's going to be difficult to win the Super Bowl with each team that each person plays for when there's going to be 7 users trying to win it at the same time. Even though it's staggered, not everyone's going to win a Super Bowl in the first season with a new team, as shown by Sam Hudson. I doubt that we'll get past the Divisional round, let alone the Wildcard round, because the Eagles are difficult.