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Post by ange postecoslamp on Aug 9, 2016 21:32:34 GMT
Had a long SB drought too. After going #back2back in his 2nd and 3rd year, Luke Rowland became less and less Joe Flacco and more and more Matt Stafford. Had a few 4000 yard seasons towards the end of his $130m deal but just couldn't wrap games up and we didn't even go to the playoffs for about 5 years on the bounce. (The absolute mess that was my procession of RBs and free safeties from about 2020 to 2026 didn't help) Sort of accepted that I wouldn't be renewing his contract due to my year-to-year financial struggle and so in his final year he ended up splitting time with rookie 5th rounder Mike Stone, who was unspectacular but solid. Let Rowland go (to the Panthers) and the next two years we go back to the playoffs 13-3 and 12-4, to lose out in the Divisional one year and then the AFCCG the next both times to the eventual SB winners. Stone's maddeningly (lol iswyd) unreliable though. In his first year as de facto starter he came out so well, then imploded suddenly, got hurt and ended up finishing the year splitting time with his veteran backup. Then the next year he goes for 4,300 yards, 34 TDs to just 13 INTs and a 109.8 passer rating which is the best season I've had off any QB this career. Then he throws 4 picks in the AFCCG. Then he starts my current year, 2029, really averagely and gets himself hurt again and I'm 4-4. Silver lining is that it's his contract year and I've cornered him into a 3-year deal for about $25m total. Also found a proper workhorse RB finally in Ben Ballard (321-1495-12 and 315-1594-17 carries-yards-tds over the last two years). Coming out of a tough transition period where my young players have taken the torch from aging vets at quite a few positions (SS, WR1, primary pass rush OLB, MLB and pretty soon TE as well) Luke Rowland QB 2017-2026
Year - Yards - TD/INT (QBR) 2017 - 3,849 - 23/19 (77.1) 2018 - 3,869 - 27/21 (84.7) + SB win 2019 - 2,918 - 26/8 (101.6) + SB win 2020 - 3,167 - 26/12 (91.6) 2021 - 3,519 - 27/14 (97.2) 2022 - 2,718 - 18/13 (87.3) 2023 - 4,364 - 29/19 (90.1) 2024 - 4,477 - 28/16 (97.2) 2025 - 4,122 - 32/17 (95.2) 2026 - 3,266 - 19/10 (100.6) - split games with Mike Stone
Mike Stone QB 2026-2029
Year - Yards - TD/INT (QBR) 2026 - 1,011 - 5/5 (85.1) - split games with Luke Rowland 2027 - 2,835 - 18/10 (94.7) 2028 - 4,343 - 34/13 (109.8) 2029 - 1,794 - 9/7 (86.0) - after 8 games
Andre Reeves ILB 2025-2029
Year - Solo/TTak - TFL - Sacks - INT/FF/FR 2025 - 61/82 - 4 - 1.0 - 0/2/0 2026 - 47/84 - 10 - 0 - 0/0/0 2027 - 96/150 - 17 - 5.5 - 1/2/1 - led NFL in TFL. 2028 - 80/137 - 17 - 4.0 - 1/2/0 - led NFL in TFL. 2029 - 42/72 - 4 - 2.0 - 0/0/0 - after 8 games
JJ Quarles RB 2018-2023
Year - Carries/Yds/TDs (YPC) - Rec/Yds/TDs 2018 - 267/1064/10 (4.0) - 28/260/1 2019 - 300/1309/8 (4.4) - 36/334/2 2020 - 189/925/4 (4.9) - 20/216/2 2021 - 219/820/5 (3.7) - 26/207/0 2022 - 313/1378/14 (4.4) - 23/178/0 2023 - 183/832/8 (4.5) - 34/223/0
Javier Galvin RB 2022-2025
Year - Carries/Yds/TDs (YPC) - Rec/Yds/TDs 2022 - 20/63/1 (3.2) - 4/14/0 2023 - 196/877/9 (4.5) - 31/253/3 2024 - 191/745/5 (3.9) - 27/256/0 2025 - 74/293/3 (4.0) - 13/208/2
Johnnie Miles RB 2025-2028
Year - Carries/Yds/TDs (YPC) - Rec/Yds/TDs 2025 - 201/783/3 (3.9) - 19/170/1 2026 - 261/975/9 (3.7) - 34/229/2 2027 - 87/354/5 (4.1) - 5/12/0 2028 - 86/344/12 (4.0) - 12/89/1
Ben Ballard RB 2026-2029
Year - Carries/Yds/TDs (YPC) - Rec/Yds/TDs 2026 - 88/347/6 (3.9) - 14/128/1 2027 - 321/1495/12 (4.7) - 37/279/1 2028 - 315/1594/17 (5.1) - 21/290/2 2029 - 178/823/4 (4.6) - 20/147/1 - after 9 games
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Post by daveyposhboy on Aug 10, 2016 6:23:57 GMT
What's the balance like between schemes in the draft on last year's games?
I have the only 6 corner backs in the league that played in a Hybrid Defence scheme on my roster rn, and there are none coming through the draft this year. Actually, 2 of them were safeties I changed to CBs.
Same with inside linebackers, there's one in the first round this year and he's the first since I changed scheme that went higher than the 5th (although I took a predicted 6th rounder in the second because the dude had balled out in the AS game)
Different note but back in 2028 I decided to draft a LOLB in the first and switch him to RE and then back to ROLB, in that time the ROLB that I was debating picking in the first round of the same draft had been cut so I've stolen two first round talents and got them working in the same LB Corps, they're a 96 and 85 (the guy who was cut) respectively. First time I'd seen anything like that in Madden. Think the Bears had no cap room but they still have the penalty for his contract on their salaries
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Post by ange postecoslamp on Aug 10, 2016 9:43:54 GMT
I've never really looked at team scheme when drafting, I look for player styles (eg. Prototype, Man-to-Man, Zone for CB) that match what I play at each position.
Never found that scheme has affected a player's productivity before, my best pass rusher was a DE in a Balanced 4-3 scheme at College now running as an OLB in my Attacking 3-4 scheme
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Post by daveyposhboy on Aug 10, 2016 12:49:49 GMT
Ah okay I'd only read that on 16 they made it so scheme fits coming out of college affected more like confidence and development but if that was bullocks it sounds about right for an EA game.
I try to make sure all my guys are scheme fits purely as I'm anal like that. Player styles I just adjust post-draft/FA and tailor to availability.
So tempted to change to Tampa 2 and inherit the Bucs defensive playbook, or Zone Blitz and go with the Steelers (running the Pantkhers rn with GBs Spread Offense) but I just know after seasons of nothing the next year's draft will have perennial all-pros that play Hybrid.
I've read that the Seahawks D playbook is meant to be really fun (and HD) but I definitely don't have the corner backs coverage ability or athletic safeties to go with it. Spent so much XP on linebacker coverage as well, with my safeties the primary blitzers (Jhye Stone had 7 one season) that I've backed myself into a corner unless I blow it up again or lower the difficulty to all pro
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 23:39:03 GMT
Dunno what they've done to the ground game on 17 but it's much better that your team mates actually find gaps.
Finished my rookie season in LA 15-1 throwing for 4,034 yards with 34 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, 119 QBR.
Flew through the post season including a 31-0 win over Washington in the conference final but then lost 30-24 to Cincinnati in the Super Bowl which was a piss take. Defence had been so good all season and they choked.
Todd Gurley though. Led the league in rushing yards with 1,578 for 16 TDs, haven't played with someone quite so dominant on the ground in any previous Madden game. One of his first plays when I started the save was a 72 yard TD run.
Gonna stay in LA likely for the rest of my contract, another two years, and hope for at least one Super Bowl. Hopefully we keep the core of Gurley, Austin and Kendricks because our offence was on fire during the season.
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Post by ChappyHova on Sept 23, 2016 21:09:42 GMT
Just got the new Madden, what are those connected franchise games with other people like?
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Post by ange postecoslamp on Sept 24, 2016 1:13:41 GMT
I've reached peak Monarchs again on my cfm now, once you establish a dominant o-line on the long term you can run the ball with anyone (Ballard missed the opening 7 games so backup RB Patrick Kearse went for 800 yards at 6 ypc, then Ballard comes back and has 3 consecutive 150 yard games) and a front 7 that can control the run and rack up sacks, shit gets easy man. 8-2 despite really mediocre qb play all year
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Post by ange postecoslamp on Sept 27, 2016 19:31:56 GMT
Ballard is broken.
Long live Patrick Kearse's 5.8 ypc
12-4. Superbowl bound.
45-23 against Philly in Superbowl LXVII. Champs.
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Post by daveyposhboy on Sept 29, 2016 6:39:03 GMT
Heading into 2035 now, ten years to go on my CFM. Finished 2034 11-5 and went one and done for maybe the fourth time in five years but the nature of how it happened and the past year has just made me completely blow up Toronto again in the draft. Fabian Roberts won his second straight MVP award (due to volume stats, if nothing else), but finished with 26 interceptions, 16 of them in the last 5 games. This led the league by about 13. In the Wild Card match against the Bills he was particularly awful and fumbled 3 times after we battled back from 0-24 to 24-24 in the fourth quarter to lose 41-24.
Going into his contract season, so I've drafted a Mobile Zone Run QB out of Penn State in the first round, as well as a Run Blocking ZR Centre, and a One Cut ZR HB. Changed the playbook from Green Bay to Carolina to match it and just see where my last ten years takes me. (I'll give Roberts this year though; that way he can probably get to 50,000 yards passing). I wanted to win at least one Super Bowl with him because he's set multiple NFL Records and will realistically hold all the career records for all Toronto Mounties QBs (except Cam Newton who's magical 129 QBR over 2 and a half years won't ever be matched), but at the same time I can only pass for upwards of 40 TDs, 4500 yards and win 11 games only to go out at the Divisional so many times.
Also had to let Jyhe Stone (7th Round FS, now 99 rated overall) and Roderick Jones (6th Round SS, now 95 rated overall) both walk because they wanted ~$65million each. Feels sad man. Both going to the HOF too.
The more I think about it the more I just have no idea at all how I've not nailed more than 1 Super Bowl appearance in the last... 8? years. That first 15 was insane.
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Post by daveyposhboy on Sept 29, 2016 7:05:38 GMT
Toronto finally got its hands on a second Super Bowl trophy in 2020, topsy-turvy game against Arizona that I eventually won 36-31 in Overtime. Rookie QB Chaquil Gibson threw for 290 yards and 4 TDs, OPOTY Haile Anderson (1,600 yards and 16 TDs) notched 108 yards off of 21 attempts but the plaudits have to go to Season MVP Lakieth Patterson. The man's post-season stats are legendary:
7 rec, 224!!! yards, 2 TDs in the Divisional (v Jacksonville) 11 rec, 184 yards, 2 TDs in the Conference (@ Denver) 5 rec, 135 yards, 2 TDs in the Super Bowl (v Arizona)Chaquil Gibson threw for 4,100 yards, a 41:11 TD/INT ratio and rushed for 618 and 8 TDs in a stellar rookie season. Even brought home the Super Bowl MVP (although Lakieth was the man) Psyched as fuck for 19-0 in 2021 Man the last two years of his career he averaged less than ten receptions and about less than 100 receiving yards. Seeing this post and the one where he almost broke the single game receiving yards (20 catches, 320 yards, 3 TDs) has just reminded me how much fun it was having Cam sling it to him all game long. Easily the greatest Madden player of all time.
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Post by Germany's Top Scorer on Sept 29, 2016 15:14:27 GMT
Is there a benefit of a cloud save over a local one?
I suppose the servers being down if you're pissed and about to ruin your season record is one but that's not that common.
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Post by daveyposhboy on Sept 30, 2016 4:43:58 GMT
probably just the ability to play the same save over multiple consoles
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Post by daveyposhboy on Dec 7, 2016 14:22:45 GMT
I just had the most bizarre ending to a game I think I'll ever have on Madden (15)
Leading the Chargers by 3 going into the 2 minute drill, I accidentally realigned one of my corners to pick up the running back, allowing Keenan Allen to waltz untouched into the end zone after a bomb from Philly Rivers. Chargers lead by 4.
71st string wide receiver Cordarelle Patterson decides to muff the kick off and we turn it over again. I think "ah, that'll be that then". Nope. Rivers calls some weird TE/delayed HB shovel screen pass which I jump perfectly offside for and intercept with my DE who then is dropped from behind and FUMBLES THE OBVIOUS RETURN TD. Chargers stay in the lead.
Needing a first down to end the game SD go pass first, and my Safety jumps the out route and we have the ball again! Maybe 45 seconds left at this point.
Neither side have timeouts to burn so I decide to sail one long and it's caught!! Front of the end zone and tackled in for the score is my all-pro, rookie WR coming up big in the clutch. I now lead by 3 and there's maybe 20-30 seconds left. That's the game right there and we move on to 9-6 on the season.
Wrong.
Blair Walsh hits the finest squib you've ever seen, popping it up directly into the hands of whoever the fuck the Chargers decided to stick on returns, and after bouncing around the 40 yard line for a short while, yer man breaks free and heads on up the field for the game winning touchdown.
God damn.
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Post by Simon on Dec 20, 2016 21:34:59 GMT
How difficult is Madden to get to grips with for someone who's never played it before? Wondering if it's fairly easy to pick up or if it's going to be complicated if you haven't been playing it and following the changes year after year.
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Post by daveyposhboy on Dec 20, 2016 22:15:06 GMT
How difficult is Madden to get to grips with for someone who's never played it before? Wondering if it's fairly easy to pick up or if it's going to be complicated if you haven't been playing it and following the changes year after year. It's a piece of cake man. The games have a mammoth tutorial section right at the start of the game that explains all new aspects of offence and defence). There are coach suggestions throughout the game you can leave on, too for the new defensive shifts
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