[360] Madden 10 Online Franchise - Week 10

[msteelers]

Played a practice game last night against my opponent this week the Redskins. And they rushed for over 200 yards on me!  Of course this was using Bills sliders which I'm slowly thinking aren't really all that great so maybe the real deal will be better. The AI clock management sucks btw. They do some truly bizarre crap sometimes.

Agreed. I'm going to have to tweak the sliders and see if that helps. I was playing against my friend yesterday using those sliders, and he rushed for nearly 400 yards with just Felix Jones alone  Jones was unstoppable. His 96 speed made him run around even my fastest DB, and he was shrugging off hits like they were nothing. Members of the secondary weren't even slowing him down, and it would take 2-3 linemen or linebackers to tackle him.

Also, I need to up the field goal power. Most NFL kickers have the leg strength to kick a field goal from at least 47 yards (the line of scrimmage is the 30 yard line). But in this game I can only make that kick with some of the stronger kickers.

[msteelers]

I found a way for EA to email me the stats after all of my online games. Awesome.

[msteelers]

Kickoff time. Week 1 has now started!

Week 1 will last through next Sunday. I will advance the week on Monday morning (August 31st), or once everyone is finished with their games.

It's not too late to join the league if you are interested. Franchise name is GamingTrend and the password is GTFootball. If you are interested let me know so I can add you to the list and make sure we wait for you to advance the week.

[Teggy]

Played a practice game last night against my opponent this week the Redskins. And they rushed for over 200 yards on me!  Of course this was using Bills sliders which I'm slowly thinking aren't really all that great so maybe the real deal will be better. The AI clock management sucks btw. They do some truly bizarre crap sometimes.

I did the same thing the other night against the Bucs. I rolled all over them, but I was playing with my stellar Madden IQ of about 415. I have a feeling it will be a much different story on All-Pro.

[Teggy]

I found a way for EA to email me the stats after all of my online games. Awesome.

Care to share?

[msteelers]

I found a way for EA to email me the stats after all of my online games. Awesome.

Care to share?

In the Xbox Live Menu, there should be an option for "online options" or something like that. In there was an option to give them an email address, and select whether or not you wanted them to email you the stats after the game.

[Captain Caveman]

How many head to head matchups are there in week 1? It would be great if recaps were provided, especially if they include highlights. 

[Dcurse]

There is one head to head game this week.

BEEFHAMMA's Eagles (0-0) against CaptCaveOO's Panthers (0-0)

[msteelers]

How many head to head matchups are there in week 1? It would be great if recaps were provided, especially if they include highlights. 

I know I'm planning on including at least a quick recap of my game, with highlights, which is why I was happy to see that I could get the stats emailed to me after the game. 

[jblank]

I'm playing both of mine tonight......will provide a recap if you guys wanna hear about them.

[Octavious230]

I'm going to try and get my game in tonight as well. The kiddo is sick so it might wait until later in the week since she didn't sleep last night. 

[BEEFHAMMA]

There is one head to head game this week.

BEEFHAMMA's Eagles (0-0) against CaptCaveOO's Panthers (0-0)

Oh boy...I better practice some quickly!

Capt, let me know when is a good time for you. I should be able to play tonight if you're online. I think I used to have you on my friends list but don't now? Send me a friend request when you get around to it.

[jblank]

JAX    INDY
1st Downs 9 7
3rd Downs Att. 9 8
3rd Downs Eff. 2 5
4rd Downs Att. 1 1
4rd Downs Eff. 1 1
2 Point Conv. Atts. 0 0
2 Point Conv. 0 0
      
  
Total Yards 305 248
Pass Yards 199 118
Pass Ints. 4 1
Total Offense 214 186
Rush Yards 15 68
Time of Poss. 12:16 15:44
Score 10 28
      
  
Fumbles Lost 0 0
Kick Return Yds. 83 53
Punt Return Yds. 8 9
Penalty Count 2 1
Penalty Yards 19 5
Red Zone Atts. 1 2
Red Zone Fgs. 0 0
Red Zone Tds. 1 2

I won 28-10 and it wasn't that close. They got a junk time TD but Garrard threw 4 picks and 2 of 'em were pick 6's for me. Manning was pretty good, Clark was awesome, had they ran the ball more than 5 or 6 times, it might have been closer than it was. Their defense was actually pretty good.

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8636549
http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8636575
http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8636594

[jblank]

Oh, I thought the stats would get mailed to you if you told it to do so and had your email addy in there.....I didn't get the stats.

[Teggy]

I wasn't emailed my stats either.

Well, I didn't completely embarrass myself, but the Cowboys lost to the Bucs 7-0.

At the end of the first quarter, Tampa Bay drove down to the Dallas 30 and Derrick Ward took a toss to the right side. Terrence Newman had an angle to drop the runner behind the line of scrimmage. I took control of him and promptly missed the tackle (I don't know that the CPU would have managed it either). Ward rumbled in for a TD.

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8638161

Nick Folk missed a 49 yard field goal in the 3rd quarter, but the Cowboys managed to prevent any other points being scored, helped in part by a Ken Hamlin INT off of Leftwich. There were several dropped interceptions that might have given me the game at times.

At the end of the 4th quarter, I managed to put together a nice drive, getting inside the Tampa 30. Romo was sacked and left the game, replaced by John Kitna. On 3rd and 17, Kitna rolled out to his left and found Marion Barber wide open underneath. However, several defenders converged and he only managed 9 yards.

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8638146

The 4th down play was unsuccessful and the Bucs ran out the clock, ending the game.

[Octavious230]

WOOOO I had a down to the wire game against the Redskins. I was up 10-7 and trying to run the clock down in the 4th quarter when I threw this turkey of a pass.
http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8638929
So now I'm down by 4 points with only around 2 minutes to go. 4th and 17th and I pull this out of my ass.
http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8638981
I capped the drive off with a touchdown by Jacobs.
http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8638963
Ended up winning the game 17-14. It's much more exciting when it counts for something.  

Running is f'n hard on the default settings. Kind of wish the games were a bit longer as well since I tend to eat up the clock on my drives. Great way to start the season though.  

I didn't end up getting a email of my stats either. Looks like that parts broke right now.

[gellar]

Played and barely won my game.  23-21.

gellar

[Captain Caveman]

There is one head to head game this week.

BEEFHAMMA's Eagles (0-0) against CaptCaveOO's Panthers (0-0)

Oh boy...I better practice some quickly!

Capt, let me know when is a good time for you. I should be able to play tonight if you're online. I think I used to have you on my friends list but don't now? Send me a friend request when you get around to it.

I was just on for a while, and you were on but "away" the whole time. I'll look for you tomorrow. I should be on in the afternoon/evening. Let me know when/if you might be able to play around then.

[denoginizer]

Browns lose opener to Vikings 13-3.  


The only TD was scored on an int return by Minn at the end of the 1st half.  


http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8642906


AP chewed me up in the second half.  


http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8643009



The Vikings won the time of posession battle 21 minutes to 7 minutes.  My D could not get off the field.

[BEEFHAMMA]

There is one head to head game this week.

BEEFHAMMA's Eagles (0-0) against CaptCaveOO's Panthers (0-0)

Oh boy...I better practice some quickly!

Capt, let me know when is a good time for you. I should be able to play tonight if you're online. I think I used to have you on my friends list but don't now? Send me a friend request when you get around to it.

I was just on for a while, and you were on but "away" the whole time. I'll look for you tomorrow. I should be on in the afternoon/evening. Let me know when/if you might be able to play around then.

with 2 kids running around and one brand new one i usually can't get online until around 10pm. I'll be on around that time tomorrow night.

[Captain Caveman]

There is one head to head game this week.

BEEFHAMMA's Eagles (0-0) against CaptCaveOO's Panthers (0-0)

Oh boy...I better practice some quickly!

Capt, let me know when is a good time for you. I should be able to play tonight if you're online. I think I used to have you on my friends list but don't now? Send me a friend request when you get around to it.

I was just on for a while, and you were on but "away" the whole time. I'll look for you tomorrow. I should be on in the afternoon/evening. Let me know when/if you might be able to play around then.

with 2 kids running around and one brand new one i usually can't get online until around 10pm. I'll be on around that time tomorrow night.

Cool... I'll look for you then.

[IkeVandergraaf]

Which teams are still available?  I will try to join up this afternoon.  Problem is that I generally have limited time to play, but I'll give it a shot and see how it goes.

[msteelers]

Which teams are still available?  I will try to join up this afternoon.  Problem is that I generally have limited time to play, but I'll give it a shot and see how it goes.

You can see the list here, with the only change being that the Ravens are reserved for one of BEEFHAMMA's friends I believe.

[msteelers]

Last night I got my game in with the Titans. The Titans jumped out to an early lead. Collins quickly marched his team down the field, and Bironas finished the drive with a 44 yard field goal. The Steelers answered in the second quarter with a 27 yard field goal of their own from Jeff Reed. Game is tied 3-3.

Later in the second, the Steelers miss a 50 yard field goal attempt, and the Titans respond two plays later with a 54 yard touchdown pass to Britt, with under two minutes left in the half. But Big Ben marches down the field in just three plays, with passes to Ward, Parker, and a 14 yard touchdown pass to McDonald with 35 seconds remaining in the half. Game is tied 10-10.

Then, on the Steelers first possession of the second half, the Steelers are faced with 3rd and 4 from their own 26. Holmes runs a quick slant, catches the pass from Ben, and turns upfield for a 74 yard catch and run touchdown. 10-17 Steelers.

At this point, the Steelers defense has completely shut down the Titans offense. The Titans Johnson can't get anything going on the ground, and Collins can only find passes underneath for 2-4 yards at a time. They've registered only one first down since their touchdown pass late in the second quarter. But the Titans catch a break of their own. After going 3-and-out, the Titans are forced to punt again, and Santonio Holmes muffs the punt, and the Titans recover on the Steelers 20 yard line. But the Steelers defense stands strong, forcing another 3-and-out, and even pushing the Titans back 3 yards. The Titans attempt a 41 yard field goal, which they miss wide left. The Steelers are able to run the clock out the rest of the game, and win 10-17.

Both teams struggled to run the ball. Parker had just 68 yards on 20 carries, and Johnson gained a total of 17 yards on 12 carries. Ben went 10 of 15 for 188 yards and 2 touchdowns. Collins went 9 of 15 for 113 yards and one touchdown. Ward missed most of the 2nd quarter with an elbow injury, but still caught 4 passes for 74 yards. Holmes fumble on the punt was the only turnover in the game.

[ATB]

I love stuff like this. Great summary of the game there steelers. Makes me wish I played madden.   

[Octavious230]

Why did it look like the play ended when he picked up the fumbled punt? Am I missing some rule or something that I don't remember?

[denoginizer]

Why did it look like the play ended when he picked up the fumbled punt? Am I missing some rule or something that I don't remember?

You cannot advance a muffed punt.

[Octavious230]

Wow I never knew that. Has that always been the case?

[denoginizer]

I think so.  Not sure though.

[Octavious230]

I looked it up and it does appear that it is. Can't believe in all these years of watching football that I never noticed this. 

[Dcurse]

Just played my game against the Bills.

The Patriots opened the game showcasing there off-season pickup of Fred Taylor.  The first two running plays resulted in small pickups and every one assumed that it was time for Brady to drop into to shotgun and lead the offense, but on the third play of the game there was another handoff to Taylor.  Taylor took the ball and sprinted to the sideline where he broke a tackle turned up field and sprinted the 50+ yards for the touchdown.

The Pats defense forced the bills to go 4 and out, and then the offense picked up where they left off.  A few passing plays later and the pats offense was inside the 10 with a first down.  It came down to a 3rd down at the 2 yard line.  Brady handed the ball of to Taylor and he slammed into the line and was tackled.  The referees gathered and conferred and then the men in black and white raised their hands putting the Pats up 14-0.

The next series saw the Bills gain their first first down and on the next play a horrible throw was picked off by Brandon Merriweather and returned for a touchdown.  21-0 Patriots was the score at half time.

The 2nd half saw the Bills recover slightly and put together a few good drives but turnovers would be their undoing.  By the end of the game Trent Edwards of the Bills had thrown a destructive 4 interceptions.

Final score: Patriots 28 - Bills 9

[gellar]

AP chewed me up in the second half. 


http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8643009

Jebus.  I do not want to play Minnesota.

gellar

[denoginizer]

AP chewed me up in the second half. 


http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8643009

Jebus.  I do not want to play Minnesota.

gellar

On the plus side I did get the achievement for stopping him for a loss 3 times in one game.   

[msteelers]

I looked it up and it does appear that it is. Can't believe in all these years of watching football that I never noticed this. 

I never knew that either, and figured it was some type of bug. Good to know.

[Captain Caveman]

The only head-to-head matchup of the week featured BEEFHAMMA and the Eagles taking on my Panthers. It was a relatively uneventful game until the 4th quarter, when a whole bunch of crazy shit started to happen. Down a few points near a few minutes into the quarter, McNabb attempts to bring his team back. This was the result:

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8666188

McNabb redeemed himself on the next drive, completing pass after pass into the middle of the field. Here's a good example:

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8666278

This eventually led to a nice TD pass to Avant and a 2 point conversion, but EA Sports must not have liked it because they refused to let me save a highlight of it.

Needing a stop, the Eagles take the field. First play from scrimmage, DeAngelo Williams does this:

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8666272

The run was so long, the replay can't even show it all. 

McNabb tries desperately to bring his team back, once again getting on a role and completing a bunch of passes to set up a field goal to cut the lead to a single score. Eagles then get a 3 and out and get the ball back with a chance to tie in the waning moments. But then:

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8666315

Final Score: Panthers 21, Eagles 14.

Great game, HAMMA!

[BEEFHAMMA]

That D'Angelo Williams run was a fantastic kick in the nards after a long TD drive. Great game man, wish we had enough interest to field 32 human teams...playing the CPU just won't be the same after that experience.

[msteelers]

Man, the website is cool when it's working. Most of the time I go there it says the server connection is down, but whenever it's up I discover something different. The stats from my game were not emailed to me...apparently only stats from random online games get emailed to you, which is cool, but I am less interested in those. However, on the website they have the scoring breakdown, team stats, and individual players stats for each game.

As I was going over the website, I was thinking it would be really cool if I could link video highlights to the website. Then I saw the video highlights tab. All of the videos we've posted here are automatically linked and shown on the website. 

[msteelers]

I added results from the Week 1 games to the first post, with links to the recaps. Most of us have played our games for the week. We're waiting on pingwrx to play his game, and IkeVandergraaf and fuzzyslug to join the league and play their games. If you've played your game already, don't forget to toggle your status to "ready". Your status can be changed at any time, so if you decide that there is something else you want to do during this week, you can always change your status back to not ready.

[gellar]

FYI to the league - I'll be traveling until Friday afternoon, so I'll be able to get my next week's game done this weekend.

gellar

[msteelers]

FYI to the league - I'll be traveling until Friday afternoon, so I'll be able to get my next week's game done this weekend.

gellar

We're still waiting on some people to finish their games, and two others who have expressed interest to sign up and finish their games. So you'll have plenty of time to get your Week 2 game in.