Madden 12 League-OFFICIAL CAG LEAGUE-Week 3 live. Deadline Monday night.

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So, we've got (at least) 3 open spots, all in the AFC. Does anyone have anybody from the other league they think would make a good addition? If so, PM uber and myself. Only suggest people who've been active in that thread, we don't want to add anyone who's going to be tough to get a hold of.

Also, if anybody is interested in switching to one of these teams we'll consider it on a case-by-case basis. If you've made significant changes to your current roster, we probably won't allow it.
 
[quote name='Mr Grand Cru']11 pm this evening is going to be a tough time for me to make , But I am going to try my best to make it. What other times are the Rams available ?[/QUOTE]

I'm not really available. I'm totally OK going with a sim on this one. Don't really think it has any playoff implications, right?
 
[quote name='lyric706']I'm not really available. I'm totally OK going with a sim on this one. Don't really think it has any playoff implications, right?[/QUOTE]

No, this does not have playoff implications.
 
[quote name='ballhawk20']Deuce needs to hurry up lol[/QUOTE]

You guys are scheduled for 930, right?

I plan on playing Rames shortly after. Might be 11pm though. SoA is on. :cool:
 
[quote name='ubernes']You guys are scheduled for 930, right?

I plan on playing Rames shortly after. Might be 11pm though. SoA is on. :cool:[/QUOTE]

90 minute episode tonight, so it won't be over until 11:30.
 
[quote name='ubernes']You guys are scheduled for 930, right?

I plan on playing Rames shortly after. Might be 11pm though. SoA is on. :cool:[/QUOTE]

It was supposed to be at 8 but he said he was running late!
 
[quote name='pitfallharry219']90 minute episode tonight, so it won't be over until 11:30.[/QUOTE]

Oh damn, well I hope Rames is cool with that. I'll transfer commish over to BV now.
 
[quote name='Deuce20602']Madden does not like me... my CBs drop 5 ints but the SAints dbacks catch everything... bullshit

fuck madden... that is all[/QUOTE]

Happens to me too. Probably cost me two games this season.
 
[quote name='gbpackers94']Happens to me too. Probably cost me two games this season.[/QUOTE]

between not killing drives and Madden being balls deep in Mark Ingram's ass, i lost my #3 spot in the NFC... at least nobody else got hurt.


GG Ballhawk
 
We have advanced!

Wild Card Round matchups:
Ravens at Steelers
Jets at Texans
Seahawks at Saints
Panthers at 49ers

So it looks like Madden didn't screw anything up. Yay!

Scratch that.
 
[quote name='ballhawk20']I won a game vs mog during the season y am I not 2nd seed??[/QUOTE]

I won that game :cool:

Good point, you should be the 2
 
[quote name='Doomtime']I won that game :cool:
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Hand, meet cookie jar. :D

Yeah, Ballhawk should be the 2, but we knew Madden was going to screw something up, at least everyone's in the playoffs who should be. Granted, if it were me I'd be pissed too.
 
Does everyone who is playing in the wildcard round know we've advanced? Is everyone working on setting up these games? I'm playing mine at 1130!
 
End of Season Report: New England Patriots

Record: 12-4 (AFC East champs, #2 seed), 5-1 division record, 9-3 conference.

Offense:
22.1 ppg (11th)
290.3 ypg (11th)
163.7 passing ypg (12th)
126.6 rushing ypg (9th)

Passing:
Tom Brady - 188/278, 67.6% (#1 in the league), 2626 yards, 18TD, 16 INT, 95.4 Rating (#3 in the league)

All year I felt like I was fairly useless with Brady, but looking at it now it seems like I wasn't having any problems that most people weren't. The completion percentage was great, and he ended up in the black in terms of TD/INT ratio, which was touch and go for a while. Bottom line, finishing 3rd in QB rating is pretty damned good.

Rushing:
Adrian Peterson - 153 carries, 1010 yards (6.6ypc), 14 TDs. (10 games)
BenJarvus Green-Ellis - 99 carries, 571 yards (5.8ypc), 7 TDs (16 games)
Danny Woodhead - 55 carries, 428 yards (7.8ypc), 4 TDs (6 games)

All of these numbers are Pats only, I took out AP's Vikings numbers (which weren't much). All told, my guys rushed for just north of 2000 yards and 25 TDs on the ground. It's a little funny to see Woodhead's ypc a full yard higher than the superstar he was traded for, but I'm not going to complain about AP getting me over 100y/g and 14TDs over 10 games. This was a damned good running game.

Receiving:
Rob Gronkowski - 53 catches, 760 yards (14.3ypc), 7 TDs
Aaron Hernandez - 39 catches, 689 yards (17.7ypc), 6 TDs
Wes Welker - 38 catches, 485 yards (12.8ypc), 2 TDs
Chad Ochocinco - 23 catches, 397 yards (17.3ypc), 4 TDs
Deion Branch - 19 catches, 239 yards (12.6ypc), 1 TD

Two things to be learned here: I spread the ball around (I think everyone knows that), and I really take advantage of the two TEs. Gronk was the leading receiver despite missing several games, and there were weeks he was the only one who did anything. Other than Welker's smaller than usual number of targets, this is actually a pretty good representation of the distribution of the actual Pats' passing game.


Defense:
10.5 ppg (1st)
203.5 ypg (2nd)
97.2 passing ypg (1st)
106.3 rushing ypg (19th)

It's not hard to look at the above numbers and see what smart opponents are going to try to do to me in the playoffs. My defense allowed only 4 passing TDs all year (Mark Sanchez, Michael Vick, and Peyton Manning twice), which is a crazy stat. No other team gave up fewer than 11. The rush D, though it improved down the stretch, was pretty much the only way to move the ball on my D all year. If anyone wants to take that as a challenge and try to pass the ball all over me in the playoffs, please do. :cool:

Perhaps the most impressive part about the Patriots' dominant defense was that it wasn't fueled by turnovers or people filling up the stat sheet. Pat Chung and Ras-I Dowling (who plays safety for me) lead the team with 4 INTs each. Vince Wilfork lead the team with 9 sacks. Their 21 INTs actually ranks near the very bottom of the league, but they gave up the second lowest completion percentage (44.9) and only 5.4 yards per attempt, which adds up to a robust 36.3 QB Rating for opposing QBs, lowest in the league by 10 points. So yeah, please try and pass on this D. :D

All in all, I'm very happy with how the season went. Other than the early season loss to the Chargers before I had a really good feel for the team, the other three losses were all to playoff teams (Jets, Chiefs, Giants). I also gave the Chiefs their closest call of the year, which helps the confidence. Very good year one in New England, hopefully I can make some noise in the playoffs and then improve on things in the draft.
 
So how does Madden work in terms of 2nd round matchups? I automatically get the highest seed left alive, right? Which would mean the only opponent I can't possibly play in round 2 is the Ravens.

I'm rooting hard for the Steelers, since I know I can beat them (and did handily during the regular season). I didn't play the Texans this year, and ubernes and I split.
 
[quote name='staticz']I'm doing a whole lot of hurry up and wait when it comes to work so.....Seahawks vs Saints is going down now![/QUOTE]

Spectator mode? :D

ubernes, if you want I'll hold onto the commish reins for now. I'm actually on staycation this week (yes, because of Skyrim) so I can advance us during the day if it comes up.
 
Panthers-49ers should get played tomorrow... i guess i should've brushed up on my skills before playing anyone in Madden. It didnt even feel like me playing tonight... ugh.
 
Grr, double bye week between this and the other league! I might need to scrim someone tomorrow to get re-acquainted with Madden. I've been playing so much Skyrim that I'm worried I'm going to get to 3rd and 10 and then try to cast Fireball. :hot:
 
[quote name='bvharris']Grr, double bye week between this and the other league! I might need to scrim someone tomorrow to get re-acquainted with Madden. I've been playing so much Skyrim that I'm worried I'm going to get to 3rd and 10 and then try to cast Fireball. :hot:[/QUOTE]

Fire is the way to go in skyrim, although it is pretty much useless against dragons. God, I love that game.
 
I've updated the draft spreadsheet with my best guesses for what the draft order will be:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...tUU5TUGE3a0NoYjBfOXJiQlVtMnc&authkey=CJWCoOQK

I'm not entirely sure what the tie-breakers are for teams with identical records, so I went with point differential. Though I put the division winners in the AFC above the WC teams, I'm not sure that's how it will shake out. Obviously the end will also change based on who the final four teams are. All that's 100% sure is that the Dolphins have the #1 pick.
 
So we are having issues as well. Just dc'd on our 2nd time. Ramesu is conceding the game but it doesn't feel right. I do think the issues are on his end and I was up by 7 and driving again. But it was the start of the 2nd quarter. Still plenty of time. I know his schedule is rough these next three days as well but like I said doesn't feel right.
 
I was going to suggest another go at it but he's offline now. I'm going to hold off. If I'm really playing the CPU I can do it tomorrow. I don't want the bye... Might be my only chance at a playoff win but not sure how we'd sub in this situation.
 
He's working til midnight the rest of the week. I can stay up late though that was my plan for tonight. If he can get on at 12-1230 I can suck it up. No promises we won't have the same issues.
 
If we were to go the sub route, the logical choice would be Matt Young, who was the only other guy in the league to go 9-7 (not counting the Bills). I'm as hesitant as you are about a sub in the playoffs, though I think I'm just as hesitant if not moreso about a CPU game.
 
We'd have to hear from him if that's even possible. As an alternative, a borderline playoff team can jump in or Cru.

Edit: I like that idea. Matt subbing. Same record, out of playoffs. I honestly would rather lose in a (hopefully) close game vs Matt subbing then get essentially a bye just to lose in the 2nd round.

If Ramesu can't play at a semi reasonable time tomorrow night, then let's see if Matt can step in. I'll pm him but Matt, what's your schedule for Wednesday?
 
Does the offseason give us any idea of what rookies are available? Also, for teams I get picks from in the draft do I have to have them pick for me or if trading draft picks is in there now could I just trade a bad player and they could then cut them or something? I know I have plenty of weak links that I won't need after the draft.

So far I know I need to talk to the Falcons about picks I get from them.

[quote name='staticz']Before you trade too many pieces, there are decent players in the draft at all of those positions.

You nearly beat me, so I'm probably not the best person to make suggestions but I actually think you would be better off running more. Also, you've got two catching TEs so maybe more twin TE sets. NE has tons of two TE sets but idk if McCoy can make all of those throws. If you wanna play a scrim sometime let me know, we played awhile back so I can't remember how it really went.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, we'll set something up some time.
 
I can still play...hopefully the issues with my second connection were an anomaly. I've had great success using it before last night. Both of my connections have a moderate NAT and I can't open it on either one (long story).

We can try again tonight around midnight, I should be home and set-up by then.
 
[quote name='bvharris']I've updated the draft spreadsheet with my best guesses for what the draft order will be:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...tUU5TUGE3a0NoYjBfOXJiQlVtMnc&authkey=CJWCoOQK

I'm not entirely sure what the tie-breakers are for teams with identical records, so I went with point differential. Though I put the division winners in the AFC above the WC teams, I'm not sure that's how it will shake out. Obviously the end will also change based on who the final four teams are. All that's 100% sure is that the Dolphins have the #1 pick.[/QUOTE]

Awesome job!
 
49ers vs Panthers should be going down sometime between 5pm and 6pm today, hopefully Duece is still Jet Lagged from his trip because my 49ers have been looking suspect smh
 
As discussed, we're going to do one more FA period before the draft. To save time, we're going to have all the non-playoff teams pick up guys during the playoffs. We'll then let the playoff teams pick in the order in which they're eliminated. For the non-playoff teams, we're going to go in two groups of 10. You can pick in any order within your group, once you post in the thread claiming a guy that's it. You MUST post in the thread. As a reminder, you must also drop someone (and tell us who it is).

Any questions?

Group 1:
1. Dolphins - Igor Olshansky (RE)
2. Browns - Flozell Adams (RT)
3. Eagles
4. Titans
5. Vikings
6. Colts
7. Chargers
8. Cowboys
9. Bengals
10. Cardinals

Anyone from this group may start picking guys up now. I'll give it a full day or so (or until everyone's picked someone up). Everyone else who didn't make the playoffs will be in the next group.

Please post your FA selection in this format:

Team Name:
Player Added: Name (Position)
Player Dropped: Name (Position)
 
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