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Rudy's Superbowl run with 2013-14 Miami Dolphins
Topic Started: Dec 1 2012, 08:48 AM (2,587 Views)
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Dolphins stats the past year. I think I might boost cpu run block shed to 100 and keep my run blocking at 0 on All-Madden. I will do that for the playoffs. Yes, the blocking sliders SUCK! My OL is good but c'mon. Miller does break some long runs with his 94 speed that helps his average and he usually doesn't do short yardage but over 6 ypc is too much. My rookie QB completion percentage was over 67% I think. Cam Wake had about 1 sack. He did miss at least 4 weeks with an injury but the LE over RE domination is just poor.

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After winning Super Bowl L I decided to make radical changes this offseason. My attempts to move on to another team were blocked so I decided to run a 3-4 defense which I prefer and find more fun. Unfortunately without position changes my team is not set up well to run it and I also lack a first round pick in my blockbuster draft move last year to pick up young stud QB Sam Farris. My team also entered the offseason over the cap by $2 million so some tough decisions had to be made. Cam Wake and Sean Smith were released in an effort to get under the cap and sign some guys in free agency. Lawrence Jackson has potential to move to OLB as a pass rusher but he’s a better fit in a 4-3. Didn’t decide what to do with him.



In free agency with money to spend I targeted a couple 3-4 DEs rated 85 and 80. They were only asking for around $2 million a year or less so I thought I could land them. The LB market was lousy with only 33 year old Terrell Suggs available to fit my team but he was pricey. I went up to a 4 year deal at over $9 million a year but the Bears blew me out of the water as he signed for 4 years and $49.9 million. Both of the defensive ends signed elsewhere too! I went too cheap! That leaves my squad with only one true 3-4 DE in Odrick and no pass rushing OLB. All of my LBs are versatile or run stuffing but not pass rushing. Lawrence Jackson as a DE is an 84 ROLB and my best fit for now. I did sign Nick Perry from Green Bay but he’s only around an 80.



Other free agent news: Ryan Tannehill signed with the Bengals for 4 - $23.5M. Romo signed with the Jags for 2 - $22M and Phillip Rivers went to Seattle for 3 - $60M. Andrew Luck took his spot in San Diego at 6 - $70M while Matt Ryan joined another team but at least he got a long term deal with the Bears at 5 years $55M. Cam Wake did well for himself landing with the Jags at 5 - $50M. Probably should have tried to trade him but I felt this was more realistic.



I head into the draft needing a lot of help in the front 7 to run my defence. Unfortunately the draft is weak in this area. I scouted a few tight ends and a couple late right tackles (both rated F!) but most of my efforts were on DL and LBs. Initially I had 5 B grades but when the draft commenced it was down to 2. I still kept my eye on the guys that slipped a grade feeling they will still be close to a B but I scouted 33 prospects and only 2 were Bs while 14 were Cs, 14 were Ds and 3 were Fs! And both of those Bs ended up being rated 79 after it was all done. Worse yet, there wasn’t a single OLB I was high on (one high second rounder had a D grade) but there were some DL, particularly a NT prospect I wanted and one MLB I liked. I did have two extra 4th rounders and one extra 6th rounder but no first rounder.



One of the top DE was projected early in the second and he was a B grade I would have traded up for had he slid. He didn’t and went 32nd overall (was a 79 after the draft). I was disappointed a late 6th round prospect at LB was gone by my last pick of the 5th round but other than that I got who I wanted. I got two decent 3-4 DE prospects rated 79 and 77 in rounds 2 and 4. I used my two extra 6ths to move up in the 4th round to make sure I didn’t lose the one DE and the MLB I liked. My NT looks good but nothing flashy here and all draft picks are rated in the 70s.





One interesting note was I looked at the rookie signings for some other teams. The Raiders had five second round draft picks! The Patriots only had two picks altogether (4th and 6th round). Apparently the cpu loves to wheel and deal - probably too much (see some trade offers below). The Cowboys did well this offseason. They had the 1st overall pick and used it on a stud QB. Then they also got an 86 rated rookie WR! In free agency they signed Trent Richardson as well.





After the draft I filled some holes and in the preseason I was offered trades for two guys on my team. Louis Swain, the young speedy WR I drafted with my first 1st rounder ever, was my speedy 3rd WR that Arizona offered a 2nd round pick and I took it. He now starts across from Fitz. He never lived up to his draft billing so I was happy to get a 2nd round pick back for him. Then I was offered a 2nd rounder for Lawrence Jackson. He’s an upper 80s DE and I took it. Even though he was my best ROLB I couldn’t turn down that draft pick. He’s just not a great fit for my scheme so I am well stocked next year. Randy Starks is moving this year from DT to RE and will rush inside in the nickel and dime. Should be interesting to see how my front seven perform. I have 3 rookie DE candidates and only one veteran along with my DTs. Soliai is back as my starting NT although both him and Starks are on the wrong side of 30. My young NT is a 79 and over 330. Hopefully he turns into a hoss. Either way I’m happy I’m running a 3-4 again even if my LBs don’t fit the scheme well at the moment. I will find my pass rusher next year.

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Dec 12 2012, 05:14 PM
I just toggled the difficulty between settings and put it back to All-Pro and it stuck now. Didn't help me as I lost to Houston 35-18. They kicked a FG as time expired too when they didn't even have to snap the ball. Second time I've seen this. Pricks.
Sounds like something that Billy B-Check would do! :waytogo:
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Is the game still feeling to easy?
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It is too easy Ted. The blocking sliders are weak and you can't really control the coverage because that slider sucks. The real problem is the CPU pass defence. They show you a lot of soft Pre-snap looks that you can beat easily with curls or outs. They don't play nearly enough man or press enough. When they do press the WRs can beat them a little too easily. If they press in zone you can often hit the WR between the safety and CB. But the worst part is the situational AI. On third and short they should defend the short stuff but they don't. The CPU is completely clueless. The CPU needs to get a lot smarter in situational AI, they need to play more basic man coverage and they need to disguise their coverage a lot more. Once you realize how the CPU plays in M13 your Pre-snap read tells you what to do 90% of the time.
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