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| Rudy | Dec 17 2012, 06:46 AM Post #36 |
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I just killed the Arizona Cardinals 51-3 on All-Madden. I guess I went too far with the pass reaction slider after the cpu QBs were tearing me apart in exhibition. The Cardinals were a decent team too. Andy Reid is the coach, Matt Ryan the QB, Knowshon Moreno and Peyton Hillis the RBs, Fitz is still there and the TEs are former Dolphins in Fasano and the current rookie (3rd year in game) Michael Egnew. I had Egnew as my third string TE and they offered me a pick and I dealt him away last year I think. I love my receiving TEs but he couldn't block his way out of a wet paper bag. I can live with some missed blocks but not like that. He's a run game killer. Anyways it seems to me that the cpu QBs are far more effective throwing against zone on All-Madden than All-Pro. I found myself running zone mainly on All-Pro with man mixed in. On All-Madden zone seems to get shredded a lot easier. But I was running man a lot this game and the pass reaction slider is no doubt reversed. I had it at 0 for me (to give me good coverage) and 100 for them to make them lousy. Well my WRs were beating their CBs far too easily on outs and comebacks as a result. Conversely my CBs were blanketing their WRs when I called man. Matt Ryan was awful as a result throwing three picks and never getting anything going. Making some tweaks and will continue. I am 7-5 now and take on the 7-5 Jets next game. |
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| Rudy | Dec 17 2012, 05:27 PM Post #37 |
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Skip Bayless is prick. Sean Smith breaks his collarbone and he doesn't care lol.
Edited by Rudy, Dec 17 2012, 05:27 PM.
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| Rudy | Dec 18 2012, 08:01 AM Post #38 |
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Well I beat the Jets 42-10. This is crap. The sliders don't seem to be working the same in CCM as they do in exhibition. Patch #3 was supposed to fix that but I think I may have a problem with violating the 75 rule in the sliders. For All-Madden the total USER slider total must be under 300. Any individual category has to be capped at 75 but I also think any of the 4 subcategories (User passing, user rushing, user pass defense, user rush defense) must total to a max number of 75. My user passing violated that so I will see if I fix this area and hope the cpu gets good again. |
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| Rudy | Dec 20 2012, 07:13 PM Post #39 |
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I played a couple exhibition games to get my All-Madden sliders fine-tuned better. Very close now although I will probably make small tweaks here and there. Had some fun games and also realized how much I missed playing with a 3-4 defense. The day Wake leaves my roster is the day I switch back to a 3-4. I really wish we could edit positions, at least in the offseason. I should explore if I could switch to a 3-4 still somehow. I've got big DEs although my roster is probably more suited to a 4-3 look at the moment. It also sucks that I can only change my playbook at the game start screen. If you forget you have to restart. I beat the Jaguars in OT in a fun game. So far this year I have rarely done any practices. They are pretty boring and I have only done them to buy packages for my coach. The biggy was getting the scouting points. I've also got a lot of the boost packages (QB, WR, RB, TE and a lot of defensive positions). I still need more boost packages but I no longer care. I'm not sure how much they really help and practice is a boring time waster. I didn't get any free agent help or retirement help. Kind of a waste to me and you really don't need help in signing guys. Money talks. Pay the man and he will stay. Looking at my roster I had 7 WRs. No NFL team carries more than 6 so I cut Mohommad Massouqui. I've got 4 young WRs and two with good talent. He's done nothing all year and I probably shouldn't have signed him two years ago.
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| Rudy | Dec 20 2012, 07:33 PM Post #40 |
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I'm 9-5 now after having won 5 games in a row. My division stinks and the Jets are second at 7-7. Looking at my roster I don't have any major issues or needs. I will try to trade Chris Clemons at FS (81 overall) for a nice pick. He's just a backup right now. I could use another OLB, some youth at DT but it's not pressing at all and a good CB. My top 3 CBS are 86, 85 and 80 so I don't need a CB but Sean Smith's salary jumps to $9 million in a year or two and he may not be worth that price. I'd love to get a good second TE, especially with Kellen Winslow getting older. That is a top priority. A stud QB is something I'm definitely looking for as Tannehill is OK but hasn't really shown great upside and isn't so great with the deep ball. A stud RB would be fun as well. The OL is solid although I have no youth waiting in the wings. I haven't done any scouting up until this point as some guys like to wait until right before the draft after their free agency needs are solved before spending their scouting points. Plus draft grades change over time (especially the kids featured in the draft stories although many change). I think that's a little dishonest and unrealistic but not a big deal to me. Even after your final scouting session the grades change at the draft. I've got a ton of points so I decided to finally spend a bunch to scout players. Maybe I'm lucky in who I decided to scout and the positions I need but this draft looks loaded. I started scouting TEs. I do spend some points on the speed rating but nothing else at the moment. A C rating (70s) will kill my interest in them. The #2 and #3 TE are both Cs so I don't scout overall. I do like scouting into round 4 as there could be gems and holy cow is there a beauty. The top TE (rated 16 overall) has B speed and B overall. That's a great talent. But the kid in the 4th round has A speed and B overall! His blocking probably stinks but what a steal. Don't know if he'll keep those grades or if his draft ranking goes up making him more costly. ![]() I scouted the top 3 QBs. I figure if there isn't an elite one I won't bother and just hope Tannehill keeps getting better. He's an 81 or 82 but I want more. The #2 QB ranked #10 overall is a freaking stud. I have never seen an A overall grade before. That's 90+ folks! His accuracy ratings are a B in every category and he has an A for arm strength. I will mortgage the farm for this kid if he stays ranked #10. If he shoots up to #1 I probably won't be able to get him. The other two kids aren't bad either. ![]() I thought I took a pic of a RB and I think I scouted a couple of them. I think there was at least one B grade there. But I did scout OLB. I won't bother scouting a first or second round kid since I have no intention of drafting one early. It's a future pick and I don't believe in spending high picks on OLBs in a 4-3. Just principle. But the two kids I did scout at the end of round 3 and early round 4 have a C and B overall. Another 4th round steal if it stays this way. ![]() Last season I scouted 30 kids in the first four rounds. By the time the draft rolled around only 3 had B grades, 4 had D grades and 23 C grades. I've already found an A grade (never seen before) and more Bs than that! Crazy good. I've seen high picks get D grades and I know there have been kids in a Madden class with 2nd round grades and F overall! If you draft kids in Madden I don't think you can draft a kid blind in the first two rounds. You need to have a general idea of what position you plan on taking in each round and scout those kids accordingly. Move up and down to get kids you know and like. Don't pick a kid blind, at least not early. I still have a lot of points left but I will save some for later. |
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