Season 1: Wildcard Round

SantryRed

NFC

New Orleans Saints @ San Francisco 49ers

Chicago Bears @ Carolina Panthers


AFC

New England Patriots @ Kansas City Chiefs

Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers


Best of luck to all

Pudsy33

Ok Etlovelsd, when suits? I can do tomorrow night between 7 and 9 and after 11 30 but not too late. Any of those suit? Should be a good one!

Mikeyt086

What's the timeframe for these?

helimachoptor

Good luck to all.

I think ASAP mikey, it would be fantastic to get the SB done before xmas but that may be a little to optimistic given a lot of people will probably be in the pub!

SantryRed

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

What's the timeframe for these?

5 days again. But obviously if for some reason someone couldn't play for a day or two it'd be accommodated.

Berty44

Pats @ Chiefs.

Dave I can do Wednesady after 10pm. Thursday after 9.

Raoul

MadAliG, what time will you be about today?

davetherave

Wednesday after 2200 is good. What ever time suits.
Since it is the festive season I will even tell you my game plan. You will need to double cover everybody bar the TE #87. That guy is a useless lump who is being cut in the off season

etloveslsd

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Ok Etlovelsd, when suits? I can do tomorrow night between 7 and 9 and after 11 30 but not too late. Any of those suit? Should be a good one!

7 would be great. Traffic has been a shamble going home the last 2 nights so I have been late. I'll post here as soon as I'm home

Berty44

davetherave wrote: »

Wednesday after 2200 is good. What ever time suits.
Since it is the festive season I will even tell you my game plan. You will need to double cover everybody bar the TE #87. That guy is a useless lump who is being cut in the off season

:pac: Wednesday after 22:00, see you then !

matthew8

What time are the Bears good for? I can do rest of today if you want.

linebacker52

matthew8 wrote: »

What time are the Bears good for? I can do rest of today if you want.

Two o clock

matthew8

linebacker52 wrote: »

Two o clock

I'll be on.

Pudsy33

etloveslsd wrote: »

7 would be great. Traffic has been a shamble going home the last 2 nights so I have been late. I'll post here as soon as I'm home

No bother, might be finished a bit later then 7 myself. Have exams to study for and all that.

HowAreWe

Good luck to All! Disappointed I'm not there but sure always next season...

Wish there was a way to spectate or see highlights!!

Pudsy33

HowAreWe wrote: »

Good luck to All! Disappointed I'm not there but sure always next season...

Wish there was a way to spectate or see highlights!!

It would be great alright. I'd imagine someone will write decent reports on all the matches once they're finished.

Raoul

0-0 in the first quarter of the Bears Panther game.

Panthers take the lead 7-0 but on the chat are complaining of lag making a farce of the game.

Bears pull it back to 7-3 before the end of the 2nd quarter and with not long left they move into the no huddle offence to try and score again before the end of the half.

The Bears manage to score and its 10-7 going in at half time.

Well into the 3rd and the Panthers strike back to go 14-10 up.

Bears take the lead with only a few minutes left. 14-17 to the bears.

BEARS WIN 17-14.

Unlucky Matthew

Berty44

Did Ben change the quarter length to 10 minutes for the playoffs ?

matthew8

Berty44 wrote: »

Did Ben change the quarter length to 10 minutes for the playoffs ?

No.

Basically what happened was I punted, then paddy drove downfield and Gamble made an interception in the endzone. Cam threw for a 5 yard TD. Then the Bears got a FG. Panthers punted but Bears went 94 yards for a TD, finishing with a 60 yard Hester catch and run in which 2 Panthers defenders stumbled massively to put the Bears up 10-7 at HT. After an interception on the first drive of the 2nd half for Gamble, Cam threw another 5 yard TD pass. The Bears went on a very long drive, with lots of awful defensive 3rd down plays (I wish I blitzed more) and Marshall caught a 16 yard TD pass on 3rd and goal. Edwards appeared to be open on the Bears 20 with 3 minutes to go, but Urlacher picked it off with a big leap. The Bears got a first down, and with 2 minutes left, went for a pass on second down to ice the game, me holding no timeouts. Cutler was sacked and the ball was stripped, but an OL fell on it (fumbles are really a joke with players always falling over each other, Stewart had one stripped but 4 Bears players fell into themselves and a Panthers OL picked it up seconds after earlier in the game), the Bears completed a pass and that was that.

Moral of the story for next year: Pass more. Ran the ball far too much.

SantryRed

I definitely changed the quarter time last night when I advanced it. Strange that it didn't register Will do it again about 5.

Pudsy33

Pudsy33 wrote: »

No bother, might be finished a bit later then 7 myself. Have exams to study for and all that.

Actually mate might not be around this evening after all. I'll let you know if I'm still here. If not let me know when else you're free

SantryRed

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Actually mate might not be around this evening after all. I'll let you know if I'm still here. If not let me know when else you're free

Exam study panic has set in :pac:

Pudsy33

SantryRed wrote: »

Exam study panic has set in :pac:

Yeah, the meltdown has begun early this year!

etloveslsd

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Actually mate might not be around this evening after all. I'll let you know if I'm still here. If not let me know when else you're free

Exams take priority, I'm home now, so pm me if you can play this evening. If not I'm good any evening this week and have no plans for Saturday yet.

Alternatively, to announce your forfeiture, you need to take out a front page spread of the Baltimore Sun declaring us the Kings of AFC North and the photo should be of James Harrison standing over a prone and broken Ray Rice howling in celebration.

You have my terms.

Berty44

Tom Brady had a nightmare as the Patriots playoff dream came to a shuddering halt in Kansas. 6 interceptions of The Golden Boy saw the Chiefs run up a big advantage. The Patriots did manage a pair of TD's but it was all too late as the Chiefs ran out 44-14 victors.

A disappointing end to the season for Pats coach Dave should be put in context. Only 3 wins in all of last year's Madden to making the playoffs in the first season of an improved league is a fantastic achievement.

Hard luck Dave, my DB's played inspired stuff tonight. Great chatting. Best of luck in the draft and for next season.

madalig12

Raoul wrote: »

MadAliG, what time will you be about today?

I should be able to play anytime today, if I can get up the stairs after my torn meniscus op yesterday! Bloody six weeks in a leg brace is not gonna be fun.

helimachoptor

is that from flag alig?

davetherave

Aye, Berty fair trounced me. His secondary were giving me no help at all. Six picks and Gronk didn't even have a single reception. He got subbed in at FB out of the I at the one yard line to flip over everybody for six. In retrospect I probably should have let the fb take it for his goals or progression :
As he said though, I reached the playoffs and that is a huge improvement from last year so I can't complain to much.

madalig12

helimachoptor wrote: »

is that from flag alig?

No football, don't think there is any American football played up here in the sticks.

SantryRed

Due to the first two results, the fixtures are sorted for the Divisional:

AFC

Baltimore Ravens/Pittsburgh Steelers @ New York Jets

Kansas City Chiefs @ Jacksonville Jaguars

NFC

Chicago Bears @ Washington Redskins

New Orleans Saints/San Francisco 49ers @ Green Bay Packers


Chiefs-Jags look like a cracker

Raoul

I am atrociously hungover, just about have the will to live at this stage. But I don't think i will get a chance to play this any time other than today. Would in about 40 mins suit?

madalig12

Ok

madalig12

Tough game this one Saints run it whilst the niners throw it. Brees has a rating of 18.8 and wins. 17-17 I get the ball back around my 20 with 1.47 on the clock and two timeouts all I need is a field goal to progress, call a toss play and before it gets into Gores hands its intercepted and ran in! I .........:mad:

empacher

This remind you of last night?

Raoul

Saints get away with it! 27-17.

Neither D's were really able to do too much the entire game. Not a lot to talk about really, Saints rushed all game (not the original gameplan but a lack of ability to concentrate meant I didn't want to pass too much) and the combination of Sproles and Thomas racked up over 300 yards I think. Brees only had 44 yards passing. For the 49ers it was all about Vernon Davis, Saints just couldn't stop him. Think he finished up with nearly 200 yards.

Outside of the 2 minute warning, game is level, Saints have it in the 49ers red zone, despite running it all game, I noticed that Colston didn't seem to be marked so I though quick pass get it out to him and he will get a TD. Well to my surprise as soon as I pressed the button the 49ers linebacker dropped back and made a great pick. Now the Saints had to stop the 49ers from getting into field goal range.

I must mention right before that play, Saint's running back fumbled but Saints were able to fall on it.

Now for the game deciding play. 49ers decide to HB pitch it, my linebacker was blitzing, breaks through the D line, Alex Smith pitches it to Gore but in steps Robinson for an INT (or does it count as a fumble?) and strolls into the endzone.

That made it 24-17, 49ers couldn't get anything going on offense, go for it on 4th down. Saints were able to run down the clock and kicked the FG to make sure that the 49ers couldn't come back even though they only had 12 seconds left on the clock.

It was an enjoyable game and not a great way to win to be honest. MadAliG has improved so much since I last played him and I have no doubt he will be back in the playoffs next year.

adrian522

My Controller would be gone through the TV if I lost a game because of an interception on a Toss play.

Pudsy33

Et, I will be around on Friday evening afaik so i'll play then if you're around I may be hungover, but that didn't hold Raoul back!

Raoul

adrian522 wrote: »

My Controller would be gone through the TV if I lost a game because of an interception on a Toss play.

Yeah, it was a bit awkward didn't know whether to celebrate or what. I had actually said earlier on in the game, that I had been getting close to intercepting them.

SantryRed

Raoul wrote: »

Yeah, it was a bit awkward didn't know whether to celebrate or what. I had actually said earlier on in the game, that I had been getting close to intercepting them.

Was it thrown to a side where there was no TE?

madalig12

SantryRed wrote: »

Was it thrown to a side where there was no TE?

I think so. it was the qb's left. i didnt see him coming not that i could have stopped it happening.

No sacks in this game which is rare too. Crabtree is going for catching lessons during off season!

etloveslsd

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Et, I will be around on Friday evening afaik so i'll play then if you're around I may be hungover, but that didn't hold Raoul back!

Yeah cool. Stop with the excuses, just call the paper.

Guffy

Think I got one of them in the regular season can't remember who was the victim though. Lost a few before too not nice.

Big Daddy Cool

when will all this wildcard and superbowl malarky be over with so we can settle down for far more important matters....... The Regular Season :P.

adrian522

Big Daddy Cool wrote: »

when will all this wildcard and superbowl malarky be over with so we can settle down for far more important matters....... The Regular Season :P.

Even more important than the regular season..... The off season.

Big Daddy Cool

adrian522 wrote: »

Even more important than the regular season..... The off season.

Well with my squad, thats something i'm not looking forward to :eek:

adrian522

I'm looking forward to ditching most of my so-called secondary onto free agency and starting afresh.

madalig12

adrian522 wrote: »

I'm looking forward to ditching most of my so-called secondary onto free agency and starting afresh.

Does this include mr.Fairly?

adrian522

No, though if you want to trade for member of my D-Line I'm open to that. Don't know why you would given the team you have and the fact you run a 3-4 and my guys are all more suited to a 4-3.

madalig12

Because in a nickel formation, Williams/Thomas step in and I need someone to replace them who can penetrate the line. Also my DT rarely gets through ATM also.

Pudsy33

etloveslsd wrote: »

Yeah cool. Stop with the excuses, just call the paper.

Let me know when you're around this evening.

Pudsy33

Will you be able to start around 8 30 et?