Season 1: Divisional Round

SantryRed

NFC

Chicago Bears @ Washington Redskins

New Orleans Saints @ Green Bay Packers

AFC

Pittsburgh Steelers @ New York Jets

Kansas City Chiefs @ Jacksonville Jaguars

Best of luck to all

Nelbert

Packers are available all of this evening and tomorrow morning?

Guffy

SantryRed wrote: »

NFC

Chicago Bears @ Washington Redskins

New Orleans Saints @ Green Bay Packers

AFC

Pittsburgh Steelers @ New York Jets

Kansas City Chiefs @ Jacksonville Jaguars

Best of luck to all

Could you imagine that line up in real life ?

SantryRed

Paddy,

I could do tonight at 7 if you're about?

Unfortunately, after that, I'm going to Belfast tomorrow, have a crap load to do on Xmas Eve but could possibly squeeze it in before heading the pub about 6, and could do the 27th but not too late as I'm off out again that night :pac:

Berty44

Chiefs @ Jags

Mikey, I am around this evening from around 10. Also around on Sunday evening after 10 ( I might be able to do Sunday afternoon depending on the time ).

madalig12

gufc21 wrote: »

Could you imagine that line up in real life ?

The draft order has made the league more even, but the cream rises to the top anyway. Even if we had 32 players last year and some of the great players had the REALLY bad teams I think they would still make the playoffs. Shows that a good understanding of the game and what plays to call counts just as much as being able to play the game. What pick places have made this round? Most are mid table picks.

linebacker52

SantryRed wrote: »

Paddy,

I could do tonight at 7 if you're about?

Unfortunately, after that, I'm going to Belfast tomorrow, have a crap load to do on Xmas Eve but could possibly squeeze it in before heading the pub about 6, and could do the 27th but not too late as I'm off out again that night :pac:

Can you get on around 6 30 would suit me better if not tonight i wont be around till the 27th.

Raoul

Nelbert, tonight would be awesome, I'm not totally sure what time though, possibly 8? Back at the parents for Xmas so is that ok?

SantryRed

linebacker52 wrote: »

Can you get on around 6 30 would suit me better if not tonight i wont be around till the 27th.

Sorry Paddy but I've gone out for a bite to eat so can't get on til 7/7:15? I'm about til about 9 if later suits? If not 27th is good.

Thanks

linebacker52

SantryRed wrote: »

Sorry Paddy but I've gone out for a bite to eat so can't get on til 7/7:15? I'm about til about 9 if later suits? If not 27th is good.

Thanks

Lets leave it till the 27th I should be around all day we can sort a time out later in the week.

Nelbert

Raoul wrote: »

Nelbert, tonight would be awesome, I'm not totally sure what time though, possibly 8? Back at the parents for Xmas so is that ok?

yeah that would be fine. Be gentle though, I'm ungodly hungover and it's getting worse by the minute!

Raoul

Nelbert wrote: »

yeah that would be fine. Be gentle though, I'm ungodly hungover and it's getting worse by the minute!

Will give you an extra half hour. Waiting for people to leave

Nelbert

Raoul wrote: »

Will give you an extra half hour. Waiting for people to leave

Ready when you are

Danger_dave1

No message from the steelers , he fears me already .... He should probably just go on auto pilot so he doesnt have to witness first hand the destruction of his team .

Raoul

Nelbert, having a nightmare here. We have visitors, hoping that I will be on shortly after nine, sorry.

Raoul

Saints go through, think the score was 44-21 in the end. Had a disaster getting this played. Tried three times and it cut out each time around the halfway point. It was my net, so I set up the Xbox using a wired connection which was not a pretty site, extension leads out the hallway, modem in the hall, messy. Each game cut out with one person just winning by a couple of points.

Every game was the same. Sproles v finley! Two guys had monster games but sproles got the better in the end with 5 td rushes and almost 300 yards. Turning out to be a great playoff for Darren.

Again sorry nelbert for all the restarts. I really enjoyed all the games though, lots of great offense, not much d at all.

Edit - come on d bears!!!!!!!

Big Daddy Cool

Lets get these ''friendlies'' played as quick as ye can, can i suggest all game played on christmas day :cool:

more important matters are ahead in the off season :P

still a little hungover

Nelbert

Raoul wrote: »

Saints go through, think the score was 44-21 in the end. Had a disaster getting this played. Tried three times and it cut out each time around the halfway point. It was my net, so I set up the Xbox using a wired connection which was not a pretty site, extension leads out the hallway, modem in the hall, messy. Each game cut out with one person just winning by a couple of points.

Every game was the same. Sproles v finley! Two guys had monster games but sproles got the better in the end with 5 td rushes and almost 300 yards. Turning out to be a great playoff for Darren.

Again sorry nelbert for all the restarts. I really enjoyed all the games though, lots of great offense, not much d at all.

Edit - come on d bears!!!!!!!

Was a great 3 hour Madden session in fairness. Sproles for about 500 yards total over all the games.
Turnovers killed me in the deciding game. Few at key times. The one just before halftime which you scored from in particular.
Need help on both sides of the line in the draft.
Would trade Benson and my first two round picks for an upgrade at RB though.

Berty44

Mikey. I should be around all afternoon Sunday and the Sunday night later ( after 10 )

Mikeyt086

Berty44 wrote: »

Mikey. I should be around all afternoon Sunday and the Sunday night later ( after 10 )

Sorry I havent been on, my laptop was stolen on Thursday and it's been awkward to get online.

Tonight doesn't work for me, I'm out again. Could probably do some time tomorrow if you're around, although if you can't make it I can do some time on the 26th and 27th.

Berty44

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Sorry I havent been on, my laptop was stolen on Thursday and it's been awkward to get online.

Tonight doesn't work for me, I'm out again. Could probably do some time tomorrow if you're around, although if you can't make it I can do some time on the 26th and 27th.

No problem. Sorry to hear about your laptop.

In the interests of personal safety I can't do tomorrow or 26th/27th.

Next available for me is the evening of the 28th.

Danger_dave1

The jets take advantage of some bad luck. The jets had two long drives in first two quarters but both times the Steelers D steeped up and prevent touchdowns with some excellent play calling .

After taking a field goal. Making it 6-0 the jets kick off to the steelers . The Steeles fumble the kick off . Steelers D is gased at this point. The jets play action and score a touchdown . 13-0. The steelers need something . Sadly after a play action it's picked off. The jets have a short field and score a field goal 16-0.

The second half sees the jets get ball and score a touchdown . 24-0 . At this point the jets knew the Steelers were passing .

Hard luck ET the fumble was a killer after your defense had played so well . See you next season !

Mikeyt086

Berty I've a new laptop now, and the 28th sounds good for me, I've nothing planned that day, I'll let you know if that changes.

SantryRed

Paddy,

Tomorrow is good for me between 5-8:30 start. If no good, I'm about all day Friday if you wanna play then.

Berty44

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Berty I've a new laptop now, and the 28th sounds good for me, I've nothing planned that day, I'll let you know if that changes.

Good stuff. Sometime between 7 and 10 that evening is best for me.

linebacker52

SantryRed wrote: »

Paddy,

Tomorrow is good for me between 5-8:30 start. If no good, I'm about all day Friday if you wanna play then.

Lets say 7 30 then if that suits you

SantryRed

Washington Redskins 38-14 Chicago Bears

The Washington Redskins advance to the NFC Championship game in a game which could have been a hell of a lot different for the Chicago Bears. The game opened up with the Redskins being forced 3 and out and punting to the Bears. The Bears then scored a quick TD, hitting Hester early, who then ate up the turf for a 60+ yard TD pass. The Redskins were then stopped again just before Field Goal range and the Bears got the ball back. A series of key drops, especially a Marshall drop on a 3rd and 10 which would have put the Bears in Field Goal range, were crucial as the game developed.

After this, RGIII and the Washington Defense got into the game a bit more, and at 14-7 with a minute left in the first half, had a key third and goal. Nothing was opened and Griffin wanted to slide down, I stupidly pressed X to slide while still behind the line of scrimmage, so the ball was floated up to Peppers to pick him off :pac:

Amazingly, this actually worked out for the Redskins, as a pick was thrown by Cutler, allowing Griffin to get up to the 5 yard line before Helu got in. And then on a hail mary at the end of the half, Meriweather picked off Cutler again, and somehow weaved through all 11 Bears players before getting into the end zone as time expired in the half.

The Bears knew they needed something quickly in the 2nd half and got it immediately, as Forte broke the line of scrimmage and got a 70 yard TD. Unfortunately for the Bears, on the next Washington drive, they converted several key third downs, which eventually got them into the end zone with 1 minute left on the third quarter clock and it gave the Bears too much to do.

Thanks a lot for the game Paddy, could have been a lot different. Miss our NFC North tussles :pac:

Stats:

RGIII: 17/21 234 yards 2 TDs 1 INT
Cutler: 9/23 190 yards 1 TD 4 INT

Helu Jr: 33 attempts for 200 yards and 2 TDs
Forte: 11 attempts for 132 yards and 1 TD

Mikeyt086

Berty we still on for tonight? 8.30 good for you?

Berty44

Yep 8:30 is absolutely perfect ! See you then !

Berty44

Berty44 wrote: »

Yep 8:30 is absolutely perfect ! See you then !

Mikey there seems to a huge issue connecting to XBL which is affecting a wide range of regions. Microsoft have confirmed these problems. It is affecting UPC customers in Ireland, which I am , not sure about other services.

I am still on for tonight at 8:30 if I can get on XBL. If I cannot connect I will post in here.

( with thanks to Helimachoptor who pointed me towards all the info on this problem ! )

Berty44

It's back working..... for the moment anyway !

Mikeyt086

I'm on UPC aswell Berty! I've been having issues all day.

I say we give it a go at 8.30 anyway (I can do earlier actually, I'm free all night now) and if we disconnect we should try again tomorrow.

Just seen that thread in the UPC forum now. Frustrating!

Berty44

Yep it's a total bummer. Got on for about 45 mins earlier but gone again. I am going to a wedding tomorrow unfortunately and won't be able to play until Sunday night or Monday morning

Will try at 8:30

Mikeyt086

Not looking great, just tried to hop on there and took forever to sign in, crawling along before eventually disconnected.

I'll keep trying though.

Berty44

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Not looking great, just tried to hop on there and took forever to sign in, crawling along before eventually disconnected.

I'll keep trying though.

Think we are piddling against the wind ( and it is VERY windy ) trying to do this tonight. I can't get on at all.

Can we reschedule rather than wasting the whole night.

Best time for me would be anytime Monday ( probably earlier the better so Ben can advance )

I might be able to do Sunday night @ 9 but will have to confirm that on the day.

Mikeyt086

Edit: I'm talking to you now.

SantryRed

Guys, try clear your cache!! And then restart the console.

Berty44

What a bummer 13-13 in a fantastic game.

Disconnect !

Monday morning Mikey name a time !

Mikeyt086

Yeah was a very intense game. 13-13 with Berty in the red zone and 5mins left in the 3rd quarter.

If you can make Sunday night that would be ideal, let me know when you do, otherwise... define "morning" haha as I may have to adjust my current sleep schedule.

Berty44

Does clear cache sve the problem Ben

SantryRed

Berty44 wrote: »

Does clear cache sve the problem Ben

Microsoft seem to think so Bert! I think it's a upc problem myself.

Berty44

SantryRed wrote: »

Microsoft seem to think so Bert! I think it's a upc problem myself.

Mikey I'm still on if you want another crack. Send me a party invite. My gamer tag is Berty44 also

helimachoptor

has worked for me bert..

Berty44

helimachoptor wrote: »

has worked for me bert..

Yep I notice you are still killing crap !!!

Mikey I am around for rest of the night if you want to retry after clearing cache.

Mikeyt086

Ah sorry I didn't see that, I disconnected myself shortly after and started playing Far Cry 3 and got totally immersed in it. I'm heading out now for a bit so won't have a chance to play again tonight.

If you can't get on Sunday night I'll get up on Monday morning and play you

Berty44

It's still iffy anyways so doubtful if we get it done. I will try and make Sunday at 9 and will post up my status during the evening if I can make that.

Enjoy your night out and don't get blown away !

mikemac1

This gives a chance to write up a preview!

Oh to have leaguemanager back and I could bore ye all with stats

SantryRed

mikemac1 wrote: »

This gives a chance to write up a preview!

Oh to have leaguemanager back and I could bore ye all with stats

All the stats are available on madden career.com mike

Raoul

SantryRed wrote: »

All the stats are available on madden career.com mike

The stats on that aren't all correct though and some of them are way off and really hard to find. LM was such a good site.

mikemac1

Have we a fake Skip Bayless twitter account?

As it would be drooling about Tim Tebow in the playoffs now :rolleyes:

Berty44

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Ah sorry I didn't see that, I disconnected myself shortly after and started playing Far Cry 3 and got totally immersed in it. I'm heading out now for a bit so won't have a chance to play again tonight.

If you can't get on Sunday night I'll get up on Monday morning and play you

Mikey, I got back early and can play Sunday afternoon if you are around between anytime 2:30 5:30 ( going out then so I definitely won't be able to do Sunday night )