Season 2 Results

Rock Lesnar

Falcons beat the Cards 52-28 i think

My team 1st, I could not run the ball at all, so relied on the pass a bit, a madden favourite of mine, Josh Boyce was the star man for me with over 200 yards receiving, not by choice though that he was my main target, Jones and Lewis were just never open. Run Defense was excellant, and Pass D was fine to but gave up alot of yards, where i will get to below

On to the F*&%ing CPU Cards, I really felt like quitting playing this, 4 times i got them to 3rd down and 4 times they got TD's from them, all over 75 bloody yards, set up to defend the pass over the top, yet John Brown outpaced Trufant and the safety and then Micheal Floyd done the same for TD's, Brown then caught a short pass and after bursting through 3 tackles, ran 79 for his 2nd TD, controller nearly went through the tele, thankfully i play Giffney next.

Pudsy33

Managed to lose to the Giants 20-17. Eli turns into a beast in the clutch, and I threw one silly interception which cost me the game. Happy with my offense to be honest, so hopefully this is just a blip.

davetherave

Lost 41-7 to the Patriots..... Lynch got benched, Wilson got benched, the O-Line is more porous than Spongebob Squarepants. I don't really know what to do

The scoring by quarter went 7-0, 21-0, 31-0, Then after they got another TD I scored inside of 4 minutes to get myself back into the game only down by 31 points with the score 38-7. Then they got a field goal to make it 41-7, I was moving well enough down the field but threw an interception. The Pats player got hit hard and fumbled but another NE player recovered it.

Highlights of the game. Butler had a pick for NE on his own four yard line that he ran back to the Seattle 11 yard line. Aaron Dobson had two long TD receptions from Brady for 63 and 80 yards. Jimmy Graham had a 54 yard TD catch from Jackson the Backup,
I suppose the fact that my rookie DT got two sacks was a good thing. Pats got six sacks on Wilson, he fumbled on one of those hits.

PerrinV2

davetherave wrote: »

Lost 41-7 to the Patriots..... Lynch got benched, Wilson got benched, the O-Line is more porous than Spongebob Squarepants. I don't really know what to do

The scoring by quarter went 7-0, 21-0, 31-0, Then after they got another TD I scored inside of 4 minutes to get myself back into the game only down by 31 points with the score 38-7. Then they got a field goal to make it 41-7, I was moving well enough down the field but threw an interception. The Pats player got hit hard and fumbled but another NE player recovered it.

Highlights of the game. Butler had a pick for NE on his own four yard line that he ran back to the Seattle 11 yard line. Aaron Dobson had two long TD receptions from Brady for 63 and 80 yards. Jimmy Graham had a 54 yard TD catch from Jackson the Backup,
I suppose the fact that my rookie DT got two sacks was a good thing. Pats got six sacks on Wilson, he fumbled on one of those hits.

Time to get rid of that Wilson lad and trade him to the Rams.

Rock Lesnar

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Time to get rid of that Wilson lad and trade him to the Rams.

You dont need him, sure he's obviously fed up of the west coast, plus you've got Foles, Atlanta would suit Wilson better.

PerrinV2

Rams 20 Bucc's 10

Highlights:
Foles throws pick on first drive.
Foles throws pick 6 on 3rd drive.
Foles loses fumble in 3rd quarter.

Thats it.

PerrinV2

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

You dont need him, sure he's obviously fed up of the west coast, plus you've got Foles, Atlanta would suit Wilson better.

See above match report.

Knex*

Just beat Saints CPU in a thriller. Was down a load, and won on my last drive, 39-34. Cam had 4 TDs, 3 INTs. 400+ yards, and another 55 rushing.

giffney1991

Beat CPU redskins 34-17 I think.

Josh Gordon is class, makes big plays a lot. Very happy with defense...getting my MLB back has made a huge difference. Makes plays all by himself!

Hopefully I can resign some of my players during the season and keep the core best players!

Pudsy33

If anyone is interested, I cut Brandon Pettigrew. He has decent stats as a receiving TE but he's an open-pass-dropping, useless fumbling ****. I meant to cut his after his pre-season performance, I forgot, and he made a show of himself vs the Giants :mad:

Pudsy33

Are Eagles cpu? If so, all human players have played

PerrinV2

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Are Eagles cpu? If so, all human players have played

No that I'm aware of,Carroller is over them.

tripperman

Cowboys 21 @ Packers 24

Great game Padraic you were very unlucky with that interception with only 5 minutes left that started my final time consuming drive, packers first play was a rush of about 8/9 yards that was called back for a holding penalty which left the packers in there own 12 yard line and on the next play Rodgers and jordy Nelson got in the grove for a long td, then the cowboys March down field with witten just crushing all defenders to bring them a td, next drive Rodgers pass gets tipped and picked by Sean Lee and cowboys are stopped and forced to take a fg which they miss, next play Rodgers pass gets batted down and a db laying on the ground catches it for a interception, cowboys drive down field and go 14-7 up in first qt, second qt packers starts slow and get a fg after failing to get a td in redzone, cowboys drive down field and get a td to go 21-10 up with 30 seconds on the clock in first half packers have the ball and have to incompletions and on a 3rd down Adams hauls in a deep pass to bring the packers to the cowboys 40 with 5 seconds left with wind against the packers they decide against a long fg and try a pass play, which Adams gets open and hauls it in and gets in for a td, ht 21-17 to cowboys, thrid qt no scores alot of punting and massive hits, one which made Rodgers fumble both of us very happy at this stage giffney left the injuries off, last qt cowboys are going down field looking for the score to seal the win but Randall reads a pass and gets up to pick it just in front of dez Bryant, packers have the ball with 5minutes or so on the clock and start along time eating drive which lacy on 3rd and goal at the 3yard line runs in with only 20 seconds left, cowboys then try a long pass which gets batted down and have 4 seconds to go for one more attempt, Romo gets back in the pocket an as the receivers start to get free down field, rookie le lane gets to romo and forces him to throw it away, packers get of jail with 21-24 win, have highlights but can't YouTube to work on Xbox, but will try over the weekend to get it going

PerrinV2

Rams 33 Cowboys 28

Game started well for the Rams,Dez Byrant had dropped a few pass's,Foles not playing terribly,defense doing well.
All in all it meant they led 20-7 going in a halftime.
Well things completely changed in the second half,Dez Byrant became unplayable coupled with some very good passing from Romo.
He just caught everything.
Ending the game with 7 receptions for 166 yards and 3 touchdowns.
On the other side Foles(The Rams......scapegoat if you will) fell apart throwing 4 picks.
Anyway flash foward to about 1.30 left in the game,Cowboys are down by 12 starting on their 1 yard line.
The get some breathing space with a short completion to Escobar,followed by big pass's to Witten and Dez and they're in for a TD.
With only 1 TO left they have to onside kick,they don't recover.
Rams have to only run the ball once,not fumble and they can kneel the game,although as the Cowboys had run commit twice in the game previously they try to be clever and PA.Its a bad pass from Foles and its picked.
With eyes on Witten and Byrant,Romo throws it long to Williams who hauls in a 1 handed 52 yard completion.
Cowboys are 15 yards out,they try Dez on corner route,he catchs about 1 yard out but its knocked out in the tackle,I think Nicks catchs the 2nd throw over the middle short of the goal but again knocked out in the tackle.
3rd pass goes to the left corner to Williams but its batted away.
So its 4th down,Rams think they must go to Dez so when the ball is hiked there's 3 covering him but this leaves a gap over the middle,Romo goes there but doesn't throw it high enough and MLB is able to jump up and bat it away to seal the game.

Great and chat Padraic,the ending to the game was mad.
And Dez :eek:

PADRAIC.M

Crazy game! It's never over when you have Bryant ha ha, that Rams defense though!

PerrinV2

PADRAIC.M wrote: »

Crazy game! It's never over when you have Bryant ha ha, that Rams defense though!

Ah I knew buying those clutch traits was worth it

tripperman

Vikings 21- packers 14
Great game and chat Mr Commissioner giffney, Vikings won this quite comfortably were 14 points ahead most of the way and could sack and pick Rodgers off at ease, there offence just steam rolled the new look packers defence with ease, that td straight after me getting back to within 7 points was the game sealer for you, I'll think about that offer of the bucs or saints teams you talked about very tempting indeed I can see what you were thinking,

Rock Lesnar

tripperman wrote: »

Vikings 21- packers 14
Great game and chat Mr Commissioner giffney, Vikings won this quite comfortably were 14 points ahead most of the way and could sack and pick Rodgers off at ease, there offence just steam rolled the new look packers defence with ease, that td straight after me getting back to within 7 points was the game sealer for you, I'll think about that offer of the bucs or saints teams you talked about very tempting indeed I can see what you were thinking,

How many 4th downs did he attempt

Rock Lesnar

I must remember to quit my games next time i get a player injured, and check my schedule to, Julio Jones out for 3 games injured after a win v the cpu 49ers

I play Knex tonight in the 1st of them and Perrin in the 3rd. They should be good.

tripperman

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

How many 4th downs did he attempt

I didn't attempt any I was that bad

Raoul

Madden!! Lost my first game due to me missing a FG with seconds left. For some inexplicable reason my kicker hit it wide left from forty something yards.

Good game knex!

tripperman

Raoul wrote: »

Madden!! Lost my first game due to me missing a FG with seconds left. For some inexplicable reason my kicker hit it wide left from forty something yards.

Good game knex!

Don't worry iv seen point after attempts go out at the pylons, seems slight problem from time to time,

Rock Lesnar

Raoul wrote: »

Madden!! Lost my first game due to me missing a FG with seconds left. For some inexplicable reason my kicker hit it wide left from forty something yards.

Good game knex!

You will find this madden is full of stupid situations like that, so far in this game, i threw a pick v panthers last week where it hit my player in the head, and rebounded into a panthers players hands, you will probably throw a 5 yard underneath pass at some stage that will go 40 like an arrow, to a safety, you will intercept a pass only for the receiver to get the ball despite both players on the ground for about 5 secs and both are holding onto to the ball, although none of them beat when i intercepted a pass over in the pfl, my CB is running it back for a TD and at the 1 yard line, just dropped the ball on the ground.

I would really love to record highlights sometimes just to show how glitchy this game is, but iv'e no idea how, anyway Beat the saints last night, 2 fumbles by Hundley, actually recorded the 2nd so will post it up on my feed later.

PerrinV2

Rams 28 Falcons 7

This was a tight game despite was the scoreline suggests.
Falcons were able to drive from their own half with relative ease but Rams were able to force turnovers in the Redzone at vital moments including a pick 6.
Rams offense didn't do a whole lot,Foles threw a horrible pick on his very first throw of the game.
But in fairness after that he was pretty good even finding WR Quick on a streak on a long bomb in the end zone.

GG and chat Rock,good luck in the playoffs.

Rock Lesnar

Ah now Perrin, despite the yardage stats this was as close as the scoreline suggests, i was well beaten, 5 horrible picks by me, cant even blame Madden/EA, all down to me, Foles was excellant for you, hopefully hes as good for me in a game i have later.

giffney1991

Vikings vs lions

Broke pudsys soul and mind when I intercepted a screen pass for a pick 6

That is all

Raoul

giffney1991 wrote: »

Vikings vs lions

Broke pudsys soul and mind when I intercepted a screen pass for a pick 6

That is all

So harsh

tripperman

giffney1991 wrote: »

Vikings vs lions

Broke pudsys soul and mind when I intercepted a screen pass for a pick 6

That is all

Ah you done that on top of trading him that injury bust Adrian Fumbles Peterson, poor pudsy gets no luck,

PerrinV2

Ouch.

giffney1991

I just laid the absolute pain on CPU bears

65-7

I'll take my 1 week ban if so enforced

PerrinV2

giffney1991 wrote: »

I just laid the absolute pain on CPU bears

65-7

I'll take my 1 week ban if so enforced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp-5Hoo2pnI

The punishment will be far higher than that.
Winning by 58 points is.....I'll take out what I was gonna say and just say not good :mad:

giffney1991

PerrinV2 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp-5Hoo2pnI

The punishment will be far higher than that.
Winning by 58 points is.....I'll take out what I was gonna say and just say not good :mad:

I simmed the half and just happened! Sure look, I'll just have you killed on your holidays...I assumed that's one of the perks

davetherave

Gutted, lost to the Rams 26-21.

First quarter was scoreless. Second quarter was scoreless until the two minute warning. Then they got TDs and a kick to make it 17-0 at halftime. That Wilson lad threw a few interceptions....

Jimmy got a score in the third that made it 17-7.

In the fourth the Rams got a FG to make it 20-7. Was sure that I was out of it at that stage when I then returned the kick 97 yards for a TD with Lockette. 20-14

They scored again when my Free safety stopped and stood still and looked at the ball whizzing over his head while the man entered his zone, passed through his zone and was going deep. YOU CAN SEE THE FU€KER BALLWATCHING!!! and then I was was sure that I was out. They went for two and didn't convert. 26-14

Then on my next play I got a 77 yard pass one play score. Lockette on a deep slant across the middle caught the ball when the flag on the play marker hopped up. I figured that it was probably holding on the o-line but kept running and sure enough he outran his man, turned upfield and was gone for six. The penalty was holding on the defense. The kick after was good and that made it 26-21 with 5:02 to play.

Prior to this by my calculations Todd Gurley had rushed for 20 yards in the 1st half including 3 for zero, or negative yards. The Rams running backs picked up 41 yards and ran out 5 minutes of the clock and I could do nothing to stop them. It's simple football tatics, send more defenders than they have blockers and they shouldn't be able to run up the middle right.......
Stupid madden cpu 4th quarter comebacks (even though they were winning )


Jimmy is still topping the Receiving Leader Boards though.... that has to count for something right?


Kick return for TD - xboxdvr.com/gamer/DaftDave41/video/14961064

There was this happier moment from the first fixture this year though
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/DaftDave41/video/14961113 I was estatic, Perrin not so much

Rock Lesnar

Beat the chargers, so sick of cpu, i had forgot how much it really drains my interest in playing in this league, i get them to 3rd and long, no problem, then we get an unbelievable throw by a QB who couldnt hit a barn door before this, followed by an unbelievable catch by guys with catching attributes in the mid 70's surrounded by 2 or 3 of my backs for 30-50 yards gains.

tripperman

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Beat the chargers, so sick of cpu, i had forgot how much it really drains my interest in playing in this league, i get them to 3rd and long, no problem, then we get an unbelievable throw by a QB who couldnt hit a barn door before this, followed by an unbelievable catch by guys with catching attributes in the mid 70's surrounded by 2 or 3 of my backs for 30-50 yards gains.

In Phillip River's we believe

PerrinV2

Rams get smashed by the Panthers...that is all.

Knex*

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Rams get smashed by the Panthers...that is all.

Ah, not really.

Two fumbles on consecutive kick returns, one of which was scooped straight back for a TD makes it seem worse. Plus the Foles fumble returned for a TD as well.

Was just really a game of fumbles! We had five or six of them :pac:

An enjoyable match though.

Knex*

Panthers beat Vikings 21-14.

Good game, giffney. Enjoyed the defensive battle! Can probably count yourself unlucky with that one, all things considered.

tripperman

Panthers 0 @ packers 27

this was a very unexpected win for the packers, honestly after the soul crushing defeat rock inflicted on me the night before in the pfl, I had wrote a message before the game on the Xbox app on the phone for knex to congratulate him and wish him well in the next round,

The this was a good game of football just lady luck had intervened and gone against knex, his first two snaps on offence set the tone a false start and a holding call, Panthers got to the packers redzone only to get picked three times and get tackled before a td or a 1st down was secured on a fourth down attempt late on, lacy moved the chain's well and allowed Rodgers time in the pocket to go 15-18 and 241 yards for 3tds, the real score should be 21-27 great game knex best of luck next season

Knex*

So many small things infuriated me about that game. I once had Cobb double covered in man with safety and corner, knowing what you were doing, and moved a DE out in the flat, so essentially triple covered, and he made the catch.

The INT by Matthews made no sense to me either, but that's the way it goes. Another INT from the deflection that they dived under the rebound and somehow grabbed, seemed far too miraculous too, although it did look sweet. I got too rash in the Red Zone anyway, so can't have many complaints. There was one slant that smacked right off Benjamin's chest in the end zone, and bounced about two yards off him. That baffled me a bit :pac:

Well deserved, I would have to say, though. Those drag routes were a pain in the hole, and when Lacy just doesn't go down without three men, it makes it difficult to commit to stopping them. Couple of times I thought I had Lacy sewn up in the back field, only for him to bounce away and keep on trucking.

Best of luck!

PerrinV2

Congrats Trip,unlucky Knex.

tripperman wrote: »

Panthers 0 @ packers 27

this was a very unexpected win for the packers, honestly after the soul crushing defeat rock inflicted on me the night before in the pfl, I had wrote a message before the game on the Xbox app on the phone for knex to congratulate him and wish him well in the next round,

The this was a good game of football just lady luck had intervened and gone against knex, his first two snaps on offence set the tone a false start and a holding call, Panthers got to the packers redzone only to get picked three times and get tackled before a td or a 1st down was secured on a fourth down attempt late on, lacy moved the chain's well and allowed Rodgers time in the pocket to go 15-18 and 241 yards for 3tds, the real score should be 21-27 great game knex best of luck next season

Oh you snake!!!

PerrinV2

Rams 28 Cowboys 14

Man this was a tight game so much that is was 14-14 going into the final quarter when 2 turnover swung the game.

Rams started well opening with a TD.
Rams defence force Romo to a 3rd and 9,Romo decides to go long to Bryant..
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/16421438

7-7 all

2nd quarter very defensive until Cowboys went on a late drive,Rams get them to 3rd and 20 with 40 seconds left,Romo goes long to Witten..
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/16421453
With all their timeouts remaining Rams were expecting to at a min to give up a FG or at worst a TD but Cowboys do neither and let time expire(perhaps due to the ramblings of the Rams Coach distractingthe Cowboys coach :pac:)

Rams take the lead after Cook is left open for a TD
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/16422493

Wittem if a bit faster would have shortly taken this to house on the Cowboys next after a blown coverage but would settle for a 49 yard gain.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/16422520
2 plays later and its a TD for the Boys.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/16422562

Foles once again asking alot of his Wr's on the Rams next drive.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/16422564

Essentially the game turned in the 4th quarter when the Rams got 2 picks,one being a pick 6(which I didn't record right) and another by Pullard
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/16422565
which left the Cowboys with too much to do.

GG and chat Padraic,I wasn't feeling too confident after the 1st after the way Byrant and Witten were catching the ball,I think you would have won had Williams been there instead of Masey as Romo was throwing well.

PerrinV2

Rams 33 Packers 7

Rams open scoring with a TD but miss Pat attempt
Packers hit back when Rodgers hit Finley for a TD.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/16437068

Pretty much the next play,Gurley runs up the middle,breaks a tackle and goes home for a 71 yard Td.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/16437069

Unfortunately for the pack Rodgers would get picked on his next 2 drives,both leading to scores for the Rams
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/16437072

On the second there was alot of 1v1 battles in the game and Rams DB's kept punching the ball out all game.

GG Trip,pity we couldn't chat during,probably would have psyched me out.
I was lucky my Db's keep knocking the ball outts your recievers hands.

tripperman

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Rams 33 Packers 7

Rams open scoring with a TD but miss Pat attempt
Packers hit back when Rodgers hit Finley for a TD.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/16437068

Pretty much the next play,Gurley runs up the middle,breaks a tackle and goes home for a 71 yard Td.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/16437069

Unfortunately for the pack Rodgers would get picked on his next 2 drives,both leading to scores for the Rams
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/16437072

On the second there was alot of 1v1 battles in the game and Rams DB's kept punching the ball out all game.

GG Trip,pity we couldn't chat during,probably would have psyched me out.
I was lucky my Db's keep knocking the ball outts your recievers hands.

Well played perrin you were unstoppable in this one, told you I wasn't going to win this one as I had to much good luck in the last few games for it to continue, don't do mind games perrin, only say what I honestly think will happen and some times play along for the laugh, yeah mics were odd all I could hear from yours was a loud Buzz, so listened to iPod instead

PerrinV2

Rams 17 Panthers 3

Ultra shirt report.
A tale of 2 defenses really except when the Rams turned the ball over they had possession inside the Panthers half,wheras when the Panthers got the ball they had to start on their 1 yard line twice.
Olsen and Benjamin were the stars for the Panthers,for the Rams their defense.

GG Knex,gluk with the rest

davetherave

Lost to the titans 10-9.
Disappointing result. Neither team did great things on offence. I started the scoring 3-0, then they made it 7-3, 7-6, then i went ahead 9-7. I dumbled the ball inside of the two minute warning. The titans recovered and got a field goal to win it.

It was a big difference to what happened last gameweek against the Niners. Won that one 31-7ish. Still it's a good start to the season and now all I can do is wait for it to go pear shaped and become bitter and vengeful again :pac:

helimachoptor

Really enjoying playing with the cardinals, the QB is a joy to use and the o-line is damn impressive

Rock Lesnar

helimachoptor wrote: »

Really enjoying playing with the cardinals, the QB is a joy to use and the o-line is damn impressive

I had them in season 1, enjoyed them until i had to choose what league to keep playing, i like the Falcons now, Julio Jones is great as is my favourite TE in my madden franchise career, Coby ''the beast'' Fleener.

Beat the Buccs earlier, just like most cpu games, im cruising along until they rack up a few 60-80 yards TD's

davetherave

Lost to the CPU Saints. I was robbed.

They got a field goal, then I got a safety. We both got a converted TD in the second. I went ahead 12-10 with a field goal inside the two minute warning. They move down the field bringing the clock down from 1:54 to 0:30 with a 2nd and Goal on my three yard line. They run the ball, I force the fumble, I recover it. Happy days I'll just fullback run my way to victory. The booth decides to review and he is ruled down before the fumble. Grand they have the ball, they'll go for the kick and I'll have 30 seconds and two timeouts to get in field goal range. Fecking clock is still running because the offence recovered the ball, they kick it over and I'm there trying to figure out why the game is over instead of giving me the playcall for the kick return.

PerrinV2

Rams 20 Vikings 13

Its was a game of interceptions.
Vikings went 10-0 up before the Rams got a few turnovers to get back into the game and manage to hold on.

Pick by Ayers
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/19781311

Pick by Olgetree
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/19781383

TD by Mason
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/19781399

Pick by Reid
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/19781413

Britt Catch
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/19782846

Rams Fumble but recover it
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/19782865

Vikings Pick
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/19782883
(My Reciever got hit just as I threw it,nothing I could do )

Olgetree Pick
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/19782907

Vikings Pick
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/19782924
( Poor throw by the QB)

McDonald Pick to end the game
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/19782950

Also the 1st pick of the game by the Vikings
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/PerrinV2/video/19782970
(I hit the wrong button and threw into triple coverage)

GG Giff

Knex*

Panthers 17
Cowboys 10

Panthers sneak by Dallas in overtime, in a hard fought defensive battle. To put some context on it, the score was 3-3 with 7 mins remaining in the 4th quarter!

Panthers got the ball to start, and after a two or three series, were forced to punt.

Think Padraic put 3 points on the board after a long first drive, before each team forcing a punt on consecutive drives. Que Panthers with the ball, on their own 4 yard line, and right before the 2 min warning.

Panthers get all the way to Cowboy's 1 yard line with 4 seconds remaining, opt to run, but can't get it over the line with time expiring before Coach Kolo Toure can call the time out.

3rd quarter was another defensive showing, and the fourth only lit up at the end, with Panthers punching the ball into the end zone right after the 2 min warning, to put them in the lead 10-7. I think it was in the build up to this TD that Benjamin found himself 1v1 on the outside and pulled the ball out of the DBs hands in what was the first big offensive play of the day. (If not then, it was in the overtime TD). It was one of those bull**** catches that when they happen against you, you shake your head and go, "FFS".

Padraic then went on an insane drive, with a nice 4th down play in the mix, and got the equalizing TD with only a handful of seconds left on the clock.

Overtime, and Panthers win the toss. Think Cowboys had them on 3rd and 14, after a great 2nd down play, only for Benjamin to go over the middle and pull down the ball in a pocket of space, bringing the Panthers into the opposition side of the field.

Couple of plays later, Benjamin again, who had some drops before the 4th quarter, comes in towards the middle on a dig route, grabs the ball, spin move and a juke, and he's running into the end zone in a play that had more than its share of good fortune for the Panthers.

Really unlucky, Padraic, I have to say. Could easily have won that game, and I feel that ridiculous Benjamin catch was the only thing to swing the game in my favour, so you can definitely feel a bit aggrieved there!

Definitely one of the more enjoyable Madden games I've had actually, I have to say. Helps get that madden bug to bite again for next year!