Dave's Madden Tracker thread

[dave]

Johnson left, Johnson right, Johnson to the flat, Johnson deep...

BigHerm (Titans) 20 Dave (Eagles) 7
All-Madden, 5 mins

Game recap:
It was pretty much the Chris Johnson Show. 17 of 31 plays were Johnson touches. Johnson left, Johnson right, Johnson to the flat.

Scouting report on Big Herm:
A) Passes to the flats extensively, whether it's Johnson or the tight end Bo Duke.
B) Rarely if ever throws 10-yards or deeper, unless it's to Johnson on a bailout or Britt in the slot.
C) Good pass defender ... God knows he saw enough of them in this game.
D) If you're gonna play Herm, assign your best corner to Britt. Expect Johnson all the time and especially on 3rd and long situations as a receiver.

Johnson is a prime example of Madden cheese IMO. Yes, he's a speedster, but they should just corrupt his receiving ratings so he can't be abused like this ... at least until he's a proven receiver.
I should have backed out of this game and asked for 6-minute quarters. 5 against Herm is pretty stupid, given his ball control mentality.

The likelihood of a rematch is pretty close to zero. Erase that line, I was probably overreacting.

Key stats:
McNabb 18-27 168 1-3
Collins 12-14 151 1-1
Young 1-1 14 0-0

McNabb 2-23
Westbrook 3-5

Johnson 14-30
White 2-9

Maclin 5-63
Brown 4-61
Westbrook 4-10
Celek 2-5
Avant 1-14
Jackson 1-13
McCoy 1-2

Britt 4-69
Scaife 4-23
Johnson 3-58
Cook 1-19
Gage 1 (-2)

TOP: Titans 10:18 Philly 9:42

Tracker record: 2-4

 

[Herm]

FWIW I thought we played a good game, just as I thought it was a GG last time we played on PS2, but you whined then too. You claimed i mixed my man and zone up well in the first half but then called too much zone in the second half. This was during the Player lock days when you could freeze your men before the play. I mixed my plays up in the second half just as i did in the first half back in that game. I used player lock more in the second half.

Johnson left, Johnson right, Johnson to the flat, Johnson deep...

BigHerm (Titans) 20 Dave (Eagles) 7
All-Madden, 5 mins

Game recap:
It was pretty much the Chris Johnson Show. 17 of 31 plays were Johnson touches. Johnson left, Johnson right, Johnson to the flat.
I take what you give me, ive had games this year where Johnson didnt even have 10 touches. I would beg you to watch a titans game this year and see how many times Chris Johnson touches the ball. Chris Johnson set Conference USA all purpose yard records in college.

Scouting report on Big Herm:
A) Passes to the flats extensively, whether it's Johnson or the tight end Bo Duke.
B) Rarely if ever throws 10-yards or deeper, unless it's to Johnson on a bailout or Britt in the slot. I have a QB with 70 something accuracy I would have to be really wide open to throw deep to the slowest set of WRs on the game.
C) Good pass defender ... God knows he saw enough of them in this game.
Yes I did you only ran 3x, wtf happened to your "i play andy reid 65-35 offense"
D) If you're gonna play Herm, assign your best corner to Britt. Expect Johnson all the time and especially on 3rd and long situations as a receiver.
PLEASE DO THIS , ill find someone else to throw to if your burning your best cb on my 3rd best WR.
Johnson is a prime example of Madden cheese IMO. Yes, he's a speedster, but they should just corrupt his receiving ratings so he can't be abused like this ... at least until he's a proven receiver.
Once again Dave he didnt set All purpose yardage records by being a bad receiver.

I should have backed out of this game and asked for 6-minute quarters. 5 against Herm is pretty stupid, given his ball control mentality.

The likelihood of a rematch is pretty close to zero.
Thats fine, i respect your game and wish you nothing but the best. I honestly thought it was a great game. No love is lost if you didnt feel the same, enjoy the season.
Key stats:
McNabb 18-27 168 1-3
Collins 12-14 151 1-1
Young 1-1 14 0-0

McNabb 2-23
Westbrook 3-5

Johnson 14-30
White 2-9

Maclin 5-63
Brown 4-61
Westbrook 4-10
Celek 2-5
Avant 1-14
Jackson 1-13
McCoy 1-2

Britt 4-69
Scaife 4-23
Johnson 3-58
Cook 1-19
Gage 1 (-2)

TOP: Titans 10:18 Philly 9:42

Tracker record: 2-4

Scouting report on Dave:

Offense
Looks to pass virtually all game, he ran 3 times against me. He smartly ran with McNabb 2x when all receivers were covered.

He takes FOREVER to throw the ball, blitz him and you're likely to get a sack. He had countless people open on crossing the field stuff shallow but hardly threw it . He looks for the bigger play with his speedy WRs( cant blame him with all that speed).


Underutilizes one of the biggest weapons in the game in Westbrook, he is infatuated with Jeremy Maclin. I figured that out by his comments in threads and spotlighted Maclin a good portion of the game. He wants Maclin on every pass play i feel like especially 3rd and long on corner routes. He burned me with a Maclin corner route out of the left slot one time so i sat on it and picked it off next time he tried it to seal the game.



My suggestion is spotlight Maclin and manually watch Desean Jackson who seemed to be his other favorite target. He caught a few bad breaks where Jackson couldnt hang on to the high pass after being undercut. He did have 4 completions to Reggie Brown but it feels like that was his 3rd or 4th read on plays where he had a ton of time to go through his progressions. Brown is the slowest of his receivers so its not a bad thing for him to get the ball to him.


HE WAS SCREWED BY THE BUTTON MASH FUMBLE CRAP. It wouldnt have made the difference in the game, but i felt bad for him on that one.

Defense
He seemed to really want to defend the big play, so dink and dunk and run the ball to have success versus his Eagles. He has the best secondary on the game in my eyes so why test them? I kept passes to crossing routes, ins, and in the flats for the most part.

3rd and long he calls some defense that parts like the red sea so i was able to convert with a 5 step drop then pass to the slot guy running a post route.

 

[dave]

FWIW I thought we played a good game, just as I thought it was a GG last time we played on PS2, but you whined then too. You claimed i mixed my man and zone up well in the first half but then called too much zone in the second half. This was during the Player lock days when you could freeze your men before the play. I mixed my plays up in the second half just as i did in the first half back in that game. I used player lock more in the second half.







Scouting report on Dave:

Offense
Looks to pass virtually all game, he ran 3 times against me. He smartly ran with McNabb 2x when all receivers were covered.

He takes FOREVER to throw the ball, blitz him and you're likely to get a sack. He had countless people open on crossing the field stuff shallow but hardly threw it . He looks for the bigger play with his speedy WRs( cant blame him with all that speed).


Underutilizes one of the biggest weapons in the game in Westbrook, he is infatuated with Jeremy Maclin. I figured that out by his comments in threads and spotlighted Maclin a good portion of the game. He wants Maclin on every pass play i feel like especially 3rd and long on corner routes. He burned me with a Maclin corner route out of the left slot one time so i sat on it and picked it off next time he tried it to seal the game.



My suggestion is spotlight Maclin and manually watch Desean Jackson who seemed to be his other favorite target. He caught a few bad breaks where Jackson couldnt hang on to the high pass after being undercut. He did have 4 completions to Reggie Brown but it feels like that was his 3rd or 4th read on plays where he had a ton of time to go through his progressions. Brown is the slowest of his receivers so its not a bad thing for him to get the ball to him.


HE WAS SCREWED BY THE BUTTON MASH FUMBLE CRAP. It wouldnt have made the difference in the game, but i felt bad for him on that one.

Defense
He seemed to really want to defend the big play, so dink and dunk and run the ball to have success versus his Eagles. He has the best secondary on the game in my eyes so why test them? I kept passes to crossing routes, ins, and in the flats for the most part.

3rd and long he calls some defense that parts like the red sea so i was able to convert with a 5 step drop then pass to the slot guy running a post route.

Finally. Someone did a scouting report on me. I've been dying for one.

I probably overreacted to our game Herm. I do that.

You should know that by now.

Hell, I still play Mr. Zone Davon.

The Davon callout thread set MM records.

Scouting report on Dave:

Offense
Looks to pass virtually all game, he ran 3 times against me. He smartly ran with McNabb 2x when all receivers were covered.

I couldn't stop Johnson and I like to throw, what can I say. If you look at most of my game reports the 65-35 ratio is pretty good.

He takes FOREVER to throw the ball, blitz him and you're likely to get a sack. He had countless people open on crossing the field stuff shallow but hardly threw it . He looks for the bigger play with his speedy WRs( cant blame him with all that speed).

That's true. I have slow reflexes. But I try to mix my gameplay and simply throwing short passes all game - while pretty easy - seems tacky to me. I would feel I'm cheating you as an opponent if I didn't have a nice mix of short, medium and deep passes. Seriously. I am that stupid about this.

Underutilizes one of the biggest weapons in the game in Westbrook, he is infatuated with Jeremy Maclin. I figured that out by his comments in threads and spotlighted Maclin a good portion of the game. He wants Maclin on every pass play i feel like especially 3rd and long on corner routes. He burned me with a Maclin corner route out of the left slot one time so i sat on it and picked it off next time he tried it to seal the game.

To be honest Herm, one of the reasons I underutilize Westbrook is because I don't want to feel like I'm cheesing with him.

My suggestion is spotlight Maclin and manually watch Desean Jackson who seemed to be his other favorite target. He caught a few bad breaks where Jackson couldnt hang on to the high pass after being undercut. He did have 4 completions to Reggie Brown but it feels like that was his 3rd or 4th read on plays where he had a ton of time to go through his progressions. Brown is the slowest of his receivers so its not a bad thing for him to get the ball to him.

I always spread the ball around passing. Maclin is admittedly my favourite receiver, but if you look at my game reports, I do everything in my power to be as diversified passing the ball as possible.

HE WAS SCREWED BY THE BUTTON MASH FUMBLE CRAP. It wouldnt have made the difference in the game, but i felt bad for him on that one.

Defense
He seemed to really want to defend the big play, so dink and dunk and run the ball to have success versus his Eagles. He has the best secondary on the game in my eyes so why test them? I kept passes to crossing routes, ins, and in the flats for the most part.

Actually, I called a lot of short pass defences, none worked ... and absolutely no 4th corner, safety or linebacker can cover Johnson as a receiver. Not a chance.

3rd and long he calls some defense that parts like the red sea so i was able to convert with a 5 step drop then pass to the slot guy running a post route.

I'll have to keep that in mind. Didn't realize it.

 

[Herm]

Finally. Someone did a scouting report on me. I've been dying for one.

I probably overreacted to our game Herm. I do that.

You should know that by now.

Hell, I still play Mr. Zone Davon.

The Davon callout thread set MM records.

I can learn from what you posted and vice versa. I keep scouting reports on a word file on my pc. I have for a few years now. I usually dont post them because people would get mad if i typed on here what most of them are. I saw you were giving scouting reports so i thought I'd oblige with one as well.



Sorry the first time i thought you just quoted my post i didnt realize you responded....

Dave you cant worry about feeling like you are cheesing with Westbrook. He is the cornerstone of the Eagles offense and you should get the most out of him. He is one of the great dual threat players in the league.
Im 100% not sorry for anyone who claims I use my teams biggest weapon too much. Football is about mismatches. If you cant cover Johnson on passing plays with a LB or Safety call Nickel and put a corner on him. Then i have the option of running on one less big defender, but thats the joy of mismatches.

Im not claiming anything cheesy about favoring Maclin, just a factual observation for the scouting report. im a firm believer in getting the ball in your best players hands. He is a great weapon and you should definitely try to take advantage of him. Its something i had to note though for anyone playing you. I really feel a big reason for me shutting down your passing attack was spotlighting Maclin and rolling coverage to him. I was willing to let you beat me with the other receivers.

I dont know what defense you called on 3rd and long, in fact its likely it wasnt something you did. I notice on 3rd and long alot on this game(and NCAA) slot wrs and TEs are open on streaks and posts an insanely high number of times. It almost seems the defenses just spread out to defend the sidelines. This happens to me as well, i dont know how to explain it.

 

[dave]

I can learn from what you posted and vice versa. I keep scouting reports on a word file on my pc. I have for a few years now. I usually dont post them because people would get mad if i typed on here what most of them are. I saw you were giving scouting reports so i thought I'd oblige with one as well.

I love doing the scouting reports and don't care if my opponents do the same. I might learn something about my game.

If you pass a lot to the flat and short passes, sorry but I'm gonna put that in my report.

I admit - and everyone knows this - I am an anal fuck who is a whiny biotch about diversified gameplay. I have never denied this or apologize for it.
But I do overreact at times after games, no doubt.

But if you look at my losses in this thread, I'm pretty fair. With TomatoKetchup, I had no issues with his playcalling whatsoever, just how long it took him to do everything.

With Krul, I only whined about that stupid fight for the fumble.

I know I can come across as a sore loser at times, but I would say the same things if I won the game.

And ... fuck Chris Johnson. He averaged 6 yards a catch last year. He's not that good a receiver ... but he's a fucking beast in Madden.

 

[Herm]

I love doing the scouting reports and don't care if my opponents do the same. I might learn something about my game.

If you pass a lot to the flat and short passes, sorry but I'm gonna put that in my report.

I admit - and everyone knows this - I am an anal fuck who is a whiny biotch about diversified gameplay. I have never denied this or apologize for it.
But I do overreact at times after games, no doubt.

But if you look at my losses in this thread, I'm pretty fair. With TomatoKetchup, I had no issues with his playcalling whatsoever, just how long it took him to do everything.

With Krul, I only whined about that stupid fight for the fumble.

I know I can come across as a sore loser at times, but I would say the same things if I won the game.

And ... fuck Chris Johnson. He averaged 6 yards a catch last year. He's not that good a receiver ... but he's a fucking beast in Madden.

Tatum Bell from 07 was one of the best madden running backs ive ever saw, its a video game its not perfect.:smh: Antonio Cromartie played like the best corner on the game last year as well.

Chris Johnson was a pro bowler at least. I have to go to bed, sorry for the semi thread jack

 

[dave]

Tatum Bell from 07 was one of the best madden running backs ive ever saw, its a video game its not perfect.:smh: Antonio Cromartie played like the best corner on the game last year as well.

Chris Johnson was a pro bowler at least.

I'm not really knocking Johnson. I think he's a heckuva player. But in this game, he's unreal.

You have a great team this year Herm. Thank God your receivers suck or the Titans would never lose.

 

[dave]

Move over Lombardi, there's a new sheriff in town...

Dave (Packers) 22 Krulmichael (Lions) 19
All-Madden 7 mins

Game recap:
If everyone played like Krulmichael I would never complain ever. Krul is the definition of class. Seriously.
A great player manually, but more importantly, a great player from a class point of view.
Mixes his play up religiously, cut me slack on our second "fight for the fumble".
If I played every game the rest of this online season vs. guys like Krul, I'd be a happy man.
We have great, str8, fun games.

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/8496691

Scouting report on Krul:
Already did one.

Key stats:
Rodgers 13-22 221 2-1
Stafford 17-26 270 1-1

Grant 14-24
Rodgers 3-32

Smith 10-32
Morris 4-11

Jennings 5-100
Martin 2-35
Driver 2-29
Finley 2-17
Grant 1-16
Nelson 1-12
Jackson 1-12

Northcutt 5-128
C. Johnson 4-69
K. Smith 3-14
B. Johnson 2-33
Pettigrew 1-13
Morris 1-8
Brown 1-5

Woodson 101-yd INT TD

Tracker record: 3-4

 

[dave]

Want to be immortalized in this thread?

2 p.m. EST I am available for a game before work Monday.

6-mins All-Madden.

 

[NWSaint]

Dave!!

First of all, I don't know if i'd ever have the time of patience to match your writing skills.. VERY brutal, honest and written with a certain intellect.. LoL.. you never cease to amaze me.. especially the way you "tell it as it is".. I can always tell when you've had a good or bad game just by the sincerity (or lack thereof) your descriptive writeups.. see now, that's the one thing I fear in playin' ya, you do these scouting/writeups & just straight expose mf'ers.. LoL..damn, at first it's like reading the Monday sports edition of USA Today, especially when I see headlines like this....

Move over Lombardi, there's a new sheriff in town...

LMMFAO!!!!

Dave, your an absolute classic......... & I respect ya.. I can tell ya put away the kid bullshyt a long time ago, and now ya just tell it like a man.... kudos!.. We're gonna have to roll soon enough .. would love to get it in either today or sometime this week.. I got work, training, cardio, and some brief studying goin' on before I fire up the S3 all week, but i'll do what I can to be on no later than 3 or 4 PM PST.. keep this in mind and get back to me when ya can, and keep up the solid writeups.. good stuff bra'.



NWSaint.

 

[dave]

I didn't feel like playing this afternoon. It's too fucking hot right now.

That said, I turned on my central air for the first time this year and my place should be sufficiently comfortable when I get home at midnight (EST).

I'd like to get a game or two in.

 

[strahanfan92]

dave i wanna play you no homo

 

[dave]

dave i wanna play you no homo

I hope to be on by midnight.

 

[strahanfan92]

im waiting in the room lol

 

[dave]

im waiting in the room lol

Sorry I was late. Work ran late. Had no choice.

 

[strahanfan92]

lol that was the best and most exciting fourth quarter i have ever played

 

[dave]

Coach Andy Reid (errrr. Dave) fined after Eagles loss

Strahanfan (Giants) 36 Dave (Eagles) 32
All-Madden, 7 mins

Game recap:
Eagles' coach Dave was shaking his head after this one. "Why the fuck can't my 80 and 90 rated D stop the pass?" asked a bewildered coach. "That was unbelieveable."
The Eagles - no joke - led 19-7 going into the 4th quarter. They gave up an Izzy-like 29 points in the 4th quarter!
"The game makes me sick to my stomach," said coach Dave after the game. "This is just unreal."
A huge play for the Giants came early when linebacker D. Clark intercepted one of those balloon passes that hits the line. It just seemed to change everything.
While McNabb had two INTs, the second was simply a hail mary, so coach Dave isn't that uptight about that.
It was a strange game that coach Dave would rather forget. "I still can't figure out if I lost the game or he won it. It's time for some heavy drinking," coach Dave said to a group of depressed Philadelphia reporters.
Commissioner Roger Goodell fined coach Dave $50,000 later in the week for using the word "fuck" in his press conference and refusing to drink NFL sponsor Coors after the game.
"I hate that shit," said coach Dave. "Get me a damn Sam Adams!"

Scouting report on Strahanfan:
A) Always manual, sometimes probably too much so. His insistence on being overly manual cost him the Jackson KR TD and at times his bafflingly stupid play with Ahmad Bradshaw cost him touchbacks.
B) A tale of two halves - he tried to be methodical and pound the ball in the first half. It simply didn't work. His run game was very weak in this game ... then again, mine sucked too.
C) Once he opened up his offence, the Eagles' defensive backfield seemed to go into retarded mode. He relies heavily on Brandon Jacobs as a receiver, even deep. I wish EA could set up ratings so guys like Jacobs were a non-factor as receivers. Did a good job using his smurf receivers, especially Smith
D) On defence, he was bringing eight guys in the box early and often - and paid for it. You can't play that way against coach Dave's Eagles. Strahanfan should have read Dave's Madden tracker for early scouting. Dave thinks the run is something you do when you're up 35. But, again, I can't stress this enough - there's a time to be manual and there's a time to think about not being manual. Strahanfan needs to find a balance.

Key stats:
McNabb 19-27 387 3-2
Manning 22-30 387 4-1

McCoy 3-13
weaver 1-10
Westbrook 13-12

Jacobs 10-19

Curtis 6-151 2td
Westbrook 3-112 75yd td
Maclin 3-45
Celek 3-32
Weaver 2-32
Avant 1-8
Brown 1-7
Jackson 0 (1 big drop)

Smith 6-160
Jacobs 6-82
Nicks 3-99
Bradshaw 3-10
Boss 2-18
Hixon 1-16
Hedgecock 1-2

Huge INT TD for Giants D. Clark

Jackson 107-yd kick return TD

Total offence: Eagles 404 Giants 403
Rush: Eagles 35 Giants 19
Pass: Eagles 369 Giants 384
Turnovers: Eagles 2 Giants 1
Posession: Eagles 14:56 Giants 13:04

Sacks: Giants 3 Eagles

Tracker record: 3-5

 

[dave]

I really have to stop being so smashmouth on offence and open it up more.

 

[strahanfan92]

B]Scouting report on Strahanfan:[/B]
A) Always manual, sometimes probably too much so. His insistence on being overly manual cost him the Jackson KR TD and at times his bafflingly stupid play with Ahmad Bradshaw cost him touchbacks.
B) A tale of two halves - he tried to be methodical and pound the ball in the first half. It simply didn't work. His run game was very weak in this game ... then again, mine sucked too.
C) Once he opened up his offence, the Eagles' defensive backfield seemed to go into retarded mode. He relies heavily on Brandon Jacobs as a receiver, even deep. Never Deep, most of his big catches were from screensI wish EA could set up ratings so guys like Jacobs were a non-factor as receivers. Did a good job using his smurf receivers, especially Smith
D) On defence, he was bringing eight guys in the box early and often - and paid for it. You can't play that way against coach Dave's Eagles. Strahanfan should have read Dave's Madden tracker for early scouting. Dave thinks the run is something you do when you're up 35. But, again, I can't stress this enough - there's a time to be manual and there's a time to think about not being manual. Strahanfan needs to find a balance. I have never played someone like you this year, you pass so often and I was just not expecting that. That's why my first quarter blew but I got better at stopping your O each and each quarter.

I def manual wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much but its a habit that i can't get rid of. Most of the time I screw myself with manualing with a safety.

 

[dave]

You pass so often.

I play Eagles football, baby.

If Andy Reid had his way, they'd never run.

So coach Dave tries to think the same way.

When you showed 8 in the box, I salivated like a fat kid at McDonald's.


Be honest ... when you saw my offence - you said to yourself "Holy fuck, I'm actually playing the Eagles!"