Season 1: Playoffs: Wildcard Round Open!

AWARD WINNERS
All nominations for award winners are now locked. I will list all available choices shortly. The winners will be decided before the Super Bowl.

There is no GotW. A non-playoff team will choose the Conference Championship video (likely whoever carries the first pick in the draft.

Due to the importance of playoff games, there is no set advance date. However, if people are plodding their feet, I will issue a deadline and then advance.

go niners

NFL MVP: RB Matt Forte; Chicago Bears
Runner-up: QB Peyton Manning; Denver Broncos

NFL Coach of the Year: Jim Harbaugh; San Francisco 49ers
Runner-up: Joe Philbin; Miami Dolphins

AFC Offensive PotY: RB Chris Rainey; New York Jets
Runner-up: QB Ryan Tannehill; Miami Dolphins
AFC Defensive PotY: MLB Brian Cushing; Houston Texans
Runner-up: DE JJ Watt; Houston Texans
AFC Offensive Rookie-otY: RB Le'Veon Bell; Pittsburgh Steelers
Runner-up: QB Geno Smith; New York Jets
AFC Defensive Rookie-otY: OLB Barkevious Mingo; Cleveland Browns
Runner-up: OLB Jame Collins; New England Patriots
AFC Best QB: Peyton Manning; Broncos
AFC Best RB: Chris Rainey; Jets
AFC Best WR: Andre Johnson; Texans
AFC Best OL: Mike Pouncey; Dolphins
AFC Best DL: JJ Watt; Texans
AFC Best DB: Sean Smith; Chiefs
AFC Best K: Sebastian Janikowski; Raiders


NFC Offensive PotY: RB Adrian Peterson; Minnesota Vikings
Runner-up: RB Matt Forte; Chicago Bears
NFC Defensive PotY: MLB Patrick Willis; San Francisco 49ers
Runner-up: MLB Bobby Wagner; Seattle Seahawks
NFC Offensive Rookie-otY: RB Eddie Lacy; Green Bay Packers
Runner-up: WR Cordarrelle Patterson, Minnesota Vikings
NFC Defensive Rookie-otY: FS Eric Reid; San Francisco 49ers
Runner-up: SS TJ McDonald; St. Louis Rams
NFC Best QB: Aaron Rodgers; Packers
NFC Best RB: Matt Forte; Bears
NFC Best WR: Calvin Johnson Jr; Lions
NFC Best OL: Joe Staley; 49ers
NFC Best DL: Cliff Avril; Seahawks
NFC Best DB: Charles Tillman; Bears
NFC Best K: David Akers; Lions


*Amazingly enough, EA left out "Best LB" as an award. WTF.

How in the world can Dion Jordan (15 sacks) or Dee Milliner (8 ints) not be in the top 2 of AFC Def. Rookie of the Year???

Yay Le'Veon !!

Btw, its nice to be a division winner as the 8-8 Steelers will host the 11-5 Patriots, lol.

The website says I have 3 guys hurt in week 17  wont be home until late tonight to see who. 

I am remembering when I was in a night class 2-3 years ago and traded for Tim tebow then had to have a sim and looked online and saw he was hurt for the year  hope they aren't serious.

Chris Rainey just had 90k points 

x--Nike wrote:Chris Rainey just had 90k points 

Nice! Matt Forte gained 28,000+ for being MVP. Don't know what to spend it on. He's already great at everything.

Jets fall to the Chiefs 35-42, gg Mission.

Excellent game down to the wire.

Saints vs Packers
Sorry guys, my phone was about to die tonight.

You're both in the wrong tonight. There's no way to correct that. Any decision I make will go against one of you.  So hug it out.

IBJ - Defensive hot routes are great to overcome weak defense this year. Hot routing your D-Line so you rush/spy just one person is not.  Completely unsim.
No huddle is allowed. Quick snapping during no huddle is not. In real life, it's simple to rattle off plays after play. In a video game, it's one of those things that just isn't well represented. Be more respectable with the no huddle.
>>> Accusations of constant Play-action passes on 3rd and long? I think I've ever seen on PA Draw pass, and that was in Strong I. PA Passes on 3rd and long like that should be avoided. On the off chance it messes with the AI. (We used to have an explicit rule on this, but I had removed it out of common sense)

Shoots - Rage quitting a game is a major no-no and you know that.

Shoots voted for a sim. IBJ voted to replay. Who do I side with? If I award an auto-pilot game, it absolves the infractions of the other player.  So if you guys want to hatch out a plan, great, I'd love to see an amicable outcome (maybe spotting points?).

Also added Steel Pitt's song choice.

If he wants to play again, I will. So long as he understands not to do the things mentioned above.

Lets get these games in

Would love to, waiting on ill.

I'm waiting to hear back from D-Stylez.  Hopefully we can play tonight.

Steel Pitt wrote:Yay Le'Veon !!

Btw, its nice to be a division winner as the 8-8 Steelers will host the 11-5 Patriots, lol.

I believe my 15-1 Seahawks will be playing in Philly.

I'm posting a notice that if illmatic does not respond to myself or Hippo by 9 pm Central time Monday night, that I will be forced to issue an auto-pilot game, all but guaranteeing a Seattle win.

PSN, SMS, and facebook have yielded no results.

We should be playing in a bit.

do future draft picks owed in real life carry over to madden? do i have as many picks as the niners do this year, or do i just have the basic 7?

SquirrelHunter wrote:do future draft picks owed in real life carry over to madden? do i have as many picks as the niners do this year, or do i just have the basic 7?

They should carry over. EG, Rams should still have another 1st Rounder from Washington for RGIII.

Steelers Advance To The Divisional Round

Did the 8-8 Steelers really deserve to be in the playoffs?  That's what many would ask, including the fan base in the Denver as their 10-6 Broncos watch from home.  However, whether they do or don't the fact remains that they are in and after a 35-20 victory over the Patriots in the Wild Card ... their journey will continue another week.

The Patriots started out strong and jumped out to a 10-0 lead following a short FG.  However that is when the tide turned as La'Rod Stephens-Howlings returned the ensuing kickoff for a TD and that score sparked the Steelers.  An Int and forced punt on defense lead to two more TD's as the Steelers would score 21 unanswered to jump ahead 21-10 late in the first half.  The Patriots, led by Tom BRady and Rod Gronkowski, drove down the field and got into FG range to cut the lead to 21-13 at the half.

The Patriots would cut the lead to 21-20 after a Danny Amendola TD reception but they could not get any further as the Steelers would put up two more scores and seal the game with a Cortez Allen pick in the endzone to officially end New England's chances.