Rudy and Jaymo's Madden CCM experience

Huge Sunday Night game last night versus #1 overall Detroit Lions at Ford Field. I love the primetime games as the presentation is well done. Long story short this should have been a tough game as my #1 D took on the #1 O. End result... 30 to 6 for the Raiders. Stafford threw for 270 yards and was 31-49 in passing... BUT Jevon Best was held to 6 yards on 12 carries. I also had a pic six to go up 21-3 at the half. Had the Lions played like the Bears last game I should have been blown out. Detroit was 7-2 going into the game and the class of the NFC. The game was never close and since I was playing Pryor at QB, my 3rd stringer, I expected a better game. Pryor was 18-23 for 184 yards and McFadden eclipsed 150 yards on 27 carries.

Yeah a generic coach is in Pitt and I think they were running a 4-3 but can't remember now lol. Defensive guys were all gon from current team. As for weather I'm glad most games don't have bad weather. It seems only WRs slip and not DBsalthough I haven't paid too much attention.

I had a real barn burner last night versus the 5-5 Bills of all teams. The final was 31-28 for the Raiders. I kicked the game winning fg with 21 seconds left in a come from behind win. I could not stop the Bill offense. Fitzpatrick had 289 yards passing and their RB Fred Jackson had 93 yards rushing... for Madden these are huge yards... Anyways, with my settings at qb accuracy 65, cpu catching 65, hum interceptions 15 and hum pass reaction 40 the cpu has carved me up a few times this season. I think the biggest difference though is pass reaction at 40 (since Rudy told me it is reversed).

One observation i have thus far in season 2 is that the teams with new generic coaches seem to call far better games which are true to their schemes while the real coaches still run far too often.

I don't understand how the play calling gets better after the first year in CCM but I'm grateful it did.

I'm 14-1 right now after smoking the Jets. I will definitely be leaving for another team in the offseason to provide a new challenge. I did check out the Browns and they have some pretty decent talent there other than WR. After my next game I will post my stats. AJ Green had a monster year and if it weren't for missing 2.5 games he would be smashing records. My young QB is fantastic too. I will miss him. WAY better than Tannehill ever was for me.

When you do leave let me know how you do it. I assume that you just ask for a release and hope that a team picks you up? Apparently i heard at OS that you may be forced to retire if nobody wants your services???

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Originally Posted by jaymo76

When you do leave let me know how you do it. I assume that you just ask for a release and hope that a team picks you up? Apparently i heard at OS that you may be forced to retire if nobody wants your services???

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It says that right in the game help menus. Trust me, I'll be backing the franchise up on USB and I won't save until I know my guy will be OK. I need my 3000 points per week for scouting.

No clue about Madden, but on Head Coach 09, if you were fired (can't recall if you could quit) and no one wanted to hire you, the Career ended.

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Originally Posted by JeffHCross

No clue about Madden, but on Head Coach 09, if you were fired (can't recall if you could quit) and no one wanted to hire you, the Career ended.

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Madden is the same. If no one offers you a job you loose your coach. Can always continue the same CCM as a new coach though.

Rudy, in my just for fun online ccm I have taken over the Raiders but I am playing as Dennis Allen (only gm, no games). Currently I have just started but I am going to play around with things a little and see what happens. Up to this point I have:

1. signed johnny Knox at wr
2. put all of my qb's on the trade block
3. resigned lechler, goodson, branch, curry
4. signed derek harvey to start at Le over houston
5. set my scheme to west coast offesne and attacking 4-3
6. released richard gordon at TE and signed Bo Scaife
7. Shaughnessy (re) rejected my contract so he is out for next year (plus I put hime on the block)
8. week 8 and we are 0-6 and I just re-sgned Mitchell
9. released Toellfeson and sign Merriman at RE

At the half way point of the season we are 2-6. Allen's coach xp is at 3,850. We are tied for last with the Broncos in the afc west. Offensive stats in this game are way too high!!!

Anyways, i will finish the season tonight and let you know what happens.

After a great second half i ended the year 8-8 in my gm online dynasty. I met my goals and was offered a contract extension. I see that Rex Ryan has been fired and that Cincy has fired their coaches as well. There will be spots open so I will demand my release and see what happens.

FYI... Raiders leaders:
Palmer 3229 yards 19td and 9 pics

Heyward-Bey 1068 yards 4 td's, 78 catches

Okay so i demanded my release and I was granted it. I have been replaced T. Irvin. I just checked in schemes and right now three teams have no head coach, the Bears, Bengals, and jets... In my career page i am up to 35,000 xp and am wearing an ea sports outfit. I will advance the week and see what happens.

Well the playoffs are occurring and I still don't have a job...

i have now simmed up to the pro bowl and still no offers... although i see that "Chad Masters" has retired...

okay Tom Coughlin just announced his retirement... Eagles versus the Colts in the SB...

Okay it's sb week and still no offers...

Eagles win the SB... I still have no offers... getting worried now...

and it's official... Dennis Allen must retire!!!

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In the just for fun online since Allen had to retire I have taken over Mike Smith in ATL. i will sim season two and demand a release and see what happens.

Oops... i simmed season two and then after the Super Bowl I went to demand a release... too late. I will have to sim another season.

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Originally Posted by jaymo76

Oops... i simmed season two and then after the Super Bowl I went to demand a release... too late. I will have to sim another season.

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Well, after taking the Falcons to the NFC championship two years in a row, I demanded a release and... I had to retire as nobody picked me up...???... How do you get re-hired in this game?

That's scary to me. I want to demand a release too but am worried it won't work now. I want to keep my points! In my CCM at the end of my 4th year I would say there are about 7 or 8 generic coaches in the game. Most of the current coaches are all on different teams. Only a handful of guys are still with their current team although Romeo Crennel is one of them!

Just finished my year 15-1 and AJ Green broke Jerry Rice's record and Nantz commented on it. Will have some stat screenshots later. Will have to make running harder although I'm running out of room with the blocking sliders.

I can't believe how watered down All-Madden is in CCM. It used to be that guys like me would fear All-Madden and never try it. Now All-Madden default plays like All-Pro (of the past).

I truly believe that even if you follow the 75 max rules to make sure you are on All-Madden that it doesn't play much harder than All-Pro. I see the cpu on All-Madden pressing a bit more with their CBs and they play the screen pass better. But I don't notice the blocking being that much different or the intelligence being that much different in CCM. They don't double your playmakers and their situational AI is just as bad.

I truly feel that if you take your current CCM All-Madden slider set and use it on All-Pro that the game gets maybe 7 points easier. That's not enough of a split. But if you take your current CCM All-Madden slider set and play a Play Now game the cpu will beat you by 20 points in an otherwise even matchup.

I beat the Patriots 38-31 to finish 15-1. Again, I'm embarrassed at how much I'm winning. My rookie QB was hot and his overall was 90 at the game. His throwing power was 96 and it really helps to squeeze the ball into tight spots between CBs and Safeties. I'm hoping to be able to switch teams in the offseason or I'll really try to crank up the sliders some more. The Patriots were listed at 85 overall but there was no way their starting lineup was better than mine. My team doesn't have a single starter rated under 80. They had quite a few 70s guys and then wasted guys like a 3rd DT rated at 88.

AJ Green set the receiving record with 1946 yards. Super stud! Can't believe how much he and my rookie QB have improved my passing game.

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Skip Bayless is such a prick lol. Tom Coughlin retires and he says who cares. The AFC is just garbage right now compared to the NFC.


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Dolphins stats the past year. I think I might boost cpu run block shed to 100 and keep my run blocking at 0 on All-Madden. I will do that for the playoffs. Yes, the blocking sliders SUCK! My OL is good but c'mon. Miller does break some long runs with his 94 speed that helps his average and he usually doesn't do short yardage but over 6 ypc is too much. My rookie QB completion percentage was over 67% I think. Cam Wake had about 1 sack. He did miss at least 4 weeks with an injury but the LE over RE domination is just poor.

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Defence

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Coach Stats

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Rudy, ince you won a Super Bowl you may have a better chance of getting re-hired? When Mike Smith was forced to retire the cpu said he was a good but not great coach and that's what held him back. I don't know as he was a level three but it's just a thought???

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Originally Posted by jaymo76

Rudy, ince you won a Super Bowl you may have a better chance of getting re-hired? When Mike Smith was forced to retire the cpu said he was a good but not great coach and that's what held him back. I don't know as he was a level three but it's just a thought???

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I hope so. I've won two of them now!