Less than an hour to go and the game plan is finished. I'm turning up the running game for a few reasons:

* Cover 2 is hard to consistently pass downfield against
* My offense has very little familiarity with Houston's main defensive plays
* I have 2 pretty good RB's that can also be effective receiving
* Trying to chew clock and keep the Gamblers offense on the sidelines
* Houston's DL is banged up plus their best LB is ruled out, while all their DB's are healthy

I still didn't change much except my offensive run/pass ratios.

Lost 37-20, 3rd downs killed me both sides of the ball. We jumped out 14-0, and led 20-17 late in the 3rd but it was all downhill from there. My running game was good early, and I set myself up with several 3rd and shortish situations, only to fail converting them time after time. Got very little help from the passing game, aside from dump offs.

Defensively I gave up too many big plays. Immediately after I went up 20-17 late in the 3rd, we allow a 75 yard TD pass and essentially lost the game then. We got them in 3rd and long several times only to give up first downs about half of those.

Frustrating.

sighs, well that stinks. Sorry you lost. I definitely won't be commenting on that Championship/all Revel in the Adoring Love of Setherick Appreciation Thread.

When I played him early in the season I want to say he was basically running 2 defensive plays, which I'm sure you saw them heavily utilized when scouting. I got mad and carefully game planned to run in the opposite direction of one of his plays; how it was aligned. I had success to a point and then I think he pulled away at the end.

Offensively, same thing. His set-up is to his coding *heh* and takes tons of looking into/combat it strategies.

Forgot to mention, that LB that was listed as Out actually played. I saw his name pop up after a tackle so I clicked on his name in the box score to be sure I wasn't mistaken. I wasn't, his neck was at 5%. F-I-V-E.

https://usflwfl.myfootballnow.com/player/3545

That was risky because those neck injuries can really damage a player. Hmm, trying to read through it. He took the chance and played him figuring that a 'neck' injury wouldn't slow down the player like a leg/foot injury.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGjEZIZQIIk

Makes me think of The Longest Yard, clip linked above NSFW

Update: I didn't investigate but saw a glancing reference that the #1 shady move in the book happened. Picking up the #1 overall pick in a draft from an out-going GM.

I doubt fair value occurred.

Looks like it was a draft pick trade, Gamblers gave up 1981 picks 4.4 and 1.14 for the Sun's 1983 1st and 4th

Whoa.

Moved from 14 to 1 and gave up nothing.

Yeah, I've never done a trade in my life that ever looked to game the system. There's an infinite amount of talent difference between the 1st pick and the 14th.

Just got the most miraculous screw job ever in MFN. League-31.

Held the AI Carolina team scoreless deep into the game, while incurring injuries throughout. After the game I looked at our DC and the top 3 options at RB and WR were battered. Any ways, it hit a point where the CPU kept pulling up the Double Nickel LB Blitz to give Carolina a chance to come back. Hit OT. We drive 'em back right to the goal-line on what appears to be a safety but don't get it and then we later proceed to miss a FG. From there, we lose.

That WAS a fun league.

lol