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Re: Championships!!!!

By raidergreg69
3/25/2019 12:43 am
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.

Re: Championships!!!!

By raidergreg69
3/25/2019 1:26 am
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.

Re: Championships!!!!

By Smirt211
3/25/2019 7:43 am
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.





Last edited at 3/25/2019 7:45 am

Re: Championships!!!!

By raidergreg69
3/26/2019 3:49 am
raidergreg69 wrote:

* Houston's DL is banged up plus their best LB is ruled out,


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
Last edited at 3/26/2019 4:00 am

Re: Championships!!!!

By Smirt211
3/26/2019 6:16 am
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.

Re: Championships!!!!

By raidergreg69
3/26/2019 6:47 am
Smirt211 wrote:
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
Last edited at 3/26/2019 6:49 am

Re: Championships!!!!

By Smirt211
3/26/2019 7:25 am
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.

Re: Championships!!!!

By raidergreg69
3/26/2019 7:34 am
Smirt211 wrote:
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

Re: Championships!!!!

By Smirt211
3/26/2019 7:36 am
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.

Re: Championships!!!!

By Smirt211
3/26/2019 9:46 am
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