Agent51
10-01-2005, 04:14 AM
OK, so I FINALLY start my franchise (waited for the damn roster update forever). Well, I ALWAYS sim my 1st year then start playing from the offseason on. Well, in that simmed year we (the Dolphins) managed only TWO wins. Jason Taylor went down for 5 weeks, Sam Madison and Lance Shulters both were out for 8, and Gus was out for 3, it was a rough season. That crappy record, if you hadn't guessed already, gave us the 1st overall pick. So come draft day, with the first overall pick, the Miami Dolphins select QB Matt Leinert, USC (I downloaded the completely named NCAA rosters from psxsports.com). I was contemplating him or struggling for another year at QB (or trading for a QB) and taking an O lineman. I ended up going with Matt cuz in the offseason Gus retired and Sage's contract ran out and I didn't really see the need to resign him since he isn't starter-worthy. Anyway, so I take Matt and I am watching all the O linemen that are there and I see Max Jean-Gilles (LG, University of Georgia) slipping further and further and I can't believe it, he was a freakin' 99 in NCAA when he came out! I'm starting to wonder if I should try and make some blockbuster trade to snatch him up before someone like the pats do and screw me even more when I play them (for some reason in all the exhibition games I played waiting to start my franchise Brady was the ONLY QB I never got ONE sack on). Well, I didn't really have much to offer without dumping off a star like Taylor or Thomas, which I didn't wanna do, so I gave up. Turns out, NOBODY took him! So come the first pick of round 2 you better believe I grabbed him! I also found a gem in round 5 in a FS, plus in round 7 I took a WR strictly to use as a KR specialist cuz his speed is 97 and he is "amazing" at returns. Turns out Matt transfered over to an 89 in the NFL, Jean-Gilles is an 83 (STILL can't believe he slipped, he was projected top 10), that FS I grabbed in round 5 is a 78, and the WR I got in ROUND SEVEN is a freakin 80! He was a 76 before camp and preseason, but he is an EIGHTY now, from ROUND SEVEN! He is NASTY at returns too, he has 2 kick return TDs and one punt return TD so far (week 9, all-madden). Anyway, so get this: This year was suppsed to be "THE YEAR", I have ronnie at HB and ricky at FB, so both are on the field together, I FINALLY got a worthy QB (although the lefty thing is kinda hard to get used to) and I made upgrades to my line, I have jean-gilles now plus I signed Chris Terry at C who is a 90. Just for laughs I should point ou that I signed Damon Huard back as our 3rd QB, behind Matt and AJ, lol. I also signed Anthony Thomas as our 3rd HB since I didn't resign Sammy Morris. Anyway, here's where sh*t goes bad. Week one, Ronnie OUT FOR SEASON with a Broken Vertebrae. THE VERY NEXT PLAY Anthony Thomas, OUT FOR SEASON, broken wrist. I didn't even have time to switch the depth chart so Ricky went back to HB from FB! So In goes Ricky. Week 2, Chris Terry, my 90 rated newly signed center, out for 10 weeks with a fractured leg. Oh, but it gets worse, cuz the NEXT week, week 3, RICKY goes down, out for 13, yes THIRTEEN weeks with a broken jaw! So I have to go sign a RB before I start to play the pats in week 9. I sign Verron Hayes, a 76 rated HB, to a 1 year deal. So I start to play the pats and man, this guy SUCKS! He is constantly losing yds, can't break tackles, drops passes, ugh, its ridiculous. Then comes THE coolest play I have EVER seen in madden. I'm on the 32 of the pats and I call for Hayes to take it off-tackle. He gets the ball and a hole opens up right away and he shoots through it and here comes a defender (forgot which Patriot it was and I already kicked the PAT so I can't check the replay) and so I truck stick just for the hell of it, thinking if I'm going to get run over AS USUAL with Hayes I might as well make it look cool. But oh no, not only does he not get run over, he OBLITERATES the defender, and LOSES HIS HELMET in the hit and runs the 32yds for a TD, WITH NO HELMET! Now, I have seen guys on offense get killed and lose their helmet, but I have NEVER seen a ballcarrier plow into a defender and lose his helmet, let alone stay on his feet for a long TD run! Sorry, maybe I'm a bit too excited but its wicked late (or early, depending on how you look at it) and I'm overtired and playing madden and it was just wicked cool, a bright spot in my again dismal season. NEVER have I seen so many key injuries as I have these past 2 seasons of my franchise. Oh well, I guess NEXT years the year............