"Just be New England" - CHALLANGE!!

[BigBen7]

Just started the challenge. Here are the stats for 10 weeks. This is being played on the NES.

Week1

NE 42 Ind 7

NE Rushing 12-169 Passing 215 Firsts 6

Indi Rushing 14-182 Passing 107 Firsts 7

J. Stephens 12-169

A. Bentley 10-133

S. Grogan 85% 215Yds 0Int

J. George 21% 107Yds 2Int

M. Cook 6-215

B.Brooks 1-53

Week 2

NE 38 Cleve 7

NE Rushing 10-81 Passing 215 Firsts 12

Cleve Rushing 7-143 Passing 31 Firsts 4

J. Stephens 10-81

E. Metcalf 4-89

Grogan 66% 215Yds 0Int

Kosar 11% 31Yds 3Int

Cook 4-94

R. Langhorne 1-31

Week 3

NE 20 Pitt 13

NE Rushing 9-8 Passing 140 Firsts 5

Pitt Rushing 9-85 Passing 48 Firsts 4

M. Allen 1-8

W. Williams 3-52

Grogan 42% 140Yds 1Int

Brister 25% 48Yds 1Int

Cook 4-82

L. Lipps 1-35

Had a hard time running the ball there deffense is just to fast.

Week 4

NE 44 Hou. 0

NE Rushing 16-46 Passing 174 Firsts 8

Hou Rushing 11-0 Passing 15 Firsts 1

Stephens 16-46

Moon 3-0

Grogan 66% 174Yds 0Int

Moon 9% 15Yds 0Int

Fryar 2-75

Givens 1-15

Surprised That I beat them that bad.

Week 5

NE 31 Phx 13

NE Rushing 15-117 Passing 185 Firsts 9

Phx Rushing 13-55 Passing 95 First 3

Stephens 12-110

Johnson 8-51

Grogan 63% 185Yds 0Int

Rosenbach 50% 95Yds 0Int

Cook 4-118

E. Jones 1-53

Week 6

NE 13 Mia 14

NE Rushing 4-22 Passing 209 Firsts 6

Mia Rushing 12-194 Passing 112 Firsts 5

Stephens 4-22

S. Smith 5-175

Grogan 50% 209Yds 0Int

Marino 62% 112Yds 0Int

Cook 3-116

T.Paige 3-58

Had the ball 1st and goal at the 4 in the 3rd. Did 2 runs and on 3rd ran it again and Stephens fumbles.

Week 7

NE 21 MInn 10

NE Rushing 6-4 Passing 122 Firsts 4

Minn Rushing 15-14 Passing 0 Firsts 1

Stephens 6-4

Walker 7-8

Grogan 42% 122Yds 2Int

Wilson 0% 0Yds 0Int

Fryar 2-83

(No Receving)

Week 8

NE 35 Den 7

NE Rushing 14-23 Passing 239 Firsts 8

Den Rushing 7-131 Passing 45 Firsts 3

Stephens 13-17

Humphrey 4-139

Grogan 90% 239Yds 0Int

Elway 28% 45Yds 1Int

Fryar 3-113

Humphrey 2-45

Week 9

NE 17 Buff 14

NE Rushing 19-122 Passing 115 Firsts 9

Buff Rushing 10-59 Passing 88 Firsts 3

Stephens 19-122

Thomas 8-49

Grogan 60% 115Yds 0Int

Kelly 44% 88Yds 0Int

Cook 2-66

Reed 3-80

Was up 17-0 in the 4th. Barely sweaked by.

Week 10

NE 16 Mia 10 (OT)

NE Rushing 20-42 Passing 264 Firsts 12

Mia Rushing 6-108 Passing 50 Firsts 3

Grogan 8-37

T. Paige 4-104

Grogan 84% 264Yds 0Int

Marino 37% 50Yds 0Int

Dykes 3-108

Edmons 1-32

Scored the tieing TD with 3 seconds left. Got the ball to start the OT.

I'll post the last of em' when I play them.

[BO FB Offtackle Left]

decided to resurrect this challenge to see how well I do. I had a question, are you allowed to be Ray Agnew? Because he's the fastest player on the defense. Is it still lurching if you dive with a DE instead of a NT?

[malferds]

im gonna do this challenge while i dont have internet for the next 2 months.

[BO FB Offtackle Left]

WEEK 2 - NE vs. CLE

the 35 - 0 shutout

and Grogan returns!!

He only was out for a half of 1 quarter. He'd laid down the Mesopotamian Law today:

71% 295 yrds 4Td's and his obligatory 1 INT... (thrown to a completey OPEN man but the pass sailed to the right like for some Mobutu-like reason and Frank Minnifield was there to take it. )

CHECK THIS NOISE OUT!

In my years I've never returned a KO for a TD with Sammy Martin.

take a gander.....

YEEEOUCH!!

it was one of those short kicks that I fielded on the 35 and went striaght up the gut.

(BTW - - tatupu is currently on my bench in EXCELLENT!!)

NEXT!!!!!!!!!

That's because the RT has 19 MS. I've been NE about... 5 times in my life, maybe less. After 4 games and 7 returns Martin has averaged 21 yards a return and has 1 TD. Returning kicks for TDs isn't that hard, man. Oh and Martin is in bad, by the way, and the RT is in avg. So I have 19 RS, 19 MS, and 6 HP.

I can't be bothered to post game stats, but I will post season stats when I am done. And I decided I can't resist using Agnew sometimes, but I will try to use Lippett as long as I have a comfortable lead.

[malferds]

it says "just be ne" so lurching? did everyone do it or not?

[Knobbe]

why won't you have internet?

im gonna do this challenge while i dont have internet for the next 2 months.

[malferds]

im moving a few miles away in the country till jan1.

[BO FB Offtackle Left]

Ah fuck it, I'm being Agnew most of the time. I skimmed through the posts and it looks like everyone was using Agnew.

I'm playing a ground-based game, with Stephens usually getting more than 20 carries a game. I just played Miami in week 11 and it was the first time I came close to losing. I was down 21-10 when I scored with 4 minutes left in the 4th Q. I kicked it away and pinned them inside the 10 yard line. I picked the right play on the first possession (pass 4) to get a safety and make it 21-19. Then it was all Stephens, 5 yards here, 10 yards there, with Grogan running in the TD from 4 yards out to make it 26-21. They got it deep again. I called the shotgun again but they did the rollout, and I managed to chase down Marino with Agnew for another safety. They recovered the onside kick with under a minute to play, so I played it safe by dropping Lippett (in Bad condition) into coverage. Marino completed a pass but I forced a fumble, someone on the Pats managed to recover it, and I ran out of bounds with no time on the clock to win 28-21.

Marino had 100% completions for 174 yards, Duper made 3 catches for 153 yards, and Smith had a 92 yard cracked out TD run. They ran the ball only 3 times for 106 yards.

Grogan threw 40% for 65 yards and no Ints. McMurty made one 50 yard catch filling in for the injured Fryar, which led to a TD a couple of plays later. Stephens was a workhorse again, with 30 carries for 169 yards. The Pats had 34 runs total for 184 yards.

[operagost]

I play mostly with Lippett, seldom with Tippett (hope I didn't get those two mixed up again), and on very rare occasions with Agnew because I suck with linemen. As for offense, I can dominate with Sievers at Allen's spot and Wilson at QB, but non-injury substitutions are verboten in the CHALLANGE!!

[BO FB Offtackle Left]

woohoo, managed to go undefeated in the regular season. Highlights include: Agnew had 70 sacks, Martin ran back 2 KRs for TDs and led the league in average (forget what it was), and Stephens had over 1000 yards rushing and finished 7th in the league. I was also way over the 255 limit, so his real YPC must have really sucked.

Lowlight is Grogan finished dead last in QB rating.

Will play the playoffs and post final results later tonight or later this week.

I noticed something interesting, when you use the DL, the computer's playbook becomes much more important than the ability of individual players. The Bills are extremely easy to defend against with the DL, the only plays you have to worry about are the shotguns. The second time I faced the Bills I beat them 11-0. The Colts and the Jets, on the other hand, have several good plays where using the DL is difficult to defend against them.

If I did this challenge without using Agnew at all, I would be lucky to make the playoffs.

[BO FB Offtackle Left]

ah fuck it again, I lost in the playoffs to the Chiefs because I fumbled 3 punt returns which were ran in for TDs, and then Stephens fumbled on a first run deep in my own territory. One play later Paige scored. I had been winning 13-0 until this series of fuckups, but lost 28-20. I'm not going to bother with my season stats. I did reset and finally beat the Chiefs, but obviously it doesn't count for anything.

[malferds]

i started out bad... and i still keep forgetting to check defensive conditions before the game.