Evernight's Packer Franchise

[Evernight]

Since I saw a few of these already it sparked my interest to start one as well :p I'm about midway through the season right now so I will post starting next season. I plan to do a major overhaul on this team as there are a whole lot of players that wont be under contract after this season is up :cool:

[MaddenPlayer]

Nice... I started up the franchise train.. toot toot lol

[sandman]

Evernight, we will both be posting Packer franchises I guess. It will be nice to compare them. Good luck with yours.

[Evernight]

You as well, will be interesting to see what you do with your offseason moves compared to what I do and the real TT does :)

[Evernight]

Just finished season one going 15-1-0. My one loss was to the Raves 9-20 in week 15. In post season matchups, I stomped the Panthers 37-6 in Divisional, and edged out the Rams 31-21 in Conference. The Super Bowl was probably the best one I've played thus far! It was against the 14-4 Patriots (who else......they got in it almost every year last year too :rolleyes: )

The game started with both defenses showing what they could do. On my first two posessions, I go 3 and out. The Pats go 3 and out on their first and come away with a 52 yard field goal on their second with 3:02 left in the first quarter. The second quarter is much the same, with the Pats scoring another field goal with 2:51 from 53 yards out to make it 6-0. Then on my next drive I fumble on the kickoff return and they return it for a TD 10-0 Pats. BUT WAIT! I challenge it. The game could very well ride on this challenge. I hold my breath as I wait for the verdict. OVERTURNED!!! I don't think I've ever been so happy to have a play overturned in my life! (the game for some reason marked it as a touchdown in the game recap, so NE won if you add up the points from their scores) I get the ball back and put together a small drive that gets me a 43 yard field goal with 1:15 left 6-3 Pats. NE gets the ball back and puts a 3 play drive together that nets them a 25 yard TD run 13-3 Pats.

In the third quarter, my luck stayed much the same until I was able to string together 3 plays that earned me a 60 yard TD run with 2:56 left. 13-10 Pats. I was somehow able to put a lid on their scoring drives the rest of the quarter, and they came up empty handed in the third quarter. In the fourth, the game was still very much up in the air. Both teams had to work very hard to get any points they could. NE finally put together an 8 play drive that gained them a FG from 41 yards out with 2:26 left (boy, I bet they're glad they don't have Nate Kaeding as their kicker LOL) 16-10 Pats.

I go 3 and out again on my next drive, forcing me to try to stop them from scoring yet again. Once NE got to about mid field, I knew I needed to put the clamp on them, and fast. KGB broke free of a blocker and rushed Brady, hitting him as he threw. The throw was a high lob that ended up in the hands of Nick Barnett! I now knew that I needed to be very careful, as I had already thrown 3 picks against NE's very good defense. I had 2 minutes to stick it in the endzone. I hit Bubba Franks twice in a row, who was wide open both times. A pass to Walker, Driver, and Fergy later and I was within scoring distance. 16 yards out from the endzone never felt so far away. I attempted 2 runs with Green, both of which were stopped for no gain. 3rd and 16 yards to the endzone. This was it. I knew I couldn't settle for a field goal. On the next play, I noticed a man playing man coverage and changed up Chatman hoping he would be free in the endzone. I drop back to pass, throw a zinger into the endzone, and it lands perfectly in Chatmans waiting arms. TOUCHDOWN!!!! 16-17 PACK!

There was still 52 seconds left in the quarter, and a lot could still happen. A pass interference call on none other than Ahmad Carroll (would you really expect anything less?) really put my one point lead in jeapordy when it gave NE a good shot at getting a field goal to win the game with only 10 yards more. On the next play, Brady was sacked and fumbled the ball which I recovered. I ran on the next 3 plays for almost no yards, and NE used all three of their final timeouts. I punted the ball away and got it downed on their 10 yard line. Two hail maries knocked down later and I was able to hold up my first trophy of the year :cool: Nick Barnett was the player of the game.

[Clumzie]

It was a cool game. Caroll do get a lot of those call in the real NFL so I was laughing when I saw that.

[Evernight]

We finished the season with 89 OVR, 91 OFF, 87 DEF, 87 ST. We were first in total defense (2,666), run defense (811) and pass defense (1855). We were also first in turnovers with +27. On offense, on the other hand we were 32nd in total offense with 3,714, 32nd on run offense with 1,431, and 31st in pass offense with 2,283. League MVP was Nick Barnett who finished the regular season with 24 sacks.

Roster Moves:
Resigned Bubba Franks to a 7 year deal worth $20.10M and Ahman Green to a 7 year deal worth $39.9M

Disgruntled Players:
Najeh Davenport and Kevin Barry

Pro Bowlers:
Ryan Longwell (K)
Ahman Green (RB)
Chad Clifton (LT)
Mike Flanagan (C)
Nick Barnett (MLB)
Al Harris (CB)
Mark Tauscher (RT)
Aaron Kampman (LE)
Bubba Franks (TE)
Mark Roman (FS)
Earl Little (SS)
Joey Thomas (CB)
Grey Ruegamer (LG)

AFC beats NFC in Pro Bowl 24-17

[Evernight]

First, I had absolutely NO (ZERO, NONE, NOTTA, ZIP!) defensive regression, something that I've NEVER had happen before. Secondly I had two of my starting WRs and some linemen actually drop points, which also has NEVER happened before. My WRs never gained a single point all season and neither did my QB. If anyone wants me to I can post my roster and how much each player went up as I have it all recorded in Access.

[Evernight]

Owner Rating:
All Madden

Staff Signings:
B. Billick $4.00M/3 yrs Offensive Coordinator
S. Hoffman $300K/3 yrs Special Teams Coordinator
J. Bates $4.00M/3 yrs Defensive Coordinator

Stadium Upgrades:
Medical Facility
Internet Cafe

Owner Rating:
All Madden

Retirements:
William Henderson 87 OVR FB age 35

RFA:
resigned CB Chris Johnson 68 OVR $680K
released LE Kenny Peterson 73 OVR

Releases:
Najeh Davenport 83 OVR HB (couldn't find a team to trade him to that he wouldn't ***** on)
J.T. O'sullivan 66 OVR QB
Paris Lenon 71 OVR MLB
Brad Bedell 71 OVR LT

Trades:
Todd Franz 80 OVR SS to Broncos for 5th round pick (signed $1.21M/$450K/1 yr)
Kevin Barry 82 OVR RT to Cowboys for 4th round pick (signed $2.24M/$900K/1 yr) (morale issues)

Resignings:
Javon Walker 91 OVR WR $40.81M/$8.47M/7 yrs
Grady Jackson 92 OVR DT $11.52M/$2.60M/2 yrs
Hannibal Navies 85 OVR LOLB $8.13M/$2.07M/3 yrs
Raynoch Thompson 90 OVR ROLB $31.9M/$6.65M/7 yrs
Aaron Kampman 91 OVR LE $38.73M/$10M/7 yrs
Matt O'Dwyer 81 OVR RG $9.25M/$1.90M/5 yrs
Earl Little 87 OVR SS $2.00M/$800K/1 yr
Arturo Freeman 88 OVR SS $2.00M/$800K/1 yr (smelled a pissy fit coming form either Little or Freeman this season so I resigned them to 1 year deals and the first one to blink is trade bait)
Grey Ruegamer 79 OVR LG $3.06M/$820K/2 yrs (another possible whiner)
Tony Fisher 80 OVR RB $3.42M/$900K/2 yrs
Craig Nall 70 OVR QB $3.05M/$300K/5 yrs
R-Kal Truluck 81 OVR RE $3.76M/$900K/2 yrs
Cullen Jenkins 76 OVR LE $5.36M/$1.20M/4 yrs
Ben Steele 69 OVR TE $670K/$120K/1 yr
Antonio Chatman 71 OVR WR $4.48M/$1.20M/4 yrs

[Evernight]

Draft Grade: D+

Draft Signings:
Zac Schroeder 82 OVR HB $13.7M/$2.65M/4 yrs
DereK Hayes 79 OVR LT $6.00M/$1.32M/3 yrs
Jay Terry 75 OVR MLB $4.92M/$1.11M/3 yrs
Tommy Fuller 76 OVR RT $4.35M/$1.29M/3 yrs
Sam Thorne 76 OVR SS $2.85M/$1.05M/3 yrs
Odell Davis 60 OVR LG $440K/$40K/1 yr
Brian Douglas 76 OVR WR $1.96M/$310K/1 yr

FA signings: none

Training Camp progressions (in OVR):
Brady Poppinga +2
Nick Collins +2
Aaron Rodgers +3
Brett Favre +2
Donnell Washington +1
Ahman Green +1
Ryan Longwell +0 (already 99 ovr)
BJ Sander +4
Robert Ferguson +2

Earned a Local Media Contract worth $7.10M/yr for 2 yrs

90 OVR 90 OFF 90 DEF 89 ST

Preseason:
Week 1 VS Bills W 24-9
Favre 14-17 226 yards 2 TD 1 INT
Donald Driver 6 REC 106 yds 1 TD

Week 2 @ Colts W 28-24
Favre 23-38 300 yds 1 TD 3 INT
Brian Douglas 7 REC 119 yds 1 TD

Week 3 @ Steelers L 33-27
Favre 19-33 244 yds 1 TD

Injuries: Cullen Jenkis 3 weeks strained back

Week 4 vs Raiders W 24-17
Rodgers 10-21 123 yds 1 int
Favre 9-14 132 yds 1 TD 1 INT
Green 13 ATT 122 yds 9.4 AVG 1 TD
Hunt 2 5 TAK 2 SCK 1 FF

Injuries: Donald Driver 9 weeks broken jaw :mad:

Preseason Progression:
Aaron Rodgers -1
Zac Schroeder +1
Brian Douglas +2
Atlas Herrion +3
R-Kal Truluck +2
Brady Poppinga +2
Jay Terry +2

[Clumzie]

MY QB always seems to go down too. I am suck at passsing any way.

[Evernight]

Year 2 Regular Season

Week 1 VS Dolphins W 34-7
Favre 14-27 182 yds 3 TD 2 INT
Nick Barnett 6 TAK 3 SCK 1 INT
Aaron Kampman 4 TAK 3 SCK

Dolphins only TD came on an INT returned for a TD by Jason Wynn, a CB I was going to take in the draft in the 2nd round :mad:

Other news around the league:
Peyton Manning out for 11 weeks w/ broken ribs
10 players out for season in the NFL


Week 2 vs Bills (1-0) W 28-15
Favre 12-26 184 yds 1 INT
Bubba Franks 6 REC 120 yds
Nick Barnett 7 TCK 1 SCK 1 FF 2 INT


Week 3 BYE


Week 4 vS Lions (3-0) W 59-0
Favre 15-23 179 yds 1 TD 1 INT
Rodgers 3-10 53 yds
Green 21 ATT 187 yds 6 TD
Franks 6 REC 108 yds

First game I've felt like I had complete control over the other team. I had a great passing game and running game. It helped, though, that their qb was a rookie who was held 9-34 96 yds and 6 INT as well has having 3 players out with injuries.

18 players out for season.

Noticed Davenport got picked up by the Jaguars and hes in low yellow morale. Barry seems to like his new home.


Week 5 @ Jets (0-4) W 27-0
Favre 12-22 141 yds 2 TD 1 INT
Green 21 ATT 103 YDS
Kampman 5 TAK 3 SCK
Jackson 4 TAK 5 SCK
Defensive total 10 SCK 2 FF 3 INT including 1 returend for a TD by Carroll

Trades: Arturo Freeman 88 OVR SS to Jets for 4th rd pick

Week 5 Progressions:
Nick Barnett +1
Al Harris +1
Grady Jackson +1
Bubba Franks +1
Ahmad Carroll +1
Mark Roman +1
Nick Collins +2
Earl Little +2
Joey Thomas +1
Brady Poppinga +1
Michael Hawkins +2
Terrence Murphy -1
Sam Thorne +2
Brian Douglas -1

[JSchmooIV]

good stuff ever, im gettin ready 2 start a packer chise, im playin a lil ss and got a small chise w/chiefs right now cuz im usin either them or pack in mc, so i'll post some of my stuff soon also.

[Evernight]

Week 6 vs Seahawks (2-3) W 38-21
Defense accumulates a team high 12 sacks
Favre 18-23 258 yds 1 TD 2 INT
Franks 7 REC 104 yds
Barnett 6 TAK 2 SCK 1 FF returned for a TD 1 INT
Joey Thomas 5 TAK 4 SCK


Week 7 @ Vikings (4-2) W 51-17
Favre 10-21 172 yds 3 TD 2 INT
Green 33 ATT 193 yds 1 TD
Barnett 5 TAK 3 SCK 1 FF 2 INT
Kampman 4 TAK 1 SCK 1 FF

Ahman Green scores his 75th career rushing TD

26 players out for season in the NFL


Week 8 @ Bears (2-4) W 29-0
Favre 11-17 152 yds 1 TD
Green 30 ATT 171 yds 1 TD
Longwell 5 FGA&FGM 43 LONG

Ahman Green 2003rd carry of his career
Nick Barnett 10 INTs on the season

Only semi-disgruntled player is Nick Collins (only 1 green bar down) he knows Roman is going to be gone after this season so he's getting antsy to play :)


Week 9 vs Vikings (5-3) W 34-7
Favre 11-19 210 yds 2 TD
Green 24 ATT 149 yds 2 TD
Walker 4 REC 97 yds 2 TD 58 LONG
Barnett 5 TAK 2 SCK 1 FF 1 INT

Injuries: Mark Roman 2 weeks broken thumb

Other News:
Mike Vick goes over 1083 yards rushing on the season
Eric Moulds eclipses the 10,000 receiving yard mark in his career
LT piles up 246 rushing yards vs the Browns


Week 10 vs Bears (3-5) W 34-9
Broke out the cheese heads for this game :)
Favre 9-20 161 yds 3 TD sacked 5 times once for a safety
Jackson 5 TAK 2 SCK

Injuries:
Michael Hawkins 10 weeks with broken jaw :s


Week 11 @ Patriots (4-5) W 16-5
UGLY GAME! NO pass protection NO run blocking! Second straight game where I've had a safety, and I RARELY have a safety in any of my games EVER!
Held to a dismal 73 yards to the Pats 153. 3 1st downs the ENTIRE game for me. 22 rush attempts net me 13 yards.
Favre 6-15 93 yds 1 TD 1 INT
Green 19 ATT 19 yds
Longwell 3 FGA&FGM 53 LONG
Johnson 4 TAK 3 SCK

33 players out for season in the NFL + another 72 that are injured (not out for season)

Week 11 Progressions:
Al Harris +1
Cletidus Hunt +1
Ahmad Carroll +1
Mark Roman +1
Earl Little +1
Joey Thomas +1
Aaron Rodgers -1 (WTF?? he didn't even see any play time how did he regress?)
Matt O'Dwyer +1 (first O-lineman I've had actaully progress some)
Michael Hawkins +1
Sam Thorne +2
Cullen Jenkins +3
Jay Terry +2
Donnell Washington +1
Brian Douglas +1
Terrence Murphy -1
Chris Johnson +2
Craig Nall -1 (never saw any play time either)
Corey Williams +3

[rollsauce]

my first season with the pack, all my OL progressed nicely, they are all 90+ OVR. maybe that is because i run alot. also rodgers is progressing too. i usually put in rodgers in the 4th after i'm up really big.

[Evernight]

Week 12 @ Giants (6-4) W 24-10
Favre 13-27 211 yds 1 TD
Carroll 7 TAK
Roman 7 TAK 2 INT
Barnett 5 TAK 1 SCK 1 INT


Week 13 @ Cardinals (3-8) W 31-3
Favre 15-21 246 yds 3 TD
Douglas 5 REC 133 yds 2 TD

Clinched wildcard spot


Week 14 @ Lions (6-6) W 24-6


Week 15 vs Panthers (4-8) W 28-13
Favre 23-33 232 yds 1 TD 2 INT
Rodgers 2-4 39 yds
Walker 6 REC 104 yds

clinched homefield advantage in the playoffs
Grady Jackson makes his 50th career sack
Green has 15 TDs on the season


Week 16 @ 49ers (8-6) W 30-20
Favre 17-30 141 yds 1 TD 1 INT
Green 27 ATT 146 yds 2 TD 1 FUM
Diggs 4 TAK 1 SCK 1 FF

Injuries: Mike Flanagan 3 weeks back spasms


Week 17 vs Rams (10-5) W 41-13
Piled up 446 offensive yards
Favre 26-33 314 yds 4 TDs!
Walker 7 REC 135 yds

Injuries: Hannibal Navies 8 weeks torn quadricep
Al Harris 2 weeks sprained wrist


Week 17 Progressions:
Al Harris +1
Nick Barnett +1
Chad Clifton +1
Ahmad Carroll +1
Mark Roman +1
Raynoch Thompson +1
Joey Thomas +1
Matt O'Dwyer +1
Brady Poppinga +1
Grey Ruegamer +3
Jay Terry +2
Atlas Herrion +1
Chris Johnson +2

[Evernight]

Wild Card:
Chargers @ Jaguars L 9-23
49ers @ Rams L 20-27
Ravens @ Bills L 24-30
Vikings @ Falcons W 12-9 OT

Divison:

Bills @ Steelers L 6-13

Vikings @ Packers L 23-26
Favre 21-32 251 yds 2 TD 1 INT
Green 32 ATT 162 yds
Walker 9 REC 135 yds 2 TD

Jaguars @ Broncos L 9-20
Rams @ Redskins L 16-42


Conference:
Broncos @ Steelers L 6-30

Redskins @ Packers L 13-38
Favre 31-47 322 yds 4 TD!
Green 21 ATT 109 yds 2 FUM
Walker 7 REC 177 yds 2 TD

Injuries: Nick Barnett torn rotator cuff season


Superbowl:
Steelers @ Packers L 7-9
Longwell 3 FGA&FGM 54 LONG
Jay Terry 6 TAK 1 SCK
Brady Poppinga 5 TAK 3 SCK 1 INT (P.O.G.)


Pro Bowlers:
Ryan Longwell 99 OVR K
Al Harris 95 OVR CB
Ahman Green 95 OVR HB
Nick Barnett 95 OVR MLB
Brett Favre 94 OVR QB (duh :))
Chad Clifton 94 OVR LT
Grady Jackson 93 OVR DT
Ahmad Carroll 93 OVR CB
Bubba Franks 91 OVR TE
Mike Flanagan 91 OVR C
Aaron Kampman 91 OVR LE
Mark Tauscher 90 OVR RT
Nick Luchey 90 OVR FB
Joey Thomas 87 OVR CB
Matt O'Dwyer 83 OVR RG
Grey Ruegamer 82 OVR LG


Pro Bowl:
NFC @ AFC W 21-17
Favre 8-8 111 yds
Longwell 5 FGA&FGM 48 LONG

Post season progressions:
Chad Clifton +1
Cletidus Hunt +1
Grady Jackson +1
Mike Flanagan +1
Earl Little +1
Mark Tauscher +1
Nick Collins +1
Joey Thomas +2
Na'il Diggs +1
Matt O'Dwyer +2
Grey Ruegamer +2
Brady Poppinga +1
Jay Terry +3
Adrian Klemm +1
Michael Hawkins +1
Zac Schroeder -1
Scott Wells +4
Sam Thorne +1
Atlas Herrion +6 OMG
Tommy FUller +2
Chris Johnson +1

[C-Mart]

did favre retire ????

[Evernight]

Year 2006 Net Income: 42.80M

Coach Signings:
O. Coordinator B. Billick $4.01M/3 yrs
D. COordinator J. Bates $4.09M/3 yrs

Training Staff:
Hotwire Trainers $2.20M/3 yrs

Stadium Upgrades:
Cup Holders $2.00M
Super Suites $2.30M

Owner Rating:
All Madden

Retirements:
Brett Favre 92 OVR QB age 37

RFA:
Resigned:
CB Joey Thomas 89 OVR $1.91M
C Scott Wells 82 OVR $1.44M
P B.J. Sander 82 OVR $660K
DT Donnell Washington 78 OVR $660K
DT Corey Williams 66 oVR $660K

Trades:
None

Resignings:
Earl Little 90 OVR SS $4.42M/$1.26M/2 yrs
Ryan Longwell 99 OVR K $10.73M/$2.30M/5 yrs
Na'il Diggs 87 OVR ROLB $7.10M/$1.50M/2 yrs
Mike Flanagan 91 OVR C $9.17M/$2.25M/3 yrs
Atlas Herrion 80 OVR RG $5.80M/$1.51M/4 yrs
Chris Johnson 72 OVR CB $6.30M/$1.75M/5 yrs
Ben Steel 69 OVR TE $2.04M/$360K/3 yrs
Odell Davis 61 OVR LG $2.80M/$700K/5 yrs
Brian Douglas 79 OVR WR $7.23M/$1.59M/3 yrs

Releases:
Adrian Klemm 83 OVR LG
David Martin 69 OVR TE

[coolwizard23]

Are u simming or playing?

[Evernight]

Ive played all but preseason and the last few weeks of the 2nd season up until the superbowl

[Evernight]

Draft Grade: A

Draft Signings:
Dominique Byrd 78 OVR TE $11.65M/$2.75M/5 yrs
Buck Harrell 81 OVR FB $3.57M/$720K/3 yrs
Kevin Estes 67 OVR QB $1.60M/$390K/3 yrs

Free Agency Signings:
Marcus Taylor (Rookie) 74 OVR LE $5.16M/$640K/4 yrs

Training Camp Progressions:
Nick Collins +1
Brady Poppinga +2
Ahman Green +2
Aaron Rodgers +3
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila +2
Dominique Byrd +2
Ryan Longwell +0 (already 99, now 99 KP & KA)
Craig Nall +0
B.J. Sander +5

90 OVR 89 OFF 92 DEF 90 ST

Icons:
Ahman Green 94 OVR HB
Grady Jackson 93 OVR DT
Mark Roman 92 OVR FS
Raynoch Thompson 91 OVR ROLB
Earl Little 90 OVR SS
Nick Barnett 95 OVR MLB


Preseason:
Week 1 @ Titans (0-0) L 21-17
Rodgers 15-23 187 yds 2 TD 1 INT
Sam Thorne 9 TAK

Week 2 @ Patriots (0-1) L 19-30
Rodgers 14-20 179 yards

Week 3 vs Broncos (1-1) L 12-23
Nall 13-21 109 yds
Rodgers 5-7 33 yds 1 TD

Injuries: Hannibal Navies 8 weeks broken jaw

Week 4 vs Ravens (2-1) L 6-27
Rodgers 16-25 143 yds 1 INT
Jackson 6 TAK

Injuries: Cletidus Hunt 10 weeks high ankle sprain

Preseason Progressions:
Nick Barnett -1
Ahman Green +2
Cletidus Hunt -1
Grady Jackson -1
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila +1
Aaron Kampman -1
Earl Little -1
Joey Thomas -1
B.J. Sander +5
Na'il Diggs -1
Brady Poppinga -1
Hannibal Navies -1
Jay Terry -1
R-Kal Truluck -1
Sam Thorne -1
Dominique Byrd +2
Kullen Jenkins -1
Craig Nall -1

basically the only ones who progressed any are the ones i bumped up in training camp