There has been much debate on whether your offensive line really matters in Madden this year. To find out, I looked at each team's starting offensive lines, and compared the average's of their starting 5 against their team's total rushing yards. By using the total yards instead of individual RB's stats, it will better offset the RB's overall rating by averaging it out with the backup RBs abilities, giving us a better outlook of line play vs. RB abilities.

It ...

Award Picks

OPOY

Brandon Cooks (94 catches, 1812 yards, 16 TD)

DPOY

Stephone Anthony (92 ta...

Season 34 AFC Playoff Picture

Bengals – Properly Rated

The Bengals have locked up the 1st seed...

New Orleans Saints (13-2)

Week 17 Matchup: New York Giants (10-5)

Playoff Outlook – The Saints just need to win/tie to get the #1 seed. However, if they lose and either the Cowboys or Eagles win their last two games, they will drop down to #2 or #3. If Saints and Rams are tied at #2, the Rams have the head-to-head advantage.

The Saints had a really good draft, but that’s not hard when you own 16 of the first 32 picks. Coo...

RedZone QB Play Breakdown

This has been a really interesting season in RedZone for QB play. The best QB’s have not been high volume passers. This intuitively makes sense; if you only pass in ideal situations and/or when the defense is gearing up for the run, you will generally be more successful. However, this is not how it works in reality. The highest volume passers, generally, are the best passers. This is likely because if a team is really good at something, it only ...

AST1N is back at it again with his yearly end of season predictions. Before jumping to them, lets take a look at where things sit as of today:

There will be a ton of great games to finish out the season. Now I know what you are all thinking. "But Astin... with so many games going on, how will I know what to watch???" ...

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Season 34 Pythagorean Update

Now that every team has played at least 8 games it's time to take a look at Pythagorean stats for the first half of the season. You've heard the spiel by now: point differential is a better indicator of future success than previous won-loss record, blah blah blah. If you need a refresher, check out my post from Madden 16.

Pythagorean W...

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Madden 18 cannot come quick enough for some GMs in the league. Many have seen the writing on the wall and know that this cycle is all but dead to them. With the Red Zone completing their Madden 18 Team Draft this past weekend, let's take a look at how things ended up panning out.

*The first thing many will notice is how much s...