Cowboys – Overrated

Simply put, if you can stop the run game, chances are you can beat the Cowboys. Problem is, that is a daunting task, with Elliott in the backfield and the best offensive line in the league. Aside from the running game, the defense isn’t great, nor is the passing game. If you can get a lead on the Cowboys and force them to abandon ...

Overrated, Underrated, Properly Rated -- AFC

Bills – Overrated

Welcome to Ranked and Filed, where we put together some hot lists, rank them out, and tell you why it went down that way. In our first series we are going to take a look at the 32 NFL Teams available heading into the RedZone Madden 18 team draft. With our team draft just a few weeks away everyone is getting ready to pick the squad that will hopefully give them a leg up on the competition when Madden 18 starts up in August.

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With the way things look right now, the playoff race will be tight down to the last week. I have decided to take a look at what is going on in both conferences, and make a subjective take on how things may or may not shake out. It would be easy to simply predict winners based soley on win-loss records, but that will never work out perfectly. I get it.... you are think you are all amazing and are all going to win out. Anyway, here are the the before and after look at how the regular season ...

Mid-Season Pythagorean Goodness

Every team has played at least 8 games. You know what that means! Time to criticize the Je..., er, breakdown mid-season Pythagorean Win Expectancy. 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.

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The Dreaded Left Stick Debate – AST1N’s Personal View

In this league, we pride ourselves on playing as sim as possible. In doing so, we have created numerous rules to keep ourselves in check, and the one rule that seems to have the most controversy would be when a user gets a bad case of Leftstickimus Syndrome, or as many of us users know it by, LS. The left stick rule we abide by is offici...

Astin and Kelly’s Season 33 Playoff Predictions

3 Teams That Will Dissapoint in Season 33

Saints

 Every team has their own individual needs and strategies. That is what makes this league fun and exciting. Some owners prefer to pick the flashiest guys with all the hype, some go for their team’s biggest needs, and others prefer to take the best available player at that spot. If we take a look at just the numbers and quality of players (ignoring how they are needed for that team), we can poorly judge how each team faired in this year’s draft. For this study, I looked at ...

3 Teams to Watch in Season 33

Steelers