Contenders or Pretenders
by ArkLaTex | 6 years ago | 8 Comments
We will take a quick look at the teams in each division, give them a pretender or contender grade, and a brief reason why.
*DISCLAIMER - IF YOU ARE EASILY TRIGGERED DO NOT READ PAST THIS POINT*
AFC North
Cleveland Browns - Contender. He never really has any competetion in his own division which is most likely from people running from him but man the AFC North sucks....but B is almost always top dog in any division.
Baltimore Ravens - Pretender. Good CPU defense but trash ass user that never allows the autopilot defense reach its potential. As long as this guy is in Baltimore, they will be a dumpster fire.
Cincinnati Bengals - Pretender. Andy is good dude and has a surprise win every once in a while but just not on the level of the elites.
Pittsburgh Steelers - Pretender. Shouldn't waste time with a why.....you know what I'm stop.
AFC West
LA Chargers - Contender. This is the only good team in LA sadly but Mike has a good squad that could push for a title IF he can develop some clutch genes.
Oakland Raiders - Pretender. Kale is mah homie but Madden ain't important to him so Oakland won't thrive. IF he decides to take it serious he would push for AFC title games.
Denver Broncos - Pretender. Turk has defense down, unfortunately you need to be able to score more than 10 pts a game in this league to be succesful.
Kansas City Chiefs - Contender. Codie has all the pieces but he doesn't have "it". That'll make sense for those that know. Possibly he gets out of the way of himself and lets CPU dominate but I'm skeptical.
AFC East
Buffalo Bills - Contender. LB always has new stuff working on both sides of the ball and is a pain in the ass to play against. Mr Hot Route himself will drive you insane with his playstyle.
New England Patriots - Contender. Asstin has a good team and his un-sim playing always makes for a diffcult game. As long as he is allowed to do as he pleases, NE will be an issue in the AFC.
New York Jets - Pretender. Steps could cause trouble in this division but his MO is to play a few weeks then shut it down so I expect more of this tbh. If I'm wrong, the Jets could be a wild card in the AFC.
Miami Dolphis - Pretender. Gomes claims the Dolphins are a 5 season build team, well bad news this league doesn't make it to season 5 so Miami will likely miss playoffs again and Gomes will claim he has to try less, or more less than the last time he tried less....idk something like that.
AFC South
Houston Texans - Contender. Chabe went all the way to SB in Season 2 and I wouldn't be surprised if he was able to do it again in Season 3. Not many know this but the ability of Chabe to control 2 teams in the SFL will always allow him to be top dog.
Tennessee Titans - Pretender. I think this is Chabe as well, which also makes sense. I'm borderline salty I just realized he has positioned himself to be in same divsion. I have majorly underestimated Chabe's mental make-up. Well done Chabe, well done.
Indianapolis Colts - Pretender. The hardest thing about this team is trying to spell Indianapolis correctly. I'm not even sure who has this team now, nor do I care. Non factor.
Jacksonville Jaguars - Pretender. Bando always does the least with the most. If this was a rap battle then he would definitely, ok....nvm he wouldn't win that one either.
NFC West
Arizona Cardinals - TBD. I never speak on myself and won't start now.
LA Rams - Contender. Crim has one of the best teams in Madden and it isn't even close. He has yet to do anything with it and time is running out. What was once thought as a good user in the SFL will quickly turn into a below average user if he can't at least win an NFC West title.
Seattle Seahawks - Pretender. The ginger ninja has employed previous tactics of the "Imma lose on purpose when I really am just poo". I've sadly seen this used many times while I've been in SFL. Matt had a good season one time that I remember, maybe he can get Quan to play for him again like that season.
SF 49ers - Pretender. Absolutely hate playing Spawn. If you win, you were supposed to and if you lose, well.....go ask Codie how that feels.
NFC South
Atlanta Falcons - Contender. Say what you want, Quan is always a threat to win. Lately he has benefited from a terrible, terrible division....wait a minute...just like the Browns, I don't believe he has ever had a team worth a plug nickel in his division.
Carolina Panthers - Pretender. Marv G back in the league after making 2 multi million dollar deals. I'm just glad he has time for SFL again.
Tampa Bay Bucs - Pretender. Ed is just as likely to win a game as he is to get 12 players suspended for breaking all the same rules that Austin does(but never gets punished)
New Orleans Saints - Pretender. Julian is apparently not in JR High and I don't think he is a fan of White Boy Rick now. Anyway he has a good team but still not on the level of the big boys yets.
NFC East
Philadelphia Eagles - Contender. Run over a lot of good teams and user last cycle, with the best team in madden, but it does take skill to pull it off. Look for a repeat in the best division in SFL.
Dallas Cowboys - Contender. Zach will always be tough in regular season and this might be the year he gets it done in playoffs. When he is on, he is tough as anyone in the league. If he can get over the playoff issue, the Boys could be back.
Washington Redskins - Contender. AC is overrated IMO but the dude wins against almost everyone (not me). I used to think he was trash because I typically always won but I'm starting to believe in all the hype that people say about his early days in Madden.
New York Giants - Pretender. Well I guess you can't have 4 heavyweights in one divison so tough break for Max and the Giants. They will get beat like a red headed step child again this season and Max will be on AP by Week 10.
NFC North
Chicago Bears - Contender. Clint always has good teams and always win games. Not sure what his hang up is here as he doesn't ever really get close to the SB. He says he wins many SB's in other leagues....kind of makes me want to play in those leagues.....
Minnesota Vikings - Contender. Jason was known as "King of the North" but I feel like Clint has taken that title from him....you never know though, Minny has all the pieces in place and Jason's play style fits nicely there but I will always root against Minnesota after they cost me DJ and a shot at a SB. Eat a shit sandwhich Minnesota.
Green Bay Packers - Pretender. Bryce used to be one of the top dogs in SFL when he had Philadelphia.....maybe it's just having the Eagles?? Who knows but what I do know is Bryce is a shell of his former self. Went from winning a SB to being a gimmie win in one year. But bless him for his chicken because that is one of the great things on this Earth.
Detroit Lions - Pretender. At the time of press the Lions owner isn't even known.....if that doesn't spell pretender than I don't know what does. Uhhh well since I don't know who has the Lions aka Stafford's Arm, I can't speak on how many wins they give Clint and Jason, ok I will speak on it. 4, the number is 2 wins each.
As always, comments and feedback are appreciated.
