After a mediocre second year in the league, the Patriots are fighting for their playoff lives. A slow start to the season resulted in a hole that the Pats had to dig out of. Rumor has it that the players were going on vacation from Tuesday through Saturday on any given week, and were showing up hungover to the games on Sunday.
However, the Pats seem to have turned it around and are in the thick of it at 8-6, tied with the New York Jets. The Jets, who went 1-1 against the Patriots this season (a sim win), are hoping the Pats falter within their last two games so that they can get in themselves.
It has been a season full of ups and downs, but the Pats are hoping to sneak into the playoffs where the old mantra "Any Given Sunday" applies. Teams across the league are hoping the Jets take that coveted AFC east divisional spot so that they can avoid an away game versus a 10-6 team.
On a side note, there are rumblings of some rule changes in the offseason. The commissioner's office has been getting a lot of grief for a division winner automatically getting a home game. The point that there is a scheduled event in week 17 where coaches around the AFC will boycott the idea of flying to Foxboro for a wildcard weekend game. Whether or not this will result in any changes is to be seen.
Looking forward to the finale of the season, tune into the final weeks to find out how it all shakes out. Good luck to the SPC, and on to the playoffs!
The Jags are awaiting their first playoff game eagerly after having gotten blessed with some end of season XP. Now that the picture is clearing up a bit, it looks like it will be a path containing the Celtic Tigers and Browns on the way to the Superbowl, two teams that are both known to have lots of klampz.
While there will be plenty of time to look forward and analyze the play by play tactics of each team, for now, the Jags are chillin on their bye week, getting some sun and enjoying an opportunity to play a final set of games in their iconic home stadium before it closes down.
As Bless League rolls into the playoffs, we have a couple of games that have already gone down out of the first four this weekend.
Here are the early results:
Two games, two upsets. Two three seeds knocked out, two wildcards moving on. This reminds me of season 1, when Max won the SB as a 6 seed. Will we see a repeat this year?
Don't underestimate the underdog!
In what was quite a shocking trade earlier this season, the Jags traded away Superbowl winning QB Cole World to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for Patrick Mahomes II who had been underperforming in his time with the Vikes. This was a puzzling move, as the Jags seemed to be rolling with Cole, but as coach Marone pointed out, "this is a 5 year move, and Pat has arm strength that can't be taught"
Below is a review of the 2 QBs stats since they got traded:
Looks like the Vikes are getting identical production out of their QBs, but the owner seems to be happy that his QB makes the required throws now. Meanwhile, in Jacksonville, Pat Mahomes has a new look and leads the highest scoring offense in the league.
Bless tf up!
After another strong performance by the defense in week 17, the Jags are rolling into the playoffs. A few weeks ago, things didn't look so hot, as the Jags looked really bad against Yoni's saints, taking a fat L. The next week, Doom looked to be in control and ready to hand the Jags back to back Lz. But then came, the turning point:
A blocked FG returned for a TD (while the volcano was going strong!) and all of a sudden, the Jags are marching on once again. Will that one play be the turning point the Jags were looking for in advance of the playoffs? Only time will tell!
Congratulations to all our users on a successful first season of Bless League in Madden 18. We had a wild finish with an overtime Superbowl that ended with Max and his Browns lifting the trophy. It may seem far away, but just a week ago, Cabin had the chance to eliminate Max from the playoff race by beating Billy’s CPU in week 17.
Here are some quick highlights from the year-end Pro Bowl selections:
Select first team all pros:
Stay tuned for more league updates and in the meantime, shut off your auto xp spender!