Week 1 in Houston Texas was a closer game than the score shows. As the Texans had two pick six scores which sealed the victory. Even though they won they were only able to get two offensive TD while being stopped to three Field goals.
The Defense was the star for this club as they had seven Sacks and two Int for a defensive TD.
The offense was very stagnent as they did not acumilate very much in yards.
Offensive Stars were
Brock Oswielr 7 for 11 136 yrds and 1 TD 0 INT
L.Miller 11 carries 111 yrd 1 TD
D. Hopkins 2 catches 1 TD 66 yrds.
Defensive Star
J. Clowney 3 Sacks 5 Takles
W. mercilus 2 Sacks 4 Tackles
B. Dunn 2 Sacks 3 Tackles
A.Allen 8 Tackles
A. Hall 5 Takles 1 INT TD
J.MIles 4 Takles 1 INT TD
Next Week the Texans Stay home again and Face the Chiefs. Lets hope to a winning streak in the early season
Go Texans
-Sin-
The Preseason for the Texans was an exciting one. With big names moving in and out of the Houston.
The first big move was the surprise firing of Head Coach Bill O'Brian. WIth this firing they brought in rookie Head Coach Michael Spangrud. In this move the first thing he did was Change the Defense to a 4-3 from the 3-4.
This change moved both Merciluss and Clowney to the DE spot. That left JJ Watt either at DT or what eventually happened, out of a Texans Uniform. That is right the Huston Texans created even more buzz than firing a head coach, by trading Watt to Detriot Lions for D. Slay. This move will help sure up the Secondary but we will see how the fans react to this news. Lets hop Slay has some thick skin to start. But head coach believes Slay will make Houston say Watt who by the time He makes his return to the stadium in Week 8 as Houston will Host the Lions.
* Watt and K.Johson for Slay a 3rd and 5th
In other big news The Texans also traded 1st round draft pick W. Fuller along with Wilfork and Cushing for G Lang, WR D.Adams and young QB B.Hundley. This is a huge surprise move to trade the recently number 1 speedster for a lineman on his last year of a contract.
* I dont know coach
Now down to the games and least important part of preseason.
The Texans went 2 and 2 and looked pretty good.
Game 1 vs the 49ers was the worst game of the preseason as they lost 31-10
Game 2 vs the Saints was a victory with a score of 24-14
Game 3 vs the Cards was a late dissappointing lose to the Cards 20-19
Game 4 vs the Cowboys seen a 24-20 win
Lets hope this will turn into a playoff run for the Texans.
-Sin-
Start of the League
Week 4 of Preseason Just about over as we will advance Tonight.
Week 1 games may be played before the patch but not required. After patch has been issued we will start are league officially and set a time for advancement to week 2.
For those who are unaware Advancement is Monday - Wednesday - Friday at 11 Eastern. The extra day is for the Football Fans who will be into real football over madden.
Each Season will take roughly 6 weeks to finish. We plan on going As many Seasons as possible. Unless there is some ground breaking patch that will vastly improve the CFM we will not be restarting the league.
Things needed to be done to stay in the league
Everyone need to be on Daddy Leagues to use the feature. Trading must be posted on Daddy leagues. I encourage everyone to write a blog weekly about your team. Its just a cool way to stay interactive. Also the more activity on the site the higher our League becomes as far as being recognize as Elite league.
Everyone Must have twitch. The Away team must stream the game being played. Even against the CPU. Everyone needs to insure that the setting in their twitch account is set to Archive games.
Groupme is a must. Games are scheduled their. Games need to be scheduled in the first 24 hours. You must contact your opponent in DM, so don't wait and assume your opponent is going to contact you. be proactive. it takes 10 seconds to say hey what is a good time to play and wait for a response. Active players are what we are looking for. If you cant take the time to be active in the league then this wont be the right fit for you.
Follow the rules please. I know it seems long but read the game rules over before each game. If you cant play within the rules just leave now. Eventually you will be kicked and you just wasted a lot of peoples time. All so you can prove you know how to work the madden system and find its flaws. Good for you. We are here to have fun and play a fair league not find out who can find the madden 17 flaws and exploit them the best. ***The rules will be updated when new issues are discovered.
Trading
All trades must get approved by commish group. That being said I encourage trading and active trade talks. Its an added element to just playing a game and shutting madden off. No you don't have to trade. One thing I ask is don't low ball offer people crap. For one it discourages guys from seeking trades and it wont get accepted Anyways. So there is no real usefulness to offering crappy trades.
FA is open at the start of week 1.
Practice Squad players are not open until week 2. the reason being is not everyone has set their own squad do the CPU will do it for the player. 1 Week gives them time to change it. The CPU may put good players on that squad. So wait till week 2. If they have not fixed it by then or been on to fix their roster, then they should have been more active.
Playing or Missing Games
I know everyone cant sit in front of madden all day everyday. I get it lives come first as it should be that way. If you cant make your game please contact your opponent and let them know ASAP so they are not waiting around all day for you. If you know your going to not be on to play please put yourself on Auto. Or let one of the Commish know so we are tracking it.
If your going out of town for a few days or weeks let me know so we do not kick you.
Incentive
We are going to try and start in game incentives for Daddy League involvement. I did this in another league and some took to it and some did not. It is just another way to make the league active. Posting Blogs will come with incentive. As it states in the rules.
The incentives are a work in progress and open to suggestions.
Incentive are earned by posting blogs on your team games, trades and just overall outlook.
Blogs will be counted as 1 per madden game week. so if you do 2 in one game week it will count as just one. A preseason Blog will count as one. And for those who make the playoffs you have extra weeks to earn the max reward. Anyone who missed the playoffs any blog you write will not be counted into final count. the max reward is given to all owners who write 17 blogs. but incentives are earned starting when you write 4.
Offseason will also include an extra incentive if you write a 3 of the 4, Player Resigning recap, Trade recap, Draft Recap, FA signing recap.
Suggestions on incentive and what type of things need to be rewarded are welcome
Super bowl Rewards
At some point I would like to start a reward for super bowl winners. I am looking for suggestions. Remember that if it involves money then it will take the league to participate. Unfortunately my wife wont be to happy with me shelling out money every 6 weeks to give a guy who won on Madden. This is not something that need to happen right away. Buy it will keep competitiveness at a high level longer through the season.
Final Words
This leagues purpose is to have fun. So don't be a dick and don't be stupid. If you are unhappy with the league let me know we can try to fix it. Or just leave. Its OK if a league does not work out for you. Not the end of the world. Plenty of leagues out there. You will find the right one for you. But if you just take the approach of having fun you will be fine here. 32 users in this league right now. 16 will lose every week. (unless there is a tie). you win some you lose some. For the winners don't rub it in. For the losers don't talk shit its cool you lost. Take that loss and build on it. If you truly believe they cheated then let a commish know.
Lastly there are 5 commish in this league. If i do not respond right away hit them up to. we all have the same power and same judgment. We all know how to run this league.
Texans - Spangrudm