we are about to kick off the family madden league. The rules this year are each person picks a team from a different division with three in the afc and three in the nfc. First pick was obviously the Rams. That defense is too good to pass up. I wound up with the Titans. I expect I’ll be making some trades rather quickly—I need more speed at the WR position. If I can get one burner and a better TE and shore up any weak spots on the line, King Henry and AP ought to get me to the playoffs east.
The real problem is that I don’t play a lot of Madden. I don’t know the automatic plays to beat the bot. I don’t know the plays I need to beat these kids either. I’ll be fighting to figure it out all next week because the league starts soon after.
in the real world I’m still all about the Giants. I still believe that they can take over the NFC East but it will come down to end of season wins. They’ll get easier teams as the season progresses whereas I don’t see that happening for the other three east teams. I also see our guys eventually coming back. We have been struggling with injuries. Most of the skill starters are out and Engram has just been plum bad this year, so he don’t count.
all that being said, I’m clinging to the belief of a Giants win on the short week. I think we have a chance to put one on the Raiders this week. Oddly, I also suspect the Jets might make the Colts game interesting. They aren’t going to be overlooked the way they were last week, that’s for sure.
I didn’t do much by way of predictions today, so I will make time for that tomorrow. Call it about ten minutes
Some Thoughts:
- It’s official. We lost our youth RB for the season. He is going in for surgery next week. My boy needs to step up and play big. I think he’s up for it.