RevanFan wrote:Your defensive depth chart only lists 10 starters on defense.
Shit, you're right. Side effect of New England's big nickel; I'm generally only starting two linebackers with Patrick Chung in the LOLB spot and Devin McCourty shifting over to SS.
jose21crisis wrote:So Rex Burkhead is the starting HB? Neat. He hasn't performed to my own standards in my franchise (Well, I'm putting the pressure of converting on third downs on him), so hopefully he gets the job done here. So, Danny is out but Julian is back. I'd rather have a great wide receiver that might throw the football than a slot receiver than, while good, is ... well ... a slot receiver. Danny's no Wes Welker all right.
Also, let's see if James Harrison likes to ride the bench again.
Inasmuch as I have a "starting HB", yes. He's the most versatile RB on the roster, being a decent runner and good at catching the ball. And best of all, he doesn't want $17m/year like
some RBs.
James White is my third down back, since he's much more of a pure receiving back. As for James Harrison, he doesn't really ride the bench. He's a stand-up rusher in my 1-5-5 Prowl look and an edge defender in my "bear" front (aka a 3-4 with bigger guys on the outside). He even sacked Russell Wilson in my opening game against Seattle.
jose21crisis wrote:Good thing he's still on the team. Cutting him would be like cutting Adam Vinatieri (or Chris Boswell. I'm looking at you Pittsburgh). You don't cut a guy that puts half the points of the season and comes through in the clutch.
Who are the OLBs and the MLBs of the team?
And, if you need help with the playbooks (For the Big Nickel packages or offensive playbooks), tell me and I can get you a playbook with the adjustments you need.
ROLB: Kyle Van Noy, James Harrison
MLB: Dont'a Hightower, Elandon Roberts
LOLB: (Patrick Chung), Rashaan Evans, Marquis Flowers
I actually switched to the Baltimore playbook based on your research since I wanted a 4-3 which the Jets playbook doesn't have, so I'm really all set when it comes to defense. Did you end up making an offensive playbook for New England that I could try out?
RevanFan wrote:Also, how do you make your depth charts? I like the look.
madden07eurocat wrote:I'd like to know as well. The DC's have a cool look.
Like I said, go Burkhead!
cyclone2426 wrote:Wouldn't be hard to recreate in Photoshop or any other image editing program for that matter. Its just text over a semi transparent logo, you might even be able to do that in Word.
Photoshop is correct, but I reckon you could do it in GIMP as well. My templates have the Pats logo already, but it would be super easy for someone to just replace that with whatever logo they want. I use 15% opacity on it, but you may have to tweak that depending on the logo. I already have all team logos saved, so I'll just zip all of it and attach it here if anyone wants to have a gander. Feel free to use them to your heart's extent, should you want to.