Madden NFL 09

Life as a Superstar, Pt 7

The second half of my first year in Denver was rather uneventful. Jay Cutler only missed two games, so we didn't lose our rhythm. We finished the year with the best record in football at 13-3. The next best record belonged to, of all things, the 49ers, at 11-5. I ran for 1,579 yards on the year, averaging 98.8 YPG, both good for third in the league (behind Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch). I led the leaque in touchdowns with 20 and yards per carry with 6.6. I won my second MVP award (my first was in my record-setting rookie campaign), which suprised me. Some other notes from around the league: Chad Johnson was the best reciever and Eli Manning actually had the best year of any QB, better then Tom Brady or even his big bro Peyton. As for Johnny Sparks, he levelled off considerably and had only 15 TDs with 14 INTs on the year. For the first time in my career I got to skip the wildcard round, and progressed directly to doing battle with the Baltimore Ravens in the Divisional Round.

I played well against the Ravens, racking up 120 yards on the ground and 45 yards recieving, and we won going away, 34-0. The next game was against the Colts, so I was naturally very fired up. Too fired up, it turned out, as I had perhaps my worst game as a pro. I ran for -2 yards in the first half, and only finished with 66. I didn't score even once! I'd better give back my nickname as the Colt Killer. Jay Cutler, on the other hand, had a great game, throwing for 142 yards and a touchdown as we won the game, 13-6. I looked to see who it was we'd be facing in the Super Bowl, and I was even more flabergasted then I was last year: the San Francisco 49ers had defeated Sparks and the Buccaneers and were also heading to Dallas for this titanic matchup in Super Bowl XLV.

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