With only two weeks left to go in the regular season the Pastapadre Online Franchise for Madden 10 is seeing the playoff picture come into focus. Games have been played at a pace of two a week and that has brought us to this point. For those curious we are not accepting new owners for a couple vacated teams until the offseason. Feel free to follow along with all the developments in the forum.
Five divisions have already been clinched. The Eagles from the NFC and the Jets, Ravens, Raiders, and Jaguars from the AFC. The tightest race is in the NFC South where the Bucs and Saints are both 10-4. The other two divisions have a separation of two games with the Packers and Cardinals in control. The Raiders are looking to go undefeated as they sit at 14-0 and will go against the one win Browns finishing with a challenge against the 12-2 Ravens in week 17.
The Wild Card race in the NFC looks to have been decided and is just a matter of placement as it will be the Seahawks along with the team that doesn’t win the NFC South. In the AFC there are three teams vying for two slots with the Steelers and Chargers at 9-5 and the Titans at 8-6.
Statistical leaders include Maurice Jones-Drew having topped 2000 yards rushing, Andre Johnson with 104 receptions, Drew Brees with 4075 yards passing, Matt Stafford with 32 TD passes, Patrick Willis with 98 tackles, Shawne Merriman with 18 sacks, and Reggie Nelson with 9 INTs.