List of players YOU use and never see anyone else use

[Rusty Barr]

I never see anyone use some of the guys I use. Just curious who you use and never see anyone else use.

[Rusty Barr]

Steve Bartkowski Bronze QB

Charge up that arm and watch the rockets go

[Gunther]

Dennis Dixon silver cap QB

Never seen anyone else use this guy. :)

[Big M]

John Anderson (bronze OLB)

I don't think anyone's broken one of his tackles before (unless I'm controlling him :D)

[guava9]

Solomon Wilcotts
Troy Drayton
BillyJoe Dupree
Jan Stenerud
Henry Ellard
Dante Lavelli
George McAfee
Derron Cherry
Bobby Herbert
Silver O-linemen
Abner Haynes
Eric Bieniemy
Freeman McNeil
Leroy Kelly

[nyknicks33]

Thurman Thomas
**** Anderson
Eric Turner
Scott Studwell
Anthony Munoz
Tom Brookshier
Nolan Cromwell
Cliff Branch
Marty Lyons
Mel Renfro
Steve Grogan

[I.C.D.N.V.N.U.]

Any bronze RB other than Okoye or Means.

It's so annoying. Over half of my games are against Christian freaking Okoye. Boring.

[AlmightyMain]

I Use Shannon Sharpe, Thurman Thomas and Jim Harbaugh on my teams (never under-estimate that 4th quarter comeback ability. Harbaugh is money with the game on the line). I've never seen them on anyone elses team i played.

[theydidntnameme]

i played a game where i was pass rushed so hard every play, my qb always overthrew the recievers... now all my teams have either archie manning or steve grogan. they can be almost sacked with 3 pass rushers about to slam him and they still throw perfect passes.

guava, nyknicks, you guys use ALL of those players??

the ones I use that i never see anyone else use are:

jim bakken
reggie cobb
steve grogan
archie manning
**** anderson

[guava9]

guava, nyknicks, you guys use ALL of those players??

Yep. Most of my teams have players most people don't use -- the less common guys. You won't see me with Okoye, Barney, or Metzelaars.

I have a team of players no uses. The Des Moines Pagans:

Warren Moon
Joe Perry

Jan Stenerud
George McAfee
Lester Hayes

Steve Tasker
Troy Drayton
Ronnie Bull
Tony Tolbert
Scott Studwell
Tim Dwight (CAP)

[BrandH]

I have Tony Canendeo, Joe Perry and Art Donovan on one team. I used to use Gino Marchetti on one team. I have Booby Hebert on one also.

[Njake.]

I don't see many Earl Campbells out there.

Or Terry McDaniels, Lem Barneys, Brad Van Pelts, or Jerry Rices either.

[Someone]

Daryl Johnston.

[Smilely]

Yep. Most of my teams have players most people don't use -- the less common guys. You won't see me with Okoye, Barney, or Metzelaars.

I have a team of players no uses. The Des Moines Pagans:

Warren Moon
Joe Perry

Jan Stenerud
George McAfee
Lester Hayes

Steve Tasker
Troy Drayton
Ronnie Bull
Tony Tolbert
Scott Studwell
Tim Dwight (CAP)

I am pretty sure I played you the other day. I was surprised at a Warren Moon and Joe Perry team.

And if it was you, I also was surprised when you quit after I was kicking your *** to the high heavens.

[TheRainboWarior]

I use Roger Craig, A LOT! My offense just has

S:Roger Craig
B:Rob Moore
B:Rocet Ismail
B:Mack Strong (FB Leadership)

I run a lot of flex sets, and Craig usually gets 100 yards recieving and 100 yards rushing. People say he is HORRIBLE, but he has a nasty spin move and is one of the faster silvers, and he is Mr. Third Down lol, throw it to him on third, and he does not drop it.

People expect to use him as a down after down back, if you want that grab a workhorse :)

[guava9]

I am pretty sure I played you the other day. I was surprised at a Warren Moon and Joe Perry team.

And if it was you, I also was surprised when you quit after I was kicking your *** to the high heavens.

I'm on the PS3, my record is 140-140-10-0. No quits. If you're on the PS3 and you did play me, what color were the jerseys?

[LSUTIGERSPHXSUNS]

I use Chuck Benardik, the best OLB in the game!

[ATL Jones Bro3]

you dont see peopel use thurman??? wow.. i dont have the game but i know hes a freakin beast..

[TheRainboWarior]

Nobody uses him ... its sadly true.

[Gadz1313]

Merril Hoge, for a FB he's grease lightening and he gets to that hole real quick. Especially in I-form. After Defenses are geared up for Barry Sanders or the Deep Pass to Wesley Walker you can easily put it in Merril's hands.

[BrandH]

Merril Hoge, for a FB he's grease lightening and he gets to that hole real quick. Especially in I-form. After Defenses are geared up for Barry Sanders or the Deep Pass to Wesley Walker you can easily put it in Merril's hands.
I tried him but didn't get much production. FB don't perform very well for me. I have better success with Joe Perry when he is a single back. This is online, offline Perry is awesome for me.

[verydry]

Mike Golic DT, Lee Roy Selmon DE, Roger Wehrli CB, Solomon Wilcots FS, John Brodie QB

[mcgtady]

i use stabler, salematuatec defense ,brazile. alvin harper,mike noll,rod woodson is a beat on my team, eugene robinson. i tend to use the guys with no attributes im weird like that lol. like wilcots , i used to use metzelaars but now i use the tight end with the bull dozer icon i forget his name , same bronze list, i used to use herman moore and christian okoye. but my cowboys team so i switched to emmit smith but i mainly pass most of the time and blast though with him unexpectedly. when i got the game i used bartkowski but realized how bad he was , jerry rice is insane but i think the best wr is cliff branch tough to stop ,

[butterknife26]

I love Karl Mecklenberg he's a staple on all of my teams... he's great at nothing, but good at everything. Sometimes I'll put him at OLB in a 3-3 Nickel, then Audible to Nickel Man where he plays DE.... So I'll be rushing Mecklenberg, Manley, and Simmons

[kcxiv]

Thurman Thomas
**** Anderson
Eric Turner
Scott Studwell
Anthony Munoz
Tom Brookshier
Nolan Cromwell
Cliff Branch
Marty Lyons
Mel Renfro
Steve Grogan
Studwell is a stud. I use him alot. I love his signal stealer.

[nyknicks33]

i played a game where i was pass rushed so hard every play, my qb always overthrew the recievers... now all my teams have either archie manning or steve grogan. they can be almost sacked with 3 pass rushers about to slam him and they still throw perfect passes.

guava, nyknicks, you guys use ALL of those players??

the ones I use that i never see anyone else use are:

jim bakken
reggie cobb
steve grogan
archie manning
**** anderson

yup..every few weeks I switch all of my teams out..my current rotation is a tribute to the warren moon era run and shoot, 85 bears, greatest show on turf rams, 2000 Ravens, buffalo bills, buddy ryan era eagles, steve young era niners, and a gimmick 3-3-5 defense green bay packers logo squad.

[ToyDingo]

No one uses any O-Linemen over the bronze level. Seriously, Otto Graham will turn your line into a brick wall for both the run and the pass...

[Gunther]

No one uses any O-Linemen over the bronze level. Seriously, Otto Graham will turn your line into a brick wall for both the run and the pass...


I tried using lineman it never seemed to pay off for me.

[LSUTIGERSPHXSUNS]

Yeah, I use linemen too. Once I even tried Larry Little (Gold Guard), and he made my line soooooooo much better!

But I find that when you have too many legends on the O-line, they actually play worse, because I once tried (silver center, bronze guards, bronze tackles), and they sucked.

[LSUTIGERSPHXSUNS]

No one uses any O-Linemen over the bronze level. Seriously, Otto Graham will turn your line into a brick wall for both the run and the pass...

Does Otto Graham really do wonders for your O-line???

[Mizerak3]

I use Chuck Muncie and I have never seen anyone else use him. I love the way he breaks tackles. He is tough to bring down also.

[nyknicks33]

Yeah, I use linemen too. Once I even tried Larry Little (Gold Guard), and he made my line soooooooo much better!

But I find that when you have too many legends on the O-line, they actually play worse, because I once tried (silver center, bronze guards, bronze tackles), and they sucked.


Yeah one o-lineman upgrades the level of the entire line a great deal. It's like the legend o-lineman all have a hidden leadership attribute. More then 1 is just unecessary duplication.

I also find that 2 DT's are pretty useless as well, if there isnt a D-end to go with them. I learned that lesson the hard way.

[LSUTIGERSPHXSUNS]

^^^ Yeah, its like there is a chemistry thing too. Too many players at either O-line or D-line makes them play worse.

DE + DT is better for me than DT + DT or even all legend D-line for that matter.

I thought that an all legend D-line would be so much more effective, but in reality, it just wasn't as effective as a DE + DT combo.


IMO no one ever uses the best overall lineman in the game, JEROME BROWN!!!

[LSUTIGERSPHXSUNS]

I am not kidding, try Jerome Brown out and you will be amazed. He is an amazing pass rusher, and stops the run really well too.

[ToyDingo]

Does Otto Graham really do wonders for your O-line???

He's a gold center with the leadership ability. Surround him with a bunch of generics and watch as rushing LB's get stuffed on the line. I don't know why his leadership gives such a boost, but when I put him in my passing offense team, I had so much time in the pocket it was ridiculous

[LSUTIGERSPHXSUNS]

I thought that Otto Graham was a QB?

[nyknicks33]

^^^ Yeah, its like there is a chemistry thing too. Too many players at either O-line or D-line makes them play worse.

DE + DT is better for me than DT + DT or even all legend D-line for that matter.

I thought that an all legend D-line would be so much more effective, but in reality, it just wasn't as effective as a DE + DT combo.


IMO no one ever uses the best overall lineman in the game, JEROME BROWN!!!


You are very right: I tried to build a buddy ryan eagles team. They had a monsterous D-Line: Reggie White, Jerome Brown, Keith Millard, Clyde Simmons.

I put all 4 together and they just werent all that effective. I kept white and brown, replaced millard and simmons for LB's and havent looked back.

[LSUTIGERSPHXSUNS]

^^^ White + Brown, probably best combo in the game. I used that once, and had Rod Woodson roaming the secondary, needless to say, it was pik six galore.

[LSUTIGERSPHXSUNS]

One guy you guys need to try is the bronze CB Tommy Brookshier. He is really good in coverage and has come up with at least a pick per game in the red zone. Plus he is a great tackler, and complements Albert Lewis very well.

[BrandH]

I thought that Otto Graham was a QB?
He is, he meant Jim Otto. Unless he is doing some crazy substitutions. Speaking of substitutions does any one think that the old players that were 2 way players should be represented how they played. I was messing around yesterday in practice and put Sammy Baugh as the kicker just to see if they made him able to kick like he did in real life. Well needless to say it was a disaster.

[LSUTIGERSPHXSUNS]

Yeah, and Benardik was a great center in real life but stinks at it in the game.

And Lou Groza was a great Offensive Tackle in real life but sucks at it in the game. I'm pretty sure Lou Groza was like an all pro tackle

[nyknicks33]

He is, he meant Jim Otto. Unless he is doing some crazy substitutions. Speaking of substitutions does any one think that the old players that were 2 way players should be represented how they played. I was messing around yesterday in practice and put Sammy Baugh as the kicker just to see if they made him able to kick like he did in real life. Well needless to say it was a disaster.


Lol..need to try that just to see for myself

[mcgtady]

One guy you guys need to try is the bronze CB Tommy Brookshier. He is really good in coverage and has come up with at least a pick per game in the red zone. Plus he is a great tackler, and complements Albert Lewis very well.
mcdaniel is a beast as well,i actually have browner and i usually stick him on a gold rb ,i think the best way to stop a campbell user is to use browner .(damn he hits so hard you could almost fell it dan!!!!) speaking in peters voice he commentator, i love the commentary , theres always something he ssays about every player, its hilarious when he goes off about how that pass was one inch away from the sun i swear and then dan is like calm down peter lol

[nyknicks33]

One guy you guys need to try is the bronze CB Tommy Brookshier. He is really good in coverage and has come up with at least a pick per game in the red zone. Plus he is a great tackler, and complements Albert Lewis very well.


He blew a gm for me..got beat in the corner of endzone for a game winning TD by drew pearson :( :o

[mcgtady]

rocket ismail is a beat in the red zone

[theydidntnameme]

i had a team where i stayed in 5-2 the whole game and my dline was

gino marchetti
Leon Lett
keith millard
dan hampton
dexter manley

needless to say i got tons of sacks, and throwing deep balls was out of the question (night train and lester hayes kept the wr's stuck long enough for the pressure to come). they'd usually get the deep pass off before any hits but by then the pressure was so high that they always overthrew the pass. i loved using that team against teams with 2 wr's and no star te thats where it shines :D

[nyknicks33]

i had a team where i stayed in 5-2 the whole game and my dline was

gino marchetti
Leon Lett
keith millard
dan hampton
dexter manley

needless to say i got tons of sacks, and throwing deep balls was out of the question (night train and lester hayes kept the wr's stuck long enough for the pressure to come). they'd usually get the deep pass off before any hits but by then the pressure was so high that they always overthrew the pass. i loved using that team against teams with 2 wr's and no star te thats where it shines :D


goodness! that stands out to me..because whenever I have had 4 stud D-lineman..I just havent seen them have a great impact..I must re-examine what I 'm doing..

[nflhitman]

Otto Graham is the best QB in this game. Try him and find out yourself. He throughs the ball with a quick release, Thorws accurate, throws on the run, and throws 70 yards with ease. He easily the best.

[LSUTIGERSPHXSUNS]

Ima try him out, since you have Leroy Butler, one of the best and most underrated safties.

[4SteelersFanatic20]

Yep. Most of my teams have players most people don't use -- the less common guys. You won't see me with Okoye, Barney, or Metzelaars.

I have a team of players no uses. The Des Moines Pagans:

Warren Moon
Joe Perry

Jan Stenerud
George McAfee
Lester Hayes

Steve Tasker
Troy Drayton
Ronnie Bull
Tony Tolbert
Scott Studwell
Tim Dwight (CAP)

Same here

GOLD
FB Joe Perry (funny hes on both our teams that nobody uses lol)
HB Paul Hornung (I've NEVER seen or heard of anybody using him)

SILVER
WR Henry Ellard
TE Billy Joe Dupree
OLB Chuck Bednarik

BRONZE
QB Bobby Hebert
CB Tom Brookshier
FS Nolan Cromwell
FS Soloman Wilcotts
OLB Byce Paup
ILB Chuck Noll

[LSUTIGERSPHXSUNS]

^^^ Thats actually a pretty good team