My kid is KILLING ME on Madden 2011. Worse yet, he's killing me with the Detroit Lions. More specifically Calvin Johnson.

If I can shut him down, I think I have a punchers chance.

I've tried House Blitzes mixed with the Quarter (6 DBs) but still nothing.

Help!

Sadly after age 40 one's gaming skills diminish.

All hope for victory is futile.

In your defensive alignments (I always use the 4-3) pick the one where the corner and safety are both on Calvin. (might be called double Z or sumpin')

You have a lot more experience pulling a joystick. We have a WII so there is now joystick.

A 4-3 with a Double Z.

Finally, after knowing you for six years, you are useful for something.....8-[ .... I mean Thank you.

Wheel,

I won't give up. That is why when I lose a barfight, I lose BIG.

Perhaps you should consider a Caoching position so you can stay close to the game...

(so do I, I still have a PS2)

I'll fire up the Madden later today and see what I can discover for a brother...

Oh... if he's in a 3-4 defense run between the tackles.

One problem at a time.

I need to stop Calvin Johnson.](*,)

MAN UP, SOLDIER!

(if he's not even trying to run to set up his pass, go to the 'quarters' defense and double both wide receivers)

How do I double both receivers?

To TRY to get a little of my manhood back, I haven't played Madden in about 8 years. Although I wasn't really good at it back then either.

Pot smokers usually are the best gamers, so I'm at a natural disadvantage.

Dude! I'm old, like you... when I was smoking pot they didn't HAVE Madden... or nintendo, or anything other than pong and space invaders on Atari... which I was too poor to own. We played outside!

Then where did you find all the time to master Madden? Sailing the 7 seas?

I played with myself...

Probably nobody else would.

Thats why I got married.I wanted someone else to touch it occasionally.

I got myself a Nintendo when I was in the Philippines... since I was out to sea all the damn time... my WIFE was a master at Super Mario Bros and beat the game, loooong before I did.

In 1991, when we came back to the US, I got a Sega Genesis and bought Madden '91... played it on Sega until 1993. Then when Playstation came out in '94/'95 I got that and played it on PS1 or PS2 ever since. As I got older, I skipped a year here and there... my current Madden is '09.

I'll need to play a game or two on the WII to become familiar with the controller, but once I do... fuhgedaboudit.

I'd have a better chance at beating you in USN rules and regulations.

I need to quit my job and get good at this game. A parent has to get his priorities straight.

You can play at peewee level.....little dudes on the ice in a parking lot beating the crap out of each other.

(if you had PS2 controllers, this would all make perfect sense... since you're playing on the WII... how bad ya gettin' worked by the little guy?)