The opening week of 2013's Madden NFL 24 Playoffs begins and will end with what is probably on paper,the best game ever played.The Madden 24 coins Seattle Seahawks,playing perhaps the best football in the league go to the United States to take on The Washington Redskins,winners of the seven previous games.Much of the focus heading into the game will focus on the head-to-head contest between two quarterbacks who are rookies,Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson.Both have made a case for the Madden NFL 24's Rookie Of The Year award,but victory during the afternoon game on Sunday Maryland is certainly the greater prize.
With Seattle's final-month dominance,the Seahawks are home favorites against the NFC East champs.The Seahawks'five losses this season came on the road,and RGIII should have one more week to rest and recuperate from his knee injury.The 2011 Heisman recipient was clearly hampered during the Redskins'final two games in the regular season.He was wearing a large knee braces that hindered his speed when running through the backfield.Wilson avoided serious injuries during his first year and gained strength each week,bringing the Seahawks moving forward ahead of the postseason.
Meet the Redskins
The Redskins start the postseason on an unbeaten streak of seven games,coming back from a 3-3 record at their bye and climbing toward the top of NFC East.Griffin transformed on the fortunes of an franchise that hadn't made a postseason appearance since 2006 He also had one of the more boring offenses in the Madden NFL 24.RGIII was an instant success and enthralled the Saints in Week 1 and following up as the newly appointed captain in the final stretch.
Mike and Kyle Shanahan dramatically altered their offenses to be more adapted to the strengths of RGIII by using the pistol as well as the zone-read option.Chris Brown highlighted the offensive changes in Washington and the Redskins performed it flawlessly against Dallas to seal this division in Sunday's game.Griffin is averaging around seven yards per carries when using the zone-read,and even with the knee brace Griffin was able to get running on the outside in the game against Cowboys.Even though he's not 100%hundred percent yet,Shanahan and RG3 have chosen the best spots to force defenses to choose as well as being athletic enough to pick up yardage even when not at the top of his game.
Of course,RGIII isn't the only rookie picking up yardage by grabbing huge chunks of the backfield.In his debut season Alfred Morris has been an extremely productive running back.Morris'sixth-rounder stole the attention in the season's finale.Morris recorded a phenomenal 200-yard night against the Cowboys as he set the Redskins record for the most rushing yards in a single season.He ended the season with 1.613 yards-the second-highest total since Adrian Peterson had more-with 13 touchdowns including seven in Washington's last four games.The rookie rips through holes and quickly gets onto the 2nd level the defense,perfectly fitting into the cheap madden 24 coins Redskins new offensive.The rookie duo led Washington to the most efficient rush in Madden NFL 24 with an average of 169.3 yards per game.
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