Now THAT felt good!

Well I'm 0-3 in Madden NFL 25 (Detroit VS Everybody)... yeah that ain't good. After some heartbreaking losses including blowing a 15 point lead to Arizona, my Lions would head to Indianapolis to take on the Colts. This one won't end horribly will it?

I start by kicking the ball off and... well... it takes about 2 fucking plays for Indy to strike first with 6. Hoho we're starting already. At least I get to go on offense. And I start to drive down the field pretty good! Hell I even get 1st and Goal at the 7! Alright we're about to respond. Hoho not so fast. What I want to throw to LaPorta? Nah... how about it gets picked off at the 2 and returned all the way for a pick six? Great... so now I'm down 14-0... and now I think I might just give up here... HAH... nah you think I'm a quitter? Get out of here!... too bad I still can't remember the location of the buttons on a damn Xbox controller. So Goff gets sacked, it's 4th and 21, and I have to punt. Fuck. At least my defense does the same to Anthony Richardson and the Colts punt. And then my Lions go 3 and out... oh boy... I am not liking this start. Oh yeah here comes the first of the fucking problems. Richardson has legs. And when he uses them, well it's pretty damn hard to stop him. Though at least he would quickly after cough up the football and suddenly we have it! Now let's score some fucking points! Lions down 14 to zip after 1. But I am knocking on the door of a score. And a handoff to David Montgomery gives him a 22 yard rushing touchdown! Now that is what I like! Detroit's on the board! 14-7 Colts! Indy goes 3 and out and they punt right back to me! 1st and Goal at the 9 and a couple plays later, Sam LaPorta and Jake Bates square us up at 14! Nice bounce back after being down 14.... and then in 13 fucking seconds we're down 7 again. I don't think I want to blitz again. Thankfully I have a shit load of time in the first half left to respond. Not such a good thing that I don't. Thankfully I don't allow Richardson to use his legs and Indianapolis has to punt! 1st down at the Lions 44. I see a guy coming for my ass so I try to throw the ball away, but it doesn't let me and I lose 8 yards. Ain't that spiffy? No fucking chance to do anything after that. Richardson remembers how to use his damn legs and my defense fails to tackle a damn soul and I'm once again down by 14. I have 54 seconds left in the half. Can I make it a 1 score game again? Well I can get all the way 2nd and Goal at the Colts 2 yard line with some nice fast passes. At this point, I have no timeouts left and I have 1 play. Do I take the field goal or go for it? I know if I miss I will end the half with no more points so I may as well take the safe route and JUST KIDDING I'M GOING FOR IT! And Sam LaPorta makes it a 1 score game again! HUZZAH!

My Lions get the ball to start the 2nd half. Sam LaPorta is having a fucking field day here. However the drive falls a little short having 4th and 7 at the Colts 16. I know you want 6 even 7 every time. But sometimes you need to take what points you can get. So I take the field goal and it's a 4 point game. Colts go 3 and out and they punt it back to me! I think the Colts defense is getting tired. But now once again I have a choice to make. 4th and Goal at the 6. A field goal would make it a 1 point game... but dammit this is the Lions! WE FUCKING GO BABY! And Sam LaPorta once again gets the hat trick! And it's 31-28 Lions!... the lead was very short lived. Richardson Leg Boy makes it 35-31 Colts. A lead seems to be a hard thing to lead on to nowadays. So we start the 4th quarter down by 4. You may as well say Montgomery and LaPorta is my only offense... sometimes Jamo and Gibbs. And LaPorta gets his 4th touchdown of the game and it's 38-35! Lions lead again and let's fucking hang on to it. Of course we can't if my defense can't stop big plays and getting Indy instantly into scoring position. Miraculously I actually stop Indy and put them on 4th down. While there was a penalty, it was on Indy anyway. So they settled for 3 and it's a tie game with 6 and a half left in regulation. Ooooh we got a game! With the clock running down, of course I play the time game. Use up as much time as possible to give Indy little to no time to do anything... surely this will not bite me back in the ass... right? Second by second I run down the clock all the way to the 2 minute warning. With just over a minute left in regulation, Indy starts to use their timeouts so now I have to run plays. On 4th and 7 with 66 seconds left in regulation, I go for the go ahead field goal. A 28 yard chip shot no problem... I missed it... I missed... the fucking... field goal... WELP... PLAYING THE FUCKING CLOCK GAME IS BITING ME IN THE ASS! Thankfully I manage to stop Indy and use a timeout with 29 seconds left in regulation. I am being gifted a fucking 2nd chance here. Indy punts and I start at their 48 yard line. So thankfully I don't need to go very far. Just far enough to the point I can kick the field goal. And it's not before long when I am at the 25 yard line and in scoring position! I take a knee to burn the final seconds and take my final timeout at 2 seconds left. I would set up once again for the field goal... I much more properly align it this time... make the kick... it is good... Lions win!

About fucking time.