By Amir Ali Said
Wow what a game. That Madden game was worth it. The game came down to the wire. I was winning for practically the whole game until less than one minute was left in the game. From the beginning of the game I knew that my run game would play a big role in this game. After three touchdowns from Darren Sproles I realized how much it would affect the game. Whenever I got in trouble I was able to pull out a run or a play action pass, since both combined ruled his defense. The game was going well, especially when I got a pick before half time. Before time ran out I was able to get a 65-yard pass to Vincent Jackson; which put me up by two possessions. For three quarters I scored nothing but touchdowns and took up time. Then the fourth quarter came.
In the fourth quarter we were going score for score. However, there were no field goals involved, until I decided to kick a field goal at about 1:15. It put me up by five points, 32-27. On the ensuing possession my opponent threw a 75-yard pass to Greg Jennings. That play devastated my team. The score was now 34-32 with only 32 seconds left and I only had one timeout.
I took my kick return back to the 30 yard line and began my drive. First play took up about five seconds as I tried to do a quick corner strike, to no avail. Next play I lined up in Shotgun and decided to do the same play, but instead of doing corner strikes, I chose to hit the receivers going on slant routes. I passed to Legedu Naanee who took it to the 48-yard line; but I didn't get out of bounds. So I was forced to use a timeout. On the next play I did the exact same thing and got the ball down to the 30; happily, after going out of bounds I got an unnecessary roughness call that put me on the 15-yard line. With 5 seconds left, I brought the kicking team out and kicked the game winning field goal. The final score was 35-34 Chargers. What a great game.
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