 Madden NFL 18. Do you guys have any memories with Madden NFL 18? Fun MMG trivia fact. This was the year that I switched from Madden mobile to Madden console. We don't care. Let me tell you. Let me tell you. Of course, Tom Brady was on the cover and this is the latest you can go back where the servers are still online. As of like three weeks ago, this is so sad. They took down the servers for Madden 16 and Madden 17. 16 was the origination of draft champions. 17 was a really good year. They always updated all the players in draft champions. So when they take Madden 18 out, I won't be able to make these throwback draft champions videos anymore. Without further ado though, I want to hop in. So yes, we are throwing it back to Madden 18's draft champions. My team is cracked as shit. I don't know if you guys have ever seen any of my throwback videos. Since this is the first year I started playing console, I got really addicted. And this was probably one of my sweatiest Maddens. I was very, very good at like actual head to head Madden. Now I just play for fun, obviously, but this was the only Madden year where I genuinely considered playing competitive Madden. Golden ticket, Mike Vick, Ultimate Legends, Bojaks and Barry Sanders, Frank O'Harris, Krishna Koyeh, Golden ticket, Randy Moss, Ocho Sinko, Chris Carter, Full Ultimate Legends, O-Line, 99 Tony G, 99 Luke Keekley, 97 Sean Lee, Charles Haley, Ken Houston, Cliff Harris, Kyle Fuller, Golden ticket, Julius Peppers. Yeah, this is a huge throwback. Chemistry's are way different. There are no abilities. They still, well, I guess there's technically abilities. They have things like secure tackler, secure pass blocker, playmaker, never stumble, but it just functioned a lot differently. And low key, I'm thinking about actually playing like a head to head online where I can use this Golden ticket, Michael Vick just to see what it's like. I don't even think Golden tickets are in draft champions in this year. In the first ever like Madden 16 draft champions, you could get Golden tickets, which was so sick. Now they realize they don't make any money from it so they don't give a shit anymore. They stop uploading it. All right, let's go draft our team. So mutt draft, I'm actually gonna do mutt draft player friend, believe it or not. Nobody plays this game online anymore. Yes, it's a huge shocker. Luckily, one of the boys on Twitter is actually gonna queue up and play a game with me. So let's draft, let's see what we can get. And I'm actually unbelievably excited because back in the old days when draft champions was the new mode and everybody played it and EA knew that everybody played it, they really juiced these drafts. Holy shit, 98 Larry Fitzgerald position. This is what I mean, bro. That's so hype in the first round, let's go. I will say that this was the first year that they took what I think is a horrible decision. I do say this every draft champions video but I'm kind of hoping one day it'll get to an EA person. 20 rounds is way too many and guaranteed positions is stupid. The way that it should work is maybe you're guaranteed a quarterback and that's it. Yo, the snow beast, Mariota. We got par up tier four, Brady and Bridgewater. I think I gotta go with this Mariota. That's lit, so we got Mariota and Fitzgerald. All right, there's Sorenson, Ross Cockrell. Dude, he had 95 speed. All right, we'll definitely take that. Damn, oh my God, these are juiced. I get combined speed avail, let's go. What it should be though is how Madden 16 had it, bro. 15 rounds, so you're not guaranteed every position. Maybe just guarantee a quarterback and then make the player pool every single player and ultimate team. That way you actually have to think about what you're drafting as opposed to basically just like slowly building a team. Because now there's 22 rounds in Madden 22. You're guaranteed virtually every position. It's just dumb. Ah, Diab Buchanan, the Easter scramble. I remember I would always use Diab Buchanan even in Madden mobile because he was just the fastest middle linebacker. Yup, Thanksgiving. I remember that Thanksgiving art was beautiful, got Austin Hooper and a team of the year. Rookie standout, Alvin Camaro. That is a young Camaro, bro. It's literally Rookie Camaro. That is a dorm. Oh, shit. That's the shortly I have on my team. I have two linebackers and no one on the D line. I gotta go Melvin Ingram here. Let's go Andrew Whitworth. Lamar Miller with 94 speed clean. We'll definitely take him as a backup. Flashbacks, Mike Evan definitely cracked. DiMario Davis, wow, that's really good. I say we go Mike Evans here. This was an ooh, 98 and read. Holy shit, absolutely. Oh dude, wait, can I have two Kelceys? What's gonna happen if I take him? I low key wanna take Travis Kelcey because I wanna see what the game's gonna do. I'm gonna have two Travis Kelceys. I don't know if you guys have ever heard of this promo. They came out with a summer blockbuster promo after they came out with golden tickets. These cards are better than golden tickets, which sounds insane, but look at this Ramsey. Okay, this is with no boosts, no team chemistries, no power ups, none of that stuff that we have right now. He's just, that cracked. Franco Harris is kind of sick, but dude, it's a fullback. I don't wanna get a fullback here, so I think I'm gonna go Travis Kelcey. Ah, it pulled the other Travis Kelcey out. Actually, you know what? As much as I like this team, I am gonna draft again just so you guys can see what it looks like. Half the fun is drafting and there's a lot to see in this game. First round we got Andrew Normill. Okay, we build the offensive line a little bit. Solid 96 overall Trent Murphy. There was this program in the old madness called motivators. It would actually add one stat to your whole team. Like there was a motivators, Aaron Donald, who added plus two strength to your entire team. Calvin Smith's actually a really good outside linebacker. We'll go here, we get, ooh, Shady McCoy. Shady McCoy or Todd Gurley, bro? We gotta go Shady McCoy. That's clean, 96 overall halfback. We're really building this offensive line. We got three really solid offensive linemen right now. Oh, Jerick Goff, I hate you, I hate you, I hate you. He has 81 speed though. Crab legs Winston on the Buccaneers. I don't want, I literally don't want any of these quarterbacks. I guess I'll go James Winston. Demarius Thomas, Vikings, digs on the Vikings. I'll go Demarius Thomas. Definitely the pickup right there. TJ Watt again. Actually, I will go Joey Bosa. We don't have a left or right end right now. So I think that's the move. I think the first team I had was so much better, honestly. Nothing special here. Hunter Henry at tight end around 19. This guy, oh boy. Demarcus wear Troy Vincent. Let's go Troy Vincent so we don't get shelled over the top in 20 of 20. This is prime bell. Oh my God, but look at this Deon Sanders Ultimate Legend. That's disgusting. I'm going bell, bro. I'm going bell and I can just actually just run the ball. All right, this will be our team for today's game. Let's get into this. I'm gonna hammer the run game. A few moments later. I'm greedy, I'm greedy, I'm greedy. I'm drafted one more time. I'm drafted one more time. Also, of course, I wanna give a huge thank you to Manscaped for sponsoring today's video. Christmas came a little early this year. I got an awesome package from Manscaped. I wanna show you guys what's in it. Everything in here is the brand new performance package. This is the world's first all in one grooming kit. We gotta start with my absolute favorite. This is the Lawn Mower 4.0. This is a waterproof cordless trimmer built with advanced skin safe technology so you don't nick and cut yourself while you're shaving. 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Oh, I really like this team so far. Mark Barren, yeah, he's pretty fast as far as mental linebackers go. Ooh, team of the year, Kevin Byard. Okay, not a great running background. I'm kinda hoping we get a running back in 19 or 20 then. I guess I'll take Derek Henry. Ooh, let me get a 95. Joey Bosa team, we got two teams in the years. We got another big round. Andrew Luck. Just give me a cracked halfback and this will be my favorite team so far. Dude, that's, it was so sick too when your controller would shake. You knew you were getting a good round. That's exactly what just happened. Dominik and Sue. I kinda like him at de-tackle here but having a really good middle linebacker like Demario Davis is probably good. So I'm gonna go Demario Davis, yeah. Ooh, oh my God. I get 99 Joe Staley in round 12. We gotta get a good halfback on those final two rounds. That would be huge. We get more statewide receivers. Mike Evans is coming back 95. We get another, holy shit, Anthony Hitchens. Dude, I got too many linebackers. Do I take another linebacker? I gotta take Anthony Hitchens, bro. I just got gifted a 97. Holy shit. Round 19, there's no halfback but we do get Larry Allen or Ed Reed. We're gonna go with Ed Reed for sure. I need a halfback. I need a halfback. No. This is an insane. Dude, look at this Odell though. 99, 99, 99, 99, 99. I guess this is a passing team now. We just became a passing team. I don't even have a tight end but we got Des Bryant, Mike Evans, this Odell, Andrew Luck. All right, let's try this, dude. I'm getting addicted to drafting. I need to just play. Yo, look at a his team. He's got Ray Lewis, Marvin Harrison and Rodney Hudson. We've got Odell, Joe Staley and Reed. Holy shit. Look at this, look at this presentation. You know, sometimes it's funny how little they change and it's funny how much they've changed. Like in the grand scheme of things, not that much has changed. In the short four years or long four years, but I don't wanna look at it. This looks like shit compared to next year. By the way, huge shout out to Ola on Twitter for actually playing against me. I appreciate you, bro. I know a lot of people don't even have Madden 18 so thanks for coming out, Willie McGinnis. Look at the lurk. Look at the lurk. Oh my God, I got a lurk early. I do have 99, Joe Staley there on the left side. You can see that star underneath him indicating he's a stud. But Dairy County's only got 89 to beat him. I don't really know how cracked this will be. Ooh, ooh, ooh. 14 yards for Dairy County. Clearly it does not matter at all. We're in a good spot here. I think we can beam went up to Odell without really thinking about it. Yop, he's in single cover and she's got it. Holy shit. I don't even know if this is any good in this Madden. I really don't remember. Is there even rat catch? Okay, there is rat catch, but it's not gonna go six to zero. Eddie's right here. Let's go for the lurk with Eddie. Dude, he zooms. Wow. Lots of time in the pocket, but there's just nothing to throw to for him. Ooh, good throw, bigger butt. Holy shit. What, dude, why can't this happen in like wheel of mud? Let's go. Ah, look, get out of there. Yes, let's go. We're still on our feet. I'm gonna throw RB. Oh, okay. All right, that wasn't my smartest. Oh, Odell. He started showboating. Okay. I loco? No. Bro, am I getting grieved by this guy? I don't know. Sounds a little fishy here, especially if I intercept this. Okay, well now he should have a touchdown. Get the pushback. What's wrong? He just messaged me on Twitter. He said, I was trying to showboat LOL. He said I pressed X instead of A. Oh yeah, because they changed, they changed the showboat buttons. Oh, Odell. Oh, oh, not a good throw. Oh, what the fuck? All right, let's give it right back to Derek. Henry, bro, I'm telling you just, you just do half back dive and you go to the left side, just like that. It's literally the best round play in this game. All right, I'm gonna playmaker Odell and he's just gotta go up. No, don't tell me he's gonna return this, bro. No! Thank God. I don't think this is a run. It's not. Oh, mine! A true lurk. Wait, how do I showboat? Well, I don't know how to stop and go. I don't know how to showboat. How do I showboat? Well, those were nasty stop and goes. I literally don't know how to showboat. Oh, Andrew Luck, run this in. You savage. You savage. Hey, he got it. Let's go 14-0 clean. If this was Wheel of Mud, I'd be screaming, you know, but, you know, this was one of my boys I'm playing against, so I kind of feel bad. Ooh, okay. Second and 14. Not going anywhere with Derek Henry. Wow, I really cannot get the run game established. I have not thrown to Des Bryant though. Let's see where he sinks. Let's go Des. Let's go Des! That was not smart because that could be a big six. Taylor Luan, put those wheels on, buddy. Oh my God, look at how much stamina he's got, bro. There are no shot, I'm catching him. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what I'd take you for. Inside zone, Derek Henry. Oh, my dude, I'm literally moving too fast. I'm not used to moving this fast. It's throwing me off. I'll hit Derek Henry again. Let's go, get a truck! That truck animation is aggressive. Wow, I just got screamered off of both edges. That was not what I was looking for. Dude, it's kind of hard to establish an offense, low key. Wow. Andrew Luck, you fucking savage. Don't tell me! Holy shit, he caught that. Derek Henry caught that. But it was a yard, b***h. Oh, he just hurtled. He just hurtled with Andrew Luck. Give him back to Ed Reid. Ed Reid's gonna get another one. How do I show-boat? That's how I show-boat. Wait, why am I not show-boating? Show-boat! I literally don't remember how to do it. Eric Berry just got an IMT on the goal line. Tough L plus ratio. Oh, Ed Reid's in the backfield! Holy shit! Run that back. Look at how fast I got back. I don't even know how I did that. I just kind of did it. Second and 16, I'm just running around with Ed Reid. Wow, I'm surprised he chose this location. There is a man open on the right side. I think it's fourth and 16. Let's go! Let's go! Holy shit, you can get on the quarterback so fast. Look at how they just like lightning. Look at how fast they are out the gates, bro. Oh, shit. This is the year of the tackle battle. I completely forgot about that. Also, I didn't see that corner. I was trying to show you guys how fast he's running. This is the year where whoever hit the button faster would make the tackle. So people, right when they engage in a tackle, they just mash every button. Whoop-a-dop-a-joo! Derek Henry gets it anyway. Look at the stud. And I'm gonna go fake PAT sprint out past. We'll see if this one's a little better than the last one. Sprint it out there. See, he's so ass. Right to his hands! I've never seen that. That was fucking insane. I've literally never, ever seen that. I wonder if because in Madden 18, the pitch mechanics were just, they're just engineered to pitch the ball to whoever's standing behind you, but it doesn't matter if it's your teammate or not. Big stop, big stop. It's in my blood. It's in my blood. It's in my blood. It's in my blood! Get the pitch! Does it do it again? See, it pitches it directly into people's hands. All right, let's go for one more touchdown. We have seven turnovers for the Patriots. Five from the Lions. Not the prettiest game of all time, but Derek Henry! Derek Light! I can just outrun him, I think. Oh! Let's go! He's in! Derek Henry, dude. Dude, Desbrae hasn't done shit. Let's get Desbrae at the ball, dude. Shit, that's... Okay, let me explain to you what happened, okay? Hey! Forgot how much I loved Madden 18. That was actually so fun, dude. The draft, honestly, was like, his drafting is so addicting. I lowkey might play a game of throwback, like head to head, so I can use those golden tickets. So let me know if you wanna see that. But, uh, banger. Yo, and huge shout out to the boy for playing with that. I appreciate you, though. Hey, I hope you guys enjoyed. This was a great time, and I will see you guys in the next video. Peace!