 Welcome back to another, what is it, superstar franchise. You know how it is, we're playing some Madden, superstar mode ahead of Monday night football between the Seattle Seahawks and the very, very bad football team. Listen, the Seahawks should beat the Giants tonight, right, the Steelers should have beat the Texans and they got crushed. So this NFL season's been very weird, how it tracks through the rest of the season, through just the rest of this week with tonight's Monday night game, who knows. But it's the first week where we only have one Monday night game instead of two, so this should be interesting to say the least. But you know what we're doing, we're talking about Monday night football, we're doing a Madden stream. Same thing we've been doing the past couple of weeks. Week four, not much change. So let's keep chugging. All right. If this game will load, that's the real question is whether or not it'll load eventually. There we go. All right, so I think we have a couple of upgrades we can make and we probably should take them because we're 75 overall and so far we've not been playing super well. So it's probably in our best interest to continue trying to just be the best version of ourselves that we can be right now. Let's see. I think the accuracy, it's occasionally an issue but it's never too much of a problem to where I feel like we need to do that right this second. Throw under pressure, I feel like it's something I would want to upgrade. I don't think I can upgrade. Oh, throwing the run being a 90 would be pretty huge. I might take that. I think we're gonna go with that. We're frequently on the move. The offensive line has not given us much help. So we're gonna make that upgrade and we will see. I don't think that gives us any. Oh, we do have a new ability slot. Oh, hold on. Oh, hold on. Fiddle. There we go. All right, ability slot silver. QB Playmaker might as well. I feel like my inputs are a little bit delayed, you know? Like this does not feel very responsive right now and it's messing with me a little bit. Okay, okay, now I think we're moving a little bit smoother. I'm not sure what was going on there. We have Mobile Dead Eye, QB Playmaker. So we're basically perfect on the run right now. So if we're throwing on the run, I feel very confident in what we could look like. We lost this game against the Steelers 21-14. We're 0-3, not where you want to be, right? Obviously, we're gonna get ready for this week. We're gonna do some practice, make sure that we're fully prepared for what lies ahead of us week four. And the beauty of this is now we are perfectly aligned with the NFL schedule, if that makes sense. So yeah, go ahead, ask some questions about Monday night. We'll be getting ready for that very, very shortly. Although there won't be, there will not be the game that starts at seven, right? Normally, that's what we end up dealing with is we have the seven o'clock game and the eight o'clock game. Now we just have the eight o'clock game. So you get a little bit of a gap in between this and that, which should be pretty easy to digest. Feeling the love, let's feel the love, you know? Social media, complete. Get plus 100 cred. Not sure what cred is, but. All right, let's do some on-field drills here. Let's see if it'll, there we go. My internet's feeling like kind of slow today. So bear with me while I try and get everything to work out here. Target passing on the move. I mean, we've got to, we got all these skills now to throw on the run. I think we have 90 speed. So it's only right that we try and see what we have in this. I'm sure that, I'm sure that it's loading. You can see the loading symbol down there. It's obviously loading. It's just taking it's sweet time a little bit. Any day now, oh my gosh. Don't worry, I'll make sure that this is better for next time, because this is objectively a problem if it's loading this slowly. Okay, there we go. Oh my God. So we're destroying targets. Okay, this seems very, oh, I got one. I got one. Okay, okay, okay, hold on. Oh wait, oh, I almost had, I almost had that one. Okay, hold on. Could I potentially destroy two at once? This is my question here. Could I potentially destroy, okay, no. I mean, I can barely hit one. So let me work on like hitting, oh no. I didn't realize it was gonna, it's so hard to know where they're gonna be. They like, they never seem to go in the same direction. Oh, oh, there we go. There we go. Bang, oh my God. I thought I was gonna hit two. There were like three of them that I definitely could have hit. Okay, hold on. Bang, bang. All right, all right, all right. That's one, oh, that's two. Okay, okay, oh, oh, I almost hit two. I almost hit two there. Okay, hold on, hold on. Hold on. Shoot, bang, bang, bang. Oh, but I didn't complete the pass. That was a sick throw though. That was a sick throw. Oh, too high, too high. They went in between both of them. This is crazy. This is crazy. I can't believe this, man. I can throw a great throw to the receiver, but that's about it. Which is all I need to be able to do, right? You don't need to be worried about the other things. Also, I just brushed my mic. If that was really loud for you, I apologize. I apologize. You know how it is. We're gonna go into this next game, week four, yo? Did I, what? No one can say that I'm not. I'm connected to the internet, man. I don't know what's going on. The EA servers must just be tweaking today. Fix your game. Look, what are we talking about, man? All I want, all I want is for this game to load. Well, while this isn't working, we can talk about the Monday Night Game a little bit. So, obviously, we're looking at, we're looking at Seahawks versus Giants. And I think, when you think about the problems that the Giants have are just, I think mostly, it's mostly defensive. Now, they're still just not explosive enough on offense. And the Daniel Jones deal doesn't look great at this point. But I think they really had some expectations for guys to be better offensively, or better defensively than they are at this point. And given the offense they're going up against, I think they're gonna struggle a little bit. Now, maybe this is the game where the offense figures things out a little bit because they're supposed to have the guys to really take flight a little bit on offense. And maybe that all clicks this week, especially given their head coach. I mean, if they're not, I mean, they were scheming up some really nice stuff last year. I just think this year, maybe they're focused a little bit. Although, being completely honest, I have not been dead focused on watching Giants games this year. But you would think that having a good play caller, you'll be able to figure out how to get these guys, get their playmakers the football. And Seattle's really like this is the defense to break out if you would against. This would be the defense to do it. So we'll see. You're not gonna be under a ton of pressure passing the ball. You should be able to run effectively. Like there's gonna be opportunities. Tariq Wollin, I think he's still out. Don't quote me on that. Do not quote me on that if Tariq Wollin is still out. Tariq Wollin, hold on, hold on, hold on. They might have him, hold on. If they have Tariq Wollin, they'll certainly be better in the secondary. They are supposed to have him. They are supposed to have Tariq Wollin. Is Jamal Adams active too? Oh, yes, Seattle might have this one. I mean, you've got Tariq, you've got Devon Witherspoon, you've got Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs. You've got all these guys active. If they can't do what they've been, is if the Giants aren't gonna be able to throw the ball, I just like don't see how they're beating this team because this is a high powered passing attack in Seattle. When they're on, right? When DK and Lockett and Gino are all firing, they're elite. And I still believe that they've been a little bit down this year, but I still think they're very good. All right, so we should go back to the pro. Bro, this is what crashed the servers last time was the freaking practice drill. So we'll see if it gets through this time. Maybe it will, maybe it won't. I guess we're going for gold this time. Bang, oh, I missed, oh, it was right there, bro. Okay, I got one of them. I got one of them, but I only got the outer ring of it. Oh, how did that not hit, bro? I'm, oh, that's got it, bang. You can't be serious. Oh, what? How did that not hit any of them? How? It like moves out of the way as soon as I throw it. As soon as I throw it, it just moves out of the way. I just can't win at this. Oh, there it is, bang. Jesus, it's so destructive. Oh, Annie didn't catch it? That's crazy. Are you seeing this? Oh, there's one right in the center? Hold on, am I goaded? Barely got it, all right, last one. We try, no one's that I didn't give them my all, you know, no one will ever argue that. But if the servers crash again, I'm gonna have a problem. I'm gonna make a scene. Someone's gonna have to pay. Please, I'm begging. I'm begging for this to work. Really, truly, I am. No one can say that I'm not, because I am. It's just, it's loading so slowly. Oh, here's a question. How confident are we feeling on the NFC Championship game being Eagles versus 49ers? Pretty confident. So, and this is something that we talked about on the podcast, even with the Eagles like playing a lot of close games, the fact that they're winning them, I think, is very important, because with a lot of teams you would think that maybe, you know, they're not gonna win, they're not gonna pull out a lot of those close games, but that's, I think the mark of, and like you could say, well, the Vikings won a lot of close games last year. Yeah, but they were clearly not as good. Like they would play a good team and get blown out. The Eagles are legitimately still a very, very good team. The Niners are fantastic. Obviously, when those two teams match up, we'll see kind of, I think, strengths and weaknesses at that point a little more clearly. But the Eagles are still great. The deep passing attack was the one thing they weren't really connecting on this year. And then in the last game against Washington, they let loose, they went crazy. The Niners are just hitting on all cylinders right now. So again, when those teams match up, I look forward to seeing that. But yeah, I think that's a pretty fair judge for the NFC Championship game. I don't think like whoever comes out of the North, I don't think they're gonna be, it'll probably be Detroit. I don't think the Lions are really gonna make, they're gonna be good. They're not going to the NFC Championship game. Whoever comes out of the South, they're not going to the NFC Championship game. The East, okay, so I guess the other team that it could be, Dallas, I could see being a possibility. Dallas is definitely up in the air. That is a, that is very, very feasible. Dallas is a very good team. But they're the Cowboys, and like, as a Browns fan, I get this all the time, and I hate it. It was like, the Browns are the Browns, like, let's be real. And it's like, the Cowboys kind of do have that same, the Cowboys do kind of have that same energy about them. But they're still very good. They're a good football team. It's just, how many times do they get into the playoffs and they just lose in the first round? Or they like, last year they won a game and then fell apart. Like, they can very well hang with a lot of teams. They're very good on defense. The addition of Brandon Cooks, I think has been very helpful for them. And they've cut back on the turnovers a little bit on offense. So they're a very good team, but bro, has he lost connection to the EA servers again? What are we doing? Yeah, so Cowboys are a very good team, but I think Eagles Niners makes the most sense. We'll love to see a rematch again, but with Brock pretty healthy. That's kind of what everyone's hoping for, right? I mean, that would have been, I could have been game of the year. I mean, Chiefs Eagles was fantastic. That was a great watch, but 49ers with healthy Brock Purdy, that, and this is the problem. I mean, they always seem to get to these big games and either injuries or the quarterback play just isn't where it needs to be. So we'll definitely see what the 49ers look like towards the end of the year, but that's a problem that they always seem to face, right? This isn't, that's not unique to last year. So we'll see whether it be if they can stay healthy, if they can stay healthy and they stick to their game plan, they should be okay. But it's usually one of two, like they get a little too cute, or they get a little too cute or a little too simple, like they get away from whatever's been working for them, or they're not healthy. Those are usually the two things with the Niners. So I don't have any beef with the Niners. If the Niners are great, like by all means, and they are great right now, they just have to keep it up at this point. I wonder, so I have the chat like here, but I'm trying to see if I can pull it out, but I don't think, oh, yes, I can't. Okay, hold on, hold on. Give me like two seconds to move the other chat, because I'm gonna, now we will see if it will let me actually play the game. This is like our third time, third time just trying to actually play. It's a little bit ridiculous. These EA servers are being a pain in my, you know, sometimes they curse on these live streams, and I don't know if I'm allowed. Like I guess like, you know, Fandals, you know, sports, sports, you know, they got the Fandals Sportsbook and the Fandals Fantasy, you gotta be 21 up to use these apps. So like, I think I would be allowed, but I honestly have no idea, I have no idea. Please, please, please, please, please work. Please work, because all we have to do is get into the game. I think once we're in the game, everything will be okay. And then if like, if we win and it doesn't work, or if we lose and it doesn't work, like we win and the servers crash again, I'll just like, force the result after, or same thing if we lose. We just had to get into the game first. That's the, that's the thing, you know. You feel me? Are you picking up what I'm putting now? Oh, we're in. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. It's been a long time coming. Oh, no. No, you can't be serious. You can't, oh my god. Brother, I swear. I swear. Oh my. Fix the game. Fix the game. I swear. Fix the, this is embarrassing. I'm embarrassed. Dot. Dot. Dot. Dot. It doesn't matter. Buildings in the way. I just won't throw over the middle. I'll just only throw on the left side. Yeah, I literally can't see the linebackers. This is so fucked up. I feel like I should just back out and try and do it again. But like, we've spent all this time just trying to get to this point. Oh my god. I completed that. I had no idea where I was throwing. No idea. No clue. No clue. All right, now we're past the buildings. So now we can kind of do whatever we want. If Devante's one-on-one, it doesn't matter. We got to take... I completed a pass through a building and then through an interception immediately after. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. When people talk about unconscious throws, that throw into the building was literally unconscious. I was just said, you know what? Oh my god, I did it again. I did it again. I was like, you know, there's a safety in there somewhere. Don't care. Don't care. I've completed two passes into a building. Oh, now I can't even see... Oh, this is such a problem. Oh, this is such a problem. I'm so different. This is worse. It doesn't matter. Oh, he dropped it. Oh wait, did he drop the last one? Is that... I thought we completed that. I thought we completed that. Yeah, I know. I'm literally throwing into buildings right now. It's gonna be a legal forward pass. I can't see him because he's in a building, but this is insane. Yikes. Yikes. Yikes. Yikes. Double yikes. I've completed three passes. Two of them into buildings. I would just like to make that clear. I might complete that. Oh my God! I'm different, bro. I'm different. Third and ten doesn't matter. We'll see if the safeties rotate, but it looks like probably just a cover two. Oh, I thought he got that. I thought he held on. I did. I should have went left, but I thought I should go right. Because that would give me like an option to throw still. All right. This is probably cover three. Well, at least we can get a fuel go out of this drive. Oh, we didn't get a fuel go. Okay. So we're down 17-nothing. We need to score here before half. We need to score here. Buildings or no buildings? Gotta score. Oh, wait. Wait! Wait! Buildings or no buildings? It does not matter. What is that? Four passes I've completed in the buildings? I've completed more passes in the buildings than I have out of buildings. That's insane. This is going to be tough. Oh my God. Oh my God! Got to call time out there. We got 10 seconds here. Got 10. Oh, and we're out of the buildings, which might be to our detriment. But, bang, bang, bang, bang! Oh my God. We've got ourselves a game. We've got ourselves a game. Oh my God. Buildings or no buildings? Doesn't matter. And we get the ball coming out of half time? Dog, it is so over for you. It is so over. It is so over. You've got to go up. You've got the one-on-one thing. I would think that you would just win those every time. I think, yeah, I would have had, I knew someone was going to be open there. I just couldn't quite figure out who, because the building, but I'm a little further back now, so the building should be less of an issue. Cover two, it looks like. Oh God. Oh God. Right. So we got a ball coming out of half. Didn't matter. We're still down three. But our defense gets the stop. We're coming back out there. We're coming back out, man. Let's rock and roll. They're giving us a pretty light box. We don't really need to claw back in this game right now, so let's hand it off. Josh Jacobs, follow your blockers. Yeah, Kenneth Murray looking jacked. Bang. Bang. It's so over. I'm getting good. I'm getting benched. I'm getting benched. Our offense is better when I'm throwing into buildings. How is this possible? Second down. All right. All right. Probably a risky run attempt here, but let's hand it off. Let's hand it off. Not bad. Makes it third and manageable. Okay, third and five. Let's get it here. Let's get it. Shotgun look. I didn't love this play the first time we ran it. I don't love it now. This is a little bit better. It gives us some level options here. Bang. Bang. Oh, it was right there. Oh. But the zone he was leaving traded it off well. One second left in the third. Cook. Cook. All right. All right. Now we're in the buildings again. All right. We got to focus. This might be a good time to run the ball or do something quick underneath. We'll see. Instant pressure is not ideal. We're going to try it. I think it's a man. Jacobs. Jacobs. We kind of don't have a choice here. Got to risk it to get the biscuit. That was horrible. That was horrible. But I kind of had to get outside. Oh, we're going for it. Okay. Okay. Oh, wait. This might be a cover too. And I don't think it's man. We'll see. Bang. Bang. No, it's out of bounds. Wait. Test. All right. I'm back. I'm back. I must have unplugged my mic somehow. It's not over. It's not over. But it's not looking good. Okay. Jacobi. Okay. Jacobi. Let's hurry up. Let's hurry up. All right. We're hitting Devonte this time. No matter what. No matter what. No matter what. No pressure. No pressure though. No pressure. Now no pressure, but we really need to score on this play. If we want a chance. What am I supposed to do there, you know? What am I supposed to do? I've got buildings in my face. Oh, come on, man. So unfair. So unfair. They had buildings in my face the whole game. What am I supposed to do about that? I can't do anything. So unfair. My life is so hard. My life is so... My life sucks, man. Can't believe my Madden 24 game had buildings on the field. I'm gonna cry. And of course now, you know, the servers are working. Right? After they put buildings in my game and then I lose, then they're like, yeah, now the servers are working. Right? Right? I can't win. Oh, apparently it's time to be real. Should I be real? Oh wait, it was nine minutes ago. Never mind. I've already not been real. So that's tragic. Really, really awful. I tried though. I tried. I tried. I tried. I tried though. I tried. I tried my best. Oh my, why are the floors glitching? I need like a... I need to put like a warning on this video. For like... Make sure everyone's like safe and healthy. The whole game is lagging. What are we talking about? No, this is crazy. This is crazy. Alright, we're gonna up the break sack. We need that. We need that. We go down too easy, man. We need to shove them off of us. You feel me? Honestly, I think that's it for now. We're, you know, we tried our best to beat the chargers. But just like in real life, the chargers pulled through when it mattered most, and they got the W. We gave them a good fight. We gave them a pretty decent fight, given there were buildings on the field, but it just wasn't enough. And that is okay. It is okay to not be enough sometimes. But let's get ready for some Monday night football. We got Seahawks. We got Giants. Let me know in the comments who you think is gonna win. I'm probably gonna take Seattle, but I'm also kind of rooting for the Giants because Theo locked the Seahawks. And for those of you that don't know, we do these like, we do these lock challenges. And if Theo's lock hits for the Seahawks, then he takes a pretty big lead. So I kind of want the Giants to win just to mess with Theo a little bit. But we'll see, you know, whatever. I think the Seahawks probably will win though. I think the offense is a little bit too good. I think the offense is too good. And I don't think the Giants offense can do enough to exploit the fact that the Seahawks aren't that good up front. Like, a good offense should kind of take over and dominate Seattle's defense. Even with, you know, guys being healthy in the secondary. The defense still isn't that good. So if the Giants had shown that their offense could... If the Giants had shown so far this year that their offense could be really good, like that was the expectation that the offense would take a pretty big step. If the Giants had shown that this year thus far, then I would be inclined to pick. Maybe not even pick, but just be a little bit more confident in the Giants to win this game. But for now I'm taking Seattle. But maybe the Giants will prove us all wrong today. Who knows. But thank you all for tuning in. I'll be back next week. Same time, same place. We'll play the Green Bay Packers. But until then, I will catch you guys on the Flippity Flop. Thanks again.