Video summary
In Madden 27 Superstar, tight end Matt Meeks launches his NFL career with the Baltimore Ravens after being selected in the third round of the draft. Taking advantage of the game's new manual upgrade system, Meeks immediately boosts his speed to 93 and acceleration to 90, while activating key abilities such as the Gold-tier "Call for the Ball" to enhance catch rates and quarterback accuracy, alongside the X-Factor ability "Double Me." Although he does not start in Week 1 against the Indianapolis Colts due to the presence of Mark Andrews, Meeks makes a significant impact as a blocker for Derrick Henry and scores his first touchdown on a wheel route to help secure a 24-21 victory. His momentum continues into Week 2 against the New Orleans Saints, where he scores another touchdown before Andrews suffers an ACL injury, prompting Meeks to fill the starting role for the remainder of the game; despite recording twelve receptions for 238 yards and three touchdowns in Week 3, the team narrowly loses a close match to the Tennessee Titans following a late interception.
As the season progresses, Meeks faces his division rival, the Cleveland Browns, in Week 4, where he overcomes an initial struggle to find open routes by utilizing motion wheel routes to score multiple touchdowns and lead the Ravens to a 21-14 win, maintaining an undefeated record heading into the bye week. Throughout the rookie campaign, Meeks focuses on refining his core stats like catching, catching in traffic, and breaking tackles, while also improving mental attributes such as film study and persistence to maximize performance against elite defenses. By the halfway point of his first year, his overall rating has surged to 89, a rapid progression that the player praises highly when contrasting it with the slower development seen in previous editions like Road to Glory College. During this period, Meeks further upgrades his physical attributes, setting change direction and agility to 81, and unlocks the rare Platinum-tier "Call for Lofts" ability, which allows pass strength to be influenced by the duration of the button hold.
With his team facing the struggling Buffalo Bills later in the season, Meeks continues his ascent by allocating points to upgrade his roster further, bringing his catching stat to 99 for Gold tier status and nearly achieving Iron Grip in catching traffic. His development plan is strategic, prioritizing tackle breaker stats before unlocking highlight reel abilities like improved midair and spectacular catching to enable aggressive one-handed snags, followed by chain mover capabilities for automatic first-down reach-outs. This accelerated growth allows him to quickly unlock trade demand features and aim for the highest player milestones, progressing from a rising star through team captain and cornerstone player status toward becoming an all-time great legend. The video concludes with Meeks on track to finish his full rookie season as a cornerstone of the Ravens' offense, having successfully navigated injuries, defensive challenges, and the complexities of the new upgrade mechanics to establish himself as a top-tier tight end in Madden 27.
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This is 6'6 tight end Matt Meeks. From
multiple national championships in
college to a third round draft pick in
the NFL, where the superstar tight end
was selected by the Baltimore Ravens.
And if you're a young tight end, this is
a pretty awesome team to start your
career with. Last episode, we got
drafted and fought through the preeason
to try to earn our starting spot. And in
today's episode, I'm going to finish our
entire first season. We start out in
week one trying to become a starter in a
tied game against the Colts. And I got
to admit, the new superstar system this
year is so much better than last year.
In the past, you could not manually
upgrade things like speed and
acceleration, but now you can. So, I'm
an 82 overall right now in the National
Football League, but I'm so much better
than that, if that makes sense. I've got
93 speed, 90 acceleration. So, already
I'm kind of a monster for tight ends. I
have no change of direction agility.
I've got a little bit of jumping. For my
core stats, I've got 90 catching and 90
catch in traffic, letting my run
blocking be really pitiful. And there
are now so many abilities in Superstar,
like a crazy amount of abilities. This
is everything I have activated right
now. I've got five physical abilities,
and all of these have tiers going from
bronze to silver to gold. Three mental
abilities. I have two really good
specialties that are at gold tier right
now. Called catch gives you improved
catching when attempting to catch after
calling for the ball. And I call for the
ball like every play. So, call for dots
also makes it so when you call for the
ball, your quarterback throws a better
ball. I said ball a lot in there. That
got a little sus.
And of course, for X Factor, I've got
double me. No upgrades to make right
now, but a lot of games to play. Let's
get after it. Not where you wanted to
start. That's what they're saying here.
I don't agree with you. I kind of like
close games. So, defense has improved
coverage, and my objectives are winning
run blocks, which I I hate that. I ain't
doing that I'm catching a pass for
a first down. I'll lose the experience.
I don't care. All right, second and
four. This is my first NFL snap. My
first NFL snap was a perfect route. Not
even mad about that. I mean,
technically, yes, I have snaps in the
preseason, but this is my first true NFL
game snap. And now I'm going to be MM
blocker for Derrick Henry, and it pays
off cuz he gets a ton of yards. Dude, I
can't believe I'm on the Ravens. This is
so awesome. Last year I was on the
Bengals. It was horrible. When I started
up at tight end for the first time, I
was on the Browns. That was in my Madden
27 review video. I just thought I was
going to be fried and I was going to be
open right there. Oh, good. As it
stands, Mark Andrews is still the
starter though. I've not earned my
starting spot in Baltimore. And I get
it. Mark Andrews been their tight end
for a long time, but I was the greatest
college tight end ever.
Also, I got the K. If you guys are
wondering about the cleats, these are
Kyler Murray cleat. I don't know. They
look sick with these Ravens jerseys,
though. Honestly, it's one of my
favorite color combos ever, and I'm
going for a contested one. And right
there underneath my player icon, you saw
that gold light up. That was the call
for it. Wasn't a particularly good
route, nor was I really open, but just
because like calling for the ball gives
you such a big boost. It feels worth it.
Green. Ooh, sauce gardener. Sauce
gardener on the Colts. Played some real
good defense on that. Probably shouldn't
have called for that one. Got a little
greedy. Going to go with the wheel
route. Oh, who's on me?
Third and 10. We're getting nothing
right now. Now, with my film study
ability, I can see what the linebackers
are doing on these plays. We know it's a
zone. I might just run underneath.
Oh, do it. That's a beautiful route,
dude. I love seeing the zones. Gives you
such an incredible opportunity to see
what's going on. Now, I will say Madden
Superstar defensively is so much better
because you can get abilities where you
can see what play they're going to run.
I really wish college had that. Like
when you're playing free safety or
middle linebacker or corner, sometimes
it's really boring cuz nothing happens.
But when you can see, oh, dot almost.
When you can see what play the offense
is going to run, it's so much more fun.
It's kind of like cheating. But like if
you know they're running an inside zone
and you can shoot that gap like a freak
and just blow it up, I think that's so
much fun. I've always enjoyed that about
Madden Superstar and kind of frustrated
Kyler's never had it. It makes college
defense a lot more boring. But it's
second and 10 here. We're tossing a
block.
Baitman goes down. I've got sauce
gardener on me. Is this man coverage? I
feel like I want to go up for one. Oh,
just give me the dig money.
That's Damn it. I was breaking some
tackles, too. Great improv running, they
say. Wear and tear is active, though. 14
to 14 trying to get in the end zone
here. Keeping that drive alive right
there was huge. That was third and nine
right there. And just give me something
simple. Oh. Oh, I'm in.
Oh, shook off a tackler, ran over the
safety. It wasn't pretty, but it's my
first ever NFL touchdown. My first true
NFL touchdown, but damn, the Colts
instantly tie it up. It's 21 to 21. By
the way, look at those college stats.
That's a third round tight end somehow.
Criminal. Genuinely criminal. First and
10, 211. Let's see what we got here.
That was really ugly, but it ended up
working hilariously. With the crazy
amount of abilities that are now in
Madden Superstar, you're going to be so
much better than you've ever been, if
that makes sense. Like genuinely, if I
played this for five seasons, I would be
so disgustingly OP as I miss a wideopen
catch right there. Okay, that's not
doing me any justice, but that's okay.
We're moving the ball really well right
now. Second and 10. Just keep taking the
easy ones. I got to keep these drives
alive. Beautiful. I am hoping to get man
coverage eventually.
Take something deep. I'll take this. Oo.
Oh, good block, Mark Andrews. Oh my god.
Mark Andrews just sat. Sauce Gardner on
his ass. Where's that Charvarius Ward?
They've got some good corners in Indie.
Charvarious Ward is seven, I'm pretty
sure. And Sauce is number one. There's
Marky Mark. A minute 29. We're in such a
good spot right here. I'm just going to
be MM blocker. First and goal. This
ball's going to Rashad Baitman. Dererick
Henry's going to block, too. Should I go
out and get on Sauce here?
Oh, I totally missed my block. That was
entirely my fault, coach. I'm so sorry.
Although Indy's running out of timeouts.
It's only second and goal. We could get
another touchdown. It's pretty much game
over, right? Just give me the easy one.
Ooh, tough catch. Got clobbered for it.
Just need one more completion to keep
the clock ticking. Tyler Loop will give
us a lead with almost no time on the
clock. should be able to win this game.
Do it. Oh, what Lamar do? Fourth and
goal on the one. Now, unlike college,
you cannot watch what your offense does.
So, I'm just putting this up to the
gods. And we got to see. I assume we go
Tyler Loop field goal here with no time
left. And then Indie just can't score.
24 to 21.
[laughter] Yes, sir. Hey, Danny Dimes.
Can't believe it. Oh my god. He looks
like he's going to commit a crime. Eight
receptions, 99 yards, and a touchdown in
my NFL debut. That's pretty badass. That
is a lot of quests done. I got a lot of
XP from that. We are earning so many
skill points. Like, it's kind of crazy.
We already got six more in core, seven
more in physical, two more in mental.
For core, I have unlocked sticky fingers
silver tier, so I'm definitely going to
go with that first. Same thing with iron
grip silver tier. This is holding on to
passes and breaking tackles. Sticky
fingers is literally just catching
anything. So, I love a good blanket
ability where you don't got to think
very hard about it. And then with two
left, I wouldn't mind 81 break tackle. I
guess I'll take run blocking. I can't
believe I'm upgrading my run blocking,
but whatever. For physicals, my speed is
as fast as it can be without a cat
breaker. Going to need a cat breaker to
go up to 99. Stamina is shockingly
important. I'm going to take my stamina
up to 90. I want to be able once I'm a
starter to play full games at max. Our
week two game is another moment. I'm
still not the starter and we're
basically just on the Saints,
which is kind of a nice moment. So, I
just get to come in and do his best I
can with pretty much no risk.
I think this would be a great game to
like chuck some serious downfield
passes, try out some green catches, see
how crazy we can get with it, cuz what
do I have to lose here? Like, just give
me this Lamar. Ah, he does not hang on
to that ball for a while.
Huh? I was about to say, do I get a
route here? Ooh, turning up field. Good
work. Good work. Yo, Jonah Sinker, what
are you doing? Yo, he's like humping me.
He was lowkey humping my Cam
Jordan is on me. That's a good matchup.
OH, HE MISSED. OH, DAMN. A lot just
happened. Yo, you want to put
40-year-old Cam Jordan on the 22year-old
tight end? I may already be the fastest
tight end in the league. Isn't that
crazy to think about? I have 90 speed or
maybe 93. I might be the fastest screen.
[screaming]
And it's working. Let me tell you, it's
working. I got to get some new
celebrations, though. They do make you
buy celebrations with creds in this
game. And the default celebrations suck
ass. They're so trash. I got to get some
new ones. I'm doing the fake hatback
zone boot. I'm letting Lamar get a rep.
Good block. Another one.
Oh, damn. That play is actually like
that play is so good for no reason.
We're kind of chewing the clock here.
So, it doesn't look like I'm going to be
able to get much more here, but do have
a nice little wheel route right here.
Oh. Oh, WHERE IS EVERYBODY? [laughter]
THE SAINTS.
The Saints are looking pitiful. What's
going on? Oh, like that's my
celebration. Like, that's so
pitiful, bro. I spent all my creds. I
spent all my VC on the Kyler Murray
cleat, so now I got to hit that I
got to imagine what happened is since
there's no time left in the game, um,
the Saints must have ran commit and I
just got the freest touchdown of my
career. Hey, hey, just a little poverty
touchdown never hurt nobody. I'm going
to make my whole career as a rookie off
of poverty touchdowns. Clean up, duty.
Ooh, now here is a super important game.
Move up the depth chart. Injury on the
field. Washed ass old ass Mark Andrews
tore his ACL. It's about damn time. And
the team is relying on you to fill in
for the rest of the game. Sorry, guys.
Every once in a while, I just have a
full-blown aneurysm trying to read
something. But don't clown me until you
try it. How many of you still read out
loud? Half of you can't even read. Now,
there's an essential thing we got to do
in Superstar, and that's make the
playoffs. It's actually something I
really struggled to do in previous years
of Superstar because when you're on a
bad team, it just felt like there's
nothing you could do. But I tell you
what, this is the easiest I have ever
had it in a Superstar because the Ravens
are so good. Like, if you just boot up a
franchise sim, nine times out of 10, the
Ravens are going to the playoffs cuz
they're a really good team. And I'm like
benefiting from that right now. And it's
so awesome. And damn, I was in a pit
right there. Oh, we're moving the ball.
Has a tight end Oh. Oh, Lamar, give me a
deep one. Hey, no, I greed that, coach.
I agreed that. That should be a catch.
Has an NFL tight end ever won MVP in
league history.
Someone will have to do the math on that
for me, but I got to imagine the
answer's no. And even if it isn't, I'm
doing it. The only problem with being,
you know, a tight end or a wide receiver
is if you're in line to win MVP.
Oo, great blocking.
If you're in line to win MVP, it means
that your quarterback is probably also
in line to win MVP. And Lamar is digging
a hole for the Cowboys after a crazy run
on top of my amazing blocking. So, yeah,
I got to imagine if we keep having an
awesome season like this, it's going to
be me versus Lamar Jackson for the
league's MVP. I'm hoping that, you know,
Lamar's already got an MVP. Okay, so he
can piss off and they can just give it
to me. That's my hope. Okay, I am the
primary. Love being the primary here.
Lamar checks it down to Dererick Henry
who gets a good three yards. That's the
other thing. Like I don't have to worry
about this team is just so nasty. I
can't believe I thought I was going to
be on Cleveland. Literally sweating my
ass. Oh. Oh, Lamar.
It's a I don't know how to get the
Madden quarterback to throw a lob in
college. You can tap B to get a lob. You
cannot in this. I think I would have
preferred lob there because I'm so fast.
But honestly, there's a great ball from
Lamar. A great green bean.
See, EVEN THAT LIKE I [screaming]
OH.
OH, COME GET ME, CALEB. Let's go.
Oh my god. Never doubt Lamar. Lamar is
throwing the most perfect balls. This is
the best career mode ever, bro. Oh my
god. I love this. That's a dot.
back shoulder fade, dunked on his dumb
ass, then I broke the tackle coming down
and Caleb DS couldn't even touch me. The
fact that you can upgrade your physicals
makes this 100 times better. And I I
can't stress that enough. Like last
year, my speed right now would be 78 or
80. But like, it does make sense that a
young rookie tight end out of Ohio State
could be really fast. And Caleb DS in
this game has 88 speed. I am literally
that much faster than Caleb DS right
now. That's why he couldn't catch me.
And um last year that's not a touchdown.
This year it is. I am glazing. I am
genuinely glazing. I think Superstar uh
is so much better because of these new
abilities and the new way that you
upgrade your player. Now I'm still
pissed that you can't run no huddle.
I'll never stop on EA for that,
guys. Like please. No huddle is so
basic.
Ooh. Make a good move. Ooh. Make a good
move.
Time out. 15 seconds. I mean, if I get a
corner route here, something relatively
deep. Oh, wa. Why am I so open? WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA. WHAT? That was so green. I'm
so confused.
Well, a tough drop right there. But we
don't have to let that define us. Oh my
god. Yes, we do. Clearly, it defines us.
The meter is very inconsistent.
I can't figure it out sometimes.
Sometimes it feels so simple and other
times it's like I don't know. Third and
one here. Big play.
Give me that check down Lamar. Oh, what
a bad drive, dude. What a bad like
backto-back plays. I got to lock in.
Oh, Dallas, you've
That might have been a touchdown if I
got the ball. This is an interesting
route right here. Not one you see very
often. Wow. I like cannot green right
now. At least that was yellow and I
catch it and go with the wheel route
again. Full motion.
Oh. Oh, Lamar. Lamar, I was so tutty. I
was so a tutty
post. Oh, okay. Okay, Rashan Gary, you
didn't have to do all that, bro.
Good fight. Fourth and three. Not
enough. Third and three. Big conversion
for us here. I don't think I'm open. Oh,
thank you, Lamar. Love having Lamar.
What is that new animation where they
just start humping each other?
I'm switching this up. That was a pretty
route. I mean, it wasn't actually. It
was an ugly, disgusting, non-real route,
but it was perfectly open. It's kind of
what I was going for.
Ooh, I'm open, mister.
What the just happened? That was
weird. I didn't get any penalties for
dropping it, but I don't really know
what happened.
Hey, green. Another big one. 10 catches,
195 yards. Damn.
Sometimes you just got to call for the
ball at every opportunity. Damn, good
tackle. I didn't think he was going to
get me like that. I'm turning this into
a corner route.
Can I break the tackle? I can. What the
hell was that, dude? What's going on?
That might have the most bizarre broken
tackle I've ever gotten. My wear and
tear. I'm leaking, bro. My wear and tear
is cooked. This has touchdown potential.
Ooh. Why did my X factor just activate?
Wear and tear has me at minus 8 speed.
They said my X factors activated, which
My Xactor is activated, but I'm not
glowing. Why would I not be glowing?
That's like the coolest part of the X
Factor. That's got to be wrong, right?
Damn, my wear and I'm dead from this
wear and tear. I've got minus a billion
everything. Apparently, my double me is
activated. But maybe it's because you
know how there were three tiers. I don't
know if you guys saw that. Okay, that
was the most piss poor running angle
I've ever seen. How you did not score
that as criminal? There are three tiers
to double me, the X factors this year.
So, I can actually upgrade my my double
me. Maybe that's why. Like, look under
Derrick Henry. He's got a very clear X
there.
And he just got stuffed on that play.
But yeah, I mean, if you look in the
bottom right, it says I have double me
and it's supposedly activated.
Well, let's see if they learn their
less. Okay, that was actually a nasty
move. I gave a little outside inside
tech and I'm wide open for the worst
celebration ever. Impressive
game today. What was the key for my
success? I'm goated with the sauce. Take
credit myself. I'm only about winning.
14 catches for 238. Am I happy with my
performance? What kind of dumbass
question is that, bro? I probably broke
a record. Do I have strong chemistry
with Lamar? We work hard for it. I
respect Lamar. Are you kidding me?
That's my goat. After that, I got a
meeting with coach. What kind of starter
are we getting? What do you mean? You
drafted me. Bozo, the best one on the
field. Well, we start out the season
undefeated and our week four game is
against the Tennessee Titans and I think
I can. Can I change their uniforms? Oh,
that's such a bummer. I want to put
Titans in their rivalries. Color rush
are interesting, dude. The new Ooh,
those are nasty, dude. The new
Ravens jerseys are so sick. I'm wearing
these. Oh my god. Nice little home game
for Matt Meeks and the Baltimore Ravens.
Things we love to see. Okay, follow the
plan. Offense has a greatly reduced
fumble chance. I like that. Taking on
Tennessee. They're one and two. I mean,
dude, we could pull off an undefeated
season. I actually think we could cuz as
a superstar, you do have a lot of impact
on the game plan. What helmet am I
wearing? What bozo ass helmet do I have
on? I look like a cornball.
Yeah, layout safeties just for fun.
Dude, I don't know what's happened here,
but if you look at my whole team,
they've all got that clean helmet on and
I've got this goofy ass bowling ball on
my head. Oh, I'm not supposed to be on
this camera angle, but it could work. I
have to address this helmet situation
next game. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. I'm
going to address it right now after that
drop. All right. I still don't match my
helmet with my team, but I have a better
helmet on. Whoa, great route, Matt
Meeks. I mean, really spectacular. I
also like the Titans jerseys. I think a
lot of teams in the league over the last
couple years have gotten just banger
uniforms.
Why not Lamar? Why not me, Lamar?
Don't tell them about the first. Yeah,
buddy. My god, these Yo, why you talking
buddy? cuz you're one and two. Got
a little motion tack going here, bro.
Every time I see motion, I'm doing the
wheel route. Oh, Lamar, you just got to
huck that puppy up to You got to huck
that puppy up to dad. And I'm going to
let it go, dummy. Oh, Lamar. Lamar,
don't mess it up this time.
Well, I mean, that's a checkown. Oh.
[laughter] Oh my god. I said it. Oh, you
got to love a stiff arm. If you don't
like a stiff arm, you don't like
football. Oh my goodness. I just raw
dogged him. Why did I I just get an OPI.
I just got an OPI on that. That is my
first penalty in the National Football
League. First penalty in National
Football League. Offensive pass
interference. We take those. See if I
can get Lamar to just float me one. Hey.
Oh my god, dude. I actually break so
many tackles. I can't wait to get loaded
up with more abilities, too. It's going
to only get crazier. Second and eight.
Oh, this is a touchdown. If we get the
snap off, it's a touchdown. Second
and eight. Big play. Big play. Matt
Meeks is hot. That's a great route. Good
catch. Third and three. How do I get
myself in the end zone here? We got
three receptions for 47 yards in the
first quarter alone. And that's a tutty.
I'm too big. Oh, wait. It wasn't a
touchdown, but it became one. Yo,
celebrate. What was I doing? I was just
aura farming. That was a nasty
touchdown. Also, to be clear, the
difficulty I play on is all pro and then
four-minute quarters and then there are
no sliders. There's no sliders in Madden
Superstar. So, there's nothing that you
can adjust. Honestly, they just made
your superstar a lot more OP this year.
That's what I'm noticing. Anyway, I
can't believe Lamar had time to get that
off to me. He must have been scrambling
like a madman. I got clobbered, too. But
yeah, you're honestly just more OP this
year. Oh, fun. We got a little block
delay route. So, I'm going to block for
a hot sack. Just give him Holy
Holy
Holy [laughter] I was supposed to
do a block delay and I end up on my ass.
That's like the If that's your route and
you're the tight end, that is literally
the last thing that you can get caught
doing. Straight up.
Should be a nice
little window, but I goofed it. Darn it.
I hadn't caught one with a meter in a
while.
See, like that. Like that was Oh, stay
up. Oh, I needed one more. Baitman, you
got to get out of my way, brother.
Baitman, you just got to let you got to
let the young butt cook. She's had the
old bull. Now she wants the young calf.
Ow. Ow. Okay, Cody Barton is lowkey
getting the better of me. He's kind of
uh got him my ass. All right, let's give
Derrick Henry a good block here.
Yes, sir. Derek. Oh, Tennessee's getting
stiff armed. I can tell you that. Oh,
easy one.
Just take it. 20 SECONDS. NO HUDDLE.
LET'S GO, LAMAR. LET'S GO, LAMAR.
TIMEOUTS ARE A MYTH. YEAH, I know
they're not. I'm calling it. Also, no
huddle doesn't really work. So, I will
say the fact that there's that no huddle
glitch doesn't really matter because
this team is so good.
I mean, maybe in the playoffs it'll
matter. Oh, that was a nasty route. That
actually was nasty. As stupid as that
looked, I froze Barton just enough. And
Lamar gave me a perfect ball. First and
10.
Big route. Lamar's going to put it up.
I'm green. Yeah, go tell him. COME ON,
CODY BARTON. COME TALK to me again,
buddy. Yeah, walk away. Walk away.
That was a dot from Lamar. A big Dude, I
got a up on that catch. That's why we
upgraded our jumping to 90. I got up.
Oh, that's contested. Intercepted.
Alante Taylor. And me and Lamar got to
flag him down. Man, I'm sorry, Lamar. I
mean, I called for the contestant, but
that's on me. I got to be in front of
that ball if I'm going to call for that.
Could our first loss of the season come
to the Tennessee Titans? That doesn't
seem right. It's 14 to 14 right now.
I've got the wheel route again, which I
really do like. I like this play.
Oh, I'm so open. Big truck. Damn,
hooker. Once again, the hooker gets the
better of me. Sick. First and 10. Jeff
Simmons in coverage, by the way. That's
a dot. Lamar,
that's a dot. Good Second and 14.
I've got a post out here. O, just like
my college days.
Give me one, Lamar. Ooh,
he's going to take off
big time. BIG TIME. [screaming]
OH, that was green though. Wow, the ball
got knocked out. That looks so green.
That would have been a crazy highlight.
Hey, we get three out of it anyway. And
we're back on offense. We can win the
game here.
Play action slide here. Let's go block
for Marky Mark. Let's go block the guy
right into him. I'm a hater. I'm a
hater. Second and four. Hey, there's my
X Factor. There's my X Factor actually
lighting up. So, last game is just a
bug. It's just a visual bug. I got to go
get a catch then. I got double me
activated. So, we do have that ability
that makes double me easier to activate
in the fourth quarter. And I think
that's why it kind of just keeps popping
up now. But this should just
That's DPI ref. I've got double me. I
greened that. He's all over me, sucking
me off, slapping my ass. That's a DPI
ref. Just cuz I liked it doesn't make it
not DPI. I guess I'm blocking on this
play.
Holy
I still got to block off. Give me a pad,
bro. I got double me. AR, we got to go
use this.
Can't waste a double me without a Yeah,
you can. Oh my god, it's Barton, too.
And it's 14 to 17. I might have just
sold the entire game. This is no bueno.
Tennessee got a field goal. 17 to 17.
There's 34 seconds. We have no timeouts.
Holy Oh no, we have three
timeouts. Oh, very different. We have
three timeouts. I don't have double man
anymore, but that was a myth. It
did. Oh my god. Why is this play so
good,
dude? These motion wheel routes are
broken. Straight up broken. I think I am
three for three on touchdowns on those
plays. OH MY GOD, DUDE. THAT IS actually
probably the best play I've ever found.
That's insane. That is a gamewinner, no
time left. Presumably, unless Tennessee
pulls up a miracle. No, that's a game
winner, no time left. Dude, those plays
are nuts. Yeah, you like that Cody
Barton, you I've got a new
rival. His name's Cody Barton. That's
crazy. I'm almost a team captain, boys.
I'm 100x away from being a team captain.
12 receptions, 210 yards, three
touchdowns. We are balling. They came in
the locker room to glaze me. They're
lucky I wasn't changing. Then they'd
really be glazing me. I'm going to stay
humble. I'm going to go with a safe
response. Some more big upgrades
inbound. I'm going to take my break
tackle and trucking up to 87 each. And
I'm going to take catching and catching
traffic to 96 and 93, respectively. I
got 15 in physicals. That's crazy. Okay,
we're going to max out stamina. It
should help out with the wear and tear.
Wear and tear has still been brutal.
Wear and tear's been whooping my ass.
Durability, toughness, and strength
probably both matter. So, let's bring
these puppies as far as we can go. I'm
up to an 87 overall already. Oh my god.
Okay, let's keep going here. So, film
study. If I spend six here, I'll be able
to see the art of linebackers and
corners on third and fourth down, which
I do kind of like. Persistent is so
nasty, though. I'm going to go
persistent silver and locked in silver.
I'm going to develop these. So, now I'm
harder to knock out of the zone in the
second half, and I'm easier [music] to
enter the zone in the second half. The
final tier of this is just for the
entire game. So, it's basically like
getting double me unlocked for the whole
game very easily. That's the whole
point. And then hard to knock out of it.
Not quite there yet. Need a few more
mentals. So with specialties, we're
going to get more of these, too. I kind
of want to be more of a menace in the
open field. I'm catching the ball pretty
easily. I just want to break tackles.
Let's go with tackle breaker. So shake
hit off and then snip out of it. So
pretty much every relatively weak tackle
we're going to break. So modern improved
chance to break dives, cuts, strip, and
hit sticks. I mean, it's basically
everything, right? The final tier of
this gives extreme fatigue penalties,
which is actually really good because if
you get extreme backlash fatigue
penalties on defenders over the course
of a game, you will literally just run
right around them. It'll be the third
quarter and you'll be staring right at a
free safety linebacker. No skill mode
needed. You just run around them because
they're so fatigued. That's how good
Backlash has been. Hopefully, it's that
good this year, too. There's so many
good specialties, though. Like, look at
this. Route artist receivers ability can
build their routes before the snap. Like
any route. Highlight reel request
one-handed catch animations. What does
that even mean? How do you request it? I
don't know. I'm excited to try for that
one cuz I want to figure out what the
hell it is. Call for lofts. We're very
close to and I I should get that soon.
The strength of the pass when calling
for the ball. I mean, I've been asking
for a loft. So, presumably I'm going to
need call for lofts. I'm one skill point
away from that. So, we're very close.
Message from Audrey. Who the hell is
Audrey? What does she want with me? Hey,
stranger. Remember me? You want to clap
my cheeks as I play for the Ravens? Shut
up, My god. I told this to
get and my goat legacy score went
up. Oh, I'm I guess I'm the goat. I
guess I'm the goat. Ravens versus
Falcons. We're 4-0 right now, baby.
Let's take a look around the league. Oh,
Cleveland is 4-0. What? Leading the
league in receiving yards by a pretty
wide margin right now. Passing yards
right now is sitting with Cam Ward,
Stafford, and Herbert. Sunday night
prime time game two. I like it.
Look at the Falcon.
Look at this Falcon with his
GoPro. What's the Falcons m What's the
name of the Falcons mascot? Sunday night
prime time game. Nothing better than a
Sunday night prime time NFL game, baby.
Nothing better. I assume when you're
watch No, when you're watching this
video, I don't think the NFL season has
started yet. Depends when you're
watching it, but I'm patiently waiting.
I'll say that. All right, let's keep
cooking them. Oh, I'm open. Okay, checks
it low. He's way more open than me.
Damn,
I just on Xavier Watts.
Xavier Watts took a big one.
All right, little bird team off. I'm
actually open. I'll get a little
something out of this. Take that. Matt
Meeks last week 12 210 and three. I hope
you got him in fantasy. What kind of
fantasy statline is that? That's like 48
fantasy points. Not quite. 49. I don't
know. It's an insane game. 54.
Hey. Hey.
Oh my god, I just got impact block super
loss. That's what it just said to me. It
just called me a chud.
It said you didn't just lose your impact
block. You super lost it. Although I
made up for it with a little tow drag
right there. I made up for it, dude. I
just need to pull out that one
play, bro. The like inevitable play.
I don't have access to call my own plays
or check formations or call recent
plays. So, for now, I just got to hope
that it pops up as an option. It's
already popped up a few times, though.
Like, it doesn't seem that infrequent
for the Ravens. Third and 10. I can see
the linebackers.
I should be
That was interesting. That linebacker
was in zone. He man me up there. Defense
audible. I mean, this is a motion wheel
route. I don't know if it's going to
work. Oh. Oh, Lamar.
Lamar number 12 is like 5 foot 10, bro.
Just
>> Oh, Lamar, you know you wanted to,
Lamar. Second and six here. Little block
and release.
Oh my god. Who is number 12? Is that AJ
Terrell? He just got ran over.
Going to go with a little Derek Henry
run here. And I'm just going to be mm
good boy blocker. Yeah, buddy. Wow.
Hell of a shot by that linebacker, but
we got there. Play action. Jailbreak
screen is always a really funny play. I
wonder if I can abandon my post and go
help this out.
I got too I got too caught up in the
mud, but we still got eight yards on
that play. Second and two. Mm blocker
once again. Derek Henry gets us third
inches. They are not giving me any pass
play options. We have no choice but to
be a blocker right now. I don't mind a
homie for my team.
I don't think Oh, Dererick Henry did get
that. Nice. Very slow game here, but
hopefully we can get this ball in the
end zone. Oh my god, I'm so open.
I don't know what happened there. I
don't I don't know what the Atlanta
Falcons were doing on that one. I'm
excited to unlock audibles so I can turn
every play into a potentially a good
play. But on a few of these, you just
got to be a homie for Derrick Henry.
Okay, second and five here. Clock's
ticking. We've got two timeouts and a
lead. Oh, do it. Do it. Dude, do you
actually have eyes in the back of your
head? Divine Diablo just made a
ridiculous play. I don't know how the
hell he pulled that off. Give me a
freebie, Lamar. Let's go make something
happen. Fighters fight. I took out a
kneecap on the end of that, too. Oh,
you're cooked. Oh, you're cooked.
Getting some big yards here. First and
10. Oh, just do it, Lamar. JUST DO IT.
OH, ANOTHER ONE. DO WE HAVE A TIMEOUT?
OH, WE DON'T HAVE A TIMEOUT. RUNNING
FLOOD. CAN WE GET IT OFF? Good
touchdown.
Bang. With literally no time left. With
literally no time left. Hey,
that's actually clean, bro. 14 to 11,
though. This game is certainly not over.
I'm going to take something low and see
if we can make something out of it. I'll
take 9.5. Ain't nothing wrong with that.
WHY NOT? OH. OH. [screaming]
>> [laughter]
[gasps]
>> SHAKE IT OFF. Silver tear.
My goodness.
Xactor activated. That was insane.
Double me activated. Why not, Lamar?
There's a flag. Don't tell me that's on
me. Don't tell me that's on me. DPI.
He got a DPI and he got dunked on. If we
decline it, I get the stats. So, we're
going to decline it. You know, three
touchdowns, 10 receptions, 152. Let's
get those yard numbers up. Do it again,
Lamar. Whoa.
Once again, we get the meter bug right
there. Dude, the meter is such an
incomplete feature of this game. I'm
going to be honest. It's an awesome
feature, but it bugs out way too much to
be consistent. Like, on these last two
catches, it's just completely stuttered.
Okay.
Well, that's got to be DPI, too. They
can't stop me, son. Motion jet touch
pass. I'm throwing a block. Baitman get
some huge yards on that. Very good
motion jet touch pass. Baitman.
Now let's see. Paul Allen. Double me
activated. We're in the second half.
Give me one. Lamar. Oh you
Lamar, you know I'm him. You don't even
got to think about it. Interested in
this play here. Little motion RPO alert
screen. That's not even remotely open.
Just a little motion. So I can go blow
the safety up. Damn, these are some
bummer play calls here. I'm not getting
involved at all. That's so not true. I
have 11 receptions for 170 yards. Fourth
and inches here. Kind of a big rep. And
I don't think we got that, dude. Got to
give it to the Atlanta Falcons. They
came very close to winning this game,
but they have no timeouts left and we've
got the ball. So with one QB Neil, it's
all over. That's a big win. Our next
game is against Cleveland who is 4 and
one and actually like a serious
competitor I guess. So I do really want
to win this game. Rivalry game.
Cleveland Browns.
Good start. Tell him at me. Fight his
ass. Punch him in the face.
First and 10. That's actually clean.
Nice. Nice little pocket right there. Go
talk to him. Hey, where's Deshun Watson?
Deshaawn Watson must be gunslinging if
they're four in one.
Oh boy, am I open. Yeah, buddy. I'm up.
Wessinger takes me down, but I'll hit it
again. Hey, I'm moving the chains. I am
aggressively moving the chains right
now. First and 10. Little motion here.
Can we get in the end zone? I might just
wheel route this.
The wheel route is way too good.
Green [screaming] bang. I don't know
what's going on with my celebrations.
Wheel routes are crazy, I guess. Damn,
they're chewing out Quinn Sean Judkins.
They're chewing him out.
Why not? Lamar
Lamar's got other plans. That's why I'm
out on an island here. There's a chance
I get single coverage. Oh my god. Kind
of.
Hey. Hey, I'm lethal. I think I could
really win the Heisman. That's a
Heisman. I could really win MVP. Sorry,
I'm a casual. Sorry, I'm a casual.
Sorry, I'm a casual. Dot. Broken tackle.
Got lit up. Still sick though. Let's go
get another touchdown. Double mess
activated for the first time IN THE
FIRST HALF. OH, you just got to throw it
to me. Lam broken. Get in there. I'm in.
I'm in. Matt Meeks. Dude, I got to get a
new celebration. Oh my god, it's
so ass. Take a look at this. We ugly
shake off this first one and barely stay
in bounds. I can't believe we stayed in
bounds on that and then we just fought
through it. Well, this one's coming to a
close. 21 to 10. They are out of
timeouts and this would certainly be a
nail in the coffin if I can put in a
touchdown right here. Why not though?
Why not put another one in when they're
not GOING TO GUARD YOU in the middle of
the field? I'm serious you guys. The
best opportunities you get as wide
receiver tight end is when your team is
winning and the opponent's defense just
run commits. They do it so often. You
just get a free touchdown no matter how
far down the field you are. Just like
that, baby. Ravens get another big win.
We are undefeated. I do want to take a
look at our superstar powers. So, you
can trade teammates and trade for a
player. That requires some levels with
the front office, which I don't have any
of those yet. I assume I got to win like
playoff games to get that. I could
demand a trade at agent level four. I'm
very close to that, but I love this
team. I don't think I'm going to do
that. You can simulate games with your
head coach at level seven and I'm pretty
close to that too. And you can actually
retire when you have level one
biographer. Interesting. And then my
sphere of influence is all the people
I've unlocked things with. So with Jesse
Mentor, I've unlocked being tightad one
pass protection and hot routes. I now
have hot routes. So audibles is next and
after that is simulating. I'm level
seven with Lamar which is huge. So I
actually got Lamar an ability. He starts
games with higher composure. And it's
almost the same thing here with Derrick
Henry at level seven. It'll say
character collected. I'm not sure what
that means. Undefeated season on the
line. I have no intentions of losing,
but Cincinnati, it's got seven already.
We're at home. Our first loss can't come
at home, right? Oh, I'm open. [snorts]
Lamar doesn't find it. He'll check it
down. Nothing wrong with that. And you
got to love that start to a game. Second
and six. I'm going mesh here. I really
hope I get manned up.
Whoa, that was weird mesh. I went under
the offensive line, but it kind of
worked. Never done that before. All
right, listen. The Bengals are not
playing around.
I guess I am. That was green. Come on,
Lamar. All right, let's recalibrate.
It's still seven to zero. Not a great
start. And I'm just looking for somebody
to block. I'm ass. I'm ass. Rocking
exactly zero yards of offense right now.
The first quarter is already in the
books.
That's very unlike us. A eight flowers.
Doesn't always have to be me. This team
is good enough that I really do not need
to carry us. And that's what I love
about it. But I still want to get some
yards. Play action seams.
MARKY MARK. BIG CATCH. I like to think I
pushed him forward about a yard or so
there. I like to think that. Oh, this is
the play. Or at least it's one of them.
It's a motion wheel route. Dude, I swear
to God, my touchdown ratio on these
plays is insane. What is Oh, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no. Replay that. My meter
was quite literally in the deadnuts
middle of green. What the was that?
I am certain mine was in the middle of
green there. I literally
It wasn't even fringe. It wasn't even on
the border. That made no sense.
That was like That catch I just did was
the same one as last time. That was
crazy. Actually, no. You know what? My
amazing editor, Brody, is going to
replay that catch and we'll see real
time. Am I full of or did it
actually like teleport?
Oh,
I just put Lamar in a bad spot. Sinci is
going to score off that. I'm having a
really tough game right now. They get
14. Tight end attack. A glorious play.
Hope we get manned up here.
Definitely not. I don't know if this is
open.
It's probably best they didn't throw it
to me. We have no timeouts here. Clock
is ticking. We're going to have to no
huddle after this. Let's see if I can
get us some yards. Oh, yes, I can. Good
ball, Lamar. All the way in. Give me a
spike. Give me a spike. Hey. No. What is
this stupid? No. I was going to SPIKE
IT. 14 TO 14.
OOH, the block of a century. Oh, can I
get break it? Break it. Damn it. I if he
broke that tackle, it's touchdown
because I had his next block. Sometimes
you got to trust your boy. First and 10.
I would love to go undefeated. I've
never gone undefeated in a superstar.
Second and 10. Let's keep up with it.
Oh, I was so open. Dererick Henry got a
lot though. Third and seven here. I
don't like it so much. We got to get
this. Let's find a way to be open. Oh,
maybe.
What kind of routes were those? Why
would my route be a ding if there's
someone directly in front of me? I
actually ran the route it was that was
intended. I should have ran my own
route.
Ooh, good checkdown. It's a very evenly
matched game here. First and goal. This
a wicked play. Is this my route? Oh,
it's motion.
Oh, good move. Wait. Oh, Derek Henry.
Is that Harrison Smith? I think that's
Harrison Smith on the Bengals who just
got completely deleted.
Great move.
Wow. Oh, I have no route. Lamar, I can
hot route. Yeah, buddy.
Second and three. We got a wide open
Rashad Baitman. We're getting ready to
put this game away, too. Dude, it feels
like in the fourth quarter we just put
every game away. Like, this didn't feel
like anything too crazy. But now here in
the fourth quarter, we take a big lead.
Z Flowers going absolutely nowhere. Here
we go. Second and 11.
Was that Sexter Dexter? No. Was it was
Jonathan Allen? Jonathan Allen in a QB
spy just intercepted Lamar. That's
brutal. That's my fault. Defense kind of
clutched up. I don't think it's going to
matter. Defense clutched up big time.
Motion marking mark. A lot of dudes on
this side.
Andrews gets it. Undoubtedly one of my
slowest games. I only have two catches,
but they are both for touchdowns, so
that's cool.
Good blocks. Great blocks. Speed option.
You guys know I love a good speed
option. Let's see how Lamar runs this.
Holy That was cracked.
Nice work. Undoubtedly my least
impressive performance, but our win
streak stays alive. 7 to zero. Seven to
zero. 7-0. We win 21 to 14 against the
Bengals. Joe Burrow can't believe it.
Our next game is against the Buffalo
Bills, but they are really struggling.
They're two and four. Should have some
crazy upgrades to rock with here. We've
got 11 core, 10 physical, one mental,
and two special with one more for X
Factor. Give me level two double me. I
have no idea what that does, if
anything. I guess there's bronze tier
double me, silver tier, and gold tier. I
really don't know. That's completely new
to me. I could get 99 catching and
sticky fingers gold. Definitely going to
do that. I'm going to take my catching
traffic up to 99 and I'm two away from
gold tier iron grip. I now have 99
catching and 99 catching traffic. I'm an
89 overall. We are halfway through my
rookie year. This is insane. The
progression is so much better. Why can't
Road to Glory College be like this? I
mean, this is absurd. This is what I
would love Road to Glory College to be
like. They killed it, Madden. They
really did. This is an excellent system.
And um I don't know what the hell
they're doing in college. Okay, so we've
got 10 here. I'm going to take change
direction up to 81. I'm going to take
agility up to 81. And I've got one more
point to spend in the physicals tree, I
suppose.
No, I actually can't spend it. Nothing
costs only one. But wow. I mean, we're
making so much progress right now. I
guess I was wrong on specialies.
Apparently, I have five to spend here.
Call for loss. I've got my first rare or
platinum tier ability with call for
lofts. That is so sick. I'm really
excited to use that. Influence the
strength of the pass when calling for
the ball. So, I assume this means if I
tap A, I get a lob, and if I hold A, I
get a bullet. I assume that's how this
works. Remains to be seen. I think the
next thing I probably want to do would
be probably highlight reel improved
midair and spectacular catching cuz if I
can get this up to nine, dude, I could
do like one hand aggressive catch snags.
It would be insane what I could do.
Although tackle breaker's close, so I
think we finish off tackle breaker first
and then move the highlight reel and
then maybe chain mover. Chain mover is
kind of crazy. Automatically reach out
for first downs. It's going to be pretty
gnarly. I'm super excited. We're really
making some progress. Like way faster
than last year. Way faster than I ever
anticipated. And what do you know? I can
demand a trade now. Very cool. All
right, gentlemen. This is where we leave
off on our second episode. I wanted to
do a full season, but I'm already over 2
hours into this video. A full season
video would be far too long. This is way
more fun than I expected. We've gone
from a rising star to a team captain.
Our next milestone is as a cornerstone
player. Then we're a star up to a
superstar. elite all-time great legend
goat. You get the idea. All right, boys.
I love you. I'm excited to do some more.
I'll see you in the next video. Peace.
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