| My journey as an nfl superstar
by: anonymous
when nfl superstar was released in
madden 2006, i was pretty excited.
i had a wr that eventually made it
to the colts, and the combination
of manning to my wideout was
deadly. i spent the first 3 years
of my career in houston, bringing
up my overall before i could get
the hell out of there to a descent
team. the ending was unsatisfying,
and it wasn’t a challenge because
i racked up over 1000 receiving
yards per game. when madden 07 came
out, superstar mode was completely
revamped. now you only control your
player, and you don’t call the
plays anymore. no more 1000
receiving yard games i guess. i
noticed that there was a lot more
selection in choosing your
superstar, and you can choose the
face shape and race of your player.
i chose a wr whose dad was the
randy moss of his time, so he’s
probably fast. my mom is a
neurologist, so she’s has to be
smart, right? they both have
average iq’s, high 90’s. here
is my superstar’s journal, from
his perspective.
april 5th
hey journal. it’s davon brown
here. it seems like just yesterday
when we won the ncaa championship.
i sure am gonna miss florida state.
but i am movin on in my pursuit of
the hall of fame. i signed my first
agent today. his name is jimmy
powers. i was pretty disappointed
no one else wanted me, but what can
you do? i have my first workout
tomorrow. i hope i impress them.
april 6th
i took my trip to green bay today.
they wanted me to run a route
running drill. it was brett favre
and i against two defenders. it was
such an honor catching passes from
a legend. he patted me on the back
after the workout was done. i am
starting to feel the anxiousness of
the draft. i feel like the workout
improved my catching a bit, partly
because i didn’t want to
embarrass myself in front of mr.
favre.
april 12th
from one hall of famer to the next.
i traveled to new england today to
work out with tom brady. i was
doing the same workout i had done
in green bay. i felt a real
connection between mr. brady and i.
we connected on over half of the
plays. coach belicheck shook my
hand afterwards and told me he was
very interested in drafting me,
which was a big honor. i have to go
study now. i have my wonderlic
personal test in a couple days.
april 13th
i was surprised to wake up this
morning to a phone call from the
nfl network asking for an interview
this morning. i said yes, of
course. they asked me questions
about santonio holmes and me, and
who i want to get drafted by. i
tried to be polite, i didn’t want
to seem like another flashy
receiver with an attitude problem.
i told them i wanted to be drafted
by green bay, because of all the
history there. i need to study a
bit more for my wonderlic test
tomorrow.
april 14th
wonderful news!! i took my test
today and got a 90%. the question i
got wrong was the antonym of
temporal. i had no idea what it
meant. i looked it up as soon as i
got home, and the definition is
“relating to time”. i guess the
antonym is “not relating to
time” or somethin’. a 90% is no
bad score, and my agent
congratulated me/
april 19th
i ran another route running drill
today in st. louis. marc bulger and
i had a strong performance today. i
showcased my speed and burned the
ram’s secondary for a few long
gains. i feel like i am getting
better every week, with a
combination of my workouts and
playing catch with my neighbor.
april 22nd
the wr portion of the nfl combine
was today. the scouts asked if i
could do my 40 time. i am not
feeling very well today and i only
was able to run a 4.41 second 40
time. i hope this doesn’t hurt my
draft stock. in brighter news, the
draft is only a week away and i am
done with my workouts. i hope to
get a call soon about being invited
to the draft. but if i don’t get
the call, i’m not worried.
april 29th
i didn’t get the call
unfortunately, so i am sitting here
with my family watching the draft.
i thought for sure i was going to
get picked late in the 2nd round by
the patriots, but that didn’t
happen. the jets are on the clock
right now. wouldn’t that be
somethin’ if the patriots rivals
took
april 30th
sorry about yesterday. the jets
picked me as i was writing and the
room went up in celebration. i am
officially a jet now. i’m pretty
excited. the patriots are going to
see a lot of me now, aren’t they?
i got my hair buzzed today and a
couple tattoo’s. i have plenty of
money. the jets offered me a
contract as soon as i got the call
yesterday. $11,100,000 over 2 years
with a signing bonus of $1,900,000.
not bad. i guess jimmy did me well.
i also get to keep the #12 that i
made so famous at my high school in
florida. what a great day it has
been!
august 1st
hey, sorry it’s been so long. i
have been working out very hard and
i haven’t been able to write in a
while. i have my first training
camp practice today. the jets told
me that i will be battling it out
with lavernues coles for the
starting wr position, so you bet i
am going to give it my all.
august 4th
we got creamed by the buc’s today
in our first preseason game, 24-3.
i gave a mediocre performance, 2
receptions for 28 yards. but this
is the preseason, so hopefully i
will get better. plus, i only
played one half. i am the starting
kr and the #2 guy for pr, so
hopefully i can showcase my speed
in that department, just hope i
don’t hurt myself.
august 12th
if the first game was bad, then the
2nd game was horrible. coles and i
went to face his former team, the
redskins, and we got spanked 28
-18. at least we scored touchdowns,
but i only got 1 catch and for a
measly 9 yards. this is not how to
win a position battle. i hope i can
improve quickly. we play the
in-house rival giants next week.
maybe i will do better then.
august 14th
i was surprised to learn that a
movie wanted me to star in their
film. i got the offer today but i
turned them down. as a rookie, i
need to focus on football. maybe i
will next year, but not right now.
august 18th
the good news, we won our first
game today. the bad news, i
didn’t get a single catch or kick
return. i was, however able to wave
my hand in the air for a fair catch
on a punt. i was utterly
embarrassed by my performance
today. i still don’t have a td in
the preseason. i hope coach mangini
see’s that i am putting forth my
best effort.
august 25th
better late than never, i suppose.
we won today and i had 4 catches
for 70 yards to lead my team. today
was our last preseason game and we
need another couple weeks of
practice before the regular season
starts. coach mangini awarded me
the starting job after seeing my
effort. i am very excited for the
new season, but the overly long
preseason has been a bit tiring. i
am anxious to get into the endzone,
so hopefully i can impress in my
first game.
september 7th
today is opening day for the nfl.
the steelers are facing my division
rival dolphins today. go steelers!
it feels weird going against my old
favorite team, but hey, i'’
not going to root for a division
rival, am i? we open against the
titans in a few days. my knees are
already shacking.
september 10th
today was ok at best today. i got
my first career win, which was
awesome, but my first career
reception evaded me. we won only by
a point to the lowly titans. it
looked over when the titans were
within 3 and they got 2 points on a
safety, but out d held up and kept
them out of field goal range. we
lost curtis martin today for 3
weeks. injuries are never a good
thing, but maybe i will be able to
get some catches over the next few
weeks while our running game is
temporarily impaired.
september 17th
i showed new england why they
should have drafted me today.
though my receiving stats were ok,
3 catches for 33 yards, i was able
to touch the sweet endzone on a 86
yard punt return for a touchdown. i
also had 3 kickoff returns for 124
yards. while i would rather have
receiving stats, a td is a td, and
it helped us beat our division
rivals 21-18.
september 24th
i touched the endzone again today,
with a 100 yard kickoff return. i
also had an ok day receiving, 6
catches for 54 yards. i feel good
about this season, we still have
not cracked the loss column. we won
28-16 over division rival and
upstate rival buffalo. we head to
indy next week though, but i am
confident we can pull of a win.
october 1st
6 receptions for 62 yards to lead
my team in the assault against
indianapolis. though i didn’t get
my first career td reception, i led
my team in catches and yards as we
won 24-14. i am still anxious to
get into that endzone. hopefully
next week when we play
jacksonville.
october 8th
a day of mixed feelings today.
hearing the overhead announcer say
“pennington drops
back….looks….fires to
brown..touchdown jets!” was so
exciting. hey, it may have only
been a 3 yard pass, but hopefully
it is the first of many. but,
hearing the same announcer say
“and the final score is
jacksonville: 38, new york: 35”
was a heartbreaker. we are still 4
and 1 and leading the afc east
though.
october 15th
finally! a day everything goes my
way. 9 receptions for 106 yards and
a td to lead the team to a 20-9
beating of division rival (and my
former favorite team) miami. it
felt so good to finally have a good
game like that. i hope this
momentum carries over to next
week.
october 22nd
ok, maybe it didn’t carry over.
but we still won. i had 4 catches
for 62 yards. we beat the lions
23-20. i am starting to get used to
this “winning” thing.
october 29th
well, today sucked, royally. 2
catches, 35 yards. beaten 34-17 by
the browns. i am at a lost for
words. we get a much needed bye
week next week, than we head to new
england. we have finished half of
the season now, and we are 6 and 2.
that’s good i guess.
november 1st
i had an unexpected interview
today. they asked about our teams
first half success and how we can
improve. i stayed polite and i
think the interviewer appreciated
that. i was watching espn later
that night and they labeled me as a
possession receiver. well, if i am
this fast and i am a possesion
receiver, than hopefully i can put
together a great career.
november 12th
i woke up this morning, well-rested
after our bye week, ate som
wheaties and headed out to gillette
stadium early to work out with
chad. boy did it show. 6
receptions, 135 yards and a td in a
31-26 win over the pats. what a
day, what a day. we are now 7-2 on
the season.
november 19th
in a game that featured 5 field
goals, we fell a field goal short
against the bears. i had 5 catches
for 77 yards, including a 48 yard
reception. but the bears kept me
out of the endzone as they won
16-13.
november 23rd
i had another interview today. i
guess i am getting popular. they
talked playoffs to me and saying we
have a legit shot of making them. i
hate talking about playoffs when
there are 6 games left, but i kept
that in and stayed polite. our team
is facing to houston in a few days.
hopefully we will be able to pull
out a w and at least clinch a .500
season.
november 26th
we won. 30-27. but it wasn’t my
day, it was our te chris baker’s
day. he had 9 receptions for 113
yards. i was held to 3 receptions
for 39 yards, but a win is a win.
it certainly wasn’t easy. we won
30-27 with a gw field goal in
overtime. it seems the easiest
teams can give you the hardest
problems. we are now 8-3, still
holding on to our lead in the afc
east.
december 3rd
they say there is nothing quite
like a cold december game at
lambeau field. well, maybe for the
packers. we got absolutely
demolished by them. i led the team
in receptions, with 4. only 32
yards to go along with that,
another team high. we were able to
squeak out 10 points in the 3rd and
4th quarters, but it wasn’t
nearly enough to match the pack’s
42. we are now 8 and 4 on the
season.
december 10th
we came back to the meadowland’s,
looking for a win. but a ot field
goal for the bills gave them a win.
i returned my second kickoff for a
td this year, going 92 yards. i was
held to 2 receptions for 32 yards.
not a good day, not a good day at
all.
december 17th
we played against the vikings
today, hoping to end our 2 game
losing skid. but my td was the
only td we would get as we lost
28-10. i am personally happy with
my performance, 6 catches for 72
yards. but we are now 8-6. we play
miami next week in my first career
monday night football game. i hope
this streak ends, quickly.
december 25th
merry christmas! or. at least it
was for miami. today was just an
embarrassment. we lost 20-3. i had
a catch for 16 yards. and we are
now tied for 2nd in the division
with miami. the patriots took over
the lead a couple weeks ago. it has
been a horrible past few weeks. we
are heading into the last game of
the season. hopefully, we can pull
out a miracle.
january 1st
another monday night game, another
loss. what a horrible way to end
the year. 5 straight losses. we
haven’t won since november! i had
2 catches for 10 yards. and of all
the teams to loose to, we lost to
oakland 21-7. but we made it in as
a wild card team, even though we
were only .500 on the season. i end
this year with 65 receptions for
781 yards and 4 td’s. not that
good. but i made the pro bowl as a
kr, so that’s good i guess. we
face new england in the first game.
january 6th
we lost, what else is new? i had 4
grabs for 64 yards but new england
rocked us 37-17. the season is over
now. its pretty disapointing having
it all end this way. i guess i am
going to have to train harder this
offseason to improve. next year is
a contract year for me, so i am
going to set my goals high. i am
hoping for 75 receptions, 1000
yards and 8 td’s. hopefully, it
will happen and we can return to
the playoffs.
january 10th
i had a tough interview today. we
talked about the loss and it was
pretty hard knowing we won’t be
playing again this year. i have the
pro bowl to look forward to though,
so that will be fun.
Yes I am...... |
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