#1 SF.....I was a NYG here guy, but frankly after using the niners for a whole season i've found the wonder that is michael carter. Carter is so dominant its ridiculous. He can single handedly shut down a running game and he's the best defender against the pass in the league (i'm biased) he's got ridiculous speed and comes from a great position in the middle of the field rather than lt coming from the bottom. There offense is obviously dominant and some how crawford is a good returner. Though as a lifetime niners fan in real life, i find that puzzling since the guy blew goats, but hey he's just like fred young in that respect. Also with carter and lott there kickoff coverage is great and they're passable at punting and field goal kicking.

#2 NYG.....Ummmm, their defense, uh, its pretty dang stellar. Unless you got the niners the giants in the hands of a skilled craftsmen are lethal on d. You can't return kicks, you can't kick field goals or extra points, basically other than kicking off to them your kicking game is shut down for the whole dang game. You have to score touchdowns against them to win, problem, its all but impossible to go the whole distance of the field on them. If a smart player has them and plays field goal position against you, YOU WILL LOSE!!!! But against the niners the niners have the juice to score on em, and the juice to shut their offense down. If the offense was more than decent, nyg would be hands down the best, problem, they're offense isn't more than decent. Niners get the nod.

#3 CHI......Ummm, payton run 1-good. Payton run 2-good. Pass 1 and 2-good. Michael singletary-pretty darn good. The computer controlling hampton, mcmichael and the gang-absolutely stellar. Gentry is ridiculously awesome at kick returning. Their defense rocks, their offense is really good, and their kick return game rules. Problem is you really need to be duersen or somebody against the run, and their offense can be shutdown by a dominant D team-(wash,nyg,niners).

#4 DEN....Its just unfair playing john elway, is arm rules, but even worse he can run like a crackhead going to a mr. money. His speed out of the back field just sucks, you play perfect defense guarding his receivers and BLOOOP he's breaking a 10 yard run on yah. I put em ahead of cleveland because they got three good defenders, not great, but three good defenders and most importantly they're at three different positions on the field so you can really mix it up and play matchups with em. Dorsett if he gets past you can fly, he can be stopped up till the line of scrimmage rather easily but once he hits open country, we'll see yah. Their kicking game leaves quite a bit to be desired but hey, you got elway why you punting and kicking field goals anyway?

#5 CLE......Mcneil returing kicks as our league found out this season is a beast. Mack popcorning computer controlled players is awesome. Problem is if a human player has a fast defensive guy macks limited a bit. THe passing game is mediocre at best but they run decent routes. Kosar can run a smidge. The defense has one awesome safety on top, and one really good safety at the bottom. If you can use matchups and play cat and mouse with your opponent the defense can be lethal. If you pick the wrong matchup however you can get the ball moved on you frequently.

#6 SEA.....I love seattle and wanted to put them up higher. If they had a good kick returner they'd be like 4th or 5th. Krieg is not allowed to fumble which already makes him better on the game than he was in real life. He can scramble like crazy and the pass routes are good. Warner is a quality rb. He won't be confused with bo or walter payton on this game, but he can do some stuff. He can be shut down rather handily by a quality run stopper like lt or carter though, so if you have a great defender you can shut down their run game. Edmonds again sucks as a kick returner. As far as the defense goes, they have fred young. Whose fred young? He's the most ridiculously over talented player on the game. He can single handedly shut down a run game and if you don't have pass routes that are spread out, he'll stop that too. In the hands of a skilled craftsmen, you can score much on seattle.

#7 LA...Everyone knows about BO's run. Problem, Marcus allens can be just as lethal. Sometimes if you get all the planets aligned properly, bo blocks for allen run 2 and if he does, uh, see ya, touchdown!!! Surprisingly for as packed as the formation looks on offense, their pass routes are pretty good too. They have receivers going long, one going middle and one coming out of your butt, its silly. Their defense isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be, you have to play matchups and choose the right time to use matt millen, adn the right time to use howie long. Tim brown should be the best returner on the game, he's just decent, and their whole kickiing game in general is all right, nothing to write home about.

#8 MIA...Miami is here for one reason only-offense. Marino is brutal, his throws are lazor beams which even the craftiest of defenders in the perfect position have trouble snatching away from the receivers. The run game should suck, but they block really well on it. The defense leave A LOTT to be desired. But you can play enough cat and mouse using offerdahl on passing downs and using different guys to defend the run. Their punt game rocks but the rest of special teams is adequate at best.

#9 DAL....Lets see herschel right, herschel left! Sounds like a strategy to me. They have two pretty good passing plays as well. Their kicking game is okay. I think their defense gets a bad wrap cause though they have no team speed whatsoever you can use jones, and downs pretty effectively. In the hands of a master dallas is lethal, in the hands of a novice, their the 9th best team on the game.

#10 MIN.....Contrary to popular opinion minnesota is not the worst team on the game, and they shouldn't be for a beginner either. They have two quality defensive guys in browner and doleman, but you don't need browner. Chris doleman can pretty much shut down any run game on the game. He is also very good in pass protection. He is against certain teams suceptible to being taken advantage of on the top run, which is when you switch to browner and everythings fine. They have, the second best returner on the game for my money in carter. Which i could understand if his first name was chris but its not. Their offense unfortunately has the reverse which is a waste of a play but its better than the redskins reverse so their is that. Actually if you do a downward arch with your player you can get 3-4 against most teams on that reverse, its all about geometry. Their pass plays are good, they have good routes, and the top run ain't bad. You play field position and return kicks well and you can beat almost anybody. Problem is, if you don't do that, their offense doesn't have enough juice for a long drive against ANY team.

#11 IND.... Their offense can be good but both pass plays suck and trudeau has the slowest ball delivery on earth so even if you have  a slow defender he can get their in time to pick it off because trudeau throws it when your open, and two days later when the paint is done drying on your house, the ball finally lands. Dickerson is a scary player and his speed is tough, but if you can get past his run game, get some play calls and or have a decent run stopper, they're offense isnt half as scary as it should be because they can't pass. Their routes are horrible. Worse yet, though bickett is a lot fast than a lot of other guys in the league. He comes from so far down the screen he could be the coach on the sideline. If you have a top receiver you can throw it their all day long, he's also blocked on some run plays. I fear nothing indy has, their offense sucks, and so does their defense. Defense is a bit better if you mix it up between bickett and wilson the top safety.

12. WSH.... domiant defense, and unfortunately that is literally it. you don't have to call run or have a good defender to shut down timmy smith or that awful reverse play. Basically you should have a 50/50 chance of calling the right pass play, and you shouldn't ever have to call a run play. Worse yet their passing routes suck so they can't run and shouldn't be able to pass more than 5o% of the time. Barring a great return which is unlikely cause green sucks for smoe reason on this game, they just cant score points. Their only shot at winning is to keep it close, have their d pick off a pass in your territory and kick a field goal to win 6-3 or 3-0. They suck.