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Madden 19 - 1979 NFL Season Remake - Week 3

Posted on February 18, 2019 at 10:55 AM.

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Week 3
We are officially at the 3rd week of this 1979 season remake and the teams are still trying to settle in. This was one of the craziest weeks we've had so far between this season and the last season, so buckle up and let's jump into it!

Scores & Results:

AWAY............................................HOME
Philadelphia Eagles 30 (1-2)..........New Orleans Saints 34 (3-0)
San Francisco 49ers 27 (1-2)..........Los Angeles Rams 28 (2-1)
Baltimore Colts 20 (1-2)..........Cleveland Browns 27 (3-0)
Buffalo Bills 10 (2-1)..........San Diego Chargers 31 (3-0)
Denver Broncos 10 (0-3)..........Atlanta Falcons 31 (2-1)
Chicago Bears 13 (1-2)..........Dallas Cowboys 23 (3-0)
Oakland Raiders 21 (1-2)..........Seattle Seahawks 49 (1-2)
Kansas City Chiefs 31 (1-2)..........Houston Oilers 35 (3-0)
Miami Dolphins 13 (1-2)..........Minnesota Vikings 20 (2-1)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 (2-1)..........Green Bay Packers 20 (0-3)
New England Patriots 15 (1-2)..........Cincinnati Bengals 18 (2-1)
Pittsburgh Steelers 14 (1-2)..........St. Louis Cardinals 21 (1-2)
Detroit Lions 38 (2-1)..........New York Jets 32 (0-3)
New York Giants 13 (1-2)..........Washington Redskins 41 (1-2)

Detailed Recap:

Our top story this week doesn't come from a single game, but rather, 12 different games. This week was a bit of a strange one as 12 out of the 14 games resulted in the home team winning. Only Tampa Bay and Detroit were able to break this trend by beating the Green Bay Packers and New York Jets respectively. Truly crazy if you ask me!

The next story is almost just as crazy. It comes from the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams game where the 49ers got out to a 24 point lead in the 2nd quarter and leaving the Rams with 0 points. The Rams trailing by 24 points, a 3 possession game, started their comeback. Inch by inch, point by point, score by score, the Rams slowly caught back up to San Francisco but time was falling short. Los Angeles found a miracle and punched in their 4th Touchdown to take the lead by a single point, 28 to 27, and their defense were able to hold the 49ers and allow the Rams to pick up one of the greatest wins we have seen so far.

Our 3rd story is a record breaker. The current record for most points scored in a game was set at 48 points by the New York Jets in week 1 of our 1978 season. Fast forward to 1979, week 3, and we now have a new record. The Seattle Seahawks embarrassed the Oakland Raiders by not only beating them by 28 points, but by also scoring the most points any team has scored in a single game at 49. The Raiders defense must've called in sick this week because it is incredibly hard to allow that many points, but alas, they found a way.

The final story is the Pittsburgh Steelers and St. Louis Cardinals. When you saw this match up, you chalked it up as an automatic win for Pittsburgh without a second thought, as you would with most any team that is playing against the Cardinals, sorry Cardinals. St. Louis, however, showed everyone why this should not be the case. The Cardinals managed to fend off the Steelers at home and picked up their first win of the season with a 21 to 14 point game. This has me rethinking my predictions for future weeks, that's for sure.

In the craziest week of them all, we had the craziest game of them all with the 49ers and Rams. With it only being week 3, I think we are only seeing the beginning of the amazing and dramatic events this sport brings, so who knows what will happen in the next 13 weeks. Be sure to check back here for the next update on Tuesday!

I want to apologize for not posting this yesterday, on Sunday, as I promised. I would like to say I was too busy, but that would be a lie. I honestly got caught up in other things and forgot about this, so in return I got up early, 5am, on my holiday and simmed this week so I could get it posted as soon as possible.

- Garrett aka "GSBro"

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To look at the current standings and scores of this season, click on this link to my google spread sheet: http://bit.ly/NFL1979SpdSht

If you see any mistakes or if you have any suggestions, please feel free to let me know in the comments. Thank you.
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