QB as everyone knows is a good product,,but
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Had QB 2009, QB forced me into upgrading, I didn't like that. MS Doesn't force you into upgrading! Now that I did, the program doesn't open correctly. When I am forced to do this again, I don't think I will.
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Being an avid Football fan, Total Football is a dream come true.  It gives me fast reference to players and their statistics, positions, high schools, and even hometowns.  However, there is one glitch that keeps popping up.  After referencing through the book many times, i finally realized that a  player must have played in a game in order to have been given credit for  being involved in football that year.  Therefore, a player could have been  not played in a game, or sat out the season on injured reserve, and the  book does not give him credit for playing at all.  If a player was on a  team's roster, but missed the year because of an injury, that should be  noted.  With the way Total Football is, I wouldn't know if a player was  injured for the year, on the roster but didn't see action, or just sat out  the year.  To me, that's a big deal.
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I'm gonna come out and say it. Madden has SUCKED since it entered the "Next Gen Era." I only needed a couple hours to realize years like 10 and 11 were throw away years. 12 i refused to buy. 13 has got me rethinking my stance. CCM is very well done with its integration of social media and the personalities it gives individual players. The product on the field is solid as well with each play looking unique. You can't run the same play over and over and get the same result like you could in years past. A lot of that is due to the new physics engine. Speaking of, is this Infinity engine the same that was in Grand Theft Auto 4? The game still has its flaws as some of the customization of your career mode, but I can get over it. I really don't see the point in re-rated players anyway. Overal though this is a step in the right direction for Madden. Its only appropriate that they master a game towards the end of a console cycle (as they did with the PS2/XBOX era).
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Can't wait to share this story with my grandson who is the same age as Ben, the principal character in this novel, and who also plays youth football.  As a former Pop Warner football coach myself, I can say that the story rang true with my own experience.  Ben, age eleven is undersize for his age, but has a great throwing arm and wants to play quarterback. However, the coach, a former NFL backup quarterback who took early and well-off retirement, has his own mission; to see that his own son, Shawn, succeeds as the quarterback for the team. Ben is a team player and willing to subdue his own desires to help the team to win. He has several close friends on the team and a girl his own age who he grew up with is one of his biggest fans. Everyone wants the team to win and also want to see Ben realize his ambition to play quarterback. There are conflicts in terms of talent and personal desires that cause friction and bad play and the team gets off to a very poor start on the season. Personal problems need to be identified and solved or the season is over.  So, we have a comeback story, a rise from defeatism. And, the young boys share their thoughts with each other and with the reader. If you are an adult, this book will take you back and perhaps help you to refresh your memory on what it is like to be eleven or twelve years old again. The story is realistic when in its conversations between the youngsters as well as their feelings about each other. The tension between young people and parental authority comes through as well.  How the boys deal with selfishness, temper tantrums, their disdain for long winded adult advice all sound like life experience.
The story is set in modern times with cell phones, laptops, and conflicts between pre-teens and with their parents.  The football plays and competition are presented in an honest way by an author who knows the game.  I enjoyed the book a lot and know that I came away with a better understanding of what it means to be a young athlete today. It is a gripping read for a young reader and there are lessons to be learned.
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Just curious...did you not read the description of the product that says there's a combo embroidered screen printed logo as well as a stitched new era logo?  Maybe this is why they call the hat a QB Sneak... LOL.
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The most compelling aspect to this game, for me, is the detailed progression you make if you create your own head coach character. It very much has a RPG feel to me, because the choices I make with my progression directly affect the way my team performs on Sunday. I'll highlight the best things I like about this game:

1. The Draft. Throughout the season you send out your scouts to evaluate the various prospects. Want to concentrate on an overlooked small-school guy? You can. Then you bring guys in for individual workouts to unlock more player information so you can decide if they are a good fit. Then you go through the draft, trading up or down to get the guy you want. It's exciting to put in the work and snag a potential superstar with a late-round draft choice.

2. The level of detail and control. This game accounts for EVERYTHING that a head coach deals with. Player attitudes. Injuries. Offensive/Defensive schemes. You can create your own plays. You can call the plays in the actual game. You deal with signing free agents and resigning players. Will you progress through the draft, or sign big free agents and pay their hefty price? You can hire/fire assistant coaches. I could go on and on. If you are a huge football fan, you can pore over the numbers all day, and because you build your team from the ground up, you get heavily invested in the outcomes.

3. The out-of-game announcers add to the narrative. The stories that Adam Schechter tells about the potential draftees really add to the realism, about the off season antics of the Heisman hopeful or the sleeper RB at a tiny school. It's great.

This game is not perfect. There are some bugs. But overall, it's an amazingly addictive game with a ton of potential. If you are a hardcore football fan, get this game, take control of your hometown team, and lead them to the Super Bowl!
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Good story from the worlds best quarterback.  I recently attended a dinner with Terry Bradshaw and quote him in his personal description of Phil Robinson.  This is to say nothing of Phil Robinson being an especially reverent good man.  This writing is an inspiration  to all who will read it.
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Madden 2006 is a very fun and exciting game.  The way you are able to manage your team and its players is very realistic.  The new QB Vision was a little wierd at first and took some getting used to but once you get the hang of it, it goes along with the precision passing very well and further adds to the reality of the game.  So all in all, this game is excellent and is incredible in large groups whether you are playing online or with friends.
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Like most sports cards which were (over) produced during this time frame, the 1991 Upper Deck football set has not retained very much value in the collectibles market place.  Yes, it's possible to pull a Brett Favre rookie card from these boxes, and yes, the set is chock full of NFL greats and Hall of Famers.  BUT...that Favre rookie holds a current market value of around $10, and the vast majority of cards your gift recipient can pull from these packs are commons with a value of 5 cents (and they'd be lucky to actually sell them for a penny each).  In other words, while the thought does indeed count, this is NOT a great gift for a serious collector, and certainly not for anyone who would be looking to make a quick profit by breaking this box.

This is, however, a wonderful (and affordable) gift for beginning collectors who might like to add some "vintage" cards to their collection, and opening these together would be a spectacular shared father/son (or mother/daughter) activity, as a good way to inject a bit of history into the minds of younger football fans.  The cards themselves are quite attractive (particularly for the era), and you will indeed come across greats like Jerry Rice, Reggie Smith, Michael Irvin, Barry Sanders, Joe Montana, Troy Aikman...the list goes on.  Even as an inexpensive trip down memory lane for 40-something football fans, this could be a hit.

One additional tidbit: don't just throw away the box when you're done tearing the packs open.  Upper Deck printed a series of oversized Joe Montana and Joe Namath "cards" on the bottom of each box, which are currently listed at a dollar apiece in Beckett (making them among the most valuable cards in the set).

EDIT (before someone nitpicks this in the comments section): Yes, it's theoretically possible to pull a very valuable Joe Montana autographed insert card from this set, but to quote Mean Joe Greene, "Your possibility for success is extremely remote."
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Hello, everyone. I would like to offer a disclaimer first and foremost. I received this for free or at a discount price in exchange for my honest review. In writing an honest review, I am not paid to give only positive thoughts on the product. I am not being paid at all. I received a free or discounted code to purchase the product, so now I am just reviewing the product. I will be offering my true thoughts on the product, my positives... and negatives. Thank you. Continue reading and you'll see what I like and or dislike about this product. I hope my review will help you. If you have any questions, please reply to my review and I will reply as quickly as possible.

Being From Indiana, we are huge COLTS Fans, along with being Peyton Manning Fans, even when Peyton went to the Bronco's we all still followed his career and this Super Bowl we were all rooting for him and the Bronco's, when this book states Peyton Manning The Football Legend it is not kidding, we all look up to a Man that yes can play a sport, but is also a role model for our children and his faith shines through and through!! If you are Peyton Manning fan or just a football fan in general you will find this a very good read, and how more simple can it get just to be able to down load this to your kindle or any smart phone device. Pretty Simple if you ask me!!! Enjoy your read!!!
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looks good but not used yet. But it would take a long time to know if effective. Best to start preseason.
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Too much focus on presentation. If i wanna watch a football game announce team ill watch it on tv. They changed where play selection menus are and made it difficult to read plays. Otherwise its madden great play control as usualbjust irked by new changes to a great franchise
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Yes, it does have its flaws. I've noticed many being mentioned like the two players on the connected careers. That is a very upsetting this about this game. But every Madden does have its flaws. I just feel like everyone is ignoring the good parts about this game. Like the gameplay. I haven't played a game this good in a long time. I really enjoy playing it. The tackling system has gotten a lot better, middle linebackers no longer can jump like ten feet in the air to intercept the ball, and this is the first Madden were I ever struggled on pro(Though I haven't really struggled anymore, it's still pretty cool). The connected careers do suck if you want to play it with another person on the same xbox. But I don't do that. I play online with a few buddies. They love it just as much as I do. I personally love most things about this game. One thing that bothers me is that the Madden roster updates can get irritating. Like one week J.J. Watt was 95 overall the next he was 75 overall. -_- I'll never understand that. Anyways, this is one, if not THE favorite, Madden game I've ever played. If you play a lot of games by yourself or just online against your friends, this is the perfect Madden for you.
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2 months after purchasing these, the Pats won the Super Bowl. So, yeah, I'd say it's a good product.
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IT is more fun than it looks, and the quality of the football is "ok". It is more fun to paint than to actually use the football for a football.
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It's always fun to buy these special editions of the forthcoming NFL draft. And this is one of the better items on the market.

Several features interest me:

(a) Draft rankings of players by position. I work at Penn State, so I instantly focus on who is rated. Christian Hackenberg is # 8 among quarterbacks, Kyle Carter is # 15 among tight ends; Carl Nassib is # 8 among defensive ends and Anthony Zettel # 14. Austin Johnson is # 10 among defensive tackles. Finally, Jordan Lucas is # 9 among strong safeties.

(b) Mock drafts are goofy and normally wrong. Still, it is fun to see how experts project the first round. This year, the publication identifies Ronnie Stanley of Notre Dame as the top pick for the Tennessee Titans.

(c) Position by position analyses of prospects. QB? Top 10 in order: Goff, Wentz, Lynch, Hogan, Cook, Prescott, Jones, Hackenberg, Adams, and Driskel. Same story with all other positions--including punters and place kickers.

(d) Team by team analysis of position priorities, preseason depth chart, # 1 draft choices since 2006. As a Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears fan, it is distressing to see the strikeouts (with Buffalo, EJ Manuel and Aaron Maybin; with the Bears--Shea McClennin and Gabe Carimi),

(e) Et cetera. There are many other features as well.

Looking at this volume makes me ready to watch the draft this year!
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I was trying to find a High School Regulated Football for my daughters boyfriend.  He's the QB.  Something for them to throw around outside. but was close to what he used when playing. Whenit came in, It looked like it was plastic.  I was really embarrassed to give it to him.  I thought I could have gotten a better quality at Walmart!  But I gave it to him anyway and he was happy he said it was fine.  So I guess that goes to show you I know nothing about football.