Pittsburgh / Cleveland Spectate Mode Play by Play

I wanted to see how the AI played against itself in spectate mode -- to see if the same issues would pop up. Here is the play by play of the first half of a Pitt/Cle game on 8 minute quarters. No sliders because, yeah, well..

I will skip kickoffs and punts unless they are worth noting.

Pitt ball

1-10 Parker 3 yd rush
2-7 Parker 1 yd rush
3-6 Parker 1 yd rush
Punt

Cle ball

1-10 Anderson incomplete pass (swatted by LB)
2-10 5 yd pass Stallworth
3-5 Sweep Lewis -4 yards
Punt

Pitt ball

1-10 Screen Parker 6 yds
2-4 11 yd pass Miller (TE)
1-10 20 yd pass to Miller
1-10 Parker 2 yd rush
2-8 6 yd pass Ward
3-2 7 yd pass Ward
1-10 Parker 3 yd rush
2-7 Parker -3 yd loss
3-10 Incomplete (deep post, swatted away)
FG NO GOOD

Cle Ball

1-10 Screen Lewis -1 yd loss
2-11 12 yd pass Edwards
1-10 9 yd pass Heiden
2-1 Lewis -2 yd loss
3-3 6 yd pass Winslow
1-10 15 yd pass JJ
1-10 Lewis rush no gain
2-10 Lewis rush no gain
3-10 Incomplete pass to Cribbs, deep go route, broken up
FG GOOD 3-0 Browns

Pitt Ball

1-10 Scramble 10 yds
1-10 12 yd pass ward
1-10 Parker -1 loss
2-11 13 yd pass Holmes
1-10 Parker 1 yd rush
2-9 8 yd pass Miller
END QUARTER

3-1 4 yd pass Ward
1-10 9 yd pass Miller
2-1 Parker 2 yd rush
1-Goal Parker no gain
2-G Parker 7 yd rush TD

7-3 Pitt

Cle Ball

1-10 Sack -5 yards
2-15 Incomplete pass to Edwards. Caught th eball 5 yards out of bounds...
3-15 5 yard button hook to Stallworth...nice call..
Punt

Pitt Ball

1-10 Parker 2 yd rush
2-8 Screen Parker 6 yds
3-2 11 yd pass Holmes
1-10 Screen Parker 1 yd
2-9 6 yd pass Ward
3-3 Backup HB -- 2 yd rush
FG GOOD; 10-3 PITT

Cle Ball

1-10 Lewis 4 yd rush
2-6 Lewis 3 yd rush
3-3 10 yd pass Winslow
1-10 2 yd pass Vickers
2-8 Screen Lewis -1 yd
3-9 dump off pass Lewis 3 yds
Punt

Pitt Ball

1-10 Pass Intercepted by LB Jackon

Cle Ball

1-10 Lewis 4 yd rush
2-6 Lewis 7 yd rush
1-Goal Wright no gain
2-Goal Lewis no gain
3-Goal 4 yd pass Edwards -- FUMBLE. Pitt recovers and returns to midfield.

1-10 Sack -1 yd
2-11 12 yd pass Miller
1-10 Timeout Pitt 1:00 to go
1-10 3 yd pass Holmes
Timeout.
2-7 16 yd pass Ward
1-10 4 yd pass Holmes
2-6 Screen Parker 5 yds runs OB
3-1 12 yd pass Holmes
1-Goal Pass to Miller - TD

17-3 Pitt

Cle Ball

1-10 Hail Mary incomplete
2-10 Sack -5 yds

End of Half.

Stats:

Ben the Toothless Wonder: 21/23 170 yds 1 TD 1 INT
Anderson 12/16 66 yds 0/0

Parker 11carries 16 yards
Lewis 11 carries 8 yards

It is uncanny how the CPU/CPU game plays out almost exactly like the games I play. Most passes are

A) Open
B) Underneath in the middle of the field

And the AI is HORRIBLE and seeing a hole and running through it. On more than o ne occassion, Parker had a huge hole in front of him but was zig zag running for no reason at all, and would get crushed.

You want to know what playing the game is like? This is a very common example.

Second half to follow..