I'm in Madden 25's online mode. My opponent chooses the Giants. On a whim I chose the Raiders. Even though the Raiders are a lower ranked team, I know I can win with them. Eli throws picks, I tell myself.
So we begin the game and before I know it Eli is shredding my D!

The Raiders' defensive line is straight

. I can't get any pressure on Eli. He's making impossible throws to the sideline in double coverage

Basically forcing the ball and winning

. But the Raiders come back with aplomb. The Giants march their way to the Red Zone and Eli throws a duck

. Charles Woodson picks that bird off and the score remains 0-0.
However on the very next play things don't so well
When my drive begins, the Giants move their SS up to the LOS. I'm like,"Is this fool blitzing on 1 and 10?

.......You gone learn today

". So I audible out of my run and to my TE down the seam. But when things snap off I realize shyt ain't right

. The Giants go back into coverage while my TE is running down the seam. My other audibles are

and I have no idea where the receivers will be. I think about pulling out but I'm using Terrelle Pryor, who has 92 throw power

. So I take the chance and try to squeeze the ball between a LB and safety down the seam.

...
And the Giants' safety easily picks off Pryor's inaccurate high throw

.
Giants come back and drive to the RZ, Eli running through my D a fat boy thru birthday cake. Luckily I tie the down during my next possession with pocket excellence from T Pryor

. But On the following drive Eli gets serious again

. I'm only getting sporadic pressure with Sims and Houston but can't stop Cruz or Nicks. I'm getting desperate and desperate times call for desperate measures. Despite the look my opponent won't stop passing

. He just won't. He thinks Eli can beat the Raiders' D with arm talent alone - and my enemy is mostly right. With a clean pocket Eli can pick me apart 70% of the time. However it's that 30% my enemy needs to worry about

.....
On my opponent's next possession I set up my normal Cover 4 shallow look. My enemy doesn't give a shyt. He's been shredding me all game, he thinks, he'll just do it aain he thinks. WRONG! Eli checks down underneath right in the path of one of my corners'. Hayden forces the fumble and Burnett recovers to score

. The score is now 10:14 in the 4th. The Giants need to score a TD to plausibly win the game. My Raiders need to stop them. The game begins

.
On the next Giants' possession, Eli shreds me to within 40 yards of the end zone. He cuts through all my looks except the one I haven't really tried: blitzing

. See I rarely blitz in Madden. It's too risky and I'm about winning games, not losing

. However my opponent had never seen me blitz until the 4th. This was the perfect time to blitz.
On 1st and 10 Eli snaps the ball. He's used to sitting in the pocket all day because I can't get any pressure. WRONG. My strong safety comes barrelling from the left side like a gotdamn train. Eli gets destroyed!

When 2nd and 15 (or so) comes around I disguise blitz. My opponent thinks I'm going to blitz again but I go Cover 4 shallow zone. He's clueless

. Dude is forced to check down while waiting for the extra rusher that never comes. He doesn't get close to the first down line

.
And then it's 3rd and 8 (or so), my opponent thinks I won't blitz or that he'll see it when I do. The ball is snapped and Eli sees no safety barreling down the right side. He's stuck on watching that side.

He thinks all is safe and waits patiently to force another ball to the Nick's side.
And then my corner comes free off the right side with my opponent almost totally unaware

. Eli panics and tries to beat intermediate zone coverage to Cruz on the left side. Not this time

. He thought Cruz would be open because my corner came free from the right side; little did he know that I had Hayden covering the intermediate center (though not the sideline) Hayden, the same corner that forced a fumble earlier, picks the football.
I win and the crowd goes wild