Game simulation

Play one game

Exhibition only: this match is not saved to a season. Pick home and away, then human or computer for each side. Two people can still share one device. Picking a team sets offense and defense style from that staff’s coordinators, and 4th-down lean from the head coach (last three NFL seasons in the job; first-time coordinators and head coaches stay league-average). You can change the pills. Balanced/normal is the league-average chart. Pass, run, and blitz styles slightly raise or lower those chances. Aggressive or conservative 4th downs only move a few extra goes over a season. The computer follows the same play chart as the on-screen recommendations — including style, score, clock, field position, PAT vs two, and when to onside kick.

• Defense: run (key a back / no key), pass, prevent, or blitz.
• Offense: IL/IR/SL/SR runs, quick/short/long passes, screen, punt, or field goal. Kickoffs can go deep or onside.
• Computer vs computer can watch every snap, or quick-sim to the final box score. Tied games go to a 10-minute overtime.