Guide By: Bishop24  There are 22 achievements with a total of 1000 points.
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 | Gameday Guru | 50  | ||||
| Complete a head to head match on Xbox LIVE |  (2) | |||||
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The game can be and Unranked game. Just set the Quarters to 1 Minute and play it out. Also, if you get in an online game and your opponent quits, finish against the CPU for the achievement. Win or lose, it will unlock. | ||||||
| Drawing Some Plays in the Dirt | 10 | ||||
| Create at least 10 custom plays | (1) | |||||
| Going into the "create a play" screen in Career Mode(even if you don't create a play) permanently turns off injuries for that career from that point forward. This leaves any injured player permanently injured. If you would like to avoid this problem and still get the 10 plays created season goal, just choose to download plays. then pick 10 different plays. They can be ones you've already downloaded before on another season. Below is what I did to get the achievement. Go to:
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| Gold Miner | 10 | ||||
| Find 90+ Potential Training Camp Invite |  | |||||
| People seem to be having a little bit of trouble with this achievement. What you want to do is make sure you draft a player with a high potential rating, which would pretty much mean he needs to be a Top 10 Draftee. Now you can sim and get this achievement, but you might want to actually get this one by doing the Practices during Training Camp. Now during Training Camp, stay on the Main Clipboard and "Gameplan" should show up. After selecting Gameplan, select Train Rookie which will make his potential go up some. You can do this every day during Training Camp or you can sim and hopefully you get the achievement like I did. | ||||||
| Media Darling | 10 | ||||
| Get your approval level with the media to 80, after one season | | |||||
| Whenever you do something good such as sign free agents, release players, win games by large amounts, your media approval rating level will go up. The 1st season is easy to sim especially if you're using the Colts or Patriots. Just make sure you win at least 12 of the games and win the Super Bowl and you should easily get this achievement. Now you don't have to win the Super Bowl, but it will help in getting this achievement. I got all of these approval rating level achievements by simming my 1st season with the New York Giants. So you can sim for this achievement and probably get all of them after the 1st season. | ||||||
| Mr Popularity | 10 | ||||
| Get your approval level with the fans to 80, after one season | | |||||
| You'll fan approval rating level will go up also for signing key free agents, winning games, having a good record during the season. Just as above, make sure you win at least 12 games and win the Super Bowl and you should also easily get this achievement. | ||||||
| Teachers Pet | 10 | ||||
| Get your approval level with your owner to 80, after one season | | |||||
| Your owner approval rating level go up by signing free agents, completing season goals, winning games, making the playoffs, winning playoff games and winning the Super Bowl. Just as above, make sure you win at least 12 games and win the Super Bowl and the achievement is yours. | ||||||
| Man of the People | 10 | ||||
| Get your approval level with your team's players to 80, after one season | | |||||
| Your players approval rating level will go up by adding good teammates, winning games, re-signing them if they're contract is about to expire, trade them if they ask to be traded, pretty much do whatever the players want and you'll get the achievement after the season is over. Also, winning at least 12 games and winning the Super Bowl will help with getting this achievement. | ||||||
| One Big Happy Family | 10 | ||||
| Get your approval level with your coaching staff to 80 | | |||||
| Your coaching staff approval rating level will go up by re-hiring them in the off-season, winning games, and the same stuff mentioned above. Once again, winning at least 12 games and winning the Super Bowl will help in getting this achievement. | ||||||
| Xs and Os Guy | 20 | ||||
| Create at least 25 custom plays | | |||||
| Going into the "create a play" screen in Career Mode(even if you don't create a play) permanently turns off injuries for that career from that point forward. This leaves any injured player permanently injured. If you would like to avoid this problem and still get the 10 plays created season goal, just choose to download plays. then pick 10 different plays. They can be ones you've already downloaded before on another season. Go to:
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| Goal Oriented | 15 | ||||
| Accomplish all of your Season Goals | (2) | |||||
If one of your season goals is to add 10 new plays, you can download the same play 10 times off of EA Sports Gamernet to complete the goal, and then just delete them all when the goal is unlocked. Note: Make sure you do not deviate from his guide, especially for draft picks. I made a different draft selection than him and could never get my goals to match. Once I finally realized that, everything matched up and I got it on my first try. Also, when you get to the preseason goals of training three players, make sure they are all defensive players or it will be impossible to train them all at the same time. | ||||||
| I'm The Decider | 10 | ||||
| Get 100 percent correct defining moments during a game day | | |||||
I'll tell you what I did, which is what I think is the easiest way. I set the Quarters to 1 Minute and put all of my sliders on Offense, Defense, and Special Teams to 100 and the CPU's sliders on Offense, Defense, and Special Teams to 0. Although some people said the sliders don't really affect anything. Note: See Nerves of Steel for an alternate method. | ||||||
| Best of all Time | 100 | ||||
| Go undefeated during a season | | |||||
| Play as the Colts or the Patriots, the 1st season is the easiest to sim. But you'll more than likely need to sim game by game. Just make sure you win all 16 Regular Season games and that you win the 3 playoff games including the Super Bowl game. If you don't win a game, just quit out of the Career Mode and Load it back up. You will also get the "You Arrived" achievement as well as this one. | ||||||
| We Like You | 25 | ||||
| Get an overall Approval Rating of 85, after one season | | |||||
| In the lower right hand corner will be a big number with the word Approval under it. That is your overall Approval Rating, you can get this achievement along with the "Best of All Time" & "You Arrived" achievement as going undefeated and winning the Super Bowl will get your approval rating over 85 with out a doubt. | ||||||
| You Arrived | 30 | ||||
| Win your first Super Bowl ring | | |||||
| You will get this achievement while getting the "Best of All Time" achievement. Just make sure you at least make the playoffs, you will either play 3 or 4 playoff games(depending on how many games you win in the Regular Season.) Just sim or play and make sure you win the playoff games. Once to the Super Bowl game, also either play it or sim it. Once you win the Super Bowl game, the achievement will unlock. | ||||||
| We Love You | 50 | ||||
| Get an overall Approval Rating of 90, after one season | | |||||
| In the lower right hand corner will be a big number with the word Approval under it. That is your overall Approval Rating, you can get this achievement along with the "Best of All Time" & "You Arrived" achievement as going undefeated and winning the Super Bowl will get your approval rating over 90 with out a doubt. | ||||||
| One for the Mantle | 50 | ||||
| Win the Coach of the Year award, after one season | | |||||
| Going undefeated and winning the Super Bowl will help massively in getting this achievement. Try and pick a team that didn't do good last season, like the Jets or the Dolphins and make sure you make the playoffs and win the Super Bowl, you don't have to go undefeated. Since the Jets and the Dolphins did so bad last season and now you just made the playoffs and won the Super Bowl, you should easily get the achievement by improving your record so much and by winning the Super Bowl. The achievement will unlock after the Regular Season, right before the Playoffs begin. | ||||||
| Welcome to the Club | 125 | ||||
| Win 100 games with a created coach | (2) | |||||
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I didn't do this but you should start your 1st career with a created coach as going for the undefeated season achievement and by getting the 1, 2, and 3 Super Bowl achievements, as those will also massively help you towards getting this achievement. I would suggest switching teams often. What I did was went 19-0 the first two seasons and then by the third seasons, I had no money left so I only had about 28 guys on the roster. But if you choose to play as a new team, then they will have more money and you will be able to sign more guys. And every win counts so you don't have to worry about going 16-0 and winning the Super Bowl every year, if you get an above .500 record every year then you will get the achievement pretty fast. All regular season and post season wins count for this achievement but pre-season wins do not count. | ||||||
| Repeat Offender | 100 | ||||
| Win back to back Super Bowls with one team | | |||||
| Just make sure win enough games to where you make the playoffs( 10 or more wins would pretty much guarantee you a playoff spot.) You will either play 3 or 4 playoff games(depending on how many games you win in the Regular Season and your seed in the Playoffs.) Just sim or play and make sure you win the playoff games. Once to the Super Bowl game, also either play it or sim it. Once you win the Super Bowl game, the achievement will unlock. | ||||||
| We Idolize You | 75 | ||||
| Get an overall Approval Rating of 95, after one season | (1) | |||||
| In the lower right hand corner will be a big number with the word Approval under it. That is your overall Approval Rating, you can get this achievement along with the "Best of All Time" & "You Arrived" achievement as going undefeated and winning the Super Bowl will get your approval rating over 95. | ||||||
| Best Ever | 250 | ||||
| Win the Super Bowl 3 times with the same team | (4) | |||||
Now the 3rd season is when it gets hard to win games by simming, make sure you re-sign key players. Also, sign some key Free Agents and try and trade to get better players. Note: If you find yourself unable to sim and win games during this third season, check your Depth Chart under the Rosters tab. Check each position (hold the right trigger to change positions) and see if the correct type of player is playing each position. Chances are, your team did not sign enough players to fill every position. When I was going for it, I had none of the following positions: FB, RG, LT, LOLB, P. Your team will clearly suck if you have other positions filling in for each other. Figure out what you're missing and then go into the Free Agents selection under the Rosters tab. Just grab the best one available at each position. This will improve your team immensely, and the players are pretty cheap (600k-2m tops). | ||||||
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 | Nerves of Steel | 10 | ||||
| Successful Defining Moments 20+ | (3) | |||||
Start a new carrer with the Patriots or Colts, just so everything is in the same save file. The only way I've found to get a guaranteed defining moment is this: Get to the 44, 45 or 46-yard line of your opponent with only 1-4 seconds left on the clock in the first half. Spike the ball until it is 4th down. The defining moment will come up and you should choose "Go for it - try to get 6 before the half" - this is ALWAYS the correct choice. I did this exactly 21 times and got the achievement. I have tried from the 43 and the 47-yard line and those both do not work, so it can only be on the 44-46. I have also tried with more than 4 seconds on the clock and that does not work, so make sure it is 4 or under. Now, to setup this situation, play on 1 Minute quarters. Also, turn the play clock OFF. If you win the coinflip, choose to receive. If you don't, choose the defensive play Field Goal Block (under the Special Teams formation) and they should pass the ball and score. Once on offense, use the play QB Sneak (located under the Goal Line formation) which should get you a few yards every try and a first down eventually (you may actually get a bonus defining moment if you get to 4th down and short, you can choose to go for it and this will also count for the achievement). Keep at that until you get to the target area. If you do this inside the 1st quarter, you will have to run another play to get the clock moving again in the 2nd, so leave yourself a bit short before the 2nd quarter starts. Once you are at either their 44, 45 or 46-yard line, go into the play call screen. The game clock will keep moving and since the play clock is off the time won't stop. When it hits about 3 seconds, call a time out by hitting the Back button inside the play calling screen. Now you want to choose the play QB Spike (under the Special Teams formation) until it gets to 4th down. Once you get to 4th down with less than 4 seconds on the clock in the 2nd quarter the defining moment will always come up, and the answer is always the same. Note: If you overshoot the target area (by 4 yards or less), you can choose the play QB Kneel (under the Special Teams formation) and you will lose 2 yards to push yourself back. This also loses a down though (and the clock will keep moving), so make sure you don't kneel on 4th on accident or let time run out. Call a timeout again if you need to use this play more than once. If you overshoot it more than 4 yards, just quit the game and retry. You will be quitting and retrying a bit, but this is the easiest method. Note 2: It may be better to lose the game once you successfully do the defining moment so your approval goes back down. That way, your approval will more easily go up after the next defining moment. | ||||||
 | A Cut Above | 20 | ||||
| Get the highest overall approval Rating in the league, after one season | (3) | |||||
| When going for the "Best of All Time" achievement and the 1, 2, and 3 Super Bowl achievements you should easily get this achievement. You can not tie with a team, so lets say you have a 99 approval rating but didn't get the achievement, well that means another team also has a 99 approval rating. One more thing, you don't get this achievement by having the highest overall approval rating after one season. As soon as you have the highest overall approval rating during the season, whether it be in Week 3 or Week 16, you can get this achievement during the regular season. | ||||||
| Developer: Tiburon Publisher: Electronic Arts Genre / Subgenre: Simulation / Sports and Fitness Release: US: September 03, 2008 |  | ||
| Collection: | 250 | ||
| Wishlist: | 10 | ||
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