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Madden NFL 08: Problem Solved?

By: Jonathan Hoskins - Published April 22, 2008 at 11:32 PM EDT - Writer Archive
GotFrag's Jonathan Hoskins sat down with EAFL's "Casper" for 5 and some overtime with the man who took down Problem at Players Bowl 2 (April 12th, 2008).


Why did you decide to go to players bowl?
"I had always wanted to check out the tourney scene, so this was a chance to do that.. but honestly, the main reason was to go and chill with the guys from the EAFL. I have been playin with them for so long, it was cool to finally meet some of them, and just hang out. They are all really cool dudes."

What were your thoughts when you found out you were going to be playing against Problem?
"I walked over to bamma, and just said, "Problem is in my bracket." Bamma just laughed.. I didn't really give myself a chance, and neither did anyone else. I talked to bamma about my strategy goin in, and just told myself to try and keep it close."
Casper kept his composure on the big stage against the game's biggest name


During the game, did you ever doubt yourself?
"Honestly, no. I converted every 3rd down but 1 on my first drive, and I converted that 4th down.. when he got the ball, I had his offense slowed down, but he tried cro man to man, and cro didn't jump for me, needless to say that turned out bad, but I was still confident due to the fact that he didn't seem to be able to shut down my offense."

On Problem's last drive, when Cromartie got the Pick for 6 what was going through your mind?
"In a sense, I baited him into that throw.. he had tried him earlier as I said, and I didn't get the animation, but I knew if given the chance again, I wouldn't blow it. So, I left him man to man like I'd been doing all game, he tried him, and got crowed, pick 6 to be exact. Me and bamma were goin nuts cause the whole night before we'd seen what happens when you test cro."

What was the crowds reaction?
"As I said me and bamma were going nuts, the rest of the crowd seemed to be simply in shock. Nobody could believe that Problem had just lost, especially to a random."

Do you think you could beat him again?
"I would say after that game, he will probably work on stoppin the run a little better. That was the sole reason I beat him, so I would assume he would be more ready for a run based game next time. Due to that, I doubt I could. Problem is still a top notch player, I just happened to be on my game that day, and perhaps he wasn't on his."

I hear you are a good trash talker, was there anything trash about Problems game?
"I wouldn't call myself a good trash talker, but anyway, Problem's game was solid. Very solid. I think I brought something to the table that he didn't expect to see, and it caught him off guard so he didn't know how to stop it. So many tourny ballers just throw that rc all day, but I brought a run based game at him, and I can truly say, he wasn't ready for it."

So, is if safe to call you "The Problem Solver"?
"Nah, I still want to be called Casper. If my whole Madden career is based around one win against a top guy, then apparently I haven't had a successful career. The name was funny for the day, we joked about it since they had called me it, but as I said, it was a one time thing, and im sure if I played him again, he would handle me."

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