Tecmo Bowl team previews
Been throwing these newspapers together in 8 bit graphic fashion for the original Tecmo Bowl, which is loosely based off the 1987-1988 seasons...hence forth he August 1988 date.
It's basically a season pre-view set prior to the 88 season.
Each paper is a quick team summary outlining strengths and weaknesses, along with some player personnel movement, and even a little coaches commentary.
Some of the commentary is very "Tecmo-based". I seem to recall Ron Erhardt as a pretty decent OC in New York, but their playbook blows in Tecmo, so he gets the blame in the paper.
I tried to capture some of the situations which either were, or were about to encompass the teams during that time. Such as foreshadow Marty Shottenheimer leaving Cleveland, and Bill Walsh retiring at the end of that 1988 season. The sale of the Cowboys, and firing of Tom Landry is foreshadowed as well. Offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan left the Broncos to take the Raiders HC job heading into 1988.
Jim McMahon's oft injured situation was an easy choice to address. Seems he missed about 40% of the games during his Bears career. Jack Trudeau of the Colts has the weakest arm in the game, so that was created into a injury concern for the team...so that's a good example of a Tecmo-based story. Timmy Smith's quick assent, then quick disappearing act gives him the moniker "Timmy who?".
Free agency was in it's infancy after the 1987 season. Wilber Marshall's movement from Chicago to Washington is addressed in both papers, and was a really big deal in the NFL at that time.
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