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The Jerry (video game online franchise)
The Jerry (Jer-EEE) is a fictional online franchise for the popular Madden NFL video game series on the XBOX 360 console.

The Jerry was created by gamers Kieran Costello and Charlie Eid in 2009 as a way to share in the perks of peer-to-peer online football games and advance their franchises beyond just one year of play. They decided to expand the league by adding Brett Lyons in The Jerry's second year back in 2010.

The three owners all play as teams in the NFL's NFC West division. Costello (Seattle Seahawks), Eid (San Francisco 49ers) and Lyons (Arizona Cardinals) chose their teams as a mocking tribute to one of the league's worst divisions in recent memory. Here they find the pleasures of beating up on one another, as well as the St. Louis Rams - a team neglected and disowned by all three owners.

As a part of every partially-simulated NFL season the three play out, the division winner and usually one additional team make it to what is referred to as the Jerry Playoffs. The champion (that year's Super Bowl winner) will be named that year's Jerry Bowl champion.

Currently, Costello's Seahawks lead the league with two Jerry Bowl titles and appearances. Eid's 49ers won the only other Jerry Bowl to date in a game that is referred to as the "asterisk" game. Eid's championship is tarnished with this symbol because his team defeated the Seahawks in the NFL Championship game after the online head-to-head play froze and could not be resumed. The rest of their game was simulated, and Eid proved victorious via random simulation. So far, Lyons' Cardinals have yet to qualify for the Jerry Playoffs in their two seasons of eligibility.

The 2012 season will be the beginning of The Jerry IV. Each individual Jerry is numbered based on how many seasons are completed in a model year's game, not by how many versions of Madden NFL football have been cycled through. With the advanced career modes in Madden NFL 13, the three hope to go through multiple seasons and continue the Jerry playing throughout the calendar year until next year's game is released.