I just lost out on Parham because a QB spike took 4 full seconds! I was down by 2 in my 10th game. I was just outside of FG range with no timeouts but plenty of time to run a play and spike. I run the play and my offense gets set and it takes a full 4 seconds and I spike the ball as the clock goes to 0.
Edit: The Madden Gods were in my favor this go astound, just went 10-1 and got Parham. Sold him for 1.2 million. Felt like I faced a lot of lesser skilled players this go around.