Madden NFL 12 Blog - Franchise Mode in Madden 12

[JaySmooov]

Quote: Originally Posted by OlinG

I agree with your thinking. As long as the auto-updates are in there weekly, this will be a huge win for realism and depth of play.

However, I don't want to see a different RB for the Cowboys starting every week because they had a good game. If Felix Jones has one good game over Marion Barber, and he's already the starter, then next week Tashard Choice outplays Felix Jones, Choice shouldn't immediately become the starter. It should take a string of good games by one (or two guys, if its a committee) guy, along with the top guy struggling, to bring a change in the depth chart.

[TLF]

Quote: Originally Posted by JaySmooov

True, but it's hard not to believe Newton won't end up as a star in this league. I mean, the scouts say he has the prototypical mechanics and intangibles, even Mel Kiper and Todd McShay said that. And seeing as how the Panthers are relatively a new organization, he the opportunity to put his face on the franchise permanently. I personally think too many expectations were placed on Bush. His "failure" set the value for RBs in the league, especially specialist-types. Huff is by no means a star, but he's a good safety. He lost his job, won it back, and it seems he's gonna move on with a better team. Brown has had a good career too, just injury-laden. And if the Confidence is tied into them, then the question is will it be static? Can we expect to sign guys with a 3-star confidence rating? Will an underachiever come with a 1-star confidence rating if im planning to try to unlock his potential?

he said that about Jamarcus Russell too

and his system in College was a Run Heavy , Read Option Offense

that means he can PA or hand it off to the RB , then if he didnt hand it off he has 2 choices scramble the opposite way for a Run or throw it

he DIDNT have Progressions like other QB's where they have to go through their reads

im not Hating im just saying his Offense in College isnt a NFL one and he has a good deep ball , but accuracy and being a QB (reading a defense , audibles etc.)
is what matters

[JaySmooov]

Quote: Originally Posted by Franchise408

A lot of this is Madden finally catching up to 2K franchise modes, a lot of this is Madden going above and beyond and adding things I wanted in a franchise mode, and then some. Either way, I'm looking forward to it. As long as the CPU AI isn't jacked up like it has been the past couple years it should be great. Because I haven't played a Madden game yet where player ratings matter, the game is always pre-determined one way or another by a difficulty slider, not by the players on either team.

Play Madden 10 on All Madden. Adrian Peterson is an absolute GOD in the open field, against any team, any player. You could exploit that "close" formation they used all day to tear up a defense. And that was exclusively based on his high all-around ratings.

[TLF]

“Very disingenuous — has a fake smile, comes off as very scripted and has a selfish, me-first makeup, Nawrocki wrote. "Always knows where the cameras are and plays to them. Has an enormous ego with a sense of entitlement that continually invites trouble and makes him believe he is above the law — does not command respect from teammates and will always struggle to win a locker room . . . Lacks accountability, focus and trustworthiness — is not punctual, seeks shortcuts and sets a bad example. Immature and has had issues with authority. Not dependable.”

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/6...op-sports-buzz

these are the things that i mean

[JaySmooov]

Quote: Originally Posted by TLF

he said that about Jamarcus Russell too and his system in College was a Run Heavy , Read Option Offense that means he can PA or hand it off to the RB , then if he didnt hand it off he has 2 choices scramble the opposite way for a Run or throw it he DIDNT have Progressions like other QB's where they have to go through their reads im not Hating im just saying his Offense in College isnt a NFL one and he has a good deep ball , but accuracy and being a QB (reading a defense , audibles etc.) is what matters

Yeah, true. I personally think it was strictly a work-ethic thing with Russell - When you're repeatedly told you have the best arm anyone has seen in years, possibly EVER, it gets in some guys heads and they create a feeling of entitlement. Thats probably why he held out so long and got so lazy - he tried to get by on talent, and he probably had been doing it his whole life/career.

But, for every JaMarcus Russell, there's a Tom Brady or Tony Romo, who all the scouts will miss on. No one gave Brady a chance, yet he came into the Pats organization and told Robert Kraft, man to man, face to face, that he would make him look like a genius. And this was a 6th round FLIER we're talking about.

I can't imagine, in his rookie year, that Brady wouldve have anything more than a C or B potential. He still doesnt have the STRONGEST arm, but he's probably one of the most accurate QBs ever, and he's always been accurate. He was put in the right system.

And something funny I read in a forum: It was either Tom Brady or Tim Rattay for that pick. Lol to think of what could've never been.

[Thinking Out Loud]

Quote: Originally Posted by JaySmooov

However, I don't want to see a different RB for the Cowboys starting every week because they had a good game. If Felix Jones has one good game over Marion Barber, and he's already the starter, then next week Tashard Choice outplays Felix Jones, Choice shouldn't immediately become the starter. It should take a string of good games by one (or two guys, if its a committee) guy, along with the top guy struggling, to bring a change in the depth chart.

I disagree and that's exactly what I would want to see IF the Cowboys RB committee became that flux. For Felix Jones's OVR to become high enough to take the starting job from Marion Barber, that means the game considers Jones to be the better back, at that time.

Any real coach in the NFL ultimately decides their depth chart by which players give them the BEST chance of winning. So if it only took one week for Jones to become the Cowboys BEST OVR RB, it should only take one week to make the depth chart change.

[illwill10]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wejQIqaZepM
Letter to Franchise Fans. Posted early today
Nothing new about it is shown in a vid

[LambertandHam]

Quote: Originally Posted by illwill10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wejQIqaZepM Letter to Franchise Fans. Posted early today Nothing new about it is shown in a vid

I'm a franchise nut, but I'm surprised at how much they're really pushing franchise this year. Maybe I'm a little jaded, but to put a letter like that up? I think I'll actually take a chance on Madden this year with those improvements.