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How to Rebuild Five of the NFL's Worst Franchises in Madden 15

11:14 AM - September 22, 2014 by RaychelSnr

Picking up a rebuilding project in any kind of sports video game is a daunting task. You have to be resigned to the fact that you're going to lose more than you win and that reaching the playoffs is more of a pipe-dream than a reality. But the reward is unlike anything else, in Madden. Slowly building your team back to prominence takes a skill unlike any other. You have to be persistent, smart, and methodical.

The real question is, where do you even begin? Here are five of the biggest rebuilding projects in Madden, and what you can do to fix them...

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# 21 dmankey1 @ 09/23/14 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by dkp23


	bad advice for raiders, do not move on from mcfadden. It is a video game, you can increase his injury rating. Also, at the end of the season you can sign him for cheap on a long term deal, he is only like 26 or 27. That is an high 70s rated RB with 95 speed. This isn't the real NFL, it is a video game and in madden speed kills.

You're right, speed kills but I'd still get rid of McFadden

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# 22 Sheba2011 @ 09/24/14 12:02 AM

I would add one:

New York Jets:

- Move on from Geno Smith, you need a QB who isn't a turnover machine. Find a young QB in the draft or trade for one of the young backups that could be starters.
- Find a young RB, Chris Ivory will never be a top RB in this league he is a solid #2 guy or an injury fill in but you need a young franchise RB that can carry this team on it's back when you need to. Stevan Ridley will be a free agent next year, he runs a lot like Curtis Martin did...
- The Jets have one of the best front 7's in football but that secondary is a continued work in progress.
- Eric Decker at best is a #2 WR in this league who can occasionally put up #1 numbers but outside of him it is barebones at WR.

# 23 thaone08 @ 09/24/14 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheba2011


	I would add one: New York Jets: - Move on from Geno Smith, you need a QB who isn't a turnover machine. Find a young QB in the draft or trade for one of the young backups that could be starters. - Find a young RB, Chris Ivory will never be a top RB in this league he is a solid #2 guy or an injury fill in but you need a young franchise RB that can carry this team on it's back when you need to. Stevan Ridley will be a free agent next year, he runs a lot like Curtis Martin did... - The Jets have one of the best front 7's in football but that secondary is a continued work in progress. - Eric Decker at best is a #2 WR in this league who can occasionally put up #1 numbers but outside of him it is barebones at WR.

As a Jets fan I agree with this one hundred percent. I'm starting to think that Geno can't go four weeks without throwing a pick. Decker is a number 2 receiver on a good elite team so you hit that mark point blank. Ivory right now is good but future wise we do need to get a legit number 1 back that can be a franchise back for the next 10 years. With me when I start mines with the Jets i'm doing a whole house cleaning.

# 24 aceinthehole12 @ 09/24/14 01:03 AM

Rebuilding in Madden is one of my favorite things to do. I have one with the Jags and the first three years were bad but years 4-6 were great and ended in one Super Bowl. I know it's a game but it felt good.

# 25 aceinthehole12 @ 09/24/14 02:59 AM

# 26 salty222 @ 09/24/14 03:01 AM

Yeah, um, did you even look at McFadden's Attributes? In real life he sucks. But in Madden McFadden has been one of the most dominant backs in the game for a few years now. This year he has fallen off a bit but his attributes are still elite and easily make him one of the most universal backs in the game, if not the most. I agree about Carr and the defense. But McFadden (and Reece) are still huge focal points for that offense.

# 27 Dr Death @ 09/24/14 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by dmankey1


	You're right, speed kills but I'd still get rid of McFadden Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk now Free

Most people - including the Raiders themselves - just don't know how to use McFadden. As an NFL RB the most games he's ever played in one year is 13 - he seems to average around 7 per year due to injury.

I moved him to receiver - kept him listed as a RB - but sub him in as a WR, and with his size, speed and hands, good luck finding a DB that can contain him. He totally dominated in every CFM that I did with him in that way and he played all 16 games since he's not getting pounded by 300+ pound linemen or LBers.

# 28 Iceman87GT @ 09/24/14 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by sbuxer


	It's the age old adage: Winning cures all. If you're winning, your stadium is full and you can charge higher ticket prices so you have a lot of money rolling in. If you take over a bad team and lose, the opposite of this is true. That's when you have no money to do anything.

So how is a small market team not winning games and thus not making money a bug?

A team like the jags has a lot of cap space so the available funds thing is how an issue (cut down on the bonus and weight it in the salaries until your are able to start upping the bonus offerings). Don't know about other teams. Regardless it doesn't sound like a bug. I would say the available funds one should start with in the case of a created owner is absurdly low even for the Moguls (which IMO is the best type of owner to select), or wouldn't be if bonuses were divied out over the course of the contact and not immediately taken out. But that's not a bug that's a questionable game design choice on their part.

# 29 Sheba2011 @ 09/25/14 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by The Yurpman


	It's sort of hard to rebuild any of these teams when playing as an owner is completely unplayable right now. You can play as a coach but that's not sufficient for people who like to really sign players, watch them develop, draft players vs. signing vets, make decisions on players, etc.

How is that not sufficient?? As a coach you still have to work with a salary cap, still get to sign players, develop them, draft them/sign vets and make decisions on players.

# 30 Sheba2011 @ 09/25/14 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by dkp23


	bad advice for raiders, do not move on from mcfadden. It is a video game, you can increase his injury rating. Also, at the end of the season you can sign him for cheap on a long term deal, he is only like 26 or 27. That is an high 70s rated RB with 95 speed. This isn't the real NFL, it is a video game and in madden speed kills.

RB's are a dime a dozen in Madden, rather than spend time and effort to increase his injury rating I can trade him for a low draft pick, draft his replacement and spend that time working on him. Or I can sign any number of veteran backups for short money that already have a high injury rating.

# 31 Sheba2011 @ 09/25/14 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by thaone08


	As a Jets fan I agree with this one hundred percent. I'm starting to think that Geno can't go four weeks without throwing a pick. Decker is a number 2 receiver on a good elite team so you hit that mark point blank. Ivory right now is good but future wise we do need to get a legit number 1 back that can be a franchise back for the next 10 years. With me when I start mines with the Jets i'm doing a whole house cleaning.

I am a Patriots fan in real life and despise the Jets. But in the game I never play with my favorite teams and often use the Jets/Bills to see if I can build them up to beat the Pats.

# 32 thaone08 @ 09/25/14 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheba2011


	I am a Patriots fan in real life and despise the Jets. But in the game I never play with my favorite teams and often use the Jets/Bills to see if I can build them up to beat the Pats.

As a Jets fan I shouldn't like Tom Brady but I love Brady as he my favorite QBs lol.

# 33 Chiryder85 @ 09/25/14 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Darkleaf


	After the first season with the raiders, -3.7 million. After the draft -10 million. First 3 games on the road, -19 million....fun stuff this cfm...couldnt resign anyone playing with 42 or 43 guys.

What was your budget to start?

# 34 IlluminatusUIUC @ 09/25/14 10:28 PM

The Bills are barely a rebuild in Madden terms. Just develop what they have.

# 35 dpower15 @ 09/26/14 12:01 AM

I think the Rams are pretty well built already and just need some developing. The Giants are a good example of a rebuild. I also think the Steelers are good candidates for a rebuild.

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# 36 jkjgiants26 @ 09/26/14 12:50 AM

I don't understand how people are having trouble with funds. In the first year of my Raiders rebuild I got rid of Schaub and a couple other bigger contracts and that put me around $5 mil in funds and then I messed around with prices of things to get more funds and by the end of the season I had around $10 mil. I'm in 2017 now and this is our first season in London and moving the team makes you a lot more money so do it right away. Carr is a 90 ovr and I ended up getting AJ Green in 2016 for a first rounder, a young guy and James Jones. I got a HB in the 2015 draft in the 3rd round who ended up having superstar development and he's a 25 overall now. Right now I have $40 mil in funds and we are definitely a contender.

# 37 Shon 23 @ 09/26/14 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by dpower15


	I think the Rams are pretty well built already and just need some developing. The Giants are a good example of a rebuild. I also think the Steelers are good candidates for a rebuild. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Exactly, with the Rams. The Rams listed as a "worst" franchise is ignorant. The Buccaneers should be in replace of the Rams. In real life the Rams have only 3 starters at the age of 30 or over. As for in-game, their front 7 is elite (well the D-line surely is), their very young secondary can use a couple seasons of building up with XP. The WRs are very young and also need just a couple seasons of building up with XP. They are a very young team all around, except for just a few key positions. Despite being in a tough NFC West, with that defense (when healthy) of theirs, all they are missing is a quality QB. Hell, even an adequate game-manager QB will suffice. Hardly, a "rebuilding" job. Healthy, and with a good starting QB, and the Rams is a team that could go deeper than round one of the playoffs.

Same goes for the Bills as well, as one poster already mentioned. Not really a rebuild. The Bills have a good foundation set on defense, and some playmakers on offense. Some building up through XP (especially on offense) could benefit them tremendously.

When I think rebuild, I think Jaguars, Titans, Raiders, and possibly the Texans. I say Texans, because even though they have pretty much have a spectacular defense (front 7 in particular), they need a serious rebuild on offense, then they are set.

The Buccaneers are another team that can do some rebuilding, but they do already have some key playmakers, young and veteran, on the offensive side of the ball. Mike Glennon can be a good starter for you. The defense could use some work though. Slight rebuild for the Bucs, but mostly developing with XP for them should suffice, and a few key draft picks.

# 38 Sheba2011 @ 09/26/14 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ForTheQuinn94


	Exactly, with the Rams. The Rams listed as a "worst" franchise is ignorant. The Buccaneers should be in replace of the Rams. In real life the Rams have only 3 starters at the age of 30 or over. As for in-game, their front 7 is elite (well the D-line surely is), their very young secondary can use a couple seasons of building up with XP. The WRs are very young and also need just a couple seasons of building up with XP. They are a very young team all around, except for just a few key positions. Despite being in a tough NFC West, with that defense (when healthy) of theirs, all they are missing is a quality QB. Hell, even an adequate game-manager QB will suffice. Hardly, a "rebuilding" job. Healthy, and with a good starting QB, and the Rams is a team that could go deeper than round one of the playoffs. Same goes for the Bills as well, as one poster already mentioned. Not really a rebuild. The Bills have a good foundation set on defense, and some playmakers on offense. Some building up through XP (especially on offense) could benefit them tremendously. When I think rebuild, I think Jaguars, Titans, Raiders, and possibly the Texans. I say Texans, because even though they have pretty much have a spectacular defense (front 7 in particular), they need a serious rebuild on offense, then they are set. The Buccaneers are another team that can do some rebuilding, but they do already have some key playmakers, young and veteran, on the offensive side of the ball. Mike Glennon can be a good starter for you. The defense could use some work though. Slight rebuild for the Bucs, but mostly developing with XP for them should suffice, and a few key draft picks.

The Rams are just in desperate need of a real stud QB, that would solve the majority of their problems. Davis has played well so far maybe he can develop into that role for you guys. In real life it might be time for a coaching change, I actually like Jeff Fisher but it might be time for a new direction for that team.

# 39 philliesfan136 @ 09/27/14 04:40 PM

I moved the Jags to LA, planning on more franchises with the Raiders (Berman voice) and maybe moving the Bills to London.

# 40 Sheba2011 @ 09/28/14 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by philliesfan136


	I moved the Jags to LA, planning on more franchises with the Raiders (Berman voice) and maybe moving the Bills to London.

Did you keep the Jaguars name or change it?

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