M20 Biggest Draft Studs and Freaks

[faucette56]

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Extremely rare find,drafted him with 9th pick


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[Zack317]

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Extremely rare find,drafted him with 9th pick


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What made you decide to draft him? Unscouted and projected late first rounder

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[antdawg9]

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What made you decide to draft him? Unscouted and projected late first rounder

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I’m sure it was the insane combine he had.


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[Mackrel829]

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I'm glad they did this, but the pose the Player makes upon being drafted still gives away his Development Trait.

Just in case anyone wasn't already aware, the patch fixed this so the poses no longer reveal the true development trait.

[faucette56]

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Correct 8.0 combine and 1st in every drill,was a Hail Mary for sure


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[PhillyPhanatic14]

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I drafted a 78 OVR QB with superstar x-factor progression with the 7th pick (owned the pick due to a trade). Good timing with the retirement of Tom Brady.

In free agency, I signed Drew Brees in case this guy didn't fall to me, but he did lol. He was projected to go #1 overall.

I'm currently playing Brees because he's the better player right now, but that leads me to a question. I thought I read that development didn't go down this year. Is that true? I'd hate for my rookie's development to go down because he's on the bench.

His dev won't go down, but as Geodude says in his thread (link) guys progress MUCH quicker when they're playing because xp earned from games is much higher than previous years. You also have the chance to earn ROY and other awards that increase the dev trait. Once his dev is revealed you also have the chance that a breakout player scenario will occur and give you a chance to upgrade their dev.

I see 0 upside to playing the veteran QB, unless you are truly in win now mode, but a 78 OVR QB is going to play well enough that you can get by, even if you need to avoid situations of high pressure or deep throws to keep him accurate.

[KitchenSink]

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His dev won't go down, but as Geodude says in his thread (link) guys progress MUCH quicker when they're playing because xp earned from games is much higher than previous years. You also have the chance to earn ROY and other awards that increase the dev trait. Once his dev is revealed you also have the chance that a breakout player scenario will occur and give you a chance to upgrade their dev.

I see 0 upside to playing the veteran QB, unless you are truly in win now mode, but a 78 OVR QB is going to play well enough that you can get by, even if you need to avoid situations of high pressure or deep throws to keep him accurate.

Can you get the breakout player scenario more than once for a single player? I know dev traits don't go down, but I missed on a couple of guys and want to know if they have a shot at getting it again.

[PhillyPhanatic14]

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Can you get the breakout player scenario more than once for a single player? I know dev traits don't go down, but I missed on a couple of guys and want to know if they have a shot at getting it again.

Haven't seen it happen for the same guy twice. Only seen the breakout player scenario twice in 3.5 years of my CFM.


Had it happen on a rookie safety that was crushing it. And just had it trigger for my 4th yr TE who is averaging 18 YPG and only has 1 TD through 7 games. He went 4 for 76 and 1 TD in my last game before it triggered, but he has had far better games in his previous 3.5 seasons.

[Zack317]

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Correct 8.0 combine and 1st in every drill,was a Hail Mary for sure


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Wow, nice. Yeah I would've had to take a look at him as well

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[KPH2293]

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His dev won't go down, but as Geodude says in his thread (link) guys progress MUCH quicker when they're playing because xp earned from games is much higher than previous years. You also have the chance to earn ROY and other awards that increase the dev trait. Once his dev is revealed you also have the chance that a breakout player scenario will occur and give you a chance to upgrade their dev.

I see 0 upside to playing the veteran QB, unless you are truly in win now mode, but a 78 OVR QB is going to play well enough that you can get by, even if you need to avoid situations of high pressure or deep throws to keep him accurate.

Makes sense, thank you! I ultimately reached this conclusion as well. After a 4-4 start, I benched Brees and played the rookie, and he was about the same in terms of performance. I think he actually won rookie of the year anyway in spite of only starting 8 games.

In years 2 and 3 of his career, he had a 112-15 TD-INT ratio and won MVP both years. Currently in the postseason of that 2nd season.

[ruarifay]

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Been lurking on OS for a long time now and would just like to correct something I saw as I'm looking for information and it's clear we are still developing it.

You CAN get Breakout Player Scenario's multiple times on the same player.

I happened to sign Eli Apple in season two and convert him to FS. I got breakout player scenario's in back to back weeks after completing the first one. His Dev Trait went from Normal to Star to Superstar.

[ruarifay]

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I would also like to share some of my other findings:

Scouting players is similar to last year in terms of grades but they scale with how Madden has adjusted ratings. An A in Tackling for instance, is probably in the low to mid 80's. I usually sort through all rookie stats to see if anyone is standing out and I have yet to come across a CB with over 80 in Man Coverage and I think I've seen 1 in Zone.

There is definitely a lot more variety in the draft classes now and to me they feel more like actual rookies. They rarely come in and dominate their first season simply because of their OVR and stats.

That being said, I've found about 2-3 guys each year projected as 5, 6, or even 7th rounders who, after being scouted, turned out to be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd rounders. (The highlight being a 7th round LB who scouted out as a 1st Rounder. It seems the CPU will draft these guys usually in the 3rd or so. He was a 69 OVR and I haven't found out his dev trait yet.)

So it's worth scouting EVERY player. (I haven't seen anything of merit for guys projected as undrafted, however)

[mavfan21]

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The problem with the "Studs" this year is they are often very lowly rated. There are no Quenton Nelson's, Saquon Barkley's, Derwin James', etc. that will start and play great. Sure, the USER can put them in and develop them but the CPU will not. Barkley was in the low 90s to start this season, that won't happen with CPU development.

Because their OVR is in the mid-low 70's they will sit behind a veteran that might be 77 OVR and never progress. I hate this new system. It's impossible for any of these rookies to become stars in their first season unless the USER controls them.

There needs to be some actual ready to start and play well studs in each draft and they need to be in the low 80s so the CPU will start them. It's highly unrealistic otherwise and ruins immersion when only the USER can develop stars and starters.

[tru11]

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There is a RB called Mccalister who i drafted who was a superstar and a striahgt beast.

To bad i have no image.

[sccavs64]

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Question for the thread - For any of these players with the "hidden" dev trait, has anybody drafted a player with Superstar X-Factor trait right away?

I re-built the broncos with 5 drafts and I've drafted ~8 players with this hidden trait, but they only turn out to have the "star" trait. Which is fine, not complaining, after a couple of seasons 2 of my players have progressed and developed their star trait to higher ones.

Just curious if players can come out with the x-factor trait right after the draft (and if so how often), or if they can only have star/superstar and the x-factor has to be developed.