Madden NFL 10: Building a Super Bowl Contender Part II

[RaychelSnr]

Recently, I took the Arizona Cardinals and talked about what I would do to make them a Super Bowl contender for years to come in Madden 10. The Cards already have some key pieces to build around, but I want to take them to the next level. So what I have to do is balance out my team while injecting youth at every position. For the Cards, this means establishing a running game and building a lockdown defense.

I started my franchise with fair trades on and default rosters. (I will warn any "sim" players now, this is not a "sim" franchise. This is maximizing a franchise within the limits of fair trades.)

After a flurry of trades, this is how my Cardinals team looks before the first kickoff.

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[mikemulloy]

awful. unrealistic and completely what not to do with the franchise mode, you would have been better off just doing a fantasy draft. how are you going to establish the run with scrubs on the o-line? in the first year of a franchise you should only be making subtle changes, saving big ones for the first offseason

[john5153]

yeah really depends on how u wanna do it..... he is smart about da line in madden 10... me and my friends build teams that we SIM all da time and besides the pats, it seems we win with an more "average" line than having lines with 3 90's and 2 mid 80's.

[psymin1]

I enjoyed reading this. I am not positive it will help with my Franchise, but it was a very good read, nonetheless. I would love to be able to play with your new team, and see how well they progress. I may have to try that out when I get time. Nice article.

[sraczk2011]

I thought this was about how to build a Super Bowl Contender, not how to exploit a game's trading AI.

[raidersbball20]

you are stacked

[Jump]

fair trades. lol

[Birdman18]

playing with that team doesnt even look fun

[TeamBuilder]

awful. unrealistic and completely what not to do with the franchise mode, you would have been better off just doing a fantasy draft. how are you going to establish the run with scrubs on the o-line? in the first year of a franchise you should only be making subtle changes, saving big ones for the first offseason

Did you miss this part...

I started my franchise with fair trades on and default rosters. (I will warn any "sim" players now, this is not a "sim" franchise. This is maximizing a franchise within the limits of fair trades.)

[DoubleIt5]

1. Kurt Warner to the Browns for their 1st, 2nd and 3rd round picks

I don't see how this is a fair trade.

[marktg30]

I think by fair trades, he means the broken CPU Trade logic. Worst front page story ever.... EVER

[bigjake62505]

How to build a superbowl contender for 10 year olds LOL give me a break.

[N51_rob]

I see that this isn't for the sim crowd, but man this is laughable. I would love to see how all these "fair trades" came about. The log jam at TE alone make me shake my head.

[turpintine419]

I gotta agree with most of the above, i quit building teams this way when i was about 12.

[kblu54]

Chike Okeafor, Pago Togafau and Wilfrey Fontenot for Jonathan Vilma, Reggie Bush and Saints 1st round pick.

this trade is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more unfair than kurt warner for 3 picks... making that trade along with the warner and gandy trades is just outreagous... so now you have an unreal defense plus what, FOUR 1st-round picks next season? that's craptastic and stupid in my eyes... have fun with that franchise going 17-0 every year