Madden NFL 25 Blog - Position Changes Are In

[beauforsure]

Thank you for a feature that shouldve never been removed anyway. good lord.

[Robrain]

I like how that blog post announcement CLAIMS you can change Josh Cribbs to QB...

"How about moving Ryan Tannehill to WR or Josh Cribbs to QB like they played in college? Now you can. With Madden NFL 25, you can make position changes at any point in the offseason of your Connected Franchise. You can also make all position changes on your roster and then bring that custom roster into the beginning of your Connected Franchise."

But in reality, that option is NOT available during the offseason. You cannot move a WR to any other position at ANY time after beginning a franchise. Likewise, you cannot move ANY position to QB at any time after beginning a franchise.

You also can't move any defensive players to offense at any point after beginning a franchise. The only way to get a defensive player on offense is via extremely limited depth chart adjustments while IN A GAME, such as subbing in your MLB at TE. I think some offensive playbooks actually include plays that put your CB on the field as one of the WR's (I forget which playbook, might be the Power Run playbook).

It's nice that the option is available before you start a franchise, but frustrating that it's heavily implied in the official blog post as being an option in the offseason, yet it's actually not.

[Trick13]

Very frustrating indeed, and why can't I move my undersized speedy LB to safety in the offseason??? Or my fast OL to TE, or my huge TE to OL, or - why the heck are their restrictions anyway???


EA just doesn't get it...