A lot of people have complained that preseason in Madden has no real function other than to get your regulars hurt with nowhere to put them on the IR. It's been suggested that Madden would never expand to an 80-man roster b/c they would then have to have literally hundreds of additional free agents corresponding to the real NFL.
Instead of doing that, why not have the same number of NFL players, but then an optional mode (you could skip it or turn it off) where it computer generates fake undrafted prospects to fill out each 80-man roster. Most of these guys would be rated in the 30-60 OVR range, but maybe throw a few gems in there...
Then, instead of playing meaningless preseason games (and getting your guys hurt), you play games featuring many of these generated prospects. Their ratings would be hidden to you, but you could either scout them, or discover their attributes by playing with them. They may even progress a bit if you perform particularly well with them. At the end of the preseason, you get to choose if any of them are worth keeping on your roster. If not, they can disappear from the game, so as not to crowd up the FA list too much. A new batch would simply be regenerated each training camp, the same way draft rookies are generated.
I know, it's probably unrealistic and too hardcore and I'm sure "memory limitations" (code for: "Your idea isn't valuable to enough people to make it worth our time"), but I was just trying to reverse engineer a preseason mode that I'd actually enjoy playing.
Instead of doing that, why not have the same number of NFL players, but then an optional mode (you could skip it or turn it off) where it computer generates fake undrafted prospects to fill out each 80-man roster. Most of these guys would be rated in the 30-60 OVR range, but maybe throw a few gems in there...
Then, instead of playing meaningless preseason games (and getting your guys hurt), you play games featuring many of these generated prospects. Their ratings would be hidden to you, but you could either scout them, or discover their attributes by playing with them. They may even progress a bit if you perform particularly well with them. At the end of the preseason, you get to choose if any of them are worth keeping on your roster. If not, they can disappear from the game, so as not to crowd up the FA list too much. A new batch would simply be regenerated each training camp, the same way draft rookies are generated.
I know, it's probably unrealistic and too hardcore and I'm sure "memory limitations" (code for: "Your idea isn't valuable to enough people to make it worth our time"), but I was just trying to reverse engineer a preseason mode that I'd actually enjoy playing.
OP! I like your idea a lot.
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