I had an original Xbox (with the Samsung disc drive) but 2K4 and 2K5 were the only games I had for it since that was the only reason why I ever purchased an Xbox to begin with. Once FINN added Max Drive support, my plan was to go back to PS2 which is what I originally played it on back in 2004. The graphics do look better and whatnot but its not major to me. I'll admit that Madden 10's stadiums look awesome on my HDTV but the player models still look like crap to me so having lesser graphics doesnt bother me one bit.
Just need to get the bulky PS2 and the HDD and I'll be good. I also prefer the PS2 controller as well. Back to Xbox, the main reason I switched is because of the problems I kept having with Action Replay. I could open the program for days on my latop and then all of a sudden, it wouldnt open at all. It got to the point to where I ended up crushing the AR disc and the memory card that came with it. My mind was made up right there because even though transferring files to and from takes several minutes more to do, there's no program for me to open on my laptop. Just plug in the Max Drive in the USB port and im good to go. Dont have to worry about any problems. And since online support is no more for Xbox, I wouldnt be able to download the patch for 2K5 that solves the clipping/negative yardage glitch on offense. Too bad, the patch didnt solve that problem on returns. Oh well.
As for rosters, im going to create/edit my own like I did years ago. Here's two of my rosters for Xbox -
http://nfl2k5rosters.com/dan0405.html (2004 season even though I will eventually redo it over for PS2 since I havent played that season since 2004/2005)
http://nfl2k5rosters.com/dan77733_0607roster.html (2006 season and I want to redo this one as well. Eventually, lol)
I cant remember the global edits I used on those but I know that I changed a few of them compared to what they were in those older files. If you get a chance, check them out and let me know how you like them.