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Quote: Originally Posted by Matt Diesel

Not to be an alarmist, but a few things: 1) Why would someone sign a FB to a 3 year contract at 39 years old? 2) Why is Cle. bidding on Rogers when they just cut him? 3) Why is Cle. bidding on a starting caliber LT that is 10 years older than Joe Thomas? To play RT, maybe but I doubt the AI is keen enough to do that. Not a big deal, just a few things I noticed. I like the 75 player limit though.

Foremost, the 75 player rosters are indeed wonderful.

1 - If I recall correctly from Head Coach 09, contract terms could be negotiated once a bid had been won (at least for user-controlled teams; i.e. there are preset bids in the "auction period"). Someone double-check me on that though, it's been a while since I've played. Or perhaps bids are put in with years on them and some team wants Tony Richardson for three years, who knows.

2 - I don't think releases are taken into account, i.e. Madden doesn't know that the Browns released Rogers before the game started and doesn't care.

3 - I actually do think that Madden AI teams will look for left tackles to play right tackle if they don't see a good-enough right tackle. Someone will have to check me on that.