[Lieutenant Dan]

I'll throw a hat in for Head Coach 09. This game was for me, the most immersive and complete NFL experience I've had in a football game.

I played this game for eight months nearly daily, well into the night (offseason/draft nights were marathons LOL).

It's a pretty balanced game. You are a coach/GM, so you build your team and manage it, but it's got a great interface and you aren't micromanaging down to setting popcorn prices or anything. Just team building, gameplanning, and then execution on gamedays.

If you get it, get it for 360 and install it to the HDD. You get significantly better performance that way.