draft guide for madden 25?

[heime2003]

when will draft guide come out for madden 25?
i got lots of help from it last year
i dont wanna miss or pick wrong prospects for my team
someone will write it up soon?

[WelshWizard91]

Re: draft guide for madden 25?

If one does not get done soon I'll likely make one but won't have it till Friday as in UK but likely gets started on it early next week.

[innet7]

Re: draft guide for madden 25?

I will post how each one of my drafts go and go through and find all the good picks. Maybe 80s+ with what round and pick they were drafted. Nothing too in depth.

I can say that Israel Starks is in my draft class and boy does he look good. He's only thrown 2 INTs all season. He seems like this years version of Roderick Odom who was a play you could draft last year. Very similar to RG3 with mobility but potential to throw like Peyton Manning or Tom Brady.

[PGaither84]

Re: draft guide for madden 25?

I used to be the one who wrote the fantasy draft guides.

I can understand wanting the draft class guides, but at the same time I think that takes the fun out of the game... which is why I changed/stopped how I do the fantasy draft guide. I like to focus more on how Madden plays and the ratings/types of player you should look for.

For example, I didn't touch Madden 13 and stuck with 12... also I can't comment on Madden 13 yet, but for me, pas rushing defensive ends [especially those with high finesse moves] are a waste of time/money. You should look for guys with High block shedding instead, and power moves second. Defensive Tackles are far more valuable. In Madden, the power move animation is far more effective, and the DTs tend to get more "win" animations both against the run and pass rushing. So,a guy like Vince Wilfork is far more valuable to me than a Julius Peppers.

When I get my hands on 25 and a few games under my belt, I will probably write a new OS guide.

[..GameOver..]

Re: draft guide for madden 25?

It seems that every player has Normal development now. I have only gone through about 10 drafts but I have yet to see anything above that. With the addition of practice earning every player on your team 2000 experience, it is rather easy to bump up anyone's development trait to superstar within 1-2 years.

[WelshWizard91]

Re: draft guide for madden 25?

I used to be the one who wrote the fantasy draft guides.

I can understand wanting the draft class guides, but at the same time I think that takes the fun out of the game... which is why I changed/stopped how I do the fantasy draft guide. I like to focus more on how Madden plays and the ratings/types of player you should look for.

For example, I didn't touch Madden 13 and stuck with 12... also I can't comment on Madden 13 yet, but for me, pas rushing defensive ends [especially those with high finesse moves] are a waste of time/money. You should look for guys with High block shedding instead, and power moves second. Defensive Tackles are far more valuable. In Madden, the power move animation is far more effective, and the DTs tend to get more "win" animations both against the run and pass rushing. So,a guy like Vince Wilfork is far more valuable to me than a Julius Peppers.

When I get my hands on 25 and a few games under my belt, I will probably write a new OS guide.

Yeah speed rushing has been not done well for.years from DE and powerful players are normally better can't say anything about 25 but likely the same.

Likely getting it tomorrow and will be doing one with ratings in schemes, key attributes, Physicals(Height, Weight), progression Lvl and likely draft position.

[GuerillaMonsoon]

Re: draft guide for madden 25?

a fantasy draft guide would be nice, too

[seasprite]

Re: draft guide for madden 25?

I used to be the one who wrote the fantasy draft guides.

I can understand wanting the draft class guides, but at the same time I think that takes the fun out of the game... which is why I changed/stopped how I do the fantasy draft guide. I like to focus more on how Madden plays and the ratings/types of player you should look for.

For example, I didn't touch Madden 13 and stuck with 12... also I can't comment on Madden 13 yet, but for me, pas rushing defensive ends [especially those with high finesse moves] are a waste of time/money. You should look for guys with High block shedding instead, and power moves second. Defensive Tackles are far more valuable. In Madden, the power move animation is far more effective, and the DTs tend to get more "win" animations both against the run and pass rushing. So,a guy like Vince Wilfork is far more valuable to me than a Julius Peppers.

When I get my hands on 25 and a few games under my belt, I will probably write a new OS guide.

Agree, I have never understood why someone would want something that tells them how each player will really play out down the road when they are drafting. I think the uncertainty is half the fun of a draft.

[weaponz248]

Re: draft guide for madden 25?

I would be interested more in a Scouting/Draft Strategy guide. I just want to get better a figuring out what to scout for during the season.

[dghustla]

Re: draft guide for madden 25?

Wow the game hasn't even been officially released for more than 48 hours and someone is already expecting a draft guide lol.

OP why don't you sim through each season 3 times so that you can make the draft guide for everyone this year?

[DrDoctor]

Re: draft guide for madden 25?

Ahh.. the yearly debate...

"I want a draft a guide to help me get the studs!"

"WHAT! Why would you do that, it takes out all the fun!! You disgust me."

Bottom line is, eventually someone is going to make a draft guide at some point. Either use it, or ignore it. It's that simple. Nothing is gonna change.

[splff3000]

Re: draft guide for madden 25?

Ahh.. the yearly debate...

"I want a draft a guide to help me get the studs!"

"WHAT! Why would you do that, it takes out all the fun!! You disgust me."

Bottom line is, eventually someone is going to make a draft guide at some point. Either use it, or ignore it. It's that simple. Nothing is gonna change.

If it wasn't for online leagues, it really wouldn't be a big deal, but with online leagues there is no way to prove that someone is using a draft "guide" (cheat sheet) during the draft. You might see them drafting all superstar players are something, but there is no way to KNOW they cheated. It's all speculation, so you can't really do anything about it. Honestly, I don't know why OS allows them since they are obvious cheats, but it is what it is. I tried to fight this battle last year and lost so I'm not getting into it again. I just figured I would explain why some people vehemently hate these draft "guides" (cheat sheets).

[slipknottin]

Re: draft guide for madden 25?

It seems that every player has Normal development now. I have only gone through about 10 drafts but I have yet to see anything above that. With the addition of practice earning every player on your team 2000 experience, it is rather easy to bump up anyone's development trait to superstar within 1-2 years.

I have found a couple players with star development.

[dghustla]

Re: draft guide for madden 25?

If it wasn't for online leagues, it really wouldn't be a big deal, but with online leagues there is no way to prove that someone is using a draft "guide" (cheat sheet) during the draft. You might see them drafting all superstar players are something, but there is no way to KNOW they cheated. It's all speculation, so you can't really do anything about it. Honestly, I don't know why OS allows them since they are obvious cheats, but it is what it is. I tried to fight this battle last year and lost so I'm not getting into it again. I just figured I would explain why some people vehemently hate these draft "guides" (cheat sheets).

Draft Guides and Madden are like steroids in Baseball. Sure Barry Bonds never failed a drug test but there was something fishy about him.

Likewise there is something fishy about a guy who is able to draft 10+ Quick/Fast/Star players in 2 years. Somehow he always knows when the trade up. He always knows when to take a guy 2-3 rounds before their slated to be selected. He's not using a draft guide he just "has a method" of keys that make it easier to find these players.

If you are in an offline league. Play as you want.
If you are in an Online League. No matter how you slice it you are cheating those other guys.

This is why I like the NCAA imported classes for online dynasties. Even though it randomizes the skill of players. If you didn't expect J. Clowney to import a certain way and he was just a random DE it wouldn't bother you. This way if someone hits on 10+ star players in 2 years you know they actually found them since it's random.

[debauchlord]

Re: draft guide for madden 25?

Draft Guides and Madden are like steroids in Baseball. Sure Barry Bonds never failed a drug test but there was something fishy about him.

Likewise there is something fishy about a guy who is able to draft 10+ Quick/Fast/Star players in 2 years. Somehow he always knows when the trade up. He always knows when to take a guy 2-3 rounds before their slated to be selected. He's not using a draft guide he just "has a method" of keys that make it easier to find these players.

If you are in an offline league. Play as you want.
If you are in an Online League. No matter how you slice it you are cheating those other guys.

This is why I like the NCAA imported classes for online dynasties. Even though it randomizes the skill of players. If you didn't expect J. Clowney to import a certain way and he was just a random DE it wouldn't bother you. This way if someone hits on 10+ star players in 2 years you know they actually found them since it's random.

The problem was that, in past Maddens, you can spot the quick/superstar players rather easily just by scouting awareness. If the dude was projected 7th round has a higher awareness than the average 7th round pick, virtually every single time, that guy is going to be, at the very least, a very useful player. Not sure how it works in "25".