Madden NFL 15 Connected Franchise Details, Trailer and Screenshots

[bcruise]

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RIP Draft Guides. Finally.

You guys who don't play online CFM's may not realize how big of a deal that is. It's HUGE.

[DeuceDouglas]

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IR already worked as far as having a roster spot open in online CFM. I thought it didn't but, I put a couple of guys on IR in the online CFM and I was able to sign a guy. I always had 53 players so it wasn't that I had 52.

I'm not sure about offline CFM

I'm pretty sure it didn't work in Offline but I may have just been going under the assumption that it didn't work and it actually did.

I see your point, but I think having a hit to confidence for players who get traded is a really good starting point, as it seems to reward roster stability. That will be especially important for online leagues, where trades can go crazy.

Exactly. It would be good for online leagues and great for offline as well if there was some sort of logic for the CPU to stay the path instead of immediately cutting and signing players of free agents just because their overall is higher. Teams. don't turn over their entire roster during the season. Most changes come from injuries and most guys added to replace those guys are in-house type players.

[jeremym480]

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After reading this again I have a few questions

1) I see that Dave Searles (aka RedZone25, aka WTFitsDaveyJ) is shown as the RB coach of the Browns. Does that mean he was the user and was playing as the RB Coach or are Game Changers thrown into the game as assistant coaches?

2) Do Assistant Coaches even matter? Do they have any effect on the field or on progression (XP/Game Prep)? Can you hire/fire them?

3) Does a players confidence change while they are injured? For example: If like happen in real life last year happened the game game would someone like Aaron Rodgers (who missed a big chunk of the year due to injury) loss confidence because of his subpar backups?

4) Can a players confidence be negatively effected by what happens in skill drills?

5) Can we change anything about a player from the draft classes? Name, age, skin tone, college, rating, anything?

6) Can we create players inside of CFM (similar to NCAA)?

7) Can you play the Pro Bowl?

8) Assuming throwback uniforms are in.... Will the CPU also occasionally choose throwback uniforms or if not, if I select a throwback uniform will my CPU oppenent change their uniform accordingly?

[Aiq xDoDx]

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I really like what I have seen/read so far. Can't wait to get my hands on it and see how everything plays out.

Two quick questions:

Has anything been done to change the way scouting for the draft works? Just curious if anything has been said about this elsewhere? I can't stand the way it is currently and actually miss the old days of the 'hexagon' and the 40times, bench press, etc stats.

Secondly, I know that all of the names, ratings, schools etc are random now for the draft classes. However, there are still generated storylines. Will people be able to tell generally what the ratings for said players are based on the storylines attached to them?

[Toupal]

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sheesh can sim up to 10 years

So does this mean that you can actually go back and keep track of stats from the previous 10 years? Because I have wanted to see upgraded stat tracking for awhile.

[Sheba2011]

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I'm just talking about guys acquired during the season. Any guys acquired in the off-season should be fine. I'm just talking about going out and signing a QB (or any player) off the street prior to your week whatever game. If you just go and sign guys during the season there should be some sort of penalty that comes along with it so you can't just plug guys in immediately off the street and immediately get their full potential.

I understand what you are saying but how realistic is that? If a guy is sitting at home in week 8 of the NFL season and the Patriots call him and say we need you to come play WR for us, his confidence is going to be either very high or neutral. He isn't going to walk into the locker room depressed and unsure of himself.

[RocketTMac1]

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1. I like the detail in weekly practices actually mattering for back up QB's or guys with potential. Teams like my Panthers will be tricky to handle with this new system. They can be a contender so confidence is going to matter but we are young enough to need XP every week especially for our new crop of rooks and the wide outs, secondary and O-line

2. Can assistant coaches get interim positions if I fire the head coach during the season? And what about "college coaches"?

3. Will players getting traded to teams on the cusp be effected dramatically from the confidence meter? Like Andre Johnson getting traded to a team on the same level as the Texans?

[mestevo]

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I understand what you are saying but how realistic is that? If a guy is sitting at home in week 8 of the NFL season and the Patriots call him and say we need you to come play WR for us, his confidence is going to be either very high or neutral. He isn't going to walk into the locker room depressed and unsure of himself.

Agreed, a free agent typically isn't going to have 'wants to cut himself' levels of confidence for making it to a team.

[xx13cloud]

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So is there still no way for friends to play on the same team?.. im glad people are more excited for teams wearing random jerseys instead of madden having great features

[Toupal]

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I wasn't even expecting Custom Draft Classes, honestly. I just want to edit the random draft picks so I can get just like Jamies Winston, TJ Yeldon, etc into future seasons of M15.

Random draft classes are definitely a welcomed addition, especially for online leagues, but it would be nice to (at the very least) have the ability to rename drafted players.

This is all I have ever wanted out of this game. But I guess the online community and randomized draft classes are more important.

[Sheba2011]

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1. I like the detail in weekly practices actually mattering for back up QB's or guys with potential. Teams like my Panthers will be tricky to handle with this new system. They can be a contender so confidence is going to matter but we are young enough to need XP every week especially for our new crop of rooks and the wide outs, secondary and O-line

With their WR's (or lack there of) and offensive line the Panthers will not be contenders this year...

[MossMan84]

Ok, I am intrigued by what I've read.

Only question is they mention you can fire staff during the season (Head Coach, Scout, or Trainer) but there is no mention of coordinators.

But in the confidence section it shows D Coordinator and a RB Coach???

I am hoping Coordinators are in the game this year.

In-Game Overall Ratings
Another big change in Madden NFL 15 is seeing the same overall (OVR) ratings in game as the depth chart. If a QB is an 85 overall in your scheme in the front end, they’ll be an 85 OVR in game as well.

Can someone please explain this to me?

[Sheba2011]

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This is all I have ever wanted out of this game. But I guess the online community and randomized draft classes are more important.

EA not getting sued is what is most important. After the Sam Keller lawsuit in which they were sued for allowing users to edit the names and likeness of players I wouldn't be surprised if we never see editable draft classes again.

[bcruise]

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In-Game Overall Ratings
Another big change in Madden NFL 15 is seeing the same overall (OVR) ratings in game as the depth chart. If a QB is an 85 overall in your scheme in the front end, they’ll be an 85 OVR in game as well.

Can someone please explain this to me?

In previous years the player's overall rating in-game was their "true" rating, un-influenced by the coach's scheme. Often times, that made it appear differently than their front-end overall rating, which is influenced by a head coach's scheme choice.

They're saying that whatever a player's rating appears as in the front-end will carry into the in-game depth chart screen now.

[charter04]

Madden NFL 15 Connected Franchise Details, Trailer and Screenshots

In-Game Overall Ratings

Another big change in Madden NFL 15 is seeing the same overall (OVR) ratings in game as the depth chart. If a QB is an 85 overall in your scheme in the front end, they’ll be an 85 OVR in game as well.



Can someone please explain this to me?

Before in CFM if you looked at your team they would be rated a certain overall based on scheme. In the game you could pause the game and go into the depth chart and the overall would be totally different. It's because in game it showed the overall without taking schemes into account. It was like the play now overall.

Now both numbers will be the same