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I believe that having a true special teams depth chart would do great for a means to develop players, and open up the later draft rounds to be more important; as we know, generally, many late round picks are used to pick up potential players for special teams or practice squad in hopes that they will gain experience...If Madden were to implement a special teams depth chart, and even a practice squad, this would open up avenues for applying XP to these players and gives the user more influence to grab late round picks and keep them...

NFL players make it to the Pro Bowl based on Special Teams play; hell Desmond Howard won a Super Bowl MVP for his special team work, a 99 yard kick return for a TD, which is a record...

If it is in the game, EA, it should be in this game..


"Howard was voted the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXXI and is the first and currently the only special teams player to win the award. He is one of only four players to win both the Heisman Trophy and Super Bowl MVP; Roger Staubach, Jim Plunkett and Marcus Allen are the others. Howard was ranked the ninth Greatest Return Specialist in NFL History by NFL Network's NFL Top 10 Return Aces. On July 16, 2011." ~ from wikipedia...

^^^Special Teams players are even ranked in the NFL...

Also consider a player like Cowboys' Bill Bates, who, as he got later in years, was able to expand his playing career by being a special teams player..And a damn great one too...