Ok, thanks. I am going to give this a try with 32 owners versus coaches and will use some of your house rules. I'm unsure where to find the .xls files you mentioned for resigning and trading players but I'll keep looking.
I've been running an all human run franchise on nfl2k5 using pc editor, but truthfully I'm tired of having to make mass roster edits each game to get good gameplay. Drafting the first round for all teams in the draft was fun though especially for division rivals. I'm looking forward to trying the same in madden16. I've been playing sports games a long time and was involved in creating madden amp for madden 08 pc. The games I'm having on madden16 in play now mode are the best, most exciting football games I've ever played. It's a bummer that confidence seems to be over powered in cfm, but I'll give this a try. Thanks.