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thecove · 09-23-2016, 01:51 AM

I'll add my two cents but first let me say that I've been playing Madden since the Genesis days and have been a franchise mode player since it was first introduced to the series. However, I stopped with Madden 10 when the franchise mode began showing its age as a result of neglection. I gave a couple of Maddens on PS4 a shot but ultimately was not happy with Franchise mode and kept playing Madden 10.

I saw they were close last year and after researching online about Madden 17 I bit the bullet and have been extremely happy to come back to the game.

I realize I've missed quite a bit, so forgive me if I'm missing a way to make these happen. I'll further qualify this by saying I only play offline franchise mode.

At any rate here are my hopes for the future:

1. Resigning / renegotiating contracts before last contract year. This is the lifeblood of salary cap management in the NFL. If I see a player is going to impact my cap in a few years and I need to make cap space to sign FA's or rookies, I want to work to get more deferred money in that contract. I'm not far along in my current franchise but I can see where I might want to renogotiate some of my veteran contracts.

2. Signing Draft Picks. Somebody, anybody tell me how / why this was taken out of franchise mode. The old standard was to sign top picks to long contracts. But I also used to sign my 6th - 7th round diamonds / project picks to long term contracts with a low yearly salary and zero to minimal sigining bonus. This would allow me to keep those picks until my veteran at the position retired or regressed. And if the draft picks were busts, I could cut them with minimal cap impact. This is part of life as a GM running a franchise.

3. Assigning Captains. Its such a little thing. I dont know why it got removed. But its also a part of being a coach in the NFL, deciding who are your Captains. You know who your leaders are with your franchise, you should be able to assign it.

4. Bring back expanded looks at Yearly Award candidates. As it stands now, you can only see MVP / Coach of the Year candidates in season. I used to love seeing if any of my rookies were up for Off/Def ROY and I'd sometimes give them a few extra targets / defensive series to try to secure the award.

5. Getting back to contract negotiations, show the year by year contract breakdown in the negotation screen. Giving me a chance to see how cap crippling year 5 of my offer will be, at the very minimum will give me a mental note to renogtiate at some point. It also affords me the chance to look at my other contracts and see if I'm heading to salary cap hell with this new contract.

ALL of these items were in the mode before and just added more levels to the simulation / immersion. Its these little details that can put a game over the top by giving sim players the opportunity to exercise.

09-23-2016, 01:51 AM	#48
thecove Rookie OVR: 2 Join Date: Sep 2008	I'll add my two cents but first let me say that I've been playing Madden since the Genesis days and have been a franchise mode player since it was first introduced to the series. However, I stopped with Madden 10 when the franchise mode began showing its age as a result of neglection. I gave a couple of Maddens on PS4 a shot but ultimately was not happy with Franchise mode and kept playing Madden 10. I saw they were close last year and after researching online about Madden 17 I bit the bullet and have been extremely happy to come back to the game. I realize I've missed quite a bit, so forgive me if I'm missing a way to make these happen. I'll further qualify this by saying I only play offline franchise mode. At any rate here are my hopes for the future: 1. Resigning / renegotiating contracts before last contract year. This is the lifeblood of salary cap management in the NFL. If I see a player is going to impact my cap in a few years and I need to make cap space to sign FA's or rookies, I want to work to get more deferred money in that contract. I'm not far along in my current franchise but I can see where I might want to renogotiate some of my veteran contracts. 2. Signing Draft Picks. Somebody, anybody tell me how / why this was taken out of franchise mode. The old standard was to sign top picks to long contracts. But I also used to sign my 6th - 7th round diamonds / project picks to long term contracts with a low yearly salary and zero to minimal sigining bonus. This would allow me to keep those picks until my veteran at the position retired or regressed. And if the draft picks were busts, I could cut them with minimal cap impact. This is part of life as a GM running a franchise. 3. Assigning Captains. Its such a little thing. I dont know why it got removed. But its also a part of being a coach in the NFL, deciding who are your Captains. You know who your leaders are with your franchise, you should be able to assign it. 4. Bring back expanded looks at Yearly Award candidates. As it stands now, you can only see MVP / Coach of the Year candidates in season. I used to love seeing if any of my rookies were up for Off/Def ROY and I'd sometimes give them a few extra targets / defensive series to try to secure the award. 5. Getting back to contract negotiations, show the year by year contract breakdown in the negotation screen. Giving me a chance to see how cap crippling year 5 of my offer will be, at the very minimum will give me a mental note to renogtiate at some point. It also affords me the chance to look at my other contracts and see if I'm heading to salary cap hell with this new contract. ALL of these items were in the mode before and just added more levels to the simulation / immersion. Its these little details that can put a game over the top by giving sim players the opportunity to exercise.