From an aesthetic point of view I was hoping they'd move away from the giant "Play Game" or "Advance Week" buttons and add actual franchise information to that main screen. On the other hand maybe the ticker in these menu screens is finally showing franchise news and scores as opposed to real world NFL stuff. I've been calling out for that change for a few years.
This disappoints me.
I summed this stuff every single week in Madden 18. It's become tiresome and dull. Being able to assign practice time associated to player groups - like the OL, WR, QB, etc. - under the influence of assistant coaches whose ratings would influence their effectiveness was something I really wanted to see.
On the other hand
This sounds like the feature NCAA had where pics captured from within a game would appear on the ESPN pages for that game or (in the case of Xbox 360 NCAA) on the ESPN magazine covers. Nice...
Ben Haumiller featuring prominently in the Madden franchise promotion can only be good, that dude is one of the most underrated at Tiburon and always did fantastic work on the NCAA game.