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Quote: Originally Posted by JoshC1977

I think a lot of people are not getting it..... Archetypes/Schemes are not going to do much of anything on the field in of themselves. What they ARE going to do is direct the progression of players and team personnel over time. THAT progression is what is going to make a difference on the field. As teams develop players, they will be developing ratings specific to their archetypes (and ideally the archetypes adhering to the scheme). Over time, players will develop higher ratings in those specific areas in lieu of the more scattershot development we've seen in past years. Say we have a pass rushing OLB. In past Maddens, the CPU would more-or-less develop whatever ratings could be upgraded at the time based on the available XP. They would have a hard time progressing as they would fall into the "jack of all trades, master of none" paradigm. With the scheme/archetype system in place, CPU teams should develop a pass rusher archetype to fit their scheme...giving that OLB boosts in the ratings specific to that archetype IN LIEU of say boosts as a cover backer. This "guided" progression will result in players having higher ratings in their area-specific traits relative to their weaknesses. THIS my friends is where player differentiation comes into play, this is where the gameplay impact is. This is where you will begin to see those added specialist positions begin to matter, this is where matchups begin to mean more. Extend this across all 22 players....you've changed the game.. BUT, unless EA does an amazing job on the initial roster release; we will not see the fruits of this new progression system until we are a couple of years into our franchises.....and the deeper we are, the more dynamic it is going to be.

As someone who always puts 12+ seasons into CFM every year, I am looking forward to the future years in this season even more than before.