So, the draft is approaching us soon, and Madden and Madden ‘16 news will hopefully be yet upon us again rather quickly.
This is probably a better question to ask AFTER the draft is said and done (and maybe this thread can be used for who you will play as after the draft as well), but it’s still fun to get speculate who your main CFM team might will be for the upcoming season, especially if you have an idea of the 1st round, and possibly 2nd round picks for each team, taking a look at some mock draft picks for rounds one and two, the closer we get to draft day.
I used to always play as my home team (the Saints), but in the last couple years I’ve found it more fun to most of my time building up a team, rather than playing as a good team from the get-go. Rebuilding is fun, but some of the teams that need rebuilding can actually be quite fun to play with as well, especially teams with good (or yet to be seen in real life), young talent to work on. Teams like the Raiders can be fun as well in the rebuilding process, with older talent, but some key young pieces starting to form.
One team I believe that can be a blast is the Jags with its young talent on the offensive side of the ball. The defense needs building up badly, with some key talented players already in place on that side of the ball as well. After the draft, they could be a lot more fun to play with.
With that said, I believe I'll be playing as the Jaguars mainly in Madden '16 in CFM this season, and think they will be a really fun team to build up. If current real life draft mocks are any indication, most have the Jags in the first round taking an OLB in Dante Fowler Jr., DE in Leonard Williams, or possibly a WR in Amari Cooper or Kevin White. I've read they may try and pick up someone like Todd Gurley in the second round, but I'm not so sure he'll be there, but that be great fun if so.
They arguably need a lot of help on the defensive side of the ball now in the first round and second round, rather than more firepower on offense (they do need a good RB and some key o-line pickups though, imo... not to mention a FS at some point real quick).
I think playing with the Jag's offense with say, an Amari Cooper or Kevin White, Allen Robinson, and Marqise Lee, and now, especially with Julius Thomas at TE, would be a blast with Bortles behind the helm in a young CFM (even better if they somehow get Gurley). Still need to build a bit on that o-line though.
Either way, no matter who they pick, they look to be a fun team to build up, with some key positions need upgrading in real life early in the draft, and in a Madden '16 CFM as well. It'll take another draft or two, but I think they show some promise for a fun CFM. This is probably not be a popular opinion, but if they can work on that o-line, and Bortles comes through, I can also see them doing better than most think in the future, in real life. I know, but they are the Jags, but that is my opinion.
It'll be interesting to see how they unfold, no doubt though.
So anyway, those are my plans, but which team do YOU plan mainly focusing on in your CFM this upcoming season? Your home team, another team, possibly a relocation team? Or will you try and mix time as much equal time in between two different teams? Or do you plan on waiting until after the draft before thinking on it?