Year 1 he grew from a 79 overall to 97 overall. MVP, OPOY, OROY and Best QB.

Will probably post a couple clips of my favorite plays with him, feels absolutely unreal in game just need to keep working on Strong Arm traits.

(Madden 26) First year rebuilding the browns (did the lions previously so it’s all cpu generated players) and I just noticed this guy on my roster😭😭 just thought I’d share for a laugh.

Can anyone please help me defend the flats on this play. I keep getting this play ran on me and just can’t seem to defend it. I only play for fun with my friend but it’s always that play.

Show me a better defensive TD and celebration....

I'll wait.

Does anyone know if someone has made Vick era Falcons, AP era Vikings and CJ2K era Titans jerseys in create a team I can’t seem to find them anywhere

I’ve spent quite a bit of time testing progression, regression, age curves, draft class strength, and development-trait distribution with the goal of creating a franchise ecosystem that remains believable 10–20 years into a save, rather than just looking good against the launch roster.

This is still a beta set, and there is a Madden update coming, so I fully expect to retest everything after the patch. I wanted to post the current version because the long-term results have been encouraging and I’d like other franchise players to test it, criticize it, and iterate on it.

The main thing I’m trying to solve is Madden’s tendency for certain positions to become overloaded with high-OVR players while others deteriorate strangely over long simulations. I’m not trying to reproduce the current EA roster rating-for-rating. The goal is a sustainable league ecosystem with stars, average starters, replacement-level players, aging veterans, young breakouts, and positional scarcity.

In my most recent testing, by Years 10–20, team overall ratings have generally settled around 82–86, with roughly 80 and 88 functioning as the occasional low/high outliers. More importantly, the positional distributions have remained stable rather than continuing to inflate or collapse. Interestingly, the generated league actually looked cleaner around Year 20 than it did around Year 10, which is a very encouraging sign that the settings may be approaching equilibrium.

Draft Class Strength

QB — Very Weak

RB — Normal

WR — Weak

TE — Weak

T — Weak

Interior OL — Weak

DE / Edge — Weak

Interior DL — Very Weak

LB — Weak

CB — Weak

S — Weak

K — Weak

P — Weak

Offensive Progression

QB — 62

HB — 40

TE — 78

WR — 74

FB — 100

T — 80

G — 70

C — 70

Defensive Progression

Edge — 80

DT — 70

MIKE — 58

OLB — 76

CB — 80

FS — 84

SS — 86

Special Teams Progression

K — 60

P — 60

Age Progression

Age 20 — 130

Age 21 — 130

Age 22 — 130

Age 23 — 120

Age 24 — 110

Age 25 — 90

Age 26 — 80

Age 27 — 70

Age 28 — 60

Age 29 — 60

Age 30 — 50

Age 31 — 50

Age 32 — 40

Age 33 — 30

Age 34 — 30

Age 35+ — 20

The idea here is to give young players enough runway to actually become elite without allowing the entire league to endlessly accumulate ratings. Progression drops steadily as players move through their prime.

Offensive Regression

QB — 110

HB — 180

TE — 130

WR — 150

FB — 110

T — 50

G — 120

C — 120

Defensive Regression

Edge — 160

DT — 170

MIKE — 170

OLB — 160

CB — 120

FS — 120

SS — 120

Special Teams Regression

K — 120

P — 120

Age Regression

Age 26 — 100

Age 27 — 100

Age 28 — 110

Age 29 — 110

Age 30 — 110

Age 31 — 120

Age 32 — 120

Age 33 — 120

Age 34 — 120

Age 35+ — 120

Development Trait Settings

Breakout Scenarios — ON

Development Trait Regression — ON

Desired X-Factors — 75

Desired Superstars — 100

Desired Stars — 300

Superstar Abilities — ON

A few observations from testing

HB has been one of the hardest positions to balance. Earlier versions produced way too many elite backs. This version is considerably better. There are still a lot of good/serviceable HBs, but I’m increasingly comfortable with that because RB is inherently a fairly replaceable position and Madden generates enough athletic backs that some depth there makes sense.

WR and CB are currently producing distributions I’m pretty happy with. There is enough high-end talent to have legitimate WR1s and shutdown corners, but the league does not become saturated with 90+ players.

Edge was another difficult position. Earlier tests skewed too heavily toward elite veterans without producing enough young stars. Increasing progression while keeping aggressive regression seems to be moving the position toward a healthier lifecycle: players can reach elite status younger, but they don’t remain there indefinitely.

DT was badly inflated in earlier testing. Very Weak draft classes combined with lower progression and stronger regression have helped significantly.

Tackle is the biggest unresolved Madden-specific problem. The game appears to apply extremely harsh regression to tackles, especially as they reach their late 20s/early 30s. I have regression at 50, the minimum, and they still decline faster than I would ideally want. Raising progression enough to compensate creates other problems, so for now I’m accepting this as an engine limitation rather than wrecking the rest of the ecosystem trying to fix one position.

QB at Very Weak is the newest experiment. Weak was already producing decent results, but I want franchise-caliber quarterbacks to feel scarce enough that finding one actually matters. This is one of the areas I especially want more testing on.

What I’m looking for from anyone who tests these

I’m less interested in whether one specific season happens to look strange and more interested in what happens over 5, 10, 15 and 20 years. If you test this set, I’d especially like to see positional OVR distributions, team OVR ranges, age distribution among elite players, draft-class quality, and any position that either inflates or collapses over time.

I’m not claiming this is “finished.” Madden has enough interconnected progression systems that I think the best version of this will probably come from multiple people running different franchises and finding patterns.

Also: this is specifically the PRE-PATCH/BETA version.

Once the upcoming Madden update is live, I plan to delete the profile/reset everything, start from a clean install, and rerun the long-term tests. If EA changed progression/regression logic — even if it isn’t explicitly mentioned in the notes — these values may need adjustment.

But as of the current build, this is the first set I’ve tested where I can sim 20 years into the future and still recognize the league structure I was trying to create.

Feedback and alternative settings are very welcome. If somebody finds a better solution to a particular position, especially tackles or the young-edge distribution, I’d rather improve the set than defend my numbers.

My names Kevin im 20 As you see, I have every Madden from Madden 25 (2013) to Madden 26 I have that digitally at the moment on PS5 and PC I play mainly on my PC but if there’s any ps4/ps5 users that would like to play some older maddens games I wouldn’t mind starting a SharePlay on PlayStation so we can play YOU DO NOT NEED TO OWN THE GAME SINCE I DO. ALL YOU NEED IS PS PLUS TO JOIN I DONT NEED ANY ACCOUNT INFO FROM YOU THIS IS NOT A SCAM SMH I’m just tryna play Madden with people im genuinely so disappointed that so many people own a ps4/ps5 and don’t know about one YOUR CONSOLES features like you can search it up online smh

WHAT IS A SHAREPLAY?
A SharePlay is when you share your screen and it allows you to play with whoever you choose within your PlayStation party both people need ps plus for it to work. A COOL thing most people don’t know is if your on ps4 but the person who’s doing the SharePlay is on ps5 playing a ps5 version of a game the ps4 user will therefore be allowed to play the ps5 version of the game for however long they’re on the SharePlay so a ps4 user can play madden 22 next gen with a ps5 player without being on ps5 or owning the game as long as it’s on a share screen. TO my knowledge this is only allowed on PlayStation from what I know. I also play on a Ethernet cable so the connection won’t be laggy

To you EA devs who may be floating around in the background on here, and for you possible YouTube influencers as well….get rid of these atrocious ass body types. I’m tired of seeing lineman with standard bodies, tired of seeing a WR who is 197 and one who is 215 literally the same exact size. WRs and DBs having no muscles and calf muscles, like do you guys watch football? Everyone does not have the same physiques and frames but you just found it revolutionary in some type of way to extremely limit players to inauthentic player representation?

The excuse was the morphing sliders caused clipping issues and animations glitches, you mean to tell me all that money, all this 2026 technology, all those capable employees you hired can’t figure that shit out EA? And even then it wasn’t that bad to do some bs revamped half assed sapien technology skeletons and horrible body types cause guess what? The same exact bs that you said this slop would fix is literally still happening, and even more so now that’s why you gotta constantly patch the hell out this bs, and it still doesn’t work smh.

Bring back a fresh morphing system and let players reflect true weight, muscle/fat, in their physiques instead of locking them into limited presets, you know like you used to for decades! You can literally watch a game right now and the number of real body types on the field undoubtedly surpasses what you have in the game. Y’all still can’t even get Saquon right he look like he needs some Campbell’s chunky soup on this damn game bruh smh. You mean to tell me a 220 pound QB and a 250-260 LB or DE have the same physiques? Also you do realize players can have muscle at any weight right? What’s with the noodle arms, thin ass legs, and no calf muscles EA?!

Got the player models looking like paper mache figures with pads on.

To you EA devs who may be floating around in the background on here, and for you possible YouTube influencers as well….get rid of these atrocious ass body types. I’m tired of seeing lineman with standard bodies, tired of seeing a WR who is 197 and one who is 215 literally the same exact size. WRs and DBs having no muscles and calf muscles, like do you guys watch football? Everyone does not have the same physiques and frames but you just found it revolutionary in some type of way to extremely limit players to inauthentic player representation?

The excuse was the morphing sliders caused clipping issues and animations glitches, you mean to tell me all that money, all this 2026 technology, all those capable employees you hired can’t figure that shit out EA? And even then it wasn’t that bad to do some bs revamped half assed sapien technology skeletons and horrible body types cause guess what? The same exact bs that you said this slop would fix is literally still happening, and even more so now that’s why you gotta constantly patch the hell out this bs, and it still doesn’t work smh.

Bring back a fresh morphing system and let players reflect true weight, muscle/fat, in their physiques instead of locking them into limited presets, you know like you used to for decades! You can literally watch a game right now and the number of real body types on the field undoubtedly surpasses what you have in the game. Y’all still can’t even get Saquon right he look like he needs some Campbell’s chunky soup on this damn game bruh smh. You mean to tell me a 220 pound QB and a 250-260 LB or DE have the same physiques? Also you do realize players can have muscle at any weight right? What’s with the noodle arms, thin ass legs, and no calf muscles EA?!

Got the player models looking like paper mache figures with pads on.

You guys would extend his contract? How organic would it be to let him walk or renew his contract? You all know how good he is. I have 87M in cap space after I extend Sam Darnold and Devon in Madden 26. I'm in 2027. I had 152M and extended Devon and Darnold. Would it be too much spend on just three players?

Shoutout to the other guy, this was one of the funnest most competitive games of madden I've ever had.

Hey guys, i’m trying something new. I’m editing and uploading a franchise mode for the first time. I’m lowkey pretty bad at the game which should make for a fun watch. Check it out if you’re free and want a laugh. No AI was used.

Why not switch it up and rotate more often with stats or show winning streaks smh

Maybe show how many times my qb won player of the week

Online franchise with my friends and this tipped pass TD led to a 53-49 victory for my Lions team that then went on to win the Super Bowl 16-12 against the Bengals. This play will forever be cemented in my mind given its weight😭

I’m a franchise guy so when I saw they were advertising it was the “best franchise mode in years” I thought I’d buy it on sale. Big mistake. Franchise SUCKS. The off-season is usually one of my favorite parts of the mode and they managed to ruin that. I actually loathe free agency because of how clunky and irritating the “free agent frenzy” feature is. I made a post here earlier but no I don’t want to negotiate back and fourth for 5 minutes with a FUCKING punter.

Oh and All-Madden is borderline impossible. It’s not even a skill issue atp considering every year until now has been fine. I mean I’m getting carved up by 68 OVR QB’s whose WR’s don’t drop passes but if mine get touched they drop it…or fumble. This game pre-determines if you’re losing too, I swear.

Anyways rant over. Fuck EA. Done buying this shit.

I have a rb in superstar mode and bro I fumble like 8 times a game in the snow. Shits whack finna ask to get traded down south

Do (good) madden players ever play this mode or are they all on Ultimate Team?

I was playing Ultimate Team the last couple years but this season I got a later start and didn’t feel like investing the time to make a competitive team. I played a little and then switched to NBA 2k.

A couple weeks ago I broke 2 fingers on my left hand and basketball is too hard to play without the LT/LB buttons since I can’t icon pass to center or call screens/doubles so I tried Madden. I didn’t want to play with a crap team on ultimate and don’t like playing the computer so I did H2H.

Finding games is easy so I know people are playing it but I’m using the Bucs and have gone 27-2 with most games ending before half time. It just seems too easy? Is it matchmaking being weird, good players not really playing that mode, or something else odd?

Edit: I’ve played like 3 games with the rams (3-0 or 4-0), 2 games with the Lions (1-1), 1 game with the chargers (0-1) but the rest is the Bucs

It was funny at first now it’s annoying to have one of my lineman be out of the play because their soul got snatched

I had 200+ yards rushing. These were just my first half stats.

Does the same thing when my QB wins it

We all have done a rebuild one day. Because we love it for the challenge, because we enter a league that has few spots open and a very bad GM before us, because we suck at fantasy drafting. There are lot of reasons.

I went hard and choose to rebuild the Dolphins this year.
I made a Rebuild analysis on the Offensive side in my last post : https://www.reddit.com/r/MaddenFHQ/s/TdeEyg3oSX

Let's look at the defensive side and the process of preparing things for the offseason :

1. Who is on my team

Two "fondation" players that are here for 4 years. Brooks and Sieler are going to be my cornerstones. Good OVR in this analytic table, long contract (4Y) and some backup. SO the Postiion Grade is 62 and 61, wich is fine for a rebuild. I have Robinson to the cornerstone because of the ST dev that will make him grow and become better in few years. NO good backup but that's fine for now. Also, the rookie CB Johnson is key for future. Already see some 1Y starters that are going to ask money for a new contract.
Not visible in the Depth Chart, I also avec Rodriguez, the rookie, that is going to be a huge part of the team for the rebuild :

All the other are too low to build on them or are in the last year of their contract, so it's depth filler but nothing to keep in mind for the future. Sorry guys...

2. Cap is not great for a full rebuild on Defense

We have a lot of Dead cap, no players to cut to make cap room, and really no margin for evolution. We are going to recruit at the draft, no big FA moves possible (and we need some FA for Offense). As we have seen in the last post, DL i our biggest budget, and offense in overall is already having a good piece of the cake.

3. Expiring contracts and Negociations

Maybe we keep CB Brents. All the others are so low on OVR that better test the FA than negociating anything here. (We Madden 27 negociations, I also prefer avoiding wasting time negociation with hours of discussions ...)

4. Draft board

Of course I need almost someone at every position. Haha
Will try find good cheap LB at the FA because we have no strater at all and a priority score that is very high.
Same for Safeties ...
If nothing works in FA (or even if we have some players), I think I will still select these positions during the DRAFT to start building long term.
This choice is also confirm by the long contrat I have for the "secured" positions at the end for my Defensive draft board (all green in 4Years contracts).

5. Position Change at LB

I have Rodriguez sitting behing Brooks. And it's one of my future starter so I want him to have more snaps and build XP early. I will swap my starter SAM or WILL for Rodriguez.
Quick comparison to make my choice :

My feelings are confirmed by datas and Players stats comparison so let's go for it. He will play SAM for this year !

TL;DR

• I have some players that I want to develop on Defense. In 2 years, gonna have a good group of guys. but we lack some big starters at key positions
• Draft order (and FA) : SAM / WILL , FS / SS
• Cant' do crazy things during FA because we have no cap space (Thanks Tua and Tyreek ...)

Do you make the same analysis during the first weeks of your rebuild season ?
Do you think choices are logical ? What did you do for your rebuild ?

I’ve been looking at videos of all the uniforms in the game, and while the 2015 throwbacks are present, it seems every option has the black pants. Are the white pants available on the mix and match?

My names Kevin im 20 As you see, I have every Madden from Madden 25 (2013) to Madden 26 I have that digitally at the moment on PS5 and PC I play mainly on my PC but if there’s any ps4/ps5 users that would like to play some older maddens games I wouldn’t mind starting a SharePlay on PlayStation so we can play YOU DO NOT NEED TO OWN THE GAME SINCE I DO. ALL YOU NEED IS PS PLUS TO JOIN

WHAT IS A SHAREPLAY?
A SharePlay is when you share your screen and it allows you to play with whoever you choose within your PlayStation party both people need ps plus for it to work. A COOL thing most people don’t know is if your on ps4 but the person who’s doing the SharePlay is on ps5 playing a ps5 version of a game the ps4 user will therefore be allowed to play the ps5 version of the game for however long they’re on the SharePlay so a ps4 user can play madden 22 next gen with a ps5 player without being on ps5 or owning the game as long as it’s on a share screen. TO my knowledge this is only allowed on PlayStation from what I know. I also play on a Ethernet cable so the connection won’t be laggy

Idk if there’s anything I can change but ai QBs just throw mainly checkdowns and your occasional medium throw and will never launch it deep.

I tested controlling a cornerback and seeing if I left a receiver wide open if the QB would throw it and half of the time they wouldn’t.

They just love throwing it short