Originally Posted by shotgunshine After thinking about it i'm going to go ahead and pick this up on Friday and i'd like to join. San Diego Chargers |shotgunshine | shotgunshine | CST | Weekdays: After 4pm/ Weekends: Anytime

Didn't mean to skip over this. Welcome to the league, shotgunshine!

well if my starters get hurt becuz computer doesnt take them out im gonig to be pretty upset

Jacksonville Jaguars | DarkTower80 | DarkTower80 | MST | Eveniings

Originally Posted by DVO21 well if my starters get hurt becuz computer doesnt take them out im gonig to be pretty upset

People have played some preseason CPU games though and seen that they do bring in backups as a real coach would. It just doesn't seem right to cherry pick when injuries are appropriate. One person could have a player saved from a preseason injury because we turned them off. Then in week one of the regular season, when we turn them on, somebody could lose a player for the season. That's not fair. They should either be on all the time or off all the time.

Originally Posted by DarkTower80 Jacksonville Jaguars | DarkTower80 | DarkTower80 | MST | Eveniings

Only 5 spots left! Definitely surpassing my expectations here.

Sample groups (Team Rating - Team Name - Cap Space). The Colts would pick first and the Giants would pick last. You can play around with the groups but I thought this looked pretty fair.

73 – Indianapolis Colts $32.10 million
72 – Minnesota Vikings $12.68 million
75 – Miami Dolphins $9.84 million
75 – Cleveland Browns $9.62 million
72 – St. Louis Rams $7.68 million

79 – Carolina Panthers $9.68 million
78 – Arizona Cardinals $9.45 million
76 – Oakland Raiders $9.17 million
77 – Jacksonville Jaguars $8.66 million
79 – Tampa Bay Bucs $7.72 million
79 – Kansas City Chiefs $7.06 million
77 – Washington Redskins $3.74 million

84 – Cincinnati Bengals $17.91 million
81 – Tennessee Titans $14.21 million
80 – Seattle Seahawks $5.99 million
82 – New York Jets $5.94 million
80 – Buffalo Bills $4.25 million
83 – Chicago Bears $4.04 million
84 – Atlanta Falcons $2.86 million
83 – San Diego Chargers $1.75 million

88 – Houston Texans $14.62 million
86 – Philadelphia Eagles $11.29 million
85 – New Orleans Saints $6.24 million
85 – Denver Broncos $4.80 million
85 – Dallas Cowboys $3.38 million
87 – Pittsburgh Steelers $3.27 million.
86 – Detroit Lions $3.05 million
88 – Baltimore Ravens $2.46 million.

91 – New England Patriots $10.18 million
89 – San Francisco 49ers $6.3 million
91 – Green Bay Packers $4.81 million
90 – New York Giants $4.56 million


Edit: This all becomes a non issue if we fill the group so lets keep our fingers crossed for that.

We're going to need to get people to vote on this one because I'm really torn. I understand your argument and agree that weaker rated teams are the ones that need more help. However, this is the first year that money is a factor. And to me, it still makes sense that the teams with the most money to spend would have more of a claim to the top free agents.

Using your example, the Redskins, who only have $3.66M of cap space wouldn't even be able to sign the highest overall free agent, Plaxico Burress, because he wants $4.48M. So, in that regard, it doesn't matter how bad they are or how much they might need the help. They don't have the money. However, looking at your list, it's not as bad as I worried it might be, and there's a reasonable chance that a player like Burress could be gone by the time the Skins get to pick anyway. But it was just an example. I'm just having trouble shaking the thought that this is a money issue and therefore should only relate to money. But I'll go with whatever people think is best. Just need more people to weigh in on it.

If anybody would be up for playing any pickup games before the league starts, and wouldn't mind possibly giving me any pointers, please send a friend request to me (XBL: DeskLaser), and let's set up some games. Whenever I try to play someone random online, they always cheese to hell. Maybe it's just me, but I was not aware that Aaron Rodgers scrambles all over the field.

For the Free Agency thing, it doesn't matter to me any way it happens, since I don't know enough about what's going on to really know what to do for trades and FA, etc, anyways.

Since it's my first year doing anything like this, I see all FA talk and the trade talk etc, for Season 1 if I more or less want to go out and just play as THE Denver Bronocos. The team I watch Sunday to Sunday, is that going to get me clobbered any worse than being a complete beginner?

hey N8 not sure if u have ran into this but sometimes when u progress a player even when hes doing really good and earns a ton of xp his overall still seems to go down whats with that

i also noticed that progression even on every four weeks if u dont progress then u can wait to progress whenever u want but once u have u have to wait 4 weeks that hows it working for me atleast has anyone else noticed?

New York Jets | dr0ppinL0adz | Z stepano Z | CST | Weekday Evenings (except when NFL is on Monday Night Football and Thursday Night Football) / Saturday Afternoons

correction 4 spots the browns will be the last team to fill i bet

Originally Posted by DVO21 correction 4 spots the browns will be the last team to fill i bet

I filled in the Browns for one season in the official league one year and yeah..... not so good.

Originally Posted by dr0ppinL0adz New York Jets | dr0ppinL0adz | Z stepano Z | CST | Weekday Evenings (except when NFL is on Monday Night Football and Thursday Night Football) / Saturday Afternoons

Welcome! 4 teams left!

Poor poor nfc west

seahawks actually have a good squad for madden whoever ends up taking them should be set up just need a qb

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Originally Posted by DeskLaser If anybody would be up for playing any pickup games before the league starts, and wouldn't mind possibly giving me any pointers, please send a friend request to me (XBL: DeskLaser), and let's set up some games. Whenever I try to play someone random online, they always cheese to hell. Maybe it's just me, but I was not aware that Aaron Rodgers scrambles all over the field. For the Free Agency thing, it doesn't matter to me any way it happens, since I don't know enough about what's going on to really know what to do for trades and FA, etc, anyways.

I'm always open to scrimmaging when I have time. And I definitely don't mind sharing tips.

Originally Posted by DaddyBoJangles Since it's my first year doing anything like this, I see all FA talk and the trade talk etc, for Season 1 if I more or less want to go out and just play as THE Denver Bronocos. The team I watch Sunday to Sunday, is that going to get me clobbered any worse than being a complete beginner?

I don't think it'll really hurt you. Some people are just very, very into rearranging their team and obtaining new players. Personally, I think it'll be a bit amusing when the salary cap really starts to take hold and people see that they have no money at all, lol.

Originally Posted by DVO21 hey N8 not sure if u have ran into this but sometimes when u progress a player even when hes doing really good and earns a ton of xp his overall still seems to go down whats with that i also noticed that progression even on every four weeks if u dont progress then u can wait to progress whenever u want but once u have u have to wait 4 weeks that hows it working for me atleast has anyone else noticed?

Yeah, as much as EA did for the basic gameplay, this game has a lot of bugs that need to be worked out. All the way down to fundamental football concepts. The game is a bit hit or miss when you dig below the surface.

As for XP, that sort of makes sense. It's not like you only earn it every 4 weeks. You can just only apply it every 4 weeks. So, whenever you do apply it, you have to wait 4 more weeks before you can do it again. I still think it's better than once a year...which would probably just feel like the old "potential" system. And every week just seems like it would be too tedious considering the progression that you add from one week is going to be incredibly small, and could just be undone by the next week's performance anyway.

Originally Posted by DVO21 correction 4 spots the browns will be the last team to fill i bet

That makes me wonder what happened to Ultimate Matt X. I was surprised to not see him in either Madden league this year.

well i guess i was wrong even on a every four week progression it still lets me whenever for some reason

I am free to play whenever, however I really don't have spots for friend requests so just shoot me a message. I am on a lot.

im in eastern time zone and I'm free anytime.