[quote name='GodOfUncharted']Trades are now weighed based on how players fit a team's scheme, which sounds good, but it ends up being terrible. There's a YouTube video online of a guy offering Aaron Rodgers to the Bucs for Josh Freeman. Bucs said no. He also offered Vernon Davis, Michael Crabtree, and a 1st to the Colts for Coby Fleener and a 3rd. Colts said no. I offered 3 1st round picks for Aaron Hernandez. Pats said no.
Free agency is a complete mess. There is no way to reject a contract once a guy accepts it. If I'm trying to sign a TE and Graham and Gronk are free agents, I'd offer them both a contract trying to get one of them. Since you have to advance week by week, they could both sign and you'd be screwed with 2 big money TEs.
Free agency also ends without notice. I got to the last week of free agency and had offers out to about 4 players. I advanced a week to see if they would sign and free agency was magically over. Not only did those players sign elsewhere, but since free agency ended, I wasn't even able to try to sign a backup plan. My next opportunity to add a free agent came during preseason.
Also, no fantasy draft.[/QUOTE]
Franchise mode is the best part of madden to me, next to MUT.
EA for changing it. Guess Ill pick up 13 for $10 around this time next year, unless 14 goes back to how franchise mode should be.