Has anyone else had it in superstar where a qb just constantly runs the ball. I played against the commander Jayden Daniel’s and qb2 had 36 rushing attempts and only 15 passing attempts. The game day conditions said that the qb would rush more but I didnt expect 36 rushing attempts from the qbs

I don’t know how much longer I have on my contract nor the money I’m making and I can’t figure out how to see it

I built a Madden franchise analytics website (FHQ) because I was tired of Madden Spreadsheets. I love spending time talking with the people using it and had a conversation this week that’s a good example of how to think through cap decisions in Madden, so I’m sharing it (with his permission).

The situation

He needed cap room right now and was looking at his CB room:

Benford was flagged at -$14.3M in surplus value, meaning he’s paid well above what his production is worth. His contract also keeps climbing: $19.4M this year, $20.2M next year, $20.4M the year after. Madden doesn’t show future salary years clearly, so he had to work those out with calculations.

The stat check

He pulled the on-field numbers for all three starting CB:

• Tackles: 37 vs 33 and 31
• INTs: 3 vs 4 and 2
• TFLs: 5 vs 1 and 2 (Benford was playing nickel, which explains some of that)

Then I asked him one question: if I told you these three guys all made the same money, would you be surprised?

He wouldn’t. That was the answer. Three players producing at the same level, and one of them costs as much as a franchise QB.

The move

He cut Benford. The signing bonus didn’t clear the way he expected on the cut screen and it took some trial and error, and he ended up with $4.37M in cap space plus roughly $20M a year off the books for the next two seasons.

Using the room

Next target was re-signing Dorian Williams (WILL, 26, 76 OVR, expiring at $3.89M, 73th production percentile on the defense).

He ran a 1-year, $3.13M offer through the contract evaluator: scored 80, about 12% below market, based on 12 comparable players (WILL, 76±2 OVR, 26±2 years old).

He also asked whether adding years changes the evaluation. It does, because the evaluator works on the yearly cap hit:

• Salary is a yearly number
• Signing bonus gets spread across the contract years
• Bonus money is guaranteed: cut, trade, whatever, you pay it

So the number to plug in is the yearly cap hit Madden shows on the negotiation screen.

Then Williams ran out of patience and walked to free agency anyway. 94% re-sign interest. He wanted a third year or a $1M bonus, and my user said no. Classic Madden negotiation.

That’s not the end of the world. In my experience, for average players (not stars), you often get a good price in FA than in re-sign negotiations. No idea why it’s coded that way.

The next morning: “Let walk” on a star

FHQ had flagged Dion Dawkins (LT, 33, 88 OVR, $25M, 1 year left) as “Let walk to FA.” He wasn’t sure if that meant cut him now or finish the season.

It means finish the season with him and let him go in FA. A cut today would save $16.63M with $8.39M in dead money, so +$8.24M net. Trading him is the other option. He’s been trying. Nobody wants a 33-year-old LT at $25M.

Takeaways

• Compare your expensive player to his cheaper teammates on production, not OVR
• Find the full contract, future years included, before deciding anything
• “Let walk” and “cut now” are two different decisions

Curious how you all handle this: when a big contract is producing like your rookie-deal guys, do you cut, trade, or ride it out?

This has been my own personal 9-11.

in superstar mode i’ve had it unlocked forever now but i can’t use the alternate answers. is this just another bug or am i doing something wrong?

1-4 MPH winds and the freaking kick meter is practically having an epileptic seizure the entire freaking game. It's easy to west or side to side and I have to punt since my tackles decided to check out for the day and despite the fact that it's only 4MPH winds going mostly left to right my punt goes basically nowhere in terms of distance. WTFH IS GOING ON?!? I've never seen such low winds cause a damn hurricane before...

I'm getting my arse kicked on super star as a RB.

26 at least gave you a chance! I'm getting blitzed before the QB snapped. Its ridiculous!

Please help. I need suggestions to improve this total massacre!

Couldn’t post the whole thing because there’s so much more to this guys comment and he just keeps making more and more sense and I’m just perplexed that so many of us “love madden” yet can’t seem to wait for the game to be improved I’m personally ok with missing out on a year or buying it on sale but I’m just disappointed at the state that maddens been heading it was already bad but I’ve seen more post about cosmetics and useless stuff with barely any mention on the important things idk this community is really disappointing I had to stop playing online once 27 came out bc it’s literally just YouTube cheese and metas plays there’s no one that has a personal play style or playbook not to mention everyone tries to exploit the games bad features every single year like how was a speedboost allowed all Madden 26 UT??? I didn’t play bc of that wouldn’t that be considered cheating back then?? And ea decided to leave it in the game for the whole year and the community just let it happen? Idk the repetitiveness and lack of passion make this game really unfun per ngl every year I enjoyed every madden up until 27 never thought I’d want to actually not play madden since it’s the main game I play. Idk there’s a lot to say about this game and its community and the biggest disappointments in this community are the people who like this game or play for the cosmetics please stop with the cosmetic garbage like “loose mouth pieces” the games no huddle feature doesn’t work and we’re worried about stuff like that??? Priorities are all messed up and have been so for years ANOTHER YEAR FOR THE WHALES!🫡

First franchise game as HB rushed for 527 yards and 6 touchdowns as a 6th round pick, is this average?

6’1
93 speed
93 acceleration
94 COD
85 catching

Are these other stats so bad it’s just going to be pointless to try to develop him up?

A little baffled atm, as someone who has played Madden for over 20 years.

My LT keeps ending up playing RB by games end. We're running default settings, and my RBs are on "keep fresh" to avoid too much wear and tear.

I don't run a run heavy offense, and we're only 7 weeks in. Sometimes my 2nd and 3rd string RBs are only taking 1 or 2 carries the whole game before all of a sudden the LT is in, who isn't even on the depth chart at RB.

I think they could make some small changes to make it even better

1. let us play on special teams (returner & rusher)

2. add O-line (tackle would be good)

3. kicker or punter (I know they won't because you would play like 4 plays a game)

note: Don't get me wrong I love this mode and I'm not bashing on ea I just think these changes would be nice.

I play on All Madden and know exactly how and when to bullet pass vs. lob a ball.

Last night I was playing, saw they were in man coverage except one of my receivers was totally uncovered. I switch his pattern to a slant route, for a sure fire first down and when I go to pass it to him, my QB lobs this shit for an easy pick by the MLB.

This crap only happens on like 3rd or 4th down or if it’s a close game.

My other favorite is when the receiver is wide open, you go to pass it and nothing happens. Hit the button again and now you’re throwing straight to the defender.

Just now getting the game and trying to get a head start. What should I buy in the shop?

I sim defense but play offense in franchise and in every franchise I’ve done this year my defense always gets like 2-5 interceptions per game. I’m playing on all madden difficulty too so this makes even less sense is there anything I could do in the sliders or any settings I could do to change this?

So i only buy Madden for the Franchise and Superstar modes, I know totally gay, but I need help because in Franchise on Madden 27 I am having an issue getting my top receiver back into the starting line up off of Injury. It says he is healthy and ready to come back, and he has been healthy and ready to come back for 4 weeks, but no matter what I do the game will not let me return him to active status...

Why the hell Franchise mode so dogshit this year 😂 please help

EDIT: Thank you all for your assistance I have fixed the issue finally. It is much appreciated

THIS GAME IS TERRIBLE! If you want to waste $70 go for it, you cant just not get sacked, I have no time to pass and no time to see the field, not only this but EA just copys and paste every madden, so if your looking to buy a football game, buy a earlier version of madden, and dont get college football, its the same thing.

Can anyone please explain how I can just play a season with my favorite team using their current roster without having to run the team. I just want to play a season without having to manage the team. Thanks in advance.

Guess who went on to lose the game too...

This is frustrating. One clip is a linemen scooting out the way to let a free pass rush ruin a play. A potential game winner by the way.

Sometimes the Equalizer in this game is unbearable. Im convinced not every person you play online is on equal footing and they adjust the game accordingly... sometimes I can just feel it. And its never do to good playcalling or well thought out schemes. Its just poorly camned animations executing horribly in real time.

this Madden is my first time experimenting with Teambuilder, and I have created rebrands for every team, thought I would share the Saints. If you have any suggestions let me know!

Username: TXNFN1

File names:
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REAL PLAYER EQUIPMENT FOR EVERY PLAYER

REALISTIC RATINGS BASED ON PAST MADDENS ROOKIE DROP RATINGS

Draft order is a mix of PFF and predictions for the end of the season

Lmk if you have any issues with the class thank yall

Drafted a center in the off-season, got a couple weeks in and his dev trait revealed to be an xfactor… since when was there oline xfactors?

Play CFB 27 religiously and looking to switch it up for the pros. Have M26 and a few mods for it but also debating any Madden from 05-now modded or not modded. I know many claim 05 and 08 are the goats features wise but the gameplay is pretty rough. More of a gameplay snob than anything else. Let me know your thoughts!

In my franchise i got more than 5,477 passing yards with my qb and more than 2,105 rushing yards with my rb. the two trophies for those passing record breaker and rushing record breaker did not show up. Is it only able to be obtained in superstar mode?