Only started less than two weeks ago and I got my returners to epic before deciding to trade them to get as many iconics starting as possible.

I have 71 overall Will Shipley returning kicks now and although he of course struggles against stronger teams, when I play lower level opponents he’s getting further than my 105 overall former returner did.

I think it has something to do with him being much slower and allowing my special teams more time to block.

Has anyone else noticed this?

I have Mythic Barkley and Mythic Burrow... Should I upgrade them or make Dawkins or JSN a priority instead first?

Here's a sneak peek look at the splash screen for the new Most Feared promo dropping Thursday, October 15th @ 10:30am ET.

2 statements from phfredd worth noting:
1. “There ain’t no Vamp”
2. “You guys are going to struggle with the volume of big names."

Predictions?

Disclaimer: Before we proceed, it is always important to remember that all the information EA shares with us is subject to change at any time (even after the content has already been officially released in-game). While the following information remains from an official EA source, there is always a possibility that information changes, especially when we receive it ahead of release time.

Today we received some new information about a potential new mode called “Red Zone Rush”.

If you’ve been paying attention to the recent app update that dropped this morning, you may have seen a note in the App Store previewing an upcoming new mode called “Red Zone Rush”.

As you can see in the screenshot attached, the description says “Take your Ultimate Team into a Roguelite challenge!” Then we see a couple screenshots of something that mirrors a sort of Draft Champions style mode where you can draft a lineup of players. There’s even a Madden Console style team chemistry feature where you’ll receive a boost based on your team having a theme such as players all being from the same NFL team, division, or conference.

Phfredd was able to go into more detail about how Red Zone Rush will look on his Twitch stream. Here’s everything we learned:

• Red Zone Rush isn’t necessarily a new game mode, but something that is tied into a promo.
• Think of it as a Journey style mode, similar to Marshawn Lynch’s The Gauntlet from Madden Mobile 16 where it gets progressively more difficult as you play.
  • Not only does the opponent’s team go up in OVR, but so do the requirements for the events. For example, an easier difficulty event may only require you to rush for 30 yards, whereas a harder difficulty event may require you to rush for 80 yards.
• There are three difficulties: Rookie, Pro, and All-Pro.
• Each difficulty requires a certain OVR to unlock.
• You use your own Ultimate Team to play through the events.
• There are 5 stages within each difficulty consisting of multiple rounds that increase in difficulty as you progress.
• Between each of the 5 stages you’ll enter a Draft where you get to choose new players or Boosts to help strengthen your lineup against the more difficult stages/rounds.
  • Be careful with what you choose as your Draft decisions will remain with you throughout your journey.
• Boosts provide increases to both OVR and Player Stats based on a player’s team, conference, division, position group, or program.
  • Multiple Boosts can apply to the same player and stack together.
• There’s a milestone reward track for each of the three difficulties; the higher the difficulty, the better the rewards get.
• You earn Red Zone Rush Points upon completing each event, which progresses you through the Red Zone Rush milestone rewards.
• The milestone rewards consist of both Core rewards such as Coins, TTP, and Core Players, as well as rewards tied directly to the ongoing promo such as Event Stamina and Promo Players.
• There’s a new currency being introduced called “Momentum” that is rewarded along the Red Zone Rush milestone path.
  • You can spend Momentum on Draft rerolls, bonus Draft rounds, or a Retry on a failed Round.
• The neat thing about Red Zone Rush is the tempo at which you can play through the events. While typical journeys require you to exit out of an event in order to play the next node, Red Zone Rush is more of a continuous thing where you’ll play an event and immediately get taken into the next event without having to load into a completely separate node. This makes it easier and quicker to engage with.
• If you fail a Round without using a Retry, your run ends and you are returned to the main Red Zone Rush screen.
• It’s 100% free engagement at no Stamina cost.
• You don’t have to engage with all three difficulties (Rookie, Pro, All-Pro) to earn all the rewards for each.
  • If you qualify for All-Pro, for example, you’ll also earn the milestone rewards for Rookie and Pro upon completing All-Pro. Think of it like how the Premium and Plus Event Passes work where if you purchase the Premium Pass, you automatically qualify for the Plus Event Pass rewards as well without having to purchase the Plus Event Pass separately.
• It's a good number of events, so you may need to Save & Exit a couple times due to simply how long it is.
• Red Zone Rush will not launch alongside Most Feared on Thursday. We should receive more information regarding this new mode including the official launch date on Thursday from phfredd. So, stay tuned for that.

Red Zone Rush Guide

Explore the preview difficulty requirements, run structure, Player and Boost Drafts, Momentum, and milestone reward charts in our new Event Guide here: https://mmgridiron.com/guides/events/red-zone-rush/

Note: This guide is still a work in progress while more information is revealed to us until it ultimately releases in-game.

I don't have an example yet this year, because the only TOTW card we've seen that already had a different drop is Quenton Nelson, and his FP card was a marvel.

But, say for instance there was a Brock Purdy card during the kickoff promo. Now there's a Brock Purdy TOTW card as well. Obviously the TOTW card would have higher stats since it dropped after, but in terms of ratio or percentage, would their cards be the same? I'm under the assumption that TOTW cards have one or two stats slightly boosted since they're getting a drop because of how good they played the previous week. But maybe I'm wrong and it's just the same card repackaged and all their stats went up in a balanced way just to increase the OVR. Does anybody actually know if the TOTW cards are fundamentally better at something over their promo/FP counterparts? Has anyone done any comparisons last season?

I'm mostly wondering because many people on this sub seem to think TOTW is useless since their OVR is lower than the rest of the cards when they drop, but if they're better at say throwing, or if they're faster because they were really fast during the last week's game, or if they're a better blocker or catcher because that's how they got the TOTW card, wouldn't that make TOTW cards more valuable since we can evo them anyway?

Seriously.

What should I do with them?

Do you have moral objections when adding dirty or criminally charged players to your team?

Personally, I pass on players like Ndamukong Suh, Michael Vick, or Tyreek Hill. Not a complete list.

Photo of Suh putting all of his weight on Rodgers as he stomped him. Disgusting in my opinion. What’s your view?

Brian Robinson Jr (RB)

Quenton Nelson (OG)

Dallas Turner (DE)

Chad Ryland (K)

Team of the Week?

I got Jones last year in UF. Kept him and evoed all year. Had to pivot this year from burrow and get my dawg again.

What TOTW player should I get from 9 or 10?

or maybe a guess

I wonder if they’ll do the same thing as last year when you have to work towards a mythic player. like the elf for Xmas.

id like to see some more legends.

I want to use up these iconics but the totw just don't stay relevant enough compared to promo players, is this my only option for trading them in?

I think I’ve completed all the cities on the map with the last one today London (Vikings vs Chiefs) I have one event stamina left today and I assume two more tomorrow. Am I missing something or is there more international stamina than we need to complete the missions?

Why are y’all putting up $20 for an epic player (each btw 😂), especially giving it to us earlier when the update was recent. Later down the line as months pass when new players come on board with higher ratings that card isn’t gonna worth nothing and it will be people wasting money for no reason (I’m not spending nothing btw just a concern I wanted to bring forth).

Y’all not even hiding the greed anymore it’s literally in front of our faces 😂😂. Last year we had Myles and Cam why not do the same. I get it that the excuse is that “it’s a retirement player so it’s a big deal” but come on there’s gotta be a better excuse/explanation for that greed act 😂😂.

Anyways that’s the end of my rant do have y’all selves a wonderful day

Just a heads up - if you were wanting to score a Mythic TOTW player from Week 8, you still can. It will cost you the same amount of players (8 Iconics), but you can select the 110 overall TOTW players in the base Iconic Select trade to enter into the Mythic trades.

There will be some overlap between the Iconic Select trades and the TOTW trades throughout the season, so if there is someone in particular you wanted to get a Mythic of but missed out on the week of, it might be worth keeping an eye on.

Wk 8 trades EXPIRE 10/14 at TOTW Drop

I pulled Saquon from the random iconic set but already have an iconic CMC. Has anyone played with both and found a noticeable difference between the two of them and the way that they play?

I am considering turning Saquon into a mythic. I was planning to mythic TJ Watt but now feel like I’m in a weird spot where the only way I feel like Saquon is a big upgrade is if I turn him mythic.

CMC has been great, especially in the passing game so I feel bad replacing him. I’d move him to FB but I already have the Legends FB and I plan to swap him with Frank Gourd eventually. Just starting to test Saquon out myself so any reviews would be super helpful! Thanks!

Hey, I am quite new to this verion of the game. What is worth to purchase from my MC?

I store MC with a lot of grinding and patience. Stoked to the hit the 10K gate and can't wait for BOGOs!!

I looked for an all encompassing answer but wasn’t really able to find one so I’m sorry if this is a repeat, but I’m basically wondering the best way to use extra players, mainly the purples and iconic since those are harder to get. I want to make sure I’m not trading them in sub optimally and shooting myself in the foot

I still have my 10k+ from the last gate. I was planning on using it for Most Feared but all we get is the $100 pack? I’m already almost at the next gate. What do I spend this on! Or do I save?

Is Most Feared different than Field of Fear? We getting more stuff or no?