Madden NFL 25 Connected Franchise Q&A with Josh Looman

[splff3000]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

I highly disagree with this statement. Removing owner mode was one of the worst decisions the Madden franchise ever made. I can't wait to dive into it this year. If you think it's just about moving a team and uniform, wait till you have to pay a qb like Aaron Rodgers his salary. It's all about managing your organization and keeping the fans happy. Madden 05 was one of the best Maddens ever made and owner mode was a big reason why.

**scratches head** Umm, didn't you have to pay Aaron Rodgers his salary before owner mode as well? I'm just asking cause I remember having to do that. I could be confused tho.

Honestly, I have no problem with owner mode being implemented into Madden. The problem I have is all the things that were left out so owner mode could find it's way into this years game. CCM was not finished by no means in Madden 13. We all know that. It was buggy as hell, needed some serious tweaking, and was missing a whole butt load of features that were in franchise mode ....... on last gen. So, it doesn't make sense to me to add owner mode on top of an unfinished CCM (or CFM if you wanna use this years term). If I remember correctly, owner mode wasn't introduced in last gen until franchise was fully functional and full featured. It was the next logical step in that case. This time tho, owner mode is being added prematurely. That's just my opinion tho.

[metovics8]

in regards to not creating jerseys and whatnot i understand why they limited it to certain options.. the majority of owners dont create the uniforms for teams they hire people and then pick the design.. so im cool that they did that but i think we should have had the option to choose team colors.. so i think the options should be keep original team name & uniforms and then either pick from an option of like 5 or 6 instead of 3 and then choose colors and then pick from an option of like 10-15 jersey options

[Step2001]

Thinking about it..........Restricted Free Agency is part of the NFL, Whether Looman thinks it's dead, it's still part of the game.

Teams have dived into Restricted Free Agency in the past. I smh at the thinking.

He (Looman) put himself out on a limb with the whole answer. So we look at what the teams are using during a whole NFL Season & I expect those things to be in the game. It's time.......

[jbrew2411]

Quote: Originally Posted by Step2001

Thinking about it..........Restricted Free Agency is part of the NFL, Whether Looman thinks it's dead, it's still part of the game. Teams have dived into Restricted Free Agency in the past. I smh at the thinking. He (Looman) put himself out on a limb with the whole answer. So we look at what the teams are using during a whole NFL Season & I expect those things to be in the game. It's time.......

I found that answer by Looman to be odd as well. RFA is part of the NFL off season each year. While I understand his point of no players were moved this year, there was offers made to players, New England has made a play at players in the past two years. RFA needs to be included in the game again but it can be toned down to prevent the extreme of every RFA moving to another team. NFL teams look at the value of the pick they are giving up for the level of player they are receiving in return. RFA needs to be back in the game.

[DH523]

Probably won't be buying this game as they didn't seem to update several things I was hoping for...

- XP Goals are still related to 15 Minute Quarters.
- Cannot edit player ratings regardless if you are playing single player. "Once the season kicks off you won’t be able to make any additional edits to that player until the following offseason." Not thrilled with this as a big part of my position editing was to cover up for injuries by switching a 3rd string DE to say 2nd string OLB if an injury struck.
- RFA is an admitted "not high priority". Disappointed. " I watch Restricted Free Agency very closely this year and not a single player got signed or even received an offer." Did he miss the Mike Wallace/Patriots/Steelers RFA situation??? Heck, a lot of players sign 'tenders' during the offseason and that is exactly what RFA is. Makes me wonder if he even knows what RFA really is.
- "We want to see older players moved out of the way to see younger players be able to progress through the seasons." I still fear that teams will sign FAs to replace capable young starters just due to higher OVR.

[KingV2k3]

Quote: Originally Posted by DH523

"We want to see older players moved out of the way to see younger players be able to progress through the seasons." I still fear that teams will sign FAs to replace capable young starters just due to higher OVR.

This is a great, long overdue development but my concern is that, whenever the developers try something new they tend to "over-implement" it...

It'll be great to not see 35 year old Michael Turners starting, but if they're going to make them useless after a few seasons, well...

Guess we have to "wait and see" but this one jumped out at me as a POSSIBLE over-implementation" waitin' to happen...

I hope they find a way to tie HB "regression" to cumulative carries...I've seen MANY articles where they find that THAT is the most telling stat where "longevity" at the position is concerned...

THEN they have to account for the RARE Curtis Martin / Emmett Smith that improbably lasts waaaaaay beyond expectation...

How do you make a realistic determination of WHO those guys are / could be?

Interesting!

[ghettogeeksta]

Quote: Originally Posted by Step2001

Thinking about it..........Restricted Free Agency is part of the NFL, Whether Looman thinks it's dead, it's still part of the game. Teams have dived into Restricted Free Agency in the past. I smh at the thinking. He (Looman) put himself out on a limb with the whole answer. So we look at what the teams are using during a whole NFL Season & I expect those things to be in the game. It's time.......

He was saying they had higher priorities, I'm sure they will add it in future versions.

[jeraldisdope]

Should of asked him about free agency. I always hated in 13 how rookies would be the first guys eliminated from the game once cuts were made and there would be a million over the hill players.

Would be nice if they could make it bigger or at least find a happy medium to keep some young guys with potential around practice squads would help imo.

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