Worse one yet
I deleted this game because it feels fundamentally broken and heavily animation-driven rather than skill-based. The CPU consistently wins through scripted-feeling animation exchanges, especially in key moments. Defenders react to routes before the ball is even thrown, making it feel like the AI is reading inputs instead of playing realistically. Receivers rarely fight for the ball in contested situations, while defenders consistently play it perfectly — even lower-rated players (70–85 overall) perform like 99 overall legends. Meanwhile, my 99-rated players struggle to get separation against defenders with significantly lower speed ratings. That rating imbalance completely destroys immersion. The offensive line logic is also frustrating. Nearly every play results in instant block-shed animations, giving me less than three seconds in the pocket. There’s no consistency — sometimes protection holds, other times defenders disengage unrealistically fast with no logical reason. Overall, the game relies too heavily on predetermined animations rather than physics, positioning, or user timing. It feels more like an arcade system than a football simulation, and even as an arcade experience, it lacks competitive balance. Until skill and ratings matter more than hidden boosts and animation priority, it’s hard to take this game seriously.“Already the owner of 20 franchises”
I am a big Franchise player, however when I try to start an online franchise of any kind it says I am already the owner of 20 and must delete one to make another. I have deleted every single one and it still won’t let me. I delete them as soon as I’m done with them so I never have more than one at a time anyway but it does not let me play franchise.Franchise Suggestions
This is going to be entirely customization based as I was able to kind of get a deep dive into franchise. -Generic faces: They NEED to go. I was messing around making a draft class and I exited after 5-6 players. Half of the faces are unusable due to them improperly fitting in helmet or being a straight up eye sore. I feel as if many people made comments about how poor the hairstyles are on the generic face in recent years. instead of fixing them or making new ones, they just put caps on half of them. Easy and lazy way out in my opinion. My SUGGESTION, get the CFB faces into Madden. It's been recently brought to my attention by a content creator on X that the system in Madden and CFB as far as the generic faces are different. However, make new faces at least. Or actually take the time to rework the same CFB system into Madden. While not being able to create a player in CFB sucks, when editing and customization generic recruits I rarely see players with the same face which adds a huge depth of authenticity that Madden has never had. Im aware that there are thousands of generic faces in CFB but to replace the 200 in Madden with refreshed ones would be a much needed change that has been ignored for a decade. I genuinely do not understand how the devs are proud and happy putting that out in each product each year. Every sports game EA included has a face builder of some sort. Not even asking for that much. -Player styles missing in draft class players: Editing any recruit in CFB gives u a variety of options for QB stances, RB/CB/WR/LB stances etc. Madden has this as well in superstar so again why was franchise neglected. This adds authenticity in CFB and superstar. Seeing it blatantly ignored in franchise is disgraceful. -Body styles: The other massive eyesore are how poorly the body styles look in Madden. Again, CFB offers the same (thin, lean, standard, muscular, heavy) body styles that look 100000x better than they do in Madden. The standard body type in Madden is way too bulky compared to CFB for example. -Helmet tilt/fitting: Pretty sure this was addressed in CFB and all the helmets fit real and generic players nearly perfectly. Madden makes created players have no neck and huge shoulders. Eyesore. Helmets dont fit properly and are way too big. If you asked me how i describe customization in Madden id say bland, generic, and unauthentic. Things people have been saying for years and still hasnt been acknowledged. Im sick of it. Im sick of getting responses about how frustrating it is and not seeing any changes made or even acknowledging that its a work in progress. The Madden team lets me down year after year.3 openings as long-running fantasy league kicks off its season 3 tonight
Season 3 kicks off tonight! PFL Fantasy has 3 good teams open in Madden26 - Texans, Bengals, and Bills. PFL Fantasy is a crossover league that has operated since 2003, 23 straight years. You can see the team rosters at https://mymadden.com/lg/pflf Click the team logo on the first or second row, and then hit roster. We advance every 3 to 4 days and have mature, competitive owners. We run 5 seasons until the next Madden. We have players of all skill levels who enjoy playing in a league emphasizing strategy, friendly competition, fair play, no cheese and having fun. We play All-Madden and simulation mode. If you are interested, send a dm or friend request on Discord to mfrizzzz.Sat Feb 28th fantasy draft! Want in? Must have discord!!
Hello, we have multiple active users from PS5 and Xbox that do our fantasy league in the offseason. Have at least 16 users and rest cpu. Got a discord for the lg let me know if you want it! We only want the best and no quitters, play to have fun. my GT on Xbox is STAL BOOGEY MAN Discord link: https://discord.gg/MBEb4Fua4GHOST COACH ISSUE
They still haven't fixed this for franchises yet? I have 30 users and 2 open spots, but CANNOT fill those spots because of the GHOST COACH issue... I don't understand how they haven't resolved this, or helped those who have this issue!! I am hoping that, when it comes around to the offseason, and coaches get fired, it will resolve the ghost coach issue... BUT I do not know IF you have any info that I do not know, let me know. I have tried EVERYTHING REALLY!!!Offseason madden fantasy draft league - draft sat Feb 22nd
Hello, Each year our small group puts together a fantasy draft league for the offseason that’s very active! PS5 and Xbox users both. my GT is STAL BOOGEY MAN and on Xbox. we looking for good people and ZERO QUITTING/AUTOMATIC BOOT. This is for fun. I have a discord for the league. Yes, you’ll be playing cpu - 16 users totalRetro Recreation Sim League
Starting a new true sim Madden league built for players who want realistic football not arcade cheese. Retro Recreation runs All-Madden, Simulation style with strict gameplay rules that reward strategy, roster depth, and authentic playcalling. Key features:• 48-hour advances (consistent schedule)• Fatigue, injuries, and wear & tear ON — depth matters• Realistic playcall limits + anti-meta rules• Mandatory game streaming for league integrity• NFL teams only, custom coaches• Structured trade & roster management system• Active commissioners + organized Discord• Updated draft class for long-term franchise realism. 2 Hot Routes PER DRIVE. If you’re looking for a competitive, organized league focused on real football concepts and long-term franchise building, this is it. Join server if interested willl be starting once we get 28 users. https://discord.gg/TCJFT2Fz7Removing Owner Mode in Madden NFL 26 Is an Unacceptable
I’ve been playing Madden Franchise mode for years now. And one of the defining features that kept me engaged season after season was owner mode. Finding out that it’s been outright removed from Madden NFL 26 is beyond disappointing it’s a baffling decision that actively reduces player choice, variety and depth. Owner mode base always appealed specific segment of the Madden community those of us who enjoy not just coaching on the field, but running the team as a complete organisation. It gave players the freedom to shape the teams future through financial management, stadium upgrades, relocation decisions, merchandising and more. It was about long-term strategy and immersion. Now we are being forced and told that we can only be and play as coaches. That would be one thing if coach mode had been dramatically expanded to absorb the responsibilities and features of owner mode but it hasn’t. This isn’t a reimagining of franchise mode. It’s a subtraction. A narrowing of gameplay. A forced shift in how players are “allowed” to experience the game, with nothing meaningful added to make up for it. From a design standpoint, removing established and beloved features without a compelling replacement is a massive step backwards. It gives the impression that decisions are being made based on cutting corners rather than improving the product. Over the years, we’ve seen madden remove or neglect features that once made it a truly deep and replayable sports sim, and this feels like yet another example in that troubling trend. I understand that EA’s relationship with the NFL license might have its own complexities, but that should never translate to shipping a less complete game. If anything, with competition in the football game market still limited, there’s even more responsibility to deliver the most feature-rich and immersive experience possible not less. Right now, EA is telling a portion of its most dedicated fan base that: “The way you like to play doesn’t matter anymore.” That’s not how you build long-term loyalty, and it’s certainly not how you keep Franchise Mode alive for the fans who have stuck with it through years of incremental changes and missing features. I truly hope EA reconsiders this decision and brings Owner mode back, whether through a future patch or the next madden game. I would love to be proven wrong about my skepticism. But given past history, it’s hard to feel confident. Removing Owner mode doesn’t just hurt Franchise mode it undermines the very variety and player freedom that made it worth returning year to year.
Auto pass/ coach mode broken
Platform: PS5 Game Mode: Franchise Issue: With Auto pass on formally known as coach mode won't let me take control of QB no matter what I press. It works fine in head to HEAD mode. Ever since the new update. Reproducible: Yes. I can do this on every game I’ve played in all my franchises.Franchise player appearances
This year it’s a major problem with the draft classes and editing them. If you edit a draft class and change the players appearance and then export that file it doesn’t save. Instead when you draft them in the game every player in the draft class is now a generic player with no accessories and the same face. Very frustrating especially when you spend hours editing a classAI Pass Defense Broken
How after 10 years or so they still havent fixed the broken pass coverage? You can mess with the gameplay sliders, all that, it does NOTHING. You can have 2 corners that are 99 OVR going against a 67 OVR QB with slow receivers and NO MATTER WHAT your defense is getting cooked every time. I gave up after 10 years of hoping the NFL would give 2K the license or something so decided to download Madden 26 on my PS5 assuming that they would have fixed that very basic thing that has been broken since at least Madden 13 and it's terrible. And messing with the sliders does nothing, you can set pass coverage and pass def reaction time to 99 and your defense will still give up wide open plays every time. Before I just give up and delete the game does anyone have a solution?
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