I have a super cool madden 27 franchise idea: Film study

I think Franchise Mode could use a Weekly Film Study feature that makes scouting and football IQ actually matter during games.

Each week, you get a different film-study situation based on your upcoming opponent, such as 3rd & Long, Red Zone, 2-Minute Drill, Short Yardage, 1st & 10, etc.

You would watch 3–5 short clips from that team’s recent games and try to identify a tendency.

For example, a 3rd & Long study might show that when the offense lines up in Pistol, they usually run Inside Zone, but when the TE motions across the formation, they heavily favor Play Action.

After watching the clips, you’d choose from several possible tendencies. If you’re correct, you gain that information as a scouting advantage for the upcoming game. If you’re wrong, you don’t get the advantage.

Then, when that situation happens during the actual game, the existing coaching/adaptive AI system could give you a Film Study notification such as:

“We’ve seen this tendency before: TE motion → Play Action 80% of the time. Consider protecting against the pass.”

You still have to make the decision yourself; the game isn’t automatically stopping the play for you.

The CPU should also be able to do this against the player. If you develop predictable tendencies throughout the season, opposing teams could recognize them and adjust.

The goal is to make Franchise feel more like an evolving chess match where preparation, scouting, and football knowledge actually matter, while keeping the Film Study quick enough that it doesn’t become a tedious weekly chore.