Madden NFL 26 - Franchise Deep Dive

Franchise fans, we hope you’re sitting down. To put it bluntly, this is the biggest Franchise Mode update we’ve made in over a decade. This Deep Dive will walk you through all the details of what we’ve been working on and we hope you’ll see why we couldn’t be more excited to finally share it with you.

Our development team is incredibly passionate about Franchise Mode. We’re longtime fans just like you, and we’ve poured that passion into every part of this year’s update.

For Madden NFL 26, we focused on three major areas to bring you the most comprehensive improvements yet. Our goal was to make Franchise deeper, more dynamic and more true to the NFL experience:

First, we want you to Feel Like a Real NFL Head Coach every single week, all season long. Whether it’s building your staff, adjusting your strategy or preparing for your next opponent, your decisions will matter more than ever.

Second, we focused on making sure Every Game Feels Different. From AI behavior and player traits to weather effects and opponent tendencies, each matchup should feel unique and bring new challenges to the table.

And finally, we know you want Every Week to Feel Different. You want Monday Nights to feel special. You want to feel the shift in atmosphere when the calendar flips to December. You want to see what’s going on around the league via Halftime Shows and a Weekly Recap. 

We’re delivering ALL of that this year.

Before we get into the new features, I wanted to talk about our number one priority.

We want screens to load quicker, and we definitely know you want them to load quicker. We spent a lot of time early in our development cycle focusing on how quickly our screens load. We agree that they felt sluggish and wanted to make sure we addressed that right away. We’ve spent a lot of time tracking the loading speed and fixing issues related to that. It may not be the most exciting change to the mode this year, but we know you’ll appreciate it and it should definitely improve your experience.

Now - let’s kick things off with your all-new coaching experience.

Coach Creation

In order to make sure your coach feels like you, they need to look the part. Custom coaches got a massive overhaul, with 200 new heads to choose from when creating your coach.

To read the entire Madden NFL 26 Deep dive, please click on the link below.

https://www.ea.com/games/madden-nfl/madden-nfl-26/news/madden-26-gridiron-notes-franchise-deep-dive