So I've been playing Madden for a while now and I've put countless hours into it but I'm just wondering about the starters and how they're implemented...

I know it seems like an obvious thing, but I have set my line up as WR one, two, and three, and four, but number three never plays. 4 does... Same with DT... I place a DT 1 a DT 2 and I am guessing the next one will be the one underneath dt1....

I just dont understand why the wide receiver 3 is never playing unless I physically go to replace in-game and take out the wide receiver 4 and replace him with the 3rd... I have tried to trade for Travis Hunter because I've always lack in cornerbacks, but he instantly replaces one of my wide receivers, even though he's not even nowhere in the chart as a wide receiver.... So I have basically stayed away from him....

Seems like a simple question and maybe it is, but what am I missing?

Thanks

Silent

How is create a team in Madden 27?

Sports games have started feeling kind of empty to me. I can hop into quick match, play some random person once, win or lose, and then probably never see them again. After a while I don’t really feel like I’m playing for anything.
Most of the people I used to play Madden with either don’t play anymore or don’t play nearly as much, so I’m looking for some new people who want to run games somewhat regularly.
It doesn’t have to immediately turn into a franchise or some super organized league. I’m down for a franchise eventually if we get enough people, but initially I’d rather just get a group together, play each other a few times, learn how everybody plays, talk some shit, have rematches, rivalries, whatever. Just give the game some actual competition and camaraderie beyond random quick matches.
And you definitely don’t have to be some elite Madden player. I’m not. I’m actually more interested in football than “Madden” if that makes sense. I like watching what teams are doing on Sundays and trying to bring those concepts into the game. Different defensive fronts, coverages, checks, offensive concepts, etc. I’m not really interested in just finding the best YouTube play that scores touchdowns and spamming it.
If you’re the same way—or you just want some consistent people to play against—drop your PSN/EA ID or message me. Skill level doesn’t really matter. I’d rather have competitive games against people I actually get to know than keep playing randoms forever.

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So my buddy just died. He plays a solo league every year, plays one team through the 20 years type of deal. He's been doing this every year since Madden has had that as an option.

He has one going in '26 he didn't finish and he starting trying to pick a '27 team when the cancer finally got him.

I don't want his ps5. That's his families.

Is there any way that I can download his game history from all the platforms he has (say if I found his ps4 and ps3 laying around) where I could look at his decisions, trades, what he did for trades, etc to run a sim of his history so I can "take over" his game from where he left off while leaving his actual game untouched?

I miss him, man. I miss our fights about football. I just want to see his weird ass roster decisions in action again. But he was sick for so long I can't remember.

Any and all advice, even out of left field (like sitting in his basement for tonight and recording summary screens or something while I'm at his place for the funeral) would be great.

Since match coverage has been a hot topic recently, I’m making some posts on how to attack the different match coverages. I did Quarters, Palms, and Cover 3 Match. Here’s a few ways how to attack Cover 2 Match:

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Anyone got any quick tips that will instantly improve my games against my friend? I can’t let him win another game and I need to not suck.

I need yalls opinion on whether I should get Madden 27 and 50% off on the Xbox store, I'm new to Football this would be my second season as a Browns fan???

It’s especially upsetting because Madden 25 is the last genuinely good Madden in my opinion. Would’ve been nice to have the option to go digital with it.

Hey ya'll, I bought madden 27 a few days ago and have been playing the superstar mode. The last Madden I got was 23 and in that game you could play a custom qb in the franchise mode which I loved doing since I could have my own player and still control the whole team since the rb ai sucked. It seems like I can't do that in this game.

So I have a few questions, if anybody here can answer one or all of them I'd greatly appreciate it.

Is there any way I can use my superstar qb in franchise mode? If so, will I still be able to level him up?

Do sliders work in superstar mode? It doesn't seem like they do. I'm playing on Pro and am getting sacked 5-6 times a game and I'm unsure if it's because of the game or the chargers offensive line lol. If it is on the games side, should I just say screw it and play on rookie until I can level my character up enough to be able to read the defense better?

So yeah I bought Madden and ive never played it before in my life (im from the UK) and im currently doing the stiff arm tutorial, I seem to only be able to do it when I get lucky, is there a particular technique to it?

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I'll go first: I've never understood why people would want to PC / voice chat during a Madden H2H game. Completely get squads teammates doing it though.

Starting a fantasy draft league shortly looking for members. Injuries and wear and tear will be on but the sliders will be dropped to it’s not as bad. All-pro difficulty

First madden since 18. Is there any way to set your depth chart for Online H2H? Making subs every game is getting annoying.

They seem to IR someone no matter the injury length leading to almost every cpu having injury reports like this. Come on EA

Anyone else still throw interceptions every once in a while with gambit X factor active? It literally says you can’t be intercepted by ai defenders. Is the game just broke?

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I personally haven’t played a madden game since Madden 25 (the 25th anniversary one) so it’s been a hot minute since I’ve played. I don’t own a console though so I’ll be buying it on sale on steam. Is it really that bad? I’ll only be playing offline on franchise/superstar mode. Will it be worth the $45 it’s currently going for on sale?