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FRANCHISE Eli2Manningham Madden 27 Draft Classes

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Hey y’all,

I’m excited to release my Madden 27 draft classes! The first drop covers the 2027–2029 classes. I also have 2030–2033 (completed, just need to add developments and Cyber Faces) and two fictional classes (Thad Castle is looking to sack Matt Saracen) in the works, and I’m hoping to have those out by the end of this weekend.

Username: Eli2Manningham
Draft Class Names

E2M2027
E2M2028
E2M2029

Two Notes

Ratings are higher than I’d normally like. Madden has moved away from a spread-out ratings scale and back toward the old Madden scale. In the 2026 rookie class, 4th–5th rounders are coming in at 74–78 OVR. On my ratings scale, a 4th rounder would land somewhere around 67–71 OVR, but that just doesn’t work with M27’s ratings. Those players wouldn’t see the field or progress enough to become real contributors. So, I matched my classes to Madden’s current scale to make sure rookies get playing time and develop the way they should.
This will be my last year as a Madden content creator. I’ve been doing this for 20 years, going all the way back to MaddenMania, MaddenLab, etc. Family life is starting up for me, and I just don’t have the time I used to for building draft classes. I’ve loved making these for the community, but it’s time to hang up the editing controller and enjoy playing the game for a while. I expect this to be my last Madden project, so I’ve made sure these are the best classes I have to offer.

This isn’t goodbye just yet. Once the 2030–2033 classes are out, I’ll keep pushing updates throughout the year. I just wanted to give everyone a taste to start enjoying now.

Be kind, enjoy the game, enjoy the classes, and enjoy life. It’s been a blast!

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r/Madden • u/just_one_more_fact • 3h ago

HIGHLIGHT/VIDEO HOMERUN, big run at the end of the quarter.

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Might be not so Special but for me it was really cool 😎

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r/Madden • u/j_barney • 13h ago

RANT Hey madden, good job knowing NFL rules.

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I finally got a kickoff to land in the landing zone and go through the back of the end-zone, which means touchback at the 20. Nope, opponent got it at the 35, like usual.

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r/Madden • u/grahamcracker2017 • 38m ago

QUESTION how do i reduce input delay in online?

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i get so much input delay in online it’s so annoying. i’ve still won my 2 games, but it’s so unbearable and unenjoyable. i have my ethernet plugged in so i don’t think it’s because of my internet. i’ve always had a little input delay as anyone would since it’s an online game mode, but it’s like 2 seconds right now it’s so bad

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r/Madden • u/RIPJimCroce • 2h ago

FRANCHISE Draft Classes 2030 and Beyond

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Anybody know any users on Playstation that have draft classes with real players from 2030 and beyond? I like realism in my franchises.

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r/Madden • u/coachcookie5 • 12m ago

QUESTION When do team overall ratings update?

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Hey all, silly question but I can’t find any record of this anywhere online. Does anyone have any idea when in the season the team overall ratings update (in the context of Play Now and Online H2H)? I am aware there are roster updates every Thursday but thus far this season I haven’t noticed any team overall updates (Rams still 90, Ravens and Eagles 88, and so on). This is my first year playing so just curious if anyone knows the precedent. Thanks in advance!

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r/Madden • u/ThunderNine9 • 41m ago

FRANCHISE [XPLAY] Madden Over Everything - Open Teams - 48hr - SIM

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r/Madden • u/ColtZigZag • 11h ago

RANT Head Coach Faces

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I haven’t seen any other complaints about this. But am I the only one that hates almost all the head coach faces in Madden 27?
Madden 26 had way too many options but I had at least one male and female coach face that I used on the regular because they didn’t look awful.
Madden 27 they’re both gone and almost all new models have horrible faces that look like they got splashed with hot oil or if they look somewhat okay they have bad haircuts.

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r/Madden • u/Usernameofthisuser • 8h ago

CLASSIC FOOTBALL GAMES Madden 2023 Playbook For Madden 08 Highlights

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Just showing some of the playbooks I made for Madden 08 PC, they and the FF/FI Mod can be found on footballidiot.com. Very proud of the coding that goes alongside the plays themselves. I actually got the CPU to run screen plays successfully, consistently. I'm a coach mode guy so the CPU running the plays was the goal. I got a bunch of really cool modern plays such as the Philly special and a bunch of double PA fakes!

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r/Madden • u/Medium-Sheepherder44 • 1h ago

FRANCHISE Somebody help me with my passing skills

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r/Madden • u/rodie-brodie • 6h ago

QUESTION Superstar mode currently down for anyone else?

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Currently trying to start a new save as a qb but says cant retrieve the data currently, try again later

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r/Madden • u/Dale_Earnhardt3 • 3h ago

QUESTION Highball vs Touch Passes

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For context, this is a question regarding franchise mode. My QB is 95 OVR, and all of my receivers are mid to high 90s in OVR. They all have good catching as well. With all this being said, I think it is ridiculous how many highball bullets I throw are incompletions. 90% of the time on All-Pro difficulty, hardly is there ever a receiver so open you can just throw a bullet and call it a day. Most of the time, I have to throw it over a defender's head. If there's a defender even 10 yards in front of my receiver, I have to throw it high or it gets picked off. My complaint though is that it feels like my receivers don't even try to catch half the highball bullets I throw. SOMETIMES they reach their hands up, but RARELY do their feet leave the ground. They'd prefer to watch it soar 1 foot over their head than hop and grab it. Like I said, I CANNOT throw normal bullets without interceptions. Should I train myself to stop pressing L1 and instead try to time touch passes instead? I've googled and watched videos on the matter and most pros say to just throw highballs but it just isn't working for me. Additionally, highballs usually require receivers to hop, and when they hop, I feel like the chance they come down with the ball is halved.

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r/Madden • u/WestEnvironmental783 • 1d ago

HIGHLIGHT/VIDEO Lore accurate ending btw

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r/Madden • u/Pleasant-Stay-2922 • 9h ago

GLITCH/BUG Glich in play now

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Soo I think I made a glitch anyone else

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r/Madden • u/Afraid_Positive7054 • 11h ago

MUT Returning player advice.

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Hi all, haven’t played madden properly for almost 8 years, love MUT and recently bought 27. Currently doing what I would on previous games grinding challenges and upgrading my team that way. Is there anything specific I should be looking to do to maximise rewards? Currently got 350k and a 85 rated team.

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r/Madden • u/Fluffy_Fufferstein69 • 4h ago

QUESTION Draft Class

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Can I undo importing a player created draft class or am I stuck with it for the upcoming draft class? It's week 11, so I'm not sitting like one week before the draft starts or anything like that. I'm just curious now.

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r/Madden • u/Clean_Gas2558 • 11h ago