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NFL Rookies already making their debut in Madden 16

by: Rob -
More On: Madden 16

Fresh off the NFL Draft and in the midst of a free Madden 16 weekend for Xbox Live Gold members, the new additions to the League are already in rotation in Madden Ultimate Team. Soon to be stars like Carson Wentz, Joey Bosa, Ezekiel Elliott and first overall pick Jared Goff can be found in the game mode. 

I've not played Madden in a few years now but have always loved Ultimate Team in the FIFA series and am happy to hear it is enjoying success across other sports titles as well. It is kinda crazy to see newly drafted players already available, but Ultimate Team is just the right kind of fantasy sandbox to introduce them. I actually hope they have a slight boost to their base stats because this late in the cycle it's worth making them a bit more viable in stabbed ultimate team lineups at the cost of a shade of realism. I love how EA's sports titles strive for realistic player rankings each year and would like to see them fairly critiqued as fresh faced rookies new to the league next year in the full game, but let em have a bit of fun at the tail end of this year. That's one of the things Ultimate team is so good for.