Madden 23 Fixes One Of Franchise Mode's Oldest Problems

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After our own lengthy preview of Madden 23 Franchise mode was published earlier this summer, the team at EA Tiburon released its own deep dive video into the mode that remains, for many players, the biggest draw in the entire package. Franchise mode in Madden 23 looks to be improved thanks to smarter scouting logic, a deeper draft class, and several other changes and fixes, but hidden in plain sight among a sea of bullet points is one crucial tweak that should excite anyone who plays in a Connected Franchise with other human players.

Free agency bid-sniping has long been the frustrating meta behind every successful offseason. Because free agency is broken into several phases in Madden 23, at some point, the league advances as a collective from one phase to the next. This allows computer-controlled free agents to pick their new teams based on the contract offers they like the best. For any responsibly-run league, this will occur at a scheduled time of day so that all players know what to expect. But having that vital information also presents a huge, previously unavoidable flaw for all involved teams: If you know when a bidding war is set to conclude, right down to the very second, you can treat Madden like eBay and leap-frog other bidders just as the window closes.

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