If you have a first place team and you know its going to be very
late in the draft, trade with a last place team. Sometimes you can
even get a first and second round pick for just your first. This
is a very good way to get young players on your already good team.
Get any player or draft pick you want during franchise mode. After
the regular season, such as during the playoffs or immediately
before the Superbowl, go to create a player and make a
quarterback. Make him 45 years old so that he will immediately
retire when the season is over. Next, make him a 99 overall. Sign
him from the free agency and trade him for any player or draft
pick that you desire. You can do this as many times as you need,
and can get ten first round picks and every player desired.
If you play with the salary cap penalties turned on in franchise
mode, it is better to trade the player(s) you wish to cut for
another team's draft pick. You will avoid penalties, keep your
roster from becoming full, and get another draft pick.
Start a franchise and create a new coach (or make one under the
Coach Option/Job Openings screen). In Coach Options/Job Openings
screen, highlight your coach, then press Left or Right to select
the team with the player or draft pick you want. You are now the
coach of that team. Trade the player you want to your team. Then,
return to the Job Openings screen in Coach Options and select your
original team. Back out and you will be coaching your team again.
When throwing the ball to a receiver that is running a fly route,
lob the pass (tap the button) instead of throwing a bullet
(holding the button). The receiver should catch the ball over his shoulder.
Note what kind of quarterback you are passing with. If you have
someone such as Kurt Warner, you may have better accuracy if you
set your feet, then throw the ball. If you have someone like
Donovan McNabb, you might have better luck throwing on the run.
Play two-minute drill and choose to play four players, all with
your profile. Set "Fire" the defense and the Vikings as your
teams. Next, use Singleback 4WR All Streaks for touchdowns all day.
At the main menu, go into "Features", select "Rosters", then go to
the team you would like to defend you. For example, select the
Bengals, then go to their defense (CB, FS, SS and Linebackers and
Defensive Linemen). Change all of there speed attributes down to
0. Make a note of the original values so they can be restored
later. Then, go to the Two Minute Drill, select the Bengals as the
defense, and change the difficulty to All-Madden.. Select your
team with your profile (Vikings recommended) and you will rack up
points against a team that cannot catch you at all. Put Randy Moss
at running back for even more points when you score or just throw
to him always.
Play two-minute drill, and choose any team you hate for the CPU's
defense. Go to that team's roster and set all their defensive
players' speed to 0. Instead of throwing the ball, use a run play.
It takes about the same amount of time, but you will get more
points for tokens when you use a running play. The "Near"
formation and "HB Toss" are recommended. As always, use a fake
field goal pass or fake run for the point after the touchdown. It
is possible to score over 68,000 points with well over 340 tokens
per 2 minutes.