Madden 24 Franchise Mode Update: News, Features, Changes, Leaks & Wishlist

The closed beta of Madden 24 is about to start, what to expect this year? Now based on the current leaks and news of Madden 24 Franchise Mode, we want to cover some new features, updates, and changes, as well as a wishlist for the mode.

Madden 24 Franchise Mode News, Features, Changes Update

The year of Madden 24 should be a big year for the Franchise Mode of the Madden NFL series, even though it was neglected for a while, in recent years, they started to bring more things back to the mode or make some adjustments, such as the assistant coaches, skill trees and the scouting system. Last year, they updated the entire free agency aspect, they have been adding or updating something in Franchise Mode every year, and it should be no different this year. 

1. Offline

EA said that they are going to focus heavily on the offline aspect of Madden 24, especially after the issues that Madden 23 had with the Franchise Mode bugs and corrupted leagues, they want to make it up to the fans. They might be doing some new things or potentially bringing back some old things that players have been asking for like a creative team. 

2. Contract Management

Another feature of Franchise Mode is better contract management, last year, they did something with contracts a little bit, but nothing crazy, this is an area that they are heavily focusing on because it is one of the things that Franchise Mode is lacking in the most, you can’t really restructure contracts and customize them, and players need more freedom. So, in Madden 24, you could expect some overhaul with the contract management.

3. Commissioner Tools

We also expect more updates and changes coming into Madden 24 Franchise Mode, one of them being new commissioner tools, this is not just for offline modes but more for the online connected CFM (Connected Franchise Mode), now this probably will also be used for offline single person CFMs as well. They've added some more things for commissioners, but they're looking to expand upon that this year, they have already spoken about this specifically, it's coming to the game. They also said that they wanted franchise mode users to be able to set up their leagues in unique and novel ways, maybe this could mean different realignments or some different created team options or at the very least some relocation options.

4. Cross-play

In addition, the cross-platform of Madden 24 will also have an impact on the Franchise Mode. There are some sorts of community creation things like rosters and the draft class that users make and upload, and you really want to use, but they are only available on one platform in past Madden games, but in Madden 24, with the crossplay function, you are going to be able to get that kind of things. If you're someone who does online franchise, this is probably great, if you're an online franchise player, now your online franchises can actually be sort of cross-play, instead of only being able to pull from Xbox on the side of things, you can actually pull from both actually all three platforms because PC is going next-gen, the next-gen version game will be available on PC, you'll be able to sort of all sort of play together.

Madden 24 Franchise Mode Wishlist - 5 New Things Should Be Added or Improved 

1. Players should be able to start the Franchise Mode as an offensive or defensive coordinator, which would offer a unique perspective and journey. Now you can straight up start as the head coach, but if you are going to change role, you kind of go into that player mode, which is not quite a career mode. 

2. The depth charts need to stop resetting, in Madden 23, sometimes you want to play the young player or the veteran, when you sim and as soon as any player gets hurt, any player gets signed, any player gets cut, your depth chart resets. It should be getting it exactly where we want it to stay.

3. When you are getting ready for Franchise Mode, you need a quarterback, there are some issues with the generated draft class and the biggest issue is quarterbacks, there's never rarely any draft where there are two quarterbacks from the same class, some tweaks we need to see ahead of management, just tweak how things get generated in your draft class.

4. The scouting system in Madden 24 should be improved. Now it is tedious to go from player to player, it would be better if players can look through all the players in the same type quickly. And they need to make looking through players more streamlined than what it was.

5. The trading function within Franchise Mode could be better used. When you go to trade a player, you can hit Y and get some offers, having a trade finder function is an improvement, and in terms of a new feature, they can add more than three trade slots, especially ones involving multiple draft picks.

Updated:

Confirmed updates and features of Madden 24 Franchise Mode on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC:

Train your players using dozens of all-new mini-games, including moving obstacles and destroying targets during training camp or weekly strategy sessions.

Relocate your team using new cities, logos, and uniforms.

Restructure contracts and make counter offers in Free Agency 2.0

Experience 50 new unique draft generators, new trade logic tuning, six trade slots, and new talent trees for coaches.

New commissioner tools allow for more customization in online and offline connected leagues.