2024 SEASON UPDATE

[Goodell]

Our sim week 1 has been posted.

Depth charts are unlocked. Please check your depth chart for the new season and make sure you have it set as you want it.

Week 1 is always the busiest, but we'll try to do our sim games as early as possible each week after the NFL games in order to keep depth charts unlocked as much as we can throughout the week to allow changes and trades in the early season. I will
try to sim Wednesday night each week for the first half of the season. Once we get past the trade deadline, that doesn't matter as much with transactions more limited for the second half of the season.

Depth charts will be locked again Sunday morning once NFL games start. Players from Thursday night matchups will be locked in place once that game gets going, as team cannot change their depth chart here after the fact already knowing the results of player games. As always, teams can change their depth charts anytime for players who haven't played that week yet even if locked online just by sending me a PM. You can make trades all week until Sunday mornings and update depth chart for all other players.

Good luck this season!

[Goodell]

Week 2 simmed! Depth charts unlocked.

[Goodell]

Week 3 simmed!

[Goodell]

Week 4 simmed. Now that we're past this point, we'll update grades and downgrade players not in the league (until they're back in the NFL with grades again) as usual after week 4 before our next sim. We'll also have our first bye games this week (DET, SD, PHI, TEN). If you have a sim player on an NFL bye, they get an averaged game from NFL stats this season.

[Goodell]

As we're doing injuries a little different this year after off-season rules discussion without various injury levels and grade downgrades, that impacts how we do bye week injuries. Typically we'd take the previous week injury report and level everyone up one level outside of "out" players if they weren't seriously hurt and widely reported expected to miss multiple weeks or put on injury list then they'd remain out of course. So most outs would go to doubtfuls if their next week was a bye in previous years. As we're not really doing doubtful and questionable, etc. we'll still level up out players but they'd be leveled up to back healthy if on a bye without injury report, again outside of obvious cases where a very serious injury well reported to be out multiple weeks ahead.

[Goodell]

Now that we're past week 4, grades have been adjusted.

- Madden grades have been updated.

- As we instituted in recent seasons, players with higher PFF grades get bonus points (max 1-3, lowest grades eligible for most bonus). 170 players were given bonus points for higher PFF grade. PFF grades were collected after week 4 prior to last weekend's games (grades may be different online now after they graded those games we haven't played yet). See data output below. Let me know if you believe a player wasn't updated as they should have been. We use the OFF and DEF grades for those for the PFF grades. Hybrid grades including a Madden baseline and any PFF extra points have been updated.

After 4 weeks, players who had grades in the summer but are no longer listed in Madden public grades site also had their grades knocked down 25% until they have their grades updated again. Send me a PM if you notice one of your players knocked down who is back playing active in NFL games again + has had a madden grade publicly posted again. We will not update those grades or remove the reduction unless those players are listed on the madden public site again.

Here are the PFF bonuses added to Madden grades:

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NAME	TEAM	POS	M	PFF	DIFF	MAX1 (88-97)	MAX2 (70-87)	MAX3 (0-69)	NEW M
Hutchinson, Aidan	DET	ED	93	93.8	0.8	1			94
McKinney, Xavier	GB	S	88	89.1	1.1	1			89
McCoy, Erik	NO	C	87	95.5	8.5		2		89
Bosa, Joey	SD	ED	87	90.8	3.8		2		89
Collins, Nico	HOU	WR	86	91.2	5.2		2		88
Olave, Chris	NO	WR	86	90.8	4.8		2		88
Godwin, Chris	TB	WR	85	89.4	4.4		2		87
Love, Julian	SEA	S	84	89.9	5.9		2		86
Montgomery, David	DET	HB	84	85.3	1.3		1		85
Van Noy, Kyle	BAL	ED	83	88	5		2		85
Rice, Rashee	KC	WR	83	85.1	2.1		2		85
Oweh, Odafe	BAL	ED	82	89.5	7.5		2		84
Granderson, Carl	NO	ED	82	88	6		2		84
Tom, Zach	GB	T	82	85.4	3.4		2		84
Elliott, DeShon	PIT	S	80	89.4	9.4		2		82
Joseph, Kerby	DET	S	80	83.8	3.8		2		82
Daniels, James	PIT	G	79	92.9	13.9		2		81
Johnson, John	STL	S	79	90.7	11.7		2		81
Jennings, Jauan	SF	WR	79	87.9	8.9		2		81
Cross, Charles	SEA	T	79	84.3	5.3		2		81
Daniels, Jayden	WAS	QB	79	80.8	1.8		2		81
Graham, Brandon	PHI	ED	79	80.4	1.4		1		80
Benford, Christian	BUF	CB	79	79.9	0.9		1		80
Blankenship, Reed	PHI	S	79	79.8	0.8		1		80
Carr, Derek	NO	QB	78	88.7	10.7		2		80
Johnson, Paris	ARI	T	78	83.5	5.5		2		80
Thornhill, Juan	CLE	S	78	82.2	4.2		2		80
Sweat, T'Vondre	TEN	DI	78	80.1	2.1		2		80
McCollum, Zyon	TB	CB	77	90.1	13.1		2		79
White, Keion	NE	ED	77	86.2	9.2		2		79
Fries, Will	IND	G	77	84.8	7.8		2		79
Murray, Kyler	ARI	QB	77	81.1	4.1		2		79
Frazier, Zach	PIT	C	77	79.4	2.4		2		79
Dalman, Drew	ATL	C	77	78.9	1.9		2		79
Fields, Justin	PIT	QB	76	77	1		1		77
Elam, Kaiir	BUF	CB	75	90.6	15.6		2		77
McFadden, Micah	NYG	LB	75	90.2	15.2		2		77
Fulton, Kristian	SD	CB	75	82.5	7.5		2		77
McConkey, Ladd	SD	WR	75	80.2	5.2		2		77
Atwell, Tutu	STL	WR	75	78.2	3.2		2		77
Likely, Isaiah	BAL	TE	74	85.9	11.9		2		76
Grant, Richie	ATL	S	74	84.8	10.8		2		76
Molden, Elijah	SD	S	74	82.4	8.4		2		76
Davis-Gaither, Akeem	CIN	LB	74	79.5	5.5		2		76
Nailor, Jalen	MIN	WR	74	75.1	1.1		1		75
McKinstry, Kool-Aid	NO	CB	74	75	1		1		75
Bigsby, Tank	JAC	HB	73	84.4	11.4		2		75
Dalton, Andy	CAR	QB	73	81.8	8.8		2		75
Parham, Dylan	OAK	G	73	80	7		2		75
Zaccheaus, Olamide	WAS	WR	73	79	6		2		75
Hughes, Mike	ATL	CB	73	78.4	5.4		2		75
Moss, Riley	DEN	CB	73	75.1	2.1		2		75
Jones, Travis	BAL	DI	73	74.1	1.1		1		74
Allen, Braelon	NYJ	HB	72	87.5	15.5		2		74
Brown, Chase	CIN	HB	72	80.1	8.1		2		74
Patrick, Lucas	NO	G	72	79.4	7.4		2		74
Johnson, Roschon	CHI	HB	72	75.3	3.3		2		74
Wilson, Tyree	OAK	ED	72	75	3		2		74
McKivitz, Colton	SF	T	72	73.9	1.9		2		74
Turner, Payton	NO	ED	72	72.5	0.5		1		73
Landman, Nate	ATL	LB	71	88.3	17.3		2		73
Clark, Kei'Trel	ARI	CB	71	85.1	14.1		2		73
Hall, Derick	SEA	ED	71	76.2	5.2		2		73
Winston, Jameis	CLE	QB	71	75.7	4.7		2		73
Echols, Brandin	NYJ	CB	71	74	3		2		73
Washington, Darnell	PIT	TE	71	71.8	0.8		1		72
Hooper, Austin	NE	TE	71	71.8	0.8		1		72
Sanborn, Jack	CHI	LB	70	90.8	20.8		2		72
Herbig, Nick	PIT	ED	70	81.6	11.6		2		72
Baker, Darrell	TEN	CB	70	77.1	7.1		2		72
Whittington, Jordan	STL	WR	70	73.5	3.5		2		72
Riley, Duke	MIA	LB	70	73	3		2		72
Taylor, Ja'Sir	SD	CB	70	72.9	2.9		2		72
Walker, Mykal	WAS	LB	70	72.2	2.2		2		72
Demercado, Emari	ARI	HB	70	71.8	1.8		2		72
Urban, Brent	BAL	ED	70	71	1		1		71
Solomon, Javon	BUF	ED	69	93.3	24.3			3	72
Wilson, Eric	GB	ED	69	79.8	10.8			3	72
Hart, Cam	SD	CB	69	78.8	9.8			3	72
Bell, David	CLE	WR	69	78.7	9.7			3	72
Lamm, Kendall	MIA	T	69	78	9			3	72
Sherwood, Jamien	NYJ	LB	69	74.6	5.6			3	72
Steen, Tyler	PHI	G	69	73.5	4.5			3	72
Jones, Velus	CHI	HB	69	71.7	2.7			3	72
Harrison, Zach	ATL	DI	69	71.1	2.1			2	71
Brownlee, Jarvis	TEN	CB	69	69.5	0.5			1	70
Quessenberry, David	MIN	T	68	74.7	6.7			3	71
Vaki, Sione	DET	HB	68	74.4	6.4			3	71
Fields, Tony	CLE	LB	68	74.4	6.4			3	71
Grugier-Hill, Kamu	MIN	LB	68	71.1	3.1			3	71
Burford, Spencer	SF	G	68	70.8	2.8			3	71
Elliott, Jordan	SF	DI	68	70.8	2.8			3	71
Jackson, Theo	MIN	CB	68	70.4	2.4			2	70
Laulu, Jonah	OAK	DI	68	69.6	1.6			2	70
Eichenberg, Liam	MIA	G	68	68.7	0.7			1	69
Bertrand, JD	ATL	LB	67	92.6	25.6			3	70
Trice, Cory	PIT	S	67	86.2	19.2			3	70
Washington, Ar'Darius	BAL	S	67	82.6	15.6			3	70
McNichols, Jeremy	WAS	HB	67	74.7	7.7			3	70
Rivers, Ronnie	STL	HB	67	74.6	7.6			3	70
Pickens, Zacch	CHI	DI	67	68.2	1.2			1	68
McGuire, Isaiah	CLE	ED	66	90.5	24.5			3	69
Okuayinonu, Sam	SF	ED	66	90.2	24.2			3	69
Leonard, Deane	SD	CB	66	77.9	11.9			3	69
Rudolph, Mason	TEN	QB	66	75.3	9.3			3	69
Pola-Mao, Isaiah	OAK	S	66	73.6	7.6			3	69
Strnad, Justin	DEN	LB	66	72.1	6.1			3	69
Rush, Cooper	DAL	QB	66	70.6	4.6			3	69
Armour-Davis, Jalyn	BAL	CB	66	69.1	3.1			3	69
Kolar, Charlie	BAL	TE	66	67.2	1.2			1	67
Boutte, Kayshon	NE	WR	66	66.9	0.9			1	67
Barner, AJ	SEA	TE	66	66.9	0.9			1	67
Blackson, Angelo	ARI	DI	66	66.5	0.5			1	67
Anderson, Alec	BUF	G	65	74.4	9.4			3	68
Willis, Malik	GB	QB	65	74	9			3	68
Adams, Myles	SEA	DI	65	73.7	8.7			3	68
Covey, Britain	PHI	WR	65	71.6	6.6			3	68
Braswell, Christian	JAC	CB	65	71.4	6.4			3	68
Winters, Dee	SF	LB	65	71.3	6.3			3	68
Anderson, Tycen	CIN	S	65	70.9	5.9			3	68
Boone, Mike	CAR	HB	65	69	4			3	68
Brown, Montaric	JAC	CB	65	68.5	3.5			3	68
Vannett, Nick	TEN	TE	65	67	2			2	67
Skule, Justin	TB	T	65	66.1	1.1			1	66
McIntosh, Kenny	SEA	HB	64	77.5	13.5			3	67
Long, Hunter	STL	TE	64	75.7	11.7			3	67
Orji, Anfernee	NO	LB	64	73.5	9.5			3	67
Watts, Markees	TB	ED	64	73	9			3	67
Herring, Malik	KC	ED	64	71	7			3	67
Funderburk, Tyrek	TB	CB	64	70.2	6.2			3	67
Merriweather, Kaevon	TB	S	64	69.3	5.3			3	67
Pettus, Dell	NE	S	64	66.5	2.5			3	67
Lammons, Chris	IND	CB	64	66.5	2.5			3	67
Bates, Brenden	NYJ	TE	64	66	2			2	66
Taimani, Taki	MIN	DI	64	65.9	1.9			2	66
Palczewski, Alex	DEN	T	64	65.7	1.7			2	66
Wilson, Emanuel	GB	HB	63	76.9	13.9			3	66
McCollough, Jaylen	STL	S	63	75.8	12.8			3	66
Nowaske, Trevor	DET	LB	62	90	28			3	65
Incoom, Thomas	CAR	ED	62	77	15			3	65
Njongmeta, Maema	CIN	LB	62	70.2	8.2			3	65
Peevy, Jayden	CAR	DI	62	67.7	5.7			3	65
Cherelus, Claudin	CAR	LB	62	66.6	4.6			3	65
Johnson, Desjuan	STL	DI	61	74.2	13.2			3	64
Whiteheart, Blake	CLE	TE	61	74.1	13.1			3	64
Isaac, Keenan	TB	CB	61	70.6	9.6			3	64
Young, Landon	NO	G	61	66.9	5.9			3	64
Bell, Quinton	MIA	ED	60	70.5	10.5			3	63
Jackson, Tarron	CAR	ED	60	69.6	9.6			3	63
Key, Devon	DEN	S	60	69.5	9.5			3	63
Cochrane, Jack	KC	LB	60	60.7	0.7			1	61
Russell, Brady	SEA	TE	60	60.5	0.5			1	61
Tonges, Jake	SF	TE	59	61.5	2.5			3	62
Trask, Kyle	TB	QB	59	60.5	1.5			2	61
Elliss, Christian	NE	LB	58	74.1	16.1			3	61
Robinson, Curtis	SF	LB	58	61.6	3.6			3	61
Vickers, Kendal	NO	DI	58	60.7	2.7			3	61
Kalinic, Nikola	STL	TE	58	60	2			2	60
Boyle, Tim	MIA	QB	55	55.9	0.9			1	56
Franks, Feleipe	CAR	TE	54	79.3	25.3			3	57
Allen, Brandon	SF	QB	54	60	6			3	57
Conner, Tanner	MIA	TE	54	55.1	1.1			1	55
McCollum, Ryan	PIT	C	51	60	9			3	54
Walker, Kenneth	SEA	HB	88	90.2	2.2	1			89
Jones, Brandon	DEN	S	82	90	8		2		84
Turner, DJ	CIN	CB	75	81.9	6.9		2		77
Moore, Dan	PIT	T	73	75.9	2.9		2		75
Finley, AJ	SD	S	63	70.6	7.6			3	66
Johnson, Josh	BAL	QB	59	60.9	1.9			2	61

[Aftermath2531]

Am I crazy or have 25% grade reductions always been for players that are no longer in the league. Now we are reducing all practice squad players to? What sense does that make when you consider they are still on NFL teams and teams elevate two players every week to play in NFL games. By doing this you are also weakening the overall depth of the league and making it tough to fill out rosters after injuries.

Was there a offseason poll for this change?

[Goodell]

Am I crazy or have 25% grade reductions always been for players that are no longer in the league. Now we are reducing all practice squad players to? What sense does that make when you consider they are still on NFL teams and teams elevate two players every week to play in NFL games. By doing this you are also weakening the overall depth of the league and making it tough to fill out rosters after injuries.

Was there a offseason poll for this change?

Reference our previous direct communications last year on this very topic. There seemed to be misunderstanding about this (in very rare instances) in the past and I've attempted each year to make it clearer that we'll give players with no current public madden grade their updated grade once they have a public grade in Madden again.

[Aftermath2531]

Last year was about a player that was out of the league and then signed with a teams practice squad. We have never reduced every practice squad player in the league. It makes no sense because they are still on the team and two play every Sunday for the team.

[Goodell]

Last year was about a player that was out of the league and then signed with a teams practice squad. We have never reduced every practice squad player in the league. It makes no sense because they are still on the team and two play every Sunday for the team.

There are players on nfl practice squads with public madden grades. If players are in nfl games making plays, odds of having madden grade certainly are higher. With grade updates we want grades that reflect current season game evaluation, not off-season expectation never updated for current game play. That’s the reason we do this.

When gathering data I don’t recall putting a list together of every team’s practice squad (which changes incredibly frequently) so I could keep those grades, although may have depended if resources used listed them. I’d certainly sometimes get requests based on practice squad which led to those past discussions referenced.

For efficient league operations on the whole I cannot monitor numerous daily practice squad transactions across all 32 nfl teams and adjust grades as players go on or off practice squads or have tryouts or whatever.

Nor would it be fair, as we discussed last year, to only give a single or very few sim teams an advantage for monitoring daily practice squad transactions and requesting grades of their players be restored because of practice.

We use public madden grades. If a player has one, we use it. If they don’t, we update it once they have one again. If they are actively playing games and making nfl plays, they typically get a madden grade update based upon evaluation of game performance. Nobody’s giving grades for tryouts or practices.

When veterans recently became more often on practice squads and limited psquad able to be activated, it definitely muddied up the waters of what is considered active nfl roster players, and understandably more room for confusion or argument. For league efficiency, we need realistic and fair processes and definitions so tried to make that very clearly defined both in public posts and discussions with few team(s) who have written me about it further or requesting practice impact their grades.

Currently the most efficient and fairest way on this is as posted using our baseline madden public grades. We aren’t going to track daily practice changes to adjust grades universally for practices, and we aren’t going to give single sim team advantages for doing that and requesting player at practice should have his grade adjusted. If madden has a grade for them, we use that as baseline. If madden doesn’t, if that player starts playing in nfl games again and making plays then likely will have grade and we’d update as we do to public madden grades.