In Madden, I did a franchise starting with the original Browns. I had planned the whole time to move them to NYC, which I did, and built my own stadium. I also renamed them the Cleveland Brownies, and designed their uniforms to look like Brownies. Red helmets for the cherry, jersey style 3 with the big shoulder pad stripe--made that white for whipped cream. Then I made the jerseys and pants brown and the numbers and stripes bage to represent nuts. I also re-did their roster, building around Edwards, Winslow, Droughns, Baxter, Andra Davis, and Ben Taylor. After moving them to NYC after the second year, this is the team. I went 4-12 first year (simmed) and got the #2 pick, where I took AJ Hawk. Round 2 Gabe Watson, Round 3 Cedric Griffen, Round 4 Derric Hagan, the other pics I didn't sign. They had a lot of cap room so I was able to bring in some marquee free-agents to add to my core. I tried to build around Charlie Frye as my QB, but after two years of simming he was a 69, so I knew he wasn't the answer. Donovan McNabb was a free agent, and I signed him. He's a 99. So I'm in my 3rd season, this is my team. Tried to keep most of the Browns around so it wasn't like a fantasy draft team. HC--Crennell OC--Carthon DC--M. Schottenheimer ST--Sweatmen (Giants) QB McNabb RB Droughns FB Forgot his name, the Browns FB WR Edwards/Bryant/Andre Davis/Hagan TE Winslow/Heiden OL Same as the current Browns OL in the game, but I replaced the RG. Can't remember their names. Defense (3-4) DE Umenyora (traded a 3rd round pick for him my second year) DE O. Roye (kept him around, he's solid.) DT Watson LOLB P. Boulware (signed him before my first year because he's in the FA class with Law, Neil, etc. whenever you start a franchise) MLB Davis MLB Taylor ROLB Hawk CB Baxter/McClutcheon/Perkins/Griffen FS Forgot his name too, but he's like an 86, current Browns safety SS B. Poole It's a lot of fun, I'm going to do it with another team when I'm done.
I didn't, just kept the same old Browns logo. Which is fine because it's not actually an object that would go by team name, just a color.
Weird, I have my own Browns franchise. After a lousy simmed season, I traded up for the #1 pick and selected Matt Leinart. Played the next season and won the SuperBowl. In the 3rd season, this is my team. QB- Leinart (92 rating) RB- Lee Suggs (88) WR- Edwards (93), Bryant, Northcutt, Mike Hass TE- Winslow (low-mid 90s) OL- pretty much the same 3-4 DE DE- Brandon Whiting DE- Alvin McKinley DT- Jason Fisk DT2(used in 2-4-5)- Gerald Anderson (88, drafted from Georgia) ILB- Andra Davis ILB- Spencer Havner (92, drafted in 6th round from UCLA) OLB- Mark Fields (FA) OLB- Chaun Thompson CB- Baxter/McCutcheon/Gay FS- Brodney Pool, moved from SS (rated in 90s) SS-Michael Lewis (90s, signed as FA from Philly) My staff is the same, except Mike Martz is my OC. Carthon is the Rams HC. Sadly, my team would not be as good a dessert.
How do you guys draft these rookies and how do they have their names like Matt Lienart and Reggie Bush. They dont exist to the game yet.
