Madden 20: xAPATHYx Xbox One Roster Updated Following First Round of NFL Draft

How can I get your roster to save I’m on Xbox one... it downloads but when i goto roster it doesn’t appear

Roster Update 3.0 has been uploaded. Below is a summary of changes although there are several smaller transactions done that are not listed.
I will continue to make small updates available as I do them for myself, but in regards to major updates, I'm trying to have them done once every 2 weeks. I will have another pre-season update which will include a much heavier array of equipment edits as well as UDFAs that make the team. That will likely happen around Week 3 of pre-season if not Week 4 for sure.
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madden 20 has miami running a multiple defense with some 3-4......do you know anything about this?

Roster Update: 08/11/19
* QB J.T. Barrett signed to the Seahawks
* RB Brandon Wilds signed to the 49ers
* TE Rico Gathers signed to the Browns
* TE Ethan Wolf signed to the Jaguars
* OT Ben Ijalana signed to the Jaguars
* DE Sam Acho signed to the Bills
* DT Pasoni Tasini signed to the Cardinals
* OLB Terrance Smith signed to the Dolphins
* CB Captain Munnerlyn signed to the Bills
* CB Derrick Jones signed to the Packers (claimed off waivers)
* K Taylor Bertolet signed to the Jets (created/added)
* RB Benny Cunningham released from the Jaguars
* WR Rishard Matthews released from the Saints
* WR Shelton Gibson released from the Eagles
* TE/FB Orson Charles released from the Browns
* TE Zach Conque released from the Colts
* G/C Evan Smith released from the Buccaneers
* OG Tyler Catalina released from the Vikings
* OG Vlad Ducasse released from the Bills
* OG Nico Siragusa released from the Bills
* DL Darius Philon released from the Cardinals
* DE Jonathan Woodard released from the Dolphins
* OLB/EDGE Jeff Holland released from the Broncos
* OLB/EDGE Garrett Sickels released from the Redskins
* LS/TE Kevin McDermott released from the Vikings

* K Chandler Catanzaro officially announced his retirement from the NFL . He's been added to the retired list and removed from the roster.
UDFAs:
* The following players were created and added to the roster today: OLB/EDGE Malik Reed and WR Keelan Doss .
A few UDFAs including RB Christian Wade still remain on my list to be added to the roster, however I would like to see production from Week 2 first. I'd hate to create the players only for them to get cut by week 3 and never re-surface. Prior to Week 1 all pertinent UDFAs will be added to the game.

* Several pre-season week 1 standouts received ratings adjustments.
As mentioned before I'm trying to stay with Madden's current rating system and not going overboard but players such as Nathan Peterman, Preston Williams, Jalen Hurd and about 10 others received ratings boosts. When I begin really updating ratings, then I will have a full list with details but until then, they're minimal this early in pre-season.
* Equipment updates continue. All of @Helmet_Stalker's updates are included along with several players from social media highlights as well as user requests. ANYTIME a player receives any sort of creation/addition or rating adjustment, their equipment is automatically updated by me to the last game(s) they've played. So players like Peterman, Preston Williams and others mentioned above all received proper equipment corrections as well.

Cant download your roster I keep getting error

Here's a preview of changes I was able to make to the roster tonight:
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Can you create Kyron Brown CB for the Jets? Slotted to be CB #3 on ourlads

Your hard work is much appreciated!!! I'm really itching to get my CFM going so I just might start today with your rosters.
By the time I'm done with preseason maybe the next title update will be out.

Hey xApAthyx13, what’s the plan for Josh Gordon?

Roster Update 5.0: 08/18/19
* QB Josh McCown signed to the Eagles (created/added)
* QB Danny Etling signed to the Falcons (claimed off waivers)
* RB Elijah Hood signed to the Jaguars
* WR Emanuel Hall signed to the Buccaneers (claimed off waivers)
* MLB Albert McClellan signed to the Jets
* MLB Donald Payne signed to the Ravens
* CB Jalen Myrick signed to the Falcons
* P Johnny Townsend signed to the Giants (claimed off waivers)
* OG Cameron Hunt re-signed to the Raiders
* QB Tanner Lee released from the Jaguars
* WR Braxton Miller released from the Eagles
* WR Jordan Lasley released from the Raiders
* LB Stephone Anthony released from the Falcons
* DL Elijah Qualls released from the Ravens
* OLB/EDGE Myles Humphrey released from the Redskins
* DB Jermaine Kelly released from the Texans
* CB Greg Mabin released from the 49ers
* K Elliott Fry released from the Bears

* The following player(s) have been placed on I.R. and removed from the depth charts: MLB Avery Williamson , CB Tavon Young
* OG Christian Westerman removed from the Bengals roster. He appears to be headed to retirement and has left the team.
* Several teams received revisions to their depth charts including the Eagles, Lions, Raiders, Bengals, Jets, Ravens & Bears.
* I'm monitoring the situation closely with Josh Gordon . As of now he doesn't appear ready to play during pre-season and the team hasn't committed to him playing by Week 1, so until his situation becomes more clear I am leaving him off of the Pats depth chart.
I went through and updated several ratings. Be advised though the only 'Veteran' player ratings adjustments were done to QBs and various RBs. The majority of ratings edits were done to players such as UDFAs and 1-year experience players who are moving up quite a bit on their depth charts from EA's default roster. If a rookie or 1 year players has moved up to the #2 roles of their position, those were the players I was targeting in edits.
Equipment changes: This has been the most frustrating experience for me. For whatever reason, after the file is uploaded to the Cloud and then onto the Community Downloads, several players who received equipment changes keep reverting back to EA's default and it's driving me nuts. Several players who I would remove their hand warmers and make changes to elbows (lineman) and sneakers continue to revert back to default equipment after it's uploaded in the Community Files.
There are players that their equipment is corrected properly (players such as Jordan Howard or Lamar Jackson etc., but a majority of offensive lineman are missing their rubber elbow pads that I added and several QBs continue to revert back to having hand warmers. Little things like that.

your rosters are amazing!!!
Just noticed on the bucs, shouldn't JPP be a defensive end?

Roster Update 6.0: 08/25/19
* WR Michael Crabtree signed to the Cardinals
* TE Orson Charles signed to the Broncos
* OT Christian DiLauro signed to the Texans
* DT Corey Liuget signed to the Raiders
* MLB Nicholas Grigsby signed to the Packers (claimed off waivers)
* K Elliott Fry signed to the Ravens
* K Blair Walsh signed to the Falcons
* RB D'Onta Foreman released from the Colts
* WR Kevin White released from the Cardinals
* WR Maurice Harris released from the Patriots
* WR Saeed Blacknall released from the Dolphins
* DE Keionta Davis released from the Patriots
* MLB Nigel Harris released from the Titans
* OLB/EDGE Andre Branch released from the Cardinals
* OLB/EDGE Jeff Holland released from the Cardinals
* SS T.J. McDonald released from the Dolphins
* SS Josh Jones released from the Packers
* LS Andrew DePaola released from the Raiders

* SS Rudy Ford traded to the Philadelphia Eagles for DT Bruce Hector

* The following players have been placed on season-ending I.R. and removed from the depth chart: RB Doug Martin , RB Lamar Miller , WR Hakeem Butler , OLB Brandon King , OLB Josh Carraway , S Josh Shaw , SS Derwin James
* WR Josh Gordon has been placed back in the starting lineup . EA had him on official I.R. with this base roster, however you can turn off pre-existing injuries prior to loading in CFM or Play Now modes. My roster is from EA's original base update, so there are minimal players effected by removing the I.R. status.
* Bengals offensive line was updated. The team announced Michael Jordan and Trey Hopkins would be the opening season starters along with the already updated line. There were some minor ratings adjustments done here as well based off of pre-season play and starting lineup.
* WR Michael Crabtree and QB Josh McCown were created/added to the roster. Their ratings are copied over from the official M20 ratings with a couple very minor variations. Crabtree and Kirk should see outside action with Fitzgerald working out of the slot assuming training camp indications remain. Josh McCown was boosted some - anybody who agrees with EA's official rating along with how he performed in pre-season....you get my point...
* Equipment edits continue, and several players were updated after Games 2 and 3 of pre-season. Most recently, and off the top of my head, players such as: RB Le'Veon Bell, TE Jason Witten, WR Michael Gallup, RB Dalvin Cook, K Eddy Pineiro, RB Buddy Howell, RB Damarea Crockett, QB Trace McSorley, DE Josh Allen, RB Mark Walton, WR Emmanuel Sanders, and many many more were all updated.

Roster Update 6.0 is posted and available. Below is just a summary of changes. As always I also do additional smaller edits, but the bulk of it is posted below.
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I did a test run of the roster in CFM today and everything ran smoothly. As always, and this is inevitable, you still have to make some minor depth chart corrections (thanks to EA's odd import settings to CFM). A couple retired players, such as Mark Sanchez and a few others also pop up in free agency even though they've been removed from my roster (once again, due to EA's odd import settings). I've enjoyed it so far though. A few late round rookies and UDFAs get cut during sims...so that part may be an issue if you choose to only control 1 team.
That's it for now. Let me know if you have any requests or catch any mistakes. I'll get to it whenever I have time. This is my last month of freedom, because next month starts promotional testing at my work and I start up my 2nd job as well.
I'm giving you all that I can while I can. My time will be less and less as we move forward this year. Take care.

Roster Update 6.0 is posted and available. Below is just a summary of changes. As always I also do additional smaller edits, but the bulk of it is posted below.
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I did a test run of the roster in CFM today and everything ran smoothly. As always, and this is inevitable, you still have to make some minor depth chart corrections (thanks to EA's odd import settings to CFM). A couple retired players, such as Mark Sanchez and a few others also pop up in free agency even though they've been removed from my roster (once again, due to EA's odd import settings). I've enjoyed it so far though. A few late round rookies and UDFAs get cut during sims...so that part may be an issue if you choose to only control 1 team.
That's it for now. Let me know if you have any requests or catch any mistakes. I'll get to it whenever I have time. This is my last month of freedom, because next month starts promotional testing at my work and I start up my 2nd job as well.
I'm giving you all that I can while I can. My time will be less and less as we move forward this year. Take care.

The retired guys that show up in CFM are on the disc. So they will show up I CFM no matter if there removed.
Last year Kareem Hunt was taken off in main menu but would appear in the CFM. I'm guessing next update Kane with remove Andrew Luck, but he could still show up in CFM.
In the show once a players taken out of MLBPA they turn generic on that game, imglad EA and NFL are not doing that for this game for the people who still might wanna try to win a SuperBowl for him.
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was wondering if you plan on adding HB patrick laird

Quick note:
49ers signed TE Daniel Helm.

One "issue" I have with these is that the Free Agent pool doesn't seem to have been given the same treatment. All the player on the FA List are wildly overrated still.
While running some test sims, Dez Bryant kept getting back into the league (often with the Browns) and acting like it was 2014.
To fix it I made a list of the top FA (anyone over 70) and then went to a different roster file that had made the edits to these guys (TFG, but his roster has all sorts of quirks) and put down his edits in a spreadsheet that I then edited in-game.
Very nice indeed.

one question I Have, I know you keep mentioning that you have a lot coming up and you are going to be putting this to bed soon... can we expect an Opening day roster after the 4 pm cut time on Saturday? Or should I just use what you have now as the base and keep it up to date myself moving forward?

I've tried downloading the main file and the backup error file. Both seem to download correctly without error, but when I go to load the file it does not appear as a choice at all.
Both files do appear in the "my downloads" window but there isn't an option to load the file from there.
Anybody else having this issue?

This is a known error with XBOX that has not been corrected as of yet - I have fixed it previously by uninstalling and reinstalling the game - the caveat to this is that any future updates to this roster - you will not be successful in downloading as you will have to rinse and repeat this step

All other files I've downloaded have worked fine.

Are your rosters updated to Week 4 of the preseason if so can you add Aca’Cedric Ware, Charcandrick West, Marquis Young these players are missing.

Any ETA on when you think the 53 man rosters will be up?

Roster Update 7.0: 09/01/19
** All 32 NFL teams had their roster cuts addressed.

Some of these teams carry 4 total LBs and 4 total defensive lineman with no practice squad additions either, so it's miserable trying to copy the roster over with EA preventing it.
** The practice squad players that exist in the game, were added to the 32 NFL teams that signed them today. There were thrown in at the bottom of the depth chart positions so they should not be listed as starters. It's impossible to have every single practice squad player removed from the depth chart, so you'll have to correct your depth charts in CFM. It's inevitable anyway, because EA distorts all depth charts regardless on every roster loaded into CFM.
* All of today's additional transactions were included in this update. I believe I managed to catch all of them, but if I missed any let me know. I've been working on this roster for 2 days and my brain is fried - so bare with me.
* There are roughly 39 main roster players that are missing from Madden and not in the game. I've created and added a majority of them, however I'm fully aware there are a few yet to be added. I will get to them soon.
* Jersey number corrections will come when I get ahold of them, but politely let me know if you catch them before I do and I will correct them immediately. Don't be a jerk about it though; I had a few people last year PM me on Xbox pissed off because a newly signed player had 59 instead of 58 less than 24 hours after they were signed. (I do have a life....)
** Depth chart corrections: For the most part they've all been addressed but I gaurantee there are plenty of corrections I missed. Like I said, I've been working on this roster for 2 days so bare with me. Read above also because unfortunately some PS players will be included in the depth chart, but you can NOT remove ALL of them.

Here's some information on tonight's roster update and what to expect over the next week.
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When EA releases it's official Week 1 roster update I will closely analyze it and make the final decision on whether or not it's worth using for all my roster updates moving forward. I know the hand full of face scans are important to people so I take that into consideration. The luxury of using an early roster update and building from it is that there are fewer players on official I.R. set by EA. Every update more and more players get official I.R. status preventing you from removing them or editing them as needed.
Like I said, I will let you know what decision I end up making but I really need a break for a little bit.

This is a known error with XBOX that has not been corrected as of yet - I have fixed it previously by uninstalling and reinstalling the game - the caveat to this is that any future updates to this roster - you will not be successful in downloading as you will have to rinse and repeat this step

I have this problem sometimes too. Easiest solution is go back to the dashboard, close the game and restart the game. Jump back to roster share and download your file. Should appear now and is ready to load...I do this all the time and so far this way it always worked for me

Are you dropping Fictional Draft classes or real ones with this

Just curious if recently cut players who weren't signed are in Free Agents and if cut players who were signed by new teams, even to the practice squads will be available.
Looking to do an "Auburn" fantasy draft team and I know a few guys who are either on practice squads or free agents.
Thanks!
Nevermind! I just read backwards and saw practice squad players are in. I just know players like Duke Williams, Ryan Davis and a few other former Auburn Tigers weren't in the launch rosters.

Gonna need a little more time before I fully commit to using this Week 1 roster officially released by EA tonight. So many pros and cons.
EA left a few I.R. players on teams that were officially cut a while ago (Kenneth Dixon , Chase Allen are just a couple quick examples). They'll permanently end up on these teams when using this roster as a base ��
Depth charts are pretty off as usual which stings knowing I'll have to go through all 32 teams all over again.
I'm also going to have to re-add all the practice squad players all over again.
A lot of the missing players however have been added to the game which is a pro of course and will save me some time.
The equipment edits are surprisingly decent this go around. At least with the new player additions they were matched from game play. Those I'm always editing anyway so it's not big deal to me.

Give me till Saturday night for an official roster release. I'm on duty at the fire department tomorrow for 24 hours but I'll be home all day Saturday

well I for one hope you go with the new release.....the only reason I turn off pre existing injury in cfm is for josh gordon

The newest roster update I got from EA has all the PS players that exist in the game in free agency and yes all the 53 man teams were updated for the most part. However I had created several practice squad players that aren't in this update so thus my comment(s)

ea has miami's players in a 3-4 alignment. i kinda like it....are u going to keep it?

The reason the practice squad players are not on teams is because even though yes they are in a teams system they are still free agents whereas any team can sign them away no hassle so for season modes its prolly y EA leaves them there so its more realistic.

All practice squad players are officially signed to that team's payroll and are employees of that team. Their contracts are still covered by the NFLPA however they have by-laws in their agreements that allow them to be signed by other teams at any time with the exception of the International Player's agreement.
All PS team members are salary based contracts starting at a minimum of like $8,000/week - however all PS players have the right to negotiate their contracts to make more.
They are not free agents.

Roster Update: 09/07/19
* WR Antonio Brown signed to the Patriots :brickwall
* LT J'Marcus Webb signed to the Dolphins
* C James Ferentz signed to the Patriots
* WR Johnny Holton promoted to active roster
* TE Darrell Daniels promoted to active roster
* TE J.P. Holtz promoted to active roster
* TE Alex Ellis promoted to active roster
* OL Aaron Stinnie promoted to active roster
* RB Alfred Morris released from the Cowboys
* WR/KR Kalif Raymond released from the Titans
* WR Robert Davis released from the Redskins
* TE Paul Butler released from the Raiders (injury settlement)
* OL Jeremy Vujnovich released from the Cardinals
* C Russell Bodine released from the Patriots
* LB Tuzar Skipper released from the Steelers
* LB Nate Stupar released from the Giants
Practice Squad Movement:
* I added all the PS players that were available in the game to their respective teams. QB Cardale Jones signing with the Seahawks PS included.
- I did my best to keep the PS players off of the main depth chart, but certain teams and certain positions make it almost impossible to do so. Especially when teams, such as the Ravens, only have a total of 4 defensive lineman on the main roster, the PS players are going to end up on the depth chart and eventually difficult to release down the road.
- The PS players were added in order to assist with more realistic play for those who enjoy pre-season in CFM as well as utilizing the PS feature after pre-season concludes.
- I will create PS players upon request, but will certainly add them as they're activated to primary rosters as well.

Ratings were adjusted to the free agency list. Several key free agent OVRs were lowered or adjusted in order to prevent a crazy influx of signings in CFM. Some things are inevitable though and it's impossible to work around.
* The fact that Andrew Luck shows up in CFM free agency no matter what drives my OCD insane. During testing, I always sign him to the Dolphins, lower his ratings completely, and then release him to free agency with a 12 OVR. He never signs to a team again. (It's up to you how you want to handle this.) He does not exist on this roster though.
- Equipment Edits will be on-going all season long. I lost all of my equipment edits from pre-season since I switched base rosters so I will be going through each week and making changes as they come.
I did update quite a few players from TNF the other night between the Packers and Bears. Trubisky, Jimmy Graham, Adrian Amos, Khalil Mack, Preston Smith, Kevin King and many others all received helmet and equipment edits.
I also added the recent helmet updates from @helmet_stalker as well. I have AB still with the Xenith helmet that he's supposedly going to wear, but I read an article today that AB is switching back to Air XP - so I will see what happens in New England.

Trying to download the roster and when I do it doesn't show up. Anyone seen this?
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Next update will be sometime Tuesday evening. A lot of changes coming

Roster Update: 09/10/19
* WR Keelan Doss signed to the Raiders (claimed off Jaguars PS)
* C/G Brett Jones signed to the Vikings
* C Hronis Grasu signed to the Titans
* OT Josh Wells signed to the Buccaneers
* RT Jordan Mills signed to the Cardinals
* DT Akeem Spence signed to the Eagles
* DT T.Y. McGill signed to the Redskins
* OLB/Edge Jayrone Elliott signed to the Steelers
* LB LaRoy Reynolds signed to the Bengals
* CB Simeon Thomas signed to the Redskins (claimed off Seahawks PS)
* CB Jamar Taylor signed to the Seahawks
* S Andrew Adams re-signed to the Buccaneers
* K Sam Ficken signed to the Jets
* QB Alex McGough promoted to active roster
* LB Chris Covington promoted to active roster
* RB Jordan Chunn released from the Cowboys
* RB Dayln Dawkins released from the Titans
* WR Byron Pringle released from the Chiefs
* TE Lance Kendricks released from the Patriots
* TE Rico Gathers released from the Cowboys
* TE Vince Mayle released from the Chargers (settlement)
* TE J.P. Holtz released from the Redskins
* TE Brandon Dillon released from the Vikings
* OL Caleb Benenoch released from the Buccaneers
* OL Victor Salako released from the Giants (settlement)
* DE Mitchell Loewen released from the Saints
* DE Wes Horton released from the Saints
* DE/OLB Jordan Willis released from the Bengals
* LB Trevon Young released from the Rams (settlement)
* CB Aaron Colvin released from the Texans
* CB Greg Stroman released from the Redskins (settlement)
* CB Parry Nickerson released from the Seahawks
* K/P Kaare Vedvik released from the Jets
Practice Squad Transactions:
* WR Terry Godwin signed to the Jaguars
* WR Robert Davis signed to the Redskins
* LB James Burgess signed to the Jets
* TE Stephen Anderson released from the Patriots
* OL Ben Braden released from the Jets
* OL Zach Sterup released from the Dolphins
* MLB Donald Payne released from the Ravens
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* Cincinnati played exclusively in a 3-4 defense Sunday. Atkins, Billings and Glasgow played the line while Hubbard and Dunlap set the edge as OLBs. The team played well statistically and maintained pressure the whole game.
It appears that Cincy may revert back to the 3-4 quite often this season with only 4 active LBs so they are now officially a 3-4 defense on my roster until the team shows otherwise. In Play Now mode - you will need to set your defense to a 3-4 (do not use Taylor's default defensive playbook). In CFM just adjust your coaches scheme to a 3-4 and you're all set.
* Going back to my last update, I switched around Miami's LBs after they switched to a 3-4. In preseason Sam Eguavoen played exclusively at ROLB but played ONLY at LOLB in Game #1. Long story short, Miami's defensive depth chart was updated and corrected. Realistically, Miami's defense is very difficult to replicate in Madden. I was at the game and there was ZERO consistency in formations and/or placement. So my roster mimics the lineup as close as possible right now. Miami's offensive line also switched with Jesse Davis moving to LT and Davenport and Isidora to the right side.
~~ Nick Bosa moved to RE . He played almost exclusively there all game with great pressure on the QB while Dee Ford was across from him at LE.
~~ RT Kaleb McGary won the RT job in Atlanta . He was in direct competition with Ty Sambrailo all the way through Game 1.
~~ Base RB, 3rd Down RB and PWHB depth charts were adjusted for a few teams including the Redskins, Dolphins, Buccaneers and a couple others.
Injured Reserve movement: DT Malik Jackson , QB Nick Foles , WR Devin Funchess , SS Justin Evans & RT Marcus Gilbert were placed on season ending I.R. and removed from their depth charts.
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* Several players are being released over the 1st two weeks of the season from I.R. with injury settlements. As mentioned in a previous update about pros and cons with EA's roster(s), a majority of these players are unable to be released from the roster since EA has restrictions attached to I.R. players. You can neither trade nor release any of these players so I do apologize for this, however myself and other custom roster creators have zero control over this issue unless we constantly use EA's roster each week (not happening.)
Players released that I'm unable to remove from their teams on my roster: LB Tre Lamar , CB Phillip Gaines , DB Brandon Bryant , RB Matt Dayes , C Aaron Neary & a few others.
** Equipment & Helmet Edits are always ongoing but players such as Le'Veon Bell, John Ross III, Andy Dalton, Nick Bosa, Dee Ford, Earl Thomas, Vernon Davis, Jordan Howard, DeVante Parker, Mitch Morse, Jason Peters, Harrison Butker and many many more received corrections.

First off I want to say that I hope your daughter is better. Second - what a tremendous job you did on this roster - through SO many uninstall and reinstall - I FINALLY was able to download this roster and so I downloaded as many draft classes as I could. Thank you once again and I am going to roll with this one moving forward.

Shouldn't have to uninstall the quiting and restarting trick a few pages back works.
Thanks so much for the roasters. Is this the last update, just checking before I start my franchise?

Shouldn't have to uninstall the quiting and restarting trick a few pages back works.
Thanks so much for the roasters. Is this the last update, just checking before I start my franchise?

I do larger updates once every 1.5 weeks or so, but I try and keep the roster up to date on a daily basis to the best of my abilities. As far as CFM goes it's up to you because the roster is constantly being edited.
Updates are going to be slower for the next 2 weeks because of promotional testing at work so my time will be limited until the end of the month.
Appreciate the support.

First, thank you for your time and effort. Rosters are great!
Quick question. How do you create the injuries? Or do just use the latest roster and go from there?
Thank you sir!
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First, thank you for your time and effort. Rosters are great!
Quick question. How do you create the injuries? Or do just use the latest roster and go from there?
Thank you sir!

Every roster update moving forward will be utilizing the week 1 roster update, so whichever players that were on official I.R. at that time (which is done by EA only, not me) will unfortunately remain. If I continue to utilize weekly updates by EA the number of players on official I.R. will increase - which I cant stand because you cant trade/remove these players.
For newer season-ending injuries, I try and have the player completely removed from the depth chart (Ben Roethlisberger is a great example most recently). That way it leaves the user the opportunity to still use that player if they decide but also has the player removed if they want a more realistic "Play Now" experience.
Jeff Driskel was recently signed by the Lions but hes on official I.R. still on the Bengals roster (thus my case and point of why I cant stand official EA/Madden updates.) I have a plan in place - it should be completed by Thursday evening on the next large update

Is this dead? I still see AB on the Raiders and the Jets didn't have D Thomas. Are these the only major moves we manually have to make? Otherwise this is a brilliant roster.
Anyplace I can donate?

Roster Update: 09/21/19
* QB David Fales signed to the Jets
* OG Adam Pankey signed to the Packers
* OT Sam Young signed to the 49ers
* DE Taco Charlton signed to the Dolphins (claimed off waivers)
* DE/OLB Noah Spence signed to the Redskins
* LB Ray-Ray Armstrong signed to the Saints
* S Juston Burris signed to the Browns (claimed off waivers)
* S Doug Middleton signed to the Dolphins
* WR Marvin Hall promoted to active roster
* TE Darrell Daniels has been promoted to active roster
* TE Evan Baylis promoted to active roster
* OLB Willie Harvey promoted to active roster
* P Matt Wile has been promoted to active roster
* RB Spencer Ware released from the Colts
* WR Antonio Brown released from the Patriots (switched back to #84 jersey in FA)
* WR Chris Lacy released from the Lions
* OL Jeremy Vujnovich released from the Cardinals
* OL John Wetzel released from the Falcons
* OL Bryan Witzmann released from the Dolphins
Practice Squad Transactions:
* QB J.T. Barrett signed to the Saints
* RB Elijah McGuire signed to the Browns
* RB Darius Jackson signed to the Colts
* WR Keon Hatcher signed to the Packers
* DT Taylor Stallworth signed to the Saints
* MLB Scooby Wright signed to the Patriots
* RB David Williams released from the Colts
* TE Alize Mack released from the Saints
* DE Gerri Green released from the Patriots
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* The following players have been placed on season-ending I.R. and have been removed from their team's depth chart: WR Trent Taylor , TE David Njoku , OG Lane Taylor , OT Jordan Mailata , OLB Christian Kirksey & CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
* QB Josh Rosen is now the starting QB
* QB Daniel Jones is now the starting QB
* Bengals defensive depth chart corrected. I went back and watched game tape from the last 2 games and I had Sam Hubbard and Carlos Dunlap on the incorrect sides. As mentioned in a previous update, the Bengals have been utilizing a 3-4 defense and Dunlap and Hubbard have been setting the edge at OLB standing up, so please stop sending me hate mail in private message that the Bengals depth chart online doesn't match my roster. I'm fully aware of it, however actually watch their games and tape and you'll see why. All you have to do is switch Cincy to a 3-4 scheme in Franchise mode or use a 3-4 defensive playbook in Play Now mode and all your problems are solved. The 2 of you who sent me the private messages and then gave me a dislike - you know who you are. Next time I'll call you out individually with screen shots.
* The Lions WR depth chart was messed up for some reason but I went back in and corrected it. Not sure what caused Danny Amendola to disappear from the depth chart but it's corrected.

* Ratings Update: Several players received rating edits. Of course many of these players received OVR adjustments in the process. A combination of 2 things are included: a.) I've gone through EA's ratings updates over the past 2 weeks and have taken strong consideration of their "Big Movement" players updates. I either duplicated or did my own adjustments. b.) I went through game tape the last 2 weeks and have updated quite a few #3 and #2 RBs that aren't getting enough love in my opinion from EA. Offensive lineman were also included with edits. I know the Vikings run blocking stats received updates as well as players such as Ereck Flowers and other various lineman who EA neglected were all touched up. These updates included defensive players as well. I don't have any YouTube or other ways of communication to explain my adjustments but you will see several players different from EA.
Once again - if you have any concerns, suggestions and what not - I AM AN OPEN DOOR so please feel free to contribute.
* Equipment Edits - Still ongoing - every week I go through social media, watch games religiously and constantly go through and update players as I come across them. Obviously I can't correct all 1,696+ players across the league - so if you want a player corrected let me know and I'll get it done.
* Created/Added Players: A couple players are now on active rosters that do not exist in Madden, however I will be creating them and adding them soon. I already added OLB Willie Harvey & OG Keaton Sutherland , but I also need to add WR Greg Ward & FB Jakob Johnson . Jakob Johnson has zero custom faces/hair in Madden that match him or his skin complexion, so I may hold off on creating him since he will be released immediately after James Develin returns from injury.

Roster Update: 09/24/19
* WR Laquon Treadwell signed to the Vikings
* WR Vyncint Smith signed to the Jets
* LS/TE Garrison Sanborn signed to the 49ers
* OL Bryan Witzmann signed to the Panthers
* OL John Wetzel signed to the Falcons
* OL Andrew Donnal signed to the Dolphins
* MLB Nate Stupar signed to the Giants
* MLB Dakota Allen signed to the Raiders
* CB Marcus Sherels signed to the Vikings
* WR Fred Brown promoted to active roster
* DL Abdullah Anderson promoted to active roster
* DL Kyle Peko promoted to active roster
* OLB/EDGE Pat O'Connor promoted to active roster
* CB Craig James promoted to active roster
* SS Jamal Carter promoted to active roster
* QB David Fales released from the Jets
* WR Michael Crabtree released from the Cardinals
* WR River Cracraft released from the Broncos
* TE Bradley Sowell released from the Bears
* TE Eric Tomlinson released from the Giants
* DE Tank Carradine released from the Dolphins
* DT T.Y. McGill released from the Redskins
* OLB Devante Downs released from the Vikings
* P Matt Wile released from the Falcons
Practice Squad Transactions:
* WR Chris Lacy signed to the Lions
* TE Alize Mack signed to the Steelers
* DE Gerri Green signed to the Colts
* DL Gerald Willis signed to the Dolphins
* CB Deante Burton signed to the Colts
* CB Greg Mabin signed to the Bengals
* CB/S Trevon Mathis released from the Steelers
* DE/OLB Jachai Polite released from the Seahawks
* MLB Robert Spillane released from the Steelers
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* LS/TE Jon Condo has announced his retirement from the NFL . He's been removed from the roster.

* Week 3 ratings adjustments were included in this update. As I've previously mentioned before, larger ratings updates will go out every 2 weeks, so next week will have a much larger +/- to player OVRs. This week, players who stood out and were highlighted received tweaks on top of their Week 2 ratings adjustments that I did in the last major update.
* WR Fred Brown , LB Justin Phillips and FB Jakob Johnson were added to the roster in this update. Jakob Johnson does not have any custom faces pre-loaded by EA that resemble him properly, but he does have proper appearance and equipment in game when being played with.
* Still haven't made a decision on Antonio Brown yet in regards to what I'm going to do with him in free agency. I'm still likely going to lower his OVR quite a bit so he's not signed in free agency when you load CFM but that decision hasn't been done yet.
* I lowered Jordan Reed down to last on the depth chart . It's looking as if his career may be over but the team hasn't placed him on any reserved lists just yet. I'll monitor the situation but Vernon Davis should hold the starting TE spot for the remainder of the season.
* Just a reminder that if a player is expected to miss 4 weeks or so due to injury I will not be removing them from the depth chart. These rosters need to be readily able to load into CFM so unless the person has a seaon-ending injury with I.R. status I will likely keep them on their appropriate depth chart spot.

Today's post Week-3 Update is now completed.
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Roster Update: 09/26/19
* QB Kody Kessler signed to the Patriots
* TE Luke Wilson signed to the Seahawks
* TE Bradley Sowell signed to the Bears
* TE Jerome Cunningham signed to the Redskins
* OG Keaton Sutherland signed to the Dolphins (claimed off waivers)
* LB Stephone Anthony signed to the Saints
* CB Torry McTyer signed to the Bengals (claimed off waivers)
* FS Chris Banjo signed to the Cardinals
* RB Jon Hilliman promoted to active roster
* WR Isaiah Ford promoted to active roster
* LB Justin Phillips promoted to active roster
* CB Greg Mabin promoted to active roster
* FS Adrian Colbert promoted to active roster
* RB Kerrith Whyte released from the Bears
* WR Ryan Grant released from the Raiders
* WR Travis Fulgham released from the Lions
* DT Bryan Mone released from the Seahawks
Practice Squad Transactions:
* QB Mike White signed to the Jets
* WR Andy Jones signed to the Dolphins
* OLB/EDGE Jachai Polite signed to the Rams
* P Matt Wile re-signed to the Falcons

* Additional players received ratings edits tonight. Patrick Mahomes was included in regards to his new 99 club achievement. Several of EA's Week 4 "Big Movers" along with approximately 20 other players all received ratings tweaks. As a reminder, I do not agree with a lot of EA's ratings, so although I mimic a few of their changes, I often vary from what they do. QBs like Gardner Minshew, Daniel Jones, Kyle Allen etc - all different rating systems from EA. If you agree or disagree with my ratings - I totally understand and am open eared to suggestions/corrections. I only ask that you provide legitimate reasoning, proof or explanation. :headbang2
Equipment Edits continue - As I typically do: i browse through social media and basically update as they come and as I go. I also utilize @Helmet_Stalker's updates as well in regards to helmets. Once again, if you see any mistakes or want certain players corrected immediately as opposed to waiting, let me know and I'll get the edits done as soon as I get to them.
* RB Jon Hilliman was created/added to the roster tonight. I have him at a 66 OVR which is MUCH kinder than what EA will give him. He played poorly in pre-season so I understand the concept, but take it for what it's worth - at least for now.

When I start a franchise with these rosters everything changes. Do I have to do a 32 team franchise to correct all the changes the cpu makes?

When you start a franchise with ANY roster, the depth charts will be altered some. This is a known issue with EA/Madden and difficult to completely work around. You have to go back in and edit as necessary.
Remember to load the roster first > then as you start CFM import current roster (dont import the pre-season roster option).
Make pre-season as your CFM starting point to help avoid unnecessary cuts and signings done by the computer.
And yes, unfortunately you would have to control all 32 NFL teams in order to avoid the computer making alterations to the remaining 31 teams in the league - but once again this falls on EA/Madden and has nothing to do with my actual roster.
Hope this helps.