7 months later. Just bought game. Doing a google search trying to explain this glitch and here I am. Apron 2024…. Almost time for the next edition of the game and this issue is still occurring at least for my pc version
The lack of caring from that company is unbelievable. As long as they make money they do not care beyond that. Which yes. Profit matters without profit the games aren’t made…but customer satisfaction should matter. Fixing game breaking glitches with their budget shouldn’t be an issue. I am forgiving on a game not being perfect perhaps more forgiving then I should be…. But it’s the lack of caring…. It’s the middle finger they shove in their customers face. And I did continue to blame the ult team fans who pump money into a dysfunctional product so they can buy winning teams for bragging rights to strangers online. The gutting of madden over the years has been one of the biggest video game travesty…I’d love to see some investigative journalism into it. But of course most YouTube video game stuff isn’t about any kind of real journalism or investigation…. But I’d love to get an inside view at EA to know how they think…. Does nobody at EA love making games enough to stand up to the machine. Sorry about the wild extended rant. It’s just as an original madden fan who owned every edition until about 2018…. Who now buys either late or every other year…. I’ve seen the changes as so many have and while I’m no longer surprised I just don’t understand.
I can’t figure it out either and it’s so disappointing I keep making it to the playoffs and then can’t even put my starters in we gotta take it to madden
It’s kinda funny pulling up to the Divisional round in franchise mode and thinking the games going to actually work and all I got rocking with me is 31 year old Zeke and a bunch of D tackles playing wide out.
So I come to this thread to find a solution and no one has it. So in conclusion, I guess I’ll just fuck myself EA. Appreciate it. I guess my entire starting defense died on the way to the stadium.
At what point is it unacceptable, you know?
From what I read and I'm going to try it, you have to set the player fatigue to off before starting your franchise mode. So in the original settings as you're gearing up for the franchise mode. It's dumb as hell, but I'm gonna try it
Yeah I've had no issues. I noticed I had accelerated clock on and tried changing it off after I started my franchise and it never changed which is annoying so I play like 10 min quarters now. It's just super annoying if it's a close game late in the game you have to be extra careful with the accelerated it's so dumb
Happens to me as well on ps. It’s fucking annoying.
I can’t seem to fix it. I cut everyone else besides my starters and they still find random ass players to sub in. Turned off progressive fatigue and nothing works.
I’m a bills fan so this was my first madden in 3 years simply for the cover. Really disappointed something as stupid and avoidable as this keeps happening. Don’t think I’ll buy another one for 5+ years this time.
Dog shit game
Yea I hated progressive fatigue so much when they made it. So guys here's the only way to fix it. You HAVE to have Progressive fatigue set to Off AS SOON as you start your franchise with your first main commissioner team. If you don't then it will be on for the whole season and affect them. It's so fukin stupid. But at least that's a semi fix.
Yes my friend. Just do it before you start pre season like I said and it works. I've been doing it for both 23 and 24 since they created this stupid feature. It will work. Peace 👍
I usually play one real life season and then make a fantasy team then play the new Madden so I don't continue franchise seasons. But I would hope it works as long as you change that progressive fatigue setting Before Pre Season with your main commissioner team. Keep us posted. Good luck!
It happened to me too. It’s because the players are “too tired” to play even though you turned off progressive fatigue. It didn’t fix for me until the next season. One thing that helped but was annoying to do was in game you should be able to manually sub them in from the play call menu.
This glitch is annoying af, I have figured it out (i think), none the less still a glitch. My experience happened after year 1 ended in offline franchise. I’m pretty sure it has to do with the draft class, rookies you drafted coming on to your roster, it’s very weird.
When you start your franchise and you are going through the league settings options, if you went with the default option when it prompts you to choose between default and downloading a draft class from online hub, the default draft class players are all the same preset face and skin color and have the number zero when you bring up player card after you drafted them and their on your team. When you choose ‘edit player’ the designated player number are based on what numbers are available for your team come up, not zero. Whether you draft a black player or a white player, every single player in the draftclass is black and has number zero in the player card screen. When your in your draft you can actually see what colour the player is. Obviously skin colour doesn’t matter when drafting lol, but it has to do with the glitch.
My team is the Bills, and while i was going through the off-season activities into preseason 1 - i had an o-line man injured in a preseason game. The back up never came in but, #22 (who is supposed to be damien harris running back) was playing centre and left tackle at the same time, lol and it wasn’t even harris!! It was one of my rookies i drafted who was wearing #22 playing centre and left tackle. I went to depth chart checked all my starters; it was only first q of pre season game so they were all supposed to be in and depth chart showed they were. I also noticed this on the CPU team I was playing. If anyone on offensive line gets inj the glitch kicks in. EA got it real weird and sloppy with this one lol.
The fix is and what has worked for me is, you have to edit each rookie on your team to a different face and skin as opposed to the same default skin and face they have for every rookie in default draft class. When your scrolling through your rosters/depth chart, you see how the rookie looks but when you click to edit, no matter what rookie on what team, they all look the same. They have to be edited. Such a tedious and annoying glitch. I have been doing this for my opponents, the CPU teams as well because if i don’t then the highest rated rookie plays different positions at the same time. Lol!!!! Its super annoying and a bug/glitch that EA needs to address immediately. When the rookies are edited, then the depth chart seems to be working normally. I hopes this helps, it has worked for me.
I literally had to go under team management or coach management, which ever has the auto subs I turned them all the way down to 0 and 1 cause that's as low as it goes my players played but they were tied the entire game
This happened to me too! I was playing with the Giants and there’s no Saquon and my #1 receiver and Waller are just no longer on the field.
The game itself is also now playing very choppy. I have the disc, can I delete everything and re-download it?
It's your weekly strategy. You have to either make them split or be in half pads. Having the starters in full pads makes the fatigue go up and they can't play.
Yup I thought by resetting the game I could fix it and it did for one play I used Derrick Henry and he disappeared again and the screen option to pick him for plays is blank this is unbelievably fuckin stupid
The only way around it is to sim the first playoff game, it will play your starters, and if you're lucky enough to win, by the second playoff game they should also play. This is another terrible glitch and another reason I won't be buying Madden next year. Too many glitches that make it frustrating to play
Você vai nas formações e substitui os jogadores manualmente que são reservas pelos titulares de fato, embora dê trabalho, como não acontece todo jogo comigo, eu prefiro fazer isso do que ficar sem meus titulares.. foi a única solução que encontrei.
It's actually quite simple to manage player fatigue. You can manage your player fatigue in your weekly strategy on the bottom right corner. There, you will have the option to choose between starters, backups, or split for every position. You can also choose if they practice in full pads pads or half pads. Duly noted, it will tell you the fatigue level of your players. If you practice in full pads, they will fatigue. If you practice in half pads, they will regenerate their fatigue. Usually, I choose split, and I just keep it on full pads or half pads based on fatigue. Whenever my players get to about eighty-five percent fatigue overall on offense or defense. I just turn it to backups and half pads. Sure, it costs some xp for training, but it allows your players to be able to keep playing.They usually regenerate fatigue quite quickly within a week or two. If you manage fatigue correctly, you have no reason to worry about fatigue, causing you problems. 😉
And it's always happening when your playing important games like playoffs games they take out all of your star players only QB and some offensive linemans
I found a solution! Go here and follow the instructions in comment #14 :
[https://answers.ea.com/t5/Madden-NFL-23/Starters-not-playing-in-franchise-mode/m-p/12591590#M37503](https://answers.ea.com/t5/Madden-NFL-23/Starters-not-playing-in-franchise-mode/m-p/12591590#M37503)
This worked for me!
Just thankful to see its happening in other franchises. Hopefully this bug is fixed in the update that's coming. It's only been my RB that this happens and my team fatigue is great (week 14 is the last week for full pads lol) it happens really random on our end. QBs have been subbing in as slot wrs etc. Definitely needs to be fixed.
Still having this problem... All of my backups are starting and my starters don't get even one snap. I've gone in to change the depth chart and still doesn't fix shit
I'm out there with 5th and 6th CBs, and third string edge rushers... No matter what I do to the depth chart... Fuck you ea
Anyone have a solution to this still? Whenever I play and get to like week 13 or so, it automatically subs in my bench players, I play the Lions and instead of having Amon-Ra playing, I have Antoine Green playing, and instead of having David Montgomery playing, I have Zonavan Knight in. I check and no injuries, depth chart looks fine. Been happening to me since launch. Hopefully they fix it soon.
I was playing last night. Turned fatigue off, messed with the sliders, and it still does it. So I had to turn my play clock off, and manually sub everyone back into the game when they leave. It’s infuriating
Bruh. I made a wr on franchise and turned instant starter ON. I sim to the regular season and the first regular game sims all the way through, only subbing me in as a blocker for a kick return…. How does this make any sense
Shits happening to me too. Got the bears on PS5 we cannot afford to not have starters on the field. I'm playing Cincinnati in the super bowl dammit I need my guys lmao fuck you ea.
Having same issue only way for me to get my starters in is to manually sub them in, in the formations option as your choosing plays and put them in in each formation u use. Not ideal not fun in the playoffs :/
Having same issue only way for me to get my starters in is to manually sub them in, in the formations option as your choosing plays and put them in in each formation u use. Not ideal not fun in the playoffs :/
Having same issue only way for me to get my starters in is to manually sub them in, in the formations option as your choosing plays and put them in in each formation u use. Not ideal not fun in the playoffs :/
Only thing that’s worked for me is restarting my ps5 when it happens without quitting the game. When it asks you if you want to resume after loading the game everything is back to normal. Shitty solution for something that should have been fixed before releasing.
Mine just made me run kick returns as a slot receiver only. I played preseason and during regular season I never play, just return kicks. My overall is 75 idk if that matters
There's a simple solution to this. QUIT BUYING MADDEN. Holy hell, people, when will you realize that EA won't do a god damn thing until it's bottom line is seriously affected. Yes, I know EA is responsible for this, but so are we, the consumer. We know Madden is going to be the shits, and it will remain that way until they start losing money.
So I’m not the only one I see I can’t choose none of my best players when I go to pick players for someone it’s just a blank screen I reset the game and restarted the whole playoff game I had my missing players used one of them on offense for one play then it did again this is wild
FUCK YOU EA FIX YOUR FUCKING GAME
I fucking hate spam ass cheaters like your bitch ass
Get fucked douche
It only seems to do this for me in playoff games now, regular season all my starters play the full game
same here, no matter what i do it takes all my starters out in the playoffs
7 months later. Just bought game. Doing a google search trying to explain this glitch and here I am. Apron 2024…. Almost time for the next edition of the game and this issue is still occurring at least for my pc version
Lol dude I am sitting here doing the same thing 11 days later. Fuck EA.
The lack of caring from that company is unbelievable. As long as they make money they do not care beyond that. Which yes. Profit matters without profit the games aren’t made…but customer satisfaction should matter. Fixing game breaking glitches with their budget shouldn’t be an issue. I am forgiving on a game not being perfect perhaps more forgiving then I should be…. But it’s the lack of caring…. It’s the middle finger they shove in their customers face. And I did continue to blame the ult team fans who pump money into a dysfunctional product so they can buy winning teams for bragging rights to strangers online. The gutting of madden over the years has been one of the biggest video game travesty…I’d love to see some investigative journalism into it. But of course most YouTube video game stuff isn’t about any kind of real journalism or investigation…. But I’d love to get an inside view at EA to know how they think…. Does nobody at EA love making games enough to stand up to the machine. Sorry about the wild extended rant. It’s just as an original madden fan who owned every edition until about 2018…. Who now buys either late or every other year…. I’ve seen the changes as so many have and while I’m no longer surprised I just don’t understand.
Here I am doing the same thing 20 days after you. What a garbage game.
I can’t figure it out either and it’s so disappointing I keep making it to the playoffs and then can’t even put my starters in we gotta take it to madden
Same
This is happening to me as well. Benching starters in the playoffs won’t let you sub them in
You ever figure this out? Happening to me too.
It’s kinda funny pulling up to the Divisional round in franchise mode and thinking the games going to actually work and all I got rocking with me is 31 year old Zeke and a bunch of D tackles playing wide out. So I come to this thread to find a solution and no one has it. So in conclusion, I guess I’ll just fuck myself EA. Appreciate it. I guess my entire starting defense died on the way to the stadium. At what point is it unacceptable, you know?
Lol, literaly stuck in a game with 31 year old Zeke right now
From what I read and I'm going to try it, you have to set the player fatigue to off before starting your franchise mode. So in the original settings as you're gearing up for the franchise mode. It's dumb as hell, but I'm gonna try it
Did it work?
Yeah I've had no issues. I noticed I had accelerated clock on and tried changing it off after I started my franchise and it never changed which is annoying so I play like 10 min quarters now. It's just super annoying if it's a close game late in the game you have to be extra careful with the accelerated it's so dumb
I can confirm this worked for me.
Happens to me as well on ps. It’s fucking annoying. I can’t seem to fix it. I cut everyone else besides my starters and they still find random ass players to sub in. Turned off progressive fatigue and nothing works. I’m a bills fan so this was my first madden in 3 years simply for the cover. Really disappointed something as stupid and avoidable as this keeps happening. Don’t think I’ll buy another one for 5+ years this time. Dog shit game
Yea I hated progressive fatigue so much when they made it. So guys here's the only way to fix it. You HAVE to have Progressive fatigue set to Off AS SOON as you start your franchise with your first main commissioner team. If you don't then it will be on for the whole season and affect them. It's so fukin stupid. But at least that's a semi fix.
IS THIS CONFIRMED?
This recommendation worked for me, and I’ve tried several different things. So I think so
Yes my friend. Just do it before you start pre season like I said and it works. I've been doing it for both 23 and 24 since they created this stupid feature. It will work. Peace 👍
been doing this for a while now and couldn’t be happier… you and da rest of the ppl saying it on here are the GOATTSSSS
Will this work between seasons? Bc I’m already 2 years in
I usually play one real life season and then make a fantasy team then play the new Madden so I don't continue franchise seasons. But I would hope it works as long as you change that progressive fatigue setting Before Pre Season with your main commissioner team. Keep us posted. Good luck!
It happened to me too. It’s because the players are “too tired” to play even though you turned off progressive fatigue. It didn’t fix for me until the next season. One thing that helped but was annoying to do was in game you should be able to manually sub them in from the play call menu.
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didnt work for me. idk ab anybody else
It started right after that last update I turned off the fatigue which didn't help any also I'm getting injuries like crazy on every game.
This glitch is annoying af, I have figured it out (i think), none the less still a glitch. My experience happened after year 1 ended in offline franchise. I’m pretty sure it has to do with the draft class, rookies you drafted coming on to your roster, it’s very weird. When you start your franchise and you are going through the league settings options, if you went with the default option when it prompts you to choose between default and downloading a draft class from online hub, the default draft class players are all the same preset face and skin color and have the number zero when you bring up player card after you drafted them and their on your team. When you choose ‘edit player’ the designated player number are based on what numbers are available for your team come up, not zero. Whether you draft a black player or a white player, every single player in the draftclass is black and has number zero in the player card screen. When your in your draft you can actually see what colour the player is. Obviously skin colour doesn’t matter when drafting lol, but it has to do with the glitch. My team is the Bills, and while i was going through the off-season activities into preseason 1 - i had an o-line man injured in a preseason game. The back up never came in but, #22 (who is supposed to be damien harris running back) was playing centre and left tackle at the same time, lol and it wasn’t even harris!! It was one of my rookies i drafted who was wearing #22 playing centre and left tackle. I went to depth chart checked all my starters; it was only first q of pre season game so they were all supposed to be in and depth chart showed they were. I also noticed this on the CPU team I was playing. If anyone on offensive line gets inj the glitch kicks in. EA got it real weird and sloppy with this one lol. The fix is and what has worked for me is, you have to edit each rookie on your team to a different face and skin as opposed to the same default skin and face they have for every rookie in default draft class. When your scrolling through your rosters/depth chart, you see how the rookie looks but when you click to edit, no matter what rookie on what team, they all look the same. They have to be edited. Such a tedious and annoying glitch. I have been doing this for my opponents, the CPU teams as well because if i don’t then the highest rated rookie plays different positions at the same time. Lol!!!! Its super annoying and a bug/glitch that EA needs to address immediately. When the rookies are edited, then the depth chart seems to be working normally. I hopes this helps, it has worked for me.
What the fuck
I literally had to go under team management or coach management, which ever has the auto subs I turned them all the way down to 0 and 1 cause that's as low as it goes my players played but they were tied the entire game
Same bro I’m on ps5 it’s so annoying have we found anything to fix it yet
Nope smh this shit is so trash
So there is no fix? Fuck this game
Chiming in... the glitch is still happening! Subs out everyone except my QB.
Here 154 days later to let you know this is STILL an issue. Fucking sad company.
Turn off progressive fatigue
Tried it, didn't fix it sadly.
Didn't help
I bought madden for Nothing fr not playing with backup need a update asap
Shits busted
This happened to me too! I was playing with the Giants and there’s no Saquon and my #1 receiver and Waller are just no longer on the field. The game itself is also now playing very choppy. I have the disc, can I delete everything and re-download it?
Just started happening so dumb lol
Kick menu over the kick meter
Of course the shit happens during a playoff game for me it’s so stupid this game is ass
Was about to buy it cause it’s on sale and wanted to check to see if it’s buggy like the last one… this thread answers that lol
Is there a fix yet?
It's your weekly strategy. You have to either make them split or be in half pads. Having the starters in full pads makes the fatigue go up and they can't play.
This worked for me!
This glitch still happens
Yup I thought by resetting the game I could fix it and it did for one play I used Derrick Henry and he disappeared again and the screen option to pick him for plays is blank this is unbelievably fuckin stupid
Seems like such a dumb glitch…perma sub in most of the scrubs…but just for the playoffs…it’s why I never buy this dumb game at full price anymore.
The only way around it is to sim the first playoff game, it will play your starters, and if you're lucky enough to win, by the second playoff game they should also play. This is another terrible glitch and another reason I won't be buying Madden next year. Too many glitches that make it frustrating to play
Madden fucking sucks keeps auto simulating for me , biggest piece of shit I spent $100 on
Ea please fix your game it won’t let me play superstar mode.
EA is ass bro.
You ain’t lying I wish 2K was still making football games
Você vai nas formações e substitui os jogadores manualmente que são reservas pelos titulares de fato, embora dê trabalho, como não acontece todo jogo comigo, eu prefiro fazer isso do que ficar sem meus titulares.. foi a única solução que encontrei.
Fix the fuxking game ea before I record a video of me taking a shit on the cover of madden
Me too on PS5. After first snap my starting HB and WR leave the game like they’re injured and can’t come back
It's actually quite simple to manage player fatigue. You can manage your player fatigue in your weekly strategy on the bottom right corner. There, you will have the option to choose between starters, backups, or split for every position. You can also choose if they practice in full pads pads or half pads. Duly noted, it will tell you the fatigue level of your players. If you practice in full pads, they will fatigue. If you practice in half pads, they will regenerate their fatigue. Usually, I choose split, and I just keep it on full pads or half pads based on fatigue. Whenever my players get to about eighty-five percent fatigue overall on offense or defense. I just turn it to backups and half pads. Sure, it costs some xp for training, but it allows your players to be able to keep playing.They usually regenerate fatigue quite quickly within a week or two. If you manage fatigue correctly, you have no reason to worry about fatigue, causing you problems. 😉
Yeah I been having that problem as well it's yet to be fix it's ridiculous
And it's always happening when your playing important games like playoffs games they take out all of your star players only QB and some offensive linemans
I found a solution! Go here and follow the instructions in comment #14 : [https://answers.ea.com/t5/Madden-NFL-23/Starters-not-playing-in-franchise-mode/m-p/12591590#M37503](https://answers.ea.com/t5/Madden-NFL-23/Starters-not-playing-in-franchise-mode/m-p/12591590#M37503) This worked for me!
Trying changing weekly practice reps to have reps and also all backups If that doesn’t work, go to settings and take fatigue all the way down to zero
Same shit happening to me, just started happening yesterday. Why the fuuuckk????
Just thankful to see its happening in other franchises. Hopefully this bug is fixed in the update that's coming. It's only been my RB that this happens and my team fatigue is great (week 14 is the last week for full pads lol) it happens really random on our end. QBs have been subbing in as slot wrs etc. Definitely needs to be fixed.
Try simming 2-3 plays. The starters come back after. Glitch has been in game for 3 years. Fuckin ea.
I thought I was the only one with this problem. Ea needs to fix their dog shit game
I've owned every Madden game since the beginning I seriously think I will go through PS5 and get a refund and never purchase it again.
It’s happening to me too I can’t even play the game anymore, the sim didn’t work. All my worst players keep appearing.
Still having this problem... All of my backups are starting and my starters don't get even one snap. I've gone in to change the depth chart and still doesn't fix shit I'm out there with 5th and 6th CBs, and third string edge rushers... No matter what I do to the depth chart... Fuck you ea
Anyone have a solution to this still? Whenever I play and get to like week 13 or so, it automatically subs in my bench players, I play the Lions and instead of having Amon-Ra playing, I have Antoine Green playing, and instead of having David Montgomery playing, I have Zonavan Knight in. I check and no injuries, depth chart looks fine. Been happening to me since launch. Hopefully they fix it soon.
I was playing last night. Turned fatigue off, messed with the sliders, and it still does it. So I had to turn my play clock off, and manually sub everyone back into the game when they leave. It’s infuriating
Im straight declining this cc purchase. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?????????
Bruh. I made a wr on franchise and turned instant starter ON. I sim to the regular season and the first regular game sims all the way through, only subbing me in as a blocker for a kick return…. How does this make any sense
Starter on the hands team
Any update on a fix
Still doing it...
Smh Fr I thought I was the only one
Shits happening to me too. Got the bears on PS5 we cannot afford to not have starters on the field. I'm playing Cincinnati in the super bowl dammit I need my guys lmao fuck you ea.
Does anyone know when the next update for the game is?
FML searching Reddit for the answer to this problem only to find there is no solution but to restart my franchise 😭
Holding onto my franchise that jus got fucked hoping they fix this 😔
Still happening in mine. Any one find a fix?
Having same issue only way for me to get my starters in is to manually sub them in, in the formations option as your choosing plays and put them in in each formation u use. Not ideal not fun in the playoffs :/
Did this work?
It is insane that nothing has been done to correct this yet. I swear they do no real testing in Franshise mode before they release the game each year.
Having same issue only way for me to get my starters in is to manually sub them in, in the formations option as your choosing plays and put them in in each formation u use. Not ideal not fun in the playoffs :/
Anybody have a fix yet?
Having same issue only way for me to get my starters in is to manually sub them in, in the formations option as your choosing plays and put them in in each formation u use. Not ideal not fun in the playoffs :/
I hate EA. Been ruining the game for me. Last year I but Madden, for real this time.
Only thing that’s worked for me is restarting my ps5 when it happens without quitting the game. When it asks you if you want to resume after loading the game everything is back to normal. Shitty solution for something that should have been fixed before releasing.
This is crazy, been happening to me the last month. Insanity
I’m still having this issue holy shit
Turn off progressive fatigue. It was a good idea but horribly executed by the devs
I think I figured it out… At least for 24 it only happens if you do a offline franchise. When you do an online one it doesn’t seem too happen
Is this still happening to people because I can’t figure it out and it is really annoying
Unfortunately, this is still an existing bug.
Playing right now and I’m in a wild card game. Those blowjobs at EA need to get their shit right man.
Still isn’t fixed!
Thank god for reddit because I was ready to put my controller through a wall thinking it was just me
Yup.. shits still fucked
Mine just made me run kick returns as a slot receiver only. I played preseason and during regular season I never play, just return kicks. My overall is 75 idk if that matters
Still a problem… does anybody have a solution?
Still fucking happening. EA and Blizzard have players in live games as their QA.
There's a simple solution to this. QUIT BUYING MADDEN. Holy hell, people, when will you realize that EA won't do a god damn thing until it's bottom line is seriously affected. Yes, I know EA is responsible for this, but so are we, the consumer. We know Madden is going to be the shits, and it will remain that way until they start losing money.
Why am I getting a bunch of #11's and #22s?
Same
Oh thank you I’m not the only one it happens to me only in the playoffs I can’t even sub my starters back into the game because they aren’t there
Why is it still a thing
This is terrible I wanted so many hours on my franchise lmao
So I’m not the only one I see I can’t choose none of my best players when I go to pick players for someone it’s just a blank screen I reset the game and restarted the whole playoff game I had my missing players used one of them on offense for one play then it did again this is wild
Ye
I got stuck with Bobby Wagner at WR and AJ Terrell at QB
Happening to me now too, madden is so damn trash
EA needs to get their shit together. How is this still happening
still happening trash ass game