It's starting....

You know, I'm surprised that the NFL hasn't started working on a way to satiate people such as us in the offseason. The NFL has the shortest season of any of the major sports, and consequently you end up with people wiggin for 6 months. I think thats a major reason why the XFL generated so much interest initially. Kind of an offseason pacifier for football freaks. Until we all watched the XFL suck. I had heard a rumor the NFL was thinking about a minor league system, to replace the soon to be defunct NFL Europe. Can anyone verify this? That would be kinda cool to watch in the offseason.

 

I'm PC. Would love to go online, but I'm still on dialup at home.

Madden is tough to control the players. I never do -- I stick with coaching mode, where you just call the plays. I'm always tweaking the depth charts and doing front office stuff. I love the offseasons -- scouting, free agents, trades, draft. Even the new pre-season is cool because you get to evaluate your new talent.

I don't think I'd buy it for anyone under 12, and unless the kid has at least a rudimentary understanding of the game, she probably won't do very well. Just my opinion.