Best Madden Teams to Rebuild

Whenever I am playing Madden, I love to take the reins as the General Manager in Franchise mode to create a compelling team that is ready to win multiple Super Bowls and become the next NFL dynasty. Madden did revamp the mode so today, I decided to talk about a couple of teams that I have had the most fun rebuilding and exactly why. 

New York Jets

The New York Jets are one of the more interesting teams in the NFL to rebuild as they seem to have the groundwork of what they are building. They have Zack Wilson under center to begin his NFL career and the ability to build something around him and this could be a longer work in progress. Though they’re not going to be favorites on many real-life NFL lines for a while, the core of the team is interesting to build around. 

The team is highlighted by the likes of Quinnen Williams, Mekhi Becton, and Marcus Maye and having two first-round picks in the first year that you are able to draft. There definitely are some incredible assets that you can have at your disposal and build a solid team that can compete in the AFC with cap space, smaller contracts, and draft picks to either trade or use yourself. 

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

This is something you may be scoffing at as the reigning Super Bowl Champions and having Tom Brady under center. However, he has the possibility to retire after any season as he is up there in age and there are some improvements in depth that you could do as you develop the successor of the franchise quarterback. 

They have a lot of one-year contracts on the books so there is a lot of ways you can spin this as they are trying to remain a top fish in the NFC while also having the ability to have a lot of cap space and rebuild on the fly. This is one of the more entertaining rosters to continue to build a championship-caliber roster. 

Houston Texans

This is arguably the coolest rebuild to do as they are a young franchise and you can either start with a star quarterback in DeShaun Watson or continue to go as the NFL did and not have him as a member of the organization and completely rebuild the Texans. They already have a good amount of draft picks in Day 2 and 3 of the NFL Draft as your first offseason controlling the team so building from the dirt with young players and convincing veterans to join your team and be a competitive roster. You have control of a good amount of picks already and if you deal Watson, you could get a haul in return, which is always fun in the world of video games. 

Miami Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins are one of the best rebuilds you can do in this game as they have a couple of first round picks in the upcoming draft and you have a lot of tradable assets. Besides having a quarterback under a rookie contract in Tua Tagovailoa, there are key players like Byron Jones, Xavien Howard, Jaylen Waddle, and DeVante Parker that could be traded or you can figure out how to develop around these key pieces.

There are a multitude of contracts getting set to expire after this season as well so there is a lot of flexibility that you can go here. Going up against the Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots twice a year also provides a lot of fun matchups against tough franchises.