Are theme teams worth it?

Hey y’all,

I don’t have a favorite NFL team. I have favorite players (they’re favorites for a variety of reasons), but no team. Having trouble deciding if I should run a theme team in MUT23. Last Madden i played was M20 and I ran the Packers for a majority of the year because Rodgers was one of my favorite players. Considering going that route again, but also debating just running my favorite guys. 

I’m NMS - so i don’t have unlimited coins to run a legends theme team or to choose a super expensive team (like the Raiders). Really just looking for advice on a few points.

1. Are theme teams (and the boosts) worth it? 
2. What theme teams are the most “fun” to use (not necessarily the best teams)? 
3. OR - is it just as good to run favorite players and say forget the boosts that come from theme teams? 

Look forward to any advice/suggestions y’all may have.

For the start of Madden, it is always better to just run random good players. Later in the year, TT's will be better most likely, like in previous years

With so many good BND cards you can earn I think it’s smarter to go non theme team. that’s coming from someone who loves running a theme team but right now unless you run 49ers, raiders, legends Theme team it’s hard to compete.

I think it depends on your end goal. If you want to play H2H and be as competitive as possible, run as much of a god squad as you can. If you want to enjoy the game more, stack some coins without having to upgrade each position every week - then a theme team isn't a bad idea. In the past, I usually begin a theme team in October - November 10th. During this period, I am saving as many coins as I can while playing solos, solo battles, H2H and then I sell everyone the second week in November. I use BNDs as much as I can leading into the Blitz promo where I have millions of coins to buy an entire God Squad for a fraction of the cost due to the amount of packs and deals going on. This has worked for me for the last 3 years.

I will echo the above posts and say this early running a team of bnd and best players you can afford is the way to go.  Now as more cards get released maybe running a TT becomes more viable.  I usually make the transition right before Most Feared.  Of course by the end of the year stats get maxed regardless of TT boosts so then you can go back to God squad or favorite players.  This year I'm going to skip the TT and just run with guys I like and who make sense financially.  I love me some Rod Woodson but no way I'm paying a mil for a 90 overall.

The best TT is going to be legends but its going to be expensive.

I have 50/50 TT & a 40/50 best OVR line up. I use the 40/50 best OVR more but I've run TT since the inception of MUT and it's always been my preferred route.