who is your favorite 99 rookie premier player

pepperono said:

It's just going to be these 8 in M25.  

That's why they are giving a M25 Team Chemistry token, to add the 8 Rookie Premiere players to whatever theme team.

The chemistry tokens are not player specific, so they could in theory be used on any RP's that are released in M25.  In reality, you are probably correct, but I will continue to hope for someone different.  I am not really a fan of any of these players, and if it is just these 8, I will probably take the LT and the DE, since they will be BND.

peatrick said:

FANTASTIC question and one i'm currently debating with myself.  Finally built my first RP set last evening, but haven't made my selection.  If i'm being brutally honest, none of these cards are really leaping off the page at me.  Probably will come down to greatest position of need.  At the moment I am considering (in order):

1. Brooks HB -- Gibbs feels extremely good, only advantage here would be to gain 49ers team chems on my featured back
2. Odunze WR -- needed baked on Double Me a ~week ago, but now i have a few really decent options here to beat Bottleneck Man Press meta, so less urgent
3. Arnold CB -- lack of tackling ability makes this a questionable choice for me, if you cannot tackle, it's difficult for me to want to play you, although i'm making an exception right now for DRC

Love to hear your thoughts or who you are leaning towards and obviously your ultimate decision.  Good luck!  The whole "best available" player drafting method doesn't seem to work here, so I'm almost certainly going to be drafting based on need.

You know everyone says DRC can’t tackle but my DRC is always making the tackle and bringing down glowing X-Fac running backs with ease so I guess mines is built different

For the sake of my madden 25 team!, I'm choosing Jayden

I don’t have one on my team but that Terrion Arnold looks hella good

kngdrizzle2 said:

You know everyone says DRC can’t tackle but my DRC is always making the tackle and bringing down glowing X-Fac running backs with ease so I guess mines is built different

His Tackling is higher than Revis, Law, Khyree, Samuel, and Vincent. He tackles just fine. People are just being petty. Dude does just fine for me.

chiefsfan123456 said:

None of these RP options for 24 are better than the players that I already have at those positions.  I took Rome Odunze and sold my CeeDee Lamb.  Odunze plays just like Lamb and honestly if you put and 88 on his jersey, I don't think you could tell them apart.

I will finish the RP set when the last token is available from Challenges, but doubt I will do the 3rd one, unless the 99's become more affordable.  I have right at $1M and could liquidate another $2M from the team easily, but won't do so unless I can make the 3rd one with my available funds.  Definitely not spending money in July.

The real question to me is who to take in 25, not who to take in 24.  I am holding out hope that the Fantasy Pack in M25 includes one for all teams, not just the 8 from M24.

These are the only 8 we can choose from next year per GMM

Trenches for me.

Already took Latham, and he’s been huge for a run-first squad.

My remaining two picks will be Turner, and finally Fiske. I’ll probably get Turner early this week.

The only players that are at the top of their position in current META are:

1. Brooks - RB2 behind Gibbs
2. Turner - DE2 behind Kearse
3. Odunze - on of a crop of top tier WRs with man-beating abilities
4. Latham - you can put him at many places on the line, but the Threat Detector for 1ap in Runyan makes him at least LT2

Unfortunately, the safety, defensive tackle, and CB aren't top tier at their positions given lack of flexibility. The DT doesn't have any pass rushing x-factors and the CB/S don't accommodate a hybrid coverage scheme.

L3bowskii said:

These are the only 8 we can choose from next year per GMM

With all due respect to T.J. and the GMM crew, they are not always the best at relaying the real details of promos, and TJ seemed really confused by this one as he was announcing it.  We will have to wait about a month to see what really comes out in M25.  I will continue to hold out hope that there is something different than the 8 that were announced.

I think there is a lot of dialogue here with good opinions on which rookie premier players to choose. Since I took Latham and Rome, Brooks will be my next pick!

They literally are and the coding itself for these cards are very much different than all others. I don’t expect you to understand or agree. a large portion of the community isn’t upset with the RPs only the broke ones that just started playing madden this year and broke madden players in general. everyone else knows rp cards in the next madden are obsolete as soon as a promo comes. nice try tho kid

chiefsfan123456 said:

With all due respect to T.J. and the GMM crew, they are not always the best at relaying the real details of promos, and TJ seemed really confused by this one as he was announcing it.  We will have to wait about a month to see what really comes out in M25.  I will continue to hold out hope that there is something different than the 8 that were announced.

That's like saying you're holding out hope that Santa Claus is real.

If they were going to create a new RP for each team, what would be the point of a M25 chemistry token?  And if they were creating more, why wouldn't they have put them in this game too and already told us about it.  If anything, past history would show it is ALWAYS equivalent in both current and future games. There is no RP that has ever only been in old and not new, or vice-versa.

What you are saying makes no sense and is based on nothing.  They would have announced more RP players if there were more.  You get these 8, that's it, get over it.  This is a dumb hill to die on.

Latham 

Latham

Latham

Maybe Fiske 

Latham

pepperono said:

That's like saying you're holding out hope that Santa Claus is real.

If they were going to create a new RP for each team, what would be the point of a M25 chemistry token?  And if they were creating more, why wouldn't they have put them in this game too and already told us about it.  If anything, past history would show it is ALWAYS equivalent in both current and future games. There is no RP that has ever only been in old and not new, or vice-versa.

What you are saying makes no sense and is based on nothing.  They would have announced more RP players if there were more.  You get these 8, that's it, get over it.  This is a dumb hill to die on.

You mean Santa isn't real?

.....and who mentioned death?

It's a freaking video game.   If I log in and there are only those 8, I will just pick two of them and use them for the 2-3 weeks that they will be relevant, if that long.   

I can hope for whatever I want to hope for, as long as I am adult enough to deal with the inevitable disappointment from EA.