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Settings
Gameplay:
Adjust your game settings for the season.
For more information,
➤
Settings
on p. 30.
System:
Adjust your audio and visual settings for the
season. For more information,
➤
Settings
on p. 30.
Save:
Save or delete your season to/from your memory
unit or hard disk. For more information,
➤
Saving and
Loading
on p. 33.
PLAY WEEK MENU
View the weekly schedule, view schedules team by team, and view the league
standings.
Weekly Schedule Menu
Pl aying a Game
To advance through your season, you must either play your designated games
or simulate them.
To play a game in Franchise mode:
1.
Scroll through the games on the weekly schedule and then highlight a game that
you wish to play. Press
D
and a red checkmark appears next to the selected
game.
2.
With a selected game highlighted press
a
to advance to the Controller Select
Screen.
➥
➥
With a non user-controlled game highlighted, press
A
and then highlight your
final option: PLAY GAME, SIMULATE GAME, SIMULATE WEEK, or SIMULATE SEA-
SON. Press
A
again on your final choice.
➥
➥
If you highlight a user-controlled game and press
A
, all non-user games are
simulated automatically.
NOTE:
If you are only simulating the current week rather than a group of
weeks, user-controlled games are not simulated.
PRESEASON
Before you begin the regular season, each team plays four
preseason games. After the preseason is over, you can evaluate
rookies before moving on to the regular season. Use this
information to help finalize your roster for the upcoming season.
NOTE:
The CPU automatically sets your preseason depth charts
so that starters play the first half, while rookies and backups play
the second half.
DURING THE SEASON
During the Season, you can play any game, on any week, at any point
during the year. However, you can only make player trades (before the
sixth week of the season) and sign free agents for user controlled teams.
AFTER THE SEASON
Every season ends with the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl. After pro football’s annual
All-Star game, you are prompted to advance to the off-season.
THE OFF-SEASON
Build your dynasty through the draft or by signing key free agents. You control
the moves for your team and the computer handles the other teams.
OFF-SEASON SCHEDULE
Before jumping to the off-season, be sure to review stats and league news from
the previous season. You can also view the draft order and check out current rosters.
Retired Players
View the retired players from every roster.
Rookie Scouting
For more information,
➤
Rookie Scouting
on p. 20.
Re-Sign Players
Negotiate contracts with players from your own team.
➥
➥
To begin contract negotiations, highlight an unsigned
player and press
A
. Offer a salary and press
A
again
to submit the offer sheet. The player either accepts or
declines the offer.
Free Agent Signing
Before the draft you have a 30-day period to sign
available free agents. You must fit all players you
wish to sign under the salary cap.
NFL Draft
Begin the seven-round rookie draft. Each team
selects one player per round. You can simulate
the draft at any time. The NFL Draft is run
similar to a Fantasy Draft (
➤
p. 16).
Toggle the weeks
for the current
season
Selected game
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