I cant get out of the bronze tier in OD????

I’m getting killed too.  Was HOF and finished in top 1500.  I’m literally 1-12 in the new season.  My receivers don’t get open, my QB won’t throw ball unless I hit receiver button 4 times, sacked every 3rd play.  I’m about to just give up.  The nerf algorithms are completely screwed right now.

Yeah, I can't get out of there either... losing to people with much less power than me.

I couldn't get out of bronze yesterday either. Couldn't score, gave up tons of points. Lost like 12 or more games in a row, 5 in a row when I had 0 fans lol

I finally started winning, once I advanced to bronze II it became much easier again

Same here.  I was HOF last season, generally bouncing from 100-1000.  This season my win rate is below 20%, even when I'm getting overall boosts due to power ratings.  Currently testing different captain/coach combos.

Quote from Featherstone85 >> Quote from RobinBancs >> Quote from Turbojets72

Quote from RobinBancs >> Quote from Turbojets72 >> Runnnnn! I throw short passes and i run alot. Im in silver level easy that way. Short pa passes than run! Lol

 Bollocks.  I have fully set up smash mouth with Derrick Henry at 86 routinely being chased down by a fat man D liner with 99 speed

Quote from Turbojets72 >> Runnnnn! I throw short passes and i run alot. Im in silver level easy that way. Short pa passes than run! Lol

 Bollocks.  I have fully set up smash mouth with Derrick Henry at 86 routinely being chased down by a fat man D liner with 99 speed

Runnnnn! I throw short passes and i run alot. Im in silver level easy that way. Short pa passes than run! Lol

Me neither😭

Well after EA killed Madden, they try to kill Overdrive !!!!! What a joke.... So sad.......

I have 17 wins and finally reached Bronze II! 🎉

maybe I should retire for this season after I achieved this milestone.

Man, I can’t get out of bronze either, but it’s because I’ve gone 3-25 W-L.  Between terrible mismatches and impossible pressures to win like throw 4 yds when you’re on the 3 yard line, I can’t make any progress.  Game is seriously bugged.

Odd question for you guys... Do you have any kickoff players in your lineup for boosts? Originally, I had my lineup loaded with them and was getting destroyed. Yanked all of them except for special teams and noticed a difference for the better. I’m at the point of even yanking the special teams guys too. Could be all placebo though.

It’s all ea nerfing

match making is a farce, I am ranked close to 200k, just played someone inside top 50.

Same here as well. Played 10 matches won 2. The others, my opponents scored minimum of 1200....and I think I barely topped 600 a few times.

I'm wondering if EA kinda nerfed all those who finished in HoF. I'm still in Bronze I after 19 wins. I'm glad it's not just me. 

Someone had the Honeybadger in a match up, and I swear to god, the speed on which he ran from FS, over to the other side of the field, beyond the line of scrimmage, to tackle my HB for no gain was unbelievable. It was like The Flash. There is no way he should have been that fast unless EA boosted his speed to make me lose. 

This may take a while.

Quote from Netboy >> It's due to the beginning of the new "season" and what tier people dropped to intialy.  You're playing people that may be much better than you last season because they are climbing the first day.  This used to happen in Hearthstone (card game) as well until they put limits on how far you could drop each season so that the best players didn't have to grind the lower tiers and smoke the guy that just started playing and doesn't know what a scheme is.

The theoretical solution is to wait it out a couple of days until those HOF'ers get back to the high ranks.  Unfortunately, the matchmaking in the game is atrocious and you'll still get matched up with someone 100,000 ranks higher than you fairly frequently.  I've heard unranked is a solution as well but my experience has been that I face even stronger teams in unranked.  If I'm going to play, I might as well earn the ranked rewards IMO.

Quote from Netboy >> It's due to the beginning of the new "season" and what tier people dropped to intialy.  You're playing people that may be much better than you last season because they are climbing the first day.  This used to happen in Hearthstone (card game) as well until they put limits on how far you could drop each season so that the best players didn't have to grind the lower tiers and smoke the guy that just started playing and doesn't know what a scheme is.

The theoretical solution is to wait it out a couple of days until those HOF'ers get back to the high ranks.  Unfortunately, the matchmaking in the game is atrocious and you'll still get matched up with someone 100,000 ranks higher than you fairly frequently.  I've heard unranked is a solution as well but my experience has been that I face even stronger teams in unranked.  If I'm going to play, I might as well earn the ranked rewards IMO.

Well I changed my Captain to a bigger bonus. Graham so those extra points always come in handy. I managed to get to Silver just now on 15 wins. Played some higher ranked guys and got 750 fans but my losses were 150-200 fans. 

I think people should look to defense to be honest. Trying for shootouts isnt always the best. You know the saying defense wins championships, Offense sells tickets. When I face those teams with with 84+ LBs I struggle. Not secondary because all WRs can break on a route on anyone given they are decent builds. Its the high end LBs who cause me issues. 

Also I figured out 90% of my pass plays are to Slot WR, TE and RB. My WR1 and 2 never ever touch the ball. So I invested on the positions I use and less on the wasted players. It is a dramatic difference using a 87+ Slot WR vs a 80-84 base elite. Same for leveling Graham +11. Night and day difference between him and Engram. Thats what I suggest but of course base it around what you do. But defense is the key.