Hi these are some changes that madden really needs to make to make the game better.

1) Better tackling. There needs to be hits like the game ESPN, there tackles are amazingly real. Leave the hit stick but make the hits more real .
2) Make the players overalls more realistic. They make everyone way too good in madden. Espn is much more realistic. There shouldn't be so many 99's and 98's and 97's. There are onlya few players in the nfl not as many as they put. Also during the season the players only go up. If they have bad stretch the don't go down unless there injured.
3) Most important change is the salary cap. After every year the cap goes up about 25 million dollars. That is so fake. In the real nfl it goes up about 2 million dollars a year. They should only increase it by about 2 million dollars a year to be realistic. At the time of free agency every team retains all of there good playrs and there are only guys with 75 ratings or lower. It is so fake.
4) Also add some minor changes like players helmets knocked off, players getting carried off the field in stretchers, measuring the first downs, much better pre game and post game coverage with analysis and stats, a halftime show, better scouting to make it realler, and maybe a sportscenter show with actual plays that happen.

I love the game madden and have been playing it for years. It is 10 times better thn espn in the gameplay and things you can do but espn has realler salary cap situations, player ratings, and tackles. Also the sportscenter to. If madden adds my ideas it will be the perfect video game and espn will never be abe to catch it.