How To Manage Your Team Salary In Madden 24 Franchise Mode

[@grifflax]

The very first tip of penalties applying to trades explains my struggles so much. Lol thank you

[@rcng086]

Salary cap tip: trade your franchise QB after year 3 if you don't meet his motivations to resign. You'll get a good haul of picks assuming he's 85+.

[@Kaiohyeah]

Yes the most perfect video! I will be watching this mutiple times!!!! I can't wait. Thank you!

[@ryanrowe6358]

This is my basic budget... With a 285 million cap... I allot 10 million for my starters (22 x 10= 220 million) and 2 million for my backups (31 x 2= 62 million)... that comes out to 282 million. Breaking it down further... QB= 14 million budget RB= 14 million FB= 2 million WR= 28 million TE= 14 million OL= 60 million Defensive Line= 48 million LB= 38 million CB= 28 million S=24 Million Kicker= 1 million Punter=1 million This adds up to 132 million for offense, 138 million for defense, and 2 million for special teams... this leaves me 14 million to spend as I please. So the most I would spend on a QB to fit my budget is 25 million.... but I run a run first offense, so I don't need a top QB. $10 million a year for a player is my breaking point. He has to be a difference maker for me, to sign a player over $10 million a year.

[@brody8857]

that's an interesting way to look at it! Using $10M as a rough estimate per player is an easy guideline to follow. thanks

[@gareman9417]

Have you done a video where you prioritize the different positions to the pick you have in the draft list? I'll use WR, If your team needs a better WR (assuming you have a good QB), and you'd like to upgrade, do you use the first round pick and take the 'best' WR that comes to you OR do you trade up and take the better WR, ...what would you use your 3rd, 4th, 5th etc picks on are they trade bait or do those picks fill back up roles on your team?...clear as mud?

[@CBGamingYT7]

someone gave me an idea of running through a simmed franchise and giving my thoughts on different scenarios. This could be another part of that video if I do one on it. I can't give a straight answer because it's all so predicated on what the other teams do, what the draft class looks like, what free agency looks like, etc. But I could maybe add a video where I go over different drafts and talk about my thought process during it?

[@brianhulsizer8572]

Thoroughly enjoying the content. Thank you!

[@elitexd-_-446]

Thank you for this I knew the basics of the whole contacts and resigning but I always ended up making small mistakes then ended up being a big mistake 3-4 seasons later and have to let go a couple of key players on my team

[@Troy1998]

Been enjoying all the videos!! I’ve been playing Madden 23, but trying to decide on getting MD24 or wait and get MD25? Not seeing any deals on 24 right now and did not want to pay full price with 25 probably coming out shortly. I do normally play a year behind hoping kinks get worked out if any issues. What would you say?

[@CBGamingYT7]

thank you! I feel like the game plays much better this year than it did last but you may not feel the same and I am not sure how often you play the game. If you play it at least every other day I would say it could be worth it to buy but staying a game behind also lets you avoid all the major bugs! lol

[@ajbickford312]

I’d play it in gamepass (thru EA play) if possible for you

[@NoahLyon-dz6ng]

Ya I'm playing a online league n we are playing owner league n I'm negative in spending funds gotta figure our my team cus all of my players are retiring every season

[@kylehavens6574]

While it may be cheating, what I do to get around the guaranteed/bonus money is go into the edit player screen and put their signing bonus all the way to 0, and put it all under total salary. This completely wiped away the penalty, but it also means the CPU takes a bigger hit to their salary if you decide to trade that player, making it a little harder to trade them

[@myeqchars1889]

I've watched both the main video and this follow-up video on Managing Salaries (both are great videos btw) and I had a follow-up question: if I want to trade away a player who's on his last year of contract, for example Kirk Cousins as shown in your video at 3:19, is the $19.8MM penalty going to be added to the $196MM total 2023 spending? Or is that already accounted for in the 2023 salaries total of $169MM, in other words I would incur no additional penalty? I would think so because if I keep Cousins instead of trading him I would end up paying the total of $20.3MM anyway, as shown for 2023. But I want to be sure I understand it correctly. I know I won't have to pay penalties in future year, but what about the current year?

[@CBGamingYT7]

Yes the contract would essentially still be paid for the current year and if there is any money to save from the salary portion you will see a slight bump in cap. You will see it get added to your current cap penalty as well

[@myeqchars1889]

@@CBGamingYT7 thanks for the reply. You've got a new subscriber!

[@sebastiancofi6370]

What if your player got contract ending same year that you trade him ? You won’t have penalty for next season right?

[@CBGamingYT7]

Correct.

[@connorsmith255]

The franchise mode is so confusing as a beginner. I’ve no idea how the draft works, everyone I tried to buy I couldn’t because of the salary budget

[@CBGamingYT7]

Check out my Back To The Basics playlist. It could help you out with questions you have!

[@RafaelBarroeta-sq1ny]

Question, taking M.garret as an example, he has 81 in signing bonus, each of the 4 years left that he has, is this signing bonus already reflected? Second if I cut him, I will get 20 in penalty and the second year the rest non? 60

[@CBGamingYT7]

the signing bonus is reflected in the yearly pay. so its the breakdown of his salary + an even break down of his bonus which in this case would be 20 million per season. So yes if you cut him you would still have to pay him the 60 million signing bonus which would break down to 20 million in current year and the remainder the following year.

[@assantayrobinson8015]

Is there a way to see your cap penalty for the next year?

[@CBGamingYT7]

Unfortunately there is not. No clue why they took that away

[@assantayrobinson8015]

Thank you so much for all this info bro. I would usually just quit playing when my cap went negative, never thought to figure out why, but I was definitely going trade crazy up until this year. I’m currently in yr 2033 with 50 in cap space and just drafted my first factor rookie at MLB. Team overall is 89 but I have another drafted X factor wr that wants $120/4 yr. Tyler Smith is also up for a 1 yr but I might let him walk. I don’t know if I should let my Xfactor walk because I have another 24 yr old 91 ovr wr and the other guy is 29 at a 92 ovr. I also have 3 picks in the 1st round but I don’t like any of the wrs but I wouldn’t need them to be a 1. Sorry bout the long post I’ve just been watching in silence and guess I had a lot I been waiting to say lol

[@bigmike3007]

I just traded for a guy on a 6 year deal and I guess I was way over the money or something idk really… well when I went back to look at the guy his contract was now for 1 year as if I picked him up in free agency or something but all the money on his contract stayed now I’m in cap hell and I’m going to lose him after giving up hella to get him

[@CBGamingYT7]

That is a glitch sometimes in the game after they are either just resigned or on a 7 year deal. I’d just go into player edit and change contract back to correct years.

[@dereklopez6972]

Do you know if an update is coming for defense? I slow sim like you and I have two CBs (one is 94 overall and the other is 88 overall) that don’t line up correctly no matter what I do to the depth chart or formation subs. CB1 lines up across from the WR1 (to the QB’s left) when he should be on the QB’s right. Switching the depth chart and formation subs makes no difference at all. I use a custom playbook but even if I take it off it changes nothing. Any suggestions?

[@PERC_ANGLE.96]

That's crazy, because I'm having the same problem

[@dereklopez6972]

@@PERC_ANGLE.96 it ruins the immersion for me because most corners don’t travel in real life. Are you on Xbox?

[@PERC_ANGLE.96]

@@dereklopez6972 ps5

[@CBGamingYT7]

I have not had this issue at all. my CB1 always lines up on the left side of the formation from madden cam view and my CB2 always lines up on the right side. Is one of them listed as a nickel corner in SLCB? I know the game will auto put a starter their and that can really screw up rotations. I do not touch CBs in formation subs because that really seems to screw things up. Ill take a look to see if I can find anything else out about this.

[@dereklopez6972]

@@CBGamingYT7 I don’t have my CB1 or CB2 listed on the SLCB at all. I appreciate you!

[@knights194048]

I dont have restructure contract option for some reason. Xbox one ( 2023 season with 49er’s ) -7M cap space. Ive also tried clearing penalties from your other video and I dont have that option either ( User team ) I only have user settings

[@CBGamingYT7]

if it is cloude franchise you have to click on the tab that says members, not sure what it is called for offline but there is a spot on both options to clear cap penaltys by clicking on the profile that is on that team. Same spot you would auto pilot

[@tom.schoen_]

Can someone help me? Unfortunately, I'm not a native English speaker and I'm still relatively new to Madden. I have the problem that the cap space for the coming year in my Jets franchise is only 3.5 million and so I can't really resign any players. How do I free up more cap space for the coming season?

[@CBGamingYT7]

If you wait until the offseason resign stage it will change your cap space to that season and you will be able to cut players or clear your cap penalty for that year. It will only give you one chance at signing them unfortunately but it’s one of the only ways to fix the numbers for next cap year.

[@tom.schoen_]

@@CBGamingYT7 ok that makes sense, i will try that. thank you!

[@YSL_GrxxveCHild]

In my 32 user franchise i switch players positions for better contracts as long as its league legal...like T to G or C.....or OLB to RE...the contracts change when the position changes

[@BillyBong]

I start my season in franchise mode with the niners and use old rosters not updated and i start preseason at -2million and can't clear it and can't resign nick bosa. This didn't happen the first time I started a franchise with them, but every time since I've tried at least 5 times. I have no idea how to fix it.

[@CBGamingYT7]

Have you tried clearing your cap penalty? The 49ers are in a bad way for cap, I’m not to familiar with that team but that would be my best guess

[@BillyBong]

@@CBGamingYT7 yep, done that lol

[@martigilboy2772]

Hey interesting video! I do not understand how can we increase the cap room to re-sign players. I've already traded a player (making my cap room go negative, from 2,6M to -450k) and I don't understand why this happened. I also tried to release another player (with 10M of saving and really low penalty with 1 year contract left), my cap space improved by 10M (the savings related to the release) but my cap room did not change. I think the issue here is that i don't understand how cap space and cap room are related, and how can i improve my cap room to re-sign players. Please help!

[@CBGamingYT7]

did you watch my video about the salary cap from a few weeks ago? I think you are referring to resigning players and when you are doing that you are not using your current years salary. It is using your next years salary and cap penalty. You can fix it but it will have to wait until the end of the current season for the next year to hit

[@jimchupek-d7r]

I noticed you play Franchise as a Coach. I play Franchise as an Owner. The problem is that not only do I have CAP responsibilities, but also overall bankroll. It gets to be a problem with cutting players down the line because you're tapped out. Would you suggest that I shouldn't play as an Owner and not have to worry about overall bankroll?

[@CBGamingYT7]

@@jimchupek-d7r I would suggest coach because you get more scenarios and you don’t have to fight against Maddens inability to properly show income like an owner would to avoid the problems you run into like you mentioned

[@tomjudd6087]

Nice followup, thanks

[@NoahLyon-dz6ng]

Is it good to have a full scheme fit team?

[@ryanrowe6358]

It helps in resigning players for less, if their motivation is for scheme fit. That's the big advantage for scheme fit. It's also a way to filter through players to draft and free agency.... but it's not an end all.

[@brody8857]

@@ryanrowe6358 what about for actual play on the field. like if there is a player that isnt part of my scheme fit, will he be penalized or not play as good as if he was a scheme fit? or does it not matter and just go strictly off of ratings

[@CBGamingYT7]

its a little of both and dependent on the play call. every archetype has its own overall so if you have a player that is an 85 ovr but you are playing them in a scheme that has their archetype at a 75ovr for that particular scheme or situation it could cause them to fall back on the lower ratings they have instead of the non scheme fit that they have an 85 ovr in. Now this doesnt mean they will always play like a 75 but at times it will happen. Certain positions are more important to scheme fit than others as well. It all comes down to the playbook and what kind of plays are being called. Ill cover this more in my schemes video that I plan on doing in the near future!

[@ryanrowe6358]

@@brody8857 … some examples I run a run first offense with the Browns. The archetype for them is Improviser… but I like to run the quarterback… so I can play with a scrambler or an improviser. For running back my archetype is elusive… but I can play with either an elusive or power runner. Now I don’t want to play with a receiving back or a pocket passer, since they don’t fit the scheme I play. My archetype for wide receiver is playmaker… but I like to do a lot of deep throw play action passes… so I prefer to use deep threat receivers for their speed. These are just some examples of user play. You just have to decide what plays/playbooks/schemes you prefer. Then draft and sign accordingly.

[@christianfittipaldi38]

i don’t have a restructure contract option

[@binsteez8881]

I’m not sure if this works but is it smartest to restructure players who will retire before their contract is up ?

[@CBGamingYT7]

I am pretty sure that contracts just fall off and do not effect anything if they retire but I have not tested it enough to say its fact so I will do some testing on it.

[@binsteez8881]

@@CBGamingYT7 its hard to time correctly lol my plan is to give 34 yr old tj watt a long deal then try the restructure finnese

[@israelruiz1590]

Cap penalties on trades. Who is responsible for what or what portion? Thanks

[@CBGamingYT7]

The team trading the player away

[@33tk79]

How do you get positive w/o trading your star players

[@CBGamingYT7]

Can you elaborate please?

[@blkjohnnybravo3506]

Just went thru this rebuilding the titans. I’m currently in 2028 with no hiccups yet but levis is about to start getting expensive and I’m at the point where I gotta let go a few of my home grown talent 😢

[@CBGamingYT7]

That’s rough man

[@JuanPerez-ux4uf]

If I clear cap penalties do I still incur a loss on dead cap?

[@CBGamingYT7]

No

[@JuanPerez-ux4uf]

Also do I get the penalty cleared immediately or do I have to have 53 men on the roster ? Or any other criteria need to be met?

[@CBGamingYT7]

@@JuanPerez-ux4uf you get it immediately. You can’t clear cap for the next season though. So if you want to clear cap penalty for the next season you have to wait until you are in that year to do it

[@JuanPerez-ux4uf]

@@CBGamingYT7 thank you

[@YahQub_]

Hey, so what do you do when you reconstructing contracts and then when it's time for you to re-sign somebody you salary cap is negative

[@CBGamingYT7]

If you run into that I go to team salaries, sort by savings and then starting looking at where I can release players to get right.

[@vincentmarsero7938]

Trying to trade to the Vikings and it says they have cap after I’m assuming it’s because of dead cap?

[@CBGamingYT7]

Yeah it’s usually due to some type of penalty worked in the equation somewhere

[@N0thing2C_here]

Can u restruction in offseason, i have 55mil this year but only aboit 10 next. Was hoping i could restructure before FA to free up space without cutting guys

[@CBGamingYT7]

I think they give you the option to restructure in offseason as long as the player fits the criteria for allowing it.

[@MrMurdamir]

Is your cap space money different from your resigning money

[@CBGamingYT7]

Yes. Resigning money is your projected cap room for next season where as your cap space you see is current season money

[@MrMurdamir]

@@CBGamingYT7 one more question Lol I had 43 million didn’t resign nobody then free agency came and it said I had 21 million. What happen? lol

[@LynnetteMyerson]

What is the best way to use the franchise tag?

[@CBGamingYT7]

I reserve that for very high overall players and compare what they were asking for in a contract to what the tag amount will be. If its too much more than the requested contract I let them test

[@jacobla20]

If i trade a player whos making 20+ million for his last year for a rookie contract, will i only have to pay the penalty for the year i traded him? Or will i have to pay that off for like 2-3 years?

[@CBGamingYT7]

cap penalties are 2 years if its a multi-year deal. So you will pay a years worth the current season and the remainder of it the following season.

[@dboardman17]

Shout out to me for pointing out the 285 salary hard cap to you in the last video! 😎

[@CBGamingYT7]

Yes! Your comment made me look into it more and felt it was necessary to add to the follow up video! Thank you

[@deonthompson4931]

Didn't know restructuring contracts was a thing in Madden

[@northsidecj]

I’m a big cheapie when it comes to paying players especially because I develop and play the games so I trade for young players then develop them and then I’m able to pay them less than a top end player 😂😂😂

[@CBGamingYT7]

Nothing wrong with that! I try to follow the same metric unless I absolutely LOVE a certain player

[@Brasi803]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@therealyoungbafia]

63.8 mil for jimmy garoppolo 😂 ain't not way raiders

[@assantayrobinson8015]

Thank you so much for all this info bro. I would usually just quit playing when my cap went negative, never thought to figure out why, but I was definitely going trade crazy up until this year. I’m currently in yr 2033 with 50 in cap space and just drafted my first factor rookie at MLB. Team overall is 89 but I have another drafted X factor wr that wants $120/4 yr. Tyler Smith is also up for a 1 yr but I might let him walk. I don’t know if I should let my Xfactor walk because I have another 24 yr old 91 ovr wr and the other guy is 29 at a 92 ovr. I also have 3 picks in the 1st round but I don’t like any of the wrs but I wouldn’t need them to be a 1. Sorry bout the long post I’ve just been watching in silence and guess I had a lot I been waiting to say lol

[@CBGamingYT7]

Glad you were able to find some info and apply it! Madden can still be fun if you understand it enough!