User Guide

Modify Playbook To modify a playbook:
1. From the Modify Playbook screen, highlight a coach’s
playbook (or basic formation) and press A. The Custom
Playbook screen appears.
2. Highlight a play you wish to add to the playbook and
press A (press A again to remove it). You have 81 total
plays and 14 sets available. A red check mark appears
next to selected plays.
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To add all the plays from a formation to a playbook,
highlight the formation name and press A.
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Pull E or F to view Run, Pass, and All play formations.
To preview a playbook/swap plays:
1. Press D to preview a playbook. The Formation window
appears.
2. From the formation window, press or to highlight
a set you wish to edit and press A. Select the first play
that you wish to move and press A, then select a
second play and press A again. The two plays trade
places in the formation window.
Create Formation To create a formation:
1. From the Create Formation screen, highlight NEW (or
highlight an existing formation to edit) and press A.
2. Press to scroll through the players and highlight
the player you wish to move. Press A to continue.
3. Press again to move the highlighted player around
the grid, and press A to re-assign the personnel at a
different spot on the field.
4. From the personnel window, highlight the player you
want represented in the particular play and press A.
Press G when complete and the formation is added
to the playbook.
Create Play To create a play:
1. From the Create Play screen, highlight a formation you
wish to edit and press A. Select Run or Pass (for new
created plays) or highlight the current play and press A
again.
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2. Press to scroll through the
players and highlight the player
you wish to move, and press A.
The Routes screen appears.
3. From the Routes screen, highlight an
existing route or assign a blocking
assignment for your player and press A.
Highlight a distance, rushing route or type
of block for the player and press A.
The new route is set.
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To customize a route, press to diagram
the route or assign blocking assignments on
the field. Press A to alter the route in another
direction, or to complete a player’s route.
Press G to test the play.
Save Playbook To save a play or formation:
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Pull E or F to cycle to playbook files. Press I or
J to cycle between the hard disk and a memory
unit. Press A to save your playbook, or highlight
an existing file and press A to overwrite that file.
CREATE-A-TEAM
Create a custom team and add them to the NFL.
To create a new team:
1. From the Team Information menu, set your team options. Press A or
or to change/choose each option. Press G to continue.
2. From the Stadium Editor screen, select a name for your stadium, pick
a stadium type, field surface, and more. Press G to continue.
3. From the Uniform Editor screen, press to browse through the
options and the color panel to create your Home and Away uniforms.
Pull E or F to toggle to the helmet, jersey, and pants editing screens.
Press G when your uniform is complete.
NOTE: The team roster chosen for your Create-a-Team determines the
team they have to replace in Franchise mode.
NOTE: Before you exit out of the Create-a-Team menu, be sure to save
the team to a memory unit or the hard disk. After a team is saved, it can
be loaded to any game mode.
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