To answer your question of "when did that change?" I assume you mean, when did they allow you to have the same player on offense and defense? That's always been a thing, as far as I can remember. In Madden 15 and 16, there were some people that ran 5 Calvins or 6 Odell's at WR (plus a Calvin on Defense) because they didn't have a "one per side of the ball" restriction. I believe that started in Madden 17 (probably because of people doing that). Also, Calvin played Safety a few times in his career, mostly on Special Teams and in Hail Mary situations (I believe Fitzgerald, Hopkins or someone similar has done it too).
Ogden was probably a good passer in his day, but as a big boy never got the chance to show it off... believe it or not, some people that are known for only one or two skills probably also have more skills that you don't ever see them using (for instance, Dontari Poe, a 346 lb. Defensive Tackle, has a Passing TD and Rushing TD on his stat sheet).
To answer your question of "when did that change?" I assume you mean, when did they allow you to have the same player on offense and defense? That's always been a thing, as far as I can remember. In Madden 15 and 16, there were some people that ran 5 Calvins or 6 Odell's at WR (plus a Calvin on Defense) because they didn't have a "one per side of the ball" restriction. I believe that started in Madden 17 (probably because of people doing that). Also, Calvin played Safety a few times in his career, mostly on Special Teams and in Hail Mary situations (I believe Fitzgerald, Hopkins or someone similar has done it too).
Ogden was probably a good passer in his day, but as a big boy never got the chance to show it off... believe it or not, some people that are known for only one or two skills probably also have more skills that you don't ever see them using (for instance, Dontari Poe, a 346 lb. Defensive Tackle, has a Passing TD and Rushing TD on his stat sheet).
Edited by renaissance247