Gridiron Notes: Welcome Back, Kap!
Colin Kaepernick makes his return to Madden NFL today as one of the top Free Agents available in-game with an 81 OVR rating. Kap can be assigned to any NFL team in Franchise, as well as used in the Play Now Mode.
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FRANCHISE MODE
Once you begin a new Franchise, you can sign Kaepernick by navigating to the Free Agent menu and sorting by the QB position. Because this is Franchise Mode, you will have the ability to adjust Kap's ratings however you see fit. When starting your Franchise, be sure to select the "Live Roster" file option to import Kaepernick with the latest roster update. If you're looking to sign Kap, be sure to do it immediately before the beginning of Preseason Week 1 since many other CPU teams will also be interested in signing an 81 OVR Free Agent QB.
THE YARD
Many of you are probably familiar by now with Madden's newest backyard football-inspired game mode, The Yard. To celebrate Kap's return to Madden, the Nike Kaepernick Icon Jersey 2.0 is now available for free to equip on your created player in The Yard.
SIGNATURE CELEBRATIONS
Signature Celebrations is a new feature in Madden NFL 21 and Kaepernick will come equipped with his own. Just like his celebration for touchdowns or big plays in his last season playing in the NFL, Colin Kaepernick will be able to celebrate in Madden NFL 21 with his signature raised fist animation.
FREE-TO-PLAY WEEKEND
To kick off the start of the NFL season and celebrate Kap's return, Madden NFL 21 will be free-to-play from Thursday, Sept. 10th through Sunday, Sept. 13th. This will give all of those who wish to play with Kap a chance, whether you own the game or not.
What is a fair OVR rating for Kaepernick in Madden NFL 21 in your opinion?
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A fair ovr rating for Kap? What is the lowest bronze number?
100% a PR move. If this BLM (I’ll call it a “movement)” wasn’t going on rn, none of this Kap stuff would exist. Don’t even care if it’s an unpopular opinion, truth is the truth. So sick of political correctness. So fake.
Yep and the real EA history with Racism is they continue to sponsor "Gamechangers" who have used the "N" word in competition and in their content.
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I really don't think ANYONE is buying this. Do they just happen to put him in now nothing to do with all the negative press the game is getting? Didn't even put him in MUT, regardless of what you think about Kaepernick, no one thinks he's 81 OVR. Pure pandering and a weak attempt to dilute criticism of a garbage game.
Yes
Meanwhile Clowney still isn't even in the game. SMH...
Elite players like Clowney and Demar Dotson aren’t in the game but Blaine Gabbert’s back up is.. EA strikes again
So my free agents aren't in the game this year
Got to love EA, Franchise sucks and is broken. EA: I know, let's piss every franchise player off like last year with Andrew Luck by adding a QB that will be randomly signed to a team and mess everything up. Now, they'll spend more time in the game since they have to go in and change his position or overall and waste more time
If Madden can have Kap raise his fist as a signature move why can’t they have Barry give the ball to the ref as his signature move? It’s revolting to see Barry dancing in Madden after he scores.
and if you don't select a celebration, they auto-celebrate for you. That's what I needed - forced celebration.
Exactly, because I love seeing the over celebrating on sundays, so take an extra 5 seconds after every play in celebrate. Easy to create a crap game when they focus on being fancy and what happens after the gameplay
You're saying Kap is a higher overall then Kyler Murray??
seems like a big pr move more than anything else
Fair overall? Maybe a 50? He’s trash, who wants krapernick......
they are really trying to get everyone to stop playing this.
What a shit thing to do. You know you’re game is bad, and everyone else is calling you out for it, so you virtue signal about how woke you are with a guy who has been nothing but controversy for the last few years.
“Wow, this completely fixes all of the complaints I had about this game!” - literally no one
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He looks like the Lorax with an afro in that free agent picture
U tried
ok, bud
lol
WTF??? That’s the update? Jesus
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What's a fair OVR?? Seriously @WizzLe you must be kidding. Kaep hasn't played in ages and you say what is a fair OVR for him?? They've added him to try and cater for people who don't even play this game. Meanwhile they have gotten #fixmaddenfranchise number one on trending while a global pandemic and a near race war began.
What are you all going to do when half of your favorite players take a knee on opening weekend? Are you going to boycott The NFL? I thought you all were against cancel culture. I'm a combat veteran who volunteered after 9-11. Did you know that kneeling was a compromise Kaepernick made with a former Green Beret to show respect to the military rather than sitting out the National Anthem completely? You either didn't care to know, or you did and still didn't care. I imagine there would be people less upset if they brought Aaron Hernandez or Rae Carruth back into the game than the guy who peacefully protested. Downvote this veteran all you want Patriots. Since it is more about politics than pride. ;)
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Thank you for your service and for defending the Constitution.
Thanks for your service! I’m fine with players kneeling and with Kaepernick being added to Madden. The only issue I have is that there are 1000 things wrong with the game right now and EA chooses to prioritize adding Kap before fixing gamebreaking glitches. The most ironic part is you can only play with Kap in franchise mode, which marks the only difference between franchise mode in M20 and M21.
I can understand this point of view but I doubt that it took a whole lot to add a single player into the game. Franchise is hot garbage, but that's mainly because EA doesn't care about Franchise anymore because it's not the cash cow that MUT is.
calm down boot. its a shit thing to do over an outright lie that has led to protests which have only harmed the very people he attempted to fight for. in 2019 less than 25 blacks were killed by police. more than half of them were attempting to kill the officer. all but one was justified. Police have over 367 million interactions with the public every year and havent broken 1000 shootings (yes not just killings) since the 50's. you are pandering just as much as EA. Fuck Kap.
i honestly hope you get the help you need
finally, someone with some common sense.
That one Green Beret doesnt speak for all veterans, just like you dont. How many military members stay inside at 1700 so they dont have to salute the flag ? Staying inside for the national anthem would have been better all around. IF the protest had nothing to d owith the flag, it wouldnt be done when the flag is present.
Well after seeing the back to back pick 6's again he gave the Cardinals in primetime, I'd say about a 70 OVR, 81 is a joke. This is what EA is prioritizing.......
Bro that’s my last memory of Kap too lmao for the longest time that game he had more INTs thrown than he had completions
So squads isn’t fixed yet but we’ve got kap now? No Clowney tho! Awesome game you’ve got here madden