Pregame Setup
Rosters
Use Rosters to change the look of any NFL team. You can alter existing rosters by trading, signing, or releasing players, and creating new players. You can also build a team with your favorite players or hold a draft.
Depth Chart
View the starting line-ups and decide whether to alter your starters by bringing a sub off the bench.
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D-Pad Left/Right to choose a team.
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D-Pad Up/Down to highlight a player from the starting lineup and press to tag him for a substitution.
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D-Pad Up/Down from the list of subs to highlight a player and press to execute the substitution. Press to cancel.
Trade Player
Trade for that missing piece of the championship puzzle. Trade for franchise quarterbacks or all-pro running backs to give your team a needed advantage.
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D-Pad Left/Right to choose your team.
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D-Pad Up/Down to highlight a player and press to tag him for a trade.
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D-Pad Left/Right to choose the team with the wanted player.
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D-Pad Up/Down to highlight a player and press to execute the trade. Press to cancel.
Create Player
Have fun creating a player that meets all of your criteria for a difference maker. You can even create yourself, using your name and your physical attributes. Once a player is created, he will be placed in the Free Agent Pool.
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From the First and Last name option, press to activate the alphanumeric chart.
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Use the D-Pad to choose a character or number and press to enter it. To delete a character or space, D-Pad to DEL and press.
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To complete your name, D-Pad to END and press to lock it in and deactivate the chart.
To continue to customize the physical makeup of your player:
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D-Pad Up/Down to the remaining player attributes and D-Pad Left/Right to make a selection.
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NOTE: To abort player creation, press.
Ability Points
Ability points of your player determine his physical abilities on the field. Each player has a minimum of 40 ability points. There are only 240 additional ability points available per player, so choose carefully when selecting the abilities you want to stand out in your player.
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D-Pad Left/Right to increase/decrease the ability points of each category. As each category is increased, the total points remaining for distribution decreases.
Release Player
Release players to free up a roster spot on your squad and add any player available in the Free Agent Pool. Players released from rosters are automatically added to the Free Agent Pool.
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D-Pad Left/Right to choose a team.
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D-Pad Up/Down to highlight a player and press to release him.
Sign Player
To sign a player, first release a player from a full roster. When a player is released, he's placed into the Free Agent Pool. Rosters hold 24 players.
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D-Pad Left/Right to choose a team.
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D-Pad Up/Down to highlight a player and press to add the player to the team roster.
Player Cards
Player cards hold physical and performance statistics of each player.
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D-Pad Left/Right to choose a team.
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D-Pad Up/Down to choose a player and view his stats.
Build Team
Building a team allows you to hand pick players from any roster to fill each position on your team.
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D-Pad Left/Right to choose a team.
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D-Pad Up/Down to choose a player on your roster. As you highlight a player, the players available in the Player Pool will match your player's position.
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Press to tag your player for a team switch.
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D-Pad Up/Down to choose a player from the Player Pool.
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Press to execute the switch with the tagged player from your roster.
Draft
Players are drafted at 4 offensive positions and 4 defensive positions. The draft will run for 8 rounds. Press before you start the draft to select a second draft team and hold a 2-player draft.
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WARNING: Any players created prior to a draft will be erased once the draft is entered.
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D-Pad Up/Down, Left/Right to highlight a team for manually drafting. Press to tag 1 or 2 teams for manual drafting. The CPU will draft for the remaining teams.
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Press to start the draft.
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D-Pad Left/Right to choose a player position from which to draft.
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D-Pad Up/Down to highlight a player and press to select him. Holding the D-Pad will enable you to scroll through the list of players faster.
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When each round expires, press to begin the drafting process again. Continue this process until the draft is complete.
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NOTE: To review your team after the draft, go to Depth Chart under Rosters menu.
Reset Rosters
Use this option to reset changes made to all NFL Xtreme 2 rosters.
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Highlight Reset Rosters and press.
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Press again to reset changes made to all rosters or to cancel.
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WARNING: Resetting Rosters will erase all created players.
Options
Select this option to customize the attributes of your game.
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D-Pad Up/Down to select an attribute.
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D-Pad Left/Right to change the attribute.
Difficulty
The player difficulty will determine each player's offensive and defensive ability. Master the Easy and Normal levels before attempting play at the Xtreme level.