My Madden Ultimate Team has no healthy REs

Question

Alright, I just started playing an Ultimate Team because I want the last few achievements for the game. Right now I have a bunch of 50-60 rated players from the starter pack and a few players from playing the demo before launch. My problem is that in my very first game my Right Defensive End got injured and I didn't get any other REs in my Starter Pack. During the game I was simply able to put a Defensive Tackle in his place and keep playing, but now that the game is over I get an error "Your RE position is empty. You must have a player active for every position before you can play a game."

If I go to the depth chart to the empty RE spot and put the same DT in the spot the game appears to "change" the position to DT instead of RE because of what the player's position is listed as before I put him in the spot. This results in the same error as above.

I don't have an injury card to use on him and I only have about 200ish coins from my first game so I can't afford to buy an injury card or a player to replace him.

1. Is there a way to fix this bug without having to spend real money to buy coins or player packs?
2. Is there a way to start a new Ultimate Team and keep my 3 bonus players and my coins?

Answer

As you've seen, within the game this isn't a problem because you can play pretty much anyone at any position to replace an injured player. (Playing someone from a related position, like playing a DT or an OLB at DE, will work better than playing someone at an unrelated position. You'll see this in the depth chart when you look at ratings for that position: the ratings you see are the ratings for each player at the position you're seeing, not at their natural position.)

Also as you've seen, once the game is over, it's not as easy to fix. You can't actually move a DT to RE as you can in franchise mode, so you're right, your options are to acquire a new one or to get an injury card to heal him.

If you don't want to spend real cash, then another option is to trade for a RE. This will probably require you to find someone with an extra RE who also doesn't need a lot in return ... but I think that's your best option. To my knowledge, there's no way to reset your Ultimate Team.

Here are some details on trading from EA's blog. Note that this was posted in June 2011, so trading may not work exactly as listed below.

• Any card type can be traded. Players, coaches, stadiums, playbooks, legendary cards, etc.
• 1-for-1 Trades – multiple card trades is something we are looking at for the future in Madden Ultimate Team, but in Madden NFL 12, we have 1-for-1 trades.
• Post to Trade Block fee – there will be a fee associated with posting trades (only in the event that the trade is successfully completed).
• You can trade with friends or make deals with complete strangers! Just like the Auction Block, you have the ability to search through trade offers from others or send a card to your own Trade Block.
• You have the ability to set the overall rating range of the player you want in return for the trade. This ensures that you will not get spammed with junk trade offers.

I haven't traded before, so I don't know how much the fee is or when it applies.

There are quite a few places where you could look for trading partners, including chat and the Madden 12 forum on xbox360achievements. As always, use caution when trading with someone whom you don't know, even if you are just trading a low-value card; don't share anything other than your gamertag, and definitely don't give your login information to anyone else, even if they're promising to get you a really great card.

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