Last season, you took to the field aboard the iconic Aircraft Carrier Stadium. This time, we’re bringing the action to the sunny shores of the coastal Southeast. Get ready to suit up at Seaside Park, a brand-new stadium surrounded by palm trees and coastal vibes.
But Season 2 isn’t just about a fresh backdrop and new cosmetics—we’ve also made meaningful changes based on your feedback. Progression is now faster, more flexible, and even more rewarding, making it easier to earn the content you want while playing the way you enjoy.
As always, the Season Pass includes both free and premium rewards at every tier, featuring card packs, cosmetics, celebrations, and in-game currency. And don’t worry—if you decide to upgrade to the premium pass later in the season, you’ll instantly unlock any premium rewards you would have earned thanks to your progression.
Changes To Progress in Season 2
We’ve made some adjustments to the way progression works in Season 2 based on feedback from the community. This season, you’ll earn rewards more quickly and have greater flexibility when it comes to completing challenges across different game modes.
Let’s start with progression. In Season 1, we heard that some challenges felt a bit too specific or demanding, which made it harder for some players to stay on track. For Season 2, we’ve fine-tuned the difficulty of weekly and seasonal challenges to make them more approachable—so you can keep moving forward and unlocking rewards at a steady pace.
We’re also expanding how and where you can complete challenges. Now, your stats will count toward weekly and seasonal progress whether you’re playing online or offline MPL, Dynasty mode, or Exhibition Mode. However you choose to play, your progress will follow.
Defensive Hot Routes
We’re adding more control to the defensive side of the ball in Season 2 with the introduction of defensive hot routes. You can now adjust individual defender assignments pre-snap, giving you the tools to counter what you’re seeing from the offense in real time. Whether you want to put a linebacker into a hook zone, assign a cornerback to man coverage, or send an extra rusher off the edge, defensive hot routes let you make smart, strategic adjustments on the fly—just like a real defensive coordinator.
Alternate Jersey Selection in Dynasty Mode
Season 2 brings more customization to your Dynasty experience with the addition of alternate jerseys. You’ll now have the ability to create alternate uniforms at any point during your Dynasty and choose which look your team will take the field in before each game. Whether you’re designing a bold new look for rivalry week or just switching things up for fun, alternate jerseys give you more ways to show off your team’s identity and make every matchup feel unique.
Coach Mode in Online Exhibition
We’re also expanding the flexibility of how you play with an update to Coach Mode. Previously limited to offline play, Coach Mode is now available in online exhibition games—allowing you to take on your friends head-to-head while calling the shots from the sideline. Whether you’re testing your play-calling skills or just prefer a more strategic, hands-off experience, you can now compete online in Coach Mode and prove who’s the better football mind.
Full Patch Notes
🆕 New Features & Content
- Added Vice Blitz (Season Pass 2) content.
- Added defensive hot routes.
- Added hot route option for TE/RB pass block assignments.
- Added Coach Mode to Online Exhibition.
- Challenge system rework: New challenge types, including ones available in Exhibition Mode.
- Added new commentary lines.
- Drill categories added to the drill selection screen.
- 3D Backgrounds now change based on Season Pass.
🛠️ Gameplay Improvements & Fixes
- Carrier Stadium now loads correctly in Online matches.
- Missed conversion kicks will no longer trigger touchback flags.
- Delay of game on conversion plays correctly sets the Line of Scrimmage.
- Defense touchdown after a fumble will now end the game during odd overtime turns.
- AI will now decline penalties if doing so is beneficial (e.g., gaining more yards and not avoiding loss of down).
- Tackling the holder with the ball no longer triggers an invalid Roughing the Kicker (RTK) penalty.
- Fixed referee backward movement when players delay the game.
- Play direction indicator now replicates properly.
- Spectated broadcast/instant replay camera switching fixed.
- Auto replay spectate-broadcast camera switching now works correctly.
- Fake pass (pump fake) animation improved.
- Sprint animation tweaks.
- Fixed MFATUpdateNearbyThreat ignoring defenders behind the ball carrier.
🎮 Dynasty Mode Fixes & Updates
- Fixed alternate uniform selection issues in Dynasty mode.
- Fixed incorrect team selection in Dynasty mode.
- Unlock button now correctly disables after unlocking all prospect attributes.
- Fixed various UI issues (conflicting or extra button prompts).
👥 Multiplayer / Online Play Fixes
- Fixed custom uniform selection not applying in MPL Online games.
- Fixed alternate uniforms not showing in MPL vs CPU games.
- Fixed penalization bug when accepting Online Exhibition invite while in matchmaking queue.
- Fixed issue where another player’s disconnect caused incorrect popup behavior in Online Exhibition.
- Commentary now functions correctly in multiplayer matches.
🎨 Customization & UI Improvements
- Increased character limits in team and player customization.
- Fixed issue where only changing team colors didn’t save properly.
- Customization team select softlock fix.
- Card pack UI texture fix.
- UI – Rank badge visual update.
- Card pack texture improvements.
- UI – Drill category visuals updated.
- Fixed visual noise/grain in Coach Mode play selection screen.
👟 Animation Updates
- Added new catch animations, jump/turnaround catch animations, and adjustments to catch behavior.
- Updated passing animations.
- Added new pump fake animation.
- Adjusted scramble animations.
- Adjusted Block – Open Field animations.
- Open field QB diagonal movement additions.
- Pass animations now processed and motion matched.
- Post-touchdown celebrations slightly slowed down.
- Adjusted sideline player reactions.
- Tweak to sideline player/coaches reaction timing and behaviors.
- Sideline coach improvements (WIP): Added head tracking, idle animations, bench locomotion, and reaction emotes (shout, clap, angry).
- Updated locomotion logic for sideline coaches.
🔊 Audio Improvements
- Ambience toggle audio fix.
- Improved presnap, pass, and audible meta sounds.
- Kick return commentary variations.
- Start of down commentary variations.
- Various multiplayer commentary fixes.
⚙️ Stability, Crash Fixes & Optimizations
- Crash fixes for Carrier Stadium and other scenarios.
- Fixed players stuck in ground after skipping halftime cutscene.
- Better handling of initial login flow in offline mode.
- Fixed connection overlay showing over error popups.
- Minor performance optimizations.
- General stadium fixes.
- Fixed a bug where changing team colors only didn’t save correctly.