Coach cards and tactics that change the play

A new kind of card has joined the deck. Coach cards work the sideline rather than the field: draw extra cards, dig through your deck for the one you need, stretch or squeeze the play budget, make the other coach discard, or lock out their tactics and boosts. Some set up a game plan that pays off across a whole drive.

Tactics have been reworked too, 33 in all, and each one now changes what your players actually do on the snap. The tactic is named on the field before the ball is snapped, and the commentary booth now calls the play while it's happening, with the analyst following at the whistle.

The first screenshot shows the Fairview Eagles calling Four Verticals with the Free Call coach card, the booth reacting to a big run. The second shows a Play-Action tactic named on the field as the snap begins.