Madden 18 Longshot: 8 Ways To Make The Story Mode Perfect

The issue is just too big to ignore. Head-blows influence players on-field performance, but more importantly, they influence their post-career life as well. Memory loss, depression and dementia are just three of the plethora of issues that retired players need to deal with during their after-football lives.

Although it's naive to think that a product prepared with agreement with the NFL will offer any kind of discussion on the topic - after all the league has a long history of covering up the issue - since the full game isn't out yet, there's still hope. The best way to introduce concussions would be through the main character's father.

A once hero, who at the beginning of the game teaches Devin the basics of American football, is gradually losing grip on reality as a result of the injuries he faced during his playing career. Through him we get to see the consequences of sacrificing one's health for sports glory. This would make for some deep and serious drama, legitimizing "Longshot" as the deepest narrative in sports video game history for a long time.