War Room Football news & patch notes

Update 1.2.3 is LIVE

New Features

• Preseason Futures now include Awards Odds
• Customizable fantasy points — set your own scoring (Fantasy Points per Game added in Advanced Stats)
• Rookie records tracking added to the Records page
• New stats:
  • O-Line — Pass Block / Run Block win rate
  • Defense — targets & incompletions
• New setting to swap the locations of the Blitz feed and GM Inbox
• Improved player rotations — Depth Chart also now shows real snap % played
• Shortlists — create unlimited lists and add players & prospects to track them across the league (plus a new quick-add-to-watchlist setting)

Bug Fixes

• Roster / draft class templates updated
• Other community-reported bugs fixed

UI Improvements

• Cycle through player profiles with arrow keys or buttons
• New Power Ranking over time chart in the Power Rankings tab
• Other minor UI improvements

• Player Editing — Edit players (appearance + attributes) directly from their player profile page
• Attribute editing must be toggled at save setup and cannot be changed later
• Save League Setups — Create and save setup presets, complete with custom icons
• Hide Dev Trait setting added
• Personality setting now available in the roster / draft class creator

• Franchise Tag and 5th Year Option formulas now mirror real pro football
• Contract Guarantees now work correctly on trade
• Dead cap, cut savings, and trade values properly account for guaranteed money
• New financial info popup available on player contract pages

• End-of-game decision logic bugs addressed
• Other community-reported bugs squashed
• Small UI improvements throughout

• Financial system

• Player development & lifecycle

• Win Probability

• Awards & GM career

War Room Football — Massive Update is LIVE

Biggest update yet — lots of new things to discover, so I'll just focus on the biggest features here. Two entire systems rebuilt, plus a bunch of new features, bug fixes, and QoL tweaks.

Fantasy Draft Fixed

Scouting — Full Rebuild

The single head-scout points-budget system is gone. You now run a real scouting department.

• Hire Area Scouts under your Head Scout. Each carries 8 position-group eval ratings (QB/RB/WR/TE/OL/DL/EDGE/LB/DB), Character Eye, and a scouting bias.

• Wave system — 4 wave checkpoints across the season. Before each wave you set up to 4 priorities (scope × round bucket × scout). Reveal screen surfaces Top Movers and tier changes.

• Three scope types — Single-Position, Position-Group, and Individual (lock onto one prospect for deep intel).

• Senior Bowl, Pro Days, and Top-30 Visits are now in the game and part of the final wave of scouting.

• Living projections — prospects rise and fall based on actual college performance (now updated weekly).

• Legacy Scouting toggle in Settings if you want the old system back.

Coaching Staff — Full Rebuild

• Coaches and coordinators now have a real impact on how your team performs — several new attributes introduced.

• Coaches age and retire.

• Coach Hall of Fame — HCs and Coordinators accrue HOF scores from wins, championships, COY awards, and longevity.

Awards & Honors

• Pro Bowl and All-Pro teams are now selected each season and shown where other honors are shown.

Preseason Futures

• See preseason odds and bet preseason futures markets before the season kicks off — Super Bowl, conference, division, season win totals, MVP, and more.

• Lines move based on your roster, depth, and offseason moves.

• Save import/export — Settings → Saves → Share & Backup. Portable .json per slot, import from main menu.

Tons of UI improvements, bug fixes, and extra goodies to find.

• Age discrepancy bug and team logo's not showing everywhere fixed

• New Drafts tab in GM profile to track your draft performance over time

• Other bug fixes and UI improvments

The Big Ones

• Custom Logo Importing Now Live! Head to Customization Settings to try it out.
• Font Update - choose between several readable fonts.
• New League Start Options — start your save with a fantasy draft or in the offseason.

Draft

• Mock draft variance fixed — the consensus #1 stops randomly bouncing between teams.
• Quick scout-to-tier control baked into every prospect row in the Draft Room.
• Combine / RAS rework and fix.
• Scouting Difficulty — 3 independent display settings (Noise / Baseline Overall / Show Dev Traits).

Contracts

• Manage Contract screen completely redesigned.
• Contract structure choice (front-loaded / balanced / back-loaded) on every veteran deal.
• AGE column added to every year-by-year contract breakdown table.

Stats / Grades

• SOLO tackles now separated from TOTAL tackles.
• New ZFF Performance Grades — every player gets a grade based purely on their own play, independent of team results.

UI / UX

• Season Recap redesigned.
• Position colors unified across the game.
• Player profile slight redesign.
• Career Overview rows clickable — per-season detail panel with advanced stats, team performance, and accolades.
• Live Blitz feed during the draft.
• Setting added to disable betting universally.
• Game now starts in 2026 instead of 2025.

Player / Roster / FA

• Real DOB + hometown on every player; age ticks live based on the in-game calendar.
• Creator Projects — save in-progress custom rosters and draft classes locally and work on them over time.
• Out-of-position respects body — a 199-lb CB no longer projects as an ILB; a 6'5" heavy WR who's a good blocker is a better TE.
• CPU roster management bugs fixed.
• Team Needs panel is more accurate.
• In-Season FA additional filters.
• Early development rebalancing — more aggressive early-career growth for low-overall elite-trait prospects.