Lupin the Third
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I've been wanting the same kind of game for football (soccer). I never understood why nobody tries to capitalize more on the actual drama of the world's most popular sport, where teammates have an actual personality and there's dressing room dismay when someone gets injured before a game. That kind of thing.
Edit: Hahaha, okay whoops you said soccer not American football, my mistake. Replace NFL with FIFA then as I think it still applies, except the last one as PES/Winning Eleven has proven.
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I don't know if you want a real answer but as a non-football-fan my guess is a few reasons:
NFL/NFLPA wouldn't want anything but glorification of the players, for the most part. I could be wrong. But they would probably be less keen.
EA would never make that game nowadays anyway, as it's not their style.
Nobody buys non-NFL-branded football games at all. Period. Who remembers All-Pro and Blitz the League? It's a miracle the second League got made IMO, and I'm pretty sure League 1 only sold because of the drugs/violence angle.