UPDATE AS OF 22 JUL 2016: It's my understanding that there was a recent update. If you are looking at this, and notice any differences, please let me know, and I'll update this solution with the new information. I'd check myself, but I don't have the game anymore.
So, this achievement is hit or miss. However, there is a slight trick that can help you get this sooner.
Tip 1: If you look in the top right corner, and you highlight each player, you will see the overall rating go up, down, or stay the same. Simply try to keep going up, and try to get to 83 to have the achievement pop.
Tip 2: Another trick to keep that OVR rating going up is to compare each of the 3 players available for draft to the highest rated player you currently have. For example, if you have a LOLB, QB, and a HB, and there is a 12, 15, and 13 difference between the draftable player and your current best at that position, take the one that is 15 better, which in this case, would be the QB.
TIP 3: Credit to iTzMerKiNSeaSoN for posting his draft, and giving me the idea to try something different.
So, I followed what iTzMerKiNSeaSoN posted, as closely as possible. This is what he drafted:
84 LT
83 LG
84 C
84 TE
83 WR 79WR
80 HB
91 QB
87 ROLB
86 MLB
93 LOLB
93 CB
83 RE
87 DT
81 LE
I didn't get quite as lucky with my draft, but I did pop the achievement, thankfully. I got really lucky in the beginning, bad in the middle, and then HUGE luck in the last 3 or 4 rounds.
Here's what I drafted (in no particular order): ( i'vve included First Initial and Last Name, Position, Ranking. I've also included the team and the color of the card, however, I doubt that those matter that much.)
1. O. Franklin - LG - 84 - Chargers - Gold
2. M. Pouncy - C - 85 - Steelers - Ruby
3. T. Kelce - TE - 84 - Chiefs - Gold
4. G. Tate - WR - 83 - Lions - Gold
5. V. Jackson - WR - 83 - Buccaneers - Gold
6. B. Quick - W - 78 - Rams - Gold
7. A. Foster - HB - 86 - Texans - Ruby
8. J. Elway - WB - 93 - Broncos (1993 Legend ) - Ruby
9. D. Searcy - SS - 76 - Titans - Gold
10. L. Kuechly - MLB - 89 - Panthers - Ruby
11. R. Kerrigan - LOLB - 86 - Redskins - Ruby
12. T.J. Ward - SS - 85 - Broncos - Ruby
13. A. Rolle. - CB - 93 - Cardinals - Ruby
14. R. Quinn - RE - 88 - Rams - Ruby
15. K. Williams - DT - 87 - Bills - Ruby
This gave me an 82 on DEF and OFF, but an 83 OVR
If you draft your coach and 15 players, and you aren't at a 83 or better rating, then go into the game, hit the pause button, and quit the game. You'll get a bad player for your MUT team that you'll probably end up quick selling.
Now, wait 20 minutes from the start of your lats draft, and try again, as you are not allowed to draft but every 20 minutes.
AGAIN!!! I CAN NOT STRESS HOW LUCK BASED THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS!!! Everybody I have asked for advice to make this solution better says it's probably 75% to 85% luck based.
PLEASE!!! If you down vote, let me know why. If you have some suggestions and want me to add something to the suggestion, let me know. Be sure to PM me if you want your suggestion added, as I don't get on the site all that much these days.
58 Comments
I tried every strategy to get this dang achievement. After about 30-40 attempts over three days, this is the draft that won me the achievement.
84 LT
83 LG
84 C
84 TE
83 WR 79WR
80 HB
91 QB
87 ROLB
86 MLB
93 LOLB
93 CB
83 RE
87 DT
81 LE
This was the first draft with 3 90+ players and also the first with the lowest selected being a 79. This is almost entirely luck based. The tips mentioned above are useful so dont ignore them but definitely keep in mind that you do not have very much control. My other tip is try to look at the positions with the lowest 3rd string rating as getting rid of those seems to help bring up the overall even if it didnt move when you hover over the player. I also did not notice any correlation with picking the team style. And a side note is that in one of my drafts my rating did go up when i selected a FB but it didnt on others, i think it doesnt weigh as much on your total as other players.
By iTzMerKiNSeaSoN on 05 Sep 2015 17:39
I've had that problem a few times. I got 82 about 10 times straight, and now I am consistently getting 81 and 80. -_-
If you can find anything, let me know. And thanks for the upvote.
By DCM7734 on 27 Aug 2015 22:26
i did about 12 drafts got 82 every time, once i realized it shows the rating move move before you pick a player i got it on my first try thanks
By LickMyPlate on 28 Aug 2015 01:27
This is just too random.... I see a card with a good OVR, fits a system, and then the rating in the corner goes DOWN.... like WTF Madden. This achievement is just stupid.
By Stevanno on 28 Aug 2015 02:57
This Achievement is a joke! It's just totally random and the fact you can only draft once every 15-minutes is so stupid!
By GlockPurdy85 on 28 Aug 2015 05:34
Stevano61 PB2A ad Chester Cheevo, I know, right? I messaged a few people who got the achievement today and yesterday, and got some feedback. Somebody is going to check their methods for me. As soon as I know something, I will update the solution.
By DCM7734 on 28 Aug 2015 05:49
Any way someone who has gotten this could possibly post a list of their draft so that there would be a better guide towards 83?
By c36d on 28 Aug 2015 14:15
Every draft has different players. No way to copy.
I just chose John Fox and my starting team went up to 74. Normally after choosing a coach it only goes up to 73.
This achievement is crap though. 4 times now I got 82. I was just at an 80 with 5-more picks to go and I still only got to an 82!
By GlockPurdy85 on 28 Aug 2015 18:46
It seems that everybody is having that problem, Carolina Wraith. That's why I've been messaging people who have gotten the achievement to get their advice, so I can add it to my solution.
By DCM7734 on 28 Aug 2015 21:43
This achievement sucks. How do you award something so random?
By c36d on 28 Aug 2015 23:10
This achievement is so random in every sense of the word. I hate achievements like this!
By GlockPurdy85 on 29 Aug 2015 01:02
Okay now I know this Achievement is crap! I just drafted Elway for my final pick with my OVR at 80 and I finished at 82 OVR. Every other time I drafted Elway last when I was at an 81 OVR, I moved up to an 82 OVR! This is complete garbage and I'm done with playing this crap!
By GlockPurdy85 on 29 Aug 2015 06:46
DelRio and McCoy gives you a 73, John Fox gives you a 74
By Markyshizzle on 29 Aug 2015 08:40
Finally just got this, first time I've ended up not having to draft a back up and the lowest overall I had to draft was an 82. most of the time I've been stuck drafting a few in the 70's still.
By Keyb0ardasaurus on 29 Aug 2015 21:14
By Keyb0ardasaurus on 29 Aug 2015 21:42
I disagree about John Fox giving you a 74. I have selected him four times and each time he only gave me 73.
By InjuryProne19 on 30 Aug 2015 17:54
Tried this many many times and I just got it. Just follow what DCM7734 says and eventually you'll get it, but it's complete luck
By ajtickle on 30 Aug 2015 19:22
Finally got it after my 8th draft. It really is 20% following DCM's tips and 80% luck of the draw.
By Reel Big Mike on 31 Aug 2015 23:05
I don't see the rating change until after I make the pick?
By Viper3773 on 01 Sep 2015 00:55
Looks like they upped it to 20 minutes now too. This one sucks.
By erod550 on 01 Sep 2015 05:15
79 with 6 picks to go and went 3 straight rounds without getting someone who would increase my rating. It's such a crapshoot because you don't know if you're going to get duplicate positions in the later rounds.
By erod550 on 01 Sep 2015 21:48
Finally got this stupid achievement. 83 OVR 82 OFF 82 DEF.
By NitrousSpeed on 02 Sep 2015 17:29
I tried every strategy to get this dang achievement. After about 30-40 attempts over three days, this is the draft that won me the achievement.
84 LT
83 LG
84 C
84 TE
83 WR 79WR
80 HB
91 QB
87 ROLB
86 MLB
93 LOLB
93 CB
83 RE
87 DT
81 LE
This was the first draft with 3 90+ players and also the first with the lowest selected being a 79. This is almost entirely luck based. The tips mentioned above are useful so dont ignore them but definitely keep in mind that you do not have very much control. My other tip is try to look at the positions with the lowest 3rd string rating as getting rid of those seems to help bring up the overall even if it didnt move when you hover over the player. I also did not notice any correlation with picking the team style. And a side note is that in one of my drafts my rating did go up when i selected a FB but it didnt on others, i think it doesnt weigh as much on your total as other players.
By iTzMerKiNSeaSoN on 05 Sep 2015 18:41
Dude, posting the same thing 3 times serves you what purpose? It just messes with everybody's notifications and it is a hindrance. Please stop.
By DCM7734 on 08 Sep 2015 00:59
Still can't get this achievement. Took a break from trying to get it... but I keep getting 82s. -_-
By DCM7734 on 09 Sep 2015 21:55
It probably took me over 100 tries to get this achievement and when I did I had 82 OFF, 82 Def and 83 Ovr too.
By Silvery Death on 11 Sep 2015 15:16
Last night I got 82 off and 82 def and my OVR was 82 -_- FML
By mossfan563 on 11 Sep 2015 19:29
@mossfan563: Don't know what to tell you. Try to be as close as possible to iTzMerKiNSeaSoN's or my position and OVR player rating part of the guide in TIP 3. That seems to be the winning combination now for people.
By DCM7734 on 14 Sep 2015 10:27
Finally got it with 83 Off 82 Def and 83 overall. It was the first time I didn't get stuck with any rounds that were all duplicate positions of players I had already drafted. Glad to be done with it.
By erod550 on 14 Sep 2015 17:47
This is officially the most frustrating achievement. I was at an overall 82 and I had one pick left. I hadn't selected a halfback yet and I was staring at Bronco great Terrell Davis. I figured since I was already at an overall 82 and he was over 20 points higher than my current back that it would surely put up to 83. Nope! Draft finished and I am still an 82! Makes no sense! How do you not go up after improving you freaking HB by over 20 points!
Worst achievement ever! (Not really, but it feels like it at the moment!)
By Efinijon on 17 Sep 2015 19:05
Just try to follow the guide, Effnijon. A lot of people have gotten it using these tips. ( Not trying to toot my own horn ), but I have a good rating on this achievement, and the other person deleted for a reason, probably. ( no offense to the other person )
By DCM7734 on 18 Sep 2015 08:08
82 Off 83 Def 82 OVR..... WTF?!?!?!
By x iKrueLTyyy on 22 Sep 2015 15:23
GOt 82 twice, can't get 83 :(
By NoHeroes94 on 12 Oct 2015 09:58
I hate this achievement. 4-5 rounds with low gold players
By ATLDC404 on 12 Oct 2015 16:09
Just had a draft with 5 players rated 90 or more and no duplicate positions and still got an overall 82. I really like this game mode, but this achievement can go blow.
By justoneuncle on 15 Oct 2015 04:30
@everybody above me since my last comment... Did you try to stay as close to what iTzMerKiNSeaSoN and I got in Tip 3? That seemed to help a few people
By DCM7734 on 15 Oct 2015 06:27
The addition of the growing Legends pool is helping and if you do this before November 2nd, the Most Feared are really making this one esier. I got 83 and 84 in consecutive drafts.
By Cursed#7068 on 31 Oct 2015 15:24
I got this on the 360 and I'm currently efforting it on the Xbox One. After many tries I just selected the highest guy available at whatever position wasn't already filled. The guide above had some good luck as there was only a single player in the 70s in one round. That's usually what kills me. One other thing to note is that I don't think selecting a FB or a 2nd DT affects the overall. Just try hovering over these players some time and you'll notice that your overall never seems to change. This might be the case at WR as well, but I'm not sure if it's just the top two that will count for the overall. Good luck!
By Wiznyatt on 03 Dec 2015 21:01
I read all these and was like "oh, looks like I won't get this one ever" then after about 15 tries I get it luckily.
It's definitely like 90% luck I'd say.
Good luck to everyone!
By Trent Booty on 19 Dec 2015 18:06
Finally got this after a lot of drafts. This was my team (not in order)
90 LT
86 C
84 RT
91 WR
84 TE
84 RB (converted to 85 WR automatically)
86 QB
89 WR
94 HB (pick 15)
86 FS
85 ROLB
91 CB
81 RE
83 DT
82 CB
By FortyThreeEight on 21 Dec 2015 18:27
Screw this achievement. Just got 84 offense, 82 Defense and it gave me fucking 82 Overall. Da fuq is that.
I was at 82 overall with 1 pick remaining. Had a 72 OVR QB, picked 93 OVR JOHN ELWAY and it didn't even bump me a point. That's rigged.
By MAJORPOOPY on 30 Dec 2015 10:11
Got it on my like...30th try. It is purely luck.
Started with Pete Carroll, who likes Zone Defense and Short Pass, which I think is a good combo.
QB Donovan McNabb (95)
RB Ahman Green (94)
WR Sammy Watkins (83)
LT W. Beatty (81)
LG E. Mathis (89)
RT D. Newton (80)
MLB Jerrod Mayo (86)
ROLB James Harrison (81)
LOLB J. Abraham (80)
SS Donte Whitner (91)
CB C. Rodgers (91)
CB Brandon Flowers (85)
DT Gerald McCoy (88)
LE Justin Tuck (83)
FS L. Delmas (79)
As you can see, I got 4 players over 90 and several others in the mid to high 80s. I had about 5-6 Ruby rounds (where the little dot is red instead of white). Just pure luck. Hate luck based achievements.
By MAJORPOOPY on 30 Dec 2015 14:42
Any new methods? I can't even get to 82 anymore
By twiztidclown138 on 31 Dec 2015 20:18
I've tried this upward of 150+ times since Christmas. This time I literally didn't draft 1 player over a 85 overall. Screw this, I'm playing MYplayer on 2k and never touching this game again.
By BaBoom Show on 06 Feb 2016 13:26
Yes I've tried dozens of times too and end up with 82 so many times.
By Hamfam9598 on 06 Feb 2016 23:43
Finally got this today after many many tries...
It feels like the cards they are giving at random lately are much better. Many more ruby cards (high 80's ratings and stuff like that).
I did apply the strategy of selecting the player that would give the highest overall boost to my team. For example I would look at each individual draft pick and see the gap between each pick and then pick the highest one. If the RE was 16 points OVR better and a LOLB was 19 points OVR better, I'd go with the LOLB.
Good luck!
By Hamfam9598 on 13 Feb 2016 07:06
Seems like this might have been made easier with the release of Draft Champions season 2 (which released either 2/18/2016 or 2/19/2016).
I had tried around 50x with no success and then tried today and both times the teams started at 75 rating (whereas they were 72 or 73 in the past). I got it on my second try today.
Hopefully it'll solve it for those having difficulty...good luck.
By DomeJohnny on 20 Feb 2016 03:15
@Itzz Sh0wt1m3: Yes, there is. Just go into the season, and start a game, and then quit the game. Either that, or you just quit the season. I forget how exactly, but I know it is possible.
By DCM7734 on 24 Feb 2016 00:03
All right, thanks. Will try that.
By Itzz Sh0wt1m3 on 25 Feb 2016 16:38
I think this must be easier now, I just got an overall 86 on my first attempt!
By Dan Brazendale on 26 Feb 2016 21:57
I tried this close to 50 times when the game first game out, no luck at all and it frustrated me to the point of giving up completely. Came back last week and unlocked it first try. Much easier now
By DarkenedGrey on 01 Aug 2016 17:13
First two tries I got 82. The first draft I tried picking players that matched the style. Next was mostly who was better. Sigh.
By mosin360 on 18 Sep 2016 20:16
After my successful unlock of this, I went with Beelzechick (N.E. Coach) as HC and if I couldn't get a player that either filled a position or increased my rating, I tried to get one with the right chemistry for either the defense or offense types LP & the defense (ZD?). Failing that, get a red player.
By CheneyHeadshot on 01 Sep 2015 09:43
I got this the other morning with Ken W as my head coach. Started at 73 but got lucky with a good draft. A good quarterback helps, I got 88 overall Big Ben. And to my previous comment, you have to highlight the player and wait about a second for the rating to possibly update. Previously I wasn't waiting long enough between switching. It's interesting that a lot of positions weren't as highly valuable to the Overall rating, like offensive lineman when you already had a few.
By Viper3773 on 02 Sep 2015 12:55
I tried every strategy to get this dang achievement. After about 30-40 attempts over three days, this is the draft that won me the achievement.
84 LT
83 LG
84 C
84 TE
83 WR 79WR
80 HB
91 QB
87 ROLB
86 MLB
93 LOLB
93 CB
83 RE
87 DT
81 LE
This was the first draft with 3 90+ players and also the first with the lowest selected being a 79. This is almost entirely luck based. The tips mentioned above are useful so dont ignore them but definitely keep in mind that you do not have very much control. My other tip is try to look at the positions with the lowest 3rd string rating as getting rid of those seems to help bring up the overall even if it didnt move when you hover over the player. I also did not notice any correlation with picking the team style. And a side note is that in one of my drafts my rating did go up when i selected a FB but it didnt on others, i think it doesnt weigh as much on your total as other players.
By iTzMerKiNSeaSoN on 06 Sep 2015 00:38
Well, I just unlocked it folks! I picked the player that bumped my overall up. If nothing changed I picked the player with the highest overall (though one choice was the biggest gap between the draft able player and the low number of the position in question.) Second to last pick was John "frickin' horse faced Mr. Ed" Elway (who is my personal favorite QB for his heroics killing the Browns!) That left me at 82. With my last pick, the "Nigerian Nightmare " himself, Christian Okoye (the Tecmo Popcorn Maker himself!) which put me at 83.
All luck! I would do a draft, do some chores or skill challenges and then redraft. It took me the better part of a day, but I finally got it. This may earn a place in the trophy case.
Cross your fingers and start the swear wprds, but tinz will eventually get it. Elway and Okoye are my heroes...maybe I should fire up the Tecmo Super Bowl to celebrate!
By Efinijon on 18 Sep 2015 08:15
For everyone getting frustrated, just keep trying. Like other people have said, it's pure luck. I got extremely lucky with my picks as well:
Offense:
QB RGIII (92)
HB F.Gore (87)
WR I.Bruce (97) *I got this card in the second round. This is what I mean by luck.*
LT J.Staley (84)
LG K.Osemele (84)
Defense:
CB R.Woodson (96) *15th round pick*
CB B.Flowers (85)
CB J.Jenkins (83)
RE M.Daniels (83)
DT M.Brockers (83)
LE M.Wilkerson (86)
ROLB T.Mays (85)
MLB D.Johnson (85)
SS M.Burnett (83)
I know that I only listed 14, but I do not remember which was the 15th card I picked.
But like I said previously, extremely luck based. Just keep trying until you get it. If you haven't earned at least one bronze medal in all drills inside of Skills Trainer, you could work on that achievement while you are waiting for the 20 minutes to pass.
84 Offense
82 Defense
83 Overall
By Im Ronnye on 30 Dec 2015 17:41
i did not pick all of the best players(went for the 2 other achievmeents as well) and ended with an OVR of 81. is there a way to reset my team and start again without having to play 3 matches? thanks
By Itzz Sh0wt1m3 on 23 Feb 2016 21:45