With the release of " ," it Rod Langway Jersey 's time to begin your Madden Ultimate Team journey.One of the first steps to creating your team is picking a team captain. Just like in previous years, the team captain comes with a number of benefits, most notably the team chemistry boost to help you build your theme teams. But the team captain can also be a useful player for your roster, especially in the beginning as they all start out as 85 overall and be upgraded to 89.Some of the benefits of the team captain:3x team chemistry (to start)Can equip any NFL team chemistryCan upgradefrom 85 to 89 OVR at launchEach Ability costs 5 Training to unlockEach Superstar X-Factor Ability is 10 Training to unlockThis year you can pick from LE Jack Youngblood, SS John Lynch, RB Shaun Alexander or WR Lance Alworth. Below, we'll go through all of their traits and explain the pros and cons of each player to help you make the right decision for your team.MORE: LE Jack Youngblood Jack Youngblood Devante Smith-Pelly Jersey is a solid card at left end, a position that isn't as fun in MUT. But that's exactly why I like Youngblood as a team captain. As the season progre ses, you're going to want specific cards at wide receiver and running back, which means Lance Alworth and Shaun Alexander become unappealing.Youngblood is someone you can put on your defensive line. As the season progre ses, he may not even be on your field, but you can still benefit from the team chemistries.SS John Lynch John Lynch begins the year as one of the best overall strong safeties. Although Lynch was never a super fast player, so as the MUT season progre ses you'll likely want a safety with better speed than Lynch. With how interchangeable safeties are in MUT, I'd rather have someone like FS Trevon Moehrig who is 86 overall with 90 speed. Also, this year'sUltimate Championis SS Kam Chancellor, so it makes more sense to ride with Matt Niskanen Jersey him than Lynch.RB Shaun Alexander Shaun Alexander is probably the worst option of the team captains. He's a fine card, but if you're like me you want a running back that has a specialty. Meaning you either want a true power back like the 88 overall Derrick Henry, a receiving threat like Christian McCaffrey or a speedster like Raheem Mostert.Alexander has good stats all around, but running back is one of the most important positions in MUT, and I'd rather have the freedom to choose the guy I want rather than be stuck with a team captain.WR Lance Alworth Lance Alworth is a very solid card Michal Kempny Jersey at the beginning of MUT as his 88 speed (at his 89 OVR) rivals some of the fastest receivers despite him not being a deep threat archetype. The fact he's Martin Fehervary Jersey a route runnerarchetype with near top speed makes him a very appealing card, at least in the early MUT days. For early MUT, Lance Alworth and Shaun Alexander are pretty solid choices. They're among the best players at their respective positions, and with being important positions you can test out abilities and X-Factors on them at a cheaper rate since they're team captains. Since you can exchange team captains throughout the season, it makes sense to go with one of them for the early part of the season.However, as the season progre ses I'd imagine Jack Youngblood becomes a popular choice, similar to La'Roi Glover a year ago. So many cards come out that will fit your roster better than a team captain, which is why I don't like relying on them for positions like wide receiver or running back.John Lynch doesn't make a ton of sense as an option consideringKam Chancellor is theUltimate Champion (what Madden called the MUTMaster last year). Although when upgraded,Chancellor can getSS, FS, and CB chems, so in theory you could put Lynch at SS andChancellor at FS.So depending on your play style, going with Alworth orAlexander early and then Tom Wilson Jersey switching toYoungblood later is a solid strategy. Personally I'll go withYoungblood from the beginning because I'm particular about who I want at wide receiver and running back.