APBA has stepped up their game and it is very playable though a full season of cards is now very expensive.
They are about to release the 2015 NFL and top 12 or so college teams. The basic game is affordable at around $35.00 which I think gets you last year's Super Bowl teams and the top two college teams. The complete NFL card set is now $135.00! They have an abbreviated version of limited rosters but by all accounts it does not work well.
In my opinion APBA is much easier to play than Strat but the cost is getting tough. There are a few other choices and I have heard that a game called Second Season available at PLAAY.Com is pretty good and affordable. I think the team ratings and players are listed on a sheet with no individual play cards.
I think that perhaps the best game of all-time may have been Sports Action CFL football issued off and on from 1973-87. Really good but pretty obscure even for CFL fans.
Not much help her but I hope it gives you a couple of options to check out.
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