Doesn't look like NFL teams or the players from the original game are in this

[Demyx]

Which is a little unfortunate as that was a bit of the charm of the game of having kid versions of NFL stars and having NFL teams, but I'm still excited to play this again when it comes out.

[Yang Xiao Long]

I think this is the one prior to them adding nfl teams or players, same thing with the backyard baseball 97'- 01' is the one with them in it.

[Demyx]

Originally posted by Yang Xiao Long:

I think this is the one prior to them adding nfl teams or players, same thing with the backyard baseball 97'- 01' is the one with them in it.

Unlike with backyard baseball, backyard football had NFL players/teams from the get go. (Source; I had the original backyard football computer game as a kid)

[(ADORA)ble 🌈👊]

I would honestly argue that the NFL players took away from the charm

[Momento Mori]

The 8 pro players are indeed returning.

[agoldredshield]

Originally posted by Momento Mori:

The 8 pro players are indeed returning.

How do you know this?

[jmkrebs30]

They posted on their official X (formerly Twitter) that Jerry Rice is still in the game, so I seriously doubt they removed all the pros from the game.

[Momento Mori]

Originally posted by jmkrebs30:

They posted on their official X (formerly Twitter) that Jerry Rice is still in the game, so I seriously doubt they removed all the pros from the game.

John Elway, Steve Young, Drew Bledsoe, and Randall Cunningham are also confirmed to still be in the game.

[Drai]

So they're still waiting on Brett Favre, Barry Sanders, and Dan Marino?

[Momento Mori]

Originally posted by Drai:

So they're still waiting on Brett Favre, Barry Sanders, and Dan Marino?

That's right. Although, there's been an announcement stating that over 60 athletes have been signed up to either return to or join the Backyard Sports franchise, with Barry Sanders and Dan Marino both confirmed to be among them, so it looks like Sanders and Marino will most likely return to Backyard Football '99 as well. You can check out the link here:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming/backyard-sports-revival-barry-sanders-dan-marino-1235258969/