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Madden 10 Tip: Key Stats

Posted on September 16, 2009 at 03:58 PM.

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EA Sports gives you the option online to have your game statistics e-mailed to you. If you have not done so, this is an absolute must for anyone who wants to become better at the game.

Once a game is finished, you can think back to a few key plays and think about missed opportunities or chances that you grasped for big gains. However, this only tells part of the story as we have very selective memories. The E-mailed stats will not lie to you and help you recall a greater portion of the game. You will see certain stats and think "Wow I was only 2 of 7 on 3rd and short?"

From this knowledge, you can realize a few things. Thankfully you are getting in a good amount of short 3rd down situations which are always converted at a higher success rate than third and long, but also that you need to convert a better percentage. Now this could be a one game anomaly but if you see this trend over more than 5-10 games you know its time to switch things up.

Lets look at a 5 game stretch for me and analyze my key stats. For me my key stat is...

Gm 1 : 14-7 win over lvl 18
(ZFarls is First Column, Opp is 2nd)
Rushing attempts for 15 16
Rushing yards for 83 57
Passing attempts for 15 19
Passing yards for 121 122
Number of third downs 4 7
Third down conversions 3 3
Shotgun plays 4 21
Blitzes 0 3
Time of possession 10:06 9:54
Hurries 13 2
Knockdowns 5 0
Passes deflected 3 0

Now this is one of the best players I had faced in Madden 10. My QB hurries left him literally no time
to get any comfort in the pocket though. He was flustered and it truly was the only off- balance stat.
How can you get a rhythm when you get pressure on half your snaps?

Lets take a look at Game 2

This player came out and only attempted 1 run the whole game. I knew he was locked up. I put my foot on the pedal and brought heat.

Hurries 17 4
Knockdowns 13 0
Passes deflected 7 3
Shotgun plays 3 37
Blitzes 6 0

With all the pressure I brought in this game, I was able to keep him in shotgun and force turnovers. I also had 2 return td's which was unexpected!

Here is another sample, Game 3

Hurries 25 3
Knockdowns 18 0
Passes deflected 8 3
Shotgun plays 6 19
Blitzes 8 6
Time of possession 10:29 9:31
Passing touchdowns for 4 2
Returns touchdowns for 2 1
Defensive touchdowns for 1 0

Now this game, my pressure led to a touchdown and he was uncomfortable again. This was a solid win and I had good time on offense which BREEDS conifidence and TD's.

Now here is a game that I lost 27 to 24. (Game 4) Very frustrating but it still helps my sample stats.

Rushing attempts for 5 5
Rushing yards for 28 20
Passing attempts for 21 28
Passing yards for 132 301
Blitzes 4 11
Time of possession 8:40 11:20
Hurries 10 8
Knockdowns 6 2
Passes deflected 2 4
Passes tipped 0 0
Offensive yards 160 321
Total yards 338 441
Return yards 178 117
Total touchdowns 3 3

In this specific game, I couldn't get to the QB as well as I had been during my 7 game win streak. He was KILLING me with flat routes to Brandon Jacobs of all people.
I knew I had to make adjustments as he was a good enough player to deflect the heat. He possesed well and got many quick first down conversions. I started to play the bend
dont break style of offense and it didn't work too well. I had a chance in the end and even scored the first TD on a SACK, FF, TD. He never ran that play again and started
kicking it out to the flats. This is a game where looking back shows the stats and has me forgot about the 1 or 2 plays that happened on the last drive. All I remember was
the last plays where he kicked the FG but other than that I wouldn't be able to get better.

EA Sports has done a good job allowing us to review plays, and sending out the stats is one way you can get better. Clearly here, my QB hurries which seems abnormaly high even withou
big blitz numbers was down. This is my key stat personally because it helps me slow down the big plays and force turnovers.

Whats your key stat?

I re focused on my next game and was able to take back another win! (Game 5)

Rushing attempts for 15 4
Rushing yards for 59 -2
Passing attempts for 21 17
Passing yards for 214 94
Hurries 8 8
Knockdowns 2 1
Passes deflected 2 1
Time of possession 15:43 4:17
First downs 11 3
First down yards 183 40

Thats how you look at the stats, posses the ball and demorlize the opposition! His hurries let to quick dump offs. Mine made him make bad throws and never get a rhythm.

Whats your key stat?