4th quarter woes against CPU

[luballr41]

Is it just me or is anyone else having issues in the 4th quarter playing against the CPU?

Every time my game enters the fourth quarter when I'm leading, the CPU always comes back no matter the point deficit.

My quarterbacks act like they have never thrown a football in their life before; overthrowing their receivers by 10 yards and receiver stopping on routes.

Has anyone else noticed this besides me?

[SoupyFlow]

Quote: Originally Posted by luballr41

Is it just me or is anyone else having issues in the 4th quarter playing against the CPU? Every time my game enters the fourth quarter when I'm leading, the CPU always comes back no matter the point deficit. My quarterbacks act like they have never thrown a football in their life before; overthrowing their receivers by 10 yards and receiver stopping on routes. Has anyone else noticed this besides me?

I've noticed this for years with Madden games. It seems like at a certain point their AI algorithm goes into crazy mode and the QB instantly throws 8 passes in a row. :P

[reverend_heat]

I have noticed some rubber banding ai when in the lead, it sucks to put it mildly

[truffleshuffle]

I have seen this a lot with madden. As I have not played madden 16 I can't speak for that version but I play a lot of madden 25 and it happens almost every game. On my CFM on 25 just yesterday I was playing the confrence championship to see who would go to the superbowl. It was 4th Q I was a head 17-0 and all of a sudden No matter what we could not stop the cpu at all. All game we had them pinned up they could not run or pass but 4th Q rolled around and boom nothing could stop them. It was 17-10 with a minute left they started driving the field and the cpu threw a horrible pass that I picked off well in bounds my DB took 5 steps before I went out of bounds and they called it a incomplete pass and no challenge. It was now 4th down with 30 seconds left the cpu threw a pass to the RB who was just past the first down marker who had to jump to catch the ball. He landed out of bounds with both feet and they get a challenge and it was over turned giving them the first down. The game went to the wire where I pulled it out barely.

[Skyboxer]

Nope. currently 2-0 in test CFM and in both I held lead.
Will keep an eye on though....

[4thQtrStre5S]

I have noticed this big time in the MUT games that require the user to hold a lead against the CPU; all of a sudden they are completing streaks and pulling off sweeps that go for big gains (18+ yards).

Frustrating to say the least...I am drinking beer now...

[berad88]

The AI does get better at times when it is trying to come back but I would not at all call it rubber banding. It is very well possible to maintain a large lead.

[hawley088]

one way i have found to combat this is to super sim your defensive possessions, much more realistic results