Madden NFL 10 Blog: A Deeper Look Into Pass Blocking

[ShimSham]

Oh, one nice thing I noticed. When Romo starts to scramble, it looks like he's keeping his head mostly facing up field. Which was a big complaint of mine in the past games, if you scrambled with the QB, they'd always face the sideline. Which was really, really, really bad looking. (especially if you threw while scrambling)

[thudias]

Quote: Originally Posted by Glorious Arc

It looks as if #20 pushes him and he slips. Afterwards #20 takes off running out of the screen but I think he was covering the RB or was in zone. I cant really be sure but good notice.

That was one of my favorite parts.

[Valdarez]

Quote: Originally Posted by TreyIM2

Valdarez - Yea, that is tight but u meant #86. I kept looking for #87 all over to catch the stumble then noticed #86 stumbling into view. That is sweet. The little things can mean a lot.

Sucks being blind, and that shot is hard to see. I paused through it, and you're right, it's not #87. I see where you are getting #86 from, as that's the player lined up to the right on the first play. They actually have two plays here though, it's not the same play/sack (notice how Spears breaks his block to make the sack in each one to see that they are different). Thus it's not #86 to the right. By carefully pausing it, I was finally able to get a good view of the number as the WR was falling down. It's #85. I updated my other post. Thanks for the catch.

Quote: Originally Posted by TreyIM2

Already seen a little of the onfield presentation stuff with the injuries and sideline aspects on Jimmy Fallon.

That Fallon show was classic, with him being led of the field after one play on the cart.

[LAKE4742]

I enjoyed the blog! Interesting to learn about the differences in blocking from years past to now-looping animations and such. Good stuff, Ian.

[Rocky]

I really don't want to be a debbie downer here. It's just frustrating when my biggest pet peeves don't get addressed year after year.

WHY


Why


WHY


WHY?!!?!!?


Why does the QB have to move like that in the pocket? (in reference to the 3rd clip the Joe Flacco clip)


Not only is that physically impossible......but it looks absolutely atrocious.

[Americas Team1]

Quote: Originally Posted by TreyIM2

Americas Team1 - U can try to strip the ball, even in previous Maddens. 08 and 09 had it and maybe, even, 07, at least on the PS2 version, if I remember correctly. Plus, not every tackle is going to be a ball strip attempt, my friend. Chill out. Some of u posted about how Ian should be blowing all out with info by now. Nah, not in the plans. It's bit by bit every week as he first stated back in Jan on his blog. I like it this way, anyway, because it just makes me want this game soooo bad. I feel like a kid again counting down til Christmas, months ahead. I think I will actually do a Madden Midnight Madness this year, for real, and may even be first in line. When I say I cannot wait, I cannot...but I have to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6v8q-SgQUY
OK how about I would like to see the same animations as the one at 3:10 on the vid cause I have not seen it MASTER.

[seveb]

Quote: Originally Posted by adembroski

Dang it, Ian, I thought you were gonna open the flood gates on this one, man. I was hoping we could finally let loose the hounds on blocking.

Shoot...makes it sound like there is a LOT more to say. Everything looks really good so far, but it's hard to make any sort of big picture blocking critique (i.e. double teams, can bull-rushers collapse pockets, do run blockers get to the second level or turn around to block an irrelevant player, etc.)

Eh, I'm getting greedy. It looks very promising thus far. Nice work. Keep tunin'

[Keith121212]

I see now why my stance questions and threads were ignored. It's really a damn shame that the stances were improved but they still have the wrong hand down. Damn it.

Anyway, the blocking itself looks good. The QB getting hit animations could use some work too imo. Overall it's a significant improvement from last year though definitely