Madden 10: AskMadden Tip of the Week

[Jackdog]

Keep this discussion on topic. Leave any comparisons to other games out of it. That always causes threads to get locked. Also if anyone feels like bashing the game in thread,don't. We have a "Gripes" thread for that. Thanks.

[dfos81]

Good tip, especially for my team(Redskins). I love using crossing routes w/ Santana Moss and ARE.
This really keeps the guessing game going for the D as well. They can't just BnR every play.

[MAHAM]

Why was my post erased, was it my screenshot?

I did a writeup almost exactly the same a few months ago when Madden10 first came out.

How do beat bump and run...using crossing routes....by using natural picks...from shotgun 3 WR bunch sets....copied almost to the T.

Whoever AskMadden is, I don't appreciate you biting my tips that I posted on another Madden site. Biting other peoples work and trying to pop it off as your own is pathetic.

[Dmacho]

Quote: Originally Posted by MMChrisS

Madden has always mirrored the NFL. In this week's tip, we look at what the Philadelphia Eagles have to take into account if they want to be successful passing the ball. This logic goes hand-in-hand with the Madden football series. Bottom line, fast receivers are only a threat when they have space to use their speed. To overcome physical corners as well as inexperience, we hit practice mode to demonstrate how the Eagles in the NFL, as well as teams with undersized receivers in Madden, get open space for their playmakers to create big plays. Read More - Madden 10: AskMadden Tip of the Week

Using picks to get open is illegal. How is using an illegal tactic(that should be called,but isn't)to beat bump and run coverage mirroring the NFL ?

[marcus82]

first of all lol @ the first sentence - "mirroring the NFL" and all that jazz

and lol @ the whore like abuse of the "have an axe to grind" colloquialsm.


the fact that receiver have zero awareness of obstacles and their lack of ability to adjust to "natural picks" and crack back blocks makes this play cheese. you could probably run a play like this 50 times and 40 of the plays will result in an illegal pick play. and guess what the referee will never call it. See what happens in the NFL if a pick play is ran only a couple times in a game.

I'm not saying don't use it and I won't call you a name if you do. But use some common sense and call it cheese if that's what it is.

There is a difference between a tatic, strategy, and gameplan by the way. this is a tactic. A strategy would be the over arching concept of how a team wants to run its offense. No team from the high school level on up relys on illegal "pick plays" as its strategy.

case closed

[Mr. Franchise]

Looks more like a glitch to me.

[dfos81]

I think Bumping WR's over 5yds downfield is a glitch!

I see BnR like that, I'm pulling this out in a heartbeat.

If its in the Game, its in the game.

Now how do counter it
And then the chess match begins..............

[RyanMoody21]

Quote: Originally Posted by dfos81

I think Bumping WR's over 5yds downfield is a glitch! I see BnR like that, I'm pulling this out in a heartbeat. If its in the Game, its in the game. Now how do counter it And then the chess match begins..............

I assume by BnR your referring the jerky jumping back and forth the WR and DB do in the video. In reality thats just a loop replaying of the same motion capture animation, which by the way looks god awful.

Past 5 yards a DB is legally allowed to maintain contact with the WR. However in Madden you just have this very bad animation for it that basically has the two players take turns pushing off to accelerate past the other.


Please, dont defend gltiching and cheese plays with terms like "chess match" and "its in the game". Plenty of legit ways to beat press coverage, that doesnt involve bunch formations, hot routes and snapping with the defense in motion.