Madden NFL 23 Gameplay Improvements Revealed - Pass Coverage, Pass Rush, QB Contain & Much More

[Steve_OS]

Gridiron Notes are back again this year as the team reveals Madden NFL 23 gameplay improvements....

Written By: Steve Noah

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[michaelhawj]

Gameplay details look so good but need to watch gameplay video and play it myself

[XtremeDunkz]

I feel like I've heard all these things before. Guess I'll find out soon when the beta drops.

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[canes21]

I didn't think in 2022 we'd see that they'd tout going from matching principles to spot dropping as an improvement to their gameplay, but here we are.

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[Hooe]

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We will be featuring ‘spot-drop’ zones as our core zone coverage concept within our defensive playbooks and AI.

What? No. Why?

[XtremeDunkz]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

What? No. Why?

Because "simple"

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[SolidSquid]

Quote: Originally Posted by canes21

I didn't think in 2022 we'd see that they'd tout going from matching principles to spot dropping as an improvement to their gameplay, but here we are. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

Wait what? We are actively moving backwards? Didn’t they just redo all the zones maybe 2-3 years ago? We are going to go back to guys covering no one just standing in a certain spot?

[jfsolo]

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Match Zone coverage concepts are still accessible through our Coach Adjustments menu during your play selection. Simply flipping the Zone Coverage Coach Adjustment to ‘Match’ will bring back our in-depth ruleset for match coverages, those that convert from zone to man during the play, when specifically calling the match coverage play types.

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Drift Logic for Deep Zone Defenders Drift Logic is all new coverage behavior for Deep Zone defenders. This logic prevents deep zone defenders from ‘drifting’ too far up the field without having a vertical threat in their area. This will prevent those ‘Third Window’ throws on deep crossing routes. Drift Logic allows the defender to recognize a receiver approaching his zone sooner, plaster him in coverage as he crosses his face, and not get beat underneath. Players told us those third-window crossers were completed too consistently and this new ‘drift’ logic aims to address that feedback.

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Zone Defender Locomotion We’ve captured a whole new set of defensive back specific movement animations and along with AI support, the defenders in Madden NFL 23 will back-pedal, flip their hips, strafe and look back at the ball more smoothly, more athletically, and more realistically. Not only will defensive backs look the part, but these new movement animations also get them to where they want to go with more efficiency, which will make passing windows against zone coverage much tighter.

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Route Specific Break-on-Throw Logic We’ve also added dynamic break times for each type of zone defender when facing specific routes. Zones that are supposed to take away specific routes or areas of the field will now break on the throw faster versus those routes than they will against routes their zones are not designed to take away. One example of this is a hard flat zone aggressively breaking on a route to the flat instead of leveraging deeper routes first; another is deep outside third defender in Cover 3 breaking faster when a corner route enters their zone.

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New End Zone Coverage Logic Previously, our deep zone defenders made little logic adjustments when they were covering in the endzone. This resulted in defenders squeezing down on routes breaking to the inside while disregarding the underneath zone defenders resulting in the sidelines and the corners of the end zone being left wide open. This year, those outside deep zone defenders stay outside and sit on those out-breaking or third window crossing routes. They let the route come to them and then they aggressively break on the throw.

If folks are going to melt down, I hope they at least read all the info about zones changes before doing so.