The Madden NFL 12 demo is available now. Please play a few games and post your impressions here. For now, just search under "M" in the demos section or games section. It weights in at 1.53 GB.
Punting, kicking, and returns are a major part of football and for years punting has been terrible in EA Sports. I can't imagine that another videogame franchise would not have addressed this issue after so many years. It completely negates a defenses effectiveness to play the "field position" strategy; a strategy used by several of the top defenses in the league. Some teams with less than spectacular offenses, like Chicago for several years, win games off of special teams and being able to deny their opponents good field position, while advancing their own on returns.