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Should the Calvin Johnson Rule Be 'In The Game' (Madden 15)

04:26 PM - January 12, 2015 by RaychelSnr

Unless you live under a rock, and/or chose to boycott the NFL Playoffs this weekend -- you've probably heard about a certain incomplete pass thrown from Tony Romo to Dez Bryant. Bryant caught the pass, took three steps in lunging for the goal line and lost the handle of the football as he hit the ground -- by rule that is an incomplete pass in the NFL.

But yet, that is a rule you won't see enforced in Madden 15. Amongst various penalties which are hardly, if ever called, obscure rules like the Calvin Johnson rule are also not seen within the game. It's understandable given their highly complex nature, and no matter how EA did it they'd have an outcry from gamers in some fashion -- but one wonders if obscure rules should find their way into Madden.

Yes, people would rage quit if the exact same thing that happened to Dez happened in Madden. Yes, others would say it's not sim if you could somehow jump over the line to almost block a field goal like Kam Chancellor.
Clint Oldenburg mentioned specifically that this would not be in the game.

But at the end of the day, these are the things which make football so unique and so unpredictable -- and really, some realistic randomness is one of the biggest things Madden's approach to football desperately needs to liven the experience up a bit.

Should there be more crazy things happening in Madden, like what you saw this weekend? Let us know in the comments.

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# 61 xdfh @ 03/01/15 07:01 AM

No I dnt like this made up rule to give a win to the home team that paided for a win. Because it's a catch all day.

# 62 Fist Of Kings @ 03/01/15 09:00 PM

It shouldn't be in the game, or the actual NFL.

# 63 xgjyhj @ 03/03/15 02:27 AM

I think that if we are aiming for a realistic simulation then it should be in the game.

# 64 MatrixTN @ 03/03/15 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Se7enBorn


	It wasn't a catch, get over it. And wtf is 'paided'? smh

Disregard that post - it and the post below you are spambots.

Edit: And #77.

# 65 sdftyt @ 03/05/15 05:20 AM

I think that if we are aiming for a realistic simulation then it should be in the game.

# 66 BlackBetty15 @ 03/05/15 02:18 PM

Ill be completely honest here...EA needs to have more of a focus on functioning penalties and functional sliders BEFORE they even remotely need to worry about the calvin johnson rule. Stuff like that, the show can do because they nailed the core gameplay down solid a few years back, so now its refine, refine, and layer the good stuff like this on top. EA still has a ways to go just getting a proper foundation of football down.

# 67 mestevo @ 03/05/15 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackBetty15


	Ill be completely honest here...EA needs to have more of a focus on functioning penalties and functional sliders BEFORE they even remotely need to worry about the calvin johnson rule. Stuff like that, the show can do because they nailed the core gameplay down solid a few years back, so now its refine, refine, and layer the good stuff like this on top. EA still has a ways to go just getting a proper foundation of football down.

Don't really see how the two are related, or are penalties the thing this year that every thread will get sidetracked to? Lowest common denominator of accomplishing this addition is a new set of animations and a several flavor of a couple lines of commentary discussing it.

# 68 BlackBetty15 @ 03/05/15 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by mestevo


	Don't really see how the two are related, or are penalties the thing this year that every thread will get sidetracked to? Lowest common denominator of accomplishing this addition is a new set of animations and a several flavor of a couple lines of commentary discussing it.

I hope not man. I mentioned the penalties simply because its one of the basic principles of a game one should get right. With what is there now the game of football isn't right. It is of my opinion that more focus be put into the basics. I wish I could explain in text here what I mean, but the gist of it all is that the foundational principles of this game stink to the point of there needs to be no focus on the wazzoo additions and an entire cycle needs to be centralized on getting the game of football entirely right.

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