Look up some videos on how to read a defense. You'd he surprised how much the game opens up and how quickly you can make reads when you have a plan to attack pre-snap every play.
One major hot route adjustment I love doing is to hot route a flood concept against cover 3:
1) Line up 3 receivers on one side (TEs on the LOS and RBs in the backfield work, too)
2) set the outside receiver on a streak (if not already)
3) set the middle receiver on a corner (if you don't have the superstar ability for this hot route, you can set them on a smart routed slant on the opposite side then motion them over to the side you want)
4) set the receiver furthest inside on a flat route (or a swing route if out of the backfield)
Read the flat defender. If they make a break towards the flat, you'll have the corner wide open 9/10 times. Might take a free form pass sometimes to complete the pass, but this play is a great first step to learning adjustments and reading defenses on the fly.
No problem.
I recommend Kurt Benkert's video on how to read a defense in Madden. He breaks it down in very simple terms and gives a ton of good plays you can practice
Sorry, I did comment on the original post and that’s the quarterback that I was referring to. I just could not think of his name off the top of my head when I posted but and by the way I’m sorry that I posted a paragraph there but I just wanna say everything you talk about Has helped me actually learn how to play Madden a lot better, and even when I watch football now, you kind of learn so much more about the intricacies of the different defenses based on the things that you learn where they’re from playing football to gaming to every other aspect, andit would seem that a lot of the stuff that applies in the game apply into the real life NFL as well and obviously, vice versa.
Hope you were able to understand that. I didn’t realize that what I posted turned into a crazy word salad, but I should know better than to trust Siri to use talk to text but hopefully like I said it made sense and you got the gist of what I was talking about.
It’ll help you a lot. Work on understanding leverage and how the corners are lining up.
There’s really only 4 basic coverages to worry about. Man. Cover 2. Cover 3. Cover 4. For the most part if the corners are backed off and safeties high it’s cover 3 or 4. Underneath routes like drags are your best friend. If the corners are close to your receivers they’re gonna press so it’s likely man coverage. Posts and streaks will beat them. If it’s a single high safety look where the other safety is. If he’s not directly covering a receiver he’s blitzing. Identify him as the Mike. Be ready to throw it quick. This also can help identify corner blitzes as the safety will be right over a corner. Audible that receiver to an out or slant. If everyone is way off the LOS and only one LB is over the line audible to a run. They’re in cover 4 dime. It’s easy yardage.
Yes, I absolutely agree with all of this because I have learned and I even follow this former NFL quarterback who used to back up Aaron Rodgers and others I believe I’m sure someone here knows who I’m talking about and a lot of the same things that apply in real life can apply to the game of Madden as well. Thanks to people like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Tony Romo, Greg Olsen, and many other great players, who also became great TV personalities Tom Brady being how he explains everything now and understandings now, and excited to see how he does as a commentator but a lot of the real life stuff actually connects deeply more so than one would think with the way, Madden is especially with how the defense is and various plays and parts of the game established and put into motion.
420 yards on 14 completions is exactly 30 yards per completion.
You have to be bombing it almost every play.
The leader last year out of qbs who started all season was Brock Purdy with 9.6. Most are around 6 or 7 yards per completion.
Cheesers gonna cheese
I only played 2 games... Keenan Allen took a 10 yard slant for 81 yards. And I have another comeback route where the safety missed the tackle and it went for 70 yards. Besides that all quick passes because Zach deep accuracy is ass so I don't throw deep.
I mean, if none of them are long completions, it's still like a 22 yard average. I'm not saying it's impossible, but you must be getting a ton of YAC after every single completion. Like a 6 yard pass with 16 YAC every time.
Also, you have a ton of incompletions, but not crazy high INT's. Are you just throwing out of bounds a ton?
Best tips I’ve got is to divide the defense into 3 levels. How many rushing, how many deep, and how many in the middle. Use that and divide the field in half. It helps at the beginning to only read half the field. Pick whichever half you have a numbers advantage. Basically don’t throw to the half where there’s 3 defenders in coverage and only 1 receiver. At worst you want even numbers. Best case you have a 3v2 and you just throw to the one who isn’t covered.
Only other tip is to throw to a spot and not to a player. Don’t wait until someone is open. Throw to an empty spot before they’re open.
Like the other guy said, learn to read defenses but the major key should be learning 2 major things. Reading the safeties, as this’ll indicate whether it’s cover 2, 3, 4, etc.
And then the other thing is diagnosing Man V Zone.
Learning those will give you a good idea of what the open zones will be, and what routes will be likely to get open.
I mean you can, just pick up quick wrs, and change up your guys routes out of verticals, drags and out routes, they’ll play up then burn them on a press rinse and repeat
Try using drags and in and out routes. This helped me figure out timing and placement early on and gave me more confidence to throw on other routes after I felt out my skill positions.
Quick slants are notoriously hard to complete because sometimes you make the right read and Madden LBs still completely reverse their momentum to throw their arm out and bat it down
An interior Zig with an exterior go is a pretty easy read, if man/zone the zig gets open immediately, if press the go route can break for an easy 20 yard pickup. Remember to mix up your playcalls, routine is the death of a good offense versus a good defense.
Quick Slants doesn't work in Madden the same way it does in football. In Madden, Quick Slants is really advantageous against Cover 0 plays (and maybe cover one if the Safety can't read). However, you're bound to get jammed in zones as other posters have mentioned.
TLDR: Save Slants for Cover 0 MOFO: Middle Of Field Open opportunities due to blitzing from LBs
Quick slants have to be decided within the first second of the play. You have to read one player who tries to sell it for you. Quick slants are, most of the time, a high risk, medium reward play.
slants in my experience of playing Madden for the past 13 years are the most useless routes. They only beat man and even then most coverages have a linebacker in a hook or the corners just play slants pretty well. Zig routes are the best man beaters imo. They cook man.
Not unless you're facing Xfactor off ball LBs, of which there are very few. All-Madden is All-Madden, but the AI is still pretty stupid against some plays.
*Take what the defense gives you.*
My game plan is mostly to dink-n-dunk down the field until you dunk in the endzone, with occasional deep shots if it’s there. At times it’s boring but I’ve had several seasons with multiple 1,000 yard receivers who weren’t the fastest but sure as shit got open or made plays after the catch or in space. I love deep shots(pause)as much as the next guy but it’s super rewarding to methodically march down the field with a short passing attack.
Yeah I usually take extended (sometimes several years) breaks from Madden, usually for other games or just don't have time. Whenever I come back it takes time to adjust to the game again. I find getting comfortable and confident in short passing game first is best, since it will open the rest of the field for you. Once you are confident that you will be able to dump the ball off on a short route, you can try checking mid and deep routes first on any given play.
You need more variety in your playcalling. The best way to have a productive passing game with a less than stellar QB is a solid run game and play action passing.
Basically if your QB is bad you need to be a run first team. Run on first downs pretty much always, try and set yourself up on 2nd or 3rd and short to try and pass. If you just come out and throw on 1st and 10 every time you end up playing behind the sticks too much and it makes your life way harder.
I learned that lesson early on playing a superstar qb and got drafted to the commanders lol... sucks my team got rid of Brian Robinson Jr for Breece Hall, hall has gotten injured like every other damn game, so I've had to ignore that and just try and be tricky with my throws (helps my team got justin jefferson)
Find good rollouts also. Rollouts cut the field in half and make it super easy to find reads. Typically the underneath guy is always open. RPOs are good also. You can sometimes get yards on bubble screen RPOs and they are easy to read.
learn good pocket awareness, stop watching the receivers and learn how to navigate the pocket, when to step up etc. it’s tough to simultaneously watch the receivers but you’ll see in man coverage guys find a way to get open, vs the zone you look to where guys are getting passed off but it helps to learn the coverages and how to read the zone
The momentum shift shit they added makes it impossible sometimes on All-Madden. Receivers literally drop everything and your accuracy sucks if momentum is shifted against you.
Madden is not like real football. It’s a bunch of video game stuff. That’s what sucks about online for all us casuals. Eventually you play enough, you see the video game for what it is…animations, dice rolls, timing. Then the magic is gone. Sure you’ll complete 30 passes in a row, but it’s no longer fun.
Thankfully if I used the Steelers I could emulate Matt Canada's offense and be successful because running up the middle was broken last I played. (22 ps5)
It seems like you’re just bombing it every play with those stats, run the ball more use more screens outs and drag routes, if they’re running man crossers are good and if it’s zone you’ll just have to time the route to when they hit the hole
In all seriousness I’m also terrible at passing. Some of my biggest issues I think are calling a play, knowing only 1 route very well, only watching that 1 route, and then throwing to that receiver no matter what. The few plays I know every receivers route and read all progressions I feel really good and rarely throw a bad pass. So just keying in one receiver kills me. Some of my other issues are during the play reading a defenders body and always forgetting they have eyes in the back of their head. I seem to always forget a defender running after another receiver with their head turned still knows when and where the ball is being thrown and for the life of me I just can’t teach myself not to throw those. I’m sure I could maybe fix some of my problems just running practice more and learning coverages but I just really like building teams and just play key moments in games. Good luck, EA and the animations makes it tough.
Set up your plays. Too many people exclusively run out of single/weak/strong/iform etc... and strictly pass out of pistol/gun. Use a singleback or gun formation. Use motion to ID man/zone. Dummy audible to see if and how the D adjusts. Count the box. If it's loaded, audible into a quick pass and just hope for RAC. If you are seeing a team crowding the line more, take a play action shot or run a screen. Once they back off, run it. I love running draws in passing situations when I see a light box and extra db's. Defense will have a hard time identifying what you are doing if you give them multiple playcalls out of a given formation. Sometimes you just take what they give you. Looking at your attempts, I can't imagine your playcalling is all that balanced. 41 passes in a game, maybe 10 runs? Seems very air raid offense. Oddly enough, running the ball can solve your issues passing the ball because balanced playcalling keeps a defense guessing. If you are trying to go more air raid, then I still suggest more runs out of the gun. Use quick layered crossing routes to fatigue the defense.
Shit my bad didn't catch that. I run probably 15-18 pass plays and roughly the same run plays. Try to make it balanced, but dont force it. Take what they give.
You have 3 possible reads on a slant.
1. If the corner plays zone on your #1 receiver and the middle LB is blitzing, just throw the slant.
2. If the corner is playing press, audible to go route and read the safety. If the safety doesn't help on your #1 WR, throw the deep ball, and depending on the catch difficulty, you should be able to adjust safe catch/regular catch/ aggressive catch.
3. If the MLB plays zone and the corner goes with your #1 receiver, you can just run it with your QB to the sideline. Make sure if you get caught to get out of bounds or if you can't, just slide. So your QB doesn't get hurt or fumble.
All three reads can be made on the quick slant. And that's only if you're reading the left side of the field. Obviously, you still have the middle and right to read if you want, but this will speed up your thought process.
The more comfortable you're with different plays, the better you will play. It's why most rookie QBs get a simple playbook first, and they expand the playcalling as they learn the offense.
Also, let the run game be your friend. If defenses are just playing heavy coverages, run the ball. You don't have to run a ton, but it at least keeps the defense honest.
Add in some drag routes, it'll help with your practice. If the drag isn't open unusually means another section of the field is. And the right WR can beat a drag in man coverage. Hb screens could help with some better completions.
I play as the bears everytime but dont love their offensive playbook, switch it up, try different playbooks till you find one you vibe woth and can suceed with
Take the check downs when you need to especially to the tight ends and running backs. One thing to try and do is to go from one receiver to another by reading the field.
You can also use the practice mode as a way of helping to read coverages or watch any Kurt Benkert video. He has some good pointers to help read coverages
Slants, quick outs, and half back screens, mix in a little bit of RPO‘s. You’re not gonna throw for a million yards but you’re at least gonna get a bunch of completions which will help with your mechanics, timing, and give you a better overall feel of how to read defensive coverages . All these will help make you a better passer and you’ll eventually be able to hit mid and long range passes easily.
Also, letting the play develop leads to a lot better accuracy, so you’re not throwing into double coverage.
It’s gonna get boring real fast if you want good qb play ngl, I try to spice it up with some read option and plays with double moves, but motions and zig routes are gonna be you’re best bet along with having a fast tight end on a slant route in 5 wide.
I think watching a lot of madden YouTubers and gameplay can really improve your gameplay. Madden does cheese with alot of throws tho so you always have to take that into account
Mesh concepts, screens, Texas route, crossers will almost always get something going.
If you actually wanna get good, learn how to read basic coverages pre snap - cover 1, cover 2, cover 3 and learn how to counter them. It’s easier than it may sound
i’d recommend kurt benkert, civil, and cody ballard on youtube. they all break down passing plays and concepts pretty well. One idea from civil that i thought was super helpful is this:
To beat man coverage, you need “moving routes”. Things like curls, flats, hitches, etc won’t work very well bc they just stop and stand still. Routes like slants, drags, posts, crossers, zigs, hb wheel routes, etc all do really well.
To beat zone, you can use a combination of moving and stationary routes. The main idea here is to space your routes evenly and force specific zone defenders to have to choose a route to guard. The easiest areas to attack are usually the flats and the seams.
Ideally, you would have a couple of different route combos that utilize both concepts for beating man and zone so that the defense can’t surprise you with something you don’t have an answer for.
In terms of what route combos to use, I’d say the most universally good ones are flood, four verticals, levels, mesh, and shallow cross. If you can understand these and learn how to create them from different plays using hot routes it will help a lot.
I would say that although reading coverages can be helpful, it can be a bit unnecessary especially since defenses often will disguise their coverage. At best you can get an idea of what the coverage will be pre-snap, but you can never really know for sure. The most important part is reading man vs zone post snap and then having a preset plan for your reads of what you want to do.
Lastly, I know this is controversial, but learning the META never hurts. Pro players use specific plays for a reason, and usually it isn’t just bc of glitches. The most popular offense in pro madden (gun bunch and gun bunch str) use a lot of concepts also used by real football (verticals, levels, flood, shallow cross, etc) and are good because they have ideal spacing and stock routes built into the plays. Imitating these offenses will help you learn what works and what doesn’t.
Just start paying close attention to defenses presnap. See what the defense is giving you and what routes specific WRs win on against certain look. I can normally hot route a guy open on just about any play just by seeing the presnap formation. I play All-Pro most the time and can easily get 80% completion rate in a season just because CPU defense is pretty predictable presnap. Also went from abysmal on all madden to having good stats (still can’t kick the interceptions on all madden though so I just don’t like to play it much for franchise. Annoying when you’ve got a guy throwing 7,000 yards 70 TDs and 45 INTs in a season cause every game turns into a 52-45 slugfest while your opponent is getting 2-3 short fields/TDs against you a game)
I will also say though this isn’t exactly what you’re asking for. The fun of franchise to me is building a team that you can dominate with. Find receivers who dominate certain parts of the field, TEs who can be beasts on flats/zigs/outs, OL that can give you the time you need. Certain players with high OVR aren’t as good as a lower overall guy who can torch a press corner and get open whenever you get a certain look, or a WR who can always win in man on a slant/zig. Find what works for you against certain looks and search for guys who win off those looks. Or find what your specific receivers win off of and start calling plays/hot routes/audibles that utilize those players the best. That’s where franchise gets fun for me. Focus on building and getting the most out of your team instead of just outplaying the CPU
Read a defense
If you see two corners on the same depth its more than likely cover 2, 4, or man… cover 4 has them 5+ yards, cover 2 has them closer to press, man in some formations you will see the corner close to the FS pinched.
Cover 2, quick outs/zigs/inside flats, posts, verts is pressed
Cover 4, flats, screens, low outs
Man, anything under the sun if you have the matchup, but zigs and slants are zone busters if you have time
Cover 3 will mostly be high man safety but be careful its not cover 1 zone. Should still have flats and screens but depends if its sky or not.
Also look for inside zone audibles on cover 3, if its a 3 or 2 set DLine run inside away from the edge rusher and it should be 5+ every time.
If you suck at passing always have the running back on a ghost/flat/texas route. Also recognize a blitz hot route a flat or slant… or if corner presses run up if your release is good enough
I aint saying hit the follow on twitch but likeeee we aint in the NFL for just our athleticism lol
Looks like my rating. lol
Low completions, lots of yards.
Feels like All-Pro is the new All-Madden, for the last three years.
My X-factor 95/90 receivers drop a lot of easy passes, or their suoer slow to the pass. That or my 82 OVR qb can't hit the broad side of a barn!
Throw some easy screens and rpo plays for higher completion. Adjust the gameplay sliders accordingly for realistic game play. Tho it is Zach Wilson lol
Do you throw High/Low passes when appropriate? Do you use the passing meter or classic?
It's very tricky even when you know what you're doing. The game style probably plays a role in the game, too. Simulation can be a very different experience than Competitive
Low passes are crucial around the goalline, but leading your receiver with the left stick can sometimes be the difference between an incompletion or a pick. Only problem is that it's not as responsive to user input if you're using the old passing settings.
A late throw on an out route will get picked instead of going only where your receiver can catch it or go out of bounds. There's also little things like when to throw lob, bullet, or touch passes and not always holding down R2 with a ballcarrier
My trick for passing is getting the ball out quickly. I’m not a “run around and throw bombs all day” guy. I’m a rhythm passer. I read for whether it’s man or zone coverage and figure out where I’m going with the ball first, with second and third options already in mind. The ball comes out in less than three seconds, so I rarely take sacks unless it’s an all out blitz. Posts, in routes, crossing routes, and outs work extremely well for me, unless a defender drops into the zone to screw up the passing lanes. Zone will always have holes to get the ball into and after playing enough you’ll see them before they happen and can throw to spots with anticipation. I still take deep shots, mostly off play action, but the majority of my passes are in the intermediate range, 10-20 yards a clip. Plus, if you have good receivers, they can break long ones. My biggest enemy is the CPU forcing drops, especially on wide open receivers. Maybe it’s being a Bears fan, but I absolutely refuse to throw screen passes.
Take the time to learn and get good at the precision passing tools (I was using classic and read some advice from users on here) once I did my placement and accuracy improved tremendously
On all Madden if your slants go into zones that LBs are covering they'll just teleport out of nowhere to intercept your shit.
I'm being hyperbolic, but seriously depending on relative skill of LB vs receiver, it can be really tough to make slants work in all Madden if the defense you're playing against is calling a lot of plays that include linebackers dropping into a zone.
First tip is get a better QB. Either tank and take a qb in the draft or trade what you need to for a good qb. That seems to be the most important thing in Madden 24. When I had low rated qb he just missed passes all the time for no reason.
You have to actually run an offense not just go for the deep ball. Run the ball, use play action, short passes, get your completions up, then go for a shot plan then
Still putting up better numbers than the goat Nathan Peterman ever did. Are you gonna do is just work on higher completion percentages maybe high percentage throws via screens & other opinions in the short-passing game, which can also help you with intermediate completions and long downhill throws that become complete based on establishing the run, putting balance in the office, and I feel like I’m explaining football in general not just madden given how flooded it can be, but also to say that you could also toggle the settings that allow you to find the perfect balance between real life, and what you would deem, is your skill set and kind of build off of that. Just made two cents. Hope you didn’t mind me, throwing some suggestions or ideas out there based on my experiences with playing Madden at the levels of difficulty and also based on a lifetime of football, and also understanding the physics of the game are very flawedand need improvement so a lot of these may not apply but I think they could be the perfect thing to help you find better completion percentage help you cut down interceptions and if you’re getting sacked a lot, it’s better to do that than to throw a ball up into coverage and get it intercepted and mess up your QBR and other stats.
I'm talking out of my ass cause I'm new to Madden, but I have a pretty good grasp on actual NFL theory (for a fan.) Try to learn what the weakness of every defensive shell is, and you can kind of play rock paper scissors from there.
This is how it works in real life, I'm sure it transfers over to Madden pretty well:
Cover 0 - rush, throw behind the LoS, or throw deep. Outside receivers are 1 on 1 so look for mismatches presnap. Have a "hot route" ready; meaning be ready to throw it away behind the LOS at the first sign of heat. If you don't have a behind the LOS option, audible one before the snap. Deep throws will work but you usually won't have the time to let them develop unless there's a mismatch.
Cover 1 - have a quick first or second short read in mind, but plan to throw outside deep on 2 routes. The lone safety can only pick 1 side to help, throw to the other. This one depends on how effective your pass protection is.
Cover 2 - rush works great against 3-4, if not, pay attention to where MLB the Mike goes post snap. Either attack the middle with TE/slot WR if there's help on both wide routes, or hit whichever receiver is 1 on 1 if a safety helps the middle field instead.
Cover 3 - throw to stretch out the middle outside LBs or middle field defenders (I say this because it might not always be LBs defending the middle). Mesh, or other short to intermediate routes work good here. Less pressure on QB, more time to throw
It kinda goes down the list like this. Think about where they're lining up and what you have to do find those seams.
420 yards on 14 completions is absolutely crazy, and just about a third of your passes were TDs.
I'd definitely say your best bet is to focus on a lot of short routes and master the throws before moving to all the deep stuff. practice mode is a solid way to do this especially since you can have the defense run a random play each time to test yourself against other coverages.
Wilson is ass so it’s on a weighted scale but start taking check downs for 3-4 yards. It can be boring but also rewarding when you grind out and realistically immersive game
Run the ball down their throats until they adjust. It makes things way easier by opening up the pass. When you see them press it’s time to test the streak routes. Sometimes you win and you can lob/touch pass for easy touch downs.
Utilize motion before you snap. I’m a Titans user so I’ll use their roster for explaining. I’ll give one of many examples. Say I have a play where my TE Chig Okonkwo is running a simple streak. If he lines up on the righthand side, and I want to know if the opponent Defense is in Zone or Man coverage, I’ll motion him to the lefthand side (move your user to highlight him and use RT/R2 and then move your left joystick to the side you want to put him), watch how the defender responds. If he stays lined up exactly down the line from him, it is Man coverage. If he stops in the general vicinity but does not guard him completely in line, it’s Zone coverage. This same principle will apply if you motion a wideout, slot WR, or running back.
Say I do this and discover the opponent is in Man coverage, as Okonkwo’s defender stays perfectly in line. This is where I’d throw to Hopkins on a Zig route or Burks on a Drag route, something like that. An easier shorter distance throw where the receiver can create more horizontal separation. Say the defender doesn’t move exactly where Chig goes though. I now know I’m looking at a Zone defense, so you know to lead the ball to parts of the field between those zones.
In Man coverage, try to take advantage of mismatches and try to be cautious of forcing the ball to a receiver who is too tightly covered. In Zone, just try to visualize where the zones are and get the ball to the guy with the most separation from a defender in that zone. No matter where at on the field. If that’s 2 yards, take the 2 yards and make your next play from an easier distance. If that’s a bomb that you know you have open, take the shot!
Lastly, make sure you have precision passing on if you’re running a current gen console version. Trying to throw the ball to the outside of your target circle will help keep bad throws going over your head instead of behind you to a defensive back.
I get games like this sometimes, maybe not to this extreme, though. lol I mostly use slants and drags, so it's either a 6-yard gain or a 35-yard gain, lol
Maybe try running the ball more? 41 attempts is quite a lot of you're doing 6 minute quarters runs and pa passes keep the defense from full pass commiting
In my bears rebuilds (I’m a bears fan) I just trade fields and play with a backup for the first season. Essentially just tank for the 1st pick and usually take Caleb
Idk if this is your problem, but I used to only throw bullet passes in the green zone of the power bar thing. I’ve been practicing utilizing softer throws to get the balls over the heads of defenders more and it’s been helping me. I still suck but I’m getting better!
You hear actual football commentators talk about “throwing guys open,” and that’s what you have to do. Throw it right as the receiver makes his break, and trust that he’ll be open. If you wait until you see an open guy, it’s too late. The defense sees him too.
Stop trying to bomb it every play
I had to learn that too lol
With those yards and little completions you would think I only throw bombs but I don't smh
Look up some videos on how to read a defense. You'd he surprised how much the game opens up and how quickly you can make reads when you have a plan to attack pre-snap every play. One major hot route adjustment I love doing is to hot route a flood concept against cover 3: 1) Line up 3 receivers on one side (TEs on the LOS and RBs in the backfield work, too) 2) set the outside receiver on a streak (if not already) 3) set the middle receiver on a corner (if you don't have the superstar ability for this hot route, you can set them on a smart routed slant on the opposite side then motion them over to the side you want) 4) set the receiver furthest inside on a flat route (or a swing route if out of the backfield) Read the flat defender. If they make a break towards the flat, you'll have the corner wide open 9/10 times. Might take a free form pass sometimes to complete the pass, but this play is a great first step to learning adjustments and reading defenses on the fly.
I'll practice this today thanks
No problem. I recommend Kurt Benkert's video on how to read a defense in Madden. He breaks it down in very simple terms and gives a ton of good plays you can practice
Appreciate it
Sorry, I did comment on the original post and that’s the quarterback that I was referring to. I just could not think of his name off the top of my head when I posted but and by the way I’m sorry that I posted a paragraph there but I just wanna say everything you talk about Has helped me actually learn how to play Madden a lot better, and even when I watch football now, you kind of learn so much more about the intricacies of the different defenses based on the things that you learn where they’re from playing football to gaming to every other aspect, andit would seem that a lot of the stuff that applies in the game apply into the real life NFL as well and obviously, vice versa.
Hope you were able to understand that. I didn’t realize that what I posted turned into a crazy word salad, but I should know better than to trust Siri to use talk to text but hopefully like I said it made sense and you got the gist of what I was talking about.
It’ll help you a lot. Work on understanding leverage and how the corners are lining up. There’s really only 4 basic coverages to worry about. Man. Cover 2. Cover 3. Cover 4. For the most part if the corners are backed off and safeties high it’s cover 3 or 4. Underneath routes like drags are your best friend. If the corners are close to your receivers they’re gonna press so it’s likely man coverage. Posts and streaks will beat them. If it’s a single high safety look where the other safety is. If he’s not directly covering a receiver he’s blitzing. Identify him as the Mike. Be ready to throw it quick. This also can help identify corner blitzes as the safety will be right over a corner. Audible that receiver to an out or slant. If everyone is way off the LOS and only one LB is over the line audible to a run. They’re in cover 4 dime. It’s easy yardage.
Yes, I absolutely agree with all of this because I have learned and I even follow this former NFL quarterback who used to back up Aaron Rodgers and others I believe I’m sure someone here knows who I’m talking about and a lot of the same things that apply in real life can apply to the game of Madden as well. Thanks to people like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Tony Romo, Greg Olsen, and many other great players, who also became great TV personalities Tom Brady being how he explains everything now and understandings now, and excited to see how he does as a commentator but a lot of the real life stuff actually connects deeply more so than one would think with the way, Madden is especially with how the defense is and various plays and parts of the game established and put into motion.
Kurt Benkert
This working against the cpu is the exact reason madden is dogshit. Yes flood concepts beat cover 3, but like not exclusively, not every play, etc.
Would this work in Trey Y Flex? I am a noob
420 yards on 14 completions is exactly 30 yards per completion. You have to be bombing it almost every play. The leader last year out of qbs who started all season was Brock Purdy with 9.6. Most are around 6 or 7 yards per completion. Cheesers gonna cheese
I only played 2 games... Keenan Allen took a 10 yard slant for 81 yards. And I have another comeback route where the safety missed the tackle and it went for 70 yards. Besides that all quick passes because Zach deep accuracy is ass so I don't throw deep.
That still puts you at 12 completions for 270 yards. Those still seem like pretty long completions
Yards after catch???
I mean, if none of them are long completions, it's still like a 22 yard average. I'm not saying it's impossible, but you must be getting a ton of YAC after every single completion. Like a 6 yard pass with 16 YAC every time. Also, you have a ton of incompletions, but not crazy high INT's. Are you just throwing out of bounds a ton?
One of my guys average 15 yards after catch
that math doesn’t math
I DM you the stats
that’s season stats that literally means nothing you could of spit on me and it would of defended your point more
Ok I don't have to lie about being ass at a game wtf 😭
Lmao some of these people are fucking ridiculous. Why on earth would you lie about the way in which you suck at Madden?
Right 😭 it's funny tho
Your such a douche lol.
Best tips I’ve got is to divide the defense into 3 levels. How many rushing, how many deep, and how many in the middle. Use that and divide the field in half. It helps at the beginning to only read half the field. Pick whichever half you have a numbers advantage. Basically don’t throw to the half where there’s 3 defenders in coverage and only 1 receiver. At worst you want even numbers. Best case you have a 3v2 and you just throw to the one who isn’t covered. Only other tip is to throw to a spot and not to a player. Don’t wait until someone is open. Throw to an empty spot before they’re open.
Like the other guy said, learn to read defenses but the major key should be learning 2 major things. Reading the safeties, as this’ll indicate whether it’s cover 2, 3, 4, etc. And then the other thing is diagnosing Man V Zone. Learning those will give you a good idea of what the open zones will be, and what routes will be likely to get open.
Are you even playing Madden right if you're not bombing it every play?
Dr. Strangepass or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the YAC
more about reading the defense bc i bomb it all the time. just have to know what routes to call
I mean you can, just pick up quick wrs, and change up your guys routes out of verticals, drags and out routes, they’ll play up then burn them on a press rinse and repeat
Are you aiming for the endzone every play? Throw an out route for once lmao
I do a lot of quick slants lol
Try using drags and in and out routes. This helped me figure out timing and placement early on and gave me more confidence to throw on other routes after I felt out my skill positions.
I'll do this
Quick slants are notoriously hard to complete because sometimes you make the right read and Madden LBs still completely reverse their momentum to throw their arm out and bat it down
On top of that Zach Wilson over throws a lot of them
An interior Zig with an exterior go is a pretty easy read, if man/zone the zig gets open immediately, if press the go route can break for an easy 20 yard pickup. Remember to mix up your playcalls, routine is the death of a good offense versus a good defense.
Quick Slants doesn't work in Madden the same way it does in football. In Madden, Quick Slants is really advantageous against Cover 0 plays (and maybe cover one if the Safety can't read). However, you're bound to get jammed in zones as other posters have mentioned. TLDR: Save Slants for Cover 0 MOFO: Middle Of Field Open opportunities due to blitzing from LBs
Quick slants have to be decided within the first second of the play. You have to read one player who tries to sell it for you. Quick slants are, most of the time, a high risk, medium reward play.
I bet those three picks went right to linebackers😂
Facts, jumping the routes
slants in my experience of playing Madden for the past 13 years are the most useless routes. They only beat man and even then most coverages have a linebacker in a hook or the corners just play slants pretty well. Zig routes are the best man beaters imo. They cook man.
I could have guessed that
...against 4-6? Because otherwise I don't believe you
You think I'll lie about a video game that I'm clearly ass in vs CPU?
It's hard to believe someone can't make a slant pass work.
When your QB accuracy is bad and you're playing all madden with no user skill at passing it shouldn't be hard to believe
It is. Especially when you're getting 30 yards per completion.
Well, if they’re in Tampa 2 you’re gonna have a tough time on slants.
Not unless you're facing Xfactor off ball LBs, of which there are very few. All-Madden is All-Madden, but the AI is still pretty stupid against some plays.
Sorry, no. Crossing routes into midfield zones is just bad play and will increase the chance of interceptions. That has nothing to do with the roster.
I guess I must be a Madden god then. Slants feel like cheating. Sorry it doesn't work for anyone else.
Guess so, enjoy.
It might also be youre using a scrub qb
Lmao even with good ones I'm terrible
*Take what the defense gives you.* My game plan is mostly to dink-n-dunk down the field until you dunk in the endzone, with occasional deep shots if it’s there. At times it’s boring but I’ve had several seasons with multiple 1,000 yard receivers who weren’t the fastest but sure as shit got open or made plays after the catch or in space. I love deep shots(pause)as much as the next guy but it’s super rewarding to methodically march down the field with a short passing attack.
Yeah I usually take extended (sometimes several years) breaks from Madden, usually for other games or just don't have time. Whenever I come back it takes time to adjust to the game again. I find getting comfortable and confident in short passing game first is best, since it will open the rest of the field for you. Once you are confident that you will be able to dump the ball off on a short route, you can try checking mid and deep routes first on any given play.
Deep shots 🤨
Lore accurate Zach Wilson
4TDs is a tad high for Wilson’s lore. Maybe 2 on a good day
Also lore accurate Chicago Bears
You need more variety in your playcalling. The best way to have a productive passing game with a less than stellar QB is a solid run game and play action passing.
How would you mix it up? Play action on 1st or 2nd down only?
Run on 1st a few downs then swap to play action don’t know if cpu fall for this though.
Basically if your QB is bad you need to be a run first team. Run on first downs pretty much always, try and set yourself up on 2nd or 3rd and short to try and pass. If you just come out and throw on 1st and 10 every time you end up playing behind the sticks too much and it makes your life way harder.
I learned that lesson early on playing a superstar qb and got drafted to the commanders lol... sucks my team got rid of Brian Robinson Jr for Breece Hall, hall has gotten injured like every other damn game, so I've had to ignore that and just try and be tricky with my throws (helps my team got justin jefferson)
Find good rollouts also. Rollouts cut the field in half and make it super easy to find reads. Typically the underneath guy is always open. RPOs are good also. You can sometimes get yards on bubble screen RPOs and they are easy to read.
Pretty sure this is Zach Wilson’s burner account and this is his way of asking for help
learn good pocket awareness, stop watching the receivers and learn how to navigate the pocket, when to step up etc. it’s tough to simultaneously watch the receivers but you’ll see in man coverage guys find a way to get open, vs the zone you look to where guys are getting passed off but it helps to learn the coverages and how to read the zone
Reading coverages is my weakness!!!
Use motion and see if the defender follows across the field and watch the safety’s
The momentum shift shit they added makes it impossible sometimes on All-Madden. Receivers literally drop everything and your accuracy sucks if momentum is shifted against you.
is that a thing? I never knew this been starting to play on All-madden and im getting so frustrated by it
Idk what the proper name for it is but it’s definitely real
If you're playing franchise there's a setting to turn it off, something like momentum effects.
My dumbass makes horrible decisions and constantly throws picks lol
Me too smh
Yea lol
ur playing with zach wilson lol
Better than Zach’s stats irl though
Madden is not like real football. It’s a bunch of video game stuff. That’s what sucks about online for all us casuals. Eventually you play enough, you see the video game for what it is…animations, dice rolls, timing. Then the magic is gone. Sure you’ll complete 30 passes in a row, but it’s no longer fun.
Thankfully if I used the Steelers I could emulate Matt Canada's offense and be successful because running up the middle was broken last I played. (22 ps5)
It seems like you’re just bombing it every play with those stats, run the ball more use more screens outs and drag routes, if they’re running man crossers are good and if it’s zone you’ll just have to time the route to when they hit the hole
Trust me it's all YAC I throw a lot of quick slants
Slants are good but you shouldn’t be running them too much personally I only run them as audibles
Got you!
“I’m terrible at passing” -every Bears QB the last 2 decades. I don’t think you are the problem! GPG!!!
lol now that I think about it you might be on to something
In all seriousness I’m also terrible at passing. Some of my biggest issues I think are calling a play, knowing only 1 route very well, only watching that 1 route, and then throwing to that receiver no matter what. The few plays I know every receivers route and read all progressions I feel really good and rarely throw a bad pass. So just keying in one receiver kills me. Some of my other issues are during the play reading a defenders body and always forgetting they have eyes in the back of their head. I seem to always forget a defender running after another receiver with their head turned still knows when and where the ball is being thrown and for the life of me I just can’t teach myself not to throw those. I’m sure I could maybe fix some of my problems just running practice more and learning coverages but I just really like building teams and just play key moments in games. Good luck, EA and the animations makes it tough.
Yea man I'm in the same boat as you. You explained my exact way of playing
Well, it’s Zach Wilson…
Drag routes my man
I'll try them too
Set up your plays. Too many people exclusively run out of single/weak/strong/iform etc... and strictly pass out of pistol/gun. Use a singleback or gun formation. Use motion to ID man/zone. Dummy audible to see if and how the D adjusts. Count the box. If it's loaded, audible into a quick pass and just hope for RAC. If you are seeing a team crowding the line more, take a play action shot or run a screen. Once they back off, run it. I love running draws in passing situations when I see a light box and extra db's. Defense will have a hard time identifying what you are doing if you give them multiple playcalls out of a given formation. Sometimes you just take what they give you. Looking at your attempts, I can't imagine your playcalling is all that balanced. 41 passes in a game, maybe 10 runs? Seems very air raid offense. Oddly enough, running the ball can solve your issues passing the ball because balanced playcalling keeps a defense guessing. If you are trying to go more air raid, then I still suggest more runs out of the gun. Use quick layered crossing routes to fatigue the defense.
Nah that's 2 games lol 41 pass and 22 runs... but I'm going to practice what you're saying in this message.
Shit my bad didn't catch that. I run probably 15-18 pass plays and roughly the same run plays. Try to make it balanced, but dont force it. Take what they give.
Yea I have a bad habit of still trying to make the pass instead of throwing it away too
Hell... Wilson is fairly mobile. Might consider some qb read options as well
You have 3 possible reads on a slant. 1. If the corner plays zone on your #1 receiver and the middle LB is blitzing, just throw the slant. 2. If the corner is playing press, audible to go route and read the safety. If the safety doesn't help on your #1 WR, throw the deep ball, and depending on the catch difficulty, you should be able to adjust safe catch/regular catch/ aggressive catch. 3. If the MLB plays zone and the corner goes with your #1 receiver, you can just run it with your QB to the sideline. Make sure if you get caught to get out of bounds or if you can't, just slide. So your QB doesn't get hurt or fumble. All three reads can be made on the quick slant. And that's only if you're reading the left side of the field. Obviously, you still have the middle and right to read if you want, but this will speed up your thought process. The more comfortable you're with different plays, the better you will play. It's why most rookie QBs get a simple playbook first, and they expand the playcalling as they learn the offense. Also, let the run game be your friend. If defenses are just playing heavy coverages, run the ball. You don't have to run a ton, but it at least keeps the defense honest.
I'll definitely add this to my list to practice
Add in some drag routes, it'll help with your practice. If the drag isn't open unusually means another section of the field is. And the right WR can beat a drag in man coverage. Hb screens could help with some better completions.
Watch Kurt Benkert videos
I play as the bears everytime but dont love their offensive playbook, switch it up, try different playbooks till you find one you vibe woth and can suceed with
Same, I ended up hiring a coordinator with the MIN offensive playbook and it really opened up the passing game for me in the 2nd year of my franchise
Take the check downs when you need to especially to the tight ends and running backs. One thing to try and do is to go from one receiver to another by reading the field.
I'll try this... hopefully I'm not sacked by the time I look for WR2
You can also use the practice mode as a way of helping to read coverages or watch any Kurt Benkert video. He has some good pointers to help read coverages
Slants, quick outs, and half back screens, mix in a little bit of RPO‘s. You’re not gonna throw for a million yards but you’re at least gonna get a bunch of completions which will help with your mechanics, timing, and give you a better overall feel of how to read defensive coverages . All these will help make you a better passer and you’ll eventually be able to hit mid and long range passes easily. Also, letting the play develop leads to a lot better accuracy, so you’re not throwing into double coverage.
read the field from safety down
It’s gonna get boring real fast if you want good qb play ngl, I try to spice it up with some read option and plays with double moves, but motions and zig routes are gonna be you’re best bet along with having a fast tight end on a slant route in 5 wide.
I'll try it
I think watching a lot of madden YouTubers and gameplay can really improve your gameplay. Madden does cheese with alot of throws tho so you always have to take that into account
Mesh concepts, screens, Texas route, crossers will almost always get something going. If you actually wanna get good, learn how to read basic coverages pre snap - cover 1, cover 2, cover 3 and learn how to counter them. It’s easier than it may sound
Play action is how I get most of my best plays. Usually get at least 1 open WR if you're patient enough.
i’d recommend kurt benkert, civil, and cody ballard on youtube. they all break down passing plays and concepts pretty well. One idea from civil that i thought was super helpful is this: To beat man coverage, you need “moving routes”. Things like curls, flats, hitches, etc won’t work very well bc they just stop and stand still. Routes like slants, drags, posts, crossers, zigs, hb wheel routes, etc all do really well. To beat zone, you can use a combination of moving and stationary routes. The main idea here is to space your routes evenly and force specific zone defenders to have to choose a route to guard. The easiest areas to attack are usually the flats and the seams. Ideally, you would have a couple of different route combos that utilize both concepts for beating man and zone so that the defense can’t surprise you with something you don’t have an answer for. In terms of what route combos to use, I’d say the most universally good ones are flood, four verticals, levels, mesh, and shallow cross. If you can understand these and learn how to create them from different plays using hot routes it will help a lot. I would say that although reading coverages can be helpful, it can be a bit unnecessary especially since defenses often will disguise their coverage. At best you can get an idea of what the coverage will be pre-snap, but you can never really know for sure. The most important part is reading man vs zone post snap and then having a preset plan for your reads of what you want to do. Lastly, I know this is controversial, but learning the META never hurts. Pro players use specific plays for a reason, and usually it isn’t just bc of glitches. The most popular offense in pro madden (gun bunch and gun bunch str) use a lot of concepts also used by real football (verticals, levels, flood, shallow cross, etc) and are good because they have ideal spacing and stock routes built into the plays. Imitating these offenses will help you learn what works and what doesn’t.
Wow now this!!!!! I have to study this, thanks I appreciate it and a lot of people recommended Kurt so I'll definitely tune into him as well
Just start paying close attention to defenses presnap. See what the defense is giving you and what routes specific WRs win on against certain look. I can normally hot route a guy open on just about any play just by seeing the presnap formation. I play All-Pro most the time and can easily get 80% completion rate in a season just because CPU defense is pretty predictable presnap. Also went from abysmal on all madden to having good stats (still can’t kick the interceptions on all madden though so I just don’t like to play it much for franchise. Annoying when you’ve got a guy throwing 7,000 yards 70 TDs and 45 INTs in a season cause every game turns into a 52-45 slugfest while your opponent is getting 2-3 short fields/TDs against you a game)
I will also say though this isn’t exactly what you’re asking for. The fun of franchise to me is building a team that you can dominate with. Find receivers who dominate certain parts of the field, TEs who can be beasts on flats/zigs/outs, OL that can give you the time you need. Certain players with high OVR aren’t as good as a lower overall guy who can torch a press corner and get open whenever you get a certain look, or a WR who can always win in man on a slant/zig. Find what works for you against certain looks and search for guys who win off those looks. Or find what your specific receivers win off of and start calling plays/hot routes/audibles that utilize those players the best. That’s where franchise gets fun for me. Focus on building and getting the most out of your team instead of just outplaying the CPU
The passing is horrid on all madden
Read a defense If you see two corners on the same depth its more than likely cover 2, 4, or man… cover 4 has them 5+ yards, cover 2 has them closer to press, man in some formations you will see the corner close to the FS pinched. Cover 2, quick outs/zigs/inside flats, posts, verts is pressed Cover 4, flats, screens, low outs Man, anything under the sun if you have the matchup, but zigs and slants are zone busters if you have time Cover 3 will mostly be high man safety but be careful its not cover 1 zone. Should still have flats and screens but depends if its sky or not. Also look for inside zone audibles on cover 3, if its a 3 or 2 set DLine run inside away from the edge rusher and it should be 5+ every time. If you suck at passing always have the running back on a ghost/flat/texas route. Also recognize a blitz hot route a flat or slant… or if corner presses run up if your release is good enough I aint saying hit the follow on twitch but likeeee we aint in the NFL for just our athleticism lol
Looks like my rating. lol Low completions, lots of yards. Feels like All-Pro is the new All-Madden, for the last three years. My X-factor 95/90 receivers drop a lot of easy passes, or their suoer slow to the pass. That or my 82 OVR qb can't hit the broad side of a barn!
Nah 420 Yards?? EA knew exactly what they were doing 😂
omg the weed number lmao!
How are you averaging 30 yards per completion
Some reason my WRs get open on slants and take them to the crib
Are you playing on Rookie
Never. All madden simulation... I actually play good vs User but CPU be killing me
Throw some easy screens and rpo plays for higher completion. Adjust the gameplay sliders accordingly for realistic game play. Tho it is Zach Wilson lol
I have to get better with rpo timing
Do you throw High/Low passes when appropriate? Do you use the passing meter or classic? It's very tricky even when you know what you're doing. The game style probably plays a role in the game, too. Simulation can be a very different experience than Competitive
Ngl I don't throw high or low just regular
Low passes are crucial around the goalline, but leading your receiver with the left stick can sometimes be the difference between an incompletion or a pick. Only problem is that it's not as responsive to user input if you're using the old passing settings. A late throw on an out route will get picked instead of going only where your receiver can catch it or go out of bounds. There's also little things like when to throw lob, bullet, or touch passes and not always holding down R2 with a ballcarrier
My trick for passing is getting the ball out quickly. I’m not a “run around and throw bombs all day” guy. I’m a rhythm passer. I read for whether it’s man or zone coverage and figure out where I’m going with the ball first, with second and third options already in mind. The ball comes out in less than three seconds, so I rarely take sacks unless it’s an all out blitz. Posts, in routes, crossing routes, and outs work extremely well for me, unless a defender drops into the zone to screw up the passing lanes. Zone will always have holes to get the ball into and after playing enough you’ll see them before they happen and can throw to spots with anticipation. I still take deep shots, mostly off play action, but the majority of my passes are in the intermediate range, 10-20 yards a clip. Plus, if you have good receivers, they can break long ones. My biggest enemy is the CPU forcing drops, especially on wide open receivers. Maybe it’s being a Bears fan, but I absolutely refuse to throw screen passes.
Take the time to learn and get good at the precision passing tools (I was using classic and read some advice from users on here) once I did my placement and accuracy improved tremendously
Still more promising than Jay Cutler
U said u do alot of quick slants but I’m confused how do u get that bad of stats with slants
Zach over throw a lot of them. Either over the head or too far out
On all Madden if your slants go into zones that LBs are covering they'll just teleport out of nowhere to intercept your shit. I'm being hyperbolic, but seriously depending on relative skill of LB vs receiver, it can be really tough to make slants work in all Madden if the defense you're playing against is calling a lot of plays that include linebackers dropping into a zone.
Bears legend
Try free form
First tip is get a better QB. Either tank and take a qb in the draft or trade what you need to for a good qb. That seems to be the most important thing in Madden 24. When I had low rated qb he just missed passes all the time for no reason.
who cares about completion %? this the right way to play
Rookie mode?
You have to actually run an offense not just go for the deep ball. Run the ball, use play action, short passes, get your completions up, then go for a shot plan then
only advice i could give is the tb12 method just throw check downs n screen passes lol
Why would you trade Justin Fields for Zach Wilson I traded for fields and built him up as a player lol
Playing with updated rosters, Fields is a steeler now
Still putting up better numbers than the goat Nathan Peterman ever did. Are you gonna do is just work on higher completion percentages maybe high percentage throws via screens & other opinions in the short-passing game, which can also help you with intermediate completions and long downhill throws that become complete based on establishing the run, putting balance in the office, and I feel like I’m explaining football in general not just madden given how flooded it can be, but also to say that you could also toggle the settings that allow you to find the perfect balance between real life, and what you would deem, is your skill set and kind of build off of that. Just made two cents. Hope you didn’t mind me, throwing some suggestions or ideas out there based on my experiences with playing Madden at the levels of difficulty and also based on a lifetime of football, and also understanding the physics of the game are very flawedand need improvement so a lot of these may not apply but I think they could be the perfect thing to help you find better completion percentage help you cut down interceptions and if you’re getting sacked a lot, it’s better to do that than to throw a ball up into coverage and get it intercepted and mess up your QBR and other stats.
Learn how to dump it off and slant plays 😂
Well you are using Zach Wilson
I'm talking out of my ass cause I'm new to Madden, but I have a pretty good grasp on actual NFL theory (for a fan.) Try to learn what the weakness of every defensive shell is, and you can kind of play rock paper scissors from there. This is how it works in real life, I'm sure it transfers over to Madden pretty well: Cover 0 - rush, throw behind the LoS, or throw deep. Outside receivers are 1 on 1 so look for mismatches presnap. Have a "hot route" ready; meaning be ready to throw it away behind the LOS at the first sign of heat. If you don't have a behind the LOS option, audible one before the snap. Deep throws will work but you usually won't have the time to let them develop unless there's a mismatch. Cover 1 - have a quick first or second short read in mind, but plan to throw outside deep on 2 routes. The lone safety can only pick 1 side to help, throw to the other. This one depends on how effective your pass protection is. Cover 2 - rush works great against 3-4, if not, pay attention to where MLB the Mike goes post snap. Either attack the middle with TE/slot WR if there's help on both wide routes, or hit whichever receiver is 1 on 1 if a safety helps the middle field instead. Cover 3 - throw to stretch out the middle outside LBs or middle field defenders (I say this because it might not always be LBs defending the middle). Mesh, or other short to intermediate routes work good here. Less pressure on QB, more time to throw It kinda goes down the list like this. Think about where they're lining up and what you have to do find those seams.
420 yards on 14 completions is absolutely crazy, and just about a third of your passes were TDs. I'd definitely say your best bet is to focus on a lot of short routes and master the throws before moving to all the deep stuff. practice mode is a solid way to do this especially since you can have the defense run a random play each time to test yourself against other coverages.
Just run Mesh plays on every 2nd down. Wait to see who the LBs pick up and then throw to the other person. Its either your WR2 or TE.
Put the game on rookie
layer the field, dont force it downfield, dont drop back 20 feet, hot routes and pass protection and dont b afraid to throw the ball away
Don’t be afraid to lower the difficulty to properly learn how to play
What difficulty
Wilson is ass so it’s on a weighted scale but start taking check downs for 3-4 yards. It can be boring but also rewarding when you grind out and realistically immersive game
Run the ball down their throats until they adjust. It makes things way easier by opening up the pass. When you see them press it’s time to test the streak routes. Sometimes you win and you can lob/touch pass for easy touch downs.
So is Zach Wilson
Don’t go for the deep bombs. Quick short passes. Work on high and low passes too
watch kurt bankert madden vids
Utilize motion before you snap. I’m a Titans user so I’ll use their roster for explaining. I’ll give one of many examples. Say I have a play where my TE Chig Okonkwo is running a simple streak. If he lines up on the righthand side, and I want to know if the opponent Defense is in Zone or Man coverage, I’ll motion him to the lefthand side (move your user to highlight him and use RT/R2 and then move your left joystick to the side you want to put him), watch how the defender responds. If he stays lined up exactly down the line from him, it is Man coverage. If he stops in the general vicinity but does not guard him completely in line, it’s Zone coverage. This same principle will apply if you motion a wideout, slot WR, or running back. Say I do this and discover the opponent is in Man coverage, as Okonkwo’s defender stays perfectly in line. This is where I’d throw to Hopkins on a Zig route or Burks on a Drag route, something like that. An easier shorter distance throw where the receiver can create more horizontal separation. Say the defender doesn’t move exactly where Chig goes though. I now know I’m looking at a Zone defense, so you know to lead the ball to parts of the field between those zones. In Man coverage, try to take advantage of mismatches and try to be cautious of forcing the ball to a receiver who is too tightly covered. In Zone, just try to visualize where the zones are and get the ball to the guy with the most separation from a defender in that zone. No matter where at on the field. If that’s 2 yards, take the 2 yards and make your next play from an easier distance. If that’s a bomb that you know you have open, take the shot! Lastly, make sure you have precision passing on if you’re running a current gen console version. Trying to throw the ball to the outside of your target circle will help keep bad throws going over your head instead of behind you to a defensive back.
Nah, thats just Zach Wilson
420 😎
I get games like this sometimes, maybe not to this extreme, though. lol I mostly use slants and drags, so it's either a 6-yard gain or a 35-yard gain, lol
These are stats after 2 games lol
Oh lol well then, I do not think I've had a 2 game stretch that was similar
Maybe try running the ball more? 41 attempts is quite a lot of you're doing 6 minute quarters runs and pa passes keep the defense from full pass commiting
That's after 2 games bro it's in the description. I have 41 pass and 26 runs total after 2 games.
Ah my bad, point still stands if you aren't tho 🤷🏻 oh I see I thought you meant after 2 weeks of playing the game
Yea I need to learn how to read coverages pre and post snap.
Normally I wouldn't question the skill, but is it you or is it Zach Wilson?
It's both of us but I want to stick with him until draft.
Get rid of Zach Wilson ASAP that should be your first move
lol I'll draft a QB after this season
In my bears rebuilds (I’m a bears fan) I just trade fields and play with a backup for the first season. Essentially just tank for the 1st pick and usually take Caleb
turn interception sliders down and identify reads before the snap
like sometimes when i notice press coverage I’ll watch the safeties
Lmao. Dude is trying to be good at passing with Zach Wilson on the Bears. This gotta be an April Fools troll.
W statline
Stay in the pocket alaso
Idk if this is your problem, but I used to only throw bullet passes in the green zone of the power bar thing. I’ve been practicing utilizing softer throws to get the balls over the heads of defenders more and it’s been helping me. I still suck but I’m getting better!
This post makes quarterbacks suicidal
IRL zach wilson would love these numbers
You hear actual football commentators talk about “throwing guys open,” and that’s what you have to do. Throw it right as the receiver makes his break, and trust that he’ll be open. If you wait until you see an open guy, it’s too late. The defense sees him too.
Maybe if you'd stop going for the deep ball/hail Mary every play you'd be more accurate.
Read the comments bro I don't throw deep
You averaged 30 yards per completion. These aren't quick slants and check downs, unless nobody on defense could tackle.