We actually created our very first Call Sheet back in our Virtual Playbook for Madden 2002. Each year we have worked hard to customize the call sheet to work better with the Madden NFL game as opposed to being just like a real world call sheet. This year, we pulled some new concepts that we [...]

Iron man Brett Favre has come out of retirement once again to give it
another run. Now in his 18th season in the NFL, he hopes to lead another team
into the playoffs and ultimately win Super Bowl XXIV. Favre has one of the
highest play [...]

Defending mobile quarterbacks has been a challenge for Madden players dating back to the ’04 season. Having players like Donovan McNabb and Vince Young rolling out of the pocket and throwing on-point passes 30–40 yards downfield was always a problem.
For the last few years this hasn’t been as big of a problem, but you still have [...]

One of the features that has been in the game for some time now, but that you won’t find in the game manual, is delayed bump-n-run man coverage.
Delayed bump-n-run coverage allows your corners to press the receivers but not give away the coverage. You can fool opponents who are looking to get off a quick [...]

In the Running vs. Different Fronts section, we broke down how to attack different defensive fronts. We mentioned that every defensive front has bubbles to be attacked. Unfortunately this will always be the case. That’s the bad news. The good news is the offense cannot attack all the bubbles at once. And, there are ways we [...]

One of the most important things you must learn as an offensive player is how to beat bump-n-run man coverage (also known as man press coverage). If you don’t find plays to beat this coverage, you can expect your opponent to call a steady amount of it along with blitz schemes. We want to show [...]

Just calling for the running back to block is not always enough to actually help with the protection scheme of the offense. In this scenario, the defense has overloaded the side of the offense away from the running back. If they are sending pressure from this side, we need to roll out to the right [...]

Many times throughout your Madden gaming experience you have heard the commentators say that the goal line or short yardage package is the first thing these teams do in training camp. That is true for NFL Football, and even if it is not the first thing you do when you pick up Madden NFL 10, it is [...]

One of the most important things you must learn as an offensive player is how to beat bump-n-run man coverage (also known as man press coverage). If you don’t find plays to beat this coverage, you can expect your opponent to call a steady amount of it along with blitz schemes. We want to show [...]

In the Virtual Playbook for Madden NFL 10, we take a look at over 45 different blitz packages that you can take right off the page and into your game. You can attack via the A or B blitz gaps, or by using overload and outside blitz techniques. Let’s take a look at a [...]