Posted in September 3, 2009 ¬ 3:26 pmh.VG_Bert
New & Notable
It’s hard to believe that Madden NFL 10 is already two weeks old. The first tournaments are in the books, online franchises are in full swing, and the competition is heating up online.
This past weekend marked the start of the MLG EA SPORTS Challenge Series sponsored by Best Buy. All that came out and [...]
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Posted in August 31, 2009 ¬ 4:55 pmh.VG_Bert
The latest Madden NFL 10 roster update is now available for download on XBL and the PSN. The update includes Philadelphia Eagles QB Michael Vick and Minnesota Vikings QB Brett Favre. You can view their entire Madden NFL 10 ratings breakdowns below:
Michael Vick’s Madden NFL 10 Ratings Breakdown:
Overall: 73
Throw Power: 93
Throw Accuracy: 69
Short Accuracy: 70
Mid [...]
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Posted in August 26, 2009 ¬ 6:32 pmh.VG_Bert
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 [...]
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Posted in August 18, 2009 ¬ 8:56 pmh.VG_Bert
The team at VG Sports kicked off the Madden Holiday with our first ever Madden release show on August 13th.
The entire VG Sports staff was on air live for 6 hours of pre-release coverage for the game. There was a great line up of guests including members of the EA SPORTS Madden Dev team, as well as Coach [...]
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Posted in August 13, 2009 ¬ 7:47 pmh.VG_Bert
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 [...]
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Posted in August 13, 2009 ¬ 7:35 pmh.VG_Bert
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 [...]
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Posted in August 13, 2009 ¬ 7:27 pmh.VG_Bert
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 [...]
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Posted in August 13, 2009 ¬ 7:13 pmh.VG_Bert
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 [...]
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Posted in August 13, 2009 ¬ 6:36 pmh.VG_Bert
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 [...]
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Posted in August 13, 2009 ¬ 5:48 pmh.VG_Bert
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 [...]
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