Hats off to Ian Cummings and the guys at EA Sports for keeping us up to speed on the behind the scenes happenings for Madden 10. They have been posting a ton of content regarding game engine changes and more for the last couple of months. We are going to take all of the content [...]

As the game passes the 45 day mark, there is still a lot of confusion about rocket catching. This is a skill that you must develop if you are going to be able to hang with top level players Well folks, it’s still here and I am going to show you how to do it. [...]

By Big B & Squeeze

This is a play that has been used for many years and is still good now. It has plenty of man beating routes. Crossing routes destroy man coverage. Then you have a flex route with the 10-yard in. We hot route this guy to a streak. You also have the ever [...]

Concept:
The Slot Cross Clearout Concept is used to get the slot receiver open over the middle on crossing route. By the two outside receivers on streaks, it is very effective against Cover 2 Man coverage.

The I-Form is a basic set that many have used when playing Madden. This is because it’s a set that allows you to run and pass. When you have West Coast-like personnel on your team, you can use sets like this to move the ball extremely well.

Over time, the I-Form has been changed to other [...]

The best way to expose four man fronts is by working the outside. You have way too many people in the middle to work that hard. You can pound with the FB Dive, but you need an outside run game to help open up FB running plays.

So we use a toss and set the table. [...]

The key to building a solid running game is knowing how run to against all fronts. A Front is the setup of the line and linebackers in front of your offensive line. Each front has a weakness. The key here is knowning what running plays take advanage of these weakness. This is a 3 man [...]

Concept:
The Gun Split Y Flex Corner Strike is an excellent play to use to attack just about any pass pass coverage in the game. With both the SE (X) and FL (B) running corner routes and the HB (Y) and HB2 (LB) running flat routes, you have a Corner Flats High Low Isolation passing concept.
Offensive [...]

I was watching Matt Cassel light up the Dolphins on this past season, when the announcers made some very interesting observations.  Cassel was off to a smoking hot start and they were discussing how the playcalling was aiding in his confidence.
At the beginning of the game, the play calls were built to help Cassel establish [...]