r/Madden

God damn it EA servers. They've been garbage all weekend. I just put the controller down and walked away.

Two huge problems playing defense:

1. Every player that you don’t user screws up almost every play. The AI defenders, including your 90+ superstars, play with awareness that would get you put on the bench on any NFL team. When players play zone, we have to make them actually react to the route concepts rather than just running to a spot and standing there until the ball is thrown. And when you play man, you can’t make good DB’s immediately give up 3 yards of separation.

2. The disconnect between user inputs and what your player actually does is insane. I user a DB and I hit triangle, half the time he either doesn’t do anything (when the ball is easily within reach) or he swats the ball instead. I user a d linemen and I tell him to go one way and use a certain move, he uses a different move and goes the other way. Like what are we doing?

I'm playing Madden 18. Went to check the stats to see which defensive backup players are getting the most snaps to get an idea of which sub packages I use the most. I run a 4-3. My starting LOLB has 70 snaps. My CB3 has 240 snaps. He's also the highest CB. I have injuries off and auto subs on the minimum allowed. Are the stats just not accurate or is something off with my depth chart or scheme?

I have a PC that is a bit of a beast but have always kept my PS5 for Madden only. I've heard some stuff in the past that Madden on PC can be buggy which I can deal with but anything gamebreaking would suck. Does anyone have a good amount of madden on PC hours that can share their experience?

What player notes should I look for on line backers they don’t have the same like others that say

“ won’t get flagged much” or “rarely gets flagged” so what should I look for on them

First things first, I am new to Madden. I played it a few times over the years, like when the title still had a 19 in it, but have never played online before. It was always a season/ franchise, and very few PvP moments with a friend in split screen. I can't say what the last actual version of this game was that I played, but it's been a quite a long time ago. Anyway, Madden 26 was on sale a few weeks ago for under $20, and I bought it.

Initially, I was doing the same ole, same ole and just running a franchise. But, once, as I logged in, there was a prompt to open the MUT packs that came with some promotion or something like that, and I took a few minutes and did, which leads to where I am now. I have been enjoying the "build a team" aspect of the MUT experience, but i am terrible at this game, like bad. I have tried H2H more than a few times and can't get a win, which is what it is, I don't really care, it just makes it harder to earn some of the better cards faster. I have managed to build what to my noob mind is a pretty good team by grinding CPU events and doing challenges. I'm having fun building my team, and grinding for upgrades.

What I came here to ask is this: I was watching a video earlier today about the Bo Jackson stuff and the creator mentioned a Marshawn Lynch Ring of Honor card. I went to the catalogue and looked at the card and it looks awesome, I'd love to add it to my collection, but I am unsure exactly how to get it. I am not even sure if it's is even possible. So, I came to ask, is it possible for a player like me, who can't win a game in H2H (even if I could manage one win, I certainly can't string together more than one), doesn't have millions of coins, but is willing to grind out challenges and events, can a player like that earn that card? Is there a forum or some such site that I can use to learn how to get these things, I don't even know how to even get ROH packs? Thanks in advance if you have some advice.

So if I was going to simulate an entire season, is there an offensive playbook that balances the pass and the run better than other playbooks? I know some playbooks like Cincinnati and apparently, though perhaps only occasionally the Giants playbook seems to be very pass heavy. Obviously that's more true for Cincinnati than any other playbook, but I've seen the Giants playbook yield some very good results for Malik Nabers and a little bit for whomever the second WR is.

I'm hoping someone can help me find an offensive playbook that's closer to 50/50 than that though. Though with my new beast of a rookie running back, I'll probably play the entirety of his rookie season, I'd still like some advice for his future seasons or for other franchises.