Madden NFL 10 - Improvements to WR/DB interaction

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• warrior310 said March 02, 2009

  I HAVE A LONG LIST OF THINGS I WANT IN MADDEN 10. YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE EVERY CURRENT HELMET AND FACEMASK THAT IS USED TODAY, YOU GUY SHOULD PUT IN THESE NEW HELMETS:THE SCHUTT ION 4D AND SCHUTT AIR XP ASLO YOU GUYS SHOULD INCLUDE THE RIDDELL REVOLUTION SPEED HELMET.INCLUDE DIFFERENT JERSEY CUTS LIKE TIGHT,LOOSE,AND MEDIUM, MAKE THE SLEEVELESS JERESIES LOOK REALER AND TIGHT FITTING.HAVE NAME BRAND EQUIPMENT LIKE REEBOK,NIKE,AND UNDER ARMOUR.TO BE SPECIFIC PUT NAME BRAND HELMETS,GLOVES,CLEATS,WRISTBANDS,VISORS.ETC.... HAVE SHORT SLEEVE AND MEDIUM UNDER ARMOUR SHIRTS.INCLUDE HAND WARMERS WHEN ITS COLD.HAVE A OPTION WHERE YOU CAN DECIDE TO PUT A SKULLCAP ON A PLAYER, HAVE DIFFERENT SELECTIONS OF CHINSTRAPS. PUT IN BACKPLATES AND RIB PROTECTERS.FOR FRANCHISE MODE THE CPU TEAMS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RELOCATE THEIR TEAMS DURING THE ACTUALL GAME YOU SHOULD SEE THE SCORES OF OTHER GAMES.WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH A FRANCHISE GAME AND SIM THE REST OF THE WEEK YOU SHOULD SEE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF ALL OF THE GAMES IN THAT WEEK.YOU SHOULD PUT BACK THE TONY BRUNO SHOW THAT YOU PUT IN MADDEN 07 FOR PS2 AND THE NEWSPAPER. FOR THE PROBOWL IN FRANCHISE MODE PLEASE LET THE PLAYERS HAVE THEIE TEAM'S HELMET AND ON THE JERSIES PUT THE TEAMS LOGO ON IT EVEN IF ITS A MADE UP TEAM [WITH MY FAKE TEAM IN MADDEN 09 IT PUT A DARK VISOR ON THE HELMET BUT IT CAME OUT SILVER]. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE PLAYERS LOOSE WEIGHT OR GAIN IF THEY'RE TOO BIG OR TO LITTLE BY THAT I MEAN SET UP A TRAINING SESSION FOR ALL YOUR PLAYERS.YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SET THE HOME AND AWAY JERSEY IN FRANCHISE EXAMPLE: PRIMARALLY MY HOME JERSEY IS BLUE NOW I CAN SET IT TO BE AN AWAY JERSEY AND MAKE ANOTHER JERESY THE HOME.YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE YOUR GAMES OVERSEAS LIKE THE CHARGERS AND SAINTS DID  IN THE 08-09 NFL SEASON.YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A NEW STADIUM FOR YOUR TEAM ANYTIME  BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT A SEASON TILL ITS COMPLETE. INCLUDE TRAINING CAMP IN MADDEN AND INCLUDE INJURIES DURING PRACTICE IN FRANCHISE MODE. DURING THHE FREE AGENT WIRE SHOW THE PLAYER'S TOP THREE CONSIDERATION AND THEIR INTEREST SIGNING WITH THE TEAM. IN THE NFL DRAFT THE PLAYER SHE HAVE COMPUTERISED FACES LIKE THEY DID IN PREVIOUS MADDENS BUT MAKE THEM LOOK REALER. HAVE MORE JERSEY STYLES WHEN CREATING A TEAM AND HAVE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF TEAM LOGOS AND INCLUDE ALFABETS IN SCRIPT AND PRINT. WHEN CREATING A STADIUM HAVE MORE BUILDING STYLE.YOU GUYS SHOULD PUT IN A LARGER SELECTION OF CITIES TO RELOCATE TO.PUT THE REFS BACK ON FIELD AND IF THE REFS ARE IN A PLAYER'S WAY THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE THE REF A LITTLE NUDGE TO ADD SOME REALISM.WHEN PLAYERS GET POPPED THERE HELMETS SHOULD FLY OFF AND SHOW THEM PUTTING THE HELMET BACK ON. WHEN A PLAYER GETS HURT HAVE THE STAFF SPRINTING ON THE FIELD TO HELP THE HURT PLAYER.PUT IN REVERSE PLAYS.YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CREATE YOUR OWN PLAYS IN FRANCHISE MODE AND IX IT UP WITH AN EXISTING PLAYBOOK.MAKE THE PEOPLE ON THE SIDELINE AND AUDIENCE LOOK REALER.WHEN IT IS SNOWING MAKE THE WHOLE INTIRE FIELD COVERED WIT HUGE PILES OF SNOW.WHEN ITS RAINING HARD WITH NATURAL GRASS THE FIELD SHOULD BE TOTALLY MESSED UP,WHEN A PLAYER GETS TACKLED DIRT AND GRASS SHOULD BE STUCK ON THEM FROM HEAD TO TOE.WHEN A TEAM MAKES A GREAT PLAY SHOW THE FANS CELEBRATING. WHEN A PLAYER GETS ROUGHED UP OR ARMED TACKLED LET THE JERSEY GET TUCKED OUT AND SLOPPY.THATS IT FOR MY IDEAS RIGHT NOW AND TO LOOK AT THOSE HELMETS I MENTIONED BEFORE GO TO SCHUTTSPORTS.COM AND RIDDELL.COM

  you see how nba live 09 has you update your roster everyday its called live365 you guys should make something like that to keep us with the perfect roster everyday.In franchise mode when you scout a rookie please let us actually get to practice with the player to unlock his ratings.You guys should let us be able to put our own music in the game, it should be played in the menu,and you should be able to put it in stadiums and have a music editor to cut out parts of the song.They have the music in stadium feature in ncca football 09 but not the editing part.you guy should add a couple weapons such as smart wr,elusive qb to evoid being sacked,smart d lineman and o lineman,and have a speed de. include every defense you guy have 4-3,3-4,cover 2,4-6, but not 5-2,6-1,and etc... during gameplay show the coaches and other staff you guy should have a coach for every position insted of just having o coodinator,d coodinator,and special teams. when you try to boost a kicker/punter[s] rating they should be kicking the ball instead of lifting weights and have more training options.include practice mode for franchise and have them wearing a practice jersey.when drafting rookies dont make the players with rediculous muscles like i drafted a qb,and his muscles were crazy looking like he can play defense.you should be able to change a players hairstyle.please put in cheerleaders and a half and post game show. you should put back [franchise mode] scouting a team like if your playing the vikings exaduate the fact that you have to stop adrian peterson.put back option plays.before a game starts show the players stretching and getting hyped up before the action starts.make more touchdown dances and when you score do not put those blue zones on the field because it looks fake just let us press any button and then they start dancing and what not.in franchise mode put in more sponsers to help the organization gain money.make the roster capacity up to 65.least but not least have a pre game presentation showing the starting roster whos injured,and the keys to victory for both teams.one more thing have more presentators and not the same ones every week and for sundaynight games put john madden and al micheals in there . i really cant stand chris collingsworths voice no disrespect madden take him out!

  IN FRANCHISE MODE THE COMPUTER SHOULD BE ALBE TO OFFER TRADES WITH THE USER AND THE CPU . FRANCHISE MODE SHOULDN'T HAVE A LIMIT IN YEARS BECAUSE IN 36 SEASONS IT SAID TO ME THAT THE FRANCHISE MODE IS COMPLETE AND I REALLY DIDN'T LIKE THAT SO MAKE IT UNLIMITED. YOU ALL SHOULD PUT BACK THOSE EUROPEAN TEAMS AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE PLAYERS FROM THOSE TEAMS IF YOUR INTERESTED.WHEN CREATING A PLAYER YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE A FACE THEN THE HAIR INSTEAD OF BOTH AT ONCE.IN THE SUPERBOWL IN FRANCHISE MODE IT SHOULD BE PLAYED IN ALL STADIUMS INSTEAD OF JUST THE CARDS,BUCS,FINS,AND FALCONS STADIUM.I NOTICE WITH THE PROBOWL THAT NO MATTER WHAT YEAR IT IS THE FIELD ALWAYS SAYS PRO BOWL 2009 CHANGE THAT UP.YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SET THE LEVEL OF THE WEATHER BECAUSE IN OLDER MADDENS YOU CAN SET THE LEVEL OF SNOW USING A BAR BRING THAT BACK PLEASE AND PUT FOG BACK IN THE GAME.PUT WIND SOCKS ON THE FIELD GOAL POST AND THE NET SHOULD STAY UP ALL THROUHOUT THE GAME AND WHEN ITS WINDY MAKE THE NET SHAKE.HAVE ALL THROWBACK JERSEYS AND ALTERNATIVE UNIFORMS. NOT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL MADDEN BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD STEAL SOME GAMEPLAY IDEAS FROM "ESPN FOOTBALL" THE GAME.JUST SOME IDEAS NOT MANY.YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FORCE PLAYERS TO RETIRE IN FRANCHISE MODE LIKE BRET FARVE. WHEN YOU MAKE A TEAM FOR FRANCHISE MODE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DELETE A TEAM JUST ADD THAT TEAM TO A CONFERENCE.HAVE MORE INJURIES DURING THE GAME . SHOW THE QB LOOKING AROUND BEFORE THE PLAY STARTS THEN MAKE AJUSTMENTS.

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  ADD HEAD TO HEAD COLLISIONS TO THE GAME AND MAKE UNESSESSARY ROUGHNESS PENALTIES.

  ADD THE CLIPS FOR THE VISORS BUT DONT MAKE THEM BIG LIKE THE ONES IN NCCA 09.

  IN FRANCHISE IF YOU HAVE A INJURED PLAYER YOU SHOULD HAVE AN OPTION TO ASK HIM DO YOU WANT TO PLAY EVEN IF HE IS OUT FOR WEEKS. PUT AN OPTION TO MAKE HIM TRAIN AND WHAT NOT NO MATTER HOW SERIOUS THE INJURY IS CAUSE IN 09 THE PLAYER HAS TO BE OUT FOR 6 WEEKS MAX IN ORDER TO TRAIN. THE INJURIES SHOULD CARRY OUT THROUGH THE OFFSEASON.WHEN PLAYERS GET OLDER MAKE THEIR RATINGS DROP.IF YOU WANT TO MAKE TRADES FOR DRAFT PICKS YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE RATHER IF YOU WANT A CURRENT YEAR PICK OR A 2010 PICK AND SO ON.

  YOU GUYS SHOULD ADD NETWORKS LIKE ESPN,CBS,NBC,FOX...... AND WHEN YOU PLAY THE GAME SHOW IT LIKE WE SEE IT ON TV I MEAN SHOW IT IN THE SAME FORMAT AS THOSE CHANNELS BUT STILL GIVE US THE TRADITIONAL CAMERA ANGLE. ADD THE COMMENTATERS FROM THOSE PLACES TOO INSTEAD OF HAVING 2 OF THE SAME PEOPLE EVERY GAME.

  YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK YOUR PRE SEASON MATCH UPS IN FRANCHISE. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CREATE RIVALIES TOO.

  ADD IMPACT BLOCKS BECAUSE ON THE KICKOFFS NO ONE IS GETTING HIT HARD AND LAYED OUT MAKE THE BLOCKING MORE REALISTIC TOO. ONE MORE WEAPON YOU SHOULD ADD IS IMPACT BLOCKER WHICH IS GOOD FOR FULLBACKS.YOU SEE HINES WARD THE WR WHEN THEY PLAYED THE BENGALS HE HAD THREW A BLOCK AT KEITH RIVERS THE LB AND BROKE HIS JAW ALL THAT WAS FROM AN IMPACT BLOCK SO ADD IT.

  when doing the substatutions you should have the whole team like if i want to put JAKE LONG FROM THE DOLPHINS IN FOR CHAD AS QB AND TEDD GINN AS RUNNING BACK AND SO ON, I CAN DO THAT.

  YOU GUYS SHOULD ADD A WEAPON CALLED A PULL BLOCKER THOSES BLOCKERS WOULD BE IDEAL FOR TOSSES,SCREENS, HB COUNTERS ETC... THOSE KIND OF BLOCKERS WOULD BE FAST ENOUGH TO GET AROUND A CORNER AND BLOCK AN OUTSIDE MAN.

  WHEN CREATING A TEAM YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE AS MANY ALTERANTIVE UNIFORMS AS YOU WANT AND THEY SHOULD HAVE YOU CREATE A PRACTICE JERSEY.

  THANKS EA AND PLEASE TRY TO ADD ALL MY IDEAS.

• BMP21 said March 02, 2009

  This is all probably some of the greatest stuff I've seen you guys come up with, one thing though that i thought would be cool is that ive noticed when i play a game its the same amount of daylight the whole game, what i meen by this is that there is no laps of time you should have it to where when a game starts at one that by the time the game is over its like 4:30, and at six have it be like nine at the end, dont forget about major presintation changes thought those are very important to, and the create a team needs to revamped badly.

• shirehobbit said March 02, 2009

  so eventually do you think you'll get procedural awareness to a point that when the ball is in the air both db and wr will realistically track it? e.g a fly route and there is jostling going on and then the reciever starts tracking the ball when its in the air. the db see's the reciever start and then depending on the rating of the db is either able to start tracking the ball or he fails and allows the completion.....that would be really cool.

• Shopmaster said March 02, 2009

  Wow! Ian, keep the information coming.  I love the improvements to the DB and I love the way the WR has to breakdown now to make a cut, much more realistic.

• BM26 said March 02, 2009

  This is a beast! I would try to push some more of My ideas, but honestly, you guys are doing a great job without my suggestions. I did make a note of how bringing the camera down, making the players bigger (but still realistic) in size, and ultimately making the dimentions on the field much larger (To get a realistic scale of a human body on an NFL football field) would open doors to things like better interactions amongst players all over the field, but with these improvements, (While they won't stand out as much with the current camera), it will definetly work to the same affect.

  I'm still pushing for Player and Team TENDENCIES! Oh, and the "High Pass" feature!

• warrior310 said March 02, 2009

  overhaul franchise mode please!!!!!! but good work with those updates its very realistic.

• dherbison2 said March 02, 2009

  You guys are doing a spectacular job of not letting the technology get in the way of making a really acurate football game.  I know you will do whatever you can to make playing the football games themselves as realistic as possible, but as a Franchise Mode enthusiast, I would be thrilled if your staff would spend some time improving the dynamics of Madden 10's Franchise Mode.  Specifically, I would like to see AI teams use the draft in a more realistic manner, and perhaps involve some scaled down version of the scouting and drafting procedures as Head Coach '09 did.  You guys are doing a great job! Thanks!

• Raquanies said March 02, 2009

  Ian,

  One word "excited."  Would I be asking to much for referee "knock-downs" i.e. utilizing a elusive back, (not much power) ref, back and maybe trailing tackler collide and ref "knocks-down" ball carrier or vice versa?  I'm hardcore ol'skool and cringe when playing on line and a running back breaks one up the middle not utilizing any spin, cover up, POWER or FINESSE moves...?

  P.S. Please consider SNP EXCHGE RTNG...see posted comment on layered blending.

• BlacHaze84 said March 02, 2009

  I hope you guys put in a wide variations of tackles on here. Preferably have animation tackles that can be interrupted by the user, so that when our teammates are pushing the guy into the endzone we can try pushing him back out.

• quan527 said March 02, 2009

  can you make it so that everytime you throw a lob the QB doesnt throw it 30 yards downfield into coverage when you have someone behind the CB and in front the safety (right between them for a easy catch of 10 yards or more). Make it so you can make throws like ben rothlisberger did to santonio holmes to win the super bowl.

• BlacHaze84 said March 02, 2009

  This all sounds like good music. What I would like to see next is realistic fatigue to counter all of those no-huddle bums online. And also, a more interactive cpu AI during Franchise and Superstar mode. I want them to offer me trades and pick up a free agent that they actually need. Good Job, EA.

• ZFarls said March 02, 2009

  I Love the post, I broke down what I think this will bring to Madden 10 at my website. www.maddenbible.com, check it out and let me know what you think. The only other thing I would hope it helps combat is the Reaction a DB makes to a ball going out of bounds or thrown high. He reacts to where its going while the reciver rockets up and catches it.

• CAMREN630 said March 02, 2009

  ian this is great news we will have the ability to play man coverage now and i love the fact that just because someone has an 99 speed does not mean he will always smoke past my guy.the new route running animation looks great i cant wait to see what you guys have for us in the coming weeks this is shaping up to be the best sports game to hit the shelves.keep up the great work ea.

• colts4life1821 said March 02, 2009

  looks like good work with the db coverage and wr play. one thing tho. over the top help from the safty should also influence if a db has to admit PI. if i still got a safty back there, i dont want my boy doing a pi call if those 2 may have been able to make a play on the ball.

• Joborule said March 02, 2009

  Another great update. I've missed the defensive assignments feature since I last played on PS2. It's good to have that back because now I don't have to worry about Moss not getting covered by Bailey and instead was covered by Bly, which was not a great matchup.

  The route running improvements look sharp as well. Really shows you how fast those players came out of their routes and how easily they can cut on the dime without losing much of a step. Those are acceleration and agility of about 100! So hopefully we get realistic distinctions in how the players accelerate, decelerate, and cut. This will make covering receivers a bit more realistic, but also should not make receivers be superman and get off target throws so easily as in the past. The same thing goes for defenders and will add more diversity between good DB's and average ones. It looks as a whole momentum and player running skills have more of a presence.

  But the best bit like you said is the jostling down the feild. That has been one aspect of the Madden game that has been missing for far too long since it's very frequent in real football. How many pass interference calls are a result from jostling correct? Majority of them.

  Looking forward to the next bit.

• 8ochenta0 said March 02, 2009

  Yo these improvements are nice your doing a great job im liking these changes. Other stuff id like to see to do with WR's is the ability to throw jump balls on a fade for example and depending on the recievers and DB's jumping attribute affects weather theyll come down with the ball or not, also using the jostling feature (taking into account the reciever and DB's strength rating) with it, this way the jumping attribute will actually mean something because its pretty much pointless at the moment except for the cheesy rocket catching stuff. Also make it that a recievers awareness rating has an effect on sideline catches(toe tapping) and catches over the middle (tucking the ball) because its just pure luck getting toe taps and stuff. Try and get loads more catching animations because that weird spin catch thing is annoying when an over the shoulder catch would be appropriate. Also try and add more spectacualar catch animations because ive only seen a variety of 5 or something like that!!!

  Other changes i'd like to see other than recievers:

  . IMPROVE BLOCKING on offense and special teams, too many times ive seen weak blocks by guards on DB's n LB whilst pulling on power o plays its just pure irritating. Increase the amount of crushing blocks animations and stuff on special teams

  . TONE DOWN THE DIFFICULTY TO GET SACKS ON DEFENSE. Ive been through seasons were my D fensive line got 15 sacks of less its too hard to beat the offensive line!! Maybe its just me or It may be something to do with how quick QBs on all madden release the ball just as im about to crush him, manning brady and other elite QB's i understand but tavaris jackson and joe flacco seriously??

  . YOU HAVE LISENCE TO USE ESPN USE IT!!!! Possibley use half time shows pre game shows analysis of plays at half time ( i know you kinda have it with EA sports backtrack etc but u can use ESPN's name and make it better) Or a weekly highlight show of simmed games in franchise.

  . IMPROVE FRANCHISE im sure you guys are at work with doing that lol!! Especially the draft because its sooo pointless atm ( i usually end up trading all my picks), make it possible to have 4th round draft steals i.e tom bradys and many other, just because hes in the later rounds doesnt mean he has to be 68 overall. MAKE THE SCOUTING THING IN FRANCHISE MODE ACTUALLY MEAN SOMETHING OR HAVE A TINY BIT OF SIGNIFICANCE! Does any1 know what the point in is it??

  Thats pretty much it for now im sure you guys are hard at work but working with the consumers can make a near perfect football sim so hope u read this!!!

• winx_jynx said March 02, 2009

  I know i already made a post, so shoot me. I just want to ask (dout you'll anwser). is the WR awarness going to be more of a facter, like if you have Hines Ward and he is runing a curl against a zone will he adjust his rout to where he will have the best chance of catching the ball?

• warrior310 said March 02, 2009

  MADDEN I'VE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS THAT U GUYS TOOK OUT THINGS THAT MADE THE GAME GOOD.SOMETIMES I WISH I HAD MY PS2 BUT NOW I HAVE A PS3 AND TO ME ASIDE FROM THE GRAPHICS MADDEN FOR PS2 IS BETTER.MADDEN KEEP ME ENTERTAINED PLEASE BECAUSE I HAVE STOPPED PLAYING 09 FOR SO LONG.

• winx_jynx said March 02, 2009

  sounds great, as for any problems in the passing game, too many to fix in one year. One i hope you realy get too is that when you run an in rout and your recever looks like he will fly past the LB over the middle so you throw it to him. but after you throw it your WR gets stuck runing in one spot with the LB in his way, almost like the LB bums him but he never moved from his stance (looks like pass in. bet is never call), so then the  LB eather nocks it down or pics it off.

• redlishus said March 02, 2009

  Doesn't mean anything if they don't include an online franchise.

• COSTLY WAR HERO said March 02, 2009

  This is probanly not as important as others, but I think maybe the crowds and players not on the field should be more emotional. The crowds should have faces and signs and if their team is down they should sit. The players on the sideline should at least celebrate after a touchdown. MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A REAL GAME. It bothers me seeing the players just standing there after you score, why not at least give the teammate a pat on the back.

• yungkhurse2 said March 02, 2009

  LETS GET SUM REALISTIC INJURIES! PLAYERS DON'T EVER GET UP BY THEMSELVES WEN INJURED, THEIR TEAMS TRAINERS COME OUT & HELP THEM...I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW ESPN NFL 2K5 COULD THROW THAT FEAT.AND PLAYER INTERVIEWS EVEN THO IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE THE ACTUAL PLAYER BUT IT WAS STILL KOOL TO KNO THAT THEY TRIED TO GET THE GAME AS REALISM AS POSSIBLE, & HALFTIME SHOWS IN THERE BUT MADDEN DIDN'T I WAS KINDA DISAPPOITED, & LETS GET THOSE SIDELINES WAAAY MORE REALISTIC LIKE ALL-PRO 2K8, REFS & CHAIN-GUYS ON THE FIELD WITH PLAYERS, ACTUAL COACHES & COORDINATORS NOT JUS SUM RANDOM GUYS OUT THER, HANDWARMERS ON THE QB'S, BETTER FAN REALISM LIKE NBA 2K9, BETTER PLAYER REALISM (EXAMPLE: IF A PLAYER SCORES A TD HAVE PLAYERS ALWAYS RUNNING UP TO HIM & SLAPPIN HIS HELMENT OR HOLDIN HIM IN THE AIR OR IF THER ABOUT TO FIGHT HAVE GANG FIGHTS & HAVE REFS TRY & BREAK IT UP LIKE REAL LIFE, ALSO LETS GET SUM BETTA COMMENTARY I MEAN 09'S COMMENTARY WAS GUD BUT THEY NEVA SAID EVERY PLAYERS NAME THEY JUS SAID THAT GUY OR THIS GUY! I WAS PLAYING AS LARRY FITZGERALD & NOT ONCE D!D THEY SAY HIS NAME JUS:  THIS GUY KAN REALLY RUN! THAT'S NOT REALISTIC MADDEN TEAM! BUT ANYWAY THE WR/DB IMPROVEMENTS SOUND WHUT WE WUD SEE ON SUNDAY KEEP IT UP!!

• COSTLY WAR HERO said March 02, 2009

  redlishus said

  March 02, 2009

  Ya, I want to see faces on fans!  I mean REALLY!  That is what you want.  Come on guy.  Who really cares about the fans.  If that is what you really want to see in the game improved it's call the NFL network and watch a replay.  Faces on fans, funniest thing I've heard in a few days.

  Do ever read the beginning of the posts? I said its probably NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE OTHERS. It was just an add-on, something to make it look realistic. PAY ATTENTION

• warrior310 said March 02, 2009

  I RATHER YOU GUYS TAKE LONGER TO MAKE THE GAME PERFECT THEN TO RUSH THINGS AND MAKE IT A DISASTER.

• PDX92BRUIN said March 02, 2009

  Please incorporate a better user-pick/swat feature to counter the user-catch (rocket catching) with more defense animations.  For example, in "reality" shorter DB's often knock balls loose by hitting the arms of taller receivers going up for high passes.  I think thing user-catching is a great feature allowing players to take advantage of superior stick skills.  But an equally skilled player on defense should be able to combat it fairly.

  And please don't overdo it with emphasizing the ratings differences even more!  It's already bad enough that Randy Moss (and a few others) can run past the entire Steelers secondary every other play!

• redlishus said March 02, 2009

  Ya, I want to see faces on fans!  I mean REALLY!  That is what you want.  Come on guy.  Who really cares about the fans.  If that is what you really want to see in the game improved it's call the NFL network and watch a replay.  Faces on fans, funniest thing I've heard in a few days.

• dvdizon said March 02, 2009

  I would like to see the sideline pass/catch.

  When you have a guy doing an "out" route, he catches the ball, but 97% of the time, runs out of bounds when right after catching it, you are going towards the other direction, there's no "leaning" back to the field or attempt to not go out of bounds control by the player.

  As wars_light@yahoo.com said,

  The receivers seem to be open because they are beating a safety or linebacker, but once you pass it, the receiver slows dramatically for the turn around and catch animation that the defender "floats" towards the ball, past the receiver and swats it or picks it. Or the receiver gets "stuck" to the defender and the defender has contact with the receiver, but PI for blocking never gets called.

• warrior310 said March 02, 2009

  FOR FRANCHISE MODE MAKE A MOCK DRAFT AND MAKE IT LIKE ESPN, ACTUALLY HAVE A SHOW COVERING MOCK DRAFTS,THE HIGHLIGHTS,INJURIES,AND NEWS.

  ONCE AGAIN FOR FRANCHISE MODE INCLUDE CAREER ENDING INJURIES.

• truestory17 said March 02, 2009

  IM SPEECHLESS!! MAN TO MAN DEFENSE IS TRASH IN MADDEN 09. LOOKS LIKE ITS BACK IN 10. SOUNDS GREAT IAN. KEEP THEM COMING

• COSTLY WAR HERO said March 02, 2009

  I say Gamecast should be a live viewing of the game, not just the scores, but there should maybe be a limit of say 5 or 10 people, and the people playing should have the option to not allow anyone viewing their game or if they do want others watching but not knowing the play they can limit it to that as well. Gamecast would be like watching a real football game.

• Playakev21 said March 02, 2009

  I LOVE what you guys are doing this is so realistic....now fix up defensive line and offensive line interaction, 2k5 did it perfectly but i'm sure you all could do it even better. Find a way to make procedural awareness not only be a visual thing it should be attached to a particular defensive rating depending on a playmaker rating, for example ed reed and deangelo hall are playmakers who take chances and bite on plays where dbs like aso from the raiders are more conservative and wont bite on passes to make plays. And please fix the whole qb running out of pocket, EVERYONE online runs out of pocket and waits till they find a whole in the defense and throw down the field like there dan marino. play an online game and you'll see all the cheeses people do online and then improve on that and shut those cheeses down! keep up the good work!

• ToneDeaf91 said March 02, 2009

  this sounds great so far. keep up the good work.. it seems like Madden 10 will be the real deal.

• dolphinjim said March 02, 2009

  Hi Ian,

  Great stuff! I have just 2 main requests, reverses and no super linebacker leaping. The linebackers were able to leap 10 feet in the air and knock down passes intended for a WR 25 yards downfield. Very unrealistic. As for the reverses, EVERY team runs them, yet the aren't in the game for the last few years. PUT THEM BACK!! Please!

  Thanks!

• warrior310 said March 02, 2009

  COULD YOU GUYS CHANGE THE STARTING MENU. LIKE WHEN YOU SELECT YOUR FAVORITE TEAM SHOW A SLIDESHOW OF THE TEAM'S PICTURES ON THE MENU LIKE YOU USED TO.

  WHEN YOU MAKE A TEAM COULD YOU PLEASE SAY THE TEAM'S NAME INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING THE HOME/AWAY TEAM

  A ATTRIBUTE IN THE GAME SHOULD BE "SWAGGER" LIKE HOW THEY CARRY THEMSELVES DURING THE GAME, LEADERSHIP,STYLE,AND CONFEDENCE.

• yungkhurse2 said March 02, 2009

  ONEMORE THING LETS GET BETTER SUPERBOWL REALISM LIKE THE SUPERBOWLS ON SUNDAY & CELEBRATIONS BEFORE & AFTER THE SUPERBOWL LIKE FOR ONE GATORADE POURIN ON THE COACH( JUST TAKE A GLANCE AT NFL 2K5'S SUPERBOWL PRESENTATION & REALISM THAS WHUT MADDEN NEEDS & BETTER PROBOWL REALISM AS WELL!! PLAYERS AT THE PROBOWL DON'T EVER WEAR AFC & NFC HELMENTS, THEY WEAR THEIR TEAMS HELMENT! I JUST WANNA SEE REALISM IN MADDEN 10 BIG HOMIES!!

• dolphinjim said March 02, 2009

  also, more penalties. Unnecessary roughness, late hit out of bounds, illegal hands to the face, etc.

• deee96 said March 02, 2009

  next post can you show how you fix the blocking cause getting pretty angry with my line getting ready to make the block in front of me then at the last min. wonts to turn around and make a block on a guy that i would of left in the dust so try and make smarter blocks PLEASE the guy is right there just block him and i will break for the long run easy i dont wont to make him feel bad any more and do a spin right in front of his face

• myleseagle said March 02, 2009

  How about changing the battle in the air between the db and wr. especially during jump balls in the corner of the endzone via fade routes. Usually the db just swats the ball away after junmping much higher than the wr. But realistically, they jump at the same time and the better person usually comes down with it.

• Bubstarr said March 02, 2009

  Great job Ian. This is a significant addition to detail and realism. No longer do the players run as if they are constipated and can't find a comode. I am an old school detail maniac. Gameplay is essential but detail no matter how big or minute is what I am accustomed to seeing on Sundays. Hopefully Madden 10 will reach unprecedented legendary status.

• garbo22 said March 02, 2009

  this stuff sounds excellent im gettin pretty stoked for this new game!!

  if you look at the survey, more than 50% i think vote franchise as the most important part of gameplay. obviously franchise is a continuous rule over a team for like 30 years, so obviusly one of the most important parts of this is rookies!! i beg for the training camp and live rookie scouting found on the old systems to come back. the better you play, the more information on that player you earn. this also gives you a feel for tht player, as you are actually controlling him. Also you always hear about people working on specific aspects of their game in the offseason, and what better way is there to recreate this than the old training camp feature, where you pick the player you want to try and improve and then u can earn them a few points to add to a specific stat.

  ~thanks

• Fredrickal87 said March 02, 2009

  Loving the improvements to gameplay.

  One thing that would be great and wouldn't require a lot of effort (I don't think) - the Super Bowl.

  This should be completely overhauled to give the game the look and feel of the Big Game. In 09 it's just a regular game with a couple Super Bowl logos slapped on. And the celebreation if you win? 2 guys jumping around?! Where's the confetti, presentation of the Lombardi Trophy, maybe even presentation of the SuperBowl MVP trophy as well? My goodness, you don't even have a Gatorade dump anymore. I was actually very disappointed in how the biggest sporting event in the country was represented in this game.

  That's really the only thing I really want changed badly in franchise mode, although computer proposed trades/better cpu offseason AI/Actual negotiations or recruiting for free agents would also be nice (One of the NCAA games, might've been basketball, had where you could pick what you wanted to pitch to a recruit like good coach, prestige, good school, etc). That last one would be great so it wasn't just the highest bidder even though it says the guys interest is a goo team.

  And please please please some improvements on creating your own stadium!!!

• BillTheMac said March 02, 2009

  The QB rating post and now the WR/DB post really amazed me!

  You guys are really doing a good job and I'm really glad to see you are listening to us.

  I'm gonna relist some of my suggestions just to get them out there.

  1. Size vs Strength - Example: In 09 a running back can truck stick a 300lb linemen like nothing. He just runs right through him and he does not lose his blance or footing. Size and strength should matter next year. And when a HB trucks someone they should reflect off them, loose their footing and balance.. Unless, you got someone line Brandon Jacobs. There could be a exception of "running guys over".

  2. Defense & Jumping - Again, like most of us have mentioned. Linebackers jump to high. Or maybe, its because the QB in 09 doesnt put enough air under the ball when you want it to.

  SS,FS,CB's and or linebackers should not be able to jump straight up while running at full speed. If someone is running at full speed they would be jumping up and forward not, straight up.

  They should not have the best of both worlds all the time of swating the ball and hitting them in the air so, they miss or drop the catch. If a DB goes for the pick and interception and misses. Then, they are gonna have to catch up to WR to make the tackle. Because, too many times when I tried to user catch a ball with my WR. Someone playing free safety will come up and try to swat the ball. If it went over the safetys hands and I'm about to catch it. I basicly get hit sticked right after he swats the ball and I cant catch it. It doesnt work like that in real life.

  3. Offensive linemen - They dont really block good, move realisticly, or make that good of a pocket. That needs to be re-done.

  4. 3-4 Defenese - 3-4 Defense in 09 is not how it should be. Its like the linemen dont have the capability to play the scheme properly. Big defensive ends in the three four are supposed to occupy multiple offensive linemen, and they don't in 09. So, since EA is working on physics alot I hope they get a chance to work on the 3-4 defense.

  5. Hit stick's - Hit sticks need more and better animations. I do though.. Like how the screen shakes a little big when you get a hitstick.

  6. Refs - I'd like to see refs on the field. Or, my idea would be to have an Option. To turn refs on or off the field. Depending what the player wanted. atleast have them for; chain gang, have them near the end zone waving their arms if the TD is good or if the FG is good or missed.

  7. Field Degration - I want to see the grass torn up, muddy, water puddles and ect like they did in 08.

  8. Franchise - Needs more depth and "fun" to it. I feel like I'm just playing team after team. If I make it to the play offs or super bowl. I never feel like I'm in it or feel like I really achieved anything. Just, feels like playing a another team.

  9. Weather and Daylight - Weather should have more variety. Example: first quarter has a little bitof snow fall but, not much. Then, through out the game its snows more and more. Or maybe, the game starts out raining then, after the second half the sun comes out. Daylight - Basicly the same idea with the weather.

  10. Players in motion - They need to move more life like and fix illegal motions that are in 09.

• alabamaboy77@yahoo.com said March 02, 2009

  I think everything sounds good, you guys do a great job. I don't have any complains. But I did want to echo one of the other comments about being able to add your own music. I absolutely loved that in NCAA and MLB. I was looking forward to doing it on Madden but I was sadly disappointed. I just felt like it added to the home field advantage. If you you could take a look at that I would appreciate it. Thanks JBUCKK7

• CLeep3 said March 02, 2009

  This is a great start.  Though I'd really like to see WR/CB interactions having improved awareness of their position on the field relative to one another.  Too often when the ball is in the air the WR or DB would make a play on the ball as if no one was attempting to cut in front of them, they would simply enter the animation and not fight for the ball (example being a WR is running a fly route, as ball is in the air the safety moves to cut in front of the WR to intercept the ball, but rather than slow down and fight for the ball, the WR would simply keep running and put out his hands to make an over the shoulder catch as if no one was coming over to intercept the pass).

  - In case my last post wasn't read, I'd also like to include my requests of other improvements I'd like to see given attention:  

  - Fix the camera.  Please raise it higher and zoom out a bit on pass plays so we can see the flats and manually covering isn't as hard because of the poor depth perception a lower level camera provides (basically, go back to previous gen madden's camera angle).

  - The play clock not starting immediately issue.  In 09, after most plays, you could run a good 5 seconds off the game clock before the play clock started.

  - Improved AI pass rush for user controlled teams.  Too often my elite Oline would constantly let someone come unblocked, yet the Peppers, Freeney's of the world on my team rarely sniffed the QB or disrupted his timing.  It should be even for both sides based on players skills, not the game difficulty level.

  - Please attempt to fix the infamous suction blocks and tackles

  - Lastly, improve WR awareness of where the sideline is.  This was supposedly addressed in 08, but my WR still at times will run themselves out of bounds, or not even attempt to drag their feet (unless they're elite WR, but even average WR attempt to drag their feet and don't run 3 yards out of bounds on their route).

  Thank you for all the hard work, keep it up.

• IxRE4PERxI said March 02, 2009

  alright. im back for my second post. this is absolutly awesome. as i said before, i am a defensive fanatic and anything adding to the play of defensive DB's is great. just great. and what else i read that i really like is the LB "pop" when a reciever or running back enters his zone. i love that idea and im sure its gonna have a big effect to the drag routes that always seem to be open once they reach the other side of the field.. lol

  now what i would honestly like to see next is the O-LINE

  im sure you guys are working on making the blocking/rushing system better. in fact its already great. but it seems that its only great for the CPU.. lol

  so i dont think you guys need to change all that much, just change why it seems like the CPU has genious players and our O-LINE acts like they are in pop warner football.. lol

  and this is way off topic here but....

  can we please get troy polamalus hair looking all crazy and pooofy!!??

  lol

  thats all for now.. great job EA!! i love it!

• purdman4 said March 02, 2009

  Look at rocket catches. Fix

  A) how the wr can turn on a dime and jump straight up

  and

  B) how the defender reacts to where the ball is going without regard for the receiver's position.

• ronnymund said March 02, 2009

  Wow, I must say that Ian and company are making great strides with Madden 10.  Please keep up the great work, I look forward to seeing the step by step process it takes to generate new animations for madden 10.  Hopefully in the coming weeks things like towels on the playrs jersey options, unbuckled chinstraps, and carrying the football with both hands or palming the football will be displayed.

• zmonster@mac.com said March 02, 2009

  I assume you use pre-canned animations because current-generation game consoles aren't fast enough to render the human movements in real time.  However, I would make a recommendation to EA.  EA should literally purchase (or build) a massively parallel super computer that can generate realistic physics-based human movements in real time and design a version of Madden for that parallel system.  I say this because I know that Apple, for instance, announced that the next version of Mac OS X will allow the system to access a massively parallel computing array with a common API.  This computing array can be anything connected to the hardware (i.e. CPUs, graphics processors, audio processor), and OS X will take care of sending the code to the processors in a way each can understand it.  In other words, there will be breakthroughs from Apple, and other companies for sure, that will allow EA to get rid of canned animations and do everything in real time.  I hope EA is thinking ahead and planning for these breakthroughs, one of which has already been announced.

• GAMMSTER said March 02, 2009

  Alright that's a good start. My suggestion would be to work on line play a little bit though. Defense and Offense. I'm not sure how but  you guys can figure it out. Basically the offensives line forgets to make a simple block and the defensive line doesn't really feel realistic and feel as if they are just there to make it 11 against 11. Get some pressure on that QB. Also, in franchise mode. At the start of the season, you can basically pick up every free agent then trade them in a pair of 3 for first rounders and then trade those for basically any player. I know I've played franchises where my overall team is rated 99 and I basically have the best player at every position on my team plus 5 first round draft choices. I'm not sure how that can be fixed. Maybe add competition from other teams for free agents, sorta like head coach.

• Killa-55monster said March 02, 2009

  IM A BIG FAN OF MADDEN, IM BEEN PLAYING MADDEN ALL MY LIFE....

  1. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE REFS AND THE CHAIN GANG IN MADDEN 2010...

  2. THE HIT STICK IS GREAT, WHEN EVER YOU HIT STICK SOMEBODY THE SCREEN SHOULD SHAKE AND THE PLAYERS HELEMETS AND STUFF SHOULD BE GETTIN GRIP OFF AND STUFF...

  3. SPECIAL SUPERSTAR TAUNTS, LIKE SHAWN MERRIMAN REAL LIGHTS OUT DANCE AND JARED ALLEN STIRING UP THE SOUP....

  4. BEFORE THE GAMES THERE SHOULD BE A PRE GAME SHOW WITH NFL SUNDAY COUNTDOWN, AND TEAMS GETTING HYPE UP LIKE RAY LEWIS AND HIS HYPE DANCE.....

  5. THERE SHOULD BE VOICE OVERS OF COACHES GIVING IN GAME SPEECHES, AND ARGUEMENTS WITH THE PLAYERS AND COACHES AND OTHER PLAYERS LIKE WR HAVING AND ARGUEMENT WITH THE QB BECAUSE AN INTERCEPTION.....

  6. BRAK DOWNS DURING HALF TIME SHOWS AND SPECIAL PERFORMANCES AND WHO IS THE DIFFERENCE MAKER DURING THE GAME......

  7. WE SHOULD HAVE A BRAND NEW FRANCHISE MODE WITH THE FANTASY DRAFT AND NFL GREATS AND REGULAR TEAMS.... YOU SHOULD HAVE A CHOICE TO PRACTICE OR LIFT WEIGHTS AND LOOK AT FILM AND 11 ON 11....

  IT SHOULD SHOW WEAKNESS AND STRONG POINTS ON TEAMS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO WIN....

  IT SHOULD HAVE A ESPN SHOW ON WEEK BY WEEK AS YOU WIN OR LOSE AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO GET BACK ON TRACK....

  8.DURING PLAY IT SHOULD SHOW ILLEGAL PUNCHES  AND FLAGS BEEN THROWING AND PEOPLE WHO HOLDS THE CHAINS FALL DOWN OR GET OUT THE WAY.....

  9. IT SHOULD HAVE DIFFERENT COMMENTORS....

  10. IT NEEDS AND ALL NEW PLAYBOOK WITH RUN PLAYS SHOTGUN PLAYS TRICK PLAYS AND PASSING PLAYS AND GTHE QB AND LB SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE PLAY BECAUSE THEY ARE WIRED AND YOU Can hear the coach talking....

  11. IT SHOULD SHOW THE 3-4 HYBIRD DEFENSE WITH EVERYBODY TALKING AND MOVING AROUND TRYING TO CONFUSES THE OFFENSE....

• mhoodiii@surewest.net said March 02, 2009

  I think it is great you guys are adding a more simulation aspect to madden this year. Fantastic work.  I will still emphasize that an fully functional online franchise is needed with really flexible commissioner controls, multi-team trades.  If you need ideas or thoughts on some key things for online franchise just email me and i can send in some more ideas for you guys

• eagles8940 said March 02, 2009

  i saw another player post a comment on the clock. Saying that the play clock and the game clock should be changed. Like how we play 5 min quarters and have forty second play clocks. He also made a comment on how if you play in the madden tournament its 2 min quarters and the 40 second play clock. In the madden tournament you only get very little amounts of plays and same with playing a normal game online. People would kill some much clock by using that to there advantage. My suggestion is use the play clocks from NFL Head Coach 09. Not only do i think it would fix this problems but make another step toward making the game more realistic.

• eakephas said March 02, 2009

  When will we see an update for Superstar Mode?

  PLEASE. Make us fight for our position on the team in Superstar, and let us be punished (traded, cut) if we underperform.

• DePounded said March 02, 2009

  So far, you guys are doing an excellent job on Madden NFL 10.  I just hope that the game plays up to the all the hype, and that all these radical changes to the core game play don't hurt how much fun the game is to play.  I'm sure you guys have come across this suggestion on the boards, but one of the biggest things that annoys me about Madden 09 is how the momentum of players sometimes carries them out of bounds.  For example, sometimes on a pass play, you will have your RB or TE wide-open in the flats, and you will throw the ball to him, but the catch animation will carry him out of bounds resulting in a loss of yards when you should have at least picked up a first down.  The same happens in the outside running game, when the RB is breaking tackles, sometimes his momentum carries him out of bounds.  This is really frustrating!  You guys almost had this issue fixed in Madden 08, can you please fix this in Madden 10?  Thank again for listening to us, and keep up the good work and updates!

• clwalton21 said March 02, 2009

  im getting everything i ask for so far, so obviously im very happy with this post.im all about cleaning up the in-game play first.im mostly concerned about what i see on the grass.after all its a GAME first!EA is doing a great job!!!just one suggestion;make WRs and DBs react realisticly to underthrown deep balls.I mean have them slow down for a jump ball,including the endzone jump ball.On the other hand,give us the players a way to combat this.THX and again keep up the good work

• fredyd21 said March 02, 2009

  hey ian first off i just want to say your doing a great job keep it up, secondly i was reading what warrior310 was saying and i agree with everything he said, now i know theres only so much space on a disk but couldnt u make madden a two-disc set. 1 disk can be all your basic stuff like creat a team, exibition, rosters, online play, etc.. but on disc 2 can be just for the franchise mode, that way you can go all out on it, have everything he said plus what u have in it and even more items, you would have plenty of space, ai dont know if he said this or not but when u relocate a team u should be able to use the same logo it have it on the helmet and jerseys, you should also be able to create a player while in ranchise mode and be able to delete a created superstar, cuz in madden 09 i cant delete any of my created players, 1 more thing: the most important thing you need to do for madden 2010 is have up to date rosters just like nba live has with that nba live 365 that is a must your current updated rosters you have to download when u play online is horrible, my rosters r way more up to date than those, well thats all.....peace

• bbbball222@yahoo.com said March 02, 2009

  Great stuff. One quick thing I would like to add that I am not too sure if it is currently in the game but if it is it could be adjusted and that is throwing balls to guys before they make their cut.

  For example, with a double move corner route I would like to be able to lob it out to the corner where my player will be when my receiver is finishing his first inside cut and has yet to make his outside cut.

  Hopefully I wrote this so that it makes sense.

• tampa two said March 02, 2009

  Please bring back QB vision, and could you make the vision for every position in certain ways, for example Adrian Peterson can see holes open and close better than Javon Ringer so can you all implement that into Madden 10.

  Could you guys also please update superstar mode, maybe even overhaul the whole thing and start from scratch.  Could we also get a pro day please.  

• Nef77 said March 02, 2009

  AMAZING UPDATE!!!!!!! I'm so excited for this game not. Just think people, with 20 something weeks left and an update a week, this game will be amazing. I gotta be honest, I hate 09. When I'm playing the CPU on hard and all the bullcrap happens it's irritating. but this is a step in the right direction. Look at how many problems you guys fixed with just one update. With 20 something updates left I wonder what's in store. Oh yea one question, what's the use of the 'Performance Facility' in the superstar mode. It doesn't do anything to my ratings. Can you guys work on that problem please and also give more realism with trades and requests for teams in the Superstar mode? Other than that, like I said this update is AMAZING!!!!! keep up the good work.

• clwalton21 said March 02, 2009

  These little things are going to forever change the way the game is played.The game is going to feel a lot more like sunday this year.I hope the double moves by better route runners are lethal.Cool stuff EA!Im loving it!

• Bookerbaby said March 02, 2009

  For online play, I love the fact that records get reset, but somewhere should have the last years record so we can get an idea of who we are going to play before hand, EG if you see the person was 854-93 you know they probably did something to exploit the games programming.  

• swillz13 said March 02, 2009

  i would like to see the corners have better stances like they do in real life and also better reciever stances too. u need to make they players act more real like when the wr come up to the line it should ahow them checking with the ref to see if they are onside like they do in real life. also after plays make the players talk to each other. and one thing that really makes me mad is how the qbs throw in the game u gotta to make the more real because my qb when he was throwing it, the ball was out of his hand before he even finished the throwing motion. also when u go to hand the ball off to the runningback make it so he doesn't have his arms already set to the motion make it so when he gets up to the qb he opens up his arms and then when the ball touches his chest he closes his arms over it

• clwalton21 said March 02, 2009

  will the players stay in a continued chucking animation(s) if they are evenly matched all the way down the field? They should in my opinion.Its very real.If they should continuously chuck at eachother down the field,the chuck moves should randomly alternate so the players dont repeat the same move the whole play.Please have them chuck more than once if the DB and WR are matched step for step down the field.

• isz99 said March 02, 2009

  idk if u guys have added this feature but i hate it how when i play a friend and he knows im blitzin him so as soon as he snaps it he throws it and BOOM he some how know 2 look . like lets say he runs a fly then once the ball is snapped he throws it and the wideout can look while in real life they wouldnt be ready for the ball until bout 20 yards down field so plz fix it it really bugs me

• tennesseejangles said March 02, 2009

  thats what im talkig about ea, now i hope to see the mode called online franchise. i got a website www.maddenclick.weebly.com check it out.

• swillz13 said March 02, 2009

  one thing i would like to see for the create a team is the ability to take another current teams template and use it to create ur team. like if i pick an eagles template it will have the same things that the original uniform has but i get to add my own colours and stuff

• swillz13 said March 02, 2009

  also i would like the ability to pick ur own td dances and how my guy taunts as hes running into the endzone. like say if im a cb and i intercept a pass and im running down the sideline into the endzone i want to be able to pick how he taunts as m running in like better highstepping. and once im in the endzone i want to be able to do my own touchdown dances (that i picked) just by pressing any button and also the dunks have to be way better i mean they don't even dunk on the net

• dwademvp3 said March 02, 2009

  Look you've been pushing the whole hit stick since Madden 2005 so why not take it to the next level.  You have to be better than Backbreaker so match their entire gimmick by using the entire right stick for wide open tackle system and break tackle system.

  You should include like NFL Network and team analysis during franchise mode and put the radio back in the franchise mode.  I was a big fan of NFL Head Coach 09 ,in fact, I still play it, and franchise mode really needs practice mode and a whole new progression season as the season progresses. Like I'm from Atlanta and Michael Turner and Matt Ryan was always getting better through out the season, you know like in Madden 2007 for PS2.  

  Superstar mode should be just like NCAA Football and not always be so repetitive.  I'm pretty sure you'll take care of on field reactions because I saw the video.  

  Since you had Madden IQ you should have a General Football 101 so players know what to do in certain situations.  In Madden 08 you had the weapons tutorial, you should expand that to the other points in Madden.

  OMG!!!!  In Madden 09 the players were zombies.  They walked lifelessly to the huddle; out of a BLOWOUT GAME, players based on personality types players would either blame it on everybody except themselves or place equal blame on everyone even themselves.  I have been waiting for you guys to actually listen to what WE want.  I think this is going to be the best Madden EVER.

• clwalton21 said March 02, 2009

  TO isz99,

          EA has fixed your problem with (procedral awareness).Its new technology where EA can manipulate the eyes,spine, shoulders, and neck seamlessly to track targets( lets say the ball for now)without the need of an animation.Call it an artificial line of sight if u will.In short,if the WR and/or DB isnt looking,then they will not react to the ball.

• dc123dc said March 02, 2009

  Are you guys going to add Coach Mode (not like the game, but the feature you guys have on the ps2 versions of the game and older versions of madden) to this game?  I will buy it if you do.  

• ANARCHYisKING said March 02, 2009

  i am glad to see you guys improving every position.  how about OL/DL improvements?

  here are a few old features i would like to see brought back:

  1) online ranked games should be all-madden.  if people can't handle playing the all-madden level they will have to play a lower level of competition in the "all-pro" lobby.  there is no all-pro lobby but you guys could add that.  a few years back all online ranked games were all-madden.  please bring that back.

  2) the "great jump" button on defense.  this was in madden '07 and if it had worked correctly would have been a great addition to the game because some offensive guys snap the ball when their WR has motioned to the same spot EVERY TIME.  it didn't work in '07 because someone figured out how to do it every single play no matter when we snapped the ball on offense.  i think people were going into the controller set up and switching buttons???  anyways, this feature comes in handy on defense when it is not glitch defective.

  3) create a play/playbook.  we had this in the past, can we have it back?

  4) the man to man pass coverage sounds like it is going to be better.  however, we still would like to be able to have our DB's "jump" inside routes or outside routes.  

  for example, if someone keeps running a corner route with a WR i should be able to alert my CB/DB's to "jump" any outside route(otherwise known as outside technique)  i think we had this back in madden '05???  

  ...and make sure that the CB lines up directly in front of the WR b4 the ball is snapped.  this will disguise his intentions.  if you align our CB's to the outside of the WR(pre-snap) our opponent will see this and immediately audible to a slant.

• NELL86 said March 02, 2009

  Take the straff catch off for the recievers and the corners no more 10 ft jumps by LBs and get rid of the turbo button speed should be based on ratings

• -HiGhL1ghT- said March 02, 2009

  one thing i would LOVE too see is a play in goal line formation called "WR Fade"

  this will have a WR matched up one on one on the outside and the QB throws a fade like they do in the NFL. However, to make this more user interactive, consider having to rapidly tap "a" to get in good position and then "y" to make a better leaping catch? and the better the players are aka Larry Fitzgerald the easier it is to win these battles at the corner of the end zone... jus a thought cuz of what i saw from Larry in the playoffs and pro bowl

  also with regard to the QBs. Have some sort of elusive QB rating that would affect how often he would dodge wimpy tacklers. like Donovan McNabb, Big ben, and Tony Romo always make potential sackers miss and allows them to make big plays downfield.... I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS cuz its stupid how McNabb and his big body can get sacked everytime but in the same game KURT WARNER makes brian dawkins miss on a sack...

  *************** PLEASE READ THIS EA ********************

• MP DawgPoundMBA said March 02, 2009

  Good Job Ian.  Thanks for the updates.  I appreciate knowing the thought process.  I always have enjoyed Madden and like to see the new better products along with the behind the scene stuff.  Keep up the good work!

• FLOOTSTER said March 02, 2009

  the new passing game is going to be so crazy different!  i hope its not so dominant and players will have to have more "methodical" drives rather than running out of shotgun constantly

  haha i just posted yesterday about the one DB matched to one WR

  online franchises would be pretty sweet i think, especially if just regular CPU AI feels like the same old same old every single game like it does in franchise mode now

  PLEASE MAKE THE DRAFT IDENTICAL TO PREV GEN !!!! OR BETTER!!

• soonerfan14 said March 02, 2009

  Keep the updates comming Ian. I want to see a LOT more of them. Also, how about some OL/DL ugrades?

• EQUation21 said March 02, 2009

  ONE MORE THING YALL SHOULD ADD Ian. Yall need to add WR shading. This also used to be on ps2/xbox when you could tell your corner to play either the inside or outside of the reciever.

• NELL86 said March 02, 2009

  real catch animations with the reciever actually tracking the ball and bringing it in i want to see recievers who are good blockers hines ward hint hint knocking corners on there but recievers who wear gloves where gloves.

• Red282 said March 02, 2009

  Fix it so hta if a WR runs out of bounds and is the first person to touch the ball when he comes back inbounds it is a penalty. Just like in real football.

• soonerfan14 said March 02, 2009

  Also, (I forgot to add this to my previous comment) Please, Ian, if you could update superstar mode and franchise mode? Like actually show the draft and stuff. It would be great if ANY players progressed? Also, there should be some Tom Bradys and some Marques Colstons in every 2 to 3 drafts. You know, like a 6th round pick that erupts out of nowhere?

• xWHOASHUT_ITDOWN said March 02, 2009

  Ill probably post it around but here it is:

  1.Linebackers/CB jumping and animations- Linebackers and cornerbacks jump and have the most ridiculius swat animations and then when they jump and glide 5 feet in the air is pretty gay.

  2.When your player is in wrong position and he gets pushed backwards and he runs way back and u dont get forward progress and lose like 5 yards.

  3.Offensive line players- every play players get flipped and leveled and its pretty ridiculous considering how often that happens in real life (not very often for an offensive linemen) also when you are trying to run the ball and someone users a linemen or linebacker and moves him back and when u run the ball the user gets untouched and he runs right through the line.

  4. Realistic running/ throwing animations EX: philip rivers throwing arm motion, Matt jones long running stride.

  5. Spectacular catch, what happened to it I never see any spectacular catches.

  6.FB dive- hb direct snap- waaaaaaay too effective and hardly used in real NFL games.

  7. Blocked FGs ,besides using the field goal block technique, i have never seen a blocked field goal i have seen 3 blocked extra points and never a field goal

  8. Kicking system, make kicking harder make meter tougher, maybe put in kitcher clutchness or ice the kicker like in NCAA football. make kickers kick farther the kickers legs are so underrated in madden without wind.

  9.Challenge system- very poorly used and hardly works right alot of the time.

  10. out of bounds- where are the cool little scrape your feet and stay in bounds animations

  11.Make user catching/ rocket catching less effective, people should not be able to win games basing their entire offense off  5 wide curls rocket catch.

  12.Easier kick returns and punt returns (especially) Kick returns need to be made harder and easier at the same time, you make it to the 30 half the time on kick returns but its extremely hard to return a kick and they happen a lot in real life.

  13. Man lock on D- like it used to be to assign a man to a player.

  14.Man defense- needs to be fixed and needs to actually work. enough said.

  15. More trick plays- hardly any cool trick plays worth using flea flicker u get hit half the time and hb pass is just plain stupid.

  16. More penalties and make pass itnerference more realistic and different because it hardly happens and penalties are very common in the NFL.

  17.Fumbled snaps- never happen in madden

  18. Zone defense- men need to cover men that enter their zones, not just stand there and let men pass through it.

  19.curl routes- way too effective need to be less effective

  20.Pa effectiveness (should not be able to use play action 6 times in a row and not get sacked or anything like it happens because people use them all the time in madden) should require some running of the ball to set it up for effectiveness

  21. Put player at any position, put LBs and DTs at TE on goal line type of situations such as the patriots did with mike vrabel (not anymore now that hes on the chiefs and how the ravens put in haloti ngata)

  22.Players slip and fall on routes- make some attempt at having it happen now and then to make it more realistic

  23. screen effectiveness- screens are way too good and HB screns suck and they need to have bubble screens, smoke screens, HB slip screens (like in NCAA).

  24.Post routes are too effective at times if you can scramble for al ittle bit and then just lead all the way your reciever can get wide open way too much.

  25. Corner routes and comeback routes- seriously when do these routes ever work like they do in real life.

  26. Reverses (kind of like a trick play)

  27.Online jersies- want to change online jersies

  28. 3-4 defensive scheme and other schemes- make them work like they do in real life, make offensive lines have to double team or triple team the big DT such as kris jenkins, sean rodgers and casey hampton like in real life.

  29. DT effectiveness, they really dont do as much as tehy do in real life

  30. 25 second play clock like in ncaa or 20 second so people dont just sit there and drain clock all game.

  31. running the ball big plays- seriously when you run the ball do 60 -70 yard runs happen as often as they do in real life only time they happen in madden is if u get lucky and break like 11 tackles.

  32. Just more of a NFL brain game not just you can base your offense off of 2 plays I mean thats just lame.

  Some of these are small but these are just some of the things i have noticed.

• soonerfan14 said March 02, 2009

  I don't know if you noticed this Ian, but look at the poll to the left of your picture. If the majority of people spend their time in franchise mode, then update it!

• zLIGHTSOUT11z said March 02, 2009

  i think that madden 10 needs to improve on aton of things to be back to its amount of fun it used to be.

  1. linebackers should not be able to jump 5 feet in the air to knock the ball down

  2.there should be more blocked FG's i have only seen 3.

  3. DT's should be able to penetrate the line alot easier, players like shaun rogers are ineffective in the game.

  4. put the trick plays back in the game like wr reverse.

  5.give signature styles so brandon jacobs doesnt run the same way as LT.

  6.More dropped kickoffs and punts, it makes the game more realistic

  7. Make field goals possible to kick over 50 without wind because it seems impossible.

  these are a few but you will prolly get more from me

• DevzFan15 said March 02, 2009

  One other thing I frogot, for the default camera angle make it more zoomed out so you can see sideline to sideline on any tv; I was playing my friend online last night and I kept throwing it to my guy who on my screen was WIDE OPEN yet just out of my view each time was his safety playing a zone and he would not show up in my screen till after I threw a pick.  You should be able to see the whole field so your not blindsided by something like that.

• RuBbErBaNd MaNe said March 02, 2009

  Finally there is a use for an elite CB!!!! Im sick of not being able to use Champ Bailey or Rashean Mathis effectivly. The CB position used to be useless, but if this works then not anymore! Thank GOD!

• DevzFan15 said March 02, 2009

  First off, love the updates guys.

  Ill just add a few minor things that I havnt seen anyone touch on

  1)Customized music

  2)Create a playbook, yeah people have mentioned it but how much better would it make online play if you could make a playbook and play with it online.  Instead of seeing the same plays and being able to know what the other team is going to do based on formation it would make it more intresting.  Also if you can create your own full playbook it would allow you to have a playbook filled with plays your are comfortable with instead of a default playbook where there are so many plays that you will never use.

  3)Fix challenge a play, PLEASE.  I can think of atleast 2 calls a game where you challange a play and it is completly wrong.  The worst example was I sacked a qb in the middle of his endzone and they spotted the ball at the one and i challanged it and they didnt change the call.  Also fix the camera angles with the challange a call, it usually gives you and angle which makes it impossiable to tell where the ball is.

  4)Expand the rosters so when a player is placed on the IR that when roster updates happen, these players do not have to be removed

  5)Make players that are on the IR, un-usable

  6)For online play, make it so you dont have to pause the game to update your depth chart and audibles, but also make it possiable to pause it if you do not have enough time to update it.

  7)Make the crowd a factor for OFFLINE play ONLY; if you are playing at home you should have an advantage (only offline, it wouldnt be fair for online play)

  8)More diffrent animations for tds, it gets boring seeing the same thing game after game

  9)If a qb/player gets LEVELED; let it have an effect for the next couple of plays if they do not come out of the game, even if its just a tad less speed and an diffrent kind of animation

  10)Fix the DB intercetion speed, when my DB gets a pick I hate that he then turns into the slowest player on the feild; if he picks it allow him to have his normal speed

  11)Diffrent game introductions each game, show players briefly, maybe show the top 3 star players being introduced to the crowd, for the coin toss make the players come out for it.

  12)Read other peoples comments they have good points such as using the ESPN licence to make a more interactive game; make the Franchise more indepth like Head Coach, Fix the pocket to make it more realistic(all though im not sure you would have time to impliment it till 2011)

• Black Mamba205 said March 02, 2009

  I saw a post ealier about realistic injuries and I think I read somewhere that thats not really EAs fault they aren't in the game. I think the NFL told them not to have serious looking injuries because they did not want the game to be portrayed as extreme violence. Just something I thought I would mention.

  Good job on the features so far EA. I have one suggestion but I am not sure if I should post it in the Madden blog or NCAA so I'll post it in both. When you import a draft class is it possible that all of the players who left early for the NFL draft can show up in it? And can the players in the draft be based off of stats and ratings. Usually all you will see is the guys who had 90+ ratings in college in the draft and thats not always a measurement of how good a player actually is. Also it seems as though the drafted players rating is always based on the potential rating. That should not be the indicator of a players rating. Sometimes a player has potential but just has not developed as much as possible yet. That player should have a lower rating to start yet be able to grow faster than other players who were drafted earlier than him as time progresses. I believe that would me that the scouting feature on the game should be improved. I'm thinking someting like NCAA basketball how when a player is scouted a grade is given. That way the players number rating isn't given but a grade of B- will give you an idea of the players' ability in that area. Have question marks in other spots that are still unknown. And make it be more than just 5 areas that just say something generic like athleticism, passing, blocking, etc. Just a suggestion on improving franchise somewhat.

  Oh and CPU trade offers during the year not just during the draft and not just draft picks for draft picks either.

  I realize that it is harder to make these features then most people believe and it is high unlikely to fit a tremendous list of ideas in one year like the first post suggests should be done. Keep up the good work EA.

• warrior310 said March 02, 2009

  MAKE THE DESIGN MORE SOLID BASICALLY MAKE IT MORE RELISTIC.

• warrior310 said March 02, 2009

  WHO AGREES WITH MY POST AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.

• CPTryder1536 said March 02, 2009

  Love what I am hearing but what about giving some love to the O-Line & D-Line?  Can you please have some better interaction between them?

  once again thanks for the update love what I am hearing?

• warrior310 said March 02, 2009

  DEVZFAN15 I HAVE ACTUALLY SAID SOME OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED READ THE FIRST POST OK.

• dweave23 said March 02, 2009

  I would love to see some type of home field advantage implemented into the game.

• warrior310 said March 02, 2009

  THIS ISNT COLLEGE U DONT REALLY NEED HOMEFIELD ADVANTAGE.EVEN THOUGH ITS A SLIGHTLY GOOD IDEA ITS NOT REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

• mhunter85 said March 02, 2009

  Everything looks like an Improvement to me, but the one and only thing that I wish EA would put back in their games is "FAIR PLAY!"

• SLAVEMASTER14 said March 02, 2009

  I totally am in love with the new chucks, too long have i tried to find some way to stop Steve Smith and not being able to take Champ Bailey and knock Steve on his back and completely screwed up his route really ticked me off. But now i can jam the crap of Steve and slow him down just enough to get to the QB. Something i would love for you guys to try is making some sort of jump ball system. For example; Randy Moss is jumping up with 5ft 8in Nate Clemments and Nate jumping off his back foot and swatting the ball a way from Randy(with the way madden has the WRs jump for the ball is a joke and is infuriating)just makes me want to break my 360.if you guys could put in some sort of better WR jumps or make the DBs jump a little lower.  Other than that great job.

• warrior310 said March 02, 2009

  FREDYD21 I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE 2-DISC THING BUT I DONT KNOW IF THAT WILL WORK OUT. IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE A DISC WITH A LARGER AMOUNT OF SPACE.

  MADDEN NEEDS TO START WORKING ON THE NEXT MADDEN ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THEY RELEASE A NEW GAME . ITS  EASIER SAID THEN DONE BUT THIS IS WHAT THE FANS NEED. WITH ALL OF THE SALES YOU EA GUYS WILL GET YOUR MONEYS WORTH SO DO WAT EVER IT TAKES TO MAKE THE BEST GAME AND DONT TAKE OUT THINGS THAT MADE THE GAME WORTH WHILE.

• CAMREN630 said March 02, 2009

  i think madden 10 will be the game ive been waiting for i mean i liked 09 but i think im going to love this one.some of you guys out here are idiots cause people will still complain bout something be happy they are giving us information every week when has ea ever done this for us its mad early so that should tell you guys they are serious bout making a great game.and ian said they are not telling us the big stuff until later in the year.so you telling me they have better things than they have told us already wow keep up the great effort ea its finally good to see that yall give a dam bout the true madden fans/ballers and not these glitching no talent rocket catch no huddling bums let us real sim style ballers shine.keep it up.

• ap88vikings said March 02, 2009

  Great stuff Ian the improvements are awesome from what i am seeing.There are few things that would be good for the game.

  1.Have the benchpress,40 yard dash to have a brand new nfl combine for off-season mode.

  2.Will there be logos(i.e the playoffs logo and both afc and nfc championship games that would be nice.

  3. More improve control with wide recievers and db too many times last year when throwing to a player and be able to user catch more often.

• swillz13 said March 02, 2009

  really i don't think u should call them idiots they just have their own ideas and want them in the game. i don't think people are idiots for having their own opinion

• auchib said March 02, 2009

       I hope the game can tell the difference between holding and PassInter. . This system can be used when returing int., punts, and kickoffs. When a player like Ed Reed gets a pick, he doesn't go full spd. at first. He joggs, then hits a hole and starts running, same with devin hester on kickoffs.

      Have cpu ajust to cornerbacks like champ, and Asamougha of OAK. Nobody throws the ball their way ever. Asamougha, the NFL richest DB had the ball thrown his way less than 30 times this season.    

      Use the jousting system on the o-line. The o-line on madden is allergic to the defense, they hold or push for like one second and then let go. The higher the difficulty, the weaker the o-line on madden 09, that should be changed

      REALISTIC JUMPBALL, look throughout the playoffs, and the jumpball was what took Arizona to the superbowl. On madden 09, cpu either bat down or picked. On 10, let the DB and WR turn to the ball, joust, and then jump. This will seperate the jumping of the avg. DB, to a player like Calvin Johnson.

• APOLLO_THE_GREAT said March 02, 2009

  I belive now that this is going to be the first TRUE next-gen madden. I heard back in 06 it was going to take 3-4 years for the game developers to catch up with the new technology. And now it looks like they have. Im tellin you guys, get ready for the best football sim since nfl 2k5. They've finally wrapped their minds around these new systems and now they can give us everything they got. I look foward to the post where we get to see, hopefully, the new and improved, franchise mode 2.0. That needs to be fixed the most. But i know they wont be releasing anything on that anytime soon.

  KEEP IT UP EA!!  

• RMG1590 said March 02, 2009

  I really think you should update Superstar a lot with stuff like:

  -Customizing stickers on helmets

  -Press conferenses

  -Autograph signings

  -Dates

  -Going out with other players on the team

  -Contacting coaches/other players/other people

  And all this ffects your morale

• CAMREN630 said March 02, 2009

  yes fairplay is huge

• raiderboy757 said March 02, 2009

  HEY EA THAT'S GOOD STUFF...  I HAVE A FEW WISHES FOR ONLINE PLAY... FIRST OFF I WISH WE CAN PLAY A RANKED GAME ON ALL-MADDEN, JUST LIKE THE PS2. ALSO I HOPE WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR LEVEL AND/OR RECORDS FROM MADDEN 09 TO MADDEN 10. I'M GLAD DEFENSIVE ASSIGNMENTS ARE BACK!!!! BUT ON THE PS2 WHEN U ASSIGNED A CB TO A RECEIVER, AND THE RECEIVER WAS MOVED TO THE SLOTS FOR SOME REASON THE ASSIGNED CB WOULD LINE UP AT SAFETY... LAST BUT NOT LEAST A ONLINE DYNASTY JUST LIKE NCAA 09 WOULD BE GOOD STUFF, THAT BIG ON EVERYBODY'S WISHLIST I THINK LOL... KEEP IT UP EA

• tommygunn212 said March 02, 2009

  i no u guys are probably on a tight clock but please improve franchise... its nothing like real life...also please at the end of the season when sum1's contract is up give me the option 2 cut them not just offer new contract apply franchise tag or cancel... thanks

• NoSubs said March 02, 2009

  I think those are great improvements, hopefully the improved press and man coverage will contribute to having fewer QB completions. I like franchise stats to be realistic and last year it was way too easy to throw over 65%.

  Please add a potential rating for players just like the NHL series. It goes toward determining how much the player will progress, and decreases as they age.

  I hope there is also focus on the franchise mode, in your poll at the side of the page you can see that more than half of people play franchise mode, so revamping it will make a lot of people happy!

  Please change the way pressing sprint while running the ball makes your opponents shed their blocks and burst through the line. Remove the button all together if necessary.

  Thanks for the updates, I really appreciate them!

• raiderboy757 said March 02, 2009

  ****************PLEASE NO MORE QB VISION***************

• CAMREN630 said March 02, 2009

  see what i mean somebody just wanna have something to say.i never said they we're idiots for speaking on things they want on the game.im talkling bout those who just want to complain just to do it,those who you can never please no matter what they do its early march and we are hearing good things bout the game already yet thats still not enough to show people they are at least trying.i cant be calling them idiots for voicing their opinion on what they think will make the game better cause i will be calling myself one we have twenty four weeks of information coming lets see if they are answering our wishes.

• CAMREN630 said March 02, 2009

  ill be happy if half of peoples request are answered or even one fourth cause i dont think they can make all these corrections in a years time and even if they could they wont cause they will have nothing to give us for madden 11.

• sameereboo said March 02, 2009

  in the pro bowl, the players should have their team helmet on.

• sameereboo said March 02, 2009

  you guys should have better comintaters. since its called madden 10, let Al Micheals and john madden d it. the halftime show should be like football night in america. give it a sunday night football theme{dont make hem sat it in the pregame}. in franchise mode they should have the trophies u earned as a head couch.

  keep the realisms up.

• warrior310 said March 02, 2009

  they should update the rosters even if the season ends.basically just keep us updated annually with the same madden game. call it madden365.

• sameereboo said March 02, 2009

  when winning a super bowl,put the trophy ceremonyin like in superbowl .43

• KRYP2NITE4 said March 02, 2009

  wow! i made a request about the receivers watching the ball  at the snap too. but i didnt think u guys would do it! lol...FANTASTIC!!! but what about about planting or dragging your feet with the LB or L1 button to stay inbounds?? i think that would be phenaminal!! PLEASE keep up the good work guys and thanx for EA football!!

• buffalopride85 said March 02, 2009

  good features to add.. I'm getting sick of rrandy moss just out running all my corners. The best reciver in the game HAS TO BE LARRY FITZGERALD!

• sameereboo said March 02, 2009

  when players get injured in real life, do somthin like nfl 365.

• CAMREN630 said March 02, 2009

  exactly kryp2nite i said the same thing with planting the feet but i was thinking the l trigger.

• Superathlete said March 02, 2009

  One thing I would like to see and it has been mentioned numerous times before is to have online franchises like the online dynasty of NCAA 09. It's fun to play online in ranked games and all but it would be alot more fun to play in an online franchise against your friends. It would have a much more real feel to it if you were to be able to bid for free agents against your friends. Also make it so we can watch our friends online games. There is so much potential with this alone that it would not be a good idea to not have it in there. Maybe the person can get money for their franchise based on how many people watched their game. Kinda like ticket sales or something. Or maybe as a scouting tool to scout your friends team if you are going to play them the next week or something. This game has so much potential in the online community that it could seem just as real as real life if all of these eature were added.

  It may be to late to add some of these features this year but having an online franchise is still very do-able Madden 10.

  Also I would like to say that all of the features you've introduced thus far have been amazing and I can see that you guys are working hard to make this the best game possible. you are also showing a more proactive approach to listening to the fans which was lacking in years past. Keep up the good work EA.

• sameereboo said March 02, 2009

  warrior310 got the right idea. have a bette4r introduction for the home team

• DiggybonJ said March 02, 2009

  CaN WE HAVE AT THE COMBINE THE ABILITY TO WATCH PLAYERS WORK OUT AND RATE THEM CAN WE MAKE THAT PART OF THE OFF SEASON INTERACTIVE THE COMBINE THAT IS THE BIGGEST THING DOWN THE LINE OF A FRANCHISE WHO'S MY FUTURE LADIANIAN TOMLINSON MY CHRIS JOHNSON MY CALVIN JOHNSON JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE THAT WUD BE TO SICK

• Silky ODowd said March 02, 2009

  How about when you are in cover two and the CB's are at the line (during the play) and they stand there when a QB is 5 yards away running across or at them? They should react to the guy with the ball running at them right? At what about "Rocket Pass" not working next year? or at least the DB's react to it. The No huddle all game long should cost you toward the end of the game right? That's when STA and age should come in.The same play over and over... Earn play action. (play action meter)

• DiggybonJ said March 02, 2009

  OVERHAUL THA FRANCHISE PLEASE AND HAVE THA SIDELINE CUT SCENES TEAM MATES ON THA BENCH ALL THAT SOME LIFE ON THE FIELD

• Afro8tn said March 02, 2009

  This is sick, I love the new cut animations, the fact they actually do the stutter step before the cut is nice. I am curious how the controls for the cuts will work, would love to see an example of a cut being made by Ocho Cinco. I get that they should not be able to catch while being chucked but ultimately they WR focus is on the play, so depending on awareness should they not be able to make an attempt on catching the ball if they are in the middle of a battle, even if it is really hard to catch. I would really like to see the pump fakes work, that would be nice for the double moves. I would still like to see more WR control, along with the camera not working to well in superstar mode, the player jumps around when making certain cuts, upfield cuts do not exists. Would like to see an aggressive (ie Anquan Boldin) receiver move to get open on the man/press defense. I know this is basically making a request but I can't wait to see the WR and catch animations. Like what exactly the strafe button will do on offense this year when the ball is in the air or at dead stop. Can't wait for the next one.

• ANARCHYisKING said March 02, 2009

  we like what you are adding to madden 10.  here are a few features that are in 09 that should be in 2010(and beyond):

  1) Pass Commit/Run Commit - most people like this feature and you should keep it in future madden games

  2) Defensive playmaker - most of us would be lost if you ever took this out of the game

  3) improved zone pass coverage - for the 1st time in a long time the zone pass defense works effectively in 09.  please tighten up the zones even more and make the defenders jump routes while sitting in an area

• ih8thecolts said March 02, 2009

  As far as the jerseys go,have the throwback uniforms correct with the stripes down the side of the pants and have home and away for the throwbacks as far as my patriots go they wore red pants back in 85 I've been wishing for those red pants since the p2 madden i think that was 2000.Have all the tricks plays run in the game today.Have rotation on the ball this year.Give us the ability to challenge what ever we want.And for GODsake take out those dang glitches on-line and off-line.And do something about the stiff arm,that pathetic stiff arm in 09 was bad,especially when the tackler is coming to ball hand and the rb brings the opposite hand across his body and throws the tackler thats crazy give us or give the ball carrier the ability to switch hands and if it remains the one button give him the ability to know when to switch and when not to switch.How about plays to block fgs and punts with out them being glitches. Have specific plays where they have overloads and give the kickint team the option to line shift to what ever side we want.Fix those retarded looking players on the side line especially in next gen the players look as bad as the players not being there.

• IndyColts2 said March 02, 2009

  As I said in the forums, I will say again. This Madden, 6 months away from release, already has the best gameplay in the history of Football video games (considering you didn't take out being able to break out of being tackled, which is truly breaking a tackle). If that is still in their, than gameplay wise this is the best Madden ever made...better yet, this is the best football game ever made. I speak the truth, no fan-boy action over hear, I criticize both games equally. Best ever made in the gameplay category.

  Another thing. People all over the forums and on this say that the play clock needs to be fixed, blah blah, and it is EA's fault this is happening. You guys took out the refs from being on and interacting on the field. Without the refs physically going for a ball after the play, tossing it to the other ref, placing it where the sideline ref says he should spot it, and starting back the play clock, *breath*, people are now thinking that the play clock needs to start RIGHT after a play is blown dead. They are completely forgetting the simple fact of organized football; the ref needs to set the ball, and blow the whistle (while swinging his arm in a circle) to start the play clock. The 5-10 seconds everyone is complaining about is the fact that EA didn't scratch the refs from the game completely...they simply made them invisible. The refs are still their putting the ball where it needs to be, that is the delay. If they were completely scratched, the play clock would start right away...FIX IT.

• storm7100 said March 02, 2009

  I agree with Silky ODowd.  There should be a play-action meter so that a team can earn a good "play-action fake".  Many times I have called a double corner back blitz and the QB calls a play-action pass and scrambles out of the blitz and quickly throws to the tight-end.  So a play-action meter would stop allow the play-action pass to have little or no affect on blitzes; especially when the offense hasn't established a ground game.

• cobomb24 said March 02, 2009

  WOW this sounds amazing. this will make madden one of the most realistic ones yet. i love it. i would still like to see the franchise mode recreated and changed a little more and would love to see an online franchise mode just like the one seen on ncaa 09 with there online dynasty. So far these updates are great and love what you guys are doing.

• KingShadow03 said March 02, 2009

  AND JUST LIKE 901LEGEND GAMEPLAY...GAMEPLAY...GAMEPLAY...GAMEPLAY...GAMEPLAY...GAMEPLAY...GAMEPLAY...GAMEPLAY...GAMEPLAY...GAMEPLAY... WE GAMERS CANT STRESS IT ENOUGH

  and any ps3 gamers wanna play add me kingshadow03, STEELERS ALL DAY

• M_901Legend said March 02, 2009

  The best update so far, this been needed for over 5 years. Keep it up with updates and features like this for the gameplay you can never go wrong. KEY WORD GAMEPLAY THE GAME ALL ABOUT GAMEPLAY NOT THE FANCY STUFF THAT IS NOT NEEDED THAT WASTE DATA AND MEMORY, GAMEPLAY GAMEPLAY GAMEPLAY!!!!!!!!

• IndyColts2 said March 02, 2009

  For the kid above me whose name is ih8thecolts....ih8you. GO COLTS!!

• KingShadow03 said March 02, 2009

  MADDEN 10 IS GOING TO BE OFF THE HOOK, UM PLEASE FIX UP THE ONLINE SERVER, BESIDES ALL OF THE NEW FEATURES PEOPLE WILL STILL WANT A GOOD CONNECTION TO PLAY ONLINE AND NO MORE LOST CONNECTION , IT HURTS REALLY, I KNOW SOME HARDCORE GAMERS HERE HAVE FELT THE SAME PAIN I FEEL WHEN YOUR IN THE LEAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ...... CONNECTION LOST PLEASE EA FIX IT UP

• storm7100 said March 02, 2009

  Online Punts - Fix the online punting system.  Too many players are simply kicking short, low-trajectory punts and the punt returner often is unable to get to the ball and call for a fair catch.  This causes the punt returner to get flattened by the oncoming players and fumble the ball.

• robstlhustler31 said March 02, 2009

  ian PLEASE give us USER-DEFINED CAM back.and the old classic controller settings and u will sell more copies of madden than ever before. TAKE A POLL AND SEE.

• MrSmarticle said March 02, 2009

  me tink that a slower reiceiver (the guy catching on offence) better not be to slow to do anything on a fast not to good corner

• garbo22 said March 02, 2009

  Wide receiver interaction with the sidelines especially in the endzone definitely is one of the most important things to me. Most of the TD catches are with wr creepin on the sidelines, yet it is nearly impossible to do this in madden. Look at the Moss catch vs the Jets or Holmes game winning catch in the super bowl.

• FRANCHISEMASTER said March 02, 2009

  So far the game looks great, but i have a couple ideas. For madden moments, maybe you guys can add madden moments for the history of the NFL like for each team and for each season madden has been around. Then each time you complete a madden moment for a team from all the seasons available, you unlock all their historic jerseys. Another idea is to help make franchise a bit better by making stats more believable. Example: Edgerrin James wont rush for 2000 yards every season, and Peyton Manning/ Tom Brady wont pass for 5000 yards EVERY season. Also, make it possible to name the draft picks to your liking if you dont have ncaa 09. And make yourself be able to set prices for stuff like hot dogs, drinks, seats, tickets, autographs, team items, etc. And allow yourself to create your own stadium for your franchise team.

• quan527 said March 02, 2009

  can you make franchise mode better. Like make it so that you and how ever many people are playing  create a head coach then have to choose from a list of teams who are willing to hire you as a coach so you can work your way up from coaching the lions to coaching the patriots. And make is so the you can get fired/made offers from other teams to coach their/ or just switch teams because you want to. Like how you do with NCAA 09. I really like the dynasty mode in that game.

  If you add this I will pre-order Madden 10 AND recommend it to EVERYONE I KNOW THAT PLAYS MADDEN.

• kodison said March 02, 2009

  Will the new feature regarding press coverage actually make the press coverage DBs effective this year?  Take Al Harris for example, he's arguably the best press coverage CB in the NFL.  I can't count how many times I've seen him LITERALLY ERASE wideouts on plays before they can even get off the line of scrimmage.  In Madden however, all press coverage does (even with the dominant press corners like Harris) is delay the WR's route a 1/2 second, before totally opening the CB up to get beat deep.  It's almost pointless to use in Madden 09.  In Madden NFL 10, will the top press corners like Harris be more effective when applying the press?  If not, what's the point?

• RedskinFan8999 said March 02, 2009

  I have one suggestion for Madden 2010. I think in the superstar mode in Madden 09 you have no idea whats going on in the league. I think you guys should add an around the league or something tab and have whos a free agent and who obtained who in the draft and stuff like that.

• pdtodd12 said March 02, 2009

  Hey...this stuff is awesome. I just have something that youve probably already worked on. The ball going through people. That really needs to change. There have been so many times that a shouldve blocked a pass but i didnt because it went through someones arm. all so on cut routes when the WR cuts back. DB's need to be better at staying close to the receiver. they always turn around like 10 seconds too late. thanks

• bigmke1982 said March 02, 2009

  hey guys. you all are really doing a geat job with madden nfl 10. its great that you get our thoughts and ideas on this forum. some people just ask for too much. having  all the hand towels and  warmers is nice and all, but the gameplay is where it counts. you can always add that stuff later.anyway, my only suggestions are that you capture some new animations. better tackling animations and gang tackling especially. more wr animations. you know, make it look a bit more realistic. the sidelines definately need improvement. dont have all the teamates look exactly the same and wearing the same number. you should show cuts to the sideline after big plays and touchdowns. more coach reactions. as if u were watchig the game on sunday. one thing i NEED. please implement the illegal touch penalty. too often does a player go out of bounds and comes back in bouunds to make the catch. thats all i have for now. think on it. it would very much improve the game.

• pdtodd12 said March 02, 2009

  I like what BMP21 said...If a game starts at 4:15 and ends at 7...based on what month or week in the season it should be dark by the time the game is finished.

• joemendy123 said March 02, 2009

  i really excited for this game to come out, but i have a couple suggestions. 1 is to make players have signature moves. like when brett favre is rolling out and he sees a man right in front of him, he will toss it under hand if hes on the run or guys like walter payton with his scissor juke. i nvr see any1 els doin those types of things except 1 guy. also add the ability for running backs to make small cuts through holes. when im running and i see a good sized hole that i could break out from, i nvr do because the juke is 2 big and rounding out a run isnt as effective as making a quick cut.

• joemendy123 said March 02, 2009

  also for modes like superstar, you should be able to play as any NFL player wherever he may be in his career. like being Adrian peterson was fun last year when he was a 96 but im just dying that it wasnt this year when he is a 98 and the gameplay is better.

• PIMitch23 said March 02, 2009

  Also, can you guys also implement better sideline/endzone sideline catches AND throws!!! We as players should be able to do exactly what Ben Rothlisberger and Santonio Holmes did twice last year! (once against Baltimore and of course, in the Super Bowl against Arizona)

• PIMitch23 said March 02, 2009

  I think that the jostling should definitely have some effects on the deep ball situations in a game. Can we please see some jostling on a ball thrown towards the end zone even when the wr's and the db's are already there? Say I throw a ball to Moss and him and the defender are already at the target. Allow them to both fight for the jump ball; I'm tired of my receiver just standing around and doesn't give the defender a little push to make some room for a catch? Also I think the receivers with high jump ratings should also have a better shot (especially with the jostling feature in Madden 10) at winning a jump ball in double coverage. Just a few hours ago I'm playing with Moss and even though I have a 99 rating (and 99 jump) anytime I was double teamed he'd never come down with a catch. Sure not everytime should a player get a break but especially if I have Larry Fitz he should get a few spectacular, REALISTIC catches even when double teamed. However I think that can go both ways; if my receiver is getting double teamed by say, for example Asante Samuel and Brian Dawkins (even though he's no longer with the team) the Db's should have a good shot at coming down with a pick or swat. I'd just like a better job done with that (and please, PLEASE, when I'm controlling my receiver for a deep pass, and I press the jump button, can I get an animation where my receiver actually JUMPS for the ball? Not just throwing out the hands, but actually going up for it, not just when I stop, turn around, and rocket catch a pass, because that's not realistic at all) Also, I'd love to see realistic lighting based on the time. Have 4:15 games start in the day, end in the evening, and make it look real! Have 1:00's go to 4:15 and look like I'm playing from the day time to the afternoon (and not just after a quarter like how it was in the older games, but throughout the quarters and game). If possible, use the times zones as a factor in that as well. If I'm playing in San Diego, and it's a 8:00 game, allow it to start with the sun still out, but progress to night. While if I was playing a game in Carolina (same time 8:00) it probably should be dark from the beginning. In franchise you can even use daylight savings time to make the early season games have different time and lighting effects as games later in the months. Can you guys at EA work on the blue hue that would happen during snow and rainy games? Though it made things look awesome, (especially in the snow games) sometimes it felt a little too blue, especially in rain games, because I'd see the EA Backtrack feature show a replay, and the lighting looked more realistic than the actual gameplay. Finally, can we get a realistic Superbowl celebration? Confetti! Podium! Trophy! Fireworks! Media! Please work on making the Superbowl (and even the playoffs) feel less like another game, and more like the biggest game of the year, of the players lives, and of our joysticks too! Make us want to put it all on the field for that game! (Realistic field would help that too; teams endzone patterns instead of the Superbowl logo, etc.)

• bmxer5 said March 02, 2009

  i play as the texans alot and my left tacke isnt rated that good but that doesnt mean he should just let the end go by most of the times i get sacked ill watch the replay and my guy will go in a circle around the end letting him run straight to me for an instant sack

• a1234561 said March 02, 2009

  does this mean that when i do a out n up that a db could and sometimes will bite hard on a break n bust me wide open cuz wat do they say when a guy is wide open. they say it must have been a double move!!

  also with the defensive matchups will i be able u just bump 1 WR and play off another WR on the same play like i was once able 2 do in the ps2 maddens or will i have 2 bump all or play off everyone in a play???

• CJDIFFERENTONE said March 02, 2009

  MMO, MMO, MMO. You want to really make this game complete then let's go MMO. iT'S ABOUT TIME THIS GAME WAS TRULY NEXT-GEN. GIVE ME THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND MMO.

• leeDIDDY95 said March 02, 2009

  ok I hope Ian and the entire EA staff reads this.  For a fan of madden since the original playstation days I have to say oone thing..it is about time you make madden football the way hardcore fans have been wanting.  Please make it a REAL football sim.  I mean you ask us to give you a wishlist...well please read it and add it.  Start with the simple stuff in football, first you have real looking players..then you have refs on the field, then you have coaches...coaching staff..players on the side line actually moving..and when a sub comes in I should see that other player on the side line.  The sideline should be active..I mean look at NBA2K..come one.  And where are the towels, the gloves..all the helmets..a few years back you showed a video of dirt and grass being kicked up from the cleats..what happened to that.  Make the cleats actually dig into the field instead of just sliding over it.  Make the jerseys come in and out as there tackled, make the field get messed up from the all the running and tackling.  I remember watching a Steeler game last season and the rain messed the field up so much it looked like a mud pool.  I thought wow that would be cool if Madden included that.  When its cold then it should be cold, where are the hand warmers for Qb's where are the face mask for the players to where under there helmet in the frigid wheather.  It should be more realistic and live like nba2k is i mean the crowd should be in it.  When some makes a pick and returns it for like 90 yards as he's running down the field you should see he coach and team running with him.  I mean you say if its in the game then its in the game..but i dont see it. I mean the improvements you listed so far are cool, but where is the basic stuff.  I mean it tool 3 years to put a net in a next gen madden..come on mane!! just put the simple stuff in and we will be cool..refs, chain gang, all football accesssories, coaches..real time of day change.  Ok Im done venting about things I believe should be automatic.  Now lets talk about the AI..the defensive players drop way to many picks..this needs to be corrected..also take away allowing qbs to drop back 30 yards and throw the ball down the field for a catch..this does not happen on Sundays.  Also improve on the overall defnsv rushing from the line..you can be rushing the Qb and your DE will run away from him..not real.I do hope these post are really read and ideas are actually implemented.  Holla back !! VIKES FAN since I came out the womb baby!! I bleeds that PURPLE!!!

• GTRUTH said March 02, 2009

  If a guys man coverage is real high like Champ Bailey's is 99 he should know the receivers route and even finish it if the receivers quits on it.  It happens in real life so I'd like to see that.

• Bumble3ee said March 02, 2009

  they need to improve why LB's can't intercept the ball when its thrown right at their face but they can make super leaping interceptions when you try to throw it way over their heads... thats real friggin annoying.

• Mondo716 said March 03, 2009

  nice, im hoping that routes like the hitch and go now actually can be used in the game with a pump fake, as long as you have to time.  just wondering, on a man under two deep zone, if you spotlight a receiver will the corner then jump the rout on a slant all the time.  besides the man defense not ever working, the double coverage and spotlight in man/zone seemed to work horribly.  also, will you be adding greater defensive player/offensive linemen interaction?

• CUSSI13 said March 03, 2009

  and the commentators should say more stuff about different players like the cincinatti bengals for some reason they say something about the good but not so charasmatic t.j houshmanzadeh but on the other side u have chad johnson on of the most exciting cocky self confident weird touch down celebrating players in the game and all u get is a TOUCH DOWN CHAD JOHNSON ? its not even fair to not have a commentator say nothing about him or any other good players

• CUSSI13 said March 03, 2009

  hey guys just a couple ideas for madden 10 i think this year use should bring back the franchise from the older maddens with the news papers and emails from players its only little things but it makes the game more interesting to hear from a radio host that ur franchise created player has rushed for over so many yards this week and what would be sweet is if u had a halftime or pre game show like on 2k5 with chris burman giving u the low down on the game and just presentation like that.

  and i thing that really needs to be fixed is the spiraling of the ball and when the ball doesnt even come out of the qauterbacks hand it comes out his forearm most of the time and i like on madden 08 when key players for the team came out with the smoke and it come up there special ability and whent in slow motion why was this taken out ?

  another cool thing for franchise would be if when the draft comes up in the first 2 or so seasons u can actually draft players who are playing in college right now so on 09 if i was in franchise in my first year i could draft mat stafford because he was the next rookie coming threw from college it sounds a bit much 2 work but would make the game sweet

• warrior310 said March 03, 2009

  THOSE WHO BLOGGED I KNOW ITS VERY LONG BUT COULD YOU GUYS READ WAT I HAVE AND TELL ME IF YOU AGREE.

• warrior310 said March 03, 2009

  I LOVE MY IDEAS AND ALSO U GUYS IDEAS I WISH THEY SET UP THIS FORUM BEFORE SO THEY CAN ADD MOST OF THE IDEAS.

• WalkaBoy said March 03, 2009

  Please put the man lock feature back in the game, but keeping it to where u can still assign a db to a receiver and he will follow him whether it is zone or man coverage as they do in real life.  I think it will add unlimited flexibility to what you can do wiyh your defense!

• warrior310 said March 03, 2009

  ESPN FOOTBALL IS A VERY OLD GAME MAYBE MADE 6 YEARS AGO AND THEY HAD MOST OF THE IMPROVMENTS MADDEN MADE IN THERE RECENT GAMES. THATS A DOUSY IM CONFUSED WITH THAT. THEY HAD GANG TACKLING AND EVERYTHING.CURRRENTLY I THINK THAT MADDEN NEEDS TO STEP IT UP BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR MAKE OR BREAK YEAR.

• warrior310 said March 03, 2009

  I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY SEE THE CB JAMMING THE WR WHEN I PLAY COVER 2 DEFENSE.

  ADD SOME COLLEGE PLAYS HAVE A FEATURE WHERE YOU CAN COMBINE OTHER PLAYS INCLUDING YOUR CREATED PLAYS IN ONE GIANT PLAYBOOK.

  IN FRANCHISE MODE COULD YOU BE ABLE TO CREATE A PROBOWL JERSEY INSTEAD OF USING THE SAME ONE EVERY YEAR.

  MAKE PLAYERS PICKIER A FAR AS CONTRACTS BUT NOT TO REDICULOUS.EXAMPLE REALLY I MADE THIS TEAM AND THE TEAM STYLE WAS CUPCAKE I RELEASED ALL THE BAD PLAYERS AND SIGNED NEW ONES.IN THE OFFSEASON I GOT PLAXICO BURRESS,LARRY FITZ,AND MORE GREAT PLAYERS BUT IT WAS UNREAL HOW THEY SIGNED TO THIS WACKY ORGANIZATION.

  HAVE TIME GOING FORWARD DURING THE GAME INSTEAD OF STILL IF A GAME STARTS AT 7:15

  THERES A LITTLE SUN LEFT BUT AS THE GAME PROGRESSESS CHANGE IT. IF ITS PARTLY COULDY MAKE IT RAINY HAVE "WEATHER TRANSITION".

  WHEN SOMEONE IS INJURED TELL US EXACTLY HAT HAPPENED INSTEAD OF SHOWING IT TO US.HAVE INJURY UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE GAME EVEN IF IS THE OTHER TEAM.

  WAT EVER HAPPENED TO FAN APPRECIATION DAY IN FRANCHISE.

  HAVE MORE TRAINING CAMP DROP OUTS WHICH MEANS THE PLAYERS DONT ATTEND AND IF THEY DO THAT HAVE AN OPTION TO SUSPEND THEM OR NOT.

  ADD SOME OCHO CINCO DANCES AND OTHER POPULAR ONES CHAD HAS THE MOST SWAG IN THE LEAGUE DONT DO THAT ONE WITH THE SPLIT CAUSE IT LOOKS FAKE.

  ADD AN ATTRIBUTE CALLED SWAGGER WHICH EFFECTS THE PLAY ON THE FIELD LIKE IF U HAVE TO MUCH, PLAYERS WOULD WANNA GET UNESSESSARY HITS ON YOU. WOULD SEE A PLAYER WITH OUT SWAGGER DOING DANCES IN THE FIELD NO SO EVERYONE SHOULDNT DO THE SAME CELEBRATIONS.SWAGGER ATTRIBUTE SHOULD LET U BE ABLE TO GIVE PLAYERS FIVES FROM BOTH TEAMS. LIKE A WR AND A CB, THEY SHOULD GIVE EACH OTHER A FIVE ONCE IN THE GAME BEFORE THE PLAY STARTS.

• ANARCHYisKING said March 03, 2009

  Play Action meter - this is a very good idea.  but don't have the meter visible to us.  just program it into the game.  here is an example of how it should work:

  the meter should have 4 bars: empty, 1 bar, 2 bar, full(3 bars)

  1) if we can't run for more than 5 yds the meter should be empty

  2) if we have run one time for 5 yds their should be 1 bar

  3) if we have run two times in a row for 5 yds or more there should be 2 bars

  4) if we have run three times in a row for 5yds or more the meter should be full

• warrior310 said March 03, 2009

  I LOVE MADDEN BEST AROUND BUT,EVERY ONE LOOK ON OPERATIONSPORTS.COM TYPE IN ESPN NFL FOOTBALL AND U WILL SEE THEIR DETAILS. THAT GAME WAS MADE IN 03 AND THEY HAD  PUT THOSE FEATURES IN MADDEN 08.

• macis07 said March 03, 2009

  Jump balls and fade routes in goaline situations should be added to WR as well.  Throwing it up to Randy Moss, Larry Fitz, and Roy E. Williams should win each time.

• cbwinebaugh said March 03, 2009

  well this is the third time ive posted and I still dont know if anyone see's what I post...i cant even see my old post from six hours ago but here we go again.I am a big time franchise player and cant wait until the new madden comes out because i know there will be some improvements. among the improvements i hope to see the following.

  1. have the commentary match what is taking place, nothing like being being behind center preparing to take the first snap of the season and as soon as you pass the ball the commentary remarks how you have just caught your 60th pass of the season of just passed the 2,500 yard mark passing in the season.

  2. why cant we have the option of playing career mode in the same perspective as franchise mode. i hate having the camera so close that you cant see anything and would rather always have the camera behind who has the ball.

  3.in the game the teams very seldom loose their franchise players to other teams unless the are to old and or traded for a higher draft choice..why cant the players get an attitude and refuse to sign a long term deal or decide to try free agency at the end of their contract if things arnt meeting their expectations.

  4. Breaking NFL records, that in it self tells you what we should be hearing from the commentary. Make ist a big deal when a NFL record is broke and a new one set. currently (on the xbox 360 dont know how much the platforms differ)it is just another play.

  5. what ever happened to the geme tracker where as you played your game the other games scores would roll around or pop up from time to time, I know that that is small and prob. forgotten about but I have missed that for years.

  6. Have it where when we create a player or you and some friends create some players you can use the camera (xbox360 in my case) to put your photo and face on that player.

  7. in the older madden games and i'm not sure when they got away from this but during the pro bowl why arnt the players wearing their team healmets.

  8 why arnt the AFC, NFC and supper bowls different from the other 16 - 20 games... currently it is just another game, once again in the older madden's i seem to remember the winning coach hoist up a trophy of the players pick him up.

  9.this is it i promiss. I will not complain about the GFX. I can live with them for now BUT please work on all the bugs and i dont mean the one Elmer Fud hunts. why does the TE always have to spin to catch the ball leaving him wide open to a bone crushing hit. and why do DB's reach through my WR body and intercept the ball, if that is going to happen maybe they should rip their heart out with the ball and the next screen follow up with FATALITY.

  now dont take me wrong. I love Madden and NCAA football, i will be playing these titles for years to come I hope. but it seems that since Madden no longer has any competition they have slacked off and have taken away from their award wining title and  put it toward other titles. (BLITZ the league and all pro football are not competition be for anyone yells about these games)

• KRYP2NITE4 said March 03, 2009

  i want to be able to watch my friends online game!! PLEASE ADD THAT!

• KRYP2NITE4 said March 03, 2009

  cbwinebaugh is right! what happend to the game tracker were the scores of other games would pop up at the bottom of the screen while im playing a game? i know thats small but i miss it lol...

• FER0CITY said March 03, 2009

  Thank you guys for finally returning madden back to a sim style and not the rocket catching arcade football game it had started to become. I know this is a weird thing to ask for but can you guys add the ability to change the weather in ranked and unranked matches? I hate playing a million snow and rain games.

• warrior310 said March 03, 2009

  WITH THE GANG TACKLING COULD IT BE MORE THAN 2 PEOPLE.I'VE NOTICED IN THE NFL THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT THREE PLAYERS TACKLING 1 PLAYER, 2 SHOULD TRY TO BRING HIM DOWN AND THE LAST PLAYER SHOULD TRY TO RIP THE BALLCARRIERS HELMET OFF.THIS IS JUST TO MAKE IT REALER CAUSE I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

• mrrandomkid12 said March 03, 2009

  long overdue improvement. Next please improve OL/DL Interaction. And use procedural awareness on ball carriers and quarterbacks tracking defenders when they have the ball, interactive sidelines, halftime adjustments & create a playbook that can be inserted into online play

• breece said March 03, 2009

  I think that another thing that should be added in WR/DB interaction is on the defensive side of the ball...For instance, if let's say the CPU throws a ball, and i want to take control of the DB to try and make the interception, there should be an increased sense of control over the DB because more often than not, when you take control of the DB, he just becomes dumb, he's hard to control, and if you happen to be on the way of the ball and press the interception button, he will often lift his arm up without doing anything else even if the ball is way above him or even on his number...the DB gotta to have a sense of where the ball is so he can make the right animation to catch de ball...The ball should also never again have a sort of automatic guidance system that implies that even if the ball is on the way of the DB, the ball will chance direction at the last second to land in the and of the WR (and this works the other way around)...that's an issue that should be addressed to work along with PA and so on....

  P.S : the ball as to spin in air again...what happened last year????? 8-(

• _MesSiAh08_ said March 03, 2009

  Thanks guys  hopefully becoming straight up sim when its in all madden and all pro..i like this was very tired of the arcade play..hopefully this means u have to have skill online and not just be a 95 plus team and run the same 2 plays all day

• cam21224 said March 03, 2009

  YOU HAVE LISENCE TO USE ESPN USE IT!!!! Possibley use half time shows pre game shows analysis of plays at half time ( i know you kinda have it with EA sports backtrack etc but u can use ESPN's name and make it better) Or a weekly highlight show of simmed games in franchise.(YEA this needs to be touched up as I have been saying on operationsports.) We need real presentation to go with sounds like a dynamic on-field game, but for us franchise lovers we will like to see top plays of the week, show us players of the week and what they did to earn that right. Also half-time show is MAJOR, have guys such as Chris Berman and other anaylist such as Foxs football crew, NFL network crew etc.... Also at the end of every year in franchise show us top plays, awards and who is likely to win there matchups in the playoffs. For example, just imagine needing one game you need to win to get in the playoffs and you badly need another team to lose to make it in, (this is why we need a in game tracker of all the other games, showing us the score stats, and how much time is remaining, also can show us highlights from these other games at half-time if we get a half-time, post-game and week wrap-up crew then this game will be the BEST it has ever been in a LONG time. IAN please presentation man I will be giving my input on all Madden news on this site and OS, you guys have seemed to fix gameplay in such a dynamic way we need a good presentation for this game and future Maddens.

• volusiaboy83 said March 03, 2009

  Ay Ian can we get something where ppl can say 100 words or less 100 max geez cats be hogging 2 pages worth....but good work crew I'm really looking forward to getting madden nfl 10....I was getting down on you guys but ya'll steppin ya'll game up keep it up

• CAMREN630 said March 03, 2009

  yes gameplay is number one and im glad to see it being worked on first.but please do something with the presentation sideline looks awful is it really that hard to have the real players on the sidelines?highlights of other games during my franchise i am an online player but i have not played franchise mode because it is so boring i mean i think madden 92 showed highlights of other games.yeah its all bout gameplay but dont totally ignore the presentation.

• cfstar_18 said March 03, 2009

  Please allow us to MERCY the computer when playing ONLINE. When people quit in the early goings it makes for a long boring game...espically because you have the QB take 5 long seconds to snap the ball every SINGLE PLAY. Thanks

• Devils_mane said March 03, 2009

  Ok, here is a few VERY IMPORTANT UPDATES TO ADD.

  1.When a player falls to the ground and there is no one to touch him for the down, he should be able to get back up to run.

  2.Include the Silver jerseys for the Oakland Raiders as an alternative jersey.

  3.When the ball is thrown By a QB howcome it is always thrown spiral, even when the QB is thrwoing it as he gets sacked. Make it to where the ball is thrown wobbly once in awhile.

  4.Jamarcus Russels throwing power should be a 100 OVR rating. I mean come on who can thrown 60yds sitting down!

  5.Asomugha's Man coverage rating should be a 100 OVR rating. He is compared to willie brown and on madden 2009 in the hall of fame his man coverage rating is 100. He is the best man coverage CB in the league.

  6.Include facts and tips about how to do/catch a spectacular catch(s)

  7.Make Play Recognition more recognizing.

  8.When you play in the Pro Bowl, make everybody's helmets correspond to what team they are on.

  9.In Franchise mode when you finish a really good season like 14-2, and you go and trade draft picks with a 2-14 team, why is the 14-2 team's pick worth more?

  10.When you are building a Stadium you should be able to use a classic team logo or a current teams logo.

  11.When you are in franchise mode and you want to move to another city, you should be able to keep the teams logo.

  12. You should add a purpose of why there is the feature of a team captian besides just looks.

• cfstar_18 said March 03, 2009

  Allow us to create custom playbooks ONLINE please

• loesr said March 03, 2009

  Ian - Love the design elements so far!  Keep it up.

  As I have 2 football coaches and an insane Football theory family, we have played Madden as a football simulation for over a decade.  One of the things in concept we all would like to see is strategy that actually impacts the game more.  

  For example, changing coach strategy seemingly has little effect on the season's record, and is more reliant (as everything is) on player ratings.  

  Being a Cowboys fan, let me tell you - talent is like cattle.

  Back in the day, you could design playbooks that used similar playsets and looks, which could be worked to create a well designed gameplan.  I can't tell you how fun it was to panic your opponent with runs, PA passes, reverses, and flea-flickers that looked exactly the same from the snap.  You had to be really creative, but it could be done.  It was even more fun with the play editor to keep everyone guessing - at tournaments we had a locked door policy and a 15 minute time limit.

  This Christmas, we tested the same play, over and over, with a 10-8-10-10 skill vs. a 10-10-10-10 skill team (Giants vs. Giants).  Same slot pass, regardless of defense - audible, coverage, pressure, whatever - resulted in a 12 to 15 yard completion over the middle when timed right.  It was simply a matchup that couldn't be beat.  Player ratings trump any creativity and\or strategy.  We raised the skill level up to even 10s across the board, and arrived at a 75% interception 25% completion on the same pass!  It's totally unbalanced to have that type of domination in passing to begin with, but to punish the player for upping his skill level with INTs is equally as unbalanced.  Seriously, I think there were only 1 or 2 drops\defensed passes - 3 out of 4 were picks or 12 to 15 yard gains.

  I think the player assignment is a step in the right direction, but it's the tip of the iceberg.  How do you think the Cardinals went to the Super Bowl?  Scheme and strategy needs to have more impact than player ratings or at least more than the current level.  As it is, a decent matchup and timing is all you need to dominate - eyes closed.

  How about these ideas:

  ---Basic play "modifier" (I agree a play "creator\editor" is unfeasible, is a balance exploit, and impossible to playtest for QA - those that bought Head Coach 09 thinking they could make great playbooks should back me up here).  For example, take a standard I-Form dive, and allow playbook modification to:

  1)TE offset in the formation

  2)TE motion wk

  3)from that play, change the Dive assignment to a sweep or OT to the Wk side

  4)from that play, change to a PA pass, and allow predefined route selection

  5)from that play, select QB function from 3step, 5step, 7step, PA, reverse, or flea-flicker

  6)from that play, obviously select the TE as reverse or flea-flicker runner.

  ---Realistic playtype reaction or momentum in Oline\Dline:

  1)In reality, if you run the ball consistently, you can control game speed, control the pass rush, control the stamina of the D.

  2)In reality, if you've thrown 7 of the last 7 plays, a Dline will absolutely devour your blocking scheme.  Ever wonder how a 3 man Dline can sack a max protected QB?  It's because they know he's passing, there are only 2 or 3 routes, and the Dline has no concern over maintaining their run assignments.

  3)Olines tend to destroy a pass blitz when running against the grain.  Run blitz logic should be completely different than pass blitzing - gap responsibility, breaking down, containment, etc...

  4)Consistent pass blocking should increase a Dline's vulnerability to a screen or draw.

  ---Game Strategy\Global Settings - as mentioned in the playtype reaction for the Oline\Dline, how about scheme sliders for your position coaches\players:

  1)Dline (penetration vs. containment).  

  2)Aggressive DBs vs. conservative DB play - Pressing and breaking on the ball vs. cushioned, consistent play.

  3)LB (read\react vs. disciplined) - react to the run more effectively, but get beat on the PA.  Discipline would rarely get burned, but also rarely gamble and bite on a pass or break containment for a shot at the QB while blitzing.

  4)Receiver play (aggressive vs. disciplined) - Affects TEs, WRs, RBs in route running mode.  Running a deep route after a play breaks down, or run back to help the QB?  RBs could break out of blocking role if no blitz and run a route vs staying in the play design.

  5)Oline Blocking (Run vs. Pass) See aforementioned playtype reaction.

  ---Play selection

  1)There are more base defensive sets than the 3-4, 46, and 4-3, even in the NFL.  Teams mask what they are doing, but NFL teams have very complex schemes that basically behave like 6-2, of 5-2, 4-4, flex, gap, etc...  Great job in picking up pass specific defensive sets!

  2)The shuttle pass!!!

  3)The hot idea in the NFL right now is the Full House, using Hback, fullback, 3rd down backs, WRs, 2 RBs, TEs, Kick returners, etc... as the 3rd back in the backfield.  It should be in more playbooks.

  4)There was also an influx of Shotgun sets with effective running calls in the NFL in 08.  This is a natural reaction to pass-happy defenses, so reaction by the Dline to draws would need to realistically depict a "surprise".

  ---Classic teams!!!

  I know there are legal, licensing, NFLPA issues here, but it had to make the list.  The old games sparked classic debates over best teams that still go on today.  I still can't get my dad and uncle to stop the whole 70s-best-team 77-78 Dallas vs. 74-75 Pittsburgh debate.

• BillTheMac said March 03, 2009

  @ Devils_Mane

  I do agree that Russell has a huge cannon. And yes, he can throw 60+ yards on his back foot. Sitting down... I dont know.

  I also agree that Nanmdi should be better in certin areas.

  The Raiders mostly just have speed. But, they do have some pretty good players. I think their overall should be bumped up a few points.

• BillTheMac said March 03, 2009

  I like the new feature or bringing the feature back of putting a certin defensive player to guard a certin offensive player.

  But, can we bring double team back? I dont know if I missed something in 09. Cause, as far as I know.. You can only double team a reciever with select man on man plays.

  And spotlighting a reciever rarely works.

• D-U-K-E-B-L-U-E said March 03, 2009

  the videos arent loading here.

• fizzad said March 03, 2009

  The animation corrections are fantastic and finally taking advantage of the route running attribute should start to bring back the possession receiver.  I would like to see an adjustment to how we use receiver and defensive back catching attributes.  Just like a QB has an accuracy range a receiver and defensive back will have a catch radius, some bigger than others.   The closer you get to the edge of that radius the less likely the player is to make that catch.  I picture the, let’s call it, bubble off center of the direction the receiver is running, the larger portion of the bubble leading the receiver.  Of course not moving facing the QB would have a centered circle.  The catch/no catch determination number would be made based on the center intersect point of the crossing line/ball is in the radius.  I believe the current attributes  used to determine a catch are:

  Height

  Jumping

  Agility

  Hands

  Catch in Traffic

  Spectacular Catch

  All of these would affect the number produced by the bubble based on the determined intersect point.  With the addition of the bubble it would make since to break the Hands attribute out into right and left hand abilities.  This would allow your right handed receiver to be more likely to make that diving one handed grab in the end zone when lining up on the right side of the formation then when lined up on the left.

  I look forward to checking out your next post.  If you are interested in hearing more of my ideas or would like to see a more detailed diagram of the bubble I have mentioned please feel free to email me.   I have a lot of ideas in terms of game play, franchise add-ons and better community building that I would be happy to collaborate with you on.

  I am also graduating in May with my Bachelors in Software Engineering so if you are looking for someone willing to help out why he tries to break into the field of sports simulation programming I will be around for that abuse too.

• squirdle said March 03, 2009

  Put the officiating team and chain gang back in. Don't forget:

  'IF IT'S IN THE GAME, IT'S IN THE GAME!'

• BlacHaze84 said March 03, 2009

  Jamarcus Russell threw close to 60 yards on his KNEES...not sitting down. And BillTheMac, It depends if your on the PS3 or not, but if you wanna double team a WR, then select the defender you want to add on as extra coverage, press X, then press whatever Icon the receiver you want double-covered is, then press Left on the D-Pad. That's how it is on the PS3.

• warrior310 said March 03, 2009

  I WANT TO SEE MORE LEFT HANDED QB'S IN THE DRAFT FOR FRANCHISE MODE MABYE ABOUT 5-7 OF THEM. IF A QB IS GOOD AT RUNNING AND YOU WANT TO MAKE HIM A RECEIVER YOU SHOULD LET THAT PLAYER GET MORE POINTS FOR PASSING A TRAINING SESSION IF HIS HANDS ARENT THAT GOOD.

• warrior310 said March 03, 2009

  YOU SHOULD BE ABLE 2 TALK PLAYERS OUT OR IN TO RETIREMENT FOR FRANCHISE MODE.

• Greece Monk E said March 03, 2009

  I think what you guys are doing for the db's and wr's....i would still like to see a rating for high pressure sitiuations. If its going for the game wining drive does a wr kill the def or do the dbs rise to the occasion? on third and long do the db's step up to get the stop. Can any wr convert in a third down situation? Does a wr drop a ball in that situation if he is not use to it? I am not saying it will have to happen every time. But you know this stuff does happen IRL. Does know you have to convert on 4th down affect the wr's rte running or catching ability?

• jondeloz said March 03, 2009

  Hey guys,

  I've recently posted a few times about my new idea for NBA game style on the fly sliders in Madden. Sliders that would let you tune the aggressiveness of you D and tune countless other things on the fly. Here's a link to the thread I started again, please check it out, it has a TON of good ideas that grow by the day....

  www.themaddenlab.com/.../28582-madden-2010-suggestions-log.html

  With that said, we all just want a game that requires skillfull, strategic thought to be good at. I post daily on themaddenlab.com(the #1 independant Madden site out there), and the number of cocky assholes on their who brag about dominating with the FB dive and rocket catching sickens me. YOU MUST FULLY ELIMINATE THE ROCKET CATCH IN MADDEN 10!! Please, alot of people have won tournaments and won on online betting sites with tactics that would make you guys throw up if you saw it first hand.

  I don't say this out of bitterness either. I look for tough competition online and off, I'm a level 23 with a record of about 200-120. I feel like I deal with these cheap tactics ok, but thats only because of having access to premium information on themaddenlab.com. You basically have to committ your entire defense to stopping simple things like the FB dive, and curl routes, and that should just not be. Please make Madden 10 be a game that requires real life style NFL playcalling in order to be a dominant player. Don't let these cocky simpletons be the ones who domiante the game anymore..please!!!

• Dulby said March 03, 2009

  SUPERSTAR

  Id be nice to delete everything dealing with Superstar...and rebuild it from the ground-up. Im tired of practicing-playing,practicing-playing.might as well just sim to the games the only fun part is before your drafted. make the practices realistic. drills, and reps, and workouts.. it would also be nice to be able to be on the sideline during games when your waiting. keep the sim window. i like that. but have it be  smaller and have sideline interactions, like getting gatorade/water. talking to your specified coach.(QB coach, LB coach..etc..)warming up. then have an animation of you running out on the field. even if you can press "x""a" and skip it. that would make it realistic and so much more fun. Also during S.Star. have teammate interactions. like when you make a big play get a high-five or a slap on the ass(haha). In the huddle animations would be nice. with a whats the play window. and yank me out of the game if i throw 4 picks in a row. or miss 6 tackles in a drive. these are all things that would make me play superstar and change the percentage of SSTAR votes from 10% to 30% or higher.

• TRE_POUND said March 03, 2009

  I would love madden if the fade route would actually work, atleast sometimes. The wide Reciever does not even try to jump. Ive tried plenty of times with Larry Fitzgerald and he never jumps for the ball. you cant even throw the ball over the head of a linebacker. the linebackers on madden(NCAA 09 too)jumps too high, they should make the WR jump that high. when you go up for the ball the wide reciever always get's hit and fumbles.

  fix this please please pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaasssssse

• JROD325 said March 03, 2009

  I think the kick off and kick return game needs to be re-done. Because when returning the ball holes are constantly being opened by blockers and closed by defenders based on their pursuit of the ball carrier. There should be more realistic pursuit by the defense and more realistic blocking by the receiving team. When the defenders are in pursuit they should run at angles toward the front of the ball carrier (to cut them off) rather than have the unrealistic speed boost they get when in pursuit from behind the ball carrier. And when returning the ball as a ball carrier there should be more holes in the defense where the ball carrier can see and run towards the holes in the defense but also to counter the holes should close based on blockers skill and defensive pursuit but others should also open as defenders change there pursuit lanes. Giving risk/reward cut back lanes. Returning a kick should be more skillful rather than based on luck.

• warrior310 said March 03, 2009

  WHY CANT WE RECOVER FUMBLES AND ACTUALLY RUN WITH THE BALL AFTER GETTING IT.

  IN THE PLAYOFFS PUT PLAYOFFS SIGNS ON THE FIELD FOR FRANCHISE MODE.

• Mman1709d said March 03, 2009

  great job so far!!! the quaterback and wr/db improvements will help a lot with next years game

  on next years madden i would like to see a more in depth franchise mode let you choose a coach for each position, let you be able to control a actual practic, try to make the draft better, plus have better pre-game and post-game animations especially if it was a rivalry game or the super bowl, have for training games for when your training a team for that weeks game, let us create stadiums or jerseys whenever we want instead of having us move our team with more design options to the stadiums and jerseys and please bring owner mode back.

  for the players let us have more accesories for them like helments(try to have all the new helments that are coming out now) and have more brand names with there type of equipment.

  try to bring back create a play, plus a wild cat type of formation or have some trick plays for certain teams that usally run them in a game. plus try to stop having linebacks who can jump 30 ft in the air, also for lineman have them try to block a guy instead of having them run freely trough the line. try to have that 365 live thing in nba 09 because there are to many players on madden 09 who are underanked or overranked badly.  As they get old have there stats start to drop by a little or when they're in there prime have there stats increase by a little

  try to have the games be on a network like nbc,fox,cbs,espn or nfl channel and have one or two of the guys from each network. if you can have a half-time and post-game highlights with the network guys.

  this always happens to me when i see a d-lineman going for a quaterback i try to switch to him and all of a sudden im a db and the wr now becomes wide open and makes the catch. if you can try to make that not happen.

• warrior310 said March 03, 2009

  FROM MY STAND POINT I DONT THINK THEY WOULD PUT CREATE A PLAY IN BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU TO SPEND MONEY ON NFL HEAD COACH.

• BUDSTICKER said March 03, 2009

  Gotta say I love all the updates so far.  The one thing I would love to see is franchise mode updated.  The biggest thing that needs to be fixed is the progression, or lack there of.  I want my stats to matter for when a guy goes up. Right now it seems so random.  Also the whole weapons thing is cool, but I would like to see them actually make a difference.  As there set up right now, they basically act as an identifier.  If a guy is a big hitter he's got a hammer, ect.  But really they don't change anything.  I could have a guy who is 69 overall, but he's got 95 hit power, so what.  His weapon isn't going to change anything, it's just telling me he's a big hitter but the rest of his game sucks.  Remember a few years back the weapons negatively affected or possitively affected the players around them, maybe bring that back.  Hopefully that all makes sense.  Thanks

• HazzarDis2fly4u said March 03, 2009

  this is cool but just one question will there be more jump ball animations? especially for guys who have a high jumping rating and will we see more smarter catch animations? because the spin catch animation in 09 is used alot.

• iForceFumbles said March 03, 2009

  Most people have mentioned things that should be in Madden 2010, I hope you take some of my suggestions.

  Superstar Mode: I am currently in the middle of a superstar mode and I find that it is missing some key things.

  1) The Agent: Everything that your agent has to offer makes you a cocky superstar. In my current superstar mode, I have had to "Demand" trades instead of asking to be traded.

  2) Contract: I resigned my contract with a team, and I don't know how much longer I will be there. There should also be a feature in which you can renegotiate your contract.

  3) Locker Room: This one is pretty outlandish but, your superstar should be able to make friends and enemies in the locker room.

  4) Interviews & Email: The interviews are pretty boring and should have a little more to them. E-mail needs to be fixed. Every time I simulate to the next day I have the same three e-mails. They need some depth to them as well.

  5) Camera: I was losing 14-7 with a minute left to play. 4th down. I was running a streaks route(as a WR) and I beat my man by a mile, then the camera turns around and I can't see where I am going. I miss the pass and they intercept it. PLEASE FIX THAT, it has happened many many times.

  6) Post-Retirement: I was told that if you were a prosperous player in the NFL, you would become a head coach of a team and it would lead into a franchise mode. However, that is not the case. But I would love if that were the case. Even if you weren't a head coach but you were an offensive coordinator or special teams coach.

  Franchise:

  1) E-Mail: A few years ago, MVP Baseball 2005 players could send you e-mails complaining, so could the front office. This should be incorporated into Franchise Mode.

  2) Contract: Make it more challenging to sign players.

  Others:

  1) Use ESPN!

  2) Wild Cat!

  3) European Teams!

  4) Custom Jerseys

  5) Different Commentators: Smackdown vs. Raw does it, I bet you could do it too.

  6) Huge Fix with the Defensive Play Calling: Play Calling is so limited when it comes to defense. If I want to zone some guys or stack up on a certain side, I can't do that.

• daebut said March 03, 2009

  Everybody loves a big back like Michael Turner dragging 4 defenders for 8 more yards in previous games if a defender comes in for a gang tackle its over for the back when in actuality thats never the case.  In week 17 Steven Jackson was hit by like 5 guys and just dragged them for 18 yards.  

  Also in that game he broke like a 20 yard run because of some blown assignments there has never been that in next gen madden; awareness has never EVER been a factor in the game when thats the most important rating and you need to have a rating called Heart or Determination, the willingness to succeed or the ability to be coached.  Make it like a size vs. stregth in Madden 08 I made a 180 pound 5' trucking back.  He trucked everybody on the field.  Now really is that real.

  This year brought back the Wildcat and a lot of different trick plays.  Incorporate that into this game.  I think you should reinvent the create play and package system you had in PS2. Have complete control over it.  

  DYNASTY   DYNASTY   DYNASTY   Make a progression system not that train player bull junk did you not know that is lame.  I mean come on players get better by coaching and it shows up in the game.  I suggest you just get a copy of headcoach and put in the key features Dont put in all the features then nobody would buy it. COME THE FREAK ON!!!!!!  Offseason lame  Preseason fake  there is no drama in the whole game i mean in 2007 PS2 a player retired to movies.  I caught 20 balls with TO he retired to basketball. Thats what I want.   THX EA

• DannerParty said March 03, 2009

  Please make the franchise mode next gen finally. Bring back the fun training camp mode, stagger the rating increase to every 5 weeks like current gen, if a player is unhappy or feels he should be starting have him go to the media, distracting the team, resulting in a global team awareness (-20) or something have him ask for a trade or see what it would take to make that player happy. whatever happened to holdouts? what about bringing back tendering offers to restricted free agents and having teams bid on those players, as well franchise players.Be able to hire a coaching staff, like running backs coachs, linebackers coach, not just offense and defensive coordinators. Have Mel Kiper give a run down of his draft list, actually have a scouting dept give you differing opinions of players based on the type of scouts you have. Have some NEW scouting definitions for players instead of the same ones from 6 years ago, being like kelly holcomb is no longer a good thing etc. if a scout believes he is scouting a franchise player, say that! Have some of the songs that you would actually hear at a game in the game, instead of what is currently trendy playing...i don't want to hear MCR when I score a touchdown..maybe that gary glitter song or whatever else, just an example. If you hire a coach or coordinator, have him make suggestions to your team, if he wants to install a tampa 2 defense,for example, have him wanting to pursue certain free agents that were on his coached team to help the other players learn that style. this happens all the time in the nfl. have a REAL half time show, maybe just some hightlights with a little announcement a la 2k5 was great! Have a keys to the game, stating what each team needs to do in order to win, stop the rb, or stop the DE whatever. Have more stat tracking updates during the course of the game, you should get updates during every drive IMO, instead of getting them towards the end of the game. I think it would be neat to have players get into trouble, have the commish suspend them a couple of weeks, it would have to be VERY RARE though. during rivalry games it would be neat to have teams "get into it" during warmups every so often.

  This is an idea I've had for a few years now..

  when you fumble the ball it seems like its not a very big deal in the game, in real life there is normally a huge dog pile, players are trying to scratch and claw for that loose football, refs are trying to peel people off the pile, the players that aren't involved in the scrum are trying to pull off the opposing players etc, you could even make this into some kind of in game mini-game i don't know,..but it needs to be more than it has been recently.

  also, please knock off the suction blocking, the truck stick also seemed to be pretty non existent this year..bring that back to the players that are applicable. having access to the local newspapers website to view the articles would be a neat return, or have your franchise computer get twitter updates so you get a sense of your team and its position towards the other 31 nfl teams. have some type of extinguishable award or placard or something stating you have either built, or close to building a legacy with your team. it would be neat to show the fans emptying out of the stadium, different reactions whether their team won or not..

  look, im just one person, one fan. I have played this game for more years than a 30 year old professional would care to openly admit to in front of other colleagues. But look, even your own poll when asking its fans what do they play the most, 58% of everyone has stated they play franchise the most, so please help us out and give us what we have been fiending for since we bought our 360's and ps3's respectively. Thank you for your time and all thoughts and input are appreciated.

• Ridikulas said March 03, 2009

  I think you really just need to expand your library of actions. Dudes who play the game a lot don't want to see the same pattern of the types of catches or runs in every game. There should be 20 types of catches and 20 types of jukes or tackles.

  If you watch real football, you see new catches and runs in every game. Every game creates unique situations for unique plays to happen. Creating more unique situations in Madden will benefit the gamers.

  Also give people personalities for the in between plays stuff. Some linemen are way out of shape so they might bend over. Maybe if one lineman blew an assignment, have the qb or another lineman slap him on the helmet. Or if a player just had a huge run or catch, have the other players give him a 5 on his way to the huddle. Just don't repeat the same crap over and over. Make it unique. Make it relevant to the time in the game and to the situation. If it's the end of the game, make people rush; not walk up to the line casually. Do a different cutscene when you have a super close game so the gamers can feel the intensity of the moment.

  All you have to do is watch a real game and observe how real players interact. I hate seeing the same fake cutscenes regurgitated over and over. Give me a huge library of cutscenes so I don't get bored so quick. And make them realistic!

• IndyColts2 said March 03, 2009

  I just realized this when I was re-reading the post about the New Ratings.

  Gotham7 said February 09, 2009

  I think it would be great to see statistics more specific for each position. Or better yet having more different categories when rating. For example accuracy doesn't take into account whether the QB is still accurate on the run. Some QB's like Big Ben are more accurate on the run then say Eli Manning and that should be reflected.

  EA_DonnyMoore said February 09, 2009

  CAMREN630 - Dwayne Bowe is currently an 86.  

  Gotham7 - I think you will be more than pleased with 10 my friend.

  SteelerSpartan - Trust me, everyone is on the same page as you.  Everyone on the Madden production team has their eyes on this.

  Donny Moore...I just realized that you sort of gave away the QB improvements with this reply. Wow...That is crazy. He pretty much hit the jackpot with that comment, saying exactly what you guys already implemented and you pretty much told him (us) that it is in the game 2 weeks before you announced it. That is sick. And then you replied to Steeler Spartan about suction blocking.

  I already assumed that this weeks update would be either OL/DL interaction or WR/DB interaction and it was WR/DB. So I'm guessing that soon it will be OL/DL and it will include info that suction blocking and tackling are a thing of the pass. I really hope you reply and I really hope that I am right...please let me be right!!

• hess209 said March 03, 2009

  I have some questions are you going to have an option for button layout. I know a few people like myself who have limited ability to use both hands on a regular basis. I know playing Madden on PS3 the sprint button is R2 and at times we have a hard time with it to the point we don't enjoy playing it. Like myself I am a huge fan of Madden Football. It got to the point were one of these people broke down cause of their a limitations and that person been playing since Madden 2000. They would like to see this option to change button layout. I know if the option  of having it set up like it is on PS2 a large amount of people like myself and others with limitations would continue to enjoy playing Madden    

• beware94deware said March 03, 2009

  i think what you could do is if there are blockers getting rough with eachother, have teamates try to break it up and make them talk back. a weather and lighting differential would be good too. it could snow for a little then have the sun come up and the clouds clear, then have it start snowing again, and like others said if a game is at 4:15, its no going to stay in the sunset forever. make it go into the night and have different conditions

• ronnymund said March 03, 2009

  Hey Ian and company I realize you guys are hard at work making adjustments to Madden 10 and I commend you on that.  I just wanted to chime in and say that I purchased MLB 2k9 today and I think that you guys should really consider adding some "personal style" aspects that are seen in the MLB 2K9 player models to your Madden 10 agendas.  By adding personal style I think Ian and company could really put madden 10 over the top.

• JollyRogerXXI said March 03, 2009

  How about adjusting the recievers so instead of the CB being the only one jumping for the ball and the WR is still running with their hands open like a basket. to try and have the reviver and DB go up for it? larry fitzgerald style?? Field Pain and a mode where you can sim the game but watch it from a broadcast angle. so its like watching TV? thatd be sweet

• mr_pettibone said March 03, 2009

  Take a look at NFL2K5...Their pre-game presentation, their post game presentation. The ESPN highlights from the days games. Fix the announcers so they don't say the same repetitive things over, and over. In NFL2K5, the announcers rarely say the same thing over & over. If you guys at EA can combine NFL2k5's presentation, along with EA's gameplay, this game would be unstoppable. Add like 4 different sets of officiating crews, who tend to call games different. Allow us to change playbooks at halftime (its called halftime adjustments!!)..Let me fire my coach whenever i want!! Maybe allow us to hire a coach from NCAA. Can you make the fans more intelligent? where are the terrible towels? Where are the crazed fans in the black hole? Wheres the dawg pound? Every stadium should not be packed. A Lions vs the Chiefs game should not have a packed stadium like say the Giants vs the Cowboys game. Fans should wear coats in the winter, hats, glove, team jersey's. Lets get the games on ESPN, NFL Total Access, CBS, FOX, along with their crews.Thursday night games. Saturday night games. Lets see some helmets pop off on a good hit every now and then. And flashing bulbs in the stands does not make for big game atmosphere. Can the play offs feel special. can we get an AFC championship presentation,NFC presentation..can the player of the game say something at the end of a game. In Madden 2009 Collinsworth says "thats was his 40th catch"...and i am playing my first game of the season...They have it all in MLB the Show, and in MLB2k9..the stadiums are tight....come on....give us what we want....

• ANARCHYisKING said March 03, 2009

  EA,

  i am reading a lot of requests for improved CB play.  i think that Nnandi asomugha of oakland should have a 99 man coverage rating and shut down any WR one on one no matter what route a WR is running against him...and yes, the bumping at the line needs to be improved.  for two years we have watched a "shutdown" corner not shut down any WR and a "press" corner not press anything

• BuxDelux said March 03, 2009

  Superstar mode:

  1. let us see our player being drafted

  2. show the nfl combine in Indy's stadium with all the prospects waiting their turn to do a drill

  3.Please!!!! let us do more off the field stuff, like: more interviews, press conferences after games, workouts, talk to other players, watch game film, buy equipment.

  4. Let us personalize our players actions. like, let us choose a custom intro when he comes out the tunnel, and a celebration after he makes a big play.

  5. Let us demand more money at signing time and go test the market.

  6. finally, PLEASE!!!!!!!!! make superstar worth playing, let us unlock stuff and get achievments like in campus legend mode on ncaa 2009, i feel like i am playing the game for no reason, like there is nothing to look foward to.

• CAMREN630 said March 03, 2009

  anarchy you are right asomugha should have a high man coverage but should not shut down every wr he plays cause that would not be real.no player in the world goes without an off day.he will lose some battles with fitz,moss,boldin,smith and so on cause he is human.so ea please do not make it to where we can never throw on these top corners cause that would not make this game real.i mean even mj has had off days and he was the best at what he did.

• CAMREN630 said March 03, 2009

  i hope you guys are doing something with the running game cause it does not feel like i have total control of my back he feels so robotic,and i hate when the o line just let their man go once i approach them this needs to be fixed.

• oldsauce40 said March 03, 2009

  THAT'S GOOD THEY MAKING IMPROVEMENTS BUT I DON'T THINK THIS YEARS MADDEN 10 WILL BE A DISAPPOINTMENT I MIGHT BE WRONG THEY ALWAYS DROP THE BALL EVERY YEAR WHAT BUGS ME THEY HAVE THAT STUPID KIDDIE SHOW ON ESPN MADDEN NATION THOSE PLAYERS THEY HAVE UP THERE I THINK THOSE ARE THE ONES THEY SUCK UP TO !I HOPE THEY LISTEN TO REAL PLAYERS OF THE GAME FOR RIGHT NOW I WILL RESERVE MY OPINION LATER THIS YEAR UNTIL I SEE THEY HAVE READ OUR COMMENTS AND LETTERS TO THEM. IAN YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE A BIG JOB TO GET EVERYONE OFF THAT FENCE READY TO JUMP SHIP! WE KNOW YOU CAN REGAIN OUR TRUST IN EA AGAIN!!

• joemendy123 said March 03, 2009

  for superstar, there should be a way to negotiate your contract. if ur drafted in the 1st round, u should be making matt ryan kind of money. and also there should be a way to spend ur money. i know this isnt it, but in 07 for ps2 u would get better houses as u went along thru ur career. i thnk somthing like tht would liven things up a bit. this is a little farfetched but maybe for a later madden there could be and online superstar like in fifa. i know it would be tough but just have everyone pick a player and not Oline cuz tht would be boring, but i think if u could figure out a way for it 2 work it could be the best (party game anyway) game that has ever been made

• alxkim85 said March 03, 2009

  Chris Collinsworth is sooo annoying....can you please get rid of him and try to get madden to do some more lines!!!!

  i love what you're doing to the realism of the game....another point to the WRs...when a ball is thrown to a WR whose rating is over 90 they will jump to the ball and magically catch it even if its out of their reach ....

  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE... make the d-line better!!! they are some of the highest paid athletes in the league and the way they move in the game does no justice to their level of play....some QBs are faster than them...like JAKE CUTLER!!!! THAT'S ABSURD!!!! MAKE THE D-LINE AGILE, STRONG AND FAST cause that's the way they are in real life....and the way the o-line and d-line interacts with each other needs to be fixed too..

  I know that this is the 214th comment but i hope you read it....been playing madden since 03 and i love it...played every year...currently ranked top 1000 with a pretty good record...

• dshox said March 03, 2009

  thats whatsup.. but it would also be nice for receivers to react to jumpballs so receivers like Larry Fitzgerald can be separated from other WRs

• TGF_BLACK said March 04, 2009

  I mostly play franchise, but even in that mode i end up playing more than half of the games each year. there are certain things that are great about it, but there are certain things that just dont work for franchise mode on the 360 in my case. One of the coolest things i've heard about for gameplay is a snap count where you choose either on 1, 2, or 3 and you as the QB have to hike it on that snap; if you hike too early then your O-line can possibly be dominated by the D-line... too late and your O-line will jump early causing a false start which would eliminate the randomness of that penalty. most people cover gameplay so i will shed some much needed light on franchise mode.

   -  players, even recievers shouldnt increase in speed at all, and if that cant be fixed then they should only increase in 1, maybe 2 points over there whole career

   -  i havent noticed any degration in players attributes even as they get into their mid 30's. Most positions should lose a step or two as they leave there prime. If someone has a bad year their ratings should also go down. As you would see in a new madden each year, some guys drop, and some guys rise, significantly.

   -  back on the xbox and ps2, we were able to control ticket, food, merchandise, and parking prices...whatever happened to that? if people dont enjoy that stuff give them the option to turn it off. Also, have some sort of owner approval, if it gets too low you lose your job and may have to find a new job.

   -  position coaches would be a nice addition and pretty cool to see more of the better players retire to become those position coaches

   -  The stats from simming are still a little off, this year in real life there was only one player who got over a 100 passer rating, but when you sim there are usually around 5 or 6 guys who get that rating.

   -  i play head coach and some of the coolest things that define that game are the free agent bidding, signing players, trading players and the nfl draft. all of it were levels above the current madden series. seeing those implemented into the game would be amazing.

   -  having the challenge of managing the salary cap is a big plus and really fun. after about 4 years in madden, you can sign anyone and everyone you want to which is kinda lame. NFL head coach has you constantly weary of the salary cap.

   -  creating an expansion team would be really fun too, i remember that All-Pro Baseball had this feature back in 2002 (maybe) and it started with an expansion draft and everything, it was really cool.

   -  maybe more injuries, look at the seahawks this year, their top 3 recievers go down, most of the O-line, and others are injured. Much too often do i find myself with no injuries throughout a whole season.

   -  strategy that effects your next game, sort of like a gameplan that you focus on to give you a higher chance of winning. It could give you special boosts in areas that you choose in your gameplan.

   -  have some way to compete with friends throughout franchise besides how many titles you win. Maybe how much money you earned, total amount of probowlers, longest winning streak, best drafting...etc

   -  whatever happened to all pro players, why cant that list be incorporated into the game?

  im sure there is more, and when i realize them i will post again.

  Thanks EA for reading, it means alot to me, and to us...the Madden Community!

• MMD721 said March 04, 2009

  Um how about having the wide recievers look at the ball at the line of scrimmage.  In real life they never look straight ahead, they look at the ball that's about to be snapped.  If they looked straight ahead all the time there would be a lot more false starts from them because of snap counts etc.  Oh and how about making better QB audible calls, you know hand signals and all that jazz?

• kcq71 said March 04, 2009

  Nice work Ian.I agree with a few comments here on using ESPN in the game.Also the field goal's in Madden are just terrible.Look at how field goals are kicked in 2k5.Camera angles and the ball travels and is kicked differently on each kick.The kicking game really needs to be redone and the nets that come out of the ground they have to go.In Madden I like to watch my kick as it sails toward the goal posts something that I can do in that other game you dont want people comparing Madden too.

• FLOOTSTER said March 04, 2009

  I think RB pass catching ability should go way down.  How many times have you played man coverage or a soft zone just to have a FB or RB (who isn't known for catching at all) catch an underneath pass for a first down or a 8 yard gain.  I'm talking about online play here.  Alot of players run a play from the shotgun 2RB 3WR set and run this play out the butt and the only way to really stop it is to manually cover it.  I just think its annoying when you see Michael Bush catching 8 balls a game, or whoever.  I know guys like Westbrook are good recievers, but a rating in the 90s? Come on, thats not right at all.  Alot of people play with the Raiders online because of Jamarcus Russel's strong arm, I think that the harder you throw the ball, the more often it should be dropped. (especially to RB's and 3rd+ string WR's)

  Another thing I would like to see is Defensive smart routes(zones).  Like on third down your "yellow" zone men will drop back close to the first down line and not let balls go over their head.  I have seen too many 3rd and 12 plays that get busted because of my LB's sitting 6-7 away from line of scrimmage.

  Also I would like to see online players be able to change their jerseys and the playing time and field weather.  Playing in the snow and rain gets really old and there is nothing to it.

• Black Mamba205 said March 04, 2009

  I'm confused, why do people keep asking for European teams when NFL Europa folded two seasons ago?

• BaltimoreRavens1 said March 04, 2009

  you guys are doing a great job madden is the best game but can you guys do an online tournament mode. A surtin amount of people enter a room we pick our teams and we play like a franchise who ever lose's gets kicked out and the winner keeps going to the campionchip. and can you make no huddles so people wont do it over and over it gets annoying ha

• BaltimoreRavens1 said March 04, 2009

  and the people that get kicked out can watch the other people and there friends to see what happens if you guys can make gamecast in the game show the actual game

• YtBalla said March 04, 2009

  I think there should be a hot route or play in the redzone where you can throw a fade to a WR. The jostling and PA would be shown very well in that circumstance.

  For the route jumping, there should be a manual presnap way in which you can have the CB jump a certain route. I don't know how many times I play people who run the same play over and over and just have their WR run the same out or post routes.

  A final thing would be help defense while playing zone. If a DB gets burned, the safety in coverage should help that DB more than another who is covered well. Awareness would determine whether the safety sees the open receiver.

• tchonz70 said March 04, 2009

  Originally Posted by tchonz70  

  “The Ultimate Dream Madden” (If Maddenfans where in charge)

  “Though these ideas are far-fetched and in some areas may be unrealistic or impossible-It still doesn’t mean you still can’t Dream”.

  Create “Super-MaddenSite“- This website would be the hottest feature, it would allow players to go online and submit, edit, or downloads such as Team Mascots, Playbooks, Stadiums, Coaches/GM’s etc……and would be the focal point for 3-D Virtual NFL World.

  Personalize “Names“- By using Phoneticals, instead of recording a million names this feature would allow you to write your name in . From there you would have a feature to sound out the syllables of your name(s) and from there you can adjust it and the speed to specifications of how Commentators would properly pronounce your name.

  Personalize “Create-a-Player“-This advanced feature is where a player would be able to submit a digital picture online to the “Madden-Supersite” and from there they would be able to use the most advanced options available to creating the most realistic player of themselves or someone they know. This feature would also make the person created look real in 3-D for both On the Field and Off the field.

  Introduce “Madden H.Q. 3-D” By going to this format this phenomenal feature would enable Madden to go 3-D 100% of the time.. Gamers everywhere would be able to experience tin 3-D the NFL’s Front Office’s, GM’s/President’s, Head Coach and Assistant Coaches Offices, Training Facilities, ,Locker Rooms, Practice Fields, etc….. (we will add more as time goes on)..

  Re-Invent “Franchise/Owners Mode” This revamped feature will bring in the NFL Commissioner himself, it will open up avenues for the GM’s/Presidents,. Each team would be allotted with more coaches (position specific ex. DB, OL, DL). Head Coaches and Assistants will have a wider range of performance influence (ex. STR, AWR, TAK, etc..). Owners, GM’s, Coaches, Players, Cheerleaders would be able to be created with an option of having a panel to select from that can be downloaded to your system with the Madden Supersite.

  Combine “Superstar“, ”Franchise”, and “NFL Head Coach” (Game itself) onto 1 Disc, or 2 discs with 1 set . This feature will tie these three big features together this would allow every aspect of the game to be related together. At any point a gamer can select on any Player, Coach, GM, even the Cheerleader by doing this the gamer would be able to switch which angle they want with any character. The game will be inline with each mode so whether you play as a Superstar, Coach or GM, you always be at the exact same spot, location ,times in Franchise, Superstar or Coach’s mode, so the game will be well balance and properly in place without taking any features away

  Introduce “Character Emotions”, This NFL-like new feature would enable players to act out whether they are well mannered and disciplined such as Matt Hasselbeck, Patrick Kerney or troublesome players such as “Terrell Owens, Adam “Pacman” Jones, Chad “Ocho Cinco” Johnson. (ex. Fights, Defense getting the home crowd riled up, T.O. Show) This feature determines how player behave both On and Off the field-Created players will have to go through a series of test (15 Questions or so) to determine how their personality will effect them On and Off the field. All Players, Coaches, GM’s and anybody in the Front Office all will have a Character Emotion Factor including the NFL Commissioner,.

  Introduce “The #1 Fan”, This new feature will help open up Madden to the NFL’s 3-D Virtual World, now gamers everywhere would be able to check out Food Courts, Five Star Restaurant, Arcades, Fan Wall, Mini-Malls, Team Museums, even the Restrooms and everything in between. The #1 Fan would be able to watch the game in the Stands. He/She would have the option of being created and The #1 Fan can visit other Games or Teams (Via Online, Madden game itself or Downloading). Fans can also get autographs and watch their teams in Training Camp.

  Introduce “REALISTIC Commentary”, This feature would bring back lost &!*%&!*%&!*%els of the pastime. It will also have most advanced and realistic presentations. Whether it is a Pre-Game, Half-Time Update or Post Game show(s) Madden is there, Radios and Newspapers would also be brought back to create realism. GM’s/President’s, Coaches, Free Agent’s, Players and Rookies can be interviewed in a 3-D fashion . The presentations, interviews, etc… would be non-repetitive and be second to none in the NFL

  Re-Invent “Team Mascot“ Feature- Out with the old in with the new. User(s) would be able to go to the Madden Supersite a scroll through a large variety of Team Mascots created by developers and users alike. User(s) would be able to go on line and design their very own Team Mascot and if it is appropriate they can share their own designed Team Mascot with other people online. Teams created or selected would to be downloaded to your system.. NFL Europe and Pastime Mascots (Houston Oilers) and CFL Mascots would also be available.

  Re-Design “Injuries”, Injuries would be realistic If the QB get sacked multiple times he is susceptible to a bigger injury. That being said when a player gets injured we would se replays on when, how, where that player got injured. Depending on the (severity of the injury) we would see the fans are all standing up whispering, we sometimes see other team Trainers’ assisting injured player (pending on severity), we see players from both teams praying we see stretchers carting players off the field and sometimes we see an ambulance run onto the field. Last but not least we see the crowd cheering giving the injured a standing ovation once the player leaves the field.

  Re-Invent “Playbook” features- By doing this Gamers will be able to steal plays from other playbooks, and be able to create plays (This would include trick plays) . In the playbook mode you can select what players you want to line up in that particular play. Playbooks or particular plays can also be download from the Madden SuperSite. Another cool feature is that user(s) Can “Tag” (Steal) plays at anytime that are being used against them in the game. They would then be able to run the same play “tagged”.

  Superbowl- By popular demand The Superbowl would be REAL. Special Pre-Game Presentations, NFL-like Superbowl Half-Time Shows, ( new or additional S.B. Half-time Shows can be downloaded from the Madden SuperSite) Interviews would be incorporated. The Finale of the Superbowl will be much longer.

  (Gatorade on Coach, Confetti, Trophy Presentation , Awarding the S/B Trophy etc…), The S.B. will be held at more stadiums instead of the standard select few. Each and every S.B. will not be repetitive nor the same.

  Introduce “All-Play” (online) on Madden Supersite- This feature is exclusively for Online Play. Because The Madden SuperSite would be bring Madden Gaming to a whole new level this site would support online play allowing any user(s) playing Madden could play another person (or group) regardless of the system-making all systems compatible (Ex PS3 vs. X-box, X-box 360 vs. PS2, Nintendo Wii vs. PS3, etc….)

• cbwinebaugh said March 04, 2009

  how about multi player career mode

• vinny228 said March 04, 2009

  love all the updates! will make formuch more realistic play. what about the referees? chain gang? its very strange when theres a penalty and ed hochuli comes from nowhere to make the call. the refs and chain gang def. wud make game more real. and also what about making the qbs throw and drop back like their real life counterparts. as in tony romo throwing with a quick release and moving the way he does in real life or tom brady and the way he stands tall in the pocket. the qbs throw and act way too similar in previous games. thanks a lot guys. CANT WAIT FOR MADDEN 10!

• swillz13 said March 04, 2009

  i would also liked to see fixed is when u challenge that the reciever didn't have both feet in bounds and when they replay it he clearly doesn't have his feet in bounds yet they still give him they catch. pz fix this. also when im creating a qb i want to be able to pick the voice he has. like when u make him it should have a list of the diffrent voices and u can play them and then pick which one u want. also what would be awesome but i don't know if it would work. is the ability to put ur own voice in the game using the mike that comes with the xbox. i think that would be sweet but then again i don't know if it would work

• MagiIIicutty said March 04, 2009

  the new improvements sound good im really excited about wat u r doin but unfortunatly u still got a lot of work to do. like the linebackers droppin back like db's and leavin the short middle wide open, and the db's backpeddlin 20 yards down the feild all the while still bein able to cover their recievers. but im sure yall read plenty of these complaints so jus keep doin wat u doin cuz as of right now it seems like you all r doin a good job.

• Furioustyles 1 said March 04, 2009

  I like the new improvements but the one thing that you're missing is that some DB are more physical than others in bump and run coverage and some WR beat bump and run coverage. I hope that could be added keep up the good work.......

• Jimmy Freedom90 said March 04, 2009

  Okay well i will say i fucking love this. Anytime you play man-coverage online, which someone should never do! you always get burned, when i play people and they have man coverage, all the out routes are completely open, and even some seem routes, and usually its not like the WR catches it and the DB can tackle him right away. There is usually 10-15 yards picked up on every out route like this. So for you guys to slow this route running down and make man coverage more realistic is one the things i wanted changed! im more of an online guy so any change you make to the gameplay im excited for! oh! and...if possible make the zones not retarded. be able to make the linebackers able to follow someone if they come in their zone, and have them able to recognized a curl route, something to not make it cheap. Some things i can understand you cant change, but this man coverage and route running puts you guys to a great start! keep up the good work.

• warrior310 said March 04, 2009

  if your playing with a player who has a visor in the rain the players should have a team washcloth to dry it and when they're done they should tuck it back in their pants.

• BRAMPTON_GOON said March 04, 2009

  PLZZZ MAKE THE JUMPING BETTER THAN )( CAUSE I REALLY LOVE FOR THE (WR)!!!!!! TO JUMP HIGHER THAN THE )( JUST TRY AND MAKE IT MORE REALISTIC I REALLY THINK THE )& MADDEN CATCHING WAS WAY BETTER BECAUSE OF HOW THEY ACTUALLY TRIED TO JUMP JUST MAKE THE CATCHING AND JUMPING MORE REALISTIC

• BRAMPTON_GOON said March 04, 2009

  PLZZZ MAKE THE JUMPING BETTER THAN )( CAUSE I REALLY LOVE FOR THE (WR)!!!!!! TO JUMP HIGHER THAN THE )( JUST TRY AND MAKE IT MORE REALISTIC I REALLY THINK THE )& MADDEN CATCHING WAS WAY BETTER BECAUSE OF HOW THEY ACTUALLY TRIED TO JUMP JUST MAKE THE CATCHING AND JUMPING MORE REALISTIC

• coachroba said March 04, 2009

  Warrior, feel free to use spellcheck, turn off the CAPS LOCK, and quit looking for approval.  

• warrior310 said March 04, 2009

  coachroba how about u shut up, u sinceless idiot u should  look up typo in the dictionary and u wasted a minute of ur life just to say that u dumby.

  sinceless fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  PLEASE GET A LIFE DUMBY!!!!!!!!!!

  THIS FORUM IS FOR IDEAS JERK.

  PEACE OUT LOSER.

• warrior310 said March 04, 2009

  HOW U LIKE THOSE APPLES

• warrior310 said March 04, 2009

  AND BY THE WAY WAT THE HELL IS A COACHROBA.

  SOUNDS SO REDICULOUS.

  MANY PEOPLE AGREE WITH MY IDEAS WHICH I SUGGEST THAT THEY ARE NORMAL PEOPLE

  UNLIKE U.

  COACHROBA IS AN ALIEN!

  LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• warrior310 said March 04, 2009

  SORRY EA ONE MORE THING, THIS IS FOR THE AS*HOLE COACHROBA I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOUR IDEAS, THATS IF U HAVE ANY LIKE THE REST OF US.

  SERIOUSLY YOUR A LOSER.

  I WILL BET U IF MY IDEAS ARE IN THE GAME U WILL BE PLAYING IT 24/7 SO CHECK YOURSELF.

• dwill0433 said March 04, 2009

  Heres a list of ideas I came up w/ to improve Madden 2010

  IMPROVED FRANCHISE

  In franchise mode you should be allowed to create your own coaches and assistant coaches. There should be attritbutes that you can earn throughtout the season for your head coach and assistants as in HEAD COACH; there should also be an approval rating for the head coach as well as the assistants and at the end of the season you can bring in the assistants to keep them around or fire them if their approval rating is low. You should be allowed to send scouts to the combine to watch the draftees to be workout and it should have the NFL NETWORK like HEAD COACH. I agree that there should be a Madden 3D interaction which allows you to not only control what plays are put in the playbook during the season, but you also have the advantage of being a GM bringing in assistant coaches, trades, and free agency. During free agency you should have to sit down with the players agent either at dinner or in the office to discuss contracts; for example, in NCAA Football 09 you get to invite recruits on campus, call them, invite them to dinner etc, the format should be reworked to fit MADDEN 2010. There should also be a way to import college coaches to become head coaches or assistants in Madden 2010. More coaches should be added to the field of coaches as in Bill Cowher. Reloctating a team should be more detailed. When importing the college players Adam Shefter and Todd McShay should compare the players to Nfl players and debate on how the draft will shape out. PLEASE BRING TONY BRUNO BACK PPPLLLLEEEAAASSSEEE. Teams should be able to build another stadium if the current stadium is old.  

• heslinga_22 said March 04, 2009

  One thing that drives me nuts in madden is how you can't control the throw.  You should be able to control the arch, what shoulder to throw it on.  I have a PS3, we have the sixaxis (or whatever its called).  I think that madden should change it if you want to throw more arch on the ball, you tilt the controller up, or if you want to throw it on the outside shoulder of the WR (so the defender can't swat it) you tilt it that way.  I get mad when i have a wide open guy and i try to bullet the pass, but it gets picked 15 yards before the WR (what LB's can jump that high?). Or if i have a wide open guy and i float it, and the saftey gets over because it takes forever for the pass to get there.

  Also, there needs to be a smart routes after the play is on for like 8 seconds. my WR's just stop. or when i throw the ball to the sideline for a RB float out pass, the qb throws it way too close to the sideline, it allows no YAC, or on the goaline, i do play actions alot. why does the wr continue to run the route out of bounds even though all he has to do is stop, nobody is around.

  TD Celebrations.  They shouldnt just be push triangle. It should be a bunch of buttons and you control what they do.   have like Tap L2 twice, Trianle, square, X. and have that do cartwheel, flip. anything is better than a attempt to dunk it over the Field Goal post.

• clwalton21 said March 04, 2009

  I have already decided to reserve my copy on march13th 2009!!!Fight Night Round 4 too!!!

• BillTheMac said March 04, 2009

  Warrior.. Your the one looking rediculous having to reply 4 times to something coachroba said.

• warrior310 said March 04, 2009

  SO WAT BILLTHEMAC I WAS UPSET AND YOUR WASTING YOUR TIME WRITING TOO.

• Afro8tn said March 04, 2009

  One thing I forgot for the defensive side of the game. I think it was 2007 PS2 or maybe 2006 when you introduced the defensive hot routes, and DB shadowing. You used to be able to have the DB specifically watch the inside route or the outside route, not just press and playing off. I would like to have my DB's playing the inside when someone is killing the slant routes. It is a risk reward system as well so it isn't just an advantage, the offense could easily switch it up and have him on a streak route and throw it over the DB which is on the inside, its all about reading the offense.

  Also I like the foot planting and I know you are revamping a lot of stuff, I would like a lot more player control with basic movements, when I run alongside a player and pull back without turbo, it should be turn around not just blaze back the other direction.

• warrior310 said March 04, 2009

  Make the hit stick animations better because it looks fake.When do you see someone just lower their shoulder and pop somebody.They should only do that when a receiver is trying to catch a pass and then just hit them from their blindspot.With the hit stick they should wrap the players up but still deliver a punishing hit.

• warrior310 said March 04, 2009

  Oh yeah, put ladanian tomlinson's facemask in the game.

• sameereboo said March 04, 2009

  u guys should get more celebrations like the salsa dance and those wacky ones that chad Johnson does.when a player gets injured and is out for a game,they should trainers come on the field.when you hit stick somebody, make their helmets come of and make it more realistic.

• Taydabeast1834 said March 04, 2009

  For Madden 10 on superstar mode you should have all those options like what the guy below me said for accessories. Also, when offense is on the field you should be able to walk around and watch the game. Another thing you should make it like how it used to be when you can actually travel and go to different places like barbershops and etc. But other than that i like everything your doing so far to madden 10 keep it up.

• ANARCHYisKING said March 04, 2009

  you guys at EA should watch game film of albert haynesworth to see his exact animations on how he stuffs the run.

  please don't make fitzgerald jump over the best CB's in the game.

• ANARCHYisKING said March 04, 2009

  i would like to be able to put a DE at OLB.  you can't do that in madden 09.  there is no reason that an athletic DE like julious peppers can't play OLB in a 3-4 defense.  

  also, it seems too easy to hit stick with anybody.  i can pummel a RB with a LB who's hit power is 75.  i think the hit power should have to be a 92 for the hit stick to even work.

• TRE_POUND said March 04, 2009

  ANARCHYisKING, FITZGERALD WOULD IN A REAL NFL GAME SO Y NOT PUT IT IN.

• ANARCHYisKING said March 04, 2009

  TRE_POUND - i hope EA brings back the ambulance going onto the field and players twitching after an injury.  if fitzgerald jumps high i am going to take his knee caps out with Nnandi Asomuga.  i have a feeling that there is going to be a lot of cheesing if EA makes some sort of spectacular catch like in 08.  madden 08 was the worst madden of all-time because of that stupid spectacular catch...talk about cheese

• TRE_POUND said March 04, 2009

  WHEN THE WIDE RECIEVER IS RUNNING A STREAK AND ITS MAN COVERAGE, WITH SAFETY HELP OVER THE TOP, THE CB SHOULD LET THE WIDE RECIEVER PASS. YOU SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO HIT THE WR BEFOR HE GETS THE BALL LIKE THIS...

  www.youtube.com/watch

• Hopebringer7 said March 04, 2009

  I really love the weekly updates and think that the WR-DB interaction is a great place to start.  Also working on the animations makes it feel a lot more realistic which is a major factor in a sports game.  I can't wait for Madden 10 and hope its a breakthrough and becomes a standard for games of any kind.

  Keep up the good work,

  Thanks

• TossMySalad789 said March 04, 2009

  not to be a ESPN fan boy or anything but you should definatly use their sportscenter idea except with the company you own.

  A weekly wrap-up, PreGame, Post-Game, Halftime updates, special superbowl show, and a show for each of the off season stages.

  Also I liked the fans in ESPN because you cfould actually see their faces.

• DEscobar15 said March 05, 2009

  I think you should make the equipment, sponsers, and celebrations more realistic.  Like Clinton Portis should have a clear visor and not a pitch black visor, add more gloves and give multiple color options for them, add backflaps, mouthpieces, QB jackets, more cleats (Nike Vapors, Super Speed, etc.), visor clips, better face creator on create-a-player, more hairstyles, actual player tattoos, and when safeties make big hits on receivers going for the ball have the receivers vunerable to concussions. thanks

• dc123dc said March 05, 2009

  Please add coach mode to this game.  It can be the exact same way you do it for the ps2.  just add coach mode to the game.  thanks.

• COSTLY WAR HERO said March 05, 2009

  Bring realistic sacks to the game. I want to be able to do the LT chop on some quarterbacks but only have it work with good players like James Harrison.

• gio4ever2 said March 05, 2009

  ok check it  

  whos idea was it to give terrell owens  POSESSION R.?? HIS TRASH SELF CANT CATCH WIDE OPEN MUCH LESS IN TRAFFIC.

  AND WHY DOES EVERY QB IN THE WORLD HAVE A CANNON? AND BRETT FAVRE BARELY DOES I UNDERSTAND HES OLD BUT CMON HE CAN THROW ENDZONE TO ENDZONE WITHOUT THE BALL GOIN 15 FEET OFF THE GROUND!!

  AND WHY DOES TONY ROMO RUN A 4.0 40 YARD DASH, I KNOW HES NOT SLOW BUT HIS MOBILITY COMES FROM HIS O LINE THE COWGILS HAVE THE BEST O LINE.

  THOMAS JONES FROM THE JETS DESERVES A STIFF ARM IF ANY1 DOES!!

  WHY DOES A NO NAME ROOKIE RECEIVER FROM THE STEELERS DESERVE A SPEC CATCH?

  KERRY RHOADS FROM THE JETS HAS NO PLAYER WEAPON? WHY TAKE AWAY HIS SMART? BUT WASHED UP BRIAN DAWKINS HASNT HAD A TACKLE IN 3 SEAONS BUT HES A BIG HITTER!!

  LADANIAN TOMLINSON HAS BEEN GIOIN DOWN HILL SINCE O6 SO STOP OVERRATING HIM!! HES TRASH

  AND THESSE BACKUP RBS WITH PLAYER WEAPONS? LENDALE WHITE IS FAT TRASH HES GARB. AND CHRIS JOHNSON RAN THE FASTEST 40 EVER WITHOUT PADS BUT HES SLOWED DOWN ALOT WITH PADS ON LEON WASHINGTON WOULD TOAST HIM!!LEON WASHINGTON IS  1 OF LIKE 3 BACK RBS THAT DESERVE HIS PLAYER WEAPONS!

  DUSTIN KELLER FROM THE JETS IS ARGUABLY THE BEST RECIEVING TIGHT END IN THE NFL NEXT TO HEATH MILLER DUSTIN DESERVE BETTER CATCHIN IN TRAFFIC AND DEFFINITLY A QUICK RECIEVER (ROUTE RUNNING AND AGILITY)

  THE JAGUARS OFFENSIVE LINE IS GARB SO TAKE AWAY THERE PLAYER WEAPONS

  OK  TY LAW IS LIKE 35  YEARS OLD BUT DONHOW MANY CORNERS HAVE 52 CAREER INTS? YEA TRY TO FIND SOME SO GIVE HIM BETTER MAN AND ZONE COVERAGE AND IM NOT ASKIN FOR BETTER SPEED CUZ HE IS SLOW BUT HE NEEDS TO BE BETTER RATED

  GOTTA GO BUT ILL BE BACK WITH MORE

  g-string ,best madden player ever gt= LooK ma NoScopE ill beat any1 with the jets i dont glitch or use hurry ups i play football like its played and ill trash any1

• gio4ever2 said March 05, 2009

  ok check it  

  whos idea was it to give terrell owens  POSESSION R.?? HIS TRASH SELF CANT CATCH WIDE OPEN MUCH LESS IN TRAFFIC.

  AND WHY DOES EVERY QB IN THE WORLD HAVE A CANNON? AND BRETT FAVRE BARELY DOES I UNDERSTAND HES OLD BUT CMON HE CAN THROW ENDZONE TO ENDZONE WITHOUT THE BALL GOIN 15 FEET OFF THE GROUND!!

  AND WHY DOES TONY ROMO RUN A 4.0 40 YARD DASH, I KNOW HES NOT SLOW BUT HIS MOBILITY COMES FROM HIS O LINE THE COWGILS HAVE THE BEST O LINE.

  THOMAS JONES FROM THE JETS DESERVES A STIFF ARM IF ANY1 DOES!!

  WHY DOES A NO NAME ROOKIE RECEIVER FROM THE STEELERS DESERVE A SPEC CATCH?

  KERRY RHOADS FROM THE JETS HAS NO PLAYER WEAPON? WHY TAKE AWAY HIS SMART? BUT WASHED UP BRIAN DAWKINS HASNT HAD A TACKLE IN 3 SEAONS BUT HES A BIG HITTER!!

  LADANIAN TOMLINSON HAS BEEN GIOIN DOWN HILL SINCE O6 SO STOP OVERRATING HIM!! HES TRASH

  AND THESSE BACKUP RBS WITH PLAYER WEAPONS? LENDALE WHITE IS FAT TRASH HES GARB. AND CHRIS JOHNSON RAN THE FASTEST 40 EVER WITHOUT PADS BUT HES SLOWED DOWN ALOT WITH PADS ON LEON WASHINGTON WOULD TOAST HIM!!LEON WASHINGTON IS  1 OF LIKE 3 BACK RBS THAT DESERVE HIS PLAYER WEAPONS!

  DUSTIN KELLER FROM THE JETS IS ARGUABLY THE BEST RECIEVING TIGHT END IN THE NFL NEXT TO HEATH MILLER DUSTIN DESERVE BETTER CATCHIN IN TRAFFIC AND DEFFINITLY A QUICK RECIEVER (ROUTE RUNNING AND AGILITY)

  THE JAGUARS OFFENSIVE LINE IS GARB SO TAKE AWAY THERE PLAYER WEAPONS

  OK  TY LAW IS LIKE 35  YEARS OLD BUT DONHOW MANY CORNERS HAVE 52 CAREER INTS? YEA TRY TO FIND SOME SO GIVE HIM BETTER MAN AND ZONE COVERAGE AND IM NOT ASKIN FOR BETTER SPEED CUZ HE IS SLOW BUT HE NEEDS TO BE BETTER RATED

  GOTTA GO BUT ILL BE BACK WITH MORE

  g-string ,best madden player ever gt= LooK ma NoScopE ill beat any1 with the jets i dont glitch or use hurry ups i play football like its played and ill trash any1

• wsklees said March 05, 2009

  I hope you are adding individual team fully painted endzones for the Super Bowl- like NCAA 10 has done for their bowl games- should much easier for you guys since there are only 32 teams in the NFL- would recommend the actual SUPER BOWL template (which is easy to figure out) for each team - it would also be nice to change field art throughout a season - and fully paint endzones for playoff games-

• BillTheMac said March 05, 2009

  Tomlinson set several records during the 2006 NFL season by scoring a league-leading 186 points

  2007 Tomlinson passed Walter Payton on the all time rushing touchdown list.

  How is he trash? LT only went down hill cause he didnt play in the 2008 offseason with an injury.

• ANARCHYisKING said March 05, 2009

  BillTheMac - tomlinson turned 30 years old this season.  most positions that's not a big deal but at running back it is.  when a RB hits 30 they are usually washed up because of all the hits they take.

  also, have you guys noticed over the years that it's usually new offensive features that ruin madden?  i mean, take a look at the spectacular catch in 08.  that was the cheesiest thing i have ever seen.  

• warrior310 said March 05, 2009

  that rewind feature was rediculous what ever happended to pure football why would anyone want to play an unfair game.

  for the fake players make faces for them when you view the roster.

  when you start up the game they shouldshow the line up and say who will have the most impact and what not.show how long someone was playing and all that,i was still regarding to the line up thing.

  show the players coming out the tunnel before the game.

  in franchise if someone gets injured there ratings should go down perminatly depending on the seriousness of the injury.

  make the audience have different emotions instead of having the same tone every play.

  down grade those camera flashes maybe have them going every 15 seconds but not so much. all madden players could have went blind playing that game with those constant flashes lol.

  the players in franchise should be less loyal if your having consistant bad seasons they should skip training camp,ask to be released,or traded.

  bring back the training camp please and this time let us be able to choose every player to train instead of just 1 every drill.

  let us be able to change the uniform scheme like if you want to make a throw back jersey your home/away jersey you can play in that with out having to go through the options before starting.

  we should be able to make our own jersey (unlimited amount) and still use your current team's logo.

  give us all of the teams alternative jerseys and throwbacks.

  last but not least make the graphics look 1000% better!!!!!!!!!!!

• warrior310 said March 05, 2009

  with my previous comment i meant some of the players should be less loyal mainly the stars.

• warrior310 said March 05, 2009

  every position should be included in substitutons like if you want to put a quarter back as a wide out and a halfback at corner, do you get my drift.

• ANARCHYisKING said March 05, 2009

  warrior310 - i don't think it's going to work to substitute a CB for a WR anymore because they are making the bad players even worse.  a WR with a man coverage ability of 50 will get burnt every time

• warrior310 said March 05, 2009

  I CANT EXPLAIN THIS WELL BUT THIS IS TO ANARCHYisKING BY THAT I MEANT THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUBSTITUTE ANYBODY FROM ANY POSITION TO ANY POSITION EXAMPLE PUTTING LADANIAN TOMLINSON AS A QB FROM THE SUBSTITUTION SCREEN.

• TreyIM2 said March 05, 2009

  Damn, Ian, u guys are giving me a woodrow (no homo). Every week, things sound great, and I hope that ur actually showing the pass interference animations so that when it is called, we can actually replay it and see it OR what u guys can do is have an slider option for automatic penalty replays that are set to on as a default and we can see the exact offense along with commentary on it from Chris and that other dude or whoever. That would be neat AND, hopefully, this will all mean that the zebras will be back on the field, in full force...get busy one time. Lol. Keep up the great work, guys, I love Madden 09, bugs included, and Madden 10 is gunna make me marry it, so it sounds. Peas.

• BillTheMac said March 05, 2009

  AnarchyisKing..

  I agree with you. It does seem like everytime EA Introduces some new feature (like, using a linemen to block) They, primarily focus on that and neglect making the game play better. It's like the last couple years they just; add some new features, make the graphics a little better and here is your "new Madden".

  So, far though, I have faith and high standards in this years team in making Madden 2010. Cause, they seem to be listening to us and making game play more realistic.

  As for player ratings.. I dont really know how they're doing this. If their bumping everyones overall down.. Then, it seems like they would still be the same. Just with a lower rating?

  I think everyone on here has some good ideas and I would like to see them too. But, EA mainly needs to focus on the gameplay.

• warrior310 said March 06, 2009

  IN FRANCHISE MODE LET THE PLAYER'S MORALE GO DOWN IF THEY HEARD THAT THEY ARE ON THE TRADE BLOCK. THIS NFL OFFSEASON JAY CUTLER WAS UPSET AT HIS COACH BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE TRADE BLOCK.WHEN YOU SET UP THE TRADES SHOW THE PLAYERS INTREST IN THAT TRADE.

• twistedmetal23 said March 06, 2009

  I Have only one request: Bring back the Franchise mode! plz

  although good work so far guys

• nyc-assassinator said March 06, 2009

   wow!!!! great new stuff, i love it, but heres a few things that i would like to see and i believe madden gamers would love to see also, lets start wit simple stuff..............

  1. more coaches, cheerleaders, waterboys n girls, news casters (espn interviews) on the sidelines wit better looking not same looking bench players ect...

  2. challenge a play: make a list of options on what we wanna challenge related to the play, for example, i wanted to challenge a catch and it challenge the spot lmaooo, and make better calls on the out of bounds cathes, most of the time im way out of bounds and they call me in, lol

  3. more penatlys: when player runs out of bounds and cums back in and catches the ball, thought u guys new the rules of the NFL, lol, and more pass interferences, or lineman down feild ect...

  4. way to many injuries in a game, make it less injuries but more severe, so you no if u get hurt most likely or out for game or a half, or make it so when you do the special move hit you get a severe injury something like that, but there is way to many injuries in 1 game that are bogus hits

  5.the no huddle every play crap, i hate it, so unrealistic, most bum players do no huddle every single play and every single possession, getta make it so there players cant even run or block, make them move so so slow or get injuried getta do somthing about no huddle every play, its not realistic, i can see no huddle in one possession but not every time threw the whole game....

  6. now when your players are tired and they show red or yellow for there icon, if you call a time out have the waterboy or girls come out and it will refresh them, because beginning of game on kickoff the first possession i have players in red lmaooo

  7. what happen to the sideline yard stick holders to show the downs and move the chains, bring that back in or have them on the sidelines holding the chains

  8. wouldnt it be great to watch other players or watch your friend play agaisnt other oppenants, but you will have and option to refuse them to watch if you like, that would be great....

  9.please try to fix all major glitches and disconnecting crap....

  10. thank-you  

• barsoffury said March 06, 2009

  Please do something with RB's/WR's when catching the ball near/at the sideline. Its so frustrating when you throw a swing pass to your back and he runs out of bounds to catch it which results in an incomplete pass. With WR's they do the same thing when its thrown near the sideline or the back of the endzone. NCAA Football 09 has mastered it a little better where they drag their feet but its not perfect.

  Field goals are never attempted by the computer longer than 50/51 yards. Countless times it would be fourth down at my 34 yardline and they would punt. Please fix this. Perhaps it should take kicker leg strength/ wind speed into account when deterimining whether to kick or punt.

  The computer should attempt more fourth downs. Countless times it would be fourth and one or inches in their opponents territory and they would punt.

  Quarterbacks need to be fixed. They shouldn't be able to always throw off their back foot everytime they are being pressured, but when they do it, it also shouldn't be a perfectly thrown ball. Sometimes its almost impossible to achieve a sack.

  Presentation:

  1.) audio needs a overhaul. Paul Hammond needs to go, he sounds awful. Collinsworth is great.

  2.) Certain things are said when they shouldn't be. I.E. ( saying a 40 yard field goal make is "a great kick" , "what an amazing kick".  Little inappropriate sayings at the wrong time are annoying.

  3.) Stats are messed up. In franchise mode after the first season the stats don't reset. example: It will be the 2nd or 3rd week and Collinsworth/Hammond will say that Tony Romo just passed the four thousand yard mark for the year. When really he only has 7/8 hundred.

  4.) daylighting effects in games would be a nice addition. A 4'oclock start time in November which starts with the sun setting, should eventually go to night by the 2nd or 3rd quarter.

  5.) Bring back workouts to unlock information on potential draftpicks.

  6.) I like how players uniforms get dirty during play but you/they have over done it when you play in rain on grass. By the 3rd quarter its really hard to see who is who on the field.

  7.) Better pre-game would be more realistic. I.E. break down a key WR/DB matchup or RB/Run Defense matchup with stats.

• BreezeyVille said March 06, 2009

  things i'd like to see:

  - update trades/rosters. As soon as there made, instead of waiting till the end of every month to update the roster. Like NBALive365 its doesnt just update the roster. It updates on teams habits, like if they a fast break team, defensive team etc. it updates the the real life team.

  - being able to make ur own playbook, pick play that u like from other playbooks to incorporate in ur own team.

  - when sub-ing players during the play calling screen, there are times when u wanna go back to ur original starting lineup. have a button that allows u to reset ur starters.(did that make sense?)

  - throwback jersey should be allowed when playing online.

  - franchise mode does need to be better. after u win the superbowl all u see is    ur QB and some other player on the screen hold their hands up. wheres the MVP? even thru out the season. have news updates like NBA live.

  - get all the stupid glitches out before release, Fks up my record!

  - where the reverse plays, and HB/WR option?

  - have helmets fly off in hard collisions

  - have the crowd, chant at crucial moment or for player who made a big play.

  - online league: should be setup to have a free play league where u play anybody in ur league. And a Sim schedule league where it follows the current NFL schedule.

• -HiGhL1ghT- said March 06, 2009

  **************** PLEASE READ **************************************

  one thing i would LOVE too see is a play in goal line formation called "WR Fade"

  this will have a WR matched up one on one on the outside and the QB throws a fade like they do in the NFL. However, to make this more user interactive, consider having to rapidly tap "a" to get in good position and then "y" to make a better leaping catch? and the better the players are aka Larry Fitzgerald the easier it is to win these battles at the corner of the end zone... jus a thought cuz of what i saw from Larry in the playoffs and pro bowl

  also with regard to the QBs. Have some sort of elusive QB rating that would affect how often he would dodge wimpy tacklers. like Donovan McNabb, Big ben, and Tony Romo always make potential sackers miss and allows them to make big plays downfield.... I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS cuz its stupid how McNabb and his big body can get sacked everytime but in the same game KURT WARNER makes brian dawkins miss on a sack...

  *************** PLEASE READ THIS EA ********************

• Mondo716 said March 06, 2009

  blitzers and blockers need to be more interactive on pass plays.  it is a great thought to be able to slide protect, but it doesnt work very well.  options like double-teaming a pass rusher would be realistic, not many tackles can handle mario williams or dwight freeney 1on1.  also, something has to be done with running the football, and stopping the run.  penetration is what greatly effects the effectiveness of run plays, and when my opponent can run a 3-4 scheme, cover 3 play and stop my running back from getting 5 yards a play is idiotic.  cover two and cover three are some of the best defensive plays in football, but only against the pass.  if you run a non blitz zone play against an I form run, the success rate of the run should be very high, due to lack of penetration.

• swillz13 said March 06, 2009

  one thing i would like to see is more relisism in the whole takling thing i mean i don't think u would see darren sproles truck brian dawkins but it happens i think the smaller they are, the harder it is for them to truck someone over thats bigger then them unless ur guy was like earl campbell.

• warrior310 said March 06, 2009

  EA JUST TEAM UP WITH ESPN AND I DEFINATELY THINK THAT THIS GAME WILL BE 100 TIMES BETTER THAN IT IS NOW BECAUSE AS LONG AS I BEEN PLAYING MADDEN FOR PS3 I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT IT SUCKS.

  FRANCHISE MODE FOR PS2 IS BETTER.

• HurricaneT said March 06, 2009

  Madden 2010 should have the newspaper back like the ps2 madden but not the bruno show that was dumb put the newspaper was great. your should adam shefter apear on the screen for free agent and draft like head coach 09. They should also show like the top prospects who people think will be drafted early should be in the waiting room about to be dafted and when roger goodell call there name you can actually see them when they get drated this should be put in franchise and superstar mode and another thing ur really need to up date that superstar mode cause that stuff is 3 year old and its plain and lame. it was fun when it first came out but it getting lame now with the same stuff.u should be able to create your own plays like nfl head coach 09.

• HurricaneT said March 06, 2009

  Madden 2010 should have the newspaper back like the ps2 madden but not the bruno show that was dumb put the newspaper was great. your should adam shefter apear on the screen for free agent and draft like head coach 09. They should also show like the top prospects who people think will be drafted early should be in the waiting room about to be dafted and when roger goodell call there name you can actually see them when they get drated this should be put in franchise and superstar mode and another thing ur really need to up date that superstar mode cause that stuff is 3 year old and its plain and lame. it was fun when it first came out but it getting lame now with the same stuff.u should be able to create your own plays like nfl head coach 09.

• HurricaneT said March 06, 2009

  Madden 2010 should have the newspaper back like the ps2 madden but not the bruno show that was dumb put the newspaper was great. your should adam shefter apear on the screen for free agent and draft like head coach 09. They should also show like the top prospects who people think will be drafted early should be in the waiting room about to be dafted and when roger goodell call there name you can actually see them when they get drated this should be put in franchise and superstar mode and another thing ur really need to up date that superstar mode cause that stuff is 3 year old and its plain and lame. it was fun when it first came out but it getting lame now with the same stuff.u should be able to create your own plays like nfl head coach 09.

• oscar25 said March 06, 2009

  dang dis look tight

• Sparticus01 said March 07, 2009

  The improvements to DB/WR interactions sound promising, but have you given the defense the option of over playing one side or another to limit slants/square ins/square outs/drag routes? Previous versions of madden allowed you to shade the WR,  is that going to be in the 2010 version?

• NWCollapSe90 said March 07, 2009

  **************** PLEASE READ**************************************

  I copied this from -HiGhL1ghT- b/c i agree.

  one thing i would LOVE too see is a play in goal line formation called "WR Fade"

  this will have a WR matched up one on one on the outside and the QB throws a fade like they do in the NFL. However, to make this more user interactive, consider having to rapidly tap "a" to get in good position and then "y" to make a better leaping catch? and the better the players are aka Larry Fitzgerald the easier it is to win these battles at the corner of the end zone... jus a thought cuz of what i saw from Larry in the playoffs and pro bowl

  You guys need to fix the Rocket catch. a bum player can run this all game and be a top rank player. Fix the way u rank up. no reason i shold be able to play levels 1 all day and be in the top 100.

• NWCollapSe90 said March 07, 2009

  You guys can do all they upgrades, new features you want. but if you don't fix Rocket catching. and add fair play. Madden10 will be a failure to me. you guys say you want a more sim game. By readding fair play and getting rid or Rocket catching. you will have made a big leap forward. 3rd down will mean so MUCH more.

  im proud to say mind this year was 55.3%.

• NWCollapSe90 said March 07, 2009

  - when sub-ing players during the play calling screen, there are times when u wanna go back to ur original starting lineup. have a button that allows u to reset ur starters.(did that make sense?)

  - throwback jersey should be allowed when playing online.

• NWCollapSe90 said March 07, 2009

  2 vrs 2 online rank/unrank

• warrior310 said March 07, 2009

  YOU SHOULD LET CREATED TEAMS BE ABLE TO BATTLE ONLINE.

• ANARCHYisKING said March 07, 2009

  i think the online ranking should be overhauled.  i agree that you should not be able to play level 1's all year long and be a top 100 player in the nation.  i have a more simple method and effective method...

  if i play a level 8 and win i should get 8 pts.  if i play a level 1 and win i should get one point.  if i play a level 30 and win i should get 30 points.  this way people will be forced to play high level people in order to rise up the ranks and be a Top 100 player

  ...and please fix the rocket catch.  most of us are tired of that type of user catch.  

• CAMREN630 said March 07, 2009

  yes no more rocket catch no more rocket catch half of you dudes are trash without it i dont need it im a beast without it i like real football so please ea destroy the rocket catch

• Azcardinal32 said March 07, 2009

  Please do an overhaul in franchise mode. Especially progression. I know you guys "fixed" it last year, and it is better than it was in 08 but it needs to be fixed.  After 3 years pro a player will stop progressing. It shouldnt be like that.  Make progression tied to a players stats or if there is a older veteran at their position above them, ex. Aaron Rodgers sitting behind Favre.  because of this it is pointless to sign anybody in free agency that have good abilities (spd, agl, etc) but a low overall if they are past three years pro.  BECAUSE THEY WONT IMPROVE.  Please fix this and the rest of Franchise.  Try and incorporate More stuff from head coach 09. Also bring back owner mode, hotdog prices, etc AND THE ABILITY TO CHANGE TEAMS.  being with one team gets boring after they start dominating for many many years. in previous maddens i loved to build a team into a dynasty then move to the crappiest team and try to do the same. please EA i am begging you to stop neglecting franchise mode, its due for a huge overhaul

• Azcardinal32 said March 07, 2009

  Oh yeah and bring back the newspaper from the ps2 days

• lathareo said March 07, 2009

  What would be a great idea is to have a ball lock button or so, instead of putting the target on the field so defenders can position themselves for the ball way ahead of schedule...where ever the ball is in the air let the reciever or DB's lock on to it and whomever can position themselves the best have the better chance of making the play...and how you quickly change through receivers with B(xbox) or O(PS)make them work for it and locate the ball IN THE AIR and try to make the play for it. make it more realistic please.i hope international opinions count...another thing is the AI IQ..if i'm open for the interception let me give a signal to my team-mates to let them know not to swat the ball out of my hand eventho in real-life they should have the common sense to see that and not interfere with the INT....like the idea of directly loking at the snap before the play "LOVE IT". AND PLEASE LET US PLAY ALREADY, LET ME GET MY UN-NECESSARY ROUGHNESS AND PENALIZE ME...GIVE US CONTROL OVER OUR ACTIONS N LET US FACE THE CONSEQUENCES..THATS WHAT PENALTIES FOR...LET ME MAKE MY STATEMENT ON THE FIELD "HARD-KNOCKS" there's also an issue wid the routes, create a route menu and lets us select our preferred routes..and come up with some trick plays or something make it more exciting but definately consider that in-air ball lock-on capability that lets the players really compete for the ball, if you can't locate the ball then you can't make the play "that simple" that field target is garbage...once you switch players during the play you have to locate the ball don't make it so easy..and as a receiver let me position myself to receive it over which shoulder I prefer...basically its all about positioning, once you lock onto the ball in the air allow me to position my body for the catch..

• cal-wu said March 07, 2009

  1. Allow more than 2 players to play on the same team period like the good old days.

  2. Say the create a team names.  I chose the demons logo and the game only says detroit, it never says the demons.

  3. Add more team logos.

  4. Bring back the QB vision, that made the game more realistic & tougher.

  5. Names, player names.  If the game generates it, then it should be said.

  6. Highlight reels of players in college & previous seasons.  Making from season to season more realistic as far as the hype of the off season/draft time.

• lathareo said March 07, 2009

  every playmaker (DB'S and WR's) should have vision lock, whoever sucks in ratings it should be harder for them to determine where the ball is going....good players with good vision are more precise n bad players the opposite...and do something with dem scrambling QB's, they should have a throwing strength meter just like the kick-off meter to determine if your going to make a power throw, once you've practiced with your QB you should be in sync to make the play, make the meter optional though because after i've perfected my QB I should be in sync n prefer not seeing it on my screen...I hate on madden 09 scrambling and make a down-the-field throw longer than a gathered pass...if you scramble you have to be on point, bring back the pocket games. I see in your youtube video the QB adjusting his head to the players, that's how the in-air ball lock should be... use the joy-sticks as arms let me perform my extended 1-arm catch or two-arm....no disrespect but EA isn't known for in-depth realism 2Kgames needs to come up with another NFL games...read and go through comments and do your best to fit reality into madden' 10..batling for the ball, if your good then your better than making a play rather than some scrub out-shining you because he's faster. read my previos post n this one and Madden will be hands-down the greatest sports game....in-air play is where the fun at not the on field target nonsense...do a meter for possession catches too, height meant nothing in madden' 09 put the ball up in the air an let me out-jump you or you out-jump me depending who's at the peak of their abilities in jumping, let that 40inch vertical mean somthing, give me the option to swat my opponents hands off me or to push off..make it interactive..COME ON EA DO YOUR WORK.

• warrior310 said March 07, 2009

  THIS IS ONE LITTLE STATEMENT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED WITH THE DETROIT LIONS? AND YOU SEE CALVIN JOHNSON THE WR, THIS GUY IS UNREALISTICLY HUGE HE LOOKS LIKE A GIANT LINE BACKER WITH NUMBER 81 JUST MAKE RECEIVERS LOOK LIKE RECEIVERS HAVE THEM WITH A SKINNY FRAME BUT MUSCULAR AND HAVE SOME JUST SKINNY. SAME THING WITH THE FAKE QB'S IN FRANCHISE MODE.

• warrior310 said March 07, 2009

  OOOOOH YES!! AND ONE MORE THING PLEASE STOP MAKING THE FAKE PLAYERS IN FRANCHISE MODE WITH A REVOLUTION HELMET AND A REGULAR FACEMASK.HAVE THE PLAYERS WITH THE APPROPIATE FACEMASK FOR ANY HELMET.

  WHEN I GO TO EDIT THE FAKE PLAYERS IN FRANCHISE MODE SOME OF THEIR RATINGS GO DOWN WHY IS THAT CHANGE THAT ERROR.

  HAVE SOME OF THE QB'S KICKERS AND PUNTERS WITH LOOSE JERSEY SLEEVES LIKE PEYTON MANNING'S.

  ONCE AGAIN FOR FRANCHISE MODE IF ANY PLAYER CPU OR NOT HAS A BAD SEASON THEIR RATINGS SHOULD GO DOWN AND IF THEY HAVE A GOOD SEASON LET IT GO UP A LITTLE.IT'S TOO MANY 1000 YARD RUSHERS IN FRANCHISE DOWN THEIR STATS A BIT.

• BM26 said March 07, 2009

  An interesting point lathereo made... Using the sticks as arms... At first I was like "Well that wouldn't work because how would you move/run?" but thinking about it in a more dramatic fashion this would be a great way to add a new dimention the game.

  Take it like this... In JUMP BALL situations (only) when a receiver, DB, or both go up in the air, Madden can switch to a more dynamic close-up camera angle that focuses on the reciever (probably from behind) and shows the ball nearing at an almost matrix-type slow-mo speed. When the camera switches to "Jump ball Cam", a circle appears on the screen to indicate where the ball will be coming(Ball placement and how far away from the body either how high, outside shoulder, inside shoulder is dependent on the QB's accuracy and throw) and then you implement the Knock-Out system that's in Fight Night round 1 and 2 (Not sure about 3 and 4) where the player must move both sticks to the center of the circle to avoid the knock out, but in this case the player must move both sticks, or hands, to the center of the circle in order to catch the ball. The level of difficulty to do so would depend on either a jump ball rating (to make it super-simple) or various other ratings like height, jumping, and then catching. I just figured a jump ball rating would make it so much easier to control. Also, based on their spectacular catch rating, some recievers who only get one hand in the circle can come away with a one handed snag.

  The same would go for defenders, but just harder and slower (Depending on the ratings of the DB). Since all a defender needs to do is knock the ball down, making it harder to get that one hand in the circle should make it realistic. And for guys who are hard to jump over like Champ bailey and Nnandi it should be a lot easier to do, yet still not as easy as it would be for a reciever who can jump over anybody like Larry Fitz or Randy Moss. And if the DB is able to move both hands (Which being a DB should mean that second hand is rediculuosly hard to raise, based on the interception rating) into the circle and the reciever isnt able to, it should be a pick. If both are able to get both hands in the circle(on the ball) either the stronger of the two should come down with it (meaning they should fight for the ball and literally rip it from the other's hands) or the one with better position (in front of the other) should win.

  If for nothing else, this would be a great in-game mini-game for those goalline WR Fade route situations. This adds more drama to the game since the Jump Ball Cam could have some of the most dynamic angles that a lot of amazing catches are made from (Like the famous  from the ground up veiw from the side of the endzone) to show an amazing visual to a struggle between offense and defense in a suspensful manner. You could even have the camera just be a close 2nd person view from behind the reciever, or make it 1st person and get in the helmet of the reciever and let this "Jumbp Ball Mechanic/ Mini-game" be a hand-eye cooridnation thing.

  Either way, if you implement this with some slow-mo, dynamic camera angles, and some drama, it will be a huge part of this game and I think it would be a fair tribute to the Phenomina of this past season that was Larry Fitzgerald. What would be even more perfect would be to get him and maybe some other guys like Andre Johnson and Brandon Marshall(Probably would never happend) in to do some jump ball animations.  

  What do you think? Madden 10 cover athlete: Larry Fitzgerald with a main focus of this year's slogan being "Rule the Skys"? lol Cheesy, I know, but if you have a reciever on the cover I can't see how this idea wouldn't be ideal. Everyone wants true jumpball situations, and last year showed us how big play recievers electrify the game.

  One last addition to this that I hope, if nothing else in this post is implemented, this would be. Just to add more excitement and suspense and drama to Madden, let's have more Slow-Mo plays. Right now, only on field goals will the camera change and sort of slow down to show some sort of suspense. Let's add that on all big plays down that have significance. On a last second heave into the endzone, let's have the camera zoom in on the ball as soon as it leaves the QB's hand, showing nothing but sky, then quick cut back to the QB after he released it before returning the the ball sailing high in the sky, and as it begans to fall back down to earth in a sea of jerseys, the camera zooms out, returning us to control over our players as we hopelessly try to move into position to catch the pass, despite the 5 guys in the opposite jerseys around us. Same thing on long runs or short runs that break out into the open with a chance to score. On dives into the endzone with players pushing us out, too. And in these situations, take a good look at NFL replay shows and pictures of big moments. Notice the camera angles, take them, and add them into Madden when a similar situation arises.

  Football... gotta love the drama.

• SteelPride1933 said March 07, 2009

  This is my second post so far... and in my last post I kind of felt like I was just going on and on and on... but I still can't let these last few ideas slip, because I haven't read that anyone else has had these ideas.

  PLAYER NAMES: Why are the player names on the backs of the jerseys microscopic? Roethlisbergers last name stretches from shoulder to shoulder, so why is it bunched into a six inch diameter across his back in the game? It looks silly.

  FRANCHISE IN THE FUTURE: In Madden NFL 10, I hope to see a better Franchise mode, so much that it stays interesting, year after year. To me, after playing with the current season, I would restart the season over in about the third or fourth week of the following season. I think there's a few things you guys could do to make it more interesting. For one, let us redesign the uniforms without having to move the team to a different part of the country, and without having to sacrifice the teams logo. In my first time playing through the franchise, I wanted to redesign the Steelers uniform after the third season. But I had to move them to a different part of the country and build a new stadium. Only then to find out that I couldn't even keep the Steelers logo. And the logo selection for relocated teams is hilarious. NONE of them are cool! And not a single one could I use for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Why can't we build a new stadium while staying in our team-specific town? Why can't we design a new uniform without losing the logo of our team? These don't seem like ridiculous requests. Please do something about this.

  HARD HITS - Can we see players' helmets fly off again after getting hit really hard? Is there a way to do that? Or is the PS3 not capable of such graphics?

  INJURIES - I've read a few posts from other guys about this. I think it's true. The injuries need some attention. I hate losing players for the season, but it happens. And who's idea was it there to have a player with an ankle injury get up and walk off the field by himself? That guy needs to be fired. Painful foot, ankle, and knee injuries require assistance. Hell, almost EVERY time a player is down for ANYTHING, there a trainers out there. Please fix this.

  SACKS, SACKS, SACKS - I mentioned this in my last post, and I'm reiterating what I said. I WANT MY STEELER DEFENSE TO GET MORE SACKS! I'm SO frustrated that the most I can get is like 2 or 3. The Steelers can easily get like 6 or 7 or 8 in pretty much every game. Why did the offensive lines become impenetrable for Madden 2009?

  THE "MY SKILL LEVEL" DIFFICULTY SETTING - Has anyone else noticed a problem with this? Game developer dudes - I LOVE THIS IDEA. Believe me, I love it. I think it's an awesome addition to this game. But it needs a tweak. When I play the game on "My Skill Level", the skill level that automatically adjusts the AI to best suit the way I play the game, I've noticed something very frustrating. I'm like a 675-725 Madden IQ rating pretty much all the time. But it seems like when its up around the 700 - 725 rating, the "computer" doesn't get BETTER, the game makes MY team WORSE! Roethlisberger throws more errant balls that are WAAAY off target. Willie Parker runs slower. My receivers don't catch as well. My defense misses like EVERY single tackle and I harldy EVER get sacks! Why does it have to make my team play worse instead of making the "computer" team play better? It's not that I'm making bad decisions and throwing to the wrong receiver, its that Roethlisbergers skill level seems to become the level of a freshman high school quarterback, guys! I don't really play on the "My Skill Level" difficulty setting because of this! Hopefully for Madden 10, the game won't make my team suck so that it can pose a challenge to me.

  REFEREES - Obviously we heard you were adding a chain gang. Thank you... that's cool. By why is the Referee always Ed Hochuli? (I don't know how to spell that old refs name) Can't you get a few other refs in there, too? And are you ONLY adding a chain gang? What about a Back Judge or Line Judges?

  WR/DB INTERACTION - I'm glad to see that there are some improvements being made here. Hopefully a pass interference penalty won't be called every time there's a bit of "jostling" going on down the stretch. Do you think you could add feature where the DB, WR or both get tripped up running for the ball? It happens in the NFL! Sometimes WR's have a free shot at a pass because the DB got tripped up running for the ball, or a DB gets an easy pick because the WR lost his footing. It's just another way the game could become more realistic.

  SO THERE'S my most recent ideas. As always, if you have any questions or anyone would like to get in touch with me about any of this, please email me WLChaffin@hotmail.com. MADDEN ROCKS.

• jmac11qb said March 07, 2009

  You should make the O-line more aware of where a hole is opening up for a running back and also make them more aware of pass rushers comeing in off the corner because they always just ignore them. it always seems like they are more worried about forming an ideal pocket then actually blocking the pass rushers.

• lathareo said March 07, 2009

  Please put the joy stick catch, if not the joy-sticks then the RB/LB or RT/LT buttons use them as the arms and like home-boy stated earlier about the fight night thingy when you get knocked down you have to use the 2 joy-sticks to center your vision in order to get back up use that very same concept to establish possession of the ball...the handling should be very sensitive for bad rating players and smooth and balanced for good receivers...lets make ratings count for something again...you said you took a piece from FIFA well do the same with fight night. oh and make these receivers aware of side-line on flat routes PLEASE!!!! have a chris paul mind state "Never out-of-bound".....LETS THE WR'S AND DB'S LOOK FOR THE BALL, well the WR should know his route assignment but make it a challenge for the DB's(safties)LET DEM TRACK THE BALL.....DAMNIT I WANNA SEE THE BALL COMING DOWN TO ME AS THE WR LET ME TRACK IT N ADJUST MY SPEED N BODY FOR THE CATCH, ITS A SIMPLE CONCEPT....IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE MADDEN AND THIS IS THE WAY TO GO..GIVE ME DIFFERENT VIEWS ALREADY AND NOT JUST THE CURRENT 2...GIVE ME CONTROL..let us duel, make our own plays on an air-ball...locate the ball in the air and not on the field.

  if the "USER" is playing safety allow us to locate the ball in mid-air and lock onto it and make a play on it not just simply look for the target on the feild and "tah-dahhhh" and also if he switches on the safety same principle but common sense should tell you not to use that interactive concept for the CPU or default player....any USER selection should be interactive no matter who you switch to on defense. Make the DB"S reach with the joy-sticks if their in persuit if they can't get both hands on you then good for atleast give the option to the user to dominate an opponent or not...this should be explored but I don't wanna get in-depth....make the lock on to WR before he pssing there's no such thing as a no-look-pass in NFL if so i doubt its accurate...how did you guys manage that on madden' 09???? i wanna carry on like a beast on the field...let me celebrate n penalize me if you have to but let all that be the users choice.

• BM26 said March 07, 2009

  Ooh! With the head tracking and PA, how about adding a new dimention to "Strafing". A lot of people keep saying they want to lock onto players and the ball... WELL! Why not have it so that the Left Trigger does just that.

  On Offense, instead of bringing back making the Reciever turn around and back pedal (Which makes for the Rocket Catching), this year make the Left Trigger be a trigger for the reciever to turn HIS HEAD, not body, around and look for the ball. This way, it looks real, it is real, it satisfies the customer, and it adds meaning to WR awareness(since with a Route running rating, awareness means diddly-squat for recievers now).  

  And for the opposite side of the field, defense, it's just as simple, but it has to be different for each position.

  For Corners, in man coverage, they should be locked on their man the entire play, without any user input. In zone, however, they should be staring in the backfield the entire time, looking at the QB, and based on their awareness and zone coverage rating, be able to read the QB's eyes and feel the WR entering their Zone. With the highlighting option, a Corner in zone should follow a reciever that enters their zone until they leave.

  For Safeties and Linebackers, when strafing in coverage, The LT should not only make them strafe, but it should allow for a sort of targeting system to activate. Sort of like on Offense, when the button icons come up (X,B,A,Y / X,O, Square, Triangle, while holding LT, the player can make his player on the field lock his sights on either an eligible reciever, or the Quarterback's eyes (Meaning where the QB looked, that player would sway to that side, but it also makes them vulnerable to pump fakes). So if I controlled my safety and I was playing the Patriots, while I patrolled the secondary holding LT, I could change my focus mid-play to Moss, if he were to be going deep. If Moss were to go on a quick slant, then I could change my safeties focus to the Quarter back. This Targeting system wouldn't make my player act differently, only spy on a certain player. My safety in deep zone coverage wouldn't come up and run man on Moss on the slant just because I target him. He's just pay attention and drift towards him as he came across the field.

  I think everyone who is begging for their defensive players to be able to lock on to the offensive players would appreciate the above explained. Add that with maybe a double tap pass system, and targeting should be taken care of on both sides of the ball.

  *Double tap pass system - Much like the vision cone days when you had to hold LT then the reciever you want to look at, then press the button again to throw it, Eliminating the cone all together (Meaning no LT pulling) simply pressing the button of the reciever you want to look at to look at them, then pressing it again to actually throw it. This, coupled with .5 second slower D-Line and O-line interaction speed should provide a good balance between needing time to go through progressions for the pass, and making the process more time consuming for the offense when nobody is open (Proving more Sack opportunies on quick blitzes and with excellent coverage).

  P.S. Just don't bring back the obvious white cone. It's an unfair give away for the defen of where the pass is going.

• BM26 said March 07, 2009

  And my only real issue is the running...

  MAKE MY PLAYERS RUN LIKE THEY MEAN IT!!!

  I personally find it to be lame when I'm running as fast as I can and it seems like my player is really jogging. It looks lazy.

  Tell the Mo-Cap guys to run their asses off this year. None of that half stepping, fake running, you're at camp and running gassers with the linemen when you're a running back type running. I would appreciate it very much if I could get some real running animations here, not just digitally speeded up jogs.

• swfanboy said March 07, 2009

  ok the thing that needs fixed is everything this game sux im over people no huddling and their team not running out of gas but mine does im tired of dbs being in position but all of a sudden their interception animation take over and screws up the play because they are now out of position im tired of linebackers not doing anything and just standing there im tired of having for example albert haynesworth being mowed over by reggie bush which by the way would never happen bush would be on a stretcher not in the endzone im tired of my blitzs not working but not having the time to throw the ball when i have the ball im tired of 12 yard qb sneaks untouched a qb dives forward on a sneak not stand up and run off like hes a running back and if this play is not fixed then i will not purchase madden anymore till it is so unless you just dont care for losing one buyer then by all means keep it the way it is well im dont ranting for now ill be back when i have more to rant about  

• isz99 said March 07, 2009

  hey ian if u guys can plz make the olb's weak side lb's and strong side not right outside or left outside. it will make it more realistic. 4 example demarcus ware is a weak side lb so if there is no te he will be there not on the side where there is 2 te its just not right

• isz99 said March 07, 2009

  wat is a rocket catch?

• TEViN-BRADFORD said March 07, 2009

  CAN YOU PLEASE ADD 2 V 2 ONLINE and allow people to watch others games live instead of gamecast

• DoughLowMight said March 07, 2009

  Im going to make some ppl mad with this one but bout time we get rid of superstar all together its time to put the AL BUNDY DREAMS TO REST PPL. Im sorry ... I just cant imagine how much memory it (superstar mode) eats up that could be going to other things like... We need better/more, catches(tip toe catches to) i mean we did just see holmes from pit make one in the super bowl, fade route(where i can actually have a jump ball.  tackles, better blocking...If its a hold can we see a jersey getting pulled or something. Pads coming out, have another player have to come over and put them back in.  Where is the chin straps hanging like in the video you guy's showed us in 2006. Better play in the trenches like actually having piles get pushed to get that 1 yard, defensive players being able to jump over the o-line. wheres the dog pile after a fumble, where players fight for the ball at the bottom. How about if somebody slow on the D pics the ball off or picks up a fumble another person with high awareness tries to run over and you can give them the ball (like ed reed). Where are the gang tackles at with more than two players in on it, want to be able to tackle low and if he doesn't go down i hold his legs and somebody else comes and cleans him up. The hit stick tackles need work, i'm tryna throw my whole body at the ball carrier like ronnie lot (via tryna hurt somebody). Can i clean somebody up even if they come across the middle and drop the ball. Where's the personal foul penalties like roughing the passer. Have playing on your home field mean something, and im not talking about how u have it on ncaa.  I need to where your play book is scrambled for a certain amount of time like the qb cant here the play coming in, and then even when he does the players might not have heard the same call so it might affect wr, rb, or o-line on any given play. More presentation make playoff game feel like one. Tone it down with all the camera flashes, i mean you guys have a preseason game looking like the super bowl. Players getting oxygen, riding on bikes, standing in front of heaters on side line during cut scenes.   I hope u guy's are using that natural motion euphoria engine (yeah i know about it).haha.  Celebrations are too robotic and too little of them. Why do i have to go to a certain spot on the field just to do a celebration.  More celebrations like after the D gets the O off the field on third down.  We need TATTOS on players, where the towels players where, hand warmers helmets coming off during play, chain gain, carts and trainers coming out for injured players, more injuries, cause what's the point of me hit sticking somebody if they don't feel the pain im bringing. haha.  this is football players get hurt every game, even if its a minor injury.  I mean i can't speak for everybody else but i hardly ever see an injury when i play, and when i do its always the same one's... Im tryna see arms and legs bent the wrong way. and use that new emotion you guy's are talking about and show him frustrated when getting carted off... Can u make it so the computer offers trades to you and other teams.  Also when free agency hits let me have a chance to offer a contract to a player from another team, instead of the computer not letting them test free agency.  Fix up the training camps/practices and have it go towards player development. Where's the trophy room to make ppl feel like they accomplished something after the seasons over, what's the point of a franchise if you have nothing to show for it.

  OH YEAH I DONT KNOW WHEN OR HOW U WILL DO IT, BUT I NEED MY FOOTBALL TO LOOK LIKE THE MICHAEL VICK  NIKE COMMERCIAL FROM BACK IN THE DAY...

• DoughLowMight said March 07, 2009

  OH ONE LAST THING THE GAME IS $60 THE SYSTEM WAS $400. ITS ABOUT TIME WE GET THE ULTIMATE FOOTBALL GAME (ON NEXT GEN) SEEING THAT ITS THE ONLY ONE WE GET TO CHOOSE FROM... I FEEL LIKE SO MUCH TIME IS WASTED ON THINGS LIKE SUPERSTAR, GRASS, STADIUMS, THOSE THINGS ARE GREAT, BUT  THE GAME PLAY ISNT EVEN RIGHT YET. I WANNA LOVE YOU MADDEN (HAHA). BUT YOU DISAPPOINT ME AND ALOT OF OTHER PPL EVERY YEAR... WHEN YOU SAY WE FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME AND THEN A COUPLE MONTHS LATER YOU SAY WILL GET IT NEXT TIME. MAKE IT TO WHERE THE PPL THT WATCH FOOTBALL ON TV CAN APPRECIATE THE GAME. INSTEAD OF THOSE THAT DONT AND JUST LOOK FOR THE FASTEST PLAYERS EVEN IF THEY SUCK AND JUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

  GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS

• CAMREN630 said March 08, 2009

  i just wanna know how many people will be playing wiyh my bills in madden 10?i promise you there will be plenty of people on the wagon cause of owens and half you dudes never even looked at the bills.

  welcome home t.o go bills.

• KRYP2NITE4 said March 08, 2009

                **********PLEASE READ************

  EVERY YEAR THE PANTHERS MADE THE PLAYOFFS, THEY PAINT THERE ENDZONES BLACK!!

  MADDEN10 SHOULD PUT THAT IN THE GAME FOR EVERY TEAM JUST LIKE NCAA10 IS DOING.  AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE PLAYOFFS IN MADDEN10, THE "NFL PLAYOFFS" LOGO SHOULD BO ON THE FIELD BECAUSE...IF ITS IN THE GAME, IT SHOULD BE IN THE GAME! =)

• warrior310 said March 08, 2009

  TAKE THE WEAPONS OUT OF THE GAME TO MAKE IT REALISTIC.

  WE JUST WANT PLAIN OLD FOOTBALL.

  THEY ARE WASTING TIME WITH ALL OF THAT INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE GAMEPLAY AND FRANCHISE MODE.

  THIS RIGHT HERE IS SAD,ESPN FOOTBALL (A GAME MADE IN 2003) HAD THE WR/DB INTERACTION ALREADY FOR PS2 AND MADDEN IS NOW WORKING ON IT. MADDEN BETTER IMPRESS THE HELL OUT OF ME CAUSE IF IT'S A BUST AGAIN IM DONE BUYING IT.

  WHEN DOING THE COIN TOSS HAVE THE CAPTONS OUT THERE AND WHEN YOU SELECT RECEIVE OR WHAT EVER YOU PICK THE PLAYERS SHOULD BE SAYING WHAT YOU PICKED. EXAMPLE YOU SELECT KICK THEN ONE OF THE CAPTONS SAY "WE WILL KICK" THEN THE OPPOSING TEAM SAYS "WE WANT TO DEFEND THE SOUTH ENDZONE".

  SHOW PLAYERS TRASH TALKING AND PUSHING EACHOTHER.

• KRYP2NITE4 said March 08, 2009

  CAMREN630- i wont be using the bills...lol

• -HiGhL1ghT- said March 08, 2009

  **************** PLEASE READ **************************************

  one thing i would LOVE too see is a play in goal line formation called "WR Fade"

  this will have a WR matched up one on one on the outside and the QB throws a fade like they do in the NFL. However, to make this more user interactive, consider having to rapidly tap "a" to get in good position and then "y" to make a better leaping catch? and the better the players are aka Larry Fitzgerald the easier it is to win these battles at the corner of the end zone... jus a thought cuz of what i saw from Larry in the playoffs and pro bowl

  MY IDEA WILL BRING MADDDEN TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF INTERACTIVE GAMEPLAY NEVER SEEN BEFORE.... Even chris collinsworth says it in madden 09 " You know woth all those big guys in football, sometimes its those small recievers that the defense is scared of the most" COME ONE EA MAKE THIS THE YEAR OF THE WIDE RECIEVER (PUT FitZ ON COVER)

• BM26 said March 08, 2009

  Yup... as explained earlier... people would love my idea (Well... my abstract idea of how to implement a Jump Ball system.)

  Maybe I should repost it 20 times too...

• BM26 said March 08, 2009

  Eh, who's to say who thought of what first? I mean really... a lot of people think it's a great idea and would love to see it in Madden, including me.

  I've seen it several times where people want more of an actual jump ball situation. Why do you think people complain about RC? Why do you think people want to be able to turn their reciever around again (Other than to cheese it up)? It's because jump balls happen everywhere except for madden (And 2k5, actually).

  I'm not taking away from idea, guy. I'm just stating that your emphasis on getting the idea passed (By posting your idea several times), proves that a lot of people want such feature.

  I, however, just took a few ideas further into detail to come up with the groundworks for exactly how a Jump Ball system could work... that's all.

• BM26 said March 08, 2009

  Sure...

• -HiGhL1ghT- said March 08, 2009

  ^^ except it was initially my idea....

• FLOOTSTER said March 08, 2009

  One of the things that annoys me the most is not having pictures for ALL the players on the game.   On prev gen they would miss quite a few people, mainly rookies, but they have gotten better and 99% of all teams have pics for their players but there are still people missing.  Especially in free agency.  Considering I have Live you would think these guys would take a little time and gather up some pics for the guys missing but they never do.  It irritates the heck outta me.  Why do I want to sign or play a guy without a pic?!

  Ugh

  And bring back the fake animated pictures of the future rookies from the franchise offseason's draft class.  We used to have these crappy digital pictures and they kinda sucked but it is better than nothing.  And if they did bring these back they better look much better considering they had them on Madden 07 on the PS2.

• FLOOTSTER said March 08, 2009

  FOR REAL GET RID OF SUPERSTAR!!!

  FOCUS ON THE ISSUES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

  There are like a handful of guys who like superstar but they are just cheesers who probably don't enjoy REAL football which Madden 10 should be!!  Not just exploiting every thing that is not perfect about it.

  EA: Don't touch the running game, its fine and at the end of the day most people like to pass 70/30 because running gets old.

  I would say to try and fix the DL & OL interaction because its pretty petty in its own right.  It doesn't matter if you have Steve Hutchingson or some 70 overall rated rookie they both miss the same blocks and look stupid doing it.  That would probably take a huge overall so don't focus on that unless you have time to.

  EA: Just please make the jump ball/user catch easier on both sides of the ball.  My favorite thing about offense is TRYING to control my WR and make him jump up and catch but its pretty hard and doesn't look right most of the time.

  ***People here keep talking about the fade route/jump ball/user catch type of thing and that would be awesome.  If you guys could focus on that as well as the things you have already told us it would make Madden 10 unbelievable.  I commend you guys for what you do and on the flipside you get more criticism than praise but I am just trying to let yall know what most Madden gamers are thinking.

  I hope you can also make it so we can build new stadiums without relocating our franchise.  On prev gen you could do this and it was awesome.

  Also, when I go to edit a player (change facemask, pad height, gloves, etc.) his draft information disappears.  What round he was drafted in, the college he went to, and how he was required just go away.  This is so annoying especially when your in a franchise with future players and subsequently they have no faces, draft information, and you feel no connection with them at all.  No personalilty whatsoever.

  Bring back the workouts you do for your prospects before the NFL draft.  This years scouting and actual draft were a joke and a half.

• CAMREN630 said March 08, 2009

  kryp2nite4=you will check them out lol.lynch,lee evans,parris,and owens this will be a fun offense of team to play with on madden.if not you trust their will be plenty who checks them out now.personally i cant wait to play with my bills now cause last year it was tough but i played with them and the addition of t.o opens up so much for this o cant wait for madden 10.

  p.s ea we need a bills player on the cover and who better than t.o?lol go bills

• BM26 said March 08, 2009

  On the whole CAP mode and the request I've seen... I think it's best to say that it would be amazing if Madden could take either Tiger Woods PGA Tour's(Really detail), NBA Live 09's(Most detailed I've seen in ANY video game), or Fight Night's (Moderately detailed that is perfect for both sides: Us and You) CAP Mode and give us all of those options.

  In NBA Live you can do everything from hair style, tattoos, skin color (even abnormal colors), complexion, body tone, Pin point facial construction, signature styles(Shooting, etc.), and my personaly favorite, TENDENCIES (I know you guys like this idea... it's only a matter of time before you implement it into Madden ^^). They have a ton of accessories (Though they are generic after the shoe selection), but atleast you can pick colors and transparency and all that jazz.

  I'm a guy who loves to create one or two guys to start a franchise, put them on a bad team, and work them into Hall of Fame/ G.O.A.T players. So you can imagine how important CAP mode is. I loved 09's additions with the visors and the colors, but taking things a step further wouldn't hurt. I know we ask for a lot from you guys, and therefore I don't know exactly how much time you guys would have to get around to every little issue, even if there are certain teams working on different aspects.

  We've all mentioned stuff we'd like to see get done, You've said what you've done so far. Some of us have come up with very script ideas with near perfect explaination as to a feature or addition that A LOT of madden fans would like, and I doubt many would have issue with.

  Just to list my own, TENDENCIES, "JUMP BALL MODE", The "HIGH-PASS", and maybe one or two others (I can't remember them  all, lol), would be things I know a lot of people would like and even back up, but I don't know the time you guys have to build all these features all of a sudden, so I really don't want to pile one to the list too much. Even the Overhauling of CAP mode... I mean, it would be really nice if Madden's CAP mode was as detailed as NBA Lives (Especially with being able to PICK your running style and throwing motion [with a THRW Release rating as well]) but I don't know if you guys would find the time. I know it's a priority thing, and this year's priority is to make this year the best and realest game possible... So I don't know where these ideas stand.

  BUT!... if anything, TENDENCIES is a HUGE priority... in my book at least

• warrior310 said March 08, 2009

  COULD YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN COLOR FOR A VISOR INSTEAD OF THEM JUST HANDING IT OUT TO YOU. WHEN YOU PICK YOUR COLOR YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT COLOR YOU WANT.

• bkimbrough13 said March 08, 2009

  Yea I feel DoughLowMight but to add on that i like the superstar mode. they can add all that stuff in along with adjustments to superstar mode.

• warrior310 said March 08, 2009

  Put all popular retired players in the game because I would love to play a game with Warren Sapp in it.The players don't have to be in the hall of fame yet they should just be retired.

• jmac11qb said March 08, 2009

  Carmen360 man, ill use the bills if their QB gets good enough to throw it to T.O. lol :P

  hopefully this year, owens will make him better so that the first roster update will up his stats. sorta like moss did for brady in 08.

• bkimbrough13 said March 08, 2009

  we need a vertical jump game just like the 40 to determine their jumping rating. and can we get holes in the uniforms. no homo. i wanna see a number torn off. i wanna see grass in the facemask. i want tattoos, and i wanna be able to customize my visors, gloves, sleeves, cleats, and tape and armbands on your arms. i want real life piles-ups for fumbles or qb sneaks. real life injuries.  

• bkimbrough13 said March 08, 2009

  can you also improve on the defensive hit sticks and getting off of blockers and add more animations to them.

• warrior310 said March 08, 2009

  EA AND GUYS WHO READ MY RESPONSES TO COACHROBA'S IGNORANT COMMENT I'M SORRY FOR THE IMMATURITY I DID GO TOO FAR, I ADDMIT IT WAS SILLY TO WRITE FOUR RESPONSES TO THAT COMMENT.

  I JUST WAS MAD AT THE FACT THAT HE LOGGED ON HERE JUST TO SAY THAT INSTEAD OF WRITING IDEAS FOR THE GAME.

• warrior310 said March 08, 2009

  EVEN THOUGH I SAID TAKE OFF THE WEAPONS YOU GUYS SHOULD MAKE A WEAPON CALLED ELUSIVE QB TO AVOID GETTING SACKED.

• warrior310 said March 08, 2009

  put more songs in the game please!!!!!!!!! good songs too

• IndyColts2 said March 08, 2009

  (Xbox 360) Whenever I create a player and put a visor on him and play a game the visor is always like disfigured and smaller than normal. It doesn't fit the helmet, and you can see my face on the side because it like shrunk or something. Can you guys fix this please. There is no point in wearing a visor if it is just gonna look retarded.

• IndyColts2 said March 08, 2009

  Also, I gotta say to Ian, Donny and the rest of the crew that you guys are doing an amazing job. Everyone on these boards come on here and say "but why wasn't this included in the game before? 2k5 had it 4 years ago and you guys are just now putting it in? If it doesn't blow us away we aren't buying it". I can't see the point that people are bashing you guys about this. These features have to get in the game at some point right?? It's like they don't want you guys to put in new features to the game or something. It's unbelievable and annoying. Keep on dishin out these great features because all these haters are going to be the ones standing in line at mid-night once August comes around.

  I read everyones posts on Twitter and MaddenMania and I can tell that you guys have so much more things up your sleeves than people realize. It has only been what, like 5 weeks and you guys already IMO passed 2k5 for the first time on next gen systems. You still have to talk about the OL/DL interaction, Franchise Mode, more ratings and stats, Presentation, new animations, and most of all you still have to show us the GRAPHICS. Sooooo many things that I know you guys are working on (no I am not a worker at EA, I'm in high school) right now. Besides, the way you guys talk on forums makes me know that you guys are serious and telling the truth that you are for real this year, and it tells me that you guys still have a LOT of stuff left to put into the game and polish. Wow that was a lot. But anyway, I know you guys are for real, just wanted you to know that you have a true fan.

• warrior310 said March 08, 2009

  I HAVE GOOD INTENDIONS FOR THIS GAME PLEASE LET THIS BE WORTH MY EXCITEMENT AND WAIT.

  HAVE A PRE,HALF,AND POST-GAME SHOW.

  HAVE A BETTER PRESENTATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Hey-You-There- said March 08, 2009

  1. Bring the apartment back to superstar mode.

  2. Allow the superstar to buy houses or selected houses than they have depending on the contract.

  3. On create a team it should have wy more logos.

  4  On create a team i want to luxery boxes all around the stadium and i wasnt to choose how many levels of luxery boxes,and also chose press,luxery,or club suites.

  5.i want more control of making the stadium like i want to choose the capacity, where the scoreboard and to chose the exterior like modern, normal,or vintage.

  6. im tired of the way the luxury boxes STOP USING TEXTURES MAKE A LUXURY SUITE I KNOW I NBA LIVE IS A BASKET BALL GAME BUT THEIR ARENAS LOOK REAL. PUT BARS AND EVERY THING AND WHEN ITS HOT OUT SOME WINDOWS ON THE SUITES SHOULD BE OPEN.

  thank you these improvements to the details madden 10 should look way better im not talking about the graphics the details

• CAMREN630 said March 08, 2009

  lol jmac hopefully trent will play good cause there should be no reason why the bills shouldnt be fighting for a playoff spot unless trent is horrible.owens,and evans is huge plus the draft is still to come.(orakpo)and we are not done in free agency.cant wait for madden now.lol

• seth55 said March 08, 2009

  i agree with almost all of that plus you should let the computer do trades to

• ANARCHYisKING said March 08, 2009

  please fix the user catching ability on offense.  it's too easy.  i just played a guy who user catched me up and down the field for 300 yds with randy moss.  you guys at EA still can't make the DB's better in man coverage?  i don't get it.  why can't you make a play for us on defense specifically designed to stop the user catch/rocket catch?  heck, even call the play "user catch stopper".  if you guys at EA are not going to design special plays for us to stop the user catch then please allow us to create our own plays.  madden has sucked since 07 because of the user catch on offense.  you call this football?  i don't.  

  IN REAL FOOTBALL YOU CAN DESIGN A PLAY TO STOP ANYTHING

• pdtodd12 said March 08, 2009

  Hey....just a few things that need to be fixed about WR/DB.

  1). Recievers should be able to jump and catch the ball on the deep pass.

  2). In bunch formation someone if you so man coverage than someone is always left open.

  3). When playing defense and DB/LB (no matter there skill) barely ever catch interception while when playing offense the defense almost always catches it. No matter how good they are at catching. I've had guys that are 91 at catching and he drops is but someones who 68 catches it everytime.

  4). The defense doesnt so enough for itself. There have been so many times that someone couldve blocked a pass or thrown an interception but they didnt

• jr225 said March 08, 2009

  I been a big fan of Madden since Madden 95, and I would like to see a multiplayer game in madden just like they do on the madden bus, where one person plays the first half and the second person plays the second half. Have you ever played madden with your friends and they claim they can do better will this will end all of that. That way it will make everything more interesting.

• Mac20niners said March 08, 2009

  Rosters - Need to be allowed to have any kind of roster make up.  7 offensive lineman, 2 defensive tackles.  

  Substitutions - Need to have them back in the game in an easier way.  Like depth chart you need to be able to set your packages the way you want.

  Blocking - Stop the lock down blocking.  OLB gets locked stood up and can't move against a TE or RB.  Redirect and push outside and out of the play...  Just like to see something other than a dead stop 8/10 times.

  Thanks,

• BillTheMac said March 08, 2009

  AnarchyisKing - If you want to stop the user catch. User control your safeties. I'm not trying to sound like a a$$ or anything. But, when I play defense I user control my safety against guys who like to throw it deep all the time and try to user catch. Sometimes I mess up and get burned other times I intercept it. Or depending on the defensive play I pick. I usually got guys deep and more than one DB's come and swat the ball.

  09 doesnt have designed plays. But, depending on what play you pick.. You can shut down what their doing.

  I do agree though... User catch can be too easy sometimes. But, I dont think it should be taken out.

• BM26 said March 09, 2009

  Umm... everything in the post above is incorrect to the max...

  You CAN do all of that stuff in Madden... since like 06 or 07.

  It's called changing THAT PLAYER'S assignment! it's simple. Pick your lineback ther you want to change his assignment, press A (I think) and then you have the option of making him blitz, spy, drop back in zone, or man coverage. Same with every other position on the field.

  I don't know where how you were unaware of that in madden, but boy, you should check the manual once in a while.

• dancheatum3rd said March 09, 2009

  I look back to the last game that took a serious attempt to make a realistic football game other than Madden.  The most recent one is ESPN 2k5.  My college room mate and I loved that game and still play it when we get together.  One of the greatest features of that game is post defensive play pick-prior snap interface.  Madden has of course made a great deal of improvements since ESPN 2k5 but i feel that this feature is one that Madden developers should look into.

  A player should be able to pick his play. Then prior to the snap make the adjustments he wants, not being limited by the short list of opininos in the side menu.  The interface in Madden 09 is not very friendly in doing this.  There is no double team option, there is an option to move all LB back into zone but not just one, or have a single MLB blitz in a 3-4 scheme(and to pick which one for that matter, big differene between zach thomas=slow blitzing and bradie james or bobby carpenter).  An example would be:  I pick a basic 4-3 defense cover 2because i play conservative.  For whatever reason i have a feeling the opposing player is going to make a quick short pass, lets say by moving his HB out to the slot.  I should be able to take my Safety off of zone coverage and assign him to man cover the HB or TE.  Which would free up a LB , who is closer to the line to blitz and hopefully get to the QB.  

  A look at the post play pick- pre snap defensive interface would be nice.  I like the ESPN 2k5 one which in my opinion has not been beat yet. I believe it would make the game more intense when on defense and would give the players the ability to counter high powered offenses if they possess the football knowhow to call the correct adjustments.  it also would keep the offensive player guessing.  Adding a double team to a reciever or making your cover 2 zone defense MLB not fall back into zone so deep down the middle of the field and have him play the HB man.  

  Basically pull the left trigger and bring icons above your players corresponding with a button on the controller.push the button of the desired player.  once you push his button have a menu appear.  select desired action (zone,blitz,man) if you pick man coverage have a sub menu appear with and with buttons that correspond with offensive players to choose the one you want.  if you push button for zone have options for left field flat, right field flat,middle field, deep right,deep left.and blitz for blitz left/right/center.  that way i can leave champ bailey man on man and take my SS and man him up if Witten/Gates if lined up in the right side. etc etc because a system like that would have unlimted possiblities of what you could do.  

  That and the defensive coordinatee can call into the defensive captains helmet and tell him adjustments to call out before the snap.

• CAMREN630 said March 09, 2009

  i have to agree with billthemac you cant take user catch away some of us players like to go get it ourselves i am not an cpu player and if ea does this their game would lose a bunch of fans so i dont see that happening but i would love to see the rocket catch gone.

  welcome to buffalo t.o.go bills

• Kick_88 said March 09, 2009

  I am dividing this into three groups, the first being fun and realism destroying problems that must be fixed, the last being really, really annoying things that I can get over, and the second is somewhere in between. Problems are not necessarily in numbered order, just numbered for organization.

  Group 1

  1. The player selection is terrible. I don’t know how it is determined, all I know is that it is awful and is definitely one of my biggest complaints about the game. Too many times I’ll have a guy in perfect position for me to switch and Hitstick and it switches to the engaged LB next to the runner instead, who has no shot of making a play. And it’s not just limited to when the ball is on the ground. No matter how many times it gives me the wrong player when I’m trying to defend a pass, I am still surprised at how bad it can get that wrong. A corner will be one on one with the receiver and it gives me the safety fifteen yards away. The other day my opponent threw a ten yard in and my safety could have easily Hitstick and possibly jarred the ball loose but it gave me the linebacker who was behind the receiver (vertically wise). When the ball is not in the air, you should never get someone behind the play, unless it’s a breakaway and there is no one left in front.

  2. Broken tackles happen way to often on Madden. I don’t know if it is because I play a lot of ranked games and they are on All-Pro or what (ranked should be All-Madden anyway). Now, I don’t man DeAngelo Williams destroying Ronde Barber with a stiff arm because that happens in real life, but when Felix Jones breaks Albert Haynesworth's tackle in the backfield (and then three more tackles) it makes me pretty frustrated. Which brings me to the fact that broken tackles happen way too often in the backfield. If the back has just received the handoff from the QB not only will he not have time to break out of a surging DT’s grasp, the RB is lucky if he doesn’t fumble!

  3. Everyone knows that man coverage is pretty bad this year, but zone coverage is pretty bad too. The worst zone by far is the light blue flats zone. I almost never see a corner or linebacker jump a flat route for a pick six, even when it is thrown right toward them. The defenders usually just stand there and then tackle the guy for a two yard gain. The only time they ever intercept it is when the QB rolls out and tries to throw it directly over their head and they jump up and make an amazing (almost unrealistic) play. Flat zones are not the only problem either. Too many times I call the perfect play, knowing what’s coming, only to see the defender stand still or even move the other way, while a ball zips passed him that could have been an easy pick. One of the worst “glitches” with zone coverage is the post coming across the field. The man in deep coverage will come up and the post will go uncovered behind them. If you try and do this against the CPU, it doesn’t work because the AI doesn’t act like an idiot, so I don’t understand why that AI is suddenly so incompetent when it is a user’s team. One last thought on this, players should react to players in their zones (rarely happens) instead of just standing in their zones like zombies.

  4. Man coverage - I don’t think anymore really needs to be said.

  5. Interceptions are dropped way to often. I understand if you let the AI do it and they don’t get in exactly the right position or time it perfectly, but when you user it and do it right and they still drop 75%, it is really frustrating. You hate to call the perfect D, have your opponent throw it right at a defender, and then you drop it (and then lose by a score when your opponent gets a touchdown on the drive). Once again, this may be better on All-Madden, I’m not sure, I haven’t played enough All-Madden games recently to remember.

  6. Just like on PS2, you should not be helped out (or hurt) on the player you control on All-Madden. If you have a player selected, they should do nothing, unless you do it on the controller. I’m tired of going for a pick, but the CPU decides I should go with a swat or vice versa. This happens a lot less than in 2008, but it could still be improved, especially when switching to another player, a lot of times it has already decided on the next move for you.

  Group 2

  1. This was almost in Group 1 just because of how annoying it is for straight games- the cut scenes that take up 5-10 seconds of game clock. Quarters are only five minutes so to have game clock being used up by cut scenes after nearly every play bugs the heck out of me. I’m not sure why this was added, but it needs to be taken right back out.

  2. Playaction works every time (at least among the front seven) unless the defense pass commits. Every d-lineman will stop their pass rush and go for the ball carrier and all the linebackers will be sucked inside. Even when I manually control a player to go after the QB because I know it is going to be PA, if I am anywhere near the RB I will be sucked into a tackle. And by sucked into a tackle, I do not mean tricked, I mean I won’t have control of my guy and if he is anywhere close to the RB that got the ball fake, he will go for the tackle.

  3. Suction/Magnet catches- sometimes you can have perfect coverage of a receiver but the QB will pass lead and the receiver gets a speed boost like he was sucked to the ball while you are left 3 yards behind trying to catch up.

  4. Defenders should react better to receivers instead of always running to where the ball is thrown to help against rocket catches; this sometimes does happen with the purple hook/curl-to-flat zones, just not really any other zones.

  5. Hitstick does not work very well. I don’t mean just that tackles are broken a lot of the time, I mean it needs to be tweaked to work better overall. Sometimes it just flat out doesn’t happen when you flick it (especially against CPU). In my opinion, the Hitstick worked better on PS2.

  6.. You can pick whether you want the corner to shade the receiver inside or outside on PS2, why can't we do that on next-gen? That might eliminate some of the man coverage problems.

  7. Put in man lock, just like PS2, so you can disguise if it is man or zone on D.

  8. Make DE contain better, too many times the will just stand there, even when the qb rolls out.

  9. Make the jukes work again, instead of just the spin.

  10. The blocking does not seam realistic to me on passing plays. I like the way run plays develop a lot more than the way the pocket forms.

  11. Make ranked games on All-Madden.

  12. Tono Romo (and other QBs) can't throw it right on the money while sprinting out full speed.

  Group 3

  1. Franchise. One specific thing is that when I train players during game weeks and get points there attributes will never actually go up.

  2. Bring back the minicamp drills from PS2.

  3. Have franchise (or at least season) online, with possible fantasy draft and everything.

  4. CPU breaks a jillion tackles when I try to play franchise, doesn’t matter what player has the ball.

  That’s it for now, I’m sure there are other issues people have with the game, but if these were fixed, it would be a pretty good Madden 10.

  -Kick_88

• Kick_88 said March 09, 2009

  Great work so far! The improvements so far look great and Madden 10 is definetely headed in the right direction.

• wizzyizzy91@hotmail.com said March 09, 2009

  Alot of improvements. Just look at the real NFL and just add the little bits and bobs that improve that. The game play is moving along quite well with the procedural awareness and things like that, looks like you guys are aceing the game play. Just make it a more real, small things that make you say wow. For example, on the sidelines have actual team members not just computerised rubbish (sorry). Have good quality spectators.

  Top ideas:

  1) Play on the idea of team morale, the fans can boo you if you are doing badly and your team mates can encourage you. Like you did with the weapons, make something out of the captains that can encourage you, if multiple players go down and injured, have your team morale low until your captains step up and pick the team up. Okay, might sound a bit like an RPG but who cares? It can be awesome in the franchise mode. Have press conferences with the CPU having players guaranteeing wins behind the coaches back or talking trash.

  2)Home fortress. Have your stadium more as an HQ. Will teams be under pressure coming to your house and respect you more? Or will they make their game plan to roughen you up abit.

  3) Tactics. Plays are one thing, but add morale. If your QB gets sacked every play, have him puke up or start to throw worse passes. Perhaps one of your inspirational captains can give him a pep talk. Make it more like remember the titans. a real team unity.

  In the past youve had slogans like madden, the year of the rush or whatever.

  TRAIN HARD. PLAY HARD. DIE HARD. MADDEN 10: THE TEAM

  Basically, even if its basic stuff, i know you guys have a time limit and you probabaly have so many ideas you just dont have time to work on. I for one would not mind seeing rubbish versions of the new ideas, just so that there is a basis to work on next year. Who is your demographic? US. So do what we say. haha :)

  Keep it up fellas

• wizzyizzy91@hotmail.com said March 09, 2009

  Okay. Its 4th and 10. 1 second to go in the superbowl.  All things have to culminate from the entire season.  

  So youre the coach in franchise mode. You decide to go for rough neck tactics in preseason, you train your players to be hungry and get past injuries and adversity. Your team go into the huddle and your captains give a heart wrenching speech (no need to show the speech, just a cut scene of a panning camera and you hear the confidence in the: WIN ON 3...1, 2, 3 WIN!

  at clutch situations make em clutch. The camera pans around the linemen and the players talk trash. Basically, consider the madden commercial where its eagles vs giants...you know the one.

  The quarterback snaps the ball and your in control but depending on the quarterback you hear different things, do you hear white noise or heavy metal? Do you hear harps or screaming? The ball is thrown and the camera shows the ball spiralling in the air and you take control of the receiver (remember this is only a feature in clutch situations). you have to flick the thumbsticks to run, DONT SLIP ON THE SNOW RANDY! T.O DONT RUN INTO THE CB! you time the jump and slow motion ball coming at you. squeeze the triggers when the ball is in the sweet spot for a perfect grab.

  THATS WHAT I WANT MADDEN. EMOTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you hear me.

  Good job guys!

• wizzyizzy91@hotmail.com said March 09, 2009

  MADDEN 10: EMOTION. DEVOTION. TEAM!

• sconn1 said March 09, 2009

  i have a gquestion regarding 09....have the online rosters been updated to put T.O. on the Bills yet?

• CAMREN630 said March 09, 2009

  i cant wait to play with them we needed a big name like t.o i know everyone talks bout his attitude but most of us bills fans can care less we have not made the playoffs since 1999 if he produces on the field and help us break this drought great if he presents a problem oh well its a one year deal.plus its gone be fun to play with t.o,evans,lynch and the rest of the guys.

  go bills.

• CAMREN630 said March 09, 2009

  they not doing that he wont be with my bills until 2010

• Fredrickal87 said March 09, 2009

  TO to the Bills, still kinda surprised at the move but it will have people talking about Buffalo again.

  Anyways back to the gameplay talk. It's great that we're seeing all these new additions but there's still some things that need to be tweaked. For example, on many sideline passes a receiver will get stuck in an animation after catching the ball and run 5 yards straight out of bounds. Also, the superman linebackers in zone coverage are ridiculous. Every time I try to throw a 20-30 yard pass over a LB he somehow manages to jump about 10 feet in the air and make the interception.

  The almost complete lack of a sustained running game is frustrating as well. Too many times your line makes a huge hole and as you go through a guy sheds a block from the other side of the line and tackles you after like a 1 yard gain. In past Madden games I always had a good running game (I play w/ the Giants so that helps) but now I think I've only had one game where I averaged over 4 yards per carry which is ridiculous.

  Also, definitely have to enhance online leagues. That's a must.

  Oh, and the CPU shouldn't not onside kick when down by 3 points with no timeouts and a minute left, that's just retarded.

• warrior310 said March 09, 2009

  it's been a week already where is the next post?

• sundiego2113 said March 09, 2009

  u definitely need:

  -a practice mode in franchise

  -better off-season ie. scouting and drafting (check out nba 2k9- you can practice with potential draft picks and stuff)

  -allow a jersey change without relocation( sometimes i just get tired of the same jersey and i just want a new one not a whole new city and name and logo)

  -maybe a more in depth superstar like where you start in college or at the combine, get drafted, work your way up the depth chart etc...

  -don't do a 365 because nfl is week by week not almost daily like the nba, just because AP gets held down by a great D doesn't mean his ratings should drop

  -

• UnClE SaLtY 79 said March 09, 2009

  How about adding a 2 mintute drill in practice mode.  Also, how about on all screen routes have the receiver be able to throw the ball back across the field either to the running back, quarterback or other receiver.

• dnise2tuff said March 10, 2009

  YOU GUYS ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB AT MAKING MADDEN A EVEN BETTER GAME

  BUT

  THEIR ARE A FEW THINGS THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD LOOK INTO

  1. I FIGURE IF THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER CAN STRAFE TOWARDS THE BALL I THINK THE OFFENSIVE PLAYER SHOULD TOO

  that would make user catching a big factor in a game

  2. TAKE AWAY THE POWERFUL SIDE OF THE HIT STICK, ITS LIKE ITS AUTOMATIC

  make it reasonable to break a tackle(hit stick) every now and then

  3.LET US HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF WAYS TO CHALLENGE A PLAY

  i would like to challenge wheather my player fumbled the ball or it was a incomplete pass

  4. NEW ANNOUNCERS; THE STARTING LINE UP BACK INTO THE GAME

  small things are very interesting to a madden player;

             AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST

  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

  PUT TRICK PLAYS BACK INTO THE PLAYBOOKS

  WITH THOSE 5 IDEAS I GURANTEE MADDEN 2010 WOULD BE THE BEST ONE EVER MADE.!

• Wallee said March 10, 2009

  1.  Size should be a difference in the game, if I have a WR that are 6'4 going against a 5'9 DB, the WR should have a big advantage while going for a jump ball.  

  2.  Fade route in the endzone is use all the time in the real life, but in Madden is impossible to run the run in the endzone, the WR will run out of bounce or the DB will have a much better position to catch the ball than the WR does.

  3.  Fighting for positions.  We see WR and DB fight for position all the time, but yet I don't really see that in Madden, may be that josting feature will help solve that issue.

  4.  Jumpball in deep route.  Not sure it's just me or did anybody else have this problem.  When I throw a deep ball to the WR, the WR just run to the spot that where the ball will land, he would not try to jump and catch the ball out the the air like a really WR.

  5.  Corner route.  This could of been just me, but I find corner route very hard to complete, either the WR would walk out of bounce catching it or the DB is in position to knock it down.  Player should have the ability to throw a catchable ball to the sideline only where the WR can catch it.

  6.  Stop running out of bounce.  I thought EA try to fix this in the year pass, but I still have running back running out of bounce all the time catching a flat or another other pass close to the sideline.

• sconn1 said March 10, 2009

  when favre was traded to the jets...the changes were made immediately....when burris was out,,,changes were made immediately...same with a whole host of players...but T.O. gets to stay on dallas's roster till next year? that ain't right.

  i don't play the cowboys or the bills...i just know wrong when i see it.

• sconn1 said March 10, 2009

  uhhh wallee...not to be a spelling nazi or anything...but it's "out of BOUNDS" not bounce.

• Wallee said March 10, 2009

  ha, sorry about that, didn't even think about it, thx sconn1

• thomasgrayMT said March 11, 2009

  There's something I'm going to post in both this and the QB section that I forgot to mention.  Is there any way you can introduce the concept of chemistry between the QB and his receivers?  Have some kind of stat between the two of them that improves with completed passes and gets worse with missed ones, so that you can build that rapport between them as time goes by?  That would be another factor that improves the value of veteran players in the game and it binds your team together a little more.  It means you need to think a little deeper when you're deciding how to cover opposing offenses - it's not just about stats.  And of course it would make it more impactful when your starting QB gets hurt and the backup hasn't played very much - gives you a good reason to develop your backups over time and to spread the ball to your other receivers a little more.  Or rather it rewards those who take the time to do those things.  

• Punish69th said March 11, 2009

  I don't know if anyone has commented but the Pro Bowl needs to be accurate as far as helmets. All teams have a right to host their own logos like you did for Xbox Madden 2002.

  Also in 09 one thing that bothers me is the long hesitation before CPU hiking and field goals, they take way too long to act. Not even in real football do the plays take that long, except maybe Peyton Manning (sorry Peyton.)

  Other than that, 09 to me is still the best you came up with so far except ESPN 2K5.

• BuNcH219 said March 11, 2009

  BRING BACK THE STRAFE BUTTON ON OFFENSE, SO U CAN STOP A CURL ROUTE SHORT IF U NEED TOO FOR EXAMPLE.

• AZKILLAG said March 12, 2009

  i want more realistic graphics like madden 07 realistic stadiums/ practice fields and the combine should should have a little more and team introductions like 07 used to have and in franchise mode in the superbowl the team logos should be shown on the field I would like to see trick plays in the playbook the option fle flicker double pass etc. put more equipment more realistic visors gloves more weather and customization in superstar mode/create a player also in create a team i want more team logos. and roster updates automatically if your team picks up a free agent it should be done automatically. put refeeres on the field. better blocking from the offensive lines more pitch playes more outside runs more screen passes more shotgun plays and the wildcat formation. and i want to put any player at any position.

• NWCollapSe90 said March 12, 2009

  dont bring dack the strafe button online.... keep it n pro... i can catch everything with out it. all u need is stick.

• NWCollapSe90 said March 12, 2009

  I have finally quit playing madden09. i only play my friends online now b/c everyone cheats.

  and when we played it seemed who ever fumbled 1st lost. b/c me and him are very good. we dont throw ints. so our games should be really fun. but instead someone fumbles and they lose. its like you guys are picking whos winning and losing.

  he fumbled so i punted it back and he fumbled again on the next play.

  ive fumbled on back to back kick offs, YOU GUYS ARE EA SPORTS. PLEASE TELL ME WHY ITS TAKING 5 YEARS INTO THE NEXt GEN TO EVEN COME CLOSE TO MAKING A SIM NFL GAME.

  I PLAY 500 PLUS GAMES A YEAR. AND THIS YEAR IM RENTING IT 1st. IF THIS MADDEN IS AS BAD AS YOUR PAST GAMES IM DONE. ILL GO BUY 2k5 AND CREATE THE NEW PLAYERS.

  PLEASE PLAY THE GAME BEFORE YOU SELL IT. SEND IT OUT TO TEST PLAYERS BEFORE YOU SELL IT. JUST TRY AND ACT LIKE YOU GUYS CARE ABOUT THE GAME YOUR MAKING.....

• Troublesum360 said March 12, 2009

  Thanks for fixing the 'MADDEN B.S.'.

  Your doing a great job!

  I hope all is really in the game, because it's really in the game.

• IIAMLEGEND said March 12, 2009

  YA LIKE HE SAID ALSO, PEYTON MANNING WOULD NEVER EVER DO THE SOULDER BOY IN REAL LIFE, HAVE MORE TEAM CELEBRATION ANIMATIONS, IM TIRED OF A GUY SCORING THE GAME WINNING TD AND NOT BEING SWARMED BY HIS TEAMMATES LIKE IT WOULD HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE. AFTER EVERY TD AT LEAST ONE OR TWO GUYS SHOULD COME OVER AND PAT HIS SHOULDER OR SOMETHING.

• IIAMLEGEND said March 12, 2009

  PLEASE SIR,

     I AM WRITING IN ALL CAPS NOT TO YELL, BUT TO EXPRESS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT. I REALISE THAT ALL MADDEN SHOULD BE MUCH HARDER, BUT PLEASE MAKE IT REALISTICLY HARDER, FOR EXAMPLE I CANNOT CONTROL ALL OF MY PLAYERS AT ONCE, SO WHILE I AM AN OLB RUSHING THE QB MY SAFETY WHICH WAS ED REED DID NOT REACT AT ALL TO A PASS THAT WAS THROWN IN FRONT OF HIM UNTILL THE WR CAUGHT THE BALL. HE WAS IN A COVER TWO ZONE, IT IS REDICULOUS TO ME HOW THE BEST SAFETY IN THE NFL JUST STANDS THERE AND DOES NOT TRY TO MAKE A PLAY ON THE BALL.IT WOULD BE GREAT IF SAFETIES ALSO POPPED WR OVER THE MIDDLE(AS YOU STATED LB'S DO NOW) AS LONG AS THEY WERE IN FRONT OF THEM AND HAVE A GOOD ANGLE AND AT LEAST A RUNNING START, IM TIRED OF HITSTICK CRAZY PEOPLE NOT BEING PUNISHED FOR ATTEMPTING TO BLOW UP A WR THATS ALREADY BEHIND THEM IN COVERAGE. ALSO PLEASE STOP PUNISHING PLAYERS FOR CALLING THE RIGHT PLAYS,BY MAKING A PLAYER THEY WERE NOT CONTROLLING DO SOMETHING REDICULOUSLY STUPID. I'M SURE YOU WILL KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

  ALSO AS GUY ABOVE ME SAID, YOU REWARD GUYS WHO STRIPP THE BALL WITH FUMBLES WAY TO MUCH. ALSO I AM A VERY GOOD PASSER, SO WHY DO I MAKE ONE MISTAKE AND IT IS A PICK SIX AFTER IVE GONE 10/11 WHILE MY OPPONENT THROWS THE BALL STRAIGHT TO MY DEFENSIVE BACK 4 TIMES IN A ROW AND IT ALL ENDS IN PASS DEFLECTIONS??? I PLAY WITH THE RAVENS DEFENSE FOR CHRIST SAKE.

  IM SORRY IF I CAME OFF IN THE WRONG WAY BUT A LOVE FOOTBALL AND I AM VERY EXCITED IN THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING, GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR READING THIS IF YOU DID :D

• FLOOTSTER said March 12, 2009

  The rosters only update with regards to the 08 season.  T.O., Haynesworth, Houshmanzadeh; these guys went to new teams in the 09 offseason, therefore the rosters won't update because it wasn't a part of the 08 season.

  I saw where a guy here said that the players should introduce themselves like they do on MNF.  I think that would be great!  It would add way more realism to the game and you would be able to actually make a connection with your players.  They shouldn't introduce every game, just maybe rivalry games or on SNF or MNF, and playoffs.  Although I know they couldn't every one in there, free agents and future players wouldn't work.

  I am so glad the game will be slowed down some though.  Right after I read this update/column I went and played a game through my franchise and it was ridiculous how fast the game moves.  If you can't tell just run a play then watch the replay in normal motion, nothing looks right and there are so many herky jerky moves and animations.  The play that I watched was a RB screen.  D-Mac caught and ball, turned up-field, and was running at full speed in the blink of an eye.  On the flipside the defenders too react so much faster.

  Some simple things I would like to see in Madden 10:

  Take the CB moves that were added in 09 and remove them.  The ones were the WR and CB tie up in mid air looks so dumb and fake & it makes going up for a ball so much harder.

  Get rid of the spin catch.  And the catches were reciever or defender takes an extra step (but really floats) to the ball.  I had a play like this go for like a 80 touchdown and I felt like I cheated lol.

  I play on all-madden and some of the things the CPU does is so dumb.  They ALWAYS call timeouts with 1:01 to go in the second quarter, call timeout with 10 seconds to go in second quarter even though they are just going to kick a field goal, thus they have to kick it back to me with a few secs left.  Dumb plays calls during two minute drills.  I was playing the Patriots and was up by 4 with about a minute to go.  They had 3 timeouts.  They move the ball, without taking any timeouts, to my 20 yard line and proceed to let the clock run out.  Never used a timeout the whole possesion, and even ran a HB dive that went for like 3 yards.  This happens all the time, so dumb.

• NWCollapSe90 said March 12, 2009

  get rid of random weather. add live weather and day and night games...

• NWCollapSe90 said March 12, 2009

  i copyed this b/c i agree

  i think the online ranking should be overhauled.  i agree that you should not be able to play level 1's all year long and be a top 100 player in the nation.  i have a more simple method and effective method...

  if i play a level 8 and win i should get 8 pts.  if i play a level 1 and win i should get one point.  if i play a level 30 and win i should get 30 points.  this way people will be forced to play high level people in order to rise up the ranks and be a Top 100 player

  ...and please fix the rocket catch.  most of us are tired of that type of user catch.  

• NWCollapSe90 said March 12, 2009

  let people watch games live. instead of gamecast.. but at least dont get rid of gamecast. i love it.

• kenbuck14 said March 12, 2009

  I WOULD REALLY LOVE IF THE RECEIVERS PUT UP MORE OF AN EFFORT TO CATCH LONG PASSES, INSTEAD OF LETTING DE's CUT THE ROUTE AND INTERCEPT OR USER CATCH IF YOUR ON ONLINE. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BE FIXED

• kenbuck14 said March 12, 2009

  I MEANT TO SAY DB's

• swillz13 said March 12, 2009

  i think superstar needs to be way harder i mean my safety only played two seasons and his HOF progress is full and why does basically everybody make the hall of fame.also i would like to see a better job on the face masks and helmets like the runningback face mask is not the same size as lets say the 3-bar face mask, if u look at them in real life the running back one looks bigger i mean i found the best football game i played had to be all pro 2k8 even though they didn't have real teams or the current players they just did a great job on the game the movements are realistic and the create a team is great also the helmets look way better i mean in madden they just look weird. and im not trying to be hard on u guys i really like madden i just want this game to be the best u guys can make. i would actually wait another mounth for u guys to perfect the game the for it to come out on the oringinal date and not be the way it could.the thing i would like to see is the ability to colour all of ur equipment not just picking tc or black or something being able to pick from a list like say if im on the texans and i want to wear red gloves i sould be able to pick that also same thing with cleats like if im on the eagles and i want green cleats i should be able to colour them. also u guys should add the following equipent.

  Gloves: all of the nike gloves reebok, underarmour, and cutters and u don't have to add the logos just put the nfl logo on it.

  Cleats: be able to get nike,underarmour,addias cleats also the ability to colour them.

  Mouth guards: be able to get those lip mouth guards that u see so many people wearing and the abiltiy to have it straped or strapless.

  Visors: i would like to see the visors to be better add those clips that attaches them to the helmet and we should be also able to pick what colour we what it.

  sleeves wristbands and bicepbands: i think u should be able to pick what kind of sleevs that u want instead of long or the short one that go on ur forarms. u should be able to pick t-shirt like sleeves and also u should be able to pick how high ur guy wears his bicep bands. does he want to wear them on his for arms or on his biceps. also i would like the elbow pads and the rubber pads to be smaller. and why does the rubber pad have the weird coloured stripe on the side we should be able to pick if we want it black or coloured.

  the last thing i would like to see is th ability to stutter step.

• pdtodd12 said March 13, 2009

  Hey I've just got something that needs to be changed. DB (of course) have a skill for how good they are at catching and the bases for whether or not they will catch the ball goes on that. Now I know that if they are a 99 they still wont catch it every time but when I play offense the defense catches almost every ball I throw their way however when I play defense Despite the skill set they barely catch.

  Example: My CB are 78 & 91 at catching yet they each had 2 chances to catch the ball but neither one did

  The defenses CB is 68. He had two opportunities to catch the ball and he did.

  Things like that. When a player is better than someone at something but does worse. I know it realistic that they wouldnt catch every chance but its happened so many time when my DB/LB were better at catching and they didnt and the defenses DB/LB were worse and they caught it.

  Anyways hope you fix it. Thanks

• AZKILLAG said March 13, 2009

  I would like to see the create your own playbook/plays feature in madden 2010

• swillz13 said March 13, 2009

  another thing i would like to add is show at the end of the game the coaches shaking hands and the players also.

  also another thing for equipment have diffrent selections of chinstraps and the abiltiy to change how we wear them.

• swillz13 said March 14, 2009

  one more thing that also needs to fixed is when i throw a pass to the sidelines and i know my guy can catch all he needs to do is toe tap but then for some reason he jumps in the air and trys to catch it backwards and he ends up going out of bounds. fix that please

• S0ULSLiCE said March 15, 2009

  i just want field towels... if they had that on all the other madden games... presentation wise i would be satisfied, (field towels are what players have on their belt) please! i'm tired of look at all the player models and they all look the same... from DB's to linemen... they all look the same without the field towels

• swillz13 said March 15, 2009

  also why can't the coaches challenge in superstar mode i think u guys should put that in there and also add hand warmers for when its cold

• MoneyJ41 said March 16, 2009

  2009 was the first time I didn't bought Madden because of the lack of work that was put into it as it seemed... these new ''features'' are exactly what we need... sometimes I asked myself why it can happen sooner, these are very important things... keep up the good work... Madden10 is a sure buy for me

• BoltsFan14 said March 16, 2009

  I have a few ideas that I really would like to see in Madden NFL 10.

  1. In the pro bowl have the players have their own team helmets.

  2. In Franchise mode in the pro bowl the year on the ground should change with the years.

  3. After a big hit, have a player lose his helmet.

  4. Put referees on the field.

  5. When there is a penelty have the refs through flags.

  6. Have more than 2 commentators (or at least 2 good ones).

  7. In superstar have the player participate in press conferences before, after, and in-between games.

  8. Add high quality cut-scenes.

  9. Add more lines for the commentators.

  10. In Franchise mode, have a the scores of the other games scrolling along the bottom of the screen.

  11. Like before have the EA sports highlights features, but this time give the option to pick which plays you want to see in a highlight reel, and then be able to save the highlights reel.

  Thank you for reading my ideas and I hope you use some of them. I can't wait for this game!

• alnitty said March 18, 2009

  One of the things I would like for you guys to bring back is on the Fantasy/Dynasty mode, is the option to play against someone online via Franchise/Dynasty mode. You guys had it on PS2 and I was able to play against friends that weren't exactly at my crib to play, but we had a Franchise league together. In order to play those games we had to be at each other cribs to do so. That was one cool feature you guys had, or simply but the option that you guys currently have on College 09, where you can run a Franchise Mode season online.

  Hope you consider this.

• 92010131125 said March 19, 2009

  ok all i have to say is i love madden you dont have to change much but..... it would be nice if yall make the cd in to a formate so we can play music u have that format on rockband2 where you can play it from yout ps3  im now showing my 3year old son madden and it great he's a fast learner i wonder what will change when he in his teens wooooww that crazy but please i hope u can do that  thanks and think it over i think everyone will agree with me about the music sorry bye......

• tunit1 said March 20, 2009

  ok in superstar mode please bring back the in helmet camera view. I loved it if you got good it was so relistic. I make a camera view of the wide outs as you snap the ball on dual tight end flat in west coast thats a play were you throw the ball before the break into the route without seeing the wideout you cant do that with out risking the corner sitting on it and an easy pic taking place. Please get rid of the 5 foot 8 cornerbacks that can jump higher than larry fitzgerald i mean recovery time could accually become a stat in madden 10. some defenders catch up way faster in the game than they do in real life please recovery time a must in stats. make the superbowl better its the biggest game in sports make it feel like it. ad a video sports casters talk about the big game in francise home menu stuff like that. alot of madden players are going to be mad at me for this one but more penaltys would be amazing for the swagger of an online game like if there is 10 seconds left bomb it up there hope for a flag on the defender thats computer controlled. thanks

• Bruiser Bone said March 22, 2009

  I hope a lot more pass interference calls are made this year.  I get tired of guys bumping my men all over the place when I am going deep.

• xl PhARCyDe lx said March 22, 2009

  just some ideas i dont know if they have been brought up or not. this is for online play.

  1-on offense i think if a team has a good offensive line the person your playing againt shouldnt be able to just make his defensive ends try to do a speed rush to the outside and beat your o line everytime

  2-the run blocking needs to be better defenders shed blocks way to easily in 09

  3-just because someones a rookie doesnt mean they have to be a bad rating especially if they a playing better then have the veterans at that position.

  4-on defense man to man coverage is terrible in 09 you can only use it to stop the run or if you want to blitz. some teams have better man to man cover corners like the eagles. they play a lot of man coverage but in madden they cant gaurd any wideouts in man.

  5-quarterbacks that arent the most accurate in real life play like they are blind in 09 they cant complete the simplist of passes there is a reason they are starting in the nfl and its because they know how to throw a football

  6-almost every game i play online i have and hate this problem and how unrealistic it is when i have a reciever who has a lb or cb beat by a good 5 and sometimes even 10 yards and all of a sudden the lb or cb turns into superman and jumps 50 ft in the air to deflect my pass i know this happens to everyone who plays online and its quite frustrating

  7-make the kicking more realistic! ive lost to many games from someone kicking a 55 yard fg not to many nfl kickers are making that kick in real life.

  8-make fg's easier to block. im not saying make a play that someone can use over and over again to cheaply block fg's but in real life kicks are blocked alot more i honsetly have only seen 1 fg blocked ever in my past 2 years of playing madden

  9-when challenging a play give a list of all the possible challenges to choose from to select. to many times i would want to challenge a TD or a fumble and when i do challenge it looks for the spot of the ball or something else stupid.

  10-and lastly players on def that are ball hawks need to be able to catch the ball better so much someone else will throw a bad pass right to me and my defender will just let it hit his hands and not catch the football

• xl PhARCyDe lx said March 23, 2009

  oh one more thing when trying to throw a deep pass please dont have the QB have this crazy long wind up thats going to get him sacked if in real life he has a long wind up then thats fine but i play as the eagles and i promise mcnabb doesnt have a wind up period but when im trying to throw deep i get sacked becuase he winds up for a half hour before he throws the ball... ok thanks madden thats it i did like 09 by the way i liked it alot these are all just ideas for making it better next year OOOHHH and PLEASE GET RID OF CHRIS COLLINSWORTH I HATE THAT GUYS HE'S LAME AND DOENST KNOW A THING ABOUT FOOTBALL IN MADDEN OR REAL LIFE

• mrrandomkid12 said March 23, 2009

  I know my ideas wont be implemented but jus to throw some ideas out there.to perfect this game please add realism to the OL/DL interaction to make it seem more realistic. Real pancakes,cutblocks,crackbacks. Just show actual blocking and an actual effort to get away from that blocking. And then improvements to Runner/tackler interaction. Have a more natural tackling system, or have more animations. Also "I thought of this idea 2 years ago" But have multiple presentations. Sunday afternoon NFC EAST game, have a FOX Sports crew & presentation with different commentators,scoreboard,postgame,pregame. Same with ESPN, CBS, NBC. Just mix it up a little bit. Theres nothing worse than having to turn the video game on mute because you're tired of the commentary. and there have been positive rumors about the top developers from Head Coach working on Franchise mode so I shouldn't have to worry about that. But superstar has just declined. Either improve it to make it seem like you are actually controlling a person on and off the field or get rid of it. Just some little ideas from a teenage honor student that knows his ideas probably wont be used.

• Mozokah30 said March 24, 2009

  I really, REAllY, hate how in 08, your LB or FS will be in a zone, and just sit there while a reciever is making a catch, just outside his zone. I think that the defender should have enough AI to notice a wide open reciever right next to his zone, thats the only unrealistic component, and for me, the most important. I use the Pats and the BB defense is a heavy dose of zone and blitz, soooooo, please get that fixed.

  PS(who cares about helmets + there is no more NFL Euro.)

• bayuzene said March 24, 2009

  i hope there will be trophies for madden 10 on the ps3

• mone22 said March 25, 2009

  I hope that you make changes to the online league play I believe the online league should be set up just like the single player franchise mode where you have free agents, draft, and ect. I also feel like in the online league the GMs should have more power to simulate game and change scores of previous games to fix any problems that may occur during the season. And add freeze the kicker to madden why put it in college and not madden when the NFL does it more than anything.  And please do something about improving the offence line I don’t understand how people can drop back in deep coverage and play 2 or 3 people on the line and still the offence line can’t hold or even come close to blocking the def player.  And this is the last thing you should do something where you can watch games online I understand the the lag factor but If you put a limit on the amount of people who can actually watch the game it should be to much of a problem

• Taydabeast1834 said March 25, 2009

  For this i think that you should really make the speed of these recievers that are at least 97 and up run really fast and be able to get open easier like they do in real life and 95s and stuff but please make this all happen and the game wont be sluggish

• vtk45 said March 28, 2009

  vtk45 said

  March 28, 2009

  Just a couple of Ideas to also ad to the realism of the game

  1. Instead of having a strength rating, have it in two categories: lower body strength and upper body strength. This could also have impact on cut blocks or low hit tackles and vise verse with tackling higher or just plain blocking.

  2. Have defensive lineman, linebackers,etc be more gap sound during running plays. It was attempted but needs to be and become more of a factor because it looks like the players disregard it. And as for the Run Blocking Strength rating for Off. Lineman, their strength ratings should move the d-lineman out of their gap depending on their strength ratings.

  3. Have cover linebacker's man to man ratings higher because that's what they do mainly against halfbacks, fullbacks, and te's. Because both run stopping and cover linebackers were forced to play zone in 09 which is an advantage for the run stopping linebacker cause' in general these type can't cover especially in man to man.

  4. There should be a bump n' run type rating penalty against indivisuals who press recievers behind the line of scrimmage. 7/10 the reciever usually wins.This type of press coverage should be only for players with really high press coverage ratings. If this is not adressed, the x reciever on any one on the line of scrimmage will always have an advantage over the z, slot, or and reciever behind the line of scrimmage.

  5. There should be a difference between two gap defensvise lineman demanding double teams and one gap penatrating defensive tackles getting into the backfield. Making this more noticeable will pay huge devidends for teams like the New England Patriots and Indiapolis Colts.

  6. Please add all the positions on the depth chart such as Right and Left CB, WR, and DT. Also Right and Left inside linbacker and Nose Tackle for 3-4 playbooks. These positions have slightly different responsibilities, prototypical sizes, and positionings.You don't see Wes Welker projected as a x reciever or Randy Moss playing the slot and going across the middle very often if ever.

  7. I would like to see an OFF COVERAGE rating to go along with the press coverage one for defensive backs. If you notice in real life the CB who is usually on the right plays off and for the most part left CB presses the wideout.

  8. For superstar mode please add more real work out drills. So far the developement has come along nicely but it wouldn't hurt to add the three cone drill and REAL position related drills.

  9. How about instead of increasing T.O's or any reciever that isn't fast speed,instead have a reciever's route running rating have that effect. Double moves, head fakes, etc. should all fall in that category to allow WR to go deep down the field which should effect the Secondary's reaction depending on their play recongnition, awarness, etc. Makes sense right? Not all recievers who are fast are starters or can go deep because of those factors.

  10. Please put back on indivisual secondary playmaker such as Indivisual press or off coverage as well as the playmaker option whether on not a defensive back shades a reciever on the left or right. It is frustrating when I make my secondary play press coverage and they bump the reciever inside.

  11. Please give pass rushers more moves other that two spin moves and a power. How about a bull rush or swm or rip move.

  Thanks EA. Just want the gameplay to resemble as close as to real life as possible while still being fun to play for a wider audience

• shadthedad said March 28, 2009

  There's a lot of upside to the corner back play if you're willing to step outside the box.  You should be able to use 2 of the shoulder buttons to play the receivers inside or out.  If you anticipate the receiver's running a slant; I should be able to hit the right trigger button, which will allow me to open my hips up and play the inside position.  I risk a big play if I guess wrong. Why are defensive backs limited to back pedaling?  With Procedural awareness, I should be able to jump into any animation I choose.  This will allow for a chess match on the field; between corner, receiver, and quarter back. Running backs are programmed with left and right stick moves, so why don't corners have moves that enhance their position?

• K alvary said March 29, 2009

  I AGREE WITH SHADTHEDAD SAID'S EARLIER COMMENT LET THE USER BE ABLE TO SHADE THE DB INSIDE TO CUT OFF SLANTS OR SHADE OUTSIDE TO CUT OFF OUTS.  LET THE USER BLUFF HIS COVERAGE WITH DB, FOR INSTANCE LET THE DB PRESS THE WR AS IF THEY ARE IN MAN 2 MAN THEN SHADE INTO SOMETHING LIKE A COVER 2. ALSO IN 09 IT IS TO EASY TO TELL IF THE DEFENSE IS IN MAN 2 MAN BY SENDING AN OFFENSIVE MAN IN MOTION. LET THE USERS PLAY CHESS MATCHES WITH EACH OTHER, THAT INTELLS MORE USER CONTROL AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE THAN IN THE PAST

• Anton B said April 01, 2009

  would like to see a center QB exchange rating, if the center is lousy then his exchange wit the QB should allow them to fumble the ball that would be a great feature

• bbthunda said April 01, 2009

  Julius Peppers should be able to play LB. Guys can switch to any position in reality. Warren Sapp caught a frickin touchdown Gods sake. You wanna be realistic, then be realistic

• bbthunda said April 01, 2009

  Why can't you fix how some LBs and DBs can almost teleport in front of passes or jump up 11 feet to snag a pass... Thats the most unrealistic part of Madden. Nobody cares about this crap. Too many stupid interceptions. Plus people can bump your WR down field thats pass interference fool.

• Qp33zy said April 03, 2009

  CURRENT GEN....

  * SUCTION! - I HATE IT!!! There plenty of times i had open holes for a td and the defender slides right off the well defended block and makes the tackle. I dont even have a running game because of that and now i just pass the ball 93% of the time.

  * O-line AI -Make It Where The O-line Blocks. To Many Defensive Players Runs Through The Line Untouched While Some oF the Guards Just Follows And Watches Them Come Through. Theres No Way That 1 Defender Gets Through The line If A 10man Coverage Is Being Called.

  * Fix Qb precision - Theres Plenty Of Times Where My Qb Over Throws A Wide Open Wr Or Lets Just Say My Wr Runs A Slant To The Right And I precision To The Right He Throws The Ball 3-4yards extra To The Right, Right in Front Of The Db Coming down. Also When I throw The Ball In The Flat Area, My Rb Shouldn't Be Hit In The Back Of The Head With The Ball Or Jetpacking Because Of The Terrible Throw.

  *Speed -When I click On My Defender Chasing The Wr Down Field On A Streak, It Shouldnt Slow Me Down. I Shouldnt Get Ran Of On By A Wr Thats 90spd When I Have A 94spd Db Or When Running The Ball, A 82spd Lb Shouldn't Be the Same Spd as my 90+spd Rb, There Should Be Some Kind Of Separation There.

  * Juke Moves - I Hate Those Ugly Jukes Moves, Turbo Juke And The Chain Link Turbo Juke Is Good But The One were it looks like he is dancing Side to side not moving anywhere sucks. Also the spin move doesnt work as it used to in 04, 05, & 06.

• Qp33zy said April 03, 2009

  *Players Postion -If i move a LB To DE I should still be able to hitstick with him, if he can hit then can hit not because of the position he's in. Same as on offense, if i have randy moss at a TE position he should be able to catch passes as if he was in his on position; if he can catch then he catch not because of the position he's in.

• redmane26 said April 03, 2009

  I think that if you are going to bring back the QB vision the we should a least have the option to turn it off if you don't want to use it. The vision is ok but, everyone dosen't like it.

• redmane26 said April 03, 2009

  You guys should make it so that we can pick any uniform combination within the teams colors.

• redmane26 said April 03, 2009

  It would be great to bring back the multipal box for play selection instead of the single box we have today.

• redmane26 said April 03, 2009

  Playing man D is like having spectators on the field. I just sucks. You might as well take the Defence off the field if their going to get beat all the time. Nothing sets up anything. Example: I can have an awsome day running but, it still dosen't set up the long pass. No matter how good of a run game I have the pump fake and play action will not work as well as it should. Same goes for the pass setting up the run. Please I hope you are taking everyone's concerns seriously.

• A Hot Man Beast said April 03, 2009

  This bugs the heck out of me. I read here that you can send a WR with 99 speed and burn a CB with 89 speed. For me, this is most certainly not the case. I have Ted Ginn, 98 speed, 99 acc, etc. I send him on a fly and I can't get by an extremely slower CB. I don't get it. Also, there should be a lot more spectacular catch animations.

• A Hot Man Beast said April 03, 2009

  This bugs the heck out of me. I read here that you can send a WR with 99 speed and burn a CB with 89 speed. For me, this is most certainly not the case. I have Ted Ginn, 98 speed, 99 acc, etc. I send him on a fly and I can't get by an extremely slower CB. I don't get it. Also, there should be a lot more spectacular catch animations.

• BarSippr said April 03, 2009

  I have always been a big franchise player.  Reading the blogs on the animation changes has given me a big excitement for this years version.  

  Improvents I would like to see:

  >On the fly audibles

  >Franchise redux

  >Trading in franchise

  On the fly audibles I bieleve was done at one point, bring it back. Yeah yeah I know I can set my audibles but over time human opponents seem to figure that out and I need to keep them on their toes.

  Franchise is great until I want to play with someone.  I should be able to turn any cpu controlled team to a user controlled team.  Example. Friends are over. Franchise loaded and friends have to play with their team with no control. So lets allow them to control that teams depth chart, trades etc..  When they leave switch it back and life goes on til they return. I like to try and create an alternate universe with my franchise and sometimes like the real life trades and try to execute that. So I would like to be able to force that to happen.  

  Lastly we all like to trade, but trade rarely happen in season.  If it does it take time for an offensive player to readjust than it does a defensive one.  So how do you translate that into Madden.  My idea is to have some sort of checks and balance in trading. I have had the cpu sign a player of high rating that I didnt ask for.  I ended up trading him away weeks later after discovery. Now in real life future players might be weery of coming to that ball club seeing all the moves and unloyal attitudes there. Something like a chemistry of loyalty rating. It take player entire offseasons to get adjusted to new plays and teammates.

  Other than that I am a big uniform guy. More helmets facemask that aren't buldging outward. The option of size on shoulder pads as well as sock style for the team. Shoes Shoes Shoes!

  Last but not least I will leave you with this.  Example: Derek Anderson (QB for the Browns) was nearly unknow until his probowl season.  Madden NFL 08 I beileve had him rated uninvitingly.  Madden NFL 09, he was rated among the best. This is what needs to be in Madden Franchise mode.  We all have our diamond in the rough players that we feel would be great fits given the right opportunity.  EA rewards the players with increases to ratings.  Now if I have a great season with "My player" he should increase ion ratings as you would in real life. It should not take me years to get his THA rating to 85 when starting at 78. And vice versa if he doesnt do as well ratings should drop or I pay closer attention to my system I am running and give him more touches because he will be look at as a player that is falling.

• zion city 504 said April 04, 2009

  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please can someone here me out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to see shoulder shadowing.  I think it was 04 when you could choose what shoulder your db shouldered on the flanker according to what you anticipated the offense to do and it was so helpful when running man to man defense and is a big reason no one runs man to man today unless you have awesome db's and why the offense can pick your defense apart.  SHOULDER SHADOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I3RUTe_FORCe said April 04, 2009

  Thank you Dev team. I'm happy with the changes you are making. I myself love online more than any other aspect because playing against another human beings brings out more of the competitive fire in me. I have just a few requests.

  1. No more LBs jumping 6ft in the air from their position 10yds from the QB who's in the pocket to bat down or INT a pass that is intended to go 15 yds behind said LB.

  2. Penalize the no-huddle(no skill)who want to use that the whole game by drastically increasing their fatigue to the point their starters have to rest for whole quarters or at least half to regain their energy. What NFL team have you seen that can no-huddle every possesion and at worse have some of their starters miss 2-5 plays? The Colts are known for no-huddling but they dont even do it for a whole quarter. Maybe if you add up the time of possesion at the end of the game the time comprising no-huddle would equal a quarter at most for the Colts on those ridiculous change of tempo days. Yes I understand there are situations where it is needed late in game in 3rd or 4th quarter behind by 2 or more TDs, but it was so ridiculous last year I was to the point I was not even going to purchase Madden this year. The news of Cutler being traded to my Bears has had a domino affect. My anxiousness for football season to begin along with my competitive fire fueled with the hunger of using my Bears, that finally have a franchise QB, has risen exponentially. I wouldnt even use Orton or Grossman because of their obvious inefficiencies (imobility, weak arm, canon arm no accuracy) so I would use Hanie. Anyway, I started sniffing around to check out previews of the next Madden and found this site; to say I cant wait till this comes out is a drastic understatement.

  3. Please do not allow defenders who are running(back facing QB)with or being beaten by a WR by maybe 4-8yds to be able to all of a sudden cut off their chase and turn around to bat or pick off a pass that should have gone way over their heads. That kind of animation would remind me of a heat seeking missle doing a 180 on a dime to hit a target directly behind them. At least base that type of reactionary coverage to the DBs that actually read the receivers and react or look for the ball when the WR does.

  4. Please correctly update rosters on a weekly basis at the least. Please keep the format where a defensive or offensive player cannot be moved to another position they would not ordinarily play. Although I did see that some people would use Champ Bailey as a WR. I dont know how accurate that is because I only see Denver if it is a nationally televised game but Im sure if they have used him there it was very, very rare so it probably should not be an option. I mean I couldnt slip Hester in as a CB so why do that for Bailey. Please focus on the realism.

  5. I'm pretty sure I read something about no more "moon balls" where a clown using Brady could roll out of the pocket sliding protection to the same direction and float one 60 yards to Moss who has outrun the 3 man deep coverage by at least 10 yards. I really hope that get's fixed.

• Qp33zy said April 05, 2009

  PLAYER SPEED -Player speed hasn't been the same ever since madden 06. Its a shame to see a DB like Terrance Newman 95spd+ getting burned by a WR Right at 90spd. He shouldn't ever get beat deep nor burned by any WR with that amount of spd. The only person that was capable of burning any DB was moss when he had 99spd and that was right because he actually did and nobody couldn't keep up with him. Right today R.moss is still the fastest in the NFL.

  GAME SPEED -I love user sticks so make players feel more agile. I use to be a analog user but now went to d-pad because players seems to run slow when using the analog. I don't care what anybody has to say but this game is all about great users when it comes down to winning the tournaments.

  DB COVERAGE -There hasn't been any good man/zone coverage every since madden 04 & 05. Im tired of my players running 5-10 yards the opposite way of the wr doing a route when he makes a cut. Even the best CB runs off 3-4 yards.

  QB Precision -Again QB precision hasn't been the same ever since it first came into game play in madden 06. I'm tired of Qb's throwing the ball 5-8 yards ahead of the wr leading into a int or blindside hit. Even the throwing the ball into the flats is f***** up.

  SUCTION Magnet - Pretty much self explanatory. I'm sick of the .00002s sacks and the o-line ignoring the d-line. they're worried about forming the pocket more than protecting the QB in the pocket. Ya, and don't forget the hit stick suctions as well as the defensive of players sliding off the blocks closing the holes in .0002s and making the tackle.

  Highlighting -The only problem with this is that when highlighting sometimes it does a double highlight when there's only 1 defender causing you to slow down for extra yards. I think since there's a numerous amount of highlight animations that each one should be signed to up, down, left and right and take away the back juke on the analog stick and same for hit sticks.

• White6Lightning said April 06, 2009

  I'm liking this a lot, the WR/DB matchups and the interaction very good. I've been waiting for an update like this. I recommend adding these 2 things to Madden 2010:

  1. When the ball carrier runs out of bounds make the clock stop. I can't count the number of times I've ran out of bounds in any quarter As soon as I go to select my next play The play clock and game clock start. It is just annoying when trying to make a 4th quarter comeback when you have no timeouts and it is impossible to stop the clock.

  2. Make it so you can audible out of your kick offs, I've played numerous games where I forget to onside kick and I say oh no big deal I will just audible...wait X X isn't doing anything? No timeouts...My only option is to kick it deep and hope they fumble? Lame. Also for the kick offs. 3:00 minutes left in the game the computer is down 10 points they just scored about to kick off. I naturally would choose onside kick...but wait they chose normal kick off for some stupid reason? I will just audible out to normal kick formation...no wait they already kicked the ball. The computer in Madden 2009 immediately kicks off the ball there is no time to do anything. Even a 3 second timer before they could kick off to get into position would be nice.

  Thanks for adding this site I'm sure you guys will get a lot of good input for the game I'm excited to see how it turns out. Hopefully you get a chance to look at this post and take these things into consideration. Thank you.

• White6Lightning said April 06, 2009

  I just posted a little bit ago about the out of bounds and kick offs. Sorry to post again but I was just playing and I realized one more thing about kick offs. When you are receiving and you choose lets say the middle kick off return you catch the ball and your first line of defense is block and all then you get tackled you look near the top of the screen and notice 3 or 4 blockers that were on the front lines just running towards the end-zone not doing anything to help you on your return. If there is a way to fix the stupid AI on kickoffs to where they actually help you rather than hurt you that would be very very much appreciated. Thanks again.

• DLO3224 said April 06, 2009

  i agreewith warrioir you shud take some stuff from espn like the top ten play and the show thing. and make the fans and sideline better cuz it horrible. also the equipment shud be all the shoes of companys and gear like the toels onthe quaterback or the pouch  for therei hand whe its cold. and put some stuff back from the xbox version to the next gen like when u had to do the distance test with the qaurterbacks intrining camo to see how far they cud throw and stuff. like make the franchise mode compariable toreal life intodays fl with promblemswith players and coachesand demandin trades and stuff. madden is allready a good game but if yall fix the franchise mode and do suhin with the fans and equipment to me yall will have the best game ver. and the presentation to me has to change like i liked madden 08 introduction but then yall took it out. oh and another thing i dnt like that u need to change off of madden that itereates me is when u draft apalyerand thats say he a wide recieverand u dratfed him the 1 over all pick and u chang hisequpment and u go back to his info and itsays undrafted  its smallbut its agravating.

• sprtsmster said April 07, 2009

  I'm sure this has already been mentioned, but allowing for a goaline fade route is long overdue. It is one of the most effective offensive strategies, and it is where most tall, possession receivers find their value. Put Fitzgerald on the cover, and get this in the game!

• kubiak23 said April 07, 2009

  kubiak23

  april 07 2009

  how about fixing instant replay or making it alittle more realilistic.

  what about the WR steppin out of bounds then comming back in and being the first

  to touch the ball

• Babyrock1 said April 08, 2009

  Just minor stuff u all should throw around.First,bring back the decapitation of unsuspecting receivers.Well it's really knocking their helmets off.It has a way of swinging a game in someone's favor.Also maybe stiff arm a helmet off like L.T did & just because the helmets the play is over.Just like with Jason Witten & Jermey Shockey helmets came off but they kept running

• Enrake said April 09, 2009

  I just hope to God the whole passing game, especially the WR/DB interaction is changed drastically as you claim for it to be. So many times I've played, bombed it down field to a reciever wide open, in front of the DB and without even looking at the ball, the DB leaps into the air and knocks down the ball at the EXACT right moment. Realism HAS to change in 10 or EA Sports is going to rob the people who buy their games. I also think if a WR has a speed of 97 and acceleration of 95 and the DB has one of 92 and 93, there is NO way in Gods green earth that he is going to beat the WR when he is running a streak route.

• Qp33zy said April 10, 2009

  Ya Enrake your right, but lets just say you throw a streak down field to your 97spd/95acc Wr vs 93spd/97acc Db. There's no way in hell that i shouldn't be able to catch up and swat the ball out of the air and not to mention you rarely even see dbs get burnt down field period. You know how hard it is to actually burn a db down field on a streak? The only receiver i can actually say 100% that can do that is randy moss as of today he still can. Moss is just lazy but indeed is still the fastest in the nfl. In fact, you shouldn't start to see much separation until after 15-20yards down field. To prove my point, we all know that ashaunte Samuel is not one of the fastest but how times have you seen him get burnt or al harris hell even shawn springs Lol

• Bolden28 said April 12, 2009

  On madden 10 you need to change the online franchise to where you dont have to have so many people to play and make it like a real franchise so that we can play all the weeks of a real franchise. And also in franchise mode you are not able to switch teams when i do that i like to make a team good then switch to another and make them good but everything that i did with the other team i do not want that to go away, so i think you should have the option to switch teams.

• c00lpepper said April 13, 2009

  The acceleration animations were cool, much more realistic and the effects of the weather on route running is something i have longed for also!  Should be very interesting the matchups between WR and CB in Madden 10.

• HurricaneT said April 15, 2009

  IF EA SPORST AND MADDEN WANT PEOPLE TO STOP SAYING THAT NFL 2K5 IS THE BEST GAME THEN THEY NEED TO INPUT THIS ONTO MADDEN 10 ASAP!!!CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO ON THIS WEBSITE www.youtube.com/watch AND MADDEN PEOPLE UR REALLY NEED TO PUT THIS ON MADDEN 10 FRANCHISE MODE CAUSE FRAANCHISE MODE GETTING BORING EVERY YEAR IT DONT EXACTLY HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS YOUR COULD PUT NFL NETWORK ARE SOMETHING INSTEAD OF ESPN BUT YOU CANT LIE THIS IS FIRE IN A GAME

• banks17 said April 17, 2009

  add that ea sports need to fix how the corner back can just turn around so easy and pick the ball when in real life u cant do that for example take a look at this video <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="www.youtube.com/.../RfaRivphNHA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param">www.youtube.com/.../param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="www.youtube.com/.../RfaRivphNHA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> and also the cornerbacks runs slow when they pick the ball off they get caught by lineman

• MikeDeep97 said April 19, 2009

  A more realistic pursuit angle design is also needed. A safety or backside cornerback should take a pursuit angle to end zone pylon instead of running to the target (ball carrier) from thirty yards away. What ends up happening is the defender runs up to the where the ball carrier USED TO BE and then is trying to chase down a faster or similar speed player from behind (who they will never catch). A coding where the target can auto-switch to the pylon when they are chasing from more than 10 yards away from the runner and auto switch back when they are closer would be awesome. It would also give more importance to attributes such as a player's pursuit and awareness rating.

• Qp33zy said April 24, 2009

  So Mr Ian, I'm glad your finally listening to the audience and my only question is will all of these changes that you've guys made will follow up for the current gen (ps2) as well? Like the major issues as far as for the suction magnet, Wr/Db interaction & speed, DL/OL interaction, man/zone coverage and so on. There's still numerous amount of ppl that still enjoy the gameplay for current gen and would like to have those changes as well and im one of them so lets not forget about the current gen. You would be surprise on how many money games are still left on current gen.

• denverbro89 said April 24, 2009

  this madden looks to be the ever, id like to see jump balls in the end zone  and more tackle animations. Height, weight, speed, and strength should play into gameplay and ratings. Darren Sporles shouldn't be able to truck anybody bigger than him and Brandon Jacobs cannot juke like Sproles.

• Dre88Dre21 said April 26, 2009

  MY REQUST IS SIMPLE AND EVERY ONE CAN AGREE LAST YEARS 09 PROGRESSION IN SEASON SUCKED AND HIGHLIGHT STICK A LITTLE TOO hARD 2 WORK. I feel progession in season should be more tuned 2 skills if i get 30 sacks shouldnt i go up in awarness and tackle and block sheddin. my Ncaa draft class has rookies come out from 69 overall to 99 and dats not fun becuase they start out as superstars and really dont go up. The fun of madden is to build your ppl up and the fun of that was missing. I dont like how if you get the good players in the draft that there not valued the same. What im sayin is let the players come off the Ncaa import around 80 to 88 for 1st rounders and build them from and it is only maybe 4 draft picks that are really ready 2 make impacts anyway. That not sayin the 4th round draft 7th round picks should be able to make to be supersters the never make to even higher than 77 if that tom brady was a 7th round pick please fix the progession so that if you use your players they will go up eventually to be a leader on your team no matter wat round they are in and the game needs more spectular catches and the highlight stick is fine really it stop you from running all over your oppennts

• Dre88Dre21 said April 26, 2009

  OH yeah Please Please Please bring back da combine i cant stand to draft a player wat out knowing how they fill in use to be in madden for regular xbox that was a great feature if you have 2 get rid of superstar mode no onw would care                                                                                                    pLAse ReAd..;.;,';'.';,';,'/.';'/?.';/.;.',';;.';

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• QsCowboys said April 27, 2009

  IMPORTANT!!!!!STOP LETTING WR CATCH THE BALL ON AN OUT ROUTE WITH 5 YDS UNTIL THERE OUT BUT SOMEHOW INSTEAD OF MAKING THE CATCH AND CUTTING UPFIELD THEY RUN OUT OF BOUNDS. ALSO LET THE WR MAKE CATCHES GOIN OUT OF BOUNDS AND KEEPING THERE 2 FEET IN MORE. MAKE JUMP BALLS AND CATCHES MORE REALISTIC. ON DEFENSE ILL DROP 12 PICKS IN A GAME AND THEY ALL HIT ME RIGHT N THE HANDS OR WE TIP IT 7 TIMES BUT NO ONE CAN CATCH IT. DON'T LET THE QB SNEAK GET U A YD 99% OF THE TIME. MAKE THE 40 YD DASH TAPPING 2 BUTTONS FAST I RUN 4.6 TO A 5 WITH DEVIN HESTER. LET THERE BE GANG TACKLES I HATE WHEN IM RUNNIN FULL SPEED AHEAD AND MY LINEMEN SETS HIM UP FOR ME AND I GO TRY TO KNOCK HIS HEAD OFF AND GO RIGHT THROUGH HIM OR HIT HIM AND NOTHING HAPPENS. HAVE A BETTER CELEBRATION WHEN U WIN THE SUPERBOWL GO ON A STAGE AND GIVE THE MVP A TROPHY. WHEN A DEFENSE GUY IS GETTING BLOCKED AND IM RUNNING FULL SPEED THROUGH THE HOLE LET ME RUN OVER OR THROUGH THE GUY WHO JUST BARELY GOT AN ARM OUT ON ME GETTING PUSHED BACKWARDS AND HE DROPS ME. I MUST SAY THIS THOUGH EVEN IF MADDEN STAYS THE SAME IT WILL STILL BE THE BEST GAMES EVER MADE. P.S DO WAT I SAY AND YOUR GAME WILL BE CLOSE TO FLAWLESS

• Penzius said April 28, 2009

  PLAY CALL SCREEN: Easy improvment for all players would be improving the size of the play call screen. For instance if I am on line the whole hd screen should be full of plays (20-30, all the I forms for instance) allowing me to be better prepared to use my full paybook against my opponent and giving a better experience overall.

• mannieface said April 30, 2009

  most of all to me and all of my buddies is in fran.mode when you import players from ncaa they still have ther collage numbers and we hate that is ther anyway that can be corected please get rite on it if it could be done

• Musaeus said May 01, 2009

  Bring Madden 10 to the PC please.

• npkelly said May 05, 2009

  i like the fact that you're bringing back the defensive matchups. i always wondered why they were left out. and i like the fact of procedural awareness. it always made me mad when a CPU defender could make a play on the ball without ever looking back for it and no matter how skilled he was either. and it seemed that the user's side was never the same. i mean there were plenty of times where there was a defender playing a zone and would never react to the throw. will this affect every defensive player too? an example would be a zone blitz where the LB's and d-line switch roles. even d-lineman make plays on the balls in the passing game. maybe not intercept it as often, but at least get a hand in there, or if anything make an attempt. ravens do it all the time. as well as other 3-4 teams. there was hardly any of that on the user's side of ball in 09. i like the new adjustments to the animation timing (ex. acceleration, change of direction, etc.). don't take out the shadowing feature that was in 09 though. i thought that was a great addition to defending the pass. and i hope there's gonna be more catch animations in 10. there was no fight in the air for the ball half the time, or when it really mattered. and hardly any sideline catch animations too. and i hope this adjustments to the route running allows for bigger plays in the endzone. more then enough a QB will throw it in there and let the WR go and get it. or run an out to the back corner and sneak it past the DB. sure hope so. good update though.    

• bearsbulls2186 said May 05, 2009

  Make the wide receivor catches more realistic, the wideout doesnt always turn and jump for a deep ball, maybe in highschool but not the nfl. also, DB's seem to make the most outrageos catches whilw they drop the easier ones. thankxz

• Theklutchkid said May 09, 2009

  As long as this takes the rocket catch out of the game, I am all for it. The most unrealistic play in the game and takes away the fun from online gaming.

• gam3392 said May 12, 2009

  Make the wr actually jump when there is a jump ball

• Sideshow6 said May 14, 2009

  Remove the eyes from the back of defenders heads... I don't know how many times I've attempted to throw over a defender that's not looking at my QB, and at the last second, he will jump and knock down a pass that he doesn't even know has been thrown! Irritating!

• TremainSr said May 15, 2009

  Screen passes are ok but screen passes running behind blocks are for bums unless Madden makes some defense that can defend it.  You have players that does screen pass all game long.  To me is like do Nano plays when all they have to do is run behind the blocks.  This is a play that really gets under my skin when my opponents get shut down. Even if the DB can atleast be near the receiver when he catches the ball.  The DB always get hung behind the linemen blocks.  I use man coverage...cover flat and none are successful!!!  If i try to cover one screen pass then they throw to the opposite side.  This really needs to be improved on how to defend those SCREEN RUN BeHIND BLOCKS passes!!!!!!!

• TremainSr said May 15, 2009

  Oh yeah, the QB vision should come up after the play is snapped.  I only use the jaguars so my team never has that option but its annoying when teams can see my play before the snap. If you know football you really don't need that QB or Defensive smart play vision.  When I focus on certain players I like to guess what they going to do.  Like I said it should only appear after the ball is snap not before.  Maybe make the routes a little faded after snap!!!  I think thats realistic!!!  I'm not saying take it away only appear after the snap!!!

• xPRIM3TIM3x said May 17, 2009

  this is great but i am wondering if the game will bring back the rocket catch and make it happen every time u try to do it unlike in madden 09.

  Also after seeing what Larry Fitzgerald did all year i think tht u should add like a back corner in the endzone fade catch between the wr n db tht would be sooo much better...add it please

• dalhousa1 said May 20, 2009

  i have an idea for madden,the teams that have a large fan base on the road like the cowboys,steelers,packers,etc.they should include that on the game,so when those teams that have a large following go on the road,they'll have fans there also and can make a difference whenever the team does something on the game by hearing the opposing team's fans.that would make it more realistic if they can include this and i hope they do.

• trufreshmen said May 20, 2009

  every thing i read is on point just hope the players look like the players ricky Williams dident look like himself or santanio holmes or joe flaco the rookie screen shots looked terrible i mean no facial hair on guys or anything sup wit dat?? everything new Ive seen seems really good just do a major up grade on making the players look real faces an all ........thanx hope you take heed ea please!!!!!

• Dellyshoppe4 said May 21, 2009

  I would love for you guys to have regular updates on Rosters and Ratings during and after the season. It's frustrating to see guys get the same ratings even though they didn't play as well or not at all. Why would Tom Brady have the same ratings even though he didn't play at all last season? And teams that have almost the same record from the previous 2-3 seasons, have such drastically different overall ratings.

• allstar-24 said May 22, 2009

  i love how u guys re did all the new moves,im also a big corner person so heres an idea for corners u should have a stat that says how many touchdowns the corner gives up also u should have a stat for corner blitzing because u dont want to blitz a corner with no speed or agility to get there so mabey that can be thrown in there and one more big thing i didnt like in madden 09 is that corners couldnt catch a thing but irl they can catch so mabey u can fix that

• allstar-24 said May 22, 2009

  i like what highl1ght said about the fade routs cause theres no point in haveing a tall wide out if he cant just do a fade and go up and get the ball in madden 09 u had to stop and go get the ball the qb should just lob it up to the wideout as soon as he cuts and let the qb and the corner go fight for it and one last thing u guys need to fix it the SPIN CATCH!!!take it out please please please use it only for short routes cause i hate when the do it by the sideling and spin outof bounds so fix that please

• allstar-24 said May 22, 2009

  i like what highl1ght said about the fade routs cause theres no point in have a tall wr(t.o,larry fit,randy moss,calvin j,)if he cant go up and get the ball cause in madden 09 u would have to stop and jump and catch the ballso mabey u could make more use of that one last thing u need to get rid of the SPIN CATCH!!!!!! cause i hate when they would do it by the sideline and spin out of bounds so mabe u can fix that

• allstar-24 said May 22, 2009

  one thing i didnt like about madden 09 is that the wr could run out of bounds and come back in to the field and catch the ball u cant do that so mabey u could fix and one last thing can u make like a challenge section and have like the coach throw out a red flag

• allstar-24 said May 27, 2009

  i was just playing madden 09 and i was playing the mini games and i was playing the coverage challenge and i saw something the ticked me of when ever i ran up field before i go up to the corner he would turn around and run like it was a race to the end zone and when i did a cut with the right anolog stick he would just turn and run with me even though his head is looking foward and he cant seem cause im behind him and whne ever he takles me he always does and when i talk him i just slide off

  1)i know u made the corners more better so nothing said there

  2)when ever a cut with a top wr with high route running the corner should get burned or juked if the corner sucks

  3)if u are the corner make it to where u are behind the corner the wr

  4)make more mini games these or getting old cause they been in the game the past 3 year or so, so had some new ones please

  4)last but not least in the qb drill the comp qb would throw to the open wr right when the wr was out of bounds so fix that too

• gom_madden_king said May 30, 2009

  i agree with DCowboyLivE419 please get rid of the rocket catch..... too many people use it and they are having instructional videos on youtube how to do and people think they are the greatest madden players but i have some more things they should fix like the full house formation so if u motion one of the running backs in the hole you'll get big yards every play and if u stop that then they can just pass out of it. If u want to message me my XBOX LIVE GAMERTAG IS GOM MADDEN KING. P.S Rocket Catching dosen't take any skill AT ALL.

• KingTeeJones said June 03, 2009

  I Would Love To See You GUYS ADD SOME SORT OF TEAM PLAY LIKE 5 ON OFFENSE AND 5 ON DEFENSE IT WOULD ADD A WHOLE NEW THING TO THE GAME CAUSE I LOVE TEAM PLAY ON BASEBALL BASKETBALL HOCKEY SO I MEAN WHY NOT ON FOOTBALL. THERE ARE ENOUGH SKILL PLAYERS ON EACH SIDE THE BALL TO DO IT SO TRY IT OUT AND WHY IS THE LOBBY SO LAME MANN ON NBA LIVE YOU CAN TALK TO EVERYONE COME ON LETS MAKE BIG CHANGES I'D LOVE TO SEE TEAM PLAY TEAM PLAY TEAMPLAY TEAMPLAY TEAM PLAY TEAM TEAM TEAM PLAY PLAY PLAY

• bulldog369 said June 05, 2009

  jump balls in the endzone

• vaibhavp3 said June 16, 2009

  ian please if your reading this, i beg of you to put these fllowing things in madden

  1) *make the ratings matter*

  i have randy moss and he never does spectacular catches, also i have adrian peterson and he is always getting tackled. make champ bailey nnamdi asomugha shutdown rating mean something i put randy moss on a streak and he beats them come on that never happen only occasionally

  2) *WR/DB still needs to be improved*

  in madden 09 i throw the ball and the conerback is always fighting for the ball and the wr just stands there saying go on intercept the ball. let the wr jump up faor the ball e.g calvin johnson, randy moss, andre johnson.

  3). *OL/DL* was the worst thing in madden*

  let me tell you a story i was playing franchise mode and insted of my offensive line trying to block the deffesive guy the ol is waithing for the deffesive player to make a move and the offesive line on one play let the deffesive play go right pass and i got sacked. also on one play the offesive line wass going in the middle for some reason and let the deffesive end go through the outside, this really kicks me of!!!! please fix this.

  4). *insted of the wr running the route he waits and stares at me, c'mon thats freky.

  5). *************** the main thing please PLEASE ADD CREATE A PLAY BOOK I WILL CRY IF YOU GUYS DO PLEASE I BEG OF YOU****************************************

  6). * franchise mode nedd even more depth it's just like playing a game and winning the supetbowl it not exiting*

  7). * what the hell is wrong with superstar mode please improve the mode by far*

  8). * let big time player make a differnce*

  i have albert haynesworth and he does noting and gets taken down by a crappy center and dosn't even stop the run. so basically there no point of me paying him so much money for nothing. also i had arron kampam in my franchise and he diid nothing i mean wats the point of adding all this weapons like power/ finesse if it cant go to any use.

  9). ******************* please no more online connection problems i was playing a game i was winning like 30-21 and it disconnets and i have to lose the game*****

  10). * finally i think that you guys have done a grat job i really appriciate it but you guys can do better than that your ES SPORTS c'mon please improve madden nfl 10 i beg of you*

• warrior310 said July 15, 2009

  yea, make a list when the game is damn near finished.

• assassian gamer said July 15, 2009

  My problem was mainly with the wr/db interraction was that the db had to many advantages. The Conerback would jump up with out pussing of the ground a do a high jump and swat the ball without lookig at the football. the wide receivers all the time woul never jump for the ball they just sit their and let the db pick the ball off

• jrwildcat28@hotmail.com said July 27, 2009

  I have been waiting for the increase in tech to allow a choice of WHAT you want to challenge. You may want to challenge a fumble and the game challenges the spot of the ball..? Whats that all about? Is it possible to give a list of choices to pick exactly what you want to challenge?

  In my opinion, the challenge system has been and still is flawed.

  This is what Drives me consistently crazy:

  When your on Def, and a WR catches the ball with 1 foot in & 1 foot out. The play is ruled out. The other guy challenges and the play is reversed to a complete pass. I've seen this too many times, and is Soooo frustrating!

  Why cant you challenge a TD catch when it comes to being inbounds along the back of the end zone? I have tried to challenge several plays that were clearly out of bounds, but the game wont even give me the option to challenge!

  Also, where is the line of "control of the ball"? In replays It looks like "control" begins the Exact moment the ball touches the receiver. If that is the only way to do it, So be it.

  1 more thing, in the Rules of Football: if any offensive player goes out of bounds, they Can Not be the first player to touch the ball! If they are, it is a dead ball, next down, with the same yardage to a 1st down. Ex: if it was 2nd and 8, the play results in a 3rd and 8. Not a completion. Look it up.  

  Thanks for your time! Hopefully the Right Person reads this, Can Verify these flaws, and fix them.

• jrwildcat28@hotmail.com said July 27, 2009

  Oh, yeah. I also have a few examples of these plays saved as highlights in several camera views. If they can be helpful, I'd be happy to send them to ya.

• Fatal9 said August 19, 2009

  I must say the game flow in madden 10 is off the charts moves very smooth not like NCAA when you play online things tend to be slower when running the ball or just the play itself before i couldnt play a full season of madden but the madden 10 brings a whole new level of play which keeps the gamer GLUED

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