So this is an age old question that goes back to when EA introduced the quicker play selection screen for special teams, so at least 5+ iterations of Madden.
Something I've always been vexed by...
On special teams, why are some plays available sometimes, but not other times arbitrarily? It's apparent on every Special Teams play call selection screen, but especially apparent on kickoffs and kick returns.
I'm sure you've all noticed that sometimes you get different kick return options, but you never get all of them:
Even if you scroll down the play selection screen, they'll all repeat. Sometimes you get all of the same, either left or right, and have to scroll to get the return middle... but it's either the return middle with both return men split wide, or the return middle with them staggered. It's just always arbitrary.. Sometimes you get two middles, a left, and a right. Sometimes you only get one middle, two rights, no lefts, sometimes you get left and right, but you have to scroll to get a middle and then there's only one of them...
Does anybody have any insight as to why this is, why the play selection is always different, and why the choices are seemingly randomized? It's been this way for years now, probably like 5 years or more when they introduced the Coaches Selection thing.
It also does this on non kickoff special teams... Sometimes you'll have Punt return Right, Left, Middle, Safe, or Block... Other times you'll just have PR right, PR left, and nothing else. OFten if you want to call a specific play (like Punt Return Safe Man) you have to back out, go to the playbook, select "Special Teams," "Punt return" and then find it. Of course on kickoffs you can't back out, you have to stick with the choices they give you, so I've always been vexed by this one.
On kickoffs, wouldn't it make a heck of a lot more sense to have...
[PANEL 1]
Y - Kickoff Return Right
X - Kickoff Return Left
A - Kickoff Return Middle (a - staggered)
[scroll down, PANEL 2]
Y - onside return
X - onside return
A - Kickoff Return Middle (b - split out)
Something I've always been vexed by...
On special teams, why are some plays available sometimes, but not other times arbitrarily? It's apparent on every Special Teams play call selection screen, but especially apparent on kickoffs and kick returns.
I'm sure you've all noticed that sometimes you get different kick return options, but you never get all of them:
Even if you scroll down the play selection screen, they'll all repeat. Sometimes you get all of the same, either left or right, and have to scroll to get the return middle... but it's either the return middle with both return men split wide, or the return middle with them staggered. It's just always arbitrary.. Sometimes you get two middles, a left, and a right. Sometimes you only get one middle, two rights, no lefts, sometimes you get left and right, but you have to scroll to get a middle and then there's only one of them...
Does anybody have any insight as to why this is, why the play selection is always different, and why the choices are seemingly randomized? It's been this way for years now, probably like 5 years or more when they introduced the Coaches Selection thing.
It also does this on non kickoff special teams... Sometimes you'll have Punt return Right, Left, Middle, Safe, or Block... Other times you'll just have PR right, PR left, and nothing else. OFten if you want to call a specific play (like Punt Return Safe Man) you have to back out, go to the playbook, select "Special Teams," "Punt return" and then find it. Of course on kickoffs you can't back out, you have to stick with the choices they give you, so I've always been vexed by this one.
On kickoffs, wouldn't it make a heck of a lot more sense to have...
[PANEL 1]
Y - Kickoff Return Right
X - Kickoff Return Left
A - Kickoff Return Middle (a - staggered)
[scroll down, PANEL 2]
Y - onside return
X - onside return
A - Kickoff Return Middle (b - split out)
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