WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

[sammy watkins]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

I'll keep an eye out for this. I've never tired to catch a deep pass or a deep INT without switching to the WR or DB to make the catch/interception. I've been able to catch passes in traffic over DB's by switching to the WR and holding down Y.

[novadolla]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

I'll keep an eye out for this. I've never tired to catch a deep pass or a deep INT without switching to the WR or DB to make the catch/interception. I've been able to catch passes in traffic over DB's by switching to the WR and holding down Y.

Yes you can catch passes in traffic, no issues there, the WR does get the animation, however try taking a shot deep with any WR, A.J green, OBJ or whomever vs any CB regardelss of rating and the DB will try to pick while your WR keeps running, unless you underthrow it in which case would result in a tipped INT.

[XtremeDunkz]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

You have to control the WR and attack the ball. Just how the game is.

[zizoux]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

You have to control the WR and attack the ball. Just how the game is.

Yeah. You don't even have to control the WR, you can just change the type of catch via buttons.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

You don't have to always aggressive catch either on deep balls. Possessive catch works as well. I am not a fan of USER catching, but learned to do it in Madden 19 and my passes and INTs have improved GREATLY. I think they made it this way in Madden 19 for the competitive scene, where as it purely based on USER skill and not the USER CPU doing something for them. They should have an option though like they have the option for RB special moves. But yeah I gave up on relying on the CPU to catch or INT a ball. I just USER everything now.

[kehlis]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

You have to control the WR and attack the ball. Just how the game is.

Why though? Why is this a new thing?

I've never in the past had to take control of the WR and don't plan on changing the way I've played this game for years now.

[stinkubus]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

Why though? Why is this a new thing?

I've never in the past had to take control of the WR and don't plan on changing the way I've played this game for years now.

If you've been playing Madden for a long time surely you remember that user catching used to be mandatory unless you changed your settings? Allowing the CPU to make the catch for you was the compromise, not vice versa.

[kehlis]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

If you've been playing Madden for a long time surely you remember that user catching used to be mandatory unless you changed your settings? Allowing the CPU to make the catch for you was the compromise, not vice versa.

I moved from John Elway football to Madden in 1988 so I've been playing for quite some time. I've never HAD to control the receiver.

I've always had the right to do so, I just have never chosen to do so.

[jfsolo]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

You don't have to always aggressive catch either on deep balls. Possessive catch works as well. I am not a fan of USER catching, but learned to do it in Madden 19 and my passes and INTs have improved GREATLY. I think they made it this way in Madden 19 for the competitive scene, where as it purely based on USER skill and not the USER CPU doing something for them. They should have an option though like they have the option for RB special moves. But yeah I gave up on relying on the CPU to catch or INT a ball. I just USER everything now.

Why though? Why is this a new thing?

I've never in the past had to take control of the WR and don't plan on changing the way I've played this game for years now.

It is very annoying and unfortunate that WRs can't always recognize when to aggressive catch on their own, hopefully they'll tune it so that they aren't always so passive, and as much as I hate it I am pushing "Y" on certain passes so that the DB doesn't have free reign to the ball.

[mixxx01]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

Yea, I've thrown it up a couple times in one on one situations not really expecting a completion but hoping for an effort from my WR and a pass breakup at worst only to see my WR not do a thing.



Also, it can be said it's on me and I'll say okay, but I'm not going to user catch. It's never been something I've done and don't really care to start now.

Agreed


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[mixxx01]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

If you've been playing Madden for a long time surely you remember that user catching used to be mandatory unless you changed your settings? Allowing the CPU to make the catch for you was the compromise, not vice versa.

That’s not true which maddens are you referring to?


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[kehlis]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

That’s not true which maddens are you referring to?


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I just think he was assuming I was someone young who hasn’t played the game in awhile.

I’ve been playing the game for well over 20 years and this has never been a “thing”.

[stinkubus]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

Late 90s early 00s Maddens. The OOTB setting was user catching only turned on.

[mixxx01]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

I just think he was assuming I was someone young who hasn’t played the game in awhile.

I’ve been playing the game for well over 20 years and this has never been a “thing”.

Yeah I’m 41 so I’ve been playing the game just as long as you and I have never had to user catch always let the player make the catch. Was not neither had reason to assume your age.


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[kehlis]

Re: WR not attacking the ball on deep 50/50 balls

Late 90s early 00s Maddens. The OOTB setting was user catching only turned on.

I've never had to play user only catching. I've also never had to change a setting to accomplish that. You are definitely misremembering something or confusing it with something else.