The Return of Formation Subs in Madden NFL 17

[Steve_OS]

Madden NFL 17 Associate Game Designer, Ryan "RG" Glick and the Madden team have sent us this exclusive blog covering the return of formation subs. Make sure to read it and post your thoughts.

[NFLfan80]

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Wait no special teams? Oh wait punting is probably under offense.

[T4VERTS]

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So because of the mechanic of it coming up under coaching scheme it sounds like it will not work with customs....bummer.

[Tatupu_64]

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OH HELL YES

It may not be everything we want, but it is enough for me for this year

[NotreDomer10]

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No WR at RB even though several teams do it in real life every game? makes sense....

[Mauer4MVP]

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Am I reading this right? You can't put a WR at HB? That'd be pretty dumb.

Also looks like you can't put JJ Watt at tight end. Again, pretty dumb.

This honestly kind of defeats the point of the feature for me.

[2_headedmonster]

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This is a lot time coming. Glad it's here.

[DiscountCleric]

Just me, or are there a bunch of references to the PS2 controls in this blog?

[Brooklynbks4]

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No WR at RB even though several teams do it in real life every game? makes sense....

Thought the same thing. Had plans to have some wrs in the backfield

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[VinnyVegas28]

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Just want to say how much I appreciate the devs for finally adding this feature back in along with fully editable players was a long time coming. THANK YOU

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[khaliib]

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Thought the same thing. Had plans to have some wrs in the backfield

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Work around is change position to RB, and use AWR rating to fudge the OVR higher to continue holding depth chart position amongst the WR group.

Stats will still tally as a WR etc...

Only problem I can see is if programming won't allow 80's #'s to be in the backfill

[Mauer4MVP]

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Work around is change position to RB, and use AWR rating to fudge the OVR higher to continue holding depth chart position amongst the WR group.

Stats will still tally as a WR etc...

Only problem I can see is if programming won't allow 80's #'s to be in the backfill

The problem is that means this is an incomplete formation subs feature and to be quite frank is kind of ridiculous. Putting a WR at HB should be a basic function in formation subs.

The limitations severely hinder the resource that it can be. It essentially makes the feature pointless for me.

[StayPlation82]

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if i F-sub two TEs into a 4WR Spread set, will i be able to no huddle into Ace Formation based on personnel? i feel like the Patriots are going to do a lot of this this year. like when they had Hernandez back in the day.

[Tengo Juego]

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The positions being restricted kills all excitement. Sure, now I can finally change personnel groupings per formation. But I can't, without changing positions, put Randall Cobb or Ty Montgomery at RB. Or Morgan Burnett at LB. Because... Balance concerns? Both of these things are going to happen on the field this season.

[sportsfan1976]

Am I reading this right? You can't put a WR at HB? That'd be pretty dumb.

Also looks like you can't put JJ Watt at tight end. Again, pretty dumb.

This honestly kind of defeats the point of the feature for me.

I agree its a half *** feature so no one on defense can play on offensive.