Interceptions too frequent?

[chevelle21]

Am I the only one that can not enjoy this game because of interceptions? I'm not the best player around but I throw at least 3 picks a game. Same with any opponent I play. Now I know you can't make dumb throws but I've had guys pick me off at the line of scrimmage just a split second after the ball is thrown. This has happened way too often. The INTs in this game are so unrealistic in my online cfms. I can't enjoy it. I downloaded this game so I can't even trade it in. All these interceptions are making the game completely unenjoyable for me. Anyone else experiencing this?? I know it can't just be me because my opponents throw tons of picks as well.


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[reyes the roof]

Re: Interceptions too frequent?

I'm extremely interception prone, I had a 19 to 35 TD to INT ratio in the first season of my CFM, it's made me get ultra conservative to the point where I can't move the ball. I also can't get in the habit if doing possession catches so I'm always dropping passes whenever there is any contact, which puts me in 3rd and long and I end up forcing the ball

[ggsimmonds]

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Its not just you, but the problem is not typically with the game either.

Madden players by large suck at decision making and protecting the ball (not fully exempting myself).

You have to throw with anticipation and make correct reads. And when its not there, use your checkdowns.

There is one exception to this, and I've seen numerous people complain about it, its on short passes where your QB throws something like 5 yards behind his target right into the hands of a defender. This is a timing problem and the way Madden handles it is not ideal. If the QB acc slider is low you will encounter it more. Basically what happens is on timing routes if your timing is off its like you get an accuracy penalty. I see it the most on hook routes (where it starts as a slant but then the WR stops and faces the WR).

Small tip that could help you tone down your interceptions: Use touch pass. I've noticed many people throws lobs on deep routes, and everything else they use varying levels of bullet passes. Touch passes are what you need if you are throwing in the middle of the field over LBs.

[NinersFan49]

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I'm playing CFM on all madden vs the cpu and the pass coverage is insane for the cpu. They warp all over the place and fly around like they have jetpacks on. Somehow they're magically able to warp around the bodies of WRs without making contact to make clean picks. A guy in a flat zone can instantly warp back and break up a deep pass. Every time a ball is tipped it pops up in the air like a volleyball shot so that they can pick it.

I'd been playing M17 all the way up to the release of M18 and the pass D has been ridiculously improved for the cpu.

[Other Guy]

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I feel like the number is inflated because LB's are too good at catching. DB interceptions feel okay, but LBs intercept an absurd amount of passes, and they never seem to drop any.

I get that we should be punished for bad decisions, but every now and then a bad pass to a LB should just be dropped or knocked down.

[ForUntoOblivionSoar∞]

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I don't have this problem, and I usually play on All Madden. To me, having 15 INTs at the end of the year is being INT prone (say, 38 tds and 15 ints makes me feel like a failure).

My advice to you all is this: either learn how to read coverage (and know which routes to NOT throw based on coverage), throw with anticipation (anticipate both your wr AND the defense), go through progressions and use checkdowns, or lower the difficulty level.



I wouldn't even throw 30+ ints if I extrapolated my horrendous experimentation with only using target passing. I just don't know what to tell you guys. I'm not even good at Madden in terms of stick skills or exploiting the game like you see in ranked games. I just have basic understanding of coverages and how offense is designed to attack them. I don't get it.

Stop playing like it's a video game and start playing like an actual quarterback and I promise your ints will drop. By that I mean, stop attempting ridiculous throws because it's alwayd worked in madden. Don't be throwing a four vert against a prevent defense. Don't throw a quick out against cover two. Don't throw across your body or the field. Don't hesitate and throw AFTER you see the wr open (because a defender will usually fill the hole).


I guess this can be summarized as Git Gud.

[Hooe]

Re: Interceptions too frequent?

Between playing as a less accurate QB this year, QB accuracy ratings having a greater effect in Simulation mode, and a little bit of rustiness on my part, my interceptions have gone up this year as well. That said, I don't feel like the game is being cheap, it's just punishing my stupidity.

ForUntoOblivionSoar∞ and ggsimmonds offer some good advice, use that as a starting point. Also, be sure to leverage the Skills Trainer to get some practice against different coverages and some reminders about what sorts of route combinations are effective against each type of coverage.

[timhere1970]

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I throw my share to the point that i use the slider. I am pretty good at reading defenses but the timer in my head often tells me to throw the ball when i should not. I dont mind the bad decision picks but the superman linebacker picks get absurd. I threw a corner route to my te in the end zone yesterday and keuchley was playing a middle zone and somehow picked it off.

[reyes the roof]

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I thought I finally got my act together last night, I had no ints in the first half, then I get a guy wide open on a corner route and I underthrow it for a pick 6, then I get a guy in perfect position on a curl route and as soon as I let go of the ball he takes two steps to the right and it goes right to the DB, and then the icing on the cake, I call a WR screen but for whatever reason my WR runs upfield and I throw it right to the DB. I need to just hand the ball off every play

[4thQtrStre5S]

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Play on Competitive mode so you can eliminate the random stuff.

[ForUntoOblivionSoar∞]

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I thought I finally got my act together last night, I had no ints in the first half, then I get a guy wide open on a corner route and I underthrow it for a pick 6, then I get a guy in perfect position on a curl route and as soon as I let go of the ball he takes two steps to the right and it goes right to the DB, and then the icing on the cake, I call a WR screen but for whatever reason my WR runs upfield and I throw it right to the DB. I need to just hand the ball off every play

Do you have a balanced offense? Also what awareness ratings do your WRs have? I believe these things affect how the defense plays the pass.

[ggsimmonds]

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I thought I finally got my act together last night, I had no ints in the first half, then I get a guy wide open on a corner route and I underthrow it for a pick 6, then I get a guy in perfect position on a curl route and as soon as I let go of the ball he takes two steps to the right and it goes right to the DB, and then the icing on the cake, I call a WR screen but for whatever reason my WR runs upfield and I throw it right to the DB. I need to just hand the ball off every play

WR Screen or Bubble screen?

A lot of the bubble screens are bugged right now, the WRs run fade routes instead.

Edit: Also keep in mind that against the AI they will use coaching adjustments to go for more picks when trailing late in games.

[reyes the roof]

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Do you have a balanced offense? Also what awareness ratings do your WRs have? I believe these things affect how the defense plays the pass.

Ideally I run a pretty balanced offense, but I'm using a really bad Bears team so I'm playing catch up a lot and having to throw more than I want. My WRs awareness is pretty low and so is my QBs so I think that is what is contributing to the ball not going in the logical spot

WR Screen or Bubble screen?

A lot of the bubble screens are bugged right now, the WRs run fade routes instead.

Edit: Also keep in mind that against the AI they will use coaching adjustments to go for more picks when trailing late in games.

Yeah it was a bubble screen, I guess I'll be staying away from those

[NinersFan49]

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I don't think it's reads in my case. I finished almost 30 seasons of M17 franchise right before M18 came out and i would average about 35-40 TDs with around 6 or 7 ints almost every season. The same passes that were complete or incomplete are now picked because they move way faster and have a magical ability to pass around the WRs body without making contact. I'll try to post some video this weekend.

[goalieump413]

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Warping defenders does seem to be an issue. I've had a couple of instances (offline CFM, All Pro) where OLB's would jetpack to the ball while my WR or TE just keeps ambling along with their back turned.

In M17 though, these interceptions would decrease sharply if I modified the pass with using LB or LT to throw high or low. It seems that there's an incentive to use the pass trajectory adjustments, and a disincentive to throw a normalized pass.

The major difference in M18 seems to be that QB inaccuracy is augmented to the point that receivers are dumb, and defenders are genius. Don't know if there's any correlation between pass type and/or modification and increased int's but this claim of an increase in interceptions isn't fantasy. It's really happening.