these are for people who struggle at all-madden, but find other sliders too easy. basic game options can be set to your liking, but here is what i prefer: normal speed, 14 min qtrs w/25 sec runoff, threshold 50, inj 25, fatigue 63. all penalties at 100 except false start 54, holding 54, facemask 52. OK, the rest is simple.... set all HUMAN skill at 14, and leave individual sliders at default (30 across the board). Next, go to CPU SKILL, turn everything up to 80 except for interceptions (leave ints at default 50). These settings should give u challenging, realistic games until you're ready to make the jump to all-madden caliber sliders. They also eliminate the CPU "cheating" alot of people complain about. I'm just trying to help the frustrated "stuck" people out there. If u try these out, let me know what u think