I hate going through the playbook myself, so I Ask Madden and then Coach. If I don't like what I see there, then I pick by play-type.
However, I am cautious now when asking Madden, especially during crunch time. One time I was playing my brother online and was losing by a score with 40 seconds left & 1 timeout and Madden told me to kickoff!!! WTF?!?!
Needless to say this cost me the game, because I chose the play so fast (thinking it was going to be an onside without a doubt). When I tried to point out to my bro what just happened the kick meter started going, before I could call timeout!
Earlier in the game, Madden told me to Punt Return when my brother chose to go for it on 4th down. I purposely waited for my bro to pick his play, so he couldn't pull a fast one on me and STILL Madden told me to Punt Return. Well, now I'm rushing through my playbook to find a play and my time runs out. Guess who's on the field? Special Teams! Now I'm forced to burn a timeout.
Making these kind of calls, I sometimes wonder how this guy was inducted into the HOF.