Sideline catches

[Unforgiven]

I think it's kind of sad when I see 10x more sideline catches in a HS football game than in Madden. They were there in 08, I have no idea why they scrapped/toned them down. They occur so frequently on Sundays.

[SoxFan01605]

I dunno. I know what Pasta said, but in reality, how many sideline throws were actually attempted? I can't think of one true sideline throw I saw in any of the videos (not saying there were none...just saying I can't recall any).

Now, this may end up being a problem in it's own right. I would like to see an AI opponent that tries to work the whole field...particularly in appropriate situations. That's a separate discussion though...lol

Also, I recall some CD guys saying that the momentum and weight wasn't nearly what it was when they tested the game. It could be that things were toned down for the E3 demo, or just buggy in general. Maybe the sideline catches fall under the same programming...I dunno.

I guess my point is that I'm not too worried about this yet. Until I see it actually in play consistently, and visibly NOT working properly, I'm not going to panic. I suppose it's something to watch for though.

[KANE699]

Quote: Originally Posted by rckinAPhilliezhat

+1...Have you ever seen one attempted at least? maybe at CD? I think I saw one attempt by greg jennings but even in that clip it didnt look like he stayed in bounds.

I never even saw the toe drag dive catch once at CD and am pretty dissapointed about it.

[Segagendude]

Quote: Originally Posted by Yeah...THAT Guy

Someone posted in the Thread that says "New Madden Videos" or something like that said Greg Jennings had to do a toe-tapping catch. I didn't look for it but I would assume its a sideline catch. And I thought they fixed the way the Quarterback made the throws on those plays, throwing them more out of bounds so that they wouldnt get intercepted. I didn't think they said anything about the catch itself, just the throw's location.

Actually, that was a TD catch. It was a nice toe-tap to stay in the endzone, not the sidelines.

[KANE699]

What happened to these?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMpnahHNnjA

[celg35]

there probably in there...this might be better answered from a mod or on Ians twitter

[KANE699]

I just said I never once saw them on community day and that was some odd 14 straight hours of gaming.

[rckinAPhilliezhat]

Quote: Originally Posted by KANE699

I never even saw the toe drag dive catch once at CD and am pretty dissapointed about it.

Wow...well im guessing if we dont have em now then we wont have them when the game ships...Seeing that right now ian said he is focused on making the dline more effective.