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There's more control in what you can do... but what people are referring to here is response time between your input and what happens on the screen.

If I press left... and my guy is going left... and then I press right, this is what happens:

APF: Player has to take a couple of steps, slow down to plant, then build up acceleration in the other direction. This takes some time and makes people feel the controls are "sluggish" or "slow."

Madden: Player does a quick plant, turns and goes in another direction almost immediately. No momentum really plays into the equation... or at least "feels" that way.

It shouldn't be a big issue since in football you're typically going forward. But this omission allows players to move at will.

This should be glaringly obvious. It's frustrating when the consumer has to point this out to those making the game. But alas, some don't find it an issue. This has always been the Madden way.