This bug is related to press coverage. I discovered this in NCAA 10 and confirmed that it also exists in the Madden 10 demo. This bug did not exist in NCAA 2009 or Madden 2009.
I noticed that, when up against man to man press coverage, receivers seemed to have a lot easier time getting open if they lined up on the left side of the line of scrimmage than if they lined up on the right. It didn't make any sense. An average receiver going against a good defender on the left side of the line would have a better chance of getting open than a good receiver going against an average defender on the right side of the line.
The cause is this: When a receiver is pressed at the line of scrimmage, he will ALWAYS release to his right side. By release I mean he gets by the receiver by making a move to his right. So if he lines up on the left side of the line and runs a slant/cross/post/In against press coverage, he'll create a little bit of separation from the defender and get open. If he runs the same pattern from the right of the line, he won't get open. The defender will actually be a step ahead of the receiver instead of a step behind. The exception is when the receiver completely burns the defender and blows by him at the line of scrimmage; then it doesn't make much difference which side he lined up on.
To me, this is a game breaker. I won't play NCAA10 again until/unless this gets fixed, and I also won't buy Madden10. There's just no point; I'd rather play the 2009 versions. If you mostly play against the CPU, then it might not be that apparent because the CPU doesn't play press coverage that often.
Edited to add this video: I took a video to illustrate my point. I made some changes to the depth charts to show how dramatically this glitch affects gameplay. On the right side of the line, Texas's best 2 WRs are going up against OU players who aren't even real cornerbacks. I subbed in backup halfbacks Madu and Calhoun. Their CB rating is 40. On the left side, I put in defensive players at Wide Receiver. They are going up against Oklahoma's 2 best corners. As you can see from the video, which side of the line of scrimmage he lines up on has a much greater impact on a WR's ability to get open against man to man press coverage than how good he is or how good the defender covering him is.
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I noticed that, when up against man to man press coverage, receivers seemed to have a lot easier time getting open if they lined up on the left side of the line of scrimmage than if they lined up on the right. It didn't make any sense. An average receiver going against a good defender on the left side of the line would have a better chance of getting open than a good receiver going against an average defender on the right side of the line.
The cause is this: When a receiver is pressed at the line of scrimmage, he will ALWAYS release to his right side. By release I mean he gets by the receiver by making a move to his right. So if he lines up on the left side of the line and runs a slant/cross/post/In against press coverage, he'll create a little bit of separation from the defender and get open. If he runs the same pattern from the right of the line, he won't get open. The defender will actually be a step ahead of the receiver instead of a step behind. The exception is when the receiver completely burns the defender and blows by him at the line of scrimmage; then it doesn't make much difference which side he lined up on.
To me, this is a game breaker. I won't play NCAA10 again until/unless this gets fixed, and I also won't buy Madden10. There's just no point; I'd rather play the 2009 versions. If you mostly play against the CPU, then it might not be that apparent because the CPU doesn't play press coverage that often.
Edited to add this video: I took a video to illustrate my point. I made some changes to the depth charts to show how dramatically this glitch affects gameplay. On the right side of the line, Texas's best 2 WRs are going up against OU players who aren't even real cornerbacks. I subbed in backup halfbacks Madu and Calhoun. Their CB rating is 40. On the left side, I put in defensive players at Wide Receiver. They are going up against Oklahoma's 2 best corners. As you can see from the video, which side of the line of scrimmage he lines up on has a much greater impact on a WR's ability to get open against man to man press coverage than how good he is or how good the defender covering him is.
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