I've logged about 15-20 games of Madden the past few days when I haven't been working or doing homework. The game is beautiful, but at first I was very frustrated by the lack of defense and the ease of scoring..however I've put together a slider set that seems to remedy that problem, at least in the games that I've played.
Here's what I have for now:
Playcall Style: Gameflow (optional, but if you take the time to make a plan you are comfortable with it really is a nice feature...)
Play Clock: On
Coordinator Audio: Off (you can have it on I just find it annoying and it takes away from the atmosphere of the stadium)
Coordinator Subtitles: Off
Quarter Length: 12 minutes
Accelerated Clock: 25 seconds
Camera Settings: Standard
Auto Strafe/Sprint: On
Injuries: 39
Fatigue: 57
Game Speed: Normal
Player Min Speed Threshold: 65 (important, speedy players have too large an advantage otherwise)
Penalties: (my weakest area..if you have better penalty sliders feel free to share)
Base Sliders:
Offsides: 90
False Start: 95
Holding: 54
Facemask: 53
Defensive PI: 72
Offensive PI: 76
KR/
PR Interference: 83
Clipping: 50
Int Grounding: 92
Roughing the Passer/Kicker: 92
Human Sliders
QB Accuracy: 29
Pass Blocking: 46
WR Catching: 38
Broken Tackles: 18
Run Blocking: 39
Fumbles: 57
Reaction Time: 67
INT: 10
Pass Rushing: 46
Reaction Time: 37
Block Shedding: 44
Tackling: 64
CPU Sliders
QB Accuracy: 56
Pass Blocking: 54
WR Catching: 53
Broken Tackles: 14
Run Blocking: 57
Fumbles: 57
Reaction Time: 85
INT: 15
Pass Rushing: 60
Reaction Time: 75
Block Shedding: 62
Tackling: 67
Still working on ST sliders...but those play OK out of the box from what I've seen. Nothing too terrible there, I will work on those more soon. I've mainly been focused on improving defense and lowering scoring/big plays. You really have to sustain drives to score with these sliders, which is what the NFL is all about.
New Version 1.2:
QB Accuracy: 29
Pass Blocking: 46
WR Catching: 38
Broken Tackles: 18
Run Blocking: 48
Fumbles: 40
Reaction Time: 65
INT: 10
Pass Rushing: 45
Reaction Time: 35
Block Shedding: 42
Tackling: 64
CPU Sliders
QB Accuracy: 56
Pass Blocking: 54
WR Catching: 53
Broken Tackles: 14
Run Blocking: 60
Fumbles: 60
Reaction Time: 85
INT: 15
Pass Rushing: 60
Reaction Time: 75
Block Shedding: 60
Tackling: 66
Here's what I have on Special Teams:
FG Power: 50
FG Accuracy: 45
Punt Power: 45
Punt Accuracy: 60
Kickoff Power: 45