[HingleMcCringleberry]

overhaul the defense and special teams entirely.

everybody knows about the awful db/wr interactions, so no need to go into that. other than that, plays to the outside (runs, screens, etc.) are way too powerful. it's as if there are only a handful of plays in the playbook that will stop those plays from gaining at least 15-20 every time because the AI in this game is just terrible. defenders don't understand their gap assignments, their pursuit angles are terrible, and their block shedding is even worse. no reason why the AI can't pick up on a screen when a guy runs it 3 times only for it to get 30+ a play. AI also can't stop outside runs in this game as seem to get 10+ on me every time. Trent Richardson averaged 10.5 ypc against me with the Rams D last game. There is no reason why he should be able to tear up the Rams D in this game when he got 2 yards on 5 carries this season against them. All these people at EA need to do is get out from under that rock they have been living/hiding under and watch one single game on sunday because he's been so bad that he has only had a few runs that got 10 yards period (he had 9 runs of 10 or more all season).

Special teams is even worse than defense. Kicking is nearly impossible to miss inside 55 yards with a decent kicker, punting is designed for you to bomb it to a corner each time instead of trying to place it so that it rolls up inside the 5, and any time you punt it inside the 10 it just bounces one direction. straight through the back of the endzone. And I am under belief that blocked Kicks are literally impossible in this game. The last time I saw a blocked a kick in Madden was back in 2007. Games in Madden aren't won on defense and especially aren't won on special teams. They are won solely on whoever can break more 50 yard plays due to terrible defensive AI.

I could go on for days with more things to fix in these areas... All in all, in this game to succeed in these two areas you have to take off your football hat, and throw away the tape and your football knowledge. You succeed by playing Madden's version of football, which doesn't even come close to the real thing. Time and time again... Hope we don't have to deal with another generation of this nonsense.