Help me, I suck.

**Shosum13** · 12-19-2018, 03:22 PM

Re: Help me, I suck.

Under the exhibition menu play the different skills trainer drills offered, they will help you better understand the game. They have the basic drills to understand the basic controls and mechanics but it sounds like you've been playing a decent amount so you know those. But go in and play the different run concept drills, pass concept drills and attacking coverages drills. Those will help you better understand things like purpose of a lot of the running and passing concepts in the game, how to read and recognize coverages and where the weaknesses are in those coverages. Same with the run defense and pass defense drills, after playing through a lot of these drills you will have a better understanding of the game.

Especially being new to the NFL, these will help a lot with your understanding of the game. After playing through these drills I would recommend selecting your own plays from either the formations menu or the concepts menu once you have a better understanding of the fundamentals.

**JoshC1977** · 12-19-2018, 03:36 PM

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Awesome response Shosum13! I was going to write something very similar when I had a chance.

To the OP, I 100% agree with that advice. The skills trainer is pretty well done compared to most sports games.

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**ClichE_UFC** · 12-19-2018, 03:43 PM

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Alright, i'll try that! Just have to keep grinding

**Shosum13** · 12-19-2018, 04:26 PM

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Originally posted by JoshC1977

Awesome response Shosum13! I was going to write something very similar when I had a chance.

To the OP, I 100% agree with that advice. The skills trainer is pretty well done compared to most sports games.

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One of the only things that madden does better than most sports titles. Most sports titles have training modes that teach you the basic mechanics and controls, but maddens skills trainer also teaches you the basic concepts and philosophies of the sport itself.

If you are new to the NFL this also may make your viewing experience more enjoyable because it will help you better understand the game in general.

**IcedCoffee1983** · 12-19-2018, 04:27 PM

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Playing through the entire skills trainer made a huge difference for me. You will be crushing Pro level after you complete the skills trainer for sure.

**Shosum13** · 12-19-2018, 04:30 PM

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Originally posted by IcedCoffee1983

Playing through the entire skills trainer made a huge difference for me. You will be crushing Pro level after you complete the skills trainer for sure.

Especially on offense, it will teach you to read different coverages and alignments and understand where the weak points of each are.

**ForUntoOblivionSoar∞** · 12-20-2018, 06:26 AM

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Originally posted by ClichE_UFC

So I basically play almost every sports game on the hardest difficulty, and usually I pick them up fairly quickly. I bought Madden 19 a few days ago, I like it alot, and I understand that you can't be a god right away. But I can't for the life of me get a win on the Pro difficulty. The rookie difficulty is too easy, and I score 50-10 every time. Defense I have no problem, but on the offense i'm really struggling. I'm having a hard time finding people open, and I make incomplete passes all the time. And I suck so bad that I get the ball intercepted almost every offensive play I have.

So I need some tips from you guys! I use the coach suggestive plays, should I go for some specific plays? I'm also really new to NFL.

If you have trouble reading coverage, try more empty formations, as they spread things out and to a certain extent force the defense to declare its coverage (but remember you have to rid of it quickly). Also, having a good running game does help the passing game.

**ForUntoOblivionSoar∞** · 12-20-2018, 06:32 AM

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Originally posted by ForUntoOblivionSoar∞

Originally posted by ClichE_UFC

So I basically play almost every sports game on the hardest difficulty, and usually I pick them up fairly quickly. I bought Madden 19 a few days ago, I like it alot, and I understand that you can't be a god right away. But I can't for the life of me get a win on the Pro difficulty. The rookie difficulty is too easy, and I score 50-10 every time. Defense I have no problem, but on the offense i'm really struggling. I'm having a hard time finding people open, and I make incomplete passes all the time. And I suck so bad that I get the ball intercepted almost every offensive play I have.

So I need some tips from you guys! I use the coach suggestive plays, should I go for some specific plays? I'm also really new to NFL.

If you have trouble reading coverage, try more empty formations, as they spread things out and to a certain extent force the defense to declare its coverage (but remember you have to rid of it quickly). Also, having a good running game does help the passing game.

One thing that really helps is to recognize when the middle of the field is open (two safeties are spaced in the deep back of the secondary) or when it is closed (one guy in the middle of the field deep). If it's open, you're most likely going to see cover 2 or cover 4, if it's closed, mostly likely cover 3 or cover 1. Knowing those coverage will tell you pre-snap where the most likely open spots on the field will be.

If it's open (2 men high), be careful of throwing it near the sideline near the line of scrimmage to your wide receivers. If it's closed (single man high) be careful throwing it down the field in the middle.

There are no hard, fast rules, but the game follows real life fairly well with respect to this topic.

**infinitehallway** · 12-20-2018, 12:59 PM

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I joined OS for pretty much this reason. I am terrible. I blew teams up on rookie but jumping to Pro has been a challenge. I'm still wining about 75% of my games but I'm throwing buckets of picks, usually because I can't read coverage. Which of the drills are best for this?

**stinkubus** · 12-20-2018, 01:12 PM

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Practice mode will allow you to control the most variables.

**Godgers12** · 12-20-2018, 01:59 PM

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Just go on youtube like 95% of the community. You can learn a lot from some of the "Pro gamers" that have youtube channels. I use to pride my self on finding my own plays and such, and rarely used YouTube. However, I have watched more YouTube vids this year than the previous 10 years combined.

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**stinkubus** · 12-20-2018, 03:15 PM

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YouTube is invaluable. I don't have time to play and lab. I don't need to be able to beat the best; all I really care about is being good enough to beat randoms, and you can do that in this game using 100% legitimate offensive and defensive concepts on every single snap. Many YouTubers, like Deuce Close and ny_kia, provide this type of content deliberately. Even the stuff the competitive guys put out isn't all cheese.
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**ClichE_UFC** · 12-22-2018, 01:19 PM

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I was thinking if there are some sliders for rookie difficulty. If someone could help me with that? I would like to have the rookie offense and pro defense

**ForUntoOblivionSoar∞** · 12-27-2018, 02:20 AM

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Originally posted by ClichE_UFC

I was thinking if there are some sliders for rookie difficulty. If someone could help me with that? I would like to have the rookie offense and pro defense

Reducing the AI interception and reaction sliders coupd help your offense. Also raise user wr sliders.

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