[83evans]

No one talks about this but the fan base reaction to the vision cone was the downfall of madden QB play. It was an amazing idea, allowed the best QBs to stand out more by their vision, gave more head movement, forced players to not just run around backwards and throw passes, and it actually made QB awareness matter in madden

It also could be turned off, when this was taken out, QBs got gimicy again and is why nothing matters when it comes to QB play

The stupid fanbase protested it and madden got rid of it due to that, and now the only stats that matter are accuracy to an extent

Wouldve been great to expand on vision cone where some QBs vision could grow a bit when on the run, someone like Brady couldve had his vision cone decreased when on the run while someone like Allen or Hurts could increase when running but every QBs would decrease when running backwards

Punters would have a very very limited to non existent QB vision cone, QBs like Willis would be very small to force a one read type of playing style, Rodgers would have a half the field sized vision cone


This couldve also been incorporated into every faze of madden. RBs couldve had one where they wouldnt be able to cut to the side as well based on their vision, it would massively slow down or something, WRs who were average couldve had issues tracking the ball, OL would miss blitzing defenders based on their vision while great OL would pick up on this, safeties would lose some of the field when playing zone, CBs wouldnt track the ball or break on the ball based on their vision cone (someone not that good would only focus on the receiver while good dbs would see the whole field and break on some passes)


For instance, say you throw a pass to a receiver who has a big vision cone, they would be able to track the ball anywhere and be able to catch overthrown passes, sideline passes, get feet in bounds. While a lower vision cone receiver would let the ball sail over their head, let the ball hit their feet, look over the wrong shoulder on deep balls

This wouldnt have to be something that would be seen, but incorporated in the actual player's ability. It could be invisible, it doesnt have to be visual, maybe pre snap it would be cool. Itd allow you to know what direction of passes to use for certain receivers. If you know their vision cone is limited, you would be less inclined to throw directional passes, when it was big, you had free game. Running backs you knew you had to run strait behind the blockers in the hole with a limited cone while someone like Saquan would be able to see the whole field without any lag to his running

This was something that could've altered maddens future, yet was removed. If expanded, this wouldve been a great feature for all positions