Madden NFL 25 - How To Stop The Read Option (MyMaddenPad)

[Steve_OS]

MyMaddenPad has posted another Madden NFL 25 read option article. In this one, Shopmaster goes into how to stop the read option. More specifically, how you can control how the read defender will react (attacking the QB or RB) on read option plays.

Quote:

I asked Creative Director Rex Dickson how this worked and he explained to me that in Madden 25, pre-snap on defense, there is a Defensive Key option available when the user enters Defensive keys, this is the flow and behavior: You first Press LT/L2 to enter Defensive Keys Then it depends on whether you want to attack the QB or the RB: Press X/Square to have the Read defender go after the Runningback – The Read will crash and chase the Runningback Press A/X to have the Read Defender go after the Quarterback – The Read will stay at home and attack the QB when he starts running

[drowsike]

I wonder if this will work for NCAA

[kbomb1upc]

Nice, I wonder if this can work for Wildcat plays?

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by kbomb1upc

Nice, I wonder if this can work for Wildcat plays?

I would assume it would. I just tweeted Shop about this.

[BV11]

It was kind of annoying not knowing how your guy will play it, so this is a welcome addition.

[The_Rick_14]

I was wondering if they were going to give us a way to determine how we wanted to defend the option.

I like this but thought it might have made more sense as a gameplan strategy so that the Coach Mode players out there still get a say. Might still work well enough for them though.

[jpdavis82]

Shop just replied to my question about if this works for the wildcat as well.

@Shopmaster: @jpdavis1982 should work the same in any formation that has a read.

[N51_rob]

Quote: Originally Posted by BV11

It was kind of annoying not knowing how your guy will play it, so this is a welcome addition.

You mean like in real life? I don't like this at all. So far the NFL hasn't shown an ability to stop the read option. Why give the user one button that will essentially take all the randomness out of it.

When the Redskins played the Dallas Cowboys in week 17, Washington left DeMarcus Ware unblocked on just about every running play and left him to make the call. Ware was rendered useless for much of the game because of the great ball handling of RGIII and his natural aggression. Dallas coaches were telling DeMarcus to stay at home and not bail on his assignment, but he kept doing it. Now EA gives us a button to take that away.

Based on most running plays in Madden 13, the best way to stop this would be to just have the defender take the QB, because the blocking on the rest of the play was rather bad. Not a fan of this move at all. And yes I do use the Redskins and see the potential to limit the impact of my QB.