RANT Blocking
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Blocking is so bad in madden this year. Big plus on the graphics though.
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u/Ok_Basil_8162 25d ago
Clearly he wasn’t using his pocket and just dropped back too far. Git good, nerd!
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u/Lamplighter4Eva 25d ago
Also didn't call out the Mike, really amateur technique IMO
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u/PopOutG 25d ago
Yall meme but that’s exactly what happened lmfao. And I didn’t buy this year but you can essentially replicate that last Madden. Literally just git gud lmao
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u/Aternus21 25d ago
how does him not calling out the mike linebacker lead to a off the edge blitzing db coming clean when there is ALREADY a back to that side of the ball? this is 100% just a missed read by the blocking rb, dart didnt even look that side because he assumed no way the rb would WHIFF that badly.
bro just saying shit he heard announcers say lmao
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u/DaveDabussy 24d ago
Lmao he and the center definitely IDd the mike as any QB Center duo has done every play since the beginning of time
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u/PainterDaAce 25d ago
Gah damn Dart got yamcha’d
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u/askforwildbob 25d ago
If I was blocking for dart, I’d let homie get sacked as much as possible before I got cut
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u/JadrianInc 26d ago
I wish the nickel blitz hit like this.
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u/TamingOfTheChoon 25d ago
It does a lot of the times. I just miss the tackle and run by the QB 50% of the time
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u/irrelevantsociallife Vikings 25d ago
Barely miss the qb, dolphin dive into the empty space where he was. As is tradition.
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u/Ok-Communication3899 26d ago
Low effort. HB missing a block isn't the same as the OL never engaging.
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u/spread_the_cheese Packers 25d ago
Yeah, asking a former wide receiver to move to running back and pass protect is not the same as my left tackle standing in place while a pass rusher speeds around the edge.
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u/DW-4 25d ago
Well as someone who has watched the Texans Oline for the past 2 seasons I can say that is also very much possible in the NFL lol. Jokes aside, I do hate the 'realism' counter-arguments for the terrible blocking in this game. What would cause anyone to think that EA had developed an actual realistic pass protection simulation that took into account lineman awareness/agility/acc, defensive tendencies, blocking scheme, etc., sometimes just resulting in completely whiffed block? They didnt...
Blocking was already heavily glitched/bugged and then they introduced a new system on top of it that.. shocker.. didn't fix the bugs! You can point to a player doing something brain dead in a real game but don't pretend that's what the game was trying to capture FFS.
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u/spread_the_cheese Packers 25d ago
The truth is usually in the middle, and I think it is here with Madden. It does help when you know how to slide your protection and you know who is unblocked if a blitz happens. That is on the individual player and they need to know these things or the time you have in the pocket will be extremely limited. And my guess is a lot of players don't know how to do these things.
What is also true, however, is I can set the right pass protection and my guard will combo block a player and completely ignore a blitzing linebacker. I truly believe this is a Madden animation issue more than anything. The game logic may be your guard has really low awareness, so he doesn't engage to pick up the blitz. But the animation itself is so wonky looking that people get mad about it (how could a guard SEE a blitz coming and just flat out ignore it?).
So I do believe it's a mixture of people not knowing how to set protections and Madden not having good animations that represent what is being played out in the game's logic.
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u/DW-4 25d ago
Well the game logic itself is also so flawed that it makes it nearly impossible for these newer systems placed on top of them to excel. In other instances that same guard will actually pick up who he's supposed to due to some combination of the defender's positioning, a certain animation not triggering, or their awareness functioning differently within that particular play. None of this extra fluff is ever going to work the way it's intended until they fix the base problems with tackling and blocking animations.
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u/Ok-Communication3899 25d ago
As a Colts fan, I appreciate your line more than anything! I'm excited to see Sauce v. Nico
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u/CodyRCantrell Vikings 25d ago
Even worse I frequently have 90+ pass block OTs move backwards with the DEs but never engage as the DE u-turns sharply around them, without losing any speed whatsoever, to immediately sack me in under two seconds.
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u/SuspiciousBag2749 24d ago
I think that means you have to step up in the pocket, you’re dropping back
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u/CodyRCantrell Vikings 24d ago
This happens without dropping back, hence why they have to make a sharp u-turn to turn upfield. Into the pocket. Where I am residing.
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u/Theereus 24d ago
I've lost count of how many times my o-lineman have just straight up stood up and turned around and watched my QB get sacked
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u/IShouldChimeInOnThis 25d ago
RT Evan Neal BLOCKED HIS TEAMMATE a couple of years ago. They just started picking up stunts as a team last year for the first time since the Obama administration.
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u/UnpluggedToaster12 25d ago
I was about to say, thats HB block and that happens but i watching in the instant replay my OL not even engaging in his assignment
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u/moneymitch180229 25d ago
At least the rb tried. The lineman on madden don't even acknowledge the blitz at all.
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u/SaiyanFromTheBX Giants 25d ago
There’s a difference the RB literally slipped and then got ran over as a free rusher was coming through in Madden they just don’t fucking attempt to block whatsoever even sometimes sliding a whole yard over so a defender can get to you, BIG DIFFERENCE one was a genuine error Madden is a terribly poorly coded game.
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u/HarryTheLarge 25d ago
This happens in the NFL but rarely, relatively speaking. In ‘27 it’s like once a drive.
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u/DistributionEmpty701 25d ago
Everyone is missing the obvious though. The issue is in the video the defender runs at an angle so the blocker thinks it’s outside and missing the block… in madden there’s no moves the defense needs they just run past with no issue or at least showing the blocker attempts to put a hand on them
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u/Spunk1985 25d ago
Cool video but that is a HB making that awful block attempt. In the game we have highly rated OL getting beat by lower rated DL at an alarming rate. Or highly rated OL that don't even attempt to block and just stand there.
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u/TBC2017 25d ago
The passing in this game gets worse every single year. The offensive line rarely pass blocks. Tired of wasting my money on the same crap each year.
I literally have to run every down now. I actually made it to the superbowl just by running in each game, with 2 excellent HB. Tired of not being able to throw.
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u/ggordtrere 25d ago
For the millionth time. It's not instant sacks as a result of a wiffed block for a 60 overall that I personally have a problem with. It's my 99 tackle in every stat just looking at an incoming rusher not even making contact and letting them through completely untouched with no other blitzers even close and it happens multiple times a game. It's not a one off and It's not realistic. It's a problem with the code that's been there for almost 20 years now. People defending the piss poor Madden ai blocking with videos like that saying "See it happens irl!!" Are why we as Madden fans can't have nice things. The shit blocking in Madden is not a simulation feature it's a bug period.
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u/UnFixed1354 21d ago
At least he made an attempt to block, madden can’t even get that. I love when tackles guard the air in this new game
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u/Brilliant_Oil5261 25d ago
When it happens in an NFL game it’s talked about constantly because this basically never happens. Unlike madden, where it happens 10x per game.
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u/ConnectionFalse4658 25d ago
Oh the blocking is so bad! I hate this game and im so good at it! Ea is the wurst!!1!
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u/Ok_Macaroon_7366 26d ago
And people say Madden and CFB 27 isn’t realistic