More on the Wildcat in Madden 10
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A week ago the Inside EA Blog revealed the Wildcat in Madden with a few screenshots of the Dolphins in the formation. Today’s blog posting goes further into the Wildcat including some videos of it being run in Madden 10. One even includes second round draftee Pat White.
Yes, folks, the Wildcat will be in Madden NFL 10 in full force, including many new animations that were specifically motion captured to support it. Today we will show the Wildcat in action, specifically the Jet Sweep, Power, and Counter plays.
Hopefully they will eventually go over how they have balanced things out so the Wildcat won’t be exploitable. If people are using it more than a handful of times each game there is something wrong. I also want to hear about how you designate who will run it. There needs to be an easy way to swap in players that my be different positions (some teams use the backup QB, some a RB, some a WR) At this point though it’s easy to be excited about the inclusion of the Wildcat.
April 28, 2009 at 6:02 am
First!!! I didnt even read the post i just wanted to be first
April 28, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Try 3rd. man I'm going to be using Harvin, and McFadden with his stuff going to be so cool.
April 29, 2009 at 4:21 am
i will also be using mcfadden
April 28, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Hopefully they will eventually go over how they have balanced things out so the Wildcat won’t be exploitable. If people are using it more than a handful of times each game there is something wrong.
Pasta, you know the wildcat will be the big exploit of this year's game. Since EA is making such a big deal out of it, you know that it will be overpowered and unstoppable! They are making quite a fuss over a formation that only a handful of teams use
And as far as people using it more than 2-3 times a game? If you play online this year, expect to see it at least 20 times a game! IMO, it is going to completely ruin the online experience for everyone
April 28, 2009 at 2:26 pm
My understanding is that they've worked hard to make sure it won't be. For example, you can't audible out of the Wildcat which is a smart restriction. Personally I want to mix it in a few times a game. If it isn't overly effective than there won't be benefit to running it constantly. I'm willing to be patient and see how it turns out before proclaiming it as the big exploit for 10.
April 28, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Hope they are not going to be to worried about making sure it wont be exploitable so much that it does not work that well to use period.
April 28, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Ricky Williams needs to have a smoked Visor. Plus the hole for his eyes on his facemask is way smaller than that.
April 28, 2009 at 4:01 pm
shut up, will that effect how he plays? jeez….
April 28, 2009 at 4:27 pm
That's ridiculous. Why do you sweat small stuff like that?
Now if the uniforms are wrong again, that's another story
April 28, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Really ppl get to hung up on that small stuff. I know some ppl who won't buy the game just since that so dumb.
April 28, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Because, it just doesnt look like him. "If it's in the game, It's in the game". Plus Ricky Williams isnt that light skinned. Look at Larry Fitzgerald and look how good he looks. Ricky Williams NEVER wore a clear visor. Real Talk
April 28, 2009 at 2:31 pm
The new exploited play online is the Wildcat. You know someone is goin to get the Patriots and have Moss running the Jet Sweep or have him coming out the backfield and being checked by a slow LB or overmatched Safety and geting burned all game.
April 28, 2009 at 6:41 pm
I believe they are going to set it up so that each team that uses it has a specific package designed how they run the wildcat. I believe they won't allow people to sub in whoever they want in order to prevent exploiting. Also, in NCAA 09 they had the wildcat and it wasn't all that effective so I doubt it will be dominant in Madden 10, but we will see.
April 28, 2009 at 2:43 pm
hey pasta sorry to go offtopic but do you think there will be news releasing about franchise mode soon?
April 28, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Not a big deal but I was just looking at the screenshots of the 1st round picks and it has Eric Wood's college listed as California
April 28, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Pasta, any WR Reverse/ Dbl Reverse this year? NFL2K5 had it the best. After a few sweep rights, you'd throw in a reverse left and the LB's would overpursue the play. You can set opponents up, kinda like a playaction pass and get big gains…
…no change to the kicking game I heard
(me hate analog kicking!!!)
April 28, 2009 at 5:04 pm
with you on the hating the kicking and punting.
too simple and easy.
April 28, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Hey Pasta, do you know if they have created specific packages to counter the wildcat package. If not, prob just using a version of the 3-4 will work to spread guys around the line effectively to stop from any area…
April 28, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Ian posted somewhere about doing a block on plays to stop the wildcat. Also, he said due to adaptive AI that after running the play 3 or 4 times the cpu changed up playcalling and started stuffing him in the backfield consistently.
April 28, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Also, Pasta, what's yer knowledge on Package Subs and Custom Playbooks? And if they would be usable online. They say that they wanna give us "Madden NFL our way", well I don't see any other way they could accomplish this, let us play with our team our way, there should be no other way…
April 28, 2009 at 4:32 pm
…I know that we can switch package subs on the playcall screen, but I want to set the defaults for them, like we could on our player profile on current gen.
April 28, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I also want to know if the formation subs is back because I hate having my starting RB or WR on kick coverage. I want to be able to choose I have on the Punt team as well as Kick-off
April 28, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I dont want to use the wildcat at all this year. i'm not for trick plays even though they are fun to use…hook and ladder! i'm glad they are putting it in the game for the fans. I dont think it is gonna be highly useful because everyone knows when its coming and how to stop it.
agree or disagree??
April 28, 2009 at 6:04 pm
yes i agree to an extent but imagine, you are down by 4 with 6 seconds left to go and 60 yards to score. they expect you to run Hail Mary down the field so they play it safe, PREVENT. You snap the ball and throw a pass to (lets say you are using the VIKINGS, just a random team) Sidney Rice at the slot so the whole defense is commited to go tackle him. YOUR opponent is thinking WOW what an idiot. Just then you lateral to Percy and all of a sudden the whole D will have to change direction not to mention Percy is blazing fast. You outrun the whole D and score to win the game.
Now how would that feel?
April 28, 2009 at 6:15 pm
it would feel pretty good. i agree with what you you are saying but people now a days playing madden practice so much and watch so much football that they know how to stop certain play like the wildcat. you can get off some big plays but people will stop it eventually.
I have done what you have described…..it's amazing.
April 28, 2009 at 5:44 pm
hey guys think about it. it will not be exploited because they said if you call one play too much in a game the D will get used to it and make it easy to stop therefore making you call different plays……
April 28, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Anyone else want some more blocked punts and fgs?
it feels really good to block an EP or punt against the game or an friend not expecting it that makes him just wanna quit the game.
April 28, 2009 at 6:28 pm
As many have said i think its great they added it as long as it cant be abused. I personlly would love to try it out some as the Niners do run it occasionally. If the adaptive Ai works as adverstised it shouldnt be too much of a problem.
April 28, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Well.. they are going to have to make it artificially ineffective, since there is no mechanism in the game to change the characteristics of your defensive coverage. If a real team ran wildcat only(or even more than 20% of the game), you would put 8 in the box, push the run lanes aggressively, and have the secondary short-medium depth, jumping routes. In Madden, you just can't do anything like this. you have to call the same defenses that try to defend the entire field as if a 90thp 90tha guy was slinging the ball, or blitz, which is not effective vs the wildcat.
It's nice that it's included I guess, but it's going to be an exploit, or window dressing, I'm not terribly excited about either option. Then again, they could shock me by including a set of defensive plays customized to defend the wildcat.. or a comprehensive create-a-play feature… We'll see.
April 28, 2009 at 7:22 pm
This Wildcat thing is a HUGE addition
April 28, 2009 at 7:22 pm
For offline, like mike already said….. online = exploit
April 28, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I really want to try this out with my redskins, santana moss if going to get off with the wildcat
April 29, 2009 at 12:27 am
ACTUALY RANDELL WOULD CAUSE HE WAS A QB
April 29, 2009 at 12:32 am
IST ONLY GOING TO BE USED IN SOME PLAY BOOKS LIKE RAVINS DOLPHINS AND COWBOYS(JERRY JONES SAID HES PLANING TO USE IT WITH THERE WR/QB)
April 29, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Looks pretty good….
April 29, 2009 at 11:02 pm
man am I gonna have fun with this..jackson…maclin..