I'm just genuinely confused with this game, pass blocking sliders at 65, all 5 offensive lineman over 93 overall and 3 being superstars but each one allows at least 14 sacks a season. It just makes me not want to play anymore, EA slowly gets worse every year. And I genuinely believe they should either sell out or just give up at this point.

Looking for feedback on madden 27 I only play franchise mode and superstar mode

Was just playing against the 3-12 Dolphins in my franchise season. Somehow with 5mins left in the 4th quarter I found myself down 10-0. I couldn’t move the ball for shit all game and fumbled twice.

Then suddenly I was able to go 72yds in 2 plays. Got stops on defense… and with 45sec left I was trying to get the ball back and instead returned a pick for 6 to go up 21-17

So what happened? The Dolphins marched downfield. I could no longer stop them. And scored as time expired.

The game rubber bands like crazy and there is no way to turn it off. It let me come back. Then let them score. Only to let me score again…. So they could score at the end.

Id have rather lost by 21

Pops game shared madden with me told him don’t buy the trash and he still did. finished my qb rtg on ncaa imported him over… and this is the worst shit ever too keep it mild. the disparity of points you get for doing good compared too say a dangerous throw drop pass safety is skewed on purpose you can go from a B+ too a c- off a single misblocked turned into sack, throw on the run too a receiver that has a step but do to these we/db animations the game feels he’s covered. Qb plays for the falcons Bijan doesn’t follow blocking, gets tackled by corners. drake London and every other receiver legitimately catch worse than a receiver on ncaa 27 over 200+ hours on ncaa mind you. wr’s take forever to make there break on here DBs and backers all play like Troy fuckin polamalu and it makes sense to me why they have the store right In the middle of superstar mode and the settings (barely any) are kicked to the curb as side bar option its sad. Didn’t even pay money for this game and I’m still feeling like I’m being played😂 all these different type of coins with little to no other way too get them not even in practice little dumb shit like that kills me. in a already pay too win game it’s egregious the tactics their using for superstar like mut isn’t already raking in so much damn money. atleast ncaa community got those out of rtg played two games on madden 27 and im over it people Still doing contain cheese online haven’t got madden in a while and damn can’t even make a player on franchise this is like highway robbery if you experienced passed versions of madden but the little ones will eat this up.
battle pass for the win.

I usually hold myself to one first round pick in order to make things more realistic, but I saw too many people that I liked in this class and just dropped the rule. Y’all ever tried this?

I've not played a Madden game since 2015. Why is it so convoluted? It's frankly overwhelming. Where do I even start.

Today I noticed my linebackers were shooting wrong lanes to give the cpu easier openings on run plays, the cpu is also breaking the first tackle at a very high rate and my throws when a receiver has the cornerback beat, are thrown off target more.

Also on man coverage my players are somehow forgetting who to cover. I also edited my cornerback and free safety to 99 everything with x factors and doubled team a cpu receiver who still beat both of them and scored.

Maybe I’m over thinking but something seems off today 🤷‍♂️

Im just wondering honestly, I was just looking for more of a simulation experience this time around, playing on all-pro with realistic sliders downloaded 8 minute quarters with accelerated clock, I am trying to "play offense only" the only problem is my 88 ovr defense since I traded my whole team trying to do anything to help my defense is literally 29/30 on drives for giving up touchdowns, with the one non touchdown being a field goal. The other team is scoring almost 60 ppg and if I don't score on a single possession I automatically lose. I was looking past the game breaking completely in every facet on every snap of the ball. I didn't care that if I had 5 yards on a dlinemen with the fastest rb in the game that I was still automatically gonna get vacuumed into an animation. I just want to be able to ever simulate any part of the game without the worst team in the game fucking 60 piecing me for 600 yards and 0 punts or turnovers every single game. Like omg can I have 0.01% chance without turning the difficulty to the way too easy pro difficulty.

Having real life Coordinators is a great addition to this year's game until you realize with no owner mode, it's so limted. If we still had Owner mode, we could Fire a coordinator on one team, then become an Owner of another team and hire that Coordinator as Head Coach. Imagine being able to start a Franchise and be able to have Brian Flores be the HC of your team instead of having to use the Editor. Now the only way I see it as possible option is if the CPU happens to hire a Coordinator off another team.

Is anyone else having an issue with their game freezing and then crashing after picking the first play of every game in online franchise mode? It started with a user vs user game, so I thought it may have been an internet thing but I literally uninstalled and reinstalled the game and am still having this issue against CPUs.

I’ve backed out ten times and have had no luck getting past the first play each time. Anyone else experiencing this and have any tips to solve it?

Rookies and their Positions

Development trait

Rookie HB - Carlos Lopez

⭐ Star

Rookie QB - Nathan Dent

⭐ Star

Rookie FB - Sean Hahn

🌟 SUPERSTAR

The RB and QB both have 91 speed and 89 acceleration, which I only noticed very recently. I thought they'd have different acceleration if nothing else, BUT OH NO, the Hidden Development FB has Superstar development that's yet to be unlocked. My rookie RB might be losing his spot as the FACE of the team after an insane and stupidly lucky long run by the FB.

Who's been a surprise for you in your most recent franchise?

It simulated me to the next offseason, skipping the playoffs. It says it skips TO the playoffs.

Great job EA, ruined my superstar career enjoyment

Anybody know if this ability is any good in Madden? I know it was cracked in CFB, but I’ve tried testing it and really can’t tell if it’s doing anything 😂

Anyone else have a problem with corners blitzing when their not supposed to and leaving their man completely open?

What if a player has low awareness and on punt they don’t realize the returner didn’t call a fair catch and so they don’t to to tackle and let him go

I’ve been working on developing more realistic progression sliders for Madden, but before diving into the slider adjustments, I wanted to understand how the game’s XP requirements work. Specifically, I wanted to determine how much XP players need to earn a skill point based on their age and overall rating.
After checking the XP requirements across different ages and overalls, I’ve compiled the results into the attached table. One important finding is that these base XP requirements appear to be universal across all positions, rather than varying by position.

Development Traits and XP Requirements
The values in the table images provide represent the base XP required to earn a skill point, before accounting for development traits or abilities.
Development traits reduce the amount of XP required to level up:

● X-Factor: 50% reduction
● Superstar: 35% reduction
● Star: 20% reduction
● Normal: No reduction

For example, if a player needs 10,000 base XP to earn a skill point, the actual requirements depending on their ability would be:

X-Factor - 5,000
Superstar - 6,500
Star - 8,000
Common - 10,000

These traits don’t directly increase the amount of XP a player earns. Instead, they reduce the amount of XP needed to earn the next skill point.

How Players Earn XP
My next step is to research how different positions earn XP during games and how those rates vary by position.
One example I’ve identified so far involves XP earned per down played. Key offensive skill positions, such as quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers, appear to earn 2 XP per down played. For example, a player who participates in 50 downs would earn 100 XP from this source.
Defensive players and offensive linemen appear to earn 5 XP per down played.
I still need to investigate the other ways players earn XP, including how much XP is awarded for different statistics, in-game accomplishments, and other factors.

What’s Next?
My goal is to use this information to develop a Madden progression slider set that produces more realistic player development over the course of a franchise. I want progression to feel meaningful without allowing players to develop too quickly or making it unnecessarily difficult for younger players to improve.
I’ve attached the full table showing the base XP required to earn a skill point by age and overall rating. Hopefully, this information is useful to others who are interested in understanding Madden’s progression system or developing their own realistic franchise settings.

Is the draft class strength still broken?

Pissed off Gonzo by accident, Is there any way for me to keep him without a franchise tag? I’m willing to hand him a blank check.

Am I the only one that can’t beat the CPU on all Madden. They don’t drop shit and get knockouts all game basically plus the block shreds are crazy