Skip
music: Go to the help menu, then hold Square and press R1
or L1 to change the music.
Hint:
Unlimited creation points: Go to "Rosters", then choose "Edit Player".
Select the players that you want to be rated 99. Go to his attributes,
then increase everything.
Hint:
Easy tokens: Play two-minute drill and choose to play four players, all with
your profile. Set "Fire" the defense and the Vikings as your
teams. Next, use Singleback 4WR All Streaks for touchdowns all day.
At the main menu, go into
"Features", select "Rosters", then go to the team you
would like to defend you. For example, select the Bengals, then go to
their defense (CB, FS, SS and Linebackers and Defensive Linemen). Change
all of there speed attributes down to 0. Make a note of the original
values so they can be restored later. Then, go to the Two Minute Drill,
select the Bengals as the defense, and change the difficulty to
All-Madden.. Select your team with your profile (Vikings recommended) and
you will rack up points against a team that cannot catch you at all. Put
Randy Moss at running back for even more points when you score or just
throw to him always.
Play two-minute drill, and
choose any team you hate for the CPU's defense. Go to that team's roster
and set all their defensive players' speed to 0. Instead of throwing the
ball, use a run play. It takes about the same amount of time, but you will
get more points for tokens when you use a running play. The
"Near" formation and "HB Toss" are recommended. As
always, use a fake field goal pass or fake run for the point after the
touchdown. It is possible to score over 68,000 points with well over 340
tokens per 2 minutes.
Hint:
Cheerleader and Pump Up Crowd Cards: Successfully complete the "Game Situation" challenges
in mini-camp mode. The Cheerleader or Pump Up Crowd Cards for the team
used will be unlocked.
Hint:
Cheerleader Cards and game cheats: Get a gold rank in any event on the All Pro, Pro and Rookie
levels.
Hint:
Barry Sanders: Get a gold rank in the RB Ground Attack drill in mini-camp mode
under the All-Madden level.
To do this easier, play as
Anthony Thomas. On any outside play, such as pitch right handoff sweep,
etc., move the secondary over and cut back. This will force them to follow
you. Your fullback and yourself can have a dead shot at the end zone.
Remember to do this quickly, any other play like right up the middle, just
juke and try to plow them over.
Hint:
Deion Sanders: Get a gold rank in the DB Swat drill in mini-camp mode under
the All-Madden level.
Hint:
Jan Stenerud: Get a gold rank in Clutch Kicking Drill in mini-camp mode under
the All-Madden level.
Hint:
John Elway: Get a gold rank in the QB Pocket Presence under the All-Madden
level.
Hint:
Kevin Butler: Get a gold rank in P-Coffin Corner Punt under the All-Madden
level.
Hint:
Mike Ditka: Have a saved game file from another EA Sports football game on
your memory card.
Hint:
Mike Singletary: Get a gold rank in the LB Chase and Tackle drill in mini-camp
mode under the All-Madden level.
Hint:
Reggie White: Get a gold rank in All-Madden DL-Trench Fight under the
All-Madden level.
Hint:
Steve Largent: Have a saved game file from an EA Sports racing game on your
memory card.
Hint:
Steve Young: Get a gold rank in QB Precision Passing (St. Louis Rams) under
the All-Madden level.
Hint:
Dodge City Stadium: Have a saved game file from another EA Sports football game on
your memory card.
Hint:
Nile High Stadium: Have a saved game file from an EA Sports racing game on your
memory card.
Hint:
Marshals secret team: Have a saved game file from another EA Sports football game on
your memory card.
Hint:
Mummies secret team: Have a saved game file from an EA Sports racing game on your
memory card.
Hint:
Break tackles: To easily break tackles as a running back, alternately press L1
and R1 immediately before you get tackled.
Hint:
Run defense: Choose the 4-3 defense and use one of the plays that have an
OLB blitzing from the outside. Control the MLB and use L1 to shift
your lineman to the side that the tight end is on once the play starts.
You should then have a clear shot at the RB.
Hint:
Over the shoulder catch: When throwing the ball to a receiver that is running a fly
route, lob the pass (tap the button) instead of throwing a bullet (holding
the button). The receiver should catch the ball over his shoulder.
Hint:
Get a few more yards: When you are about to go out of bounds and want to get more
yards, juke to the side away from the sideline. You will not go out, and
it also sometimes delays the defense from pursuit.
Hint:
Easy rushing yards: When down in a game late and need yards, substitute your second
string RB in and put your first string RB in at QB. Off the hike, you can
either run or throw it. If a space is open, you will get more yards.
Hint:
Easy sacks: Select "Whip Man" from the 4-3 defense. When your
team lines up, move your linebackers to the right and linemen to the left.
Hide your left linebacker (after shifting) behind your second linemen from
the left, who should be lined up over the offense's tackle. Move the
middle linebacker over the offense's right guard. At the snap of the ball,
have the left linebacker blitz to between the offense's left guard and
center, getting him right to the quarterback. If done correctly, even a
running back blocking should not be able to stop you.
Hint:
Easy passes: Choose a play like this:
x x TGCGT TE x
QB x
Note: This is not in shotgun.
Use Hot Route, hit the leftmost WR up, then do Hot Route again to the man
next to him, except hit right. This means the outermost man is streaking
and the man next to him is cutting his path. Pump it to the streaking man
then zip it to the man that crosses. If he is fast enough, you can stretch
it into a long gain.
Hint:
Easy catches: Throw the ball to any receiver. After the ball has been thrown,
switch into your intended receiver and let the CPU run the pattern.
Immediately before the ball gets to you, tap R2 + L2. If the
ball is somewhat to the receiver, he will reach out and most likely catch
the ball.
Hint:
Onside kick: Turn off penalties. When you are about kick the ball when
starting or after you scored, choose one of the onside kicks. When you go
to kick, move it all the way over and down. For example, if your kicker is
kicking off facing towards the left, move it all the way over towards the
left and all the way down. You should get the ball every time.
When you score, just before
the kickoff, press Start. Select "Settings", then
"Gameplay". Select "Easy play" and turn it on. You can
now do an onside kick to your team. You can then turn "Easy
play" off, or keep it on.
Move the arrow all the way to
the right and down. Try to get the meter as low as possible and you will
regain the ball every time.
Choose any of the onside kick
formations during the kickoff. Move the arrow so that the tip of it
touches the left hash mark two yards from the ball for a right legged
kicker, or right hash mark two yards away for a left legged kicker. Kick
the ball with half power (in between the red and yellow area) and perfect
accuracy (in the yellow area). This works 80% of the time if done
correctly.
Hint:
Easy kick recoveries: Choose a regular kickoff play. If your kicker is left-handed,
choose a Kickoff Left; if he is right-handed choose a Kickoff Right
(recommended). Before you pick the play, make sure that the three players
to the right and the three players to the left of the kicker are fast
(90-99). When you are kicking, aim your kick as far up as possible and
straight. Then, kick as light of a kick as possible (within the yellow).
Make the players on the side of the kicker that the ball is landing run as
fast as they can. If you kicked it lightly enough, your own players should
recover it. Note: Once you catch it you cannot continue running; you will
get the ball where it was caught.
Hint:
Field goal block: Choose the punt block play. Substitute your fastest player into
the returner's position. For a right-footed kicker, stand on the right
side about three yards from the line. Go full speed when the ball is hiked
and dive.
Hint:
Punt block: Substitute (on Normal Punt Return) your second lineman from the
left with a lineman that is fast (about 75 to 80; for example, Courtney
Brown). Then, choose Normal Punt Return or any of the safe punts (not Punt
Block). Take the new lineman and pull him to the outside of the line where
the offense's blocker that is set back slightly is closest to the line.
Next, either run straight past him or cut inside, depending on the
blocker. If done correctly, you should be able to either tackle the punter
or block the kick. You may have to fake inside and go around.
Nevertheless, you will succeed about 70-75% of the time.
Hint:
Stop field goal blocks: To stop a friend from blocking field goals, when you hike the
ball to the holder hold X until his defender comes across the line
off sides.
Hint:
Good kick/punt returns: When you are receiving a punt, select punt left or right and
run that same direction. You should see people chasing you, but if your
blockers are good enough, they should give you enough room and time for a
large return. When you are receiving a kick, select left or middle
(recommended). If you have a fast kick returner who can break a tackle,
run straight up the pipe. You should make it a long way for a touchdown or
a huge gain. If you chose left, do the same thing as the punt; follow your
receivers.
Hint:
Better quarterback accuracy: Note what kind of quarterback you are passing with. If you have
someone such as Kurt Warner, you may have better accuracy if you set your
feet, then throw the ball. If you have someone like Donovan McNabb, you
might have better luck throwing on the run.
Hint:
Better draft pick: If you have a first place team and you know its going to be
very late in the draft, trade with a last place team. Sometimes you can
even get a first and second round pick for just your first. This is a very
good way to get young players on your already good team.
Get any player or draft pick
you want during franchise mode. After the regular season, such as during
the playoffs or immediately before the Superbowl, go to create a player
and make a quarterback. Make him 45 years old so that he will immediately
retire when the season is over. Next, make him a 99 overall. Sign him from
the free agency and trade him for any player or draft pick that you
desire. You can do this as many times as you need, and can get ten first
round picks and every player desired.
Hint:
Better trades: If you play with the salary cap penalties turned on in
franchise mode, it is better to trade the player(s) you wish to cut for
another team's draft pick. You will avoid penalties, keep your roster from
becoming full, and get another draft pick.
Start a franchise and create
a new coach (or make one under the Coach Option/Job Openings screen). In
Coach Options/Job Openings screen, highlight your coach, then press Left
or Right to select the team with the player or draft pick you want.
You are now the coach of that team. Trade the player you want to your
team. Then, return to the Job Openings screen in Coach Options and select
your original team. Back out and you will be coaching your team again.
Start a franchise and select
all 32 teams. Turn off the salary cap. Start the season, go to the roster,
then trade a player. You will be able to trade with yourself without the
rejection or the team. For example, you can trade Clinton Portis for
Marshal Faulk, or Ed Macalfry for Terrell Owens.
Hint:
Get any player: Use the following trick to get any player in a trade without
the other team rejecting. In the franchise mode, create a player as a
quarterback and move his attributes until you get to 99 points. Then, put
his injury and stamina down to 0. This will not change the attribute point
level. Sign him as a free agent then trade him to any team for anybody you
want. When you play the team he is playing for, after a couple of plays he
will either become injured or will be taken out of the game for his weak
stamina. No team will refuse your trade and you will have any player you
want on your team.
When playing in franchise
mode you can trade for any player you want without having that trade
turned down. Go into the create a player menu and create a QB that is all
99s. Sign that player to your team then trade him to another team that has
a player that you want. To make the trick even better, you can add another
player from their team to the trade that is in the 80s -- this will be a
2-for-1 trade. When the trade is complete, exit out to the franchise main
menu and enter back into the create a player menu. Go back into the QB's
attributes and edit them all the way down to 0s and then go back into the
trade screen. Take the second player in the deal and trade him back to the
team for the created QB. You can then start the whole process over by
going into the create a player menu and editing his attributes all the way
up again.
If you want to get anybody
(including 99 rated players) get Corey Dillon on your team. You can trade
him for anyone. The only two players that you can get together are Charles
Woodson (Oakland) and Sebastian Janikowski (Oakland). Also, play or
simulate all but one week. Select "Standings" to learn which
team is worst and trade with Corey Dillon for their first, second, and
third round picks.
Select season mode and turn
on fantasy draft. For your pick for rosters, you have two choices. You can
either select the players that you want (if possible, as most of the good
players are selected by the CPU); or allow the CPU to choose for you. This
will be faster. Afterwards, go to "Gameplay" and turn off the
trade deadline and salary cap. You can now trade all of the people that
you do not want for desirable players.
Hint:
Cheap players that are good: To make a receiver go to create player and create the player as
a quarterback. Give the player very low passing abilities (zero) and very
high catching and ball handling levels. The player will cost very little
because his quarterback skills are bad. You will have to sign him as a
quarterback but use him as a wide receiver. His salary will never go up
because he will not play as a quarterback. You can also change his number
and attributes in the edit player screen. You can also make a dirt cheap
fullback by eliminating his receiving skills.
Hint:
Cheaper player: When you have an expensive player, you can release him and sign
him for less money.
Hint:
Cheaper created players: When the free-agent signing period appears in the off-season,
go to the "Create-A-Player" menu and make a player with very low
attributes. He will want a low salary. Then, offer him a contract. Before
he accepts it, go to the "Create-A-Player" menu again and set
his attributes to anything desired. He should accept the contract you
offered him, and the other teams almost never bid on him.
Hint:
Lower team's overall salary: One way to lower a team's overall salary is to cut certain
players' salaries. You can do this with players that have low attributes
but high salaries. To do this, go to "Rosters" and select
"Edit player". Select a player on the team that has a low
overall rating (anything under the low 80s) and has a high salary. When
you choose to edit the players "Attributes", you will notice
that his salary decreases. Do not change anything in his attributes and
exit out. You have now made your first budget cut of the season.
Hint:
Increase salary cap room: While playing in franchise mode, you can easily increase the
room under your salary cap. First, look at some of your players with very
high salaries. Some of those players will be very skilled, and some will
not. It reflects the real salaries that they receive. Cut that player from
your roster. That player will go into the free agent pool, where you can
usually sign them for much less than they were paid before. However, you
must be careful. Sometimes the player will demand more than they used to
be paid.
Hint:
Super team: Play through the entire season and save at the Pro Bowl.
Simulate the Pro Bowl and go to off-season schedule/player progression.
Look for young players from other teams in positions that you need that
have progressed well. About +7 overall should be sufficient. Next, look at
your players to see those that have progressed negatively. Quit the game
and reload your previous save game. Trade away all of your players that
have progressed negatively for young players that progressed well.
Hint:
Fantasy team franchise: Start a new Madden game (no loaded rosters, teams, franchises,
etc.). At the menu screen, go to "Features",
"Rosters", then "Trade Player". Find your desired team
and trade the players you do not want for those that you do. All trades
will be accepted, unlike in franchise mode. Save your roster under
something easy to remember, load it, start a franchise, and start playing.
At the main menu, go to
"Features", then "Rosters". Select "Release
Player". Release any player that you want from any team. Then, go to
franchise and select a team. Go to "Rosters", then "Free
Agents". And all the players you released will be there, and you will
be able to sign them to your team.
Getting all your favorite
players on your team in franchise mode is a large task. Go through all the
teams by selecting coaches for them; then trades are un-rejectable. Once
your team's salary cap is too high, release and sign your players
repeatedly until all them are as low as possible. Some players must be
signed to shorter than seven years to get them to drop. Some players will
not accept a drop in salary at all, but if you release them again, you
will find that they want less. You can keep doing this until they are low.
However, there are a handful of players that you cannot do any of this
with. This will clear up some room to get all the players you want. Also,
you can do this to stack your other favorite teams. You can also create
eight new custom teams in franchise mode. Do this, and you can kick your
least favorite eight teams out of the league by replacing them. Wait until
the end of the season to trade for the top draft picks; by then they are
all set. Just select a coach, a team, and trade for the top seven picks
then give the other top picks to your other created or favorite teams. To
keep the teams you want good, and the ones that you dislike bad, select a
coach and trade good players up at the end of each season. This entire
process takes many days, but is great when completed.
Hint:
Easier gold in mini-camp mode: Create a player and trade him to the team that you are doing
the drill with. Make sure that the created player is playing the position
of the person that you are trying to complete the drill with. For example,
Ronde Barber is the corner back in the Defensive Swat Pass drill. If you
create a corner back and make his attributes all 99, put him on the
Buccaneers and make him the starting or number one cornerback. Then, he
will do the drill. You may do this with any person on any drill. You may
also make the people who you are going against in the drill
"sorrier". If you know their names, go to their attributes and
turn them all the way down.
Hint:
Announced names: Create a new team and name the new coach "John
Madden". Melissa will be able to say his name during the game.
To have the announcer's call
your name, you must choose an NFL player's name that is in the game. For
example, use "Dan" form Dan Marino and "Barber" from
Tiki Barber to make a player named "Dan Barber". Note: Sometimes
the announcers will only call the player's last name.
Hint:
City name spoken: When creating a custom team, use the a city where an NFL team
plays as your custom team's home city. The refs and the PA announcer will
say your team's city.
Hint:
Recommended offensive play: Go to create a playbook, select offense, then create the
following formation. You can name it as desired:
x xxxxxx
x
x
x
x
Create this play. Everyone
run blocks except have your fullback block, lead far right. Have your half
back do a hop step sprint right. If done correctly, just follow your
halfback during a game and the hole will open up. If you play as the
Raiders, this strategy is usually good for at least 8 yards.
Pick a run play that has two
tight ends. If the defensive line/backs move left or right, press Square
+ R2 so your play is flipped. The defence will not move giving you
an open field or at least a 12 yard gain.
For a pass play. do a 4 Wide
play. If the defense calls an audible, press Square + R2 so
that your wide receivers switch sides. This also creates an open field for
a QB Draw or a 30 yard pass to your deepest receiver.
To run a short slant route,
press L2 or R2 at the line of scrimmage. Running backs and
tight ends can run this route also, but they cannot be on the line of
scrimmage.
On offense, you can get cheap
with your QB, especially a fast one. Line up in a shotgun set with one
back if you have it. Try to find a play where your back flares out and
your strong side receiver runs across the middle. The defense's LBs should
pick up the back and receiver, leaving the DB to be in a deep zone. You
should have a huge hole. Drop your passing icons and make a mad run for
the first down. Either dive, slide, run out of bounds; or slow down to
take a hit because very few QBs can take a full shot and hang on to the
ball. This strategy has a 95% success rate and only fails if the defense
is good or your OT makes a mistake.
Hint:
Recommended defensive plays: Use the following plays against All-Madden difficulty level
teams. Go to the 4-3 formation and scroll up until you see the "Sweet
Blitz" play. It is a good play to use when the team runs or passes.
To make it even better, have your lineman and linebackers shift so that
they are are in other positions. The "Fireman" is also a good
play, as well but not as great as "Sweet Blitz". You can also
find it in the 4-3 formation. The best play for passing is
"Robber". You can find it in Quarter. Its very good because you
will get a lot of your secondary covering the receivers and is about 70%
efficient when stopping passes.
While in the 4-3 defense, you
can really break down the offensive line with the Mike blitz. Shift your
defensive line to the strong side and press R1 + Up to slide
your LBs outside to prevent sweeps. Then, stack your MLB behind the man in
front of the center. When the ball is snapped, blitz to the opposite of
the NGs slant. If done correctly, the weak side guard will pick up the DE
instead of the MLB and the center will washout the NG, leaving a massive
hole for you. It has a 85% success rate against the middle run and a 65%
rate against the pass. However, if the offense comes out in a twin TE set,
the defense is useless and you will need to switch to whatever strategy
you want to counter this set.
Hint:
Recommended quarterback: The best free agent quarterback is Michael Bishop. He is only
rated at 79, but outperforms Kurt Warner, Rich Gannon, and almost every
other quarterback in the league. Sign him then use him only in the second
half of the game and he will be extremely accurate.
Glitch:
Running back salaries: No matter what you raise on a running back, his salary stays
the same.
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