This happens to me every week. So I do offline offline franchise. I just play exhibition games of every Dolphins weekly match-up the Saturday before the game. With the most recent rosters.
Well I'm only on week 3, and I think the increases in the overall starters ratings will be worth it. No franchise restarts after this though.
I like that in one week they realized "You know what Brandon Marshall really deserves a higher carry rating."
they either put marshall's face in the game or got it to look allot closer to him. It bothered me how it looked nothing like him and he was a top 5 wr.
anyone encounter any cheeser bitzers online? I mean it was ridiculous... willis untouched every time. I couldn't even hand the ball off, Ronnie and Ricky were hit as soon as they got it. Yes, I sorta got around it with hitting Fasano across the middle but that was even a workout to have time to throw. Came up short when Marshall fumbled it in the open field with no one around him when I dove to run out the clock late in the game. That had me fumed to say the least.
When I encounter this, I try to exploit it if I can. For instance. Use a package substitution to bring in Ricky at HB and slide Ronnie over to FB. Pick a playaction "FB Flat" from Iform Twin WR formation. When lining up hotroute the HB to go to the opposite side of the field that you are sending Ronnie(the FB) to. What this does is essentially remove the playaction part of the play, but IMO i think the play still freezes the AI slightly despite this change. Anyway, unless he is in a dime-Quarter man coverage(which I doubt considering hes NANO blitzing..) it is incredibly difficult to stop Ronnie from gaining chunk yards in the flat or possibly it even being a huge TD. There is ways to stop this play, dont get me wrong - but I have found it to be a really troublesome venture for people blowing up your LOS to stop it without heavily altering their plans. As you mentioned, hitting someone over the middle can blow this up as well, so I generally try to mix it up between the middle of the field and hitting ronnie out there in the flat as a FB. The last time this happened the guy ended up giving up on cheese blitzing all together and somehow I managed to sneak out a win in the final moments.
Madden week 3 update is here. Here's the Dolphins updates: Ryan Baker and Jeron Mastrud added to game. Ricky Williams decreased from 87 to 86. John Jerry increased from 70 to 73 Jason Allen increased from 71 to 74 Brandon Fields increased from 71 to 75 Koa Misi increased from 73 to 74 Cameron Wake increased from 75 to 79 Richie Incognito increased from 76 to 79 Paul Soliai increased from 77 to 79 Chad Henne increased from 79 to 80 Miami Dolphins team increased from 79 to 82 Vontae Davis increased from 82 to 84 Vernon Carey increased from 86 to 87 Karlos Dansby increased from 91 to 92 Jake Long increased from 96 to 97 Koa Misi moved to ROLB #1 on the depth chart John Nalbone, Clifton Smith and Robert Rose all released. http://maddennfl.easports.com/news.action
They increase/decrease the ratings of 5-10 players per team on a weekly basis. Oh well. Glad they're keeping it active actually. Just saying.... Damn. Now Cameron Wake is going to be a 90+ for me (I play him at LE)
Week 4 Madden updates are here. Mickey Shuler and Patrick Brown added to roster. Tim Dobbins decreased from a 69 to a 67. Ricky Williams decreases from an 86 to an 84. Brian Hartline increased from a 73 to a 74. Devonne Bess increased from a 74 to a 75. Will Allen placed on IR. http://maddennfl.easports.com/news.action
Week 5 update is out. Some phins changes. Some love for Bess and Davis is nice to see. see the complete list of changes here: http://www.operationsports.com/feature.php?id=1148
Week 6 update here. Dolphins changes: Benny Sapp decreases from 69 to 66 Chris Clemons finally gets an increase from 66 to 70 Koa Misi increases from 74 to 75 Robert Rose added to roster http://maddennfl.easports.com/news.action
I agree. Vontae Davis deserves a boost into the 90s. No CB in the league is playing as good as he has as far as locking guys down.
And in the latest Madden roster updates, Dunta Robinson, CB, ATL - Hit Power increase, from 54 to 70HITPOW
Speaking of Cb's with hit power. Does it anger anyone else that Vontae's tackling and hit power are so low?
Also, week 7 updates: Deon Anderson added to roster Davone Bess increase from 77 to 79 Cameron Wake increase from 79 to 82 Jake Long increase from 97 to 98 Cory Procter jersey updated to #71 Bobby Carpenter released Nolan Carroll's return increased
I agree with you on the HP, but I cant recall having people break tackles against him too often tbh. Maybe its his STR that make up the difference, which iirc is significantly higher than most CB.
Next Madden update to include refs who screw the Phins over on important game-changing replays! Can't wait!
Have all the NFL refs in the game, with their own ratings. If you end up having Ed Hochilu or the **** up who called the Steelers game, well, bad calls will be made. It would make the game that much more realistic since the NFL is fixed, so have the refs fixing games in Madden.
Draw 15 yard penalties and fines for using the Hit-Stick on a defenseless receiver or a... *gasp* quarterback.
I always try using the hit stick on the QB, even if a tad late. The game rarely ever calls a late hit, but its not worth it(it can be called sometimes), as I've yet to injure the QB during a play like that even 1 time.
Madden already screws the fins I can't count the times Ronnie Brown who has a 94 carry rating has fumbled the ball for me on a shoe lace tackle
This week's roster updates: Jason Allen decrease from 74 to 73 Ronnie Brown decrease from 89 to 87 Davone Bess increase from 79 to 81 Koa Misi increase from 75 to 78 Cameron Wake increase from 82 to 84 Brandon Fields increase from 75 to 79 Dan Carpenter increase from 82 to 84 Yeremiah Bell increase from 86 to 87 Miami Dolphins team increased from 82 to 83 Jared Odrick placed on IR Robert Rose released Randy Starks moved to RDE #1 on depth chart