1) Fix the horrible paths that defenders take(and offensive players on a turnover). There are so many big plays in this game because the defenders are so dumb. On outside runs the safeties run up to the line first and then over so they get caught up in the blocking. AP is so dominant on outside runs because all he has to do is break one tackle and then he will outrun the safeties who got sucked into the line. This also leads to dominating screen plays as well.

2) Make players aware of the sideline. It's so frustrating when a WR has plenty of room on the sideline but takes huge strides so he only gets 1 foot in bounds. I'd love to see players try and drag their feet. If done right, this could actually be a great way to put in a cut scene and show a view down the sideline of a receiver trying to drag his feet as he goes out of bounds.

Along the same lines the QBs also have no awareness of the sidelines. It's not uncommon for a player to be breaking wide open near the sidelines and the QB will intentionally lead him 10 feet out of bounds. If there is no one near him he should obviously not lead him. This is also very common on passes to the HB out of the flat.

3) Give us a camera angel where we can see our far WRs. Everybody throws so many interceptions because we couldn't see that the corner was in zone or was bumping our WR.

4) Make sure that both chain gang animations are from the same angel so that we don't know the result before it is even measured. This animation and the TD animation should only occur when it truly is close on 3rd and 4th down. It is so annoying when this happens on first down and it was obvious he either got there or he didn't. Often times the animation of the refs signaling TD is cut to before the player is even down, so obviously he was in.

5) Bring back the old training camp games. I don't like them in the franchise where players improve off of them, but it is a great stand alone mode.

6) Remove the nano blitz glitch already. It completely ruins competitive gaming.

7) Make it tough for most QBs to throw off their back foot. This could even be a completely separate rating. Players like Jay Cutler can do it without losing too much strength or accuracy, but players like that are rare.

Players should very, very rarely break out of gang tackles of 3 or more. And defenders should not stop playing until the play is over. It seems like every broken gang tackle is devastating because every other defender completely stops playing.

9) Bring back the create a play and create a playbook.

make an expansion mode

1. make defensive stats much more accurate, bring total takles back
2. let RBs be QB in wildcat
3. limit number of 99 overall guys, makes roster overated
4. put draft picks in main menu roster, it would be cool to have the real picks in franchise mode
5. put a homefield advantage, like ice kicker
6. put manual in game substitutions, before play
7. make players play two position, I would like it more if Spencer Larson, Denver Broncos, could play MLB/FB like he does in real life
8. make it able to have roster updates in the franchise mode, not online
9. put all real life Long Snappers in the game such as Dorenbos of Philly
10. make it so theres not a free agent max on main menu rosters, put all FAs in there including practice squad guys.
dont like it when, example:Ty Law was signed by Broncos he is not in FA area.
11. make custom playbook mode
12. make it so you have to make your way up to starting spot in superstar mode.
13. make it harder to give INTs to opposite team makes me mad when their is INTs
14. in Franchise Mode drafts make teams aware of their 3-4 or 4-3 defense.
15. make it so there is 2 starting DTs in 4-3 defense and 2 starting MLBs in 3-4 defense
16. make it so the play now and franchise mode team ratings are the same
all this would make the game much, much better than it is now.

I think the feature in nfl head coach 09 was great that other teams would fight for a player.

Also if you have a person like T.O. it would be great to have TEAM CHEMISTRY!!
If you keep trading and cuting it goes down certian players want certian stuff that would make it go up and down. Plus you have trouble makers!! T.O, Larry Johnson, Michael Vick, etc...

Also SUB option for diff. plays would be great to bring back

And Postion battles would be nice to!!

I think Taunting would be cool after a sack or big play. but this could get old if you don't have engough animations!

This year I drafted Pryor from Ohio State from my Ncaa 10 and Matt Ryan got hurt so I put him in. My offense never missed a beat!! Here would be good to have chemistry!!! When a team changes QBs or RBs etc... its a big diff most of the time.

It would be nice to have a practice mode

I hate when I draft players and can't practice to see how they are.

And a couple years back in the off season yall had The senior bowl that Would be sweet too.

Keep up the good work guys

One other thing, it would be great if defenders couldn't magically see the whole field. I hate when I'm trying to throw a pass and a receiver who has his back turned and is running the other direction magically stops on a dime and gets a speed boost in the direction of the pass to pick the ball off. When playing QB you basically have to act as if every defender is watching you and already running full speed in the direction you will be throwing.

Here is what i want in Madden 11
1) I want to be able to make a player and go down to the smallest detail on him. Skin Tone, Eye Colour, Facial Hair, Facial Hair Colour, Hair Colour, Amount of muscle i want on my player, Amount of deffenition on his muscle etc. Also I want alot of different faces like the PS2 versions. There were at least 170 different faces. I want to be able to choose what kind of hair i want, not have the face with hair on his head already and i cant choose if i want long hair or short hair. I want to be able to choose if i want really long hair like Polamalu. Also put different makes of Football gloves like RBK, Under Armour, Nike ETC. and kleets too.

(2) Fix Polamalu's hair. It barely passes his name and in real life it passes his name, a bunch of strands go over his shoulders and the rest goes almost down to the middle of his back. In Madden 10 when i zoom out on Replay his hair goes into a pony tail and looks like the Madden 09 version so fix that too.

(3) Fix the way the commentators talk. its just BRUTAL, Honestly. I dont want Chris Collinsworth and Tom Hammond anymore there so boaring and say the exact same lines and react the same over and over again. How about you have 2- 3 different crews of commentators like For Monday Night Football Chris Collinsworth and Al Michaels, For Fox Troy Aikmon ( or Thom Brennanman) and Joe Buck or the other Fox Crew Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston & Tony Siragusa. That way the commentators would NOT get boaring and it would make Madden much much more realistic and fun. Also make the announcers sound more enthusiastic and less boaring.

(4) Have different Commentators for the AFC Championship and the NFC Championship games like in real. AFC Championship- Phil Simms & Steve Tasker. NFC Championship - Troy Aikman and Joe Buck. For Super Bowl 44 have Jim Nantz and Phil Simms. Then for the other superbowls just put in the other Commentators. This would make Madden even better.

5) For Defense. Make it a little bit easier for the user controlling the linebackers or DB's to sack the QB's. Its too too hard and i only have about 3 sacks each for my Linebackers and some DB's. One thing that i really hate about the defence is when my saftey, DB or Linebackers have a chance to pick the ball off. It just hits his hands and falls down, WTF is that, honestly thats B.S. Fix it!!!! Also make an animation for a spectacular Interception ( One handed picks, diving picks etc )

6) When players get hit really hard have the players helmets pop off like some do in real life. Also when the DB's pull the reciever's/ QB's or Running back's jersey the shoulder pads pop out of the jersey. Maybe you can put that in madden too.

7) Sometimes when the reciever is too fast and pass the DB easily the DB holds onto his jersey, put that in madden that would be pretty cool.

Let us choose what part of the play we want to challenge.

9) Make a better have time report with host James Brown, Dan Marino, Shannon Sharpe, Bill Cowher, Boomer Esiason, Charley Casserly, Lessley Visser and Sam Ryan instead of Alex Flannagan and Fran Charles. Or add something like in 2K5.

10) Team Cheerleaders

11) In NHL 10 they had the fans with the towels in the playoffs, You should put that in Madden because a lot of fans twirl the towels. example the Terrible Towel. It would be pretty sweet to see it in Madden 11.

12) When the games are close espcialy in playoff games. Make the fans look very very Nervous. Have some standing up with there hands on there head and some sitting on the edge of their seat.

13) When its raining in games. Have the rain or snow go off and on. Like in real life.

14) Show players on the side line mad or sad when they lose a game.

(15) When the players play in high altitude ( Like in Denver ) or when they return a long kick return or punt return show the players on the side line getting oxygen after the play. Or getting some Gatorade. That would be soooooo cool!!!!!

16) When the Refs are discusing a play. Show a group of 4 Refs discusing it. It would look more realistic. Also have real life Refs in NFL in Madden 10.

17) When the QBs throw a pick, the cut scene always shows the Coach yelling at the Linemen. Show the coach yelling at the QB or the Reciever or even both.

1 Have the fans chant other things like "Move those chains. Move those chains", " J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS JETS " or " Here We Go Steelers Here We Go "!!!!!

19) Add something when the QB is getting pulled down you can actually throw a pretty strong pass like some of the QB's do. Instead of just throwing a loopy football pass.

20) When the player gets injured actually have the cart come, or when there really really seriously hurt have them being put on a stretcher and then some players are on there knees around him.

21) Fix the QB Avoidnce Stick so that it works a little bit more than what it does now. It almost never works when i want to use it.

22) Add some " Circus " catches like more one handed catches or when the ball is tipped they catch it. If the ball is over thrown they can dive for it. Have some sideline catches too like the Santonio Holmes Super Bowl Catch.

23) For "Madden Moments" you said that there would be moments from the past. How come there wasnt any? How about you can add it in Madden 11 and then after you complete it you can show a video of the original moment.

24) In NBA 2K10, the announcers talk about games that happened early in the day or a day ago. They talk about who won or who lost. You should put that in Madden!

25) Before a NFL game starts, there are reporters talking about the key match ups, whos injured and predict who is going to win, if that was in madden that would be sweet.

26) When you win the Super Bowl, Show the whole team celevrating, have them wearing the Super Bowl champion shirts, Hats. Have a bunch of reporters interviewing players. Make it look more realistic than Madden 10. Im gald you guys put it in there though.

27) last but not least. For the graphics, show the players sweating like in madden 09 and 08.

The opportunity to create your own plays

more logos for created team's and be able to have the team name on the helmets or jeseys

the play calling screen more like the one in madden 09 where it show stats and different things about the game

Of all the things that could be tweaked in Madden, only one truly bothers me when playing, which is the playmaking.

Right now, if you have a match up of one great player against a weaker one, what you will often see is the ball magically go to them. If you make throw to a weak wide receiver matched up against, lets say, Asomugha, the ball will somehow drift to him or a safety, making it appear as if the ball slipped from the QB's hands rather than the defender made a good play.

Its annoying to, even if I know I made a stupid decision, think that the turnover resulted from the computer deciding to have it happen rather than great playmaking.

You would save my controllers a great deal of punishment if you could improve upon this. Have it so if Asmoghua is against Desean Jackson, he just stays with him, makes a great jump and picks it off rather than having the ball float 20 yards away to a wide open defender. Or, on the flip side, have Randy Moss give a little push off in the end zone and leap up for the ball as he does in real life. Most of Moss' touchdowns don't come from him being wide open, but from him being a spectacular playmaker.

When choosing game options, choose the commentaters you want to hear.

1.) Al Michaels and Chris Collinsworth
2.) Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
3.) The Monday night crew
4.) Maybe even bring back John Madden to hear the classic legend himself

This would make the gameday calls so much less repetitive


and in franchise mode, the commetators would switch for what time and day your playing.

MADDEN SUGGESTIONS

ok. a few quick questions and then suggestions. what is the budget for this game and how much does it increase year to year from the profits you make? a lot of people don't buy budgetary constraints for why features weren't included as this is EA. why do things get removed from older incarnations of Madden such as the vital pre set subs feature? that HAS to come back! do you guys answer questions on here because you seem to answer a few early questions and then neglect this after, we don't do this to give you a hard time as we are human and understand you have many pressures etc, however if we are passionate enough to log into a forum and write essays on things we like, surely you could answer like a page of questions a week? it'd be greatly appreciated and would make us feel like you ARE interacting with us, this isn't our job and we're making your job easier, if not a bit more time consuming (sorry about that...) here is a little rant that i wrote, guys from EA, like Ian and Donnie and everyone else on the team and you Madden fans tell me what you think. i believe that if we all kind of have similar requests instead of single requests that suit our desires such as a free roaming superstar mode (i'd love that, maybe not in Madden but in a separate game, it's totally unfeasible) then what we request from the developers will be easier to gage and they can work on it. things i see on here in abundance that i agree with is obviously the fixing of exploits which you ARE doing and we appreciate that. another things is the aforementioned PRE SET SUBS. if i have DeMarcus Ware at OLB, on a Nickel package i want him at DE, with the accelerated clock and everything it gives no time to make these subs. also when you play as a team with a two back system i want say Lendale White in the goaline formation and CJ from the gun, it has been in every Madden incarnation why remove it? CPU & CPU trades? it feels like i'm the only active team in my franchise making moves, it has to be more interactive, say a backup like Samkon Gado of the Rams gets a 1000 yard rushing season as Steven Jackson is hurt, i should get enquiries for him, or he becomes a hot prospect in Free Agency if he's released (as he's not going to start OVER SJ39 ) Real Life Draft Picks: Seattle should have Denver's first in the 2010 draft, Denver should have Chicago's etc. all these deals will affect the teams overall, and it's too easy to fix Chicago's problems in franchise as you can pick up the best CB for example with your first round draft pick, which they won't have in real life. this also leads to... Trading Future Draft Picks in Franchise Mode!!! Head Coach movement: why does Andy Reid become the new Lions coach after Schwartz's first season as head coach and going 2-14? Andy Reid will be Eagles HC for a long time and i doubt he will leave after going 10-6 like he did in my franchise, only to be replaced by Jim Johnson- now this is sad as he has passed away, but he should be removed via an update or something- RIP JJ. Coaches like Shanahan, Gruden, Cowher should also be there, with their own playbooks. when Coaches join a new team that new team should go through the changes with playbooks and defensive base formation etc. players should be signed and moved to fit these things too (like Kampman becoming an OLB from DE) i think with a ps3 or an xbox 360 this should be achievable, the technology is there... now while i LOVE the new draft classes i've found a few things that bug me, especially with how easy it is to draft a stud in pretty much every round, as long as you scout with the potential bar. take the jack english draft, i got jack english (traded for 1st overall pick), boma in round 2, round 3 i picked up a linebacker (torian watts and the other awesome a potential olb) got leron james in the 5th, in the 4th got a te phoenix bible with a potential and also got prince justin. all a potentials because the scouting bar is ordered from best potential, it really removes the fun in drafting. my personal belief is that potential should be hidden and not something that can be seen, just like real life. i don't want to be able to know that the guy i picked in round 1 is a D potential and redraft that position next year, i think you should have to see the performances themselves, if the guy just stinks and his ratings don't go up you can figure he's got a low potential, and therefore he's a bust. seeing the D potential would make me trade him off for some picks and a better player therefore not going through the trial and error that happens throughout the real NFL. CPU teams also have no consideration for money invested in a position, if i trade Marc Bulger to the Raiders, they would have ridiculous money tied into that Position, that trade would never be accepted. instead the Raiders accept the trade and then cut Bulger, leaving them with a phenomenal cap penalty (that MAY happen with Al Davis lol- but as a rule of thumb) also, if a team has a first round draft pick at QB the year before, but he's a low potential they redraft that position the next year in the first round, there's no history for draft picks and the Panthers aren't going to draft a QB 3 years in a row when they pick at 7 every year. i think that drafting logic needs to be addressed by just creating a fiscal memory for each team and maybe creating a draft history so you can see where teams draft every year. you shouldn't be able to get so many 80's in late rounds, i think there should be the odd talented player in a late round like 1 per draft, but all the immediate high ratings should be in the first 2 rounds, their potentials differentiating them. therefore a good draft is based on looking at things like their 40 times and size, college production (we're next gen, i'm sure if you remove something expendable like madden moments- nice touch but i'd rather have an amazing franchise- and put in like a parallel collegiate season, or at least certain players being division touchdown leader, sack leader etc.) this would mean that you scout preferences over ovr and potential, so if i want an OLB for my 34 defense then i would scout the guys with the speed, size and most sacks in college career and hope they work out... i'd also like to have a working Injured Reserve that the cpu actually uses! it's disappointing that it makes no difference to your roster number and cap hit, and that the cpu never puts a player on IR, if Peyton Manning goes down for the season, he would go on IR and a backup would be signed, why doesn't this ever happen? i feel at least having the option to hide player potential should be ACHIEVABLE so that it caters to anyone who would like to see that (just repost or quote what i say to get some attention to this) and that it caters to those who like seeing potential, it's a question of having '??' over where the potential is for your team too or seeing it. i would hope though that that would also apply for the cpu, so that they don't cut players based on potential and redraft the same position over and over until they get an A or B potential there... sorting through the draft classes and finding gems in POTENTIAL instead of OVR in the later rounds (with exceptions of course but not too many) should also be achievable, it only requires a tweak of how the draft classes are and who is in them- again, i would like to hear from or see that people would like to see this suggestion- STRENGTH IN UNITY haha in addition its ridiculous that in the 4th quarter cpu qbs become perfect, they can be sacked on 1st and 2nd down and then complete a perfect ball on 3rd and 28 and the qb is jim sorgi or like jamarcus russell. it doesn't make it fun, is there a flaw in the difficulty slider etc? obviously money plays should be eradicated, dodgy stats should be sorted (season 1 i had about 18 players with 100 tackles plus, majority of sacks coming from 34 DE's also, which is totally unrealistic) and i see you are sorting that, so we have hope in that department.. : ) this is all do-able. i'm not going to moan and say i'm never going to buy madden again i love football too much and it's still a GOOD GAME, but this is a list of some things you can do easily, i don't believe they can't due to time and budgetary constraints either as it is EA here, and this is MADDEN. invest, you know the profits are going to be rolling, we all love football and you put out the best (well only) product. profits will undoubtably soar if you include features people want to see instead of things that few people care about. i understand this was the approach you took this year and the positive steps made have been a great indication of the shift in focus, however with Madden 11 we hope this continues and requests around core gameplay and Franchise (offline and online) are heeded and implemented. i think a lot of people will be disappointed if Online Franchise stays the same, things like free agency, scouting, presentation, etc. all need to be improved, as you know and have said yourselves, however if that is the only aspect that is improved more people will be disheartened. it is in your best interests to give us the product WE as fans and customers want, instead of what your bosses demand, if this point is made clear i'm sure they'd understand too. in terms of things i don't understand and need to be rectified immediately are: IN GAME/MATCH just-eat adverts wtf? no way, snickers and sprint is all realistic, however, a little pop up that means you can't see your Tight End is a joke. i don't mind having real stadium sponsors instead of scarn paper co. and vandelay world bank (every stadium is one of these 2 btw. let's have at least 35 options so they can be alternated, if they are real companies it's good for you as you should get money from it) Downloadable Content has been taken to far too, this AFL Add On should be unlocked by winning a superbowl or something not paid for. as should being able to play a superstar season as a real player. i think you are taking liberties there too. if i want to do a season as Peyton Manning then i shouldn't have to pay a few dollars for that right, 50 bucks is enough straight up. and weekly roster updates are great, but quit boosting one game wonders, it unbalances the game too much! only like give a stat increase to players like Odom who before he got injured made loads of plays consistently and not like Henne who after his first start did well and went up to a high 70. i say it unbalances the game too much as it is impossible to see backups progress into starter roles in offline franchise, players like Pat White often got better than Henne who would start when Pennington got injured and it seemed like there was a competition for the starting job, now Henne is so highly rated he becomes elite too quickly... thanks for reading this and again: PLEASE contact me, or quote any part of this that you agree with: together we can get the perfect Madden game

I love playing Madden and always have but there are things that can be down better.

1) different catching animations, jump balls, dive catches, boundry catches, catching low passes on kness while sliding

2) More celebrations; Halftime shows, Superbowl, play offs, end of quarters, spectacular play,

3) More presentations; Outside Stadium shots, Blimps, shots from the blimps, owner boxes with owners, cheerleaders, referee huddles, QB thanking the WR for good catches, Shots of the city at night

4) Superstar Mode; QBs accuracy should be better when he's throwing u the ball, have a way to build ur skill before ur drafted and during ur career, conract negotiations, choose ur agent, more press confresses that help u build ur personna, trophy cases, on field interviews for MVP

5) subsitute ur 3rd string in the game for blowouts on offense and defense

6) better customization in create a team/relocate team, more logo choices, dont want my team looking like a high school team either always bugged me and took away from the game

7) bring back the truck stick, hard hits

If u bring in ur 3rd string at the end of a superbowl they should not be handed the lumbardi trophy

all i can come up with right now Madden 10 was great i enjoy it and hope for continued success please make next seasons Madden worth buying.

that would be cool the DBs are good on ps3 the looking at the ball i just want the old superstar back flaps and QB jacket catch animations and one more thing BUY THAT DARN NATURAL MOTION OUT AND USE IT IN THE GAME YOURSELF maden is supposed to rule only like always

stop the frequent fumbling, MAKE YOUR OWN PLAYS, more logos for created teams,realistic pass rush, and more variety in each game try not to make it seem like every game is the same.

i rekkon superstar mode should have more features like:

-more interaction with the city and advertising industry

-a fight simulator
[if a fight breaks out on the field you can have the choice of joining in the fight and actually throw a few punches or tackle a few people or choose to stay out of trouble and stay safe from the judiciary. but if you do join in the fight, you can face the judiciary and cop a fine or suspension depending on how much interaction you had.]

-you should get rid of the points think for the attributes keep it like madden 09 or you even mix it with the madden 06 parents gene thing.

-more interviews on different shows {eg. TV, radio etc.}

- have more endorsement deals with sponsors like nike, adidas, under armour, food comanies, etc.

- maybe even make it a free world feel when off the field.




hope some of these ideas come onto madden 11


thanks