Chapter 4 - SportsGamer's Madden 08 Cheat Sheet
This exclusive section from SportsGamer.com offers ten quick tips to immediately improve your Madden 08 game.
Choose a team that suits your play style. If you prefer pounding the ball up the middle, find a back with a good trucking
attribute (Power Back weapon). If instead you prefer stretch plays, you might prefer a dominant stiff arm (Stiff Arm Ball
Carrier) or elusiveness (Elusive Back). Minding the strengths of your personnel when choosing your team will ensure that
you have the playmakers to execute your game.
Choose a playbook early and stick with it. Every playbook has its own nuances that take time to learn. If you switch
playbooks too often you will not only be wasting time practicing plays that you will never use again, you may also find it
difficult to adapt your playcalling on-the-fly when necessary.
Offensively, start off using just one or two formations within a playbook. Ideally, you should find eight to ten plays that
you like using. Limiting yourself to just these plays will improve your execution and improve your overall skill very
quickly. Once you have mastered those, then dig deeper into the playbook to expand your offense.
Make sure you have plays to beat man, zone, and bump n' run coverages. Learn how to recognize the different
coverages and include plays into your offensive repertoire to attack them all. Go into practice mode to work on checking
down reads and beating bump n' run coverage.
Play bend but don't break defense at the beginning of every game. This simply means don't take too many chances and
avoid giving up a long touchdowns at all costs. While surrendering yardage underneath may be annoying, picking up on
your opponent's tendencies early will pay dividends later on.
If you suspect your opponent is on a blitz, use Hot Routes to keep some of your players in to help block the incoming
rush.
Always pick up the pressure that your opponent is bringing on defense. There will be plenty of heat coming this season,
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