The Truth About What The NFL Banned From Madden

[@EricRayweather]

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[@cykablyatman6242]

did you intend to show luke kuechly when you were talking about concussions? ab moment

[@jessiejowers8578]

There is a big 1 I miss that isn't covered. When creating a playbook you use to be able to create formations and actual plays. If you wanted to create a Full House based offense or a wing T you could. Pretty sure it was in the game year before Reggie Bush. I had Bush and Jamaal Lewis as my 2 RB's on the Jets. It could have been the year he was a rookie but in that version it was hard to trade for Bush. I ran all type of legal but weird formations. You could pick blocking scheme(straight block, pull, trap etc) where the RB ran to, WR route trees(which was my favorite. Its hard to find plays where I love all 3 WR's routes. Usually have to settle for 2 routes I am comfortable with) This was my all time favorite feature. I stopped playing Madden from 14(when NCAA ended) to about 19. So not sure when they got rid of it.

[@katx1202]

Bro bet on Joe Burrow just for his wrist to get obliterated 💔 (he did get that yard first tho)

[@jolteon345]

I understand that the NFL wants to be separated from concussions but I fully believe that by hard removing them, it makes them seem LESS serious, and the same applies to career-ending injuries. I knew how bad concussions and career ending injuries were because of how they effected franchise in the PS2 era. Seeing a lack of actual concussions and career-ending injuries just makes me think that the NFL wants to act like a brutal sport is a lot safer than it actually is.

[@NealOfTaylor44]

exactly and God knows that Riddell & Schutt were NOT be happy about the helmet popping off thing lol the NFL is so greeeeeeeeeeedy

[@rocketsfan05]

That's the point yeah

[@Resylient]

Tell EA to add back the feature where you can assign corners to receivers by their NAMES. The "By Speed, Height, Overall" options do not always give you what you want. The feature was perfect and shouldn't have been removed. Removed over 10 years ago

[@ezzyfn692]

They have that

[@Resylient]

@@ezzyfn692 No they don't guy, I play the game all the time.

[@B1inded3agle__]

@@Resylient cant u do it by depth chart order? essentially the closest thing we got

[@damontpittman253]

Madden doesn't want to give players the defensive tools to play defense because they want everyone to have a chance to win.

[@damontpittman253]

How do you release a football Game that doesn't have real defensive match-ups option, Double coverage/bracket coverage on a receiver, no real 4 man pass rush, I really believe this is done on purpose, THIS IS NOT A REAL SIMULATION FOOTBALL GAME, NOT EVEN CLOSE, SPECIALLY FROM A DEFENSIVE PROSPECTIVE.

[@bennoll6778]

8:07 You know what’s funny about that. the announcers will say that people are leaving early if it’s a blow out but the stadium is full

[@tobiasvand]

The "bruised sternum" injury represents the concussion in game.

[@Sup35re]

No, the bruised sternum is a real injury

[@90clouds]

Your sternum is part of your rib cage

[@tobiasvand]

Represents means stands for in this case. Stands for concussion.

[@Sup35re]

@@tobiasvand I know what represents means it doesn’t though because it is an actual injury. They just don’t want concussions to be in the game because it may be too serious

[@Brooklynquietmoney]

Bring back tattoos WTF

[@lorjay862]

I said the same thing

[@Marko_Fr]

Have to get permission from the artists 😭 but they need to at least add generic ones for your my player

[@e4mafiastreaming]

Fr lol

[@ILikeHotDoggies]

nah give us dreads wth

[@Ihadtputsomerhing]

​@@Marko_Frno they have a Player likeness agreement they can put tattoos

[@Concernedcommenter904]

NBA killing them in terms of collaborating with emersion

[@jandrewhearne]

Remember when NCAA Football not only existed, but had suspensions for behavior and academics?

[@z0Xff22]

No it was because they wouldn’t play the college players

[@necrophagiakc]

Pat Summerall - Madden 92'/93' "OH NO.... THERE'S A MAN DOWN" Then it'd be the ambulance pickup on the field..

[@keyz_inc7305]

When EA have these things in the game, it made the game so much fun to play. I Miss the helmet's poppin off and the ambulance coming out there player injury reports.

[@angelopatterson226]

Ambulance goes back to the Sega genesis 😆

[@keyz_inc7305]

@@angelopatterson226 I know that's old, but it was so funny back then.

[@angelopatterson226]

​@keyz_inc7305 yep especially when it ran the players over😊

[@keyz_inc7305]

@@angelopatterson226 The player is already hurt. They just come out there and just run them straight over and mess them up even more. LOL And madden hilarious comments did not help after the situation

[@CRAINxX]

We still see it today in real life

[@chappy9153]

The lack of customization doesn’t excuse the ability to put different team color ways on cleats or gloves like we see in the game. The NFL also promotes “My Cause My Cleats” and they’re missing an opportunity to use this in a way that can promote these causes and the game. EA can use a micro transaction, that if someone wants to use a particular player’s cleats or package a bundle deal that uses all the players cleats involved, and send proceeds to these players causes. The lack of innovation or trying to immerse the user is what kills me. Meanwhile, I’m seeing videos of PC modders do what they say “they can’t do” or “it’s on their list.” We still have the same cleats from the last three or so years. They messed up the team color spats (still don’t have secondary colors) that they had in last year’s game. This game is incomplete! There’s promise, but this was nowhere close to being ready! They’re constantly giving us gimmicky features that aren’t that important and really mess the game up time and time again. There’s no aesthetic polish to the game, which in my opinion, should be a given. When College Football comes out I’m done with Madden until they can give us what we see on Sundays! Hopefully they don’t mess CFB up too!

[@dwayneedwards7613]

They Need To Back Create A Team Back... Or Atleast allow the Player to create our own uniforms for the relocation team they are using...

[@Believeme-d1u]

EXACTLY

[@vinniethedeuce]

Create a team was my favorite feature.

[@launchbase4944]

the NFL never took out create a team. EA took it out themselves

[@finley9317]

@@launchbase4944thats true because now its back in only because college football did it

[@joes4987]

Im shocked they even allowed the undershirts in the last 2 maddens

[@BabySnipe517]

I am too

[@JohnnyBla7e]

Bring back when the commentators could recognize CREATED PLAYERS NAMES 💯

[@AttackoftheJoe]

I’d rather have no commentators at all than another year of Davis and Gaudin.

[@NFL_guy679]

@@AttackoftheJoefr they should bring back jim and phil

[@not2mportant.797]

On of these days I wanna be able to re-sim a players career just like KOT4Q and Clique. "What if Calvin Johnson stayed in the league?" "What if Adrian Peterson never got injured" "Michael Vick if he stayed with the Falcon" "How well would Marshawn Lynch do during the 80s Run-Run-Run-Pass era?" "Can Vince Lombardi lead 2008 Detroit Lions to a Super Bowl run?" I wanna do these types of thing in the games to come.

[@mrswerveon]

Meanwhile we get a thousand Torn Labrum injuries

[@anthonyharris7209]

Thats damn near a trigger word now lol

[@MikeTheGoat_2442]

I just realized that concussions weren't an injury anymore, I've never noticed that

[@anthonyharris7209]

I dont know if this is exactly true, but its been said that concussions were replaced with "bruised sternum."

[@MikeTheGoat_2442]

@@anthonyharris7209 interesting...

[@melikmaclean7434]

@@anthonyharris7209thats a different injury that's near your stomach im pretty sure

[@charlesridley3214]

Maybe they should do heavy rain, & heavy snow in Madden, do rain & snow bowls.

[@NFL_guy679]

They do.

[@FidoArtz]

So, if the NFL has banned this in this game, let's be honest with ourselves here, if the new 2k football game ever does come out, it is not going to be exempt from the No fun league curse and is likely doomed to be completely ruined of everything by these awful creative restrictions of the league. and 10 years from now there is a gonna be a boom of indie devs will be creating football videogames that truly gives what players want from the small gritty details to the full customization of teams and players, maybe going nuts with the physics engine with a destructible interactive sideline, maybe strong modding support like nba2k. and the game just being fun in general. and not rely on a big corporate sport league that uses ulterior motives to keep its brand successful as a business.

[@colmecolwag]

I mean most of those indie games already exist Problem is is getting the base gameplay and number of features up to par, we kinda take for granted just how much Stuff there is in these games lol

[@404SportzCardz]

I forgot about the dynamic attendance feature….that was 🔥🔥🔥…..They need to bring it back!!!

[@lucyfir2166]

Man being able to bring back retired players was crazy

[@quigonkenny]

Removing career ending injuries may just have been a gameplay issue. The game has begun to focus more and more on advancement of the players on your team, so it's pretty crappy if you could lose all of the effort you've put into a player over years of in-game time just because of some RNG.

[@lucyfir2166]

That's why like 2k they could just make an option to turn it off

[@DemonKingBadger]

I don't know also fun to see some backup come in and make his own name, that gets lost. Though, not a fan of immediate career enders either. Nearly all the time that happens in sports the player spends years in rehab but can never make it back.

[@Xenotypic]

yeah but thats how it be irl though. sometimes stuff just happens to your teams. It's part of team building and management.

[@shawnmurphy9245]

That’s showbiz, baybeh

[@KingRickyiii]

I hate what they done with the cpu. I like that they made them smarter and work harder but I hate the bs they get catching in traffic between 3-4 defenders making diving catches with low ovr wideouts. The quick slant low point passes without gunslinger. And hit sticks are the worst it seems whenever you hit stick on all madden user or cpu they always bounce off the tackle and gain more yards. I don’t see any hit stick tackles anymore

[@KingGlitchyB]

Trying to change a game that’s just naturally dangerous will never make sense 💀

[@imsumelse294]

That's like saying why fight crime b/c it won't stop. You can't stop it from being dangerous but you can do things to help. Which they should do.

[@WavveBoi]

​​​@@imsumelse294the reality is that it's optics. Anyone who has played 5 years worth of football has had dozens of concussions that had no dramatic symptoms. After 10 years you've had hundreds. After an entire 12 season NFL career, possibly thousands. And everyone of those counts and negatively affects mental and physical health. The excessive rules and corporate propaganda are just to strengthen their case in court and public opinion. They're sweeping under the rug the fact that the only safe way to play football is to not play it at all levels. It's actually that dangerous.

[@idontknow9542]

@@imsumelse294they should, but the thing is that stuff still happens in the *real* nfl, making changes to a video game wont help.

[@henrylicious]

Right. But football is voluntary. With crime there is a victim.

[@poindextertunes]

@@21234uSome players literally don’t have a choice bcuz they are born into crippling poverty. This logic is so tired and borderline bigotry smh…

[@Honeybadger007-hklrkch]

ESPN needs to bring back their games 🎮🎧

[@shawnmurphy9245]

Can’t. EA Games has exclusive rights to the brand

[@lolsmileyfaceSB]

A feature I'm not sure ever existed but I wish would exist is having the ability to run the clock out and have realistic reactions where both teams know the game/ half is over and walk to the locker room. And another one would be where if there's less than 40 seconds on the clock left with the clock running and the teams come to the middle for their post game handshakes and jersey swaps etc

[@lqe.4963]

??? There’s only two or three kickers in the NFL that can make a 65 yard field goal (and only one that has).

[@lolsmileyfaceSB]

@cfjen3345 yeah wtf are you saying? Barely any kickers can make it from that range.

[@colmecolwag]

I think the way people play get in the way of that lol Sure I can take knees but if I'm playing with my friends I'm gonna run it up to make it more Funsies lol There's some post game animations of players shaking hands and posing for pictures together and I'm usually mad that they're doing it when I'm way saltier about the game than my players are apparently lol

[@lolsmileyfaceSB]

@@colmecolwag yeah but you missed the whole point. I'd like the option

[@drsauce3768]

Tell EA… Tell EA to give up the NFL contract 😂

[@colmecolwag]

Tell the NFL to stop trying to license to only one company

[@shawnmurphy9245]

They would rather make $80 million a year on it. Hell, maybe even more

[@melikmaclean7434]

If they do that then there's no Madden 😂

[@Dgnrxvision]

the dynamic attendance goes back to the ps2 madden, when they introduced owners mode if your team wasnt playing well you'd have low turn out and at the end of the game if it was a blowout in going into the 4th q the audience would have less ppl. i think it was in ncaa as well

[@craterrrrrr]

Madden: *uses the word concussion* The NFL: "By golly, we're all going to die!"

[@Ron78ification]

Need to bring back hold out cause that’s actually fun

[@jeffp.7598]

Cant remember which one, but I forgot to sign a medical team during the offseason. No warnings. Lost half my team to career ending injuries.

[@DylanWolfram14]

The No Fun League is so frustrating to be a fan of. I really wish they didn’t have a monopoly on the sport of football.

[@TheNewChevyRoll48]

I'll take the return of create a team if it's like with the 360 gen Maddens. No NFL logos can be used and no switching divisions. Though if they bring back create a team, I hope they finally get rid of those stadium options that have been around since Madden 25 (2013). The futuristic stadium still kinda holds up, but SoFi Stadium flipped the script in terms of domed stadiums.

[@goldsparrowgaming]

Bruised sternum is code for concussion 💯. Never heard of a player getting knocked out a game with a bruised sternum.

[@bryan3487]

It is nuts to see the older games and how far the graphics have come since then

[@baileyjones5960]

I miss being able to create a team, starting a new franchise and being able to fully customize the team uniform and colors was a blast.

[@Yella420]

Knowing that the dynamic attendance issue was complained about by the Jaguars owner, knowing it's Tony Kahn, makes sense. Cause the way they try to hide low attendance on AEW IS FUNNY!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@wheatbread61]

That's crazy, I've owned every Madden since 2000 until 2020 (even a few before 2000) and never knew about career ending injuries.

[@beezies2613]

THOSE WERE THE GLORY DAYS OF MADDEN MY G

[@leftydrizel1842]

It was great. Realism. You have to play Franchise a lot. That's where it happened.

[@D_W_223]

That was the reason I would save before every game 😂

[@CodySquatches]

I’ve yet to see the cart come out in 24 just them walking to the locker room or on the bench in the sideline or Getting stretch out on the table

[@jacobmoulton5554]

All I want is a good franchise mode and less animated tackles as animated tackles ruin the game and QB’s they make them fumble way to much especially when someone like Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson run.

[@BillyWitherspoon]

Bring back the pink accessories for franchise!!!

[@dillonsparks115]

​@pelagiczartz4637I never understood why that was removed I thought it was a good support

[@braydenroby4351]

2k has a half time show would be cool to see madden do something like that also team intros would be cool

[@antrinh5525]

the helmet popping off tackling was in madden 06. it was so fun, i used to use a running back hitting the db while running the ball and knocked off the helmet of the db.

[@waynevanjaarsveld8454]

Did they also ban having any genre of music that isn't hip hop? Honestly mute the tracks after about two days.

[@TheJohnold]

Helmets popping off was taken out in Madden 2004, the Hit Stick didn't appear until Madden 2005.

[@lamontmcdaniels322]

Madden 08 was last with helmet popping off

[@TheJohnold]

@@lamontmcdaniels322 ok. Thats cool. Its been 21 years so my memory is failing lol. 2006 was the last Madden I played on PS2, but I didnt remember seeing it as much in 04, 05, and 06 as I did from 01-03. Perhaps I was already used to it by then lol

[@taahirthegreat]

5:20 Madden 92!!! 🐐

[@mikenice215]

I was surprisingly mad about the tattoo removal 💀

[@theminuteman3460]

I swear the creators do it just to piss off their fans.

[@spedbboi]

Smh, in FIFA the fans leave when you’re winning 4-0 and the stadium is half empty, I don’t know why the NFL wouldn’t do half empty stadiums

[@MadMaxxTME]

I remember as a kid I only used to load up madden to hit stick the refs or the people doing the chain game😭😭 so mad they took that out

[@johnomalley7211]

What’s the point of having injuries if there’s no concussions might as well remove injuries entirely atp

[@PurdyProds2022]

So does Carolina know that EA removed the dynamic attendance?

[@c.t.c.7356]

Custom plays....which makes sense. Folks would be unstoppable.

[@tina3270]

EA need to added back cheerleader and mascot and shine line report to Madden

[@wheelinthroughlifewithbria7570]

The NFL had late hits taken out of NFL Blitz. Another example of a No Fun League

[@vincewilson566]

They need to add tattoos and body types like on 2k u can have slim athletic burly fat so on so on

[@jmed412]

Back in 2006 or 2007 I lost Troy Polamalu to a career ending concussion.

[@Baby521-e8n]

Always a great day when I get that noti that EricRayweather uploads

[@KingElvis3230]

I have Madden 13 on my PS vita and there is a few players who retire very young due to a career ending injury but they don't show during the injury report I don't think but after the season you can see some names of the injury for the players some have 9 experience or a little bit older but there is a few younger players and you are awesome EricRayweather and when I had my Xbox one the past version I saw some players getting concussions I don't know if you mentioned this but I feel like they should have sideline reporters after every injury this even goes for the none control player or after every halftime to tell people what the Head coach said to make their team better and during the super bowl and maybe the NFL players walking with the vice lombi the super bowl trophy to the potem like what happened before and I feel like you should be able to make people a offense conider like Josh McDaniels I know that the cpu can do that but you can't and I feel like players becoming a coach like in the past or maybe a scout can be a Head coach maybe

[@koldonn1111]

Tbf Career Ending injuries has little to no place in Madden, or at LEAST it should be toggleable.

[@randenragan2660]

I remember playing Madden 2000 and have the ambulance come and taking players off the field if the injuries were bad enough.

[@JonyRotten]

I miss being able to edit or create plays. If that's still in there I didn't see it.

[@williamrouse3033]

What yrs had that I don't remember it in madden but I do in ncaa

[@JonyRotten]

@@williamrouse3033 '08, the year EA stopped making Madden for PC until recently.

[@chaseo2437]

I would absolutely love to realign the conferences not all of them just some of them because some of them don’t make any sense

[@rhd244]

I can see the player hold out being taken out. It could be like how some actors play a fictional role so well people start to call the actor by the name of the character they played.

[@The_OGJP]

Maaaan create a team in Madden 05 was so dope

[@Josh-oo9pv]

Bring back being able to be traded in franchise when your the player

[@killthehero5031]

Iv had some injuries that went for 24 weeks 48 weeks and 52 weeks all in madden 24

[@goatgamerarias1178]

Did they fix the leaderboard and why do the old games not have online anymore

[@Sekou-yr2rr]

The only problem with dynamic attendance is that the stadium would be half empty in the playoffs if it was raining

[@LordZolric]

I miss being able to sub special teams players on kickoffs. Bring that back as well!

[@popularsearches6420]

They need to add back dog piles from Madden 10

[@supersasukemaniac]

Hell, even the NHL games have dynamic attendance, to the point that x amount of sellouts is actually a season long goal for you franchise mode

[@spoony41]

At this point, I'd rather play a game with no ties to the nfl, good graphics, and give me those fun features and visuals back. It's a video game! Let the consumers play and have fun.

[@EricRayweather]

Ncaa football in July baby

[@FreddyMike-]

The madden games on the Ps2/OG Xbox/Gamecube. Where the best games!

[@qwazylingling]

Create a team was EA removing it for wtvr reason like alot of good features

[@atomicgoalhorns2588]

tbh helmets dont fly off that much so that dont matter

[@Dre.Prodzz]

please add the custom teams back im getting tired of the same custom stadiums and teams

[@williampastor38]

I say Madden needs to pull out something big next year

[@JcamPhotography]

I never seen nobody get injured on madden in years .. I wanna see the cart come out !

[@daviddayan7602]

I still find it the funniest thing that concussions don’t exist in Madden lol

[@IMHUSTLNGAMIN]

I remember in 1998 Madden the ambo was removed this is why I played GameDay instead from 98-00

[@joedepalo3230]

Yeah there is no way the NFL will ever let someone bring the Redskins back

[@JcamPhotography]

I want the crowd pump up back !! Make a n** screen shake 😂

[@nickrizzo4635]

Didn’t you used to be able to hit people a step or two out of bounds before? Now you just have the magic magnet pull you back, no matter how much momentum you’ve got going

[@Aceb00gie810]

Noti gang .. big fan keep up the good work

[@APM98.]

Gotta bring back the helmet popping off

[@ooooo3131]

career ending injuries are still possible. a friend got one with his running back on madden 24. he posted it to reddit, i will see if i can link it here.

[@gobills1251]

I never see the cart come out and take injured players

[@Bigtimekris831]

I think Bruised sternum is just basically just concussion

[@TaylorDatruth]

If ur playing with ur buddy and u pop his helmet off from a big hit that shit would have u both turned tf up

[@cleonituk]

Man i was playing a madden online franchise many years back first game my rookie player suffered a career ending injury first game.

[@ArchitectureAdmirer]

This is proof that the NFL is responsible for the current state of Madden. They won't allow EA to have total control and make it the most realistic/best game possible. The NBA however could care less about what 2k does as long as the fans love it.

[@colmecolwag]

I mean NBA2K makes Madden monetization seem humble the NBA should probably come down harder on the 2k games lol

[@sykrss9534]

I hate that they got rid of waeather every game is sunny with perfect weather, back in the day certain players sucked in the rain or snow but doesn’t even matter now cause evidently every stadium is madden is sunny like california

[@chaliboy06]

Did they ban the lambeau leap or crowd interaction on touchdown celebrations?

[@dillonsparks115]

I think so and I hate it

[@MrKlassiPHIed]

The NFL wants to more like its original roots. More like an American rugby.

[@piggsy20]

The best years of madden are behind us and Im fine with that. Just wish I could import the current roster to madden 06 or 13

[@TightenUpRudy]

Had my first concussion at 9 years ild playing kill the man with the ball lol...caught a knee to the temple

[@djpacweezyRadio]

Good ol days with madden

[@Jun3bug25]

Alvin Kamara’s Christmas cleats were tough🔥

[@AalexFitzgerald]

Back in the day probably madden 06 (not the crap 360 version) every once in a while you would get 'career ending' injuries. As the GM of those teams I don't miss the feature being gone but in real life shiiii happens.