Any body having any success running the ball?

I used to be a run first player but man this year I can’t get anything going.

Anyone finding any plays or runs that work? Any particular players you are having success with?

Nah, people shut it down with their user. I try to establish PA early with rollouts but the pass rusher often gets can often blow right through on PA. If I can get that going though, I can at least cause some hesitation from the user

cheezhead1252 said:

Nah, people shut it down with their user. I try to establish PA early with rollouts but the pass rusher often gets can often blow right through on PA. If I can get that going though, I can at least cause some hesitation from the user

It’s painful isn’t it. And it’s making me not enjoy the game to be honest.

I’m tempted to fully commit and build the best run team I can but feel like it may be a waste of time.

I think all these coaching settings have really ruined things like read options and running in general. Flick a button and it’s all shut down. I remember years of trying to shut down RG3 on the triple option, that actually took skill!

SiberianKiss said:

It’s painful isn’t it. And it’s making me not enjoy the game to be honest.

I’m tempted to fully commit and build the best run team I can but feel like it may be a waste of time.

I think all these coaching settings have really ruined things like read options and running in general. Flick a button and it’s all shut down. I remember years of trying to shut down RG3 on the triple option, that actually took skill!

Yeah O line seems pointless this year. I’ve had the best o line in the game and a 78 overall average O line and I couldn’t tell the difference at all. It does ruin the game a bit for me

As long as Madden keeps letting people rush 3 and still tackle you for a loss on run plays, the run will always be bad. I feel like I get slightly better protection on RPOs and if I get decent yardage on the pass, sometimes the user will guard it and give me a slightly better chance to run

Yes; dives, stretches or traps depending on the front. If you are playing a way stronger team then nothing will work which sucks, but fairly even teams it is still good especially to get people out of pass comitting every down. It'll be tough to break one for a lot of yards if they user well though like others have said.

I have success running out of singleback formations, specifically singleback tight y off flex

I'm about to experiment with something wacky and I'll let you know if it works.

SiberianKiss said:

I used to be a run first player but man this year I can’t get anything going.

Anyone finding any plays or runs that work? Any particular players you are having success with?

i'll be honest, i think dives and 0-1 traps carry hard this year, the gap shooting is actually really skill reliant, EA defiantly ramped up the edges so that they anchor well but other than that. you actually got to find the lanes and hat counts  this year opposed to spamming to your heart's content on the same play.

Get Darnell Washington at fullback. He's a 76 overall tight end

I’m really struggling to run the rock can’t lie. I am using stretches, duo runs and RPO runs and it is definitely hard to find a good gap on most plays

timsennett said:

Get Darnell Washington at fullback. He's a 76 overall tight end

Yeah you mentioned him on another post, I might give him a try

Copen said:

I'm about to experiment with something wacky and I'll let you know if it works.

Any joy?

theoriginalkbgames33 said:

i'll be honest, i think dives and 0-1 traps carry hard this year, the gap shooting is actually really skill reliant, EA defiantly ramped up the edges so that they anchor well but other than that. you actually got to find the lanes and hat counts  this year opposed to spamming to your heart's content on the same play.

The edges are definitely tough, I follow my blocks, don’t use sprint, and every time defenders come free.

I think I might try building the strongest rushing attack I can and commit to practicing my reading of the gaps and see how it goes.