Help with putting strategy items in my lineup

I just recently started playing Madden 25 after an extended stay in the ICU this fall. I cannot get strategy items to show up when I go to my lineup and attempt to install them. I have plenty of strategy items in my binder, but in the lineup screen every possible slot says no items when I attempt to activate one. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

carolinaeasy said:

I just recently started playing Madden 25 after an extended stay in the ICU this fall. I cannot get strategy items to show up when I go to my lineup and attempt to install them. I have plenty of strategy items in my binder, but in the lineup screen every possible slot says no items when I attempt to activate one. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

It's a bit confusing this year, for sure. Welcome back. Hope you're feeling a bit better, that sounds awful. Any hospital visits are typically not ideal, but ICU is no joke. Here's to smooth sailing and happy health here on out, my good man! 

So, these don't always make sense, but I'll try to briefly summarize what little I know: 

• Offense: in a perfect world you'd probably have something with +THP here, for example "Let it Rip" (which come in grey, green, blue and purple) 
• Defense: here you'll probably want something with +MCV/ZCV or perhaps pass rush stats if that's what you prefer. For me, personally, I run a ton of Dime/Dollar sets, so anything that boosts all four corners seems better value. 
• Program: this one is very weird, for now, until FEB13th it makes sense to use the SB Welcome pack upgrade, at it boosts ALL Superbowl players with +1 SPD. Prior to this, I'd been using a purple +4 Kick Power. Don't ask me how this actually works here, uhhh EA logic? 
• Coach: this is basically any of the grey or green coaching items that boost ALL players on your team. I'm using Sean McDermott for the +1 ZCV and +1 something else Play Rec maybe? 
• Other? (I can't remember what this is even called) but the very bottom slot should ONLY accept +1 grey Strategy items. Complete your Dailies and you'll soon see these begin to stack up. +1 THP or +1 ZCV (for CBs) is my personal preference. 

That's kind of how I've approached things. Hope that helps. Ding me anytime, I'd be glad to try and help you ease back into this buggy inconsistent mess of our beloved franchise. 

Enjoy the game today. We've still got a few hours left, maybe a meteor can still strike Nawlins. The city will recover, I'm not sure we ever will if Kermit and Andy Reid secure a three-peat. Oof. Doesn't Phil Jackson already hold a trademark for the almighty three-peat? ☄️

Thanks for the detailed response. I am a veteran MUT player and know how The strategy cards work. My problem is that I can’t insert any strategy items into my lineup.  I have plenty of strategy items, but none of them show up when I try to insert them under lineup.