catch in traffic

i must be doing something wrong because 9 times out of 10 when i catch the ball in traffic i get that defender slaps the ball out of my hand animation. but when my opponent does it not only do they almost always catch it, but 9 times out of 10 they break the tackle and get a big gain.

Same dude. I feel your pain.

I feel the same way. I must be doing something wrong. My opponents always catch the ball I feel like and I have to be 5 yards wide open.

Im pretty good at user catches. Or I would say have a high success rate. From my experience of there is a defender near you, you have to always user catch and hold every time.  Don't hesitate the user. Hold it and don't let go of the button until the whistle . Even if the defender is even in arms length. Practice on drag routes and position catch every catch. Out of 100 catches. I might pull in around 99. Facts.. hold the catch button early and don't let go. You will see success.

Woodysky said:

I feel the same way. I must be doing something wrong. My opponents always catch the ball I feel like and I have to be 5 yards wide open.

When I am open by five yards, I get that unnecessary jumping animation that almost always leads to a late-hit knockout. It's positively frustrating.

phatalerror said:

When I am open by five yards, I get that unnecessary jumping animation that almost always leads to a late-hit knockout. It's positively frustrating.

Ya it's crazy. Sometimes I'll have a player wide open and he will randomly secure catch and fall to the ground. It's like the CPU will random select a catch type.

phatalerror said:

When I am open by five yards, I get that unnecessary jumping animation that almost always leads to a late-hit knockout. It's positively frustrating.

worst animation ever

Do you spam x for conservative catch? My player usually does a fall down animation and holds on.

timboslice87 said:

Do you spam x for conservative catch? My player usually does a fall down animation and holds on.

Why is it I should have to conservative catch when catch-and-run is the play when you have that much of a lead on the defender? The point is that the ball is chest high, but for some reason the game makes my guy bunny hop, slowing him down, and making it possible for him to be 'hit after the catch'. It's ridiculous, randomly-generated punishment for a user that executed properly.

There are times when you should definitely conservative catch, which in itself is a mechanic that is far more effective in Madden than it is in real life. The situation outlined earlier is not one of those. The whole point of "stick skills" is making the right move for the right situation. The right move is catch-and-run, hands down.

phatalerror said:

Why is it I should have to conservative catch when catch-and-run is the play when you have that much of a lead on the defender? The point is that the ball is chest high, but for some reason the game makes my guy bunny hop, slowing him down, and making it possible for him to be 'hit after the catch'. It's ridiculous, randomly-generated punishment for a user that executed properly.

There are times when you should definitely conservative catch, which in itself is a mechanic that is far more effective in Madden than it is in real life. The situation outlined earlier is not one of those. The whole point of "stick skills" is making the right move for the right situation. The right move is catch-and-run, hands down.

my thoughts exactly.

Is it a certain player doing it? Most feared Darnell Mooney used to do that for me. Every catch would be over dramatic and slow him down.