FIX BLOCKING

EA has been making football games for over two decades, they know how to implement proper blocking. If it was a priority, it would already be fixed. A patch isn’t going to solve it, because the issue isn’t technical, it’s intentional. They’ve already got our money, and that’s all that matters. The moment executives in suits took control of the creative direction, the game started its decline. EA is a Fortune 500 company, and like every other one, it runs on a simple formula: spend as little as possible, extract as much as possible. Quality takes a backseat to profit, and players are left with a product that feels more like a business model than a football sim.

Per agreement with the run game comments listed up above, it is basically pointless to continue my current dynasty right now. It is just a passing game, as no run game can be really worked and built upon during gameplay against the CPU. User-playing games in 26 dynasty mode is basically pointless at the moment, just going to go back to online dynasty on 25 that we still have going on.
A patch to fix the blocking design and logic is a complete must-have, as 26 is sunk with run game as it currently stands. Hugely disappointing to say the least, especially as I don't recall it being so blatantly broken and missed assignments on the 7/7 early release day.......... it is hard to believe that simply fixing the LB speed bug in the first small patch affected the run blocking logic and targeting that much.

Extremely disappointing because so many good things about the game, especially on defense IMO. The passing game makes more realistic sense also instead of the magically aware DBs of 25.

But when the base foundation of football, the running game, simply is not designed correctly and simply ignores.....BLOCKING..... on even the most basic lead block by a FB.........the game is broken.

The messed-up part? No word from EA when or if it will be fixed. And the sad part is that it is 8/4/25, less than a month from release day. And just silence.

+100, the blocking logic, ID, and then targeting execution is painfully bad. So many good things about the game, but the base foundation of football, running the ball!!!!, is broken.  

26 is simply a pass happy broken game until run blocking is fixed. Incredibly so in that even basic power lead plays, the FB ignores blocking rules and goes off randomly to block a non-thread OR doesn't block anyone at all. Pulling guards don't find anyone to block, even right in their face. 
Combo blocks sometimes works, but are still too slow to come off the chip and go get their assignment. Inline TEs will inexplicably cross down to run into the tackle or guard to go block someone that makes no sense and thus destroys the ability of the tackle and/or guard to execute their blocking assignments.

EA, 26 is practically unplayable. Just a pass happy pro situation to the game where running isn't executed at all correctly, let alone usable.

Why did it work on 7/7 early release much better, at least that I recall, but it completely a mess now?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More agreement elsewhere also: https://forums.operationsports.com/forums/forum/football/ea-sports-college-football-and-ncaa-football/26845569-ea-sports-college-football-26-impressions-ps5-xbox-series-x?p=26854096#post26854096

FIX IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree! Please fix the blocking on run plays. 

Sound like you have been enjoying 26 as much as most of us!!! I have been going back to 25 more and more and just having a blast.  Blocking is still buttcheeks but at least it fun and not a cluster. 

Hope it get better for you.