Run blocking AI is terrible

ive tried a few things im not sure if it helps or not cause sometimes i can rip a huge run and other times i cant even get out of the backfield, i adjust the line presnap and ID mike i try to move it to a OLB on the side im running to . like i said sometimes it works other times i just get mauled

Interesting, I haven’t really messed around with the presnap assignments. I’ll give it a shot.

I still wish the AI was just smart enough to pick up the nearest guy. Like why my fullbacks and tight ends will run right past the linebackers and try to block the safeties is beyond me. It makes no sense and is so unrealistic. It was an issue in CFB25 too, was hoping they’d fix it for 26, but nope.

the basic issues is the block logic in the game, like last years, and Madden for years have been broken. Despite the call by the fans of the games to improve this, EA just ignores it. I have seen the same issues across old maddens from 19 to now, and even last years college with confusing blocking. More so on sweeps and run plays with the fb lead blocking. Plus the AI vs the user is unbalanced even with the sliders being adjusted. I like my buddy push the level of this game to see all these same issues year and year with no real hope that it will ever be fixed. Sad part is, EA could just fix it by putting in a new engine like classic games, but they wont. 

That’s unfortunate to hear it’s been an issue for years. I’m not a Madden player, the last football game I played was NCAA 14, so this horrible blocking AI is new to me. The blocking wasn’t perfect in the old games but it was better than what it is now.

If it weren’t for the new features like the CFP, transfer portal, more FBS teams, etc, I’d just stick to playing the old games. The gameplay in CFB 25 and 26 has been so frustrating.