Defenders leaving receivers open
Even after the Sept 8th update, I'll consistently have defenders blowing off their man coverage and blitz. This leaving the receivers wide open.
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EA_BlueberryCommunity Manager
@Alphaten Do you know if you might be clicking the right stick so it prompts you to go to the closest player to the QB?The player isn't doing anything wrong. I consistently get these same issues. Its broken and it needs to be fixed.
Hi @EA_Blueberry, to answer your question, no, I'm not clicking the right stick. From the video I include with my previous post, you can see the player I'm controlling is on the line of scrimmage and I do not change off of that player. You can see the pass rush moves over my head if you are looking at the video. There is a bug/glitch in the game where defensive player will get pulled out of coverage so the opponent can make a completion. I'm also not sure why clicking the right stick would make a player I'm not controlling leave their coverage and run to the Quarterback who is 15 yards away.
- @Alphaten Yes! This happens to me CONSTANTLY! It's infuriating. Just like you, I'm not controlling the player either when it happens. I started noticing a lot of wide open CPU receivers, even when I called a D that should have had a defender right there. I started checking those plays in IR, and that's when I noticed this weirdness. And I've had it happen on different formations, too.
This is still an issue. Any update on fix, I can't play franchise because 2 or 3 times a game my defenders just completely leave their assignments / zones so there are 3+ open receivers = opponent TD every time. Also noticed that pressing triangle will sometimes bring up right button options and vice versa = so I have stopped doing that altogether, yet this issue still persists.
- @EA_Blueberry No, the defender just goes off assignment and blitz the Qb, it’s either the defender that covers tight end or running back that does the glitch. So frustrating……
This was happening to me too then I figured it out. I found it happens when you use the d lineman and make a move. This is because I was accidentally clicking in the right stick while making the d line move. Clicking the right stick while on defense causes the defender in coverage closest to the qb to abandon coverage and blitz. So just be careful when making a move not to click the stick in.
- @KingTBeck2 If that is the cause EA has to fix their controls then. If I'm playing as a Defensive Lineman, the way to get my moves off is to push the right stick.
I feel like it happens when the Computer is about to pass and the defender that moves is the place where the QB passes. It’s happening in Madden 24 squad battles now
it happened 4 plays in a row
did not call any blitzes left my hands off the controller 2 plays
this is really frustrating
and now to see this was a problem 4 years ago and it is still not fixed all I can say is WOW!!!!!!! Just WOW
fix your broken game please
