@cloud_wyne Moved your post from this thread below:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Other-Madden-Games/Instant-Replay-on-Madden/m-p/9977167/highlight/falseTo answer your question, I've raised this up to the team myself out of curiosity because it's a feature within the NFL. There's a big thought process that goes behind this. Some factors to consider:
1. Was the challenge system perfect? The answer was no, it wasn't. There were times plays were challenged where it should have been overturned which it wasn't. This is because the play in game was actually correct and the animation of a player running out of bounds was an animation bug.
2. To add on from point #1, if you want situations where a player runs out of bounds on purpose because it's built into the scenario engine in order for your opponent to challenge it, causing you a loss of downs, do you ideally want that to happen? Do you want the players to run the routes they were designed to run which gives both sides a fair shot, or do you want the development team to purposely script games where it tilts in a player's direction?
What if you don't have any challenges left and that resulted in a 4th down conversation for the opponent? Are you going to shrug it off and say "well, that happens in the NFL."
Or are you going to feel that was unfair leading to frustration? Madden players are very competitive and I am leaning towards the later if it was a really important game.
The team is aware of this feedback, they know there are players that want to see this incorporated into the game. With the feature not always working correctly in the past and a psychological effect it can have a person's overall enjoyment of a game, that's where they want to make sure that if and when it's done, it's done right.
