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While I like your list I think I have some that are more substantial to gameplay.
1. DBs and LBs that actually cover their man. Ever see a LB assigned to cover a RB who goes in motion to line up as a WR and the LB doesn't move. The RB has a 15 yard head start before the snap. That's dumb. EA could fix it.
2. Blocking that matters. Ever see your FB or pulling guard seem to avoid an obvious block? A FB in the NFL now has one job, lead block. Whole opens in the line the FB goes through and seals a LB, but what do we get? The FB dodges the LB to run downfield and block a FS while your RB gets drilled at the line of scrimmage. EA could fix that.
3. Tackles that gain offensive yards. Ever hit a RB at the LOS and before he goes down someone joins the tackle and the RB gets more yards? I've actually had RB gets a 12 yard gain after I had him at the line because he was hit by another defender then another. WTH EA? They could fix that.
4. Realistic simulated games and stats. Last season I played my QB had a 132.8 QB rating. He was fifth in the league. 2022 Patrick Mahomes was the league leader in total QBR with 77.7
5. Simulated game sliders. Years ago Madden had these where you could set the ratio of run vs pass for your simulated games. Take it further, aggressiveness versus caution on defense, pass D vs Run D. Inside run vs outside run. Maybe add targeted players for simulated games. All these things could be tied to game stats for the simulated game. If I know I'm playing a team with slower DBs maybe I want to be aggressive and throw deep to my deep threat receiver. These are things that could be added to give franchise players more control. If I have a 98 OVR RB and a monster O Line and I'm killing teams with the run let me put that in the sim. Instead I simulate a game and find out my RB got 9 carries all game for 38 yards and my mediocre 80 OVR QB threw it 40 times. Just silly.
But here is my 5 star sure fire way to improve Madden, hire someone to run the Madden 24 development who has actually played football before.
But instead what will we get, greater depth of MUT and easier maybe a way to pay EA for an automatic first down!
I want them to add defensive and offensive coordinators to the coaches. It's lame in longer franchises seeing some auto generated coach.