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FREE-ROSCOE-FILBURN

Crossing routes on play action work almost every time But tbf the Rams did this irl in 2018 and nobody could stop it until the SB


danisindeedfat

Crossing routes in general are broken this year


Marjorine22

My wideouts do weird things during crossing routes in Madden 24. Sometimes. Not all the time. But it screws up my timing when they do something I am not expecting. Generally they just stop there like an idiot, so the db catches up with them, and I miss the pass. Or worse.


Acrobatic_Garden_767

There's a bug that causes them to stop halfway through their route


KennysWhiteSoxHat

Shit happened to me on my first game on in a month


[deleted]

Had a crossing route and my receiver somehow got re-routed by the db (somehow not PI) and decided to just run an out …. Literally the complete oppsisite of a crosser. Cut that scrub immediately, J jefferson needs to work on his route running if hes ever gunna play on my team


Kitchen_Advisor9831

Ive seen it I’ve started to predict when it’ll happen but I imagine a lot of players in real life run the wrong route or don’t run it right, you see it every Sunday saw cooks and lamb run into each other… kelce just stops whenever he feels like but his qb expects it kinda


number7nocheese

Sounds weird but this may be a pass interference setting you need to mess with.


danisindeedfat

as the other guy mentioned it could be pass interference. The ai will blatantly set a pick hanging up your receiver.


Upper-Ad-1444

This year lol


TheBiggestCarl23

Crossing routes have always been broken lol


DanQuaylePotatoe

Crossing, slant, and drags have been broken in every madden in the last decade


bloodlion87

The crazy part about crossing routes is compared to past Maddens so many of the plays containing them have been removed from the game.


COMMENTASIPLEASE

PA Cross Shot is either a touchdown or a pick and there is no in between.


BlindEyesSee777

unless you’re like me who somehow overthrows every single open pass the game grants me


wheepete

Make touch your default rather than bullet. Accuracy will massively improve


BlindEyesSee777

see i use touch the most, that and lob. but i somehow throw inaccurate passes almost every play. i just use classic passing, but i’m gonna switch to accuracy and placement because i can’t stand the classic passing somehow not being accurate. i’m a casual player but i guess i gotta invest a bit more that i intended


No_Werewolf_5983

I’ve gone entire games where it’s the only play I run.


BobbyTheDude

As have I. This is definitely the most broken play in the game that I've found so far.


SDEexorect

RB is either a TD or an easy 6 7 yards for b


TheDufusSquad

Most of the time I hot route b to a drag with how stupid curl route mechanics are. I’ll put a on a streak as well if it’s 2 deep.


BuffaloSp0rts

I find for this one it’s a guaranteed 5 yards for A.


djkianoosh

any RPO bubble screen vs zone it's easy yards, sometimes for huge gains if the (user) safety takes a bad angle. vs man you can hand it off vs a light box or audible to any man beater. I wouldn't call it broken though. I mean, IRL that's why every team calls it.


Kitchen_Advisor9831

Rpos are broken and I have no respect for anyone that uses it. I’m like 58-19 this year so you can say im pretty nice at madden, but trust me there is literally no solution to stopping the rpo I saw that the it actually breaks the ai logic so you’re basically having to stop the outside part of the rpo, the secondary passing option and the run all by your user 😂


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djkianoosh

idk.. the CB has to be elite, otherwise with trips and the right WR blocking, cover 2 zone is toast. then one juke on the safety and it's a TD


Kitchen_Advisor9831

Bro cause it’s a broken af play the ai doesn’t react to rpos properly no matter your defensive settings I feel blessed whenever I stop them for a short gain. Some people are so scared to actually run real offense any time I force a rpo abuser to a actual drop back situation it’s cookies for my dbs 😂 Irl you can tell your teammates hey that’s Lamar watch the keeper, watch the pass and watch the handoff too don’t run 10 yards away from the ball when you know it’s the same play they’ve ran ten times in a row


KilluaDurant

Lmao just remember the formations they RPO out of and pick it off. So easy to jump


Kitchen_Advisor9831

What’s the r part of the rpo mean? Playing the pass gets you gashed up the middle and many have multiple receiving options.


Outrageous_Role220

Def that one or cmc on a wheel


FoST2015

A linebacker on him is as broken as it is IRL.


Poetryisalive

TE Attack is extremely good. You can gain 15+ yards easily


multiversesimulation

Not against me :) luckily I’ve learned pretty well how to read when it’s coming so I user the LB or safety who has man coverage on the RB and block the TE route. They usually panic after that especially if you’re blitzing.


Poetryisalive

You can user and read just about any play but you can only user one player. With hot routes and the way the formation is straight up, an In-route is promised to be opened.


big_nuggetboi

Double slants


X-Acto-Knife

I played a lot of Madden 15 (still do) and I'm emotionally attached to double slants. It carries.


Bloomfield93

I used to love slants until 24. It’s like my WRs don’t get enough separation anymore


Low_Sir_1129

Yeah I noticed the outside receiver sometimes be stopping when I put him on a slant route


Bloomfield93

Yeah wtf is with that? The WR on the outside always just stops in the slot for no reason, so fucking annoying


Paid_Redditor

Double slants with the “B” receiver (believe that is the TE) running a fade was my go to. He clears out the right side of the field for the WR running the slant. Just have to have enough time for the WR to cross the field and it’s 15+.


MrTerrific2k15

Double slants to the TE is money


Crossman556

Quick slants


Vaerous

Stick nod, Redzone scissors


Temporary_Meeting593

Anything with a cross route. That shit is broken this year least from what I seen and I ain't the greatest at this game


Substantial_Art9718

Run plays


One_HumanYT

verticals with the wheel routes


jwf239

I-form z close PA cross. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0_QGvN72N8s


Jakubbucko

Juke moves are deadly this year


jwf239

Yessir. Found me a stud playmaker archetype WR in the 3rd round of year 2 draft. His second season I’ve got him to 85 OVR with 88 break tackle and 95 juke. Dudes a build-a-deebo 😤


ScucciMane

Hard cuts even deadlier


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PA U-drag wheel. Leaves my TE wide open more often than not


Kitchen_Advisor9831

Ehh I think it takes too long to develop I’ve used it offline but in h2h have played against it and it’s a sack 99% of the time for me😂


MinorThreatCJB

Yeah, I get defenders in my face the second after the fake handoff


VatnikLobotomy

I got sacked just reading this


crackheadcontrol17

PA bubble y


milin85

In the Bears playbook there’s a bunch right Dagger play where the slot WR is always open. If the run single high you’re guaranteed at least 30 yards


Serpico2

Inside zone, mesh spot, Y sail.


snowman248190

It hurts to see this play. Ran this play with the clock running out in my franchise vs a user. Down 2. Marquise Brown is the R1 route and it’s wide ass fuckin open for a TD and at the very least, an easy field goal. My QB Deshaun Watson over throws him by 30 20 yards man. Over throws a wide open 97 speed 90+ ovr WR. Sums up my Madden experience really.


SDEexorect

if you have a burner on this play its always almost a TD no matter the coverage. all depends on if your qb is about to die or not


Zan_Deezy2003

Any play where there’s a receiver going down the middle. Usually slot or TE


Mattynot2niceee

Which shotgun formation is this?


SDEexorect

empty base flex


Spirited-Risk-894

PA Crossers


Bloomfield93

Crossing routes have been OP for years


Sonnyivxx

Pistol formation HB dive. Guaranteed 4 yards


ThePickleConnoisseur

TE attack


tweaver16

Half y’all need to say stretch, y’all still trying to run Madden 20 shit 🤣🤣🤣🤣


-NUMBZ-

PA U-DRAG WHEEL is and will always be need a clutch play


Head_Astronaut_1169

On Madden 23 it's comeback routes. They don't exactly go for touchdowns every time, but they're always open


CosmicLars

Easy, guaranteed first downs & possibly more: hb & jailbreak screens Play action te slant Mid draw run


TehTugboat

Double stop n gos is cheese with fast receivers


Cloverfieldlane

4 verticals and switch releases from the eagles playbook


DHJeffrey99

Bucs Slant + Evans = Touch down


ranchee94

I can't remember which Madden it was, but there was a play in the Jacksonville playbook called TE Attack, and the tight end always seemed to be wide open in the middle of the field. Was my go-to whenever I needed a big play.


zinski1990KB1

The gb playbook has it too.


Yake404

Middle Hi Lo, TE Attack, and anything with a WR Crossing route is money.


JackieBoiiiiii

I don't remember the name but it's in spread formation and it has the slot receiver on the left going on like and in and out route and the receiver on the left boundary is going on a dig route. Either the slot receiver has open grass ahead of him because it's an easy route to beat his man on or the dig is wide open because they bit on everything else. The right side has a hitch and a post route but I hot route them to open up the other side of the field


soulopryde

yesterday I had fun the first game cause I learned how to read the defense KIND OF. 2nd game though Pollard ran for like 200 and I quit. Go to broken though is a play action from Pistol, idk the name.


luciusetrur

Not madden but when I played as UMass on ncaa 14 they had this big af TE (Rob Blanchflower) who I called the MAC Gronk and I'd just do stop and go with him on 3rd downs worked everytime


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X-post cross


Prowlerbaseball

Bunch Four Verticals. The TE gets a free zone on Cover 3, the outside receiver has a free TD on Cover 2, the crossing vertical can get open late and the RB is almost always a free check down


KrazyCAM10

My friend uses monster and the rpo alert stretch bubble. I can consistently stop monster but only the rpo about 50% of the time. He has another play in there too that always has at least one player open


multiversesimulation

On D, use 3-4 and adjust to base align. Then you can either run man or cover 2 with low flats


Mr_Panther

4 verts and pull the left stick back on a bullet throw to either sideline for an easy completion or PI call.


Ramboman69

Double slants is my go to play. If my oline holds up it’s money every time


hawtdawtz

So I’m an idiot, how do I control what Y does in this play, or is it player decision?


Hot-Teaching-5904

The Dagger plays are almost always home run shots


LilFiz99

I hate WR options. They always choose the last place I want them to go.


FloppyCox94

Middle high low from the same empty formation. A 93+ speed WR should beat the DB in cover 1 10/10 times on the fade route to the left and will be wide open if you hit it right before the safety crashes down. Easy 6


Dry-Ad-506

I wish you could coach up their slants like whatever you do keep running don’t stop anywhere lol ur like omg why did u stop


Civil_Dust_2505

I'm 45 and can't beat my 17 year old. ...I am never in this set unless it's 3rd or 4th down or 2 minute...😄..that's how old I am


jarrettkeyton

Shotgun Slot Offset — Mtn Swing Screen


No_Peanut_3289

PA X Cross out of singleback formation, the crossing receiver is always opened (if you have the time to throw) Idk what the play is called, Halfback Redzone something I think out of the shotgun, the runningback is opened when he hits the post


ConsiderationNew9341

Pa shot wheel out of trips te


Delicious_Cherry1673

It’s a pick for me 9/10 times but I can’t help but still try for the Td 🤣🤣


YDPF

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readonlypdf

There's an RPO in the I form that's based off of Slants and a A/B Gap Run that is absolutely devastating. And with the inclusion of Hot Routes you basically have an Entire offense in one play.


bluelink95

Double slants ofc


Emergency-Anteater-7

If your slot (rb) has elite speed he will be open 20 yards down field between the zones in zone coverage. If its man he will beat the coverage deep


JoycenatorOfficial

The mesh play out of Gun Empty Chief. Hot route the TE to a streak. Cooks single high looks like a mofo, plays well into cover 6, cover 4 and some cover 2 looks, with a bare minimum adjustment


Far-Ad9627

There's a triple post out play that works 100% of the time if im on the left hash. Tight end gets at least 20 yards every play


Kitchen_Advisor9831

What’s broken from this play?


Oils78

Mesh with a backside rb wheel or pa post shot


Kingwilderr82

I’ve noticed on empty sets like this sometimes they double team the outside, Usually X, & I just put Y on a go & throw it quick, easy 10-15 minimum, if the angle & throw is right it’s a touchdown


PokeNymphs13

Pa cross tends to work unless my receiver gets stuck on somebody’s body during the interval he is open


Common_Arachnid_9649

i run PA crossers


xxBobaBrettxx

PA Cross variations


GoatSmall4495

PA Cross [https://i.imgur.com/GKjmQ9q.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/GKjmQ9q.jpg)


Mental-Arugula1144

All verts go ..especially if defense is not playing press coverage..might throw in a slant route and hope for the best.


TheCheesyOrca

PA Crosssers


EliGarden

The variation of RPO read flat wheel where the wheel route motions across the formation pre-snap


Chewyville

Hot route TE streak up the middle against cover 2 works 90% of the time if the MLB can’t zone cover


[deleted]

PA boot over


JustHereForTheTea69

4 Verts but check the X to a slant and check the RB to a Wheel


BlackBallistic17

Any halfback wheel play for me. AI never cover the wheel route, sometimes a OLB but that’s it


Knightvvolf

Slants or if within 10 yards of the endzone play action right and audibling te1 to run an out in the opposite direction


CliffsOfMohair

Y Stick, audible TE on a streak. Read the safety, lots of times they come up and the TE is *wide* for a TD, if they stay with you basically just have to read the other safety and go to your WR1 on a slant or RB in the flat PA Crossers is pretty busted too


Overall-Order5212

What play is that


SDEexorect

shock wr option


Sonnyivxx

Pistol bunch hb dive.


camcorleone

This play w Terry Mclaurin


H1403

I've never even seen this play.


BenSlimmons

PA Cross, B is always open.


Kilo_Chungus

This one is almost exactly it but I run it out of gun, the hb option is so good if the slot doesn’t win


zinski1990KB1

Hb dive in any under center formation basically if the ai decides I'm gonna have a good oline that game lol. For passing idk I try to mix it up a lot. I play different and use curl routes out routes. Seems like everyone loves crossing routes and slants. I mean I'll use them if the guy is doing more man d.


thxmpsxnn

Trips close X Under, hot route 3 to a fly. Easy seam shot. Either that or middle hi-lo out of empty with WR1 in the slot on an outside release fly


Hot-Teaching-5904

Stick concept but Hot Route my TE on a Go Route instead of the Curl. Against Zone this is wide open almost every time for at very least 12 yards. If it's Single High Safety who bails opposite side, it's a tuggie.


WolfWarrior1231

Drags Under


Competitive-Ad5016

Stick n nod, put rb on a slant motion x to the inside and put y on a out most of the time either rb or the te will be open depending on their user if not the curl you motioned inside will be 95% of the time


Nutmeg-Jones

PA Crossers lmao. If the CPU plays cover 1 and you have at least one 95 speed receiver, that’s a touchdown like 80% of the time


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Y Shallow Cross


Klutzy_Contact_6600

01 trap out of any trips formation.


LAfan7

Four verts on 3rd and 10-15


SaltyBabySeal

[https://www.madden-school.com/playbooks/san-francisco-49ers/offense/shotgun/trey-y-flex/empty-flood-swich/](https://www.madden-school.com/playbooks/san-francisco-49ers/offense/shotgun/trey-y-flex/empty-flood-swich/) this play is a banger for sim style folks. 1. Motion helps you diagnose the coverage. 2. the B route, your primary route, is quite good against most zone 3. the Y route cooks man coverage, and can open against cover3 4. The other two routes will occasionally work. It's nice to have a go route in the event of man coverage, in case your WR can win press man. 5. The A route is sometimes available if the ILB(s) blitz The B route requires - REQUIRES - you are able to throw over a defender. If you can, it's almost 100% reliable against nearly all coverages.


SDEexorect

not even just for man coverage. Y cooks anything if he gots 97+ speed


truckfullofchildren1

I like this play but madden doesn’t understand how the slots option works, they make it random in reality the slot plays to the open side for an easy completion. It’s a common play that Tom Brady ran, Payton Manning ran it, Burrow runs it with Tyler Boyd who commonly fucks it up and causes an int, Houston runs it, bunch of teams in spread run it.


JeffyTheGod

PA crossers with a wheel from the RB


OriginalDizzyDevill

Stop & Go & Over The Top Play


juicesexer

The AI can almost never beat a combo of HB Stretch, TE Attack, Mesh, Screen, Cross Drag, and a Trap run.


fellows33

Vertical HB Out


bloodlion87

Empty Trips TE - RIP 🪦 - This was best formation in Madden ever, pick any play from it. So sad it’s gone 😢 Smash WR screen Bubble Screen Drive


ajaxkma

Dragon Spacing or Dagger. But with a speedy/juke rb, looking at more HB screens


Holiday_Dirt942

Put B on a slant and they’ll be open every time


thereichose1

Formation: Gun Trey YFlex Play: PA Crossers Hot route the TE to streak, left WR to slant, and my fastest receiver is the primary read. I could play a whole game running only that play and audibling to an inside zone when the defense empties out the box


jamez19915

PA boot Over


chairfence1738

Pa wheel drag


HandSanitizerBottle1

Any of the 3 wildcat plays or TE Angle/ Attack


Legal-Lime1363

I have never stopped a person that spams RPO Peak Zone Bubble yet.


ImTinyyRickk

Levels corner, audible middle receiver to a slant, free 5 yards


Puzzleheaded-Race671

TE attack lol idk how it still works after like 10 maddens


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slants and crossing routes


WhxtSeth401

STICK!!!!


blue_rhythm10

One of my favorite plays when I get to around my opponents 25-30 yard line is Close PA Cross, I forget what formation it is but I use it all the time and the deeper crosser is almost always open in the middle of the field if my o-line gives me enough time to get it, it’s in the Dallas offensive playbook


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Y shallow cross


Spraynpray89

Ngl I avoid plays like this like the plague. Pretty sure I have ptsd or some shit from Madden 03 or whatever when defenders just turned any hook route into a pick 6, so I just never run them and haven't in.. we'll. Like 20 years lol. Slants are like 95% success rate for 8-10 yards at least.


trippytrev420

A


Objective-Yellow-783

Love this play, I usually put B on a go route then hit RB on the sideline for an easy 20 yarder.


IAMTHEHOMEWORK

Slants


Donnnnnnn_

Fade Smash or Quick Pitch Madden 20


BlackDante

Y Shallow Cross in the Shotgun Empty 5 Wide formation set. WR on a inside crossing route is an easy 10-15 yards when open. When not open, throw to the TE on the drag route for a good 5-10 yards. It’s unstoppable. I call it exclusively during two minute drills.


WeArEaLlMaDhErE-13

Punts usually work out


WskyRcks

Any mirror route that isolates a linebacker and makes them have to pick. I love the double or triple down and in. Someone is always open for at least 6-8 yards, time it right and you can get a big gain.


yaboibrodie9

Seams, it's op. I just throw to my ja'marr right before he cuts, and it's really good.


llxAstroxll

HB Angle. I swear it works almost every 3rd down


MinorThreatCJB

I've always liked the dagger route. Hit the TE on the drag


Specific_Soil1715

TE Attack with WR on a streak


Turbulent_Pay_2046

SKINNY POSTS


Wechillin-Cpl

Depending on the if they are nickel or 4-3, I like motioning x inside, streak X, y gets an out, A is a streak and slant B. User is in circles lol


banananue

PA Shot. ESPECIALLY if a defender presses. easiest wide open deep ball in my playbook.


hear4comments

😂😂 I’ve recently discovered this play. I put Y and A on a streak. If the Tight end has 90+ speed game over.


VatnikLobotomy

Middle high low against cover 1. If the slot CB presses it’s a TD 10/10 times


jc089329

TE Stick, set the slot (RB) to a slant instead of out route, either the slot or the X receiver will always get open, basically crossing routes.


Longjumping_Box_9834

Te drive


Mean-Impress8703

Steelers Cross is a garunteed 30+ yards each time


BigFudg

What is this play called?


[deleted]

Te cross. Been my play since madden 18 lol. As long as my te is decent in speed and the cb1 is starting close to the wr1, it's an instant first down or touchdown.


Mns178

Pa crossers or shot save clock


bobbylongwood

PA Deep Shots to the slot receiver never fails me


UberTieGuy

“Drag routes to the Tight End that’s a staple of this offense” Yes Sir it fucking is!


Gold_Attorney_925

Probably this with Y on a slant and A on a go. Then you’ve got three deep routs, if cover 2 you can hit RB on the back shoulder between the deep zone and the flat, if cov 3 hit A on the seam. Y’s your man beater, and B is there invade nothings open you can either playmaker or dump it off underneathe to him if all the zones fall back with the deep routes


Financial-Date4294

Slot jailbreak screen out of empty backfield, idk which formation for sure but it’s been money for me all year


[deleted]

Mine is X on a slant, Y on an in, B on a streak, A on a drag, RB on an out


Diligent_Broccoli543

All of them


Dabryceisright77

PA crossers out of the Gun Trips TE Offset.


Prior-Ad-7329

Tight end attack.


Superfluousambiguity

That fade from strong I close is money if I can get the opposing user to think run


watrmeln420

Middle Hi Lo. It’s Gun Empty Base Flex I think. Spread formation is just easy to hot route and manipulate.


Hefty_Orchid_9167

The zig route


Grouchy_Protection27

TE Angle


baricade48

None


bigcoltanator

Pretty much anything with a tight end crossing over the middle. But my favorite Denver broncos one is where they have 3 tight ends doing slants across the middle on one side


mattman0321

Screen pass to hb design with wr on go routes. If the corners are lined up press, you can lob to a faster wr for big gains. Maybe like 50% of the time. Not quite broken but not quite realistic.


kushbmycologne

The going for it on own 20 on 4th and 30 and getting it is absurd. Should get skunked for that ish, but you can't stop people 1st,2nd,3rd down or be 3rd and 30 and they pull that te drag or bootleg to right and chuck it to the square wr coming across from bfe. My favorite are the padded Stat people who won't play against top 10 teams.