Madden 10 Tips – Finding Your Key Stat!

EA Sports gives you the option online to have your game statistics e-mailed to you. If you have not done so, this is an absolute must for anyone who wants to become better at the game.

Once a game is finished, you can think back to a few key plays and think about missed opportunities or chances that you grasped for big gains. However, this only tells part of the story as we have very selective memories. The E-mailed stats will not lie to you and help you recall a greater portion of the game. You will see certain stats and think “Wow I was only 2 of 7 on 3rd and short?”

From this knowledge, you can realize a few things. Thankfully you are getting in a good amount of short 3rd down situations which are always converted at a higher success rate than third and long, but also that you need to convert a better percentage. Now this could be a one game anomaly but if you see this trend over more than 5-10 games you know its time to switch things up.

Lets look at a 5 game stretch for me and analyze my key stats. For me my key stat is…

Gm 1 : 14-7 win over lvl 18

(ZFarls is First Column, Opp is 2nd)

Rushing attempts for 15 16

Rushing yards for 83 57

Passing attempts for 15 19

Passing yards for 121 122

Number of third downs 4 7

Third down conversions 3 3

Shotgun plays 4 21

Blitzes 0 3

Time of possession 10:06 9:54

Hurries 13 2

Knockdowns 5 0

Passes deflected 3 2

Now this was one of the most even games that I have played in Madden 10 so far. We both had the ball 7 times and were moving it effectively.

The main difference in this game however, was my ability to upset his passing rhythm and force him to make poor throws. He was a good player but didn’t

posses the ability to move the ball quickly out of the pocket. If you only take around 30 snaps and hurried and uncomfortable on 13 then how can you get into a gameplan?

Lets take a look at Game 2

This player came out and only attempted 1 run the whole game. I knew he was locked up. I put my foot on the pedal and brought heat.

Hurries 17 4

Knockdowns 13 0

Passes deflected 7 3

Shotgun plays 3 37

Blitzes 6 0

With all the pressure I brought in this game, I was able to keep him in shotgun and force turnovers. I also had 2 return td’s which was unexpected!

Here is another sample, Game 3

Hurries 25 3

Knockdowns 18 0

Passes deflected 8 3

Shotgun plays 6 19

Blitzes 8 6

Time of possession 10:29 9:31

Passing touchdowns for 4 2

Returns touchdowns for 2 1

Defensive touchdowns for 1 0

Now this game, my pressure led to a touchdown and he was uncomfortable again. This was a solid win and I had good time on offense which BREEDS conifidence and TD’s.

Now here is a game that I lost 27 to 24. (Game 4) Very frustrating but it still helps my sample stats.

Rushing attempts for 5 5

Rushing yards for 28 20

Passing attempts for 21 28

Passing yards for 132 301

Blitzes 4 11

Time of possession 8:40 11:20

Hurries 10 8

Knockdowns 6 2

Passes deflected 2 4

Passes tipped 0 0

Offensive yards 160 321

Total yards 338 441

Return yards 178 117

Total touchdowns 3 3

In this specific game, I couldn’t get to the QB as well as I had been during my 7 game win streak. He was KILLING me with flat routes to Brandon Jacobs of all people.

I knew I had to make adjustments as he was a good enough player to deflect the heat. He possesed well and got many quick first down conversions. I started to play the bend

dont break style of offense and it didn’t work too well. I had a chance in the end and even scored the first TD on a SACK, FF, TD. He never ran that play again and started

kicking it out to the flats. This is a game where looking back shows the stats and has me forgot about the 1 or 2 plays that happened on the last drive. All I remember was

the last plays where he kicked the FG but other than that I wouldn’t be able to get better.

EA Sports has done a good job allowing us to review plays, and sending out the stats is one way you can get better. Clearly here, my QB hurries which seems abnormaly high even withou

big blitz numbers was down. This is my key stat personally because it helps me slow down the big plays and force turnovers.

Whats your key stat?

I re focused on my next game and was able to take back another win! (Game 5)

Rushing attempts for 15 4

Rushing yards for 59 -2

Passing attempts for 21 17

Passing yards for 214 94

Hurries 8 8

Knockdowns 2 1

Passes deflected 2 1

Time of possession 15:43 4:17

First downs 11 3

First down yards 183 40

Thats how you look at the stats, posses the ball and demorlize the opposition! His hurries let to quick dump offs. Mine made him make bad throws and never get a rhythm.

Whats your key stat?

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