Madden NFL 2006 help needed badly ...

[B_Ambuehl]

First thing play with your coach control player management options. Get your CBs and Safeties playing hard hitting football and get your outside linebackers playing more coverage. Get your DTs stuffing the run and DEs pass rushing.

It's hard to be #1 in passing but it can be done. I'm always in the top 3 and finish #1 about half the time out of my franchise. First thing you gotta do is stuff the run on first down. On 2nd and third down blitz a linebacker or DB to the weakside of the formation and run a zone defense. You can do it in man to man but you need really good DBs. If you blitz from the left side of the offense (your defenses right side) and you have 4 down lineman you need to either flip the play or slide your d-line over otherwise your blitzer will get picked up really easy.

Defenses I prefer to run against the pass include 4-3 outside linebacker fire, 3-3-5 nickel cover 2 or cover 3 (blitz a LB or DB), quarters cover 2, 3 deep quarters MLB blitz, dime cover 2 or cover 3, dime DB blitz. If you're running with the chiefs substitute DJ in as a middle linebcker on dime and quarters formations.

Most of the generic blitzes in your defensive formations are run out of mainly man coverage which is why I prefer to pick a zone coverage and just blitz someone out of it.

Alternatively, - this is kind've a bullshit way to play the game but pick any defensive formation where you have 4 downlineman. Control your right defensive end and move him all the way over to the other side of the left defensive end and simply rush the paser at the snap of the ball. As long as there's not a tight end on that side you'll be able to pile up a shitload of sacks playing like that but like I said it's kind've a BS way play.