Madden NFL 10 Offense

The offensive side of football is almost always the most enjoyable aspect of playing football to many Madden players (even if you've got, for instance, that corner back mentality - interception!), and takes the most skill to execute properly. While it's easy to run blitzes out of a 3-4 defense all day and all night, it takes more know-how to execute plays out of your team's versatile (and completely unique) play book on offense, because you have to keep the defense on its toes, exploit its weaknesses, and above all else, mix up the pass and the run. Only by combining these three aspects will you net positive yardage in your drive towards the end zone.

But it's not easy. Understanding your play book can, at times, be hard enough. Reading the defense, playing properly under extreme pressure and improvising broken or well-covered plays is truly the name of the game, however. We'll try to give you some guidance so no matter what team you're playing as, you have a general idea of just what to do next.

There's no doubt about it--passing the ball is a lot more fun then say running the ball on every down. That's simply because, in the grand scheme of things, it's a more interactive way to play the game when you're not actually on the field but rather playing remotely with a videogame controller. But the passing game shouldn't be overused. Keep in mind a few of these suggestions to make your passing game more streamlined, effective, and above all else, neither under-nor-over used.