Madden 20: 8 Things We Already Know

5. Playbooks Have Been Expanded

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A minor complaint with Madden 19 was that coach playbooks were often annoyingly similar to one another. This lessened the impact of experimenting with different teams, and it created a weird uniform style across both divisions. After a while, it felt hollow to watch the defence-minded Bears repeatedly try the same long-distance passing game as the more gung-ho Rams.

Madden 20's expanded playbooks should fix all that.

Now, all going well, you'll have to pre-plan strategies for each specific team. Using Chicago as an example again, your side (whomever they are) will have to adapt to their snug coverage and willingness to sack QBs as soon as they can. This will make a throwing game tougher than it might be against the more offensive-minded Eagles.

Having unique playbooks that fit each teams style sounds fun, and it's long overdue. This should've been one of the most basic things EA added to Madden 19. Better late than never, we guess. At least they're making improvements.

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