Pump Up Crowd Cards
Successfully complete the "Game Situation"
challenges in mini-camp mode. The Cheerleader or Pump Up Crowd
Cards for the team used will be unlocked.
Madden Cards and game cheats
Get a gold rank in any event on the All Pro, Pro and
Rookie levels in mini-camp mode.
Easy tackles
You can get numerous easy tackles with your MLB by
using him during your kickoffs. Go to coaching strategies and
find "Kickoff". Assign the third player from the left
to be your MLB. Assign the first two players on the left as very
slow CBs or FSs. When you kick off, kick the ball to the left
side where your MLB is assigned. If you do not kick it too deeply,
your MLB will be the first one downfield and will go unblocked
into the return man. Note: If you have the roster space and some
money, create a CB and FS and make all of their attributes zeros.
You should have no trouble signing them to a contract. You can
then use them on your kickoff squad and they will almost never
make it downfield. With this trick, in addition to the tackles
your MLB gets during the game, he will get one for every kickoff
as well.
Signing players to low salaries
This trick will allow you to sign any player, no matter
how big their default salary is, to a three year low-salary contract.
You must do this before starting a franchise. First, edit the
player's attributes from whatever they are currently down so that
their overall rating is exactly 75. Depending on the position,
you should be able to achieve this by simply lowering one or sometimes
two of their attributes. Make sure to make a note what the original
rating was so you can store the value later. Once all players
you are editing are at an overall rating of 75, release the players
to free agency. After releasing each player (you may have to sign
some "no-name" players to your roster to maintain roster
requirements, but you can release those temporary players later),
back out of the roster management screen to the main menu. Choose
the option to "Continue without saving" (this may not
be necessary). Reenter the roster management screen and select
"Free Agents." Go to whichever team you want to sign
the players to and start looking for your players. You should
notice that their new requested salaries and contract lengths
will be for three years at a very low salary (depending on the
position). Once you have signed all of your players back (and
released the temporary players), go back to editing the players
and return them to the original ratings. Note: According to the
manual, your players will become upset if they feel they are being
underpaid for how good they are performing -- you will more than
likely have to re-sign some contracts throughout the year, but
with the cap room you will save.
Note: This trick only works on contracts that have completely
expired. During the off-season, instead of resigning your players,
edit them. Change their position to something that will lower
their overall ratings. For example, move a DT to a TE; or make
your QB a WR. Then, resign the player. He will play poorly at
his new position, making him extremely cheap. Not all player positions
can be changed, but a lot of them can -- especially the higher
dollar positions. After you resign the player, move him back to
his original position. His overall rating will return without
any negative affects. For example, it is possible to resign LeRoy
Glover to a six year deal worth $1.5 million with no signing bonus
at the age of 32, with an overall rating of 97 by moving him to TE.
Whenever you have to re-sign a player in franchise mode, go to
player management and edit the player's position to something
that would lower his stats. Re-sign him, then change him back
to his original position. For example, make your QB a WR, and
sign him. This also works for free agents, but not for draft picks.
You cannot edit draftees until they are signed.
Fantasy draft
The following players are selected in the rounds after
their name. Therefore, you can draft them in the previous round
if you have a good draft pick. For example, pick #6 to 10.
Roy Williams(FS): 7
Tony Gonzalez: 12
Deangelo Hall: 13
Ed Reed: 8
Larry Fitzgerald: 10
D. Akers: 21
Shane Lechler: 23
Rashaun Woods: 31
Jim Kleinsasser: 20
Clinton Portis: 2
Brian Urlacher: 2
Steven Jackson: 27
Roy Williams(WR): 8
Lee Evans: 15
Dante Hall: 15
Reggie Williams: 16
Justin Smith: 5
Julius Peppers: 3
For example, if Brian Urlacher is drated in the second round,
you must draft him in the first. If Dante Hall is drafted in the
fifteenth round, you must draft him in the fourteenth round. Note:
These players are always drafted in the round given; choose wisely.
Recommended players
To get a good team in the future you must get good
rookies. Note: If you start them, they will get great very quickly.
Some such players are as follows.
Larry Fitzgerald WR
Eli Manning QB
Sean Taylor FS
Roy Williams WR
Keniche Udeze DE
Robert Gallery LT
DeAngelo Hall CB
Steven Jackson RB
Bob Sanders FS
Ben Roethlisbergr QB
Faster player improvement
Before playing under the All-Pro or All-Madden difficulty
settings, play your franchise under the Rookie or Pro levels so
you can increase stats for your players easily. This will give
them more attribute upgrades throughout the season. The more yards
your receivers or running backs get, the more points their ratings
will increase.
Easy deep routes
You can make an adjustment to your route in create-a-playbook
that can make throwing the deep route much easier and the game
more fun. In create-a-playbook, if you have a normal streak, adjust
the route so that it is going to the side of the receiver (if
on the right side, adjust the route to the right; if on left,
adjust the route to the left). It is like a fade, and make sure
it is at the maximum vertical yardyage. In a game, it usually
works best with a play action, but it also is effective in shotgun
against a normal man on man with a safety over the top situation.
You should wait about two to three seconds, then lob it. It works
well when you have a top speed receiver such as Bethel Johnson
or Dante Hall, or against a cornerback about 93-94 speed.
Money play
The hook routes are the most successful plays to complete
in in the game.
Increased attendance in franchise
Fight Night 2004 reference
A song from Fight Night 2004 can be heard
in a stadium.
Glitch: Announcement misspelling
To have Al Michaels say Vinny Testeverde's name (Dallas
Cowboys), you must change Vinny's last name "Testaverde"
(default) to "Testeverde".