Use Madden Cards indefinitely
You must have a profile made and loaded. Do the training
mode in the Coaches Corner. Here, you earn "tokens",
used a points. Whenever you complete a certain play, you earn
tokens. Do every play that the game gives you. Try to do them
correctly so you can earn as many tokens a possible. When you
have completed each play, you can earn no more tokens. Save your
stats in the profile. Then, go to the Madden Card section. In
this section, make the selection under the Challenge Status section
(should be in the middle). In here you can buy cards, just like
baseball trading cards. Cards are bought in packs. Every card
has a player (boosts stats by certain percent), veteran player
that you can sign to your roster, Superbowl team (for example,
the 1999 Rams), created team, new stadium, cheerleader cards,
and cheat cards. The cheat cards are cheats, just like in Madden
2000 or 2001 (and some new cheats). You can buy the
cards with the tokens you have just earned. Almost every card
can normally only be used once. Save the profile after you have
all the cards you want. You can activate all the cards you want,
and after the game, most of them will be gone. However they will
only remain gone if you save your profile after the game. First,
save the game, but do not save the profile. Restart the game.
Start the game again and load the profile. Then, select Madden
Cards: Activate. If done correctly, all of your cards should be
back to the amount that they were. Do this after every game and
you should be able to use the cheats indefinitely. Note: This
was done in franchise mode.
Easy Madden Cards
To get quick and easy Madden Cards, go to training
mode and select Mike Martz's playbook. Go through it and earn
as many cards as you can. Note: this can only be done once per
profile.
Easy tokens
Trade Madden Cards that you have two or more to get
more. If you get two or more Gold or Past Player Cards, sell them
to where you have one remaining. These give you more tokens.
Easy run
Choose any team, then pick select D. Jauron's playbook.
Go to "Singleback Normal" and pick "HB Sweep".
You will run to the left. Keep tapping [X]. Then, one person
will appear, press [L1] to juke left. You will now be free
to run. Make sure you are tapping [X] at all times.
Easy sacks
Go to Dime formation, then select "Double Slot".
Watch your defensive ends go for a sack. "Line Shift"
will also work as well. This is under the Raiders handbook.
Select the 3-4 defense play and select the play Wipman. Then,
control the DT on the left. Move him to the right to block the
center. This will work about 80% of the time.
Easy catches
Throw the ball to any receiver. After the ball has
been thrown, switch into your intended receiver and let the CPU
run the pattern. Immediately before the ball gets to you, tap
[R2] + [L2]. If the ball is somewhat to the receiver,
he will reach out and most likely catch the ball.
Avoid tackles
Stop running for a moment. You can sometimes easily
avoid being tackled. Sometimes you will need to juke, spin, or
stiff arm to get past defenders.
Onside recover
When you are kicking the ball go to onside, press [Circle]
and when the red arrow appears, move the arrow to the center.
Then, move it all the way down and try to kick it hard, It should
kick a pooch very high. Press [Triangle] to jump and recover
the ball.
Easy safties
When it is your turn to kick the ball to the other
team, choose the play that says "Kick Left". Press the
[Down] to make the red arrow go down all the way, then tap
[Left]x2. When you kick the ball, make sure that it is slightly
behind the line.
Good protection
To get good protection on kick returns, choose "Onside
Kick" as your play. When you run back the ball, you will
usually get past the 20.
Good offense
Go to trade a player and select the St. Louis Rams.
Trade the back up QB for Peyton Manning, then trade their back
up HBs for Edgerinn James and Eddie George. Next, trade their
back up FBs for Mike Allstott, Tony Richardsons or Larry Centers.
Keep Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt. Trade the rest for Randy Moss,
Eric Moulds, Cris Carter, Rod Smith, Ed Mccaferry, Jonny Morton,
Hermon Moore, Antonio Freeman, and Marvin Harrison. Then, trade
the TE for Tony Gonzalaz, Shannonn Sharpe, or Frank Wycheck.
Good defense
To get the best defense formation, go to 4-3 and select
Safe. Before the hike, press [Triangle] + [Up], [R1]
and [L1]. This makes your defense cover better, and have
a better chance for a sack. To increase the odds, get control
of your DL on the opposite side of the running back, judging its
a pass play. Move him towards the other DLs to push everyone to
one side. About three to five men will pass the T and G and sack
the quarterback once in about four attempts.
Determine first down
When you pass or run the ball, and it is close to a
first down, watch the yellow line. If it disappears fast, it is
a first down. If it fades away, it is not.
Prevent CPU from running the clock
Use the following trick to prevent the CPU from running
the clock out near the end of the game when they are ahead. Choose
"Special - Punt Return". That will make the CPU audible
their play to a pass play. Then, audible your defense by pressing
[Square] followed by [Circle]. This way, your coverage
men and returners will be covering wide receivers. Ysually your
returners and coverage men are WRs so they will have better hands
for interceptions than a regular CB. This may not win it for you,
but will give you a lot better chance.
Stall a two-minute offense
Use the play Dime: Double Wide when you need to stall
a two-minute offense. You will have a better chance of running
the clock while the opponent is trying to score with a two-minute
offense.
Long field goals
Long field goals can be made if you stop the meter.
Then, when stopping the power meter, press [Triangle] + [X]
at the same time. This is not guaranteed to work every time..
Best franchise mode players
The following players have a huge upside, sometimes
growing over 10 overall points in the first year: Todd Heap, Lavaar
Aringhton, and Champ Bailey.
Building a good team
Do not try to make a great team by trading all the
good players to one team. Instead, go to "Edit Player"
and make the people on the team better by increasing agility,
speed, etc. Or, find all the good players with a 90 overall rating
and a 90 import rating. A team of created players would work as
well, if all players are above 90 in import.
Recommended play
Select any playbook. When you are on offense choose
the "I" formation, and then select the "Strikeout"
play. Your HB will run one screen to the left and your fullback
will go to the right. Pass to the fullback. You can do this play
repeatedly, picking up 5 to 10 yards each time. It is impossible
for the CPU or another person to defend. If you choose Sam Gash
or Mike Alstott as your fullback, you can get 5 to 20 yards every
time. This works best to the strong side. For example, if the
strong side is your left side, press [R1] before you select
the play. This will switch the play and make your fullback go
left.
Recommended playbook
To get the best playbook, select Tony Dungy. It has
the best run play and pass plays. The best run play is Quick Toss,
and the best pass play is Hail Mary. To prevent interceptions,
hold [L2] when pressing [Circle], [Square], etc.
This is called Route-Based Passing.
Team rankings
The following a list of the teams from best to worst.
1. Rams
2. Broncos
3. Packers
4. Buccaneers
5. Vikings
6. Lions
7. Seahawks
8. Patriots
9. Panthers
10. Saints
11. Cardinals
12. 49ers
13. Chargers
14. Dolphins
15. Colts
16. Bills
17. Bengals
18. Browns
19. Titans
20. Bears
21. Giants
22. Falcons
23. Jaguars
24. Jets
25. Cowboys
26. Steelers
27. Chiefs
28. Redskins
29. Ravens
30. Eagles
31. Raiders
32. Texans