The Madden-School.com Ultimate Defensive eBook for Madden 25 is now available! Defense is harder than ever in Madden 25 but that didn’t stop us from putting together an ebook that will leave your opponent confused and angry. It has all sorts of A-gap pressure, B-Gap pressure, double edge heat, run stoppers, and much more (including how to turbo blitz in Madden 25).
It is based out of the Cincinnati Bengals defensive playbook but the majority of the plays can be found in any 4-3 defensive playbook. The formations covered in the ebook are below.
- 4-3 Stack
- 4-3 Under
- 4-3 Over Plus
- 46 Normal
- Nickel Wide 9
- Nickel Normal
- Quarters Normal
- Quarters 3 Deep
Many of the plays in the ebook are very simple and can be done in 3 adjustments or less. The hardest setups will take 4 adjustments with an optional 5th. We have included a sample from the ebook below that is by far the most complicated setup. If you can make these adjustments in about 10 seconds, you can easily use any play in the Madden 25 Ultimate Defensive eBook in an online game.
Play: Saw 0 Blitz
Setup:
- Hot route your OLB on the right side of the screen to cover the guy who isn’t being covered (usually a running back or tight end)
- Shift your dline to the left
- Reblitz your DT#1 and move him over to the left 1 spot
- Take your OLB on the right side of the screen and reblitz him and move him between the right guard and center
- (Optional) Man align
Play: Cover 2 Sink
Setup:
- Shift D-line to the left
- Reblitz your DT#1 and move him over to the left 1 spot
- Hot route your MLB to blitz
- Hot route your OLB on the left side of the screen to a blitz and place him directly over the right guard.
- (Optional) Put your deep safeties in yellow zones
Play: Cover 3
Setup:
- Spread D-line
- Reblitz both DTs
- Shift linebackers out
- Reblitz both outside linebackers
- Make whatever adjustments you want to the zone defense behind it
Once your opponent is so concerned with you blitzing from the A gap and both sides of the formation all at the same time they will start blocking at least 1, probably 2 extra guys. That is a good time to start calling some max coverage plays like 2 man under or cover 3. You will have 7 0r 8 defenders in coverage against only 3 receivers. At that point, you have the offense reacting to you and you have completely taken them out of their gameplan.
Remember, those plays are the most complicated and hardest to set up, so don’t worry if it seems like a long setup. The majority of the plays in the eBook are 2-3 steps and take about 5 seconds max.
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I am making a custom def playbook according to this guide. I was using the Bengals, but for some reason it says they do not have the 4-3 Under formation?
That is odd, sometimes custom playbooks have small glitches like that. You may need to just add that formation into your custom playbook if it isn’t showing up by default.
how long does it take for ebooks to ship out?
Every ebook is delivered automatically after payment is received directly to the email address you provided at payment
this playbook isnt just like the miami is it? i have the advance defense ebook already
They are different playbooks. Both the Bengals and the Dolphins use 4-3 personel on defense so there are similarities but the plays in the ebook are 100% different.
hi im deaf myself so i want to ask you before i decide to order defense first then offense.. one thing my concern is that i cant hear talk if you talk about anything and i would complete not understand except maybe just look at video but point is i dont want to miss anything you say so you know what i mean.. so i was wondering if there is captions on ebooks or make lists how to adjust defense so i can read and follow same time so i dont have problems with that. let me know before i go ahead order it. thanks for listening.
Yes our ebooks were actually made with no sound being in mind. Some people like to print out the ebooks, some people are at work/school and can’t listen to the videos, and some people are deaf. So pretty much anything said in the video is also written in text directly below the play. Each play is generally broken down like this.
Formation:
Play:
Setup:
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Reads:
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Anything else worth mentioning:
Let me know if you have any other questions.
ok thanks for responding.. i have other question to ask you.. do you have defense depth chart players? i know most of defense players that i tend to make adjustment like for example i put Left outside linebacker switch to right end because of strength and speedy and cover man or zone so i am curious if you provide that kind of information or not? it would be nice to have defense depth chart and same time understand how defense work covers man to man and zone too. i have had difficult time to cover quick when plays start and i tend to hurry baseline back to normal defense because sometimes defense not in right formation then i hurried reblitz some of players and defense linemen edge out or in so that is kind of thing that i need to work on.. i wonder do you explain how that works deep information why is important and also explain why important cb to use shade in or out? or you just give surface information step by step
We generally don’t go over how to set your depth chart outside of sometimes listing that you want a fast player in a certain position or someone with good zone coverage in a certain position for a specific play.
It is outside of the scope of our ebooks to tell you how to set your depth chart because there are so many different teams and playing styles there really isn’t a one size fits all solution to that kind of thing
ok got it thanks..is defense plays basic or advance? i know basic level but i would like to know from middle level to advance like master so that to understand important steps by steps so i can practice to become more confidence with advanced master level.
What do you mean by basic level vs advanced? Really the difference between the elite players and average players is just stick skills and the plays that they know. We provide those plays but we can’t really help improve your stick skills
Will these blitzing concepts work for next gen consoles?
I’m not sure anyone can answer that question at this point. We don’t know anything about the gameplay on next gen consoles and won’t know anything until mid-november.
I notice all defense plays comes from 4-3 or 4-6. I understand how there’s no book with 3-4 schemes that provides coverage behind the blitz.Just lookin for simple blitz with max coverage behind.I’m a fan of 3-4 because the playbooks has more to choose from like the original 3-4 playbook with 1-5-5 defense and 3-3-3 why no schemes for that stuff ??
It is much harder to get pressure from the 3-4 this year than it is from fronts with 4 defensive lineman like the 4-3.
i dont understand when u say biltz it how do i re biltz my d line men and my linebackers
You scroll over to the guy you want to reblitz. Once you are on him, you hit A + down on the right stick on the XBOX 360 or X + down on the right stick on PS3
Hey, which should I choose to buy for now.. offense or defense to help me win games, if one of them help me significantly I will surely buy the other to help me even more!
It really is just a personal preference. If you struggle a lot on defense, then go with the defensive ebook. If you have trouble putting up points every possession, go with the offensive ebook
Question I to use the 3-4 scheme. But I also use the 4-6. What combination coverage do you recommend?
Can you rephrase the question? I’m not sure what you are asking
the defensive playbook is beast man go with it its easier to score then to play d
what about a 2-4-5 ebook, I feel that’s the best defense in the game… U guys think u can make one up?
Having a problem with the 4-3 Under i cam checking the playbooks and its not showing up for custom playbook or when i try to add it myself its the only formation missing. Any help?
Custom playbooks acts funny sometimes and renames formations and plays. You’ll want to match the general look of the 4-3 under to whatever they are calling it in custom playbooks.