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Preventing Long Kick Returns in Madden 25

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Kickoff returns are way too easy in Madden 25.  If you play against someone with any sort of skill, you will notice about 1 out of every 4 kickoffs are returned for touchdowns.  In today’s free Madden 25 tip, we are going over a way to stop that from happening.

Check out the full breakdown below.

Madden 25 Kickoff Coverage (Tips On Stopping The Kick Return)
 

Playbook: Any

Play: Kickoff Middle

Setup:

  1. Put the kicking arrow all the way up and to the left
  2. Flick down on the right stick and quickly to the left (see the video for exact timing)

Madden School Pro Tip: Substitute a guy with high sped and hit power ratings in the far left kickoff spot.  This will help you force more fumbles.

If you want to take your game to the next level, check out our Madden 25 eBook below. Also, be sure to look over our Madden School 365 section.

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chris
chris
10 years ago

all they have to do is let it go out of bounds…. then theyre at the 40 and only one pass away from a f/g….

Jeff
Jeff
10 years ago
Reply to  chris

You also have a chance of the ball staying in bounds and recovering like an onside kick.

Greenbacks420
Greenbacks420
10 years ago

All the going to do is move returner and get ball at the 40 everytime in excellent field position.

Jet
Jet
10 years ago

Thanks guys! Great stuff. @ greenbacks, I don’t think this is to spam on every single kickoff however I’d rather my opponent get it at the 40 in the 4th quarter with little time left than for him to run it back to the house for the tie/win.

Hardhitting702
Hardhitting702
10 years ago

Thank you for all of your postings. They have helped out a great deal, however, this one, I would not recommend. If the recieving team, switches to that player next to sidelines, all he has to do is move out of the way of the ball being kicked,the ball is now kicked out of bounds, and now the kicking team is penalized with horrible field position.

Brett
Brett
10 years ago

The defender can just move away and take the illegal procedure penalty…

Brandon
Brandon
10 years ago

Hey guys thanks for the great videos I’ll watched everyone one of them, and appreciate all of the help. I would greatly appreciate any help on trying to stop the read option. Any formation but preferably spread or 3-4 wrs. Any play that could stop that and passing routes too would be great. Thanks for your time.

Arelik
Arelik
10 years ago

I love this tip and Agree..If it’s the 4th, I am NOT giving up a TD on a kick return, instead I make them work for those 40 yards and play DEFENSE. Great tip.

Thomas
Thomas
10 years ago

Thanks great tip I was getting frustrated giving up 40-50 yards return during kick offs , hey when you guys get a chance I’m having major difficulty in stopping those outside runs almost started to cry lol all my losses are due to that area I can’t contain. Thanks again for the great tip.

everett
everett
10 years ago

is this book worth getting

dominic
dominic
10 years ago

I need your help is there any way to stop the curl route when running man to man?