(Litez's Thoughts)
Singleback Deuce Close - Seahawks and Bucs are the only books with the 3 play combo of Stretch, Flood/TE Angle, and PA X Post Cross. Thats a hell of a trio for how this Madden 24 will play. For flood, a deep corner to the TE with the outside WR on a fade makes it very easy to attack the sidelines vs man and zone. Then having the drag and trail backside with the ability to flip and mirror. PA X Post Cross is your bomb play.
If you’re a jumbo player, this would be a nice playbook to focus on. The Wing Nasty and Wing Left are new formations. The plays are limited but, like a lot of these formations, can be greatly enchanted with a HRM QB. Out of Wing Tight left, PA Scissors has two deep corners and a post, all compressed. Can create some cool route combos and create confusion with the use of motion. Additionally you can motion out the rb to create easier flood concepts while still being able to block. It also has a wide zone run, dive, and the WR on a deep corner route out of PA sprint HB flat. Wing Pair has the always glitchy TE attack as well as a flippable stretch. This formation always messes with defensive alignments.
If you’re looking for two TE sets, this offers a nice UC scheme. This deuce close has stretch which we think could be really good this year. Also has post cross play with a deep post and crosser meshing with each other (skinny posts from compressed were great in the beta). Bench and Flood are both good as well. Real strength is being able to flip the formation without a tell. Wing Close is a new formation that has some nice spacing. With the run game, you have a flippable wide zone as well as a dive, so a three headed rushing attack could be nice. The pass plays have double outs, which has both WR’s on speed outs, and the outside TE on a trail. PA Cross, again, you have a compressed skinny post and a crosser from the opposite side. You also have a deep corner by the Bunch WR. You can motion out the RB to the solo WR side to create a unique 5 wide look and still protect. A formation like this could be real fun once HRM drops.
This is a full Bunch X Nasty which could end up being a meta formation this year. If you want to come out in two te’s, you could audible from X nasty to any of the two TE sets and have a nice UC scheme
The Gun sets in the Bucs / Seahawks book was majorly overhauled. It was always a unique book and they changed everything. It’s honestly a very weak Gun Book. There’s a bunch strong nasty and a double stack. Other than that, the rest of the sets are nothing spectacular.
Overall Thoughts: If you’re an under center player that likes to run the ball, the strength lies in the Two TE and Jumbo sets.
Grade: C