How to Read plays in Madden 

For those asking about Freeform: Placement & Accuracy Near 16/20

Eyyy need this. As an o-lineman all I see is a bunch of pads and helmets up front so I've never been good at reading defenses lol, love these kinds of videos

Bro. I apologize in advance for the level of potential cheesiness or overly emotional aspect, but my dad passed away a little over a year ago and ever since then I’ve thrown myself into football more so than ever and don’t get me wrong. I’ve always enjoyed football and I played - albeit at a very low level - but ever since my dad passed away, I have literally watched good morning football and NFL network and red zone and hard knocks and everything else. I could basically get my hands on and I found playing Madden. It was fun, but I ended up just running the same. Couple of plays every single time because it always worked and it wasn’t really giving me in any challenge or satisfaction from a actual learning or football IQ perspective and I’ve been trying so hard to increase my football, IQ, and seeing these videos, somehow magically surfacing on my feed is one of the better things that has happened to me, because I was getting to the point where I was becoming stagnant and falling back into old ways that could potentially leave me down a path. It is not going to be healthy for me or my four year old daughter, or anyone around me so anyways, I just wanted to say thank you for what you’re doing and that Jim Brown you’re helping people out more than you even realize I’m sure I’m not the only one who has a story about how something like this that seems relatively simple and trivial such as a RU-vid channel about a video game can you truly change someone’s outlook on life or how they operate

*Welcome to Madden school your teacher is Kurt Benkert. Your next homework assignment is to complete 7 bullet passes while defense plays tight zone*

Love it bro! Real life X’s and O’s. Nothing cheesy or exploiting the bad coding of the game. Appreciate your channel Kurt. Look forward to the next video.

5:06 NEED THAT FREEFORM TUTORIAL BIG DOG 🔥

A free form tutorial would go crazy especially if you had a control cam or input display. It’s kinda hard to know how to angle the joy stick to get proper throws in tight windows

Love the NE Playbook, a lot of built in motions and dynamic Empty sets.

Glad you taught without exploits or OP plays. In the version I play (NCAA 2011) the defense is kind of broken with Four Verts and can’t defend the TE crossing the middle of the field. Had to limit myself to one of them per game because it was too easy.

“close your eyes; new play that quick’… lol😂😂

As a bengals fan, I like the new thumbnail 🤝🏼 banger video as always

Love it! I've been especially looking forward to this video. Practice mode is great, but It would be awesome if it tracked all the different metrics for specific plays/playbooks. So you could see things like completion percentage vs different coverages, heat maps of where you target on different plays, frequency that you target each receiver, number of interceptions thrown vs each kind of coverage...etc. I also wish it let you practice vs different teams in franchise mode.

@kurtbenkert is outchea teaching concepts that can be used in every version of Madden/NCAA or any other NFL sim game. Vert, basic, flat, such a simple combo, but so money. Kudos to you sir. Now go out there and win those Superbowl's in redemption and the connected franchise!

I literally just finished watching the 1st video you made for this & went to my feed to see this. 🙌🏾🙌🏾 Thank you fam 🙏🏾

Been waiting for this thank you 🙏🏾 god bless him and everyone on this earth

Love the content Kurt. Learned so much already and always rewatching videos to learn more. Can we get a quick tutorial on when/how/why to pump fake?

Thanks bro, you’re literally sharing knowledge

I needed this video today!

Love these videos, Appreciate the work you put in💪

Your videos are so GOATED. I think you should make a part 2 defense tutorial as well

Amazing as always. 💯

Thanks for this. So much

Been waiting for this for a long time

I’d be really interested to see a video on how you marry the run game to your pass game, and what’s your run philosophy

You have taught me a lot , you Teach very well Sir. Hopefully madden starts to get even more simulation cause of channels like these and we’ll be well prepared!

This video changed my online experience I’ve started to genuinely enjoy it again

Great video

Really good stuff Man 👍

Love these types of videos makes the game of madden so much more interesting to me when real football iq is applied and not just cheese

Literally looking up a video of this to teach a friend perfect timing

Going into high school, and a lot of your tips will help me. Thank you Kurt

Awesome

Just got here but can’t wait to see this

Yk your algorithm is hopping when the first 3 suggested videos are KB videos and 2 you’ve already seen. Love seein a new vid of kb on my timeline keep it up kid 🫶🏼 much love

Finally real football in madden ❗️

Genius Genius Genius! 🎵🎶

MORE, MORE! I want to be an ARM CHAIR QB on MAdden

Can you go into depth on what types of players fit certain schemes and why? For example which types of attritubutes should you look for in madden for an o-lineman in a power offense as opposed to a spread offense etc;

Other than MMG for entertainment, you're definitely my favorite Madden RU-vidr! It's crazy how I used that mug defense for years and with a few adjustments from Coach KB, I can't be scored on😭

First 30 minutes?! A rare breed

would LOVE a free form tutorial

As a qb this content is a w.

Love these videos, all we see in CFM is the same 4-5 formations and the same route combos that exploit the AI coding. Same with the defense side. Not many honest players with real schemes anymore. this is something I’m gonna try

Smash the redemption KB 💪

You should turn this into a Football Masterclass series!

my guy what free form settings do you use? i'm a big fan of seeing the breakdown from such a high level into the platform. much love

Kurt make a video on how to beat the blitz ❤

Kurt BenGOAT

Most definitely need the free form tutorial 😂

Should the Freeform settings be qb specific or universal?

I love the way you explain this all, but I gotta ask. Any way we can get a video explaining things like curls/flats/hooks etc more in depth? I'm trying to understand football better using madden to visualize it all but the terminology still trips me up extremely often and makes it hard for me to understand defense.

Need Freeform Tutorial ASAP

Got a couple guys that love to sit in cover 4 all game. I’d love some more beaters against them.

This is why I've been able to run the same plays and same audibles in madden since 2016 with a 90+% win rate. Just read defenses

Can this work for current gen?

Playing a max difficulty rebuild teams only franchise with my buddies and this video has completely solved my offensive woes. Last couple games putting up 30-40+ points. Now i just need a defence tutorial so i can stop conceding 40-50+🤣😭

How do we read the def if they base align

Run and Shoot playbook?

you should make a video where you make your own playbook

hey kurt, long time viewer here, are the mic settings different? sounds a little more quieter / muffled this video than in the past ones, dunno if you did this on purpose or not but im just commenting so you're aware my brudda

Need those free form settings

Would you ever consider doing this type of thing for actual game film? I get that your a Madden guy but I don't think the game is all that accurate to real life, and you're really good at explaining. Especially with defenses. There's a lot of plays that just break defenses in ways that just don't happen in real football.

Is this your favorite formation

Bet

Former college myself Qb/cb athlete 🔥 drop a free form tutorial and play me !!!

When your playing career is over do you plan on being a coach?

John 3:16, Luke 24:47.

so when you going to put out a ebook

Those tight windows you gettin saying “we got em” would get picked by good users but I get the method

Please, *please* drop that Free Form tutorial

Are we looking at future Offensive Coach of the Year?

We need free form passing

Why is it always steelers playbook?

Benkert free agent or sum?

But how do they read plays in NFL 2K5 aka the GOAT football videogame?

You're way to knowledgeable in football to not be coaching at the pro level didn't work out as a player you should definitely try to be a coach this stuff is genius..

early

First

Free form passing tutorial please🫶

Font of knowledge KB 🫡

This is great. Are you on an active roster? I’ve never heard of you 🫣. I like how you break down your reads and tell us what your progressions are. I’ve been whooping people lately 💪🏻. Even more than before 😂

I played rb my whole life under shit QBs and I 70-13 people. I’m tryna play.