Prior to the Super Bowl taking place this weekend, EA Sports has today released the latest title update for Madden NFL 23. With the NFL season now winding down, patches for Madden 23 will likely start to slow down in the months ahead as well. Fortunately, for those that are still frequently playing the latest entry in the football sim series, EA has today made a number of notable changes.
Only defenders on the line of scrimmage will be able to be assigned QB Contain
If there is a pass rusher aligned outside of the contain defender, the Contain Defender will rush the C Gap to avoid putting multiple rushers in the same gap
DEV NOTE: These changes are meant to bring balance to the ‘Loop Blitz’ exploit, while also offering more authentic rush lanes – specifically by trying to avoid putting multiple rushers in the same gap, or getting a contain player inside of an adjacent rusher. We will continue to monitor these changes in the live game and will continue to make tuning adjustments if necessary.
DEV NOTE: This fix is intended to prevent a random position-change for active and newly-created careers after the update; it will not update save files that have already been impacted because doing so could wipe out an active career in the original position save-slot. We will continue to monitor this issue in the live game and look to address any other instances that may occur.
