Card codes
To type in the Card codes, select the "My Madden" option at the main menu. Then select the "Madden Cards" option, then select the "Madden Codes" to type in one of the codes below.

Special card unlocks
In addition to the normal way to access a card, a few cards need a specific task to be finished.

Card 2: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Chase and Tackle drill.
Card 30: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Coffin Corner drill.
Card 38: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Ground Attack drill.
Card 42: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Precision Passing drill.
Card 52: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Swat Ball drill.
Card 99: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Trench Fight drill.
Card 104: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Clutch Kicking drill.
Card 147: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Pocket Presence drill.
Card 195: Earn a Gold in the Ground Attack drill.
Card 197: Earn a Gold in the Clutch Kicking drill.
Card 199: Earn a Gold in the Swat Ball drill.
Card 208: Earn a Gold in the Pocket Presence drill.
Card 209: Earn a Gold in the Trench Fight drill.
Card 210: Earn a Gold in the Precision Passing drill.
Card 211: Earn a Gold in the Coffin Corner drill.

Hints & Tips

Easy tackles
You can get several easy tackles with your MLB by using him in your kickoffs. Now go to coaching strategies and find "Kickoff". Assign the third player from the left to be your MLB. Then assign the first two players on the left as slow CBs or FSs. When you kick off, kick the ball to the left side where your MLB is assigned. If you do not kick it too far, your MLB will be the first one downfield and will go unblocked into the return man. Note: If you have the roster space and money, create a CB and FS and make all of their attributes zeros. You will not have trouble signing them to a contract. You can then use them on your kickoff squad and they will never make it downfield. With this trick, in addition to the tackles your MLB gets in your game, he will get one for every kickoff also.

Easy gains on run plays
First enable the "Human Plow" Madden Card which raises your break tackles. Be sure your running back has a good break tackle rating. Also be sure it is a Gold card to make it effective for the whole game.

Easy sacks
Go i to the settings and turn off offsides. Obtain a fast runner, go to the line of scrimmage, and keep on running. He will be running in place. When the QB calls hike, he will run past the defenders and obtain a sack. This will work 80% of the time.

Cheerleader and Pump Up Crowd Cards
Finish the "Game Situation" challenges in mini-camp mode completely. The Cheerleader or Pump Up Crowd Cards for the team used will be available.

Madden Cards and game cheats
Achieve a gold rank in any event on the All Pro, Pro and Rookie levels in mini-camp mode.

Signing players to low salaries
This trick allows you to sign any player, no matter how big their default salary is, to a three year low-salary contract. You have to do this before you start a franchise. Edit the player's attributes from whatever they are down so that their overall rating is at 75. Depending on the position, you should be able to achieve this by lowering one or sometimes two of their attributes. Be sure to make a note what the original rating was so you can restore the value later. When all players you are editing are at an overall rating of 75, release the players to free agency. After you release each player, back out of the roster management screen to the main menu. Then choose the option to "Continue without saving". Go back into the roster management screen and select "Free Agents." Go to whichever team you want to sign the players to and start searching for your players. You should notice that their new requested salaries and contract lengths will be for three years at a low salary. When you have signed all of your players back, go back to editing the players and return them to the original ratings. Note: Going by the manual, your players will become upset if they feel they are being underpaid for how good they are doing so you will more than likely have to re-sign a few contracts throughout the year, but with the cap room you will save.

Note: This trick will only work on contracts that have expired. During the off-season, instead of resigning your players, edit them. Change their position to something that will lower their ratings. For example, move a DT to a TE or make your QB a WR. Then, resign the player. He will play poorly at his new position, making him cheap. Not all player positions can be changed, but a lot of them can be especially the exspensive positions. After you resign the player, move him back to his original position. His overall rating will return without any bad affects. For example, it is possible to resign LeRoy Glover to a six year deal worth $1.5 million with no signing bonus at the age of 32, with a rating of 97 by moving him to TE.

When you have to re-sign a player in franchise mode, go to player management and edit the player's position to something that will lower his stats. Now re-sign him, then change him back to his original position. For example, make your QB a WR, and sign him. This will also work for free agents, but not for draft picks. You cannot edit draftees until they are signed.

Faster player improvement
Before you play under the All-Pro or All-Madden difficulty settings, play your franchise within the Rookie or Pro levels so you can raise stats for your players easier. This will give them more attribute upgrades during the season. The more yards your receivers or running backs get, the more points their ratings will go up.

More effective running game
Make a tight end. His name, college and so on as you like. When you edit his appearance, make him 6'8", and 275 to 300 lbs. Then, make him have a muscular bulid in his body and arms. If you set his attributes above average or better, when you run a play that involves running towards the side the tight end is set, he will open holes and lanes that will enable you to gain 6 to 7 yards on a carry.

Tear up defenses
When your on the All-Madden difficulty setting, use the Redskins playbook. Now select the Was - J.Gibbs playbook. While playing run on first down then select the Shotgun Trips formation on second down. If the Nickelback is not lined up with the second receiver, he is coming to get you or he is playing flat zone. If so, place the first receiver on a fly/streak route, and make the third receiver post to the sideline. This will work usually if you have an accurate passer.

Getting good players
To get a team that will last three to four years of dominance, you need to start with a team with plenty of long contracts in place. Trade for other players with long contracts. The first person you need to trade is the tight end that makes $12 million a year. Kellen Winslow from the Browns will make a good replacement. Be sure to not build too good of a roster, as your players have personalities and will get upset if they do not start, get the ball. But a decent roll playing team with outstanding players at these positions will take it each time. QB, HB, WR, or a second WR will not hurt. With DE/DT OLB/MLB CB SS/FS, 80-85 on every other player is more than enough. Also, if you trade these players from the rosters before your franchise, you can then edit them to make them even better. But be careful not to go too high on all of them, as they will all want more money and cause backroom problems.

Do a Fantasy Draft with any team other than the Falcons. When you finish the training camp, preseason, and five weeks in the regular season, look at the standings in the NFC East. You should see that the Falcons are 1-4 or 0-5. Now trade your first round pick for their first round pick. This normally works. If not, trade with the next worst team.

When your in franchise mode, create an offensive lineman that is 45 years old. Now set his years in the league to 27. Place his stats all the way up, then sign him on free agency. Next, trade with any team and get any player or pick you want. This will work best with getting first round picks, but can also get plenty of good players. Since he is an offensive lineman, he will not have a large impact on a team winning and will retire at the end of the season.

When your in franchise mode, go to "My Team", then "Team Info". Then scroll over to "Team Morale". Look under the other team's morale for unhappy players. Those player will be easy to trade for.

Use this trick to get high draft picks every year. Each year after pre-season, simulate or play the games up til week 5. Then check the standings to learn who has the worst record. Then, initiate a trade with the worst team. Then offer the worst team your first round pick for their first and third round picks. They will normally accept. If they do not, find another team that is bad and offer the same deal to them. When they accept, you can then usually offer both of your third round picks to another bad team for their first round pick. Then after the season is done, you will have two first round picks high in the first round. You will be without a third round pick, but it is well worth it for the two first round picks.

Simply use any roster. Take the third string or last player in your depth chart and edit the player. You can do anything you want with him and his salary will stay the same, no matter how bad or good he is.

If you find a great player as a free agent, you can sign him if you have a salary cap over $1 million. Give the player seven years and your salary cap will get lower, but will not go below 0.

This trick will allow you to make a lot more salary cap room. You can easily get $8 to 10 million extra. Before you advance to the Off-Season mode, go into "View Rosters". Sort the players by the number of years left on their contracts so that ones with the fewest years remaining are shown at the top. For anyone that you want to keep, re-sign them to a seven year contract and adjust the salary and signing bonus to get the most cap room from that player. Continue with every remaining player that you want to keep. You will get more cap room from players with the fewest years left on their contract. It does not work as well with if there are five to six years left. If you have players that can resist injury well, there is not much need for a good backup. You can sign lower quality backups to help clear up some cap room.

Simply create a good quarterback. Make his speed and catching stats low. Then release one player and sign your created player. Trade your created player for whomever you like. Then, go back to the create a player. Select the person you traded. Now make him fat and change his position to wide receiver. He will not catch a pass, and if he does he will not run to far. Try to make the created players signing bonus low so that it is not waste your money.

Simply start a franchise and make every team player-controlled. Before you play any games, go to "Roster", then to "Trade Player". You can trade any player you like to any team. Then stack your favorite team with all of the best players. The CPU will not stop you from any trade based on salary cap or team interest. You can put up to 55 of the best players in the NFL on one team. After you have your team set, export the team for use in any other game modes.

Note: If you are starting a franchise with a created team, do not sign too many star players because you will be above the cap limit, and your players will complain about the playing time. To have a good team, sign a QB, halfback, and wide receiver all with ratings of 85 to 99. For defense, sign a good middle linebacker, a good safety, and a good cornerback, all at 85 or above. This will leave your team with a good offense and defense, and it will keep them under the cap limit.

If you wish to create a quarterback with a 99 rating, but do not want to use all of your salary cap space, use this trick. When you go to create your player, do not make his position QB. Instead, make him a kicker. Then set his physical looks. When your adjusting his attributes, raise everything up to 99 except for his kick accuracy and kick power. Leave these attributes at 50. His overall rating will still be 12. When done, go into free agency and sign him. He will only want the minimum. Then, go into your depth chart and start him as your QB. Since almost all his stats are 99, he will play better than any QB and you will not hurt your salary cap.

Before you start franchise mode, go to rosters and make every second and third string players at a 12 rating. Then make all the first string players at or above 90. Then turn injuries off. If you turn the injuries off you should never have to use your second or third string. Now make their rating at 12 will let you sign players for little money. You will may lose all of the preseason games, but will dominate and win every season game.

Use this trick to get a great team in franchise mode with no high salary cost. Then start a new franchise. Pick a team. Do a fantasy draft and pick all the worst players. Then, release all of them and make your team from scratch, using create-a-player mode. When done with the height, faces, etc., do not change the attributes. Now save the player and sign him. When you sign him, go back to create-a-player. Select his name and change all his attributes to the max. Repeat this until you have a stacked team. The reason that all the worst players were selected is to keep you from having a high cap penalty in the next season.

In order to get a dream team in franchise mode, start a new franchise and then set the user amount to 32 users. Turn fantasy draft on. Then, start fantasy mode and draft your team as you would if you were drafting a team full of the best players in the NFL, but with different teams. When you have drafted a few All-Stars and gone through two or three rounds of picking, you should have the base for a great football team. You can simulate the rest of the draft and go on to franchise mode. Then, go to the trade menu and you can get all your best players that you drafted by trading with the so called "users". For example, get Peyton Manning for a player likr Chris Simms. When you have selected a player from the team you want to play with, with a good player from another team, a screen will appear asking if you and the other "user" agree with the trade. Now answer "Yes" and you will now have an All-Star in place of a bad player.

In order to receive high draft picks easily, sign high rated free agents like Joe Johnson then trade them to teams with poor standings before the draft deadline is expired. The poor standing teams will usually take the players for their first round picks, and sometimes you can get more than one draft pick from a team for the player. This will give you high draft picks without having to trade important players or draft picks of your own.

Easy deep routes
You can make an adjustment to your route in create-a-playbook that can make throwing the deep route a lot easier and the game a lot more fun. In create-a-playbook, if you have a normal streak, adjust the route so that it is going to the side of the receiver. It is like a fade, and be sure it is at the maximum vertical yardyage. In a game, it works best with a play action, but it also is effective in shotgun against a normal man on man with a safety over the top situation. You should wait two to three seconds, then lob it. It will work well when you have a top speed receiver like Bethel Johnson or Dante Hall, or against a cornerback with 93-94 speed.

Easy yards
First select a team, then go to the options and choose NYG-Tom Coughlin's playbook. Be sure your running back has at least 92 speed. Go the "I twins" and choose the "Off Tackle" play. It works every time. Be sure there is no CB on the empty side and do not run it on third and long. If the hole is stuffed, always run straight at the tightend then spin and run toward and up the sideline. If done right, the only person that can get you is the safety. Also you should get a first down, if not a 20 or more yard gain. You also can run it to the side of twins, just be sure that the LBs and the line is shifted all the way to the right. If not, keep audibling the original play. It does not do a thing for you, but gets the defense to start shifting. Keep on doing it until all of the LBs and the line shift to the right.

For easier completions almost each time, use Lovie Smith's playbook. In that playbook, go to "Shotgun" then the "Trips" formation. In the formation, use almost any play. You will get a 2 on 3 wide receiver mismatch. Just be careful, as the CPU will learn how to move their players over there, and will in time know your play if you run it too often.

Use this trick to get easy yards on the passing game. Be sure you pick a team with a good receiving tight end and at least one fast receiver. Also, be sure you have the play "Posts" on the Singleback formation. This play is effective against any defense, and good on a third and long play. When you snap the ball, wait until the tight end slants on the post route then throw him a bullet pass. Almost all of the time he will complete the pass and gain enough yards for the first down. Also, if you see that the receiver on the right has plenty of separation from the coverage, you can tap the button he is assigned to give him a long pass, that if completed could be good for about a forty-fifty yard completion, and he may have enough separation to go for the touchdown. Most of the time though throw it to the tight end. It takes awhile for the defenses to adjust, and you will be gaining points easily.

Easy onside kick recovery
Attain a power rating between 65 and 80; and the accuracy between 40 and 80. You should recover the kick 90% of the time. For a better chance, try to get the power between 70 and 75 and the accuracy between 70 and 75.

Easy blocked punts
You are able to block a punt as long as it is against an opponent. First select "Punt Block" if you are sure your opponent is going to punt the ball. Then, take the cornerback on the weak side and get as close to the line of scrimmage as possible without going over. Now watch your opponent's meter, and as soon as you think he will stop it, sprint across the line and run straight into the punter. Do not try a hit unless you want a fumble because you may miss him.

Simply select "Punt Block". The CPU will audible to bring in the blockers. Now take the fastest man from left side and bring him to the right so that he is the last man on the line of scrimmage. Then as the last man is about to be set on the CPU's team, come from right off the line of scrimmage and dodge blockers by running straight down then hit the punter. Note: You may wish to try this at 4th and 6 or longer so a 5 yard flag will not give them a first down.

Shifty jukes when running the ball
In order to have a higher chance of breaking tackles when your running, press the Juke buttons according to which side you want to run to.

Avoid being sacked
When a defender is going to tackle you. go left and right as fast as you can. He will duck or break it.

Money play
The hook routes are the most best plays to use in the game.

Ground Attack mini-camp
An easier way to get gold on each level is to stand behind two linemen that are bunched together and use playmaker to make your Full Back knock one of the other team's players down. After you have blocked them, it will be easier to score touchdowns or achieve long runs. This will work most of the time.

Increased attendance in franchise mode
Before you play a home game, enter the "Owner's" menu and set your "Advertising" as high as you can. After you play your game, return to the "Owner's" menu and set "Advertising" to zero, then simulate the rest of the games for that week. You will not be charged for the advertising, but your attendance will bea lot higher. Do this before each home game to keep your attendance high without paying extra.

Selecting a team in franchise mode
Choose a team that has between three and five good players on both sides of the ball. The Philadelphia Eagles have a good passing game with T.O., and you can usually score on the first play of every drive you execute. The Eagles also have a powerhouse defense with Kearse, Dawkins, Simon. Another good team to use, if you like to pass is the Indianapolis Colts, with Peyton Manning. The Colts have the weapons on offense to be a great team, but their defense has held them back from making the Superbowl. Also, if there is certain player that is not on the team you selected, use these tricks. Do a fantasy draft and draft the player you want. Another way that is not as time-consuming is to create a superstar rookie with all the stats maxed at 99, with your choice for the name, appearance, and position. Now sign your superstar rookie to your team for seven years and whatever amount of money you want to give him.