**Official Madden 08 Thread**

[Kowalski]

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i had a play where there was 5 or 6 fumbles in 1 play today

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thats cuz you got fat linemen carrying the ball after the first one. Also when you pick up fumbles surounded by other players you won't have a change to tuck the ball away before you are hit...just because you are carrying the ball doesn't mean its secure. Thats why most players will just dive on the ball unless they can easily scoop and score.

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Exactly. It's not just random fumbling most of the time.


It says on one of the loading screens that the best defense against a "stiff arm back" is to strip the ball. Since strip ball is now the A button, I'm sure people are accidently using it quite often and then becoming amazed when either A) The ball-stripping defender blows the tackle or B) The ball magically comes loose.

And yes, using jukes/spins/stiffs/highlight stick makes you more liable to fumble. This is old news. The highlightstick : fumbling ratio seems to be on an even keel with the last 2 years IMO.