The defensive playbooks in the new sports video game Madden NFL 25 are based on real-life strategies from every professional team, and the best playbooks can stop even the most powerful offenses from the opposing team.
In addition, the right coverages and blitz strategies in the defensive playbook can help your team successfully prevent the opponent from scoring points during the game. The playbooks in the game are made up of an organization’s game plan, so some playbooks have some limitations, and no playbook is suitable for everyone.
This is when you can customize a playbook, which will be powerful when your team’s specific needs are met. This guide will introduce you to some of the best defensive playbooks currently in MUT 25 and teach you how to customize your own playbook.
Defensive Playbooks To Choose
When your defender faces some of the game’s best wide Receivers or Quarterbacks, you need to choose a playbook with good coverage options to protect your players from passing attacks.
It’s okay to give up two or three yards per play, but not more than 10. So be careful when choosing a defensive playbook, and it’s harder to choose a defensive playbook than an offensive playbook, so you need to be careful.
Here are some of the defensive playbooks you can choose, and their pros and cons.
Kansas City Chiefs
As the first optional defensive tactical manual, Kansas City Chiefs allows you to change multiple formations on the field, and the adjustment is also very flexible, which may make it impossible for the opponent’s players to predict the next move of your players.
And this tactical manual is very good at the pass defense option, which can effectively block the opponent’s pass attack. If your wingers are not so strong, you can definitely choose this tactical manual, because it can make your running protection ability on the confrontation line very strong, so that your field is under your control.
But the only drawback is that there are very few blitz options in Kansas City Chiefs, which cannot put a lot of pressure on the opponent’s offense, and may waste your game time. So you may need some time to practice using it proficiently.
Cleveland Browns
In Cleveland Browns, you can balance deep pass coverage and quarterback pressure very well, which will keep your team in a balanced state and make your players perform well on the field.
I just said that Kansas City Chiefs do not have many blitz options. Cleveland Browns is the opposite, and its blitz options are very powerful. It can force quick tackles or sacks on the field, so that you can quickly end a game, which is also very useful for player upgrades.
But when you use Cleveland Browns, you must be careful not to use too much aggressive play, which will quickly enter the bottleneck period of the team, which is not good for the development of the team. In addition, you should pay more attention to the quick passes in this tactical manual, which is also a point where points are easily lost.
Arizona Cardinals
Among these defensive playbooks, Arizona Cardinals can be said to be the most powerful because it is used by two famous teams in real life, Falcons and Eagles, because of its high reliability. Why do I say that? Because Arizona Cardinals has zone coverage of the entire field, which can provide you with very strong pass defense.
For those who are new to Madden NFL 25, Arizona Cardinals will be the easiest defensive playbook to start with. But it is not without its shortcomings - it only has a single formation option.
If you use it and your opponent uses Kansas City Chiefs, you will be fooled. In addition, Arizona Cardinals’ overall run defense ability is relatively weak, and it may not protect some balls that are already in possession.
Carolina Panthers
Just talked about a lot of tactical books that lack blitz plays. Carolina Panthers are completely different. It has very reliable and aggressive blitz plays. You can rely on this to win some simple games and get your MUT 25 Coins faster.
In addition, in this defensive tactical book, you can also lock the enemy wide receiver one-on-one, so that your team will have better control of the ball. But it is worth noting that this is only suitable for some uncomplicated games. Once the situation is more complicated, there is a high possibility of failure.
And when using blitz plays, being too aggressive can be a little dangerous. Carolina Panthers rely heavily on your awareness. If you misunderstand the opponent’s offensive intentions in the field, you are likely to lose a chance to show your strength.
Multiple D
If you don’t have the tactical manuals you want in the previous ones, you might as well take a look at Multiple D. It has the most balanced defensive tactics in the entire game and is suitable for teams of different strengths.
But you can’t have too high expectations for it. Although it has very balanced tactics, it is also very difficult to make real-time adjustments for a certain game. In addition, Multiple D, a very common defensive tactic, is not professional enough, which makes it very easy for the opponent to predict your next defense, which is very disadvantageous to your team.
Some of these defensive playbooks are very similar to the ones in College Football 25. If you’ve played these EA games before, you can definitely choose the ones you’re most familiar with, because this will save a lot of practice time.
If you don’t have a playbook you’re familiar with, you can choose Tennessee Titans or Las Vegas Raiders because of their high level of specialization. Don’t assume that every defensive playbook in Madden 25 looks the same because they use the same type of coverage. There are some subtle differences, depending on whether you prefer zone coverage or one-on-one coverage, which are waiting for you to explore.
How To Make A Custom Defensive Playbook?
If you don’t see what you need or like in the above defensive playbooks, try customizing it! When you enter Creation Center from the main menu of Madden NFL 25, select Playbooks option, and finally select Create Defense, you can start to develop your own defensive playbook.
You can modify one of the five defensive playbooks above to develop the most suitable playbook for your team. You can add or delete it.
For example, if your team has a very good safety, you can add some plays that focus on zone defense. This will ensure that the safety uses her speed and awareness to block the receiver who wants to catch the ball in the backfield.
Here I need to remind you that it is best to use some playbooks that you are not familiar with to make modifications, to reduce the chance of mistakes in the field. If your team continues to score and stop the opponent’s powerful offense after using a certain defensive playbook, it means that this playbook is very successful!
The above are some tips on the defensive playbook in Madden NFL 25. I hope you can choose the best playbook before the official release on August 16 and win more games in subsequent games!
