Hard to run in Madden '05?

you have to spin muh earlier this year

All in all, I've noticed you need to kind of anticipate the defenders moves this year, doing spins and jukes way earlier. I didn't mind the jump becoming automatic as I never used the damn thing anyway. I play on All-Madden and I average about 175 yds a game rushing.

I created a new tailback, named after me. He's 6'4" and weighs 260 pounds wih a mullett hanging out of his helmet and tatooed biceps. He's a monster and he's averaging me 150 yards a game with 3 TDs. I hold down 'speed burst' every time he gets the ball until the play is over. I use Portis on punt returns. I (my created namesake) was the Horse Trailer Player for tonights game!

on all madden i can rip 250 a game with only sprint and spin... same thing i use to rack up insane numbers on the running drill.

You want me to drive up to Springfield and shut down your 250 yard per game average?

250 ypg? How long are your quarters?

Anyway, using motion is really pretty effective when you can see that certain people will be breaking earlier on the ball (for example a linebacker blitz). The holes will open in different ways and I find that when you have a speedy running back like Portis that motioning the Fullback to the Tight End position is pretty effective and it allows the running back to hit the hole much faster, w/o having to wait for holes to open up as much.
The counter play is still my best one. I really like it because every once in a while it will spring you for that super long gain because the safeties get out of position and a super fast running back can exploit that and break to the end zone.

longer than 5 minutes usually, but not always ;)... you can fake defenses and blockers to one side if your a bit lucky and up for some barry sanders sh*t...

usually i get 4, 10, 1, 1, 3, 5, 2, 12, 2, 70 etc in the running game...

i don't do nearly as well against humans, the AI can still get caught doing stupid things over and over again on all madden.

I am late to the game here but the money play is the split belly off of Weak I Big formation. 7-8 consistently with Portis and absolutely no AI changes or tweaking of players or anything. Against a bad defense you could score 40 points simply running this play over and over again. Use motion to chaneg the line focus in need be.

I'm averaging 7.5 yards per pop with Portis on all-pro level using the Gibbs playbook.

The key seems to be I got his break tackle # up to 97 from training camp drills and alot of times once he breaks that first tackle he's gone. I've had a couple of games now where he's broken off multiple 70+ yard TD runs.

Yeah the break tackle is key since it seem like guys shed blocks from like 3 yards away and make tackles now. Sorta weird when a guy is stuck on your right tackle 4 yards away and next thing you know he's pulling you down.