Madden NFL 25 will make its debut in slightly below two months, and to hype up the discharge, EA Sports activities (the sport’s writer) dropped an official trailer highlighting a number of the sport’s new options.
Sadly, Steelers QB Justin Fields caught some strays within the course of.
You see, the Madden 25 preview was fairly superior. The sport seems to be extra practical than ever, marketed as showcasing “physics-based tackling, true-to-life participant behaviors,”
The opening clip highlighting these new options? A kickoff from the Cleveland Browns to the Pittsburgh Steelers — a tried and true rivalry and AFC North battle worthy of the characteristic. The one drawback? Steelers quarterback Justin Fields was returning the kickoff.
The thought of Fields returning kicks has floated across the league since operating again Jaylen Warren posed the thought whereas interviewing on Cam Heyward’s podcast this offseason. It was extra of a joke than the rest, with Fields later noting to the Pittsburgh Publish-Gazette, “Nah, I’m not right here to try this. It was type of a joke, to be trustworthy with you.” He expanded:
“Nah, I feel everyone type of interpreted it fallacious,” Fields stated Tuesday at his locker. “Coach Danny was mainly simply attempting to ship a message that regardless of who you might be, you might be on particular groups. He simply used that for instance.”
Nonetheless, Madden 25 took the chance to poke enjoyable on the thought, that includes Fields returning kicks of their sport’s trailer. All in good enjoyable, one hopes. There’s little question that the Steelers ought to be seeking to design particular packages for Fields on offense given his upside as a runner.
Since 2020, Fields leads all NFL quarterbacks with 1,908 common season dashing yards, together with 12 dashing touchdowns and a whopping 62.8% of these dashing yards coming after first contact (2nd-highest share amongst QBs with 100+ rush makes an attempt in that span). He additionally leads that cohort with each his 6.5 yards per carry common and 4.1 yards after contact per try.
So yeah, it wouldn’t make loads of sense to not discover a solution to incorporate that into the sport plan, much like what the Saints have carried out with QB/TE/do-it-all man Taysom Hill. It simply received’t be within the kick return sport. Or, at the very least, it shouldn’t be.