Video summary
The creator reveals the composition of their newly assembled Madden Ultimate Team, centered around the Washington Commanders theme. The core of this team is built upon a specific new card for tight end Okonkwo, who has been moved from the Titans to the Commanders and is receiving a triple boost due to his preseason performance. This high-speed tight end is intended to make running routes against man coverage significantly easier, serving as the primary offensive weapon alongside other key acquisitions like Kyler Murray, Mike Evans, and DK Metcalf. The roster also features Luke McCaffrey, chosen for his legacy connection to his father Ed McCaffrey, and a revamped offensive line that includes new guard Zion Johnson after removing Wyatt Teller.
Defensively, the team leverages the history of the Commanders by including Champ Bailey, who was originally drafted by them before being traded away in real life, alongside linebacker Sonny Styles who provides exceptional coverage skills. However, the creator notes a potential weakness in man coverage due to replacing Travis Hunter with NaVorro Bowman, as the new safety lacks the same agility and change of direction. The defensive line is anchored by high-rated cards for Chase Young and Montez Sweat, supported by KJ Henry and Tariq Woolen, while the secondary experiments with Tyler Owens before potentially reverting to Blunt. Despite these adjustments, the team retains elements from other franchises like the Seahawks and Saints, creating a hybrid squad designed to dominate both run and pass plays.
During gameplay demonstrations, the creator experiences mixed results that highlight the unique challenges of their new lineup. While they successfully execute deep passes using DK Metcalf and utilize the no-huddle offense to disrupt defensive alignments, they struggle with play-action fakes and running backs who fail to execute spin moves effectively. The defense shows promise in generating pressure but occasionally falters against specific blitz packages, leading to big plays for the opponent. The creator expresses frustration with certain mechanics, such as the inability to audible plays effectively and the difficulty of handling two-man rushes, yet remains optimistic about the team's potential after a few more games.
Ultimately, the video concludes with the creator acknowledging that while the new Commanders theme team is not perfect, it represents a significant upgrade over previous iterations. They admit that some players like Breece Hall are underperforming compared to their expectations, but the overall synergy of the roster, particularly the speed of the tight end and the coverage ability of Sonny Styles, makes it a formidable force. The creator invites viewers to watch their upcoming live stream on Twitch to see how the team performs in competitive matches, encouraging the audience to subscribe and share their own theme team strategies while emphasizing that this specific build is currently "enough" to compete at a high level.
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I agree with that. I'm definitely going
to pull that [ __ ] She's safety. I'm
definitely pulling him for sure.
Okay, I was going to buy that card. All
right, I mean, is that a guaranteed Did
I get it Is that a guaranteed? We're
about to pull Mike Evans right now
though because my vibes are high. I
don't know where y'all vibes are, my
vibes are high.
This is Mike Evans. I told you.
Told y'all.
Just like that. Told you. You got to
manifest [ __ ] Like you just have to.
New team. I got a new team. You guys see
it over there? There it is. We got
Commanders rise up. What do they say? No
disrespect to them. Whatever they say to
Commanders. Just a terrible team in real
life, but we have them in Madden now.
Mostly because of this new card,
Okonkwo. Okonkwo, he is the tight end
that is now on the Washington
Commanders. He was on the Titans, but
now he's on the Commanders, and he is a
preseason standout. Preseason standout,
so that means he's going to get double
boost. In fact, I even put my 32 team
chem on him, so he has triple boost.
Triple boost.
So, Okonkwo is an 89 speed tight end.
So, this is going to make beating man
coverage easier. Uh running drags,
running streaks, running wheel routes to
the tight end, whatever it may be.
Um yeah, he's going to be a beast. So,
that's pretty much the best thing about
the Commanders theme team right now. Um
I put Marshall Yanda at center. I put
pass protector on him. It might be good,
it might be bad, but I use him at
center.
Uh we still have Kyler Murray, of
course. We got Mike Evans, DK Metcalf.
DK Metcalf does have the 32 team chem
evo. We still have Seahawks because
they're the best to me. And DK has 89
speed. So, we have two 89 speed players.
We have 89 speed Bresee Hall at running
back. Uh I'm working on my third
receiver. We're going to use Mike Evans,
DK, and somebody else. I evo'd this
dude, Jacoby Jones. Rest in peace to the
real Jacoby Jones. This is the new
Jacoby Jones. All right? And uh listen,
he got good route running, he's got good
speed. He's got 67 change of direction.
Um is he the answer? I don't know. You
know, I don't really know if he's the
answer, but Jacoby Jones, shout out to
him. He's got 87 speed. We did ultimate
team captain Luke McCaffrey. If you guys
have been around long enough, you know
his father Ed McCaffrey carried me to a
belt. That's why his jersey is behind me
right now. So, Luke McCaffrey following
his father's footsteps, he's going to
carry us to the promised land when we
get a move on. We need some more stats
and some more yards with him. So,
hopefully Luke McCaffrey becomes that
guy for us. Um but yeah, that's our
offense. We got obviously the new Zion
Johnson and guard. We got rid of Wyatt
Teller. He was a terrorist. Um he he
definitely was. So, we got him now. So,
that's our new O-line. Defensively,
um we got Champ Bailey. Champ Bailey
obviously is a Washington Commander. If
you guys are old enough to remember,
that's the team he started on. Then he
was traded for Clinton Portis, a one-up
trade for a great running back and a
great corner. And now, I mean, Champ
Bailey, 91 man. You guys know I've been
playing a lot of two-man under 88 speed.
The biggest difference is we got rid of
Travis Hunter right now. So, Travis
Hunter, we do have NaVorro Bowman right
instead of Travis Hunter. Can he hold up
as good as Travis Hunter? I thought
Travis Hunter was lockdown man coverage,
and now we got 87 speed NaVorro Bowman.
He's got 89 man, but he doesn't have the
agility and the change of direction that
Travis Hunter had. So, that could be a
problem in man coverage. Um so, we'll
we'll keep our eyes on that, you know.
Do like Jaguars. Uh Brian Thomas was a
beast. Ultimately, we got a great tight
end. We got a better Champ Bailey. And
we got Sonny Styles, linebacker. Sonny
Styles, this limited linebacker,
6'5", 87 speed. He's got uh 87 zone, 81
hit power. He's a big body. He's
actually got really good man coverage as
well. 82 man coverage for a linebacker.
Exceptional. Exceptional for for So,
he's going to lead the defense in the
middle of the defense.
Obviously, still have Tariq Woolen cuz
we still have Seahawks theme team and we
got this new Tyler Owens. We're trying
him out instead of Blunt. You guys know
Blunt carried me to live event in Madden
24, but Owens uh I mean
honestly, not too much better. The The
thing I don't like about Owens is he
doesn't have any boots.
You know, 70 tackles, not terrible. 62
hit power for a safety.
That's tough. That's tough to see, but
we'll see how it works. Um I can easily
go back to Blunt. I I don't have a
problem doing that, but we'll try Owens
for a little bit. Uh our defensive end
is KJ Henry. I tried to use Sweat a
little bit, but it wasn't working that
well. KJ Henry has 87 speed. He's got 84
finesse. I mean, he has no block shed.
He's not going to play the run. Um and I
think he's number like 54. So, he
doesn't look He doesn't have too much
aura.
Uh but, we also have Chase Young here
and we could get the new Montez Sweat
and actually just use them instead of
Evos. Um these obviously these cards are
really good because they're both high
85s, Chase Young and Montez Sweat. 85
speed, 86 finesse. You have the 81 block
shed. So, the D-line for the Commanders
is definitely there.
Um we're still going to use Hargrave.
We're still going to use Trey
Hendrickson. Yeah, this is the team we
pretty much got. Ed Reed, Kam Chancellor
still here. We still have Seahawks,
Saints offense, and Niners defense,
boys. That's what we got going on.
But yeah, that's the team we got. We're
going to try We do have a ladders this
weekend, so make sure you guys tune in
for that live on Twitch. Uh let me know
how this video goes and how this
gameplay is and what team you guys are
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over 87% of you guys aren't. Champ
Bailey, Sonny Styles, and the tight end.
I mean, yeah.
Sweat and they got D-ends. But yeah,
that's I mean, that's enough.
I mean, that's enough, honestly.
It honestly is enough.
I don't know what to tell you. Like
that's that's pretty good.
Yeah, but you can use there's so many
more people you can use though. Like
Oh, Etienne? Etienne, bro, that spin
move. Breece Hall not doing that spin
move is pissing me off. I can't lie. I
don't even want to use Breece Hall.
Yeah, but Henry always puts his Henry
always puts his team team on defense,
bro. Like in like cuz Henry's good
enough on offense, but you like you're
not. Like I need DK Metcalf. Like I need
that dude.
Come on, Tubby. [ __ ] You weren't ready
for that, bro.
That's all right. I did that perfect.
See this dude just glitches now. I can't
audible that with this team, bro. I
don't know how DK isn't the most like
the most must-have player there is. I
don't know.
All right, Sunny Styles. You were just
on the ground?
Mhm, there you go, Styles.
Good job, 27. McCollum.
There it is. Good job, boys.
Who was on him? He had a different
quarterback. Maybe it's a running
quarterback run.
Nice.
Yeah, this is lose yards, huh? the ball.
Let's go man. Come in on side to the
tight end. Come on.
OH MY GOD BRO. OWENS! OWENS! [screaming]
NO WAY THAT DEEP blue played that [ __ ]
Holy [ __ ] dude. [ __ ] man.
I mean I just like
just like this instantly [ __ ] shed.
Just instantly walked in my like just
instantly fuckingly walked like
instantly just [ __ ] like you couldn't
even like you couldn't even do like
there's nothing you could be done right
there. Just instantly walked in my
backfield bro.
[ __ ] man. You got to you got to give one
more sub. Who's who Texans are alive.
Marcus you have NO IDEA HOW TO DO THE
[ __ ] BADGES and you're pissing me the
[ __ ] off with THE BADGES BRO. HOLY [ __ ]
MAN.
[ __ ]
DOG! DOG THIS [ __ ] IS LIKE Y'ALL ARE
PISSING ME THE [ __ ] OFF. YOU GET I
[screaming] DIDN'T GIVE YOU A [ __ ]
BADGE. THAT'S WHAT YOUR DUMB ASS PAID
FOR CUZ YOU JUST RANDOMLY GIFTED [ __ ]
SUBS. PAY THE [ __ ] ATTENTION MAN. BUNCH
OF STUPID [ __ ] MAN. Like this guy
doesn't blitz on the left. The right guy
does. Thank you.
Let's go Jones be a dude bro. Be a dude.
>> That boy Jones, bro. That boy Jones.
That boy Jones.
Marcus is bro, you so you're broke but
you gifted two subs for a [ __ ] like
bro, you got to have some dog.
And then that one gets me.
Good wrap up.
Just throw [ __ ] anything right now.
It is just the throw anything portion of
a [ __ ] game right now.
That ain't going to work. That ain't
going to work. KJ.
Ah, good play, bro. The minute I take
the safety. [ __ ] man.
I mean pinch my [ __ ] line, please.
Dog, no huddle no HUDDLE IS JUST [ __ ]
MAN. DOG, BRO, NO HUDDLE IS JUST THE
WORST [ __ ] it's the worst [ __ ] in the
[ __ ] game. Dog, I need to no huddle.
I need to be a no huddle merchant. It
absolutely [ __ ] your defense. It
absolutely just it's insane. Bro, it is
[ __ ] insane how bad it is against
your defense, bro.
It is insane. Like no huddle is like
it's like they didn't even try to play
no huddle.
Pick.
We snuck in our zone. We snuck in our
zone. We should have got a pick in the
ball about like [ __ ] god, bro.
>> I mean absolutely [ __ ] cooked. Come
on boys, come on.
I mean who is on the tight end? Like are
you biting on play fakes?
There's no [ __ ] chance willing you
get out ran right there. There's just no
way. How do you get un-ran?
Good job.
No, no, no, no. Good job. Oh, wins
again. Okay. It's going to be this one.
Yeah, the one I the one I had did.
Green bean? Throw the fade W, you
[ __ ] piece of [ __ ]
Oh my god, 77 like you could be better
there. Like if he blitzes we just got to
get rid of the ball. Like if he blitzes
that way, I mean
Yeah, we got to find a hole. Like
there's not enough people for him to
guard over there. Like it's just simple.
That's why you kick that field goal.
Like you do that whole 3-minute drive,
you just kick the field goal there. Like
Two falls second inches would be huge.
Nice. When this defense is like super
meta. Like he's got to blitz the guy on
the right. He blitz the guy on the left.
There's not enough people there, so.
Second and inches is beautiful stuff.
This is where you don't want to score.
Like, worst case scenario, you score the
ball here. Like, worst case scenario.
It's fine. If we score here, we're fine
with that. He's going to throw a pick.
Take it down to six. You'll run that
again.
It's that that Uh let's take it to
eight. In case I bounce it outside, it
might If I cable bounce it outside, it
might take a long time here.
I mean, absolutely bagged the hell.
Good defense. Just super [ __ ] bagged
right there. Oh, well. I maybe could
have bounced it outside, but those dudes
Those dudes actually like I guess he ran
commit, obviously, but
It's a dot.
Now, the problem is can you do the same
thing for two right now? Can you do the
same thing for two?
Like, I literally just used my play,
right? Like, I used my play.
Oh my god, that'll be I don't know why I
didn't high ball that. There was no
room. Like, dog. GG's.
It was no Uh he dropped every single
person, bro.
Uh I knew if I high ball it, I would
have got hit.
I had nothing there, I don't think. I
got to high I got to high ball it and
pray. I got to high ball it and green.
That's all. High ball green right there.
That's all I got. That's all I That's
the only shot, really. I mean, it's a
two-man [ __ ] rush. I mean, what a
[ __ ] Yeah, I definitely highball
green. That's your only shot, dude.
Highball green.