Excel .xls file with playbook formations breakdown

[Maynard]

from OS....its pretty nice. You can use it to see which books have formations you like.

Excel .xls file with playbook formations breakdown
Instead of whining about something else in Madden 10, I have decided to do something constructive. I have created an Excel .xls file to share with the community in which I list all the various formations and which playbooks they can be found in. It is free, (perfectly safe and virus-free) and can be downloaded here:

http://www.filedropper.com/madden10formations

You will need some version of Excel to open it, and when you do make sure under "Tools - Options - View" that "Sheet tabs" is checked, otherwise you will only see the first sheet.

I have also tested it in the free Microsoft Office Excel Viewer and scalc in the latest free OpenOffice 3.1.1, and it opens fine in both.

The first tab "Formations" lists the seven rarest formations and the playbooks they can be found in. These are Empty, Far, Full House, Near, Pistol, Split, and of course, Wildcat. (Empty I call "Under center empty backfield" for clarification.)

Note that of all the Wildcat playbooks, only Cleveland, Miami and San Francisco have more than three plays, and Miami is the only one which has as many as three pass plays out of this formation, and most have either one or none. Also note that these plays can not be audibled out of, and EA did this on purpose. So if you choose this play in the huddle you are forced to use it at the line of scrimmage, call a timeout, or take a delay of game penalty.

The next eight tabs are for each NFL division, AFC East, AFC North, AFC South, AFC West, NFC East, NFC North, NFC South and NFC West. Each of these tabs has the four teams in that division and the formation breakdown for each of their playbooks. The final tab "Generic" lists the formations for the Balanced, Pass Balanced, Run Balanced, Run Heavy, Run n Gun and West Coast playbooks.

Basically, I got tired of going through that big Prima book and searching through the free playbook diagrams provided by VG Sports just to be able to find one formation I was curious about and to know where to find it. Someone else may have already done this, or there may be a paid version somewhere, but I just thought I'd do this free one for anyone who just want to save time searching for a certain formation or for a new playbook, so they can spend more time actually playing.

If anyone wants to go ahead and just make one long list from this, go ahead and be my guest. For me, sticking it in an Excel file was easier, and if I want to add things to it in the future (such as the number of pass, run and PA plays in each formation in every playbook) it is not a problem.

 

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[Maynard]

just clicked and it still works for me

http://www.filedropper.com/madden10formations