This is something I accidentally discovered and it doesn’t look like it can be patched (not on the PS2 at least). By holding L2 and using the direction pad, you can control the direction you want the ball to bounce.

Say you don’t want the ball to bounce into the endzone for a touchback, you’d hold L2 and press UP on the directional pad. The ball will bounce and leave it in a bad field position for the receiving team.

When you finish a game in Superstar mode do not save or turn off the PlayStation2. Do all the practices and gameplans and start the next game. Do the coin toss and choose to receive or kick or direction depending on coin toss. When you get to the screen with the play the coach picked for the kickoff, pause game play. Save the game and then turn off the PlayStation2. When you turn the game on and load Superstar mode, you should have all of your influence points and role points from the previous game. For example, if you finished game 1 with 100 influence points, you will have 100 influence points at the start of game 2 to build on.

Have you ever been frustrated at your corner backs dropping easy picks? or your outside line backers being a bit too slow to make the tackle? I know I was.

To make my team better, I went to Rosters and I edited the position some Wide Receivers to make them Corner Backs, and Safties, and I edited the position of some Safties to make them Outside Linebackers. By using this, your Corner Backs/Safties get many more interceptions, and your Outside Linebackers get more sacks, and tackles.

Recommended Players for Position Editing:

Wide Receiver to Corner Back:

Steve Smith, Carolina Panthers

Randy Moss, Oakland Raiders

Plaxico Burress, New York Giants

Wide Receiver to Free Saftey:

Hines Ward(Overall 99 FS), Pittsburg Steelers

Wide Receiver to Strong Saftey:

Chad Johnson, Cincinnati Bengals

Strong Saftey to Outside Linebacker

Ed Reed, Baltimore Ravens

Roy Williams, Dallas Cowboys

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