Madden NFL 2005 Cheats (Xbox)

Select the "My Madden" option at the main menu. Select the "Madden Cards" option, then
choose "Madden Codes" to enter a code:



Card
Code

Michael Vick Gold Card
A49H6R

T.J. Duckett Gold Card
P67E1I

3rd Down (Opponent has 3 downs to get a 1st)
Z28X8K

5th Down (Get 5 downs to get a 1st)
P66C4L


Bingo! (+75\% defensive interceptions)
J33I8F

Da Bomb (infinite pass range)
B61A8M

Da Boot (infinite field goal range)
I76X3T

Extra Credit (Points for interceptions and sacks)
M89S8G

First and Fifteen (Opponent must get 15 yards for 1st down)
V65J8P

First and Five (1st down yards set to 5)
O72E9B

Fumbilitis (Opponents fumbles +75\%)
R14B8Z

Human Plow (Break tackle +75\%)
L96J7P

Lame Duck (Opponent lobs passes)
D57R5S

Mistake Free (No fumbles or interceptions)
X78P9Z

Mr. Mobility (QB cannot be sacked)
Y59R8R

Super Dive (Diving distance +75\%)
D59K3Y

Tight Fit (Opponents uprights narrow)
V34L6D

Unforced Errors (Opponent fumbles when jukes)
L48G1E

Go to the "I Formation" and select "Slants" as a route. The key receiver is "X". Wait one
or two seconds then throw to the key receiver, who will catch the ball almost every time.
Additionally, choose any pass play and select "Hot Route". Select your best receiver and
press Left Analog-stick Up. Run towards his side (behind the line of scrimmage) and tap
Left Analog-stick Up while you tap the receiver's button. This works about 90\% of the
time.

First, do a Fantasy Draft with any team other than the Falcons. Once you finish the
training camp, preseason, and five weeks in the regular season, look at the standings in
the NFC East. You should see that the Falcons are 1-4 or 0-5. Trade your first round pick
for their first round pick. This usually works. If not, trade with the next worst
team.

In order to get a team that will last three to four years of dominance, must start
with a team with lots of long contracts in place (for example, the Lions). They have four
or six, six and seven year contracts on the good rookies. Trade for other players with
long contracts. The first person you need to trade is the tight end that makes $12
million a year. Kellen Winslow from the Browns makes a good replacement. Make sure to not
build too good of a roster, as your players have personalities and will get upset if they
do not start, get the ball, etc. However, a decent roll playing team with outstanding
players at these positions will take it every time. QB, HB, WR, or a second WR will not
hurt. With DE/DT OLB/MLB CB SS/FS, 80-85 on every other player is more than sufficient.
Also, if you trade these players from the rosters before your franchise, you can then
edit them to make them better. However, be careful not to go too high on all of them, as
they will all want more money and cause major backroom problems.

Use the following trick to get high draft picks every year. Each year after
pre-season, simulate or play the games up until week 5. Check the standings to learn who
has the worst record so far. Then, initiate a trade with the worst team. Offer the worst
team your first round pick for their first and third round picks. They will usually
accept. If they do not, find another team that is bad and offer the same deal to them.
Once they accept, you can then usually offer both of your third round picks to another
bad team for their first round pick. Then after the season is over, you will generally
have two first round picks very high in the first round. You will be without a third
round pick, but it is well worth it for the two first round picks.

Use any roster. Take the thirrd string or very last player in your depth chart and
edit the player. You can do anything you want with him and his salary will be the same,
no matter how bad or good he is.

If you find a great player as a free agent, you can sign him if you have a salary cap
over $1 million. Just give the player seven years and your salary cap will get lower, but
will not go under 0.

In franchise mode, create an offensive lineman that is 45 years old. Set his years in
the league to 27. Put his stats all the way up, then sign him on free agency. Next, trade
with any team and get any player or pick you desire. This works best with getting first
round picks, but can also get a lot of good players. Because he is an offensive lineman,
he will not have a huge impact on a team winning and will retire at the end of the
season.

In franchise mode, go to "My Team", then "Team Info". Scroll over to "Team Morale".
Look under the other team's morale for unhappy players. Those player will be easy to
trade for.

Successfully complete the "Game Situation" challenges in mini-camp mode. The Cheerleader
or Pump Up Crowd Cards for the team used will be unlocked.

In addition to the normal way to unlock a card, some cards require a specific task to
be completed:



Card 2: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Chase and Tackle drill. 

Card 30: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Coffin Corner drill.

Card 38: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Ground Attack drill.

Card 42: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Precision Passing drill. 

Card 52: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Swat Ball drill.

Card 99: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Trench Fight drill.

Card 104: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Clutch Kicking drill. 

Card 147: Earn a Gold in the All-Madden Pocket Presence drill. 

Card 195: Earn a Gold in the Ground Attack drill.

Card 197: Earn a Gold in the Clutch Kicking drill.

Card 199: Earn a Gold in the Swat Ball drill.

Card 208: Earn a Gold in the Pocket Presence drill.

Card 209: Earn a Gold in the Trench Fight drill.

Card 210: Earn a Gold in the Precision Passing drill.

Card 211: Earn a Gold in the Coffin Corner drill.

This trick will allow you to sign any player, no matter how big their default salary
is, to a three year low-salary contract. You must do this before starting a franchise.
First, edit the player's attributes from whatever they are currently down so that their
overall rating is exactly 75. Depending on the position, you should be able to achieve
this by simply lowering one or sometimes two of their attributes. Make sure to make a
note what the original rating was so you can store the value later. Once all players you
are editing are at an overall rating of 75, release the players to free agency. After
releasing each player (you may have to sign some "no-name" players to your roster to
maintain roster requirements, but you can release those temporary players later), back
out of the roster management screen to the main menu. Choose the option to "Continue
without saving" (this may not be necessary). Reenter the roster management screen and
select "Free Agents." Go to whichever team you want to sign the players to and start
looking for your players. You should notice that their new requested salaries and
contract lengths will be for three years at a very low salary (depending on the
position). Once you have signed all of your players back (and released the temporary
players), go back to editing the players and return them to the original ratings. Note:
According to the manual, your players will become upset if they feel they are being
underpaid for how good they are performing -- you will more than likely have to re-sign
some contracts throughout the year, but with the cap room you will save.

Note: This trick only works on contracts that have completely expired. During
the off-season, instead of resigning your players, edit them. Change their position to
something that will lower their overall ratings. For example, move a DT to a TE; or make
your QB a WR. Then, resign the player. He will play poorly at his new position, making
him extremely cheap. Not all player positions can be changed, but a lot of them can --
especially the higher dollar positions. After you resign the player, move him back to his
original position. His overall rating will return without any negative affects. For
example, it is possible to resign LeRoy Glover to a six year deal worth $1.5 million with
no signing bonus at the age of 32, with an overall rating of 97 by moving him to TE.

To have a higher chance of breaking tackles when running, press the Juke buttons according
to which side you want to run to.

When you are a defender about to give a head-on-collision to the runner, press the Right
Analog-stick Down to give extra push in your tackles, increasing the chance of a fumble.

First, make a tight end. His name, college, etc. is your choice. When you edit his
appearance, make him 6'8", and 275 to 300 lbs. Then, make him have a muscular bulid in
his body and arms. If you set his attributes ti above average or better (overall between
84 to 99), when you run a play that involves running towards the side the tight end is
set, he will open holes and lanes that will enable you to gain 6 to 7 yards a carry.

You can get numerous easy tackles with your MLB by using him during your kickoffs. Go to
coaching strategies and find "Kickoff". Assign the third player from the left to be your
MLB. Assign the first two players on the left as very slow CBs or FSs. When you kick off,
kick the ball to the left side where your MLB is assigned. If you do not kick it too
deeply, your MLB will be the first one downfield and will go unblocked into the return
man. Note: If you have the roster space and some money, create a CB and FS and
make all of their attributes zeros. You should have no trouble signing them to a
contract. You can then use them on your kickoff squad and they will almost never make it
downfield. With this trick, in addition to the tackles your MLB gets during the game, he
will get one for every kickoff as well.

Before playing a home game, enter the "Owner's" menu and set your "Advertising" as high as
possible. After you play your game, return to the "Owner's" menu and set "Advertising" to
zero, then simulate the rest of the games for that week. You will not be charged for the
advertising, but your attendance will be higher. Do this before every home game to keep
your attendance high without paying extra.

The hook routes are the most successful plays to complete in the game.

Before playing under the All-Pro or All-Madden difficulty settings, play your franchise
under the Rookie or Pro levels so you can increase stats for your players easily. This
will give them more attribute upgrades throughout the season. The more yards your
receivers or running backs get, the more points their ratings will increase.

The following players are selected in the rounds after their name. Therefore, you can
draft them in the previous round if you have a good draft pick. For example, pick #6 to
10.



Roy Williams(FS): 7

Tony Gonzalez: 12

Deangelo Hall: 13

Ed Reed: 8

Larry Fitzgerald: 10

D. Akers: 21

Shane Lechler: 23

Rashaun Woods: 31

Jim Kleinsasser: 20

Clinton Portis: 2

Brian Urlacher: 2

Steven Jackson: 27

Roy Williams(WR): 8

Lee Evans: 15

Dante Hall: 15

Reggie Williams: 16

Justin Smith: 5

Julius Peppers: 3



For example, if Brian Urlacher is drated in the second round, you must draft him in
the first. If Dante Hall is drafted in the fifteenth round, you must draft him in the
fourteenth round. Note: These players are always drafted in the round given;
choose wisely.

Get a gold rank in any event on the All Pro, Pro and Rookie levels in mini-camp mode.