[quote name='BSETI50']N8, that first pick was just a user pick, thats my signature shit...on the second one, you threw it too early. it conditions like that you need to wait to make sure guys get out of their cuts without falling... lucky pick but regardless, its not the games fault[/QUOTE]
On the first pick, yes, it's Madden 12 at its finest...so I should "know better" than to throw it. But that doesn't make it any less unrealistic. You can't tell me that in a real game that play happens. 99 times out of 100, that's not an interception. In real life, that's most likely an incomplete pass, with Holmes getting rocked as the ball gets there.
Regardless of the position that Smith is in, Holmes is right there with him. He could easily lunge for the ball, try to leap for the catch, knock it away from Smith, etc. But that doesn't happen in Madden. He keeps running his route like the ball hasn't even been thrown. If you can convince yourself that that's not bad programming, then whatever. Explain to me why Holmes wouldn't go for the ball.