Madden NFL 10
29 Achievements
1,150
10-12h
Pocket Monster
Stay in the pocket for at least 10 seconds. 5 min qtrs, All Pro (no co-op)
80
How to unlock the Pocket Monster achievement in Madden NFL 10 - Definitive Guide
Rather take the chance of getting tackled or not, get the ball down the field to the opponent's thirty yard line or so.
You might want to change your QB on the depth chart for one with higher speed, for example with the Patriots put in Hoyer for Brady which lessens the chance of being caught.
Then call a shotgun play and rather than running out of the endzone and giving up a safety, run to about your own 2 yard line then out of bounds at the sideline and the achievement should pop. I tried the endzone option with no luck but was able to do it this way.
Turn off the play clock, and when you have the ball (as the Patriots) call any passing play that isn't a Play-Action pass. If you wish you can keep your back(s) in as extra blockers.
Call a play for the Chiefs that involves 3 Deep or Cover 4. The Prevent defense will only rush three Lineman. You can manually change these Lineman to go back into any zone defense if you wish.
Snap the ball, and stand still for 10 seconds. The achievement didn't pop for me until I actually threw the ball, as I had been waiting for it to pop for at least 20 seconds. So run out of bounds, throw it away, whatever - just finish the play, and it should pop then.
Good luck! This should be an easy 80G.
When you have a drive deep into the opponents territory, call a passing play and run straight backwards making sure to stay within the tackles (the hashmarks are a good indicator). Keep running backwards until this unlocks. If no defenders are near you, run outside of the tackles and push to throw it away.
The pocket is the space a Quarterback drops into when he snaps the ball (starts the play).
Meaning if you press , your QB snaps the ball and drops back into the pocket, where he is being protected by his offensive line to give him enough time to make his reads and throw the ball.
Once again, we will do this with 2 Controllers. Controller 1 will be controlling the offense, Controller 2 the defense. Let Controller 1 select the play "By Play Type" > "Pass" > "Standard Pass" > "Curl Flats", and Controller 2 select any defensive play. Now let Controller 2 assign all of his defensive players to drop back into zone coverage, done so by circling through players pressing and assigning each player by pressing and UP on the .
Let Controller 1 snap the ball pressing and the defense should drop back into zone coverage.
Wait 10 seconds and throw the ball to one of your receivers, then run out of bounds to unlock this Achievement.