Madden NFL 18
40 Achievements
1,000
15-20h
Triple Crown
Record a sack, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery with the same player on a single play.
55
25.66%
How to unlock the Triple Crown achievement in Madden NFL 18 - Definitive Guide
This works best with 2 controllers. As noted by GWebb77 in the comments this works better in Arcade mode.
First, go into Settings => Player Skill => Fumbles => 0 (NOT 100). You want the second ("human") controller to drop the ball.
The main controller selects something to pull the defense back. I used Dime => Prevent.
The second controller uses Special Teams => Fake Punt W Release
Your main controller should select a defensive back (not a lineman, they don't like to do this) and move them right next to the punter.
When your 2nd controller snaps it, they're going to hold on to the ball. Take your main controller and go after the QB. You're going to find that the player is strangely not interested in sacking the QB, so hold him to it, and MASH . (GWebb77 noted in the comments that works better. I used .) With luck, two things will happen:
1) Your defenders will STAY AWAY, or at least as far as possible.
2) Your player will strip the ball. This almost always happens. The annoying thing is that either one of your teammates or an offensive lineman gets there first. There really is luck involved here.
If this doesn't work, don't fret! You can do it again! Forever, if need be (and it will likely feel like it). Since you were offside, the offense will be able to accept or decline the penalty. ACCEPT it, and you can immediately try again.
Once again, ACCEPT THE PENALTY, so you can try it again. The line of scrimmage will end up moving all the way down the field toward the end zone, but will stop. That means you have endless tries until you either get the achievement, or break your controller. Hopefully it's the first one.
Here's a video of me on my successful Sack, FF/FR.
Hope this helps!
Obtaining this trophy vs. the computer on any rookie difficulty, in arcade mode is not as difficult as it was last year. You may even unlock this trophy while grinding Full Set But the same problem persists from last year. It is not hard to sack the QB or force a fumble. It is hard to have that same player who sacked the QB then get up and recover the fumble with 21 other players all trying to do the same thing. I refined the strategy I developed last year for unlocking this trophy.
Use my rosters (or any rosters really, if playing on arcade mode). Play as the Raiders vs. any team you like. The Raiders defense is full of 99s but that may be a moot point on arcade mode. You could go into settings and adjust the player skill so they have 0 pass blocking and 0 fumbling but again, use arcade mode and make sure you turn off the play clock.
From here on defense play Man Up 3 Deep from the Quarters formation. On offense choose he punt formation and pick the fake punt pass play. On defense audible the 3 down lineman into deep zones (select the linemen, press on each lineman). After the snap, move the punter out of the pocket and away from his blockers. Control any player on defense and attack the punter. You can increase the chance for forcing fumbles by pressing just before making the tackle. On rookie and arcade mode the punter will fumble 95% of the time. You just have to be quick to recover the ball to unlock this trophy. See here for a video Guide:
Easiest with 2 controllers. Edit one team so their speed is all 0. Decrease the slider settings to Fumbles:0 and then play a quick game. Snap the ball to a QB in Shotgun formation and then try to strip tackle him. You can also edit your offensive line players to 0 speed except one and max out his stats so your teammates don't pick up the fumble you cause.