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ABILITY DATABASE/OFFENSE/GOAL LINE BACK
Goal Line Back ability icon, bronze tier

offense abilityBRONZE

Goal Line Back

Slight increase to run blocking within 5 yards of the end zone
Players with this

TIER LADDER

What each tier is worth

Every rung grants the same effects — this ladder changes how much, not what.

WHERE IT APPLIES

The band Goal Line Back works inside

Outside it, Goal Line Back does nothing at all. The same at every tier.
within 5 yards of the end zone

MECHANICS

The same at every tier. Madden 27 gives this ability one set of effects and changes how strongly they apply, rather than adding new ones at silver or gold. Triggers and shutdowns are shown at every tier because the data does not say which tier gates them — not because the game treats them the same.

TRIGGER

When it turns on

2
01

IsRunPlay

This condition activates when it is a run play.

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02

IsWithinGoalLine

This condition activates when the player is within the goal line.

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THEN

EFFECT

What changes in-game

1
01

Running BlockShedInitialTimerPenalty

Running plays block shed initial timer penalty.

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THEN

STOP

What shuts it down

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No recorded what shuts it down.

COMMUNITY SIGNAL

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AT BRONZE

What you need to know

Running Backs with this ability receive slightly improved blocking from their O-Line within 5 yards of the end zone
TRIGGERS2GAMEPLAY EFFECTS1DEACTIVATORS0

What else touches this.

Every ability writes a set of gameplay effects. These are the abilities whose sets meet this one's.
FROM THE GAME DATA
Identical effects to LinchpinGoal Line Back modifies the same 1 gameplay effect as Linchpin. They differ only in when they fire, so the choice between them is situational.

These abilities modify exactly the same 1 gameplay effect as Goal Line Back — not a similar set, the same one. What separates them is the situation each one's own description names.

LinchpinStronger blocking from all offensive linemen

Viewing Goal Line Back: Slight increase to run blocking within 5 yards of the end zone

GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE

See it in action

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