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ABILITY DATABASE/OFFENSE/YAC 'EM UP
YAC 'Em Up ability icon

offense abilityX-FACTOR

YAC 'Em Up

Increased chance to break the first post-catch tackle
Players with this

TIER LADDER

No tiers

YAC 'Em Up is an X-Factor. X-Factors are not tiered in Madden 27 — you have it or you are out of the zone.

MECHANICS

What turns this ability on, what it changes, and what shuts it off.

TRIGGER

When it turns on

1
01

HadMadeCatch

Checks if the receiver has already successfully caught the ball.

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THEN

EFFECT

What changes in-game

6
01

Running Chance2ManTackleOutcome Broken

Grants the ball carrier with an improved chance to break a tackle.

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02

Running Chance2ManTackleOutcome Broken OnCutStick

Grants the ball carrier with an improved chance to break a cut stick tackle.

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03

Running Chance2ManTackleOutcome Broken OnHitStick

Grants the ball carrier with an improved chance to break a hit stick tackle.

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04

Running Chance2ManTackleOutcome Broken OnStrip

Grants the ball carrier with an improved chance to break a strip tackle.

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05

Running ChanceNManTackleOutcome Broken

Grants the ball carrier with an improved chance to break a multi-defender tackle.

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06

Running ChanceNManTackleOutcome Broken OnStrip

Grants the ball carrier with an improved chance to break a multi-defender strip tackle.

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THEN

STOP

What shuts it down

1
01

NumBrokenTackles ThisPlay

This condition activates based on the number of tackles the ball carrier has broken on the play.

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COMMUNITY SIGNAL

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ALL TIERS

What you need to know

The best physical receivers don't just come down with the ball, they carry it home. When they enter the zone, they are nearly guaranteed to break their first post-catch tackle.
TRIGGERS1GAMEPLAY EFFECTS6DEACTIVATORS1

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 Freight TrainYAC 'Em Up modifies the same 6 gameplay effects as Freight Train. They differ only in when they fire, so the choice between them is situational.

These abilities modify exactly the same 6 gameplay effects as YAC 'Em Up — not a similar set, the same one. What separates them is the situation each one's own description names.

Freight TrainIncreased chance to break the next tackle attempt

Viewing YAC 'Em Up: Increased chance to break the first post-catch tackle

GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE

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