Every Madden baller has ran across some form of trash talking some way or another. Whether pre-game, in-game, or post-game, trash talking has always been apart of Madden. I'm going to breakdown every type of trash talker and let you know the advantages and disadvantages of this art.

Pre-game trash talkers are the type that like to get in your face before the matchup. They will insult your game in various ways leading up to the match. I personally think this is the weakest type of trash talking. In my own opinion and throughout personal experiences, I don't see how this gives anyone the upper edge. If anything it puts a bigger target on their back. This can be seen as a disadvantage. A person who talks a big game before they play it, may end up falling short and will be looked at as exactly what he is, a talker. Normally when you see someone talking trash before the game, chances are they will continue to do it throughout the game. Once again I feel that being only a pre-game trash talker really doesn't make you look that good.

Aside from the pre-game jaws, they have the in-game chatter boxes. These type of players will come at you with all they got during the game. This is intended to throw you off your game or get you discouraged and force you into making costly mistakes. Good Madden players know how to shrug this off and tune everything out. While on the other hand, a baller with little experience under his belt may fold with someone screaming down his neck. In game trash talking has a low risk high reward type of deal. If he manages to throw his opponent off his game, he's definitely in the driver seat throughout the contest. Or if the opponent comes back and manages to take control, the majority of the time they get respect by people saying he tuned his opponent out effectively. These type of trash talkers are really skilled in the game, or not very competitive at all and just talk a big game. You just have to tune these players out as much as possible.