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More on Defensive Play Selection

In D101, I mentioned using SP to set up your DPS 50/50 for all run and pass to test with.

Another thing to do, is hit the recommend, and then change it so that you add the run side together and the pass side together. Example:

After hitting recommend, on 1st and 10, you get:
21 / 32 / 26 / 21 - change that too
0 / 53 / 47 / 0

Then decide on what downs and yardlines you want to a aggressive on. Example, on 1st down and 1 you want to be agressive 30% of the time, so take 30 from what you have in the run column and place it there. So, if you had
0 / 70 / 30 / 0 - you'd now have - 30 / 40 / 30 / 0

Another note. And something I see people missing when they ask me for help and I ask them to send me what they have (because, in general, I like to tweek what people are already doing, instead of just giving them a defense, the idea is to get them to learn how to do it as well) is this:

In what occasions are you going to be shorter than 10 yards to go on 1st down? There are 2. One is when there is a 5 yard penalty, and it's 1st and 5. The second is when it's 1st and goal to go. So, do you want to be playing the same defense as you would on 1st and 10 when it's 1st and 3?

Also, think about what you do on offense. Or look at Ben's offensive playbook. Look at how the run / pass is divided up in there. Those are good examples on how to handle the play calling on the defensive side of the ball.

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