How Do You Stop The Read Option...?
 

Sorry if this has been posted so forgive me but I need MAJOR help stopping this play..I play a few friends who does it and are way too effective with it. It's time I shut them down....

Re: How Do You Stop The Read Option...?
 

I feel like the QB keeping the football out of the read option is almost a cheese play in this game at times. It seems like the defense gets fooled every single time.

Re: How Do You Stop The Read Option...?
 

I agree. At times it seems that my players move out of the way for the QB.

Re: How Do You Stop The Read Option...?
 

This play is sick....I just added it to my playbook, under the Wildcat-Y-Trips....Thanks for the tip!

Re: How Do You Stop The Read Option...?
 

I play as the strong safety, which ever the DE goes for I go for the other one. I can imagine that if you used a LB you could do the same.

Re: How Do You Stop The Read Option...?
 

Not cheese as it is dependent on a read...if you're getting killed with the QB set your QB Option Defense to Aggressive...I defend it by playing the DE on the side the QB will read & get up field about 1 yard so I can defend either one...if you know it is coming though the best way is to set to Conservative so the DE covers the HB and blitz from that same side...I run a lot of read option out of the spread & when this is done to me of course I read QB keeper but then get rocked by an OLB or SS...I'm pretty solid at running it & that kind of D gives me the most trouble

Re: How Do You Stop The Read Option...?
 

I always had a little more success if I turned option defense to "aggressive" so they would focus on the QB. You can also try putting the read DE into QB spy.

Re: How Do You Stop The Read Option...?
 

I didn't even think about that because there some defensive plays that have both DE in QB spy...can't remember which formations though