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Favre4 · 10-21-2009, 07:22 PM

Pertaining to madden, if youre going to have one of your safeties play coverage man up, it is typically your free safety. In madden, free safeties will typically be players with higher speed, man coverage, and zone coverage ratings. There are few players in the game that are better at free safety than strong safety.

As stated by a few people here, a strong safety helps in the running game. This is why if you put a guy like patrick willis at the strong safety position, he is a 99 overall. I would not put many strong safeties in the game on elite receivers. I often like to take a guy like laron landry and put him at strong safety. great in the run game and can also cover somebody.

10-21-2009, 07:22 PM	#5
Favre4 Rookie OVR: 4 Join Date: Oct 2007	Re: What's the difference between the free safety vs. strong safety? Pertaining to madden, if youre going to have one of your safeties play coverage man up, it is typically your free safety. In madden, free safeties will typically be players with higher speed, man coverage, and zone coverage ratings. There are few players in the game that are better at free safety than strong safety. As stated by a few people here, a strong safety helps in the running game. This is why if you put a guy like patrick willis at the strong safety position, he is a 99 overall. I would not put many strong safeties in the game on elite receivers. I often like to take a guy like laron landry and put him at strong safety. great in the run game and can also cover somebody.