AI on calling defenses

[Yoda]

Why does the game key or look agressively for the run when the offense is in a 5 wide formation? What's the reasoning?

[Ben E Lou]

Pure percentages, it would appear. If there's a 20% chance of aggressive run on 1st and 10, there's a 20% chance of aggressive run, no matter what the formation. There *may* be some level of adjustment to the odds, but it's clear that it doesn't eliminate the chance.

[miked]

Shouldn't the defense adjust? Like some sort of audible depending on the defensive coordinator or the intelligence of the unit? Don't know, just throwing stuff out there, but if I were in defense expecting the run and saw no runningbacks, I may make an adjustment. Does the game already do this?

I find that I stop the run better when my defense is keying on a pass :)

[BradS]

Shouldn't the defense adjust? Like some sort of audible depending on the defensive coordinator or the intelligence of the unit? Don't know, just throwing stuff out there, but if I were in defense expecting the run and saw no runningbacks, I may make an adjustment. Does the game already do this?

I find that I stop the run better when my defense is keying on a pass :)

What a wonderful and much needed concept for career football sims in general. I'm still getting the occasional:

2nd and 10 from my 40 yd line and the opposing team calls aggressive run in GOAL LINE formation :mad: I pass and get a nice gain or score out of it. This is frustrating and no fun.

[Ben E Lou]

What a wonderful and much needed concept for career football sims in general. I'm still getting the occasional:

2nd and 10 from my 40 yd line and the opposing team calls aggressive run in GOAL LINE formation :mad: I pass and get a nice gain or score out of it. This is frustrating and no fun.
That's a Rex issue. For example, my Rex is currently calling for 10-27-23-40 defense on 2nd and 8-10, with (not in the red zone) 44% GL on aggressive run , and 28% GL on run. That means that on 2nd and 10 from midfield, if I use Rex, I should expect:

.1 * .44 = 4.4% goal line, aggressive run
.27 * .28 = 7.56% goal line, run

So, yeah, on nearly one out of eight 2nd and 10 situations, I would be in goal line defense if I used Rex.

[Sgran]

I can't remember where I read this, but doesn't play diagnosis determine how the defense reacts when the play isn't what they had planned for, i.e. they expect run but it's a pass? that would almost be like a group-think audible.