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Originally Posted by BezO |
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I agree the corner route can be stopped. But the suction effect of the blocks make it very difficult to contain a QB.
Also, most strategies used in real life to defend scrambling QBs are not available in the game. What a lot of teams will do nowadays is passively rush with the DEs, not trying to put pressure on him, only trying to keep everyone in position to make a play if the QB tries to run. And they play a zone behind that with everyone paying special attention to the QB. Or they'll play man behind it and spy with a LB. This essential strategy can't be duplicated in the game.
Sure, you can blitz from the outside, and that might work, but it's the opposite of what works best in real life, and it triggers the QB to run instead of keeping him in the pocket like the above stategy tries to do.
Guys like Vincent Young & Micheal Vick beat people with their athletic ability, not because defenses are always out of position. When you see Young/Vick highlights, they usually break a few tackles or evade a few defenders... defenders that were where they were supposed to be. Because of the lack of defensive options in the game, those types of QBs make plays because defenders are nowhere to be found, and don't react realistically.
All that to say, yes, scrambling QBs can be stopped, but with very unconventional strategy... strategy just as arcadey as an offense running the same play all game.
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Good post. If they just fixed the zones so the defenders were aware of the capability of a QB to scramble it would help a ton. That way you'd still be able to vary your playcalling while keeping track of the QB.
Getting the dline to play contain is another key, but I hope that they don't just offer some dline contain plays and call it a day without fixing the defenders reactions when they are in zone. The only defensive coverage that should be easily ran on is man defense because the defenders turn their back to the QB. If you play a lot of man against a scrambler you should have to play contain with your dline, blitz, or spy. Zone by itself should do a decent job of containing, not stopping them.