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Originally Posted by Undefeated |
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The other 10 defensive players are mapped to YOU.
So let's say you're playing with the DT. It's 3rd and long and you're playing Quarters defense; a three-man rush where your assignment at the DT is to bull-rush the middle.
On the snap, you do this. Notice this means you're pushing the left stick toward six o'clock. You're engaged with your man, and he's playing you "straight." But let's say you notice that there's a big hole to your left side you can attack. In order to attack it, you have to press the left stick toward 3 o'clock.
What people seem incapable of grasping is that this move - pushing the left stick toward 3 o'clock - will cause your entire defense to roam left.
When the QB turns and hits a receiver to his left, you turn and complain the DB AI is whack. No, dude, your pushing the left stick toward 3 o'clock is what allowed that completion.
Let's look at that again, but from another perspective.
Still 3rd and long, still Quarters defense.
This time you push the stick to 6 o'clock, but instead of trying to - do what exactly? sweep around like a DE with the DT? - instead of trying to hit a hole that your guy is incapable of hitting, you just continue to bull rush.
This time, the QB doesn't go for the short route after scanning the field for two seconds. This time - dare I say because you're not pushing the left stick right or left - he looks deep-right.
As the DT, you can see this, so you push the left stick toward 2 o'clock.
Three DB's break on the ball.
Incompletion sails out of bounds.
That's how defense works.
Moral: Don't switch on defense. Play the assignment you've selected to play to perfection, and the other 10 guys will follow suit.
I can't stress this enough: I've seen plays where my DB was exactly as close to making a play as I was to making a play on the QB. Does that make sense? I mean, if I was 2 yards from sacking the QB, the DB was 2 yards off the receiver; if I was inches away from a sack, my DB knocked the pass down; if I was five yards from the QB, my DB was 5 yards off the receiver.
Again: the other 10 guys are mapped to YOU. Switching guys just seems to "reset" the whole thing - as it should, frankly.
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That seems like a horrible gameplay mechanic if you ask me. What happens if his assignment is to stunt, and the QB releases while he's still crashing at an angle? Does the whole defense shift to that angle?
Also if your theory is correct, why do CPU QBs still hit that quick route right away even when you let the play run itself?