What defensive player do you control and why??

[Strategy101]

Quote: Originally Posted by bh446066

I always play as a DT/DE b/c my stick skills are so lame, if I controlled anyone else, I'd get burned for a TD everytime. I just like to pass rush and let the my playcalling determine the rest.

For what its worth, I think thats generally the issue with playing the safety though.

Ideally as a "safety" you should only be making a play because the CB either lost his man in coverage, or the front 7 didnt make the tackles to stop the runner, so if YOU screw up as the "safety" then really there is no one left to stop the play.

I think playing the safety position allows you to MAKE plays (INT's, sacks, FF) but it also allows you to GIVE UP big plays too. I think its the most "risk/reward" position to play.

Only situations I like playing the safety is;

1) against human players who ALWAYS roll out to buy time, and throw deep 75% of the time

2) against CPU when I have ELITE CB's and am playing a relatively weak WR tandem and can afford to gamble knowing my guys on the outside will lockdown the opponents WR's so I can try to take advantage of bad passes, or poor pass blocking.

Some people are really good at playing the safeties... I just find that its too easy to take a bad angle at times, and I absolutely despise giving up big plays. Playing MLB's seems to allow more room for error, and I just switch to the safeties on the deep ball or only AFTER I've gotten clogged up at the line on a toss play/option and the safety is the only guy left to make the tackle.

I always do have a special admiration for the guys who can play the safeties very well though.

[Dianwei32]

I control my #2 DT (the one that lines up on the offensive left) because I've found that controlling a DL is the only way I can get consistent pressure in the passing game. I've messed around with playing as the MLB, but I take bad angles and miss a ton of tackles, I've also tried SS and had fun with it, especially in Player Lock so I can see if from the defensive side of the ball, but I don't get involved in nearly as many plays as II do playing as a DL.

[Three Seed]

MLB and decide whether to blitz (which is most of the time) or stay back in coverage and take away the middle of the field generally. Sometimes take away the flats.