Madden 16 Teach Me How/Strategy Thread

[SeaTownGamer]

Re: Madden 16 Teach Me How/Strategy Thread

What type of offense/plays/formation do I use to be successful against the cover 3 sky..?

[GameBreaker35]

Re: Madden 16 Teach Me How/Strategy Thread

What type of offense/plays/formation do I use to be successful against the cover 3 sky..?

In balanced formations, you can send the inside receiver on vertical route, such as "go", and send the outside receiver on a dig. The inside receiver will clear the force player, and the dig will come open at the end of the five step drop. It's not a cheese concept either, so you don't have to feel bad.

Alternatively, you can run a concept called Seattle out of a 3x1 formation and force the deep third player to make a commitment to one of the seams. Again, this a non-cheese tactic, so go for it.

[SportsGamer94]

Re: Madden 16 Teach Me How/Strategy Thread

How do you make and share highlights? I dont see a save replay option when looking back at replays. Im on XboxONE if that matters.

[SeaTownGamer]

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In balanced formations, you can send the inside receiver on vertical route, such as "go", and send the outside receiver on a dig. The inside receiver will clear the force player, and the dig will come open at the end of the five step drop. It's not a cheese concept either, so you don't have to feel bad.

Alternatively, you can run a concept called Seattle out of a 3x1 formation and force the deep third player to make a commitment to one of the seams. Again, this a non-cheese tactic, so go for it.

What do you mean by "force player" and by verticle route do you mean like a streak or a fade? Also what teams playbook uses the Seattle 3x1 you are talking about?

[patriot8812]

Re: Madden 16 Teach Me How/Information Thread

This worked for me last year but 1) use RT to jump snap then let go of it. 2) choose which shoulder of the offensive lineman you wanna attack and create contact. 3) once you make contact let the left stick go back to neutral. 4) chose what side you wanna disengage ( works best going opposite shoulder from step 2) move the left stick that way and hit the power or finesse move button.

I was doing this today and it helped big time. I can actually get decent penetration now which makes it way more fun to play on the dline. Its exactly how I expected it be but was too dumb to figure it out. Thanks!

[Law504]

Re: Madden 16 Teach Me How/Strategy Thread

How to stop Aggressive catches? Its automatic TD

[GameBreaker35]

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What do you mean by "force player" and by verticle route do you mean like a streak or a fade? Also what teams playbook uses the Seattle 3x1 you are talking about?

In Cover 3 Sky, the force player is the purple zones (curl-flat). A force player is the player responsible for setting the "edge" in the run game and varies on the coverage. I find it easier when speaking on Cover 3 to refer to the curl-flat player as the force. Anyway, also audible your HB to a swing just to occupy the shallow zones.

Seattle is found in alot of the Shotgun and Ace formations that have 3 WRS to one side - it might not be in every playbook though. It's basicly an unbalanced 4 Verticals. Should be easy to find.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Anybody had any success with the new roll out locomotion mechanic for QBs ?

EA talked about it here back in June:

https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/news/2015/madden-16-passing-game

QUARTERBACK LOCOMOTION

The team completely re-worked QB pocket, scramble and rollout locomotion. Simply tap the RT/R2 button in the QB’s drop back, or when standing in the pocket. This allows players to “roll to pass,” and includes a completely reworked back shoulder roll out. These new mechanics work brilliantly with our boot and roll out plays.

One of the big benefits of roll out is that players don’t suffer the same accuracy penalties as “throw on the run.” The team also re-worked scramble (Hold RT/R2) to be more responsive, and allows players to toggle between pocket, rollout or scramble loco at the touch of a button. You can also branch out of any drop back instantly by tapping the LT button after the snap.

I can't get it to work at all. It says tap RT while standing in the pocket or tap it during the QB back drop. I tried both ways and the QB does nothing but stands there. He doesn't roll out at all.

[Hiro1]

Re: Madden 16 Teach Me How/Strategy Thread

What type of offense/plays/formation do I use to be successful against the cover 3 sky..?

Cover 3 is by far the most used defensive coverage online, Its in nearly every formation but its effectiveness out of 46 makes that formation extremely popular. If you cant beat cover 3 in madden 15 your'e going to have a very bad time. Here are some tips for beating that pesky Cover 3.


Passing 101

- When picking a pass play your primary target is highlighted in red. This is the guy you should be looking for 2nd.
- Presnap you should pick a 3rd target. In the event your primary is covered he is the guy you throw to.
- Choose a third target (usually a quick route) in the event you're blitzed and need to get rid of the ball. (1st read)

Now to the good stuff.

In general, screens and draws are very effective against Cover 3. Their effectiveness depends on the quality of your opponents defensive line.

Below are concepts I like to run against Cover 3

Spacing aka hitches hitches every where. Like in all pass plays you should only be reading one side of the field.






In this case you're reading the OLB on the right. His job is the flats, leaving the outside WR Smith Jr open for an easy 5-10 yard gain.

Curl Concept

Same read. In some cases the Safety has the flats in others it's the OLB. In any case recognize the flat defender. If he covers the flat hit the Curl. If he covers the curl hit the flat. This particular play is great against man as well. If you read man the post(slot WR) is usually open.

In this case The OLB jumped to the flats leaving the Curl route wide open.

Flood Concept


Like the last 2 concepts you are reading the OLB. He has to make a decision to cover the flat or the corner. The CB has to respect the outside wr's deep route.





Once again the OLB chooses the flats leaving the corner route open.

This last concept I debated sharing. It's my favorite and after 200+ games online I'm the only one I've ever seen utilize it.

Switch concept


This concept involves the pump fake. Did you know you can pump fake? Did you know you can pump fake to specific targets?
While holding L1 hit the corresponding icon.




Switch concept involves an in route by the outside wr and a wheel route by the slot. In this play it's a post by the outside wr. The post against most cover 3s WILL be open if you throw it as soon as he breaks, BUT if you want the big yards pump fake to him(R1 + O)



The CB will bite on the post leaving the wheel route streaking up the sideline.

Happy Hunting!!

edit: I wrote this for 15 I haven't tested the switch concept in 16. It still feels weird to pump fake with L3

[COMMISSIONERHBK9]

Re: Madden 16 Teach Me How/Strategy Thread

What the correct way to calling plays on offense and defense? Should u ask coach or pick plays and if u ask coach do you choose strategy community

[gabs485]

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Any tips on defense? I feel I have no control. I'm picking plays and hoping for the best.

I haven't won a single DC game.

It is frustrating.



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[SolidSquid]

Re: Madden 16 Teach Me How/Strategy Thread

Any tips on defense? I feel I have no control. I'm picking plays and hoping for the best.

I haven't won a single DC game.

It is frustrating.



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Same currently 0 and 8 in my bucs franchise. Can't seem to stop any passes what so ever, play man, play ball, swat nothing seems to work against slants curls ins or outs. I can defend the deep pass but the short to intermediate pass kills me every game.

Also every RB I play has atleast one run a game where the go full on BEASTmode and break multiple tackles on their way to a long TD run. You can almost sense when it's coming.

[Datninja619]

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What the correct way to calling plays on offense and defense? Should u ask coach or pick plays and if u ask coach do you choose strategy community

There is no "correct" way. The coach and community calls will most likely be basic type plays, such as slants, dives, curls, strong flood, vanilla cover 2, 3, blitzes, etc though. You may not get into the unique plays going this route.

I prefer selecting plays myself, because I can dig deep into the playbook. I usually use the coach calls and see if there's a play I like. Then to select my own if there isn't.

[Datninja619]

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Cover 3 is by far the most used defensive coverage online, Its in nearly every formation but its effectiveness out of 46 makes that formation extremely popular. If you cant beat cover 3 in madden 15 your'e going to have a very bad time. Here are some tips for beating that pesky Cover 3.

Passing 101

- When picking a pass play your primary target is highlighted in red. This is the guy you should be looking for 2nd.
- Presnap you should pick a 3rd target. In the event your primary is covered he is the guy you throw to.
- Choose a third target (usually a quick route) in the event you're blitzed and need to get rid of the ball. (1st read)

Spacing aka hitches hitches every where. Like in all pass plays you should only be reading one side of the field.

Curl Concept

Flood Concept

Switch concept


edit: I wrote this for 15 I haven't tested the switch concept in 16. It still feels weird to pump fake with L3

Tis is a great write up here guys. These concepts pretty much work in 16. Maybe even more effective, because of the new catching mechanics.
Comebacks usually work too, but I haven't quite figured out the best timing to pass these. I end up having to user the WR and come back to the ball myself.

I was not surprised to see people STILL sitting in cover 3 sky from the start to finish of a game. Such a boring way to play just seeing cover 3 all game.

[Phobia]

Re: Madden 16 Teach Me How/Strategy Thread

Tis is a great write up here guys. These concepts pretty much work in 16. Maybe even more effective, because of the new catching mechanics.
Comebacks usually work too, but I haven't quite figured out the best timing to pass these. I end up having to user the WR and come back to the ball myself.

I was not surprised to see people STILL sitting in cover 3 sky from the start to finish of a game. Such a boring way to play just seeing cover 3 all game.

I faced this last night, Saints(me) vs Dallas(online ranked). He literally called mixtures of different cover 3 schemes only.

At the start of the game it took me a quarter to realize he was not coming out of it and unfortunately the Saints run game is not especially strong so it was not forcing him to bring 8 in the box.

So first order to attack Cover 3......IF you can setup the run to force them out of it. If you can't, then you are forced to attack its weaknesses.

Short outside throws, crossing routes in zone gaps, seams, and only 4 man rush.

Generally I like to come out in a 3 WR 2 HB shotgun set then hot route to max protect to attack downfield seams & gaps. This will give you 7 blockers which should give you plenty of time to look downfield. If you plan on taking advantage of the short routes then like mentioned by Hiro, look for your flat + curl routes.