Hey guys. Thanks a TON for the defensive tips in ESPN. I was SAD on defense before I read most of your guys tips in the sticky. I mean, I know football and defense and all, I just wasn't good at executing, until I read the tips. Next game I started in my Ravens franchise, I TOTALLY shut down the Steelers and beat them 31-7, with their only Touchdown coming on a kick return from Randle El, who's a beast.
I used a HUGE amount of your guys tips, such as not tackling like I do in Madden, and actually gang tackling to bring the big guys down. I ALWAYS use the strafe button now, which helps me BIGTIME with User INT's and tackles. I always use Ray Lewis, no matter what the play, and I have become good at zone defense and such. But the biggest help has been defensive shifts before the snap. On each play, I ALWAYS end up shifting either the D-Line, LB's, or DB's to my favor. For instance, usually when I play, teams beat me constantly passing over the middle and with short routes. So if it's a situation where they would usually hit those passes, I would move the DB's toward the middle and run Bump and Run to give me more time to get to the QB, which resulted in me sacking Maddox 5 times WITHOUT blitzing, and even putting him out of the game. Also, with this pressure I am getting with better pass defense and coverage, it made Maddox get rid of the ball quick, which resulted in me getting 3 user picks in the game, 2 of which with Lewis when they tried to quickly dump it off to the Tight End and I read it perfectly.
There are just SO many things your guys tips helped me with to improve my defense, just thought I should say thanks. By the way, I play on All-Pro, and for anyone else having troubles with D, READ THE TIPS in the sticky, it helped me out bigtime.
I used a HUGE amount of your guys tips, such as not tackling like I do in Madden, and actually gang tackling to bring the big guys down. I ALWAYS use the strafe button now, which helps me BIGTIME with User INT's and tackles. I always use Ray Lewis, no matter what the play, and I have become good at zone defense and such. But the biggest help has been defensive shifts before the snap. On each play, I ALWAYS end up shifting either the D-Line, LB's, or DB's to my favor. For instance, usually when I play, teams beat me constantly passing over the middle and with short routes. So if it's a situation where they would usually hit those passes, I would move the DB's toward the middle and run Bump and Run to give me more time to get to the QB, which resulted in me sacking Maddox 5 times WITHOUT blitzing, and even putting him out of the game. Also, with this pressure I am getting with better pass defense and coverage, it made Maddox get rid of the ball quick, which resulted in me getting 3 user picks in the game, 2 of which with Lewis when they tried to quickly dump it off to the Tight End and I read it perfectly.
There are just SO many things your guys tips helped me with to improve my defense, just thought I should say thanks. By the way, I play on All-Pro, and for anyone else having troubles with D, READ THE TIPS in the sticky, it helped me out bigtime.