Madden 18 Coaching Mechanics

[khaliib]

Here is a breakdown of all the Coaching Adjustments you can do in Madden NFL 18 on both offense and defense. There are Pros and Cons to almost every adjustment so choose the right situations to use these. (source: Shopmaster)


OFFENSE

Ball Carrier –

Balanced – Ball Carrier runs based on normal gameplay settings
Conservative
Pro – Protects The Ball
Pro – Decrease Fumble Chances
Con – Decrease Break Tackles
Aggressive
Pro – Higher Chance of Triggering Broken Tackles
Con – Increase Fumble Changes


Blocking –

Balanced – Blocking based on normal gameplay settings
Conservative
Pro – Decrease Chance of Holding Penalty
Con – Holds Blocks Less for Run and Pass
Aggressive
Pro – Holds Blocks Longer
Con – Increases Chances of Holding Penalty


Deep Pass Catching –

Balanced – Deep Pass Catching based on normal gameplay settings
Conservative
Decrease Run After Catch Opportunities
Aggressive
Always Trigger AI RAC attempts
Increase RAC chances


Intermediate Pass Catching –

Balanced – Intermediate Pass Catching based on normal gameplay settings
Conservative
Pro – AI receivers will attempt a possession catch
Con – Decrease run after catch
Aggressive
Pro – AI receivers will attempt a RAC or Aggressive Catch
Con – Increase chance of ball being swatted


DEFENSE



Toggle Auto Flip Defensive Play Call (On/Off)


Ball in the Air Defense

Balanced – AI will play based on their ball in the air trait
Swat Ball – AI will attempt to swat in two man catch situations
Play Ball – AI will play the ball in two man catch animations
Play Receiver – AI will play the receiver in two man catch animations


Cornerback Matchups

Balanced – Matchup based on normal gameplay settings
By Overall – Highest Rated cornerback will matchup vs. highest rated receiver
By Speed – Fastest cornerback will matchup vs. fastest receiver
By Height – Tallest cornerback will matchup vs. tallest receiver
By Route Running – Highest rated man coverage cornerback will matchup vs. highest rated route runner
By Depth Chart – Matchup based on cornerback depth chart position vs. receiver overall rating


Option Defense

Balanced – Plays option based on normal gameplay settings
Conservative
Pro – QB Left Open on the Option
Con – Focused on Dive and Pitch
Aggressive
Pro – Focused on Dive and Pitch
Con – QB Left Open on the Option


Pass Rush

Balanced – Pass Rush plays based on normal gameplay settings
Conservative
Pro – Outside Rushers QB Contain
Pro – AI Defensive Lineman will look to swat
Con – No Jump Snaps
Con – More Time in the Pocket
Aggressive
Pro – AI Pass Rushers will attempt to Jump Snap
Con – Higher Chance of Offsides Penalty vs. hard count


Strip Ball

Balanced – Strip Ball based on normal gameplay settings
Conservative
Pro – Lower Break Tackles
Con – AI will not attempt to strip ball
Aggressive
Pro – Higher Chance for AI to attempt a strip for a higher fumble chance
Con – Higher chance of broken tackle and facemask penalty


Tackling

Balanced – Tackling based on normal gameplay settings
Conservative
Pro – AI Defenders will tackle conservative
Con – Increase chances of allowing yards after contact
Aggressive
Pro – AI Defenders will attempt Hitstick tackles for higher fumble chances
Con – Higher chances of missed tackles


Don't know if these settings can be set for each AI coach in Franchise or not.

[Cowboy008]

The AI will use coach adjustments but I don't know if you can go in and set it for them.

[Senator Palmer]

I love it. Almost verbatim what NCAA used to have. More control over the behavior of your A.I. teammates -- even though I really only used to mess with the defensive line settings -- but it's a good thing that you can set this globally and don't have to button-mash through half a dozen adjustments before every snap.

Too bad they don't do demo's anymore. I'm itching to play around with this.



Also, just as an aside, that option feature to play the quarterback or pitch-man, back in the NCAA days I remember a dev saying that setting it to play the QB would help your defenders play more solid coverage in zone. This was before all the new zone logic made it into the game, but I'm wondering if that will still hold true?

[BleedGreen710]

these look awesome just like on NCAA football. what I like the most is we can set which catch type the receivers will use. thanks for the info!

[aspengc8]

Are these in addition to the way you can use possion/rac/aggressive whenever you want like in M17, or do these replace the current system? I like the ability to change on the fly, per route, rather than have to set a global command every play.

[timhere1970]

I wish there was an option when auto flipping to flip personnel also. That would allow us to use player types more correctly.

[Rebel10]

Looking forward to this, I really liked it in NCAA, as long as it's easy to do it per drive/play/etc, and not onerous. I think NCAA had it implemented well where you choose from the start of the drive and then could hit a button to modify it quickly. For instance you might want to go aggressive at the start of a drive, say, if you have 80 yards to go in a short timespan, but then if you get a big chunk of yards on one play and now time is on your side, you may want to change it up and go normal ro conservative.

Quote: Originally Posted by aspengc8

Are these in addition to the way you can use possion/rac/aggressive whenever you want like in M17, or do these replace the current system? I like the ability to change on the fly, per route, rather than have to set a global command every play.

The way it's worded sounds like it's in addition. At least with WR's, it suggests it's "AI will go for..." and not the player, so likely you'd be able to switch to the player and perform that catch type as well.

[underdog13]

I love it! Very nice addition.