Do safeties not matter in Madden anymore?

[Rayzaa]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

Same here, which is why I decided my only chance at success was to blitz my safeties a ton and try to force quick passes before the CPU inevitably gets wide open.

Also try cover 6 zone. Safeties dont go back quite as far as cover 3 and it works well for me a lot of the time.

[Jagsfan24]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rayzaa

Also try cover 6 zone. Safeties dont go back quite as far as cover 3 and it works well for me a lot of the time.

When do you usually call this? Like on 2nd/3rd and long plays? Or medium?

[Rayzaa]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jagsfan24

When do you usually call this? Like on 2nd/3rd and long plays? Or medium?

Third and 5 or more but sometimes I'll use it a lot during a game if it is recommended against a certain team and you get a little ratings boost. It's a little tighter zone defense compared to cover three match.

[evilpimp972]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0P4H6GsPTQ

Look at this video and tell me that safeties matter
Btw that's Byard (one of the best in the business) at the 20 yrd line, this is terrible.
And if you think that's a one time thing, go watch the dude's channel, it's depressing.

[Jagsfan24]

Quote: Originally Posted by evilpimp972

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0P4H6GsPTQ Look at this video and tell me that safeties matter Btw that's Byard (one of the best in the business) at the 20 yrd line, this is terrible. And if you think that's a one time thing, go watch the dude's channel, it's depressing.

I been watching more of his videos, and yes that kind of stuff happens to me a lot actually. Maybe the safeties play too deep? I would be more understanding if it was a low overall safety, but this happens even to the high rated ones

[stinkubus]

They line up too deep in almost every formation, and the speed with which AI defenders drop back into their zones means they will be DEEP within just a few seconds of the snap.

Strategically moving them closer to the LOS more or less solves this problem. The only real pitfalls are if those deep alignments and deep drops were masking a player's poor athleticism or potential user error when placing them. Where the defender starts at the snap can make a huge difference in terms of how they play their zone.

[underdog13]

Quote: Originally Posted by evilpimp972

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0P4H6GsPTQ Look at this video and tell me that safeties matter Btw that's Byard (one of the best in the business) at the 20 yrd line, this is terrible. And if you think that's a one time thing, go watch the dude's channel, it's depressing.

A free blitzing defender slows down due to a play action and the dude acts like it's unreasonable... It's not like the defender could think it's a run for a split second...



Safeties play typically way too deep, except when they throw is deep and you cpu defender gets beat lol.

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[stinkubus]

Quote: Originally Posted by underdog13

A free blitzing defender slows down due to a play action and the dude acts like it's unreasonable... It's not like the defender could think it's a run for a split second...

If the blitzer had charged ahead and gotten a sack then they'd say PA is broken. If the blitzer charges ahead and the QB delivers a dart the coverage sucks. If a defender breaks up a pass the coverage was too tight.

It doesn't matter what the outcome is when you start with the conclusion that the game sucks and work backwards from there.