Defensive Playbook Suggestions

[DoubleIt5]

Quote: Originally Posted by IlluminatusUIUC

The New England playbook has the straight 1-5-5 and the 1-5-5 Creep, where all the players are standing up and moving around before the snap. I personally don't like it, because it doesn't confuse the OL like it should.

I think this idea officially failed. After making the switch to NE's book I used the 1-5-5 and 1-5-5 Creep for about 75% of the plays and had odd results. I shut down the Steeler's ground game only to have Big Ben's first incompletion come as an interception on his 17th attempt. He finished the game 31 of 34 with 400+ yards 4 TDs and 1 INT. Next game was the Cardinals where Warner (year 3 still not retired) lit me up. Wells ran well too so there is no reason to keep this up.

The main reason I wanted to try this is because my LBs are all fast with solid PMV, FMV, and BSH. I figured that combination of ratings would wreck havoc on the CPU. It turns out I either am not ready personnel wise (highly possible) or the 1-5-5 does not work as a base defense. Either way, back to the NYJ book so I can have the 3-4 and 4-6 as well as the 1-5-5.

[Tash]

I tend to use a lot of zone defense and I love the cover 2 formation. Is the "Cover 2" playbook the best here or does any team has one with a lot of these plays in it?

I play with the Cowboys with DeMarcus Ware and Victor Butler as defensive ends with Igor Olshansky and Jay Ratliff in the middle. Keith Brookins is ROLB, Anthony Spencer is LOLB and Bradie James has the middle. Jason Williams is in at MLB in dime formations.

[Blackout863]

The 1-5-5 is a bit cheesy and no team runs it as a base D. Its a package some teams use to get alot of athleticism on the feild and get a lot of confusion and pressure. Realistically if a team did this every play the Owould just run the ball every down because those big O lineman would blow the linebackers up.

The packers D is best ran in a multi d playbook. Take advantage of their versatility.

In the 3-4: with raji at nt pluggin up the middle for the run, switch kampman down to de n let him rush n occasionally drop back. Man up your cb and if you really got good stix skills put woodson at fs. Also blitz from odd angles n from diffrent spots even bring a safety up.

In the 4-3 : put kampman at de, raji,jenkinsn picket in interchangable roles and let your backups spell them. Also man up in secondary n at least a safety deep.

[jvaccaro]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blackout863

The 1-5-5 is a bit cheesy and no team runs it as a base D. Its a package some teams use to get alot of athleticism on the feild and get a lot of confusion and pressure. Realistically if a team did this every play the Owould just run the ball every down because those big O lineman would blow the linebackers up. The packers D is best ran in a multi d playbook. Take advantage of their versatility. In the 3-4: with raji at nt pluggin up the middle for the run, switch kampman down to de n let him rush n occasionally drop back. Man up your cb and if you really got good stix skills put woodson at fs. Also blitz from odd angles n from diffrent spots even bring a safety up. In the 4-3 : put kampman at de, raji,jenkinsn picket in interchangable roles and let your backups spell them. Also man up in secondary n at least a safety deep.

the 1-5-5 this year stops the run as well as Dime did in past editions. It's frutrating, yes, because the OL should be able to absolutely man-handle even good LBs.

However, I'm not convinced it's cheese because there are still plenty of ways to beat it.

By the way, the Pats run something similar on 3rd down, but definitely nobody would use that as a base D...