Defending the spread/3+ WR

[CreatineKasey]

Quote: Originally Posted by kingkilla56

That 3-3-5 play with the two linebackers playing the middle of the field and all man everywhere else. Press cover if you have a stellar secondary.

I'm definitely all over that play... especially with man lock to hide it. I'd love to set this play up with a couple of zones and then mix this in and ideally get a sack or INT.

[kingkilla56]

Quote: Originally Posted by CreatineKasey

I'm definitely all over that play... especially with man lock to hide it. I'd love to set this play up with a couple of zones and then mix this in and ideally get a sack or INT.

Are you talking offline or online? People online choke alot under this play but offline the CPU usually murders it especially on all pro or up. Against the CPU, as dumb as it sounds, I play base 4 3 against 3 wide and control the slot side LB.

I really don't know any money coverages versus the spread but thats a good thing right? Maybe this is a personnel problem.

[CreatineKasey]

Quote: Originally Posted by kingkilla56

Are you talking offline or online? People online choke alot under this play but offline the CPU usually murders it especially on all pro or up. Against the CPU, as dumb as it sounds, I play base 4 3 against 3 wide and control the slot side LB. I really don't know any money coverages versus the spread but thats a good thing right? Maybe this is a personnel problem.

I only play online matches. What has happened a lot is I just run out of creative "material" to continually keep my opponent from being comfortable. Eventually they get a handle on my style and start shredding my defense. When these guys break zones they aren't grabbing 5 yards a pop, they are nabbing 15+ yards per completion so I'm losing my 10 point leads fairly quickly and failing to get any stops in the 4th quarter once I'm reeling to find a way to confuse my opponent.

[Dmacho]

Quote: Originally Posted by CreatineKasey

I'm definitely all over that play... especially with man lock to hide it. I'd love to set this play up with a couple of zones and then mix this in and ideally get a sack or INT.

I thought that man lock was one of the features that didn't make it over from last gen. How do you man lock ?

[CreatineKasey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dmacho

I thought that man lock was one of the features that didn't make it over from last gen. How do you man lock ?

You just hit "Y + RS to the right" I believe. The command is "man align". The defense comes out aligned automatically, so if you hit man align it'll freeze your D. I keep forgetting about this feature. It may be the linchpin to confusing a spread offense because otherwise you really do have to declare your coverage. If the offense waits 5 seconds and you don't freeze the D, your safeties will roll into their zones if in a cover 1 or 3, and this gives the offense a ridiculously good head start on the play.

[Dmacho]

Quote: Originally Posted by CreatineKasey

You just hit "Y + RS to the right" I believe. The command is "man align". The defense comes out aligned automatically, so if you hit man align it'll freeze your D. I keep forgetting about this feature. It may be the linchpin to confusing a spread offense because otherwise you really do have to declare your coverage. If the offense waits 5 seconds and you don't freeze the D, your safeties will roll into their zones if in a cover 1 or 3, and this gives the offense a ridiculously good head start on the play.

When you say " freeze your D " do you mean that it stops the players from cheating towards their zones before the snap ? Sometimes the man align feature seems a little dicey for me ; it's probably due to lack of understanding. Maybe if EA would give us a instruction MANUAL instead of a pamphlet , I wouldn't be in the dark. If you were in zone, I thought you had to press Y + the R stick to get your players to line up over the WRs to disguise coverage or they would just stay in their zones.

[nacnud]

Lets face it, theres 3 main guys to watch, slot receiver, tight end and running back, the wideouts aren't used much in online play from my observations, so why don't you manually just take a safety and take one of these guys out of the equation

[Obelysk]

I don't play online at all so I am not sure how good this advice will be but when I play the CPU I always put my best CB on their best WR and than double team their 2nd WR. Or assuming your CB is not that good put him on his 2nd best WR and double his best one then just control a DE and try to get pressure yourself. I usually use the Dime formation for 4+ WRs and press the WRs. I hope that helps.