Not sure where to start.
Bg/ou
Score 31 - 38
Fds 24 - 19
Total off 465 - 408
Rushing 44-216 - 27-78 3tds
Passing 15/24-249 4tds 1int - 23/27-330 2tds
3rd downs 6/9 - 2/7
Turnovers 2 - 0
Sacks 1 - 6
First I will tell you how i lost. 4th quarter 3:06 left ou 3rd and 8 from there 49. They ran a little drag route to Shepard whom broke a tackle to get the 1st down. Fast forward 4 & 1 from my 36 ou decided to go for it ran a read option and knight stiff armed my face off 4 different times while plowing over my best lb and took it in lol. I figured o well I still have time. I obviously had to start throwing and ultimately forced one and striker picked it to seal the deal.
User passing /cpu coverage....I started 1/7 trying to adjust to such tight coverage and boy was it tight. About half way through the game I realized I was playing on 15 for acc so I could get the ball in there with the proper read and timing. Thinking I was on 5 I feared to throw. Once I settled in it was better but still very challenging given the talent difference. There was a little bit of route mirroring going on which made it a little bit easier to throw it behind the defender to get the completion. All in all I liked it
User rushing....I started off the game dominating had some 160 yards in the first half. Second half the dline started getting really good penetration and making plays. The lbs and secondary reacted quickly which was good for the secondary but lbs continuously blocked themselves by running directly into blocks. Had a few broken tackles, probably right around where it should be. Pursuit was good but with holding that high the d didnt shed blocks quick enough. Didnt notice much line push after the first two drives which is one of the things I think everyone is working on. I changed the line ratings for half of the line being the Lt LG and c while keeping the right the same. In all honesty I didnt notice much of a difference even with the higher rated guys they were still driven backwards the dline just wouldn't shed quick enough. Overall pretty tough to run minus a couple long ones mainly from scrambling.
Cpu passing/user coverage.....very challenging coverage for the user was pretty good as well there were some times I was thinking wth are you guys doing. Wasn't very tight outs hitches and slants flags were wide open by several yards do more to the defenders sliding out of position. For the life of me if I was in position to make the play I could not pick or swat what so ever, there were streaks where I bet I hit the button 3 or 4 times and no response my guy just let him catch the ball. No drops and knight was deadly accurate I remember 2 balls that were not exactly to the recievers hands and all incompletions were from being hit with the exception of a post route that the defender hit the recievers arm and knocked the ball away ( great animation).
Cpu rushing....at times this was tough to stop and others not so much. Line blocking I feel blocked about perfect depending on the defensive alignment. Now I play to stop the run first and adjust if necessary if I fear the pass game. In this case I definitely feared the pass and it opened up the run but not to the point it was 10 yards a carry. I user a safety and ended with 16 tackles. I like this because of the emphasis on user play. My only complaint may be that all cpu backs ran like M. LYNCH in beast mode had to really start blitzing when I thought it was a run. Overall i enjoyed the challenge of trying to stop it.
Gameplay overall....loved the challenge, good cpu playcalling. I believe they only ran 2 screens and only scrambled 3 or 4 times. The speed seperation on 0 felt off even with my one fast guy at a 96 speed he couldn't find any room not saying this isn't possible because it happens all the time. It had a little arcade feel to at certain times. Im definitely going to play around with these for awhile and see if I can get it to suit my personal preference. With that said not much for Me needs changed. Going to look at hfa though I really think had that been off I would have been decimated. Good work I like them. Going to play a few more matchups before i personally adjust anything. If you want to know anything else that im missing il gladly awnser!!!!!