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Agency4Ever · 07-31-2010, 02:17 PM

Im seeing a ton plays by the CPU and guys on line who have their safeties down near the line of scrimmage. How do you bring them down in the box aside from using the show blitz coverage adjustment with he left stick? It would def help stopping the run of guys running tosses and sweeps non stop.

Senator Palmer · 07-31-2010, 02:28 PM

A lot of times when they come down automatically, that means that six or more are coming on a blitz and they are dropping down to get into better position to cover the TE or back or they are coming themselves.

Agency4Ever · 07-31-2010, 02:44 PM

Have you seen the CPU bring them down into the box only to drop into deep coverage?

Senator Palmer · 07-31-2010, 02:56 PM

They will sometimes drop in short yardage or red zone situations. I don't recall too many cases of that outside of short yardage. Not to say it doesn't happen, but when the safeties drop down like that I have mainly seen some sort of blitz or on the rare occasion, man coverage when I'm in a short yardage situation.

The few times I can remember where the safeties did come within five yards of the LOS then drop into a two deep coverage, the safeties got beaten badly thanks to the new locomotion.

Agency4Ever · 07-31-2010, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Senator Palmer


	They will sometimes drop in short yardage or red zone situations. I don't recall too many cases of that outside of short yardage. Not to say it doesn't happen, but when the safeties drop down like that I have mainly seen some sort of blitz or on the rare occasion, man coverage when I'm in a short yardage situation. The few times I can remember where the safeties did come within five yards of the LOS then drop into a two deep coverage, the safeties got beaten badly thanks to the new locomotion.

Good looking out. This is good info.

jmik58 · 07-31-2010, 08:00 PM

There are plenty of good with the bad things about this.

For one, it's very realistic because it's something done in real life. It does help against the run and helps to confuse the QB into thinking the blitz is coming.

However, it seems to me that the CPU shows too soon and makes it easier for me to audible to a run to the different side or to a pass play that can defeat man coverage with the blitz (ie, slants).

Although, I have seen a few instances where the CPU did drop off and it screwed me up big time. I was expecting to have a big window to complete the slant and the entire D drops back. Talk about panic mode. I just scramble for the sideline when that happens.

Senator Palmer · 08-01-2010, 10:39 AM

Oh yeah, one caveat to this may be the 4-2-5 defense. I hadn't played against it until yesterday. Had a great game against Special27k. The alignments where really unique and the way the safeies dropped after the snap threw me off a bit.

In the first quarter they were wide and close the the LOS. And bought all kinds of pressure. He wound up knocking my QB out of the game with a broken shoulder. There were some snaps where it looked like he had a 5 man line. In the second half, I started seeing ghosts. He mixed it up on me and dropped them down giving me the look of pressure then no one would come.

Like I said, I've only played against it once, so I've got another learning curve to get through. But keep that in mind if run into a 4-2-5.

07-31-2010, 02:17 PM	#1
Agency4Ever Rookie OVR: 3 Join Date: Jul 2010	Safeties Playing Down in the Box Im seeing a ton plays by the CPU and guys on line who have their safeties down near the line of scrimmage. How do you bring them down in the box aside from using the show blitz coverage adjustment with he left stick? It would def help stopping the run of guys running tosses and sweeps non stop.

07-31-2010, 02:28 PM	#2
Senator Palmer MVP OVR: 18 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: Safeties Playing Down in the Box A lot of times when they come down automatically, that means that six or more are coming on a blitz and they are dropping down to get into better position to cover the TE or back or they are coming themselves.

07-31-2010, 02:44 PM	#3
Agency4Ever Rookie OVR: 3 Join Date: Jul 2010	Re: Safeties Playing Down in the Box Have you seen the CPU bring them down into the box only to drop into deep coverage?

07-31-2010, 02:56 PM	#4
Senator Palmer MVP OVR: 18 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: Safeties Playing Down in the Box They will sometimes drop in short yardage or red zone situations. I don't recall too many cases of that outside of short yardage. Not to say it doesn't happen, but when the safeties drop down like that I have mainly seen some sort of blitz or on the rare occasion, man coverage when I'm in a short yardage situation. The few times I can remember where the safeties did come within five yards of the LOS then drop into a two deep coverage, the safeties got beaten badly thanks to the new locomotion. __________________ "A man can only be beaten in two ways: if he gives up, or if he dies."

07-31-2010, 08:00 PM	#6
jmik58 Staff Writer OVR: 42 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,404 Blog Entries: 406	Re: Safeties Playing Down in the Box There are plenty of good with the bad things about this. For one, it's very realistic because it's something done in real life. It does help against the run and helps to confuse the QB into thinking the blitz is coming. However, it seems to me that the CPU shows too soon and makes it easier for me to audible to a run to the different side or to a pass play that can defeat man coverage with the blitz (ie, slants). Although, I have seen a few instances where the CPU did drop off and it screwed me up big time. I was expecting to have a big window to complete the slant and the entire D drops back. Talk about panic mode. I just scramble for the sideline when that happens.

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08-01-2010, 10:39 AM	#7
Senator Palmer MVP OVR: 18 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: Safeties Playing Down in the Box Oh yeah, one caveat to this may be the 4-2-5 defense. I hadn't played against it until yesterday. Had a great game against Special27k. The alignments where really unique and the way the safeies dropped after the snap threw me off a bit. In the first quarter they were wide and close the the LOS. And bought all kinds of pressure. He wound up knocking my QB out of the game with a broken shoulder. There were some snaps where it looked like he had a 5 man line. In the second half, I started seeing ghosts. He mixed it up on me and dropped them down giving me the look of pressure then no one would come. Like I said, I've only played against it once, so I've got another learning curve to get through. But keep that in mind if run into a 4-2-5. __________________ "A man can only be beaten in two ways: if he gives up, or if he dies."

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