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Quote: Originally Posted by shttymcgee

Tampa 2 and Cover 2 are completely different things. Cover 2 SCHEMES cover the deep part of the field with 2 defenders (each has half the field) and the underneath zones are covered by 5 defenders, 2 in the flats, 2 in the hook/curl areas and 1 in the hole. There are different ways to play cover 2: the underneath defenders could drop to a spot (like in madden, which by the way has gone the way of the dinosaur in much of modern football), they could wall off receivers(attempt to keep them from running crossing routes, thus running with them when they run vertical) or they could pattern read (adjust their responsiblities based on the stem of certain receivers, which is the now the most common form of any zone coverage, especially in college, think of pattern reading like a match-up zone concept used in basketball). The only thing that makes Tampa 2 resemble Cover 2 is the split (middle of the field open) alignment of the safeties. In this coverage, the deep part of the field is covered in thirds by the two safeties and an inside lb (this is different than normal cover 3 versions in that neither one of the corners has a deep zone). The 3 deep defenders leave 4 to cover the underneath zones (corners and olb's). There is a distinct philosophical difference between the two. One (cover 2) smothers the underneath areas and forces the qb to make strong, deep throws, the other (tampa) is used by defenses who want to take away the deep part of the field and force short throws and then (hopefully) tackle the receiver, limiting yards after catch. I hope that maybe now you understand that the two are different and anyway, the original point was that LB's not only are capable of running more than 15 yds and effectively covering both WR's and RB's, but that they are asked (albeit more from some teams than from others) to do it relatively often.

You're not telling me anything I don't know. You continue to say how LBs are capable of covering WRs and HBs. I know that.... but NOT AS WELL as they do it in the game. You would swear the LBS are all Champ Bailey out there in Madden. Why do you think there are so many turnovers and gamers rarely throw for over 200 yards in a game ? Because the coverage is absolutely ridiculous in Madden.