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RogueHominid · 06-27-2011, 04:37 PM

The E3 videos have showcased lots of the innovations and improvements that the development team has touted for M12. I'm especially interested in improvements to zone coverage, as last year's game more or less rendered zone defense impotent as a base strategy.

I can tell from some of the videos that flats have received more attention (though there are still quick snap passes to the flats that will be exploitable). What I haven't seen is much evidence that the middle of the field has been toughened up in zone defenses. It's so easy to throw all slants, or TE posts, or slot posts against zone coverage in Madden, and I think this hurts the game a lot. It's one of the reasons 3rd and 15 or the 2 minute offense vs. zone are not intimidating situations for the offense.

Is there good evidence from the videos you've seen that those routes are tougher to complete now? Is there evidence to the contrary?

06-27-2011, 04:37 PM	#1
RogueHominid Hall Of Fame OVR: 33 Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 10,722	Evidence of Improved Zone Coverage Over the Middle in M12 The E3 videos have showcased lots of the innovations and improvements that the development team has touted for M12. I'm especially interested in improvements to zone coverage, as last year's game more or less rendered zone defense impotent as a base strategy. I can tell from some of the videos that flats have received more attention (though there are still quick snap passes to the flats that will be exploitable). What I haven't seen is much evidence that the middle of the field has been toughened up in zone defenses. It's so easy to throw all slants, or TE posts, or slot posts against zone coverage in Madden, and I think this hurts the game a lot. It's one of the reasons 3rd and 15 or the 2 minute offense vs. zone are not intimidating situations for the offense. Is there good evidence from the videos you've seen that those routes are tougher to complete now? Is there evidence to the contrary?