EA MUST fix blocking AWR!!!

[Whammer]

This MUST be fixed!!!

Everytime I get a RB or WR out in the open and running downfield with NO tacklers in front of me, WHY do my blockers try to outrun me to the endzone???
They never look back and try to pick up anyone who might be chasing me down from behind. They just run with me or past me or get in my way.

It's been like this for years and EA NEEDS TO FINALLY FIX IT!

[Broncos86]

Re: EA MUST fix blocking AWR!!!

Ya know, I've never really run into that issue. Maybe you need to recruit RBs and WRs that are faster than your OLine.

I'm just kidding. For me, if I lead a defender to a teammate, the teammate blocks for me.

[Whammer]

Re: EA MUST fix blocking AWR!!!

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For me, if I lead a defender to a teammate, the teammate blocks for me.

Not IF there are no defenders in front of you. It's as if your blockers have no awareness that anyone could be behind them. Not much fun being caught from behind when you've got your own WR running out in front of you.

[Azmodeus]

Re: EA MUST fix blocking AWR!!!

I actually noticed in the demo that my teammates would pull some blocks on trailing defenders. I mean they still kinda ran with me but I kinda consider that realistic since if someone is nearly to the endzone and very little chance of getting caught, players often form a caravan into the endzone.

[1GATOR FAN]

Re: EA MUST fix blocking AWR!!!

Another thing that is bad is how sometimes there will be blockers in front of you along with defenders they should block then all of the sudden they turn around to block sometime you got beat by 10 yards

[BROman]

Re: EA MUST fix blocking AWR!!!

football 101: don't block behind the play, only bad things can happen.

[FightinSnydersKSU]

Re: EA MUST fix blocking AWR!!!

football 101: don't block behind the play, only bad things can happen.

+1000 i was about to post the same thing. For all of us people that actually did play football (no sarcasm to the OP btw) this is what they teach you!

[Whammer]

Re: EA MUST fix blocking AWR!!!

+1000 i was about to post the same thing. For all of us people that actually did play football (no sarcasm to the OP btw) this is what they teach you!

I think they also teach you when there is NO ONE between yourself and the endzone AND you don't have the ball, then you might want to take a look behind you. It's called having your head on a swivel.

[cap032]

Re: EA MUST fix blocking AWR!!!

I dont think "having your head on a swivel" has anything to do with an offensive who has no one between him and the end zone!!! At least no respectable HS coach teaches that and certainly no college coach. lol. That is phrase used for players in traffic. Specifically WRs running slant routes over the middle! ')

[Whammer]

Re: EA MUST fix blocking AWR!!!

If you're not the one with the ball what possible point is there to running straight ahead (when no one is in front on you) and not looking to see if someone is closing from behind and looking to tackle or strip the ball from the BC????
ANY coach would bench ANY player who let someone tackle the BC from behind without turning to block them.

[cap032]

Re: EA MUST fix blocking AWR!!!

In that case there would be a lot of benching going on. lol I cant tell you how many times a ball carrier has been dragged down while running amongst a group of blockers. I can tell you that a coach will rip a player up one side and down another if they turn around and pick up a cheap penalty trying to throw a block for a player streaking towards the end zone.

[Bullet Sponge]

Re: EA MUST fix blocking AWR!!!

They're (hopefully) not complaining because their blockers don't go back set cheap blocks on pursuers. I'm sure they're talking about when your running back is being chased down or the defender has the angle on him the blockers nearby should cut off that pursuit. You see it all the time, blockers escorting the runner downfield and picking off defenders who get close. That said though I HAVE seen that in the game. Plus you DO see blockers racing ahead in real life plenty of times so I don't think there's a particular issue with the game.

[Whammer]

Re: EA MUST fix blocking AWR!!!

In that case there would be a lot of benching going on. lol I cant tell you how many times a ball carrier has been dragged down while running amongst a group of blockers. I can tell you that a coach will rip a player up one side and down another if they turn around and pick up a cheap penalty trying to throw a block for a player streaking towards the end zone.

???
Do you even know anything about football?
You don't get penalties from blocking someone in the FRONT of their body. You get penalties from hitting them from behind.
At the very least you would fall in BEHIND your BC so pursuers cannot get to him.
But whatever, if you like faulty blocking logic that fine with me and you're just the kind of customer EA loves.

[BaylorBearBryant]

I know what you're talking about OP. But I feel as if they shouldn't turn around and block, they should just get out of the way. They tend to make it difficult if you break one down the sideline and don't have anyone to block.

And I know it happens in real life OCCASIONALLY, but it happens more than it should in the video game.

[cap032]

Re: EA MUST fix blocking AWR!!!

Dude, you act like a spoiled child who isnt getting his way!! lol. To answer your question....I know a lot about football......a whole lot. In real life, blockers dont stop and turnaround to start blocking pursuers. Typically the slow down and provide "shed" blocks. In a nut shell, they get in the way or provide a screen so to speak. In the demo Ive played about 30 games and tbis hasnt been a problem for me. My blockers have blocked and I havent been getting run down from behind once Ive broken free. Nobody else seems to be having this problem so Im sorry about your bad luck. Perhaps you arent hitting the.sprint button or you are pressing the cover button(which slows you down).