Flexbone: A viable playbook?

[jimmysmith]

I've been around this site for years, and i have played the game for a number of years now. After recently being introduced to the flex bone playbook, i must say that i cannot get enough of it. I love every intricacy of the the triple option and georgia tech football.

So my question is, is there any way to make the flex bone a viable playbook in this game.

For example for my A-backs, i use players like eddie royal, and place him as my 2nd HB in the depth chart. There is something about the depth chart that draws one A-back from the HB #2 position and one from the FB#1 position.

This leads to another question. I can't switch eddie royal's position to a HB, so does this affect performance when i place him as a HB#2 in my system?

My second question is: Do the lineman know to release the DLineman, so that the qb can make a read? If not, what do they do instead??

Third, I have always wondered about wide receiver blocking stats. Some receivers like Eddie royal have ridiculously high blocking stats...Are these accurate? If so that would be tremendous for blocking out of the triple option for the pssb!

Lastly: is there anyway to make a "Rocket Toss" sort of play for my playbook, that would certainly be a key play.



Thanks for anyone who can answer, this is one of my favourite games and if i could somehow make the flex bone work, it would be amazing

[jimmysmith]

Re: Flexbone: A viable playbook?

Just to note, i'll be taking the denver broncos to test out the playbook! I will be making a custom playbook out of the default "option offense" playbook and getting rid of the shotgun plays. I'll only have around 50-60 plays in my offensive playbook, just like paul johnson or most other flex bone teams do!

I'll have Eddie Royal and Anthony Aldridge as my A-backs
I'm gonna bring in Jason Snelling as my B-Back
and Josh Johnson or Vince Young as my QB

I'm going to get zone blocking lineman just like denver does in real life so that i have smaller, athletic lineman for my scheme.

and i'm gonna keep brandon marshall as he is one of the best blocking receivers out there!

[jimmysmith]

Re: Flexbone: A viable playbook?

can anyone answer this???

[shadowman]

Re: Flexbone: A viable playbook?

I have not tried it in a dynasty but I do know a few things about it.
1. The play "WB Around" is broken, the QB always misses the handoff.
2. The Option pass plays don't work, the QB never throws the ball, he just runs it like a normal triple option.
3. Most of the runs are straight up the middle, there is a lack of runs to the outside unless your running an option.

[Pass_The_Cows]

Re: Flexbone: A viable playbook?

I have tried this before and it doesn't work out well. These plays simply aren't represented well in the game especially under AI control (as apposed to in NCAA where you can make it work).

[jimmysmith]

Re: Flexbone: A viable playbook?

can anyone answer questions 1 and 3, Thanks!!

[shadowman]

Re: Flexbone: A viable playbook?

Question 1. The players overall rating doesn't affect his performance it is just how he is rated based on the position settings that you have. So putting a WR at RB might give him a low rating but it won"t aFfect his performance. You can change a WR to) but I think you can change a WR to a TE, a TE to a FB, and a Fb to a HB. This may be a way to change a WR to a HB. I have never actually tried this thou.
Question 3. You might be able to take an under center end around play and move players around to make a jet sweep type play although it would not be a toss play.

[Ueauvan]

Re: Flexbone: A viable playbook?

you can only change wr <> qb, te <> fb

as for triple option working, i have a couple of simple dual option pa plays and occassionally the qb throws most of the time he hands off. this isnt because of the read as coverage drops to zone. think ai isnt ideal

[jimmysmith]

Re: Flexbone: A viable playbook?

Ueauvan, i know you that wr only switches to qb,

But if i play my wr in the HB depth chart slot does this affect his performance? like awareness or anything like that. Sometimes when i do this, his overall is 1 in the quick sub screen??? what is that?

[Ueauvan]

Re: Flexbone: A viable playbook?

i believe certain stats would decrease. my logic to this is when search for diamonds in free agency during camp. i try to see if there is a fs who would be a better ss or cb, and so on. if you note your dbs awr/mcv/zcv at cb/fs/ss in the depth chart you will see that they vary depending on position. i would hazard a guess that for most wrs that their stats would decrease in the hb depth chart. as for actual performance try practice/aka play creator test and the preseason but dont save. the key is making sure that the play is 100% mastered and with the players you would like, then see if performance of the play varies depending on who in hb depth chart?