Tampa 2 Scheme

[DSonTL]

Is it possible to run an effective Tampa 2 scheme this year? Im asking because it seems like users just thoroughly abuse post routes when seeing you're in Tampa and the MLB never gets in position to take it away. I love this defense being a Bears fan obviously and was interested it in giving it a spin but my experience has been terrible and I just keep going back to Cover 4 as a base

[infinite76]

Quote: Originally Posted by DSonTL

Is it possible to run an effective Tampa 2 scheme this year? Im asking because it seems like users just thoroughly abuse post routes when seeing you're in Tampa and the MLB never gets in position to take it away. I love this defense being a Bears fan obviously and was interested it in giving it a spin but my experience has been terrible and I just keep going back to Cover 4 as a base

I think the bigger issue is a pass rush. Unless you have superstar/xfactor linemen, you won't be able to get enough pressure to make the defense effective.


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[stinkubus]

You can't really sit in Tampa 2 it gives up too much. Even if you play the middle well I can reliably get completions in the gap between the cloud and the deep safety using a variety of different vertical routes depending on exactly what you are doing with that outside CB.

If I have a streak specialist then Cover 2 is almost hopeless because you must give help both inside and over the top on every snap and neither are ever actually guaranteed to shut them down.

It's also pretty easy to run the ball up the middle because your safeties will never be involved unless you bring them so far down that you are going to expose them in coverage.

[underdog13]

I find that if you disguise it presnap then you'll be mostly fine. Most players aren't going to be able to "see it" mid play and then be able to pull the trigger.

[ggsimmonds]

Quote: Originally Posted by underdog13

I find that if you disguise it presnap then you'll be mostly fine. Most players aren't going to be able to "see it" mid play and then be able to pull the trigger.

As an occasional call sure, but if you do that as your base scheme you will get torched.

Cover 2 is a tendency call for me. I rarely go to it in the first half.

[feeq14]

There's a reason why the Tampa 2 has fallen out of favor in the Modern NFL. As teams adjust and change, defensive strategies come and go. The Tampa 2 worked better when more teams were challenging vertical and safeties were more likely to blow WRs up over the middle. With the NFL getting kill shot hits out of the game, having enforcers like John Lynch and Mike Brow (the perfect Tampa 2 Safetys) is far less valuable cause teams are not afraid to run crossing and drag routes underneath since WRs have much more freedom in those spaces now.

That said, if you're having trouble covering post routes, the soft cover 2 should allow for your outside corners to bail into man coverage on post routes, which should make that throw much more dangerous since it SHOULD become a bracket coverage. I haven't tried this personally but that's how it SHOULD work.

[kennylc321]

*This*

I came here to basically say the same thing. You do not see a lot of Tampa 2 in 2019 NFL.

But to address the OPs original question, I really don't have an answer. The video game cannot replicate the real world... Madden has proven that time and time again.

Quote: Originally Posted by stinkubus

You can't really sit in Tampa 2 it gives up too much. Even if you play the middle well I can reliably get completions in the gap between the cloud and the deep safety using a variety of different vertical routes depending on exactly what you are doing with that outside CB. If I have a streak specialist then Cover 2 is almost hopeless because you must give help both inside and over the top on every snap and neither are ever actually guaranteed to shut them down. It's also pretty easy to run the ball up the middle because your safeties will never be involved unless you bring them so far down that you are going to expose them in coverage.

[Mattanite]

Defensive hot route the Mike to a single Deep zone (blue) between the 2 high safeties and user the OLB hook zones to cover more ground underneath. You get decent Tampa2 coverage then.