Man Read Blitz Calls

[phillies6f]

Something I’ve been wondering about for awhile and the Eagles-Seahawks game reminded me of are man calls where if the defender reads his man is blocking he’ll automatically blitz. Not sure the real life terminology for this.

Sometimes when I call Cover 1 I’ll see my defenders doing exactly this, if their man stays into block they’ll go ahead and blitz. Other times though, the assigned man will block but the player just stands there and does rush.

I’m wondering what dictates this, does it only apply to certain Cover 1 calls? Is it based on player awareness?


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[feeq14]

I think it has to do with traits. If a player is designated as a pass rusher or coverage player in their traits it will dictacte what they do when their player goes out to block

[phillies6f]

Quote: Originally Posted by feeq14

I think it has to do with traits. If a player is designated as a pass rusher or coverage player in their traits it will dictacte what they do when their player goes out to block

Interesting, stupid decision by the devs tho lol


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[stinkubus]

It's not tied to player traits. The logic to blitz or not is contained within the play. The only way to know which are which is experimentation because AFAIK there is no central resource.

[Senator Palmer]

Quote: Originally Posted by phillies6f

Something I’ve been wondering about for awhile and the Eagles-Seahawks game reminded me of are man calls where if the defender reads his man is blocking he’ll automatically blitz. Not sure the real life terminology for this. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

Different schemes have different names for it, but it's typically known as a 'green dog'.

[phillies6f]

Guess I’ll just have to keep experimenting. If anyone figures out which plays have them built in and under what circumstances they trigger please report here! Thanks for the help all.


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[Senator Palmer]

Quote: Originally Posted by phillies6f

Guess I’ll just have to keep experimenting. If anyone figures out which plays have them built in and under what circumstances they trigger please report here! Thanks for the help all. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

I haven’t tracked exactly which plays because I’m usually controlling a MLB, but when I do notice it from my CPU teammate I usually see it out of Cover-1.

[greed8819]

It's mostly out of a 4-3 or 3-4 defense and some 46 sets or any other front where the OLB has pass coverage responsibility's usually the HB or FB sometimes its the TE...if they block he will Blitz.