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How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
The long bomb, that is. Actually, I'm hoping some advice will help. I cannot throw the deep ball for shit, it seems. I'm talking seams, verticals, and any other cutless routes. It seems no matter what I do, the WR just keeps running with his back turned, and the DB either picks it or swats it. I usually only look for the deep receiver if there is no safety help, but it doesn't seem to matter.
Does anyone have success with the deep ball? Do you take control of the receiver? Is it dependant on your receivers awareness ratings? QB?
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09-25-2008, 07:01 AM | #2 |
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I've had some success with Patrick Turner who is tall and has a good spectacular catch rating, but my success has been more limited against humans. I usually suck at it when I try to take manual control.
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09-25-2008, 09:39 AM | #3 |
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Throwing deep usually turns out poorly for me. Defensive backs seem to react much better than receivers. I've had some success not switching over but hitting Y as the ball arrives. Against a skilled opponent, I still end up throwing more picks than completions.
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09-25-2008, 09:44 AM | #4 |
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I don't own the game, so I'm merely speculating.
Pump fake?
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09-25-2008, 10:47 AM | #5 |
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I've connected on several deep passes. A couple ways I do it. I do look for my tallest receiver so that if it goes jump ball I have a shot. I do pump fake the coverage away (unless my guy is already breaking). And finally, I do switch to the receiver so that I can actually fight for a jump ball. I complete probably 3 of 10, have another 5 batted down in the battle, usually have 1 dropped, and then 1 picked. I'm using Mississippi State so I assume a team with better players would have greater success as well.
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09-25-2008, 10:55 AM | #6 |
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Indiana WRs don't create much separation downfield. And I think BC's WRs do an even worse job of it.
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09-25-2008, 11:16 AM | #7 |
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Human catch is the easiest way with a mediocre team, like Indiana.
However the best way is just to have a stud QB and a really fast WR. You send a guy like Maclin deep and let Daniels throw it as far as he can, eventually Maclin will out run the guy and grab it. That's about it though, it is a lot tougher now. |
09-25-2008, 12:05 PM | #8 |
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Just to echo everyone else, catching it yourself works the best. Tall receivers who are fast help. FWIW, I'd rather have tall fast targets than a 5 star recruit.
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09-25-2008, 12:22 PM | #9 |
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09-25-2008, 01:38 PM | #10 |
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Not necessarily. A lot of the 4 and 5 star guys I've seen are 5'9 or 5'10, and a lot of the guys who are 6'2 and up have "B or B+" speed. In the NOFL I just signed a 3 star Wideout who has "A" speed and is 6'3, and I'll probably wind up using him more often than the 5 and 4 star guys I'm targeting.
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09-25-2008, 01:42 PM | #11 | |
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Really? Thanks for the information. |
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09-25-2008, 01:56 PM | #12 |
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For me it turns into a jump ball about 50% of the time, I end up taking control of the receiver and breaking the route to jump in front of the DB, I usually succeed with this. If I have the DB beat, it's a nice catch.
I tend to throw the deep ball against the CPU a lot with BYU.
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09-25-2008, 01:59 PM | #13 |
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If I try to move the receiver, disaster inevitably follows immediately thereafter.
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09-25-2008, 02:17 PM | #14 |
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09-25-2008, 02:40 PM | #15 |
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I'm a pretty decent joystick jockey, so when I take control of the receiver there's usually a better chance of me coming down with the ball. I'd take a bunch of reps in practice mode (offense vs defense) and just air it out on every play.
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09-25-2008, 02:50 PM | #16 |
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I wish in practice mode that you could tell the defense to chose plays at random out of a given formation.
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09-25-2008, 02:58 PM | #17 | |
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You can. Just move the defensive formation to 4-3 or Nickel or whatever you like, and then hit "Y" which will select any play at random from that formation.
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09-25-2008, 03:11 PM | #18 |
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Cool. I didn't know that!
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09-25-2008, 03:54 PM | #19 |
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09-25-2008, 03:57 PM | #20 |
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Practice mode roxXxors my boxXxors.
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