Playing the pass?

[SolidSquid]

Can anyone give me any tips on playing the pass? No matter what i call I seem to get beat in the shallow middle by ins and slants, or outside by curls and outs.

What coverages are good for stopping what? How should I make coverage adjustments?

[FindingQuiet]

Did you go through the skills trainer at all?

[SolidSquid]

Quote: Originally Posted by FindingQuiet

Did you go through the skills trainer at all?

A little bit guess I'll have to dig deeper. Thanks

[FindingQuiet]

There's a lot of newness to this version of Madden. I tried jumping in and got it handed to me.

The skills trainer isn't the basic tool it once was. You'll have a much better understanding of offense and defense after going through.

[SolidSquid]

Cool are there specific strategy drills for defense like there are offense? I know offense has coverage recognition and all that I'm looking for something like that on defense, not just how to use the new tackle mechanics and rush moves.

[FindingQuiet]

No, not outside of the tackling drills.

But for the drills where it tells you how to beat a defense, you can reverse the language to know how that defense protects the best. If that makes sense.

I'm sure there's also some videos out there for playing defense as well. I know EA was specifically putting videos out before release, I just don't know if they were defense focused.

[Jm0ney2001]

Defense is extremely difficult, just like the the real nfl. Offenses have all the tools to succeed. I play on all madden default and the best defense is a good offense. As soon as you dont score in a few drives the game will get out of hand. I try my best to get in a third and long situation and blitz or sit back and defend the sticks. I've played about 7 games on am default and finally won my first game today. This game has a steep learning curve

[mmorg]

http://smartfootball.com/passing/att...e-passing-game

That will give you a basic primer on what beats what. Other than that you can use coverage audibles to help shade your receivers inside, outside, underneath, or over the top. Drop linemen into hook zones to cover the very short over the middle routes. Bluff a blitz with a LB in a hook route and they'll be right there to pick off those slants and 5 yards ins. There are tons of things you can do in Madden this year to shut down something if you know it's coming.