How would you build the perfect smash mouth playbook???

[VTWiseGuy]

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[VTWiseGuy]

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[TheDominator273]

"Smashmouth" can be a lot of things, why don't you elaborate more on what you're looking for or a team to emulate?

What personnel do you have and what are their strengths?

[tommycoa]

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If you’re on PS4, check out iteachpercussions custom books. He has a run heavy book that’s just what you’re looking for. All under center. He made them for his 1988 roster file. He’s got several on there, and they’re all really good.

Here’s a link to his roster project. You can get his exact PS ID from there.

https://forums.operationsports.com/f...oster-ps4.html


The rosters are amazing as well.

[VTWiseGuy]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheDominator273

"Smashmouth" can be a lot of things, why don't you elaborate more on what you're looking for or a team to emulate? What personnel do you have and what are their strengths?

It’s hard to go into it when the generic playbooks isn’t editable no more lol. Some days I like all under center then some days I go with shotgun smash mouth. I know what your saying. It can go different ways when trying to make your mind up. Lol


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[RogueHominid]

Here's what I'd do:

I'd build my run offense around:

Iso
Trap
Power
Counter
Toss

For non-gun sets, I'd have these in every formation. For gun sets, I'd modify to:

Trap
Power
Inside Zone

Within each set, I'd build in a PA scheme that includes the PA passes off of each of those runs. You can tell from the play art which is designed to go with which.

That said, you have some decisions to make about the rest of your passing game. I tend to like Walsh WCO stuff, so I'd make my passing core:

Slant
Stick
Spacing
Spot
Mesh
Smash
Flood

That means your core offense is 5 run concepts and 7 pass concepts.

For formations, I'd probably go w/ the following for the Is:

Pro
Slot
Wing

And I'd do that for I Pro, Strong I, and Weak I.

I'd have to look at the Single Back sets to decide what I'd want in there, but probably this as a starter set:

Wing
Ace
Ace Slot

I'll think more on it, but that's where I'd start, and I'd probably limit my Single Back sets to 5 and my gun sets to 5-7.

[El_Tercero]

When you say “smashmouth” I think run heavy. Ravens have a really nice run heavy playbook. But it has a lot of read options so you would also need a mobile QB.


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[PowerofRed25]

I run what I would consider to be a smashmouth spread, based on what I used to run in NCAA 14. Basically it is a modernization of the mid-90s Nebraska offenses put entirely in Pistol and Gun. Inside zone, outside zone, power, counter, trap and some option mixed in, using mainly 22/21/20/12/11 (with an H-Back type TE) personnel formations. My pass game is very WCO. Lots of screens, lots of shallows/mesh/slants, lots of stick and three man snag (Z spot) type of stuff but I also run a ton of RPOs.



I originally tried to switch between under center, pistol and gun using the Ravens playbook (which is awesome), but I play almost entirely online and I found that I ended up with terrible tendencies in that style of offense. I'd go under center to run, pistol/gun to pass and run option, so what I ended up with was a Pistol/Gun hybrid. I think there are enough formations in each that you can be smashmouth/power, but you get the added benefit of a nice perimeter screen game, some nice RPOs, better pass protection and a quarterback run game if you happen to have a QB who can handle it.


If you don't want to create a playbook for it, I'd just go with the Ravens playbook. Even ignoring the QB run stuff, it is probably the best all around power run playbook in the game. If you do want to create one, I would honestly reverse engineer a playbook starting with the PASS concepts you want. Most run concepts can be found in some form or another in just about every possible formation in this game so you're going to be able to install your run game pretty easily, but getting the pass concepts you're comfortable with gets tougher.



I'm still working out the kinks in what I want to do, it changes here and there but I've run a variation of the same offense since my NCAA days and only recently moved to Madden to run it here so I've bought in to the philosophy. It isn't for everyone, a lot of people are way more comfortable under center and if you are, do it, just commit to it and don't develop tendencies like I tend to do.