ACQB M11 Scouting Reports

[Basilisk Baby]

Texans -

Offense - Andre Andre Andre, respect the fact that he is great. Be aware that this game is Offensive Heavy, so dont try to stop him in all honesty just contain him. Make sure you have people in position to stop him from breaking the game wide open. Don't hit stick him, simply go for the tackle. When the ball is in the air remember the swat is better than a missed INT and in all honesty you might get the INT off a tip anyway. Nothing is worse than a 10 yard completion with 60 yards YAC so take the catch make the tackle live to play another down. Remember if folks throw the ball 25 plus times, they are must likely going to make a mistake here and there... Just wait for it. The next read will be TE Owens, smart suggestion may be to play inside and use a double team on Johnson on the outside. This will allow you to sit on the slants while also looking to take away any middle routes run by the TE.

Rams -

Action Jackson is the name, he is the best player on the O by far. So it is wise to Gameplan around him. He is a target to come out the backfield so if lined up on either side of the QB dont be afraid to shift your LBs over, its OK to over commit. The passing game is very questionable so choose who you want to deny. With only one real decent reciever in Avery its OK to get crazy with some blitzs and man coverage. There is not that speed threat so even getting beat isn't going to hurt that much. SN It would be smart to cover the flats manually. Remember you can roam the field with this team b/c for Well Well to be great he needs big production from the dreaded monster, so make him your first read every play. Do not shy away from covering the flats yourself with the LB OR Safety that play a under zone. Also stuff the middle from time to time, pressure on the QB is great, but for this team stopping the draw may be more important. Make Sam Bradford win the game... hes a rookie and his throws show it from time to time.

Defense

James Laurinaitis watch him, Well Well is great at getting to the point of impact. He will meet you in the lane and lay your *** out, he also pursues very fast so you have to slow him down. Take a toss play and cut it close to the tackle from time to time. Call a counter, or do a PAF and get some depth in the middle. You can't just do the shallow cross A. its wack lol and B. James is kinda fast and could still disrupt that play. Use his aggressiveness agaisnt him. Once he starts to doubt where to go with the MLB the field will open up a bit more.

[bigfnjoe96]

Can someone help me out? Is there a way to practice DEFENSE in PRACTICE Mode? I wanted to try some things out in Practice Mode & couldn't? Options available were: Normal, Offense, Kick Only

For the life of me I couldn't find an option for DEFENSE....... Am I blind or something

[Blaise]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigfnjoe96

Can someone help me out? Is there a way to practice DEFENSE in PRACTICE Mode? I wanted to try some things out in Practice Mode & couldn't? Options available were: Normal, Offense, Kick Only For the life of me I couldn't find an option for DEFENSE....... Am I blind or something

Not blind, just not knowing where to look. In order to play D you have to either have 2 controllers and play as the away team in normal practice. Annoying, yes?

Real simple way is to go into practice options after you've started practice and choose Flip Slides, maybe it says switch sides. You have to run an offensive play first, then you can be the defense. Voila!

[ANDROMADA 1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blaise

The TE quick snap is a real glitch, and just plain ole hitting the "insert TE name here" button is not. So for guys like sb who use their TE a lot as their security blanket, like a lot of QBs do in real life, that's not in question. But snapping the ball and bulleting the ball to the TE right away no matter what the route and getting an ez completion every time is. The only way to stop it is to manually cover the TE at the line which leads to something else being open or exploited. If you don't want to call it a glitch, fine. Call it what it real is, cheese.

Hmm, I'll have to try that. I've never heard that one before.

[RogueHominid]

Quote: Originally Posted by ANDROMADA 1

Hmm, I'll have to try that. I've never heard that one before.

Yeah, me either. I didn't know you could throw to a guy before his route develops. I have problems throwing too early in the route all the time, which leads to balls sailing over guys' heads.

[Blaise]

How you guys have never heard of it is beyond me, but I would hope, seeing that its not a viable tactic you guys wouldn't add it to your arsenals.... Well Andro, you can add it, cause you need all the help you can get...lol(joke)

Seriously though, use it and I will destroy you!

[bigfnjoe96]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blaise

Not blind, just not knowing where to look. In order to play D you have to either have 2 controllers and play as the away team in normal practice. Annoying, yes? Real simple way is to go into practice options after you've started practice and choose Flip Slides, maybe it says switch sides. You have to run an offensive play first, then you can be the defense. Voila!

The 1st part is complete BS & EA should know better. I'll try the 2nd option & see if that works, but not to have a simple option to play DEFENSE during practice, just shows you how much EA cares about DEFENSE in this series.

F'N sad

[RogueHominid]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blaise

How you guys have never heard of it is beyond me, but I would hope seeing that its not a viable tactic you guys wouldn't add it to your arsenals.... Well Andro, you can add it, cause you need all the help you can get...lol Seriously though, use it and I will destroy you!

Yeah, I never heard about this. The only glitch I heard about was the QB spy one. I've never seen anyone do anything like what you're describing here, but I haven't played everyone here either.