NCAA Football 11 Blog: Quarterback

[DDP24]

Quote: Originally Posted by canes21

Why does the guy covering the right slot WR have his outside foot back? Not a bad blog, but nothing really flashy like every other one. Rather boring....

He has outside foot (meaning foot closest to sideline) up. He's on the right side of the ball ,so his right foot should be up and vise versa. It's correct. Plus they're in zone coverage.

[mangler]

Quote: Originally Posted by Palo20

Does the far left WR (Not shown on the screen) look WAY to close to the sideline? No room to throw anything breaking outside?

maybe he's running a slant?

maybe it's a running play and the philosophy of the coaches is to spread the field as wide as possible to create wider running lanes?

It's pretty obvious that an out route or even a streak/fade would be nearly useless there, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's wrong for him to be lined up there.

[I Peench]

In the worlds of Mugatu:

"Dear god...its' beautiful"

[longshanks]

Quote: Originally Posted by Palo20

Yeah, that looks cool. I'm still concerned with the positioning of that WR though. Don't think he should be that wide.

there might not be another wr out there, and the ball is on the far left hash

[boritter]

This is the least impressive blog so far. The quick contain QB pre-snap audible is a terrible way to address the roll out QB epidemic. I hope the DL rush scheme and the QB's ability to throw on the run have been tweaked because the QB contain audible won't fix problem -- it just makes the audible easier to call.

[canes21]

Quote: Originally Posted by DDP24

He has outside foot (meaning foot closest to sideline) up. He's on the right side of the ball ,so his right foot should be up and vise versa. It's correct. Plus they're in zone coverage.

Look at the two corners on the left. Thats the way he should be lined up, but just opposite like in a mirror. He's in the same exact stance. He should have the inside foot back like the other two corners do.

[jeremym480]

Look's good. The aggressive/conservative game-plan to contain the QB should add a whole new strategic element to defense making thing's even more like a chess-match. Awesome!

[Palo20]

Quote: Originally Posted by mangler

maybe he's running a slant? maybe it's a running play and the philosophy of the coaches is to spread the field as wide as possible to create wider running lanes? It's pretty obvious that an out route or even a streak/fade would be nearly useless there, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's wrong for him to be lined up there.

That's good reasoning in real life, but since it's a video game, that's probably their generic Shotgun 4 WR 2x2 formation. So the WR didn't change his positioning just for the slant, he's probably there all the time, even if an 'out' is called. The outside WR should usually be around the yardage number.