Defense

[jhump1981]

I'm sure hoping that since they went from ground up,aside from the physics engine, that we can actually play so.e defense. The past few madden the defense was atrocious. I'm hoping it's better with this. I'm a defense guy and would love to be able to play adequately

[BallinVol]

With the new features coming regarding abilities, being able to disguise your defense with coverage shells, and the switch stick, I think there will be some improvements to being able to play defense. With that said, it most likely won't be perfect and there will still be some frustrating moments, but I feel confident with what we have been hearing that it will be much improved.

[GoDucks1224]

Quote: Originally Posted by jhump1981

I'm sure hoping that since they went from ground up,aside from the physics engine, that we can actually play so.e defense. The past few madden the defense was atrocious. I'm hoping it's better with this. I'm a defense guy and would love to be able to play adequately

Temper your expectations. It's college football lol. I'm sure defense will be playable, and if you play as top tier teams you'll be happy. But if you roll with Akron or someone like that, you should expect to give up a lot of yards and points.

[canes21]

I'm with you, OP. With them reworking so many parts from the ground up, I am really hoping defense got a lot of love. With disguised shells, split-field coverages, bracket coverages, the new option adjustments, and all others, it seems defense did get plenty of attention, which is nice to hear.

What I've tried to pay attention to in the trailer is the pass coverage. I've rewatched it too many times, many focusing purely on how the secondary play is. If the trailer is indicative of coverage, I can see some people whining about how sticky the coverage is based on some of the clips. I, personally, am fine with that and hope EA does not adjust it. Not every WR should get separation every single play, and some plays should get absolutely shut down.

It's college where offense reigns supreme, but that doesn't mean every snap has a wide open WR running around. Hopefully the trailer has been indicative of what we'll see and EA won't back down. If so, I think defenses won't be completely helpless and talented defenses will be able to perform.

[Detroit Tigers]

Literal skill-issue. I’m a beast on D.

[TarHeelPhenom]

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/22

If you look at these stats, only 9 teams in the entire country held teams to under 300 yards of total offense per game. Only 19 teams held their opponents to under 5 yards per play. Only 19 teams held their opponents to under 20 points per game. So, the question is, what do we consider good defense?

My hope is that, if we aren't holding teams to 10 points per game and under 100 yards, we won't start saying the defense is broken lol. Admittedly, that's the first thing that came to my mind when EA said the game would be wide open. I said to myself, some people are not going to like that. But, that's college football in 2024. My goal is to hold offenses under 350 yards per game and under 24 points per game. Both of those numbers would have been good enough to finish in the Top 50 in both categories in real life last year.

[Kramer5150]

Quote: Originally Posted by Detroit Tigers

Literal skill-issue. I’m a beast on D.

Oh JC, I'm so sick of hearing this garbage through the years. "GIT Good", "it's a skill issue",give me a damn break.

Hate to break it to you, but EA's implementation of defense has been lackluster for quite some time, and no it's NOT "my stick skills"..so get off that crap.

[alexbond45]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kramer5150

Oh JC, I'm so sick of hearing this garbage through the years. "GIT Good", "it's a skill issue",give me a damn break. Hate to break it to you, but EA's implementation of defense has been lackluster for quite some time, and no it's NOT "my stick skills"..so get off that crap.

This exactly - it frustrates the living hell out of me that your drone defenders don't do anything to help in defense sometimes. I shouldn't be expected to be able to play all 11 positions at the same damn time in order to play defense - you don't have to do that on offense!!!