WR Mid Screen?

[kennethxD]

This play never seems to work for me. My wr always catches it and either ends up getting tackled immediately or getting stuck behind blockers for a loss of a few yards. Have any of you had success with this play?

[onetonmartin]

Quote: Originally Posted by kennethxD

This play never seems to work for me. My wr always catches it and either ends up getting tackled immediately or getting stuck behind blockers for a loss of a few yards. Have any of you had success with this play?

Same here. I've had it work well for 20 yards once, but that's about it.

[arobbi3]

I found that if you hold the stick up and to direction the receiver is coming from (away from the middle of the field), then you keep them from running into defenders as often. I really hate how this play was nerfed though.

[Josh Knight]

Works great 75% of the time for me.

The key is timing. You have to wait until the last possible second to get rid of the ball. Ideally, your WR will catch it in the middle of the field, and your blocking will open up multiple holes to choose from. It's not a huge gainer, but I get 7-10 yards consistently.

[TuffJuff]

I got decent yards with it last year, but this year I can get nothing with it. Half the time my QB misses the wr by 4 yards.

[brandon27]

Quote: Originally Posted by Josh Knight

Works great 75% of the time for me. The key is timing. You have to wait until the last possible second to get rid of the ball. Ideally, your WR will catch it in the middle of the field, and your blocking will open up multiple holes to choose from. It's not a huge gainer, but I get 7-10 yards consistently.

This is true. If you wait long enough, till your WR gets closer to the middle of the field and hit him you should be successful for decent yardage. You wont take it to the house, but 8 yards seems about right. Let him get past your blockers first, then throw, and use those blockers. With good execution, and in the right situation you could get a nice gain from it. I ran one for about 25 yards the other night.

[Dr Death]

Quote: Originally Posted by arobbi3

I found that if you hold the stick up and to direction the receiver is coming from (away from the middle of the field), then you keep them from running into defenders as often. I really hate how this play was nerfed though.

Yep. Once again EA knows no middle ground. In real life, this play will work for 5-20 yards, on occasion it will go for 65, and once in a while it will get blown up, but that happens rarely.

But good ol' EA... it's always one thing or the other. No middle ground. It doesn't help that WR's have no clue when it comes to blocking, or that when you call it as an audible, suddenly the DE will not rush the passer and will stand right in the path of the WR... we went from Psychic DB's to Psychic DE's... And the Bubble Screen... for the love of God, how can they not program WR's to block correctly... run a Bubble Screen and watch the replay of your WR's who are supposed to block.

I just wish they would find someone who could get their engine to work properly and could code it right and also that they would learn there is a middle ground in football. W/ EA it's either gold or it's crap. No in between.

[KillerNuts]

Works for me if the defense isn't in press man.