Has Man Coverage Ruined The Game

[Blackout863]

After playing multiple games online, all unranked that is and playing against friends, i have seen that Bump & Run Man Coverage or Press Coverage in general are the cheap ways of getting wins on defense. It is almost impossible to pass when you have a overpowering read & react system with man coverage and Pass commit running rampant as well as aggressive pass defense. I loved this game out the box for the most part. ive learned to deal with the small flaws and while i could care less about the cosmetics of the game i want my game to feel like the game i love to watch on saturdays.

Im slowly falling out of love with this game outside of my main OD. Sliders take away the issue of the above issue for offline and i love offline but when i want to play online with friends and all i see is average and below average wideouts sticking to elite wideouts or even above average wideouts like glue, it pisses me of and makes me just say the hell with this game.

Maybe im doing something wrong and somebody can help or explain something to me.

Signed
NCAA gamer with love/hate relationship with this game.

[phily915]

work on your play selection. you can exploit the D for calling that defense

[dubbville]

It feels like to me that all the cbs have the same man ratings.

[Aggies67]

I remember a couple of years ago, zone defense was broken and most people were using man defense because it was the only way to even have a chance to stop offenses.

[stratospaly]

Quote: Originally Posted by Aggies67

I remember a couple of years ago, zone defense was broken and most people were using man defense because it was the only way to even have a chance to stop offenses.

The last few years a short zone destroyed the slants. Now man does. Take away the slants and deep plays 90% of the time and the playbook gets much smaller.

[Sharpcr]

Use your tight ends more against man bump and run coverage. Do curls and out routs because they won't be bumped off the line and can usually beat man coverage. Also call more runs plays such as draws and pulling guards. Hope this helps.

[Blackout863]

I am a run heavy team. Whats bothering me is that DBs run my routes faster than my wr's can. I use my TE's alot. Its the route mirroring that is so annoying. In my OD this doesnt happen due to sliders but jsut onlie games this just pisses me off.

[avwhitechic]

yea man is way overpowered, it really limits your playbook...but one of the main reasons theres so many piks is EA's FIELD IS TO SMALL. Take a look at the size of the players and the size of the field theres no where to run and no where to throw.