Madden's Defensive Issues

[RaychelSnr]

There are some aspects of the game that EA nails. While those aspects are nailed they come with a conundrums. I can only ask why. Sometimes on defense I like to drop to an eight man in the box or I like to run secondary blitzes. I already did a write up on timed blitzes and player movement prior to the snap. Here, I want to focus on the blitzes and coverage schemes in the game that do have pre-snap movement and ask the question, frustratingly, WHY?

The play I want to look at is 3-4 Under Roll Eagle 2. Last year in Madden, the play was called Roll Eagle 2 Invert.

Read More - Madden's Defensive Issues

[onac22]

After years of wondering why I give up it's just EA AI and it will always proove to be better than you against it and the worst thing since fascism when it is for us.

But hey the presentation is nice.

[Obnoxious]

Am I the only person who plays 2 man under and cover 2/3 and is fine with the way defense plays? Only issue I see are LBs in zone letting receivers go on in/out and drag routes leaving them wide open.

[der juicen]

My issue is the user dropping back 30 yards and hitting someone on an out route because I couldn't get pressure (because he was a mile away). Now that is annoying.

[onac22]

AMEN!!!! on the mile dropping backlicking QB!!!!!!

[droopizzle34]

The last couple of yrs its been either or with Madden. Either man defense doesn't work or zone doesn't work. This year zone d is useless.

[RandyBass]

Quote:

Why can we not shift the line in conjunction with these blitzes and not have the secondary defenders reset?

Just a guess here: they wanted to make it easier. In other words, the less required inputs from the user the better, as they figure the pre-snap movement already within the play is enough.

Either that or it was just something they missed, and they never intended user pre-snap adjustments to interfere with shifts already designed in the play.

I think the pre-snap stuff can not only be streamlined, but also improved at the same time, so that it isn't so generic. I still kind of chuckle at how you can call for press coverage and have all your DBs creep forward in unison.

I agree with the premise of the article, that shifts and adjustments need to fit with what is actually going on within the play and within the formation, allowing guys to make relevant and specific changes once they are lined up before the snap.

[at23steelers]

Why can't EA just hire LBzRule today to a contract? Like seriously, this guy needs to be front and center of their gameplay people.