Defensive response broken

[Bradkaz96]

Not sure if its me but I am having a really hard time getting user defensive players to react I time to make a play on the ball. In all my past football games I have lined up as MLB or a safety and have become really good at breaking up / intercepting passes. I can't seem to get a good break on the ball. Passes are completed with me right there holding either Y or LB to break them up yet my player doesn't respond to the command at all and the ball floats right past my guy. Is anyone else having this problem? I really don't want to play DE all game.

[iiKUSHKINGii]

Defensive AI is extremely weak in this years game.. smh

[makeithappen]

I had trouble at first, having the same problem you have. I always play with the middle linebacker. Took time and got used to being able to cover. The problem is when i try to quick change to a corner and I press Y and the guy doesn't go up for the ball and the pass is completed. It happens a few times a game. Even more frustrating, is how the defense seems to let the tight end get wide open for no reason. Doesn't even try to cover him at times.

[carthagebaseball]

I have found doubling the inside slot receivers and TE's with the FS and SS help a lot. It does leave the outside WR's on an island 99% of the time, but it does keep the inside guys from getting free about 50% of the time.

[XxJustAguessxX]

Quote: Originally Posted by makeithappen

I had trouble at first, having the same problem you have. I always play with the middle linebacker. Took time and got used to being able to cover. The problem is when i try to quick change to a corner and I press Y and the guy doesn't go up for the ball and the pass is completed. It happens a few times a game. Even more frustrating, is how the defense seems to let the tight end get wide open for no reason. Doesn't even try to cover him at times.

Yeah I have this issue as we'll, they don't cover the TE properly. Check the ratings to see if they are good covers and they need to adjust who covers who, sometimes a man is wide open because the safety or LB is covering from the other side of the field.

[JayD]

How many more threads do we need about the defense being broken. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that EA is already aware if the issue.

[XxJustAguessxX]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayD

How many more threads do we need about the defense being broken. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that EA is already aware if the issue.

I wouldn't say defense is broken just ummm unbalanced and I feel thread like this go unnoticed and need to be checked into. I'm sure EA still doesn't know about deflections being counted as tackles. That's a bad issue that needs to be fixed A$AP like rocky lol.

[MysteriousPanther]

I've only play the demo of NCAA Football 14. From what I can gather, the defense is 50/50. Sometimes, they're tough to run/pass against (VT vs Alabama on All-American mode). Other times, they'll forget the assignment & play dumb. I've found an video about defense 101 beginner tips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKLcSmnSQa8