Bubble Screens

[silveredge96]

Hey have any of you guy been able to get bubble screens to work this year? I've been trying but it seems like the receiver goes too far back from the line of scrimmage. Any tips?

[Hooe]

I run them once or twice a game, though I'll quickly audible out of it if I don't like the look I get from the defense. When I do run the play, I get decent yardage - something like 3 to 6 yards - but I've yet to bust open a play with one yet.

[1NFAMOU5808]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

I run them once or twice a game, though I'll quickly audible out of it if I don't like the look I get from the defense. When I do run the play, I get decent yardage - something like 3 to 6 yards - but I've yet to bust open a play with one yet.

I managed to break one loose with Denarius Moore, but usually it's a quick loss. Even when the CBs aren't playing on the line of scrimmage, they're able to read the route quickly.

Best bet would be to motion out a [blocking] HB/FB/TE to the side of the screen and don't bother with the one step drop, as soon as you hike, bullet the pass and hope for the best.

[Dr Death]

Quote: Originally Posted by silveredge96

Hey have any of you guy been able to get bubble screens to work this year? I've been trying but it seems like the receiver goes too far back from the line of scrimmage. Any tips?

For a number of years the Bubble Screen was totally broken in NCAA. I even had correspondence with a Game Changer who went to EA and was told by an EA rep that they just couldn't fix the Bubble Screen or make it work correctly. (This was in 2012)

Then - magically - in NCAA '14, the Bubble Screen worked! It wasn't like you broke it every time for 65+ yards, there were times when it went nowhere and times when it only gained a few yards - BUT - and this is the key - IF you know how to read the defense, you could call this and gain anywhere from 10-25 yards...

The key being reading and knowing the defense!

In Madden '15... it's like NCAA '12 all over again. You will most likely gain 2-5 yards and that's IF you have a WR who is able to break tackles and fight for yards.

I really hope that Madden '16 incorporates the NCAA logic on this play, because in NCAA '14 it was like real life. In Madden '15... it's a waste of a down to call it.

[Armor and Sword]

I have had great success with Wr screens using Mike Wallace. I have been able to rip off some dazzling catch and run TD's i have had some of my best plays calling WR screens. A few keys to running successful WR/TE screens is you want to make sure the defense is in a cover 2/3/4 zone....CB's at least 5 but preferbley 7 yards off the line of scrimmage. Also call them in nin obvious or 2nd or 3rd and long situations when the defense is looming to drop in deeper zones.

Let the QB take his 3 step drop then get that ball out. Do not wait...you have to time it exactly right.

Screens work quite well...when called in the right situations vs the right defensive set.

[OhioCub]

I've had a ton of success with WR screens, none at all with bubble screens. Even though they always call them bubble screens on TV many of what you see are WR screens in Madden terms. In Madden the bubble screen goes outside of all the blockers (the slot receiver looping around the back) but most "bubble" screens you see on TV the outside reciever loops around the inside while the slot receiver is blocking out on the CB (which makes alot more sense in terms of blocking momentum). So if you are having issues with the bubble screen, try running WR screens instead and see how they work.

[Dr Death]

Quote: Originally Posted by Armor & Sword

I have had great success with Wr screens using Mike Wallace. I have been able to rip off some dazzling catch and run TD's i have had some of my best plays calling WR screens. A few keys to running successful WR/TE screens is you want to make sure the defense is in a cover 2/3/4 zone....CB's at least 5 but preferbley 7 yards off the line of scrimmage. Also call them in nin obvious or 2nd or 3rd and long situations when the defense is looming to drop in deeper zones. Let the QB take his 3 step drop then get that ball out. Do not wait...you have to time it exactly right. Screens work quite well...when called in the right situations vs the right defensive set.

I think those of use who have responded in this thread know what a Cover 2, 3 or 4 is... but we're talking BUBBLE SCREENS not WR Screens. There's a big difference.

[Armor and Sword]

Relax Jedi Master. Just helping out some of us laymen Madden folk. I would never think of teaching you.