Interest of offensive and defensive schemes?

[Busforever]

Hi, I read some things about schemes and I'm still unsure about how if affects the teams. Of course, playbook directly affects the plays you can call. But offensive and defensive schemes?


I mean, in the NFL, "changing scheme" sounds like a philosophy change for the whole team. In the game it only seems to boost xp and is not linked to playbooks. Ex: some offensive schemes need "agile" linemen, and if your linemen are agile they will gain more xp in training.

Is that all? Or does it affect somehow skills, plays, etc.? Can you just change your scheme every time your roster is more adapted, with no side effect?

Maybe CPU teams tend to pick plays differently in their playbook depending of their schemes, so it has more consequences for CPU teams?

[oneamongthefence]

You are correct. Scheme only dictates your players XP gain. You can run a 3-4 scheme but use a 4-3 playbook for example. It only affects XP gains for players who are scheme fits so it could stunt their growth. There are also coach talents that makes every player a scheme fit. There are some free agency motivations for scheme fits. Since there's no repercussions of changing scheme, you theoretically game the system by changing your scheme that matches the players preferred scheme and then change it back once you sign/resign them.


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