Fix interceptions

Stop giving people multiple chances after they throw the ball into double and triple coverage. Stop making my pick artist players drop the ball when they have a wide open interception. It would be nice if this game didn't reward people for making awful decisions. I don't know how many games have went on way longer than they should because i drop 3-4 picks a game. Stop already and actually reward people for playing good defense

That, and i’ve gotten away with some passes that should have been  picked and the AI just watches the ball. Overall, defense  definitely took a hit this year.

i used to think my defense was fine even with the patch but i am fucking wrong. ill set an adjustment so if my opponent runs an option that my guys will go after the RB and leave the QB open. yet every damn time they go after the QB. and then my opponent will run to the outside on a stretch play and my guys will just stand there. and also if i want to hitstick one of his guys my guys will stand there and not make a move. defense is stupid at this point

SportsPerson94 said:

Stop giving people multiple chances after they throw the ball into double and triple coverage. Stop making my pick artist players drop the ball when they have a wide open interception. It would be nice if this game didn't reward people for making awful decisions. I don't know how many games have went on way longer than they should because i drop 3-4 picks a game. Stop already and actually reward people for playing good defense

I lost a game the other day cause of this.. Big drive at the end and guy threw 2 passes right to my CPU defender and they swat it instead of picking it... Piss me off

also fix throwing, the amount of times my WR has blown a DB on a streak with no help over the top and I throw using free form trying to lead and it gets picked off has caused me to break multiple things when it happens, shouldn't need to throw a lob to hit a wide open streak that I could throw myself...

Geo7030 said:

i used to think my defense was fine even with the patch but i am fucking wrong. ill set an adjustment so if my opponent runs an option that my guys will go after the RB and leave the QB open. yet every damn time they go after the QB. and then my opponent will run to the outside on a stretch play and my guys will just stand there. and also if i want to hitstick one of his guys my guys will stand there and not make a move. defense is stupid at this point

I had a user pic with Ed Reed yesterday, hit triangle and he just stands there and lets ball go, was usering him the whole play too... game is dawg in so many ways

SportsPerson94 said:

Stop giving people multiple chances after they throw the ball into double and triple coverage. Stop making my pick artist players drop the ball when they have a wide open interception. It would be nice if this game didn't reward people for making awful decisions. I don't know how many games have went on way longer than they should because i drop 3-4 picks a game. Stop already and actually reward people for playing good defense

It’s been worse after the patch. I took pick artist off of both of my corners because post patch they don’t animate half the time and when they do they drop them. 
 

also players swatting balls thrown right at them when they’re facing the QB is just stupid and should be an interception every time.

StoicTrader said:

also fix throwing, the amount of times my WR has blown a DB on a streak with no help over the top and I throw using free form trying to lead and it gets picked off has caused me to break multiple things when it happens, shouldn't need to throw a lob to hit a wide open streak that I could throw myself...

This the under throws when you have a player beat by five yards is crazy I don’t want to lob it  so the safety has time to get over there. the hall trajectory is to low and these has been an issue for years. you Shouldn’t have to throw a high pass on a streak and get that stupid jumping stop animation and the player can break up the pass

Gotta love it when the CPU just swats the ball instead of picking it off, or better yet, just watches as the receiver jumps over them to make the catch.

YoungOG said:

It’s been worse after the patch. I took pick artist off of both of my corners because post patch they don’t animate half the time and when they do they drop them. 
 

also players swatting balls thrown right at them when they’re facing the QB is just stupid and should be an interception every time.

the swatting thing probably comes from them taking away the play ball option for AI

was hoping they just set it to aggressive automatically for all players but that's clearly not the case, must be set to swat for some players which is super dumb that we can't change now...

just means the AI is worse and you always need to click on or much lower chance of getting a pic with AI..

YoungOG said:

It’s been worse after the patch. I took pick artist off of both of my corners because post patch they don’t animate half the time and when they do they drop them. 
 

also players swatting balls thrown right at them when they’re facing the QB is just stupid and should be an interception every time.

The best part is when they unneccesarily swat what should have been a pick, but at worst, even if they did NOTHING at all, would have been incomplete, but their swat/deflection literally causes a catch by the offense. I also enjoy the bonus of your defender then missing the tackle and letting him run off for like a 50 yard gain/TD.

Madden is so fun.

I mean, did you watch Kayvon Thibadeaux drop the easiest INT ever yesterday or nah?

Dont think defenders should catch like WRs. But that’s just me.

JuicyJ8787 said:

I mean, did you watch Kayvon Thibadeaux drop the easiest INT ever yesterday or nah?

Dont think defenders should catch like WRs. But that’s just me.

my problem is more the swatting than attempting to catch and drop

they swat what any DB would try to catch in real life.. the dropping thing sucks too but the swat when they could try to catch is worse IMO