How do you even compete online?

medievalmut said:

46 Speed, Big Nickel, 3-3, Dollar...mixing up coverage with blitzes (man and zone) and a good user flying around. Find what works best and do whatever you can to be unpredictable out of similar looks. Make it as difficult as possible to make easy reads. Some guys are robots and will make the perfect read every time and that's when you have to match them, but most will not and playing intense defense will make them crumble.

As well, use and adjust zone drops to play your opponents tendencies and to play situational football.

I need to get better at those zone adjustments. Would you mind going over how you do it and adjustments you make in certain situations?

I lost my patience for it last year.  I like it in concept but once I realized how frustrated I was getting with the cheesers, I stopped playing other people. I'm always up for real football, but a competition to use glitches the best is not for me, life's too short.

My scheme is...I'm just having fun.  So for me...playing online is easy.  If I'm enjoying the game I drive on...if I don't...concede out and wish my opponent all the best.

It’s all about reading what your opponent is doing, knowing the counter, and executing it. Most players are only comfortable running a few sets of plays on offense and defense, so if  you can shut them down and get an advantage quickly, you’ll be in a good spot to get wins . I keep a list of concepts and counters in my notes app on my phone as a quick reference. Knowing and making effective adjustments is absolutely critical if you want to win.

I’ve been playing for a long time, so I can recognize things like ”oh, this guy is running cover 2 with the middle zone set to a deep blue” pretty quickly. It all comes from experience and learning.

conartist said:

Hey all, I understand the whole "just get good" bit but like at a certain point I'm not sure what else to do? Mesh and any other form of lateral route seems basically unguardable even if I put my 85 corners on shade inside they still get completely burnt by guys like David Njoku. Defense feels terrible this year and I'm not sure how to get better at it. Two drag routes and my team just can't keep up. Offensively it seems near impossible as well as it feels like every opponent gets instasheds blows up every run play even if they're in cover 4 the entire game. I don't know if there's just 18 adjustments every opponent is making but it feels impossible and is a huge turn off. Does anyone have tips for playing online? I want to get gud but I have genuinely no clue what to do anymore

I feel ya. I ventured into H2H finally this year and mixed Bag so far. First team I played I tapped out before the end of the first (caused 2 fumbles on KO and another pick was the back breaker for the other guy). Feeling good i said let’s play again. Played a spinner monster who got instant pressure every down and then ran the ball down my throat until I tapped. 
 

definitely have to invest more time developing a scheme and am finding protection adjustments are a must more so than other years  

keep grinding