Hi guys i need help.
I usually use my zone drops this way: purple from 0 to 5 and blue at 25. I come out in dollar with dlb safety go and than i audible to cov 4, man cov, cov 3.
But i would like to run dbfire after coming out in dbl safety go, but doing that my soft squats will play back 25 yds. If i reset the play to cancel my zone it brings me back to dbl safety go... so there's a way to run soft squats properly without having to set my zones everytime i wanna run db fire?
Thx
it’s a good question, but I dont think you can audible to match AND a new play with zone drops set.
elmango30 said:it’s a good question, but I dont think you can audible to match AND a new play with zone drops set.
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I don’t think your soft squats will play back 25 yards as you said you set your “blues” to 0-5 yards? So I think those should play whatever you have your drops set to. Not sure if shading overtop or underneath changes that as I’m still a little confused on how it all works.
You don’t have to run the meta defense that you found on YouTube, you know. You ARE allowed to think for yourself. Crazy concept with Madden players, I know.
JAAMBMO said:You don’t have to run the meta defense that you found on YouTube, you know. You ARE allowed to think for yourself. Crazy concept with Madden players, I know.
Bro trust me im the most anti meta player in the world. Its just the most comfortable d for me, that s all
CJFM said:I don’t think your soft squats will play back 25 yards as you said you set your “blues” to 0-5 yards? So I think those should play whatever you have your drops set to. Not sure if shading overtop or underneath changes that as I’m still a little confused on how it all works.
My bad man, blues are 20/25 , purple 0 to 5
JHBG said:My bad man, blues are 20/25 , purple 0 to 5
I personally like to run dollar with my purples set to 20-25. I feel like I can cover a lot more that way and can shade down to cover flats if needed
JHBG said:Hi guys i need help.
I usually use my zone drops this way: purple from 0 to 5 and blue at 25. I come out in dollar with dlb safety go and than i audible to cov 4, man cov, cov 3.
But i would like to run dbfire after coming out in dbl safety go, but doing that my soft squats will play back 25 yds. If i reset the play to cancel my zone it brings me back to dbl safety go... so there's a way to run soft squats properly without having to set my zones everytime i wanna run db fire?
Thx
it's a bit of personal preference, or better yet, it's best to allow your opponent to dictate these type of adjustments. However, as a general rule, when running that same Heavy Box Dollar setup your mentioned, i liek to start with 20-25 yard Flats and 5 yard Curl Flats for basically all of the above; DB Fire 2, FS Zone Blitz, Cover 4 Drop Contain and/or Cover 3, etc. etc.
The goal is to ensure our Flats drop back far enough to defend those sideline / corner routes, which are often in the 15-20 yard depth, although these can often go as far as 25-30+ assuming you are up against double corners. Then the Curl Flats will help to take away the shorter dink and dunk style passes underneath. I do not believe there's any perfect or one-size fits all approach, you very often will need to adjust these in between plays. Lately i'm running more and more on Default, which will grant us the ability to shade up & down. YMMV, versus all the RPO cheese i tend to place my outside corners into Hard Flats.
JAAMBMO said:You don’t have to run the meta defense that you found on YouTube, you know. You ARE allowed to think for yourself. Crazy concept with Madden players, I know.
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peatrick said:it's a bit of personal preference, or better yet, it's best to allow your opponent to dictate these type of adjustments. However, as a general rule, when running that same Heavy Box Dollar setup your mentioned, i liek to start with 20-25 yard Flats and 5 yard Curl Flats for basically all of the above; DB Fire 2, FS Zone Blitz, Cover 4 Drop Contain and/or Cover 3, etc. etc.
The goal is to ensure our Flats drop back far enough to defend those sideline / corner routes, which are often in the 15-20 yard depth, although these can often go as far as 25-30+ assuming you are up against double corners. Then the Curl Flats will help to take away the shorter dink and dunk style passes underneath. I do not believe there's any perfect or one-size fits all approach, you very often will need to adjust these in between plays. Lately i'm running more and more on Default, which will grant us the ability to shade up & down. YMMV, versus all the RPO cheese i tend to place my outside corners into Hard Flats.
Ye just like i do. But with those zone drop (blue at 20/25) when you run db fire, your outside corners will step back 25 yds (although they are soft squat) leaving the flats wide open right?
JHBG said:Ye just like i do. But with those zone drop (blue at 20/25) when you run db fire, your outside corners will step back 25 yds (although they are soft squat) leaving the flats wide open right?
That is correct. I try to USER defend either TE or RB (over middle, or Flats) and I'll typically Man up one off the blitzing Slot corners onto the other in hopes of taking those away.
Or, I switch to Heavy Box - Cover 4 Drop Contain, having all 8 in coverage, allowing the 5 yard Curl Flats to perfectly defend the soft spots in Zone from DB Fire 2. Gotta mix it up, give your opponent same base formation with wildly different scheme, hope to catch them making a mistake, perhaps throwing a blind, quick pass to the Flats, which was wide open before... YMMV, barely any consistency in this buggy ass MUT shit, we do the best we can.
You're already basically doing everything I'd want to try.
