What is your current defensive scheme?

I run db fire 2 out of steelers playbook and man up the outside corners which are usually my taller corners.

Abilities are Pick Artist and Deepout zone K-O on Julius Peppers for 1 AP.

Midzone KO on Darren Woodson for 2 AP.

My User Hafunga with 0 AP Tip Drill and 1 ap crusher so 1ap total on him.

Pick Artist on all db's Champ, Martin Emerson and Troy Hill. so total of 3 ap.

On my Defensive Ends I have 0 AP speedster and 1 AP extra credit on The Freak. On Myles Garrett I have 2 AP DONO

On my Defensive tackle I have 2 AP Inside stuff.

So my total ap is 12.

What do y'all run on defense?

I have practically no abilities on defense lol.

I run 24 Dbl Mug out of Falcons Playbook. There so many disguised coverages and blitzes that it's hard for most of my opponents to make reads quick enough. Plus my user is in the middle of the D-line, so I can lurk the middle of the field pretty well by dropping back.

However, if my opponents can get good enough blocking to throw through the holes of my zone coverage, I'll switch to 4-4 defense and run plays out of that formation.

Nickel Normal or Nickel 3-3 99% of the time. Never run man coverage and I almost always run either cover 3 or cover 4 with only a few adjustments as I'm terrible at doing quick defensive adjustments, so a lot really good players just burn me over the top if I don't get pressue.

Ability wise, I'm running:
Thomas Davis SR - Deep Out KO and Pick artist
John Lynch - Pick Artist
Calvin Johnson (slot) - Pick Artist
Carmichael - Tip Drill and Deep Out KO
Champ Bailey - Pick Artist and Deep Out KO
Ray Nitschke - Lurker
Bo Jackson (user)- Pick Artist
Bruce Smith - DON, Edge Threat Elite, and Instant Rebate
Mario Williams - El Toro
John Randle - Inside Stuff and DON
Jeffrey Simmons - Inside stuff and Defensive Rally

Gent said:

Nickel Normal or Nickel 3-3 99% of the time. Never run man coverage and I almost always run either cover 3 or cover 4 with only a few adjustments as I'm terrible at doing quick defensive adjustments, so a lot really good players just burn me over the top if I don't get pressue.

Ability wise, I'm running:
Thomas Davis SR - Deep Out KO and Pick artist
John Lynch - Pick Artist
Calvin Johnson (slot) - Pick Artist
Carmichael - Tip Drill and Deep Out KO
Champ Bailey - Pick Artist and Deep Out KO
Ray Nitschke - Lurker
Bo Jackson (user)- Pick Artist
Bruce Smith - DON, Edge Threat Elite, and Instant Rebate
Mario Williams - El Toro
John Randle - Inside Stuff and DON
Jeffrey Simmons - Inside stuff and Defensive Rally

this isn't related to the scheme but holy cow your team is goated but all together your scheme is pretty nice.

It totally depends on what the other team is doing.  Running the ball against me, im going with 3-4 odd, or 4-3, even some 4-4 thrown in there.  Shotgun sets with a HB in the backfield, I have been running more cover 2 man in dime and nickle.  Empty backfield, cover 4 out of dime or a cover 3 blitz in nickle 2-4.  To keep them honest Ill throw in some Quarters with a zone or a man zero blitz.  Always adjusting to what the offense is trying to get.  To me it is a guessing game that if you get correctly it will be a turnouver.   I guess I feel like to have sucess you really need to mix up playcalls.  Try to disguse what you are doing.  Anytime someone tries to run one defense against me it is so easy to adjust. 

 As for abilities PA and DZKO on my CBs and FS.  PA on my SS.  Double or Nothing on three linemen.  D Rally on my DT.  Edgethreat on my Rush LBs just in case they are not running edge protectors.  Then whatever abilities I can get for 0 Ap.  I have a couple crushers and lurkers for 0 ap.  ALso a speedster and el torro for 0 ap.

QB283 said:

I have practically no abilities on defense lol.

I run 24 Dbl Mug out of Falcons Playbook. There so many disguised coverages and blitzes that it's hard for most of my opponents to make reads quick enough. Plus my user is in the middle of the D-line, so I can lurk the middle of the field pretty well by dropping back.

However, if my opponents can get good enough blocking to throw through the holes of my zone coverage, I'll switch to 4-4 defense and run plays out of that formation.

yea, I personally used to run 24 dbl mug, but I got burned over top but now I have peppers so I am considering switching back.

QB283 said:

I have practically no abilities on defense lol.

I run 24 Dbl Mug out of Falcons Playbook. There so many disguised coverages and blitzes that it's hard for most of my opponents to make reads quick enough. Plus my user is in the middle of the D-line, so I can lurk the middle of the field pretty well by dropping back.

However, if my opponents can get good enough blocking to throw through the holes of my zone coverage, I'll switch to 4-4 defense and run plays out of that formation.

Why would you not use abilties?

efbr22 said:

I run db fire 2 out of steelers playbook and man up the outside corners which are usually my taller corners.

Abilities are Pick Artist and Deepout zone K-O on Julius Peppers for 1 AP.

Midzone KO on Darren Woodson for 2 AP.

My User Hafunga with 0 AP Tip Drill and 1 ap crusher so 1ap total on him.

Pick Artist on all db's Champ, Martin Emerson and Troy Hill. so total of 3 ap.

On my Defensive Ends I have 0 AP speedster and 1 AP extra credit on The Freak. On Myles Garrett I have 2 AP DONO

On my Defensive tackle I have 2 AP Inside stuff.

So my total ap is 12.

What do y'all run on defense?

Running Don ETE on Judon for 3 ap. I run dollar. Have 3 deep out kos, (one of my corners and both safeties), mid zone on both my safeties, and a bunch of pick artists.

mubby33 said:

It totally depends on what the other team is doing.  Running the ball against me, im going with 3-4 odd, or 4-3, even some 4-4 thrown in there.  Shotgun sets with a HB in the backfield, I have been running more cover 2 man in dime and nickle.  Empty backfield, cover 4 out of dime or a cover 3 blitz in nickle 2-4.  To keep them honest Ill throw in some Quarters with a zone or a man zero blitz.  Always adjusting to what the offense is trying to get.  To me it is a guessing game that if you get correctly it will be a turnouver.   I guess I feel like to have sucess you really need to mix up playcalls.  Try to disguse what you are doing.  Anytime someone tries to run one defense against me it is so easy to adjust. 

 As for abilities PA and DZKO on my CBs and FS.  PA on my SS.  Double or Nothing on three linemen.  D Rally on my DT.  Edgethreat on my Rush LBs just in case they are not running edge protectors.  Then whatever abilities I can get for 0 Ap.  I have a couple crushers and lurkers for 0 ap.  ALso a speedster and el torro for 0 ap.

Yea, having trouble stopping the run so thanks for throwing that in there!

PaCounterGo said:

Why would you not use abilties?

Because currently I do more team building than competitive playing and find that putting abilities on players just wastes my training when I'm pretty much only playing solos. I will be looking to change that though pretty soon, I just don't spend coins on rentals because I'm building my coin stack so that I can have a great team later on.

PaCounterGo said:

Running Don ETE on Judon for 3 ap. I run dollar. Have 3 deep out kos, (one of my corners and both safeties), mid zone on both my safeties, and a bunch of pick artists.

Dollar is one of the best in the game, great scheme all together.

I cant say i actually run a scheme cause im running every formation i can at some point during the game

I run raiders playbook nickel 2-4

deion and rod Woodson as inside safeties with pick artist 3ap total

ronnie Lott dozko and crusher for 1ap

charles Woodson dozko and pick artist for 1ap(corners 1 and 2)

bo jackson slot corner pick artist and flat zone ko 1ap

justin reid flat zone KO 1ap

ted hendicks tip drill 0ap

warren sapp inside stuff 1ap

richard Seymour dr 0ap

d ware and other edge (forgot his name) et and dot for 2ap each

efbr22 said:

Dollar is one of the best in the game, great scheme all together.

Yeah. I run a lot of cover 2 man, because bad players:

1. Don’t know how to beat cover 2 man

2. Are able to beat zone because zone is so trash

but I’m using diggs 1 ap for deep out and pick artist, so even tho he doesn’t normally use that deep out, I don’t feel it’s a waste