Best Defensive scheme

I like to mix up man and zone and tend to stay in 3-3 cub, any suggestions? I either play really good or get shredded no in between.

3-3 cub

I'm the wrong person to ask, basically a neophyte and find myself getting beat over the top more often than i care to admit, but i'm almost exclusively running 3-2 Dollar Man to Man Press / blitz formations, all my DBs have 99 Man coverage stat and should be able to keep up, as the "worst" corner has 96 Speed, but even when my guys are stride for stride, i'm getting beat by these ridiculous Hail Mary style prayer shots.

Been focused on finding the Offensive Playbook i prefer, will have to take a second look at the options on Defense, as well.  Good luck, let us know how you make out!

Anyone can help with what abilities to run on a man blitz  defensive scheme?

peatrick said:

I'm the wrong person to ask, basically a neophyte and find myself getting beat over the top more often than i care to admit, but i'm almost exclusively running 3-2 Dollar Man to Man Press / blitz formations, all my DBs have 99 Man coverage stat and should be able to keep up, as the "worst" corner has 96 Speed, but even when my guys are stride for stride, i'm getting beat by these ridiculous Hail Mary style prayer shots.

Been focused on finding the Offensive Playbook i prefer, will have to take a second look at the options on Defense, as well.  Good luck, let us know how you make out!

if your opponent has short out elite on an outside receiver and your press you instantly get burned, and C routes (outside corner routes) also cook man.

finstank said:

I like to mix up man and zone and tend to stay in 3-3 cub, any suggestions? I either play really good or get shredded no in between.

with zone most good players will drive the ball on you, and you'll have to rely on lucky turnovers or holding them to 3. Man defenses typically give up more big plays but also get more turnovers.

TheNickSix said:

with zone most good players will drive the ball on you, and you'll have to rely on lucky turnovers or holding them to 3. Man defenses typically give up more big plays but also get more turnovers.

Thank you, this is a really concise summary of defense options, you have no idea how helpful your comments have been -- in the past i had been sort of running a mix, with my DBs having a variety of man and zone abilities, basically whatever i could assign to them for 1AP, but that felt a bit disorganized and unfocused, so i went nuts doing whatever i could to focus on getting MCV and PRS stats at (or as close to, as feasible) 99 rating on my corners and safeties.

It's mostly dudes throwing prayers over the top, or the deep corner routes that even 2-3 defenders running stride for stride cannot seem to stop, unless my team is wildly overpowered versus whatever opponent.  Thanks for the pro-tips, NickSix.  Great name, btw.