How does 89 Barber play?

After i get Pola-Mao tonight, i'm thinking of powering down Berry and using the tokens on Barber. How does he play at 89? i know most of the defense sucks anyway but idk, i don't need Berry at 89 and i don't need Gore, Mawae or Crowder either.

I have him on a Steelers 50/50 tt he gets mossed alot . I would play him in the slot.

i had him at 88 but boosted to 89 with a strat item. played great for me

hulksmashr2 said:

I have him on a Steelers 50/50 tt he gets mossed alot . I would play him in the slot.

Yea i was planning on putting him in the slot

Geo7030 said:

i had him at 88 but boosted to 89 with a strat item. played great for me

Thanks

A bit disappointing for me honestly. Getting tempted to pick up a value CB and switch to Crowder.

antitwisted said:

A bit disappointing for me honestly. Getting tempted to pick up a value CB and switch to Crowder.

I was looking at Crowder too but eh, i only use them when i'm trying to stop the run. I like Pola-Mao's man coverage and i was gonna put him at sub LB but i'm testing out a new play on defense and a SS with high man coverage is perfect for it

SportsPerson94 said:

I was looking at Crowder too but eh, i only use them when i'm trying to stop the run. I like Pola-Mao's man coverage and i was gonna put him at sub LB but i'm testing out a new play on defense and a SS with high man coverage is perfect for it

I usually keep an LB out (in my case 85 Simpson) but I blitz them fairly often while I user Cham Kancellor (dad joke intended). Too many sick receivers like Metcalf, Pitts, Kupp, OBJ these days...screw giving them time. When I don't keep them out, it's an obvious pass situation and I put in an additional safety which happens to be 85 Pinnock in my case. NMS, so I got what I got.

antitwisted said:

I usually keep an LB out (in my case 85 Simpson) but I blitz them fairly often while I user Cham Kancellor (dad joke intended). Too many sick receivers like Metcalf, Pitts, Kupp, OBJ these days...screw giving them time. When I don't keep them out, it's an obvious pass situation and I put in an additional safety which happens to be 85 Pinnock in my case. NMS, so I got what I got.

I've been using Cover 1 Hole out of Nickel in the 49ers playbook. It puts one of your linebackers (Polamalu in my case) on the RB and then your other sub lb is in a yellow with your FS in a deep blue. You user the yellow obviously and just help whoever looks like they have been beat while still having a deep blue over the top. It has been working pretty good actually.  You can even use the deep blue to cover manually over the top and still have the yellow in the middle for support.  

That's why i need Pola-Mao who will be at 90 man coverage for me, Cover 1 Hole puts your SS on a WR or TE, i forgot which one but still. When zone gets beat, i use Cover 1 Hole to switch it up. It's not OP or anything but it's different.

also, are you getting Pola-Mao? That would be huge for you if you are 100% nms. It's huge for me and i spend here and there lol

Im going to do the same thing as you, ill let u know how he plays

QuandariousDingle said:

Im going to do the same thing as you, ill let u know how he plays

Thanks. Same here

SportsPerson94 said:

I've been using Cover 1 Hole out of Nickel in the 49ers playbook. It puts one of your linebackers (Polamalu in my case) on the RB and then your other sub lb is in a yellow with your FS in a deep blue. You user the yellow obviously and just help whoever looks like they have been beat while still having a deep blue over the top. It has been working pretty good actually.  You can even use the deep blue to cover manually over the top and still have the yellow in the middle for support.  

That's why i need Pola-Mao who will be at 90 man coverage for me, Cover 1 Hole puts your SS on a WR or TE, i forgot which one but still. When zone gets beat, i use Cover 1 Hole to switch it up. It's not OP or anything but it's different.

also, are you getting Pola-Mao? That would be huge for you if you are 100% nms. It's huge for me and i spend here and there lol

Certainly hope to get Pola-Mao if I don't run into technical problems or glitches keeping me out..haha.

Barber sucks

SportsPerson94 said:

Barber sucks

😂

He was pretty good for me during an admittedly short period of using him powered up, but his height did get exposed more often than I liked. I know they say height doesnt matter as much this year and there's probably some truth to that BUT what I think Ive found (this may not make sense) is it may not matter in terms of if your the offense. Its not a huge advantage to go up with Calvin or Mike Evans for your offense. 

But if youre on DEFENSE, shorter corners will still seem to hurt you more. Its not that theyre losing contested jp balls like in years past its just they have to be MUCH closer to animate into a good play on the ball, a couple steps on them usually its over, the taller ones can catch up to within a couple steps and still animate. 

Even Revis who I just got today who is only an inch taller than Barber, but much better at everything, Im noticing it with him too compared to ramsey and woodson etc