Defense is broken this year?

[Realist]

I wouldnt say it's broken, but damn, it needs to be tightened up.

 

[SuperKevin]

Chad Henne broke like 8 tackles on a 70 yard TD run. He literally threw off my entire DL like Neo threw off all the Mr Smith clones in the Matrix. I'd say the defense is busted.

 

[killgod]

Josh Freeman trucked through DQwell Jackson on consecutive plays, 2nd time he knocked out Jackson for 2 weeks with a separated shoulder. :smh:

 

[SuperKevin]

I think I'm trading in my copy this week. It's that bad

 

[Realist]

I think I'm trading in my copy this week. It's that bad

I'm really considering doing what i did last year and sticking strictly to NCAA.

 

[Chadman]

Vince young straight willie beamened in team play. 189 yards rushin 420 yards passing 4 tds and 2 ints....lol defense

 

[Coked Up Elmo]

you can just hold x and the cpu will take control of your guy until you unrelease it. so even with ea adding gay features like that so everybody can roam the field with a safety or mlb sadly defense is still broken

 

[Bear Pand]

The defense on this game is hilarious. No one knows what a tackle is. I was playing Jagsfan on AM earlier and my players just kept shrugging off defenders like it was nothing. I had Brandon Lafell break two tackles back to back en route to a 77 yard TD pass. Shit made no sense and would never happen if this game was based on reality at all.

This game is just so bland and unpolished.

 

[Tailback U]

I haven't been having too much trouble on D but it definitely needs to be tightened up. Broken tackles and big passing plays are far too often. If you don't have fast corners in this game you have no chance. The deep ball is very much so back.

 

[dave]

I feel bad for the online guys, because offline this game plays pretty damn good with the right slider set.
CPU teams play exactly like they do in the real NFL, and sliders take care a lot of the defensive issues.

 

[Herm]

One of the main problems is everyone is so used to playing aggressively. you cant go for hitsticks and interceptions every play like the older editions. Sometimes you need to Swat a ball or take the correct route and make a simple tackle instead of hitsticking from 3 yards away.

 

[x0xHumblex0x]

One of the main problems is everyone is so used to playing aggressively. you cant go for hitsticks and interceptions every play like the older editions. Sometimes you need to Swat a ball or take the correct route and make a simple tackle instead of hitsticking from 3 yards away.

being over aggressive seems to be a common denominator.......and this applies to both sides of the ball....O & D

 

[Tailback U]

One of the main problems is everyone is so used to playing aggressively. you cant go for hitsticks and interceptions every play like the older editions. Sometimes you need to Swat a ball or take the correct route and make a simple tackle instead of hitsticking from 3 yards away.

Agreed. Lot of guys complaining about the deep ball but always come out in a 3-4 cover 3 zone and control a DEnd to rush the passer and refuse to play 2 man under.

 

[Hitman]

This year is going to be a scorefest if it isn't patched up a little on defense... If it was just about not being overly aggressive people could adjust, but on all-madden a guy like jamal charles shouldn't be popping off 200+ yards on 10 carries with like 20 broken tackles on the way there... just sayin... couple this with the mostly absent passrush where the qb has 10 minutes to throw and it's an offense happy game...

 

[Hitman]

Agreed. Lot of guys complaining about the deep ball but always come out in a 3-4 cover 3 zone and control a DEnd to rush the passer and refuse to play 2 man under.

I play alot of 2 man under but the crossing routes are money this year too.. so you can play 2 deep all day but you're still going to get burned by either the run or the crosses.. It's a chess match for sure, but the chess match this year is getting the one stop per game so you score last... hell of a fun game though, i have to say..

 

[strahanfan92]

Chris Johnson breaks on average 3 tackles per run. Ridiculous.

 

[Realist]

One of the main problems is everyone is so used to playing aggressively. you cant go for hitsticks and interceptions every play like the older editions. Sometimes you need to Swat a ball or take the correct route and make a simple tackle instead of hitsticking from 3 yards away.

While I agree, I dont think thats the main reason for the high scores. Last night, in my game with ShoGun, I couldn't stop his passing game to save my life. If I ran man, my CB's couldn't keep up with drags and in outs. IF I was in zone, the DBs/LB's were smart enough to move around if there were no one in their zone. Even when I knew he was going to Fitz(btw, how do you spotlight WR's this year??) I couldn't stop him because the CB's would play dumb on just about every play.

 

[strahanfan92]

(btw, how do you spotlight WR's this year??)

Up, triangle, up, left, left, receiver you want to spotlight, down, up, up

 

[Realist]

Up, triangle, up, left, left, receiver you want to spotlight, down, up, up

The fuk? Are you serious?? You have to go through all that crap? EA really needs to do away with that strategy pad

 

[strahanfan92]

Nah I was just joking lol, but that's how gay the strategy pad is.