Man Defense compared to prior years

[Macken]

I felt in past years running man defense sucked and you were bound to always get beat at least once or twice a game for doing so.

Lately i have been running with the Bengals and trying some new things out. I played pete last night and he was the Bucs i think. I ran Man defense nearly the entire game and was very pleased with my results. I ended with 3-4 picks and like 4 sacks and won the game.

So did they finally fix man defense and is it suitable to rely on when using a faster defensive team?

 

[Saluki]

I've had success mixing in man with different teams in different situations. I wouldn't say it's only effective with faster defensive teams, but if you have a slower team you need to be more careful in what situations you use it in.

 

[Macken]

I had success running it with the Bengals and staying in a 4-3 with a 3 wideout set. The bengals LBs are fast and i usually blitzed on the backside with alot of success

 

[dave]

If I run man, I rarely bring fewer than 6 blitzers. Running that simple man 2 deep defence is suicide if the QB has any time to throw.

 

[krulmichael]

For some reason man is the opposite with me on curl routes. That's the biggest flaw on my defense right now (TGT members, you've been given my weakness). For some damn reason the curl and hook routes are my kryptonite this year. I've tried zones, man to man, nothing works. I can user read one WR, but when more than one WR does a hook route I'm screwed. Any tips on stopping that shit?

 

[webbi]

defensive end covering flats..

For some reason man is the opposite with me on curl routes. That's the biggest flaw on my defense right now (TGT members, you've been given my weakness). For some damn reason the curl and hook routes are my kryptonite this year. I've tried zones, man to man, nothing works. I can user read one WR, but when more than one WR does a hook route I'm screwed. Any tips on stopping that shit?

 

[krulmichael]

defensive end covering flats..

Then there's absolutely no pressure to the QB...well maybe Suh would go into beast-mode. But I'll have to try that, especially with my Lions d-line. I know cover 3 doesn't work and cover 2 is gonna leave openings elsewhere.

 

[red33]

defensive end covering flats..

tht might work, especially with lower WR since they might drop the bal after getting hit. but not all hitches are short.

 

[x0xHumblex0x]

need to mix up man and zone but some teams play better defense favoring one or the other. not all teams are capable of playing Man2Man most of the game, where other teams can.

Defending those hitches can be annoying to cover if its open for a majority of the game....kinda hard to stop.

i just mix it up with man, zone, blitzes and hope for the best.

not to mention that i use the Redskins every chance i get no matter what team i face......so, i have to play good defense to even stay in contention with an OVR 74 rating :facepalm:

"F" that Gross-Man

 

[TimsGiants]

For some reason man is the opposite with me on curl routes. That's the biggest flaw on my defense right now (TGT members, you've been given my weakness). For some damn reason the curl and hook routes are my kryptonite this year. I've tried zones, man to man, nothing works. I can user read one WR, but when more than one WR does a hook route I'm screwed. Any tips on stopping that shit?

I think the problem is roaming with a safety actually changes the CBs play on the ball. If you take away over the top coverage then the cb compensates for it a little making it easier to get a hook. If you stay over the top then cb plays the hooks better.

My biggest gripe with man d and madden 12 in general is DEs dont win. DTs do but players like Freeney,Osi ect wont win on a 4 man rush. There is alot of threads on OS about it. Its dumb that DTs are the ones getting the sacks. So if I call man under I can pretty much guarantee neither End will make a play or hurry the throw like they do in real life. Hopefully they can tune that.

 

[dave]

I think the problem is roaming with a safety actually changes the CBs play on the ball. If you take away over the top coverage then the cb compensates for it a little making it easier to get a hook. If you stay over the top then cb plays the hooks better.

My biggest gripe with man d and madden 12 in general is DEs dont win. DTs do but players like Freeney,Osi ect wont win on a 4 man rush. There is alot of threads on OS about it. Its dumb that DTs are the ones getting the sacks. So if I call man under I can pretty much guarantee neither End will make a play or hurry the throw like they do in real life. Hopefully they can tune that.

I suspect that DE issue will be fixed in the patch, but I agree with you.
If a DE is a power rusher (like Jason Babin) he's fine, if he's a finesse rusher (like Trent Cole), not so much. The d-lineman with power moves are the rushers in this game.

 

[Realist]

defensive end covering flats..

I assume you are only doing that in long situations because a smart player would pick on up that and just ram it down your throat

 

[webbi]

a smart player wouldnt bc they keep running the same plays over and over again which is what it sounded like krul explaining..

I assume you are only doing that in long situations because a smart player would pick on up that and just ram it down your throat

 

[Realist]

a smart player wouldnt bc they keep running the same plays over and over again which is what it sounded like krul explaining..

Wouldn't that make them a dumb player then lol

 

[krulmichael]

Wouldn't that make them a dumb player then lol

When we gonna play foo?

 

[Realist]

When we gonna play foo?

I wasn't referring to you lol.

We can play whenever. We've been trying to play for years lol. NCAA and Madden