MRN and cbgolfer13's Playbook Impressions

[MRN]

I will be trying out all of the playbooks, and leaving my impressions here. If anyone is interested in helping me with this, you can IM me, or just message me here, I want to do this the right way.

AFC North
Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC South
Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans

AFC East
Buffalo Bills
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
New York Jets

AFC West
Denver Broncos
Kansas City Chiefs
Oakland Raiders
San Diego Chargers

NFC North
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings

NFC South
Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

NFC East
Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Washington Redskins

NFC West
Arizona Cardinals
San Fransisco 49ers
Seattle Seahawks
St. Louis Rams

The teams with the underlining are the teams that are done. You can just click the link and it will take you straight to the impression.

 

[MRN]

Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears PB Impressions

Formations

Gun Doubles
Gun Doubles WK
Gun Spread Y-Flex
Gun Wing Trips WK
Gun Y Trips WK

I-Form Pro
I-Form Pro Twins
I-Form Tight
I-Form Tight Pair

Singleback Ace
Singleback Ace Pair
Singleback Doubles
Singleback F Pair Twins
Singleback F Wing
Singleback Spread Flex
Singleback Trey Open
Singleback Wing Trips
Singleback Y Trips

Strong Pro
Strong Y-Flex

Weak Pro

Playbook Type : Balanced
Best Formations : Singleback Ace, I-Form Tight Pair, Gun Spread Y-Flex

How to Use This Playbook:​

With this playbook you are going to have to mix it up a lot. You will need speedy receivers, and capable tight ends. This offense is all about hitting your short routes, you will need to have the ability to wait for your options to develop. If you aren't patient, this is not the playbook you need. This book is more than likely for sim players, or guys who want a realistic offense. There are a lot of screen passes, and swing routes in this book, if you go under center, the f wing formations are good for teams with good receiving full backs, or you can package in a tight end to take that spot, and utilize him that way.

Good Plays:​

Formation: Singleback Ace
Play: WR Quick
How to use it : This is a play where your WR goes into motion, and takes the handoff from the QB. You will need to look for a hole to develop, and then take it right away, or if you don't see anything, just try to salvage what you can, and cut to the outside. This play is usually a big gain, or a loss of yards. I would only throw this in as a change of pace maybe 2-4 times a game, anything more than that will just become repetitive, and your opponent will stop it easily.


Formation: Gun Doubles WK
Play: HB Slip Screen
How to use it : I use this play to keep the defense guessing. Just like any other screen, this is high risk/high reward. You are going to want a speedy RB, and you will need to wait for the blocks to develop for you. If you can throw this one in 5 times a game, you will have pretty good success.


Formation: Gun Y-Trips WK
Play: Curl Flat Corner
How to use it : This play can be run pretty much as many times as you like. Your first read is the quick flat that your inside receiver will be running. Then you watch the corner, if the corner isn't open, chances are that the curl right under it is. This is all about progressions, and reading the defense.

 

[MRN]

Next PB impression will be New England.

 

[adembroski]

I love the New England playbook... a ton of great underneath stuff. Spreads the field horizontally and uses a lot of motion and a lot of underneath crossing patterns, supplemented with some real creative downfield stuff. It's really an interesting playbook to use.

 

[MRN]

so NE PB is best in the game?

From what I've heard, yes, it is the best PB in the game, but I prefer to run a balanced offense, so I don't know if it will be good for guys who like to mix it up. Impressions may be up tomorrow, I want to take the time to know the playbook before I give you guys my opinion on it.

 

[adembroski]

so NE PB is best in the game?

If you like that style of offense, yes. It's definitely the most unique and varied. I love the stuff designed for Welker. The passing game is so varied and so dynamic it's hard to force yourself to run the ball... but then, even the running plays are more interesting than most playbooks.

 

[Point Blank]

Good shit MRN.

 

[Marms]

i didn't like NE's PB as much as I thought I would, WAY too many WR screens, but I really didn't put much into looking into it. So far I like Arizona's playbook the most, but i've only tried a few

 

[Champ]

NE and RnG are always in the top 3 of Madden playbooks. Good write up MRN.

 

[MRN]

I'll do Dallas, St. Louis, and Baltimore and others if you want me to. I am using those teams in leagues so I will need to learn their PB anyway. I don't get the game till release though so they wouldn't be done till like Friday night. Tell me if you want to help you out or not.

Yeah, that would be great man. Just try to follow the format that I layed out in the Bears post.

 

[MRN]

cbgolfer and I will be doing this together from now on. Hopefully we can make this something you can use as a reference.

 

[red33]

stl please. i love their PB, wish there was more Twin sets but the passing plays are great.

 

[MRN]

I have decided to finish out the NFC North before moving on to any other playbooks. But when I do get to NE and the most anticipated PB's, I will put in a lot of work on them.

 

[MRN]

Detroit Lions PB Impressions

Detroit Lions PB Impressions

Detroit Lions PB Impressions

Formations

Empty Trey Flex

Gun Bunch TE
Gun Doubles
Gun Snugs Flip
Gun Split Slot
Gun Spread Flex WK
Gun Trips Open
Gun Y-Trips WK

I-Form Pro
I-Form Pro Twins

Singleback Ace
Singleback Bunch
Singleback Doubles
Singleback Spread Flex
Singleback Tight Slots
Singleback Y-Trips

Split Slot

Strong H Pro
Strong Twin TE

Weak Pro

Playbook Type : Balanced
Best Formations : Gun Bunch TE, Singleback Tight Slots, Split Slot

How to Use This Playbook:​

This isn't a great playbook by any means, but it is usable. You will need the skills to manage the game wisely while using this book. You will probably want to run just as much as you pass. The split slot formation is one of my favorite sets. If you have two runningbacks that you really like, this set is perfect for you. The shotgun formations are pretty decent, they have a few good ones, but the rest are nothing special. I went online with this playbook and was left guessing when I needed a big play. There are only a few in the book, and once I had used them up, I was all out of answers. You will need to be able to run a dink and dunk offense, and try to hold off on making lots of big plays.

Good Plays:​

Formation: Gun Bunch TE
Play: Mesh
How to use it : This play is very similar to the curl flat corner play. You make the same reads, you will look at the flat route first, then the corner, and then the curl. But on the other side, you have a runningback on a swing route, and a tight end running a slant n' sit. So this play is full of options for you.


Formation: Gun Bunch TE
Play: PA Boot Over
How to use it : The way I run this play, it is made to make the safety decide on what he wants to do, if the opponent is in zone, this will kill it. Hot route the outside left receiver to a fade route. Hot route the very inside receiver to a streak. Block your running back. Roll out to the right side, look for the safety on the left side of the field to decide which receiver he wants to stick with, if he goes with the post, throw it to either the streak or the fade. If he goes with either the streak or the fade, choose the other. If it is man, you will have the delayed tight end route, or the fade working for you. This is one of my favorite plays, and has been for a couple years.


Formation: Split Slot
Play: Slot Z Out
How to use it : The two main routes that you want to watch on this play, are the runningback on the angle route, and the slot receiver running the whip. These are two very effective routes, and if you throw this play in every once in a while, you will keep the opposition guessing.

 

[Nash]

great stuff guys.I like the ATL PB,some very good stuff in there.

thats my favorite

 

[JBregz]

Great work so far guys.

 

[Aso]

This hasn't been updated in a week... Unstickied it should be?

 

[SHOGUN]

Sooooo is this done?

 

[mgoblue2290]

Another good play out of the Lions play book is I-form pro twins FB Flare. Calvin runs a post route and if the defense is in zone, it works nicely. You have to time it and throw it right when he makes his cut.

 

[MRN]

Sooooo is this done?

Not from me. Might be from cbgolfer.

I still plan on doing this.