Madden NFL 17 Video - Designer Blitz Improvements

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by GiantBlue76

I have to say, I LOVED that I didn't see a single defender standing flat footed and hunched over. Looks so much more realistic this way. The pocket still needs a lot of work. They really need to decouple the D and O line players. You can see the edge rusher on the right of the screen just run directly into the tackle. You can tell that they are attached to each other under the hood. That kills the line play. I really hope they will fix this next year.

Very true,and at the same time, you didn't see the OL standing around not knowing what to do, either.

[SportsGamer94]

Quote: Originally Posted by jfsolo

I wish that they would finish the video without switching the camera view. You get a better gameplay read by seeing what is still going on with all of the players away from the ball. Good vid though.

Yeah, looks like the left defensive end got stoned walled by the offensive tackle and the DE was about to Reggie White club the left tackle off of him for a free run at the Qb. Maybe 2-3 players in the NFL should be able to pull that move off. Seems like the pocket push may be hit or miss, not consistent on every passing play unfortunately, but we'll have to wait and see more.

[iFnotWhyNoT]

Sidenote...will practice jerseys ever make a comeback?

[DeuceDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by SolidSquid

Love everything I've seen zone wise but this is my biggest fear. Upon release we KNOW there is gonna be a very vocal crowd whether they are sim or arcade players or casuals or vets who scream "zone defense is too good!" I hope they devs teach people how to read defenses instead of just nerfing it. I remember this one happening one year in NCAA

Hopefully they'll keep their feet in the ground. It's so much better having defense be too good as opposed to too bad or stupid. I worry about it as well simply because I strictly play offline and pass sliders haven't worked properly in forever. I really wish they would overhaul sliders to work like you'd figure they should 0=beyond terrible, 100=perfection. It wouldn't help the online crowd but then again if they used a specific slider set for online play instead of default then it definitely could IMO.

Quote: Originally Posted by CatMan72

I think those cleats on Cam have the "CN1" logo?

Nice catch. Also looks like it's backwards on one of them as well.

[RogueHominid]

I really liked that 5-minute breakdown, especially the discussion of the types of plays.

I've been wanting to be able to run a man/zone concept for a while, so I loved that the Cover 2 play on the bottom of the page had zone coverage on the offense's right side and man coverage on the back side.

For me, that's a big strategic addition, especially if you have 1 matchup you really like at CB but not a whole set of matchups all the way across the board.

To fully take advantage of this strategy, we would need individual matchup assignment abilities, but still, this is a good take-away re: defensive playbook expansion.

[dsk1317]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trojan Man

I really liked that 5-minute breakdown, especially the discussion of the types of plays. I've been wanting to be able to run a man/zone concept for a while, so I loved that the Cover 2 play on the bottom of the page had zone coverage on the offense's right side and man coverage on the back side. For me, that's a big strategic addition, especially if you have 1 matchup you really like at CB but not a whole set of matchups all the way across the board. To fully take advantage of this strategy, we would need individual matchup assignment abilities, but still, this is a good take-away re: defensive playbook expansion.

This is a diagram of 2-Buster, it's from a Wade Phillips playbook. An outside backer/sub package db will read #2 & #3, and if either one goes flat, he matches them. This allows the zone side cb to aggressively play #1.

[CMadatMe]

I really liked seeing that Cover 3 Zone turn into a Pattern Matching Coverage on the 1st play.