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Official Madden '10 Xbox 360 Online Franchise: A World Without Favre
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FrenchMovieTheme
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Matrix said:
but you may fumble from time to time
GG airbrian
My defense won the game for me. My offensive was more focused on ball control.
My rookie MLB, Alonzi Simms, played great, especially in coverage(1 int). The new players I received through trades played well. Meriweather returned a pick for a touchdown and made some big tackles in the back field. Thomas caught a big TD pass and made tough catches across the middle. More importantly my rookie QB played great and didn't have to do too much.
I feel that I will be able to stay in more games this year and I am looking forward to play it out.
My defense won the game for me. My offensive was more focused on ball control.
My rookie MLB, Alonzi Simms, played great, especially in coverage(1 int). The new players I received through trades played well. Meriweather returned a pick for a touchdown and made some big tackles in the back field. Thomas caught a big TD pass and made tough catches across the middle. More importantly my rookie QB played great and didn't have to do too much.
I feel that I will be able to stay in more games this year and I am looking forward to play it out.
BigJonsson said:
Best thing to do is go into the practice mode and run all the run plays repeatedly, flip the formation as well, because some runs work better when they're flipped (QB animations take longer on some runs).
When you run inside (dives) look at your centers ass, run behind it. If he seals a DT to the right side, his ass will be sticking/point towards the left, and vice versa. Just run behind your guards/centers ass, because the DT/interior is sealed off when you can see his ass.
Goes for stretches as well, if your TE doesn't have the end sealed, it's going to be hard to get the corner unless you have speed, you can try cutting it back but it doesn't always work.
On slams/inside zone you key off your guard, if he seals inside go through the guard and o-tackle (B-gap), but sometimes they seal it up on the edge and you can kick it outside.
Don't go for the turbo button, until you see a couple of guys sealed up, then go for it. Texans have a good running playbook.
When your opponent starts clogging the middle, start going to the toss game.
Smokey is good at intercepting the deep ball, maybe he can help you out in that respect.
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Thanks!
Wellington
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bigjonsson said:
The Texans do have a very good running playbook.
To add to what LJ said, you have a very good FB, follow him to daylight on any play that has him designed as the lead blocker. Lay off of the turbo so that you can change direction quickly if you find yourself in a jam. ONLY hit the turbo as you burst through a hole into daylight. If you do not hold turbo down, your jukes/spins/trucks are more effective. Lastly, as you burst through the hole look downfield to see who on your team is headed out there and if they can pick up the block of the oncoming safety. Slow down if you have to, those downfield blocks are the difference between a five yarder and a 20+ yarder.
Speed kills and Slaton's got it. Do not be afraid of running counters and tosses. Also, keep your opponent off balance and run out of three wide sometimes. They will have less guys in the box.
Really what it comes down to is making sure you have a hat on a hat. For every defender where you are headed make sure there is a blocker.
As far as defense goes, in the tournament I masked the horrible secondary with crazy pressure and zone blitzes. You can't play for ints all the time, but you can fuck up your opponents tempo by getting in his face all game. I blitzed like crazy with both Ryans and Cushing (Local boy!). They get home quite a bit. Try overloads by over Mario Williams so that he can get the one on one as well if needed. Dude just fucking go nuts. The best blitzes are the ones in which the O doesn't even know where they are coming from. Bring corners, safeties, fucking waterboys, whatever. You're going to get killed in both man to man and zone, so what's the point.
Also, you should not have cut Antonio Smith!!!! I know Connor Barwin is good, but Smith could have been a rushing DT.
If ever you want to talk about D, mine wasn't near as good as Rors or Live's last year, but we can try and tailor something to your strengths. Just give me a chance to review your roster again and we can go over things on AIM.
AirBrian said:
My D mostly relies on speed and playing man to man or cover one. Meriweather is a huge improvement over Sean Jones. Sean Jones was horrible at man coverage and couldn't keep up with WRs and faster TEs.
Whats all this talk about Kelly James, Dane Morrow and English. Jake Scott needs to be in the conversation as well.
BigJonsson, if you want more interceptions, you gotta know your opponent first and foremost. It's very hard to scheme your way into INTs unless you can predict the players your opponent will go to. If you're fortunate enough to have a shutdown corner, you can focus on the remaining 4 eligible recievers. Highlighting (Right Trigger+receivers' button icon) a WR/TE/RB at the right time can very easily lead to an INT. I've put players into zone coverage where they had a very large responsibility (sometimes half of the field), but by highlighting the right player they immediately read the play and moved in for the pick. It's risk/reward, but if you know your opponent you'll be pleased with the results.
As for scheming, I play almost exclusively zone coverage in the game. Many of the good manual DB players (CB, Fifty) I believe use man, but they have good reaction time and read routes very well. If you're not as good at seeing it on first glance as they are, learn to use zone effectively. Mix up the coverage responsibilities--don't always make your safeties cover deep or corners play flats or mid-sideline zone coverage. And, of course, as Wellington said, BLITZ! Don't be afraid to go all out and send 7 or 8 guys every once in a while. You can force bad throws without even touching the QB if you can get a big DT or DE in their face--at least against most of the league's QBs.
As for scheming, I play almost exclusively zone coverage in the game. Many of the good manual DB players (CB, Fifty) I believe use man, but they have good reaction time and read routes very well. If you're not as good at seeing it on first glance as they are, learn to use zone effectively. Mix up the coverage responsibilities--don't always make your safeties cover deep or corners play flats or mid-sideline zone coverage. And, of course, as Wellington said, BLITZ! Don't be afraid to go all out and send 7 or 8 guys every once in a while. You can force bad throws without even touching the QB if you can get a big DT or DE in their face--at least against most of the league's QBs.
Wellington
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Dude you kill zone, you kill blitzes, you kill man to man. I couldn't do anything that game.Rorschach said:
Jonsson, I will sacrifice myself by exposing my secretz to give you more ammo. Here's more out of my coffers:
When I was with the Texans I loved splitting Daniels out for two reasons 1) He is a great receiver, better than the Texan slot guy. More importantly, if I ran with Slaton with three wide, he sealed the edge much more effectively than the slot WR. He's a TE, he can block like a motherfucker.
I like setting my audibles... I have my formations that I like to run out of, so what I do, say it's I-Form and I called a toss... one of my audibles is an I-Form run up the gut. If I find myself in a bad situation because of what the d called, I audible to the other run. I also have a toss audible just in case. A lot of times guys love to play me inside because BJac is killer in there, so I call the toss.
LiveWire said:
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The Jake Scott who went 7 out of 10 for 178 yards and 3 TD passes.
This bullet to Royal who was covered by the Titans #1 CB.
This other pass to the edge of the end zone that was caught by the newly acquired Mike Thomas.
And yet again to Mike Thomas.
unfortunately this one was against the cpu
Now on to some defensive highlights:
Rookie MLB Alonzi Simms plays zone and cuts in front of the TE for a his first career pick.
And welcome to the Broncos, Meriweather. He celebrates with this juggling int.
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