Oct 20, 2011

There are points in the game where you have to make a play because you are down, or your opponent seems to be doing something that you can’t adjust to for some reason. Everything doesn’t always happen the way you planed it out in your head, or you would find yourself winning every game you play.  That obviously isn’t realistic in any setting...

Oct 19, 2011

As discussed prior on how to stop a high risk high reward run play headed to the right side of the field, we find ourselves stopping this run play the same way.  Without your opponent utilizing motion, you should be able to come through the created gap and make the user tackle.  If motion is used, go back to using the concept of occupying a blocker so your...

Oct 18, 2011

Now that we have the concept of creating a gap within the offensive line to later come through with our safety or force the RB to run into a CPU defender to stop the run, we can spin off of that and adjust to other run plays within your opponents arsenal.  A very popular run play this  year is any HB Toss, especially out of Strong-I Close. When defending a...

Oct 18, 2011

The concept with this run defense mini-scheme is simple, create a large gap in the middle of the field and fill all other gaps across the field.  This then means that if you opponent runs the ball anywhere but that gap that you created, they will get met by a computer defender.  On the other hand, which you want to happen, is for your opponent to come through...

Sep 23, 2011

The shake is back ladies and gentlemen. Shaking your LB’s back and forth has been a widely used concept over the past years in Madden and its back again in 2012. This is very effective due to the randomness of this blitz. The user on defense doesn’t even know which defender is going to come free, so how can your opponent adjust? This play is very...