Madden 2012 and This Board

[Cam's New Arm]

As a gamestop madden champ, as well as winning a few local tournaments around my area ill give a few tips.

Williams starting RB is good, but stewart at FB is inefficient. Unless you plan on running GB's playbook, theres no need for two running backs in the backfield. Brockel is pretty decent at making holes and stewart seems to over-play and miss blocks.

Stopping the run is simple. Play 3-4 defense, Shift d line to one side and shift linebackers to opposite side. Play as fastest linebacker ( Beason in our case ) and use him to pursue the ball. Even if you dont make the tackle, you will at least force the RB to change his hole or bounce outside. If you choose a play where the CB's are playing the flats and you can force the run outside, 70% of the time you will hold them to <4 yards.

Thanks for the tips!

Regarding the JStew at fb.. I often run two out of the backfield and send them on passing routs as clearing routs. Stew is pretty decent at catching. Still not recommended?

[Peppers90 NC]

xTheKushx on ps3, i dare anyone to step up.

[bleys]

xTheKushx on ps3, i dare anyone to step up.

I would, but only have a 360.. ;)

[chef17]

QB - Newton, Anderson, Clausen

HB - Williams, Goodson, Stewart, Vaughan

FB - Stewart, Brockel, Hartsock

WR - Gettis, LaFell, Smith, Pilares, Naanee,Edwards

TE - Olsen, Shockey, Barnidge

LT - Gross, Williams, Schwartz

LG - Wharton, Williams, Hangartner

C - Kalil, Williams, Schwartz

RG - Bernadeau, Hangartner, Bell

RT - Otah, Williams, Schwartz

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LE - Applewhite, Hardy, Norwood

RE - Johnson, Hardy, Norwood

DT - Edwards, McClain, Shirley, Nwagbuo, Neblett

LOLB - Davis, Connor, Gaither

MLB - Beason, Connor, Senn, Gaither

ROLB - Anderson, Gaither, Conner

CB - Gamble, Munnerlyn, Butler, Hogan, Thomas

FS - Martin, Pugh, Butler

SS - Godfrey, Pugh, Thomas

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K - Kunalic

P - Baker

KR - Gamble / Munnerlyn

PR - Gamble / Munnerlyn

KOS - Kunalic

3DRB - Stewart

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Thoughts???

PS: I can't stop the run for poo... ???

IMO would be better to change the package to move Smith to the slot. That way he is still in for 1 or 2 WR sets

[Cam's New Arm]

IMO would be better to change the package to move Smith to the slot. That way he is still in for 1 or 2 WR sets

I was always confused.. is the 3rd position not the slot? I guess you are saying move him into position number two.

The point of where I have him now is, in theory, to keep him off the edges and off the better corners. It seems to work fairly decent.

[bleys]

I was always confused.. is the 3rd position not the slot? I guess you are saying move him into position number two.

The point of where I have him now is, in theory, to keep him off the edges and off the better corners. It seems to work fairly decent.

anyone with half a clue will pause the game and set up their defensive matchups so no matter where you line Smitty up, they have their best corner on him...

what chef17 was referring to is at the play selection screen (or maybe it's at the formation selection) you can toggle your R-Joystick left/right for different player packages..

[chef17]

I was always confused.. is the 3rd position not the slot? I guess you are saying move him into position number two.

The point of where I have him now is, in theory, to keep him off the edges and off the better corners. It seems to work fairly decent.

anyone with half a clue will pause the game and set up their defensive matchups so no matter where you line Smitty up, they have their best corner on him...

what chef17 was referring to is at the play selection screen (or maybe it's at the formation selection) you can toggle your R-Joystick left/right for different player packages..

3rd is normally slot, but I was referring to the part bleys said that I bolded. With your current lineup if you go to a 1 or 2 WR set Smith is on the bench. Instead Smith should be your #1 receiver so he is always on the field.

When you are picking a formation at the bottom it will say "Package: Normal". Moving the R-stick will change the package (examples being spell HB, strong WR, etc.) You can use that to move Smith into the slot.

[Chimera]

Thats a good idea. I've never run 3-4 because I figured JA and TD wouldn't be effective pass rushing. What zone-blitz's do you like to call in nickel? dime?

245 nickel nano blitz

:mad:

[Chimera]

xTheKushx on ps3, i dare anyone to step up.

only have madden 10 on ps3

[CarolinaAllDay]

Thats a good idea. I've never run 3-4 because I figured JA and TD wouldn't be effective pass rushing. What zone-blitz's do you like to call in nickel? dime?

I RARELY run nickel or dime defenses. I usually run the ravens playbook and use the 1-5-5 defense on passing plays. It allows you to audible into some great run stuffing blitzes if you misread the offense.

good tips... I have needed some help trying to stop the magical The Golden Calf of Bristol...

Thanks man. I too had some trouble with T'Bone until i started just playing a 3-4 predator and playing as beason and rushing him thru the middle every play. Once you knock him off rhythm, hes easy to pick and keep in check.

Thanks for the tips!

Regarding the JStew at fb.. I often run two out of the backfield and send them on passing routs as clearing routs. Stew is pretty decent at catching. Still not recommended?

np dude, yeah i use the GB playbook and run out of the shot gun for 90% of my snaps. The panthers offensive playbook is pretty awesome too, the shotgun has a wild-cat variation and Im nearly unstoppable in short yardage situations when i run it with cam.

[Chimera]

the shotgun has a wild-cat variation and Im nearly unstoppable in short yardage situations when i run it with cam.

most people blitz everyone when they see wildcat. you can really burn them if you time those passes correctly

[CarolinaAllDay]

most people blitz everyone when they see wildcat. you can really burn them if you time those passes correctly

agreed, although there is one play where its a direct snap to cam and if you make the right cuts its pretty easy to weave through the line

[Guild]

Easiest way to stop the run as the panthers is to use a 3-4 as has been previously said.

It can be done pretty effectively with the 4-3 and 46 as well but using the 4-3 with the Panthers I can't take advantage of the speed I have on the field as effectively. I also do not like not being able to manually position a player so having less DL is better for me.

[Guild]

I like using a little trickery to get good matchups, but it hardly works the way you'd think. I use one play where I usually get Gettis or LaFell playing as a scatback. I don't remember exactly what I do, but the basics that I remember - singleback set with 4 WR, call the audible, put your HB in motion (he'll go slot left). Your WR is there as a blocking FB, so you have to call a hot route. In theory, you could have a speed guy running uncovered up the middle of the defense. I don't have much luck with it, but maybe somebody a little more savvy can figure out how to draw zone coverage away.

One simple route trick I like to employ out of that formation is to call Slot Cross. The slot receiver route is almost like a hybrid slant/skinny post at first and then becomes a crossing route. #2 receiver runs a deep in. #1 Runs a streak. #4 runs a drag. RB runs a block then flat.

If I think I can either handle the incoming blitz or if there isn't going to be one then sometimes I can motion the rb outside to the left and hot route him to a slant out or a fade. This causes the zone defender to have to choose a receiver to cover and it is typically an easy pass to the uncovered receiver. If the CB slides in to try to help the nickle defender then you send it over his head to the #2 receiver at the right time. Failing that you have a check down drag route and a busted coverage route to Smith. And of course Cam is basically a running back so you can always try to run the ball if there is a good chance for easy yards.