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Best budget defensive elites

Time to bring these discussions back at least until everyone quits, give me your best budget elites on defense in all position groups.

trey22jordan

The Spd ACE Simmons makes plays for and against me. No better budget than free. I also think Aeneas Williams cards play well. The MLBs are expensive but I feel like Kwon Alexander is also a good card considering the 80-84 options. Probably would also add 80 RS Reuben Foster as a nice option at MLB.

I’m still using gold totw Ansah at DE. I got 83 Long on the opposite end, but Ansah is much quicker and far superior imo.

wch1102

after winning around 500 OD matches in the first couple of events, I can say there is a difference in players, but its negligible. If you upgrade your QB, you'll miss less throws, but still under throw, hit WR's in head and back, etc (despite it being Aaron Rodgers). You can upgrade to a faster WR and there is a difference, but their routes will still be undercut, safeties will still literally cover half a field. I will say height and jump help WR's in redzone (as it should) but once again its a small amount. I'd say maybe a 20% upgrade difference in skill from a 80 overall to an 89, which means not a lot for the cost.

king_bigdaddy

84 Amos!!

RS Rueben, ACE Wagner, Ace Simmons, Shaquill Griffin, 83 Aeneas Williams, are some good budget beasts I use

iamlegend0824

Quote from OhCaptain20 >> I have to say after doing a number of upgrades to my team, it isn't performing any better in LVL or OD. I have an 88 D and today in LVL my opponent ran Power O three times for 3 TD's. I mean we are playing a top 5 league but they couldn't offer any resistance? I'm done upgrading for a while.

 I'm with you, Cap’n. My D is an 89 now and it is frustrating not seeing more consistent stops (let alone forcing turnovers) against top tier opponents in LvL.

iamlegend0824

RS Rueben Foster and 84 Amos are both GREAT cards.

PaxRomana01

CB 82 ovr Darby and 83 ovr Grimes.  84 ovr Poyer is great at Safety.  81 ovr Roq. Smith is a great low budget MLB.

Homicidal_Apple

I have to agree with these guys about them not performing any better. I have a full elite d and I’m still getting torched. And in OD full gold defenses do just as well keeping up with my players sadly. 

EA needs to do something to fix this but idk what they can do

Rattz68

78-79 golds, I just sell

Rattz68

Two 76s; CB Callahan 81 speed, has some picks in LvL and OD. HB Abdullah 80 speed, he is my FB now.

OhCaptain20

I have to say after doing a number of upgrades to my team, it isn't performing any better in LVL or OD. I have an 88 D and today in LVL my opponent ran Power O three times for 3 TD's. I mean we are playing a top 5 league but they couldn't offer any resistance? I'm done upgrading for a while.

MobileAudibles

The best budget elite are the ones you pull from free packs. The kickoff elites are nice, I've pulled Sheldon Richardson from a daily pack, and calvin ridley from a free pack, jj watt from a daily pack.

BootyDestroyer

Trever Williams from the lac chargers, he’s not bad but he’s is very cheap.

phinslegacy89

Quote from muldoon >> The base elites don't perform any better than the higher gold players. Both get carved up the same. Why not save the money and just run a gold defense?

 I disagree a bit but give me the best high golds then

muldoon

The base elites don't perform any better than the higher gold players. Both get carved up the same. Why not save the money and just run a gold defense?