Has anyone tried this to stop the run on one of those players that almost exclusively runs? I thought of it when I had only a few WL games left so I tried it then plus a few HR games and seasons games today to see how it works out. Based on what I see so far I like it better vs 1 WR formations but I also ran it vs 2 WR obvious run formations.
I mainly tried the 5-4-2 sam blitz which is basically 5 DL plus your 2 OLBs on the line, your 2 MLBs a few yards off the ball, and your 2 safeties playing CB. The 2 MLBs and one OLB are in man coverage on the TEs and RBs and the safeties are lined up in press man coverage on the WRs if there are 2 and if there is only 1 WR then the other safety just covers the extra TE.
My safeties are PU Dawkins and Tillman which left me too weak in coverage so I subbed in Denzel Ward for Dawkins who is great in MCV and speed so I thought he would be a good fit for what I needed.It also seemed like leaving the corners in press man with no help over the top was asking for trouble so I used the back off adjustment (or whatever it's called) to make it harder to just run a streak. My user was the MLB covering either the FB or HB, and I set the CB matchup by speed adjustment so Ward could be covering the most dangerous WR.
Has anyone tried this to stop the run on one of those players that almost exclusively runs? I thought of it when I had only a few WL games left so I tried it then plus a few HR games and seasons games today to see how it works out. Based on what I see so far I like it better vs 1 WR formations but I also ran it vs 2 WR obvious run formations.
I mainly tried the 5-4-2 sam blitz which is basically 5 DL plus your 2 OLBs on the line, your 2 MLBs a few yards off the ball, and your 2 safeties playing CB. The 2 MLBs and one OLB are in man coverage on the TEs and RBs and the safeties are lined up in press man coverage on the WRs if there are 2 and if there is only 1 WR then the other safety just covers the extra TE.
My safeties are PU Dawkins and Tillman which left me too weak in coverage so I subbed in Denzel Ward for Dawkins who is great in MCV and speed so I thought he would be a good fit for what I needed.It also seemed like leaving the corners in press man with no help over the top was asking for trouble so I used the back off adjustment (or whatever it's called) to make it harder to just run a streak. My user was the MLB covering either the FB or HB, and I set the CB matchup by speed adjustment so Ward could be covering the most dangerous WR.